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Dyson, Edward: A Benevolent Burglar, and other stories, v1, 14 May 2026 (Short Fiction)

Various Authors: A Book of Ghosts — 52. v1. 07 May 2026 (Horror)

Cheyney, Peter: One Born Every Minute, and other stories, v1, 7 May 2026 (Short Fiction)

Morrow, W. C.: The Ape, The Idiot and Other People, 1897, v1, 4 May 2026 (Short Fiction)

Various Authors: A Book of Ghosts � 51. v1. 03 May 2026 (Horror)

Various: Past Masters 260: v1, 3 May 2026 (Short Fiction)

Anderson, Frederick Irving: The Phantom Alibi and other stories, v1, 1 May 2026 (Short Fiction)

Various Authors: A Book of Ghosts — 50. v1. 29 Apr. 2026 (Horror)

Various: Past Masters 259, v1, 29 April 2026 (Short Fiction)

Various Authors: A Book of Ghosts — 49. v1. 27 Apr. 2026 (Horror)

Various Authors: A Book of Ghosts — 48. v1. 25 Apr. 2026 (Horror)

Grimshaw, Beatrice: The Forest of Lost Men and other stories, v1, 24 April 2026 (Short Fiction)

Various: Past Masters 258, v1, 22 Apr 2026 (Short Fiction)

Various: Past Masters 257, v1, 19 Apr 2025 (Short Fiction)

Various Authors: A Book of Ghosts — 47. v1. 16 Apr. 2026 (Horror)

Various Authors: A Book of Ghosts — 46. v2. 13 Apr. 2026 (Horror)

Various: Past Masters 256, v1, 12 Apr 2026 (Short Fiction)

Henry, O.: The Gentle Grafter. v1. 11 Apr 2026 (Short Fiction)

Edward Dyson: John Leslie's Burglar, and other stories, v1, 8 April 2026 (Short Fiction)

Various: Past Masters 255, v1, 5 April 2026 (Short Fiction)

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Čapek, Karel: Der gestohlene Kaktus (German). v1. 5 June 2021 (Humor)

Čapek, Karel: Doktoren, Katzen, Schwalben und Spatzen (German). v1. 28 July 2021 (Humor)

Čapek, Karel: Post, Polizei, Hunde und Räuberei (German). v1. 28 July 2021 (Humor)

Żuławski, Jerzy. Zwycięzca [Polish]. v1. 22 Aug 2011 (Science Fiction)

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A Highland Seer: Tea-Cup Reading and Fortune-Telling by Tea Leaves, v.1, 14 June 2008 (Other Non-Fiction)

A-No. 1 (AKA Leon R. Livingston): The Trail of the Tramp. 15 Oct 07 (Biography)

Aasen, Ivar: Ervingen [Norwegian].v2. 15 Nov 2014 (Other Fiction)

Abbot, Jacob: Forests of Maine. V1. 6 June 2009 (Young Adult)

Abbot, Jacob: History of Julius Caesar. V1. 6 June 2009 (History)

Abbot, Jacob: History of King Charles the Second of England. V1. 7 June 2006 (History)

Abbot, Jacob: Makers of History - Cleopatra.prc. V1. 2 June 2009 (History)

Abbot, Jacob: Makers of History - Darius the Great. V1. 3 June 2009 (History)

Abbot, Jacob: Makers of History - Genghis Khan. V1. 4 June 2009 (History)

Abbot, Jacob: Makers of History - Hannibal. V1. 5 June 2009 (History)

Abbot, Jacob: Makers of History - King Alfred of England. V1. 8 June 2009 (History)

Abbot, Jacob: Makers of History - Margaret of Anjou. V1. 8 June 2009. V1. 8 June 2009 (History)

Abbot, Jacob: Makers of History - Mary Queen of Scots. V1. 11 June 2009 (History)

Abbot, Jacob: Makers of History - Peter the Great. V1. 13 June 2009 (History)

Abbot, Jacob: Makers of History - Pyrrhus. V1. 13 June 2009 (History)

Abbot, Jacob: Makers of History - Queen Elizabeth. V1. 14 June 2009 (History)

Abbot, Jacob: Makers of History - Richard I. V1. 17 June 2009 (History)

Abbot, Jacob: Makers of History - Richard II. V1. 16 June 2009 (History)

Abbot, Jacob: Makers of History - Richard III. V1. 15 June 2009 (History)

Abbot, Jacob: Makers of History - Romulus. V1. 18 June 2009 (History)

Abbot, Jacob: Makers of History - William the Conqueror. V1. 19 June 2009 (History)

Abbot, Jacob: Makers of History - Xerxes. V1. 21 June 2009 (History)

Abbot, Jacob: Makers of History -Charles I. V1. 1 June 2009 (History)

Abbot, Jacob: Makers of History Series - Nero. V1. 12 June 2009 (History)

Abbott, Anthony: Murder of a Startled Lady (1936), v1, 1 Jan 2023 (Mystery and Crime)

Abbott, Anthony: Murder of Geraldine Foster (1930), v1, 1 Jan 2023 (Mystery and Crime)

Abbott, Anthony: Murder of the Circus Queen (1932); v1, 1 Jan 2023 (Mystery and Crime)

Abbott, Edwin: Flatland. v1. 02 Nov 07 (Fantasy)

Abbott, Jacob: Alexander the Great. v1. 4 Jul 2015 (History)

Abbott, Jacob: Caleb in the Country. v1. Jul 4 2015 (Other Fiction)

Abbott, Jacob: Charles I. v1. 5 Jul 2915 (History)

Abbott, Jacob: Cleopatra. v1. 10 Jul 2015 (History)

Abbott, Jacob: Cyrus the Great. Cyrus the Great. v1. 7 Jul 2015 (History)

Abbott, Jacob: Darius the Great. v1. 8 Jul 2015 (History)

Abbott, Jacob: Genghis Khan. v1. 9 Jul 2015 (History)

Abbott, Jacob: Hannibal. v1. 10 Jul 2015 (History)

Abbott, Jacob: Julius Caesar. v1. 11 Jul 2015 (History)

Abbott, Jacob: King Alfred of England. v1. 12 Jul 2015 (History)

Abbott, Jacob: King Charles II. v1. 12 Jul 2015 (History)

Abbott, John S. C.: Benjamin Franklin. V1. 26 May 2011 (Biography)

Abbott, John S. C: Christopher Carson. V1. 26 May 2011 (Biography)

Abbott, John S. C: Daniel Boone. V1. 27 May 2011 (Biography)

Abbott, John S. C: David Crockett. V1. 28 May 2011 (Biography)

Abbott, John S. C: Ferdinand De Soto. V1. 28 May 2011 (Biography)

Abbott, L. A: Seven Wives and Seven Prisons. V1. 10 Jan 2009 (Other Fiction)

Abbott, L.A: Seven Wives And Seven Prisons. v1, 16 Jan 2008 (Other Fiction)

Abdullah, Achmed: Achmed Abdulla short stories. V1.2. 26 Jun 2019 (Collected Works)

Abdullah, Achmed: Fear and Other Stories. V1. 27 Nov 2008 (Mystery and Crime)

Abdullah, Achmed: The Charmed Life. V1. 9 Jan 2009 (Action)

Abdullah, Achmed: The Incubus. V1. 10 Jan 2009 (Action)

Abdullah, Achmed: The Thief of Bagdad, 1924, v1. 15 Sep 2022 (Fantasy)

Abélard, Peter: Historia Calamitatum: The Story of My Misfortunes, v1, 1 Feb 2010. (Biography)

Abelsen, Olaf K: Die Fackel des Südpols v1 german 13.02.12 (Action)

Abelsen, Olaf K: Die Geheimnisse von Malmotta v1 (german) 10.12.2011 (Action)

Abelsen, Olaf K: Im Niemandsland der Galapagos v1 german 18.01.12 (Action)

Abelson, H; Sussman G: Structure and Interpretation of Computer Programs (2nd Ed), v1 (Other Non-Fiction)

Adam, G. Mercer: An Algonquin Maiden. V1. 30 May 2011 (Romance)

Adams, Andy: A Texas Matchmaker. V1. 1 Jun 2011 (Western)

Adams, Andy: A Texas Matchmaker. v1. 26 Dec 2012 (Western)

Adams, Andy: Cattle Brands. V1. 31 May 2011 (Western)

Adams, Andy: Reed Anthony, Cowman. V1. 1 Jun 2011 (Western)

Adams, Andy: Reed Anthony, Cowman. v1. 26 Dec 2012 (Biography)

Adams, Andy: The Log of a Cowboy. v1. 22 Oct 07 (Historical Fiction)

Adams, Andy: The Log of a Cowboy. v1. 26 Dec 2012 (Western)

Adams, Andy: The Outlet. V1. 1 Jun 2011 (Western)

Adams, Andy: Wells Brothers. V1. 1 Jun 2011 (Western)

Adams, Charles Warren: The Notting Hill Mystery. v1. 31 Mar 2026 (Mystery and Crime)

Adams, Cleve F: The Evil Star (1944), v1, 27 May 2021 (Mystery and Crime)

Adams, Cleve F: The Private Eye (1942); v1; 10 June 2020 (Mystery and Crime)

Adams, Cleve F: What Price Murder (1942); v1; 22 Jul 2021 (Mystery and Crime)

Adams, Henry: The Education of Henry Adams. v1, 2 Jan 2008 (Biography)

Adams, John Quincy: State of the Union Addresses. v1.0, 6 October 2007

Adams, John: State of the Union Address. v1.0, 6 October 2007

Ade, George: Ade's Fables. v1. 24 Aug 2015 (Humor)

Ade, George: More Fables. v1. 24 Aug 2015 (Short Fiction)

Ade, George: The Slim Princess. v1. 23 Aug 2015 (Romance)

Aeschylus: The House of Atreus. V1.27 Dec 2013 (Other Fiction)

Aeschylus: The Oresteia. v1, 27 Mar 2017 (Poetry)

Aesop: Aesop’s Fables (illus-Rackham). v1. 10 Oct 2019 (Collected Works)

Afford, Max: Blood on his Hands, v1, 13 Feb 2025 (Mystery and Crime)

Afford, Max: Death's Mannikins, v1, 13 Feb 2025 (Mystery and Crime)

Afford, Max: Sinners in Paradise, v1, 13 Feb 2025 (Mystery and Crime)

Afford, Max: The Dead are Blind, v1, 13 Feb 2025 (Mystery and Crime)

Afford, Max: The Greyholm Mystery and other stories, v1, 28 March 2025 (Short Fiction)

Afford, Max: The Owl of Darkness, v1, 13 Feb 2025 (Mystery and Crime)

Afford, Max: The Sheep and the Wolves, v1, 13 Feb 2025 (Mystery and Crime)

Agee, James: A Death in the Family. V1. 16 June 2012 (Other Fiction)

Agnus, Orme: Jan Oxber. v1. 27 Aug 2015 (Other Fiction)

Agnus, Orme: The New Minister. v1. 26 Aug 2015 (Other Fiction)

Aimard, Gustave: Last of the Incas. v1. 18 Feb 2015 (Action)

Aimard, Gustave: Le Fils du Soleil (french) v1 17 nov 2008 (Action)

Aimard, Gustave: Stoneheart. v1. 22 Feb 2015 (Action)

Aimard, Gustave: Stronghand. v1. 23 Feb 2014 (Action)

Aimard, Gustave: The Adventurers.htm. v1. 23 Feb 2015 (Action)

Aimard, Gustave: The Border Rifles. v1. 15 Feb 2015 (Action)

Aimard, Gustave: The Buccaneer Chief. v1. 15 Feb 2015 (Action)

Aimard, Gustave: The Flying Horseman. v1. 16 Feb 2015 (Action)

Aimard, Gustave: The Freebooters. v1. 14 Feb 2015 (Action)

Aimard, Gustave: The Frontiersmen. v1. 16 Feb 2015 (Action)

Aimard, Gustave: The Gold-Seekers. v1. 15 Feb 2015 (Action)

Aimard, Gustave: The Guide of the Desert. v1. 16 Feb 2015 (Action)

Aimard, Gustave: The Indian Chief. v1. 17 Feb 2015 (Action)

Aimard, Gustave: The Indian Scout. v1. 17 Feb 2015 (Action)

Aimard, Gustave: The Insurgent Chief. v1. 18 Feb 2015 (Action)

Aimard, Gustave: The Missouri Outlaws. v1. 19 Feb 2015 (Action)

Aimard, Gustave: The Pearl of the Andes. v1. 19 Feb 2015 (Action)

Aimard, Gustave: The Pirates of the Prairies. v1. 20 Feb 2015 (Action)

Aimard, Gustave: The Prairie Flower. v1. 20 Feb 2015 (Action)

Aimard, Gustave: The Queen of the Savannah. v1. 20 Feb 2015 (Action)

Aimard, Gustave: The Rebel Chief. v1. 21 Feb 2015 (Action)

Aimard, Gustave: The Red Track. v1. 21 Feb 2015 (Action)

Aimard, Gustave: The Smuggler Chief. v1. 22 Feb 2015 (Action)

Aimard, Gustave: The Tiger-Slayer. v1. 24 Feb 2015 (Action)

Aimard, Gustave: The Trail-Hunter. v1. 24 Feb 2015 (Action)

Aimard, Gustave: The Trapper's Daughter. v1. 25 Feb 2015 (Action)

Aimard, Gustave: The Trappers of Arkansas. v1. 25 Feb 2015 (Action)

Aimard, Gustave: The Treasure of Pearls. v1. 26 Feb 2015 (Action)

Aimard, Gustave: The White Scalper. v1. 26 Feb 2015 (Action)

Ainsworth, William Harrison: The Spectre Bride. V1. 15 Dec 2008 (Historical Fiction)

Ainsworth, William Harrison: The Spectre Bride. V1. 21 Dec 2008 (Historical Fiction)

Ainsworth, William Harrison: The Star-Chamber, Vol 1. V1. 16 Dec 2008 (Historical Fiction)

Ainsworth, William Harrison: The Star-Chamber, Vol 2. V1. 17 Dec 2008 (Historical Fiction)

Ainsworth, William Harrison: Windsor Castle. V1. 18 Dec 2008 (Historical Fiction)

Ainsworth, William Harrison: A Night In Rome. V1. 10 Dec 2008 (Historical Fiction)

Ainsworth, William Harrison: Auriol. V1. 11 Dec 2008 (Historical Fiction)

Ainsworth, William Harrison: Auriol: or, The Elixir of Life. v1, 3 Feb 2008 (Fantasy)

Ainsworth, William Harrison: Boscobel, or The Royal Oak. V1. 3 Aug 2012 (Historical Fiction)

Ainsworth, William Harrison: Boscobel. V1. 11 Dec 2008 (Historical Fiction)

Ainsworth, William Harrison: Jack Sheppard. v1, 6 Feb 2008 (Other Fiction)

Ainsworth, William Harrison: Jack Sheppard. V1. 12 Dec 2008 (History)

Ainsworth, William Harrison: Rookwood. V1. 2 Aug 2012 (Romance)

Ainsworth, William Harrison: The Lancashire Witches. V1. 15 Dec 2008 (Historical Fiction)

Ainsworth, William Harrison: The Lancashire Witches:. v1, 4 Feb 2008 (Humor)

Ainsworth, William Harrison: The Miser's Daughter. V1. 5 Aug 2012 (Romance)

Ainsworth, William Harrison: Windsor Castle: or, The Elixir of Life. v1, 3 Feb 2008 (Other Fiction)

Akutagawa, Ryunosuke: Rashomon & Other Stories, v.1, 25 April 2008. (Short Fiction)

Alain-Fournier: Le Grand Meaulnes (en Français), v.1, 25 July 2008. (Romance)

Alan, A.J.: Short Stories by A.J. Alan. V1. 12 Sep 2012 (Short Fiction)

Alcott, Louisa May: Little Women (Illustrated) v0.9 Oct 25, 2009 (Young Adult)

Alcott, Louisa May: A Country Christmas, v1, 4 December 2009. (Short Fiction)

Alcott, Louisa May: A Garland for Girls. V1. 16 Aug 2012 (Short Fiction)

Alcott, Louisa May: A Modern Cinderella. V1. 23 Aug 2012 (Short Fiction)

Alcott, Louisa May: A Strange Island, v.1, 27 Feb 2008. (Short Fiction)

Alcott, Louisa May: An Old Fashioned Thanksgiving, v1, 6 December 2009. (Short Fiction)

Alcott, Louisa May: Aunt Jo's Scrap-Bag, v1 13 July 2008 (Young Adult)

Alcott, Louisa May: Debby’s Debut, v1, 2 December 2009. (Short Fiction)

Alcott, Louisa May: Dr Dorn's Revenge. V1. 15 Aug 2012 (Romance)

Alcott, Louisa May: Eight Cousins, v1, 20 Dec 2007 (Young Adult)

Alcott, Louisa May: Eight Cousins. V1. 16 Aug 2012 (Children)

Alcott, Louisa May: Flower Fables. v1, 27 Jan 2008 (Other Fiction)

Alcott, Louisa May: Hospital Sketches, v.1, 12 March 2009. (Other Non-Fiction)

Alcott, Louisa May: Jack and Jill. V1. 16 Aug 2012 (Other Fiction)

Alcott, Louisa May: Kitty's Class Day And Other Stories. V1. 17 Aug 2012 (Short Fiction)

Alcott, Louisa May: Little Men. V1. 18 Aug 2012 (Other Fiction)

Alcott, Louisa May: Little Women & Good Wives. v1.2, 20 Dec 2007 (Young Adult)

Alcott, Louisa May: Little Women. V1. 22 Aug 2012 (Other Fiction)

Alcott, Louisa May: Lost in a Pyramid, or the Mummy's Curse (Horror)

Alcott, Louisa May: Lost in a Pyramid, v.1, 24 Feb 2008. (Short Fiction)

Alcott, Louisa May: Marjorie’s Three Gifts, v1, 9 December 2009. (Children)

Alcott, Louisa May: Moods, v1, 7 December 2009. (Other Fiction)

Alcott, Louisa May: On Picket Duty and Other Tales. V1. 25 Aug 2012 (Short Fiction)

Alcott, Louisa May: Onder Moeders Vleugels. v1, 5 Mar 2008 (Other Fiction)

Alcott, Louisa May: Op Eigen Wieken (Dutch). v1, 6 Mar 2008 (Other Fiction)

Alcott, Louisa May: Pauline’s Passion and Punishment, v1, 23 November 2009. (Short Fiction)

Alcott, Louisa May: Perilous Play, v1, 8 November 2009. (Short Fiction)

Alcott, Louisa May: Proverb Stories. v1, 26 Jan 2008 (Other Fiction)

Alcott, Louisa May: Rose In Bloom. v1, 26 Jan 2008 (Other Fiction)

Alcott, Louisa May: Scarlet Stockings, v1, 8 November 2009. (Short Fiction)

Alcott, Louisa May: The Abbott's Ghost - A Christmas story v1 14 dec 2008 (Other Fiction)

Alcott, Louisa May: The Louisa Alcott Reader. V1. 22 Aug 2012 (Short Fiction)

Alcott, Louisa May: The Mysterious Key, v.1, 10 March 2008. (Short Fiction)

Alcott, Louisa May: Transcendental Wild Oats, v1, 23 November 2009. (Short Fiction)

Alcott, Louisa May: Under the Lilacs. v1, 26 Jan 2008 (Other Fiction)

Alden, Henry Mills (ed): Shapes That Haunt The Dusk v1 2 dec 2008 (Horror)

Alden, Isabella: Mag & Margaret. v1. 12 Jan 2017 (Other Fiction)

Alden, Isabella: Making Fate. v1. 15 Jan 2017 (Other Fiction)

Alden, Isabella: Mrs. Solomon Smith Looking On. v1. 21 Jan 2017 (Other Fiction)

Alden, W. L.: Essays and short stories by W. L. Alden. V1.1. 2 Aug 2019 (Humor)

Alden, W. L.: Told by the Colonel (1893); v1, 7 June 2022 (Humor)

Alden, W. L.: Van Wagener's Ways (1898); v1, 7 June 2022 (Humor)

Aldrich, Bess Streeter: A Lantern in her Hand. V1. 1 Mar 2011 (Historical Fiction)

Aldrich, Bess Streeter: A White Bird Flying. V1. 2 Mar 2011 (Other Fiction)

Aldrich, Bess Streeter: Miss Bishop. V1. 2 Mar 2010 (Other Fiction)

Aldrich, Bess Streeter: Mother Mason. V1. 1 Mar 2011 (Other Fiction)

Aldrich, Bess Streeter: Spring Came on Forever. V1. 2 Mar 2011 (Other Fiction)

Aldrich, Thomas Bailey: The Stillwater Tragedy. v1. 31 Mar 2013 (Mystery and Crime)

Aldrich, Thomas Bailey: A Midnight Fantasy. v1. 30 Mar 2012 (Fantasy)

Aldrich, Thomas Bailey: A Rivermouth Romance. v1. 30 Mar 2013 (Romance)

Aldrich, Thomas Bailey: Marjorie Daw. v1. 30 Mar 2013 (Romance)

Aldrich, Thomas Bailey: Miss Mehetabel's Son. v1. 31 Mar 2013 (Other Fiction)

Aldrich, Thomas Bailey: Ponkapog Papers. v1. 28 Mar 2013 (Other Non-Fiction)

Aldrich, Thomas Bailey: The Cruise of the Dolphin. V1. 4 Jun 2011 (Short Fiction)

Aldrich, Thomas Bailey: The Queen of Sheba & My Cousin the Colonel. v1. 28 Mar 2013 (Short Fiction)

Alexander, Mrs: A Crooked Path. v1. 13 Jul 2015 (Other Fiction)

Alexander, Mrs: Kate Vernon Vol 1. v1. 14 Jul 2015 (Other Fiction)

Alexander, Mrs: Kate Vernon Vol 2. v1. 17 Jul 2015 (Other Fiction)

Alexander, Mrs: Kate Vernon Vol 3. v1. 19 Jul 2015 (Other Fiction)

Alexander, Mrs: Look Before You Leap Vol 1. v1. 24 Jul 2015 (Other Fiction)

Alexander, Mrs: Look Before You Leap Vol 2. v1. 25 Jul 2015 (Other Fiction)

Alexander, Mrs: Ralph Wilton's weird. v1. 19 Jul 2015 (Other Fiction)

Alexander, Mrs: The Executor Vol 1. v1. 20 Jul 2015 (Other Fiction)

Alexander, Mrs: The Executor Vol 2, v1. 21 Jul 2015 (Other Fiction)

Alexander, Mrs: The Executor Vol 3. v1. 23 Jul 2015 (Other Fiction)

Alexander, Mrs: The Freres Vol 3. v1. 31 Jul 2015 (Other Fiction)

Alexander, Mrs: The Freres Vol 1. v1. 20 Jul 2015 (Other Fiction)

Alexander, Mrs: The Freres Vol 2. v1. 30 Jul 2015 (Other Fiction)

Alexander, Mrs: Which Shall It Be Vol 1. v1. 26 Jul 2015 (Other Fiction)

Alexander, Mrs: Which Shall It Be Vol 2. v1. 27 Jul 2015 (Other Fiction)

Alexander, Mrs: Which Shall It Be Vol 3 (Other Fiction)

Alexis, Willibald: Die Hosen des Herrn von Bredow (German). v1. 2 Apr 2012 (Historical Fiction)

Alger Jr., Horatio: The Young Acrobat of the Great American Circus. v1. 11 Sep 07 (Young Adult)

Alger, Horatio: A Cousin's Conspiracy. v1. 15 Aug 2015 (Other Fiction)

Alger, Horatio: Adrift in New York. v1. 28 Jul 2015 (Other Fiction)

Alger, Horatio: Andy Grant's Pluck. v1. 3 Aug 2015 (Other Fiction)

Alger, Horatio: Ben's Nugget. v1. 3 Aug 2015 (Action)

Alger, Horatio: Ben, the Luggage Boy. v1. 4 Aug 2015 (Other Fiction)

Alger, Horatio: Bernard Brooks' Adventures. v1. 4 Aug 2015 (Action)

Alger, Horatio: Bound to Rise. v1. 5 Aug 2015 (Other Fiction)

Alger, Horatio: Brave and Bold. v1. 5 Aug 2015 (Action)

Alger, Horatio: Cast Upon the Breakers. v1. 14 Aug 2015 (Other Fiction)

Alger, Horatio: Chester Rand. v1. 15 Aug 2015 (Other Fiction)

Alger, Horatio: Do and Dare. v1. 16 Aug 2015 (Other Fiction)

Alger, Horatio: Driven From Home. v1. 16 Aug 2015 (Other Fiction)

Alger, Horatio: Facing the World. v1. 19 Aug 2015 (Other Fiction)

Alger, Horatio: Fame and Fortune. v1. 31 Aug 2015 (Other Fiction)

Alger, Horatio: Five Hundred Dollars. v1. 22 Oct 2015 (Young Adult)

Alger, Horatio: The Cash Boy. v1. 6 Aug 2015 (Other Fiction)

Alger, Horatio: The Erie Train Boy (Other Fiction)

Alger, Horatio: The Errand Boy. v1. 19 Aug 2015 (Other Fiction)

Alighieri, Dante: De Monarchia [German]. V1. 20 Jun 2010 (Philosophy)

Alighieri, Dante: Divine Comedy Vol 1 - The Inferno (Illustrated). v1. 30 Dec 2013 (Poetry)

Alighieri, Dante: Divine Comedy Vol 2 - Purgatory (Illustrated). v1. 30 Dec 2013 (Poetry)

Alighieri, Dante: Divine Comedy Vol 3 - Paradise (Illustrated). v1. 30 Dec 2013 (Poetry)

Alighieri, Dante: La divina commedia (Illustrated, Multilingual), v1 21 Feb 2009 (Poetry)

Allen, Grant: An African Millionaire, V.1, 7/19.2011 (Mystery and Crime)

Allen, Grant: Hilda Wade. v1, 12 Feb 2008 (Mystery and Crime)

Allen, Grant: Ivan Greet's Masterpiece etc. (1893), v1 (Short Fiction)

Allen, Grant: Miss Cayley's Adventure (1899), v1 (Romance)

Allen, Grant: My New Year's Eve Among the Mummies. V1. 3 Mar 2011 (Short Fiction)

Allen, Grant: Strange Stories (1894); v1; 29 Nov 2019 (Short Fiction)

Allen, Grant: The Beckoning Hand and other stories (1887); v1 (Short Fiction)

Allen, Grant: The Thames Valley Catastrophe. V1. 3 Feb 2011 (Other Fiction)

Allen, Grant: Wolverden Tower. V1. 3 Mar 2011 (Horror)

Allen, Hervey: Anthony Adverse (1933); v1; 23 Jan 2020 (Historical Fiction)

Allen, Hervey: Anthony Adverse (Volume 1). V1. 3 Mar 2011 (Historical Fiction)

Allen, Hervey: Anthony Adverse (Volume 2). V1. 3 Mar 2011 (Historical Fiction)

Allen, Hervey: ANTHONY ADVERSE (Volume 3 of 3). V1. 4 Mar 2011 (Historical Fiction)

Allen, James Lane: A Cathedral Singer. V1. 1 Feb 2009 (Other Fiction)

Allen, James Lane: A Kentucky Cardinal. V1. 1 Feb 2009 (Other Fiction)

Allen, James Lane: Aftermath. V1. 2 Feb 2009 (Other Fiction)

Allen, James Lane: Bride of the Mistletoe. V1. 3 Feb 2009 (Other Fiction)

Allen, James Lane: The Choir Invisible. V1. 4 Feb 2009 (Other Fiction)

Allen, James Lane: The Mettle of the Pasture. V1. 4 Feb 2009 (Other Fiction)

Allen, James Lane: The Reign of Law. v1. 26 Oct 07 (Other Fiction)

Allen, James: As a Man Thinketh. V1. 20-Nov-2010 (Spiritual)

Allen, James: The Way of Peace. V1. 20-Nov-2010 (Spiritual)

Allen, Meritt Parmalee: The Complete Mudhen. v1. 15 January 2012 (Humor)

Allen, Willis Boyd: Lost On Umbagog. v1. 9 Nov 2015 (Action)

Allen, Willis Boyd: Play Away!. v1. 10 Nov 2015 (Action)

Allestree, Richard: The Government of the Tongue V 1.0. 02 Apr 2014 (Spiritual)

Allison, Young E.: On the Vice of Novel-Reading, v.1, 14 June 2008 (Other Non-Fiction)

Allison, Young E.: The Delicious Vice, v.1, 15 June 2008 (Other Non-Fiction)

Altsheler, Joseph A: Before the Dawn. V1. 5 July 2009 (Historical Fiction)

Altsheler, Joseph A: The Border Watch. V1. 6 July 2009 (Historical Fiction)

Altsheler, Joseph A: The Candidate. V1. 7 July 2009 (Other Fiction)

Altsheler, Joseph A: The Eyes of the Woods. V1. 7 July 2009 (Historical Fiction)

Altsheler, Joseph A: The Forest of Swords. V1. 8 July 2009 (Historical Fiction)

Altsheler, Joseph A: The Free Rangers. V1. 10 July 2009 (Historical Fiction)

Altsheler, Joseph A: The great Sioux Trail v1 20 feb 2009 (Western)

Altsheler, Joseph A: The Guns of Bull Run. V1. 9 July 2009 (Historical Fiction)

Altsheler, Joseph A: The Guns of Shiloh. V1. 10 July 2009 (Historical Fiction)

Altsheler, Joseph A: The Hunters of the Hills. V1. 11 July 2009 (Historical Fiction)

Altsheler, Joseph A: The Keepers of the Trail. V1. 12 July 2009 (Historical Fiction)

Altsheler, Joseph A: The Last of the Chiefs. V1. 12 July 2009 (Historical Fiction)

Altsheler, Joseph A: The Lords of the Wild. V1. 12 July 2000 (Historical Fiction)

Altsheler, Joseph A: The Masters of the Peaks. V1. 12 July 2009 (Historical Fiction)

Altsheler, Joseph A: The Riflemen of the Ohio. V1. 13 July 2009 (Historical Fiction)

Altsheler, Joseph A: The Rock of Chickamauga. V1. 13 July 2009 (Historical Fiction)

Altsheler, Joseph A: The Rulers of the Lakes. V1. 14 July 2009 (Historical Fiction)

Altsheler, Joseph A: The Scouts of Stonewall. V1. 14 July 2009 (Historical Fiction)

Altsheler, Joseph A: The Scouts of the Valley. V1. 15 July 2009 (Historical Fiction)

Altsheler, Joseph A: The Shades of the Wilderness. V1.15 July 2009 (Historical Fiction)

Altsheler, Joseph A: The Shadow of the North. V1.16 July (Historical Fiction)

Altsheler, Joseph A: The Star of Gettysburg. V1. 16 July 2009 (Historical Fiction)

Altsheler, Joseph A: The Sun Of Quebec. V1. 17 July 2009 (Historical Fiction)

Altsheler, Joseph A: The Sword of Antietam. V1. July 20 2009 (Historical Fiction)

Altsheler, Joseph A: The Texan Scouts. V1. 17 July 2009 (Historical Fiction)

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Anderson, Sherwood: The Triumph of the Egg & Other Stories. 17 Aug 07 (Short Fiction)

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Anonymous (Burton Tr): The Thousand Nights and a Night, v.1, 29 September 2008 (Fantasy)

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Anonymous: Spring-Heeled Jack (1867); v1; 20 May 2020 (Mystery and Crime)

Anonymous: Sweeney Todd. V2. 9 Dec 2008 (Mystery and Crime)

Anonymous: The Adventurers' Club (1890); v1, 6 May 2021 (Short Fiction)

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Anonymous: The Newgate Calender 1824 Vol 1 (v.1.) (Other Non-Fiction)

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Anstey, F: In Brief Authority. V1. 22 Sep 2012 (Other Fiction)

Anstey, F: The black poodle, and other tales. V1. 23 Sep 2012 (Short Fiction)

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Aristophanes: Lysistrata (Polytonic Greek). V01. 13 Jan 2012 (Poetry)

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Aristotle: Metaphysics, v.1, 31 Jan 2008. (Philosophy)

Aristotle: Meteorologica, v.1, 17 June 2008. (Philosophy)

Aristotle: On Dreams, v.1, 30 April 2008. (Philosophy)

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Aristotle: On Prophesying by Dreams, v.1, 24 June 2008. (Philosophy)

Aristotle: On Sense and the Sensible, v.1, 30 April 2008. (Philosophy)

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Aristotle: On the Gait of Animals, v.1, 19 June 2008. (Philosophy)

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Armstrong, Frances: A haunted house. v1. 26 Jan 2017 (Short Fiction)

Arnim, Achim von & Brentano, Clemens: Des Knaben Wunderhorn (german) (Poetry)

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Arnold, Edwin L: Lieut. Gullivar, His Vacation (1905); v2, 2 Aug 2019 (Fantasy)

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Assolant, Alfred: Les Aventures du Capitaine Corcoran 1re partie (french) 21 nov 2008 (Humor)

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Atherton, Gertrude: The Doomswoman. V1. 2011 (Romance)

Atherton, Gertrude: A Daughter of the Vine. V1. 10 Jun 2011 (Romance)

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Atherton, Gertrude: The Gorgeous Isle. V1. 11 Jun 2011 (Romance)

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Aubrey, Frank: A Queen of Atlantis: A Romance of the Caribbean Sea. v1. 07 Feb 2022 (Science Fiction)

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Austen, Jane: Northanger Abbey, v1, 09Jan08 (Other Fiction)

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Austen, Jane: The Novels of Jane Austen vol. I V.1 9 July 2011 (Romance)

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Authors, Various: Horror Anthology Vol I. v1, 20 Aug 2008 (Horror)

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Authors, Various: The Lock and Key Library Vol 06. v1, 14 Feb 2008 (Short Fiction)

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Authors, Various: The Lock and Key Library Vol 08. v1, 13 Feb 2008 (Short Fiction)

Authors, Various: The Worlds Greatest Books Vol 01. v1, 23 Feb 2008 (Other Fiction)

Authors, Various: The Worlds Greatest Books Vol 02. v1, 23 Feb 2008 (Other Fiction)

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Authors, Various: The Worlds Greatest Books Vol 05. v1, 24 Feb 2008 (Other Fiction)

Authors, Various: The Worlds Greatest Books Vol 06. v1, 24 Feb 2008 (Other Fiction)

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Avila, Teresa of, Saint: The Interior Castle or The Mansions V1. 25-Sep-2010 (Spiritual)

Avila, Teresa of, Saint: The Way of Perfection, v1, 30 July 2009. (Spiritual)

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Bacheller, Irving: A Man for the Ages. V1. 5 Feb 2009 (Historical Fiction)

Bacheller, Irving: D'Ri and I. V1. 6 Feb 2009 (Historical Fiction)

Bacheller, Irving: Darrel of the Blessed Isles. V1. 5 Feb 2009 (Historical Fiction)

Bacheller, Irving: Eben Holden's Last Day A-Fishing. v1. 6 Dec 2007 (Other Fiction)

Bacheller, Irving: Eben Holden. v1. 26 Oct 07 (Other Fiction)

Bacheller, Irving: Eben Holden. V1. 6 Feb 2009 (Historical Fiction)

Bacheller, Irving: In the Days of Poor Richard. V1. 7 Feb 2009 (Historical Fiction)

Bacheller, Irving: The Light in the Clearing. V1. 7 Feb 2009 (Other Fiction)

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Bailey, Arthur Scott: The Tale of Benny Badger, v.1, 19 July 2008 (Children)

Bailey, Arthur Scott: The Tale of Betsy Butterfly, v.1, 19 July 2008 (Children)

Bailey, Arthur Scott: The Tale of Frisky Squirrel, v.1, 7 June 2008 (Children)

Bailey, Arthur Scott: The Tale of Bobby Bobolink. 20 Oct 07 (Fantasy)

Bailey, Arthur Scott: The Tale of Brownie Beaver. 20 Oct 07 (Fantasy)

Bailey, Arthur Scott: The Tale of Cuffy Bear. 20 Oct 07 (Fantasy)

Bailey, Arthur Scott: The Tale of Fatty Coon. 18 Oct 07 (Fantasy)

Bailey, Arthur Scott: The Tale of Freddie Firefly. 19 Oct 07 (Fantasy)

Bailey, Arthur Scott: The Tale of Frisky Squirrel. 18 Oct 07 (Fantasy)

Bailey, Arthur Scott: The Tale of Miss Kitty Cat. 18 Oct 07 (Fantasy)

Bailey, Arthur Scott: The Tale of Old Mr. Crow. 18 Oct 07 (Fantasy)

Bailey, Arthur Scott: The Tale of Sandy Chipmunk. 19 Oct 07 (Fantasy)

Bailey, Arthur Scott: The Tale of Tommy Fox. 19 Oct 07 (Fantasy)

Bailey, Temple: The Trumpeter Swan. V1. 18 Sep 2010 (Romance)

Bailey, Temple: Contrary Mary. V1. 15 Sep 2010 (Romance)

Bailey, Temple: Glory of Youth. V1. 16 Sep 2010 (Romance)

Bailey, Temple: Judy. V1. 16 Sep 2010 (Young Adult)

Bailey, Temple: Mistress Anne. V1. 17 Sep 2010 (Romance)

Bailey, Temple: The Gay Cockade. V1. 16 Sep 2010 (Short Fiction)

Bailey, Temple: The Tin Soldier. V1. 17 Sep 2010 (Other Fiction)

Baily, Waldron: Heart of the Blue Ridge. V1. 30 July 2010 (Romance)

Baily, Waldron: When the Cock Crows. V1. 31 July 2010 (Mystery and Crime)

Bain, F. W: Bubbles of the Foam. V1. 19 Sep 2010 (Fantasy)

Bain, F. W: Bubbles of the Foam. v1. 20 Mar 2015 (Fantasy)

Bain, F. W: The Substance of a Dream. V1. 20 Sep 2010 (Fantasy)

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Bain, R. Nisbet: Russian Fairy Tales from the Skazki of Polevoi. v1. 26 Jan 2014 (Fantasy)

Baker, Samuel W.: Albert N’Yanza Great Basin of the Nile. 26 Oct 07 (Other Non-Fiction)

Baker, Samuel W.: In the Heart of Africa. 26 Oct 07 (Other Non-Fiction)

Baker, Samuel W.: Nile Tributaries. 26 Oct 07 (Other Non-Fiction)

Baldwin, James: The Story of Roland. v1. January 2020 (Fantasy)

Baldwin, Louisa: Collected Stories. V1. 20 Mar 2011 (Short Fiction)

Baldwin, Louisa: The Shadow on the Blind (collected ghosts). v1. 07 Nov 2018 (Horror)

Balfour, Andrew: By Stroke of Sword. v1. 17 Sep 2016 (Action)

Balfour, Andrew: The Golden Kingdom. v1. 19 Sep 2016 (Action)

Balfour, Andrew: Vengeance is Mine. v1. 21 Sep 2016 (Action)

Ball, Eustace Hale: The Voice on the Wire. V1. 12 Oct 2010 (Mystery and Crime)

Ball, Eustace Hale: Traffic in Souls. V1. 12 Oct 2010 (Mystery and Crime)

Ball, Hugo: Hermann Hesse - Sein Leben und sein Werk [German]. V1. 10-Nov-2011 (Biography)

Ball, Hugo: Tenderenda der Phantast. german. v1. 15 mar 2009 (Other Fiction)

Ballantyne, R. M.: Dangerous Work.V1.7 June 2014 (Action)

Ballantyne, R. M.: Exploration.V1.7 June 2014 (Action)

Ballantyne, R. M.: Exploring Native America.V1.7 June 2014 (Action)

Ballantyne, R. M.: Exploring The Arctic.V1.7 June 2014 (Action)

Ballantyne, R. M.: Historical Fiction.V1.7 June 2014 (Action)

Ballantyne, R. M.: Maritime Tales.V1.7 June 2014 (Action)

Ballantyne, R. M.: Nautical Yarns.V1.7 June 2014 (Action)

Ballantyne, R. M.: Pirate Tales.V1.7 June 2014 (Action)

Ballantyne, R. M.: Sailing The South Seas.V1.7 June 2014 (Action)

Ballantyne, R. M.: Stories of Africa.V1.7 June 2014 (Action)

Ballantyne, R. M.: The Big Otter, v.1, 14 June 2009. (Action)

Ballantyne, R. M.: The Canadian Wilds.V1.7 June 2014 (Action)

Ballantyne, R. M.: Western Adventures.V1.7 June 2014 (Action)

Ballantyne, R. M: Away in the Wilderness. v1. 18 Mar 2015 (Action)

Ballantyne, R. M: Away in the Wilderness. V1. 20 Sep 2010 (Action)

Ballantyne, R. M: Battles with the Sea. V1. 20 Sep 2010 (Other Non-Fiction)

Ballantyne, R. M: Blown to Bits. V1. 21 Sep 2010 (Action)

Ballantyne, R. M: Blue Lights. V1. 22 Sep 2010 (Action)

Ballantyne, R. M: Charlie to the Rescue. V1. 23 Sep 2010 (Action)

Ballantyne, R. M: Chasing the Sun. V1. 23 Sep 2010 (Action)

Ballantyne, R. M: Deep Down. V1. 25 Sep 2010 (Action)

Ballantyne, R. M: Digging for Gold. V1. 25 Sep 2010 (Action)

Ballantyne, R. M: Dusty Diamonds Cut and Polished. v2. 25 Sep 2010 (Action)

Ballantyne, R. M: Fighting the Flames. V1. 26 Sep 2010 (Action)

Ballantyne, R. M: Fighting the Whales. V1. 26 Sep 2010 (Action)

Ballantyne, R. M: Fort Desolation. V1. 27 Sep 2010 (Action)

Ballantyne, R. M: Freaks on the Fells. V1. 27 Sep 2010 (Short Fiction)

Ballantyne, R. M: Gascoyne, the Sandal-Wood Trader. V1. 28 Sep 2010 (Action)

Ballantyne, R. M: Handbook to the new Gold-fields. V1. 28 Sep 2010 (Other Non-Fiction)

Ballantyne, R. M: Hunted and Harried. V1. 29 Sep 2010 (Action)

Ballantyne, R. M: Hunting the Lions. V1. 29 Sep 2010 (Action)

Ballantyne, R. M: In the Track of the Troops. V1. 29 Sep 2010 (Action)

Ballantyne, R. M: Iron Horse, The. V1. 29 Sep 2010 (Action)

Ballantyne, R. M: Island Queen , The. V1. 29 Sep 2010 (Action)

Ballantyne, R. M: Jeff Benson, or the Young Coastguardsman. V1. 30 Sep 2010 (Action)

Ballantyne, R. M: Life in the Red Brigade. V1. 30 Sep 2010 (Action)

Ballantyne, R. M: Lost in the Forest. V1. 2 Oct 2010 (Action)

Ballantyne, R. M: Lost in the Forest. V2. 2 Oct 2010 (Action)

Ballantyne, R. M: Man on the Ocean. V1. 2 Oct 2010 (Other Non-Fiction)

Ballantyne, R. M: Man on the Ocean. V2. 2 Oct 2010 (Action)

Ballantyne, R. M: Martin Rattler. V1. 3 Oct 2010 (Action)

Ballantyne, R. M: Martin Rattler. V2. 3 Oct 2010 (Action)

Ballantyne, R. M: My Doggie and I. V1. 3 Oct 2010 (Other Fiction)

Ballantyne, R. M: Over the Rocky Mountains. V1. 4 Oct 2010 (Action)

Ballantyne, R. M: Personal Reminiscences in Book Making. V1. 4 Oct 2010 (Short Fiction)

Ballantyne, R. M: Philosopher Jack. V1. 4 Oct 2010 (Action)

Ballantyne, R. M: Post Haste. V1. 4 Oct 2010 (Action)

Ballantyne, R. M: Red Rooney. V1. 5 Oct 2010 (Action)

Ballantyne, R. M: Rivers of Ice. V1. 6 Oct 2010 (Action)

Ballantyne, R. M: Saved by the Lifeboat. V1. 6 Oct 2010 (Action)

Ballantyne, R. M: Silver Lake. v1. 6 Oct 2010 (Action)

Ballantyne, R. M: Six Months at the Cape. V1. 7 Oct 2010 (Action)

Ballantyne, R. M: Sunk at Sea. V1. 7 Oct 2010 (Action)

Ballantyne, R. M: The Battery and the Boiler. V1. 20 Sep 2010 (Action)

Ballantyne, R. M: The Butterfly's Ball. V1. 22 Sep 2010 (Children)

Ballantyne, R. M: The Cannibal Islands. V1. 22 Sep 2010 (Action)

Ballantyne, R. M: The Coral Island. V1. 24 Sep 2010 (Action)

Ballantyne, R. M: The Coxswain's Bride. V1. 24 Sep 2010 (Short Fiction)

Ballantyne, R. M: The Crew of the Water Wagtail. V1. 24 Sep 2010 (Action)

Ballantyne, R. M: The Eagle Cliff. V1. 25 Sep 2010 (Action)

Ballantyne, R. M: The Floating Light of the Goodwin Sands. V1. 27 Sep 2010 (Action)

Ballantyne, R. M: The Garret and the Garden. V1. 27 Sep 2010 (Other Fiction)

Ballantyne, R. M: The Golden Dream. V1. 28 Sep 2010 (Action)

Ballantyne, R. M: The Hot Swamp. V1. 28 Sep 2010 (Action)

Ballantyne, R. M: The Life of a Ship. V1. 1 Oct 2010 (Short Fiction)

Ballantyne, R. M: The Lifeboat. V1. 30 Sep 2010 (Action)

Ballantyne, R. M: The Lighthouse. V1. 1 Oct 2010 (Action)

Ballantyne, R. M: The Lively Poll; a Tale of the North Sea. V1. 1 Oct 2010 (Action)

Ballantyne, R. M: The Lively Poll; a Tale of the North Sea. V2. 1 Oct 2010 (Action)

Ballantyne, R. M: The Lonely Island. V1. 2 Oct 2010 (Action)

Ballantyne, R. M: The Lonely Island. V2. 2 Oct 2010 (Action)

Ballantyne, R. M: The Norsemen in the West. V1. 3 Oct 2010 (Action)

Ballantyne, R. M: The Ocean and its Wonders. V1. 3 Oct 2010 (Other Non-Fiction)

Ballantyne, R. M: The Pioneers. V1. 4 Oct 2010 (Historical Fiction)

Ballantyne, R. M: The Prairie Chief. V1. 5 Oct 2010 (Action)

Ballantyne, R. M: The Red Eric. V1. 5 Oct 2010 (Action)

Ballantyne, R. M: The Red Man's Revenge. V1. 5 Oct 2010 (Action)

Ballantyne, R. M: The Rover of the Andes. V1. 6 Oct 2010 (Action)

Ballantyne, R. M: The Story of the Rock. V1. 7 Oct 2010 (Action)

Ballantyne, R. M: The Thorogood Family. V1. 7 Oct 2010 (Action)

Ballantyne, R. M: The Walrus Hunters. V1. 9 Oct 2010 (Action)

Ballantyne, R. M: The Wild Man of the West. V1. 10 Oct 2010 (Action)

Ballantyne, R. M: The World of Ice. V1. 10 Oct 2010 (Action)

Ballantyne, R. M: The Young Fur Traders. V1. 11 Oct 2010 (Action)

Ballantyne, R. M: The Young Trawler. V1. 11 Oct 2010 (Action)

Ballantyne, R. M: Twice Bought. V1. 7 Oct 2010 (Action)

Ballantyne, R. M: Under the Waves. V1. 8 Oct 2010 (Action)

Ballantyne, R. M: Ungava. V1. 8 Oct 2010 (Action)

Ballantyne, R. M: Up in the Clouds. V1. 9 Oct 2010 (Other Non-Fiction)

Ballantyne, R. M: Wrecked but not Ruined. V1. 10 Oct 2010 (Action)

Ballantyne, R.M.: The Giant of the North. v1, 16 Feb 2008

Ballantyne, Robert Michael: Away in the Wilderness v1 14 nov 2008 (Western)

Ballantyne, Robert Michael: Black Ivory v1 21 jan 2009 (Historical Fiction)

Ballantyne, Robert Michael: Erling the Bold v1 14 jan 2009 (Historical Fiction)

Ballantyne, Robert Michael: Fast in the Ice v1 2 mar 2009 (Action)

Ballantyne, Robert Michael: Gascoyne v1 2. feb 2009 (Historical Fiction)

Ballantyne, Robert Michael: Hudson Bay v1 23 apr 2009 (Historical Fiction)

Ballantyne, Robert Michael: Jarwin and Cuffy v1 28 dec 2008 (Young Adult)

Ballantyne, Robert Michael: Shifting Winds v1 27 dec 2008 (Young Adult)

Ballantyne, Robert Michael: The Buffalo Runners v1 10 mar 2009 (Action)

Ballantyne, Robert Michael: The Coral Island v1 26 dec 2008 (Young Adult)

Ballantyne, Robert Michael: The Dog Crusoe v1 21 feb 2009 (Historical Fiction)

Ballantyne, Robert Michael: The Fugitives v1 19 jan 2009 (Action)

Ballantyne, Robert Michael: The Giant of the North v1 30 dec 2008 (Humor)

Ballantyne, Robert Michael: The Gorilla Hunters v1 28 dec 2008 (Young Adult)

Ballantyne, Robert Michael: The Madman and The Pirate v1 3 jan 2009 (Young Adult)

Ballantyne, Robert Michael: The Middy and the Moors v1 7 jan 2009 (Historical Fiction)

Ballantyne, Robert Michael: The Pirate City v1 28 dec 2008 (Young Adult)

Ballantyne, Robert Michael: The Settler and The Savage v1 27 dec 2008 (Young Adult)

Ballantyne, Robert Michael: The Young Fur Traders v1 10 mar 2009 (Historical Fiction)

Ballantyne, Robert Michael: Up in the Clouds v1 22 mar 2009 (History)

Ballou, Maturin Murray: Aztec Land. v1. 22 Mar 2015 (Other Non-Fiction)

Ballou, Maturin Murray: Biography of Rev. Hosea Ballou. v1. 22 Mar 2015 (Biography)

Ballou, Maturin Murray: Fanny Campbell, the Female Pirate Captain. v1. 23 Mar 2015 (Other Fiction)

Ballou, Maturin Murray: The Circassian Slave. v1. 23 Mar 2015 (Other Fiction)

Ballou, Maturin Murray: The Duke's Prize. v1. 23 Mar 2015 (Other Fiction)

Ballou, Maturin Murray: The Heart's Secret. v1. 24 Mar 2015 (Other Fiction)

Ballou, Maturin Murray: The Sea-Witch. v1. 24 Mar 2015 (Other Fiction)

Balzac, Honoré de: A Daughter of Eve, v1, 17 Sept 2007. (Other Fiction)

Balzac, Honoré de: A Daughter of Eve. V1. 11 Aug 2012 (Other Fiction)

Balzac, Honoré de: A Distinguished Provincial at Paris.V1. 2 Oct 2012 (Other Fiction)

Balzac, Honoré de: A Drama on the Seashore, v1, 13 Sept 2007. (Short Fiction)

Balzac, Honoré de: A Passion in The Desert, v1, 05 Sept 2007 (Short Fiction)

Balzac, Honoré de: A Prince of Bohemia, v1, 09 Sept 2007. (Short Fiction)

Balzac, Honoré de: A Second Home, v1, 15 Sept 2007. (Other Fiction)

Balzac, Honoré de: A Street of Paris, v.1, 19 April 2008. (Short Fiction)

Balzac, Honoré de: A Study of Woman, v1, 29 Aug 2007. (Short Fiction)

Balzac, Honoré de: A Woman of Thirty, v1, 03 Sept 2007. (Short Fiction)

Balzac, Honoré de: Adieu. V1. 27 Sep 2012 (Other Fiction)

Balzac, Honoré de: An Episode Under the Terror, v1, 23 Aug 2007. (Short Fiction)

Balzac, Honoré de: An Historical Mystery. V1. 4 Oct 201 (Other Fiction)

Balzac, Honoré de: At the sign of the Cat and Racket, and other stories. v1 21 Mar 20 (Collected Works)

Balzac, Honoré de: At the Sign of the Cat and Racket, v1, 04 Sept 2007 (Short Fiction)

Balzac, Honoré de: Bureaucracy. V1. 29 Sep 2012 (Other Fiction)

Balzac, Honoré de: Catherine de' Medici. V1. 30 Sep 2012 (Historical Fiction)

Balzac, Honoré de: Christ in Flanders, v1, 10 Sept 2007. (Short Fiction)

Balzac, Honoré de: Colonel Chabert, v1, 03 Sept 2007. (Short Fiction)

Balzac, Honoré de: Cousin Bette, v1, 23 Aug 2007 (Other Fiction)

Balzac, Honoré de: Cäsar Birotteaus Größe und Niedergang [German]. V1. 20 Feb 2011 (Short Fiction)

Balzac, Honoré de: Das Chagrinleder [German]. V1. 21 Dec 2010 (Other Fiction)

Balzac, Honoré de: Der Ball von Sceaux [German]. V1. 20 Feb 2011 (Short Fiction)

Balzac, Honoré de: Der Dorfpfarrer [German]. V1. 16 Jan 2011 (Other Fiction)

Balzac, Honoré de: Der Landarzt [German]. V1. 16 Jan 2011 (Other Fiction)

Balzac, Honoré de: Die alte Jungfer [German]. V1. 16 Jan 2011 (Other Fiction)

Balzac, Honoré de: Die Börse [German]. V1. 20 Feb 2011 (Short Fiction)

Balzac, Honoré de: Die Entmündigung [German]. V1. 20 Feb 2011 (Short Fiction)

Balzac, Honore de: Die Frau von dreißig Jahren. v1 30 july 2009 german (Romance)

Balzac, Honoré de: Die Königstreuen [German]. V1. 20 Feb 2011 (Other Fiction)

Balzac, Honoré de: Domestic Peace, v1, 15 Sept 2007. (Short Fiction)

Balzac, Honoré de: Droll Stories, Complete. V1. 3 Oct 2012 (Short Fiction)

Balzac, Honoré de: El Verdugo, v1, 29 Aug 2007. (Short Fiction)

Balzac, Honoré de: Eugénie Grandet. v1 5 Mar 2018 (Historical Fiction)

Balzac, Honoré de: Facino Cane, v1, 05 Sept 2007. (Short Fiction)

Balzac, Honoré de: Father Goriot. v1 31 Jan 2018 (Historical Fiction)

Balzac, Honoré de: Folk-Tales of Napoleon. V1. 3 Oct 2012 (Short Fiction)

Balzac, Honoré de: Glanz und Elend der Kurtisanen [German]. V1. 15 Jan 2011 (Other Fiction)

Balzac, Honoré de: Gobseck, v1, 02 Sept, 2007. (Short Fiction)

Balzac, Honoré de: History of the Thirteen, v1, 05 Sept 2007 (Short Fiction)

Balzac, Honoré de: Honorine, v1, 15 Sept 2007. (Other Fiction)

Balzac, Honoré de: La Grande Breteche and Other Horror Stories. V1. 4 Dec 2012 (Horror)

Balzac, Honoré de: La Grenadière, v1, 04 Sept 2007. (Short Fiction)

Balzac, Honoré de: Le colonel Chabert (en français), v1, 03 Sept 2007. (Short Fiction)

Balzac, Honoré de: Letters of Two Brides. V1. 6 Oct 2012 (Other Fiction)

Balzac, Honoré de: Madame Firmiani, v1 05 Sept 2007. (Short Fiction)

Balzac, Honoré de: Maître Cornelius, v1, 19 Sept 2007. (Short Fiction)

Balzac, Honoré de: Massimilla Doni, v1. 05 Sept 2007. (Short Fiction)

Balzac, Honoré de: Old Goriot, v1, 04 Sept 2007. (Other Fiction)

Balzac, Honoré de: Petty Troubles of Married Life. V1. 11 Oct 2012 (Other Non-Fiction)

Balzac, Honoré de: Pierre Grassou, v1, 05 Sept 2007. (Short Fiction)

Balzac, Honoré de: Sarrasine, v.1.05 Sept 2007 (Short Fiction)

Balzac, Honoré de: Seraphita, v1, 15 Sept 2007. (Other Fiction)

Balzac, Honoré de: The Alkahest. V1. 28 Sep 2012 (Other Fiction)

Balzac, Honoré de: The Atheist's Mass and Other Stories (Short Fiction)

Balzac, Honoré de: The Atheist’s Mass, v1, 25 Aug 2007. (Short Fiction)

Balzac, Honoré de: The Ball at Sceaux, v1, 05 Sept 2007 (Short Fiction)

Balzac, Honoré de: The Brotherhood of Consolation. V1. 28 Sep 2012 (Other Fiction)

Balzac, Honoré de: The Celibates. V1. 30 Sep 2012 (Other Fiction)

Balzac, Honoré de: The Chouans. V1. 1 Oct 2012 (Historical Fiction)

Balzac, Honoré de: The Country Doctor. V1. 1 Oct 2012 (Other Fiction)

Balzac, Honoré de: The Deputy of Arcis. V1. 2 Oct 2012 (Other Fiction)

Balzac, Honoré de: The Deserted Woman, v1, 04 Sept 2007 (Short Fiction)

Balzac, Honoré de: The Elixir of Life, v1, 04 Sept 2007. (Short Fiction)

Balzac, Honoré de: The Hidden Masterpiece, v1, 11 Sept 2007. (Short Fiction)

Balzac, Honoré de: The Hidden Masterpiece. V1. 3 Oct 2012 (Other Fiction)

Balzac, Honoré de: The Illustrious Gaudissart. V1. 4 Oct 2012 (Other Fiction)

Balzac, Honoré de: The Lesser Bourgeoisie (The Middle Classes). V1. 5 Oct 2012 (Other Fiction)

Balzac, Honoré de: The Lily of the Valley. V1. 6 Oct 2012 (Other Fiction)

Balzac, Honoré de: The Magic Skin. V1. 6 Oct 2012 (Other Fiction)

Balzac, Honoré de: The Marriage Contract. V1. 7 Oct 2012 (Other Fiction)

Balzac, Honoré de: The Physiology of Marriage, v1, 13 Sept 2007. (Other Non-Fiction)

Balzac, Honoré de: The Purse, v1, 04 Sept2007 (Short Fiction)

Balzac, Honoré de: The Recruit, v1, 13 Sept 2007. (Short Fiction)

Balzac, Honoré de: The Red Inn, v1, 13 Sept 2007. (Short Fiction)

Balzac, Honoré de: The Vendetta, v1, 15 Sept 2007. (Short Fiction)

Balzac, Honoré de: The Wild Ass's Skin, v1, 04 Sept 2007. (Other Fiction)

Balzac, Honoré de: Vater Goriot. [German]. V1. 11 Jan 2011 (Other Fiction)

Balzac, Honoré de: Verlorene Illusionen [German]. V1. 21 Dec 2010 (Other Fiction)

Balzac: Honoré de: The Red Inn. v1, 3 Feb 2018 (Short Fiction)

Bamburg, Lillian: Septimus March Again; v1, 22 Dec 2021 (Short Fiction)

Bangs, John K.: A Ghostly Compendium (omnibus, illus). v1. 22 Jan 2019 (Humor)

Bangs, John K.: A Little Book of Christmas. v1. 15 Dec 2018 (Short Fiction)

Bangs, John K.: Jimmieboy—His Book (omnibus,illus). v1. 11 Sep 2019 (Children)

Bangs, John K.: Mrs. Raffles / R. Holmes & Co. (illus). v1. 15 Feb 2019 (Humor)

Bangs, John K.: The Associated Shades: An Omnibus (illus). v1. 06 Feb 2019 (Humor)

Bangs, John K.: The Idiot: An Omnibus. v1. 09 Jan 2019 (Humor)

Bangs, John K: Coffee and Repartee (Illustrated). v1, 11 Jan 2008

Bangs, John K: Ghosts I have Met and Some Others (Illustrated). v1, 11 Jan 2008

Bangs, John K: MR. BONAPARTE OF CORSICA (Illustrated). v1, 11 Jan 2008 (Humor)

Bangs, John K: The Idiot (Illustrated). v1, 11 Jan 2008 (Humor)

Bangs, John Kendrick: Alice in Blunderland. v2. 19 Mar 2015 (Fantasy)

Bangs, John Kendrick: Alice in Blunderland. v2. 20 Mar 2015 (Fantasy)

Bangs, John Kendrick: Andiron Tales. V1. 12 Oct 2012 (Fantasy)

Bangs, John Kendrick: Bikey the Skicycle. V1. 16 Oct 2012 (Short Fiction)

Bangs, John Kendrick: Cobwebs from a Library Corner. V1. 13 Oct 2012 (Poetry)

Bangs, John Kendrick: Coffee and Repartee. V1. 15 Oct 2012 (Other Fiction)

Bangs, John Kendrick: From Pillar to Post. V1. 18 Oct 2012 (Other Non-Fiction)

Bangs, John Kendrick: Ghosts I have Met and Some Others. V1. 20 Oct 2012 (Short Fiction)

Bangs, John Kendrick: Mollie and the Unwiseman (illus). v1. 23 Jan 2020 (Children)

Bangs, John Kendrick: Mollie and the Unwiseman Abroad (illus). v1. 23 Jan 2020 (Children)

Bangs, John Kendrick: The Autobiography of Methuselah. V1. 13 Oct 2012 (Humor)

Bangs, John Kendrick: The Booming Of Acre Hill. V1. 16 Oct 2012 (Short Fiction)

Bangs, John Kendrick: The Dreamers a Club. V1. 17 Oct 2012 (Other Fiction)

Bangs, John Kendrick: The Enchanted Typewriter. V1. 15 Oct 2012 (Fantasy)

Bangs, John Kendrick: The Genial Idiot. V1. 19 Oct 2012 (Other Fiction)

Banks, Isabella: Through the Night (ghosts, folklore). v1. 09 May 2021 (Horror)

Barbour, A. (Anna) Maynard: At the Time Appointed. v1, 5th July 2009 (Mystery and Crime)

Barbour, A. Maynard: Breakers Ahead v.1 July 10, 2009 (Other Fiction)

Barbour, A.M.: That Mainwaring Affair. v1, 27 Jan 2008

Barbusse, Henri: The Inferno. v1, 2 Mar 2008

Barclay, Florence L: The Mistress of Shenstone. V1. 15 Oct 2010 (Romance)

Barclay, Florence L: The Rosary. V1. 16 Oct 2010 (Romance)

Barclay, Florence L: The Upas Tree. V1. 16 Oct 2010 (Romance)

Barclay, Florence L: The White Ladies of Worcester. V1. 17 Oct 2010 (Romance)

Barclay, Florence L: Through the Postern Gate. V1. 16 Oct 2010 (Romance)

Barham, Richard H.: The Ingoldsby Legends-illus-Rackham. v1. 09 Nov 2017 (Humor)

Barham, Richard: Collected Stories of Richard Barham. V1. 21 2011 (Short Fiction)

Baring, Maurice: Orpheus in Mayfair & Other Stories. 30 Nov 07 (Science Fiction)

Baring-Gould, Sabine: A Book of Ghosts. v1. 25 Jun 2018 (Horror)

Baring-Gould, Sabine: A Book of Ghosts:. v1, 4 Feb 2008

Baring-Gould, Sabine: A Dead Finger. V1. 22 Mar 2011 (Mystery and Crime)

Baring-Gould, Sabine: Arminell: A Social Romance. v1. 23 Dec 2021 (Other Fiction)

Baring-Gould, Sabine: Bladys of the Stewponey (illus). v1. 15 Dec 2021 (Historical Fiction)

Baring-Gould, Sabine: Bladys of the Stewponey. V1. 22 Mar 2011 (Other Fiction)

Baring-Gould, Sabine: Cheap Jack Zita. v1. 18 Dec 2021 (Romance)

Baring-Gould, Sabine: Cliff Castles and Cave Dwellings of Europe:. v1, 4 Feb 2008

Baring-Gould, Sabine: Eve: A Novel. v1. 20 Dec 2021 (Mystery and Crime)

Baring-Gould, Sabine: John Herring. v1. 18 Dec 2021 (Romance)

Baring-Gould, Sabine: Kitty Alone; A Tale of Three Fires. v1. 13 Dec 2021 (Romance)

Baring-Gould, Sabine: Mehalah: A Tale of the Salt Marshes. v1. 14 Dec 2021 (Other Fiction)

Baring-Gould, Sabine: Pabo, The Priest. v1. 21 Jul 2013 (Historical Fiction)

Baring-Gould, Sabine: Red Spider. v1. 16 Dec 2021 (Romance)

Baring-Gould, Sabine: The Book of Were-Wolves. v1. 20 Jul 2013 (History)

Baring-Gould, Sabine: The Broom-Squire (illus). v1. 25 Dec 2021 (Mystery and Crime)

Baring-Gould, Sabine: The Broom-Squire. v1. 21 Jul 2013 (Other Fiction)

Baring-Gould, Sabine: Urith: A Tale of Dartmoor. v1. 20 Dec 2021 (Historical Fiction)

Baring-Gould, Sabine: Winefred: A Story of the Chalk Cliffs (illus). v1. 22 Dec 2021 (Other Fiction)

Barnard, A. M.: Behind a Mask, or A Woman's Power. V1. 15 Aug 2012 (Romance)

Barnard, A. M.: The Abbot's Ghost. V1. 14 Aug 2012 (Other Fiction)

Barnum, P T: The Art of Money Getting, v.1, 10 Feb 2008. (Reference)

Barnum, Vance: Joe Strong the Boy Fire-Eater. v1, 18 Feb 2008 (Young Adult)

Barr, Amelia E: A Daughter of Fife. V1. 27 Oct 2010 (Romance)

Barr, Amelia E: A Knight of the Nets. V1. 28 Oct 2010 (Romance)

Barr, Amelia E: A Rose of a Hundred Leaves. V1. 1 Nov 2010 (Romance)

Barr, Amelia E: A Singer from the Sea . V1. 3 Nov 2010 (Romance)

Barr, Amelia E: An Orkney Maid. V1. 31 Oct 2010 (Romance)

Barr, Amelia E: Christine, A Fife Fisher Girl: V1 26 Oct 2010 (Romance)

Barr, Amelia E: Jan Vedder's Wife. V1. 28 Oct 2010 (Romance)

Barr, Amelia E: Maids Wives and Bachelors. V1. 29 Oct 2010 (Other Non-Fiction)

Barr, Amelia E: Prisoners of Conscience. V1. 31 Oct 2010 (Romance)

Barr, Amelia E: Remember the Alamo. V1. 1 Nov 2010 (Western)

Barr, Amelia E: Scottish sketches. V1. 2 Nov 2010 (Short Fiction)

Barr, Amelia E: The Hallam Succession. V1. 27 Oct 2010 (Other Fiction)

Barr, Amelia E: The Maid of Maiden Lane. V1. 29 Oct 2010 (Romance)

Barr, Amelia E: The Man Between. V1. 30 Oct 2010 (Romance)

Barr, Amelia E: The Measure of a Man. V1. 30 Oct 2010 (Romance)

Barr, Amelia E: The Squire of Sandal-Side. V1. 3 Nov 2010 (Romance)

Barr, Amelia E: Was It Right to Forgive?. V1. 4 Nov 2010 (Romance)

Barr, Robert: A Prince of Good Fellows. V1. 7 Nov 2010 (Historical Fiction)

Barr, Robert: A Rock in the Baltic. V1. 8 Nov 2010 (Mystery and Crime)

Barr, Robert: A Woman Intervenes. V1. Nov 11 2010 (Other Fiction)

Barr, Robert: From Whose Bourne. V1. 4 Nov 2010 (Mystery and Crime)

Barr, Robert: In a Steamer Chair and Other Stories. V1. 5 Nov 2010 (Short Fiction)

Barr, Robert: In the Midst of Alarms. V1. 5 Nov 2010 (Mystery and Crime)

Barr, Robert: Jennie Baxter, Journalist. V1. 5 Nov 2010 (Mystery and Crime)

Barr, Robert: One Day's Courtship. V1. 6 Nov 2010 (Short Fiction)

Barr, Robert: Revenge!. V1. 7 Nov 2010 (Short Fiction)

Barr, Robert: The Face and the Mask. V1. 4 Nov 2010 (Short Fiction)

Barr, Robert: The Steamer Chair and other stories (1892): v1 (Short Fiction)

Barr, Robert: The Strong Arm. V1. 8 Nov 2010 (Short Fiction)

Barr, Robert: The Sword Maker. V1. 9 Nov 2010 (Romance)

Barr, Robert: The Triumphs of Eugene Valmont, V1. 7/20/2011 (Mystery and Crime)

Barr, Robert: Young Lord Stranleigh (1908), v1 (Action)

Barrie, J. M et. al.: Stories by English Author:s Scotland. V1. 24 0ct 2010 (Short Fiction)

Barrie, J. M, et. al.: Stories by English Authors: London. V1. 23 Oct 2010 (Short Fiction)

Barrie, J. M.: Peter Pan in Kensington Gardens (illus-Rackham). v1. 22 Nov 2016 (Fantasy)

Barrie, J. M.: The Little White Bird. v1. 16 Dec 2016 (Fantasy)

Barrie, J. M: A Window in Thrums . V1. 25 Oct 2010 (Other Fiction)

Barrie, J. M: Auld Licht Idylls. V1. 18 Oct 2010 (Short Fiction)

Barrie, J. M: Better Dead. V1. 19 Oct 2010 (Other Fiction)

Barrie, J. M: Courage. V1. 20 Oct 2010 (Other Non-Fiction)

Barrie, J. M: Dear Brutus. V1. 23 Oct 2010 (Other Fiction)

Barrie, J. M: Margaret Ogilvy. V1. 21 Oct 2010 (Biography)

Barrie, J. M: Peter and Wendy. V1. 22 Oct 2010 (Fantasy)

Barrie, J. M: Peter Pan. V1. 1 Dec 2008 (Young Adult)

Barrie, J. M: Quality Street. V1. 22 Oct 2010 (Other Fiction)

Barrie, J. M: Sentimental Tommy. V1. 23 Oct 2010 (Biography)

Barrie, J. M: The Little Minister. V1. 21 Oct 2010 (Other Fiction)

Barrie, J. M: Tommy and Grizel. V1. 24 Oct 2010 (Romance)

Barrie, J. M: What Every Woman Knows. V1. 24 Oct 2010 (Other Fiction)

Barrie, J.M.: My Lady Nicotine. v1, 17 Feb 2008 (Humor)

Barry, John Arthur: Steve Brown's Bunyip and other stories, 1905, v1, 8 Aug 2025 (Short Fiction)

Bartlett, Frederick Orin: The Seventh Noon. V1. 29 Oct 2011 (Romance)

Bartlett, Frederick Orin: The Triflers. V1. 29 Oct 2011 (Romance)

Bartlett, Frederick Orin: The Wall Street Girl. V1. 19 Oct 2011 (Romance)

Bartlett, Frederick Orin: The Web of the Golden Spider. V1. 30 Oct 2011 (Mystery and Crime)

Barton, George: The Strange Adventures of Bromley Barnes (1918); v1; 24 Oct 2020 (Mystery and Crime)

Basile, Giambattista: Stories from Pentamerone. v1, 22 Jan 2008

Bassewitz, Gerdt von: Peterchens Mondfahrt. german. v1. 9 mar 2009 (Children)

Bastiat, Frédéric: Essays on Political Economy. v1. 10 Jan 2009 (Other Non-Fiction)

Bates, Arlo: A Book o' Nine Tales. v1. 25 Mar 2015 (Short Fiction)

Bates, Arlo: Albrecht. v1. 24 Mar 2015 (Other Fiction)

Bates, Arlo: Love in a Cloud. v1. 26 Mar 2015 (Romance)

Bates, Arlo: Mr. Jacobs. v1. 26 Mar 2015 (Other Fiction)

Bates, Arlo: Patty's Perversities. v1. 27 Mar 2015 (Other Fiction)

Bates, Arlo: The Diary of a Saint. v1. 25 Mar 2015 (Other Fiction)

Bates, Arlo: The Intoxicated Ghost. v1. 26 Mar 2015 (Short Fiction)

Bates, Arlo: The Pagans. V1. 12 Nov 2010 (Other Fiction)

Bates, Arlo: The Philistines. V1. 12 Nov 2010 (Other Fiction)

Bates, Arlo: The Puritans. V1. 13 Nov 2010 (Other Fiction)

Bates, Arlo; Putnam, Eleanor: Prince Vance. v1. 28 Mar 2015 (Fantasy)

Baudelaire, Charles: Die Blume des Bösen. v1 30 july 2009 german (Poetry)

Baudelaire, Charles: The Generous Gambler, v.1, 2 Nov 2007. (Short Fiction)

Baudelaire, Charles: The Poem of Hashish, v.1, 8 Jan 2007. (Other Non-Fiction)

Baum, L. Frank. Oz Omnibus. PRC v1.1 22 June 2009 (Other Fiction)

Baum, L. Frank: A Kidnapped Santa Clause. v1.0 8 December 2008 (Children)

Baum, L. Frank: American Fairy Tales. 03 Jan 2008 (Fantasy)

Baum, L. Frank: Dorothy and the Wizard in Oz (illus). v1. 20 Jul 2020 (Fantasy)

Baum, L. Frank: Glinda of Oz (illus). v1. 27 Oct 2020 (Fantasy)

Baum, L. Frank: Little Wizard Stories of Oz. v1. 12 Aug 2025 (Fantasy)

Baum, L. Frank: Ozma of Oz (illus). v2. 16 Jul 2020 (Fantasy)

Baum, L. Frank: Rinkitink in Oz (illus). v2. 25 Sep 2020 (Fantasy)

Baum, L. Frank: The Emerald City of Oz (illus). v1. 24 Jul 2020 (Fantasy)

Baum, L. Frank: The Land of Oz (illus). v2. 16 Jul 2020 (Fantasy)

Baum, L. Frank: The Lost Princess of Oz (illus). v1. 08 Oct 2020 (Fantasy)

Baum, L. Frank: The Magic of Oz (illus). v1. 21 Oct 2020 (Fantasy)

Baum, L. Frank: The Patchwork Girl of Oz (illus). v2. 17 Aug 2020 (Fantasy)

Baum, L. Frank: The Road to Oz (illus). v1. 20 Jul 2020 (Fantasy)

Baum, L. Frank: The Scarecrow of Oz (illus). v2. 10 Sep 2020 (Fantasy)

Baum, L. Frank: The Tin Woodman of Oz (illus). v1. 14 Oct 2020 (Fantasy)

Baum, L. Frank: The Woggle-Bug Book. v1. 27 Aug 2025 (Fantasy)

Baum, L. Frank: The Wonderful Wizard of Oz (illus). v2. 14 Jul 2020 (Fantasy)

Baum, L. Frank: The Wonderful Wizard of Oz. 09 June 2008. (Children)

Baum, L. Frank: Tik-Tok of Oz (illus). v1. 25 Aug 2020 (Fantasy)

Bazin, René: Autumn Glory. v1. 2 Feb 2014 (Other Fiction)

Bazin, René: The Children of Alsace. v1. 2 Feb 2014 (Other Fiction)

Bazin, René: The Ink-Stain. v1, 4 Feb 2014 (Other Fiction)

Beach, Charles Amory: Air Service Boys Omnibus. v2, 10 Oct 2008 (Young Adult)

Beach, Rex Ellingwood: Flowing Gold. V1. 15 Nov 2010 (Other Fiction)

Beach, Rex Ellingwood: Going Some. V1. 15 Nov 2010 (Western)

Beach, Rex Ellingwood: Heart of the Sunset. V1. 15 Nov 2010 (Western)

Beach, Rex Ellingwood: Laughing Bill Hyde. V1. 16 Nov 2010 (Western)

Beach, Rex Ellingwood: Pardners. V1. 17 Nov 2010 (Western)

Beach, Rex Ellingwood: Rainbow's End. V1. 17 Nov 2010 (Action)

Beach, Rex Ellingwood: The Auction Block. V1. 13 Nov 2010 (Action)

Beach, Rex Ellingwood: The Barrier. V1. 14 Nov 2010 (Western)

Beach, Rex Ellingwood: The Crimson Gardenia. V1. 14 Nov 2010 (Action)

Beach, Rex Ellingwood: The Iron Trail. V1. 16 Nov 2010 (Action)

Beach, Rex Ellingwood: The Ne'er-Do-Well. V1. 16 Nov 2010 (Romance)

Beach, Rex Ellingwood: The Net. V1. 16 Nov 2010 (Mystery and Crime)

Beach, Rex Ellingwood: The Silver Horde. V1. 17 Nov 2010 (Action)

Beach, Rex Ellingwood: The Spoilers. V1. 17 Nov 2010 (Action)

Beach, Rex Ellingwood: The Winds of Chance. V1. 18 Nov 2010 (Action)

Beale, Charles Willing: Ghost of Guir House. v1. 28 Mar 2015 (Humor)

Beale, Charles Willing: The Secret of the Earth. v1. 29 Mar 2015 (Horror)

Beard, Daniel Carter: The Black Wolf Pack. V1. 24 Jun 2011 (Action)

Bechdolt, Jack: The Torch, v1, 20 Oct 2025 (Science Fiction)

Beck, L Adams: The Ladies A Shining Constellation of Wit and Beauty. V1. 29 Nov 2012 (Other Fiction)

Beck, L Adams: The Ninth Vibration and Other Stories. V1. 30 Nov 2012 (Short Fiction)

Becke, Louis: "Old Mary". V1. 29 Aug 2012 (Short Fiction)

Becke, Louis: A Memory of the Southern Seas. V1. 31 Aug 2012 (Short Fiction)

Becke, Louis: By Rock And Pool On An Austral Shore. V1. 28 Aug 2012 (Short Fiction)

Becke, Louis: Chinkie's Flat. V1. 30 Aug 2012 (Science Fiction)

Becke, Louis: Colonial Mortuary Bard. V1. 29 Aug 2012 (Short Fiction)

Becke, Louis: Deschard Of Oneaka And Other Short Stories. V1. 27 Aug 2012 (Short Fiction)

Becke, Louis: Edward Barry- South Sea Pearler. V1. 26 Aug 2012 (Action)

Becke, Louis: Five-Head Creek; and Fish Drugging in The Pacific. V1. 29 Aug 2012 (Short Fiction)

Becke, Louis: John Corwell, Sailor And Miner; and, Poisonous Fish: V1. 28 Aug 2012 (Short Fiction)

Becke, Louis: John Frewen, South Sea Whaler: V1. 30 Aug 2012 (Action)

Becke, Louis: Martin of Nitendi; and The River of Dreams: V1. 29 Aug 2012 (Short Fiction)

Becke, Louis: Reef and Palm. V1. 27 Aug 2012 (Short Fiction)

Becke, Louis: Rodman The Boatsteerer And Other Stories. V1. 31 Aug 2012 (Short Fiction)

Becke, Louis: Tessa. V1. 27 Aug 2012 (Action)

Becke, Louis: The Mutineer_ A Romance of Pitcairn Island.: V1. 26 Aug 2012 (Historical Fiction)

Becke, Louis: Yorke The Adventurer. V1. 31 Aug 2012 (Action)

Beckford, William Thomas: Dreams, Waking Thoughts, and Incidents. V1. 30 Nov 2012 (Other Non-Fiction)

Beckford, William Thomas: The History of Caliph Vathek. V1. 30 Nov 2012 (Fantasy)

Beckford, William Thomas: The Story of Prince Barkiarokh. V1. 1 Dec 2012 (Horror)

Bede: Bede's Ecclesiastical History of England. V1. 28-Mar-2013 (History)

Bedford, Randolph: Fourteen Fathoms by Quetta Rock, v1, 19 April 2025, (Short Fiction)

Bedford-Jones, H.: D'Artagnan. V1. 13 Mar 2011 (Action)

Bedford-Jones, H.: Irregular Brethren. V1. 14 Mar 2011 (Action)

Bedford-Jones, H.: Saint Michael's Gold. V1. 14 Mar 2011 (Action)

Bedford-Jones, H.: The Blue Beetle. V1. 14 Mar 2011 (Action)

Bedford-Jones, H.: The King's Passport. V1. 14 Mar 2011 (Action)

Bedford-Jones, H.: The Thrust of a Finger. V1. 16 Mar 2011 (Action)

Bedford-Jones, H.: Three Smart Silks. V1. 16 Mar 2011 (Mystery and Crime)

Bedford-Jones, H: Blood Royal (1914); v1; 18 May 2020 (Historical Fiction)

Bedford-Jones, H: Bloodstones, and other stories (2019); v1; 2 Jan 2020 (Short Fiction)

Bedford-Jones, H: D'Artagnan (1928); v2; 3 Jan 2020 (Historical Fiction)

Bedford-Jones, H: John Solomon, Supercargo (1924); v1; 3 Jan 2020 (Action)

Bedford-Jones, H: The Blood of Kings (2020); v1; 5 June 2020 (Short Fiction)

Bedford-Jones, H: The Case of the Kidnapped Duchess (2020), v1, 14 Jan 2020 (Short Fiction)

Bedford-Jones, H: The Gate of Farewell (1924);v1, 3 Jan 2020 (Action)

Bedford-Jones, H: The King's Passport (1928); v2; 13 Jan 2020 (Historical Fiction)

Bedford-Jones, H: The Mardi Gras Mystery (1921); v1; 2 Jan 2020 (Mystery and Crime)

Bedford-Jones, H: The Million Dollar Certificate (v1); 8 Jun 2021 (Short Fiction)

Bedford-Jones, H: The Opium Ship (1919); v1; 3 Jan 2020 (Action)

Bedford-Jones, H: The Second Life of Monsieur the Devil, 2020, v1, 3 Jan 2020 (Short Fiction)

Bedford-Jones, H: The Sphinx Emerald (2019), v1, 2 Jan 2020 (Historical Fiction)

Bedford-Jones, H: The Wolf Woman, and other stories (2020); v1, 10 Feb 2020 (Short Fiction)

Bedford-Jones, H: There Are No Accidents (1941); v1, 15 Dec 2021 (Mystery and Crime)

Bedford-Jones, H: Three Piece Dollar, and other stories (2020), v1, 10 Jan 2020 (Short Fiction)

Bedford-Jones, H: Vincent Connor (1932); v1, 11 Feb 2020 (Short Fiction)

Bedford-Jones, Henry James O'Brien: H. Bedford-Jones Sampler. V1. 22 May 2012 (Action)

Bedford-Jones, Henry: Nuala O'Malley.V1.March 24 2012 (Historical Fiction)

Bedford-Jones, Henry: The Mardi Gras Mystery.V1.March 24 2012 (Mystery and Crime)

Bedford-Jones, Henry: The Mesa Trail.V1.March 24 2012 (Western)

Beecham, John Charles : The Argus Pheasant. V1. 23 Nov 2008 (Mystery and Crime)

Beeding, Francis: Death Walks at Eastrepps (1931); v1, 1 Jan 2022 (Mystery and Crime)

Beeding, Francis: The Hidden Kingdom (1927); v1, 3 Jan 2022 (Action)

Beeding, Francis: The House of Dr Edwardes (1927); v1, 1 Jan 2022 (Mystery and Crime)

Beeding, Francis: The Seven Sleepers (1925); v1, 3 Jan 2022 (Action)

Beeding, Francis: The Two Undertakers (1933); v1, 3 Jan 2022 (Action)

Behn, Aphra: The Novels of Mrs Aphra Behn. v1, 16 Apr 2018 (Collected Works)

Belka, W.: Die Schätze des Wahhabiten v1 german 31.1.12 (Action)

Bell, J. J: Till the Clock Stops. v1. 29 Mar 2014 (Mystery and Crime)

Bell, J. J: Wee Macgreegor Enlists. v1. 30 Mar 2015 (Humor)

Bellamy, Edward: An Echo Of Antietam. v1. 4 Jun 2013 (Romance)

Bellamy, Edward: At Pinney's Ranch. v1. 3 Jun 2013 (Western)

Bellamy, Edward: Collected Works of Edward Bellamy. V1. 23 Mar 2011 (Science Fiction)

Bellamy, Edward: Das Jahr 2000. german. v1. 28 feb 2009 (Science Fiction)

Bellamy, Edward: Dr. Heidenhoff's Process. v1. 3 Jun 2013 (Science Fiction)

Bellamy, Edward: Edward Bellamy Omnibus. v1, 3 Jun 2013 (Short Fiction)

Bellamy, Edward: Equality, v.1, 13 May 2008. (Science Fiction)

Bellamy, Edward: Looking Backward, v.1, 2 May 2008. (Science Fiction)

Bellamy, Edward: Looking Backward. v1. 4 Jun 2013 (Other Fiction)

Bellamy, Edward: Miss Ludington's Sister. v1. 4 Jun 2013 (Other Fiction)

Bellamy, Edward: The Duke of Stockbridge. v1. 3 Jun 2013 (Romance)

Belloc, Hilaire: Cautionary Tales for Children, v1, 10 Oct 2007. (Poetry)

Belloc, Hilaire: Europe and the Faith, v1, 23 Oct 2007. (Other Non-Fiction)

Belloc, Hilaire: First and Last, v1. 10 Oct 2007. (Other Non-Fiction)

Belloc, Hilaire: On Nothing & Kindred Subjects, v1, 08 Oct 2007. (Other Non-Fiction)

Belloc, Hilaire: The Path to Rome, v1, 21 Oct 2007. (Other Non-Fiction)

Benage, Greg: A Circle of Iron. v1. 2 June 2012 (Fantasy)

Benchley, Robert: My Ten Years in a Quandary. V 1. 26 November 2012 (Humor)

Benét, Stephen Vincent: John Brown's Body. V1. 25 June 2012 (Poetry)

Benet, Stephen Vincent: Tales Before Midnight, V1 (Other Fiction)

Benét, Stephen Vincent: The Devil and Daniel Webster. v1. 30 Oct 07 (Short Fiction)

Benet, Stephen Vincent: Thirteen O'Clock, V1, 22 June 2018 (Fantasy)

Bennet, Robert Ames: A Volunteer with Pike. V1. 26 Jun 2011 (Romance)

Bennet, Robert Ames: Bloom of Cactus. V1. 25 Jun 2011 (Western)

Bennet, Robert Ames: Bloom of the Cactus v1 19 jan 2009 (Western)

Bennet, Robert Ames: Into the Primitive. v1. 4 Jan 2013 (Action)

Bennet, Robert Ames: Out of the Depths. V1. 25 Jun 2011 (Western)

Bennet, Robert Ames: Out of the Primitive. V1. 26 Jun 2011 (Romance)

Bennet, Robert Ames: The Desert Girl. v1. 4 Jan 2013 (Western)

Bennet, Robert Ames: The Shogun's Daughter. v1. 3 Jan 2013 (Action)

Bennet, Robert Ames: Thyra, v1 07-12-2009 (Science Fiction)

Bennet, Robert Ames: Thyra: A Romance of the Polar Pit. V1. 24 December 2012 (Fantasy)

Bennett, Arnold: A Great Man. v1. 8 Jan 2014 (Other Fiction)

Bennett, Arnold: Accident, v.1, 14 March 2009. (Other Fiction)

Bennett, Arnold: Anna of the Five Towns, v1, 20 Dec 2007. (Other Fiction)

Bennett, Arnold: Buried Alive. v1. 7 Jan 2014 (Other Fiction)

Bennett, Arnold: Clayhanger. 16 Sept 07 (Other Fiction)

Bennett, Arnold: Denry the Audacious. v1. 7 Jan 2014 (Other Fiction)

Bennett, Arnold: Helen with the High Hand. 16 Sept 07 (Other Fiction)

Bennett, Arnold: Hilda Lessways. v1. 9 Jan 2014 (Reference)

Bennett, Arnold: How to Live on 24 Hours a Day. 04 Aug 07 (Reference)

Bennett, Arnold: How to Live. V1. 30 Oct 2010 (Other Non-Fiction)

Bennett, Arnold: Journalism for Women. 16 Sept 07 (Other Non-Fiction)

Bennett, Arnold: Literary Taste – How to Form It, v.1, 13 Feb 2008. (Reference)

Bennett, Arnold: Mental Efficiency, v1, 12 Dec 2007. (Reference)

Bennett, Arnold: Murder!, v.1, 5 September 2008. (Mystery and Crime)

Bennett, Arnold: Tales of the Five Towns. 16 Sept 07 (Other Fiction)

Bennett, Arnold: The Card. v1. 7 Jan 2014 (Other Fiction)

Bennett, Arnold: The Feast of St Friend, v.1, 11 Dec 2007. (Other Non-Fiction)

Bennett, Arnold: The Feast of St. Friend. v1. 8 Jan (Other Non-Fiction)

Bennett, Arnold: The Ghost. v1. 8 Jan 2014 (Fantasy)

Bennett, Arnold: The Grand Babylon Hotel. 15 Sept 07 (Other Fiction)

Bennett, Arnold: The Grim Smile of the Five Towns. v1. 8 Jan 2014 (Short Fiction)

Bennett, Arnold: The Human Machine. 15 Sept 07 (Reference)

Bennett, Arnold: The Loot of Cities (1900), v1, 20 July 2019 (Mystery and Crime)

Bennett, Arnold: The Plain Man and His Wife, v.1, 7 Feb 2008. (Other Non-Fiction)

Bennett, Arnold: These Twain. v1. 15 Apr 2009 (Other Fiction)

Bennett, Robert Ames: Thyra, a Romance of the Polar Pit, v1, 25 Sep 2025 (Science Fiction)

Benson, Arthur Christopher: At Large. v1. 3 Jan 2014 (Other Non-Fiction)

Benson, Arthur Christopher: Beside Still Waters. v1. 3 Jan 2014 (Other Fiction)

Benson, Arthur Christopher: Escape and Other Essays. v1. 4 Jan 2014 (Other Non-Fiction)

Benson, Arthur Christopher: Essays. v1. 4 Jan 2014 (Other Non-Fiction)

Benson, Arthur Christopher: Father Payne, v1, 29 March 2010. (Other Fiction)

Benson, Arthur Christopher: Father Payne. v1. 5 Jan 2014 (Other Non-Fiction)

Benson, Arthur Christopher: Out of the Sea, v1, 14 October 2009. (Horror)

Benson, Arthur Christopher: The Altar Fire, v1, 13 September 2009. (Other Fiction)

Benson, Arthur Christopher: The Altar Fire. v1. 3 Jan 2014 (Other Fiction)

Benson, Arthur Christopher: The Child of the Dawn, v1, 24 September 2009 (Fantasy)

Benson, Arthur Christopher: The Child of the Dawn. v1. 4 Jan 2014 (Other Fiction)

Benson, Arthur Christopher: The Silent Isle, v1, 28 September 2009. (Other Non-Fiction)

Benson, Charles. Moonport. v1.0 PRC 6 July 2009 (History)

Benson, E. F.: A Reaping v1. 9 Oct 2015 (Other Non-Fiction)

Benson, E. F.: David Blaize and the Blue Door (illus). v1. 07 Apr 2021 (Fantasy)

Benson, E. F.: David Blaize of King’s. v1. 04 Apr 2021 (Young Adult)

Benson, E. F.: David Blaize. v1. 04 Apr 2021 (Young Adult)

Benson, E. F.: Mammon and Co. v1. 6 Jan 2014 (Other Fiction)

Benson, E. F.: Spooks (collected shorts). v1. 25 Sep 2017 (Horror)

Benson, E. F.: Two Cat Stories (shorts). v1. 19 Sep 2017 (Humor)

Benson, E. F: Across the Stream. v1. 15 Jun 2013 (Other Fiction)

Benson, E. F: An Act In A Backwater. v1. 10 Oct 2015 (Other Fiction)

Benson, E. F: An Autumn Sowing. v1. 11 Oct 2015 (Other Fiction)

Benson, E. F: As We Were. v1. 11 Oct 2015 (Other Non-Fiction)

Benson, E. F: Collected Stories of E. F. Benson. V1. 26 Mar 2011 (Short Fiction)

Benson, E. F: Crescent and Iron Cross. V1. 18 Nov 2010 (History)

Benson, E. F: Daisy's Aunt . V1. 19 Nov 2010 (Romance)

Benson, E. F: Dodo Wonders. v1. 16 Jun 2013 (Romance)

Benson, E. F: Dodo's Daughter. v1. 16 Jun 2013 (Romance)

Benson, E. F: Dodo's Daughter. v1. 6 Jan 2014. (Romance)

Benson, E. F: Dodo, A Detail Of The Day. v1. 12 Oct 2015 (Other Fiction)

Benson, E. F: Dodo. v1. 6 Jan 2014 (Romance)

Benson, E. F: Limitations. v1. 13 Oct 2015 (Other Fiction)

Benson, E. F: Lucia in London. V1. 25 Mar 2011 (Other Fiction)

Benson, E. F: Lucia's Progress. V1. 26 Mar 2011 (Other Fiction)

Benson, E. F: Mammon & Co. v1. 14 Oct 2015 (Other Fiction)

Benson, E. F: Mammon and Co. v1. 16 Jun 2013 (Other Fiction)

Benson, E. F: Paul. v1. 15 Oct 2015 (Other Fiction)

Benson, E. F: Queen Lucia. V1. 20 Nov 2010 (Humor)

Benson, E. F: Scarlet and Hyssop. v1. 17 Jun 2013 (Other Fiction)

Benson, E. F: The Angel of Pain, v1. 5 Jan 2014 (Other Fiction)

Benson, E. F: The Blotting Book. V1. 18 Nov 2010 (Mystery and Crime)

Benson, E. F: The Challoners. v1. 16 Oct 2015 (Other Fiction)

Benson, E. F: The Climber. v1. 17 Oct 2015 (Other Fiction)

Benson, E. F: The House Of Defence. v1. 18 Oct 2015 (Other Fiction)

Benson, E. F: The Image In The Sand. v1. 19 Oct 2015 (Other Fiction)

Benson, E. F: The Osbornes. v1. 20 Oct 2015 (Other Fiction)

Benson, E. F: The Princess Sophia. v1. 21 Oct 2015 (Other Fiction)

Benson, E. F: The Relentless City. v1. 21 Oct 2015 (Other Fiction)

Benson, E. F: The Room in the Tower and Other Horror Stories. V1. 8 Dec 2012 (Horror)

Benson, E. F: The Rubicon.v1. 16 Jun 2013 (Other Fiction)

Benson, E. F: The Tortoise. v1. 22 Oct 2015 (Other Fiction)

Benson, E. F: Thorley Weir. v1. 23 Oct 2015 (Other Fiction)

Benson, E. F: Trouble for Lucia. V1. 26 Mar 2011 (Other Fiction)

Benson, E. F; Miss Mapp. V1. 19 Nov 2010 (Humor)

Benson, E.F. Collected Stories. v2. 21st Feb 2010 (Short Fiction)

Benson, E.F.: Mapp and Lucia Omnibus. v6. 25 Nov 2012 (Humor)

Benson, E.F.: Mrs Ames. v1. 8 Sep 07 (Other Fiction)

Benson, E.F.: Paying Guests. v1. 8 Sep 07 (Other Fiction)

Benson, R H: Father Macclesfield's Tale. V1. 2 May 2009 (Young Adult)

Benson, R H: Father Meuron's Tale. V1. 2 May 2009 (Mystery and Crime)

Benson, Robert Hugh, Non-Catholic Denominations, v1, 17 November 2009. (Spiritual)

Benson, Robert Hugh: A Book of Essays, v.1, 28 Feb 2008. (Spiritual)

Benson, Robert Hugh: A City Set on a Hill, v.1, 24 April 2008. (Spiritual)

Benson, Robert Hugh: A Mirror of Shalott, v.1, 4 May 2008. (Horror)

Benson, Robert Hugh: A Winnowing, v.1, 11 May 2008. (Other Fiction)

Benson, Robert Hugh: At a Requiem, v1, 17 November 2009. (Spiritual)

Benson, Robert Hugh: By What Authority. V1. 3 May 2009 (Historical Fiction)

Benson, Robert Hugh: By What Authority?. v1. 26 Dec 2013 (Historical Fiction)

Benson, Robert Hugh: Come Rack! Come Rope!. v1. 26 Dec 2013 (Historical Fiction)

Benson, Robert Hugh: Come Rack! Come Rope!. V1. 4 May 2009 (Historical Fiction)

Benson, Robert Hugh: Confessions of a Convert, v.1, 27 Feb 2008. (Spiritual)

Benson, Robert Hugh: Dawn of All. v1. 27 Dec 2013 (Historical Fiction)

Benson, Robert Hugh: Dawn of All. V1. 4 May 2009 (Historical Fiction)

Benson, Robert Hugh: Father Meuron’s Tale, v.1 20 Feb 2008. (Horror)

Benson, Robert Hugh: Initiation, v1, 18 October 2009. (Other Fiction)

Benson, Robert Hugh: Loneliness? v.1, 24 April 2008. (Other Fiction)

Benson, Robert Hugh: Lord of the World, v.1, 29 Dec 2007. (Science Fiction)

Benson, Robert Hugh: Lord of the World. V1. 6 May 2009 (Other Fiction)

Benson, Robert Hugh: Lourdes, v.1, 30 Dec 2007. (Spiritual)

Benson, Robert Hugh: Lourdes. V1. 6 May 2009 (Spiritual)

Benson, Robert Hugh: None Other Gods, v.1, 24 April 2008. (Other Fiction)

Benson, Robert Hugh: None Other Gods. v1. 27 Dec 2013 (Other Fiction)

Benson, Robert Hugh: Oddsfish!, v1. 5 February 2010. (Historical Fiction)

Benson, Robert Hugh: Papers of a Pariah, v.1, 11 April 2008. (Spiritual)

Benson, Robert Hugh: Paradoxes of Catholicism, v.1, 8 Jan 2008. (Spiritual)

Benson, Robert Hugh: Poems, v1, 1 December 2009 (Poetry)

Benson, Robert Hugh: Saint Thomas of Canterbury, v1, 1 February 2010. (Biography)

Benson, Robert Hugh: The Conventionalists, v1, 17 January 2010. (Other Fiction)

Benson, Robert Hugh: The Dawn of All, v.1, 30 Dec 2007. (Science Fiction)

Benson, Robert Hugh: The History of Richard Raynal, Solitary. V1. 4 May 2009 (Historical Fiction)

Benson, Robert Hugh: The King's Achievement. V1. 5 May 2009 (Historical Fiction)

Benson, Robert Hugh: The Light Invisible, v1, 17 November 2009. (Short Fiction)

Benson, Robert Hugh: The Necromancers, v.1, 28 Dec 2007. (Other Fiction)

Benson, Robert Hugh: The Religion of the Plain Man, v.1, 27 Feb 2008. (Spiritual)

Benson, Robert Hugh: The Sentimentalists, v1, 17 January 2010. (Other Fiction)

Benson, Samuel: Back from Hell.V1.25 May 2015 (Biography)

Benson, Stella: Goodbye, Stranger, v.1, 16 March 2009. (Other Fiction)

Benson, Stella: Hope Against Hope and Other Stories, v.1, 21 February 2009. (Short Fiction)

Benson, Stella: Kwan-yin, v.1, 22 February 2009. (Poetry)

Benson, Stella: Living Alone, v.1, 21 February 2009. (Other Fiction)

Benson, Stella: The Little World, v.1, 12 March 2009. (Other Non-Fiction)

Benson, Stella: The Man Who Missed The ’Bus, v.1, 26 February 2009. (Short Fiction)

Benson, Stella: This Is the End, v.1 21 February 2009. (Other Fiction)

Benson, Stella: Twenty, v.1, 21 February 2009. (Poetry)

Benton, John L: John L. Benton Omnibus. V1. 25 Mar 2010 (Mystery and Crime)

Beresford, J D: The Hampdenshire Wonder. V1. 26 Mar 2011 (Science Fiction)

Beresford, J D: The Misanthrope. V1. 27 Mar 2011 (Short Fiction)

Beresford, J. D.: Nineteen Impressions (1918); v1; 14 Nov 2020 (Short Fiction)

Bergson, Henri: Creative Evolution. V1. 28-Mar-2013 (Philosophy)

Bernardin de Saint-Pierre, Jacques-Henri: Paul and Virginia, v.1, 5 July 2009 (Romance)

Bertrand, Louis: Saint Augustin, v.1, 27 February 2009. (Biography)

Besant, Walter: The Case of Mr Lucraft. V1. 27 Mar 2011 (Science Fiction)

Besant, Walter: The Revolt of Man: V1. 27 Mar 2011 (Science Fiction)

Bettauer, Hugo: Der Frauenmörder, german, v1, 10 Feb 2009 (Other Fiction)

Bettauer, Hugo: Die Stadt ohne Juden, german, v1, 22 Feb 2009 (Other Fiction)

Bettauer, Hugo: Hemmungslos, german, v1, 13 Feb 2009 (Other Fiction)

Bevan, Tom: Sea-Dogs All v1 17 jan 2009 (Historical Fiction)

Bey, Hakim: T.A.Z. The Temporary Autonomous Zone, v.1, 20 May 2008. (Other Non-Fiction)

Bierce, Ambrose: The Devil's Dictionary, v.1., 1 Oct 2008 (Other Non-Fiction)

Bierce, Ambrose: A Baby Tramp and Other Horror Stories. V1. 8 Dec 2012 (Horror)

Bierce, Ambrose: A Cynic Looks at Life. 07 Oct 07 (Humor)

Bierce, Ambrose: An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge. v1. 2 Dec 07

Bierce, Ambrose: Can Such Things Be? (1893); v1; 10 Jan 2020 (Fantasy)

Bierce, Ambrose: Can Such Things Be? v1. 2 Dec 07

Bierce, Ambrose: Devil's Dictionary. PRC 7 July 2009 (Humor)

Bierce, Ambrose: Fantistic Fables. 06 Oct 07 (Humor)

Bierce, Ambrose: Moxon's Master and Other Horror Stories. V1. 10 Dec 2012 (Horror)

Bierce, Ambrose: The Boarded Window and Other Horror Stories. V1. 9 Dec 2012 (Horror)

Bierce, Ambrose: The Damned Thing, v.1, 31 Dec 2008 (Short Fiction)

Bierce, Ambrose: Write It Right. 06 Oct 07 (Reference)

Biggers, Earl Derr: Behind That Curtain. v1. 7 Feb 2013 (Mystery and Crime)

Biggers, Earl Derr: Charlie Chan Carries On. v1. 6 Feb 2013 (Mystery and Crime)

Biggers, Earl Derr: Charlie Chan Omnibus. v6. 15 Sep 2014 (Mystery and Crime)

Biggers, Earl Derr: Fifty Candles. v1. 6 Feb 2013 (Mystery and Crime)

Biggers, Earl Derr: Inside the Lines (1915); v1; 12 Sep 2020 (Mystery and Crime)

Biggers, Earl Derr: Inside The Lines. v1. 6 Feb 2013 (Action)

Biggers, Earl Derr: Keeper Of The Keys. v1. 5 Feb 2013 (Mystery and Crime)

Biggers, Earl Derr: Love Insurance. v1. 7 Feb 2-13 (Mystery and Crime)

Biggers, Earl Derr: Seven Keys To Baldpate. v1. 5 Feb 2013 (Mystery and Crime)

Biggers, Earl Derr: The Agony Column (1916); v1; 13 Feb 2020 (Romance)

Biggers, Earl Derr: The Black Camel. v1. 5 Feb 2013 (Mystery and Crime)

Biggers, Earl Derr: The Chinese Parrot. v1. 4 Feb 2013 (Mystery and Crime)

Biggers, Earl Derr: The House Without A Key. v1. 4 Feb 2012 (Mystery and Crime)

Bilstein, Roger. Orders of Magnitude. PRC v1.0 12 July 2009 (History)

Bindloss, Harold: A Damaged Reputation. v1. 8 Jan 2013 (Action)

Bindloss, Harold: A Prairie Courtship. v1. 8 Jan 2013 (Romance)

Bindloss, Harold: Alton of Somasco. V1. 27 Jun 2011 (Western)

Bindloss, Harold: Blake's Burden. V1. 27 Jun 2011 (Romance)

Bindloss, Harold: Brandon of the Engineers. V1. 28 Jun 2011 (Romance)

Bindloss, Harold: Carmen's Messenger. V1. 28 Jun 2011 (Romance)

Bindloss, Harold: Delilah of the Snows. v1. 7 Jan 2013 (Action)

Bindloss, Harold: For Jacinta. v1. 7 Jan 2013 (Action)

Bindloss, Harold: For the Allinson Honor. V1. 29 Jun 2011 (Romance)

Bindloss, Harold: Harding of Allenwood. v1. 7 Jan 2013 (Action)

Bindloss, Harold: Hawtrey's Deputy. V1. 1 Jul 2011 (Romance)

Bindloss, Harold: Johnstone of the Border. V1. 1 Jul 2011 (Action)

Bindloss, Harold: Kit Musgrave's Luck. v1. 5 Jan 2013 (Action)

Bindloss, Harold: Lister's Great Adventure. V1. 2 Jul 2011 (Action)

Bindloss, Harold: Long Odds. v1. 4 Jan 2013 (Action)

Bindloss, Harold: Lorimer of the Northwest. V1. 3 Jul 2011 (Other Fiction)

Bindloss, Harold: Masters of the Wheat-Lands. V1. 4 Jul 2011 (Other Fiction)

Bindloss, Harold: Northwest!. v1. 7 Jan 2013 (Action)

Bindloss, Harold: Partners of the Out-Trail. V1. 4 Jul 2011 (Action)

Bindloss, Harold: Prescott of Saskatchewan. V1. 5 Jul 2011 (Action)

Bindloss, Harold: Ranching for Sylvia. V1. 5 Jul 2011 (Other Fiction)

Bindloss, Harold: The Boy Ranchers Of Puget Sound. v1. 6 Jan 2013 (Action)

Bindloss, Harold: The Buccaneer Farmer v1 26 dec 2008 (Historical Fiction)

Bindloss, Harold: The Cattle-Baron's Daughter. V1. 28 Jun 2011 (Romance)

Bindloss, Harold: The Coast Of Adventure. v1. 6 Jan 2013 (Action)

Bindloss, Harold: The Dust of Conflict. V1. 29 Jun 2011 (Action)

Bindloss, Harold: The Girl From Keller's. V1. 29 Jun 2011 (Romance)

Bindloss, Harold: The Gold Trail. V2. 6 Jul 2011 (Action)

Bindloss, Harold: The Greater Power. V1. 30 Jun 2011 (Action)

Bindloss, Harold: The Impostor. v1. 5 Jan 2013 (Western)

Bindloss, Harold: The Intriguers. V1. 1 Jul 2011 (Romance)

Bindloss, Harold: The League of the Leopard. v1. 6 Jan 2013 (Action)

Bindloss, Harold: The Long Portage. V1. 3 Jul 2011 (Action)

Bindloss, Harold: The Lure of the North. V1. 3 Jul 2011 (Action)

Bindloss, Harold: The Mistress of Bonaventure. v1. 5 Jan 2012 (Western)

Bindloss, Harold: The Protector. v1. 6 Jan 2013 (Action)

Bindloss, Harold: The Secret of the Reef. V1. 5 Jul 2011 (Action)

Bindloss, Harold: Thrice Armed. v1. 4 Jan 2013 (Action)

Bindloss, Harold: Thurston of Orchard Valley. V1. 6 Jul 2011 (Romance)

Bindloss, Harold: Vane of the Timberlands. V1. 7 Jul 2011 (Romance)

Bindloss, Harold: Winston of the Prairie. V1. 7 Jul 2011 (Western)

Bindloss, Harold: Wyndham's Pal. v1. 5 Jan 2013 (Action)

Binns, Ottwell: A Mating in the Wilds (1920); v1; 17 July 2020 (Romance)

Binns, Ottwell: The Flaming Crescent (1931); v1; 7 Oct 2019 (Action)

Binns, Ottwell: The Gate of Ringing Sands (1927); v1; 10 July 2020 (Action)

Binns, Ottwell: The Girl in the Car (1934); v1; 7 July 2020 (Action)

Binns, Ottwell: The Grey Rat (1931), v.1 (Action)

Binns, Ottwell: The Last Door (1935); v1; 7 Oct 2020 (Action)

Binns, Ottwell: The Lavenham Treasure (1932); v1; 17 July 2020 (Action)

Binns, Ottwell: The Stolen Debutante (1933), V1, 13 September 2019 (Action)

Binns, Ottwell: The Three Blue Anchors (1934); v.1 (Action)

Bird, Isabella L: Among the Tibetans, v.1, 5 April 2008. (Other Non-Fiction)

Bird, Isabella: A Lady's Life in the Rocky Mountains, v.1, 15 Dec 2007 (Other Non-Fiction)

Bird, Isabella: Lake Tahoe v1 23 jan 2009 (Other Non-Fiction)

Bird, Robert Montgomery: Calavar. V1. 8 Jul 2011 (Historical Fiction)

Bird, Robert Montgomery: Nick of the Woods. V1. 9 Jul 2011 (Historical Fiction)

Bird, Robert Montgomery: The Infidel Vol I. V1. 9 Jul 2011 (Historical Fiction)

Bird, Robert Montgomery: The Infidel Vol II, The. V1. 9 Jul 2011 (Historical Fiction)

Birmingham, George A.: Priscilla's Spies v1 20 mar 2009 (Mystery and Crime)

Birmingham, George A: A Padre in France. V1. 14 Jul 2011 (Other Non-Fiction)

Birmingham, George A: General John Regan. V1. 12 Jul 2011 (Other Fiction)

Birmingham, George A: Gossamer. V1. 12 Jul 2011 (Other Fiction)

Birmingham, George A: Hyacinth. V1. 13 Jul 2011 (Other Fiction)

Birmingham, George A: Lady Bountiful. V1. 13 Jul 2011 (Other Fiction)

Birmingham, George A: Lalage's Lovers. V1 14 Jul 2011 (Other Fiction)

Birmingham, George A: Our Casualty And Other Stories. V1. 14 Jul 2011 (Short Fiction)

Birmingham, George A: The Island Mystery. V1. 13 Jul 2011 (Other Fiction)

Birmingham, George A: The Northern Iron. V1. 15 Jul 2011 (Other Fiction)

Birmingham, George A: The Red Hand of Ulster. V1. 15 Jul 2011 (Other Fiction)

Birmingham, George A: The Simpkins Plot. V1. 15 Jul 2011 (Other Fiction)

Biss, Gerald: Branded. A Tale (1906): v1; 20 Jan 2020 (Mystery and Crime)

Biss, Gerald: The Door of the Unreal (1919), V1, 20 Jan 2020 (Horror)

Biss, Gerald: The Door of the Unreal, v.1, 25 Nov 2007 (Horror)

Bjornson, Bjørnstjerne : A Happy Boy. v1, 29 Jan 2008

Black, Edith Ferguson: A Beautiful Possibility. v1. 15 Jan 2016 (Other Fiction)

Black, Edith Ferguson: A Princess in Calico. v1. 15 Jan 2016 (Other Fiction)

Black, Ladbroke Lionel Day: The Ballydoyle Regatta and other stories, v1 (Short Fiction)

Blackburn, Douglas: A Burgher Quixote. v1. 18 Apr 20167 (Other Fiction)

Blackburn, Douglas: Prinsloo of Prinsloosdorp. v1. 19 Apr 2017 (Other Fiction)

Blackmore, R. D: Clara Vaughan, Volume I (of III). v1. 28 Dec 2013 (Other Fiction)

Blackmore, R. D: CLARA VAUGHAN, VOLUME II (OF III), v1. 29 Dec 2013 (Other Fiction)

Blackmore, R. D: CLARA VAUGHAN, VOLUME III (OF III). v1. 29 Dec 2013 (Other Fiction)

Blackmore, R. D: Cripps, the Carrier. v1. 30 Dec 2013 (Other Fiction)

Blackmore, R. D: Crocker's Hole. v1. 30 Dec 2013 (Other Fiction)

Blackmore, R. D: Dariel. v1. 31 Dec 2013 (Romance)

Blackmore, R. D: Erema. v1. 31 Dec 2013 (Other Fiction)

Blackmore, R. D: Frida. v1. 31 Dec 2013 (Other Fiction)

Blackmore, R.D.: Lorna Doone (Illustrated). v1, 24 Mar 2008 (Romance)

Blackmore, R.D.: Lorna Doone. v1, 27 Jan 2008

Blackwood, Algernon. The Willows. v1. 26 Oct 07 (Horror)

Blackwood, Algernon: A Prisoner in Fairyland. v1. 22 Jan 2022 (Fantasy)

Blackwood, Algernon: An Egyptian Hornet and Other Horror Stories. V1. 2 Dec 2011 (Horror)

Blackwood, Algernon: Day and Night Stories. v1. 09 Jan 2022 (Horror)

Blackwood, Algernon: Incredible Adventures. v1. 01 Jan 2022 (Horror)

Blackwood, Algernon: Jimbo: A Fantasy. v1. 22 Jan 2022 (Fantasy)

Blackwood, Algernon: John Silence: The Psychic Doctor. v1. 01 Jan 2022 (Horror)

Blackwood, Algernon: Julius LeVallon // The Bright Messenger. v1. 25 Jan 2022 (Fantasy)

Blackwood, Algernon: Pan’s Garden (illus). v1. 04 Jan 2022 (Horror)

Blackwood, Algernon: Sambo and Snitch. v1. 23 Jan 2022 (Fantasy)

Blackwood, Algernon: Selections from “Tongues of Fire”. v1. 15 Jan 2022 (Horror)

Blackwood, Algernon: Shocks. v1. 14 Jan 2022 (Horror)

Blackwood, Algernon: Ten Minute Stories. v1. 11 Jan 2022 (Horror)

Blackwood, Algernon: The Centaur. v1. 27 Jan 2022 (Fantasy)

Blackwood, Algernon: The Doll and One Other. v1. 12 Jan 2022 (Horror)

Blackwood, Algernon: The Education of Uncle Paul. v1. 22 Jan 2022 (Fantasy)

Blackwood, Algernon: The Empty House and Other Ghost Stories. v1. 07 Jan 2022 (Horror)

Blackwood, Algernon: The Extra Day. v1. 23 Jan 2022 (Fantasy)

Blackwood, Algernon: The Fruit Stoners. v1. 23 Jan 2022 (Fantasy)

Blackwood, Algernon: The Human Chord. v1. 02 Feb 2022 (Fantasy)

Blackwood, Algernon: The Listener and Other Stories. v1. 05 Jan 2022 (Horror)

Blackwood, Algernon: The Lost Valley and Other Stories (illus). v1. 08 Jan 2022 (Horror)

Blackwood, Algernon: The Promise of Air. v1. 28 Jan 2022 (Fantasy)

Blackwood, Algernon: The Wave: An Egyptian Aftermath. v1. 30 Jan 2022 (Fantasy)

Blackwood, Algernon: The Wendigo. v1. 22 Oct 07 (Horror)

Blackwood, Algernon: The Wolves of God and Other Fey Stories. v1. 10 Jan 2022 (Horror)

Blackwood, Algernon: Thirteen Further Stories. v1. 17 Jan 2022 (Horror)

Blaikie, William Garden: The Personal Life of David Livingstone. 26 Oct 07 (Biography)

Blake, William: Songs of Innocence and of Experience. v1. 12 April 2011 (Poetry)

Blanchard, Amy Ella: A Dear Little Girl at School. v1. 29 Apr 2015 (Young Adult)

Blanchard, Amy Ella: A Dear Little Girl's Summer Holidays. v1. 29 Apr 2015 (Young Adult)

Blanchard, Amy Ella: A Dear Little Girl's Thanksgiving Holidays: v1. 29 Apr 2015 (Young Adult)

Blanchard, Amy Ella: A Dear Little Girl. v1. 29 Apr 2015 (Young Adult)

Blanchard, Amy Ella: Little Maid Marian. v1. 2 May 2015 (Young Adult)

Blanchard, Amy Ella: Talbot's Angles. v1. 2 May 2015 (Young Adult)

Blanchard, Amy Ella: The Four Corners Abroad. v1. 1 May 2015 (Young Adult)

Blanchard, Amy Ella: The Four Corners. v1. 1 May 2015 (Young Adult)

Blanchard, Amy Ella: Three Little Cousins. v1. 3 May 2015 (Young Adult)

Blanchard, Amy: The Four Corners in Japan. The Four Corners in Japan1. 1 May 2015 (Young Adult)

Blasco Ibañez, Vicente: The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse (1918): v1 (Other Fiction)

Blayre, Christopher: The Purple Sapphire and Other Posthumous Papers. v1. 15 May 2021 (Horror)

Blicher, Steen Steensen: Twelve Stories. V1. 23 Mar 2011 (Short Fiction)

Bliss, Sylvester: A Brief Commentary on the Apocalypse. V1. 08-Sep-2012 (Spiritual)

Blissett, Luther: Q. (Italian) v3.1 28 Jul 2013 (Historical Fiction)

Bloch, Jean Richard: —& Co. V1. 24 Mar 2011 (Other Fiction)

Blunt, Wilfred Scawen: The Future of Islam, v1, 2 December 2009. (Spiritual)

Bly, Nellie: Ten Days in a Mad-House. v1, 14 Jan 2008

Blyth, James: A Woman Of Character. v1. 20 Apr 2016 (Other Fiction)

Blyth, James: Celibate Sarah, v1. 21 Apr 2016 (Other Fiction)

Blyth, James: Rubina. v1. 22 Apr 2016 (Other Fiction)

Blythe, Samuel G: The Fun of Getting Thin, v.1, 6 March 2009. (Other Non-Fiction)

Boake, Capel: The House by the River, v1, 23 June 2023 (Short Fiction)

Boccaccio, Giovanni: The Decameron of Giovanni Boccaccio . v1, 31 Jan 2008

Boccaccio, Giovanni: The Decameron.V2.1 July 2014 (Other Fiction)

Boccaccio: The Most Pleasant and Delectable Questions of Love, v1, 22 Jan 2010 (Other Fiction)

Bodkin, M MacDonnell: The Capture of Paul Beck (1911);v1; 26 Feb 2020 (Mystery and Crime)

Bodkin, M MacDonnell: Young Beck (1912); v1; 8 Dec 2019 (Mystery and Crime)

Bodkin, M McDonnell: Paul beck, the Rule of Thumb Detective; (1898); v1, 2 Nov 2021 (Mystery and Crime)

Bodkin, M McDonnell: The Quests of Paul Beck (1908); v1; 27 Oct 2021 (Mystery and Crime)

Bodkin, Matthias: Lord Edward Fitzgerald. v1. 25 Apr 2016 (Historical Fiction)

Bodkin, Matthias: Patsey The Omadaun. v1. 26 Apr 2016 (Other Fiction)

Boethius: The Consolation of Philosophy [tr. Sedgefield], v1, 22 January 2010. (Philosophy)

Boethius: The Consolation of Philosophy [tr.Cooper], v1, 22 January 2010. (Philosophy)

Boethius: The Consolation of Philosophy [tr.James], v1, 22 January 2010. (Philosophy)

Boethius: The Theological Tractates, v1, 24 January 2010. (Philosophy)

Bogdanow, Alexander Alexandrowitsch: Der rote Planet. german. v1. 18 mar 2009 (Science Fiction)

Boggs, Winifred: Sally on the rocks. v1. 24 Sep 2016 (Other Fiction)

Bogott, Fritz: Boggle & Sneak, v1 25 Mar 2011 (Children)

Bogue, Lilian Lida Bell: Abroad with the Jimmies. v1. 12 Apr 2017 (Other Fiction)

Bogue, Lilian Lida Bell: The Expatriates. v1. 16 Apr 2017 (Other Fiction)

Boisgobey, Fortuné de: La main froide (french) v1 4 dec 2008 (Mystery and Crime)

Bok, Edward: The Americanization of Edward Bok. v1, 2 Jan 2008

Boldrewood, Rolf: A Romance of Canvas Town And Other Stories. V1. 28 Mar 2011 (Short Fiction)

Boldrewood, Rolf: A Sydney-Side Saxon. V1. 29 Mar 2011 (Other Fiction)

Boldrewood, Rolf: Robbery Under Arms. V1. 27 Mar 2011 (Action)

Boldrewood, Rolf: Shearing In The Riverina, New South Wales. V1. 28 Mar 2011 (Short Fiction)

Boldrewood, Rolf: The Miner's Right, A Tale of the Australian Goldfields: V1. 28 Mar (Action)

Bolt, Ben (Ottwell Binns): Mystery of Belvoir Mansions (1926); v1, 29 Sep 2020 (Mystery and Crime)

Bolt, Ben (Ottwell Binns): The Green Lantern (1935), v1, 28 Sep 2020 (Mystery and Crime)

Bonanno Margaret Wander: Star Trek - TOS - Music of the Spheres v2.5 2007-10-16 (Science Fiction)

Bond, Lee: Lee Bond Sampler. V1. 11 Jun 2012 (Western)

Bonner, Geraldine: Miss Maitland Private Secretary. V1. 20 Jul 2011 (Mystery and Crime)

Bonner, Geraldine: The Black Eagle Mystery. V1. 19 Jul 2011 (Mystery and Crime)

Bonner, Geraldine: The Emigrant Trail. V1. 19 Jul 2011 (Action)

Bonner, Geraldine: The Girl at Central. V1. 20 Jul 2011 (Mystery and Crime)

Bonner, Geraldine: Treasure and Trouble Therewith. V1. 22 Jul 2011 (Romance)

Bonner, Richard: The Boy Inventors' Radio Telephone. v1, 18 Feb 2008 (Young Adult)

Bonsels, Waldemar: Die Biene Maja und ihre Abenteuer (german) v 1, 11 Nov 2008 (Children)

Bonsels, Waldemar: Himmelsvolk german v2 18 nov 2008 (Children)

Bonsels, Waldemar: Indienfahrt (german) v1, 11 Nov 2008 (Humor)

Booth, Christopher B: Christopher B Booth Sampler. V1. 15 Jun 2012 (Short Fiction)

Boothby, Guy Newell: A Bid for Fortune or Dr Nikola's Vendetta. V1. 29 Mar 2011 (Mystery and Crime)

Boothby, Guy Newell: A Prince of Swindlers (1907): v1 (Mystery and Crime)

Boothby, Guy Newell: A Professor of Egyptology. V1. 31 Mar 2011 (Mystery and Crime)

Boothby, Guy Newell: A Strange Goldfield. V1. 31 Mar 2011 (Mystery and Crime)

Boothby, Guy Newell: Dr Nicola Omnibus. v2. 9 Sep 07 (Science Fiction)

Boothby, Guy Newell: Dr. Nikola Returns. V1. 29 Mar 2011 (Mystery and Crime)

Boothby, Guy Newell: Dr. Nikola's Experiment. V2. 30 Mar 2011 (Mystery and Crime)

Boothby, Guy Newell: Farewell, Nikola!. V1. 30 Mar 2011 (Mystery and Crime)

Boothby, Guy Newell: In Strange Company. V1. 31 Mar 2011 (Mystery and Crime)

Boothby, Guy Newell: Pharos the Egyptian. V1. 31 Mar 2011 (Mystery and Crime)

Boothby, Guy Newell: The Duchess of Wiltshire's Diamonds. V1. 30 Mar 2011 (Mystery and Crime)

Boothby, Guy Newell: The Duchess of Wiltshire’s Diamonds etc, v.1, 21 March 2009. (Mystery and Crime)

Boothby, Guy Newell: The Lust of Hate. V1. 29 Mar 2011 (Mystery and Crime)

Boothby, Guy Newell: The Race of Life. V1. 31 Mar 2011 (Mystery and Crime)

Boothby, Guy: A Cabinet Secret (1901); v1, 4 Jul 2019 (Mystery and Crime)

Boothby, Guy: My Strangest Case (1901), v1 (Mystery and Crime)

Boothby, Guy: The Beautiful White Devil (1896); v1, 16 Aug 2019 (Romance)

Boothby, Guy: The Childerbridge Mystery (1902); v1; 27 Jun 2019 (Mystery and Crime)

Boothby, Guy: The Mystery of the Clasped Hands (1901), v1, 22 July 2019 (Mystery and Crime)

Borrow, George: Alf the Freebooter. v1. 29 May 2015 (Poetry)

Borrow, George: Axel Thordson and Fair Valborg. v1. 30 May 2015 (Poetry)

Borrow, George: Brown William. v1. 31 May 2015 (Poetry)

Borrow, George: The Brother Avenged. v1. 30 May 2015 (Poetry)

Bosher, Kate Langley: How It Happened. v1. 6 Mar 2015 (Romance)

Bosher, Kate Langley: Kitty Canary. v1. 7 Mar 2015 (Romance)

Bosher, Kate Langley: Mary Cary. v1. 7 Mar 2015 (Other Fiction)

Bosher, Kate Langley: Miss Gibbie Gault. v1. 8 Mar 2015 (Other Fiction)

Bosher, Kate Langley: People Like That. v1. 8 Mar 2015 (Romance)

Bosher, Kate Langley: The Man in Lonely Land. v1. 7 Mar 2015 (Romance)

Bote, Hermann: Till Eulenspiegel german v1 7 feb 2009 (Humor)

Boudreaux, F.J.: The Happiness of Heaven. V1. 16-Jun-2012 (Spiritual)

Bounds, E.M.: Power Through Prayer V1. 11 JUL 2010 (Spiritual)

Bounds, E.M.: Prayer and Praying Men V1. 11 JUL 2010 (Spiritual)

Bounds, E.M.: Purpose in Prayer V1. 11 JUL 2010 (Spiritual)

Bounds, E.M.: The Essentials of Prayer V1. 11 JUL 2010 (Spiritual)

Bounds, E.M.: The Necessity of Prayer V1. 11 JUL 2010 (Spiritual)

Bounds, E.M.: The Possibilities of Prayer V1. 11 JUL 2010 (Spiritual)

Bounds, E.M.: The Reality of Prayer V1. 11 JUL 2010 (Spiritual)

Bounds, E.M.: The Weapon of Prayer V1. 11 JUL 2010 (Spiritual)

Bourke, S. Ten Eyck: S. Ten Eyck Bourke Sampler. V1. 17 Jun 2012 (Action)

Bowen, Marjorie: A Knight of Spain. V1. 2 Apr 2011 (Romance)

Bowen, Marjorie: Album Leaf. v1. 27 Jan 2023 (Mystery and Crime)

Bowen, Marjorie: Aunt Beardie. v1. 25 Jan 2023 (Mystery and Crime)

Bowen, Marjorie: Because of These Things. V1. 2 Apr 2011 (Other Fiction)

Bowen, Marjorie: Black Magic (1909). v1. 10 Feb 2023 (Horror)

Bowen, Marjorie: Black Magic (1922). v1. 10 Feb 2023 (Horror)

Bowen, Marjorie: Black Magic. V1. 29 Nov 2008 (Historical Fiction)

Bowen, Marjorie: Collected Twilight Stories. V1. 4 Apr 2011 (Short Fiction)

Bowen, Marjorie: Dark Rosaleen. V1. 3 Apr 2011 (Historical Fiction)

Bowen, Marjorie: Dickon. V1. 2 Apr 2011 (Historical Fiction)

Bowen, Marjorie: Forget-Me-Not. v1. 31 Jan 2023 (Mystery and Crime)

Bowen, Marjorie: God and the King. V1. 3 Apr 2011 (Historical Fiction)

Bowen, Marjorie: I Will Maintain. V1. 3 Apr 2011 (Historical Fiction)

Bowen, Marjorie: Julia Roseingrave. v1. 10 Feb 2023 (Fantasy)

Bowen, Marjorie: Mignonette. v1. 23 Jan 2023 (Mystery and Crime)

Bowen, Marjorie: Moss Rose. v1. 26 Jan 2023 (Mystery and Crime)

Bowen, Marjorie: Patriotic Lady. V1. 29 Nov 2008 (Historical Fiction)

Bowen, Marjorie: Prince and Heretic. V1. 2 Apr 2011 (Historical Fiction)

Bowen, Marjorie: So Evil My Love. v1. 18 Jan 2023 (Mystery and Crime)

Bowen, Marjorie: The Bishop of Hell and Other Stories. V1. 4 Apr 2011 (Short Fiction)

Bowen, Marjorie: The Crime of Laura Sarelle. v1. 22 Jan 2023 (Mystery and Crime)

Bowen, Marjorie: The Crown Derby Plate. V1. 30 Nov 2008 (Horror)

Bowen, Marjorie: The Folding Door. V1. 30 Nov 2008 (Horror)

Bowen, Marjorie: The Golden Violet. v1. 28 Jan 2023 (Mystery and Crime)

Bowen, Marjorie: The Master of Stair. V1. 1 Apr 2011 (Romance)

Bowen, Marjorie: The Poisoners. v1. 07 Feb 2023 (Mystery and Crime)

Bowen, Marjorie: The Queen's Caprice. V1. 28 Nov 2008 (Historical Fiction)

Bowen, Marjorie: The Quest of Glory. V1. 1 Apr 2011 (Romance)

Bowen, Marjorie: The Spectral Bride. v1. 21 Jan 2023 (Mystery and Crime)

Bowen, Marjorie: The Viper of Milan. V1. 28 Nov 2008 (Historical Fiction)

Bowen, Marjorie: Twilight Tales: An Omnibus. v1. 25 Feb 2023 (Horror)

Bower, B. M.: Cabin Fever v 1 12 nov. 2008 (Western)

Bower, B. M.: The Trail of the White Mule v1 20 nov 2008 (Western)

Bower, B. M: Bower, B. M. V1. 25 Oct 2009 (Western)

Bower, B. M: Cabin Fever. v1. 8 Mar 2015 (Western)

Bower, B. M: Casey Ryan. V1. 25 Oct 2009 (Western)

Bower, B. M: Casey Ryan. v1. 8 Mar 2015 (Western)

Bower, B. M: Chip, of the Flying U. V1. 26 Oct 2009 (Western)

Bower, B. M: Chip, of the Flying U. v1. 9 Mar 2015 (Western)

Bower, B. M: Cow-Country. V1. 26 Oct 2009 (Western)

Bower, B. M: Cow-Country. v1. 9 Mar 2015 (Western)

Bower, B. M: Flying U Ranch. v1. 9 Jan 2013 (Western)

Bower, B. M: Flying U Ranch. v1.9 Mar 2015 (Western)

Bower, B. M: Fool's Goal. v1. 11 Jan 2013 (Western)

Bower, B. M: Good Indian. V1. 27 Oct 2009 (Western)

Bower, B. M: Good Indian. v1. 9 Mar 2015 (Western)

Bower, B. M: Hay-Wire. v1. 10 Jan 2013 (Western)

Bower, B. M: Her Prairie Knight. v1. 11 Mar 2015 (Western)

Bower, B. M: Her Prairie Knight. v1. 29 Oct 2009 (Western)

Bower, B. M: Jean of the Lazy A. Jean of the Lazy A. v1. 11 Mar 2015 (Western)

Bower, B. M: Jean of the Lazy A. V1. 29 Oct 2009 (Western)

Bower, B. M: Lonesome Land. v1. 12 Mar 2015 (Western)

Bower, B. M: Lonesome Land. V1. 30 Oct 2009 (Western)

Bower, B. M: Rim o' the World. v1. 15 Mar 2015 (Western)

Bower, B. M: Rim o' the World. V1. 5 Nov 2009 (Western)

Bower, B. M: Rodeo. v1. 10 Jan 2013 (Western)

Bower, B. M: Rowdy of the Cross L. v1. 15 Mar 2015 (Western)

Bower, B. M: Rowdy of the Cross L. V1. 7 Nov 2009 (Western)

Bower, B. M: Sawtooth Ranch. v1. 16 Mar 2015 (Western)

Bower, B. M: Sawtooth Ranch. V1. 7 Nov 2009 (Western)

Bower, B. M: Skyrider. v1. 16 Mar 2015 (Western)

Bower, B. M: Skyrider. V1. 9 Nov 2009 (Western)

Bower, B. M: Starr, of the Desert. v1. 16 Mar 2015 (Western)

Bower, B. M: Starr, of the Desert. V1. 9 Nov 2009 (Western)

Bower, B. M: The Flying U Strikes. v1. 9 Jan 2013 (Western)

Bower, B. M: The Flying-U's Last Stand. v1. 8 Jan 2013 (Western)

Bower, B. M: The Gringos. v1. 10 Jan 2013 (Western)

Bower, B. M: The Gringos. v1. 10 Mar 2015 (Western)

Bower, B. M: The Happy Family. v1. 10 Mar 2015 (Western)

Bower, B. M: The Happy Family. V1. 27 Oct 2009 (Western)

Bower, B. M: The Heritage of the Sioux. v1. 11 Mar 2015 (Western)

Bower, B. M: The Heritage of the Sioux. V1. 28 Oct 2009 (Western)

Bower, B. M: The Lonesome Trail and Other Stories. V1. 31 Oct 2009 (Western)

Bower, B. M: The Lonesome Trail. v1. 12 Mar 2015 (Western)

Bower, B. M: The Long Shadow. V1. 1 Nov 2009 (Western)

Bower, B. M: The Lookout Man. v1. 13 Mar 2015 (Western)

Bower, B. M: The Lookout Man. V1. 2 Nov 2009 (Western)

Bower, B. M: The Lure of the Dim Trails. v1. 13 Mar 2015 (Western)

Bower, B. M: The Lure of the Dim Trails. V1. 3 Nov 2009 (Western)

Bower, B. M: The Phantom Herd. v1. 14 Mar 2015 (Western)

Bower, B. M: The Phantom Herd. V1. 3 Nov 2009 (Western)

Bower, B. M: The Quirt. v1. 14 Mar 2015 (Western)

Bower, B. M: The Quirt. V1. 3 Nov 2009 (Western)

Bower, B. M: The Ranch at the Wolverine. v1. 15 Mar 2015 (Western)

Bower, B. M: The Ranch at the Wolverine. V1. 4 Nov 2009 (Western)

Bower, B. M: The Range Dwellers. v1. 15 Mar 2015 (Western)

Bower, B. M: The Range Dwellers. V1. 5 Nov 2009 (Western)

Bower, B. M: The Thunder Bird. V1. 10 Nov 2009 (Western)

Bower, B. M: The Thunder Bird. v1. 17 Mar 2015 (Western)

Bower, B. M: The Trail of the White Mule. v1. 17 Mar 2015 (Western)

Bower, B. M: The Uphill Climb. V1. 11 Nov 2009 (Western)

Bower, B. M: The Uphill Climb. v1. 17 Mar 2015 (Western)

Bower, B. M: Tiger Eye. v1. 11 Jan 2013 (Western)

Bower, B.M.: Chip of the Flying U v1 30nov 2008 (Western)

Bower, B.M.: The Flying U Ranch v1 17 nov 2008 (Western)

Bowman, Earl Wayland: The Ramblin' Kid. V2. 8 June 2012 (Western)

Boyd, Mary Stuart: A Versailles Christmas-Tide (Illustrated) v1, 15 Apr 2014 (Other Non-Fiction)

Boyle, Jack: Boston Blackie (1919) v1 (Mystery and Crime)

Boyle, Jack: Boston Blackie. 5 May 08 (Action)

Braaten, Oskar: Ungen [Norwegian]. v1. 30 Nov 2014 (Other Fiction)

Braby, Maud: Die moderne Ehe [German]. v1. 31 Mar 2011 (Other Non-Fiction)

Bradbury, Osgood: Agnes the beautiful. v1. 25 Sep 2016 (Other Fiction)

Bradbury, Osgood: Alice Barber, v1. 26 Sep 2016 (Other Fiction)

Bradbury, Osgood: Ellen Grant. v1.26 Sep 2016 (Other Fiction)

Bradbury, Osgood: Ellen, the Pride of Broadway. v. 27 Sep 2016 (Other Fiction)

Bradbury, Osgood: Emily, the Beautiful Seamstress. v1. 27 Sep 2016 (Other Fiction)

Bradbury, Osgood: Female Depravity. v1. 27 Sep 2016 (Other Fiction)

Bradbury, Osgood: Jane Clark, v1, 28 Sep 2016 (Other Fiction)

Bradbury, Osgood: The Banker's Victim. v1. 29 Sep 2016 (Other Fiction)

Bradbury, Osgood: The Beautiful Half Breed. v1. 29 Sep 2016 (Other Fiction)

Bradbury, Osgood: The Fair Quakeress. v1. 3 Oct 2016 (Other Fiction)

Bradbury, Osgood: The Flower of the Forest. v1. 29 Sep 2016 (Other Fiction)

Bradbury, Osgood: The Gambler's League. v1, 30 sep 2016 (Other Fiction)

Bradbury, Osgood: The Modern Othello. v1. 1 Oct 2016 (Other Fiction)

Bradbury, Osgood: The Mutineer. 1 Oct 2016 (Other Fiction)

Bradbury, Osgood: The Mysterious Foundling. v1. 3 Oct 2016 (Other Fiction)

Bradbury, Osgood: The Old Distiller. v1. 2 Oct 2016 (Other Fiction)

Braddon, M. E.: The Shadow in the Corner (collected ghosts). v1. 12 Nov 2020 (Horror)

Braddon, Mary Elizabeth: Birds of Prey. V1. 26 Oct 2009 (Other Fiction)

Braddon, Mary Elizabeth: Charlotte's Inheritance. V1. 29 Oct 2009 (Romance)

Braddon, Mary Elizabeth: Eveline’s Visitant, v1, 3 March 2010. (Horror)

Braddon, Mary Elizabeth: Fenton's Quest. V1. 28 Oct 2009 (Romance)

Braddon, Mary Elizabeth: Good Lady Ducayne, v1, 11 December 2009. (Horror)

Braddon, Mary Elizabeth: Henry Dunbar. V1. 12 Nov 2009 (Romance)

Braddon, Mary Elizabeth: Lady Audley's Secret.V1.30 Jan 2013 (Romance)

Braddon, Mary Elizabeth: London Pride. V1. 12 Nov 2009 (Historical Fiction)

Braddon, Mary Elizabeth: Milly Darrell, v1, 3 March 2010. (Mystery and Crime)

Braddon, Mary Elizabeth: Milly Darrell. V1. 13 Nov 2009 (Romance)

Braddon, Mary Elizabeth: Phantom Fortune. V1. 13 Nov 2009 (Romance)

Braddon, Mary Elizabeth: Run to Earth. V1. 14 Nov 2009 (Romance)

Braddon, Mary Elizabeth: The Cold Embrace, v1, 23 February 2010. (Horror)

Braddon, Mary Elizabeth: The Lovels of Arden. V1. 13 Nov 2009 (Romance)

Braddon, Mary Elizabeth: The Shadow in the Corner, v1, 27 February 2010. (Horror)

Braddon, Mary Elizabeth: Vixen, Volume I. V1. 14 Nov 2009 (Romance)

Braddon, Mary Elizabeth: Vixen, Volume II. V1. 15 Nov 2009 (Romance)

Braddon, Mary Elizabeth: Vixen, Volume III. V1. 15 Nov 2009 (Romance)

Braden, Benton: Benton Braden Sampler. V1. 19 Jun 2012 (Mystery and Crime)

Bradford, William: Bradford's history of Plimouth Plantation.v1.25 nov 2105 (History)

Bradish, Sarah Powers: Old Norse Stories. V1. 24-December-2024 (Other Fiction)

Bradish, Sarah Powers: Stories of Country Life. V1. 4-January-2025

Bradley, A.C.: Shakespearean Tragedy. v1, 24 Jan 2009 (Other Non-Fiction)

Brady, Cyrus Townsend: A Little Traitor to the South. V1. 18 Oct 2011 (Romance)

Brady, Cyrus Townsend: And Thus He Came. V1. 17 Oct 2011 (Fantasy)

Brady, Cyrus Townsend: For Love of Country. v1. 11 Jul 2013 (Historical Fiction)

Brady, Cyrus Townsend: Sir Henry Morgan, Buccaneer. V1. 21 Oct 2011 (Action)

Brady, Cyrus Townsend: South American Fights and Fighters. V1. 20 Oct 2011 (History)

Brady, Cyrus Townsend: The Chalice Of Courage. V1, 16 Oct 2011 (Western)

Brady, Cyrus Townsend: The Eagle of the Empire. V1. 17 Oct 2011 (Action)

Brainerd, Eleanor Hoyt: Concerning Belinda. V1. 22 Oct 2011 (Humor)

Bramah, Ernest: Kai Lung Unrolls His Mat, v. 1, 9/3/16 (Fantasy)

Bramah, Ernest: Kai Lung’s Golden Hours. v1, 28 Aug 2007. (Mystery and Crime)

Bramah, Ernest: Max Carrados Omnibus. v2, 11 Jan 2008 (Mystery and Crime)

Bramah, Ernest: The Bravo of London, v. 1, 24/2/16 (Mystery and Crime)

Bramah, Ernest: The Mirror of Kong Ho, v.1, 3 Nov 2007. (Mystery and Crime)

Bramah, Ernest: The Wallet of Kai Lung, v1, 27 Aug 2007. (Mystery and Crime)

Brame, Charlotte M: A Mad Love. V1. 23 Nov 2010 (Romance)

Brame, Charlotte M: Coralie. V1. 22 Nov 2010 (Romance)

Brame, Charlotte M: Dora Thorne . V1. 23 Nov 2010 (Other Fiction)

Brame, Charlotte M: Love Works Wonders. V1. 23 Nov 2010 (Romance)

Brame, Charlotte M: Marion Arleigh's Penance. V1. 24 Nov 2010 (Romance)

Brame, Charlotte M: The Coquette's Victim. V1. 22 Nov 2010 (Romance)

Brame, Charlotte M: The Tragedy of the Chain Pier. V1. 24 Nov 2010 (Other Fiction)

Brame, Charlotte M: Wife in Name Only. V1. 25 Nov 2010 (Romance)

Brand, Max: "Murder Me!", (1935) v1 (Mystery and Crime)

Brand, Max: Alcatraz v2 14 may 2009 (Western)

Brand, Max: Black Jack v1 13 aug 2009 (Western)

Brand, Max: Black Jack. v1. 13 Jan 2013 (Western)

Brand, Max: Bull Hunter v1 13 azg 2009 (Western)

Brand, Max: Destry Rides Again (1930); v1 (Western)

Brand, Max: Gunman's Reckoning. v1. 13 Jan 2013 (Action)

Brand, Max: Harrigan. v1. 13 Jan 2013 (Action)

Brand, Max: Riders of the Silences. V1. 14 June 2012 (Western)

Brand, Max: Ronicky Doone's Reward. V1. 27 Jun 2012 (Western)

Brand, Max: Ronicky Doone's Treasure. V1. 27 Jun 2012 (Western)

Brand, Max: Ronicky Doone. V1. 26 Jun 2012 (Western)

Brand, Max: Silvertip. v1. 12 Jan 2013 (Western)

Brand, Max: Six Golden Angels (1937), v1 (Mystery and Crime)

Brand, Max: The Long, Long Trail. v1. 14 Jan 2013 (Western)

Brand, Max: The Night Horseman. V1. 26 Jun 2012 (Western)

Brand, Max: The Rangeland Avenger. v1. 12 Jan 2012 (Western)

Brand, Max: The Seventh Man. V1. 26 Jun 2012 (Western)

Brand, Max: The Untamed v1 25 aug 2009 (Western)

Brand, Max: The Untamed, V1. 25 Jun 2012 (Western)

Brand, Max: Trailin'!. v1. 14 Jan 2013 (Western)

Brand, Max: Way of the Lawless. v1. 11 Jan 2013 (Western)

Brazil, Angela: School Stories For Girls Vol 1. v1, 26 Feb 2008 (Young Adult)

Brebner, Percy J: Christopher Quarles (1914); v.1 (Short Fiction)

Brebner, Percy James: Princess Maritza. V1. 26 N0v 2010 (Mystery and Crime)

Brebner, Percy James: The Brown Mask. V1. 25 Nov 2010 (Mystery and Crime)

Brebner, Percy James: The Light That Lures. V1. 25 Nov 2010 (Action)

Brebner, Percy James: The Master Detective. V1. 26 Nov 2010 (Mystery and Crime)

Brenner, Mayer Alan: Catastrophe's Spell v1.0 2007-09-07

Brenner, Mayer Alan: Spell of Apocalypse v1.5 2007-12-02

Brenner, Mayer Alan: Spell of Fate v1.0 2007-10-27

Brenner, Mayer Alan: Spell of Intrigue v1.0 2007-09-09

Brentano, Clemens: Die drei Nüsse, german, v1, 20 Feb 2009 (Other Fiction)

Brentano, Clemens: Italienische Märchen [German]. V1. 10-Nov-2010 (Fantasy)

Brentano, Clemens: Rheinmärchen [German]. V1. 10-Nov-2010 (Fantasy)

Brentner, Charles: The W.H.G.Kingston Collection.v1.6 Dec 2014 (Other Non-Fiction)

Breuer, Miles J.: Paradise and Iron (1930); v1; 24 March 2020 (Science Fiction)

Breuer, Miles J.: The Raid from Mars (2020); v1; 20 Mar 2020 (Science Fiction)

Brewster, David: The Martyrs of Science, v1 9 July 2008 (Biography)

Brister, Richard: Richard Brister Sampler. V1. 20 Jun 2012 (Mystery and Crime)

British Parliament: The Riot Act, v1, 17 Oct 2007. (Government)

Brock, Lynn: Nightmare (1932); v1, 14 Dec 2019 (Mystery and Crime)

Brock, Lynn: The Deductions of Colonel Gore (1924); v1; 14 Dec 2019 (Mystery and Crime)

Brock, Lynn: The Stoat (1940); v1; 14 Dec 2019 (Mystery and Crime)

Brontë, Anne: Agnes Grey, v.1, 2 Nov 2007. (Other Fiction)

Brontë, Anne: Agnes Grey. v1, 8 Mar 2008 (Romance)

Brontë, Anne: The Tenant of Wildfell Hall, v.1, 14 Nov 2007. (Other Fiction)

Brontë, Anne: The Tenant of Wildfell Hall. v1, 8 Mar 2008 (Romance)

Brontë, Charlotte, Emily & Anne: Poems by Currer, Ellis & Acton Bell, V1, 8 Oct 2012 (Poetry)

Brontë, Charlotte: Emma, v1, 6 October 2009. (Short Fiction)

Brontë, Charlotte: Jane Eyre (Illustrated). v3, 24 Mar 2008 (Romance)

Brontë, Charlotte: Napoleon and the Spectre, v.1, 31 Oct 2007. (Short Fiction)

Brontë, Charlotte: Shirley. v1, 9 Dec 2015 (Romance)

Brontë, Charlotte: The Adventures of Ernest Alembert, v1. 12 October 2009. (Short Fiction)

Brontë, Charlotte: The Professor. v1 11 Nov 2015 (Romance)

Brontë, Charlotte: The Professor. v1, 9 Mar 2008 (Romance)

Brontë, Charlotte: The Story of Willie Ellin, v1, 4 October 2009. (Short Fiction)

Brontë, Charlotte: Villette. v1, 10 Mar 2008 (Romance)

Brontë, Charlotte: Villette. v3, 18 Sep 2016 (Romance)

Brontë, Emily: Wuthering Heights. v1. 27 Jul 2021 (Romance)

Brontë, Emily: Wuthering Heights. v2, 10 Mar 2008 (Romance)

Brother Lawrence: The Practice of the Presence of God, v.1, 21 Feb 2008. (Spiritual)

Brotherton, Mike: Diamonds in the Sky. v1.0. March 3 2009 (Science Fiction)

Brotherton, Mike: Star Dragon. v1, 05. March 2008

Broughton, Rhoda: Alas!. v1. 27 Nov 2013 (Romance)

Broughton, Rhoda: Doctor Cupid. v1. 27 Nov 2013 (Romance)

Broughton, Rhoda: Nancy. v1. 28 Nov 2013 (Romance)

Broughton, Rhoda: Tales Told at Twilight (collected ghosts). v1. 09 Nov 2018 (Horror)

Broun, Heywood: Bits and Bobs (collect). v1. 12 Mar 2021 (Essays)

Broun, Heywood: Pieces of Hate & Other Enthusiasms. v1. 12 Mar 2021 (Essays)

Broun, Heywood: Seeing Things at Night (collect). v1. 12 Mar 2021 (Essays)

Broun, Heywood: Sitting on the World (collect). v1. 12 Mar 2021 (Essays)

Broun, Heywood: The Boy Grew Older. v1. 13 Mar 2021 (Other Fiction)

Broun, Heywood: The Sun Field. v1. 13 Mar 2021 (Other Fiction)

Brown, Alice: Country Neighbors. v1. 07 Jun 2022 (Short Fiction)

Brown, Alice: High Noon. v1. 08 Jun 2022 (Short Fiction)

Brown, Alice: Homespun and Gold. v1. 16 Jun 2022 (Short Fiction)

Brown, Alice: Meadow-Grass. v1. 07 Jun 2022 (Short Fiction)

Brown, Alice: The County Road. v1. 09 Jun 2022 (Short Fiction)

Brown, Alice: The Flying Teuton and Other Stories. v1. 15 Jun 2022 (Short Fiction)

Brown, Alice: The One-Footed Fairy and Other Stories. v1. 10 Jun 2022 (Fantasy)

Brown, Alice: Tiverton Tales. v1. 07 Jun 2022 (Short Fiction)

Brown, Alice: Vanishing Points. v1. 10 Jun 2022 (Short Fiction)

Brown, Charles Brockden: Wieland; or The Transformation. v1. 30 Nov 2013 (Other Fiction)

Brown, Charles Brockden: Arthur Mervyn. v1. 28 Nov 2013 (Other Fiction)

Brown, Charles Brockden: Edgar Huntley. v1. 28 Nov 2013 (Other Fiction)

Brown, Charles Brockden: Jane Talbot. v1. 29 Nov 2013 (Romance)

Brown, Charles Brockden: Memoirs of Carwin the Biloquist. v1. 29 Nov 2013 (Other Fiction)

Brown, Charles Brockden: Ormond, Volume I (of 3). v1. 29 Nov 2013 (Other Fiction)

Brown, Charles Brockden: Ormond, Volume II (of 3). 30 Nov 2013 (Other Fiction)

Brown, Charles Brockden: Ormond, Volume III (of 3). v1. 30 Nov 2013 (Other Fiction)

Brown, Charles Brokden: Arthur Mervyn. v1, 3 Feb 2008

Brown, Edna Adelaide: Four Gordons. v1. 29 Aug 2015 (Other Fiction)

Brown, Walter C: Walter C Brown Sampler. V1. 21 Jun 2012 (Action)

Brown, William Wells: Clotel, or The President's Daughter: v1, 5 September 2018 (Historical Fiction)

Brown, William Wells: Clotelle, or The Colored Heroine: v1 19 Sept 2018 (Historical Fiction)

Brown, William Wells: Clotelle: A Tale of the Southern States: v1 12 Sept 2018 (Historical Fiction)

Brown, William Wells: Narrative of William W. Brown. v1 2 October 2018 (Biography)

Brown, William Wells: Three Years in Europe: v1, 26 Sept 2018 (Biography)

Browne, George Waldo: For home and honor.v1. 27 Jan 2017 (Action)

Browne, George Waldo: Forge and Furnace. v2. 3 Feb 2017 (Action)

Browne, George Waldo: Forge and Furnace. v2. 3 Feb 2017 (Action)

Browne, George Waldo: The Young Gunbearer.v1.31 Jan 2017 (Action)

Browne, George Waldo: Two American Boys in Hawaii. v1. 3 Feb 2017 (Action)

Browne, George Waldo: Zig-Zag, the Boy Conjurer. v1. 4 Feb 2017 (Action)

Browne, Maggie: The Book of Betty Barber (illus-Rackham). v1. 09 Sep 2019 (Children)

Browne, Maggie: Two Old Ladies, Two Foolish Fairies, and a Tom Cat (illus-Rackham). v (Children)

Browne, Maggie: Wanted—A King (illus). v1. 10 Jan 2020 (Fantasy)

Browning, Elizabeth Barrett: Sonnets from the Portuguese. v1. 7 Feb 2014 (Poetry)

Browning, H Ellen: Beauty Culture, v1, 15 Oct 2007. (Other Non-Fiction)

Brust, Steven: My Own Kind of Freedom, v.1, 18 July 2008 (Science Fiction)

Bryant, Walter W.: Kepler, v.1, 25 Oct 2008 (Biography)

Bryce, Mrs. Charles: The Ashiel Mystery, v1, 8 April 2010. (Mystery and Crime)

Buchan, John: Collected Supernatural Stories. V1. 8 Apr 2011 (Horror)

Buchan, John: Greenmantle. v1. 1 Dec 2013 (Mystery and Crime)

Buchan, John: Huntingtower. v1. 1 Dec 2013 (Other Fiction)

Buchan, John: John Burnet of Barns. v1. 1 Dec 2013 (Other Fiction)

Buchan, John: John Macnab. V1. 4 Apr 2011 (Action)

Buchan, John: Midwinter. V1. 7 Apr 2011 (Historical Fiction)

Buchan, John: Mr. Standfast. v1. 2 Dec 2013 (Action)

Buchan, John: Prester John. v1. 20 Dec 07

Buchan, John: Richard Hannay Omnibus. v5. 4 Feb 2011 (Action)

Buchan, John: Runagates Club. V1. 6 Apr 2011 (Short Fiction)

Buchan, John: Salute to Adventurers. V1. 9 Apr 2011 (Action)

Buchan, John: Sick Heart River. V1. 14 March 2013 (Action)

Buchan, John: Sick Heart River. V1. 7 Apr 2011 (Action)

Buchan, John: The Blanket of the Dark. V1. 6 Apr 2011 (Historical Fiction)

Buchan, John: The Courts of the Morning. V1. 10 Apr 2011 (Action)

Buchan, John: The Dancing Floor. V1. 5 Apr 2011 (Romance)

Buchan, John: The Far Islands. V1. 8 Apr 2011 (Short Fiction)

Buchan, John: The Free Fishers. V1. 7 Apr 2011 (Historical Fiction)

Buchan, John: The Gap in the Curtain. V1. 5 Apr 2011 (Science Fiction)

Buchan, John: The Half-Hearted. V1. 8 Apr 2011 (Action)

Buchan, John: The Moon Endureth. V1. 9 Apr 2011 (Short Fiction)

Buchan, John: The Path of the King v1 18. nov 2008 (Historical Fiction)

Buchan, John: The Power-House. V1. 5 Apr 2011 (Action)

Buchan, John: The Thirty-Nine Steps. v1, 4 June 2010 (Mystery and Crime)

Buchan, John: Witch Wood. V1. 6 Apr 2011 (Horror)

Buchanan, James: State of the Union. v1.1 13 October 2007 (Government)

Buchanan, Robert: Camlan and The Shadow of the Sword. V1. 11 Apr 2011 (Other Fiction)

Buchanan, Robert: God and the Man. V1. 10 Apr 2011 (Romance)

Buck, Charles Neville: A Pagan of the Hills . V1. 1 Dec 2010 (Romance)

Buck, Charles Neville: Destiny. v1. 11 Jul 2014 (Other Fiction)

Buck, Charles Neville: Destiny. V1. 30 Nov 2010 (Romance)

Buck, Charles Neville: The Call of the Cumberlands. V1. 29 Nov 2010 (Other Fiction)

Buck, Charles Neville: The Code of the Mountains. v1. 11 Jul 2014 (Action)

Buck, Charles Neville: The Key to Yesterday. V1. 30 Nov 2010 (Romance)

Buck, Charles Neville: The Lighted Match. V1. 30 Nov 2010 (Romance)

Buck, Charles Neville: The Portal of Dreams. V1. 1 Dec 2010 (Action)

Buck, Charles Neville: The Roof Tree. V1. 2 Dec 2010 (Action)

Buck, Charles Neville: The Tempering. V1. 2 Dec 2010 (Action)

Buck, Charles Neville: The Tyranny of Weakness. V1. 3 Dec 2010 (Romance)

Buck, Charles Neville: When 'Bear Cat' Went Dry. V1. 3 Dec 2010 (Romance)

Buckrose. J. E.: A Bachelor's Comedy. v1. 10 Oct 2016 (Other Fiction)

Buckrose. J. E.: The Gossip Shop. v1. 14 Oct 2016 (Other Fiction)

Buckrose. J. E.: The Privet Hedge. v1. 16 Oct 2016 (Other Fiction)

Buckrose. J. E.: The Silent Legion. v1. 17 Oct 2016 (Other Fiction)

Buckrose. J. E.: The Wolf. v1. 21 Oct 2016 (Other Fiction)

Buddha, Gautama: The Dhammapada, v.1, 21 Jan 2008. (Spiritual)

Bulfinch, Thomas: Bulfinch's Mythology. V1. 04-Aug-2014 (Other Fiction)

Bulfinch, Thomas: Legends of Charlemagne, v.1, 8 December 2008. (Other Fiction)

Bulfinch, Thomas: The Age of Chivalry, v.1, 11 Dec 2008. (Other Fiction)

Bulfinch, Thomas: The Age of Fable [“Bullfinch’s Mythology”] v.1, 9 Dec 2008. (Other Fiction)

Bull, Olaf: Digte [Norwegian].v1. 26 Apr 2014 (Poetry)

Bulwer, Edward: Harold, The Last of the Saxon Kings. 17 Sept 07 (Historical Fiction)

Bulwer-Lytton, Edward: Alice, or the Mysteries. V1. 23 Jan 2010 (Romance)

Bulwer-Lytton, Edward: Das Geschlecht der Zukunft german v1 24 feb 2009 (Science Fiction)

Bulwer-Lytton, Edward: Paul Clifford. V1. 3 May 2014 (Historical Fiction)

Bulwer-Lytton, Edward: The Coming Race. v1. 24 July 07 (Science Fiction)

Bunce, John Thackray: Fairy Tales; Their Origin and Meaning. 17 May 2008 (Other Non-Fiction)

Buntline, Ned: Buffalo Bill and His Adventures in the West. v1. 16 May 2016 (Western)

Buntline, Ned: Wild Bill's Last Trail. v1. 17 May 2016 (Western)

Bunyan, John: Pilgrim's Progress. Alt Version 23 June 07 (Spiritual)

Bunyan, John: The Holy War. v1.1/11/19 (Spiritual)

Bunyan, John: The Pilgrim's Progress (illustrated):V1.27/5/2013 (Spiritual)

Burgess, Gelett : The Master of Mysteries, v.1, 8 December 2008 (Mystery and Crime)

Burgess, Gelett: The Master of Mysteries (1912); v1; 5 Jan 2022 (Mystery and Crime)

Burgess, Gelett: The White Cat (1907); v1, 6 March 2023 (Other Fiction)

Burnett, Frances Hodgson: A Lady of Quality. 20 Jun 2010 (Historical Fiction)

Burnett, Frances Hodgson: A Little Princess (illus). v1. 31 Dec 2021 (Children)

Burnett, Frances Hodgson: A Little Princess. v1. 11 Jan 08

Burnett, Frances Hodgson: Der kleine Lord. german. v1. 14 mar 2009 (Children)

Burnett, Frances Hodgson: Emily Fox-Seton. 20 Jun 2010 (Other Fiction)

Burnett, Frances Hodgson: Little Lord Fauntleroy (illus). v1. 01 Jan 2022 (Children)

Burnett, Frances Hodgson: Little Lord Fauntleroy. v1, 13 Jan 2008

Burnett, Frances Hodgson: Little Saint Elizabeth and Other Stories. 09 June 2008. (Children)

Burnett, Frances Hodgson: Robin. 20 Jun 2010 (Other Fiction)

Burnett, Frances Hodgson: The Head of the House of Coombe. 20 Jun 2010 (Other Fiction)

Burnett, Frances Hodgson: The Secret Garden, v1. 01-11-2008

Burnett, Frances Hodgson: The White People. v1. 05 Mar 2023 (Fantasy)

Burnett, Francis Hodgson: The Lost Prince. v1, 24 Jan 2008

Burney, Frances: Evelina. v1, 4 May 2008 (Romance)

Burns, Walter Noble: A year with a whaler. v1. 1 Nov 2016 (Action)

Burns, William J. and Ostrander, Isabel: The Crevice. V1. 14 Mar 2010 (Mystery and Crime)

Burroughs, Edgar Rice: "Land that Time Forgot" Trilogy. v3. 29th June 2009 (Fantasy)

Burroughs, Edgar Rice: "Pellucidar" Series, v2, 9 Jan 2008 (Fantasy)

Burroughs, Edgar Rice: Apache Devil. v1. 14 Jan 2013 (Western)

Burroughs, Edgar Rice: Barsoom Omnibus. v4, 12 Apr 2012 (Fantasy)

Burroughs, Edgar Rice: Jungle Girl (1932); v1, 14 April 2023 (Action)

Burroughs, Edgar Rice: Moon Series. v2, 30th June 2009 (Fantasy)

Burroughs, Edgar Rice: Tarzan Vol 1. v3, 28 May 2008 (Action)

Burroughs, Edgar Rice: Tarzan Vol 2. v3, 18 Feb 2008 (Action)

Burroughs, Edgar Rice: Tarzan Vol 3. v2, 19 Feb 2008 (Action)

Burroughs, Edgar Rice: Tarzan Vol 4. v2, 20 Feb 2008 (Action)

Burroughs, Edgar Rice: Tarzan Vol 5. v2, 21 Feb 2008 (Action)

Burroughs, Edgar Rice: The Deputy Sheriff of Comanche County. v1. 14 Jan 2013 (Western)

Burroughs, Edgar Rice: The Efficiency Expert. 04 Sep 2007 (Other Fiction)

Burroughs, Edgar Rice: The Lad and the Lion (1917); v1; 26 Jan 2021 (Action)

Burroughs, Edgar Rice: The Lost Continent. v1, 1st July 2009 (Science Fiction)

Burroughs, Edgar Rice: The War Chief. v1. 14 Jan 2013 (Western)

Burroughs, Edgar Rice: Venus Omnibus. v3. 27 Dec 2009 (Fantasy)

Burton, Richard F.: The Kasîdah of Hâjî Abdû El-Yezdî, v.1, 4 July 2008 (Poetry)

Burton, Richard F.: The Sweep and the Noble Lady (Arabic/English). v1. 28 Apr 2012 (Short Fiction)

Bury, J.B.: The Invasion of Europe by the Barbarians. v.1.0. 6 Apr 2012 (History)

Busch, Wilhelm: Max & Moritz / Max & Maurice (De,En,color illus). v1. 10 Jun 2019 (Children)

Busch, Wilhelm: Max und Moritz german v1 9 jan 2009 (Children)

Busch, Wilhelm: Plisch und Plum / Plish and Plum (De,En, illus). v1. 23 Apr 2021 (Humor)

Busch, Wilhelm: Schnurrdiburr / Buzz a Buzz (De, En, colorIllus). v1. 07 May 2021 (Poetry)

Busch, Wilhelm: The Mischief Book (De,En,illus). v2. 24 Apr 2021 (Humor)

Busson, Paul: Die Wiedergeburt des Melchior Dronte. german. v1. 18 mar 2009 (Other Fiction)

Bute, Lord: The Alleged Haunting of B_____House:. v1, 21 Feb 2008 (Horror)

Butler, Ellis Parker: Perkins the Great (1906), v1; 11 May 2021 (Humor)

Butler, Ellis Parker: Philo Gubb, Correspondence School Detective (V1) (Humor)

Butler, Ellis Parker: The Cheerful Smugglers v1 24 nov 2008 (Humor)

Butler, Ellis Parker: The Great American Pie Company, v.1, 27 April 2008. (Short Fiction)

Butler, Samuel: Erewhon Revisited, v1, 25 Sept 2007. (Science Fiction)

Butler, Samuel: Erewhon, v1, 25 Sept 2007. (Science Fiction)

Butler, Samuel: God the Known and God the Unknown, v.1 15 Dec 2007. (Spiritual)

Butler, Samuel: The Way of All Flesh, v1. 25 Sept 2007. (Other Fiction)

Butler, Smedley D.: War is a Racket. v1. 22 Jul 2009 (Government)

Büchner, Georg: Dantons Tod german v1.0 11 Sep 2009 (Other Fiction)

Byrd, Robert: Ka-Zar Book One - King of Claw and Fang - 1 Dec 07

Byron, Lord: Oeuvres complètes Tome Premier, v1., 15/08/08 (Poetry)

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Cable, George Washington, Ed.: Famous Adventures ... . V1. 8 Dec 2010 (History)

Cable, George Washington: Bonaventure. V1. 6 Dec 2010 (Short Fiction)

Cable, George Washington: Dr. Sevier. V1. 6 Dec 2010 (Other Fiction)

Cable, George Washington: Gideon's Band. V1. 9 Dec 2010 (Romance)

Cable, George Washington: Kincaid's Battery . V1. 10 Dec 2010 (Historical Fiction)

Cable, George Washington: Old Creole Days. V1. 10 Dec 2010 (Short Fiction)

Cable, George Washington: The Cavalier. V1. 5 Dec 2010 (Romance)

Cable, George Washington: The Flower of the Chapdelaines . V1. 8 Dec 2010 (Romance)

Cable, George Washington: The Grandissimes. V1. 9 Dec 2010 (Romance)

Cable, George Washington; Bylow Hill. V1. 5 Dec 2010 (Other Fiction)

Caine, Hall, Sir: The Blind Mother and The Last Confession. v1. 29 Oct 2013 (Short Fiction)

Caine, Hall, Sir: Capt'n Davy's Honeymoon. V1. 3 Aug 2009 (Romance)

Caine, Hall, Sir: The Bondman. v1. 30 Oct 2013 (Short Fiction)

Caine, Hall, Sir: The Christian. V1. 4 Aug 2009 (Romance)

Caine, Hall, Sir: The Drama Of Three Hundred ... .V1. 4 Aug 2009 (History)

Caine, Hall, Sir: The Eternal City. V1. 6 Aug 2009 (Historical Fiction)

Caine, Hall, Sir: The Little Manx Nation. V1. 8 Aug 2009 (History)

Caine, Hall, Sir: The Manxman. V1. 8 Aug 2009 (Other Fiction)

Caldecott, Sir Andrew: Fires Burn Blue. v1. 01 Jul 2022 (Horror)

Caldecott, Sir Andrew: Not Exactly Ghosts. v1. 01 Jul 2022 (Horror)

Calhoon, A.R.: How to Get on in the World. 17 Sept 07 (Reference)

Cambridge, Ada: A Humble Enterprise. v1. 23 Nov 2013 (Romance)

Cambridge, Ada: A Mere Chance, Vol. 1 of 3. v1. 23 Nov 2013 (Romance)

Cambridge, Ada: A Mere Chance, Vol. 2 of 3. v1. 23 Nov 2013 (Romance)

Cambridge, Ada: A Mere Chance, Vol. 3 of 3. v1. 24 Nov 2013 (Romance)

Cambridge, Ada: At Midnight and Other Stories. V1. 11 Apr 2011 (Short Fiction)

Cambridge, Ada: Materfamilias. v1. 23 Nov 2013 (Romance)

Cambridge, Ada: Sisters. V1. 11 Apr 2011 (Romance)

Cambridge, Ada: The Perversity of Human Nature. V1. 11 Apr 2011 (Romance)

Cambridge, Ada: The Retrospect. v1. 24 Nov 2013 (Romance)

Camp, Charles Wadsworth: The Abandoned Room, v.1, 13 Jan 2008.

Camp, Samuel G: Samuel G. Camp Sampler. V1. 25 Jun 2012 (Short Fiction)

Camp, Wadsworth: Sinister Island. v1. 10 Jul 2022 (Mystery and Crime)

Camp, Wadsworth: The Abandoned Room, v1, 9 December 2009. (Mystery and Crime)

Camp, Wadsworth: The Abandoned Room. v1. 10 Jul 2022 (Mystery and Crime)

Camp, Wadsworth: The Communicating Door and Other Stories. v1. 11 Jul 2022 (Mystery and Crime)

Camp, Wadsworth: The Gray Mask (1920); v1, 13 Dec 2020 (Mystery and Crime)

Camp, Wadsworth: The House of Fear. v1. 09 Jul 2022 (Mystery and Crime)

Camp, Wadsworth: The Signal Tower and Other Mysteries. v1. 13 Jul 2022 (Mystery and Crime)

Campanella, Tommaso: Der Sonnenstaat. Ein poetischer Dialog (german) (Philosophy)

Campbell, Cliff: Cliff Campbell Sampler. V1. 27 Jun 2012 (Action)

Campbell, Malcolm: Salute to the Gods (1934); v2 (Action)

Campbell, Malcolm: Salute to the Gods. V1. 23 October 2012 (Other Fiction)

Campbell, Scott: Below the Dead-Line (1904); v1; 13 Apr 2022 (Mystery and Crime)

Cantelon, Robert Lee (ed): The Words of Jesus of Nazareth. v1. 17 Mar 2013 (Spiritual)

Capek, Karel: War with the Newts. v1. 02 Feb 2007 (Science Fiction)

Capes, Bernard: The Realms Of Dread (collect.ghosts). v1. 11 Feb 2021 (Horror)

Carewe-Carvel: Carewe-Carvel Sampler. V1. 29 Jun 2012 (Humor)

Carey, Rosa Nouchette: Doctor Luttrell's First Patient. v1. 31 Jul 2013 (Other Fiction)

Carey, Rosa Nouchette: Esther. v1. 31 Jul 2013 (Young Adult)

Carey, Rosa Nouchette: Herb of Grace. v1. 1 Aug 2013 (Romance)

Carey, Rosa Nouchette: Heriot's Choice_files. v1. 1 Aug 2013 (Romance)

Carey, Rosa Nouchette: Lover or Friend. v1. 2 Aug 2013 (Romance)

Carey, Rosa Nouchette: Mollie's Prince. v1. 2 Aug 2013 (Romance)

Carey, Rosa Nouchette: Not Like Other Girls. v1, 3 Aug 2013 (Romance)

Carey, Rosa Nouchette: Our Bessie. v1. 3 Aug 2013 (Romance)

Carey, Rosa Nouchette: Uncle Max. v1. 4 Aug 2013 (Romance)

Carleton, Susan: The La Chance Mine Mystery v 1 10 November 2008 (Mystery and Crime)

Carleton, Susan: The Lame Priest v1 12 nov 2008 (Horror)

Carleton, William: Ellen Duncan; And The Proctor's Daughter. V1. 15 Nov 2011 (Short Fiction)

Carleton, William: Fardorougha, the Miser. V1. 17 Nov 2011 (Other Fiction)

Carleton, William: Going To Maynooth. V1. 17 Nov 2011 (Short Fiction)

Carleton, William: Jane Sinclair. V1. 18 Nov 2011 (Romance)

Carleton, William: Phelim O'toole's Courtship and Other Stories. V1. 19 Nov 2011 (Short Fiction)

Carleton, William: Phil Purcel, The Pig-Driver. V3. 20 Nov 2011 (Short Fiction)

Carleton, William: The Black Baronet. V1. 14 Nov 2011 (Other Fiction)

Carleton, William: The Black Prophet. V1. 15 Nov 2011 (Other Fiction)

Carleton, William: The Dead Boxer. V1. 15 Nov 2011 (Mystery and Crime)

Carleton, William: The Emigrants Of Ahadarra. V1. 16 Nov 2011 (Other Fiction)

Carleton, William: The Evil Eye. V1. 17 Nov 2011 (Other Fiction)

Carleton, William: The Ned M'Keown Stories. V1. 19 Nov 2011 (Short Fiction)

Carleton, William: The Poor Scholar. V2. 20 Nov 2011 (Short Fiction)

Carleton, William: Traits of the Irish Peasantry. V1. 18 Nov 2011 (Short Fiction)

Carlton, Robert: Robert Carlton Sampler. V1. 30 Jun 2012 (Mystery and Crime)

Carlyle, Thomas: On Heroes, Hero-Worship, and the Heroic in History. 19 Dec 07 (Philosophy)

Carlyle, Thomas: The French Revolution, A History. v1, 28 Jan 2008

Carroll, Charles: Concerning Cheapness, v1, 30 November 2009. (Other Non-Fiction)

Carroll, Johnston: Johnston Carroll Sampler. V1. 3 Jul 2012 (Action)

Carroll, Lewis: A Lewis Carroll Omnibus, V1., 7/4/2011 (Other Fiction)

Carroll, Lewis: Alice im Wunderland german v1 8 feb 2009 (Children)

Carroll, Lewis: Alice's Adventures in Wonderland. 09 June 2008. (Children)

Carroll, Lewis: Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland (illus-Rackham). v1. 10 Jan 2020 (Fantasy)

Carroll, Lewis: The Game of Logic. v1. 18 Nov 2010 (Philosophy)

Carroll, Lewis: The Wonderland Books (illustrated), V1, 8/4/2011 (Fantasy)

Carroll, Lewis: Through the Looking Glass, v.1, 8 Nov 2007. (Young Adult)

Carroll, Lewis: What the Tortoise Said to Achilles. V1. 28 May 2011 (Philosophy)

Carryl, Guy Wetmore: Fables for the Frivolous (illus). v1. 12 Jan 2021 (Humor)

Carryl, Guy Wetmore: Grimm Tales Made Gay (illus). v1. 12 Jan 2021 (Humor)

Carryl, Guy Wetmore: Mother Goose for Grown-ups (illus). v1. 12 Jan 2021 (Humor)

Carson, James: The Saddle Boys of the Rockies. v1. 11 Sep 2014 (Action)

Carter, James: State of the Union. v1.0 14 October 2007

Carter, Jesse Benedict: The Religion of Numa, v1, 13 August 2009. (Spiritual)

Carter, Nicholas: A Woman at Bay. V1. 10 August 2009 (Mystery and Crime)

Carter, Nicholas: With Links of Steel. V1. 9 Aug 2009 (Mystery and Crime)

Carter, Nick: Nick Carter at Headquarters. 08 Oct 07 (Action)

Carter, Nick: The Crime of the French Cafe & Other Stories. 08 Oct 07 (Action)

Carter, Nick: The Crime of the French Café and Other Stories. V1. 8 Aug 2009 (Mystery and Crime)

Carter, Nick: The Great Spy System. 08 Oct 07 (Action)

Carter, Nick: The Solution of a Remarkable Case. 08 Oct 07 (Action)

Carter, Nick: With Links of Steel. 08 Oct 07 (Action)

Carus, Paul (Ed.): The Gospel of Buddha, v.1, 8 May 2008. (Spiritual)

Carver, Jeffrey A.: Neptune Crossing, v. 1, 18 Jan. 2009 (Science Fiction)

Carver, Jeffrey A.: Strange Attractors, v. 1, 18 Jan. 2009 (Science Fiction)

Carver, Jeffrey A.: The Infinite Sea, v. 1, 18 Jan. 2009 (Science Fiction)

Casanova, Giacomo: Eduard und Elisabeth bei den Megamikren. german. v1. 27 mar 2009 (Other Fiction)

Castlemon, Harry: Elam Storm, The Wolfer. v1. 5 Aug 2013 (Action)

Castlemon, Harry: Frank Among The Rancheros. v1. 6 Aug 2013 (Action)

Castlemon, Harry: Frank at Don Carlos' Rancho. v1. 6 Aug 2013 (Action)

Castlemon, Harry: Frank Before Vicksburg. v1. 6 Aug 2013 (Historical Fiction)

Castlemon, Harry: Frank in the Mountains. v1. 7 Aug 2013 (Action)

Castlemon, Harry: Frank in the Woods. v1. 7 Aug 2013 (Action)

Castlemon, Harry: Frank on a Gun-Boat. v1. 7 Aug 2013 (Action)

Castlemon, Harry: Frank on the Lower Mississippi. v1. 8 Aug 2013 (Historical Fiction)

Castlemon, Harry: Frank on the Prairie. v1. 8 Aug 2013 (Action)

Castlemon, Harry: Frank, the Young Naturalist. v1. 8 Aug 3013 (Action)

Castlemon, Harry: George at the Fort. v1. 9 Aug 2013 (Action)

Castlemon, Harry: Marcy The Blockade Runner. v1. 9 Aug 2013 (Historical Fiction)

Castlemon, Harry: Marcy The Refugee. v1. 9 Aug 2013 (Historical Fiction)

Castlemon, Harry: No Moss. v1. 10 Aug 2013 (Action)

Castlemon, Harry: Rodney The Partisan. v1. 10 Aug 2013 (Action)

Castlemon, Harry: The Boy Trapper. v1. 5 Aug 2013 (Action)

Castlemon, Harry: The First Capture. v1. 5 Aug 2013 (Historical Fiction)

Castlemon, Harry: The Haunted Mine. v1. 9 Aug 2013 (Action)

Castlemon, Harry: True To His Colors. v1. 10 Aug 2013 (Action)

Cather, Willa Sibert: The Treasure of Far Island. v1. 16 Jan 2013 (Romance)

Cather, Willa: A Lost Lady. V1. 19 Nov 2008 (Historical Fiction)

Cather, Willa: Death Comes for the Archbishop. V 1, 13 Nov 2008 (Historical Fiction)

Cather, Willa: Lucy Gayheart. V1. 19 Nov 2008 (Historical Fiction)

Cather, Willa: My Antonia. V1. 19 Nov 2008 (Historical Fiction)

Cather, Willa: My Mortal Enemy. V1. 19 Nov 2008 (Historical Fiction)

Cather, Willa: Not Under Forty. V1. 20 Nov 2008 (Historical Fiction)

Cather, Willa: O Pioneers!. v1, 19 Jan 2008

Cather, Willa: O Pioneers!. V1. 20 Nov 2008 (Historical Fiction)

Cather, Willa: Obscure Destinies. V1. 20 Nov 2008 (Historical Fiction)

Cather, Willa: Sapphira and the Slave Girl. V1. 21 Nov 2008 (Historical Fiction)

Cather, Willa: Shadows on the Rock. V1. 21 Nov 2008 (Historical Fiction)

Cather, Willa: Song of the Lark. V1. 21 Nov 2008 (Historical Fiction)

Cather, Willa: The Burglar’s Christmas, v.1, 11 December 2008. (Short Fiction)

Cather, Willa: The Professor's House. V1. 21 Nov 2008 (Historical Fiction)

Cather, Willa: The Troll Garden and Selected Stories. V1. 22 Nov 2008 (Historical Fiction)

Cather, Willa: Youth and the Bright Medusa. V1. 22 Nov2008 (Historical Fiction)

Catherwood, Mary Hartwell: Lazarre. v1. 26 Nov 2013 (Historical Fiction)

Catherwood, Mary Hartwell: Mackinac and Lake Stories (1899), v1; 18 May 2020 (Historical Fiction)

Catherwood, Mary Hartwell: Mackinac And Lake Stories. v1. 24 Nov 2013 (Short Fiction)

Catherwood, Mary Hartwell: The Black Feather. V1. 10 Aug 2009 (Short Fiction)

Catherwood, Mary Hartwell: The Chase Of Saint-Castin. V1. 10 Aug 2009 (Science Fiction)

Catherwood, Mary Hartwell: The Story of Tonty. v1. 25 Nov 2013 (Historical Fiction)

CDU/CSU; Bundestagswahlprogramm; german v1.1; August 11th 2009 (Government)

Cervantes, Miguel de: Don Quijote de la Mancha (Illustrated, Spanish). v1 6 June 2009 (Humor)

Cervantes, Miguel de: Don Quijote german v1 19.mar 2009 (Historical Fiction)

Cervantes, Miguel de: Don Quixote, Vol. I, v1. 26 June 07 (Historical Fiction)

Cervantes, Miguel de: Novelas ejemplares (Spanish). v1 14 July 2009 (Short Fiction)

Cervantes, Miguel: Don Quijote (Quixote) de la Mancha[Español/Spanish] v.1, 4/4/09 (Historical Fiction)

Cervantes, Miguel: Don Quixote (english). V1. March 24 2012 (Historical Fiction)

Chambers, Dana: The Blonde Died First (1941); v1; 12 July 2021 (Mystery and Crime)

Chambers, F.W.: Ever Heard This (illustrated).V1.March 24 2012 (Short Fiction)

Chambers, Robert W.: Cardigan.V.1. 23 Feb 2012 (Historical Fiction)

Chambers, Robert W.: Strange Visions ~ Omnibus of Weird Tales. v1. 01 Sep 2018 (Fantasy)

Chambers, Robert W.: The Maker of Moons, v.1, 1896 (Fantasy)

Chambers, Robert W.: The Slayer of Souls.V1.7 May 2015 (Fantasy)

Chambers, Robert W: A Young Man in a Hurry. V1. 15 Aug 2011 (Short Fiction)

Chambers, Robert W: Ailsa Paige. V1. 25 Jul 2011 (Romance)

Chambers, Robert W: Athalie. V1. 26 Jul 2011 (Romance)

Chambers, Robert W: Barbarians. V1. 27 Jul 2011 (Romance)

Chambers, Robert W: Between Friends. V1. 27 Jul 2011 (Romance)

Chambers, Robert W: Blue-Bird Weather. V1. 28 Jul 2011 (Romance)

Chambers, Robert W: In Search of the Unknown. V1. 5 Aug 2011 (Action)

Chambers, Robert W: In Secret. V1. 5 Aug 2011 (Other Fiction)

Chambers, Robert W: In the Quarter: V1. 6 Aug 2011 (Other Fiction)

Chambers, Robert W: Iole. V1. 7 Aug 2011 (Other Fiction)

Chambers, Robert W: Lorraine. V1. 7 Aug 2011 (Historical Fiction)

Chambers, Robert W: Police!!!. V1. 11 Aug 2011 (Short Fiction)

Chambers, Robert W: Secret Service Operator No 13 (1933), v1. 10 Aug 2019 (Historical Fiction)

Chambers, Robert W: Special Messenger. V1. 12 Aug 2011 (Historical Fiction)

Chambers, Robert W: The Common Law. V1. 29 Jul 2011 (Romance)

Chambers, Robert W: The Crimson Tide. V1. 30 Jul 2011 (Other Fiction)

Chambers, Robert W: The Danger Mark. V1. 30 Jul 2011 (Romance)

Chambers, Robert W: The Dark Star. V1. 31 Jul 2011 (Romance)

Chambers, Robert W: The Fighting Chance. V1. 31 Jul 2011 (Romance)

Chambers, Robert W: The Firing Line. V1. 1 Aug 2011 (Romance)

Chambers, Robert W: The Flaming Jewel. V1. 1 Aug 2011 (Mystery and Crime)

Chambers, Robert W: The Gay Rebellion. V1. 4 Aug 2011 (Humor)

Chambers, Robert W: The Green Mouse. V2. 3 Aug 2011 (Romance)

Chambers, Robert W: The Hidden Children. V1. 4 Aug 2011 (Historical Fiction)

Chambers, Robert W: The Maid-At-Arms. V1. 8 Aug 2011 (Historical Fiction)

Chambers, Robert W: The Maids of Paradise. V1. 9 Aug 2011 (Historical Fiction)

Chambers, Robert W: The Moonlit Way. V1. 10 Aug 2011 (Historical Fiction)

Chambers, Robert W: The Reckoning. V1. 11 Aug 2011 (Historical Fiction)

Chambers, Robert W: The Romantic Scottish Ballads. V1. 13 Aug 2011 (Poetry)

Chambers, Robert W: The Streets of Ascalon. V1. 14 Aug 2011 (Romance)

Chambers, Robert W: The Tracer of Lost Persons, v.1 10 March 2008. (Mystery and Crime)

Chambers, Robert W: The Younger Set. V1. 15 Aug 2011 (Romance)

Channing, Mark: King Cobra (1933); v1, 4 Nov 2019 (Action)

Channing, Mark: Nine Lives (1937), v1, 8 Nov 2019 (Fantasy)

Channing, Mark: The White Python (1935), v1, 21 Oct 2019 (Fantasy)

Chapin, Carl Mattison: The Imperfect Twins (1934); v1; 11 Aug 2021 (Mystery and Crime)

Chapman, Allen: Bart Keene's Hunting Days. v1. 12 Sep 2014 (Action)

Chapman, Allen: Bart Stirling's Road to Success. v1. 12 Sep 2014 (Action)

Chapman, Allen: Bound to Succeed. v1. 12 Sep 2014 (Action)

Chapman, Allen: Fenn Masterson's Discovery. v1. 13 Sep 2014 (Action)

Chapman, Allen: Frank Roscoe's Secret. v1. 13 Sep 2014 (Action)

Chapman, Allen: Fred Fenton Marathon Runner. v1. 13 Sep 2014 (Action)

Chapman, Allen: Fred Fenton on the Crew. v1. 13 Sep 2014 (Action)

Chapman, Allen: Fred Fenton on the Track. v1. 14 Sep 2014 (Action)

Chapman, Allen: Ned Wilding's Disappearance. v1. 14 Sep 2014 (Action)

Chapman, Allen: Ralph in the Switch Tower. v1. 17 Sep 2014 (Action)

Chapman, Allen: Ralph of the Roundhouse. v1. 17 Sep 2014 (Action)

Chapman, Allen: Ralph on the Engine. v1. 17 Sep 2014 (Action)

Chapman, Allen: Ralph on the Overland Express. v1. 18 Sep 2014 (Action)

Chapman, Allen: Ralph, the Train Dispatcher (Action)

Chapman, Allen: The Heroes of the School. v1. 14 Sep 2014 (Action)

Chapman, Allen: The Radio Boys at Mountain Pass, v1, 17th Feb 2019 (Young Adult)

Chapman, Allen: The Radio Boys at Ocean Point, v1, 17th Feb 2019 (Young Adult)

Chapman, Allen: The Radio Boys at the Sending Station, v1, 17th Feb 2019 (Young Adult)

Chapman, Allen: The Radio Boys Trailing a Voice, v1, 18th Feb 2019 (Young Adult)

Chapman, Allen: The Radio Boys' First Wireless, v2, 17th Feb 2019 (Young Adult)

Chapman, Allen: Tom Fairfield's Hunting Trip. v1. 19 Sep 2014 (Action)

Chapman, Jason K.: The Heretic v2.1 2008-02-20

Chapman, S.E.: Doctor Jones' Picnic v1 10 dec 2008 (Science Fiction)

CHARLES BELMONT DAVIS, Ed.: Adventures and Letters . V1. 17 Dec 2010 (Biography)

Charles King: From the Ranks. v1. 10 May 2013 (Action)

Charnwood, Lord: Tracks in the Snow, v.1, 2 March 2009. (Mystery and Crime)

Chateaubriand: Mémoires d’Outre-tombe, Tome I (en français) v1, 27 Aug 2007 (Biography)

Chekhov, Anton: (01) The Darling & Other Stories. 19 Sept 07 (Short Fiction)

Chekhov, Anton: (02) The Duel & Other Stories. 19 Sept 07 (Short Fiction)

Chekhov, Anton: (03) The Lady with the Dog & Other Stories. 19 Sept 07 (Short Fiction)

Chekhov, Anton: (04) The Party & Other Stories. 19 Sept 07 (Short Fiction)

Chekhov, Anton: (05) The Wife & Other Stories. 19 Sept 07 (Short Fiction)

Chekhov, Anton: (06) The Witch & Other Stories. 19 Sept 07 (Short Fiction)

Chekhov, Anton: (07) The Bishop & Other Stories. 19 Sept 07 (Short Fiction)

Chekhov, Anton: (08) The Chorus Girl & Other Stories. 19 Sept 07 (Short Fiction)

Chekhov, Anton: (09) The Schoolmistress & Other Stories. 19 Sept 07 (Short Fiction)

Chekhov, Anton: (10) The Horse Stealers & Other Stories. 18 Sept 07 (Short Fiction)

Chekhov, Anton: (11) The Schoolmaster & Other Stories. 19 Sept 07 (Short Fiction)

Chekhov, Anton: (12) The Cook's Wedding & Other Stories. 19 Sept 07 (Short Fiction)

Chekhov, Anton: (13) The Love & Other Stories. 19 Sept 07 (Short Fiction)

Chekhov, Anton: Love, and Other Stories. v1 10 Apr 2017 (Short Fiction)

Chekhov, Anton: The Bishop and Other Stories. v1 2 Feb 2017 (Short Fiction)

Chekhov, Anton: The Chorus Girl and Other Stories: v1, 8 Feb 2017. (Short Fiction)

Chekhov, Anton: The Cook's Wedding and Other Stories. v1, 30 Mar 2017 (Short Fiction)

Chekhov, Anton: The Darling and Other Stories. v1, 22 Nov 2016 (Short Fiction)

Chekhov, Anton: The Duel and Other Stories. v1, 22 Nov 2016 (Short Fiction)

Chekhov, Anton: The Horse Stealers and Other Stories. V1 25 Feb 2017 (Short Fiction)

Chekhov, Anton: The Lady with the Dog and Other Stories. v1 2 Dec 2016 (Short Fiction)

Chekhov, Anton: The Party and Other Stories. v1, 24 Dec 2016 (Short Fiction)

Chekhov, Anton: The Schoolmaster and Other Stories. v1, 13 Mar 2017 (Short Fiction)

Chekhov, Anton: The Wife and Other Stories. v1, 8 Jan 2017 (Short Fiction)

Chekhov, Anton: The Witch and Other Stories: v1. 19 Jan 2017 (Short Fiction)

Chekov, Anton: The Schoolmistress and Other Stories: v1. 17 Feb 2017 (Short Fiction)

Chesnutt, Charles W.: The Marrow of Tradition. v1, 18 Jan 2008

Chesnutt, Charles Waddell: The Colonel's Dream.v1. 30 May 2016 (Other Fiction)

Chesnutt, Charles Waddell: The Conjure Woman. v1. 30 May 2016 (Short Fiction)

Chesnutt, Charles Waddell: The House Behind the Cedars. v1. 31 May 2016 (Other Fiction)

Chesnutt, Charles Waddell: The Marrow of Tradition. v1. 31 May 2016 (Other Fiction)

Chester, George Randolph: Five Thousand an Hour. V1. 11 Nov 2011 (Romance)

Chester, George Randolph: Get-Rich-Quick Wallingford. V1. 11 Nov 2011 (Other Fiction)

Chester, George Randolph: The Early Bird. V1. 10 Nov 2011 (Romance)

Chester, George Randolph: The Jingo (illus). v1. 25 Mar 2022 (Science Fiction)

Chester, George Randolph: The Making of Bobby Burnit. V1. 12 Nov 2011 (Other Fiction)

Chester, George Randolph: Young Wallingford. V1. 12 Nov 2011 (Other Fiction)

Chesterton, G K, et al: Leo Tolstoy, v1, 20 March 2010. (Other Non-Fiction)

Chesterton, G K: A Miscellany of Men, v1, 6 October 2009. (Other Non-Fiction)

Chesterton, G K: A Short History of England, v.1, 4 January 2009. (History)

Chesterton, G K: Alarms and Discursions, v.1, 30 June 3009. (Other Non-Fiction)

Chesterton, G K: All I Survey, v1, 2 December 2009. (Other Non-Fiction)

Chesterton, G K: All Things Considered, v1, 8 February 2010. (Other Non-Fiction)

Chesterton, G K: As I Was Saying, v1, 2 October 2009 (Other Non-Fiction)

Chesterton, G K: Autobiography, v1, 25 October 2009. (Biography)

Chesterton, G K: Divorce versus Democracy, v1, 10 February 2010. (Other Non-Fiction)

Chesterton, G K: Do We Agree? v1, 19 March 2010. (Other Non-Fiction)

Chesterton, G K: Eugenics and Other Evils, v1, 14 October 2009. (Other Non-Fiction)

Chesterton, G K: Fancies Versus Fads, v1, 5 September 2009. (Other Non-Fiction)

Chesterton, G K: Four Faultless Felons, v.1, 16 December 2008. (Mystery and Crime)

Chesterton, G K: Gloria in Profundis, v1, 20 January 2010. (Poetry)

Chesterton, G K: Heretics, v1, 18 October 2009. (Other Non-Fiction)

Chesterton, G K: Introduction to the Book of Job, v1, 1 February 2010. (Spiritual)

Chesterton, G K: Lepanto, v1, 17 January 2010. (Poetry)

Chesterton, G K: Lord Kitchener, v1, 28 August 2009 (Biography)

Chesterton, G K: Manalive, v.1, 19 December 2008. (Mystery and Crime)

Chesterton, G K: Orthodoxy, v1, 24 September 2009 (Other Non-Fiction)

Chesterton, G K: St Francis of Assisi, v.1, 20 June 2008. (Spiritual)

Chesterton, G K: Tales of the Long Bow, v.1, 20 December 2008. (Other Fiction)

Chesterton, G K: The Apostle and the Wild Ducks etc, v1, 15 March 2010. (Other Non-Fiction)

Chesterton, G K: The Ball and the Cross, v.1, 17 December 2008. (Fantasy)

Chesterton, G K: The Catholic Church and Conversion, v1, 24 October 2009. (Spiritual)

Chesterton, G K: The Club of Queer Trades. V.1. 17 Mar 2011. (Fantasy)

Chesterton, G K: The Common Man, v1, 9 February 2010. (Other Non-Fiction)

Chesterton, G K: The Crimes of England, v.1, 16 December 2008. (Other Non-Fiction)

Chesterton, G K: The Defendant, v.1, 23 December 2008. (Other Non-Fiction)

Chesterton, G K: The Everlasting Man, v1, 12 October 2009. (History)

Chesterton, G K: The Flying Inn, v1, 1 November 2009. (Other Fiction)

Chesterton, G K: The New Jerusalem, v1, 23 October 2009. (Other Non-Fiction)

Chesterton, G K: The Outline of Sanity, v1, 26 October 2009. (Other Non-Fiction)

Chesterton, G K: The Paradoxes of Mr Pond, v.1, 18 December 2008. (Mystery and Crime)

Chesterton, G K: The Poet and the Lunatics, v.1, 20 December 2008. (Mystery and Crime)

Chesterton, G K: The Return of Don Quixote, v1, 24 August 2009 (Other Fiction)

Chesterton, G K: The Superstition of Divorce, v1, 28 October 2009. (Other Non-Fiction)

Chesterton, G K: The Sword of Wood, v1, 24 August 2009 (Short Fiction)

Chesterton, G K: The Thing: Why I am a Catholic, v1, 10 February 2010. (Spiritual)

Chesterton, G K: The Trees of Pride, v.1, 14 December 2008. (Mystery and Crime)

Chesterton, G K: The Uses of Diversity, v1, 22 March 2010. (Other Non-Fiction)

Chesterton, G K: The Victorian Age in Literature, v1, 24 October 2009. (Other Non-Fiction)

Chesterton, G K: The Well and the Shallows, v1, 8 February 2010. (Other Non-Fiction)

Chesterton, G K: Tremendous Trifles, v1, 26 December 2008. (Other Non-Fiction)

Chesterton, G K: Twelve Types, v1.2, 5 September 2009. (Other Non-Fiction)

Chesterton, G K: Utopia of Usurers and Other Essays, v1, 28 September 2009 (Other Non-Fiction)

Chesterton, G K: Varied Types, v.1, 4 March 2009. (Other Non-Fiction)

Chesterton, G K: What’s Wrong with the World, v1, 9 February 2010. (Other Non-Fiction)

Chesterton, G K: William Cobbett, v1, 19 March 2010. (Biography)

Chesterton, G. K.: Chaucer, v.1 15/2/16 (Biography)

Chesterton, G. K.: Dickens, v. 1, 4/2/16 (Other Non-Fiction)

Chesterton, G. K.: Milton: Man and Poet, V.1, 17/2/16 (Biography)

Chesterton, G. K.: The Barbarism of Berlin, v. 1, 5/2/16 (Other Non-Fiction)

Chesterton, G. K.: What I Saw in America, v.1, 6/2/16 (Other Non-Fiction)

Chesterton, G. K.: William Blake, v.1 12/2/16 (Biography)

Chesterton, G.K.: Father Brown Omnibus. v6. 21st Feb 2010 (Mystery and Crime)

Chesterton, G.K.: St Thomas Aquinas, v.1. 18 Jan 2008. (Biography)

Chesterton, G.K.: The Club of Queer Trades, Illustrated, v2, 25 Nov 2014 (Humor)

Chesterton, G.K.: The Flying Inn. Nov 17 2007

Chesterton, G.K.: The Innocence of Father Brown. 09 June 2008. (Mystery and Crime)

Chesterton, G.K.: The Man who Knew Too Much. v1, 18 Jan 2008

Chesterton, G.K.: The Man Who Knew Too Much. v1, 22 July 2009 (Mystery and Crime)

Chesterton, G.K.: The Man who was Thursday, v.1, 6 Nov 2007. (Other Fiction)

Chesterton, G.K.: The Trees of Pride. v1 1 Nov 2014 (Short Fiction)

Chesterton, G.K.: The Uncollected Stories of Father Brown V1 25 May 2025 (Mystery and Crime)

Chesterton, Gilbert Keith: Der Mann, der Donnerstag war. german. v1. 14 mar 2009 (Other Fiction)

Chesterton, Gilbert Keith: Menschenskind. german. v1. 15 mar 2009 (Other Fiction)

Chesterton, Gilbert Keith: Priester und Detektiv. german. v1. 18 mar 2009 (Mystery and Crime)

Cheyney, Peter: Dance without Music (1947); v1; 6 Jan 2022 (Mystery and Crime)

Cheyney, Peter: Dangerous Curves (1939); v1; 6 Jan 2022 (Mystery and Crime)

Cheyney, Peter: Dark Bahama (1950) v1, 4 Jan 2022 (Action)

Cheyney, Peter: Dark Duet (1942); v1, 3 Jan 2022 (Action)

Cheyney, Peter: Dark Interlude; (1947); v1, 12 Mar 2022 (Mystery and Crime)

Cheyney, Peter: Dark Wanton (1948); v1; 15 Mar 2022 (Action)

Cheyney, Peter: I'll Say She Does (1945); v1, 15 Mar 2022 (Action)

Cheyney, Peter: It Couldn't Matter Less (1941); v1; 15 Mar 2022 (Mystery and Crime)

Cheyney, Peter: One Born Every Minute, and other stories, v1, 7 May 2026 (Short Fiction)

Cheyney, Peter: Poison Ivy, (1937); v1, 12 Mar 2022 (Mystery and Crime)

Cheyney, Peter: Sinister Errand (1945); v1, 8 Jan 2022 (Action)

Cheyney, Peter: Sorry You've Been Troubled (1942); v1, 15 Mar 2022 (Mystery and Crime)

Cheyney, Peter: The Alonzo McTavish Omnibus (Short Fiction)

Cheyney, Peter: The Curiosity of Etienne MacGregor (1927), v1, 12 Mar 2022 (Mystery and Crime)

Cheyney, Peter: The Dark Street (1944); v1, 4 Jan 2022 (Action)

Cheyney, Peter: The Stars are Dark (1943) v1, 1 Jan 2022 (Action)

Cheyney, Peter: The Urgent Hangman (1938); v1, 6 Jan 2022 (Mystery and Crime)

Cheyney, Peter: The Vengeance of Hop Fi, 1928; v1, 1 Jan 2022 (Action)

Cheyney, Peter: You Can Call it a Day (1949), v1, 12 March 2022 (Mystery and Crime)

Child, Lydia M.: The American Frugal Housewife, v1, 20 Sept 2007. (Reference)

Chodsko, Alexander: Fairy Tales of the Slav Peasants and Herdsmen. 07 June 2008 (Fantasy)

Cholmondeley, Mary: Diana Tempest. V1. 14-Apr-2013 (Romance)

Cholmondeley, Mary: Moth and Rust. v1. 22 Feb 2014 (Short Fiction)

Cholmondeley, Mary: Notwithstanding. v1. 22 Feb 2014 (Other Fiction)

Cholmondeley, Mary: Prisoners Fast Bound In Misery And Iron. v1. 23 Feb 2014 (Romance)

Cholmondeley, Mary: Red Pottage. v1. 23 Feb 2014 (Other Fiction)

Cholmondeley, Mary: Red Pottage. v1. 26 Oct 07 (Other Fiction)

Cholmondeley, Mary: The Danvers Books. V1. 14-Apr-2013 (Other Fiction)

Cholmondeley, Mary: The Danvers Jewels, and Sir Charles Danvers. v1. 21 Feb 2014 (Mystery and Crime)

Cholmondeley, Mary: The Lowest Rung. v1. 22 Feb 2014 (Short Fiction)

Cholmondeley, Mary: The Romance of His Life. v1. 23 Feb 2014 (Short Fiction)

Christen, Ada: Jungfer Mutter, german V1 18.12.2009 (Romance)

Christie, Mrs. Archibald H.: Embroidery and Tapestry Weaving, v.1, 29 June 2008 (Other Non-Fiction)

Church, Francis; Riis, Jacob: Is There a Santa Claus? (Essays,Illus). v1. 21 Dec 2015 (Other Non-Fiction)

Church, R. W.: Bacon, v.1, 6 Sept 2008 (Biography)

Churchill, Winston: Richard Carvel. v1. 26 Oct 07 (Historical Fiction)

CIA: 2008 World Fact Book v0.7.6 7 June 2009 (Reference)

CIA: A Dossier on Lutra (The Otter) 2018 Dec 30 (Reference)

CIA: The World Factbook 2005. v1. 5 Mar 2008 (Reference)

Cicero, Marcus Tullius: On Moral Ends. v1. 07 March 2012 (Philosophy)

Cicero, Marcus Tullius: Vom höchsten Gut und Übel (german) v1.0 Jun 2010 (Philosophy)

Clark, Abu Mahmoud Luther: Is Dying Like Waking? v1. Mar 11 2009 (Poetry)

Clarke, Marcus: For the Term of His Natural Life. V1. (Historical Fiction)

Cleland, John: Fanny Hill, v1, 18 Oct 2007. (Other Fiction)

Clemens, Anthony: Anthony Clemens Sampler. V1. 13 Jul 2012 (Mystery and Crime)

Clement, Clara Erskine: A History of Art for Beginners and Students,v.1, 29 June 2008 (Other Non-Fiction)

Cleveland, Grover: State of the Union. v1.0, 13 October 2007

Clouston, J Storer: The Spy in Black (1917); v1; 27 Oct 2020 (Mystery and Crime)

Clouston, W.A.: The Book of Noodles:. v1, 8 Feb 2008 (Humor)

Coakley, Mark: Viking Saga, v1, 17 November 2009

Cobb, Irvin S.: Europe Revised. v1. 06 Sep 2017 (Humor)

Cobb, Irvin S.: Fibble,D.D. (illus). v1. 14 Aug 2018 (Humor)

Cobb, Irvin S.: From Place to Place (collected shorts). v1. 02 Aug 2017 (Short Fiction)

Cobb, Irvin S.: Ladies and Gentlemen (collected shorts). v1. 02 Aug 2017 (Short Fiction)

Cobb, Irvin S.: Local Color (collected shorts). v1. 02 Aug 2017 (Short Fiction)

Cobb, Irvin S.: My Old Kentucky Home (collected shorts). v1. 12 Jul 2017 (Short Fiction)

Cobb, Irvin S.: Notions. v1. 14 Aug 2018 (Humor)

Cobb, Irvin S.: One Third Off (illus). v1. 15 Sep 2017 (Humor)

Cobb, Irvin S.: Roughing It De Luxe. v1. 06 Sep 2017 (Humor)

Cobb, Irvin S.: Speaking of Operations (illus). v1. 13 Sep 2017 (Humor)

Cobb, Irvin S.: Sundry Accounts (collected shorts). v1. 02 Aug 2017 (Short Fiction)

Cobb, Irvin S.: The Abandoned Farmers. v1. 14 Aug 2018 (Humor)

Cobb, Irvin S.: The Escape of Mr. Trimm (collected shorts). v1. 02 Aug 2017 (Short Fiction)

Cobb, Irvin S.: The Life of the Party (novella). v1. 14 Aug 2018 (Humor)

Cobb, Irvin S.: Those Times and These (collected shorts). v1. 02 Aug 2017 (Short Fiction)

Cobb, Irvin S.: Windfalls (collected shorts). v1. 03 Aug 2017 (Short Fiction)

Cobb, Irvin S: Cobb's Anatomy. V1. 27 Nov 2009 (Humor)

Cobb, Irvin S: Cobb's Bill-of-Fare. V1. 28 Nov 2009 (Humor)

Cobb, Irvin S: Eating in Two or Three Languages. V1. 29 Nov 2009 (Humor)

Cobb, Irwin S.: One Third Off:. v1, 21 Feb 2008 (Humor)

Cobb, Thomas: A Change of Face. v1. 1 Jun 2016 (Other Fiction)

Cobb, Thomas: Enter Bridget. v1. 31 May 2016 (Other Fiction)

Cobb, Thomas: The Bountiful Lady. v1. 31 May 2016 (Mystery and Crime)

Cobb, Thomas: The Little Clown. v1. 1 Jun 2016 (Other Fiction)

Cobb, Thomas: The Silver Bag. v1. 2 Jun 2016 (Other Fiction)

Cobbett, William: Advice to young Men, v.1, 20 Dec 2007 (Reference)

Cody Wetmore, Helen: Last of the Great Scouts. 8 November 2007 (Biography)

Cody, Hiram Alfred: Glen of the High North. V1. 29 Nov 2009 (Action)

Cody, Hiram Alfred: If Any Man Sin. v1. If Any Man Sin (Action)

Cody, Hiram Alfred: Jess of the Rebel Trail. V1. 29 Nov 2009 (Action)

Cody, Hiram Alfred: Rod of the Lone Patrol. V1. 29 Nov 2009 (Young Adult)

Cody, Hiram Alfred: The Fourth Watch. V1. 28 Nov 2009 (Other Fiction)

Cody, Hiram Alfred: The Frontiersman, v1. 15 Jan 2013 (Action)

Cody, Hiram Alfred: The Unknown Wrestler. V1. 1 Dec 2009 (Action)

Cody, Hiram Alfred: Under Sealed Orders. V1. 30 Nov 2009 (Action)

Coke, Desmond: Helena Brett's Career. v1. 7 Oct 2016 (Other Fiction)

Coleridge, Samuel Taylor: Rime of the Ancient Mariner. V2. 27 Feb 2009 (Poetry)

Coleridge, Samuel Taylor: The Rime of the Ancient Mariner (Illust.). v1, 15 Aug 08 (Poetry)

Coleridge, Sara: Phantasmion, a Fairy Tale. v1. 24 Aug 2016 (Fantasy)

Colette: Chéri [en Français], v.1, 30 June 2008. (Romance)

Colette: La chatte (en Français), v.1, 4 Novembre 2008. (Other Fiction)

Colette: La Maison de Claudine [en Français], v.1, 2 July 2008. (Other Fiction)

Colette: Mitsou (French/ Français), v1, 6 October 2009. (Romance)

Collett, Camilla: I de lange nætter [Norwegian].v1. 26 Apr 2014 (Biography)

Collett, Camilla: Optegnelser fra ungdomsaarene [Norwegian].v1. 27 Apr 2014 (Biography)

Collingwood, Harry: A Pirate of the Caribbees v1 10 jan 2009 (Historical Fiction)

Collingwood, Harry: Across the Spanish Main v1 30 jan 2009 (Historical Fiction)

Collingwood, Harry: Across the Spanish Main. V1. 19 Apr 2010 (Action)

Collingwood, Harry: Dick Leslie's Luck v1 30 jan 2009 (Historical Fiction)

Collingwood, Harry: Overdue v1 8 jan 2009 (Young Adult)

Collingwood, Harry: The Adventures of Dick Maitland v1 26 dec 2008 (Young Adult)

Collingwood, Harry: The Log of a Privateersman. V1. 21 Apr 2010 (Action)

Collingwood, Harry: The Log of the Flying Fish, v1 28 Jun 2008 (Science Fiction)

Collingwood, Harry: The Pirate Island v1 6 jan 2009 (Historical Fiction)

Collingwood, Harry: The Pirate Slaver v1 15 jan 2009 (Historical Fiction)

Collingwood, Harry: The Strange Adventures of Eric Blackburn v1 20 mar 2009 (Action)

Collingwood, Harry: The Strange Adventures of Eric Blackburn v1, 27 Mar 2008

Collingwood, Harry: The Voyage of the Aurora v1 11 feb 2009 (Action)

Collingwood, Harry: The Wreck of the Andromeda v1 17 jan 2009 (Historical Fiction)

Collingwood, Harry: Under the Chilian Flag v1 5 feb 2009 (Historical Fiction)

Collingwood, Harry: Under the ensign of the Rising Sun v1 12 feb 2009 (Historical Fiction)

Collingwood, Harry: With Airship and Submarine , v1 28 Jun 2008 (Science Fiction)

Collins, Wilkie: A Fair Penitent, v.1, 28 Jan 2008. (Mystery and Crime)

Collins, Wilkie: A Rogue's Life. v1. 23 May 2014 (Other Fiction)

Collins, Wilkie: A Rogue’s Life, v.1, 28 Jan 2008. (Mystery and Crime)

Collins, Wilkie: After Dark, v1, 23 April 2014 (Short Fiction)

Collins, Wilkie: Antonina. v1. 03 Oct 2021 (Historical Fiction)

Collins, Wilkie: Armadale (illustrated) v1 20 January 2014 (Other Fiction)

Collins, Wilkie: Basil. v1. 03 Oct 2021 (Mystery and Crime)

Collins, Wilkie: Blind Love, v.1, 27 Jan 2008. (Mystery and Crime)

Collins, Wilkie: Collected Short Works. v1. 16 Sep 2021 (Collected Works)

Collins, Wilkie: Dream Woman (3 versions). v1. 30 Aug 2021 (Mystery and Crime)

Collins, Wilkie: Heart and Science, v.1, 27 Jan 2008. (Mystery and Crime)

Collins, Wilkie: Hide and Seek, v.1, 10 Jan 2008. (Mystery and Crime)

Collins, Wilkie: Hide and Seek, v1 17 July 2014 (Other Fiction)

Collins, Wilkie: I Say No, v.1, 25 Dec 2007. (Mystery and Crime)

Collins, Wilkie: I Say No, v1 24 Mar 2015 (Mystery and Crime)

Collins, Wilkie: Jezebel’s Daughter, v.1, 13 Jan 2008. (Mystery and Crime)

Collins, Wilkie: Little Novels, v.1, 12 Jan 2008. (Mystery and Crime)

Collins, Wilkie: Little Novels, v1, 7 April 2014 (Other Fiction)

Collins, Wilkie: Man and Wife, v.1, 16 Jan 2008. (Mystery and Crime)

Collins, Wilkie: Miss or Mrs?, v.1, 17 Dec 2007. (Mystery and Crime)

Collins, Wilkie: Mr Wray's Cash-Box. v1. 17 August 2014 (Short Fiction)

Collins, Wilkie: Mr Wray’s Cash-Box, v.1, 27 Dec 2007. (Mystery and Crime)

Collins, Wilkie: My Lady's Money, v1, 16 June 2014 (Other Fiction)

Collins, Wilkie: My Lady’s Money, v.1, 17 Dec 2007. (Mystery and Crime)

Collins, Wilkie: My Miscellanies, v.1, 6 March 2008. (Mystery and Crime)

Collins, Wilkie: No Name (Illustrated) v1 11 March 2014 (Other Fiction)

Collins, Wilkie: No Name, v.1, 18 Dec 2007. (Mystery and Crime)

Collins, Wilkie: On Writing and Reading, v1, 29 April 2014 (Other Non-Fiction)

Collins, Wilkie: Poor Miss Finch, v.1, 16 Dec 2007. (Mystery and Crime)

Collins, Wilkie: Rambles Beyond Railways, v.1, 30 Jan 2008. (Other Non-Fiction)

Collins, Wilkie: Short Stories, v.1, 6 March 2008. (Mystery and Crime)

Collins, Wilkie: The Black Robe, v.1, 17 Dec 2007. (Mystery and Crime)

Collins, Wilkie: The Dead Alive, v.1, 11 Jan 2008. (Mystery and Crime)

Collins, Wilkie: The Dead Secret (Illustrated). v1 7 August 2014 (Other Fiction)

Collins, Wilkie: The Dead Secret, v.1, 15 Jan 2008. (Mystery and Crime)

Collins, Wilkie: The Evil Genius, v.1, 17 Dec 2007. (Mystery and Crime)

Collins, Wilkie: The Fallen Leaves, v.1 18 Dec 2007. (Mystery and Crime)

Collins, Wilkie: The Fatal Cradle, v.1, 28 Jan 2008. (Mystery and Crime)

Collins, Wilkie: The Fatal Fortune, v.1, 28 Jan 2008. (Mystery and Crime)

Collins, Wilkie: The Frozen Deep and Other Tales (Illustrated). v2, 9 Mar. 2015 2014 (Short Fiction)

Collins, Wilkie: The Frozen Deep, v.1, 16 Jan 2008. (Mystery and Crime)

Collins, Wilkie: The Guilty River, v.1, 18 Jan 2008. (Mystery and Crime)

Collins, Wilkie: The Haunted Hotel (illustrated), v1, 8 June 2014 (Other Fiction)

Collins, Wilkie: The Law and the Lady, v1, 11 Jan 2015 (Mystery and Crime)

Collins, Wilkie: The Law and the Lady. v1, 13 Dec 2007

Collins, Wilkie: The Legacy of Cain, v.1, 16 Jan 2008. (Mystery and Crime)

Collins, Wilkie: The Moonstone. 09 June 2008 (Mystery and Crime)

Collins, Wilkie: The Moonstone. v3, 25 Aug 2008 (Mystery and Crime)

Collins, Wilkie: The New Magdalen, v.1, 26 Dec 2007. (Mystery and Crime)

Collins, Wilkie: The New Magdalen. v1 11 Nov 2014 (Short Fiction)

Collins, Wilkie: The Queen of Hearts (illustrated) v3. 8 Mar 2015 (Other Fiction)

Collins, Wilkie: The Queen of Hearts, v.1, 13 Jan 2008. (Mystery and Crime)

Collins, Wilkie: The Two Destinies, v.1, 26 Jan 2008. (Mystery and Crime)

Collins, Wilkie: The Woman in White. v2. 16 Sep 2008 (Mystery and Crime)

Collins, Wilkie: Wilkie Collins in All the Year Round. v1, 12 Aug 2015 (Short Fiction)

Comfort, Will Levington: Child and Country. v1. 3 Jun 2016 (Other Non-Fiction)

Comfort, Will Levington: Red Fleece. v1. 3 Jun 2016 (Other Fiction)

Comfort, Will Levington: She Buildeth Her House. v1. 4 Jun 2016 (Other Fiction)

Comfort, Will Levington: Son of Power. v1. 5 Jun 2016 (Other Fiction)

Compton, W. David (NASA): Where No Man Has Gone Before, v1, 11 June 2008 (History)

Comstock, Harriet T: A Little Dusky Hero. v1. 7 Jan 2016 (Other Fiction)

Comstock, Harriet T: A Son of the Hills. v1. 12 Jan 2016 (Other Fiction)

Comstock, Harriet T: At the Crossroads. v1. 6 Jan 2016 (Other Fiction)

Comstock, Harriet T: Janet of the Dunes. v1. 7 Jan 2016 (Other Fiction)

Comstock, Harriet T: Joyce of the North Woods. v1. 7 Jan 2016 (Other Fiction)

Comstock, Harriet T: Mam'selle Jo. v1. 8 Jan 2016 (Other Fiction)

Comstock, Harriet T: The Man Thou Gavest. v1. 8 Jan 2016 (Other Fiction)

Comstock, Harriet T: The Place Beyond the Winds. v1. 9 Jan 2016 (Other Fiction)

Comstock, Harriet T: The Shield of Silence. v1. 11 Jan 2016 (Other Fiction)

Comstock, Harriet T: Then Marched the Brave. v1. 13 Jan 2016 (Historical Fiction)

Conan Doyle, Arthur: My Friend the Murderer, v1, 18 Oct 2007. (Short Fiction)

Conan Doyle, Arthur: Round the Fire Stories (1908); v1; 29 April 2020 (Short Fiction)

Conan Doyle, Arthur: The Captain of the Pole-Star (1890); v1; 4 May 2020 (Short Fiction)

Conan Doyle, Arthur: The New Revelation, v1, 4 March 2010. (Spiritual)

Conan Doyle, Sir Arthur: An Intimate Study of Sherlock Holmes. 09 Oct 07 (Other Non-Fiction)

Conan Doyle, Sir Arthur: Danger! and Other Stories. v1. 20 Aug 07 (Short Fiction)

Conan Doyle, Sir Arthur: Illustrated Sherlock Holmes. v1, 1 Jan 09 (Mystery and Crime)

Conan Doyle, Sir Arthur: Mysteries and Adventures. v1. 12 Aug 07 (Mystery and Crime)

Conan Doyle, Sir Arthur: Professor Challenger Omnibus. v5. 10 Oct 2013 (Science Fiction)

Conan Doyle, Sir Arthur: Sherlock Holmes Omnibus. v11. 17th Dec 2011 (Mystery and Crime)

Conan Doyle, Sir Arthur: Tales of Adventure and Medical Life. v1. 12 Aug 07 (Short Fiction)

Conan Doyle, Sir Arthur: Tales of Long Ago. v1. 12 Aug 07 (Short Fiction)

Conan Doyle, Sir Arthur: Tales of Pirates and Blue Water. v1. 14 Oct 07 (Short Fiction)

Conan Doyle, Sir Arthur: Tales of Terror and Mystery. v1. 12 Aug 07 (Short Fiction)

Conan Doyle, Sir Arthur: The White Company & Sir Nigel. v1. 21 Dec 07

Confucius: Doctrine of The Mean, v.1, 30 April 2008. (Philosophy)

Confucius: The Analects, v.1. 6 May 2008. (Philosophy)

Confucius: The Great Learning, v.1. 5 May 2008. (Philosophy)

Confucius: The Sayings of Confucius, v.1, 14 May 2008. (Philosophy)

Connell, Richard: The Sin of Monsieur Pettipon, v1, 1922, 26 Sep 2024 (Humor)

Connington, J. J.: Death at Swaythling Court (1926); v1; 28 June 2020 (Mystery and Crime)

Connington, J. J.: Murder in the Maze (1927); v1, 26 June 2020 (Mystery and Crime)

Connington, J. J.: Mystery at Lynden Sands (1928); v1; 4 Oct 2020 (Mystery and Crime)

Connington, J. J.: Nemesis at Rayham Parva (1929); v1; 1 Sep 2020 (Mystery and Crime)

Connington, J. J.: Nordenholt's Million (1923); v1; 26 June 2020 (Science Fiction)

Connington, J. J.: The Boathouse Riddle (1931); v1; 30 Aug 2020 (Mystery and Crime)

Connington, J. J.: The Case with Nine Solutions (1928), v1, 1 Sep 2020 (Mystery and Crime)

Connington, J. J.: The Castleford Conundrum (1932); v1; 7 Nov 2020 (Mystery and Crime)

Connington, J. J.: The Counsellor (1939); v1; 7 Nov 2020 (Mystery and Crime)

Connington, J. J.: The Dangerfield Talisman (1927); v1, 5 Aug 2024 (Mystery and Crime)

Connington, J. J.: Tragedy at Ravensthorpe (1927); v1; 23 Oct 2020 (Mystery and Crime)

Connington, J. J: The Ha-Ha Case (1934); v1; 22 Sep 2020 (Mystery and Crime)

Connor, Ralph: The Sky Pilot (a Tale of the Foothills). 13 Aug 2008 (Other Fiction)

Connor, Ralph: The Sky Pilot in No Man's Land. 13 Aug 2008 (Other Fiction)

Conquest, Joan: Leonie of the Jungle, v1, 22 June 2018 (Fantasy)

Conrad, Joseph & Hueffer, Ford M.: Romance. V1. 16 Aug 2009 (Romance)

Conrad, Joseph & Hueffer, Ford M.: The Inheritors. V1. 15 Aug 2009 (Other Fiction)

Conrad, Joseph: Chance. v1, 2 Jan 2008

Conrad, Joseph: Heart of Darkness, v.1, 18 Dec 2007. (Other Fiction)

Conrad, Joseph: Jugend [german]. V1. 24 Dec 2010 (Short Fiction)

Conrad, Joseph: The Mirror Of The Sea. v1, 6 Jan 2008

Conrad, Joseph: The Secret Agent, v.1, 19 Dec 2007. (Short Fiction)

Conrad, Joseph: The Secret Sharer, v.1, 18 Dec 2007. (Short Fiction)

Conrad, Joseph: Typhoon, v1, 3 June 2016 (Short Fiction)

Conrad, Joseph: Victory, v.1, 19 Dec 2007. (Other Fiction)

Conway, Father Placid: Saint Thomas Aquinas, v1, 14 September 2009. (Spiritual)

Cooke, Marjorie Benton: Bambi. V1. 18 Oct 2009 (Romance)

Cooke, Marjorie Benton: The Cricket. V1. 19 Oct 2009 (Romance)

Coolidge, Calvin: State of the Union. v1.1, 13 October 2007 (Government)

Coolidge, Dane: Bat Wing Bowles. v1. 15 Jan 2013 (Western)

Coolidge, Dane: Hidden Water. V1. 31 July 2010 (Western)

Coolidge, Dane: Rimrock Jones. V1. 1 Aug 2010 (Western)

Coolidge, Dane: Shadow Mountain. V1. 1 Aug 2010 (Western)

Coolidge, Dane: Silver and Gold. V1. 1 Aug 2010 (Western)

Coolidge, Dane: The Man-Killers. v2. 16 Jan 2013 (Western)

Coolidge, Dane: The Texican, v1. 16 Jan 2013 (Western)

Coolidge, Dane: Wunpost. V1. 2 Aug 2010 (Western)

Cooper, James Fenimore: Afloat And Ashore, 28 Aug 2013 (Action)

Cooper, James Fenimore: Home as Found. v1. 30 Aug 2013 (Romance)

Cooper, James Fenimore: Homeward Bound. v1. 17 Jan 2013 (Other Fiction)

Cooper, James Fenimore: Jack Tier, v1. 17 Jan 2013 (Action)

Cooper, James Fenimore: Mercedes of Castile. v1. 30 Aug 2013 (Romance)

Cooper, James Fenimore: Miles Wallingford. v1. 17 Jan 2013 (Action)

Cooper, James Fenimore: Ned Myers. v1. 18 Jan 2013 (Action)

Cooper, James Fenimore: Oak Openings. v1. 18 Jan 2013 (Action)

Cooper, James Fenimore: Precaution. v1. 31 Aug 2013 (Other Fiction)

Cooper, James Fenimore: The Bravo. v1. 28 Aug 2013 (Action)

Cooper, James Fenimore: The Chainbearer. v1. 29 Aug 2013 (Other Fiction)

Cooper, James Fenimore: The Crater. v1. 20 Aug 2013 (Other Fiction)

Cooper, James Fenimore: The Deerslayer v1 12 dec 2008 (Historical Fiction)

Cooper, James Fenimore: The Deerslayer. v1, 25 Jan 2008

Cooper, James Fenimore: The Headsman. v1. 24 Jan 2013 (Other Fiction)

Cooper, James Fenimore: The Last of the Mohicans v1 17 dec 2008 (Historical Fiction)

Cooper, James Fenimore: The Last of the Mohicans. v1, 2 Jan 2008

Cooper, James Fenimore: The Leatherstocking Tales. V1.12 Jan 2014 (Historical Fiction)

Cooper, James Fenimore: The Monikins. v1. 23 Jan 2013 (Fantasy)

Cooper, James Fenimore: The Pathfinder v1 8 dec 2008 (Western)

Cooper, James Fenimore: The Pilot. v1. 22 Jan 2013 (Action)

Cooper, James Fenimore: The Pioneers v1 13 dec 2008 (Historical Fiction)

Cooper, James Fenimore: The Prairie. v1. 31 Aug 2013 (Action)

Cooper, James Fenimore: The Red Rover. v1. 22 Jan 2013 (Action)

Cooper, James Fenimore: The Redskins, v1. 21 Jan 2013 (Action)

Cooper, James Fenimore: The Sea Lions. v1. 1 Sep 2013 (Action)

Cooper, James Fenimore: The Spy. v1, 31 Jan 2008

Cooper, James Fenimore: The Spy. v1. 1 Sep 2013 (Action)

Cooper, James Fenimore: The Two Admirals. v1. 21 Jan 2013 (Action)

Cooper, James Fenimore: The Water-Witch. v1. 20 Jan 2013 (Action)

Cooper, James Fenimore: The Wept of Wish-Ton-Wish. v1. 20 Jan 2013 (Other Fiction)

Cooper, James Fenimore: The Wing-and-Wing. v1. 19 Jan 2013 (Action)

Cooper, James Fenimore: Wyandotte, v1. 19 Jan 2013 (Other Fiction)

Copplestone, Bennett: Madame Gilbert's Cannibal. v1. 12 Aug 2016 (Other Fiction)

Corbett, Elizabeth Frances: Cecily and the Wide World. v1. 5 Feb 2017 (Other Fiction)

Corbett, Elizabeth Frances: Puritan and Pagan. v1. 8 Feb 2017 (Other Fiction)

Corbett, Elizabeth Frances: The Vanished Helga. v1. 9 Feb 2017 (Other Fiction)

Corelli, Marie: A Romance of Two Worlds. V1. 14 Apr 2011 (Romance)

Corelli, Marie: Ardath. v1, 2 July 2008 (Fantasy)

Corelli, Marie: Ardath. V1. 12 Apr 2011 (Romance)

Corelli, Marie: Innocent. V1. 13 Apr 2011 (Romance)

Corelli, Marie: Temporal Power. V1. 15 Apr 2011 (Romance)

Corelli, Marie: The Life Everlasting. V1. 13 Apr 2011 (Romance)

Corelli, Marie: The Master-Christian. V1. 13 Apr 2011 (Romance)

Corelli, Marie: The Secret Power. V1. 14 Apr 2011 (Romance)

Corelli, Marie: The Soul of Lilith. V1. 16 Apr 2011 (Romance)

Corelli, Marie: The Treasure of Heaven. V1. 15 Apr 2011 (Romance)

Corelli, Marie: Thelma. V1. 15 Apr 2011 (Romance)

Corelli, Marie: Vendetta!. v1, 2 July 2008 (Horror)

Corelli, Marie: Ziska. V1. 16 Apr 2011 (Romance)

Cortright, Edgar. Apollo Expeditions to the Moon. PRC v1.0. 15 July 2009 (Other Non-Fiction)

Cousins, Adrienne: Kindle Bookmarks v0.12, Sep 5,2008 (Reference)

Cowles, Frederick: The Night Winds Howl. v1. 16 Apr. 2023 (Horror)

Cox, Erle: Fools' Harvest. V1. 17 Apr 2011 (Science Fiction)

Cox, Erle: Out of the Silence. V1. 16 Apr 2011 (Science Fiction)

Cox, Erle: The Great Mendax Transmitter (v1); 3 Jan 2021 (Short Fiction)

Cox, Erle: The Missing Angel. V1. 16 Apr 2011 (Short Fiction)

Craddock, Charles Egbert: The Moonshiners at Hoho-Hebee Falls. 04 Jan 2008 (Other Fiction)

Craik, Dinah Maria: A Noble Life (Other Fiction)

Craik, Dinah Maria: Agatha's Husband,. v1. 2 Sep 2013 (Romance)

Craik, Dinah Maria: Agatha's Husband. v1. 3 Mar 2014 (Romance)

Craik, Dinah Maria: Christian's Mistake. v1. 3 Sep 2013 (Romance)

Craik, Dinah Maria: John Halifax, Gentleman. v1. 4 Sep 2013 (Romance)

Craik, Dinah Maria: Mistress and Maid. v1. 6 Sep 2013 (Romance)

Craik, Dinah Maria: Olive. v1. 7 Sep 2013 (Romance)

Craik, Dinah Maria: The Adventures of A Brownie. v1. 2 Mar 2014 (Children)

Craik, Dinah Maria: The Laurel Bush. v1. 4 Sep 2013 (Romance)

Craik, Dinah Maria: The Little Lame Prince. v1. 5 Sep 2013 (Children)

Cram, Ralph Adams: Black Spirits and White (ghosts). v1. 25 Jan 2021 (Horror)

Crane, Stephen and Barr, Robert: The O'Ruddy. V1. 6 Nov 2010 (Romance)

Crane, Stephen: Active Service. V1. 18 Apr 2011 (Romance)

Crane, Stephen: George's Mother, v. 1, 23/2/16 (Other Fiction)

Crane, Stephen: Last Words. V1. 19 Apr 2011 (Short Fiction)

Crane, Stephen: Maggie A Girl of the Streets. V1. 20 Apr 2011 (Other Fiction)

Crane, Stephen: Men, Women, and Boats. V1. 22 Apr 2011 (Short Fiction)

Crane, Stephen: The Blue Hotel. V1. 18 Apr 2011 (Short Fiction)

Crane, Stephen: The Bride Comes to Yellow Sky. V1. 17 Apr 2011 (Other Fiction)

Crane, Stephen: The Little Regiment. V1. 19 Apr 2011 (Short Fiction)

Crane, Stephen: The Monster and more. V1. 17 Apr 2011 (Short Fiction)

Crane, Stephen: The Open Boat. V1. 18 Apr 2011 (Short Fiction)

Crane, Stephen: The Red Badge of Courage. v1, 4 Jan 2008

Crane, Stephen: The Third Violet v. 1 30-1-16 (Romance)

Crane, Stephen: Whilomville Stories. v1. 26 Jan 2013 (Short Fiction)

Crane, Stephen: Wounds in the Rain. v1. 25 Jan 2013 (Short Fiction)

Crane, Walter: Line & Form, v.1, 19 July 2008 (Other Non-Fiction)

Crawford, F. Marion: A Cigarette-Maker's Romance. V1. 6 Dec 2012 (Romance)

Crawford, F. Marion: Adam Johnstone's Son. V1. 4 Dec 2012 (Other Fiction)

Crawford, F. Marion: An American Politician. V1. 5 Dec 2012 (Romance)

Crawford, F. Marion: Casa Braccio. V1. 5 Dec 2012 (Other Fiction)

Crawford, F. Marion: Cecilia. V1. 6 Dec 2012 (Romance)

Crawford, F. Marion: Doctor Claudius. V1. 7 Dec 2012 (Romance)

Crawford, F. Marion: Don Orsino. v1, 28 Jan 2008

Crawford, F. Marion: Don Orsino. V1. 10 Dec 2012 (Romance)

Crawford, F. Marion: Fair Margaret. V1. 11 Dec 2012 (Romance)

Crawford, F. Marion: For the Blood is the Life and Other Horror Stories. V1. 3 Dec 20 (Horror)

Crawford, F. Marion: Greifenstein. V1. 13 Dec 2012 (Romance)

Crawford, F. Marion: In The Palace Of The King. V1, 13 Dec 2012 (Romance)

Crawford, F. Marion: Khaled, A Tale of Arabia. V1. 14 Dec 2012 (Fantasy)

Crawford, F. Marion: Marietta. V1. 16 Dec 2012 (Romance)

Crawford, F. Marion: Marion Darche. V1. 16 Dec 2012 (Romance)

Crawford, F. Marion: Marzio's Crucifix and Zoroaster. V1. 18 Dec 2012 (Other Fiction)

Crawford, F. Marion: Mr. Isaacs. V1. 18 Dec 2012 (Action)

Crawford, F. Marion: Paul Patoff. V1. 19 Dec 2012 (Romance)

Crawford, F. Marion: Sant' Ilario. v1, 28 Jan 2008

Crawford, F. Marion: Saracinesca. v1, 28 Jan 2008

Crawford, F. Marion: The Witch of Prague. v1, 7 Feb 2008

Crawford, F. Marion: Wandering Ghosts (collected ghosts). v1. 27 Oct 2020 (Horror)

Crawford; F. Marion: The Screaming Skull v1 12 dec 2008 (Horror)

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Crockett, David: The Life of David Crockett,V1.10/19/2012 (Biography)

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Cromie, Robert: The Crack of Doom. v1, 10 Sep 2008 (Science Fiction)

Crosby, Ernest: Captain Jinks, Hero. V1. 25 Jun 2011 (Humor)

Crosby, Fanny: Fanny Crosby's Life Story.V1.8 June 2014 (Biography)

Crosse, Andrew F.: Round About the Carpathians, v.1, 26 April 2008

Crownfield, Gertrude: Shadow Witch v1 28 nov 2008 (Fantasy)

Cullum, Ridgwell: In the Brooding Wild. v1. 29 Dec 2012 (Western)

Cullum, Ridgwell: The Forfeit. v1. 28 Dec 2012 (Western)

Cullum, Ridgwell: The Golden Woman. v1. 29 Dec 2012 (Western)

Cullum, Ridgwell: The Heart of Unaga. v1. 29 Dec 2012 (Western)

Cullum, Ridgwell: The Hound From The North. v1. 29 Dec2012 (Western)

Cullum, Ridgwell: The Law-Breakers. v1. 30 Dec 2010 (Western)

Cullum, Ridgwell: The Man in the Twilight. v1. 30 Dec 2012 (Action)

Cullum, Ridgwell: The Men Who Wrought. v1. 30 Dec 2012 (Action)

Cullum, Ridgwell: The Night Riders v1 22 jul 2009 (Western)

Cullum, Ridgwell: The One-Way Trail. v1. 1 Jan 2013 (Western)

Cullum, Ridgwell: The Son of his Father. v1. 1 Jan 2013 (Western)

Cullum, Ridgwell: The Story of the Foss River Ranch. v1. 2 Jan 2013 (Western)

Cullum, Ridgwell: The Trail of the Axe. v1. 2 Jan 2013 (Western)

Cullum, Ridgwell: The Triumph of John Kars. v1. 3 Jan 2013 (Western)

Cullum, Ridgwell: The Twins of Suffering Creek, v1. 3 Jan 2013 (Western)

Cullum, Ridgwell: The Watchers of the Plains. v1. 28 Dec 201 (Western)

Cullum, Ridgwell: The Way of the Strong. v1. 27 Dec 2012 (Western)

Cummins, Maria S: The Lamplighter, v1, 26 March 2010. (Young Adult)

Cuppy, Will: How to be a Hermit (1929); v1; 2 Jan 2020 (Humor)

Cuppy, Will: How to be a Hermit, v.1, 30 Oct 2007. (Humor)

Curry, S S: How to Add Ten Years to Your Life, v1, 18 Sept 2007. (Reference)

Curties, Captain Henry: A Queen's Error (1911); v1; 4 April 2021 (Action)

Curtis, George William: From the Easy Chair, vol 1. v1, 11 Jan 2008

Curwood, James Oliver: Back to God's Country (1920); v1; 19 May 2021 (Short Fiction)

Curwood, James Oliver: Baree, Son of Kazan. V1. 13 Jan 2009 (Action)

Curwood, James Oliver: Flower of the North. V1. 13 Jan 2009 (Action)

Curwood, James Oliver: God's Country—And the Woman. V1. 13 Jan 2009 (Action)

Curwood, James Oliver: Isobel. V2. 18 Jan 2009 (Action)

Curwood, James Oliver: Kazan. V1. 14 Jan 2009 (Action)

Curwood, James Oliver: Nomads of the North. V1. 14 Jan 2009 (Action)

Curwood, James Oliver: Philip Steele. V1. 14 Jan 2009 (Action)

Curwood, James Oliver: The Alaskan. V1. 14 Jan 2009 (Action)

Curwood, James Oliver: The Country Beyond. V. 2. 29 July 2009 (Action)

Curwood, James Oliver: The Courage of Captain Plum. V1. 15 Jan 2009 (Action)

Curwood, James Oliver: The Danger Trail. V1. 16 Jan 2009 (Action)

Curwood, James Oliver: The Flaming Forest. V1. 16 Jan 2009 (Action)

Curwood, James Oliver: The Gold Hunters. V1. 16 Jan 2009 (Action)

Curwood, James Oliver: The Golden Snare. V2. 29 July 2009 (Romance)

Curwood, James Oliver: The Grizzly King. V1. 17 Jan 2009 (Action)

Curwood, James Oliver: The Honor of the Big Snows. V1. 17 Jan 2009 (Action)

Curwood, James Oliver: The Hunted Woman. V1. 17 Jan 2009 (Action)

Curwood, James Oliver: The River's End. V1. 17 Jan 2009 (Action)

Curwood, James Oliver: The Valley of Silent Men. V1. 18 Jan 2009 (Action)

Curwood, James Oliver: The Wolf Hunters. V1. 18 Jan 2009 (Action)

Curwood, James Oliver: Thomas Jefferson Brown. V1. 18 Jan 2009 (Action)

Curwood, James Oliver: Vargjegerne [Norwegian].v1.21 Jun 2012 (Children)

Cushing, Frank Hamilton: A Study Of Pueblo Pottery, v.1, 28 Dec 2008 (Other Non-Fiction)

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Cutcliffe Hyne, C. J.: The Lost Continent. v1. 02 Feb 2008

Cutcliffe Hyne, CJ: The New Eden v1 20 nov 2008 (Action)

Cyrus Townsend Brady: A Little Book for Christmas. v1. 12 Jul 2013 (Short Fiction)

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D'Holbach, baron Paul-Henri Thiery: Good Sense, v.1, 17 Feb 2008 (Philosophy)

Dahlgren, Madeline: The Woodley Lane Ghost and Other Visitants. v1. 08 May 2021 (Horror)

Dahn, Felix: Ein Kampf um Rom. german. v2. 24 mar 2009 (Historical Fiction)

Dakan, Rick: Geek Mafia. v1, 14 Jan 2008

Dalrymple, Leona: Diane of the Green Van. v1. 28 Jan 2013 (Romance)

Dalrymple, Leona: Jimsy. v1. 28 Jan 2013 (Other Fiction)

Dalrymple, Leona: Kenny. v1. 27 Jan 2013 (Romance)

Dalrymple, Leona: Uncle Noah's Christmas Inspiration. v1. 27 Jan 2013 (Other Fiction)

Dalrymple, Leona: When the Yule Log Burns. v1. 27 Jan 2013 (Other Fiction)

Dalziel, Edward & George: Cinderella (Illustrated). V1.27 Dec. 2013 (Children)

Dana, Richard Henry: Two Years Before the Mast. v1 31Dec2009 (History)

Darlington, Edgar B.P.: Circus Boys Omnibus. v5. 11 March 2013 (Young Adult)

Darrow, Clarence: The Story of My Life. v1. 12 July 07 (Biography)

Darwin, Charles: Die Entstehung der Arten v1 german 10 Jan 2010 (Other Non-Fiction)

Darwin, Charles: The Various Contrivances by Which Orchids are Fertilised by Insects (Reference)

Darwin, Florence Henrietta, Lady: Six Plays. V1. 26 Nov 2012 (Other Fiction)

Dass, Petter: Nordlands Trompet. [Norwegian]. v2. 8 Nov 2010 (Other Fiction)

Daubeny, Ulric: The Elemental: Tales of the Supernatural …. v1. 14 Nov 2025 (Horror)

Daudet, Alphonse: Letters from my Windmill, v1, 19 November 2009. (Short Fiction)

Daudet, Alphonse: Lettres de mon moulin, (French/Français) v1, 19 November 2009. (Short Fiction)

Daudet, Alphonse: Tartarin of Tarascon, v1, 26 November 2009. (Other Fiction)

Davies, G. Christopher: Our Home in Aveyron. v.1. 20 Oct 2012 (History)

Davies, William H.: The autobiography of a super-tramp. v2. 07 Apr 2013 (Biography)

Daviess, Maria Thompson: Andrew the Glad. V1. 12 Dec 2010 (Romance)

Daviess, Maria Thompson: Blue-grass and Broadway. V1. 12 Dec 2010 (Romance)

Daviess, Maria Thompson: Over Paradise Ridge. V1. 14 Dec 2010 (Romance)

Daviess, Maria Thompson: Phyllis. V1. 15 Dec 2010 (Romance)

Daviess, Maria Thompson: Rose of Old Harpeth. V1. 16 Dec 2010 (Romance)

Daviess, Maria Thompson: The Daredevil. V1. 13 Dec 2010 (Romance)

Daviess, Maria Thompson: The Golden Bird. V1. 13 Dec 2010 (Romance)

Daviess, Maria Thompson: The Heart's Kingdom. V1. 13 Dec 2010 (Romance)

Daviess, Maria Thompson: The Melting of Molly. V1. 14 Dec 2010 (Romance)

Daviess, Maria Thompson: The Road to Providence. V1. 15 Dec 2010 (Romance)

Daviess, Maria Thompson: The Tinder-Box. V1. 16 Dec 2010 (Romance)

Davis, Norbert: Holocaust House and other stories (2020); v1, 2 Jn 2020 (Mystery and Crime)

Davis, Norbert: Holocaust House. v1 23 Dec 2007 (Mystery and Crime)

Davis, Norbert: Norbert Davis Sampler. V1. 27 Jul 2012 (Action)

Davis, Norbert: Oh, Murderer Mine (1946), v1, 2 Jan 2020 (Mystery and Crime)

Davis, Norbert: Red Goose and Something for the Sweeper. v1 23 Dec 2007 (Mystery and Crime)

Davis, Norbert: Sally's in the Alley (1943), v2, 2 Jan 2020 (Mystery and Crime)

Davis, Norbert: Sally's in the Alley. v1 23 Dec 2007 (Mystery and Crime)

Davis, Norbert: The Mouse in the Mountain. v1 23 Dec 2007 (Mystery and Crime)

Davis, Norbert: The Mouse in the Mountain: (1943): v2, 2 Jan 2020 (Mystery and Crime)

Davis, Norbert: Watch Me Kill You (2020); v1; 2 Jan 2020 (Mystery and Crime)

Davis, Richard Harding: In the Fog. V1. 21 Dec 2010 (Mystery and Crime)

Davis, Richard Harding: A Charmed Life. V1. 19 Dec 2010 (Short Fiction)

Davis, Richard Harding: A Question of Latitude. V1. 25 Dec 2010 (Short Fiction)

Davis, Richard Harding: A Wasted Day. V1. 27 Dec 2010 (Short Fiction)

Davis, Richard Harding: Billy and the Big Stick. V1. 18 Dec 2010 (Action)

Davis, Richard Harding: Captain Macklin. V1. 19 Dec 2010 (Action)

Davis, Richard Harding: Cinderella. V1. 19 Dec 2010 (Short Fiction)

Davis, Richard Harding: Cuba in War Time. 21 Oct 07 (History)

Davis, Richard Harding: Cuba in War Time. V1. 20 Dec 2010 (History)

Davis, Richard Harding: Episodes in Van Bibber's Life. V1. 20 Dec 2010 (Short Fiction)

Davis, Richard Harding: Gallegher and Other Stories. V1. 21 Dec 2010 (Short Fiction)

Davis, Richard Harding: Miss Civilization. V1. 24 Dec 2010 (Other Fiction)

Davis, Richard Harding: My Buried Treasure. V1. 24 Dec 2010 (Short Fiction)

Davis, Richard Harding: Notes of a War Correspondent. 21 Oct 07 (History)

Davis, Richard Harding: Once Upon A Time. V1. 25 Dec 2010 (Short Fiction)

Davis, Richard Harding: Peace Manoeuvres. V1. 25 Dec 2010 (Short Fiction)

Davis, Richard Harding: Ranson's Folly. V1. 26 Dec 2010 (Short Fiction)

Davis, Richard Harding: Real Soldiers of Fortune. 21 Oct 07 (Biography)

Davis, Richard Harding: Soldiers of Fortune. 22 Oct 07 (Other Fiction)

Davis, Richard Harding: The Amateur.V1. 17 Dec 2010 (Science Fiction)

Davis, Richard Harding: The Boy Scout and Other Stories for Boys. V1. 18 Dec 2010 (Short Fiction)

Davis, Richard Harding: The Boy Scout. V1. 18 Dec 2010 (Short Fiction)

Davis, Richard Harding: The Consul. V1. 20 Dec 2010 (Short Fiction)

Davis, Richard Harding: The Deserter.20 Dec 2010 (Short Fiction)

Davis, Richard Harding: The Exiles and Other Stories. V1. 20 Dec 2010 (Short Fiction)

Davis, Richard Harding: The Frame Up. V1. 21 Dec 2010 (Mystery and Crime)

Davis, Richard Harding: The Lion and the Unicorn. V1. 22 Dec 2010 (Short Fiction)

Davis, Richard Harding: The Log of the Jolly Polly. V1. 22 Dec 2010 (Short Fiction)

Davis, Richard Harding: The Lost House. V1. 22 Dec 2010 (Short Fiction)

Davis, Richard Harding: The Lost Road. V1. 23 Dec 2010 (Short Fiction)

Davis, Richard Harding: The Make-Believe Man. V1. 23 Dec 2010 (Short Fiction)

Davis, Richard Harding: The Man Who Could Not Lose. V1. 23 Dec 2010 (Short Fiction)

Davis, Richard Harding: The Messengers. V1. 23 Dec 2010 (Short Fiction)

Davis, Richard Harding: The Nature Faker. V1. 24 Dec 2010 (Short Fiction)

Davis, Richard Harding: The Princess Aline. V1. 25 Dec 2010 (Short Fiction)

Davis, Richard Harding: The Red Cross Girl. V1. 26 Dec 2010 (Short Fiction)

Davis, Richard Harding: The Reporter Who Made Himself King. V1. 26 Dec 2010 (Short Fiction)

Davis, Richard Harding: The Scarlet Car. V1. 26 Dec 2010 (Romance)

Davis, Richard Harding: The Spy. V1. 27 Dec 2010 (Short Fiction)

Davis, Richard Harding: The White Mice. V1. 27 Dec 2010 (Romance)

Davis, Richard Harding: Vera, the Medium, v.1, 27 Feb 2008. (Other Fiction)

Davis, Richard Harding: With the Allies. 22 Oct 07 (History)

Davis, Richard Harding: With the Allies. V1. 27 Dec 2010 (History)

Davis, Richard Harding: With the French in France and Salonika. V1. 29 Dec 2010 (History)

Davis, Richard Harding; The King's Jackal. V1. 22 Dec 2010 (Short Fiction)

Davis, Richard Harding; The Congo and Coasts of Africa. V1. 19 Dec 2010 (Other Non-Fiction)

Dawson, A.J.: Jan A Dog and a Romance v1 12feb 2009 (Romance)

Dawson, Emma: An Itinerant House and Other Stories (ghosts,illus). v1. 14 May 2021 (Horror)

Day, Holman: All-Wool Morrison. V1. 30 Dec 2010 (Romance)

Day, Holman: Blow The Man Down. V1. 30 Dec 2010 (Romance)

Day, Holman: Joan of Arc of the North Woods. V1. 31 Dec 2010 (Romance)

Day, Holman: The Landloper. V1. 31 Dec 2010 (Romance)

Day, Holman: The Rainy Day Railroad War. V1. 31 Dec 2010 (Other Fiction)

Day, Holman: The Ramrodders. V1. 31 Dec 2010 (Romance)

Day, Holman: The Skipper and the Skipped. V1. 1 Jan 2011 (Other Fiction)

Day, Holman: When Egypt Went Broke. V1. 1 Jan 2011 (Other Fiction)

De Bra, Lemuel: Lemuel De Bra Sampler. V1. 28 Jul 2012 (Mystery and Crime)

De Brune, Aidan: Saul and the Spinster (1935); v1; 19 Oct 2019 (Mystery and Crime)

de Brune, Aidan: The Dr Night Trilogy, v.1 (Fantasy)

de Brune, Aidan: The Flirting Fool (1933) v1 20 Oct 2010 (Mystery and Crime)

de Brune, Aidan: The Framing of Inspector Denvers (1934) V1, 20 Oct 2019 (Mystery and Crime)

de Brune, Aidan: The League of Five (1930); v1; 27 Oct 2019 (Mystery and Crime)

de Brune, Aiden: Find This Man (1932); v1; 14 Oct 2019 (Mystery and Crime)

de Brune, Aiden: Meet Mary Cronig, and other stories (2019); v.1; 10 Oct 2010 (Short Fiction)

de Brune, Aiden: The Carson Loan Mystery (1926); v1; 11 Oct 2019 (Mystery and Crime)

de Brune, Aiden: The Dagger and Cord (1927); V1; 14 Oct 2019 (Mystery and Crime)

de Brune, Aiden: The Fortune Telling House (1935); v1; 18 Oct 2019 (Mystery and Crime)

de Brune, Aiden: The Grays Manor Mystery (1933); v1; 11 Oct 2019 (Mystery and Crime)

de Brune, Aiden: The KAHM Syndicate (1934); v1; 12 Oct 2019 (Mystery and Crime)

de Brune, Aiden: The Little Grey Woman (1929); v1, 11 Oct 2019 (Mystery and Crime)

de Brune, Aiden: The Murders at Madlands (1931); v1; 15 Oct 2019 (Mystery and Crime)

de Brune, Aiden: The Phantom Launch (1927); v1; 15 Oct 2019 (Mystery and Crime)

de Brune, Aiden: The Pursuits of Mr Peter Pell (1920);v1; 10 Oct 2019 (Short Fiction)

de Brune, Aiden: The Shadow Crook (1928); v1; 11 Oct 2019 (Mystery and Crime)

de Brune, Aiden: The Unlawful Adventure (1930), v1, 18 Oct 2019 (Mystery and Crime)

De Forest, John William et al.: Not Pretty, But Precious. v1. 6 May 2015 (Short Fiction)

De Forest, John William: Miss Ravenel's conversion. v1. 6 May 2015 (Historical Fiction)

De Forest, John William: Overland. v1. 7 May 2015 (Historical Fiction)

De Forest, John William: The Brigade Commander. v1. 6 May 2015 (Historical Fiction)

de Horne Vaizey, George, Mrs.: A Houseful of Girls. V1. 14 Dec 2009 (Romance)

de Horne Vaizey, George, Mrs.: About Peggy Saville. V1. 10 Dec 2009 (Romance)

de Horne Vaizey, George, Mrs.: Betty Trevor. V1. 10 Dec 2009 (Romance)

de Horne Vaizey, George, Mrs.: Big Game. V1. 11 Dec 2009 (Romance)

de Horne Vaizey, George, Mrs.: Etheldreda the Ready. V1. 11 Dec 2009 (Romance)

de Horne Vaizey, George, Mrs.: Flaming June. V1. 12 Dec 2009 (Romance)

de Horne Vaizey, George, Mrs.: More About Peggy. V1. 16 Dec 2009 (Romance)

de Horne Vaizey, George, Mrs.: More about Pixie. V1. 16 Dec 2009 (Romance)

de Horne Vaizey, George, Mrs.: Sisters Three. V1. 17 Dec 2009 (Romance)

de Horne Vaizey, George, Mrs.: The Fortunes of the Farrells. V1. 13 Dec 2009 (Romance)

de Horne Vaizey, George, Mrs.: The Heart of Una Sackville. V1. 13 Dec 2009 (Romance)

de Horne Vaizey, George, Mrs.: The Independence of Claire. V1. 14 Dec 2009 (Romance)

de Horne Vaizey, George, Mrs.: The Lady of the Basement Flat. V1. 15 Dec 2009 (Romance)

de Horne Vaizey, George, Mrs.: The Love Affairs of Pixie. V1. 16 Dec (Romance)

de Horne Vaizey, George, Mrs.: Vaizey, George de Horne, Mrs.,. V1. 17 Dec 2009 (Romance)

de Laclos, Pierre Choderlos: Gefährliche Liebschaften. [German]. V1. 4 Jan 2011 (Other Fiction)

De Lyrienne, Richard (pseudonym): The Quest of the Gilt-Edged Girl. v2. 16 Jun 2017 (Humor)

de Massa, Philippe: Zibeline. v1, 7 Mar 2008

De Mille, James: A Castle in Spain. V1. 3 Jan 2011 (Romance)

De Mille, James: Among the Brigands. V1. 3 Jna 2011 (Action)

De Mille, James: Cord and Creese. V1. 4 Jan 2011 (Action)

De Mille, James: The American Baron. V1. 2 Jan 2011 (Romance)

De Morgan, Mary: On a Pincushion and Other Fairy Tales (illus). v1. 19 Feb 2016 (Fantasy)

De Morgan, Mary: The Necklace of Princess Fiorimonde (illus). v1. 19 Feb 2016 (Fantasy)

De Morgan, Mary: The Windfairies and Other Tales (illus). v1. 19 Feb 2016 (Fantasy)

De Quincey, Thomas: On Murder Considered As One of the Fine Arts, v1, 1 Dec 2009 (Other Non-Fiction)

de Segur, Sophie: Old French Fairy Tales. v1. 12 June 2025 (Fantasy)

DeBord, J.M: Something Coming, a New Age Thriller V1 1 July 2010 (Other Fiction)

Deeping, Warwick: Doomsday. V1. 23 Apr 2011 (Romance)

Deeping, Warwick: Kitty. V1. 25 Apr 2011 (Romance)

Deeping, Warwick: Laughing House. v1. 26 Aug 2021 (Other Fiction)

Deeping, Warwick: Mr Gurney and Mr Slade. V1. 29 Apr 2011 (Other Fiction)

Deeping, Warwick: Old Pybus. V1. 23 Apr 2011 (Other Fiction)

Deeping, Warwick: Roper's Row. V1. 24 Apr 2011 (Romance)

Deeping, Warwick: Smith. V1. 28 Apr 2011 (Romance)

Deeping, Warwick: Sorrell and Son. V1. 23 Apr 2011 (Other Fiction)

Deeping, Warwick: The Impudence of Youth. V1. 29 Apr 2011 (Other Fiction)

Deeping, Warwick: The Man Who Went Back. v1. 22 Aug 2021 (Other Fiction)

Deeping, Warwick: The Road. V1. 26 Apr 2011 (Other Fiction)

Deeping, Warwick: The Secret Sanctuary. V1. 24 Apr 2011 (Romance)

Deeping, Warwick: The Short Stories of Warwick Deeping. v1. 24 Aug 2021 (Short Fiction)

Deeping, Warwick: The Woman at the Door. v1. 29 Aug 2021 (Mystery and Crime)

Deeping, Warwick: Two in a Train and Other Stories. v1. 25 Aug 2021 (Short Fiction)

Deeping, Warwick: Uther and Igraine, v.1, 15 August 2008. (Historical Fiction)

Defoe, Daniel: Dickory Cronke. v1, 2 Jan 2008

Defoe, Daniel: Further Adventures of Robinson Crusoe, v1, 20 Oct 2007. (Action)

Defoe, Daniel: Moll Flanders, v1, 15 Oct 2007. (Other Fiction)

Defoe, Daniel: Robinson Crusoe german v1 01 feb 2009 (Historical Fiction)

DeFoe, Daniel: Robinson Crusoe, 1719 (v2), 7 April 2020 (Action)

Defoe, Daniel: Robinson Crusoe, v1, 15 Oct 2007. (Action)

Defoe, Daniel:The Complete Adventures of Robinson Crusoe.V1. March 19 2012 (Historical Fiction)

Dehan, Richard: A Sailor's Home. v1. 8 Jun 2016 (Short Fiction)

Dehan, Richard: Cost of Wings and Other Stories, The. v1. 26 Jun 2016 (Short Fiction)

Dehan, Richard: Maids in a Market Garden. v1. 14 Jun 2016 (Other Fiction)

Dehan, Richard: Off Sandy Hook. v1. 17 Jun 2016 (Young Adult)

Dehan, Richard: That Which Hath Wings. v1. 25 Jun 2016 (Other Fiction)

Dehan, Richard: The Eve of Pascua. v1. 30 Jun 2016 (Short Fiction)

Dehan, Richard: The Headquarter Recruit, v1, 1 Jul 2016 (Short Fiction)

Dehan, Richard: Under the Hermés: and Other Stories. v1. 5 Jul 2016 (Short Fiction)

Delafield, E M: Diary of a Provincial Lady, v.1, 23 July 2008. (Humor)

Delafield, E M: The Provincial Lady Goes Further, v.1, 24 July 2008. (Humor)

Deland, Margaret: An Encore. v1. 26 Jul 2013 (Romance)

Deland, Margaret: An Old Chester Secret. v1. 27 Jul 2013 (Romance)

Deland, Margaret: Dr. Lavendar's People. v1. 26 Jul 2013 (Short Fiction)

Deland, Margaret: John Ward, Preacher. V1. 28 Jan 2009 (Other Fiction)

Deland, Margaret: The Awakening of Helena Richie. V1. (Other Fiction)

Deland, Margaret: The Iron Woman. V1. 29 Jan 2009 (Other Fiction)

Deland, Margaret: The Vehement Flame. V1. 29 Jan 2009 (Other Fiction)

Deland, Margaret: The Way To Peace. V1. 30 Jan 2009 (Other Fiction)

Dell, Ethel M: Charles Rex. V1. 25 Feb 2009 (Romance)

Dell, Ethel M: Greatheart. V1. 25 Feb 2009 (Romance)

Dell, Ethel M: Rosa Mundi and Other Stories. V1. 26 Feb 2009 (Romance)

Dell, Ethel M: The Bars of Iron. V1. 26 Feb 2009 (Romance)

Dell, Ethel M: The Keeper of the Door. V1. 27 Feb 2009 (Romance)

Dell, Ethel M: The Knave of Diamonds. V1. 27 Feb 2009 (Romance)

Dell, Ethel M: The Lamp in the Desert. V1. 27 Feb 2009 (Romance)

Dell, Ethel M: The Obstacle Race. V1. 28 Feb 2009 (Romance)

Dell, Ethel M: The Odds and Other Stories. V1. 28 Feb 2009 (Romance)

Dell, Ethel M: The Rocks of Valpre. V1. 28 Feb 2009 (Romance)

Dell, Ethel M: The Safety Curtain, and Other Stories. V1. 1 Mar 2009 (Romance)

Dell, Ethel M: The Swindler and Other Stories. V1. 1 Mar 2009 (Romance)

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Dell, Ethel M: The Top of the World. V1. 2 Mar 2009 (Romance)

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Demosthenes: The Public Orations, v1, 20/2/16 (Other Non-Fiction)

Dennis, C. J.: Dennis Starpool's Windfall and other stories, v1, 24 March 2024 (Short Fiction)

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Dent, John Charles: The Gerrard Street Mystery and Other Weird Tales. v1. 07 Aug 2021 (Horror)

Dentzel, Edward: Govicide: Comply. v1. June 2012 (Science Fiction)

Descartes, René: A Discourse on Method. v1. 20 February 2012 (Philosophy)

Descartes, René; Prinzipien der Philosophie german v1; December 19th 2009 (Philosophy)

Devereux, Mary: Lafitte of Louisiana . v1. 17 Aug 2015 (Historical Fiction)

Dickens, Charles: A Child's History of England (Illustrated). v5. 2nd Sep 2012 (History)

Dickens, Charles: A Christmas Carol (illus-Rackham). v1. 01 Dec 2016 (Fantasy)

Dickens, Charles: A Tale of Two Cities (Illustrated). v5. 17th Oct 2009 (Historical Fiction)

Dickens, Charles: A Tale of Two Cities, v1, 23 Sept 2007. (Historical Fiction)

Dickens, Charles: American Notes. v4. 17th Feb 2010 (Other Non-Fiction)

Dickens, Charles: Barnaby Rudge (Illustrated). v5. 24 Mar 2010 (Historical Fiction)

Dickens, Charles: Bleak House (Illustrated). v7. 21 Apr 2011 (Other Fiction)

Dickens, Charles: Christmas Books (Illustrated). v6. 1 Apr 2010 (Other Fiction)

Dickens, Charles: Christmas Stories (Illustrated). v4. 11 July 2010 (Short Fiction)

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Dickens, Charles: Drei Weihnachtsgeschichten [German]. V1. 28-Nov-2010 (Short Fiction)

Dickens, Charles: Ein Weihnachtslied (Illustriert) german v1 22 May 2009 (Other Fiction)

Dickens, Charles: Great Expectations (Illustrated). v9.1. 29 Jul 2011 (Other Fiction)

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Dickens, Charles: Miscellaneous Papers. v2, 22 Mar 2008 (Other Non-Fiction)

Dickens, Charles: Nicholas Nickleby (Illustrated). v7. 16th Oct 2009 (Other Fiction)

Dickens, Charles: Oliver Twist (Illustrated). v9. 6 Apr 2010 (Other Fiction)

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Dickens, Charles: Silvesterglocken (german) v1 30 dec 2008 (Other Fiction)

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Dickens, Charles: Speeches - Literary and Social. v1. 12 Apr 2010 (Other Non-Fiction)

Dickens, Charles: The Haunted House and Other Horror Stories. V1, 13 Dec 2012 (Horror)

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Dickinson, Emily: Poems - Three Series. Oct 22 2007. (Poetry)

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Dickinson, G Lowes: The Greek View of Life, v.1, 5 October 2008. (History)

Dictionary, Webster's: Webster's Dictionary 1913, v1, 22 Nov 07

Diderot, Denis: Die Nonne (German) V1. 10 Nov 2013 (Other Fiction)

Diderot, Denis: Jacques der Fatalist (German) V1. 21 Nov 2013 (Other Fiction)

Diderot, Denis: Rameaus Neffe (German) V1. 14 Nov 2013 (Philosophy)

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Dingle, Captain: Captain Dingle Sampler. V1. 30 Jul 2012 (Action)

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Dobie, Charles Caldwell: All Or Nothing. v1. 31 Aug 2015 (Short Fiction)

Dobie, Charles Caldwell: Broken to the plow. v1. 1 Sep 2015 (Other Fiction)

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Doctorow, Cory: Down and Out in the Magic Kingdom v2.1 2008-01-31 (Science Fiction)

Doctorow, Cory: Eastern Standard Tribe v2.0 2008-08-06 (Science Fiction)

Doctorow, Cory: Overclocked Stories of the Future Present v3.0 2008-02-12 (Science Fiction)

Doctorow, Cory: Overclocked: Stories of the Future Present. 1.0. 2/12/2008

Doctorow, Cory: Printcrime, v.1, 21 January 2009. (Short Fiction)

Doctorow, Cory: Scroogled (illustrated) v.0 2008-09-02 (Science Fiction)

Doctorow, Cory: Someone Comes to Town, Someone Leaves Town v1.0 2007-11-29 (Science Fiction)

Dodge, Mary Mapes: Hans Brinker or The Silver Skates. 17 Aug 07 (Fantasy)

Dohm, Hedwig: Christa Ruland, german V1, 27.12.2009 (Romance)

Dohm, Hedwig: Schicksale einer Seele, german V1, 27.12.2009 (Romance)

Dohm, Hedwig: Sibilla Dalmar, german V1, 27.12.2009 (Romance)

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Donnelly, Ignatius: Caesar's Column. v1, 9 Jan 2008

Donovan, Dick: Tales of Terror, v.1., (1899) 31 Oct 2021 (Short Fiction)

Donovan, Dick: A Detective's Triumphs (1891) v1 (Mystery and Crime)

Donovan, Dick: Found and Fettered (1894), v1 (Mystery and Crime)

Donovan, Dick: From Clue to Capture (1893); v.1., 28 Jun 2019 (Mystery and Crime)

Donovan, Dick: Riddles Read (1896), v1 (Mystery and Crime)

Donovan, Dick: Suspicion Aroused (1893), v1 (Mystery and Crime)

Donovan, Laurence: Laurence Donovan Sampler. V1. 31 Jul 2012 (Action)

Dorrington, Albert: Sally of Sunday Reef (2024); v1, 2 Jan 2024 (Short Fiction)

Dorrington, Albert: Tess, and other stories, v1, 3 Jan 2024 (Short Fiction)

Dostoevsky, Feodor: Notes From the Underground. v1. 18 July 07 (Other Fiction)

Dostoevsky, Fyodor Mikhailovich: The Brothers Karamosov. Nov 17 2007

Dostoevsky, Fyodor: Poor Folk V1. 19 Nov 2010 (Other Fiction)

Dostoevsky, Fyodor: The Double: A Petersburg Poem. v1, 28 Jan 2008

Dostoevsky, Fyodor: The Gambler. v1, 6 Jan 2008

Dostoevsky, Fyodor: The Idiot. v1, 6 Jan 2008

Dostoevsky, Fyodor: White Nights (Short Fiction)

Dostojewski, F. M.: Die Brüder Karamasow. [ [German] V1. 9 Feb 2011 (Other Fiction)

Dostojewski, F. Michailowitsch: Erniedrigte und Beleidigte [German]. V1. 21 Dec 2010 (Other Fiction)

Dostojewski, Fjodor Michailowitsch: Der Idiot, german V1 14.12.2009 (Romance)

Dostojewski, Fjodor Michailowitsch: Die Dämonen, german V1 14.12.2009 (Romance)

Dostojewski, Fjodor Michailowitsch: Verbrechen und Strafe, german V1 14.12.2009 (Romance)

Dostojewski, Fjodr Michailowitsch: Weiße Nächte. [German] V1. 21 Dec 2.2010 (Romance)

Dostoyevsky, Fyodor: The Brothers Karamazov , v1 Nov. 2008 (Other Fiction)

Dostoyevsky, Fyodor: The Gambler. V1. 6 Jan 2011 (Other Fiction)

Dostoyevsky, Fyodor: The House of The Dead, v1.0 26 Aug 2008 (PRC) (Other Fiction)

Dostoyevsky, Fyodor: The Idiot: V1. 7 Jan 2011 (Other Fiction)

Dougall, Lily: A Dozen Ways Of Love. V1. 7 Jan 2011 (Short Fiction)

Dougall, Lily: The Mermaid. V1. 8 Jan 2011 (Romance)

Dougall, Lily: The Mormon Prophet. V1. 8 Jan 2011 (Other Fiction)

Dougall, Lily: The Zeit-Geist. V1. 9 Jan 2011 (Other Fiction)

Dougall, Lily: What Necessity Knows. V1. 9 Jan 2011 (Other Fiction)

Douglas, Amanda M: A Modern Cinderella, v1, 2 April 2009 (Young Adult)

Douglas, Lloyd C.: The Robe, v1, 11 Nov 2007 (Historical Fiction)

Douglas, Norman: Birds and Beasts of the Greek Anthology, v.1, 26 February 2009. (Other Non-Fiction)

Douglas, Norman: Good-bye to Western Culture, v.1, 12 March 2009. (Other Non-Fiction)

Dowden, Edward: A History of French Literature. v1, 29 Feb 2008

Doyle, Arthur Conan: A Desert Drama. V1. 12 Jan 2011 (Action)

Doyle, Arthur Conan: A Duet, with an Occasional Chorus: V1. 13 Jan 2011 (Romance)

Doyle, Arthur Conan: A Study in Scarlet. V1. 19 Nov 2010 (Mystery and Crime)

Doyle, Arthur Conan: A Visit to Three Fronts. V1. 21 Jan 2011 (Other Non-Fiction)

Doyle, Arthur Conan: Am Kaminfeuer|V2.1|10.04.2016|German+English (Other Fiction)

Doyle, Arthur Conan: Beyond the City. V1. 10 Jan 2011 (Other Fiction)

Doyle, Arthur Conan: Das leere Haus german v1 3 feb 2009 (Mystery and Crime)

Doyle, Arthur Conan: His Last Bow. V1. 15 Jan 2011 (Mystery and Crime)

Doyle, Arthur Conan: Hunden fra Baskerville [Norwegian].v1. 21 Sep 2012 (Mystery and Crime)

Doyle, Arthur Conan: Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes. V1. 16 Jan 2011 (Mystery and Crime)

Doyle, Arthur Conan: Micah Clarke. V1. 17 Jan 2011 (Historical Fiction)

Doyle, Arthur Conan: Onkel Bernac [Norwegian].v1. 07 Oct 2012 (Historical Fiction)

Doyle, Arthur Conan: Rodney Stone. V1. 18 Jan 2011 (Other Fiction)

Doyle, Arthur Conan: Round the Red Lamp. V1. 2011 (Short Fiction)

Doyle, Arthur Conan: Sir Nigel. V1. 19 Jan 2011 (Historical Fiction)

Doyle, Arthur Conan: Songs of Action. V1. 19 Jan 2011 (Poetry)

Doyle, Arthur Conan: Songs Of The Road. V1. 20 Jan 2011 (Poetry)

Doyle, Arthur Conan: Tales of Terror & Mystery, V.1, 7/20/2011 (Mystery and Crime)

Doyle, Arthur Conan: The Adventure of the Bruce-Partington Plans. V1. 9 Jan 2011 (Mystery and Crime)

Doyle, Arthur Conan: The Adventure of the Cardboard Box. V1. 9 Jan 2011 (Mystery and Crime)

Doyle, Arthur Conan: The Adventure of the Dying Detective. V1. 10 Jan 2011 (Mystery and Crime)

Doyle, Arthur Conan: The Adventure of the Red Circle. V1. 10 Jan 2011 (Mystery and Crime)

Doyle, Arthur Conan: The Adventure of Wisteria Lodge. V1. 10 Jan 2011 (Mystery and Crime)

Doyle, Arthur Conan: The Adventures of Gerard. V1. 10 Jan 2011 (Action)

Doyle, Arthur Conan: The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes. V1. 30 Nov 2010 (Mystery and Crime)

Doyle, Arthur Conan: The Cabman's Story. V1. 11 Jan 2011 (Short Fiction)

Doyle, Arthur Conan: The Captain of the Polestar. V1. 11 Jan 2011 (Short Fiction)

Doyle, Arthur Conan: The Dealings of Captain Sharkey. V1. 11 Jan 2011 (Action)

Doyle, Arthur Conan: The Disappearance of Lady Frances Carfax: V1. 12 Jan 2011 (Mystery and Crime)

Doyle, Arthur Conan: The Doings of Raffles Haw. V1. 12 Jan 2011 (Fantasy)

Doyle, Arthur Conan: The Exploits of Brigadier Gerard. V1. 13 Jan 2011 (Action)

Doyle, Arthur Conan: The Firm of Girdlestone. V1. 14 Jan 2011 (Romance)

Doyle, Arthur Conan: The Great Boer War. V1. 14 Jan 2011 (History)

Doyle, Arthur Conan: The Great Keinplatz Experiment. V1. 14 Jan 2011 (Short Fiction)

Doyle, Arthur Conan: The Great Shadow: V1. 14 Jan 2011 (Short Fiction)

Doyle, Arthur Conan: The Green Flag. V1. 15 Jan 2011 (Short Fiction)

Doyle, Arthur Conan: The Last Galley. V1. 15 Jan 2011 (Short Fiction)

Doyle, Arthur Conan: The Last of the Legions. V1. 16 Jan 2011 (Historical Fiction)

Doyle, Arthur Conan: The Lost World. V1. 16 Jan 2011 (Fantasy)

Doyle, Arthur Conan: The Man from Archangel. V1. 16 Jan 2011 (Action)

Doyle, Arthur Conan: The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes (Mystery and Crime)

Doyle, Arthur Conan: The Mystery of Cloomber. V1. 17 Jan 2011 (Mystery and Crime)

Doyle, Arthur Conan: The Parasite. V1. 17 Jan 2011 (Horror)

Doyle, Arthur Conan: The Poison Belt. V1. 18 Jan 2011 (Action)

Doyle, Arthur Conan: The Refugees. V1. 18 Jan 2011 (Other Fiction)

Doyle, Arthur Conan: The Return of Sherlock Holmes. V1. 18 Jan 2011 (Mystery and Crime)

Doyle, Arthur Conan: The Sign of the Four. V1. 19 Jan 2011 (Mystery and Crime)

Doyle, Arthur Conan: The Sign of the Four. V1. 24 Nov 2010 (Mystery and Crime)

Doyle, Arthur Conan: The Stark Munro Letters. V1. 20 Jan 2011 (Other Fiction)

Doyle, Arthur Conan: The Tragedy of the Korosko. V1. 20 Jan 2011 (Action)

Doyle, Arthur Conan: The Valley of Fear. V1. 21 Jan 2011 (Mystery and Crime)

Doyle, Arthur Conan: The Vital Message. V1. 21 Jan 2011 (Spiritual)

Doyle, Arthur Conan: The War in South Africa. V1. 22 Jan 2011 (History)

Doyle, Arthur Conan: Through the Magic Door. V1. 20 Jan 2011 (Other Non-Fiction)

Doyle, Arthur Conan: True Crime Stories. V1. 16 Jul 2012 (Other Non-Fiction)

Doyle, Arthur Conan: Uncle Bernac. V1. 21 Jan 2011 (Other Fiction)

Draper, John W.: History of the Conflict Between Religion & Science. 22 April 2008 (Philosophy)

Draycott, Gladys M: Mahomet: Founder of Islam, v.1, 18 November 2008. (Biography)

Dreiser, Theodore: An American Tragedy v.1.0 (December 12, 2009) (Other Fiction)

Dreiser, Theodore: Twelve Men. v1, 31 Jan 2008

Drib, Dr.[Editor]: Memorable First Sentences To Books That Don't Exist. v1. 15 Jan 08 (Humor)

Droste-Hülshoff, Annette von: Bei uns zulande auf dem Lande, german V1 17.12.2009 (Other Fiction)

Droste-Hülshoff, Annette von: Die Judenbuche. german. v1. 19 mar 2009 (Other Fiction)

Droste-Hülshoff, Annette von: Gedichte, german V1 17.12.2009 (Poetry)

Droste-Hülshoff, Annette von: Westfälische Schilderungen, german V1 17.12.2009 (Other Fiction)

Drummond, Hamilton: A King's Pawn. v2. 27 Feb 2016 (Action)

Drummond, Hamilton: A man of his age. v1. 28 Feb 2016 (Action)

Drummond, Hamilton: The Seigneur de Beaufoy, v1. 29 Feb 2016 (Action)

Drummond, Hamilton: The Seven Houses. v1. 2 Mar 2016 (Other Fiction)

Du Maurier, George: The Martian. V1. 16 Nov. 2014 (Other Fiction)

du Maurier, George: Trilby (illustrated). v 1. 21 Oct 2021 (Horror)

Du Maurier, George: Trilby, v1.2, 10 Sept 2007. (Other Fiction)

Duane, Diane: Raetian Tales Book One: A Wind from the South v1.0 2007-10-06

Dudeney, Henry Ernest: Amusements in Mathematics (Illustrated). v1. 26 June 2008 (Other Non-Fiction)

Dudeney, Henry Ernest: The Canterbury Puzzles (Illustrated). v1. 28 March 2010 (Other Non-Fiction)

Duffield, J. W: Bert Wilson at Panama. v1. 20 Sep 2014 (Action)

Duffield, J. W: Bert Wilson at the Wheel. v1. 20 Sep 2014 (Action)

Duffield, J. W: Bert Wilson in the Rockies. v1. 21 Sep 2014 (Action)

Duffield, J. W: Bert Wilson on the Gridiron. v1. 21 Sep 2014 (Action)

Duffield, J. W: Bert Wilson's Fadeaway Ball. v1. 22 Sep 2014 (Action)

Duffield, J. W: Bert Wilson's Twin Cylinder Racer. v1. 22 Sep 2014 (Action)

Duffield, J. W: Bert Wilson, Marathon Winner. v1. 21 Sep 2014 (Action)

Duffield, J. W: Bert Wilson, Wireless Operator. v1. 22 Sep 2014 (Action)

Duffield, J. W: The Radio Boys in the Thousand Islands. v1. 22 Sep 2014 (Action)

Duffield, J. W: The Radio Boys Under the Sea. v1. 22 Sep 2014 (Action)

Dumas père, Alexandre: Ali Pacha. V1. 22 Jan 2011 (Mystery and Crime)

Dumas père, Alexandre: Joan of Naples. V1. 24 Jan 2011 (Mystery and Crime)

Dumas père, Alexandre: Karl Ludwig Sand. V1. 25 Jan 2011 (Mystery and Crime)

Dumas père, Alexandre: La Constantin. V1. 24 Jan 2011 (Mystery and Crime)

Dumas père, Alexandre: Louise de la Valliere. V1. 25 Jan 2011 (Historical Fiction)

Dumas père, Alexandre: Man in the Iron Mask (an Essay). V1. 26 Jan 2011 (Other Non-Fiction)

Dumas père, Alexandre: Marquise Brinvillier. V1. 26 Jan 2011 (Mystery and Crime)

Dumas père, Alexandre: Marquise De Ganges. V1. 26 Jan 2011 (Mystery and Crime)

Dumas père, Alexandre: Martin Guerre. V1. 27 Jan 2011 (Mystery and Crime)

Dumas père, Alexandre: Mary Stuart. V1. 27 Jan 2011 (Mystery and Crime)

Dumas père, Alexandre: Massacres of the South. V1. 27 Jan 2011 (Historical Fiction)

Dumas père, Alexandre: Murat. V1. 28 Jan 2011 (Historical Fiction)

Dumas père, Alexandre: Nisida. V1. 28 Jan 2011 (Historical Fiction)

Dumas père, Alexandre: Ten Years Later. V1. 29 Jan 2011 (Historical Fiction)

Dumas père, Alexandre: The Borgias: V1. 23 Jan 2011 (Mystery and Crime)

Dumas père, Alexandre: The Cenci. V1. 23 Jan 2011 (Mystery and Crime)

Dumas père, Alexandre: The Companions of Jehu. V1. 23 Jan 2011 (Action)

Dumas père, Alexandre: The Conspirators. V1. 24 Jan 2011 (Historical Fiction)

Dumas père, Alexandre: The Countess of Saint Geran. V1. 24 Jan 2011 (Mystery and Crime)

Dumas père, Alexandre: The Man in the Iron Mask. V1. 26 Jan 2011 (Historical Fiction)

Dumas père, Alexandre: The Queen's Necklace. V1. 28 Jan 2011 (Historical Fiction)

Dumas père, Alexandre: The Regent's Daughter. V1. 29 Jan 2011 (Historical Fiction)

Dumas père, Alexandre: The Vicomte de Bragelonne. V1. 31 Jan 2011 (Historical Fiction)

Dumas père, Alexandre: Twenty Years After. V1. 2011 (Historical Fiction)

Dumas père, Alexandre: Urbain Grandier. V1. 30 Jan 2011 (Mystery and Crime)

Dumas père, Alexandre: Vaninka. V1. 30 Jan 2010 (Mystery and Crime)

Dumas père, Alexandre; Derues: V1. 24 Jan 2011 (Mystery and Crime)

Dumas, Alexandre (fils): The Lady of the Camellias, v1, 2 Oct 2007. (Romance)

Dumas, Alexandre (Père): The Black Tulip, v.1, 30 April 2008. (Other Fiction)

Dumas, Alexandre (Père): The Corsican Brothers, v.1, 30 April 2008. (Action)

Dumas, Alexandre, fils: The Lady with the Camelias. V1, 2 March 2009 (Historical Fiction)

Dumas, Alexandre: Chicot the Jester, v.1, 23 June 2008. (Historical Fiction)

Dumas, Alexandre: D'Artagnan Romances, Vol 1. v2, 22 Aug 2008 (Historical Fiction)

Dumas, Alexandre: D'Artagnan Romances, Vol 2. v2, 22 Aug 2008 (Historical Fiction)

Dumas, Alexandre: D'Artagnan Romances, Vol 3. v2, 22 Aug 2008 (Historical Fiction)

Dumas, Alexandre: D'Artagnan Romances, Vol 4. v2, 22 Aug 2008 (Historical Fiction)

Dumas, Alexandre: Der Graf von Monte Christo german v2 31 jan 2009 (Historical Fiction)

Dumas, Alexandre: Marie Antoinette Romances v1 30 Aug 2009 (Historical Fiction)

Dumas, Alexandre: Napoleon Bonaparte. v1 30 july 2009 german (Biography)

Dumas, Alexandre: Solange, v.1, 3 July 2008. (Short Fiction)

Dumas, Alexandre: The Count of Monte Cristo. v2, 20 Nov 2008 (Historical Fiction)

Dumas, Alexandre: The Count of Monte Cristo. v2, 21 Aug 2008 (Historical Fiction)

Dumas, Alexandre: The Forty-Five Guardsmen, v.1, 2 July 2008. (Historical Fiction)

Dumas, Alexandre: The Three Musketeers (French/English). v1. 04 May 2012 (Historical Fiction)

Dumas, Alexandre:The Marie Antoinette Romances.v1. 26 Jan 2017 (Other Fiction)

Dumas, fils, Alexandre: Camille. V1. 6 Feb 2011 (Romance)

Dumas, fils, Alexandre: The Son of Clemenceau. V1. 6 Feb 2011 (Other Fiction)

Dunbar, Paul Laurence: The Heart of Happy Hollow. v1, 29 Feb 2008

Dunbar, Paul Laurence: The Sport of the Gods. v1, 2 Mar 2008

Duncan, Norman: Billy Topsail & Company. V1. 1 Feb 2011 (Young Adult)

Duncan, Norman: Christmas Eve at Swamp's End. V1. 1 Feb 2011 (Short Fiction)

Duncan, Norman: Doctor Luke of the Labrador. V1. 31 Jan 2011 (Other Fiction)

Duncan, Norman: Harbor Tales Down North. V1. 31 Jan 2011 (Short Fiction)

Duncan, Norman: Higgins. V1. 2 Feb 2011 (Biography)

Duncan, Norman: The Cruise of the Shining Light. V1. 2 Feb 2011 (Other Fiction)

Duncan, Norman: The Mother. V1. 3 Feb 2011 (Other Fiction)

Duncan, Sara Jeannette: A Daughter of To-Day. V1. 3 Feb 2011 (Other Fiction)

Duncan, Sara Jeannette: A Voyage of Consolation. V1. 5 Feb 2011 (Other Fiction)

Duncan, Sara Jeannette: Hilda. V1. 3 Feb 2011 (Other Fiction)

Duncan, Sara Jeannette: The Imperialist. V1. 4 Feb 2011 (Other Fiction)

Duncan, Sara Jeannette: The Path of a Star. V1. 4 Feb 2011 (Other Fiction)

Duncan, Sara Jeannette: The Pool in the Desert. V1. 4 Feb 2011 (Other Fiction)

Duncan, Sara Jeannette: The Story of Sonny Sahib. V1. 5 Feb 2011 (Other Fiction)

Duncker, Dora,: Jugend, german V1 15.12.2009 (Other Fiction)

Duncker, Dora,: Mütter, german V1 15.12.2009 (Other Fiction)

Duncker, Dora: Großstadt, german V1 20.12.2002 (Romance)

Duncker, Dora: Meine Herren Kollegen!, german V1 20.12.2002 (Biography)

Dunn, J. Allan: J. Allan Dunn Sampler. V1. 4 Aug 2012 (Action)

Dunn, J. Allan: The Hands of Fate, and other stories, v1, 3 Nov 2025 (Short Fiction)

Dunn, J. Allan: The Screaming Skull and other stories, v1, 1 Nov 2025 (Short Fiction)

Durham, Victor G.: Submarine Boys Omnibus. v1, 16 Feb 2008 (Young Adult)

Dwyer, James Francis: James Francis Dwyer Sampler. V1. 6 Aug 2012 (Action)

Dyalhis, Nictzin: The Weird Tales of Nictzin Dyalhis (2019), v1 (Fantasy)

Dürer, Albrecht: Durer's Woodcuts 1488-1500.V1. 21 June 2012 (Other Non-Fiction)

Dürer, Albrecht: Durer's Woodcuts 1501-1510.V1. 21 June 2012 (Other Non-Fiction)

Dürer, Albrecht: Durer's Woodcuts 1511-1520.V1. 21 June 2012 (Other Non-Fiction)

Dürer, Albrecht: Durer's Woodcuts 1521-1528.V1. 21 June 2012 (Other Non-Fiction)

Dürer, Albrecht: Woodcut series, Vol 1. (Illustrated). v1 18 Jan 2009 (Other Non-Fiction)

Dürer, Albrecht: Woodcut series, Vol 2. (Illustrated). v1 18 Jan 2009 (Other Non-Fiction)

Dyson, Edward: A Benevolent Burglar, and other stories, v1, 14 May 2026 (Short Fiction)

Dyson, Edward: Dead Man's Lode, v1, 31 March 2025 (Short Fiction)

Dyson, Edward: Gobb's Christmas Box, v1, 5 April 2025 (Short Fiction)

Dyson, Edward: Miss Trigg, Domestic, v1, 15 Dec 2025 (Short Fiction)

Dyson, Edward: The Golden Shanty, v1, 17 March 2025 (Short Fiction)

Dyson, Edward: The Hobbies of Austin Porteus, v1, 20 Dec 2024 (Short Fiction)

D’Alviella, Count Goblet: The Migration of Symbols, v.1, 22 Nov 2008 (Other Non-Fiction)

D’Holbach, Baron: Good Sense without God, v.1, 31 May 2008. (Philosophy)

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Ebers, Georg: A Question. V1. 19 Mar 2009 (Romance)

Ebers, Georg: A Thorny Path. V2. 19 Mar 2009 (Romance)

Ebers, Georg: A Word, Only a Word. V1. 20 Mar 2009 (Romance)

Ebers, Georg: An Egyptian Princess. V1. 30 Mar 2009 (Romance)

Ebers, Georg: Arachne. V1. 21 Mar 2009 (Romance)

Ebers, Georg: Barbara Blomberg. V1. 21 Mar 2009 (Romance)

Ebers, Georg: Cleopatra. V1. 23 Mar 2009 (Historical Fiction)

Ebers, Georg: Die Nilbraut german v1 15 apr 2009 (Historical Fiction)

Ebers, Georg: Homo Sum. V1. 23 Mar 2009 (Historical Fiction)

Ebers, Georg: In the Blue Pike. V1. 24 Mar 2009 (Other Fiction)

Ebers, Georg: In the Fire of the Forge. V1. 24 Mar 2009 (Romance)

Ebers, Georg: Joshua. V1. 26 Mar 2009 (Romance)

Ebers, Georg: Margery. V1. 26 Mar 2009 (Romance)

Ebers, Georg: Serapis. V1. 26 Mar 2009 (Romance)

Ebers, Georg: The Bride of the Nile. V1. 19 Feb 2009 (Romance)

Ebers, Georg: The Burgomaster's Wife. V1. 27 Mar 2009 (Romance)

Ebers, Georg: The Complete Short Works. V2. 28 Mar 2009 (Short Fiction)

Ebers, Georg: The Elixir. V1. 27 Mar 2009 (Short Fiction)

Ebers, Georg: The Emperor. V1. 27 Mar 2009 (Historical Fiction)

Ebers, Georg: The Greylock. V1. 28 Mar 2009 (Short Fiction)

Ebers, Georg: The Nuts. V1. 28 Mar 2009 (Short Fiction)

Ebers, Georg: The Sisters. V1. 28 Mar 2009 (Historical Fiction)

Ebers, Georg: The Story of My Life. V1. 29 Mar 2009 (Biography)

Ebers, Georg: Uarda a Romance of Ancient Egypt. V1. 29 Mar 2009 (Romance)

Ebner-Eschenbach, Marie von: Bozena, german V1, 06.01.2010 (Other Fiction)

Ebner-Eschenbach, Marie von: Das Gemeindekind, german V1, 06.01.2010 (Romance)

Ebner-Eschenbach, Marie von: Ein kleiner Roman, german V1 23.12.2009 (Other Fiction)

Ebner-Eschenbach, Marie von: Lotti, die Uhrmacherin, german V1 23.12.2009 (Other Fiction)

Ebner-Eschenbach, Marie von: Unsühnbar german V1 (Other Fiction)

Echols, Allan K: Allan K Echols Sampler. V1. 14 Aug 2012 (Action)

Eden, Emily: the Semi-Attached Couple, v.1, 10 Feb 2008. (Other Fiction)

Eden, Emily: The Semi-Detached House, v.1, 11 Feb 2008. (Other Fiction)

Edgar, J.G.: The Boy Crusaders v1 7 jan 2009 (Historical Fiction)

Edgelow, Thomas: Thomas Edgelow Sampler. V1. 14 Aug 2012 (Romance)

Edgeworth, Maria: Castle Rackrent. v1. 27 Aug 2009 (Other Fiction)

Edgeworth, Maria: Leonora. v1. 8 Dec 2013 (Romance)

Edgeworth, Maria: The Absentee. v1. 7 Dec 2013 (Other Fiction)

Edholm, Charlton L: Charlton L. Edholm Sampler. V1. 17 Aug 2012 (Mystery and Crime)

Edward Dyson: John Leslie's Burglar, and other stories, v1, 8 April 2026 (Short Fiction)

Edward, Ralph Sir: And the World Changed: Life in the Digital Reality, v1, 10 Feb 200 (Other Non-Fiction)

Edward, Ralph Sir: Slicetime. v1. 7 May 2019 (Science Fiction)

Edward, Ralph Sir: The Case of the Drowning Baptists. v1. 8 Jul 2010 (Humor)

Edward, Ralph Sir: The Case of the Drowning Baptists. V2. 10 Jul 2010 (Humor)

Edward, Sir Sir Ralph Sir: The Case Of The Desert Pirates, v1, 5 June 2009 (Humor)

Edward, Sir Sir Ralph Sir: The Case of the Golden Coprolite, v.1, 17 Dec 2008. (Mystery and Crime)

Edwards, Amelia Ann Blanford: In the Days of My Youth. v1. 28 Apr 2015 (Other Fiction)

Edwards, Amelia Ann Blanford: Monsieur Maurice. v1. 28 Apr 2015 (Other Fiction)

Edwards, Amelia B.: A Thousand Miles Up the Nile (Illustrated). v1. 12th May 2012 (Other Non-Fiction)

Edwards, Amelia B.: The Borders of Night (collected ghosts). v1. 31 Oct 2018 (Horror)

Edwards, Amelia B.: The Shadows of Evil (collected mysteries). v1. 31 Oct 2018 (Mystery and Crime)

Edwards, Amelia: A Night on the Borders of the Black Forest. v1. 28 Apr 2015 (Short Fiction)

Edwards, Harry Stillwell: Brother Sims's Mistake. v1. 11 Nov 2015 (Short Fiction)

Edwards, Harry Stillwell: Eneas Africanus Defendant. v1. 12 Nov 2015 (Short Fiction)

Edwards, Harry Stillwell: Eneas Africanus. v1. 12 Nov 2015 (Short Fiction)

Edwards, Harry Stillwell: His Defense, And Other Stories. v1. 13 Nov 2015 (Short Fiction)

Eeden, Frederik van: Der kleine Johannes [German]. V1. 01 Aug 2010 (Fantasy)

Ehret, Arnold: Rational Fasting. v1. 01 Feb 2013 (Reference)

Ehrmann, Max: Desiderata and Other Poems, v.1, 6 December 2008. (Poetry)

Eichendorff, Joseph Freiherr von: Ahnung und Gegenwart, V1, german, 28.12.2009 (Romance)

Eichendorff, Joseph Freiherr von: Erzählungen, V1, german, 28.12.2009 (Other Fiction)

Eisenhower, Dwight: State of the Union. v1.1, 13 October 2007 (Government)

Eliot, Charles W. (editor): Harvard Classics 01: Franklin/Woolman/Penn, v1, 24 Jun 07 (Biography)

Eliot, Charles W. (editor): Harvard Classics 02: Plato/Epictetus/&c. v1. 27 July 07 (Philosophy)

Eliot, Charles W. (editor): Harvard Classics 03: Bacon, Milton, Browne, v1 27 July 07 (Short Fiction)

Eliot, Charles W. (editor): Harvard Classics 04: Milton. v1. 06 July 07 (Poetry)

Eliot, Charles W. (editor): Harvard Classics 05: Emerson. v1. 06 July 07 (Poetry)

Eliot, Charles W. (editor): Harvard Classics 06: Robert Burns. v1. 4 July 07 (Poetry)

Eliot, Charles W. (editor): Harvard Classics 07: Augustine & Kempis. v1, 27 July 07 (Spiritual)

Eliot, Charles W. (editor): Harvard Classics 09: Cicero & Pliny. v1. 27 July 07 (Philosophy)

Eliot, Charles W. (editor): Harvard Classics 10: Smith, Wealth of Nations. v1 7/27/07 (Reference)

Eliot, Charles W. (editor): Harvard Classics 11: Darwin, Origin of the Species. v1. (Other Non-Fiction)

Eliot, Charles W. (editor): Harvard Classics 12: Plutarch's Lives. v1. 27 July 07 (Biography)

Eliot, Charles W. (editor): Harvard Classics 13: Virgil's Aeneid. v1. 27 July 07 (Fantasy)

Eliot, Charles W. (editor): Harvard Classics 14: Cervantes, Don Quixote, Part 1, v1 (Historical Fiction)

Eliot, Charles W. (editor): Harvard Classics 15: Bunyan, Pilgrim's Progress/Walton (Spiritual)

Eliot, Charles W. (editor): Harvard Classics 16: Stories from the 1001 Nights. v1 (Fantasy)

Eliot, Charles W. (editor): Harvard Classics 17: Aesop/Grimm/Andersen. v1. 03 July 07 (Fantasy)

Eliot, Charles W. (editor): Harvard Classics 18: English Plays. v1, 10 July 07 (Other Fiction)

Eliot, Charles W. (editor): Harvard Classics 19: von Goethe & Marlowe. v1. 06 July 07 (Other Fiction)

Eliot, Charles W. (editor): Harvard Classics 20: Dante, Divine Comedy. v1, 27 July 07 (Spiritual)

Eliot, Charles W. (editor): Harvard Classics 21: Alessandro Manzoni, I Promessi Sposi (Historical Fiction)

Eliot, Charles W. (editor): Harvard Classics 22: Homer's Odyssey, v.1, 27 July 07 (Fantasy)

Eliot, Charles W. (editor): Harvard Classics 23: Dana, Two Years Before the Mast. v1 (Biography)

Eliot, Charles W. (editor): Harvard Classics 24: Edmund Burke. v1. 18 July 07 (Philosophy)

Eliot, Charles W. (editor): Harvard Classics 25: Mill/Carlyle. v1, 27 July 07 (Philosophy)

Eliot, Charles W. (editor): Harvard Classics 26: Modern Plays. v1. 11 July 07 (Other Fiction)

Eliot, Charles W. (editor): Harvard Classics 27: English Essays. v1. 3 July 07 (Short Fiction)

Eliot, Charles W. (editor): Harvard Classics 28: Essays English and American. v1. (Short Fiction)

Eliot, Charles W. (editor): Harvard Classics 29: Darwin, Voyage of the Beagle. v1 (Biography)

Eliot, Charles W. (editor): Harvard Classics 30: Scientific Papers. v1. 26 June 07 (Other Non-Fiction)

Eliot, Charles W. (editor): Harvard Classics 31: Autobiography of Benvenuto Cellini. (Biography)

Eliot, Charles W. (editor): Harvard Classics 32: Literary and Philosophical Essays. (Short Fiction)

Eliot, Charles W. (editor): Harvard Classics 33: Voyages & Travels: Ancient & Modern. (Fantasy)

Eliot, Charles W. (editor): Harvard Classics 34: Descartes/Voltaire/Rousseau/Hobbes (Philosophy)

Eliot, Charles W. (editor): Harvard Classics 35: Chronicle & Romance. v1. 27 July 07 (Historical Fiction)

Eliot, Charles W. (editor): Harvard Classics 36: Machiavelli/Roper/More/Luther. v1 (Philosophy)

Eliot, Charles W. (editor): Harvard Classics 37: Locke/Berkeley/Hume. v1. 27 July 07 (Philosophy)

Eliot, Charles W. (editor): Harvard Classics 38: Scientific Papers, v1. 26 June 07 (Other Non-Fiction)

Eliot, Charles W. (editor): Harvard Classics 39: Prefaces & Prologues. v1. 27 July 07 (Short Fiction)

Eliot, Charles W. (editor): Harvard Classics 40: English Poetry I. v1. 27 July 07 (Poetry)

Eliot, Charles W. (editor): Harvard Classics 41: English Poetry II. v1. 27 July 07 (Poetry)

Eliot, Charles W. (editor): Harvard Classics 42: English Poetry III. v1. 27 July 07 (Poetry)

Eliot, Charles W. (editor): Harvard Classics 43: American Historical Documents. v1 (History)

Eliot, Charles W. (editor): Harvard Classics 44: Religion I. v1, 06 July 07 (Spiritual)

Eliot, Charles W. (editor): Harvard Classics 45: Religion II. v1. 05 July 07 (Spiritual)

Eliot, Charles W. (editor): Harvard Classics 46: English Plays, v1, 1 July 07 (Other Fiction)

Eliot, Charles W. (editor): Harvard Classics 47: English Plays, v1, 26 June 07 (Other Fiction)

Eliot, Charles W. (editor): Harvard Classics 48: Blaise Pascal, v1. 28 June 07 (Spiritual)

Eliot, Charles W. (editor): Harvard Classics 49: Epic & Saga. v1. 27 July 07 (Fantasy)

Eliot, Charles W. (editor): Harvard Classics 51: Lectures. v1, 16 March 2008 (Reference)

Eliot, Charles W. (editor): Harvard Classics 52: 15 Minutes A Day - The Reading Guide (Reference)

Eliot, George: Adam Bede. 07 Sept 07 (Other Fiction)

Eliot, George: Brother Jacob. 20 Oct 2007 (Other Fiction)

Eliot, George: Daniel Deronda. (Annotated) v1 11 Oct 2018 (Historical Fiction)

Eliot, George: Daniel Deronda. 20 Oct 2007 (Other Fiction)

Eliot, George: Felix Holt, the Radical (Annotated) v1 12 Jul 2018 (Romance)

Eliot, George: Felix Holt, v.1, 24 March 2008. (Other Fiction)

Eliot, George: How Lisa Loved the King. 21 Oct 07 (Children)

Eliot, George: Impressions of Theophrastus Such. 20 Oct 2007 (Other Fiction)

Eliot, George: Middlemarch. (Annotated) v1 13 Nov 2018 (Historical Fiction)

Eliot, George: Middlemarch. v3, 8 May 2008 (Other Fiction)

Eliot, George: Romola, v.1, 9 March 2008. (Other Fiction)

Eliot, George: Romola. v1 7 December 2018 (Historical Fiction)

Eliot, George: Scenes of Clerical Life. 20 Oct 2007 (Other Fiction)

Eliot, George: Scenes of Clerical Life. v1, 9 May 2018 (Collected Works)

Eliot, George: Silas Marner (annotated). v1 1 Aug 2018 (Historical Fiction)

Eliot, George: Silas Marner. 05 Sept 07 (Other Fiction)

Eliot, George: The Essays of George Eliot, v.1, 14 June 2009. (Other Non-Fiction)

Eliot, George: The Lifted Veil. 20 Oct 2007 (Other Fiction)

Eliot, George: The Lifted Veil. v1 24 Mar 2018 (Horror)

Eliot, George: The Mill on the Floss. 20 Oct 2007 (Other Fiction)

Ellis, Edward S.: Adrift on the Pacific v1 24 aug 2009 (Action)

Ellis, Edward S.: The Life of Kit Carson v1 4 sep 2009 (Western)

Ellis, Edward S.: The Ranger v1 11 apr 2009 (Action)

Ellis, Edward S.: The Young Ranchers v1 16 mar 2009 (Western)

Ellis, Edward S: A Waif of the Mountains. v1. 28 Jan 2013 (Western)

Ellis, Edward S: Brave Tom. 29 Jan 2013 (Action)

Ellis, Edward S: Camp-fire And Wigwam. v1. 29 Jan 2013 (Action)

Ellis, Edward S: Cowmen and Rustlers (Western)

Ellis, Edward S: Deerfoot in the Mountains. v1. 30 Jan 2013 (Action)

Ellis, Edward S: Footprints in the Forest. v1. 30 Jan 2013 (Action)

Ellis, Edward S: In the Pecos Country. v1. 30 Jan 201 (Western)

Ellis, Edward S: Klondike Nuggets. v1. 31 Jan 2013 (Action)

Ellis, Edward S: Oonomoo the Huron. v1. 1 Feb 2013 (Action)

Ellis, Edward S: The Cave in the Mountain. v1. 1 Feb 2013 (Action)

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Ellis, Edward S: The Frontier Angel. v1. 2 Feb 2013 (Action)

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Ellis, Edward S: The Huge Hunter. v1. 3 Feb 2013 (Action)

Ellis, Edward S: The Life of Kit Carson. v1. 3 Feb 2013 (Biography)

Ellis, Edward S: The Phantom of the River. v1. 3 Feb 2013 (Action)

Ellis, Edward S: The Ranger. v1. 4 Feb 2013 (Action)

Ellis, Edward S: The Telegraph Messenger Boy. v1. 4 Feb 2013 (Action)

Ellis, Edward S: The Wilderness Fugitives. v1. 3 Feb 2013 (Action)

Ellis, Edward Sylvester: Adrift in the Wilds. v1. 18 Dec 2013 (Action)

Ellis, Edward Sylvester: Bill Biddon, Trapper. v1. 18 Dec 2013 (Action)

Ellis, Edward Sylvester: Blazing Arrow. v1. 19 Dec 2013 (Action)

Ellis, Edward Sylvester: The Boy Patriot. v1. 19 Dec 2013 (Historical Fiction)

Ellis, Edward Sylvester: The Boy Patrol Around the Council Fire. v1. 19 Dec 2013 (Action)

Ellis, Edward Sylvester: The Boy Patrol on Guard. v1. 20 Dec 2013 (Action)

Ellis, Edward Sylvester: The Campers Out. v1. 20 Dec 2-13 (Action)

Elvestad, Sven: De Fortaptes Hus [Norwegian]. v1. 15 Jun 2012 (Mystery and Crime)

Emerson, Ralph Waldo: Essays, First Series, v1, 1Feb2009 (Philosophy)

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Emerson, Willis George: The Smoky God, v.1, 19 Jan 2008. (Science Fiction)

Emmerich, Anne Catherine: The Dolorous Passion of Our Lord, v.1, 7 Feb 2008. (Spiritual)

Emmerich, Ferdinand: Auf den Antillen german v1 24 mar 2009 (Action)

Emmerich, Ferdinand: Im Gran Chaco von Paraguay german v1 9 apr 2009 (Action)

Emmerich, Ferdinand: Jenseits des Äquators german v1 1 apr 2009 (Action)

Emmerich, Ferdinand: Neuseeland german v1 1 apr 2009 (Action)

Emmerich, Ferdinand: Quer durch Hawaii german v1 28 mar 2009 (Action)

Emmerich, Ferdinand: Schmugglerfahrten im Malaiischen Archipel german v1 10 apr 2009 (Action)

Emmerich, Ferdinand: Streifzüge durch Celebes german v1 28 mar 2009 (Action)

Endicott, J. S: J. S. Endicott Sampler. V1. 20 Aug 2012 (Mystery and Crime)

Engel, Georg: Claus Störtebecker. german. v1. 30 jun 2009 (Historical Fiction)

Engels, Friedrich: Der Ursprung der Familie ... [German] v1. 29 Dec 2010 (History)

Engels, Friedrich: Zur Geschichte des Urchristentums [German]. v1. 16 Jan 2011 (History)

Engels, Friedrich: Zur Urgeschichte der Deutschen [German]. v1. 29 Dec 2010 (History)

England, George Allan: Darkness and Dawn, v.1, 05 Dec 2007 (Science Fiction)

England, George Allan: George Allan England Sampler. V1. 26 Aug 2012 (Action)

England, George Allan: Maroon Key (2020); v1; 18 June 2020 (Short Fiction)

England, George Allan: The Air Trust. 07 Aug 2008 (Science Fiction)

England, George Allan: The Flying Legion. 07 Aug 2008 (Science Fiction)

Epictetus: The Enchiridion (Handbook), v.1, 13 Dec 2007. (Philosophy)

Equiano, Olaudah: Autobiography, v.1. 23 Dec2007 (Biography)

Equiano, Olaudah: The Life of Olaudah Equiano. vol 1, 19 May 2016 (Biography)

Erasmus, Desiderius: Lob der Torheit (german); v1 16.10.2022

Erasmus, Desiderius: The Complaint of Peace. v1 21 Jan 2015 (Philosophy)

Erasmus, Desiderius: The Praise of Folly, v.1, 24 June 2008. (Philosophy)

Ernst, Paul: Der schmale Weg zum Glück , V1 german 22.12.2009 (Romance)

Ernst, Paul: Komödianten- und Spitzbubengeschichten , V1 german 22.12.2009 (Short Fiction)

Eschstruth, Nataly Von: The Gray Nun, v1, 29 September 2009. (Short Fiction)

España: Constitución Española. (Spanish) v1 9 May 2009 (Government)

Esquemeling, John; The Bucaniers (Buccaneers) of America; v1.0; 17 Sep 2009 (History)

Essig, Hermann: Der Taifun, german V1, 30.12.2009 (Other Fiction)

Essig, Hermann: Der Wetterfrosch, german V1, 30.12.2009 (Other Fiction)

Euripides: Iphigeneia. v1, 17 Apr 2017 (Other Fiction)

Euripides: The Trojan Women. v1, 7 Apr 2017 (Other Fiction)

Euser, M.: Resonance with the Self (Kindle edition). v1. 15 May 2021 (Philosophy)

Evans, C. S.: Cinderella (illus-Rackham). v1. 09 Jan 2017 (Fantasy)

Evans, C. S.: The Sleeping Beauty (illus-Rackham). v1. 09 Jan 2017 (Fantasy)

Evans, Gwyn: Hercules Esq and other tales. v1. 27 April 2020 (Mystery and Crime)

Evarts, Hal G: The Settling of the Sage. v1. 2 Dec 2013 (Western)

Evarts, Hal G: The Yellow Horde. v1. 2 Dec 2013 (Western)

Everett, H. D.: The Death Mask and Other Ghosts (collection). v1. 30 Oct 2020 (Horror)

Everett-Green, Evelyn: A Heroine of France. v1. 4 Dec 2013 (Historical Fiction)

Everett-Green, Evelyn: Esther's Charge. v1. 3 Dec 2013 (Other Fiction)

Everett-Green, Evelyn: For the Faith. v1. 3 Dec 2013 (Historical Fiction)

Everett-Green, Evelyn: French and English. v1. 4 Dec 2013 (Historical Fiction)

Everett-Green, Evelyn: In the Days of Chivalry. v1. 5 Dec 2013 (Historical Fiction)

Everett-Green, Evelyn: In the Wars of the Roses. v1. 5 Dec 2013 (Historical Fiction)

Everett-Green, Evelyn: The Lord of Dynevor. v1. 5 Dec 2013 (Historical Fiction)

Everett-Green, Evelyn: The Lost Treasure of Trevlyn. v1. 5 Dec 2013 (Historical Fiction)

Everett-Green, Evelyn: The Secret Chamber at Chad. v1. 6 Dec 2013 (Historical Fiction)

Everett-Green, Evelyn: The Sign Of The Red Cross. v1. 6 Dec 2013 (Historical Fiction)

Everett-Green, Evelyn: Tom Tufton's Travels. v1. 6 Dec 2013 (Historical Fiction)

Everett-Green, Evelyn: True Stories of Girl Heroines. v1. 6 Dec 2013 (Historical Fiction)

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Falbe, Tracy, Union of Renegades: The Rys Chronicles Book I (Fantasy)

Falck-Ytter, Oluf: Håkon Håkonsen(Ill.)[Norwegian].v2. 30 nov 2014 (Young Adult)

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Falkner, J. Meade: The Lost Stradivarius. v1, 28 Jan 2008

Falkner, John Meade: Moonfleet. v2. 2 Feb 2013 (Action)

Falkner, John Meade: The Lost Stradivarius. v1. 30 Mar 2010 (Other Fiction)

Falkvinge, Rick: Swarmwise. v1.1. 28 Aug 2013 (Other Non-Fiction)

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Farjeon, J. Jefferson: Fancy Dress Ball, v1, 15 Jan 2026 (Mystery and Crime)

Farnol, Jeffery: Black Bartlemy's Treasure (Illustrated). v1. 16th Sep 2009 (Action)

Farnol, Jeffery: Black Bartlemy's Treasure. v1. 16 March 08

Farnol, Jeffery: Black Coffee, v1, 14 October 2009. (Horror)

Farnol, Jeffery: Heritage Perilous, v1, 14 February 2010. (Historical Fiction)

Farnol, Jeffery: Martin Conisby's Vengeance. v1. 17 March 08

Farnol, Jeffery: Martin Conisby's Vengeance. v1. 17th Sep 2009 (Action)

Farnol, Jeffery: My Lady Caprice, v1, 27 February 2010. (Romance)

Farnol, Jeffery: The Amateur Gentleman, v1, 12 March 2010. (Action)

Farnol, Jeffery: The Loring Mystery, v1, 24 August 2009 (Mystery and Crime)

Farnol, Jeffery: The Money Moon, v1, 26 February 2010. (Romance)

Farnol, Jeffery: The Quest of Youth, v1, 12 September 2009 (Mystery and Crime)

Favenc, Ernest: Uncollected Tales, Vol 4, v1, 6 Jan 2023 (Short Fiction)

Favenc, Ernest: Marooned on Australia (1896); v1, 12 March 2023 (Historical Fiction)

Favenc, Ernest: My Only Murder and other tales (1899); v1, 27 May 2023 (Short Fiction)

Favenc, Ernest: Tales of the Austral Tropics (1894), v1, 31 Dec 2022 (Short Fiction)

Favenc, Ernest: Tales of the Unexplainable, v1, 29 Dec 2022 (Fantasy)

Favenc, Ernest: The Last of Six: Tales of the Austral Tropics (1893); v1, 31 Dec 2022 (Short Fiction)

Favenc, Ernest: Uncollected Tales Vol 6, v1, 31 Jan 2023 (Short Fiction)

Favenc, Ernest: Uncollected Tales Vol 7, v1, 17 Feb 2023 (Short Fiction)

Favenc, Ernest: Uncollected Tales, v1, 25 Nov 2022 (Short Fiction)

Favenc, Ernest: Uncollected Tales, Vol 5, v1, 19 Jan 2023 (Short Fiction)

Favenc, Ernest: Uncollected Tales, Volume 2; v1, 15 Dec 2022 (Short Fiction)

Favenc, Ernest: Uncollected Tales, Volume 3, 19 Dec 2022 (Short Fiction)

Favenc, Ernest: Voices of the Desert (1905); v1, 14 Jan 2023 (Poetry)

Fawcett, Edgar: Solarion. v1. 25 Jun 2022 (Science Fiction)

Fawcett, Edgar: The Ghost of Guy Thyrle. v1. 26 Jun 2022 (Science Fiction)

FDP: Bundestagswahlprogramm; german v1.1; August 7th 2009 (Government)

Felder, Franz Michael: Reich und arm, german, V1, 03.01.2010 (Other Fiction)

Fénelon, François de: The Inner Life, v.1, 16 Jan 2008. (Spiritual)

Fenn, George Manville: !Tention v1 22 jan 2009 (Young Adult)

Fenn, George Manville: A Dash from Diamond City. V1. 22 Sep 2011 (Action)

Fenn, George Manville: A Double Knot. V1. 25 Sep 2011 (Other Fiction)

Fenn, George Manville: A Fluttered Dovecote. V1. 28 Sep 2011 (Other Fiction)

Fenn, George Manville: A Life's Eclipse. V1. 7 Oct 2011 (Other Fiction)

Fenn, George Manville: A Little World. V1. 8 Oct 2011 (Romance)

Fenn, George Manville: Begumbagh. V1. 6 Dec 2009 (Action)

Fenn, George Manville: Blind Policy. V1. 13 Sep 2011 (Action)

Fenn, George Manville: Brownsmith's Boy. V1. 15 Sep 2011 (Action)

Fenn, George Manville: Bunyip Land. V1. 16 Sep 2011 (Action)

Fenn, George Manville: Burr Junior. V1. 16 Sep 2011 (Action)

Fenn, George Manville: By Birth a Lady. V1. 16 Sep 2011 (Other Fiction)

Fenn, George Manville: Charge!. V1. 19 Sep 2011 (Action)

Fenn, George Manville: Commodore Junk. V1. 20 Sep 2011 (Action)

Fenn, George Manville: Cormorant Crag v1 31 dec 2008 (Young Adult)

Fenn, George Manville: Crown and Sceptre. (Action)

Fenn, George Manville: Cursed by a Fortune. V1. 21 Sep 2011 (Other Fiction)

Fenn, George Manville: Cutlass and Cudgel. V1. 22 Sep 2011 (Action)

Fenn, George Manville: Dead Man's Land. V1. 23 Sep 2011 (Action)

Fenn, George Manville: Devon Boys. V1. 23 Sep 2011 (Action)

Fenn, George Manville: Diamond Dyke v1 27 jan 2009 (Action)

Fenn, George Manville: Dick o' the Fens. V1. 24 Sep 2011 (Action)

Fenn, George Manville: Draw Swords!. V1. 25 Sep 2011 (Action)

Fenn, George Manville: Dutch the Diver. V1. 26 Sep 2011 (Short Fiction)

Fenn, George Manville: Eli's Children. V1. 26 Sep 2011 (Other Fiction)

Fenn, George Manville: Featherland. V1. 26 Sep 2011 (Other Fiction)

Fenn, George Manville: Fire Island. V1. 26 Sep 2011 (Other Fiction)

Fenn, George Manville: First in the Field. V1. 27 Sep 2011 (Action)

Fenn, George Manville: Fitz the Filibuster. V1. 27 Sep 2011 (Action)

Fenn, George Manville: Fix Bay'nets. V1. 28 Sep 2011 (Action)

Fenn, George Manville: Friends I Have Made. V1. 29 Sep 2011. (Other Fiction)

Fenn, George Manville: George Alfred Henty. V1. 29 Sep 2011 (Biography)

Fenn, George Manville: Gil the Gunner. V1. 30 Sep 2011 (Action)

Fenn, George Manville: Hollowdell Grange. V1. 1 Oct 2011 (Other Fiction)

Fenn, George Manville: Hunting the Skipper v1 11 feb 2009 (Action)

Fenn, George Manville: In Honour's Cause. V1. 2 Oct 2011 (Action)

Fenn, George Manville: In the King's Name. V1. 2 Oct 2011 (Action)

Fenn, George Manville: In the Mahdi's Grasp. V1. 2 Oct 2011 (Action)

Fenn, George Manville: Jack at Sea. V1. 3 Oct 2011 (Action)

Fenn, George Manville: King o' the Beach. V1. 4 Oct 2011 (Action)

Fenn, George Manville: King of the Castle. V1. 3 Oct 2011 (Action)

Fenn, George Manville: Kopje Garrison v1 17 feb 2009 (Historical Fiction)

Fenn, George Manville: Lady Maude's Mania. V1. 6 Oct 2011 (Other Fiction)

Fenn, George Manville: Mad. V1. 8 Oct 2011 (Other Fiction)

Fenn, George Manville: Marcus the Young Centurion. V1. 9 Oct 2011 (Action)

Fenn, George Manville: Mass' George. V1. 9 Oct 2011 (Action)

Fenn, George Manville: Menhardoc. V1. 10 Oct 2011 (Other Fiction)

Fenn, George Manville: Middy and Ensign. V1. 10 Oct 2011 (Action)

Fenn, George Manville: Midnight Webs. V1. 10 Oct 2011 (Action)

Fenn, George Manville: Mother Carey's Chicken. V1. 11 Oct 2011 (Action)

Fenn, George Manville: Nat the Naturalist. V1. 11 Oct 2011 (Action)

Fenn, George Manville: Nic Revel. V1. 13 Oct 2011 (Action)

Fenn, George Manville: Syd Belton v1 20 mar 2009 (Historical Fiction)

Fenn, George Manville: The Adventures of Don Lavington v1 13 dec 2008 (Action)

Fenn, George Manville: The Adventures of Don Lavington. V1. 12 Sep 011 (Action)

Fenn, George Manville: The Bag of Diamonds. V1. 6 Dec 2009 (Action)

Fenn, George Manville: The Black Bar. V1. 6 Dec 2009 (Action)

Fenn, George Manville: The Black Tor. V1. 7 Dec 2009 (Action)

Fenn, George Manville: The Crystal Hunters. V1. 21 Sep 2011 (Action)

Fenn, George Manville: The Dark House. V1. 22 Sep 2011 (Other Fiction)

Fenn, George Manville: The Dingo Boys. V1. 25 Sep 2011 (Action)

Fenn, George Manville: The Golden Magnet. V1. 1 Oct 2011 (Action)

Fenn, George Manville: The Haute Noblesse. V1. 1 Oct 2011 (Other Fiction)

Fenn, George Manville: The Khedive's Country. V1. 3 Oct 2011 (Other Non-Fiction)

Fenn, George Manville: The King's Esquires v1 2 mar 2009 (Action)

Fenn, George Manville: The King's Sons. V1. 4 Oct 2011 (Action)

Fenn, George Manville: The Little Skipper. V1. 7 Oct 2011 (Action)

Fenn, George Manville: The Lost Middy. V1. 8 Oct 2011 (Action)

Fenn, George Manville: The Man with a Shadow. V1. 9 Oct 2011 (Other Fiction)

Fenn, George Manville: The Master of the Ceremonies. V1. 9 Oct 2011 (Other Fiction)

Fenn, George Manville: The Mynns' Mystery. V1. 11 Oct 2011 (Mystery and Crime)

Fenn, George Manville: The New Forest Spy. V1. 12 Oct 2011 (Action)

Fenn, George Manville: The New Mistress. V1. 12 Oct 2011 (Other Fiction)

Fenn, George Manville: The Ocean Cat's Paw v1 17 jan 2009 (Historical Fiction)

Fenn, George Manville: To the West v1 23 dec 2008 (Young Adult)

Fenn, George Manville: Trapped by Malays v1 28 dec 2008 (Young Adult)

Fernie, W T: Herbal Simples, v.1, 22 Nov 2007. (Reference)

Ferry, Gabriel: Der Waldläufer (german) v1 14 dec 2008 (Historical Fiction)

Feuerbach, Ludwig: The Essence of Christianity. V1. 3 Mar 2011 (Philosophy)

Field, Eugene.: The Holy Cross and Other Stories. v1, 12 Jan 2008

Fielding, Henry: Joseph Andrews, v1, 01 May 2011 (Other Fiction)

Fielding, Henry: The History of Tom Jones, v1, 09Jan08 (Other Fiction)

Fielding, Henry: Tom Jones, german V1, 17.01.10 (Romance)

Fielding, Henry: Tom Jones. v1, 2 May 2008 (Romance)

Fillmore, Millard: State of the Union. v1.1 11 October 2007 (Government)

Finati, Giovanni: The Life and Adventures of Giovanni Finati. v1. 29 Dec 2013 (Biography)

Finn, Robert: Underlife. v1, 16. March 2008

Firbank, Ronald: Caprice, v1, 1 February 2010. (Other Fiction)

Firbank, Ronald: Odette: A Fairy Tale for Weary People, v.1, 14 April 2008. (Short Fiction)

Firbank, Ronald: Sorrow in Sunlight, v.1, 14 April 2008. (Short Fiction)

Firbank, Ronald: The Flower beneath the Foot, v.1 16 April 2008. (Other Fiction)

Firdausi: The Shahnameh. V2. 15 Jan 2012 (Poetry)

Fischer, Caroline Auguste: Gustavs Verirrungen, german, V1, 10.01.2010 (Other Fiction)

Fischer, Caroline Auguste: Margarethe, german, V1, 10.01.2010 (Other Fiction)

Fischer, Caroline Auguste: Vierzehn Tage in Paris, german, V1, 10.01.2010 (Other Fiction)

Fitz-Gerald, S.J. A.: The Zankiwank & the Bletherwitch (ill-Rackham). v1. 12 Jun 2017 (Fantasy)

FitzGerald, Edward: Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám (illustrated), v1, 23 Dec 2007 (Poetry)

Fitzgerald, F Scott: The Crack-Up, v.1, 17 December 2008. (Other Non-Fiction)

Fitzgerald, F. Scott: Flappers and Philosophers. 08 March 2008 (Other Fiction)

Fitzgerald, F. Scott: Tales from the Jazz Age. 10 March 2008 (Other Fiction)

Fitzgerald, F. Scott: Tender is the Night. v1.1 July 25, 2009 (Other Fiction)

Fitzgerald, F. Scott: The Beautiful and Damned. 08 March 2008 (Other Fiction)

Fitzgerald, F. Scott: The Great Gatsby v1.1 July 26, 2009 (Other Fiction)

Fitzgerald, F. Scott: This Side of Paradise. 08 March 2008 (Other Fiction)

Fitzgerald, Zelda and F Scott: Our Own Movie Queen, v1, 11 September 2009. (Short Fiction)

Flagg, Edmund: Edmond Dantès [Monte Cristo Sequel], v.1, 17 February 2009. (Action)

Flagg, Edmund: Monte Cristo’s Daughter [Monte Cristo Sequel], v1, 17 February 2009. (Action)

Flagg, Francis: The Master Ants, and other strange stories, v2, 27 Apr 2024 (Short Fiction)

Flammarion, Camille: Urania.V1.27 Aug. 2013 (Science Fiction)

Flammarion, Camille: Uranie. v1, 29 Jan 2008

Flaubert, Gustav: Salambô. v1. 27 April 2020 (Historical Fiction)

Flaubert, Gustave: Bouvard and Pécuchet, v.1, 26 April 2008. (Humor)

Flaubert, Gustave: Madame Bovary, v1, 7 Oct 2007. (Other Fiction)

Flaubert, Gustave: Madame Bovary. v1, 30 Sep 2017 (Historical Fiction)

Flaubert, Gustave: Over Strand and Field, v1, 7 Sept 2007. (Other Fiction)

Flaubert, Gustave: Salammbo, v1, 7 Oct 2007. (Other Fiction)

Flaubert, Gustave: Sentimental Education v.1. 23 August 16 (Other Fiction)

Flaubert, Gustave: Solammbo. v1, 7 Oct 2017 (Historical Fiction)

Flaubert, Gustave: The Temptation of St Antony, v.1, 17 April 2008. (Other Fiction)

Flaubert, Gustave: Three Tales etc, v1, 7 Oct 2007. (Short Fiction)

Fleming, May Agnes: A Terrible Secret. V1. 13 Aug 2009 (Romance)

Fleming, May Agnes: Kate Danton. V1. 12 Aug 2009 (Romance)

Fleming, May Agnes: The Baronet's Bride. V1. 11 Aug 2009 (Romance)

Fleming, May Agnes: The Midnight Queen. V1. 12 Aug 2009 (Romance)

Fleming, May Agnes: The Unseen Bridgegroom. V1. 14 Aug 2009 (Romance)

Fletcher, F. Morley: Wood-Block Printing, v.1, 22 June 2008 (Other Non-Fiction)

Fletcher, J S: Paul Campenhaye, Specialist in Criminology (1918): v.1 (Short Fiction)

Fletcher, J S: The Secret of the Barbican and other stories (1913): v.1 (Short Fiction)

Fletcher, J S: The Solution of a Mystery (1932); v1; 2 Mar 2022 (Mystery and Crime)

Fletcher, J. S.: Murder in the Squire's Pew, (1932) v1, 25 March 2024 (Mystery and Crime)

Fletcher, J. S.: Murder of the Ninth Baronet (1932); v1, 7 Sep 2019 (Mystery and Crime)

Fletcher, J. S.: The Massingham Butterfly, and other stories, v1, 20 Oct 2025 (Mystery and Crime)

Fletcher, J. S.: The Murder at Wrides Park (1931); v1, 8 Sep 2019 (Mystery and Crime)

Fletcher, J. S: In the Days of Drake. v1. 26 Mar 2013 (Historical Fiction)

Fletcher, J. S: Perris of the Cherry-trees. v1. 27 Mar 2013 (Mystery and Crime)

Fletcher, J. S: Ravensdene Court. v1. 27 Mar 2013 (Mystery and Crime)

Fletcher, J. S: The Chestermarke Instinct. v1. 27 Mar 2013 (Mystery and Crime)

Fletcher, J. S: The Ivory God. v1, 27 Mar 2013 (Horror)

Fletcher, J.S.: Dead Men's Money. v1, 18 Sep 2008 (Mystery and Crime)

Fletcher, J.S.: In the Mayor's Parlour. v1, 19 Sep 2008 (Mystery and Crime)

Fletcher, J.S.: Ravensdene Court. v1, 22 Sep 2008 (Mystery and Crime)

Fletcher, J.S.: Scarhaven Keep. v1, 24 Sep 2008 (Mystery and Crime)

Fletcher, J.S.: The Borough Treasurer. v1, 18 Sep 2008 (Mystery and Crime)

Fletcher, J.S.: The Herapath Property. v1, 18 Sep 2008 (Mystery and Crime)

Fletcher, J.S.: The Markenmore Mystery. v1. 26 Jun 2019 (Mystery and Crime)

Fletcher, J.S.: The Middle of Things. v1, 19 Sep 2008 (Mystery and Crime)

Fletcher, J.S.: The Middle Temple Murder. v1, 19 Sep 2008 (Mystery and Crime)

Fletcher, J.S.: The Orange-Yellow Diamond. v1, 22 Sep 2008 (Mystery and Crime)

Fletcher, J.S.: The Paradise Mystery. v1, 17 Sep 2008 (Mystery and Crime)

Fletcher, J.S.: The Rayner-Slade Amalgamation. v1, 22 Sep 2008 (Mystery and Crime)

Fletcher, J.S.: The Safety Pin v2.0 2008-06-21 (Mystery and Crime)

Fletcher, J.S.: The Talleyrand Maxim. v1, 24 Sep 2008 (Mystery and Crime)

Fletcher, J.S: Dead Men's Money. V1. 11 Jan 2009 (Mystery and Crime)

Fletcher, J.S: Scarhaven Keep. V1. 12 Jan 2009 (Mystery and Crime)

Fletcher, J.S: The Borough Treasurer. V1. 12 Jan 2009 (Mystery and Crime)

Fletcher, J.S: The Chestermarcke Instinct. V1. 13 Feb 2009 (Mystery and Crime)

Fletcher, J.S: The Middle of Things. V1. 12 Jan 2009 (Mystery and Crime)

Fletcher, J.S: The Middle Temple Murder. V1. 12 Jan 2009 (Mystery and Crime)

Fletcher, J.S: The Orange-Yellow Diamond. V1. 12 Jan 2009 (Mystery and Crime)

Fletcher, John Gould: Japanese Prints.V1. 29 Dec 2013 (Poetry)

Fletcher, Lawrence: Into the Unknown. V1. 16 Oct 2011 (Action)

Fletcher, Lawrence: Zero the Slaver. V1. 16 Oct 2011 (Action)

Fock, Gorch: Seefahrt ist Not!, german V1, 02.01.2010 (Romance)

Fontane, Theodor: Cécile, german V1, 07.01.2010 (Romance)

Fontane, Theodor: Das Schlachtfeld von Groß-Beeren, german V1, 22.01.2010 (Short Fiction)

Fontane, Theodor: Der Stechlin (german) v1 15 dec 2008 (Other Fiction)

Fontane, Theodor: Die Poggenpuhls, german V1, 08.01.2010 (Romance)

Fontane, Theodor: Effi Briest; german; v1; January 14th 2010 (Romance)

Fontane, Theodor: Frau Jenny Treibel, german V1, 15.01.2010 (Romance)

Fontane, Theodor: Gedichte Ausgabe 1898, german V1, 18.01.2010 (Poetry)

Fontane, Theodor: Graf Petöfy, german V1, 12.01.2010 (Romance)

Fontane, Theodor: Irrungen, Wirrungen, german V1, 14.01.2010 (Romance)

Fontane, Theodor: L’Adultera, german V1, 12.01.2010 (Romance)

Fontane, Theodor: Meine Kinderjahre, german V1, 20.01.2010 (Biography)

Fontane, Theodor: Quitt, german V1, 15.01.2010 (Romance)

Fontane, Theodor: Stine, german V1, 15.01.2010 (Romance)

Fontane, Theodor: Unterm Birnbaum (german) v1 19 dec 2008 (Mystery and Crime)

Fontane, Theodor: Unwiederbringlich, german, V1, 06.01.2010 (Romance)

Fontane, Theodor: Vor dem Sturm!, german V1, 13.01.2010 (Romance)

Fontane, Theodor: Wanderungen durch die Mark Brandenburg - Band 1, german V1, 23.01.2 (Other Non-Fiction)

Fontane, Theodor: Wanderungen durch die Mark Brandenburg - Band 2, german V1, 25.1.10 (Other Non-Fiction)

Fontane, Theodor: Wanderungen durch die Mark Brandenburg - Band 3, german V1, 25.1.10 (Other Non-Fiction)

Fontane, Theodor: Wanderungen durch die Mark Brandenburg - Band 4, german V1, 25.1.10 (Other Non-Fiction)

Fontane, Theodor: Wanderungen durch die Mark Brandenburg - Band 5, german V1, 25.1.10 (Other Non-Fiction)

Foote, Mary Hallock: The Cup of Trembling and Other Stories. V2. 21 Nov 2011 (Western)

Footner, Hulbert: The Huntress. v1. 4 Mar 2013 (Western)

Footner, Hulbert: A Self-Made Thief. v1. 3 Mar 2013 (Mystery and Crime)

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Footner, Hulbert: Madame Storey Intervenes. v1. 24 Feb 2013 (Mystery and Crime)

Footner, Hulbert: Madame Storey's Way. v1. 23 Feb 2013 (Mystery and Crime)

Footner, Hulbert: Madame Storey. v1. 24 Feb 2013 (Mystery and Crime)

Footner, Hulbert: Murder in the Sun (1937); v1 (Mystery and Crime)

Footner, Hulbert: Murder Runs in the Family. v1. 23 Feb 2-13 (Mystery and Crime)

Footner, Hulbert: Orchids to Murder. v1. 2 Mar 2013 (Mystery and Crime)

Footner, Hulbert: Ramshackle House (1922), v1 (Mystery and Crime)

Footner, Hulbert: Sinfully Rich. v1. 2 Mar 2013 (Mystery and Crime)

Footner, Hulbert: The Almost Perfect Murder. v1. 25 Feb 2013 (Mystery and Crime)

Footner, Hulbert: The Dark Ships (1937); v1, 22 Feb 2020 (Mystery and Crime)

Footner, Hulbert: The Death of a Celebrity. v1. 1 Mar 2013 (Mystery and Crime)

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Footner, Hulbert: The Doctor Who Held Hands. v1. 28 Feb 2013 (Mystery and Crime)

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Footner, Hulbert: The Fur Bringers. v1. 4 Mar 2013 (Western)

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Footner, Hulbert: The Shanty Sled. v1. 4 Mar 2013 (Mystery and Crime)

Footner, Hulbert: The Substitute Millionaire ... V1 21 Mar 2010 (Mystery and Crime)

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Footner, Hulbert: The Under Dogs. v1. 27 Feb 2013 (Mystery and Crime)

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Footner, Hulbert: The Velvet Hand. v1. 28 Feb 2013 (Mystery and Crime)

Footner, Hulbert: The Woman from Outside, v1. 26 Feb 2013 (Western)

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Forbes, Archibald: The Afghan Wars 1839-42 and 1878-80. V1. 6 Nov 2010 (History)

Ford, Ford Madox: Parade's End (Tetralogy). V2. 27 Mar 2014 (Historical Fiction)

Ford, Ford Madox: Privy Seal. V1. 15 Aug 2009 (Historical Fiction)

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Ford, Ford Madox: The Fifth Queen Trilogy. V1. 08-Sep-2012 (Historical Fiction)

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Ford, Henry: My Life & Work. 18 Aug 07 (Biography)

Ford, Henry: My Life and Work v1. 16 Jan 2009 (Biography)

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Ford, Sewell: Horses Nine. V1. 9 Feb 2009 (Other Fiction)

Ford, Sewell: Odd Numbers. V1. 9 Feb 2009 (Other Fiction)

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Ford, Sewell: Shorty McCabe. V1. 10 Feb 2009 (Other Fiction)

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Ford, Sewell: Torchy, Private Sec. V1. 12 Feb 2009 (Other Fiction)

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Fort, Charles Hoy: New Lands (1923); v.1 (Other Non-Fiction)

Fort, Charles Hoy: The Book of the Damned (1919): v1 (Other Non-Fiction)

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Fowler, Ellen Thorneycroft: Her Ladyship's Conscience. v1. 1 May 2017 (Other Fiction)

Fowler, Ellen Thorneycroft: Kate of Kate Hall. v1. 4 May 2017 (Other Fiction)

Fowler, Ellen Thorneycroft: Miss Fallowfield's Fortune. v1. 7 May 2017 (Other Fiction)

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Fox, John jr.: The Last Stetson v1 19 feb 2009 (Historical Fiction)

Fox, John Jr: 'Hell fer Sartain' and Other Stories. v1. 14 Feb 2013 (Short Fiction)

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Fox, John Jr: A Knight of the Cumberland. v1. 10 Feb 2013 (Action)

Fox, John Jr: Christmas Eve on Lonesome. v1. 11 Feb 2013 (Short Fiction)

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Fox, John Jr: Erskine Dale—Pioneer. v1. 11 Feb 2013 (Action)

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Freeman, Mary Eleanor Wilkins: The Yates Pride. v1. 9 Oct 2013 (Romance)

Freeman, Mary Eleanor Wilkins: Young Lucretia and Other Stories. v1. 9 Oct 2013 (Short Fiction)

Freeman, R Austin: A Certain Dr Thorndyke. V1. 12 Mar 2011 (Mystery and Crime)

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Freeman, R. Austin: Complete "Dr. Thorndyke". v21. 7th Aug 2011 (Mystery and Crime)

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Gaboriau, Émile: Monsieur Lecoq. V1. 2 Apr 2009 (Mystery and Crime)

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Gaboriau, Émile: The Clique of Gold. V1. 2 Apr 2009 (Mystery and Crime)

Gaboriau, Émile: The Count's Millions. V1. 31 Mar 2009 (Mystery and Crime)

Gaboriau, Émile: The Honor of the Name. V1. 3 Apr 2009 (Mystery and Crime)

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Galsworthy, John: Forsyte Saga - First Trilogy. v3, 7 May 2008 (Other Fiction)

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Galsworthy, John: Fraternity. V1. 9 Aug 2010 (Other Fiction)

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Galsworthy, John: Joy, V1. 10 Aug 2010 (Other Fiction)

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Galsworthy, John: Studies and Essays: Quality and Others. V1. 13 Aug 2010 (Other Fiction)

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Galsworthy, John: The Forsyte Saga. v5, 17 July 2009 (Other Fiction)

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Gandhi, Mohandas K.: An Autobiography, v.1, 20 Jan 2008 (Biography)

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Gandhi, Mohandas K.: Sarvodaya, v.1, 20 July 2008 (Other Non-Fiction)

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Gandhi, Mohandas K.: The Green Pamphlet, v.1, 27 April 2008 (History)

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Gardiner, A. G.: Many Furrows. v1. 08 Mar 2019 (Essays)

Gardiner, A. G.: Pebbles on the Shore. v1. 08 Mar 2019 (Essays)

Gardiner, A. G.: Windfalls. v1. 08 Mar 2019 (Essays)

Garland, Hamlin: A Daughter of the Middle Border. v1, 2 Jan 2008

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Garland, Hamlin: A Spoil of Office. V1. 21 21 Aug 2010 (Other Fiction)

Garland, Hamlin: Cavanaugh Forest Ranger. V1. 15 Aug 2010 (Western)

Garland, Hamlin: Main-Travelled Roads. V1. 17 Aug 2010 (Short Fiction)

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Garland, Hamlin: Prairie Folks. V1. 18 Aug 2010 (Short Fiction)

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Garland, Hamlin: The Eagle's Heart. V1. 16 Aug 2010 (Western)

Garland, Hamlin: The Forester's Daughter. V1. 16 Aug 2010 (Western)

Garland, Hamlin: The Light of the Star. V1. 16 Aug 2010 (Romance)

Garland, Hamlin: The Moccasin Ranch. V1. 17 Aug 2010 (Western)

Garland, Hamlin: The Shadow World. V1. 19 Aug 2010 (Other Fiction)

Garland, Hamlin: The Spirit of Sweetwater. V1. 20 Aug 2010 (Western)

Garland, Hamlin: The Trail of the Goldseekers. V1. 22 Aug 2010 (Other Fiction)

Garland, Hamlin: They of the High Trails. V1. 21 Aug 2010 (Western)

Garland, Hamlin: Wayside Courtships. V1. 23 Aug 2010 (Romance)

Garrity, Jeff: Mars Girl. v2, 13 Sep 2008 (Science Fiction)

Garth, Will: Will Garth Sampler. V1. 20 Sep 2012 (Action)

Garvice, Charles: Adrien Leroy. V1. 31 Aug 2010 (Romance)

Garvice, Charles: At Love's Cost. V1. 31 Aug 2010 (Romance)

Garvice, Charles: Nell, of Shorne Mills. V1. 31 Aug 2010 (Romance)

Garvice, Charles: The Woman's Way. V1. 1 Sep 2010 (Romance)

Gask, Arthur: Cloud, the Smiter. V1. 5 June 2012 (Mystery and Crime)

Gask, Arthur: Gentlmen of Crime. V1. 27 June 2012 (Mystery and Crime)

Gask, Arthur: His Prey Was Man. V1. 12 Oct 2012 (Mystery and Crime)

Gask, Arthur: The Beachy Head Murder. V1. 13 Oct 2012 (Mystery and Crime)

Gask, Arthur: The Dark Highway. V1. 26 June 2012 (Mystery and Crime)

Gask, Arthur: The Dark Mill Stream. V2. 9 February 2013 (Mystery and Crime)

Gask, Arthur: The Grave-digger of Monks Arden. V1. 11 Oct 2012 (Mystery and Crime)

Gask, Arthur: The Hangman's Knot. V1. 2 August 2012 (Mystery and Crime)

Gask, Arthur: The Hidden Door. V1. 12 June 2012 (Mystery and Crime)

Gask, Arthur: The House on the Fens. V1. 5 June 2012 (Mystery and Crime)

Gask, Arthur: The House on the Island. V1. 12 June 2012 (Mystery and Crime)

Gask, Arthur: The Judgement of Larose. V1. 7 July 2012 (Mystery and Crime)

Gask, Arthur: The Lonely House. V1. 5 June 2012 (Mystery and Crime)

Gask, Arthur: The Master Spy. V1. 29 August 2012 (Mystery and Crime)

Gask, Arthur: The Night of the Storm. V1. 11 Oct 2012 (Mystery and Crime)

Gask, Arthur: The Poison Goblet. V2. 21 August 2012 (Mystery and Crime)

Gask, Arthur: The Shadow of Larose. V1. 11 June 2012 (Mystery and Crime)

Gask, Arthur: The Silent Dead. V1. 8 August 2012 (Mystery and Crime)

Gask, Arthur: The Storm Breaks. V1. 13 August 2012 (Mystery and Crime)

Gask, Arthur: The Tragedy of the Silver Moon. V1. 31 January 2013 (Mystery and Crime)

Gask, Arthur: The Vengeance of Larose. V1. 11 June 2012 (Mystery and Crime)

Gaskell, Elizabeth et al.: Stories of Successful Marriages. V1. 3 Sep 2009 (Romance)

Gaskell, Elizabeth: A Dark Night's Work. v1 21 Nov 2014 (Short Fiction)

Gaskell, Elizabeth: Cousin Phillis and Other Tales (Illustrated). v1 13 August 2014 (Short Fiction)

Gaskell, Elizabeth: Cousin Phillis, v.1, 10 Jan 2008. (Other Fiction)

Gaskell, Elizabeth: Cranford, v1, 02 Sept 2007. (Other Fiction)

Gaskell, Elizabeth: Curious, If True, v.1. 22 March 2008. (Short Fiction)

Gaskell, Elizabeth: Hauntings and Mysteries (collected ghosts). v1. 10 Oct 2018 (Horror)

Gaskell, Elizabeth: Lizzie Leigh and Other Tales. V1, 27 Sep 2014 (Short Fiction)

Gaskell, Elizabeth: Martha Preston, v.1, 5 April 2008. (Short Fiction)

Gaskell, Elizabeth: Mary Barton (Illustrated) v1 28 June 2014 (Historical Fiction)

Gaskell, Elizabeth: Mary Barton, v.1, 28 May 2008. (Other Fiction)

Gaskell, Elizabeth: Mr Harrison’s Confessions, v.1, 12 Jan 2008. (Other Fiction)

Gaskell, Elizabeth: My Lady Ludlow, v.1, 12 Jan 2008. (Other Fiction)

Gaskell, Elizabeth: North and South, v.1, 23 March 2008. (Other Fiction)

Gaskell, Elizabeth: Right at Last and Other Tales. v1 7 Oct.2014 (Short Fiction)

Gaskell, Elizabeth: Round the Sofa. v1 27 Aug 2014 (Short Fiction)

Gaskell, Elizabeth: Ruth, v.1, 11 Jan 2008. (Other Fiction)

Gaskell, Elizabeth: Ruth. v1, 18 Jan 2015. (Historical Fiction)

Gaskell, Elizabeth: Shorter Works, v.1, 23 March 2008. (Short Fiction)

Gaskell, Elizabeth: Sylvia's Lovers. v1, 15 Apr 2015 (Historical Fiction)

Gaskell, Elizabeth: Sylvia’s Lovers, v.1, 4 January 2009. (Historical Fiction)

Gaskell, Elizabeth: The Grey Woman, (Illustrated), v1, 6 July 2014 (Short Fiction)

Gaskell, Elizabeth: The Life of Charlotte Brontë, v1, 28 December 2008. (Biography)

Gaskell, Elizabeth: The Moorland Cottage, v.1, 3 April 2008. (Short Fiction)

Gaskell, Elizabeth: The Moorland Cottage. v1 3 Nov 2014 (Short Fiction)

Gaskell, Elizabeth: The Old Nurse’s Story and Other Tales, v.1, 22 March 2008. (Short Fiction)

Gaskell, Elizabeth: Wives and Daughters, v.1, 4 January 2009. (Other Fiction)

Gaskell, Elizabeth: Wives and Daughters. v1 5 Mar 2015 (Romance)

Gasserly, Gordon: The Elephant God v1 12 dec 2008 (Action)

Gates, Eleanor: Apron-Strings. V1.1 Sep 2010 (Other Fiction)

Gates, Eleanor: The Biography of a Prairie Girl. V1. 1 Sep 2010 (Other Fiction)

Gates, Eleanor: The Plow-Woman. V1. 2 Sep 2010 (Western)

Gates, Eleanor: The Poor Little Rich Girl. V1. 2 Sep 2010 (Children)

Gates, Eleanor: The Rich Little Poor Boy. V1. 2 Sep 2010 (Children)

Gaunt, Mary: The Moving Finger. v1. 25 Sep 2015 (Short Fiction)

Gaunt, Mary: The Moving Finger. V1. 3 Sep 2010 (Short Fiction)

Gautier, Théophile et. al.: The Cross of Berny. V1. 4 Sep 2010 (Romance)

Gautier, Théophile: Captain Fracasse. V1. 3 Sep 2010 (Romance)

Gautier, Théophile: Clarimonde, v1, 23 Oct 2007. (Short Fiction)

Gautier, Théophile: Enamels and Cameos and other Poems. V1. 4 Sep 2010 (Poetry)

Gautier, Théophile: Jettatura: The Evil Eye, v.1, 1 Nov 2007. (Horror)

Gautier, Théophile: King Candaules, v1, 23 Oct 2007 (Short Fiction)

Gautier, Théophile: My Private Menagerie. V1. 4 Sep 2010 (Biography)

Gautier, Theophile: One of Cleopatra’s Nights, v1, 20 Oct 2007. (Short Fiction)

Gautier, Théophile: The Fleece of Gold, v.1, 28 Oct 2007. (Short Fiction)

Gautier, Théophile: The Mummy's Foot. V1. 4 Sep 2010 (Horror)

Gautier, Theophile: The Mummy’s Foot, v1, 20 Oct 2007. (Short Fiction)

Gautier, Théophile: The Romance of a Mummy and Egypt. V1. 5 Sep 2010 (Historical Fiction)

Germain, Walter: The Complete Bachelor, v1 3 Jul 2008 (Other Non-Fiction)

Gerould, Katharine: On the Staircase and Other Uncanny Tales (collect). v1. 17 Nov 20 (Horror)

Gerrare, Wirt: Phantasms. v1. 06 Aug 2021 (Horror)

Gerry, Margarita Spalding: Heart And Chart. v1. 31 Oct 2025 (Other Fiction)

Gerry, Margarita Spalding: Philippa At The Chateau. v1. i Nov 2015 (Other Fiction)

Gerry, Margarita Spalding: The Flowers. v1. 1 Nov 2015 (Short Fiction)

Gerstäcker, Friedrich: Alle jagen John Mulligan german v1 14 feb 2009 (Action)

Gerstäcker, Friedrich: Das Wrack german v1 16 mar 2009 (Historical Fiction)

Gerstäcker, Friedrich: Der erkaufte Henker german v1 3 mar 2009 (Historical Fiction)

Gerstäcker, Friedrich: Der Flatbootmann german v1 1 jul 2009 (Historical Fiction)

Gerstäcker, Friedrich: Der Osage german v1 22 may 2009 (Historical Fiction)

Gerstäcker, Friedrich: Die Ahnung german v1 29 mar 2009 (Horror)

Gerstäcker, Friedrich: Die Blauen und die Gelben german v1 29 mar 2009 (Historical Fiction)

Gerstäcker, Friedrich: Die Nacht auf dem Walfisch german v1 23 apr 2009 (Action)

Gerstäcker, Friedrich: Die Regulatoren von Arkansas german v1 22 feb 2009 (Historical Fiction)

Gerstäcker, Friedrich: Nach Amerika! Teil 1 v1 german 9 jun 2009 (Historical Fiction)

Gibbon, Edward: Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire (6 Vols.). V1.20 Oct. 2014 (History)

Gibbon, Edward: The Decline And Fall Of The Roman Empire, v1.0, 6 July 2008 (History)

Gibbon, Perceval: The Second Class Passenger. V1. 5 Sep 2010 (Short Fiction)

Gibbon, Perceval: Those Who Smiled. V1. 5 Sep 2010 (Short Fiction)

Gibbon, Perceval: Vrouw Grobelaar and Her Leading Cases. V1. 5 Sep 2010 (Science Fiction)

Gibbons, James: The Faith of Our Fathers. V1. 04-Mar-2013 (Other Non-Fiction)

Gibran, Kahlil: Sand and Foam. v1. 26 August 2015 (Other Fiction)

Gibran, Kahlil: The Forerunner. v1. 11 September 2015 (Other Fiction)

Gibran, Kahlil: The Madman. v1. 26 August 2015 (Other Fiction)

Giesy, J. U. and Smith, Junius B; The Occult Detector, v1, 1 April 2026 (Fantasy)

Giesy, John Ulrich: Jason, Son of Jason (1921), v.1., 30 July 2019 (Fantasy)

Giesy, John Ulrich: Palos of the Dog Star Pack (1918), v.1., 30 July 2019 (Fantasy)

Giesy, John Ulrich: The Mouthpiece of Zitu (1919), v.1., 30 July 2019 (Fantasy)

Gift, Theo: Not for the Night-Time. v1. 21 Jul 2021 (Horror)

Gilbert, Henry: King Arthur's Knights: The Tales Re-Told for Boys & Girls. 11 Sept 07 (Historical Fiction)

Gilchrist, Anne: Mary Lamb, v.1, 28 December 2008. (Biography)

Gilchrist, R. Murray: The Stone Dragon and Other Tragic Romances. v1. 21 Aug 2021 (Horror)

Giles, Herbert A: Religions of Ancient China, v.1, 12 May 2008. (Spiritual)

Gillette, King: World Corporation. 2 November 2008 (Other Fiction)

Gillmore, Rufus H: The Opal Pin (1914); v1, 2 Dec 2019 (Mystery and Crime)

Gillmore, Rufus: The Alster Case (1914); v1 (Mystery and Crime)

Gillmore, Rufus: The Alster Case. v1. 12 Feb 2016 (Mystery and Crime)

Gillmore, Rufus: The Ebony Bed Murder (1932): V1 (Mystery and Crime)

Gillmore, Rufus: the Mystery of the Second Shot (1912); v.1 (Mystery and Crime)

Gilman, Charlotte Perkins: Benigna Machiavelli, v2, 5 Mar 2015 (Short Fiction)

Gilman, Charlotte Perkins: Herland, v1.2, 20 Sept 2007. (Science Fiction)

Gilman, Charlotte Perkins: Our Androcentric Culture, v.1, 26 January 2009. (Other Non-Fiction)

Gilman, Charlotte Perkins: The Crux. v1 29 Dec 2014 (Short Fiction)

Gilman, Charlotte Perkins: The Forerunner Short Stories 1. v1. 14 Mar 2015 (Short Fiction)

Gilman, Charlotte Perkins: The Utopian “Herland” Trilogy. v1. 14 Feb 2022 (Science Fiction)

Gilman, Charlotte Perkins: The Yellow Wallpaper, v1, 20 Sept 2007. (Short Fiction)

Gilman, Charlotte Perkins: What Diantha Did. v1, 26 Jan 2015 (Historical Fiction)

Gilson, Charles: Across the Cameroons. v1. 3 Sep 2015 (Action)

Gilson, Charles: Held by Chinese Brigands. v1. 4 Sep 2015 (Action)

Gilson, Charles: Submarine U93. v1. 5 Sep 2015 (Action)

Gilson, Charles: The Fire-Gods. v1. 4 Sep 2015 (Action)

Gilson, Charles: The Refugee. v1. 10 Sep 2015 (Action)

Gilson, Charles: Treasure of Kings. v1. 7 Sep 2015 (Action)

Gissing, George, et. al.: Victorian Short Stories of Troubled Marr... V1. 10 Sep 2 (Short Fiction)

Gissing, George: A Life's Morning. V1. 8 Sep 2010 (Romance)

Gissing, George: Born in Exile. V1. 6 Sep 2010 (Other Fiction)

Gissing, George: By the Ionian Sea. V1. 6 Sep 2010 (Other Non-Fiction)

Gissing, George: Demos. V1. 6 Sep 2010 (Other Fiction)

Gissing, George: Denzil Quarrier. V1. 7 Sep 2010 (Other Fiction)

Gissing, George: Eve's Ransom. V1. 7 Sep 2010 (Other Fiction)

Gissing, George: In the Year of Jubilee. V1. 8 Sep 2010 (Other Fiction)

Gissing, George: New Grub Street, v.1, 3 March 2008. (Other Fiction)

Gissing, George: New Grub Street. v1, 17 Jan 2008

Gissing, George: New Grub Street. v1. 9 Dec 2019 (Other Fiction)

Gissing, George: Our Friend the Charlatan. V1. 9 Sep 2010 (Other Fiction)

Gissing, George: The Crown of Life. V1. 6 Sep 2010 (Other Fiction)

Gissing, George: The Emancipated. V1. 7 Sep 2010 (Other Fiction)

Gissing, George: The House of Cobwebs and Other Stories. V1. 8 Sep 2010 (Short Fiction)

Gissing, George: The Nether World. v1, 17 Jan 2008

Gissing, George: The Odd Women. V1. 8 Sep 2010 (Other Fiction)

Gissing, George: The Paying Guest. V1. 9 Sep 2010 (Other Fiction)

Gissing, George: The Private Papers of Henry Ryecroft. V1. 9 Sep 2010 (Other Non-Fiction)

Gissing, George: The Town Traveller. V1. 10 Sep 2010 (Other Fiction)

Gissing, George: The Whirlpool. V1. 11 Sep 2010 (Other Fiction)

Gissing, George: Thyrza. V1. 2010 (Other Fiction)

Gissing, George: Veranilda. V1. 10 Sep 2010 (Historical Fiction)

Gissing, George: Will Warburton. V1. 11 Sep 2010 (Other Fiction)

Glasgow, Ellen: Life and Gabriella. V1. 19 Feb 2009 (Other Fiction)

Glasgow, Ellen: One Man in His Time. V1. 20 Feb 2009 (Other Fiction)

Glasgow, Ellen: The Battle Ground. V1. 20 Feb 2009 (Historical Fiction)

Glasgow, Ellen: The Deliverance. V1. 20 Feb 2009 (Romance)

Glasgow, Ellen: The Miller Of Old Church. V1. 23 Feb 2009 (Romance)

Glasgow, Ellen: The Voice of the People. V1. 23 Feb 2009 (Romance)

Glasgow, Ellen: Virginia. V1. 25 Feb 2009 (Romance)

Glasgow, Ellen: Whispers in the Dark (collected ghosts). v1. 09 Dec 2018 (Horror)

Glasgow, Ellen:The Wheel of Life. V1. 24 Feb 2009 (Romance)

Glaspell, Susan: A Jury of Her Peers, v1, 9 August 2009. (Mystery and Crime)

Glaspell, Susan: Fidelity. v1. 02 Jan 2019 (Other Fiction)

Glaspell, Susan: Norma Ashe. v1. 02 Jan 2019 (Other Fiction)

Glaspell, Susan: The Collected Plays. v1. 02 Jan 2019 (Collected Works)

Glaspell, Susan: The Collected Short Stories. v1. 02 Jan 2019 (Collected Works)

Glaspell, Susan: The Glory of the Conquered. v1. 02 Jan 2019 (Other Fiction)

Glaspell, Susan: The Morning Is Near Us. v1. 02 Jan 2019 (Other Fiction)

Glaspell, Susan: The Visioning. v1. 02 Jan 2019 (Other Fiction)

Glass, Montague: Abe and Mawruss. v1. 22 Jul 2013 (Other Fiction)

Glass, Montague: Elkan Lubliner, American. v1. 23 Jul 2013 (Other Fiction)

Glass, Montague: Object matrimony. v1. 23 Jul 2013 (Other Fiction)

Glass, Montague: Potash & Perlmutter. v1. 24 Jul 2013 (Other Fiction)

Glass, Montague: Potash and Perlmutter Settle Things. v1, 24 Jul 2013 (Other Fiction)

Glass, Montague: The Competitive Nephew. v1. 22 Jul 2013 (Other Fiction)

Glass, Montague: Worrying Won't Win, v1. 25 Jul 2013 (Other Fiction)

Glassbrenner, Adolf: Slovenly Kate and Other Stories (illus). v1. 14 Apr 2021 (Children)

Glauser, Friedrich: Der Chinese german v1 5 jan 2009 (Mystery and Crime)

Glauser, Friedrich: Der Tee der drei alten Damen german v1 1 jan 2009 (Mystery and Crime)

Glauser, Friedrich: Die Fieberkurve german 7 jan 2009 (Mystery and Crime)

Glauser, Friedrich: Gourrama german v1 30 jan 2009 (Other Fiction)

Glauser, Friedrich: Krock & Co german v1 19 jan 2009 (Mystery and Crime)

Glauser, Friedrich: König Zucker german v1 6 jan 2009 (Mystery and Crime)

Glauser, Friedrich: Matto regiert german v1 21 jan 2009 (Mystery and Crime)

Glauser, Friedrich: Wachtmeister Studer german v1 19 jan 2009 (Mystery and Crime)

Glyn, Elinor: Beyond The Rocks. v1. 6 Sep 2015 (Romance)

Glyn, Elinor: The Career of Katherine Bush. v1. 6 Sep 2015 (Other Fiction)

Glyn, Elinor: The Damsel and the Sage (Short Fiction)

Glyn, Elinor: Three Weeks. V 1. 16 January 2013 (Romance)

Godolphin, Mary: The Pilgrim's Progress in Words of One Syllable. v1. 07 May 2008 (Spiritual)

Goepp, Philip H.: Symphonies and Their Meaning Series 3. v1, 20 Feb 2008

Goethe, Johann Wolfgang von: Clavigo. v1 23 may 2009 german (Other Fiction)

Goethe, Johann Wolfgang von: Die Leiden des jungen Werther, german, v1, 20 Feb 2009 (Romance)

Goethe, Johann Wolfgang von: Faust, german v1 23 may 2009 (Other Fiction)

Goethe, Johann Wolfgang von: Iphigenie auf Tauris. v1 23 may 2009 german (Other Fiction)

Goethe, Johann Wolfgang von: Stella. v1 23 may 2009 german (Other Fiction)

Goethe, Johann Wolfgang von: Torquato Tasso. v1 23 may 2009 german (Other Fiction)

Gogol, Nikolai Vasilievich: The Overcoat and other selected Short Stories. Dec 2007

Gogol, Nikolai: Short Stories, v.1, 5 June 2008. (Short Fiction)

Gogol, Nikolai: The Mantle and Other stories, v.1, 1 August 2009 (Short Fiction)

Gogol, Nikolai: The Nose, v.1, 2 June 2008. (Short Fiction)

Goldsmid, Edmund: The Devils of Loudun, v1, 15 December 2009. (History)

Goldsmith, Oliver: The Vicar of Wakefield, v.1, 17 July 1008. (Other Fiction)

Gončarov, Ivan Aleksandrovič: Oblomow. [German]. V1. 9 Jan 2011 (Other Fiction)

Goncourt, Edmond and Jules de: Germinie Lacerteux, v.1, 07 July 2009. (Other Fiction)

Goncourt, Edmond and Jules de: Love in the Eighteenth Century, v.1, 07 July 2009. (Other Non-Fiction)

Goncourt, Edmond and Jules de: Renée Mauperin, v1, 13 July 2009. (Other Fiction)

Goncourt, Edmond and Jules de: Sister Philomène, v.1.2, 07 July 2009. (Other Fiction)

Goncourt, Edmond de: La Faustin [English translation], v.1, 9 July 2009. (Other Fiction)

Goodall, Cedric: Rendezvous With Death (1935); v1; 13 Oct 2019 (Mystery and Crime)

Goodwin, Maud Wilder: The Colonial Cavalier. v1. 19 Nov 2013 (History)

Gordon, Irwin L.: WHO WAS WHO 5000 B. C. to Date. v1, 9 Jan 2008

Gorfinkle, Joseph: Pirke Abot. V1. 20-Jun-2014 (Other Non-Fiction)

Gorky, Maksim: Mother. v1. 5 Apr 2013 (Other Fiction)

Gorky, Maksim: Philip Vasilyevich's Story. v1. 6 Apr 2013 (Other Fiction)

Gorky, Maksim: Through Russia. v1. 5 Apr 2013 (Short Fiction)

Gorky, Maksim: Twenty-six and One and Other Stories_files. v1. 5 Apr 2013 (Short Fiction)

Gorky, Maxim: Confronting Life, v1, 8 February 2010. (Short Fiction)

Gorky, Maxim: Creatures that once were Men and Other Stories. v1 28 Mar 201 (Short Fiction)

Gorky, Maxim: Creatures That Once Were Men, v1, 2 October 2009. (Short Fiction)

Gorky, Maxim: The Devil, v1, 24 November 2009. (Short Fiction)

Gorky, Maxim: The March of Man, v1, 8 November 2009. (Short Fiction)

Gorren, Aline: Womanliness as a Profession, v1, 10 November 2009. (Other Non-Fiction)

Goss, Charles Frederic: The Redemption of David Corson. v1. 26 )ct 07 (Other Fiction)

Gosse, Edmund: Father and Son, v1, 4 March 2010. (Biography)

Gotthelf, Jeremias: Die schwarze Spinne [German]. V1. 18 Jul 2010 (Other Fiction)

Gotthelf, Jeremias: Die Wassernot in Emmental [German]. V1. 18 Jul 2010 (Historical Fiction)

Goya, Francisco: La Tauromaquia y Los toros de Burdeos (Illustrated). v5 8 Feb 2009 (Other Non-Fiction)

Goya, Francisco: Los caprichos (Spanish, Illustrated). v5 21 Nov 2010 (Other Non-Fiction)

Goya, Francisco: Los desastres de la guerra (Illustrated). v3 6 Feb 2009 (Other Non-Fiction)

Goya, Francisco: Los disparates (Illustrated). v3 14 Feb 2009 (Other Non-Fiction)

Grabo, Carl: The Cat in Grandfather's House. v1 10 Dec 2007 (Children)

Grahame, Kenneth: Dream Days. v2. 03 Dec 2015 (Short Fiction)

Grahame, Kenneth: Pagan Papers (Essay Collection). v1. 03 Dec 2015 (Other Non-Fiction)

Grahame, Kenneth: The Golden Age. v2. 03 Dec 2015 (Other Non-Fiction)

Grahame, Kenneth: The Headswoman. v2. 06 Dec 2015 (Humor)

Grahame, Kenneth: The Reluctant Dragon. v1. 30 Aug 2016 (Fantasy)

Grahame, Kenneth: The Wind in the Willows (illus-Rackham). v1. 16 Mar 2020 (Children)

Grahame, Kenneth: The Wind in the Willows. v2. 23 Nov 2015 (Children)

Grandville, J.J.: Vie privée et publique des animaux (Illus.) (French) v2 3 July 2009 (Humor)

Grant, Douglas: The Fifth Ace. V1. 14 Mar 2010 (Western)

Grant, Horatio N.: The Highland Fling and How to Teach it v1.0 2007-09-18

Grant, Robert et al,: The King's Men. V1. 30 Jan 2009 (Historical Fiction)

Grant, Robert: The Law-Breakers and Other Stories. V1. 31 Jan 2009 (Short Fiction)

Grant, Robert: The Opinions of a Philosopher. V1. 31 Jan 2009 (Other Fiction)

Grant, Robert: Unleavened Bread. v1. 26 Oct 07 (Other Fiction)

Grant, Robert: Unleavened Bread. V1. 31 Jan 2009 (Other Fiction)

Grant, Ulysses: State of the Union. v1.0, 13 October 2007

Gray, Arthur: The Little Tea Book. 18 Sept 07 (Reference)

Graydon, William Murray: Among the Pathans v1 22 dec 2008 (Short Fiction)

Graydon, William Murray: Banished to Saghalien v1 29 dec 2008 (Action)

Graydon, William Murray: Canoe Boys and Campfires v1 17 jan 2009 (Young Adult)

Graydon, William Murray: Exiled to Siberia v2 4 jan 2009 (Action)

Graydon, William Murray: Lost Cave v1 19 dec 2008 (Action)

Graydon, William Murray: Mr Menzies Baby Elephant v1 27 dec 2008 (Action)

Graydon, William Murray: Robin Hood and Maid Marian v1 21 dec 2008 (Historical Fiction)

Graydon, William Murray: The Butcher of Cawnpore v1 3 jan 2009 (Action)

Graydon, William Murray: The Camp in the Snow v1 23 dec 2008 (Young Adult)

Graydon, William Murray: The Jungle Boy v1 26 dec 2008 (Action)

Graydon, William Murray: The Mystery of Valentine Stanlock v1 21 dec 2008 (Action)

Graydon, William Murray: The Princess of the Purple Palace v1 8 feb 2009 (Action)

Graydon, William Murray: The River of Darkness v1 14 jan 2009 (Action)

Graydon, William Murray: The White King of Africa v2 4 jan 2009 (Action)

Great, Nate the: A Kindle Experiment. v1 7 march 2011 (Other Non-Fiction)

Green, Anna Katharine: 7 to 12 v. 1 31-1-16 (Mystery and Crime)

Green, Anna Katharine: A Difficult Problem, v.1, 18 August 2008. (Mystery and Crime)

Green, Anna Katharine: A Difficult Problem. v1. 16 Feb 2016 (Mystery and Crime)

Green, Anna Katharine: A Strange Disappearance, v.1, 22 August 2008. (Mystery and Crime)

Green, Anna Katharine: A Strange Disappearance. v1. 23 Feb 2016 (Mystery and Crime)

Green, Anna Katharine: Agatha Webb. v1. 12 Sep 07 (Mystery and Crime)

Green, Anna Katharine: Agatha Webb. v1. 13 Feb 2016 (Mystery and Crime)

Green, Anna Katharine: Cynthia Wakeham's Money. v1. 15 Feb 2016 (Mystery and Crime)

Green, Anna Katharine: Cynthia Wakeham’s Money, v1, 9 September 2009. (Mystery and Crime)

Green, Anna Katharine: Dark Hollow. v1. 15 Feb 2016 (Mystery and Crime)

Green, Anna Katharine: Dark Hollow. v1. 8 Oct 07 (Mystery and Crime)

Green, Anna Katharine: Dr. Izard.V1.23 July 2012 (Mystery and Crime)

Green, Anna Katharine: Hand and Ring, v.1, 3 November 2008. (Mystery and Crime)

Green, Anna Katharine: Hand and Ring. v1. 19 Feb 2016 (Mystery and Crime)

Green, Anna Katharine: Initials Only. v1. 1 Jun 2013 (Mystery and Crime)

Green, Anna Katharine: Initials Only. v1. 20 Feb 2016t (Mystery and Crime)

Green, Anna Katharine: Initials Only. v1. 9 Oct 07 (Mystery and Crime)

Green, Anna Katharine: Lost Man's Lane. v1. 21 Feb 2016 (Mystery and Crime)

Green, Anna Katharine: Lost Man’s Lane, v.1, 29 August 2008. (Mystery and Crime)

Green, Anna Katharine: Marked “Personal”, v1, 24 September 2009 (Mystery and Crime)

Green, Anna Katharine: Midnight in Beauchamp Row, v.1, 19 August 2008. (Mystery and Crime)

Green, Anna Katharine: Midnight In Beauchamp Row. v1. 21 Feb 2016 (Mystery and Crime)

Green, Anna Katharine: One of My Sons, v1, 7 August 2009. (Mystery and Crime)

Green, Anna Katharine: One of My Sons. v1. 2 Jun 2013 (Mystery and Crime)

Green, Anna Katharine: Room Number 3 and Other Detective Stories. v1. 23 Feb 2016 (Mystery and Crime)

Green, Anna Katharine: Room Number 3, v1, 9 August 2009. (Mystery and Crime)

Green, Anna Katharine: That Affair Next Door, v.1, 18 August 2008. (Mystery and Crime)

Green, Anna Katharine: That Affair Next Door. v1. 25 Feb 2016 (Mystery and Crime)

Green, Anna Katharine: The Amethyst Box, v.1, 31 August 2008. (Mystery and Crime)

Green, Anna Katharine: The Amethyst Box. v1. 13 Feb 2016 (Mystery and Crime)

Green, Anna Katharine: The Bronze Hand, v.1, 18 August 2008. (Mystery and Crime)

Green, Anna Katharine: The Bronze Hand. v1, 13 Feb 2016 (Mystery and Crime)

Green, Anna Katharine: The Chief Legatee. v1. 14 Feb 2016 (Mystery and Crime)

Green, Anna Katharine: The Chief Legatee. v1. 3 Oct 07 (Mystery and Crime)

Green, Anna Katharine: The Circular Study. v1. 14 Feb 2016 (Mystery and Crime)

Green, Anna Katharine: The Circular Study. v1. 4 Oct 07 (Mystery and Crime)

Green, Anna Katharine: The Doctor, his Wife, and the Clock. v1. 16 Feb 2016 (Mystery and Crime)

Green, Anna Katharine: The Doctor, his Wife, and the Clock_files. v1. 31 May 2013 (Mystery and Crime)

Green, Anna Katharine: The Filigree Ball. v1. 17 Feb 2016t (Mystery and Crime)

Green, Anna Katharine: The Filigree Ball. v1. 8 Oct 07 (Mystery and Crime)

Green, Anna Katharine: The Forsaken Inn, v.1, 22 August 2008. (Mystery and Crime)

Green, Anna Katharine: The Forsaken Inn. v1. 18 Feb 2016 (Mystery and Crime)

Green, Anna Katharine: The Golden Slipper. v1. 1 Jun 2013 (Mystery and Crime)

Green, Anna Katharine: The Golden Slipper. v1. 18 Feb 2014 (Mystery and Crime)

Green, Anna Katharine: The Golden Slipper. v1. 8 Oct 07 (Mystery and Crime)

Green, Anna Katharine: The Gray Madam (Mystery and Crime)

Green, Anna Katharine: The Gray Madam, v.1, 18 August 2008. (Mystery and Crime)

Green, Anna Katharine: The Hermit Of —— Street, v.1, 19 August 2008. (Mystery and Crime)

Green, Anna Katharine: The Hermit Of ——- Street. v1. 19 Feb 2016 (Mystery and Crime)

Green, Anna Katharine: The House in the Mist (Mystery and Crime)

Green, Anna Katharine: The House in the Mist. v1. 8 Oct 07 (Mystery and Crime)

Green, Anna Katharine: The House of the Whispering Pines. v1. 8 Oct 07 (Mystery and Crime)

Green, Anna Katharine: The Leavenworth Case. v1. 12 Sep 07 (Mystery and Crime)

Green, Anna Katharine: The Leavenworth Case. v1. 20 Feb 2016 (Mystery and Crime)

Green, Anna Katharine: The Mayor's Wife. v1. 21 Feb 2016 (Mystery and Crime)

Green, Anna Katharine: The Mayor's Wife. v1. 9 Oct 07 (Mystery and Crime)

Green, Anna Katharine: The Mill Mystery (Philosophy)

Green, Anna Katharine: The Mill Mystery, v.1, 24 August 2008. (Mystery and Crime)

Green, Anna Katharine: The Millionaire Baby, v.1, 24 August 2008. (Mystery and Crime)

Green, Anna Katharine: The Millionaire Baby. v1. 22 Feb 2016 (Mystery and Crime)

Green, Anna Katharine: The Mystery of the Hasty Arrow. v1. 23 Feb 2016 (Mystery and Crime)

Green, Anna Katharine: The Mystery of the Hasty Arrow. v1. 3 Oct 07 (Mystery and Crime)

Green, Anna Katharine: The Old Stone House and other stories (1891); v1; 18 Dec 2019 (Short Fiction)

Green, Anna Katharine: The Old Stone House and Other Stories, v.1, 24 August 2008. (Mystery and Crime)

Green, Anna Katharine: The Old Stone House and Other Stories. v1. 23 Feb 2016 (Mystery and Crime)

Green, Anna Katharine: The Staircase At The Hearts Delight. v1. 23 Feb 2016 (Mystery and Crime)

Green, Anna Katharine: The Staircase at the Heart’s Delight, v.1, 18 August 2008. (Mystery and Crime)

Green, Anna Katharine: The Sword of Damocles, v1, 25 March 2010. (Mystery and Crime)

Green, Anna Katharine: The Sword of Damocles, v1. 2 Jun 2013 (Mystery and Crime)

Green, Anna Katharine: The Sword of Damocles. v1. 24 Feb 2016 (Mystery and Crime)

Green, Anna Katharine: The Thief, v1, 7 August 2009. (Mystery and Crime)

Green, Anna Katharine: The Woman in the Alcove, v.1, 23 August 2008. (Mystery and Crime)

Green, Anna Katharine: The Woman in the Alcove. v1. 25 Feb 2016 (Mystery and Crime)

Green, Anna Katharine: The Works of Anna Katharine Green Vol 2.Version1.24 May 2012 (Mystery and Crime)

Green, Anna Katharine: The Works of Anna Katharine Green Vol 5.Ver1.24 May 2012 (Mystery and Crime)

Green, Anna Katharine: The Works of Anna Katharine Green Vol 1.Version 2.24 May 2012 (Mystery and Crime)

Green, Anna Katharine: The Works of Anna Katharine Green Vol 3.Ver1.24 May 2012 (Mystery and Crime)

Green, Anna Katharine: The Works of Anna Katharine Green Vol 4.Ver1. 24 May 2012 (Mystery and Crime)

Green, Anna Katharine: Three Thousand Dollars, v.1, 29 August 2008. (Mystery and Crime)

Green, Anna Katharine: Three Thousand Dollars. v1. 25 Feb 2016 (Mystery and Crime)

Green, Anna Katharine: Works of Anna Katharine Green Vol I of IV- V1, 4/11/2011 (Mystery and Crime)

Green, Anna Katharine: X Y Z: A Detective Story, v1, 5 September 2009. (Mystery and Crime)

Green, Anna Katharine: XYZ A Detective Story. V1. 2 Jun 2013 (Mystery and Crime)

Green, Anna Katharine: XYZ A Detective Story. v1. 26 Feb 2016 (Mystery and Crime)

Green, Anna Katherine: Masterpieces of Mystery (1912): v1; 17 Dec 2019 (Short Fiction)

Green, Olive: How to Cook Fish, v.1, 13 April 2008 (Other Non-Fiction)

Greenwood, James: In starange company. v1. 22 May 2017 (Short Fiction)

Greer, Travis Scott: E-Book Dreams and Spiderwebs. v1. 16 Dec 07

Gregory, Jackson: Daughter of the Sun v1 15 jan 2009 (Action)

Gregory, Jackson: Judith of Blue Lake Ranch, v1. 21 Feb 2013 (Western)

Gregory, Jackson: Man To Man. v1. 20 Feb 2013 (Western)

Gregory, Jackson: Six Feet Four. v1. 20 Feb 2013 (Western)

Gregory, Jackson: The Bells of San Juan. v1. 18 Feb 2013 (Western)

Gregory, Jackson: The Desert Valley. v1. 19 Feb 2013 (Western)

Gregory, Jackson: The Everlasting Whisper. v1. 19 Feb 2012 (Western)

Gregory, Jackson: The Short Cut. v1. 19 Feb 2013 (Western)

Gregory, Jackson: Under Handicap. v1. 18 Feb 2013 (Western)

Gregory, Jackson: Wolf Breed. v1. 17 Feb 2013 (Western)

Gregory, James J.H.: Cabbages And Cauliflowers: How To Grow Them. v2. 21 Jan 09 (Other Non-Fiction)

Gregory, Pope: The Life of Our Most Holy Father Saint Benedict, v1 28 Feb 2009 (Spiritual)

Grenfell, Anne and Katie Spalding: Le Petit Nord. V1. 5 Dec 2009 (Other Non-Fiction)

Grenfell, Wilfred Thomason: A Labrador Doctor. V1. 4 Dec 2009 (Biography)

Grenfell, Wilfred Thomason: Adrift on an Ice-Pan. V1. 2 Dec 2009 (Action)

Grenfell, Wilfred Thomason: Labrador Days. V1. 3 Dec 2009 (Other Non-Fiction)

Grenfell, Wilfred Thomason: What the Church Means to Me. V1. 5 Dec 2009 (Spiritual)

Grey, Zane: 30,000 On The Hoof. V1. 11 Aug 2012 (Western)

Grey, Zane: 30.000 on the Hoof v1 4 apr 2009 (Western)

Grey, Zane: A Collection Vol I of II/ V2- 12/24/2014 (Western)

Grey, Zane: A Collection Vol II of II/ V2. 12/24/2014 (Western)

Grey, Zane: Betty Zane. V1. 7 Aug 2012 (Historical Fiction)

Grey, Zane: Desert Gold, ebook # 502, Sept. 13 2008 (Western)

Grey, Zane: Ken Ward In The Jungle, V1. 13 Aug 2012 (Action)

Grey, Zane: Nevada. V1. 9 Aug 2012 (Western)

Grey, Zane: Riders Of The Purple Sage. v1. 27 Sep 15 (Western)

Grey, Zane: Robbers' Roost. V1. 10 Aug 2012 (Western)

Grey, Zane: Selected Short Works. V1. 12 Aug 2012 (Western)

Grey, Zane: Spirit Of The Border. V1. 7 Aug 2012 (Historical Fiction)

Grey, Zane: Tappan's Burro and Other Stories. V1. 13 Aug 2012 (Western)

Grey, Zane: The Border Legion. V1. 7 Aug 2012 (Western)

Grey, Zane: The Call of the Canyon v1 19 nov. 2008 (Western)

Grey, Zane: The Day Of The Beast. V1. 8 Aug 2012 (Historical Fiction)

Grey, Zane: The Drift Fence. V1. 8 Aug 2012 (Western)

Grey, Zane: The Heritage Of The Desert. V1. 8 Aug 2012 (Western)

Grey, Zane: The Last Of The Plainsmen. V1. 9 Aug 2012 (Western)

Grey, Zane: The Last Trail. V1. 7 Aug 2012 (Historical Fiction)

Grey, Zane: The Light of Western Stars, ebook 1095, July 27 2008 (Western)

Grey, Zane: The Lone Star Ranger, ebook 1027, July 27 2008 (Western)

Grey, Zane: The Man Of The Forest. V1. 9 Aug 2012 (Western)

Grey, Zane: The Mysterious Rider. V1. 9 Aug 2012 (Western)

Grey, Zane: The Rainbow Trail. V1. 10 Aug 2012 (Western)

Grey, Zane: The Redheaded Outfield & Other Stories, ebook 385 Sept 27 2008 (Other Fiction)

Grey, Zane: The Rustlers of Pecos County v1.0 2007-10-22

Grey, Zane: The Shepherd Of Guadaloupe. V1. 11 Aug 2012 (Western)

Grey, Zane: The Shortstop. V1. 12 Aug 2012 (Action)

Grey, Zane: The U.P. Trail. V1. 11 Aug 2011 (Western)

Grey, Zane: The Young Forester. V1. 13 Aug 2012 (Western)

Grey, Zane: The Young Lion Hunter. V1. 13 Aug 2012 (Western)

Grey, Zane: The Young Pitcher. V1. 12 Aug 2012 (Action)

Grey, Zane: To The Last Man. V1. 11 Aug 2012 (Western)

Grey, Zane: Valley Of Wild Horses. V1. 12 Aug 2012 (Western)

Grey, Zane: Wildfire v1 21 nov. 2008 (Western)

Grieg, Nordahl: Skibet gaar videre [Norwegian] (Other Fiction)

Grieg, Nordahl: Spansk sommer [Norwegian] v1 07.03.2014 (Other Non-Fiction)

Grieg, Nordahl: Ung må verden ennu være [Norwegian].v1. 01 May 2014 (Other Fiction)

Grieg, Nordahl: Vår ære og vår makt [Norwegian].v1. 01 May 2014 (Other Fiction)

Griffis, William Elliot: Welsh Fairy Tales, v.1, 1 March 2008. (Fantasy)

Griffith, George: A Honeymoon In Space. V1. 13 Jul 2012 (Science Fiction)

Griffith, George: A Mayfair Magician. V1. 14 Jul 2012 (Mystery and Crime)

Griffith, George: Knaves of Diamonds (1899); v1, 14 May 2021 (Short Fiction)

Griffith, George: Olga Romanoff. V1. 11 Jul 2012 (Science Fiction)

Griffith, George: Outlaws Of The Air, The. V1. 11 Jul 2012 (Science Fiction)

Griffith, George: Short Fiction. V1. 9 Jul 2012 (Science Fiction)

Griffith, George: Stories Of Other Worlds. V1. 8 Jul 2012 (Science Fiction)

Griffith, George: The Angel Of The Revolution. V1. 10 Jul 2012 (Science Fiction)

Griffith, George: The Missionary. V1. 14 Jul 2012 (Other Fiction)

Griffith, George: The Mummy And Miss Nitocris. V1. 14 Jul 2012 (Fantasy)

Griffith, George: The Romance Of Golden Star. V1. 12 Jul 2012 (Science Fiction)

Griffith, George: The World Masters. V1. 14 Jul 2012 (Short Fiction)

Griffith, George: The World Peril Of 1910. V1. 13 Jul 2012 (Science Fiction)

Griffiths, Arthur: The Passenger From Calais. v1. 21 Aug 07 (Mystery and Crime)

Griffiths, Arthur: The Rome Express. v1. 21 Aug 07 (Mystery and Crime)

Grillparzer, Franz: Das Kloster bei Sendomir german v1 13 May 2009 (Other Fiction)

Grillparzer, Franz: Der arme Spielmann german v1.1 13 May 2009 (Other Fiction)

Grimm, Brothers: Fairy Tales, v1, 8 October 2009. (Fantasy)

Grimm, Brothers: Grimms’ Fairy Tales (English trans, illus). v1. 22 Feb 2017 (Fantasy)

Grimm, Brothers: Hansel & Grethel and Others (shorts, illus-Rackham). v1. 02 Jan 2018 (Fantasy)

Grimm, Brothers: Household Tales by the Brothers Grimm, v1, 8 October 2009. (Fantasy)

Grimm, Brothers: Little Brother & Little Sister and Others (illus-Rackham). v1. 02 0J (Fantasy)

Grimm, Brothers: Snowdrop and Other Tales (shorts, illus-Rackham). v1. 02 Jan 2018 (Fantasy)

Grimm, Jacob & Wilhelm: Deutsche Sagen (german) v1.0 Jun 2010 (Other Fiction)

Grimmelshausen: Der Abenteuerliche Simplicissimus Teutsch. v1.1 2 august 2009 german (Romance)

Grimshaw, Beatrice: The Forest of Lost Men and other stories, v1, 24 April 2026 (Short Fiction)

Grimshaw, Beatrice: The Golden Crowns, v1, 22 Jan 2022 (Short Fiction)

Grimshaw, Beatrice: The Valley of Never-Come-Back, 1923, v1, 4 Aug 2024 (Short Fiction)

Groner, Augusta: Joe Muller Detective Omnibus, v.1, 20 Feb 2008. (Mystery and Crime)

Groner, Augusta: The Case of the Golden Bullet. V1. 1 Dec 2009 (Mystery and Crime)

Groner, Auguste: The Case of the Golden Bullet (v1), 4 Oct 2020 (Mystery and Crime)

Grosser, E. A: E. A. Grosser Sampler. V1. 9 Oct 2012 (Science Fiction)

Grossmith, George & Weedon: The Diary of A Nobody (Illustrated), V. 1, 7/18/2011 (Humor)

Grunert, Karl: Die Maschine des Theodulos Energeios german v1 13 feb 2009 (Short Fiction)

Gull, C Ranger: The Soul Stealer (1906); v1; 15 Oct 2020 (Science Fiction)

Gurney, Lydia: Things Mother Used to Make, v.1, 28 Jan 2008. (Reference)

Guyon, Jeanne-Marie: Letters of Madam Guyon, v1, 4 October 2009. (Spiritual)

Guyon, Madame: The Way to God, v.1, 16 Jan 2008. (Spiritual)

Günderrode, Karoline von: Geschichte eines Braminen (German). v2. 20 May 2013 (Short Fiction)

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Habberton, John: All He Knew. v1. 20 Nov 2014 (Other Fiction)

Habberton, John: Caleb Wright. v1. 20 Nov 2014 (Other Fiction)

Habberton, John: Helen's Babies. v1. 21 Nov 2014 (Other Fiction)

Habberton, John: Romance of California Life. 02 Sept 07 (Western)

Haggard, H Rider: Allan and the Ice Gods. V1. 6 Sep 2012 (Action)

Haggard, H Rider: Child Of Storm. V1. 2 Sep 2012 (Action)

Haggard, H Rider: Finished. V1. 3 Sep 2012 (Action)

Haggard, H Rider: Heu-Heu, or the Monster. V1.7 Mar 2012 (Action)

Haggard, H Rider: Maiwa's Revenge. V1. 1 Sep 2012 (Action)

Haggard, H Rider: Marie. V1. 2 Sep 2012 (Action)

Haggard, H Rider: She And Allan. V1. 6 Aug 2012 (Action)

Haggard, H Rider: The Allan Quatermain Short Stories. V1. 7 Sep 2012 (Action)

Haggard, H Rider: The Ancient Allan. V1. 5 Sep 2012 (Action)

Haggard, H Rider: The Holy Flower. V1. 3 Sep 2012 (Action)

Haggard, H Rider: The Ivory Child. V1. 5 Sep 2012 (Action)

Haggard, H Rider: The Treasure of the Lake. V1. 6 Sep 2012 (Action)

Haggard, H Rider: Wisdom's Daughter. V1. 6 Mar 2012 (Other Fiction)

Haggard, H. Rider: Haggard Anthology Vol 1. v10. 15th Aug 2010 (Action)

Haggard, H. Rider: Haggard Anthology Vol 10. v2. 11 Apr 2008 (Action)

Haggard, H. Rider: Haggard Anthology Vol 11. v2, 23 May 2008 (Action)

Haggard, H. Rider: Haggard Anthology Vol 12. v2, 30 Sep 2008 (Action)

Haggard, H. Rider: Haggard Anthology Vol 13. v2, 1 Oct 2008 (Action)

Haggard, H. Rider: Haggard Anthology Vol 14. v2, 2 Oct 2008 (Action)

Haggard, H. Rider: Haggard Anthology Vol 15. v2, 2 Oct 2008 (Action)

Haggard, H. Rider: Haggard Anthology Vol 16. v2, 3 Oct 2008 (Action)

Haggard, H. Rider: Haggard Anthology Vol 2. v7. 7th Sep 2010 (Action)

Haggard, H. Rider: Haggard Anthology Vol 3. v7. 5th Oct 2010 (Action)

Haggard, H. Rider: Haggard Anthology Vol 4. v5. 16th July 2011 (Action)

Haggard, H. Rider: Haggard Anthology Vol 5. v5. 15th Aug 2011 (Action)

Haggard, H. Rider: Haggard Anthology Vol 6. v4. 7th Mar 2010 (Action)

Haggard, H. Rider: Haggard Anthology Vol 7. v2, 31 Mar 2008 (Action)

Haggard, H. Rider: Haggard Anthology Vol 8. v2, 2 Apr 2008 (Action)

Haggard, H. Rider: Haggard Anthology Vol 9. v2, 4 Apr 2008 (Action)

Haggard, H. Rider: The Days of My Life. v3, 3 Oct 2008 (Biography)

Haggard, Henry Rider: Kong Salomons miner (Illustr) [Norwegian].v1. 15 May 2014 (Young Adult)

Haggerty, Harry J: The Blue Lantern Murder (1933); v1; 14 Mar 2021 (Mystery and Crime)

Hale, Edward Everett: How to Do It. 18 Sept 07 (Reference)

Halévy, Ludovic: Parisian Points of View, v.1, 19 July 2008. (Short Fiction)

Haliburton, Thomas Chandler: The Attaché; or, Sam Slick in England. V1. 23 May 2009 (Other Fiction)

Hall, Austin & Flint, Homer Eon: The Blind Spot:. v1, 22 Feb 2008

Hall, Charles W.: Adrift in the Ice-Fields. v1, 10 Jan 2008

Hall, Radclyffe: The Unlit Lamp v1 30 June 2019 (Other Fiction)

Hall, Radclyffe: The Unlit Lamp, v.1, 8 Dec 2007. (Other Fiction)

Hall, Radclyffe: The Well of Loneliness, v.1, 31.Oct 2007. (Other Fiction)

Hall, Radclyffe: The Well of Loneliness. v1 17 June 2019 (Romance)

Halsey, Harlan Page (aka Old Sleuth): A Desperate Chance v1 1 dec 2008 (Mystery and Crime)

Halsey, Harlan Page (aka Old Sleuth): Cad Metti v1 24 nov 2008 (Mystery and Crime)

Halsey, Harlan Page (aka Old Sleuth): The Dock Rats Of New York v1 25 nov 2008 (Mystery and Crime)

Halsey, Rena I: Blue Robin. v1. 31 Mar 2015 (Young Adult)

Halsey, Rena I: The Liberty Girl. v1. 31 Mar 2015 (Young Adult)

Hamann, Johann Georg: Sokratische Denkwürdigkeiten [German] V2.0 09 Mar 2015 (Philosophy)

Hamerton, Philip Gilbert: The Intellectual Life, v.1, 18 May 2009. (Philosophy)

Hamilton, Jay, & Madison: The Federalist Papers. 07 Oct 07 (Philosophy)

Hammerton, J.A. & Mee, A., Ed: The World's Greatest Books-Vol1-Fiction. V2. 29-7-2009 (Other Fiction)

Hammerton, J.A. & Mee, A., Ed: The World's Greatest Books-Vol2-Fiction. V1. 29-7-2009 (Other Fiction)

Hamsun, Knut: Growth of the Soil. V1. 16 June 2012 (Other Fiction)

Hamsun, Knut: Hunger. v1. 6 Nov 2007.

Hancock, H. Irving: Annapolis Omnibus. v5. 3rd Aug 2011 (Young Adult)

Hancock, H. Irving: Dave Darrin Omnibus. v1, 25 Feb 2008 (Young Adult)

Hancock, H. Irving: Grammar School Boys Omnibus (Illustrated). v3. 4th Aug 2011 (Young Adult)

Hancock, H. Irving: High School Boys Omnibus. v5. 3rd Aug 2011 (Young Adult)

Hancock, H. Irving: High School Boys Vacation Omnibus. v4. 3rd Aug 2011 (Young Adult)

Hancock, H. Irving: West Point Omnibus. v5. 3rd Aug 2011 (Young Adult)

Hancock, H. Irving: Young Engineers Omnibus. v4. 4th Aug 2011 (Young Adult)

Hankins, Arthur Preston: The She Boss. V1. 30 July 2009 (Western)

Hannan, Jeff: The 2080s. v1, 8 Mar 2008

Hannay, James O: The Wisdom of the Desert, v.1, 5 June 2008. (Spiritual)

Hansen, Maurits: Noveller [Norwegian].v1. 27 Apr 2014 (Short Fiction)

Hanshew, Mary E.: The Riddle of the Frozen Flame. v1. 12 Sep 07

Hanshew, Thomas W.: Cleek - The Man of the Forty Faces. v1. 21 Aug 07 (Mystery and Crime)

Hanshew, Thomas W: Cleek of Scotland Yard. V1. 10 Feb 2011 (Mystery and Crime)

Hanshew, Thomas W: Cleek's Government Cases. V3. 3 May 2012 (Mystery and Crime)

Hanshew, Thomas W: Cleek, the Master Detective. V1. 31 July 2009 (Mystery and Crime)

Hanshew, Thomas W: Riddle of the Night, The. V1. 11 Feb 2011 (Mystery and Crime)

Hanshew, Thomas W: The Riddle of the Frozen Flame. V1. 31 July 2009 (Mystery and Crime)

Hanshew, Thomas W: The Riddle of the Spinning Wheel. V1. 12 Feb 2011 (Mystery and Crime)

Hansteen, Aasta: Kvinden skabt i Guds billede [Norwegian].v1. 28 Apr 2014 (Other Non-Fiction)

Harben, Will N: Ailsa Paige. v1. 28 Jul 2013 (Historical Fiction)

Harben, Will N: Ann Boyd. v1. 28 Jul 2013 (Romance)

Harben, Will N: Dixie Hart. v1. 29 Jul 201e3 (Romance)

Harben, Will N: The Cottage of Delight. v1 28 Jul 2013 (Romance)

Harben, Will N: The Desired Woman. v1. 29 Jul 2013 (Romance)

Harben, Will N: The Hills of Refuge. v1. 30 Jul 2013 (Romance)

Harben, Will N: The Land of the Changing Sun. v1. 30 Jul 2013 (Short Fiction)

Harben, Will N: Westerfelt. v1. 30 Jul 2013 (Other Fiction)

Harding, Warren: State of the Union. v1.0, 13 October 2007 (Government)

Hardy, Arthur Sherburne: 13, Rue du bon Diable; 1917, v1, 5 Sep 2021 (Mystery and Crime)

Hardy, Arthur Sherburne: Aurélie. v1. 10 Feb 2017 (Short Fiction)

Hardy, Arthur Sherburne: But Yet a Woman. v1. 12 Feb 2017 (Other Fiction)

Hardy, Arthur Sherburne: Diane and Her Friends. v1. 16 Feb 2017 (Other Fiction)

Hardy, Arthur Sherburne: Helen. v1. 18 Feb 2017 (Other Fiction)

Hardy, Arthur Sherburne: His Daughter First. v1. 19 Feb 2017 (Other Fiction)

Hardy, Arthur Sherburne: No. 13, rue du Bon Diable. v1. 20 Feb 2017 (Mystery and Crime)

Hardy, Arthur Sherburne: Passe Rose. v1. 22 Feb 201u7 (Other Fiction)

Hardy, Arthur Sherburne: Peter. V1. 23 feb 2017 (Short Fiction)

Hardy, Arthur Sherburne: The Wind of Destiny. v1. 25 Feb 2017 (Other Fiction)

Hardy, Thomas: A Changed Man and Other Tales. v1. 27 Feb 2014 (Short Fiction)

Hardy, Thomas: A Group of Noble Dames. v1, 5 Sep 2008 (Short Fiction)

Hardy, Thomas: A Laodicean. v1. 28 Feb 2014 (Romance)

Hardy, Thomas: A Pair of Blue Eyes (Illustrated). v1, 4 Sep 2008 (Romance)

Hardy, Thomas: Desperate Remedies. v1, 9 Sep 2008 (Other Fiction)

Hardy, Thomas: Far From the Madding Crowd (Illustrated). v1, 28 Aug 2008 (Other Fiction)

Hardy, Thomas: Far from the Madding Crowd, v1. 28 Feb 2014 (Romance)

Hardy, Thomas: Jude the Obscure (Illustrated). v1, 3 Sep 2008 (Other Fiction)

Hardy, Thomas: Jude the Obscure V1.0 17 Sept 2007

Hardy, Thomas: Life's Little Ironies. v1, 3 Sep 2008 (Historical Fiction)

Hardy, Thomas: Tess of the d'Urbervilles (Illustrated). v1, 27 Aug 2008 (Romance)

Hardy, Thomas: Tess of the d'Urbervilles. v1. 1 Mar 2014 (Romance)

Hardy, Thomas: The Hand of Ethelberta (Illustrated). v1, 15 Sep 2008 (Humor)

Hardy, Thomas: The Mayor of Casterbridge (Illustrated). v2, 29 Aug 2008 (Other Fiction)

Hardy, Thomas: The Return of the Native (Illustrated). v1, 28 Aug 2008 (Other Fiction)

Hardy, Thomas: The Romantic Adventures of a Milkmaid. v1. 28 Feb 2014 (Romance)

Hardy, Thomas: The Trumpet Major, v1, 9 Apr 2015 (Historical Fiction)

Hardy, Thomas: The Trumpet-Major (Illustrated). v1, 4 Sep 2008 (Historical Fiction)

Hardy, Thomas: The Well-Beloved. v1, 8 Sep 2008 (Romance)

Hardy, Thomas: The Woodlanders. v1, 31 Aug 2008 (Romance)

Hardy, Thomas: Two on a Tower, v1. 1 Mar 2014 (Romance)

Hardy, Thomas: Two On a Tower. v1, 5 Sep 2008 (Romance)

Hardy, Thomas: Under the Greenwood Tree (Illustrated). v1, 29 Aug 2008 (Other Fiction)

Hardy, Thomas: Wessex Tales. v1, 3 Sep 2008 (Historical Fiction)

Harland, Henry: Grey Roses. V1. 12 Feb 2011 (Short Fiction)

Harland, Henry: My Friend Prospero. V1. 14 Feb 2010 (Romance)

Harland, Henry: The Cardinal's Snuff-Box. V1. 12 Feb 2011 (Romance)

Harland, Henry: The Lady Paramount. V1. 14 Feb 2011 (Romance)

Harper, Frances E W: Sowing and Reaping. V1. 17 Feb 2011 (Historical Fiction)

Harper, Frances E. W.: Iola Leroy. V1. 15 Feb 2011 (Historical Fiction)

Harper, Frances E. W: Minnie's Sacrifice. V1. 16 Feb 2011 (Historical Fiction)

Harper, Frances E. W: Poems. V1. 15 Feb 2011 (Poetry)

Harper, Frances E. W: Trial and Triumph: V1. 16 Feb 2011 (Other Fiction)

Harraden, Beatrice: A Bird of Passage and Other Stories. v1. 23 Nov 2014 (Short Fiction)

Harraden, Beatrice: Katharine Frensham. v1. 24 Nov 2014 (Other Fiction)

Harraden, Beatrice: Ships That Pass In The Night. v1. 24 Nov 2014 (Other Fiction)

Harris, Corra: A Circuit Rider's Widow. v1. 4 Mar 2015 (Other Fiction)

Harris, Corra: A Circuit Rider's Wife. v1. 2 Mar 2016 (Other Fiction)

Harris, Corra: Eve's Second Husband. v1. 5 Mar 2016 (Other Fiction)

Harris, Corra: Happily Married. v1. 6 Mar 2016 (Other Fiction)

Harris, Corra: In Search Of A Husband. v1. 7 Mar 2016t (Other Fiction)

Harris, Corra: Making Her His Wife. v1. 8 Mar 2016 (Other Fiction)

Harris, Corra: The Co-Citizens. v1. 3 Mar 2016 (Other Fiction)

Harris, Frank: Eatin' Crow. V1. 17 Feb 2011 (Short Fiction)

Harris, Frank: Elder Conklin. V1. 17 Feb 2011 (Short Fiction)

Harris, Joel C.: Little Mr. Thimblefinger and His Queer Country. v1. 22 Dec 2013 (Fantasy)

Harris, Joel Chandler, Uncle Remus: His Songs and His Sayings, Version 11, (Fantasy)

Harris, Joel Chandler: A Little Union Scout. v1. 23 Dec 2013 (Romance)

Harris, Joel Chandler: Free Joe and Other Georgian Sketches. 21 Dec 2013 (Short Fiction)

Harris, Joel Chandler: Gabriel Tolliver. v1. 21 Dec 2013 (Other Fiction)

Harris, Joel Chandler: Mingo. v1. 23 Dec 2013 (Short Fiction)

Harris, Joel Chandler: Nights With Uncle Remus. v1. 24 Dec 2013 (Fantasy)

Harris, Joel Chandler: Stories Of Georgia. v1. 25 Dec 2013 (History)

Harris, Joel Chandler: The Bishop and the Boogerman. v1. 21 Dec 2013 (Other Fiction)

Harris, Joel Chandler: Uncle Remus and Brer Rabbit. v1. 25 Dec 2013 (Fantasy)

Harrison, Henry Sydnor: Angela's Business. V1. 19 Feb 2011 (Romance)

Harrison, Henry Sydnor: Angela's Business. v1. 28 Feb 2017 (Other Fiction)

Harrison, Henry Sydnor: Captivating Mary Carstairs. v1. 1 Mar 2017 (Other Fiction)

Harrison, Henry Sydnor: Captivating Mary Carstairs. V1. 19 Feb 2011 (Romance)

Harrison, Henry Sydnor: Queed. V1. 19 Feb 2011 (Romance)

Harrison, Henry Sydnor: Saint Teresa. v1. 4 Mar 2017 (Other Fiction)

Harrison, Henry Sydnor: V. V.'s Eyes. V1. 20 Feb 2011 (Romance)

Harrison, Henry Sydnor: When I Come Back. v1. 5 Mar 2017 (Short Fiction)

Harrison, Jane Ellen: Ancient Art and Ritual, v1, 5 January 2010. (Other Non-Fiction)

Harrison, Jane: Myths of Greece and Rome, v.1, 8 October 2008. (Reference)

Hart, Frances Noyes: Contact, and other stories (1923); v1; 23 Jun 2020 (Short Fiction)

Hart, Frances Noyes: The Bellamy Trial (1927); v1; 7 May 2020 (Mystery and Crime)

Harte, Bret: New Burlesques. v1. 27 Nov 2014 (Short Fiction)

Harte, Bret: A First Family of Tasajara. v1. 30 Nov 2014 (Other Fiction)

Harte, Bret: A Millionaire of Rough-and-Ready. 03 Sept 07 (Western)

Harte, Bret: A Phyllis of the Sierras. v1. 29 Nov 2014 (Short Fiction)

Harte, Bret: A Protegee of Jack Hamlin's. v1. 6 Dec 2014 (Short Fiction)

Harte, Bret: A Sappho of Green Springs. v1. 9 Dec 2014 (Short Fiction)

Harte, Bret: A Waif of the Plains. v1. 3 Dec 2014 (Short Fiction)

Harte, Bret: By Shore and Sedge. v1. 25 Nov 2014 (Short Fiction)

Harte, Bret: Clarence. v1. 25 Nov 2014 (Other Fiction)

Harte, Bret: Colonel Starbottle's Client. v1. 25 Nov 2014 (Short Fiction)

Harte, Bret: Condensed Novels. 03 Sept 07 (Western)

Harte, Bret: Condensed Novels. v1. 27 Nov 2014 (Short Fiction)

Harte, Bret: Cressy. v1. 27 Nov 2014 (Other Fiction)

Harte, Bret: Devil's Ford. v1, 23 Jan 2008

Harte, Bret: Drift from Two Shores. v1. 29 Nov 2014 (Short Fiction)

Harte, Bret: East and West-Poems. v1. 30 Nov 2014 (Poetry)

Harte, Bret: Excelsior. v1. 30 Nov 2014 (Poetry)

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Henty, G. A: A Search For A Secret. v1. 30 Oct 2014 (Mystery and Crime)

Henty, G. A: Among Malay Pirates. v1. 27 Sep 2014 (Short Fiction)

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Henty, G. A: In the Hands of the Malays. v1. 18 Oct 2014 (Short Fiction)

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Henty, G. A: One of the 28th. v1. 25 Oct 2014 (Action)

Henty, G. A: Orange and Green. v1. 27 Oct 2014 (Action)

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Henty, G. A: Redskin and Cow-Boy. v1. 28 Oct 2014 (Action)

Henty, G. A: Rujub, the Juggler. v1. 29 Oct 2014 (Action)

Henty, G. A: Saint Bartholomew's Eve. v1. 30 Oct 2014 (Action)

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Henty, G. A: Sturdy and Strong. v1. 31 Oct 2014 (Short Fiction)

Henty, G. A: Tales of Daring and Danger. v1. 1 Nov 2014 (Short Fiction)

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Henty, G. A: The Curse of Carne's Hold. v1. 12 Oct 2014 (Action)

Henty, G. A: The Dash for Khartoum. v1. 13 Oct 2014 (Action)

Henty, G. A: The Dragon and the Raven. v1. 14 Oct 2014 (Action)

Henty, G. A: The Golden Canyon. v1. 16 Oct 2014 (Action)

Henty, G. A: The Lion of Saint Mark. v1. 23 Oct 2014 (Action)

Henty, G. A: The Lost Heir. v1. 23 Oct 2014 (Action)

Henty, G. A: The Queen's Cup. v1. 27 Oct 2014 (Action)

Henty, G. A: The Tiger of Mysore. v1. 2 Nov 2014 (Action)

Henty, G. A: The Treasure of the Incas. v1. 3 Nov 2014 (Action)

Henty, G. A: The Young Buglers. v1. 14 Nov 2014 (Action)

Henty, G. A: The Young Carthaginian. v1. 15 Nov 2014 (Action)

Henty, G. A: The Young Colonists. v1. 15 Nov 2014 (Action)

Henty, G. A: The Young Franc Tireurs. v1. 16 Nov 2014 (Action)

Henty, G. A: Through Russian Snows. v1. 1 Nov 2014 (Action)

Henty, G. A: Through the Fray. v1. 2 Nov 2014 (Action)

Henty, G. A: Through Three Campaigns. v1. 2 Nov 2014 (Action)

Henty, G. A: True to the Old Flag. v1. 4 Nov 2014 (Action)

Henty, G. A: Under Drake's Flag. v1. 4 Nov 2014 (Action)

Henty, G. A: Under Wellington's Command (Action)

Henty, G. A: When London Burned. v1. 5 Nov 2014 (Action)

Henty, G. A: Winning His Spurs. v1. 7 Nov 2014 (Action)

Henty, G. A: With Buller in Natal. v1. 7 Nov 2014 (Action)

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Henty, G. A: With Kitchener in the Soudan. v1. 10 Nov 2014 (Action)

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Henty, G. A: With the Allies to Pekin. v1. 12 Nov 2014 (Action)

Henty, G. A: With Wolfe in Canada. v1. 12 Nov 2014 (Action)

Henty, G. A: Won by the Sword. v1. 13 Nov 2014 (Action)

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Henty, G.A.: A Chapter of Adventures v1 2mar 2009 (Action)

Henty, G.A.: A Far Flung Empire.V1.12 June 2014 (Action)

Henty, G.A.: A Final Reckoning v1 25 jan 2009 (Action)

Henty, G.A.: Ancient History.V1.12 June 2014 (Action)

Henty, G.A.: At Aboukir and Acre v1 17 may 2009 (Historical Fiction)

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Henty, G.A.: In 19th Century Europe.V1.12 June 2014 (Action)

Henty, G.A.: In Freedom's Cause v1 19 jan 2009 (Historical Fiction)

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Henty, G.A.: In the Reign of Terror v1 21 may 2009 (Historical Fiction)

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Henty, G.A.: Knight of the White Cross v1 26 jan 2009 (Historical Fiction)

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Henty, G.A.: North American Adventures.V1.12 June 2014 (Action)

Henty, G.A.: On the Irrawaddy v1 25 mar 2009 (Historical Fiction)

Henty, G.A.: Saint George for England v1 25 feb 2009 (Historical Fiction)

Henty, G.A.: Story Collections.V1.12 June 2014 (Action)

Henty, G.A.: The Cat of Bubastes v1 21 jan 2009 (Historical Fiction)

Henty, G.A.: The Challenge of Napoleon.V1.12 June 2014 (Action)

Henty, G.A.: The Tiger of Mysore v1 31 jan 2009 (Historical Fiction)

Henty, G.A.: Under Drake's Flag v1 1 apr 2009 (Historical Fiction)

Henty, G.A.: With The Knights of Europe.V1.12 June 2014 (Action)

Henty, George Alfred: A Girl of the Commune. V1. 2 May 2010 (Historical Fiction)

Henty, George Alfred: A Jacobite Exile. V1. 4 May 2010 (Historical Fiction)

Henty, George Alfred: A March on London. V1. 6 May 2010 (Historical Fiction)

Henty, George Alfred: Among Malay Pirates. V1. 22 Apr 2010 (Short Fiction)

Henty, George Alfred: At Agincourt. V1. 23 Apr 2010 (Historical Fiction)

Henty, George Alfred: At the Point of the Bayonet. V1. 24 Apr 2010 (Historical Fiction)

Henty, George Alfred: Beric the Briton. V1. 24 Apr 2010 (Historical Fiction)

Henty, George Alfred: Bonnie Prince Charlie. V1. 25 Apr 2010 (Historical Fiction)

Henty, George Alfred: Both Sides the Border. V1. 26 Apr 2010 (Historical Fiction)

Henty, George Alfred: By Conduct and Courage. V1. 20 Apr 2010 (Action)

Henty, George Alfred: By England's Aid. V1. 27 Apr 2010 (Historical Fiction)

Henty, George Alfred: By Pike and Dyke. 27 Apr 2010 (Historical Fiction)

Henty, George Alfred: By Right of Conquest. V1. 27 Apr 2010 (Historical Fiction)

Henty, George Alfred: By Sheer Pluck. V1. 28 Apr 2010 (Historical Fiction)

Henty, George Alfred: Captain Bayley's Heir. V1. 28 Apr 2010 (Historical Fiction)

Henty, George Alfred: Colonel Thorndyke's Secret. V1. 29 Apr 2010 (Action)

Henty, George Alfred: Facing Death. V1. 1 May 2010 (Historical Fiction)

Henty, George Alfred: For Name and Fame. V1. 1 May 2010 (Historical Fiction)

Henty, George Alfred: For the Temple. V1. 2 May 2010 (Historical Fiction)

Henty, George Alfred: Friends, though divided. V1. 2 May 2010 (Historical Fiction)

Henty, George Alfred: Held Fast For England. V1. 3 May 2010 (Historical Fiction)

Henty, George Alfred: In the Heart of the Rockies. V1. 3 May 2010 (Historical Fiction)

Henty, George Alfred: In the Irish Brigade. V1. 4 May 2010 (Historical Fiction)

Henty, George Alfred: In Times of Peril. V1. 4 May 2010 (Historical Fiction)

Henty, George Alfred: Jack Archer. V1. 5 May 2010 (Historical Fiction)

Henty, George Alfred: No Surrender!. V1. 7 May 2010 (Historical Fiction)

Henty, George Alfred: One of the 28th. V1. 9 May 2010 (Historical Fiction)

Henty, George Alfred: Orange and Green. V1. 11 May 2010 (Historical Fiction)

Henty, George Alfred: Rujub, the Juggler. V1. 16 May 2010 (Historical Fiction)

Henty, George Alfred: Saint Bartholomew's Eve. V1. 17 May 2010 (Historical Fiction)

Henty, George Alfred: Saint George for England. V1. 18 May 2010 (Historical Fiction)

Henty, George Alfred: Tales of Daring and Danger. V1. 19 May 2010 (Historical Fiction)

Henty, George Alfred: The Boy Knight. V1. 26 Apr 2010 (Historical Fiction)

Henty, George Alfred: The Bravest of the Brave. V1. 26 Apr 2010 (Historical Fiction)

Henty, George Alfred: The Cornet of Horse. V1. 29 Apr 2010 (Historical Fiction)

Henty, George Alfred: The Curse of Carne's Hold. V1.April 5 2012 (Historical Fiction)

Henty, George Alfred: The Dash for Khartoum. V1. 29 Apr 2010 (Historical Fiction)

Henty, George Alfred: The Dragon and the Raven. V1. 30 Apr 2010 (Historical Fiction)

Henty, George Alfred: The Golden Canyon. V1. 3 May 2010 (Historical Fiction)

Henty, George Alfred: The Lion of Saint Mark. V1. 5 May 2010 (Historical Fiction)

Henty, George Alfred: The Treasure of the Incas. V1. 22 May 2010 (Historical Fiction)

Henty, George Alfred: The Young Buglers. V1. 29 May 2010 (Historical Fiction)

Henty, George Alfred: The Young Carthaginian. V1. 30 May 2010 (Historical Fiction)

Henty, George Alfred: The Young Franc Tireurs. V1. 30 May 2010 (Historical Fiction)

Henty, George Alfred: Through the Fray. V1. 21 May 2010 (Historical Fiction)

Henty, George Alfred: Through Three Campaigns. V1. 21 May 2010 (Historical Fiction)

Henty, George Alfred: True to the Old Flag. V1. 22 May 2010 (Historical Fiction)

Henty, George Alfred: Under Wellington's Command. V1. 23 May 2010 (Humor)

Henty, George Alfred: When London Burned. V1. 23 May 2010 (Historical Fiction)

Henty, George Alfred: When London Burned. V2. 23 May 2010 (Historical Fiction)

Henty, George Alfred: Winning His Spurs. V1. 24 May 2010 (Historical Fiction)

Henty, George Alfred: With Buller in Natal. V1. 24 May 2010 (Historical Fiction)

Henty, George Alfred: With Cochrane the Dauntless. V1. 5 July 2010 (Action)

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Henty, George Alfred: With Kitchener in the Soudan. V1. 27 May 2010 (Historical Fiction)

Henty, George Alfred: With Lee in Virginia. V1. 27 May 2010 (Historical Fiction)

Henty, George Alfred: With Moore at Corunna. V1. 28 May 2010 (Historical Fiction)

Henty, George Alfred: With Wolfe in Canada. V1. 29 May 2010 (Historical Fiction)

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Hergesheimer, Joseph: The Bright Shawl. V1. 30 May 2010 (Short Fiction)

Hergesheimer, Joseph: The Happy End. V1. 31 May 2010 (Short Fiction)

Hergesheimer, Joseph: The Three Black Pennys. V1. 1 Jun 2010 (Other Fiction)

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Heron, E & H: Real Ghost Stories: The Complete Flaxman Low (1899); v1, 27 Mar 2019 (Fantasy)

Heron, E and H: Flaxman Low, Occult Psychologist, Collected Stories. V1. 7 Mar 2012 (Horror)

Herrick, Robert Welch: Clark's Field. V1. 2 Jun 2010 (Romance)

Herrick, Robert Welch: One Woman's Life. V1. 3 June 2010 (Other Fiction)

Herrick, Robert Welch: The Man Who Wins.V1. 2 June 2010 (Romance)

Herrick, Robert Welch: The World Decision. V1. 4 June 2010 (History)

Herrick, Robert Welch: Together. V1. 3 June 2010 (Other Fiction)

Herzl, Theodor: Der Judenstaat [German]. v1. 27 Feb 2011 (History)

Hewlett, Maurice: The Spanish Jade v1 31 Jul 2009 (Historical Fiction)

Heye, Dennie: The Obnoxiouis Librarian, v1.0 24 July 2009 (Humor)

Heyse, Paul: Andrea Delfin. V1. 12 Sep 2010 (Short Fiction)

Heyse, Paul: Barbarossa german v1 26 feb 2009 (Other Fiction)

Heyse, Paul: Der letzte Zentaur german v1 14 mar 2009 (Other Fiction)

Heyse, Paul: In Paradise Vol I. V1. 14 Sep 2010 (Other Fiction)

Heyse, Paul: In Paradise Vol. II. V1. 14 Sep 2010 (Other Fiction)

Heyse, Paul: L'Arrabiata and Other Tales. V1. 12 Sep 2010 (Short Fiction)

Hichens, Robert Smythe: A Spirit in Prison Series. V1. 3 Mar 2009 (Romance)

Hichens, Robert Smythe: Bella Donna. V1. 3 Mar 2009 (Romance)

Hichens, Robert Smythe: December Love. V1. 3 Mar 2009 (Romance)

Hichens, Robert Smythe: Desert Air. v1. 4 Mar 2009 (Other Fiction)

Hichens, Robert Smythe: Fin Tireur. V1. 4 Mar 2009 (Short Fiction)

Hichens, Robert Smythe: Flames. V1. 4 Mar 2009 (Other Fiction)

Hichens, Robert Smythe: Halima And The Scorpions. V1. 5 Mar 2009 (Short Fiction)

Hichens, Robert Smythe: In the Wilderness. V1. 5 Mar 2009 (Other Fiction)

Hichens, Robert Smythe: Smaïn; and Safti's Summer Day. V1. 6 Mar 2009 (Short Fiction)

Hichens, Robert Smythe: The Collaborators. V1. 6 Mar 2009 (Short Fiction)

Hichens, Robert Smythe: The Desert Drum. V1. 7 Mar 2009 (Short Fiction)

Hichens, Robert Smythe: The Dweller on the Threshold. V1. 7 Mar 2009 (Other Fiction)

Hichens, Robert Smythe: The Folly Of Eustace. V1. 7 Mar 2009 (Short Fiction)

Hichens, Robert Smythe: The Garden of Allah. V1. 8 Mar 2009 (Romance)

Hichens, Robert Smythe: The Green Carnation. V1. 8 Mar 2009 (Romance)

Hichens, Robert Smythe: The Mission Of Mr. Eustace Greyne. V1. 9 Mar 2009 (Romance)

Hichens, Robert Smythe: The Princess And The Jewel Doctor. V1. 9 Mar 2009 (Romance)

Hichens, Robert Smythe: The Prophet of Berkeley Square. V1. 10 Mar 2009 (Other Fiction)

Hichens, Robert Smythe: The Return Of The Soul. V1. 14 Mar 2009 (Romance)

Hichens, Robert Smythe: The Spell of Egypt. V1. 15 Mar 2009 (Romance)

Hichens, Robert Smythe: The Spinster. V1. 15 Mar 2009 (Romance)

Hichens, Robert Smythe: The Way of Ambition. V1. 17 Mar 2009 (Romance)

Hichens, Robert Smythe: The Woman with the Fan. V1. 17 Mar 2009 (Romance)

Hichens, Robert Smythe: Tongues of Conscience. V1. 18 Mar 2009 (Short Fiction)

Higgin, L.: Handbook of Embroidery, v.1, 30 June 2008 (Other Non-Fiction)

Higginson, T. W.: Tales of the Enchanted Islands of the Atlantic. V1. 6 June 2010 (Other Non-Fiction)

Higginson, Thomas Wentworth: Army Life in a Black Regiment. V1. 5 June 2010 (History)

Higginson, Thomas Wentworth: Black Rebellion. V1. 5 June 2010 (History)

Higginson, Thomas Wentworth: Malbone an Oldport Romance. V1. 5 June 2010 (Romance)

Higginson, Thomas Wentworth: Oldport Days. V1. 5 June 2010 (Short Fiction)

Hill, Grace Livingston: A Voice in the Wilderness. V1. 11 June 2010 (Romance)

Hill, Grace Livingston: Cloudy Jewel. V1. 7 June 2010 (Romance)

Hill, Grace Livingston: Exit Betty. V1. 7 June 2010 (Romance)

Hill, Grace Livingston: Lo, Michael!. V1. 8 June 2010 (Romance)

Hill, Grace Livingston: Marcia Schuyler. V1. 9 June 2010 (Romance)

Hill, Grace Livingston: The City of Fire. V1. 6 June 2010 (Romance)

Hill, Grace Livingston: The Girl from Montana. V1. 7 June 2010 (Romance)

Hill, Grace Livingston: The Man of the Desert. V1. 8 June 2010 (Romance)

Hill, Grace Livingston: The Mystery of Mary. V1. 10 June 2010 (Romance)

Hill, Grace Livingston: The Search. V1. 10 June 2010 (Romance)

Hill, Grace Livingston: The War Romance of the Salvation Army. V1. 12 June 2010 (History)

Hill, Grace Livingston: The Witness. V1. 12 June 2010 (Romance)

Hill, Headon: The Divinations of Kala Persad (1894); v1; 3 Sep 2020 (Short Fiction)

Hill, Headon: The Solutions of Radford Shone (1907); v1; 2 Sep 2020 (Short Fiction)

Hill, J.H.: Astral Worship. v1, 5 Feb 2008

Hilton, James: And Now Good-bye. V1. 7 Sep 2012 (Other Fiction)

Hilton, James: And Now, Good-Bye. V1. 30 Oct 2010 (Other Fiction)

Hilton, James: Contango (Ill Wind). V1. 8 Sep 2012 (Other Fiction)

Hilton, James: Good-bye, Mr. Chips, v.1, 13 Feb 2008.

Hilton, James: Good-bye, Mr. Chips. V1. 22 Dec 2008 (Other Fiction)

Hilton, James: Knight Without Armour. V1. 30 Oct 2010 (Other Fiction)

Hilton, James: Knight Without Armour. V1. 9 Sep 2012 (Other Fiction)

Hilton, James: Lost Horizon, v.1, 29 Oct 2007. (Other Fiction)

Hilton, James: Morning Journey, v.1, 17 Feb 2008.

Hilton, James: Murder At School. V1. 8 Sep 2012 (Mystery and Crime)

Hilton, James: Nothing So Strange. V1. 10 Sep 2012 (Other Fiction)

Hilton, James: Random Harvest, v.1, 11 Feb 2008.

Hilton, James: So Well Remembered. V1. 10 Sep 2012 (Other Fiction)

Hilton, James: The Story of Dr. Wassell. V1. 10 Sep 2012 (Other Non-Fiction)

Hilton, James: Time And Time Again. V1. 11 Sep 2012 (Other Fiction)

Hilton, James: To You, Mr Chips!. V1. 9 Sep 2012 (Short Fiction)

Hilton, James: Was it Murder?, v.1, 21 Feb 2008.

Hilton, Walter: The Scale (or Ladder) of Perfection. 20-Nov-2010 (Spiritual)

Hinton, C.H.: An Episode of Flatland. v1. 10 Nov 2007

Hippocrates: Collected Works, v.1, 26 June 2008. (Other Non-Fiction)

Hittell, Theodore H.: Adventures of James Capen "Grizzly" Adams. v1. 2 Dec 07

Hocking, Joseph: The Birthright. V1. 13 June 2010 (Action)

Hocking, Joseph: All for a Scrap of Paper. V1. 12 June 2010 (Action)

Hocking, Joseph: All for a scrap of paper.V1.2 July 2012 (Spiritual)

Hocking, Joseph: Roger Trewinion.V1.2 July 2012 (Spiritual)

Hocking, Joseph: The Birthright.V1.2 July 2012 (Spiritual)

Hocking, Joseph: The Day of Judgement.V1.2 July 2012 (Spiritual)

Hocking, Joseph: The Day of Judgment. V1. 14 June 2010 (Romance)

Hocking, Joseph: The Everlasting Arms.V1.2 July 2012 (Spiritual)

Hocking, Joseph: The Man who rose again.V1.2 July 2012 (Spiritual)

Hocking, Joseph: The passion for life.V1.2 July 2012 (Spiritual)

Hocking, Joseph: The Pomp of Yesterday. V1. 14 June 2010 (Action)

Hocking, Joseph: The Pomp of Yesterday.V1.2 July 2012 (Spiritual)

Hocking, Joseph: Tommy. V1. 16 June 2010 (Action)

Hocking, Joseph: Tommy.V1.2 July 2012 (Spiritual)

Hocking, Joseph: Weapons of Mystery. V1. 16 June 2010 (Other Fiction)

Hocking, Joseph: Weapons of Mystery.V1.2 July 2012 (Spiritual)

Hocking, Silas Kitto: A Modern Pharisee. v1. 14 Mar 2016 (Other Fiction)

Hocking, Silas Kitto: Dick's Fairy. v1. 12 Mar 2016 (Short Fiction)

Hocking, Silas Kitto: For Such Is Life. v1. 13 Mar 2016 (Other Fiction)

Hocking, Silas Kitto: Real Grit. v1. 16 Mar 2016 (Other Fiction)

Hocking, Silas Kitto: Rex Raynor, Artist. v1. 18 Mar 2016 (Other Fiction)

Hocking, Silas Kitto: Tregeagle's Head. v1. 19 Mar 2016 (Action)

Hodgson, William Hope: Captain Gault (1917), V.1. (Other Fiction)

Hodgson, William Hope: Carnacki the Ghost-Finder (1913); v2; 7 Jan 2020 (Fantasy)

Hodgson, William Hope: Carnacki, the Ghost Finder. V1. 17 June 2010 (Short Fiction)

Hodgson, William Hope: Men of the Deep Waters (1914) v.1. (Short Fiction)

Hodgson, William Hope: The Boats of the "Glen-Carrig" (1907); v1 (Horror)

Hodgson, William Hope: The Boats of the Glen Carrig. V1. 17 June 2010 (Action)

Hodgson, William Hope: The Ghost Pirates (1909), V1 (Horror)

Hodgson, William Hope: The Ghost Pirates. V1. 18 June 2010 (Action)

Hodgson, William Hope: The House on the Borderland. V1. 18 June 2010 (Fantasy)

Hodgson, William Hope: The Night Land. V1. 19 June 2010 (Fantasy)

Hodgson, William Hope: The Real Thing. V1. 16 Mar 2011 (Action)

Hodson, Thomas: Old Daniel. V1. 19 June 2010 (Spiritual)

Hoffman, E.T.A: Weird Tales, v1, 30 Dec 2018 (Short Fiction)

Hoffmann, E. T. A.: Die Elixiere des Teufels german v1 18 feb 2009 (Other Fiction)

Hoffmann, E. T. A.: Meister Floh. german. v1. 21 mar 2009 (Other Fiction)

Hoffmann, E. T. A.: Nachtstücke. german. v1. 7 mar 2009 (Mystery and Crime)

Hoffmann, E. T. A: The Devil's Elixir. v1. 19 Nov 2014 (Other Fiction)

Hoffmann, E.T.A.: Der Sandmann (german) v1 23 dec 2008 (Horror)

Hoffmann, E.T.A.: Hoffmann's Strange Stories. v1. 11 Feb 2019 (Short Fiction)

Hoffmann, E.T.A.: The Devil's Elixir. v1. 15 July 2013 (Horror)

Hoffmann, E.T.A.: The Elementary Spirit. v1 12 Jan 2019 (Short Fiction)

Hoffmann, E.T.A.: The Golden Pot: v1, 7 Jan 2019 (Short Fiction)

Hoffmann, E.T.A.: The Jesuit's Church in G-, v1, 15 Jan 2019 (Short Fiction)

Hoffmann, E.T.A.: Weird Tales Vol.1.Ver.1.1/27/2012 (Other Fiction)

Hoffmann, E.T.A.: Weird Tales Vol.2.Ver.1.1/27/2012 (Other Fiction)

Hoffmann, Heinrich, et al: Slovenly Betsy (illus). v1. 16 Apr 2021 (Children)

Hoffmann, Heinrich: Struwwelpeter/Slovenly Peter (De,Fr,It,En,illus). v2. 29 Apr 2019 (Children)

Hogg, James: Brownie of Bodsbeck, and Other Tales (Vol_ 1 of 2). v1. 14 Oct 2013 (Other Fiction)

Hogg, James: Collected Stories of James Hogg. V1. 8 Mar 2012 (Horror)

Hogg, James: The Brownie of Bodsbeck, and Other Tales, Vol II (of 2). v1. 14 Oct 2013 (Short Fiction)

Hogg, James: The Private Memoirs and Confessions ... Sinner: v1. 15 Oct 2013 (Biography)

Hogg, James: The Shepherd's Calendar Volume I (of II). v1. 15 Oct 2013 (Short Fiction)

Hogg, James: The Three Perils of Man, Vol. 1 (of 3). v1. 15 Oct 2013 (Romance)

Hogg, James: The Three Perils of Man, Vol. 2 (of 3). v1. 16 Oct 2013 (Romance)

Hogg, James: The Three Perils of Man, Vol. 3 (of 3). v1. 16 Oct 2013 (Romance)

Holberg, Ludvig: Den stundesløse [Norwegian].v1. 28 Apr 2014 (Other Fiction)

Holberg, Ludvig: Niel's Klim's Journey under the ground. v1.20/2/2107 (Science Fiction)

Holbrook, Florence: The Book of Nature Myths (Illustrated):. v1, 8 Feb 2008

Holcroft, Thomas: Anna St. Ives. V1. 20 June 2010 (Romance)

Holcroft, Thomas: The Adventures of Hugh Trevor. V1. 20 June 2010 (Romance)

Holliday, R. C.: Broome Street Straws (collect). v1. 07 Mar 2021 (Essays)

Holliday, R. C.: In the Neighborhood of Murray Hill. v1. 08 Mar 2021 (Essays)

Holliday, R. C.: Literary Lanes and Other Byways (collect). v1. 07 Mar 2021 (Essays)

Holliday, R. C.: Peeps at People (collect). v1. 07 Mar 2021 (Essays)

Holliday, R. C.: Turns about Town (collect). v1. 07 Mar 2021 (Essays)

Holliday, R. C.: Walking-Stick Papers (collect). v1. 07 Mar 2021 (Essays)

Holmes, Mary Jane: 'Lena Rivers. V1. 3 July 2010 (Other Fiction)

Holmes, Mary Jane: Aikenside. V1. 28 June 2010 (Romance)

Holmes, Mary Jane: Bad Hugh. V1. 28 June 2010 (Romance)

Holmes, Mary Jane: Bessie's Fortune. V1. 29 June 2010 (Other Fiction)

Holmes, Mary Jane: Cousin Maude. V1. 29 June 2010 (Other Fiction)

Holmes, Mary Jane: Darkness and Daylight. V1. 1 July 2010 (Other Fiction)

Holmes, Mary Jane: Dora Deane. V1. 1 July 2010 (Romance)

Holmes, Mary Jane: Ethelyn's Mistake. V1. 2 July 2010 (Romance)

Holmes, Mary Jane: Homestead on the Hillside. V1. 3 July 2010 (Short Fiction)

Holmes, Mary Jane: Maggie Miller. V1. 4 July 2010 (Romance)

Holmes, Mary Jane: Miss McDonald. V1. 4 July 2010 (Romance)

Holmes, Mary Jane: Rosamond — or, the Youthful Error. V1. 5 July 2010 (Short Fiction)

Holmes, Mary Jane: Tempest and Sunshine. V1. 5 July 2010 (Romance)

Holmes, Mary Jane: The Cromptons. V1. 30 June 2010 (Other Fiction)

Holmes, Mary Jane: The English Orphans. V1. 1 July 2010 (Other Fiction)

Holmes, Mary Jane: The Rector of St. Mark's. V1. 4 July 2010 (Short Fiction)

Holmes, Mary Jane: Tracy Park. V1. 6 July 2010 (Romance)

Holmes, William H.: Form and Ornament in Ceramic Art, v.1, 30 Dec 2008 (Other Non-Fiction)

Holt, Emily Sarah: A Forgotten Hero. V1. 9 July 2010 (Historical Fiction)

Holt, Emily Sarah: All's Well. V1. 8 July 2010 (Historical Fiction)

Holt, Emily Sarah: Clare Avery. V1. 8 July (Historical Fiction)

Holt, Emily Sarah: Earl Hubert's Daughter. V1. 9 July 2010 (Historical Fiction)

Holt, Emily Sarah: For the Master's Sake. V1. 9 July 2010 (Historical Fiction)

Holt, Emily Sarah: In Convent Walls. V1. 10 July 2010 (Historical Fiction)

Holt, Emily Sarah: It Might Have Been. V1. 10 July 2010 (Historical Fiction)

Holt, Emily Sarah: Joyce Morrell's Harvest. V1. 11 July (Historical Fiction)

Holt, Emily Sarah: Mistress Margery. V1. 13 July 2010 (Historical Fiction)

Holt, Emily Sarah: One Snowy Night. V1. 13 July 2010 (Historical Fiction)

Holt, Emily Sarah: Our Little Lady. V1. 14 July 2010 (Historical Fiction)

Holt, Emily Sarah: Out in the Forty-Five. V1. 14 July 2010 (Historical Fiction)

Holt, Emily Sarah: Robin Tremayne. V1. 15 July 2010 (Historical Fiction)

Holt, Emily Sarah: The Gold that Glitters. V1. 10 July 2010 (Historical Fiction)

Holt, Emily Sarah: The King's Daughters. V1. 12 July 2010 (Historical Fiction)

Holt, Emily Sarah: The Maidens' Lodge. V1. 12 July 2010 (Historical Fiction)

Holt, Emily Sarah: The Well in the Desert. V1. 16 July 2010 (Historical Fiction)

Holt, Emily Sarah: The White Lady of Hazelwood. V1. 22 Apr 2010 (Historical Fiction)

Holt, Emily Sarah: The White Rose of Langley. V1. 16 July 2010 (Historical Fiction)

Holt-White, William: The Crime Club (1910); v1; 28 Dec 2020 (Mystery and Crime)

Homer: Ilias (german) v1.0 Jun 2010 (Other Fiction)

Homer: Odyssee (german) v1.0 Jun 2010 (Other Fiction)

Homer: Odyssey (Greek) (Poetry)

Homer: Odyssey book 1 (Greek). v1. 20 Aug 2010 (Poetry)

Homer: The Iliad - v1 22 June 07 (Short Fiction)

Homer: The Works of Homer, V1, 4/5/2011 (Other Fiction)

Homes Dudden, F.: Life and Times of St. Ambrose (abr.). V1.0. 18 Apr 2012 (History)

Hooker, Forrestine: Prince Jan, St. Bernard. v1. 6 Jul 2016 (Young Adult)

Hooker, Forrestine: Star; the Story of an Indian Pony. v1. 7 Jul 2016 (Young Adult)

Hooker, Forrestine: The Long Dim Trail. v1. 9 Jul 2016 (Western)

Hoover, Herbert: State of the Union. v1.0, 13 October 2007

Hope, Anthony, et. al.: Stories by English Authors England. V1. 25 June 2010 (Short Fiction)

Hope, Anthony: A Man of Mark. V1. 23 June 2010 (Romance)

Hope, Anthony: A Young Man's Year. v1. 17 Dec 2013 (Romance)

Hope, Anthony: Beaumaroy Home from the Wars. v1. 12 Dec 2013 (Romance)

Hope, Anthony: Captain Dieppe. V1. 21 June 2010 (Romance)

Hope, Anthony: Comedies of Courtship. V1. 21 June 2010 (Short Fiction)

Hope, Anthony: Dolly Dialogues. V1. 21 June 2010 (Romance)

Hope, Anthony: Double Harness. v1. 13 Dec 2013 (Romance)

Hope, Anthony: Father Stafford. V1. 21 June 2010 (Romance)

Hope, Anthony: Frivolous Cupid. V1. 22 June 2010 (Short Fiction)

Hope, Anthony: Half a Hero. V1. 22 July 2010 (Other Fiction)

Hope, Anthony: Helena's Path. v1. 14 Dec 2013 (Romance)

Hope, Anthony: Mr. Witt's Widow. v1. 15 Dec 2013 (Romance)

Hope, Anthony: Mrs. Maxon Protests. v1. 15 Dec 2013 (Other Fiction)

Hope, Anthony: Phroso. v1. 16 Dec 2013 (Action)

Hope, Anthony: Quisanté. V1. 24 June 2010 (Romance)

Hope, Anthony: Rupert of Hentzau. V1. 24 June 2010 (Romance)

Hope, Anthony: Ruritania Duology, v1, 11 Nov 2007

Hope, Anthony: Second String. v1. 16 Dec 2-13 (Romance)

Hope, Anthony: Simon Dale. V1. 25 June 2010 (Romance)

Hope, Anthony: Sophy of Kravonia. v1. 17 Dec 2013 (Romance)

Hope, Anthony: Sport Royal. v1. 17 Dec 2013 (Short Fiction)

Hope, Anthony: The Chronicles of Count Antonio. v1. 12 Dec 2013 (Action)

Hope, Anthony: The God in the Car. v1. 13 Dec 2013 (Historical Fiction)

Hope, Anthony: The Great Miss Driver. v1. 14 Dec 2013 (Other Fiction)

Hope, Anthony: The Heart of Princess Osra. v1. 14 Dec 2013 (Romance)

Hope, Anthony: The Indiscretion of the Duchess. V1. 22 June 2010 (Romance)

Hope, Anthony: The King's Mirror. V1. 23 June 2010 (Romance)

Hope, Anthony: The Prisoner of Zenda. V1. 24 June 2010 (Romance)

Hope, Anthony: The Secret of the Tower. V1. 24 June 2010 (Romance)

Hope, Anthony: Tristram of Blent. V1. 25 June 2010 (Other Fiction)

Hope, Laura Lee: Six Little Bunkers at Garndpa Ford's. v1.0. 8 December 2008 (Children)

Hope, Laura Lee: The Bobbsey Twins at Meadow Brook, v.1, 16 May 2009 (Children)

Hope, Laura Lee: The Bobbsey Twins at School, v.1, 14 June 2008 (Children)

Hope, Laura Lee: The Bobbsey Twins at Snow Lodge, v.1, 2008-09-03 (Children)

Hope, Laura Lee: The Bobbsey Twins at the Seashore, v.1, 13 June 2008 (Children)

Hope, Laura Lee: The Bobbsey Twins in the Country, v1.1, 2008-06-12 (Children)

Hope, Laura Lee: The Bobbsey Twins on a Houseboat, v.1, 16 May 2009 (Children)

Hope, Laura Lee: The Bobbsey Twins, v1.1, 2008-06-12 (Children)

Hope, Laura Lee: The Moving Picture Girls. v1. 4 Oct 2008 (Young Adult)

Hope, Laura Lee: The Story of a Stuffed Elephant. v1.0. 8 December 2008 (Children)

Hope, Laura Lee: The Story of the Nodding Donkey. v1.0. 8 December 2008 (Children)

Hopkins, Seward W: A Mystery of Roscoe Conkling Park (1916); v1, 26 June 2021 (Mystery and Crime)

Hopkins, William John: Concerning Sally. v1. 18 Dec 2014 (Other Fiction)

Hopkins, William John: The Clammer and the Submarine. v1. 17 Dec 2014 (Action)

Hopkins, William John: The Doers. v1. 18 Dec 2014 (Children)

Horler, Sydney: Chipstead of the Lone Hand. V1. 5 December 2012 (Mystery and Crime)

Horler, Sydney: The Black Heart. V1. 21 December 2012 (Mystery and Crime)

Horn, Alfred Aloysius: Trader Horn, Being the Life and Works. v1. 2 Dec 07

Hornung, E W: The Crime Doctor (1914); v1; 2 Oct 2021 (Short Fiction)

Hornung, E. W.: A. J. Raffles, Gentleman Thief. v1. 26 Nov 2022 (Mystery and Crime)

Hornung, E. W: A Bride from the Bush. v1. 20 Dec 2014 (Mystery and Crime)

Hornung, E. W: A Thief in the Night (Mystery and Crime)

Hornung, E. W: At Large. v1. 19 Dec 2014 (Mystery and Crime)

Hornung, E. W: Denis Dent. v1. 21 Dec 2014 (Mystery and Crime)

Hornung, E. W: Fathers of Men. v1. 21 Dec 2014 (Other Fiction)

Hornung, E. W: Mr Justice Raffles. v1. 22 Dec 2014 (Mystery and Crime)

Hornung, E. W: My Lord Duke. v1. 22 Dec 2014 (Mystery and Crime)

Hornung, E. W: No Hero. V1. 27 June 2010 (Mystery and Crime)

Hornung, E. W: Peccavi. v1. 22 Dec 2014 (Mystery and Crime)

Hornung, E. W: Raffles, Further Adventures of the Amateur Cracksman. V1. 27 June 2010 (Mystery and Crime)

Hornung, E. W: Some Persons Unknown. v1. 23 Dec 2014 (Mystery and Crime)

Hornung, E. W: The Amateur Cracksman, V1. 26 June 2010 (Mystery and Crime)

Hornung, E. W: The Boss of Taroomba. v1. 19 Dec 2014 (Mystery and Crime)

Hornung, E. W: The Camera Fiend. V1. 26 June 2010 (Mystery and Crime)

Hornung, E. W: The Crime Doctor. v1. 21 Dec 2014 (Mystery and Crime)

Hornung, E. W: The Shadow of a Man. v1. 23 Dec 2014 (Mystery and Crime)

Hornung, E. W: The Shadow of the Rope. V1. 27 June 2010 (Mystery and Crime)

Hornung, E. W: The Thousandth Woman. v1. 24 Dec 2014 (Mystery and Crime)

Hornung, E. W: Tiny Luttrell. v1. 25 Dec 2014 (Mystery and Crime)

Hornung, E. W: Witching Hill. v1. 25 Dec 2014 (Mystery and Crime)

Hornung, E. W: Young Blood. v1. 26 Dec 2014 (Mystery and Crime)

Hornung, E.W.: Dead Men Tell No Tales. v1, 25 Sep 2008 (Mystery and Crime)

Hornung, E.W.: No Hero. v1, 25 Sep 2008 (Action)

Hornung, E.W.: No Hero. v1, 3 Feb 2008

Hornung, E.W.: Raffles Omnibus. v7. 1st Jan 2011 (Mystery and Crime)

Hornung, E.W.: Stingaree (Illustrated). v1, 25 Sep 2008 (Mystery and Crime)

Horváth, Ödön: Der ewige Spießer. v1 24 may 2009 german (Other Fiction)

Horváth, Ödön: Ein Kind unserer Zeit. v1 24 may 2009 german (Other Fiction)

Horváth, Ödön: Jugend ohne Gott. v1.2 31 july 2009 german (Other Fiction)

Horváth, Ödön: Sechsunddreißig Stunden. v1 24 may 2009 german (Other Fiction)

Hossein, Rokheya Shekhawat: Sultana’s Dream, v.1, 9 November 2008. (Science Fiction)

Hough, Emerson: 54-40 or Fight. V1. 17 July 2010 (Historical Fiction)

Hough, Emerson: Heart's Desire. V1. 18 July 2010 (Western)

Hough, Emerson: Maw's Vacation. V1. 22 July 2010 (Short Fiction)

Hough, Emerson: The Covered Wagon. V1. 17 July 2010 (Western)

Hough, Emerson: The Girl at the Halfway House. V1. 18 July 2010 (Historical Fiction)

Hough, Emerson: The Lady and the Pirate. V1. 19 July 2010 (Action)

Hough, Emerson: The Law of the Land. V1. 20 July (Romance)

Hough, Emerson: The Magnificent Adventure. V1. 21 July 2010 (Historical Fiction)

Hough, Emerson: The Man Next Door. V1. 21 July 2010 (Other Fiction)

Hough, Emerson: The Mississippi Bubble. V1. 22 July 2010 (Historical Fiction)

Hough, Emerson: The Passing of the Frontier. V1. 23 July 2010 (History)

Hough, Emerson: The Purchase Price. V1. 23 July 2101 (Historical Fiction)

Hough, Emerson: The Sagebrusher. V1. 24 July 2010 (Western)

Hough, Emerson: The Story of the Outlaw. V1. 25 July 2010 (History)

Hough, Emerson: The Way of a Man. V1. 26 July 2010 (Western)

Hough, Emerson: The Young Alaskans in the Rockies. V1. 28 July 2010 (Action)

Hough, Emerson: The Young Alaskans on the Missouri. V1. 28 July 2010 (Action)

Hough, Emerson: The Young Alaskans on the Trail. V1. 28 July 2010 (Action)

Hough, Emerson: The Young Alaskans. V1. 26 July 2010 (Action)

Hough, Emerson: Young Alaskans in the Far North. V1. 27 July 2010 (Action)

Howard, Robert E.: Steve Harrison, Detective: Four Cases. v1. 15 Nov 2025 (Horror)

Howard, Robert E.: "She Devil" Plus Three: Newly Added Stories. v1. 29 Dec 08 (Horror)

Howard, Robert E.: Almuric. V2. 22 Nov 2008 (Fantasy)

Howard, Robert E.: Breckenridge Elkins Tales, V1. 15 Feb 2012 (Western)

Howard, Robert E.: Conrad and Kirowan. V1. 20 Feb 2012 (Fantasy)

Howard, Robert E.: Cormac Fitzgeoffrey. V1. 21 Feb 2012 (Fantasy)

Howard, Robert E.: Cthulhu Mythos. V1. 18 Nov 2008 (Horror)

Howard, Robert E.: De Montour. V1. 17 Feb 2012 (Fantasy)

Howard, Robert E.: Fantasy Adventure. V1. 16 Feb 2012 (Fantasy)

Howard, Robert E.: Fantasy Adventure. V1. 18 Nov 2008 (Action)

Howard, Robert E.: Historical Adventure. V1. 17 Feb 2012 (Historical Fiction)

Howard, Robert E.: Horror. 19 Feb 2012 (Horror)

Howard, Robert E.: James Allison. V1. 19 Feb 2012 (Fantasy)

Howard, Robert E.: Kull. V1. 22 Feb 2012 (Fantasy)

Howard, Robert E.: Pigeons From Hell. v1. 30 Oct 07 (Horror)

Howard, Robert E.: Sailor Steven Costigan (Action)

Howard, Robert E.: Savage Stories of Conan, v 4, 26 Aug 2011 (Fantasy)

Howard, Robert E.: Sea Curse. V1. 18 Nov 2008 (Action)

Howard, Robert E.: Solomon Kane Omnibus. v1. 24 Apr 07 (Action)

Howard, Robert E.: Strange and Weird Crime Collection, V1, 3 March 2019 (Fantasy)

Howard, Robert E.: Tales of Horror. V1. 18 Nov 2008 (Horror)

Howard, Robert E.: The Haunter of the Ring. V1. 18 Nov 2008 (Horror)

Howard, Robert E.: The Mountain Man. V 1. 16 Nov. 2008 (Western)

Howard, Robert E.: The Stories of El Borak, V.2, 14 Nov.08 (Action)

Howard, Robert E.: The Sword of Solomon Kane.V1.17 Nov 2008 (Fantasy)

Howard, Robert E.: The Tomb's Secret. V1. 18 Nov 2008 (Action)

Howard, Robert E.: Weird Menace. V1. 18 Nov 2008 (Horror)

Howard, Robert E.: Wolfshead. V1. 18 Nov 2008 (Horror)

Howard, Robert E: A Witch Shall Be Born. v1. 28 Dec 2014 (Fantasy)

Howard, Robert E: Beyond the Black River. v1. 26 Dec 2014 (Fantasy)

Howard, Robert E: Gods of the North. v1. 26 Dec 2014 (Fantasy)

Howard, Robert E: Jewels of Gwahlur. v1. 27 Dec 2014 (Fantasy)

Howard, Robert E: Queen of the Black Coast. v1. 27 Dec 2014 (Fantasy)

Howard, Robert E: Red Nails. v1. 28 Dec 2014 (Fantasy)

Howard, Robert E: Savage Stories of Conan v1.00 May '08 (Fantasy)

Howard, Robert E: Shadows in the Moonlight. v1. 28 Dec 2014 (Fantasy)

Howard, Robert E: Shadows in Zamboula. v1. 28 Dec 2014 (Fantasy)

Howard, Robert E: The Devil in Iron. v1. 26 Dec 2014 (Fantasy)

Howard, Robert E: The Hour of the Dragon. v1. 27 Dec 2014 (Fantasy)

Howard, Robert E: The Hyborian Age. v1. 27 Dec 2014 (Fantasy)

Howard, Robert E: The People of the Black Circle. v1.27 Dec 2014 (Fantasy)

Howard, Robert Ervin: Weird Southwest. V1. 11 Jan 2012 (Horror)

Howdershelt, Ed: An Encounter in Atlanta. V1. 31 Mar 2009 (Science Fiction)

Howe, William and Hummel, Abraham: Danger! v1, 2 Mar 2008

Howells, W.D.: A Hazard of New Fortunes. V1. 19-Apr-2013 (Other Fiction)

Howells, W.D.: Annie Kilburn. V1. 14-Apr-2013 (Romance)

Howells, W.D.: April Hopes. V1. 13-Apr-2013 (Romance)

Howells, W.D.: Ragged Lady, V1. 19-Apr-2013 (Other Fiction)

Howells, W.D.: The Landlord at Lion's Head. V1. 19-Apr-2013 (Other Fiction)

Howells, W.D.: The Minister's Charge. V1. 19-Apr-2013 (Other Fiction)

Howells, W.D.: The Rise of Silas Lapham. V1. 14-Apr-2013 (Other Fiction)

Howells, William Dean: Christmas Every Day, v.1, 16 December 2008. (Short Fiction)

Howells, William Dean: Henry James, Jr. v.1, 16 March 2009. (Other Non-Fiction)

Hudson, W. H.: Green Mansions v1. 9 Dec 07

Hughes, Dora Morrell: Thrift in the Household, v.1, 28 Nov 2007. (Reference)

Hughes, Thomas: Tom Brown's Schooldays. v1. 11 Sep 07

Hugo, Victor: Claude Gueux. v1 12 June 2016 (Short Fiction)

Hugo, Victor: Les Miserables (Illustrated). v1, 18 August 2008 (Historical Fiction)

Hugo, Victor: Notre Dame de Paris [Hunchback of Notre Dame], v.2, 29 July 2008 (Historical Fiction)

Hugo, Victor: Notre-Dame de Paris. Annotated: v1, 31 August 2016 (Historical Fiction)

Hugo, Victor: The Last Day of a Condemned Man, v.1, 2 August 2008. (Other Fiction)

Hugo, Victor: The Last Day of a Condemned man, v1, 11 June 2016 (Short Fiction)

Hugo, Victor: The Man Who Laughs v.1.0 December 18, 2009 (Other Fiction)

Huizinga, Johan: Herfsttij der Middeleeuwen v1.0, 8 feb 2008

Hull, Edith M: The Sheik. V1. 16 Janaury 2013 (Romance)

Hume, David: A Treatise of Human Nature, v1, 31 Aug 2007. (Philosophy)

Hume, David: An Enquiry Concerning Human Understanding, v1, 19 Oct 2007. (Philosophy)

Hume, David: Dialogues Concerning Natural Religion. 19 Oct 2008 (Philosophy)

Hume, David: My Own Life, v1, 12 October 2009. (Biography)

Hume, David: Sanderson of Scotland Yard (2020), v1, 8 Oct 2020 (Mystery and Crime)

Hume, Fergus: A Coin of Edward VII, v1, 26 February 2010. (Mystery and Crime)

Hume, Fergus: Aladdin in London. v1. 11 Jul 2016 (Romance)

Hume, Fergus: Coin of Edward VII., a detective story, A, v1. 10 Jul 2015 (Mystery and Crime)

Hume, Fergus: Hagar of the Pawn-Shop, v1, 21 February 2010. (Mystery and Crime)

Hume, Fergus: Madame Midas, v1, 19 February 2010. (Mystery and Crime)

Hume, Fergus: Red Money, v1, 20 February 2010. (Mystery and Crime)

Hume, Fergus: The Bishop’s Secret, v1, 20 February 2010. (Mystery and Crime)

Hume, Fergus: The Crowned Skull, v1, 23 February 2010. (Mystery and Crime)

Hume, Fergus: The Dancer in Red, and other stories (1906), v1 (Short Fiction)

Hume, Fergus: The Dwarf's Chamber. v1.15 Jul 2016 (Mystery and Crime)

Hume, Fergus: The Green Mummy, v1, 19 February 2010. (Mystery and Crime)

Hume, Fergus: The Lady From Nowhere. v1. 17 Jul 2016 (Mystery and Crime)

Hume, Fergus: The Lost Parchment: A Detective Story. v`. 18 Jul 2016 (Science Fiction)

Hume, Fergus: The Man With A Secret. v1. 20 Jul 2016 (Mystery and Crime)

Hume, Fergus: The Mandarins Fan. v1. 20 Jul 2016 (Mystery and Crime)

Hume, Fergus: The Millionaire Mystery. v1. 21 Jul 2016 (Mystery and Crime)

Hume, Fergus: The Mystery of a Hansom Cab, v1, 17 February 2010. (Mystery and Crime)

Hume, Fergus: The Mystery of the Shadow. v1. 22 Jul 2016 (Mystery and Crime)

Hume, Fergus: The Mystery Queen, v1, 23 February 2010. (Mystery and Crime)

Hume, Fergus: The Opal Serpent, v1, 19 February 2010. (Mystery and Crime)

Hume, Fergus: The Opal Serpent. v1, 7 Mar 2008

Hume, Fergus: The Pagan's Cup. v1. 23 Jul 2016 (Mystery and Crime)

Hume, Fergus: The Pagan’s Cup, v1, 26 February 2010. (Mystery and Crime)

Hume, Fergus: The Rainbow Feather. v1. 24 Jul 2016 (Mystery and Crime)

Hume, Fergus: The Red Window. v1. 25 Jul 2016 (Mystery and Crime)

Hume, Fergus: The Sacred Herb. v1. 27 Jul 2016 (Mystery and Crime)

Hume, Fergus: The Sealed Message. v1. 29 Jul 2016 (Mystery and Crime)

Hume, Fergus: The Secret Passage, v1, 21 February 2010. (Mystery and Crime)

Hume, Fergus: The Secret Passage. v1. 31 Jul 2016 (Mystery and Crime)

Hume, Fergus: The Silent House, v1, 20 February 2010. (Mystery and Crime)

Hume, Fergus: The Silent House. v1. 1 Aug 2016 (Mystery and Crime)

Hume, Fergus: The Solitary Farm. The Solitary Farm. v1. 2 Aug 2016 (Mystery and Crime)

Hume, Ferguson Wright: A Woman's Burden. V1. 26 Feb 2012 (Romance)

Hume, Ferguson Wright: Son Of Perdition_ An Occult Romance, A. V1. 25 Feb 2012 (Romance)

Humphrey, Mabel: The Book of The Cat, v.1, 23 Nov 2008 (Children)

Hunt, Violet: Tales of the Uneasy (collected ghosts). v1. 06 Jan 2021 (Horror)

Hunter, Colonel William: Dollars and Sense, v.1, 13 March 2008. (Reference)

Hurlbut, Edward H.: Lanagan, Amateur Detective, v1, 14 Oct 2025 (Mystery and Crime)

Hurll, Estelle M.: Rembrandt, v.1, 22 Dec 2008 (Other Non-Fiction)

Hurst, S.B.H.: S.B.H. Hurst Omnibus. V1. 25 Jan 2009 (Action)

Hutcheson, John C: Afloat at Last. V1. 19 July 2009 (Action)

Hutcheson, John C: Bob Strong's Holidays. V1. 20 July 2009 (Action)

Hutcheson, John C: Crown and Anchor. V1. 20 July 2009 (Action)

Hutcheson, John C: Fritz and Eric. V1. 21 July 2009 (Action)

Hutcheson, John C: On Board the Esmeralda. V1.22 July 2009 (Action)

Hutcheson, John C: Picked up at Sea. v1. 23 July 2009 (Action)

Hutcheson, John C: She and I, Volume 1. V1. 24 July 2009 (Romance)

Hutcheson, John C: She and I, Volume 2. V1. 25 July 2009 (Romance)

Hutcheson, John C: Teddy. V1. 25 July 2009 (Children)

Hutcheson, John C: The Ghost Ship. V1. 21 July 2009 (Action)

Hutcheson, John C: The Island Treasure. V1. 22 July 2009 (Action)

Hutcheson, John C: The Penang Pirate. V1. 22 July 2009 (Action)

Hutcheson, John C: The White Squall. V1. 25 July 2009 (Action)

Hutcheson, John C: The Wreck of the Nancy Bell. V1. 26 July 2009 (Action)

Hutcheson, John C: Tom Finch's Monkey. V1. 25 July 2009 (Action)

Hutcheson, John C: Young Tom Bowling. V1. 26 July 2009 (Action)

Hutcheson, John Conroy: Teddy - A Little Pickle v1 3 feb 2009 (Children)

Hutcheson, John Conroy: The Penang Pirate v1 26 jan 2009 (Historical Fiction)

Hutcheson, John: The Ghost Ship:. v1, 21 Feb 2008

Hyne, Cutcliffe: A Master of Fortune (1899), v.1, 22 Jun 2019 (Action)

Hyne, Cutcliffe: Adventurers Three, and other stories (2020); v1; 3 Feb 2020 (Short Fiction)

Hyne, Cutcliffe: Atoms of Empire (1904), v2, 18 July 2019 (Short Fiction)

Hyne, Cutcliffe: Captain Kettle, KCB (1903); v.1 17.06.2019 (Action)

Hyne, Cutcliffe: Derelict (1901), v1, 22 Jun 2019 (Short Fiction)

Hyne, Cutcliffe: Honor of Thieves (1895); v.1., 21 Jun 2019 (Action)

Hyne, Cutcliffe: McTodd (1903), V3, 20.06.2019 (Action)

Hyne, Cutcliffe: The Adventures of Captain Kettle, (1898) v1. 15.06.2019 (Action)

Hyne, Cutcliffe: The Escape Agents (1910); v1, 31 Jan 2020 (Historical Fiction)

Hyne, Cutcliffe: The Lost Continent (1900); V2; 18 July 2019 (Fantasy)

Hyne, Cutcliffe: The Trials of Commander McTurk (1912); v1; 4 Feb 2020 (Short Fiction)

Hyne, Cutcliffe: Thompson's Progress (1902); v1, 26 Aug 2019 (Short Fiction)

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Ibn-al-Muqaffa, Abdallah: Kalila wa-Dimna (Arabic). 24 December 2015 (Short Fiction)

Ibsen, Henrik: Brand [Norwegian].v1. 24 Oct 2010 (Other Fiction)

Ibsen, Henrik: Bygmester Solness [Norwegian].v1. 1 Nov 2010 (Other Fiction)

Ibsen, Henrik: De unges forbund [Norwegian].v1. 11 Nov 2010 (Other Fiction)

Ibsen, Henrik: En folkefiende [Norwegian].v1. 27 Oct 2010 (Other Fiction)

Ibsen, Henrik: Et dukkehjem [Norwegian].v1. 2 Nov 2010 (Other Fiction)

Ibsen, Henrik: Fru Inger til Østråt [Norwegian].v1. 14 Nov 2010 (Other Fiction)

Ibsen, Henrik: Fruen fra havet [Norwegian].v1. 30 Oct 2010 (Other Fiction)

Ibsen, Henrik: Gengangere [Norwegian].v1. 29 Oct 2010 (Other Fiction)

Ibsen, Henrik: Hedda Gabler [Norwegian].v1. 31 Oct 2010 (Other Fiction)

Ibsen, Henrik: Hærmændene paa Helgeland [Norwegian].v1. 15 Nov 2010 (Other Fiction)

Ibsen, Henrik: John Gabriel Borkman [Norwegian].v1. 13 Nov 2010 (Other Fiction)

Ibsen, Henrik: Kejser og Galilæer [Norwegian].v1. 14 Dec 2010 (Other Fiction)

Ibsen, Henrik: Kongs-emnerne [Norwegian].v1. 26 Nov 2010 (Other Fiction)

Ibsen, Henrik: Kærlighedens komedie [Norwegian].v2. 30 Nov 2010 (Other Fiction)

Ibsen, Henrik: Lille Eyolf [Norwegian].v1. 12 Nov 2010 (Other Fiction)

Ibsen, Henrik: Olaf Liljekrans [Norwegian].v1. 1 Dec 2010 (Other Fiction)

Ibsen, Henrik: Peer Gynt [Norwegian].v1. 21 Sep 2010 (Other Fiction)

Ibsen, Henrik: Rosmersholm [Norwegian].v1. 28 Oct 2010 (Other Fiction)

Ibsen, Henrik: Samfundets støtter [Norwegian].v1. 6 Nov 2010 (Other Fiction)

Ingersoll, Ernest: The Ice Queen (illustrated). V1.March 24 2012 (Fantasy)

Ingram, Eleanor M.: The Thing From the Lake. v1, 25 Feb 2008

Ingram, Eleanor M: A Man's Hearth. V1. 1 Nov 2011 (Other Fiction)

Ingram, Eleanor M: From the Car Behind. V1. 31 Oct 2011 (Romance)

Ingram, Eleanor M: The Flying Mercury. V1. 31 Oct 2011 (Other Fiction)

Ingram, Eleanor M: The Game and the Candle. V1. 31 Oct 2011 (Romance)

Ings, Simon: PainKillers. v1.0 19 March 2009 (Science Fiction)

Inman, Henry: The Great Salt Lake Trail. V1. 24 Oct 2009 (History)

International Dialling Code List (Reference)

Irving, H B: A Book of Remarkable Criminals, v1, 1 December 2009. (Other Non-Fiction)

Irving, H.B.: A Book of Remarkable Criminals. v1, 3 Feb 2008

Irving, Washington: Knickerbocker's History of New York. 13 Oct 07 (Humor)

Irving, Washington: Old Christmas, v.1, 14 Dec 2008 (Short Fiction)

Irving, Washington: Rip Van Winkle (illus-Rackham). v1. 08 May 2017 (Fantasy)

Irving, Washington: Tales of a Traveller, v.1, 15 Dec 2008 (Other Fiction)

Irving, Washington: The Alhambra. v1 18 December 2013 (Humor)

Irving, Washington: The Legend of Sleepy Hollow (illus-Rackham). v1. 30 May 2017 (Short Fiction)

Irving, Washington: The Sketch-Book of Geoffrey Crayon, Gent. v1 21 Oct 2013 (Humor)

Irving, Washington: The Sketch-Book of Geoffrey Crayon, Gent. v1. 03 Nov 2012 (Other Fiction)

Isham, Frederic Stewart: A Man and His Money. V1. 27 Oct 2011 (Romance)

Isham, Frederic Stewart: Half A Chance. V1. 26 Oct 2011 (Romance)

Isham, Frederic Stewart: The Lady of the Mount. V1. 27 Oct 2011 (Other Fiction)

Isham, Frederic Stewart: The Strollers. V1. 27 Oct 2011 (Romance)

Isham, Frederic Stewart: Under the Rose. V1. 28 Oct 2011 (Romance)

Ives, Charles E: Essays Before a Sonata, v1, 5Feb2009 (Other Non-Fiction)

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Jack, George: Wood-Carving Design and Workmanship, v.1, 28 June 2008 (Other Non-Fiction)

Jackson, Andrew: State of the Union. v1.0, 13 October 2007

Jackson, Helen Hunt: A Calendar of Sonnets. V1. 8 May 2009 (Poetry)

Jackson, Helen Hunt: Between Whiles. V1. 7 May 2009 (Short Fiction)

Jackson, Helen Hunt: Bits about Home Matters. V1. 7 May 2009 (Other Fiction)

Jackson, Helen Hunt: Letters from a Cat. v1. 25 Mar 2012 (Children)

Jackson, Helen Hunt: Mercy Philbrick's Choice. V1. 9 May 2009 (Romance)

Jackson, Helen Hunt: Ramona. V1. 9 May 2009 (Historical Fiction)

Jackson, Helen Hunt: Saxe Holm's Stories. V1. 10 May 2009 (Romance)

Jackson, Helen Hunt: The Hunter Cats of Connorloa. V1. 8 May 2009 (Other Fiction)

Jackson, Sir Thomas Graham: Six Ghost Stories (collected ghosts). v1. 03 Nov 2020 (Horror)

Jacobs, Joseph: Celtic Fairy Tales (Illustrated) V1.0 November 3, 2009 (Children)

Jacobs, Joseph: Celtic Fairy Tales. 28 Dec 2007 (Fantasy)

Jacobs, Joseph: English Fairy Tales. 29 Dec 2007 (Fantasy)

Jacobs, Joseph: European Folk & Fairy Tales. 14 Jan 2008 (Fantasy)

Jacobs, Joseph: Indian Fairy Tales. 29 Dec 2007 (Fantasy)

Jacobs, Joseph: More Celtic Fairy Tales. 29 Dec 2007 (Fantasy)

Jacobs, Joseph: More English Fairy Tales. 31 Dec 2007 (Fantasy)

Jacobs, Joseph: The Story of Geographical Discovery. 02 Jan 2008 (Reference)

Jacobs, W W: Deep Waters (1919); v1; 5 Aug 2020 (Short Fiction)

Jacobs, W W: Light Freights (1911); v1; 6 Feb 2021 (Short Fiction)

Jacobs, W W: Night Watches (1911); v1; 6 Aug 2020 (Short Fiction)

Jacobs, W. W.: An Adulteration Act. v1. 20 Mar 2014 (Humor)

Jacobs, W. W: A Master Of Craft. v1. 7 Apr 2013 (Romance)

Jacobs, W. W: At Sunwich Port. v1. 7 Apr 2013 (Romance)

Jacobs, W. W: Dialstone Lane. v1. 11 Apr 2013 (Other Fiction)

Jacobs, W. W: Odd Craft. v1. 10 Apr 2013 (Short Fiction)

Jacobs, W. W: Odd Craft. v1. 19 Mar 2014 (Other Fiction)

Jacobs, W.W.: The Lady of the Barge (1902); v.2 (Short Fiction)

James, G. P. R.: Agincourt. v1. 8 Mar 2014 (Romance)

James, G. P. R.: Corse de Leon, Volume I (of 2) (Romance)

James, G. P. R: Henry of Guise; (Vol. I of 3). v1. 9 Mar 2014 (Other Fiction)

James, G. P. R: Henry of Guise; (Vol. II of 3). v1. 10 Mar 2014 (Other Fiction)

James, G. P. R: Henry of Guise; (Vol. III of 3). v1. 10 Mar 2014 (Other Fiction)

James, G. P. R: Lord Montagu's Page. v1. 12 Mar 2014 (Historical Fiction)

James, G. P. R: Richelieu, A Tale Of France Vol. 2 of 3. v1. 13 Mar 2014 (Historical Fiction)

James, G. P. R: Richelieu, A Tale Of France Vol. 3 of 3. v1. 13 Mar 2014 (Historical Fiction)

James, G. P. R: Richelieu, A Tale Of France Vol. I of 3. 12 Mar 2014 (Historical Fiction)

James, G. P. R: The Gipsy. v1. 9 Mar 2014 (Romance)

James, G. P. R: The History of Chivalry. v1. 10 Mar 2014 (History)

James, G. P. R: The Huguenot. v1. 11 Mar 2014 (Romance)

James, G. P. R: The King's Highway. v1. 11 Mar 2014 (Historical Fiction)

James, G. P. R: The Smuggler. v1. 14 Mar 2014 (Historical Fiction)

James, Hartwell: The Cat and The Mouse, v.1, 23 Dec 2008 (Short Fiction)

James, Henry: A Bundle of Letters, v.1, 12 October 2008. (Short Fiction)

James, Henry: A Day of Days, v.1, 6 January 2009. (Short Fiction)

James, Henry: A Landscape Painter, v.1, 4 March 2009 (Short Fiction)

James, Henry: A London Life and Other Tales, v.1. 22 May 2008. (Short Fiction)

James, Henry: A New England Winter, v.1, 6 March 2009. (Short Fiction)

James, Henry: A Passionate Pilgrim, v,1, 4 December 2008. (Short Fiction)

James, Henry: A Small Boy and Others, v1, 6 October 2009. (Biography)

James, Henry: A Tragedy of Error, v1, 5 February 2010. (Short Fiction)

James, Henry: An Animated Conversation, v1, 5 March 2010. (Short Fiction)

James, Henry: An International Episode, v.1, 26 November 2008. (Short Fiction)

James, Henry: Benvolio, v1, 21 March 2010. (Short Fiction)

James, Henry: Broken Wings, v.1, 18 January 2009. (Short Fiction)

James, Henry: Brooksmith, v.1 6 January 2009. (Short Fiction)

James, Henry: Collaboration, v1, 4 October 2009. (Short Fiction)

James, Henry: Confidence, v.1, 27 Jan 2008. (Other Fiction)

James, Henry: Confidence. v1. 15 Mar 2014 (Romance)

James, Henry: Covering End, v.1, 6 January 2009. (Short Fiction)

James, Henry: Daisy Miller A Study. v1. 15 Mar 2014 (Other Fiction)

James, Henry: Daisy Miller, v.1, 3 Dec 2007. (Other Fiction)

James, Henry: De Grey: A Romance, v1, 26 February 2010. (Horror)

James, Henry: Embarrassments, v1, 13 July 2009. (Short Fiction)

James, Henry: Eugene Pickering, v.1, 18 Jan 2008. (Short Fiction)

James, Henry: Europe, v.1, 6 December 2008. (Short Fiction)

James, Henry: Fordham Castle, v.1, 5 January 2009. (Short Fiction)

James, Henry: Four Meetings, v.1, 13 March 2008. (Short Fiction)

James, Henry: Gabrielle de Bergerac, v1, 25 December 2008. (Short Fiction)

James, Henry: Georgina’s Reasons, v.1, 13 May 2008. (Short Fiction)

James, Henry: Glasses, v.1, 16 November 2008. (Short Fiction)

James, Henry: Greville Fane, v.1, 17 March 2009. (Short Fiction)

James, Henry: Guest’s Confession, v1, 26 December 2008. (Short Fiction)

James, Henry: Henry James: Ghost Stories. v1. 17-Jul-2021 (Horror)

James, Henry: In the Cage, v.1, 9 November 2008. (Other Fiction)

James, Henry: John Delavoy, v.1, 18 January 2009. (Short Fiction)

James, Henry: Julia Bride, v.1, 5 January 2009. (Short Fiction)

James, Henry: Lady Barberina, v.1, 8 March 2009. (Short Fiction)

James, Henry: Louisa Pallant, v.1, 18 November 2008. (Short Fiction)

James, Henry: Madame de Mauves, v.1, 13 March 2008. (Short Fiction)

James, Henry: Master Eustace, v.1, 5 July 2009. (Short Fiction)

James, Henry: Maud-Evelyn, v.1, 18 January 2009. (Short Fiction)

James, Henry: Miss Gunton of Poughkeepsie, v.1, 3 March 2009. (Short Fiction)

James, Henry: Mora Montravers, v.1, 5 January 2009. (Short Fiction)

James, Henry: My Friend Bingham, v1, 9 March 2010. (Short Fiction)

James, Henry: Nona Vincent, v.1, 11 December 2008. (Short Fiction)

James, Henry: Osborne’s Revenge, v1, 8 February 2010. (Short Fiction)

James, Henry: Owen Wingrave, v.1, 14 Jan 2008. (Short Fiction)

James, Henry: Pandora, v.1, 18 November 2008. (Short Fiction)

James, Henry: Paste, v.1, 4 December 2008. (Short Fiction)

James, Henry: Poor Richard, v1, 13 July 2009. (Short Fiction)

James, Henry: Professor Fargo, v1, 27 February 2010. (Short Fiction)

James, Henry: Roderick Hudson, v.1, 17 Jan 2007. (Other Fiction)

James, Henry: Rose-Agathe, v.1, 9 March 2009. (Short Fiction)

James, Henry: Sir Dominick Ferrand, v.1, 14 December 2008. (Short Fiction)

James, Henry: Sir Edmund Orme, v.1, 5 January 2009. (Short Fiction)

James, Henry: Some Short Stories. V.1. 27 April 2008. (Short Fiction)

James, Henry: Terminations. v1 14 Oct 2017 (Short Fiction)

James, Henry: The Abasement of the Northmores, v.1, 5 January 2009. (Short Fiction)

James, Henry: The Altar of the Dead, v.1, 15 Dec 2007. (Short Fiction)

James, Henry: The Ambassadors, v1, 09Jan08 (Other Fiction)

James, Henry: The American Scene, v1, 10 January 2010. (Other Non-Fiction)

James, Henry: The American, v.1, 11 Dec 2007. (Other Fiction)

James, Henry: The American. v1. 14 Mar 2014 (Romance)

James, Henry: The Awkward Age, v.1, 14 Jan 2008. (Other Fiction)

James, Henry: The Beast in the Jungle, v.1, 18 Jan 2008. (Short Fiction)

James, Henry: The Beldonald Holbein, v.1, 23 March 2008. (Short Fiction)

James, Henry: The Bostonians Vol. II (of II). v1. 15 Mar 2014 (Other Fiction)

James, Henry: The Bostonians, v.1, 30 Jan 2008. (Other Fiction)

James, Henry: The Bostonians, Vol. I (of II). v1. 14 Mar 2014 (Other Fiction)

James, Henry: The Chaperon, v.1, 7 April 2008. (Short Fiction)

James, Henry: The Coxon Fund, v.1, 3 December 2008. (Short Fiction)

James, Henry: The Death of the Lion, v.1, 26 November 2008. (Short Fiction)

James, Henry: The Diary of a Man of Fifty, v.1, 18 July 2008. (Short Fiction)

James, Henry: The Europeans, v.1 8 Dec 2007. (Other Fiction)

James, Henry: The Figure in the Carpet, v.1, 18 July 2008. (Short Fiction)

James, Henry: The Finer Grain, v.1, 4 January 2009. (Short Fiction)

James, Henry: The Friends of the Friends, v.1, 5 January 2009. (Short Fiction)

James, Henry: The Given Case, v.1, 18 January 2009. (Short Fiction)

James, Henry: The Golden Bowl, v1, 09Jan08 (Other Fiction)

James, Henry: The Great Condition, v.1, 11 December 2008. (Short Fiction)

James, Henry: The Great Good Place, v.1, 14 December 2008. (Short Fiction)

James, Henry: The Impressions of a Cousin, v.1, 16 March 2009. (Short Fiction)

James, Henry: The Ivory Tower, v.1, 18 Jan 2008. (Other Fiction)

James, Henry: The Jolly Corner, v.1, 5 November 2008. (Short Fiction)

James, Henry: The Last of the Valerii, v.1, 18 March 2009. (Short Fiction)

James, Henry: The Lesson of the Master, v.1, 24 Dec 2007. (Short Fiction)

James, Henry: The Liar, v.1, 18 December 2008. (Short Fiction)

James, Henry: The Logic of Marriage and Murder, v1, 26 February 2010. (Other Non-Fiction)

James, Henry: The Madonna of the Future, v.1, 22 March 2008. (Short Fiction)

James, Henry: The Marriages, v.1, 22 October 2008. (Short Fiction)

James, Henry: The Middle Years, v.1, 11 December 2008. (Short Fiction)

James, Henry: The Modern Warning, v.1, 5 January 2009. (Short Fiction)

James, Henry: The Next Time, v1, 2 February 2010. (Short Fiction)

James, Henry: The Outcry, v.1, 15 Jan 2008. (Other Fiction)

James, Henry: The Patagonia, v.1, 3 December 2008. (Short Fiction)

James, Henry: The Path of Duty, v.1, 20 November 2008. (Short Fiction)

James, Henry: The Point of View, v.1, 2 March 2009. (Short Fiction)

James, Henry: The Portrait of a Lady, v.1, 18 March 2008. (Other Fiction)

James, Henry: The Princess Casamassima, v.1, 14 Jan 2008. (Other Fiction)

James, Henry: The Pupil, v.1, 6 April 2008. (Short Fiction)

James, Henry: The Real Right Thing, v.1, 3 March 2009. (Short Fiction)

James, Henry: The Reverberator, v1, 4 August 2009. (Other Fiction)

James, Henry: The Sacred Fount, v.1, 4 December 2008. (Other Fiction)

James, Henry: The Siege of London, v1, 5 February 2010. (Other Fiction)

James, Henry: The Solution, v.1, 5 January 2009. (Short Fiction)

James, Henry: The Special Type, v.1, 6 July 2009. (Short Fiction)

James, Henry: The Spoils of Poynton, v.1, 13 Jan 2008. (Other Fiction)

James, Henry: The Story of a Year, v.1, 17 December 2008. (Short Fiction)

James, Henry: The Suburbs of London, v.1, 6 December 2008 (Other Non-Fiction)

James, Henry: The Sweetheart of M. Briseux, v1, 23 February 2010. (Short Fiction)

James, Henry: The Third Person, v.1, 5 January 2009. (Short Fiction)

James, Henry: The Tone Of Time, v.1, 28 February 2009. (Short Fiction)

James, Henry: The Tragic Muse, v.1, 14 Jan 2008. (Other Fiction)

James, Henry: The Tree of Knowledge, v.1, 4 December 2008. (Short Fiction)

James, Henry: The Turn of the Screw (illus). v1. 05-Jul-2021 (Horror)

James, Henry: The Turn of the Screw, v.1, 6 Dec 2007. (Short Fiction)

James, Henry: The Two Faces, v.1, 26 February 2009. (Short Fiction)

James, Henry: The Velvet Glove, v1, 9 February 2010. (Short Fiction)

James, Henry: The Wheel of Time, v1, 22 March 2010. (Short Fiction)

James, Henry: The Wings of the Dove, v1, 09Jan08 (Other Fiction)

James, Henry: Two Ghost Stories, v.1, 18 Feb 2008. (Short Fiction)

James, Henry: Washington Square, v.1, 5 Dec 2007. (Other Fiction)

James, Henry: Watch and Ward, v1, 5 January 2010. (Other Fiction)

James, Henry: What Maisie Knew, v.1, 3 Dec 2007. (Other Fiction)

James, M R: A Thin Ghost and Others, v.1 18 March 2009. (Horror)

James, M R: A Warning to the Curious and Other Ghost Stories, v1, 25 October 2009. (Horror)

James, M R: A Warning to the Curious, v.1, 18 March 2009. (Horror)

James, M R: After Dark in the Playing Fields, v1, 18 January 2010. (Horror)

James, M R: Collected Ghost Stories, v.1 21 March 2009. (Horror)

James, M R: Ghost Stories of an Antiquary, v.1, 21 March 2009. (Horror)

James, M R: More Ghost Stories of an Antiquary, 23 March 2009. (Horror)

James, M R: Old Testament Legends, v1, 8 December 2009. (Spiritual)

James, M R: The Five Jars, v.1, 16 March 2009. (Horror)

James, M R: There Was a Man Dwelt By a Churchyard, v1, 23 October 2009. (Horror)

James, M R: Wailing Well, v.1, 21 March 2009. (Horror)

James, M. R.: A Thin Ghost And Others, v.1, 15 Dec 2007 (Horror)

James, M. R.: Ghost Stories Of An Antiquary and More, v1.0, 2007-12-01 (Horror)

James, M. R.: Ghost Stories of M. R. James (complete collec,illus). v2. 31 May 2016 (Horror)

James, M. R.: The Complete Complete Ghost Stories. v1. 27 Jun 2011 (Horror)

James, M. R.: The Five Jars (illus). v1. 24 May 2016 (Fantasy)

James, M.R.: A Warning to the Curious and Other Stories. v1. Feb 2012 (Horror)

James, M.R: Casting the Runes and Other Horror Stories: V1. 2 Dec 2012 (Horror)

James, Will: Home Ranch. V1. 1 May 2011 (Western)

James, Will: Lone Cowboy. V1. 30 Apr 2011 (Western)

James, Will: Smoky The Cowhorse. V1. 30 Apr 2011 (Western)

James, William: A World of Pure Experience, v.1, 12 March 2009. (Philosophy)

James, William: Are we Automata? v.1, 12 December 2008. (Philosophy)

James, William: Great Men, Great Thoughts, and the Environment, v1, 4 August 2009 (Philosophy)

James, William: Human Immortality, v.1, 29 November 2008. (Philosophy)

James, William: Pragmatism, v.1, 3 December 2008. (Philosophy)

James, William: The Consciousness of Lost Limbs, v1, 9 March 2009. (Philosophy)

James, William: The Hidden Self, v.1, 8 March 2009. (Philosophy)

James, William: The Meaning of Truth, v.1, 1 December 2008. (Philosophy)

James, William: The Moral Philosopher and the Moral Life, v.1, 29 November 2008. (Philosophy)

James, William: The Varieties of Religious Experience, v1, 18 Sept 2007. (Spiritual)

James, William: The Will to Believe, v.1, 29 November 2008. (Philosophy)

James, William: What is an Emotion? v.1, 6 December 2008 (Philosophy)

James, William: What is an Instinct? v.1, 14 December 2008. (Philosophy)

Jameson, Malcolm: A Question of Salvage. v1 29 Jan 2020 (Science Fiction)

Jameson, Malcolm: Jameson Miscellany. v2 28 Feb 2020 (Science Fiction)

Jameson, Malcolm: The Big Book of Malcolm Jameson Stories (2019), v1 (Science Fiction)

Jameson, Malcolm: Time Column. v1 29 Jan 2020 (Science Fiction)

Janvier, Thomas A: A Border Ruffian. v1. 16 Mar 2014 (Romance)

Janvier, Thomas A: A Romance Of Tompkins Square. v1. 18 Mar 2014 (Other Fiction)

Janvier, Thomas A: An Idyl Of The East Side. v1. 17 Mar 2014 (Romance)

Janvier, Thomas A: For The Honor Of France. v1. 16 Mar 2014 (Short Fiction)

Janvier, Thomas A: Henry Hudson. v1. 17 Mar 2014 (History)

Janvier, Thomas A: In the Sargasso Sea A Novel. v1. 18 Mar 2014 (Action)

Janvier, Thomas A: Our Pirate Hoard. v1. 18 Mar 2014 (Other Fiction)

Janvier, Thomas A: Santa Fé's Partner. v1. 19 Mar 2014 (Western)

Janvier, Thomas A: The Aztec Treasure-House. v1. 15 Mar 2014 (Action)

Janvier, Thomas A: The Christmas Kalends of Provence. v1. 16 Mar 2014 (Other Non-Fiction)

Jay, Harriett: A Marriage of Convenience. v1. 4 Aug 2016 (Romance)

Jay, Harriett: My Connaught Cousins Vol 1. v1. 6 Aug 2016 (Romance)

Jay, Harriett: My Connaught Cousins Vol 2. v1. 8 Aug 2016 (Romance)

Jay, Harriett: My Connaught Cousins Vol 3. v1. 11 Aug 2016 (Romance)

Jean Paul: Vorschule der Ästhetik (german) (Poetry)

Jefferies, Richard: After London. v1, 7 Jan 2008

Jefferies, Richard: Collected Essays. v1. 22 Oct 2020 (Essays)

Jefferson, Thomas: State of the Union. v1.0 13 October 2007

Jenkins, Herbert George: Malcolm Sage Detective v1 16 feb 2009 (Mystery and Crime)

Jepson, Edgar: The Dead That Wept (2020)); v1; 20 July 2020 (Short Fiction)

Jepson, Edgar: The Four Philanthropists (1907); v1; 28 Jan 2020 (Humor)

Jepson, Edgar: The Garden at 19 (1910); v1, 24 Jun 2020 (Fantasy)

Jepson, Edgar: The Gillingham Rubies (1912); v1; 19 July 2020 (Mystery and Crime)

Jepson, Edgar: The Loudwater Mystery (1920); v1; 21 Jan 2020 (Mystery and Crime)

Jerome, Jerome K.: Diary of a Pilgrimage, v1 9 July 2008 (Other Fiction)

Jerome, Jerome K.: Three men in a Boat v1.0 2008-01-16

Jerome, Jerome K.: Three Men on the Bummel. 21 Aug 07 (Humor)

Jerome, Jerome K: Passing of the Third Floor Back (1909); v1, 29 April 2020 (Short Fiction)

Jerrold, Douglas: Mrs Caudle’s Curtain Lectures, v.1, 10 Nov 2007. (Humor)

Jewett, Sarah Orne: A Marsh Island. v1. 27 Nov 2021 (Other Fiction)

Jewett, Sarah Orne: A Native of Winby and Other Tales. v1. 25 Nov 2021 (Short Fiction)

Jewett, Sarah Orne: A White Heron and Other Stories. v1. 23 Nov 2021 (Short Fiction)

Jewett, Sarah Orne: Betty Leicester's Christmas. v1. 13 Apr 2013 (Other Fiction)

Jewett, Sarah Orne: Betty Leicester. v1, 12 Apr 2013 (Romance)

Jewett, Sarah Orne: Country By-Ways. v1. 26 Nov 2021 (Short Fiction)

Jewett, Sarah Orne: Deephaven and Selected Stories & Sketches. v1. 12 Apr 2013 (Short Fiction)

Jewett, Sarah Orne: Old Friends and New. v1. 13 Apr 2013 (Short Fiction)

Jewett, Sarah Orne: Strangers and Wayfarers. v1. 11 Apr 2013 (Short Fiction)

Jewett, Sarah Orne: Tales of Christmas. v1. 26 Nov 2021 (Short Fiction)

Jewett, Sarah Orne: The Country of the Pointed Firs. v1. 11 Apr 2013 (Other Fiction)

Jewett, Sarah Orne: The King of Folly Island and Other People. v1. 24 Nov 2021 (Short Fiction)

Jewett, Sarah Orne: The Life of Nancy. v1. 13 Apr 2013 (Short Fiction)

Jewett, Sarah Orne: The Mate of the Daylight and Friends Ashore. v1. 25 Nov 2021 (Short Fiction)

Jewett, Sarah Orne: The Night Before Thanksgiving (short story). v1. 25 Nov 2021 (Short Fiction)

Jewett, Sarah Orne: The Pearl. v1. 12 Apr 2013 (Poetry)

Jewett, Sarah Orne: The Queen's Twin and Other Stories. v1. 11 Apr 2013 (Short Fiction)

Jewett, Sarah: A Country Doctor and Selected Stories and Sketches. v1. 9 Apr 2013 (Short Fiction)

Jobson, A E: The Adventures of Russell Howard (1909), v1; 2 June 2020 (Mystery and Crime)

Johnson, Andrew: State of the Union. v1.0 13 October 2007

Johnson, E. Pauline: The Moccasin Maker. V1. 19 Mar 2010 (Short Fiction)

Johnson, Lyndon: State of the Union. v1.0 19 October 2007

Johnson, Owen: Making Money. V1. 7 Nov 2011 (Other Fiction)

Johnson, Owen: Murder in Any Degree. V1. 7 Nov 2011 (Short Fiction)

Johnson, Owen: Skippy Bedelle. V1. 9 Nov 2011 (Other Fiction)

Johnson, Owen: The Salamander. V1. 8 Nov 2011 (Romance)

Johnson, Owen: The Varmit. V1. 9 Nov 2011 (Other Fiction)

Johnson, Samuel: Rasselas, Prince of Abyssinia, v2, 23 November 2009. (Other Fiction)

Johnston, Annie F.: Joel a boy of Galilee(illustrated).V1. March 24 2012 (Historical Fiction)

Johnston, Annie F: Asa Holmes. v1. 6 Feb 2014 (Other Fiction)

Johnston, Annie F: Big Brother. v1. 7 Feb 2014 (Other Fiction)

Johnston, Annie F: Cicely and Other Stories. v1. 7 Feb 2014 (Short Fiction)

Johnston, Annie F: Flip's "Islands of Providence". v1. 8 Feb 2014 (Other Fiction)

Johnston, Annie F: Georgina of the Rainbows. v1. 9 Feb 2014 (Other Fiction)

Johnston, Annie F: Georgina's Service Stars. v1. 9 Feb 2014 (Other Fiction)

Johnston, Annie F: In League with Israel. v1. 10 Feb 2014 (Other Fiction)

Johnston, Annie F: Joel: A Boy of Galilee. v1. 11 Feb 2014 (Other Fiction)

Johnston, Annie F: Keeping Tryst. v1. 11 Feb 2014 (Other Fiction)

Johnston, Annie F: Mary Ware in Texas. v1. 16 Feb 2014 (Other Fiction)

Johnston, Annie F: Mary Ware's Promised Land. v1. 16 Feb 2014q (Other Fiction)

Johnston, Annie F: Mildred's Inheritance. v1. 17 Feb 2014 (Short Fiction)

Johnston, Annie F: Miss Santa Claus of the Pullman. v1. 17 Feb 2014 (Other Fiction)

Johnston, Annie F: Ole Mammy's Torment. v1. 18 Feb 2014 (Other Fiction)

Johnston, Annie F: The Gate of the Giant Scissors. v1. 9 Feb 2014 (Other Fiction)

Johnston, Annie F: The Jester's Sword. v1. 10 Feb 2014 (Fantasy)

Johnston, Annie F: The Legend of the Bleeding-heart. v1. 11 Feb 2014 (Other Fiction)

Johnston, Annie F: The Little Colonel at Boarding-School. v1. 12 Feb 2014 (Other Fiction)

Johnston, Annie F: The Little Colonel in Arizona. v1. 12 Feb 2014 (Other Fiction)

Johnston, Annie F: The Little Colonel Maid of Honor. v1. 13 Feb 2014 (Romance)

Johnston, Annie F: The Little Colonel's Christmas Vacation. v1. 13 Feb 2014 (Other Fiction)

Johnston, Annie F: The Little Colonel's Chum Mary Ware. v1. 14 Feb 2014 (Other Fiction)

Johnston, Annie F: The Little Colonel's Holidays. v1. 14 Feb 2014 (Other Fiction)

Johnston, Annie F: The Little Colonel's House Party. v1. 15 Feb 2014 (Other Fiction)

Johnston, Annie F: The Little Colonel's Knight Comes Riding. v1. 15 Feb 2014 (Other Fiction)

Johnston, Annie F: The Little Colonel,. v1. 11 Feb 2014 (Other Fiction)

Johnston, Annie F: The Quilt That Jack Built. v1. 18 Feb 2014 (Short Fiction)

Johnston, Annie F: The Story of Dago. v1. 19 Feb 2014 (Other Fiction)

Johnston, Annie F: The Story of the Red Cross . . . v1. 19 Feb 2014 (Other Fiction)

Johnston, Annie F: Travelers Five Along Life's Highway. v1. 20 Feb 2014 (Short Fiction)

Johnston, Annie F: Two Little Knights of Kentucky. v1. 21 Feb 2014 (Other Fiction)

Johnston, Charles: The Yoga Sutras of Pantanjali. V1. 01-Apr-2012 (Spiritual)

Johnston, M.A.B. & Yearsley, K.D.: Four-Fifty Miles to Freedom. v1. 11 Aug 2012 (History)

Johnston, Mary: 1492. v1, 24 Feb 2014 (Historical Fiction)

Johnston, Mary: 1492. V1. 19 Jan 2009 (Historical Fiction)

Johnston, Mary: Audrey. V1. 19 Jan 2009 (Historical Fiction)

Johnston, Mary: Audrey. v1. 24 Feb 2014 (Historical Fiction)

Johnston, Mary: Foes. V1. 20 Jan 2009 (Historical Fiction)

Johnston, Mary: Foes. v1. 24 Feb 2014 (Historical Fiction)

Johnston, Mary: Lewis Rand. V1. 20 Jan 2009 (Historical Fiction)

Johnston, Mary: Lewis Rand. v1. 25 Feb 2014 (Historical Fiction)

Johnston, Mary: Prisoners of Hope. V1. 21 Jan 2009 (Historical Fiction)

Johnston, Mary: Prisoners of Hope. v1. 26 Feb 2014 (Historical Fiction)

Johnston, Mary: Sir Mortimer. V1. 22 Jan 2009 (Historical Fiction)

Johnston, Mary: Sir Mortimer. v1. 26 Feb 2014 (Historical Fiction)

Johnston, Mary: The Long Roll. V1. 22 Jan 2009 (Historical Fiction)

Johnston, Mary: The Long Roll. v1. 25 Feb 2014 (Historical Fiction)

Johnston, Mary: To Have and to Hold. v1 26 Oct 07 (Historical Fiction)

Johnston, Mary: To Have and to Hold. V1. 19 Jan 2009 (Historical Fiction)

Johnston, Mary: To Have and To Hold. v1. 26 Feb 2o14 (Historical Fiction)

Jókai, Maurus: Eyes Like the Sea. v1. 22 Jan 2014 (Romance)

Jókai, Maurus: The Day of Wrath. v1. 21 Jan 2014 (Other Fiction)

Jókai, Mór: 'Midst the Wild Carpathians. v1. 25 Jan 2014 (Romance)

Jókai, Mór: A Hungarian Nabob. v1. 24 Jan 2014 (Other Fiction)

Jókai, Mór: Halil the Pedlar. v1. 24 Jan 2014 (Other Fiction)

Jókai, Mór: Pretty Michal. v1. 26 Jan 2014 (Other Fiction)

Jókai, Mór: Tales From Jókai. v1. 27 Jan 2014 (Short Fiction)

Jókai, Mór: The Lion of Janina. v1. 25 Jan 2014 (Other Fiction)

Jókai, Mór: The Poor Plutocrats. v1. 26 Jan 2014 (Other Fiction)

Jókai, Mór: The Slaves of the Padishah. v1. 27 Jan 2014 (Romance)

Jolly, Emily: A wife's story Vol 1. v1. 16 Jan 2016 (Short Fiction)

Jolly, Emily: A wife's story Vol 2. v1. 16 Jan 2015 (Short Fiction)

Jolly, Emily: A wife's story Vol 3. v1. 17 Jan 2016t (Short Fiction)

Jolly, Emily: Bond and free Vol 1. v1. 18 Jan 2016 (Other Fiction)

Jolly, Emily: Bond and free Vol 2. v1. 19 Jan 2016 (Other Fiction)

Jolly, Emily: Bond and free Vol 3. v1. 20 Jan 2016 (Other Fiction)

Jolly, Emily: Entanglements. v1. 20 Jan 2016 (Other Fiction)

Jolly, Emily: Mr. Arle. v1. 21 Jan 2016 (Other Fiction)

Jolly, Emily: The Cypresses Vol 1. v1. 22 Jan 2016 (Romance)

Jolly, Emily: The Cypresses Vol 2. v1. 23 Jan 2016 (Romance)

Jones, Henry Festing: Diversions in Sicily, v1, 03 Feb 2009 (History)

Jones, Susan Carleton: The La Chance Mine Mystery. v1. 2 Feb 2014 (Romance)

Jones, Susan Morrow: The La Chance Mine Mystery. V1. 2 Aug 2010 (Western)

Jonson, Ben: Cynthia's Revels. V1. 11 May 2009 (Other Fiction)

Jonson, Ben: Discoveries and Some Poems. V1. 17 May 2009 (Poetry)

Jonson, Ben: Epicoene or, the Silent Woman. V1. 18 May 2009 (Other Fiction)

Jonson, Ben: Every Man in His Humor. V1. 18 May 2009 (Other Fiction)

Jonson, Ben: Sejanus: His Fall. V1. 20 May 2009 (Other Fiction)

Jonson, Ben: The Alchemist. V1.10 May 2009 (Other Fiction)

Jonson, Ben: The Poetaster. V1. 19 May 2009 (Other Fiction)

Jordan, William George: The Majesty of Calmness, v.1, 31 August 2008. (Other Non-Fiction)

Joyce, James: A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man. v2. 24 Feb 2013 (Other Fiction)

Joyce, James: Dubliners. v1, 12 Aug 2010 (Short Fiction)

Joyce, James: Pomes Penyeach, v1, 17 February 2010. (Poetry)

Joyce, James: Ulysses v1. 26Dec2009 (Other Fiction)

Joyner, Michael: Cherokee Lessons - Introductory Edition [KF8]. V2.58 Apr 2012 (Other Non-Fiction)

Jølsen, Ragnhild: Ve's mor [Norwegian].v1. 30 Apr 2014 (Other Fiction)

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Kafka, Franz: Amerika; german; v1; may 23rd 2009 (Other Fiction)

Kafka, Franz: Blumfeld - ein älterer Junggeselle, german, v1, 23 Mar 2009 (Other Fiction)

Kafka, Franz: Brief an den Vater, german, v1, 23 Mar 2009 (Other Non-Fiction)

Kafka, Franz: Das Schloß. v1 23 may 2009 german (Other Fiction)

Kafka, Franz: Das Schloß. [German]. V2. 15 Jan 2011 (Other Fiction)

Kafka, Franz: Das Urteil (german), v1, 08 Dec 2008 (Short Fiction)

Kafka, Franz: Der Bau, german, v1, 23 Mar 2009 (Other Fiction)

Kafka, Franz: Der Gruftwächter, german, v1, 23 Mar 2009 (Other Fiction)

Kafka, Franz: Der Prozess (german), v1, 06 Dec 2008 (Other Fiction)

Kafka, Franz: Die Verwandlung (german), v1, 08 Dec 2008 (Other Fiction)

Kafka, Franz: Ein Landarzt, german, v1, 27 Mar 2009 (Short Fiction)

Kafka, Franz: In der Strafkolonie, german, v1, 20 Feb 2009 (Other Fiction)

Kafka, Franz: In the Penal Colony, v1, 4 Oct 2007. (Short Fiction)

Kafka, Franz: Metamorphosis, v1, 03 Oct 2007 (Other Fiction)

Kafka, Franz: Selected Shorter Writings, v1, 4 Oct 2007. (Short Fiction)

Kafka, Franz: The Trial, v.1, 11 Nov 2007. (Other Fiction)

Kaler, James Otis: A District Messenger Boy and a Necktie Party. v1. 20 Jun 2013 (Short Fiction)

Kaler, James Otis: A Runaway Brig. v1. 29 Jun 2013 (Action)

Kaler, James Otis: An Amateur Fireman. v1. 18 Jun 2013 (Action)

Kaler, James Otis: Aunt Hannah and Seth. v1. 18 Jun 2013 (Other Fiction)

Kaler, James Otis: Commodore Barney's Young Spies. v1. 19 Jun 2013 (Historical Fiction)

Kaler, James Otis: Corporal 'Lige's Recruit. v1. 19 Jun 2013 (Historical Fiction)

Kaler, James Otis: Defending the Island. v1. 20 Jun 2013 (Historical Fiction)

Kaler, James Otis: Down the Slope. v1. 21 Jun 2013 (Action)

Kaler, James Otis: Jack the Hunchback. v1, 21 Jun 2013 (Other Fiction)

Kaler, James Otis: Left Behind. v1. 22 Jun 2013 (Other Fiction)

Kaler, James Otis: Messenger No 48. v1. 23 Jun 2013 (Mystery and Crime)

Kaler, James Otis: Mr. Stubbs's Brother. v1, 25 Jun 2013 (Other Fiction)

Kaler, James Otis: Neal, the Miller. v1. 26 Jun 2013 (Historical Fiction)

Kaler, James Otis: On the Kentucky Frontier. v1. 26 Jun 2013 (Historical Fiction)

Kaler, James Otis: Ralph Gurney's Oil Speculation. v1. 28 Jun 2013 (Other Fiction)

Kaler, James Otis: Richard of Jamestown. v1. 29 Jun 2013 (Historical Fiction)

Kaler, James Otis: Teddy and Carrots. v1. 30 Jun 2013 (Other Fiction)

Kaler, James Otis: The Adventures of a Country Boy at a Country Fair. v1. 17 Jun 2013 (Action)

Kaler, James Otis: The Club at Crow's Corner. v1, 18 Jun 2013 (Children)

Kaler, James Otis: The Light Keepers. v1. 23 Jun 2013 (Other Fiction)

Kaler, James Otis: The Minute Boys of Boston. v1. 24 Jun 2013 (Historical Fiction)

Kaler, James Otis: The Minute Boys of the Mohawk Valley. v1. 24 Jun 2013 (Historical Fiction)

Kaler, James Otis: The Minute Boys of York Town. v1. 27 Jun 2013 (Historical Fiction)

Kaler, James Otis: The Princess and Joe Potter. v1. 28 Jun 23013 (Other Fiction)

Kaler, James Otis: The Search for the Silver City. v1. 29 Jun 2013 (Action)

Kaler, James Otis: Toby Tyler. v1. 1 Jul 2013 (Other Fiction)

Kaler, James Otis: Under the Liberty Tree. v1. 2 Jul 2013 (Historical Fiction)

Kant, Immanuel: An Answer to the Question: “What is Enlightenment?”. 11 Oct 2008 (Philosophy)

Kant, Immanuel: Grundlegung zur Metaphysik der Sitten (German) V1. 2 Nov 2014 (Philosophy)

Kant, Immanuel: Metaphysical Elements of Ethics. 13 Oct 2008 (Philosophy)

Kant, Immanuel: The Critique of Practical Reason. 12 Oct 2008 (Philosophy)

Kant, Immanuel; Kritik der praktischen Vernunft; german v1 10th July 2009 (Philosophy)

Kant, Immanuel; Kritik der reinen Vernunft; german v1.1 19th June 2009 (Philosophy)

Kant, Immanuel; Kritik der Urteilskraft; german v 1.0; July 11th 2009 (Philosophy)

Kant: Fundamental Principles of the Metaphysic of Morals, v1, 04 Sep 2007. (Philosophy)

Karrillon, Adam: Erlebnisse eines Erdenbummlers [German] V1. 12-Dec-2010 (Biography)

Kavanagh, Julia: Daisy Burns (Volume 1 of 2). v1. 17 Dec 2013 (Romance)

Kavanagh, Julia: Daisy Burns (Volume 2 of 2). v1. 18 Dec 2013 (Romance)

Kavanagh, Julia: Rachel Gray. v1. 18 Dec 2013 (Other Fiction)

Keane, J. F.: Six months in Meccah. v1. 12 Sep 2013 (Other Non-Fiction)

Keary, A, & Keary, E: The Heroes of Asgard, v.1, 13 October 2008. (Fantasy)

Keats, John: Gedichte von einem... german v1 10 feb 2009 (Poetry)

Keller, Gottfried: Der Schmied seines Glücks german v1 11 apr 2009 (Other Fiction)

Keller, Paul: Das letzte Märchen. german. v1. 3 may 2009 (Young Adult)

Kelly, Florence Finch: Emerson's Wife and Other Western Stories. v1. 2 Nov 2015 (Western)

Kelly, Florence Finch: Rhoda Of The Underground. v1. 3 Nov 2015 (Other Fiction)

Kelly, Florence Finch: The Delafield Affair. v1. 2 Nov 2015 (Western)

Kelly, Florence Finch: The Dixons. v1. 5 Nov 2015 (Other Fiction)

Kelly, Florence Finch: The Fate of Felix Brand. v1. 2 Nov 2015 (Other Fiction)

Kelly, Florence Finch: With Hoops of Steel v1 25 apr 2009 (Western)

Kenealy, Arabella: Some Experiences of Lord Syfret. v1. 18 Aug 2025 (Mystery and Crime)

Kepler, Johannes: Somnium – Traum vom Mond (Science Fiction)

Kernahan, Coulson: The Dumpling. v1. 7 Oct 2015 (Mystery and Crime)

Keynes, John Maynard: The Great Slump of 1930, v.1, 15 November 2008. (Other Non-Fiction)

Kielland, Alexander: Garman & Worse [Norwegian]. v1. Sep 2010 (Other Fiction)

Kielland, Alexander: Jacob [Norwegian]. v1. 3. Nov 2012 (Other Fiction)

Kielland, Alexander: Skipper Worse [Norwegian]. v1. Sep 2010 (Other Fiction)

Kiesewetter, Karl: Der Occultismus des Altertums (German). v1. 24 July 2013 (Other Non-Fiction)

Kilmer, Joyce: An Omnibus of Joyce Kilmer. V1. March 4 2012 (Poetry)

Kilner, Dorothy: THE LIFE AND PERAMBULATIONS OF A MOUSE (1783-1784). v1, 21 Jan 2008

Kinck, Hans E.: Huldren [Norwegian].v1. 05 May 2014 (Other Fiction)

Kinck, Hans E.: Sus [Norwegian].v1. 05 May 2014 (Other Fiction)

Kinck, Hans: Sneskavlen brast [Norwegian].v1. 26 Apr 2014 (Other Fiction)

Kinck, Hans: Trækfugle [Norwegian].v1. 30 Apr 2014 (Short Fiction)

King, Basil: High Heart, The. V1. 3 Nov 2011 (Other Fiction)

King, Basil: The Conquest of Fear. V1. 2 Nov 2011 (Spiritual)

King, Basil: The Dust Flower. V1. 2 Nov 2011 (Romance)

King, Basil: The Empty Sack. V1. 3 Nov 2011 (Other Fiction)

King, Basil: The Inner Shrine. V1. 4 Nov 2011 (Other Fiction)

King, Basil: The Letter of the Contract. V1. 4 Nov 2011 (Other Fiction)

King, Basil: The Side Of The Angels. V1. 5 Nov 2011 (Romance)

King, Basil: The Street Called Straight. V1. 6 Nov 2011 (Romance)

King, Basil: The Wild Olive. V1. 6 Nov 2011 (Romance)

King, Charles: A Daughter of the Sioux v1 23 dec 2008 (Western)

King, Charles: A Soldier's Trial. v1. 12 May 2013 (Action)

King, Charles: A Tame Surrender. v1. 13 May 2013 (Romance)

King, Charles: A Trooper Galahad. v1. 15 May 2013 (Romance)

King, Charles: A War-Time Wooing. v1. 17 May 2013 (Romance)

King, Charles: A Wounded Name. v1. 17 May 2013 (Western)

King, Charles: An Apache Princess v1 13 dec 2008 (Western)

King, Charles: Campaigning with Crook and Stories of Army Life. v1. 9 May 2013 (Western)

King, Charles: From School to Battle-field. v1. 9 May 2013 (Action)

King, Charles: King, Warrior Gap. v1. 16 May 2013 (Western)

King, Charles: Kitty's Conquest. v1. 10 May 2013 (Romance)

King, Charles: Lanier of the Cavalry. v1. 11 May 2013 (Action)

King, Charles: Laramie. v1. 11 May 2013 (Action)

King, Charles: Marion's Faith. v1. 11 May 2013 (Action)

King, Charles: Ray's Daughter. v1. 12 May 2013 (Action)

King, Charles: Starlight Ranch v1 25 nov 2008 (Western)

King, Charles: Sunset Pass. v1. 13 May 2013 (Western)

King, Charles: To The Front. v1, 14 May 2013 (Western)

King, Charles: Tonio, Son of the Sierras. v1. 14 May 2013 (Western)

King, Charles: Trumpeter Fred. v1. 15 May 2013 (Western)

King, Charles: Under Fire. v1. 8 May 2013 (Western)

King, Charles: Waring's Peril. v1. 16 May 2013 (Other Fiction)

Kingsley, Charles: Hypatia, v.1 20 Nov 2007. (Other Fiction)

Kingsley, Florence Morse. The Intellectual Miss Lamb. v1. 15 Dec 2015 (Short Fiction)

Kingsley, Florence Morse: An Alabaster Box. v1. 9 Dec 2015 (Other Fiction)

Kingsley, Florence Morse: And So They Were Married. v1. 10 Dec 2015 (Other Fiction)

Kingsley, Florence Morse: Prisoners Of The Sea. v1. 11 Dec 2015 (Other Fiction)

Kingsley, Florence Morse: Stephen, a Soldier of the Cross. v1. 12 Dec 2015 (Other Fiction)

Kingsley, Florence Morse: The Heart Of Philura. v1. 15 Dec 2014 (Other Fiction)

Kingsley, Florence Morse: The Needle's Eye. v1. 16 Dec 2015 (Other Fiction)

Kingsley, Florence Morse: The Princess And The Ploughman. v1. 17 Dec 2015 (Other Fiction)

Kingsley, Florence Morse: The Resurrection Of Miss Cynthia. v1. 18 Dec 2015 (Other Fiction)

Kingsley, Florence Morse: The Singular Miss Smith. v1. 20 Dec 2015 (Other Fiction)

Kingsley, Florence Morse: The Transfiguration Of Miss Philura. v1. 22 Dec 2015 (Other Fiction)

Kingsley, Florence Morse: Tor, a Street Boy of Jerusalem. v1. 23 Dec 2015 (Other Fiction)

Kingsley, Henry: Ravenshoe. v1. 16 Sep 2013 (Other Fiction)

Kingsley, Henry: The Lost Child. v1. 16 Sep 2013 (Other Fiction)

Kingston, Charles: Murder in Piccadilly (1936): v.1 (Mystery and Crime)

Kingston, W. H. G.: Hurricane Hurry, v.1, 11 Sept 2008 (Historical Fiction)

Kingston, W.H.G.: A True Hero.V1.13 January 2012 (Historical Fiction)

Kingston, W.H.G.: A Voyage Round the World.V1.13 January 2012 (Other Non-Fiction)

Kingston, W.H.G.: A Yacht voyage round England.V1.13 January 2012 (Other Non-Fiction)

Kingston, W.H.G.: Adrift in a boat.V1.13 January 2012 (Historical Fiction)

Kingston, W.H.G.: Adventures in Africa.V1.13 January 2012 (Other Non-Fiction)

Kingston, W.H.G.: Adventures in Australia.V1.13 January 2012 (Other Non-Fiction)

Kingston, W.H.G.: Adventures in the Far West.V1.13 January 2012 (Other Non-Fiction)

Kingston, W.H.G.: Afar in the Forest v1 1 feb 2009 (Historical Fiction)

Kingston, W.H.G.: Afar in the forest.V1.13 January 2012 (Historical Fiction)

Kingston, W.H.G.: Alone on an Island.V1.13 January 2012 (Historical Fiction)

Kingston, W.H.G.: Among the Red-skins.V1.13 January 2012 (Historical Fiction)

Kingston, W.H.G.: Anthony Waymouth.V1.13 January 2012 (Historical Fiction)

Kingston, W.H.G.: Archibald Hughson.V1.13 January 2012 (Historical Fiction)

Kingston, W.H.G.: Ben Burton.V1.13 January 2012 (Historical Fiction)

Kingston, W.H.G.: Ben Hadden.V1.13 January 2012 (Historical Fiction)

Kingston, W.H.G.: Captain Cook.V1.13 January 2012 (Biography)

Kingston, W.H.G.: Captain Mugford.V1.13 January 2012 (Historical Fiction)

Kingston, W.H.G.: Charley Laurel.V1.13 January 2012 (Historical Fiction)

Kingston, W.H.G.: Clara Maynard.V1.13 January 2012 (Historical Fiction)

Kingston, W.H.G.: Count Funnibos & Baron Stilkin.V1.13 January 2012 (Historical Fiction)

Kingston, W.H.G.: Count Ulrich of Lindberg.V1.13 January 2012 (Historical Fiction)

Kingston, W.H.G.: Dick Chaveley.V1.13 January 2012 (Historical Fiction)

Kingston, W.H.G.: Dick Onslow.V1.13 January 2012 (Historical Fiction)

Kingston, W.H.G.: Digby Heathcote.V1.13 January 2012 (Historical Fiction)

Kingston, W.H.G.: Ernest Bracebridge.V1.13 January 2012 (Historical Fiction)

Kingston, W.H.G.: Exilted for the Faith.V1.13 January 2012 (Historical Fiction)

Kingston, W.H.G.: Fred Markham in Russia.V1.13 January 2012 (Historical Fiction)

Kingston, W.H.G.: From Powder Monkey to Admiral.V1.13 January 2012 (Historical Fiction)

Kingston, W.H.G.: Great African Travellers.V1.13 January 2012 (Biography)

Kingston, W.H.G.: Happy Jack.V1.13 January 2012 (Historical Fiction)

Kingston, W.H.G.: Harry Skipwith.V1.13 January 2012 (Historical Fiction)

Kingston, W.H.G.: Hendricks the Hunter.V1.13 January 2012 (Historical Fiction)

Kingston, W.H.G.: How Brittania Came to Rule the Waves.V1.13 January 2012 (History)

Kingston, W.H.G.: Hurricane Hurry.V1.13 January 2012 (Historical Fiction)

Kingston, W.H.G.: In New Grenada.V1.13 January 2012 (Historical Fiction)

Kingston, W.H.G.: In the Eastern Seas v1 2mar 2009 (Action)

Kingston, W.H.G.: In the Eastern Seas.V1.13 January 2012 (Other Non-Fiction)

Kingston, W.H.G.: In the Rocky Mountains.V1.13 January 2012 (Other Non-Fiction)

Kingston, W.H.G.: In the Wilds of Africa.V1.13 January 2012 (Other Non-Fiction)

Kingston, W.H.G.: In the Wilds of Florida v1 24 mar 2009 (Historical Fiction)

Kingston, W.H.G.: In the Wilds of Florida.V1.13 January 2012 (Other Non-Fiction)

Kingston, W.H.G.: James Braithwaite.V1.13 January 2012 (Historical Fiction)

Kingston, W.H.G.: Janet McLaren.V1.13 January 2012 (Historical Fiction)

Kingston, W.H.G.: John Deane of Nottingham.V1.13 January 2012 (Historical Fiction)

Kingston, W.H.G.: Jovinian.V1.13 January 2012 (Historical Fiction)

Kingston, W.H.G.: Kingston Omnibus Vol.1.V1.6 Dec. 2014 (Historical Fiction)

Kingston, W.H.G.: Kingston Omnibus Vol.10.V1.6 Dec. 2014 (Historical Fiction)

Kingston, W.H.G.: Kingston Omnibus Vol.11.V1.6 Dec. 2014 (Historical Fiction)

Kingston, W.H.G.: Kingston Omnibus Vol.12.V1.6 Dec. 2014 (Historical Fiction)

Kingston, W.H.G.: Kingston Omnibus Vol.13.V1.6 Dec. 2014 (Historical Fiction)

Kingston, W.H.G.: Kingston Omnibus Vol.14.V1.6 Dec. 2014 (Historical Fiction)

Kingston, W.H.G.: Kingston Omnibus Vol.15.V1.6 Dec. 2014 (Historical Fiction)

Kingston, W.H.G.: Kingston Omnibus Vol.16.V1.6 Dec. 2014 (Historical Fiction)

Kingston, W.H.G.: Kingston Omnibus Vol.2.V1.6 Dec. 2014 (Historical Fiction)

Kingston, W.H.G.: Kingston Omnibus Vol.3.V1.6 Dec. 2014 (Historical Fiction)

Kingston, W.H.G.: Kingston Omnibus Vol.4.V1.6 Dec. 2014 (Historical Fiction)

Kingston, W.H.G.: Kingston Omnibus Vol.5.V1.6 Dec. 2014 (Historical Fiction)

Kingston, W.H.G.: Kingston Omnibus Vol.6.V1.6 Dec. 2014 (Historical Fiction)

Kingston, W.H.G.: Kingston Omnibus Vol.7.V1.6 Dec. 2014 (Historical Fiction)

Kingston, W.H.G.: Kingston Omnibus Vol.8.V1.6 Dec. 2014 (Historical Fiction)

Kingston, W.H.G.: Kingston Omnibus Vol.9.V1.6 Dec. 2014 (Historical Fiction)

Kingston, W.H.G.: Little Peter the ship boy.V1.13 January 2012 (Historical Fiction)

Kingston, W.H.G.: Manco the Peruvian Chief.V1.13 January 2012 (Historical Fiction)

Kingston, W.H.G.: Mark Seaworth.V1.13 January 2012 (Historical Fiction)

Kingston, W.H.G.: Marmaduke Merry.V1.13 January 2012 (Historical Fiction)

Kingston, W.H.G.: Mary Liddiard.V1.13 January 2012 (Historical Fiction)

Kingston, W.H.G.: Michael Penguyne.V1.13 January 2012 (Historical Fiction)

Kingston, W.H.G.: Mountain Moggy.V1.13 January 2012 (Historical Fiction)

Kingston, W.H.G.: My 1st Voyage to Southern Seas.V1.13 January 2012 (Other Non-Fiction)

Kingston, W.H.G.: Ned Garth.V1.13 January 2012 (Historical Fiction)

Kingston, W.H.G.: Norman Vallery.V1.13 January 2012 (Historical Fiction)

Kingston, W.H.G.: Notable Voyagers.V1.13 January 2012 (Biography)

Kingston, W.H.G.: Old Jack.V1.13 January 2012 (Historical Fiction)

Kingston, W.H.G.: On the Banks of the Amazon.V1.13 January 2012 (Other Non-Fiction)

Kingston, W.H.G.: On the Banks of the Amazonas v1 23 jan 2009 (Historical Fiction)

Kingston, W.H.G.: Our Sailors.V1.13 January 2012 (Other Non-Fiction)

Kingston, W.H.G.: Our Soldiers.V1.13 January 2012 (Other Non-Fiction)

Kingston, W.H.G.: Owen Hartley.V1.13 January 2012 (Historical Fiction)

Kingston, W.H.G.: Paddy Finn.V1.13 January 2012 (Historical Fiction)

Kingston, W.H.G.: Paul Gerrard.V1.13 January 2012 (Historical Fiction)

Kingston, W.H.G.: Peter Biddulph.V1.13 January 2012 (Historical Fiction)

Kingston, W.H.G.: Peter the Whaler v1 12 jan 2009 (Young Adult)

Kingston, W.H.G.: Peter the Whaler.V1.13 January 2012 (Historical Fiction)

Kingston, W.H.G.: Peter Trawl.V1.13 January 2012 (Historical Fiction)

Kingston, W.H.G.: Ralph Clavering.V1.13 January 2012 (Historical Fiction)

Kingston, W.H.G.: Rob Nixon.V1.13 January 2012 (Historical Fiction)

Kingston, W.H.G.: Roger Willoughby.V1.13 January 2012 (Historical Fiction)

Kingston, W.H.G.: Ron Morton v1 3 mar 2009 (Historical Fiction)

Kingston, W.H.G.: Ronald Morton.V1.13 January 2012 (Historical Fiction)

Kingston, W.H.G.: Salt Water.V1.13 January 2012 (Historical Fiction)

Kingston, W.H.G.: Saved from the Sea.V1.13 January 2012 (Historical Fiction)

Kingston, W.H.G.: Seven Champions of Christendom.V1.13 January 2012 (Biography)

Kingston, W.H.G.: Snowshoes and Canoes.V1.13 January 2012 (Historical Fiction)

Kingston, W.H.G.: Stories of Animal Sagacity.V1.13 January 2012 (Children)

Kingston, W.H.G.: Sunshine Bill v1 20 mar 2009 (Historical Fiction)

Kingston, W.H.G.: Sunshine Bill.V1.13 January 2012 (Historical Fiction)

Kingston, W.H.G.: Taking Tales.V1.13 January 2012 (Historical Fiction)

Kingston, W.H.G.: Tales of the Sea.V1.13 January 2012 (Other Fiction)

Kingston, W.H.G.: The African Trader.V1.13 January 2012 (Historical Fiction)

Kingston, W.H.G.: The boy who sailed with Blake.V1.13 January 2012 (Historical Fiction)

Kingston, W.H.G.: The Circassian Chief.V1.13 January 2012 (Historical Fiction)

Kingston, W.H.G.: The Cruise of the Dainty.V1.13 January 2012 (Historical Fiction)

Kingston, W.H.G.: The Cruise of the Frolic.V1.13 January 2012 (Historical Fiction)

Kingston, W.H.G.: The Cruise of the Mary Rose.V1.13 January 2012 (Historical Fiction)

Kingston, W.H.G.: The Ferryman of Brill.V1.13 January 2012 (Short Fiction)

Kingston, W.H.G.: The Frontier Fort.V1.13 January 2012 (Historical Fiction)

Kingston, W.H.G.: The Gilpins and their fortunes.V1.13 January 2012 (Historical Fiction)

Kingston, W.H.G.: The Grateful Indian.V1.13 January 2012 (Short Fiction)

Kingston, W.H.G.: The Heir of Kilfinnan.V1.13 January 2012 (Historical Fiction)

Kingston, W.H.G.: The Last Look.V1.13 January 2012 (Historical Fiction)

Kingston, W.H.G.: The Lily of Leyden.V1.13 January 2012 (Historical Fiction)

Kingston, W.H.G.: The Log house by the Lake.V1.13 January 2012 (Historical Fiction)

Kingston, W.H.G.: The Loss of the Royal George.V1.13 January 2012 (Historical Fiction)

Kingston, W.H.G.: The Mate of the Lily.V1.13 January 2012 (Historical Fiction)

Kingston, W.H.G.: The Mines and its wonders.V1.13 January 2012 (Historical Fiction)

Kingston, W.H.G.: The Missing Ship.V1.13 January 2012 (Historical Fiction)

Kingston, W.H.G.: The Pirate of the Medditerranean.V1.13 January 2012 (Historical Fiction)

Kingston, W.H.G.: The Pirate of the Mediterranean v1 23 dec 2008 (Historical Fiction)

Kingston, W.H.G.: The Prime Minister.V1.13 January 2012 (Historical Fiction)

Kingston, W.H.G.: The Ranger & Crusader.V1.13 January 2012 (Historical Fiction)

Kingston, W.H.G.: The Rival Crusoes.V1.13 January 2012 (Historical Fiction)

Kingston, W.H.G.: The Settlers.V1.13 January 2012 (Historical Fiction)

Kingston, W.H.G.: The South Sea Whaler.V1.13 January 2012 (Historical Fiction)

Kingston, W.H.G.: The Story of Nelson.V1.13 January 2012 (Biography)

Kingston, W.H.G.: The Three Admirals.V1.13 January 2012 (Historical Fiction)

Kingston, W.H.G.: The Three Commanders.V1.13 January 2012 (Historical Fiction)

Kingston, W.H.G.: The Three Lieutenants.V1.13 January 2012 (Historical Fiction)

Kingston, W.H.G.: The three Midshipmen v1 12 jan 2009 (Historical Fiction)

Kingston, W.H.G.: The Three Midshipmen.V1.13 January 2012 (Historical Fiction)

Kingston, W.H.G.: The Trapper's Son.V1.13 January 2012 (Historical Fiction)

Kingston, W.H.G.: The Two Shipmates v1 3 jan 2009 (Historical Fiction)

Kingston, W.H.G.: The Two Shipmates.V1.13 January 2012 (Historical Fiction)

Kingston, W.H.G.: The Two Supercargo's.V1.13 January 2012 (Historical Fiction)

Kingston, W.H.G.: The Two Whalers.V1.13 January 2012 (Historical Fiction)

Kingston, W.H.G.: The Voyage of the Steadfast.V1.13 January 2012 (Historical Fiction)

Kingston, W.H.G.: The Wanderers.V1.13 January 2012 (Historical Fiction)

Kingston, W.H.G.: The Western World.V1.13 January 2012 (Other Non-Fiction)

Kingston, W.H.G.: The Woodcutter of Gultech.V1.13 January 2012 (Historical Fiction)

Kingston, W.H.G.: The Young Barringtons.V1.13 January 2012 (Historical Fiction)

Kingston, W.H.G.: The Young Llanero v1 20 sep 2009 (Action)

Kingston, W.H.G.: The Young Llanero.V1.13 January 2012 (Historical Fiction)

Kingston, W.H.G.: The Young Rajah.V1.13 January 2012 (Historical Fiction)

Kingston, W.H.G.: True Blue.V1.13 January 2012 (Historical Fiction)

Kingston, W.H.G.: Twice Lost.V1.13 January 2012 (Historical Fiction)

Kingston, W.H.G.: Villaqaqnon.V1.13 January 2012 (Historical Fiction)

Kingston, W.H.G.: Waihoura the Maori Girl.V1.13 January 2012 (Historical Fiction)

Kingston, W.H.G.: Washed Ashore.V1.13 January 2012 (Historical Fiction)

Kingston, W.H.G.: Will Weatherhelm.V1.13 January 2012 (Historical Fiction)

Kingston, W.H.G.: With Axe and Rifle.V1.13 January 2012 (Historical Fiction)

Kingston, W.H.G.: Won from the Waves.V1.13 January 2012 (Historical Fiction)

Kinkead, Thomas L.: Baltimore Catechism 4. V1. 16-Jun-2012 (Spiritual)

Kinross, Albert: An opera and Lady Grasmere. v1. 30 May 2017 (Other Fiction)

Kipling, Rudyard: A Diversity of Creatures. V1. 30 Oct 2012 (Short Fiction)

Kipling, Rudyard: Actions and Reactions. V1. 27 Oct 2012 (Short Fiction)

Kipling, Rudyard: American Notes. 27 Oct 2012 (Other Non-Fiction)

Kipling, Rudyard: Barrack-Room Ballads. V1. 28 Oct 2012 (Poetry)

Kipling, Rudyard: Captains Courageous . v1, 1 Jan 2008

Kipling, Rudyard: Captains Courageous. V1. 29 Oct 2012 (Action)

Kipling, Rudyard: France At War. V1. 31 Oct 2012 (History)

Kipling, Rudyard: From Sea to Sea. V1. 1 Nov 2012 (Other Non-Fiction)

Kipling, Rudyard: How Shakspere Came to Write the Tempest. V1. 1 Nov 2012 (Other Non-Fiction)

Kipling, Rudyard: Indian Tales. V1. 3 Nov 2012 (Short Fiction)

Kipling, Rudyard: Just So Stories (Illustrated), v. 1, 17 Nov 2009 (Children)

Kipling, Rudyard: Just So Stories. V1. 6 Oct 2012 (Short Fiction)

Kipling, Rudyard: Kim (Illustrated), v.2.00, 30 April 2010 (Young Adult)

Kipling, Rudyard: Kim. V1.0. 20 November 2007

Kipling, Rudyard: Life's Handicap. V1. 8 Oct 2012 (Short Fiction)

Kipling, Rudyard: Plain Tales from the Hills. v1. Jan 2012 (Short Fiction)

Kipling, Rudyard: Puck of Pook's Hill. v1.Jan 2012 (Short Fiction)

Kipling, Rudyard: Soldiers Three. v1. Feb 2012 (Short Fiction)

Kipling, Rudyard: Stalky & Co. v1. Jan 2012 (Short Fiction)

Kipling, Rudyard: The Bridge-builders. V1. 28 Oct 2012 (Other Fiction)

Kipling, Rudyard: The Day's Work - Part I. V1. 29 Oct 2012 (Short Fiction)

Kipling, Rudyard: The Eyes of Asia. V1. 30 Oct 2012 (Short Fiction)

Kipling, Rudyard: The Jungle Book. V1. 4 Nov 2012 (Short Fiction)

Kipling, Rudyard: The Jungle Books, v1, 01Mar2011 (Children)

Kipling, Rudyard: The Light That Failed. V1. 10 Nov 2012 (Other Non-Fiction)

Kipling, Rudyard: The Man Who Would Be King. V1. 28 Oct 2012 (Other Fiction)

Kipling, Rudyard: The Phantom Rickshaw and Other Ghost Stories. V1. 24 Nov 2012 (Short Fiction)

Kipling, Rudyard: Wee Willie Winkie. V1. Feb 2012 (Short Fiction)

Kirkland, Winifred: The Joys of being a Woman, v.1, 5 May 2008. (Humor)

Klabund: Bracke german v1 4 feb 2009 (Poetry)

Klabund: Deutsche Literaturgeschichte in einer Stunde (German) V2. 20 Mar 2013 (Other Non-Fiction)

Klabund: Deutsche Literaturgeschichte in einer Stunde german v1 22 feb 2009 (Other Non-Fiction)

Klabund: Die Krankheit german v1 17 mar 2009 (Other Fiction)

Klabund: Romane der Leidenschaft (German) V2. 20 Mar 2013 (Historical Fiction)

Klein, Gerwin: JFlex User's Manual. v1.0. March 8 2009 (Reference)

Kleiser, Grenville: Public Speaking. V1. 26-Mar-2013 (Other Non-Fiction)

Kleiser, Grenville: Talks on Talking. V1. 16-Mar-2013 (Other Non-Fiction)

Kleist, Heinrich von: Amphitryon (german) v1.0 Jun 2010 (Other Fiction)

Kleist, Heinrich von: Ausgewählte Schriften. v1. 07 Sep 2010 (Other Non-Fiction)

Kleist, Heinrich von: Das Käthchen von Heilbronn (german) v1.0 Jun 2010 (Other Fiction)

Kleist, Heinrich von: Der zerbrochne Krug (german) v1.0 Jun 2010 (Other Fiction)

Kleist, Heinrich von: Die Hermannsschlacht (german) v1.0 Jun 2010 (Other Fiction)

Kleist, Heinrich von: Prinz Friedrich von Homburg (german) v1.0 Jun 2010 (Other Fiction)

Kline, Otis Adelbert: Five Tales (2016); v1, 31 Mar 2020 (Science Fiction)

Kline, Otis Adelbert: Jan of the Jungle. v1, 27 Feb 2008

Kline, Otis Adelbert: Jan Of The Jungle. V1. 17 Jul 2012 (Fantasy)

Kline, Otis Adelbert: Maza of the Moon. v1, 27 Feb 2007

Kline, Otis Adelbert: Maza Of The Moon. V1. 18 Jul 2012 (Science Fiction)

Kline, Otis Adelbert: Planet Of Peril. V1. 17 Jul 2012 (Science Fiction)

Kline, Otis Adelbert: The Man From The Moon. V1. 18 Jul 2012 (Science Fiction)

Kline, Otis Adelbert: The Outlaws of Mars. v1, 27 Feb 2008

Kline, Otis Adelbert: The Outlaws Of Mars. V1. 18 Jul 2012 (Science Fiction)

Kline, Otis Adelbert: The Port Of Peril. V1. 17 Jul 2012 (Science Fiction)

Kline, Otis Adelbert: The Prince of Peril. V1. 17 Jul 2012 (Science Fiction)

Kline, Otis Adelbert: Venus Omnibus. v1, 27 Feb 2008

Klingemann, August: Die Nachtwachen des Bonaventura german v1 16 feb 2009 (Other Fiction)

Knatchbull, Wyndham: Kalila and Dimna. v1. 8 Nov 2012 (Short Fiction)

Knibbs, Henry Herbert: Jim Waring of Sonora-Town. V1. 18 Dec 2009 (Western)

Knibbs, Henry Herbert: Overland Red. V1. 18 Dec 2009 (Western)

Knibbs, Henry Herbert: Partners of Chance. V1. 19 Dec 2009 (Western)

Knibbs, Henry herbert: The Ridin Kid v1 13 apr 2009 (Western)

Knibbs, Henry Herbert: The Ridin' Kid from Powder River. V1. 19 Dec 2009 (Western)

Knigge, Adolph Freiherr von: Über den Umgang mit Menschen [German]. V1. 13-12-2010 (Other Non-Fiction)

Knight, Eric: Lassie Come-Home (1940), v1, 22 Nov 2019 (Other Fiction)

Knight, Eric: Sam Small Flies Again (1942); v1; 22 Nov 2011 (Fantasy)

Knight, Eric: You Play the Black and the Red Comes up; v1; 8 Mar 2021 (Mystery and Crime)

Knortz, Karl: Hexen, Teufel und Blocksbergspuk (German). v1. 10 Apr 2013 (Other Fiction)

Knowles, Sir James: The Legends Of King Arthur And His Knights. v1. 3 Jul 2015 (Other Fiction)

Knudsen, Johannes: Den danske ishavsfarer Jens Munk (illustr.)[Danish].v1.20 Oct 2012 (History)

Kobell, Franz von: Brandner-Kasper (German) V1. 21 Jul 2013 (Other Fiction)

Koren, Kristiane: Dagbøger 1808-1814 [Norwegian].v1. 02 May 2014 (Other Non-Fiction)

Kraft, Robert: Auf der Kommandobrücke V1.5 [German] 03.02.2021 (History)

Kraft, Robert: Das Seegespenst V1.5 [German] 03.02.2021 (History)

Kraft, Robert: Der Medizinmann V1.5 [German] 03.02.2021 (Fantasy)

Kraft, Robert: Detektiv Nobody 1 german v2 7 feb 2009 (Action)

Kraft, Robert: Detektiv Nobody 2 german v1 17 feb 2009 (Action)

Kraft, Robert: Detektiv Nobody 3 v1 german 19 feb 2009 (Action)

Kraft, Robert: Detektiv Nobody 4 german v1 21 feb 2009 (Action)

Kraft, Robert: Detektiv Nobody Teil 5 german v1 13 jun 2009 (Action)

Kraft, Robert: Die Abenteuer des Detektivs Nobody 6 german 1 december 2011 (Action)

Kraft, Robert: Die Abenteuer des Detektivs Nobody 7 v2 german 1 december 2011 (Action)

Kraft, Robert: Die Abenteuer des Detektivs Nobody 8 v3 german 30 december 2011 (Action)

Kraft, Robert: Die Schatzkammer des Pharao v1 german 30.01.12 (Action)

Kraft, Robert: Die Vestalinnen 1 v2 german 5.1.2012 (Action)

Kraft, Robert: Die Vestalinnen 2 v2 german 6.1.2012 (Action)

Kraft, Robert: Die Vestalinnen 3 v2 german 9.1.2012 (Action)

Kraft, Robert: Die Vestalinnen 4 v2 german 4.2.2012 (Action)

Kraft, Robert: Die Vestalinnen 5 v1 german 5.2.2012 (Action)

Kraft, Robert: Die Vestalinnen Band 1 german v1 16 nov 2009 (Action)

Kraft, Robert: Die Vestalinnen Band 2 german v1 17 nov 2009 (Action)

Kraft, Robert: Die Vestalinnen Band 3 german v1 25 nov 2009 (Action)

Kraft, Robert: Die Vestalinnen Band 4 german v1 13 dec 2009 (Action)

Kraft, Robert: Die Vestalinnen Band 5 v1 german 28 dec 2009 (Action)

Kraft, Robert: Die Wildschützen vom Kilimandscharo (german) v1 29 november 2011 (Action)

Kraft, Robert: Im Panzerautomobil um die Erde v1 german 15.02.12 (Action)

Kraft, Robert: Um die Indische Kaiserkrone 2 german v1 11 mar 2009 (Action)

Kraft, Robert: Um die indische Kaiserkrone 3 german v1 25 mar 2009 (Action)

Kraft, Robert: Um die indische Kaiserkrone 4 german v1 8 apr 2009 (Historical Fiction)

Kraft, Robert: Um die indische Kaiserkrone I german v1 1 mar 2009 (Mystery and Crime)

Kraft, Robert: Vestalinnen 6 (german) v1 4.12.2011 (Action)

Krag, Vilhelm: Digte [Norwegian].v1. 6 May 2014 (Poetry)

Kraszewski, Józef Ignacy: Count Bruhl. v1. 8 Aug 2014 (Historical Fiction)

Kraszewski, Józef Ignacy: The Countess Cosel. v1. 9 Aug 2014 (Historical Fiction)

Krohg, Christian: Albertine [Norwegian] v1 11.02.2014 (Other Fiction)

Kropotkin, Peter: The Conquest of Bread, v.1, 17 Nov 2007. (Government)

Kummer, Frederic Arnold: The Blue Lights. v1. 5 Mar 2013 (Mystery and Crime)

Kummer, Frederic Arnold: The Brute. v1. 5 Mar 2013 (Mystery and Crime)

Kummer, Frederic Arnold: The Film of Fear. v1. 6 Mar 2013 (Mystery and Crime)

Kummer, Frederic Arnold: The Green God. v1. 6 Mar 2013 (Mystery and Crime)

Kummer, Frederic Arnold: The Ivory Snuff Box. v1. 6 Mar 2013 (Mystery and Crime)

Kyffin-Taylor, Bessie: From out of the Silence (collected ghosts). v2. 25 Jan 2021 (Horror)

Kügelgen, Wilhelm von: Jugenderinnerungen eines alten Mannes. german. v1. 9 Mar 2009 (Biography)

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La Fayette, Madame de: La Princesse de Clèves [French/Français], v1, 18 October 2009. (Romance)

La Fayette, Madame de: The Princess of Cleves v.1, 14 August 2016 (Historical Fiction)

la Motte Fouque, Friedrich de: Sintram and His Companions. V1. 25 Dec 2009 (Fantasy)

la Motte Fouque, Friedrich de: The Two Captains. V1. 25 Dec 2009 (Fantasy)

la Motte, Friedrich Heinrich Karl de: Aslauga's Knight. V1. 24 Dec 2009 (Romance)

Lafayette, Madame de: The Princess de Montpensier, v.1, 15 Feb 2008. (Romance)

Lafayette, Madame de: The Princess of Cleves, v1, 22 Dec2007 (Romance)

Lagerlöf, Selma: Die schönsten Geschichten von Selma Lagerlöf. german. v2. 23.01.2010 (Short Fiction)

Lake, Steven: The Dreamland Articles 1. v1. 3 Aug 2011 (Children)

Lake, Steven: The Dreamland Articles 2. v1. 3 Aug 2011 (Children)

Lake, Steven: The Tin Cup. v1. 22 Dec 2010 (Short Fiction)

Lamb, Charles & Mary: Tales from Shakespeare (Illustrated) v1, 6 Sept 2007. (Young Adult)

Lane, E.W.: Arabian society in the Middle Ages. v1. 17 Jan 2013 (Other Non-Fiction)

Lane-Pool, Stanley: Saladin (Illustrated). v1 10 September 2013 (Biography)

Lane-Pool, Stanley: The Moors in Spain (Illustrated). v1 7 October 2013 (History)

Lang, Andrew: Adventures among Books V1. 25-Sep-2010 (Short Fiction)

Lang, Andrew: Adventures among Books. v1. 4 Aug 2013 (Other Non-Fiction)

Lang, Andrew: Essays in Little, v.1, 13 April 2008. (Other Non-Fiction)

Lang, Andrew: He, v.1, 30 May 2008. (Humor)

Lang, Andrew: Helen of Troy, v.1, 27 April 2008. (Poetry)

Lang, Andrew: How to Fail in Literature, v.1, 7 May 2008. (Reference)

Lang, Andrew: The Blue Fairy Book. 27 Sept 07 (Fantasy)

Lang, Andrew: The Book of Dreams and Ghosts, v.1, 17 Nov 2007. (Reference)

Lang, Andrew: The Brown Fairy Book. 28 Sept 07 (Fantasy)

Lang, Andrew: The Crimson Fairy Book. 28 Sept 07 (Fantasy)

Lang, Andrew: The Disentanglers (1901); V1; 28 Dec 2020 (Short Fiction)

Lang, Andrew: The Green Fairy Book. 27 Sept 07 (Fantasy)

Lang, Andrew: The Grey Fairy Book. 27 Sept 07 (Fantasy)

Lang, Andrew: The Lilac Fairy Book. 28 Sept 07 (Fantasy)

Lang, Andrew: The Olive Fairy Book. 01 Oct 07 (Fantasy)

Lang, Andrew: The Orange Fairy Book. 28 Sept 07 (Fantasy)

Lang, Andrew: The Pink Fairy Book. 27 Sept 07 (Fantasy)

Lang, Andrew: The Puzzle of Dickens’s Last Plot, v.1, 26 April 2008. (Other Non-Fiction)

Lang, Andrew: The Red Fairy Book. 27 Sept 07 (Fantasy)

Lang, Andrew: The Red Romance Book. 03 June 2008 (Fantasy)

Lang, Andrew: The Violet Fairy Book. 28 Sept 07 (Fantasy)

Lang, Andrew: The Yellow Fairy Book. 27 Sept 07 (Fantasy)

Lange, Dietrich: The Lure Of The Black Hills. v1. 24 Oct 2015 (Western)

Lange, Dietrich: The Shawnee's Warning. v1. 25 Oct 2015 (Western)

Lange, Dietrich: The Silver Cache Of The Pawnee. v1. 26 Oct 2015 (Western)

Lange, Dietrich: The Threat Of Sitting Bull. v1. 29 Oct 2015 (Western)

Lao-Tse: The Tao Teh King (Tr. Legge), v1, 16 Oct 2007. (Spiritual)

Lardner, Ring: Lardner on the Loose Omnibus (collected short fiction).v1. 21 Feb 2017 (Humor)

Lardner, Ring: My Four Weeks in France (1918), v1, 23 Feb 2019 (Humor)

Lardner, Ring: Roundup (1929), v1: 25 June 2019 (Short Fiction)

Lardner, Ring: The Big Town (1921), v1 (Humor)

Lawrence, D. H.: The Woman Who Rode Away and Other Stories. v1. 06 May 2022 (Short Fiction)

Lawrence, D.H.: Sons and Lovers, v1 18 Dec 2010 (Other Fiction)

Lawrence, D.H.: Studies in Classic American Literature v1 25Jan2011 (Other Non-Fiction)

Lawrence, D.H.: The Prussian Officer, v1 21 Dec 2010 (Other Fiction)

Lawrence, D.H.: The Rainbow, v1 18 Dec 2010 (Other Fiction)

Lawrence, D.H.: Women in Love, v1 21 Dec 2010 (Other Fiction)

Lawrence, George A: Border and Bastille. V1. 26 Dec 2009 (History)

Lawrence, George A: Guy Livingstone. V1. 26 Dec 2009 (Romance)

Lawrence, George A: Sword and Gown. V1. 27 Dec 2009 (Romance)

Lawrence, T.E.: Seven Pillars of Wisdom. v1. 2 September 2008 (History)

Lawson, Henry: Children of the Bush. V1. 27 Dec 2009 (Short Fiction)

Lawson, Henry: Joe Wilson and His Mates. V1. 28 Dec 2009 (Short Fiction)

Lawson, Henry: On the Track. V1. 29 Dec 2009 (Short Fiction)

Lawson, Henry: Over the Sliprails. V1. 29 Dec 2009 (Short Fiction)

Lawton, Wilbur: The Ocean Wireless Boys and the Naval Code. v1, 7 Oct 2008 (Young Adult)

Laßwitz, Kurd: Aspira. german. v1. 28 mar 2009 (Fantasy)

Laßwitz, Kurd: Auf der Seifenblase und andere Erzählungen. german. v1. 04 mar 2009 (Short Fiction)

Laßwitz, Kurd: Auf zwei Planeten german v2 28 apr 2011 (Science Fiction)

Laßwitz, Kurd: Bis zum Nullpunkt des Seins german v1 13 feb 2009 (Science Fiction)

Laßwitz, Kurd: Gegen das Weltgesetz german v1 13 feb 2009 (Science Fiction)

Laßwitz, Kurd: Homchen german v2 14 jul 2009 (Other Fiction)

Laßwitz, Kurd: Sternentau - Die Pflanze vom Neptunsmond. german. v1. 6 mar 2009 (Science Fiction)

Le Fanu, J. Sheridan: In Dark Company (collected short fiction). v1. 10 Dec 2020 (Horror)

Le Fanu, Joseph Sheridan: A Stable for Nightmares v1 12 dec 2008 (Horror)

Le Fanu, Joseph Sheridan: Carmilla german v1 14 feb 2009 (Horror)

Le Fanu, Joseph Sheridan: Carmilla V1.0 2012-10-08 (Horror)

Le Fanu, Joseph Sheridan: Carmilla V1.0 29 Oct 2009 (Horror)

Le Fanu, Joseph Sheridan: Carmilla. v1. 27 Dec 07

Le Fanu, Joseph Sheridan: Ghostly Tales, Vols. 1-5. 09 June 2008. (Horror)

Le Fanu, Joseph Sheridan: Ghostly Tales, Volume 1, V1. 31 Dec 2009 (Horror)

Le Fanu, Joseph Sheridan: Ghostly Tales, Volume 2. V1. 1 Jan 2010 (Horror)

Le Fanu, Joseph Sheridan: Ghostly Tales, Volume 3. V1. 1 Jan 2010 (Horror)

Le Fanu, Joseph Sheridan: Ghostly Tales, Volume 4. V1. 1 Jan 2010 (Humor)

Le Fanu, Joseph Sheridan: Ghostly Tales, Volume 5. V1. 2 Jan 2010 (Horror)

Le Fanu, Joseph Sheridan: Green Tea, v1, 2 November 2009. (Horror)

Le Fanu, Joseph Sheridan: Green Tea; Mr. Justice Harbottle. V1. 30 Dec 2009 (Horror)

Le Fanu, Joseph Sheridan: In a Glass Darkly. V1. 12 May 2011 (Horror)

Le Fanu, Joseph Sheridan: Madam Crowl's Ghost ....V1. 2 Jan 2010 (Horror)

Le Fanu, Joseph Sheridan: Madam Crowl’s Ghost etc, v.1, 19 February 2009 (Horror)

Le Fanu, Joseph Sheridan: Mrs Crowl's Ghost (1923); v1; 9 Mar 2020 (Horror)

Le Fanu, Joseph Sheridan: The Evil Guest. V1. 30 Dec 2009 (Horror)

Le Fanu, Joseph Sheridan: The Familiar. V1. 10 May 2011 (Horror)

Le Fanu, Joseph Sheridan: The House by the Church-Yard. V1. 31 Dec 2009 (Horror)

Le Fanu, Joseph Sheridan: The Purcell Papers. V1. 2 Jan 2010 (Horror)

Le Fanu, Joseph Sheridan: The Room in the Dragon Volant. V1. 3 Jan 2010 (Horror)

Le Fanu, Joseph Sheridan: The Wyvern Mystery. V1. 13 May 2011 (Horror)

Le Fanu, Joseph Sheridan: Uncle Silas. V1. 12 May 2011 (Horror)

Le Fanu, Joseph Sheridan: Wylder's Hand. V1. 13 May 2010 (Horror)

Le Feuvre, Amy: 'Me and Nobbles'. v1. 6 Mar 2014 (Other Fiction)

Le Feuvre, Amy: Bulbs and Blossoms. v1. 4 Mar 2014 (Children)

Le Feuvre, Amy: Dwell Deep, or Hilda Thorn's Life Story. v1. 4 Mar 2014 (Other Fiction)

Le Feuvre, Amy: His Big Opportunity. v1. 5 Mar 2014 (Other Fiction)

Le Feuvre, Amy: Jill's Red Bag. v1. 5 Mar 2014 (Other Fiction)

Le Feuvre, Amy: Odd. v1. 6 Mar 2014 (Other Fiction)

Le Feuvre, Amy: Probable Sons. v1. 6 Mar 2014 (Other Fiction)

Le Feuvre, Amy: Teddy's Button. v1. 7 Mar 2014 (Other Fiction)

Le Feuvre, Amy: The Carved Cupboard. V1. 4 Mar 2014 (Other Fiction)

Le Queux, William T.: The Czar's Spy: The Mystery of a Silent Love. v1, 19 Jan 2008

Le Queux, William: Bela Kiss v1 30 nov 2008 (Horror)

Le Queux, William: Béla Kiss, v.1, 18 January 2009. (Other Non-Fiction)

Le Queux, William: Hushed Up! v.1, 17 March 2009. (Mystery and Crime)

Le Queux, William: Mademoiselle of Monte Carlo, v.1, 21 December 2008. (Mystery and Crime)

Le Queux, William: Number 70, Berlin: A Story of Britain’s Peril, 20 Nov 2009. (Action)

Le Queux, William: Sant of the Secret Service v 1.0 26 nov 2008 (Mystery and Crime)

Le Queux, William: Sant of the Secret Service, v1, 23 November 2009. (Action)

Le Queux, William: The Count's Chauffeur (1909), v1 (Short Fiction)

Le Queux, William: The Count’s Chauffeur, v.1, 18 January 2009. (Mystery and Crime)

Le Queux, William: The Crimes Club (1927): v1; 9 Sep 2020 (Mystery and Crime)

Le Queux, William: The Doctor of Pimlico, v.1, 21 December 2008. (Mystery and Crime)

Le Queux, William: The Four Faces, v.1, 23 December 2008. (Mystery and Crime)

Le Queux, William: The Golden Face, v.1, 14 January 2009. (Mystery and Crime)

Le Queux, William: The Great White Queen, v.1, 8 January 2009. (Action)

Le Queux, William: The House of Whispers, v.1, 20 December 2008. (Mystery and Crime)

Le Queux, William: The Intriguers, v.1, 14 January 2009. (Action)

Le Queux, William: The minister of Evil [Rasputin], v.1, 20 December 2008. (History)

Le Queux, William: The Mysterious Three, v.1, 15 January 2009. (Mystery and Crime)

Le Queux, William: The Mystery of the Green Ray. v1, 17 Sep 2008 (Mystery and Crime)

Le Queux, William: The Secret of the Fox Hunter, v.1, 18 January 2009. (Mystery and Crime)

Le Queux, William: The Seven Secrets v1 18 dec 2008 (Mystery and Crime)

Le Queux, William: The Seven Secrets, v.1, 19 December 2008. (Mystery and Crime)

Le Queux, William: The Sign of Silence, v1, 17 November 2009. (Mystery and Crime)

Le Queux, William: The Stretton Street Affair v 1.0 Nov 5 2008 (Mystery and Crime)

Le Queux, William: The Stretton Street Affair, v.1, 23 December 2008. (Mystery and Crime)

Le Queux, William: The White Lie, v.1, 28 June 2009. (Mystery and Crime)

Leacock, Stephen: Arcadian Adventures With the Idle Rich. v1, 16 Jan 2008

Leacock, Stephen: Frenzied Fiction. v1, 16 Jan 2008

Leacock, Stephen: Literary Lapses. v1, 16 Jan 2008

Leacock, Stephen: Nonsense Novels. v1, 15 Jan 2008

Leacock, Stephen: Northern Light (collected works). v1. 17 Apr 2017 (Humor)

Leadbeater, C.W.: The Astral Plane. v1, 5 Feb 2008

Lear, Edward: Nonsense books.v1.20 june 2015 (Humor)

Leblanc, Maurice: 813 (1910): v.1 (Mystery and Crime)

Leblanc, Maurice: 813. V1. 4 Dec 2008 (Mystery and Crime)

Leblanc, Maurice: Arsene Lupin in Prison. V1. 4 Dec 2008 (Mystery and Crime)

Leblanc, Maurice: Arsene Lupin vs Herlock Sholmes, the Blonde Lady. V1. 5 Dec 2008 (Mystery and Crime)

Leblanc, Maurice: Arsene Lupin, Super Sleuth (1927); v1, 11 Sep 2024 (Mystery and Crime)

LeBlanc, Maurice: Arsene Lupin. 20 Dec 2007 (Mystery and Crime)

Leblanc, Maurice: The Confessions of Arsène Lupin. V1. 17 Feb 2009 (Action)

Leblanc, Maurice: the Crystal Stopper (1912), v1 (Mystery and Crime)

LeBlanc, Maurice: The Crystal Stopper. 20 Dec 2007 (Mystery and Crime)

Leblanc, Maurice: The Eight Strokes of the Clock (1923): v.1 (Mystery and Crime)

LeBlanc, Maurice: The Eight Strokes of the Clock. 20 Dec 2007 (Mystery and Crime)

Leblanc, Maurice: The Extraordinary Adv of Arsene Lupin, GB. 20 Dec 07 (Mystery and Crime)

LeBlanc, Maurice: The Frontier v.1.0 July 4, 2009 (Other Fiction)

Leblanc, Maurice: The Golden Triangle (1917); v1 (Mystery and Crime)

Leblanc, Maurice: The Hollow Needle (1909): v.2 (Mystery and Crime)

Leblanc, Maurice: The Hollow Needle: Further Adv of Arsene Lupin. 20 Dec 2007 (Mystery and Crime)

LeBlanc, Maurice: The Mélamare Mystery (1929), v1 (Mystery and Crime)

Leblanc, Maurice: The Mysterious Railway Passenger. V1. 5 Dec 2008 (Mystery and Crime)

LeBlanc, Maurice: The Secret of Sarek (Mystery and Crime)

LeBlanc, Maurice: the Secret of Sarek (1920); v1; 17 Mar 2020 (Mystery and Crime)

Leblanc, Maurice: The Sign of the Shadow. V1. 5 Dec 2008 (Mystery and Crime)

LeBlanc, Maurice: The Teeth of the Tiger (1914); v1; 17 Mar 2020 (Mystery and Crime)

LeBlanc, Maurice: The Teeth of the Tiger. 20 Dec 2007 (Mystery and Crime)

Leblanc, Maurice: The Teeth of the Tiger. V1. 5 Dec 2008 (Mystery and Crime)

LeBlanc, Maurice: The Three Eyes (1919); v2; 29 Dec 2019 (Science Fiction)

Leblanc, Maurice: The Three Eyes. V1. 5 Dec 2008 (Mystery and Crime)

Leblanc, Maurice: The Tremendous Event. V1. 5 Dec 2008 (Mystery and Crime)

Leblanc, Maurice: The Wedding-Ring. V1. 5 Dec 2008 (Mystery and Crime)

LeBlanc, Maurice: The Woman With Two Smiles v.1.0 July 8, 2009 (Mystery and Crime)

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Lee, Vernon: The Hidden Door and Other Strange Stories (ghosts). v1. 24 Nov 2020 (Horror)

Lefevre, Edwin: Reminiscences Of A Stock Operator. V1. 15 January 2012 (Biography)

Leibniz, Gottfried Wilhelm: The Monadology, v.1, 12 October 2008. (Philosophy)

Leighton, Robert: Dogs and All About Them, v.1, 25 Oct 2008 (Other Non-Fiction)

Leighton, Robert: Kiddie the Scout. v1. 2 Apr 2015 (Western)

Leighton, Robert: Olaf the Glorious. v1. 2 Mar 2015 (Historical Fiction)

Leighton, Robert: Sergeant Silk, v1. 3 Apr 2015 (Young Adult)

Leighton, Robert: The Golden Galleon. v1. 1 Apr 2015 (Historical Fiction)

Leighton, Robert: The Pilots of Pomona. v1. 2 Apr 2015 (Historical Fiction)

Leighton, Robert: The Thirsty Sword. v1. 4 Apr 2015 (Historical Fiction)

Lermontov, Michail Jurjevic: Ein Held unserer Zeit. [German]. V1. 15 Jan 2011 (Other Fiction)

Lermontov, Mikhail: A Hero of Our Time. 15 Oct 07 (Other Fiction)

Leroux, Gaston: Balaoo. V1. 16 May 2011 (Mystery and Crime)

Leroux, Gaston: Le mystère de la chambre jaune. (French) v1 1 Jan 2009 (Mystery and Crime)

Leroux, Gaston: Le parfum de la dame en noir. (French) v1 25 Apr 2009 (Mystery and Crime)

Leroux, Gaston: The Bride of the Sun. v1. 08 Nov 2021 (Mystery and Crime)

Leroux, Gaston: The Man With the Black Feather (1909); v1; 21 Jan 2020 (Horror)

Leroux, Gaston: The Mystery of the Yellow Room (illus). v1. 31 Oct 2021 (Mystery and Crime)

Leroux, Gaston: The Mystery of the Yellow Room. V1. 16 May 2011 (Mystery and Crime)

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Leroux, Gaston: The Phantom of the Opera (illus). v1. 23 Oct 2021 (Horror)

Leroux, Gaston: The Phantom of the Opera v1 2016-02-22 (Horror)

Leroux, Gaston: The Secret of the Night (illus). v1. 06 Nov 2021 (Mystery and Crime)

Leroux, Gaston: The Secret of the Night. V1. 16 May 2011 (Mystery and Crime)

Leroy, Amélie Claire: How They Were Caught In A Trap. v1. 25 Mar 2016 (Action)

Leroy, Amélie Claire: Miss Fenwick's Failures. v1. 27 Mar 2016 (Other Fiction)

Lerrigo, Charles Henry: The Boy Scout Treasure Hunters. v1. 24 Sep 07

Leslie, Eliza: The Ladies' Guide to True Politeness. V1. 13-Apr-2013 (Other Non-Fiction)

Lessig, Lawrence: The Future of Ideas. v1. 18 January 2008

Level, Maurice: Tales of Mystery and Horror. v1. 27 Mar 2021 (Horror)

Lever, Charles James: Arthur O'Leary. v1. 26 Sep 2013 (Other Fiction)

Lever, Charles James: Barrington Volume II (of II). v1. 27 Sep 2013 (Other Fiction)

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Lever, Charles James: Lever, Barrington Volume I (of II). v1. 26 Sep 2913 (Other Fiction)

Lever, Charles James: The Bramleighs Of Bishop's Folly. v1. 27 Sep 2013 (Other Fiction)

Leverage, Henry: The White Cipher, (1919) v1, 23 Oct 2022 (Action)

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Leverson, Ada: Tenterhooks, v.1, 24 Feb 2008. (Other Fiction)

Leverson, Ada: The Limit, v1.2, 26 October 2009. (Other Fiction)

Leverson, Ada: The Twelfth Hour, v.1, 3 March 2009. (Romance)

Levinrew, Will; Death Points a Finger. v1.1 27 July 2009 (Mystery and Crime)

Lewis & Clark: The Journals of Lewis and Clark, v1, 27 Jan 2009 (History)

Lewis & Short: An Elementary Latin Dictionary. v0.5. 26 Feb 2011 (Reference)

Lewis, Alfred Henry: Faro Nell and Her Friends. v1. 28 Jan 2014 (Western)

Lewis, Alfred Henry: How The Raven Died. v1. 28 Jan 2014 (Western)

Lewis, Alfred Henry: The President. v1, 29 Jan 2014 (Romance)

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Lewis, Alfred Henry: Wolfville Nights. v1. 30 Jan 2014 (Western)

Lewis, Alfred Henry: Wolfville. v1. 30 Jan 2014 (Western)

Lewis, Joseph Robert. To Reign in Heaven. v1. 03 Dec 2010 (Science Fiction)

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Lewis, Sinclair: Dodsworth. V1. 4 May 2011 (Other Fiction)

Lewis, Sinclair: Elmer Gantry. V1. 7 May 2011 (Other Fiction)

Lewis, Sinclair: Free Air. V1. 9 May 2011 (Romance)

Lewis, Sinclair: Gideon Planish. V1. 6 May 2011 (Other Fiction)

Lewis, Sinclair: It Can't Happen Here. V1. 7 May 2011 (Other Fiction)

Lewis, Sinclair: Kingsblood Royal. V1. 6 May 2011 (Other Fiction)

Lewis, Sinclair: Main Street. v1, 1 Jan 2008

Lewis, Sinclair: Our Mr. Wrenn. V1. 10 May 2011 (Romance)

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Lewis, Sinclair: The Trail of the Hawk. V1. 10 May 2011 (Romance)

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Libbey, Laura Jean: Daisy Brooks. V1. 3 Jan 2010 (Romance)

Libbey, Laura Jean: Jolly Sally Pendleton. V1. 4 Jan 2010 (Romance)

Libbey, Laura Jean: Mischievous Maid Faynie. V1. 5 Jan 2010 (Romance)

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Lie, Jonas: Den Fremsynte. [Norwegian]. v1. 17 Sep 2010 (Other Fiction)

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Liljencrantz, Ottilie A: The Thrall of Leif the Lucky. V1. 6 Jan 2010 (Historical Fiction)

Liljencrantz, Ottilie A: The Ward of King Canute. V1. 7 Jan 2010 (Historical Fiction)

Lillibridge, Will: A Breath of Prairie. V1. 8 Jan 2010 (Western)

Lillibridge, Will: Ben Blair. V1. 7 Jan 2010 (Western)

Lillibridge, Will: The Dominant Dollar. V1. 8 Jan 2010 (Romance)

Lillibridge, Will: Where the Trail Divides. V1. 8 Jan 2010 (Western)

Lincoln, Abraham: State of the Union. v1.0 13 October 2007

Lincoln, Abraham: The Trailor Murder Mystery. V2. 4-July-2021 (Mystery and Crime)

Lincoln, Natalie Sumner: I Spy. V1. 9 Jan 2010 (Romance)

Lincoln, Natalie Sumner: The Lost Despatch. V1. 9 Jan 2010 (Historical Fiction)

Lincoln, Natalie Sumner: The Red Seal. V1. 9 Jan 2010 (Romance)

Lindlahr, Henry: Nature Cure. v1. 30 Jan 2013 (Reference)

Lindsay, David: A Voyage to Arcturus v1 6 apr 2009 (Science Fiction)

Lindsay, David: The Haunted Woman (1922);v1; 24 Nov 2019 (Fantasy)

Lindsey, Vachel: The Art of the Moving Picture. 15 Oct 07 (Reference)

Link, Kelly: Stranger Things Happen v1.0 2007-09-19

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Livingstone, David: Last Journals in Central Africa, Vol I. 24 Oct 2007 (Biography)

Livingstone, David: Last Journals in Central Africa, Vol II. 24 Oct 2007 (Biography)

Loan, Charles Emmett van: Charles Emmett van Loan assorted stories. V1.1. 9 Aug 2019 (Other Fiction)

Locke, John: An Essay Concerning Humane Understanding. 16 Oct 2008 (Philosophy)

Locke, John: Two Treatises of Government. 19 Oct 2008 (Philosophy)

Locke, Richard Adams: The Great Moon Hoax of 1835.V1. 25 July 2016 (Science Fiction)

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Locke, William John: Jaffery. V1. 11 Jan 2010 (Romance)

Locke, William John: Septimus. V1. 13 Jan 2010 (Romance)

Locke, William John: Septimus. v1. 14 Mar 2017 (Other Fiction)

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Locke, William John: The Belovéd Vagabond. V1. 10 Jan 2010 (Other Fiction)

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Locke, William John: The fortunate youth. v1. 21 Mar 2017 (Other Fiction)

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Locke, William John: The Joyous Adventures of Aristide Pujol. 1 Apr 2017 (Other Fiction)

Locke, William John: The Joyous Adventures of Aristide Pujol. V1. 11 Jan 2010 (Humor)

Locke, William John: The Mountebank. V1. 12 Jan 2010 (Other Fiction)

Locke, William John: The Red Planet. V1. 12 Jan 2010 (Romance)

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Loder, Vernon: The Mystery at Stowe (1928); v1, 22 Sep 2020 (Mystery and Crime)

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Lofting, Hugh: Doctor Dolittle and the Secret Lake (illus). v1. 03 May 2018 (Fantasy)

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Lofting, Hugh: Doctor Dolittle's Return (illus). v2. 03 May 2018 (Fantasy)

Lofting, Hugh: Doctor Dolittle’s Caravan (illus). v2. 03 May 2018 (Fantasy)

Lofting, Hugh: Doctor Dolittle’s Garden (illus). v2. 03 May 2018 (Fantasy)

Lofting, Hugh: Doctor Dolittle’s Post Office (illus). v2. 03 May 2018 (Fantasy)

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Lofting, Hugh: The Book of Doctor Dolittle ~ Omnibus. v1. 29 May 2018 (Fantasy)

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Lofting, Hugh: The Story of Doctor Dolittle V1.5 2007-06-23 (Young Adult)

Lofting, Hugh: The Twilight of Magic. v1. 25 Feb 2019 (Fantasy)

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London, Jack: Before Adam. 26 Nov 2008 (Other Fiction)

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London, Jack: Children of the Frost. 25 Nov 2008 (Short Fiction)

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London, Jack: Dutch Courage & Other Stories. 19 Nov 2008 (Action)

London, Jack: Faith of Men. 10 Feb 2009 (Short Fiction)

London, Jack: Hearts of Three. 19 Nov 2008 (Action)

London, Jack: Island Tales. 14 Feb 2009 (Short Fiction)

London, Jack: John Barleycorn. 10 Feb 2009 (Biography)

London, Jack: Lost Face. 10 Feb 2009 (Short Fiction)

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London, Jack: Martin Eden. v1, 4 Jan 2008

London, Jack: Moon-Face & Other Stories. 26 Nov 2008 (Short Fiction)

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London, Jack: Night Born & Other Stories. 10 Feb 2009 (Short Fiction)

London, Jack: Revolution and Other Essays. 14 Feb 2009 (Other Non-Fiction)

London, Jack: Smoke Bellew. 14 Feb 2009 (Other Fiction)

London, Jack: South Sea Tales. 12 Feb 2009 (Short Fiction)

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London, Jack: The Cruise of the Dazzler. 10 Feb 2009 (Young Adult)

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London, Jack: The Red One. 12 Feb 2009 (Short Fiction)

London, Jack: The Road. 13 Feb 2009 (Short Fiction)

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London, Jack: The Son of the Wolf. 10 Feb 2009 (Short Fiction)

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London, Jack: The Turtles of Tasman. 14 Feb 2009 (Short Fiction)

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London, Jack: When God Laughs & Other Stories. 12 Feb 2009 (Short Fiction)

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Lovecraft, H.P.: (possibly) All collected stories in 4 volumes, v1.1 (Horror)

Lovecraft, H.P.: Almost Complete Works of HPL with TOC V3.0 July 29th, 2008 (Horror)

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Lovecraft, H.P.: The Dream Cycle. V1. 30 Jun 2012 (Horror)

Lovecraft, H.P.: The Randolph Carter Stories. V1. 29 Jun 2012 (Horror)

Lovecraft, H.P.: Twenty-Nine Tales. V1. 2 Jul 2012 (Horror)

Lower, Lennie: Here's Luck! V1. 26 November 2012 (Humor)

Lowndes, Marie Belloc: From out the Vasty Deep. V1. 17 Jan 2009 (Mystery and Crime)

Lowndes, Marie Belloc: Good Old Anna. V1. 18 Jan 2010 (Mystery and Crime)

Lowndes, Marie Belloc: Studies in love and in terror. V1. 18 Jan 2010 (Short Fiction)

Lowndes, Marie Belloc: The Chink in the Armour. V1. 16 Jan 2010 (Mystery and Crime)

Lowndes, Marie Belloc: The End of Her Honeymoon. V1. 17 Jan 2010 (Mystery and Crime)

Lowndes, Marie Belloc: The Lodger, v.1, 15 Jan 2008.

Lowndes, Marie Belloc: The Lodger. V1. 14 June 2105 (Mystery and Crime)

Lowndes, Marie Belloc: The Uttermost Farthing. V1. 19 Jan 2010 (Mystery and Crime)

Lowndes, Marie Belloc: What Timmy Did. V1. 19 Jan 2010 (Mystery and Crime)

Loyola, Saint Ignatius of: Autobiography, v.1, 8 Feb 2008. (Spiritual)

Loyola, St Ignatius: The Spiritual Exercises, v.1 22 March 2008. (Spiritual)

Lucas, E. V: A Boswell of Baghdad. v1. 4 May 2015 (Other Non-Fiction)

Lucas, E. V: Adventures and Enthusiasms. v1. 3 May 2015 (Other Fiction)

Lucas, E. V: Forgotten Tales of Long Ago. v1. 5 Apr 2015 (Fantasy)

Lucas, E. V: The Flamp. v1. 4 May 2015 (Children)

Lucian: True History or Trips to the Moon V1 4 June 2011 (Science Fiction)

Lucretius: Of the Nature of Things, v1, 07 Sept 2007. (Philosophy)

Luther, Martin: An Open Letter on Translating. V1. March 22 2012 (Spiritual)

Luther, Martin: Commentary on the Epistle to the Galatians.V1.March 22 2012 (Spiritual)

Luther, Martin: Concerning Christian Liberty.V1.March 22 2012 (Spiritual)

Luther, Martin: Epistle Sermons Vol. II. V1. March 22 2012 (Spiritual)

Luther, Martin: Epistle Sermons Vol. III. V1. March 22 2012 (Spiritual)

Luther, Martin: Epistles of St. Peter & St. Jude.V1. March 22 2012 (Spiritual)

Luther, Martin: Kleiner & Grosser Katechismus [German]. V1. 17 JUL 2010 (Spiritual)

Luther, Martin: Large Catechism.V1.March 22 2012 (Spiritual)

Luther, Martin: Selections from the Table Talk of Martin Luther.V1. March 22 2012 (Spiritual)

Luther, Martin: Small Catechism.V1.March 22 2012 (Spiritual)

Luther, Martin: The Smalcald Articles.V1. March 22 2012 (Spiritual)

Lynch, Lawrence L.: The Diamond Coterie v1 2 feb 2009 (Mystery and Crime)

Lynch, Lawrence L: Against Odds. v1. 22 Apr 2015 (Mystery and Crime)

Lynch, Lawrence L: Dangerous Ground. v1. 24 Apr 2015 (Mystery and Crime)

Lynch, Lawrence L: Madeline Payne. v1. 25 Apr 2015 (Mystery and Crime)

Lynch, Lawrence L: Out of a Labyrinth. v1. 27 Apr 2015 (Mystery and Crime)

Lynch, Lawrence L: The Last Stroke. v1. 24 Apr 2015 (Mystery and Crime)

Lynde, Francis: A Fool for Love. V1. 20 Jan 2010 (Action)

Lynde, Francis: Branded v1 23 nov 2008 (Mystery and Crime)

Lynde, Francis: Empire Builders. V1. 19 Jan 2010 (Action)

Lynde, Francis: The Grafters. V1. 20 Jan 2010 (Action)

Lynde, Francis: The Honorable Senator Sage-Brush. V1. 21 Jan 2010 (Action)

Lynde, Francis: The Master of Appleby. V1. 21 Jan 2010 (Historical Fiction)

Lynde, Francis: The Price. V1. 22 Jan 2010 (Action)

Lynde, Francis: The Quickening. V1. 22 Jan 2009 (Action)

Lynde, Francis: The Taming of Red Butte Western. V1. 22 Jan 2010 (Western)

Løland, Rasmus: Det store nashorne [Norwegian].v1. 29 Apr 2014 (Historical Fiction)

Løland, Rasmus: Kvitebjørnen [Norwegian] (Illustrated).v1. 29 Apr 2014 (Children)

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M'Govan, James: The Edinburgh Detective, 1883, v1, 12 Nov 2021 (Mystery and Crime)

Macaulay, Baron T.B.: Lays of Ancient Rome. V1 24/8/2018 (Poetry)

Macchiavelli, Niccolò: The Prince (1532), v1 (Government)

MacDonald, George: Lilith. v1. 27 Sept 14 (Fantasy)

MacDonald, George: Sir Gibbie. v1. 14 Jun 2014 (Other Fiction)

MacDonald, George: The Portent and Other Stories. v1. 10 Jan 2026 (Horror)

Macdonell, A G: Autobiography of a Cad (1938), v1 5 March 2019 (Humor)

Macdonell, A G: How Like an Angel (1934), v1: 1 April 2019 (Humor)

Macdonell, A. G.: England, Their England v1.0 2017-09-23 (Humor)

Macdonell, A. G.: The Factory on the Cliff (1928); v1 (Mystery and Crime)

Macdonell, A. G.: The Shakespeare Murders (1933), v1 (Mystery and Crime)

MacGrath, Harold: A Splendid Hazard. V1. 14 Feb 2009 (Action)

MacGrath, Harold: Arms and the Woman. V1. 14 Feb 2009 (Romance)

MacGrath, Harold: Drums of Jeopardy. V1. 15 Feb 2009 (Other Fiction)

MacGrath, Harold: Half a Rogue. V1. 15 Feb 2009 (Romance)

MacGrath, Harold: Hearts and Masks. V1. 15 Feb 2009 (Romance)

MacGrath, Harold: Pagan Madonna v1 4 dec 2008 (Action)

MacGrath, Harold: Parrot & Co. V1. 16 Feb 2009 (Romance)

MacGrath, Harold: The Adventures of Kathlyn. V1. 16 Feb 2009 (Romance)

MacGrath, Harold: The Blue Rajah Murder, v1, (1929), 10 Aug 2024 (Mystery and Crime)

MacGrath, Harold: The Goose Girl. V1. 16 Feb 2009 (Romance)

MacGrath, Harold: The Grey Cloak. V1. 17 Feb 2009 (Romance)

MacGrath, Harold: The Lure of the Mask. V1. 17 Feb 2009 (Romance)

MacGrath, Harold: The Man on the Box. V1. 18 Feb 2009 (Romance)

MacGrath, Harold: The Place of Honeymoons. V1. 18 Feb 2009 (Romance)

MacGrath, Harold: The Princess Elopes. V1. 18 Feb 2009 (Romance)

MacGrath, Harold: The Puppet Crown. V1. 19 Feb 2009 (Romance)

MacGrath, Harold: The Ragged Edge. V1. 19 Feb 2009 (Romance)

MacGrath, Harold: The Voice in the Fog. V1. 19 Feb 2009 (Romance)

Machado de Assis, Joaquim Maria: 3 Portuguese novels. v1. 25 Sep 2011 (Other Fiction)

Machado de Assis, Joaquim Maria: Esaú e Jacó (Portuguese). v1. 26 Mar 2011 (Other Fiction)

Machado de Assis, Joaquim Maria: Histórias Sem Data (Portuguese). V1. 23 Mar 2011 (Short Fiction)

Machado de Assis, Joaquim Maria: Memorial de Aires (Portuguese). v1. 04 Jun 2011 (Other Fiction)

Machado de Assis, Joaquim Maria: Quincas Borba (Portuguese). v1. 14 Oct 2012 (Other Fiction)

Machen, Arthur: 7B Coney Court, v.1, 8 January 2009. (Short Fiction)

Machen, Arthur: A Double Return, v.1, 7 January 2009. (Mystery and Crime)

Machen, Arthur: A Fragment of Life, v.1, 9 January 2009. (Short Fiction)

Machen, Arthur: A New Christmas Carol, v.1, 9 January 2009. (Short Fiction)

Machen, Arthur: Change, v.1, 10 January 2009. (Short Fiction)

Machen, Arthur: Change. v1. 10 Mar 2013 (Fantasy)

Machen, Arthur: Dog and Duck, v.1, 19 January 2009. (Other Non-Fiction)

Machen, Arthur: Dr Duthoit’s Vision, v.1, 8 January 2009. (Short Fiction)

Machen, Arthur: Dreads and Drolls, v.1, 13 January 2009. (Other Non-Fiction)

Machen, Arthur: Eleusinia, v.1, 15 January 2009. (Poetry)

Machen, Arthur: Far Off Things, v.1, 12 January 2009 (Biography)

Machen, Arthur: Far Off Things. v1. 10 Mar 2012 (Fantasy)

Machen, Arthur: Hieroglyphics, v.1, 26 January 2009. (Other Non-Fiction)

Machen, Arthur: Holy Terrors, v.1, 14 January 2009. (Short Fiction)

Machen, Arthur: N, v.1, 9 January 2009. (Short Fiction)

Machen, Arthur: Out of the Earth, v.1, 8 January 2009. (Short Fiction)

Machen, Arthur: Strange Roads & With the Gods in Spring (illustrated), v.1, 16 Jan 20 (Other Non-Fiction)

Machen, Arthur: Tales of Dread & Wonder Omnibus. v1. 03 Aug 2018 (Horror)

Machen, Arthur: Tales of Horror and the Supernatural. v1. 9 Mar 2013 (Fantasy)

Machen, Arthur: The Angels of Mons, The Bowmen etc, v.1, 13 January 2009. (Short Fiction)

Machen, Arthur: The Children of the Pool, v.1, 15 January 2009. (Short Fiction)

Machen, Arthur: The Great Return, v.1, 8 January 2009. (Short Fiction)

Machen, Arthur: The Happy Children, v.1, 12 January 2009. (Short Fiction)

Machen, Arthur: The Hill of Dreams. v1. 9 Mar 2013 (Fantasy)

Machen, Arthur: The House of Souls. v1. 9 Mar 2013 (Fantasy)

Machen, Arthur: The Inmost Light, v.1, 8 January 2009. (Horror)

Machen, Arthur: The Islington Mystery, v.1, 6 January 2009. (Mystery and Crime)

Machen, Arthur: The Lost Club, v1, 8 November 2009. (Horror)

Machen, Arthur: The Novel of the Black Seal. v1. 8 Mar 2013 (Fantasy)

Machen, Arthur: The Red Hand, v.1, 8 January 2009. (Horror)

Machen, Arthur: The Secret Glory, v.1, 12 January 2009. (Other Fiction)

Machen, Arthur: The Shining Pyramid, v.1, 9 January 2009. (Short Fiction)

Machen, Arthur: The Soldier’s Rest, v.1, 9 January 2009. (Short Fiction)

Machen, Arthur: The Terror, v.1, 10 January 2009. (Horror)

Machen, Arthur: The Terror. v1. 8 Mar 2013 (Fantasy)

Machen, Arthur: The Three Impostors. V1. 18 May 2011 (Horror)

Machen, Arthur: The White People, v.1, 7 January 2009. (Horror)

Mack, Ben: Poker Without Cards: A Consciousness Thriller, v1, 3 Nov 2008 (Other Fiction)

Mackay, Charles: Memoirs of Extraordinary Popular Delusions, v.1, 15 May 2008. (History)

Mackenzie, W.C.: Simon Fraser, Lord Lovat: v.1: 11 Oct 2012 (Biography)

Mackie, John: The Devil's Playground. v1. 5 Nov 2015 (Western)

Mackie, John: The Heart Of The Prairie. v1. 6 Nov 2015 (Western)

Mackie, John: The Treasure Hunters. v1. 7 Nov 2015 (Action)

MacLane, Mary: I, Mary MacLane. v1. 22 Jun 2015 (Other Fiction)

MacLane, Mary: My Friend Annabel Lee. v1. 22 Jun 2015 (Other Fiction)

MacLane, Mary: Story of Mary MacLane, The. v1. 23 Jun 2015 (Other Non-Fiction)

Maclaren, Ian: A Doctor of the Old School, Part 1. v1. 25 Jun 2015 (Other Fiction)

Maclaren, Ian: A Doctor of the Old School, Part 2. v1. 26 Jun 2015 (Other Fiction)

Maclaren, Ian: A Doctor of the Old School, Part 3. v1. 26 Jun 2015 (Other Fiction)

Maclaren, Ian: A Doctor of the Old School, Part 4. v1. 26 Jun 2015 (Other Fiction)

Maclaren, Ian: A Doctor of the Old School, Part 5. v1. 27 Jun 2015 (Other Fiction)

Maclaren, Ian: Afterwards. v1. 23 Jun 2015 (Short Fiction)

Maclaren, Ian: Beside the Bonnie Brier Bush. v1. 24 Jun 2015 (Short Fiction)

Maclaren, Ian: Books and Bookmen, v1. 24 Jun 2015 (Other Non-Fiction)

Maclaren, Ian: Graham of Claverhouse. v1. 27 Jun 2015 (Other Fiction)

Maclaren, Ian: His Majesty Baby. v1. 27 Jun 2015 (Short Fiction)

Maclaren, Ian: Kate Carnegie and Those Ministers. v1. 28 Jun 2015 (Other Fiction)

Maclaren, Ian: Rabbi Saunderson. v1. 29 Jun 2015 (Short Fiction)

Maclaren, Ian: The Days of Auld Lang Syne. v1. 24 Jun 2015 (Short Fiction)

MacLeod, Fiona: The Sin-Eater. v1. 22 Nov 2021 (Horror)

Madison, James: State of the Union. v1.0 20 October 2007

Madison, Lucy Foster: A Daughter of the Union. v1. 2 Jun 2015 (Other Fiction)

Madison, Lucy Foster: A Maid at King Alfred’s Court. v1. 4 Jun 2015 (Historical Fiction)

Madison, Lucy Foster: Bee and Butterfly. v1. 2 Jun 2015 (Other Fiction)

Madison, Lucy Foster: In Doublet and Hose. v1. 3 Jun 2015 (Historical Fiction)

Madison, Lucy Foster: Joan of Arc. v1. 4 Jun 2015 (Historical Fiction)

Madison, Lucy Foster: Peggy Owen and Liberty. v1. 5 Jun 2015 (Historical Fiction)

Madison, Lucy Foster: Peggy Owen at Yorktown. v1. 6 Jun 2015 (Historical Fiction)

Madison, Lucy Foster: Peggy Owen Patriot. v1. 7 Jun 2015 (Historical Fiction)

Maeterlinck, Maurice: Życie pszczół [Polish]. v1. 7 Jul 2012 (Philosophy)

Maeterlinck, Maurice: The Massacre of the Innocents, v.1 22 December 2008. (Short Fiction)

Maginnis, Charles D.: Pen Drawing - An Illustrated Treatise, v.1, 18 July 2008 (Other Non-Fiction)

Magnay, Sir William: The Hunt Ball Mystery, (1918) v1, 14 May 2023 (Mystery and Crime)

Mahan, A.T.: The Life of Nelson Vol. 1. V1. 9 Oct 2014 (Biography)

Mahan, A.T.: The Life of Nelson Vol. 2. V1. 9 Oct 2014 (Biography)

Maimonides, Moses: The Guide for the Perplexed. V1. 04-Aug-2014 (Other Non-Fiction)

Maitland, James A: The Cabin Boy's Story. v1. 29 Apr 2016 (Action)

Maitland, James A: The Wanderer. v1. 1 May 2016 (Other Fiction)

Major, Charles: A Forest Hearth. v1. 19 May 2013 (Romance)

Major, Charles: Dorothy Vernon of Haddon Hall. v1. 18 May 2013 (Romance)

Major, Charles: The Touchstone of Fortune. v1. 19 May 2013 (Romance)

Major, Charles: When Knighthood Was in Flower. v1. 26 Oct 07 (Historical Fiction)

Major, Charles: Yolanda: Maid of Burgundy. v1. 19 May 23013 (Romance)

Makin, William J.: Some Short Fiction of William J Makin (2019); v1; 28 October 2019 (Short Fiction)

Makin, William J: Pirates of Piccadilly (1935); v1, 28 Jun 2019 (Action)

Makin, William J: The Silver Assassin (1937); v.1, 28 Jun 2019 (Mystery and Crime)

Malden, Richard Henry: Nine Ghosts. V1. 9 Mar 2012 (Horror)

Malet, Lucas: Deadham Hard. v1. 18 Jan 2014 (Romance)

Malet, Lucas: The Carissima (ghost). v1. 16 Mar 2021 (Horror)

Malet, Lucas: The Far Horizon. v1. 18 Jan 2014 (Other Fiction)

Malet, Lucas: The Gateless Barrier. v1. 19 Jan 2014 (Romance)

Malet, Lucas: The History of Sir Richard Calmady. v1. 19 Jan 2014 (Romance)

Malet, Lucas: The Tall Villa (ghost). v1. 15 Mar 2021 (Horror)

Malory, Sir Thomas: Le Morte d'Arthur, v.1, 18 Nov 2007. (Fantasy)

Malory, Sir Thomas: Le Morte D'Arthur.V2.23 Sept. 2013 (Fantasy)

Malory, Sir Thomas: The Romance of King Arthur (illus-Rackham). v1. 16 Jan 2020 (Other Fiction)

Malory, Thomas, Sir, et al.: Chronicle and Romance. v1. 30 Jun 2015 (Historical Fiction)

Malory, Thomas, Sir, et al.: Historic Tales, Vol 14 (of 15). v1. 2 Jul 2015 (Other Fiction)

Malory, Thomas, Sir, et al.: Historic Tales, Vol. XIII (of 15). v1. 1 Jul 2015 (Other Fiction)

Malory, Thomas, Sir: Le Morte Darthur. v1. 3 Jul 2015 (Other Fiction)

Malot, Hector: Conscience. French. v1, 21 Feb 2008

Malot, Hector: Conscience:. v1, 21 Feb 2008

Mamatas, Nick: Move Underground. v1, 8 Mar 2008

Maniates, Belle Kanaris: Penny of Top Hill Trail v.1 Nov 6 2008 (Western)

Mann, Jack: Gees' First Case (1936); v1 (Mystery and Crime)

Mann, Jack: Grey Shapes (1937), v1 (Fantasy)

Mann, Jack: Her Ways are Death (1940), v1 (Fantasy)

Mann, Jack: Maker of Shadows (1938), v1 (Fantasy)

Mann, Jack: Nightmare Farm (1937), v1 (Fantasy)

Mann, Jack: The Glass Too Many (1940), v1 (Mystery and Crime)

Mann, Jack: the Kleinert Case (1938); v1 (Mystery and Crime)

Mann, Jack: The Ninth Life (1939), v1 (Fantasy)

Mann, Thomas: Der Tod in Venedig (German) (Other Fiction)

Mann, Thomas: Der Tod in Venedig (german), v1, 12 Dec 2008 (Other Fiction)

Manning, Anne: Jacques Bonneval. v1. 10 Jun 2015 (Historical Fiction)

Manning, Anne: Mary Powell & Deborah's Diary. v1. 10 Jun 2015 (Historical Fiction)

Manning, Anne: The Duchess of Trajetto. v1. 8 Jun 2015 (Other Fiction)

Manning, Anne: The Household of Sir Thomas More. v1. 9 Jun 2015 (Historical Fiction)

Manning, Frederic: The Middle Paths of Fortune, v1 7 January 2015 (Historical Fiction)

Manrique, Jorge: Coplas por la muerte de su padre (Spanish/English) v1 20 Dec 2008 (Poetry)

Mansfield, Katherine: Bliss and Other Stories, v.1, 26 May 2008. (Short Fiction)

Mansfield, Katherine: Bliss and Other Stories. v1. 16 Jan 2017 (Short Fiction)

Mansfield, Katherine: In a German Pension, v.1, 26 May 2008. (Short Fiction)

Mansfield, Katherine: Something Childish and Other Stories, v.1, 3 June 2008. (Short Fiction)

Mansfield, Katherine: Something Childish and Other Stories. v1 30 Jan 2017 (Short Fiction)

Mansfield, Katherine: The Dove's Nest and Other Stories (Short Fiction)

Mansfield, Katherine: The Garden Party and Other Stories, v.1, 26 May 2008. (Short Fiction)

Mansford, C J: Shafts from an Eastern Quiver: (1893); v1; 21 Dec 2019 (Action)

Mansford, Charles J: Gleams from the Dark Continent (1896); v1; 8 June 2022 (Action)

Manwell, M.B.: The Captain's Bunk v1 29 jan 2009 (Young Adult)

Marchant, Bessie: A Canadian Farm Mystery. v1. 4 Apr 2015 (Action)

Marchant, Bessie: A Countess from Canada. v1. 5 Apr 2015 (Romance)

Marchant, Bessie: Daughters of the Dominion. v1. 5 Apr 2015 (Other Fiction)

Marchant, Bessie: The Adventurous Seven. v1. 4 Apr 2015 (Young Adult)

Marchmont, Arthur W: A Dash .. .. .. For a Throne. v1. 13 Jun 2015 (Other Fiction)

Marchmont, Arthur W: An Imperial Marriage. v1. 15 Jun 2015 (Mystery and Crime)

Marchmont, Arthur W: By Right of Sword. v1. 11 Jun 2015 (Action)

Marchmont, Arthur W: By Wit of Woman. v1. 11 Jun 2015 (Romance)

Marchmont, Arthur W: For Love or Crown. v1. 12 Jun 2015 (Romance)

Marchmont, Arthur W: The Greatest Gift. v1. 14 Jun 2015 (Romance)

Marchmont, Arthur W: The Man Without a Memory. v1. 16 Jun 2015 (Romance)

Marden, Orison Swett: How to Succeed v1. 16 Dec 07

Marie: Stadier [Norwegian].v1. 01 May 2014 (Other Fiction)

Marlowe, Amy Bell: The Girls of Hillcrest Farm. v1. 27 Mar 2014 (Other Fiction)

Marlowe, Amy Bell: A Little Miss Nobody. v1. 27 Mar 2014 (Other Fiction)

Marlowe, Amy Bell: Frances of the Ranges. v1. 26 Mar 2014 (Western)

Marlowe, Amy Bell: The Girl from Sunset Ranch. v1. 26 Mar 2014 (Western)

Marlowe, Amy Bell: Wyn's Camping Days. v1. 28 Mar 2014 (Other Fiction)

Marquis, Don: Archy & Mehitabel, v1, Oct 2012 (Humor)

Marquis, Don: Carter and Other People, v1, 23 Oct 2025 (Short Fiction)

Marquis, Don: Danny's Own Story. V1. March 5 2012 (Other Fiction)

Marquis, Don: Dreams and Dust.V1.March 5 2012 (Poetry)

Marquis, Don: Hermione. V1. March 5 2012 (Other Non-Fiction)

Marquis, Don: The Cruise of the Jasper B. V1. March 5 2012 (Action)

Marriott Watson, H. B.: The Devil of the Marsh. v1. 9 Dec 07

Marryat, Captain Frederick: The Phantom Ship. v1. 18 March 08

Marryat, Florence: A Moment of Madness and Other Stories. v2. 06 Apr. 2023 (Short Fiction)

Marryat, Florence: The Blood of the Vampire. v1. 24 Jul 2021 (Horror)

Marryat, Frederick: Snarleyyow. v1. 19 Apr 19 Apr 2013 (Action)

Marryat, Frederick: Frank Mildmay. v1. 14 Apr 2013 (Action)

Marryat, Frederick: Jacob Faithful. v1. 14 Apr 2013 (Action)

Marryat, Frederick: Japhet in Search of a Father. v1. 15 Apr 2013 (Action)

Marryat, Frederick: Kaperkapteinen [Norwegian].v1.20 Jun 2012 (Children)

Marryat, Frederick: Masterman Ready v1 8 jan 2009 (Young Adult)

Marryat, Frederick: Masterman Ready. v1. 15 Apr 2013 (Action)

Marryat, Frederick: Midshipman Easy v 1 1 jan 2009 (Young Adult)

Marryat, Frederick: Monsieur Violet v1 23 jan 2009 (Historical Fiction)

Marryat, Frederick: Newton Forster, v1. 16 Apr 2013 (Action)

Marryat, Frederick: Nyskogborni [Norwegian].v1. 15 May 2014 (Children)

Marryat, Frederick: Percival Keene. v1. 16 Apr 2013 (Action)

Marryat, Frederick: Peter Simple. v1. 17 Apr 2013 (Action)

Marryat, Frederick: Poor Jack. v1, 18 Apr 2013 (Action)

Marryat, Frederick: Rattlin the Reefer v1 25 mar 2009 (Historical Fiction)

Marryat, Frederick: Snarleyyow v1 7 jan 2009 (Humor)

Marryat, Frederick: The Children of the New Forest v1 17 dec 2008 (Young Adult)

Marryat, Frederick: The Children of the New Forest. v1. 20 Apr 2013 (Action)

Marryat, Frederick: The King's Own v1 31 dec 2008 (Historical Fiction)

Marryat, Frederick: The King's Own. v1. 20 Apr 2013 (Action)

Marryat, Frederick: The Little Savage v1 22 dec 2008 (Action)

Marryat, Frederick: The Little Savage. v1. 21 Apr 2013 (Action)

Marryat, Frederick: The Mission v1 14 dec 2008 (Action)

Marryat, Frederick: The Mission. v1. 21 Apr 2013 (Action)

Marryat, Frederick: The Pacha of Many Tales. v1. 22 Apr 2013 (Action)

Marryat, Frederick: The Phantom Ship v1 30 dec 2008 (Historical Fiction)

Marryat, Frederick: The Phantom Ship. v1. 22 Apr 2013 (Action)

Marryat, Frederick: The Pirate and the Three Cutters. v1. 24 Apr 2013 (Action)

Marryat, Frederick: The Pirate v1 5 jan 2009 (Historical Fiction)

Marryat, Frederick: The Poacher v1 5 mar 2009 (Historical Fiction)

Marryat, Frederick: The Privateer's-Man. v1. 24 Apr 2013 (Action)

Marryat, Frederick: The Privateersman v1 13 jan 2009 (Historical Fiction)

Marryat, Frederick: The Settlers in Canada v1 27 jan 2009 (Action)

Marryat, Frederick: Valerie v1 6 jan 2009 (Biography)

Marsh, Richard: A Drama of the Telephone and Other Adventures. v1. 22-Jun-2021 (Mystery and Crime)

Marsh, Richard: A Duel. v1. 7 Apr 2014 (Mystery and Crime)

Marsh, Richard: A Hero of Romance. v1. 7 Apr 2014 (Mystery and Crime)

Marsh, Richard: A Master of Deception. v1. 8 Apr 2014 (Mystery and Crime)

Marsh, Richard: A Second Coming. v1. 9 Apr 2014 (Other Fiction)

Marsh, Richard: A Spoiler of Men. v1. 13-Jun-2021 (Science Fiction)

Marsh, Richard: A Woman Perfected. v1. 10 Apr 2014 (Mystery and Crime)

Marsh, Richard: Amusement Only. v1. 4 Apr 2014 (Short Fiction)

Marsh, Richard: Between the Dark and the Daylight. v1. 06 Jun 2021 (Mystery and Crime)

Marsh, Richard: Between the Dark and the Daylight. v1. 4 Apr 2014 (Short Fiction)

Marsh, Richard: Both Sides of the Veil. v1. 06 Jun 2021 (Horror)

Marsh, Richard: Confessions of a Young Lady. v1. 5 Apr 2014 (Mystery and Crime)

Marsh, Richard: Frivolities. v1. 7 Apr 2014 (Short Fiction)

Marsh, Richard: Judith Lee: Pages From Her Life. v1. 09-Jun-2021 (Mystery and Crime)

Marsh, Richard: Live Men’s Shoes. v1. 02-Jul-2021 (Mystery and Crime)

Marsh, Richard: Marvels and Mysteries. v1. 04 Jun 2021 (Horror)

Marsh, Richard: Miss Arnott's Marriage. v1. 8 Apr 2014 (Mystery and Crime)

Marsh, Richard: The Adventures of Judith Lee. v1. 09-Jun-2021 (Mystery and Crime)

Marsh, Richard: The Beetle. v1, 7 Feb 2008 (Horror)

Marsh, Richard: The Beetle. v1. 6 Apr 2014 (Horror)

Marsh, Richard: The Beetle: A Mystery. v1. 28-Jun-2021 (Horror)

Marsh, Richard: The Chase of the Ruby. v1. 5 Apr 2014 (Mystery and Crime)

Marsh, Richard: The Coward Behind the Curtain. v1. 5 Apr 2014 (Mystery and Crime)

Marsh, Richard: The Crime and the Criminal. v1. 6 Apr 2014 (Mystery and Crime)

Marsh, Richard: The Datchet Diamonds. v1. 6 Apr 2014 (Mystery and Crime)

Marsh, Richard: The Death Whistle. v1. 12-Jun-2021 (Mystery and Crime)

Marsh, Richard: The Devil’s Diamond. v1. 18-Jun-2021 (Horror)

Marsh, Richard: The Garden of Mystery. v1. 03-Jul-2021 (Mystery and Crime)

Marsh, Richard: The Goddess: A Demon. v1. 29 May 2021 (Horror)

Marsh, Richard: The Haunted Pipe and Other Mysteries. v1. 26-Jun-2021 (Mystery and Crime)

Marsh, Richard: The Joss: A Reversion. v1. 23 May 2021 (Horror)

Marsh, Richard: The Mahatma’s Pupil. v1. 16-Jun-2021 (Fantasy)

Marsh, Richard: The Mystery of Philip Bennion’s Death. v1. 15-Jun-2021 (Mystery and Crime)

Marsh, Richard: The Seen and the Unseen. v1. 05 Jun 2021 (Horror)

Marsh, Richard: The Twickenham Peerage. v1. 9 Apr 2014 (Mystery and Crime)

Marsh, Richard: The Woman with One Hand (and) Mr_ Ely's Marriage. v1. 11 Apr 2014 (Mystery and Crime)

Marsh, Richard: Tom Ossington's Ghost. v1. 9 Apr 2014 (Horror)

Marsh, Richard: Under One Flag. v1. 10 Apr 2014 (Short Fiction)

Marsh, Richard: Violet Forster's Lover. 10 Apr 2014 (Mystery and Crime)

Marshall, Archibald: Abington Abbey. v1. 28 Mar 2014 (Romance)

Marshall, Archibald: Peter Binney. v1. 30 Mar 2014 (Other Fiction)

Marshall, Archibald: The Eldest Son. v1. 28 Mars 2014 (Romance)

Marshall, Archibald: The Graftons. v1. 29 Mar 2014 (Other Fiction)

Marshall, Archibald: The Hall and the Grange. v1. 29 Mar 2014 (Other Fiction)

Marshall, Archibald: The Honour of the Clintons. v1. 29 Mar 2014 (Other Fiction)

Marshall, Archibald: The Squire's Daughter. v1. 30 Mar 2014 (Romance)

Marshall, Archibald: Upsidonia. v1. 30 Mar 2014 (Humor)

Marshall, Emma: A Flight with the Swallows v1. 1 Apr 2014 (Fantasy)

Marshall, Emma: Bristol Bells. v1. 31 Mar 2014 (Other Fiction)

Marshall, Emma: Her Season in Bath. v1. 1 Apr 2014 (Romance)

Marshall, Emma: Little Miss Joy. v1. 1 Apr 2014 (Other Fiction)

Marshall, Emma: Penshurst Castle. v1. 2 Apr 2014 (Other Fiction)

Marshall, Emma: Salome. v1. 2 Apr 2014 (Other Fiction)

Marshall, Emma: Under the Mendips. v1. 3 Apr 2014 (Other Fiction)

Marshall, H.E.: This Country of Ours. V1. 28-Mar-2013 (History)

Marshall, John: The Life of George Washington (Vol 1 of 5). 26 Nov 2008 (Biography)

Marshall, Logan: Wonder book of Bible Stories (illustrated). V1. March 31 2012 (Children)

Martin, A. E.: Common People, v1, 11 Jan 2026 (Mystery and Crime)

Martin, A. E.: Death in the Limelight, 1946, v1, 2 Jan 2025 (Mystery and Crime)

Martin, A. E.: Old Sinners Never Die, v1, 12 Jan 2026 (Mystery and Crime)

Martineau, Harriet: Biographical Sketches. v1, 31 Jan 2016 (Biography)

Martineau, Harriet: Deerbrook. v1. 13 Apr 2014 (Other Non-Fiction)

Martineau, Harriet: Demerara, v1 19 July 2016 (Other Fiction)

Martineau, Harriet: Feats on the Fiord. v1. 13 Apr 2014 (Other Fiction)

Martineau, Harriet: Harriet Martineau in Household Words. v2 29 July 2015 (Historical Fiction)

Martineau, Harriet: Life in the Sick-Room. v1 26 Mar 2016 (Other Non-Fiction)

Martineau, Harriet: Principle and Practice. v1. 14 Apr 2014 (Other Fiction)

Martineau, Harriet: Retrospect of Western Travel, v1, 9 Jul 2016 (Other Non-Fiction)

Martineau, Harriet: Society in America, v1, 18 Feb 2016 (Other Non-Fiction)

Martineau, Harriet: The Billow and the Rock v1 12 dec 2008 (Historical Fiction)

Martineau, Harriet: The Billow and the Rock. v1. 12 Apr 2014 (Other Fiction)

Martineau, Harriet: The Crofton Boys. v1. 13 Apr 2014 (Other Fiction)

Martineau, Harriet: The Hour and the Man. v1. 13 Apr 2014 (Historical Fiction)

Martineau, Harriet: The Peasant and the Prince. v1. 14 Apr 2014 (Historical Fiction)

Martineau, Harriet: The Settlers at Home. v1. 15 Apr 2014 (Other Fiction)

Martinez, Brian: A Good Clean, A Harsh Clean. v1. 13th Dec 2010 (Short Fiction)

Martorell, Joanot: Tirant Lo Blanc v1. 16 Jan 2009 (Historical Fiction)

Marx, Karl & Engels, Friedrich: Das Manifest der komm. Partei; german v1; Aug 21th 09 (Government)

Marx, Karl & Engels, Friedrich: Manifesto of the Communist Party. v.1.2 20 Dec 2007 (Government)

Mason, A E W: Dilemmas (1934); v1 (Short Fiction)

Mason, A E W: Musk and Amber (1942); v1; 26 Nov 2019 (Historical Fiction)

Mason, A E W: No Other Tiger (1927): v2 (Action)

Mason, A E W: The Four Corners of the World (1917); v1 (Short Fiction)

Mason, A E W: The Sapphire (1933); v1 (Action)

Mason, A.E.W. & Lang, Andrew: Parson Kelly. v1. 12 Aug 2013 (Mystery and Crime)

Mason, A.E.W.: At the Villa Rose. V1. 25 Jan 2010 (Mystery and Crime)

Mason, A.E.W.: Clementina. V1. 25 Jan 2010 (Action)

Mason, A.E.W.: Ensign Knightley and Other Stories. V1. 26 Jan 2010 (Short Fiction)

Mason, A.E.W.: Lawrence Clavering. v1. 11 Aug 2013 (Mystery and Crime)

Mason, A.E.W.: Miranda of the Balcony. v1. 11 Aug 2013 (Historical Fiction)

Mason, A.E.W.: No Other Tiger. 13 March 2013 (Mystery and Crime)

Mason, A.E.W.: Running Water. V1. 27 Jan 2010 (Action)

Mason, A.E.W.: The Courtship of Morrice Buckler. V1. 20 May 2011 (Other Fiction)

Mason, A.E.W.: The Affair at the Semiramis Hotel. v1, 11 Aug 2013 (Mystery and Crime)

Mason, A.E.W.: The Broken Road. V1.25 Jan 2010 (Action)

Mason, A.E.W.: The Four Feathers. V1. 26 Jan 2010 (Action)

Mason, A.E.W.: The House in Lordship Lane. V1. 20 May 2011 (Other Fiction)

Mason, A.E.W.: The House of the Arrow. V1. 19 May 2011 (Mystery and Crime)

Mason, A.E.W.: The Philanderers. V1. 27 Jan 2010 (Action)

Mason, A.E.W.: The Prisoner in the Opal. V1. 20 May 2011 (Mystery and Crime)

Mason, A.E.W.: The Schoolmaster and Felicia. V1. 21 May 2011 (Short Fiction)

Mason, A.E.W.: The Summons. V1. 27 Jan 2010 (Action)

Mason, A.E.W.: They Wouldn't be Chessmen. V1. 13 March 2013 (Mystery and Crime)

Mason, A.E.W.: Witness for the Defense. V1. 28 Jan 2010 (Mystery and Crime)

Maspero, Gaston: Manual Of Egyptian Archaeology And ... In Egypt. V1. 13 Mar 2010 (History)

Masterman, Walter S: The Wrong Letter (1926); v1, 13 June 2023 (Mystery and Crime)

Masters, Edgar Lee: Spoon River Anthology. v1. 20 July 07 (Short Fiction)

Mathews, W.S.B.: A Popular History of the Art of Music, v.1, 5 July 2008 (Other Non-Fiction)

Matthews, Brander: A Family Tree and Other Stories. v1. 14 Nov 2021 (Short Fiction)

Matthews, Brander: Four Tales. v1. 20 Nov 2021 (Short Fiction)

Matthews, Brander: In the Vestibule Limited. v1. 20 Nov 2021 (Short Fiction)

Matthews, Brander: Outlines in Local Color. v1. 18 Nov 2021 (Short Fiction)

Matthews, Brander: Tales of Fantasy and Fact. v1. 11 Feb 2008 (Fantasy)

Matthews, Brander: Tales of Fantasy and Fact. v1. 11 Nov 2021 (Fantasy)

Matthews, Brander: The Story of a Story and Other Stories. v1. 15 Nov 2021 (Short Fiction)

Matthews, Brander: Vignettes of Manhattan. v1. 18 Nov 2021 (Short Fiction)

Matthews, Brander: Vistas of New York. v1. 18 Nov 2021 (Short Fiction)

Matthews, Brander; et al: With My Friends. v1. 14 Nov 2021 (Short Fiction)

Matthews, Washington: Navajo Silversmiths, v.1, 28 Dec 2008 (Other Non-Fiction)

Matthews, Washington: Navajo Weavers, v.1, 28 Dec 2008 (Other Non-Fiction)

Maupassant, Guy de: Bel Ami (Abridged), v1, 30 June 2015 (Historical Fiction)

Maupassant, Guy de: Bel Ami, v.1, 4 August 2008. (Other Fiction)

Maupassant, Guy de: Bel Ami. v1, 26 Jan 2008 (Other Fiction)

Maupassant, Guy de: Complete Original Short Stories. V1. 13 Oct 2016 (Short Fiction)

Maupassant, Guy de: Fort comme la mort [en Français], v.1, 3 August 2008. (Romance)

Maupassant, Guy de: Pierre and Jean. v1, 26 Jan 2008

Maupassant, Guy de: Pierre et Jean. French v1, 26 Jan 2008

Maupassant, Guy de: Short Stories 1, v1, 7 Nov 2007. (Short Fiction)

Maupassant, Guy de: Short Stories 2, v1, 7 Nov 2007. (Short Fiction)

Maupassant, Guy de: Short Stories 3, v1, 7 Nov 2007. (Short Fiction)

Maupassant, Guy de: Short Stories 4, v1, 7 Nov 2007. (Short Fiction)

Maupassant, Guy de: Short Stories by Guy de Maupassant: V1. 13 Sep 2012 (Short Fiction)

Maupassant, Guy de: Strong as Death, v.1, 3 August 2008. (Romance)

Maupassant, Guy de: Tales of Madness & Mystery. v1. 11 Jul 2021 (Horror)

Maupassant, Guy de: The Necklace, v.1, 3 August 2008. (Short Fiction)

Maupassant, Guy de: Two Friends, v.1, 2 August 2008. (Short Fiction)

Maupassant, Guy de: Yvette, v.1, 19 June 2008. (Short Fiction)

Maurier, George du: Peter Ibbetson. v1. 27 July 2019 (Romance)

Mauthner, Fritz: Beiträge zu einer Kritik der Sprache. v1. 16 Sep 2009 (Philosophy)

Maxwell, William Babington: A Little More. v1. 16 Nov 2015 (Other Fiction)

Maxwell, William Babington: Fabulous Fancies. v 1. 17 Nov 2015 (Short Fiction)

Maxwell, William Babington: For Better, For Worse. v1. 20 Nov 2015 (Other Fiction)

Maxwell, William Babington: General Mallock's Shadow. v1. 21 Nov 2015 (Other Fiction)

Maxwell, William Babington: Glamour. v1. 22 Nov 2015 (Other Fiction)

Maxwell, William Babington: Hill Rise. v1. 23 Nov 2015 (Other Fiction)

Maxwell, William Babington: Life Can Never Be The Same. v1. 23 Nov 2015 (Short Fiction)

Maxwell, William Babington: Mrs. Thompson. v1. 24 Nov 2015 (Other Fiction)

Maxwell, William Babington: Odd Lengths. v1. 26 Nov 2015 (Short Fiction)

Maxwell, William Babington: Seymour Charlton. v1. 28 Nov 2015 (Other Fiction)

Maxwell, William Babington: The Devils Garden. v1. 29 Nov 2015 (Other Fiction)

Maxwell, William Babington: The Guarded Flame. v1. 30 Nov 2015 (Other Fiction)

Maxwell, William Babington: The Mirror And The Lamp. v1. 2 Dec 2015 (Other Fiction)

Maxwell, William Babington: The Ragged Messenger. v1. 3 Dec 2015 (Other Fiction)

May, Karl: Abdahn Effendi german v1 9 feb 2009 (Historical Fiction)

May, Karl: Am Jenseits german v1 28 jan 2009 (Historical Fiction)

May, Karl: Am Rio de la Plata (german) v1 7 dec 2008 (Action)

May, Karl: Am Stillen Ozean german v1 13 mar 2009 (Action)

May, Karl: Das Hamaïl german v1 9 feb 2009 (Historical Fiction)

May, Karl: Das Vermächtnis des Inka german v1 11 feb 2009 (Historical Fiction)

May, Karl: Der Africander german v1 3 mar 2009 (Historical Fiction)

May, Karl: Der beiden Quitzows letzte Fahrten german v1 22 mar 2009 (Historical Fiction)

May, Karl: Der blaurote Methusalem german v1 3 jan 2009 (Young Adult)

May, Karl: Der Fürst der Bleichgesichter 1 DHDH4 german v1 30 jun 2009 (Action)

May, Karl: Der Fürst der Bleichgesichter 2 DHDH 5 german v1 18 nov 2009 (Action)

May, Karl: Der Geist des Llano Estacado (german) v1 6 dec 2008 (Western)

May, Karl: Der Oelprinz (german) v1 29 nov 2008 (Western)

May, Karl: Der Pfahlmann german v1 14 feb 2009 (Historical Fiction)

May, Karl: Der Schatz im Silbersee (german)v1 30 nov 2008 (Western)

May, Karl: Der Schut (german) v 2 12 Nov. 2008 (Action)

May, Karl: Der schwarze Mustang (german) v1 21 dec 2008 (Western)

May, Karl: Der Scout german v1 16 mar 2009 (Historical Fiction)

May, Karl: Der Sohn des Baerenjaegers (german) v1 30 nov 2008 (Western)

May, Karl: Die Both Shatters german v1 15 feb 2009 (Historical Fiction)

May, Karl: Die Juweleninsel german v1 12 feb 2009 (Historical Fiction)

May, Karl: Die Königin der Wüste 1 DHDH2 german v1 16 jun 2009 (Action)

May, Karl: Die Königin der Wüste 2 DHDH3 german v1 18 jun 2009 (Action)

May, Karl: Die Rache des Mormonen german v1 10 mar 2009 (Historical Fiction)

May, Karl: Durch das Land der Skipetaren german v3 12Nov 2008 (Historical Fiction)

May, Karl: Durch die Schluchten des Balkan german v3 12 Nov 2008 (Action)

May, Karl: Durch die Wüste german v3 12 Nov 2008 (Historical Fiction)

May, Karl: Durchs wilde Kurdistan german v3 12 Nov 2008 (Historical Fiction)

May, Karl: Ein Kaper german v2 14 feb 2009 (Historical Fiction)

May, Karl: Ein Self-man german v1 22 feb 2009 (Historical Fiction)

May, Karl: Eine Befreiung german v1 15 feb 2009 (Historical Fiction)

May, Karl: Eine deutsche Sultana DHDH1 german v1 15 jun 2009 (Action)

May, Karl: Eine Seehundjagd german v1 9 feb 2009 (Historical Fiction)

May, Karl: El Gitano german v1 31 jan 2009 (Short Fiction)

May, Karl: Im Lande des Mahdi 1 (german) v1 27 dec 2008 (Historical Fiction)

May, Karl: Im Lande des Mahdi 1-3 (german) v1 28 dec 2008 (Historical Fiction)

May, Karl: Im Lande des Mahdi 2 (german) v1 28 dec 2008 (Historical Fiction)

May, Karl: Im Lande des Mahdi 3 (german) v1 28 dec 2008 (Historical Fiction)

May, Karl: Im Reiche des silbernen Löwen 1 german 4 jan 2009 (Young Adult)

May, Karl: Im Reiche des silbernen Löwen 2 german 4 jan 2009 (Young Adult)

May, Karl: Im Reiche des silbernen Löwen 3 german 4 jan 2009 (Young Adult)

May, Karl: Im Reiche des silbernen Löwen 4 german 4 jan 2009 (Young Adult)

May, Karl: In den Kordilleren (german) v1 7 dec 2008 (Action)

May, Karl: Leïlet german v1 9 feb 2009 (Historical Fiction)

May, Karl: Mein Leben und Streben [German] V1. 05 SEP 2010 (Biography)

May, Karl: Old Firehand german v1 25 feb 2009 (Historical Fiction)

May, Karl: Old Surehand 1 (german) v1 14 nov 2008 (Western)

May, Karl: Old Surehand 2 (german) v1 15 nov 2008 (Western)

May, Karl: Old Surehand 3 (german) v1 15 nov 2008 (Western)

May, Karl: Old Surehand Sammelband v1 15 nov 2008 (Western)

May, Karl: Orangen und Datteln german v1 3 jan 2009 (Historical Fiction)

May, Karl: Satan und Ischariot 1 (german) 21 Nov 2008 (Western)

May, Karl: Satan und Ischariot 2 (german) v1 22 Nov 2008 (Western)

May, Karl: Satan und Ischariot 3 (german) v1 23 Nov 2008 (Western)

May, Karl: Satan und Ischariot Sammelband (german) v1 23 Nov 2008 (Western)

May, Karl: Scepter und Hammer german v1 12 feb 2009 (Historical Fiction)

May, Karl: Schamah german v1 10 feb 2009 (Historical Fiction)

May, Karl: Tui-Fanua german v1 24 feb 2009 (Action)

May, Karl: Und Friede auf Erden german v1 9 feb 2009 (Historical Fiction)

May, Karl: Vom Tode erstanden german v1 8 apr 2009 (Short Fiction)

May, Karl: Von Bagdad nach Stambul german v3 12 Nov 2008 (Action)

May, Karl: Waldroeschen 1 german v1 11 jan 2009 (Historical Fiction)

May, Karl: Waldroeschen 2 german v1 17 jan 2009 (Historical Fiction)

May, Karl: Waldroeschen 3 german v1 26 jan 2009 (Historical Fiction)

May, Karl: Weihnacht! (german) v1 20 dec 2008 (Western)

May, Karl: Winnetou 1-3 (german) v1 Nov 9 2008 (Western)

May, Karl: Winnetou 4 (german) v 1 13 nov 2008 (Western)

May, Sophie: Fairy Book v1 26 nov 2008 (Children)

Mayer, Brantz; Canot, Theodore: Captain Canot v1 5 feb 2009 (Historical Fiction)

McCarter, Margaret Hill: A Master's Degree. V1. 29 Jan 2010 (Other Fiction)

McCarter, Margaret Hill: Vanguards of the Plains. V1. 29 Jan 2010 (Historical Fiction)

McCarter, Margaret Hill: Winning the Wilderness. V1. 30 Jan 2010 (Historical Fiction)

McCormack, Mary A: Spool Knitting. v1. 11 Jan 2009 (Other Non-Fiction)

McCrae, John: In Flanders Fields, v1 6 Jul 2008 (Poetry)

McCutcheon, George Barr: A Fool and His Money. V1. 3 Apr 2009 (Romance)

McCutcheon, George Barr: Anderson Crow Detective v1 4 mar 2009 (Mystery and Crime)

McCutcheon, George Barr: Anderson Crow, Detective. v1. 21 Nov 2013 (Mystery and Crime)

McCutcheon, George Barr: Beverly of Graustark. V1. 30 Mar 2009 (Romance)

McCutcheon, George Barr: Brewster's Millions. v1, 15 Jan 2008 (Humor)

McCutcheon, George Barr: Castle Craneycrow. V1. 31 Mar 2009 (Romance)

McCutcheon, George Barr: From the Housetops. V1. 3 Apr 2009 (Romance)

McCutcheon, George Barr: Graustark. V1. 5 Apr 2009 (Romance)

McCutcheon, George Barr: Green Fancy. V1. 5 Apr 2009 (Romance)

McCutcheon, George Barr: Her Weight in Gold. V1. 6 Apr 2009 (Romance)

McCutcheon, George Barr: Jane Cable. V1. 7 Apr 2009 (Romance)

McCutcheon, George Barr: Mr. Bingle. V1. 10 Apr 2009 (Romance)

McCutcheon, George Barr: Nedra. V1. 10 Apr 2009 (Romance)

McCutcheon, George Barr: Quill's Window. V1. 12 Apr 2009 (Romance)

McCutcheon, George Barr: The Alternative. v1. 20 Nov 2013 (Romance)

McCutcheon, George Barr: The City of Masks. v1. 22 Nov 2013 (Mystery and Crime)

McCutcheon, George Barr: The Daughter of Anderson Crow. V1. 1 Apr 2009 (Romance)

McCutcheon, George Barr: The Day of the Dog. V1. 2 Apr 2009 (Short Fiction)

McCutcheon, George Barr: The Flyers. V1. 2 Apr 2009 (Short Fiction)

McCutcheon, George Barr: The Hollow of Her Hand. V1. 6 Apr 2009 (Romance)

McCutcheon, George Barr: The Husbands of Edith. V1. 7 Apr 2009 (Romance)

McCutcheon, George Barr: The Man from Brodney's. V1. 9 Apr 2009 (Romance)

McCutcheon, George Barr: The Prince of Graustark. V1. 10 Apr 2009: (Romance)

McCutcheon, George Barr: The Purple Parasol. V1. 11 Apr 2009 (Romance)

McCutcheon, George Barr: The Rose in the Ring. V1. 12 Apr 2009 (Romance)

McCutcheon, George Barr: The Sherrods. v1. 22 Nov 2013 (Romance)

McCutcheon, George Barr: Truxton King. V1. 13 Apr 2009 (Romance)

McCutcheon, George Barr: Viola Gwyn. V1. 13 Apr 2009 (Romance)

McCutcheon, George Barr: West Wind Drift. V1. 14 Apr 2009 (Romance)

McCutcheon, George Barr: What's-His-Name. V1. 14 Apr 2009 (Romance)

McCutcheon, George Barr: Yollop. v1. 22 Nov 2013 (Mystery and Crime)

McDonald, Steven E.: The Janus Syndrome , v1 28 Jun 2008 (Science Fiction)

McDougall, John: Forest, lake, and prairie. v1. 8 Aug 2015 (Action)

McDougall, John: In the days of the Red River rebellion. v1. 12 Aug (Action)

McDougall, John: On western trails in the early seventies. v1. 9 Aug 2015 (Action)

McDougall, John: Pathfinding on Plain and Prairie. v1. 11 Aug 2015 (Action)

McDougall, John: Saddle, sled and snowshoe. v1. 14 Aug 2015 (Action)

McElroy, John: Andersonville. v1, 26 Jan 2008

McEwen, Judie: The Lost Egg. V1. 19 july 2012 (Children)

McFadden, Tony: October Moon, 24 Feb, 2012 (Mystery and Crime)

McFadden, Tony: The Whack Job, v1, 24 Feb 2012 (Mystery and Crime)

McGarvey, J. W.: The FourFold Gospel, V1, 10 August 2009 (Spiritual)

McNeile, H. C. (Sapper): Ask for Ronald Standish, v2, (1936), 15 Apr 2020 (Mystery and Crime)

McNeile, H. C. (Sapper): Ronald Standish, v1, (1933), 15 Apr 2020 (Mystery and Crime)

McNeile, H. C. (Sapper): The Final Count (1928); v1; 31 March 2020 (Action)

McNeile, Herman Cyril: Bulldog Drummond at Bay.htm. v1. 1 Jab 2016 (Mystery and Crime)

McNeile, Herman Cyril: Bulldog Drummond. v1. 29 Dec 2015 (Mystery and Crime)

McNeile, Herman Cyril: Challenge. v1. 1 Jan 2016 (Mystery and Crime)

McNeile, Herman Cyril: Jim Brent. v1. 3 Dec 2016 (Short Fiction)

McNeile, Herman Cyril: John Walters. v1. 3 Dec 2016 (Short Fiction)

McNeile, Herman Cyril: Knock-Out. v1. 31 Dec 2015 (Mystery and Crime)

McNeile, Herman Cyril: Men, Women and Guns. v1. 1 Jan 2016 (Other Fiction)

McNeile, Herman Cyril: Michael Cassidy, Sergeant. v1. 26 Dec 2015 (Other Fiction)

McNeile, Herman Cyril: Mufti. v1. 27 Dec 2015 (Other Fiction)

McNeile, Herman Cyril: No Man's Land. v1. 28 Dec 2015 (Other Fiction)

McNeile, Herman Cyril: Out of the Blue. v1. 2 Dec 2016 (Short Fiction)

McNeile, Herman Cyril: Ronald Standish. v1. 5 Jan 2016 (Mystery and Crime)

McNeile, Herman Cyril: Shorty Bill. v1. 3 Dec 2016 (Other Fiction)

McNeile, Herman Cyril: Temple Tower. v1. 31 Dec 2015 (Mystery and Crime)

McNeile, Herman Cyril: The Black Gang. v1. 29 Dec 2015 (Mystery and Crime)

McNeile, Herman Cyril: The Dinner Club. v1. 2 Jan 2016 (Other Fiction)

McNeile, Herman Cyril: The Female of the Species. v1. 30 Dec 2015 (Mystery and Crime)

McNeile, Herman Cyril: The Finger of Fate. v1. 4 Jan 2016 (Short Fiction)

McNeile, Herman Cyril: The Human Touch. v1. 29 Dec 2015 (Short Fiction)

McNeile, Herman Cyril: The Island of Terror (Action)

McNeile, Herman Cyril: The Lieutenant and Others. v1. 2 Jan 2016 (Short Fiction)

McNeile, Herman Cyril: The Return of Bulldog Drummond. v1. 31 Dec 2015 (Mystery and Crime)

McNeile, Herman Cyril: The Saving Clause. v1. 4 Jan 2016 (Short Fiction)

McNeile, Herman Cyril: The Third Round. v1. 30 Dec 2015 (Mystery and Crime)

McNeile, Herman Cyril: The Third Round. v1. 30 Dec 2015 (Mystery and Crime)

McNeile, Herman Cyril: Tiny Carteret. v1. 4 Jan 2016 (Mystery and Crime)

McNeile, Herman Cyril: Word of Honour. v1. 3 Dec 2016 (Short Fiction)

Meade, L T & Halifax, Clifford: Diary of a Doctor, Series 2, v1, 10 Jun 2022 (Mystery and Crime)

Meade, L T and Eustace, Robert: The Brotherhood of the Seven Kings (1898); v2 (Short Fiction)

Meade, L T, and Clifford Halifax: The Diary of a Doctor (1894), v1, 16 Oct 2020 (Short Fiction)

Meade, L T, and Robert Eustace: A Master of Mysteries (1898), v2, 17 Sep 2020 (Mystery and Crime)

Meade, L T, and Robert Eustace: The Lost Square (1902); v1; 14 Sep 2020 (Mystery and Crime)

Meade, L T, and Robert Eustace: The Sorceress of the Strand (1903); v1; 11 Sep 2020 (Mystery and Crime)

Meade, L. T. & Eustace, Robert: A Master of Mysteries (Illustrated) v1. 10 Aug 07 (Mystery and Crime)

Meade, L. T. & Eustace, Robert: Followed. V1. 17 Mar 2011 (Mystery and Crime)

Meade, L. T. & Eustace, Robert: Madam Sara. V1. 19 Mar 2011 (Mystery and Crime)

Meade, L. T. & Eustace, Robert: The Blood-red Cross. V1. 19 Mar 2011 (Mystery and Crime)

Meade, L. T. & Eustace, Robert: The Brotherhood of the Seven Kings. V1. 19 Mar 2011 (Mystery and Crime)

Meade, L. T. & Eustace, Robert: The Face of the Abbot. V1. 20 Mar 2011 (Mystery and Crime)

Meade, L. T. & Eustace, Robert: The Secret of Emu Plain. V1. 19 Mar 2011 (Mystery and Crime)

Meade, L. T: Hollyhock. V1. 20 Apr 2010 (Young Adult)

Mee, Huan: A Diplomatic Woman (1900); v1; 13 Feb 2022 (Short Fiction)

Melville, Herman: Bartleby the Scrivener: A Story of Wall Street. v1, 2 Jan 2008

Melville, Herman: Billy Budd (German) V1. 16 Dec 2013 (Other Fiction)

Melville, Herman: Moby Dick. 08 Sept 07 (Action)

Melville, Herman: Moby Dick. v1. 20Jan2011 (Other Fiction)

Melville, Herman: Moby-Dick. v1. 1 Aug 2011 (Other Fiction)

Melville, Herman: Omoo, v.1, 25 Nov 2008 (Action)

Melville, Herman: Typee. v1. 11 Aug, 2010 (Historical Fiction)

Mendelssohn, Erich von: Phantasten german v1 12 feb 2009 (Other Fiction)

Mercer, Harold: A Very Gentlemanly Murder, and other stories v1, 14 April 2024 (Short Fiction)

Mercer, Harold: Amazon Island (1933); v1, 1 Jan 2023 (Fantasy)

Mercer, Harold: Locksley is Out, v1, 1 Jan 2023 (Short Fiction)

Mercer, Harold: The Foolish Gondola and other stories, v1, 10 June 2024 (Short Fiction)

Mercer, Harold: The Grave of Pierre Lamont, v1, 31 July 2023 (Short Fiction)

Mercer, Harold: The Manor Chamber Mystery, v1, 1 Jan 2023 (Short Fiction)

Meredith, George: Beauchamp's Career. V1. 1 Feb 2010 (Other Fiction)

Meredith, George: Celt and Saxon. V1. 2 Feb 2010 (Romance)

Meredith, George: Diana of the Crossways. V1. 3 Feb 2010 (Romance)

Meredith, George: Evan Harrington. V1. 3 Feb 2010 (Romance)

Meredith, George: Farina. V1. 4 Feb 2010 (Romance)

Meredith, George: One of Our Conquerors, v.1, 22/2/16 (Other Fiction)

Meredith, George: The Amazing Marriage. V1. 1 Feb 2010 (Romance)

Meredith, George: The Case of General Ople. V1. 2 Feb 2010 (Romance)

Meredith, George: The Egoist, v.1, 10/2/16 (Other Fiction)

Meredith, George: The House on the Beach. V1. 4 Feb 2010 (Other Fiction)

Merelo, J. J.: La cuarta taifa (Spanish) v1 26 Sep 2009 (Humor)

Mérimée, Prosper: Carmen, v.1, 10 June 2008. (Short Fiction)

Merriman, Henry Seton: Barlasch of the Guard. V1. 17 Aug 2009 (Historical Fiction)

Merriman, Henry Seton: Dross. V1. 18 Aug 2009 (Mystery and Crime)

Merriman, Henry Seton: From One Generation to Another. V1. 18 Aug 2009 (Romance)

Merriman, Henry Seton: In Kedar's Tents. V1. 19 Aug 2009 (Romance)

Merriman, Henry Seton: Roden's Corner. V1. 21 Aug 2009 (Romance)

Merriman, Henry Seton: The Grey Lady. V1. 19 Aug 2009 (Romance)

Merriman, Henry Seton: The Isle of Unrest. V1. 20 August 2009 (Action)

Merriman, Henry Seton: The Last Hope. V1. 20 Aug 2009 (Action)

Merriman, Henry Seton: The Slave of the Lamp. V1. 21 Aug 2009 (Action)

Merriman, Henry Seton: The Sowers. V1. 21 Aug 2009 (Mystery and Crime)

Merriman, Henry Seton: The Velvet Glove. V1. 22 Aug 2009 (Romance)

Merriman, Henry Seton: The Vultures. V1. 23 Aug 2009 (Romance)

Merriman, Henry Seton: Tomaso's Fortune and Other Stories. V1. 22 Aug 2009 (Short Fiction)

Merriman, Henry Seton: With Edged Tools. V1. 23 Aug 2009 (Romance)

Merritt, A.: A. Merritt: Collected Works. v1. 18 Aug 2021 (Collected Works)

Merritt, A.: The Moon Pool. v 1.1, 26 July 2009 (Fantasy)

Merritt, Abraham: Abraham Merritt Omnibus. V1. 11 Mar 201 (Fantasy)

Merritt, Abraham: Burn, Witch, Burn!. V1. 10 Mar 2010 (Horror)

Merwin, Samuel; The Road to Frontenac. v1. 20 Oct 2009 (Historical Fiction)

Meyer, C. F.: Das Amulett [German]. V1. 17 JUL 2010 (Historical Fiction)

Meyer, C. F.: Das Leiden eines Knaben [German]. V1. 17 JUL 2010 (Other Fiction)

Meyer, C. F.: Der Heilige [German]. V1. 17 JUL 2010 (Historical Fiction)

Meyer, C. F.: Der Schuss von der Kanzel [German]. V1. 17 JUL 2010 (Humor)

Meyer, C. F.: Die Hochzeit des Mönchs [German]. V1. 17 JUL 2010 (Historical Fiction)

Meyer, C. F.: Die Richterin [German]. V1. 17 JUL 2010 (Historical Fiction)

Meyer, C. F.: Die Versuchung des Pescara [German]. V1. 17 JUL 2010 (Historical Fiction)

Meyer, C. F.: Engelberg [German]. V1. 17 JUL 2010 (Poetry)

Meyer, C. F.: Gustav Adolfs Page [German]. V1. 17 JUL 2010 (Historical Fiction)

Meyer, C. F.: Huttens letzte Tage [German]. V1. 17 JUL 2010 (Historical Fiction)

Meyer, C. F.: Sämtliche Gedichte [German]. V1. 18 JUL 2010 (Poetry)

Meyer, Conrad Ferdinand: Angela Borgia (german) v1 19 dec 2008 (Historical Fiction)

Meyrink, Gustav: Das grüne Gesicht. german. v1. 16 mar 2009 (Mystery and Crime)

Meyrink, Gustav: Der Golem german v1 01 feb 2009 (Other Fiction)

Meyrink, Gustav: Der weiße Dominikaner. german. v1. 28 mar 2009 (Other Fiction)

Michelet, Jules: La Sorcière: The Witch of the Middle Ages, v1, 3 March 2010. (History)

Middleton, Richard: Phantasms and Fantasies (ghosts). v1. 24 Nov 2020 (Horror)

Middleton, Richard: The Day Before Yesterday (essays). v1. 24 Nov 2020 (Essays)

Middleton, Richard: The Ghost Ship and other Stories, v2, 28 May 2024 (Short Fiction)

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Miles, George Henry: The Truce of God. V1. 08-Sep-2012 (Historical Fiction)

Mill, John Stuart: On Liberty, v.1, 22 May 2008. (Philosophy)

Mill, John Stuart: Utilitarianism, v1, 29 Aug 2007. (Philosophy)

Millay, Edna St. Vincent: A Few Figs From Thistles, v.1, 18 Feb 2008 (Poetry)

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Miller, Alice Duer: Come Out of the Kitchen!. v1. 26 Jul 2016 (Romance)

Miller, Alice Duer: Forsaking All Others (poetry). v1. 29 Dec 2021 (Poetry)

Miller, Alice Duer: Ladies Must Live. V1. 4 Oct 2009 (Romance)

Miller, Alice Duer: Manslaughter. v1. 26 Dec 2021 (Other Fiction)

Miller, Alice Duer: The Beauty and the Bolshevist. V1. 4 Oct 2009 (Romance)

Miller, Alice Duer: The Burglar and the Blizzard. v1. 18 Dec 2018 (Humor)

Miller, Alice Duer: The Charm School (illus). v1. 31 Dec 2021 (Humor)

Miller, Alice Duer: The Happiest Time of Their Lives. v1. 30 Dec 2021 (Romance)

Miller, Alice Duer: The Happiest Time of Their Lives. V1. 4 Oct 2009 (Romance)

Miller, Alice Duer: The Priceless Pearl, 1924: v1; 17 Jan 2020 (Romance)

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Miller, Alice Duer: Women Are People! (poetry). v1. 28 Dec 2021 (Poetry)

Miller, Claude H.: Outdoor Sports and Games, v.1, 24 Oct 2008 (Other Non-Fiction)

Mirandola, Franciszek: Tropy [Polish]. v1. 9 Sep 2011 (Short Fiction)

Mirbeau, Octave: Der Garten der Qualen german v1 21 feb 2009 (Other Fiction)

Mitchell, Edward Page: The Weird Fiction of Edward Page Mitchell. v1. 07 Jan 2023 (Science Fiction)

Mitchell, J. A.: The Last American, v.1, 4 July 2008 (Science Fiction)

Mitchell, James Leslie: Spartacus (1933), v1, 15 Aug 2019 (Historical Fiction)

Mitchell, Margaret: Gone With the Wind (1939), v1. 9 Jan 2020 (Historical Fiction)

Mitchell, Richard: Less Than Words Can Say. v1, 22 Aug 2008 (Other Non-Fiction)

Mitchell, Richard: The Gift of Fire. v1, 23 Aug 2008 (Other Non-Fiction)

Mitchell, Richard: The Graves of Academe. v1, 23 Aug 2008 (Other Non-Fiction)

Mitford, Bertram: 'Tween Snow and Fire. v 1. 6 Nov 2013 (Action)

Mitford, Bertram: A Frontier Mystery. v1. 1 Nov 2013 (Mystery and Crime)

Mitford, Bertram: A Secret of the Lebombo. v1. 4 Nov 2013 (Romance)

Mitford, Bertram: A Veldt Official. v1. 6 Nov 2013 (Action)

Mitford, Bertram: Aletta. v1. 30 Oct 2013 (Historical Fiction)

Mitford, Bertram: Dorrien of Cranston. v1. 31 Oct 2013 (Other Fiction)

Mitford, Bertram: Fordham's Feud. v1. 31 Oct 2013 (Action)

Mitford, Bertram: Forging the Blades. v1. 1 Nov 2013 (Action)

Mitford, Bertram: Golden Face. v1. 1 Nov 2013 (Western)

Mitford, Bertram: Harley Greenoak's Charge. v1. 2 Nov 2013 (Action)

Mitford, Bertram: Haviland's Chum. v1, 2 Nov 2013 (Action)

Mitford, Bertram: In the Whirl of the Rising. v1, 2 Nov 2013 (Action)

Mitford, Bertram: John Ames, Native Commissioner. v1. 3 Nov 2013 (Action)

Mitford, Bertram: Renshaw Fanning's Quest. v1. 4 Nov 2013| (Action)

Mitford, Bertram: The Fire Trumpet. v1. 31 Oct 2013 (Action)

Mitford, Bertram: The Heath Hover Mystery. v1. 2 Nov 2013 (Mystery and Crime)

Mitford, Bertram: The Induna's Wife. v1. 2 Nov 2013 (Action)

Mitford, Bertram: The King's Assegai. v1. 3 Nov 2013 (Action)

Mitford, Bertram: The Luck of Gerard Ridgeley. v1. 3 Nov 2013 (Action)

Mitford, Bertram: The Red Derelict. v1. 4 Nov 2013 (Action)

Mitford, Bertram: The Ruby Sword. v1. 4 Now 2013 (Romance)

Mitford, Bertram: The Sign of the Spider v1 24 feb 2009 (Action)

Mitford, Bertram: The Sign of the Spider. v1. 5 Nov 2013 (Action)

Mitford, Bertram: The Sirdar's Oath. v1. 5 Nov 2013 (Action)

Mitford, Bertram: The Triumph of Hilary Blachland. v1. 6 Nov 2013 (Action)

Mitford, Bertram: The White Hand and the Black, by Bertram Mitford. v1, 7 Nov 2013 (Action)

Mitford, Bertram: The White Shield. v1. 7 Nov 2013 (Action)

Mitford, Mary Russell: Our Village, v.1, 13 Feb 2008. (Other Fiction)

Mobileread.com: Smilie List, v1, 13 Feb 2009 (Humor)

Molesworth, Mrs.: The Cuckoo Clock v1 28 apr 2009 (Children)

Monroe, James: State of the Union. v1.0 20 October 2007

Montanye, C S: Moons in Gold (1936); v1; 7 Jan 2021 (Mystery and Crime)

Montanye, C S: This Murder's On Me (and other stories); v1; 17 Dec 2020 (Short Fiction)

Montegiorgio, Ugolino: The Little Flowers of Saint Francis, v1, 26 Sept 2007. (Spiritual)

Montgomery, L M: Anne of Avonlea, v1, 25 Oct 2007. (Young Adult)

Montgomery, L M: Anne of Ingleside v.1, 16 May 2009 (Young Adult)

Montgomery, L M: Anne of the Island, v1, 25 Oct 2007. (Young Adult)

Montgomery, L M: Anne of Windy Poplars, v1, 25 Oct 2007. (Young Adult)

Montgomery, L M: Anne’s House of Dreams, v1, 25 Oct 2007. (Young Adult)

Montgomery, L M: Rainbow Valley, v.1, 11 May 2008. (Young Adult)

Montgomery, L M: Rilla of Ingleside, v.1, 11 May 2008. (Young Adult)

Montgomery, L M: Short Stories, 1896 to 1901, v.1, 23 February 2009. (Short Fiction)

Montgomery, L M: Short Stories, 1902 to 1903, v.1, 23 February 2009. (Short Fiction)

Montgomery, L M: Short Stories, 1904, v.1, 25 February 2009. (Short Fiction)

Montgomery, L M: Short Stories, 1905 to 1906, v.1, 25 February 2009. (Short Fiction)

Montgomery, L M: Short Stories, 1907 to 1908, v.1, 25 February 2009. (Short Fiction)

Montgomery, L M: Short Stories, 1909 to 1922, v.1, 25 February 2009. (Short Fiction)

Montgomery, L M: The Alpine Path, v.1, 27 February 2009. (Biography)

Montgomery, L. M.: A Tangled Web, v1, 22 May 2008 (Historical Fiction)

Montgomery, L. M.: Anne of Avonlea. v1. 20 Feb 2026 (Young Adult)

Montgomery, L. M.: Anne of Green Gables, v.1, 13 June 2008 (Young Adult)

Montgomery, L. M.: Anne of Green Gables. v1. 20 Feb 2026 (Young Adult)

Montgomery, L. M.: Anne of Ingleside. v1. 20 Feb 2026 (Young Adult)

Montgomery, L. M.: Anne of the Island. v1. 20 Feb 2026 (Young Adult)

Montgomery, L. M.: Anne of Windy Willows. v1. 20 Feb 2026 (Young Adult)

Montgomery, L. M.: Anne’s House of Dreams. v1. 20 Feb 2026 (Young Adult)

Montgomery, L. M.: Chronicles of Avonlea, v1, 10 May 2008 (Young Adult)

Montgomery, L. M.: Chronicles of Avonlea. v1. 22 Feb 2026 (Short Fiction)

Montgomery, L. M.: Emily Climbs. v1. 04 May 2008 (Young Adult)

Montgomery, L. M.: Emily Climbs. v1. 10 Mar 2026 (Young Adult)

Montgomery, L. M.: Emily of New Moon. v1. 04 May 2008 (Young Adult)

Montgomery, L. M.: Emily of New Moon. v1. 10 Mar 2026 (Young Adult)

Montgomery, L. M.: Emily's Quest. v1. 05 May 2008 (Young Adult)

Montgomery, L. M.: Emily’s Quest. v1. 10 Mar 2026 (Young Adult)

Montgomery, L. M.: Further Chronicles of Avonlea, v1, 10 May 2008 (Young Adult)

Montgomery, L. M.: Further Chronicles of Avonlea. v1. 22 Feb 2026 (Short Fiction)

Montgomery, L. M.: Jane of Lantern Hill, v1, 21 May 2008 (Young Adult)

Montgomery, L. M.: Kilmeny of the Orchard, v1, 22 May 2008 (Young Adult)

Montgomery, L. M.: Magic for Marigold, v1, 22 May 2008 (Young Adult)

Montgomery, L. M.: Mistress Pat. v1. 20 Mar 2026 (Young Adult)

Montgomery, L. M.: Pat of Silver Bush & Mistress Pat. v2. 18 May 2008 (Young Adult)

Montgomery, L. M.: Pat of Silver Bush. v1. 20 Mar 2026 (Young Adult)

Montgomery, L. M.: Rainbow Valley. v1. 20 Feb 2026 (Young Adult)

Montgomery, L. M.: Rilla of Ingleside. v1. 20 Feb 2026 (Young Adult)

Montgomery, L. M.: Shadows and Whispers. v1. 13 Jan 2026 (Horror)

Montgomery, L. M.: The Blue Castle, v1, 22 May 2008 (Historical Fiction)

Montgomery, L. M.: The Golden Road, v1. 06 May 2008 (Young Adult)

Montgomery, L. M.: The Story Girl, v1. 06 May 2008 (Young Adult)

Montgomery, L. M: Anne Of Avonlea. V1. 5 Feb 2010 (Young Adult)

Montrésor, Frances Frederica: False Coin Or True. v1. 29 Mar 2016 (Other Fiction)

Montrésor, Frances Frederica: Into The Highways & Hedges. v1. 31 Mar 2016 (Other Fiction)

Montrésor, Frances Frederica: The One who Looked on. v1. 2 Apr 2016 (Other Fiction)

Montrésor, Frances Frederica: Worth While. v1. 3 Apr 2016 (Short Fiction)

Moodie, Susanna: The World Before Them (Vols 1-3). V1. 16-Mar-2013 (Romance)

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Moore, Clement C: A Visit from Saint Nicholas (Illustrated), v.1, 3 Dec 2007. (Poetry)

Moore, F. Frankfort: The Other World. v1. 03 Jul 2022 (Horror)

Moore, F. Frankfort: The Other World. v1. 03 Jul 2022 (Horror)

Moore, F. Frankfort: The Secret of the Court. v1. 05 Jul 2022 (Horror)

Moore, Frank Frankfort: A Garden of Peace. v1. 27 Oct 2016 (Other Fiction)

Moore, Frank Frankfort: A Georgian Pageant, v1. 30 Oct 2016 (Short Fiction)

Moore, Frank Frankfort: A Nest Of Linnets. v1. 4 Nov 2016 (Other Fiction)

Moore, Frank Frankfort: According to Plato. v1. 5 Nov 2016 (Other Fiction)

Moore, Frank Frankfort: Daireen. v1. 8 Nov 2016 (Other Fiction)

Moore, Frank Frankfort: Fanny's First Novel. v1. 10 Nov 2016 (Other Fiction)

Moore, Frank Frankfort: I Forbid the Banns!. v1. 12 Nov 2016 (Other Fiction)

Moore, Frank Frankfort: Nell Gwyn. v1. 13 Nov 2016 (Other Fiction)

Moore, Frank Frankfort: Phyllis of Philistia. v1. 20 Nov 2016 (Other Fiction)

Moore, Frank Frankfort: Sojourners Together. v1. 23 Nov 2016 (Other Fiction)

Moore, Frank Frankfort: The 'Great Orion'. v1. 18 Nov 2016 (Other Fiction)

Moore, Frank Frankfort: The Conscience of Coralie. v1. 26 Nov 2016 (Other Fiction)

Moore, Frank Frankfort: The Fate of the Black Swan. v1. 27 Nov 2016 (Other Fiction)

Moore, Frank Frankfort: The Impudent Comedian. v1. 1 Dec 2016 (Short Fiction)

Moore, Frank Frankfort: The Love that Prevailed. v1. 5 Dec 2016 (Other Fiction)

Moore, Frank Frankfort: The Original Woman. v1. 8 Dec 2016 (Other Fiction)

Moore, Frank Frankfort: The Other World. v1. 9 Dec 2016 (Short Fiction)

Moore, Frank Frankfort: The Romance of a Red Cross Hospital. v1. 12 Dec 2016 (Other Fiction)

Moore, George: A Mere Accident. V1. 29 Aug 2009 (Other Fiction)

Moore, George: A Mummer's Wife. V1. 31 Aug 2009 (Romance)

Moore, George: Celibates. V1. 24 Aug 2009 (Short Fiction)

Moore, George: Confessions of a Young Man. V1. 26 Aug 2009 (Biography)

Moore, George: Esther Waters. V1. 25 Aug 2009 (Other Fiction)

Moore, George: Evelyn Innes. V1. 26 Aug 2009 (Other Fiction)

Moore, George: Memoirs of My Dead Life. V1. 28 Aug 2009 (Biography)

Moore, George: Mike Fletcher. V1. 30 Aug 2009 (Romance)

Moore, George: Modern Painting. V1. 30 Aug 2009 (Other Non-Fiction)

Moore, George: Muslin. V1. 31 Aug 2009 (Romance)

Moore, George: Sister Teresa. V1. 1 Sep 2009 (Romance)

Moore, George: Spring Days. V1. 1 Sep 2009 (Romance)

Moore, George: The Brook Kerith. V1. 24 Aug 2009 (Historical Fiction)

Moore, George: The Lake. V1. 27 Aug 2009 (Other Fiction)

Moore, George: The Untilled Field. V1. 2 Sep 2009 (Romance)

Moore, George: Vain Fortune. V1. 2 Sep 2009 (Romance)

More, Thomas: Utopia. v1, 9 Apr 2009 (Philosophy)

Morgan, Amanda A.: Paquimé: a visitor's companion. v1. 21 November 2011 (History)

Morley, John: Voltaire, A Biographical Critique, v.1, 5 Nov 2007. (Biography)

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Morris, William: Kunde von Nirgendwo. german. v1. 28 feb 2009 (Science Fiction)

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Morrison, Arthur: A Child of the Jago. v1. 12 Mar 2013 (Mystery and Crime)

Morrison, Arthur: Adventures of Martin Hewitt. v1. 23 Apr 2019 (Mystery and Crime)

Morrison, Arthur: Chronicles of Martin Hewitt. v1. 11 Mar 2013 (Mystery and Crime)

Morrison, Arthur: Detective Stories. v1. 11 Mar 2013 (Mystery and Crime)

Morrison, Arthur: Martin Hewitt Omnibus. v1, 19 Feb 2009 (Mystery and Crime)

Morrison, Arthur: Martin Hewitt, Investigator. V1. 4 Sep 2009 (Mystery and Crime)

Morrison, Arthur: Tales of Mean Streets. v1. 10 Mar 2013 (Mystery and Crime)

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Morrow, Honoré Willsie: Judith of the Godless Valley. v1. 1 Feb 2014 (Western)

Morrow, Honoré Willsie: Lydia of the Pines. v1. 1 Feb 2014 (Romance)

Morrow, Honoré Willsie: Still Jim. v1. 1 Feb 2014 (Romance)

Morrow, Honoré Willsie: The Enchanted Canyon. v1. 31 Jan 2014 (Romance)

Morrow, Honoré Willsie: The Forbidden Trail. v1. 31 Jan 2014 (Romance)

Morrow, Honoré Willsie: The Heart of the Desert. v1. 31 Jan 2014 (Romance)

Morrow, W. C.: The Ape, The Idiot and Other People, 1897, v1, 4 May 2026 (Short Fiction)

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Moszkowski, Alexander: Das Geheimnis der Sprache [German] V1. 12-Dec-2010 (Other Non-Fiction)

Moszkowski, Alexander: Das Panorama meines Lebens [German] V1. 12-Dec-2010 (Biography)

Moszkowski, Alexander: Die Inseln der Weisheit. german. v1. 15 apr 2009 (Other Fiction)

Moszkowski, Alexander: Einstein – Einblicke in seine Gedanke [German] V1. 12-Dec-2010 (Other Non-Fiction)

Mulholland, Rosa: Ghostly Tales. v1. 14 Feb 2021 (Horror)

Mumford, Ethel Watts: In Cold Blood. v1. 23 Aug 2033 (Romance)

Mumford, Ethel Watts: Out of the Ashes. V1. 8 Oct 2009 (Mystery and Crime)

Mumford, Ethel Watts: Phantom Perfumes and Other Mysteries. v1. 23 Aug 2033 (Short Fiction)

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Mundy, Talbot: Black Light. V1. 11 Mar 2012 (Fantasy)

Mundy, Talbot: C.I.D. V1. 12 Mar 2012 (Fantasy)

Mundy, Talbot: Caesar Dies. V1. 20 Feb 2010 (Action)

Mundy, Talbot: Caves of Terror. V1. 20 Feb 2010 (Action)

Mundy, Talbot: Guns of the Gods. V1. 22 Feb 2010 (Action)

Mundy, Talbot: Her Reputation. V1. 13 Mar 201 (Romance)

Mundy, Talbot: Hira Singh. V1. 22 Feb 2010 (Action)

Mundy, Talbot: Jimgrim and Allah's Peace. V1. 24 Feb 2010 (Action)

Mundy, Talbot: Jimgrim. V1. 15 Mar 2012 (Fantasy)

Mundy, Talbot: Jungle Jest. V1. 15 Mar 2012 (Action)

Mundy, Talbot: King of the Khyber Rifles. V1. 24 Feb 2010 (Action)

Mundy, Talbot: Old Ugly Face. V1. 20 Mar 2012 (Action)

Mundy, Talbot: Old Ugly-Face V1. 15-AUG-2010 (Action)

Mundy, Talbot: OM: the Secret of Ahbor Valley V1. 22-AUG-2010 (Action)

Mundy, Talbot: Purple Pirate. v1. 28 Aug 2013 (Fantasy)

Mundy, Talbot: Rung Ho!. V1. 25 Feb 2010 (Action)

Mundy, Talbot: The Eye of Zeitoon. V1. 21 Feb 2010 (Action)

Mundy, Talbot: The Hundred Days. V1. 14 Mar 2012 (Fantasy)

Mundy, Talbot: The Lady and The Lord. V1. 18 Mar 2012 (Short Fiction)

Mundy, Talbot: The Lion of Petra. V1. 24 Feb 2010 (Action)

Mundy, Talbot: The Mystery of Khufu's Tomb. V1. 18 Mar 2012 (Action)

Mundy, Talbot: The Mystery of Kufu's Tomb V1. 22-AUG-2010 (Action)

Mundy, Talbot: The Nine Unknown V1. 15-AUG-2010 (Fantasy)

Mundy, Talbot: The Nine Unknown. V1. 19 Mar 2012 (Action)

Mundy, Talbot: The Secret of Ahbor Valley. V1. 21 Mar 2012 (Action)

Mundy, Talbot: The Winds of the World. V1. 22 Feb 2010 (Action)

Mundy, Talbot: The Woman Ayisha V1. 15-AUG-2010 (Action)

Mundy, Talbot: Told in the East. V1. 25 Feb 2010 (Action)

Mundy, Talbot: Tros of Samothrace. V1. 21 Mar 2012 (Action)

Mundy, Talbot; The Devil's Guard. V1. 12 Mar 2012 (Fantasy)

Munger, Dell H: The Wind Before the Dawn. V1. 5 Sep 2009 (Other Fiction)

Munthe, Axel: The Story of San Michele. V1. 30 Nov 2012 (Biography)

Murfree, Mary Noailles: Charles Egbert Craddock Omnibus. V1. 26 Feb 2010 (Short Fiction)

Murfree, Mary Noailles: Down the Ravine. V1. 26 Feb 2010 (Other Fiction)

Murfree, Mary Noailles: His Day In Court. V1. 27 Feb 2010 (Short Fiction)

Murfree, Mary Noailles: The Frontiersmen. V1. 26 Feb 2010 (Historical Fiction)

Murfree, Mary Noailles: The Mystery of Witch-Face Mountain. V1. 27 Feb 2010 (Short Fiction)

Murfree, Mary Noailles: The Ordeal. V1 27 Feb 2010 (Romance)

Murfree, Mary Noailles: The Phantoms Of The Foot-Bridge. V1. 28 Feb 2010 (Short Fiction)

Murfree, Mary Noailles: The Young Mountaineers. V1. 28 Feb 2010 (Short Fiction)

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Murray, David Christie: Bulldog and Butterfly. v1. 9 Nov 2013 (Romance)

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Murray, David Christie: Despair's Last Journey. v1. 10 Nov 2013 (Romance)

Murray, David Christie: Die Jagd nach Millionen. german. v1. 19 apr 2009 (Mystery and Crime)

Murray, David Christie: In Direst Peril. v1. 10 Nov 2013 (Romance)

Murray, David Christie: Julia And Her Romeo. v1. 11 Nov 2013 (Romance)

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Musick, John R: A Century Too Soon. v1. 18 Jun 2015 (History)

Musick, John R: Brother Against Brother. v1. 17 Jun 2015 (Historical Fiction)

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Mühlbach, Louise: Andreas Hofer. V1. 6 Feb 2010 (Historical Fiction)

Mühlbach, Louise: Berlin and Sans-Souci. V1. 9 Feb 2010 (Historical Fiction)

Mühlbach, Louise: Frederick the Great and His Court. V1. 10 Feb 2010 (Historical Fiction)

Mühlbach, Louise: Frederick the Great and His Family. V1. 11 Feb 2919 (Historical Fiction)

Mühlbach, Louise: Henry VIII and His Court. V1. 12 Feb 2010 (Historical Fiction)

Mühlbach, Louise: Joseph II and His Court. V1. 13 Feb 2010 (Historical Fiction)

Mühlbach, Louise: Louisa of Prussia and Her Times. V1. 14 Feb 2010 (Historical Fiction)

Mühlbach, Louise: Marie Antoinette and Her Son. V1. 14 Feb 2010 (Historical Fiction)

Mühlbach, Louise: Mohammed Ali and His House. V1. 15 Feb 2010 (Historical Fiction)

Mühlbach, Louise: Napoleon and Blucher. V1. 16 Feb 2010 (Historical Fiction)

Mühlbach, Louise: Old Fritz and the New Era. V1.17 Feb 2010 (Historical Fiction)

Mühlbach, Louise: Prince Eugene and His Times. V1. 18 Feb 2010 (Historical Fiction)

Mühlbach, Louise: Queen Hortense. V1. 19 Feb 2010 (Historical Fiction)

Mühlbach, Louise: The Daughter of an Empress. V1. 10 Feb 2010 (Historical Fiction)

Mühlbach, Louise: The Empress Josephine. V1. 9 Feb 2010 (Historical Fiction)

Mühlbach, Louise: The Merchant of Berlin. V1. 15 Feb 2010 (Historical Fiction)

Mühlbach, Louise: The Youth of the Great Elector. V1. 19 Feb 2010 (Historical Fiction)

Möllhausen, Balduin: Das Mormonenmädchen 1 (german) v1 19 dec 2008 (Historical Fiction)

Möllhausen, Balduin: Das Mormonenmädchen 2 (german) v1 22 dec 2008 (Historical Fiction)

Möllhausen, Balduin: Erzählung aus meinem Jagdleben in Illinois german v1 26 feb 2009 (Action)

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Nansen, Fridtjof: Paa ski over Grønland (1928) [Norwegian].v1. 27 Apr 2014 (Other Non-Fiction)

NASA: Chariots for Apollo_A History of Manned Lunar Spacecraft. v1. 24 April 2011 (History)

NASA: Surveyor & Lunar Orbiter. PRC v1.0 12 July 2009 (History)

Nation, Carry: The Use and Need of the Life of Carry A. Nation. 08 Nov 2007 (Biography)

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Neilson, William Allan (editor): Shelf of Fiction Vol 1-2. Ver 2. 27 Dec 2013 (Historical Fiction)

Neilson, William Allan (editor): Shelf of Fiction Vol 3 Ver 1. 9 Jan 2014 (Historical Fiction)

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Nesbit, Edith: ALL the Dragons (Collection, Illus). v2. 12 Sep 2016 (Fantasy)

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Nesbit, Edith: Dormant (aka Rose Royal). v1. 26 Oct 2015 (Other Fiction)

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Nesbit, Edith: In The Dark. V1. 31 May 2012 (Horror)

Nesbit, Edith: John Charrington's Wedding. V1. 30 May 2012 (Short Fiction)

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Nesbit, Edith: Nine Unlikely Tales (Illus). v2. 19 September 2016 (Fantasy)

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Nesbit, Edith: Salome and the Head. v1. 20 Oct 2015 (Mystery and Crime)

Nesbit, Edith: Tales of Darkness (Collection) v1. 19 September 2015 (Horror)

Nesbit, Edith: The Book of Dragons (Illustrated). v1, 26 Feb 2008

Nesbit, Edith: The Dragon Tamers. V1. 1 Jun 2012 (Horror)

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Nesbit, Edith: The Lark. v1. 02 Nov 2015 (Humor)

Nesbit, Edith: The Literary Sense (Short Story Collection). v1. 06 October 2015 (Short Fiction)

Nesbit, Edith: The Magic City (Illus).v1. 03 September 2015 (Children)

Nesbit, Edith: The Magic World. V1. 31 May 2012 (Children)

Nesbit, Edith: The Mystery of the Semi-Detached. V1. 1 Jun 1 Jun 2011 (Horror)

Nesbit, Edith: The Power of Darkness. V1. 1 Jun 2011 (Horror)

Nesbit, Edith: The Railway Children (illus). v2. 30 Aug 2016 (Young Adult)

Nesbit, Edith: The Red House (Illustrated). v1. 01 July 2015 (Other Fiction)

Nesbit, Edith: The Story of the Treasure Seekers (Illus). v2. 19 Oct 2016 (Children)

Nesbit, Edith: The Wonderful Garden (Illus) v1. 28 September 2015 (Children)

Nesbit, Edith: The Wouldbegoods (Illus). v2. 19 Oct 2016 (Children)

Nesbit, Edith: These Little Ones (Short Story Collection). v1. 06 October 2015 (Short Fiction)

Neufeld, Charles: A prisoner of the Khaleefa. v1. 12 Aug 2012 (History)

Newman, John Henry: Apologia pro vita sua. V1. 08-Sep-2012 (Biography)

Newman, John Henry: Callista, v1, 23 December 2009. (Other Fiction)

Newton, Douglas: I, Savaran (1937); v1, 1 Jan 2022 (Short Fiction)

Newton, Douglas: Savaran and the Great Sand; v1, 1 Jan 2022 (Action)

Newton, Douglas: The Eighth Buddha, v1, 1 Jan 2022 (Short Fiction)

Newton, Douglas; Double Crossed (1922), v1, 1 Mar 2022 (Action)

Newton, John: Thoughts Upon the African Slave Trade, v.1, 29 March 2011 (Spiritual)

Nicholson, Joseph Shield: Thoth. v1, 14 Mar 2009 (Science Fiction)

Nicholson, Meredith: A Hoosier Chronicle. V1. 23 Jan 2009 (Historical Fiction)

Nicholson, Meredith: A Reversible Santa Claus. V1. 23 Jan 2009 (Historical Fiction)

Nicholson, Meredith: Blacksheep! Blacksheep!. V1. 24 Jan 2009 (Historical Fiction)

Nicholson, Meredith: Lady Larkspur. V1. 24 Jan 2009 (Historical Fiction)

Nicholson, Meredith: Rosalind at Red Gate. V1. 24 Oct 2011 (Other Fiction)

Nicholson, Meredith: The House of a Thousand Candles. V1. 24 Jan 2009 (Other Fiction)

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Nicoll, Maurice: The Blue Germ. V1. 1 Mar 2010 (Science Fiction)

Niemann, August: The Coming Conquest of England. v1, 2 July 2008 (Fantasy)

Nietzsche, Friedrich: Also sprach Zarathustra (german), v1, 11 Jan 2009 (Philosophy)

Nietzsche, Friedrich: Beyond Good and Evil, v.1, 6 July 2008. (Philosophy)

Nietzsche, Friedrich: Der Antichrist, german v1 23 may 2009 (Philosophy)

Nietzsche, Friedrich: Der Wanderer und sein Schatten. v1 23 may 2009 german (Philosophy)

Nietzsche, Friedrich: Die fröhliche Wissenschaft. v1 23 may 2009 german (Philosophy)

Nietzsche, Friedrich: Die Geburt der Tragödie. v1 23 may 2009 german (Philosophy)

Nietzsche, Friedrich: Ecce homo. Wie man wird, was man ist ist. v1 23 may 2009 german (Philosophy)

Nietzsche, Friedrich: Götzen-Dämmerung. v1 23 may 2009 german (Philosophy)

Nietzsche, Friedrich: Homer and Classical Philology, v.1, 10 Feb 2008. (Philosophy)

Nietzsche, Friedrich: Jenseits von Gut und Böse. v1 23 may 2009 german (Other Fiction)

Nietzsche, Friedrich: Morgenröte. v1 23 may 2009 german (Philosophy)

Nietzsche, Friedrich: On the Future of Our Educational Institutions, v1, 6 March 2009 (Philosophy)

Nietzsche, Friedrich: The Birth of Tragedy, v.1, 16 Dec 2007. (Philosophy)

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Nightingale, Florence: Notes on Nursing, v1, 17 Oct 2007. (Reference)

Nilsen, Rudolf: På gjensyn [Norwegian].v1. 01 May 2014 (Poetry)

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Nisbet, Hume: Elements of Fear. v1. 19 Jul 2022 (Horror)

Nisbet, Hume: The Haunted Station, and other stories, V1, 1894, 2 Sep 2024 (Short Fiction)

Nisbet, Hume: The Land of the Hibiscus Blossom. V1. 5 Jan 2009 (Horror)

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Nixon. Richard: State of the Union. v1.0 20 October 2007 (Government)

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Nordau, Max Simon: How Women Love. 17 Sept 07 (Other Fiction)

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Norris, Frank: A Deal in Wheat. v1. 24 Sep 2013 (Short Fiction)

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Norris, Frank: The Pit. v1. 25 Sep 2013 (Other Fiction)

Norris, Frank: The Surrender of Santiago. v1. 25 Sep 2013 (History)

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Northup, Solomon: Twelve Years A Slave. V1. 21 Jan 2014 (Biography)

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Norwich, Julian of, Dame: Revelations of Divine Love (Spiritual)

Notovitch, Nicolas: The Unknown Life of Jesus Christ. 17 Jan 2009 (Philosophy)

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Novalis: Europa (Die Christenheit oder Europa) (german) (Poetry)

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Nye, Bill: Comic History of the United States. v1, 8 Jan 2008

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O'Brien, Fitz-James: A Fitz James O'Brien Collection. v1, 5 Jan 2008

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O'Ferrall, Ernest; The Lobster and the Lioness, v1, 27 April 2024 (Humor)

O'Reilly, John Boyle: Moondyne. v1. 22 December 2011 (Other Fiction)

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Obama, Barack: Inaugural Speech 20 Jan 2009 (Government)

Obama, Barack: State of the Union 2010, V1 27 Jan 2010 (Government)

Oemler, Marie Conway: A Women Named Smith. v1, 4 Mar 2008

Offenbach, Jacques: The Tales of Hoffmann(English & French).Ver.1.1/27/2012 (Other Fiction)

Ohiyesa (Charles Eastman): Indian Boyhood. 17 Oct 2007 (Western)

Ohiyesa (Charles Eastman): Indian Heroes & Great Chieftains. 17 Oct 2007 (Western)

Ohiyesa (Charles Eastman): Old Indian Days. 17 Oct 2007 (Western)

Ohiyesa (Charles Eastman): The Soul of the Indian. 17 Oct 2007 (Western)

Ohnet, Georges: Serge Panine. V1. 10 Mar 2010 (Romance)

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Oliphant, Margaret: A Country Gentleman and his Family. V1. 10 Mar 2010 (Other Fiction)

Oliphant, Margaret: A Little Pilgrim. V1. 11 Mar 2010 (Short Fiction)

Oliphant, Margaret: A Widow's Tale and Other Stories. v1. 12 Sep 2013 (Short Fiction)

Oliphant, Margaret: Autobiography and Letters. v1. 14 Sept 2009 (Biography)

Oliphant, Margaret: Diana Trelawny, v1. 13 Aug 2009 (Historical Fiction)

Oliphant, Margaret: He That Will Not When He May, v1. 10 Jul 2009 (Historical Fiction)

Oliphant, Margaret: Jeanne D'Arc, v.1, 8 June 2008 (History)

Oliphant, Margaret: Jeanne d'Arc. v1. 8 Sep 2013 (History)

Oliphant, Margaret: Jeanne d’Arc, v1, 4 December 2009. (Biography)

Oliphant, Margaret: Madonna Mary, v3. 27 Jun 2009 (Historical Fiction)

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Oliphant, Margaret: Miss Marjoribanks. v1. 9 Sep 2013 (Romance)

Oliphant, Margaret: Old Lady Mary, v1, 8 November 2009. (Short Fiction)

Oliphant, Margaret: Old Lady Mary. v1. 10 Sep 2013 (Other Fiction)

Oliphant, Margaret: Phoebe, Junior. v1. 10 Sep 2013 (Romance)

Oliphant, Margaret: Salem Chapel, Vol 2. v1. 11 Sep 2013 (Other Fiction)

Oliphant, Margaret: Salem Chapel,Vol 1. v1. 11 Sep 2013 (Other Fiction)

Oliphant, Margaret: Salem Chapel. V1 15 Feb 2011 (Historical Fiction)

Oliphant, Margaret: Sir Tom. v1, 11 Sep 2013 (Other Fiction)

Oliphant, Margaret: Sir Tom. v1. 9 Aug 2009 (Historical Fiction)

Oliphant, Margaret: The Curate in Charge. v1. 7 Sep 2013 (Romance)

Oliphant, Margaret: The Days of My Life. v1. 28 Aug 2009 (Historical Fiction)

Oliphant, Margaret: The Days of My Life. v1. 8 Sep 2013 (Biography)

Oliphant, Margaret: The Doctor's Family. V1. 11 Mar 2010 (Other Fiction)

Oliphant, Margaret: The Library Window, v1, 1 November 2009. (Horror)

Oliphant, Margaret: The Little Pilgrim. V1. 11 Mar 2010 (Other Fiction)

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Oliphant, Margaret: The Marriage of Elinor. v1. 9 Sep 2013 (Romance)

Oliphant, Margaret: The Open Door, and the Portrait. v1. 10 Sep 2013 (Short Fiction)

Oliphant, Margaret: The Open Door, v1, 1 November 2009. (Horror)

Oliphant, Margaret: The Perpetual Curate, v1. 16 Feb 2009 (Historical Fiction)

Oliphant, Margaret: The Perpetual Curate. v1. 10 Sep 2013 (Romance)

Oliphant, Margaret: The Portrait, v1, 1 November 2009. (Horror)

Oliphant, Margaret: The Rector. v1. 11 Sep 2013 (Other Fiction)

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Oliver, Frederick S (Phylos the Thibetan): A Dweller in Two Planets. v1, 7 Feb 2008

Oppenheim, E Phillips: A Pulpit in the Grill Room (1938); v1 (Short Fiction)

Oppenheim, E Phillips: Advice Limited (1936), v1 (Short Fiction)

Oppenheim, E Phillips: Ambrose Lavendale, Diplomat (1920), v1 (Mystery and Crime)

Oppenheim, E Phillips: Anna the Adventuress (1904); v2, 20 March 2020 (Mystery and Crime)

Oppenheim, E Phillips: Crooks in the Sunshine (1932), v1 (Short Fiction)

Oppenheim, E Phillips: General Besserley's Puzzle Box (1935), v1 (Short Fiction)

Oppenheim, E Phillips: General Besserley's Second Puzzle Box (1939), v1 (Short Fiction)

Oppenheim, E Phillips: Jeremiah and the Princess (1933): V.1. (Other Fiction)

Oppenheim, E Phillips: Michael's Evil Deeds (1923), v1 (Mystery and Crime)

Oppenheim, E Phillips: Miss Brown of X Y O (1927); v1 (Action)

Oppenheim, E Phillips: Nicholas Goade, Detective (1927); v1 (Short Fiction)

Oppenheim, E Phillips: Sinners Beware (1931), v1 (Short Fiction)

Oppenheim, E Phillips: Slane's Long Shots (1930); v1 (Short Fiction)

Oppenheim, E Phillips: Stolen Idols (1925), v.1. (Mystery and Crime)

Oppenheim, E Phillips: The Adventures of Mr Joseph P Cray (1925); v.1. (Short Fiction)

Oppenheim, E Phillips: The Channay Syndicate (1927), v1 (Mystery and Crime)

Oppenheim, E Phillips: The Colossus of Arcadia (1938); v1 (Mystery and Crime)

Oppenheim, E Phillips: The Exploits of Pudgy Pete and Co (1927), v1 (Short Fiction)

Oppenheim, E Phillips: The Lion and the Lamb (v.1) (Mystery and Crime)

Oppenheim, E Phillips: The Milan Grill Room (1940), v1 (Short Fiction)

Oppenheim, E Phillips: The Terrible Hobby of Sir Joseph Londe Bt, v1, 4 April 2019 (Mystery and Crime)

Oppenheim, E Phillips: The Yellow Crayon (1903); v2 (Mystery and Crime)

Oppenheim, E. Phillips: A Lost Leader v1 9 apr 2009 (Romance)

Oppenheim, E. Phillips: A Maker of History. V1. 31 Aug 2011 (Mystery and Crime)

Oppenheim, E. Phillips: A Millionaire of Yesterday v1 5 dec 2008 (Mystery and Crime)

Oppenheim, E. Phillips: A Monk of Cruta. V1. 2 Sep 2011 (Romance)

Oppenheim, E. Phillips: A People's Man. V1. 4 Sep 2011 (Romance)

Oppenheim, E. Phillips: A Prince of Sinners. V1. 6 Sep 2011 (Other Fiction)

Oppenheim, E. Phillips: An Amiable Charlatan v1 27 dec 2008 (Mystery and Crime)

Oppenheim, E. Phillips: An Amiable Charlatan. V1. 19 Aug 2011 (Romance)

Oppenheim, E. Phillips: Anna the Adventuress v1 22 dec 2008 (Mystery and Crime)

Oppenheim, E. Phillips: Berenice. V1. 21 Aug 2011 (Romance)

Oppenheim, E. Phillips: Enoch Strone. V1. 23 Jul 2012 (Romance)

Oppenheim, E. Phillips: Envoy Extraordinary. V1. 20 Jul 2012 (Mystery and Crime)

Oppenheim, E. Phillips: Exit a Dictator. V1. 23 Jul 2012 (Action)

Oppenheim, E. Phillips: Expiation. V1. 23 Jul 2012 (Mystery and Crime)

Oppenheim, E. Phillips: Gabriel Samara. V1. 24 Jul 2012 (Romance)

Oppenheim, E. Phillips: Havoc. V1. 26 Aug 2011 (Mystery and Crime)

Oppenheim, E. Phillips: Jacob's Ladder. V1. 28 Aug 2011 (Romance)

Oppenheim, E. Phillips: Jeanne of the Marshes. V1. 29 Aug 2011 (Romance)

Oppenheim, E. Phillips: Jennerton and Co Ltd (1929); v1 (Short Fiction)

Oppenheim, E. Phillips: Kingdom of the Blind v1 28 jan 2009 (Mystery and Crime)

Oppenheim, E. Phillips: Last Train Out. V1. 25 Jul 2012 (Other Fiction)

Oppenheim, E. Phillips: Mr. Grex of Monte Carlo. V1, 3 Sep 2011 (Mystery and Crime)

Oppenheim, E. Phillips: Mr. Marx's Secret. V1. 19 Jul 2012 (Mystery and Crime)

Oppenheim, E. Phillips: Murder At Monte Carlo. V1. 27 Jun 2012 (Mystery and Crime)

Oppenheim, E. Phillips: Mysterious Mr. Sabin. V1. 3 Sep 2011 (Mystery and Crime)

Oppenheim, E. Phillips: Nobody's Man. V1. 4 Sep 2011 (Romance)

Oppenheim, E. Phillips: Peter Ruff and the Double Four. V1. 5 Sep 2011 (Mystery and Crime)

Oppenheim, E. Phillips: The Avenger. V1. 20 Aug 2011 (Mystery and Crime)

Oppenheim, E. Phillips: The Battle Of Basinghall Street. V1. 19 Jul 2012 (Mystery and Crime)

Oppenheim, E. Phillips: The Betrayal. V1. 21 Aug 2011 (Mystery and Crime)

Oppenheim, E. Phillips: The Bird of Paradise (Floating Peril). V1. 19 Jul 2012 (Mystery and Crime)

Oppenheim, E. Phillips: The Black Box v1 7 jan 2009 (Mystery and Crime)

Oppenheim, E. Phillips: The Black Box. V1. 22 Jul 2012 (Mystery and Crime)

Oppenheim, E. Phillips: The Box with Broken Seals v1 26 apr 2009 (Mystery and Crime)

Oppenheim, E. Phillips: The Cinema Murder. V1. 21 Aug 2011 (Mystery and Crime)

Oppenheim, E. Phillips: The Curious Quest. V1. 22 Jul 2012 (Romance)

Oppenheim, E. Phillips: The Devil's Paw v1 16 dec 2008 (Mystery and Crime)

Oppenheim, E. Phillips: The Double Four v1 16 feb 2009 (Mystery and Crime)

Oppenheim, E. Phillips: The Double Four. V1. 22 Aug 2011 (Mystery and Crime)

Oppenheim, E. Phillips: The Double Life Of Mr. Alfred Burton. V1. 22 Aug 2011 (Other Fiction)

Oppenheim, E. Phillips: The Double Traitor. V1. 23 Aug 2011 (Mystery and Crime)

Oppenheim, E. Phillips: The Evil Shepherd. V1. 24 Aug 2011 (Mystery and Crime)

Oppenheim, E. Phillips: The Golden Web. V1. 24 Aug 2011 (Mystery and Crime)

Oppenheim, E. Phillips: The Governors. V1. 25 Aug 2011 (Mystery and Crime)

Oppenheim, E. Phillips: The Great Impersonation. v1, 19 Jan 2008

Oppenheim, E. Phillips: The Great Prince Shan. V1. 25 Aug 2011 (Mystery and Crime)

Oppenheim, E. Phillips: The Great Secret. V1. 26 Aug 2011 (Mystery and Crime)

Oppenheim, E. Phillips: The Hillman. V1. 27 Aug 2011 (Other Fiction)

Oppenheim, E. Phillips: The Illustrious Prince v1 20 feb 2009 (Mystery and Crime)

Oppenheim, E. Phillips: The Light Beyond. V1. 26 Jul 2012 (Romance)

Oppenheim, E. Phillips: The Lighted Way v1 8 apr 2009 (Mystery and Crime)

Oppenheim, E. Phillips: The Lighted Way. V1. 30 Aug 2011 (Mystery and Crime)

Oppenheim, E. Phillips: The Lost Ambassador. V1. 31 Aug 2011 (Mystery and Crime)

Oppenheim, E. Phillips: The Malefactor. V1. 1 Sep 2011 (Mystery and Crime)

Oppenheim, E. Phillips: The Man and His Kingdom. V1. 26 Jul 2012 (Action)

Oppenheim, E. Phillips: The Master Mummer v1 25 feb 2009 (Mystery and Crime)

Oppenheim, E. Phillips: The Mischief Maker. V1. 1 Sep 2011 (Mystery and Crime)

Oppenheim, E. Phillips: The Missioner. V1. 1 Sep 2011 (Mystery and Crime)

Oppenheim, E. Phillips: The Moving Finger. V1. 2 Sep 2011 (Romance)

Oppenheim, E. Phillips: The new tenant v1 7 feb 2009 (Mystery and Crime)

Oppenheim, E. Phillips: The Ostrekoff Jewels. V2. 8 June 2012 (Action)

Oppenheim, E. Phillips: The Pawns Count. V1. 4 Sep 2011 (Other Fiction)

Oppenheim, E. Phillips: The Peer and the Woman. V1. 27 Jul 2012 (Mystery and Crime)

Oppenheim, E. Phillips: The Postmaster of Deignton. V1. 28 Jul 2012 (Mystery and Crime)

Oppenheim, E. Phillips: The Profiteers. V1. 6 Sep 2011 (Mystery and Crime)

Oppenheim, E. Phillips: The Spy Paramount. V1. 28 Jul 2012 (Action)

Oppenheim, E. Phillips: The Strange Boarders of Palace Crescent. V1. 29 Jul 2012 (Mystery and Crime)

Oppenheim, E. Phillips: The Strangers' Gate, V1. 29 Jul 2012 (Mystery and Crime)

Oppenheim, E. Phillips: The Survivor. V1. 6 Sep 2011 (Mystery and Crime)

Oppenheim, E. Phillips: The Tempting of Tavernake. V1. 7 Sep 2011 (Romance)

Oppenheim, E. Phillips: The Traitors. V1. 7 Aug 2011 (Romance)

Oppenheim, E. Phillips: The Vanished Messenger. V1. 8 Sep 2011 (Mystery and Crime)

Oppenheim, E. Phillips: The Wicked Marquis. V1. 8 Sep 2011 (Other Fiction)

Oppenheim, E. Phillips: The Wrath To Come. V1. 31 Jul 2012 (Action)

Oppenheim, E. Phillips: To Win the Love He Sought. V1. 7 Sep 2011 (Romance)

Oppenheim, E. Phillips: Yellow Crayon v 1 27 nov 2008 (Mystery and Crime)

Oppenheim, E. Phillips: Zeppelin's Passenger v 1 27 nov 2008 (Mystery and Crime)

Optic, Oliver: A lieutenant at eighteen v1 2.2.2009 (Young Adult)

Optic, Oliver: Watch and Wait v1 14 feb 2009 (Historical Fiction)

Orczy, Baroness Emmuska: Marivosa (1930), v1: 25 June 2019 (Action)

Orczy, Baroness: Castles in the Air (1921); v1; 2 Nov 2019 (Historical Fiction)

Orczy, Baroness: I Will Repay (1906); v1; 25 Nov 2019 (Historical Fiction)

Orczy, Baroness: Lady Molly of Scotland Yard. v5. 4th Mar 2010

Orczy, Baroness: Lord Tony's Wife (1917); v1; 15 Jan 2020 (Historical Fiction)

Orczy, Baroness: Old Hungarian Fairy Tales. 28 Dec 2007 (Fantasy)

Orczy, Baroness: Skin o' My Tooth (1928); v1; 13 Nov 2019 (Short Fiction)

Orczy, Baroness: The Case of Miss Elliott (1905) v1, 1 Nov 2019 (Short Fiction)

Orczy, Baroness: The Elusive Pimpernel (1908); v1, 25 Nov 2019 (Historical Fiction)

Orczy, Baroness: The League of the Scarlet Pimpernel (1919); v1, 20 Nov 2019 (Historical Fiction)

Orczy, Baroness: The Man in Grey (1918); v1; 2 Nov 2019 (Historical Fiction)

Orczy, Baroness: The Old Man in the Corner. v4. 4th Mar 2010 (Mystery and Crime)

Orczy, Baroness: The Scarlet Pimpernel (1905); v1; 13 Nov 2019 (Historical Fiction)

Orczy, Baroness: Unravelled Knots (1925): v1 (Mystery and Crime)

Orr, Lyndon: Famous Affinities of History. V1. 11 Mar 2010 (Romance)

Orwell, George: 1984 - v1 - 22 June 07 (Science Fiction)

Orwell, George: 50 Essays - v1 22 June 07 (Other Fiction)

Orwell, George: A Clergyman's Daughter. 17 Aug 07 (Other Fiction)

Orwell, George: Animal Farm - v1 - 22 June 07 (Other Fiction)

Orwell, George: Burmese Days. 17 Aug 07 (Other Fiction)

Orwell, George: Collected Essays, v1, 25Apr2010 (Other Non-Fiction)

Orwell, George: Coming Up For Air. 17 Aug 07 (Other Fiction)

Orwell, George: Down & Out in Paris & London. 17 Aug 07 (Other Fiction)

Orwell, George: Down and Out in Paris and London, v1, 28Apr2010 (Other Fiction)

Orwell, George: Homage to Catalonia. 17 Aug 07 (Other Fiction)

Orwell, George: Keep the Aspidistra Flying. 17 Aug 07 (Other Fiction)

Orwell, George: The Road to Wigan Pier. 17 Aug 07 (Other Fiction)

Orzeszkowa, Eliza: An Obscure Apostle. V1. 12 Mar 2010 (Other Fiction)

Orzeszkowa, Eliza: An Obscure Apostle. V1. 9 Aug 2014 (Historical Fiction)

Orzeszkowa, Eliza: The Argonauts. V1. 11 Mar 2010 (Other Fiction)

Osborne, Duffield: The Secret of the Crater (1900); v2; 8 Nov 2019 (Fantasy)

Osborne, Duffield: The Secret of the Crater, v.1, 7 Feb 2008. (Action)

Osborne, Rick: Trust Network. v1. 22 Mar 2009 (Other Fiction)

Osborne, William Hamilton: The Blue Buckle. v1. 27 Sep 2015 (Mystery and Crime)

Osborne, William Hamilton: The Catspaw. v1. 28 Sep 2015 (Mystery and Crime)

Osborne, William Hamilton: The Red Mouse. v1. 26 Sep 2015 (Mystery and Crime)

Osborne, William Hamilton: The Running Fight. v1. 29 Sep 2015 (Mystery and Crime)

Osbourne, Lloyd: Love, the Fiddler. V1. 12 Mar 2010 (Short Fiction)

Osbourne, Lloyd: The Motormaniacs. V1. 12 Mar 2010 (Science Fiction)

Osbourne, Lloyd: Wild Justice. V1. 13 Mar 2010 (Short Fiction)

OSS: Simple Sabotage Field Manual, v.1, 5 August 2008. (Reference)

Ossendowski, Ferdynand Antoni: Lenin [Polish]. v2. 21 Feb 2016 (Biography)

Ostrander, Isabel: Anything Once. V1. 14 Mar 2010 (Romance)

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Ottolengui, Rodrigues: A Modern Wizard (1894), v1 (Mystery and Crime)

Ottolengui, Rodrigues: An Artist in Crime (1892), v1 (Mystery and Crime)

Ottolengui, Rodrigues: Final Proof (1898): v1 (Short Fiction)

Ottolengui, Rodrigues: The Crime of the Century (1896); v1 (Mystery and Crime)

Ouida: A dog of Flanders (Illustrated). v1, 17 Jan 2008

Ouida: Beatrice Boville and Other Stories, v1. 10 Jun 2013 (Short Fiction)

Ouida: Bebee. v1. 10 Jun 2013 (Other Fiction)

Ouida: Bimbi.v1. 11 Jun 2013 (Children)

Ovid: Metamorphosen (german) v1.0 Jun 2010 (Other Fiction)

Ovid: The Metamorphoses (trans. A.S. Kline). v1. 22 Oct 2007

Owen, Wilfred: Poems. v1, 15 Aug 2008 (Poetry)

Owen, Wilfred: Poems. V1. 6 Nov 2010 (Poetry)

Oxenham, John: A Maid of the Silver Sea. v1. 13 Jun 2013 (Romance)

Oxenham, John: Carette of Sarkov. v1. 12 Jun 2013 (Romance)

Oxenham, John: Maid of the Mist. v1. 13 Jun 2013 (Romance)

Oxenham, John: Pearl of Pearl Island. v1. 14 Jun 2013 (Romance)

Oxenham, John: White Fire. v1. 15 Jun 2013 (Romance)

Oxley, J. Macdonald: Bert Lloyd's Boyhood. v1. 5 Apr 2015 (Young Adult)

Oxley, J. Macdonald: Donalblane of Darien. v1. 6 Apr 2015 (Action)

Oxley, J. Macdonald: In Paths of Peril. v1. 6 Apr 2015 (Action)

Oxley, J. Macdonald: Terry's Trials and Triumphs. v1. 7 Apr 2015 (Action)

Oxley, J. Macdonald: The Wreckers of Sable Island. v1. 8 Apr 2015 (Action)

Oxley, J. Macdonald: The Young Woodsman. v1. 8 Apr 2015 (Action)

Oxley, J. Macdonald: Ti-Ti-Pu. v1. 7 Apr 2015 (Action)

Ozaki, Yei Theodora: Japanese Fairy Tales:. v1, 9 Feb 2008

O’Connor, John: Father Brown on Chesterton, v1, 1 November 2009. (Biography)

O’Duffy, Eimar: The Bird Cage, v1, 4 October 2009. (Mystery and Crime)

O’Sullivan, Vincent: When I Was Dead and Other Tales of the Macabre. v1. 09 Feb 2021 (Horror)

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Packard, Frank L.: Return of The Gray Seal. v1. 9 Dec 07

Packard, Frank L.: The Red Ledger (1926): v1 (Mystery and Crime)

Packard, Frank L: On the Iron at Big Cloud. V1. 23 May 2011 (Other Fiction)

Packard, Frank L: Pawned. V1. 24 May 2011 (Other Fiction)

Packard, Frank L: The Night Operator. V1. 24 May 2011 (Other Fiction)

Packard, Frank L: The Sin that was His. V1. 23 May 2011 (Romance)

Packard, Frank Lucius: Doors of the Night. v1. 15 Sep 2015 (Mystery and Crime)

Packard, Frank Lucius: Four Stragglers, The . v1. 18 Sep 2015 (Mystery and Crime)

Packard, Frank Lucius: Greater Love Hath No Man. v1. 20 Sep 2015 (Mystery and Crime)

Packard, Frank Lucius: Jimmie Dale And The Phantom Clue. v1. 21 Sep 2015 (Mystery and Crime)

Packard, Frank Lucius: On The Iron At Big Cloud. v1. 21 Sep 2015 (Mystery and Crime)

Packard, Frank Lucius: Pawned, v1. 22 Sep 2015 (Mystery and Crime)

Packard, Frank Lucius: Sin That Was His,The. v1. 23 Sep 2o15 (Mystery and Crime)

Packard, Frank Lucius: The Beloved Traitor. v1. 14 Sep 2015 (Other Fiction)

Packard, Frank Lucius: The Adventures of Jimmie Dale. v1. 15 Sep 2015 (Mystery and Crime)

Packard, Frank Lucius: The Further Adventures of Jimmie Dale. v1. 16 Sep 2015 (Mystery and Crime)

Packard, Frank Lucius: The Miracle Man. v1. 16 Sep 2015 (Mystery and Crime)

Packard, Frank Lucius: The Night Operator. v1. 16 Sep 2015 (Mystery and Crime)

Packard, Frank Lucius: The White Moll. v1. 17 Sep 2015 (Mystery and Crime)

Packard, Frank Lucius: The Wire Devils. v1. 25 Sep 2015 (Mystery and Crime)

Page, Gertrude: Paddy-The-Next-Best-Thing. v1. 21 Apr 2014 (Romance)

Page, Gertrude: The Rhodesian. v1. 21 APR 2014 (Romance)

Page, Gertrude: Winding Paths. v1. 22 Apr 2014 (Romance)

Page, Thomas Nelson: A Captured Santa Claus. v1. 23 Apr 2014 (Other Fiction)

Page, Thomas Nelson: Bred In The Bone. v1. 22 Apr 2014 (Other Fiction)

Page, Thomas Nelson: Elsket. v1. 24 Apr 2014 (Other Fiction)

Page, Thomas Nelson: George Washington's Last Duel. v1. 24 Apr 2014 (Other Fiction)

Page, Thomas Nelson: Gordon Keith. v1. 24 Apr 2014 (Other Fiction)

Page, Thomas Nelson: John Marvel. V1. 25 Apr 2014 (Other Fiction)

Page, Thomas Nelson: Mam' Lyddy's Recognition. v1. 25 Apr 2014 (Other Fiction)

Page, Thomas Nelson: Old Jabe's Marital Experiments. v1. 25 Apr 2014 (Short Fiction)

Page, Thomas Nelson: Santa Claus’s Partner (illus). v1. 22 Dec 2018 (Other Fiction)

Page, Thomas Nelson: The Burial of the Guns. v1. 23 Apr 2014 (Short Fiction)

Page, Thomas Nelson: The Christmas Peace. v1. 23 Apr 2014 (Other Fiction)

Page, Thomas Nelson: The Long Hillside. v1. 25 Apr 2014 (Other Fiction)

Pain, Barry: An Exchange of Souls. v1. 02 Jan 2023 (Horror)

Pain, Barry: City Chronicles. v1. 18 Dec 2022 (Short Fiction)

Pain, Barry: Cynthia’s Love Affairs (illus). v1. 31 Dec 2022 (Short Fiction)

Pain, Barry: Detection Without Crime. v1. 19 Nov 2022 (Short Fiction)

Pain, Barry: Dumphry. v1. 01 Jan 2023 (Humor)

Pain, Barry: Eliza (Illustrated). v1, 20 Feb 2008

Pain, Barry: Eliza (short fiction). v1. 24 Nov 2022 (Humor)

Pain, Barry: Eliza Getting On (short fiction). v1. 24 Nov 2022 (Humor)

Pain, Barry: Eliza’s Husband (short fiction). v1. 24 Nov 2022 (Humor)

Pain, Barry: Eliza, v.1, 27 April 2008. (Other Fiction)

Pain, Barry: Eliza’s Son (short fiction). v1. 24 Nov 2022 (Humor)

Pain, Barry: Exit Eliza (short fiction). v1. 24 Nov 2022 (Humor)

Pain, Barry: Here and Hereafter. v1. 17 Nov 2022 (Horror)

Pain, Barry: In a Canadian Canoe and Other Stories. v1. 11 Nov 2022 (Short Fiction)

Pain, Barry: Marge Askinforit. v1. 15 Dec 2022 (Humor)

Pain, Barry: Mrs. Murphy (illus). v2. 01 Jan 2023 (Humor)

Pain, Barry: Nature’s Next Moves. v1. 17 Dec 2022 (Humor)

Pain, Barry: Playthings and Parodies. v1. 13 Nov 2022 (Essays)

Pain, Barry: Robinson Crusoe’s Return. v1. 25 Dec 2022 (Humor)

Pain, Barry: Stories and Interludes. v1. 09 Nov 2022 (Short Fiction)

Pain, Barry: Stories in Grey. v1. 15 Nov 2022 (Horror)

Pain, Barry: Stories in the Dark (1901); v1; 5 March 2020 (Horror)

Pain, Barry: Stories in the Dark, v.1, 28 April 2008. (Horror)

Pain, Barry: Stories Without Tears. v1. 18 Nov 2022 (Humor)

Pain, Barry: The Diary of a Baby. v1. 18 Dec 2022 (Humor)

Pain, Barry: The Exiles of Faloo. v1. 28 Nov 2022 (Other Fiction)

Pain, Barry: The Memoirs of Constantine Dix. v1. 24 Nov 2022 (Mystery and Crime)

Pain, Barry: The New Gulliver, and other stories (1913), v1, 16 Sep 2020 (Humor)

Pain, Barry: The Octave of Claudius. v1. 13 Dec 2022 (Horror)

Pain, Barry: The One Before (illus). v1. 07 Dec 2022 (Fantasy)

Pain, Barry: The Problem Club. v1. 19 Nov 2022 (Short Fiction)

Pain, Barry: Wilhelmina in London. v1. 26 Dec 2022 (Short Fiction)

Pain, Barry: Wilmay and Other Stories of Women. v1. 28 Nov 2022 (Short Fiction)

Paine, Albert B.: From Van-Dweller to Commuter (illus). v1. 31 May 2016 (Humor)

Paine, Albert Bigelow: Dwellers in Arcady (illus). v1. 22 Jun 2016 (Humor)

Paine, Albert Bigelow: Elsie and the Arkansaw Bear (illus). v1. 14 Jun 2016 (Children)

Paine, Albert Bigelow: Hollow Tree and Deep Woods Book(collec,illus). v1. 14 May 2016 (Children)

Paine, Albert Bigelow: Hollow Tree Nights and Days (collect,illus). v1. 14 May 2016 (Children)

Paine, Albert Bigelow: Hollow Tree Snowed-In Book (collect, illus). v1. 14 May 2016 (Children)

Paine, Albert Bigelow: Strange Tales. v1. 25 Jul 2016 (Fantasy)

Paine, Albert Bigelow: The Arkansaw Bear (illus). v1. 14 Jun 2016 (Children)

Paine, Albert Bigelow: The Beacon Prize Medals and Others. v1. 25 Jul 2016 (Young Adult)

Paine, Albert Bigelow: The Bread Line. v1. 06 Jul 2016 (Other Fiction)

Paine, Albert Bigelow: The Car That Went Abroad (illus). v1. 05 Jul 2016 (Other Non-Fiction)

Paine, Albert Bigelow: The Great White Way (illus). v1. 11 Jul 2016 (Fantasy)

Paine, Albert Bigelow: The Lucky Piece. v1. 22 Jul 2016 (Romance)

Paine, Albert Bigelow: The Ship Dwellers (illus). v1. 02 Jul 2016 (Humor)

Paine, Albert Bigelow: The Tent Dwellers (illus). v1. 27 Jun 2016 (Humor)

Paine, Thomas: Writings 1: 1774-1779. 04 Feb 2008 (Philosophy)

Paine, Thomas: Writings II: 1779-1792. 07 Feb 2008 (Philosophy)

Paine, Thomas: Writings III: 1791-1804. 10 Feb 2008 (Philosophy)

Paine, Thomas: Writings IV: The Age of Reason &c. 10 Feb 2008 (Philosophy)

Panizza, Oskar: Das Verbrechen in Tavistock-Square. german. v1. 12 mar 2009 (Short Fiction)

Pansy: Divers Women. v1. 26 Apr 2014 (Short Fiction)

Pansy: Ester Ried Yet Speaking. v1. 27 Apr 2014 (Other Fiction)

Pansy: Ester Ried. v1. 27 Apr 2014 (Other Fiction)

Pansy: The Chautauqua Girls At Home. v1. 26 Apr 2014 (Other Fiction)

Paramananda, Swami: The Upanishads. V1. 01-Apr-2012 (Spiritual)

Park, Ted: Harvard Classics, Author Index. 11 June 2008 (Reference)

Parker, Gilbert & Bryan, Claude G.: Old Quebec. V1. 24 Mar 2010 (History)

Parker, Gilbert: At The Sign Of The Eagle. v1. 27 Apr 2014 (Other Fiction)

Parker, Gilbert: A Lover's Diary. V1. 18 Mar 2010 (Poetry)

Parker, Gilbert: An Unpardonable Liar. V1. 1 Apr 2010 (Short Fiction)

Parker, Gilbert: Carnac's Folly. V1. 15 Mar 2010 (Other Fiction)

Parker, Gilbert: Cumner's Son and Other South Sea Folk. V1. 16 Mar 2010 (Short Fiction)

Parker, Gilbert: Donovan Pasha v1 15 mar 2009 (Other Fiction)

Parker, Gilbert: Donovan Pasha, and Some People of Egypt. V1. 16 Mar 2010 (Short Fiction)

Parker, Gilbert: John Enderby. V1. 17 Mar 2010 (Historical Fiction)

Parker, Gilbert: Michel and Angele. V1. 19 Mar 2010 (Romance)

Parker, Gilbert: Mrs. Falchion. V1. 20 Mar 2010 (Romance)

Parker, Gilbert: No Defense. V1. 20 Mar 2010 (Other Fiction)

Parker, Gilbert: Northern Lights. V1. 21 Mar 2010 (Short Fiction)

Parker, Gilbert: Parables of a Province. V1. 25 Mar 2010 (Short Fiction)

Parker, Gilbert: Pierre and His People,. V1. 26 Mar 2010 (Short Fiction)

Parker, Gilbert: Romany of the Snows. V1. 29 Mar 2010 (Short Fiction)

Parker, Gilbert: The Battle of the Strong. V1. 15 Mar 2010 (Romance)

Parker, Gilbert: The Going of the White Swan. V1. 16 Mar 2010 (Short Fiction)

Parker, Gilbert: The Judgment House. V1. 17 Mar 2010 (Historical Fiction)

Parker, Gilbert: The Lane That Had No Turning. V1. 18 Mar 2010 (Short Fiction)

Parker, Gilbert: The March of the White Guard. V1. 19 Mar 2010 (Historical Fiction)

Parker, Gilbert: The Money Master. V1. 19 Mar 2010 (Other Fiction)

Parker, Gilbert: The Pomp of the Lavilettes. V1. 26 Mar 2010 (Romance)

Parker, Gilbert: The Right of Way. V1. 28 Mar 2010 (Romance)

Parker, Gilbert: The Seats of the Mighty. V1. 30 Mar 2010 (Historical Fiction)

Parker, Gilbert: The Trail of the Sword. V1. 31 Mar 2010 (Historical Fiction)

Parker, Gilbert: The Translation of a Savage. V1. 31 Mar 2010 (Romance)

Parker, Gilbert: The Trespasser. V1. 1 Apr 2010 (Other Fiction)

Parker, Gilbert: The Weavers. V1. 2 Apr 2010 (Other Fiction)

Parker, Gilbert: The World for Sale. V1. 4 Apr 2010 (Other Fiction)

Parker, Gilbert: There Is Sorrow on the Sea. V1. 30 Mar 2010 (Short Fiction)

Parker, Gilbert: When Valmond Came to Pontiac. V1. 3 Apr 2010 (Other Fiction)

Parker, Gilbert: Wild Youth. V1. 3 Apr 2010 (Romance)

Parker, Gilbert: You Never Know Your Luck. V1. 4 Apr 2010 (Romance)

Parker, Sir Gilbert: At the Sign of the Eagle v1 20 mar 2009 (Short Fiction)

Parlette, Ralph: The University of Hard Knocks. v1, 15 Jan 2008

Parrish, Randall: Beth Norvell. V1. 5 Apr 2010 (Western)

Parrish, Randall: Beyond the Frontier. V1. 5 Apr 2010 (Action)

Parrish, Randall: Bob Hampton of Placer. V1. 6 Apr 2010 (Western)

Parrish, Randall: Gordon Craig, Soldier of Fortune. V1. 6 Apr 2010 (Action)

Parrish, Randall: Keith of the Border. V1. 7 Apr 2010 (Western)

Parrish, Randall: Love under Fire. V1. 7 Apr 2010 (Action)

Parrish, Randall: Molly McDonald. V1. 8 Apr 2010 (Western)

Parrish, Randall: My Lady of Doubt. V1. 8 Apr 2010 (Action)

Parrish, Randall: My Lady of the North. V1. 9 Apr 2010 (Romance)

Parrish, Randall: Prisoners of Chance. V1. 9 Apr 2010 (Action)

Parrish, Randall: The Case and the Girl. V1. 6 Apr 2010 (Action)

Parrish, Randall: The Devil's Own. V1. 6 Apr 2010 (Action)

Parrish, Randall: The Strange Case of Cavendish. V1. 10 Apr 2010 (Mystery and Crime)

Parrish, Randall: When Wilderness Was King. V1. 10 Apr 2010 (Action)

Parrish, Randall: Wolves of the Sea. V1. 10 Apr 2010 (Action)

Parsons, Eliza: The Castle of Wolfenbach:. v1.1, 5 Feb 2008

Pascal, Blaise: The Provincial Letters, v1, 2 February 2010. (Philosophy)

Past Masters Cumulative Index 1-250, v1, 16 Feb 2026 (Reference)

Pastor, A: The Pearl Box.V1.30 Jan 2012 (Spiritual)

Patchin, Frank Gee: The Battleship Boys at Sea. v1. 28 Apr 2014 (Action)

Patchin, Frank Gee: The Battleship Boys in Foreign Service. v1. 28 Apr 2014 (Action)

Patchin, Frank Gee: The Battleship Boys' First Step Upward. v1. 28 Apr 2014 (Action)

Patchin, Frank Gee: The Pony Rider Boys in Alaska. v1. 28 Apr 2014 (Action)

Patchin, Frank Gee: The Pony Rider Boys in Louisiana. v1. 29 Apr 2014 (Action)

Patchin, Frank Gee: The Pony Rider Boys in Montana. v1. 29 Apr 2014 (Action)

Patchin, Frank Gee: The Pony Rider Boys in New England. v1. 20 Apr 2014 (Action)

Patchin, Frank Gee: The Pony Rider Boys in New Mexico. v1. 30 Apr 2014 (Action)

Patchin, Frank Gee: The Pony Rider Boys in Texas. v1. 30 May 2014 (Action)

Patchin, Frank Gee: The Pony Rider Boys in the Alkali. v1. 30 Apr 2014 (Action)

Patchin, Frank Gee: The Pony Rider Boys in the Grand Canyon. v1. 1 May 2014 (Action)

Patchin, Frank Gee: The Pony Rider Boys in the Ozarks. v1. 1 May 2014 (Action)

Patchin, Frank Gee: The Pony Rider Boys in the Rockies. v1. 1 May 2014 (Action)

Patchin, Frank Gee: The Pony Rider Boys with the Texas Rangers. v1. 1 May 2014 (Action)

Paterson, Andrew Barton: The Man from Snowy River. V1. 11 Apr 2010 (Poetry)

Patterson, J.H.: The Man eaters of Tsavo. V1. 21/2/2019 (Other Non-Fiction)

Peacock, Thomas Love: Crotchet Castle. v1. 4 Feb 2014 (Other Fiction)

Peard, Frances Mary: An Interloper. v1. 2 May 2014 (Romance)

Peard, Frances Mary: Cartouche. v1. 2 May 2014 (Other Fiction)

Peard, Frances Mary: Donna Teresa. v1. 2 May 2014 (Romance)

Peard, Frances Mary: Prentice Hugh. v1. 3 May 2014 (Historical Fiction)

Peard, Frances Mary: The Career of Claudia. v1. 2 May 2014 (Romance)

Peard, Frances Mary: The Swing of the Pendulum. v1. 3 May 2014 (Other Fiction)

Peard, Frances Mary: Thorpe Regis. v1. 3 May 2014 (Other Fiction)

Peard, Frances Mary: Two Studios. v1. 3 May 2014 (Other Fiction)

Peard, Frances Mary: Unawares. v1. 4 May 2014 (Other Fiction)

Peattie, Elia W.: The Shape of Fear (ghosts). v1. 02 Feb 2021 (Horror)

Peattie, Elia W: The Shape of Fear and other ghostly tales (1898); v1; 27 Nov 2019 (Short Fiction)

Peattie, Elia Wilkinson: A Michigan Man. v1. 4 May 2014 (Other Fiction)

Peattie, Elia Wilkinson: A Mountain Woman and Others. v1. 4 May 2014 (Short Fiction)

Peattie, Elia Wilkinson: Painted Windows. v1, 4 May 2014 (Short Fiction)

Pemberton, Max: Aladdin v1 20 mar 2009 (Mystery and Crime)

Pemberton, Max: The Iron Pirate v1 17 mar 2009 (Action)

Pemberton, Max: The Jewel Mysteries (1894); v1; 2 Jan 2021 (Mystery and Crime)

Pemberton, Max: The Man who Drove the Car v1 24 apr 2009 (Mystery and Crime)

Pendarves, G. G.: The Eighth Green Man (2021); v1, 1 Jul 2021 (Horror)

Penn, Mary E.: Shadows from Beyond (collected ghosts). v1. 19 Oct 2018 (Horror)

Penn, Mary E.: Something Wicked (collected mysteries). v1. 19 Oct 2018 (Mystery and Crime)

Penty, Arthur J: Post-Industrialism, v1, 9 April 2010. (Government)

Penty, Arthur J: The Restoration of the Gild System, [sic] v1, 9 April 2010. (Government)

Perrin, Alice: Idolatry. v1. 5 Apr 2016 (Other Fiction)

Perrin, Alice: In the Next Room and Other Ghostly Tales. v1. 25 Jan 2021 (Horror)

Perrin, Alice: Star Of India. v1. 6 Apr 2016 (Other Fiction)

Perrin, Alice: Tales That Are Told. v1. 7 Apr 2016 (Short Fiction)

Perrin, Alice: The Anglo-Indians. v1. 8 Apr 2016 (Other Fiction)

Perrin, Alice: The Vow Of Silence. v1. 9 Apr 2016 (Other Fiction)

Perrin, Alice: The Waters Of Destruction. v1. 10 Apr 2016 (Other Fiction)

Perrin, Alice: The Woman In The Bazaar. v1. 11 Apr 2016 (Other Fiction)

Perry, David R.: Dr. Lewis B. Turndevelt's Big Book of Forewords. v1, 7 Mar 2008

Petronius: The Satyricon, v1, 24 November 2009. (Other Fiction)

Petzold, Alfons: Der Totschläger, Der Kesselflicker, german, v1, 27 Mar 2009 (Short Fiction)

Phelps, Elizabeth Stuart: A Chariot of Fire. v1. 5 May 2014 (Other Fiction)

Phelps, Elizabeth Stuart: Avery. v1. 5 May 2014 (Other Fiction)

Phelps, Elizabeth Stuart: Comrades. v1. 6 May 2014 (Other Fiction)

Phelps, Elizabeth Stuart: Gypsy's Cousin Joy. v1. 8 May 2014 (Other Fiction)

Phelps, Elizabeth Stuart: Men, Women, and Ghosts. v1. 8 May 2014 (Short Fiction)

Phelps, Elizabeth Stuart: The Gates Between. v1. 6 May 2014 (Other Fiction)

Phelps, Elizabeth Stuart: The Supply at Saint Agatha's. v1. 9 May 2014 (Other Fiction)

Phillips, David Graham: Susan Lenox: Her Fall and Rise. 31 Aug 07 (Other Fiction)

Phillips, David Graham: The Conflict. v1. 16 Oct 2013 (Romance)

Phillips, David Graham: The Conflict: A Novel. 31 Aug 07 (Other Fiction)

Phillips, David Graham: The Cost. 31 Aug 07 (Other Fiction)

Phillips, David Graham: The Cost. v1. 17 Oct 2013 (Romance)

Phillips, David Graham: The Deluge. 31 Aug 07 (Other Fiction)

Phillips, David Graham: The Deluge; Illustrated. v1. 18 Oct 2-13 (Romance)

Phillips, David Graham: The Fashionable Adventures of Joshua Craig. 29 Aug 07 (Other Fiction)

Phillips, David Graham: The Fortune Hunter. 31 Aug 07 (Other Fiction)

Phillips, David Graham: The Grain of Dust. 31 Aug 07 (Other Fiction)

Phillips, David Graham: The Great God Success. 30 Aug 07 (Other Fiction)

Phillips, David Graham: The Plum Tree. 1 Sept 07 (Other Fiction)

Phillips, David Graham: The Price She Paid. 31 Aug 07 (Other Fiction)

Phillips, David Graham: The Second Generation. 31 Aug 07 (Other Fiction)

Pickthall, M, M: The Quran Translated, V1, [ENGLISH] 16 December 2018 (Spiritual)

Pickthall, M.M: The Meaning Of The Glorious Quran ENGLISH. V1 21 Nov 2018 (Spiritual)

Pinkerton, Allan: Bucholz and the Detectives. v1. 16 Apr 2014 (Mystery and Crime)

Pinkerton, Allan: Mississippi Outlaws and the Detectives. v1. 19 Apr 2014 (Mystery and Crime)

Pinkerton, Allan: The Burglar's Fate And The Detectives. v1. 17 Apr 2014 (Mystery and Crime)

Pinkerton, Allan: The Expressman and the Detective. v1. 18 Apr 2014 (Mystery and Crime)

Pinkerton, Allan: The Somnambulist and the Detective. v1. 19 Apr 2014 (Mystery and Crime)

Pinkerton, Allan: The Spiritualists and the Detectives. v1. 20 Apr 2014 (Mystery and Crime)

Pinkerton, Allan: The Spy of the Rebellion. v1. 21 Apr 2014 (History)

Pinkerton, Frank: Dyke Darrell, Railroad Detective (1886); v1; 11 May 2020 (Mystery and Crime)

Pirandello, Luigi: Six Characters in Search of an Author, v.1, 21 Feb 2008 (Other Fiction)

Piratenpartei Deutschland: Bundestagswahlprogramm; german v1; August 8th 2009 (Government)

Piratenpartei Deutschland: Grundsatzprogramm; german v1; August 10th 200 (Government)

Pirkis, C L: Loveday Brooke, Private Detective (1894), v2, 21 Aug 2020 (Mystery and Crime)

Pirkis, Catherine Louisa: Loveday Brooke, Lady Detective, v.1, 27 Feb 2008. (Mystery and Crime)

Plato: The Republic. v1.4 Nov. 2014 (Philosophy)

Pocock, Roger: A Man in the Open. v1. 31 May 2015 (Other Fiction)

Pocock, Roger: Curly. v1. 31 May 2015 (Western)

Pocock, Roger: Following The Frontier. v1. 1 Jun 2014 (Action)

Poe, Edgar Allan: An Omnibus of Edgar Allen Poe,V2.5, 1 march 2013 (Horror)

Poe, Edgar Allan: Bon-Bon german v2 7 feb 2009 (Short Fiction)

Poe, Edgar Allan: Complete Works | v.2.1 | 23 Apr 2017

Poe, Edgar Allan: Das Geheimnis der Marie Rogêt german v1 15 feb 2009 (Short Fiction)

Poe, Edgar Allan: Das Manuskript in der Flasche german v1 7 feb 2009 (Short Fiction)

Poe, Edgar Allan: Das Stelldichein german v1 7 feb 2009 (Short Fiction)

Poe, Edgar Allan: Der Doppelmord in der Rue Morgue german v1 11 feb 2009 (Short Fiction)

Poe, Edgar Allan: Der entwendete Brief german v1 15 feb 2009 (Short Fiction)

Poe, Edgar Allan: Der Mann in der Menge german v1 11 feb 2009 (Short Fiction)

Poe, Edgar Allan: Der Untergang des Hauses Usher german v1 9 feb 2009 (Short Fiction)

Poe, Edgar Allan: Die Erlebnisse des Arthur Gordon Pym. german. v1. 28 apr 2009 (Action)

Poe, Edgar Allan: Die Maske des roten Todes german v1 14 feb 2009 (Short Fiction)

Poe, Edgar Allan: Eureka: A Prose Poem. 15 Feb 2009 (Other Fiction)

Poe, Edgar Allan: Hinab in den Maelström german v1 14 feb 2009 (Short Fiction)

Poe, Edgar Allan: König Pest german v1 11 feb 2009 (Short Fiction)

Poe, Edgar Allan: Ligeia german v1 7 feb 2009 (Short Fiction)

Poe, Edgar Allan: The Raven (ill) by Dore. v1. 22 Jan 2009 (Poetry)

Poe, Edgar Allan: The Raven (ill.) v1 28 nov 2008 (Poetry)

Poe, Edgar Allan: The Raven. v0.9 13 October 2007 (Poetry)

Poe, Edgar Allan: Wassergrube und Pendel german v1 14 feb 2009 (Short Fiction)

Poe, Edgar Allan: William Wilson german v1 11 feb 2009 (Short Fiction)

Polidori, John William: Der Vampyr german v1 15 feb 2009 (Horror)

Polidori, John William: The Vampyre. v1, 27 Dec 2007

Pollard, Percival: Lingo Dan (1903); v1; 28 Oct 2020 (Short Fiction)

poohbear_nc: A Winter Murder Mystery. v1.1 8 Jan 2013 (Mystery and Crime)

Poole, Ernest: His Family. v1, 2 Jan 2008

Poole, John: Little Pedlington and the Pedlingtonians. 2018-05-24 (Humor)

Pope, Alexander: An Essay on Man, v.1, 17 Dec 2007. (Poetry)

Pope, Alexander: Eloisa To Abelard, v1, 1 February 2010. (Poetry)

Porter, Eleanor H.: Just David. v1, 16 Jan 2008

Porter, Eleanor H.: Pollyanna. v1, 16 Jan 2008

Porter, Eleanor H: Across the Years. v1. 9 May 2014 (Short Fiction)

Porter, Eleanor H: Dawn. v1. 10 May 2014 (Other Fiction)

Porter, Eleanor H: Just David. v1. 10 May 2014 (Other Fiction)

Porter, Eleanor H: Mary Marie. v1. 11 May 2014 (Other Fiction)

Porter, Eleanor H: Miss Billy Married. v1. 11 May 2014 (Other Fiction)

Porter, Eleanor H: Miss Billy's Decision. v1. 11 May 2014 (Other Fiction)

Porter, Eleanor H: Miss Billy. v1. 11 May 2014 (Other Fiction)

Porter, Eleanor H: Oh, Money! Money!, v1. 12 May 2014 (Other Fiction)

Porter, Eleanor H: Pollyanna Grows Up. v1. 12 May 2014 (Other Fiction)

Porter, Eleanor H: Pollyanna. v1. 12 May 2014 (Other Fiction)

Porter, Eleanor H: The Road to Understanding. v1. 13 May 2014 (Other Fiction)

Porter, Eleanor H: The Sunbridge Girls at Six Star Ranch. v1. 14 May 2014 (Other Fiction)

Porter, Eleanor H: The Tangled Threads. v1. 14 May 2014 (Short Fiction)

Porter, Eleanor H: The Turn of the Tide. v1. 15 May 2014 (Other Fiction)

Porter, Henry: Taken in by America, v1, 1 April 2009 (Other Non-Fiction)

Porter, William Sidney: O Henry Omnibus. PRC v1.1. 21 June 2009 (Humor)

Post, Melville Davisson: Monsieur Jonquelle (1923); v1; 31 Oct 2019 (Short Fiction)

Post, Melville Davisson: The Bradmoor Murder (1922), v1 (Mystery and Crime)

Post, Melville Davisson: The Miller of Ostend (2019), v1 (Short Fiction)

Post, Melville Davisson: The Sleuth of St. James's Square. v2, 24 Aug 2008 (Mystery and Crime)

Post, Melville Davisson: Uncle Abner, Master of Mysteries. v1, 24 Aug 2008 (Mystery and Crime)

Post, Melville Davisson: Walker of the Secret Service (1924); v1; 24 July 2020 (Mystery and Crime)

Potter, Beatrix: The 24 Tales of Beatrix Potter (collection, illus) v2, 02 June 2015 (Children)

Potter, Beatrix: The Peter Rabbit Stories (Collection, Illustrated). v1 10 Oct 2008 (Children)

Potter, Beatrix: The Story of Miss Moppet. v1, 16 May 2008 (Children)

Potter, Beatrix: The Tailor of Gloucester. v1, 16 May 2008 (Children)

Potter, Beatrix: The Tale of Benjamin Bunny. v1, 16 May 2008 (Children)

Potter, Beatrix: The Tale of Ginger and Pickles. v1, 16 May 2008 (Children)

Potter, Beatrix: The Tale of Jemima Puddle-Duck. v1, 16 May 2008 (Children)

Potter, Beatrix: The Tale of Johnny Town-Mouse. v1, 16 May 2008 (Children)

Potter, Beatrix: The Tale of Mr. Jeremy Fisher. v1, 16 May 2008 (Children)

Potter, Beatrix: The Tale of Mr. Tod. v1, 16 May 2008 (Children)

Potter, Beatrix: The Tale of Mrs. Tiggy-Winkle. v1, 16 May 2008 (Children)

Potter, Beatrix: The Tale of Mrs. Tittlemouse. v1, 16 May 2008 (Children)

Potter, Beatrix: The Tale of peter Rabbit (Illustrated) v1.0 2007-09-15

Potter, Beatrix: The Tale of Samuel Whiskers. v1, 16 May 2008 (Children)

Potter, Beatrix: The Tale of Squirrel Nutkin. v1, 16 May 2008 (Children)

Potter, Beatrix: The Tale of the Flopsy Bunnies. v1, 16 May 2008 (Children)

Potter, Beatrix: The Tale of the Pie and the Patty Pan. v1, 16 May 2008 (Children)

Potter, Beatrix: The Tale of Timmy Tiptoes. v1, 16 May 2008 (Children)

Potter, Beatrix: The Tale of Tom Kitten. v1, 16 May 2008 (Children)

Pozzuoli, H G: The War of the Wenuses, v.1, 10 April 2008. (Science Fiction)

Pozzuoli, H G: War of the Wenuses, 1898 (Humor)

Praed, Rosa. The Romance of a Station. V1. 23 Jun 2012 (Romance)

Praed, Rosa: Fugitive Anne. V1. 23 Jun 2012 (Romance)

Praed, Rosa: The Insane Root. V1. 21 Jun 2012 (Fantasy)

Pratt, Ambrose: First Person Paramount: v.1 (Mystery and Crime)

Pratt, Ambrose: Franks: Duellist (1901), V1 (Historical Fiction)

Pratt, Ambrose: The Living Mummy (1910); v.1 (Science Fiction)

Pratt, Ambrose: The Necklace of the Nine Gems, and other stories, v1, 27 Feb 2025, (Short Fiction)

Pratt, Ambrose: Vigorous Daunt, Billionaire (1905); v1, 10 Sep 2019 (Mystery and Crime)

Prentiss, Elizabeth: Stepping Heavenward. v1. 2 Apr 2012 (Spiritual)

Prest, Thomas Preskett: Varney the Vampyre. V1. 22 Feb 2013 (Horror)

Preuschen, Hermione von: Yoshiwara, german, v1, 24 Apr 2009 (Other Fiction)

Prévost, Abbé: Manon Lescaut [German]. v1. 16 Jan 2011 (Historical Fiction)

Prichard, K and Hesketh: Don Q in the Sierras (1906); v1, 8 Oct 2021 (Short Fiction)

Prichard, K and Hesketh: The Chronicles of Don Q (1904); v1, 23 Oct 2021 (Short Fiction)

Procopius: The Secret History, v.1, 7 October 2008. (History)

Proust, Marcel: Swann's Way, v.1.5, 24 Dec 2007 (Other Fiction)

Proust, Marcel: The Remembrance of Things Past (Collected Works)

Proust, Marcel: Within a Budding Grove, v.1.5, 24 Dec 2007 (Other Fiction)

Pryce, D. Hugh: Goddesses Three Vol 1. v1. 30 Sep 2015 (Mystery and Crime)

Pryce, D. Hugh: Goddesses Three Vol 2. v1. 1 Oct 2015 (Other Fiction)

Pryce, D. Hugh: The Quiet Mrs. Fleming. v1. 2 Oct 2015 (Mystery and Crime)

Pryce, D. Hugh: The Statue In The Wood. v1. 2 Oct 2015 (Other Fiction)

pshrynk and llounge llamas: Harv and Vera's Mexico Vacation. V2. 28 Jul 2009 (Humor)

pshrynk and llounge llamas: Harv and Vera's Panama Adventures. V1. 28 Nov 2008 (Humor)

Pulpmeister: Index to Past Masters 1-30 v1, 15 June 2021 (Other Non-Fiction)

Pulpmeister: Index to Past Masters 1-60, v1, 28 Jan 2022 (Reference)

Pulpmeister: Index to Past Masters Series of Anthologies V2, 6 Oct 2020 (Reference)

Pulpmeister: Past Masters Cumulative Index to #100, v1, 7 Oct 2022 (Other Non-Fiction)

Pushkin, Alexander: Marie, v1, 18 January 2010. (Other Fiction)

Pushkin, Alexander: The Queen of Spades, v1, 20 January 2010. (Horror)

Pushkin, Alexander: The Queen of Spades. v1, 28 May 2016 (Short Fiction)

Pushkin, Alexander: The Shot, v1, 2 February 2010. (Short Fiction)

Pushkin, Alexander: The Snowstorm, v1, 26 February 2010. (Short Fiction)

Pyle, Howard: Men of Iron. v1. 7 May 2013 (Historical Fiction)

Pyle, Howard: Otto of the Silver Hand. v1. 6 May 201 (Historical Fiction)

Pyle, Katharine: Careless Jane and Other Tales. v1. 15 May 2014 (Children)

Pyle, Katharine: Tales of Folk and Fairies. v1. 16 May 2014 (Fantasy)

Pyle, Katharine: The Counterpane Fairy. v1. 16 May 2014 (Fantasy)

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Queirós, José Maria de Eça de: A Reliquia (Portuguese), v.1, 31 Dec 2008 (Other Fiction)

Queirós, José Maria de Eça de: O Crime do Padre Amaro (Portuguese), v.1, 31 Dec 2008 (Other Fiction)

Queirós, José Maria de Eça de: O Primo Basílio (Portuguese), v.1, 31 Dec 2008 (Other Fiction)

Queirós, José Maria de Eça de: Os Maias (Portuguese), v.1, 31 Dec 2008 (Other Fiction)

Queirós, José Maria Eça de: Cartas de Inglaterra (Portuguese), v.1, 31 Dec 2008 (Other Non-Fiction)

Querini, Pietro: Et skibbrudd på Røst i 1432 [Norwegian]. v1. 1 Nov 2012 (History)

Quigley, Dorothy: 'What Dress Makes of Us (1897), v.1, 21 Dec 2007 (Reference)

Quigley, E J: The Divine Office, v.1, 6 Feb 2008. (Spiritual)

Quiller-Couch, Arthur: Old Fires and Profitable Ghosts (1900); v1; 5 March 2020 (Fantasy)

Quiller-Couch, Sir Arthur: Q's Mystery Stories (1937), v1 (Short Fiction)

Quiller-Couch, Sir Arthur: Q's Shorter Stories (1944); v1 (Short Fiction)

Quince, James: Casual Slaughters. v1. 12 Aug 2033 (Mystery and Crime)

Quintt, Wilder Dwight: My Lady Laughter. v1. 26 Jan 2016 (Historical Fiction)

Quintt, Wilder Dwight: On Satan's mount. v1. 27 Jan 2016 (Other Fiction)

Quintt, Wilder Dwight: v1. Miss Petticoats. 24 Jan 2016 (Other Fiction)

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Raabe, Wilhelm: Abu Telfan oder die Heimkehr vom Mondgebirge. german. v1. 27 mar 2009 (Other Fiction)

Raabe, Wilhelm: Die Chronik der Sperlingsgasse. german. v1. 8 mar 2009 (Other Fiction)

Raabe, Wilhelm: Die Leute aus dem Walde. german. v1. 31 mar 2009 (Other Fiction)

Raabe, Wilhelm: Die schwarze Galeere. german. v1. 8 mar 2009 (Historical Fiction)

Raabe, Wilhelm: Stopfkuchen - Eine See- und Mordgeschichte. german. v1. 12 mar 2009 (Other Fiction)

Raabe, Wilhelm: Zum wilden Mann. german. v1. 17 apr 2009 (Other Fiction)

Rabelais, François: Gargantua and Pantagruel, Book I. v1, 6 Mar 2008 (Other Fiction)

Rabelais, François: Gargantua and Pantagruel, Book II. v1, 6 Mar 2008 (Other Fiction)

Rabelais, François: Gargantua and Pantagruel, Book III. v1, 6 Mar 2008 (Other Fiction)

Rabelais, François: Gargantua and Pantagruel, Book IV. v1, 6 Mar 2008 (Other Fiction)

Rabelais, François: Gargantua and Pantagruel, Book V. v1, 6 Mar 2008 (Other Fiction)

Radcliffe, Ann: A Sicilian Romance v1. 13 Sep 2019 (Historical Fiction)

Radcliffe, Ann: Gaston de Blondeville. v1 1 Nov 2119 (Historical Fiction)

Radcliffe, Ann: The Italian. v2 3 Mar 2018 (Historical Fiction)

Radcliffe, Ann: The Mysteries of Odolpho. v1. 19 Oct 2019 (Historical Fiction)

Radcliffe, Ann: The Mysteries of Udolpho, v.1, 4 March 2008. (Horror)

Radcliffe, Ann: The Romance of the Forest. v1. 6 Oct 2019 (Historical Fiction)

Rae, Milne: A Bottle in the Smoke. v1. 3 May 2016 (Other Fiction)

Rae, Milne: Geordie's Tryst. v1. 2 May 2016 (Other Fiction)

Rae, Milne: Rinaultrie. v1. 7 May 2016 (Other Fiction)

Ragged, Hyder: King Solomon’s Wives, or, The Phantom Mines (illus). v1. 28 Apr 2022 (Humor)

Raine, William MacLeod: A Daughter of Raasay. V1. 13 Apr 2010 (Romance)

Raine, William MacLeod: A Daughter of the Dons. V1. 13 Apr 2010 (Romance)

Raine, William MacLeod: A Man Four-Square. V1. 15 Apr 2010 (Western)

Raine, William MacLeod: A Texas Ranger. V1. 18 Apr 2010 (Western)

Raine, William MacLeod: Brand Blotters v1 9 dec 2008 (Western)

Raine, William MacLeod: Bucky O'Connor. V1. 12 Apr 2010 (Western)

Raine, William MacLeod: Crooked Trails and Straight. V1. 12 Apr 2010 (Western)

Raine, William MacLeod: Gunsight Pass. V1. 14 Apr 2010 (Western)

Raine, William MacLeod: Man Size. V1. 15 Apr 2010 (Western)

Raine, William MacLeod: Mavericks v1 27 dec 2008 (Western)

Raine, William MacLeod: Oh, You Tex!. V1. 16 Apr 2010 (Western)

Raine, William MacLeod: Ridgway of Montana. V1. 17 Apr 2010 (Western)

Raine, William MacLeod: Steve Yeager. V1. 17 Apr 2010 (Western)

Raine, William MacLeod: Tangled Trails. V1. 18 Apr 2010 (Western)

Raine, William MacLeod: The Big-Town Round-Up. V1. 12 Apr 2010 (Western)

Raine, William MacLeod: The Fighting Edge. V1. 14 Apr 2010 (Western)

Raine, William MacLeod: The Highgrader v1 3 feb 2009 (Action)

Raine, William MacLeod: The Pirate of Panama. V1. 16 Apr 2010 (Action)

Raine, William MacLeod: The Sheriff's Son. V1. 17 Apr 2010 (Western)

Raine, William MacLeod: The Vision Splendid. V1. 18 Apr 2010 (Action)

Raine, William MacLeod: The Yukon Trail. V1. 19 Apr 2010 (Romance)

Ralphson, G. Harvey: Boy Scouts on Hudson Bay. v1. 24 Sep 07

Randall, Homer: Army Boys Omnibus v1, 31 Mar 2008

Rank, Otto: The Myth of The Birth of The Hero, v.1, 23 Nov 2008 (Other Non-Fiction)

Rankin, Carroll Watson: The Adopting of Rosa Marie. v1. 8 Apr 2015 (Other Fiction)

Rankin, Carroll Watson: The Castaways of Pete's Patch. v1. 9 Apr 2015 (Other Fiction)

Rankin, Carroll Watson: The Cinder Pond. v1. 10 Apr 2015 (Other Fiction)

Raspe, Rudolf Erich: Baron Münchhausens Eventyr (Illustr.)[Norwegian]. V1. 13 Mai 201 (Children)

Raspe, Rudolf Erich: The Surprising Adventures of Baron Munchausen. Nov 24 2007

Raspe, Rudolf: The Surprising Adventures of Baron Munchausen (illus). v1. 31 Jan 2020 (Humor)

Rawlings, Marjorie Kinnan: Cross Creek, v.1, 3 Nov 2007 (Biography)

Rawlings, Marjorie Kinnan: The Yearling, v.1, 3 Nov 2007 (Other Fiction)

Rawlings, Marjorie Kinnan: The Yearling. 05 April 2008 (Young Adult)

Raymond, Evelyn: A Daughter of the Forest. v1. 11 Apr 2015 (Mystery and Crime)

Raymond, Evelyn: A Sunny Little Lass. A Sunny Little Lass. v1. 16 Apr 2015 (Other Fiction)

Raymond, Evelyn: Divided Skates. v1. 11 Apr 2015 (Other Fiction)

Raymond, Evelyn: Dorothy at Oak Knowe. v1. 12 Apr 2015 (Other Fiction)

Raymond, Evelyn: Dorothy at Skyrie. v1. 12 Apr 2015 (Other Fiction)

Raymond, Evelyn: Dorothy on a House Boat. v1. 13 Apr 2015 (Other Fiction)

Raymond, Evelyn: Dorothy on a Ranch. v1. 13 Apr 2015 (Other Fiction)

Raymond, Evelyn: Dorothy's House Party. v1. 13 Apr 2015 (Other Fiction)

Raymond, Evelyn: Dorothy's Tour. v1. 14 Apr 2015 (Other Fiction)

Raymond, Evelyn: Dorothy's Travels. v1. 14 Mar 2015 (Other Fiction)

Raymond, Evelyn: Dorothy's Triumph. v1. 15 Apr 2015 (Other Fiction)

Raymond, Evelyn: Dorothy. v1. 11 Apr 2015 (Other Fiction)

Raymond, Evelyn: Jessica Trent. v1. 15 Apr 2015 (Western)

Raymond, Evelyn: Jessica, the Heiress. v1. 15 Apr 2015 (Other Fiction)

Raymond, Evelyn: Reels and Spindles. v1. 16 Apr 2015 (Other Fiction)

Raymond, Evelyn: The Brass Bound Box. v1. 10 Apr 2015 (Other Fiction)

Raymond, Evelyn: The Sun Maid. v1. 16 Apr 2015 (Western)

Raymond, Walter: Charity Chance. v1. 15 Dec 2016 (Other Fiction)

Raymond, Walter: Fortune's Darling. v1. 18 Dec 2016 (Short Fiction)

Raymond, Walter: Gentleman Upcott's Daughter. v1. 20 Dec 2016 (Other Fiction)

Raymond, Walter: No Soul Above Money. v1. 23 Dec 2016 (Other Fiction)

Raymond, Walter: Tryphena In Love. v1. 25 Dec 2016 (Other Fiction)

Raymond, Walter: Two Men O' Mendip. v1. 26 Dec 2016 (Other Fiction)

Read, Opie Percival: A Yankee from the West. v1. 22 Apr 2015 (Other Fiction)

Read, Opie Percival: An Arkansas Planter. v1. 18 Apr 2015 (Other Fiction)

Read, Opie Percival: Bolanyo. v1. 19 Apr 2015 (Other Fiction)

Read, Opie Percival: Judge Elbridge. v1. 20 Apr 2015 (Other Fiction)

Read, Opie Percival: Old Ebenezer. v1. 20 Apr 2015 (Other Fiction)

Read, Opie Percival: The Colossus. v1. 19 Apr 2014 (Other Fiction)

Read, Opie Percival: The Jucklins. v1. 20 Apr 2015 (Other Fiction)

Read, Opie Percival: The Starbucks. v1. 21 Apr 2015 (Other Fiction)

Read, Opie Percival: Up Terrapin River. (Short Fiction)

Reade, Charles: Christie Johnstone. v1. 24 May 2013 (Romance)

Reade, Charles: Hard Cash. v1. 25 May 2013 (Romance)

Reade, Charles: The Cloister and the Hearth, v1, 22 Sept 2007. (Action)

Reade, William Winwood: The Martyrdom of Man, v1, 24 January 2010. (History)

Reagan, Ronald: State of the Union Address. v1.0 20 October 2007

Rée, Paul: Psychologische Beobachtungen, v1. 31 Jan 2009 (Philosophy)

Reed, John: Ten Days That Shook the World. 08 Nov 2007 (History)

Reed, Myrtle: Lavender and Old Lace v.2 (Romance)

Reed, Myrtle: Old Rose and Silver (Romance)

Rees, Arthur J.: The Hand in the Dark. v1, 1 Oct 2008 (Mystery and Crime)

Rees, Arthur J.: The Moon Rock. v1, 1 Oct 2008 (Mystery and Crime)

Rees, Arthur J.: The Shrieking Pit. v1, 7 Oct 2008 (Mystery and Crime)

Rees, Arthur J: The Hand in the Dark. v1. 23 Jun 2014 (Mystery and Crime)

Rees, Arthur J: The Moon Rock. v1. 24 Jun 2014 (Mystery and Crime)

Rees, Arthur J: The Shrieking Pit. v1. 24 Jun 2014 (Mystery and Crime)

Reeve, Arthur B.: Guy Garrick. 11 March 2008 (Mystery and Crime)

Reeve, Arthur B.: Scientific Detective Sampler. V1. 9 Feb 2012 (Mystery and Crime)

Reeve, Arthur B.: The Dream Doctor (1914), V2 (Short Fiction)

Reeve, Arthur B.: The Dream Doctor. 11 March 2008 (Mystery and Crime)

Reeve, Arthur B.: The Ear in the Wall. 11 March 2008 (Mystery and Crime)

Reeve, Arthur B.: The Gold of the Gods. 11 March 2008 (Mystery and Crime)

Reeve, Arthur B.: The Poisoned Pen (1912) (Short Fiction)

Reeve, Arthur B.: The Poisoned Pen. 11 March 2008 (Mystery and Crime)

Reeve, Arthur B.: The Silent Bullet (1912), v1 (Short Fiction)

Reeve, Arthur B.: The Social Gangster (1916), v2 (Short Fiction)

Reeve, Arthur B.: The Social Gangster. 11 March 2008 (Mystery and Crime)

Reeve, Arthur B.: The Soul Scar (1919), v1 (Mystery and Crime)

Reeve, Arthur B.: The Treasure-Train. 11 March 2008 (Mystery and Crime)

Reeve, Arthur B.: The War Terror (1915), v.2 (Short Fiction)

Reeve, Arthur B.: The War Terror (Craig Kennedy). v1, 19 Jan 2008

Reeve, Arthur B: Constance Dunlap (1913), v2, 8 Mar 2019 (Mystery and Crime)

Reeve, Arthur B: Constance Dunlap. V1. 15 Nov 2009 (Mystery and Crime)

Reeve, Arthur B: Constance Dunlap. v1. 24 Jun 2014 (Mystery and Crime)

Reeve, Arthur B: Guy Garrick (1912) v2, 7 March 2019 (Mystery and Crime)

Reeve, Arthur B: The Exploits of Elaine. V1. 17 Nov 2009 (Mystery and Crime)

Reeve, Arthur B: the Film Mystery (1921): v1 (Mystery and Crime)

Reeve, Arthur B: The Fourteen Points (1925); v1; 4 Feb 2020 (Short Fiction)

Reeve, Arthur B: The Gold of the Gods (1915), v1 (Mystery and Crime)

Reeve, Arthur B: The Master Mystery. V1. 18 Nov 2009 (Mystery and Crime)

Reeve, Arthur B: The Panama Plot (1918): v.1 (Short Fiction)

Reeve, Arthur B: The Romance of Elaine (1915), v1 (Action)

Reeve, Arthur B: The Romance of Elaine. V1. 18 Nov 2009 (Mystery and Crime)

Reeve, Arthur B: The Stolen War Secret (1914), v1 (Action)

Reeve, Arthur B: The Treasure Train (1917): v2 (Short Fiction)

Reeve, Arthur B:. The Ear in the Wall (1916), v1 (Mystery and Crime)

Reeve, Arthur B:. The Exploits of Elaine (1915), v2 (Action)

Reeves, Robert: Cellini Smith, Detective (1943); v1, 26 July 2021 (Mystery and Crime)

Reid, Frank: The Skeleton of Paradise Island, v1, 4 Sept 2023 (Short Fiction)

Reid, Mayne: Quadrupeds - What They Are And Where Found, v.1, 24 Oct 2008 (Other Non-Fiction)

Reid, Mayne: Bruin v1 17 feb 2009 (Action)

Reid, Mayne: The Boy Slaves v1 15 jan 2009 (Action)

Reid, Mayne: The Bush Boys v1 31 jan 2009 (Historical Fiction)

Reid, Mayne: The Castaways v1 14 mar 2009 (Action)

Reid, Mayne: The Cliff Climbers v1 3 jan 2009 (Historical Fiction)

Reid, Mayne: The Free Lances v1 16 feb 2009 (Historical Fiction)

Reid, Mayne: The Giraffe Hunters v1 5 feb 2009 (Action)

Reid, Mayne: The Plant Hunters v1 6 feb 2009 (Action)

Reid, Mayne: The Quadroon v1 29 jan 2009 (Historical Fiction)

Reid, Mayne: The Rifle Rangers v1 14 mar 2009 (Action)

Reid, Mayne: The Scalp Hunters v1 20 mar 2009 (Western)

Reid, Mayne: The War Trail (Western)

Reid, Mayne: The Wild Huntress v1 16 feb 2009 (Historical Fiction)

Remey, Oliver: The Attempted Assassin of ex-President T. Roosevelt. 24 March 2008 (Other Non-Fiction)

Renan, Ernest: The Life of Jesus, v1, 8 April 2010. (Spiritual)

Reuter, Christian: Schelmuffsky german v1 11 feb 2009 (Humor)

Reuter, Fritz: De Urgeschicht von Meckelnborg german V1, 23 Nov 09 (Other Fiction)

Reventlow, Fanny Gräfin zu: Das Logierhaus .... (German) V1. 10 Feb 2013 (Other Fiction)

Reventlow, Fanny Gräfin zu: Der Geldkomplex (German) V1. 25 Mar 2013 (Other Fiction)

Reventlow, Fanny Gräfin zu: Herrn Dames Aufzeichnungen (German) V1. 20 Mar 2013 (Other Fiction)

Reynolds, George W. M.: Wagner, the Wehr-Wolf v1, 11 nov 2008 (Horror)

Reynolds, Tom: Blood, Sweat & Tea, v1 9 July 2008 (Other Fiction)

Rhodes, Eugene Manlove: Bransford of Rainbow Range. v1. 19 Oct 2013 (Western)

Rhodes, Eugene Manlove: Copper Streak Trail. v1. 20 Oct 2013 (Western)

Rhodes, Eugene Manlove: Stepsons Of Light. v1. 21 Oct 2013 (Western)

Rhodes, Eugene Manlove: The Desire of the Moth; and The Come On. v1. 20 Oct 2013 (Western)

Rice, Alice Caldwell Hegan: Mrs. Wiggs of the Cabbage Patch. v1, 17 Jan 2008

Rice, Alice Hegan: Calvary Alley. v1. 20 Mat 2013 (Romance)

Rice, Alice Hegan: Calvary Alley. v1. 25 Jun 2014 (Other Fiction)

Rice, Alice Hegan: Captain June. v1. 20 May 2013 (Other Fiction)

Rice, Alice Hegan: Captain June. v1. 25 Jun 2014 (Other Fiction)

Rice, Alice Hegan: Lovey Mary. v1. 22 May 2013 (Romance)

Rice, Alice Hegan: Lovey Mary. v1. 26 Jun 2014 (Other Fiction)

Rice, Alice Hegan: Miss Mink's Soldier and Other Stories. v1. 22 May 2913 (Short Fiction)

Rice, Alice Hegan: Mr. Opp. v1. 23 May 2013 (Romance)

Rice, Alice Hegan: Quin. v1. 23 May 2013 (Romance)

Rice, Alice Hegan: The Honorable Percival. v1. 21 May 2013 (Romance)

Rice, Alice Hegan: The Honorable Percival. v1. 26 Jun 2014 (Romance)

Richards, Anna M.: A New Alice in the Old Wonderland. v1. 25 Jan 2021 (Fantasy)

Richards, Laura Elizabeth Howe: Captain January. v1. 27 Jun 2014 (Other Fiction)

Richards, Laura Elizabeth Howe: Fernley House. v1. 28 Jun 2014 (Other Fiction)

Richards, Laura Elizabeth Howe: Geoffrey Strong. v1. 29 Jun 2014 (Other Fiction)

Richards, Laura Elizabeth Howe: Hildegarde's Harvest. v1. 30 Jun 2014 (Romance)

Richards, Laura Elizabeth Howe: Hildegarde's Holiday. v1. 30 Jun 2014 (Other Fiction)

Richards, Laura Elizabeth Howe: Hildegarde's Home. v1. 1 Jul 20-14 (Other Fiction)

Richards, Laura Elizabeth Howe: Hildegarde's Neighbors. v1. 1 Jul 2014 (Other Fiction)

Richards, Laura Elizabeth Howe: Margaret Montfort. v1. 3 Jul 2014 (Other Fiction)

Richards, Laura Elizabeth Howe: Marie. v1. 3 Jul 2014 (Other Fiction)

Richards, Laura Elizabeth Howe: Melody. V1. a4 Jul 2014 (Other Fiction)

Richards, Laura Elizabeth Howe: Mrs. Tree's Will. v1. 6 Jul 2014 (Other Fiction)

Richards, Laura Elizabeth Howe: Mrs. Tree. v1. 5 Jul 2014 (Other Fiction)

Richards, Laura Elizabeth Howe: Narcissa. v1. 6 Jul 2014 (Short Fiction)

Richards, Laura Elizabeth Howe: Nautilus. v1. 6 Jul 2014 (Other Fiction)

Richards, Laura Elizabeth Howe: Peggy. v1. 7 Jul 2014 (Other Fiction)

Richards, Laura Elizabeth Howe: Queen Hildegarde. v1. 7 Jul 2014 (Other Fiction)

Richards, Laura Elizabeth Howe: Quicksilver Sue (Other Fiction)

Richards, Laura Elizabeth Howe: Rita. 8 Jul 2014 (Other Fiction)

Richards, Laura Elizabeth Howe: Rosin the Beau. v1. 9 Jul 2014 (Other Fiction)

Richards, Laura Elizabeth Howe: Some Say. v1. 9 Jul 2014 (Short Fiction)

Richards, Laura Elizabeth Howe: The Green Satin Gown. v1. 29 Jun 2014 (Short Fiction)

Richards, Laura Elizabeth Howe: The Joyous Story of Toto. v1. 2 Jul 2014 (Children)

Richards, Laura Elizabeth Howe: The Merryweathers. v1. 5 Jul 2014 (Other Fiction)

Richards, Laura Elizabeth Howe: The Silver Crown. v1. 9 Jul 2014 (Fantasy)

Richards, Laura Elizabeth Howe: The Wooing of Calvin Parks. v1. 10 Jul 2014 (Other Fiction)

Richards, Laura Elizabeth Howe: Three Margarets. v1. 10 Jul 2014 (Other Fiction)

Richards, Laura Elizabeth Howe: Toto's Merry Winter. v1. 10 Jul 2014 (Fantasy)

Richards, Laura: Florence Nightingale the Angel ... v1. 29 Jun 2014 (Biography)

Richardson, Henry Handel: Growing Pains. v1 6 Feb 2017 (Short Fiction)

Richardson, Henry Handel: Short Fiction. v1 21 Feb 2017 (Short Fiction)

Richardson, Henry Handel: The Fortunes of Richard Mahony. V1. 2 Jun 2 2012 (Other Fiction)

Richardson, Henry Handel: The Getting of Wisdom. v1. 26 Jan 2017 (Historical Fiction)

Richardson, Henry Handel: The Young Cosima. v2, 12 Mar 2017 (Historical Fiction)

Richardson, Henry Handel: Two Hanged Women. V1. 4 Jun 2012 (Short Fiction)

Richardson, Samuel: Clarissa. v1, 27 June 2008 (Romance)

Richardson, Samuel: Pamela, v.1, 10 Jan 2008. (Other Fiction)

Richardson, Samuel: Pamela. v1, 1 May 2008 (Romance)

Richthofen, Manfred Freiherr von: Der Rote Kampfflieger. V1. 10 July 2010 (History)

Riddell, Mrs. J. H.: Shades and Shadows (collected ghosts). v2. 22 Apr 2026 (Horror)

Ridge, W Pett: Mixed Grill, 1913, v1, 24 June 2022 (Short Fiction)

Ridge, William Pett: Assorted Works. V1.0, 17 Aug 2019 (Humor)

Rilke, Rainer Maria: Das Buch der Bilder. german. v1. 13 jun 2009 (Poetry)

Rilke, Rainer Maria: Letters to a Young Woman, v.1, 28 January 2009. (Other Non-Fiction)

Ripperger, Walter: The Sinister Company (1936); v1; 19 Mar 2022 (Action)

Rita: The Mystery of a Turkish Bath, v.1, 12 November 2008 (Mystery and Crime)

Riverton, Stein: Fjerdemand [Norwegian].v1. 13 May 2014 (Mystery and Crime)

Riverton, Stein: Hvorledes dr. Wrangel kom [Norwegian].v1. 15 May 2014 (Mystery and Crime)

Riverton, Stein: Jernvognen [Norwegian]. V1. 10 Jun 2012 (Mystery and Crime)

Riverton, Stein: Morderen fra mørket [Norwegian].v1. 13 May 2014 (Mystery and Crime)

Riverton, Stein: Mysteriet paa Bergensbanen [Norwegian] (Mystery and Crime)

Riverton, Stein: Negeren med de hvite hænder [Norwegian].v1. 15 May 2014 (Mystery and Crime)

Riverton, Stein: Storhertuginnen av Speilsalen [Norwegian]. v1. 23 Oct 2012 (Mystery and Crime)

Rizal, José: El filibusterismo. (Spanish) v.1 27-July-2010 (Other Fiction)

Rizal, José: Noli me tángere. (Spanish) v.2 27-July-2010 (Other Fiction)

Rizal, José: The Reign of Greed.V1.9/11/2014 (Historical Fiction)

Rizal, José: The Social Cancer.V1.9/11/2014 (Historical Fiction)

Robbins, Tod: Bizarre (short stories). v1. 09 Sep 2023 (Fantasy)

Robbins, Tod: For Art’s Sake. v1. 20 Sep 2033 (Horror)

Robbins, Tod: Silent, White and Beautiful and Other Stories. v1. 24 Apr. 2023 (Horror)

Robbins, Tod: The Toys of Fate. v1. 20 Sep 2033 (Fantasy)

Robbins, Tod: The Whimpus. v1. 20 Sep 2033 (Fantasy)

Roberts, Bechhofer: Famous American Trials (1933), v1 26 Aug 2020 (Other Non-Fiction)

Roberts, Morley: Midsummer Madness. v1. 14 Apr. 2023 (Short Fiction)

Roberts, Morley: Tales of Changing Seas (1927); v1; 12 Aug 2020 (Short Fiction)

Robertson, Margaret M: Allison Bain. v1. 27 May 2013 (Romance)

Robertson, Margaret M: Christie Redfern's Troubles. v1. 27 May 2013 (Other Fiction)

Robertson, Margaret M: David Fleming's Forgiveness. v2. 28 May 2013 (Other Fiction)

Robertson, Margaret M: Eunice. v1. 28 May 2013 (Other Fiction)

Robertson, Margaret M: Frederica and her Guardians. v1. 29 May 2013 (Other Fiction)

Robertson, Margaret M: Janet's Love and Service. v1, 29 May 2013 (Other Fiction)

Robertson, Margaret M: Shenac's Work at Home. v1, 30 May 2013 (Other Fiction)

Robertson, Margaret M: Stephen Grattan's Faith. v1, 31 May 2013 (Other Fiction)

Robertson, Margaret M: The Inglises. v1. 29 May 2013 (Other Fiction)

Robertson, Margaret M: The Orphans of Glen Elder. v1. 30 May 2013* (Other Fiction)

Robertson, Margaret M: The Twa Miss Dawsons. v1. 31 May 2013 (Other Fiction)

Robertson, Morgan: The Grain Ship. V1. 16 Nov 2009 (Short Fiction)

Robertson, Morgan: The Wreck of the Titan. V1. 16 Nov 2009 (Short Fiction)

Robertson, Morgan: Where Angels Fear to Tread. V1. 16 Nov 2009 (Short Fiction)

Robeson, Kenneth: Savage 33 - Murder Melody. V1. 9 July 2012 (Action)

Robeson, Kenneth: Savage 35 - Murder Mirage. V1. 9 July 2012 (Action)

Robeson, Kenneth: Savage 38 - The Men Who Smiled No More. V1. 2 August 2012 (Action)

Robeson, Kenneth: Savage 40 - Haunted Ocean. V1. 3 August 2012 (Action)

Robeson, Kenneth: Savage 41 - The Black Spot. V1. 3 August 2012 (Action)

Robeson, Kenneth: Savage 43 - Cold Death. V1. 9 August 2012 (Action)

Robeson, Kenneth: Savage 47 - Land of Long Juju. V1. 11 August 2012 (Action)

Robeson, Kenneth: Savage 51 - Mad Eyes. V1. 17 August 2012 (Action)

Robeson, Kenneth: Savage 53 - He Could Stop the World. V1. 19 August 2012 (Action)

Robins, Gertrude M.: The Relations and What They Related (ghosts). v1. 21 May 2021 (Horror)

Roche, Arthurs Somers: Ransom!, 1916, v1, 5 Jun 2021 (Mystery and Crime)

Rockwell, Carey: Danger in Deep Space. V1. 11 Sep 2010 (Science Fiction)

Rockwell, Carey: The Revolt on Venus. 16 Oct 07 (Science Fiction)

Rockwell, Carey: Tom Corbett -01- Stand by for Mars v1.0 2007-09-28

Rockwood, Roy: Dave Dashaway and his Hydroplane. v1. 28 Aug 2014 (Action)

Rockwood, Roy: Dave Dashwood and His Hydroplane. v1, 8 Oct 2008 (Young Adult)

Rockwood, Roy: Dave Fearless and the Cave of Mystery. v1. 29 Aug 2014 (Action)

Rockwood, Roy: Deep Sea Omnibus. v1, 10 Oct 2008 (Young Adult)

Rockwood, Roy: Jack North's Treasure Hunt (Action)

Rockwood, Roy: On a Torn-Away World. v1. 30 Aug 2014 (Action)

Rockwood, Roy: The Wizard of the Sea. 16 Oct 07 (Science Fiction)

Rockwood, Roy: The Wizard of the Sea. v1. 31 Aug 2014 (Action)

Roda Roda, Alexander: 100 Anekdoten (German). v2. 2 Oct 2017 (Humor)

Roda Roda, Alexander: Ein Frühling in Amerika (German). v1. 24 Sep 2017 (Other Non-Fiction)

Roda Roda, Alexander: Krokodiltränen (German). v1. 29 May 2016 (Humor)

Roda Roda, Alexander: Roda Roda und die 40 Schurken (German). v1. 19 May 2016 (Humor)

Roda Roda, Alexander: Schwabylon (German). v1. 05 Jan 2018 (Humor)

Roda Roda, Alexander: Von Bienen, Drohnen und Baronen (German). v1. 10 September 2017 (Humor)

Roe, Edward Payson: A Day of Fate. v1. 22 Oct 2013 (Romance)

Roe, Edward Payson: A Face Illumined. v1. 24 Oct 2013 (Other Fiction)

Roe, Edward Payson: A Knight of the Nineteenth Century. v1. 26 Oct 2013 (Romance)

Roe, Edward Payson: A Young Girl's Wooing. v1. 29 Oct 2013 (Romance)

Roe, Edward Payson: An Original Belle. v1. 28 Oct 2013 (Romance)

Roe, Edward Payson: Barriers Burned Away. v1. 21 Oct 2013 (Romance)

Roe, Edward Payson: Driven Back to Eden. v1. 23 Oct 2013 (Young Adult)

Roe, Edward Payson: From Jest to Earnest. v1. 24 Oct 2013 (Other Fiction)

Roe, Edward Payson: He Fell in Love with His Wife. v1. 25 Oct 2013 (Romance)

Roe, Edward Payson: His Sombre Rivals. v1. 25 Oct 2013 (Other Fiction)

Roe, Edward Payson: Miss Lou. v1. 26 Oct 2013 (Other Fiction)

Roe, Edward Payson: Nature's Serial Story. v1. 27 Oct 2013 (Romance)

Roe, Edward Payson: Opening a Chestnut Burr. v1. 27 Oct 2013 (Romance)

Roe, Edward Payson: Taken Alive. v1. 28 Oct 2013 (Short Fiction)

Roe, Edward Payson: The Earth Trembled. v1. 24 Oct 2013 (Other Fiction)

Roe, Edward Payson: The Home Acre. v1. 25 Oct 2013 (Other Non-Fiction)

Roe, Edward Payson: What Can She Do?. v1 29 Oct 2013 (Romance)

Roe, Edward Payson: Without a Home. v1. 29 Oct 2013 (Romance)

Roerich, Nicholas: Shambhala, the Resplendent, v.1, 5 April 2008. (Spiritual)

Rolfe, Frederick William: Hadrian the Seventh (1904); v2 ; 8 Feb 2020 (Other Fiction)

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Rolland, Romain. Colas Breugnon [Polish]. v1. 21 Feb 2016 (Historical Fiction)

Rolvaag, O.E.: Giants in the Earth. v1. 13 Oct 2007 (Historical Fiction)

Romanoff, Alexander Nicholayevitch, Achmed Abdullah Sampler. V1. 28 Apr 2012 (Action)

Roosevelt, Franklin: State of the Union. v1.0 19 October 2007

Roosevelt, Theodore: Autobiography, v1. 27 June 07 (Biography)

Rorer, S T: Made-Over Dishes, v1, 25 December 2008. (Reference)

Rorer, S T: Sandwiches, v1, 13 July 2009. (Reference)

Ros, Amanda McKittrick: Irene Iddesleigh. V1. 3 Mar 2011 (Romance)

Rosen, Erwin: Allen Gewalten zum Trotz [German]. V1. 18 Jul 2010 (Biography)

Rosen, Erwin: Der Deutsche Lausbub in Amerika (1) (german) v1 16 dec 2008 (Biography)

Rosen, Erwin: Der Deutsche Lausbub in Amerika 2 (german) v1 17 dec 2008 (Biography)

Rosen, Erwin: Der Deutsche Lausbub in Amerika 3 (german) v1 18 dec 2008 (Biography)

Rosen, Erwin: In der Fremdenlegion german v1 28 apr 2009 (Action)

Rostand, Edmond: Cyrano de Bergerac, V1.0 19 Jan 2009 (Other Fiction)

Rowlands, Effie Adelaide: Capricious Caroline. v1. 14 Jan 2016 (Other Fiction)

Rowlands, Effie Adelaide: The Fault of One. v1. 14 Jan 2016 (Other Fiction)

Rucker, Rudy: Postsingular v1.0 2008-02-02

Rud, Anthony M: The First Casebook of Jigger Masters, v1, 24 Dec 2019 (Mystery and Crime)

Runyon, Damon: A Damon Runyon Omnibus, v1, 8 March 2010. (Short Fiction)

Runyon, Damon: A to Izzard Omnibus (collected short fiction). v2. 11 Apr 2017 (Collected Works)

Ruskin, John: Unto This Last. v1, 19 Jan 2008 (Other Non-Fiction)

Ruskin, John: A Joy For Ever (And Its Price In The Market), v1, 2 Oct 2009. (Other Non-Fiction)

Ruskin, John: Sesame and Lilies, v1, 29 Sept 2007. (Other Non-Fiction)

Ruskin, John: The Crown of Wild Olive, v1, 14 February 2010. (Other Non-Fiction)

Ruskin, John: The King of the Golden River, v.1, 17 Jan 2008. (Fantasy)

Russell, William Clark: The Death Ship (1888); v1; 20 June 2020 (Horror)

Russell, William Clark: The Phantom Death (1895); v1; 21 April 2020 (Short Fiction)

Russell, William Clark: The Wreck of the Grosvenor (1877); v1; 21 April 2020 (Action)

Ryan, Marah Ellis: For the Soul of Rafael. v1. 14 Sep 2013 (Romance)

Ryan, Marah Ellis: That Girl Montana. v1. 14 Sep 2013 (Romance)

Ryan, Marah Ellis: The Bondwoman. v1. 13 Sep 2013 (Other Fiction)

Ryan, Marah Ellis: The Flute of the Gods. v1. 13 Sep 2013 (Historical Fiction)

Ryan, Marah Ellis: The Treasure Trail. v1, 15 Sep 2013 (Western)

Ryan, Marah Ellis: Told In The Hills. v1. 15 Sep 2013 (Western)

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Ryle, J. C.: A Sketch of George Whitefield. v1. 1 Jan 2014 (Spiritual)

Rymer, J. M.: The String of Pearls or Sweeney Todd, Demon Barber-illus.v2. 17 Jun 18 (Horror)

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Sabatini, Rafael: Captain Blood Stories V1. 27-Jun-2010 (Historical Fiction)

Sabatini, Rafael: Captain Blood: Books One and Two, v.1, 27 Dec 2007

Sabatini, Rafael: Casanova's Alibi v1 1 jan 2009 (Short Fiction)

Sabatini, Rafael: Columbus V1. 07-Jul-2010 (Historical Fiction)

Sabatini, Rafael: Mistress Wilding V1. 03-Jul-2010 (Historical Fiction)

Sabatini, Rafael: Saint Martin's Summer v1 4 jan 2009 (Historical Fiction)

Sabatini, Rafael: Scaramouche - A Romance of the French Revolution - 12/15/09 (Action)

Sabatini, Rafael: Scaramouche the Kingmaker V1. 03-Jul-2010 (Historical Fiction)

Sabatini, Rafael: The Abduction v1 28 jan 2009 (Romance)

Sabatini, Rafael: The Carolinian V1. 03-Jul-2010 (Historical Fiction)

Sabatini, Rafael: The Historical Nights' Entertainment (1+2) V1. 03-Jul-2010 (Historical Fiction)

Sabatini, Rafael: The Historical Nights' Entertainment v1 1 jan 2009 (Short Fiction)

Sabatini, Rafael: The Life of Cesare Borgia, v.1, 29 April 2008. (Biography)

Sabatini, Rafael: The Lion's Skin v1 19 feb 2009 (Historical Fiction)

Sabatini, Rafael: The Marquis of Carabas V1. 07-Jul-2010 (Historical Fiction)

Sabatini, Rafael: The Sea-Hawk v1 9 jan 2009 (Historical Fiction)

Sabatini, Rafael: The Snare v2 5 jan 2009 (Historical Fiction)

Sabatini, Rafael: The Sword of Islam V1. 03-Jul-2010 (Historical Fiction)

Sabatini, Rafael: The Tavern Knight v1 4 mar 2009 (Historical Fiction)

Sacher-Masoch, Leopold Von: Venus in Furs, v1, 18 Oct 2007. (Romance)

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Sadlier, Anna Theresa: Carmelita and other stories. v1. 13 Aug 2016 (Short Fiction)

Sadlier, Anna Theresa: Cousin Wilhelmina. v1. 14 Aug 2016 (Other Fiction)

Sadlier, Anna Theresa: Pauline Archer. v1. 15 Aug 2016 (Other Fiction)

Sadlier, Anna Theresa: Phileas Fox, Attorney. v1. 17 Aug 2016 (Other Fiction)

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Sadlier, Anna Theresa: The Talisman. v1. 20 Aug 2014 (Other Fiction)

Saint-Exupéry, Antoine de: Le petit prince (French, Illustrated). v1 22 Aug 2008 (Children)

Saki (H. H. Munro): The Open Window and Other Horror Stories. V1. 3 Dec 2012 (Horror)

Saki: Beasts and Superbeasts. V1. 23 September 2012 (Short Fiction)

Saki: Reginald in Russia and other Sketches, v1 29 Jun 2008 (Short Fiction)

Saki: Reginald. V1. 23 November 2012 (Short Fiction)

Saki: The Chronicles of Clovis. V1. 23 Nobember 2012 (Short Fiction)

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Sala, George Augustus: Strange Adventures of Captain Dangerous 1 v1 11 jan 2009 (Action)

Sala, George Augustus: Strange Adventures of Captain Dangerous 2 v1 12 jan 2009 (Action)

Sala, George Augustus: Strange Adventures of Captain Dangerous 3 v1 13 jan 2009 (Action)

Salgari, Emilio: Der algerische Panther. german. v1. 7 mar 2009 (Action)

Salgari, Emilio: Der schwarze Korsar german v1 13 feb 2009 (Action)

Salgari, Emilio: Pharaonentoechter. [German]. 14-Nov-2010 (Historical Fiction)

Saltus, Edgar: Imperial Purple, v1, 7 March 2010. (History)

Saltus, Edgar: Imperial Purple:. v1, 21 Feb 2008 (Historical Fiction)

Saltus, Edgar: Mary Magdalen: A Chronicle, v1, 7 March 2010. (Historical Fiction)

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Saltus, Edgar: The Lords of the Ghostland, v1, 14 March 2010. (Spiritual)

Saltus, Edgar: The Paliser Case, v1, 7 March 2010. (Mystery and Crime)

Samjatin, Jewgenij: Wir. german. v1. 11 mar 2009 (Science Fiction)

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Sand, George: The Devil's Pool. v1, 21 Feb 2008

Sanderson, Brandon: Warbreaker v4.2 2008-02-19 (Fantasy)

Sanderson, Brandon: Warbreaker, v1 29 Jul 2008 (Fantasy)

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Sanzara, Rahel: Das verlorene Kind, german, v1, 27 Mar 2009 (Other Fiction)

Sapper: Ask For Ronald Standish. v1, 2 Sep 2008 (Mystery and Crime)

Sapper: Bulldog Drummond, Vol 1. v4. 30th Jan 2010 (Action)

Sapper: Bulldog Drummond, Vol 2. v3. 30th Jan 2010 (Action)

Sapper: Jim Maitland. v1, 2 Sep 2008 (Action)

Sapper: Mufti. v1, 2 Sep 2008 (Action)

Sapper: No Man's Land. v1, 2 Sep 2008 (Action)

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Savage, Richard Henry: A Fascinating Traitor. 02 Jan 08 (Other Fiction)

Savage, Richard Henry: The Little Lady of Lagunitas. 02 Jan 08 (Other Fiction)

Savage, Richard Henry: The Midnight Passenger. 02 Jan 08 (Other Fiction)

Scalzi, John: Agent to the Stars, v1.0 - 05 march 2008 (Science Fiction)

Scarborough, Dorothy (ed): Humorous Ghost Stories (various authors). v1. 19 Jul 2021 (Horror)

Scarborough, Dorothy: The Wind. v1. 03 Feb 2020 (Other Fiction)

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Scheerbart, Paul: Die große Revolution. german. v1. 02 mar 2009 (Science Fiction)

Scheerbart, Paul: Lesabéndio. german. v1. 04 mar 2009 (Science Fiction)

Scheerbart, Paul: Liwûna und Kaidôh - Ein Seelenroman. german. v1. 28 feb 2009 (Other Fiction)

Scheerbart, Paul: Marduk. german. v1. 15 mar 2009 (Short Fiction)

Schiller, Friedrich von: Die Räuber german v1.0 11 Sep 2009 (Other Fiction)

Schiller, Friedrich: Letters Upon The Aesthetic Education of Man (english) (Philosophy)

Schirokauer, Alfred: Kleopatra german v1 27 may 2009 (Historical Fiction)

Schnitzler, Arthur: Casanovas Heimfahrt v1 8 jan 2009 (Other Fiction)

Schnitzler, Arthur: Casanovas Heimfahrt [German]. V1. 23 Dec 2010 (Other Fiction)

Schnitzler, Arthur: Das neue Lied german v1 13 jan 2009 (Other Fiction)

Schnitzler, Arthur: Der Weg ins Freie. [German]. V1. 4 Jan 2010 (Other Fiction)

Schnitzler, Arthur: Die Tänzerin german v1 8 apr 2009 (Short Fiction)

Schnitzler, Arthur: Erbschaft german v1 6 feb 2009 (Short Fiction)

Schnitzler, Arthur: Frau Beate und ihr Sohn. [German]. V1. 3 Jan 2011 (Short Fiction)

Schnitzler, Arthur: Fräulein Else [german]. V1. 23 Dec 2010 (Short Fiction)

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Schnitzler, Arthur: Traumnovelle (german) v1 24 dec 2008 (Other Fiction)

Schopenhauer, Arthur: Aphorismen; german v1; 28th may 2009 (Philosophy)

Schopenhauer, Arthur: Die vierfache Wurzel des Satzes v.z.G.; german v1; 27th may 09 (Philosophy)

Schopenhauer, Arthur: Die Welt als Wille und Vorstellung I;german v1,1; 24th may 2009 (Philosophy)

Schopenhauer, Arthur: Die Welt als Wille und Vorstellung II;german v1; 26th may 09 (Philosophy)

Schopenhauer, Arthur: Eristische Dialektik german v1; 4th June 2009 (Philosophy)

Schopenhauer, Arthur: Essays. V1. 29 April 2014 (Philosophy)

Schopenhauer, Arthur: Studies in Pessimism. v1. 14 February 2010. (Philosophy)

Schopenhauer, Arthur: The Wisdom of Life, v1, 28 March 2010. (Philosophy)

Schraut, Max: Dämon Chanawutu v1 (german) 4.12.2011 (Mystery and Crime)

Schraut, Max: Harald Harst 108 - Die Motoryacht ohne Namen v1 german 04.02.12 (Mystery and Crime)

Schraut, Max: Harald Harst 111 - Die große Null v1 german 05.02.12 (Mystery and Crime)

Schraut, Max: Harald Harst 148 - Der Fakir ohne Arme v1 german 20.02.12 (Mystery and Crime)

Schraut, Max: Harald Harst 161 - Der Spiritistenklub v1 german 11.02.12 (Mystery and Crime)

Schraut, Max: Harald Harst 184 - Eiland der Toten v1 9.1.2012 (Mystery and Crime)

Schraut, Max: Harald Harst 190 - Pension Dr. Buckmüller v1 german 2.3.12 (Mystery and Crime)

Schraut, Max: Harald Harst 272 - Der alte Gobelin v1 german 2.2.12 (Mystery and Crime)

Schraut, Max: Harald Harst 74 - Das Geheimnis von Kabine 24 v2 german 31.1.2012 (Mystery and Crime)

Schroeder, Karl: Ventus v2.0 2008-12-12 (Science Fiction)

Schubin, Ossip: Asbeïn. v1. 23 Mar 2014 (Romance)

Schubin, Ossip: Blanche: The Maid of Lille. v1. 23 Mar 2014 (Other Fiction)

Schubin, Ossip: Boris Lensky. v1. 23 Mar 2014 (Other Fiction)

Schubin, Ossip: Countess Erika's Apprenticeship. v1. 24 Mar 2014 (Other Fiction)

Schubin, Ossip: Erlach Court. v1. 24 Mar 2014 (Other Fiction)

Schubin, Ossip: Felix Lanzberg's Expiation. v1. 24 Mar 2014 (Other Fiction)

Schubin, Ossip: Gloria Victis!. v1. 25 Mar 2014 (Other Fiction)

Schubin, Ossip: O Thou, My Austria!. v1. 25 Mar 2014 (Other Fiction)

Schubin, Ossip: Our Own Set. v1. 25 Mar 2014 (Other Fiction)

Schubin, Ossip: The Story of a Genius. v1. 25 Mar 2014 (Short Fiction)

Schwab, Gustav: Sagen des klassischen Altertums Teil 1 german 10 jan 2009 (History)

Schwab, Gustav: Sagen des klassischen Altertums Teil 2 german 18 jan 2009 (History)

Scott, G. Firth: Colonial Born. V1. 11 Jun 2012 (Other Fiction)

Scott, G. Firth: The Last Lemurian A Westralian Romance. V1. 5 Jun 2012 (Fantasy)

Scott, G. Firth: The Rider of Waroona. V1. 10 Jun 2012 (Other Fiction)

Scott, G. Firth: The Romance of Polar Exploration. V1. 8 Jun 22012 (History)

Scott, Leroy: Children of the Whirlwind. V1. 11 Oct 2009 (Romance)

Scott, Leroy: Counsel for the Defense. V1. 12 Oct 2009 (Romance)

Scott, Leroy: No. 13 Washington Square. V1. 12 Oct 2009 (Romance)

Scott, Sir Walter: Guy Mannering. V1. 26 Dec 2008 (Historical Fiction)

Scott, Sir Walter: Ivanhoe german v1 22 feb 2009 (Historical Fiction)

Scott, Sir Walter: Ivanhoe v1 28 nov 2008 (Historical Fiction)

Scott, Sir Walter: Ivanhoe. v1, 2 Jan 2008

Scott, Sir Walter: The Abbot. V1. 4 Jan 2009 (Historical Fiction)

Scott, Sir Walter: The Betrothed, v.1, 14 December 2008. (Historical Fiction)

Scott, Sir Walter: The Black Dwarf. v1, 18 Sep 2008 (Historical Fiction)

Scott, Sir Walter: The Bride of Lammermoor, v.1, 16 December 2008. (Historical Fiction)

Scott, Sir Walter: The Monastery. V1. 4 Jan 2009 (Historical Fiction)

Scott, Sir Walter: The Pirate.V1. 7th June 2012 (Historical Fiction)

Scott, Sir Walter: The Talisman (Illustrated and annotated) v1. 26 September 2013 (Historical Fiction)

Scott, Sir Walter: The Talisman, v.1, 12 December 2008. (Historical Fiction)

Scully, W. C: A Vendetta of the Desert. v1. 13 Jul 2014 (Other Fiction)

Scully, W. C: Between Sun and Sand. v1. 12 Jul 2014 (Other Fiction)

Scully, W. C: By Veldt and Kopje. v1. 12 Jul 2014 (Other Fiction)

Scully, W. C: Kafir Stories. v1. 12 Jul 2014 (Short Fiction)

Scully, W. C: Lodges in the Wilderness. v1. 12 Jul 2014 (Other Non-Fiction)

Scully, W. C: Reminiscences of a South African Pioneer. v1. 13 Jul 2014 (Biography)

Scully, W. C: The White Hecatomb. v1. 14 Jul 2014 (Short Fiction)

Seawell, Molly Elliot: Betty at Fort Blizzard. V1. 23 Oct 2011 (Romance)

Seawell, Molly Elliot: Francezka. V1. 23 Oct 2011 (Other Fiction)

Seawell, Molly Elliot: Throckmorton. V1. 23 Oct 2011 (Romance)

Sedgwick, Anne Douglas: A Childhood in Brittany Eighty Years Ago. v1. 15 Jul 2014 (Biography)

Sedgwick, Anne Douglas: A Fountain Sealed. V1. 30 Apr 2009 (Young Adult)

Sedgwick, Anne Douglas: Amabel Channice. V1. 29 Apr 2009 (Other Non-Fiction)

Sedgwick, Anne Douglas: Christmas Roses and Other Stories. v1. 15 Jul 2014 (Short Fiction)

Sedgwick, Anne Douglas: Franklin Kane. V1. 1 May 2009 (Romance)

Sedgwick, Anne Douglas: Paths of Judgement. v1. 16 Jul 2014 (Other Fiction)

Sedgwick, Anne Douglas: Tante. v1. 17 Jul 2014 (Other Fiction)

Sedgwick, Anne Douglas: The Confounding of Camelia. v1. 15 Jul 2014 (Other Fiction)

Sedgwick, Anne Douglas: The Dull Miss Archinard. v1. 16 Jul 2014 (Other Fiction)

Sedgwick, Anne Douglas: The Nest. v1. 16 Jul 2014 (Short Fiction)

Sedgwick, Anne Douglas: The Rescue. v1. 16 Jul 2014 (Other Fiction)

Sedgwick, Anne Douglas: The Shadow of Life. v1. 17 Jul 2014 (Other Fiction)

Sedgwick, Anne Douglas: The Third Window. v1. 17 Jul 2014 (Other Fiction)

Sedgwick, Catharine Maria: Hope Leslie. v1, 22 Dec 2016 2016 (Historical Fiction)

Sedgwick, Catharine Maria: Married or Single?. v1. 8 Jan 2017 (Historical Fiction)

Sedgwick, Catharine Maria: Slavery in New England. v1, 8th Dec 2016 (Biography)

Seele, Francesca Maria: Spoilt Guy. v1. 28 Dec 2016 (Other Fiction)

Segar, Marc: A survival guide for people living with Asperger Syndrome v 1.0 26/06/10 (Other Non-Fiction)

Seidel, Willy: Das älteste Ding der Welt. german. v1. 29 feb 2009 (Horror)

Seltzer, Charles Alden: 'Drag' Harlan. v1, 24 Dec 2012 (Western)

Seltzer, Charles Alden: Square Deal Sanderson. v1. 24 Dec 2012 (Western)

Seltzer, Charles Alden: The Boss of the Lazy Y. v1. 25 Dec 2012 (Western)

Seltzer, Charles Alden: The Boss of the Lazy Y. v1. 3 Mar 2014 (Western)

Seltzer, Charles Alden: The Coming of the Law. v1. 25 Dec 2012 (Western)

Seltzer, Charles Alden: The Ranchman. v1. 25 Dec 2012 (Western)

Seltzer, Charles Alden: The Range Boss. V1. 22 Dec 2012 (Western)

Seltzer, Charles Alden: The Trail Horde. V1. 22 Dec 201 (Western)

Seltzer, Charles Alden: The Trail to Yesterday. v1. 23 Dec 2012 (Western)

Seltzer, Charles Alden: The Two-Gun Man. v1. 23 Dec 2012 (Western)

Sergeant, Adeline: A Life Sentence. v1. 18 Jul 2014 (Other Fiction)

Sergeant, Adeline: A True Friend. v1. 19 Jul 2014 (Other Fiction)

Sergeant, Adeline: Brooke's Daughter. v1. 18 Jul 2014 (Other Fiction)

Sergeant, Adeline: Name and Fame. v1. 19 Jul 2014 (Other Fiction)

Sergeant, Adeline: Under False Pretences. v1. 19 Jul 2014 (Other Fiction)

Serviss, Garrett P.: A Columbus of Space. v1. 12 March 2014 (Science Fiction)

Serviss, Garrett P.: The Moon Metal (1900) v1 (Science Fiction)

Serviss, Garrett P.: The Moon Metal. v1. 12 March 2014 (Science Fiction)

Serviss, Garrett P.: The Second Deluge. v2. 12 March 2014 (Science Fiction)

Serviss, Garrett P: Edison's Conquest of Mars (1893); v1, 18 Jan 2020 (Science Fiction)

Severy, Melvin: The Darrow Enigma v1 12 dec 2008 (Mystery and Crime)

Sewell, Anna: Black Beauty. v1, 2 Jan 2008

Sewell, Anna: Black Beauty. v1. 08 Feb 2012 (Children)

Shakespeare, William: A Midsummer Night's Dream (Illus by Arthur Rackham).Feb 2008

Shakespeare, William: All's Well That Ends Well. V1. 20 Aug 2010 (Other Fiction)

Shakespeare, William: Antony and Cleopatra. V1. 29 Aug 2010 (Other Fiction)

Shakespeare, William: As You Like It. V1. 30 Aug 2010 (Other Fiction)

Shakespeare, William: Coriolanus. V1. 30 Aug 2010 (Other Fiction)

Shakespeare, William: Shakespeare · Sonnette (german) (Poetry)

Shakespeare, William: Shakespeare's Comedies. v1, 21 Jan 2009 (Other Fiction)

Shakespeare, William: Shakespeare's Histories. v1, 15 Jan 2009 (Historical Fiction)

Shakespeare, William: Shakespeare's Poetry. v2, 22 Jan 2009 (Poetry)

Shakespeare, William: Shakespeare's Tragedies. v2, 10 Jan 2009 (Other Fiction)

Shakespeare, William: Sonnets to Sundry Notes of Music, v1, 20 Dec 2007 (Poetry)

Shakespeare, William: Sonnets, v.1, 20 Dec 2007 (Poetry)

Shakespeare, William: The Comedy of Errors. V1. 30 Aug 2010 (Other Fiction)

Shakespeare, William: The Narrative Poems, v1, 20 Dec 2007 (Poetry)

Shakespeare, William: The Passionate Pilgrim & A Lover's Complaint, v1, 20 Dec 2007 (Poetry)

Sharp, Dallas Lore: The Face of the Fields. v1. 20 Jul 2014 (Other Non-Fiction)

Sharpe, WT: The New Testament in Possible Chronological Order. v1. 8th Dec 2010 (Spiritual)

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Shaw, George Bernard: The Revolutionist’s Handbook, v.1, 25 July 2008 (Other Non-Fiction)

Shea, Robert: The Saracen 1 v1 8 apr 2009 (Historical Fiction)

Shea, Robert: The Saracen 2 v1 8 apr 2009 (Historical Fiction)

Sheehan, Perley Poore: Adventures of Kwa, Man of the Jungle. v1. 16 March 08

Sheehan, Perley Poore: Fighting Fool v1 29 jul 2009 (Action)

Sheehan, Perley Poore: Monsieur de Guise. V1. 21 Jun 2012 (Horror)

Sheehan, Perley Poore: Spider Tong. V1. 20 Jun 2012 (Action)

Sheehan, Perley Poore: The Abyss of Wonders (1915); v1; 14 April 2021 (Science Fiction)

Sheehan, Perley Poore: The Black Abbot. V1. 18 Jun 2012 (Action)

Sheehan, Perley Poore: The Green Shiver. V1. 17 Jun 2012 (Horror)

Sheehan, Perley Poore: The Red Road to Shamballah. V1. 17 Jun 2012 (Horror)

Sheehan, Perley Poore: The Volunteer Nemesis (1916); v1, 15 Jan 2022 (Mystery and Crime)

Sheehan, Perley Poore: The Woman of the Pyramid (1914); V1, 30 March 2021 (Science Fiction)

Sheehan, Perley Poore: Where Terror Lurked. V1. 17 Jun 2012 (Horror)

Sheldon, Georgie, Mrs: His Heart's Queen. v1. 21 Jul 2014 (Other Fiction)

Sheldon, Georgie, Mrs: Katherine's Sheaves. v1. 21 Jul 2014 (Other Fiction)

Sheldon, Georgie, Mrs: Mona. v1. 22 Jul 2014 (Other Fiction)

Sheldon, Georgie, Mrs: The Heatherford Fortune. v1. 20 Jul 2014 (Other Fiction)

Sheldon, Georgie, Mrs: The Masked Bridal. v1. 22 Jul 2014 (Other Fiction)

Sheldon, Georgie, Mrs: True Love's Reward . v1. 22 Jul 2014 (Other Fiction)

Sheldon, Georgie, Mrs: Virgie's Inheritance. v1. 22 Jul 2014 (Other Fiction)

Shelley, Mary: Falkner. V1. 14 Jun 2012 (Romance)

Shelley, Mary: Frankenstein (1818), v1, 3 Dec. 07

Shelley, Mary: Frankenstein. V1. March 11 2012 (Horror)

Shelley, Mary: Lodore. V1. 14 Jun 2012 (Romance)

Shelley, Mary: Mary Shelley Omnibus. V1. 12 Jun 2012 (Fantasy)

Shelley, Mary: The Fortunes of Perkin Warbeck: V1. 13 Jun 2012 (Romance)

Shelley, Mary: The Mortal Immortal. V1. 11 Jun 2012 (Fantasy)

Shelley, Mary: Valperga. V1. 15 Jun 2012 (Romance)

Shelley, Percy Bysshe: The Necessity of Atheism, v.1, 31 May 2008. (Philosophy)

Sherman, William T.: Memoirs of William T. Sherman, v.1, March 19 2012 (Biography)

Shetterly, Will: Dogland. v1, 23 Aug 2008 (Fantasy)

Shetterly, Will: The Gospel of the Knife. v1, 23 Aug 2008 (Fantasy)

Shiel, M. P.: The Lord of the Sea. v1. 14 Mar 2013 (Fantasy)

Shiel, M. P.: The Purple Cloud. v1. 14 Mar 2013 (Horror)

Shiel, M. P: Horror Stories. v1. 13 Mar 2013 (Horror)

Shiel, M. P: The Last Miracle. v1. 13 Jul 2013 (Fantasy)

Shiel, M. P: Xelucha. v1. 13 Mar 2013 (Horror)

Shiel, M.P.: Prince Zaleski. v1. 21 Aug 07

Shiner, Lewis & Bruce Sterling: Turkey City Lexicon. 24 Aug 2008 (Reference)

Shinran Shonin: Buddhist Psalms, v.1, 12 Nov 2007. (Spiritual)

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Sidney, Margaret: Ben Pepper. v1, 15 Jul 2013 (Children)

Sidney, Margaret: Five Little Peppers Abroad. v1. 15 Jul 2013 (Children)

Sidney, Margaret: Five Little Peppers And How They Grew. v1. 16 Jul 2013 (Children)

Sidney, Margaret: Five Little Peppers and their Friends. v1. 17 Jul 2013 (Children)

Sidney, Margaret: Five Little Peppers at School. v1. 17 Jul 2013 (Children)

Sidney, Margaret: Five Little Peppers Grown Up. v1. 18 Jul 2013 (Children)

Sidney, Margaret: Five Little Peppers Midway. v1. 19 Jul 2013 (Children)

Sidney, Margaret: The Adventures of Joel Pepper. v1. 14 Jul 2013 (Children)

Siena, St. Catherine of: The Dialogue of Saint Catherine of Siena V1. 25-Sep 2010 (Spiritual)

Siena, St. Catherine of: The letters of Catherine Benincasa V1. 25-Sep 2010 (Spiritual)

Sienkiewicz, Henryk: Children of the Soil. v1. 23 Jul 2014 (Other Fiction)

Sienkiewicz, Henryk: Hania. v1. 24 Jul 2014 (Short Fiction)

Sienkiewicz, Henryk: In Desert and Wilderness. v1. 25 Jul 2014 (Other Fiction)

Sienkiewicz, Henryk: Let us follow Him. v1. 26 Jul 2014 (Historical Fiction)

Sienkiewicz, Henryk: Life and Death. v1. 26 Jul 2014 (Short Fiction)

Sienkiewicz, Henryk: On the Field of Glory. v1. 27 Jul 2014 (Historical Fiction)

Sienkiewicz, Henryk: Pan Michael. v1. 27 Jul 2014 (Historical Fiction)

Sienkiewicz, Henryk: Quo Vadis (german) v1.0 02 Feb 2010 (Historical Fiction)

Sienkiewicz, Henryk: Quo Vadis. v1. 28 Jul 2014 (Historical Fiction)

Sienkiewicz, Henryk: Quo Vadis. v2. 2nd Mar 2010 (Historical Fiction)

Sienkiewicz, Henryk: Sielanka-An Idyll. v1. 28 Jul 2014 (Short Fiction)

Sienkiewicz, Henryk: The Deluge Vol. I (of 2). v1. 23 Jul 2014 (Historical Fiction)

Sienkiewicz, Henryk: The Deluge, Vol. II. (of 2) (Historical Fiction)

Sienkiewicz, Henryk: The Knights of the Cross. v1. 25 Jul 2014 (Historical Fiction)

Sienkiewicz, Henryk: The Trilogy.v1.3 Dec. 2014 (Historical Fiction)

Sienkiewicz, Henryk: Whirlpools. v1. 29 Jul 2014 (Historical Fiction)

Sienkiewicz, Henryk: With Fire and Sword. v1. 30 Jul 2014 (Historical Fiction)

Sienkiewicz, Henryk: Without Dogma. v1. 30 Jul 2014 (Other Fiction)

Simms, William Gilmore: Charlemont. v1. 30 Jul 2014 (Other Fiction)

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Simpson, Helen de Guerry: Boomerang. V1. 7 Jan 2009 (Historical Fiction)

Simpson, Helen de Guerry: Henry VIII. V1. 7 Jan 2009 (Historical Fiction)

Simpson, Helen de Guerry: Maid No More. V1. 7 Jan 2009 (Historical Fiction)

Simpson, Helen de Guerry: Saraband for Dead Lovers. V1. 8 Jan 2009 (Historical Fiction)

Simpson, Helen de Guerry: The Spanish Marriage. V1. 8 Jan 2009 (Historical Fiction)

Simpson, Helen de Guerry: The Woman on the Beast. V1. 9 Jan 2009 (Historical Fiction)

Simpson, Helen de Guerry: Under Capricorn. V1. 10 Jan 2009 (Historical Fiction)

Sinclair, May: The Intercessor and Other Stories (ghosts). v1. 24 Nov 2020 (Horror)

Sinclair, May: Uncanny Stories (collect. ghosts). v1. 24 Nov 2020 (Horror)

Sinding, Otto: Skovstjerner [Norwegian].v1. 04 May 2014 (Poetry)

Sivle, Per: Vossa-Stubba [Norwegian].v1. 18 nov 2014 (Short Fiction)

Skram, Amalie: Professor Hieronimus/ På Sct. Jørgen[Norwegian].v1. 19 nov 2014 (Other Fiction)

Smiles, Samuel: Self Help; Conduct and Perseverance. v2. 16 Dec 07

Smiles, Samuel: Thrift. v1. 16 Dec 07

Smith, F Berkeley: The Real Latin Quarter, v1, 1 February 2010. (Other Non-Fiction)

Smith, F. Hopkinson: Outdoor Sketching, v.1, 13 Dec 2008 (Other Non-Fiction)

Smith, Francis Hopkinson: Abijah's Bubble. v1. 1 Aug 2014 (Short Fiction)

Smith, Francis Hopkinson: Caleb West, Master Diver. v1. 2 Aug 2014 (Other Fiction)

Smith, Francis Hopkinson: Colonel Carter of Cartersville. v1. 2 Aug 2014 (Other Fiction)

Smith, Francis Hopkinson: Colonel Carter's Christmas. v1. 3 Aug 2014 (Short Fiction)

Smith, Francis Hopkinson: Felix O'Day. v1. 3 Aug 2014 (Other Fiction)

Smith, Francis Hopkinson: Fiddles. v1. 3 Aug 2014 (Short Fiction)

Smith, Francis Hopkinson: Forty Minutes Late. v1. 5 Aug 2014| (Short Fiction)

Smith, Francis Hopkinson: Peter. v1. 6 Aug 2014 (Other Fiction)

Smith, Francis Hopkinson: The Arm-Chair at the Inn. v1. 1 Aug 2014 (Other Fiction)

Smith, Francis Hopkinson: The Fortunes of Oliver Horn. v1. 4 Aug 2014 (Other Fiction)

Smith, Francis Hopkinson: The Other Fellow. v1. 5 Aug 2014 (Short Fiction)

Smith, Francis Hopkinson: The Tides of Barnegat . v1. 6 Jul 2014 (Other Fiction)

Smith, Francis Hopkinson: The Underdog. v1. 7 Aug 2014 (Short Fiction)

Smith, Francis Hopkinson: The Veiled Lady. v1. 8 Aug 2014 (Short Fiction)

Smith, Francis Hopkinson: The Wood Fire in No. 3. v1. 8 Aug 2014 (Other Fiction)

Smith, Francis Hopkinson: Tom Grogan. v1. 6 Aug 2014 (Other Fiction)

Smith, Hannah Whitall: The Unselfishness of God. v1. 15 January 2024 (Spiritual)

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Smith, Thorne: The Night Life of the Gods. v1, 5 Jan 2008 (Humor)

Smith, Thorne: Thorne Smith: Collected Works. v1. 01 Aug 2021 (Collected Works)

Smith, Thorne: Topper. v1, 5 Jan 2008 (Humor)

Smyrnaeus, Quintus: The Fall of Troy. v1, 5 Sep 2008 (Poetry)

Smyth, Clifford: The Gilded Man (1918); v1; 22 Jun 2020 (Fantasy)

Snaith, John Collis: An affair of state. v1. 28 Jan 2016 (Other Fiction)

Snaith, John Collis: Araminta. v1. 29 Jan 2016 (Other Fiction)

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Snaith, John Collis: The Adventurous Lady. v1. 2 Feb 2014 (Other Fiction)

Snaith, John Collis: The Time Spirit. v1. 3 Feb 2016 (Romance)

Snaith, John Collis: The Undefeated. v1. 4 Feb 2016 (Other Fiction)

Snaith, John Collis: The Van Roon. v1. 5 Feb 2016 (Other Fiction)

Snaith, John Collis: William Jordan Junior. v1. 7 Feb 2016 (Other Fiction)

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Snouck Hurgronje, Christiaan: Mohammedanism. v1. 20 Jan 2014 (Other Non-Fiction)

Snyder, Gary: The Smokey the Bear Sutra, v.1, 29 Feb 2008. (Spiritual)

Soloviov, Vladimir: A Short Tale of the Antichrist, v.1, 11 April 2008. (Short Fiction)

Somerville, Charles: The Shriek (1922), v1, 24 Jun 2019 (Humor)

Songling, Pu: Strange Stories from a Chinese Studio.V1.19 Jan. 2015 (Fantasy)

Sophocles: Oedipus Tyrannus (Ancient Greek). v1. 7 April 2011 (Other Fiction)

Sousa, J. P: The Conspirators. The Conspirators. V1. 15 Jun 2012 (Mystery and Crime)

Southworth, E.D.E.: The Haunted Homestead. v1. 11 Jan 2013 (Short Fiction)

Southworth, E.D.E.: The Lost Lady of Lone. v1. 13 Jan 2014 (Romance)

Southworth, E.D.E.: The Missing Bride. v1. 13 Jan 2014 (Romance)

Southworth, E.D.E.N.: Her Mother's Secret. v1. 12 Jan 2014 (Romance)

Southworth, E.D.E.N.: Ishmael. v1. 12 Jan 2014 (Other Fiction)

Southworth, E.D.E.N.: Self-Raised. v1. 14 Jan 2013e (Other Fiction)

Southworth, E.D.E.N.: Tried for Her Life. v1. 14 Jan 2014 (Other Fiction)

Southworth, E.D.E.N.: Victor's Triumph. v1. 15 Jan 2014 (Romance)

Southworth, E.D.E.N: For Woman's Love. v1. 11 Jan 2014 (Romance)

Southworth, E.D.E: Capitola's Peril. v1. 10 Jan 2014 (Romance)

Southworth, E.D.E: Cruel As The Grave. v1. 10 Jan 2014 (Romance)

Southworth, E.D.E: Hidden Hand. v1. 12 Jan 2014 (Romance)

Southworth, Emma Dorothy: Capitola the Madcap. v1. 10 Aug 2014 (Other Fiction)

Southworth, Emma Dorothy: Capitola's Peril. v1. 10 Aug 2014 (Historical Fiction)

Southworth, Emma Dorothy: Cruel As The Grave. v1. 10 Aug 2014 (Other Fiction)

Southworth, Emma Dorothy: For Woman's Love. v1. 11 Aug 2014 (Other Fiction)

Southworth, Emma Dorothy: Her Mother's Secret. v1. 11 Aug 2014 (Other Fiction)

Southworth, Emma Dorothy: Hidden Hand. v1. 12 Aug 2014 (Other Fiction)

Southworth, Emma Dorothy: Ishmael. v1. 12 Aug 2014 (Other Fiction)

Southworth, Emma Dorothy: Self-Raised. v1. 14 Aug 2014 (Other Fiction)

Southworth, Emma Dorothy: The Haunted Homestead. v1. 11 Aug 2014 (Short Fiction)

Southworth, Emma Dorothy: The Lost Lady of Lone. v1. 13 Aug 2014 (Other Fiction)

Southworth, Emma Dorothy: The Missing Bride. v1. 13 Aug 2014 (Other Fiction)

Southworth, Emma Dorothy: Tried for Her Life. v1. 14 Aug 2014 (Other Fiction)

Southworth, Emma Dorothy: Victor's Triumph. v1. 15 Aug 2014 (Other Fiction)

Spearman, Frank H.: The Mountain Divide v1 11 aug 2009 (Western)

Spearman, Frank H: Held for Orders. v1. 27 Feb 2015 (Short Fiction)

Spearman, Frank H: Laramie Holds the Range. v1. 27 Feb 2015 (Western)

Spearman, Frank H: Nan of Music Mountain. v1. 28 Feb 2015 (Western)

Spearman, Frank H: Robert Kimberly. v1. 1 Mar 2015 (Other Fiction)

Spearman, Frank H: The Daughter of a Magnate. v1. 26 Feb 2015 (Other Fiction)

Spearman, Frank H: The Mountain Divide. v1. 28 Feb 2015 (Western)

Spearman, Frank H: The Nerve of Foley. v1. 1 Mar 2015 (Short Fiction)

Spearman, Frank H: Whispering Smith (1907); v1; 23 Feb 2020 (Western)

Spearman, Frank H: Whispering Smith. v1. 2 Mar 2015 (Western)

Speed, Nell: A House Party with the Tucker Twins. v1. 17 Aug 2014 (Other Fiction)

Speed, Nell: At Boarding School with the Tucker Twins. v1. 15 Aug 2014 (Other Fiction)

Speed, Nell: Back at School with the Tucker Twins. v1. 16 Aug 2014 (Other Fiction)

Speed, Nell: Molly Brown of Kentucky. v1. 18 Aug 2014 (Other Fiction)

Speed, Nell: Molly Brown's College Friends. v1. 18 Aug 2014 (Other Fiction)

Speed, Nell: Molly Brown's Junior Days. v1. 3 Mar 2015 (Young Adult)

Speed, Nell: Molly Brown's Orchard Home. v1. 3 Mar 2015 (Young Adult)

Speed, Nell: Molly Brown's Post-Graduate Days. v1. 4 Mar 2015 (Young Adult)

Speed, Nell: Molly Brown's Senior Days. v1. 4 Mar 2015 (Young Adult)

Speed, Nell: Molly Brown's Sophomore Days. v1. 5 Mar 2015 (Young Adult)

Speed, Nell: Molly Brown’s Freshman Days. v1. 2 Mar 2015 (Young Adult)

Speed, Nell: The Carter Girls' Mysterious Neighbors. v1. 16 Aug 2014 (Other Fiction)

Speed, Nell: The Carter Girls' Week-End Camp. v1. 17 Aug 2014 (Other Fiction)

Speed, Nell: The Carter Girls. v1. 16 Aug 2014 (Other Fiction)

Speed, Nell: Tripping with the Tucker Twins. v1. 5 Mar 2015 (Young Adult)

Speed, Nell: Vacation with the Tucker Twins. v1. 5 Mar 2015 (Young Adult)

Spence, Lewis: Hero Tales and Legends of the Rhine, v.1, 16 March 2009. (Other Fiction)

Spenser, Edmund: The Faerie Queen. V1.14 June 2012 (Poetry)

Spielhagen, Friedrich: Hammer and Anvil. v1. 20 Aug 2014 (Other Fiction)

Spielhagen, Friedrich: Problematic Characters. v1. 21 Aug 2014 (Other Fiction)

Spielhagen, Friedrich: Quisisana. v1. 21 Aug 2014 (Other Fiction)

Spielhagen, Friedrich: The Breaking of the Storm Vol I. v1. 18 Aug 2014 (Other Fiction)

Spielhagen, Friedrich: The Breaking of the Storm Vol II. v1. 19 Aug 2014 (Other Fiction)

Spielhagen, Friedrich: The Breaking of the Storm Vol III. v1. 19 Aug 2014 (Other Fiction)

Spielhagen, Friedrich: The German Pioneers. v1. 19 Aug 2014 (Other Fiction)

Spielhagen, Friedrich: Through Night to Light. v1. 22 Aug 2014 (Other Fiction)

Spielhagen, Friedrich: What the Swallow Sang. v1. 22 Aug 2014 (Other Fiction)

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Spinoza, Baruch: The Ethics HYPERLINKED. v1. 24 October 2009 (Philosophy)

Spinoza, Benedict de: Ethics, v.1, 29 August 2008 (Philosophy)

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Spyri, Johanna: Erick and Sally. v1. 23 Aug 2014 (Other Fiction)

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Stapledon, William Olaf: A Man Divided. V1. 30 Dec 2008 (Science Fiction)

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Stapledon, William Olaf: Sirius. V1. 1 Jan 2009 (Short Fiction)

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Stebbing, Grace: Edward Bertram. v1. 8 Feb 2016 (Action)

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Steele, Chester K: The Golf Course Mystery. v1. 6 Mar 2015 (Mystery and Crime)

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Sterling, Bruce: The Hacker Crackdown, V1 18 Dec 07

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Stevens, Francis: Nightmare!. v1. 08 Aug 2021 (Science Fiction)

Stevens, Francis: Serapion (v2), 1920, 18 Feb 2020 (Fantasy)

Stevens, Francis: Sunfire, and other stories (2020); v2; 10 Aug 2021 (Short Fiction)

Stevens, Francis: The Heads of Cerberus (1919); v1; 22 Feb 2020 (Science Fiction)

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Stevenson, Robert Louis and Osbourne, Lloyd: The Ebb-Tide. V1. 12 Mar 2010 (Action)

Stevenson, Robert Louis and Osbourne, Lloyd: The Wrecker. V1. 13 Mar 2010 (Action)

Stevenson, Robert Louis: Das Flaschenteufelchen german v2 15 mar 2009 (Young Adult)

Stevenson, Robert Louis: David Balfour (Kidnapped and Catriona), v1.01, 3 June 2008 (Historical Fiction)

Stevenson, Robert Louis: Die Schatzinsel german v1 21 feb 2009 (Action)

Stevenson, Robert Louis: Herren til Ballantrae [Norwegian]. v1. 17 May 2014 (Historical Fiction)

Stevenson, Robert Louis: Island Nights' Entertainments (1893), V1, 3 May 2020 (Short Fiction)

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Stevenson, Robert Louis: Selvmorderklubben [Norwegian].v1. 04 Aug 2012 (Mystery and Crime)

Stevenson, Robert Louis: Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde v.1 (Horror)

Stevenson, Robert Louis: The Merry Men (1887), v1, 1 May 2020 (Short Fiction)

Stevenson, Robert Louis: The Wrong Box (1889); v2; 3 April 2020 (Humor)

Stevenson, Robert Louis: Travels with a Donkey in the Cévennes. v1. 9 Dec 07

Stevenson, Robert Louis: Treasure Island, v1, 27 May 2008 (Young Adult)

Stewart, Elinore Pruitt: Letters of a Woman Homesteader, v.1., 22 Dec 2007 (Biography)

Stillwell, Wendell. X-15 Research Results. v1.0 12 July 2009 (History)

Stilson, Charles B: Minos of Sardanes (1916); v1, 10 Jan 2022 (Fantasy)

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Stilson, Charles B: Polaris of the Snows (1915); v1, 10 Jan 2022 (Fantasy)

Stock, St. George: A Guide to Stoicism. 20 Jan 2008 (Philosophy)

Stock, St. George: Deductive Logic. 26 Jan 2008 (Philosophy)

Stockley, Cynthia: Blue Aloes. v1. 7 Oct 2013 (Science Fiction)

Stockley, Cynthia: Pink Gods and Blue Demons. v1. 8 Nov 2013 (Romance)

Stockley, Cynthia: Poppy. v1. 8 Nov 2013 (Romance)

Stockley, Cynthia: The Claw. v1. 8 Nov 2013 (Action)

Stockton, Frank R.: John Gayther's Garden and the Stories Told There. v1, 12 Jan 2008

Stockton, Frank R.: The Magic Egg and Other Stories . v1, 11 Jan 2008

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Stockton, Frank R: The Lady, or the Tiger? v.1, 6 January 2009. (Mystery and Crime)

Stockton, Frank Richard: A Bicycle of Cathay. v1. 4 Jul 2013 (Romance)

Stockton, Frank Richard: A Chosen Few. v1. 6 Jul 2913 (Science Fiction)

Stockton, Frank Richard: A Jolly Fellowship. v1. 9 Jul 2013 (Other Fiction)

Stockton, Frank Richard: Amos Kilbright; His Adscititious Experiences. v1. 2 Jul 2013 (Short Fiction)

Stockton, Frank Richard: Buccaneers and Pirates of Our Coasts. v1. 5 Jul 2013 (Historical Fiction)

Stockton, Frank Richard: Kate Bonnet. v1. 9 Jul 2013 (Action)

Stockton, Frank Richard: Mrs. Cliff's Yacht. v1. 10 Jul 2013 (Romance)

Stockton, Frank Richard: My Terminal Moraine. v1. 11 Jul 2013 (Romance)

Stockton, Frank Richard: The Adventures of Captain Hornst, v1. 2 Jul 2013 (Action)

Stockton, Frank Richard: The Associate Hermits. v1. 3 Jul 2013 (Other Fiction)

Stockton, Frank Richard: The Bee-Man of Orn. v1. 3 Jul 2013 (Short Fiction)

Stockton, Frank Richard: The Captain's Toll-Gate. v1. 5 Jul 2013 (Other Fiction)

Stockton, Frank Richard: The Girl at Cobhurst. v1. 6 Jul 2013 (Romance)

Stockton, Frank Richard: The Great Stone of Sardis. v1, 8 Jul 2013 (Other Fiction)

Stockton, Frank Richard: The Great War Syndicate. v1. 8 Jul 2013 (Short Fiction)

Stockton, Frank Richard: The House of Martha. v1. 8 Jul 2013 (Romance)

Stockton, Frank Richard: The Late Mrs. Null. v1. 10 Jul 2013 (Other Fiction)

Stoddard, Elizabeth Drew: Lemorne Versus Huell. v1. 13 Jul 2013 (Short Fiction)

Stoddard, Elizabeth Drew: Poems. v1. 13 Jul 2013 (Poetry)

Stoddard, Elizabeth Drew: The Morgesons. v1. 13 Jul 2013 (Other Fiction)

Stoddard, Jason: Winning Mars v1.0 2007-09-09

Stoddard, William Osborn: Ahead of the Army. v1. 5 Jun 2013 (Action)

Stoddard, William Osborn: Crowded Out o' Crofield. v1. 5 Jun 2013 (Young Adult)

Stoddard, William Osborn: Dab Kinzer. Dab Kinzer1. 6 Jun 2013 (Young Adult)

Stoddard, William Osborn: The Lost Gold of the Montezumas. v1. 6 Jun 2013 (Action)

Stoddard, William Osborn: The Noank's Log. v1, 7 Jun 2013 (Action)

Stoddard, William Osborn: The Red Mustang. v1. 7 Jun 2013 (Western)

Stoddard, William Osborn: The Talking Leaves. v1. 8 Jun 2013 (Western)

Stoddard, William Osborn: Two Arrows. v1. 9 Jun 2013 (Action)

Stoddard, William Osborn: Winter Fun. v1. 10 Jun 2013 (Other Fiction)

Stoker, Bram: Dracula v2.1 2007-01-13

Stoker, Bram: Dracula's Guest and Other Weird Stories (v.1) (Horror)

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Stoker, Bram: Dracula.V1.March 11 2012 (Horror)

Stoker, Bram: The Jewel of Seven Stars, v.1 (Horror)

Stoker, Bram: The Jewel of Seven Stars. v1, 24 Dec 2007

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Stoker, Bram: The Lair of the White Worm (1911). v2. 8 Aug 2013 (Horror)

Stoker, Bram: The Lair of the White Worm (1911); v1; 9 April 2020 (Horror)

Stoker, Bram: The Man, v.1, 16 November 2008. (Romance)

Stoker, Bram: Under the Sunset, v.1. (Fantasy)

Storm, Theodor W.: Der Schimmelreiter (german), v1, 30 Dec 2008 (Other Fiction)

Storm, Theodor W.: Der Spiegel des Cyprianus, german, v1, 14 Mar 2009 (Mystery and Crime)

Storm, Theodor W.: Im Sonnenschein (german), v1, 29 Dec 2008 (Short Fiction)

Storm, Theodor W.: Immensee (german), v1, 29 Dec 2008 (Other Fiction)

Storm, Theodor W.: Waldwinkel (german), v1, 5 Jan 2009 (Other Fiction)

Storm, Theodor: Hans und Heinz Kirch. german. v1. 26 mar 2009 (Other Fiction)

Storm, Theodor: The Rider on the White Horse. v1. 22 Mar 2012 (Short Fiction)

Stowe, Harriet Beecher: Onkel Toms Hütte german v1 23 mar 2009 (Historical Fiction)

Stowe, Harriet Beecher: Uncle Tom's Cabin V2 21 March 2011 (Historical Fiction)

Stowe, Harriet Beecher: Uncle Tom's Cabin, Young Folks' Edition. v1, 8 Jan 2008

Stowe, Harriet Beecher: Uncle Tom's Cabin. v1, 4 Jan 2008

Strachey, Lytton: Elizabeth and Essex. V1. 5 Oct 2012 (History)

Strachey, Lytton: Eminent Victorians, v1, 09Jan08 (Biography)

Strachey, Lytton: Queen Victoria, v1. 27 Jan 2010 (Biography)

Stratemeyer, Edward: American Boy's Life of Theodore Roosevelt. v1, 10 Jan 2008

Stratemeyer, Edward: At the Fall of Port Arthur. v1. 31 Aug 2014 (Action)

Stratemeyer, Edward: Boys of The Fort. v1. 1 Sep 2014 (Action)

Stratemeyer, Edward: Dave Porter and His Double. v1. 2 Sep 2014 (Action)

Stratemeyer, Edward: Dave Porter and His Rivals. v1. 2 Sep 2014 (Action)

Stratemeyer, Edward: Dave Porter and the Runaways. v1. 2 Sep 2014 (Action)

Stratemeyer, Edward: Dave Porter At Bear Camp. v1. 3 Sep Aug (Action)

Stratemeyer, Edward: Dave Porter at Star Ranch. v1. 3 Aug 2014 (Action)

Stratemeyer, Edward: Dave Porter in the Far North. v1. 4 Sep 2014 (Action)

Stratemeyer, Edward: Dave Porter in the Gold Fields. v1. 4 Sep 2014 (Action)

Stratemeyer, Edward: Dave Porter in the South Seas. v1. 5 Sep 2014 (Action)

Stratemeyer, Edward: Dave Porter on Cave Island. v1. 5 Sep 2014 (Action)

Stratemeyer, Edward: Fighting in Cuban Waters. v1. 6 Aug 2014 (Action)

Stratemeyer, Edward: First at the North Pole. v1. 6 Sep 2014 (Action)

Stratemeyer, Edward: For the Liberty of Texas. v1. 6 Sep 2014 (Action)

Stratemeyer, Edward: Four Boy Hunters. v1. 7 Sep 2014 (Action)

Stratemeyer, Edward: Guns and Snowshoes. v1. 7 Sep 2014 (Action)

Stratemeyer, Edward: Leo the Circus Boy. v1. 8 Sep 2014 (Action)

Stratemeyer, Edward: Marching on Niagara. v1. 8 Sep 2014 (Action)

Stratemeyer, Edward: On the Trail of Pontiac. v1. 10 Sep 2014 (Action)

Stratemeyer, Edward: Out with Gun and Camera. v1. 10 Sep 20-14 (Action)

Stratemeyer, Edward: Rover Boys Omnibus Vol 1. v2, 17 Oct 2008 (Young Adult)

Stratemeyer, Edward: Rover Boys Omnibus Vol 2. v2, 25 Oct 2008 (Young Adult)

Stratemeyer, Edward: Rover Boys Omnibus Vol 3. v1, 28 Oct 2008 (Young Adult)

Stratemeyer, Edward: Rover Boys Omnibus Vol 4. v1, 30 Oct 2008 (Young Adult)

Stratemeyer, Edward: Rover Boys Omnibus Vol 5. v1, 4 Nov 2008 (Young Adult)

Stratemeyer, Edward: The Boy Land Boomer. v1. 31 Aug 2014 (Action)

Stratemeyer, Edward: The Campaign of the Jungle. v1. 1 Sep 2014 (Action)

Stratemeyer, Edward: The Last Cruise of the Spitfire. v1. 7 Sep 2014 (Action)

Stratemeyer, Edward: The Missing Tin Box (Action)

Stratemeyer, Edward: The Mystery at Putnam Hall. v1. 9 Sep 2014 (Action)

Stratemeyer, Edward: The Putnam Hall Cadets. v1. 11 Sep 2014 (Action)

Streckfuss, Adolph: Castle Hohenwald. v1. 22 Mar 2014 (Romance)

Streckfuss, Adolph: Quicksands. v1. 22 Mar 2014 (Other Fiction)

Streckfuss, Adolph: The Lonely House. v1. 22 Mar 2013 (Mystery and Crime)

Streckfuss, Adolph: Too Rich: A Romance. v1. 23 Mar 2014 (Romance)

Street, G. S.: Episodes (short stories). v1. 28 Feb 2019 (Short Fiction)

Street, G. S.: On MONEY and Other Essays. v1. 01 Mar 2019 (Essays)

Street, G. S.: Selections from “A Book of Stories”. v1. 28 Feb 2019 (Short Fiction)

Street, G. S.: Some Notes of a Struggling Genius. v2. 01 Mar 2019 (Essays)

Street, G. S.: The Autobiography of a Boy. v1. 28 Feb 2019 (Other Fiction)

Street, G. S.: The Trials of the Bantocks. v1. 28 Feb 2019 (Other Fiction)

Street, G. S.: The Views of an Angry Man. v1. 01 Mar 2019 (Essays)

Strindberg, August: In Midsummer Days and Other Tales. v1, 29 Jan 2008

Stross, Charles & Doctorow, Cory: Jury Service v2.0 2008-08-06 (Science Fiction)

Stross, Charles: Accelerando v2.0 2008-08-13 (Science Fiction)

Strubberg, F. Armand: An der Indianergrenze. german. v1. 25 apr 2011 (Western)

Strunk, William: The Elements of Style.V1.30 June 2014 (Reference)

Sue, Eugène: A Cardinal Sin. v1. 10 May 2015 (Other Fiction)

Sue, Eugène: A Romance of the West Indies. v1. 22 May 2015 (Action)

Sue, Eugène: Avarice-Anger. v1. 8 May 2015 (Other Fiction)

Sue, Eugène: Envy and Indolence. v1. 23 May 2015 (Other Fiction)

Sue, Eugène: Iron Trevet, The. v1. 14 May 2015 (Historical Fiction)

Sue, Eugène: Luxury-Gluttony. v1. 15 May 2015 (Other Fiction)

Sue, Eugène: Pride. v1. 22 May 2014 (Other Fiction)

Sue, Eugène: The Abbatial Crosier. v1. 7 May 2015 (Historical Fiction)

Sue, Eugène: The Blacksmith's Hammer. v1. 8 May 2015 (Historical Fiction)

Sue, Eugène: The Branding Needle. v1. 9 May 2015 (Historical Fiction)

Sue, Eugène: The Brass Bell. v1. 9 May 2015 (Historical Fiction)

Sue, Eugène: The Carlovingian Coins. v1. 10 May 2015 (Historical Fiction)

Sue, Eugène: The Casque's Lark. The Casque's Lark. v1. 11 May 2015 (Historical Fiction)

Sue, Eugène: The Executioner's Knife. v1. 11 May 2015 (Historical Fiction)

Sue, Eugène: The Galley Slave's Ring. v1. 12 May 2015 (Historical Fiction)

Sue, Eugène: The Gold Sickle. v1. 12 May 2015 (Historical Fiction)

Sue, Eugène: The Infant's Skull. v1. 13 May 2015 (Historical Fiction)

Sue, Eugène: The Iron Arrow Head. v1. 13 May 2015 (Historical Fiction)

Sue, Eugène: The Iron Pincers. v1. 14 May 2015 (Historical Fiction)

Sue, Eugène: The Knight of Malta. v1. 15 May 2015 (Historical Fiction)

Sue, Eugène: The Mysteries of Paris Vol 4. v1. 18 May 2015 (Mystery and Crime)

Sue, Eugène: The Mysteries of Paris, Vol 1. 16 May 2015 (Mystery and Crime)

Sue, Eugène: The Mysteries of Paris, Vol 2. v1. 17 May 2015 (Mystery and Crime)

Sue, Eugène: The Mysteries of Paris, Vol 3. V1. 17 May 2015 (Mystery and Crime)

Sue, Eugène: The Mysteries of Paris, Vol 5. v1. 18 May 2015 (Mystery and Crime)

Sue, Eugène: The Mysteries of Paris, Vol 6. v1. 19 May 2015 (Mystery and Crime)

Sue, Eugène: The Pocket Bible. v1. 21 May 2015 (Historical Fiction)

Sue, Eugène: The Poniard's Hilt. v1. 21 May 2015 (Historical Fiction)

Sue, Eugène: The Silver Cross. v1. 23 May 2015 (Other Fiction)

Sue, Eugène: The Sword of Honor. v1. 24 May 2015 (Historical Fiction)

Sue, Eugene: The Wandering Jew (Complete). V1. 15 May 2009 (Other Fiction)

Sue, Eugène: The Wandering Jew, Book I. v2. 26 May 2015 (Other Fiction)

Sue, Eugène: The Wandering Jew, Book II. v2. 26 May 20154 (Historical Fiction)

Sue, Eugène: The Wandering Jew, Book III. v1. 26 May 2015 (Historical Fiction)

Sue, Eugène: The Wandering Jew, Book IV. v1. 27 May 2015 (Historical Fiction)

Sue, Eugène: The Wandering Jew, Book IX. v1. 29 May 2015 (Historical Fiction)

Sue, Eugène: The Wandering Jew, Book V. v1. 27 May 2015 (Historical Fiction)

Sue, Eugène: The Wandering Jew, Book VI. v1. 28 May 2015 (Historical Fiction)

Sue, Eugène: The Wandering Jew, Book VII. v1. 28 May 2015 (Historical Fiction)

Sue, Eugène: The Wandering Jew, Book VIII. v1. 28 May 2015 (Historical Fiction)

Sue, Eugène: The Wandering Jew, Book X. v1. 29 May 2015 (Historical Fiction)

Sue, Eugène: The Wandering Jew, Book XI. v1. 29 May 2015 (Historical Fiction)

Suetonius: The Lives of the 12 Caesars. V1. 21 Oct 2014 (History)

Suetonius: The Lives of the Twelve Caesars, v1, 3 Oct 2007. (Biography)

Summerfield, Ted: If I Had A Car. V1 5th July 2011 (Children)

Suso, Blessed Henry: A Little Book of Eternal Wisdom, v.1, 19 January 2009. (Spiritual)

Sutcliffe, Halliwell: A Bachelor in Arcady. v1. 6 Sep 2016 (Other Fiction)

Sutcliffe, Halliwell: A Benedick in Arcady. v1. 9 Sep 2016 (Other Fiction)

Sutcliffe, Halliwell: Red O' the Feud. v1. 11 Sep 2016 (Other Fiction)

Sutphen, Van Tassel: The Doomsman. V1. 21 May 2009 (Science Fiction)

Sutphen, Van Tassel: The Gates of Chance. V1. 22 May 2009 (Mystery and Crime)

Sverdrup, Otto: Nyt Land (Illustrated) [Norwegian].v1. 07 Apr 2013 (Other Non-Fiction)

Swain, E. G.: The Stoneground Ghost Tales. v1. 22 Jun 2018 (Horror)

Swainson, Frederic: Acton's Feud. v1. 10 Sep 07

Swanson, David: Iraq War Among World's Worst Events, v1 27 Mar 2013 (Other Non-Fiction)

Sweeney, Stephen J, The Honour of the Knights, V1, 25 Mar 2011 (Science Fiction)

Sweetser, Kate D.: Ten Boys From Dickens:. v1, 22 Feb 2008

Sweetser, Kate D.: Ten Girls From Dickens:. v1, 22 Feb 2008

Swift, Jonathan, Steele, Richard: Isaac Bickerstaff Collection. v1, 12 Jan 2008

Swift, Jonathan: A Modest Proposal. 18 Aug 07 (Humor)

Swift, Jonathan: Gulliver's Travels (illus-Rackham). v1. 30 Nov 2017 (Fantasy)

Swift, Jonathan: Gulliver's Travels. v1, 3 Jan 2008

Swift, Jonathan: Gullivers Reisen german v1 10 feb 2009 (Other Fiction)

Swift, Jonathan: The Battle of the Books:. v1, 22 Feb 2008

Swinburne, Algernon Charles: A Study of Shakespeare. v1, 23 Jan 2009 (Other Non-Fiction)

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Taft, William Nelson: On Secret Service (1921); v1, 21 Dec 2019 (Mystery and Crime)

Tagore, Rabindranath: The Home, The World, v.1, 14 July 2008 (Other Fiction)

Tagore, Rabindranath: Gitanjali, v.1, 21 Feb 2008 (Poetry)

Tarkington, Booth: Alice Adams. v1, 2 Jan 2008

Tarkington, Booth: Growth – A Trilogy (omnibus). v1. 26 Feb 2021 (Other Fiction)

Tarkington, Booth: Penrod (1914), v1 (Short Fiction)

Tarkington, Booth: Penrod Jashber. v2. 23 Feb 2021 (Humor)

Tarkington, Booth: The Fascinating Stranger (1923); v1; 22 Oct 2019 (Short Fiction)

Tarkington, Booth: The Magnificent Ambersons (1918); v1; 1 Feb 2020 (Other Fiction)

Tarkington, Booth: The Magnificent Ambersons. v1, 2 Jan 2008

Tarwater, Tristan: Thieves at Heart (The Valley of Ten Crescents, Book 1). V1. 16 Apr (Fantasy)

Tatius, Achilles: Clitophon and Leucippe. v1 8 May 2016 (Romance)

Taylor, Mary Imlay: An Imperial Lover. v1. 5 Dec 2015 (Other Fiction)

Taylor, Mary Imlay: Caleb Trench. v1. 6 Dec 2015 (Other Fiction)

Taylor, Mary Imlay: My Lady Clancarty. v1. 8 Dec 2015 (Other Fiction)

Taylor, Zachary: State of the Union. v1.0 17 October 2007

Tebb & Vollum: Premature Burial & How it may be Prevented, v1, 21 Oct 2007. (Reference)

Teller, Woolsey: The Atheism of Astronomy, v.1, 1 June 2008. (Philosophy)

Templeton, Herminie: Darby O'Gill (1903); v2,. 27 Jan 2021 (Fantasy)

Templeton, Herminie: Darby O'Gill, v1.0, 9 Nov, 2007 (Fantasy)

Templeton, Herminie: The Ashes of Old Wishes, v1, 3 Feb 2021 (Fantasy)

Tenneshaw, S. M: The Monster. V1. 1 May 2009 (Short Fiction)

Tennyson, Alfred Lord: Idylls of the King (Illustrated). v1, 14 Aug 2008 (Poetry)

Tennyson, Alfred Lord: The Early Poems. v1.1. 28/11/2008 (Poetry)

Tepperman, Emile C: 3 by Tepperman. V1. 6 Jul 2012 (Mystery and Crime)

Tepperman, Emile C: Avenger Stories. V1. 4 Jul 2012 (Mystery and Crime)

Tepperman, Emile C: Marty Quade Stories. V1. 5 Jul 2012 (Mystery and Crime)

Tepperman, Emile C: Operator #5 Stories. V1. 6 Jul 2012 (Mystery and Crime)

Tepperman, Emile C: Secret Agent X Omnibus. V1. 29 Dec 2008 (Mystery and Crime)

Tepperman, Emile C: Secret Agent X Stories. V1. 5 Jul 2012 (Mystery and Crime)

Tepperman, Emile C: Suicide Squad Stories. V1. 5 Jul 2012 (Mystery and Crime)

Terhune, Albert Payson: Are You Fit To Own A Dog? v.1.2, 13 February 2008. (Other Non-Fiction)

Terhune, Albert Payson: Black Caesar’s Clan, v.1, 13 February 2009. (Mystery and Crime)

Terhune, Albert Payson: Bruce, v.1, 8 February 2009. (Young Adult)

Terhune, Albert Payson: Further Adventures of Lad, v.1, 8 February 2009. (Young Adult)

Terhune, Albert Payson: His Dog, v.1, 8 February 2009. (Young Adult)

Terhune, Albert Payson: Lad: A Dog, v.1, 8 February 2009. (Young Adult)

Terhune, Albert Payson: With A Reverse English, v.1, 13 February 2009. (Other Non-Fiction)

Tey, Josephine [Gordon Daviot]: The Privateer, v.1, 23 November 2008. (Historical Fiction)

Tey, Josephine: A Shilling for Candles (1936); v1, 2 Feb 2002 (Mystery and Crime)

Tey, Josephine: Brat Farrar, v.1, 22 July 2008. (Mystery and Crime)

Tey, Josephine: Kif: An Unvarnished History, V1, 19Feb 2010 (Other Fiction)

Tey, Josephine: Miss Pym Disposes, v.1, 4Aug2008 (Mystery and Crime)

Tey, Josephine: The Daughter of Time, v.2, 16 April 2009 (Mystery and Crime)

Tey, Josephine: The Expensive Halo, v.1, 28 June 2009. (Other Non-Fiction)

Tey, Josephine: The Franchise Affair, v.1, 21 July 2008. (Mystery and Crime)

Tey, Josephine: The Man in the Queue, v1, 29 September 2009. (Mystery and Crime)

Tey, Josephine: The Singing Sands, v.1, 4 April 2009 (Mystery and Crime)

Tey, Josephine: To Love and Be Wise, v.1, 21 July 2008. (Mystery and Crime)

Thackeray, W M: The Story of Mary Ancel, v.1, 7 August 2008. (Short Fiction)

Thackeray, W M: Vanity Fair, v1, 10 Oct 2007. (Other Fiction)

Thackeray, W.M.: Barry Lyndon. v1, 23 Jan 2008

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Thackeray, W.M.: The Book of Snobs. v1, 15 Jan 2008

Thackeray, William M: Jahrmarkt der Eitelkeit. [German]. 20-Nov-2010 (Other Fiction)

Thackeray, William Makepeace: Adventures of Major Gahagan. v1, 9 May 2008

Thackeray, William Makepeace: Barry Lyndon. v1, 9 May 2008

Thackeray, William Makepeace: Catherine. v1, 14 May 2008 (Humor)

Thackeray, William Makepeace: The Bedford-Row Conspiracy. v1, 9 May 2008

Thackeray, William Makepeace: The Book of Snobs. v1, 12 May 2008

Thackeray, William Makepeace: The History of Henry Esmond, Esq. v1, 22 May 2008 (Historical Fiction)

Thackeray, William Makepeace: Vanity Fair (Illustrated). v1, 3 May 2008

Thayer, Ella Cheever.: Wired Love A Romance of Dots and Dashes. v1, 20 Jan 2008

Thayer, Ella Cheever: Wired Love.V2.17 Aug 2013 (Romance)

The Geneva Conventions. v1, 30 June 2008 (Government)

Thierry, James Francis: Adventure of the 11 Cuff Buttons; 1918; v1; 24Feb2022 (Mystery and Crime)

Thierry, James Francis; The Adventure of the Eleven Cuff-Buttons. V1. 2 Sep 2011 (Humor)

Thoma, Ludwig: Lausbubengeschichten, german, v1, 14 Feb 2009 (Humor)

Thomas, Chauncey: The Crystal Button, v1. 25 May 2009 (Science Fiction)

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Thomas, Dylan: A Child’s Christmas in Wales, v.1, 19 Jan 2008. (Short Fiction)

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Thomas, Edward: In Pursuit of Spring. v1. 2 Apr 2013 (Other Non-Fiction)

Thompson, Flora: Still Glides the Stream, v1, 11 September 2009 (Other Fiction)

Thompson, Maurice: Alice of Old Vincennes. v1. 26 Oct 07 (Historical Fiction)

Thomson, Basil: A Murder is Arranged (1937); v1; 30 Sep 2019 (Mystery and Crime)

Thomson, Basil: Carfax Abbey (1928); V1; 2 Oct 2019 (Mystery and Crime)

Thomson, Basil: Death in the Bathroom (1936); v1, 1 Oct 2019 (Mystery and Crime)

Thomson, Basil: Milliner's Hat Mystery (1937); v1; 22 Sep 2019 (Mystery and Crime)

Thomson, Basil: Mr Pepper, Investigator (1925); v1; 11 July 2022 (Humor)

Thomson, Basil: Queer People: Hunting Spies in World War 1 (1922); v1; 30 Sep 2019 (Other Non-Fiction)

Thomson, Basil: Richardson Goes Abroad (1935); v1; 29 Sep 2019 (Mystery and Crime)

Thomson, Basil: Richardson Scores Again (1934); v1; 30 Sep 2019 (Mystery and Crime)

Thomson, Basil: Richardson Solves a Dartmoor Mystery (1935); v1; 24 Sep 2019 (Mystery and Crime)

Thomson, Basil: Richardson's First Case (1933); v1; 24 Sep 2019 (Mystery and Crime)

Thomson, Basil: The Case of Naomi Clynes (1935): v.1. (Mystery and Crime)

Thomson, Basil: The Metal Flask (1929), v1, 4 Oct 2019 (Mystery and Crime)

Thomson, Basil: The Story of Scotland Yard (1935); v1; 23 Sep 2019 (Other Non-Fiction)

Thoreau, Henry David: Civil Disobedience, v.1, 26 Nov 2007. (Government)

Thoreau, Henry David: Selected Works. V1. 21 Jun 2011 (Other Non-Fiction)

Thoreau, Henry David: Walden, v1, 09Jan08 (Philosophy)

Thorne, Guy: Chance in Chains (1914); v1 (Mystery and Crime)

Thorne, Guy: The Air Pirate (1920); v1; 14 Nov 2019 (Science Fiction)

Thorne, Guy: The Fanshawe Murder (1931); v1; 3 Aug 2020 (Mystery and Crime)

Thorne, Guy: The Painted Coin and other stories (2020); v1; 5 Aug 2020 (Short Fiction)

Thorne, Guy: The Parrot Faced Man (1917); v1 (Mystery and Crime)

Thorne, Guy: The Secret Service Submarine (1915), v1 (Action)

Thorne, Paul and Mabel: The Sheridan Road Mystery. V1. 19 July 2009 (Mystery and Crime)

Three Initiates: The Kybalion, v1, 1 February 2010. (Philosophy)

Thurston, Ernest Temple: David and Jonathan. v1. 8 May 2016 (Other Fiction)

Thurston, Ernest Temple: Katherine. v1. 10 May 2016 (Other Fiction)

Thurston, Ernest Temple: Richard Furlong. v1. 13 May 2016 (Other Fiction)

Thurston, Ernest Temple: The Antagonists. v1. 14 May 2016 (Other Fiction)

Thurston, Ernest Temple: The Flower of Gloster. v1, 19 May 2016 (Other Fiction)

Thurston, Ernest Temple: The Garden Of Resurrection. v1. 20 May 2016 (Other Fiction)

Thurston, Ernest Temple: The Greatest Wish In The World. v1. 21 May 2016 (Other Fiction)

Thurston, Ernest Temple: The Green Bough. v1. 23 May 2016 (Other Fiction)

Thurston, Ernest Temple: The Passionate Crime. v1. 24 May 2016 (Other Fiction)

Thurston, Ernest Temple: The World Of Wonderful Reality. v1. 25 May 2016 (Other Fiction)

Tieck, Ludwig: Der Hexensabbat [German] V1. 25 Jul 2010 (Other Fiction)

Tieck, Ludwig: Franz Sternbalds Wanderungen [German] V1. 25 Jul 2010 (Other Fiction)

Tieck, Ludwig: Peter Lebrecht [German] V1. 25 Jul 2010 (Other Fiction)

Tieck, Ludwig: Pietro von Abano (german) v1 23 dec 2008 (Other Fiction)

Tilden, J.H.: Toxemia Explained. v2. 30 Jan 2013 (Reference)

Toepffer, Rudolf: Genfer Novellen [German] V1. 25 Jul 2010 (Other Fiction)

Toepffer, Rudolf: Rosa und Gertrud [German] V1. 25 Jul 2010 (Other Fiction)

Tolstoi, Alexei Nikolajewitsch: Aelita. german. v1. 9 mar 2009 (Science Fiction)

Tolstoi, Lew. N.: Glück der Familie [german]. V1. 24 Dec 2010 (Other Fiction)

Tolstoi, Lew: Anna Karenina german v1; July 28th 2009 (Historical Fiction)

Tolstoi, Lew: Auferstehung. [German]. 20-Nov-2010 (Other Fiction)

Tolstoi, Lew: Krieg und Frieden; german v1.1; July 19th 2009 (Historical Fiction)

Tolstoy, Leo: Детство (Childhood, Russian). v1, 25 Mar 2011 (Biography)

Tolstoy, Leo: A Confession. v1, 22 Oct 2016 (Biography)

Tolstoy, Leo: Anna Karenina, v.1.0, 1 Dec 2007

Tolstoy, Leo: Boyhood. v1, 7 Jan 2008 (Biography)

Tolstoy, Leo: Childhood. v1, 7 Jan 2008 (Biography)

Tolstoy, Leo: Family Happiness. v1, 20 Sep 2016 (Short Fiction)

Tolstoy, Leo: Father Sergius. v1, 15 Nov 2016 (Short Fiction)

Tolstoy, Leo: Father Sergius. v1, 6 Jan 2008

Tolstoy, Leo: Hadji Murad. v1, 12 Sep 2016 (Historical Fiction)

Tolstoy, Leo: Hadji Murad. v1, 29 Jan 2008 (Historical Fiction)

Tolstoy, Leo: LA GUERRE ET LA PAIX . v1, 8 Jan 2008

Tolstoy, Leo: Master and Man. v1, 13 Nov 2016 (Short Fiction)

Tolstoy, Leo: Master and Man. v1, 7 Jan 2008

Tolstoy, Leo: Resurrection. v1, 6 Jan 2008

Tolstoy, Leo: Sevastopol Sketches. v1, 5 Sep 2016 (Short Fiction)

Tolstoy, Leo: The Cossacks. v1, 11 Nov 2016 (Short Fiction)

Tolstoy, Leo: The Death of Ivan Ilyich. v1 26 Oct 2016 (Short Fiction)

Tolstoy, Leo: The Kreutzer Sonata. v1, 03 Nov 2016 (Short Fiction)

Tolstoy, Leo: Tolstoy on Shakespeare. v1, 23 Jan 2009 (Other Non-Fiction)

Tolstoy, Leo: Twenty-three Tales. v1, 17 Oct 2016 (Short Fiction)

Tolstoy, Leo: War and Peace, v.1.0, 1 Dec 2007.

Tolstoy, Leo: Youth. v1, 7 Jan 2008

Torrey, Roger: 42 Days for Murder (1938); v1, 6 Aug 2022 (Mystery and Crime)

Torrey, Roger: Roger Torrey: Hard-Boiled (v1), 2022 (Mystery and Crime)

Towner, Horace: Red Tape at Washington, v.1, 5 August 2008. (Government)

Tracy, Louis: A Son of the Immortals. v1. 23 Mar 2013 (Mystery and Crime)

Tracy, Louis: Cynthia's Chauffeur. v1. 22 Mar 2013 (Mystery and Crime)

Tracy, Louis: His unknown wife. v1. 22 Mar 2013 (Mystery and Crime)

Tracy, Louis: Number Seventeen. v1. 21 Mar 2013 (Mystery and Crime)

Tracy, Louis: The Albert Gate Mystery. v1. 21 Mar 2013 (Mystery and Crime)

Tracy, Louis: The Bartlett Mystery. v1. 21 Mar 2013 (Mystery and Crime)

Tracy, Louis: The Captain of the Kansas. v1. 20 Mar 2013 (Mystery and Crime)

Tracy, Louis: The Day of Wrath. v1. 20 Mar 2013 (Mystery and Crime)

Tracy, Louis: The Great Mogul. v1. 19 Mar 2013 (Action)

Tracy, Louis: The House 'Round the Corner. v1. 23 Mar 2013 (Mystery and Crime)

Tracy, Louis: The Late Tenant. v1. 19 Mar 2013 (Mystery and Crime)

Tracy, Louis: The Postmaster's Daughter. V1. 18 Mar 2013 (Mystery and Crime)

Tracy, Louis: The Red Year. v1. 18 Mar 2013 (Action)

Tracy, Louis: The Revellers. v1. 18 Mar 2013 (Mystery and Crime)

Tracy, Louis: The Silent Barrier. v1. 18 Mar 2013 (Mystery and Crime)

Tracy, Louis: The Stowaway Girl. v1. 17 Mar 2013 (Mystery and Crime)

Tracy, Louis: The Stowmarket Mystery. v1. 16 Mar 2013 (Mystery and Crime)

Tracy, Louis: The Strange Case of Mortimer Fenley. v1, 2 Sep 2008 (Mystery and Crime)

Tracy, Louis: The Wheel O' Fortune. v1. 16 Mar 2013 (Mystery and Crime)

Tracy, Louis: The Wings of the Morning. v1. 15 Mar 2013 (Mystery and Crime)

Tracy, Louis: v1. A Mysterious Disappearance. v1. 23 Mar 2013 (Mystery and Crime)

Tracy, Louis: What Would You Have Done: v1. 14 Mar 2013 (Mystery and Crime)

Train, Arthur: By Advice of Counsel (1921): v1 (Short Fiction)

Train, Arthur: Old Man Tutt (1938); v1 (Short Fiction)

Train, Arthur: The Confessions of Artemas Quibble (1911); v1 (Mystery and Crime)

Train, Arthur: Tut Tut! Mr Tutt! (1923), v1 (Short Fiction)

Train, Arthur: Tutt and Mr Tutt (1919), v1 (Short Fiction)

Trall, R. T.: True Healing Art. v1. 30 Jan 2013 (Reference)

Treller, Franz: Der Enkel der Koenige german v1 06 dec 2009 (Action)

Treller, Franz: Der Gefangene der Aimaràs v1 german 14 dec 2009 (Action)

Treller, Franz: Der Letzte vom "Admiral" german v1 10.nov.2009 (Action)

Treller, Franz: Der Sohn des Gaucho german v1 06 dec 2009 (Action)

Treller, Franz: Verwehte Spuren geman v1 21 jun 2009 (Action)

Tressell, Robert: The Ragged Trousered Philanthropists, v.1, 8 June 2008. (Other Fiction)

Trollope, Anthony: An Eye for an Eye, v.1, 16 Jan 2008. (Other Fiction)

Trollope, Anthony: An Old Man’s Love, v. 1, 21 April 2008. (Other Fiction)

Trollope, Anthony: Autobiography, v.1, 8 March 2008. (Biography)

Trollope, Anthony: Ayala’a Angel, v.1, 25 Feb 2008. (Other Fiction)

Trollope, Anthony: Can You Forgive Her?, v1, 03-09-08 (Other Fiction)

Trollope, Anthony: Castle Richmond, v.1, 28 Feb 2008. (Other Fiction)

Trollope, Anthony: Christmas at Thompson Hall, v.1, 19 February 2009. (Short Fiction)

Trollope, Anthony: Cousin Henry, v.1, 15 Jan 2008. (Other Fiction)

Trollope, Anthony: Dr Wortle’s School, v.1, 17 Jan 2008. (Other Fiction)

Trollope, Anthony: Harry Heathcote of Gangoil, v.1, 26 Feb 2008. (Short Fiction)

Trollope, Anthony: He Knew He was Right, v.1 25 Feb 2008. (Other Fiction)

Trollope, Anthony: Hunting Sketches, v.1, 11 Feb 2008. (Humor)

Trollope, Anthony: Is He Popenjoy? v1, 30 November 2009. (Other Fiction)

Trollope, Anthony: John Caldigate, v.1, 24 Feb 2008. (Other Fiction)

Trollope, Anthony: Kept in the Dark, v1, 12 Oct 2007. (Other Fiction)

Trollope, Anthony: La Vendée, v.1, 25 April 2008. (Historical Fiction)

Trollope, Anthony: Lady Anna, v.1, 27 Feb 2008. (Other Fiction)

Trollope, Anthony: Linda Tressel, v.1, 30 October 2008. (Other Fiction)

Trollope, Anthony: Marion Fay, v1, 6 December 2009. (Other Fiction)

Trollope, Anthony: Miss Mackenzie, v.1, 26 Feb 2008. (Other Fiction)

Trollope, Anthony: Nina Balatka, v.1, 17 Jan 2008. (Other Fiction)

Trollope, Anthony: Orley Farm, v.1, 17 Jan 2008. (Other Fiction)

Trollope, Anthony: Palliser Omnibus. v1. 4th Nov 2009 (Other Fiction)

Trollope, Anthony: Phineas Finn, v1, 03-09-08 (Other Fiction)

Trollope, Anthony: Phineas Redux, v1, 03-09-08 (Other Fiction)

Trollope, Anthony: Rachel Ray, v.1, 18 Jan 2008. (Other Fiction)

Trollope, Anthony: Sir Harry Hotspur of Humblethwaite, v.1, 7 Jan 2009. (Other Fiction)

Trollope, Anthony: Tales of All Countries, v.1, 25 Feb 2008. (Short Fiction)

Trollope, Anthony: The American Senator, v.1, 6 March 2008. (Other Fiction)

Trollope, Anthony: The Belton Estate, v.1, 3 March 2008. (Other Fiction)

Trollope, Anthony: The Bertrams, v.1, 17 July 2008. (Other Fiction)

Trollope, Anthony: The Chronicles of Barsetshire. v6. 16th Dec 2010 (Other Fiction)

Trollope, Anthony: The Claverings, v.1, 17 Jan 2008. (Other Fiction)

Trollope, Anthony: The Duke's Children, v1, 03-09-08 (Other Fiction)

Trollope, Anthony: The Eustace Diamonds, v1, 03-09-08 (Other Fiction)

Trollope, Anthony: The Fixed Period, v.1, 29 October 2008. (Other Fiction)

Trollope, Anthony: The Golden Lion of Granpère, v.1, 1 March 2008. (Other Fiction)

Trollope, Anthony: The Kellys and the O’Kellys, v.1, 19 Jan 2008. (Other Fiction)

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Trollope, Anthony: The Macdermots of Ballycloran, v.1, 1 July 2009. (Other Fiction)

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Twain, Mark: Christian Science v1.0 22 September 2007

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Various: Eleven Possible Cases. v1. 16 Feb 2016 (Mystery and Crime)

Various: Eleven Possible Cases. v1. 31 May 2013 (Mystery and Crime)

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Various: Original Hacker's Dictionary, The. 16 April 2008 (Reference)

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Various: Part Masters Forty-Nine; v1; 11 Nov 2021 (Short Fiction)

Various: Part Masters Seventeen (2020); v1; 7 Dec 2020 (Short Fiction)

Various: Part Masters Thirty-Four (2021); v1, 29 Jun 2021 (Short Fiction)

Various: Parts Masters Forty One, v1, 27 Aug 2021 (Short Fiction)

Various: Past Masters (2019); v1, 27 Nov 2019 (Short Fiction)

Various: Past Masters (2019); v2, 15 Dec 2019 (Short Fiction)

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Various: Popular Fiction Magazine Sampler. V1. 25 Jan 2012 (Short Fiction)

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Various: Pulp Author Collection No 1. V1. 6 Sep 2012 (Short Fiction)

Various: Pulp Author Collection No 6. V1. 25 Sep 2012 (Action)

Various: Pulp Author Collection No 9. V1. 18 Oct 2012 (Action)

Various: SBL Greek New Testament (OSNOVA edition with DVJ). v1. 12th June 2011 (Spiritual)

Various: Swedish-English Dictionary. Version 1.1. 25 May 2011 (Reference)

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Various: The Best Ghost Stories. v1. 11 Oct 2013 (Horror)

Various: The Blue Book Magazine Sampler. V1. 17 Dec 2011 (Action)

Various: The Blue Jar Story Book. v1. 7 Dec 2013 (Short Fiction)

Various: The Greek Anthology (Selections), v.1, 2 December 2008. (Poetry)

Various: The Holy Bible (KJV). V2.1. 27 Jan 2014 (Spiritual)

Various: Thrilling Detective Sampler 4. V1. 19 Mar 2012 (Mystery and Crime)

Various: Western Story Magazine Sampler. V1. 24 Apr 2012 (Western)

Various; Past Masters 125; v1, 24 April 2023 (Short Fiction)

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Various; Past Masters Forty-Four (v1) 22 Sep 2021 (Short Fiction)

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Vatsyayana (Tr. Burton): The Kama Sutra of Vatsyayana, v.1, 2 October 2008. (Other Non-Fiction)

Vau Buren, Martin: State of the Union. v1.0 14 October 2007

Veblen, Thorstein Bunde: The Theory of the Leisure Class, v.1, 25 Oct 2008 (Other Non-Fiction)

Veblen, Thorstein: The Theory of the Leisure Class (1899); v2; 14 Aug 2020 (Other Non-Fiction)

Vélez de Guevara, Luis: El diablo cojuelo (Spanish, annotated), v. 1.1, 2 Nov 2010 (Humor)

Verne, Jules: 20.000 Mijlen onder Zee. v1, 4 Mar 2008

Verne, Jules: 20,000 Leagues Under the Seas (Illustrated).v1. 14 Feb 2013 (Action)

Verne, Jules: 20,000 Leagues Under the Seas. v2, 22 Feb 2008 (Science Fiction)

Verne, Jules: 20000 Meilen unter dem Meer german v1 04 feb 2009 (Science Fiction)

Verne, Jules: A Journey to the Interior of the Earth. v2, 22 Feb 2008 (Science Fiction)

Verne, Jules: A Jules Verne Omnibus-V1-5/4/2011 (Science Fiction)

Verne, Jules: All Around the Moon. V1. 11 Mar 2009 (Science Fiction)

Verne, Jules: An Antarctic Mystery (Illustrated). v1. 14th Feb 2010 (Other Fiction)

Verne, Jules: Around the World in 80 Days. v2, 24 Feb 2008 (Other Fiction)

Verne, Jules: Cinq semaines en ballon french v1 24 jan 2009 (Science Fiction)

Verne, Jules: Der Kurier des Zaren. V1 [German] 25 Apr 2011 (Other Fiction)

Verne, Jules: Dick Sand - A Captain at Fifteen. v1. 24th Feb 2010 (Action)

Verne, Jules: Die Eissphinx. german. v1. 2 may 2009 (Action)

Verne, Jules: Die fünfhundert Millionen der Begum. german. v1. 12 apr 2009 (Action)

Verne, Jules: Die geheimnisvolle Insel german v1 6 feb 2009 (Action)

Verne, Jules: Die Jagd nach dem Meteor. german. v1. 12 mar 2009 (Action)

Verne, Jules: Die Kinder des Kapitän Grant 1-3 german v1 6 feb 2009 (Action)

Verne, Jules: Die Schiffbrüchigen der Jonathan v1 german 18 jul 2009 (Historical Fiction)

Verne, Jules: Eight Hundred Leagues on the Amazon. v1. 25th Feb 2010 (Action)

Verne, Jules: Facing the Flag. v1. 26th Feb 2010 (Action)

Verne, Jules: Five weeks in a balloon v1 25 jan 2009 (Action)

Verne, Jules: Five Weeks in a Balloon. v1, 2 Jan 2008

Verne, Jules: Fünf Wochen im Ballon german v1 4 feb 2009 (Historical Fiction)

Verne, Jules: Godfrey Morgan. v1. 2 Feb 2008 (Action)

Verne, Jules: Herr der Welt. german. v1. 18 apr 2009 (Action)

Verne, Jules: In Search of the Castaways. v2. 17th Feb 2010 (Action)

Verne, Jules: Journey to the Centre of the Earth. v1, 23 Feb 2008 (Science Fiction)

Verne, Jules: Meister Zacharius. german. v1. 16 mar 2009 (Other Fiction)

Verne, Jules: Reise durch die Sonnenwelt I. german. v1. 01 mar 2009 (Science Fiction)

Verne, Jules: Reise durch die Sonnenwelt II. german. v1. 02 mar 2009 (Science Fiction)

Verne, Jules: Reise um den Mond german v1 18 feb 2009 (Science Fiction)

Verne, Jules: Reise um die Erde in 80 Tagen. german. v1. 30 mar 2009 (Action)

Verne, Jules: Reise zum Mittelpunkt der Erde. german. v1. 22 mar 2009 (Action)

Verne, Jules: Robur der Sieger. german. v1. 17 apr 2009 (Science Fiction)

Verne, Jules: Robur the Conqueror. v2, 24 Feb 2008 (Science Fiction)

Verne, Jules: The Adventures of a Special Correspondent. v2. 15th Feb 2010 (Action)

Verne, Jules: The Blockade Runners. v2. 16th Feb 2010 (Action)

Verne, Jules: The Green Ray. v1, 30 Oct 2008 (Action)

Verne, Jules: The Master of the World. v2, 24 Feb 2008 (Science Fiction)

Verne, Jules: The Moon Voyage. v3. 15th Feb 2010 (Science Fiction)

Verne, Jules: The Mysterious Island. v2, 22 Feb 2008 (Science Fiction)

Verne, Jules: The Underground City. v1, 2 Jan 2008

Verne, Jules: Ticket No."9672". v1, 2 Jan 2008

Verne, Jules: Von der Erde zum Mond german v1 17 feb 2009 (Science Fiction)

Verne, Jules: Wilhelm Storitz' Geheimnis. german. v1. 17 jun 2009 (Science Fiction)

Vidal, Mary Theresa: Bengala. V1. 29 May 2012 (Other Fiction)

Vidal, Mary Theresa: Tales for the Bush. V1. 29 May 2012 (Short Fiction)

Vidal, Mary Theresa: The Convict Laundress. V1. 28 May 2012 (Short Fiction)

Villiers de l’Isle-Adam, Auguste: Two Cruel Tales, v.1, 5 Nov 2007. (Short Fiction)

Villiers de l'Isle-Adam, Auguste: Vera, v.1, 26 Feb 2008 (Romance)

Virgil: The Aeneid Tr. A.S.Kline. v1. 24 Oct 07

Virgil: The Aeneid, Tr. J.W.Mackail. v1, 30 July 2008 (Poetry)

Vivekananda, Swami: Complete Works of Swami Vivekandanda, v1, 17 Feb 2013 (Spiritual)

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Voltaire: Candide. 09 Aug 07 (Philosophy)

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Voltaire: English and American Short Studies, v.1, 25 Nov 2007. (Philosophy)

Voltaire: Five Essays on Government and Economics, v.1, 15 October 2008. (Other Non-Fiction)

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Voltaire: Letters and Miscellanies, v.1, 18 Nov 2007. (Philosophy)

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Voltaire: Micromegas, v.1, 28 Oct 2007. (Short Fiction)

Voltaire: Philosophical Dictionary. 19 Aug 07 (Philosophy)

Voltaire: Poetical Dissertations, v.1, 13 Feb 2008. (Philosophy)

Voltaire: Shorter Tales and Dialogues, v1, 30 Oct 2007. (Short Fiction)

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Voltaire: Toleration and other Essays. V.1, 29 Oct. 2007. (Philosophy)

Voltaire: Zadig (Fleming Translation), v.1, 1 Nov 2007 (Other Fiction)

Voltaire: Zadig, v1, 22 Dec 2007 (Other Fiction)

von Clausewitz, Carl: On War. V1. 8 Nov 2010 (Other Non-Fiction)

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Walker, Terry: The Pulpmeister Reviews 1, v1, 13 June 2012 (Humor)

Wallace, Dillon: Bobby of the Labrador. v1. 17 May 2014 (Action)

Wallace, Dillon: Grit A-Plenty. v1. 18 May 2014 (Action)

Wallace, Dillon: Left on the Labrador. v1. 19 May 2014 (Action)

Wallace, Dillon: The Gaunt Gray Wolf. v1. 18 May 2014 (Action)

Wallace, Dillon: The Long Labrador Trail. v1. 20 May 2014 (Other Non-Fiction)

Wallace, Dillon: The Wilderness Castaways. v1. 21 May 2014 (Action)

Wallace, Dillon: Troop One of the Labrador. v 1. 19 May 2014 (Action)

Wallace, Dillon: Ungava Bob. v1. 21 May 2014 (Action)

Wallace, Edgar & Curtis, R G: The Man Who Changed His Name (1935), V1, 3 Aug 2019) (Mystery and Crime)

Wallace, Edgar: The Admirable Carfew. V1. 28 December 2012 (Short Fiction)

Wallace, Edgar: A Debt Discharged (1916), v1 (Mystery and Crime)

Wallace, Edgar: Again the Ringer. v1, 20 Aug 2008 (Mystery and Crime)

Wallace, Edgar: Again the Three (1929); v1; 29 Dec 2019 (Mystery and Crime)

Wallace, Edgar: Big Foot. v1, 16 Sep 2008 (Mystery and Crime)

Wallace, Edgar: Blue Hand. v2, 17 June 2008 (Mystery and Crime)

Wallace, Edgar: Chick. v1, 6 Nov 2008 (Humor)

Wallace, Edgar: Circumstantial Evidence. v1. 6th Feb 2010 (Mystery and Crime)

Wallace, Edgar: Ein gerissener Kerl. german. v1. 17 mar 2009 (Mystery and Crime)

Wallace, Edgar: Flat 2. v1, 20 Aug 2008 (Mystery and Crime)

Wallace, Edgar: Jack O' Judgment. v1, 1 July 2008 (Mystery and Crime)

Wallace, Edgar: John Flack. german. v1. 2 apr 2009 (Mystery and Crime)

Wallace, Edgar: Just Men Omnibus. v4. 30th Jan 2010 (Mystery and Crime)

Wallace, Edgar: Kate, Plus Ten. v1. 8 February 2012 (Mystery and Crime)

Wallace, Edgar: Mr J.G. Reeder Omnibus. v6. 28 Feb 2015 (Mystery and Crime)

Wallace, Edgar: Mr Justice Maxwell. v1, 18 June 2008 (Mystery and Crime)

Wallace, Edgar: On the Spot. v3, 25 June 2008 (Mystery and Crime)

Wallace, Edgar: Planetoid 127. v1, 26 June 2008 (Science Fiction)

Wallace, Edgar: Private Selby. v1. 6 February 2012 (Other Fiction)

Wallace, Edgar: Silinski, Master Criminal (1930), v1 (Mystery and Crime)

Wallace, Edgar: Tam O' The Scoots. v1. 15 July 2008 (Action)

Wallace, Edgar: Terror Keep (1927): v.1. (Mystery and Crime)

Wallace, Edgar: The Adventures of Heine (1919): V.3 (Mystery and Crime)

Wallace, Edgar: The Adventures of Heine. v2. 23 December 2011 (Mystery and Crime)

Wallace, Edgar: The Angel of Terror. v2, 17 June 2008 (Mystery and Crime)

Wallace, Edgar: The Avenger. v3, 20 June 2008 (Mystery and Crime)

Wallace, Edgar: The Black. v1, 5 June 2009 (Mystery and Crime)

Wallace, Edgar: The Blue Hand v1.0 2007-09-30

Wallace, Edgar: The Book of All-Power. v1, 2 July 2008 (Mystery and Crime)

Wallace, Edgar: The Brigand. v1, 30 June 2008 (Mystery and Crime)

Wallace, Edgar: The Calendar. v1. 7th Feb 2010 (Mystery and Crime)

Wallace, Edgar: The Clue of the New Pin. v1, 19 June 2008 (Mystery and Crime)

Wallace, Edgar: The Clue of the Silver Key. v1, 19 Aug 2008 (Mystery and Crime)

Wallace, Edgar: The Clue of the Twisted Candle. v1, 17 June 2008 (Mystery and Crime)

Wallace, Edgar: The Coat of Arms. v2, 17 June 2008 (Mystery and Crime)

Wallace, Edgar: The Council of Justice. v2. 12 Nov 07 (Mystery and Crime)

Wallace, Edgar: The Crimson Circle. v2, 16 June 2008 (Mystery and Crime)

Wallace, Edgar: The Daffodil Mystery. v2, 17 June 2008 (Mystery and Crime)

Wallace, Edgar: The Dark Eyes of London. v1, 4 Nov 2008 (Young Adult)

Wallace, Edgar: The Devil Man. v1, 5 Nov 2008 (Mystery and Crime)

Wallace, Edgar: The Door With Seven Locks. v3, 19 Jun 2008 (Mystery and Crime)

Wallace, Edgar: The Duke in the Suburbs. v3, 22 June 2008 (Mystery and Crime)

Wallace, Edgar: The Edgar Wallace Collection Vol 10; v1 (Short Fiction)

Wallace, Edgar: The Edgar Wallace Collection Vol 11; v1 (Short Fiction)

Wallace, Edgar: The Edgar Wallace Collection Vol 1; v1 (Short Fiction)

Wallace, Edgar: The Edgar Wallace Collection Vol 2; v1 (Short Fiction)

Wallace, Edgar: The Edgar Wallace Collection Vol 3; v1 (Short Fiction)

Wallace, Edgar: The Edgar Wallace Collection Vol 4; v1 (Short Fiction)

Wallace, Edgar: The Edgar Wallace Collection Vol 5; v1 (Short Fiction)

Wallace, Edgar: The Edgar Wallace Collection Vol 6; v1 (Short Fiction)

Wallace, Edgar: The Edgar Wallace Collection Vol 7; v1 (Short Fiction)

Wallace, Edgar: The Edgar Wallace Collection Vol 8; v1 (Short Fiction)

Wallace, Edgar: The Edgar Wallace Collection Vol 9; v1 (Short Fiction)

Wallace, Edgar: The Face in the Night. v3, 21 June 2008 (Mystery and Crime)

Wallace, Edgar: The Fellowship of the Frog. v2. 7th Feb 2010 (Mystery and Crime)

Wallace, Edgar: The Flying Squad. v1, 19 June 2008 (Mystery and Crime)

Wallace, Edgar: The Forger. v1, 27 June 2008 (Mystery and Crime)

Wallace, Edgar: The Four Just Men. v2. 12 Nov 07 (Mystery and Crime)

Wallace, Edgar: The Frightened Lady. v1. 5th Feb 2010 (Mystery and Crime)

Wallace, Edgar: The Golden Hades. v1. 11 February 2012 (Mystery and Crime)

Wallace, Edgar: The Governor of Chi-Foo and other stories. V1. 27 December 2012 (Short Fiction)

Wallace, Edgar: The Greek Poropulos (1910) (Short Fiction)

Wallace, Edgar: The Green Archer. v1, 31 May 2009 (Mystery and Crime)

Wallace, Edgar: The Green Ribbon. V1. 11 March 2012 (Mystery and Crime)

Wallace, Edgar: The Green Rust. v2, 29 Feb 2008 (Mystery and Crime)

Wallace, Edgar: The Gunner. v1, 30 March 2009 (Mystery and Crime)

Wallace, Edgar: The India-rubber Men. v1. 27th Jan 2010 (Mystery and Crime)

Wallace, Edgar: The Iron Grip. v1, 20 Aug 2008 (Mystery and Crime)

Wallace, Edgar: The Joker. v1, 25 June 2008 (Mystery and Crime)

Wallace, Edgar: The Law of the Four Just Men. v1. 11 Nov 07 (Mystery and Crime)

Wallace, Edgar: The Lone House Mystery. v2, 24 June 2008 (Mystery and Crime)

Wallace, Edgar: The Man at the Carlton. v1, 26 June 2008 (Mystery and Crime)

Wallace, Edgar: The Man Who Bought London. v3, 22 June 2008 (Mystery and Crime)

Wallace, Edgar: The Man Who Knew. v1, 19 Aug 2008 (Mystery and Crime)

Wallace, Edgar: The Melody of Death. V1. 6 February 2012 (Mystery and Crime)

Wallace, Edgar: The Missing Million (1923); v1; 11 Mar 2020 (Mystery and Crime)

Wallace, Edgar: The Reporter. v1. 25 December 2011 (Mystery and Crime)

Wallace, Edgar: The Ringer. v1, 19 Aug 2008 (Mystery and Crime)

Wallace, Edgar: The Secret House. v1, 4 June 2009 (Mystery and Crime)

Wallace, Edgar: The Sinister Man. v3, 22 June 2008 (Mystery and Crime)

Wallace, Edgar: The Square Emerald. v3, 23 June 2008 (Mystery and Crime)

Wallace, Edgar: The Terrible People (1926): v1 (Mystery and Crime)

Wallace, Edgar: The Three Just Men (1925); V1; 29 Dec 2019 (Mystery and Crime)

Wallace, Edgar: The Traitor's Gate. V1. 8 March 2012 (Mystery and Crime)

Wallace, Edgar: The Twister. v1, 26 Aug 2008 (Mystery and Crime)

Wallace, Edgar: The Valley of Ghosts. v2, 16 June 2008 (Mystery and Crime)

Wallace, Edgar: The Yellow Snake. v2, 17 June 2008 (Mystery and Crime)

Wallace, Edgar: When the Gangs Came to London. v1, 20 Aug 2008 (Mystery and Crime)

Wallace, Edgar: When the Gangs Came to London. V1. 12 March 2012 (Mystery and Crime)

Wallace, Edgar: White Face. v3, 25 June 2008 (Mystery and Crime)

Wallace, Edgar: Wonderful London; v1; 2 May 2022 (Short Fiction)

Wallace, Lane: Dreams, Hopes, Realities. PRC V1.0 30 July 2009 (History)

Wallace, Lewis: Ben Hur, german, v1, 18 Apr 2009 (Historical Fiction)

Waller, Mary E: A Cry in the Wilderness. v1. 22 May 2014 (Romance)

Waller, Mary E: A Daughter of the Rich. v1. 23 May 2014 (Romance)

Waller, Mary E: Flamsted quarries. v1. 23 May 2014 (Other Fiction)

Walpole, (Sir) Hugh: Portraits in Shadow (ghosts). v1. 17 Feb 2021 (Horror)

Walpole, Horace: Das Schloss von Otranto. german. v1. 6 mar 2009 (Mystery and Crime)

Walpole, Horace: The Castle of Otranto. v.1, 21 Dec 2007 (Horror)

Walpole, Horace: The Castle of Otranto. v1, 10 Mar 2018 (Horror)

Walpole, Hugh Seymour: 003-Captain Nicholas. V1. 17 May 2012 (Humor)

Walpole, Hugh Seymour: A Prayer for my Son. V1. 21 May 2012 (Other Fiction)

Walpole, Hugh Seymour: All Souls' Night. V1. 27 Aug 2012 (Horror)

Walpole, Hugh Seymour: Hans Frost. V1. 18 May 2012 (Horror)

Walpole, Hugh Seymour: Harmer John. V1. 19 May 2012 (Other Fiction)

Walpole, Hugh Seymour: Jeremy and Hamlet. V1. 16 May 2012 (Other Fiction)

Walpole, Hugh Seymour: Jeremy at Crale. V1. 16 May 2012 (Other Fiction)

Walpole, Hugh Seymour: Jeremy. V1. 15 May 2012 (Other Fiction)

Walpole, Hugh Seymour: John Cornelius. V1. 23 May 2012 (Biography)

Walpole, Hugh Seymour: Major Wilbraham. V1. 27 May 2012 (Short Fiction)

Walpole, Hugh Seymour: The Blind Man's House. V1. 26 May 2012 (Other Fiction)

Walpole, Hugh Seymour: The Inquisitor. V1. 20 May 2012 (Horror)

Walpole, Hugh Seymour: The Joyful Delaneys. V1. 25 May 2012 (Other Fiction)

Walpole, Hugh Seymour: The Killer and the Slain. V1. 23 May 2012 (Horror)

Walpole, Hugh Seymour: The Old Ladies. V1. 20 May 2012 (Other Fiction)

Walpole, Hugh Seymour: The Tarn. V1. 27 May 2012 (Horror)

Walpole, Hugh Seymour: Wintersmoon. V1. 27 May 2012 (Horror)

Walpole, Hugh, Sir: Fortitude. v1. 11 Jan 2015 (Other Fiction)

Walpole, Hugh, Sir: Jeremy. v1. 13 Jan 2015 (Other Fiction)

Walpole, Hugh, Sir: The Captives. v1. 10 Jan 2015 (Other Fiction)

Walpole, Hugh, Sir: The Cathedral. v1. 10 Jan 2015 (Other Fiction)

Walpole, Hugh, Sir: The Dark Forest. v1. 11 Jan 2015 (Other Fiction)

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Walpole, Hugh, Sir: The Prelude to Adventure (Other Fiction)

Walpole, Hugh, Sir: The Secret City. v1. 14 Jan 2014 (Historical Fiction)

Walpole, Hugh, Sir: The Wooden Horse. v1. 14 Jan 2015 (Other Fiction)

Walpole, Hugh: Head in Green Bronze (1938); v1; 16 Sep 2020 (Short Fiction)

Walpole, Hugh: The Gods & Mr Perrin. v1. 05 Feb 2013 (Other Fiction)

Walpole, Hugh: The Silver Thorn (1928), v1, 7 Sep 2020 (Short Fiction)

Walpole, Hugh: The Thirteen Travellers (1921), v1, 14 Jul 2022 (Short Fiction)

Walsh, J. M.: Vandals of the Void; v1, 25 June 2024 (Science Fiction)

Walter: My Secret Life.V1. 21 August 2013 (Other Fiction)

Walton, Amy Catherine: A Peep Behind the Scenes. v1. 28 May 2014 (Other Fiction)

Walton, Amy Catherine: Christie's Old Organ. v1. 26 May 2014 (Other Fiction)

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Walton, Amy Catherine: Poppy's Presents. v1. 29 May 2014 (Other Fiction)

Walton, Amy Catherine: Saved at Sea. v1. 29 May 2014 (Other Fiction)

Walton, Amy Catherine: The King's Cup-Bearer. v1. 27 May 2014 (Spiritual)

Walton, Amy: A Pair of Clogs. v1. 25 May 2014 (Short Fiction)

Walton, Amy: Black, White and Gray. v1. 23 May 2014 (Other Fiction)

Walton, Amy: Our Frank. v1. 24 May 2014 (Short Fiction)

Walton, Amy: Penelope and the Others. v1. 25 May 2014 (Other Fiction)

Walton, Amy: Susan. v1. 25 May 2014 (Children)

Walton, Amy: The Hawthorns. v1. 24 May 2014 (Children)

Walton, Amy: The Kitchen Cat and Other Stories. v1. 24 May 2014 (Short Fiction)

Walton, Amy: Thistle and Rose. v1. 26 May 2014 (Other Fiction)

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Wander, Waif: Dan Lyons' Doom (v.1) (Mystery and Crime)

Ward, Harold: The Gray Creatures (1935); v1, 5 April 2023 (Fantasy)

Ward, Mary Augusta: A Great Success. v1. 2 Jun 2014 (Other Fiction)

Ward, Mary Augusta: Bessie Costrell. v1. 29 May 2014 (Other Fiction)

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Ward, Mary Augusta: Elizabeth's Campaign. v1. 31 May 2014 (Other Fiction)

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Ward, Mary Augusta: Fields of Victory. v1. 1 Jun 2014 (History)

Ward, Mary Augusta: Harvest. v1. 2 Jun 2014 (Other Fiction)

Ward, Mary Augusta: Helbeck of Bannisdale, Vol. I. v1. 2 Jun 2014 (Other Fiction)

Ward, Mary Augusta: Helbeck of Bannisdale, Vol. II. v1. 2 Jun 2014 (Other Fiction)

Ward, Mary Augusta: Helena. v1. 3 Jun 2014 (Romance)

Ward, Mary Augusta: Lady Connie. v1. 2014 (Other Fiction)

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Ward, Mary Augusta: Marcella. v1. 5 Jun 2014 (Romance)

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Ward, Mary Augusta: Milly and Olly. v1. 7 Jun 2014 (Children)

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Ward, Mary Augusta: Missing. v1. 8 Jun 2014 (Other Fiction)

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Ward, Mary Augusta: The Case of Richard Meynell. v1. 30 May 2014 (Other Fiction)

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Ward, Mrs. Wilfrid: Great Possessions. V1. 08-Sep-2012 (Romance)

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Warden, Florence: A Woman's Face. v1. 13 Jun 2017 (Mystery and Crime)

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Warner, C.D.: Their Pilgrimage. V1. 19-Apr-2013 (Other Fiction)

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Washington, George: State of the Union. v1.0 14 October 2007

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Wassermann, Jakob: Der Mann von vierzig Jahren (german), v1, 20 Jan 2009 (Other Fiction)

Wassermann, Jakob: Die Schwestern, german, v1, 18 Apr 2009 (Other Fiction)

Wassermann, Jakob: Drei Erzählungen, german, v1, 27 Feb 2009 (Other Fiction)

Wassermann, Jakob: Mein Weg als Deutscher und Jude, german, v1, 3 Feb 2009 (Biography)

Wassermann, Jakob: Ruth, german, v1, 20 Feb 2009 (Short Fiction)

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Watson, Robert: The Spoilers of the Valley v1 24 aug 2009 (Western)

Watts, Peter: Blindsight, V1,25 Mar 2011 (Science Fiction)

Watts, Peter: Maelstrom v2.2 2008-02-28

Watts, Peter: Starfish v1.1 2008-02-21

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Webb, Mary: Precious Bane, v1, 13 July 2009. (Historical Fiction)

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Weber, Max: Wissenschaft als Beruf (German) V1. 28 Mar 2013 (Other Non-Fiction)

Webster, F A M: A Strange Drum Sounds (v1); 17 Dec 2021 (Short Fiction)

Webster, F. A. M.: Second Wind (1934), 21 Sep 2022 (Action)

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Weinbaum, Stanley G. - Dawn of Flame (Science Fiction)

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Weinbaum, Stanley Grauman: Pygmalion's Spectacles. v1.21 Mar 2016 (Science Fiction)

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Weinbaum, Stanley Grauman: Shifting Seas. v1. 22 Mar 2916 (Science Fiction)

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Weinbaum, Stanley Grauman: The New Adam. v1. 24 Mar 2016 (Science Fiction)

Weinbaum, Stanley Grauman: The Planet of Doubt. v1. 24 Mar 2016 (Short Fiction)

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Weinbaum, Stanley. Omnibus. PRC v1.1. 21 June 2009 (Science Fiction)

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Weiß, Konrad: Tagebücher 1914 bis 1919 [german]. V1. 20.8.2020 (Other Non-Fiction)

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Wells, Carolyn: A Point of Testimony (1911) v1, 3 Jul 2019 (Short Fiction)

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Wells, H.G.: An H.G. Wells Novel Omnibus, V3, 07/05/2014 (Science Fiction)

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Wells, H.G.: In the Days of the Comet. v1. 30 Sep 2009 (Science Fiction)

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Wells, H.G.: War of the Worlds v1.0 2007-09-12

Wells, Helen et al.: Origins of NASA Names. PRC v1.0 30 July 2009 (History)

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Werner, E: Riven Bond Vol II. v1. 22 Sep 2013 (Romance)

Werner, E: Riven Bonds Vol I. v1. 22 Sep 2013 (Romance)

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Werner, E: The Northern Light. v1. 21 Sep 2013 (Other Fiction)

Werner, E: The Sign of Flame. v1. 23 Sep 2013 (Romance)

Werner, E: Under a Charm Vol III (of III). v1. 23 Sep 2013 (Romance)

Werner, E: Under a Charm, Vol. I (of III) (Romance)

Werner, E: Under a Charm, Vol. II (of III). v1, 23 Sep 2013 (Romance)

Werner, E: Vineta, The Phantom City. v1. 23 Sep 2013 (Other Fiction)

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Weyman, Stanley J.: The Red Cockade v2 27 April 2014 (Historical Fiction)

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Weyman, Stanley J: For the Cause. v1. 25 Apr 2013 (Short Fiction)

Weyman, Stanley J: From the Memoirs of a Minister of France. Version 2. 26 October 20 (Historical Fiction)

Weyman, Stanley J: In Kings' Byways. v1. 28 Apr 2013 (Short Fiction)

Weyman, Stanley J: Ovington's Bank. v1. 27 Apr 2013 (Romance)

Weyman, Stanley J: Starvecrow Farm. v1. 27 Apr 2013 (Romance)

Weyman, Stanley J: The Castle Inn. v1. 25 Apr 2013 (Romance)

Weyman, Stanley J: The Great House. v1. 26 Apr 2013 (Romance)

Weyman, Stanley J: The King's Stratagem and Other Stories. v1. 26 Apr 2013 (Short Fiction)

Weyman, Stanley J: The Man in Black v1 1.feb 2009 (Historical Fiction)

Weyman, Stanley J: The New Rector. v1. 25 Apr 2o13 (Romance)

Weyman, Stanley J: The Snowball. v1. 25 Apr 2013 (Romance)

Weyman, Stanley J: When Love Calls. v1. 28 Apr 2013 (Short Fiction)

Weyman, Stanley John: A Little Wizard. v1. 19 Jan 2015 (Other Fiction)

Weyman, Stanley John: Chippinge Borough. v1. 19 Jan 2015 (Other Fiction)

Weyman, Stanley John: Count Hannibal. v1. 18 Jan 2015 (Other Fiction)

Weyman, Stanley John: For the Cause. v1. 19 Jan 2015 (Science Fiction)

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Weyman, Stanley John: The Long Night. v1. 20 Jan 2015 (Historical Fiction)

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Wharton, Edith: Ethan Frome, v.1, 2 Feb 2008. (Short Fiction)

Wharton, Edith: French Ways and Their Meaning, v.1, 11 June 2008. (Other Non-Fiction)

Wharton, Edith: Here and Beyond, v.1, 18 Feb 2008. (Short Fiction)

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Wharton, Edith: Tales of Men and Ghosts (1910); v2; 11 April 2020 (Fantasy)

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Wharton, Edith: The Choice, v.1, 10 Feb 2008. (Short Fiction)

Wharton, Edith: The Custom of the Country, v.1, 17 Feb 2008. (Other Fiction)

Wharton, Edith: The Descent of Man, v.1, 13 Feb 2008. (Short Fiction)

Wharton, Edith: The Fruit of the Tree, v.1, 3 Feb 2008. (Other Fiction)

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Wharton, Edith: The Gods Arrive, v.1, 6 January 2009. (Other Fiction)

Wharton, Edith: The Greater Inclination, v.1, 11 Feb 2008. (Short Fiction)

Wharton, Edith: The Hermit and the Wild Woman, v.1, 15 Feb 2008. (Short Fiction)

Wharton, Edith: The House of Mirth, v.1, 17 Feb 2008. (Other Fiction)

Wharton, Edith: The Long Run, v.1, 13 Feb 2008. (Short Fiction)

Wharton, Edith: The Mother’s Recompense, v.1, 19 Feb 2008. (Other Fiction)

Wharton, Edith: The Reef, v.1, 2 Feb 2008. (Other Fiction)

Wharton, Edith: The Touchstone, v.1, 3 Feb 2008. (Short Fiction)

Wharton, Edith: The Triumph of Night, v.1, 5 Feb 2008. (Short Fiction)

Wharton, Edith: The Valley of Decision, v.1, 6 April 2008. (Historical Fiction)

Wharton, Edith: The Vice of Reading, v.1, 15 June 2008. (Other Non-Fiction)

Wharton, Edith: Twilight Sleep, v.1, 18 Feb 2008. (Other Fiction)

Wharton, Edith: Xingu, v.1, 17 Feb 2008. (Short Fiction)

Wheeler, Candace: The Development of Embroidery in America, v.1, 29 June 2008 (Other Non-Fiction)

Whipple, Wayne & Aaron, S.F.: Radio Boys Cronies. v1, 19 Feb 2008

Whishaw, Frederick: Boris the Bear-Hunter. v1. 21 Jan 2015 (Historical Fiction)

Whishaw, Frederick: Clutterbuck's Treasure. v1. 22 Jan 2015 (Action)

Whishaw, Frederick: Gunpowder Treason and Plot. v1. 22 Jan 2015 (Science Fiction)

Whishaw, Frederick: Moscow. v1. 23 Jan 2015 (Historical Fiction)

Whishaw, Frederick: The Romance of the Woods. v1. 23 Jan 2015 (Other Fiction)

Whistler, Charles W: A King's Comrade. v1. 25 Jan 2014 (Historical Fiction)

Whistler, Charles W: A Prince of Cornwall. v1. 25 Jan 2015 (Historical Fiction)

Whistler, Charles W: A Sea Queen's Sailing. v1. 25 Jan 2015 (Historical Fiction)

Whistler, Charles W: A Thane of Wessex. v1. 25 Jan 2015 (Historical Fiction)

Whistler, Charles W: Havelok The Dane. v1. 24 Jan 2015 (Historical Fiction)

Whistler, Charles W: King Alfred's Viking. v1. 24 Jan 2015 (Historical Fiction)

Whistler, Charles W: King Olaf's Kinsman. v1. 24 Jan 2015 (Historical Fiction)

Whistler, Charles W: Wulfric the Weapon Thane. v1. 26 Jan 2015 (Historical Fiction)

Whitaker's Words Latin Dictionary (Reference)

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Whitby, Beatrice (Janie): Bequeathed. v1. 2 Jan 2017 (Other Fiction)

Whitby, Beatrice (Janie): Flower and Thorn. v1. 4 Jan 2017 (Other Fiction)

Whitby, Beatrice (Janie): Mary Fenwick's Daughter. v1. 9 Jan 2017 (Other Fiction)

White, Edward Lucas: Lukundoo and other stories (v2), 5 April 2023 (Short Fiction)

White, Edward Lucas: Lukundoo, and other stories (1927), v1, 16 Mar 2020 (Fantasy)

White, Edward Lucas: Nightmare Narratives (ghosts). v1. 01 Feb 2021 (Horror)

White, Edward Lucas: The Song of the Sirens, and other stories (1919); v1; 15 Mar 202 (Historical Fiction)

White, Ethel Lina: Diana the Huntress, and other stories, V1, 2 Jan 2025 (Short Fiction)

White, Ethel Lina: Fear Stalks the Village (1932): V1 (Mystery and Crime)

White, Ethel Lina: Midnight House (1942): V1 (Mystery and Crime)

White, Ethel Lina: Put Out the Light (1931): V1 (Mystery and Crime)

White, Ethel Lina: She Faded into Air (1941): V1 (Mystery and Crime)

White, Ethel Lina: She Faded Into Air. v1, 1 Sep 2008 (Mystery and Crime)

White, Ethel Lina: Some Must Watch (1933): V1 (Mystery and Crime)

White, Ethel Lina: Some Must Watch. v1, 1 Sep 2008 (Mystery and Crime)

White, Ethel Lina: Step in the Dark (1938), V.1 (Mystery and Crime)

White, Ethel Lina: The Elephant Never Forgets (1938): V1 (Mystery and Crime)

White, Ethel Lina: The First Time He Died (1935): V1 (Mystery and Crime)

White, Ethel Lina: The Ghost Gavotte, and other stories, v1, 18 July 2023 (Short Fiction)

White, Ethel Lina: The Lady Vanishes (1936): V1 (Mystery and Crime)

White, Ethel Lina: The Third Eye (1937): V1 (Mystery and Crime)

White, Ethel Lina: The Uninvited Guest and other stories, v1, 4 April 2023 (Short Fiction)

White, Ethel Lina: They See in Darkness (1944): V1 (Mystery and Crime)

White, Ethel Lina: Wax (1935): V1 (Mystery and Crime)

White, Ethel Lina: While She Sleeps (1940): V1 (Mystery and Crime)

White, Fred M.: Crimson Blind v1 6 dec 2008 (Mystery and Crime)

White, Fred M.: The Mystery of the Four Fingers v1 7 dec 2008 (Mystery and Crime)

White, Fred M.: The Slave of Silence v1 4 dec 2008 (Mystery and Crime)

White, Fred M: Paul the Sage (1910); v1; 6 March 220 (Short Fiction)

White, Fred M: The Cardinal Moth. v1. 26 Jan 2015 (Mystery and Crime)

White, Fred M: The Slave of Silence, v.1, 3 March 2009. (Mystery and Crime)

White, Fred Merrick: A Broken Memory. V1. 11 May 2012 (Mystery and Crime)

White, Fred Merrick: A Clue In Wax. V1. 11 May 2012 (Mystery and Crime)

White, Fred Merrick: A Crime On Canvas. V1. 21 Apr 2012 (Mystery and Crime)

White, Fred Merrick: A Daughter Of Israel. V1. 5 Apr 2012 (Other Fiction)

White, Fred Merrick: A Fatal Dose. V1. 9 Apr 2012 (Mystery and Crime)

White, Fred Merrick: A Front of Brass. V1. 23 Apr 2012 (Mystery and Crime)

White, Fred Merrick: A Golden Argosy. V1. 5 Apr 2012 (Other Fiction)

White, Fred Merrick: A Mummer's Throne. V1. 24 Apr 2012 (Mystery and Crime)

White, Fred Merrick: A Royal Wrong. V1. 27 Apr 2012 (Mystery and Crime)

White, Fred Merrick: A Secret Service. V1. 27 Apr 2012 (Mystery and Crime)

White, Fred Merrick: Craven Fortune. V1. 9 Apr 22012 (Mystery and Crime)

White, Fred Merrick: Doom of London Stories. V1. 30 Mar 2012 (Science Fiction)

White, Fred Merrick: Fred Merrick White Collection 1. V1. 11 Apr 2012 (Short Fiction)

White, Fred Merrick: Fred Merrick White Collection 10. V1. 16 Apr 2012 (Short Fiction)

White, Fred Merrick: Fred Merrick White Collection 11. V1. 17 Apr 2012 (Short Fiction)

White, Fred Merrick: Fred Merrick White Collection 12. V1. 17 Apr 2012 (Short Fiction)

White, Fred Merrick: Fred Merrick White Collection 13. V1. 18 Apr 2012 (Short Fiction)

White, Fred Merrick: Fred Merrick White Collection 14. V1. 18 Apr 2012 (Short Fiction)

White, Fred Merrick: Fred Merrick White Collection 15. V1. 20 Apr 2012 (Short Fiction)

White, Fred Merrick: Fred Merrick White Collection 16. V1. 20 Apr 2-12 (Short Fiction)

White, Fred Merrick: Fred Merrick White Collection 2. V1. 11 Apr 2012 (Short Fiction)

White, Fred Merrick: Fred Merrick White Collection 3. V1. 12 Apr 2012 (Short Fiction)

White, Fred Merrick: Fred Merrick White Collection 4. V1. 13 Apr 2012 (Short Fiction)

White, Fred Merrick: Fred Merrick White Collection 5. V1. 13 Apr 2012 (Short Fiction)

White, Fred Merrick: Fred Merrick White Collection 6. V1. 14 Apr 2012 (Short Fiction)

White, Fred Merrick: Fred Merrick White Collection 7. V1. 15 Apr 2012 (Short Fiction)

White, Fred Merrick: Fred Merrick White Collection 8. V1. 15 Apr 2012 (Science Fiction)

White, Fred Merrick: Fred Merrick White Collection 9. V1. 16 Apr 2012 (Short Fiction)

White, Fred Merrick: Gipsy Tales. V1. 1 Apr 2012 (Mystery and Crime)

White, Fred Merrick: Hard Pressed. V1. 23 Apr 2012 (Mystery and Crime)

White, Fred Merrick: On The Night Express. V1. 10 May 2012 (Mystery and Crime)

White, Fred Merrick: Paul Quentin. V1. 22 Apr 2012 (Mystery and Crime)

White, Fred Merrick: Powers of Darkness. v1. 24 Mar 2013 (Mystery and Crime)

White, Fred Merrick: Queen of Hearts. V1. 13 May 2012 (Mystery and Crime)

White, Fred Merrick: Real Dramas. V1. 31 Mar 2012 (Short Fiction)

White, Fred Merrick: The Adventures of Drenton Denn, Special Commissioner. V1. 1 Apr (Historical Fiction)

White, Fred Merrick: The Case for the Crown. V1. 30 Apr 2012 (Mystery and Crime)

White, Fred Merrick: The Corner House. V1. 6 Apr 2012 (Mystery and Crime)

White, Fred Merrick: The Councillors Of Falconhoe. V1. 4 May 2012 (Mystery and Crime)

White, Fred Merrick: The Day, or The Passing of a Throne. v1. 23 Mar 2013 (Mystery and Crime)

White, Fred Merrick: The Devil's Advocate. V1. 6 May 2012 (Mystery and Crime)

White, Fred Merrick: The Dust of Death. V1. 7 Dec 2008 (Horror)

White, Fred Merrick: The Ends Of Justice. V1. 6 Apr 2012 (Mystery and Crime)

White, Fred Merrick: The Five Knots. V1. 9 Apr 2012 (Mystery and Crime)

White, Fred Merrick: The Four White Days. V1. 7 Dec 2008 (Horror)

White, Fred Merrick: The Golden Bat. V1. 8 May 2012 (Mystery and Crime)

White, Fred Merrick: The Golden Rose. V1. 22 Apr 2012 (Mystery and Crime)

White, Fred Merrick: The Honour of his House. V1. 1 May 2012 (Mystery and Crime)

White, Fred Merrick: The Invisible Force. V1. 7 Dec 2008 (Horror)

White, Fred Merrick: The King Diamond. V1. 9 May 2012 (Mystery and Crime)

White, Fred Merrick: The Lady in Blue. V1. 30 Apr 2012 (Mystery and Crime)

White, Fred Merrick: The Law of the Land. V1. 10 Apr 2012 (Mystery and Crime)

White, Fred Merrick: The Leopard's Spots. V1. 30 Apr 2012 (Mystery and Crime)

White, Fred Merrick: The Man Called Gilray. V1. 24 Apr 2012 (Mystery and Crime)

White, Fred Merrick: The Man Who Knew. V1. 12 May 2012 (Mystery and Crime)

White, Fred Merrick: The Man who was Two. V1. 1 May (Mystery and Crime)

White, Fred Merrick: The Master Criminal. V1. 31 Mar 2012 (Mystery and Crime)

White, Fred Merrick: The Midnight Guest. V1. 7 Apr 2012 (Mystery and Crime)

White, Fred Merrick: The Mystery Of Crocksands. V1. 6 May 2012 (Mystery and Crime)

White, Fred Merrick: The Mystery of Room 75. V1. 2 May 2012 (Mystery and Crime)

White, Fred Merrick: The Mystery Of The Four Fingers. v1. 24 Mar 2013 (Mystery and Crime)

White, Fred Merrick: The Mystery Of The Ravenspurs. V1. 29 Apr 2012 (Mystery and Crime)

White, Fred Merrick: The Nether Millstone. V1. 6 Apr 2012 (Mystery and Crime)

White, Fred Merrick: The Price Of Silence. V1. 9 May 2012 (Mystery and Crime)

White, Fred Merrick: The Riddle of the Rail. V1. 10 May 2012 (Mystery and Crime)

White, Fred Merrick: The River of Death. V1. 7 Dec 2008 (Horror)

White, Fred Merrick: The Romance of the Secret Service Fund Stories. V1. 30 Mar 012 (Mystery and Crime)

White, Fred Merrick: The Romance of the Secret Service Fund. V1. 6 Dec 2008 (Action)

White, Fred Merrick: The Salt Of The Earth. V1. 30 Apr 2012 (Mystery and Crime)

White, Fred Merrick: The Scales of Justice. V1. 21 Apr 2012 (Mystery and Crime)

White, Fred Merrick: The Seed of Empire. V1. 29 Apr 2012 (Historical Fiction)

White, Fred Merrick: The Sentence of the Court. V1. 29 Apr 2012 (Mystery and Crime)

White, Fred Merrick: The Shadow Of The Dead Hand. V1. 9 May 2012 (Mystery and Crime)

White, Fred Merrick: The Weight of the Crown. V1. 5 Apr 2012 (Mystery and Crime)

White, Fred Merrick: The White Glove. V1. 23 Apr 2012 (Mystery and Crime)

White, Frederick M.: The Great White Moth v1 23 apr 2009 (Horror)

White, Roy: Hope From Under The Lava. 31 March 2010 (Other Non-Fiction)

White, Stewart Edward: Arizona Nights v1 24 jan 2009 (Western)

White, Stewart Edward: The Blazed Trail v1 11 dec 2008 (Western)

White, William Allen: A Certain Rich Man. V1. 22 Oct 2009 (Other Fiction)

Whitechurch, Victor L.: Murder at the Pageant (1930); v1; 25 Jan 2020 (Mystery and Crime)

Whitechurch, Victor L.: The Templeton Case (1924); v1; 16 Jan 2020 (Mystery and Crime)

Whitechurch, Victor L: A Warning In Red. V1. 27 Mar 2012 (Mystery and Crime)

Whitechurch, Victor L: Downland Echoes. V1. 27 Mar 2012 (Other Fiction)

Whitechurch, Victor L: The Canon In Residence. V1. 29 Mar 2012 (Mystery and Crime)

Whitechurch, Victor L: Thrilling Stories of the Railway (1912); v1; 25 Jan 2020 (Mystery and Crime)

Whitfield, Raoul: Death in a Bowl (1931), v1, 20 Oct 2020 (Mystery and Crime)

Whitfield, Raoul: Green Ice (1930); v1; 31 Oct 2020 (Mystery and Crime)

Whitfield, Raoul: The Virgin Kills (1932); v1; 1 Nov 2020 (Mystery and Crime)

Whitman, Walt: Earliest Unpublished Notebook, v.1, 23 April 2008 (Poetry)

Whitman, Walt: Leaves of Grass. V1. 14 Jan 2017 (Poetry)

Whitman, Walt: Life and Adventures of Jack Engle, v1, 31 May 2024 (Other Fiction)

Whitson, John H: Justin Wingate Ranchman. v 1. 2 Aug 2015 (Western)

Whyte, Alexander: Santa Teresa, v1, 1 February 2010. (Spiritual)

Whyte-Melville, George: Contraband. v1. 27 Jan 2015 (Other Fiction)

Whyte-Melville, George: General Bounce. v1. 28 Jan 2015 (Other Fiction)

Whyte-Melville, George: Kate Coventry. v1. 30 Jan 2015 (Other Fiction)

Whyte-Melville, George: Katerfelto. v1. 31 Jan 2015 (Other Fiction)

Whyte-Melville, George: M. or N. v1. 31 Jan 2014 (Other Fiction)

Whyte-Melville, George: Riding Recollections. v1. 1 Feb 2015 (Other Non-Fiction)

Whyte-Melville, George: Sarchedon. v1. 2 Feb 2015 (Historical Fiction)

Whyte-Melville, George: The Gladiators. v1. 29 Jan 2015 (Historical Fiction)

Whyte-Melville, George: The Interpreter. v1. 29 Jan 2015 (Historical Fiction)

Wiggin, Kate Douglas Smith: The Diary of a Goose Girl v1. 21 Feb 2012 (Other Fiction)

Wiggin, Kate Douglas: Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm. v1, 23 Jan 2008

Wikipedia: Chickenpox . v1 17 july 2011 (Reference)

Wikipedia: Chickenpox. v2. 19 july 2011 (Reference)

Wikipedia: Measles. v1. 23 july 2011 (Reference)

Wilde, Oscar: A Critic in Pall Mall, v1, 12 October 2009 (Other Non-Fiction)

Wilde, Oscar: A Florentine Tragedy, v1, 21 Sept 2007. (Other Fiction)

Wilde, Oscar: A House of Pomegranates, v1, 07 Sept 2007. (Short Fiction)

Wilde, Oscar: A Woman of No Importance, v1, 21 Sept 2007. (Other Fiction)

Wilde, Oscar: An Ideal Husband, v1, 13 Sept 2007. (Other Fiction)

Wilde, Oscar: An Omnibus of Oscar Wilde, v.1, 7/4/2011 (Short Fiction)

Wilde, Oscar: Complete Poems, v1, 06 Sept 2007. (Poetry)

Wilde, Oscar: Das Bildnis des Dorian Gray, german, v1, 27 Feb 2009 (Other Fiction)

Wilde, Oscar: De Profundis, v1, 07 Sept 2007. (Other Non-Fiction)

Wilde, Oscar: For Love of the King, v.1, 1 Dec 2007. (Other Fiction)

Wilde, Oscar: Intentions, v1, 06 Sept 2007. (Other Non-Fiction)

Wilde, Oscar: La Sainte Courtisane (in English), v1, 25 Sept 2007. (Other Fiction)

Wilde, Oscar: Lady Windermere’s Fan, v1, 07 Sept 2007. (Other Fiction)

Wilde, Oscar: Lord Arthur Savile’s Crime & Other Stories, v1, 06 Sept 2007. (Short Fiction)

Wilde, Oscar: Salome, v1, 17 Sept 2007. (Other Fiction)

Wilde, Oscar: The Ballad of Reading Gaol, v1, 21 Dec 2007 (Poetry)

Wilde, Oscar: The Canterville Ghost (Illustrated). v1, 12 Aug 2008 (Humor)

Wilde, Oscar: The Duchess of Padua, v1, 25 Sept 2007. (Other Fiction)

Wilde, Oscar: The Happy Prince & Other Tales, v1, 06 Sept 2007. (Short Fiction)

Wilde, Oscar: The Importance of Being Earnest, v1, 07 Sept 2007. (Other Fiction)

Wilde, Oscar: The Picture of Dorian Gray. v3 24 Mar 2011 (Horror)

Wilde, Oscar: The Soul of Man Under Socialism, v1, 07 Sept 2007. (Other Non-Fiction)

Wilde, Oscar: Vera, or The Nihilists, v1. 17 Sept 2007. (Other Fiction)

Wilde, Percival: Design for Murder, v1, 29 April 2024 (Mystery and Crime)

Williams, Charles Walter Stansby: All Hallow's Eve.V1. 6 Dec 2008 (Horror)

Williams, Charles Walter Stansby: Descent into Hell. V1. 23 Mar 2012 (Fantasy)

Williams, Charles Walter Stansby: Et in Sempiternum Pereant. V1. 24 Mar 2012 (Fantasy)

Williams, Charles Walter Stansby: Many Dimensions. V1. 25 Mar 2012 (Fantasy)

Williams, Charles Walter Stansby: Shadows of Ecstasy. V1. 25 Mar 2012 (Fantasy)

Williams, Charles Walter Stansby: The Greater Trumps. V1. 24 Mar 2012 (Fantasy)

Williams, Charles Walter Stansby: The Place of the Lion. V1. 26 Mar 2012 (Fantasy)

Williams, Charles Walter Stansby: War in Heaven. V1. 26 Mar 2012 (Fantasy)

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Williams, Margery: The Thing in the Woods. v1. 28 Feb 2021 (Horror)

Williams, Margery: The Velveteen Rabbit (illus). v2. 03 Feb 2020 (Children)

Williams, Margery: The Velveteen Rabbit (Illustrated). v1, 20 Jan 2008

Williams, Margery: Winterbound. v1. 26 Feb 2021 (Young Adult)

Williams, Valentine: Clubfoot the Avenger (1924) v.1 (Action)

Williams, Valentine: Courier to Marrakesh (1944) v1 (Action)

Williams, Valentine: Dead Man Manor (1933); v.1 (Mystery and Crime)

Williams, Valentine: Mannequin (1930); v1; 26 Aug 2019 (Mystery and Crime)

Williams, Valentine: Masks Off at Midnight, v.1. (Action)

Williams, Valentine: Mr Treadgold Cuts In (1937), v1 (Short Fiction)

Williams, Valentine: Mr. Ramosi (1926) v3 22 Aug 2019 (Action)

Williams, Valentine: Okewood of the Secret Service (1918), v1, 19 Mar 2019 (Action)

Williams, Valentine: Skeleton Out of the Cupboard (1946); v1, 1 Mar 2019 (Mystery and Crime)

Williams, Valentine: The Clock Ticks on (1933), v1, 9 July 2022 (Mystery and Crime)

Williams, Valentine: The Crouching Beast (1928); v.1 (Action)

Williams, Valentine: The Gold Comfit Box (1932); v.1 (Action)

Williams, Valentine: The Key Man (1926): v1 (Action)

Williams, Valentine: The Man with the Clubfoot. V1. 23 June 2012 (Action)

Williams, Valentine: The Portcullis Room (1934), v1, 15 July 2019 (Mystery and Crime)

Williams, Valentine: The Return of Clubfoot. V1. 23 June 2012 (Action)

Williams, Valentine: the Spider's Touch (1936) v.1 (Action)

Williams, Valentine: The World of Action (1937); v1; 24 Aug 2019 (Biography)

Williams, Valentine: The Yellow Streak (1922), v.1 (Mystery and Crime)

Williams-Bianco, Margery: Green Grows the Garden (how-to). v1. 26 Mar 2021 (Other Non-Fiction)

Williamson, A. M. and C.N: A Soldier of the Legion. V1. 22 Sep 2009 (Romance)

Williamson, A. M. and C.N: Everyman's Land. V1. 7 Sep 2009 (Other Fiction)

Williamson, A. M. and C.N: It Happened in Egypt. V1. 12 Sep 2009 (Romance)

Williamson, A. M. and C.N: Lady Betty Across the Water. V1. 12 Sep 2009 (Romance)

Williamson, A. M. and C.N: Rosemary. V1. 19 Sep 2009 (Romance)

Williamson, A. M. and C.N: Secret History Revealed By ... . V1. 20 Sep 2009 (Romance)

Williamson, A. M. and C.N: Set in Silver. V1. 22 Sep 2009 (Romance)

Williamson, A. M. and C.N: The Car of Destiny. V1. 6 Sep 2009 (Action)

Williamson, A. M. and C.N: The Chauffeur and the Chaperon. V1. 6 Nov 2009 (Romance)

Williamson, A. M. and C.N: The Golden Silence. V1. 8 Sep 2009 (Action)

Williamson, A. M. and C.N: The Guests Of Hercules. V1. 8 Sep 2009 (Romance)

Williamson, A. M. and C.N: The Heather-Moon. V1. 11 Sep 2009 (Romance)

Williamson, A. M. and C.N: The Lion's Mouse. V1. 16 Sep 2009 (Action)

Williamson, A. M. and C.N: The Motor Maid. V1. 17 Sep 2009 (Action)

Williamson, A. M. and C.N: The Port of Adventure. V1. 17 Sep 2009 (Romance)

Williamson, A. M. and C.N: The Powers and Maxine. V1. 18 Sep 2009 (Romance)

Williamson, A. M. and C.N: The Princess Passes. V1. 18 Sep 2009 (Action)

Williamson, A. M. and C.N: The Princess Virginia. V1. 19 Sep 2009 (Romance)

Williamson, A. M. and C.N: The Second Latchkey. V1. 20 Sep 2009 (Romance)

Williamson, A. M. and C.N: Winnie Childs. V1. 23 Sep 2009 (Romance)

Williamson, A. M: Angel Unawares. v1. 7 Mar 2014 (Other Fiction)

Williamson, A. M: Lord John in New York. v1. 18 Sep 2013 (Mystery and Crime)

Williamson, A. M: Lord Loveland Discovers America. v1. 18 Sep 2013 (Romance)

Williamson, A. M: Rosemary in Search of a Father.v1. 18 Jun 2013 (Romance)

Williamson, A. M: The Adventure of Princess Sylvia. v1. 7 Mar 2014 (Romance)

Williamson, A. M: The Adventure of Princess Sylvia. v1. 7 Mar 2014 (Other Fiction)

Williamson, A. M: The Brightener. v1. 17 Sep 2013 (Mystery and Crime)

Williamson, A. M: The Castle Of The Shadows. v1. 17 Sep 2013 (Romance)

Williamson, A. M: The House by the Lock. v1. 17 Sep 2013 (Mystery and Crime)

Williamson, A. M: Vision House, v1. 19 Sep 2013 (Romance)

Willkomm, Ernst: Der Schlickläufer u.a. [German] V1. 01 Aug 2010 (Short Fiction)

Willkomm, Ernst: Reeder und Matrose [German] V1. 01 Aug 2010 (Other Fiction)

Wilson, Ann: A Terran Empire Omnibus. V1. 27 Sep 2009 (Science Fiction)

Wilson, Ann: Ambush. V1. 24 Sep 2009 (Science Fiction)

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Wilson, Ann: The Alembic Plot. V1.24 Sep 2009 (Science Fiction)

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Wilson, Harry Leon: Ewing's Lady. v1. 29 Dec 2014 (Other Fiction)

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Wilson, Harry Leon: The Seeker. V1. 1 Oct 2009 (Other Fiction)

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Wingfield, Lewis: My Lords of Strogue, Vol. I (of III). v1. 21 Mar 2014 (Other Fiction)

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Wister, Owen: Red Men and White. v1. 5 Jan 2015 (Western)

Wister, Owen: The Jimmyjohn Boss. v1. 2 Jan 2015 (Western)

Wister, Owen: The Pentecost of Calamity. v1. 4 Jan 2015 (Other Fiction)

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Witwer, H.C.: Kid Scanlan v1 24 aug 2009 (Humor)

Wood, Charles W; Ed.: The Argosy Vol. 51 No 1. v1. 4 Feb 2015 (Short Fiction)

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Wood, Henry, Mrs: Johnny Ludlow. v1. 7 Feb 2015 (Other Fiction)

Wood, Henry, Mrs: Mildred Arkell. v1. 7 Feb 2015 (Other Fiction)

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Wood, Henry, Mrs: The Shadow of Ashlydyat (Other Fiction)

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Wood, Mrs Henry: East Lynne, v.1, 1 March 2008. (Other Fiction)

Wood, Mrs. Henry: Johnny Ludlow, Fifth Series. v1. 29 Jan 2021 (Horror)

Wood, Mrs. Henry: Johnny Ludlow, First Series. v1. 29 Jan 2021 (Horror)

Wood, Mrs. Henry: Johnny Ludlow, Fourth Series. v1. 29 Jan 2021 (Horror)

Wood, Mrs. Henry: Johnny Ludlow, Second Series. v1. 29 Jan 2021 (Horror)

Wood, Mrs. Henry: Johnny Ludlow, Sixth Series. v1. 29 Jan 2021 (Horror)

Wood, Mrs. Henry: Johnny Ludlow, Third Series. v1. 29 Jan 2021 (Horror)

Wood, Mrs. Henry: The story of Charles Strange Vol 1.V1. March 19 2012 (Other Fiction)

Wood, Mrs. Henry: The story of Charles Strange Vol 2.V1. March 19 2012 (Other Fiction)

Wood, Mrs. Henry: The story of Charles Strange Vol 3.V1. March 19 2012 (Other Fiction)

Wood, Thomas: Practical Grammar And Composition.V1.3 July 2014 (Reference)

Woodrow, Wilson Mrs: The Black Pearl. v1. 11 Feb 2015r (Western)

Woodrow, Wilson Mrs: The Silver Butterfly. v1. 11 Feb 2015 (Mystery and Crime)

Woolf, Virginia: A Room of One’s Own, v.1, 14 Dec 2007. (Other Non-Fiction)

Woolf, Virginia: Between the Acts, v.1, 14 Dec 2007. (Other Fiction)

Woolf, Virginia: Flush – A Biography, v.1, 14 Dec 2007. (Biography)

Woolf, Virginia: Monday or Tuesday, v.1, 17 March 2008. (Short Fiction)

Woolf, Virginia: Mrs Dalloway, v1.1 17 Dec 2010 (Other Fiction)

Woolf, Virginia: Orlando. v1.1 17 Dec 2010 (Other Fiction)

Woolf, Virginia: The Common Reader, v1. 30 Apr 2011 (Other Non-Fiction)

Woolf, Virginia: The Years, v.1, 17 March 2008. (Other Fiction)

Woolf, Virginia: Three Guineas, v.1, 14 Dec 2007. (Other Non-Fiction)

Woolf, Virginia: To The Lighthouse v1 08 June 2013 (Other Fiction)

Woolman, John: Journal - 23 June 07 (Biography)

Woolson, Constance Fenimore: Anne. v1. 4 May 2013 (Romance)

Woolson, Constance Fenimore: Castle Nowhere. v1. 2 May 2013 (Short Fiction)

Woolson, Constance Fenimore: Dorothy and other Italian Stories. v1. 5 May 2013 (Short Fiction)

Woolson, Constance Fenimore: East Angels. v1. 2 May 2013 (Romance)

Woolson, Constance Fenimore: For the Major. v1. 1 May 2013 (Other Fiction)

Woolson, Constance Fenimore: Horace Chase, v1. 5 May 2013 (Romance)

Woolson, Constance Fenimore: Jupiter Lights. v1. 1 May 2013 (Romance)

Woolson, Constance Fenimore: Rodman the Keeper. v1. 30 Apr 2013 (Short Fiction)

Woolson, Constance Fenimore: Solomon. v1. 29 Apr 2013 (Short Fiction)

Woolson, Constance Fenimore: The Front Yard. v1. 29 Apr 2013 (Short Fiction)

Woolson, Constance Fenimore: The Old Stone House. v1. 29 Apr 2013 (Other Fiction)

Worcester, Noah: A Solemn Review of the Custom of War. v1 19 Jul 2016 (Other Non-Fiction)

World Fact Book Reference Maps. v0.1 11 March 2009 (Reference)

Wraxall, Lascelles, Sir: The Backwoodsman. v1. 13 Feb 2015 (Action)

Wren, P C: Beau Ideal (1927), v2, 21 Aug 2019 (Action)

Wren, P C: Beau Sabreur (1926), v1, 19 Aug 2019 (Action)

Wren, P C: Cardboard Castle (1935), v1, 6 Aug 2019 (Mystery and Crime)

Wren, P C: Good Gestes (1929); v1; 18 Aug 2019 (Short Fiction)

Wren, P C: Port o' Missing Men (1934); v1, 18 Aug 2019 (Short Fiction)

Wren, P C: Stepsons of France (1917), v1, 6 August 2019 (Short Fiction)

Wren, P. C.: Flawed Blades (1933); v1, 18 Aug 2019 (Short Fiction)

Wren, Percival Christoper: Beau Geste (1924), v2, 18 Aug 2019 (Action)

Wren, Percival Christopher: Beau Geste. V1. 30 Nov 2008 (Action)

Wren, Percival Christopher: Beau Sabreur. V1. 30 Nov 2008 (Action)

Wren, Percival Christopher: Stories of the Foreign Legion. V1. 1 Dec 2008 (Action)

Wright, Harold Bell: Helen of the Old House. v1. 7 Jan 2015 (Other Fiction)

Wright, Harold Bell: That Printer of Udell's. v1. 8 Jan 2015 (Mystery and Crime)

Wright, Harold Bell: The Calling of Dan Matthews. 6 Jan 2015 (Other Fiction)

Wright, Harold Bell: The Eyes of the World. v1. 7 Dec 2015 (Other Fiction)

Wright, Harold Bell: The Re-Creation of Brian Kent. v1. 8 Jan 2015 (Other Fiction)

Wright, Harold Bell: The Shepherd of the Hills. v1, 2 Feb 2008

Wright, Harold Bell: The Shepherd of the Hills. v1. 9 Jan 2015 (Other Fiction)

Wurdz, Gideon: The Foolish Dictionary, v.1, 16 Mar 2008 (Humor)

Wynne, Madeline: An Ancestral Invasion and Other Stories. v1. 10 Nov 2021 (Short Fiction)

Wynne, Madeline: Fragments (short stories). v1. 10 Nov 2021 (Short Fiction)

Wynne, Madeline: The Little Room and Other Stories. v1. 09 Nov 2021 (Horror)

Wyss, Johann David: Der schweizerische Robinson (illustr.) [German] V1. 25 Jul 2010 (Young Adult)

Wyss, Johann: The Swiss Family Robinson, v1, 18 Oct 2007. (Young Adult)

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Xenophon: Anabasis (Polytonic Greek). Ver 01. 17 Jan 2012 (History)

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Yerxa, Leroy: The Worlds of Leroy Yerxa; v.1 (Short Fiction)

Yonge, Charlotte M.: A Book of Golden Deeds. V1. 16-Mar-2013 (History)

Yonge, Charlotte M.: The Little Duke. v1, 25 Jan 2008

Yonge, Charlotte Mary: A Book of Golden Deeds. v1. 14 Aug 2013A (Other Non-Fiction)

Yonge, Charlotte Mary: Abbeychurch. v1. 12 Aug 2013 (Other Fiction)

Yonge, Charlotte Mary: Beechcroft at Rockstone. v1. 14 Aug 2013 (Romance)

Yonge, Charlotte Mary: Cameos from English History. v1. 16 Aug 2013 (History)

Yonge, Charlotte Mary: Chantry House. v1. 17 Aug 2013 (Other Fiction)

Yonge, Charlotte Mary: Countess Kate. v1. 18 Aug 2013 (Other Fiction)

Yonge, Charlotte Mary: Dynevor Terrace (Vol. I). v1. 20 Aug 2013 (Other Fiction)

Yonge, Charlotte Mary: Dynevor Terrace (Vol. II). v1. 20 Aug 2013 (Other Fiction)

Yonge, Charlotte Mary: Friarswood Post-Office. v1. 21 Aug 2013 (Other Fiction)

Yonge, Charlotte Mary: Grisly Grisell. v1. 21 Aug 2013 (Historical Fiction)

Yonge, Charlotte Mary: Heartsease. v1. 22 Aug 2013 (Romance)

Yonge, Charlotte Mary: Henrietta's Wish. v1. 23 Aug 2013 (Romance)

Yonge, Charlotte Mary: Hopes and Fears. v1. 24 Aug 2013 (Romance)

Yonge, Charlotte Mary: Lady Hester. v1. 24 Aug 2013 (Romance)

Yonge, Charlotte Mary: Little Lucy's Wonderful Globe. v1. 26 Aug 2013 (Children)

Yonge, Charlotte Mary: Magnum Bonum. v1. 28 Aug 2013 (Other Fiction)

Yonge, Charlotte Mary: The Armourer's Prentices. v1. 13 Aug 2013 (Reference)

Yonge, Charlotte Mary: The Caged Lion. v1. 15 Aug 2013 (Other Fiction)

Yonge, Charlotte Mary: The Carbonels. v1. 16 Aug 2013 (Other Fiction)

Yonge, Charlotte Mary: The Chaplet of Pearls. v1. 18 Aug 2013 (Other Fiction)

Yonge, Charlotte Mary: The Clever Woman of the Family. v1. 18 Aug 2913 (Other Fiction)

Yonge, Charlotte Mary: The Daisy Chain. v1. 19 Aug 2013 (Other Fiction)

Yonge, Charlotte Mary: The Dove in the Eagle's Nest. v1. 19 Aug 2013 (Romance)

Yonge, Charlotte Mary: The Heir of Redclyffe. v1. 23 Aug 2013 (Romance)

Yonge, Charlotte Mary: The Herd Boy and His Hermit. v1. 24 Aug 2013 (Other Fiction)

Yonge, Charlotte Mary: The Lances of Lynwood: v1. 25 Aug 2013 (Historical Fiction)

Yonge, Charlotte Mary: The Little Duke. v1. 25 Aug 2013 (Historical Fiction)

Yorke, Curtis: The Brown Portmanteau, and Other Stories. v1. 19 Apr 2017 (Short Fiction)

Young, Clarence: Jack Ranger's Gun Club. v1. 23 Sep 2014 (Action)

Young, Clarence: Jack Ranger's Western Trip. v1. 23 Sep- 2014 (Action)

Young, Filson: Titanic.V1.March 25 2012 (Other Non-Fiction)

Yver, Colette: Mirabelle of Pampeluna, v1, 26 November 2009. (Other Fiction)

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Zagat, Arthur Leo: Arthur Leo Zagat Omnibus. V1. 23 Mar 2012 (Science Fiction)

Zagat, Arthur Leo: Drink We Deep (1937); v1; 26 March 2020 (Science Fiction)

Zagat, Arthur Leo: Science Fiction Short Stories (2020); v1, 26 Mar 2020 (Science Fiction)

Zagat, Arthur Leo: Seven Out of Time (1939); v1, 26 March 2020 (Science Fiction)

Zangwill, Israel: The Big Bow Mystery (1891): v1 (Mystery and Crime)

Zangwill, Israel: Without Prejudice. 10 March 2008 (Short Fiction)

Zeigler, Wilbur Gleason: It Was Marlowe A Story of the Secret of Thre v1.0 04.09.2022 (Historical Fiction)

Zitkala-Sa: Old Indian Legends & American Indian Stories. 18 Aug 07 (Western)

Zitkala-Sa: Old Indian Legends, v.1, 26 Dec 2008 (Short Fiction)

Zola, Emile: Germinal [Havelock Ellis Translation] , v.1, 30 July 2008. (Other Fiction)

Zola, Emile: Le Ventre de Paris. v1, 2 Jan 2008

Zola, Emile: Nana, german, v1, 14 Mar 2009 (Other Fiction)

Zola, Emile: The Fortune of the Rougons. v1 28 Nov 2017 (Historical Fiction)

Zola, Emile: The Ladies' Paradise. v1, 27 Oct 2017 (Historical Fiction)

Zola, Emile: Therese Raquin. v2, 9 Dec 2017 (Historical Fiction)

Zola, Emile: Three Cities Trilogy. 18 Aug 07 (Other Fiction)

Zweig, Stefan: Schachnovelle|V1|1.5.2014|German (Other Fiction)

Zwilgmeyer, Dikken: Vi børn [Norwegian].v1. 01 May 2014 (Children)

Čapek, Karel: Der gestohlene Kaktus (German). v1. 5 June 2021

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Der gestohlene Kaktus und andere Geschichten (OT: "Povídky z druhé kapsy") ist ein Sammlung skurriler Kriminalgeschichten von Karel Čapek (1890-1938), die zuerst in der Zeitung "Lidové noviny" erschienen.
Die Übersetzung ist von František Borový (1874–1936).
Textgrundlage ist das hervorragende Digitalisat von Projekt Gutenberg.
(Die Rechtschreibung wurde nicht aktualisiert.)

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Čapek, Karel: Doktoren, Katzen, Schwalben und Spatzen (German). v1. 28 July 2021

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Doktoren, Katzen, Schwalben und Spatzen enthält 3 Märchen von Karel Čapek (1890-1938) in der Übersetzung von Julius Mader (1899–??)*, die ursprünglich in dem Buch "Devatero Pohádek a ještě jedna od Josefa Čapka jako přívažek" veröffentlicht wurden.

5 weitere Märchen, die ursprünglich in dem Buch enthalten waren, wurden in dem Buch "Post, Polizei, Hunde und Räuberei" veröffentlicht.

Textgrundlage ist das Digitalisat der Deutschen Digitalen Bibliothek.

(Die Rechtschreibung wurde [nicht[/ aktualisiert.)

[SIZE="1"]*Zum Übersetzer gibt es leider kaum Informationen; er ist [nicht [/identisch mit dem im Jahre 2000 verstorbenen Autoren gleichen Namens.[/SIZ

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Čapek, Karel: Post, Polizei, Hunde und Räuberei (German). v1. 28 July 2021

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Post, Polizei, Hunde und Räuberei enthält 5 Märchen von Karel Čapek (1890-1938) in der Übersetzung von Julius Mader (1899–??)*, die ursprünglich in dem Buch "Devatero Pohádek a ještě jedna od Josefa Čapka jako přívažek" veröffentlicht wurden.

3 weitere Märchen, die ursprünglich in dem Buch enthalten waren, wurden in dem Buch "Doktoren, Katzen, Schwalben und Spatzen" veröffentlicht.

Textgrundlage ist das hervorragende Digitalisat von Projekt Gutenberg.

(Die Rechtschreibung wurde [nicht[/ aktualisiert.)

[SIZE="1"]*Zum Übersetzer gibt es leider kaum Informationen; er ist [nicht [/identisch mit dem im Jahre 2000 verstorbenen Autoren gleichen Namens.[/SIZ

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Żuławski, Jerzy. Zwycięzca [Polish]. v1. 22 Aug 2011

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Druga część Trylogii Księżycowej (Na srebrnym globie, Zwycięzca, Stara ziemia). Po 600 latach na księżyc powraca, w nowej, odrodzonej postaci Stary Człowiek. Zapowiedziany przez proroków, ma uwolnić księżycowy lud od zniewolenia...
Przesłany tekst oparty jest na udostępnionym w Polskiej Bibliotece Internetowej (http://www.pbi.edu.pl/) po poprawieniu literówek, połamanych wierszy itd., z utworzonym spisem treści.

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A Highland Seer: Tea-Cup Reading and Fortune-Telling by Tea Leaves, v.1, 14 June 2008

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From Wikipedia:

Tasseography (also known as tasseomancy or tassology) is a divination or fortune-telling method that interprets patterns in tea leaves, coffee grounds, or wine sediments. The terms derive from the French word tasse (cup), which in turn derives from the Arabic tassa (cup), and the Greek suffixes -graph, -logy, and -mancy (divination). The practice of tea leaf reading originated independently in Asia, the Middle East and Ancient Greece. Scotland, Ireland, and England have produced a number of practitioners and authors on the subject, and English potteries have crafted many beautiful tea cup sets specially designed and decorated to aid in fortune-telling. Cultures of the Middle East that practice divination in this fashion usually use left-over coffee grounds from Turkish coffee turned over onto a plate.
:tongue firmly in cheek: This is a sedimental work by A. Highland Seer (the slightly shorter twin brother of A. Lowland Seer) and was found in the dregs of Gutenberg. I love the illustrations but I believe there is an error in the interpretation of Figure 1 in Chapter V. I think that's Cthulhu and a couple of puddle ducks and that clearly must mean that the turner should wear a baby blue sailor outfit if he also wants to get to see the lambs and have ice cream on his birthday, too. I intend to faithfully learn this practice in order to accurately predict the outcome of Pshrynk's election when it happened.

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A-No. 1 (AKA Leon R. Livingston): The Trail of the Tramp. 15 Oct 07

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Reality or hype, fact or fantasy? It is often hard to tell where one ends and another begins.

A-No. 1 is the most famous railroad tramp in US legend. Immortalized on film by Lee Marvin in [King of the North Pole[/, A-No. 1 rode the rails for over 30 years throughout all parts of the US.

This is one set of his stories (and the only one I have ever found.)

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Aasen, Ivar: Ervingen [Norwegian].v2. 15 Nov 2014

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Nasjonalbiblioteket har gitt ut de første 35 av 100 planlagte epub-bøker. Bøkene er korrekturlest, men noen litt uvanlige valg med hensyn til oppsett ødelegger leseopplevelsen litt. F. eks. er sidetall/sideombrekning beholdt. Jeg har endret på layout for å gi, i mine øyne, en bedre leseopplevelse.

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v.2 : Rettet problem med æøå i enkelte avsnitt. Mindre oppsettsendringer og korrektur. v1 lastet ned 61 ganger.

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Abbot, Jacob: Forests of Maine. V1. 6 June 2009

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Jacob Abbott (November 14, 1803 – October 31, 1879) was an American writer of children's books.
Abbott was born at Hallowell, Maine. He graduated from Bowdoin College in 1820; studied at Andover Theological Seminary in 1821, 1822, and 1824; was tutor in 1824-1825, and from 1825 to 1829 was professor of mathematics and natural philosophy at Amherst College; was licensed to preach by the Hampshire Association in 1826; founded the Mount Vernon School for Young Ladies in Boston in 1829, and was principal of it in 1829-1833; was pastor of Eliot Congregational Church (which he founded), at Roxbury, Massachusetts in 1834-1835; and was, with his brothers, a founder, and in 1843-1851 a principal of Abbott's Institute, and in 1845-1848 of the Mount Vernon School for Boys, in New York City.

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The design of the series of volumes, which it is intended to issue under the general title of Marco Paul's Adventures in the Pursuit of Knowledge, is not merely to entertain the reader with a narrative of juvenile adventures, but also to communicate, in connexion with them, as extensive and varied information as possible, in respect to the geography, the scenery, the customs and the institutions of this country, as they present themselves to the observation of the little traveller, who makes his excursions under the guidance of an intelligent and well-informed companion, qualified to assist him in the acquisition of knowledge and in the formation of character. The author will endeavor to enliven his narrative, and to infuse into it elements of a salutary moral influence, by means of personal incidents befalling the actors in the story. These incidents are, of course, imaginary—but the reader may rely upon the strict and exact truth and fidelity of all the descriptions of places, institutions and scenes, which are brought before his mind in the progress of the narrative. Thus, though the author hopes that the readers, who may honor these volumes with their perusal, will be amused and interested by them, his design throughout will be to instruct rather than to entertain.

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Abbot, Jacob: History of Julius Caesar. V1. 6 June 2009

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Jacob Abbott (November 14, 1803 – October 31, 1879) was an American writer of children's books.
Abbott was born at Hallowell, Maine. He graduated from Bowdoin College in 1820; studied at Andover Theological Seminary in 1821, 1822, and 1824; was tutor in 1824-1825, and from 1825 to 1829 was professor of mathematics and natural philosophy at Amherst College; was licensed to preach by the Hampshire Association in 1826; founded the Mount Vernon School for Young Ladies in Boston in 1829, and was principal of it in 1829-1833; was pastor of Eliot Congregational Church (which he founded), at Roxbury, Massachusetts in 1834-1835; and was, with his brothers, a founder, and in 1843-1851 a principal of Abbott's Institute, and in 1845-1848 of the Mount Vernon School for Boys, in New York City.

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It is the object of this series of histories to present a clear, distinct, and connected narrative of the lives of those great personages who have in various ages of the world made themselves celebrated as leaders among mankind, and, by the part they have taken in the public affairs of great nations, have exerted the widest influence on the history of the human race. The end which the author has had in view is twofold: first, to communicate such information in respect to the subjects of his narratives as is important for the general reader to possess; and, secondly, to draw such moral lessons from the events described and the characters delineated as they may legitimately teach to the people of the present age. Though written in a direct and simple style, they are intended for, and addressed to, minds possessed of some considerable degree of maturity, for such minds only can fully appreciate the character and action which exhibits itself, as nearly all that is described in these volumes does, in close combination with the conduct and policy of governments, and the great events of international history.

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Abbot, Jacob: History of King Charles the Second of England. V1. 7 June 2006

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Jacob Abbott (November 14, 1803 – October 31, 1879) was an American writer of children's books.
Abbott was born at Hallowell, Maine. He graduated from Bowdoin College in 1820; studied at Andover Theological Seminary in 1821, 1822, and 1824; was tutor in 1824-1825, and from 1825 to 1829 was professor of mathematics and natural philosophy at Amherst College; was licensed to preach by the Hampshire Association in 1826; founded the Mount Vernon School for Young Ladies in Boston in 1829, and was principal of it in 1829-1833; was pastor of Eliot Congregational Church (which he founded), at Roxbury, Massachusetts in 1834-1835; and was, with his brothers, a founder, and in 1843-1851 a principal of Abbott's Institute, and in 1845-1848 of the Mount Vernon School for Boys, in New York City.

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The author of this series has made it his special object to confine himself very strictly, even in the most minute details which he records, to historic truth. The narratives are not tales founded upon history, but history itself, without any embellishment or any deviations from the strict truth, so far as it can now be discovered by an attentive examination of the annals written at the time when the events themselves occurred. In writing the narratives, the author has endeavored to avail himself of the best sources of information which this country affords; and though, of course, there must be in these volumes, as in all historical accounts, more or less of imperfection and error, there is no intentional embellishment. Nothing is stated, not even the most minute and apparently imaginary details, without what was deemed good historical authority. The readers, therefore, may rely upon the record as the truth, and nothing but the truth, so far as an honest purpose and a careful examination have been effectual in ascertaining it.

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Abbot, Jacob: Makers of History - Cleopatra.prc. V1. 2 June 2009

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Jacob Abbott (November 14, 1803 – October 31, 1879) was an American writer of children's books.
Abbott was born at Hallowell, Maine. He graduated from Bowdoin College in 1820; studied at Andover Theological Seminary in 1821, 1822, and 1824; was tutor in 1824-1825, and from 1825 to 1829 was professor of mathematics and natural philosophy at Amherst College; was licensed to preach by the Hampshire Association in 1826; founded the Mount Vernon School for Young Ladies in Boston in 1829, and was principal of it in 1829-1833; was pastor of Eliot Congregational Church (which he founded), at Roxbury, Massachusetts in 1834-1835; and was, with his brothers, a founder, and in 1843-1851 a principal of Abbott's Institute, and in 1845-1848 of the Mount Vernon School for Boys, in New York City.

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Of all the beautiful women of history, none has left us such convincing proofs of her charms as Cleopatra, for the tide of Rome’s destiny, and, therefore, that of the world, turned aside because of her beauty. Julius Caesar, whose legions trampled the conquered world from Canopus to the Thames, capitulated to her, and Mark Antony threw a fleet, an empire and his own honor to the winds to follow her to his destruction. Disarmed at last before the frigid Octavius, she found her peerless body measured by the cold eye of her captor only for the triumphal procession, and the
friendly asp alone spared her Rome’s crowning ignominy.

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Abbot, Jacob: Makers of History - Darius the Great. V1. 3 June 2009

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Jacob Abbott (November 14, 1803 – October 31, 1879) was an American writer of children's books.
Abbott was born at Hallowell, Maine. He graduated from Bowdoin College in 1820; studied at Andover Theological Seminary in 1821, 1822, and 1824; was tutor in 1824-1825, and from 1825 to 1829 was professor of mathematics and natural philosophy at Amherst College; was licensed to preach by the Hampshire Association in 1826; founded the Mount Vernon School for Young Ladies in Boston in 1829, and was principal of it in 1829-1833; was pastor of Eliot Congregational Church (which he founded), at Roxbury, Massachusetts in 1834-1835; and was, with his brothers, a founder, and in 1843-1851 a principal of Abbott's Institute, and in 1845-1848 of the Mount Vernon School for Boys, in New York City.

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In describing the character and the action of the personages whose histories form the subjects of this series, the writer makes no attempt to darken the colors in which he depicts their deeds of violence and wrong, or to increase, by indignant denunciations, the obloquy which heroes and conquerors have so often brought upon themselves, in the estimation of mankind, by their ambition, their tyranny, or their desperate and reckless crimes. In fact, it seems desirable to diminish, rather than to increase, the spirit of censoriousness which often leads men so harshly to condemn the errors and sins of others, committed in circumstances of temptation to which they themselves were never exposed. Besides, to denounce or vituperate guilt, in a narrative of the transactions in which it was displayed, has little influence in awakening a healthy sensitiveness in the conscience of the reader. We observe, accordingly, that in the narratives of the sacred Scriptures, such denunciations are seldom found. The story of Absalom's undutifulness and rebellion, of David's adultery and murder, of Herod's tyranny, and all other narratives of crime, are related in a calm, simple, impartial, and forbearing spirit, which leads us to condemn the sins, but not to feel a pharisaical resentment and wrath against the sinner.

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Abbot, Jacob: Makers of History - Genghis Khan. V1. 4 June 2009

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Jacob Abbott (November 14, 1803 – October 31, 1879) was an American writer of children's books.
Abbott was born at Hallowell, Maine. He graduated from Bowdoin College in 1820; studied at Andover Theological Seminary in 1821, 1822, and 1824; was tutor in 1824-1825, and from 1825 to 1829 was professor of mathematics and natural philosophy at Amherst College; was licensed to preach by the Hampshire Association in 1826; founded the Mount Vernon School for Young Ladies in Boston in 1829, and was principal of it in 1829-1833; was pastor of Eliot Congregational Church (which he founded), at Roxbury, Massachusetts in 1834-1835; and was, with his brothers, a founder, and in 1843-1851 a principal of Abbott's Institute, and in 1845-1848 of the Mount Vernon School for Boys, in New York City.

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The word khan is not a name, but a title. It means chieftain or king. It is a word used in various forms by the different tribes and nations that from time immemorial have inhabited Central Asia, and has been applied to a great number of potentates and rulers that have from time to time arisen among them. Genghis Khan was the greatest of these princes. He was, in fact, one of the most renowned conquerors whose exploits history records.

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Abbot, Jacob: Makers of History - Hannibal. V1. 5 June 2009

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Jacob Abbott (November 14, 1803 – October 31, 1879) was an American writer of children's books.
Abbott was born at Hallowell, Maine. He graduated from Bowdoin College in 1820; studied at Andover Theological Seminary in 1821, 1822, and 1824; was tutor in 1824-1825, and from 1825 to 1829 was professor of mathematics and natural philosophy at Amherst College; was licensed to preach by the Hampshire Association in 1826; founded the Mount Vernon School for Young Ladies in Boston in 1829, and was principal of it in 1829-1833; was pastor of Eliot Congregational Church (which he founded), at Roxbury, Massachusetts in 1834-1835; and was, with his brothers, a founder, and in 1843-1851 a principal of Abbott's Institute, and in 1845-1848 of the Mount Vernon School for Boys, in New York City.

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The author of this series has made it his special object to confine himself very strictly, even in the most minute details which he records, to historic truth. The narratives are not tales founded upon history, but history itself, without any embellishment or any deviations from the strict truth, so far as it can now be discovered by an attentive examination of the annals written at the time when the events themselves occurred. In writing the narratives, the author has endeavored to avail himself of the best sources of information which this country affords; and though, of course, there must be in these volumes, as in all historical narratives, more or less of imperfection and error, there is no intentional embellishment. Nothing is stated, not even the most minute and apparently imaginary details, without what was deemed good historical authority. The readers, therefore, may rely upon the record as the truth, and nothing but the truth, so far as an honest purpose and a careful examination have been effectual in ascertaining it.

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Abbot, Jacob: Makers of History - King Alfred of England. V1. 8 June 2009

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Jacob Abbott (November 14, 1803 – October 31, 1879) was an American writer of children's books.
Abbott was born at Hallowell, Maine. He graduated from Bowdoin College in 1820; studied at Andover Theological Seminary in 1821, 1822, and 1824; was tutor in 1824-1825, and from 1825 to 1829 was professor of mathematics and natural philosophy at Amherst College; was licensed to preach by the Hampshire Association in 1826; founded the Mount Vernon School for Young Ladies in Boston in 1829, and was principal of it in 1829-1833; was pastor of Eliot Congregational Church (which he founded), at Roxbury, Massachusetts in 1834-1835; and was, with his brothers, a founder, and in 1843-1851 a principal of Abbott's Institute, and in 1845-1848 of the Mount Vernon School for Boys, in New York City.

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It is the object of this series of histories to present a clear, distinct, and connected narrative of the lives of those great personages who have in various ages of the world made themselves celebrated as leaders among mankind, and, by the part they have taken in the public affairs of great nations, have exerted the widest influence on the history of the human race. The end which the author has had in view is twofold: first, to communicate such information in respect to the subjects of his narratives as is important for the general reader to possess; and, secondly, to draw such moral lessons from the events described and the characters delineated as they may legitimately teach to the people of the present age. Though written in a direct and simple style, they are intended for, and addressed to, minds possessed of some considerable degree of maturity, for such minds only can fully appreciate the character and action which exhibits itself, as nearly all that is described in these volumes does, in close combination with the conduct and policy of governments, and the great events of international history.

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Abbot, Jacob: Makers of History - Margaret of Anjou. V1. 8 June 2009. V1. 8 June 2009

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Jacob Abbott (November 14, 1803 – October 31, 1879) was an American writer of children's books.
Abbott was born at Hallowell, Maine. He graduated from Bowdoin College in 1820; studied at Andover Theological Seminary in 1821, 1822, and 1824; was tutor in 1824-1825, and from 1825 to 1829 was professor of mathematics and natural philosophy at Amherst College; was licensed to preach by the Hampshire Association in 1826; founded the Mount Vernon School for Young Ladies in Boston in 1829, and was principal of it in 1829-1833; was pastor of Eliot Congregational Church (which he founded), at Roxbury, Massachusetts in 1834-1835; and was, with his brothers, a founder, and in 1843-1851 a principal of Abbott's Institute, and in 1845-1848 of the Mount Vernon School for Boys, in New York City.

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It is the object of this series of histories to present a clear, distinct, and connected narrative of the lives of those great personages who have in various ages of the world made themselves celebrated as leaders among mankind, and, by the part they have taken in the public affairs of great nations, have exerted the widest influence on the history of the human race. The end which the author has had in view is twofold: first, to communicate such information in respect to the subjects of his narratives as is important for the general reader to possess; and, secondly, to draw such moral lessons from the events described and the characters delineated as they may legitimately teach to the people of the present age. Though written in a direct and simple style, they are intended for, and addressed to, minds possessed of some considerable degree of maturity, for such minds only can fully appreciate the character and action which exhibits itself, as nearly all that is described in these volumes does, in close combination with the conduct and policy of governments, and the great events of international history.

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Abbot, Jacob: Makers of History - Mary Queen of Scots. V1. 11 June 2009

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Jacob Abbott (November 14, 1803 – October 31, 1879) was an American writer of children's books.
Abbott was born at Hallowell, Maine. He graduated from Bowdoin College in 1820; studied at Andover Theological Seminary in 1821, 1822, and 1824; was tutor in 1824-1825, and from 1825 to 1829 was professor of mathematics and natural philosophy at Amherst College; was licensed to preach by the Hampshire Association in 1826; founded the Mount Vernon School for Young Ladies in Boston in 1829, and was principal of it in 1829-1833; was pastor of Eliot Congregational Church (which he founded), at Roxbury, Massachusetts in 1834-1835; and was, with his brothers, a founder, and in 1843-1851 a principal of Abbott's Institute, and in 1845-1848 of the Mount Vernon School for Boys, in New York City.

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The history of the life of every individual who has, for any reason, attracted extensively the attention of mankind, has been written in a great variety of ways by a multitude of authors, and persons sometimes wonder why we should have so many different accounts of the same thing. The reason is, that each one of these accounts is intended for a different set of readers, who read with ideas and purposes widely dissimilar from each other. Among the twenty millions of people in the United States, there are perhaps two millions, between the ages of fifteen and twenty-five, who wish to become acquainted, in general, with the leading events in the history of the Old World, and of ancient times, but who, coming upon the stage in this land and at this period, have ideas and conceptions so widely different from those of other nations and of other times, that a mere republication of existing accounts is not what they require. The story must be told expressly for them. The things that are to be explained, the points that are to be brought out, the comparative degree of prominence to be given to the various particulars, will all be different, on account of the difference in the situation, the ideas, and the objects of these new readers, compared with those of the various other classes of readers which former authors have had in view. It is for this reason, and with this view, that the present series of historical narratives is presented to the public. The author, having had some opportunity to become acquainted with the position, the ideas, and the intellectual wants of those whom he addresses, presents the result of his labors to them, with the hope that it may be found successful in accomplishing its design.

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Abbot, Jacob: Makers of History - Peter the Great. V1. 13 June 2009

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Jacob Abbott (November 14, 1803 – October 31, 1879) was an American writer of children's books.
Abbott was born at Hallowell, Maine. He graduated from Bowdoin College in 1820; studied at Andover Theological Seminary in 1821, 1822, and 1824; was tutor in 1824-1825, and from 1825 to 1829 was professor of mathematics and natural philosophy at Amherst College; was licensed to preach by the Hampshire Association in 1826; founded the Mount Vernon School for Young Ladies in Boston in 1829, and was principal of it in 1829-1833; was pastor of Eliot Congregational Church (which he founded), at Roxbury, Massachusetts in 1834-1835; and was, with his brothers, a founder, and in 1843-1851 a principal of Abbott's Institute, and in 1845-1848 of the Mount Vernon School for Boys, in New York City.

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There are very few persons who have not heard of the fame of Peter the Great, the founder, as he is generally regarded by mankind, of Russian civilization. The celebrity, however, of the great Muscovite sovereign among young persons is due in a great measure to the circumstance of his having repaired personally to Holland, in the course of his efforts to introduce the industrial arts among his people, in order to study himself the art and mystery of shipbuilding, and of his having worked with his own hands in a ship-yard there. The little shop where Peter pursued these practical studies still stands in Saardam, a ship-building town not far from Amsterdam. The building is of wood, and is now much decayed; but, to preserve it from farther injury, it has been incased in a somewhat larger building of brick, and it is visited annually by great numbers of curious travelers. The whole history of Peter, as might be expected from the indications of character developed by this incident, forms a narrative that is full of interest and instruction for all.

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Abbot, Jacob: Makers of History - Pyrrhus. V1. 13 June 2009

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Jacob Abbott (November 14, 1803 – October 31, 1879) was an American writer of children's books.
Abbott was born at Hallowell, Maine. He graduated from Bowdoin College in 1820; studied at Andover Theological Seminary in 1821, 1822, and 1824; was tutor in 1824-1825, and from 1825 to 1829 was professor of mathematics and natural philosophy at Amherst College; was licensed to preach by the Hampshire Association in 1826; founded the Mount Vernon School for Young Ladies in Boston in 1829, and was principal of it in 1829-1833; was pastor of Eliot Congregational Church (which he founded), at Roxbury, Massachusetts in 1834-1835; and was, with his brothers, a founder, and in 1843-1851 a principal of Abbott's Institute, and in 1845-1848 of the Mount Vernon School for Boys, in New York City.

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pect to the heroes of ancient history, who lived in times antecedent to the period when the regular records of authentic history commence, no reliance can be placed upon the actual verity of the accounts which have come down to us of their lives and actions. In those ancient days there was, in fact, no line of demarkation between romance and history, and the stories which were told of Cyrus, Darius, Xerxes, Romulus, Pyrrhus, and other personages as ancient as they, are all more or less fabulous and mythical. We learn this as well from the internal evidence furnished by the narratives themselves as from the researches of modern scholars, who have succeeded, in many cases, in disentangling the web, and separating the false from the true. It is none the less important, however, on this account, that these ancient tales, as they were originally told, and as they have come down to us through so many centuries, should be made known to readers of the present age. They have been circulated among mankind in their original form for twenty or thirty centuries, and they have mingled themselves inextricably with the literature, the eloquence, and the poetry of every civilized nation on the globe. Of course, to know what the story is, whether true or false, which the ancient narrators recorded, and which has been read and commented on by every succeeding generation to the present day, is an essential attainment for every well-informed man; a far more essential attainment, in fact, for the general reader, than to discover now, at this late period, what the actual facts were which gave origin to the fable. In writing this series of histories, therefore, it has been the aim of the author not to correct the ancient story, but to repeat it as it stands, cautioning the reader, however, whenever occasion requires, not to suppose that the marvelous narratives are historically true.

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Abbot, Jacob: Makers of History - Queen Elizabeth. V1. 14 June 2009

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Jacob Abbott (November 14, 1803 – October 31, 1879) was an American writer of children's books.
Abbott was born at Hallowell, Maine. He graduated from Bowdoin College in 1820; studied at Andover Theological Seminary in 1821, 1822, and 1824; was tutor in 1824-1825, and from 1825 to 1829 was professor of mathematics and natural philosophy at Amherst College; was licensed to preach by the Hampshire Association in 1826; founded the Mount Vernon School for Young Ladies in Boston in 1829, and was principal of it in 1829-1833; was pastor of Eliot Congregational Church (which he founded), at Roxbury, Massachusetts in 1834-1835; and was, with his brothers, a founder, and in 1843-1851 a principal of Abbott's Institute, and in 1845-1848 of the Mount Vernon School for Boys, in New York City.

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The author of this series has made it his special object to confine himself very strictly, even in the most minute details which he records, to historic truth. The narratives are not tales founded upon history, but history itself, without any embellishment or any deviations from the strict truth, so far as it can now be discovered by an attentive examination of the annals written at the time when the events themselves occurred. In writing the narratives, the author has endeavored to avail himself of the best sources of information which this country affords; and though, of course, there must be in these volumes, as in all historical accounts, more or less of imperfection and error, there is no intentional embellishment. Nothing is stated, not even the most minute and apparently imaginary details, without what was deemed good historical authority. The readers, therefore, may rely upon the record as the truth, and nothing but the truth, so far as an honest purpose and a careful examination have been effectual in ascertaining it.

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Abbot, Jacob: Makers of History - Richard I. V1. 17 June 2009

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Jacob Abbott (November 14, 1803 – October 31, 1879) was an American writer of children's books.
Abbott was born at Hallowell, Maine. He graduated from Bowdoin College in 1820; studied at Andover Theological Seminary in 1821, 1822, and 1824; was tutor in 1824-1825, and from 1825 to 1829 was professor of mathematics and natural philosophy at Amherst College; was licensed to preach by the Hampshire Association in 1826; founded the Mount Vernon School for Young Ladies in Boston in 1829, and was principal of it in 1829-1833; was pastor of Eliot Congregational Church (which he founded), at Roxbury, Massachusetts in 1834-1835; and was, with his brothers, a founder, and in 1843-1851 a principal of Abbott's Institute, and in 1845-1848 of the Mount Vernon School for Boys, in New York City.

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The author of this series has made it his special object to confine himself very strictly, even in the most minute details which he records, to historic truth. The narratives are not tales founded upon history, but history itself, without any embellishment, or any deviations from the strict truth so far as it can now be discovered by an attentive examination of the annals written at the time when the events themselves occurred. In writing the narratives, the author has endeavored to avail himself of the best sources of information which this country affords; and though, of course, there must be in these volumes, as in all historical accounts, more or less of imperfection and error, there is no intentional embellishment. Nothing is stated, not even the most minute and apparently imaginary details, without what was deemed good historical authority. The readers, therefore, may rely upon the record as the truth, and nothing but the truth, so far as an honest purpose and a careful examination have been effectual in ascertaining it.

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Abbot, Jacob: Makers of History - Richard II. V1. 16 June 2009

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Jacob Abbott (November 14, 1803 – October 31, 1879) was an American writer of children's books.
Abbott was born at Hallowell, Maine. He graduated from Bowdoin College in 1820; studied at Andover Theological Seminary in 1821, 1822, and 1824; was tutor in 1824-1825, and from 1825 to 1829 was professor of mathematics and natural philosophy at Amherst College; was licensed to preach by the Hampshire Association in 1826; founded the Mount Vernon School for Young Ladies in Boston in 1829, and was principal of it in 1829-1833; was pastor of Eliot Congregational Church (which he founded), at Roxbury, Massachusetts in 1834-1835; and was, with his brothers, a founder, and in 1843-1851 a principal of Abbott's Institute, and in 1845-1848 of the Mount Vernon School for Boys, in New York City.

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King Richard the Second lived in the days when the chivalry of feudal times was in all its glory. His father, the Black Prince; his uncles, the sons of Edward the Third, and his ancestors in a long line, extending back to the days of Richard the First, were among the most illustrious knights of Europe in those days, and their history abounds in the wonderful exploits, the narrow escapes, and the romantic adventures, for which the knights errant of the Middle Ages were so renowned. This volume takes up the story of English history at the death of Richard the First, and continues it to the time of the deposition and death of Richard the Second, with a view of presenting as complete a picture as is possible, within such limits, of the ideas and principles, the manners and customs, and the extraordinary military undertakings and exploits of that wonderful age.

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Abbot, Jacob: Makers of History - Richard III. V1. 15 June 2009

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Jacob Abbott (November 14, 1803 – October 31, 1879) was an American writer of children's books.
Abbott was born at Hallowell, Maine. He graduated from Bowdoin College in 1820; studied at Andover Theological Seminary in 1821, 1822, and 1824; was tutor in 1824-1825, and from 1825 to 1829 was professor of mathematics and natural philosophy at Amherst College; was licensed to preach by the Hampshire Association in 1826; founded the Mount Vernon School for Young Ladies in Boston in 1829, and was principal of it in 1829-1833; was pastor of Eliot Congregational Church (which he founded), at Roxbury, Massachusetts in 1834-1835; and was, with his brothers, a founder, and in 1843-1851 a principal of Abbott's Institute, and in 1845-1848 of the Mount Vernon School for Boys, in New York City.

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King Richard the Third, known commonly in history as Richard the Usurper, was perhaps as bad a man as the principle of hereditary sovereignty ever raised to the throne, or perhaps it should rather be said, as the principle of hereditary sovereignty ever made . There is no evidence that his natural disposition was marked with any peculiar depravity. He was made reckless, unscrupulous, and cruel by the influences which surrounded him, and the circumstances in which he lived, and by being habituated to believe, from his earliest childhood, that the family to which he belonged were born to live in luxury and splendor, and to reign, while the millions that formed the great mass of the community were created only to toil and to obey. The manner in which the principles of pride, ambition, and desperate love of power, which were instilled into his mind in his earliest years, brought forth in the end their legitimate fruits, is clearly seen by the following narrative.

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Abbot, Jacob: Makers of History - Romulus. V1. 18 June 2009

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Jacob Abbott (November 14, 1803 – October 31, 1879) was an American writer of children's books.
Abbott was born at Hallowell, Maine. He graduated from Bowdoin College in 1820; studied at Andover Theological Seminary in 1821, 1822, and 1824; was tutor in 1824-1825, and from 1825 to 1829 was professor of mathematics and natural philosophy at Amherst College; was licensed to preach by the Hampshire Association in 1826; founded the Mount Vernon School for Young Ladies in Boston in 1829, and was principal of it in 1829-1833; was pastor of Eliot Congregational Church (which he founded), at Roxbury, Massachusetts in 1834-1835; and was, with his brothers, a founder, and in 1843-1851 a principal of Abbott's Institute, and in 1845-1848 of the Mount Vernon School for Boys, in New York City.

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In writing the series of historical narratives to which the present work pertains, it has been the object of the author to furnish to the reading community of this country an accurate and faithful account of the lives and actions of the several personages that are made successively the subjects of the volumes, following precisely the story which has come down to us from ancient times. The writer has spared no pains to gain access in all cases to the original sources of information, and has confined himself strictly to them. The reader may, therefore, feel assured in perusing any one of these works, that the interest of it is in no degree indebted to the invention of the author. No incident, however trivial, is ever added to the original account, nor are any words even, in any case, attributed to a speaker without express authority. Whatever of interest, therefore, these stories may possess, is due solely to the facts themselves which are recorded in them, and to their being brought together in a plain, simple, and connected narrative.

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Abbot, Jacob: Makers of History - William the Conqueror. V1. 19 June 2009

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Jacob Abbott (November 14, 1803 – October 31, 1879) was an American writer of children's books.
Abbott was born at Hallowell, Maine. He graduated from Bowdoin College in 1820; studied at Andover Theological Seminary in 1821, 1822, and 1824; was tutor in 1824-1825, and from 1825 to 1829 was professor of mathematics and natural philosophy at Amherst College; was licensed to preach by the Hampshire Association in 1826; founded the Mount Vernon School for Young Ladies in Boston in 1829, and was principal of it in 1829-1833; was pastor of Eliot Congregational Church (which he founded), at Roxbury, Massachusetts in 1834-1835; and was, with his brothers, a founder, and in 1843-1851 a principal of Abbott's Institute, and in 1845-1848 of the Mount Vernon School for Boys, in New York City.

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In selecting the subjects for the successive volumes of this series, it has been the object of the author to look for the names of those great personages whose histories constitute useful, and not merely entertaining, knowledge. There are certain names which are familiar, as names, to all mankind; and every person who seeks for any degree of mental cultivation, feels desirous of informing himself of the leading outlines of their history, that he may know, in brief, what it was in their characters or their doings which has given them so widely-extended a fame. This knowledge, which it seems incumbent on every one to obtain in respect to such personages as Hannibal, Alexander, Caesar, Cleopatra, Darius, Xerxes, Alfred, William the Conqueror, Queen Elizabeth, and Mary Queen of Scots, it is the design and object of these volumes to communicate, in a faithful, and, at the same time, if possible, in an attractive manner. Consequently, great historical names alone are selected; and it has been the writer’s aim to present the prominent and leading traits in their characters, and all the important events in their lives, in a bold and free manner, and yet in the plain and simple language which is so obviously required in works which aim at permanent and practical usefulness.

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Abbot, Jacob: Makers of History - Xerxes. V1. 21 June 2009

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Jacob Abbott (November 14, 1803 – October 31, 1879) was an American writer of children's books.
Abbott was born at Hallowell, Maine. He graduated from Bowdoin College in 1820; studied at Andover Theological Seminary in 1821, 1822, and 1824; was tutor in 1824-1825, and from 1825 to 1829 was professor of mathematics and natural philosophy at Amherst College; was licensed to preach by the Hampshire Association in 1826; founded the Mount Vernon School for Young Ladies in Boston in 1829, and was principal of it in 1829-1833; was pastor of Eliot Congregational Church (which he founded), at Roxbury, Massachusetts in 1834-1835; and was, with his brothers, a founder, and in 1843-1851 a principal of Abbott's Institute, and in 1845-1848 of the Mount Vernon School for Boys, in New York City.

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One special object which the author of this series has had in view, in the plan and method which he has followed in the preparation of the successive volumes, has been to adapt them to the purposes of text-books in schools. The study of a general compend of history, such as is frequently used as a text-book, is highly useful, if it comes in at the right stage of education, when the mind is sufficiently matured, and has acquired sufficient preliminary knowledge to understand and appreciate so condensed a generalization as a summary of the whole history of a nation contained in an ordinary volume must necessarily be. Without this degree of maturity of mind, and this preparation, the study of such a work will be, as it too frequently is, a mere mechanical committing to memory of names, and dates, and phrases, which awaken no interest, communicate no ideas, and impart no useful knowledge to the mind.

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Abbot, Jacob: Makers of History -Charles I. V1. 1 June 2009

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Jacob Abbott (November 14, 1803 – October 31, 1879) was an American writer of children's books.
Abbott was born at Hallowell, Maine. He graduated from Bowdoin College in 1820; studied at Andover Theological Seminary in 1821, 1822, and 1824; was tutor in 1824-1825, and from 1825 to 1829 was professor of mathematics and natural philosophy at Amherst College; was licensed to preach by the Hampshire Association in 1826; founded the Mount Vernon School for Young Ladies in Boston in 1829, and was principal of it in 1829-1833; was pastor of Eliot Congregational Church (which he founded), at Roxbury, Massachusetts in 1834-1835; and was, with his brothers, a founder, and in 1843-1851 a principal of Abbott's Institute, and in 1845-1848 of the Mount Vernon School for Boys, in New York City.

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The history of the life of every individual who has, for any reason, attracted extensively the attention of mankind, has been written in a great variety of ways by a multitude of authors, and persons sometimes wonder why we should have so many different accounts of the same thing. The reason is, that each one of these accounts is intended for a different set of readers, who read with ideas and purposes widely dissimilar from each other.

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Abbot, Jacob: Makers of History Series - Nero. V1. 12 June 2009

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Jacob Abbott (November 14, 1803 – October 31, 1879) was an American writer of children's books.
Abbott was born at Hallowell, Maine. He graduated from Bowdoin College in 1820; studied at Andover Theological Seminary in 1821, 1822, and 1824; was tutor in 1824-1825, and from 1825 to 1829 was professor of mathematics and natural philosophy at Amherst College; was licensed to preach by the Hampshire Association in 1826; founded the Mount Vernon School for Young Ladies in Boston in 1829, and was principal of it in 1829-1833; was pastor of Eliot Congregational Church (which he founded), at Roxbury, Massachusetts in 1834-1835; and was, with his brothers, a founder, and in 1843-1851 a principal of Abbott's Institute, and in 1845-1848 of the Mount Vernon School for Boys, in New York City.

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In writing the series of historical narratives to which the present work pertains, it has been the object of the author to furnish to the reading community of this country an accurate and faithful account of the lives and actions of the several personages that are made successively the subjects of the volumes, following precisely the story which has come down to us from ancient times. The writer has spared no pains to gain access in all cases to the original sources of information, and has confined himself strictly to them. The reader may, therefore, feel assured in perusing any one of these works, that the interest of it is in no degree indebted to the invention of the author. No incident, however trivial, is ever added to the original account, nor are any words even, in any case, attributed to a speaker without express authority. Whatever of interest, therefore, these stories may possess, is due solely to the facts themselves which are recorded in them, and to their being brought together in a plain, simple, and connected narrative.

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Abbott, Anthony: Murder of a Startled Lady (1936), v1, 1 Jan 2023

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Anthony Abbott, 1893-1952)

Anthony Abbott was the pen-name of Fulton Oursler, who also wrote non-fiction under his real name, reserving Abbott for his crime fiction.

His output of crime fiction was small, about a dozen novels featuring Thatcher Colt of the NYPD.

The full title is "About the Murder of a Startled Lady".

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Abbott, Anthony: Murder of Geraldine Foster (1930), v1, 1 Jan 2023

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The first Thatcher Colt Mystery. Anthony Abbott, 1893-1952

Anthony Abbott was the pen name of Fulton Oursler, who wrote under both names.

The full name of the book is "About the Murder of Geraldine Foster". First of some eight or nine traditional detective stories, with the curious feature that the detective, Thatcher Colt, is the Commissioner of Police for New York, and does all the investigation himself.

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Abbott, Anthony: Murder of the Circus Queen (1932); v1, 1 Jan 2023

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Anthony Abbott, 1893-1952
Anthony Abbott was the pen-name of Fulton Oursler, who also wrote non-fiction under his real name, reserving Abbott for his crime fiction. His output of crime fiction was small, about a dozen novels featuring Thatcher Colt of the NYPD.

High-flying trapeze queen is murdered while performing in Madison Square Garden.

Full Title: "About the Murder of the Circus Queen".

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Abbott, Edwin: Flatland. v1. 02 Nov 07

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"[Flatland: A Romance of Many Dimensions[/ is an 1884 novella by Edwin Abbott Abbott, still popular among mathematics and computer science students, and considered useful reading for people studying topics such as the concept of other dimensions. As a piece of literature, Flatland is respected for its satire on the social hierarchy of Victorian society."

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Abbott, Jacob: Alexander the Great. v1. 4 Jul 2015

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Jacob Abbott (November 14, 1803 – October 31, 1879) was an American writer of children's books.

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Alexander the Great died when he was quite young. He was but thirty-two years of age when he ended his career, and as he was about twenty when he commenced it, it was only for a period of twelve years that he was actually engaged in performing the work of his life. Napoleon was nearly three times as long on the great field of human action.

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Abbott, Jacob: Caleb in the Country. v1. Jul 4 2015

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Jacob Abbott (November 14, 1803 – October 31, 1879) was an American writer of children's books.

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Caleb was a bright-looking, blue-eyed boy, with auburn hair and happy countenance. And yet he was rather pale and slender. He had been sick. His father and mother lived in Boston, but now he was spending the summer at Sandy River country, with his grandmother. His father thought that if he could run about a few months in the open air, and play among the rocks and under the trees, he would grow more strong and healthy, and that his cheeks would not look so pale.

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Abbott, Jacob: Charles I. v1. 5 Jul 2915

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Jacob Abbott (November 14, 1803 – October 31, 1879) was an American writer of children's books.

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They who have read the history of Mary Queen of Scots, will remember that it was the great end and aim of her life to unite the crowns of England and Scotland in her own family. Queen Elizabeth was then Queen of England. She lived and died unmarried. Queen Mary and a young man named Lord Darnley were the next heirs. It was uncertain which of the two had the strongest claim. To prevent a dispute, by uniting these claims, Mary made Darnley her husband. They had a son, who, after the death of his father and mother, was acknowledged to be the heir to the British throne, whenever Elizabeth’s life should end. In the mean time he remained King of Scotland. His name was James. He married a princess of Denmark; and his child, who afterward was King Charles the First of England, was born before he left his native realm.

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Abbott, Jacob: Cleopatra. v1. 10 Jul 2015

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Jacob Abbott (November 14, 1803 – October 31, 1879) was an American writer of children's books.

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The story of Cleopatra is a story of crime. It is a narrative of the course and the consequences of unlawful love. In her strange and romantic history we see this passion portrayed with the most complete and graphic fidelity in all its influences and effects; its uncontrollable impulses, its intoxicating joys, its reckless and mad career, and the dreadful remorse and ultimate despair and ruin in which it always and inevitably ends.

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Abbott, Jacob: Cyrus the Great. Cyrus the Great. v1. 7 Jul 2015

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Jacob Abbott (November 14, 1803 – October 31, 1879) was an American writer of children's books.

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Cyrus was the founder of the ancient Persian empire—a monarchy, perhaps, the most wealthy and magnificent which the world has ever seen. Of that strange and incomprehensible principle of human nature, under the influence of which vast masses of men, notwithstanding the universal instinct of aversion to control, combine, under certain circumstances, by millions and millions, to maintain, for many successive centuries, the representatives of some one great family in a condition of exalted, and absolute, and utterly irresponsible ascendency over themselves, while they toil for them, watch over them, submit to endless and most humiliating privations in their behalf, and commit, if commanded to do so, the most inexcusable and atrocious crimes to sustain the demigods they have thus made in their lofty estate, we have, in the case of this Persian monarchy, one of the most extraordinary exhibitions.

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Abbott, Jacob: Darius the Great. v1. 8 Jul 2015

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Jacob Abbott (November 14, 1803 – October 31, 1879) was an American writer of children's books.

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In describing the character and the action of the personages whose histories form the subjects of this series, the writer makes no attempt to darken the colors in which he depicts their deeds of violence and wrong, or to increase, by indignant denunciations, the obloquy which heroes and conquerors have so often brought upon themselves, in the estimation of mankind, by their ambition, their tyranny, or their desperate and reckless crimes.

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Abbott, Jacob: Genghis Khan. v1. 9 Jul 2015

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Jacob Abbott (November 14, 1803 – October 31, 1879) was an American writer of children's books.

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The word khan is not a name, but a title. It means chieftain or king. It is a word used in various forms by the different tribes and nations that from time immemorial have inhabited Central Asia, and has been applied to a great number of potentates and rulers that have from time to time arisen among them. Genghis Khan was the greatest of these princes. He was, in fact, one of the most renowned conquerors whose exploits history records.

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Abbott, Jacob: Hannibal. v1. 10 Jul 2015

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Jacob Abbott (November 14, 1803 – October 31, 1879) was an American writer of children's books.

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Hannibal was a Carthaginian general. He acquired his great distinction as a warrior by his desperate contests with the Romans. Rome and Carthage grew up together on opposite sides of the Mediterranean Sea. For about a hundred years they waged against each other most dreadful wars. There were three of these wars. Rome was successful in the end, and Carthage was entirely destroyed.

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Abbott, Jacob: Julius Caesar. v1. 11 Jul 2015

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Jacob Abbott (November 14, 1803 – October 31, 1879) was an American writer of children's books.

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The Roman hero was Caesar. He was born just one hundred years before the Christian era. His renown does not depend, like that of Alexander, on foreign conquests, nor, like that of Hannibal, on the terrible energy of his aggressions upon foreign foes, but upon his protracted and dreadful contests with, and ultimate triumphs over, his rivals and competitors at home. When he appeared upon the stage, the Roman empire already included nearly all of the world that was worth possessing. There were no more conquests to be made. Caesar did, indeed, enlarge, in some degree, the boundaries of the empire; but the main question in his day was, who should possess the power which preceding conquerors had acquired.

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Abbott, Jacob: King Alfred of England. v1. 12 Jul 2015

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Jacob Abbott (November 14, 1803 – October 31, 1879) was an American writer of children's books.

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Alfred the Great figures in history as the founder, in some sense, of the British monarchy. Of that long succession of sovereigns who have held the scepter of that monarchy, and whose government has exerted so vast an influence on the condition and welfare of mankind, he was not, indeed, actually the first. There were several lines of insignificant princes before him, who governed such portions of the kingdom as they individually possessed, more like semi-savage chieftains than English kings. Alfred followed these by the principle of hereditary right, and spent his life in laying broad and deep the foundations on which the enormous superstructure of the British empire has since been reared. If the tales respecting his character and deeds which have come downto us are at all worthy of belief, he was an honest, conscientious, disinterested, and far-seeing statesman. If the system of hereditary succession would always furnish such sovereigns for mankind, the principle of loyalty would have held its place much longer in the world than it is now likely to do, and great nations, now republican, would have been saved a vast deal of trouble and toil expended in the election of their rulers.

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Abbott, Jacob: King Charles II. v1. 12 Jul 2015

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Jacob Abbott (November 14, 1803 – October 31, 1879) was an American writer of children's books.

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King Charles the Second was the son and successor of King Charles the First. These two are the only kings of the name of Charles that have appeared, thus far, in the line of English sovereigns. Nor is it very probable that there will soon be another. The reigns of both these monarchs were stained and tarnished with many vices and crimes, and darkened by national disasters of every kind, and the name is thus connected with so many painful associations in the minds of men, that it seems to have been dropped, by common consent, in all branches of the royal family.

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Abbott, John S. C.: Benjamin Franklin. V1. 26 May 2011

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John Stevens Cabot Abbott (September 19, 1805 – June 17, 1877), an American historian, pastor, and pedagogical writer, was born in Brunswick, Maine to Jacob and Betsey Abbott.

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There is probably not, in the compass of all literature, a biography more full of entertainment and valuable thought, than a truthful sketch of the career of Benjamin Franklin. He leads us to Philadelphia, one hundred and fifty years ago, and makes us perfectly familiar with life there and then. He conducts us across the Atlantic to the Court of St. James, and the Court of Versailles. There is no writer, French or English, who has given such vivid sketches of the scenes which were witnessed there, as came from the pen of Benjamin Franklin. For half a century Franklin moved amid the most stupendous events, a graphic history of which his pen has recorded.

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Abbott, John S. C: Christopher Carson. V1. 26 May 2011

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John Stevens Cabot Abbott (September 19, 1805 – June 17, 1877), an American historian, pastor, and pedagogical writer, was born in Brunswick, Maine to Jacob and Betsey Abbott.

Kit Carson was the child of the wilderness. He was by nature a gentleman, and one of the most lovable of men. His weird-like life passed rapidly away, before the introduction of railroads and steamboats. His strange, heroic adventures are ever read with astonishment, and they invariably secure for him the respect and affection of all who become familiar with his name.

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Abbott, John S. C: Daniel Boone. V1. 27 May 2011

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John Stevens Cabot Abbott (September 19, 1805 – June 17, 1877), an American historian, pastor, and pedagogical writer, was born in Brunswick, Maine to Jacob and Betsey Abbott.

Daniel Boone was the Cowper of the wilderness; a solitary man loving the silent companionship of the woods. He leads us across the Alleghanies to the fields of Kentucky, before any white man’s foot had traversed those magnificent realms. No tale of romance could ever surpass his adventures with the Indians.

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Abbott, John S. C: David Crockett. V1. 28 May 2011

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John Stevens Cabot Abbott (September 19, 1805 – June 17, 1877), an American historian, pastor, and pedagogical writer, was born in Brunswick, Maine to Jacob and Betsey Abbott.

David Crockett was a unique man. There is no one like him. Under no institutions but ours could such a character be formed. From a log hut, more comfortless than the wigwam of the savage, and without being able either to read or write, he enters legislative halls, takes his seat in Congress, and makes the tour of our great cities, attracting crowds to hear him speak. His life is a wild romance of undoubted truth.
Abbott, John S. C: David Crockett. V1. 28 May 2011

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Abbott, John S. C: Ferdinand De Soto. V1. 28 May 2011

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John Stevens Cabot Abbott (September 19, 1805 – June 17, 1877), an American historian, pastor, and pedagogical writer, was born in Brunswick, Maine to Jacob and Betsey Abbott.

De Soto conducts us to Florida, and leads us through scenes of romance, crime, blood and woe—through many Indian tribes, across the continent, to the Mississippi, where he finds his melancholy grave.

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Abbott, L. A: Seven Wives and Seven Prisons. V1. 10 Jan 2009

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SEVEN WIVES AND SEVEN PRISONS
OR EXPERIENCES IN THE LIFE OF A MATRIMONIAL MANIAC.

A TRUE STORY.

WRITTEN BY HIMSELF.

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SOME one has said that if any man would faithfully write his autobiography, giving truly his own history and experiences, the ills and joys, the haps and mishaps that had fallen to his lot, he could not fail to make an interesting story; and Disraeli makes Sidonia say that there is romance in every life. How much romance, as well as sad reality, there is in the life of a man who, among other experiences, has married seven wives, and has been seven times in prison-solely on account of the seven wives, may be learned from the pages that follow.

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Abbott, L.A: Seven Wives And Seven Prisons. v1, 16 Jan 2008

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Subtitled: Or Experiences In The Life Of A Matrimonial Maniac. A True Story, written by Himself.

From the opening:

Some one has said that if any man would faithfully write his autobiography, giving truly his own history and experiences, the ills and joys, the haps and mishaps that had fallen to his lot, he could not fail to make an interesting story; and Disraeli makes Sidonia say that there is romance in every life. How much romance, as well as sad reality, there is in the life of a man who, among other experiences, has married seven wives, and has been seven times in prison-solely on account of the seven wives, may be learned from the pages that follow.

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Abdullah, Achmed: Achmed Abdulla short stories. V1.2. 26 Jun 2019

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Achmed Abdullah (12 May 1881 – 12 May 1945) is an American writer of mystery, crime, and adventure pulps, and screenplays for some successful films. He was born in Kabul, Afghanistan, May 12, 1881, of Arab and Tartar stock. Educated in India, England, France, and Germany. Bachelor of Letters, Sorbonne, Paris. Served in British-Indian and Ottoman armies.

Many of these are from wikisource.org as well as magazines or books on archive.org. A few may be from Roy Glashan's Library in Australia and Project Gutenberg.

The formatting is what I think of as a "Slim 'n Trim" format; no images, no embedded fonts, and I've tried to design the CSS so that there is a minimum of tagging of html elements with classes.

It should work on any Kindle since it's a dual MOBI file (produced by Kindle Previewer 3) which contains both the AZW3/KF8 format as well as the ancient MOBI format, although don't get your hopes up about the antique MOBI format looking nice.

I haven't proofread it yet; feel free to send me any errors or typos you may find.

Mirza Fateh Khan (1946)
Their own dear land (1943)
Pell Street blues (1935)
The mystery of the talking idols (1929)
The strong man (1928)
Interlude (1927)
Once it happened in the black tents (1923)
The logical tale of the four camels (1922)
Bibi--his mark (1922)
Bibi L’teur
Grafter and master grafter (1922)
The jester (1922)
The soul of a Turk (1922)
Black poppies (1921)
The perfect way (1921)
Framed at the Benefactors Club (1921)
Bismillah! (1921)
Tao (1920)
Evening rice (1920)
The incubus (1920)
Tartar (1920)
To be accounted for (1920)
Krishnavana, destroyer of souls (1920)
The man who lost caste (1920)
Khizr (1920)
Cobbler’s Wax (1919)
A full house (1919)
Fear (1918)
After his kind (1919)
Ambassador of poker (1919)
A Pell Street spring song (1919)
The hatchetman (1919)
The yellow wife (1919)
Renunciation (1919)
Poker (1919)
The honourable gentleman (1919)
Himself, to himself enough (1919)
The two-handed sword (1918)
A simple act of piety (1918)
The river of hate (1918)
Pro patria (1918)
The dance on the hill (1918)
Thingumajee Thingumabob Jones (1918)
Reprisal (1918)
Wings (1918)
A Yarkand survey (1918)
Light (1918)
The home-coming (1917)
The charmed life (1917)
Disappointment (1917)
That haunting thing (1917)
Silence (1917)
Feud (1916)
The strength of the little thin thread (1912)

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Abdullah, Achmed: Fear and Other Stories. V1. 27 Nov 2008

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Achmed Abdullah (12 May 1881 - 12 May 1945), a pseudonym of Alexander Nicholayevitch Romanoff, was a Russian-born writer. He is most noted for his pulp stories of crime, mystery and adventure. He wrote screenplays for some successful films. He was the author of the progressive Siamese drama Chang, an Academy Award nominated film made in 1927. He earned an Academy Award nomination for collaborating on the screenplay to the 1935 film The Lives of a Bengal Lancer.

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Abdullah, Achmed: The Charmed Life. V1. 9 Jan 2009

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Achmed Abdullah (12 May 1881 - 12 May 1945), a pseudonym of Alexander Nicholayevitch Romanoff, was a Russian-born writer. He is most noted for his pulp stories of crime, mystery and adventure. He wrote screenplays for some successful films. He was the author of the progressive Siamese drama Chang, an Academy Award nominated film made in 1927. He earned an Academy Award nomination for collaborating on the screenplay to the 1935 film The Lives of a Bengal Lancer.

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"An adventurous and slightly fantastic love story—yet substantially a true story—that's the dope: and the only thing which remains is to catch your hare, to quote Mrs. Glass's famous Cookery Book. I heard such a story not so very long ago, when on my way home to Afghanistan. I stopped for a few weeks at Calcutta".

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Abdullah, Achmed: The Incubus. V1. 10 Jan 2009

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Achmed Abdullah (12 May 1881 - 12 May 1945), a pseudonym of Alexander Nicholayevitch Romanoff, was a Russian-born writer. He is most noted for his pulp stories of crime, mystery and adventure. He wrote screenplays for some successful films. He was the author of the progressive Siamese drama Chang, an Academy Award nominated film made in 1927. He earned an Academy Award nomination for collaborating on the screenplay to the 1935 film The Lives of a Bengal Lancer.

THE darkness that is Africa is brilliantly depicted in this weird story of a white man alone in the jungle.

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Abdullah, Achmed: The Thief of Bagdad, 1924, v1. 15 Sep 2022

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Colorful "Arabian Nights" fantasy story concocted by Douglas Fairbanks and Achmed Abdullah as a scenario for a 1924 silent movie. It was then novelised by Achmed Abdullah. The movie has been remade numerous times since. This is the 1st Edition, Illustrated with four stills from the 1924 movie.

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Abélard, Peter: Historia Calamitatum: The Story of My Misfortunes, v1, 1 Feb 2010.

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Peter Abélard [1079-1142]
Historia Calamitatum: The Story of My Misfortunes
An Autobiography by Peter Abélard
Translated by Henry Adams Bellows (1803-1873)
Introduction by Ralph Adams Cram (1863-1942)
1922

Abélard, one of the most talented medieval scholars in Paris, falls in love with Héloise. She refuses to marry him, saying that cradles and books don’t mix. Then she gets pregnant and they marry secretly.
Her uncle exacts a terrible revenge when he thinks that Héloise has been deserted. After this, Abelard’s life will never be the same again…

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Abelsen, Olaf K: Die Fackel des Südpols v1 german 13.02.12

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Autor:

Walther Kabel, diesmal wieder als Olaf Abelsen in seinen unvergleichlichen "Abenteuern abseits vom Alltagswege". In dieser Serie läuft Kabel zur Höchstform auf.

Titel

Band 17 der Abelsen-Saga. Es treibt unseren Abenteurer diesmal durch die wilde Insel Formosa (das heutige Taiwan) bis hin zum Südpol. Atemberaubende Schilderungen von Landschaften, hingetupfte, atemlose Actionszenen und ein utopisches Nurflüglerflugzeug! Hört sich interessant an, liest sich noch besser!

Technik

Marke Eigenbau: Scan, OCR, Korrektur, Layout von mir. Originalcover.

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Abelsen, Olaf K: Die Geheimnisse von Malmotta v1 (german) 10.12.2011

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Autor: Walt(h)er Kabel alias Max Schraut alias Olaf K.Abelsen
"Ein unglaublicher Vielschreiber (zwischen 1919 und 1934 erschienen im Berliner Verlag Moderner Lektüre allein 372 Folgen seiner Reihe um den "deutschen Detektiv" Harald Harst, und das war nur ein Teil seiner Produktion!), aber durchaus mit eigenem Stil. Der gelernte Jurist war bereits 1925 in die NSDAP eingetreten, gab sein Parteibuch jedoch 1933 oder 34 zurück - ob aus Enttäuschung über sein faktisches Publikationsverbot ("deutsche Detektive" waren verpönt, da es natürlich keine "deutschen Verbrechen" mehr gab) oder aus Protest gegen die Rassenpolitik der Nazis, lässt sich heute ebenso wenig klären wie die Umstände seines frühen Todes 1935." schreibt Dieter Paul Rudolph in seiner Criminalbibliothek

Hier ein sehr interessanter Artikel zu Kabel: Laptop-Krimis

Titel: Die Geheimnisse von Malmotta ist ein Teil der herausragenden Abenteuerserie [Abenteuer Abseits vom Alltagswege[/ mit dem Helden Olaf K Abelsen, aus dessen Ich-Perspektive die Geschichten erzählt werden. Abelsen ist Schwede und Max Schraut, der Autor der Harst-Reihe, wird als angeblicher Übersetzer vorgeschoben. Dies wohl um das faktische Publikationsverbot zu umgehen, das auf Kabel lastete.

Die meisten Abenteuer dieser 50bändigen Reihe spielen an exotischen Standorten, vorzugsweise dem Pazifik. Abelsen ist ein Heimatloser, der von der Polizei und seinen Dämonen gejagt wird.

Besonders auffallend ist der moderne Stil, der fast schon expressionistisch genannt werden kann. Beeindruckend der Staccato-Ton, der in den zahlreichen Actionszenen zum Tragen kommt. Auch hervorzuheben die teils skurrilen Charaktere, die direkt aus einem Corto Maltese Comic entsprungen zu sein scheinen. Unbedingt empfehlenswerte Lektüre.

Dieser Text ist den vorerwähnten Laptop-Krimis entnommen, das Cover ist ein Original.

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Abelsen, Olaf K: Im Niemandsland der Galapagos v1 german 18.01.12

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Abenteuer abseits des Alltagsweges Nummer 40

Autor ist Walther Kabel

Buch: [QUOTVorsehung, Schicksal, Fatum, höheres Walten...

Man werfe das alles in einen güldenen Topf, rührt es gründlich um, dann kommt die richtige Mischung heraus.
Nur nicht das blöde Wort: Zufall!
Wer noch immer so rückständig ist, von "Zufall" zu reden, hat nie seine vier Spießbürgerpfähle, sein "Bürgerheim" in Wahrheit verlassen, und mag er noch so viel mit Cook oder Stampen oder sonstwie in der Welt auf gutgepflegten Autostraßen umher gegondelt sein.
Zufall?!
Schon allein die Wortbildung "Zu - fall" muß jeden Nachdenklichen stutzig machen.
Was einem "zufällt", so oder so, ist ein Geschenk. Von wem, bleibt sich gleich. Stehst du unter einem hohen Apfelbaum mit wundervollen reifen Früchten, und dir "fällt" dann ausgerechnet ein Apfel zu - nämlich vor die Füße - wem willst du einreden, daß das "Zufall" gewesen?! Der Apfel war eben reif zum Sturz, er mußte fallen, sein Stiel war locker... Deshalb fiel er.[/QUOT

Cover stammt von hokuspokus. Thanks man, you're the greatest!
Text von Laptop Krimis

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Abelson, H; Sussman G: Structure and Interpretation of Computer Programs (2nd Ed), v1

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This book is one of a series of texts written by faculty of the Electrical Engineering and Computer Science Department at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. It was edited and produced by The MIT Press and includes almost 200 images/figures.

From wikipedia:
[QUOTStructure and Interpretation of Computer Programs (SICP) is a textbook published in 1985 about general computer programming concepts from MIT Press written by Massachusetts Institute of Technology professors Harold Abelson and Gerald Jay Sussman, with Julie Sussman. It has been used as the textbook for an introductory course in computer programming for students of computer science at MIT, where it is known as 6.001, and at other schools. The second edition (ISBN 0-262-51087-1) appeared in 1996. Widely considered a classic text in computer science, it is also known as the Wizard Book (there is a wizard on the cover), and less commonly, the Purple Book. [/QUOT

This ebook is generated from the html files available from http://mitpress.mit.edu/sicp/full-te...ook-Z-H-1.html and as described in this thread.

This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial 3.0 Unported License.

TO DO: Some of the links may not traverse back to the exact point where they were originally referenced from. :dunno:

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Adam, G. Mercer: An Algonquin Maiden. V1. 30 May 2011

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Graeme Mercer Adam (May 25, 1839 – October 30, 1912) was a Canadian author, editor, and publisher.

AGNES ETHELWYN WETHERALD was born of English-Quaker parents at Rockwood, Ontario, April 26th, 1857. Her father was the late Rev. William Wetherald, who founded the Rockwood Academy about the middle of the last century, and was its principal for some years. He was a lover of good English, spoken and written, and his talented daughter has owed much to his careful teaching. He was the teacher whom the late James J. Hill, the railway magnate, had held in such grateful remembrance. http://digital.library.upenn.edu/wom...wetherald.html

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And now, like a visible response to his silent but seemingly resistless longing, a boat was rapidly pushed away from the larger craft, and the swift flash and fall of the oars kept time to the pulsing in the old man's breast. Again ensued that inglorious conflict between self-respecting sobriety of demeanour and long suppressed emotion, which ended only when the boat grated on the sand, and a blonde stalwart youth leaped ashore. The old man fell upon his neck with tears and murmured ejaculations of gratitude and welcome; but young impatient hands pushed him not ungently aside, and a youthful voice, high and intense from anxiety, urgently exclaimed: "My mother! How is my mother?"

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Adams, Andy: A Texas Matchmaker. V1. 1 Jun 2011

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Andy Adams (May 3, 1859 – September 26, 1935) was an American writer of western fiction. Andy Adams was born in Indiana. His parents, Andrew and Elizabeth (Elliott) Adams, were pioneers. As a boy he helped with the cattle and horses on the family farm. In the early 1880s he went to Texas, where he stayed for 10 years, spending much of that time driving cattle on the western trail. In 1890 he left the trail to try his hand at business, but the venture failed, so he turned his hand to gold-mining in Colorado and Nevada. In 1894, he settled in Colorado Springs, where he lived until his death.

When I first found employment with Lance Lovelace, a Texas cowman, I had not yet attained my majority, while he was over sixty. Though not a native of Texas, "Uncle Lance" was entitled to be classed among its pioneers, his parents having emigrated from Tennessee along with a party of Stephen F. Austin's colonists in 1821. The colony with which his people reached the state landed at Quintana, at the mouth of the Brazos River, and shared the various hardships that befell all the early Texan settlers, moving inland later to a more healthy locality. Thus the education of young Lovelace was one of privation. Like other boys in pioneer families, he became in turn a hewer of wood or drawer of water, as the necessities of the household required, in reclaiming the wilderness. When Austin hoisted the new-born Lone Star flag, and called upon the sturdy pioneers to defend it, the adventurous settlers came from every quarter of the territory, and among the first who responded to the call to arms was young Lance Lovelace. After San Jacinto, when the fighting was over and the victory won, he laid down his arms, and returned to ranching with the same zeal and energy. The first legislature assembled voted to those who had borne arms in behalf of the new republic, lands in payment for their services. With this land scrip for his pay, young Lovelace, in company with others, set out for the territory lying south of the Nueces. They were a band of daring spirits. The country was primitive and fascinated them, and they remained. Some settled on the Frio River, though the majority crossed the Nueces, many going as far south as the Rio Grande.

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Adams, Andy: A Texas Matchmaker. v1. 26 Dec 2012

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Andy Adams (May 3, 1859[1] – September 26, 1935) was an American writer of western fiction.

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The pioneers of Texas belong to a day and generation which has almost gone. If strong arms and daring spirits were required to conquer the wilderness, Nature seemed generous in the supply; for nearly all were stalwart types of the inland viking. Lance Lovelace, when I first met him, would have passed for a man in middle life. Over six feet in height, with a rugged constitution, he little felt his threescore years, having spent his entire lifetime in the outdoor occupation of a ranchman. Living on the wild game of the country, sleeping on the ground by a camp-fire when his work required it, as much at home in the saddle as by his ranch fireside, he was a romantic type of the strenuous pioneer.

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Adams, Andy: Cattle Brands. V1. 31 May 2011

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Andy Adams (May 3, 1859 – September 26, 1935) was an American writer of western fiction. Andy Adams was born in Indiana. His parents, Andrew and Elizabeth (Elliott) Adams, were pioneers. As a boy he helped with the cattle and horses on the family farm. In the early 1880s he went to Texas, where he stayed for 10 years, spending much of that time driving cattle on the western trail. In 1890 he left the trail to try his hand at business, but the venture failed, so he turned his hand to gold-mining in Colorado and Nevada. In 1894, he settled in Colorado Springs, where he lived until his death.

DRIFTING NORTH
SEIGERMAN'S PER CENT
"BAD MEDICINE"
A WINTER ROUND-UP
A COLLEGE VAGABOND
THE DOUBLE TRAIL
RANGERING
AT COMANCHE FORD
AROUND THE SPADE WAGON
THE RANSOM OF DON RAMON MORA
THE PASSING OF PEG-LEG
IN THE HANDS OF HIS FRIENDS
A QUESTION OF POSSESSION
THE STORY OF A POKER STEER

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Adams, Andy: Reed Anthony, Cowman. V1. 1 Jun 2011

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Andy Adams (May 3, 1859 – September 26, 1935) was an American writer of western fiction. Andy Adams was born in Indiana. His parents, Andrew and Elizabeth (Elliott) Adams, were pioneers. As a boy he helped with the cattle and horses on the family farm. In the early 1880s he went to Texas, where he stayed for 10 years, spending much of that time driving cattle on the western trail. In 1890 he left the trail to try his hand at business, but the venture failed, so he turned his hand to gold-mining in Colorado and Nevada. In 1894, he settled in Colorado Springs, where he lived until his death.

I can truthfully say that my entire life has been spent with cattle. Even during my four years' service in the Confederate army, the greater portion was spent with the commissary department, in charge of its beef supplies. I was wounded early in the second year of the war and disabled as a soldier, but rather than remain at home I accepted a menial position under a quartermaster. Those were strenuous times. During Lee's invasion of Pennsylvania we followed in the wake of the army with over a thousand cattle, and after Gettysburg we led the retreat with double that number. Near the close of the war we frequently had no cattle to hold, and I became little more than a camp-follower.

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Adams, Andy: Reed Anthony, Cowman. v1. 26 Dec 2012

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Andy Adams (May 3, 1859 – September 26, 1935) was an American writer of western fiction.

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I can truthfully say that my entire life has been spent with cattle. Even during my four years' service in the Confederate army, the greater portion was spent with the commissary department, in charge of its beef supplies. I was wounded early in the second year of the war and disabled as a soldier, but rather than remain at home I accepted a menial position under a quartermaster. Those were strenuous times. During Lee's invasion of Pennsylvania we followed in the wake of the army with over a thousand cattle, and after Gettysburg we led the retreat with double that number. Near the close of the war we frequently had no cattle to hold, and I became little more than a camp-follower.

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Adams, Andy: The Log of a Cowboy. v1. 22 Oct 07

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[The Log of a Cowboy[/ is an account of a five-month drive of 3,000 cattle from Brownsville, Texas, to Montana in 1882 along the Great Western Cattle Trail. Although the book is fiction, it is firmly based on Adams's own experiences on the trail, and it is considered by many to be the best account of cowboy life in literature. Adams was disgusted by the unrealistic cowboy fiction being published in his day; The Log of a Cowboy was his response. It is still in print, and even modern reviewers consider it a compelling classic. The Chicago Herald said: "As a narrative of cowboy life, Andy Adams' book is clearly the real thing. It carries its own certificate of authentic first-hand experience on every page."

It's a good read but it does contain stereotypes and some racial epithets, so be forewarned.

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Adams, Andy: The Log of a Cowboy. v1. 26 Dec 2012

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Andy Adams (May 3, 1859 – September 26, 1935) was an American writer of western fiction.

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Just why my father moved, at the close of the civil war, from Georgia to Texas, is to this good hour a mystery to me. While we did not exactly belong to the poor whites, we classed with them in poverty, being renters; but I am inclined to think my parents were intellectually superior to that common type of the South. Both were foreign born, my mother being Scotch and my father a north of Ireland man,—as I remember him, now, impulsive, hasty in action, and slow to confess a fault. It was his impulsiveness that led him to volunteer and serve four years in the Confederate army,—trying years to my mother, with a brood of seven children to feed, garb, and house. The war brought me my initiation as a cowboy, of which I have now, after the long lapse of years, the greater portion of which were spent with cattle, a distinct recollection. Sherman's army, in its march to the sea, passed through our county, devastating that section for miles in its passing.

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Adams, Andy: The Outlet. V1. 1 Jun 2011

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Andy Adams (May 3, 1859 – September 26, 1935) was an American writer of western fiction. Andy Adams was born in Indiana. His parents, Andrew and Elizabeth (Elliott) Adams, were pioneers. As a boy he helped with the cattle and horses on the family farm. In the early 1880s he went to Texas, where he stayed for 10 years, spending much of that time driving cattle on the western trail. In 1890 he left the trail to try his hand at business, but the venture failed, so he turned his hand to gold-mining in Colorado and Nevada. In 1894, he settled in Colorado Springs, where he lived until his death.

When the spirit of a man is once broken, he becomes useless. On the trail it is necessary to have some diversion from hard work, long hours, and exposure to the elements. With man and beast, from the Brazos to Red River was a fire test of physical endurance. But after crossing into the Chickasaw Nation, a comparatively new country would open before us.

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Adams, Andy: Wells Brothers. V1. 1 Jun 2011

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Andy Adams (May 3, 1859 – September 26, 1935) was an American writer of western fiction. Andy Adams was born in Indiana. His parents, Andrew and Elizabeth (Elliott) Adams, were pioneers. As a boy he helped with the cattle and horses on the family farm. In the early 1880s he went to Texas, where he stayed for 10 years, spending much of that time driving cattle on the western trail. In 1890 he left the trail to try his hand at business, but the venture failed, so he turned his hand to gold-mining in Colorado and Nevada. In 1894, he settled in Colorado Springs, where he lived until his death.

The first herd of trail cattle to leave Dodge City, Kansas, for the Northwest, during the summer of 1885, was owned by the veteran drover, Don Lovell. Accidents will happen, and when about midway between the former point and Ogalalla, Nebraska, a rather serious mishap befell Quince Forrest, one of the men with the herd. He and the horse wrangler, who were bunkies, were constantly scuffling, reckless to the point of injury, the pulse of healthy man-hood beating a constant alarm to rough contest. The afternoon previous to the accident, a wayfaring man had overtaken the herd, and spent the night with the trail outfit. During the evening, a flock of sand-hill cranes was sighted, when the stranger expressed a wish to secure a specimen of the bird for its splendid plumage. On Forrest's own suggestion, his being a long-range pistol and the covey wary, the two exchanged belts. The visitor followed the flock, stealing within range a number of times, and emptying the six-shooter at every chance. On securing a fine specimen near nightfall, he returned to the herd, elated over his chance shot and beautiful trophy. However, before returning the belt, he had refilled the cylinder with six instead of five cartridges, thus resting the hammer on a loaded shell. In the enthusiasm of the moment, and ignorant of its danger, belt and pistol were returned to their owner.

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Adams, Charles Warren: The Notting Hill Mystery. v1. 31 Mar 2026

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A perfect crime?

Insurance investigator Ralph Henderson endeavors to prove that the sinister Baron “R___” murdered his wife, Madame R, for insurance money. Henderson uncovers a complex web of intrigue, including diabolical mesmerism, slow poisoning, gypsy kidnappings, disputed wills, and three interconnected murders.

[The Notting Hill Mystery[/, written under the pseudonym “Charles Felix”, is considered by many to be the first modern full length detective novel. The story is presented through a compilation of documents — diaries, letters, and witness reports. This “forensic” approach would not become common in detective fiction until the 1920s. More atmospheric than mysterious, the book is praised for its intricate plot and for being a true ancestor to modern mystery fiction, focusing on how the crime was committed and proving the perpetrator’s guilt.

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Charles Warren Adams (1833–1903) was an English lawyer, publisher and anti-vivisectionist, now known from documentary evidence to have been the author of [The Notting Hill Mystery[/. He wrote under the pseudonym “Charles Felix”.

George du Maurier (1834–1896) was a French-British cartoonist, illustrator, and novelist. He was known for his work in “Punch” magazine and his 1894 Gothic novel [Trilby[/, featuring the character Svengali.
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Contents were first published in “Once a Week” magazine Nov. 1862 ~ Jan. 1863, and in book form in 1865. [This book is in the public domain worldwide.[/
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Adams, Cleve F: The Evil Star (1944), v1, 27 May 2021

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A 1944 short crime novel (47.000 words) by Cleve F Adams, under his pseudonym John Spain. It is expanded from a short story "Triple Threat" by Adams published in 1940 in "Detective Story Magazine".

Lieutenant McCord of LAPD detectives gets himself in a tangle involving three identical triplets, one who has gone missing, one who is under suspicion of murder, and one who he has fallen for.

Complicated plot, but typical Cleve F Adams crime novel.

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Adams, Cleve F: The Private Eye (1942); v1; 10 June 2020

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Cleve F Adams (1884 - 1949) "The missing link between Dashiell Hammett and James Ellroy, Cleve F. Adams wrote rambunctious, violent, corrosively cynical private eye fiction from the mid-1930s until his untimely death from pneumonia in 1949 at the age of 54. He also wrote as Franklin Charles and John Spain."
(Quote from Fantastic Fiction)

Las Cruces, New Mexico. Private eye John J Shannon's operative Gus Vogel reports from an assignment that an old enemy, Kronjager, has spotted him. From here, things go south suddenly, including Shannon, who flies down from LA and into big trouble.

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Adams, Cleve F: What Price Murder (1942); v1; 22 Jul 2021

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A tough insurance company investigator is in pursuit of a quarter-million dollars of stolen diamonds, tripping over gangsters, dames, and brutal cops in the search. Hard boiled Private Eye novel by Cleve F Adams (1895-1949), a "Black Mask Magazine" regular.

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Adams, Henry: The Education of Henry Adams. v1, 2 Jan 2008

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From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia:

The Education of Henry Adams records the struggle of Bostonian Henry Adams (1838-1918), in early old age, to come to terms with the dawning 20th century, so different from the world of his youth. It is also a sharp critique of 19th century educational theory and practice. In 1907, Adams began privately circulating copies of a limited edition printed at his own expense. Commercial publication had to await its author's 1918 death, whereupon it won the 1919 Pulitzer Prize.

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Adams, John Quincy: State of the Union Addresses. v1.0, 6 October 2007

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John Quincy Adams (July 11, 1767 – February 23, 1848) was a diplomat, politician, and the sixth President of the United States (March 4, 1825 – March 4, 1829).

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Adams, John: State of the Union Address. v1.0, 6 October 2007

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John Adams, Jr. (October 30, 1735 – July 4, 1826) served as America's first Vice President (1789–1797) and as its second President (1797–1801). He was defeated for re-election in the "Revolution of 1800" by Thomas Jefferson. Adams was also the first President to reside in the newly built White House in Washington, D.C., which was completed in 1800.

Adams was a sponsor of the American Revolution in Massachusetts, and a diplomat and a rebel in the 1770s. He was a driving force for independence in 1776; Jefferson called him the "Colossus of Independence". He represented the Continental Congress in Europe. He was a major negotiator of the eventual peace treaty with Great Britain, and chiefly responsible for obtaining the loans from the Amsterdam money market necessary for the conduct of the Revolution. His prestige secured his two elections as Washington's Vice President and his election to succeed him. As President, he was frustrated by battles inside his own Federalist party against a faction led by Alexander Hamilton, but he broke with them to avert a major conflict with France in 1798, during the Quasi-War crisis. He became the founder of an important family of politicians, diplomats and historians, and in recent years his reputation has improved.

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Ade, George: Ade's Fables. v1. 24 Aug 2015

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George Ade (February 9, 1866 – May 16, 1944) was an American writer, newspaper columnist, and playwright.

THE NEW FABLE OF THE PRIVATE AGITATOR AND WHAT HE COOKED UP
THE NEW FABLE OF THE SPEEDY SPRITE
THE NEW FABLE OF THE INTERMITTENT FUSSER
THE NEW FABLE OF THE SEARCH FOR CLIMATE
THE NEW FABLE OF THE FATHER WHO JUMPED IN
THE NEW FABLE OF THE UPLIFTER AND HIS DANDY LITTLE OPUS
THE NEW FABLE OF THE WANDERING BOY AND THE WAYWARD PARENT
THE NEW FABLE OF WHAT TRANSPIRES AFTER THE WIND-UP
THE DREAM THAT CAME OUT WITH MUCH TO BOOT
THE NEW FABLE OF THE TOILSOME ASCENT AND THE SHINING TABLE-LAND
THE NEW FABLE OF THE AERIAL PERFORMER, THE BUZZING BLONDINE AND THE DAUGHTER OF MR. JACKSON
THE NEW FABLE OF SUSAN AND THE DAUGHTER AND THE GRANDDAUGHTER, AND THEN SOMETHING REALLY GRAND
THE NEW FABLE OF THE SCOFFER WHO FELL HARD AND THE WOMAN SITTING BY
THE NEW FABLE OF THE LONESOME CAMP ON THE FROZEN HEIGHTS
THE NEW FABLE OF THE MARATHON IN THE MUD AND THE LAUREL WREATH

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Ade, George: More Fables. v1. 24 Aug 2015

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George Ade (February 9, 1866 – May 16, 1944) was an American writer, newspaper columnist, and playwright.

THE FABLE OF HOW UNCLE BREWSTER WAS TOO SHIFTY FOR THE TEMPTER
THE FABLE OF THE GRASS WIDOW AND THE MESMEREE AND THE SIDOLLARS
THE FABLE OF THE HONEST MONEY-MAKER AND THE PARTNER OF HIS JOYS, SUCH AS THEY WERE
THE FABLE OF WHY SWEETIE FLEW THE TRACK
THE FABLE OF THE EX-CHATTEL AND THE AWFUL SWAT THAT WAS WAITING FOR THECOLONEL
THE FABLE OF THE CORPORATION DIRECTOR AND THE MISLAID AMBITION
THE FABLE OF WHAT HAPPENED THE NIGHT THE MEN CAME TO THE WOMEN’S CLUB
THE FABLE OF WHY ESSIE’S TALL FRIEND GOT THE FRESH AIR
THE FABLE OF THE MICHIGAN COUNTERFEIT WHO WASN’T ONE THING OR THE OTHER
THE FABLE OF THE ADULT GIRL WHO GOT BUSY BEFORE THEY COULD RING THE BELL ON HER
THE FABLE OF THE MAN-GRABBER WHO WENT OUT OF HIS CLASS
THE FABLE OF THE INVETERATE JOKER WHO REMAINED IN MONTANA
THE FABLE OF THE CRUEL IN-SULT AND THE ARRIVAL OF THE LOVER FROM NO. 6
THE FABLE OF THE LODGE FIEND, AND THE DELILAH TRICK PLAYED BY HIS WIFE
THE FABLE OF THE APPREHENSIVE SPARROW AND HER DAILY ESCAPE
THE FABLE OF THE REGULAR CUSTOMER AND THE COPPER-LINED ENTERTAINER
THE FABLE OF LUTIE, THE FALSE ALARM, AND HOW SHE FINISHED ABOUT THE TIME THAT SHE STARTED
THE FABLE OF THE COTILLON LEADER FROM THE HUCKLEBERRY DISTRICT WITH THE INTERMITTENT MEMORY
THE FABLE OF THE HE-GOSSIP AND THE MAN’S WIFE AND THE MAN
THE FABLE OF THE AUTHOR WHO WAS SORRY FOR WHAT HE DID TO WILLIE

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Ade, George: The Slim Princess. v1. 23 Aug 2015

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George Ade (February 9, 1866 – May 16, 1944) was an American writer, newspaper columnist, and playwright.

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Morovenia is a state in which both the mosque and the motor-car now occur in the same landscape. It started out to be Turkish and later decided to be European.
The Mohammedan sanctuaries with their hideous stencil decorations and bulbous domes are jostled by many new shops with blinking fronts and German merchandise. The orthodox turn their faces toward Mecca while the enlightened dream of a journey to Paris. Men of title lately have made the pleasing discovery that they may drink champagne and still be good Mussulmans. The red slipper has been succeeded by the tan gaiter. The voluminous breeches now acknowledge the superior graces of intimate English trousers. Frock-coats are more conventional than beaded jackets. The fez remains as a part of the insignia of the old faith and hereditary devotion to the Sick Man.

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Aeschylus: The House of Atreus. V1.27 Dec 2013

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From Wikipedia:[QUOTAeschylus (c. 525/524 BC – c. 456/455 BC) was the first of the three ancient Greek tragedians whose plays can still be read or performed, the others being Sophocles and Euripides. He is often described as the father of tragedy: Our knowledge of the genre begins with his work and our understanding of earlier tragedies is largely based on inferences from his surviving plays. According to Aristotle, he expanded the number of characters in plays to allow for conflict amongst them, whereas previously characters had interacted only with the chorus.

Only seven of his estimated seventy to ninety plays have survived into modern times, and there is a longstanding debate about his authorship of one of these plays, Prometheus Bound. Fragments of some other plays have survived in quotes and more continue to be discovered on Egyptian papyrus, often giving us surprising insights into his work. He was probably the first dramatist to present plays as a trilogy; his Oresteia is the only ancient example of the form to have survived.[/QUOT

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Aeschylus: The Oresteia. v1, 27 Mar 2017

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Aeschylus (525-455 BC) was one of the most famous Greek dramatists, and was said by Aristotle to be the first to have more than one character on stage as well as the chorus. [The Oresteia[/ was produced in 458 BC.

This 21st century verse translation of the three plays in [The Oresteia[/ was done by Emeritus Professor Ian Johnston of Vancouver Island University, British Columbia, Canada. He retains the copyright, and has given permission to use his text in this ebook. Prof. Johnston has provided stage directions for the three plays, (in italics) and footnotes for the first two plays.

The first play tells of Agamemnon's sacrifice of his daughter Iphigeneia to induce Artemis to grant favourable winds for the invasion of Troy, and his murder by his wife Clytaemnestra when he returns to Argos after the fall of Troy. The second play tells of the murder of Clytaemnestra by their son Orestes when he returns from exile. The third play tells of Oreste's flight to Athens pursued and tormented by the Furies, and the intervention of Athena who arranges his trial and provides a new role for the Furies.

The text for this ebook was taken from the online version on Prof. Johnston's website, and checked against the print version. I have omitted line numbers, made slight changes to layout, and provided endnotes for the third play. The cover illustration is taken from Wikisource.

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Aesop: Aesop’s Fables (illus-Rackham). v1. 10 Oct 2019

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AESOP’S FABLES
375 BITS OF WISDOM AND WIT

SELECTIONS FROM SEVERAL SOURCES.
(Details available inside the book.)

TRANSLATIONS BY:
Thomas James (1809–1863)
George Fyler Townsend (1814–1900)
Joseph Jacobs (1854–1916)

LIFE OF AESOP BY:
Geo. F. Townsend (1814–1900)

COMMENTARY BY:
G. K. Chesterton (1874–1936)

ILLUSTRATIONS BY:
Arthur Rackham (1867–1939)
(Version without illustrations also available.)

WITH AN INDEX OF TITLES AND AN INDEX OF MORALS.

Just as the name “Grimm” has become synonymous with “fairytale,” so has the name “Aesop” become synonymous with “fable.” Presented here, 375 fables: brief bits of wisdom to entertain and instruct readers of all ages, with 75 delightful illustrations by the Grand Master, Arthur Rackham.

[By definition, fables are not true stories. Nevertheless, these are maxims; proverbial truths we are already fully aware of, but nevertheless benefit from being reminded of from time to time.

These timeless stories have been passed down for thousands of years by different cultures around the world, including one of the stories discovered on Egyptian papyri from 3,000 years ago. The fine details have undoubtedly changed but the moral within each fable remains the same. So much so that they have become the “user guide to life,” the moral diet for educators; told and retold, easy to remember and understand by all ages.
… read these fables, be entertained, learn the origin of terms such as “sour grapes,” listen to the viper talking with the metal file, lose yourself in the absurd fantasies, and emerge a better person than you were yesterday.
—Sarah Boynton, from Introduction to “Aesop’s Fables” at seiyaku.com (used with permission).[/

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Most of us are familiar with the stories of the Hare and the Tortoise, The Fox and the Sour Grapes, The Boy Who Cried Wolf, The Wolf in Sheep’s Clothing, The Ants and the Grasshopper…
Here some excerpts, a few that might not be quite so familiar…
Jupiter and the Two Bags

Jupiter, it is said, once gave to Man two bags—one for his neighbour’s faults, the other for his own. One was much smaller than the other, and both hung from a strap which was thrown over the shoulder so that one bag should hang in front, and one behind. The Man kept the large one in front for his Neighbours’ faults, and the small one behind for his own, so that, while the first was always under his nose, it took some trouble to see the latter.
This custom, which began thus early, is not quite unknown at the present day.

The Blacksmith And His Dog

There was a certain Blacksmith who had a little Dog. While he hammered away at his metal, the Dog slept; but whenever he sat down to his dinner, the Dog woke up, wagging his tail to be fed. “Sluggard cur!” said the Blacksmith, throwing him a bone; “you sleep through the noise of the anvil, but wake up at the first clatter of my teeth.”

[Men are awake enough to their own interests, but turn a deaf ear to their friend’s distress.[/

The Lion and His Three Councillors

The Lion called the Sheep to ask her if his breath smelled: she said Aye; he bit off her head for a fool. He called the Wolf, and asked him; he said No; he tore him in pieces for a flatterer. At last he called the Fox, and asked him. He said, Truly he had got a cold, and could not smell.

[Wise men say nothing in dangerous times.[/
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Read just one a day (two on holidays), and just think how wise you will be this time next year!
:)

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Afford, Max: Blood on his Hands, v1, 13 Feb 2025

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Australian Max Afford (1906-1954) was a prolific writer of radio plays during the heyday of radio, and also wrote a number of detective novels, usually featuring his radio series detective Jeffery Blackburn.

Blood on his Hands 1936
Death's Mannikins 1937
The Dead are Blind 1937
Fly by Night (Owl of Darkness) 1942
Sinners in Paradise 1946
The Sheep and the Wolves 1947

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Afford, Max: Death's Mannikins, v1, 13 Feb 2025

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Australian Max Afford (1906-1954) was a prolific writer of radio plays during the heyday of radio, and also wrote a number of detective novels, usually featuring his radio series detective Jeffery Blackburn.

Blood on his Hands 1936
Death's Mannikins 1937
The Dead are Blind 1937
Fly by Night (Owl of Darkness) 1942
Sinners in Paradise 1946
The Sheep and the Wolves 1947

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Afford, Max: Sinners in Paradise, v1, 13 Feb 2025

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Australian Max Afford (1906-1954) was a prolific writer of radio plays during the heyday of radio, and also wrote a number of detective novels, usually featuring his radio series detective Jeffery Blackburn.

Blood on his Hands 1936
Death's Mannikins 1937
The Dead are Blind 1937
Fly by Night (Owl of Darkness) 1942
Sinners in Paradise 1946
The Sheep and the Wolves 1947

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Afford, Max: The Dead are Blind, v1, 13 Feb 2025

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Australian Max Afford (1906-1954) was a prolific writer of radio plays during the heyday of radio, and also wrote a number of detective novels, usually featuring his radio series detective Jeffery Blackburn.

Blood on his Hands 1936
Death's Mannikins 1937
The Dead are Blind 1937
Fly by Night (Owl of Darkness) 1942
Sinners in Paradise 1946
The Sheep and the Wolves 1947

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Afford, Max: The Greyholm Mystery and other stories, v1, 28 March 2025

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Max Abbott, 1906-1954, had an emormously prolific career in the 1930s as a radio dramatist, writing series, serials and plays for the Australian Broadcasting Commission. Almost all of them have vanished, as they were originally broadcast live from a handful of typed scripts, which were ephemeral. He also wrote stage plays, and for a period also wrote articles in the press. He wrote a handful of novels, and a small number of short stories, all but one of which were published in Australian newspapers. The exception was an sf tale which appeared in the US magazine Wonder Stories in 1931, when he was 25.
This volume contains the recoverable newspaper stories, plus the Wonder Stories novella.

Who killed Sergius Quasimot?
The Greyholm Mystery
The Flail
Marshlands
The Gland Men of the Island
Illusion
The Scarecrow
Blood on his Hands
Danger Light
The Man in the Train
The Telephone Bureau
Poison Can Be Puzzling
The Happy Couple
The Vanishing Trick

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Afford, Max: The Owl of Darkness, v1, 13 Feb 2025

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Australian Max Afford (1906-1954) was a prolific writer of radio plays during the heyday of radio, and also wrote a number of detective novels, usually featuring his radio series detective Jeffery Blackburn.

Blood on his Hands 1936
Death's Mannikins 1937
The Dead are Blind 1937
Fly by Night (Owl of Darkness) 1942
Sinners in Paradise 1946
The Sheep and the Wolves 1947

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Afford, Max: The Sheep and the Wolves, v1, 13 Feb 2025

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Australian Max Afford (1906-1954) was a prolific writer of radio plays during the heyday of radio, and also wrote a number of detective novels, usually featuring his radio series detective Jeffery Blackburn.

Blood on his Hands 1936
Death's Mannikins 1937
The Dead are Blind 1937
Fly by Night (Owl of Darkness) 1942
Sinners in Paradise 1946
The Sheep and the Wolves 1947

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Agee, James: A Death in the Family. V1. 16 June 2012

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A Death in the Family
by James Agee (1957)

James Rufus Agee (November 27, 1909 – May 16, 1955) was an American author, journalist, poet, screenwriter and film critic. In the 1940s, he was one of the most influential film critics in the U.S. His autobiographical novel, A Death in the Family (1957), won the author a posthumous 1958 Pulitzer Prize. (Wiki)

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A Death in the Family remains an enduring classic of American literature. Jay Follet is healthy, robust, and in the prime of life when he sets out from home one hot summer night to tend to his sick father. He leaves behind a wife and two small children, promising to return the next evening if at all possible. From this simple situation, Agee weaves an enthralling story of the complex ways that people deal with life, love, and loss. Such a novel as this belongs with things to be cherished always.

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Agnus, Orme: Jan Oxber. v1. 27 Aug 2015

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John Charles Higginbotham: Ps. Orme Agnus (1866-1919)

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TO leave London for Barleigh is like taking a backward leap to the days when our grandfathers were in their prime and our fathers troublesome boys. Railways and telegraphs have transformed the country—Barleigh has not yet reconciled itself to railway travelling, and does not telegraph to its friends.

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Agnus, Orme: The New Minister. v1. 26 Aug 2015

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John Charles Higginbotham: Ps. Orme Agnus (1866-1919)

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FROM times beyond record there had been rivalry between the villages of Piddle-cum-Okeford and Hind-hill. It is a tradition that centuries ago it was more a deadly feud than rivalry, for Piddle in mediaeval times owned Sir Philip Okeford as its lord, and Hindhill swore fealty to Lord Canford, and the two nobles were mortal enemies. At any rate the rivalry still exists; Piddle now vaunts itself on a railway-station, Hindhill speaks with pride of its Parish Hall, and prefers to drive the seven miles to Suckton Station rather than the four to Piddle.

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Aimard, Gustave: Last of the Incas. v1. 18 Feb 2015

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Gustave Aimard (13 September 1818[1] – 20 June 1883) was the author of numerous books about Latin America.

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Patagonia is as little known at the present day as it was when Juan Diaz de Solis and Vicente Yanez Pinzon landed there in 1508, sixteen years after the discovery of the New World.

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Aimard, Gustave: Le Fils du Soleil (french) v1 17 nov 2008

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Ce livre n'est pas encore présent sur l'excellent site Ebooks Libres et Gratuits où on peut trouver plus de mille cinq cent ebooks gratuits en français. J'ai donc pris la liberté de convertir ce roman, que j'aime depuis ma jeunesse.

La source du texte est naturellement PG, j'ai un peu rajusté le format, ajouté une table de matières et j'ai crée une page titre.

Voici ce qu'on dit sur Aimard dans la "bibliothèque des grandes aventures":
[QUOTGustave Aimard est avec Gabriel Ferry, dont il s'est en partie inspiré, le grand représentant en France du roman western. Outre ce type de récits, l'auteur a également écrit des romans maritimes (cycle des bohèmes de la mer, 1863-1877), des récits patriotiques (La guerre sainte en Alsace, 1871) et des œuvres se déroulant dans les bas-fonds parisiens dans la tradition des mystères urbains (Les vauriens du pont neuf, 1878); mais la très grande majorité de ses oeuvres privilégie le continent américain.

Auteur prolifique de romans d'aventures, Gustave Aimard a eu lui-même une vie mouvementée dans laquelle il est difficile de distinguer la réalité du fantasme. Né en 1818, abandonné par ses parents, puis adopté par le couple Gloux, l'enfant est turbulent, au point de se faire renvoyer de plusieurs institutions scolaires et de se retrouver mousse à 9 ans sur des navires voyageant en Europe, puis en Amérique (autant d'événement évoqués dans le roman autobiographique Par mer et par terre, 1879). Il passe ensuite une partie de sa jeunesse en Amérique du Sud où, dit-il, il est fait prisonnier par les Patagons (voir Le Guaranis, 1864), puis devient coureur des bois, voyage, étant tour à tour chercheur d'or, chasseur, trappeur, négrier, voleur peut-être. Plus tard, il s'engage dans la Marine Royale (1835) où son tempérament orageux et ses multiples escapades lui doivent de durs châtiments corporels. Il déserte en 1839 au Chili, participe - peut-être - aux luttes contre le dictateur Rosas (voir Rosas, 1867), puis se fait pêcheur de perles ("Le pêcheur de perles", 1871). On prétend qu'il a également été capturé par les Indiens, attaché à deux reprises au poteau de tortures des Apaches (Les trappeurs de l'Arkansas, 1858, et bien d'autres romans) et marié à une Cheyenne, de laquelle il aurait eu un enfant (cela expliquerait l'opposition qu'il établit entre bons et mauvais Indiens, ou sa fascination pour les sang mêlés - à commencer par Balle-Franche - et les coureurs des bois -Valentin Guillois ou le Coeur-Loyal).

De retour en Europe en 1847, il voyage en Espagne, en Turquie et dans le Caucase. Après la révolution de 1848, sa désertion de la Royale est amnistiée, et il peut rentrer en France. Puis il participe en 1852 - du moins le prétend-il - à l'expédition rocambolesque au Sonora organisée par le comte Raousset-Bourbon (voir La grande flibuste, La fièvre d'or ou Curumilla, 1860).

De retour en France en 1854, il se met sérieusement à écrire à partir de 1856. Son premier récit important, Les Trappeurs de l'Arkansas (1858) profite de la mode de l'Amérique du Nord (c'est l'époque de la ruée vers l'or en Californie), et du succès récent du Coureur des bois de Gabriel Ferry (1856). Il enchaîne ensuite les œuvres à un rythme étourdissant (12 romans parus sous son nom en 1867!). Lors de la guerre franco-prussienne, il est à l'origine de la constitution - et du scandale - des francs-tireurs de la presse et, si son rôle dans les combats n'est pas très important, il lui fournira matière à plusieurs romans (Les scalpeurs blancs, 1873). On le voit, l'existence de Gustave Aimard est démesurée, elle est aussi très certainement en grande partie imaginée et, si elle a certainement nourri son œuvre, il semble que la biographie se soit également inspirée des romans et qu'Aimard se soit progressivement écrit une existence à la mesure de ses héros - cela a en tout cas affecté sa santé mentale: atteint de mégalomanie, il est interné à Sainte Anne où il meurt en 1883.[/QUOT
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Aimard, Gustave: Stoneheart. v1. 22 Feb 2015

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Gustave Aimard (13 September 1818 – 20 June 1883) was the author of numerous books about Latin America.

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Sympathy is a feeling admitting neither analyzation nor discussion. It masters us, whether we will or no. Persons we meet unconsciously attract or repel us at first sight. And why? It is a question impossible to answer, but the fact is indubitable. An irresistible magnetic influence draws us towards people whom, if we listened to the promptings of self-interest, we ought to shun; while, on the other hand, the same influence compels us to avoid others, in whom this very interest should induce us to confide.

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Aimard, Gustave: Stronghand. v1. 23 Feb 2014

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Gustave Aimard (13 September 1818[1] – 20 June 1883) was the author of numerous books about Latin America.

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Towards the second half of June—which the Navajo Indians call the “strawberry moon” in their harmonious language—and in the Year of Grace 1843, a horseman suddenly emerged from a thick clump of oaks, sumachs, and mahogany trees, entered the savannah at a gallop, and, instead of following the usual travellers’ track, which was distinctly traced on the edge of the sand, he began without any hesitation crossing the desert in a straight line.

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Aimard, Gustave: The Adventurers.htm. v1. 23 Feb 2015

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Gustave Aimard (13 September 1818 – 20 June 1883) was the author of numerous books about Latin America.

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Gustave Aimard has a precedent in Fenimore Cooper for introducing the same hero in a long range of volumes, and, like his great predecessor, he has so arranged, that each work should be complete in itself, and not necessitate the purchase of another. But Aimard has one marked advantage over Cooper; for while “Leather-Stocking” is but a creation of the fancy, or, at the most, the type of the Backwoodsman, the Count Louis who figures as the hero of Aimard’s series, is a real man. Count de Raousset Boulbon, had he succeeded in his daring attempt of founding an independent kingdom in Mexico, would in all probability have become the Napoleon of the West. A gallant adventurer and thorough gentleman, he staked his life upon the issue, and ended his career the victim of unparalleled treachery, as Aimard has faithfully recorded. Hence Aimard’s romances have the great merit of being founded on an historic basis, and but little fiction was required to heighten the startling interest of the narrative.

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Aimard, Gustave: The Border Rifles. v1. 15 Feb 2015

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Gustave Aimard (13 September 1818[1] – 20 June 1883) was the author of numerous books about Latin America.

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Men cannot become with impunity the murderers of an entire race, and constantly wade in blood; for that blood must at some time cry for vengeance, and the day of justice break, when the sword will be cast in the balance between conquerors and conquered.

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Aimard, Gustave: The Buccaneer Chief. v1. 15 Feb 2015

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Gustave Aimard (13 September 1818[1] – 20 June 1883) was the author of numerous books about Latin America.

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And when we speak of the Caribs, we mean the black as well as the red, for it is a singular fact, of which many persons are ignorant, that some Caribs were black, and so thoroughly resembled the African race, that when the French planters settled at St. Vincent, and brought with them Negro slaves, the black Caribs, indignant at resembling men degraded by slavery, and fearful too lest at a later date their color might serve as a pretext to make them endure the same fate, fled into the wildest recesses of the forest, and in order to create a visible distinction between their race and the slaves brought to the island, they compressed the foreheads of their new born infants, so that they became completely flattened, which in the ensuing generation produced, as it were, a new race, and afterwards became the symbol of their independence.

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Aimard, Gustave: The Flying Horseman. v1. 16 Feb 2015

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Gustave Aimard (13 September 1818[1] – 20 June 1883) was the author of numerous books about Latin America.

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Gustave Aimard was the adopted son of one of the most powerful Indian tribes, with whom he lived for more than fifteen years in the heart of the Prairies, sharing their dangers and their combats, and accompanying them everywhere, rifle in one hand and tomahawk in the other. In turn squatter, hunter, trapper, warrior, and miner, Gustave Aimard has traversed America from the highest peaks of the Cordilleras to the ocean shores, living from hand to mouth, happy for the day, careless of the morrow. Hence it is that Gustave Aimard only describes his own life. The Indians of whom he speaks he has known—the manners he depicts are his own.

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Aimard, Gustave: The Freebooters. v1. 14 Feb 2015

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Gustave Aimard (13 September 1818[1] – 20 June 1883) was the author of numerous books about Latin America.

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All the wood rangers have noticed, with reference to the immense virgin forests which still cover a considerable extent of the soil of the New World, that, to the man who attempts to penetrate into one of these mysterious retreats which the hand of man has not yet deformed, and which preserve intact the sublime stamp which Deity has imprinted on them, the first steps offer almost insurmountable difficulties, which are gradually smoothed down more and more, and after a little while almost entirely disappear. It is as if Nature had desired to defend by a belt of thorns and spikes the mysterious shades of these aged forests, in which her most secret arcana are carried out.

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Aimard, Gustave: The Frontiersmen. v1. 16 Feb 2015

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Gustave Aimard (13 September 1818[1] – 20 June 1883) was the author of numerous books about Latin America.

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In the year 1783, Western New York—or at least what was then deemed Western New York—was an almost unbroken wilderness, scarcely known to the inhabitants of the eastern and south-eastern portions of the State; although the greater part of that large tract of territory then known as Tryon County, was especially an unexplored country. It is true that occasionally some adventurous pioneer had penetrated the wilderness, and endeavored to form for himself and family a home, where, if he could not enjoy the luxuries and comforts to be found in more populous sections, he could at least be freed from many of the evils incident to the growing settlements and cities. Some there were, who had not these inducements, but, moved by a spirit of hardy enterprise, and with a love for the excitements and dangers of a pioneer life, penetrated the wilderness alone, with no companion but the rifle—a sure and steadfast friend amidst the dangers which were certain to beset him.

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Aimard, Gustave: The Gold-Seekers. v1. 15 Feb 2015

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Gustave Aimard (13 September 1818[1] – 20 June 1883) was the author of numerous books about Latin America.

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On the 5th of July, 184-, at about six in the evening, a party of well-mounted horsemen started at a gallop from Guadalajara, the capital of the state of Jalisco, and proceeded along the road that traverses the village of Zapopan, celebrated for its miraculous virgin. After crossing the escarped summits of the Cordilleras, this road reaches the charming little town of Tepic, the usual refuge of those Europeans and rich Mexicans whom business carries to San Blas, but to whom the insalubrity of the air breathed in that port, the maritime arsenal of the Mexican union, would be mortal.

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Aimard, Gustave: The Guide of the Desert. v1. 16 Feb 2015

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Gustave Aimard (13 September 1818[1] – 20 June 1883) was the author of numerous books about Latin America.

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Gustave Aimard was the adopted son of one of the most powerful Indian tribes, with whom he lived for more than fifteen years in the heart of the Prairies, sharing their dangers and their combats, and accompanying them everywhere, rifle in one hand and tomahawk in the other. In turn squatter, hunter, trapper, warrior, and miner, Gustave Aimard has traversed America from the highest peaks of the Cordilleras to the ocean shores, living from hand to mouth, happy for the day, careless of the morrow. Hence it is that Gustave Aimard only describes his own life. The Indians of whom he speaks he has known—the manners he depicts are his own.

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Aimard, Gustave: The Indian Chief. v1. 17 Feb 2015

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Gustave Aimard (13 September 1818[1] – 20 June 1883) was the author of numerous books about Latin America.

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The Jesuits founded in Mexico missions round which, with the patience that constantly distinguished them, an unbounded charity, and a perseverance which nothing could discourage, they succeeded in collecting a large number of Indians, whom they instructed in the principal and most touching dogmas of their faith—whom they baptized, instructed, and induced to till the soil.

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Aimard, Gustave: The Indian Scout. v1. 17 Feb 2015

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Gustave Aimard (13 September 1818[1] – 20 June 1883) was the author of numerous books about Latin America.

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The following work has been the most successful of all Gustave Aimard has published in Paris, and it has run through an unparalleled number of Editions. This is not surprising, however, when we bear in mind that he describes in it his personal experiences in the Indian Aztec city, from which no European ever returned prior to him, to tell the tale of his adventures. From this volume we learn to regard the Indians from a very different side than the one hitherto taken; for it is evident that they are something more than savages, and possess their traditions just as much as any nation of the Old World. At the present moment, when the Redskins appear destined to play an important part in the American struggle, I think that such knowledge as our Author is enabled alone to give us about their manners and customs, will be read with interest.

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Aimard, Gustave: The Insurgent Chief. v1. 18 Feb 2015

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Gustave Aimard (13 September 1818[1] – 20 June 1883) was the author of numerous books about Latin America.

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Although the town of San Miguel de Tucuman is not very ancient, and its construction dates scarcely two centuries back, nevertheless thanks, perhaps, to the calm and studious population which inhabit it it has a certain middle age odour which is profusely exhaled from the old cloisters of its convents, and from the thick and gloomy walls of its churches. The grass in the low quarters of the town freely grows in the nearly always deserted streets; and here and there some wretched old house crumbling with age, leaning over the river which washes its foundations, incomprehensible miracle of equilibrium presents to the curious look of the artistic traveller the most picturesque effects.

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Aimard, Gustave: The Missouri Outlaws. v1. 19 Feb 2015

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Gustave Aimard (13 September 1818[1] – 20 June 1883) was the author of numerous books about Latin America.

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Very few of the soul-stirring narratives written by Gustave Aimard are equal in freshness and vigour to “The Missouri Outlaws,” hitherto unpublished in this country. The characters of the Squatter, the real, restless, unconquerable American, who is always going ahead, and of his wife and daughter, are admirably depicted, while his eccentric brother is a perfect gem of description. The great interest, however, of the narrative is centred in Tom Mitchell, the mysterious outlaw, whose fortunes excite the readers’ imagination to the utmost. There can be no doubt he is one of the most original characters depicted by the versatile pen of the great French novelist. In addition to being a story of adventure, “The Missouri Outlaws” is also a love tale, and abounds in tender pathos, the interest of which is well sustained in “The Prairie Flower” and in its sequel, “The Indian Scout.”

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Aimard, Gustave: The Pearl of the Andes. v1. 19 Feb 2015

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Gustave Aimard (13 September 1818[1] – 20 June 1883) was the author of numerous books about Latin America.

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Don Tadeo wept! Don Tadeo, the King of Darkness, who a hundred times had smilingly looked death in the face—who had had such a miraculous escape—the man whose iron will had so rapidly crushed everything that opposed the execution of his projects; who by a word, a gesture, a frown, governed thousands of men submissive to his caprices, wept.

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Aimard, Gustave: The Pirates of the Prairies. v1. 20 Feb 2015

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Gustave Aimard (13 September 1818[1] – 20 June 1883) was the author of numerous books about Latin America.

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The general bowed, and an hour later the hunters placed Doña Clara’s body in the ground. Don Miguel, supported by the general and his son, wept over the grave which contained his child.
When the Indian Chief had filled up the hole, and rolled onto it rocks, lest it might be profaned by wild beasts, Valentine seized his friend’s hand, and pressed it forcibly.

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Aimard, Gustave: The Prairie Flower. v1. 20 Feb 2015

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Gustave Aimard (13 September 1818[1] – 20 June 1883) was the author of numerous books about Latin America.

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America is the land of prodigies! Everything there assumes gigantic proportions, which startle the imagination and confound the reason. Mountains, rivers, lakes and streams, all are carved on a sublime pattern.

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Aimard, Gustave: The Queen of the Savannah. v1. 20 Feb 2015

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Gustave Aimard (13 September 1818[1] – 20 June 1883) was the author of numerous books about Latin America.

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This cavalcade was composed of fifteen individuals in all; ten of them were lancers, attired in that yellow uniform which procured them the nickname of tamarindos. These soldiers were execrated by the people, in consequence of their cruelty. They advanced in good order, commanded by a subaltern and an alférez—an old trooper who had grown gray in harness, who had long white moustachios and a disagreeable face. As he galloped on, he looked around him with the careless, wearied air of a man for whom the future reserves no hopes either of ambition, love, or fortune.

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Aimard, Gustave: The Rebel Chief. v1. 21 Feb 2015

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Gustave Aimard (13 September 1818[1] – 20 June 1883) was the author of numerous books about Latin America.

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On July 2nd, 18—, about four in the afternoon, at the moment when the sun, already low on the horizon, only shed its beams obliquely on the earth, calcined by the heat of the mediodía, and when the rising breeze was beginning to refresh the parching atmosphere, two horsemen, well mounted, emerged from a thick clump of yuccas, bananas, and purpled flowered bamboos, and turned into a dusty road, which led by a series of successive inclines to a valley in which a limpid stream ran through the verdure, and kept up its pleasant freshness.

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Aimard, Gustave: The Red Track. v1. 21 Feb 2015

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Gustave Aimard (13 September 1818[1] – 20 June 1883) was the author of numerous books about Latin America.

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Toward the end of June, 1854, a well-mounted traveller, carefully wrapped up in the thick folds of a zarapé, raised to his eyes, was following one of the most precipitous slopes of the Sierra of the Wind River, at no great distance from the source of the Green River, that great western Colorado which pours its waters into the Gulf of California.
It was about seven in the evening: the traveller rode along, shivering from the effects of an icy wind which whistled mournfully through the canyons. All around had assumed a saddening aspect in the vacillating moonbeams. He rode on without hearing the footfall of his horse, as it fell on the winding sheet of snow that covered the landscape; at times the capricious windings of the track he was following compelled him to pass through thickets, whose branches, bent by the weight of snow, stood out before him like gigantic skeletons, and struck each other after he had passed with a sullen snap.

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Aimard, Gustave: The Smuggler Chief. v1. 22 Feb 2015

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Gustave Aimard (13 September 1818[1] – 20 June 1883) was the author of numerous books about Latin America.

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The present is the most powerful story which Gustave Aimard has yet written. While there is enough of startling incident and hairbreadth escapes to satisfy the greatest craver after sensation, the plot is carefully elaborated, and great attention is paid to developing the character of the heroines. If there has been any fault in the author’s previous works, it is that the ladies introduced are too subordinate; but in the present tale, the primary interest hinges upon them, and they are the most prominent characters. For this reason I am inclined to believe that the “Smuggler Chief” will become a greater favourite with readers than any of its predecessors.

Lascelles Wraxall, Bart.

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Aimard, Gustave: The Tiger-Slayer. v1. 24 Feb 2015

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Gustave Aimard (13 September 1818 – 20 June 1883) was the author of numerous books about Latin America.

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At the remote period when the Aztecs, guided by the finger of God, marched forth, without knowing it, to conquer the plateau of Ahanuac, of which they eventually made the powerful kingdom of Mexico, although their eyes were constantly turned toward this unknown land, the permanent object of their greed, they frequently stopped their during migration, as if fatigue had suddenly overpowered them, and the hope of ever arriving had failed them.

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Aimard, Gustave: The Trail-Hunter. v1. 24 Feb 2015

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Gustave Aimard (13 September 1818 – 20 June 1883) was the author of numerous books about Latin America.

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In Mexico the population is only divided into two classes, the upper and the lower. There is no intermediate rank to connect the two extremes, and this is the cause of the two hundred and thirty-nine revolutions which have overthrown this country since the declaration of its independence. Why this is so is simple enough. The intellectual power is in the hands of a small number, and all the revolutions are effected by this turbulent and ambitious minority; whence it results that the country is governed by the most complete military despotism, instead of being a free republic.

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Aimard, Gustave: The Trapper's Daughter. v1. 25 Feb 2015

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Gustave Aimard (13 September 1818 – 20 June 1883) was the author of numerous books about Latin America.

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At the shot fired by Pedro Sandoval, after the fashion, of a peroration to his too lengthened story, as we have seen, the Apaches, who had hitherto kept out of earshot, ran up at full speed. Red Cedar hurried in pursuit of Bloodson, but uselessly; he could not catch up to him, and was compelled to rejoin his comrades. The latter were already making preparations to bury the old pirate, whose body they could not leave to be devoured by the wild beasts and birds of prey. Sandoval was a great favourite of the Apaches, with whom he had lived a long time, and they had on many occasions, been able to appreciate his courage and marauding talents.

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Aimard, Gustave: The Trappers of Arkansas. v1. 25 Feb 2015

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Gustave Aimard (13 September 1818 – 20 June 1883) was the author of numerous books about Latin America.

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The search for gold was the origin of the discovery of the New World; that gold once found, America became for its conquerors merely a storehouse, whither greedy adventurers came, a poniard in one hand and a crucifix in the other, to gather an ample harvest of the so ardently coveted metal, after which they returned to their own countries to make a display of their riches, and provoke fresh emigrations, by the boundless luxury they indulged in.

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Aimard, Gustave: The Treasure of Pearls. v1. 26 Feb 2015

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Gustave Aimard (13 September 1818 – 20 June 1883) was the author of numerous books about Latin America.

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At one point some twenty men, white and yet swarthy, unlike in dress but similarly armed to the teeth, were separately “worming” their tortuous way, we repeat, through the chaparral proper, or plantations of the low branching live oak, as well as the gigantic ferns, mesquite, cactus, nopal, and fruit laden shrubs, the oblong-leaved mahogany, the bread tree, the fan-leaved abanico, the pirijao languidly swinging its enormous golden fruit in clusters, the royal palm, devoid of foliage along the stem, but softly nodding its high, majestically plumed head; the guava, the banana, the intoxicating chirimoya, the cork oak, the Peruvian tree, the war palm letting its resinous gum slowly ooze forth to capture the silly moths, and even young snakes and lizards which squirmed on the hardening gum like a platter of Palissy ware abruptly galvanised into life.

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Aimard, Gustave: The White Scalper. v1. 26 Feb 2015

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Gustave Aimard (13 September 1818 – 20 June 1883) was the author of numerous books about Latin America.

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Colonel Melendez, after leaving the Jaguar, galloped with his head afire, and panting chest, along the Galveston road, exciting with his spurs the ardour of his horse, which yet seemed to devour space, so rapid was its speed. But it is a long journey from the Salto del Frayle to the town. While galloping, the Colonel reflected; and the more he did so, the more impossible did it appear to him that the Jaguar had told him the truth. In fact, how could it be supposed that this partisan, brave and rash though he was, would have dared to attack, at the head of a handful of adventurers, a well-equipped corvette, manned by a numerous crew, and commanded by one of the best officers in the Mexican navy? The capture of the fort seemed even more improbable to the Colonel.

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Ainsworth, William Harrison: The Spectre Bride. V1. 15 Dec 2008

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William Harrison Ainsworth (4 February 1805 – 3 January 1882) was an English historical novelist. He was born in Manchester, the son of a solicitor. He went to the Manchester Grammar School before becoming trained in the law. However the legal profession had no attraction for him, and going to London to complete his studies he made the acquaintance of John Ebers, publisher, and at that time manager of the King's Theatre, Haymarket, by whom he was introduced to literary and dramatic circles, and whose daughter he afterwards married. For a short time he tried the publishing business, but soon gave it up and devoted himself to journalism and literature his first success as a writer of romance being scored with Rookwood in 1834, of which Dick Turpin is the leading character; and thenceforward he continued to pour forth till 1881 a stream of novels, to the number of 39. Tower of London was his fourth work, and, according to Ainsworth himself, it was written chiefly with the aim of interesting his fellow-countrymen in the historical associations of the Tower. Ainsworth died in Reigate on 3 January 1882.Ainsworth depends for his effects on striking situations and powerful descriptions: he has little humour or power of delineating character.
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"To the greatest Axe-and-Neck-Romancer of our time who is quite at the head of his profession, we dedicate this block.
Ad multos annos!"
PUNCH 1881

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Ainsworth, William Harrison: The Spectre Bride. V1. 21 Dec 2008

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William Harrison Ainsworth (4 February 1805 – 3 January 1882) was an English historical novelist. He was born in Manchester, the son of a solicitor. He went to the Manchester Grammar School before becoming trained in the law. However the legal profession had no attraction for him, and going to London to complete his studies he made the acquaintance of John Ebers, publisher, and at that time manager of the King's Theatre, Haymarket, by whom he was introduced to literary and dramatic circles, and whose daughter he afterwards married. For a short time he tried the publishing business, but soon gave it up and devoted himself to journalism and literature his first success as a writer of romance being scored with Rookwood in 1834, of which Dick Turpin is the leading character; and thenceforward he continued to pour forth till 1881 a stream of novels, to the number of 39. Tower of London was his fourth work, and, according to Ainsworth himself, it was written chiefly with the aim of interesting his fellow-countrymen in the historical associations of the Tower. Ainsworth died in Reigate on 3 January 1882.Ainsworth depends for his effects on striking situations and powerful descriptions: he has little humour or power of delineating character.
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"To the greatest Axe-and-Neck-Romancer of our time who is quite at the head of his profession, we dedicate this block.
Ad multos annos!"
PUNCH 1881

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Ainsworth, William Harrison: The Star-Chamber, Vol 1. V1. 16 Dec 2008

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William Harrison Ainsworth (4 February 1805 – 3 January 1882) was an English historical novelist. He was born in Manchester, the son of a solicitor. He went to the Manchester Grammar School before becoming trained in the law. However the legal profession had no attraction for him, and going to London to complete his studies he made the acquaintance of John Ebers, publisher, and at that time manager of the King's Theatre, Haymarket, by whom he was introduced to literary and dramatic circles, and whose daughter he afterwards married. For a short time he tried the publishing business, but soon gave it up and devoted himself to journalism and literature his first success as a writer of romance being scored with Rookwood in 1834, of which Dick Turpin is the leading character; and thenceforward he continued to pour forth till 1881 a stream of novels, to the number of 39. Tower of London was his fourth work, and, according to Ainsworth himself, it was written chiefly with the aim of interesting his fellow-countrymen in the historical associations of the Tower. Ainsworth died in Reigate on 3 January 1882.Ainsworth depends for his effects on striking situations and powerful descriptions: he has little humour or power of delineating character.
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"To the greatest Axe-and-Neck-Romancer of our time who is quite at the head of his profession, we dedicate this block.
Ad multos annos!"
PUNCH 1881

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Ainsworth, William Harrison: The Star-Chamber, Vol 2. V1. 17 Dec 2008

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William Harrison Ainsworth (4 February 1805 – 3 January 1882) was an English historical novelist. He was born in Manchester, the son of a solicitor. He went to the Manchester Grammar School before becoming trained in the law. However the legal profession had no attraction for him, and going to London to complete his studies he made the acquaintance of John Ebers, publisher, and at that time manager of the King's Theatre, Haymarket, by whom he was introduced to literary and dramatic circles, and whose daughter he afterwards married. For a short time he tried the publishing business, but soon gave it up and devoted himself to journalism and literature his first success as a writer of romance being scored with Rookwood in 1834, of which Dick Turpin is the leading character; and thenceforward he continued to pour forth till 1881 a stream of novels, to the number of 39. Tower of London was his fourth work, and, according to Ainsworth himself, it was written chiefly with the aim of interesting his fellow-countrymen in the historical associations of the Tower. Ainsworth died in Reigate on 3 January 1882.Ainsworth depends for his effects on striking situations and powerful descriptions: he has little humour or power of delineating character.
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"To the greatest Axe-and-Neck-Romancer of our time who is quite at the head of his profession, we dedicate this block.
Ad multos annos!"
PUNCH 1881

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Ainsworth, William Harrison: Windsor Castle. V1. 18 Dec 2008

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William Harrison Ainsworth (4 February 1805 – 3 January 1882) was an English historical novelist. He was born in Manchester, the son of a solicitor. He went to the Manchester Grammar School before becoming trained in the law. However the legal profession had no attraction for him, and going to London to complete his studies he made the acquaintance of John Ebers, publisher, and at that time manager of the King's Theatre, Haymarket, by whom he was introduced to literary and dramatic circles, and whose daughter he afterwards married. For a short time he tried the publishing business, but soon gave it up and devoted himself to journalism and literature his first success as a writer of romance being scored with Rookwood in 1834, of which Dick Turpin is the leading character; and thenceforward he continued to pour forth till 1881 a stream of novels, to the number of 39. Tower of London was his fourth work, and, according to Ainsworth himself, it was written chiefly with the aim of interesting his fellow-countrymen in the historical associations of the Tower. Ainsworth died in Reigate on 3 January 1882.Ainsworth depends for his effects on striking situations and powerful descriptions: he has little humour or power of delineating character.
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"To the greatest Axe-and-Neck-Romancer of our time who is quite at the head of his profession, we dedicate this block.
Ad multos annos!"
PUNCH 1881

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Ainsworth, William Harrison: A Night In Rome. V1. 10 Dec 2008

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William Harrison Ainsworth (4 February 1805 – 3 January 1882) was an English historical novelist. He was born in Manchester, the son of a solicitor. He went to the Manchester Grammar School before becoming trained in the law. However the legal profession had no attraction for him, and going to London to complete his studies he made the acquaintance of John Ebers, publisher, and at that time manager of the King's Theatre, Haymarket, by whom he was introduced to literary and dramatic circles, and whose daughter he afterwards married. For a short time he tried the publishing business, but soon gave it up and devoted himself to journalism and literature his first success as a writer of romance being scored with Rookwood in 1834, of which Dick Turpin is the leading character; and thenceforward he continued to pour forth till 1881 a stream of novels, to the number of 39. Tower of London was his fourth work, and, according to Ainsworth himself, it was written chiefly with the aim of interesting his fellow-countrymen in the historical associations of the Tower. Ainsworth died in Reigate on 3 January 1882.
Ainsworth depends for his effects on striking situations and powerful descriptions: he has little humour or power of delineating character.
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"To the greatest Axe-and-Neck-Romancer of our time who is quite at the head of his profession, we dedicate this block.
Ad multos annos!"
PUNCH 1881

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Ainsworth, William Harrison: Auriol. V1. 11 Dec 2008

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William Harrison Ainsworth (4 February 1805 – 3 January 1882) was an English historical novelist. He was born in Manchester, the son of a solicitor. He went to the Manchester Grammar School before becoming trained in the law. However the legal profession had no attraction for him, and going to London to complete his studies he made the acquaintance of John Ebers, publisher, and at that time manager of the King's Theatre, Haymarket, by whom he was introduced to literary and dramatic circles, and whose daughter he afterwards married. For a short time he tried the publishing business, but soon gave it up and devoted himself to journalism and literature his first success as a writer of romance being scored with Rookwood in 1834, of which Dick Turpin is the leading character; and thenceforward he continued to pour forth till 1881 a stream of novels, to the number of 39. Tower of London was his fourth work, and, according to Ainsworth himself, it was written chiefly with the aim of interesting his fellow-countrymen in the historical associations of the Tower. Ainsworth died in Reigate on 3 January 1882.
Ainsworth depends for his effects on striking situations and powerful descriptions: he has little humour or power of delineating character.
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"To the greatest Axe-and-Neck-Romancer of our time who is quite at the head of his profession, we dedicate this block.
Ad multos annos!"
PUNCH 1881

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Ainsworth, William Harrison: Auriol: or, The Elixir of Life. v1, 3 Feb 2008

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[Auriol: or, The Elixir of Life[/ is a novel by British historical novelist William Harrison Ainsworth. It was first published in 1844 in serial form, under the title Revelations of London.

Auriol, written 1844, is slightly unusual in the Ainsworth repertoire as the action is entirely couched as a fantasy, so that the supernatural element can take comparatively free rein. The story is accordingly a thoroughly gothic romance. It is in effect Ainsworth's contribution to the Faust genre. There is also a distinct connection with The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari, in the kidnapping of girls theme, and in that the story concludes in the atmosphere of the lunatic's confinement (and possible recovery), and the villain of the story is his keeper. Indeed, the use of the phantasmagorical aspects of the story to create a nightmarish commentary on contemporary society of the 1830s and 1840s anticipates (in the early 19th century) the expressionism of Robert Wiene's Caligari.

With illustrations by Hablot K. Browne.

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Ainsworth, William Harrison: Boscobel, or The Royal Oak. V1. 3 Aug 2012

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William Harrison Ainsworth (4 February 1805 – 3 January 1882) was an English historical novelist born in Manchester. He trained as a lawyer, but the legal profession held no attraction for him. While completing his legal studies in London he met the publisher John Ebers, at that time manager of the King's Theatre, Haymarket. Ebers introduced Ainsworth to literary and dramatic circles, and to his daughter, who became Ainsworth's wife.
Ainsworth briefly tried the publishing business, but soon gave it up and devoted himself to journalism and literature. His first success as a writer came with Rookwood in 1834, which features Dick Turpin as its leading character. A stream of 39 novels followed, the last of which appeared in 1881. Ainsworth died in Reigate on 3 January 1882.

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The occupants of the oak breathed again after the departure of Colonel James and his troopers, and though they had been greatly alarmed at the time, they soon recovered their spirits, and laughed at the incident. "Perhaps the excitement was a little too great;" observed Charles; "but it has served to break the monotony of our somewhat dull existence. Time, it must be owned, passes very slowly when one is compelled, like the fowls of the air, to roost in a tree. I hope we shall soon have another visit from our faithful William Penderel."

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Ainsworth, William Harrison: Boscobel. V1. 11 Dec 2008

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William Harrison Ainsworth (4 February 1805 – 3 January 1882) was an English historical novelist. He was born in Manchester, the son of a solicitor. He went to the Manchester Grammar School before becoming trained in the law. However the legal profession had no attraction for him, and going to London to complete his studies he made the acquaintance of John Ebers, publisher, and at that time manager of the King's Theatre, Haymarket, by whom he was introduced to literary and dramatic circles, and whose daughter he afterwards married. For a short time he tried the publishing business, but soon gave it up and devoted himself to journalism and literature his first success as a writer of romance being scored with Rookwood in 1834, of which Dick Turpin is the leading character; and thenceforward he continued to pour forth till 1881 a stream of novels, to the number of 39. Tower of London was his fourth work, and, according to Ainsworth himself, it was written chiefly with the aim of interesting his fellow-countrymen in the historical associations of the Tower. Ainsworth died in Reigate on 3 January 1882.Ainsworth depends for his effects on striking situations and powerful descriptions: he has little humour or power of delineating character.
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"To the greatest Axe-and-Neck-Romancer of our time who is quite at the head of his profession, we dedicate this block.
Ad multos annos!"
PUNCH 1881

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Ainsworth, William Harrison: Jack Sheppard. v1, 6 Feb 2008

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[Jack Sheppard [/is the story of two apprentices, Thames Darrell and the historical criminal Jack Sheppard, the basic plot and moral closely following the model of Hogarth's series of twelve engravings, Industry and Idleness (1747), with just a dash of Gay's The Beggar's Opera (1728), both of which had been in part inspired by the short career of the original Jack Sheppard. The novel is divided into three books, or epochs, each resembling the acts of a play. Epoch the First, 1703, takes place in one night when the main protagonists are new-born babies, and acts as a prologue. Epoch the Second, 1715, takes place over a few days in June and shows the adolescent Jack's fall from grace and into the clutches of the evil thief-taker and criminal mastermind, Jonathan Wild, while Thames rather foolishly falls into the clutches of his evil uncle, Sir Rowland Trenchard, who is Wild's silent partner. Epoch the Third, 1724, encompasses the six months leading up to Jack's capture and execution.

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Ainsworth, William Harrison: Jack Sheppard. V1. 12 Dec 2008

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William Harrison Ainsworth (4 February 1805 – 3 January 1882) was an English historical novelist. He was born in Manchester, the son of a solicitor. He went to the Manchester Grammar School before becoming trained in the law. However the legal profession had no attraction for him, and going to London to complete his studies he made the acquaintance of John Ebers, publisher, and at that time manager of the King's Theatre, Haymarket, by whom he was introduced to literary and dramatic circles, and whose daughter he afterwards married. For a short time he tried the publishing business, but soon gave it up and devoted himself to journalism and literature his first success as a writer of romance being scored with Rookwood in 1834, of which Dick Turpin is the leading character; and thenceforward he continued to pour forth till 1881 a stream of novels, to the number of 39. Tower of London was his fourth work, and, according to Ainsworth himself, it was written chiefly with the aim of interesting his fellow-countrymen in the historical associations of the Tower. Ainsworth died in Reigate on 3 January 1882.Ainsworth depends for his effects on striking situations and powerful descriptions: he has little humour or power of delineating character.
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"To the greatest Axe-and-Neck-Romancer of our time who is quite at the head of his profession, we dedicate this block.
Ad multos annos!"
PUNCH 1881

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Ainsworth, William Harrison: Rookwood. V1. 2 Aug 2012

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William Harrison Ainsworth (4 February 1805 – 3 January 1882) was an English historical novelist born in Manchester. He trained as a lawyer, but the legal profession held no attraction for him. While completing his legal studies in London he met the publisher John Ebers, at that time manager of the King's Theatre, Haymarket. Ebers introduced Ainsworth to literary and dramatic circles, and to his daughter, who became Ainsworth's wife.
Ainsworth briefly tried the publishing business, but soon gave it up and devoted himself to journalism and literature. His first success as a writer came with Rookwood in 1834, which features Dick Turpin as its leading character. A stream of 39 novels followed, the last of which appeared in 1881. Ainsworth died in Reigate on 3 January 1882.

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During a visit to Chesterfield, in the autumn of the year 1831, I first conceived the notion of writing this story. Wishing to describe, somewhat minutely, the trim gardens, the picturesque domains, the rook-haunted groves, the gloomy chambers, and gloomier galleries, of an ancient Hall with which I was acquainted, I resolved to attempt a story in the bygone style of Mrs. Radcliffe,—which had always inexpressible charms for me,—substituting an old English squire, an old English manorial residence, and an old English highwayman, for the Italian marchese, the castle, and the brigand of the great mistress of Romance.

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Ainsworth, William Harrison: The Lancashire Witches. V1. 15 Dec 2008

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William Harrison Ainsworth (4 February 1805 – 3 January 1882) was an English historical novelist. He was born in Manchester, the son of a solicitor. He went to the Manchester Grammar School before becoming trained in the law. However the legal profession had no attraction for him, and going to London to complete his studies he made the acquaintance of John Ebers, publisher, and at that time manager of the King's Theatre, Haymarket, by whom he was introduced to literary and dramatic circles, and whose daughter he afterwards married. For a short time he tried the publishing business, but soon gave it up and devoted himself to journalism and literature his first success as a writer of romance being scored with Rookwood in 1834, of which Dick Turpin is the leading character; and thenceforward he continued to pour forth till 1881 a stream of novels, to the number of 39. Tower of London was his fourth work, and, according to Ainsworth himself, it was written chiefly with the aim of interesting his fellow-countrymen in the historical associations of the Tower. Ainsworth died in Reigate on 3 January 1882.Ainsworth depends for his effects on striking situations and powerful descriptions: he has little humour or power of delineating character.
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"To the greatest Axe-and-Neck-Romancer of our time who is quite at the head of his profession, we dedicate this block.
Ad multos annos!"
PUNCH 1881

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Ainsworth, William Harrison: The Lancashire Witches:. v1, 4 Feb 2008

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Ainsworth's last masterpiece, [The Lancashire Witches[/ proved a best-seller in its day and influenced many contemporary authors. [The Lancashire Witches[/ begins in the 16th century, in Lancashire, England. When a Cistercian monk, Borlace Alvetham, is falsely accused of witchcraft and condemned to death by his rival, Brother Paslew, he sells his soul to Satan and escapes. Years later, granted the powers of a warlock, he returns in the guise of Nicholas Demdike to witness Paslew's execution for treason. Dying, Paslew curses Demdike's offspring -- who become the titular "Lancashire Witches." The rest of the book set in the 17th century. Mother Demdike, a powerful witch, and her clan face rival witches, raise innocent young Alizon Devi as their own, and try to corrupt Alizon despite her innocent ways. Ultimately, the book becomes a struggle between Heaven and Hell, with Alizon's fate hanging in the balance.

Illustrated by John Gilbert.

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Ainsworth, William Harrison: The Miser's Daughter. V1. 5 Aug 2012

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William Harrison Ainsworth (4 February 1805 – 3 January 1882) was an English historical novelist born in Manchester. He trained as a lawyer, but the legal profession held no attraction for him. While completing his legal studies in London he met the publisher John Ebers, at that time manager of the King's Theatre, Haymarket. Ebers introduced Ainsworth to literary and dramatic circles, and to his daughter, who became Ainsworth's wife.
Ainsworth briefly tried the publishing business, but soon gave it up and devoted himself to journalism and literature. His first success as a writer came with Rookwood in 1834, which features Dick Turpin as its leading character. A stream of 39 novels followed, the last of which appeared in 1881. Ainsworth died in Reigate on 3 January 1882.

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In a large, crazy, old-fashioned house at the corner of the Little Sanctuary in Westminster, and facing the abbey, dwelt, in the year 1774, a person named Scarve. From his extraordinary penurious habits, he received the appellation of Starve, and was generally denominated by his neighbours "Miser Starve." Few, if any, of those who thus designated him, knew much about him, none of them being allowed to cross his threshold; but there was an air, even externally, about his dwelling, strongly indicative of his parsimonious character.

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Ainsworth, William Harrison: Windsor Castle: or, The Elixir of Life. v1, 3 Feb 2008

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There is in the folklore of Shropshire and Herefordshire a figure known as Wild Eric who, with his pack of flying hounds (the Seven Whistlers) reins wild elemental terror on the woodlands in those parts. [Windsor Castle[/ is Ainsworth's tale of Herne the Hunter, and the hunter is a weirdling hybrid = part Wild Eric and partly a species of Windsor Mephistopheles; in a very real way, this is a tale of the devil's special haunting of Henry VIII and all of those who so famously attended to him.

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Akutagawa, Ryunosuke: Rashomon & Other Stories, v.1, 25 April 2008.

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Translated by Takashi Kojima
Introduction by Howard Hibbett
(Translation first published 1952)

A collection of six masterpieces. ‘In a Grove’ tells the story of a murder from seven viewpoints, including that of the dead man.. Can one ever find the truth? The first two stories were the source for Akira Kurosawa’s film, Rashomon.

Contents:

In a Grove
Rashomon
Yam Gruel
The Martyr
Kesa and Morito
The Dragon

The source was Black Mask/Munseys, which had a number of formatting errors (which I have tried to correct). There is also a copy at Manybooks.

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Alain-Fournier: Le Grand Meaulnes (en Français), v.1, 25 July 2008.

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Alain-Fournier (1886-1914)
Le Grand Meaulnes (1913)

Le Grand Meaulnes est l’unique roman d’Alain-Fournier, publié en 1913.
Pour voir un sommaire, cliquez ici:
http://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Le_Grand_Meaulnes

From Wikipedia:
“Le Grand Meaulnes is the only novel by French author Alain-Fournier. Fifteen year old François Seurel narrates the story of his relationship with seventeen year old Augustin Meaulnes as Meaulnes searches for his lost love. Impulsive, reckless and heroic, Meaulnes embodies the romantic ideal, the search for the unobtainable, and the mysterious world between childhood and adulthood. It is considered one of the great works of French literature.”

(Alain-Fournier was the pseudonym of Henri Alban-Fournier. He died tragically young, at the age of 27, while fighting near Verdun during the First World War.)

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Alan, A.J.: Short Stories by A.J. Alan. V1. 12 Sep 2012

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Leslie Harrison Lambert (11 November 1883 – 13 December 1941), known in public as A. J. Alan, was an English magician, intelligence officer, short story writer and radio broadcaster.

MY ADVENTURE IN NORFOLK
THE HAIR
H2, ETC
THE DIVER
MY ADVENTURE AT CHISELHURST

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Alcott, Louisa May: Little Women (Illustrated) v0.9 Oct 25, 2009

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The illustrations, by Frank T. Merril, are taken from the 1880 version of the book which was published by the Roberts brothers. It was the first time both the original [Little Women [/and [Good Wives[/ were compiled into a single book known as [Little Women or Meg, Jo, Beth, and Amy[/. The text was taken from the Gutenberg project and the illustrations were taken from the scanned book on Google books.

Google Books scanned Little Women

Gutenberg Project Little Women

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Alcott, Louisa May: A Country Christmas, v1, 4 December 2009.

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Louisa May Alcott (1832–1888)
A Country Christmas (1881)

A short story in which city girls spend an old-fashioned Christmas in the country and like it. And the men are interesting …

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Alcott, Louisa May: A Garland for Girls. V1. 16 Aug 2012

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Louisa May Alcott (November 29, 1832 – March 6, 1888) was an American novelist best known as author of the novel Little Women and its sequels Little Men and Jo's Boys. Raised by her transcendentalist parents, Abigail May Alcott and Amos Bronson Alcott in New England, she grew up among many of the well-known intellectuals of the day such as Ralph Waldo Emerson, Nathaniel Hawthorne, and Henry David Thoreau. Nevertheless, her family suffered severe financial difficulties and Alcott worked to help support the family from an early age. She began to receive critical success for her writing in the 1860s. Early in her career, she sometimes used the pen name A. M. Barnard.

MAY FLOWERS
AN IVY SPRAY AND LADIES' SLIPPERS
PANSIES
WATER-LILIES
POPPIES AND WHEAT
LITTLE BUTTON-ROSE
MOUNTAIN-LAUREL AND MAIDEN-HAIR

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Alcott, Louisa May: A Modern Cinderella. V1. 23 Aug 2012

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Louisa May Alcott (November 29, 1832 – March 6, 1888) was an American novelist best known as author of the novel Little Women and its sequels Little Men and Jo's Boys. Raised by her transcendentalist parents, Abigail May Alcott and Amos Bronson Alcott in New England, she grew up among many of the well-known intellectuals of the day such as Ralph Waldo Emerson, Nathaniel Hawthorne, and Henry David Thoreau. Nevertheless, her family suffered severe financial difficulties and Alcott worked to help support the family from an early age. She began to receive critical success for her writing in the 1860s. Early in her career, she sometimes used the pen name A. M. Barnard.

A MODERN CINDERELLA OR, THE LITTLE OLD SHOE
DEBBY'S DEBUT.
THE BROTHERS.
NELLY'S HOSPITAL

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Alcott, Louisa May: A Strange Island, v.1, 27 Feb 2008.

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A short story: brief and gently humorous.
Originally from [Morning-Glories, and Other Stories [/(1868).

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Alcott, Louisa May: An Old Fashioned Thanksgiving, v1, 6 December 2009.

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Louisa May Alcott (1832-1888)
An Old Fashioned Thanksgiving (1881)

A group of children attempt a thanksgiving dinner when their parents are called away.

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Alcott, Louisa May: Aunt Jo's Scrap-Bag, v1 13 July 2008

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One of the several spinoffs of Alcott's wildly successful LITTLE WOMEN. This is the second in the series of books featuring a grown-up Jo, LITTLE WOMEN's main character, as the narrator. "As grandmothers rummage their piece-bags and bundles in search of gay odds and ends to make gifts with which to fill the little stockings that hang all in a row on Christmas Eve, so I have gathered together some stories, old and new, to amuse the large family that has so rapidly and beautifully grown up about me. "I hope that when they promenade in nightcaps and gowns to rifle the plump stockings, the little 'dears' will utter an 'Oh!' of pleasure, and give a prance of satisfaction, as they pull out this small gift from Aunt Jo's scrapbag" [preface, Vol. .

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Alcott, Louisa May: Debby’s Debut, v1, 2 December 2009.

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Louisa May Alcott (1832–1888)
Debby’s Debut (1863)

A short story.
Debby is a young country girl, whose rich aunt takes her to a fashionable watering-place. Her natural manners intrigue the young men…

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Alcott, Louisa May: Dr Dorn's Revenge. V1. 15 Aug 2012

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Louisa May Alcott (November 29, 1832 – March 6, 1888) was an American novelist best known as author of the novel Little Women and its sequels Little Men and Jo's Boys. Raised by her transcendentalist parents, Abigail May Alcott and Amos Bronson Alcott in New England, she grew up among many of the well-known intellectuals of the day such as Ralph Waldo Emerson, Nathaniel Hawthorne, and Henry David Thoreau. Nevertheless, her family suffered severe financial difficulties and Alcott worked to help support the family from an early age. She began to receive critical success for her writing in the 1860s. Early in her career, she sometimes used the pen name A. M. Barnard.

She longed to say "yes," for in her heart she knew she loved this man, so rich in youth, comeliness, talent, and ardor, but, alas! so poor in fortune and friends, power and place. He possessed all that wins a woman's eye and heart, nothing that gratifies worldly ambition or the vanity that is satisfied with luxury regardless of love.

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Alcott, Louisa May: Eight Cousins, v1, 20 Dec 2007

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First published in 1875.
An orphaned little girl is introduced to eight boisterous male cousins.

(Uploaded because my niece got the paper copy.)

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Alcott, Louisa May: Eight Cousins. V1. 16 Aug 2012

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Louisa May Alcott (November 29, 1832 – March 6, 1888) was an American novelist best known as author of the novel Little Women and its sequels Little Men and Jo's Boys. Raised by her transcendentalist parents, Abigail May Alcott and Amos Bronson Alcott in New England, she grew up among many of the well-known intellectuals of the day such as Ralph Waldo Emerson, Nathaniel Hawthorne, and Henry David Thoreau. Nevertheless, her family suffered severe financial difficulties and Alcott worked to help support the family from an early age. She began to receive critical success for her writing in the 1860s. Early in her career, she sometimes used the pen name A. M. Barnard.

"Eight Cousins, or The Aunt-Hill" was published in 1875 by American novelist Louisa May Alcott. It is the story of Rose Campbell, a lonely and sickly girl who has been recently orphaned and must now reside with her maiden aunts, the matriarchs of her wealthy Boston family. When Rose's guardian, Uncle Alec, returns from abroad, he takes over her care. Through his unorthodox theories about child-rearing, she becomes happier and healthier while finding her place in her family of seven boy cousins and numerous aunts and uncles. She also makes friends with Phebe, her aunts' young housemaid, whose cheerful attitude in the face of poverty helps Rose to understand and value her own good fortune.

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Alcott, Louisa May: Flower Fables. v1, 27 Jan 2008

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From Amazon.com:

Flower Fables is a treasury of stories penned by Louisa May Alcott. Today's children, like many children of the past, will enjoy meeting Alcott's fairies, sentient flowers, and other real and imagined characters.

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Alcott, Louisa May: Hospital Sketches, v.1, 12 March 2009.

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Louisa May Alcott (1832–1888)
Hospital Sketches (1869)

First serialized in the Boston newspaper Commonwealth, and then published in book form in 1863, revised with additions in 1869.
This is an account of Louisa May Alcott’s experiences as a nurse in the American Civil War, originally written as letters to her family, then later reworked as a series of articles in which the narrator is Nurse Periwinkle.

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Alcott, Louisa May: Jack and Jill. V1. 16 Aug 2012

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Louisa May Alcott (November 29, 1832 – March 6, 1888) was an American novelist best known as author of the novel Little Women and its sequels Little Men and Jo's Boys. Raised by her transcendentalist parents, Abigail May Alcott and Amos Bronson Alcott in New England, she grew up among many of the well-known intellectuals of the day such as Ralph Waldo Emerson, Nathaniel Hawthorne, and Henry David Thoreau. Nevertheless, her family suffered severe financial difficulties and Alcott worked to help support the family from an early age. She began to receive critical success for her writing in the 1860s. Early in her career, she sometimes used the pen name A. M. Barnard.

Jack and Jill went up the hill
To coast with fun and laughter;
Jack fell down and broke his crown,
And Jill came tumbling after.

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Alcott, Louisa May: Kitty's Class Day And Other Stories. V1. 17 Aug 2012

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Louisa May Alcott (November 29, 1832 – March 6, 1888) was an American novelist best known as author of the novel Little Women and its sequels Little Men and Jo's Boys. Raised by her transcendentalist parents, Abigail May Alcott and Amos Bronson Alcott in New England, she grew up among many of the well-known intellectuals of the day such as Ralph Waldo Emerson, Nathaniel Hawthorne, and Henry David Thoreau. Nevertheless, her family suffered severe financial difficulties and Alcott worked to help support the family from an early age. She began to receive critical success for her writing in the 1860s. Early in her career, she sometimes used the pen name A. M. Barnard.

KITTY'S CLASS DAY
AUNT KIPP
PSYCHE'S ART
A COUNTRY CHRISTMAS
ON PICKET DUTY
THE BARON'S GLOVES
MY RED CAP
WHAT THE BELLS SAW AND SAID

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Alcott, Louisa May: Little Men. V1. 18 Aug 2012

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Louisa May Alcott (November 29, 1832 – March 6, 1888) was an American novelist best known as author of the novel Little Women and its sequels Little Men and Jo's Boys. Raised by her transcendentalist parents, Abigail May Alcott and Amos Bronson Alcott in New England, she grew up among many of the well-known intellectuals of the day such as Ralph Waldo Emerson, Nathaniel Hawthorne, and Henry David Thoreau. Nevertheless, her family suffered severe financial difficulties and Alcott worked to help support the family from an early age. She began to receive critical success for her writing in the 1860s. Early in her career, she sometimes used the pen name A. M. Barnard.

Little Men, or Life at Plumfield with Jo's Boys is a novel by American author Louisa May Alcott, first published in 1871. The novel reprises characters from Little Women and is considered by some the second book of an unofficial Little Women trilogy, which is completed with Alcott's 1886 novel Jo's Boys, and How They Turned Out: A Sequel to "Little Men". Little Men tells the story of Jo Bhaer and the children at Plumfield Estate School. The book was inspired by the death of Alcott's brother-in-law, which reveals itself in one of the last chapters, when a beloved character from Little Women passes away. The novel has been adapted to a 1940 film, a 1998 film, and a television series.

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Alcott, Louisa May: Little Women & Good Wives. v1.2, 20 Dec 2007

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I've added two pictures, a TOC and reformatted the .txt file from PG.

It's the story of four sisters growing up during the American Civil War.

I did it because my niece wanted my copy in treeware format.

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Alcott, Louisa May: Little Women. V1. 22 Aug 2012

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Louisa May Alcott (November 29, 1832 – March 6, 1888) was an American novelist best known as author of the novel Little Women and its sequels Little Men and Jo's Boys. Raised by her transcendentalist parents, Abigail May Alcott and Amos Bronson Alcott in New England, she grew up among many of the well-known intellectuals of the day such as Ralph Waldo Emerson, Nathaniel Hawthorne, and Henry David Thoreau. Nevertheless, her family suffered severe financial difficulties and Alcott worked to help support the family from an early age. She began to receive critical success for her writing in the 1860s. Early in her career, she sometimes used the pen name A. M. Barnard.

200 Illustrations
The story of a year in the life of the March family. While their father is away in the civil war, the four sisters and their mother work hard to maintain a happy and peaceful home. We hear of their troubles and their joys and come to sympathize with the characters,

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Alcott, Louisa May: Lost in a Pyramid, or the Mummy's Curse

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Louisa May Alcott (November 29, 1832 – March 6, 1888) was an American novelist best known as author of the novel Little Women and its sequels Little Men and Jo's Boys. Raised by her transcendentalist parents, Abigail May Alcott and Amos Bronson Alcott in New England, she grew up among many of the well-known intellectuals of the day such as Ralph Waldo Emerson, Nathaniel Hawthorne, and Henry David Thoreau. Nevertheless, her family suffered severe financial difficulties and Alcott worked to help support the family from an early age. She began to receive critical success for her writing in the 1860s. Early in her career, she sometimes used the pen name A. M. Barnard.

Excerpt
But the unhappy bridegroom scarcely saw it, for the face above it appalled him by its utter vacancy. Drawn and pallid, as if with some wasting malady, the young face, so lovely an hour ago, lay before him aged and blighted by the baleful influence of the plant which had drunk up her life. No recognition in the eyes, no word upon the lips, no motion of the hand—only the faint breath, the fluttering pulse, and wide-opened eyes, betrayed that she was alive.

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Alcott, Louisa May: Lost in a Pyramid, v.1, 24 Feb 2008.

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Lost in a Pyramid or The Mummy’s Curse.

A sensational short story.
(Presumably this is the sort of pulp fiction that Jo in ‘Little Women’ eventually repented writing.)

The text was from PG Australia.

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Alcott, Louisa May: Marjorie’s Three Gifts, v1, 9 December 2009.

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Louisa May Alcott (1832–1888)
Marjorie’s Three Gifts (1899)

Two short stories for children. In ‘Marjorie’s Three Gifts’ a young girl’s birthday wishes come true in an unexpected way. In ‘Roses and Forget-me-nots’ a rich girl learns to think of others.

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Alcott, Louisa May: Moods, v1, 7 December 2009.

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Louisa May Alcott
(1832–1888)
Moods (1864)

A young woman is dominated by whims and moods, so makes some rather poor decisions, including marrying the wrong man.
The novel is allegedly loosely based on the author’s youthful experiences: the two suitors being based on Ralph Waldo Emerson and Henry Thoreau. It was considered rather daring for allowing the topic of divorce to be discussed.
Miss Alcott later revised the novel (1882). This is the original version (1864) and includes the original illustrations.

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Alcott, Louisa May: On Picket Duty and Other Tales. V1. 25 Aug 2012

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Louisa May Alcott (November 29, 1832 – March 6, 1888) was an American novelist best known as author of the novel Little Women and its sequels Little Men and Jo's Boys. Raised by her transcendentalist parents, Abigail May Alcott and Amos Bronson Alcott in New England, she grew up among many of the well-known intellectuals of the day such as Ralph Waldo Emerson, Nathaniel Hawthorne, and Henry David Thoreau. Nevertheless, her family suffered severe financial difficulties and Alcott worked to help support the family from an early age. She began to receive critical success for her writing in the 1860s. Early in her career, she sometimes used the pen name A. M. Barnard.

ON PICKET DUTY.
THE KING OF CLUBS AND THE QUEEN OF HEARTS.
THE CROSS ON THE OLD CHURCH TOWER.
THE DEATH OF JOHN.

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Alcott, Louisa May: Onder Moeders Vleugels. v1, 5 Mar 2008

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Dutch translation of [Little Women[/ by Louisa May Alcott.

Vrolijk Amerikaans gezinsverhaal over de vier zusjes March die zo verschillend zijn en toch eendrachtig hun moeder helpen terwijl vader in de oorlog is.

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Alcott, Louisa May: Op Eigen Wieken (Dutch). v1, 6 Mar 2008

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Dutch translation of [Good Wives[/ part 2 of [Little Women[/.

"Dit is een boeiend verhaal over de verdere lotgevallen van de familie March.
De kinderen zijn nu groot geworden, zo groot dat ze hun eigen weg zijn gegaan.
Ieder op haar eigen manier, Meta gaat trouwen met John Brooke, Jo met Friedrich Bhaer en Amy met Laurie Lawrence. Het grote verdriet om het verlies van Betsy, het vierde zusje, dat altijd een zwak poppetje was geweest, zijn ze te boven gekomen en als de meisjes op haar beurt weer kinderen krijgen, vormen ze samen één grote gezonde familie waarvan toch ieder lid heeft geleerd om....op eigen wieken te drijven.

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Alcott, Louisa May: Pauline’s Passion and Punishment, v1, 23 November 2009.

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Louisa May Alcott (1832–1888)
Pauline’s Passion and Punishment (1863)
Originally published under the pseudonym ‘A. M. Barnard.’

A story of jilted love and terrible revenge, set in Cuba.
Louisa May Alcott spent some years writing sensational stories before she became famous for “Little Women.”

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Alcott, Louisa May: Perilous Play, v1, 8 November 2009.

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Louisa May Alcott (1832–1888)
Perilous Play (1869)

A short story in which a southern belle and her friends experiment with cannabis. The results are unexpected…
Like her character, Jo in “Little Women,” Louisa May Alcott began her literary career by writing sensational stories, such as this improbable specimen.

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Alcott, Louisa May: Proverb Stories. v1, 26 Jan 2008

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Published in 1888 Proverb Stories is a collection of short stories by Louisa May Alcott.

From the preface:

Being forbidden to write anything at present I have collected various waifs and strays to appease the young people who clamor for more, forgetting that mortal brains need rest. As many girls have asked to see what sort of tales Jo March wrote at the beginning of her career, I have added " The Baron's Gloves," as a sample of the romantic rubbish which paid so well once upon a time. If it shows them what not to write it will not have been rescued from oblivion in vain.

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Alcott, Louisa May: Rose In Bloom. v1, 26 Jan 2008

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Rose Campbell's adventures with her cousins continue in this sequel to "Eight Cousins."

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Alcott, Louisa May: Scarlet Stockings, v1, 8 November 2009.

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Louisa May Alcott (1832–1888)
Scarlet Stockings (1869)

A short story set in Civil War era America. It seems that scarlet stockings and an assertive attitude are irresistible attractions to a certain sort of young man.

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Alcott, Louisa May: The Abbott's Ghost - A Christmas story v1 14 dec 2008

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Louisa May Alcott (November 29, 1832 – March 6, 1888) was an American novelist. She is best known for the novel Little Women, published in 1868. This novel is loosely based on her childhood experiences with her three sisters.

This novelette stands quite a bit apart from her normal work. Romance, mystery and the ghost of Christmas in the air. A delicious read!

Have fun!

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Alcott, Louisa May: The Louisa Alcott Reader. V1. 22 Aug 2012

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Louisa May Alcott (November 29, 1832 – March 6, 1888) was an American novelist best known as author of the novel Little Women and its sequels Little Men and Jo's Boys. Raised by her transcendentalist parents, Abigail May Alcott and Amos Bronson Alcott in New England, she grew up among many of the well-known intellectuals of the day such as Ralph Waldo Emerson, Nathaniel Hawthorne, and Henry David Thoreau. Nevertheless, her family suffered severe financial difficulties and Alcott worked to help support the family from an early age. She began to receive critical success for her writing in the 1860s. Early in her career, she sometimes used the pen name A. M. Barnard.

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For some days she got on very well; for the wood-cutters were kind, and let her sleep in their huts, and gave her things to eat. But by and by she came to lonely places, where there were no houses; and then she was afraid, and used to climb up in the trees to sleep, and had to eat berries and leaves, like the Children in the Wood.

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Alcott, Louisa May: The Mysterious Key, v.1, 10 March 2008.

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‘The Mysterious Key and What it Opened.’

A short novella, set in England.

Will a mysterious prophecy and a small silver key doom two lovers to sepaation?

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Alcott, Louisa May: Transcendental Wild Oats, v1, 23 November 2009.

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Louisa May Alcott (1832–1888)
Transcendental Wild Oats
Published in “The Independent” on December 18, 1873.

A short story in which Louisa May Alcott satirises life in a utopian socialist community. This is based on real-life events: her father has experimented with such a community, as mentioned in this article:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Transcendental_Wild_Oats

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Alcott, Louisa May: Under the Lilacs. v1, 26 Jan 2008

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A young circus orphan and his dog are taken in by a family.

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Alden, Henry Mills (ed): Shapes That Haunt The Dusk v1 2 dec 2008

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Anthology about those things that go bump in the night.

Featuring:
GEORG SCHOCK - THE CHRISTMAS CHILD
RICHARD RICE - THE WHITE SLEEP OF AUBER HURN
HOWARD PYLE - IN TENEBRAS
MADELENE YALE WYNNE - THE LITTLE ROOM
HARRIET LEWIS BRADLEY - THE BRINGING OF THE ROSE
HILDEGARDE HAWTHORNE - PERDITA
M. E. M. DAVIS - AT LA GLORIEUSE
F. D. MILLET - A FADED SCAPULAR
E. LEVI BROWN - AT THE HERMITAGE
H. W. McVICKAR - THE REPRISAL

Delicious winter reading material

Have fun!

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Alden, Isabella: Mag & Margaret. v1. 12 Jan 2017

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Isabella Alden: Born : 1841 Nov 3 Rochester, New York, USA: Lived : Cincinnati, Ohio, USA:
Died : 1930 Aug 5 Palo Alto, California, USA

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The subject of all these calls that needed instant attention was a girl of thirteen, Mag Jessup, little maid of all work in the boardinghouse of Mrs. Perkins. There was a time in her life, when she was called Margaret. I think her mother used that name when she first looked at her. Once, when she was a little bit of a girl, and went to a free kindergarten for a few weeks, the sweet-faced teacher called her “ Maggie.” But that was ever so long ago; centuries ago the thirteen-year-old girl thought. For years and years she had been called “ Mag.” So long indeed that she had almost forgotten the other names. Mag Jessup was an orphan.

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Alden, Isabella: Making Fate. v1. 15 Jan 2017

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Isabella Alden: Born : 1841 Nov 3 Rochester, New York, USA: Lived : Cincinnati, Ohio, USA:
Died : 1930 Aug 5 Palo Alto, California, USA

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Mrs. Edmonds had tried every chair in the room, from the straight-backed uncompromising one nearest to the dining-room to the wide-armed “ Sleepy Hollow ” in the alcove, but none of them fitted her restless mood.

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Alden, Isabella: Mrs. Solomon Smith Looking On. v1. 21 Jan 2017

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Isabella Alden: Born : 1841 Nov 3 Rochester, New York, USA: Lived : Cincinnati, Ohio, USA:
Died : 1930 Aug 5 Palo Alto, California, USA

Excerpt
She was just the nicest old lady. We were always glad to see her coming down the walk. “ So original,” we said, “so good-natured,” ‘so large hearted,” and “so quaint.” In fact, we had a long list of sentences beginning with “so” to' describe Mrs. Solomon Smith. In winter she always had her knitting. She had it this afternoon. And Laura took her crochet, and Mary her braiding, while I gave the block of coal in the grate a vigorous poke, and sent the red glow flaming up before I settled myself to enjoy her.

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Alden, W. L.: Essays and short stories by W. L. Alden. V1.1. 2 Aug 2019

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William Livingston Alden (1837 – 1908) was an American journalist, diplomat, fiction writer, humorist, and canoe enthusiast. He was born in Williamstown, Massachusetts.

These are from wikisource.org as well as from scans of magazines or books on archive.org. One is from Project Gutenberg.

The formatting is what I think of as a "Slim 'n Trim" format; no images, no embedded fonts, and I've tried to design the CSS so that there is a minimum of tagging of html elements with classes.
According to the Count Pages Calibre plugin it is 1541 pages.

It should work on any Kindle since it's a dual MOBI file (produced by KindleGen) which contains both the AZW3/KF8 format as well as the ancient MOBI format.

I haven't proofread all of it yet; feel free to send me any errors or typos you may find.

A tricycle made for two (1894)
Antonio’s Englishman (1894)
Hopkin’s safe (1894)
A ghost train (1895)
A very satisfactory fog (1895)
Professor van Wagener’s eye (1895)
The professor’s jump (1895)
A sleeping car tragedy (1896)
Foote’s catorium (1896)
The development of Furlani (1896)
Van Wagener’s flying cat (1896)
The American and Brescia (1904)
The cats of Piacenza (1906)
Psmith of Pavia (1907)
Monty’s friend (1921)
Domestic explosives and other sixth column fancies (1877) (book contains the following stories)
Domestic explosives
Refuting Moses
A profitable fork
Vulcan
Underground classics
A converted philosopher
Forged fossils
The theoretical barber
A curious disease
Mrs. Arnold’s rig
A new point for Darwinians
The early American giant
A sad case
An inconsiderate gift
Pockets
The Kentucky meteors
Glass eyes
Mr. Long
The road to the Pole
Fish out of place
The decay of burglary
The kidnapped Klamath
The coming man
Spiritual candy
Two recent inventions
Raining cats
Tennessee pygmies
A new company
The achromatic small-boy
Sioux servants
Male girls
A growing vice
Ghost catching
Superfluous snakes
A new society
A mystery solved
The Hat Problem
The uses of dynamite
A model city
A benevolent ghost
Dr. Schliemann
The circulation of needles
The young man of Cheyenne
A remonstrance
The smoking infant
A national want
The happy yachtsman
The boy of Oshkosh
Too much prudence
The coming girl
An unnecessary invention
A beneficent invention
Smiting the heathen
Thanksgiving pie
Star traps
Solved at last
Boyton’s mistakes
Ghostly malignity
Found at last
Systematic villainy
The Greek Christmas
Bottled books
A steam horse
A new weapon
The Thomsonian theory
A western tragedy
A new branch of study
Going to the ant
Postal cats
Psammetichus and Taine
Food and poison
Surgical engineering
The Boston archeologists
The missing link
A warning to brides
The spirophore
Solar insecurity
Wandering houses
Ice water
Spiritual sport
The conflict of rods
Ivorine
Still another shower
The subtle tack hammer
Fossil forgeries
Taming the lamp chimney
The color cure
The emancipated costume
A new attraction for Sunday schools
Arms and the chair
Was it a coincidence
The spread of respectability
Social bandits
Going to the dogs
Enoch Arden
Riflewomen
Butter culture
The mosquito hypothesis
Justice to stoves
Inexpensive girls
Women in the pulpit
James Henry
Mounted missionaries
The buzz saw
The two Browns
The rival motors
The wheelbarrow in politics
Royal quarrels
The express evil
Porcine prodigies
Crushed truth
Dye and diet
A benevolent scheme
A new plea
Another distressing case
The recent calamity
Quackery and science
The boy of Dundee
The mule abroad
Shooting stars (1878) (book contains the following stories)
Shooting stars
The Tombigbee incident
A Spanish smuggler
Christmas at Windsor castle
Serenading in St. Louis
A patented child
Righteous retribution
Practice among the Piutes
Gibberish
Carrie’s comedy
A Chicago idyl
Scientific mendacity
The belle of Vallejo
The slipper report
Popular electricity
Long Island hunting
Mr. Simpkins’ downfall
The six button principle
A remedy for brass instruments
Snoring
The baffled boy
Carthaginian pirates
Too much cabbage
Very popular science
A sleighing tragedy
The managing young man
Sedentary abilities
Cat fishing
A mournful incident
Dogs and ghosts
Red hair
The periodicity of stories
The latest case of hazing
Told by the Colonel (1893) (book contains the following stories)
An ornithological romance
Jewseppy
That little Frenchman
Thompson’s tombstone
A union meeting
A clerical romance
A mystery
My brother Elijah
The St. Bernard myth
A matrimonial romance
Hoskins’ pets
The cat’s revenge
Silver plated
Among the freaks (1902) (book contains the following stories)
The wild man of Borneo
How the fat woman eloped
The N’Shugie-Gumbo
A gorilla romance
A case of dual consciousness
The mermaid
Major microbe

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Alden, W. L.: Told by the Colonel (1893); v1, 7 June 2022

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William Livingston Alden (1837-1908) was an American journalist and humourist, who served as a diplomat in Rome 1885-1890, and then remained in Europe until shortly before he died in 1908.
This book is a colllection of his short stories, consisting of an American abroad, telling what amount to "tall stories". There are 13 stories amounting to some 30,000 words, and with 29 illustrations.

1: An Ornithological Romance
2: Jewseppy
3: That Little Frenchman
4: Thompson's Tombstone
5: A Union Meeting
6: A Clerical Romance
7: A Mystery
8: My Brother Elijah
9: The St. Bernard myth
10: A Matrimonial Romance
11: Hoskins' Pets
12: The Cat's Revenge
13: Silver-Plated

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Alden, W. L.: Van Wagener's Ways (1898); v1, 7 June 2022

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Van Wagener is the quintessential enthusiastic inventor, whose bright ideas fall apart in comic ways. Tales told by "The Colonel" of his old friend, and of his calamitous progress.

1: Van Wagener's Eye
2: The Explosive Dog
3: A Scientific Balloon
4: The Flying Cat
5: A Tricycle Made for Two
6: A Flying March
7: Incandescent Cats
8: A Scientific Trap
9: The Volcanic Valve
10: The Fatal Fishing Line
11: The Professor's Jump
12: The Amphibious Torpedo
13: The Floating Magnet
14: Van Wagener's Clocks

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Aldrich, Bess Streeter: A Lantern in her Hand. V1. 1 Mar 2011

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Bess Streeter Aldrich (1881-1954) was one of Nebraska's most widely read and enjoyed authors. Her writing career spanned forty-some years, during which she published over one hundred short stories and articles, nine novels, one novella, two books of short stories, and one omnibus. In her work, she emphasized family values and recorded accurately Midwest pioneering history. One of her books, "Miss Bishop," was made into the movie, "Cheers for Miss Bishop"; and her short story, "The Silent Stars Go By," became the television show, "The Gift of Love," starring Lee Remick and Angela Lansbury. Aldrich also served as a writer and consultant in Hollywood for Paramount Pictures.

After marrying Will Deal and moving to Nebraska, Abbie endures the difficulties of frontier life and raises her children to pursue the ambitions that were once her own.

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Aldrich, Bess Streeter: A White Bird Flying. V1. 2 Mar 2011

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Bess Streeter Aldrich (1881-1954) was one of Nebraska's most widely read and enjoyed authors. Her writing career spanned forty-some years, during which she published over one hundred short stories and articles, nine novels, one novella, two books of short stories, and one omnibus. In her work, she emphasized family values and recorded accurately Midwest pioneering history. One of her books, "Miss Bishop," was made into the movie, "Cheers for Miss Bishop"; and her short story, "The Silent Stars Go By," became the television show, "The Gift of Love," starring Lee Remick and Angela Lansbury. Aldrich also served as a writer and consultant in Hollywood for Paramount Pictures.

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It was as though Grandma had left her a message,--as though Grandma, in going away, had not taken the lovely strange desire with her. She felt a vague sensation of relief and comfort. Grief no longer seemed tearing at her very soul and body. She would never tell any one about it,--no one would understand,--but in some unexplainable way everything was just as it had been before Grandma died,--all the dreams and desires were still there, all the vague yearnings for something fine and big in life. A white bird flying. That was what Grandma had left her. Well, she would always see it--always keep her eyes on the sheen of its silver wings.

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Aldrich, Bess Streeter: Miss Bishop. V1. 2 Mar 2010

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Bess Streeter Aldrich (1881-1954) was one of Nebraska's most widely read and enjoyed authors. Her writing career spanned forty-some years, during which she published over one hundred short stories and articles, nine novels, one novella, two books of short stories, and one omnibus. In her work, she emphasized family values and recorded accurately Midwest pioneering history. One of her books, "Miss Bishop," was made into the movie, "Cheers for Miss Bishop"; and her short story, "The Silent Stars Go By," became the television show, "The Gift of Love," starring Lee Remick and Angela Lansbury. Aldrich also served as a writer and consultant in Hollywood for Paramount Pictures.

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The chief source of the big boy's pride is the school,—Midwestern College. It stands at the edge of town in a lovely rolling campus, sweet-smelling in the springtime from its newly cropped blue-grass and white clover, colorful in the autumn from the scarlet and russet and gold of its massive trees,—a dozen or more pompous buildings arranged in stately formation, a campanile lifting its clock faces high to the four winds, a huge stadium proudly gloating over its place in the athletic sun. Concrete driveways and sidewalks curve through the green of elms and maples, and young people walk or drive over them continually,—a part of that great concourse of Youth forever crossing the campuses of the world.

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Aldrich, Bess Streeter: Mother Mason. V1. 1 Mar 2011

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Bess Streeter Aldrich (1881-1954) was one of Nebraska's most widely read and enjoyed authors. Her writing career spanned forty-some years, during which she published over one hundred short stories and articles, nine novels, one novella, two books of short stories, and one omnibus. In her work, she emphasized family values and recorded accurately Midwest pioneering history. One of her books, "Miss Bishop," was made into the movie, "Cheers for Miss Bishop"; and her short story, "The Silent Stars Go By," became the television show, "The Gift of Love," starring Lee Remick and Angela Lansbury. Aldrich also served as a writer and consultant in Hollywood for Paramount Pictures.

Bess Streeter Aldrich is known for her portrayals of wise and witty women whose identities are strengthened, not smothered, in the bosom of the family. Molly Mason, fifty-two, is the devoted wife of the bank president, mother of four fun-loving Masons, and a reliable standby for the library board, missionary society, and the women's clubs. She has a hand in everything that happens in her midwestern town. In fact, Mother Mason never has any time to do just as she likes. Then one day she makes a headlong dash for liberty - and look out!

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Aldrich, Bess Streeter: Spring Came on Forever. V1. 2 Mar 2011

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Bess Streeter Aldrich (1881-1954) was one of Nebraska's most widely read and enjoyed authors. Her writing career spanned forty-some years, during which she published over one hundred short stories and articles, nine novels, one novella, two books of short stories, and one omnibus. In her work, she emphasized family values and recorded accurately Midwest pioneering history. One of her books, "Miss Bishop," was made into the movie, "Cheers for Miss Bishop"; and her short story, "The Silent Stars Go By," became the television show, "The Gift of Love," starring Lee Remick and Angela Lansbury. Aldrich also served as a writer and consultant in Hollywood for Paramount Pictures.

Acclaimed for her 1928 novel A Lantern in Her Hand, Bess Streeter Aldrich became one of the most widely read interpreters of the prairie pioneer experience. In 1935, she published her masterpiece, Spring Came on Forever, a novel of two Nebraska pioneer families from settlement to the 1930s. Elsewhere an artist of the romance, here Aldrich turns romance on its head.

The heroine is Amalia Holmsdorfer, one of a band of German immigrants who settle on the prairie. From her late teens to her mid-eighties she confronts and defeats the forces of nature and society that discourage or ruin others. Her life might be a modest triumph but for one detail: she married the wrong man.

Quickly paced and precisely drawn, this novel is Aldrich's greatest tribute to the complexity, humor, endurance, and intelligence of the people who settled the prairie. Whatever its sentiments, it has as many cutting edges as a buzz saw.

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Aldrich, Thomas Bailey: The Stillwater Tragedy. v1. 31 Mar 2013

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Thomas Bailey Aldrich (November 11, 1836 – March 19, 1907) was an American poet, novelist, travel writer and editor. Thomas Bailey Aldrich was born in Portsmouth, New Hampshire on November 11, 1836.[1] When Aldrich was a child, his father moved to New Orleans. After 10 years, Aldrich was sent back to Portsmouth to prepare for college. This period of his life is partly described in his semi-autobiographical novel The Story of a Bad Boy (1870), in which "Tom Bailey" is the juvenile hero. Critics have said that this novel contains the first realistic depiction of childhood in American fiction and prepared the ground for The Adventures of Tom Sawyer.

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"Niver a word. He was stone dead, don't you see. It was that still you could hear me heart beat, saving there wasn't a drop of beat in it. I let go the can, sure, and then I backed out, with me eye on 'im all the while, afeard to death that he would up and spake them words."

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Aldrich, Thomas Bailey: A Midnight Fantasy. v1. 30 Mar 2012

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Thomas Bailey Aldrich (November 11, 1836 – March 19, 1907) was an American poet, novelist, travel writer and editor. Thomas Bailey Aldrich was born in Portsmouth, New Hampshire on November 11, 1836.[1] When Aldrich was a child, his father moved to New Orleans. After 10 years, Aldrich was sent back to Portsmouth to prepare for college. This period of his life is partly described in his semi-autobiographical novel The Story of a Bad Boy (1870), in which "Tom Bailey" is the juvenile hero. Critics have said that this novel contains the first realistic depiction of childhood in American fiction and prepared the ground for The Adventures of Tom Sawyer.

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It was close upon eleven o'clock when I stepped out of the rear vestibule of the Boston Theatre, and, passing through the narrow court that leads to West Street, struck across the Common diagonally. Indeed, as I set foot on the Tremont Street mall, I heard the Old South drowsily sounding the hour.

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Aldrich, Thomas Bailey: A Rivermouth Romance. v1. 30 Mar 2013

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Thomas Bailey Aldrich (November 11, 1836 – March 19, 1907) was an American poet, novelist, travel writer and editor. Thomas Bailey Aldrich was born in Portsmouth, New Hampshire on November 11, 1836.[1] When Aldrich was a child, his father moved to New Orleans. After 10 years, Aldrich was sent back to Portsmouth to prepare for college. This period of his life is partly described in his semi-autobiographical novel The Story of a Bad Boy (1870), in which "Tom Bailey" is the juvenile hero. Critics have said that this novel contains the first realistic depiction of childhood in American fiction and prepared the ground for The Adventures of Tom Sawyer.

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At five o'clock on the morning of the tenth of July, 1860, the front door of a certain house on Anchor Street, in the ancient seaport town of Rivermouth, might have been observed to open with great caution. This door, as the least imaginative reader may easily conjecture, did not open itself. It was opened by Miss Margaret Callaghan, who immediately closed it softly behind her, paused for a few seconds with an embarrassed air on the stone step, and then, throwing a furtive glance up at the second-story windows, passed hastily down the street towards the river, keeping close to the fences and garden walls on her left

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Aldrich, Thomas Bailey: Marjorie Daw. v1. 30 Mar 2013

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Thomas Bailey Aldrich (November 11, 1836 – March 19, 1907) was an American poet, novelist, travel writer and editor. Thomas Bailey Aldrich was born in Portsmouth, New Hampshire on November 11, 1836.[1] When Aldrich was a child, his father moved to New Orleans. After 10 years, Aldrich was sent back to Portsmouth to prepare for college. This period of his life is partly described in his semi-autobiographical novel The Story of a Bad Boy (1870), in which "Tom Bailey" is the juvenile hero. Critics have said that this novel contains the first realistic depiction of childhood in American fiction and prepared the ground for The Adventures of Tom Sawyer.

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My Dear Sir: I am happy to assure you that your anxiety is without reason. Flemming will be confined to the sofa for three or four weeks, and will have to be careful at first how he uses his leg. A fracture of this kind is always a tedious affair. Fortunately the bone was very skilfully set by the surgeon who chanced to be in the drugstore where Flemming was brought after his fall, and I apprehend no permanent inconvenience from the accident.

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Aldrich, Thomas Bailey: Miss Mehetabel's Son. v1. 31 Mar 2013

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Thomas Bailey Aldrich (November 11, 1836 – March 19, 1907) was an American poet, novelist, travel writer and editor. Thomas Bailey Aldrich was born in Portsmouth, New Hampshire on November 11, 1836.[1] When Aldrich was a child, his father moved to New Orleans. After 10 years, Aldrich was sent back to Portsmouth to prepare for college. This period of his life is partly described in his semi-autobiographical novel The Story of a Bad Boy (1870), in which "Tom Bailey" is the juvenile hero. Critics have said that this novel contains the first realistic depiction of childhood in American fiction and prepared the ground for The Adventures of Tom Sawyer.

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You will not find Greenton, or Bayley's Four-Corners, as it is more usually designated, on any map of New England that I know of. It is not a town; it is not even a village; it is merely an absurd hotel.

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Aldrich, Thomas Bailey: Ponkapog Papers. v1. 28 Mar 2013

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Thomas Bailey Aldrich (November 11, 1836 – March 19, 1907) was an American poet, novelist, travel writer and editor. Thomas Bailey Aldrich was born in Portsmouth, New Hampshire on November 11, 1836.[1] When Aldrich was a child, his father moved to New Orleans. After 10 years, Aldrich was sent back to Portsmouth to prepare for college. This period of his life is partly described in his semi-autobiographical novel The Story of a Bad Boy (1870), in which "Tom Bailey" is the juvenile hero. Critics have said that this novel contains the first realistic depiction of childhood in American fiction and prepared the ground for The Adventures of Tom Sawyer.

TO FRANCIS BARTLETT
LEAVES FROM A NOTE BOOK
ASIDES
FLEABODY AND OTHER QUEER NAMES
A NOTE ON "L'AIGLON"
PLOT AND CHARACTER
THE CRUELTY OF SCIENCE
LEIGH HUNT AND BARRY CORNWALL
DECORATION DAY
WRITERS AND TALKERS
ON EARLY RISING
UN POETE MANQUE
THE MALE COSTUME OF THE PERIOD
ON A CERTAIN AFFECTATION
WISHMAKERS' TOWN
HISTORICAL NOVELS
POOR YORICK
THE AUTOGRAPH HUNTER
ROBERT HERRICK
OUR NEW NEIGHBORS AT PONKAPOG

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Aldrich, Thomas Bailey: The Cruise of the Dolphin. V1. 4 Jun 2011

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Thomas Bailey Aldrich (November 11, 1836 – March 19, 1907) was an American poet, novelist, travel writer and editor.

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Every Rivermouth boy looks upon the sea as being in some way mixed up with his destiny. While he is yet a baby lying in his cradle, he hears the dull, far-off boom of the breakers; when he is older, he wanders by the sandy shore, watching the waves that come plunging up the beach like white-maned sea-horses, as Thoreau calls them; his eye follows the lessening sail as it fades into the blue horizon, and he burns for the time when he shall stand on the quarter-deck of his own ship, and go sailing proudly across that mysterious waste of waters.

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Aldrich, Thomas Bailey: The Queen of Sheba & My Cousin the Colonel. v1. 28 Mar 2013

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Thomas Bailey Aldrich (November 11, 1836 – March 19, 1907) was an American poet, novelist, travel writer and editor. Thomas Bailey Aldrich was born in Portsmouth, New Hampshire on November 11, 1836.[1] When Aldrich was a child, his father moved to New Orleans. After 10 years, Aldrich was sent back to Portsmouth to prepare for college. This period of his life is partly described in his semi-autobiographical novel The Story of a Bad Boy (1870), in which "Tom Bailey" is the juvenile hero. Critics have said that this novel contains the first realistic depiction of childhood in American fiction and prepared the ground for The Adventures of Tom Sawyer.

MARY
MY COUSIN THE COLONEL
"FOR BRAVERY ON THE FIELD OF BATTLE"

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Alexander, Mrs: A Crooked Path. v1. 13 Jul 2015

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Annie French Hector, ‘Mrs Alexander’ (Dublin, Ireland, 1825 - London, 10 July 1902.) was a 19th-century popular novelist.

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The London season had not yet reached its height, some years ago, before the arch admitting to Constitution Hill had been swept back to make room for the huge, ever-increasing stream of traffic, or the plebeian ‘bus had been permitted to penetrate the precincts of Hamilton Place. It was the forenoon of a splendid day, one of the earliest of June, and at that hour the roadway between the entrance to Hyde Park and the gate then surmounted by the statue of the Duke of Wellington on his drooping steed was comparatively free, when two gentlemen coming from opposite directions recognized each other, and paused at the gate of Apsley House—the elder, a stout, florid man of military aspect, middle age, and average height, with large gray mustache and small, slightly bloodshot eyes; the younger, who was tall and bony, might have been thirty, or even forty, so grave and sedate was his bearing, although his erect carriage, elastic step, and clear keen dark eyes suggested earlier manhood.

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Alexander, Mrs: Kate Vernon Vol 1. v1. 14 Jul 2015

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Annie French Hector, ‘Mrs Alexander’ (Dublin, Ireland, 1825 - London, 10 July 1902.) was a 19th-century popular novelist.

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The autumn of 18— was as uncomfortable and triste a season as I have ever known; commerce and crops alike looked down—respectable prophets of Tory tendencies shook their heads with redoubled vigor and gloomy but intense satisfaction at the near approach of that total ruin they had so often foretold; and the unfortunate devils of starving mechanics, unable to solve the problem of depression, were raising shindies by way of relieving their minds. Under these circumstances, it pleased the Horse Guards, in the plenitude of their power and inhumanity, to banish Her Majesty’s —— Regiment of Light Dragoons to an infernal region of smoke and “sansculottism” situated in the west of England, and known to mortals as the wealthy and busy town of Carrington.

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Alexander, Mrs: Kate Vernon Vol 2. v1. 17 Jul 2015

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Annie French Hector, ‘Mrs Alexander’ (Dublin, Ireland, 1825 - London, 10 July 1902.) was a 19th-century popular novelist.

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It would give a very false idea of Kate Vernon’s character, were we to say that Captain Egerton’s departure did not leave a blank in the quiet routine of her life. Indeed, she was rather surprised to find how closely he had linked himself with the pleasures and occupations of the secluded little circle amongst whom accident had thrown him. She missed his ready companionship, and the amusing contrariety of his opinions and prejudices; she missed the interested attention with which he listened to every word that fell from her lips, and her eye, peculiarly alive to beauty in every form, missed his distinguished, soldierly figure, and bold, frank, open face. But her regrets did not even border on the sentimental, and were spoken as openly as her grandfather’s, who every hour in the day, for a week, at least, after his departure, might be heard to say—“If Fred Egerton was here, he would do this, or that, for me.” In short, Kate had never dreamt of Egerton as a lover. Marriage was to her a distant possibility—desirable, certainly, in due time, as she always considered it, if happy, the happiest state of life; but marriage with a soldier, who could not be always near her grandfather, was something so utterly beyond the powers of her imagination to conceive, that it gave her all the ease and security she might have felt with a brother.

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Alexander, Mrs: Kate Vernon Vol 3. v1. 19 Jul 2015

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Annie French Hector, ‘Mrs Alexander’ (Dublin, Ireland, 1825 - London, 10 July 1902.) was a 19th-century popular novelist.

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“Be silent, nurse! do not terrify me with such strange words—see, he is asleep!”

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Alexander, Mrs: Look Before You Leap Vol 1. v1. 24 Jul 2015

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Annie French Hector, ‘Mrs Alexander’ (Dublin, Ireland, 1825 - London, 10 July 1902.) was a 19th-century popular novelist.

ExcerpThe great currents of business and pleasure were setting strongly up and down the Strand, with their accustomed even roar, on a bright May morning, some three or four years ago. The season was at its prime. Already a crowd of visitors impeded each other’s progress at the Royal Academy Exhibition; half-' past eleven had chimed from St Martin’s, and the relieved guard of Blues had turned into Waterloo Place on their homeward way to Albany Street.
In one of the best rooms in Morley’s Hotel, looking on Trafalgar Square, an elaborate breakfast was laid out, including, among other accessories of a later meal, a bottle of brandy, while two or three of soda water lay modestly on their sides in the cavity of the sideboard.

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Alexander, Mrs: Look Before You Leap Vol 2. v1. 25 Jul 2015

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Annie French Hector, ‘Mrs Alexander’ (Dublin, Ireland, 1825 - London, 10 July 1902.) was a 19th-century popular novelist.

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Neville and his faithful guide reached the Waterloo Station during an opportune lull, when a Southampton train was expected, and the cabs had gathered thick at the arrival-platform; but after a careful examination of the various physiognomies of their drivers, Dennis shook his head despondingly.

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Alexander, Mrs: Ralph Wilton's weird. v1. 19 Jul 2015

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Annie French Hector, ‘Mrs Alexander’ (Dublin, Ireland, 1825 - London, 10 July 1902.) was a 19th-century popular novelist.

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On one side of this fire, his back to the light, in a high leathern chair, sat an old man. Originally slight in frame, he now looked attenuated. His blue, brass-buttoned coat, though evidently from the hands of an artist, hung loosely upon him. His thin gray hair was carelessly brushed back from a brow not high but peculiarly wide, a straight, refined nose, a square-cut chin, a thin-lipped, slightly cruel mouth, a tint of the deadliest pallor—all these combined to make his countenance at once attractive and repellent. There was a certain dignity in his attitude as he leaned against the side of the large chair, in which he was almost lost, one thin, small white hand resting on the arm of his seat, the other playing, in a manner evidently habitual, with a couple of seals hanging in by-gone fashion from a black ribbon.

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Alexander, Mrs: The Executor Vol 1. v1. 20 Jul 2015

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Annie French Hector, ‘Mrs Alexander’ (Dublin, Ireland, 1825 - London, 10 July 1902.) was a 19th-century popular novelist.

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The young ladies of the Misses Boaden’s establishment, Elmwood House, Forest Hill, had dispersed for the hour of recreation permitted on summer evenings.
A couple strolled to and fro with linked arms in deepest conversation ; one of somewhat heavy aspect sat under a lilac hush laboriously conning a lesson. The rest were playing croquet (lawn-tennis was in its infancy as yet) on a tolerably large space of grass in which the garden terminated, and which was mentioned in the Misses Boaden’s prospectus as “The Grounds.”

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Alexander, Mrs: The Executor Vol 2, v1. 21 Jul 2015

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Annie French Hector, ‘Mrs Alexander’ (Dublin, Ireland, 1825 - London, 10 July 1902.) was a 19th-century popular novelist.

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It was late on this eventful afternoon when Brooke, having walked back with his cousin after her visit to his friends, and refusing her invitation to come in, turned away, and strolled in the direction of his hotel, musing as he went on the conversation he had just had with Mrs. Harding. It had been unusually confidential, and yet she was never quite off her guard. “I suspect she has a hard time! What a destiny for a woman like Livy to be in the clutches of a great brute such as Harding! She ought to try and keep him down. I am certain she could. I imagine women credit us with far more resolution than we possess; but even if she could, what a life for a tender-hearted gentlewoman, to be perpetually bullying her husband! I wonder how her friend Miss Stasie Verner would manage such a partner? She would either do it or bolt! How fond Livy seems to be of that girl! and yet they cannot, ought not, to suit each other. Miss Verner is bold and deep under her frank, open manner. A week ago I would have sworn she was as modest as she was honest. Still I hope she will not be drawn in to marry that Syrian. I don’t like his sort of partnership with Harding.”

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Alexander, Mrs: The Executor Vol 3. v1. 23 Jul 2015

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Annie French Hector, ‘Mrs Alexander’ (Dublin, Ireland, 1825 - London, 10 July 1902.) was a 19th-century popular novelist.

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Brooke looked at his wife significantly, and said in a low voice, “The dead tell no tales.” Stasie’s lip quivered, and putting her arms round his neck, they exchanged a long, silent embrace.

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Alexander, Mrs: The Freres Vol 3. v1. 31 Jul 2015

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Annie French Hector, ‘Mrs Alexander’ (Dublin, Ireland, 1825 - London, 10 July 1902.) was a 19th-century popular novelist.

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MAX FRERE sat in his private room in the inner recesses of the large premises known as ‘Freres’or more correctly, ‘Frere and Son.’ He looked and felt considerably older than when we first saw him nearly, very nearly, a year ago. His glance was less rapid and more guarded; his smile rarer and less mocking; his manner a little more considerate; his cheek less embrowned by the healthy exercise of frequent holidays. Yet the past had been a very successful year with Max. He had, to his father's delight, really thrown his whole mind into business, and soon evinced a rare capacity for it. He had a genius for detail, which yet did not narrow his grasp of broad principles, and was at once bold and prudent—an unusual amalgamation which forms the ideal business man.

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Alexander, Mrs: The Freres Vol 1. v1. 20 Jul 2015

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Annie French Hector, ‘Mrs Alexander’ (Dublin, Ireland, 1825 - London, 10 July 1902.) was a 19th-century popular novelist.

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IT was a few days before Easter, and a solemn dinner had been celebrated in the new residence of Richard Frere, Esq., H— Square, Hyde Park.

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Alexander, Mrs: The Freres Vol 2. v1. 30 Jul 2015

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Annie French Hector, ‘Mrs Alexander’ (Dublin, Ireland, 1825 - London, 10 July 1902.) was a 19th-century popular novelist.

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FOR reasons best known to himself, General Costello was eager to leave London, and would not delay his departure for a day. The preparations for his grand-niece’s departure were consequently performed at a gallop, and no one had time for fears, hopes, or doubts.

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Alexander, Mrs: Which Shall It Be Vol 1. v1. 26 Jul 2015

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Annie French Hector, ‘Mrs Alexander’ (Dublin, Ireland, 1825 - London, 10 July 1902.) was a 19th-century popular novelist.

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“Pull down that blind, Miss Foster! Don’t you see the light comes right across my eyes? but, indeed, if I did not attend to my own wants and comforts, I might want long enough!”
“I beg your pardon, Mrs. Redman; I was so occupied with the paper I did not perceive it;” and Miss Foster rose eagerly to perform the old lady’s behest.

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Alexander, Mrs: Which Shall It Be Vol 2. v1. 27 Jul 2015

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Annie French Hector, ‘Mrs Alexander’ (Dublin, Ireland, 1825 - London, 10 July 1902.) was a 19th-century popular novelist.

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The Grange had the reputation of being a pleasant house to stay at, in spite of the solidity of its mistress. This was principally owing to the tastes and tendencies of the master. For, according to the reversal of the usual order of things, in the case of Lord and Lady Templemore, the lighter and pleasanter details of life fell to the husband’s share. And Lord Templemore was great in musical arrangements—a real genius in charades and small theatricals of all kinds; moreover, he organized a pionic admirably, and with eminent social talents was the life and soul of a party.

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Alexander, Mrs: Which Shall It Be Vol 3

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Annie French Hector, ‘Mrs Alexander’ (Dublin, Ireland, 1825 - London, 10 July 1902.) was a 19th-century popular novelist.

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He had sat long, absorbed in thought, not in clear conscious reflection, as was his wont, working out some mental problem step by step, or weighing with the mixture of boldness and caution peculiar to him, the pros and cons of some doubtful speculation. Now a confused multitude of bright fancies, in provoking variety and unbidable pertinacity, kept rolling in a thousand wavelets over his brain, the two dominant ideas being, a certain dark-eyed, golden-haired vision of female grace and harmony, and a picture of masculine uncouthness; the first of course represented by Madeline Dierby, the second by Hugh Elliott.

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Alexis, Willibald: Die Hosen des Herrn von Bredow (German). v1. 2 Apr 2012

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(Dieses Buch ist eine Mobi-Konvertierung der von "Insider" erstellten ePub-Version.)

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Willibald Alexis (eigentlich Georg Wilhelm Heinrich Häring; * 29. Juni 1798 in Breslau; † 16. Dezember 1871 in Arnstadt) war ein deutscher Schriftsteller, der als Begründer des realistischen historischen Romans in der deutschen Literatur gilt.[/quot

"Die Hosen des Herrn von Bredow" ist ein unterhaltsamer historischer Roman der sich u.a. über den Adel und die Kirche lustig macht.

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Alger Jr., Horatio: The Young Acrobat of the Great American Circus. v1. 11 Sep 07

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Juvenile circus story - really the title says it all. Boy runs away to join the circus. Has exciting adventures, etc, etc.

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Alger, Horatio: A Cousin's Conspiracy. v1. 15 Aug 2015

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Horatio Alger, Jr. ( January 13, 1832 – July 18, 1899) was a prolific 19th-century American author, best known for his many juvenile novels about impoverished boys and their rise from humble backgrounds to lives of middle-class security and comfort through hard work, determination, courage, and honesty. His writings were characterized by the "rags-to-riches" narrative, which had a formative effect on America during the Gilded Age.

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On the edge of a prairie, in western Iowa, thirty years ago, stood a cabin, covering quite a little ground, but only one story high. It was humble enough, but not more so than the early homes of some who have become great.

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Alger, Horatio: Adrift in New York. v1. 28 Jul 2015

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Horatio Alger, Jr. (/ˈældʒər/; January 13, 1832 – July 18, 1899) was a prolific 19th-century American author, best known for his many juvenile novels about impoverished boys and their rise from humble backgrounds to lives of middle-class security and comfort through hard work, determination, courage, and honesty. His writings were characterized by the "rags-to-riches" narrative, which had a formative effect on America during the Gilded Age.

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“If he had died, I might, as you say, have become reconciled; but he was abducted at the age of four by a revengeful servant whom I had discharged from my employment. Heaven knows whether he is living or dead, but it is impressed upon my mind that he still lives, it may be in misery, it may be as a criminal, while I, his unhappy father, live on in luxury which I cannot enjoy, with no one to care for me——”

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Alger, Horatio: Andy Grant's Pluck. v1. 3 Aug 2015

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Horatio Alger, Jr. (/ˈældʒər/; January 13, 1832 – July 18, 1899) was a prolific 19th-century American author, best known for his many juvenile novels about impoverished boys and their rise from humble backgrounds to lives of middle-class security and comfort through hard work, determination, courage, and honesty. His writings were characterized by the "rags-to-riches" narrative, which had a formative effect on America during the Gilded Age.

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“A telegram for you, Andy!” said Arthur Bacon, as he entered the room of Andy Grant in Penhurst Academy.

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Alger, Horatio: Ben's Nugget. v1. 3 Aug 2015

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Horatio Alger, Jr. (/ˈældʒər/; January 13, 1832 – July 18, 1899) was a prolific 19th-century American author, best known for his many juvenile novels about impoverished boys and their rise from humble backgrounds to lives of middle-class security and comfort through hard work, determination, courage, and honesty. His writings were characterized by the "rags-to-riches" narrative, which had a formative effect on America during the Gilded Age.

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“What’s the news, Ben? You didn’t happen to bring an evenin’ paper, did you?”
The speaker was a tall, loose-jointed man, dressed as a miner in a garb that appeared to have seen considerable service. His beard was long and untrimmed, and on his head he wore a Mexican sombrero.
This was Jake Bradley, a rough but good-hearted miner, who was stretched carelessly upon the ground in front of a rude hut crowning a high eminence in the heart of the Sierra Nevada Mountains.

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Alger, Horatio: Ben, the Luggage Boy. v1. 4 Aug 2015

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Horatio Alger, Jr. (/ˈældʒər/; January 13, 1832 – July 18, 1899) was a prolific 19th-century American author, best known for his many juvenile novels about impoverished boys and their rise from humble backgrounds to lives of middle-class security and comfort through hard work, determination, courage, and honesty. His writings were characterized by the "rags-to-riches" narrative, which had a formative effect on America during the Gilded Age.

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Ben was a luggage boy, his occupation being to wait at the piers for the arrival of steamboats, or at the railway stations, on the chance of getting a carpet-bag or valise to carry. His business was a precarious one. Sometimes he was lucky, sometimes unlucky. When he was flush, he treated himself to a “square meal,” and finished up the day at Tony Pastor’s, or the Old Bowery, where from his seat in the pit he indulged in independent criticism of the acting, as he leaned back in his seat and munched peanuts, throwing the shells about carelessly.

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Alger, Horatio: Bernard Brooks' Adventures. v1. 4 Aug 2015

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Horatio Alger, Jr. (/ˈældʒər/; January 13, 1832 – July 18, 1899) was a prolific 19th-century American author, best known for his many juvenile novels about impoverished boys and their rise from humble backgrounds to lives of middle-class security and comfort through hard work, determination, courage, and honesty. His writings were characterized by the "rags-to-riches" narrative, which had a formative effect on America during the Gilded Age.

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You’re a bad lot, Bernard Brooks. I don’t think I ever knew a wuss boy.”

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Alger, Horatio: Bound to Rise. v1. 5 Aug 2015

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Horatio Alger, Jr. (/ˈældʒər/; January 13, 1832 – July 18, 1899) was a prolific 19th-century American author, best known for his many juvenile novels about impoverished boys and their rise from humble backgrounds to lives of middle-class security and comfort through hard work, determination, courage, and honesty. His writings were characterized by the "rags-to-riches" narrative, which had a formative effect on America during the Gilded Age.

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The speaker was a woman of middle age, not good-looking in the ordinary acceptation of the term, but nevertheless she looked good. She was dressed with extreme plainness, in a cheap calico; but though cheap, the dress was neat. The children she addressed were six in number, varying in age from twelve to four. The oldest, Harry, the hero of the present story, was a broad-shouldered, sturdy boy, with a frank, open face, resolute, though good-natured.

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Alger, Horatio: Brave and Bold. v1. 5 Aug 2015

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Horatio Alger, Jr. ( January 13, 1832 – July 18, 1899) was a prolific 19th-century American author, best known for his many juvenile novels about impoverished boys and their rise from humble backgrounds to lives of middle-class security and comfort through hard work, determination, courage, and honesty. His writings were characterized by the "rags-to-riches" narrative, which had a formative effect on America during the Gilded Age.

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Professor Granville, as he styled himself, was a traveling teacher, and generally had two or three evening schools in progress in different places at the same time. He was really a very good penman, and in a course of twelve lessons, for which he charged the very moderate price of a dollar, not, of course, including stationery, he contrived to impart considerable instruction, and such pupils as chose to learn were likely to profit by his instructions. His venture in Millville had been unusually successful. There were a hundred pupils on his list, and there had been no disturbance during the course of lessons.

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Alger, Horatio: Cast Upon the Breakers. v1. 14 Aug 2015

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Horatio Alger, Jr. ( January 13, 1832 – July 18, 1899) was a prolific 19th-century American author, best known for his many juvenile novels about impoverished boys and their rise from humble backgrounds to lives of middle-class security and comfort through hard work, determination, courage, and honesty. His writings were characterized by the "rags-to-riches" narrative, which had a formative effect on America during the Gilded Age.

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“My young friend, I don’t care to marry, though I appreciate your good wishes. I am an old maid from principle. I am an officer of the Female Suffrage Association.”

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Alger, Horatio: Chester Rand. v1. 15 Aug 2015

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Horatio Alger, Jr. ( January 13, 1832 – July 18, 1899) was a prolific 19th-century American author, best known for his many juvenile novels about impoverished boys and their rise from humble backgrounds to lives of middle-class security and comfort through hard work, determination, courage, and honesty. His writings were characterized by the "rags-to-riches" narrative, which had a formative effect on America during the Gilded Age.

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Probably the best known citizen of Wyncombe, a small town nestling among the Pennsylvania mountains, was Silas Tripp. He kept the village store, occasionally entertained travelers, having three spare rooms, was town treasurer, and conspicuous in other local offices.

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Alger, Horatio: Do and Dare. v1. 16 Aug 2015

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Horatio Alger, Jr. ( January 13, 1832 – July 18, 1899) was a prolific 19th-century American author, best known for his many juvenile novels about impoverished boys and their rise from humble backgrounds to lives of middle-class security and comfort through hard work, determination, courage, and honesty. His writings were characterized by the "rags-to-riches" narrative, which had a formative effect on America during the Gilded Age.

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“If we could only keep the post office, mother, we should be all right,” said Herbert Carr, as he and his mother sat together in the little sitting room of the plain cottage which the two had occupied ever since he was a boy of five.

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Alger, Horatio: Driven From Home. v1. 16 Aug 2015

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Horatio Alger, Jr. ( January 13, 1832 – July 18, 1899) was a prolific 19th-century American author, best known for his many juvenile novels about impoverished boys and their rise from humble backgrounds to lives of middle-class security and comfort through hard work, determination, courage, and honesty. His writings were characterized by the "rags-to-riches" narrative, which had a formative effect on America during the Gilded Age.

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A boy of sixteen, with a small gripsack in his hand, trudged along the country road. He was of good height for his age, strongly built, and had a frank, attractive face. He was naturally of a cheerful temperament, but at present his face was grave, and not without a shade of anxiety. This can hardly be a matter of surprise when we consider that he was thrown upon his own resources, and that his available capital consisted of thirty-seven cents in money, in addition to a good education and a rather unusual amount of physical strength. These last two items were certainly valuable, but they cannot always be exchanged for the necessaries and comforts of life.

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Alger, Horatio: Facing the World. v1. 19 Aug 2015

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Horatio Alger, Jr. ( January 13, 1832 – July 18, 1899) was a prolific 19th-century American author, best known for his many juvenile novels about impoverished boys and their rise from humble backgrounds to lives of middle-class security and comfort through hard work, determination, courage, and honesty. His writings were characterized by the "rags-to-riches" narrative, which had a formative effect on America during the Gilded Age.

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Horatio Alger, Jr., in “Facing the World,” gives us as his hero a boy whose parents have both died and the man appointed as his guardian is unjust and unkind to him. In desperation he runs away and is very fortunate in finding a true friend in a man who aids him and makes him his helper in his work as magician.

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Alger, Horatio: Fame and Fortune. v1. 31 Aug 2015

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Horatio Alger, Jr. ( January 13, 1832 – July 18, 1899) was a prolific 19th-century American author, best known for his many juvenile novels about impoverished boys and their rise from humble backgrounds to lives of middle-class security and comfort through hard work, determination, courage, and honesty. His writings were characterized by the "rags-to-riches" narrative, which had a formative effect on America during the Gilded Age.

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“Richard Hunter, at your service,” said our hero; “but when you knew me I was Ragged Dick.”

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Alger, Horatio: Five Hundred Dollars. v1. 22 Oct 2015

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Horatio Alger, Jr. ( January 13, 1832 – July 18, 1899) was a prolific 19th-century American author, best known for his many juvenile novels about impoverished boys and their rise from humble backgrounds to lives of middle-class security and comfort through hard work, determination, courage, and honesty. His writings were characterized by the "rags-to-riches" narrative, which had a formative effect on America during the Gilded Age.

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Slowly through the village street walked an elderly man, with bronzed features and thin gray hair, supporting his somewhat uncertain steps by a stout cane. He was apparently tired, for, seeing a slight natural elevation under a branching elm tree, he sat down, and looked thoughtfully about him.

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Alger, Horatio: The Cash Boy. v1. 6 Aug 2015

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Horatio Alger, Jr. ( January 13, 1832 – July 18, 1899) was a prolific 19th-century American author, best known for his many juvenile novels about impoverished boys and their rise from humble backgrounds to lives of middle-class security and comfort through hard work, determination, courage, and honesty. His writings were characterized by the "rags-to-riches" narrative, which had a formative effect on America during the Gilded Age.

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“Mr. Chairman and boys. You all know what has brought us together. We want to start a club for playing baseball, like the big clubs they have in Brooklyn and New York.”

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Alger, Horatio: The Erie Train Boy

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Horatio Alger, Jr. ( January 13, 1832 – July 18, 1899) was a prolific 19th-century American author, best known for his many juvenile novels about impoverished boys and their rise from humble backgrounds to lives of middle-class security and comfort through hard work, determination, courage, and honesty. His writings were characterized by the "rags-to-riches" narrative, which had a formative effect on America during the Gilded Age.

Excerpt
“Papers, magazines, all the popular novels! Can’t I sell you something this morning?”
Joshua Bascom turned as the train boy addressed him, and revealed an honest, sunburned face, lighted up with pleasurable excitement, for he was a farmer’s son and was making his first visit to the city of New York.

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Alger, Horatio: The Errand Boy. v1. 19 Aug 2015

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Horatio Alger, Jr. ( January 13, 1832 – July 18, 1899) was a prolific 19th-century American author, best known for his many juvenile novels about impoverished boys and their rise from humble backgrounds to lives of middle-class security and comfort through hard work, determination, courage, and honesty. His writings were characterized by the "rags-to-riches" narrative, which had a formative effect on America during the Gilded Age.

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Phil Brent was plodding through the snow in the direction of the house where he lived with his step-mother and her son, when a snow-ball, moist and hard, struck him just below his ear with stinging emphasis. The pain was considerable, and Phil's anger rose.

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Alighieri, Dante: De Monarchia [German]. V1. 20 Jun 2010

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Seine politischen Überzeugungen, die in einem Idealbild eines starken, weltlichen, monarchischen Staates gipfeln, hat er in Briefen und einem Werk über die Monarchie niedergelegt.

Basel 1559 (deutsch 1926)

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Alighieri, Dante: Divine Comedy Vol 1 - The Inferno (Illustrated). v1. 30 Dec 2013

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"The Inferno" is the first part of Dante Alighieri's 14th century epic poem, "The Divine Comedy" (the other two parts being "Purgatory" and "Paradise"). This is the 1814 blank verse translation by H. F. Cary, and has the complete set of 75 woodblock illustrations by Gustave Doré, which were originally published in 1866.

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"The Inferno" is an allegory telling of the journey of Dante through Hell, guided by the Roman poet Virgil. In the poem, Hell is depicted as nine circles of suffering located within the Earth. Allegorically, the Divine Comedy represents the journey of the soul towards God, with the Inferno describing the recognition and rejection of sin.

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Alighieri, Dante: Divine Comedy Vol 2 - Purgatory (Illustrated). v1. 30 Dec 2013

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"Purgatory" is the second part of Dante Alighieri's 14th century epic poem, "The Divine Comedy" (the other two parts being "The Inferno" and "Paradise"). This is the 1814 blank verse translation by H. F. Cary, and has the complete set of 42 woodblock illustrations by Gustave Doré, which were originally published in 1866.

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"Purgatory" is an allegory telling of the climb of Dante up the Mount of Purgatory, guided by the Roman poet Virgil, except for the last four cantos at which point Beatrice takes over as Dante's guide. In the poem, Purgatory is depicted as a mountain in the Southern Hemisphere, consisting of a bottom section (Ante-Purgatory), seven levels of suffering and spiritual growth (associated with the seven deadly sins), and finally the Earthly Paradise at the top. Allegorically, the poem represents the Christian life, and in describing the climb Dante discusses the nature of sin, examples of vice and virtue, and moral issues in politics and in the Church. The poem outlines a theory that all sin arises from love – either perverted love directed towards others' harm, or deficient love, or the disordered love of good things.

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Alighieri, Dante: Divine Comedy Vol 3 - Paradise (Illustrated). v1. 30 Dec 2013

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"Paradise" is the third part of Dante Alighieri's 14th century epic poem, "The Divine Comedy" (the other two parts being "The Inferno" and "Purgatory"). This is the 1814 blank verse translation by H. F. Cary, and has the complete set of 21 woodblock illustrations by Gustave Doré, which were originally published in 1866.

This ebook version has been optimized for large-screen devices and may or may not display correctly on devices with smaller screens. It is best viewed on a large-screen tablet such as an iPad, or Android equivalent.

"Paradise" is an allegory telling of Dante's journey through Heaven, guided by Beatrice, who symbolises theology. In the poem, Paradise is depicted as a series of concentric spheres surrounding the Earth, consisting of the Moon, Mercury, Venus, the Sun, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, the Fixed Stars, the Primum Mobile and finally, the Empyrean. Allegorically, the poem represents the soul's ascent to God.

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Alighieri, Dante: La divina commedia (Illustrated, Multilingual), v1 21 Feb 2009

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"La divina commedia" (The Divine Comedy), written by Dante Alighieri between 1308 and 1321, is considered one of the greatest works of world literature, and central work of Italian literature. It is an allegoric epic poem telling the journey of the author through the Christian Hell, Purgatory and Paradise, where he meets a plethora of sinners, monsters and virtuous souls...

This edition includes the original Italian text, along with four different translations: German (by Carl Streckfuß), English (by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow), Portuguese (by José Pedro Xavier Pinheiro), and Russian (by Mikhail Lozinsky). All the versions are cross-linked every 15 verses, in an attempt to make a kind of parallel edition. French and Spanish translations are under preparation, but may take some time.

Included too are the famous illustrations by Gustave Doré (135 woodcuts). In the text there are only thumbnails, but they are linked to full-sized illustrations. I'm uploadind two versions. The one named *_SmIm.mobi has smaller (in filesize) images, to comply with mobipocket limitations/specifications. The "large images" (and better quality) version works fine in the Cybook and in the Mobipocket Desktop Reader, though, so my advice is to use this if your reader supports it.

I think this is my most complex book so far, so it's probably full of errors and mistakes, though I did my best to make each version consistent and follow the language's typographic conventions. And, of course, all kind of feedback is welcome.

EDIT: I forgot to say, as much as I would like, this is not "the ultimate" edition, since it's missing all the notes many of the online texts have, but adding them would have been too much work for me now, maybe someone else will decide to try that ;)

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Allen, Grant: An African Millionaire, V.1, 7/19.2011

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From Wikipedia:
[quotCharles Grant Blairfindie Allen (February 24, 1848 – October 25, 1899) was a science writer, author and novelist, and a successful upholder of the theory of evolution.[/quot

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Allen, Grant: Hilda Wade. v1, 12 Feb 2008

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Subtitled: A WOMAN WITH TENACITY OF PURPOSE

Charles Grant Blairfindie Allen (February 24, 1848 - October 25, 1899) was a science writer, author and novelist; an able upholder of the theory of evolution.

[Hilda Wade[/ is an exciting and unique work that presents one of the first female detective in English literature. The work presents a strong female protagonist. The characters are beautifully drawn and the astonishing tale is skillfully presented.

Grant Allen died before finishing [Hilda Wade[/. The novel's final episode, which he dictated to his friend, doctor and neighbor Sir Arthur Conan Doyle from his bed appeared under the appropriate title, [The Episode of the Dead Man Who Spoke.[/

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Allen, Grant: Ivan Greet's Masterpiece etc. (1893), v1

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Sixteen short stories from Grant Allen:

1: Ivan Greet’s Masterpiece
2: Karen
3: Pallinghurst Barrow
4: The Abbé’s Repentance
5: Claude Tyack’s Ordeal
6: Tom’s Wife
7: The Sixth Commandment
8: The Missing Link
9: The Great Ruby Robbery
10: The Conscientious Burglar
11: The Pot-boiler
12: Melissa’s Tour
13: A Social Difficulty
14: The Chinese Play at the Haymarket
15: My Circular Tour
16: The Minor Poet

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Allen, Grant: Miss Cayley's Adventure (1899), v1

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Gentlewoman Miss Cayley, left penniless after the death of her stepfather, manages to see the world and foil an engaging con-man.

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Allen, Grant: My New Year's Eve Among the Mummies. V1. 3 Mar 2011

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Charles Grant Blairfindie Allen (Grant Allen) (1848-1899), the son of an Irish Protestant minister and notable scholar, was born at Alwington, near Kingston, Ontario, Canada, on 24 February 1848. He was partly educated in America and France. In England he was at King Edward's School in Birmingham, and later at Merton College in Oxford, graduating with honors in 1871. He also studied in Europe. Two years later, in 1873, he was appointed Professor of Logic at Queens College, Spanish Town, Jamaica. He also taught philosophy, ethics, Latin, and Greek at this college for Negroes. When its principal died, Allen took over and from 1874 to 1876 was the college's principal.

Excerpt
Unfortunately, the truth of my account cannot be tested for another thousand years. But as a copy of this book will be preserved for the benefit of posterity in the British Museum, I hereby solemnly call upon Collective Humanity to try the veracity of this history by sending a deputation of archaeologists to the Pyramid of Abu Yilla, on the last day of December, Two thousand eight hundred and seventy-seven. If they do not then find Thothmes and Hatasou feasting in the central hall exactly as I have described, I shall willingly admit that the story of my New Year's Eve among the Mummies is a vain hallucination, unworthy of credence at the hands of the scientific world.

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Allen, Grant: Strange Stories (1894); v1; 29 Nov 2019

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Sixteen tales from the serious to the comic, occult to weird, by Grant Allen.

1: The Reverend John Creedy
2: Dr. Greatrex's Engagement
3: Mr. Chung
4: The Curate of Churnside
5: An Episode in High Life
6: My New Year's Eve among the Mummies
7: The Foundering of the "Fortuna"
8: The Backslider
9: The Mysterious Occurrence in Piccadilly
10: Carvalho
11: Pausodyne
12: The Empress of Andorra
13: The Senior Proctor's Wooing
14: The Child of the Phalanstery
15: Our Scientific Observations on a Ghost
16: Ram Das of Cawnpore

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Allen, Grant: The Beckoning Hand and other stories (1887); v1

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A baker's dozen of Grant Allen's short stories:

1: The Beckoning Hand
2: Lucretia
3: The Third Time
4: The Gold Wulfric
5: My Uncle’s Will
6: The Two Carnegies
7: Olga Davidoff’s Husband
8: John Cann’s Treasure
9: Isaline and I
10: Professor Milliter’s Dilemma
11: In Strict Confidence
12: The Search Party’s Find
13: Harry's Inheritance

I could not find a usable dust-jacket cover, so used the embossed/printed hard cover, and added the text for convenience of browsing.

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Allen, Grant: The Thames Valley Catastrophe. V1. 3 Feb 2011

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Charles Grant Blairfindie Allen (Grant Allen) (1848-1899), the son of an Irish Protestant minister and notable scholar, was born at Alwington, near Kingston, Ontario, Canada, on 24 February 1848. He was partly educated in America and France. In England he was at King Edward's School in Birmingham, and later at Merton College in Oxford, graduating with honors in 1871. He also studied in Europe. Two years later, in 1873, he was appointed Professor of Logic at Queens College, Spanish Town, Jamaica. He also taught philosophy, ethics, Latin, and Greek at this college for Negroes. When its principal died, Allen took over and from 1874 to 1876 was the college's principal.

Excerpt
I turned my eye up stream. For half a second I was utterly bewildered. Strange to say, I did not perceive at first the great flood of fire that was advancing towards me. I saw only the man who had shouted—a miserable, cowering, terror-stricken wretch, one of the abject creatures who used to earn a dubious livelihood in those days (when the river was a boulevard of pleasure) by towing boats up stream. But now, he was rushing wildly forward, with panic in his face; I could see he looked as if close pursued by some wild beast behind him. "A mad dog!" I said to myself at the outset; "or else a bull in the meadow!"

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Allen, Grant: Wolverden Tower. V1. 3 Mar 2011

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Charles Grant Blairfindie Allen (Grant Allen) (1848-1899), the son of an Irish Protestant minister and notable scholar, was born at Alwington, near Kingston, Ontario, Canada, on 24 February 1848. He was partly educated in America and France. In England he was at King Edward's School in Birmingham, and later at Merton College in Oxford, graduating with honors in 1871. He also studied in Europe. Two years later, in 1873, he was appointed Professor of Logic at Queens College, Spanish Town, Jamaica. He also taught philosophy, ethics, Latin, and Greek at this college for Negroes. When its principal died, Allen took over and from 1874 to 1876 was the college's principal.

Excerpt
Hedda on one side, Yolande on the other, now went before her, holding her wrists in their grasp, but rather enticing than drawing her. As each reached the gloom, the same luminous appearance which Maisie had noticed before spread over their bodies, and the same weird skeleton shape showed faintly through their limbs in darker shadow. Maisie crossed the threshold with a convulsive gasp. As she crossed it she looked down at her own dress and body. They were semi-transparent, like the others', though not quite so self-luminous; the framework of her limbs appeared within in less certain outline, yet quite dark and distinguishable.

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Allen, Hervey: Anthony Adverse (1933); v1; 23 Jan 2020

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An illegitimate child, born in the Auvergne in France in 1770, raised in Livorno in Italy, Anthony Adverse is apprenticed to a merchant, travels extensively between the new world and the old.

The novel follows his rises and falls, his brief ventures in the slave trade, and larger ventures high finance, his marriages and disasters, to his final adventures in Mexico.

A bestseller in its day, over 800 pages in hardback, 550,000 words, so vast that the movie covers only a part of it.

It was offered as a 3-volume novel, or as a massive single volume. A postwar Paperback edition was published in 3 volumes.

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Allen, Hervey: Anthony Adverse (Volume 1). V1. 3 Mar 2011

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Allen, Hervey, 1889-1949, American novelist and poet, b. Pittsburgh, grad. Univ. of Pittsburgh, 1915. After service in World War I, he taught English in Charleston, S.C., where, in collaboration with DuBose Heyward, he wrote Carolina Chansons (1922), a volume of verse. He wrote other books of poetry but is best known for his excellent biography of Poe, Israfel (1926), and the picaresque novel Anthony Adverse (1933), which achieved enormous popular success.

Columbia Encyclopedia

The pretty young Marquise Maria da Vincitata, daughter of a Scottish merchant of Leghorn, fell in love with young Denis Moore within the year after her marriage and met with him secretly in France while her husband was taking a cure for his gout. Don Luis, the arrogant Marquis da Vincitata, discovering the intrigue, spirited his wife away and killed her gallant, luckless lover when he started out in pursuit. Maria’s baby was born high in the Alps. After his wife died during childbirth, Don Luis took the child to Leghorn, where he stealthily deposited the...

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Allen, Hervey: Anthony Adverse (Volume 2). V1. 3 Mar 2011

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Allen, Hervey, 1889-1949, American novelist and poet, b. Pittsburgh, grad. Univ. of Pittsburgh, 1915. After service in World War I, he taught English in Charleston, S.C., where, in collaboration with DuBose Heyward, he wrote Carolina Chansons (1922), a volume of verse. He wrote other books of poetry but is best known for his excellent biography of Poe, Israfel (1926), and the picaresque novel Anthony Adverse (1933), which achieved enormous popular success.

Columbia Encyclopedia

The continuation of the saga.

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Allen, Hervey: ANTHONY ADVERSE (Volume 3 of 3). V1. 4 Mar 2011

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Allen, Hervey, 1889-1949, American novelist and poet, b. Pittsburgh, grad. Univ. of Pittsburgh, 1915. After service in World War I, he taught English in Charleston, S.C., where, in collaboration with DuBose Heyward, he wrote Carolina Chansons (1922), a volume of verse. He wrote other books of poetry but is best known for his excellent biography of Poe, Israfel (1926), and the picaresque novel Anthony Adverse (1933), which achieved enormous popular success.

Columbia Encyclopedia

The saga is complete

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Allen, James Lane: A Cathedral Singer. V1. 1 Feb 2009

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James Lane Allen (December 21, 1849 – February 18, 1925) was an American novelist and short story writer whose work, including the novel A Kentucky Cardinal, often depicted the culture and dialects of his native Kentucky. His work is characteristic of the late-19th century local color era, when writers sought to capture the vernacular in their fiction. Allen has been described as "Kentucky's first important novelist."
Allen was born near Lexington, Kentucky, and his youth there during the Ante-bellum, Civil War, and Reconstruction periods heavily influenced his writing. He graduated from Transylvania University in 1872, delivering the Salutatorian address in Latin. In 1893 Allen moved to New York City, where he lived until his death. He was a contributor to Harper's Magazine, The Atlantic Monthly, and other popular magazines of the time. Allen is buried in Lexington Cemetery.
At the northern edge of Gratz Park in Lexington is the "Fountain of Youth", built in memory of Allen using proceeds willed to the city by him.

Excerpt
Slowly on Morningside Heights rises the Cathedral of St. John the Divine: standing on a high rock under the Northern sky above the long wash of the untroubled sea, above the wash of the troubled waves of men.
It has fit neighbors. Across the street to the north looms the many-towered gray-walled Hospital of St. Luke-cathedral of our ruins, of our sufferings and our dust, near the cathedral of our souls.
Across the block to the south is situated a shed-like two-story building with dormer-windows and a crumpled three-sided roof, the studios of the National Academy of Design; and under that low brittle skylight youth toils over the shapes and colors of the visible vanishing paradise of the earth in the shadow of the cathedral which promises an unseen, an eternal one.

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Allen, James Lane: A Kentucky Cardinal. V1. 1 Feb 2009

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James Lane Allen (December 21, 1849 – February 18, 1925) was an American novelist and short story writer whose work, including the novel A Kentucky Cardinal, often depicted the culture and dialects of his native Kentucky. His work is characteristic of the late-19th century local color era, when writers sought to capture the vernacular in their fiction. Allen has been described as "Kentucky's first important novelist."
Allen was born near Lexington, Kentucky, and his youth there during the Ante-bellum, Civil War, and Reconstruction periods heavily influenced his writing. He graduated from Transylvania University in 1872, delivering the Salutatorian address in Latin. In 1893 Allen moved to New York City, where he lived until his death. He was a contributor to Harper's Magazine, The Atlantic Monthly, and other popular magazines of the time. Allen is buried in Lexington Cemetery.
At the northern edge of Gratz Park in Lexington is the "Fountain of Youth", built in memory of Allen using proceeds willed to the city by him.

A Kentucky Cardinal was the third novel by American writer, James Lane Allen; and was produced in 1894 as the first of the A Kentucky Cardinal series. The Cardinal is the State Bird of Kentucky.

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Allen, James Lane: Aftermath. V1. 2 Feb 2009

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James Lane Allen (December 21, 1849 – February 18, 1925) was an American novelist and short story writer whose work, including the novel A Kentucky Cardinal, often depicted the culture and dialects of his native Kentucky. His work is characteristic of the late-19th century local color era, when writers sought to capture the vernacular in their fiction. Allen has been described as "Kentucky's first important novelist."
Allen was born near Lexington, Kentucky, and his youth there during the Ante-bellum, Civil War, and Reconstruction periods heavily influenced his writing. He graduated from Transylvania University in 1872, delivering the Salutatorian address in Latin. In 1893 Allen moved to New York City, where he lived until his death. He was a contributor to Harper's Magazine, The Atlantic Monthly, and other popular magazines of the time. Allen is buried in Lexington Cemetery.
At the northern edge of Gratz Park in Lexington is the "Fountain of Youth", built in memory of Allen using proceeds willed to the city by him.

Excerpt
I was happily at work this morning among my butterbeans—*a vegetable of solid merit and of a far greater suitableness to my palate than such bovine watery growths as the squash and the beet. Georgiana came to her garden window and stood watching me.
“You work those butterbeans as though you loved them,” she said, scornfully.
“I do love them. I love all vines.”
“Are you cultivating them as vines or as vegetables?”
“It makes no difference to nature.”
“Do you expect me to be a vine when we are married?”

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Allen, James Lane: Bride of the Mistletoe. V1. 3 Feb 2009

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James Lane Allen (December 21, 1849 – February 18, 1925) was an American novelist and short story writer whose work, including the novel A Kentucky Cardinal, often depicted the culture and dialects of his native Kentucky. His work is characteristic of the late-19th century local color era, when writers sought to capture the vernacular in their fiction. Allen has been described as "Kentucky's first important novelist."
Allen was born near Lexington, Kentucky, and his youth there during the Ante-bellum, Civil War, and Reconstruction periods heavily influenced his writing. He graduated from Transylvania University in 1872, delivering the Salutatorian address in Latin. In 1893 Allen moved to New York City, where he lived until his death. He was a contributor to Harper's Magazine, The Atlantic Monthly, and other popular magazines of the time. Allen is buried in Lexington Cemetery.
At the northern edge of Gratz Park in Lexington is the "Fountain of Youth", built in memory of Allen using proceeds willed to the city by him.

Excerpt
It is a story. There are two characters—*a middle-aged married couple living in a plain farmhouse; one point on the field of human nature is located; at that point one subject is treated; in the treatment one movement is directed toward one climax; no external event whatsoever is introduced; and the time is about forty hours.

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Allen, James Lane: The Choir Invisible. V1. 4 Feb 2009

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James Lane Allen (December 21, 1849 – February 18, 1925) was an American novelist and short story writer whose work, including the novel A Kentucky Cardinal, often depicted the culture and dialects of his native Kentucky. His work is characteristic of the late-19th century local color era, when writers sought to capture the vernacular in their fiction. Allen has been described as "Kentucky's first important novelist."
Allen was born near Lexington, Kentucky, and his youth there during the Ante-bellum, Civil War, and Reconstruction periods heavily influenced his writing. He graduated from Transylvania University in 1872, delivering the Salutatorian address in Latin. In 1893 Allen moved to New York City, where he lived until his death. He was a contributor to Harper's Magazine, The Atlantic Monthly, and other popular magazines of the time. Allen is buried in Lexington Cemetery.
At the northern edge of Gratz Park in Lexington is the "Fountain of Youth", built in memory of Allen using proceeds willed to the city by him.

Excerpt
He had on an old bridle with knots of blue violets hanging, down at his ears; over his broad back was spread a blanket of buffalo-skin; on this rested a worn black side-saddle, and sitting in the saddle was a girl, whom every young man of the town not far away knew to be Amy Falconer, and whom many an old pioneer dreamed of when he fell asleep beside his rifle and his hunting-knife in his lonely cabin of the wilderness. She was perhaps the first beautiful girl of aristocratic birth ever seen in Kentucky, and the first of the famous train of those who for a hundred years since have wrecked or saved the lives of the men.

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Allen, James Lane: The Mettle of the Pasture. V1. 4 Feb 2009

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James Lane Allen (December 21, 1849 – February 18, 1925) was an American novelist and short story writer whose work, including the novel A Kentucky Cardinal, often depicted the culture and dialects of his native Kentucky. His work is characteristic of the late-19th century local color era, when writers sought to capture the vernacular in their fiction. Allen has been described as "Kentucky's first important novelist."
Allen was born near Lexington, Kentucky, and his youth there during the Ante-bellum, Civil War, and Reconstruction periods heavily influenced his writing. He graduated from Transylvania University in 1872, delivering the Salutatorian address in Latin. In 1893 Allen moved to New York City, where he lived until his death. He was a contributor to Harper's Magazine, The Atlantic Monthly, and other popular magazines of the time. Allen is buried in Lexington Cemetery.
At the northern edge of Gratz Park in Lexington is the "Fountain of Youth", built in memory of Allen using proceeds willed to the city by him.

Excerpt
Old-fashioned glass doors behind her reached from a high ceiling to the floor; they had been thrown open and the curtains looped apart. Stone steps outside led downward to the turf in the rear of the house. This turf covered a lawn unroughened by plant or weed; but over it at majestic intervals grew clumps of gray pines and dim-blue, ever wintry firs. Beyond lawn and evergreens a flower garden bloomed; and beyond the high fence enclosing this, tree-tops and house-tops of the town could be seen; and beyond these—*away in the west—*the sky was naming now with the falling sun.

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Allen, James Lane: The Reign of Law. v1. 26 Oct 07

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Subtitled [A Tale of the Kentucky Hemp Fields[/, this is not about drugs. Instead this is a story of personal religious growth and doubt.

I'll be posting the following ten best selling fiction books in the U.S. for the year 1900:

1. [To Have and To Hold[/, Mary Johnston
2. [Red Pottage[/, Mary Cholmondeley
3. [Unleavened Bread[/, Robert Grant
4. [The Reign of Law[/, James Lane Allen
5. [Eben Holden[/, Irving Bacheller
6. [Janice Meredith[/, Paul Leicester Ford
7. [The Redemption of David Corson[/, Charles Frederic Goss
8. [Richard Carvel[/, Winston Churchill
9. [When Knighthood Was in Flower[/, Charles Major
10. [Alice of Old Vincennes[/, Maurice Thompson

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Allen, James: As a Man Thinketh. V1. 20-Nov-2010

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James Allen (November 28,1864 – 1912) was a philosophical writer of British nationality known for his inspirational books and poetry. His best known work, As a Man Thinketh, was mass produced since its publication in 1903 and has provided a key source of ideas to countless bestselling motivational and self-help authors of the twentieth and twenty-first centuries.As a result he is considered as the pioneer of self help movement. As with many of Allen's works, the book's launch was quiet and its full impact was not felt until after his passing.

Foreword:
THIS little volume (the result of meditation and experience) is not intended as an exhaustive treatise on the much-written-upon subject of the power of thought. It is suggestive rather than explanatory, its object being to stimulate men and women to the discovery and perception of the truth that—
"They themselves are makers of themselves."
by virtue of the thoughts, which they choose and encourage; that mind is the master-weaver, both of the inner garment of character and the outer garment of circumstance, and that, as they may have hitherto woven in ignorance and pain they may now weave in enlightenment and happiness.

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Allen, James: The Way of Peace. V1. 20-Nov-2010

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James Allen (November 28,1864 – 1912) was a philosophical writer of British nationality known for his inspirational books and poetry. His best known work, As a Man Thinketh, was mass produced since its publication in 1903 and has provided a key source of ideas to countless bestselling motivational and self-help authors of the twentieth and twenty-first centuries.As a result he is considered as the pioneer of self help movement. As with many of Allen's works, the book's launch was quiet and its full impact was not felt until after his passing.

Contents

- THE POWER OF MEDITATION

- THE TWO MASTERS, SELF AND TRUTH

- THE ACQUIREMENT OF SPIRITUAL POWER

- THE REALIZATION OF SELFLESS LOVE

- ENTERING INTO THE INFINITE

- SAINTS, SAGES, AND SAVIORS; THE LAW OF SERVICE

- THE REALIZATION OF PERFECT PEACE

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Allen, Meritt Parmalee: The Complete Mudhen. v1. 15 January 2012

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The Complete Mudhen is an omnibus edition of all the stories about life in an American northeastern boy's boarding school. They take place in a period between the 1930's and the early 1940's.

About the author.
Meritt Parmalee Allen (1892-1954) became an author after being stricken with Polio at age 17. He wrote mostly historical books, but also wrote lighter stories. The Mudhen series of stories were popular from the mid 1930's until his death in 1954.

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Allen, Willis Boyd: Lost On Umbagog. v1. 9 Nov 2015

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Willis Boyd Allen: Born : 1855 Jul 9 Kittery Point, Maine, USA: Died : 1938 Sep 11 Crawford Notch, New Hampshire, USA.

Excerpt
NOW, look here, Ned, if you don’t believe in this expedition, you can just stay at home and read Virgil.”

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Allen, Willis Boyd: Play Away!. v1. 10 Nov 2015

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Willis Boyd Allen: Born : 1855 Jul 9 Kittery Point, Maine, USA: Died : 1938 Sep 11 Crawford Notch, New Hampshire, USA.

Excerpt
On a certain evening, early in December, a few years ago, a conflagration, starting from spontaneous combustion in a staircase closet, threatened to consume one of the largest Boston warehouses on Lincoln Street. It was a lofty granite building, and when the department arrived smoke was pouring from the front windows, and flames were bursting through the skylight over the elevator well.

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Allestree, Richard: The Government of the Tongue V 1.0. 02 Apr 2014

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This is a conversion to mobi format of weatherwax's 2010 epub upload. Here is the original summation from weatherwax:

[quotRichard Allestree or Allestry (1619 – 28 January 1681) was a Royalist churchman and provost of Eton College from 1665.

Extract from the book's Preface:
The Government of the Tongue has ever been justly reputed one of the most important parts of human Regiment. The Philosopher and the Divine equally attest this: and Solomon (who was both) gives his suffrage also; the persuasions to, and encomiums of it, taking up a considerable part of his book of Proverbs. I shall not therefore need to say anything, to justify my choice of this subject, which has so much better Authorities to commend it. I rather with that it had not the super-addition of an accidental fitness grounded upon the universal neglect of it, it now seeming to be an art wholly out-dated. For though some lineaments of it may be met with in books, yet there is scarce any footsteps of it in practice, where alone it can be significant. The attempt therefore of reviving it I am sure is seasonable, I wish it were half as easy.[/quot

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Allison, Young E.: On the Vice of Novel-Reading, v.1, 14 June 2008

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Young Ewing Allison (1853-1932) was an American writer and newspaper editor. This is a short, apparently unpublished paper that he presented in 1897.

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Allison, Young E.: The Delicious Vice, v.1, 15 June 2008

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A paragraph from this book which is apparently an expansion of his 1897 lecture which I posted yesterday:

"After the first novel has been read, somewhere under the seasoned age of fourteen years, the beginner equipped with inherent genius for novel reading is afloat upon an open sea of literature, a master mariner of his own craft, having ports to make, to leave, to take, so splendid of variety and wonder as to make the voyages of Sinbad sing small by comparison. It may be proper and even a duty here to suggest to the young novel reader that the Ten Commandments and all governmental statutes authorize the instant killing, without pity or remorse, of any heavy-headed and intrusive person who presumes to map out for him a symmetrical and well-digested course of novel reading. The murder of such folks is universally excused as self-defense and secretly applauded as a public service. The born novel reader needs no guide, counsellor or friend. He is his own "master." He can with perfect safety and indescribable delight shut his eyes, reach out his hand, pull down any plum of a book and never make a mistake. Novel reading is the only one of the splendid occupations of life calling for no instruction or advice. All that is necessary is to bite the apple with the largest freedom possible to the intellectual and imaginative jaws, and let the taste of it squander itself all the way down from the front teeth until it is lost in the digestive joys of memory. There is no miserable quail limit to novels-you can read thirty novels in thirty days or 365 novels in 365 days for thirty years, and the last one will always have the delicious taste of the pies of childhood."
And there are other parts:

"There are no women novel-readers. There are women who read novels, of course; but it is a far cry from reading novels to being a novel-reader. It is not in the nature of a woman."
I prefer to think that this opinion is largely based on common prejudices of the time and the author's perception of the social duties of "the average woman" of the time and not a perceived inherent flaw or malady of women.

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Altsheler, Joseph A: Before the Dawn. V1. 5 July 2009

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Altsheler was born in Three Springs, Kentucky to Joseph and Louise Altsheler. In 1885, he took a job at the Louisville Courier-Journal as a reporter and later, an editor. He started working for the New York World in 1892, first as the paper's Hawaiian correspondent and then as the editor of the World's tri-weekly magazine. Due to a lack of suitable stories, he began writing children's stories for the magazine.
Altsheler married Sarah Boles on May 30, 1888, and had one son. He and his family were in Germany when World War I began. The difficult journey home took a huge toll on Altsheler's health and he was never the same. He died in New York City in 1919.

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A tall, well-favoured youth, coming from the farther South, boarded the train for Richmond one raw, gusty morning. He carried his left arm stiffly, his face was thin and brown, and his dingy uniform had holes in it, some made by bullets; but his air and manner were happy, as if, escaped from danger and hardships, he rode on his way to pleasure and ease.

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Altsheler, Joseph A: The Border Watch. V1. 6 July 2009

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Altsheler was born in Three Springs, Kentucky to Joseph and Louise Altsheler. In 1885, he took a job at the Louisville Courier-Journal as a reporter and later, an editor. He started working for the New York World in 1892, first as the paper's Hawaiian correspondent and then as the editor of the World's tri-weekly magazine. Due to a lack of suitable stories, he began writing children's stories for the magazine.
Altsheler married Sarah Boles on May 30, 1888, and had one son. He and his family were in Germany when World War I began. The difficult journey home took a huge toll on Altsheler's health and he was never the same. He died in New York City in 1919.

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"The Border Watch" closes the series which began with "The Young Trailers," and which was continued successively in "The Forest Runners," "The Keepers of the Trail," "The Eyes of the Woods," "The Free Rangers," "The Riflemen of the Ohio," and "The Scouts of the Valley." All the eight volumes deal with the fortunes and adventures of two boys, Henry Ware and Paul Cotter, and their friends Shif'less Sol Hyde, Silent Tom Ross and Long Jim Hart, in the early days of Kentucky. The action moves over a wide area, from New Orleans in the South to Lake Superior in the North, and from the Great Plains in the West to the land of the Iroquois in the East.

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Altsheler, Joseph A: The Candidate. V1. 7 July 2009

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Altsheler was born in Three Springs, Kentucky to Joseph and Louise Altsheler. In 1885, he took a job at the Louisville Courier-Journal as a reporter and later, an editor. He started working for the New York World in 1892, first as the paper's Hawaiian correspondent and then as the editor of the World's tri-weekly magazine. Due to a lack of suitable stories, he began writing children's stories for the magazine.
Altsheler married Sarah Boles on May 30, 1888, and had one son. He and his family were in Germany when World War I began. The difficult journey home took a huge toll on Altsheler's health and he was never the same. He died in New York City in 1919.

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The huge convention-hall still rang with the thunders of applause, and most of the delegates were on their feet shouting or waving their hats, when Harley slipped from his desk and made his way quietly to the little side-door leading from the stage. It was all over now but the noise; after a long and desperate fight Grayson, a young lawyer, with little more than a local reputation, had been nominated by his party for the Presidency of the United States, and Harley, alert, eager, and fond of dramatic effects, intended to be the first who should tell him the surprising fact.

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Altsheler, Joseph A: The Eyes of the Woods. V1. 7 July 2009

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Altsheler was born in Three Springs, Kentucky to Joseph and Louise Altsheler. In 1885, he took a job at the Louisville Courier-Journal as a reporter and later, an editor. He started working for the New York World in 1892, first as the paper's Hawaiian correspondent and then as the editor of the World's tri-weekly magazine. Due to a lack of suitable stories, he began writing children's stories for the magazine.
Altsheler married Sarah Boles on May 30, 1888, and had one son. He and his family were in Germany when World War I began. The difficult journey home took a huge toll on Altsheler's health and he was never the same. He died in New York City in 1919.

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“The Eyes of the Woods” is an independent story, telling of certain remarkable events in the life of Henry Ware, Paul Cotter, Shif’less Sol Hyde, Silent Tom Ross and Long Jim Hart. But it is also a part of the series dealing with these characters, and is the fourth in point of time, coming just after “The Keepers of the Trail.”

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Altsheler, Joseph A: The Forest of Swords. V1. 8 July 2009

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Altsheler was born in Three Springs, Kentucky to Joseph and Louise Altsheler. In 1885, he took a job at the Louisville Courier-Journal as a reporter and later, an editor. He started working for the New York World in 1892, first as the paper's Hawaiian correspondent and then as the editor of the World's tri-weekly magazine. Due to a lack of suitable stories, he began writing children's stories for the magazine.
Altsheler married Sarah Boles on May 30, 1888, and had one son. He and his family were in Germany when World War I began. The difficult journey home took a huge toll on Altsheler's health and he was never the same. He died in New York City in 1919.

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“The Forest of Swords,” while an independent story, based upon the World War, continues the fortunes of John Scott, Philip Lannes, and their friends who have appeared already in “The Guns of Europe.” As was stated in the first volume, the author was in Austria and Germany for a month after the war began, and then went to England. He saw the arrival of the Emperor, Francis Joseph, in Vienna, the first striking event in the gigantic struggle, and witnessed the mobilization of their armies by three great nations.

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Altsheler, Joseph A: The Free Rangers. V1. 10 July 2009

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Altsheler was born in Three Springs, Kentucky to Joseph and Louise Altsheler. In 1885, he took a job at the Louisville Courier-Journal as a reporter and later, an editor. He started working for the New York World in 1892, first as the paper's Hawaiian correspondent and then as the editor of the World's tri-weekly magazine. Due to a lack of suitable stories, he began writing children's stories for the magazine.
Altsheler married Sarah Boles on May 30, 1888, and had one son. He and his family were in Germany when World War I began. The difficult journey home took a huge toll on Altsheler's health and he was never the same. He died in New York City in 1919.

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“THE FREE RANGERS,” WHILE AN INDEPENDENT STORY IN ITSELF, CONTINUES THE FORTUNES OF THE TWO BOYS AND THEIR COMRADES WHO WERE THE CENTRAL CHARACTERS IN “THE YOUNG TRAILERS,” “THE FOREST RUNNERS,” “THE KEEPERS OF THE TRAIL” AND “THE EYES of THE WOODS.”

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Altsheler, Joseph A: The great Sioux Trail v1 20 feb 2009

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[QUOT"The Great Sioux Trail" is the first of a group of romances concerned with the opening of the Great West just after the Civil War, and having a solid historical basis. They will be connected by the presence of leading characters in all the volumes, but every one will be in itself a complete story.[/QUOT

Beautifully illustrated and nice read!

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Altsheler, Joseph A: The Guns of Bull Run. V1. 9 July 2009

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Altsheler was born in Three Springs, Kentucky to Joseph and Louise Altsheler. In 1885, he took a job at the Louisville Courier-Journal as a reporter and later, an editor. He started working for the New York World in 1892, first as the paper's Hawaiian correspondent and then as the editor of the World's tri-weekly magazine. Due to a lack of suitable stories, he began writing children's stories for the magazine.
Altsheler married Sarah Boles on May 30, 1888, and had one son. He and his family were in Germany when World War I began. The difficult journey home took a huge toll on Altsheler's health and he was never the same. He died in New York City in 1919.

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It would soon be Christmas and Harry Kenton, at his desk in the Pendleton Academy, saw the snow falling heavily outside. The school stood on the skirt of the town, and the forest came down to the edge of the playing field. The great trees, oak and ash and elm, were clothed in white, and they stood out a vast and glittering tracery against the somber sky.
The desk was of the old kind, intended for two, and Harry’s comrade in it was his cousin, Dick Mason, of his own years and size. They would graduate in June, and both were large and powerful for their age. There was a strong family resemblance and yet a difference. Harry’s face was the more sensitive and at times the blood leaped like quicksilver in his veins. Dick’s features indicated a quieter and more stubborn temper. They were equal favorites with teachers and pupils.

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Altsheler, Joseph A: The Guns of Shiloh. V1. 10 July 2009

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Altsheler was born in Three Springs, Kentucky to Joseph and Louise Altsheler. In 1885, he took a job at the Louisville Courier-Journal as a reporter and later, an editor. He started working for the New York World in 1892, first as the paper's Hawaiian correspondent and then as the editor of the World's tri-weekly magazine. Due to a lack of suitable stories, he began writing children's stories for the magazine.
Altsheler married Sarah Boles on May 30, 1888, and had one son. He and his family were in Germany when World War I began. The difficult journey home took a huge toll on Altsheler's health and he was never the same. He died in New York City in 1919.

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“The Guns of Shiloh,” a complete story in itself, is the complement of “The Guns of Bull Run.” In “The Guns of Bull Run” the Civil War and its beginnings are seen through the eyes of Harry Kenton, who is on the Southern side. In “The Guns of Shiloh” the mighty struggle takes its color from the view of Dick Mason, who fights for the North and who is with Grant in his first great campaign.

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Altsheler, Joseph A: The Hunters of the Hills. V1. 11 July 2009

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Altsheler was born in Three Springs, Kentucky to Joseph and Louise Altsheler. In 1885, he took a job at the Louisville Courier-Journal as a reporter and later, an editor. He started working for the New York World in 1892, first as the paper's Hawaiian correspondent and then as the editor of the World's tri-weekly magazine. Due to a lack of suitable stories, he began writing children's stories for the magazine.
Altsheler married Sarah Boles on May 30, 1888, and had one son. He and his family were in Germany when World War I began. The difficult journey home took a huge toll on Altsheler's health and he was never the same. He died in New York City in 1919.

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“The Hunters of the Hills” is the first volume of a series dealing with the great struggle of France and England and their colonies for dominion in North America, culminating with the fall of Quebec. It is also concerned to a large extent with the Iroquois, the mighty league known in their own language as the Hodenosaunee, for the favor of which both French and English were high bidders. In his treatment of the theme the author has consulted many authorities, and he is not conscious of any historical error.

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Altsheler, Joseph A: The Keepers of the Trail. V1. 12 July 2009

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Altsheler was born in Three Springs, Kentucky to Joseph and Louise Altsheler. In 1885, he took a job at the Louisville Courier-Journal as a reporter and later, an editor. He started working for the New York World in 1892, first as the paper's Hawaiian correspondent and then as the editor of the World's tri-weekly magazine. Due to a lack of suitable stories, he began writing children's stories for the magazine.
Altsheler married Sarah Boles on May 30, 1888, and had one son. He and his family were in Germany when World War I began. The difficult journey home took a huge toll on Altsheler's health and he was never the same. He died in New York City in 1919.

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“The Keepers of The Trail” deals with an episode, hitherto unrelated, in the lives of Henry Ware, Paul Cotter, Shif’less Sol Hyde, Long Jim Hart, and Silent Tom Ross. In point of time it follows “The Forest Runners,” and, so, is the third volume of the “Young Trailer” series.

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Altsheler, Joseph A: The Last of the Chiefs. V1. 12 July 2009

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Altsheler was born in Three Springs, Kentucky to Joseph and Louise Altsheler. In 1885, he took a job at the Louisville Courier-Journal as a reporter and later, an editor. He started working for the New York World in 1892, first as the paper's Hawaiian correspondent and then as the editor of the World's tri-weekly magazine. Due to a lack of suitable stories, he began writing children's stories for the magazine.
Altsheler married Sarah Boles on May 30, 1888, and had one son. He and his family were in Germany when World War I began. The difficult journey home took a huge toll on Altsheler's health and he was never the same. He died in New York City in 1919.

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The boy in the third wagon was suffering from exhaustion. The days and days of walking over the rolling prairie, under a brassy sun, the hard food of the train, and the short hours of rest, had put too severe a trial upon his delicate frame. Now, as he lay against the sacks and boxes that had been drawn up to form a sort of couch for him, his breath came in short gasps, and his face was very pale. His brother, older, and stronger by far, who walked at the wheel, regarded him with a look in which affection

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Altsheler, Joseph A: The Lords of the Wild. V1. 12 July 2000

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Altsheler was born in Three Springs, Kentucky to Joseph and Louise Altsheler. In 1885, he took a job at the Louisville Courier-Journal as a reporter and later, an editor. He started working for the New York World in 1892, first as the paper's Hawaiian correspondent and then as the editor of the World's tri-weekly magazine. Due to a lack of suitable stories, he began writing children's stories for the magazine.
Altsheler married Sarah Boles on May 30, 1888, and had one son. He and his family were in Germany when World War I began. The difficult journey home took a huge toll on Altsheler's health and he was never the same. He died in New York City in 1919.

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“The Lords of the Wild” tells a complete story, but it is also a part of the French and Indian War Series, of which the predecessors were “The Hunters of the Hills,” “The Shadow of the North,” “The Rulers of the Lakes” and “The Masters of the Peaks.” Robert Lennox, Tayoga, Willet, St. Luc, Tandakora and all the principal characters of the earlier volumes reappear.

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Altsheler, Joseph A: The Masters of the Peaks. V1. 12 July 2009

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Altsheler was born in Three Springs, Kentucky to Joseph and Louise Altsheler. In 1885, he took a job at the Louisville Courier-Journal as a reporter and later, an editor. He started working for the New York World in 1892, first as the paper's Hawaiian correspondent and then as the editor of the World's tri-weekly magazine. Due to a lack of suitable stories, he began writing children's stories for the magazine.
Altsheler married Sarah Boles on May 30, 1888, and had one son. He and his family were in Germany when World War I began. The difficult journey home took a huge toll on Altsheler's health and he was never the same. He died in New York City in 1919.

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“The Masters of the Peaks,” while presenting a complete story in itself is the fourth volume of the French and Indian War Series, of which the predecessors were “The Hunters of the Hills,” “The Shadow of the North,” and “The Rulers of the Lakes.” Robert Lennox, Tayoga, Willet, and all the other important characters of the earlier romances reappear in the present book.

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Altsheler, Joseph A: The Riflemen of the Ohio. V1. 13 July 2009

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Altsheler was born in Three Springs, Kentucky to Joseph and Louise Altsheler. In 1885, he took a job at the Louisville Courier-Journal as a reporter and later, an editor. He started working for the New York World in 1892, first as the paper's Hawaiian correspondent and then as the editor of the World's tri-weekly magazine. Due to a lack of suitable stories, he began writing children's stories for the magazine.
Altsheler married Sarah Boles on May 30, 1888, and had one son. He and his family were in Germany when World War I began. The difficult journey home took a huge toll on Altsheler's health and he was never the same. He died in New York City in 1919.

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“The Riflemen of the Ohio,” while a complete story in itself, continues the fortunes of Henry Ware, Paul Cotter, and their friends, who were the central characters in “The Young Trailers,” “The Forest Runners,” “The Keepers of the Trail,” “The Eyes of the Woods,” and “The Free Rangers.”

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Altsheler, Joseph A: The Rock of Chickamauga. V1. 13 July 2009

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Altsheler was born in Three Springs, Kentucky to Joseph and Louise Altsheler. In 1885, he took a job at the Louisville Courier-Journal as a reporter and later, an editor. He started working for the New York World in 1892, first as the paper's Hawaiian correspondent and then as the editor of the World's tri-weekly magazine. Due to a lack of suitable stories, he began writing children's stories for the magazine.
Altsheler married Sarah Boles on May 30, 1888, and had one son. He and his family were in Germany when World War I began. The difficult journey home took a huge toll on Altsheler's health and he was never the same. He died in New York City in 1919.

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“The Rock of Chickamauga,” presenting a critical phase of the great struggle in the west, is the sixth volume in the series, dealing with the Civil War, of which its predecessors have been “The Guns of Bull Run,” “The Guns of Shiloh,” “The Scouts of Stonewall,” “The Sword of Antietam” and “The Star of Gettysburg.” Dick Mason who fights on the Northern side, is the hero of this romance, and his friends reappear also.

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Altsheler, Joseph A: The Rulers of the Lakes. V1. 14 July 2009

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Altsheler was born in Three Springs, Kentucky to Joseph and Louise Altsheler. In 1885, he took a job at the Louisville Courier-Journal as a reporter and later, an editor. He started working for the New York World in 1892, first as the paper's Hawaiian correspondent and then as the editor of the World's tri-weekly magazine. Due to a lack of suitable stories, he began writing children's stories for the magazine.
Altsheler married Sarah Boles on May 30, 1888, and had one son. He and his family were in Germany when World War I began. The difficult journey home took a huge toll on Altsheler's health and he was never the same. He died in New York City in 1919.

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“The Rulers of the Lakes” is a complete story, but it is also the third volume of the French and Indian War Series, following “The Hunters of the Hills” and “The Shadow of the North.” Robert Lennox, Tayoga, Willet, and all the important characters in the earlier romances reappear.

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Altsheler, Joseph A: The Scouts of Stonewall. V1. 14 July 2009

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Altsheler was born in Three Springs, Kentucky to Joseph and Louise Altsheler. In 1885, he took a job at the Louisville Courier-Journal as a reporter and later, an editor. He started working for the New York World in 1892, first as the paper's Hawaiian correspondent and then as the editor of the World's tri-weekly magazine. Due to a lack of suitable stories, he began writing children's stories for the magazine.
Altsheler married Sarah Boles on May 30, 1888, and had one son. He and his family were in Germany when World War I began. The difficult journey home took a huge toll on Altsheler's health and he was never the same. He died in New York City in 1919.

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“The Scouts of Stonewall,” while an independent story, is in effect a continuation of the series which began with “The Guns of Bull Run” and which was carried on in “The Guns of Shiloh.” The present romance reverts to the Southern side, and is concerned with the fortunes of Harry Kenton and his friends.

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Altsheler, Joseph A: The Scouts of the Valley. V1. 15 July 2009

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Altsheler was born in Three Springs, Kentucky to Joseph and Louise Altsheler. In 1885, he took a job at the Louisville Courier-Journal as a reporter and later, an editor. He started working for the New York World in 1892, first as the paper's Hawaiian correspondent and then as the editor of the World's tri-weekly magazine. Due to a lack of suitable stories, he began writing children's stories for the magazine.
Altsheler married Sarah Boles on May 30, 1888, and had one son. He and his family were in Germany when World War I began. The difficult journey home took a huge toll on Altsheler's health and he was never the same. He died in New York City in 1919.

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A light canoe of bark, containing a single human figure, moved swiftly up one of the twin streams that form the Ohio. The water, clear and deep, coming through rocky soil, babbled gently at the edges, where it lapped the land, but in the center the full current flowed steadily and without noise.

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Altsheler, Joseph A: The Shades of the Wilderness. V1.15 July 2009

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Altsheler was born in Three Springs, Kentucky to Joseph and Louise Altsheler. In 1885, he took a job at the Louisville Courier-Journal as a reporter and later, an editor. He started working for the New York World in 1892, first as the paper's Hawaiian correspondent and then as the editor of the World's tri-weekly magazine. Due to a lack of suitable stories, he began writing children's stories for the magazine.
Altsheler married Sarah Boles on May 30, 1888, and had one son. He and his family were in Germany when World War I began. The difficult journey home took a huge toll on Altsheler's health and he was never the same. He died in New York City in 1919.

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“The Shades of the Wilderness” is the seventh volume of the Civil War Series, of which the predecessors have been “The Guns of Bull Run,” “The Guns of Shiloh,” “The Scouts of Stonewall,” “The Sword of Antietam”, “The Star of Gettysburg” and “The Rock of Chickamauga.” The romance in this story reverts to the Southern side and deals with the fortunes of Harry Kenton and his friends. It takes them on the retreat from Gettysburg, gives the hero a short period of social life in Richmond, describes the great battles of the Wilderness and Spottsylvania, and ends with the deadlock in the trenches before Petersburg.

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Altsheler, Joseph A: The Shadow of the North. V1.16 July

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Altsheler was born in Three Springs, Kentucky to Joseph and Louise Altsheler. In 1885, he took a job at the Louisville Courier-Journal as a reporter and later, an editor. He started working for the New York World in 1892, first as the paper's Hawaiian correspondent and then as the editor of the World's tri-weekly magazine. Due to a lack of suitable stories, he began writing children's stories for the magazine.
Altsheler married Sarah Boles on May 30, 1888, and had one son. He and his family were in Germany when World War I began. The difficult journey home took a huge toll on Altsheler's health and he was never the same. He died in New York City in 1919.

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“The Shadow of the North,” while an independent story, in itself, is also the second volume of the Great French and Indian War series which began with “The Hunters of the Hills.” All the important characters of the first romance reappear in the second.

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Altsheler, Joseph A: The Star of Gettysburg. V1. 16 July 2009

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Altsheler was born in Three Springs, Kentucky to Joseph and Louise Altsheler. In 1885, he took a job at the Louisville Courier-Journal as a reporter and later, an editor. He started working for the New York World in 1892, first as the paper's Hawaiian correspondent and then as the editor of the World's tri-weekly magazine. Due to a lack of suitable stories, he began writing children's stories for the magazine.
Altsheler married Sarah Boles on May 30, 1888, and had one son. He and his family were in Germany when World War I began. The difficult journey home took a huge toll on Altsheler's health and he was never the same. He died in New York City in 1919.

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“The Star of Gettysburg” is a complete romance, but it is also one of the series dealing with the Civil War, beginning with “The Guns of Bull Run,” and continued successively through “The Guns of Shiloh,” “The Scouts of Stonewall,” and “The Sword of Antietam” to the present volume. The story centers about the young Southern hero, Harry Kenton, and his friends.

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Altsheler, Joseph A: The Sun Of Quebec. V1. 17 July 2009

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Altsheler was born in Three Springs, Kentucky to Joseph and Louise Altsheler. In 1885, he took a job at the Louisville Courier-Journal as a reporter and later, an editor. He started working for the New York World in 1892, first as the paper's Hawaiian correspondent and then as the editor of the World's tri-weekly magazine. Due to a lack of suitable stories, he began writing children's stories for the magazine.
Altsheler married Sarah Boles on May 30, 1888, and had one son. He and his family were in Germany when World War I began. The difficult journey home took a huge toll on Altsheler's health and he was never the same. He died in New York City in 1919.

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“The Sun of Quebec” is the sixth and closing volume of the French and Indian War Series of which the predecessors have been “The Hunters of the Hills,” “The Shadow of the North,” “The Rulers of the Lakes,” “The Masters of the Peaks,” and “The Lords of the Wild.” The important characters in the earlier books reappear, and the mystery in the life of Robert Lennox, the central figure in all the romances, is solved.

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Altsheler, Joseph A: The Sword of Antietam. V1. July 20 2009

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Altsheler was born in Three Springs, Kentucky to Joseph and Louise Altsheler. In 1885, he took a job at the Louisville Courier-Journal as a reporter and later, an editor. He started working for the New York World in 1892, first as the paper's Hawaiian correspondent and then as the editor of the World's tri-weekly magazine. Due to a lack of suitable stories, he began writing children's stories for the magazine.
Altsheler married Sarah Boles on May 30, 1888, and had one son. He and his family were in Germany when World War I began. The difficult journey home took a huge toll on Altsheler's health and he was never the same. He died in New York City in 1919.

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The first youth rode to the crest of the hill, and, still sitting on his horse, examined the country in the south with minute care through a pair of powerful glasses. The other two dismounted and waited patiently. All three were thin and their faces were darkened by sun and wind. But they were strong alike of body and soul. Beneath the faded blue uniforms brave hearts beat and powerful muscles responded at once to every command of the will.
“What do you see, Dick?” asked Warner, who leaned easily against his horse, with one arm over the pommel of his saddle.
“Hills, valleys, mountains, the August heat shimmering over all, but no human being.”

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Altsheler, Joseph A: The Texan Scouts. V1. 17 July 2009

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Altsheler was born in Three Springs, Kentucky to Joseph and Louise Altsheler. In 1885, he took a job at the Louisville Courier-Journal as a reporter and later, an editor. He started working for the New York World in 1892, first as the paper's Hawaiian correspondent and then as the editor of the World's tri-weekly magazine. Due to a lack of suitable stories, he began writing children's stories for the magazine.
Altsheler married Sarah Boles on May 30, 1888, and had one son. He and his family were in Germany when World War I began. The difficult journey home took a huge toll on Altsheler's health and he was never the same. He died in New York City in 1919.

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“THE TEXAN SCOUTS,” WHILE A COMPLETE STORY IN ITSELF, CONTINUES THE FORTUNES OF NED FULTON AND HIS FRIENDS, WHO WERE THE CENTRAL CHARACTERS IN “THE TEXAN STAR.”

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Altsheler, Joseph A: The Texan Star. V1. 17 July 2009

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Altsheler was born in Three Springs, Kentucky to Joseph and Louise Altsheler. In 1885, he took a job at the Louisville Courier-Journal as a reporter and later, an editor. He started working for the New York World in 1892, first as the paper's Hawaiian correspondent and then as the editor of the World's tri-weekly magazine. Due to a lack of suitable stories, he began writing children's stories for the magazine.
Altsheler married Sarah Boles on May 30, 1888, and had one son. He and his family were in Germany when World War I began. The difficult journey home took a huge toll on Altsheler's health and he was never the same. He died in New York City in 1919.

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“The Texan Star,” while a complete story in itself, is the first of three, projected by the author, and based upon the Texan struggle for liberty against the power of Mexico. This revolution, epic in its nature, and crowded with heroism and great events, divides itself naturally into three parts. The first phase begins in Mexico with the treacherous imprisonment of Austin, the Texan leader, the rise of Santa Anna and his attempt, through bad faith, to disarm the Texans and leave them powerless before the Indians. It culminates in the rebellion of the Texans, and their capture, in the face of great odds, of San Antonio, the seat of the Mexican power in the north. The second phase is the coming of Santa Anna with an overwhelming force, the fall of the Alamo, the massacre of Goliad and the dark days of Texas. Yet the period of gloom is relieved by the last stand of Crockett, Bowie, and their famous comrades. The third phase is the coming of light in the darkness, Houston’s crowning victory at San Jacinto, and the complete victory of the Texans. The story of the Texan fight for freedom has always appealed to the author, as one of the most remarkable of modern times.

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Altsheler, Joseph A: The Tree of Appomattox. V1. 18 July 2009

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Altsheler was born in Three Springs, Kentucky to Joseph and Louise Altsheler. In 1885, he took a job at the Louisville Courier-Journal as a reporter and later, an editor. He started working for the New York World in 1892, first as the paper's Hawaiian correspondent and then as the editor of the World's tri-weekly magazine. Due to a lack of suitable stories, he began writing children's stories for the magazine.
Altsheler married Sarah Boles on May 30, 1888, and had one son. He and his family were in Germany when World War I began. The difficult journey home took a huge toll on Altsheler's health and he was never the same. He died in New York City in 1919.

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“The Tree of Appomattox” concludes the series of connected romances dealing with the Civil War, begun in “The Guns of Bull Run,” and continued successively through “The Guns of Shiloh,” “The Scouts of Stonewall,” “The Sword of Antietam,” “The Star of Gettysburg,” “The Rock of Chickamauga” and “The Shades of the Wilderness” to the present volume. It has been completed at the expense of vast labor, and the author has striven at all times to be correct, wherever facts are involved. So far, at least, no historic detail has been challenged by critic or reader. More than half a century has passed since the Civil War’s close. Not many of the actors in it are left. It was one of the most tremendous upheavals in the life of any nation, and it was the greatest of all struggles, until the World War began, but scarcely any trace of partisan rancor or bitterness is left. So, it has become easier to write of it with a sense of fairness and detachment, and the lapse of time has made the perspective clear and sharp. However lacking he may be in other respects, the author perhaps had an advantage in being born, and having grown up in a border state, where sentiment was about equally divided concerning the Civil War. He was surrounded during his early youth by men who fought on one side or the other, and their stories of camp, march and battle were almost a part of the air he breathed. So he hopes that this circumstance has aided him to give a truthful color to the picture of the mighty combat, waged for four such long and terrible years.

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Ames, Joseph Bushnell: Shoe-Bar Stratton v1 30 nov 2008

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Action- bend westerner

[QUOT"There's yore dough," he said sneeringly, flinging the little handful of money on the table with such force that several coins fell to the floor and rolled into remote corners. "Yuh better put it away safe, 'cause after this there ain't nobody around these parts'll hire yuh, I'll tell a man!"

His tone was indescribably taunting, and of a sudden Buck saw red. Dominated by the single-minded impulse of primeval man to use the weapons nature gave him, he forgot momentarily that he carried a gun. When the two men entered, he had been bending over, rolling his blankets. Since then, save to raise his head, he had scarcely altered his position, and yet, as he poised there motionless, fists clenched, muscles tense, eyes narrowed to mere slits, Lynch suddenly realized that he had blundered, and reached swiftly for his Colt.

But another hand was ahead of his. Standing just behind him, Bud Jessup had sized up the situation a fraction of a second before Tex, and like a flash he bent forward and snatched the foreman's weapon from its holster.

"Cut that out, Slim!" he shrilled, forestalling a sudden downward jerk of McCabe's right hand. "No horning in, now. Give it here."[/QUOT
Got this from PG, gave it the MTH treatment, used the included illustration as cover.

Have fun!

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Ames, Joseph Bushnell: Shoe-Bar Stratton. V1. 29 July 2010

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Ames, Joseph Bushnell, 1878-1928

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Westward the little three-car train chugged its way fussily across the brown prairie toward distant mountains which, in that clear atmosphere, loomed so deceptively near. Standing motionless beside the weather-beaten station shed, the solitary passenger watched it absently, brows drawn into a single dark line above the bridge of his straight nose. Tall, lean, with legs spread apart a bit and shoulders slightly bent, he made a striking figure against that background of brilliant sky and drenching, golden sunlight. For a brief space he did not stir. Then of a sudden, when the train had dwindled to the size of a child’s toy, he turned abruptly and drew a long, deep breath.

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Ames, Joseph Bushnell: Under Boy Scout Colors. V1. 30 July 2010

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Ames, Joseph Bushnell, 1878-1928

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Dale Tompkins slung the bulging bag of papers over one shoulder, and, turning away from the news-stand, walked briskly down the main street of Hillsgrove. The rain had ceased, and the wind that had howled fiercely all day long was shifting into the west, where it tore to tatters the banks of dun gray clouds, letting through gleams and patches of cold blue sky tinged with the pale, chill yellow of a typical autumn sunset.

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Amicis, Edmondo De: Heart (Cuore). v.1 July 5, 2009

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Heart (Italian: Cuore) is one of the most popular Italian children's novels, written by Edmondo De Amicis. It is pleasant reading for adults, as well.

It is set during the Italian unification. It was published by Treves on October 18, 1886, the first day of school in Italy, and instantly became a tremendous success.

The novel is written in a diary format, as told by Enrico Bottini, a 10-year old primary school student in Italy. The entire chronological setting corresponds to the third-grade season.

*****

I've also incorporated the mini NYT review from 1895.

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Ammianus Marcellinus: Ammianus - Rolfe Translation. v1.2. 3 July 2011

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J.C. Rolfe’s complete translation of the fourth-century history of Ammianus Marcellinus, originally published in 1935-40 as three volumes of the bilingual Loeb Classical Library. The text, which is in the public domain, is taken from Bill Thayer’s meticulous transcription at LacusCurtius.

It is with some regret that I have omitted Rolfe’s footnotes, which are generally helpful, if occasionally wrong; but the labor required, not least that of linking his many cross-references, was daunting and would have jeopardized the completion of the project.

As I write this, the only other translation available as an e-book is that by C.D. Yonge, originally published in 1862.

This is my first effort at creating and uploading an e-book. Any feedback will be appreciated.

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Amundsen, Roald: Mitt liv som polarforsker (Illustrated)[Norwegian].v1. 05 May 2014

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Roald Amundsens memoarer gir et innblikk i hvordan Norges største polarforsker ser på sin egen karriere. Den viser en mann med store triumfer å se tilbake på, men også med mye bitterhet ervervet gjennom motgang og samarbeidsproblemer med andre.

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Andersen, Hans C: Fairy Tales (EN, illus-Rackham). v1. 26 Dec 2019

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Fairy Tales by Hans Christian Andersen (1805–1875)

Translated by Heinrich Oskar Sommer (1861–1929)

Illustrated by Arthur Rackham (1867–1939)

For the delectation of children of all ages from eight to eighty, a tasty collection of 24 of Hans Christian Andersen’s very best fairy tales, selected and illustrated by artist Arthur Rackham, Grand Master of the “Golden Age of Illustration.”
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Danish author Hans Christian Andersen (2 April 1805 – 4 August 1875) was a prolific writer of plays, travelogues, novels, and poems, but he is best remembered for his fairy tales.

His stories, expressing themes that transcend age and nationality, have become culturally embedded in the West’s collective consciousness. They are readily accessible to children, but present lessons of virtue and resilience in the face of adversity for mature readers as well.

Andersen’s stories have been translated into more than 125 languages, and have inspired ballets, plays, and animated and live-action films. His most famous fairy tales include [The Ugly Duckling[/, [The Emperor’s New Clothes[/, [The Little Mermaid[/, [The Princess on the Pea[/, [The Steadfast Tin Soldier[/, [The Little Match Girl[/, [Thumbelina[/, [The Nightingale[/, [The Red Shoes[/, and [The Snow Queen[/.
(—adapted from Wikipedia.)
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The original Danish stories were first published 1835 ~ 1861; this translation was first published in 1893; illustrations were first published in 1932.
[The original Danish text is in the public domain worldwide. This English translation is in the public domain where copyright is “Life+90” or less, and in the USA. The illustrations are in the public domain where copyright is “Life+80” or less.[/

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Andersen, Hans C: Stories & Fairy Tales (EN, collected short works). v1. 26 Dec 2019

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Stories & Fairy Tales by Hans Christian Andersen (1805–1875)

Selections were taken from multiple translations:
Mrs. H. B. (Susannah) Paull (1812–1888)
Horace E. Scudder (1838–1902)
Hans Lien Braekstad (1845–1915)
Heinrich Oskar Sommer (1861–1929)
Mrs. Edgar (Alice) Lucas (1851–1935)
M. R. (Montague Rhodes) James (1862–1936)
A. G. Bell & E. Bell (?–?, publ. 1873)

With Alphabetical Index of Titles, including alternate titles.
Endnotes provided by the Author and the translators.
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When someone says “fairy tales,” chances are your first thought will be “Grimms’ and Hans Christian Andersen.”
Here then, an extensive collection of 158[*] of Andersen’s fairy tales, stories, and essays. Not all are fantastical, but elements of wonder abound. Persons familiar only with the “Disney-fied” versions of some of the fairytales have surprises in store, and perhaps even longstanding Andersen fans will meet new friends here.

[* 10 titles were omitted; no English translations in the Public Domain could be found.]

Fairy Tale Fans may be also interested in the collection of [Grimm’s Fairy Tales[/, posted some time ago:
https://www.mobileread.com/forums/sh...d.php?t=283864

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Danish author Hans Christian Andersen (2 April 1805 – 4 August 1875) was a prolific writer of plays, travelogues, novels, and poems, but he is best remembered for his fairy tales.

His stories, expressing themes that transcend age and nationality, have become culturally embedded in the West’s collective consciousness. They are readily accessible to children, but present lessons of virtue and resilience in the face of adversity for mature readers as well.

Andersen’s stories have been translated into more than 125 languages, and have inspired ballets, plays, and animated and live-action films. His most famous fairy tales include [The Ugly Duckling[/, [The Emperor’s New Clothes[/, [The Little Mermaid[/, [The Princess on the Pea[/, [The Steadfast Tin Soldier[/, [The Little Match Girl[/, [Thumbelina[/, [The Nightingale[/, [The Red Shoes[/, and [The Snow Queen[/.
(—adapted from Wikipedia.)
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These stories were first published 1835 ~ 1873. The various translations were first published between 1870 and 1930.
The original Danish text is in the public domain worldwide. This eBook is in the public domain where copyright is “Life+90” or less.

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Andersen, Hans Christian: Der Improvisator. [German]. 20-Nov-2010

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Hans Christian Andersen (* 2. April 1805 in Odense; † 4. August 1875 in Kopenhagen)

Antonio - ein Waisenjunge aus Rom - entdeckt in Neapel sein Talent zum "Improvisieren". Auf einer Reise lernt er das blinde Mädchen Lara kennen, die ihn an seine grosse Liebe - die schöne Sängerin Annunziata - erinnert.

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Andersen, Hans Christian: Fairy Tales. v2, 12 Nov 2008

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A complete (I believe) collection of the Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen. Includes many of the ones we're all familiar with, such as "The Emperor's New Clothes", "The Little Match Girl", "The Ice Queen", "The Princess and the Pea", etc, and [lots[/ that I certainly hadn't come across before.

Not an altogether cheerful collection - many of the stories end with children dying - but of course it's a reflection of an age when child mortality [was[/ very high.

Many of the stories have very strong Christian themes.

Enjoy!

EDIT: Corrected the author's name from "Anderson" to "Andersen". Re-uploaded the book as v2.

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Andersen, Hans Christian: OZ. [German]. 14-Nov-2010

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Ein Roman von Hans Christian Andersen (* 2. April 1805 in Odense; † 4. August 1875 in Kopenhagen)

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Andersen, Hans Christian: Sein oder Nichtsein. [German]. 14-Nov-2010

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Hans Christian Andersen (* 2. April 1805 in Odense; † 4. August 1875 in Kopenhagen) .

Über das Buch:

Als kleiner Junge verliert Niels Bryde seine Eltern und kommt unter die Obhut eines Pfarrers auf Jütland. Die Geborgenheit und das einfache Landleben prägen seine Kindheit. Nach einem Zerwürfnis mit dem Pflegevater zieht Niels in den Deutsch-Dänischen Krieg. Die furchtbaren Erlebnisse dort und der Cholera-Tod seiner Geliebten führen Niels zurück in die Familie.

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Andersen, Tryggve: Mod Kvæld [Norwegian]. v1. 26 Apr 2014

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Fra Wikipedia:
[QUOTTryggve Andersen framstår han som dyptpløyende kulturhistoriker, romantiker – og faktisk – som realist. Stilistisk er han mye av en impresjonist.[/QUOT
Nasjonalbiblioteket har gitt ut de første 35 av 100 planlagte epub-bøker. Bøkene er korrekturlest, men noen litt uvanlige valg med hensyn til oppsett ødelegger leseopplevelsen litt. F. eks. er sidetall/sideombrekning beholdt. Jeg har endret på layout for å gi, i mine øyne, en bedre leseopplevelse.

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Anderson, F. I.: The Adventure of the Infallible Godahl (1914); v1; 23 April 2020

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Frederick Irving Anderson (1877-1947) wrote just six stories about the Infallible Godahl, thief extraordinary, a New York Raffles, which were published in the "Saturday Evening Post" in 1913 and collected in book form in 1914. Anderson was a newspaperman as well as a writer of numerous short stories, all of which appeared in the "Saturday Evening Post".

1: The Infallible Godahl
2: Blind Man's Buff
3: The Night of a Thousand Thieves
4: Counterpoint
5: The Fifth Tube
6: An All-Star Cast

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Anderson, Frederick Irving: The Phantom Alibi and other stories, v1, 1 May 2026

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Anderson, 1877-1947, a New York journalist and fiction writer, published many short stories, particularly in The Saturday Evening Post. Most of them are collected in three collections: Adventure of the Infallible Godahl, The Notorious Sophie Lang and The Book of Murder. There are several recurring characters: Commissioner Parr of the New York Police Department; Morel, his assistant; criminologist Oliver Armiston; the cunning criminal Godahl; rural detective Orlo Sage; and the jewel thief Sophie Lang.
—From Wikipedia

This new, original collection is characteristic of Anderson's short stories; just 12 stories amount to 92,000 words, an average of about 7,500 words each. They are order of first publication.

1: The Unknown Man 1911
2: The Infallible Godahl 1913
3: The Unknown Masterpiece, 1915
4: The Peppercorn Entail: 1916
5: The Nest of Sticks: 1916
6: Live Bait: 1919
7: The King's Thumb: 1919
8: The Phantom Alibi 1920
9: The Signed Masterpiece 1921
10: The Van Duersen Haze: 1924
11: The Hunter's Moon: 1927
12: The House of Many Mansions: 1928

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Anderson, Sherwood: Marching Men. 17 Aug 07

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Anderson's first novel from 1917.

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Anderson, Sherwood: Poor White. 17 Aug 07

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Written in 1920, [Poor White[/ is considered to have been written at the time of the peak of his writing skills.

Wikipedia said:
[QUOTSherwood Anderson (September 13, 1876 – March 8, 1941) was an American writer, mainly of short stories, most notably the collection Winesburg, Ohio. His influence on American fiction was profound; his literary voice can be heard in Ernest Hemingway, William Faulkner, Thomas Wolfe, John Steinbeck, and others.[/QUOT

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Anderson, Sherwood: The Triumph of the Egg & Other Stories. 17 Aug 07

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Published in 1921, just after [Poor White[/, [The Triumph of the Egg & Other Stories[/ is a wonderful collection. This is the collection that got me hooked on Anderson in the first place.

We had a reading assignment in HS English of one of his stories. The teacher did not care much for Anderson and let us all know that very plainly. Then again she didn't very much that was not [The Diary of Anne Frank[/. I read the other stories in the textbook by Anderson and went out that weekend to buy The Portable Anderson. Since we were allowed to bring outside reading material to school I brought the book and read it in my free periods or study hall. When she saw the book her face turned red and she got mad. I think I would have had an easier time if it had been [The Story of 'O'[/

So here it is and it still has my vote as the best of the lot.

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Anderson, Sherwood: Windy McPherson's Son. 17 Aug 07

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His fourth book from 1916.

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Anderson, Sherwood: Winesburg Ohio (1919), v2

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Previously uploaded as a prc format about 10 years ago. I have added a first edition cover, the original Winesburg map which was on the endpapers, and an active table of contents. I also fixed up a glitch where, for unknown reasons, the letter combination oe was rendered with an em dash.

An American classic. Sub-title: Tales of Ohio Small-town Life.

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Anderson, Sherwood: Winesburg, Ohio. 17 Aug 07

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Written in 1919, [Winesburg, Ohio[/ is the most famous book by Anderson. Known best for his short stories, it is really a collection of short stories bound around a common theme and set in the same town. One of the first modern writers in the US, he was a frequent contributor to [The Dial[/ magazine in New York City and part of the new modern post war era.

One of the reasons I got a job back in high school was to buy books that the local libraries did not stock, [The Portable Sherwood Anderson[/ was one of those.

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Andrews, Elizabeth: Ulster folklore v1. 24 August 2011

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Ulster folklore
by Elizabeth Andrews
1913

Originally published in 1913, this seminal work traces the history of superstitions, legends and myths in Ulster, especially the folk tales of fairies, dwarves and giants.

D. Soares rated it 4 of 5 stars (from [url=http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/4448150-ulster-folklorGoodreads[/url])
[QUOT"I loved it and was fascinated throughout. It was written in 1913 and some of the references to various social levels and races is by today's standards a bit wince-worthy but there was much to enjoy and I did."
[/QUOT

Source: PG EText-No. 37187 as retrieved by Gutebook and tweaked using ePubFixer.

Enjoy!

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Andrews, Mary Shipley: Mary Raymond Shipley Andrews Anthology. V1. 20 Aug 2012

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Andrews, Mary Raymond Shipman
Other Names: Mrs. William Shankland Andrews; Mary Raymond Shipley Andrews
Born: 2-4-1860 at Mobile, Alabama, U. S. A.
Died: 2-8-1936
American female writer, Andrews gained great popularity in the early part of the 20th century. She also wrote under the name Mrs. William Shankland Andrews.

A GOOD SAMARITAN
AUGUST FIRST
JOY IN THE MORNING
THE COURAGE OF THE COMMONPLACE
THE LAKE OF DEVILS
THE MILITANTS
THE LIFTED BANDAGE
THE PERFECT TRIBUTE
THROUGH THE IVORY GATE

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Andreyev, Leonid; Bernstein, Herman, Trans: The Crushed Flower. V1. 20 Nov 2010

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Leonid Nikolaievich Andreyev (Russian: Леонид Николаевич Андреев, 21 August [O.S. 9 August] 1871 – September 12, 1919) was a Russian playwright, novelist and short story writer. He is one of the most talented and prolific representatives of the Silver Age period in Russian history. Andreev's style combines elements of realist, naturalist and symbolist schools in literature.

Herman Bernstein (September 21, 1876 – August 31, 1935) was an American journalist, writer, translator, and diplomat.
Herman Bernstein was born on September 21, 1876, in Vladislavov (Russian: Владиславов, German: Neustadt-Schirwindt, Yiddish: Naishtot) at that time on the Russo-German border to David and Marie Bernstein. In 1893, he emigrated to the United States, where he completed his education and married Sophie Friedman on December 31, 1901.

THE CRUSHED FLOWER
A STORY WHICH WILL NEVER BE FINISHED
ON THE DAY OF THE CRUCIFIXION
THE SERPENT'S STORY
LOVE, FAITH AND HOPE
THE OCEAN
JUDAS ISCARIOT AND OTHERS
"THE MAN WHO FOUND THE TRUTH"

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Anet, Claude: Ende einer Welt german v1 24 feb 2009

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Die [Bärensöhne[/, vorzeitliche Renntierjäger Südfrankreichs, leben seit Generationen von der Jagd und führen ein zufriedenes Leben ganz so wie es die uralten Traditionen und Überlieferungen gutheißen. Doch eines Tages dringen die fremden [Rundschädel[/ in das Gebiet der [Bärensöhne[/ vor. Diese Jägernomaden verließen einst ihre eigenen Jagdgründe auf der Flucht vor sich immer weiter ausbreitenden menschenfeindlichen Umweltbedingungen und ziehen seit Generationen gemeinsam mit ihren zahmen Hunden der untergehenden Sonne entgegen. Obwohl die fremden Jäger ihren Weg ohne böse Absicht beschreiten, steht das Volk der [Bärensöhne[/ angesichts der fortschrittlichen Jagdmethoden der Fremden vor seiner größten Prüfung: Überleben.

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Anker, Nini Roll: Den som henger i en tråd [Norwegian].v1. 26 Apr 2014

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Fra wikipedia:
[QUOTI norsk litteraturhistorie regnes Nini Roll Anker som en av de viktigere nyrealistiske forfatterene. I et av hennes mest kjente verk, Den som henger i en tråd (1935), skildrer hun det harde livet for syerskene på konfeksjonsfabrikken.
[/QUOTNasjonalbiblioteket har gitt ut de første 35 av 100 planlagte epub-bøker. Bøkene er korrekturlest, men noen litt uvanlige valg med hensyn til oppsett ødelegger leseopplevelsen litt. F. eks. er sidetall/sideombrekning beholdt. Jeg har endret på layout for å gi, i mine øyne, en bedre leseopplevelse.

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Anker, Nini Roll: Det svake kjøn [Norwegian].v1. 26 Apr 2014

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Nini Roll Anker regnes som en av de viktigste nyrealistiske forfatterne.

Nasjonalbiblioteket har gitt ut de første 35 av 100 planlagte epub-bøker. Bøkene er korrekturlest, men noen litt uvanlige valg med hensyn til oppsett ødelegger leseopplevelsen litt. F. eks. er sidetall/sideombrekning beholdt. Jeg har endret på layout for å gi, i mine øyne, en bedre leseopplevelse.

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Annesley, Maude: Shadow-shapes. v1. 11 Apr 2014

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Maude Gertrude Annesley: Born : 1871 Jan 11 Newcastle-under-Lyme, Staffordshire, England

Lived : Harrow, London, England (final): Died : 1930 Nov 6 Peckham, London, England

Excerpt
“I’M not a weak fool—what did they say? I want to know exactly what they said, Mac.” “They told you themselves. There are distinct signs of valvular disease—you must be very careful.” “Pooh!” The man got up and walked to the window and drummed impatiently on the rain-splashed pane. Then he turned and stared at his friend seated, with drooping head, by the table.

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Annesley, Maude: The curse. v1. 12 Apr 2017

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Maude Gertrude Annesley: Born : 1871 Jan 11 Newcastle-under-Lyme, Staffordshire, England

Lived : Harrow, London, England (final): Died : 1930 Nov 6 Peckham, London, England

Excerpt
“What you have you hold, eh?” she said in a curious, far-away voice. Then she lifted her arm perfectly straight and pointed at him. “Well, what you have you shall hold when you least expect it. You shall see! The curse of the gipsy is on you. You shall hold for minutes at a time !”

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Anonym: Die Njálls-Saga. german. v1. 8 mar 2009

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Die von einem unbekannten Gelehrten im 13. Jahrhundert verfaßte [Njálls-Saga[/ ist die Geschichte einer 50 Jahre währenden Blutfehde, die Island zweihundert Jahre vor der Niederschrift gespalten hat. Anders als viele mittelalterliche Werke des übrigen Europa, ist diese Sage ein lebendiges Werk mit anschaulich geschilderten Figuren, sprühenden Dialogen und einer auch heute noch spannenden Handlung.

Der Titelheld, Njáll Thorgeirsson, ist der fähigste Rechtsgelehrte des Landes, verfügt über das zweite Gesicht und genießt als integerer Mann allgemein hohes Ansehen. Sein bester Freund ist Gunnar, ein mächtiger Streiter gestählt in unzähligen Wikingerscharmützeln, der "drei Schwerter auf einmal zu schwingen scheint" und oft eine magische Hellebarde benutzt. Njáll, der niemals sein Schwert im Zorn erhöbe und Gunnar, trotz seiner Kampfkraft ein Mann von gütigem Wesen, sind dennoch den strengen traditionellen Codes der Familienloyalität und Ehre verpflichtet, die sie und die ihnen Nahestehenden schließlich in den Abgrund reißen: Ein anfangs eher unbedeutender Streit zwischen der tückischen Frau Gunnars, Hallgerdur, und Bergthora, der Frau Njálls, steigert sich nach und nach unaufhaltsam bis zum ersten Blutvergießen und geht in eine über fünzig Jahre währende Blutfehde über.

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Anonym: Njaals Soge [Norwegian]. v1. Sep 2010

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Fra wikipedia:
Njåls saga, også kjent som Brennu-Njáls saga, eller kort for Njála, er en av de meste berømte islendingesagaene, og kanskje den som islendingene selv holder mest kjær.
...
Njåls saga beskriver utviklingen av en serie blodfeider. Bokens handling, til dels historiske, skjer mellom år 930 og 1020, og den dekker perioden når Island aksepterer kristendommen i år 1000 på Alltinget. Den omhandler også det store slaget ved Clontarf utenfor Dublin i 1014, skjønt ikke spesielt historisk etterrettelig, hvor irlenderne slår en vikingehær, men hvor Irlands overkonge Brian Boru dør.

Dette er en nynorsk oversettelse fra 1896 ved Olav Aasmundstad av Njåls Saga.
Teksten er hentet fra http://www.heimskringla.no

Jeg er takknemlig hvis noen kan fortelle om teksten ser bra ut på Kindle.

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Anonymous (Burton Tr): The Thousand Nights and a Night, v.1, 29 September 2008

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The Book of The Thousand Nights and a Night
A Plain and Literal Translation of the Arabian Nights Entertainments.
With Introduction Explanatory Notes on the Manners and Customs of Moslem Men and a Terminal Essay upon the History of the Nights.
Translated and Annotated by Richard F. Burton
[Captain Sir Richard Francis Burton K.C.M.G. F.R.G.S. (1821–1890)]

This translation is not for children.

Richard Burton’s The Book of The Thousand Nights and a Night was originally privately published by The Kama Shastra Society, in ten volumes, in 1885. This was a limited edition of 1000 copies (oddly, not 1001).
(A further six volumes were subsequently published as a Supplement to the Nights.)
This edition has used the online plain-text transcriptions from Project Gutenberg http://gutenberg.org, vols 1–10. These contain a number of errors, which I have tried to correct. Some undoubtedly remain.

Footnotes have been linked and collected at the end of the text. I have transliterated Greek characters, except from a line of Homer, which has been inserted as a picture.
I made the decision to insert line breaks within some couplets at the caesura. Unfortunately, few current electronic readers will display the whole line, so the caesura seemed the obvious place for a break. I have added some of the original artwork.
The file is about one and a half million words.

Edited to add:
I have replaced the original file with a better version which includes a cover by pdurrant.

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Anonymous-The Epic of Gilgamesh, V1,6/4/2011

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I thought I'd upload a very old epic. :)

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Anonymous: The Conceited Pig, v.1, 12 Sept 2008

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This 1852 children's story by that famous author with no last name was published in London and includes six illustrations by Harrison Weir.

"Nonsense and stuff, you foolish little fellow!" exclaimed his mother; "you are always fancying something or other is the matter, and wanting to poke your nose into things that don't concern you. I cannot hear any noise at all, and I beg you will be quiet, and let me go to sleep again."

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Anonymous: Arabian Nights. v1. 05 July 2025

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Feeling the urge to get away from it all? No need to leave your easy chair — slip into this book, and visit other lands and other times.

Presented here, six of the best-loved tales from The Thousand and One Nights: “The Merchant and the Genie”, “The Caliph Haroun al Raschid”, “Aladdin”, “Ali Baba”, and “Sindbad the Sailor”. The latter three have almost become part of Western folklore, though these were added to the collection only in the 18th century in European adaptations.

This book is beautifully illustrated with 16 color plates and 20 B&W drawings; plus chapter decorations. Sterrett’s exquisite pictures transport us to magical landscapes.

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Hildegarde Hawthorne (September 25, 1871 – December 10, 1952) was an American writer of supernatural and ghost stories, a poet, and biographer. Continuing the lineage of a literary family, she was the granddaughter of Nathaniel Hawthorne and eldest child of Julian Hawthorne.

The translator of this collection is not credited. However, the text appears to be based on the 1860 publication [Arabian Nights’ Entertainments, a New Edition, Revised, with Notes by the Rev. Geo. Fyler Townsend, M.A.[/ [1814 – 1900], which in turn is “mostly founded on the [1811] version of Dr. Jonathan Scott [1754 – 1829].”

Virginia Frances Sterrett was an American artist and illustrator who worked in the Art Nouveau tradition. Her work is fanciful, detailed and often compared to that of Kay Nielsen. [Old French Fairy Tales[/ was her first commission, swiftly followed by Nathaniel Hawthorne’s [Tanglewood Tales[/ (1921). In failing health, she was able to complete just one further commission prior to her death — her best-known work, considered to be her masterpiece, the suite of illustrations for [Arabian Nights[/ (1928).

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Readers interested in Ms. Sterrett’s art may enjoy other books she illustrated:
Tanglewood Tales
Old French Fairy Tales

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This book was first published in 1928.
[This ebook is in the public domain where copyright is “Life+70” or less, and in the USA.[/
.

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Anonymous: Beowulf (Tr. Francis Gummere), v.1, 25 March 2008.

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Patricia

The Anglo-Saxon epic in a translation by Francis Barton Gummere.

Beowulf of the Geats combats a succession of monsters.

(The William Morris translation has already been uploaded. Take your pick. I prefer this one. The source was PG.)

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Anonymous: Beowulf (Tr. William Morris), v.1, 25 March 2008.

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Patricia

The anonymous Anglo-Saxon epic, translated by William Morris and A J Wyatt.

The hero, Beowulf, destroys a variety of monsters including Grendel and his mother.

(I will shortly be uploading the Gummere translation as well, so there will be a choice.)
The source was PG.

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Anonymous: Book of Proverbs. V1. 28 May 2009

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From the Old Testament

Excerpt
This Book is so called, because it consists of wise and weighty sentences: regulating the morals of men: and directing them to wisdom and virtue. And these sentences are also called PARABLES, because great truths are often couched in them under certain figures and similitudes.

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Anonymous: English As She is Wrote, v.1, 4 January 2009.

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Patricia

English As She is Wrote,
Showing Curious ways in which the English Language may be made to convey Ideas or obscure them.
A Companion to “English as She is Spoke.”
(1883)

A curiosity from PG, this little book humorously shows ways in which the English language may be misused. It features an 800-word sentence; a number of funny epitaphs and badly-composed advertisements etc.
These slips are both funny and quite instructive.

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Anonymous: Luftpirat: Der Beherrscher des Luftmeers v1 german 25 dec 2009

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Ein kleines Weihnachtsgeschenk für Groschenromanliebhaber: Hier ist der erste Band des "Luftpirats", gescannt und OCRd von Marc_liest, halbwegs korrigiert und formatiert von mir!

Frohe Weihnacht!

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Anonymous: Mother Goose: The Old Nursery Rhymes (illus Rackham). v1. 09 Mar 2020

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Mother Goose: The Old Nursery Rhymes
Selected and illustrated by Arthur Rackham (1867–1939)

Many a child might believe that “Mother Goose” wrote all the nursery rhymes in the universe! She has been attributed as the author of many, but there is no proof that such a person ever existed. Actually, most of these hundreds of children’s songs and rhymes have been passed down through oral tradition, some for centuries. Others have actual authors, but have been adopted into the flock. Every generation and every teller creates variations, and this continues into the present time.

This book collects nearly three hundred rhymes and songs (24 appear in the Editor’s Appendix.) The incomparable Mr. Rackham has illustrated sixty of the rhymes with dozens of line drawings and seventeen color plates. Additional small decorative sketches have been added from later editions and other Rackham books.

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Based on source files obtained from the Internet Archive. First published in 1913, this book is in the public domain in countries where copyright is “Life+80” or less, and in the USA.

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Aw, go on! Take a peek, you know you want to!
:)

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Anonymous: Romance of a Harem, v1, 2 August 2009.

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Patricia

Anonymous
Romance of a Harem (1904)
Translated from the French by Clarence Forestier-Walker.

This story purports to give an accurate account of Turkish harem life in the 1870s, and features romance, intrigue and a lot of jewellery.
The climax is the coup d’état which dethroned Sultan Abdul Aziz, and its aftermath.
The anonymous author may have been a French diplomat’s daughter.

This was made from scans at The Internet Archive.
The cover image is Frederick Leighton’s “The Light of the Harem.”

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Anonymous: Science Fiction Titles By Anonymous Or Unknown Authors. V1.12 Sep 2012

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crutledge

Very early Scirnce Fiction, And very good stories!

THE MONSTER MINE
THE GRINDWELL GOVERNING MACHINE
SPRING-HEELED JACK - THE TERROR OF LONDON
SWEENEY TODD
THE SPECTRAL COACH OF BLACKADON
THE DEAD BRIDE
EXTRACTS FROM GOSSCHEN'S DIARY
FOUND AND LOST
IN A FOG
THE BANSHEE
THE MURDER HOLE
THE MYSTERIOUS SPANIARD
THE RUINS OF THE ABBEY OF FITZ-MARTIN
THE SPECTRE HAND
THE STORY OF CLIFFORD HOUSE
THE WEIRD VIOLIN
MAN ABROAD

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Anonymous: Scottish Psalter and Paraphrases, v.1, 9 Feb 2008.

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Patricia

(1650)
‘The Psalms of David in Metre according to the version approved by The Church of Scotland and appointed to be used in worship.’

These metrical psalms are the original source of the Old Hundredth (‘All people that on earth do dwell’) and other austerely beautiful hymns with simple four-part harmony. The verse looks a bit wooden, but comes to life when sung.

Should you wish to sing along, I recommend the Cyber Hymnal website.
http://www.cyberhymnal.org/
This is searchable by first line, name of hymn tune, by metrical search, or name of composer or author. It is possible to see the words, print the score and listen to a piano version, all at the same time. (There are also online English Hymnals and Hymns Ancient and Modern with similar facilities.)

Incidentally, the little numbers at the top of each psalm are indications of the number of syllables in each line. (8,6,8,6 is the most common and is often abbreviated to CM – Common Metre.)

My late father was Scottish and we grew up with these hymns.

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Anonymous: Spring Heeled Jack: The Terror of London. v1. 29 Mar 07

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I'm not sure how many folks on the American side of the pond are aware of the strange case of ["Spring Heeled Jack,"[/ an urban legend/monster/ghost story. Keep in mind that this was really reported in the news of the time and there are still people who believe it really happened.

Good ole' Spring-heel'd Jack had a nasty habit of jumping out of nowhere and freaking people out by spitting fire, laughing and smacking various folk around. Of course as his legend grew, the stories about him became scarier and edgier. Daily news articles started freaking people out and various Vigilance Committees were formed in and around London to catch this thing and put and end to the terror.

The first sighting was reported around 1837 and sightings of him from all over England continued for many years. Some people believed that he was a prankster out to fool the press. Others thought that maybe he was a demon. Or hey, maybe he was just plain crazy--I know I've had a couple of days at work where jumping around, spitting fire and laughing uncontrollably seemed like a good idea at the time. [Just remember: it's all fun and games until you burn your eyebrows off.[/

He supposedly could jump unusually high and some people reported seeing him wearing peculiar shoes that allowed him to jump over walls, gates and/or buildings (!) with relative ease. Some thought he had cloven feet, others said he had a strange contraption hooked up to his shoes--hence the name "spring-heeled."

He was also known to wear a mask and cape or animal masks constructed out of paper.

This ebook is comprised of stories that appeared in one of the penny dreadfuls (our version of tabloids and pulps) of the period involving Spring Heeled Jack .

An interesting note: Stephen King wrote a short story about Spring Heeled Jack and there are several other ghost stories that feature him as well. The book that I'm posting isn't as creepy as those stories, but interesting in it's own way because it documents how it all started.

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Anonymous: Spring-Heeled Jack (1867); v1; 20 May 2020

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Pulpmeister

"Spring-Heeled Jack" is the name the press gave to a startling footpad in the 1830s, and a number of newspaper stories reported sightings. The original wave subsided by the end of the 19th century.

The text of this story is from Project Gutenberg Australia and although the source is not given, it appears to be that of the serial published in 1867 by the Boy's Standard, one of the "penny dreadful" magazines that flourished briefly in the late 19th century.

Many entirely different stories about Spring-Heeled Jack were published in numerous penny dreadfuls until the end of the century and even later. The first section of this Spring-Heeled Jack tale is a roundup of (perfectly genuine) press reports of the period, before launching into the entirely fictitious short story, of some 29,000 words, which follows.

The author, as is common with penny dreadfuls of this period, is unknown. The cover is an advertisement in the Boy's Standard for the serial.

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Anonymous: Sweeney Todd. V2. 9 Dec 2008

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Sweeney Todd is a character who first appeared as one of the protagonists of a penny dreadful serial entitled The String of Pearls (1846-1847). Claims that Sweeney Todd was a real person are strongly disputed by scholars, although there are possible legendary prototypes, arguably making the story of Sweeney Todd an example of an urban legend.
In the original version of the tale he is a barber who murders wealthy customers by pulling a lever while they are in his barber chair which, unknown to them, is fixed to a revolving trap-door, making them fall backward into the basement, generally causing them to break their necks or skulls as they hit the ground. Just in case they are alive, he goes to the basement and "polishes them off", meaning he slits their throats with a cut-throat razor. After Todd has robbed his dead victims of their goods, Mrs. Lovett, his partner in crime (in some later versions, his friend who wants to become his lover), assists him in disposing of the bodies by having their flesh baked into meat pies, and selling them to the unsuspecting customers of her pie shop. Todd's barber shop is situated at 186 Fleet Street, London, next to St. Dunstan's church, and is connected to Mrs. Lovett's pie shop in nearby Bell Yard by means of an underground passage.
The tale surrounding the character became a staple of Victorian melodrama, and later a Tony award-winning Broadway musical in 1979. Sweeney Todd has also been featured in several films, the most recent being based on the musical Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street (2007), directed by Tim Burton, with Johnny Depp in the title role.
Wikipedia

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Anonymous: The Adventurers' Club (1890); v1, 6 May 2021

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Short (26,000 word) collection of six horror and crime stories by an anonymous author, published in 1890. The full title is "The Adventures of the Adventurers' Club, A Shocker in Six Shocks, by Five Men and a Woman".

The Adventurers' Club: What it is
1: Julian Strachan's Story
2: In the Foreign Quarter
3: The President's Story
4: The Foreman of the Jury
5: In the Slaughter-yard
6: The Lady Member's Story

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Anonymous: The Bhagavad-Gita, v.1, 6 May 2008.

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Patricia

Learn what karma is really about.

This Hindu classic text, which forms part of the Mahabharata is a dialogue between Prince Arjuna and the god Krishna, whilst waiting for a battle to start. Arjuna seizes the moment to ask about the problem of evil, the nature of karma etc.

The 1885 translation is by Sir Edwin Arnold (1832-1904).

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Anonymous: The Bradys and the Green Lady (1906); v1; 28 Nov 2020

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Pulpmeister

The pulp magazine dime novel in all its dubious glory. Except this one retailed for a mere nickel, or 5 cents.

One of an endless series of simply written, hugely melodramatic action yarns. In this story, the regular detective heroes, Old and Young King Brady, descend on a private looney bin adjacent to a derelict hotel, in pursuit of a missing heiress and her son.

Throw in a sinister doctor, a gang of smugglers, and of course one or two cliche lunatics (one thinks he is a dead Czar, a lady thinks she is dead and a ghost haunting the hotel) and it all skids along at breakneck speed.

A curious quirk is that almost all paragraphs are of one sentence, or if you prefer, almost every sentence is its own paragraph.

Just 26,000 words, or a longish short story. Tiny type, two column quarto pages, 28 pages of story.

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Anonymous: The Cloud of Unknowing, v.1, 6 Feb 2008.

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From http://anamchara.com/mystics/cloud-of-unknowing/

Anonymously written around the year 1375, [The Cloud of Unknowing [/— a lucid and deceptively simple manual on contemplative spirituality — offers a fascinating glimpse into the practical side of medieval mysticism. It remains important and valuable in our day not only because of its historical value, but because of how surprisingly relevant and up-to-date it remains, even here in the twenty-first century.
[The Cloud of Unknowing [/appears to have been written for a young person who is just beginning a life devoted to contemplation, either as a monk or a solitary. Its author may have been a priest, or may have himself been a monastic, but unfortunately we can do little more than speculate on the matter. So effective is his cloak of anonymity that we know virtually nothing about him (or her).

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Anonymous: The Didache, v.1, 6 Feb 2008

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From [Wikipedia[/:

The [Didache [/(Koine Greek: meaning “Teaching”; is the common name of a brief early Christian treatise (dated by most scholars to the early second century), containing instructions for Christian communities. The text, parts of which may have constituted the first written catechism, has three main sections dealing with Christian lessons, rituals such as baptism and eucharist, and Church organization. It was considered by some of the Church Fathers as part of the New Testament but rejected as spurious or non-canonical by others, eventually not accepted into the New Testament canon with the exception of the Ethiopian Orthodox Church “broader canon”. The Roman Catholic Church has accepted it as part of the collection of Apostolic Fathers.

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Anonymous: The Diplomatic Spy (1910); v1, 15 Aug 2021

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Nick Carter first appeared in 1886, and was still going strong over 100 years later. For the most part he appeared in the ubiquitous nickel weeklies, 5 cent pulp magazines containing single 20,000 word novelettes, and padded out with a few short articles. At a book a week, it took more than one writer to sustain the demand, and there was a stable of anonymous hacks who wrote them.

This is a very typical Nick Carter of the pre-first war era, and (like most of them, I suspect) it makes very little sense. But it's definitely worth reading for the absurd dialogue alone.

A very important document has been stolen from the Russian Embassy in Washington DC, and instead of getting their own secret service, the CHEKA, on the case, the Russian Ambassador naturally calls in American private eye Nick Carter....

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Anonymous: The Ladies’ Book of Useful Information, v.1, 20 August 2008.

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Patricia

Anonymous:
The Ladies’ Book of Useful Information: Compiled From Many Sources.
London, Ont.: London Printing & Lithographing Co. (Ltd.)
1896.

Contains advice on preserving one’s beauty, sex, marriage, gynaecology, laundry, and ornamental crafts such as artificial flower-making.
There are several cures for baldness, advice on clearing a room of mosquitoes (see the beginning of Chapter 12) and the formula for Turkish Lotion:

“Turkish Lotion is invaluable to every lady. It conceals the evidences of age. By its use a lady of middle-age will have the charming, fresh look of a girl. Every womanly woman desires to appear fresh and youthful as long as possible, thereby making herself the wonder of her own sex and the admiration of the opposite. By using this lotion according to directions every lady may have a fresh, rosy tinted complexion of exquisite pearly fairness, free from wrinkles, crow’s-feet, and sallowness.”
(quoted from the last few pages of the book.)

Disclaimer
Check with a pharmacist before making the formulas. Some contain harmful ingredients like lead and mercury.

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Anonymous: The Lustful Turk.V1.6 Aug 2014

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[QUOTScenes in the Harem of an Eastern Potentate faithfully and vividly depicting in a series of letters from a young and beautiful English lady to her friend in England the full particulars of her ravishment and of her complete abandonment to all the salacious tastes of the Turks, the whole being described with that zest and simplicity which always gives guarantee of authenticity.

Actually a pre-Victorian title, dating roughly to the 1820s, but a work that, in its epistolary fashion, set the stage for the many great classics of that period whic followed. Told in a series of letters, a virgin is kidnapped by forces of an Islamic lord, introduced into sex violently, and then discovers her appetite for the flesh knows no bounds. An instant hit, and never out-of-print, if not always above-ground.
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Not for the kids certainly but certainly well into PD.

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- cover.jpg (Note: file extension not Kindle-compatible)

- Lustful_Turk,_The_-_Anonymous.mobi

Anonymous: The Martyr of the Catacombs. v1, 26 Feb 2008

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Madam Broshkina

In this tale of ancient Rome, a young soldier is assigned to find and arrest hiding Christians. The tension mounts as he turns from persecutor to persecuted.

With Illustrations.

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- The Martyr of the Catacombs.prc

Anonymous: The New Newgate Calender (v.1.)

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Pulpmeister

The second series of the Newgate Calender, extending the stories to 1799, is here presented in three volumes, with the years once again acting as chapter heads.

This post is of the .mobi files.

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- The Newgate Calender to 1799 3 - Various.mobi

- The Newgate Calendar to 1799 2 - Various.mobi

- The Newgate Calendar to 1799 1 - Various.mobi

Anonymous: The Newgate Calender 1824 Vol 1 (v.1.)

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Pulpmeister

The Newgate Calender was originally a series of summaries of the careers of felons imprisoned in the notorious prison, later gathered into various collections. By 1824 a "standardised" text had appeared, and is the basis of this 4-volume edition, which covers the years from earliest times to 1682. A further Calender appeared some years alter as the "New Newgate Calender" extending the coverage to 1799. I will upload "The New Newgate Calender" seperately.

The Calender is organised by year, and I have used these year groupings as "chapters". The cover illustration is from an 18th century print.

mobi files have been uploaded separately

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- The Newgate Calendar Vol 4 - Various.azw3 (Note: file extension not Kindle-compatible)

- The Newgate Calender Vol 3 - Various.azw3 (Note: file extension not Kindle-compatible)

- The Newgate Calendar Vol 2 - Various.azw3 (Note: file extension not Kindle-compatible)

- The Newgate Calender Vol 1 - Various.azw3 (Note: file extension not Kindle-compatible)

Anonymous: The Newgate Calender 1824 Vol 1 (v.1.)

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Pulpmeister

The Newgate Calender was originally a series of summaries of the careers of felons imprisoned in the notorious prison, later gathered into various collections. By 1824 a "standardised" text had appeared, and is the basis of this 4-volume edition, which covers the years from earliest times to 1682. A further Calender appeared some years alter as the "New Newgate Calender" extending the coverage to 1799. I will upload "The New Newgate Calender" seperately.

The Calender is organised by year, and I have used these year groupings as "chapters". The cover illustration is from an 18th century print.

These are the .mobi files. The .azw3 files will be loaded seperately.

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- The Newgate Calendar Vol 2 - Various.mobi

- The Newgate Calender Vol 1 - Various.mobi

- The Newgate Calender Vol 3 - Various.mobi

- The Newgate Calendar Vol 4 - Various.mobi

Anonymous: The Romance of Lust, v1, 20 October 2009.

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Patricia

The Romance of Lust (1873)
‘A classic Victorian erotic novel’ by Anonymous
1892 edition

This appeared on Project Gutenberg last week, and is already one of their most-downloaded texts. There is a thin plot and no character development; merely a series of rather repetitive sexual encounters, described in minute detail.

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- The Romance of Lust.prc

Anonymous: The Romance of Lust, v2, 19 March 2011

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crich70

I downloaded a epub version of the book over at Manybooks and put in additional links for the TOC before converting the epub to Mobipocket format. Instead of just links for the 4 separate volumes there are now links within each one.

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- The Romance of Lust - Anonymous.mobi

Anonymous: The Three Little Pigs, v.1, 23 Nov 2008

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vivaldirules

There are these three pigs, see, and they're little, and there's this wolf. What's not to love? This is an undated English edition which I've put together from images from the Library of Congress. The illustrations are by L. Leslie Brooke.

Enjoy!

N.B. - If, like me, you would like to know what furze is, the Wikipedia has an automatic redirect to gorse - now wasn't that helpful? I'm guessing this means that the second little pig used the equivalent of pine boughs to build his rather temporary abode.

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- Pigs_The Three Little Pigs.prc

Anstey, F.: A Fallen Idol. v1. 09 Dec 2021

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GrannyGrump

Western occultism proves a match for “an evil Eastern idol” in this spoof on theosophy.

A disgruntled idol, mistreated and denigrated in India in the seventeenth century, makes its way into nineteenth-century London, and into the possession of painter Ronald Campion as a gift from his beloved, Sybil Elsworth. The vindictive influence of the idol soon causes mayhem in Ronald’s professional and personal life, distorting his paintings, ruining his professional reputation, and creating grievous misunderstandings with Sybil. Nebelson, a Theosophical chela, advises Ronald on occult ways of dispatching the evil object, and many bizarre adventures follow.
(—adapted from [Victorian Popular Fictions Journal[/, Dec 2019)
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Thomas Anstey Guthrie (8 August 1856 – 10 March 1934) was an English author (writing as F. Anstey), most noted for his comic novel [Vice Versa[/ about a boarding-school boy and his father exchanging identities. His reputation was confirmed by [The Tinted Venus[/ and many humorous parodies in [Punch [/magazine. Guthrie became an important member of the staff of [Punch [/magazine, in which his “Voces Populi” pieces and his humorous parodies of a reciter’s stock-piece (“Burglar Bill,” etc.) represent his best work. Other familiar titles include [The Black Poodle[/ and [The Brass Bottle[/. Many of Anstey’s stories have been adapted into theatrical productions and motion pictures.

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This novel was first published in 1886. [This ebook is in the public domain where copyright is “Life+80” or less, and in the USA.[/

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Caveat: there be much dialog in dialect ahead. :)
PS-- unhappy OCR, missing lots of punctuation; please give feedback if I missed any corrections.
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- Anstey-F--AFallenIdol.azw3 (Note: file extension not Kindle-compatible)

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Anstey, F.: A Fallen Idol. v1. 09 Dec 2021

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GrannyGrump

Western occultism proves a match for “an evil Eastern idol” in this spoof on theosophy.

A disgruntled idol, mistreated and denigrated in India in the seventeenth century, makes its way into nineteenth-century London, and into the possession of painter Ronald Campion as a gift from his beloved, Sybil Elsworth. The vindictive influence of the idol soon causes mayhem in Ronald’s professional and personal life, distorting his paintings, ruining his professional reputation, and creating grievous misunderstandings with Sybil. Nebelson, a Theosophical chela, advises Ronald on occult ways of dispatching the evil object, and many bizarre adventures follow.
(—adapted from [Victorian Popular Fictions Journal[/, Dec 2019)
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Thomas Anstey Guthrie (8 August 1856 – 10 March 1934) was an English author (writing as F. Anstey), most noted for his comic novel [Vice Versa[/ about a boarding-school boy and his father exchanging identities. His reputation was confirmed by [The Tinted Venus[/ and many humorous parodies in [Punch [/magazine. Guthrie became an important member of the staff of [Punch [/magazine, in which his “Voces Populi” pieces and his humorous parodies of a reciter’s stock-piece (“Burglar Bill,” etc.) represent his best work. Other familiar titles include [The Black Poodle[/ and [The Brass Bottle[/. Many of Anstey’s stories have been adapted into theatrical productions and motion pictures.

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This novel was first published in 1886. [This ebook is in the public domain where copyright is “Life+80” or less, and in the USA.[/

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Caveat: there be much dialog in dialect ahead. :)
PS-- unhappy OCR, missing lots of punctuation; please give feedback if I missed any corrections.
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- FallenIdolThumbnail.jpg (Note: file extension not Kindle-compatible)

- Anstey-F--AFallenIdol.azw3 (Note: file extension not Kindle-compatible)

Anstey, F.: Love Among the Lions. V1. 25 Sep 2012

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crutledge

Thomas Anstey Guthrie (8 August 1856 - 10 March 1934), was an English novelist and journalist, who wrote his comic novels under the pseudonym F. Anstey.

Excerpt
In the following pages will be found the only authentic account of an affair which provided London, and indeed all England, with material for speculation and excitement for a period of at least nine days.
So many inaccurate versions have been circulated, so many ill-natured and unjust aspersions have been freely cast, that it seemed advisable for the sake of those principally concerned to make a plain unvarnished statement of the actual facts. And when I mention that I who write this am the Theodore Blenkinsop whose name was, not long since, as familiar in the public mouth as household words, I venture to think that I shall at once recall the matter to the shortest memory, and establish my right to speak with authority on the subject.

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- thumbnail.jpg (Note: file extension not Kindle-compatible)

- Love Among The Lions.mobi

Anstey, F.: Only Toys! (illus). v1. 07 Dec 2021

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GrannyGrump

Only Toys! by F. Anstey (1856–1934)
35 illustrations by H. R. Millar (1869–1942)

A fantastical story for young and old.

A bored brother and sister are shrunk to Lilliputian size by Santa Claus. Irene and Torquil discover that not only are their toys alive but that the dolls, tin soldiers and other playthings regard themselves as completely human. Myriad adventures and mishaps ensue. At one point the miniaturized siblings are haled into court for boarding a train without tickets. The judge is utterly gob-smacked when he hears the charge: “No! I can’t — I can’t believe it. Whatever you may be, Prisoners, tell me you have not sunk to that!” Eventually, Irene and Torquil are acquitted when their brilliant lawyer, a jack-in-the-box, proves that the pair aren’t really “human,” that they are “only toys.”
(—Washington Post, June 2017)

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Thomas Anstey Guthrie (8 August 1856 – 10 March 1934) was an English author (writing as F. Anstey), most noted for his comic novel [Vice Versa[/ about a boarding-school boy and his father exchanging identities. His reputation was confirmed by [The Tinted Venus[/ and many humorous parodies in Punch magazine. Guthrie became an important member of the staff of Punch magazine, in which his “Voces Populi” pieces and his humorous parodies of a reciter’s stock-piece (“Burglar Bill,” etc.) represent his best work. Other familiar titles include [The Black Poodle[/ and [The Brass Bottle[/. Many of Anstey’s stories have been adapted into theatrical productions and motion pictures.

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This was first published in 1903. [This ebook is in the public domain where copyright is “Life+70” or less, and in the USA.[/
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- OnlyToysThumbnail.jpg (Note: file extension not Kindle-compatible)

- Anstey-F--OnlyToys.azw3 (Note: file extension not Kindle-compatible)

Anstey, F.: Salted Almonds. v1. 02 Dec 2021

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GrannyGrump

A collection of seventeen short pieces. Seven of these are presented as little playlets, satirizing contemporary manners and morals.

The remaining pieces are on a different level — each a fantastical short story. Amongst others, we have someone’s spirit inheriting a monkey, a novelist’s characters coming to visit him, a man who believes his love’s spirit has returned to him in the form of a seagull, a demon making a pact with a man so that he will pronounce his H’s, and an encounter with a princess and a dragon in a snow globe.
(— adapted from Goodreads review)

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Thomas Anstey Guthrie (8 August 1856 – 10 March 1934) was an English author (writing as F. Anstey), most noted for his comic novel [Vice Versa [/about a boarding-school boy and his father exchanging identities. His reputation was confirmed by [The Tinted Venus[/ and many humorous parodies in [Punch [/magazine. Guthrie became an important member of the staff of [Punch [/, in which his “Voces Populi” pieces and his humorous parodies of a reciter’s stock-pieces (“Burglar Bill,” etc.) represent his best work. Many of Anstey’s stories have been adapted into theatrical productions and motion pictures.

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This collection was first published in 1906. [This ebook is in the public domain where copyright is “Life+80” or less, and in the USA.[/
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- AlmondsThumbnail.jpg (Note: file extension not Kindle-compatible)

- Anstey-F--SaltedAlmonds.azw3 (Note: file extension not Kindle-compatible)

Anstey, F.: The Last Load: Stories & Essays. v1. 12 Dec 2021

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GrannyGrump

An eclectic collection of short pieces.

“Sparkling Biacrene” tells of an “alcohol substitute” that has remarkable effects. In “The Changelings” a conjurer casts a curious spell on some children. “The Breaking Point” is a poignant, haunting ghost story; and “Ferdie” is the gem of the collection: a classic Weird tale in which Lionel Alchin Filleter meets a Mandrake.

Thirteen additional pieces include several small “playlets” with a sharp satirical flavor, and a bit of literary criticism as well. (— adapted from publisher’s blurb)

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Thomas Anstey Guthrie (8 August 1856 – 10 March 1934) was an English author (writing as F. Anstey), most noted for his comic novel [Vice Versa[/ about a boarding-school boy and his father exchanging identities. His reputation was confirmed by [The Tinted Venus[/ and many humorous parodies in [Punch [/magazine. Guthrie became an important member of the staff of [Punch [/magazine, in which his “Voces Populi” pieces and his humorous parodies of a reciter’s stock-piece (“Burglar Bill,” etc.) represent his best work. Other familiar titles include [The Black Poodle[/ and [The Brass Bottle[/. Many of Anstey’s stories have been adapted for stage and film.

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This collection was first published in 1925. [This ebook is in the public domain where copyright is “Life+80” or less, and in the USA.[/
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- Anstey-F--TheLastLoad.azw3 (Note: file extension not Kindle-compatible)

- LastLoadThumbnail.jpg (Note: file extension not Kindle-compatible)

Anstey, F.: The Statement of Stella Maberly. v1. 04 Dec 2021

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GrannyGrump

An intriguing tale of psychological horror, ambiguous and mystifying.

From childhood, Stella Maberly has been violently wilful and jealous, yet certain of her own superiority. She can be loving and friendly, but soon loses friends, when in the grip of her “demons” she acts with disdain and subtle cruelty, and then revels in the misery of her loneliness. Her paranoia results in tragedy for her best friend Evelyn, and Stella comes to believe that Evelyn is possessed by an evil spirit. In this statement Stella reflects on the events leading to her present situation.… Was the evil imagined? Who was “possessed”? Is Stella to be blamed or pitied? This story can be seen from two viewpoints: do we take the words of the other characters literally at face value, or are we being influenced by Stella’s interpretation?
(— Summary by Anne F., Librivox)

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Thomas Anstey Guthrie (8 August 1856 – 10 March 1934) was an English author (writing as F. Anstey), most noted for his comic novel [Vice Versa[/ about a boarding-school boy and his father exchanging identities. His reputation was confirmed by [The Tinted Venus[/ and many humorous parodies in [Punch[/ magazine. Guthrie became an important member of the staff of [Punch[/, in which his “Voces Populi” pieces and his humorous parodies of a reciter’s stock-pieces (“Burglar Bill,” etc.) represent his best work. Other familiar titles include [The Black Poodle[/ and [The Brass Bottle[/. Many of Anstey’s stories have been adapted into theatrical productions and motion pictures.

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This novel was first published in 1896. [This ebook is in the public domain where copyright is “Life+80” or less, and in the USA.[/
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- Anstey-F--StatementOfStellaMaberly.azw3 (Note: file extension not Kindle-compatible)

- StellaThumbnail.jpg (Note: file extension not Kindle-compatible)

Anstey, F.: The Talking Horse and Other Tales. v1. 01 Dec 2021

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GrannyGrump

A collection of short stories ranging from humorous and whimsical to haunting and thought-provoking. Several announce themselves to be for children, but contain enough bite to be worthy of a read by adults also.

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Thomas Anstey Guthrie (8 August 1856 – 10 March 1934) was an English author (writing as F. Anstey), most noted for his comic novel [Vice Versa[/ about a boarding-school boy and his father exchanging identities. His reputation was confirmed by [The Tinted Venus[/ and many humorous parodies in [Punch [/magazine. Guthrie became an important member of the staff of [Punch [/magazine, in which his “Voces Populi” pieces and his humorous parodies of a reciter’s stock-piece (“Burglar Bill,” etc.) represent his best work. Many of Anstey’s stories have been adapted into theatrical productions and motion pictures.

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This collection was first published in 1891. [This ebook is in the public domain where copyright is “Life+80” or less, and in the USA.[/
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- TalkingHorseThumb.jpg (Note: file extension not Kindle-compatible)

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Anstey, F.: The Tinted Venus. v1. 29 Nov 2021

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GrannyGrump

The Tinted Venus by F. Anstey (1856–1934)
With 15 full-page illustrations by Bernard Partridge (1861–1945)

A pleasant vintage comic fantasy. Complications arise when a statue of Venus comes to life and pursues a young, recently engaged hairdresser.

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Thomas Anstey Guthrie (8 August 1856 – 10 March 1934) was an English author (writing as F. Anstey), most noted for his comic novel [Vice Versa[/ about a boarding-school boy and his father exchanging identities. His reputation was confirmed by [The Tinted Venus[/ and many humorous parodies in [Punch[/ magazine. Guthrie became an important member of the staff of [Punch[/ magazine, in which his “Voces Populi” pieces and his humorous parodies of a reciter’s stock-piece (“Burglar Bill,” etc.) represent his best work. Many of Anstey’s stories have been adapted into theatrical productions and motion pictures.

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This novel was first published in 1885. [This ebook is in the public domain where copyright is “Life+70” or less, and in the USA.[/
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- TintedVenusThumbnail.jpg (Note: file extension not Kindle-compatible)

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Anstey, F.: Tourmalin’s Time Cheques. v1. 04 Dec 2021

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GrannyGrump

Bored on a sea voyage from Australia back to England, Peter Tourmalin is approached by a stranger and offered a chance to deposit his excess time in a “time bank”, which can be withdrawn later by writing a check and presenting it to any clock. Complications will arise, not the least of which being an excess of fiancées.

This 1891 novel is among the first to incorporate time travel, and is credited with being the first story to invoke “temporal pardoxes.”

… a charming and witty little book, filled with cheeky good humor.
(— adapted from Goodreads review)

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Thomas Anstey Guthrie (8 August 1856 – 10 March 1934) was an English author (writing as F. Anstey), most noted for his comic novel [Vice Versa[/ about a boarding-school boy and his father exchanging identities. His reputation was confirmed by [The Tinted Venus[/ and many humorous parodies in [Punch[/ magazine. Guthrie became an important member of the staff of [Punch[/, in which his “Voces Populi” pieces and his humorous parodies of a reciter’s stock-pieces (“Burglar Bill,” etc.) represent his best work. Other familiar titles include [The Black Poodle[/ and [The Brass Bottle[/. Many of Anstey’s stories have been adapted into theatrical productions and motion pictures.

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Cover adapted from the first edition.
This novel was first published in 1891. [This ebook is in the public domain where copyright is “Life+80” or less, and in the USA.[/
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- Anstey-F--TourmalinsTimeCheques.azw3 (Note: file extension not Kindle-compatible)

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Anstey, F.: Vice Versa; A Lesson to Fathers. v1. 11 Dec 2021

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GrannyGrump

A father and son swap bodies through the (largely unintentional) use of a magic talisman. While the son (in his father’s guise) runs his business into the ground, the unfortunate father (who has asserted that schooldays are the best years of a boy’s life) has a terrible time at his son’s boarding school, for which he is singularly ill-equipped.

This book was a favorite of C.S. Lewis, and in his autobiographical [Surprised by Joy[/, he calls it “the only truthful school story in existence.”

Perhaps one of the earliest “body-swap” stories, [Vice Versa[/ has spawned numerous adaptations over the years.

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Thomas Anstey Guthrie (8 August 1856 – 10 March 1934) was an English author (writing as F. Anstey), most noted for his comic novel [Vice Versa[/ about a boarding-school boy and his father exchanging identities. His reputation was confirmed by [The Tinted Venus[/ and many humorous parodies in [Punch [/magazine. Guthrie became an important member of the staff of [Punch [/magazine, in which his “Voces Populi” pieces and his humorous parodies of a reciter’s stock-piece (“Burglar Bill,” etc.) represent his best work. Other familiar titles include [The Black Poodle[/ and [The Brass Bottle[/. Many of Anstey’s stories have been adapted for stage and film.

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This novel was first published in 1882. Cover vignette appeared on [Humour and Fantasy[/, John Murray publ, 1931. [This ebook is in the public domain where copyright is “Life+80” or less, and in the USA.[/
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- Anstey-F--ViceVersa.azw3 (Note: file extension not Kindle-compatible)

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Anstey, F: The Giants Robe. V1. 23 Sep 2012

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crutledge

Thomas Anstey Guthrie (8 August 1856 - 10 March 1934), was an English novelist and journalist, who wrote his comic novels under the pseudonym F. Anstey.

In the heart of the City, but fended off from the roar and rattle of traffic by a ring of shops, and under the shadow of a smoke-begrimed classical church, stands--or rather stood, for they have removed it recently--the large public school of St. Peter's. Entering the heavy old gate, against which the shops on both sides huddled close, you passed into the atmosphere of scholastic calm which, during working hours, pervades most places of education, and saw a long plain block of buildings, within which it was hard to believe, so deep was the silence, that some hundreds of boys were collected.

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- thumbnail.jpg (Note: file extension not Kindle-compatible)

- The Giant's Robe.mobi

Anstey, F: A Bayard From Bengal. V1. 24 Sep 2012

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crutledge

Thomas Anstey Guthrie (8 August 1856 - 10 March 1934), was an English novelist and journalist, who wrote his comic novels under the pseudonym F. Anstey.

Excerpt
I have the honour humbly to inform my readers that, after prolonged consumption of midnight oil, I succeeded in completing this imposing society novel, which is now, by the indulgence of my friends and kind fathers, the honble publishers, laid at their feet.

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- A Bayard From Bengal.mobi

Anstey, F: Baboo Jabberjee BA. V1. 22 Sep 2012

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crutledge

Thomas Anstey Guthrie (8 August 1856 - 10 March 1934), was an English novelist and journalist, who wrote his comic novels under the pseudonym F. Anstey.

Originally published as a series in "Punch" under the heading "Jottings and Tittlings by Hurry Bungsho Jabberjee."

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- Baboo Jabberjee BA.mobi

Anstey, F: In Brief Authority. V1. 22 Sep 2012

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crutledge

Thomas Anstey Guthrie (8 August 1856 - 10 March 1934), was an English novelist and journalist, who wrote his comic novels under the pseudonym F. Anstey.

Excerpt
As the central idea of this story happens to be inseparably connected with certain characters and incidents of German origin, I have left them unaltered—partly because it would have been difficult, if not impossible, to substitute any others, but mainly because I cannot bring myself to believe that the nursery friends of our youth could ever be regarded as enemies.

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- thumbnail.jpg (Note: file extension not Kindle-compatible)

- In Brief Authority.mobi

Anstey, F: The black poodle, and other tales. V1. 23 Sep 2012

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crutledge

Thomas Anstey Guthrie (8 August 1856 - 10 March 1934), was an English novelist and journalist, who wrote his comic novels under the pseudonym F. Anstey.

The Black Poodle
The Story of a Sugar Prince
The Return of Agamemnon
The Wraith of Barnjum
A Toy Tragedy
An Undergraduate's Aunt
The Siren
The Curse of the Catafalques
A Farewell Appearance
Accompanied on the Flute

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- The black poodle, and other tales.mobi

Anstey, F: The Brass Bottle. V1. 24 Sep 2012

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crutledge

Thomas Anstey Guthrie (8 August 1856 - 10 March 1934), was an English novelist and journalist, who wrote his comic novels under the pseudonym F. Anstey.

Excerpt
"This day six weeks—just six weeks ago!" Horace Ventimore said, half aloud, to himself, and pulled out his watch. "Half-past twelve—what was I doing at half-past twelve?"

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- The Brass Bottle.mobi

Anstey, F: The Curse of the Catafalques, v.1, 3 June 2008.

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Patricia

A short story which parodies horror stories.

Wikipedia notes that:
“Thomas Anstey Guthrie (8 August 1856 - March 10, 1934), was an English novelist and journalist, who wrote his comic novels under the pseudonym F. Anstey” --also mentioning that he was a staff writer for Punch.

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- Anstey_Curse of Catafalques.prc

Antoninus, Marcus Aurelius: Meditations, v1, 07 Sept 2007.

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Patricia

Emperor Marcus Aurelius Antoninus: The Meditations of Marcus Aurelius.
Translated by George Long.

Stoic teachings, given by a Roman emperor.

I’ve always wondered how such an ethical man could produce such a badly-behaved son (—Commodus — see either ‘Gladiator’, or Gibbon’s ‘Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire’).

R Wood has already posted a serviceable translation in Vol II of the Harvard Classic series. However, I have used Long’s for the last 25 years and grown fond of it. Since we already have several versions of Homer, I thought that it would be permissible to post this. I have omitted most of the unnecessary footnotes.

I haven’t the faintest idea which of the emperor’s names should properly be the surname on this forum. I’m going with Antoninus because this was his imperial name. But the mods may correct it if they prefer Aurelius or, less probably, Marcus.

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Apollodorus: The Library (Tr. Sir James Frazer), v1, 15 December 2009.

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Patricia

(Pseudo-) Apollodorus
The Library [Bibliotheca]
Translated and annotated by Sir James Frazer (1854–1941)
(1921)

From Wikipedia:
“The Bibliotheca (in English: Library), in three books, provides a grand summary of traditional Greek mythology and heroic legends …
A certain "Apollodorus" is indicated as author on some surviving manuscripts … Since for chronological reasons Apollodorus of Athens could not have written the book, the Scriptor Bibliothecae ("writer of the Bibliotheca") is conventionally called the "Pseudo-Apollodorus" by those wishing to be scrupulously correct. Traditional references simply instance "the Library and Epitome".
Unfortunately, the Bibliotheca, undivided in the manuscripts but conventionally divided in three books, has not come down to us complete. Part of the third book, which breaks off abruptly in the story of Theseus, has been lost. The Patriarch Photius had the full work before him, as he mentions in his "account of books read" that it contained stories of the heroes of the Trojan War and the nostoi, missing in surviving manuscripts. On the other hand, we have an epitome that was made by James George Frazer, who conflated two manuscript summaries of the text, also including the lost part, leaving us a good summary of its contents.”
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bibliot...do-Apollodorus)

I have found the text in several places, reformatted it, added a cover, and linked 1061 notes.
This was converted at the request of a member.

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- The Library.prc

Apollonius of Rhodes: The Argonautica. v1, 12 Aug 2008

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HarryT

An excellent 1912 English translation by R.C. Seaton of the famous epic poem telling the story of Jason and the Argonauts.

Description from Wikipedia:

The Argonautica is a Greek epic poem written by Apollonius Rhodius in the 3rd century BC. The only surviving Hellenistic epic, the Argonautica tells the (much more ancient) myth of the voyage of Jason and the Argonauts to retrieve the Golden Fleece from the mythical land of Colchis.

In the first book, the ship Argo is built and a crew of around fifty heroes is assembled in response to an oracle received by King Pelias. Led by Jason, the heroes include Heracles and his companion Hylas, Castor and Pollux (the Dioscuri: sons of Tyndareus and brothers of Helen and Clytemnestra), Orpheus, Meleager, Zetes and Calais (sons of Boreas), Peleus (father of Achilles), Laertes (supposed father of Odysseus), Telamon (father of Ajax), and the ship's builder, Argos. Their goal is to travel to Colchis and to obtain the Golden Fleece. After Jason suggests the election of a leader, Hercules (Heracles) recommends Jason himself, and the heroes agree.

Setting sail from the eastern coast of Thessaly, the Argonauts first reach Lemnos, where the women, led by their Queen Hypsipyle, have murdered all of their husbands. Omitting the murder from her story, Hypsipyle convinces the men (except for Hercules) to breed with the women in order to repopulate the island. If Hypsipyle, Jason’s choice of consort, has a son, he tells her, send him to my parents; then the Argo sets sail. Traveling through the Hellespont, they reach land of the Doliones; though the King, Cyzicus, is friendly, the Argonauts accidentally fight with the Doliones and kill Cyzicus, and his widow Cleite then commits suicide, and Jason makes sacrifices in order to appease the gods. The Argonauts’ next destination is Cius, where Heracles’s companion Hylas is abducted by nymphs. Heracles becomes upset and the Argo is obliged to leave him behind, though Glaucus appears from the sea to reassure its crew that they made the right decision.

The second book begins in Bebryces, where King Amycus challenges the heroes to a boxing match. Pollux accepts, killing the king. At Bosporus, Zetes and Calais drive the Harpies away from Phineas, a former king being punished for the misuse of his prophetic gifts; Phineas rewards them with the secret to passing through the Clashing Rocks. Passing through the Clashing Rocks, using this secret and the aid of Athena, they visit many strange lands: the land of the Amazons, led by Hippolyte; the land of Mossynoikoi, who make love in public; an island sacred to Ares, where they are attacked by Ares’ birds. Passing near the place where Prometheus is chained, they rescue the survivors of a ship from Colchis, and the Argonauts gain the grateful sons of Phrixus as accomplices in their bid to steal the Golden Fleece. Arriving in Colchis, Jason considers the best way of approaching the cruel King Aeëtes.

The third book begins with Hera and Athena, determined to help Jason in his quest, asking Eros to cause Aeëtes’ daughter Medea to fall in love with Jason. Jason goes to the Aietes's accompanied by Phrixus' sons, who Aeëtes is suspicious to see home so early, and who tell him of their shipwreck and rescue by the Argonauts. Aeëtes sees a conspiracy in this story, and tells Jason he can take the fleece if he passes a test of strength and courage: harness the bulls with bronze hooves, plow the plain of Ares, and plant the teeth of a serpent, giving rise to an army of soldiers. Medea, powerful and skilled with drugs and magic, sees the hopelessness of the task and prays to Hecate. Jason, seeing that Medea is a useful tool although not knowing that she is under a divine love spell, asks her for drugs and aid and receives them; he returns her affection, asking her to follow him to Greece and to be his wife.

After he sacrifices to Hecate, Medea’s favored goddess, Jason sprinkles Medea’s drug on his skin, clothing, spear, and sword. Protected by the drug, he is able to withstand the charge of the bulls, and to harness them to plow the field. Planting the teeth in the plowed field, the earth-born warriors rise from the ground, and Jason places a great round rock among them. They go to war over this rock, and Jason joins in the fighting until all are slain. Jason has succeeded at his task, but Aietes does not intend to release the Golden Fleece.

In the last book, Medea offers to put the dragon guarding the fleece to sleep in exchange for the Argonauts taking her aboard their ship and away from the father she has betrayed. Jason agrees, promising again to marry her, and she uses her skill with drugs to neutralize the dragon. Departing with the Golden Fleece, the Argo is pursued by Aietes and by Medea’s older brother Absyrtus. Jason proposes to leave Medea to Artemis, protector of virgins, an idea which causes an enraged Medea to threaten setting fire to the ships until Jason explains she is the bait in a trap set out for Absyrtus; the trap works, and Absyrtus is ambushed and killed by Jason, causing the Colchians to scatter.

A few incidental adventures later, the Colchians return, demanding the return of Medea. They are persuaded that Medea, since she left voluntarily, may stay with Jason if their marriage has been consummated, but she may not if she is still a virgin; Medea and Jason then consummate their marriage and Medea is allowed to remain with her husband. At Lake Triton, possibly the Nile, they come across a serpent killed by Hercules, but are unable to find the hero himself. On Crete, the Argonauts encounter Talos, the last survivor of an ancient race of men, who attacks them; Medea comes to the rescue with her spells, and slays Talos, who bleeds ichor as he dies. Euphemus, son of Poseidon, casts a clod of earth he received at Lake Triton into the sea, creating the island of Kalliste (Thera); and at long last, the Argo reaches the coast of Thessaly and home.

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Apperson, G.L.: The Social History of Smoking. 04 Dec 07

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A lot is made today about smoking. When I went to college it was a normal practice to smoke in class -- for both students and professors. It was the normal thing to do as part of the growth from teen to young adult. There was no stigma or special sections in restaurants or bars (pubs.) Today it is hard to find a place that allows smoking, people cluster just outside of office buildings. England has banned smoking in pubs and restaurants, as has NYC.

So here is a book written in the early 20th century about smoking in England.

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Appleton, Victor: Moving Picture Boys Omnibus, v1, 05-DEC-07

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The "Moving Picture Boys" series was a popular boys' series originally published in the US between 1913 and 1919, using the then new background of "motion picture making" as its backdrop for various exciting adventures. Altogether the series contained 17 books. The author's name, "Victor Appleton" (ostensibly the same author as the "Tom Swift" books) is a "house name" used by the Stratemeyer Syndicate, the publishers of the books. The books were "farmed out" to various actual authors.

This omnibus contains the three books from the series which has currently been released by Project Gutenberg. They are:

The Motion Picture Boys on the Coast

The third book in the series, originally published in 1913, featuring adventure on the Pacific coast.

The Motion Picture Boys In Panama

The seventh book in the series, originally published in 1915, set along the Panama Canal, which was at the time in the process of construction.

The Motion Picture Boys On the War Front

The ninth book in the series, originally published in 1918, set on the Western Front in WWI.

If more more books in the series are released by PG, I'll incorporate them into this omnibus edition, and split it into a number of volumes if required.

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Appleton, Victor: The Motion Picture Chums at Seaside Park. v1. 27 Sep 2014

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Victor Appleton was a house pseudonym used by the Stratemeyer Syndicate, most famous for being associated with the Tom Swift series of books.

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The three friends had made for this part of the resort as soon as they had arrived. As they had strolled down the boardwalk Frank had studiously observed the general layout and the points where the pleasure-seekers most congregated. Randy was quite as much interested in peering in at the windows of the few buildings bearing “To Rent” signs. Pep made a deliberate stop wherever a show place attracted his attention. Now all three had halted in front of an unoccupied building and were looking it over critically.

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Appleton, Victor: The Moving Picture Boys at Panama. v1. 28 Sep 2014

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Victor Appleton was a house pseudonym used by the Stratemeyer Syndicate, most famous for being associated with the Tom Swift series of books.

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It was necessary to have every detail faithfully reproduced, for the eye of the moving picture camera is more searching, and far-seeing, than any human eye, and records every defect, no matter how small. And when it is recalled that the picture thrown on the screen is magnified many hundred times, a small defect, as can readily be understood, becomes a very large one.

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Appleton, Victor: The Moving Picture Boys on the Coast. v1. 28 Sep 2014

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Victor Appleton was a house pseudonym used by the Stratemeyer Syndicate, most famous for being associated with the Tom Swift series of books.

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While making these films, the boys and their companion, who were hidden in a cave where the Indians could not see them, saw the redmen about to torture, as they thought, four white prisoners. Joe and Blake recognized these men as their business rivals, who were also trying to get some moving picture films of the Indians, to secure a prize of a thousand dollars, offered by a New York geographical and ethnological society.

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Aristophanes: Aristophanes and War, v1, 19 May 2014

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Aristophanes lived in Athens from about 450BC to about 385BC. Three of his eleven extant plays deal with the Peloponnesian War. Little is known about him, including how much he was opposed to the war or how much he was playing to his audiences' feelings about the war to gain prizes at the festivals where the plays were presented.

The Peloponnesian War, 431-404BC, was started on pretexts and continued for glory, power, or money, caused enormous civilian suffering and devastation, and left Athens infested by informers. One difference from 21st century wars is that then most leaders led young men to their deaths rather than sending them to their deaths.

[The Acharnians[/ was presented in 426BC. Dicaeopolis establishes his own private peace treaty with the Spartans, and deals with those who fear it will prevent them from taking revenge, those who want the blessings of peace without making peace themselves, and the informers. In [Peace[/, presented in 422BC, Trygaeus flies to heaven on a giant dung beetle to protest to the gods about the war. He discovers that the gods have become so angry at the Greeks that they have buried Peace in a cave, and left War to grind the Greek states to dust. He rescues Peace and marries one of her hand maidens. The most famous play of the three is[ Lysistrata[/, presented in 411BC, in which Lysistrata persuades the women of the warring states to refuse sexual favours to their husbands or lovers until a peace treaty is signed. The males around her were even more offended that Lysistrata showed that women could think and plan and manage.

The source texts for [Aristophanes and War[/ were taken via Project Gutenberg from literal translations published by the Athenian Society in 1912. I have retained the Introductions to the plays, the footnotes as end notes, and the stage directions from the Athenian Society translation in rounded brackets and from other translations in curly brackets. My interpolations are contained in square brackets. I have silently corrected typos, curled quotes, and made minor changes to spelling, punctuation, and hyphenation using oxforddictionaries.com.

The original texts and the translations contain material which some readers may find offensive.

PS: The ebook contains about 300 endnotes. They work as expected on my Sony, Kindle Keyboard, and iPad with Marvin. But I haven't been able to get them to work on a Kobo Touch or Nexus 7 with Mantano. I'd appreciate any feedback or suggestions.

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Aristophanes: Lysistrata (Polytonic Greek). V01. 13 Jan 2012

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I have not used the Greek Wikipedia version, but the slightly different version on which I have studied the comedy: Coulon, V., Paris, Les Belles Lettres, 1928.

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Aristotle (Pseudo-): The Works of Aristotle, v.1, 30 Jan 2008.

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Containing his Complete [Masterpiece [/and Family Physician; his [Experienced Midwife[/, his [Book of Problems [/and his [Remarks on Physiognomy[/.

A spurious work, which I collected from Project Gutenberg. The file is big because of the illustrations. Contains several works on sex and gynaecology, plus physiognomy and palmistry.

From http://www.exclassics.com/arist/ariintro.htm
Aristotle's [Masterpiece[/, a manual of sex and pregnancy, first saw the light of day about 1680. It is not, of course, the work of the ancient Greek philosopher, but its true authorship is unclear: the name of William Salmon has been suggested. Other works by the same or other hands were accreted to the original "Masterpiece" until by about 1735 the four parts here published made up the canon. Banned in Britain until the 1960's, it nonetheless has had a long but mostly clandestine career as a quasi-pornographic book. Grubby copies were produced in back-street printers, sold in rubber-goods shops or Holywell Street, and passed from hand to hand until they disintegrated. Many young boys got their first inklings of sex from it. It was also sometimes given by their mothers to women about to get married; the effect it had on the mind of a virgin bride can only be conjectured. It has been read (or at any rate mentioned) by James Joyce, William Carleton, Evelyn Waugh, Anthony Burgess and many others, and probably has had more influence than is realized.

Quotations about the Book:

Mr. Bloom turned over idly pages of . . . . Aristotle's Masterpiece. Crooked botched print. Plates: infants cuddled in a ball in bloodred wombs like livers of slaughtered cows.
-- James Joyce, Ulysses.
'Now then, what's this about books?' said the chief [Customs officer].
With the help of a printed list (which began 'Aristotle, Works of (Illustrated)') they went through Adam's books, laboriously, one at a time, spelling out the titles.
-- Evelyn Waugh, Vile Bodies..

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Aristotle: Metaphysics, v.1, 31 Jan 2008.

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Translated by W D Ross. Available under a creative commons licence (see the text for more information).

The book is about existence, change and causation (including a discussion of God as the unmoved first mover).

In Aristotle’s research school, the Lyceum, this topic was taught after the Physics course. Hence the title: [meta ta phusika[/: ‘After the Physics.’

Aristotle explains his aims thus:

‘There is a science which investigates being as being and the attributes which belong to this in virtue of its own nature. Now this is not the same as any of the so-called special sciences; for none of these others treats universally of being as being. They cut off a part of being and investigate the attribute of this part; this is what the mathematical sciences for instance do. Now since we are seeking the first principles and the highest causes, clearly there must be some thing to which these belong in virtue of its own nature. If then those who sought the elements of existing things were seeking these same principles, it is necessary that the elements must be elements of being not by accident but just because it is being. Therefore it is of being as being that we also must grasp the first causes.’
(Book IV, ch.1)

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Aristotle: Meteorologica, v.1, 17 June 2008.

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Aristotle: Meteorologica (On Meteorology)
Translated by E W Webster (1923).

Aristotle’s explanations of comets, shooting stars, rain, hail, frost, earthquakes, thunder, lightning, rainbows etc.

The passage on the rainbow (Book III, Ch. 4) has interested colour theorists and caused a lot of controversy. Aristotle described the rainbow as “three coloured”, explaining this via one of the first theories of colour.

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Aristotle: On Dreams, v.1, 30 April 2008.

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Written c350BCE.
Translated by J I Beare.

A short treatise on dreams.

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Aristotle: On Generation and Corruption, v.1, 18 Jan 2008.

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Translated by H H Joachim.
This work is also known as ‘On Coming to be and Passing Away’ and ‘De Generatione et corruptione’.

Aristotle discusses the nature of change, analysing the theories of his predecessors, Democritus and Empedocles.

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Aristotle: On Length and Shortness of Life, v.1, 29 June 2008.

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Aristotle: On Length and Shortness of Life
([De Longitudine et Brevitate Vitae[/)
Translated by G R T Ross (1908)

A short treatise on the length of life in animals and plants.

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Aristotle: On Memory and Reminiscence, v.1, 18 June 2008.

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Translated by J. I. Beare

A short treatise on memory and recollection.

It contains some surprising ideas:
‘Those whose upper parts are abnormally large, as is the case with dwarfs, have abnormally weak memory, as compared with their opposites, because of the great weight which they have resting upon the organ of perception’

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Aristotle: On Prophesying by Dreams, v.1, 24 June 2008.

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Aristotle: On Prophesying by Dreams
(De Divinatione per Somnum)
Translated by J. I. Beare

A short treatise in which Aristotle is largely sceptical about whether dreams can be prophetic.

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Aristotle: On Sense and the Sensible, v.1, 30 April 2008.

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Translated by J I Beare.
A short treatise on the senses.

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Aristotle: On Sleep and Sleeplessness, v.1, 27 April 2008.

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‘De Somno et Vigilia’
Translated by J.I. Beare.
This translation first published: 1908.

A short treatise on sleep. What is it, and why do we sleep?

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Aristotle: On the Gait of Animals, v.1, 19 June 2008.

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Aristotle: On the Gait of Animals
(De Motu Animalium)
Translated by A. S. L. Farquharson

A short treatise on how animals move.

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Aristotle: On the Heavens, v.1, 28 Jan 2008.

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Patricia

Aristotle’s work on astronomy, positing a geocentric universe. This was the basis for all subsequent theories until the Copernican revolution.

Translated by JL Stocks.

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Aristotle: On the Parts of Animals, v.1, 28 Jan 2008.

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Patricia

Translated by William Ogle.

A biological work.

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Aristotle: On the Soul, v.1, 25 June 2008.

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Patricia

Aristotle: On the Soul
([De Anima[/)
Translated by J. A. Smith

A treatise on the soul. In the first book, Aristotle examines the theories of his predecessors. In the second and third books he develops his own theory. The soul is defined as the form or essence of a living being, and all living beings have souls.
There is a nested hierarchy:
1.Plants grow, feed and reproduce, so have a nutritive soul.
2. Animals have a nutritive soul plus a sensitive soul (because they can move and perceive things. Sense-perception also involves the capacity for pain and pleasure.)
3. Human beings have nutritive, sensitive and rational souls (because a human being is defined as a rational animal).

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Aristotle: On Youth and Old Age, etc., v.1. 11 May 2008.

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Three short treatises, which are usually published together:
On Youth and Old Age, (De Juventute et Senectute)
On Life and death, (De Vita et Morte)
On Breathing (De Respiratione)

Translated by G R T Ross

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Aristotle: Physics, v.1, 21 March 2008.

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Patricia

Translated by R P Hardie and R K Gaye

Aristotle’s work on time, place, motion and change.

The text was from the University of Adelaide, issued under a creative commons licence. Commercial use is prohibited. The licence is reproduced in the book.

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Aristotle: Rhetoric, v.1. 27 Jan 2008.

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Patricia

On the art of public speaking.

Translated by W. Rhys Roberts
From the University of Adelaide site, available under a creative commons licence, which is reproduced in the text.

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Aristotle: The Athenian Constitution, v.1, 27 June 2008.

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Patricia

Aristotle:The Athenian Constitution
(Athenaion Politeia)
Translated by Sir Frederic G. Kenyon (1891)

This treatise charts the development of the Athenian Constitution then explores its characteristics.
It is an unusual work because it is not part of the Corpus Aristotelicum (the traditional list of Aristotle’s works) because the text was lost for millennia. A copy was rediscovered in the Egyptian desert in 1890, bought by the British Museum and promptly translated into English by Frederick Kenyon.
A few scholars claim that we work is actually by a student of Aristotle, though most think that he wrote it. It is a significant discovery because it contains previously unknown material about the Athenian constitution.
The text is incomplete and starts in the middle of a sentence.

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Aristotle: The Categories, v.1, 17 Jan 2008.

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Patricia

The Edgehill translation.

Aristotle believes that everything that exists falls under one of the ten categories. These are mutually exclusive and collectively exhaustive of all there is.

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Aristotle: The History of Animals, v.1, 28 Jan 2008.

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Patricia

Translated by D’Arcy Wentworth Thompson

A biological work, with some surprising errors.
e.g.
‘Males have more teeth than females in the case of men’
And
‘The fact is, the nature of man is the most rounded off and complete, and consequently in man the qualities or capacities above referred to are found in their perfection. Hence woman is more compassionate than man, more easily moved to tears, at the same time is more jealous, more querulous, more apt to scold and to strike. She is, furthermore, more prone to despondency and less hopeful than the man, more void of shame or self-respect, more false of speech, more deceptive, and of more retentive memory. She is also more wakeful, more shrinking, more difficult to rouse to action, and requires a smaller quantity of nutriment.’

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Armstrong, Frances: A Fair Claimant. v1. 25 Jan 2017

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Frances (Charlotte) Armstrong: Born : 1838 Penzance, Cornwall, England: Died : 1930 Oct 13
Falmouth, Cornwall, England

Excerpt
Blanche Bethune stood on the steps which led from the door of her beautiful home into the sheltered garden she called especially her own, and knew that the sadness of the outside world echoed her own thoughts. She felt that she cared nothing at that moment for the beauty and comfort which had once been her delight, that she could not breathe freely indoors under her husband's roof, though she could hear in the distance the sound of the wheels of the carriage which was taking him away.

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Armstrong, Frances: A haunted house. v1. 26 Jan 2017

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Frances (Charlotte) Armstrong: Born : 1838 Penzance, Cornwall, England: Died : 1930 Oct 13
Falmouth, Cornwall, England

Excerpt
Some years ago, in traveling across one of our Middle States, I came just at sunset, at the close of a long day’s journey through a fair and fertile country, to a little town, whose white houses and upward-pointing spires gave promise of comfort and welcome for the night, whose shadows were beginning to fall around me. The road which I was following led me along the shore of an inland lake whose waters shone under the slant sunbeams with the brilliancy of some strange jewel, while the low hills surrounding it were green with all the freahness of early summer.

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Arnim, Achim von & Brentano, Clemens: Des Knaben Wunderhorn (german)

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Unter dem Titel Des Knaben Wunderhorn veröffentlichten Clemens Brentano und Achim von Arnim von 1805 bis 1808 eine Sammlung von Volksliedtexten in drei Bänden. Es enthält Liebes-, Soldaten-, Wander- und Kinderlieder vom Mittelalter bis ins 18. Jahrhundert.

[quotAch! wie sanft ruh ich hie
Bei meinem Vieh!
Da schlaf ich süß im Moos,
Dem Glücke in dem Schoos,
Ganz sorgenlos.
Wenn ich die prächtigen Schlösser beschau
Sind sie doch nur mir,
So zu sagen schier
Ein kühler Thau.

Kommt denn das Morgenroth,
So lob ich Gott.
Dann mit der Feldschallmey
Ruf ich das Lämmerg'schrey
Ganz nah herbey;
Da ist kein Seufzen, kein trauriger Ton;
Denn die Morgenstund
Führet Gold im Mund,
Baut mir ein'n Thron.[/quot

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Arnim, Elizabeth von: Christine, v1, 20 November 2009.

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Elizabeth von Arnim (1866–1941)
Writing as Alice Cholmondeley
Christine (1917)

A young violinist goes to study in Berlin in the summer of 1914. Momentous events are described in a series of letters to her mother.
Elizabeth von Arnim is well-known for writing novels in which an outsider enters a foreign culture - usually German - with comic results. This work is somewhat different: the outsider does visit Germany, but with tragic consequences. Elizabeth von Arnim did her best to disguise her authorship and strongly to imply that the story was factual, by presenting it as an epistolary novel, apparently edited by the heroine’s mother.

This conversion was inspired by the recent forum discussion on false documents.
http://www.mobileread.com/forums/showthread.php?t=62083
There’s more discussion about the novel in this Wikipedia article:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christine_(book)
and on false documents here:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/False_document

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Arnim, Elizabeth von: Christine. v3, 12 July 2017

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In June 1914 while Elizabeth was safe in England news came to her of the death of her youngest daughter, Felicitas, who had remained in Germany. She wrote that the war killed her daughter, just as surely as it killed her nephew who had died in a sea battle. Christine tells of the death of a daughter who had gone to Germany in May 1914 to study music. The book contains the mothers introduction, and 37 letters written by Christine before and after the declaration of war. It is a scathing indictment of war and of politicians, and is relevant today.

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Arnim, Elizabeth von: Christopher and Columbus, v.1, 25 Nov 2007.

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Elizabeth von Arnim: Christopher and Columbus (1919)
By the Author of ‘Elizabeth and Her German Garden’.

A whimsical novel which makes some incidental points about identity.

Set in 1916, orphaned twin girls of mixed Anglo-German parentage find a hostile reception in wartime England. Their guardian sends them to the USA, where they meet with a variety of adventures and some suspicion because of their German name.

The cause of the ‘problem’ (a mixed marriage) is also the solution, giving the girls a non-alien nationality.

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Arnim, Elizabeth von: Christopher and Columbus. v1 11 July 2017

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[Christopher and Columbus[/ was published in 1919, and set in 1916. It tells the story of orphaned adolescent twin daughters of an English mother and a Prussian father who had escaped from Germany and were sent to America by their English aunt's husband, and an American man who fell in love with them.

The text was taken from the www.online-literature.com website and checked against the Doubleday, Page & Company 1919 edition in the Internet Archive. I have silently corrected typos, curled quotes, restored italics and diacritics, made changes to spelling, punctuation, and hyphenation using oxforddictionaries.com, and added translations of French and German words with the help of people on the Deutsches and Français forums.

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Arnim, Elizabeth Von: Elizabeth and her German Garden, v.1, 24 Nov 2007.

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Elizabeth Von Arnim [Marie Annette Beauchamp]
Elizabeth and her German Garden
(1898)

Ditzy woman makes a garden and brings up her children in Pomerania.

This can be read as a lightweight, rather humorous account. Early male reviewers thought that the author was selfish in spending so much time in her garden. Feminist scholars have taken to interpreting it as a woman’s insistence on having some private space, despite the attempted encroachments of husband, children and visitors.

The text is from PG and has had some typos and other errors corrected. It is derived from the Macmillan (1900) edition and differs from the paperback Virago version: one chapter has been replaced by another at some point.

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Arnim, Elizabeth von: Elizabeth and her German Garden. v2 12 August 2017

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Mary Annette Beauchamp was born in 1866, in Australia. She was taken by her parents to England when she was three, and spent the rest of her life in England, Europe, and the USA where she died in 1941.

She married Count von Arnim in 1891, and had five children with him. In 1898 she published her first book, Elizabeth and her German Garden anonymously, as 'by Elizabeth', and eventually even her friends and family called her Elizabeth.

The book was very successful, and went through many editions. Like her other twenty or so books it is witty, and is semi-autobiographical -- at least in the sense of being as much reminiscences of what she would have like to have happened as what actually happened. There is much more description of her garden and her interactions with family and visitors than plot or character development.

The source text was taken from the University of Adelaide ebook library, and checked against the 1900 Macmillan edition. I have silently corrected typos, restored italics and diacritics, and made changes to spelling and hyphenation using oxforddictionaries.com

I have provided translations of French and German phrases as end notes, but have omitted the illustrations.

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Arnim, Elizabeth von: Fräulein Schmidt and Mr Anstruther. v1 30 May 2017

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Mary Annette Beachamp was born in 1866, in Australia, to an English father and an Australian mother. She was taken by her parents to England when she was three, and spent the rest of her life in England, Germany, other parts of Europe, and the USA where she died in 1941. She married Count Henning von Arnim-Schlagenthin in 1890, and had four daughters and one son with him. They separated in 1908, and he died in 1910. She married Lord Francis Russell in 1916, but left him in 1919.

Until the 1980s her twenty or so books were attributed to 'The Author of Elizabeth and her German Garden' or to 'Elizabeth'. She was eventually known to her family and friends as 'Elizabeth', and signed her personal letters as 'e.'

Early in 1906 Elizabeth passed herself off as a governess in in the household of a professor in Jena. She worked as a menial servant for several weeks before having to return home because the 20 year old son of the household had fallen in love with her.

[Fräulein Schmidt and Mr Anstruther[/ was published in 1907. It consists of 81 letters from a poor lower class German woman to a poor aristocratic Englishman who had studied with her father. They had fallen in love, and just before he returned to England had agreed to marry, though this was to be kept secret.

The text was taken from online-literature.com, and checked against the 1907 Smith, Elder & Co edition. I have silently corrected typos, curled quotes, replaced italics and diacritics, used British English, made changes to spelling and hyphenation using oxforddictionaries.com, and provided translations as annotations.

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Arnim, Elizabeth von: In the Mountains. v1, 20 Jul 2017

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[In the Mountains[/ was written as a diary in a chalet in Switzerland shortly after Elizabeth left Lord Russell, and published anonymously in 1920. The main protagonists are the diarist (who was initially profoundly depressed) and two English widowed sisters, one of whom is unable to return to England because she had married two German men.

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Arnim, Elizabeth von: Mr Skiffington. v1 10 Aug 2017

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Mr Skeffington was Elizabeth's last book, written in Switzerland and France shortly before the outbreak of WW 2, and published in 1940 in the USA and the UK. It is a complex, paradoxical, and sardonic story in which the main character, Lady Frances Skeffington, was exceptionally beautiful when young, had lost much of her beauty after a severe illness, and knew her 50th birthday was coming soon.

The text was taken from The University of Adelaide ebook library, and checked against the Virago version. I have silently corrected typos, curled apostrophes, and made changes to spelling, punctuation, and hyphenation using oxforddictionaries.com.

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Arnim, Elizabeth von: The Adventures of Elizabeth in Rügen. v1, 15 May 2017

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Mary Annette Beachamp was born in 1866, in Australia, to an English father and an Australian mother. She was taken by her parents to England when she was three, and spent the rest of her life in England, Germany and other parts of Europe, and the USA where she died in 1941. She married Count Henning von Arnim-Schlagenthin in 1890, and had four daughters and one son with him. They separated in 1908, and he died in 1910. She married Lord Francis Russell in 1916, but left him in 1919.

Until the 1980s her twenty or so books were attributed to 'The Author of Elizabeth and her German Garden' or to 'Elizabeth'. She was eventually known to her family and friends as 'Elizabeth', and signed her personal letters as 'e.'

The Adventures of Elizabeth in Rügen was written around the time of her last pregnancy, and published in 1904. It has a complex plot in which Elizabeth meddles in her cousin's unhappy marriage.

The text source cannot be named because I have silently corrected typos. I have checked it against the 1904 Macmillan edition, curled quotation marks, and made changes to hyphenation using oxforddictionaries.com.

Some translations are provided as end notes, with the help of members of the MobileRead forums. The responsibility for any errors is mine.

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Arnim, Elizabeth von: The Benefactress, v1, 22 October 2009.

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Elizabeth von Arnim [Mary Annette Beauchamp], Countess von Arnim, Countess Russell. (1866–1941)
The Benefactress (1901)

A young English woman inherits a German estate and decides to set up a home for German ladies, fallen on hard times, with comic results.

Elizabeth von Arnim’s novels at first appear to be merely comedies of manners, or social satires. However, there is a lot more to them. They usually feature an outsider coming to grips with an established group and questioning their mores. This acute observation can be humorous (as in “Elizabeth and her German Garden,” or “The Caravaners”) or tragic (as in “Vera”).

We have several other works by this author in the MR library.

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Arnim, Elizabeth von: The Benefactress. v1, 8 May 2017

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Mary Annette Beachamp was born in 1866, in Australia. She was taken by her parents to England when she was three, and spent the rest of her life in England, Europe, and the USA where she died in 1941. During her life her twenty or so books were attributed to 'the author of Elizabeth and Her German Garden' or to 'Elizabeth'.

[The Benefactress[/ was published in 1901, and was the author's fourth book and first novel with plot and character development. It tells the story of a poor lady who inherits a property from her German uncle, and falls in love with an neighbouring upper class farmer who is imprisoned on false charges. Elizabeth's own husband had been imprisoned in 1898.</p>

The source text was taken from online-literature.com, and checked against the Macmillan 1901 edition. I have silently corrected typos, curled quotes, replaced a scene break, and made changes to spelling and hyphenation using oxforddictionaries.com.</p>

I have also added many translations as endnotes with the invaluable help of people on the Deutches forum. The responsibility for any mistranslations is mine.

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Arnim, Elizabeth von: The Caravaners, v.1, 24 November 2008.

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The Caravaners [sic] (1909)
By Elizabeth von Arnim [Mary Annette Beauchamp], Countess von Arnim, Countess Russell. (1866–1941).

A Prussian officer is persuaded to go with his wife on a caravan tour of Kent and Sussex, with a group of liberal-minded Britons. Can anything shake him out of his smug German chauvinism and general self-satisfaction? This may well be the most humorous of Elizabeth von Arnim’s novels but, beneath the irony there is a strong feminist message.

A specimen of the dialogue:
I gently began, “Dear wife—” and was going on when she interrupted me.
“Dear husband,” she said, actually imitating me, “I know what you are going to say. I always know what you are going to say. I know all the things you ever can or ever do say.”
She paused a moment, and then added in a firm voice, looking me straight in the eyes, “By heart.”

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Arnim, Elizabeth von: The Caravaners. v1, 7 Jun 2017

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Mary Annette Beachamp was born in 1866, in Australia, to an English father and an Australian mother. She was taken by her parents to England when she was three, and spent the rest of her life in England, Germany, other parts of Europe, and the USA where she died in 1941. She married Count Henning von Arnim-Schlagenthin in 1890, and had four daughters and one son with him. They separated in 1908, and he died in 1910. She married Lord Francis Russell in 1916, but left him in 1919.

Until the 1980s her twenty or so books were attributed to 'The Author of Elizabeth and her German Garden' or to 'Elizabeth'. She was eventually known to her family and friends as 'Elizabeth', and signed her personal letters as 'e.'

In 1907 she and two of her daughters and some friends went on a caravan trip around Kent. In 1908 she started work on [The Caravaners,[/ with Baron Otto von Otterling as narrator representing Prussian men and their attitudes, and Jellaby representing English socialists. It was published in 1909.

The source text was taken from and checked against the Smith, Elder & Co. 1909 edition on the Internet Archive. I have silently corrected typos, curled quotes, replaced italics, diacritics, and scene breaks, and made changes to spelling, punctuation, and hyphenation using oxforddictionaries.com.

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Arnim, Elizabeth von: The Enchanted April, v.1, 2 Dec 2007.

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First published in 1922, this was Elizabeth von Arnim’s best-selling novel. Four dissatisfied women leave a bleak and grey London to spend a month in an Italian castle. By the end of their stay they are rejuvenated and love is in the air.

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Arnim, Elizabeth von: The Enchanted April. v1 2 Aug 2017

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[The Enchanted April[/ was published in 1922, and written while Elizabeth was staying at the Castello Brown in Italy. It tells of three young women and an older woman who spent an April in an Italian castello, and how their lives were changed.

The text was taken from the University of Adelaide ebook library, and checked against the Penguin Classics edition. I have silently corrected typos, curled quotation marks, restored italics and a scene break, set off telegrams as blockquotes, and made changes to spelling and hyphenation using oxforddictionaries.com.

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Arnim, Elizabeth von: The Pastor's Wife. v1 23 June 2017

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Mary Annette Beachamp was born in 1866, in Australia, to an English father and an Australian mother. She was taken by her parents to England when she was three, and spent the rest of her life in England, Germany, other parts of Europe, and the USA where she died in 1941. She married Count Henning von Arnim-Schlagenthin in 1890, and had four daughters and one son with him. They separated in 1908, and he died in 1910. She married Lord Francis Russell in 1916, but left him in 1919.

Until the 1980s her twenty or so books (except Christine) were attributed to 'The Author of Elizabeth and her German Garden' or to 'Elizabeth'. She was eventually known to her family and friends as 'Elizabeth', and signed her personal letters as 'e.'

[The Pastor's Wife[/ was published in 1914, and has 37 chapters divided into three parts. They tell of her dealings with her father the Anglican bishop, her husband the Lutheran pastor, and an artist her would-be lover.

The text was taken from www.online-literature.com, and checked against the 1914 Doubleday, Page & Company edition from the Internet Archive. I have silently corrected typos, curled quotes, and made changes to spelling, punctuation, and hyphenation using oxforddictionaries.com.

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Arnim, Elizabeth von: The Pastor’s Wife, v.1, 26 November 2008.

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The Pastor’s Wife (1914)
By Elizabeth von Arnim [Mary Annette Beauchamp],Countess von Arnim, Countess Russell. (1866–1941

An English Bishop’s daughter escapes from her monstrously selfish father by marrying a Lutheran clergyman and moving to Prussia. Can she find fulfilment as the Frau Pastor, or will the plot turn into “Madame Bovary”?
A wry, yet humorous look at married life and the search for freedom.

This came from scans at The Internet Archive. I have restored some censored passages and reformatted and corrected (extensively) the text against a paper copy.

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Arnim, Elizabeth von: The Princess Priscilla's Fortnight: v1, 21 May 2017

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Mary Annette Beachamp was born in 1866, in Australia, to an English father and an Australian mother. She was taken by her parents to England when she was three, and spent the rest of her life in England, Germany and other parts of Europe, and the USA where she died in 1941. She married Count Henning von Arnim-Schlagenthin in 1890, and had four daughters and one son with him. They separated in 1908, and he died in 1910.

Until the 1980s her twenty or so books were attributed to 'The Author of Elizabeth and her German Garden' or to 'Elizabeth'. She was eventually known to her family and friends as 'Elizabeth', and signed her personal letters as 'e.'

[The Princess Priscilla's Fortnight[/ was published in 1905, and was her sixth book. It was written in the third person, and the writer speaks directly to the reader several times. The book tells of the escape of a very sheltered German Princess to a small English community, and the chaos she causes there because of her ignorance of normal daily life.

The source text was taken from online-literature.com, and checked against the Macmillan 1920 edition. I have silently corrected typos, curled quotes, replaced italics, diacritics, and scene breaks, and made changes to hyphenation using oxforddictionaries.com.

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Arnim, Elizabeth von: The Princess Priscilla’s Fortnight, v.1, 27 Nov 2007.

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(1905)
A whimsical modern fairy-tale.
The Princess Priscilla is bored with her life in a minor German Grand-Ducal court, so runs away to England to live as a commoner. However, she is very poorly equipped to deal with life in a west country village and things soon go wrong. Will she be rescued by a handsome prince or learn to manage her new status?

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Arnim, Elizabeth von: The Solitary Summer, v.1, 24 Nov 2007.

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Elizabeth von Arnim:The Solitary Summer
(1899)

A sequel to ‘Elizabeth and her German Garden’ (already uploaded) dealing with similar themes.

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Arnim, Elizabeth von: The Solitary Summer. v2 17 Aug 2017

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[The Solitary Garden[/ was Elizabeth von Arnim's second book. Like her other twenty or so books it is witty, and semi-autobiographical -- at least in the sense that what she wrote was as much a reflection of what she would have like to have happened as what actually happened. There is more description of her garden and interraction with her daughters and husband than plot.

The source text was taken from the University of Melbourne ebook library, and checked against other sources. I have silently corrected typos, replaced italics and diacritics, made changes to spelling and hyphenation using oxforddictionaries.com, and provided translations of French and German phrases with the greatly appreciated help of readers on the Deutches and Francais forums.

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Arnim, Elizabeth von: Vera, v.1, 11 November 2008.

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Vera
By The Author of “Elizabeth and Her German Garden”
Elizabeth von Arnim [Mary Annette Beauchamp], Countess von Arnim, Countess Russell. (1866–1941)
Macmillan and Co., London, 1921.

A vulnerable young woman is swept off her feet by a strong, handsome man, whose wife has died in mysterious circumstances. They marry and she is taken to the house where the first wife died…

Yes, the plot, so far, does sound similar to Daphne du Maurier’s “Rebecca” (not published until 1938). And, like “Rebecca” this novel is named after the dead wife.
However, this novel turns into a very black comedy indeed; showing the dangers when a passive girl meets a totally self-centred man.

Made from scans at The Internet Archive.

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Arnim, Elizabeth von: Vera. v1 27 Jul 2017

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Mary Annette Beachamp was born in 1866, in Australia, to an English father and an Australian mother. She was taken by her parents to England when she was three, and spent the rest of her life in England, Germany, other parts of Europe, and the USA where she died in 1941. She married Count Henning von Arnim-Schlagenthin in 1890, and had four daughters and one son with him. They separated in 1908, and he died in 1910. She married Lord Francis Russell in 1916, but left him in 1919.

Until the 1980s her twenty or so books were attributed to 'The Author of Elizabeth and her German Garden' or to 'Elizabeth'. She was eventually known to her family and friends as 'Elizabeth', and signed her personal letters as 'e.'

Vera was written after she left Earl Russell, and the male character was widely believed to be a caricature of him. The main female characters are the second wife of this character, and her aunt.

The text was taken from www.online-literature.com, and checked against the 1921 Macmillan & Co. edition from the Internet Archive. I have silently corrected typos, curled quotes, and made changes to spelling, punctuation, and hyphenation using oxforddictionaries.com.

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Arnold, Edwin L.: Phra the Phoenician (1893); v1, 9 Sep 2019

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The adventures of a Phoenician trader who voyages to the Cassiterides in the tin trade; who settles in the west of England; and becomes warrior who goes in and out of an unexplained state of suspended animation in order to be a witness to invasions or attempted invasions of England.

Phra was first published in 24 parts in the prestigious [Illustrated London News[/, and later published in book form in the United States and the United Kingdom.

Written in a high style with effective use of obsolete and archaic terms, it was highly thought of in its day, but has since faded into obscurity.

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Arnold, Edwin L: Gullivar of Mars v1. 12 Apr 08

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An escapist sci-fi novel by Edwin Lester Arnold combining elements of both fantasy and science fiction, first published in 1905.

The story is about Navy Lieutenant Gullivar Jones's adventures on the planet Mars. I won't ruin it by telling you [how[/ he manages to get to Mars, but I can say it's pretty unique. Jones has numerous adventures there, including falling in love the beautiful Princess Heru and battling all sorts of strange beasts. He also has to battle the evil Ar-Hap, who is trying to conquer the Mars city of Seth.

Since this book was written [before[/ Edgar Rice Burroughs wrote his "John Carter" Mars books, many say this book was likely the inspiration.

Interesting note: Gullivar has made some cameo appearances in Alan Moore's League of Extraordinary Gentlemen comic.

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Arnold, Edwin L: Lieut. Gullivar, His Vacation (1905); v2, 2 Aug 2019

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Lieut Gullivar Jones finds himself transported to Mars, in an early fantasy pre-dating Edgar Rice Burrough's Mars fantasy epics.

The book has been published under several variant titles, such as "Gullivar of Mars", and "Gulliver of Mars". A version exists in the Kindle Library under the latter title.

This edition retains original spelling and title, and an original 1905 cover. It also has an active TOC and has restored italicised passages.

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Arnold, Edwin L: The Story of Ulla (1895); v1; 20 April 2020

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Arnold was author of "Phra the Phoenician" and "Ltnt Gullivar Jones, His Vacation" (aka "Gullivar of Mars)", both in the Library. This is his only known short story collection, only one of which is fantasy.

1: The Story Of Ulla
2: The Vengeance Of Dungarvan
3: A Dreadful Night
4: Rutherford The Twice-Born
5: A Stranger Woman
6: A Narrow Escape
7: That Babe Of Meg's
8: A Fair Puritan
9: Meg Of The Braids
10: Margaret Spens

The cover is a re-creation of the first edition cover.

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Arthur, Chester: State of the Union v1.0

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21st President of the USA. 1881-1884

Took office on the death of James Garfield in September, 1881.

more info:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_us_presidents

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Arthur, T. S.: After a Shadow, and Other Stories. v1. 1 Jan 2014

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Timothy Shay (T.S.) Arthur (June 6, 1809 – March 6, 1885) was a popular 19th-century American author. He is most famous for his temperance novel Ten Nights in a Bar-Room and What I Saw There (1854), which helped demonize alcohol in the eyes of the American public.

AFTER A SHADOW.
IN THE WAY OF TEMPTATION.
ANDY LOVELL.
A MYSTERY EXPLAINED.
WHAT CAN I DO?
ON GUARD.
A VISIT WITH THE DOCTOR.
HADN'T TIME FOR TROUBLE.
A GOOD NAME.
LITTLE LIZZIE.
ALICE AND THE PIGEON.
DRESSED FOR A PARTY.
COFFEE vs. BRANDY.
AMY'S QUESTION.
AN ANGEL IN DISGUISE.
WHICH WAS MOST THE LADY?
OTHER PEOPLE'S EYES.

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Arthur, T. S: After the Storm. v1. 1 Jan 2014

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Timothy Shay (T.S.) Arthur (June 6, 1809 – March 6, 1885) was a popular 19th-century American author. He is most famous for his temperance novel Ten Nights in a Bar-Room and What I Saw There (1854), which helped demonize alcohol in the eyes of the American public.

Excerrpt
As yet, all was silence and portentous gloom. Nature seemed to pause and hold her breath in dread anticipation. Then came a muffled, jarring sound, as of far distant artillery, which died away into an oppressive stillness. Suddenly from zenith to horizon the cloud was cut by a fiery stroke, an instant visible. Following this, a heavy thunder-peal shook the solid earth, and rattled in booming echoes along the hillsides and amid the cloudy caverns above.

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Arthur, T. S: All's for the Best. v1. 2 Jan 2014

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Timothy Shay (T.S.) Arthur (June 6, 1809 – March 6, 1885) was a popular 19th-century American author. He is most famous for his temperance novel Ten Nights in a Bar-Room and What I Saw There (1854), which helped demonize alcohol in the eyes of the American public.

Excerpt
I HAVE no faith in anything," said a poor doubter, who had trusted in human prudence, and been disappointed; who had endeavored to walk by the lumine of self-derived intelligence, instead of by the light of divine truth, and so lost his way in the world. He was fifty years old! What a sad confession for a man thus far on the journey of life. "No faith in anything."

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Arthur, T. S: Cast Adrift. v1. 2 Jan 2014

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Timothy Shay (T.S.) Arthur (June 6, 1809 – March 6, 1885) was a popular 19th-century American author. He is most famous for his temperance novel Ten Nights in a Bar-Room and What I Saw There (1854), which helped demonize alcohol in the eyes of the American public.

Excerpt
IN this romance of real life, in which the truth is stranger than the fiction, I have lifted only in part the veil that hides the victims of intemperance and other terrible vices—after they have fallen to the lower deeps of degradation to be found in our large cities, where the vile and degraded herd together more like wild beasts than men and women—and told the story of sorrow, suffering, crime and debasement as they really exist in Christian America with all the earnestness and power that in me lies.

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Arthur, T. S: Danger. v1. 2 Jan 2014

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Timothy Shay (T.S.) Arthur (June 6, 1809 – March 6, 1885) was a popular 19th-century American author. He is most famous for his temperance novel Ten Nights in a Bar-Room and What I Saw There (1854), which helped demonize alcohol in the eyes of the American public.

Wounded in the House of a Friend

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Arthur, T. S: Finger Posts on the Way of Life. v1. 3 Jan 2014

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Timothy Shay (T.S.) Arthur (June 6, 1809 – March 6, 1885) was a popular 19th-century American author. He is most famous for his temperance novel Ten Nights in a Bar-Room and What I Saw There (1854), which helped demonize alcohol in the eyes of the American public.

SHADOWS FROM A CLOUDED BROW
GENTLE HAND
WILL IT PAY
THE LAY PREACHER
HOW TO DESTROY A GOOD BUSINESS
THE TWO INVALIDS
MARRYING WELL
BLESSING OF A GOOD DEED
PAYING THE DOCTOR
THE LITTLE BOUND-BOY
EUTHANASY
THREE SCENES IN THE LIFE OF A WORLDLING
MATCH-MAKING
THE RETURN; OR, WHO IS IT

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Arthur, T. S: The Allen House. v1. 1 Jan 2014

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Timothy Shay (T.S.) Arthur (June 6, 1809 – March 6, 1885) was a popular 19th-century American author. He is most famous for his temperance novel Ten Nights in a Bar-Room and What I Saw There (1854), which helped demonize alcohol in the eyes of the American public.

Twenty Years Ago and Now

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Artzybashev, Mikhail Petrovich.: Sanine. v1, 17 Jan 2008

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From Wikipedia:

Mikhail Petrovich Artsybashev ( Russian: Михаил Арцыбашев October 24 Old Style 1878 - March 3, 1927) was a leading exponent of Naturalism in the Russian literature.

Sanine is a novel of the true originality of form and content. Its hero, twentysomething Sanin, after a long absence from home, comes back to visit his mother and sister. During his stay he meets varied people, some of whom are neutral, amazed, threatened or excited by his way of thinking about the world and human existence.

From the Preface:

"Sanine" is a thoroughly uncomfortable book, but it has a fierce energy which has carried it in a very short space of time into almost every country in Europe and at last into this country, where books, like everything else, are expected to be comfortable. It has roused fury both in Russia and in Germany, but, being rather a furious effort itself, it has thriven on that, and reached an enormous success. That is not necessarily testimony of a book's value or even of its power. On the other hand, no book becomes international merely by its capacity for shocking moral prejudices, or by its ability to titillate the curiosity of the senses. Every nation has its own writers who can shock and titillate. But not every nation has the torment of its existence coming to such a crisis that books like "Sanine" can spring to life in it.

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Asbjørnsen, P.C. & Moe, J.: Norske Folkeeventyr [Norwegian]. v1 Sep 2010

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Dette er utgaven av Asbjørnsen & Moe som finnes på runeberg.org, innskrevet av Kjell Nedrelid.

Norwegian Folk Tales from http://www.runeberg.org, transcribed by Kjell Nedrelid.

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Ashdown, Clifford: The Assyrian Rejuvenator. V1. 8 Mar 2011

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Clifford ASHDOWN [Pseudonym of R Austin FREEMAN (1862-1943) and John James PITCAIRN (1860-1936)]

Inflated claims about the powers of an expensive elixir put private investigator Romney Pringle in pursuit of a ruthless con man. The trckster has reason to believe that his customers won't complain, but Pingle sets out to destroy the crooked business.

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Ashdown, Clifford: The Complete Adventures of Romney Pringle; v1

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Twelve short stories of the very dubious Victorian era "private investigator" Romney Pringle, the creation of R. Austin Freeman (1860-1943) and J J Pitcairn (1860-1936) under the pseudonym Clifford Ashdown. The first six stories were collected in "The Adventures of Romney Pringle" in 1902, but the remaining six were only published as a book as late as 1970.

This edition contains all 12 stories:

1. The Assyrian Rejuvenator
2. The Foreign Office Despatch
3. The Chicago Heiress
4. The Lizard's Scale
5. The Paste Diamonds
6. The Kailyard Novel
7. The Submarine Boat
8. The Kimblerley Fugitive
9. The Silkworms of Florence
10. The Box of Specie
11. The Silver Ingots
12. The House of Detention

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Ashdown, Clifford: The Dr Wilkinson Stories (1904-5); v1

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Clifford Ashdown was the pseudonym of R. Austin Freeman (1860-1943) and J J Pitcairn (1860-1936).

This volume contain the only six short stories of the adventures of Dr Wilkinson, a problem-solving doctor, which were published in 1904-05 in Cassell's Magazine, but not collected until the 1970s, under the title "From a Surgeon's Diary".

1. The Adventure at Heath Crest
2. How I Acted for an Invalid Doctor
3. How I Attended a Nervous Patient
4. How I Met a Very Ignorant Practitioner
5. How I Cured a Hopeless Paralytic
6. How I Helped to Lay a Ghost

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Ashdown, Clifford: The Silkworms of Florence. V1. 8 Mar 2011

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Clifford ASHDOWN [Pseudonym of R Austin FREEMAN (1862-1943) and John James PITCAIRN (1860-1936)]

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"AND this is all that's left of Brede now." The old beadle withdrew his hand, and the skull, with a rattle as of an empty wooden box, fell in its iron cage again.

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Ashdown, Clifford: THe Submarine Boat. V1. 8 Mar 2011

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Clifford ASHDOWN [Pseudonym of R Austin FREEMAN (1862-1943) and John James PITCAIRN (1860-1936)]

The further adventures of Romney Pringle

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Assad, Josef: The Banjo Players Must Die. v1, 8 Mar 2008

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From the authors web site:

http://www.sancairodicopenhagen.com/...ayers_must_die

For the first time, the truth about the monumental cock-up that is Doomsday is revealed. Centuries of sloppy research and abysmal story telling skills converge to bring you [The Banjo Players Must Die[/, an account of celestial incompetence and molested rodents.

A new novel, Creative Commons licensed, which could have been written by fifteen monkeys given about two weeks with well oiled typewriters.

Celebrate the release of my first novel, if you must, by expressing outrage and indignation that the innocent term "novel" has been sullied so.

From a review of the book posted on authors website:

"Josef Assad's novel should be the next big thing. Think Chuck Palahniuk meets Thomas Pynchon meets Douglas Adams. And of all of it- or so the voices in my head seem to tell me-told in the familiar voice of Monty Python. On Crack. To be taken in small does only-there's so much going on. And yes, some of the puns are not as funny as the author thinks, but some are outright brilliant. And the footnotes! Read the footnotes!"

Note: This book can be pretty vulgar at times so if you are easily offended I would stay away from this one.

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Assolant, Alfred: Les Aventures du Capitaine Corcoran 1re partie (french) 21 nov 2008

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AVENTURES MERVEILLEUSES MAIS AUTHENTIQUES DU CAPITAINE CORCORAN part 1.

Après mon premier essai de production d'un ebook français (avec un succès moins que fulgurant) voici les pittoresques aventures du capitaine Corcoran en Inde (avec illustrations). Si ce premier tome trouve quelques intéressés, je vais aussi convertir le deuxième.

[QUOTL'Académie des sciences (de Lyon) et le capitaine Corcoran.

Ce jour-là,—le 29 septembre 1856,—vers trois heures de l'après-midi, l'Académie des sciences de Lyon était en séance et dormait unanimement. Il faut dire, pour l'excuse de messieurs les académiciens, qu'on leur lisait depuis midi le Résumé succinct des travaux du célèbre docteur Maurice Schwartz, de Schwartzhausen, sur l'empreinte que laisse dans la poussière la patte gauche d'une araignée qui n'a pas déjeuné. Du reste, aucun des dormeurs ne s'était rendu sans combat. L'un, avant d'appuyer ses coudes sur la table et sa tête sur ses coudes, avait essayé d'esquisser à la plume le profil d'un sénateur romain, mais le sommeil l'avait surpris au moment où sa main savante traçait les plis de la toge; un autre avait construit un vaisseau de ligne avec une feuille de papier blanc, et le doux ronflement qu'il faisait entendre semblait un vent léger destiné à enfler les voiles du navire. Le président seul, penché en arrière et appuyé sur le dossier de son fauteuil, dormait avec dignité, et,—la main sur la sonnette, comme un soldat sous les armes,—gardait une attitude imposante.[/QUOT
Un conte drôle, rocambolesque et plein d'action!

Have fun!

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Assolant, Alfred: Les Aventures du Capitaine Corcoran part 2 (french) v1 27 nov 2008

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AVENTURES MERVEILLEUSES MAIS AUTHENTIQUES DU CAPITAINE CORCORAN part 2

Voilà part 2 des aventures de notre valeureux capitaine en Inde

Quelque action extraite du coeur du texte:

[QUOTLes Anglais s'avançaient en bon ordre, mais sur un terrain désavantageux. A droite et à gauche de la grande route s'étendaient de vastes marais. Corcoran, qui avait d'avance étudié le champ de bataille, profita de cette disposition du terrain.

Son artillerie enfilait la chaussée. Derrière l'artillerie, on apercevait une nombreuse infanterie destinée à la soutenir.

Pour lui, à la tête de six régiments de cavalerie et de huit régiments d'infanterie (car il n'avait laissé derrière ses canons qu'une faible partie de son corps d'armée, afin de faire prendre le change à l'ennemi sur ses desseins), il fit secrètement le tour des marais, s'engagea dans les jungles et tomba tout à coup sur les derrières des Anglais.

On ne croira pas sans doute qu'il soit nécessaire de donner une description de la bataille. Corcoran, qui aurait pu être à volonté Alexandre, Annibal ou César, mais qui préférait être Corcoran, remporta une victoire complète. Pendant que son artillerie barrait la route aux Anglais et, à chaque décharge, emportait des files entières, il entrait avec sa cavalerie parmi eux comme le couteau dans le beurre, et les Mahrattes, excités par son exemple, firent des merveilles.

Mais rien n'approchait de Louison.

Elle s'avançait lentement à la droite de Corcoran, comme un bon colonel qui va passer en revue son régiment; mais aussitôt qu'elle aperçut les habits rouges, elle bondit de fureur, et, sans que personne pût la retenir, elle s'élança sur eux.

En un clin d'oeil, elle eut étranglé quatre ou cinq officiers de marque. En vain Corcoran voulait la rappeler. Elle n'écoutait plus rien.

Cependant, les Anglais, mis d'abord en désordre par cette attaque imprévue, reprenaient lentement leur sang-froid.

Barclay, sans s'étonner, reçut intrépidement la charge impétueuse de Corcoran, et, reconnaissant le maharajah dans la mêlée, donna ordre à cinquante cavaliers bien montés de s'attacher à ses pas et de faire tous leurs efforts pour le tuer. Lui-même se mit à leur tête, jugeant avec raison que la mort du maharajah terminerait promptement la guerre.

Il s'en fallut de peu que le calcul de Barclay ne réussît; mais il avait compté sans Louison.

La tigresse s'aperçut bientôt qu'on cherchait à envelopper Corcoran. A cette vue, elle fit un bond formidable qui la porta au milieu d'un gros de cavaliers, parmi lesquels le Malouin entouré s'ouvrait à grand'peine un passage à coups de pointe.[/QUOT
De l'action, toujours de l'action

Source PG, traité façon MTH, couverture MTH aussi, richement illustré

Have fun

PS: Quelques autres oeuvres d'Assolant vous attendent, si vous voulez.

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Astor, John Jacob IV: A Journey in Other Worlds. v1. 3 Feb 2008

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A Journey in Other Worlds is by John Jacob Astor IV and was published in 1894. The illustrations in this version were done by Dan Beard.

From Wikipedia article about A Journey in Other Worlds: “It contains a fictional account of life in the year 2000. It contains much speculation about technological invention, including descriptions of a world-wide telephone network, solar powar, air travel, space travel to the planets Saturn and Jupiter, and a plan to adjust the Earth's axial tilt.”

“John Jacob Astor IV (July 13, 1864 – April 15, 1912) was an American millionaire businessman, inventor, writer, a member of the prominent Astor family, and a lieutenant colonel in the Spanish-American War. He died in the sinking of the RMS Titanic.”

“Daniel Carter "Uncle Dan" Beard (June 21, 1850 – June 11, 1941) was an American illustrator, author, and social reformer who founded the Sons of Daniel Boone in 1905, which Beard later merged with the Boy Scouts of America (BSA).”

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Atherton, Gertrude: The Avalanche. V1. 8 Jun 2011

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Gertrude Franklin Horn Atherton (October 30, 1857 – June 14, 1948) was an American writer. Atherton, was an American Feminist and writer of social and historical fiction, much of it set in California. Although her reputation is founded primarily on her California fiction and essays, as well as her biography of Alexander Hamilton, Atherton also produced a number of Gothic stories, some of them, such as The Bell in the Fog, were considered significant achievements in the Gothic/supernaturalist tradition.

The Avalanche begins: Price Ruyler knew that many secrets had been inhumed by the earthquake and fire of San Francisco and wondered if his wife's had been one of them. After all, she had been born in this city of odd and whispered pasts, and there were moments when his silent mother-in-law suggested a past of her own.

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Atherton, Gertrude: The Doomswoman. V1. 2011

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Gertrude Franklin Horn Atherton (October 30, 1857 – June 14, 1948) was an American writer. Atherton, was an American Feminist and writer of social and historical fiction, much of it set in California. Although her reputation is founded primarily on her California fiction and essays, as well as her biography of Alexander Hamilton, Atherton also produced a number of Gothic stories, some of them, such as The Bell in the Fog, were considered significant achievements in the Gothic/supernaturalist tradition.

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It was at Governor Alvarado's house in Monterey that Chonita first knew of Diego Estenega. I had told him much of her, but had never cared to mention the name of Estenega in the presence of an Iturbi y Moncada. Chonita came to Monterey to stand godmother to the child of Alvarado and of her friend Dona Martina, his wife. She arrived the morning before the christening, and no one thought to tell her that Estenega was to be godfather. The house was full of girls, relatives of the young mother, gathered for the ceremony and subsequent week of festivities. Benicia, my little one, was at the rancho with Ysabel Herrera, and I was staying with the Alvarados. So many were the guests that Chonita and I slept together. We had not seen each other for a year, and had so much to say that we did not sleep at all. She was ten years younger than I, but we were as close friends as she with her alternate frankness and reserve would permit. But I had spent several months of each year since childhood at her home in Santa Barbara, and I knew her better than she knew herself; when, later, I read her journal, I found little in it to surprise me, but much to fill and cover with shapely form the skeleton of the story which passed in greater part before my eyes.

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Atherton, Gertrude: A Daughter of the Vine. V1. 10 Jun 2011

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Gertrude Franklin Horn Atherton (October 30, 1857 – June 14, 1948) was an American writer. Atherton, was an American Feminist and writer of social and historical fiction, much of it set in California. Although her reputation is founded primarily on her California fiction and essays, as well as her biography of Alexander Hamilton, Atherton also produced a number of Gothic stories, some of them, such as The Bell in the Fog, were considered significant achievements in the Gothic/supernaturalist tradition.

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He referred to the lot catalogued as “No. 107,” and described as “Wedding-dress, shoes, etc.”
“Don’t sell that!” The very old-clo’ man remonstrated this time.
It seemed worse than the sale of the funeral wreath. The dress was heavy white satin—had been, that is; it was yellowed with time. The tiny shoes had evidently been worn but once.

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Atherton, Gertrude: Ancestors. V1. 8 Jun 2011

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Gertrude Franklin Horn Atherton (October 30, 1857 – June 14, 1948) was an American writer. Atherton, was an American Feminist and writer of social and historical fiction, much of it set in California. Although her reputation is founded primarily on her California fiction and essays, as well as her biography of Alexander Hamilton, Atherton also produced a number of Gothic stories, some of them, such as The Bell in the Fog, were considered significant achievements in the Gothic/supernaturalist tradition.

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"MY LORD,—I murdered Brathland. In cold blood—saving the fact that I was drunk. My entire private fortune has gone for purposes of blackmail. Even that might not have saved me eventually from the hangman, we have grown so damned democratic. All things considered, I am sure you will agree that it is quite proper I should make the exit of a gentleman while there is yet time. Jack will give you further particulars, should you care to listen to them

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Atherton, Gertrude: Black Oxen. V1. 9 Jun 2011

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Gertrude Franklin Horn Atherton (October 30, 1857 – June 14, 1948) was an American writer. Atherton, was an American Feminist and writer of social and historical fiction, much of it set in California. Although her reputation is founded primarily on her California fiction and essays, as well as her biography of Alexander Hamilton, Atherton also produced a number of Gothic stories, some of them, such as The Bell in the Fog, were considered significant achievements in the Gothic/supernaturalist tradition.

Screen version of "Black Oxen", starring Conway Tearle and Corinne Griffith. From the author of "Sisters- in-law", a gossipy frolick through the world of theatre in NYC in the teens. Romance, mysteries, and general histrionics with the dashing Clavering and co. All ends well in this fun period piece. Title comes from Yeats quote. Atherton was a master of this genre!

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Atherton, Gertrude: Rezanov. V1. 11 Jun 2011

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Gertrude Franklin Horn Atherton (October 30, 1857 – June 14, 1948) was an American writer. Atherton, was an American Feminist and writer of social and historical fiction, much of it set in California. Although her reputation is founded primarily on her California fiction and essays, as well as her biography of Alexander Hamilton, Atherton also produced a number of Gothic stories, some of them, such as The Bell in the Fog, were considered significant achievements in the Gothic/supernaturalist tradition.

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A long list of works Gertrude Atherton has to her credit as a writer. She is indisputably a woman of genius. Not that her genius is distinctively feminine, though she is in matters historical a pas-sionate partisan. Most of the critics who approve her work agree that in the main she views life with somewhat of the masculine spirit of liberality. She is as much the realist as one can be who is saturated with the romance that is California, her birthplace and her home, if such a true cosmopolite as she can be said to have a home.

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Atherton, Gertrude: Senator North. V1. 12 Jun 2011

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Gertrude Franklin Horn Atherton (October 30, 1857 – June 14, 1948) was an American writer. Atherton, was an American Feminist and writer of social and historical fiction, much of it set in California. Although her reputation is founded primarily on her California fiction and essays, as well as her biography of Alexander Hamilton, Atherton also produced a number of Gothic stories, some of them, such as The Bell in the Fog, were considered significant achievements in the Gothic/supernaturalist tradition.

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The load of care had lifted itself and gone. She had done the right thing, the momentous question was settled for the present, and Betty Madison had merely to shake her shoulders and enjoy life again. She threw open the window and let in the sun. There had been a rain-storm in the night and then a severe frost. The ice glistened on the naked trees, encasing and jewelling them. A park near by looked as if the crystal age of the world had come. The bronze equestrian statue within that little wood of radiant trees alone defied the ice-storm, as if the dignity of the death it represented rebuked the lavish hand of Nature.

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Atherton, Gertrude: Sleeping Fires. V1. 13 Jun 2011

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Gertrude Franklin Horn Atherton (October 30, 1857 – June 14, 1948) was an American writer. Atherton, was an American Feminist and writer of social and historical fiction, much of it set in California. Although her reputation is founded primarily on her California fiction and essays, as well as her biography of Alexander Hamilton, Atherton also produced a number of Gothic stories, some of them, such as The Bell in the Fog, were considered significant achievements in the Gothic/supernaturalist tradition.

Book Description: Sleeping Fires is a gripping Victorian melodrama about Madeleine, a brilliant young woman from Boston who comes to San Francisco after the Civil War as bride of gruff Dr. Talbot. She soon wearies of her successful role in high society and turns to Langdon Masters, an intellectual and journalist from Virginia who reintroduces her to the world of ideas. This launches a shocking series of events that forces Madeleine to take charge and save them both from self-destruction.

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Atherton, Gertrude: The Bell in the Fog and Other Stories (gothic). v1. 12 Nov 2020

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HE BELL IN THE FOG and Other Stories

[This book was originally published in 1905; added stories “The Sacrificial Altar” and “The Foghorn” in 1934. This book is in the public domain in countries where copyright is “Life+70” or less.[/

Eleven stories in a gothic mood, with underpinnings of horror and touches of the supernatural.

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Gertrude Franklin Horn Atherton (October 30, 1857 – June 14, 1948) was an American author. In addition to numerous novels, many of which are set in her home state of California she wrote short stories, essays, and articles on such issues as feminism, politics, and war. Her sensational bestseller [Black Oxen[/ (1923) was made into a silent movie of the same name.

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Atherton, Gertrude: The Bell in the Fog and Other Stories. V1. 9 Jun 2011

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Gertrude Franklin Horn Atherton (October 30, 1857 – June 14, 1948) was an American writer. Atherton, was an American Feminist and writer of social and historical fiction, much of it set in California. Although her reputation is founded primarily on her California fiction and essays, as well as her biography of Alexander Hamilton, Atherton also produced a number of Gothic stories, some of them, such as The Bell in the Fog, were considered significant achievements in the Gothic/supernaturalist tradition.

Tales of Mystery and the supernatural

The Bell in the Fog
The Striding Place
The Dead and the Countess
The Greatest Good of the Greatest Number
A Monarch of a Small Survey
The Tragedy of a Snob
Crowned with One Crest
Death and the Woman
A Prologue
Talbot of Ursula

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Atherton, Gertrude: The Californians. V1. 9 Jun 2011

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Gertrude Franklin Horn Atherton (October 30, 1857 – June 14, 1948) was an American writer. Atherton, was an American Feminist and writer of social and historical fiction, much of it set in California. Although her reputation is founded primarily on her California fiction and essays, as well as her biography of Alexander Hamilton, Atherton also produced a number of Gothic stories, some of them, such as The Bell in the Fog, were considered significant achievements in the Gothic/supernaturalist tradition.

This book depicts life in California at the turn of the century as seen through the experiences of the shy, plain daughter of a Spanish grandee and the vivacious, beautiful daughter of a San Francisco entrepreneur.

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Atherton, Gertrude: The Conqueror. V1. 10 Jun 2011

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Gertrude Franklin Horn Atherton (October 30, 1857 – June 14, 1948) was an American writer. Atherton, was an American Feminist and writer of social and historical fiction, much of it set in California. Although her reputation is founded primarily on her California fiction and essays, as well as her biography of Alexander Hamilton, Atherton also produced a number of Gothic stories, some of them, such as The Bell in the Fog, were considered significant achievements in the Gothic/supernaturalist tradition.

Excerpt
It was my original intention to write a biography of Alexander Hamilton in a more flexible manner than is customary with that method of reintroducing the dead to the living, but without impinging upon the territory of fiction. But after a visit to the British and Danish West Indies in search of the truth regarding his birth and ancestry, and after a wider acquaintance with the generally romantic character of his life, to say nothing of the personality of this most endearing and extraordinary of all our public men, the instinct of the novelist proved too strong; I no sooner had pen in hand than I found myself working in the familiar medium, although preserving the historical sequence. But, after all, what is a character novel but a dramatized biography?

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Atherton, Gertrude: The Gorgeous Isle. V1. 11 Jun 2011

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Gertrude Franklin Horn Atherton (October 30, 1857 – June 14, 1948) was an American writer. Atherton, was an American Feminist and writer of social and historical fiction, much of it set in California. Although her reputation is founded primarily on her California fiction and essays, as well as her biography of Alexander Hamilton, Atherton also produced a number of Gothic stories, some of them, such as The Bell in the Fog, were considered significant achievements in the Gothic/supernaturalist tradition.

Excerpt
BATH HOUSE. This hotel was erected in 1804 at a cost of £40,000, although built entirely by slaves. Its varied and brilliant career came to an end some time in the forties. The tide of fashion turned, and as it was too large for a private residence, it was left to the elements. Earthquakes have riven it, hurricanes unroofed it, and time devoured it, but it is still magnificent in its ruin.

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Atherton, Gertrude: The Sisters-In-Law. V1. 13 Jun 2011

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Gertrude Franklin Horn Atherton (October 30, 1857 – June 14, 1948) was an American writer. Atherton, was an American Feminist and writer of social and historical fiction, much of it set in California. Although her reputation is founded primarily on her California fiction and essays, as well as her biography of Alexander Hamilton, Atherton also produced a number of Gothic stories, some of them, such as The Bell in the Fog, were considered significant achievements in the Gothic/supernaturalist tradition.

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She had never imagined that any entertainment could be so brilliant, even among the despised nouveaux riches, nor that there were so many flowers even in California. Her own coming-out party in the dark double parlors of the old house among the eucalyptus trees, whose moans and sighs could be heard above the thin music of piano and violin, had been so formal and dull that she had cried herself to sleep after the last depressed member of the old set had left on the stroke of midnight. Even Aileen's high mocking spirits had failed her, and she had barely been able to summon them for a moment as she kissed the friend, to whom she was sincerely devoted, a sympathetic good-night.

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Atherton, Gertrude: The Splendid Idle Forties. V1. 13 Jun 201

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Gertrude Franklin Horn Atherton (October 30, 1857 – June 14, 1948) was an American writer. Atherton, was an American Feminist and writer of social and historical fiction, much of it set in California. Although her reputation is founded primarily on her California fiction and essays, as well as her biography of Alexander Hamilton, Atherton also produced a number of Gothic stories, some of them, such as The Bell in the Fog, were considered significant achievements in the Gothic/supernaturalist tradition.

These are stories of Old California, perhaps the best known collection of stories of that romantic period of California history when the incoming Americans were first intermingling with the Californians of rancho and presidio. Atherton's stories of love and death, bull and bear fights, moonlight meriendas, horse races and fancy dress balls, are increasingly meaningful and precious. They are truly classics of Californiana.

Gertrude Atherton was the daughter of a Yankee businessman from California and a southern belle. She spent the first thirty years of her life in and around San Francisco, a city whose history and destiny she utilized as the subject and background for her favorite character, the new western woman. Atherton's genius lay in her ability to tell an exciting story about a character or group of characters worthy of attention as they confronted the environmental and psychological circumstances of their lives. Now largely forgotten, novelist and short story writer Atherton at the height of her popularity often was ranked with Edith Wharton.

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Atherton, Gertrude: The Striding-Place and Other Horror Stories. V1. 2 Dec 2012

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Gertrude Franklin Horn Atherton (October 30, 1857 – June 14, 1948) was an American writer. Atherton, was an American Feminist and writer of social and historical fiction, much of it set in California. Although her reputation is founded primarily on her California fiction and essays, as well as her biography of Alexander Hamilton, Atherton also produced a number of Gothic stories, some of them, such as The Bell in the Fog, were considered significant achievements in the Gothic/supernaturalist tradition.

THE STRIDING-PLACE
THE DEAD AND THE COUNTESS
THE GREATEST GOOD OF THE GREATEST NUMBER
DEATH AND THE WOMAN

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Atherton, Gertrude: The Valiant Runaways. V1. 15 Jun 2011

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Gertrude Franklin Horn Atherton (October 30, 1857 – June 14, 1948) was an American writer. Atherton, was an American Feminist and writer of social and historical fiction, much of it set in California. Although her reputation is founded primarily on her California fiction and essays, as well as her biography of Alexander Hamilton, Atherton also produced a number of Gothic stories, some of them, such as The Bell in the Fog, were considered significant achievements in the Gothic/supernaturalist tradition.

Ecerpt
In less than two hours they were climbing a mountain trail leading through a dense redwood forest. In these depths the moon's rays were scattered into mere flecks dropping here and there through the thick interlacing boughs of the giant trees. Those boughs were a hundred feet and more above their heads. About them was a dense underforest of young redwoods, pines, and great ferns; and swarming over all luxuriant and poisonous creepers.

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Atherton, Gertrude: What Dreams May Come. V1. 15 Jun 2011

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Gertrude Franklin Horn Atherton (October 30, 1857 – June 14, 1948) was an American writer. Atherton, was an American Feminist and writer of social and historical fiction, much of it set in California. Although her reputation is founded primarily on her California fiction and essays, as well as her biography of Alexander Hamilton, Atherton also produced a number of Gothic stories, some of them, such as The Bell in the Fog, were considered significant achievements in the Gothic/supernaturalist tradition.

Gertrude Atherton tells the story of perilous romance whose effects are felt beyond their time — and across generations.

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Atkey, Bertram: The Mystery of the Glass Bullet, 1931, v1, 1 Jan 2023

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Pulpmeister

Bertram Atkey, 1880-1952

One of the "Smiler" Bunn series of crime/adventure novels.

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Atkinson, Eleanor: Greyfriars' Bobby, (v.1.)

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Pulpmeister

American author Eleanor Stackhouse Atkinson (1863-1942) is best remembered for her hugely popular novel (or is it a biography?) "Greyfriars' Bobby" (1912). This popular work recounted the famous story of the loyal dog who refused to leave his master's grave in Edinburgh's Greyfriars' Churchyard and became a local legend. Most of the modern versions of the story probably stem from this book.

Despite the fact that she never went anywhere near Scotland in her life, the depiction of the city atmosphere, and of the dialect, is convincing. It is likely she was originally told the story by a Scottish immigrant.

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- Greyfriars Bobby (1912) - Eleanor Atkinson.azw3 (Note: file extension not Kindle-compatible)

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Atkinson, William Walker: Reincarnation and the Law of Karma, v.1, 4 Jan 2008.

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Patricia

William Walker Atkinson (1862-1932)
Reincarnation and the Law of Karma
A Study of the Old-New World-Doctrine of Rebirth, And Spiritual Cause and Effect
Published and Sold By Yogi Publication Society, 1908,

A popular study of the concepts of karma and reincarnation.

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Aubrey, Frank: A Queen of Atlantis: A Romance of the Caribbean Sea. v1. 07 Feb 2022

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GrannyGrump

One of a loosely-linked trio of books about a “lost civilization” in South America, featuring the mysterious giant Monella. These are: the prequel, [A Queen of Atlantis[/ (1898); [The Devil-tree of El Dorado[/ (1896); and [King of the Dead[/ (1903).

[A Queen of Atlantis[/ is a wild and romantic tale of adventure, full of delightful, fantastical situations. The story relates the discovery of a telepathic race living on an island in the Sargasso Sea.

“The Atlantis myth has fascinated men for over two thousand years. but at no time has it received more attention than at the beginning of the last century. One of the better books dealing with this theme is Aubrey’s [Queen of Atlantis[/.

A group of four Americans on a Caribbean cruise is marooned in the mysterious Sargasso Sea by a mutinous crew. Alter several dangerous encounters with assorted sea monsters. they discover the hidden island of Atlantis, peopled by a race of men living in beauty and splendor, just as they did thousands of years ago, when Atlantis was a mighty empire. The Atlanteans welcome the party, hailing the American heroine, Vanina, as their long-awaited Queen. Monella, the god-like stranger who has become the leader of Atlantis, seeks the Americans’ help in defeating the forces of neighboring Karanda, who have invaded the island.”
(— [Classics of Fantastic Literature[/, 2005)

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Francis Henry “Frank” Atkins (6 Jul 1847 – 21 Oct 1927) was a British writer of “pulp fiction”, in particular, science fiction aimed at younger readers. He wrote under the pseudonyms Frank Aubrey, Fenton Ash, and Fred Ashley. In his chosen market, he was extremely successful and influential. Although contributing little to the sophistication of SF, he played an important role in its history.

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[A Queen of Atlantis[/, by Frank Atkins/Aubrey (1847–1927), was first published in 1898. [This ebook is in the public domain where copyright is “Life+90” or less, and in the USA[/.
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Aubrey, Frank: King of the Dead: A Weird Romance. v1. 07 Feb 2022

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GrannyGrump

One of a loosely-linked trio of books about a “lost civilization” in South America, featuring the mysterious giant Monella. These are: the prequel, [A Queen of Atlantis[/ (1898); [The Devil-tree of El Dorado[/ (1896); and [King of the Dead[/ (1903).

Don Lorenzo approaches Arnold Neville to lead an expedition into the South American interior. When Neville refuses, Lorenzo kidnaps Neville’s fiancée and her mother, challenging him to follow. Arnold and his friend, Gordon Leslie, take up the chase. They encounter a scientist and his daughter: Manzoni, as he is called, is the exiled king of the city where Lorenzo (called Lyostrah) now rules. All the while, weird events are occurring: Ogres from a huge fortress in the center of the land are killing and eating people in the night; Alloyah, the arch-priestess, is using her power to raise the dead. Will Manzoni prevail and be restored as the rightful heir to the throne?
(— publisher)

“A highly pleasing amalgam of lost world/lost race tropes, jungle adventure, fantasy, super-science, and horror, this page-turner practically busts a gut to guarantee a rousing good time...and succeeds marvelously, at that.”
(— Goodreads)

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Francis Henry “Frank” Atkins (6 Jul 1847 – 21 Oct 1927) was a British writer of “pulp fiction”, in particular, science fiction aimed at younger readers. He wrote under the pseudonyms Frank Aubrey, Fenton Ash, and Fred Ashley. In his chosen market, he was extremely successful and influential. Although contributing little to the sophistication of SF, he played an important role in its history.

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[King of the Dead[/, by Frank Atkins/Aubrey (1847–1927), was first published in 1903. [This ebook is in the public domain where copyright is “Life+90” or less, and in the USA[/.
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Aubrey, Frank: The Devil-tree of El Dorado. v1. 07 Feb 2022

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GrannyGrump

One of a loosely-linked trio of books about a “lost civilization” in South America, featuring the mysterious giant Monella. These are: the prequel, [A Queen of Atlantis[/ (1898); [The Devil-tree of El Dorado[/ (1896); and [King of the Dead[/ (1903).

A trio of adventurers explore the then-exotic and forbidding plateau of Roraima, to find the lost city of Manoa (El Dorado).

“Mt. Roraima [in South America] is believed to have inspired the setting for Arthur Conan Doyle’s 1912 classic The Lost World, where prehistoric creatures survived on a plateau. It certainly fits the bill. Defended by seemingly impenetrable 400-metre-high cliffs, the flat summit of Mt Roraima is home to many species found nowhere else on Earth. These endemic plants and animals have developed to be truly out of this world.”
(— from the Lonely Planet book [The World’s Great Wonders[/, 2014).

Frank Aubrey beat Doyle to the punch by 15 years. This “lost world” novel is somewhat reminiscent of the style of Edgar Rice Burroughs ([Pellucidar[/, etc.) or Robert E. Howard ([Conan[/, etc.)

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Francis Henry “Frank” Atkins (6 Jul 1847 – 21 Oct 1927) was a British writer of “pulp fiction”, in particular, science fiction aimed at younger readers. He wrote under the pseudonyms Frank Aubrey, Fenton Ash, and Fred Ashley. In his chosen market, he was extremely successful and influential. Although contributing little to the sophistication of SF, he played an important role in its history.

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[The Devil-tree of El Dorado[/, by Frank Atkins/Aubrey (1847–1927), was first published in 1896. [This ebook is in the public domain where copyright is “Life+90” or less, and in the USA[/.
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Audoux, Marguerite: Marie Claire, v.1, 3 September 2008.

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Patricia

Marguerite Audoux (1863-1937): Marie Claire.
(1910, English translation, 1911.)
Translated by John N. Raphael
With an Introduction by Arnold Bennett and an Afterword by the Translator

A semi-fictionalised autobiographical novel by a seamstress, who was discovered by Octave Mirbeau, this book won several prizes and is notable for the beauty of its language.

“The first part of the novel tells the story of her mother's death, of her father's departure, and of the nine years she spent in the orphanage of the convent Hôpital Général de Bourges. It was a dark period, made brighter however by the guiding presence of Sister Marie-Aimée. The second part of the novel takes place on the farm in Villevielle where Marie-Claire's first employers Master Sylvain and Pauline surround the young shepherdess with good-hearted affection. In the third part, Marie-Claire, now a young woman, falls in love with Henri Deslois, the brother of the farmer's wife who followed Pauline. The young man's mother forbids Marie-Claire to see her son again. Marie-Claire returns to the convent where she sees Sister Marie-Aimée before leaving again for Paris.”
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marguerite_Audoux

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Auerbach, Berthold: Christian Gellert's Last Christmas, v.1, 14 Dec 2008

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vivaldirules

This 1869 short story is about one Professor Christian Gellert beginning on the afternoon of December 22, 1768 in Leipzig.

Enjoy! (gosh, how I love Christmas short stories)

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Augustine of Hippo, Saint: Of Christian Doctrine, v.1, 14 June 2008.

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Patricia

An English translation of [De Doctrina Christiana.[/ The first three books were written in 397 CE, and the fourth was added in 426 CE.
This is an anonymous Victorian translation from the ‘Select Library of Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers.’

As well as exegesis, Augustine uses his training in logic and rhetoric, noting that these are useful skills.

There were a number of OCR errors in the original file. If you find some that I have missed then please pm me, so that I can do a corrected version.

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Augustine of Hippo, Saint: The Enchiridion [On Faith, Hope & Love], v.1, 16 June 2008

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Patricia

The Enchiridion [Handbook on Faith, Hope and Lov.
Translated by J.F. Shaw.
From Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, First Series, Vol. 3. Edited by Philip Schaff. (Buffalo, NY: Christian Literature Publishing Co., 1887.)

St. Augustine speaks of this book in his Retractations, l. ii. c. 63, as follows:
“I also wrote a book on Faith, Hope, and Charity, at the request of the person to whom I addressed it, that he might have a work of mine which should never be out of his hands, such as the Greeks call an Enchiridion (Handbook). There I think I have pretty carefully treated of the manner in which God is to be worshipped, which knowledge divine Scripture defines to be the true wisdom of man. The book begins: ‘I cannot express,’ etc.”

Contains discussions about evil, error and some speculation about angels. There are interesting views about an afterlife. Conjoined twins will be resurrected with separate bodies.

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Augustine of Hippo, Saint: The Soliloquies, v.1, 15 June 2008.

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Patricia

[The Soliloquies of St. Augustine[/, translated into English by Rose Elizabeth Cleveland. With Notes and Introduction by the Translator (Boston: Little, Brown, and Co., 1910).

This work was written at the time of Augustine’s conversion to Christianity, and is a justification of that conversion. Hence it covers similar ground to that in the Confessions (a much later and more polished work). The Soliloquies takes the form of a dialogue between Augustine and his sense of Reason (‘Ratio’ in the original Latin).
The Second Book has an interesting discussion of the nature of existence, which partially anticipates Descartes’ Cogito.

The spelling is American English.

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Augustine: City of God - v 1 - 22 June 07

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RWood

One of the true greats in thought.

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Aumonier, Stacy: The Golden Windmill and other stories (1921), v1

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Pulpmeister

Stacy Aumonier (1877-1928) was a British author best known as a short story writer, highly esteemed by his contemporaries. Some six volumes of his short stories were published in his lifetime.

1: The Golden Windmill
2: A Source of Irritation
3: The Brothers
4: "Old Iron"
5: Little White Frock
6: A Good Action
7: Them Others
8: The Bent Tree
9: The Great Unimpressionable

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Austen, Jane: Emma (Illustrated). v4. 30 Nov 2013

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HarryT

A fully illustrated version of Jane Austen's "Emma", with 24 full-page watercolour illustrations by C.E. Brock. The text is from Project Gutenberg, the illustrations from the web.

Description from Amazon:

Beautiful, clever, rich--and single--Emma Woodhouse is perfectly content with her life and sees no need for either love or marriage. Nothing, however, delights her more than interfering in the romantic lives of others. But when she ignores the warnings of her good friend Mr Knightley and attempts to arrange a suitable match for her protegee Harriet Smith, her carefully laid plans soon unravel and have consequences that she never expected. With its imperfect but charming heroine and its witty and subtle exploration of relationships, "Emma" is often seen as Jane Austen's most flawless work.

Illustrations are used, with thanks, from http://www.mollands.net and http://www.solitary-elegance.com. Both these web sites are great resources for all fans of Jane Austen!

Enjoy!

EDIT: 10 Aug 08

Reuploaded with a much improved cover. Thanks to Paul Durrant for this.

EDIT: 30 Nov 13

Completely proof-read and reformatted. Innumerable errors corrected, and several instances of missing text restored. I would now regard this as a "finished product", so please let me know if you find even the smallest remaining error. Uploaded v4.

Previous download count: 2147

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Austen, Jane: Emma, v1, 09Jan08

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Strether

A closely edited version of the novel, italics and accents added, as well as a toc. If Harry T produces one of his excellently crafted illustrated editions of the novel in this format, this version can be withdrawn.

I'd appreciate being notified of any errors any reader finds.

Jim

2/25/09 - This new version provides corrected metadata information as well as links to the book's table of contents. The previous version had 176 downloads.

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Austen, Jane: Lady Susan, v.1, 12 Jan 2008.

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Patricia

The text of this epistolary novel is derived from an untitled manuscript of 1805. However, it was probably written in 1793-4. [Lady Susan [/was unpublished in Jane Austen’s lifetime, eventually getting into print in 1871.

Can the Vernon family frustrate the plots of the cunning and selfish Lady Susan? Or will she arrange and unhappy, but financially beneficial marriage for her innocent daughter?

I tried the Sony Classics version but found it very poorly formatted, so made this up instead.

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Austen, Jane: Letters. v1, 7 Mar 2008

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HarryT

Letters of Jane Austen, edited, with an introduction and critical remarks, by Edward, Lord Brabourne.

This edition of Jane Austen's letters was edited by Jane Austen's great-nephew Edward Hugessen Knatchbull-Hugessen (the first Baron Brabourne, 1829-1893), and was published in 1884. It's neither complete (about two thirds of the letters now known to have survived are included), nor are the texts of the letters necessarily always transcribed with minute scholarly fidelity, but it's out of copyright, and includes many annotations and interesting comments on the letters.

There are some wonderful passages in these letters. One of my favourites is:

[Walter Scott has no business to write novels, especially good ones. It is not fair. He has fame and profit enough as a poet, and should not be taking the bread out of the mouths of other people.[/

Enjoy!

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Austen, Jane: Love and Friendship, v1, 20 Dec 2007

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Patricia

High-spirited satire on the gothic novel and Regency manners from the 14 year-old Jane Austen.

CONTENTS.
Love and Freindship [sic]
Lesley Castle
The History of England
Collection of Letters
Scraps

Here's one of my favourite passages (probably because I live near the river Usk):

“Beware my Laura (she would often say) Beware of the insipid Vanities and idle Dissipations of the Metropolis of England; Beware of the unmeaning Luxuries of Bath and of the stinking fish of Southampton.”
“Alas! (exclaimed I) how am I to avoid those evils I shall never be exposed to? What probability is there of my ever tasting the Dissipations of London, the Luxuries of Bath, or the stinking Fish of Southampton? I who am doomed to waste my Days of Youth and Beauty in an humble Cottage in the Vale of Uske.”
Ah! little did I then think I was ordained so soon to quit that humble Cottage for the Deceitfull Pleasures of the World.

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Austen, Jane: Mansfield Park (Illustrated). v4. 26 Feb 2013

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HarryT

A fully illustrated version of Jane Austen's "Mansfield Park", with 24 full-page watercolour illustrations by C.E.Brock.

Description, from an Amazon review:

[Mansfield Park[/, although certainly regarded as a part of the canon of English literature, is often considered to be the weakest, least dazzling of Austen's novels. Without the witty sparkle of [Pride and Prejudice[/ or the gothic indulgence of [Northanger Abbey[/, it has struggled at time to match the popularity of her other titles. But oh, what a treat those who pass over [Mansfield Park[/ are missing. Certainly, it is the most disturbing and perhaps the least superficially pleasing of Austen's output but it has rewards aplenty for the careful reader.

Mansfield Park, home of the affluent Bertram family, takes in a young poor relation with the overt intention of giving her the advantages of a good education and good connections while preserving her sense of gratitude and subservience. Fanny, the haplessly lucky chosen beneficiary of such benevolence is uprooted from friends, home, family and all that it familiar to take up residence in the grand house with her grand relations. Austen sets Fanny up as the heroine, designed to evoke the sympathy of the reader: this is a challenge for a modern audience, many of whom will find her weak and too self-deprecating to be genuinely engaging. And similarly, the sins and deficiencies in disposition and feeling with which Austen gifts brother and sister, Mary and Henry Crawford, may seem not so damning today as Austen intended. This however, does little to detract from the overall value of the novel itself. The relationship between the Bertram family and its colonial role (their wealth derives from sugar plantations in Antigua) is only hinted at overtly, but beautifully explored through the metaphorical position of Mansfield as the centre of all that is English. Similarly, contemporary values regarding manners, position, influence and identity are gently rolled out for the reader through the evolving relationship between the Bertrams and their acquaintances and within the family itself. And yet, with all this meat beneath the surface, there is still a gentle and touching domestic love story, which evolves over the course of the novel as the more passionate, less fatalistic engagements and attachments of side characters wax and wane.

[Mansfield Park[/ is a masterpiece of English manners, of Englishness and of empire.

Illustrations are used, with thanks, from http://www.mollands.net and http://www.solitary-elegance.com. Both these web sites are great resources for all fans of Jane Austen!

Enjoy!

EDIT: 10 Aug 08

Replaced the cover with a much improved one. Thanks to Paul Durrant for this.

EDIT: 26 Feb 13

Thoroughly proof-read against the Penguin Classics edition. Restored the first edition text. Corrected innumerable errors, including a great deal of missing text (one complete paragraph, a whole line, and many individual words). Converted to "curly quotes". I would now regard this as a finished work. If you find even the smallest error, please do let me know so that I can correct it. Uploaded v4.

Previous download count: 1442

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Austen, Jane: Mansfield Park, v1, 09Jan08

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Strether

A closely edited version of the novel, italics and accents added, as well as a toc. If Harry T produces one of his excellently crafted illustrated editions of the novel in this format, this version can be withdrawn.

I'd appreciate being notified of any errors any reader finds.

Jim

2/25/09 - This new version provides corrected metadata information as well as links to the book's table of contents. The previous edition had 133 downloads.

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Austen, Jane: Minor Works. v3, 13 Mar 2008

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HarryT

A collection of all the minor "odds and ends" that Jane Austen wrote [other[/ than her six novels, which have been posted already. Much of this material was written when she was a teenager for the amusement of friends and family, and a lot of it is wickedly satirical - great fun to read. There's also several sections of unfinished novels, plays, poems, and all sorts of other things. If anyone is aware of anything of Austen's that's not included here, please let me know and I'll add it.

The book currently includes the following:

- Lady Susan
- Love and Freindship
- Frederic & Elfrida
- Jack & Alice
- The Three Sisters
- Lesley Castle
- The Watsons
- Sanditon
- The Plan of a Novel
- The Beautifull Cassandra
- Amelia Webster
- The Visit
- The Adventures of Mr. Harley
- Detached Pieces
- The History of England
- A Collection of Letters
- Scraps
- Evelyn
- Light Verse

NB: There's some pretty dire spelling in this book ("Freindship", "Beautifull", for example, in the above list). That is the way the originals are and I've preserved it; spelling was not the young Jane Austen's strong point, it appears!

Enjoy!

EDIT: 8 Mar 08

The previous version contained only chapters 7 and 8 of Austen's unfinished last novel, [Sanditon[/. She completed the first twelve chapters of it before her death; the remaining chapters have now been added to this volume. Uploaded v2.

EDIT: 13 Mar 08

Patricia has very kindly proof-read "Sanditon" against a printed version and made numerous corrections which dramatically improve it. Uploaded v3.

Previous download count: 24

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Austen, Jane: Northanger Abbey (Illustrated). v5. 22 Dec 2013

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HarryT

A fully illustrated version of Jane Austen's "Northanger Abbey", with 24 full-page watercolour illustrations by C.E.Brock.

"Northanger Abbey" is the story of the young and naive Catherine Morland and her venture into the complexities of adult social life. It takes a tongue-in-cheek view of a girl's ideas of romance and adventure formed by reading Gothic novels, and how, with a series of very entertaining episodes that result in anti-climaxes, Catherine realises that real life is different to fiction.

Illustrations are used, with thanks, from http://www.mollands.net and http://www.solitary-elegance.com. Both these web sites are great resources for all fans of Jane Austen!

Enjoy!

EDIT: 3 Apr 08

MR user "dynabook" sent me a list of errata and helpful suggestions for stylistic improvements (eg systematically replacing "the general" by "the General", when referring to General Tilney). Fixed the errata and made the suggested improvements. Uploaded v3.

EDIT: 10 Aug 08

Replaced the cover with a greatly improved one. Thanks to Paul Durrant for this.

EDIT: 22 Dec 13

Thoroughly proofed and revised. Numerous errors and omissions restored. Added the "Biographical Note" written by Jane's brother, Henry, that appeared in the original posthumous publication of the book. I would now regard this as a finished work, so if you find any error, no matter how small, please let me know. Uploaded v5.

EDIT: 22 Dec 13

Thoroughly proofed and revised. Numerous errors and omissions restored. Added the "Biographical Note" written by Jane's brother, Henry, that appeared in the original posthumous publication of the book. I would now regard this as a finished work, so if you find any error, no matter how small, please let me know. Uploaded v5.

Previous download count: 1324

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Austen, Jane: Northanger Abbey, v1, 09Jan08

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Strether

A closely edited version of the novel, italics and accents added, as well as a toc. If Harry T produces one of his excellently crafted illustrated editions of the novel in this format, this version can be withdrawn.

I'd appreciate being notified of any errors any reader finds.

Jim

2/25/09 - New version provides corrected metadata information as well as links to the book's table of contents. The previous version had 125 downloads.

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- Northanger Abbey.prc

Austen, Jane: Persuasion (Illustrated). v4. 4th Feb 2014

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HarryT

A fully illustrated version of Jane Austen's "Persuasion", with 24 full-page watercolour illustrations by C.E.Brock.

Plot summary from Amazon:

At twenty-seven, Anne Elliot is no longer young and has few romantic prospects. Eight years earlier, she had been persuaded by her friend Lady Russell to break off her engagement to Frederick Wentworth, a handsome naval captain with neither fortune nor rank. What happens when they encounter each other again is movingly told in Jane Austen's last completed novel. Set in the fashionable societies of Lyme Regis and Bath, Persuasion is a brilliant satire of vanity and pretension, but, above all, it is a love story tinged with the heartache of missed opportunities.

Illustrations are used, with thanks, from http://www.mollands.net and http://www.solitary-elegance.com. Both these web sites are great resources for all fans of Jane Austen!

Enjoy!

EDIT: 10 Aug 08

Replaced the cover with a greatly improved one. Thanks to Paul Durrant for this.

EDIT: 4 Feb 14

Thoroughly proofed and corrected against the first edition text. Innumerable errors corrected, and several cases of missing text restored. I would now regard this as a finished work - please let me know if you find even the smallest problem. Uploaded v4.

Previous download count: 1595

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Austen, Jane: Persuasion, v1, 09Jan08

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Strether

A closely edited version of the novel, italics and accents added, as well as a toc. If Harry T produces one of his excellently crafted illustrated editions of the novel in this format, this version can be withdrawn.

I'd appreciate being notified of any errors any reader finds.

Jim

2/25/09 - This new version provides corrected metadata information as well as links to the book's table of contents. The previous version had 128 downloads.

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- Persuasion.prc

Austen, Jane: Pride and Prejudice (Illustrated). v6, 14 Jan 2013

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HarryT

A fully illustrated version of Jane Austen's "Pride and Prejudice". This is the fully proofed first-edition text of the book, with 24 full page illustrations by C.E.Brock added.

Plot summary from Amazon:

Pride and Prejudice has delighted generations of readers with its unforgettable cast of characters, carefully choreographed plot, and a hugely entertaining view of the world and its absurdities. With the arrival of eligible young men in their neighbourhood, the lives of Mr and Mrs Bennet and their five daughters are turned inside out and upside down. Pride encounters prejudice, upward-mobility confronts social disdain, and quick-wittedness challenges sagacity, as misconceptions and hasty judgements lead to heartache and scandal, but eventually to true understanding, self-knowledge, and love. In this supremely satisfying story, Jane Austen balances comedy with seriousness, and witty observation with profound insight. If Elizabeth Bennet returns again and again to her letter from Mr Darcy, readers of the novel are drawn even more irresistibly by its captivating wisdom.

Illustrations are used, with thanks, from http://www.mollands.net and http://www.solitary-elegance.com. Both these web sites are great resources for all fans of Jane Austen!

Enjoy!

EDIT: 2 Mar 08

The tool originally used to create this book made a bit of a hash of all the paragraph breaks. Completely recreated the book (this time preserving the paragraphs as the author wrote them!) and generally improved the layout and formatting. Uploaded v2.

EDIT: 27 Mar 08

As a result of reading the book, spotted two typos and an uncentred scene change. Fixed, and uploaded v3.

EDIT: 10 Aug 08

Replaced the cover with a much improved one. Thanks to Paul Durrant for this. Uploaded v4.

EDIT: 25 Apr 09

Spent the last month thoroughly proofing the book against the first edition text. Dozens of genuine errors corrected, and literally [thousands[/ of changes (changes to pretty much every sentence in the book) made in punctuation to match the first edition's punctuation, which is [very[/ different to modern usage.

Note that this version of the book now uses Austen's original spellings, which may appear odd to modern readers: her random use of "ei" in words which we now spell "ie", such as "neices" instead of "nieces", "shew" instead of "show", "chuse" (sometimes, but not always) instead of "choose", "staid" instead of "stayed", and many more. The spelling is also internally inconsistent: "Philips" sometimes appears as "Phillips", for example, "de Bourgh" is randomly "De Bourgh". All this matches the original text.

Uploaded v5.

EDIT: 14 Jan 13

Another round of thorough proofing. Many more errors fixed, and also the formatting greatly improved. I would now regard this a a finished text; if you find even the smallest error, please let me know. Uploaded v6.

Previous download count: 23012

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Austen, Jane: Pride and Prejudice, v1, 09Jan08

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A closely edited version of the novel, italics and accents added, as well as a toc. If Harry T produces one of his excellently crafted illustrated editions of the novel in this format, this version can be withdrawn.

I'd appreciate being notified of any errors any reader finds.

Jim

2/25/09 - This new version provides corrected metadata information as well as links to the book's table of contents. The previous version had 205 downloads.

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Austen, Jane: Sense and Sensibility (Illustrated). v4. 17th Dec 2012

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A fully illustrated version of Jane Austen's "Sense and Sensibility", with 24 watercolour illustrations by C.E.Brock.

Plot summary from Amazon:

Marianne Dashwood wears her heart on her sleeve, and when she falls in love with the dashing but unsuitable John Willougby, she ignores her sister Elinor's warning that her impulsive behaviour leaves her open to gossip and innuendo. Meanwhile Elinor, always sensitive to social convention, is struggling to conceal her own romantic disappointment, even from those closest to her. Through their parallel experience of love - and its threatened loss - the sisters learn that sense must mix with sensibility if they are to find personal happiness in a society where status and money govern the rules of love.

Illustrations are used, with thanks, from http://www.mollands.net and http://www.solitary-elegance.com. Both these web sites are great resources for all fans of Jane Austen!

Enjoy!

EDIT: 10 Aug 08

Replaced the cover with a much improved one. Thanks to Paul Durrant for this.

EDIT: 17 Dec 12

Thoroughly proofed the book against a printed text. Restored the first edition text, and the somewhat quirky and inconsistent spelling which Jane Austen used. Corrected many hundreds of errors. Renumbered the chapters to reflect the original publication in three volumes. This book is now in what I'd regard as a finished state; if you find even the smallest error with it, please let me know. Uploaded v4.

Previous download count: 2425

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Austen, Jane: Sense and Sensibility, v1, 09Jan08

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A closely edited version of the novel, italics and accents added, as well as a toc. If Harry T produces one of his excellently crafted illustrated editions of the novel in this format, this version can be withdrawn.

I'd appreciate being notified of any errors any reader finds.

Jim

2/25/09 - This new version provides corrected metadata information as well as links to the book's table of contents. The previous version had 161 downloads.

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Austen, Jane: The Novels of Jane Austen vol. I V.1 9 July 2011

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Volume 1

Love and friendship (and other early works)
Lady susan
sense and sensibility
Pride and prejudice

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Austen, Jane: The Novels of Jane Austen vol. II V.1 9 July 2011

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volume 2

Mansfield park
Emma
Northanger abbey
persuasion

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Austen, Jane: The Watsons, v1, 20 Dec 2007

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This unfinished novel was written by Jane Austen about 1803-1805, but was not published until 1871, as part of James Edward Austen-Leigh's Memoir. It ends with an indication of the continuation and conclusion as remembered by Jane auten's sister, Cassandra.

Emma Watson returns to her family (who are barely clinging on to genteel status) after a long absence. A local lord shows an interest towards her but she prefers a clergyman.

I've added two pictures, a TOC and done some formatting.

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Austin, Mary Hunter: The Basket Woman. v1. 8 Feb 2013

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Mary Hunter Austin was born on September 9, 1868 in Carlinville, Illinois (the fourth of six children) to George and Susannah (Graham) Hunter. She graduated from Blackburn College in 1888. For 17 years she made a special study of Indian life in the Mojave Desert, and her publications set forth the intimate knowledge she thus acquired. She was a prolific novelist, poet, critic, and playwright, as well as an early feminist and defender of Native American and Spanish-American rights. She is best known for her tribute to the deserts of the American Southwest, The Land of Little Rain.

[
A Book of Indian Tales for Children
[/

FIRST STORY—THE BASKET WOMAN
SECOND STORY—THE BASKET WOMAN
THE STREAM THAT RAN AWAY
THE COYOTE-SPIRIT AND THE WEAVING WOMAN
THE CHEERFUL GLACIER
THE MERRY-GO-ROUND
THE CHRISTMAS TREE
THE FIRE BRINGER
THE CROOKED FIR
THE SUGAR PINE
THE GOLDEN FORTUNE
THE WHITE-BARKED PINE
NA'ŸANG-WIT'E, THE FIRST RABBIT DRIVE
MAHALA JOE

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Austin, Mary Hunter: The Land of Little Rain. V1. 19 Oct 2009

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Austin, Mary Hunter, 1868-1934
Mary Hunter Austin was born on September 9, 1868 in Carlinville, Illinois (the fourth of six children) to George and Susannah (Graham) Hunter. She graduated from Blackburn College in 1888. For 17 years she made a special study of Indian life in the Mojave Desert, and her publications set forth the intimate knowledge she thus acquired. She was a prolific novelist, poet, critic, and playwright, as well as an early feminist and defender of Native American and Spanish-American rights. She is best known for her tribute to the deserts of the American Southwest, The Land of Little Rain.

The Land of Little Rain
Water Trails of the Ceriso
The Scavengers
The Pocket Hunter
Shoshone Land
Jimville--A Bret Harte Town
My Neighbor's Field
The Mesa Trail
The Basket Maker
The Streets of the Mountains
Water Borders
Other Water Borders
Nurslings of the Sky
The Little Town of the Grape Vines

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Austin, Mary Hunter: The Lovely Lady. V1. 20 Oct 2009

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Mary Hunter Austin was born on September 9, 1868 in Carlinville, Illinois (the fourth of six children) to George and Susannah (Graham) Hunter. She graduated from Blackburn College in 1888. For 17 years she made a special study of Indian life in the Mojave Desert, and her publications set forth the intimate knowledge she thus acquired. She was a prolific novelist, poet, critic, and playwright, as well as an early feminist and defender of Native American and Spanish-American rights. She is best known for her tribute to the deserts of the American Southwest, The Land of Little Rain.

Excerpt
The walls of the Wonderful House rose up straight and shining, pale greenish gold as the slant sunlight on the orchard grass under the apple trees; the windows that sprang arching to the summer blueness let in the scent of the cluster rose at the turn of the fence, beginning to rise above the dusty smell of the country roads, and the evening clamour of the birds in Bloombury wood. As it dimmed and withdrew, the shining of the walls came out more clearly. Peter saw then that they were all of coloured pictures wrought flat upon the gold, and as the glow of it increased they began to swell and stir like a wood waking. They leaned out from the walls, looking all one way toward the increasing light and tap-tap of the Princess’ feet along the halls.

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Austin, Mary Hunter: The Trail Book. V1. 20 Oct 2009

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Mary Hunter Austin was born on September 9, 1868 in Carlinville, Illinois (the fourth of six children) to George and Susannah (Graham) Hunter. She graduated from Blackburn College in 1888. For 17 years she made a special study of Indian life in the Mojave Desert, and her publications set forth the intimate knowledge she thus acquired. She was a prolific novelist, poet, critic, and playwright, as well as an early feminist and defender of Native American and Spanish-American rights. She is best known for her tribute to the deserts of the American Southwest, The Land of Little Rain.

Excerpt
From the time that he had first found, himself alone with them, Oliver had felt sure that the animals could come alive again if they wished. That was one blowy afternoon about a week after his father had been made night engineer and nobody had come into the Museum for several hours.
Oliver had been sitting for some time in front of the Buffalo case, wondering what might be at the other end of the trail. The cows that stood midway in it had such a going look. He was sure it must lead, past the hummock where the old bull flourished his tail, to one of those places where he had always wished to be. All at once, as the boy sat there thinking about it, the glass case disappeared and the trail shot out like a dark snake over a great stretch of rolling, grass-covered prairie.

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Authors, Various: Horror Anthology Vol I. v1, 20 Aug 2008

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I saw a sight on the web where people listed what their perfect Horror Anthology would be so I decided to make my own.

Includes:

Thurnley Abbey by Perceval Landon
The Room in the Tower by E. F. Benson
An Account of Some Strange Disturbances in Aungier Street by J. Sheridan Le Fanu
The Judge's House by Bram Stoker
The Lady's Maid's Bell by Edith Wharton
How Love Came To Professor Guildea. by Robert H ichens
Madam Crowl's Ghost by J.S. Le Fanu
The Torture of Hope (La torture par l'esperance) by Villiers de l'Isle-Adam
"The Iron Shroud" by William Mudford

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Authors, Various: Horror Anthology Vol II. v1, 20 Aug 2008

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Second volume of horror stories.

Includes:

Table of Contents

The Phial of Dread by Fitz Hugh Ludlow
Horror: A True Tale by John Berwick Harwood
The Secret Chamber by Margaret Oliphant
The Shadow in the Corner by M. E. Braddon
The Secret of the Stradivarius by Hugh Conway
A Strange Tale of Cannibalism by Lafcadio Hearn
The Body-Snatcher by Robert Louis Stevenson
The Thing in the Upper Room by Arthur Morrison
The Horla, or Modern Ghosts by Guy de Maupassant

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Authors, Various: International Short Stories: French. v1, 18 Feb 2008

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A collection of short stories by French authors.

Includes:

A Piece of Bread By Francois Coppee

The Elixir of Life By Honore de Balzac

The Age for Love By Paul Bourget

Mateo Falcone By Prosper Merimee

The Mirror By Catulle Mendes

My Nephew Joseph By Ludovic Halevy

A Forest Betrothal By Erckmann-Chatrian

Zadig the Babylonian By Francois Marie Arouet de Voltaire

ABANDONED By Guy de Maupassant

The Guilty Secret By Paul de Kock

Jean Monette By Eugene Francois Vidocq

SOLANGE By Alexandre Dumas

THE BIRDS IN THE LETTER-BOX By Rene Bazin

JEAN GOURDON’S FOUR DAYS By Emile Zola

BARON DE TRENCK By Clemence Robert

THE PASSAGE OF THE RED SEA By Henry Murger

THE WOMAN AND THE CAT By Marcel Prevost

GIL BLAS AND DR. SANGRADO By Alain Rene Le Sage

A FIGHT WITH A CANNON By Victor Hugo

TONTON By A. Cheneviere

THE LAST LESSON By Alphonse Daudet

CROISILLES By Alfred de Musset

THE VASE OF CLAY By Jean Aicard

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Authors, Various: Stories By Foreign Authors: German Vol 1. v1, 20 Feb 2008

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A collection of stories from German authors translated into English.

Includes:

The fury, Paul Heyse -- The Philosopher's Pendulum, Rudolph Lindau -- The Bookbinder of Hort, Leopold von Sacher-Masoch -- The Egyptian Fire-Eater, Rudolph Baumbach -- The Cremona Violin, E.T.A. Hoffmann -- Adventures of a New Year's Eve, Heinrich Zschokke

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Authors, Various: Stories By Foreign Authors: German Vol 2. v1, 20 Feb 2008

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A collection of stories by German Authors translated into English.

Includes:

CHRISTIAN GELLERT'S LAST CHRISTMAS BY BERTHOLD AUERBACH

A GHETTO VIOLET BY LEOPOLD KOMPERT

THE SEVERED HAND .... BY WILHELM HAUFF

PETER SCHLEMIHL..... BY ADELBERT VON CHAMISSO

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Authors, Various: Stories By Foreign Authors: Italian. v1, 20 Feb 2008

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A collection of stories from Italian authors translated into English.

Includes:

A GREAT DAY by EDMONDO DE AMICIS

PEREAT ROCHUS by ANTONIO FOGAZZARO

SAN PANTALEONE by GABRIELE D'ANNUNZIO

IT SNOWS by ENRICO CASTELNUOVO

COLLEGE FRIENDS by EDMONDO DE AMICIS

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Authors, Various: Stories By Foreign Authors: Russian. v1, 20 Feb 2008

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A collection of stories by Russian authors translated into English.

Includes:

MUMU BY IVAN TURGENEV

THE SHOT BY ALEXANDER PUSHKIN

ST. JOHN'S EVE BY NIKOLAI VASILIEVITCH GOGOL

AN OLD ACQUAINTANCE BY LYOF N. TOLSTOI

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Authors, Various: Stories By Foreign Authors: Scandanavian. v1, 20 Feb 2008

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A collection of stories from Scandinavian authors translated into English.

Includes:

THE FATHER BY BJORNSTJERNE BJORNSON

WHEN FATHER BROUGHT HOME THE LAMP BY JUHANI AHO

THE FLYING MAIL BY M. GOLDSCHMIDT

THE RAILROAD AND THE CHURCHYARD BY BJORNSTJERNE BJORNSON

TWO FRIENDS BY ALEXANDER KIELLAND

HOPES BY FREDERIKA BREMER

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Authors, Various: The Lock and Key Library Vol 06. v1, 14 Feb 2008

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A collection of classic mystery and detective stories, [French Novels edition[/ edited by Julian Hawthorne.
Includes:

VICTOR CHERBULIEZ
[Count Kostia
[/

PAUL BOURGET
[Andre Cornells[/

ANONYMOUS
[The Last of the Costellos
Lady Betty's Indiscretion[/

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Authors, Various: The Lock and Key Library Vol 07. v1, 13 Feb 2008

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A collection of classic mystery and detective stories, Old Time English edition edited by Julian Hawthorne.
Includes selections from:

CHARLES DICKENS (1812-70)

[The Haunted House
No. I Branch Line: The Signal Man[/

BULWER-LYTTON (1803-73)

[The Haunted and the Haunters; or, The House and the Brain
The Incantation[/

THOMAS DE QUINCEY (1785-1859)

[The Avenger[/

CHARLES ROBERT MATURIN (1782-1824)

[Melmoth the Wanderer[/

LAURENCE STERNE (1713-68)

[A Mystery with a Moral[/

WILLIAM MAKEPEACE THACKERAY (1811-63)

[On Being Found Out
The Notch on the Ax
[/

ANONYMOUS
[
Bourgonef
The Closed Cabinet[/

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Authors, Various: The Lock and Key Library Vol 08. v1, 13 Feb 2008

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A collection of classic mystery and detective stories, Modern English edition edited by Julian Hawthorne.
Includes selections from:

[
Rudyard Kipling
A. Conan Doyle
Egerton Castle
Stanley J. Weyman
Wilkie Collins
Robert Louis Stevenson[/

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Authors, Various: The Worlds Greatest Books Vol 01. v1, 23 Feb 2008

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In [THE WORLD'S GREATEST BOOKS[/ an attempt has been made to effect a compendium of the world's best literature in a form that shall be at once accessible to every one and still faithful to its originals; or, in other words, it has been sought to allow the original author to tell his own story over again in his own language, but in the shortest possible space.

Includes:

ABOUT, EDMOND
King of the Mountains

AINSWORTH, HARRISON
Tower of London

ANDERSEN, HANS
Improvisatore

APULEIUS
The Golden Ass

ARABIAN NIGHTS

AUCASSIN AND NICOLETTE

AUERBACH, BERTHOLD
On the Height

AUSTEN, JANE
Sense and Sensibility
Pride and Prejudice
Northanger Abbey
Mansfield Park
Emma
Persuasion

BALZAC, HONORÉ DE
Eugénie Grandet
Old Goriot
Magic Skin
Quest of the Absolute

BECKFORD, WILLIAM
History of the Caliph Vathek

BEHN, APHRA
Oroonoko

BERGERAC, CYRANO DE
Voyage to the Moon

BJÖRNSON, BJÖRNSTJERNE
Arne
In God's Way

BLACK, WILLIAM
Daughter of Heth

BLACKMORE, R.D.
Lorna Doone

BOCCACCIO
Decameron

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Authors, Various: The Worlds Greatest Books Vol 02. v1, 23 Feb 2008

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In T[HE WORLD'S GREATEST BOOKS[/ an attempt has been made to effect a compendium of the world's best literature in a form that shall be at once accessible to every one and still faithful to its originals; or, in other words, it has been sought to allow the original author to tell his own story over again in his own language, but in the shortest possible space.

Includes:

BORROW, GEORGE
Lavengro
Romany Rye

BRADDON, M.E.
Lady Audley's Secret

BRADLEY, EDWARD ("COTHBERT BEDE")
Adventures of Mr. Verdant Green

BRONTË, CHARLOTTE
Jane Eyre
Shirley
Villette

BRONTË, EMILY
Wuthering Heights

BUCHANAN, ROBERT
Shadow of the Sword

BUNYAN, JOHN
Holy War
Pilgrim's Progress

BURNEY, FANNY
Evelina

CARLETON, WILLIAM
The Black Prophet

CARROLL, LEWIS
Alice's Adventures in Wonderland

CERVANTES
Don Quixote

CHAMISSO, ADALBERT VON
Peter Schlemihl, the Shadowless Man

CHATEAUBRIAND, FRANÇOIS RENÉ DE
Atala

CHERBULIEZ, CHARLES VICTOR
Samuel Brohl & Co.

COLLINS, WILKIE
No Name
The Woman in White

CONWAY, HUGH
Called Back

COOPER, FENIMORE
Last of the Mohicans
The Spy

CRAIK, MRS.
John Halifax, Gentleman

CROLY, GEORGE
Salathiel, or Tarry Thou Till I Come

DANA, RICHARD HENRY
Two Years before the Mast

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Authors, Various: The Worlds Greatest Books Vol 03. v1, 23 Feb 2008

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In THE WORLD'S GREATEST BOOKS an attempt has been made to effect a compendium of the world's best literature in a form that shall be at once accessible to every one and still faithful to its originals; or, in other words, it has been sought to allow the original author to tell his own story over again in his own language, but in the shortest possible space.

Includes:

DAUDET, ALPHONSE
Tartarin of Tarascon

DAY, THOMAS
Sandford and Merton

DEFOE, DANIEL
Robinson Crusoe
Captain Singleton

DICKENS, CHARLES
Barnaby Rudge
Bleak House
David Copperfield
Dombey and Son
Great Expectations
Hard Times
Little Dorrit
Martin Chuzzlewit
Nicholas Nickleby
Oliver Twist
Old Curiosity Shop
Our Mutual Friend
Pickwick Papers
Tale of Two Cities

DISRAELI, BENJAMIN (Earl of Beaconsfield)
Coningsby
Sybil, or The Two Nations
Tancred, or The New Crusade

DUMAS, ALEXANDRE
Marguerite de Valois
Black Tulip
Corsican Brothers
Count of Monte Cristo
The Three Musketeers
Twenty Years After

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Authors, Various: The Worlds Greatest Books Vol 04. v1, 23 Feb 2008

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In [THE WORLD'S GREATEST BOOKS[/ an attempt has been made to effect a compendium of the world's best literature in a form that shall be at once accessible to every one and still faithful to its originals; or, in other words, it has been sought to allow the original author to tell his own story over again in his own language, but in the shortest possible space.

Includes:

EBERS, GEORG
An Egyptian Princess

EDGEWORTH, MARIE
Belinda
Castle Rackrent

ELIOT, GEORGE
Adam Bede
Felix Holt
Romola
Silas Marner
The Mill on the Floss

ERCKMANN-CHATRIAN
Waterloo

FEUILLET, OCTAVE
Romance of a Poor Young Man

FIELDING, HENRY
Amelia
Jonathan Wild
Joseph Andrews
Tom Jones

FLAMMARION, CAMILLE
Urania

FOUQUÉ, DE LA MOTTE
Undine

GABORIAU, EMILE
File No. 113

GALT, JOHN
Annals of the Parish

GASKELL, MRS.
Cranford
Mary Barton

GODWIN, WILLIAM
Caleb Williams

GOETHE
Sorrows of Young Werther
Wilhelm Meister

GOLDSMITH, OLIVER
Vicar of Wakefield

GONCOURT, EDMOND AND JULES DE
Renée Mauperin

GRANT, JAMES
Bothwell

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Authors, Various: The Worlds Greatest Books Vol 05. v1, 24 Feb 2008

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In THE WORLD'S GREATEST BOOKS an attempt has been made to effect a compendium of the world's best literature in a form that shall be at once accessible to every one and still faithful to its originals; or, in other words, it has been sought to allow the original author to tell his own story over again in his own language, but in the shortest possible space.

Includes:

GRAY, MAXWELL
Silence of Dean Maitland

GRIFFIN, GERALD
The Collegians

HABBERTON, JOHN
Helen's Babies

HALEVY, LUDOVIC
Abbé Constantin

HAWTHORNE, NATHANIEL
The Scarlet Letter
House of the Seven Gables

HICHENS, ROBERT
The Garden of Allah

HOLMES, OLIVER WENDELL
Elsie Venner

HUGHES, THOMAS
Tom Brown's Schooldays
Tom Brown at Oxford

HUGO, VICTOR
Les Misérables
Notre Dame de Paris
The Toilers of the Sea
The Man Who Laughs

INCHBALD, ELIZABETH
A Simple Story

JAMES, G.P.R.
Henry Masterton

JOHNSON, SAMUEL
Rasselas

JOKAI, MAURICE
Timar's Two Worlds

KERNAHAN, COULSON
A Dead Man's Diary

KINGSLEY, CHARLES
Alton Locke
Hereward the Wake
Hypatia
Two Years Ago
Water-Babies
Westward Ho!

KINGSLEY, HENRY
Geoffry Hamlyn
Ravenshoe

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Authors, Various: The Worlds Greatest Books Vol 06. v1, 24 Feb 2008

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In [THE WORLD'S GREATEST BOOKS[/ an attempt has been made to effect a compendium of the world's best literature in a form that shall be at once accessible to every one and still faithful to its originals; or, in other words, it has been sought to allow the original author to tell his own story over again in his own language, but in the shortest possible space.

Includes:

LE FANU, SHERIDAN
Uncle Silas

LESAGE, RENÉ
Gil Blas

LEVER, CHARLES
Charles O'Malley
Tom Burke of Ours

LEWIS, M.G.
Ambrosio, or the Monk

LINTON, MRS. LYNN
Joshua Davidson

LOVER, SAMUEL
Handy Andy

LYTTON, EDWARD BULWER
Eugene Aram
Last Days of Pompeii
The Last of the Barons

MACKENZIE, HENRY
Man of Feeling

MAISTRE, COUNT XAVIER DE
A Journey Round my Room

MALORY, SIR THOMAS
Morte d'Arthur

MANNING, ANNE
Household of Sir Thomas More

MANZONI, ALESSANDRO
The Betrothed

MARRYAT, CAPT
Mr. Midshipman Easy
Peter Simple

MATURIN, CHARLES
Melmoth the Wanderer

MENDOZA, DIEGO DE
Lazarillo de Tonnes

MEREJOWSKI, DMITRI
Death of the Gods

MÉRIMÉE, PROSPER
Carmen

MITFORD, MARY RUSSELL
Our Village

MOIR, DAVID
Mansie Wauch

MORIER, JAMES
Hajji Baba

MURRAY, DAVID CHRISTIE
Way of the World

NORRIS, FRANK
The Pit

OHNET, GEORGES
The Ironmaster

OUIDA
Under Two Flags

PAYN, JAMES
Lost Sir Massingberd

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Authors, Various: The Worlds Greatest Books Vol 07. v1, 25 Feb 2008

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In [THE WORLD'S GREATEST BOOKS[/ an attempt has been made to effect a compendium of the world's best literature in a form that shall be at once accessible to every one and still faithful to its originals; or, in other words, it has been sought to allow the original author to tell his own story over again in his own language, but in the shortest possible space.

Includes:

PEACOCK, THOMAS LOVE
Headlong Hall
Nightmare Abbey

PORTER, JANE
Scottish Chiefs

PUSHKIN
The Captain's Daughter

RABELAIS
Gargantua and Pantagruel

READE, CHARLES
Hard Cash
Never Too Late to Mend
The Cloister and the Hearth

RICHARDSON, SAMUEL
Pamela
Clarissa Harlowe
Sir Charles Grandison

RICHTER, JEAN PAUL
Hesperus
Titan

ROSEGGER, PETER
Papers of the Forest Schoolmaster

ROUSSEAU, JEAN JACQUES
New Heloise

SAINT PIERRE, BERNARDIN DE
Paul and Virginia

SAND, GEORGE
Consuelo
Mauprat

SCOTT, MICHAEL
Tom Cringle's Log

SCOTT, SIR WALTER
Antiquary
Guy Mannering
Heart of Midlothian
Ivanhoe
Kenilworth
Old Mortality
Peveril of the Peak

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Authors, Various: The Worlds Greatest Books Vol 08. v1, 25 Feb 2008

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In [THE WORLD'S GREATEST BOOKS[/ an attempt has been made to effect a compendium of the world's best literature in a form that shall be at once accessible to every one and still faithful to its originals; or, in other words, it has been sought to allow the original author to tell his own story over again in his own language, but in the shortest possible space.

Includes:

SCOTT, SIR WALTER
Quentin Durward
Rob Roy
Talisman

SHELLEY, MARY WOLLSTONECRAFT
Frankenstein

SIDNEY, SIR PHILIP
Arcadia

SMOLLET, TOBIAS
Roderick Random
Peregrine Pickle

STAËL, MME. DE
Corinne

STENDHAL (HENRI BEYLE)
Chartreuse of Parma

STERNE, LAURENCE
Tristram Shandy

STOWE, HARRIET BEECHER
Uncle Tom's Cabin

SUE, EUGÈNE
Mysteries of Paris

SWIFT, JONATHAN
Gulliver's Travels

THACKERAY, WILLIAM MAKEPEACE
Newcomes
Virginians
Vanity Fair

TOLSTOY, COUNT LYOF N.
Anna Karenina

TROLLOPE, ANTHONY
The Warden
Barchester Towers

TURGENEV, IVAN
Fathers and Sons
A Nest of Nobles
Smoke

VERNE, JULES
Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea

WALPOLE, HORACE
Castle of Otranto

ZOLA, ÉMILE
Drink

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Avila, Teresa of, Saint: The Interior Castle or The Mansions V1. 25-Sep-2010

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Saint Teresa of Ávila, also called Saint Teresa of Jesus, baptized as Teresa Sánchez de Cepeda y Ahumada, (March 28, 1515, at Gotarrendura (Ávila), Old Castile, Spain – October 4, 1582, at Alba de Tormes, Salamanca, Spain) was a prominent Spanish mystic, Roman Catholic saint, Carmelite nun, and writer of the Counter Reformation, and theologian of contemplative life through mental prayer. She was a reformer of the Carmelite Order and is considered to be, along with John of the Cross, a founder of the Discalced Carmelites.
Forty years after her death, she was canonized, in 1622 by Pope Gregory XV, and in 1970 named a Doctor of the Church by Pope Paul VI. The Cortes exalted her to patroness of Spain in 1617, and the University of Salamanca previously conferred the title Doctor ecclesiae with a diploma. The title is Latin for Doctor of the Church, but is distinct from the papal honor of Doctor of the Church, which is always conferred posthumously and was finally bestowed upon her by Pope Paul VI in 1970 along with Saint Catherine of Siena making them the first women to be awarded the distinction. Teresa is revered as the Doctor of Prayer. The mysticism in her works exerted a formative influence upon many theologians of the following centuries, such as Francis of Sales, Fénelon, and the Port-Royalists.
Her books, which include her autobiography, The Life of Teresa of Jesus, and her seminal work, El Castillo Interior (The Interior Castle), are integral part of the Spanish Renaissance literature as well as Christian mysticism and Christian meditation practices as she entails in her other important work Camino de Perfección (The Way of Perfection) .
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El Castillo Interior or Las Moradas (trans.:The Interior Castle or The Mansions) was written by Saint Teresa of Ávila in 1577 as a guide for spiritual development, through service and prayer. Inspired by her vision of the soul as a crystal globe in the shape of a castle containing seven mansions, which she interpreted as the journey of faith through seven stages, ending with union with God .

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Avila, Teresa of, Saint: The Way of Perfection, v1, 30 July 2009.

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Saint Teresa of Avila (Saint Theresa of Jesus; Teresa Sanchez Cepeda Davila y Ahumada) 1515-1582.
The Way of Perfection
Translated & edited by E. Allison Peers

This book, by the foundress of the Discalced Carmelites, was intended for the edification of her nuns. A large part is a commentary on the Lord’s Prayer.

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Babauta, Leo: Zen To Done [Polish]. v1. 22 Feb 2012

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Polska adaptacja elektronicznej książki Leo Babauty Zen To Done: The Ultimate Simple Productivity System, której treść została umieszczona przez autora w domenie publicznej. Oryginalny tekst dostępny na stronie: Wakacyjny kurs ZTD.
Publikacja za zgodą autora.

Adaptation of Leo Babauta's Zen To Done: The Ultimate Simple Productivity System released in public domain. Original material on Wakacyjny kurs ZTD.
Published with permission of the author.

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Bacheller, Irving: A Man for the Ages. V1. 5 Feb 2009

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Born in Pierrepont, New York, Irving Bacheller graduated from St. Lawrence University in 1882 after which he accepted a job with a New York City newspaper. Two years later, he established a business to provide specialized articles to the major Sunday newspapers. It was through the Bacheller Syndicate that he brought to American readers the writings of British authors such as Joseph Conrad, Arthur Conan Doyle, and Rudyard Kipling. And, to the reading public he introduced New Jersey author Stephen Crane through arranging the serialization of his story, The Red Badge of Courage.

A novel of the life of Abraham Lincoln.

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Bacheller, Irving: D'Ri and I. V1. 6 Feb 2009

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Born in Pierrepont, New York, Irving Bacheller graduated from St. Lawrence University in 1882 after which he accepted a job with a New York City newspaper. Two years later, he established a business to provide specialized articles to the major Sunday newspapers. It was through the Bacheller Syndicate that he brought to American readers the writings of British authors such as Joseph Conrad, Arthur Conan Doyle, and Rudyard Kipling. And, to the reading public he introduced New Jersey author Stephen Crane through arranging the serialization of his story, The Red Badge of Courage.

A TALE of DARING DEEDS in the SECOND WAR with the BRITISH.
Excerpt
This is a tale of the adventurous and rugged pioneers, who, unconquered by other foes, were ever at war with the ancient wilderness, pushing the northern frontier of the white man farther and farther to the west. Early in the last century they had striped the wild waste of timber with roadways from Lake Champlain to Lake Ontario, and spotted it with sown acres wide and fair; and still, as they swung their axes with the mighty vigor of great arms, the forest fell before them,

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Bacheller, Irving: Darrel of the Blessed Isles. V1. 5 Feb 2009

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Born in Pierrepont, New York, Irving Bacheller graduated from St. Lawrence University in 1882 after which he accepted a job with a New York City newspaper. Two years later, he established a business to provide specialized articles to the major Sunday newspapers. It was through the Bacheller Syndicate that he brought to American readers the writings of British authors such as Joseph Conrad, Arthur Conan Doyle, and Rudyard Kipling. And, to the reading public he introduced New Jersey author Stephen Crane through arranging the serialization of his story, The Red Badge of Courage.

Excerpt
The clock tinker was off in the snow paths every other week. In more than a hundred homes, scattered far along road lines of the great valley, he set the pace of the pendulums. Every winter the mare was rented for easy driving and Darrel made his journeys afoot. Twice a day Trove passed the little shop, and if there were a chalk mark on the dial, he bounded upstairs to greet his friend. Sometimes he brought another boy into the rare atmosphere of the clock shop--one, mayhap, who needed some counsel of the wise old man.

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Bacheller, Irving: Eben Holden's Last Day A-Fishing. v1. 6 Dec 2007

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This is a sequel to the previously posted [Eben Holden[/. It's a short book with three episodes of rural life and humor, but is also quite touching. Heavy use of colloquialisms made it difficult to spell check but hopefully I caught most of the errors.

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Bacheller, Irving: Eben Holden. v1. 26 Oct 07

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Subtitled [A Tale of the North Country[/. A grandfather, grandson and a dog set off on a journey into the frontier.

I'll be posting the following ten best selling fiction books in the U.S. for the year 1900:

1. [To Have and To Hold[/, Mary Johnston
2. [Red Pottage[/, Mary Cholmondeley
3. [Unleavened Bread[/, Robert Grant
4. [The Reign of Law[/, James Lane Allen
5. [Eben Holden[/, Irving Bacheller
6. [Janice Meredith[/, Paul Leicester Ford
7. [The Redemption of David Corson[/, Charles Frederic Goss
8. [Richard Carvel[/, Winston Churchill
9. [When Knighthood Was in Flower[/, Charles Major
10. [Alice of Old Vincennes[/, Maurice Thompson

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Bacheller, Irving: Eben Holden. V1. 6 Feb 2009

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Born in Pierrepont, New York, Irving Bacheller graduated from St. Lawrence University in 1882 after which he accepted a job with a New York City newspaper. Two years later, he established a business to provide specialized articles to the major Sunday newspapers. It was through the Bacheller Syndicate that he brought to American readers the writings of British authors such as Joseph Conrad, Arthur Conan Doyle, and Rudyard Kipling. And, to the reading public he introduced New Jersey author Stephen Crane through arranging the serialization of his story, The Red Badge of Courage.

Excerpt
Of all the people that ever went west that expedition was the most remarkable.
A small boy in a big basket on the back of a jolly old man, who carried a cane in one hand, a rifle in the other; a black dog serving as scout, skirmisher and rear guard—that was the size of it. They were the survivors of a ruined home in the north of Vermont, and were travelling far into the valley of the St Lawrence, but with no particular destination.

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Bacheller, Irving: In the Days of Poor Richard. V1. 7 Feb 2009

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Born in Pierrepont, New York, Irving Bacheller graduated from St. Lawrence University in 1882 after which he accepted a job with a New York City newspaper. Two years later, he established a business to provide specialized articles to the major Sunday newspapers. It was through the Bacheller Syndicate that he brought to American readers the writings of British authors such as Joseph Conrad, Arthur Conan Doyle, and Rudyard Kipling. And, to the reading public he introduced New Jersey author Stephen Crane through arranging the serialization of his story, The Red Badge of Courage.

Excerpt
"The first time I saw the boy, Jack Irons, he was about nine years old. I was in Sir William Johnson's camp of magnificent Mohawk warriors at Albany. Jack was so active and successful in the games, between the red boys and the white, that the Indians called him 'Boiling Water.'

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Bacheller, Irving: The Light in the Clearing. V1. 7 Feb 2009

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Born in Pierrepont, New York, Irving Bacheller graduated from St. Lawrence University in 1882 after which he accepted a job with a New York City newspaper. Two years later, he established a business to provide specialized articles to the major Sunday newspapers. It was through the Bacheller Syndicate that he brought to American readers the writings of British authors such as Joseph Conrad, Arthur Conan Doyle, and Rudyard Kipling. And, to the reading public he introduced New Jersey author Stephen Crane through arranging the serialization of his story, The Red Badge of Courage.

Excerpt
The Light in the Clearing shone upon many things and mostly upon those which, above all others, have impassioned and perpetuated the Spirit of America and which, just now, seem to me to be worthy of attention. I believe that spirit to be the very candle of the Lord which, in this dark and windy night of time, has flickered so that the souls of the faithful have been afraid. But let us be of good cheer. It is shining brighter as I write and, under God, I believe it shall, by and by, be seen and loved of all men.

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Bacheller, Irving: The Master of Silence. V1. 8 Jan 2009

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Born in Pierrepont, New York, Irving Bacheller graduated from St. Lawrence University in 1882 after which he accepted a job with a New York City newspaper. Two years later, he established a business to provide specialized articles to the major Sunday newspapers. It was through the Bacheller Syndicate that he brought to American readers the writings of British authors such as Joseph Conrad, Arthur Conan Doyle, and Rudyard Kipling. And, to the reading public he introduced New Jersey author Stephen Crane through arranging the serialization of his story, The Red Badge of Courage.

Excerpt
Near the end of my fourteenth year I was apprenticed to Valentine, King & Co., cotton importers, Liverpool, as a “pair of legs.” My father had died suddenly, leaving me and his property in the possession of my stepmother and my guardian. It was in deference to their urgent advice that I left my home in London (with little reluctance, since my life there had never been happy) to study the art of money-making. On arriving at the scene of my expected triumphs I was assigned to the somewhat humble position of errand boy. In common with other boys who performed a like service for the firm I was known as “a pair of legs.” Lodgings of a rather modest character had been secured for me in the western outskirts of the city near the banks of the Mersey. I was slow to make friends, and my evenings were spent in the perusal of some story books, which I had brought with me from London. One night, not long after the beginning of my new life in Liverpool, I was lying in bed listening to the wind and rain beating over the housetops and driving against the windows, when suddenly there came a loud rap at my door.

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Bacheller, Irving: Vergilius. V1. 8 Feb 2009

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Born in Pierrepont, New York, Irving Bacheller graduated from St. Lawrence University in 1882 after which he accepted a job with a New York City newspaper. Two years later, he established a business to provide specialized articles to the major Sunday newspapers. It was through the Bacheller Syndicate that he brought to American readers the writings of British authors such as Joseph Conrad, Arthur Conan Doyle, and Rudyard Kipling. And, to the reading public he introduced New Jersey author Stephen Crane through arranging the serialization of his story, The Red Badge of Courage.

A Tale of the Coming of Christ
Excerpt
Rome had passed the summits and stood looking into the dark valley of fourteen hundred years. Behind her the graves of Caesar and Sallust and Cicero and Catullus and Vergil and Horace; before her centuries of madness and treading down; round about her a multitude sickening of luxury, their houses filled with spoil, their mouths with folly, their souls with discontent; above her only mystery and silence; in her train, philosophers questioning if it were not better for a man had he never been born—*deeming life a misfortune and extinction the only happiness; poets singing no more of “pleasantries and trifles,” but seeking favor with poor obscenities. Soon they were even to celebrate the virtue of harlots, the integrity of thieves, the tenderness of murderers, the justice of oppression. Leading the caravan were types abhorrent and self-opposed—*effeminate men, masculine women, cheerful cynics, infidel priests, wealthy people with no credit, patricians, honoring and yet despising the gods, hating and yet living on the populace. Here was the spectacle of a republican empire, and an emperor gathering power while he affected to disdain it.

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Bacon, Francis: The New Atlantis, v.1, 1 Dec 2007.

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First published in 1627, this is Sir Francis Bacon’s scientific utopia.

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Bailey, Arthur Scott: The Tale of Benny Badger, v.1, 19 July 2008

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Another of the illustrated [Sleepy-Time Tales[/ intended for children but thoroughly enjoyable to read at any age. This one's for our Good Master RWood and his wife.

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Bailey, Arthur Scott: The Tale of Betsy Butterfly, v.1, 19 July 2008

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A [Tuck-Me-In Tale[/.

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Bailey, Arthur Scott: The Tale of Frisky Squirrel, v.1, 7 June 2008

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Arthur Scott Bailey was the author of more than forty children's books including [The Tale of Frisky Squirrel[/ which was illustrated by Eleanor Fagan. Of all his books, I'm not sure why I chose this one to post. I hope you enjoy it! :squirrel:

Frisky Squirrel was a lively little chap. And he was very bold, too. You see, he was so nimble that he felt he could always jump right out of danger - no matter whether it was a hawk chasing him, or a fox springing at him, or Yvan [okay, it really says boy, but no harm in personalizing him, eh throwing stones at him. He would chatter and scold at his enemies from some tree-top. And it was seldom that he was so frightened that he ran home and hid inside his mother's house.
:squirrel::squirrel::squirrel::squirrel::squirrel: :squirrel::squirrel:

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Bailey, Arthur Scott: The Tale of Bobby Bobolink. 20 Oct 07

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The last batch of Bailey Arthur Scott stories for a while. I hope you have enjoyed them.

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Bailey, Arthur Scott: The Tale of Brownie Beaver. 20 Oct 07

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The last batch of Bailey Arthur Scott stories for a while. I hope you have enjoyed them.

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Bailey, Arthur Scott: The Tale of Cuffy Bear. 20 Oct 07

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The last batch of Bailey Arthur Scott stories for a while. I hope you have enjoyed them.

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Bailey, Arthur Scott: The Tale of Fatty Coon. 18 Oct 07

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RWood

My wife and I were cleaning out some old boxes in the basement when she discovered several Arthur Scott Bailey books that she had read as a child. They had been in her family for many generations. Being the dedicated worker that I am I promptly started to read one of them. Aside from invoking my wife's ire, I found the stories delightful. They are written for children but not written down to children.

Looking on Project Gutenberg I discovered a treasure of his stories. I will format and post all of them.

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Bailey, Arthur Scott: The Tale of Freddie Firefly. 19 Oct 07

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The Tale of Freddie Firefly from the publisher's release:
[QUOTFreddie Firefly is most anxious to lighten the cares of his friends in Pleasant Valley for he is a most unselfish fellow and enjoys nothing more than seeing other people as happy as he. He has one grave fault, however, that prevents him from being a very great help, and that is his inability to remain long in one place. He is so full of spry gaiety that he never can be quite content unless he is dancing with his relatives in the hollow near the swamp or darting about Farmer Green's lawn. His friends often give him advice as to how he may use the wonderful light which he always carries with him, and finally Mrs. Ladybug tells him he should go to the railroad and work as a signal-man for the trains. You will hold your breath as you read about the exciting adventure that follows this suggestion, and you will no doubt agree with those to whom he later tells it that he is a very lucky Freddie to escape.
[/QUOT

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Bailey, Arthur Scott: The Tale of Frisky Squirrel. 18 Oct 07

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My wife and I were cleaning out some old boxes in the basement when she discovered several Arthur Scott Bailey books that she had read as a child. They had been in her family for many generations. Being the dedicated worker that I am I promptly started to read one of them. Aside from invoking my wife's ire, I found the stories delightful. They are written for children but not written down to children.

Looking on Project Gutenberg I discovered a treasure of his stories. I will format and post all of them.

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Bailey, Arthur Scott: The Tale of Miss Kitty Cat. 18 Oct 07

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My wife and I were cleaning out some old boxes in the basement when she discovered several Arthur Scott Bailey books that she had read as a child. They had been in her family for many generations. Being the dedicated worker that I am I promptly started to read one of them. Aside from invoking my wife's ire, I found the stories delightful. They are written for children but not written down to children.

Looking on Project Gutenberg I discovered a treasure of his stories. I will format and post all of them.

This is one of the titles my we found last weekend. She even had a Steiff cat from her childhood that she names "Miss Kitty Cat."

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Bailey, Arthur Scott: The Tale of Old Mr. Crow. 18 Oct 07

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My wife and I were cleaning out some old boxes in the basement when she discovered several Arthur Scott Bailey books that she had read as a child. They had been in her family for many generations. Being the dedicated worker that I am I promptly started to read one of them. Aside from invoking my wife's ire, I found the stories delightful. They are written for children but not written down to children.

Looking on Project Gutenberg I discovered a treasure of his stories. I will format and post all of them.

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Bailey, Arthur Scott: The Tale of Sandy Chipmunk. 19 Oct 07

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A great set of books for kids of all ages. It is consistent from book to book in that the characters maintain their personalities. Thus Spot the (old) dog is the same dog no matter which story he appears in.

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Bailey, Arthur Scott: The Tale of Tommy Fox. 19 Oct 07

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A great set of books for kids of all ages. It is consistent from book to book in that the characters maintain their personalities. Thus Spot the (old) dog is the same dog no matter which story he appears in.

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Bailey, Temple: The Trumpeter Swan. V1. 18 Sep 2010

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Irene Temple Bailey (ca. 1885 – July 6, 1953) was an American novelist and short story writer.
Beginning around 1902, Temple Bailey was contributing stories to national magazines such as The Saturday Evening Post, Cavalier Magazine, Cosmopolitan, The American Magazine, McClure's, Woman's Home Companion, Good Housekeeping, McCall's and others.
In 1914, Bailey wrote the screenplay for the Vitagraph Studios film Auntie, and two of her books were filmed. She also had three of her books on the list of bestselling novels in the United States in 1918, 1922, and 1926 as determined by Publishers Weekly.

Excerpt
There were only four passengers in the sleeper, men all of them—two in adjoining sections in the middle of the car, a third in the drawing-room, a fourth an intermittent occupant of a berth at the end. They had gone to bed unaware of the estate or circumstance of their fellow-travellers, and had waked to find the train delayed by washouts, and side-tracked until more could be learned of the condition of the road.

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Bailey, Temple: Contrary Mary. V1. 15 Sep 2010

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Irene Temple Bailey (ca. 1885 – July 6, 1953) was an American novelist and short story writer.
Beginning around 1902, Temple Bailey was contributing stories to national magazines such as The Saturday Evening Post, Cavalier Magazine, Cosmopolitan, The American Magazine, McClure's, Woman's Home Companion, Good Housekeeping, McCall's and others.
In 1914, Bailey wrote the screenplay for the Vitagraph Studios film Auntie, and two of her books were filmed. She also had three of her books on the list of bestselling novels in the United States in 1918, 1922, and 1926 as determined by Publishers Weekly.

Excerpt
In Which Silken Ladies Ascend One Stairway, and a Lonely Wayfarer Ascends Another and Comes Face to Face With Old Friends.

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Bailey, Temple: Glory of Youth. V1. 16 Sep 2010

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Irene Temple Bailey (ca. 1885 – July 6, 1953) was an American novelist and short story writer.
Beginning around 1902, Temple Bailey was contributing stories to national magazines such as The Saturday Evening Post, Cavalier Magazine, Cosmopolitan, The American Magazine, McClure's, Woman's Home Companion, Good Housekeeping, McCall's and others.
In 1914, Bailey wrote the screenplay for the Vitagraph Studios film Auntie, and two of her books were filmed. She also had three of her books on the list of bestselling novels in the United States in 1918, 1922, and 1926 as determined by Publishers Weekly.

Excerpt
The girl knelt on the floor, feverishly packing a shabby little trunk.

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Bailey, Temple: Judy. V1. 16 Sep 2010

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Irene Temple Bailey (ca. 1885 – July 6, 1953) was an American novelist and short story writer.
Beginning around 1902, Temple Bailey was contributing stories to national magazines such as The Saturday Evening Post, Cavalier Magazine, Cosmopolitan, The American Magazine, McClure's, Woman's Home Companion, Good Housekeeping, McCall's and others.
In 1914, Bailey wrote the screenplay for the Vitagraph Studios film Auntie, and two of her books were filmed. She also had three of her books on the list of bestselling novels in the United States in 1918, 1922, and 1926 as determined by Publishers Weekly.

Excerpt
Becky Sharp, perched among the fragrant blossoms, crooned soft nothings to herself. Under the tree little Anne lay at full length on the tender green sod and dreamed daydreams.
"Belinda," she said to her great white cat, "Belinda, if we could fly like Becky Sharp, we would all go to Egypt and eat our lunch on the top of the pyramids."

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Bailey, Temple: Mistress Anne. V1. 17 Sep 2010

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Irene Temple Bailey (ca. 1885 – July 6, 1953) was an American novelist and short story writer.
Beginning around 1902, Temple Bailey was contributing stories to national magazines such as The Saturday Evening Post, Cavalier Magazine, Cosmopolitan, The American Magazine, McClure's, Woman's Home Companion, Good Housekeeping, McCall's and others.
In 1914, Bailey wrote the screenplay for the Vitagraph Studios film Auntie, and two of her books were filmed. She also had three of her books on the list of bestselling novels in the United States in 1918, 1922, and 1926 as determined by Publishers Weekly.

Excerpt
The second day of the New Year came on Saturday. The holiday atmosphere had thus been extended over the week-end. The Christmas wreaths still hung in the windows, and there had been an added day of feasting. Holidays always brought people from town who ate with sharp appetites.

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Bailey, Temple: The Gay Cockade. V1. 16 Sep 2010

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Irene Temple Bailey (ca. 1885 – July 6, 1953) was an American novelist and short story writer.
Beginning around 1902, Temple Bailey was contributing stories to national magazines such as The Saturday Evening Post, Cavalier Magazine, Cosmopolitan, The American Magazine, McClure's, Woman's Home Companion, Good Housekeeping, McCall's and others.
In 1914, Bailey wrote the screenplay for the Vitagraph Studios film Auntie, and two of her books were filmed. She also had three of her books on the list of bestselling novels in the United States in 1918, 1922, and 1926 as determined by Publishers Weekly.

The gay cockade
The hidden land
White birches
The emperor's ghost
The red candle
Returned goods
Burned toast
Petronella
The canopy bed
Sandwich Jane
Lady Crusoe
A rebellious grandmother
Wait--for Prince Charming
Beggars on horseback.

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Bailey, Temple: The Tin Soldier. V1. 17 Sep 2010

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Irene Temple Bailey (ca. 1885 – July 6, 1953) was an American novelist and short story writer.
Beginning around 1902, Temple Bailey was contributing stories to national magazines such as The Saturday Evening Post, Cavalier Magazine, Cosmopolitan, The American Magazine, McClure's, Woman's Home Companion, Good Housekeeping, McCall's and others.
In 1914, Bailey wrote the screenplay for the Vitagraph Studios film Auntie, and two of her books were filmed. She also had three of her books on the list of bestselling novels in the United States in 1918, 1922, and 1926 as determined by Publishers Weekly.

Excerpt
["I cannot bear it," the Tin Soldier said, standing on the shelf, "I cannot bear it. It is so melancholy here. Let me rather go to the wars and lose my arms and legs."
HANS ANDERSEN: The Old House.[/

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Baily, Waldron: Heart of the Blue Ridge. V1. 30 July 2010

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Baily, Waldron, 1871-

Excerpt
Where the trail bent over a knoll, Zeke halted, and put down from his shoulder the hickory cudgel with its dangling valise of black oilcloth—total of baggage with which he was faring forth into the world. Then, he straightened himself, and looked back over the way he had come.

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Baily, Waldron: When the Cock Crows. V1. 31 July 2010

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Baily, Waldron, 1871-

Excerpt
The tide was at ebb. The noisily rushing spume-spotted waters of the sea were pounding the hard-sand shore of the easterly side of a beautiful island, nestling as a jewel in its setting just within the Capes, which form the shores on either side of Beaufort Inlet, but so exposed that when the winds blow from the sea the full force of the breakers is felt at this point. As this small bit of land is low-lying, more than once when a southeaster has raged, the tiny isle has become entirely submerged.

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Bain, F. W: Bubbles of the Foam. V1. 19 Sep 2010

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Francis William Bain (1863–1940) was a British writer of fantasy stories that he claimed were translated from Sanskrit.

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Four things are never far from you, in old Hindoo literature: underfoot, all round you, or away on the horizon, there they always are: the Forest, the Desert, the River, and the Hills.

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Bain, F. W: Bubbles of the Foam. v1. 20 Mar 2015

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Francis William Bain (29 April 1863 – 3 March 1940) was a British writer of fantasy stories that he claimed were translated from Sanskrit.

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Such then is the theme of Bubbles of the Foam: a little love-story, whose title, like that of all her elder sisters, has in the original a double application, by reason of the ambiguity of the last word, to Love, and to the Moon. We might also render it, A Heavenly Bubble, or,Love is a Bubble, or Nothing but a Bubble, or A Bubble of the World, thinking either of Love or the Moon

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Bain, F. W: The Substance of a Dream. V1. 20 Sep 2010

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aFrancis William Bain (1863–1940) was a British writer of fantasy stories that he claimed were translated from Sanskrit.

"The Substance of a Dream" is half a love-story, and half a fairy tale: as indeed every love-story is a fairy tale. Because, although that unaccountable mystery, the mutual attraction of the sexes, is the very essence of life, and everything else merely accidental or accessory, yet only too often in the jostle of the world, in the trough and tossing of the waves of time, the accidental smothers the essential, and life turns into a commonplace instead of a romance. And so, like every other story, this little story will perhaps be very differently judged, according to the reader's sex.

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Bain, Francis William: An Essence of the Dusk. V1. 19 Sep 2010

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Francis William Bain (1863–1940) was a British writer of fantasy stories that he claimed were translated from Sanskrit.

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More generally known, perhaps, than any other Hindoo legend, is the story of the demon, RÁHU, who brings about ECLIPSES, by devouring the Sun and Moon. For when the gods had upchurned the nectar, the delectable Butter of the Brine, Ráhu's mouth watered at the very sight of it: and "in the guise of a god" he mingled unperceived among them, to partake.

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Bain, R. Nisbet: Cossack Fairy Tales and Folk Tales. v1. 20 Jan 2014

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Robert Nisbet Bain (1854–1909) was a British historian and linguist who worked for the British Museum.

OH THE TSAR OF THE FOREST
THE STORY OF THE WIND
THE VOICES AT THE WINDOW
THE STORY OF LITTLE TSAR NOVISHNY, THE FALSE SISTER, AND THE FAITHFUL BEASTS
THE VAMPIRE AND ST MICHAEL
THE STORY OF TREMSIN, THE BIRD ZHAR, AND NASTASIA, THE LOVELY MAID OF THE SEA
THE SERPENT-WIFE
THE STORY OF UNLUCKY DANIEL
THE SPARROW AND THE BUSH
THE OLD DOG
THE FOX AND THE CAT
THE STRAW OX
THE GOLDEN SLIPPER
THE IRON WOLF
THE THREE BROTHERS
THE TSAR AND THE ANGEL
THE STORY OF IVAN AND THE DAUGHTER OF THE SUN
THE CAT, THE COCK, AND THE FOX
THE SERPENT-TSAREVICH AND HIS TWO WIVES
THE ORIGIN OF THE MOLE
THE TWO PRINCES
THE UNGRATEFUL CHILDREN AND THE OLD FATHER WHO WENT TO SCHOOL AGAIN
IVAN THE FOOL AND ST PETER’S FIFE
THE MAGIC EGG
THE STORY OF THE FORTY-FIRST BROTHER
THE STORY OF THE UNLUCKY DAYS
THE WONDROUS STORY OF IVAN GOLIK AND THE SERPENTS

NOTE: 16 Illustratiomns

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Bain, R. Nisbet: Russian Fairy Tales from the Skazki of Polevoi. v1. 26 Jan 2014

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Bain, R. Nisbet (Robert Nisbet), 1854-1909 was a British historian and linguist who worked for the British Museum. Translator.

The Golden Mountain.
Morozko.
The Flying Ship.
The Muzhichek-As-Big-As-Your-Thumb-with-Moustaches-Seven-Versts
The Story of the Tsarevich Ivan, and of the Harp that Harped Without a Harper.
The Story of Gore-Gorinskoe.
Go I Know Not Whither—Fetch I Know Not What.
Kuz’ma Skorobogaty.
The Tsarevna Loveliness-Inexhaustible.
Verlioka.
The Frog-Tsarevna.
The Two Sons of Ivan the Soldier.
The Woman-Accuser.
Thomas Berennikov.
The White Duck.
The Tale of Little Fool Ivan.
The Little Feather of Fenist the Bright Falcon.
The Tale of the Peasant Demyan.
The Enchanted Ring.
The Brave Labourer.
The Sage Damsel.
The Prophetic Dream.
Two Out of the Knapsack.
The Story of Marko the Rich and Vasily the Luckless.

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Baker, Samuel W.: Albert N’Yanza Great Basin of the Nile. 26 Oct 07

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The full title is [The Albert N’Yanza, Great Basin of the Nile & Explorations of the Nile Sources[/ and it was first published in 1866. Completing what Livingstone hoped to do, Sir Samuel W. Baker established himself in the forefront of African explorers.

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Baker, Samuel W.: In the Heart of Africa. 26 Oct 07

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Think of this as the [Reader's Digest[/ Condensed book of Sir Samuel Baker. It is a consolidation and digest of the first two books. If you read only one of his books, make it this one. If you read the other two then skip this one.

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Baker, Samuel W.: Nile Tributaries. 26 Oct 07

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The full title is [The Nile Tributaries of Abyssinia and the Sword Hunters of the Hamran Arabs.[/ It is the second major book by Sir Samuel W. Baker and established him in the forefront of African explorers.

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Baldwin, James: The Story of Roland. v1. January 2020

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The Story of Roland is my favourite James Baldwin (1841-1925) book. And the illustrations by Reginald Birch (1856-1943) are outstanding for their era

The text of the e-book is drawn from two editions, the 1883 American and the 1909 British. The latter is significantly different to the former. For instance, it is entitled The Story of Roland And The Peers Of Charlemagne; and it omits the ‘Adventures’ of the Knight of the Swan and Medoro the Moor. There are numerous other cuts to the text and a number of changes; the ‘French’ become the ‘Franks,’ and Morgan the Fay reverts to the traditional Morgan Le Fay, etc . Many of the re-writes, in my opinion, are improvements on the original text by the author.

The illustrations in the American edition are all by the artist, E. B Birch, the British edition omits several of these and adds two (of different scenes) by Will G. Mein (1868-1939). All these illustrations are included in the present edition, and have been ‘digitally dusted’. The cover was recreated from a first edition original.

In its review of the British edition, the Spectator, wrote; ‘Mr. Baldwin has been at great pains to collect from many sources details of the Roland legend. He takes us, for instance, to the Court of Prester John, and tells the strangely fanciful story of How Roland Became his own Shadow. Some of these curiosities we could have spared to have the great final scene of Roncesvalles given in more detail.’

In answer to the Spector’s criticism, The Battle Of Roncevalles by Mrs. Lang (1851-1933), with illustrations by Henry Justice Ford (1860-1941, has been added to this e-book edition as an appendix. Also added is an excerpt from John Malcolm Ludlow's (1821–1911) Popular Epics of the Middle Ages, one of Baldwin’s principle sources.

The spelling has been standardised to UK English, and formatted for ease of use for an e-book readership. I have retained Baldwin’s footnotes and added a few of my own.
The text and illustrations were sourced from archive.org.

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Baldwin, Louisa: Collected Stories. V1. 20 Mar 2011

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Baldwin, Louisa
1845-1925

British novelist, short-story writer, and poet, sometimes identified as "Mrs. Alfred Baldwin" and as the mother of British Prime Minister Stanley Baldwin, who held the post 3 separate times in the 1920s and '30s. As if that weren't enough, she was also one of Rudyard Kipling's aunts.

How He Left the Hotel
Many Waters Cannot Quench Love

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Baldwin, Louisa: The Shadow on the Blind (collected ghosts). v1. 07 Nov 2018

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THE SHADOW ON THE BLIND and Other Ghost Stories by Louisa Baldwin (1845–1925)

A double handful of stories, to entertain fans of Victorian ghosts. Specters make appearances in the land of the living (with sometimes tragic results), folk with a touch of the fey foresee deaths, and a family curse will have its way. Is the final story a tale of the supernatural? – or is it a fairytale?

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Louisa (Mrs. Alfred) Baldwin (25 August 1845 – 16 May 1925) was an English novelist, poet, and author of several popular Victorian ghost stories. She spent much of her adult life in a state of poor health, and her hatred of idleness, combined with her imagination, led her to write. She published four novels, several collections of verse, and one collection of ghost stories.

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This book was first published in 1895. Text is in the public domain in countries where the copyright term is “Life+90” or less, and in the USA.

PDF scan of the 1895 first edition of The Shadow on the Blind was obtained from the digital archives of the British Library; “The Ticking of the Clock” from Longman’s Magazine archives at HathiTrust. OCR errors and obvious printer’s errors were silently corrected; punctuation, diacritics, and italics formatted. Story titles are cross-linked to table of contents. Embedded font used for titling.

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Boooooo!
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Balfour, Andrew: By Stroke of Sword. v1. 17 Sep 2016

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Sir Andrew Balfour KCMG CB (21 March 1873 – 30 January 1931) was a Scottish Medical Officer who specialised in tropical medicine. Balfour spent twelve years in Khartoum, Sudan and was the Medical Officer of Health in the city. As well as writing medical publications, Balfour also wrote historical fiction and fantasy novels, the majority of which were published from 1897 to 1903. In his youth Balfour was also a notable sportsman playing rugby union for Cambridge University in the Varsity Match and was selected to represent the Scotland national team.

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IT seems strange to me, Jeremy Clephane, that at such an age as it hath pleased God that I should reach— and he knows it is not a small one—I should take upon me to set on paper those strange wanderings and yet stranger escapades which have fallen to my lot.

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Balfour, Andrew: The Golden Kingdom. v1. 19 Sep 2016

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Sir Andrew Balfour KCMG CB (21 March 1873 – 30 January 1931) was a Scottish Medical Officer who specialised in tropical medicine. Balfour spent twelve years in Khartoum, Sudan and was the Medical Officer of Health in the city. As well as writing medical publications, Balfour also wrote historical fiction and fantasy novels, the majority of which were published from 1897 to 1903. In his youth Balfour was also a notable sportsman playing rugby union for Cambridge University in the Varsity Match and was selected to represent the Scotland national team.

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It was in very truth a vile night, the vilest of the winter, and that winter no green yule-tide. I was weary, and had been wet; all day in the saddle, my grey mare fetlock deep in slush and snow, and the saddle-bags, damp and soaking, swinging against my knees till my very joints were stiff. Weary, and a trifle out of spirits at the dull round of life, the prosaic duties of a village leech, the empty house which had greeted my return, and above all the thought that when others rested from their labours I was yet in harness. Mistress Pumphret, the squire’s lady, was taken with an ague and like to die, so that at any moment there might come a rat-a-tat at the oak, which would mean for me a weary trudge with lanthorn and lancet, and no cosy bed and sound slumber.

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Balfour, Andrew: Vengeance is Mine. v1. 21 Sep 2016

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Sir Andrew Balfour KCMG CB (21 March 1873 – 30 January 1931) was a Scottish Medical Officer who specialised in tropical medicine. Balfour spent twelve years in Khartoum, Sudan and was the Medical Officer of Health in the city. As well as writing medical publications, Balfour also wrote historical fiction and fantasy novels, the majority of which were published from 1897 to 1903. In his youth Balfour was also a notable sportsman playing rugby union for Cambridge University in the Varsity Match and was selected to represent the Scotland national team.

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IT was the wildest storm that had visited the West Coast for many a year. It had come with the coming of night, and had increased in violence as the darkness fell. There was a heavy sea at the mouth of the Whipple water, but the fishermen of Shiachan were weather-wise, and their skiffs lay safely within the bar, but a few yards from the tiny hamlet.

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Ball, Eustace Hale: The Voice on the Wire. V1. 12 Oct 2010

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Born:November 4, 1881 in Gallipolis, Ohio, USA Died:April 20, 1931 (age 49) in Laguna Beach, California, USA , Screen writer and director.

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"Mr. Shirley is waiting for you in the grill-room, sir. Just step this way, sir, and down the stairs."
The large man awkwardly followed the servant to the cosey grill-room on the lower floor of the club house. He felt that every man of the little groups about the Flemish tables must be saying: "What's he doing here?"

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Ball, Eustace Hale: Traffic in Souls. V1. 12 Oct 2010

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Born:November 4, 1881 in Gallipolis, Ohio, USA Died:April 20, 1931 (age 49) in Laguna Beach, California, USA , Screen writer and director.

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Officer 4434 beat his freezing hands together as he stood with his back to the snow-laden north-easter, which rattled the creaking signboards of East Twelfth Street, and covered, with its merciful shroud of wet flakes, the ash-barrels, dingy stoops, gaudy saloon porticos and other architectural beauties of the Avenue corner.

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Ball, Hugo: Hermann Hesse - Sein Leben und sein Werk [German]. V1. 10-Nov-2011

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Diese Biografie erschien 1927 zu Hermann Hesses 50. Geburtstag. Sein Freund Hugo Ball starb zwei Monate später; Hermann Hesse lebte noch 35 Jahre.

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Ball, Hugo: Tenderenda der Phantast. german. v1. 15 mar 2009

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Bereits in den Jahren 1914 bis 1920 entstand Hugo Balls Text [Tenderenda der Phantast[/. Eine Gattungsbezeichnung ist nicht ganz einfach zu finden, denn mit einem Roman im herkömmlichen Sinn - Hugo Ball selbst hatte ursprünglich "Roman" als Gattungsbezeichnung vorgeschlagen - haben die 15 Episoden des Tenderenda nur wenig gemein. Die Kapitel, denen jeweils zeitlich-räumliche Vorbemerkungen, pointierten Regieanweisungen gleich, vorangestellt sind, tragen demnach auch so poetische und enigmatische Überschriften wie: [Der Aufstieg des Seher[/s, Grand Hotel Metaphysik oder [Bulbos Gebet und der Gebratene Dichter[/. Die realzeitlichen und die autobiographischen Einschreibungen verleihen dem Text jedoch eine Chronologie und damit auch eine Art Kohärenz. [Der Aufstieg des Sehers[/ spielt auf den großen Einfluss von Nietzsches Zarathustra auf die Literatur des Expressionismus und Dadaismus an, [Das Karusselpferd Johann[/ handelt von der Emigration einer "phantastischen Dichtergemeinde" im Jahr 1914, und [Grand Hotel Metapyhysik[/ hat nichts Geringeres als die "Geburt des Dadaismus" zum Thema.

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Ballantyne, R. M.: Dangerous Work.V1.7 June 2014

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I decided to create collections of Ballantyne like Calenorn suggested. Most of them are here at MR as seperate books.

The books in this volume are:

Dangerous Work
• Deep Down
• Fighting the Flames
• Life in the Red Brigade
• The Lively Poll
• The Young Trawler

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Ballantyne, R. M.: Exploration.V1.7 June 2014

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I decided to create collections of Ballantyne like Calenorn suggested. Most of them are here at MR as seperate books.

The books in this volume are:

Exploration
• Lost in the Forest
• Martin Rattler
• Rivers of Ice
• The Rover of the Andes
• Under the Waves
• Up in the Clouds

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Ballantyne, R. M.: Exploring Native America.V1.7 June 2014

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I decided to create collections of Ballantyne like Calenorn suggested. Most of them are here at MR as seperate books.

The books in this volume are:

Exploring Native America
• The Buffalo Runners
• Over the Rocky Mountains
• The Prairie Chief
• The Red Man's Revenge
• Silver Lake
• Twice Bought

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Ballantyne, R. M.: Exploring The Arctic.V1.7 June 2014

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I decided to create collections of Ballantyne like Calenorn suggested. Most of them are here at MR as seperate books.

The books in this volume are:

Exploring The Arctic
• Chasing the Sun
• Fast in the Ice
• The Giant of the North
• Red Rooney
• The Walrus Hunters
• The World of Ice

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Ballantyne, R. M.: Historical Fiction.V1.7 June 2014

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I decided to create collections of Ballantyne like Calenorn suggested. Most of them are here at MR as seperate books.

The books in this volume are:

Historical Fiction
• The Cannibal Islands
• Erling the Bold
• The Hot Swamp
• Hunted and Harried
• The Norsemen in the West

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Ballantyne, R. M.: Maritime Tales.V1.7 June 2014

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I decided to create collections of Ballantyne like Calenorn suggested. Most of them are here at MR as seperate books.

The books in this volume are:

Maritime Tales (lifeboats, lighthouses, steamships, etc.)
• Battles with the Sea
• The Floating Light of the Goodwin Sands
• In the Track of the Troops
• Jeff Benson
• Saved by the Lifeboat
• The Story of the Rock

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Ballantyne, R. M.: Nautical Yarns.V1.7 June 2014

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I decided to create collections of Ballantyne like Calenorn suggested. Most of them are here at MR as seperate books.

The books in this volume are:

Nautical Yarns (age of sail)
• The Battle and the Breeze
• Black Ivory
• The Crew of the Water Wagtail
• Fighting the Whales
• The Lifeboat
• Sunk at Sea

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Ballantyne, R. M.: Pirate Tales.V1.7 June 2014

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I decided to create collections of Ballantyne like Calenorn suggested. Most of them are here at MR as seperate books.

The books in this volume are:

Pirate Tales
• The Battery and the Boiler
• The Coral Island
• The Madman and the Pirate
• The Middy and the Moors
• The Pirate City

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Ballantyne, R. M.: Sailing The South Seas.V1.7 June 2014

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I decided to create collections of Ballantyne like Calenorn suggested. Most of them are here at MR as seperate books.

The books in this volume are:

Sailing The South Seas
• Blown to Bits
• Gascoyne, The Sandal-Wood Trader
• The Island Queen
• Jarwin and Cuffy
• The Lonely Island
• The Red Eric

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Ballantyne, R. M.: Stories of Africa.V1.7 June 2014

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I decided to create collections of Ballantyne like Calenorn suggested. Most of them are here at MR as seperate books.
The books in this volume are:

Stories of Africa
• Blue Lights
• The Fugitives
• The Gorilla Hunters
• Hunting the Lions
• The Settler and the Savage
• Six Months at the Cape

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Ballantyne, R. M.: The Big Otter, v.1, 14 June 2009.

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Robert Michael Ballantyne (1825–1894)
“The Big Otter” (1887)

An adventure story set in Canada. The eponymous “Big Otter” is actually a heroic Indian chief. The tale features stereotypical Englishmen, Scots and French Canadians, plus noble savages and lost maidens.

The conversion was inspired by all the otter-related talk in the Lounge. I have added a cover featuring an otter. The source of the text was Project Gutenberg.

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Ballantyne, R. M.: The Canadian Wilds.V1.7 June 2014

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I decided to create collections of Ballantyne like Calenorn suggested. Most of them are here at MR as seperate books.

The books in this volume are:

The Canadian Wilds
• Away in the Wilderness
• The Big Otter
• Fort Desolation
• The Pioneers
• Ungava
• Wrecked but not Ruined

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Ballantyne, R. M.: Western Adventures.V1.7 June 2014

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I decided to create collections of Ballantyne like Calenorn suggested. Most of them are here at MR as seperate books.

The books in this volume are:

Western Adventures
• Charlie to the Rescue
• Digging for Gold
• The Dog Crusoe and His Master
• The Golden Dream
• Philosopher Jack
• The Wild Man of the West

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Ballantyne, R. M: Away in the Wilderness. v1. 18 Mar 2015

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R. M. Ballantyne (24 April 1825 – 8 February 1894) was a Scottish author of juvenile fiction who wrote more than 100 books. He was also an accomplished artist, and exhibited some of his water-colours at the Royal Scottish Academy.

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The man wore the leathern coat and leggings of a North American hunter, or trapper, or backwoodsman; and well did he deserve all these titles, for Jasper Derry was known to his friends as the best hunter, the most successful trapper, and the boldest man in the backwoods.

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Ballantyne, R. M: Away in the Wilderness. V1. 20 Sep 2010

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R. M. Ballantyne (24 April 1825 – 8 February 1894) was a Scottish juvenile fiction writer.
Born Robert Michael Ballantyne in Edinburgh, he was part of a famous family of printers and publishers. At the age of 16 he went to Canada and was six years in the service of the Hudson's Bay Company. He returned to Scotland in 1847, and published his first book the following year, Hudson's Bay: or, Life in the Wilds of North America. For some time he was employed by Messrs Constable, the publishers, but in 1856 he gave up business for the profession of literature, and began the series of adventure stories for the young with which his name is popularly associated.

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On a beautiful summer evening, not many years ago, a man was seen to ascend the side of a little mound or hillock, on the top of which he lingered to gaze upon the wild scenery that lay stretched out before him.
The man wore the leathern coat and leggings of a North American hunter, or trapper, or backwoodsman; and well did he deserve all these titles, for Jasper Derry was known to his friends as the best hunter, the most successful trapper, and the boldest man in the backwoods.

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Ballantyne, R. M: Battles with the Sea. V1. 20 Sep 2010

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R. M. Ballantyne (24 April 1825 – 8 February 1894) was a Scottish juvenile fiction writer.
Born Robert Michael Ballantyne in Edinburgh, he was part of a famous family of printers and publishers. At the age of 16 he went to Canada and was six years in the service of the Hudson's Bay Company. He returned to Scotland in 1847, and published his first book the following year, Hudson's Bay: or, Life in the Wilds of North America. For some time he was employed by Messrs Constable, the publishers, but in 1856 he gave up business for the profession of literature, and began the series of adventure stories for the young with which his name is popularly associated.

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Sometimes our gallant lifeboat-men when called into action go through a very different and not very comfortable experience. They neither gain a glorious victory nor achieve a partial success, but, after all their efforts, risks, and exposure, find that their services are not required, and that they must return meekly home with nothing to reward them but an approving conscience!

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Ballantyne, R. M: Blown to Bits. V1. 21 Sep 2010

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R. M. Ballantyne (24 April 1825 – 8 February 1894) was a Scottish juvenile fiction writer.
Born Robert Michael Ballantyne in Edinburgh, he was part of a famous family of printers and publishers. At the age of 16 he went to Canada and was six years in the service of the Hudson's Bay Company. He returned to Scotland in 1847, and published his first book the following year, Hudson's Bay: or, Life in the Wilds of North America. For some time he was employed by Messrs Constable, the publishers, but in 1856 he gave up business for the profession of literature, and began the series of adventure stories for the young with which his name is popularly associated.

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They had scarcely left the cave when Nigel awoke. Feeling indisposed for further repose, he got up and went out in that vague state of mind which is usually defined as "having a look at the weather." Whether or not he gathered much information from the look we cannot tell, but, taking up his short gun, which stood handy at the entrance of the cave, he sauntered down the path which his host had followed a short time before. Arrived at the shore, he observed that a branch path diverged to the left, and appeared to run in the direction of a high precipice.

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Ballantyne, R. M: Blue Lights. V1. 22 Sep 2010

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R. M. Ballantyne (24 April 1825 – 8 February 1894) was a Scottish juvenile fiction writer.
Born Robert Michael Ballantyne in Edinburgh, he was part of a famous family of printers and publishers. At the age of 16 he went to Canada and was six years in the service of the Hudson's Bay Company. He returned to Scotland in 1847, and published his first book the following year, Hudson's Bay: or, Life in the Wilds of North America. For some time he was employed by Messrs Constable, the publishers, but in 1856 he gave up business for the profession of literature, and began the series of adventure stories for the young with which his name is popularly associated.

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Miles Milton, our hero, at the age of nineteen, stood at the dividing ridge of his life. If the oscillating spirit, trembling between right and wrong, had decided to lean to the right, what might have been his fate no one can tell. He paused on the balance a short time, then he leaned over to the left, and what his fate was it is the purpose of this volume to disclose. At the outset, we may remark that it was not unmixed good. Neither was it unmitigated evil.

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Ballantyne, R. M: Charlie to the Rescue. V1. 23 Sep 2010

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R. M. Ballantyne (24 April 1825 – 8 February 1894) was a Scottish juvenile fiction writer.
Born Robert Michael Ballantyne in Edinburgh, he was part of a famous family of printers and publishers. At the age of 16 he went to Canada and was six years in the service of the Hudson's Bay Company. He returned to Scotland in 1847, and published his first book the following year, Hudson's Bay: or, Life in the Wilds of North America. For some time he was employed by Messrs Constable, the publishers, but in 1856 he gave up business for the profession of literature, and began the series of adventure stories for the young with which his name is popularly associated.

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Much as he was, Charlie, only somewhat more deeply sunk. The fact is," continued Crossley, "it is this very matter that takes us down to Sealford to-day. We have just had fresh news of Shank -- who is in America -- and I want to consult with Mrs Leather about him. You see I have agents out there who may be able to help us to save him.

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Ballantyne, R. M: Chasing the Sun. V1. 23 Sep 2010

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R. M. Ballantyne (24 April 1825 – 8 February 1894) was a Scottish juvenile fiction writer.
Born Robert Michael Ballantyne in Edinburgh, he was part of a famous family of printers and publishers. At the age of 16 he went to Canada and was six years in the service of the Hudson's Bay Company. He returned to Scotland in 1847, and published his first book the following year, Hudson's Bay: or, Life in the Wilds of North America. For some time he was employed by Messrs Constable, the publishers, but in 1856 he gave up business for the profession of literature, and began the series of adventure stories for the young with which his name is popularly associated.

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"Fred Temple was a tall, handsome young fellow of about five-and-twenty. He had a romantic spirit, a quiet gentlemanly manner, a pleasant smile, and a passionate desire for violent exercise. To look at him you would have supposed that he was rather a lazy man, for all his motions were slow and deliberate. He was never in a hurry, and looked as if it would take a great deal to excite him. But those who knew Fred Temple well used to say that there was a great deal more in him than appeared at first sight. Sometimes a sudden flush of the brow, or a gleam of his eyes, told of hidden fires within. . . . "

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Ballantyne, R. M: Deep Down. V1. 25 Sep 2010

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R. M. Ballantyne (24 April 1825 – 8 February 1894) was a Scottish juvenile fiction writer.
Born Robert Michael Ballantyne in Edinburgh, he was part of a famous family of printers and publishers. At the age of 16 he went to Canada and was six years in the service of the Hudson's Bay Company. He returned to Scotland in 1847, and published his first book the following year, Hudson's Bay: or, Life in the Wilds of North America. For some time he was employed by Messrs Constable, the publishers, but in 1856 he gave up business for the profession of literature, and began the series of adventure stories for the young with which his name is popularly associated.

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Necessity is the mother of invention. This is undoubtedly true, but it is equally true that invention is not the only member of necessity’s large family. Change of scene and circumstance are also among her children. It was necessity that gave birth to the resolve to travel to the end of the earth—of English earth at all events—in search of fortune, which swelled the bosom of yonder tall, well-favoured youth, who, seated uncomfortably on the top of that clumsy public conveyance, drives up Market-Jew Street in the ancient town of Penzance. Yes, necessity—stern necessity, as she is sometimes called—drove that youth into Cornwall, and thus was the originating cause of that wonderful series of events which ultimately led to his attaining—but hold! Let us begin at the beginning.

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Ballantyne, R. M: Digging for Gold. V1. 25 Sep 2010

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R. M. Ballantyne (24 April 1825 – 8 February 1894) was a Scottish juvenile fiction writer.
Born Robert Michael Ballantyne in Edinburgh, he was part of a famous family of printers and publishers. At the age of 16 he went to Canada and was six years in the service of the Hudson's Bay Company. He returned to Scotland in 1847, and published his first book the following year, Hudson's Bay: or, Life in the Wilds of North America. For some time he was employed by Messrs Constable, the publishers, but in 1856 he gave up business for the profession of literature, and began the series of adventure stories for the young with which his name is popularly associated.

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If ever there was a man in this world who was passionately fond of painting and cut out for a painter, that man was Frank Allfrey; but fate, in the form of an old uncle, had decided that Frank should not follow the bent of his inclinations.

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Ballantyne, R. M: Dusty Diamonds Cut and Polished. v2. 25 Sep 2010

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R. M. Ballantyne (24 April 1825 – 8 February 1894) was a Scottish juvenile fiction writer.
Born Robert Michael Ballantyne in Edinburgh, he was part of a famous family of printers and publishers. At the age of 16 he went to Canada and was six years in the service of the Hudson's Bay Company. He returned to Scotland in 1847, and published his first book the following year, Hudson's Bay: or, Life in the Wilds of North America. For some time he was employed by Messrs Constable, the publishers, but in 1856 he gave up business for the profession of literature, and began the series of adventure stories for the young with which his name is popularly associated.

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I can't bear to think of 'im, Hetty," said Mrs Frog. "You an' me sittin' here so comfortable, with as much to eat as we want, an' to spare, while your poor father is in a cold cell. He's bin pretty bad to me of late, it's true, wi' that drink, but he wasn't always like that, Hetty; even you can remember him before he took to the drink.

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Ballantyne, R. M: Fighting the Flames. V1. 26 Sep 2010

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R. M. Ballantyne (24 April 1825 – 8 February 1894) was a Scottish juvenile fiction writer.
Born Robert Michael Ballantyne in Edinburgh, he was part of a famous family of printers and publishers. At the age of 16 he went to Canada and was six years in the service of the Hudson's Bay Company. He returned to Scotland in 1847, and published his first book the following year, Hudson's Bay: or, Life in the Wilds of North America. For some time he was employed by Messrs Constable, the publishers, but in 1856 he gave up business for the profession of literature, and began the series of adventure stories for the young with which his name is popularly associated.

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Mr. Braidwood, the able Superintendent, had for many years been training his men on a system, the original of which he had begun and proved in Edinburgh. Modifying his system to suit the peculiarities of the larger field to which he had been translated, he had brought the "Fire Engine Establishment," (which belonged at that time to several insurance companies) to a state of efficiency which rendered it a model and a training-school for the rest of the world; and although he had not the advantage of the telegraph or the powerful aid of the land steam fire-engine of the present day, he had men of the same metal as those which compose the force now.

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Ballantyne, R. M: Fighting the Whales. V1. 26 Sep 2010

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R. M. Ballantyne (24 April 1825 – 8 February 1894) was a Scottish juvenile fiction writer.
Born Robert Michael Ballantyne in Edinburgh, he was part of a famous family of printers and publishers. At the age of 16 he went to Canada and was six years in the service of the Hudson's Bay Company. He returned to Scotland in 1847, and published his first book the following year, Hudson's Bay: or, Life in the Wilds of North America. For some time he was employed by Messrs Constable, the publishers, but in 1856 he gave up business for the profession of literature, and began the series of adventure stories for the young with which his name is popularly associated.

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There are few things in this world that have filled me with so much astonishment as the fact that man can kill a whale! That a fish, more than sixty feet long, and thirty feet round the body; with the bulk of three hundred fat oxen rolled into one; with the strength of many hundreds of horses; able to swim at a rate that would carry it right round the world in twenty-three days; that can smash a boat to atoms with one slap of its tail, and stave in the planks of a ship with one blow of its thick skull;—that such a monster can be caught and killed by man, is most wonderful to hear of, but I can tell from experience that it is much more wonderful to see.

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Ballantyne, R. M: Fort Desolation. V1. 27 Sep 2010

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R. M. Ballantyne (24 April 1825 – 8 February 1894) was a Scottish juvenile fiction writer.
Born Robert Michael Ballantyne in Edinburgh, he was part of a famous family of printers and publishers. At the age of 16 he went to Canada and was six years in the service of the Hudson's Bay Company. He returned to Scotland in 1847, and published his first book the following year, Hudson's Bay: or, Life in the Wilds of North America. For some time he was employed by Messrs Constable, the publishers, but in 1856 he gave up business for the profession of literature, and began the series of adventure stories for the young with which his name is popularly associated.

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To some minds solitude is depressing, to others it is congenial. It was the former to our friend John Robinson; yet he had a large share of it in his chequered life. John—more familiarly known as Jack—was as romantic as his name was the reverse. To look at him you would have supposed that he was the most ordinary of common-place men, but if you had known him, as we did, you would have discovered that there was a deep, silent, but ever-flowing river of enthusiasm, energy, fervour—in a word, romance—in his soul, which seldom or never manifested itself in words, and only now and then, on rare occasions, flashed out in a lightning glance, or blazed up in a fiery countenance. For the most part Jack was calm as a mill-pond, deep as the Atlantic, straightforward and grave as an undertaker’s clerk and good-humoured as an unspoilt and healthy child.

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Ballantyne, R. M: Freaks on the Fells. V1. 27 Sep 2010

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R. M. Ballantyne (24 April 1825 – 8 February 1894) was a Scottish juvenile fiction writer.
Born Robert Michael Ballantyne in Edinburgh, he was part of a famous family of printers and publishers. At the age of 16 he went to Canada and was six years in the service of the Hudson's Bay Company. He returned to Scotland in 1847, and published his first book the following year, Hudson's Bay: or, Life in the Wilds of North America. For some time he was employed by Messrs Constable, the publishers, but in 1856 he gave up business for the profession of literature, and began the series of adventure stories for the young with which his name is popularly associated.

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The sight of this wet, dirty little creature acted, as formerly, like a charm on the old woman. Her face relaxed into a smile of deep tenderness. She immediately rose, and taking the child in her arms carried him to her stool, and sat down with him in her lap. Jacky made no resistance; on the contrary, he seemed to have made up his mind to submit at once, and with a good grace, to the will of this strange old creature--to the amazement as well as amusement of his relations.

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Ballantyne, R. M: Gascoyne, the Sandal-Wood Trader. V1. 28 Sep 2010

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R. M. Ballantyne (24 April 1825 – 8 February 1894) was a Scottish juvenile fiction writer.
Born Robert Michael Ballantyne in Edinburgh, he was part of a famous family of printers and publishers. At the age of 16 he went to Canada and was six years in the service of the Hudson's Bay Company. He returned to Scotland in 1847, and published his first book the following year, Hudson's Bay: or, Life in the Wilds of North America. For some time he was employed by Messrs Constable, the publishers, but in 1856 he gave up business for the profession of literature, and began the series of adventure stories for the young with which his name is popularly associated.

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As soon as the anchor touched the ground, the captain ordered a small boat to be lowered, and, leaping into it with two men, rowed toward the shore.

The captain of the schooner was one of those men who seem to have been formed for the special purpose of leading and commanding their fellows. He was not only unusually tall and powerful but he possessed voice whose softest tones riveted attention, and when it thundered forth commands in the fiercest storms, it inspired confidence heard it. His eyes were of that indescribable blue color which can exhibit either passion or tenderness intensely.

"Have you brought your kit with you, John?" inquired the captain, as the little boat shot over the smooth waters of the bay. "I do not mean to take you aboard again."

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Ballantyne, R. M: Handbook to the new Gold-fields. V1. 28 Sep 2010

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R. M. Ballantyne (24 April 1825 – 8 February 1894) was a Scottish juvenile fiction writer.
Born Robert Michael Ballantyne in Edinburgh, he was part of a famous family of printers and publishers. At the age of 16 he went to Canada and was six years in the service of the Hudson's Bay Company. He returned to Scotland in 1847, and published his first book the following year, Hudson's Bay: or, Life in the Wilds of North America. For some time he was employed by Messrs Constable, the publishers, but in 1856 he gave up business for the profession of literature, and began the series of adventure stories for the young with which his name is popularly associated.

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The problem of colonisation in the north-western portion of British America is fast working itself out. The same destiny which pushed forward Anglo-Saxon energy and intelligence into the rich plains of Mexico, and which has peopled Australia, is now turning the current of emigration to another of the “waste-places of the earth.” The discovery of extensive goldfields in the extreme west of the territories now occupied by the Hudson’s Bay Company, is a great fact. It no longer comes to us as the report of interested adventurers, or the exaggeration of a few sanguine diggers, but with well-authenticated results—large quantities of gold received at San Francisco, and a consequent rush of all nations from the gold regions of California, as well as from the United States and Canada.

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Ballantyne, R. M: Hunted and Harried. V1. 29 Sep 2010

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R. M. Ballantyne (24 April 1825 – 8 February 1894) was a Scottish juvenile fiction writer.
Born Robert Michael Ballantyne in Edinburgh, he was part of a famous family of printers and publishers. At the age of 16 he went to Canada and was six years in the service of the Hudson's Bay Company. He returned to Scotland in 1847, and published his first book the following year, Hudson's Bay: or, Life in the Wilds of North America. For some time he was employed by Messrs Constable, the publishers, but in 1856 he gave up business for the profession of literature, and began the series of adventure stories for the young with which his name is popularly associated.

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The executioner was about to obey when a noise was heard at the door of the Council Chamber, and a cavalier, booted and spurred and splashed with mud, as if he had ridden fast and far, strode hastily up to the Duke and whispered in his ear. The effect of the whisper was striking, for an expression of mingled surprise, horror, and alarm overspread for a few moments even his hard visage. At the same time the Bishop of Galloway was observed to turn deadly pale, and an air of consternation generally marked the members of Council.

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Ballantyne, R. M: Hunting the Lions. V1. 29 Sep 2010

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R. M. Ballantyne (24 April 1825 – 8 February 1894) was a Scottish juvenile fiction writer.
Born Robert Michael Ballantyne in Edinburgh, he was part of a famous family of printers and publishers. At the age of 16 he went to Canada and was six years in the service of the Hudson's Bay Company. He returned to Scotland in 1847, and published his first book the following year, Hudson's Bay: or, Life in the Wilds of North America. For some time he was employed by Messrs Constable, the publishers, but in 1856 he gave up business for the profession of literature, and began the series of adventure stories for the young with which his name is popularly associated.

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It has happened often that the poor animal's legs do their duty so badly that he falls and exposes his rider to be trodden into a mummy; or losing his presence of mind, the rider may allow the horse to dash under a tree, and crack his cranium against a branch. As one charge of an elephant has often been enough to make embryo hunters bid a final adieu to the chase, incipient Nimrods would do well to try their nerves by standing on railways till the engines are within a few yards of them, before going to Africa!"

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Ballantyne, R. M: In the Track of the Troops. V1. 29 Sep 2010

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R. M. Ballantyne (24 April 1825 – 8 February 1894) was a Scottish juvenile fiction writer.
Born Robert Michael Ballantyne in Edinburgh, he was part of a famous family of printers and publishers. At the age of 16 he went to Canada and was six years in the service of the Hudson's Bay Company. He returned to Scotland in 1847, and published his first book the following year, Hudson's Bay: or, Life in the Wilds of North America. For some time he was employed by Messrs Constable, the publishers, but in 1856 he gave up business for the profession of literature, and began the series of adventure stories for the young with which his name is popularly associated.

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When at a sufficient distance from the ship, an order was given by the officer in charge. Immediately the outrigger on the right or starboard side was run out by invisible hands to its full extent -- apparently fifteen feet beyond the bow of the launch; then the inner end of the outrigger was tilted violently into the air, so that the other end with its torpedo was thrust down ten feet below the surface of the water. This, I was told, is about the depth at which an enemy's ship ought to be struck. The launch, still going at full speed, was now supposed to have run so close to the enemy, that the submerged torpedo was about to strike

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Ballantyne, R. M: Iron Horse, The. V1. 29 Sep 2010

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R. M. Ballantyne (24 April 1825 – 8 February 1894) was a Scottish juvenile fiction writer.
Born Robert Michael Ballantyne in Edinburgh, he was part of a famous family of printers and publishers. At the age of 16 he went to Canada and was six years in the service of the Hudson's Bay Company. He returned to Scotland in 1847, and published his first book the following year, Hudson's Bay: or, Life in the Wilds of North America. For some time he was employed by Messrs Constable, the publishers, but in 1856 he gave up business for the profession of literature, and began the series of adventure stories for the young with which his name is popularly associated.

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How the madman who assaulted me this evening found me out I know not. I was not aware until this day that he had been tracking me, but, judging from what he said, and from what I know about him, I now see that he must have been doing so for some years. Here is the explanation, and, let me add, it intimately concerns yourselves.

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Ballantyne, R. M: Island Queen , The. V1. 29 Sep 2010

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R. M. Ballantyne (24 April 1825 – 8 February 1894) was a Scottish juvenile fiction writer.
Born Robert Michael Ballantyne in Edinburgh, he was part of a famous family of printers and publishers. At the age of 16 he went to Canada and was six years in the service of the Hudson's Bay Company. He returned to Scotland in 1847, and published his first book the following year, Hudson's Bay: or, Life in the Wilds of North America. For some time he was employed by Messrs Constable, the publishers, but in 1856 he gave up business for the profession of literature, and began the series of adventure stories for the young with which his name is popularly associated.

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This sudden revival of the old foe, and this unexpected surprise and fall, had roused this strong man's spirit to its utmost ferocity, and in mighty wrath he plied his hammer like a second Thor. But the very strength and nervous power of the man constituted his weakness when brought under the subtle influence of the old tempter, and it is probable that on his recovery, with nerves shaken, old cravings awakened, and self-respect gone, he would have fallen again and again if God had not made use of the paroxysm of rage to destroy the opportunity and the cause of evil.

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Ballantyne, R. M: Jeff Benson, or the Young Coastguardsman. V1. 30 Sep 2010

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R. M. Ballantyne (24 April 1825 – 8 February 1894) was a Scottish juvenile fiction writer.
Born Robert Michael Ballantyne in Edinburgh, he was part of a famous family of printers and publishers. At the age of 16 he went to Canada and was six years in the service of the Hudson's Bay Company. He returned to Scotland in 1847, and published his first book the following year, Hudson's Bay: or, Life in the Wilds of North America. For some time he was employed by Messrs Constable, the publishers, but in 1856 he gave up business for the profession of literature, and began the series of adventure stories for the young with which his name is popularly associated.

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A poor schoolmaster named Benson died, not long ago, in a little town on the south-east coast of England, which shall be called Cranby.
He left an only son, Jeffrey, and an elder brother, Jacob, to mourn his loss. The son mourned for his father profoundly, for he loved him much. The brother mourned him moderately, for he was a close-fisted, hard-hearted, stern man of the law, whose little soul, enclosed in a large body, had not risen to the conception of any nobler aim in life than the acquisition of wealth, or any higher enjoyment than a social evening with men like himself.
The son Jeffrey was a free-and-easy, hearty, good-natured lad, with an overgrown and handsome person, an enthusiastic spirit, a strong will, and a thorough belief in his own ability to achieve anything to which he chose to set his mind.

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Ballantyne, R. M: Life in the Red Brigade. V1. 30 Sep 2010

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R. M. Ballantyne (24 April 1825 – 8 February 1894) was a Scottish juvenile fiction writer.
Born Robert Michael Ballantyne in Edinburgh, he was part of a famous family of printers and publishers. At the age of 16 he went to Canada and was six years in the service of the Hudson's Bay Company. He returned to Scotland in 1847, and published his first book the following year, Hudson's Bay: or, Life in the Wilds of North America. For some time he was employed by Messrs Constable, the publishers, but in 1856 he gave up business for the profession of literature, and began the series of adventure stories for the young with which his name is popularly associated.

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Wet, worn and weary—with water squeaking in his boots, and a mixture of charcoal and water streaking his face to such an extent that, as a comrade asserted, his own mother would not have known him—a stout young man walked smartly one morning through the streets of London towards his own home.

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Ballantyne, R. M: Lost in the Forest. V1. 2 Oct 2010

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R. M. Ballantyne (24 April 1825 – 8 February 1894) was a Scottish juvenile fiction writer.
Born Robert Michael Ballantyne in Edinburgh, he was part of a famous family of printers and publishers. At the age of 16 he went to Canada and was six years in the service of the Hudson's Bay Company. He returned to Scotland in 1847, and published his first book the following year, Hudson's Bay: or, Life in the Wilds of North America. For some time he was employed by Messrs Constable, the publishers, but in 1856 he gave up business for the profession of literature, and began the series of adventure stories for the young with which his name is popularly associated.

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Here, one evening, they were becalmed not far from land, and Griffin ordered a boat to be lowered, with a crew to go ashore. The captain had been in low spirits that day, from what cause was not known, and no one ever found out the reason, but certain it is that he was unusually morose and gruff. He was also rather absent, and did not observe the fact that Larry O'Hale, Muggins, and Will Osten were among the crew of the boat. The mate observed it, however, and having a shrewd suspicion of their intentions, ordered them to leave it.

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Ballantyne, R. M: Lost in the Forest. V2. 2 Oct 2010

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R. M. Ballantyne (24 April 1825 – 8 February 1894) was a Scottish juvenile fiction writer.
Born Robert Michael Ballantyne in Edinburgh, he was part of a famous family of printers and publishers. At the age of 16 he went to Canada and was six years in the service of the Hudson's Bay Company. He returned to Scotland in 1847, and published his first book the following year, Hudson's Bay: or, Life in the Wilds of North America. For some time he was employed by Messrs Constable, the publishers, but in 1856 he gave up business for the profession of literature, and began the series of adventure stories for the young with which his name is popularly associated.

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Here, one evening, they were becalmed not far from land, and Griffin ordered a boat to be lowered, with a crew to go ashore. The captain had been in low spirits that day, from what cause was not known, and no one ever found out the reason, but certain it is that he was unusually morose and gruff. He was also rather absent, and did not observe the fact that Larry O'Hale, Muggins, and Will Osten were among the crew of the boat. The mate observed it, however, and having a shrewd suspicion of their intentions, ordered them to leave it.

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Ballantyne, R. M: Man on the Ocean. V1. 2 Oct 2010

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R. M. Ballantyne (24 April 1825 – 8 February 1894) was a Scottish juvenile fiction writer.
Born Robert Michael Ballantyne in Edinburgh, he was part of a famous family of printers and publishers. At the age of 16 he went to Canada and was six years in the service of the Hudson's Bay Company. He returned to Scotland in 1847, and published his first book the following year, Hudson's Bay: or, Life in the Wilds of North America. For some time he was employed by Messrs Constable, the publishers, but in 1856 he gave up business for the profession of literature, and began the series of adventure stories for the young with which his name is popularly associated.

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There is, perhaps, no contrivance in the wide world more wonderful than a ship—a full-rigged, well-manned, gigantic ship!

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Ballantyne, R. M: Man on the Ocean. V2. 2 Oct 2010

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R. M. Ballantyne (24 April 1825 – 8 February 1894) was a Scottish juvenile fiction writer.
Born Robert Michael Ballantyne in Edinburgh, he was part of a famous family of printers and publishers. At the age of 16 he went to Canada and was six years in the service of the Hudson's Bay Company. He returned to Scotland in 1847, and published his first book the following year, Hudson's Bay: or, Life in the Wilds of North America. For some time he was employed by Messrs Constable, the publishers, but in 1856 he gave up business for the profession of literature, and began the series of adventure stories for the young with which his name is popularly associated.

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There is, perhaps, no contrivance in the wide world more wonderful than a ship—a full-rigged, well-manned, gigantic ship!

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Ballantyne, R. M: Martin Rattler. V1. 3 Oct 2010

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R. M. Ballantyne (24 April 1825 – 8 February 1894) was a Scottish juvenile fiction writer.
Born Robert Michael Ballantyne in Edinburgh, he was part of a famous family of printers and publishers. At the age of 16 he went to Canada and was six years in the service of the Hudson's Bay Company. He returned to Scotland in 1847, and published his first book the following year, Hudson's Bay: or, Life in the Wilds of North America. For some time he was employed by Messrs Constable, the publishers, but in 1856 he gave up business for the profession of literature, and began the series of adventure stories for the young with which his name is popularly associated.

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Martin Rattler was a very bad boy. At least his aunt, Mrs. Dorothy Grumbit, said so; and certainly she ought to have known, if anybody should, for Martin lived with her, and was, as she herself expressed it, "the bane of her existence, - the very torment of her life." No doubt of it whatever, according to Aunt Dorothy Grumbit's showing, Martin Rattler was "a remarkably bad boy." It is a curious fact, however, that, although most of the people in the village of Ashford seemed to agree with Mrs. Grumbit in her opinion of Martin, there were very few of them who did not smile cheerfully on the child when they met him, and say, "Good day, lad!" as heartily as if they thought him the best boy in the place. No one seemed to bear Martin Rattler ill-will, notwithstanding his alleged badness. Men laughed when they said he was a bad boy, as if they did not quite believe their own assertion. The vicar, an old whiteheaded man, with a kind, hearty countenance, said that the child was full of mischief, full of mischief; but he would improve as he grew older, he was quite certain of that.

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Ballantyne, R. M: Martin Rattler. V2. 3 Oct 2010

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R. M. Ballantyne (24 April 1825 – 8 February 1894) was a Scottish juvenile fiction writer.
Born Robert Michael Ballantyne in Edinburgh, he was part of a famous family of printers and publishers. At the age of 16 he went to Canada and was six years in the service of the Hudson's Bay Company. He returned to Scotland in 1847, and published his first book the following year, Hudson's Bay: or, Life in the Wilds of North America. For some time he was employed by Messrs Constable, the publishers, but in 1856 he gave up business for the profession of literature, and began the series of adventure stories for the young with which his name is popularly associated.

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Martin Rattler was a very bad boy. At least his aunt, Mrs. Dorothy Grumbit, said so; and certainly she ought to have known, if anybody should, for Martin lived with her, and was, as she herself expressed it, "the bane of her existence, - the very torment of her life." No doubt of it whatever, according to Aunt Dorothy Grumbit's showing, Martin Rattler was "a remarkably bad boy." It is a curious fact, however, that, although most of the people in the village of Ashford seemed to agree with Mrs. Grumbit in her opinion of Martin, there were very few of them who did not smile cheerfully on the child when they met him, and say, "Good day, lad!" as heartily as if they thought him the best boy in the place. No one seemed to bear Martin Rattler ill-will, notwithstanding his alleged badness. Men laughed when they said he was a bad boy, as if they did not quite believe their own assertion. The vicar, an old whiteheaded man, with a kind, hearty countenance, said that the child was full of mischief, full of mischief; but he would improve as he grew older, he was quite certain of that.

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Ballantyne, R. M: My Doggie and I. V1. 3 Oct 2010

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R. M. Ballantyne (24 April 1825 – 8 February 1894) was a Scottish juvenile fiction writer.
Born Robert Michael Ballantyne in Edinburgh, he was part of a famous family of printers and publishers. At the age of 16 he went to Canada and was six years in the service of the Hudson's Bay Company. He returned to Scotland in 1847, and published his first book the following year, Hudson's Bay: or, Life in the Wilds of North America. For some time he was employed by Messrs Constable, the publishers, but in 1856 he gave up business for the profession of literature, and began the series of adventure stories for the young with which his name is popularly associated.

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I possess a doggie—not a dog, observe, but a doggie. If he had been a dog I would not have presumed to intrude him on your notice. A dog is all very well in his way—one of the noblest of animals, I admit, and pre-eminently fitted to be the companion of man, for he has an affectionate nature, which man demands, and a forgiving disposition, which man needs—but a dog, with all his noble qualities, is not to be compared to a doggie.

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Ballantyne, R. M: Over the Rocky Mountains. V1. 4 Oct 2010

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R. M. Ballantyne (24 April 1825 – 8 February 1894) was a Scottish juvenile fiction writer.
Born Robert Michael Ballantyne in Edinburgh, he was part of a famous family of printers and publishers. At the age of 16 he went to Canada and was six years in the service of the Hudson's Bay Company. He returned to Scotland in 1847, and published his first book the following year, Hudson's Bay: or, Life in the Wilds of North America. For some time he was employed by Messrs Constable, the publishers, but in 1856 he gave up business for the profession of literature, and began the series of adventure stories for the young with which his name is popularly associated.

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When a youth returns to his native land, after a long absence which commenced with his running away to sea, he may perhaps experience some anxieties on nearing the old home; but our hero was not thus troubled, because, his father having died during his absence, and his mother having always been tender-hearted and forgiving, he felt sure of a warm reception.

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Ballantyne, R. M: Personal Reminiscences in Book Making. V1. 4 Oct 2010

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R. M. Ballantyne (24 April 1825 – 8 February 1894) was a Scottish juvenile fiction writer.
Born Robert Michael Ballantyne in Edinburgh, he was part of a famous family of printers and publishers. At the age of 16 he went to Canada and was six years in the service of the Hudson's Bay Company. He returned to Scotland in 1847, and published his first book the following year, Hudson's Bay: or, Life in the Wilds of North America. For some time he was employed by Messrs Constable, the publishers, but in 1856 he gave up business for the profession of literature, and began the series of adventure stories for the young with which his name is popularly associated.

Life in the Bell Rock lighthouse
Nights with the fire bridgade
A war of mercy
Descent into the Cornish mines
The land of the vikings
The burglars and the parson
Jim Greeley, the North Sea skipper
A northern waif
How to make the best of life: from a young man's standpoint
Forgive and forget: a lifeboat story --
"Rescue the perishing"
A knotty question
Two remarkable dreams.

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Ballantyne, R. M: Philosopher Jack. V1. 4 Oct 2010

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R. M. Ballantyne (24 April 1825 – 8 February 1894) was a Scottish juvenile fiction writer.
Born Robert Michael Ballantyne in Edinburgh, he was part of a famous family of printers and publishers. At the age of 16 he went to Canada and was six years in the service of the Hudson's Bay Company. He returned to Scotland in 1847, and published his first book the following year, Hudson's Bay: or, Life in the Wilds of North America. For some time he was employed by Messrs Constable, the publishers, but in 1856 he gave up business for the profession of literature, and began the series of adventure stories for the young with which his name is popularly associated.

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Although the fish was not caught, this little incident served to raise the spirits of every one, and as the calm sunny weather lasted the whole day, even the most thoughtful of the party found it difficult to realise their forlorn condition; but when evening drew near, the aspect of things quickly changed. The splendid ocean-mirror, which had reflected the golden crags and slopes, the towers and battlements of cloud-land, was shivered by a sudden breeze and became an opaque grey; the fair blue sky deepened to indigo; black and gathering clouds rose out of the horizon, and cold white crests gleamed on the darkening waves.

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Ballantyne, R. M: Post Haste. V1. 4 Oct 2010

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R. M. Ballantyne (24 April 1825 – 8 February 1894) was a Scottish juvenile fiction writer.
Born Robert Michael Ballantyne in Edinburgh, he was part of a famous family of printers and publishers. At the age of 16 he went to Canada and was six years in the service of the Hudson's Bay Company. He returned to Scotland in 1847, and published his first book the following year, Hudson's Bay: or, Life in the Wilds of North America. For some time he was employed by Messrs Constable, the publishers, but in 1856 he gave up business for the profession of literature, and began the series of adventure stories for the young with which his name is popularly associated.

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So it ever is with mankind. People make mistakes, or are guilty of carelessness, and straightway they lay the blame -- not only without but against reason -- on broader shoulders than their own. That wonderful and almost perfect British Post-Office delivers quickly, safely, and in good condition above fourteen hundred millions of letters etc. in the year, but some half-dozen letters, addressed to Messrs. Blurt and Co., have gone a-missing, -- therefore the Post-Office is to blame!

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Ballantyne, R. M: Red Rooney. V1. 5 Oct 2010

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R. M. Ballantyne (24 April 1825 – 8 February 1894) was a Scottish juvenile fiction writer.
Born Robert Michael Ballantyne in Edinburgh, he was part of a famous family of printers and publishers. At the age of 16 he went to Canada and was six years in the service of the Hudson's Bay Company. He returned to Scotland in 1847, and published his first book the following year, Hudson's Bay: or, Life in the Wilds of North America. For some time he was employed by Messrs Constable, the publishers, but in 1856 he gave up business for the profession of literature, and began the series of adventure stories for the young with which his name is popularly associated.

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"I turned and ran," continued the angekok; "the bear followed. We came to a small hummock of ice. I doubled round it. The bear went past--like one of Arbalik's arrows--sitting on its haunches, and trying to stop itself in vain, for the wind carried it on like an oomiak with the sail spread. When the bear stopped, it turned back, and soon came up with me, for I had doubled, and was by that time running nearly against the wind. Then my courage rose! I resolved to face the monster with my walrus spear. It was a desperate venture, but it was my duty. Just then the snow partly ceased, and I could see a berg with sloping sides.

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Ballantyne, R. M: Rivers of Ice. V1. 6 Oct 2010

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R. M. Ballantyne (24 April 1825 – 8 February 1894) was a Scottish juvenile fiction writer.
Born Robert Michael Ballantyne in Edinburgh, he was part of a famous family of printers and publishers. At the age of 16 he went to Canada and was six years in the service of the Hudson's Bay Company. He returned to Scotland in 1847, and published his first book the following year, Hudson's Bay: or, Life in the Wilds of North America. For some time he was employed by Messrs Constable, the publishers, but in 1856 he gave up business for the profession of literature, and began the series of adventure stories for the young with which his name is popularly associated.

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The crevasse in question was a new one, and it was Antoine's first ascent of Mont Blanc for that year, so that he had to explore for a passage just as if he had never been there before. The party turned to the left and marched along the edge of the chasm some distance, but no bridge could be found. The ice became more broken up, smaller crevasses intersected the large one, and at last a place was reached where the chaos of dislocation rendered further advance impossible.

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Ballantyne, R. M: Saved by the Lifeboat. V1. 6 Oct 2010

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R. M. Ballantyne (24 April 1825 – 8 February 1894) was a Scottish juvenile fiction writer.
Born Robert Michael Ballantyne in Edinburgh, he was part of a famous family of printers and publishers. At the age of 16 he went to Canada and was six years in the service of the Hudson's Bay Company. He returned to Scotland in 1847, and published his first book the following year, Hudson's Bay: or, Life in the Wilds of North America. For some time he was employed by Messrs Constable, the publishers, but in 1856 he gave up business for the profession of literature, and began the series of adventure stories for the young with which his name is popularly associated.

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Indeed, we can speak from personal experience on this subject, because, among others, we received a letter, one day, in a cramped and peculiar hand, which we perused with deep interest, for it had been written by a blind youth, whose eyes, nevertheless, had been thoroughly opened to see the great importance of the lifeboat cause, for he had collected 100 pounds for the Institution! On another occasion, at the close of a lecture on the subject, an old woman, who appeared to be among the poorest of the classes who inhabit the old town of Edinburgh, came to us and said, "Hae, there's tippence for the lifeboat!"

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Ballantyne, R. M: Silver Lake. v1. 6 Oct 2010

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R. M. Ballantyne (24 April 1825 – 8 February 1894) was a Scottish juvenile fiction writer.
Born Robert Michael Ballantyne in Edinburgh, he was part of a famous family of printers and publishers. At the age of 16 he went to Canada and was six years in the service of the Hudson's Bay Company. He returned to Scotland in 1847, and published his first book the following year, Hudson's Bay: or, Life in the Wilds of North America. For some time he was employed by Messrs Constable, the publishers, but in 1856 he gave up business for the profession of literature, and began the series of adventure stories for the young with which his name is popularly associated.

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Lest any reader should wonder where our heroine found materials for all the mending and repairing referred to, we may remark that the Indians in the wilderness were, and still are, supplied with needles, beads, cloth, powder and shot, guns, axes, and etc., by the adventurous fur-traders, who penetrate deep and far into the wilderness of North America; and when Nelly and Roy ran away from their captors they took care to carry with them an ample supply of such things as they might require in their flight.

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Ballantyne, R. M: Six Months at the Cape. V1. 7 Oct 2010

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R. M. Ballantyne (24 April 1825 – 8 February 1894) was a Scottish juvenile fiction writer.
Born Robert Michael Ballantyne in Edinburgh, he was part of a famous family of printers and publishers. At the age of 16 he went to Canada and was six years in the service of the Hudson's Bay Company. He returned to Scotland in 1847, and published his first book the following year, Hudson's Bay: or, Life in the Wilds of North America. For some time he was employed by Messrs Constable, the publishers, but in 1856 he gave up business for the profession of literature, and began the series of adventure stories for the young with which his name is popularly associated.

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Our cart had a hood; the roads were very bad, and the behaviour of that hood was stupendous! Its attachment to the cart was, so to speak, partial; therefore it possessed a semi-independent motion which was perplexing. You could not count on its actions. A sudden lurch of the cart to right or left did, of course, carry the hood with it, and, counting on that, you laid your sudden plans to avoid collision; but the elasticity of the hood enabled it to give you a slap on the face before obeying its proper impulse.

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Ballantyne, R. M: Sunk at Sea. V1. 7 Oct 2010

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R. M. Ballantyne (24 April 1825 – 8 February 1894) was a Scottish juvenile fiction writer.
Born Robert Michael Ballantyne in Edinburgh, he was part of a famous family of printers and publishers. At the age of 16 he went to Canada and was six years in the service of the Hudson's Bay Company. He returned to Scotland in 1847, and published his first book the following year, Hudson's Bay: or, Life in the Wilds of North America. For some time he was employed by Messrs Constable, the publishers, but in 1856 he gave up business for the profession of literature, and began the series of adventure stories for the young with which his name is popularly associated.

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The temporary distraction of attention which this incident caused emboldened another savage to pounce upon the other musket, which was carried by old Bob. He wrenched it out of the sailor's hand and bounded away with a shout, swinging it over his head. Unfortunately his fingers touched the trigger and the piece exploded, knocking down the man who held it, and sending the ball close past the chief's ear.

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Ballantyne, R. M: The Battery and the Boiler. V1. 20 Sep 2010

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R. M. Ballantyne (24 April 1825 – 8 February 1894) was a Scottish juvenile fiction writer.
Born Robert Michael Ballantyne in Edinburgh, he was part of a famous family of printers and publishers. At the age of 16 he went to Canada and was six years in the service of the Hudson's Bay Company. He returned to Scotland in 1847, and published his first book the following year, Hudson's Bay: or, Life in the Wilds of North America. For some time he was employed by Messrs Constable, the publishers, but in 1856 he gave up business for the profession of literature, and began the series of adventure stories for the young with which his name is popularly associated.

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Somewhere about the middle of this nineteenth century, a baby boy was born on the raging sea in the midst of a howling tempest. That boy was the hero of this tale.
He was cradled in squalls, and nourished in squalor—a week of dirty weather having converted the fore-cabin of the emigrant ship into something like a pig-sty. Appreciating the situation, no doubt, the baby boy began his career with a squall that harmonised with the weather, and, as the steward remarked to the ship’s cook, “continued for to squall straight on end all that day and night without so much as ever takin’ breath!” It is but right to add that the steward was prone to exaggeration.

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Ballantyne, R. M: The Butterfly's Ball. V1. 22 Sep 2010

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R. M. Ballantyne (24 April 1825 – 8 February 1894) was a Scottish juvenile fiction writer.
Born Robert Michael Ballantyne in Edinburgh, he was part of a famous family of printers and publishers. At the age of 16 he went to Canada and was six years in the service of the Hudson's Bay Company. He returned to Scotland in 1847, and published his first book the following year, Hudson's Bay: or, Life in the Wilds of North America. For some time he was employed by Messrs Constable, the publishers, but in 1856 he gave up business for the profession of literature, and began the series of adventure stories for the young with which his name is popularly associated.

A beautiful children's book about insects. Illustrated by the author.

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Ballantyne, R. M: The Cannibal Islands. V1. 22 Sep 2010

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R. M. Ballantyne (24 April 1825 – 8 February 1894) was a Scottish juvenile fiction writer.
Born Robert Michael Ballantyne in Edinburgh, he was part of a famous family of printers and publishers. At the age of 16 he went to Canada and was six years in the service of the Hudson's Bay Company. He returned to Scotland in 1847, and published his first book the following year, Hudson's Bay: or, Life in the Wilds of North America. For some time he was employed by Messrs Constable, the publishers, but in 1856 he gave up business for the profession of literature, and began the series of adventure stories for the young with which his name is popularly associated.

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In such canoes they went forth to war upon the water, and their sea-fights were not less sanguinary than those of the land. In one battle that was fought between the people of Huahine and those of Raiatea immense slaughter took place. The fleet of one side consisted of ninety war-canoes, each about a hundred feet long, and filled with men. They met near a place called Hooroto, when a most obstinate and bloody engagement ensued. Both parties lost so many men that, when piled up on the day after the battle, the dead bodies formed a heap "as high as the young cocoa-nut trees."

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Ballantyne, R. M: The Coral Island. V1. 24 Sep 2010

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R. M. Ballantyne (24 April 1825 – 8 February 1894) was a Scottish juvenile fiction writer.
Born Robert Michael Ballantyne in Edinburgh, he was part of a famous family of printers and publishers. At the age of 16 he went to Canada and was six years in the service of the Hudson's Bay Company. He returned to Scotland in 1847, and published his first book the following year, Hudson's Bay: or, Life in the Wilds of North America. For some time he was employed by Messrs Constable, the publishers, but in 1856 he gave up business for the profession of literature, and began the series of adventure stories for the young with which his name is popularly associated.

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One night, soon after we entered the tropics, an awful storm burst upon our ship. The first squall of wind carried away two of our masts, and left only the foremast standing. There was no room for me upon the lifeboat; but being left behind saved my life -- and the lives of Peterkin and Jack Martin, my two companions. "Come, boys," said Jack Martin in a grave tone as we stood on the quarterdeck awaiting our fate -- "You see it is impossible that the little boat can reach the shore, crowded with men." He had us take hold of a loose oar, and guided us to shelter on a deserted coral isle. . . . . . . and that is the beginning of my harrowing tale.

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Ballantyne, R. M: The Coxswain's Bride. V1. 24 Sep 2010

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R. M. Ballantyne (24 April 1825 – 8 February 1894) was a Scottish juvenile fiction writer.
Born Robert Michael Ballantyne in Edinburgh, he was part of a famous family of printers and publishers. At the age of 16 he went to Canada and was six years in the service of the Hudson's Bay Company. He returned to Scotland in 1847, and published his first book the following year, Hudson's Bay: or, Life in the Wilds of North America. For some time he was employed by Messrs Constable, the publishers, but in 1856 he gave up business for the profession of literature, and began the series of adventure stories for the young with which his name is popularly associated.

The Coxswain's Bride
Jack Frost and Sons
A Double Rescue

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Ballantyne, R. M: The Crew of the Water Wagtail. V1. 24 Sep 2010

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R. M. Ballantyne (24 April 1825 – 8 February 1894) was a Scottish juvenile fiction writer.
Born Robert Michael Ballantyne in Edinburgh, he was part of a famous family of printers and publishers. At the age of 16 he went to Canada and was six years in the service of the Hudson's Bay Company. He returned to Scotland in 1847, and published his first book the following year, Hudson's Bay: or, Life in the Wilds of North America. For some time he was employed by Messrs Constable, the publishers, but in 1856 he gave up business for the profession of literature, and began the series of adventure stories for the young with which his name is popularly associated.

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It is evident that the land over there is peopled with savages who, probably, never saw white men before. If we treat these young fellows kindly, and send them away with gifts in their hands, we shall, no doubt, make friends of the savages. If we treat them ill, or kill them, their relations will come over, mayhap in swarms, and drive us into the sea. I drop the Swinton law of might being right, and ask you who are now the law-makers -- which is it to be -- kindness or cruelty?

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Ballantyne, R. M: The Eagle Cliff. V1. 25 Sep 2010

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R. M. Ballantyne (24 April 1825 – 8 February 1894) was a Scottish juvenile fiction writer.
Born Robert Michael Ballantyne in Edinburgh, he was part of a famous family of printers and publishers. At the age of 16 he went to Canada and was six years in the service of the Hudson's Bay Company. He returned to Scotland in 1847, and published his first book the following year, Hudson's Bay: or, Life in the Wilds of North America. For some time he was employed by Messrs Constable, the publishers, but in 1856 he gave up business for the profession of literature, and began the series of adventure stories for the young with which his name is popularly associated.

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From the earliest records of history we learn that man has ever been envious of the birds, and of all other winged creatures. He has longed and striven to fly. He has also signally failed to do so.
We say “failed” advisedly, because his various attempts in that direction have usually resulted in disappointment and broken bones. As to balloons, we do not admit that they fly any more than do ships; balloons merely float and glide, when not otherwise engaged in tumbling, collapsing, and bursting.

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Ballantyne, R. M: The Floating Light of the Goodwin Sands. V1. 27 Sep 2010

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R. M. Ballantyne (24 April 1825 – 8 February 1894) was a Scottish juvenile fiction writer.
Born Robert Michael Ballantyne in Edinburgh, he was part of a famous family of printers and publishers. At the age of 16 he went to Canada and was six years in the service of the Hudson's Bay Company. He returned to Scotland in 1847, and published his first book the following year, Hudson's Bay: or, Life in the Wilds of North America. For some time he was employed by Messrs Constable, the publishers, but in 1856 he gave up business for the profession of literature, and began the series of adventure stories for the young with which his name is popularly associated.

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"I can answer these questions for myself," said the passenger referred to, who happened at that moment to come on deck. "My name is Stanley Hall, and I have taken a fancy to the Nora chiefly because she somewhat resembles in size and rig a yacht which belonged to my father, and in which I have had many a pleasant cruise. I am fond of the sea, and prefer going to Ramsgate in this way rather than by rail. I suppose you will approve my preference of the sea?" he added, with a smile.

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Ballantyne, R. M: The Garret and the Garden. V1. 27 Sep 2010

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R. M. Ballantyne (24 April 1825 – 8 February 1894) was a Scottish juvenile fiction writer.
Born Robert Michael Ballantyne in Edinburgh, he was part of a famous family of printers and publishers. At the age of 16 he went to Canada and was six years in the service of the Hudson's Bay Company. He returned to Scotland in 1847, and published his first book the following year, Hudson's Bay: or, Life in the Wilds of North America. For some time he was employed by Messrs Constable, the publishers, but in 1856 he gave up business for the profession of literature, and began the series of adventure stories for the young with which his name is popularly associated.

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In the midst of the great wilderness—we might almost say the wilds—of that comparatively unknown region which lies on the Surrey side of the Thames, just above London Bridge, there sauntered one fine day a big bronzed seaman of middle age. He turned into an alley, down which, nautically speaking, he rolled into a shabby little court. There he stood still for a few seconds and looked around him as if in quest of something.
It was a miserable poverty-stricken court, with nothing to commend it to the visitor save a certain air of partial-cleanliness and semi-respectability, which did not form a feature of the courts in its neighbourhood.

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Ballantyne, R. M: The Golden Dream. V1. 28 Sep 2010

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R. M. Ballantyne (24 April 1825 – 8 February 1894) was a Scottish juvenile fiction writer.
Born Robert Michael Ballantyne in Edinburgh, he was part of a famous family of printers and publishers. At the age of 16 he went to Canada and was six years in the service of the Hudson's Bay Company. He returned to Scotland in 1847, and published his first book the following year, Hudson's Bay: or, Life in the Wilds of North America. For some time he was employed by Messrs Constable, the publishers, but in 1856 he gave up business for the profession of literature, and began the series of adventure stories for the young with which his name is popularly associated.

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On the day after the squall, as Ned and the captain were standing on the shore regarding their late floating, and now grounded, home in sad silence, a long-legged, lantern-jawed man, in dirty canvas trousers, long boots, a rough coat, and broad straw hat, with an enormous cigar in his mouth, and both hands in his trousers-pockets, walked up and accosted them. It did not require a second glance to know that he was a Yankee.On the day after the squall, as Ned and the captain were standing on the shore regarding their late floating, and now grounded, home in sad silence, a long-legged, lantern-jawed man, in dirty canvas trousers, long boots, a rough coat, and broad straw hat, with an enormous cigar in his mouth, and both hands in his trousers-pockets, walked up and accosted them. It did not require a second glance to know that he was a Yankee.

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Ballantyne, R. M: The Hot Swamp. V1. 28 Sep 2010

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R. M. Ballantyne (24 April 1825 – 8 February 1894) was a Scottish juvenile fiction writer.
Born Robert Michael Ballantyne in Edinburgh, he was part of a famous family of printers and publishers. At the age of 16 he went to Canada and was six years in the service of the Hudson's Bay Company. He returned to Scotland in 1847, and published his first book the following year, Hudson's Bay: or, Life in the Wilds of North America. For some time he was employed by Messrs Constable, the publishers, but in 1856 he gave up business for the profession of literature, and began the series of adventure stories for the young with which his name is popularly associated.

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Although they travelled almost night and day, it took them the better part of two weeks to reach the river, on the banks of which King Hudibras' chief town was built. They arrived at the eastern bank without mishap, and found that people were crowding over from the western side to attend some display or fête which was obviously going on there. Mingling with the crowd they went to the river's edge, where numerous wooden canoes and coracles were busily engaged in ferrying the people over.

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Ballantyne, R. M: The Life of a Ship. V1. 1 Oct 2010

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R. M. Ballantyne (24 April 1825 – 8 February 1894) was a Scottish juvenile fiction writer.
Born Robert Michael Ballantyne in Edinburgh, he was part of a famous family of printers and publishers. At the age of 16 he went to Canada and was six years in the service of the Hudson's Bay Company. He returned to Scotland in 1847, and published his first book the following year, Hudson's Bay: or, Life in the Wilds of North America. For some time he was employed by Messrs Constable, the publishers, but in 1856 he gave up business for the profession of literature, and began the series of adventure stories for the young with which his name is popularly associated.

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Davy was a fisher boy; and Davy was a very active little boy; and Davy wanted to go to sea

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Ballantyne, R. M: The Lifeboat. V1. 30 Sep 2010

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R. M. Ballantyne (24 April 1825 – 8 February 1894) was a Scottish juvenile fiction writer.
Born Robert Michael Ballantyne in Edinburgh, he was part of a famous family of printers and publishers. At the age of 16 he went to Canada and was six years in the service of the Hudson's Bay Company. He returned to Scotland in 1847, and published his first book the following year, Hudson's Bay: or, Life in the Wilds of North America. For some time he was employed by Messrs Constable, the publishers, but in 1856 he gave up business for the profession of literature, and began the series of adventure stories for the young with which his name is popularly associated.

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"There existed, not many years ago, a certain street near the banks of old Father Thames which may be described as being one of the most modest and retiring little streets in London . . . "

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Ballantyne, R. M: The Lighthouse. V1. 1 Oct 2010

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R. M. Ballantyne (24 April 1825 – 8 February 1894) was a Scottish juvenile fiction writer.
Born Robert Michael Ballantyne in Edinburgh, he was part of a famous family of printers and publishers. At the age of 16 he went to Canada and was six years in the service of the Hudson's Bay Company. He returned to Scotland in 1847, and published his first book the following year, Hudson's Bay: or, Life in the Wilds of North America. For some time he was employed by Messrs Constable, the publishers, but in 1856 he gave up business for the profession of literature, and began the series of adventure stories for the young with which his name is popularly associated.

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The sea had filled the pit some time before, and driven the men out of it. These busied themselves in collecting the tools and seeing that nothing was left lying about, while the men who were engaged on those parts of the rocks that were a few inches higher, continued their labours until the water crept up to them. Then they collected their tools, and went to the boats, which lay awaiting them at the western landing-place.

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Ballantyne, R. M: The Lively Poll; a Tale of the North Sea. V1. 1 Oct 2010

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R. M. Ballantyne (24 April 1825 – 8 February 1894) was a Scottish juvenile fiction writer.
Born Robert Michael Ballantyne in Edinburgh, he was part of a famous family of printers and publishers. At the age of 16 he went to Canada and was six years in the service of the Hudson's Bay Company. He returned to Scotland in 1847, and published his first book the following year, Hudson's Bay: or, Life in the Wilds of North America. For some time he was employed by Messrs Constable, the publishers, but in 1856 he gave up business for the profession of literature, and began the series of adventure stories for the young with which his name is popularly associated.

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His fleet of nearly two hundred fishing-smacks lay bobbing about one fine autumn evening on the North Sea. The vessels cruised round each other, out and in, hither and thither, in all positions, now on this tack, now on that, bowsprits pointing north, south, east, and west, as if without purpose, or engaged in a nautical game of “touch.” Nevertheless all eyes were bent earnestly on the admiral’s vessel, for it was literally the “flagship,” being distinguishable only by a small flag attached to its fore stay.

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Ballantyne, R. M: The Lively Poll; a Tale of the North Sea. V2. 1 Oct 2010

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R. M. Ballantyne (24 April 1825 – 8 February 1894) was a Scottish juvenile fiction writer.
Born Robert Michael Ballantyne in Edinburgh, he was part of a famous family of printers and publishers. At the age of 16 he went to Canada and was six years in the service of the Hudson's Bay Company. He returned to Scotland in 1847, and published his first book the following year, Hudson's Bay: or, Life in the Wilds of North America. For some time he was employed by Messrs Constable, the publishers, but in 1856 he gave up business for the profession of literature, and began the series of adventure stories for the young with which his name is popularly associated.

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His fleet of nearly two hundred fishing-smacks lay bobbing about one fine autumn evening on the North Sea. The vessels cruised round each other, out and in, hither and thither, in all positions, now on this tack, now on that, bowsprits pointing north, south, east, and west, as if without purpose, or engaged in a nautical game of “touch.” Nevertheless all eyes were bent earnestly on the admiral’s vessel, for it was literally the “flagship,” being distinguishable only by a small flag attached to its fore stay.

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Ballantyne, R. M: The Lonely Island. V1. 2 Oct 2010

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R. M. Ballantyne (24 April 1825 – 8 February 1894) was a Scottish juvenile fiction writer.
Born Robert Michael Ballantyne in Edinburgh, he was part of a famous family of printers and publishers. At the age of 16 he went to Canada and was six years in the service of the Hudson's Bay Company. He returned to Scotland in 1847, and published his first book the following year, Hudson's Bay: or, Life in the Wilds of North America. For some time he was employed by Messrs Constable, the publishers, but in 1856 he gave up business for the profession of literature, and began the series of adventure stories for the young with which his name is popularly associated.

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After the murder of the two natives, Talaloo and Ohoo, Fletcher Christian had become very morose. It seemed as if a fit of deep melancholy had taken entire possession of him. His temper had become greatly soured. He would scarcely condescend to hold intercourse with any one, and sought the retirement of his outlook in the cave on the mountain-top, where few of his comrades ventured to disturb him, save when matters of importance claimed his immediate attention.

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Ballantyne, R. M: The Lonely Island. V2. 2 Oct 2010

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R. M. Ballantyne (24 April 1825 – 8 February 1894) was a Scottish juvenile fiction writer.
Born Robert Michael Ballantyne in Edinburgh, he was part of a famous family of printers and publishers. At the age of 16 he went to Canada and was six years in the service of the Hudson's Bay Company. He returned to Scotland in 1847, and published his first book the following year, Hudson's Bay: or, Life in the Wilds of North America. For some time he was employed by Messrs Constable, the publishers, but in 1856 he gave up business for the profession of literature, and began the series of adventure stories for the young with which his name is popularly associated.

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After the murder of the two natives, Talaloo and Ohoo, Fletcher Christian had become very morose. It seemed as if a fit of deep melancholy had taken entire possession of him. His temper had become greatly soured. He would scarcely condescend to hold intercourse with any one, and sought the retirement of his outlook in the cave on the mountain-top, where few of his comrades ventured to disturb him, save when matters of importance claimed his immediate attention.

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Ballantyne, R. M: The Norsemen in the West. V1. 3 Oct 2010

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R. M. Ballantyne (24 April 1825 – 8 February 1894) was a Scottish juvenile fiction writer.
Born Robert Michael Ballantyne in Edinburgh, he was part of a famous family of printers and publishers. At the age of 16 he went to Canada and was six years in the service of the Hudson's Bay Company. He returned to Scotland in 1847, and published his first book the following year, Hudson's Bay: or, Life in the Wilds of North America. For some time he was employed by Messrs Constable, the publishers, but in 1856 he gave up business for the profession of literature, and began the series of adventure stories for the young with which his name is popularly associated.

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One fine autumn evening, between eight and nine hundred years ago, two large hairy creatures, bearing some resemblance to polar bears, might have been seen creeping slowly, and with much caution, toward the summit of a ridge that formed a spur to one of the ice-clad mountains of Greenland. The creatures went on all-fours. They had long bodies, short legs, shorter tails, and large round heads.

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Ballantyne, R. M: The Ocean and its Wonders. V1. 3 Oct 2010

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R. M. Ballantyne (24 April 1825 – 8 February 1894) was a Scottish juvenile fiction writer.
Born Robert Michael Ballantyne in Edinburgh, he was part of a famous family of printers and publishers. At the age of 16 he went to Canada and was six years in the service of the Hudson's Bay Company. He returned to Scotland in 1847, and published his first book the following year, Hudson's Bay: or, Life in the Wilds of North America. For some time he was employed by Messrs Constable, the publishers, but in 1856 he gave up business for the profession of literature, and began the series of adventure stories for the young with which his name is popularly associated.

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There is a voice in the waters of the great sea. It calls to man continually. Sometimes it thunders in the tempest, when the waves leap high and strong and the wild winds shriek and roar, as if to force our attention. Sometimes it whispers in the calm, and comes rippling on the shingly beach in a still, small voice, as if to solicit our regard. But whether that voice of ocean comes in crashing billows or in gentle murmurs, it has but one tale to tell,—it speaks of the love, and power, and majesty of Him who rides upon the storm, and rules the wave.

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Ballantyne, R. M: The Pioneers. V1. 4 Oct 2010

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R. M. Ballantyne (24 April 1825 – 8 February 1894) was a Scottish juvenile fiction writer.
Born Robert Michael Ballantyne in Edinburgh, he was part of a famous family of printers and publishers. At the age of 16 he went to Canada and was six years in the service of the Hudson's Bay Company. He returned to Scotland in 1847, and published his first book the following year, Hudson's Bay: or, Life in the Wilds of North America. For some time he was employed by Messrs Constable, the publishers, but in 1856 he gave up business for the profession of literature, and began the series of adventure stories for the young with which his name is popularly associated.

Excerpt
“The world is round,” said somebody in ancient times to somebody else.
“Not at all; it is flat—flat as a pancake,” replied somebody else to somebody; “and if you were to travel far enough you might get to the end of it and tumble over the edge, if so disposed.”

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Ballantyne, R. M: The Prairie Chief. V1. 5 Oct 2010

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R. M. Ballantyne (24 April 1825 – 8 February 1894) was a Scottish juvenile fiction writer.
Born Robert Michael Ballantyne in Edinburgh, he was part of a famous family of printers and publishers. At the age of 16 he went to Canada and was six years in the service of the Hudson's Bay Company. He returned to Scotland in 1847, and published his first book the following year, Hudson's Bay: or, Life in the Wilds of North America. For some time he was employed by Messrs Constable, the publishers, but in 1856 he gave up business for the profession of literature, and began the series of adventure stories for the young with which his name is popularly associated.

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"Skipping Rabbit is the daughter of Bounding Bull." Then, observing another gleam of surprise and triumph on the chief's face, she added quickly, "and the Blackfoot knows that Bounding Bull and his tribe are very strong, very courageous, and very revengeful. If Moonlight and Skipping Rabbit are not sent home at once, there will be war on the mountains and the plains, for Whitewing, the great chief of the prairies, is just now in the camp of Bounding Bull with his men. Little Tim, as you know, is terrible when his wrath is roused.

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Ballantyne, R. M: The Red Eric. V1. 5 Oct 2010

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R. M. Ballantyne (24 April 1825 – 8 February 1894) was a Scottish juvenile fiction writer.
Born Robert Michael Ballantyne in Edinburgh, he was part of a famous family of printers and publishers. At the age of 16 he went to Canada and was six years in the service of the Hudson's Bay Company. He returned to Scotland in 1847, and published his first book the following year, Hudson's Bay: or, Life in the Wilds of North America. For some time he was employed by Messrs Constable, the publishers, but in 1856 he gave up business for the profession of literature, and began the series of adventure stories for the young with which his name is popularly associated.

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Ailie had been nearly thrown out of her berth when the ship lay over, and now when she listened to the water hissing and gurgling past the little port that lighted her cabin, and felt the staggering of the vessel, as burst after burst of the hurricane almost tore the masts out of her, she lay trembling with anxiety and debating with herself whether or not she ought to rise and go on deck.

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Ballantyne, R. M: The Red Man's Revenge. V1. 5 Oct 2010

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R. M. Ballantyne (24 April 1825 – 8 February 1894) was a Scottish juvenile fiction writer.
Born Robert Michael Ballantyne in Edinburgh, he was part of a famous family of printers and publishers. At the age of 16 he went to Canada and was six years in the service of the Hudson's Bay Company. He returned to Scotland in 1847, and published his first book the following year, Hudson's Bay: or, Life in the Wilds of North America. For some time he was employed by Messrs Constable, the publishers, but in 1856 he gave up business for the profession of literature, and began the series of adventure stories for the young with which his name is popularly associated.

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If ever there was a man who possessed a gem in the form of a daughter of nineteen, that man was Samuel Ravenshaw; and if ever there was a girl who owned a bluff, jovial, fiery, hot-tempered, irascible old father, that girl was Elsie Ravenshaw.

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Ballantyne, R. M: The Rover of the Andes. V1. 6 Oct 2010

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R. M. Ballantyne (24 April 1825 – 8 February 1894) was a Scottish juvenile fiction writer.
Born Robert Michael Ballantyne in Edinburgh, he was part of a famous family of printers and publishers. At the age of 16 he went to Canada and was six years in the service of the Hudson's Bay Company. He returned to Scotland in 1847, and published his first book the following year, Hudson's Bay: or, Life in the Wilds of North America. For some time he was employed by Messrs Constable, the publishers, but in 1856 he gave up business for the profession of literature, and began the series of adventure stories for the young with which his name is popularly associated.

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Towards the close of a bright and warm day, between fifty and sixty years ago, a solitary man might have been seen, mounted on a mule, wending his way slowly up the western slopes of the Andes.

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Ballantyne, R. M: The Story of the Rock. V1. 7 Oct 2010

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R. M. Ballantyne (24 April 1825 – 8 February 1894) was a Scottish juvenile fiction writer.
Born Robert Michael Ballantyne in Edinburgh, he was part of a famous family of printers and publishers. At the age of 16 he went to Canada and was six years in the service of the Hudson's Bay Company. He returned to Scotland in 1847, and published his first book the following year, Hudson's Bay: or, Life in the Wilds of North America. For some time he was employed by Messrs Constable, the publishers, but in 1856 he gave up business for the profession of literature, and began the series of adventure stories for the young with which his name is popularly associated.

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The buckets were long of coming, and when they did arrive, their contents were as nothing on the glowing cupola. Then Teddy went out on the balcony and endeavoured to throw the water up, but the height was too great. While he was doing this, Wilkie ran down for more water, but Hall stood gazing upwards, open-mouthed with horror, at the raging flames. At that moment the leaden covering of the roof melted, and rushed down on Hall's head and shoulders. He fell, with a loud shriek. While Teddy tried to drag him down to the room below, he exclaimed that some of the melted lead had gone down his throat! He was terribly burned about the neck, but his comrades had to leave him in his bed while they strove wildly to check the flames. It was all in vain.

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Ballantyne, R. M: The Thorogood Family. V1. 7 Oct 2010

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R. M. Ballantyne (24 April 1825 – 8 February 1894) was a Scottish juvenile fiction writer.
Born Robert Michael Ballantyne in Edinburgh, he was part of a famous family of printers and publishers. At the age of 16 he went to Canada and was six years in the service of the Hudson's Bay Company. He returned to Scotland in 1847, and published his first book the following year, Hudson's Bay: or, Life in the Wilds of North America. For some time he was employed by Messrs Constable, the publishers, but in 1856 he gave up business for the profession of literature, and began the series of adventure stories for the young with which his name is popularly associated.

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Like some of those in the shipwreck, she did not at first believe in the fire-escape. She could not trust. She would not leap. While in that condition there was no hope for her, but God put it into her heart to trust. She leaped, and was saved!

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Ballantyne, R. M: The Walrus Hunters. V1. 9 Oct 2010

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R. M. Ballantyne (24 April 1825 – 8 February 1894) was a Scottish juvenile fiction writer.
Born Robert Michael Ballantyne in Edinburgh, he was part of a famous family of printers and publishers. At the age of 16 he went to Canada and was six years in the service of the Hudson's Bay Company. He returned to Scotland in 1847, and published his first book the following year, Hudson's Bay: or, Life in the Wilds of North America. For some time he was employed by Messrs Constable, the publishers, but in 1856 he gave up business for the profession of literature, and began the series of adventure stories for the young with which his name is popularly associated.

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Yet the nature of their voyage was such that white men might have deemed verbal intercourse an occasional necessity, as their route lay through much rugged and wild scenery, where the streams up which they had to force their way were in some places obstructed by rapids and shallows, and a mistake on their part might have brought sudden disaster and ruin. For their canoe was deeply laden with the furs which they had secured during the labours of the past winter, and on the sale of which to the fur-traders depended much of their and their families' felicity or misery during the winter which was to come.

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Ballantyne, R. M: The Wild Man of the West. V1. 10 Oct 2010

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R. M. Ballantyne (24 April 1825 – 8 February 1894) was a Scottish juvenile fiction writer.
Born Robert Michael Ballantyne in Edinburgh, he was part of a famous family of printers and publishers. At the age of 16 he went to Canada and was six years in the service of the Hudson's Bay Company. He returned to Scotland in 1847, and published his first book the following year, Hudson's Bay: or, Life in the Wilds of North America. For some time he was employed by Messrs Constable, the publishers, but in 1856 he gave up business for the profession of literature, and began the series of adventure stories for the young with which his name is popularly associated.

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While Gibault was gazing at this scene with mingled feelings of anxiety, rage, and horror, the whole band of Indians suddenly sprang to their feet and seized their weapons. Almost at the same moment Bounce strode into the circle of light and deposited his cask on the ground. Then, making signs of peace, he advanced towards one of the Indians, who, from his dress and appearance, seemed to be the chief, and presented him with a piece of tobacco. The chief accepted the gift in silence.

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Ballantyne, R. M: The World of Ice. V1. 10 Oct 2010

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R. M. Ballantyne (24 April 1825 – 8 February 1894) was a Scottish juvenile fiction writer.
Born Robert Michael Ballantyne in Edinburgh, he was part of a famous family of printers and publishers. At the age of 16 he went to Canada and was six years in the service of the Hudson's Bay Company. He returned to Scotland in 1847, and published his first book the following year, Hudson's Bay: or, Life in the Wilds of North America. For some time he was employed by Messrs Constable, the publishers, but in 1856 he gave up business for the profession of literature, and began the series of adventure stories for the young with which his name is popularly associated.

Excerpt
Nobody ever caught John Buzzby asleep by any chance whatever. No weasel was ever half so sensitive on that point as he was. Wherever he happened to be (and in the course of his adventurous life he had been to nearly all parts of the known world) he was the first awake in the morning and the last asleep at night; he always answered promptly to the first call, and was never known by any man living to have been seen with his eyes shut, except when he winked, and that operation he performed less frequently than other men.

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Ballantyne, R. M: The Young Fur Traders. V1. 11 Oct 2010

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R. M. Ballantyne (24 April 1825 – 8 February 1894) was a Scottish juvenile fiction writer.
Born Robert Michael Ballantyne in Edinburgh, he was part of a famous family of printers and publishers. At the age of 16 he went to Canada and was six years in the service of the Hudson's Bay Company. He returned to Scotland in 1847, and published his first book the following year, Hudson's Bay: or, Life in the Wilds of North America. For some time he was employed by Messrs Constable, the publishers, but in 1856 he gave up business for the profession of literature, and began the series of adventure stories for the young with which his name is popularly associated.

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And truly the reckless driver did "go" just at that moment. He came up to the corner of the new fence, where the road took a rather abrupt turn, in a style that insured a capsize. In another second the spirited horse turned sharp round, the sleigh turned sharp over, and the occupant was pitched out at full length, while a black object, that might have been mistaken for his hat, rose from his side like a rocket, and, flying over him, landed on the snow several yards beyond. A faint shout was heard to float on the breeze as this catastrophe occurred, and the driver was seen to jump up and readjust himself in the cariole; while the other black object proved itself not to be a hat, by getting hastily up on a pair of legs, and scrambling back to the seat from which it had been so unceremoniously ejected.

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Ballantyne, R. M: The Young Trawler. V1. 11 Oct 2010

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R. M. Ballantyne (24 April 1825 – 8 February 1894) was a Scottish juvenile fiction writer.
Born Robert Michael Ballantyne in Edinburgh, he was part of a famous family of printers and publishers. At the age of 16 he went to Canada and was six years in the service of the Hudson's Bay Company. He returned to Scotland in 1847, and published his first book the following year, Hudson's Bay: or, Life in the Wilds of North America. For some time he was employed by Messrs Constable, the publishers, but in 1856 he gave up business for the profession of literature, and began the series of adventure stories for the young with which his name is popularly associated.

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It was no solemn meeting that. Shore-going folk, who are too apt to connect religious gatherings with Sunday clothes, subdued voices, and long faces, would have had their ideas changed if they had seen it. Men of the roughest cast, mentally and physically, were there, in heavy boots and dirty garments, laughing and chatting, and greeting one another; some of the younger among them sky-larking in a mild way -- that is, giving an occasional poke in the ribs that would have been an average blow to a "land-lubber," or a tip to a hat which sent it on the deck, or a slap on the back like a pistol-shot. There seemed to be "no humbug," as the saying goes, among these men; no pretence.

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Ballantyne, R. M: Twice Bought. V1. 7 Oct 2010

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R. M. Ballantyne (24 April 1825 – 8 February 1894) was a Scottish juvenile fiction writer.
Born Robert Michael Ballantyne in Edinburgh, he was part of a famous family of printers and publishers. At the age of 16 he went to Canada and was six years in the service of the Hudson's Bay Company. He returned to Scotland in 1847, and published his first book the following year, Hudson's Bay: or, Life in the Wilds of North America. For some time he was employed by Messrs Constable, the publishers, but in 1856 he gave up business for the profession of literature, and began the series of adventure stories for the young with which his name is popularly associated.

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How long Tolly Trevor remained in a state of horrified surprise no one can tell, for he was incapable of observation at the time, besides being alone. On returning to consciousness he found himself galloping towards the exploded fortress at full speed, and did not draw rein till he approached the bank of the rivulet. Reflecting that a thoroughbred hunter could not clear the stream, even in daylight, he tried to pull up, but his horse refused. It had run away with him.

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Ballantyne, R. M: Under the Waves. V1. 8 Oct 2010

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R. M. Ballantyne (24 April 1825 – 8 February 1894) was a Scottish juvenile fiction writer.
Born Robert Michael Ballantyne in Edinburgh, he was part of a famous family of printers and publishers. At the age of 16 he went to Canada and was six years in the service of the Hudson's Bay Company. He returned to Scotland in 1847, and published his first book the following year, Hudson's Bay: or, Life in the Wilds of North America. For some time he was employed by Messrs Constable, the publishers, but in 1856 he gave up business for the profession of literature, and began the series of adventure stories for the young with which his name is popularly associated.

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This tale makes no claim to the character of an exhaustive illustration of all that belongs to the art of diving. It merely deals with the most important points, and some of the most interesting incidents connected therewith. In writing it I have sought carefully to exhibit the true and to ignore the false or improbable.

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Ballantyne, R. M: Ungava. V1. 8 Oct 2010

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R. M. Ballantyne (24 April 1825 – 8 February 1894) was a Scottish juvenile fiction writer.
Born Robert Michael Ballantyne in Edinburgh, he was part of a famous family of printers and publishers. At the age of 16 he went to Canada and was six years in the service of the Hudson's Bay Company. He returned to Scotland in 1847, and published his first book the following year, Hudson's Bay: or, Life in the Wilds of North America. For some time he was employed by Messrs Constable, the publishers, but in 1856 he gave up business for the profession of literature, and began the series of adventure stories for the young with which his name is popularly associated.

One of the first accounts of life in the far north, pre-dating Jack London by nearly half a century. Ballantyne's Ungava is a terrifying, illuminating tale, based on real events as the first trading post in the Land of the Esquimaux is established on Ungava Bay. The first Europeans that far north encounter both Native Americans and Esquimaux-with often grisly and inexplicable result-but therein lies its utter truth unvarnished and fascinating, even when painful.

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Ballantyne, R. M: Up in the Clouds. V1. 9 Oct 2010

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R. M. Ballantyne (24 April 1825 – 8 February 1894) was a Scottish juvenile fiction writer.
Born Robert Michael Ballantyne in Edinburgh, he was part of a famous family of printers and publishers. At the age of 16 he went to Canada and was six years in the service of the Hudson's Bay Company. He returned to Scotland in 1847, and published his first book the following year, Hudson's Bay: or, Life in the Wilds of North America. For some time he was employed by Messrs Constable, the publishers, but in 1856 he gave up business for the profession of literature, and began the series of adventure stories for the young with which his name is popularly associated.

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The balloon is now lingering, as it were, under the deep blue vault of space, hesitating whether to mount higher or begin its descent without further warning. We now hold a consultation, and then look around from the highest point, giving silent scope to those emotions of the soul which are naturally called forth by such a wide-spread range of creation.

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Ballantyne, R. M: Wrecked but not Ruined. V1. 10 Oct 2010

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crutledge

R. M. Ballantyne (24 April 1825 – 8 February 1894) was a Scottish juvenile fiction writer.
Born Robert Michael Ballantyne in Edinburgh, he was part of a famous family of printers and publishers. At the age of 16 he went to Canada and was six years in the service of the Hudson's Bay Company. He returned to Scotland in 1847, and published his first book the following year, Hudson's Bay: or, Life in the Wilds of North America. For some time he was employed by Messrs Constable, the publishers, but in 1856 he gave up business for the profession of literature, and began the series of adventure stories for the young with which his name is popularly associated.

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On the northern shores of the Gulf of St. Lawrence, the Cliff Fort has stood for years, carrying on its business of trapping and trade among the natives in isolation, and without competition.

Yet new waves of emigration are pushing settlers into even the northernmost wilderness. Now the men of the trading post, led by Englishman Reginald Redding and Scottish-born Bob Smart, find the world growing more complicated, day by day. A family of MacLeods have settled on Jenkins Creek, and have set up a saw mill -- right on the edge of the Company's legally-purchased lands, as if in purposeful provocation. And now the MacLeods are introducing the local Indians to fire-water -- and threatening, worst of all, to steal away the fur trade!

R.M. Ballantyne is the author of such adventure tales as [The Pirate City[/ and [The Dog Crusoe and His Master[/.

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Ballantyne, R.M.: The Giant of the North. v1, 16 Feb 2008

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This is the tale of a giant Eskimo, Screekinbroot, also called Chingatok. Journey with our young heroes into the frozen tundra and icy waters of the North Pole regions for encounters with Eskimo peoples and to learn about their life and what it is like when the “Kabiunets” comes to the Arctic.

Captain Vane, his son Benjamin, and his two nephews Leo and Alf come in search of the North Pole. When their ship, The White Bear, gets stuck in the ice, the party of mariners face icy adventures and, in the end, “discover” the North Pole. (This was written before the Pole had been discovered.) There they find an old man whose ancestor was John MackIntosh, one of the sailors of Captain Henry Hudson, who had journeyed to the north pole, married, and had children, one of whom was this old man.

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Ballantyne, Robert Michael: Away in the Wilderness v1 14 nov 2008

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Well, this is more a travel and adventure tale then a western. Written by Robert Michael Ballantyne, a prolific and popular writer who has seen the places he writes about.

Subtitle: Red Indians And Fur Traders of North America :)

[QUOTThe man wore the leathern coat and leggings of a North American hunter, or trapper, or backwoodsman; and well did he deserve all these titles, for Jasper Derry was known to his friends as the best hunter, the most successful trapper, and the boldest man in the backwoods. [/QUOT
If you like James Fenimore Cooper, you will also like Ballantyne.

Dr. Drib has already released some books by Ballantyne a while ago that you will find in the index.

I have taken this text from PG and added a cover from a thirties edition from Fantastic Fiction). Sorry for the scan, I didn't do it myself :rolleyes:. Added a TOC, streamlined and added the cover.

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Ballantyne, Robert Michael: Black Ivory v1 21 jan 2009

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Ballantyne's preface says it all:
[QUOT
In writing this book, my aim has been to give a true picture in outline of the Slave Trade as it exists at the present time on the east coast of Africa.
In order to do this I have selected from the most trustworthy sources what I believe to be the most telling points of “the trade,” and have woven these together into a tale, the warp of which is composed of thick cords of fact; the woof of slight lines of fiction, just sufficient to hold the fabric together. Exaggeration has easily been avoided, because—as Dr Livingstone says in regard to the slave-trade—“exaggeration is impossible.”
If the reader’s taste should be offended by finding the tragic and comic elements in too close proximity I trust that he will bear in remembrance that “such is life,” and that the writer who would be true to life must follow, not lead, nature.
I have to acknowledge myself indebted to Dr Ryan, late Bishop of Mauritius; to the Rev. Charles New, interpreter to the Livingstone Search Expedition; to Edward Hutchinson, Esquire, Lay Secretary to the Church Missionary Society, and others, for kindly furnishing me with information in connexion with the slave trade.
Besides examining the Parliamentary Blue-books which treat of this subject, I have read or consulted, among others, the various authoritative works to which reference is made in the foot-notes sprinkled throughout this book,—all of which works bear the strongest possible testimony to the fact that the horrible traffic in human beings is in all respects as bad at the present time on the east coast of Africa as it ever was on the west coast in the days of Wilberforce.
I began my tale in the hope that I might produce something to interest the young (perchance, also, the old) in a most momentous cause,—the total abolition of the African slave-trade. I close it with the prayer that God may make it a tooth in the file which shall eventually cut the chains of slavery, and set the black man free.
R.M. Ballantyne.
1873

[/QUOT

A great adventure tale with a worthy mission. Absolutely worth reading.

Stunning cover by ravenne. She is an artist!

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Ballantyne, Robert Michael: Erling the Bold v1 14 jan 2009

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Subtitled A Tale Of The Norse Sea-kings.A viking story by Robert Michael Ballantyne.

Made one of my (in)famous own covers.

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Ballantyne, Robert Michael: Fast in the Ice v1 2 mar 2009

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This little book describes a visit up to the Arctic regions, that was supposed to have taken place long before the book was written, in other words in the early part of the nineteenth century. The purpose of the journey was to get near to the North Pole, which was considered to be surrounded by a large area of ice-free water. The vessel in which they sailed became beset by ice, and could not be moved. They met with Esquimaux, and saw how they survived, how they killed walrus, how they caught birds, and how they lived in their ice-houses, or igloos. They also had several encounters with polar bears, and musk-ox.

Eventually they have been in the ice for a couple of years, and some of the men are suffering from scurvy. Europeans get scurvy from lack of fruit and vegetables, but this condition doesn’t seem to affect the Esquimaux, whose meat and fat diet does not cause them to have heart disorders, either.

The crew eventually abandon the vessel, which has been crushed suddenly and totally by a stream of ice-floes, and are obliged to walk out of where they had spent so much time. Luckily, when at their last gasp, they find an Esquimaux village, where they learn that there is a Danish settlement not too far away, and that from it they can take ship for Europe, and eventually make their way back to Britain.

Mucho entertaining read but sadly not illustrated.

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Ballantyne, Robert Michael: Gascoyne v1 2. feb 2009

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Gascoyne, the Sandal-Wood Trader: A Tale of the Pacific
(1864)
A novel by R M Ballantyne

[QUOTAs soon as the anchor touched the ground, the captain ordered a small boat to be lowered, and, leaping into it with two men, rowed toward the shore.

The captain of the schooner was one of those men who seem to have been formed for the special purpose of leading and commanding their fellows. He was not only unusually tall and powerful but he possessed voice whose softest tones riveted attention, and when it thundered forth commands in the fiercest storms, it inspired confidence heard it. His eyes were of that indescribable blue color which can exhibit either passion or tenderness intensely.

"Have you brought your kit with you, John?" inquired the captain, as the little boat shot over the smooth waters of the bay. "I do not mean to take you aboard again." [/QUOT

Original cover, but only one illustration. Great read!

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Ballantyne, Robert Michael: Hudson Bay v1 23 apr 2009

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About R M Ballantyne:

Born Robert Michael Ballantyne in Edinburgh, he was part of a famous family of printers and publishers. At the age of 16 he went to Canada and was six years in the service of the Hudson's Bay Company. He returned to Scotland in 1847, and published his first book the following year, Hudson's Bay: or, Life in the Wilds of North America. For some time he was employed by Messrs Constable, the publishers, but in 1856 he gave up business for the profession of literature, and began the series of adventure stories for the young with which his name is popularly associated.

The first edition of this book is dated 1850. The edition used is dated 1901. The publisher was Thomas Nelson & Sons. R.M. Ballantyne used to work for the Hudson Bay Company and knows this subject very well:

[QUOTIn publishing the present work, the Author rests his hopes of its favourable reception chiefly upon the fact that its subject is comparatively new. Although touched upon by other writers in narratives of Arctic discovery, and in works of general information, the very nature of those publications prohibited a lengthened or minute description of that everyday life whose delineation is the chief aim of the following pages.[/QUOT

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Ballantyne, Robert Michael: Jarwin and Cuffy v1 28 dec 2008

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This is the Prc and Imp upload of Jarwin and Cuffy. For the LRF version, please see this by Dr. Drib.

Scottish writer for boys, noted for the adventure story THE CORAL ISLAND (1858), which Robert Louis Stevenson acknowledged as the formative influence of his own love of the South Seas. The book has not been out of print since it first appeared. Several abridged editions have been published for young readers. Ballantyne's narrative skill, colourful settings, and resourcefulness of his heroes have secured his popularity throughout generations.

A longer excerpt:
[QUOT
On a certain morning, not very long ago, the sun, according to his ancient and admirable custom, rose at a very early hour, and casting his bright beams far and wide over the Pacific, lighted up the yellow sands and the verdant hills of one of the loveliest of the islands of that mighty sea.

It was early morning, as we have said, and there was plenty of life—animal as well as vegetable—to be seen on land and sea, and in the warm, hazy atmosphere. But there were no indications of man’s presence in that beautiful scene. The air was perfectly calm, yet the gentle swell of the ocean terminated in great waves, which came rolling in like walls of glass, and fell on the coral-reef like rushing snow-wreaths with a roar as loud as thunder.

Thousands of sea-birds screamed and circled in the sky. Fish leaped high out of their native element into the air, as if they wished to catch the gulls, while the gulls, seemingly smitten with a similar desire, dived into the water as if they wished to catch the fish. It might have been observed, however, that while the fish never succeeded in catching the gulls, the latter very frequently caught the fish, and, without taking the trouble to kill them, bolted them down alive.

Cocoanut-palms cast the shadows of their long stems and graceful tops upon the beach, while, farther inland, a dense forest of tropical plants—bread-fruit trees, bananas, etcetera—rose up the mountain-sides. Here and there open patches might be seen, that looked like fields and lawns, but there were no cottages or villas. Droves of pigs rambled about the valleys and on the hill-sides, but they were wild pigs. No man tended them. The bread-fruits, the cocoanuts, the bananas, the plantains, the plums, all were beautiful and fit for food, but no man owned them or used them, for, like many other spots in that sea of coral isles and savage men, the island was uninhabited.

In all the wide expanse of ocean that surrounded that island, there was nothing visible save one small, solitary speck on the far-off horizon. It might have been mistaken for a seagull, but it was in reality a raft—a mass of spars and planks rudely bound together with ropes. A boat’s mast rose from the centre of it, on which hung a rag of sail, and a small red flag drooped motionless from its summit. There were a few casks on the highest part of the raft, but no living soul was visible. Nevertheless, it was not without tenants. In a hollow between two of the spars, under the shadow of one of the casks, lay the form of a man. The canvas trousers, cotton shirt, blue jacket, and open necktie, bespoke him a sailor, but it seemed as though there were nothing left save the dead body of the unfortunate tar, so pale and thin and ghastly were his features. A terrier dog lay beside him, so shrunken that it looked like a mere scrap of door-matting. Both man and dog were apparently dead, but they were not so in reality, for, after lying about an hour quite motionless, the man slowly opened his eyes.

Ah, reader, it would have touched your heart to have seen those eyes! They were so deep set, as if in dark caverns, and so unnaturally large. They gazed round in a vacant way for a few moments, until they fell on the dog. Then a gleam of fire shot through them, and their owner raised his large, gaunt, wasted frame on one elbow, while he gazed with a look of eagerness, which was perfectly awful, at his dumb companion.

“Not dead yet!” he said, drawing a long sigh.[/QUOT
Wanna read on? Get this (shorter) read!

Taken from Athelstane. Have fun!

PS: Thanks go to Dr.Drib, for giving me the express permission to post these.

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Ballantyne, Robert Michael: Shifting Winds v1 27 dec 2008

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mtravellerh

This is the Prc and Imp upload of The Settler and The Savage. For the LRF version, please see this by Dr. Drib.

Scottish writer for boys, noted for the adventure story THE CORAL ISLAND (1858), which Robert Louis Stevenson acknowledged as the formative influence of his own love of the South Seas. The book has not been out of print since it first appeared. Several abridged editions have been published for young readers. Ballantyne's narrative skill, colourful settings, and resourcefulness of his heroes have secured his popularity throughout generations.

Subtitled: A rough yarn!

Taken from Athelstane.

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Ballantyne, Robert Michael: The Buffalo Runners v1 10 mar 2009

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Robert Michael Ballantyne (1825-1894)

The first edition of this book is dated 1874. The edition used is dated 1890. The publisher was James Nisbet & Co. Ltd., 21 Berners St., London.

This book, like all Ballantyne books, is full of action and humor and mostly features one "exotic" part of the world. Here his playground is the far west of Northern America when Pioneers still had a right to that name and injuns were really injuns. A roller coaster ride through the prairie ensues. Lots of fun.

Made a cover out of original illustration. Four nice illustrations included! Recommanded!

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Ballantyne, Robert Michael: The Coral Island v1 26 dec 2008

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mtravellerh

R. M. Ballantyne (April 24, 1825 – February 8, 1894) was a Scottish juvenile fiction writer.

Born Robert Michael Ballantyne in Edinburgh, he was part of a famous family of printers and publishers. At the age of 16 he went to Canada and was six years in the service of the Hudson's Bay Company. He returned to Scotland in 1847, and published his first book the following year, Hudson's Bay: or, Life in the Wilds of North America. For some time he was employed by Messrs Constable, the publishers, but in 1856 he gave up business for the profession of literature, and began the series of adventure stories for the young with which his name is popularly associated.

The Young Fur-Traders (1856), The Coral Island (1857), The World of Ice (1859), Ungava: a Tale of Eskimo Land (1857), The Dog Crusoe (1860), The Lighthouse (1865), Deep Down (1868), The Pirate City (1874), Erling the Bold (1869), The Settler and the Savage (1877), and other books, to the number of upwards of a hundred, followed in regular succession, his rule being in every case to write as far as possible from personal knowledge of the scenes he described.

Three boys, fifteen-year-old Ralph Rover (the narrator), eighteen-year-old Jack Martin and fourteen-year-old Peterkin Gay, are the sole survivors of a shipwreck on the coral reef of a large but uninhabited Polynesian island. At first their life on the island is idyllic; food, in the shape of fruits, fish and wild pigs, is plentiful, and using their only possessions; a broken telescope, an iron-bound oar and a small axe, they fashion a shelter and even construct a small boat.

Ballantyne has written a great bestseller!

Have fun!

PS:Those who can't stomach christian undertones, please refrain from downloading this.

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Ballantyne, Robert Michael: The Dog Crusoe v1 21 feb 2009

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[QUOTThe dog Crusoe was once a pup. Now do not, courteous reader, toss your head contemptuously, and exclaim, “Of course he was; I could have told you that.” You know very well that you have often seen a man above six feet high, broad and powerful as a lion, with a bronzed shaggy visage and the stern glance of an eagle, of whom you have said, or thought, or heard others say, “It is scarcely possible to believe that such a man was once a squalling baby.” If you had seen our hero in all the strength and majesty of full-grown doghood, you would have experienced a vague sort of surprise had we told you—as we now repeat—that the dog Crusoe was once a pup—a soft, round, sprawling, squeaking pup, as fat as a tallow candle, and as blind as a bat. But we draw particular attention to the fact of Crusoe’s having once been a pup, because in connection with the days of his puppyhood there hangs a tale.

This peculiar dog may thus be said to have had two tails—one in connection with his body, the other with his career. This tale, though short, is very harrowing, and, as it is intimately connected with Crusoe’s subsequent history, we will relate it here. But before doing so we must beg our reader to accompany us beyond the civilised portions of the United States of America—beyond the frontier settlements of the “far west,” into those wild prairies which are watered by the great Missouri river[/QUOT

Humorous ta(i)le of a man and his dog in the far west. By none other than the Master himself, R.M. Ballantyne, otherwise known as Ballantyne the Brave.

Have lots of fun with this!

Oh:original cover and one! glorious illustration!

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Ballantyne, Robert Michael: The Fugitives v1 19 jan 2009

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The Fugitives; or, The Tyrant Queen of Madagascar (1887)

A group of people from a British ship have gone ashore to stretch their legs, when enemies approach, the ship's boat retreats to the ship and they are left stranded ashore. The book deals with their efforts to find what they hope will be civilisation in the capital of the Island of Madagascar, which is something like the size of France. Unfortunately the reigning Queen has a hatred of Christianity which had been brought to the Island by missionaries some forty years before. Our heroes find themselves assisted by a Christian net-work, but when they get to the capital they are appalled by the carnage and torture they find when the Queen has one of her rages against Christianity.

Based on fact, the story told here of the repression of Chritianity in an emerging nation was all too true. The Queen died in 1867, and was succeeded by her son, an altogether different person, at which point our heroes take ship for England, and the story ends.

The story is full of action, the only quibble being the long and rather similar names the Malagasy people who appear in the story have. This makes it sometimes rather hard to make out what is happening.

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Ballantyne, Robert Michael: The Giant of the North v1 30 dec 2008

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mtravellerh

I am aware that this book has been uploaded by Madam Broshkina before, but as it had only a tiny cover and no outline TOC (in PRC and no working TOC in Nick's IMP version)), I took the liberty of uploading this again in all 3 formats (PRC, LRF and IMP), with a new cover and new formatting, of course. My apologies to Madam and nrapallo for this.

Nrapallo said about his book:

[QUOTThis is the tale of a giant Eskimo, Screekinbroot, also called Chingatok. Journey with our young heroes into the frozen tundra and icy waters of the North Pole regions for encounters with Eskimo peoples and to learn about their life and what it is like when the “Kabiunets” comes to the Arctic.

Captain Vane, his son Benjamin, and his two nephews Leo and Alf come in search of the North Pole. When their ship, The White Bear, gets stuck in the ice, the party of mariners face icy adventures and, in the end, “discover” the North Pole. (This was written before the Pole had been discovered.) There they find an old man whose ancestor was John MackIntosh, one of the sailors of Captain Henry Hudson, who had journeyed to the north pole, married, and had children, one of whom was this old man.[/QUOT

Have fun!

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Ballantyne, Robert Michael: The Gorilla Hunters v1 28 dec 2008

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mtravellerh

This might well be MobileRead's first split edition. Don(Dr.Drib) will post the LRF version, while I'll do the IMP and PRC versions.

Dr.Drib's version is available here and a great version it is, too!

As you might have seen in my postings, I took quite a liking in the man Ballantyne and will continue posting his books (there are a lot of them online)

[QUOTThis was one of the first books that the prolific author Ballantyne wrote. After he had come back from his early work in Canada with the Hudson Bay Company, and written his three books in that setting, he wrote an adventure story, "The Coral Island", about three boys who find themselves cast away on a coral island in the Pacific. That book was extremely popular, and was certainly in print for over a hundred years. This book has the same three boys, now grown into young men, as the principal characters. One day the idea comes to one of them, that it would be interesting to go to Africa, hire a guide, equip themselves with a goodly supply of shot and gunpowder, and then go and kill as many gorillas as they can. Rather pointless, you might think. But the tenuous scientific reason they had was that one of the three would keep a note-book in which he would put down as much as he could about the sizes of the gorillas, and other observations about them. To see the point of this you will need to know that gorillas had only very recently been discovered when the book was written.

The dialogues in the book are bright and amusing, and you will have to console yourself that these were not real gorillas that were being shot, but only paper ones.[/QUOT

Anyway, consider yourself warned: PI content (but then again, BRM couldn't know that then)
Nice cover, beautiful illustrations (might be a little dark) and lots of reading fun.

Comes from Athelstane via Internet Archive.

Have fun!

PS: This is my 400th book post.

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Ballantyne, Robert Michael: The Madman and The Pirate v1 3 jan 2009

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The Madman, Antonio Zeppa, is abandoned on Ratinga, an island in the Pacific, where there later appears a miserable ex-pirate called Richard Rosco. The two start up a sort of love-hate relationship. The natives put Rosco on a fire to burn him at the stake, but he is rescued by Zeppa, who carries him up to his cave in the mountains, and tends to his injured feet. Eventually a vessel calls at the island, with Zeppa's son on board. From then on the story winds to an end, with everyone who belongs there safely back home in Britain.(Athelstane)

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Ballantyne, Robert Michael: The Middy and the Moors v1 7 jan 2009

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The first edition of this book is dated 1883. The edition used is dated 1883. The publisher was James Nisbet & Co. Ltd., 22 Berners St., London. The number of pages is 246.

Until about 1817 the Algerine pirates were a great nuisance, capturing vessels in the Mediterranean and beyond, and even making raiding excursions as far afield as the shores of England. They made slaves of the Europeans they captured, and over the centuries more than a million people were made into slaves. There was an attack on Algiers led by Admiral Lord Exmouth, as a result of which this nuisance was abated, and France became responsible for the North African territories involved.

The hero of the story is a young midshipman on holiday with his family at Nice on the Mediterranean shore of France. One evening he goes for a short row, but is caught out by a nasty turn in the weather. He is picked up by a pirate vessel, and taken, with others from a ship they attacked, to Algiers, where he becomes a slave. He is befriended by an African called Peter, or as he prefers, Peter the Great, He meets an English girl called Hester, and helps her to find out where her father is kept and where he is working.

Eventually they manage to escape, including Peter, and make their way back to England. (Athelstane)

High adventure by Ballantyne, fully illustrated.

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Ballantyne, Robert Michael: The Pirate City v1 28 dec 2008

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This is the IMP and PRC upload of the the book first uploaded by Dr.Drib here

[QUOT"This book faithfully recounts some of the events leading up to the day in 1816 when Admiral Lord Exmouth led an expedition to force Algiers, and other North African cities, to capitulate. They had been under Turkish control for several centuries, during which they had raided European and American shipping, taking, over the years, up to a million white slaves. The author has made a very good story of the period leading up to this Britih Naval intervention. The actual attack is particularly well-written. The author had spent "a winter" in Algiers researching for this book. Of course it is politically incorrect to remind people of the fact that as many white slaves were held in Africa, as the number of black slaves that were held in the Caribbean and in North America, over the centuries." [/QUOTAthelstane

This html comes from Athelstane via PG.
A few illustrations and nice cover (if I dare say so myself)

Have fun!

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Ballantyne, Robert Michael: The Settler and The Savage v1 27 dec 2008

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mtravellerh

This is the Prc and Imp upload of The Settler and The Savage. For the LRF version, please see this by Dr. Drib.

Scottish writer for boys, noted for the adventure story THE CORAL ISLAND (1858), which Robert Louis Stevenson acknowledged as the formative influence of his own love of the South Seas. The book has not been out of print since it first appeared. Several abridged editions have been published for young readers. Ballantyne's narrative skill, colourful settings, and resourcefulness of his heroes have secured his popularity throughout generations.

Subtitled: A tale of war and peace in South Africa. Not exactly as serious as that subtitle sounds, though and with a great description of life in South Africa in the early times of colonization. Not very PC.

Have fun!

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Ballantyne, Robert Michael: The Young Fur Traders v1 10 mar 2009

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Robert Michael Ballantyne (1825-1894)

The first edition of this book is dated 1856. The edition used is dated 1901. The publisher was Thomas Nelson & Sons; London Edinburgh Dublin & NY.

This novel takes place in Canada and is largely based on Ballantyne's own experiences. Here is the preface:

[QUOTPreface.

In writing this book my desire has been to draw an exact copy of the picture which is indelibly stamped on my own memory. I have carefully avoided exaggeration in everything of importance. All the chief and most of the minor incidents are facts. In regard to unimportant matters, I have taken the liberty of a novelist—not to colour too highly, or to invent improbabilities, but—to transpose time, place, and circumstance at pleasure; while, at the same time, I have endeavoured to convey to the reader’s mind a truthful impression of the general effect—to use a painter’s language—of the life and country of the Fur-Trader.[/QUOT

No illustrations, but an illustrated cover nonetheless.

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Ballantyne, Robert Michael: Up in the Clouds v1 22 mar 2009

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The first edition of this book is dated 1869. The edition used is dated 1869. The publisher was James Nisbet & Co. Ltd, 21 Berners St., London.

Up in the Clouds is a well written history of the balloon technology up to the date this book was written and it tries an outlook to the things that may come.

It is a very nice, anecdotial read and is sometimes very funny from our point of view.

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Ballou, Maturin Murray: Aztec Land. v1. 22 Mar 2015

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Maturin Murray Ballou (April 14, 1820 – March 27, 1895) was a writer and publisher in 19th-century Boston, Massachusetts. He co-founded Gleason's Pictorial, was the first editor of the Boston Daily Globe, and wrote numerous travel books and works of popular fiction.

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Bordering upon the United States on the extreme southwest, for a distance of more than two thousand miles, is a republic which represents a civilization possibly as old as that of Egypt; a land, notwithstanding its proximity to us, of which the average American knows less than he does of France or Italy, but which rivals them in natural picturesqueness, and nearly equals them in historic interest.

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Ballou, Maturin Murray: Biography of Rev. Hosea Ballou. v1. 22 Mar 2015

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Maturin Murray Ballou (April 14, 1820 – March 27, 1895) was a writer and publisher in 19th-century Boston, Massachusetts. He co-founded Gleason's Pictorial, was the first editor of the Boston Daily Globe, and wrote numerous travel books and works of popular fiction.

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The gratitude of mankind has not failed to record with honor the names of those who have been the inventors of useful improvements in the arts, or the authors of scientific discoveries, of brave warriors and wise statesmen; ancient history reveals to us the time when the inventors of letters and the plough, were revered as divinities. If there are any who are actually worthy of being remembered by the world, they are those who have proved themselves, by the lives they have led, and by their holy teachings, to be benefactors of the human family, and true followers of Christ.

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Ballou, Maturin Murray: Fanny Campbell, the Female Pirate Captain. v1. 23 Mar 2015

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Maturin Murray Ballou (April 14, 1820 – March 27, 1895) was a writer and publisher in 19th-century Boston, Massachusetts. He co-founded Gleason's Pictorial, was the first editor of the Boston Daily Globe, and wrote numerous travel books and works of popular fiction.

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Fanny Campbell was a noble looking girl. She was none of your modern belles, delicate and ready to faint at the first sight of a reptile; no, Fanny could row a boat, shoot a panther, ride the wildest horse in the province, or do almost any brave and useful act. And Fanny could write poetry too, nay, start not gentle reader, her education was of no mean character. Such slight advantages as chance had thrown in her way had been improved to the utmost, and her parents finding her taste thus inclined, had humoured it to the extent of their limited means. Thus Fanny had received nearly every advantage attainable in those days. Once or twice in the course of the year, she was accustomed to pass some weeks at the house of a Reverend divine at Boston, with whom her father claimed some relationship. While here, the good man discovered her taste and inclination for study, and gave her such instructions as he was able, with the loan of books to amuse and strengthen her mind. By these means Fanny had actually obtained an excellent education at the time when we have introduced her to the reader; being but seventeen years of age. In her turn she had communicated her information to William Lovell and thus the two had possessed themselves of a degree of education and judgment that placed them above their friends in point of intelligence, and caused them to be looked up to in all matters of information, and scholarship.

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Ballou, Maturin Murray: The Circassian Slave. v1. 23 Mar 2015

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Maturin Murray Ballou (April 14, 1820 – March 27, 1895) was a writer and publisher in 19th-century Boston, Massachusetts. He co-founded Gleason's Pictorial, was the first editor of the Boston Daily Globe, and wrote numerous travel books and works of popular fiction.

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The females that were now offered for sale were principally of the fair and rosy-cheeked Circassian race, exposed to the curious eve of the throng only so far as delicacy would sanction, yet leaving enough visible to develope charms that fired the spirits of the Turkish crowd; and the bids ran high on this sale of humanity, until at last a beautiful creature, with a form of ravishing loveliness, large and lustrous eyes, and every belonging that might go to make up a Venus, was led forth to the auctioneer’s stand. She was young and surpassingly handsome, while her hearing evinced a degree of modesty that challenged their highest admiration.

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Ballou, Maturin Murray: The Duke's Prize. v1. 23 Mar 2015

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Maturin Murray Ballou (April 14, 1820 – March 27, 1895) was a writer and publisher in 19th-century Boston, Massachusetts. He co-founded Gleason's Pictorial, was the first editor of the Boston Daily Globe, and wrote numerous travel books and works of popular fiction.

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THE scenes of the following story are laid in Italy, that land of the sun. They are designed to impress a goodly moral, as well as to amuse the reader—to show that patience and perseverance will conquer all things—and that a poor coat may cover a rich heart. The reader will find also herein, that love raises the humblest; and that true merit, like true genius, tramples upon misfortunes; and that “some falls are means the happier to rise.”

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Ballou, Maturin Murray: The Heart's Secret. v1. 24 Mar 2015

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Maturin Murray Ballou (April 14, 1820 – March 27, 1895) was a writer and publisher in 19th-century Boston, Massachusetts. He co-founded Gleason's Pictorial, was the first editor of the Boston Daily Globe, and wrote numerous travel books and works of popular fiction.

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There was a slight air of hauteur in the lady’s bearing; she seemed to half disdain the homage that was so freely tendered to her, and though she laughed loud and clear, there was a careless, not to say heartless, accent in her tones, that betrayed her indifference to the devoted attentions of her companions. Apparently too much accustomed to this treatment to be disheartened by it, the two gentlemen bore themselves most courteously, and continued as devoted as ever to the fair creature by their side.

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Ballou, Maturin Murray: The Sea-Witch. v1. 24 Mar 2015

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Maturin Murray Ballou (April 14, 1820 – March 27, 1895) was a writer and publisher in 19th-century Boston, Massachusetts. He co-founded Gleason's Pictorial, was the first editor of the Boston Daily Globe, and wrote numerous travel books and works of popular fiction.

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LET the reader peruse the following story with the same spirit in which it was written, and not conceive that it is either a pro-slavery or anti-slavery tale. The “peculiar institution” which is herein introduced, is brought forward simply as an auxiliary, and not as a feature of the story. It is only referred to where the plot and locality upon the slave coast have rendered this necessary, and the careful reader will observe that the subject is treated with entire impartiality. These few remarks are introduced, because we desire to appear consistent. Our paper shall neither directly nor indirectly further any sectional policy or doctrine, and in its conduct shall be neutral, free and independent.—Editor of The Flag of our Union. (Note from formater: Very self-serving excuse.)

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Balzac, Honoré de: A Daughter of Eve, v1, 17 Sept 2007.

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Honoré de Balzac: A Daughter of Eve
(Une Fille d’Ève)
(1833)
Translated by Katharine Prescott Wormeley.
Revised by another.

A short novel of nearly 41,000 words.

The novella, ‘Honorine’ showed how the bigoted Comtesse de Granville destroyed all hope of domestic happiness for her husband. This novel shows the effects on her daughters, but can be read on its own.

Marie de Vandenesse has escaped an upbringing of arid and bigoted religiosity by marrying Comte Félix de Vandenesse. But this upbringing leaves her vulnerable to an unexpected passion for Raoul Nathan, a low-born journalist. Matters come to a head when she tries to raise money to pay his debts…

I have corrected some textual and translation errors, reformatted and restored accents and italics, adding a TOC.

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Balzac, Honoré de: A Daughter of Eve. V1. 11 Aug 2012

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Honoré de Balzac (French pronunciation: [ɔ.nɔ.ʁe d(ə) bal.zak] ; 20 May 1799 – 18 August 1850) was a French novelist and playwright. His magnum opus was a sequence of short stories and novels collectively entitled, La Comédie humaine, which presents a panorama of French life in the years after the 1815 fall of Napoleon.

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In this cold, orderly boudoir, where all things were in place as if for sale, no sign existed of the gay and capricious disorder of a happy home. At the present moment, the two young women were weeping. Pain seemed to predominate. The name of the owner, Ferdinand du Tillet, one of the richest bankers in Paris, is enough to explain the luxury of the whole house, of which this boudoir is but a sample.

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Balzac, Honoré de: A Distinguished Provincial at Paris.V1. 2 Oct 2012

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Honoré de Balzac (French pronunciation: [ɔ.nɔ.ʁe d(ə) bal.zak] ; 20 May 1799 – 18 August 1850) was a French novelist and playwright. His magnum opus was a sequence of short stories and novels collectively entitled, La Comédie humaine, which presents a panorama of French life in the years after the 1815 fall of Napoleon.

A Distinguished Provincial at Paris is part two of a trilogy. Part one, Two Poets, begins the story of Lucien, his sister Eve, and his friend David in the provincial town of Angouleme. Part two is centered on Lucien's Parisian life. Part three, Eve and David, reverts to the setting of Angouleme. In many references parts one and three are combined under the title Lost Illusions and A Distinguished Provincial at Paris is given its individual title. Following this trilogy Lucien's story is continued in another book, Scenes from a Courtesan's Life.

Trans. Ellen Marriage (26 August 1865 – 23 December 1946)

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Balzac, Honoré de: A Drama on the Seashore, v1, 13 Sept 2007.

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Honoré de Balzac: A Drama On The Seashore
(Une drame au bord de la mer)

Translated by Katharine Prescott Wormeley

A short story of about 7,500 words, set in Le Croisic in south Brittany.
A poor fisherman and his wife are facing ruin because of their violent and feckless son. The father takes desperate measures …

I have restored accents and italics and added a picture of Le Croisic today. Balzac presents it as a grim and forbidding place. In fact it is a picturesque fishing village, with pleasant walks, a couple of adequate beaches and many excellent fish restaurants, where I have spent several peaceful holidays.

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Balzac, Honoré de: A Passion in The Desert, v1, 05 Sept 2007

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Honoré de Balzac
A Passion in the Desert
(Une Passion dans le Désert)
First Published 1832

Man and female panther develop an improbably close romantic relationship.

A short story of about 5000 words. I’ve added a picture, restored accents and reformatted a bit.

Translated by Ernest Christopher Dowson (2 August 1867 – 23 February 1900)

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Balzac, Honoré de: A Prince of Bohemia, v1, 09 Sept 2007.

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Honoré de Balzac
A Prince of Bohemia
(Un Prince de la Bohême)
Translated by Clara Bell.

A short story of about 13,500 words.

The ‘Bohemia’ is the Parisian artistic subculture. The eponymous ‘prince’ is the Comte de la Palférine - a poor but supercilious dandy. He acquires a mistress, Claudine du Bruel (formerly Tullia the dancer). His imperious demands bring unexpected benefits to her unsuspecting husband.

The story is related by the journalist, Nathan, to his mistress, Madame de la Baudraye. Unfortunately, the first few pages are rather flowery because Nathan decides to imitate the style of Saint-Beuve, but the story improves thereafter.

I have reformatted and restored accents and italics.

Translated by Clara Bell, née Poynter (1835–1927)

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Balzac, Honoré de: A Second Home, v1, 15 Sept 2007.

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Honoré de Balzac: A Second Home
(Une double famille)
Translated by Clara Bell

(Also translated as ‘A Double Family’, ‘A Second Family’ etc.)

A novella of about 26,100 words.

A rising young Parisian lawyer meets an embroideress; they set up home and live in amity, producing two children. Then his father encourages him to marry a frigid religious bigot and he is very unhappy. What will happen when the two families become aware of each other?

I have added a picture, restored accents and reformatted the PG text file.
Incidentally, Balzac spells the family name as ‘Granville’ in some novels and ‘Grandville’ in others.

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Balzac, Honoré de: A Street of Paris, v.1, 19 April 2008.

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‘A Street of Paris and Its Inhabitant’

Translated by Henri Pene du Bois.

A short story about an absent-minded professor, easily distracted by the Paris bookstalls. (These bouquinistes still line the quais beside the river today.)

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Balzac, Honoré de: A Study of Woman, v1, 29 Aug 2007.

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Honoré de Balzac: A Study of Woman
(Étude de femme)
Translated by Katharine Prescott Wormeley.

A short story of about 3,400 words.

This is a story with a moral: be very careful that you address your letters correctly.

Do not, under any circumstances, send a letter intended for your mistress to a woman whose virtue is renowned. When she reads the novel salutation: “Dear angel of love, treasure of my life and happiness--” it is likely to result in mixed feelings.
Moreover, if you allow the error to go uncorrected for a couple of days, the consequences will be even more embarrassing.

There now. You have been warned.

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Balzac, Honoré de: A Woman of Thirty, v1, 03 Sept 2007.

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Honoré de Balzac
A Woman of Thirty
(La femme de trente ans)
Translated by Ellen Marriage

A short novel of about 70,000 words.

There is a good case for saying that this is the silliest novel in the entire Comédie Humaine. Balzac’s default mode was melodrama and this is spectacularly melodramatic.
We are meant to suppose that thirty is a particularly dangerous age for a woman. If she has a sensitive and empathic husband, then all may be well. However, if she has married a crass and insensitive man, then at thirty she may explode into memorable adultery. This is exactly what happens to Julie D’Aiglemont.
This adultery produces three children and some unexpected consequences:
1. The child of the lawful marriage feels slighted and drowns one of her younger brothers.
2. She still feels slighted, so runs away with a pirate. What’s more, she manages to find a pirate in Versailles.
3. Another brother dies of illness.
4. The surviving sister decides to have an affair with a half-brother.

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Balzac, Honoré de: Adieu. V1. 27 Sep 2012

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Honoré de Balzac (French pronunciation: [ɔ.nɔ.ʁe d(ə) bal.zak] ; 20 May 1799 – 18 August 1850) was a French novelist and playwright. His magnum opus was a sequence of short stories and novels collectively entitled, La Comédie humaine, which presents a panorama of French life in the years after the 1815 fall of Napoleon.

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The next day the lady heard with great astonishment that Monsieur de Sucy had blown his brains out during the night.

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Balzac, Honoré de: An Episode Under the Terror, v1, 23 Aug 2007.

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Honoré de Balzac
An Episode Under the Terror
(Un Épisode sous la Terreur)
1831
Translated by Clara Bell and others

A short story of about 6,700 words; set in Paris in 1793.

A mysterious stranger seeks out the surviving members of a religious community, hiding in Paris, and asks them to celebrate a requiem mass for the repose of the soul of the executed king, Louis XVI. But who is he, and what are his motives?

I’ve restored the italics and accents, checked the translation and added a picture and a couple of brief notes.

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Balzac, Honoré de: An Historical Mystery. V1. 4 Oct 201

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Honoré de Balzac (French pronunciation: [ɔ.nɔ.ʁe d(ə) bal.zak] ; 20 May 1799 – 18 August 1850) was a French novelist and playwright. His magnum opus was a sequence of short stories and novels collectively entitled, La Comédie humaine, which presents a panorama of French life in the years after the 1815 fall of Napoleon.

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The autumn of the year 1803 was one of the finest in the early part of that period of the present century which we now call "Empire." Rain had refreshed the earth during the month of October, so that the trees were still green and leafy in November. The French people were beginning to put faith in a secret understanding between the skies and Bonaparte, then declared Consul for life,—a belief in which that man owes part of his prestige; strange to say, on the day the sun failed him, in 1812, his luck ceased!

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Balzac, Honoré de: At the sign of the Cat and Racket, and other stories. v1 21 Mar 20

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Honoré de Balzac (1799-1850) helped to establish the current form of the novel, and was one of the greatest and most prolific novelists and short story writers of all time. Nearly a hundred of his novels and short stories formed [La Comédie Humaine,[/ in which some characters occur in several stories.

Clara Bell (1835-1927) was an English translator fluent in eight languages.

George Saintsbury (1845-1933) was an English writer, literary historian, scholar, critic and wine connoisseur who edited an English edition of [La Comédie Humaine[/ published in 1895-98 by J. M. Dent.

This ebook contains a Preface by George Saintsbury, Balzac's Introduction, and five short chapter free novels: [At the Sign of the Cat and Racket,[/ [The Ball at Sceaux,[/ [The Purse,[/ [The Vendetta,[/ and [Madame Firmiani.[/ The novels are all in the Scenes from Private Life group, were written between 1829 and 1851, and deal with various aspects of love and marriage.

The text was taken from the Temple Edition published in 1901 by Macmillan Company in the Internet Archive and from the University of Adelaide ebook library. I have silently corrected typos, curled quotes, replaced italics, diacritics, and scene breaks, used British English, and made changes to spelling, punctuation, and hyphenation using oxforddictionaries.com. The illustrations have been omitted.

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Balzac, Honoré de: At the Sign of the Cat and Racket, v1, 04 Sept 2007

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Honoré de Balzac
At the Sign of the Cat and Racket
(La Maison du Chat-Qui-Pelote)
Translated by Clara Bell.

This is a short story about colliding worlds and about contrasting kinds of love. The tale opens with a description of the picturesque draper’s shop, the ‘Cat and Racket’, which M Guillaume runs on traditional lines and where frugal virtues are upheld.
An artist, Théodore de Sommervieux paints the shop, and later marries one of the draper’s daughters. But Augustine’s limited bourgeois outlook begins to bore her husband and she takes desperate measures to recapture his affection.
Her sister, Virginie, marries one of the draper’s assistants and together they manage the shop and a calm but lasting bond develops, based on their shared values.

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Balzac, Honoré de: Bureaucracy. V1. 29 Sep 2012

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Honoré de Balzac (French pronunciation: [ɔ.nɔ.ʁe d(ə) bal.zak] ; 20 May 1799 – 18 August 1850) was a French novelist and playwright. His magnum opus was a sequence of short stories and novels collectively entitled, La Comédie humaine, which presents a panorama of French life in the years after the 1815 fall of Napoleon.

Excerpt
In Paris, where men of thought and study bear a certain likeness to one another, living as they do in a common centre, you must have met with several resembling Monsieur Rabourdin, whose acquaintance we are about to make at a moment when he is head of a bureau in one of our most important ministries

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Balzac, Honoré de: Catherine de' Medici. V1. 30 Sep 2012

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Honoré de Balzac (French pronunciation: [ɔ.nɔ.ʁe d(ə) bal.zak] ; 20 May 1799 – 18 August 1850) was a French novelist and playwright. His magnum opus was a sequence of short stories and novels collectively entitled, La Comédie humaine, which presents a panorama of French life in the years after the 1815 fall of Napoleon.

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"A scaffold is being erected at the convent of the Recollets: the Prince de Conde will be beheaded there to-morrow."

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Balzac, Honoré de: Christ in Flanders, v1, 10 Sept 2007.

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Honoré de Balzac
‘Christ in Flanders’
(Jésus-Christ en Flandre)
1831
Translated by Ellen Marriage

A short story of about 7,000 words. Jesus Christ appears to save people from shipwreck in medieval Flanders. The situation is contrasted with French Catholicism in 1830, where it is the church itself which needs rescuing.

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Balzac, Honoré de: Colonel Chabert, v1, 03 Sept 2007.

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Honoré de Balzac
Colonel Chabert
(Le colonel Chabert)
Translated by Ellen Marriage and Clara Bell

A story of about 24,900 words.

A former Napoleonic colonel returns to Paris after some years recovering from his wounds, only to find that he has been declared dead, that his wife has remarried, and claims that he is an impostor.

I have checked the PG text and restored accents and italics, also corrected some errors.

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Balzac, Honoré de: Cousin Bette, v1, 23 Aug 2007

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This is my first upload in this format. I don't use it myself, so would be grateful if someone could tell me whether it works. If it does, then I will add some of my other files.

Honoré de Balzac: Cousin Bette (‘La Cousine Bette’)
Translated by /James Waring and Others.

A novel of about 153,000 words.

Lisbeth Fischer (Cousin Bette) feels slighted by her rich relations, the Hulots. Then they steal her fiancé/adopted son, so she plans a spectacular vengeance.
Actually, she need not have bothered because Baron Hulot is ruining the family anyway, with constant womanizing: working his way through professional courtesans, middle-class amateurs, working women and some alarmingly young girls.
Just as in life, it is not always clear where the moral compass lies. The family fortunes are restored through a complicated (and improbable) method of assassination.
The novel is written with a verve and gusto that even survive the translation process.

This was the very first Balzac that I read, long ago, in 1976. It took me another 10 years to read all the (approximately) 95 works in the Comédie Humaine (largely because I had trouble finding them in those pre-internet years).

Editorial Decisions
1. The original translation anglicises Bette’s name to ‘Betty’ throughout. I have decided, throughout my Balzac series, to stick to the original names.
2. The original translator uses the ‘N’ word to refer to black people at one point. I have checked with the Pléiade edition (the authoritative French text) and found that Balzac did not use a pejorative term, so have altered the translation accordingly. (Had he actually used a pejorative term, I would have let the translation stand.)
3. The original has no breaks at all. Like most editions, I have added a few spaces and asterisks. I have made a TOC to link to key passages in the text.

The original PG text was in Html but had no accents, so I have restored them.

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Balzac, Honoré de: Cäsar Birotteaus Größe und Niedergang [German]. V1. 20 Feb 2011

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Die Menschliche Komödie / La Comédie humaine

VII. Szenen aus dem Pariser Leben

044. Geschichte der Größe und des Verfalls von César Birotteau / Cäsar Birotteaus Größe und Niedergang (1838 ) Histoire de la grandeur et de la décadence de César Birotteau

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Balzac, Honoré de: Das Chagrinleder [German]. V1. 21 Dec 2010

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"Das Chagrinleder" erschien 1831 mit großem Erfolg. Balzac beschreibt darin die französische und besonders die Pariser Gesellschaft gegen Ende der Restauration und zu Beginn der Julimonarchie. (Wiki)

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Balzac, Honoré de: Der Ball von Sceaux [German]. V1. 20 Feb 2011

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Die Menschliche Komödie / La Comédie humaine

I. Szenen aus dem Privatleben

002. Der Ball zu Sceaux (1830) Le Bal de Sceaux

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Balzac, Honoré de: Der Dorfpfarrer [German]. V1. 16 Jan 2011

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»Le curé de village« (Der Dorfpfarrer) ist ein Roman von 1839

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Balzac, Honoré de: Der Landarzt [German]. V1. 16 Jan 2011

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»Le médecin de campagne« (Der Landarzt) ist ein Roman von 1833.

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Balzac, Honoré de: Die alte Jungfer [German]. V1. 16 Jan 2011

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»La vielle fille« ist ein Roman von 1836 (Die alte Jungfer, 1838)

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Balzac, Honoré de: Die Börse [German]. V1. 20 Feb 2011

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Die Menschliche Komödie / La Comédie humaine

I. Szenen aus dem Privatleben

004. Die Börse (1832) La Bourse

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Balzac, Honoré de: Die Entmündigung [German]. V1. 20 Feb 2011

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Die Menschliche Komödie / La Comédie humaine

I. Szenen aus dem Privatleben

025. Die Entmündigung (1836) L'Interdiction

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Balzac, Honore de: Die Frau von dreißig Jahren. v1 30 july 2009 german

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"Balzacs wahrscheinlich bekanntester Roman zeichnet ein künstlerisches Seelen- und Sittenbild des frühen 19. Jahrhunderts. Zum erstenmal wird das Problem der unglücklich verheirateten Frau in mittleren Jahren als Opfer ihrer Unerfahrenheit und der sozialen Zwänge mit aller Schärfe und Komplexität dargestellt." (BücherPick)

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Balzac, Honoré de: Die Königstreuen [German]. V1. 20 Feb 2011

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Die Menschliche Komödie / La Comédie humaine

IX. Szenen aus dem Soldatenleben

063. Die Chouans Rebellen des Königs / Die Königstreuen (1829) Les Chouans ou la Bretagne en 1799

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Balzac, Honoré de: Domestic Peace, v1, 15 Sept 2007.

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Honoré de Balzac: Domestic Peace (La Paix du Ménage)
Translated by Ellen Marriage and Clara Bell
(1829)

Also translated as ‘Peace in the House’.

This is a short story of about 13,300 words.

Set in a ballroom in 1809, the height of Napoleon’s splendour. Madame de Soulanges has lost both her husband’s affections and some jewellery, which he has given to his mistress. With the help of an older woman she managed to retrieve both the husband and the jewel.

I have restored accents and italics, also added a picture.

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Balzac, Honoré de: Droll Stories, Complete. V1. 3 Oct 2012

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Honoré de Balzac (French pronunciation: [ɔ.nɔ.ʁe d(ə) bal.zak] ; 20 May 1799 – 18 August 1850) was a French novelist and playwright. His magnum opus was a sequence of short stories and novels collectively entitled, La Comédie humaine, which presents a panorama of French life in the years after the 1815 fall of Napoleon.

THE FAIR IMPERIA
THE KING'S SWEETHEART
THE DEVIL'S HEIR
THE MERRIE JESTS OF KING LOUIS THE ELEVENTH
THE MAID OF THILOUSE
THE BROTHERS-IN-ARMS
THE REPROACH
THE CONTINENCE OF KING FRANCIS THE FIRST
THE MERRY TATTLE OF THE NUNS OF POISSY
HOW THE CHATEAU D'AZAY CAME TO BE BUILT
THE FALSE COURTESAN
THE DANGER OF BEING TOO INNOCENT
THE SERMON OF THE MERRY VICAR OF MEUDON
DESPAIR IN LOVE
PERSEVERANCE IN LOVE
CONCERNING A PROVOST WHO DID NOT RECOGNISE THINGS
ABOUT THE MONK AMADOR, WHO WAS A GLORIOUS ABBOT OF TURPENAY
BERTHA THE PENITENT
HOW THE PRETTY MAID OF PORTILLON CONVINCED HER JUDGE
IN WHICH IT IS DEMONSTRATED THAT FORTUNE IS ALWAYS FEMININE
CONCERNING A POOR MAN WHO WAS CALLED LE VIEUX PAR-CHEMINS
ODD SAYINGS OF THREE PILGRIMS
INNOCENCE
THE FAIR IMPERIA MARRIED

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Balzac, Honoré de: El Verdugo, v1, 29 Aug 2007.

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Honoré de Balzac: El Verdugo.
Translated by Katharine Prescott Wormeley

A short story of about 3,900 words, set in Spain during the last months of the Napoleonic wars. The French garrison in Menda are under pressure from both the English and from Spanish resistance against Napoleon’s occupation of their country.
After a successful attack by the Spanish resistance forces, the French plan a spectacular revenge against the local nobility. Can the (inappropriately-named) Victor rescue his beloved Clara from the scaffold?

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Balzac, Honoré de: Eugénie Grandet. v1 5 Mar 2018

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Honoré de Balzac (1799-1850) helped to establish the current form of the novel, and was one of the greatest and most prolific novelists and short story writers of all time. Nearly a hundred of his novels and short stories formed [La Comédie Humaine,[/ in which some characters occur in several stories.

Katherine Prescott Wormeley (1830-1908) was English born and taken to the US as a child. She was a nurse in the Civil War, an author and an editor, and a translator of all of de Balzac's works.

[Eugénie Grandet[/ (1833) was one of the first novels Balzac published under his own name, and as part of [La Comédie Humaine.[/ The second edition (1839) includes a dedication to Marie du Fresnay, his lover at the time, and mother of his only child. The story is one of the Scenes from Provincial Life, and tells of the life of a miserly cooper who becomes very rich, and the effects this has on his family and neighbours.

The text was taken from the University of Adelaide ebook library, and checked against the 1890 Roberts edition in the Internet Archive. I have replaced diacritics, used American English, and made changes to spelling and hyphenation using oxforddictionaries.com.

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Balzac, Honoré de: Facino Cane, v1, 05 Sept 2007.

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Honoré de Balzac
Facino Cane
Translated by Clara Bell and others

A short story of about 5,500 words.

Facino Cane is a poor, blind Italian musician in Paris. He attempts to persuade the narrator, a young writer, to join in a hunt for lost treasure.

I’ve checked the translation and restored accents, italics etc.

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Balzac, Honoré de: Father Goriot. v1 31 Jan 2018

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Honoré de Balzac (1799-1850) helped to establish the current form of the novel, and was one of the greatest and most prolific novelists and short story writers of all time. Nearly a hundred of his novels and short stories formed [La Comédie humaine,[/ in which some characters occur in several stories.

Ellen Marriage (1865-1946) was an English translator, particularly of Balzac's works, who (according to Wikipedia) put an effort into readability and accuracy that was unusual in translators of her period.

George Saintsbury (1845-1933) was an English writer, literary historian, scholar, critic and wine connoisseur who edited an English edition of [La Comédie humaine[/ translated by Ellen Marriage and published in 1895-98 by J. M. Dent.

[Father Goriot,[/ (also known as [Pere Goriot[/ and [Old Goriot,[/) was published in serial form in 1834, and as a book in 1835. It is set in Paris in 1819, during the Bourbon restoration, and tells of the complex interactions between Eugène de Rastignac, (a penniless but ambitious young provincial aristocrat) Father Goriot, (a old bourgeois man who gave all his fortune to see his two young daughters married into the aristocracy), and several other characters in both classes.

The serial version was divided into seven chapters. The original book version and this ebook version have no chapters, though it has some one line separations.

The text was taken from Wikisource, and checked against the 1898 edition by The Gebbie Publishing Co. in the Internet Archive. I have silently corrected typos, curled quotes, replaced diacritics, set letters off as blockquotes, and made changes to punctuation and hyphenation using oxforddictionaries.com.

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Balzac, Honoré de: Folk-Tales of Napoleon. V1. 3 Oct 2012

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Honoré de Balzac (French pronunciation: [ɔ.nɔ.ʁe d(ə) bal.zak] ; 20 May 1799 – 18 August 1850) was a French novelist and playwright. His magnum opus was a sequence of short stories and novels collectively entitled, La Comédie humaine, which presents a panorama of French life in the years after the 1815 fall of Napoleon.

NAPOLEONDER
THE NAPOLEON OF THE PEOPLE

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Balzac, Honoré de: Glanz und Elend der Kurtisanen [German]. V1. 15 Jan 2011

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Splendeurs et misères des courtisanes, Roman 1838-44, dt. Glanz und Elend der Kurtisanen.

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Balzac, Honoré de: Gobseck, v1, 02 Sept, 2007.

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Honoré de Balzac, ‘Gobseck’. (1830)
Translated by Ellen Marriage and another.

A novella of about 22,700 words.

This tells several interweaving stories:
1. How a young lawyer, Derville, got a start in life.
2. The history of the usurer, Gobseck.
3. What happened to the Restaud family after the Comtesse de Restaud pawned the family diamonds to pay her lover’s debts (first mentioned in ‘Old Goriot’).

I’ve checked the PG textfile against the Pléiade French edition and restored accents. Curiously, the last couple of paragraphs were missing from the translation, so I translated those too.
(Actually, I think that the story reads better without them but, if Balzac wrote them, then in they go.)

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Balzac, Honoré de: History of the Thirteen, v1, 05 Sept 2007

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The The History of the Thirteen (Histoire des Treize) is a set of three novellas:
Ferragus
The Duchesse de Langeais
The Girl with the Golden Eyes.
They are connected slightly by the plot device of a secret society - The Thirteen - but can be read independently.

Ferragus
A stalker disturbs a happy marriage, with fatal results.

The Duchesse de Langeais
A young duchess declines to succumb to the attentions of an admirer, who prepares a terrible punishment. However, things do not go as planned.

The Girl with the Golden Eyes
Balzac's lesbian revenge fantasy.

This was prepared from a text file, so I've restored italics, French accents and reformatted a lot. I've added a TOC and a couple of pictures.

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Balzac, Honoré de: Honorine, v1, 15 Sept 2007.

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Honoré de Balzac: Honorine
Translated by Clara Bell

A novella of about 30,150 words.

A French diplomat in Italy tells a story of his youth, as secretary to Comte Octave de Bauvan, to two visiting writers.

Comte Octave de Bauvan’s young wife, Honorine loved him, but only in an idealistic sort of way. So she left him for a young man whom she didn’t idealise, but was subsequently abandoned.
The Count still loved her and secretly supported her. With the help of the secretary, a strategy is devised to make her some home. But the secretary falls for her…

I have restored accents and italics.

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Balzac, Honoré de: La Grande Breteche and Other Horror Stories. V1. 4 Dec 2012

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Honoré de Balzac (French pronunciation: [ɔ.nɔ.ʁe d(ə) bal.zak] ; 20 May 1799 – 18 August 1850) was a French novelist and playwright. His magnum opus was a sequence of short stories and novels collectively entitled, La Comédie humaine, which presents a panorama of French life in the years after the 1815 fall of Napoleon.

LA GRANDE BRETECHE
THE ELIXIR OF LIFE
THE SUCCUBUS

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Balzac, Honoré de: La Grenadière, v1, 04 Sept 2007.

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Balzac, Honoré de: La Grenadière.
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A short story of about 9000 words.

La Grenadière is a house near Tours. It has been rented by a dying woman, who has to prepare her children to live alone. The story has an elegiac tone and some lovely descriptions of nature.

This was taken from a .txt file in PG, so I have added accents, italics and formatting, plus one picture.

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Balzac, Honoré de: Le colonel Chabert (en français), v1, 03 Sept 2007.

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Honoré de Balzac: Le colonel Chabert (en français/ in French)

Soldier returning from Napoleon’s disastrous Russian campaign is denied by his wife.

Balok asked for this.

I’ll post an English version in the next day or two.

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Balzac, Honoré de: Letters of Two Brides. V1. 6 Oct 2012

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Honoré de Balzac (French pronunciation: [ɔ.nɔ.ʁe d(ə) bal.zak] ; 20 May 1799 – 18 August 1850) was a French novelist and playwright. His magnum opus was a sequence of short stories and novels collectively entitled, La Comédie humaine, which presents a panorama of French life in the years after the 1815 fall of Napoleon.

Excerpt
Sweetheart, I too am free! And I am the first too, unless you have written to Blois, at our sweet tryst of letter-writing.

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Balzac, Honoré de: Madame Firmiani, v1 05 Sept 2007.

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Honoré de Balzac
Madame Firmiani
Translated by Katharine Prescott Wormeley

Another short story. This opens with varying descriptions of the eponymous heroine, who is a woman in high society. An uncle from the provinces comes to Paris, determined to find out why his nephew, Octave de Camps, seems to have frittered away his fortune on Mme Firmiani.

I have added a picture, restored accents and italics and reformatted.

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Balzac, Honoré de: Maître Cornelius, v1, 19 Sept 2007.

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Honoré de Balzac: Maître Cornelius
Translated by Katharine Prescott Wormeley

A story of about 21,600 words, set in 15th-century France.

King Louis XI’s daughter is married to a jealous, abusive husband. She loves a young noblemen, who takes a post in the house of the King’s jeweller, the miserly Maître Cornelius, in order to be near her.
But there is a jewel theft on the night the young man arrives. The King turns detective with surprising results.

I have restored accents and italics, have corrected a couple of errors and added a TOC.

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Balzac, Honoré de: Massimilla Doni, v1. 05 Sept 2007.

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Honoré de Balzac: Massimilla Doni.
Translated by Clara Bell

This story of about 30,000 words is set in Venice in 1820. It is capable of several interpretations.

On one level it is a heady brew of opera, politics and unusual sexual shenanigans.
Massimilla Doni, the Duchess Cataneo, has a husband who won’t do his conjugal duty and has encouraged her to find a replacement. So she has grown to love the young Emilio Memmi, Prince of Varese. Unfortunately, he idealises her so much that he is unable to consummate the relationship (although he has no trouble making love to Clara Tinti, a low-born opera singer).
Meanwhile, the Duke Cataneo can only achieve the ultimate pleasure when he hears two voices (or a voice and violin) singing high Cs in unison. When this occurs he ‘can embrace the infinite’ and rolls about on the carpet. So he has trained Clara Tinti to sing.
At the opera house, the tenor, Genovese, can sing beautifully on his own, but brays like an ass when Clara Tinti is on stage. This is because he loves her.
Fortunately, the Duchess’s friend Vendremini and a visiting French doctor find unorthodox cures for these remarkably dysfunctional people.

On a more serious level, it is possible to read the story as an exploration of the nature of captivity. Venice is under Austrian occupation. The Duchess draws parallels with the political situation and the opera being performed: Rossini’s Mosè (Moses), where the Israelites are held captive by Pharaoh. She is bound by her marriage vows and cannot marry Emilio. Emilio is captivated by an unreal ideal image of the Duchess. Their friend, Vendremini is under the thrall of an opium addiction. And everyone else seems to be in thrall to various inappropriate carnal passions. So, not just a load of salacious melodramatic hokum.

I have taken the text from PG and corrected several errors against my paper copy. I have also restored accents and italics, reformatted and added a couple of brief notes. There's also a picture of the Grand Canal at Venice by Canaletto.

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Balzac, Honoré de: Old Goriot, v1, 04 Sept 2007.

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Honoré de Balzac, Old Goriot ( Le Père Goriot --also translated as ‘Father Goriot’)
Translated by Ellen Marriage.

I’ve reformatted and checked this against my paper version.
One difficulty is that there are no breaks at all in the original – I checked against the French Pléiade text as well as several English versions. I have created a few links to several parts of the novel. If anyone can think of a more elegant solution then please tell me (and, as ever, I’d be grateful if anyone finds any errors which need correction).

Plot summary
Père Goriot is a bourgeois King Lear. A retired pasta manufacturer, he has divided his wealth between his two grasping daughters, so that they could marry well. Their persistent financial demands reduce him to poverty. The novel opens with a famous description of the widow Vauquer’s lodging house, whose inmates include Goriot; the ambitious young law student Eugène de Rastignac and the mysterious Vautrin. Their stories are interwoven with that of Père Goriot.

The novel is a good introduction to Balzac and many of the characters will reappear in other novels. Balzac's plan was to encapsulate all French society in his Comédie Humaine, which consists of about 90 novels and stories.

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Balzac, Honoré de: Petty Troubles of Married Life. V1. 11 Oct 2012

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Honoré de Balzac (French pronunciation: [ɔ.nɔ.ʁe d(ə) bal.zak] ; 20 May 1799 – 18 August 1850) was a French novelist and playwright. His magnum opus was a sequence of short stories and novels collectively entitled, La Comédie humaine, which presents a panorama of French life in the years after the 1815 fall of Napoleon.

Excerpt
A friend, in speaking to you of a young woman, says: "Good family, well bred, pretty, and three hundred thousand in her own right." You have expressed a desire to meet this charming creature. Usually, chance interviews are premeditated. And you speak with this object, who has now become very timid. YOU.—"A delightful evening!" SHE.—"Oh! yes, sir." You are allowed to become the suitor of this young person. THE MOTHER-IN-LAW (to the intended groom).—"You can't imagine how susceptible the dear girl is of attachment." Meanwhile there is a delicate pecuniary question to be discussed by the two families. YOUR FATHER (to the mother-in-law).—"My property is valued at five hundred thousand francs, my dear madame!" YOUR FUTURE MOTHER-IN-LAW.—"And our house, my dear sir, is on a corner lot." A contract follows, drawn up by two hideous notaries, a small one, and a big one. Then the two families judge it necessary to convoy you to the civil magistrate's and to the church, before conducting the bride to her chamber. Then what?... Why, then come a crowd of petty unforeseen troubles, like the following:

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Balzac, Honoré de: Pierre Grassou, v1, 05 Sept 2007.

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Honoré de Balzac: Pierre Grassou
Translated by Katharine Prescott Wormeley

A short story of about 7,700 words.

A mediocre painter, Pierre Grassou, paint bad pictures of mediocre people. (Grassou knows that he is incompetent but, being a Breton, he is too stubborn to give up art.) Yet he eclipses artists of genius because mediocrity is the spirit of the age.

(-Rather like today: Plus ça change plus c’est la même chose.)

The translation is rather pedestrian but is the only one available. I’ve corrected a number of errors against the Pléiade text, restored accents, and added a picture plus a couple of brief notes.

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Balzac, Honoré de: Sarrasine, v.1.05 Sept 2007

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Honoré de Balzac, Sarrasine (1830), translated by Clara Bell.
This is a long-ish short story. I've added a couple of pictures, a TOC, and the French accents.

A young woman in a Parisian salon is startled by a sinister old man, to whom the hosts are very deferential. A young man tells her a story of sexual intrigue and 18th-century gender-bending to explain the old man's presence.

The story is part of Balzac's Comedie Humaine.
Later, in 1970, Roland Barthes used it to expound his structuralist theories in 'S/Z'.

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Balzac, Honoré de: Seraphita, v1, 15 Sept 2007.

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Honoré de Balzac: Seraphita
(Séraphita)
Translated by Katharine Prescott Wormeley

A novel about an androgynous angelic being, set in Norway. The characters all spend a lot of time discussing Swedenborg’s mysticism and the novel ends with a vision of the divine. The story goes that Balzac’s fiancée, Madame du Hanska, demanded an idealistic, uplifting book, without any smut. This is it.

Hunt’s commentary says of Seraphita:
‘This strange creature is androgynous, and appears to the Promethean wanderer Wilfrid as a beautiful and desirable woman, Seraphita; whereas for the ingenuous and docile Minna, daughter of Becker, the local pastor, ‘Seraphita’ is ‘Seraphitus’, the incarnation of manly wisdom and strength. Both of these young mortals are in love with Seraphita-Seraphitus, but she has passed beyond earthly love, and her role is to reveal to the human couple the ‘chemin pour alle au ciel.’ [the road to the sky].’ (Hunt, 52)

Skiing
One claim to fame is that this is the first French novel to mention skiing, though the equipment used seems unusual:

‘The person whom Minna had addressed as Seraphitus threw his weight upon his right heel, arresting the plank—six and a half feet long and narrow as the foot of a child—which was fastened to his boot by a double thong of leather. This plank, two inches thick, was covered with reindeer skin, which bristled against the snow when the foot was raised, and served to stop the wearer. Seraphitus drew in his left foot, furnished with another “skee,” which was only two feet long, turned swiftly where he stood, caught his timid companion in his arms, lifted her in spite of the long boards on her feet, and placed her on a projecting rock from which he brushed the snow with his pelisse.’

I have added a TOC, a picture, reformatted and restored accents. However, following other English translators, I have left ‘Seraphita’ and ‘Seraphitus’ without accents, rather than restoring them to ‘Séraphita’ and ‘Séraphitüs’.

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Balzac, Honoré de: The Alkahest. V1. 28 Sep 2012

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Honoré de Balzac (French pronunciation: [ɔ.nɔ.ʁe d(ə) bal.zak] ; 20 May 1799 – 18 August 1850) was a French novelist and playwright. His magnum opus was a sequence of short stories and novels collectively entitled, La Comédie humaine, which presents a panorama of French life in the years after the 1815 fall of Napoleon.

In Balzac's classic study of obsession, a chance meeting changes Balthazar Claes' life as it introduces him to alchemy and initiates his quest of the absolute. Throughout, our sympathy is equally divided between Balthazar's single-minded determination to push back the frontiers of knowledge, and the ruin of his family.

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Balzac, Honoré de: The Atheist's Mass and Other Stories

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Honoré de Balzac helped to establish the current form of the novel, and was one of the greatest and most prolific novelists and short story writers of all time. Nearly a hundred of his novels and short stories formed [La Comédie humaine,[/ in which some characters occur in several stories.

Clara Bell (1835-1927) was an English translator who was fluent in eight languages and raised six children.

George Saintsbury (1845-1933) was an English writer, literary historian, scholar, critic and wine connoisseur who edited an English edition of [La Comédie humaine[/ published in 1895-98 by J. M. Dent & Co., and E. P. Dutton Co.

This ebook contains five short stories: [The Atheist's Mass, Honorine, Colonel Chabert, The Commission in Lunacy,[/ and [Piere Grassou,[/ five scenes from private life in 19th century Paris.

The texts were taken from The University of Adelaide ebook library, Wikisource, and the Dent/Dutton edition in the Internet Archive. I have silently corrected typos, curled quotes, replaced italics, diacritics, and scene breaks, and made changes to spelling, punctuation, and hyphenation using oxforddictionaries.com.

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Balzac, Honoré de: The Atheist’s Mass, v1, 25 Aug 2007.

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Honoré De Balzac
The Atheist’s Mass
(La messe de l’athée)
Translated by Clara Bell

A short story of about 6,700 words.

Young Doctor Bianchon repeatedly sees his chief of surgery, Desplein, attending mass. Yet Desplein is a noted freethinker and atheist. Eventually, Bianchon asks the reason for this strange behaviour and Desplein tells him a story…

Bianchon and Desplein are two characters who will turn up frequently in the Comédie Humaine. Balzac was the first person to hit on the idea of recurring characters.

I have added a picture, and restored accents and italics etc.

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Balzac, Honoré de: The Ball at Sceaux, v1, 05 Sept 2007

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Honoré de Balzac
The Ball at Sceaux
(Bal de Sceaux)
(1829)
Translated By Clara Bell

Emilie de Fontaine, the daughter of an impecunious nobleman of the ancien regime, insists on marrying a man who is the son of a peer and not fat. A potential candidate is spotted at the ball at Sceaux. But her snobbishness brings her to grief.
Interesting descriptions of change in a class-stratified society too.

Basically, the plot is the same as Avril Lavigne's popular song, 'Skater Boy' - except set in 1829 (and without skateboards).

This is from a PG textfile, so I've restored italics and accents etc.

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Balzac, Honoré de: The Brotherhood of Consolation. V1. 28 Sep 2012

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Honoré de Balzac (French pronunciation: [ɔ.nɔ.ʁe d(ə) bal.zak] ; 20 May 1799 – 18 August 1850) was a French novelist and playwright. His magnum opus was a sequence of short stories and novels collectively entitled, La Comédie humaine, which presents a panorama of French life in the years after the 1815 fall of Napoleon.

"Ha! the slayer of Madame's daughter! of the Chevalier du Vissard! the man who condemned her to twenty years' imprisonment!" said Godefroid, in a feeble voice. His legs gave way under him, and he dropped into a chair. "What a beginning!" he muttered.

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Balzac, Honoré de: The Celibates. V1. 30 Sep 2012

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Honoré de Balzac (French pronunciation: [ɔ.nɔ.ʁe d(ə) bal.zak] ; 20 May 1799 – 18 August 1850) was a French novelist and playwright. His magnum opus was a sequence of short stories and novels collectively entitled, La Comédie humaine, which presents a panorama of French life in the years after the 1815 fall of Napoleon.

Excerpt
To give that truth its true proportions we must transport the scene to the Rome of the middle ages, where a sublime young girl, Beatrice Cenci, was brought to the scaffold by motives and intrigues that were almost identical with those which laid our Pierrette in her grave. Beatrice Cenci had but one defender,—an artist, a painter. In our day history, and living men, on the faith of Guido Reni's portrait, condemn the Pope, and know that Beatrice was a most tender victim of infamous passions and base feuds.

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Balzac, Honoré de: The Chouans. V1. 1 Oct 2012

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Honoré de Balzac (French pronunciation: [ɔ.nɔ.ʁe d(ə) bal.zak] ; 20 May 1799 – 18 August 1850) was a French novelist and playwright. His magnum opus was a sequence of short stories and novels collectively entitled, La Comédie humaine, which presents a panorama of French life in the years after the 1815 fall of Napoleon.

Excerpt
Early in the year VIII., at the beginning of Vendemiaire, or, to conform to our own calendar, towards the close of September, 1799, a hundred or so of peasants and a large number of citizens, who had left Fougeres in the morning on their way to Mayenne, were going up the little mountain of La Pelerine, half-way between Fougeres and Ernee, a small town where travellers along that road are in the habit of resting. This company, divided into groups that were more or less numerous, presented a collection of such fantastic costumes and a mixture of individuals belonging to so many and diverse localities and professions that it will be well to describe their characteristic differences, in order to give to this history the vivid local coloring to which so much value is attached in these days,—though some critics do assert that it injures the representation of sentiments.

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Balzac, Honoré de: The Country Doctor. V1. 1 Oct 2012

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Honoré de Balzac (French pronunciation: [ɔ.nɔ.ʁe d(ə) bal.zak] ; 20 May 1799 – 18 August 1850) was a French novelist and playwright. His magnum opus was a sequence of short stories and novels collectively entitled, La Comédie humaine, which presents a panorama of French life in the years after the 1815 fall of Napoleon.

In hardly any of his books, with the possible exception of Eugenie Grandet, does Balzac seem to have taken a greater interest than in Le Medecin de Campagne; and the fact of this interest, together with the merit and intensity of the book in each case, is, let it be repeated, a valid argument against those who would have it that there was something essentially sinister both in his genius and his character.

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Balzac, Honoré de: The Deputy of Arcis. V1. 2 Oct 2012

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Honoré de Balzac (French pronunciation: [ɔ.nɔ.ʁe d(ə) bal.zak] ; 20 May 1799 – 18 August 1850) was a French novelist and playwright. His magnum opus was a sequence of short stories and novels collectively entitled, La Comédie humaine, which presents a panorama of French life in the years after the 1815 fall of Napoleon.

Before beginning to describe an election in the provinces, it is proper to state that the town of Arcis-sur-Aube was not the theatre of the events here related.
The arrondissement of Arcis votes at Bar-sur-Aube, which is forty miles from Arcis; consequently there is no deputy from Arcis in the Chamber.
Discretion, required in a history of contemporaneous manners and morals, dictates this precautionary word. It is rather an ingenious contrivance to make the description of one town the frame for events which happened in another; and several times already in the course of the Comedy of Human Life, this means has been employed in spite of its disadvantages, which consist chiefly in making the frame of as much importance as the canvas.

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Balzac, Honoré de: The Deserted Woman, v1, 04 Sept 2007

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Honoré de Balzac: ‘The Deserted Woman’ (La Femme Abandonée), translated by Ellen Marriage.

This is a short story. It can be read on its own, but is also a continuation of the story of Madame de Beauséant in ‘Old Goriot’.
The deserted woman is Claire de Bourgogne, Marquise de Beauséant, long separated from her husband. In ‘Père Goriot’ she was deserted by her lover, who married a younger woman. She has retired to the country to live in the strictest seclusion. However, a young man becomes interested in her. Can they be happy together, or will history repeat itself?

I have found a lovely cover picture –David’s portait of Madame Recamier, and restored the accents and italics.

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Balzac, Honoré de: The Elixir of Life, v1, 04 Sept 2007.

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Honoré de Balzac
The Elixir of Life
(L’Élixir de longue vie)
Translated by Clara Bell & James Waring

A short story of about 9,400 words.

This is Balzac’s version of the Don Juan myth.
Everyone else has the Don ending his days by being dragged away to Hell by a statue (e.g Mozart’s opera ‘Don Diovanni’).
Balzac adds an even more melodramatic twist.

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Balzac, Honoré de: The Hidden Masterpiece, v1, 11 Sept 2007.

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Honoré de Balzac
The Hidden Masterpiece
(Le Chef-d’oeuvre inconnu)
Translated by Katharine Prescott Wormeley

A short story about the nature of artistic creativity; set in the early seventeenth century. The central character is the young Nicholas Poussin so (for reasons that will become clear) I have added an illustration of one of Poussin’s nudes.

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Balzac, Honoré de: The Hidden Masterpiece. V1. 3 Oct 2012

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Honoré de Balzac (French pronunciation: [ɔ.nɔ.ʁe d(ə) bal.zak] ; 20 May 1799 – 18 August 1850) was a French novelist and playwright. His magnum opus was a sequence of short stories and novels collectively entitled, La Comédie humaine, which presents a panorama of French life in the years after the 1815 fall of Napoleon.

On a cold morning in December, towards the close of the year 1612, a young man, whose clothing betrayed his poverty, was standing before the door of a house in the Rue des Grands-Augustine, in Paris. After walking to and fro for some time with the hesitation of a lover who fears to approach his mistress, however complying she may be, he ended by crossing the threshold and asking if Maitre Francois Porbus were within. At the affirmative answer of an old woman who was sweeping out one of the lower rooms the young man slowly mounted the stairway, stopping from time to time and hesitating, like a newly fledged courier doubtful as to what sort of reception the king might grant him.

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Balzac, Honoré de: The Illustrious Gaudissart. V1. 4 Oct 2012

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Honoré de Balzac (French pronunciation: [ɔ.nɔ.ʁe d(ə) bal.zak] ; 20 May 1799 – 18 August 1850) was a French novelist and playwright. His magnum opus was a sequence of short stories and novels collectively entitled, La Comédie humaine, which presents a panorama of French life in the years after the 1815 fall of Napoleon.

Excerpt
The commercial traveller, a personage unknown to antiquity, is one of the striking figures created by the manners and customs of our present epoch. May he not, in some conceivable order of things, be destined to mark for coming philosophers the great transition which welds a period of material enterprise to the period of intellectual strength? Our century will bind the realm of isolated power, abounding as it does in creative genius, to the realm of universal but levelling might; equalizing all products, spreading them broadcast among the masses, and being itself controlled by the principle of unity,—the final expression of all societies. Do we not find the dead level of barbarism succeeding the saturnalia of popular thought and the last struggles of those civilizations which accumulated the treasures of the world in one direction?

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Balzac, Honoré de: The Lesser Bourgeoisie (The Middle Classes). V1. 5 Oct 2012

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Honoré de Balzac (French pronunciation: [ɔ.nɔ.ʁe d(ə) bal.zak] ; 20 May 1799 – 18 August 1850) was a French novelist and playwright. His magnum opus was a sequence of short stories and novels collectively entitled, La Comédie humaine, which presents a panorama of French life in the years after the 1815 fall of Napoleon.

Excerpt
The tourniquet Saint-Jean, the narrow passage entered through a turnstile, a description of which was said to be so wearisome in the study entitled "A Double Life" (Scenes from Private Life), that naive relic of old Paris, has at the present moment no existence except in our said typography. The building of the Hotel-de-Ville, such as we now see it, swept away a whole section of the city.

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Balzac, Honoré de: The Lily of the Valley. V1. 6 Oct 2012

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Honoré de Balzac (French pronunciation: [ɔ.nɔ.ʁe d(ə) bal.zak] ; 20 May 1799 – 18 August 1850) was a French novelist and playwright. His magnum opus was a sequence of short stories and novels collectively entitled, La Comédie humaine, which presents a panorama of French life in the years after the 1815 fall of Napoleon.

Excerpt
To what genius fed on tears shall we some day owe that most touching of all elegies,—the tale of tortures borne silently by souls whose tender roots find stony ground in the domestic soil, whose earliest buds are torn apart by rancorous hands, whose flowers are touched by frost at the moment of their blossoming? What poet will sing the sorrows of the child whose lips must suck a bitter breast, whose smiles are checked by the cruel fire of a stern eye? The tale that tells of such poor hearts, oppressed by beings placed about them to promote the development of their natures, would contain the true history of my childhood.

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Balzac, Honoré de: The Magic Skin. V1. 6 Oct 2012

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Honoré de Balzac (French pronunciation: [ɔ.nɔ.ʁe d(ə) bal.zak] ; 20 May 1799 – 18 August 1850) was a French novelist and playwright. His magnum opus was a sequence of short stories and novels collectively entitled, La Comédie humaine, which presents a panorama of French life in the years after the 1815 fall of Napoleon.

Excerpt
Towards the end of the month of October 1829 a young man entered the Palais-Royal just as the gaming-houses opened, agreeably to the law which protects a passion by its very nature easily excisable. He mounted the staircase of one of the gambling hells distinguished by the number 36, without too much deliberation.

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Balzac, Honoré de: The Marriage Contract. V1. 7 Oct 2012

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Honoré de Balzac (French pronunciation: [ɔ.nɔ.ʁe d(ə) bal.zak] ; 20 May 1799 – 18 August 1850) was a French novelist and playwright. His magnum opus was a sequence of short stories and novels collectively entitled, La Comédie humaine, which presents a panorama of French life in the years after the 1815 fall of Napoleon.

Excerpt
As Paul de Manerville ended the reading of this letter, which fell like the blows of a pickaxe on the edifice of his hopes, his illusions, and his love, the vessel which bore him from France was beyond the Azores. In the midst of this utter devastation a cold and impotent anger laid hold of him.

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Balzac, Honoré de: The Physiology of Marriage, v1, 13 Sept 2007.

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Honoré de Balzac: The Physiology of Marriage
(Physiologie du Mariage)
or
The Musings of an Eclectic Philosopher on the Happiness and Unhappiness of Married Life

Translators: Anonymous.

This predates Balzac’s Comédie Humaine. It is a treatise on marriage, written by a bachelor; and consists of thirty Meditations, sprinkled with aphorisms and illustrated with anecdotes. The Dedication says that women should not read the work, which naturally makes it irresistible (as Balzac, no doubt intended.)

There are discussions of vital topics such as the bed (twin, double or separate rooms?); the art of coming home unexpectedly; and various strategies for ensuring marital fidelity (or how husbands may avoid acquiring horns – or being ‘minotaurized’ as Balzac puts it). These subjects are treated with Balzac’s usual exuberance.

Translation Issues:
1. The PG translation is extremely coy, even opaque in places. One aphorism: ‘Do not begin marriage with a violation of law’ is ridiculously ambiguous. I have tweaked the translation in a number of places, so as to make it more literal.
2. The anonymous translator omitted some passages, so I have restored them: most notably a flowery passage in Meditation VIII, and a later story in Meditation XXI where a duchess gives a powerful emetic to her daughter-in-law’s lover, then shuts the pair in an empty room. I translated some passages myself; others were typed in from another anonymous 1932 translation, which I have in a paper version.
3. This came from a PG text file, so I have restored accents and italics.

It is a pity that Stendhal’s ‘De l’Amour’ is not available online in an English translation, because it covers similar ground in a less flippant way.

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Balzac, Honoré de: The Purse, v1, 04 Sept2007

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Honoré de Balzac
The Purse
(La Bourse)
Translated by Clara Bell

A young artist, Hippolyte Schinner, has an accident in his studio and is helped by a mother and daughter who live in a neighbouring apartment. The daughter, Adélaïde, is beautiful and the artist falls in love. But, every evening the mother seems to win a large amount at cards. Has Hippolyte fallen into a gambling den? Then his purse goes missing….

This came from a PG textfile and I’ve restored the accents, italics etc by checking against my paper copy of the same translation,and the Pléiade French version.

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Balzac, Honoré de: The Recruit, v1, 13 Sept 2007.

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Honoré de Balzac: The Recruit
(Le Réquistionnaire)
Translated by Katharine Prescott Wormeley

A short story of about 5,500 words, set in a Normandy town in 1793. A former aristocrat is expecting a secret visit from her son, an émigré. However, the townspeople are suspicious because of the preparations she is making. Meanwhile, a lonely figure, with military conscript’s papers, is making his way to the town…

I have reformatted and restored accents and italics.

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Balzac, Honoré de: The Red Inn, v1, 13 Sept 2007.

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Honoré de Balzac: The Red Inn
(L’Auberge Rouge)
Translated by Katharine Prescott Wormeley

A short story of about 13,000 words.

In the conversation after a dinner-party, someone recounts the story of a murder at the Red Inn, many years before. A merchant carrying diamonds and gold had been murdered and robbed. An innocent man has been executed for the crime. The narrator realises that the murderer is present at the dinner. But there is a problem. He has recently fallen in love with the killer’s daughter ….

This is from a PG text file. I have restored accents and italics.

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Balzac, Honoré de: The Vendetta, v1, 15 Sept 2007.

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Honoré de Balzac:The Vendetta
(La Vendetta)
Translated by Katharine Prescott Wormeley

A short novella of nearly 25,000 words, set among the Corsican community in Paris during the Napoleonic era and early Restoration.

A young Corsican girl meets a proscribed officer under dramatic circumstances, just following the restoration of Louis XVIII, and they fall in love. Unfortunately, their families are in vendetta…

I have added a picture, a TOC and reformatted, replacing some accents and italics.

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Balzac, Honoré de: The Wild Ass's Skin, v1, 04 Sept 2007.

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Honoré de Balzac
The Wild Ass’s Skin
(La Peau de Chagrin)
1832
Translated by Ellen Marriage

A novel of about 97,000 words.

The same translation has also appeared under the titles, 'The Skin' and 'The Magic Skin'.

Raphael de Valentin is writing a treatise on the Will (which owes a lot to Swedenborg). Then he is given a magic ass's skin, which grants his every wish. However, each wish causes the skin to shrink and his life shortens accordingly. Eventually, Raphael orders his life so as to wish for nothing. But will the beautiful Pauline inspire a fatal desire?

I've restored the accents and italics and included a TOC.

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Balzac, Honoré de: Vater Goriot. [German]. V1. 11 Jan 2011

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Balzacs Roman Vater Goriot (1835-1836) thematisiert an einem praktisch alle Sozialschichten umfassenden Personenensemble sowohl den gesellschaftlichen Aufstieg als auch dessen Niederungen und Abgründe im Kontext der Restauration des beginnenden 19. Jahrhunderts. Balzac gewährt am Beispiel des früheren Nudelfabrikanten Goriot - der nur im Leben seiner Töchter lebt, im Gegenzug ausgenutzt wird und schließlich "wie ein Hund" stirbt - einen Blick auf die ideelle Ausrichtung der Gesellschaft auf Ruhm, Macht, Schein des Dekors und den aufkommenden Kapitalismus, ein immer stärkeres Eindringen des Geldes in alle Lebensbereiche. Der emblematisch für Fortschrittsoptimismus und Rationalismus stehende ‚Streitwagen der Zivilisation’ überrollt und zerbricht das sich ihm in den Weg stellende "cœur" (Herz) kurzer Hand und deutet für den Leser unübersehbar schon zu Beginn des Romans Balzacs exemplarische Schreibweise und literarisches Selbstverständnis an.
(Wiki)

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Balzac, Honoré de: Verlorene Illusionen [German]. V1. 21 Dec 2010

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Verlorene Illusionen (frz. Illusions perdues ) von Honoré de Balzac entstand zwischen 1837 und 1843 als zeitgenössische Gesellschaftskritik in dreiteiliger Romanform. Er gehört zu seinem monumentalen Werk, der menschlichen Komödie. Anhand des Aufstiegs und Niedergangs von Lucien Chardon beschreibt Balzac exemplarisch die Mechanismen, die er im Frankreich der Restauration vorfindet, speziell im Literaturbetrieb, im Journalismus und der vornehmen Gesellschaft. Als solches ist Verlorene Illusionen nicht nur ein Roman, sondern ein Zeitdokument. (Wiki)

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Balzac: Honoré de: The Red Inn. v1, 3 Feb 2018

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Honoré de Balzac (1799-1850) helped to establish the current form of the novel, and was one of the greatest and most prolific novelists and short story writers of all time. Nearly a hundred of his novels and short stories formed La Comédie humaine, in which some characters occur in several stories.

Katherine Prescott Wormeley (1830-1908) was English born and taken to the US as a child. She was a nurse in the Civil War, an author and an editor, and a translator of all of Balzac's works.

[The Red Inn[/ was published in 1831, and has three themes: a murder and theft committed thirty years before the story was told at a dinner party, the effect on the perpetrator who listened to the story, and the effect on a young man who had fallen in love with the murderer's daughter.

The text was taken from the University of Adelaide ebook library, and checked against the 1896 Little Brown edition in the Internet Archive. I have silently corrected typos, curled quotes, replaced italics, diacritics, and scene breaks, and made changes to spelling, punctuation, and hyphenation using the US English version of oxforddictionaries.com.

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Bamburg, Lillian: Septimus March Again; v1, 22 Dec 2021

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Ms Bamburg is one of those authors who works have vanished almost without trace. She is known to have written the novel "Beads of Silence", and "Rays of Darkness", and possibly others, in the 1920s, as well as a series of short puzzle type detective stories featuring Septimus March. This batch of Septimus March stories was published weekly in the Sunday Times, in Perth, Western Australia, commencing 6 October 1929.They do not appear to have been published in any other Australian newspaper, and they are not in the on-line "Index to the Fiction Magazines". The 13 stories amount to some 38,000 words.

As no cover exists, I made one up by modifying a hand-tinted film lobby card image from the early 1920s.

1: The Missing Pearls
2: The Riddle of the Winged Death
3: The Sapphire Cross
4: The Violet Code
5: Golden Sire
6: The Sleeping Guest
7: The Crystal Tubes
8: The Mystery of the Dying Plane
9: The Mystery of the Dead Singer
10: The Secret Cypher
11: The Mystery Of The Yellow Paw
12: The Jade Idol
13: The Silent Message

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Bangs, John K.: A Ghostly Compendium (omnibus, illus). v1. 22 Jan 2019

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A GHOSTLY COMPENDIUM
John Kendrick Bangs (1862–1922)

This omnibus includes:
[The Water Ghost and Others[/ (1894)
[Ghosts I Have Met and Some Others[/ (1898)
[Over the Plum-Pudding[/ (1901)

Bangs’ satirical tongue-in-cheek humor pokes fun at traditional beliefs about the supernatural, and at the writer, his contemporaries and critics, and social customs. Presented here, a gathering of ghost stories, a smattering of science fiction, and a group of contemporary pseudo-fables (the Hans Pumpernickel tales). A select few pieces are chilling or eerie rather than humorous (“Carleton Barker, First and Second,” “The Literary Remains of Thomas Bragdon”).

Dive in when you need a chuckle at Halloween, Christmas, or any time.

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John Kendrick Bangs (May 27, 1862 – January 21, 1922) was an American author, humorist, satirist, editor and lecturer. Between 1884 and 1906, he worked as editor at a number of magazines, among them Life, Munsey’s, The New Metropolitan, the Harper’s magazines, and the foremost humor magazine of its day, Puck. A highly popular and prolific writer, he had more than sixty books published.

He was the creator of “Bangsian fantasy,” which sets the plot wholly or partially in the afterlife, with important literary and historical personalities humorously portrayed as characters.

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Text is in the public domain in countries where the copyright term is “Life+90” or less, and in the USA. Illustrations are in the public domain where the copyright term is “Life+70” or less, and in the USA.

Texts were obtained from Project Gutenberg. Transcription and printer’s errors were silently corrected; punctuation, diacritics, and italics formatted; some spelling and punctuation standardized. Embedded font used for titling. Story titles are cross-linked to individual Tables of Contents.

Available in hefty illustrated and light-weight non-illustrated versions.

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Bangs, John K.: A Little Book of Christmas. v1. 15 Dec 2018

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A Little Book of Christmas by John Kendrick Bangs (1862–1922)

An ideal book for Christmas that will give delight at any season. In a quartet of stories of Christmas Eve in New York, invested with the true Christmas spirit, this noted author shows to rich children and poor children alike a visible Santa Claus who teaches the lesson to young and old that the faithful friend of little children has a veritable existence. There are felicitous touches of humor in the author’s best vein, but it also exhibits other qualities—pathos, tenderness, human kindness, and character-drawing—that will make the readers of “A Little Book of Christmas” wish that he would write more books of the kind.
(—Book-jacket blurb from the 1912 first edition.)

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John Kendrick Bangs (May 27, 1862 – January 21, 1922) was an American author, humorist, satirist, editor and lecturer. Between 1884 and 1906, he worked as editor at a number of magazines, among them [Life[/, the Harper’s magazines, [Munsey’s[/, [The New Metropolitan[/, and the foremost humor magazine of its day, [Puck[/. A prolific writer, he had more than sixty books published.

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This book was first published in 1912. Text is in the public domain in countries where the copyright term is “Life+90” or less, and in the USA.

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Text was obtained from the Internet Archive. OCR and printer’s errors were silently corrected; punctuation, diacritics, and italics formatted; hyphenation normalized. Cleaned and enhanced cover image from the 1912 first edition. Illustrations by Arthur E. Becher (1877–1960) were omitted due to copyright restrictions.
Story titles are cross-linked to table of contents. Embedded font used for decorations.

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This to encourage Christmas spirit, and provide some chuckles, too.
Check the cover and find a crowd of jolly faces smiling back at you.
:xmas:

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Bangs, John K.: Jimmieboy—His Book (omnibus,illus). v1. 11 Sep 2019

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JIMMIEBOY — HIS BOOK (An Omnibus)
by John Kendrick Bangs (1862–1922)
Illustrated by:
Charles Howard Johnson (1868-1896)
E[dmund] M[arion] Ashe (1867-1941)
Frank Ver Beck (1858-1933)
Francis Berkeley Smith (1868–1931)
Peter Newell (1862–1924)
J. T. Richards (?–?)
“G.W.B.” (?–?)

The contents of this book were first published 1891 – 1907.

This omnibus includes the six Jimmieboy books, with a bonus of four additional stories.
[Tiddledywink Tales
The Tiddledywinks’ Poetry Book
In Camp with a Tin Soldier
Half-Hours with Jimmieboy
The Mantel-Piece Minstrels and Other Stories
Bikey the Skicicle and Other Tales
More Tales of Jimmieboy[/
The first book begins when Jimmieboy is just four years old, and recounts his many adventures with his Tiddledywinks. Later, Jimmieboy will go campaigning with his tin soldiers, assist Santa Claus, go bicycling on Saturn, meet Jack Frost, converse with a comet, befriend many magical folk, and — well, just about anything you might imagine, and lots that you can’t.

Brimming with humor, word-play, and nonsense poems, these stories are a delight.

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John Kendrick Bangs (May 27, 1862 – January 21, 1922) was an American author, humorist, and satirist. Between 1884 and 1906, he worked as editor at a number of magazines; then switched his focus to the lecture circuit. A prolific writer, he had more than sixty books published. He wrote extensively in the genre of “Bangsian fantasy,” which sets the plot wholly or partially in the afterlife, with important fictional and historical personalities humorously portrayed as characters.

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This is my own compilation. Text and images were obtained from multiple online sources. Story titles are cross-linked to individual Tables of Contents. Editing notes available inside the book.
Available with or without illustrations.

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The humor you will find in these stories can be enjoyed by readers of all ages. (The baby-talk vernacular is abandoned after the first book, thankfully.) Share these with some young folks, and see who laughs the most!
:rofl:

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Bangs, John K.: Mrs. Raffles / R. Holmes & Co. (illus). v1. 15 Feb 2019

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Mrs. Raffles; R. Holmes & Co.;
• [SIZE="1"]AND[/SIZ •
Four Bonus Stories

By JOHN KENDRICK BANGS (1862–1922)

ILLUSTRATIONS BY Albert Levering (1869–1929); Peter Newell (1862–1924); Edward Penfield (1866–1925)

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The contents of this book were first published 1899 through 1908. Text and illustrations are in the public domain in countries where the copyright term is “Life+90” or less, and in the USA.

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### Mrs. Raffles (1905)
The widow of A. J. Raffles (the gentleman thief conceived by E. W. Hornung), continues the family legacy of crime—but in America. Her adventures are narrated by her confederate and former suitor, Harry “Bunny” Manders, the devoted friend and accomplice of her late husband.

### R. Holmes & Co. (1906)
If a master detective sired a son with the daughter of a gentleman thief… The story begins by pitting Sherlock Holmes against criminal mastermind A. J. Raffles. Holmes falls in love with Raffles’ daughter, and their son Raffles Holmes, now grown, possesses the talents and tendencies of both sides of the family tree.

### Editor’s Appendix (1899–1908)
For readers whose appetites have been whetted for more Holmes parody: three stories taken from other Bangs books, and a brief extract from a newspaper piece.

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John Kendrick Bangs (May 27, 1862 – January 21, 1922) was an American author, humorist, satirist, editor and lecturer. Between 1884 and 1906, he worked as editor at a number of magazines, among them [Life[/, [Munsey’s[/, [The New Metropolitan[/, the Harper’s magazines, and the foremost humor magazine of its day, [Puck[/. A highly popular and prolific writer, he had more than sixty books published.

He wrote extensively in the genre of “Bangsian fantasy,” concerning famous fictional or historical individuals and their interactions in the afterlife.

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Texts and illustrations were obtained from the Internet Archive and the Library of Congress. OCR and printer’s errors were silently corrected; punctuation, diacritics, and italics formatted; some spelling and punctuation normalized. Illustrations manually cleaned and enhanced. Illustrations by Sydney Adamson (1872–1958) have been omitted due to copyright restrictions.
Story headers are cross-linked to individual Tables of Contents.

Versions available WITH and WITHOUT illustrations.

Enjoy!
:)

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Bangs, John K.: The Associated Shades: An Omnibus (illus). v1. 06 Feb 2019

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The Associated Shades: An Omnibus
John Kendrick Bangs (1862–1922)
Illustrations by Peter Newell (1862–1924)
(illustrations for Mr. Munchausen in color)

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The contents of this book were first published 1896 through 1903. Text and illustrations are in the public domain in countries where the copyright term is “Life+90” or less, and in the USA.

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The Associated Shades sequence includes Bangs’ possibly best-known works, set in the afterlife in the netherworld of Hades (which is [not [/the same thing as Hell), with important historical, mythological, and fictional personalities humorously portrayed as characters.

### The House-Boat on the Styx (1896)
Notable citizens of Hades, including Socrates, Homer, William Shakespeare, Dr. Samuel Johnson, James Boswell, Charles Darwin, Noah, Hamlet, Baron Munchausen, and many others, establish an exclusive association, with an elaborate house-boat as their clubhouse.

### The Pursuit of the House-Boat (1897)
After the House-Boat is hijacked by Captain Kidd, the members of the Association hire the recently deceased Sherlock Holmes to solve the crime.

### The Enchanted Type-writer (1899)
The late (and invisible) James Boswell, who has become an editor for a newspaper in Hades, communicates with the author by means of an old typewriter.

### Mr. Munchausen (1901)
A series of adventures narrated by the Baron himself, recounting near-impossible exploits around the globe. The fictional German nobleman, conceived by Rudolph Erich Raspe in 1785, is an iconic character who spins the tallest of tall tales.

### Shylock Homes: His Posthumous Memoirs
(newspaper syndication, 1903)
In this Sherlockian parody, Homes, now residing in Hades, transmits his memoirs via steam-powered telegraphy for publication in the mundane world. The mastermind detective has not lost his cunning—a number of puzzling cases reach a solution.

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John Kendrick Bangs (May 27, 1862 – January 21, 1922) was an American author, humorist, satirist, editor and lecturer. Between 1884 and 1906, he worked as editor at a number of magazines, among them [Life[/, [Munsey’s[/, [The New Metropolitan[/, the Harper’s magazines, and the foremost humor magazine of its day, [Puck[/. A highly popular and prolific writer, he had more than sixty books published.

He wrote extensively in the genre of “Bangsian fantasy,” concerning famous literary or historical individuals and their interactions in the afterlife.

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Book texts were obtained from Project Gutenberg; the “Shylock” texts from the Library of Congress newspaper archives; illustrations from the Internet Archive. Transcription, OCR, and printer’s errors were silently corrected; punctuation, diacritics, and italics formatted; some spelling and punctuation normalized. Illustrations manually cleaned and enhanced. Cover adapted from first edition of “A House-Boat on the Styx.” Chapter headings are cross-linked to individual Tables of Contents. Embedded font used for titling.

Versions available WITH and WITHOUT illustrations.

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These are all just loosely-connected short stories, so you needn't feel intimidated by the size. Dip your toes into the Styx, and have a giggle on Mr. Bangs.
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Bangs, John K.: The Idiot: An Omnibus. v1. 09 Jan 2019

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The Idiot: An omnibus
John Kendrick Bangs (1862–1922)

In this sequence of humorous observations, flights of fancy, wry social commentary, and doggerel verse, a boarding-house resident habitually deflates the pretensions and flawed philosophies of his fellow boarders. They, of course, insist that he is an idiot spouting nonsense.

This collection includes the six books [Coffee and Repartee, The Idiot, The Idiot at Home, The Inventions of the Idiot, The Genial Idiot, and Half Hours With the Idiot.[/

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John Kendrick Bangs (May 27, 1862 – January 21, 1922) was an American author, humorist, satirist, editor and lecturer. Between 1884 and 1906, he worked as editor at a number of magazines, among them Life, Munsey’s, The New Metropolitan, the Harper’s magazines, and the foremost humor magazine of its day, Puck. A highly popular and prolific writer, he had more than sixty books published.

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The contents of this book were first published 1893, 1895, 1900, 1904, 1908, 1917. Text is in the public domain in countries where the copyright term is “Life+90” or less, and in the USA.

Texts were obtained from Project Gutenberg and the Internet Archive. OCR and printer’s errors were silently corrected; punctuation, diacritics, and italics formatted; some spelling and punctuation normalized. Cover design derived from [The Genial Idiot [/ first edition.

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Bangs, John K: Coffee and Repartee (Illustrated). v1, 11 Jan 2008

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From Amazon.com

This is the story of what happens when men who think themselves smarter than they are face off against a man who's smarter than he seems. Set entirely in the dining room of a cheap boarding house, Coffee and Repartee chronicles the clever, funny, competitive table talk of the boarders. Formal credentials and personal pretensions to mental superiority all crumble in the face of precisely the right come-back, time after time.

Features the Idiot whose story I have posted earlier.

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Bangs, John K: Ghosts I have Met and Some Others (Illustrated). v1, 11 Jan 2008

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From the book opening:

If we could only get used to the idea that ghosts are perfectly harmless creatures, who are powerless to affect our well-being unless we assist them by giving way to our fears, we should enjoy the supernatural exceedingly, it seems to me. Coleridge, I think it was, was once asked by a lady if he believed in ghosts, and he replied, "No, madame; I have seen too many of them." Which is my case exactly. I have seen so many horrid visitants from other worlds that they hardly affect me at all, so far as the mere inspiration of terror is concerned.

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Bangs, John K: MR. BONAPARTE OF CORSICA (Illustrated). v1, 11 Jan 2008

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From the Book:

Napoleon's father, Charles Bonaparte, was the honored progenitor of thirteen children, of whom the man who subsequently became the Emperor of the French, by some curious provision of fate, was the second. That the infant Napoleon should have followed rather than led the procession is so foreign to the nature of the man that many worthy persons unfamiliar with the true facts of history have believed that Joseph was a purely apocryphal infant, or, as some have suggested, merely an adopted child; but that Napoleon did upon this occasion content himself with second place is an incontrovertible fact.

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Bangs, John K: The Idiot (Illustrated). v1, 11 Jan 2008

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The March 23, 1895 editon of the New York Times had this to say about the book:

Mr. Bangs continues in the manner of Oliver Wendell Holmes with a difference to report the conversations at the breakfast table in the boarding house of Mrs. Pedagog, who was formerly Mrs. Smithers, and The Idiot is still, as it were, the protagonist. One must be just in the mood for nonsense to properly appreciate Mr. Bangs's humor.

An example of this humor:

"Humph!" he said. "I had hoped that your habit of airing your idiotic views had been put aside for once and for all."

"Very absurd hope, my dear sir," observed the Idiot. "Views that are not aired become musty. Why shouldn't I give them an atmospheric opportunity once in a while?"

"Because they are the sort of views to which suffocation is the most appropriate end," snapped the School-Master.

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Bangs, John Kendrick: Alice in Blunderland. v2. 19 Mar 2015

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John Kendrick Bangs (May 27, 1862 – January 21, 1922) was an American author, editor and satirist.

Excerpt
“Oh dear!” cried Alice impatiently, as she sat rocking in her chair, listening to the pattering of the rain upon the roof of the veranda. “I do wish there was something to do, or somebody to do, or somewhere to go. The Gov’ment ought to provide covered playgrounds for children on wet days. It wouldn’t cost much, to put a glass cover on the Park!”

NOTE: 33 Illustrations

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Bangs, John Kendrick: Alice in Blunderland. v2. 20 Mar 2015

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John Kendrick Bangs (May 27, 1862 – January 21, 1922) was an American author, editor and satirist.
Excerpt
IT was one of those dull, drab, depressing days when somehow or other it seemed as if there wasn't anything anywhere for anybody to do. It was raining outdoors, so that Alice could not amuse herself in the garden, or call upon her friend Little Lord Fauntleroy up the street; and downstairs her mother was giving a Bridge Party for the benefit of the M.*O. Hot Tamale Company, which had lately fallen upon evil days.

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Bangs, John Kendrick: Andiron Tales. V1. 12 Oct 2012

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John Kendrick Bangs (May 27, 1862 – January 21, 1922) was an American author, editor and satirist.

Being the Remarkable Adventures of a Boy with a Lively Imagination

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Bangs, John Kendrick: Bikey the Skicycle. V1. 16 Oct 2012

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John Kendrick Bangs (May 27, 1862 – January 21, 1922) was an American author, editor and satirist.

Bikey the Skicycle
The Imp of the Telephone
Caught in Toy Town
Totherwayvimagee, the Animal Town
An Electrical Error
In the Brownie's House
Jimmieboy—and Something
Jimmieboy's Fire Works
High-Jinks in the Barn
Jimmieboy's Valentine
The Magic Sled
The Stupid Little Apple Tree

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Bangs, John Kendrick: Cobwebs from a Library Corner. V1. 13 Oct 2012

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John Kendrick Bangs (May 27, 1862 – January 21, 1922) was an American author, editor and satirist.

BOOKISH
WISE AND OTHERWISE

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Bangs, John Kendrick: Coffee and Repartee. V1. 15 Oct 2012

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John Kendrick Bangs (May 27, 1862 – January 21, 1922) was an American author, editor and satirist.

Excerpt
The guests at Mrs. Smithers's high-class boarding-house for gentlemen had assembled as usual for breakfast, and in a few moments Mary, the dainty waitress, entered with the steaming coffee, the mush, and the rolls.
The School-master, who, by-the-way, was suspected by Mrs. Smithers of having intentions, and who for that reason occupied the chair nearest the lady's heart, folded up the morning paper, and placing it under him so that no one else could get it, observed, quite genially for him, "It was very wet yesterday."

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Bangs, John Kendrick: From Pillar to Post. V1. 18 Oct 2012

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John Kendrick Bangs (May 27, 1862 – January 21, 1922) was an American author, editor and satirist.

GETTING USED TO IT
SOUTHERN HOSPITALITY
GETTING THE LEVEL
THE GOOD SAMARITAN
A VAGRANT POET
BACK-HANDED COMPLIMENTS
FRIENDS OF THE ROAD
CHAIRMEN I HAVE MET
CHANCE ACQUAINTANCES
HUMORS OF THE ROAD
MINE HOST
PERILS OF THE PLATFORM
EMBARRASSING MOMENTS
SLINGS AND ARROWS"
EMERGENCIES
A PIONEER MANAGER

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Bangs, John Kendrick: Ghosts I have Met and Some Others. V1. 20 Oct 2012

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John Kendrick Bangs (May 27, 1862 – January 21, 1922) was an American author, editor and satirist.

GHOSTS THAT HAVE HAUNTED ME
THE MYSTERY OF MY GRANDMOTHER'S HAIR SOFA
THE MYSTERY OF BARNEY O'ROURKE
THE EXORCISM THAT FAILED
THURLOW'S CHRISTMAS STORY
CARLETON BARKER, FIRST AND SECOND

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Bangs, John Kendrick: Mollie and the Unwiseman (illus). v1. 23 Jan 2020

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Mollie and the Unwiseman by John Kendrick Bangs (1862–1922)
Illustrated by Albert Levering (1869–1929)

A children’s book from humorist John Kendrick Bangs, starring little Mollie, her rubber doll Whistlebinkie (who talks through a whistle in the top of his hat), and a very odd and opinionated little old man. The narration of their gently surreal adventures is chock full of humor and word-play, and great fun for readers of all ages. (Truly, some of the humor will require older, wiser heads for full appreciation.)

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John Kendrick Bangs (May 27, 1862 – January 21, 1922) was an American author, humorist, and satirist. Between 1884 and 1906, he worked as editor at a number of magazines; then switched his focus to the lecture circuit. A prolific writer, he had more than sixty books published.

He wrote extensively in the genre of “Bangsian fantasy,” which sets the plot wholly or partially in the afterlife, with important fictional and historical personalities humorously portrayed as characters. Bangs is best known for his series about the Associated Shades, sometimes called the Houseboat on the Styx books. (You can find the [Associated Shades Omnibus[/ here on MobileRead epub kindle

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[Mollie and the Unwiseman[/ was first published in 1902. This ebook is in the public domain in countries where the copyright term is “Life+90” or less, and in the USA.
Illustrations by Clare Dwiggins (1874–1958) have been excluded due to copyright restrictions.

Text and images were obtained from the Internet Archive. OCR and printer’s errors were silently corrected; punctuation, diacritics, and italics formatted; some punctuation standardized to provide consistency. Embedded font for special inserts.

Hope you enjoy this one as much as I did.
:)

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Bangs, John Kendrick: Mollie and the Unwiseman Abroad (illus). v1. 23 Jan 2020

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Mollie and the Unwiseman Abroad by John Kendrick Bangs (1862–1922)
Illustrated by Grace G. Wiederseim (1878–1936)

In this sequel to [Mollie and the Unwiseman[/, as you might expect from the title, our three adventurers visit Europe. Mollie, Whistlebinkie the rubber doll, and old Mr. Me are not quite typical travelers, and have some very giggle-worthy experiences, while Bangs takes the opportunity to poke a bit of gentle fun at tourists and tourism. The entire production is enlivened by delightful color illustrations from cartoonist Grace Wiederseim, the creator of the Campbell Soup Kids.

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John Kendrick Bangs (May 27, 1862 – January 21, 1922) was an American author, humorist, and satirist. Between 1884 and 1906, he worked as editor at a number of magazines; then switched his focus to the lecture circuit. A prolific writer, he had more than sixty books published.

He wrote extensively in the genre of “Bangsian fantasy,” which sets the plot wholly or partially in the afterlife, with important fictional and historical personalities humorously portrayed as characters. Bangs is best known for his series about the Associated Shades, sometimes called the Houseboat on the Styx books. (You can find the [Associated Shades Omnibus[/ here on MobileRead epub kindle

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[Mollie and the Unwiseman Abroad[/ was first published in 1910. This ebook is in the public domain in countries where the copyright term is “Life+80” or less, and in the USA.

Text and images were obtained from the Internet Archive. OCR and printer’s errors were silently corrected; punctuation, diacritics, and italics formatted; some punctuation standardized to provide consistency. Embedded font for special inserts.

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Check out the French language lessons in chapter 8, and let us know how that works out for you!
:D

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Bangs, John Kendrick: The Autobiography of Methuselah. V1. 13 Oct 2012

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John Kendrick Bangs (May 27, 1862 – January 21, 1922) was an American author, editor and satirist.

Having recently passed into what my great-grandson Shem calls my Anecdotage, it has occurred to me that perhaps some of the recollections of a more or less extended existence upon this globular mass of dust and water that we are pleased to call the earth, may prove of interest to posterity, and I have accordingly, atthe earnest solicitation of my grandson, Noah, and his sons, Shem, Ham and Japhet, consented to put them into permanent literary form. In view of the facts that at this writing, ink and paper and pens have not as yet been invented, and that we have no capable stenographers among our village folk, and that because of my advanced years I should find great difficulty in producing my manuscript on a type-writing machine with my gouty fingers—for, of the luscious fluid of the grape have I been a ready, though never over-abundant, consumer—even if I were familiar with the keyboard of such an instrument, or, if indeed, there were any such instrument to facilitate the work—in view of these facts, I say, I have been compelled to make use of the literary methods of the Egyptians, and with hammer and chisel, to gouge out my "Few Remarks" upon such slabs of stone as I can find upon my native heath.

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Bangs, John Kendrick: The Booming Of Acre Hill. V1. 16 Oct 2012

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John Kendrick Bangs (May 27, 1862 – January 21, 1922) was an American author, editor and satirist.

THE BOOMING OF ACRE HILL
THE STRANGE MISADVENTURES OF AN ORGAN
THE PLOT THAT FAILED
THE BASE INGRATITUDE OF BARKIS, M.D.
THE UTILITARIAN MR. CARRAWAY
THE BOOK SALES OF MR. PETERS
THE VALOR OF BRINLEY
WILKINS
THE MAYOR'S LAMPS
THE BALANCE OF POWER
JARLEY'S EXPERIMENT
JARLEY'S THANKSGIVING
HARRY AND MAUDE AND I—ALSO JAMES
AN AFFINITIVE ROMANCE
MRS. UPTON'S DEVICE

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Bangs, John Kendrick: The Dreamers a Club. V1. 17 Oct 2012

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John Kendrick Bangs (May 27, 1862 – January 21, 1922) was an American author, editor and satirist.

THE IDEA
IN WHICH THOMAS SNOBBE, ESQ., OF YONKERS, UNFOLDS A TALE
IN WHICH A MINCE-PIE IS RESPONSIBLE FOR A REMARKABLE COINCIDENCE
BEING THE CONTRIBUTION OF MR. BEDFORD PARKE
THE SALVATION OF FINDLAYSON
IN WHICH HARRY SNOBBE RECITES A TALE OF GLOOM
THE DREAMERS DISCUSS A MAGAZINE POEM
IDOLLY VISITS CHICAGO
IN WHICH YELLOW JOURNALISM CREEPS IN
THE MYSTERY OF PINKHAM’S DIAMOND STUD
LANG TAMMAS AND DRUMSHEUGH SWEAR OFF

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Bangs, John Kendrick: The Enchanted Typewriter. V1. 15 Oct 2012

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John Kendrick Bangs (May 27, 1862 – January 21, 1922) was an American author, editor and satirist.

Excerpt
It is a strange fact, for which I do not expect ever satisfactorily to account, and which will receive little credence even among those who know that I am not given to romancing—it is a strange fact, I say, that the substance of the following pages has evolved itself during a period of six months, more or less, between the hours of midnight and four o'clock in the morning, proceeding directly from a type-writing machine standing in the corner of my library, manipulated by unseen hands.

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Bangs, John Kendrick: The Genial Idiot. V1. 19 Oct 2012

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John Kendrick Bangs (May 27, 1862 – January 21, 1922) was an American author, editor and satirist.

Excerpt
“GOOD!” cried the Idiot, from behind the voluminous folds of the magazine section of his Sunday newspaper. “Here’s a man after my own heart. Professor Duff, of Glasgow University, has come out with a public statement that the maxims and proverbs of our forefathers are largely hocus-pocus and buncombe. I’ve always maintained that myself from the moment I had my first copy-book lesson in which I had to scrawl tNhe line, ‘It’s a long lane that has no turning,’ twenty-four times. And then that other absurd statement, ‘A stitch in the side is worth two in the hand’—or something like it—I forget just how it goes—what Tommy-rot that is.”

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Banks, Isabella: Through the Night (ghosts, folklore). v1. 09 May 2021

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Through The Night: Tales of Shades and Shadows

Isabella Banks (1821–1897)

As well as several excellent Victorian ghost stories, this collection includes entertaining accounts of folklore and the humorous fairy tale, “Larry’s Apprenticeship.” (Some of the tales are narrated in Scots or Irish dialect.)

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Isabella Banks (née Varley; 25 March 1821 – 4 May 1897), also known as Mrs G. Linnaeus Banks, was an English novelist and poet. Born in Manchester, England, Banks is most widely remembered today for her book [The Manchester Man[/ (1876), which is considered to be an important social and historical novel. Her work was greatly admired by Anthony Trollope.

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This book, first published in 1882, is assumed to be in the public domain worldwide.
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Barbour, A. (Anna) Maynard: At the Time Appointed. v1, 5th July 2009

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REVIEW: THE NEW YORK TIMES
Published July 18, 1903

Those who remember that excellent at¬tentive story, "That Mainwaring Affair,” will expect to find plenty of mystery and exciting Incidents in Mr. A. Maynard Barbour's latest novel, called "At the Time Appointed," and they will realize their expectations. No special prominence is given in it to detectives, to be sure, except in the case of a very amiable gentleman who has theories about being able to form mental pictures of people, even with regard to their exterior appearance, by studying their actions and the probable motives of these actions. and was thereby able to help the plot's advancement at a very critical moment by recognizing and pointing out the villain to the minions of the law. But the author has a certain way of forecasting events and making his people utter prophetic words, all bound to find their fulfillment somewhere before the last chapter is ended, that is eminently characteristic of one who delights in the knitting and ravel¬ing of the intricate plots which are a prime necessity in a detective story. The title itself cleverly suggests a long series of events slowly converging toward some mysterious¬ly critical moment in which all their crook-edness Is revealed and made straight for the delectation of at least two people; and that Is exactly the kind of a title that Mr. Barbour should have chosen for this story of long-delayed Justice and patient hoping.
The scene is laid In a little town up In the gold-mining region in the Rocky Mountain, and the tale starts in with a most re¬alistic and blood-curdling hold-up of a train by masked robbers. It Is marked by a murder which no shocks and horrifies the prospective hero, already infected with mountain fever, that be is plunged into an illness from which he barely escapes with his life, to find that all memory concerning his previous life and even of the errand that brought him West to Ophir In time to be sole witness of Harry Whitecomb’s murder has gone from his mind. As the leader of the robbers, the murderer, and the villain, who makes life miserable for all the good and deserving in Mr. Barbour's story, are one and the same half-breed Mexican, masquerading as a reputable citi¬zen, and as the only man who can identify him has lost his memory, it will be seen that 371 pages packed with happenings are none too many for the author to accomplish his designs In. Complications develop on every page: The hero falls In love, only to realize, when it is too late to regain his peace of mind, that it would be dangerous to contract new ties while the curtain that bad been drawn down behind his present life might at any time be raised and reveal duties that could not be cast aside. The villain becomes the loved one’s suitor, and has the advantage of being strenuously favored by the loved one’s insanely obstinate and opinionated father; even their wedding day arrives, making things look quite hopeless for the hero. But at this point the tables are turned, and, with the advent of the inevitable "heavily veiled lady clad all in black," the sophisticated reader has not the least doubt that virtue, In the shape of John Darrell, will triumph gloriously in the end, or, rather, "at the time appointed." To be sure, the restoration of Darrell's truant memory by a stroke or lightning that marked "as perfectly as though done In India ink with en artist's pen" the outline of the very scene—cliff and crag and mountain peak—where the storm overtook him and hurled him insensible to the earth, seems little short of a miracle to the practical mind; but lightning has been known in real life to do several very queer things, if not this one.
The main object in a story of this kind is to make the events hang together and the narration of them entertaining. Both these requisites Mr. Barbour has attained. People will be sure to read this story at one sitting, even if that involves hearing the clock strike several times after midnight and that is one test of at least one kind of excellence in a novel.

*****

Interesting, that the New York Times reviewer does not appear aware, that the author was female.

I have added the original NYT review (OCR from The NYT archive) at the beginning of the book.

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EDIT:
[q_index]I have corrected the thread title to follow the required format....[/QUOT

Thanks, HarryT!

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Barbour, A. Maynard: Breakers Ahead v.1 July 10, 2009

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Barbour, A. Maynard: Breakers Ahead (1906)

The story outlines the life of a "sublime egoist." a young Englishman, Thomas Macavoy Denning, leaves home because he has been expelled from school, and comes to America with the resolve to make in the New World, single- handed, a name which shall equal his father's in the old. He succeeds in so far as wealth and position are concerned, by sheer will, force, and self confidence. He succeeds financially; but on the eve of his political triumph, just as his election as governor of a Western state seems assured, the results of a lax past, of a period when he sowed wild oats rises up to defeat him—and his was not a soul which could bear defeat.

Spelling largely left as in the original Philadelphia J.B. Lippincott Co 1906 edition.

One illustration (by James L. Wood).

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Barbour, A.M.: That Mainwaring Affair. v1, 27 Jan 2008

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From Amazon.com:

Perhaps the longest roll of hackneyed devices in one book is found in "That Mainwaring Affair," by A.M. Barbour, but on the otherhand, this book has a most excellent and interesting story and of exceedingly good construction. The surprise is perfect and the plot original.

It includes the return of a long-lost brother, supposed to have been shipwrecked years before; stolen family jewels, a missing will; a twin brother; a birthmark identification; an illegitimate son of a designing housekeeper; a suspected private secretary; whispered words conveying the secret; a dragged lake; and innumerable disguises.

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Barbusse, Henri: The Inferno. v1, 2 Mar 2008

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Henri Barbusse (May 17, 1873, Asnières-sur-Seine—August 30, 1935, Moscow) was a French novelist, journalist and communist.

His novel L'enfer (1908, translated as Inferno or Hell) sparked a scandal as an account of voyeurism when it was released in English. In the intensely realistic story, a young man in a Paris boardinghouse spies on his neighbours through a hole in his bedroom wall, witnessing marriage, adultery, birth, death, lesbianism and other all human beh

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Barclay, Florence L: The Mistress of Shenstone. V1. 15 Oct 2010

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Florence Louisa Barclay (2 December 1862 – 10 March 1921) was an English romance novelist and short story writer.

Excerpt
The Mistress of Shenstone moved slowly up and down the terrace, wrapped in her long cloak, listening to the soft “drip, drip” of autumn all around; noting the silent fall of the last dead leaves; the steely grey of the lake beyond; the empty flower-garden; the deserted lawn.

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Barclay, Florence L: The Rosary. V1. 16 Oct 2010

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Florence Louisa Barclay (2 December 1862 – 10 March 1921) was an English romance novelist and short story writer.

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A wag had once remarked that if you met her Grace of Meldrum returning from gardening or feeding her poultry, and were in a charitable frame of mind, you would very likely give her sixpence. But, after you had thus drawn her attention to yourself and she looked at you, Sir Walter Raleigh's cloak would not be in it! Your one possible course would be to collapse into the mud, and let the ducal "gouties" trample on you. This the duchess would do with gusto; then accept your apologies with good nature; and keep your sixpence, to show when she told the story.

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Barclay, Florence L: The Upas Tree. V1. 16 Oct 2010

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Florence Louisa Barclay (2 December 1862 – 10 March 1921) was an English romance novelist and short story writer.

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Ronald West stood at the window of his wife's sitting-room, looking across the bright garden-borders to the wide park beyond, and wondering how on earth he should open the subject of which his mind had been full during their morning ride.

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Barclay, Florence L: The White Ladies of Worcester. V1. 17 Oct 2010

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Florence Louisa Barclay (2 December 1862 – 10 March 1921) was an English romance novelist and short story writer.

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The slanting rays of afternoon sunshine, pouring through stone arches, lay in broad, golden bands, upon the flags of the Convent cloister.
The old lay-sister, Mary Antony, stepped from the cool shade of the cell passage and, blinking at the sunshine, shuffled slowly to her appointed post at the top of the crypt steps, up which would shortly pass the silent procession of nuns returning from Vespers.

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Barclay, Florence L: Through the Postern Gate. V1. 16 Oct 2010

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Florence Louisa Barclay (2 December 1862 – 10 March 1921) was an English romance novelist and short story writer.

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"But it was not your niece! It was always you I wanted," said the Boy.

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Barham, Richard H.: The Ingoldsby Legends-illus-Rackham. v1. 09 Nov 2017

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THE INGOLDSBY LEGENDS By “Thomas Ingoldsby, Esquire”
PSEUDONYM OF Richard Harris Barham (1788–1845)
Illustrated by Arthur Rackham (1867–1939)
With a memoir of the author by his son, R. H. Dalton Barham (1815–1886)

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Text is in the public domain worldwide because the creators died more than 100 years ago, and it was published before 1923. The illustrations are in the public domain in countries where copyright is “Life+70” or less, and in the USA.

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Richard Harris Barham was a cleric of the Church of England, a novelist, and humorous poet. He was better known by his nom de plume “Thomas Ingoldsby.” The son of a country gentleman, he was born at Canterbury, educated at St. Paul’s School and Oxford, and entered the church where he held various incumbencies. It is not, however, as a churchman that he is remembered, but as the author of a series of comic and serio-comic pieces in verse, sparkling with wit and full of striking and often grotesque turns of expression.

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The Legends, purporting to occur in the fictional Ingoldsby family throughout the centuries, are mostly tales about ghosts, witches, and other supernatural subjects. The stories are generally humorous, but are often based on antiquarian learning, finding their source in medieval folklore and mythology. A rollicking read, fun even for folks who “don’t like poetry.”

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N.B. — The Rev. Mr. Barham seemingly suffered from that belief (common to many writers of the nineteenth century) that all his readers were fluent in French, Latin, and Greek. Alas, Your Editor cannot provide translations for those epigraphs and phrases, but the book is thoroughly enjoyable even without such translations.—granny

*** CAVEAT --- some racially derogatory language and stereotyping.

This book, based on the second edition of the special edition of [The Ingoldsby Legends[/ illustrated by Arthur Rackham, has 24 color plates and 78 line drawings. Additionally, some of the first edition illustrations are presented in the Editor’s Appendix in Volume 3.
([SIZE="1"]The scanned images suffered severely from the dreaded Plaid Pox (that large checkerboard effect in yellow/cyan or magenta/green or orange/blue), so after all my pixel-painting, colors may not be very accurate[/SIZ.)

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The slang is dated, there are many citations and phrases in foreign languages, it's POETRY fer-gosh-sake --- But somehow, the humor of the pieces is quite likely to win your whole-hearted laughter. Enjoy the read!
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Barham, Richard: Collected Stories of Richard Barham. V1. 21 2011

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Richard Harris Barham (6 December 1788 – 17 June 1845) was an English cleric of the Church of England, novelist, and humorous poet. He was known better by his nom de plume Thomas Ingoldsby.

A Singular Passage in the Life of the Late Henry Harris, Doctor in Divinity
The Grey Dolphin
The Lady Rohesia
The Spectre of Tappington
Mrs. Botherby's Story: The Leech of Folkestone

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Baring, Maurice: Orpheus in Mayfair & Other Stories. 30 Nov 07

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"Maurice Baring (27 April 1874 – 14 December 1945) was a versatile English man of letters, known as a dramatist, poet, novelist, translator and essayist, and also as a travel writer and war correspondent." (from Wikipedia)

[Orpheus in Mayfair & Other Stories[/ is an interesting collection of short sketches. What prompted the posting was that I recently ran across my old pbook copy when I was cleaning up.

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Baring-Gould, Sabine: A Book of Ghosts. v1. 25 Jun 2018

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A Book of Ghosts by Sabine Baring-Gould (1834 – 1924)

From the author whose works inspired, among others, noted ghost-story writer M.R. James: twenty-two charming ghostly narratives of the Victorian era. These are not tales of terror, but instead have the ambience of fireside reminiscences of a favorite old uncle. Some are creepy, some are sweetly sentimental, and several comic ghosts give a most entertaining performance.

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The Reverend Sabine Baring-Gould (28 January 1834 – 2 January 1924) was an Anglican priest, antiquarian and folklorist, novelist, and eclectic scholar. One of the most prolific and popular writers of the late Victorian period, he wrote more than 150 books and contributed countless magazine articles. His folkloric studies resulted in [The Book of Were-Wolves[/ (1865), one of the most frequently cited studies of lycanthropy; followed by numerous volumes on other arcane subjects. He is remembered particularly as a writer of hymns, the best-known being “Onward, Christian Soldiers.”

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[A Book of Ghosts[/ was first published in 1904. The text of this book is in the public domain in countries where copyright is “Life+90” or less, and in the USA.

This ebook is based on transcriptions obtained from wikisource.org. Embedded font used for titling. Story title decorations are cross-linked to dynamic Table of Contents.

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So, light up a candle, slip into that Victorian mood, and enjoy the read.
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Baring-Gould, Sabine: A Book of Ghosts:. v1, 4 Feb 2008

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A collection of ghost stories, some dating back to the 1850s. Most are slight tales of apparitions; the most interesting are 'Pomps and Vanities,' a tale of possession; and 'The Merewigs,' a farce in which persons who made no spiritual progress in their last incarnation must now haunt the British Museum.

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia:

The Reverend Sabine Baring-Gould (28 January 1834 – 2 January 1924) was an English hagiographer, antiquarian, novelist and eclectic scholar. His bibliography lists more than 500 separate publications. His family home, Lewtrenchard Manor near Okehampton, Devon, has been preserved as he rebuilt it and is now a hotel. He is remembered particularly as a writer of hymns, the best-known being "Onward, Christian Soldiers" and "Now the Day Is Over", and the desk at which he wrote these hymns is still preserved at the hotel. He also translated the carol "Gabriel's Message" from Basque to English.

His education at The King's School, Warwick lasted just a few months in 1846 - he caught whooping-cough and was ordered to go abroad for the sake of his health. He then went up to Cambridge earning the degrees of B.A. in 1857, then M.A. in 1860 from Clare College.

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Baring-Gould, Sabine: A Dead Finger. V1. 22 Mar 2011

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The Reverend Sabine Baring-Gould (28 January 1834 - 2 January 1924) was an English hagiographer, antiquarian, novelist and eclectic scholar. His bibliography lists more than 1240 separate publications, though this list continues to grow. His family home, Lew Trenchard Manor near Okehampton, Devon, has been preserved as he rebuilt it and is now a hotel. He is remembered particularly as a writer of hymns, the best-known being "Onward, Christian Soldiers" and "Now the Day Is Over". He also translated the carol "Gabriel's Message" from Basque to English.

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Thinking that I might have been spattered by a hansom whilst crossing Oxford Street, I passed my hand down my side hastily, with a sense of annoyance, and all at once touched something, cold, clammy, that sent a thrill to my heart, and made me start and take a step forward. At the same moment, the lady, with a cry of horror, sprang to her feet, and with raised hands fled from the room, leaving her umbrella where it had fallen.

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Baring-Gould, Sabine: Arminell: A Social Romance. v1. 23 Dec 2021

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A look at social class distinctions in the nineteenth century, seasoned with nuggets of satiric humor.

Arminell, daughter of Lord Lamerton, headstrong and undisciplined but socially sensitive, confronts her father about his plans to shut down the manganese mine, the major center of employment in the district. Consequences of the plan spread like ripples on a pond, during which Arminell learns a lesson of self-reliance which separates her from her family in the end.

The story is imbued with the realism of local behavior and the flavor of local belief, and populated by some memorable characters, such as the fanatic mystic Stephen Saltren, the white witch Patience Kite, the sensitive young tutor “Jingles” Saltern, and Arminell herself.

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The Reverend Sabine Baring-Gould (28 January 1834 – 2 January 1924) was an Anglican priest, antiquarian and folklorist, novelist, and eclectic scholar. One of the most prolific and popular writers of the late-Victorian period, he wrote more than 150 books and contributed countless magazine articles. His folkloric studies resulted in [The Book of Were-Wolves[/ (1865), one of the most frequently cited studies of lycanthropy; followed by numerous volumes on other arcane subjects. He is remembered particularly as a writer of hymns, the best-known being “Onward, Christian Soldiers.”

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[Arminell[/, by Sabine Baring-Gould (1834–1924), was first published in 1889. Cover illustration from a painting by Gustave Jean Jacquet (1846–1909). [This ebook is in the public domain where copyright is “Life+90” or less, and in the USA.[/
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Baring-Gould, Sabine: Bladys of the Stewponey (illus). v1. 15 Dec 2021

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By Sabine Baring-Gould (1834–1924)

Illustrations By:
F. H. Townsend (1868–1920)
Bernard Munns (1869–1942)

A historical romance, set at the time when the roads were infested with highwaymen. [Bladys of the Stewpone[/y is based on the story of the last woman burned at the stake for treason. Her crime: killing her own husband. Although the story is fictionalized, the surroundings are real, and the Stewponey Inn existed until 2002. The tale comes alive at the hands of Sabine Baring-Gould, showing an accurate portrayal of the mistreatment and brutal punishment set aside for women in the 18th century.

Historically interesting concerning crime and punishment, the story contains several twists that will entertain even today’s reader.
(— adapted from publisher’s blurb)

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The Reverend Sabine Baring-Gould (28 January 1834 – 2 January 1924) was an Anglican priest, antiquarian and folklorist, novelist, and eclectic scholar. One of the most prolific and popular writers of the late-Victorian period, he wrote more than 150 books and contributed countless magazine articles. His folkloric studies resulted in [The Book of Were-Wolves[/ (1865), one of the most frequently cited studies of lycanthropy; followed by numerous volumes on other arcane subjects. He is remembered particularly as a writer of hymns, the best-known being “Onward, Christian Soldiers.”

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This novel was first published in 1897. Cover illustration from painting by Elisabeth Baumann (1810–1881). [This ebook is in the public domain where copyright is “Life+70” or less, and in the USA.[/

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As you read, recall to yourself that this era was proudly called “The Age of Reason.”
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Baring-Gould, Sabine: Bladys of the Stewponey. V1. 22 Mar 2011

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The Reverend Sabine Baring-Gould (28 January 1834 - 2 January 1924) was an English hagiographer, antiquarian, novelist and eclectic scholar. His bibliography lists more than 1240 separate publications, though this list continues to grow. His family home, Lew Trenchard Manor near Okehampton, Devon, has been preserved as he rebuilt it and is now a hotel. He is remembered particularly as a writer of hymns, the best-known being "Onward, Christian Soldiers" and "Now the Day Is Over". He also translated the carol "Gabriel's Message" from Basque to English.

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"Petit Treason is when a servant killeth his master or mistress, or a wife killeth her husband. The punishment for a woman convicted of high treason or petit treason is all one, and that is to be drawn and burnt alive." P. 292:—"The Law allots the same punishment to a woman that shall kill her husband as to a woman that shall kill her father or master, and that is petit treason, to be burnt alive."

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Baring-Gould, Sabine: Cheap Jack Zita. v1. 18 Dec 2021

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A tale of love and intrigue and a family saga. We begin with a lively description of the Cheap Jack peddler and his pretty daughter selling their wares in the cathedral town of Ely. The poor Cheap Jack is very ill, and dies, and Zita is left alone in the world, with the van, goods, and horse. This is the story of the adventures of this independent young woman.

“Mr. Baring-Gould’s latest novel has a full measure of his best qualities— strength, picturesqueness, and unusualness. No other novelist living could have conceived that murderous fight with flails in the beginning of the story, or have painted in such glowing colours that really splendid scene of the burning mill, or brought out with such lurid intensity the full horror of the unhappy Drownlands’s death agony. [Cheap Jack Zita[/ is a tale of life in the Fen country early in the [19th] century. … Baring-Gould … has genius for seeing the romantic and unearthly side of nature. And similarly he detects the possibilities of passion and tragedy and self-sacrifice under the most plebeian exteriors. Zita is a delightfully unconventional heroine, thoroughly in keeping with her unconventional surroundings, and indeed, the whole book is of uncommon merit.”
(— contemporary review, The Athenaeum, 09 Dec. 1893)

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The Reverend Sabine Baring-Gould (28 January 1834 – 2 January 1924) was an Anglican priest, antiquarian and folklorist, novelist, and eclectic scholar. One of the most prolific and popular writers of the late-Victorian period, he wrote more than 150 books and contributed countless magazine articles. His folkloric studies resulted in [The Book of Were-Wolves[/ (1865), one of the most frequently cited studies of lycanthropy; followed by numerous volumes on other arcane subjects. He is remembered particularly as a writer of hymns, the best-known being “Onward, Christian Soldiers.”

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This novel was first published in 1893. Cover illustration from painting by James Archer (1823–1904). This ebook is in the public domain where copyright is “Life+90” or less, and in the USA.
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Baring-Gould, Sabine: Cliff Castles and Cave Dwellings of Europe:. v1, 4 Feb 2008

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This book contains findings of cliff castles and cave dwellings. It is an extensive account of how they came about and the varied people that are a part of these cultures. Partial Contents: Prehistoric Cave-Dwellers, Troglodytes, Souterrains, John Norris, Debyshire, The Hundred Years' War, Trosky, the Martyrium of Poitiers, Palestine, Egypt, Philo, Roderic, King of the Goths, Grotto of Lourdes, Humphrey Kynaston, Louis XI;.

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Baring-Gould, Sabine: Eve: A Novel. v1. 20 Dec 2021

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A tale of suspense and romance, set in the windswept spaces of Dartmoor.

On a wild and blustering evening, making their way homeward across the moor, Eve and her half-sister Barbara encounter three strangers. When one of the men is severely injured in a disastrous fall from his horse, naturally they take him to their home to recover. He (Jasper) confesses that money intended to repay Eve’s father has been stolen. Meanwhile, his mysterious companion Martin, a man of dark and violent passion, develops designs upon the thoughtless pleasure-seeking Eve. Now begins a web of suspense and suspicion, muddled identities, confused accusations…

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The Reverend Sabine Baring-Gould (28 January 1834 – 2 January 1924) was an Anglican priest, antiquarian and folklorist, novelist, and eclectic scholar. One of the most prolific and popular writers of the late-Victorian period, he wrote more than 150 books and contributed countless magazine articles. His folkloric studies resulted in [The Book of Were-Wolves[/ (1865), one of the most frequently cited studies of lycanthropy; followed by numerous volumes on other arcane subjects. He is remembered particularly as a writer of hymns, the best-known being “Onward, Christian Soldiers.”

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[Eve [/by Sabine Baring-Gould (1834–1924) was first published in 1888. Cover illustration from painting by Beatrice Offor (1864–1920). [This ebook is in the public domain where copyright is “Life+90” or less, and in the USA.[/
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Baring-Gould, Sabine: John Herring. v1. 18 Dec 2021

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A thrilling tale of romance and love, suspense and deceit.

Innocent young Countess Mirelle is abruptly orphaned, and her father’s will arranges for her to be “protected” by her nearest relations in England — the Trampleasures. But these are not the sort of folk whom she or her father would have wanted to look to her small fortune. Captain John Herring is determined to protect Mirelle, and sets out to be her guardian angel.

By turns amusing, delightful and shocking, this is a brilliant story of scam artists, bankruptcy, and the nasty, petty viciousnesses which the “gentle” middle classes could use against each other. But it’s more than just a story of middle-class and snobbery: Baring-Gould had a clear understanding of the people, […] the natural weaknesses, the greed, and the devastating reality of bankruptcy in Victorian England.
(— writerlywitterings.com)

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The Reverend Sabine Baring-Gould (28 January 1834 – 2 January 1924) was an Anglican priest, antiquarian and folklorist, novelist, and eclectic scholar. One of the most prolific and popular writers of the late-Victorian period, he wrote more than 150 books and contributed countless magazine articles. His folkloric studies resulted in [The Book of Were-Wolves[/ (1865), one of the most frequently cited studies of lycanthropy; followed by numerous volumes on other arcane subjects. He is remembered particularly as a writer of hymns, the best-known being “Onward, Christian Soldiers.”

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This novel was first published in 1883. Cover illustration from 1892 edition. [This ebook is in the public domain where copyright is “Life+90” or less, and in the USA.[/
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Baring-Gould, Sabine: Kitty Alone; A Tale of Three Fires. v1. 13 Dec 2021

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The story of a quiet, but intelligent girl who was misunderstood by almost everyone she knew. A mystery/romance with more emphasis on the mystery and much detail about the rural community and the times she lived in, with nice touches of humor.

Kitty is very much “alone.” But when the son of the richest farmer in the neighborhood falls head over heels for the pretty girl, it seems that the fortunes of Kitty Alone are about to change. Or maybe not — for Rose Ash has marked John out as her own and is keen on defending her claim, while Kitty’s thoughts center more on the stars and the tides (and the new schoolmaster) than on the ardent boy next door.
(—adapted from Librivox synopsis)

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The Reverend Sabine Baring-Gould (28 January 1834 – 2 January 1924) was an Anglican priest, antiquarian and folklorist, novelist, and eclectic scholar. One of the most prolific and popular writers of the late-Victorian period, he wrote more than 150 books and contributed countless magazine articles. His folkloric studies resulted in [The Book of Were-Wolves[/ (1865), one of the most frequently cited studies of lycanthropy; followed by numerous volumes on other arcane subjects. He is remembered particularly as a writer of hymns, the best-known being “Onward, Christian Soldiers.”

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This novel was first published in 1894. Cover illustration from painting by Charles A. Lenoir (1860–1926). This ebook is in the public domain where copyright is “Life+90” or less, and in the USA.
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Baring-Gould, Sabine: Mehalah: A Tale of the Salt Marshes. v1. 14 Dec 2021

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A gothic tale. A classic portrayal of both Essex and 19th century life, the novel was described at the time by Swinburne as being as good as [Wuthering Heights[/, and it is often compared to that book by critics.

“The central theme of the book is freedom and imprisonment, and the text swarms with corresponding imagery, not all of it subtle. The increasingly violent means of Rebow to secure Mehalah as his lover have a ring of the fairy-tale about them, as does the systematic trio of vows he wishes to enforce on her, namely to obey, cherish, and love. In addition to the dark and brooding main narrative, there is a host of supporting characters to provide some comic relief.

“The writing is masterful, gripping and energetic; and also blackly, morbidly funny in places. The gothic bent of the tale can be used to excuse elements of excess melodrama, for it goes with the territory. It is a hauntingly powerful, highly memorable book inviting multiple readings.

(— Goodreads review)

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The Reverend Sabine Baring-Gould (28 January 1834 – 2 January 1924) was an Anglican priest, antiquarian and folklorist, novelist, and eclectic scholar. One of the most prolific and popular writers of the late-Victorian period, he wrote more than 150 books and contributed countless magazine articles. His folkloric studies resulted in [The Book of Were-Wolves[/ (1865), one of the most frequently cited studies of lycanthropy; followed by numerous volumes on other arcane subjects. He is remembered particularly as a writer of hymns, the best-known being “Onward, Christian Soldiers.”

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This novel was first published in 1880. Cover illustration from painting by Edmond-François Aman-Jean (1858–1936). [This ebook is in the public domain where copyright is “Life+80” or less, and in the USA.[/
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Baring-Gould, Sabine: Pabo, The Priest. v1. 21 Jul 2013

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The Reverend Sabine Baring-Gould (28 January 1834 - 2 January 1924) was an English hagiographer, antiquarian, novelist and eclectic scholar. His bibliography lists more than 1240 separate publications, though this list continues to grow. His family home, Lew Trenchard Manor near Okehampton, Devon, has been preserved as he rebuilt it and is now a hotel. He is remembered particularly as a writer of hymns, the best-known being "Onward, Christian Soldiers" and "Now the Day Is Over". He also translated the carol "Gabriel's Message" from Basque to English.

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King Henry sat in a great chair with a pillow under each arm, and one behind his head resting on the lofty chair-back. He was unwell, uncomfortable, irritable.
In a large wicker-work cage at the further end of the room was a porcupine. It had been sent him as a present by the King of Denmark.
Henry Beauclerk was fond of strange animals, and the princes that desired his favor humored him by forwarding such beasts and birds as they considered to be rare and quaint.
The porcupine was a recent arrival, and it interested the King as a new toy, and drew his thoughts away from himself.
He had occasion to be irritable. His leech had ordered him to eat salt pork only.

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Baring-Gould, Sabine: Red Spider. v1. 16 Dec 2021

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This light romance features a strong female character, Honor Luxmore, nicknamed Red Spider for the red cloak and stockings she wears. She is a woman of determination and high morals who promised her mother on her deathbed she would take care of her younger siblings; and come hell or high water, no matter what her father, brother, uncle, or lover think, she is going to do exactly that. There is lots of Devon folklore here — superstitions about the money spinner Red Spider, the Hand of Glory, stag hunt and hare hunt, witches, murderer’s graves; and many country proverbs and witticisms.
(— adapted from Goodreads review)

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The Reverend Sabine Baring-Gould (28 January 1834 – 2 January 1924) was an Anglican priest, antiquarian and folklorist, novelist, and eclectic scholar. One of the most prolific and popular writers of the late-Victorian period, he wrote more than 150 books and contributed countless magazine articles. His folkloric studies resulted in [The Book of Were-Wolves[/ (1865), one of the most frequently cited studies of lycanthropy; followed by numerous volumes on other arcane subjects. He is remembered particularly as a writer of hymns, the best-known being “Onward, Christian Soldiers.”

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This novel was first published in 1887. Cover illustration from painting by Jean Jacques Henner (1829–1905). [This ebook is in the public domain where copyright is “Life+90” or less, and in the USA.[/
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Baring-Gould, Sabine: The Book of Were-Wolves. v1. 20 Jul 2013

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The Reverend Sabine Baring-Gould (28 January 1834 - 2 January 1924) was an English hagiographer, antiquarian, novelist and eclectic scholar. His bibliography lists more than 1240 separate publications, though this list continues to grow. His family home, Lew Trenchard Manor near Okehampton, Devon, has been preserved as he rebuilt it and is now a hotel. He is remembered particularly as a writer of hymns, the best-known being "Onward, Christian Soldiers" and "Now the Day Is Over". He also translated the carol "Gabriel's Message" from Basque to English.

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I SHALL never forget the walk I took one night in Vienne, after having accomplished the examination of an unknown Druidical relic, the Pierre labie, at La Rondelle, near Champigni. I had learned of the existence of this cromlech only on my arrival at Champigni in the afternoon, and I had started to visit the curiosity without calculating the time it would take me to reach it and to return. Suffice it to say that I discovered the venerable pile of grey stones as the sun set, and that I expended the last lights of evening in planning and sketching. I then turned my face homeward. My walk of about ten miles had wearied me, coming at the end of a long day's posting, and I had lamed myself in scrambling over some stones to the Gaulish relic.

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Baring-Gould, Sabine: The Broom-Squire (illus). v1. 25 Dec 2021

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Set in the Surrey area of southeast England and rich in local color, this dark Victorian gothic novel gives an account of a vicious murder that leaves an infant orphaned.

“A sailor carrying a small baby is seen to enter a wayside inn, where he meets three men who follow him from the inn and murder and rob him. The baby and dead man are found later by Jonas Kink, the broom-squire, so called because he is one of a settlement of squatters whose chief industry is broom-making. Eventually Mehetabel the foundling marries Jonas.” … His dark side manifests as he builds up terror in the mind of his young wife, culminating in attempted infanticide.
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The Reverend Sabine Baring-Gould (28 January 1834 – 2 January 1924) was an Anglican priest, antiquarian and folklorist, novelist, and eclectic scholar. One of the most prolific and popular writers of the late-Victorian period, he wrote more than 150 books and contributed countless magazine articles. His folkloric studies resulted in [The Book of Were-Wolves[/ (1865), one of the most frequently cited studies of lycanthropy; followed by numerous volumes on other arcane subjects. He is remembered particularly as a writer of hymns, the best-known being “Onward, Christian Soldiers.”

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[The Broom-Squire[/, by Sabine Baring-Gould (1834–1924), was first published in 1896. Illustrations by Frank Dadd (1851–1929). Cover illustration from painting by Francisco Herrera the Elder (1576–1656) [Wikimedia Common. [This ebook is in the public domain where copyright is “Life+90” or less, and in the USA.[/
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Baring-Gould, Sabine: The Broom-Squire. v1. 21 Jul 2013

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The Reverend Sabine Baring-Gould (28 January 1834 - 2 January 1924) was an English hagiographer, antiquarian, novelist and eclectic scholar. His bibliography lists more than 1240 separate publications, though this list continues to grow. His family home, Lew Trenchard Manor near Okehampton, Devon, has been preserved as he rebuilt it and is now a hotel. He is remembered particularly as a writer of hymns, the best-known being "Onward, Christian Soldiers" and "Now the Day Is Over". He also translated the carol "Gabriel's Message" from Basque to English.

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On a September evening, before the setting of the sun, a man entered the tavern of the Ship in Thursley, with a baby under his arm.

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Baring-Gould, Sabine: Urith: A Tale of Dartmoor. v1. 20 Dec 2021

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This fast-moving historical romance is set in Dartmoor in the late seventeenth century.

Anthony Cleverdon rescues Urith Malvine from a fire on the moor, and the subsequent tempestuous romance between the two young people re-ignites the ancient family feud between the Cleverdons and the Crymes.

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The Reverend Sabine Baring-Gould (28 January 1834 – 2 January 1924) was an Anglican priest, antiquarian and folklorist, novelist, and eclectic scholar. One of the most prolific and popular writers of the late-Victorian period, he wrote more than 150 books and contributed countless magazine articles. His folkloric studies resulted in [The Book of Were-Wolves[/ (1865), one of the most frequently cited studies of lycanthropy; followed by numerous volumes on other arcane subjects. He is remembered particularly as a writer of hymns, the best-known being “Onward, Christian Soldiers.”

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[Urith[/ by Sabine Baring-Gould (1834–1924) was first published in 1891. Cover illustration from a painting by Luke Fildes (1843–1927). [This ebook is in the public domain where copyright is “Life+90” or less, and in the USA.[/
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Baring-Gould, Sabine: Winefred: A Story of the Chalk Cliffs (illus). v1. 22 Dec 2021

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Set against the ever-changing chalk cliffs of Dover, the story has ever-changing moods. You will find moments of villainy, suspense, heroism, romance, pathos, humor…

Impoverished and homeless, abandoned by her husband nineteen years earlier, Jane Marley is ready to go to extreme lengths to protect her eighteen-year-old daughter Winefred, and to secure her future

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The Reverend Sabine Baring-Gould (28 January 1834 – 2 January 1924) was an Anglican priest, antiquarian and folklorist, novelist, and eclectic scholar. One of the most prolific and popular writers of the late-Victorian period, he wrote more than 150 books and contributed countless magazine articles. His folkloric studies resulted in [The Book of Were-Wolves[/ (1865), one of the most frequently cited studies of lycanthropy; followed by numerous volumes on other arcane subjects. He is remembered particularly as a writer of hymns, the best-known being “Onward, Christian Soldiers.”

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[Winefred[/, by Sabine Baring-Gould (1834–1924), was first published in 1900. Illustrations by Edgar Bundy (1862–1922). Cover illustration from painting by George Elgar Hicks (1824–1914). [This ebook is in the public domain where copyright is “Life+90” or less, and in the USA.[/
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Barnard, A. M.: Behind a Mask, or A Woman's Power. V1. 15 Aug 2012

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Louisa May Alcott (November 29, 1832 – March 6, 1888) was an American novelist best known as author of the novel Little Women and its sequels Little Men and Jo's Boys. Raised by her transcendentalist parents, Abigail May Alcott and Amos Bronson Alcott in New England, she grew up among many of the well-known intellectuals of the day such as Ralph Waldo Emerson, Nathaniel Hawthorne, and Henry David Thoreau. Nevertheless, her family suffered severe financial difficulties and Alcott worked to help support the family from an early age. She began to receive critical success for her writing in the 1860s. Early in her career, she sometimes used the pen name .

Behind a Mask, or A Woman's Power is a novella by American author Louisa May Alcott published in 1866. Set in Victorian era Great Britain, the story is about Jean Muir, governess for the wealthy Coventry family.

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Barnard, A. M.: The Abbot's Ghost. V1. 14 Aug 2012

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Louisa May Alcott (November 29, 1832 – March 6, 1888) was an American novelist best known as author of the novel Little Women and its sequels Little Men and Jo's Boys. Raised by her transcendentalist parents, Abigail May Alcott and Amos Bronson Alcott in New England, she grew up among many of the well-known intellectuals of the day such as Ralph Waldo Emerson, Nathaniel Hawthorne, and Henry David Thoreau. Nevertheless, her family suffered severe financial difficulties and Alcott worked to help support the family from an early age. She began to receive critical success for her writing in the 1860s. Early in her career, she sometimes used the pen name A. M. Barnard.

Maurice Traherne is wrongly accused of fraud and gambling and must play a careful hand if he is to win his love, Octavia, from the grasp of other, less honorable men and retain the trust of those who had faith in him.

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Barnum, P T: The Art of Money Getting, v.1, 10 Feb 2008.

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Phineas T Barnum: The Art of Money Getting or Golden Rules for Making Money (1880).

Given that P T Barnum was famous for his showmanship, one might expect a flamboyant book. However, this little work is full of straightforward common sense. Don’t spend more than you earn; save some of your income; put your savings somewhere where they earn interest etc.

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Barnum, Vance: Joe Strong the Boy Fire-Eater. v1, 18 Feb 2008

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Juvenile fiction from 1916. The exciting adventures of a boy fire-eater in an American circus. Thrilling stuff! Appears to be part of a series, but this is the only one I can find that's currently available as an e-Book.

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Barr, Amelia E: A Daughter of Fife. V1. 27 Oct 2010

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Amelia Edith Barr (Huddleston) (born March 29, 1831 in Ulverston, Lancashire, England, died March 10, 1919) was a British American novelist.

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On the shore of a little land-locked haven, into which the gulls and terns bring tidings of the sea, stands the fishing hamlet of Pittenloch. It is in the "East Neuk o' Fife," that bit of old Scotland "fronted with a girdle of little towns," of which Pittenloch is one of the smallest and the most characteristic. Some of the cottages stand upon the sands, others are grouped in a steep glen, and a few surmount the lofty sea-washed rocks.

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Barr, Amelia E: A Knight of the Nets. V1. 28 Oct 2010

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Amelia Edith Barr (Huddleston) (born March 29, 1831 in Ulverston, Lancashire, England, died March 10, 1919) was a British American novelist.

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It would be easy to walk many a time through "Fife and all the lands about it" and never once find the little fishing village of Pittendurie. Indeed, it would be a singular thing if it was found, unless some special business or direction led to it. For clearly it was never intended that human beings should build homes where these cottages cling together, between sea and sky,—a few here, and a few there, hidden away in every bend of the rocks where a little ground could be levelled, so that the tides in stormy weather break with threat and fury on the very doorstones of the lowest cottages. Yet as the lofty semicircle of hills bend inward, the sea follows; and there is a fair harbour, where the fishing boats ride together while their sails dry in the afternoon sun. Then the hamlet is very still; for the men are sleeping off the weariness of their night work, while the children play quietly among the tangle, and the women mend the nets or bait the lines for the next fishing. A lonely little spot, shut in by sea and land, and yet life is there in all its passionate variety—love and hate, jealousy and avarice, youth, with its ideal sorrows and infinite expectations, age, with its memories and regrets, and "sure and certain hope."

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Barr, Amelia E: A Rose of a Hundred Leaves. V1. 1 Nov 2010

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Amelia Edith Barr (Huddleston) (born March 29, 1831 in Ulverston, Lancashire, England, died March 10, 1919) was a British American novelist.

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I tell again the oldest and the newest story of all the world,—the story of Invincible Love!

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Barr, Amelia E: A Singer from the Sea . V1. 3 Nov 2010

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Amelia Edith Barr (Huddleston) (born March 29, 1831 in Ulverston, Lancashire, England, died March 10, 1919) was a British American novelist.

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FROM Padstow Point to Lundy Race is one of the wildest and grandest portions of the Cornish coast, and on it there is always somewhere a tossing sea, a stiff breeze above, and a sucking tide below. Great cliffs hundreds of feet high guard it, and from the top of them the land rolls away in long ridges, brown and bare. These wild and rocky moors, full of pagan altars, stone crosses, and memorials of the Jew, the Phœnician, and the Cornu-British, are the land of our childhood’s fairy-folk––the home of Blunderbore and of Jack the Giant Killer, and the far grander

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Barr, Amelia E: An Orkney Maid. V1. 31 Oct 2010

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Amelia Edith Barr (Huddleston) (born March 29, 1831 in Ulverston, Lancashire, England, died March 10, 1919) was a British American novelist.

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YESTERDAY morning this thing happened to me: I was reading the New York Times and my eyes suddenly fell upon one word, and that word rang a little bell in my memory, “Kirkwall!” The next moment I had closed my eyes in order to see backward more clearly, and slowly, but surely, the old, old town––standing boldly upon the very beach of the stormy North Sea––became clear in my mental vision. There was a whole fleet of fishing boats, and a few smart smuggling craft rocking gently in its wonderful harbour––a harbour so deep and safe, and so capacious that it appeared capable of sheltering the navies of the world.

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Barr, Amelia E: Christine, A Fife Fisher Girl: V1 26 Oct 2010

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Amelia Edith Barr (Huddleston) (born March 29, 1831 in Ulverston, Lancashire, England, died March 10, 1919) was a British American novelist.

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FRIENDS, who have wandered with me through England, and Scotland, and old New York, come now to Fife, and I will tell you the story of Christina Ruleson, who lived in the little fishing village of Culraine, seventy years ago.

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Barr, Amelia E: Jan Vedder's Wife. V1. 28 Oct 2010

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Amelia Edith Barr (Huddleston) (born March 29, 1831 in Ulverston, Lancashire, England, died March 10, 1919) was a British American novelist.

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More than fifty years ago this thing happened: Jan Vedder was betrothed to Margaret Fae. It was at the beginning of the Shetland summer, that short interval of inexpressible beauty, when the amber sunshine lingers low in the violet skies from week to week; and the throstle and the lark sing at midnight, and the whole land has an air of enchantment, mystic, wonderful, and far off.

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Barr, Amelia E: Maids Wives and Bachelors. V1. 29 Oct 2010

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Amelia Edith Barr (Huddleston) (born March 29, 1831 in Ulverston, Lancashire, England, died March 10, 1919) was a British American novelist.

Thirty Three Essays on Domentic Life

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Barr, Amelia E: Prisoners of Conscience. V1. 31 Oct 2010

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Amelia Edith Barr (Huddleston) (born March 29, 1831 in Ulverston, Lancashire, England, died March 10, 1919) was a British American novelist.

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In the early part of this century there lived at Lerwick, in the Shetland Islands, a man called Liot Borson. He was no ignoble man; through sea-fishers and sea-fighters he counted his forefathers in an unbroken line back to the great Norwegian Bor, while his own life was full of perilous labor and he was off to sea every day that a boat could swim. Liot was the outcome of the most vivid and masterful form of paganism and the most vital and uncompromising form of Christianity. For nearly eight hundred years the Borsons had been christened, but who can deliver a man from his ancestors?

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Barr, Amelia E: Remember the Alamo. V1. 1 Nov 2010

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Amelia Edith Barr (Huddleston) (born March 29, 1831 in Ulverston, Lancashire, England, died March 10, 1919) was a British American novelist.

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In A. D. sixteen hundred and ninety-two, a few Franciscan monks began to build a city. The site chosen was a lovely wilderness hundreds of miles away from civilization on every side, and surrounded by savage and warlike tribes. But the spot was as beautiful as the garden of God. It was shielded by picturesque mountains, watered by two rivers, carpeted with flowers innumerable, shaded by noble trees joyful with the notes of a multitude of singing birds. To breathe the balmy atmosphere was to be conscious of some rarer and finer life, and the beauty of the sunny skies—marvellous at dawn and eve with tints of saffron and amethyst and opal—was like a dream of heaven.

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Barr, Amelia E: Scottish sketches. V1. 2 Nov 2010

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Amelia Edith Barr (Huddleston) (born March 29, 1831 in Ulverston, Lancashire, England, died March 10, 1919) was a British American novelist.

CRAWFORD'S SAIR STRAIT
JAMES BLACKIE'S REVENGE
FACING HIS ENEMY
ANDREW CARGILL'S CONFESSION
ONE WRONG STEP
LILE DAVIE

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Barr, Amelia E: The Hallam Succession. V1. 27 Oct 2010

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Amelia Edith Barr (Huddleston) (born March 29, 1831 in Ulverston, Lancashire, England, died March 10, 1919) was a British American novelist.

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Yorkshire is the epitome of England. Whatever is excellent in the whole land is found there. The men are sturdy, shrewd, and stalwart; hard-headed and hard-fisted, and have notably done their work in every era of English history. They are also a handsome race, the finest specimens extant of the pure Anglo-Saxon, and they still preserve the imposing stature and the bright blonde characteristics of the race.

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Barr, Amelia E: The Maid of Maiden Lane. V1. 29 Oct 2010

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Amelia Edith Barr (Huddleston) (born March 29, 1831 in Ulverston, Lancashire, England, died March 10, 1919) was a British American novelist.

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Never, in all its history, was the proud and opulent city of New York more glad and gay than in the bright spring days of Seventeen-Hundred- and-Ninety-One. It had put out of sight every trace of British rule and occupancy, all its homes had been restored and re-furnished, and its sacred places re-consecrated and adorned.

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Barr, Amelia E: The Man Between. V1. 30 Oct 2010

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Amelia Edith Barr (Huddleston) (born March 29, 1831 in Ulverston, Lancashire, England, died March 10, 1919) was a British American novelist.

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THE thing that I know least about is my beginning. For it is possible to introduce Ethel Rawdon in so many picturesque ways that the choice is embarrassing, and forces me to the conclusion that the actual circumstances, though commonplace, may be the most suitable. Certainly the events that shape our lives are seldom ushered in with pomp or ceremony; they steal upon us unannounced, and begin their work without giving any premonition of their importance.

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Barr, Amelia E: The Measure of a Man. V1. 30 Oct 2010

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Amelia Edith Barr (Huddleston) (born March 29, 1831 in Ulverston, Lancashire, England, died March 10, 1919) was a British American novelist.

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My Friends:
I had a purpose in writing this novel. It was to honor and magnify the sweetness and dignity of the condition of Motherhood, and of those womanly virtues and graces, which make the Home the cornerstone of the Nation. For it is not with modern Americans, as it was with the old Greek and Roman world. They put the family below the State, and the citizen absorbed the man. On the contrary, we know, that just as the Family principle is strong the heart of the Nation is sound. "Give me one domestic grace," said a famous leader of men, "and I will turn it into a hundred public virtues."

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Barr, Amelia E: The Squire of Sandal-Side. V1. 3 Nov 2010

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Amelia Edith Barr (Huddleston) (born March 29, 1831 in Ulverston, Lancashire, England, died March 10, 1919) was a British American novelist.

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There is a mountain called Seat-Sandal, between the Dunmail Raise and Grisedale Pass; and those who have stood upon its summit know that Grasmere vale and lake lie at their feet, and that Windermere, Esthwaite, and Coniston, with many arms of the sea, and a grand brotherhood of mountains, are all around them. There is also an old gray manor-house of the same name. It is some miles distant from the foot of the mountain, snugly sheltered in one of the loveliest valleys between Coniston and Torver. No one knows when the first stones of this house were laid. The Sandals were in Sandal-Side when the white-handed, waxen-faced Edward was building Westminster Abbey, and William the Norman was laying plans for the crown of England. Probably they came with those Norsemen who a century earlier made the Isle of Man their headquarters, and from it, landing on the opposite coast of Cumberland, settled themselves among valleys and lakes and mountains of primeval beauty, which must have strongly reminded them of their native land.

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Barr, Amelia E: Was It Right to Forgive?. V1. 4 Nov 2010

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Amelia Edith Barr (Huddleston) (born March 29, 1831 in Ulverston, Lancashire, England, died March 10, 1919) was a British American novelist.

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Peter Van Hoosen was a result of Dutch Calvinism, and Dutch industry and thrift; also, of a belief in the Day of Judgment. The first motives were inherited tendencies, carefully educated; the last one, a conscious principle, going down to the depths of his nature and sharply dividing whatever was just and right from whatever was false and wrong. People whose religion was merely religiosity thought he took himself too seriously; but if they had a house to build, they wanted this man—who worked in the great Task-master’s eye—to lay its foundation and raise its walls. So that, as a builder in stone, Peter Van Hoosen had a wide local celebrity.

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Barr, Robert: A Prince of Good Fellows. V1. 7 Nov 2010

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Robert Barr (September 16, 1849 – October 21, 1912) was a British-Canadian short story writer and novelist, born at Glasgow, Scotland. Robert Barr, a teacher, journalist, editor and novelist, born in Glasgow, Scotland and educated in Canada. In 1876 he became a member of the staff of the Detroit Free Press, in which his contributions appeared under the signature "Luke Sharp." In 1881 he removed to London, to establish the weekly English edition of the Free Press, and in 1892 he joined Jerome K Jerome in founding the Idler magazine, from whose co-editorship he retired in 1895. He was a prolific author, producing many popular novels of the day.

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Late evening had fallen on the grey walls of Stirling Castle, and dark night on the town itself, where narrow streets and high gables gave early welcome to the mirk, while the westward-facing turrets of the castle still reflected the departing glory of the sky.
With some suggestion of stealth in his movements, a young man picked his way through the thickening gloom of the streets. There was still light enough to show that, judging by his costume, he was of the well-to-do farmer class.

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Barr, Robert: A Rock in the Baltic. V1. 8 Nov 2010

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Robert Barr (September 16, 1849 – October 21, 1912) was a British-Canadian short story writer and novelist, born at Glasgow, Scotland. Robert Barr, a teacher, journalist, editor and novelist, born in Glasgow, Scotland and educated in Canada. In 1876 he became a member of the staff of the Detroit Free Press, in which his contributions appeared under the signature "Luke Sharp." In 1881 he removed to London, to establish the weekly English edition of the Free Press, and in 1892 he joined Jerome K Jerome in founding the Idler magazine, from whose co-editorship he retired in 1895. He was a prolific author, producing many popular novels of the day.

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Stop, you scoundrel, or I fire! he shouted, but the Lieutenant had already disappeared. Quick as thought the cashier darted into the passage, and without waiting to unfasten the low door which separated the public and private rooms of the bank, leaped over it, and, bareheaded, gave chase. A. British naval officer in uniform, rapidly overtaking a young woman, quite unconscious of his approach, followed by an excited, bareheaded man with a revolver in his grasp.

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Barr, Robert: A Woman Intervenes. V1. Nov 11 2010

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Robert Barr (September 16, 1849 – October 21, 1912) was a British-Canadian short story writer and novelist, born at Glasgow, Scotland. Robert Barr, a teacher, journalist, editor and novelist, born in Glasgow, Scotland and educated in Canada. In 1876 he became a member of the staff of the Detroit Free Press, in which his contributions appeared under the signature "Luke Sharp." In 1881 he removed to London, to establish the weekly English edition of the Free Press, and in 1892 he joined Jerome K Jerome in founding the Idler magazine, from whose co-editorship he retired in 1895. He was a prolific author, producing many popular novels of the day.

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New York Argus sat at his desk with a deep frown on his face, looking out from under his shaggy eyebrows at the young man who had just thrown a huge fur overcoat on the back of one chair, while he sat down himself on another.
'I got your telegram,' began the editor. 'Am I to understand from it that you have failed?'
'Yes, sir,' answered the young man, without the slightest hesitation

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Barr, Robert: From Whose Bourne. V1. 4 Nov 2010

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Robert Barr (September 16, 1849 – October 21, 1912) was a British-Canadian short story writer and novelist, born at Glasgow, Scotland. Robert Barr, a teacher, journalist, editor and novelist, born in Glasgow, Scotland and educated in Canada. In 1876 he became a member of the staff of the Detroit Free Press, in which his contributions appeared under the signature "Luke Sharp." In 1881 he removed to London, to establish the weekly English edition of the Free Press, and in 1892 he joined Jerome K Jerome in founding the Idler magazine, from whose co-editorship he retired in 1895. He was a prolific author, producing many popular novels of the day.

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"My dear," said William Brenton to his wife, "do you think I shall be missed if I go upstairs for a while? I am not feeling at all well."

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Barr, Robert: In a Steamer Chair and Other Stories. V1. 5 Nov 2010

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Robert Barr (September 16, 1849 – October 21, 1912) was a British-Canadian short story writer and novelist, born at Glasgow, Scotland. Robert Barr, a teacher, journalist, editor and novelist, born in Glasgow, Scotland and educated in Canada. In 1876 he became a member of the staff of the Detroit Free Press, in which his contributions appeared under the signature "Luke Sharp." In 1881 he removed to London, to establish the weekly English edition of the Free Press, and in 1892 he joined Jerome K Jerome in founding the Idler magazine, from whose co-editorship he retired in 1895. He was a prolific author, producing many popular novels of the day.

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As the incidents related herein took place during voyages between England and America, I dedicate this book to the Vagabond Club of London, and the Witenagemote Club of Detroit, in the hope that, if any one charges me with telling a previously told tale, the fifty members of each club will rise as one man and testify that they were called upon to endure the story in question from my own lips prior to the alleged original appearance of the same. R. B.

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Barr, Robert: In the Midst of Alarms. V1. 5 Nov 2010

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Robert Barr (September 16, 1849 – October 21, 1912) was a British-Canadian short story writer and novelist, born at Glasgow, Scotland. Robert Barr, a teacher, journalist, editor and novelist, born in Glasgow, Scotland and educated in Canada. In 1876 he became a member of the staff of the Detroit Free Press, in which his contributions appeared under the signature "Luke Sharp." In 1881 he removed to London, to establish the weekly English edition of the Free Press, and in 1892 he joined Jerome K Jerome in founding the Idler magazine, from whose co-editorship he retired in 1895. He was a prolific author, producing many popular novels of the day.

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I say, Renny, he wailed, "it's another of those cursed telegraph messengers. Go, like a good fellow, and sign for the dispatch. Sign it 'Dr. Renmark, for R. Yates.' That will give it a sort of official, medical-bulletin look. I wish I had thought of that when the other boy was here. Tell him I'm lying down." He flung himself into the hammock, and Renmark, after a moment's hesitation, walked toward the boy at the fence, who had repeated his question in a louder voice. In a short time he returned with the yellow envelope, which he tossed to the man in the hammock. Yates seized it savagely, tore it into a score of pieces, and scattered the fluttering bits around him on the ground.

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Barr, Robert: Jennie Baxter, Journalist. V1. 5 Nov 2010

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Robert Barr (September 16, 1849 – October 21, 1912) was a British-Canadian short story writer and novelist, born at Glasgow, Scotland. Robert Barr, a teacher, journalist, editor and novelist, born in Glasgow, Scotland and educated in Canada. In 1876 he became a member of the staff of the Detroit Free Press, in which his contributions appeared under the signature "Luke Sharp." In 1881 he removed to London, to establish the weekly English edition of the Free Press, and in 1892 he joined Jerome K Jerome in founding the Idler magazine, from whose co-editorship he retired in 1895. He was a prolific author, producing many popular novels of the day.

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I am to dine with him this evening, and I shall cordially recommend you. I may say that Briggs has gone to that celebrated London detective Mr. Cadbury Taylor, and has engaged him to solve the diamond mystery. So you see you will have a clear field. If you can leave for the castle to-morrow night, you may have the pleasure of Mr. Cadbury Taylor's company. He isn't visiting the castle, but goes straight to Vienna; so if you work your cards rightly, you can be in the same carriage with him as far as Munich, and during that time you may find out perhaps what he thinks about the case. I know only this much about his theory, and that is he thinks the right place to begin is in Vienna, where some, at least, of the stones are supposed to have been pawned.

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Barr, Robert: One Day's Courtship. V1. 6 Nov 2010

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Robert Barr (September 16, 1849 – October 21, 1912) was a British-Canadian short story writer and novelist, born at Glasgow, Scotland. Robert Barr, a teacher, journalist, editor and novelist, born in Glasgow, Scotland and educated in Canada. In 1876 he became a member of the staff of the Detroit Free Press, in which his contributions appeared under the signature "Luke Sharp." In 1881 he removed to London, to establish the weekly English edition of the Free Press, and in 1892 he joined Jerome K Jerome in founding the Idler magazine, from whose co-editorship he retired in 1895. He was a prolific author, producing many popular novels of the day.

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Those pictures, Miss Sommerton, are not genuine; they are not at all what they pretend to be. The prints that you have seen are the results of the manipulation of two separate plates, one of the plates containing the group or the person photographed, and the other an instantaneous picture of the falls. If you look closely at one of those pictures you will see a little halo of light or dark around the person photographed. That, to an experienced photographer, shows the double printing. In fact, it is double dealing all round. The deluded victim of the camera imagines that the pictures he gets of the falls, with himself in the foreground, is really a picture of the falls taken at the time he is being photographed.

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Barr, Robert: Revenge!. V1. 7 Nov 2010

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Robert Barr (September 16, 1849 – October 21, 1912) was a British-Canadian short story writer and novelist, born at Glasgow, Scotland. Robert Barr, a teacher, journalist, editor and novelist, born in Glasgow, Scotland and educated in Canada. In 1876 he became a member of the staff of the Detroit Free Press, in which his contributions appeared under the signature "Luke Sharp." In 1881 he removed to London, to establish the weekly English edition of the Free Press, and in 1892 he joined Jerome K Jerome in founding the Idler magazine, from whose co-editorship he retired in 1895. He was a prolific author, producing many popular novels of the day.

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Druce had small, shifty piercing eyes that peered out from under his grey bushy eyebrows like two steel sparks. He never seemed to be looking directly at any one, and his eyes somehow gave you the idea that they were trying to glance back over his shoulder, as if he feared pursuit. Some said that old Druce was in constant terror of assassination, while others held that he knew the devil was on his track and would ultimately nab him.

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Barr, Robert: The Face and the Mask. V1. 4 Nov 2010

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Robert Barr (September 16, 1849 – October 21, 1912) was a British-Canadian short story writer and novelist, born at Glasgow, Scotland. Robert Barr, a teacher, journalist, editor and novelist, born in Glasgow, Scotland and educated in Canada. In 1876 he became a member of the staff of the Detroit Free Press, in which his contributions appeared under the signature "Luke Sharp." In 1881 he removed to London, to establish the weekly English edition of the Free Press, and in 1892 he joined Jerome K Jerome in founding the Idler magazine, from whose co-editorship he retired in 1895. He was a prolific author, producing many popular novels of the day.

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Two beautiful ladies approached him -- one richly dressed with the most dazzling jewelry. The other was clad in plain attire. At first, the dreaming Mr. Crandall thought the richly dressed one was the prettier. She was certainly very attractive -- but, as she came closer, he saw how much of her beauty was artificial.

About the other there was no question. A beauty . . .

"Mr. Crandall," she said, in the sweetest of voices, "we have come here together that you may choose between us."

"Bless me," said Crandall, so much surprised at the unblushing proposal that he nearly awoke himself, "bless me, don't you know I am married?"

"Oh, that doesn't matter," answered the fair young lady, with the divinest of smiles. "We are not mortals. We are spirits!"

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Barr, Robert: The Steamer Chair and other stories (1892): v1

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Thirteen tales from the golden era of Trans-Atlantic passenger liners, tales of romance, card sharps, ladies' men, and even a ghost. The first story is almost a novelette.

1: In a Steamer Chair
2: Mrs. Tremain
3: Share and Share Alike
4: An International Bow
5: A Ladies' Man
6: A Society for the Reformation of Poker Players
7: The Man Who was Not on the Passenger List
8: The Terrible Experience of Plodkins
9: A Case of Fever
10: How the Captain Got His Steamer Out
11: My Stowaway
12: The Purser's Story
13: Miss McMillan

I couldn't find a suitable cover so created one using an almost contemporary travel poster (1909).

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Barr, Robert: The Strong Arm. V1. 8 Nov 2010

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Robert Barr (September 16, 1849 – October 21, 1912) was a British-Canadian short story writer and novelist, born at Glasgow, Scotland. Robert Barr, a teacher, journalist, editor and novelist, born in Glasgow, Scotland and educated in Canada. In 1876 he became a member of the staff of the Detroit Free Press, in which his contributions appeared under the signature "Luke Sharp." In 1881 he removed to London, to establish the weekly English edition of the Free Press, and in 1892 he joined Jerome K Jerome in founding the Idler magazine, from whose co-editorship he retired in 1895. He was a prolific author, producing many popular novels of the day.

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Count Herbert looked with astonishment upon the custodian of Castle Gudenfels. Here was a contest going on at his very doors, even if on the opposite side of the river, and yet a veteran knew nothing of the contest. But they were now at the frowning gates of Castle Gudenfels, with its lofty square pinnacled tower, and the curiosity of the young Count was dimmed by the admiration he felt for this great stronghold as he gazed upward at it. An instant later he with his escort passed through the gateway and stood in the courtyard of the castle. When he had dismounted the Count said to Richart.

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Barr, Robert: The Sword Maker. V1. 9 Nov 2010

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Robert Barr (September 16, 1849 – October 21, 1912) was a British-Canadian short story writer and novelist, born at Glasgow, Scotland. Robert Barr, a teacher, journalist, editor and novelist, born in Glasgow, Scotland and educated in Canada. In 1876 he became a member of the staff of the Detroit Free Press, in which his contributions appeared under the signature "Luke Sharp." In 1881 he removed to London, to establish the weekly English edition of the Free Press, and in 1892 he joined Jerome K Jerome in founding the Idler magazine, from whose co-editorship he retired in 1895. He was a prolific author, producing many popular novels of the day.

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The Sword Maker is a historical romance, set in the Rhenish Palatinates. The Emperor is old, fat, lax and indolent, caring only for his flagon of wine, and his nobles have waxed in power, levying taxes so heavy commerce has come to a standstill in Frankfort. An attempt by merchants to run the blockade on the river and reach Cologne has been destroyed, with the Robber Barons sinking the ships and taking the goods. An appeal to the seven Electors to depose the Emperor and install his son in his stead has proven futile, as the Electors benefit from things as they are, and the Prince has been imprisoned by an Archbishop to forestall further efforts. The guild of ironworkers makes fine swords, and suffers like the rest from the standstill in commerce. Revolution is brewing . . .

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Barr, Robert: The Triumphs of Eugene Valmont, V1. 7/20/2011

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[quotRobert Barr (September 16, 1849 – October 21, 1912) was a British-Canadian short story writer and novelist, born at Glasgow, Scotland. [/quot

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Barr, Robert: Young Lord Stranleigh (1908), v1

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Some very sharp City of London operators think that rich Lord Stranleigh, a Bertie Woosterish West End fashion plate, is an easy mark to make some money.

There is a potential gold mine in Africa, for example; a dilapidated but workable cargo steamer The Rajah, to haul the gold ore back to England. What more is needed?

An entertaining yarn of dealing, double dealing and even triple dealing, and young Lord Stranleigh is by no means as big a mug as he looks.

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Barrie, J. M et. al.: Stories by English Author:s Scotland. V1. 24 0ct 2010

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Sir James Matthew Barrie, 1st Baronet, OM (9 May 1860 – 19 June 1937) was a Scottish author and dramatist, best remembered today as the creator of Peter Pan

THE COURTING OF T'NOWHEAD'S BELL, By J. M. Barrie
"THE HEATHER LINTIE", By S. R. Crockett
A DOCTOR OF THE OLD SCHOOL, By Ian Maclaren
WANDERING WILLIE'S TALE, By Sir Walter Scott
THE GLENMUTCHKIN RAILWAY, By Professor Aytoun
THRAWN JANET, By Robert Louis Stevenson

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Barrie, J. M, et. al.: Stories by English Authors: London. V1. 23 Oct 2010

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Sir James Matthew Barrie, 1st Baronet, OM (9 May 1860 – 19 June 1937) was a Scottish author and dramatist, best remembered today as the creator of Peter Pan

THE INCONSIDERATE WAITER, By J. M. BARRIE
THE BLACK POODLE, By F. Anstey
THAT BRUTE SIMMONS, By Arthur Morrison
A ROSE OF THE GHETTO, By Israel Zangwill
AN IDYL OF LONDON, By Beatrice Harraden
THE OMNIBUS, By Quiller-Couch
THE HIRED BABY, By Marie Corelli

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Barrie, J. M.: Peter Pan in Kensington Gardens (illus-Rackham). v1. 22 Nov 2016

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[Peter Pan in Kensington Gardens[/ by J. M. (James Matthew) Barrie (1860–1937)
Illustrated by Arthur Rackham (1867–1939)
[
The Little White Bird[/ (source of the Peter Pan chapters) was first published in 1902; [Peter Pan in Kensington Gardens[/ was first published in 1906.
Text and illustrations are in the public domain in the USA, and in countries where copyright is “Life+70” or less.

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Sir James Matthew Barrie, 1st Baronet, OM, a Scottish novelist and playwright, wrote a number of successful novels and plays. He is best remembered today as the creator of Peter Pan. After Peter’s debut in [The Little White Bird[/, Barrie went on to write the 1904 stage play [Peter Pan, or The Boy Who Wouldn't Grow Up[/, followed in 1911 by the novel [Peter and Wendy[/.

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The text of [Peter Pan in Kensington Gardens[/ originally appeared as part of Barrie’s novel for adult readers, [The Little White Bird[/, a semi-autobiographical fantasy about an unnamed gentleman and David, a little boy he befriends; the Peter Pan story is something he tells to the boy (and the boy to him).

Peter is a seven-day-old infant who, “like all infants”, used to be part bird. Peter has complete faith in his flying abilities, so, he is able to escape out the window of his London home and return to Kensington Gardens. There, Peter is shocked to learn from the crow Solomon Caw that he is not still a bird, but more like a human – Solomon says he is crossed between them as a “Betwixt-and-Between”. Unfortunately, Peter now knows he cannot fly, so he is stranded in Kensington Gardens, and stays on the Bird’s Island.

The book goes on to describe with wry and gentle humor Peter’s adventures in kite-flying, boat-building, and other play and pastimes; and about the customs and habits of fairies, trees, and other magical inhabitants of the Gardens.

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“Mr. Barrie has done what no one else has done since the inventor of ‘Alice’, he has invented a new legend, a modern folk story which comprehends all the innermost secrets of the modern child, be he four or forty. Mr. Rackham, for his part, has been bewitched in his cradle: he does not dream of fairies or hobgoblins, he knows them.”
(—[The World[/, review contemporary to the book’s publication.)

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This book is lavishly illustrated with 51 of Rackham’s wonderful full-page color images, several full-page line drawings, and chapter decorations. Keep an eye on the trees – they will be watching you!

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EDIT: Uploaded version with alternate cover, Blue with gilt vignette of Peter playing his pan pipes. Text and layout unchanged.

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Barrie, J. M.: The Little White Bird. v1. 16 Dec 2016

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The Little White Bird
or, Adventures in Kensington Gardens
by J.M. Barrie (1860–1937)

First published in 1902.
Text is in the public domain in countries where copyright is “Life+70” or less, and in the USA.

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Sir James Matthew Barrie, 1st Baronet, OM, a Scottish novelist and playwright, wrote a number of successful novels and plays. He is best remembered today as the creator of Peter Pan.
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“The Little White Bird” is a novel for adult readers, ranging in tone from fantasy and whimsy to social comedy with dark, aggressive undertones.

This book is a series of short episodes, including accounts of the narrator's day-to-day activities in contemporary London, as well as fanciful tales set in Kensington Gardens and elsewhere; with the two main characters being the first-person narrator Captain W—— (“Barrie thinly disguised”), and the boy David (based on George Llewelyn Davies, one of several children of the Davies family who provided inspiration for many characters in Barrie's writings). The main theme of the book is an exploration of the emotional relationship of the narrator, a childless Victorian-era retired soldier and London bachelor, with a young boy born to a working-class married couple in his neighbourhood.

The book attained prominence and longevity thanks to several chapters written in a softer tone than the rest of the book, which introduced the character and mythology of Peter Pan. In 1906, those chapters were published separately as an illustrated children's book, “Peter Pan in Kensington Gardens”. Although “The Little White Bird” is one of Barrie's better-known works based on the association with the character of Peter Pan, it has been eclipsed by the 1904 stage play “Peter Pan, or The Boy Who Wouldn't Grow Up”; and the 1911 novel “Peter and Wendy”, later published under the titles “Peter Pan” and “Peter Pan and Wendy”.

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Text was obtained from gutenberg.org Ebook #1376. Some transcription errors were corrected, italics and scene breaks restored, punctuation formatted. Chapter heads are cross-linked to Table of Contents. Embedded font “Renaissance” used for drop caps.

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Sorry, no illustrations in this one, but it is an amusing read all the same.
:)

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Barrie, J. M: A Window in Thrums . V1. 25 Oct 2010

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Sir James Matthew Barrie, 1st Baronet, OM (9 May 1860 – 19 June 1937) was a Scottish author and dramatist, best remembered today as the creator of Peter Pan

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When the English publishers read "A Window in Thrums" in manuscript they thought it unbearably sad and begged me to alter the end. They warned me that the public do not like sad books. Well, the older I grow and the sadder the things I see, the more do I wish my books to be bright and hopeful, but an author may not always interfere with his story, and if I had altered the end of "A Window in Thrums" I think I should never have had any more respect for myself. It is a sadder book to me than it can ever be to anyone else. I see Jess at her window looking for the son who never came back as no other can see her, and I knew that unless I brought him back in time the book would be a pain to me all my days, but the thing had to be done.

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Barrie, J. M: Auld Licht Idylls. V1. 18 Oct 2010

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Sir James Matthew Barrie, 1st Baronet, OM (9 May 1860 – 19 June 1937) was a Scottish author and dramatist, best remembered today as the creator of Peter Pan

"Auld Licht Idylls" is Barrie's second book and first serious work of fiction, a series of stories centering around a religious sect called Auld Licht in the Scottish community of Thrums.

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Barrie, J. M: Better Dead. V1. 19 Oct 2010

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Sir James Matthew Barrie, 1st Baronet, OM (9 May 1860 – 19 June 1937) was a Scottish author and dramatist, best remembered today as the creator of Peter Pan

"Better Dead" is the author's first book, and there is a case to made that with this novel Barrie invented surrealism.

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Barrie, J. M: Courage. V1. 20 Oct 2010

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Sir James Matthew Barrie, 1st Baronet, OM (9 May 1860 – 19 June 1937) was a Scottish author and dramatist, best remembered today as the creator of Peter Pan

Upon his election as Lord Rector of St. Andrew's University, Sir J.M. Barrie delivered an inaugural address in which he sought to inspire the youth sitting before him. His stirring words on the subject of "courage" are just as invigorating today, more than eight decades after they appeared in book form in 1923. Barrie advised young people never to ascribe to an opponent motives meaner than your own; to know what you mean; to insist on helping; to learn how world-shaking situations arise and how they can be countered; and to doubt those who deny you the right of partnership. Charming, candid, and stimulation, Barrie's address is a rousing example of how he championed the spirit of young people. Of his daring comments, he said, "I sound to myself as if I were advocating a rebellion, though I am really asking for a larger friendship."

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Barrie, J. M: Dear Brutus. V1. 23 Oct 2010

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Sir James Matthew Barrie, 1st Baronet, OM (9 May 1860 – 19 June 1937) was a Scottish author and dramatist, best remembered today as the creator of Peter Pan

A Play in Three Acts
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Download DescriptionAlice (who Is The Dearth Now). Thank You. Better Read The Telegram, Matey, To Be Sure That You Can Make It Out. (matey Reads It To Himself, And He Has Never Quite The Same Faith In Woman Again. The Dearth Continues In A Purring Voice.) Read It Aloud, Matey.

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Barrie, J. M: Margaret Ogilvy. V1. 21 Oct 2010

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Sir James Matthew Barrie, 1st Baronet, OM (9 May 1860 – 19 June 1937) was a Scottish author and dramatist, best remembered today as the creator of Peter Pan

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For years I had been trying to prepare myself for my mother's death, trying to foresee how she would die, seeing myself when she was dead. Even then I knew it was a vain thing I did, but I am sure there was no morbidness in it. I hoped I should be with her at the end, not as the one she looked at last but as him from whom she would turn only to look upon her best-beloved, not my arm but my sister's should be round her when she died, not my hand but my sister's should close her eyes. I knew that I might reach her too late; I saw myself open a door where there was none to greet me, and go up the old stair into the old room. But what I did not foresee was that which happened. I little thought it could come about that I should climb the old stair, and pass the door beyond which my mother lay dead, and enter another room first, and go on my knees there.

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Barrie, J. M: Peter and Wendy. V1. 22 Oct 2010

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Sir James Matthew Barrie, 1st Baronet, OM (9 May 1860 – 19 June 1937) was a Scottish author and dramatist, best remembered today as the creator of Peter Pan

Peter Pan, the "boy who would not grow up," originally appeared as a baby living a magical life among birds and fairies in J.M. Barrie's sequence of stories, Peter Pan in Kensington Gardens. His later role as flying boy hero was brought to the stage by Barrie in the beloved play Peter Pan, which opened in 1904 and became the novel Peter and Wendy in 1911. In a narrative filled with vivid characters, epic battles, pirates, fairies, and fantastic imagination, Peter Pan's adventures capture the spirit of childhood-- and of rebellion against the role of adulthood in conventional society.

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Barrie, J. M: Peter Pan. V1. 1 Dec 2008

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Sir James Matthew Barrie, 1st Baronet OM (9 May 1860 – 19 June 1937), more commonly known as J. M. Barrie, was a Scottish novelist and dramatist. He is best remembered for creating Peter Pan, the boy who refused to grow up, whom he based on his friends, the Llewelyn Davies boys. He is also credited with popularising the name "Wendy", which was very uncommon before he gave it to the heroine of Peter Pan. He was made a baronet in 1913; his baronetcy was not inherited. He was made a member of the Order of Merit in 1922.

The story of the boy who would not grow up.
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Barrie, J. M: Quality Street. V1. 22 Oct 2010

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Sir James Matthew Barrie, 1st Baronet, OM (9 May 1860 – 19 June 1937) was a Scottish author and dramatist, best remembered today as the creator of Peter Pan

A Play in Four Acts
In this little country town there is a satisfaction about living in Quality Street which even religion cannot give. Through the bowed window at the back we have a glimpse of the street. It is pleasantly broad and grass-grown, and is linked to the outer world by one demure shop, whose door rings a bell every time it opens and shuts. Thus by merely peeping, every one in Quality Street can know at once who has been buying a Whimsy cake, and usually why.

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Barrie, J. M: Sentimental Tommy. V1. 23 Oct 2010

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Sir James Matthew Barrie, 1st Baronet, OM (9 May 1860 – 19 June 1937) was a Scottish author and dramatist, best remembered today as the creator of Peter Pan

A story that traces the boyhood of a "man about town" - beginning at age five, in England, his trials and tribulations, on to becoming a young man. The celebrated Tommy first comes into view on a dirty London stair and he was in sexless garments which were all he had and he was five and so though we are looking at him we must do it sideways lest he sit down hurriedly to hide them. That inscrutable face, which made the clubmen of his later days uneasy and even puzzled the ladies while he was making love to them, was already his.

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Barrie, J. M: The Little Minister. V1. 21 Oct 2010

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Sir James Matthew Barrie, 1st Baronet, OM (9 May 1860 – 19 June 1937) was a Scottish author and dramatist, best remembered today as the creator of Peter Pan

The Little Minister by J. M. Barrie was first published in "Good Words" magazine, spanning the months January to December 1891. Reckoned to be Barrie's best work, it is one of several novels about the fictional village of "Thrums", said to be modeled on Barrie's home town of Kirriemuir. In 1840's Scotland, a young Scottish pastor falls in love with an educated, radiant gypsy girl, who turns out to be a peeress who impersonates a gypsy and smoothes things over between rebellious weavers and the authorities in 1840 Scotland.

The play version, produced by the legendary Charles Frohman, was a tremendous success in which the star, according to William Winter's review Jan. 10, 1897 "expressed impulse, pertness, perversity, caprice, discontent. mischief, longing, self-will, arch and tantalizing sweetness and charmingly irrational contradictions of an impetuous girl." It was made into a RKO movie in 1934 with Katharine Hepburn and John Beal (as the Scottish Minister). According to Maltin's Movie Guide, "Hepburn was radiant."

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Barrie, J. M: Tommy and Grizel. V1. 24 Oct 2010

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Sir James Matthew Barrie, 1st Baronet, OM (9 May 1860 – 19 June 1937) was a Scottish author and dramatist, best remembered today as the creator of Peter Pan

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O.P. Pym, the colossal Pym, that vast and rolling figure, who never knew what he was to write about until he dipped grandly, an author in such demand that on the foggy evening which starts our story his publishers have had his boots removed lest he slip thoughtlessly round the corner before his work is done, as was the great man's way—shall we begin with him, or with Tommy, who has just arrived in London, carrying his little box and leading a lady by the hand? It was Pym, as we are about to see, who in the beginning held Tommy up to the public gaze, Pym who first noticed his remarkable indifference to female society, Pym who gave him——But alack! does no one remember Pym for himself? Is the king of the Penny Number already no more than a button that once upon a time kept Tommy's person together? And we are at the night when they first met! Let us hasten into Marylebone before little Tommy arrives and Pym is swallowed like an oyster.

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Barrie, J. M: What Every Woman Knows. V1. 24 Oct 2010

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Sir James Matthew Barrie, 1st Baronet, OM (9 May 1860 – 19 June 1937) was a Scottish author and dramatist, best remembered today as the creator of Peter Pan

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One of Barrie's best works entertainingly shows that behind every successful man is a woman.

Married by special agreement to John Shand, Maggie Wylie proves to be a highly effective voice for her politician husband. One of the author's most realistic and important theatrical works-graced with flashes of sly humor and dramatic irony-entertainingly develops the theme that behind every successful man is a woman.

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Barrie, J.M.: My Lady Nicotine. v1, 17 Feb 2008

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From Fantasticfiction.co.uk:

J.M. Barrie is the Scottish writer who captured children's hearts worldwide with the memorable Peter Pan. [My Lady Nicoteen[/, is a collection of hilarious tales concerning one man's attempts to giving up smoking. It includes tales of these attempts, and his general meditations and observations on smoking. They teach through humor, satire and parody, shunning the moralizing anti-smoking polemic of our day, which is not nearly as effective as humor. "I am much better without tobacco, and already have difficulty in sympathizing with the man I used to be," Barrie says on the opening pages. The tale of his struggle follows.

With illustrations to begin each chapter.

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Barry, John Arthur: Steve Brown's Bunyip and other stories, 1905, v1, 8 Aug 2025

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John Arthur Barry 1850 (Torquay, UK) - 1911 (Sydney NSW.) Seaman, prospector, journalist, author.

I have included his obituary, and bibliography in the book itself. This book contains 20 of his short stories.

Introduction
1: Steve Brown's Bunyip
2: Dead Man's Camp
3: The Shanghai-ing of Peter Barlow
4: 'Ex Sardanapalus'
5: 'Mo-Poke'
6: Keeping School at 'Dead Finish'
7: 'Number One North Rainbow'
8: The Protection of the 'Sparrowhawk'
9: The Duke of Silversheen
10: The Officer in Charge
11: 'Sojur Jim'
12: Far Inland Football
13: On the Grand Stand
14: Too Far South
15: The Mission to Dingo Creek
16: Books at Barracaboo
17: 'Barton's Jackaroo'
18: Told in the 'Corona's' Cabin
19: 'Dot's Claim'
20: A Cape Horn Christmas

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Bartlett, Frederick Orin: The Seventh Noon. V1. 29 Oct 2011

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Frederick Orin Bartlett (1876-1945) also wrote under the pseudonym of William Carleton. His first novel, Joan of the Alley, was praised for its careful preparation and the promise of future offerings from the same author. Bartlett’s subsequent novels were known for their attention to detail, melodrama, adventure, and romance. Several of them were adapted into feature films, including: The Seventh Noon, The Lion’s Den, and The Lady in the Library. His bibliography includes nearly a dozen novels, and a great many more short stories and articles. He was published consistently in The Saturday Evening Post and Red Book Magazine, among many others .http://criticalpressmedia.com/public...rederick-orin/

Excerpt
"THE RIGHT to die?"
Professor Barstow, with a perplexed scowl ruffling the barbette of gray hairs above his keen eyes, shook his head and turning from the young man whose long legs extended over the end of the lean sofa upon which he sprawled in one corner of the laboratory, held the test-tube, which he had been studying abstractedly, up to the light. The flickering gas was not good for delicate work, and it was only lately that Barstow, spurred on by a glimpse of the end to a long series of experiments, had attempted anything after dark. He squinted thoughtfully at the yellow fluid in the tube and then, resuming his discussion, declared emphatically,

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Bartlett, Frederick Orin: The Triflers. V1. 29 Oct 2011

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Frederick Orin Bartlett (1876-1945) also wrote under the pseudonym of William Carleton. His first novel, Joan of the Alley, was praised for its careful preparation and the promise of future offerings from the same author. Bartlett’s subsequent novels were known for their attention to detail, melodrama, adventure, and romance. Several of them were adapted into feature films, including: The Seventh Noon, The Lion’s Den, and The Lady in the Library. His bibliography includes nearly a dozen novels, and a great many more short stories and articles. He was published consistently in The Saturday Evening Post and Red Book Magazine, among many others .http://criticalpressmedia.com/public...rederick-orin/

Excerpt
FOR A man to keep himself consistently amused for ten years after his graduation from college, even with an inheritance to furnish ample financial assistance, suggests a certain quality of genius. This much Monte Covington had accomplished—accomplished, furthermore, without placing himself under obligations of any sort to the opposite sex. He left no trail of broken hearts in his wake. If some of the younger sisters of the big sisters took the liberty of falling in love with him secretly and in the privacy of their chambers, that was no fault of his, and did neither them nor him the slightest harm.

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Bartlett, Frederick Orin: The Wall Street Girl. V1. 19 Oct 2011

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Frederick Orin Bartlett (1876-1945) also wrote under the pseudonym of William Carleton. His first novel, Joan of the Alley, was praised for its careful preparation and the promise of future offerings from the same author. Bartlett’s subsequent novels were known for their attention to detail, melodrama, adventure, and romance. Several of them were adapted into feature films, including: The Seventh Noon, The Lion’s Den, and The Lady in the Library. His bibliography includes nearly a dozen novels, and a great many more short stories and articles. He was published consistently in The Saturday Evening Post and Red Book Magazine, among many others .http://criticalpressmedia.com/public...rederick-orin/

Excerpt
BEFORE BEGINNING to read the interesting document in front of him, Jonas Barton, senior member of Barton & Saltonstall, paused to clean his glasses rather carefully, in order to gain sufficient time to study for a moment the tall, good-looking young man who waited indifferently on the other side of the desk. He had not seen his late client’s son since the latter had entered college––a black-haired, black-eyed lad of seventeen, impulsive in manner and speech. The intervening four years had tempered him a good deal. Yet, the Pendleton characteristics were all there––the square jaw, the rather large, firm mouth, the thin nose, the keen eyes. They were all there, but each a trifle subdued: the square jaw not quite so square as the father’s, the mouth not quite solarge, the nose so sharp, or the eyes so keen. On the other hand, there was a certain fineness that the father had lacked.

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Bartlett, Frederick Orin: The Web of the Golden Spider. V1. 30 Oct 2011

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Frederick Orin Bartlett (1876-1945) also wrote under the pseudonym of William Carleton. His first novel, Joan of the Alley, was praised for its careful preparation and the promise of future offerings from the same author. Bartlett’s subsequent novels were known for their attention to detail, melodrama, adventure, and romance. Several of them were adapted into feature films, including: The Seventh Noon, The Lion’s Den, and The Lady in the Library. His bibliography includes nearly a dozen novels, and a great many more short stories and articles. He was published consistently in The Saturday Evening Post and Red Book Magazine, among many others .http://criticalpressmedia.com/public...rederick-orin/

Excerpt
Wilson’s position was an unusual one for a theological student. He was wandering at large in a strange city, homeless and penniless, and yet he was not unhappy in this vagabondage. Every prowler in the dark is, consciously or unconsciously, a mystic. He is in touch with the unknown; he is a member of a universal cabal. The unexpected, the impossible lurk at every corner. He brushes shoulders with strange things, though often he feels only the lightest breath of their passing, and hears only a rustle like that of an overturned leaf. But he knows, either with a little shudder and a startled glance about or with quickened pulse and eager waiting.

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Barton, George: The Strange Adventures of Bromley Barnes (1918); v1; 24 Oct 2020

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A dozen short stories of retired US treasury detective Bromley Barnes.

The first edition was illustrated, with a colour frontispiece and several half-tone pictures, but scans af these are not available in acceptable quality, so I omitted them.

Adventure of―
1: The Thirteenth Treaty
2: The Bolted Door
3: The Scrap Of Paper
4: The Stolen Message
5: The Burnt Match Stick
6: The French Captain
7: The Old Chess Player
8: The Leather Bag
9: The Anonymous Cards
10: The Cleopatra Necklace
11: The Baritone Singer
12: The Amsterdam Antiques

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Basile, Giambattista: Stories from Pentamerone. v1, 22 Jan 2008

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From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia:

Giambattista Basile (1566 or 1575 – February 23, 1632) was an Italian poet, courtier, and fairy tale collector.

From timsheppard.co.uk:

This Italian collection of folk-tales now known as Il Pentamerone was first published at Naples, and in a Neapolitan dialect that kept it out of northern European tradition for two centuries, by Giambattista Basile, Conte di Torrone, who is believed to have collected them chiefly in Crete and Venice, and to have died in the 1630s. Originally it was called Lo Cunti de li Cunto (The Story of Stories, 1634). Published posthumously, it became known as the Pentamerone by 1674 and eventually influenced the form of fairytales in Europe. The frame-story is of a group of people passing time by sharing stories, as in the Decameron and other European collections of tales. The Pentamerone tells fifty tales over five nights.

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Bassewitz, Gerdt von: Peterchens Mondfahrt. german. v1. 9 mar 2009

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[Peterchens Mondfahrt[/ ist ein Märchen für Kinder von Gerdt von Bassewitz. Es handelt von den Abenteuern des Maikäfers Herr Sumsemann, der zusammen mit den Menschenkindern Peter und Anneliese zum Mond fliegt, um von dort sein verlorengegangenes sechstes Beinchen zu holen.
Die Uraufführung der Geschichte fand am 7. Dezember 1912 im Alten Theater Leipzig als Märchenspiel in 6 Bildern mit Musik von Josef Achtélik und "in Scene gesetzt" von Paul Prina statt. 1915 wurde die Geschichte dann als Buch mit Illustrationen von Hans Baluschek veröffentlicht. Die Geschichte gilt heute als ein Klassiker der deutschen Kinder- und Jugendliteratur.

Peterchens Mondfahrt beginnt mit der traurigen Geschichte des Maikäfers Sumsemann, dem sein sechstes Maikäferbeinchen abhanden gekommen ist. Schnell stellt sich heraus: Das Bein ist auf dem Mondberg im Besitz des Mondmannes! Um sein Beinchen zurück zu bekommen, braucht Herr Sumsemann die Hilfe zweier Kinder, die immer gut mit Tieren umgegangen sind und sie niemals quälten. Diese Kinder findet Herr Sumsemann in Peterchen und Anneliese, die sich sofort mit ihm auf den abenteuerlichen Weg zum Mond machen und auf dieser Reise unglaubliche Abenteuer erleben...

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Bastiat, Frédéric: Essays on Political Economy. v1. 10 Jan 2009

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Bastiat, Frédéric: Essays on Political Economy. v1. 10 Jan 2009

Frédéric Bastiat (1801 – 1850)
Essays on Political Economy

Forerunner of the Austrian School of economics.

Includes his most famous work, The Law. From Wikipedia, "It defines, through development, a just system of laws and then demonstrates how such law facilitates a free society."

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Bates, Arlo: A Book o' Nine Tales. v1. 25 Mar 2015

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Arlo Bates (December 16, 1850 – August 25, 1918) was an American author, educator and newspaperman.

Excerpt

Tale the First.—A STRANGE IDYL.
Tale the Second.—THE TUBEROSE.
Tale the Third.—SAUCY BETTY MORK.
Tale the Fourth.—JOHN VANTINE.
Tale the Fifth.—MÈRE MARCHETTE.
Tale the Sixth.—BARUM WEST’S EXTRAVAGANZA.
Tale the Seventh.—A SKETCH IN UMBER.
Tale the Eighth.—APRIL’S LADY.
Tale the Ninth.—DELIA GRIMWET.

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Bates, Arlo: Albrecht. v1. 24 Mar 2015

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Arlo Bates (December 16, 1850 – August 25, 1918) was an American author, educator and newspaperman.

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Like the sea, moreover, the Schwarzwald was peopled by strange beings, of whom alike the peasant folk who dwelt upon its borders, the rude churls whose huts stood here and there in clusters in its less intractable nooks, and the nobles whose castles overtopped the wilderness of trees and bracken, went always in secret dread. In the north lurked the hordes of the Huns, the terrible barbarians who from time to time descended, hardly human, upon the fertile lands which lay beyond the borders of the forest, swarming as they went upon whatever luckless castle lay in their path. The boldest knight might well tremble at the name of the ferocious Huns, and even the army of Charlemagne himself had hardly been able to cope with this foe.

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Bates, Arlo: Love in a Cloud. v1. 26 Mar 2015

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Arlo Bates (December 16, 1850 – August 25, 1918) was an American author, educator and newspaperman.

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“To remind us,” he finished, taking the words out of her mouth with a laugh, “that our love has got out of the clouds.”

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Bates, Arlo: Mr. Jacobs. v1. 26 Mar 2015

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Arlo Bates (December 16, 1850 – August 25, 1918) was an American author, educator and newspaperman.

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In spite of Jean-Jacques and his school, men are not everywhere, especially in countries where excessive liberty or excessive tiffin favors the growth of that class of adventurers most usually designated as drummers, or by a still more potent servility, the ruthless predatory instinct of certain bold and unscrupulous persons may and almost certainly will; and in those more numerous and certainly morehappy countries where the travelling show is discouraged, the unwearying flatterer, patient under abstemious high-feeding, will assuredly become a roving sleight-of-hand man.

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Bates, Arlo: Patty's Perversities. v1. 27 Mar 2015

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Arlo Bates (December 16, 1850 – August 25, 1918) was an American author, educator and newspaperman.

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“There is one thing sure,” mused Patty Sanford, newly awakened by the sun’s rays which streamed through her honeysuckle-draped casement; “there is one thing sure,—I shall go to the picnic with whom I like: else why should I go at all? To-day they will come to invite me. Burleigh will come, of course; but it is easy to get rid of him. Then Clarence Toxteth is sure to ask me. How it piques the girls to see me behind his span! Clarence’s span is so nice! It is a pity he isn’t—I mean I wish I liked him better. But he isn’t always saying horrid things, like Tom Putnam. I wonder if Tom will ask me. I do so hope he will, so I can snub him. I’m sure,” she continued to herself, in her energy raising herself upon her dimpled elbow,—“I’m sure I don’t know anybody who needs snubbing more than he. If he only would come after Clarence has invited me, that would be fun. He’d manage to come out superior,though, in some way. He always does; and that’s the worst of him—or the best, I’m not quite certain which. There! Will would say I was ‘moonier than the moon.’—Flossy, Floss!”

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Bates, Arlo: The Diary of a Saint. v1. 25 Mar 2015

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Arlo Bates (December 16, 1850 – August 25, 1918) was an American author, educator and newspaperman.

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January 1. How beautiful the world is! I might go on to say, and how commonplace this seems written down in a diary; but it is the thing I have been thinking. I have been standing ever so long at the window, and now that the curtains are shut I can see everything still. The moon is shining over the wide white sheets of snow, and the low meadows look far off and enchanted. The outline of the hills is clear against the sky, and the cedars on the lawn are almost green against the whiteness of the ground and the deep, blue-black sky. It is all so lovely that it somehow makes one feel happy and humble both at once.

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Bates, Arlo: The Intoxicated Ghost. v1. 26 Mar 2015

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Arlo Bates (December 16, 1850 – August 25, 1918) was an American author, educator and newspaperman.

THE INTOXICATED GHOST
A PROBLEM IN PORTRAITURE
THE KNITTERS IN THE SUN
A COMEDY IN CRAPE
A MEETING OF THE PSYCHICAL CLUB
TIM CALLIGAN’S GRAVE-MONEY
MISS GAYLORD AND JENNY
DR. POLNITZSKI
IN THE VIRGINIA ROOM

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Bates, Arlo: The Pagans. V1. 12 Nov 2010

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Arlo Bates (December 16, 1850 – August 25, 1918) was an American author, educator and newspaperman.

Excerpts
A fine, drizzling rain was striking against the windows of a cosy third floor sitting-room, obscuring what in pleasant weather was a fine distant view of the Charles river. The apartment was evidently that of a woman, as numerous details of arrangement and articles of feminine use suggested; and quite as evidently it was the home of a person of taste and refinement, and of one, too, who had traveled.

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Bates, Arlo: The Philistines. V1. 12 Nov 2010

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Arlo Bates (December 16, 1850 – August 25, 1918) was an American author, educator and newspaperman.

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When Arthur Fenton, the most outspoken of all that band of protesting spirits who had been so well known in artistic Boston as the Pagans, married Edith Caldwell, there had been in his mind a purpose, secret but well defined, to turn to his own account his wife's connection with the Philistine art patrons of the town.

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Bates, Arlo: The Puritans. V1. 13 Nov 2010

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Arlo Bates (December 16, 1850 – August 25, 1918) was an American author, educator and newspaperman.

Excerpts
"We are all the children of the Puritans," Mrs. Herman said smiling. "Of course there is an ethical strain in all of us."
Her cousin, Philip Ashe, who wore the dress of a novice from the Clergy House of St. Mark, regarded her with a serious and doubtful glance.

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Bates, Arlo; Putnam, Eleanor: Prince Vance. v1. 28 Mar 2015

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Eleanor Putnam, 1856-1886
Arlo Bates (December 16, 1850 – August 25, 1918) was an American author, educator and newspaperman.

Excerpt
By the beginning is meant the birth of Prince Vance, when the powerful fairy Copetta had been chosen his godmother, since which time she certainly had not devoted herself to being agreeable to the Prince. She had insisted, for instance, that her godson should pay attention to his lessons; that he should show respect to his tutors; and, what was most outrageous of all, that he, Prince Vance, only son of his parents and sole heir to the kingdom, should learn to obey. She had coolly informed her godson, moreover, that if he did not obey her willingly, it would certainly be the worse for him; since learn he must, by harsh means, if no others would move him.

NOTE: 34 Illustrations

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Baudelaire, Charles: Die Blume des Bösen. v1 30 july 2009 german

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Charles Baudelaire (1821-1867) hat überwiegend in Paris gelebt, wo er das väterliche Erbe als Großstadtdandy durchbrachte. Er war auch tätig als Kunstkritiker, übersetzte Poe und entdeckte die Musik Richard Wagners für Frankreich.

Baudelaire ist einer der größten französischen Lyriker, ebenso Wegbereiter der lyrischen Moderne. Einfluss übte er auf Verlaine, Rimbaud, Mallarme, George und insbesondere Valery.

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Baudelaire, Charles: The Generous Gambler, v.1, 2 Nov 2007.

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There isn’t much Baudelaire freely available in English but I found this little story in PG Australia. It’s only about a thousand words long and is about a man who gambles his soul to the devil. It contains the often-quoted line that the devil’s best trick is to persuade people that he doesn’t exist.

First published in 1864.
Unknown translator.

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Baudelaire, Charles: The Poem of Hashish, v.1, 8 Jan 2007.

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Not a poem at all; this is an essay on Hashish, written by the French poet.

First published in 1850. This is the Aleister Crowley translation of 1895.

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Baum, L. Frank. Oz Omnibus. PRC v1.1 22 June 2009

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This omnibus is a collection of all 14 Oz books written by Mr. Baum, as well as the short story collection.

You should take a moment to look at the front covers. They are highly detailed. I beleive they are scanned from the flyleaf of one of the books.

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Baum, L. Frank: A Kidnapped Santa Clause. v1.0 8 December 2008

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This title was the closest I could find to [Santa Claus Conquers the Martians[/. Enjoy.

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Baum, L. Frank: American Fairy Tales. 03 Jan 2008

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While known for his [Wizard of Oz[/ series of books, Baum also wrote a number of Fairy Tale books. He visioned himself on a par with Lang the Brothers Grimm and set out to create an American type of story. He sought to remove the violence and romance from the stories. While interesting and well told, I feel that these stories lack the punch and dynamic elements that I have enjoyed.

Baun was an early leader it seems for the "politically correct" fairy tales. (About a hundred years too early.)

This group includes the following:

- The Box Of Robbers

- The Glass Dog

- The Queen Of Quok

- The Girl Who Owned A Bear

- The Enchanted Types

- The Laughing Hippopotamus

- The Magic Bon Bons

- The Capture Of Father Time

- The Wonderful Pump

- The Dummy That Lived

- The King Of The Polar Bears

- The Mandarin And The Butterfly

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Baum, L. Frank: Dorothy and the Wizard in Oz (illus). v1. 20 Jul 2020

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Dorothy and the Wizard in Oz

By L. Frank Baum (1856–1919)

Illustrated by John R. Neill (1877–1943)

With 25 black-and-white and 16 color illustrations, illustrated chapter heads, Author’s Introduction, and a Map of Oz.

[First published in 1908. The text is in the public domain worldwide. Illustrations are in the public domain in countries where copyright is “Life+70” or less, and in the USA.[/

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On her way back from Australia, Dorothy visits her cousin, Zeb, in California. They are soon swallowed up by an earthquake, along with Zeb’s horse Jim and Dorothy’s pink kitten Eureka (whose manners badly need adjustment). The group soon meets up with the Wizard and all travel underground back to Oz, meeting many exciting adventures along the way.

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Lyman Frank Baum (May 15, 1856 – May 6, 1919) was an American author chiefly famous for his children’s books, particularly [The Wonderful Wizard of Oz[/ and its sequels. He wrote 14 novels in the Oz series, plus 41 other novels, as well as many short stories, poems, and plays. He made numerous attempts to bring his works to the stage and the nascent medium of film; the 1939 adaptation of the first Oz book would become a landmark of 20th-century cinema. His works anticipated such century-later commonplaces as television, augmented reality, laptop computers (The Master Key), wireless telephones (Tik-Tok of Oz), women in high-risk and action-heavy occupations (Mary Louise in the Country), and the ubiquity of advertising on clothing (Aunt Jane’s Nieces at Work).

Even while he was alive, Baum was styled as “the Royal Historian of Oz” to emphasize the concept that Oz is an actual place. The illusion created was that characters such as Dorothy and Princess Ozma related their adventures in Oz to Baum themselves, by means of wireless telegraph.

For over a century, readers of all ages have loved these stories, and many of the Oz characters and situations have become a part of popular culture.
(—adapted from Wikipedia and publisher’s advertising)

Available in “high-rez” with images based on 1100 x 1500px, or “low-rez” based on 800 x 1100px.

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Who knew so much fun could be had underground?
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Baum, L. Frank: Glinda of Oz (illus). v1. 27 Oct 2020

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Glinda of Oz

By L. Frank Baum (1856–1919)

Illustrated by John R. Neill (1877–1943)

With 61 black-and-white and 12 color illustrations, chapter head illustrations (edited), alternate cover image, endpaper images, publisher’s introduction, and a map of the countries of Oz.

[First published in 1920. The text is in the public domain worldwide. Illustrations are in the public domain in countries where copyright is “Life+70” or less, and in the USA.[/

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In their attempt to stop a war in the Gillikin Country, Dorothy, Ozma, and Glinda are confronted by powerful magic and determined enemies. Their adventure takes them to an amazing crystal-domed city on an enchanted island, and for a time Dorothy and Ozma are prisoners in the glass city. Few of the Oz books equal this one in suspense and mystery—a story that is truly “out of this world.”

This was the last Oz book written by Baum, published posthumously.
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Lyman Frank Baum (May 15, 1856 – May 6, 1919) was an American author chiefly famous for his children’s books, particularly [The Wonderful Wizard of Oz[/ and its sequels. He wrote 14 novels in the Oz series, plus 41 other novels, as well as many short stories, poems, and plays.

Even while he was alive, Baum was styled as “the Royal Historian of Oz” to emphasize the concept that Oz is an actual place. The illusion created was that characters such as Dorothy and Princess Ozma related their adventures in Oz to Baum themselves, by means of wireless telegraph.

For over a century, readers of all ages have loved these stories, and many of the Oz characters and situations have become a part of popular culture.
(—adapted from Wikipedia and publisher’s advertising)

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Available in “high-rez” with images based on 1100 x 1500px, or “low-rez” based on 800 x 1100px.

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Enjoy!
:toff:
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Baum, L. Frank: Little Wizard Stories of Oz. v1. 12 Aug 2025

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These six short tales were published in separate small booklets, “Oz books in miniature,” in 1913, and then in a collected edition in 1914 with color illustrations by John R. Neill. The stories were issued to promote the new Oz novel, The Patchwork Girl of Oz (1913). This collection effectively constitutes a fifteenth Oz book by Baum.

For over a century, readers of all ages have loved the Oz stories; and many of the Oz characters and situations have become a part of popular culture.

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List of stories:
The Cowardly Lion and the Hungry Tiger
Little Dorothy and Toto
Tiktok and the Nome King
Ozma and the Little Wizard
Jack Pumpkinhead and the Sawhorse
The Scarecrow and the Tin Woodman

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Author L. Frank Baum, “the Royal Historian of Oz,” is best known for creating the imaginary land of Oz, and especially for the first book in the series, a classic of children’s literature, [The Wonderful Wizard of Oz[/.

The book is lavishly illustrated by John R. Neill, “The Imperial Illustrator of Oz,” known for illustrating more than forty books set in the land of Oz, including those by Baum, by Ruth Plumly Thompson, and three of his own. This ebook includes 42 color illustrations, illustrated chapter heads, end-paper images, and replicas of covers of the first editon booklets.

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Available in High-rez (two volumes, illustrations based on 1000 x 1400 px) or Low-rez (single volume, illustrations based on 700 x 980 px)

Go ahead— let the Wizard take the kinks out of your day!

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EDIT TO ADD: UPLOADED CORRECTED LO-REZ VERSION. PREVIOUS DOWNLOADS: 1

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First published in 1913.
[This ebook is in the public domain where copyright is “Life+80” or less, and in the USA.[/

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Baum, L. Frank: Ozma of Oz (illus). v2. 16 Jul 2020

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Ozma of Oz

By L. Frank Baum (1856–1919)

Illustrated by John R. Neill (1877–1943)

With 50 black-and-white and 41 color illustrations, illustrated chapter heads, Author’s Introduction, and a Map of Oz.

[First published in 1907. The text is in the public domain worldwide. Illustrations are in the public domain in countries where copyright is “Life+70” or less, and in the USA.[/

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While traveling to Australia with her Uncle Henry, Dorothy is swept overboard with a hen named Billina. They land in Ev, a country across the desert from Oz, where they encounter the wheelers and make a new friend, the mechanical man Tik-Tok. The threesome meet Princess Ozma, and help in her attempt to save Ev’s royal family from the wicked Nome King.

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Lyman Frank Baum (May 15, 1856 – May 6, 1919) was an American author chiefly famous for his children’s books, particularly [The Wonderful Wizard of Oz[/ and its sequels. He wrote 14 novels in the Oz series, plus 41 other novels, as well as many short stories, poems, and plays. He made numerous attempts to bring his works to the stage and the nascent medium of film; the 1939 adaptation of the first Oz book would become a landmark of 20th-century cinema. His works anticipated such century-later commonplaces as television, augmented reality, laptop computers ([The Master Key[/), wireless telephones ([Tik-Tok of Oz[/), women in high-risk and action-heavy occupations ([Mary Louise in the Country[/), and the ubiquity of advertising on clothing ([Aunt Jane’s Nieces at Work[/).

Even while he was alive, Baum was styled as “the Royal Historian of Oz” to emphasize the concept that Oz is an actual place. The illusion created was that characters such as Dorothy and Princess Ozma related their adventures in Oz to Baum themselves, by means of wireless telegraph.

For over a century, readers of all ages have loved these stories, and many of the Oz characters and situations have become a part of popular culture. (“I don’t think we’re in Kansas any more!”)
(—adapted from Wikipedia and publisher’s advertising)

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Available in two-volume “high-rez” with images based on 1100 x 1500px, or single-volume “low-rez” based on 800 x 1100px.

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A snarky yellow hen, a copper-plated mechanical man, an evil Nome --- what more could you want?
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>>>EDIT to add: uploaded version 2 with minor corrections to CSS.
Previous downloads: 7/ 7/ 9.

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Baum, L. Frank: Rinkitink in Oz (illus). v2. 25 Sep 2020

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Rinkitink in Oz

By L. Frank Baum (1856–1919)

Illustrated by John R. Neill (1877–1943)

With 68 black-and-white and 12 color illustrations, chapter head illustrations, endpaper images, author’s introduction, and a map of the countries of Oz.

[First published in 1916. The text is in the public domain worldwide. Illustrations are in the public domain in countries where copyright is “Life+70” or less, and in the USA.[/

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Young Prince Inga of Pingaree, aided by jolly King Rinkitink, three powerful magical pearls, and Bilbil the surly goat, attempts to rescue Inga’s parents and their subjects from marauding warriors who have laid waste to Pingaree and enslaved its people. Some may say that the three magic pearls are the real heroes of this story, but the pearls would have been of little use if Prince Inga hadn’t used them wisely and courageously.

Baum originally wrote this story as a non-Oz book entitled King Rinkitink.

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Lyman Frank Baum (May 15, 1856 – May 6, 1919) was an American author chiefly famous for his children’s books, particularly [The Wonderful Wizard of Oz[/ and its sequels. He wrote 14 novels in the Oz series, plus 41 other novels, as well as many short stories, poems, and plays.

Even while he was alive, Baum was styled as “the Royal Historian of Oz” to emphasize the concept that Oz is an actual place. The illusion created was that characters such as Dorothy and Princess Ozma related their adventures in Oz to Baum themselves, by means of wireless telegraph.

For over a century, readers of all ages have loved these stories, and many of the Oz characters and situations have become a part of popular culture.
(—adapted from Wikipedia and publisher’s advertising)

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Available in two-volume “high-rez” with images based on 1100 x 1500px, or single-volume “low-rez” based on 800 x 1100px.

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Hope you enjoy this!
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EDIT: Uploaded version 2 with corrected metadata.

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Baum, L. Frank: The Emerald City of Oz (illus). v1. 24 Jul 2020

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The Emerald City of Oz

By L. Frank Baum (1856–1919)

Illustrated by John R. Neill (1877–1943)

With 52 black-and-white and 16 color illustrations, illustrated chapter heads, alternate cover image, end paper images, Author’s Introduction, and a Map of the countries of Oz.

[First published in 1910. The text is in the public domain worldwide. Illustrations are in the public domain in countries where copyright is “Life+70” or less, and in the USA.[/

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Dorothy Gale and her Uncle Henry and Aunt Em come to live in Oz permanently. While they tour through the Quadling Country, the wicked Nome King and his evil allies are tunneling beneath the desert to invade Oz, intending to enslave its people. How Oz is saved is an ending that will amaze and delight you.

This was originally intended to be the last book in the series.

* * * *

Lyman Frank Baum (May 15, 1856 – May 6, 1919) was an American author chiefly famous for his children’s books, particularly [The Wonderful Wizard of Oz[/ and its sequels. He wrote 14 novels in the Oz series, plus 41 other novels, as well as many short stories, poems, and plays. He made numerous attempts to bring his works to the stage and the nascent medium of film; the 1939 adaptation of the first Oz book would become a landmark of 20th-century cinema. His works anticipated such century-later commonplaces as television, augmented reality, laptop computers ([The Master Key[/), wireless telephones ([Tik-Tok of Oz[/), women in high-risk and action-heavy occupations ([Mary Louise in the Country[/), and the ubiquity of advertising on clothing ([Aunt Jane’s Nieces at Work[/).

Even while he was alive, Baum was styled as “the Royal Historian of Oz” to emphasize the concept that Oz is an actual place. The illusion created was that characters such as Dorothy and Princess Ozma related their adventures in Oz to Baum themselves, by means of wireless telegraph.

For over a century, readers of all ages have loved these stories, and many of the Oz characters and situations have become a part of popular culture.
(—adapted from Wikipedia and publisher’s advertising)

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Available in two-volume “high-rez” with images based on 1100 x 1500px, or single-volume “low-rez” based on 800 x 1100px.

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Enjoy!
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Baum, L. Frank: The Land of Oz (illus). v2. 16 Jul 2020

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The Land of Oz

By L. Frank Baum (1856–1919)

Illustrated by John R. Neill (1877–1943)

With 104 black-and-white and 15 color illustrations, illustrated chapter heads, Author’s Introduction, and a Map of Oz.

[First published in 1904. The text is in the public domain worldwide. Illustrations are in the public domain in countries where copyright is “Life+70” or less, and in the USA.[/

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The boy Tip escapes from his evil guardian, the witch Mombi, with the help of a walking wooden figure with a jack-o’-lantern head named Jack Pumpkinhead (brought to life with the magic Powder of Life Tip stole from Mombi), as well as a living Sawhorse (created from the same powder). They soon embark on an adventure with the Scarecrow and Tin Woodman to help Scarecrow to recapture his throne from General Jinjur and her army of girls.

* * * *

Lyman Frank Baum (May 15, 1856 – May 6, 1919) was an American author chiefly famous for his children’s books, particularly [The Wonderful Wizard of Oz[/ and its sequels. He wrote 14 novels in the Oz series, plus 41 other novels, as well as many short stories, poems, and plays. He made numerous attempts to bring his works to the stage and the nascent medium of film; the 1939 adaptation of the first Oz book would become a landmark of 20th-century cinema. His works anticipated such century-later commonplaces as television, augmented reality, laptop computers ([The Master Key[/), wireless telephones ([Tik-Tok of Oz[/), women in high-risk and action-heavy occupations ([Mary Louise in the Country[/), and the ubiquity of advertising on clothing ([Aunt Jane’s Nieces at Work[/).

Even while he was alive, Baum was styled as “the Royal Historian of Oz” to emphasize the concept that Oz is an actual place. The illusion created was that characters such as Dorothy and Princess Ozma related their adventures in Oz to Baum themselves, by means of wireless telegraph.
For over a century, readers of all ages have loved these stories, and many of the Oz characters and situations have become a part of popular culture. (“I don’t think we’re in Kansas any more!”)
(—adapted from Wikipedia and publisher’s advertising)

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Available in two-volume “high-rez” with images based on 1100 x 1500px, or single-volume “low-rez” based on 800 x 1100px.

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Please enter -- Oz awaits.
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>>>EDIT to add: uploaded version 2 with minor corrections to CSS.
Previous downloads: 7/ 7/ 8.

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Baum, L. Frank: The Lost Princess of Oz (illus). v1. 08 Oct 2020

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The Lost Princess of Oz

By L. Frank Baum (1856–1919)

Illustrated by John R. Neill (1877–1943)

With 66 black-and-white and 12 color illustrations, chapter head illustrations, endpaper images, author’s introduction, and a map of the countries of Oz.

[First published in 1917. The text is in the public domain worldwide. Illustrations are in the public domain in countries where copyright is “Life+70” or less, and in the USA.[/

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When Princess Ozma mysteriously disappears—and with her all the important magical instruments of Oz—four search parties are sent out, one for each of Oz’s four countries. Most of the book covers the efforts of Dorothy and the Wizard to find her. Meanwhile, Cayke the Cookie Cook discovers that her magic dishpan (on which she bakes her famous cookies) has been stolen. Along with the Frogman, she leaves the tiny country of the Yips to find the pan.

How Ozma is found, and where she has been, will surprise you.

* * * *

Lyman Frank Baum (May 15, 1856 – May 6, 1919) was an American author chiefly famous for his children’s books, particularly [The Wonderful Wizard of Oz[/ and its sequels. He wrote 14 novels in the Oz series, plus 41 other novels, as well as many short stories, poems, and plays.

Even while he was alive, Baum was styled as “the Royal Historian of Oz” to emphasize the concept that Oz is an actual place. The illusion created was that characters such as Dorothy and Princess Ozma related their adventures in Oz to Baum themselves, by means of wireless telegraph.

For over a century, readers of all ages have loved these stories, and many of the Oz characters and situations have become a part of popular culture.
(—adapted from Wikipedia and publisher’s advertising)

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Available in two-volume “high-rez” with images based on 1100 x 1500px, or single-volume “low-rez” based on 800 x 1100px.

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Fun ahead with the Frogman!
:jump:.

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Baum, L. Frank: The Magic of Oz (illus). v1. 21 Oct 2020

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The Magic of Oz

By L. Frank Baum (1856–1919)

Illustrated by John R. Neill (1877–1943)

With 71 black-and-white and 12 color illustrations, chapter head illustrations (edited), endpaper images, author’s introduction, and a map of the countries of Oz.

[First published in 1919. The text is in the public domain worldwide. Illustrations are in the public domain in countries where copyright is “Life+70” or less, and in the USA.[/

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Ruggedo, former Nome King, tries to conquer Oz again with the somewhat grudging help of a Munchkin boy, Kiki Aru, who is illegally practicing the art of magic. Meanwhile, it is also Ozma’s birthday, and all the Oz citizens are searching for the most unusual present for the little princess. If you like magic, then this is a book for you. There’s magic on every page, and almost everybody in the story eventually is transformed into something else, or bewitched in one way or another. Even the wild animals in the great Forest of Gugu do not escape.

* * * *

Lyman Frank Baum (May 15, 1856 – May 6, 1919) was an American author chiefly famous for his children’s books, particularly [The Wonderful Wizard of Oz[/ and its sequels. He wrote 14 novels in the Oz series, plus 41 other novels, as well as many short stories, poems, and plays.

Even while he was alive, Baum was styled as “the Royal Historian of Oz” to emphasize the concept that Oz is an actual place. The illusion created was that characters such as Dorothy and Princess Ozma related their adventures in Oz to Baum themselves, by means of wireless telegraph.

For over a century, readers of all ages have loved these stories, and many of the Oz characters and situations have become a part of popular culture.
(—adapted from Wikipedia and publisher’s advertising)

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Available in “high-rez” with images based on 1100 x 1500px, or “low-rez” based on 800 x 1100px.

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Enchantment awaits!
:toff:
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Baum, L. Frank: The Patchwork Girl of Oz (illus). v2. 17 Aug 2020

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The Patchwork Girl of Oz
by L. Frank Baum (1856–1919)
Illustrated by John R. Neill (1877–1943)

With 68 black-and-white and 20 color illustrations, illustrated chapter heads, alternate cover image, end paper images, Author’s Prologue, and a Map of the countries of Oz.

First published in 1913. Text is in the public domain worldwide. Illustrations are in the public domain in countries where copyright is “Life+70” or less, and in the USA.

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Now for the favorite character of many readers, and one of my personal heroines ---
Attachment 181229
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When Scraps, the sassy Patchwork Girl, is brought to life by Dr. Pipt’s magic Powder of Life, the excitement begins. The young boy Ojo, accompanied by Scraps, Bungle the Glass Cat, and a peculiar creature called the Woozy, must quest through Oz to find the strange ingredients to brew a magic liquid that will release his Unk Nunkie from a spell which has turned him into a marble statue.

* * * *
Lyman Frank Baum (May 15, 1856 – May 6, 1919) was an American author chiefly famous for his children’s books, particularly [The Wonderful Wizard of Oz[/ and its sequels. He wrote 14 novels in the Oz series, plus 41 other novels, as well as many short stories, poems, and plays.

For over a century, readers of all ages have loved these stories, and many of the Oz characters and situations have become a part of popular culture.

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Available in two-volume “high-rez” with images based on 1100 x 1500px, or single-volume “low-rez” based on 800 x 1100px.

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Enjoy the read! And remember — DOWN WITH DIGNITY!
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EDIT TO ADD: Upload version 2 (Corrected Author’s Prologue) :o
Previous downloads --- 18 // 16
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Baum, L. Frank: The Road to Oz (illus). v1. 20 Jul 2020

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The Road to Oz

By L. Frank Baum (1856–1919)

Illustrated by John R. Neill (1877–1943)

With 25 black-and-white and 16 color illustrations, illustrated chapter heads, Author’s Introduction, and a Map of Oz.

[First published in 1909. The text is in the public domain worldwide. Illustrations are in the public domain in countries where copyright is “Life+70” or less, and in the USA.[/

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Dorothy meets the Shaggy Man, and while trying to find the road to Butterfield, they get lost on an enchanted road. As they travel they meet the rainbow’s daughter, Polychrome, and a little boy, Button-Bright. They have all sorts of strange adventures on the way to Oz to attend Ozma’s birthday party, and meet many notables from Fairyland.

* * * *
Lyman Frank Baum (May 15, 1856 – May 6, 1919) was an American author chiefly famous for his children’s books, particularly The Wonderful Wizard of Oz and its sequels. He wrote 14 novels in the Oz series, plus 41 other novels, as well as many short stories, poems, and plays. He made numerous attempts to bring his works to the stage and the nascent medium of film; the 1939 adaptation of the first Oz book would become a landmark of 20th-century cinema. His works anticipated such century-later commonplaces as television, augmented reality, laptop computers (The Master Key), wireless telephones (Tik-Tok of Oz), women in high-risk and action-heavy occupations (Mary Louise in the Country), and the ubiquity of advertising on clothing (Aunt Jane’s Nieces at Work).

Even while he was alive, Baum was styled as “the Royal Historian of Oz” to emphasize the concept that Oz is an actual place. The illusion created was that characters such as Dorothy and Princess Ozma related their adventures in Oz to Baum themselves, by means of wireless telegraph.

For over a century, readers of all ages have loved these stories, and many of the Oz characters and situations have become a part of popular culture.
(—adapted from Wikipedia and publisher’s advertising)

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Available in two-volume “high-rez” with images based on 1100 x 1500px, or single-volume “low-rez” based on 800 x 1100px.

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You had better get steppin’ down that road!
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Baum, L. Frank: The Scarecrow of Oz (illus). v2. 10 Sep 2020

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The Scarecrow of Oz
by L. Frank Baum (1856–1919)
Illustrated by John R. Neill (1877–1943)

With 67 black-and-white and 12 color illustrations, chapter head illustrations, alternate cover images, endpaper image, author’s preface, and a map of the countries of Oz.

First published in 1915. Text is in the public domain worldwide. Illustrations are in the public domain in countries where copyright is “Life+70” or less, and in the USA.

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The story starts quietly with Trot and Cap’n Bill rowing along the Pacific shore, when suddenly, a mighty whirlpool engulfs them. The old sailorman and the little girl are miraculously saved and regain consciousness to find themselves in a sea cavern. Then, one perilous adventure crowds in upon another. Cap’n Bill and Trot journey to Oz, and, with the help of the Scarecrow, the former ruler of Oz, overthrow the villainous King Krewl of Jinxland.

This was purportedly Baum’s personal favorite Oz book.

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Lyman Frank Baum (May 15, 1856 – May 6, 1919) was an American author chiefly famous for his children’s books, particularly [The Wonderful Wizard of Oz[/ and its sequels. He wrote 14 novels in the Oz series, plus 41 other novels, as well as many short stories, poems, and plays.

For over a century, readers of all ages have loved these stories, and many of the Oz characters and situations have become a part of popular culture.

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Available in two-volume “high-rez” with images based on 1100 x 1500px, or single-volume “low-rez” based on 800 x 1100px.

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Scarecrows rule!
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EDIT: Uploaded version 2 with corrected metadata.
Previous downloads: 18 // 16.

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Baum, L. Frank: The Tin Woodman of Oz (illus). v1. 14 Oct 2020

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The Tin Woodman of Oz

By L. Frank Baum (1856–1919)

Illustrated by John R. Neill (1877–1943)

With 61 black-and-white and 12 color illustrations, chapter head illustrations, alternate cover image, endpaper images, author’s introduction, and a map of the countries of Oz.

[First published in 1918. The text is in the public domain worldwide. Illustrations are in the public domain in countries where copyright is “Life+70” or less, and in the USA.[/

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Woot the Wanderer causes this chapter of Oz history to transpire. When Woot wanders into the splendid tin castle of Nick Chopper, the Tin Woodman and Emperor of the Winkies, he meets the Scarecrow, who is visiting his old friend. The Tin Woodman tells Woot the story of how he had once been a flesh-and-blood woodman in love with a maiden named Nimmie Aimee. Woot suggests that since the Tin Woodman now has a kind and loving heart, it is his duty to find Nimmie Aimee and make her Empress of the Winkies. The Scarecrow agrees, so the three set off to search for the girl. No less surprising than the adventures encountered on the journey is Nimmie Aimee’s reception of her former suitor.

* * * *

Lyman Frank Baum (May 15, 1856 – May 6, 1919) was an American author chiefly famous for his children’s books, particularly [The Wonderful Wizard of Oz[/ and its sequels. He wrote 14 novels in the Oz series, plus 41 other novels, as well as many short stories, poems, and plays.

Even while he was alive, Baum was styled as “the Royal Historian of Oz” to emphasize the concept that Oz is an actual place. The illusion created was that characters such as Dorothy and Princess Ozma related their adventures in Oz to Baum themselves, by means of wireless telegraph.

For over a century, readers of all ages have loved these stories, and many of the Oz characters and situations have become a part of popular culture.
(—adapted from Wikipedia and publisher’s advertising)

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Available in “high-rez” with images based on 1100 x 1500px, or “low-rez” based on 800 x 1100px.

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A rollicking read. Hope you enjoy it.
:book2:

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Baum, L. Frank: The Woggle-Bug Book. v1. 27 Aug 2025

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For over a century, readers of all ages have loved the Oz stories; and many of the Oz characters and situations have become a part of popular culture.

[The Woggle-Bug Book[/, a spinoff from the Oz novels, has long been one of the rarest items in the Baum bibliography. Baum's text has been controversial for its use of ethnic humor stereotypes.

This book grew out of a promotional project, “Queer Visitors from the Marvelous Land of Oz” (1904-5), a popular comic strip that promoted Baum's second Oz book, [The Marvelous Land of Oz[/ (1904). The comic strip, written by Baum and illustrated by Walt McDougall, brought Oz characters including the Scarecrow, the Tin Woodman, and others to the United States for various humorous adventures.

[The Woggle-Bug Book[/ employs the same concept: H. M. Woggle-Bug, T. E. (Highly Magnified Woggle-Bug, Thoroughly Educated) is shown maladjusted to life in an unnamed American city.

(With 22 full-page color illustrations
and assorted cover and title-page images.)

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Author L. Frank Baum (1856–1919), “the Royal Historian of Oz,” is best known for creating the imaginary land of Oz, and especially for the first book in the series, a classic of children’s literature, [The Wonderful Wizard of Oz[/.

This book's artist, Ike Morgan (1871–1913), was a well-known newspaper illustrator for several big newspapers in Chicago and New York. He had earlier provided illustrations for Baum's [American Fairy Tales[/ (1901).

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First published in 1905
[This ebook is in the public domain worldwide.[/

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In case you are interested in other odd Oz stories, here is link for Little Wizard Stories azw3.
“Queer Visitors” is in the pipeline, but it is a LOT of illustrations to deal with...
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Baum, L. Frank: The Wonderful Wizard of Oz (illus). v2. 14 Jul 2020

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The Wonderful Wizard of Oz

By L. Frank Baum (1856–1919)

Illustrated by William W. Denslow (1856–1915)

With 136 mono-color and 23 multi-color illustrations, Author’s Introduction, and a Map of Oz.

[First published in 1900, this book is in the public domain worldwide.[/

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It is in this book that Oz is “discovered.” A little farm girl named Dorothy and her pet dog, Toto, are swept away into the Land of Oz by a Kansas cyclone. Upon her arrival, she is hailed as a sorceress, liberates a living Scarecrow, meets a man made entirely of tin, and befriends a Cowardly Lion. But all Dorothy really wants to know is how to get home again. The ruler of Oz, the great Wizard who resides in the Emerald City, may be the only one powerful enough to help her.

* * * *

Lyman Frank Baum (May 15, 1856 – May 6, 1919) was an American author chiefly famous for his children’s books, particularly The Wonderful Wizard of Oz and its sequels. He wrote 14 novels in the Oz series, plus 41 other novels, as well as many short stories, poems, and plays. He made numerous attempts to bring his works to the stage and the nascent medium of film; the 1939 adaptation of the first Oz book would become a landmark of 20th-century cinema. His works anticipated such century-later commonplaces as television, augmented reality, laptop computers ([The Master Key[/), wireless telephones ([Tik-Tok of Oz[/), women in high-risk and action-heavy occupations ([Mary Louise in the Country[/), and the ubiquity of advertising on clothing ([Aunt Jane’s Nieces at Work[/).

Even while he was alive, Baum was styled as “the Royal Historian of Oz” to emphasize the concept that Oz is an actual place. The illusion created was that characters such as Dorothy and Princess Ozma related their adventures in Oz to Baum themselves, by means of wireless telegraph.
For over a century, readers of all ages have loved these stories, and many of the Oz characters and situations have become a part of popular culture. (“I don’t think we’re in Kansas any more!”)
(—adapted from Wikipedia and publisher’s advertising)

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Available in two-volume “high-rez” with images based on 1100 x 1500px, or single-volume “low-rez” based on 800 x 1100px.

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Time to travel that Yellow Brick Road!
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Previous downloads: 11/ 9/ 9.

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Baum, L. Frank: The Wonderful Wizard of Oz. 09 June 2008.

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Intermittently illustrated with pictures by W.W. Denslow. I don't have as many figures as Roy White's excellent LRF version, so if you are PRC-independent, you might want to check that out instead.

Feel free to post/PM me with corrections (of course), but I'll be away from a computer for a few weeks, so it may take me a while to get back to you.

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Baum, L. Frank: Tik-Tok of Oz (illus). v1. 25 Aug 2020

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Tik-Tok of Oz

By L. Frank Baum (1856–1919)

Illustrated by John R. Neill (1877–1943)

With 50 black-and-white and 12 color illustrations, chapter head illustrations, alternate cover image, Author’s Preface, and a Map of the Countries of Oz.

[First published in 1914. The text is in the public domain worldwide. Illustrations are in the public domain in countries where copyright is “Life+70” or less, and in the USA.[/

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Betsy Bobbin, a little girl from Oklahoma, is shipwrecked with her mule, Hank, in the Rose Kingdom of Oz. There she meets the Shaggy Man, and they set out to rescue the Shaggy Man’s brother from the Nome King. On the way, they meet Queen Ann Soforth of Oogaboo and her army, and lovely Polychrome, who has lost her rainbow again; they rescue Tik-Tok the clockwork man from a well; and are dropped through a Hollow Tube to the other side of the world where they meet Quox, the dragon. Fascinating adventures await in every chapter.

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Lyman Frank Baum (May 15, 1856 – May 6, 1919) was an American author chiefly famous for his children’s books, particularly [The Wonderful Wizard of Oz[/ and its sequels. He wrote 14 novels in the Oz series, plus 41 other novels, as well as many short stories, poems, and plays.

Even while he was alive, Baum was styled as “the Royal Historian of Oz” to emphasize the concept that Oz is an actual place. The illusion created was that characters such as Dorothy and Princess Ozma related their adventures in Oz to Baum themselves, by means of wireless telegraph.

For over a century, readers of all ages have loved these stories, and many of the Oz characters and situations have become a part of popular culture.

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Available in two-volume “high-rez” with images based on 1100 x 1500px, or single-volume “low-rez” based on 800 x 1100px.

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Make a visit to Oz, where everything is running like clockwork!
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Bazin, René: Autumn Glory. v1. 2 Feb 2014

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René François Nicolas Marie Bazin (26 December 1853 – 20 July 1932) was a French novelist.

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"Quiet! Bas-Rouge, down! Don't you know folk born and bred here?"
The dog thus addressed, a mongrel in which some twenty breeds were mixed, with grey long-haired coat changing to auburn silky fleece about the paws, at once left off barking at the gate, trotted along the grassy path bordering the field, and, content at having done his duty, sat down at the extreme edge of the line of cabbages which the farmer was trimming. Along the same path a man was approaching, clad in gaitAutumn Gloryers and a suit of well-worn corduroys. His pace was the even steady gait of a man accustomed to tramp the country. The face in its setting of black beard was drawn and pale, the eyes, accustomed to roam the hedges and rest nowhere, bore an expression of weariness and mistrust, the contested authority of an agent. He was the head-keeper and steward to the Marquis de la Fromentière.

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Bazin, René: The Children of Alsace. v1. 2 Feb 2014

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René François Nicolas Marie Bazin (26 December 1853 – 20 July 1932) was a French novelist.

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Suddenly M. Ulrich heard a slight noise, which another man would probably not have noticed: it was in front of him, among the green firs towards which he was advancing. It was the sound of a stone rolling down the slopes, faster and faster, striking against obstacles and rebounding. The noise grew fainter and fainter and ended with a detonation, sharply distinct, which proved that the stone had reached the pebbly bottom of the hollow and split. The forest had again become silent, when a second stone, much smaller still, to judge by the sound it called forth, also began to roll along in the shadow. At the same time the dog's hair stood up, and he came back growling to his master.

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Bazin, René: The Ink-Stain. v1, 4 Feb 2014

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René François Nicolas Marie Bazin (26 December 1853 – 20 July 1932) was a French novelist.

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My school-days were hardly over when my uncle and guardian, M. Brutus Mouillard, solicitor, of Bourges, packed me off to Paris to go through my law course. I took three years over it: At the end of that time, just eighteen months ago, I became a licentiate, and "in the said capacity"—as my uncle would say took an oath that transformed me into a probationary barrister. Every Monday, regularly, I go to sign my name among many others on an attendance list, and thereby, it appears, I am establishing a claim upon the confidence of the widow and the orphan.

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Beach, Charles Amory: Air Service Boys Omnibus. v2, 10 Oct 2008

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A series of six juvenile books, written under the "house" name of "Charles Amory Beach", describing the adventures of two American boys in the flyings corps during the First World War. The books in the series are:

1. [Air Service Boys Flying for France[/ *

2. Air Service Boys Over the Enemy's Lines

3. [Air Service Boys Over the Rhine[/ *

4. Air Service Boys In the Big Battle

5. Air Service Boys Flying For Victory

6. Air Service Boys Over the Atlantic

* This book is not currently available as an eBook; it will be added to the omnibus as and when released.

I must confess that, fan though I am of early 20th century juvenile books, I do not like these books. They are basically "propaganda" material of a rather crude and unsubtle kind.

Enjoy!

EDIT: 10 Oct 08

Added book 5 of the series to the omnibus, and improved the formatting of the other books. Uploaded v2.

Previous download count: 43

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Beach, Rex Ellingwood: Flowing Gold. V1. 15 Nov 2010

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Rex Ellingwood Beach (September 1, 1877 – December 7, 1949) was an American novelist, playwright, and Olympic water polo player.

Excerpt
Room service at the Ajax is of a quality befitting the newest, the largest, and the most expensive hotel in Dallas. While the standard of excellence is uniformly high, nevertheless some extra care usually attaches to a breakfast ordered from the Governor's suite—most elegant and most expensive of all the suites—hence the waiter checked over his card and made a final, fluttering examination to be sure that the chilled fruit was chilled and that the hot plates were hot before he rapped on the door. A voice, loud and cheery, bade him enter.

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Beach, Rex Ellingwood: Going Some. V1. 15 Nov 2010

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Rex Ellingwood Beach (September 1, 1877 – December 7, 1949) was an American novelist, playwright, and Olympic water polo player.

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Four cowboys inclined their bodies over the barbed-wire fence which marked the dividing-line between the Centipede Ranch and their own, staring mournfully into a summer night such as only the far southwestern country knows. Big yellow stars hung thick and low-so low that it seemed they might almost be plucked by an upstretched hand-and a silent air blew across thousands of open miles of land lying crisp and fragrant under the velvet dark.

Note: Fixed the header.

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Beach, Rex Ellingwood: Heart of the Sunset. V1. 15 Nov 2010

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Rex Ellingwood Beach (September 1, 1877 – December 7, 1949) was an American novelist, playwright, and Olympic water polo player.

Excerpt
A fitful breeze played among the mesquite bushes. The naked earth, where it showed between the clumps of grass, was baked plaster hard. It burned like hot slag, and except for a panting lizard here and there, or a dust-gray jack-rabbit, startled from its covert, nothing animate stirred upon its face. High and motionless in the blinding sky a buzzard poised; long-tailed Mexican crows among the thorny branches creaked and whistled, choked and rattled, snored and grunted; a dove mourned inconsolably, and out of the air issued metallic insect cries—the direction whence they came as unascertainable as their source was hidden.

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Beach, Rex Ellingwood: Laughing Bill Hyde. V1. 16 Nov 2010

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Rex Ellingwood Beach (September 1, 1877 – December 7, 1949) was an American novelist, playwright, and Olympic water polo player.

LAUGHING BILL HYDE
THE NORTH WIND'S MALICE
HIS STOCK IN TRADE
WITH BRIDGES BURNED
WITH INTEREST TO DATE
THE CUB REPORTER
OUT OF THE NIGHT
THE REAL AND THE MAKE-BELIEVE
RUNNING ELK
THE MOON, THE MAID, AND THE WINGED SHOES
FLESH

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Beach, Rex Ellingwood: Pardners. V1. 17 Nov 2010

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Rex Ellingwood Beach (September 1, 1877 – December 7, 1949) was an American novelist, playwright, and Olympic water polo player.

PARDNERS
THE MULE DRIVER AND THE GARRULOUS MUTE
THE COLONEL AND THE HORSE-THIEF
THE THAW AT SLISCO'S
BITTER ROOT BILLINGS, ARBITER
THE SHYNESS OF SHORTY
THE TEST
NORTH OF FIFTY-THREE
WHERE NORTHERN LIGHTS COME DOWN O' NIGHTS
THE SCOURGE

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Beach, Rex Ellingwood: Rainbow's End. V1. 17 Nov 2010

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Rex Ellingwood Beach (September 1, 1877 – December 7, 1949) was an American novelist, playwright, and Olympic water polo player.

Excerpt
In all probability your first view of the valley of the Yumuri will be from the Hermitage of Montserrate, for it is there that the cocheros drive you. Up the winding road they take you, with the bay at your back and the gorge at your right, to the crest of a narrow ridge where the chapel stands. Once there, you overlook the fairest sight in all Christendom—"the loveliest valley in the world," as Humboldt called it—for the Yumuri nestles right at your feet, a vale of pure delight, a glimpse of Paradise that bewilders the eye and fills the soul with ecstasy.

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Beach, Rex Ellingwood: The Auction Block. V1. 13 Nov 2010

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Rex Ellingwood Beach (September 1, 1877 – December 7, 1949) was an American novelist, playwright, and Olympic water polo player.

Excerpt
Peter Knight flung himself into the decrepit arm-chair beside the center-table and growled:
"Isn't that just my luck? And me a Democrat for twenty years.
There's nothing in politics, Jimmy."
His son James smiled crookedly, with a languid tolerance bespeaking amusement and contempt. James prided himself upon his forbearance, and it was rarely indeed that he betrayed more than a hint of the superiority which he felt toward his parent.

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Beach, Rex Ellingwood: The Barrier. V1. 14 Nov 2010

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Rex Ellingwood Beach (September 1, 1877 – December 7, 1949) was an American novelist, playwright, and Olympic water polo player.

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Many men were in debt to the trader at Flambeau, and many counted him as a friend. The latter never reasoned why, except that he had done them favors, and in the North that counts for much

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Beach, Rex Ellingwood: The Crimson Gardenia. V1. 14 Nov 2010

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Rex Ellingwood Beach (September 1, 1877 – December 7, 1949) was an American novelist, playwright, and Olympic water polo player.

THE CRIMSON GARDENIA
ROPE'S END
INOCENCIO
THE WAG-LADY
"MAN PROPOSES—"
TOLD IN THE STORM
THE WEIGHT OF OBLIGATION
THE STAMPEDE
WHEN THE MAIL CAME IN
McGILL
THE BRAND

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Beach, Rex Ellingwood: The Iron Trail. V1. 16 Nov 2010

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Rex Ellingwood Beach (September 1, 1877 – December 7, 1949) was an American novelist, playwright, and Olympic water polo player.

Excerpt
The ship stole through the darkness with extremest caution, feeling her way past bay and promontory. Around her was none of that phosphorescent glow which lies above the open ocean, even on the darkest night, for the mountains ran down to the channel on either side. In places they overhung, and where they lay upturned against the dim sky it could be seen that they were mantled with heavy timber.

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Beach, Rex Ellingwood: The Ne'er-Do-Well. V1. 16 Nov 2010

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Rex Ellingwood Beach (September 1, 1877 – December 7, 1949) was an American novelist, playwright, and Olympic water polo player.

Excerpt
In the lobby of one of the playhouses a woman paused to adjust her wraps, and, hearing the cries of the newsboys, petulantly exclaimed:
"I'm absolutely sick of football. That performance during the third act was enough to disgust one."
Her escort smiled. "Oh, you take it too seriously," he said. "Those boys don't mean anything. That was merely Youth— irrepressible Youth, on a tear. You wouldn't spoil the fun?"

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Beach, Rex Ellingwood: The Net. V1. 16 Nov 2010

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Rex Ellingwood Beach (September 1, 1877 – December 7, 1949) was an American novelist, playwright, and Olympic water polo player.

Excerpt
The train from Palermo was late. Already long, shadowy fingers were reaching down the valleys across which the railroad track meandered. Far to the left, out of an opalescent sea, rose the fairy-like Lipari Islands, and in the farthest distance Stromboli lifted its smoking cone above the horizon. On the landward side of the train, as it reeled and squealed along its tortuous course, were gray and gold Sicilian villages perched high against the hills or drowsing among fields of artichoke and sumac and prickly pea

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Beach, Rex Ellingwood: The Silver Horde. V1. 17 Nov 2010

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Rex Ellingwood Beach (September 1, 1877 – December 7, 1949) was an American novelist, playwright, and Olympic water polo player.

Excerpt
The trail to Kalvik leads down from the northward mountains over the tundra which flanks the tide flats, then creeps out upon the salt ice of the river and across to the village. It boasts no travel in summer, but by winter an occasional toil-worn traveller may be seen issuing forth from the Great Country beyond, bound for the open water; while once in thirty days the mail-team whirls out of the forest to the south, pauses one night to leave word of the world, and then is swallowed up in the silent hills. Kalvik, to be sure, is not much of a place, being hidden away from the main-travelled routes to the interior and wholly unknown except to those interested in the fisheries.

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Beach, Rex Ellingwood: The Spoilers. V1. 17 Nov 2010

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Rex Ellingwood Beach (September 1, 1877 – December 7, 1949) was an American novelist, playwright, and Olympic water polo player.

Excerpt
Glenister gazed out over the harbor, agleam with the lights of anchored ships, then up at the
crenelated mountains, black against the sky. He drank the cool air burdened with its taints
of the sea, while the blood of his boyhood leaped within him.

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Beach, Rex Ellingwood: The Winds of Chance. V1. 18 Nov 2010

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Rex Ellingwood Beach (September 1, 1877 – December 7, 1949) was an American novelist, playwright, and Olympic water polo player.

Excerpt
With an ostentatious flourish Mr. "Lucky" Broad placed a crisp ten-dollar bill in an eager palm outstretched across his folding- table.
"The gentleman wins and the gambler loses!" Mr. Broad proclaimed to the world

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Beale, Charles Willing: Ghost of Guir House. v1. 28 Mar 2015

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Beale, Charles Willing, 1845-1932

“As you please, Mr. Henley; but ghosts are not so different from ordinary people—that is, when they have become materialized. I have just now shown you the real condition of this old house, or rather the way in which the majority of men see it. I do not hesitate, therefore, to show you the ghost that haunts it; nor do I object to explaining the dreadful cause of the haunting, or a little of the philosophy of hauntings in general.”

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Beale, Charles Willing: The Secret of the Earth. v1. 29 Mar 2015

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Beale, Charles Willing, 1845-1932

Excerpt
For nearly a week the Dutchman had idled along with a cargo of cocoa, jaggaree, trepang, some Manado coffee, a few bags of nutmegs and other products of the Archipelago, but without an incident worth logging; when suddenly, an odd looking cask, with mast and streamer, was seen floating in the waters ahead, and all hands became alive with excitement. A couple of burly fellows hauled the barrel upon the deck, with the expectation of a prize, but were discomfited on finding that it contained only some cotton cloth, carefully wrapped about a dirty water-stained document, written in a language which no one could understand.

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Beard, Daniel Carter: The Black Wolf Pack. V1. 24 Jun 2011

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Daniel Carter "Uncle Dan" Beard (June 21, 1850 – June 11, 1941) was an American illustrator, author, youth leader, and social reformer who founded the Sons of Daniel Boone in 1905, which Beard later merged with the Boy Scouts of America (BSA).

Excerpt
“He hates me,” he continued, turning to us, “because of his ancestors. In him is the blood of a Great Dane noted for its strength, size and ferocity, a fierce brute which I brought over the mountains with me many years ago. Pluto’s mother was a pure black wolf of a mean disposition, and his father the half-breed son of a Great Dane and a she-wolf. He is the fiercest and most bloodthirsty beast in the whole pack, he hates me with the intense hatred of his wolfish nature, he hates me because he knows that I am the master of the pack, the real leader, and he is jealous. Since his puppy days he has watched for a chance to kill me; twice he nearly succeeded—the time will no doubt come when it will be his life or mine. Yet because of his wonderful strength, endurance and sagacity, I could almost love him.

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Bechdolt, Jack: The Torch, v1, 20 Oct 2025

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Jack Bechdolt: 1884-1954

Post-apocalypse science fiction novel set in the distant future, where survivors eke out a living in the ruins of New York, within sight of the isle of "The Great Lady"

First published as a serial in Argosy two years after the end of World War 1, it was re-published as a limited edition hardback book three years after the end of World War 2...

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Beck, L Adams: The Ladies A Shining Constellation of Wit and Beauty. V1. 29 Nov 2012

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Elizabeth Louisa Moresby (1862 – 3 January 1931) was a British-born novelist who became the first prolific, female fantasy writer in Canada..

Illustrated with portraits. In this collection of stories the author takes an imaginative stroll through the lives of ladies in history. Contents: The Diurnal of Mrs. Elizabeth Pepys, Had she Read her Husband's Diary; The Mystery of Stella, Why might not she and Vanessa have met?; My Lady Mary, To Dispel the Mystery of Lady Mary Wortley Montagu's quitting England in 1739; The Golden Vanity, a Story of the First Irish Beauties-the Gunnings; The Walpole Beauty, a Tale in Letters about Maria Walpole, Countess of Waldegrave, Duchess of Gloucester, Niece of Horace Walpole; A Bluestocking at Court, Why Fanny Burney, Madame D'Arblay, retired from Court in 1791; and The Darcys of Rosing, a Reintroduction to some of the characters of Miss Austen's novels.

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Beck, L Adams: The Ninth Vibration and Other Stories. V1. 30 Nov 2012

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Elizabeth Louisa Moresby (1862 – 3 January 1931) was a British-born novelist who became the first prolific, female fantasy writer in Canada..

THE NINTH VIBRATION
THE INTERPRETER A ROMANCE OF THE EAST
THE INCOMPARABLE LADY
THE HATRED OF THE QUEEN
FIRE OF BEAUTY
THE BUILDING OF THE TAJ MAHAL
"HOW GREAT IS THE GLORY OF KWANNON!"
THE ROUND-FACED BEAUTY

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Becke, Louis: "Old Mary". V1. 29 Aug 2012

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George Lewis Becke (or Louis Becke; 18 June 1855 – 18 February 1913) was an Australian short-story writer and novelist.

Early one morning, just as the trade wind began to lift the white mountain mist which enveloped the dark valleys and mountain slopes of the island, Denison, the supercargo of the trading schooner Palestine, put off from her side and was pulled ashore to the house of the one white trader. The man's name was Handle, and as he heard the supercargo's footstep he came to the door and bade him good morning.

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Becke, Louis: A Memory of the Southern Seas. V1. 31 Aug 2012

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George Lewis Becke (or Louis Becke; 18 June 1855 – 18 February 1913) was an Australian short-story writer and novelist.

CAPTAIN "BULLY" HAYES
THE "WHALE CURE"
THE SEA "SALMON" SEASON IN AUSTRALIA
"JACK SHARK"
SOME PACIFIC ISLANDS FISHES
"LUCK"
BULL-DOGS OF THE SEA
"REVENGE"
SAUNDERSON AND THE DYNAMITE
THE STEALING OF SA LUIA

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Becke, Louis: By Rock And Pool On An Austral Shore. V1. 28 Aug 2012

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George Lewis Becke (or Louis Becke; 18 June 1855 – 18 February 1913) was an Australian short-story writer and novelist.

By Rock and Pool on an Austral Shore
Solepa
The Fisher Folk of Nukufetau
Mrs. MacLaggan's "Billy"
An Island Memory
A Hundred Fathoms Deep
On a Tidal River
Denison Gets Another Ship
Jack Shark's Pilot
The "Palu" of the Equatorial Pacific
The Wily "Goanner"
The Tãnifa of Samoa
On Board the "Tucopia."
The Man in the Buffalo Hide
A CRUISE IN THE SOUTH SEAS

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Becke, Louis: Chinkie's Flat. V1. 30 Aug 2012

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George Lewis Becke (or Louis Becke; 18 June 1855 – 18 February 1913) was an Australian short-story writer and novelist.

"CHINKIE'S FLAT"
GRAINGER MAKES A "DEAL"
JIMMY AH SAN
GRAINGER AND JIMMY AH SAN TALK TOGETHER
THE RESURRECTION OF THE "EVER VICTORIOUS"
"MAGNETIC VILLA"
SHEILA CAROLAN
MYRA AND SHEILA
DINNER WITH "THE REFINED FAMILY"
THE "CHAMPION" ISSUES A "SPECIAL"
A CHANGE OF PLANS
SHEILA BECOMES ONE OF A VERY "UNREFINED" CIRCLE
ON THE SCENT
"MISS CAROLINE" IS "ALL RIGHT"

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Becke, Louis: Colonial Mortuary Bard. V1. 29 Aug 2012

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George Lewis Becke (or Louis Becke; 18 June 1855 – 18 February 1913) was an Australian short-story writer and novelist.

THE COLONIAL MORTUARY BARD
"'REO," THE FISHERMAN
THE BLACK BREAM OF AUSTRALIA

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Becke, Louis: Deschard Of Oneaka And Other Short Stories. V1. 27 Aug 2012

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George Lewis Becke (or Louis Becke; 18 June 1855 – 18 February 1913) was an Australian short-story writer and novelist.

DESCHARD OF ONEAKA
SAUNDERSON AND THE DYNAMITE
THE SHADOWS OF THE DEAD

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Becke, Louis: Edward Barry- South Sea Pearler. V1. 26 Aug 2012

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George Lewis Becke (or Louis Becke; 18 June 1855 – 18 February 1913) was an Australian short-story writer and novelist.

Excerpt
"Rather! There's been a lot of trouble with the men, though there hasn't been any court work over it. The captain and mate are holy terrors—regular brutes, I'm told. Six of the hands swam ashore a few nights ago and got clean away, poor beggars. You ain't thinking of joining her, are you?"

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Becke, Louis: Five-Head Creek; and Fish Drugging in The Pacific. V1. 29 Aug 2012

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George Lewis Becke (or Louis Becke; 18 June 1855 – 18 February 1913) was an Australian short-story writer and novelist.

"FIVE-HEAD" CREEK
FISH DRUGGING IN THE PACIFIC

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Becke, Louis: John Corwell, Sailor And Miner; and, Poisonous Fish: V1. 28 Aug 2012

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George Lewis Becke (or Louis Becke; 18 June 1855 – 18 February 1913) was an Australian short-story writer and novelist.

JOHN CORWELL, SAILOR AND MINER
POISONOUS FISH OF THE PACIFIC ISLANDS

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Becke, Louis: John Frewen, South Sea Whaler: V1. 30 Aug 2012

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George Lewis Becke (or Louis Becke; 18 June 1855 – 18 February 1913) was an Australian short-story writer and novelist.

Excerpt
Captain Ethan Keller, of the Casilda of Nantucket, was in a very bad temper, for in four days he had lost two of the five boats the barque carried—one had been hopelessly stove by the dreaded "underclip" given her by a crafty old bull sperm-whale, and the other, which was in charge of the second mate, had not been seen for seventy hours. When last sighted she was fast to the same bull which had destroyed the first mate's boat; it was then nearly dark, and the whale, which was of an enormous size, although he had three irons in his body and was towing the whole length of line from the stove-in boat as well as that of the second mate, was racing through the water as fresh as when he had first been struck, three hours previously. Then the sun dipped below the sea-rim, and the blue Pacific was shrouded in darkness.

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Becke, Louis: Martin of Nitendi; and The River of Dreams: V1. 29 Aug 2012

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George Lewis Becke (or Louis Becke; 18 June 1855 – 18 February 1913) was an Australian short-story writer and novelist.

"MARTIN OF NITENDI"
THE RIVER OF DREAMS

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Becke, Louis: Reef and Palm. V1. 27 Aug 2012

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George Lewis Becke (or Louis Becke; 18 June 1855 – 18 February 1913) was an Australian short-story writer and novelist.

CHALLIS THE DOUBTER
"'TIS IN THE BLOOD"
THE REVENGE OF MACY O'SHEA
THE RANGERS OF THE TIA KAU
PALLOU'S TALOI
A BASKET OF BREAD-FRUIT
ENDERBY'S COURTSHIP
LONG CHARLEY'S GOOD LITTLE WIFE
THE METHODICAL MR BURR OF MADURO
A TRULY GREAT MAN
THE DOCTOR'S WIFE
THE FATE OF THE ALIDA
THE CHILEAN BLUEJACKET
BRANTLEY OF VAHITAHI

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Becke, Louis: Rodman The Boatsteerer And Other Stories. V1. 31 Aug 2012

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George Lewis Becke (or Louis Becke; 18 June 1855 – 18 February 1913) was an Australian short-story writer and novelist.

RODMAN THE BOATSTEERER
A POINT OF THEOLOGY ON MÂDURÔ
A MAN OF IMPULSE
THE TRADER
MRS. CLINTON
THE CUTTING-OFF OF THE "QUEEN CHARLOTTE"
THE PERUVIAN SLAVERS
A QUESTION OF PRECEDENCE
A TOUCH OF THE TAR-BRUSH
THE TRADER S WIFE
NINA
THE EAST INDIAN COUSIN
PROCTOR THE DRUNKARD
A PONAPEAN CONVENANCE
IN THE KING'S SERVICE, SOME EPISODES IN THE LIFE OF A BEACH-COMBER
OXLEY, THE PRIVATEERSMAN
THE ESCAPEE
EMA, THE HALF-BLOOD
LEASSÉ
THE TROUBLE WITH JINABAN

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Becke, Louis: Tessa. V1. 27 Aug 2012

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George Lewis Becke (or Louis Becke; 18 June 1855 – 18 February 1913) was an Australian short-story writer and novelist.

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On the after-deck of the steamer, under the awning, a man was lying on a bed of mats, with a water-bottle and a plate of bananas beside him. Seated cross-legged beside him was a native boy, about fifteen years of age, who kept fanning his master's face, and driving away the pestering flies. It was easy to see that the man was suffering from fever. His deeply-bronzed cheeks had yellowed and were thin and hollow, and his eyes dull and apathetic. He looked like a man of fifty, though he was in reality not more than thirty-two. Every now and then he drank, then lay back again with a groan of pain. Piled up on the skylight was a heap of rugs and blankets, for use when the violent chilling attack of ague would follow on the burning, bone-racking heat of fever.

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Becke, Louis: The Mutineer_ A Romance of Pitcairn Island.: V1. 26 Aug 2012

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George Lewis Becke (or Louis Becke; 18 June 1855 – 18 February 1913) was an Australian short-story writer and novelist.

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IT was night at Tahiti, in the Society Islands. The trade-wind had died away, and a bright flood of shimmering moonlight poured down upon the slumbering waters of a little harbour a few miles distant from Matavai Bay, and the white curve or beach that fringed the darkened line of palms shone and glistened like a belt of ivory under the effulgence of its rays. For nearly half a mile the broad sweep of dazzling sand showed no interruption nor break upon its surface save at one spot; there it ran out into a long narrow point, on which, under a small cluster of graceful cocos, growing almost at the water's edge, a canoe was drawn up.

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Becke, Louis: Yorke The Adventurer. V1. 31 Aug 2012

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George Lewis Becke (or Louis Becke; 18 June 1855 – 18 February 1913) was an Australian short-story writer and novelist.

In that delightful and exciting book, written by Captain Joshua Slocum, and entitled, "Sailing Alone Round the World," there is a part wherein the adventurous American seaman relates how he protected himself from night attacks by the savages by a simple, but efficient precaution. It was his custom, when he anchored for the night off the snow-clad and inhospitable shores of Tierra del Fuego, to profusely sprinkle his cutter's deck with sharp tacks, and then calmly turn in and sleep the sleep of the just; for even the horny soles of the Fuegian foot is susceptible to the business end of a tack; and, as I read Slocum's story, I smiled, and thought of dear old Yorke and the Francesco.

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Beckford, William Thomas: Dreams, Waking Thoughts, and Incidents. V1. 30 Nov 2012

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William Thomas Beckford (1 October 1760 – 2 May 1844), usually known as William Beckford, was an English novelist, a profligate and consummately knowledgeable art collector and patron of works of decorative art, a critic, travel writer and sometime politician, reputed at one stage in his life to be the richest commoner in England. His parents were William Beckford and Maria Hamilton, daughter of Hon. George Hamilton (MP). He was Member of Parliament for Wells from 1784 to 1790, for Hindon from 1790 to 1795 and 1806 to 1820. He is remembered as the author of the Gothic novel Vathek, the builder of the remarkable lost Fonthill Abbey and Lansdown Tower ("Beckford's Tower"), Bath, and especially for his art collection.

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Shall I tell you my dreams?—To give an account of my time is doing, I assure you, but little better. Never did there exist a more ideal being. A frequent mist hovers before my eyes, and, through its medium, I see objects so faint and hazy, that both their colours and forms are apt to delude me. This is a rare confession, say the wise, for a traveller to make: pretty accounts will such a one give of outlandish countries: his correspondents must reap great benefit, no doubt, from such purblind observations. But stop, my good friends; patience a moment!—I really have not the vanity of pretending to make a single remark, during the whole of my journey: if—be contented with my visionary way of gazing, I am perfectly pleased; and shall write away as freely as Mr. A., Mr. B., Mr. C., and a million others whose letters are the admiration of the politest circles.

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Beckford, William Thomas: The History of Caliph Vathek. V1. 30 Nov 2012

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William Thomas Beckford (1 October 1760 – 2 May 1844), usually known as William Beckford, was an English novelist, a profligate and consummately knowledgeable art collector and patron of works of decorative art, a critic, travel writer and sometime politician, reputed at one stage in his life to be the richest commoner in England. His parents were William Beckford and Maria Hamilton, daughter of Hon. George Hamilton (MP). He was Member of Parliament for Wells from 1784 to 1790, for Hindon from 1790 to 1795 and 1806 to 1820. He is remembered as the author of the Gothic novel Vathek, the builder of the remarkable lost Fonthill Abbey and Lansdown Tower ("Beckford's Tower"), Bath, and especially for his art collection.

The History of the Caliph Vathek can best be summarized as a type of morality tale, though its tone should not be too overstated as it also relies on a subtle type of parody. The work starts with a description of the Caliph, a Muslim ruler, Vathek and his numerous sensuous interests. These interests include numerous palaces, each devoted to a type of sense, such as the palace of perfumes and flowers devoted to smell. Furthermore, it is claimed that Vathek himself is a man of near monstrous appetites, include food, drink, and women. Indeed, it is Vathek’s gluttonous behavior and attempts to reach beyond his limits that eventually place him in the central pearl of the work.

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Beckford, William Thomas: The Story of Prince Barkiarokh. V1. 1 Dec 2012

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William Thomas Beckford (1 October 1760 – 2 May 1844), usually known as William Beckford, was an English novelist, a profligate and consummately knowledgeable art collector and patron of works of decorative art, a critic, travel writer and sometime politician, reputed at one stage in his life to be the richest commoner in England. His parents were William Beckford and Maria Hamilton, daughter of Hon. George Hamilton (MP). He was Member of Parliament for Wells from 1784 to 1790, for Hindon from 1790 to 1795 and 1806 to 1820. He is remembered as the author of the Gothic novel Vathek, the builder of the remarkable lost Fonthill Abbey and Lansdown Tower ("Beckford's Tower"), Bath, and especially for his art collection.

Excerpt
My crimes are even greater that those of the Calif Vathek. No rash and impious counsels hastened my ruin, as they have hastened his. If I am here, in this abode of horror, it is because I spurned the salutary advice, oft repeated, of the most real and loving friend.

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Bede: Bede's Ecclesiastical History of England. V1. 28-Mar-2013

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The Historia ecclesiastica gentis Anglorum (in English: Ecclesiastical History of the English People) is a work in Latin by Bede on the history of the Christian Churches in England, and of England generally; its main focus is on the conflict between Roman and Celtic Christianit
It is considered to be one of the most important original references on Anglo-Saxon history and has played a key role in the development of an English national identity. It is believed to have been completed in 731, when Bede was approximately 59 years old.
Divided into five books (about 400 pages), the Historia covers the history of England, ecclesiastical and political, from the time of Julius Caesar to the date of its completion (731). The first twenty-one chapters, covering the period before the mission of Augustine, are compiled from earlier writers such as Orosius, Gildas, Prosper of Aquitaine, the letters of Pope Gregory I, and others, with the insertion of legends and traditions.
After AD 596, documentary sources that Bede took pains to obtain throughout England and from Rome are used, as well as oral testimony, which he employed along with critical consideration of its authenticity. This is impressive; nevertheless, the Historia, like other historical writing from this period has a lower degree of objectivity than modern historical writings. It seems to be a mixture of fact, legend and literature. For example, Bede quotes at length some speeches by people who were not his contemporaries and whose speeches do not appear in any other surviving source; it is doubtful whether oral traditional history supported these ostensible quotations.
(Wikipedia)

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Bedford, Randolph: Fourteen Fathoms by Quetta Rock, v1, 19 April 2025,

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Randolph Bedford (1868-1941) led an improbably colourful and adventurous life, from roaming Australia and New Guinea searching for mining opportunities, to serving several terms in the Queensland parliament. He wrote several novels and plays, numerous poem and short stories, and was a vigorous and opinionated freelance journalist. So far as I can establish, no collection of his short stories or poems was ever published.

"Wagstaff" stories
1: The Dancing Trees
2: The Black Prize
3: The Lost Raggianas
4: The Ocean Prince Charter
5: "Sisewa"
6: The Mystery of the Six Twigs
7: Filamena's Hula
8: The Atacan and a Pair of Boots
Other Stories
9: A Samaritan of the Riverine
10: Fourteen Fathom by Quetta Rock
11: The Man who Held the Wires
12: The Secret of Ledger D.
13: Poor Relations
14: Aim at the Pigeon
15: "Come, My Love, and Go with Me"
16: Trouble in Banana Row
17: Limelight at Sudden Jerk
18: Eight Stone Six
19: Come Day, Go Day
20: Two Hundred Tons o' Pig

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Bedford-Jones, H.: D'Artagnan. V1. 13 Mar 2011

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Henry James O'Brien Bedford-Jones (1887 - 1949) was a Canadian historical, adventure fantasy and science fiction writer who became a naturalized United States citizen in 1908. He wrote over 100 novels, earning the nickname "King of the Pulps". His works appeared in a number of pulp magazines including The Magic Carpet, Golden Fleece, Adventure, All-Story Weekly, Argosy, Blue Book and Weird Tales. Bedford-Jones was a friend of Erle Stanley Gardner and Vincent Starrett.

More Adventurers of the Three Musketeers

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Bedford-Jones, H.: Irregular Brethren. V1. 14 Mar 2011

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Henry James O'Brien Bedford-Jones (1887 - 1949) was a Canadian historical, adventure fantasy and science fiction writer who became a naturalized United States citizen in 1908. He wrote over 100 novels, earning the nickname "King of the Pulps". His works appeared in a number of pulp magazines including The Magic Carpet, Golden Fleece, Adventure, All-Story Weekly, Argosy, Blue Book and Weird Tales. Bedford-Jones was a friend of Erle Stanley Gardner and Vincent Starrett.

(The Blue Book Magazine, August 1919)
[This story, told in a quaint Oriental Masonic lodge-meeting, has all the tropical color and dramatic intensity which Mr. Bedford-Jones handles so skillfully.]

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Bedford-Jones, H.: Saint Michael's Gold. V1. 14 Mar 2011

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Henry James O'Brien Bedford-Jones (1887 - 1949) was a Canadian historical, adventure fantasy and science fiction writer who became a naturalized United States citizen in 1908. He wrote over 100 novels, earning the nickname "King of the Pulps". His works appeared in a number of pulp magazines including The Magic Carpet, Golden Fleece, Adventure, All-Story Weekly, Argosy, Blue Book and Weird Tales. Bedford-Jones was a friend of Erle Stanley Gardner and Vincent Starrett.

The Adventures of an American in the Chaos and Dangers of the French Revolution.

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Bedford-Jones, H.: The Blue Beetle. V1. 14 Mar 2011

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Henry James O'Brien Bedford-Jones (1887 - 1949) was a Canadian historical, adventure fantasy and science fiction writer who became a naturalized United States citizen in 1908. He wrote over 100 novels, earning the nickname "King of the Pulps". His works appeared in a number of pulp magazines including The Magic Carpet, Golden Fleece, Adventure, All-Story Weekly, Argosy, Blue Book and Weird Tales. Bedford-Jones was a friend of Erle Stanley Gardner and Vincent Starrett.

(Short Stories, May 25, 1932)
[Gambling with death in collecting fines for a Chinese governor.]
[Author of "The Devil's Hatrack"—in which the two American adventurers of this story start their devious careers in Chinese politics.]

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Bedford-Jones, H.: The King's Passport. V1. 14 Mar 2011

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Henry James O'Brien Bedford-Jones (1887 - 1949) was a Canadian historical, adventure fantasy and science fiction writer who became a naturalized United States citizen in 1908. He wrote over 100 novels, earning the nickname "King of the Pulps". His works appeared in a number of pulp magazines including The Magic Carpet, Golden Fleece, Adventure, All-Story Weekly, Argosy, Blue Book and Weird Tales. Bedford-Jones was a friend of Erle Stanley Gardner and Vincent Starrett.

Another Adventure of Cyrano de Bergerac

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Bedford-Jones, H.: The Thrust of a Finger. V1. 16 Mar 2011

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Henry James O'Brien Bedford-Jones (1887 - 1949) was a Canadian historical, adventure fantasy and science fiction writer who became a naturalized United States citizen in 1908. He wrote over 100 novels, earning the nickname "King of the Pulps". His works appeared in a number of pulp magazines including The Magic Carpet, Golden Fleece, Adventure, All-Story Weekly, Argosy, Blue Book and Weird Tales. Bedford-Jones was a friend of Erle Stanley Gardner and Vincent Starrett.

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SHUTZ, balanced on the prow of the launch, flung out the order: "Slower! This is the place, all right. Somebody ahead of us. Have your gun handy."
A grunt of assent made answer.
Shutz appeared to be the only person aboard the wallowing fishing launch, as she headed in by the low, sandy point. Ruthven, in the engine cockpit, did not show at all. He had to keep a sharp eye on the engines, which were shaky at best.

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Bedford-Jones, H.: Three Smart Silks. V1. 16 Mar 2011

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Henry James O'Brien Bedford-Jones (1887 - 1949) was a Canadian historical, adventure fantasy and science fiction writer who became a naturalized United States citizen in 1908. He wrote over 100 novels, earning the nickname "King of the Pulps". His works appeared in a number of pulp magazines including The Magic Carpet, Golden Fleece, Adventure, All-Story Weekly, Argosy, Blue Book and Weird Tales. Bedford-Jones was a friend of Erle Stanley Gardner and Vincent Starrett.

Detective-Dragnet, December, 1930

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Bedford-Jones, H: Blood Royal (1914); v1; 18 May 2020

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By odd coincidence, this book is set in the same area as "Mackinac and Lake Stories", and in much the same period. It begins with the expulsion of the Mormons from Beaver Island before the Civil War, after the assassination of King Strang, King of Beaver Island; and then moves forward 20 or more years to the appearance of a young man who proves to be the son of King Strang, and the turbulent events which followed.
Whether the son of King Strang was an historic figure, or pure fiction, I cannot say.

Not in the usual style of Bedford-Jones.

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Bedford-Jones, H: Bloodstones, and other stories (2019); v1; 2 Jan 2020

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An original collection of 10 novelettes and short stories by prolific pulp writer H Bedford-Jones.

1. Isle of the Dead
2: Death in the Dark
3: A Discord in Avalon.
4: Bloodstones
5: Spy Against Europe
6: From the House of the Rat Catcher
7: A Slug at Destiny
8: The Sleeper
9: Gods Guard the Brave
10: The Devil Is Dead

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Bedford-Jones, H: D'Artagnan (1928); v2; 3 Jan 2020

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Further swashbuckling adventures of D'Artagnan and his fellow musketeers, by prolific author H Bedford Jones.

a mobi edition existed in this library, but this is a revised edition, with original cover, and also in azw3 format.

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Bedford-Jones, H: John Solomon, Supercargo (1924); v1; 3 Jan 2020

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The second novel in the John Solomon series. This time, a celebrated German archaeologist has chartered a steam yacht to take him to British West Africa (modern Kenya), where he will be excavating a long-abandoned British fort north of Malindi.

But all is not as it seems, and there is much more at stake.

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Bedford-Jones, H: The Blood of Kings (2020); v1; 5 June 2020

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Two novelettes and three longish short stories:

1: Bob Bowen Comes to Town (novelette)
2: The Blood of Kings
3: On the Very Threshold
4: Mormon Valley (Novelette)
5: The House of Skulls

This collection original to MobileRead

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Bedford-Jones, H: The Case of the Kidnapped Duchess (2020), v1, 14 Jan 2020

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Gathered from several sources, these seven tales of adventure and crime are typical of Bedford-Jones' pulp adventures.

He published over 350 stories, the majority in "Blue Book Magazine", but also in such diverse publications as Boys Own Paper, crime pulp magazines, and pulp young adult magazines.

1: A Question of Brains
2: The Case of the Kidnaped Duchess (John Solomon novelette)
3: A Personal Problem
4: Down The Coast Of Barbary (novelette)
5: Three Smart Silks
6: Rendezvous
7: The Second Mate (novelette)

The cover is mine, and employs as a vignette the portrait of John Solomon found on his earliest novel covers.

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Bedford-Jones, H: The Gate of Farewell (1924);v1, 3 Jan 2020

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Introducing H Bedford-Jones' series character John Solomon, in a novel which was originally a 1914 serial as by H Bedford-Jones, and published in book form as by Alan Hawkwood. This was the first of a long series.

It is 1914 and the Ottoman empire is disintegrating. Down on the Red Sea an ambitious war leader is building up his own mini-empire. Into this comes the hero, in search of his brother who went missing in the area two or three years before.

Enter John Solomon, ostensibly a plump, baby-blue-eyed ships chandler in Port Said...

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Bedford-Jones, H: The King's Passport (1928); v2; 13 Jan 2020

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D'Artagnan meets Cyrano de Bergerac in the France of Louis XIV, Cardinal Richelieu and Mazarin; a swashbuckling yarn speeding through the pages. Musketeer Porthos makes a guest appearance.

The source file was the ebook by "crutledge" already in the Library. I have removed numerous errors where numeral 1 and letter l were confused, and where the letter f was replaced by the combination oe. I have also inserted the diacritics and italics where I could, and supplied an original cover.

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Bedford-Jones, H: The Mardi Gras Mystery (1921); v1; 2 Jan 2020

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H Bedford Jones (1887-1949); Canadian-American Author

New Orleans in 1920: it's Mardi Gras time, and the vultures gather to prey on the revellers.

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Bedford-Jones, H: The Million Dollar Certificate (v1); 8 Jun 2021

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These stories were originally prepared for the "Past Masters" series of anthologies, and appear in them. Bedford-Jones was such a prolific author that "Calenorn" of this forum suggested that I might have enough for another stand-along Bedford-Jones collection to add to the seven others I have edited and uploaded. Well, there were more than enough: 130,000 words. Two of the stories are quite long.

1: Gallegher of Beaver
2: The Four Red Circles
3: The Trail of Death
4: Captain Rose and the Bullfrog
5: All Talk
6: Coastwise Murder
7: The Million-Dollar Certificate
8: A Scriptural Quotation
9: A Harbor Hazard
10: Much Lost, More Won
11: The Devil is Dead
12: Lady of the Evil Eye
13: Sons of Kalewa
14: Apache Gold
15: The Fog at Fiddler's Green
16: The Devil's Fire
17: He Who Sets a Trap
18: The Luck of a Cowboy

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Bedford-Jones, H: The Opium Ship (1919); v1; 3 Jan 2020

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At the end of WW1, a British navy aviator, on the beach in the Philipines, discovers that his seemingly wealthy, titled uncle has died destitute, leaving him a nothing but a baronetcy.

He signs on a somewhat mysterious voyage in an Islands trading schooner...

From a 1919 serial. Just 38,000 words or so, not quite a novel but too long for a short story.

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Bedford-Jones, H: The Second Life of Monsieur the Devil, 2020, v1, 3 Jan 2020

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I found a series of short stories, 7 in all, on Internet Archive, all published in the Sunday Star, Washington DC, in 1921-22. This were not enough to make a reasonable book, so I added a novelette I found in the same place, and it is the novelette which gives the book its main title.

This is a MobileRead Forums original.

1: The Second Life of Monsieur The Devil

The Treasure of Ling Ti
2: The Tale of the Tenth Tablet
3: The Emperor's Amulet
4: A Tiger Hilt
5: Red Amber
6: The Ambassador's Ring
7: The Image of Earth
8: Little Tomtit

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Bedford-Jones, H: The Sphinx Emerald (2019), v1, 2 Jan 2020

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From 1500 BC to the 1940s, we follow the journey of the Sphinx Emerald: an emerald who many internal flaws create by chance or by magic (who knows?) an unmistakable image of the Sphinx. Eighteen independent but consecutive short stories. These stories were originally published in "Blue Book" magazine in 1946/7, but not collected into a single book for more than 50 years.

This collection is based on individual stories prepared for Roy Glashan's Library by Paul Moulder and Roy Glashan

1: The Sphinx Emerald
2: Red Sky Over Thebes
3: The Last Pharaoh
4: Master of The World
5: The Son of Julius Caesar
6: The Eye of The Sun
7: Assassination at Christmas
8: The Justice of Amru
9: Swordsmen of Saladin
10: Leopards Are For England
11: The King's Jewel
12: A Task For Leonardo
13: The Reward of Nostradamus
14: Richelieu Raids a Tomb
15: Jewels Have a Long Life
16: Lady In Chain Mail
17: The Bride of the Sphinx
18: The Passing of the Sphinx Emerald

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Bedford-Jones, H: The Wolf Woman, and other stories (2020); v1, 10 Feb 2020

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Another collection of H Bedford-Jones' short stories and novelettes, retrieved mostly from Internet Archive's on-line resources.

The cover is adapted from the cover of the Blue Book Magazine in which the title story appeared, painted by Herbert Morton Stoops (1887-1948)

1: Evening at the Black Bull
2: Warlock Finn
3: Irregular Brethren
4: The Miraculous Buddha
5: Mustered Out
6: The House of Skulls (novelette)
7: The Wolf Woman
8: The Sword of Michelangelo
9: Blow, Bugles!
10: Berber Loot

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Bedford-Jones, H: There Are No Accidents (1941); v1, 15 Dec 2021

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H Bedford-Jones, writing as Gordon Keynes. This 48.000 word short novel was published in Blue Book Magazine June 1941. It does not appear to have been subsequently published as a book.

Murder, not just one, in a mountain top eyrie in the Rockies, accessible only by air, owned by an eccentric media baron. There are forewarning notes from "Mr Fate".

Gordon Keynes is an alias which, it seems was reserved by Bedford-Jones for conventional detective stories.

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Bedford-Jones, H: Three Piece Dollar, and other stories (2020), v1, 10 Jan 2020

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A collection of short stories and novelettes, including a John Solomon short story. The texts were taken from Internet Archive scans of mostly Blue Book magazines, the issues of which are noted.

The John Solomon story references the case of Mary Briggs and the Giant Rat of Sumatra, for Sherlock fans, although Holmes is not mentioned.

The book is unique to this Library.

1: Three-Piece Dollar
2: The Pearl of Price
3: The Phoenix Tourmaline
4: British Agent
5: Test Pilot Number One
6: The Case of the Deathly Barque
7: Pearls From Macao
8: The Brute's Emeralds

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Bedford-Jones, H: Vincent Connor (1932); v1, 11 Feb 2020

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Vincent Connor is a wealthy young man in the American Concession in Tienstin, the port city of Peking, in the early 1930s. He is in charge of various Connor enterprises, and thought a playboy businessman.

But there is a lot more to Connor than his friends and acquaintances know about...

All six short stories of Vincent Connor, amounting to some 50,000 words.

1: A Prince for Sale
2: House Of Missing Men
3: The Tomb-Robber
4: Diplomacy By Air
5: Connor Takes Charge
6: The King-Makers

(The cover utilises a detail from a 1920s hat advertisement.)

The stories are sourced from Roy Glashan's library.

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Bedford-Jones, Henry James O'Brien: H. Bedford-Jones Sampler. V1. 22 May 2012

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Henry James O'Brien Bedford-Jones (1887–1949) was a Canadian historical, adventure fantasy, science fiction, crime and Western writer who became a naturalized United States citizen in 1908. After being encouraged to try writing by his friend, writer William Wallace Cook, Bedford-Jones began writing dime novels and pulp magazine stories. Bedford-Jones was an enormously prolific writer; the pulp editor Harold Hersey once recalled meeting Bedford-Jones in Paris, where he was working on two novels simultaneously, each story on its own separate typewriter. Bedford-Jones cited Alexandre Dumas as his main influence, and wrote a sequel to Dumas' The Three Musketeers, D'Artagnan (1928).He wrote over 100 novels, earning the nickname "King of the Pulps". His works appeared in a number of pulp magazines. Bedford-Jones' main publisher was Blue Book magazine; he also appeared in Adventure, All-Story Weekly, Argosy, Short Stories, Top-Notch Magazine, The Magic Carpet, Golden Fleece, Ace-High Magazine, People's Story Magazine, Hutchinson's Adventure-Story Magazine, Detective Fiction Weekly, Western Story Magazine, and Weird Tales.

IRREGULAR BRETHREN

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THIS story, told in a quaint Oriental Masonic lodge-meeting, has all the tropical color and dramatic intensity which Mr. Bedford-Jones handles so skillfully.
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CLANCY, DETECTIVE

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The first of a captivating series detailing the exploits of the most interesting detective since Sherlock Holmes—by the author of “Madagascar Gold” and “Geyser Reef.”
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THREE SMART SILKS

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Three clever silks cooked up an air-tight swindle. They laid the cards on the table — all above board — within the law! The bluff worked great — until a bigger bluffer came along!
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THRUST OF A FINGER

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Three cutthroats find that a dead man sometimes walks—with a little outside help.
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THE BLUE BEETLE

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Gambling with death in collecting fines for a Chinese governor.
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RENDEZVOUS

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As the French Agent said to the Young American, “Burke, you are a Scoundrel, a Rascal— and I have a Certain Respect for you.”
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TEST PILOT NUMBER ONE

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"If It Hadn't Been for the First Test Pilot, the Submarine Mail Have Been a Total Flop"
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THE CURIOUS LUCK OF THE EARL OF PUGWASH

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"Coincidence," You Say? But then, All Life is a Coincidence — from the Cradle to the Grave!
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THE MIRACULOUS BUDDHA

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Tales of the Strato-Shooters
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Bedford-Jones, Henry: Nuala O'Malley.V1.March 24 2012

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From Wikipedia:[quotHenry James O'Brien Bedford-Jones (1887–1949) was a Canadian historical, adventure fantasy, science fiction, crime and
Western writer who became a naturalized United States citizen in 1908.
[/quot

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Bedford-Jones, Henry: The Mardi Gras Mystery.V1.March 24 2012

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From Wikipedia:[quotHenry James O'Brien Bedford-Jones (1887–1949) was a Canadian historical, adventure fantasy, science fiction, crime and
Western writer who became a naturalized United States citizen in 1908.
[/quot

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Bedford-Jones, Henry: The Mesa Trail.V1.March 24 2012

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From Wikipedia:[quotHenry James O'Brien Bedford-Jones (1887–1949) was a Canadian historical, adventure fantasy, science fiction, crime and
Western writer who became a naturalized United States citizen in 1908.
[/quot

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Beecham, John Charles : The Argus Pheasant. V1. 23 Nov 2008

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First of the Ah Sing books. There may have only been two.
It has been described as a Fu Manchu rip-off.
Munseys

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Beeding, Francis: Death Walks at Eastrepps (1931); v1, 1 Jan 2022

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John Leslie Palmer (1885-1944) and Hilary St George Saunders (1898-1951).

Classic British courtroom mystery, with a surprise ending. Death walks in Eastrepps indeed: a serial killer is at work. After the initial Scotland Yard detective arrests the wrong man, he is replaced by Inspector Ruddock. His case climaxes in the Old Bailey.

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Beeding, Francis: The Hidden Kingdom (1927); v1, 3 Jan 2022

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John Leslie Palmer (1885-1944) and Hilary St George Saunders (1898-1951).

A sequel to "The Seven Sleepers".

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Beeding, Francis: The House of Dr Edwardes (1927); v1, 1 Jan 2022

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John Leslie Palmer (1885-1944) and Hilary St George Saunders (1898-1951).

Filmed by Alfred Hitchcock as "Spellbound", with Ingrid Bergman and Gregory Peck.

A special psychiatric facility for wealthy delusionals, in the French Alps, has a temporary new director while the founder is taking a well-earned rest. And a new young woman doctor, Frances Sedgwick, has also just started at the facility. But strange things are happening, and not everyone is who they seem. Not even the staff.

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Beeding, Francis: The Seven Sleepers (1925); v1, 3 Jan 2022

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John Leslie Palmer (1885-1944) and Hilary St George Saunders (1898-1951).

In the days between the creation of the Weimar Republic after WW1, and the advent of Hitler, there were numerous militarist far-right attempts to overthrow the German Government. This tale, set in France, Switzerland and Germany, follows the convoluted trail of another militarist plot.

In the style of the time it involves a British ex-soldier who happens, by amazing coincidence, to be the exact double of one of the minor but important minions of the plot, who is mistaken for the real thing; and action follows aplenty.

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Beeding, Francis: The Two Undertakers (1933); v1, 3 Jan 2022

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John Leslie Palmer (1885-1944) and Hilary St George Saunders (1898-1951).

Germany around 1930, when Hitler was gaining ground but not yet in power; across Europe a series of inexplicable disasters is worrying governments: trains crashing, airliners falling out of the sky. It appears to be sabotage, but how?

The secret services of Germany, France, and Britain, co-operate to track down the culprits.

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Behn, Aphra: The Novels of Mrs Aphra Behn. v1, 16 Apr 2018

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Aphra Behn (1640-1689) was a spy for Charles II, a playwright, poet, and novelist, and the first English woman to make a living from writing. Her pen name was Astrea.

Ernest A. Baker (1869-1941) was an English writer and historian of literature. In 1905, 216 years after Mrs Behn's death, he introduced this collection of ten of her novels in the language of his day, a form which was not a facsimile of her texts. This ebook, prepared 329 years after her death, silently corrects some typos, and makes further changes. The Introduction and three of the stories contain many poems.

The ten stories are: Oronooko, The Fair Jilt, The Nun, Agnes de Castro, The Lover's Watch, The Case for the Watch, The Lady's Looking Glass, The Lucky Mistake, The Court of the King of Bantam, and, The Adventure of the Black Lady.

The source text was taken from and checked against the 1905 George Routledge & Sons edition in the Internet Archive, and includes changes to spelling, punctuation, and hyphenation using oxforddictionaries.com. Letters and other documents have been set off as blockquotes.

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Belka, W.: Die Schätze des Wahhabiten v1 german 31.1.12

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Autor

W.Belka ist mal wieder Walther Kabel, diesmal noch als junger Hüpfer. Er schrieb sich ein mit einer heutzutage raren und gesuchten Abenteuerreihe für Jugendliche, den "Erlebnisse einsamer Menschen". Warum die Serie so heisst, konnte ich nicht eruieren. Es gab zwischen 1916 und 1920 aber schon mal 129 Folgen, was doch für den Erfolg spricht.

Titel: Action pur. Gefangen von Beduinen, abenteuerliche Befreiung usw.

Technik: Thanks to Wikicommons for this. Booklayout by me. Originalcover. Ganz am Ende noch ein Kuriosum, das ich ganz amüsant fand.

Edit: Ooops, da war voll die Inhaltsangabe im Bermudadreieck verschwunden v2

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Bell, J. J: Till the Clock Stops. v1. 29 Mar 2014

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John Joy Bell (7 June 1871 – 14 November 1934), known professionally as J.J. Bell, was a journalist and author.

Excerpt
On a certain brilliant Spring morning in London’s City the seed of the Story was lightly sown. Within the directors’ room of the Aasvogel Syndicate, Manchester House, New Broad Street, was done and hidden away a deed, simple and commonplace, which in due season was fated to yield a weighty crop of consequences complex and extraordinary.

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Bell, J. J: Wee Macgreegor Enlists. v1. 30 Mar 2015

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John Joy Bell (7 June 1871 – 14 November 1934), known professionally as J.J. Bell, was a journalist and author.

Excerpt
Through the gateway flanked by tall recruiting posters came rather hurriedly a youth of no great stature, but of sturdy build and comely enough countenance, including bright brown eyes and fresh complexion. Though the dull morning was coldish, perspiration might have been detected on his forehead. Crossing the street, without glance to right or left, he increased his pace; also, he squared his shoulders and threw up his head with an air that might have been defiance at the fact of his being more than an hour late for his day’s work. His face, however, betrayed a certain spiritual emotion not suggestive of anticipated trouble with employer or foreman. As a matter of fact, the familiar everyday duty had ceased to exist for him, and if his new exaltation wavered a little as he neared the warehouse, fifteen minutes later, it was only because he would have to explain things to the uncle who employed him, and to other people; and he was ever shy of speaking about himself.

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Bellamy, Edward: An Echo Of Antietam. v1. 4 Jun 2013

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Edward Bellamy (26 March 1850 – 22 May 1898) was an American author and socialist, most famous for his utopian novel, Looking Backward, set in the year 2000. He was a very influential writer during the Gilded Age of United States history.

Excerpt
The air was tremulous with farewells. The regiment, recruited within sight of the steeples of Waterville, and for three months in camp just outside the city, was to march the next morning. A series of great battles had weakened the Federal armies, and the authorities at Washington had ordered all available men to the front.

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Bellamy, Edward: At Pinney's Ranch. v1. 3 Jun 2013

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Edward Bellamy (26 March 1850 – 22 May 1898) was an American author and socialist, most famous for his utopian novel, Looking Backward, set in the year 2000. He was a very influential writer during the Gilded Age of United States history.

Excerpt
John Lansing first met Mary Hollister at the house of his friend Pinney, whose wife was her sister. She had soft gray eyes, a pretty color in her cheeks, rosy lips, and a charming figure.

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Bellamy, Edward: Collected Works of Edward Bellamy. V1. 23 Mar 2011

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Edward Bellamy (26 March 1850 – 22 May 1898) was an American author and socialist, most famous for his utopian novel, Looking Backward, set in the year 2000. He was a very influential writer during the Gilded Age of United States history.

The Blindman's World
To Whom This May Come
With the Eyes Shut

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Bellamy, Edward: Das Jahr 2000. german. v1. 28 feb 2009

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Die 1887 erschiene Utopie [Das Jahr 2000 - Ein Rückblick auf das Jahr 1887[/ des amerikanischen Autors Edward Bellamy war laut Herausgeber Wolfgang Biesterfeld „die erfolgreichste Utopie des 19. Jahrhunderts und die vielleicht meistgelesenen Utopie überhaupt“.

Julian West, letzter Spross einer alten Kaufmannsfamilie, ist mit der Bürgertochter Edith Bartlett verlobt, und wenn ständig neue Streiks nicht die Fertigstellung seines neuen Hauses vor den Toren Bostons verhinderten, hätte er seine Verlobte längst geheiratet. Da Julian regelmäßig an extremer Schlaflosigkeit leidet, lässt er sich am 13. Mai 1887 im feuerfesten Kellerraum seines Stadthauses von dem Magnetiseur und Quacksalber „Dr.“ Pillsbury in eine tiefe Trance versetzen, aus der ihn sein Diener Sawyer am nächsten Morgen wecken soll. Als Julian dann wirklich erwacht, ist nicht nur eine Nacht vergangen, sondern ganze 113 Jahre. Offenbar ist Julians Haus nach seinem Einschlafen niedergebrannt und der Diener dabei umgekommen. Jetzt schreibt man das Jahr 2000. Doktor Leete, ein pensionierter Arzt, hat Julians Schutzraum bei Bauarbeiten in seinem Garten entdeckt und nimmt den zuerst ungläubigen jungen Mann in seinem Haus auf. In den folgenden Tagen lernt Julian das schöne neue Amerika des Jahres 2000 kennen. Eine den ursprünglichen kommunistischen Utopien entsprechende Gesellschaft mit hoher Bildung und geringen Arbeitszeiten (Rente mit 45, wahlweise sogar "Frührenten-Hartz IV" mit 33), Kreditkarten, Radio über Telefonleitungen...

Edward Bellamys utopische Zukunftsgesellschaft hat scheinbar viele sympathische Eigenschaften, die man heute als Leser nach dem Zusammenbruch des großen kommunistisch-sozialistischen Experiments jedoch weitaus realistischer beurteilen kann.

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Bellamy, Edward: Dr. Heidenhoff's Process. v1. 3 Jun 2013

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Edward Bellamy (26 March 1850 – 22 May 1898) was an American author and socialist, most famous for his utopian novel, Looking Backward, set in the year 2000. He was a very influential writer during the Gilded Age of United States history.

Excerpt
The hand of the clock fastened up on the white wall of the conference room, just over the framed card bearing the words "Stand up for Jesus," and between two other similar cards, respectively bearing the sentences "Come unto Me," and "The Wonderful, the Counsellor," pointed to ten minutes of nine. As was usual at this period of Newville prayer-meetings, a prolonged pause had supervened. The regular standbyes had all taken their usual part, and for any one to speak or pray would have been about as irregular as for one of the regulars to fail in doing so. For the attendants at Newville prayer-meetings were strictly divided into the two classes of speakers and listeners, and, except during revivals or times of special interest, the distinction was scrupulously observed.

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Bellamy, Edward: Edward Bellamy Omnibus. v1, 3 Jun 2013

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Edward Bellamy (26 March 1850 – 22 May 1898) was an American author and socialist, most famous for his utopian novel, Looking Backward, set in the year 2000. He was a very influential writer during the Gilded Age of United States history.

A LOVE STORY REVERSED
A POSITIVE ROMANCE
A SUMMER EVENING'S DREAM
AN ECHO OF ANTIETAM
DESERTED
HOOKING WATERMELONS
LOST
POTTS'S PAINLESS CURE
THE COLD SNAP
THE OLD FOLKS' PARTY
TO WHOM THIS MAY COME
TWO DAYS' SOLITARY IMPRISONMENT
WITH THE EYES SHUT

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Bellamy, Edward: Equality, v.1, 13 May 2008.

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Edward Bellamy (1850-1898
Equality (1897)

A utopian novel which is a sequel to ‘Looking Backwards’ (already uploaded). Julian West has fallen asleep in 1887 and wakes in 2000, to find that the USA has become a socialist utopia.
Women wear trousers. Clothes are made of paper. Laundry is abolished. The credit card has been invented.

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Bellamy, Edward: Looking Backward, v.1, 2 May 2008.

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Edward Bellamy (1850-1898)
‘Looking Backward From 2000 to 1887’
(1888)

A utopia. It particularly annoyed William Morris, whose own utopian novel, ‘News from Nowhere’ advocated a return to the middle ages, rather than the technological advances predicted by Bellamy.

From Wikipedia:
‘The book tells the story of Julian West, a young American who, towards the end of the 19th century, falls into a deep, hypnosis-induced sleep and wakes up more than a century later. He finds himself on the same spot (Boston, Massachusetts) but in a totally changed world: It is the year 2000 and, while he was sleeping, the U.S.A. has been transformed into a socialist utopia. This book outlines Bellamy's complex thoughts about improving the future.
The young man readily finds a guide, Doctor Leete, who shows him around and explains all the advances of this new age, including drastically reduced working hours for people performing menial jobs and community kitchens for busy housewives. Everyone retires with full benefits at age 45. The productive capacity of America is commonly owned, and the goods of society are equally distributed to its citizens. A considerable portion of the book is dialogue between Leete and West wherein West expresses his confusion about an issue and Leete explains it.’

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Bellamy, Edward: Looking Backward. v1. 4 Jun 2013

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Edward Bellamy (26 March 1850 – 22 May 1898) was an American author and socialist, most famous for his utopian novel, Looking Backward, set in the year 2000. He was a very influential writer during the Gilded Age of United States history.

Excerpt
I first saw the light in the city of Boston in the year 1857. "What!" you say, "eighteen fifty-seven? That is an odd slip. He means nineteen fifty-seven, of course." I beg pardon, but there is no mistake. It was about four in the afternoon of December the 26th, one day after Christmas, in the year 1857, not 1957, that I first breathed the east wind of Boston, which, I assure the reader, was at that remote period marked by the same penetrating quality characterizing it in the present year of grace, 2000

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Bellamy, Edward: Miss Ludington's Sister. v1. 4 Jun 2013

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Edward Bellamy (26 March 1850 – 22 May 1898) was an American author and socialist, most famous for his utopian novel, Looking Backward, set in the year 2000. He was a very influential writer during the Gilded Age of United States history.

Excerpt
The happiness of some lives is distributed pretty evenly over the whole stretch from the cradle to the grave, while that of others comes all at once, glorifying some particular epoch and leaving the rest in shadow. During one, five, or ten blithe years, as the case may be, all the springs of life send up sweet waters; joy is in the very air we breathe; happiness seems our native element. During this period we know what is the zest of living, as compared with the mere endurance of existence, which is, perhaps, the most we have attained to before or since. With men this culminating epoch comes often in manhood, or even at maturity, especially with men of arduous and successful careers. But with women it comes most frequently perhaps in girlhood and young womanhood. Particularly is this wont to be the fact with women who do not marry, and with whom, as the years glide on, life becomes lonelier and its interests fewer.

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Bellamy, Edward: The Duke of Stockbridge. v1. 3 Jun 2013

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Edward Bellamy (26 March 1850 – 22 May 1898) was an American author and socialist, most famous for his utopian novel, Looking Backward, set in the year 2000. He was a very influential writer during the Gilded Age of United States history.

A Romance of Shays' Rebellion

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Belloc, Hilaire: Cautionary Tales for Children, v1, 10 Oct 2007.

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Also published as ‘Cautionary Verses’.
First published by Duckworth, London 1907.
With some of the original drawings (which is why the file is bigger than one might expect).

If these cautionary verses do not encourage good behaviour in your offspring then they are obviously hardened malefactors.

Poems:
Jim (eaten by lion)
Henry King (eats string)
Matilda (tells lies)
Franklin Hyde (plays with dirt)
Godolphin Horne ( a snob)
Algernon (plays with guns)
Hildebrand (is frightened by cars)
Lord Lundy ( a cry-baby)
Rebecca (slams doors)
George (has dangerous toys)
Charles Augustus Fortescue (a good boy).

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Belloc, Hilaire: Europe and the Faith, v1, 23 Oct 2007.

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An eccentric and opinionated view of European and Church history.
Belloc would be horrified by a multi-cultural, multi-faith Europe.

His argument is that: “Europe will return to the Faith, or she will perish. The Faith is Europe. And Europe is the Faith.”

I’m planning to use some extracts for my students to practice finding informal fallacies, gaps in argument and the like.

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Belloc, Hilaire: First and Last, v1. 10 Oct 2007.

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Another collection of essays and short pieces.

CONTENTS
ON WEIGHING ANCHOR
THE REVEILLON
ON CHEESES
THE CAPTAIN OF INDUSTRY
THE INVENTOR
THE VIEWS OF ENGLAND
THE LUNATIC
THE INHERITANCE OF HUMOUR
THE OLD GENTLEMAN'S OPINIONS
ON HISTORICAL EVIDENCE
THE ABSENCE OF THE PAST
ST. PATRICK
THE LOST THINGS
ON THE READING OF HISTORY
THE VICTORY
REALITY
ON THE DECLINE OF THE BOOK
JOSÉ MARIA DE HEREDIA
NORMANDY AND THE NORMANS
THE OLD THINGS
THE BATTLE OF HASTINGS
THE ROMAN ROADS IN PICARDY
THE REWARD OF LETTERS
THE EYE-OPENERS
THE PUBLIC
ON ENTRIES
COMPANIONS OF TRAVEL
ON THE SOURCES OF RIVERS
ON ERROR
THE GREAT SIGHT
THE DECLINE OF A STATE
ON PAST GREATNESS
MR. THE DUKE: THE MAN OF MALPLAQUET
THE GAME OF CARDS
"KING LEAR"
THE EXCURSION
THE TIDE
ON A GREAT WIND
THE LETTER
THE REGRET
THE END OF THE WORLD

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Belloc, Hilaire: On Nothing & Kindred Subjects, v1, 08 Oct 2007.

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Hilaire Belloc: On Nothing & Kindred Subjects (1907)

A collection of short pieces:

Contents

On The Pleasure Of Taking Up One’s Pen
On Getting Respected In Inns And Hotels
On Ignorance
On Advertisement
On A House
On The Illness Of My Muse
On A Dog And A Man Also
On Tea
On Them
On Railways And Things
On Conversations In Trains
On The Return Of The Dead
On The Approach Of An Awful Doom
On A Rich Man Who Suffered
On A Child Who Died
On A Lost Manuscript
On A Man Who Was Protected By Another Man
On National Debts
On Lords
On Jingoes: In The Shape Of A Warning
On A Winged Horse And The Exile Who Rode Him
On A Man And His Burden
On A Fisherman And The Quest Of Peace
On A Hermit Whom I Knew
On An Unknown Country
On A Faëry Castle
On A Southern Harbour
On A Young Man And An Older Man
On The Departure Of A Guest
On Death
On Coming To An End

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Belloc, Hilaire: The Path to Rome, v1, 21 Oct 2007.

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A travel book. Belloc decided to walk from France to Rome and this is an account of the journey, profusely illustrated with his sketches (which is why the file is so big).

The original was written straight through, without a break, but had hundreds of page headers. I have used many of these as titles, so as to be able to include a ToC.

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Benage, Greg: A Circle of Iron. v1. 2 June 2012

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A CIRCLE OF IRON (Eldernost: Book 1) by Greg Benage

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A Circle of Iron by Greg Benage is licensed under a [url=http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported License[/url].

In all the lands of the Old Empire, no one knows more about killing wights than Caleb Thorn. The bounty-hunter has taken blood-drinkers in the timber camps, where loggers and alchemists harvest magic from the ancient trees. He’s hunted them in the villages that lie in the shadow of the Greenwell, and pursued them in the deep wood. Only Eldernost is off-limits, the fallen city where wights haunt the dark places like ghosts in the ruins.

But Eldernost is rich in magic, and the local lord’s wealth and power depend on his ability to protect the scavengers who plunder the city’s treasures in his service. Given a choice between the hangman's noose and the ruins, Thorn is forced to venture into the city to confront the notorious wight raider known as Redmourn. Amidst the crumbling remnants of a lost age, Thorn must face the demons of his own troubled past if he is to find the strength to protect those he cares about most.

A CIRCLE OF IRON is a 24,000-word, DRM-free fantasy novella licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported License.

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Benchley, Robert: My Ten Years in a Quandary. V 1. 26 November 2012

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Pulpmeister

Robert Benchley (1889-1945) was a columnist and movie actor noted for his humorous short pieces in both mediums. He also played as a supporting actor in several movies.

This collection of 104 short pieces from his newspaper columns was published as a book in 1936.

The full title is "My Ten Years in a Quandary, and How it Grew".

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Benét, Stephen Vincent: John Brown's Body. V1. 25 June 2012

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GeorgeH

John Brown's Body
by Stephen Vincent Benét (1928)

Stephen Vincent Benét (July 22, 1898 – March 13, 1943) was an American author, poet, short story writer, and novelist. Benét is best known for his book-length narrative poem of the American Civil War, John Brown's Body (1928), for which he won a Pulitzer Prize in 1929, and for two short stories, "The Devil and Daniel Webster" (1936) and "By the Waters of Babylon" (1937). In 2009, The Library of America selected Benét’s story “The King of Cats” (1937) for inclusion in its two-century retrospective of American Fantastic Tales, edited by Peter Straub. (Wiki)

John Brown's Body (1928) is an epic American poem written by Stephen Vincent Benét. Its title references the radical abolitionist John Brown, who raided Harpers Ferry in West Virginia in the fall of 1859. He was captured and hanged later that year, and his name and rebellion inspired the civil war song "John Brown's Body". Benet's poem covers the history of the American Civil War in a classical style and is considered the only great American epic. It won the Pulitzer Prize in 1929. (Wiki)

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Benet, Stephen Vincent: Tales Before Midnight, V1

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Stephen Vincent Benét (1898-1943) was a Pulitzer Prize-winning American poet, short story writer, and novelist. He is best known for the short stories "The Devil and Daniel Webster" (1936) and "By the Waters of Babylon" (1937).

"Tales Before Midnight" is a mixed assortment of fantasy, humour and folklore.

Contents:

1: Into Egypt
2: Johnny Pye and the Fool-Killer
3: O'Halloran's luck
4: Jacob and the Indians
5: The Die-hard
6: Doc Mellhorn and the Pearly Gates
7: The story About the Anteater
8: A life at Angelo's
9: Too Early Spring
10: Schooner Fairchild's class
11: Among Those Present
12: The Last of the Legions

I had uploaded both Mobi and AZW3 versions.

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Benét, Stephen Vincent: The Devil and Daniel Webster. v1. 30 Oct 07

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BenG

[QUOT It's a story they tell in the border country, where Massachusetts joins Vermont and New Hampshire.
Yes, Dan'l Webster's dead—or, at least, they buried him. But every time there's a thunder storm around Marshfield, they say you can hear his rolling voice in the hollows of the sky. And they say that if you go to his grave and speak loud and clear, "Dan'l Webster—Dan'l Webster!" the ground'll begin to shiver and the trees begin to shake. And after a while you'll hear a deep voice saying, "Neighbour, how stands the Union?" Then you better answer the Union stands as she stood, rock-bottomed and copper sheathed, one and indivisible, or he's liable to rear right out of the ground. At least, that's what I was told when I was a youngster.[/QUOT
A great story about a farmer and his contract with Mr. Scratch.
It was made into a movie in 1941 with Simone Simon and Walter Huston.

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Benet, Stephen Vincent: Thirteen O'Clock, V1, 22 June 2018

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Stephen Vincent Benét (1898-1943) was a Pulitzer Prize-winning American poet, short story writer, and novelist. He is best known for the short stories "The Devil and Daniel Webster" (1936) and "By the Waters of Babylon" (1937). Thirteen O'Clock is his best-known short story collection and contains both those stories.

Three of the stories below have been filmed: "By the Waters of Babylon", "The Devil and Daniel Webster," and "The Sobbin' Women" (as "Seven Brides for Seven Brothers")

1: By the Waters of Babylon
2: The Blood of the Martyrs
3: The King of the Cats
4: A Story by Angela Poe
5: The Treasure of Vasco Gomez
6: The Curfew Tolls
7: The Sobbin' Women
8: The Devil and Daniel Webster
9: Daniel Webster and the Sea Serpent
10: Glamour
11: Everybody Was Very Nice
12: A Death in the Country
13: Blossom and Fruit

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Bennet, Robert Ames: A Volunteer with Pike. V1. 26 Jun 2011

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Robert Ames Bennet (1870 – 1954) was an American western and science fiction writer. Several of his novels were made into films.

Excerpt
THE first time I was blessed with a sight of the señorita was on the day of my arrival in the Federal City,—in fact, it was upon my arrival. An inquiry in the neighborhood of the President's House for my sole acquaintance in the city, Senator Adair of Kentucky, had resulted in my being directed to Conrad's boarding house on the Capitol Hill.
In the Fall of 1805 Indian Summer had lingered on through the month of November. As a consequence, so I had been informed, Pennsylvania Avenue was in a state of unprecedented passableness for the season. Yet as, weary and travel-begrimed, I urged my jaded nag along the broad way of yellow mud toward the majestic Capitol on its lofty hill, I observed more than one coach and chariot in trouble from the chuck-holes of semi-liquid clay.
It was midway of the avenue that I came upon her coach, fast as a grounded flatboat, both of the forewheels being mired to the hub. The driver, a blear-eyed fellow, sat tugging at the reins and alternately plying the whip and swearing villanously. I have ever been a lover of horseflesh, and it cut me to see the sleek-coated, spirited pair plunge and strain at the harness, in their brave efforts to perform a task utterly beyond them.

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Bennet, Robert Ames: Bloom of Cactus. V1. 25 Jun 2011

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Robert Ames Bennet (1870 – 1954) was an American western and science fiction writer. Several of his novels were made into films.

Excerpt
AS Lennon drove his heavily packed burro over the round of the ridge above the camp spring, all the desolate Arizona waste around him was transformed by the splendour of dawn. Up out of mysterious velvety blue-black valleys loomed the massive purple-walled fortresses and cities of the mountain giants, guarded by titanic skyward towering pyramids and turrets of exquisite rose pink.

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Bennet, Robert Ames: Bloom of the Cactus v1 19 jan 2009

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[QUOTLennon sprang from his pony and steadied his rifle across the saddle. Carmena drew in a deep breath.
"That's right," she approved. "Keep him covered. Shoot if he turns—but not Pete."
The Navaho had drawn rein to tail in behind the pony of his leader. He thrust a hand overhead in a swift sign gesture.
"You see, Jack. I knew we could count on Pete. The boy thinks a good deal of me. He was ready to shoot Cochise in the back."
"But you!" exclaimed Lennon. "That was ripping the way you—what d'you say?—got the drop on Cochise. My right hand is still too weak for a knockout blow."
Carmena gravely drew a sheath knife from the pocket of her skirt.
"He knows I usually carry my revolver," she said.
Lennon stared.
"Your revolver wasn't in your pocket? Yet you sheathed your rifle!"
"Didn't you notice his men had their guns pointed at us across their laps? Sheathing mine was what gave me the chance to bluff him. It's all right now. He won't try any more tricks this time."[/QUOT

Plenty of action, a gripping story and some romance. Good entertaining read.

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Bennet, Robert Ames: Into the Primitive. v1. 4 Jan 2013

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Robert Ames Bennet (1870 – 1954) was an American western and science fiction writer. Several of his novels were made into films.

Excerpt
She and Winthrope saw the steamer slip from the reef and sink back into deep water, carrying down in the vortex the mate and the few remaining sailors. After that all was chaos to them.They were driven ashore before the terrific gusts of the cyclone, blinded by the stinging spoondrift to all else but the hell of breakers and coral reefs in whose midst they swirled so dizzily. And through it all Blake lay huddled on the bottom boards, gurgling blithely of spicy zephyrs and swaying hammocks.

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Bennet, Robert Ames: Out of the Depths. V1. 25 Jun 2011

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Robert Ames Bennet (1870 – 1954) was an American western and science fiction writer. Several of his novels were made into films.

Excerrpt
THE hunter was riding leisurely up the steep mountain side above Dry Mesa. On such an ascent most city men would have preferred to climb afoot. But there was a month’s layer of tan on the hunter’s handsome, supercilious face. He balanced himself lightly on his flat English saddle, and permitted the wiry little cow pony to pick the best path over the ledges and up the stiff slopes between the scattered pines.

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Bennet, Robert Ames: Out of the Primitive. V1. 26 Jun 2011

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Robert Ames Bennet (1870 – 1954) was an American western and science fiction writer. Several of his novels were made into films.

Excerpt
THE second night north of the Zambezi, as well as the first, the little tramp rescue steamer had run out many miles into the offing and laid-to during the hours of darkness. The vicinity of the coral reefs that fringe the southeast coast of Africa is decidedly undesirable on moonless nights.

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Bennet, Robert Ames: The Desert Girl. v1. 4 Jan 2013

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Robert Ames Bennet (1870 – 1954) was an American western and science fiction writer. Several of his novels were made into films.

For those who mourn the passing of the romantic and adventurous West, this book will be a welcome revelation that it still exists. To Jack Lennon, prospector, wandering peacefully over a well-marked trail, this revelation came when a bullet knocked down his burro. With almost incredible speed he found himself dragged out of the comfortable routine of his life into a forced career of lawlessness. Besides the struggle between the two bands of desert dwellers there is the struggle between two women, and the story ends in a climax of tremendous tensity and power.

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Bennet, Robert Ames: The Shogun's Daughter. v1. 3 Jan 2013

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Robert Ames Bennet (1870 – 1954) was an American western and science fiction writer. Several of his novels were made into films.

Excerpt
NOON found us ready for the start, our swords girt on under the flowing priest robes, and hats drawn low to shade our faces. Upon our feet iron-shod sandals were bound firmly over the white silk foot mittens, in keeping with our role of monks of noble blood, vowed to a pilgrimage to Zozoji and just in off the road. But the hilts of our swords were within convenient reach inside the edge of our robes, and, despite Yoritomo's warning, my revolvers were no less ready. I assured him, however, that they would not be used unless the occasion justified.

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Bennet, Robert Ames: Thyra, v1 07-12-2009

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This 1901 sf thriller is a bit like Burroughs' Land that Time Forgot' complete with prehistoric monsters and a subhuman race in a vast, deep pit at the North Pole (ERB's was a cliff-surrounded island Caprona near the South Pole). As with Caprona, the heat in the polar region came from volcanic and related sources. A major element of the book is an isolated Norwegian civilization that set out from Iceland in the 10th century and thrived in the warm polar pit.

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Bennet, Robert Ames: Thyra: A Romance of the Polar Pit. V1. 24 December 2012

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Pulpmeister

I have added this book, which is thoroughly entertaining by the way, to bring my total submissions to 50 before Christmas.

The Hollow Earth theory, which postulated openings at the poles, (with the light streaming out to cause the auroras) had widespread interest in the late 19th Century and into the early 2oth, and still has one or two adherents. In this novel a team of explorers enter the hollow earth through the polar opening, and fight monsters and evil baddies. as well as saving the title character, Thyra.

The text is from Gutenberg, with a number of errors fixed, and a cover created.

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Bennett, Arnold: A Great Man. v1. 8 Jan 2014

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Enoch Arnold Bennett (27 May 1867 – 27 March 1931) was an English writer. He is best known as a novelist, but he also worked in other fields such as journalism, propaganda and film.

On an evening in 1866 (exactly eight hundred years after the Battle of Hastings) Mr. Henry Knight, a draper's manager, aged forty, dark, clean-shaven, short, but not stout, sat in his sitting-room on the second-floor over the shop which he managed in Oxford Street, London. He was proud of that sitting-room, which represented the achievement of an ideal, and he had a right to be proud of it.

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Bennett, Arnold: Accident, v.1, 14 March 2009.

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Patricia

Arnold Bennett (1867–1931)
Accident (1929)

A late novel, in which a train accident seems to show how a family is going off the rails. Will they manage to get back on track?

The source was PG Canada.

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Bennett, Arnold: Anna of the Five Towns, v1, 20 Dec 2007.

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Patricia

Here's a summary from Wikipedia:
'The plot centres on Anna, daughter of a wealthy but miserly and dictatorial father, living in the Potteries area of Staffordshire, England. Her activities are strictly controlled by the Methodist church. Having escaped her father by marrying the respectable and attractive Henry, she attempts in vain to help Willy, son of a drunken and bankrupt business associate of her father's. She eventually realises, too late, that she loves Willy.'

The father is a miser and the book seems to be an anglicised version of Balzac's 'Eugenie Grandet'. The plots are surprisingly similar.

I've added a TOC, a picture and reformatted somewhat.

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Bennett, Arnold: Buried Alive. v1. 7 Jan 2014

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Enoch Arnold Bennett (27 May 1867 – 27 March 1931) was an English writer. He is best known as a novelist, but he also worked in other fields such as journalism, propaganda and film.

Excerpt
The peculiar angle of the earth's axis to the plane of the ecliptic--that angle which is chiefly responsible for our geography and therefore for our history--had caused the phenomenon known in London as summer. The whizzing globe happened to have turned its most civilized face away from the sun, thus producing night in Selwood Terrace, South Kensington. In No. 91 Selwood Terrace two lights, on the ground-floor and on the first-floor, were silently proving that man's ingenuity can outwit nature's. No. 91 was one of about ten thousand similar houses between South Kensington Station and North End Road. With its grimy stucco front, its cellar kitchen, its hundred stairs and steps, its perfect inconvenience, and its conscience heavy with the doing to death of sundry general servants, it uplifted tin chimney-cowls to heaven and gloomily awaited the day of judgment for London houses, sublimely ignoring the axial and orbital velocities of the earth and even the reckless flight of the whole solar system through space. You felt that No. 91 was unhappy, and that it could only be rendered happy by a 'To let' standard in its front patch and a 'No bottles' card in its cellar-windows. It possessed neither of these specifics. Though of late generally empty, it was never untenanted. In the entire course of its genteel and commodious career it had never once been to let.

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Bennett, Arnold: Clayhanger. 16 Sept 07

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RWood

The most famous of Bennett's novels, [Clayhanger[/ is set in the five towns. Originally published in four volumes, all four volumes are incorporated into one ebook.

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Bennett, Arnold: Denry the Audacious. v1. 7 Jan 2014

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Enoch Arnold Bennett (27 May 1867 – 27 March 1931) was an English writer. He is best known as a novelist, but he also worked in other fields such as journalism, propaganda and film.

Excerpt
Every town should have a 'card' - someone who gets talked about, someone who does mad and wonderful things, someone who makes you laugh. Bursley in the Five Towns has a 'card': Edward Henry Machin (Denry for short). Denry begins life in a poor little house where the rent is twenty-three pence a week. But before he's thirty, he's made a lot of money, and had more adventures than you and I have had hot dinners. The town of Bursley never stops talking about him. Whatever will young Denry do next?

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Bennett, Arnold: Helen with the High Hand. 16 Sept 07

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Another story set in the five towns.

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Bennett, Arnold: Hilda Lessways. v1. 9 Jan 2014

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Enoch Arnold Bennett (27 May 1867 – 27 March 1931) was an English writer. He is best known as a novelist, but he also worked in other fields such as journalism, propaganda and film.

Excerpt
He turned to the left, toward the High Street and the great cleared space out of which the cellarage of the new Town Hall had already been scooped. He carried his thick gloves in his white and elegant hand, as one who did not feel the frost. She stepped after him. Their breaths whitened the keen air. She was extremely afraid, and considered herself an abject coward, but she was determined to the point of desperation. He ought to know the truth and he ought to know it at once: nothing else mattered. She reflected in her terror: "If I don't begin right off, he will be asking me to begin, and that will be worse than ever."

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Bennett, Arnold: How to Live on 24 Hours a Day. 04 Aug 07

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RWood

As requested by rjnagle and a book that I had thought of formatting and posting prior to that, here is [How to Live on 24 Hours a Day[/ by Arnold Bennett.

Written in 1925, it is part of a larger series entitled [How to Live[/ that also contained [The Human Machine, Mental Efficiency[/, and [Self and Self Management.[/ Of these only the current title and [The Human Machine[/ are available on Project Gutenberg.

Often described as one of the first self help books, 24 Hours is very modern and could easily be mistaken for any number of current books on the same topic except for the dated examples.

The Wikipedia adds:[QUOT

In the book, Bennett addressed the large and growing number of white-collar workers that had accumulated since the advent of the Industrial Revolution. In his view, these workers put in eight hours a day, 40 hours a week, at jobs they did not enjoy, and at worst hated. They worked to make a living, but their daily existence consisted of waking up, getting ready for work, working as little as possible during the work day, going home, unwinding, going to sleep, and repeating the process the next day. In short, he didn't believe they were really living.

Bennett addressed this problem by urging these "salarymen" to seize their extra time, and make the most of it to improve themselves. Extra time could be found at the beginning of the day, by waking up early, and on the ride to work, on the way home from work, in the evening hours, and especially during the weekends. During this time, he prescribed improvement measures such as reading great literature, taking an interest in the arts, reflecting on life, and learning self-discipline.

Bennett wrote that time is the most precious of commodities. He said that many books have been written on how to live on a certain amount of money each day. And he added that the old adage "Time is money" understates the matter, as time can often produce money, but money cannot produce more time. Time is extremely limited, and Bennett urged others to make the best of the time remaining in their lives.[/QUOT

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Bennett, Arnold: How to Live. V1. 30 Oct 2010

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Enoch Arnold Bennett (27 May 1867 – 27 March 1931) was an English novelist.

[How to Live[/ was published in 1925, consisting of 4 works which had been published previously.

- How to Live on Twenty-Four Hours a Day

- The Human Machine

- Mental Efficiency

- Self and Self-Management

I got first three texts from Gutenberg, they are also available here individually. The last one is from google and not yet availble on MR.

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Bennett, Arnold: Journalism for Women. 16 Sept 07

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RWood

This is the first Bennett book that I read back in undergraduate school. There was a copy in the departmental library and it was used to show how far women had already come.

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Bennett, Arnold: Literary Taste – How to Form It, v.1, 13 Feb 2008.

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Patricia

‘With Detailed Instructions for Collecting a Complete Library of English Literature.
First Published 1909.’

A book which promises to help you to enjoy the classics. Many of the recommended texts are already on this forum.

The main difficulty in making up this book was converting a lot of tables of reading lists into text.

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Bennett, Arnold: Mental Efficiency, v1, 12 Dec 2007.

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Patricia

Arnold Bennett: [Mental Efficiency and Other Hints to Men and Women.[/
(1911)

Another self-help book.

Contents:

I. Mental Efficiency
The Appeal
The Replies
The Cure
Mental Calisthenics
II. Expressing One’s Individuality
III. Breaking with the Past
IV. Settling Down in Life
V. Marriage
The Duty of It
The Adventure of It
The Two Ways of It
VI. Books
The Physical Side
The Philosophy of Book Buying
VII. Success
Candid Remarks
The Successful and the Unsuccessful
The Inwardness of Success
VIII. The Petty Artificialities
IX. The Secret of Content

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Bennett, Arnold: Murder!, v.1, 5 September 2008.

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Patricia

Arnold Bennett (1867–1931)
Murder! (1927)

A short story. Is murder ever justifiable?

The opening section:
“Many great ones of the earth have justified murder as a social act, defensible, and even laudable in certain instances. There is something to be said for murder, though perhaps not much. All of us, or nearly all of us, have at one time or another had the desire and the impulse to commit murder. At any rate, murder is not an uncommon affair. On an average, two people are murdered every week in England, and probably about two hundred every week in the United States. And forty per cent of the murderers are not brought to justice. These figures take no account of the undoubtedly numerous cases where murder has been done but never suspected. Murders and murderesses walk safely abroad among us, and it may happen to us to shake hands with them. A disturbing thought! But such is life, and such is homicide.”

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Bennett, Arnold: Tales of the Five Towns. 16 Sept 07

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The five towns are used as a backdrop for many of Bennett's works. They are based on a group of six real towns of Stoke-on-Trent.

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Bennett, Arnold: The Card. v1. 7 Jan 2014

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crutledge

Enoch Arnold Bennett (27 May 1867 – 27 March 1931) was an English writer. He is best known as a novelist, but he also worked in other fields such as journalism, propaganda and film.

Excerpt
Every town should have a 'card' - someone who gets talked about, someone who does mad and wonderful things, someone who makes you laugh. Bursley in the Five Towns has a 'card': Edward Henry Machin (Denry for short). Denry begins life in a poor little house where the rent is twenty-three pence a week. But before he's thirty, he's made a lot of money, and had more adventures than you and I have had hot dinners. The town of Bursley never stops talking about him. Whatever will young Denry do next?

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Bennett, Arnold: The Feast of St Friend, v.1, 11 Dec 2007.

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Patricia

A small seasonal offering.

Arnold Bennett: [The Feast of St Friend: A Christmas Book[/ (1911).

This little book contains Arnold Bennett’s views of the significance of Christmas and how it may most appropriately be celebrated.

Contents:

1: The Fact
2: The Reason
3: The Solstice and Good Will
4: The Appositeness of Christmas
5: Defence of Feasting
6: To Revitalize the Festival
7: The Gift of Oneself
8: The Feast of St. Friend
9: The Reaction
10: On the Last Day of The Year

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Bennett, Arnold: The Feast of St. Friend. v1. 8 Jan

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Enoch Arnold Bennett (27 May 1867 – 27 March 1931) was an English writer. He is best known as a novelist, but he also worked in other fields such as journalism, propaganda and film.

Arnold Bennett was an English novelist, playwright, essayist, critic and journalist. By any standards, his output was prolific: thirty novels, almost three thousand articles, ten plays and many other writings. He was a bon viveur who enjoyed to the full the fruits of his hard work, his success and the acclaim accorded him. Contents: The Fact; The Reason; The Solstice and Good Will; The Appositeness of Christmas; Defense of Feasting; To Revitalize the Festival; The Gift of Oneself; The Feast of St. Friend; The Reaction; and On the Last Day of the Year.

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Bennett, Arnold: The Ghost. v1. 8 Jan 2014

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Enoch Arnold Bennett (27 May 1867 – 27 March 1931) was an English writer. He is best known as a novelist, but he also worked in other fields such as journalism, propaganda and film.

First published in 1907, The Ghost was the first of many "fantasias on modern times" written by Arnold Bennett. These illustrated his ability to produce not only realistic novels, perfected in his portrayals of provincial English life set in the Staffordshire scenery of his childhood, but also more sensational stories, written after his move to London where he developed a far more cosmopolitan interest. A supernatural story, The Ghost tells the tale of a beautiful opera star, Rosetta Rosa, whose beauty seems to cast a spell upon all those who meet her. When Carl Foster, a young doctor, sees Rosa at a London opera, and is instantly captivated, he soon finds himself plagued by mysterious happenings, and begins to see a malignant, spectral figure everywhere he turns. When another man enraptured by Rosa mysteriously dies, Carl begins to wonder whether loving her could bring with it a deadly curse. Moving between London and Paris, this fast-paced story draws the reader into a ghostly world of twists, turns, drama, and suspense.

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Bennett, Arnold: The Grand Babylon Hotel. 15 Sept 07

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When the 3rd richest man in the USA returns to England with his daughter and buys the world's most exclusive hotel so that they may feast on beefsteak and Bass you have the setup for an interesting lightweight comedy. Thankfully Bennett rises above the easy to present an enjoyable book.

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Bennett, Arnold: The Grim Smile of the Five Towns. v1. 8 Jan 2014

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Enoch Arnold Bennett (27 May 1867 – 27 March 1931) was an English writer. He is best known as a novelist, but he also worked in other fields such as journalism, propaganda and film.

THE LION'S SHARE
BABY'S BATH
THE SILENT BROTHERS
THE NINETEENTH HAT
VERA'S FIRST CHRISTMAS ADVENTURE
THE MURDER OF THE MANDARIN
VERA'S SECOND CHRISTMAS ADVENTURE
THE BURGLARY
NEWS OF THE ENGAGEMENT
BEGINNING THE NEW YEAR
FROM ONE GENERATION TO ANOTHER
THE DEATH OF SIMON FUGE
IN A NEW BOTTLE

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Bennett, Arnold: The Human Machine. 15 Sept 07

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One of the original "self help books." This book is a complimentary volume to Bennett's already posted [How to Live on 24 Hours a Day.[/

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Bennett, Arnold: The Loot of Cities (1900), v1, 20 July 2019

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Arnold Bennet achieved immortality with his "Potteries" novels, and rarely ventured into short fiction.

This rare collection, published in 1900, is sub-titled "being the adventures of a millionaire in search of joy (a fantasia) and other stories". Most of the stories are essentially crime short stories, another departure for Bennett.

1: THE LOOT OF CITIES.
1: The Fire Of London
2: A Comedy On The Gold Coast
3: A Bracelet At Bruges
4: A Solution Of The Algiers Mystery.
5: In The Capital Of The Sahara
6: " Lo! 'twas a gala night!"

2: MR. PENFOUND'S TWO BURGLARS
3: MIDNIGHT AT THE GRAND BABYLON
4: THE POLICE STATION
5: THE ADVENTURE OF THE PRIMA DONNA
6: THE EPISODE IN ROOM 222
7: SATURDAY TO MONDAY
8: A DINNER AT THE LOUVRE

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Bennett, Arnold: The Plain Man and His Wife, v.1, 7 Feb 2008.

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On how to achieve domestic peace, if not actually contentment.

(1913)
One of the Arnold Bennett’s ‘Pocket Philosophies’ series. Published in the United States under the title “Married Life.”

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Bennett, Arnold: These Twain. v1. 15 Apr 2009

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This is the third novel in the Clayhanger trilogy, following no 1. Clayhanger and no 2 Hilda Lessways.

The novels are a fictional saga of a family's life in The Potteries (England) around the end of Victorian times. Though like all good literature, its meaning and message are timeless and apply just as much today as then.

Note that this is taken from a scanned upload by the University of Toronto and amended to remove fixed line length, pagination and a few major catastrophes.
I did enough to make it readable (for my own reading), but it's not in the same league as those by say Patricia. :xmas:

If you don't know Arnold Bennett's novels, start today with Clayhanger which is already in the Mobileread library. You'll be glad you did.

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Bennett, Robert Ames: Thyra, a Romance of the Polar Pit, v1, 25 Sep 2025

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A "hollow earth/lost race" story, published in 1901, by sf and western writer Robert Ames Bennett, 1870-1954.

The plot concerns a group of explorers who fly in a balloon to the North Pole, where they discover, via an opening, that the earth is indeed hollow.

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Benson, Arthur Christopher: At Large. v1. 3 Jan 2014

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Arthur Christopher Benson (24 April 1862 – 17 June 1925) was an English essayist, poet, and author and the 28th Master of Magdalene College, Cambridge.

I—THE SCENE
II—CONTENTMENT
III—FRIENDSHIP
IV—HUMOUR
V—TRAVEL
VI—SPECIALISM
VII—OUR LACK OF GREAT MEN
VIII—SHYNESS
IX—EQUALITY
X—THE DRAMATIC SENSE
XI—KELMSCOTT AND WILLIAM MORRIS
XII—A SPEECH-DAY
XIII—LITERARY FINISH
XIV—A MIDSUMMER DAY'S DREAM
XV—SYMBOLS
XVI—OPTIMISM
XVII—JOY
XVIII—THE LOVE OF GOD

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Benson, Arthur Christopher: Beside Still Waters. v1. 3 Jan 2014

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Arthur Christopher Benson (24 April 1862 – 17 June 1925) was an English essayist, poet, and author and the 28th Master of Magdalene College, Cambridge.

Excerpt
Hugh had always felt that he had very little comprehension of the feminine temperament; he realised to the full how much more generous, unselfish, high-minded, and sympathetic women were than men, their perceptions of personalities more subtle, their intuitions more delicate;

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Benson, Arthur Christopher: Escape and Other Essays. v1. 4 Jan 2014

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Arthur Christopher Benson (24 April 1862 – 17 June 1925) was an English essayist, poet, and author and the 28th Master of Magdalene College, Cambridge.

I—ESCAPE
II—LITERATURE AND LIFE
III—THE NEW POETS
IV—WALT WHITMAN
V—CHARM
VI—SUNSET
VII—THE HOUSE OF PENGERSICK
VIII—VILLAGES
IX—DREAMS
X—THE VISITANT
XI—THAT OTHER ONE
XII—SCHOOLDAYS
XIII—AUTHORSHIP
XIV—HERB MOLY AND HEARTSEASE
XV—BEHOLD, THIS DREAMER COMETH

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Benson, Arthur Christopher: Essays. v1. 4 Jan 2014

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Arthur Christopher Benson (24 April 1862 – 17 June 1925) was an English essayist, poet, and author and the 28th Master of Magdalene College, Cambridge.

THE EVER-MEMORABLE JOHN HALES
A MINUTE PHILOSOPHER
HENRY MORE, THE PLATONIST
ANDREW MARVELL
VINCENT BOURNE
THOMAS GRAY
WILLIAM BLAKE
THE POETRY OF KEBLE
ELIZABETH BARRETT BROWNING
THE LATE MASTER OF TRINITY (DR. W. H. THOMPSON)
HENRY BRADSHAW
CHRISTINA ROSSETTI
THE POETRY OF EDMUND GOSSE

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Benson, Arthur Christopher: Father Payne, v1, 29 March 2010.

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Arthur Christopher Benson [1862–1925]
Father Payne [1915]

The story of how group of young Oxford men have an edifying association with “Father Payne.” He is not actually in holy orders but is an older Anglican layman. I can’t resist the supposition that the author – who was a Master of Magdalene College, Cambridge – had an urge to pass on his thoughts about the philosophy of education, growing up, writing, and general musings about life and religion.

A.C. Benson is best known as the author of “Land of Hope and Glory.” He was the son of an Archbishop of Canterbury, and a brother to the novelists, E. F. Benson and Robert Hugh Benson.

An extract:
“and then he quoted the supposed remark of the bishop who declined to wear gaiters, and said, ‘I shall wear no clothes to distinguish myself from my fellow-Christians.’ This was printed in his biography, ‘I shall wear no clothes, to distinguish myself from my fellow-Christians.’ ‘That sentence may be fairly called ambiguous,’ Collins said, ‘when its sense so much depends upon punctuation.’”

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Benson, Arthur Christopher: Father Payne. v1. 5 Jan 2014

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Arthur Christopher Benson (24 April 1862 – 17 June 1925) was an English essayist, poet, and author and the 28th Master of Magdalene College, Cambridge.

Excerpt
"You mean a sort of re-incarnation," I said.
"That's an ugly word for a beautiful thing," he said. "But this love of life, this impulse to live, to protect ourselves, to keep ourselves alive, must surely mean that we have always lived and shall always live.

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Benson, Arthur Christopher: Out of the Sea, v1, 14 October 2009.

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Arthur Christopher Benson (1862–1925)
Out of the Sea (1904)

A short story found at Project Gutenberg Australia.
A Catholic priest investigates mysterious happenings in a fishing village.

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Benson, Arthur Christopher: The Altar Fire, v1, 13 September 2009.

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Arthur Christopher Benson (1862–1925)
The Altar Fire (1907)

A fictionalised retelling of the Book of Job. A successful writer has to come to terms with bereavements, writers’ block and the problem of evil.
The events may parallel bereavements in the author’s personal life.
The MR library contains a number of books by his brothers, E. F. Benson and Robert Hugh Benson.

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Benson, Arthur Christopher: The Altar Fire. v1. 3 Jan 2014

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Arthur Christopher Benson (24 April 1862 – 17 June 1925) was an English essayist, poet, and author and the 28th Master of Magdalene College, Cambridge.

Excerpt
Of course such a thing deepens the mystery of the world; but such an act as this is not to me half as mysterious as the action of an omnipotent Power which allowed so bright and gracious a creature as Dick was long ago to drift into ugly, sordid, and irreparable misery. Yet it seems to me now that Dick has at last trusted God completely, made the last surrender, and put his miserable case in the Father's hands.

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Benson, Arthur Christopher: The Child of the Dawn, v1, 24 September 2009

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Arthur Christopher Benson (1862–1925)
The Child of the Dawn (1912)

A fictional account of the afterlife by the master of an Oxford College and son of an Archbishop of Canterbury.
The source was Project Gutenberg.

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Benson, Arthur Christopher: The Child of the Dawn. v1. 4 Jan 2014

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Arthur Christopher Benson (24 April 1862 – 17 June 1925) was an English essayist, poet, and author and the 28th Master of Magdalene College, Cambridge.

A.C. Benson's allegorical fantasy about life, reincarnation, and the persistance of the human spirit.

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Benson, Arthur Christopher: The Silent Isle, v1, 28 September 2009.

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Arthur Christopher Benson (1862–1925)
The Silent Isle
Fourth Impression: 1913

Musings on the conduct of life, literature etc.
From the author’s Introduction:
“The book that follows is an attempt, or rather a hundred attempts, to sketch some of the details of life, seen from a simple plane enough, and with no desire to conform it to a theory, or to find anything very definite in it, or to omit anything because it did not fit in with prejudices or predilections. The only unity of mood which it reflects is the unity of purpose which comes from a decision.”
From Project Gutenberg.

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Benson, Charles. Moonport. v1.0 PRC 6 July 2009

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Moonport: A History of Apollo Launch Facilities and Operations

This was originally written in 1978 for NASA. It has quite a few pictures, diagrams, and footnotes. At first glance it is a very good history of the Apollo Project.

I'm getting some rather odd bugs with the Mobipocket ebook. The bugs don't show up in all reader software. If you see it, please let me know.

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Benson, E. F.: A Reaping v1. 9 Oct 2015

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Edward Frederic Benson: Born : 1867 Jul 24 Wellington College, Berkshire, England: Lived :Chelsea, London, England (final):Died : 1940 Feb 29.

Excerpt
OF all subjects under or over the sun, there is none perhaps, even including bimetallism, or the lengthy description of golf-links which one has never seen, so utterly below possible zones of interest as that of health. Health, of course, matters quite enormously to the individual, but nobody with good health ever gives two thoughts (far less one word) to the subject. Nobody, in fact, begins to think about health until his own begins to be inferior. But, then, as if that was not bad enough, he at once clubs and belabours his unhappy friends with its inferiority. It becomes to him the one affair of absorbing importance. Emperors may be assassinated, Governments may crumble, it may even be 92 degrees in the shade, but he recks nothing of those colossal things. He ate strawberries yesterday, and has had a bilions headache almost ever since. And the world ceases to revolve round the sun, and the moon is turned to blood, or ashes—I forget which.

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Benson, E. F.: David Blaize and the Blue Door (illus). v1. 07 Apr 2021

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A children’s fantasy set in David’s early childhood, influenced by the work of Lewis Carroll. A charming tale, full of fun and nonsense.

“Several years ago Mr. Benson wrote a story about this same David in his lively schoolboy stage. Here we have David as a small child. Jolly things happened to him when he went through the blue door, and only Alice in Wonderland saw more wonderful and topsy-turvy sights than David.”
[—The Outlook (review in “Books for Young People” column), 26-Nov-1919]

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Note: This should not be considered as a prequel to the other David Blaize novels, but rather as a stand-alone story.

26 illustrations by Henry Justice Ford (1860–1941).

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Edward Frederic “E. F.” Benson (24 July 1867 – 29 February 1940) was an English novelist, biographer, memoirist, and short story writer. He was the prolific author of more than 100 books. He is now especially noted for his Mapp and Lucia novels, but during his lifetime he was best known for his ghost and horror stories.

Most of the books of E. F. Benson are available from the MobileRead library.

[This book, originally published in 1918, is in the public domain where copyright is “Life+70” or less, and in the USA.[/

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Benson, E. F.: David Blaize of King’s. v1. 04 Apr 2021

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Benson’s 1924 sequel to [David Blaize[/ follows David’s university career at King’s College, Cambridge. There is less discussion of sports and games, with more emphasis on character interaction and studies. But pranks and fun still abound.

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Edward Frederic “E. F.” Benson (1867–1940) was an English novelist, biographer, memoirist, and short story writer. He was the prolific author of more than 100 books. He is now especially noted for his Mapp and Lucia novels, but during his lifetime he was best known for his ghost and horror stories.

Most of the books of E. F. Benson are available from the MobileRead library.

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[This book, originally published in 1924, is in the public domain where copyright is “Life+70” or less, and in the USA.[/

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Benson, E. F.: David Blaize. v1. 04 Apr 2021

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This humorous nostalgic classic of public school life, in the tradition of P.G. Wodehouse’s [Tales of St. Austin’s[/, follows young David Blaize from prep school to Marchester College – a thinly disguised portrait of the author’s own beloved Marlborough.

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Edward Frederic “E. F.” Benson (1867–1940) was an English novelist, biographer, memoirist, and short story writer. He was the prolific author of more than 100 books. He is now especially noted for his Mapp and Lucia novels, but during his lifetime he was best known for his ghost and horror stories.

Most of the books of E. F. Benson are available from the MobileRead library.

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[This book, originally published in 1916, is in the public domain where copyright is “Life+70” or less, and in the USA.[/

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Benson, E. F.: Mammon and Co. v1. 6 Jan 2014

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Edward Frederic Benson (24 July 1867 – 29 February 1940) was an English novelist, biographer, memoirist and short story writer, known professionally as E.F. Benson. His friends called him Fred. Edward Frederic Benson was the son of the Archbishop of Canterbury and member of a distinguished and eccentric family. After attending Marlborough and King's College, Cambridge where he studied classics and archaeology, he worked at the British School of Archaeology in Athens. One of our greatest humorists, he achieved great success at an early age with his first novel, Dodo (1893). He was a prolific author writing over a hundred books: serious novels, ghost stories, plays and biographies. But he is best remembered for his Lucia comedies written between 1920 and 1939 and other comic novels such as Paying Guests and Mrs Ames. He became mayor of Rye, the Sussex town that provided the model for his fictional Tilling, from 1934 to 1937.

Excerpt
"The first and the second lessons," said Lady Conybeare promptly. "The first and the second social virtues, if you are particular. I am going to set up a school for the propagation of social virtues, where I shall teach the upper classes to be charming. There shall be a special class for royalty."

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Benson, E. F.: Spooks (collected shorts). v1. 25 Sep 2017

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Spooks: Tales of the Supernatural by E.F. Benson (1867-1940)

Contents first published 1904~1934. Text is in the public domain in countries where copyright is “Life + 70” or less.

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Edward Frederic “E. F.” Benson was an English novelist, biographer, memoirist, and short story writer. He was the prolific author of more than 100 books. He is now especially noted for his Mapp and Lucia novels, but during his lifetime he was best known for his horror and ghost stories.

[Spooks[/ presents 59 of Benson’s eerie tales. Benson sometimes narrates ghastly ghostly episodes as dispassionately as a television journalist; he occasionally gives a touching glimpse of a joyous foray into the mystery of death (“Pirates,” “Roderick’s Story”); but the best of his stories harbor sinister terrors that haunt the reader’s memory. He agreed with friend and fellow-writer M. R. James that the most successful ghosts and elementals in supernatural fiction should be malevolent and terrifying.

And, because Mr. Benson also has his comedic side, a special section of this collection is reserved for some slyly satirical peeks into the world of the paranormal.

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Excerpt? It is impossible to provide a *brief* excerpt, so here is the author’s preface, wishing the reader— well, open it and see.
These stories have been written in the hopes of giving some pleasant qualms to their reader, so that, if by chance, anyone may be occupying in their perusal a leisure half-hour before he goes to bed when the night and house are still, he may perhaps cast an occasional glance into the corners and dark places of the room where he sits, to make sure that nothing unusual lurks in the shadow. For this is the avowed object of ghost-stories and such tales as deal with the dim unseen forces which occasionally and perturbingly make themselves manifest. The author therefore fervently wishes his readers a few uncomfortable moments.

—E. F. Benson

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This is my own compilation. Punctuation, diacritics, and italics have been formatted; spelling and punctuation in some stories was revised to provide consistency throughout the book. Embedded font used for titling. Index of Titles and cross-linked Tables of Contents provide access to stories.

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If you read just one or two stories a day, you will be well-primed when Halloween arrives!
:eek:

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Benson, E. F.: Two Cat Stories (shorts). v1. 19 Sep 2017

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Two Cat Stories by Edward Frederic Benson (1867–1940)

These stories were published in 1920. Text is in the public domain in countries where copyright is “Life + 70”� or less, and in the USA.

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Edward Frederic “E. F.” Benson was an English novelist, biographer, memoirist, archaeologist and short story writer. He is now known mainly for his “Mapp and Lucia” novels, and to a somewhat lesser extent, for his short “spook” stories about the supernatural.

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The two delightful pieces presented here, although classified as “stories” in the collection “The Countess of Lowndes Square,” seem rather to be memoirs. With charm and gentle humor, they relate the lives and times of several cats who ruled the household of the narrator.

An excerpt:
The jungle in question was a space of some dozen yards, where in spring daffodils grew in clumps of sunshine and fritillaries hung their speckled bells. There were peonies also planted in the grass, and a briar-rose, and an apple-tree; nothing, as I have said, was remarkable in itself, but it was fraught with amazing possibilities to the keen imagination of Puss-cat. At the bottom of this strip of untamed jungle the lawn began, and it was one of Puss-cat’s plans to hide at the edge of the jungle, flattening herself out till she looked like a shadow of something else. If luck served her, Jill [the fox terrier], sooner or later in the pursuit of interesting smells, would pass close to the edge of the jungle without seeing her. The moment Jill had gone by, Puss-cat would stretch out a discreet paw, and just touch Jill on the hindquarters. Jill, of course, had to turn round to see what this inexplicable thing meant, and on the moment Puss-cat would fling herself into the air and descend tiger-like on Jill’s back. That was the beginning of the game, and it contained more vicissitudes than a round of golf. There were ambushes and scurryings innumerable, assaults from the apple tree, repulsions from behind the garden roller, periods of absolute quiescence, suddenly and wildly broken by swift flanking movements through the sweet-peas, and at the end a failure of wind and limb, and Jill would lie panting on the bank, and Puss-cat, having put off dinner, proceed to clean herself for her evening duties. She had to be smart at dinner-time, whether we were dining alone, or whether there was a dinner-party, for she was never a tea-gown cat, and she dressed for her dinner, even if we were dining out. She was not responsible for that; what she was responsible for was to be tidy herself.

Be you cat-lover or not, a high probability lies ahead for enjoyment.
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Benson, E. F: Across the Stream. v1. 15 Jun 2013

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Edward Frederic Benson (24 July 1867 – 29 February 1940) was an English novelist, biographer, memoirist and short story writer, known professionally as E.F. Benson. His friends called him Fred. Edward Frederic Benson was the son of the Archbishop of Canterbury and member of a distinguished and eccentric family. After attending Marlborough and King's College, Cambridge where he studied classics and archaeology, he worked at the British School of Archaeology in Athens. One of our greatest humorists, he achieved great success at an early age with his first novel, Dodo (1893). He was a prolific author writing over a hundred books: serious novels, ghost stories, plays and biographies. But he is best remembered for his Lucia comedies written between 1920 and 1939 and other comic novels such as Paying Guests and Mrs Ames. He became mayor of Rye, the Sussex town that provided the model for his fictional Tilling, from 1934 to 1937.

Excerpt
There is a very large class of persons alive to-day who believe that not only is communication with the dead possible, but that they themselves have had actual experience of it. Many of these are eminent in scientific research, and on any other subject the world in general would accept their evidence.

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Benson, E. F: An Act In A Backwater. v1. 10 Oct 2015

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Edward Frederic Benson: Born : 1867 Jul 24 Wellington College, Berkshire, England: Lived :Chelsea, London, England (final):Died : 1940 Feb 29.

Excerpt
IT was approaching half-past five on a June afternoon, and in consequence Colonel Raymond was approaching the Wroxton County Club. He was a man of method, and a retired Colonel of Volunteers, and thus he left his house (christened Lammer-moor by his wife) with great regularity at a quarter past five in summer, and a quarter past four in winter, and marched rather than walked with an inflated chest and a gallant bearing. The Colonel, even at the age of fifty-six, remained one of those harmless idiots who draw themselves up and try to look interesting whenever a pretty woman passes them; indeed, he went further, for, being a little short-sighted, he drew himself up and tried to look interesting when he saw any female figure approaching, on the chance that at nearer range she might prove to be pretty. He had a somewhat flaming face, and a long mustache “silver sabled.” In very hot weather he was liable to touches of liver, and when thus afflicted, sometimes alluded, when only comparative strangers were present, to the trying climate of India, a country in which, as his intimate acquaintances knew, he had never set foot. But to the uninitiate the combination of the title of Colonel and the climate of India led to the deduction that he had seen service, and the Colonel did not put himself to the pains of correcting this. He would even encourage it further by sometimes talking of lunch as “tiffin.”

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Benson, E. F: An Autumn Sowing. v1. 11 Oct 2015

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Edward Frederic Benson: Born : 1867 Jul 24 Wellington College, Berkshire, England: Lived :Chelsea, London, England (final):Died : 1940 Feb 29.

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Mr Keeling had expected an edifying half-hour when Dr Inglis gave out as his text, ‘There shall be wailing and gnashing of teeth and as the discourse proceeded, he felt that his anticipations were amply justified. Based on this unshakable foundation, and buttressed by other stalwart pronouncements, the doctrine of eternal damnation wore a very safe and solid aspect. It was the justice of it that appealed to Mr Keeling. Mankind had been warned in a perfectly unmistakable manner that if they persisted in certain courses of action and in certain inabilities to believe, they would be punished for ever and ever. That was fair, that was reasonable: .rules were made to be obeyed. If you were truly sorry for having disobeyed them, a secondary principle, called mercy, came to the succour of the repentant. But Dr Inglis did not say so much about that. He was concerned with the inflexibility of his text.

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Benson, E. F: As We Were. v1. 11 Oct 2015

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Edward Frederic Benson: Born : 1867 Jul 24 Wellington College, Berkshire, England: Lived :Chelsea, London, England (final):Died : 1940 Feb 29.

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PERHAPS the pincushion will make as good a beginning as anything, that peerless object of the period, dated beyond dispute or discussion or suspicion, for which I, have dived so sedulously and so fruitlessly into drawers full of Victorian relics, seeking it like a pearl in depths long undisturbed by any questing hand. But though I cannot find it, the search was richly rewarded in other respects, for it brought to light treasures long forgotten but instantly and intimately familiar when seen again : there was a dog-eared book of manuscript music, containing among other ditties the famous tear-compelling song ‘Willy, we have missed you’; there was a pair of goblets incredible even when actually beheld and handled, chalice-shaped, of cloudy pink glass outlined in gilt; there was a globular glass paper-weight, in which were embedded, like a layer of flies in amber, small gaudy objects, vastly magnified and resembling sections of jam roll and sea-anemones; and there were oval cards with pictures of flowers on them, which once certainly belonged to the apparatus of the round game called ‘Floral Lotto,’ so justly popular in the seventies. But the pearl of great price, the pincushion, did not discover itself to my divings, and its disappearance is a matter of deep regret to me, for it must have been very rare and marvellous, even when it was quite new, and if it was in my possession to-day, I would confidently challenge the world to produce a similar specimen. But when I force myself to think dispassionately of it, I realize that it would be now sixty-six years old, so that even if I could put my hand on all of it that is mortal, I should but find there shreds of disintegrated red velvet and scattered beads, of which the thread had long perished. Yet, since it was (though not new when I first saw it) one of the earliest objects to which I gave my unstinted admiration, I can describe the sumptuous manner of it with a very minute fidelity, for it is one of those memories of early childhood, photographed on my mind in colours as bright as itself.

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Benson, E. F: Collected Stories of E. F. Benson. V1. 26 Mar 2011

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Edward Frederic Benson (24 July 1867 – 29 February 1940) was an English novelist, biographer, memoirist and short story writer, known professionally as E.F. Benson. His friends called him Fred. Edward Frederic Benson was the son of the Archbishop of Canterbury and member of a distinguished and eccentric family. After attending Marlborough and King's College, Cambridge where he studied classics and archaeology, he worked at the British School of Archaeology in Athens. One of our greatest humorists, he achieved great success at an early age with his first novel, Dodo (1893). He was a prolific author writing over a hundred books: serious novels, ghost stories, plays and biographies. But he is best remembered for his Lucia comedies written between 1920 and 1939 and other comic novels such as Paying Guests and Mrs Ames. He became mayor of Rye, the Sussex town that provided the model for his fictional Tilling, from 1934 to 1937.

How Fear Departed from the Long Gallery
At Abdul Ali's Grave
Mrs. Amworth
Between the Lights
The House with the Brick-Kiln
The Man Who Went Too Far
The Bus-Conductor
Caterpillars
And the Dead Spake
The Dust-Cloud
The Cat
The Gardener
The China Bowl
Gavon's Eve
The Horror-Horn
In the Tube
The Confession of Charles Linkworth
Negotium Perambulans
The Other Bed
Outside the Door
The Room in the Tower
The Shootings Of Achnaleish
The Terror by Night
Mr. Tilly's Seance

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Benson, E. F: Crescent and Iron Cross. V1. 18 Nov 2010

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Edward Frederic Benson (24 July 1867 – 29 February 1940) was an English novelist, biographer, memoirist and short story writer, known professionally as E.F. Benson. His friends called him Fred. Edward Frederic Benson was the son of the Archbishop of Canterbury and member of a distinguished and eccentric family. After attending Marlborough and King's College, Cambridge where he studied classics and archaeology, he worked at the British School of Archaeology in Athens. One of our greatest humorists, he achieved great success at an early age with his first novel, Dodo (1893). He was a prolific author writing over a hundred books: serious novels, ghost stories, plays and biographies. But he is best remembered for his Lucia comedies written between 1920 and 1939 and other comic novels such as Paying Guests and Mrs Ames. He became mayor of Rye, the Sussex town that provided the model for his fictional Tilling, from 1934 to 1937.

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But from about the beginning of the reign of the present German Emperor, German or rather Prussian diplomacy had been going quietly about its work. It was worth while to study the psychology of the Turks, because dimly then, but with ever-increasing distinctness, Germany foresaw that Turkey might be a counter of immense importance in the great conflict which was assuredly drawing nearer, though as yet its existence was but foreshadowed by the most distant reflections of summer lightning on a serene horizon.

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Benson, E. F: Daisy's Aunt . V1. 19 Nov 2010

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Edward Frederic Benson (24 July 1867 – 29 February 1940) was an English novelist, biographer, memoirist and short story writer, known professionally as E.F. Benson. His friends called him Fred. Edward Frederic Benson was the son of the Archbishop of Canterbury and member of a distinguished and eccentric family. After attending Marlborough and King's College, Cambridge where he studied classics and archaeology, he worked at the British School of Archaeology in Athens. One of our greatest humorists, he achieved great success at an early age with his first novel, Dodo (1893). He was a prolific author writing over a hundred books: serious novels, ghost stories, plays and biographies. But he is best remembered for his Lucia comedies written between 1920 and 1939 and other comic novels such as Paying Guests and Mrs Ames. He became mayor of Rye, the Sussex town that provided the model for his fictional Tilling, from 1934 to 1937.

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Daisy Hanbury poked her parasol between the bars of the cage, with the amiable intention of scratching the tiger's back. The tiger could not be expected to know this all by himself, and so he savagely bit the end of it off, with diabolical snarlings. Daisy turned to her cousin with a glow of sympathetic pleasure.

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Benson, E. F: Dodo Wonders. v1. 16 Jun 2013

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Edward Frederic Benson (24 July 1867 – 29 February 1940) was an English novelist, biographer, memoirist and short story writer, known professionally as E.F. Benson. His friends called him Fred. Edward Frederic Benson was the son of the Archbishop of Canterbury and member of a distinguished and eccentric family. After attending Marlborough and King's College, Cambridge where he studied classics and archaeology, he worked at the British School of Archaeology in Athens. One of our greatest humorists, he achieved great success at an early age with his first novel, Dodo (1893). He was a prolific author writing over a hundred books: serious novels, ghost stories, plays and biographies. But he is best remembered for his Lucia comedies written between 1920 and 1939 and other comic novels such as Paying Guests and Mrs Ames. He became mayor of Rye, the Sussex town that provided the model for his fictional Tilling, from 1934 to 1937.

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Dodo was so much interested in what she had herself been saying, that having just lit one cigarette, she lit another at it, and now contemplated the two with a dazed expression. She was talking to Edith Arbuthnot, who had just returned from a musical tour in Germany, where she had conducted a dozen concerts consisting entirely of her own music with flaring success. She had been urged by her agent to give half a dozen more, the glory of which, he guaranteed, would completely eclipse that of the first series, but instead she had come back to England. She did not quite know why she had done so: her husband Bertie had sent the most cordial message to say that he and their daughter Madge were getting on quite excellently without her—indeed that seemed rather unduly stressed—but ... here she was. The statement of this, to be enlarged on no doubt later, had violently switched the talk on to a discussion on free will.

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Benson, E. F: Dodo's Daughter. v1. 16 Jun 2013

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Edward Frederic Benson (24 July 1867 – 29 February 1940) was an English novelist, biographer, memoirist and short story writer, known professionally as E.F. Benson. His friends called him Fred. Edward Frederic Benson was the son of the Archbishop of Canterbury and member of a distinguished and eccentric family. After attending Marlborough and King's College, Cambridge where he studied classics and archaeology, he worked at the British School of Archaeology in Athens. One of our greatest humorists, he achieved great success at an early age with his first novel, Dodo (1893). He was a prolific author writing over a hundred books: serious novels, ghost stories, plays and biographies. But he is best remembered for his Lucia comedies written between 1920 and 1939 and other comic novels such as Paying Guests and Mrs Ames. He became mayor of Rye, the Sussex town that provided the model for his fictional Tilling, from 1934 to 1937.

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"Of course one has the ordinary number of great-grandparents, else you wouldn't be here at all," she said, "and you quarter anything you choose. Two quarterings of my great-grandfathers were hung and drawn apart from their quarterings. But really I don't think you understand what I mean by gentlemen. I mean people who have brains, and who have tastes and who have fine perceptions. English people think they know the difference between the bourgeoisie and the aristocrats. How wrong they are! As if living in a castle like poor Esther's parents had anything to do with it! Look at some of your marquises—Esther darling, I don't mean Lord Ayr—what cads! Your dukes? What Aunt Sallys! Always making the float-face, don't you call it, the bêtise, the stupidity. Is that the aristocracy? Great solemn Aunt Sallys and the rest brewers! Show me an idea: show me a brain, show me somebody with the distinction that thoughts and taste bring about. I do not want a mere busy prating monkey thinking it is a man. But I want people: somebody with a man or woman inside it. Ah! give me a grocer. That will do!"

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Benson, E. F: Dodo's Daughter. v1. 6 Jan 2014.

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Edward Frederic Benson (24 July 1867 – 29 February 1940) was an English novelist, biographer, memoirist and short story writer, known professionally as E.F. Benson. His friends called him Fred. Edward Frederic Benson was the son of the Archbishop of Canterbury and member of a distinguished and eccentric family. After attending Marlborough and King's College, Cambridge where he studied classics and archaeology, he worked at the British School of Archaeology in Athens. One of our greatest humorists, he achieved great success at an early age with his first novel, Dodo (1893). He was a prolific author writing over a hundred books: serious novels, ghost stories, plays and biographies. But he is best remembered for his Lucia comedies written between 1920 and 1939 and other comic novels such as Paying Guests and Mrs Ames. He became mayor of Rye, the Sussex town that provided the model for his fictional Tilling, from 1934 to 1937.

" 'Dodo's daughter' is a kind of glorified nonsense, but has the Juice of life in it, and it has the power of making you feel entirely content as you read. One would like a new Dodo every year. Lacking that, this new Dodo will probably be read and reread as often as was the earlier volume. The lovers of Dodo may be a selected class, but they are not inconsiderable in number, and they will grow in bulk considerably during the ensuing months." Hildegarde Hawthorne...New York Times, March 14, 1914

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Benson, E. F: Dodo, A Detail Of The Day. v1. 12 Oct 2015

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Edward Frederic Benson: Born : 1867 Jul 24 Wellington College, Berkshire, England: Lived :Chelsea, London, England (final): Died : 1940 Feb 29.

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POETS of all ages and of all denominations are unanimous in assuring us that there was once a period on this grey earth known as the Golden Age. These irresponsible hards describe it in terms of the vaguest, most poetic splendour, and, apart from the fact, upon which they are all agreed, that the weather was always perfectly charming, we have to reconstruct its characteristics in the main for ourselves. Perhaps if the weather was uniformly delightful, even in this nineteenth century, the golden age might retuTn again. We all know how perceptibly our physical, mental and spiritual level is raised by a few days of really charming weather; hut until the weather determines to he always golden, we can hardly expect it of the age. Yet even now, even in England, and even in London, we have every year a few days which must surely he waifs and strays from the golden age, days which have fluttered down from under the hands of the recording angel, as he tied up his reports, and, after floating about for years in dim, interplanetary space, sometimes drop down upon us. They may last a week, they have been known to last a fortnight; again, they may curtail themselves into a few hours, but they are never wholly absent.

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Benson, E. F: Dodo. v1. 6 Jan 2014

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Edward Frederic Benson (24 July 1867 – 29 February 1940) was an English novelist, biographer, memoirist and short story writer, known professionally as E.F. Benson. His friends called him Fred. Edward Frederic Benson was the son of the Archbishop of Canterbury and member of a distinguished and eccentric family. After attending Marlborough and King's College, Cambridge where he studied classics and archaeology, he worked at the British School of Archaeology in Athens. One of our greatest humorists, he achieved great success at an early age with his first novel, Dodo (1893). He was a prolific author writing over a hundred books: serious novels, ghost stories, plays and biographies. But he is best remembered for his Lucia comedies written between 1920 and 1939 and other comic novels such as Paying Guests and Mrs Ames. He became mayor of Rye, the Sussex town that provided the model for his fictional Tilling, from 1934 to 1937.

The author's first novel became a smashing success, with ten impressions being called for in the five months following the release of the book.

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Benson, E. F: Limitations. v1. 13 Oct 2015

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Edward Frederic Benson: Born : 1867 Jul 24 Wellington College, Berkshire, England: Lived :Chelsea, London, England (final): Died : 1940 Feb 29.

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Tom Carlingford was sitting at his piano, in his rooms at King’s College, Cambridge, playing the overture to Lohengrin with the most indifferent success. It was a hot night in the middle of August, and he was dressed suitably, if not elegantly, in a canvas shirt, a pair of flannel trousers, and socks. He had no tie on, and he was smoking a meerschaum bowl of peculiarly spotted appearance, through a long cherry-wood stem. The remains of a nondescript meal laid coldly on the table, and a cricket-bag on the hearthrug, seemed to indicate that he had been away playing cricket, and had got back too late for hall. The piano was almost as disreputable in appearance as its master, for it stood in a thorough draught, between the windows opening on to the front lawn and the door opening into the smaller sitting-room, and the guttering candle was making a fine stalactite formation of wax on D in alt. Several good pictures and college photographs hung on the walls, and between the windows stood a small bookcase, suspiciously tidy. Tom played with the loud pedal down, and treated his hands in the way in which we are told we should bestow our alms. D in alt had stuck fast to C sharp and C, and the effect, when either of these three notes was played, was extremely curious. However, he finished the overture after a fashion, and got up.

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Benson, E. F: Lucia in London. V1. 25 Mar 2011

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Edward Frederic Benson (24 July 1867 – 29 February 1940) was an English novelist, biographer, memoirist and short story writer, known professionally as E.F. Benson. His friends called him Fred. Edward Frederic Benson was the son of the Archbishop of Canterbury and member of a distinguished and eccentric family. After attending Marlborough and King's College, Cambridge where he studied classics and archaeology, he worked at the British School of Archaeology in Athens. One of our greatest humorists, he achieved great success at an early age with his first novel, Dodo (1893). He was a prolific author writing over a hundred books: serious novels, ghost stories, plays and biographies. But he is best remembered for his Lucia comedies written between 1920 and 1939 and other comic novels such as Paying Guests and Mrs Ames. He became mayor of Rye, the Sussex town that provided the model for his fictional Tilling, from 1934 to 1937.

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Considering that Philip Lucas's aunt who died early in April was no less than eighty-three years old, and had spent the last seven of them bedridden in a private lunatic asylum, it had been generally and perhaps reasonably hoped among his friends and those of his wife that the bereavement would not be regarded by either of them as an intolerable tragedy. Mrs. Quantock, in fact, who, like everybody else at Riseholme, had sent a neat little note of condolence to Mrs. Lucas, had, without using the actual words "happy release," certainly implied it or its close equivalent.

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Benson, E. F: Lucia's Progress. V1. 26 Mar 2011

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Edward Frederic Benson (24 July 1867 – 29 February 1940) was an English novelist, biographer, memoirist and short story writer, known professionally as E.F. Benson. His friends called him Fred. Edward Frederic Benson was the son of the Archbishop of Canterbury and member of a distinguished and eccentric family. After attending Marlborough and King's College, Cambridge where he studied classics and archaeology, he worked at the British School of Archaeology in Athens. One of our greatest humorists, he achieved great success at an early age with his first novel, Dodo (1893). He was a prolific author writing over a hundred books: serious novels, ghost stories, plays and biographies. But he is best remembered for his Lucia comedies written between 1920 and 1939 and other comic novels such as Paying Guests and Mrs Ames. He became mayor of Rye, the Sussex town that provided the model for his fictional Tilling, from 1934 to 1937.

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Mrs. Emmeline Lucas was walking briskly and elegantly up and down the cinder path which traversed her kitchen garden and was so conveniently dry underfoot even after heavy rain. This house of hers, called "Grebe," stood some quarter of a mile outside the ancient and enlightened town of Tilling, on its hill away to the west; in front there stretched out the green pasture-land of the marsh, flat and featureless, as far as the line of sand-dunes along the shore. She had spent a busy morning divided about equally between practising a rather easy sonata by Mozart and reading a rather difficult play by Aristophanes. There was the Greek on one page and an excellent English translation on the page opposite, and the play was so amusing that to-day she had rather neglected the Greek and pursued the English. At this moment she was taking the air to refresh her after her musical and intellectual labours, and felt quite ready to welcome the sound of that tuneful set of little bells in the hall which would summon her to lunch.

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Benson, E. F: Mammon & Co. v1. 14 Oct 2015

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Edward Frederic Benson: Born : 1867 Jul 24 Wellington College, Berkshire, England: Lived :Chelsea, London, England (final): Died : 1940 Feb 29.

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‘Egotism is certainly the first,’ said Lady Conybeare with admirable firmness; and your inclination towards your neighbour is the second.’

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Benson, E. F: Mammon and Co. v1. 16 Jun 2013

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Edward Frederic Benson (24 July 1867 – 29 February 1940) was an English novelist, biographer, memoirist and short story writer, known professionally as E.F. Benson. His friends called him Fred. Edward Frederic Benson was the son of the Archbishop of Canterbury and member of a distinguished and eccentric family. After attending Marlborough and King's College, Cambridge where he studied classics and archaeology, he worked at the British School of Archaeology in Athens. One of our greatest humorists, he achieved great success at an early age with his first novel, Dodo (1893). He was a prolific author writing over a hundred books: serious novels, ghost stories, plays and biographies. But he is best remembered for his Lucia comedies written between 1920 and 1939 and other comic novels such as Paying Guests and Mrs Ames. He became mayor of Rye, the Sussex town that provided the model for his fictional Tilling, from 1934 to 1937.

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"Egotism is certainly the first," said Lady Conybeare with admirable firmness; "and your inclination towards your neighbour is the second."

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Benson, E. F: Paul. v1. 15 Oct 2015

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Edward Frederic Benson: Born : 1867 Jul 24 Wellington College, Berkshire, England: Lived :Chelsea, London, England (final): Died : 1940 Feb 29.

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High up on the hillside at the top edge of one of these clearings there sat a girl. She had come to where the pines of the upper hillside began, and her seat was on the red, aromatic needles fallen from the trees. The ground fell very sharply away below her, and her eyes looked straight over the tops of the trees on the lower side of the clearing on to the still deep blue of the bay, and the Castello, half hidden in its pine-trees, that stood perched on the extreme rocks to the left of it. Her hat, a big hat of soft straw, was on her knees, and the air just ruffled her hair. Her face was flushed with exercise, and her breath, that came rather quickly through her half-opened mouth, suggested that she had sat down for a moment to recover herself after her climb. A few yards above her, also sitting on the carpet of pine-needles, was a young man, who looked neither at the view nor at his companion, both of which were well worth attention, but at a tablespoon which he held and was examining. At length he gave a great sigh, and, looking up, addressed himself to Norah.

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Benson, E. F: Queen Lucia. V1. 20 Nov 2010

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Edward Frederic Benson (24 July 1867 – 29 February 1940) was an English novelist, biographer, memoirist and short story writer, known professionally as E.F. Benson. His friends called him Fred. Edward Frederic Benson was the son of the Archbishop of Canterbury and member of a distinguished and eccentric family. After attending Marlborough and King's College, Cambridge where he studied classics and archaeology, he worked at the British School of Archaeology in Athens. One of our greatest humorists, he achieved great success at an early age with his first novel, Dodo (1893). He was a prolific author writing over a hundred books: serious novels, ghost stories, plays and biographies. But he is best remembered for his Lucia comedies written between 1920 and 1939 and other comic novels such as Paying Guests and Mrs Ames. He became mayor of Rye, the Sussex town that provided the model for his fictional Tilling, from 1934 to 1937.

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Introduces the irrepressible Mrs. Emmeline Lucas and paints a fascinating portrait of the 1920's British upperclass.

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Benson, E. F: Scarlet and Hyssop. v1. 17 Jun 2013

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Edward Frederic Benson (24 July 1867 – 29 February 1940) was an English novelist, biographer, memoirist and short story writer, known professionally as E.F. Benson. His friends called him Fred. Edward Frederic Benson was the son of the Archbishop of Canterbury and member of a distinguished and eccentric family. After attending Marlborough and King's College, Cambridge where he studied classics and archaeology, he worked at the British School of Archaeology in Athens. One of our greatest humorists, he achieved great success at an early age with his first novel, Dodo (1893). He was a prolific author writing over a hundred books: serious novels, ghost stories, plays and biographies. But he is best remembered for his Lucia comedies written between 1920 and 1939 and other comic novels such as Paying Guests and Mrs Ames. He became mayor of Rye, the Sussex town that provided the model for his fictional Tilling, from 1934 to 1937.

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"Ah! my dear, we are lepers," said Lady Ardingly. "We are all wrong and bad, and we roll over each other in the gutter like these Arabs scrambling for backshish. We strive for one thing, which is wealth, and when we have got it we spend it on pleasure. You are not so, and the odd thing is that the pleasure we get does not please us. It is always something else we want. I sit and I say 'What news?' and when I am told I say 'What else?' and still 'What else?' and I am not satisfied. Younger folk than I do this, and they do that, and still, like me, they cry, 'What else? what else?' It means that we go after remedies for our ennui, for our leprosy, and there is no such remedy unless we become altogether different. Now, you are not so. Tell me your secret. Why are you different? Why can you sit still while we fidget? Why is it you can always keep clean in the middle of that muck-heap?"

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Benson, E. F: The Angel of Pain, v1. 5 Jan 2014

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Edward Frederic Benson (24 July 1867 – 29 February 1940) was an English novelist, biographer, memoirist and short story writer, known professionally as E.F. Benson. His friends called him Fred. Edward Frederic Benson was the son of the Archbishop of Canterbury and member of a distinguished and eccentric family. After attending Marlborough and King's College, Cambridge where he studied classics and archaeology, he worked at the British School of Archaeology in Athens. One of our greatest humorists, he achieved great success at an early age with his first novel, Dodo (1893). He was a prolific author writing over a hundred books: serious novels, ghost stories, plays and biographies. But he is best remembered for his Lucia comedies written between 1920 and 1939 and other comic novels such as Paying Guests and Mrs Ames. He became mayor of Rye, the Sussex town that provided the model for his fictional Tilling, from 1934 to 1937.

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It was not unreasonable of him to be proud of his garden, for any garden-lover would here have recognised a master-hand. Below, in the thick clay that bordered the Thames, were the roses kept apart, with no weed, no other flower to pilfer their rightful monopoly of “richness.” A flight of twelve stone steps led up from this garden to the tennis lawn, a sheet of velvet turf, unbordered by any flowers to be trampled by ball-seekers, or to be respected by ball-losers. Above again where he sat now a deep herbaceous border ran round three sides of the gravelled space, in the middle of which a bronze fountain cast water over Nereids and aquatic plants, and behind him rose the dozing house, sun-blinds and rambler rose, jasmine and red bricks.

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Benson, E. F: The Blotting Book. V1. 18 Nov 2010

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Edward Frederic Benson (24 July 1867 – 29 February 1940) was an English novelist, biographer, memoirist and short story writer, known professionally as E.F. Benson. His friends called him Fred. Edward Frederic Benson was the son of the Archbishop of Canterbury and member of a distinguished and eccentric family. After attending Marlborough and King's College, Cambridge where he studied classics and archaeology, he worked at the British School of Archaeology in Athens. One of our greatest humorists, he achieved great success at an early age with his first novel, Dodo (1893). He was a prolific author writing over a hundred books: serious novels, ghost stories, plays and biographies. But he is best remembered for his Lucia comedies written between 1920 and 1939 and other comic novels such as Paying Guests and Mrs Ames. He became mayor of Rye, the Sussex town that provided the model for his fictional Tilling, from 1934 to 1937.

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Yes, this liar and slanderer, whoever he was, had tried to kill him. The attempt had been well-planned too, for the chances had been a thousand to one in favour of the murderer

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Benson, E. F: The Challoners. v1. 16 Oct 2015

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Edward Frederic Benson: Born : 1867 Jul 24 Wellington College, Berkshire, England: Lived :Chelsea, London, England (final): Died : 1940 Feb 29.

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The hot stress of a real midsummer day towards the end of June had given place to the exquisite tempered warmth of evening, and a little breeze bom of the hour before sunset, and made fragrant among the glowing flower-beds of the vicarage garden just ruffled the hair of Helen Challoner as she half sat, half lay in a long deck-chair at the edge of the croquet-lawn, reading a red-covered book with the absorbed intentness which she devoted to any occupation that interested her.

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Benson, E. F: The Climber. v1. 17 Oct 2015

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Edward Frederic Benson: Born : 1867 Jul 24 Wellington College, Berkshire, England: Lived :Chelsea, London, England (final): Died : 1940 Feb 29.

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“Oh dear, oh dear, Maud, how happy you ought to be,” she said. “Everything is spread out for you like lunch at a picnic, when you can simply descend and grab what you like. And you are a darling, you have given me such nice grabs all this last week. And now my picnic is over. At least it will be tomorrow.”

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Benson, E. F: The House Of Defence. v1. 18 Oct 2015

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Edward Frederic Benson: Born : 1867 Jul 24 Wellington College, Berkshire, England: Lived :Chelsea, London, England (final): Died : 1940 Feb 29.

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But when after breakfast he had said to her, “Maud, I simply can’t go down there, and if I did, I couldn’t help in any way unless I cure this,” she had agreed that it was an occasion for laudanum.

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Benson, E. F: The Image In The Sand. v1. 19 Oct 2015

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Edward Frederic Benson: Born : 1867 Jul 24 Wellington College, Berkshire, England: Lived :Chelsea, London, England (final): Died : 1940 Feb 29.

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IT was drawing near the hour of sunset, which is also the hour of the arrival of the post-boat from Cairo, and each of these events furnished a sufficient reason why the greater part of the inhabitants of Luxor were strolling expectantly up and down on the high embankment which faces the Nile, on the eastern bank of that mysterious river

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Benson, E. F: The Osbornes. v1. 20 Oct 2015

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Edward Frederic Benson: Born : 1867 Jul 24 Wellington College, Berkshire, England: Lived :Chelsea, London, England (final): Died : 1940 Feb 29.

Excerpt
FOR the last five hours all the windows along the front of the newest and whitest and most pretentious and preposterous house in Park Lane had been blazing with lights, which were kindled while the last dames of the long July day had scarcely died down into the ash-coloured night, and were still shining when morning began to tinge the velvet gray of the sky with colour and extinguish the stars.

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Benson, E. F: The Princess Sophia. v1. 21 Oct 2015

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Edward Frederic Benson: Born : 1867 Jul 24 Wellington College, Berkshire, England: Lived :Chelsea, London, England (final): Died : 1940 Feb 29.

Excerpt
THE independent principality of Rhodope lies,as everyone knows, on the wooded coast-line of Albania. Its territory, no greater than the area of the English counties palatine, is triangular in shape, the base of the triangle (a line some twenty miles long if measured as the crow flies, but more like a hundred if we follow the indentations and promontories of that superbly fertile land), being washed by the waters of the Adriatic. It is bounded on the south by the kingdom of Greece, and up to its northern border extends the benign rule of that most pitiful and Christian monarch the Sultan of Turkey.

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Benson, E. F: The Relentless City. v1. 21 Oct 2015

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Edward Frederic Benson: Born : 1867 Jul 24 Wellington College, Berkshire, England: Lived :Chelsea, London, England (final): Died : 1940 Feb 29.

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To-night everybody had a good deal to say, for a case of the kind that always attracts a good deal of attention had just been given that lengthy and head-lined publicity which is always considered in England to be inseparable from the true and indifferent administration of justice, and the vultures of London life found the banquet extremely to their taste. So they ate their dinner with a sense of special gaiety, pecked ravenously at the aforesaid affair, and all talked loudly together. But nobody talked so loud as Mrs. Lewis S. Palmer.

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Benson, E. F: The Room in the Tower and Other Horror Stories. V1. 8 Dec 2012

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Edward Frederic Benson (24 July 1867 – 29 February 1940) was an English novelist, biographer, memoirist and short story writer, known professionally as E.F. Benson. His friends called him Fred. Edward Frederic Benson was the son of the Archbishop of Canterbury and member of a distinguished and eccentric family. After attending Marlborough and King's College, Cambridge where he studied classics and archaeology, he worked at the British School of Archaeology in Athens. One of our greatest humorists, he achieved great success at an early age with his first novel, Dodo (1893). He was a prolific author writing over a hundred books: serious novels, ghost stories, plays and biographies. But he is best remembered for his Lucia comedies written between 1920 and 1939 and other comic novels such as Paying Guests and Mrs Ames. He became mayor of Rye, the Sussex town that provided the model for his fictional Tilling, from 1934 to 1937.

THE ROOM IN THE TOWER
MRS. AMWORTH

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Benson, E. F: The Rubicon.v1. 16 Jun 2013

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Edward Frederic Benson (24 July 1867 – 29 February 1940) was an English novelist, biographer, memoirist and short story writer, known professionally as E.F. Benson. His friends called him Fred. Edward Frederic Benson was the son of the Archbishop of Canterbury and member of a distinguished and eccentric family. After attending Marlborough and King's College, Cambridge where he studied classics and archaeology, he worked at the British School of Archaeology in Athens. One of our greatest humorists, he achieved great success at an early age with his first novel, Dodo (1893). He was a prolific author writing over a hundred books: serious novels, ghost stories, plays and biographies. But he is best remembered for his Lucia comedies written between 1920 and 1939 and other comic novels such as Paying Guests and Mrs Ames. He became mayor of Rye, the Sussex town that provided the model for his fictional Tilling, from 1934 to 1937.

Excerpt
That evening the Professor of Ignorance sat long with paper spread before him, and with a pen in his hand, but he wrote nothing.
The window of his study looked out on to the street, which was lit by many gas-lamps. At length he dipped his pen into the ink, and wrote this:
"We should judge men by their best, not by their worst; by their possibilities, not by their limitations."
Next morning he read what he had written the night before, and smiled to himself.
"I have seen that before," he thought.
He took a book from the little shelf that stood close to his right hand, and referred to it.
"I am now quite sure that what I have written is true," he said.

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Benson, E. F: The Tortoise. v1. 22 Oct 2015

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Edward Frederic Benson: Born : 1867 Jul 24 Wellington College, Berkshire, England: Lived :Chelsea, London, England (final): Died : 1940 Feb 29.

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It was with a certain sense of shock that Edward Heaton remembered, as he began applying his razor this morning to his pink well-lathered face, that it was his birthday, and that in cousequence lie was no longer in his thirties, but had arrived at the fortieth milestone in the pleasant vale (miscalled ‘of tears’). Luckily the shock was not so great as to make him cut himself, but he judged it prudent to hold the razor for a moment suspended in front of his upper lip, on which he was just about to begin operatious, in case his hand might have suffered some temporary loss of steadiness. Certainly he had known for a year now that he was thirty-nine, and indeed had thought himself quite content to be soon forty, but the actual hard fact of being forty was here now, and as he proceeded to shave himself he scrutinised with an egoism that was most unusual to him both his face as it emerged strip by strip from the lather and the internal picture of his own mind, and saw what they made of the fact of which he was as yet but a freshly introduced acquaintance.

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Benson, E. F: Thorley Weir. v1. 23 Oct 2015

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Edward Frederic Benson: Born : 1867 Jul 24 Wellington College, Berkshire, England: Lived :Chelsea, London, England (final): Died : 1940 Feb 29.

Excerpt
Under these conditions it was with a sigh of relief that Arthur Craddock subsided into the corner-seat of a first-class smoking carriage at Paddington, finding that it was smoking, figuratively speaking, in less specialized a sense than that intended by the railway-company, for it had been standing for an hour or two in the sun outside the station. But he had clear notions about the risk of chill even on so hot a day, and when the train moved out from the dusky glass vault, he drew up the window beside which he sat, for it was impossible for him to take a seat with his back to the direction of progress, since the sight of receding landscape always made him feel slightly unwell. But, as he was alone in his carriage, there was no reason why he should not refresh his clay-coloured face with a mist of wall-flower scent which he squirted delicately over his forehead and closed eyes from a bottle in his silver-mounted dressing-case. Then he pulled down all the blinds in his carriage and sitting quite still in this restorative gloom indulged in pleasant anticipations.

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Benson, E. F: Trouble for Lucia. V1. 26 Mar 2011

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Edward Frederic Benson (24 July 1867 – 29 February 1940) was an English novelist, biographer, memoirist and short story writer, known professionally as E.F. Benson. His friends called him Fred. Edward Frederic Benson was the son of the Archbishop of Canterbury and member of a distinguished and eccentric family. After attending Marlborough and King's College, Cambridge where he studied classics and archaeology, he worked at the British School of Archaeology in Athens. One of our greatest humorists, he achieved great success at an early age with his first novel, Dodo (1893). He was a prolific author writing over a hundred books: serious novels, ghost stories, plays and biographies. But he is best remembered for his Lucia comedies written between 1920 and 1939 and other comic novels such as Paying Guests and Mrs Ames. He became mayor of Rye, the Sussex town that provided the model for his fictional Tilling, from 1934 to 1937.

Excerpt
Lucia Pillson, the Mayor-Elect of Tilling and her husband Georgie were talking together one October afternoon in the garden-room at Mallards. The debate demanded the exercise of their keenest faculties. Viz:
Should Lucia, when next month she entered on the supreme Municipal Office, continue to go down to the High Street every morning after breakfast with her market-basket, and make her personal purchases at the shops of the baker, the grocer, the butcher and wherever else the needs of the day's catering directed? There were pros and cons to be considered, and Lucia had been putting the case for both sides with the tedious lucidity of opposing counsel addressing the Court. It might be confidently expected that, when she had finished exploring the entire territory, she would be fully competent to express the verdict of the jury and the sentence of the judge. In anticipation of the numerous speeches she would soon be called upon to make as Mayor, she was cultivating, whenever she remembered to do so, a finished oratorical style, and a pedantic Oxford voice.

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Benson, E. F; Miss Mapp. V1. 19 Nov 2010

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Edward Frederic Benson (24 July 1867 – 29 February 1940) was an English novelist, biographer, memoirist and short story writer, known professionally as E.F. Benson. His friends called him Fred. Edward Frederic Benson was the son of the Archbishop of Canterbury and member of a distinguished and eccentric family. After attending Marlborough and King's College, Cambridge where he studied classics and archaeology, he worked at the British School of Archaeology in Athens. One of our greatest humorists, he achieved great success at an early age with his first novel, Dodo (1893). He was a prolific author writing over a hundred books: serious novels, ghost stories, plays and biographies. But he is best remembered for his Lucia comedies written between 1920 and 1939 and other comic novels such as Paying Guests and Mrs Ames. He became mayor of Rye, the Sussex town that provided the model for his fictional Tilling, from 1934 to 1937.

Excerpt
Arch-schemer and social climber, Miss Mapp spends her days using opera glasses and a notebook to chart her neighbors' affairs. Among her interests are Major Benjamin Flint, whom she has been trying to marry for years.

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Benson, E.F. Collected Stories. v2. 21st Feb 2010

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A collection of supernatural and horror stories by E.F.Benson, best known for his "Mapp and Lucia" series (also available for download from MobileRead).

The stories in the collection are:

- How Fear Departed from the Long Gallery

- At Abdul Ali's Grave

- Mrs. Amworth

- Between the Lights

- The House with the Brick-Kiln

- The Man Who Went Too Far

- The Bus-Conductor

- Caterpillars

- And the Dead Spake

- The Dust-Cloud

- The Cat

- The Gardener

- The China Bowl

- Gavon's Eve

- The Horror-Horn

- In the Tube

- The Confession of Charles Linkworth

- Negotium Perambulans

- The Other Bed

- Outside the Door

- The Room in the Tower

- The Shootings of Achnaleish

- The Terror by Night

- Mr. Tilly's Seance

Enjoy!

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Recreated the book with improved formatting. Added a cover picture. Uploaded v2.

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Benson, E.F.: Mapp and Lucia Omnibus. v6. 25 Nov 2012

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An omnibus edition of the "Mapp and Lucia" stories of E.F. Benson, published between 1920 and 1939.

Emmeline Lucas, known to her friends as "Lucia", is the acknowledged leader of cultural and social life in her village of Riseholme. Spiteful and vindictive Elizabeth Mapp likewise (although less accurately) regards herself as the leading light in the social world of the small seaside town of Tilling. Both Mapp and Lucia are gross hypocrites, snobs, egotists, and bullies, but carry out their respective schemes in very different ways.

This wonderful series of books, written between 1920 and 1939, is a humorous account of the scheming, back-stabbing social world of "one-upmanship" of the English upper classes in 1920s and 30s England. The first two books are about Lucia and Mapp separately (Benson had no thought of a series at the time), but then things really take off when he brings his two wonderful creations together in the seaside town of Tilling (heavily based on the town of Rye in Sussex, where Benson lived for many years).

The book in this omnibus are:

- Queen Lucia (1920)

- Miss Mapp (1922)

- Lucia in London (1927)

- The Male Impersonator (1929 Short Story)

- Desirable Residences (1929 Short Story)

- Mapp and Lucia (1931)

- Lucia's Progress (1935, also known as Worshipful Lucia)

- Trouble for Lucia (1939)

These are some of my very favourite books. I hope that you enjoy them as much as I do.

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EDIT: 27 Mar 08

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EDIT: 21 Feb 10

Sorted out some formatting issues with the book which prevented a clean conversion to ePub format. Replaced the cover image. Uploaded v5.

EDIT: 25 Nov 12

Fully proofed against a printed edition and reformatted. Added the short story, "Desirable Residences". Uploaded v6. I would now regard this as a finished work; if you find even the smallest problem with it, please let me know.

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Benson, E.F.: Mrs Ames. v1. 8 Sep 07

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More comedy from E.F. Benson in this 1912 novel.

Mrs. Ames, the leader of Riseborough society, is concerned that her husband, who is ten years younger, has become interested in her attractive cousin, Millie...

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Benson, E.F.: Paying Guests. v1. 8 Sep 07

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From an Amazon review:

The Wentworth Hotel in Bolton Spa prides itself on being a better class of establishment than its neighbours. It is detached for one thing, and it has its own tennis-court, in fact the garden at the Wentworth is so big that it can be given the grander name of Grounds. Its residents are largely made up of those unfortunate souls cursed with rheumatism, who drink the foul-tasting waters at the Spa in the belief that it's doing them good.

This is the sort of delightfully bitchy comedy that will be very familier to fans of E F Benson's Lucia novels, in fact a lot of the characters are fairly similar. Miss Howard, with her piano-playing, sketching and cries of "how you all work me!" is a dead-ringer for Lucia, and Colonel Chase with his obsession with healthy outdoor pursuits and exclamations of Hindustani could be a twin of Major Benji. None of this matters to the Benson fan though. Also confined at the Wentworth is Florence Kemp, a young lady who leads a thankless existence dancing attendance on her tyrannical hypocondriac father, and the ascerbic Mrs Holders who takes great delight in beating Colonel Chase at bridge. Into the mix comes Mrs Bliss who believes that all illness is in the Mind (even though she limps heavily and needs a walking-stick to get around, and has a habit of sneaking into taxi-cabs when no one's looking), and begins to turn the place upside down with her revolutionary ideas.

Benson's great gift was that he could write gloriously bitchy comedy without appearing to be too cruel to his characters. We laugh at them, but we are always on their side. This is brought out delightfully in the charity fund-raising concert, when Colonel Chase unwittingly finds himself rising comedy star of the evening when his spine-tingling anecdotes have the reverse effect of reducing his audience to fits of laughter instead. In some authors hands this would be toe-curlingly cruel, but the Colonel triumphs, although somewhat bewildered!

This is gentle English comedy, amiably poking fun at our eccentricities, our fussing and fretting over trivia and ritual, where turning on the central heating a day late can be seen as calamitous, and where Mrs Holders getting mentioned in the bridge column of the "Daily Telegraph" is regarded (briefly) as an A-list celebrity. Mingled in with the comedy is pathos, with Florence desperately trying to rebel against her awful father. Benson's comedy at this stage in his career was refreshingly free of sentiment, that and being free of cruelty as well, is quite a rare achievement.

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Benson, R H: Father Macclesfield's Tale. V1. 2 May 2009

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Robert Hugh Benson (1871-1914) is another member of that group of important Catholic writers from the first half of the twentieth century. In his case, though, his premature death in his early forties meant that he has never become as well-known as some of his more famous contemporaries such as Mgsr. Ronald Knox, Hilaire Belloc, and G. K. Chesterton.
He is best known for his novels, particularly his "prophetic" novels such as Lord of the World, but in his time he was also a sought-after preacher

Excerpt
Monsignor Maxwell announced next day at dinner that he had already arranged for the evening's entertainment. A priest, whose acquaintance he had made on the Palatine, was leaving for England the next morning; and it was our only chance therefore of hearing his story. That he had a story had come to the Canon's knowledge in the course of a conversation on the previous afternoon.

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Benson, R H: Father Meuron's Tale. V1. 2 May 2009

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Robert Hugh Benson (1871-1914) is another member of that group of important Catholic writers from the first half of the twentieth century. In his case, though, his premature death in his early forties meant that he has never become as well-known as some of his more famous contemporaries such as Mgsr. Ronald Knox, Hilaire Belloc, and G. K. Chesterton.
He is best known for his novels, particularly his "prophetic" novels such as Lord of the World, but in his time he was also a sought-after preacher.

Excerpt
Father Meuron was very voluble at supper on the Saturday. He exclaimed; he threw out his hands; his bright black eyes shone above his rosy cheeks, and his hair appeared to stand more on end than I had ever known it.
He sat at the further side of the horse-shoe table from myself, and I was able to remark on his gaiety to the English priest who sat beside me without fear of being overheard.

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Benson, Robert Hugh, Non-Catholic Denominations, v1, 17 November 2009.

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Robert Hugh Benson (1871–1914)
Non-Catholic Denominations (1910)

A summary of the origins and beliefs of non-Catholic religious denominations in England. This manual was intended for the education of Catholic priests, so includes some hints for dealing with potential converts.
It covers all shades of Anglicanism, also various Nonconformist traditions: Congregationalists, Baptists, Presbyterians, Methodists, Quakers, Spiritualists, Theosophists and others. It’s quite useful if you ever want to know the doctrinal differences between say, a Congregationalist and a Presbyterian.
Monsignor Benson was the son of an Archbishop of Canterbury, and himself a Catholic convert. The MR library contains a number of his novels.

The source was a scan at The Internet Archive. I have renumbered the footnotes consecutively, and linked them; cleaned up the OCR errors; transliterated a couple of Greek words, and silently corrected some obvious typos.

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Benson, Robert Hugh: A Book of Essays, v.1, 28 Feb 2008.

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A set of Essays, collected in 1916, after the author’s death.
With a memoir by the Rev. Allan Ross of the London Oratory and a foreword by the Rev. C.C. Martindale S.J.

Contents:
Infallibility and Tradition
The Death-Beds of “Bloody Mary” and “Good Queen Bess”
“Christian Science”
Spiritualism
Catholicism
Catholicism and the Future
The Conversion of England

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Benson, Robert Hugh: A City Set on a Hill, v.1, 24 April 2008.

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A proselytizing pamphlet. (1905).

From the introductory note:
‘RHB wrote the first version of this pamphlet “a few months before my submission to the Holy See, that I might test the solidity of the reasons that were moving me in that direction both by studying them myself in black and white and by submitting them to the criticism of my friends.” In this work we see a number of features that will reoccur also in RHB’s later apologetical works, especially his focus on the “Religion of the Plain Man”, and the way he understands the Church, as the Mystical Body of Christ, recapitulating certain events in the life of Christ (cf. “Christ in His Church”). This e-text edition of “City Set on a Hill” is from the revised edition of 1905, published by the Catholic Truth Society.’

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Benson, Robert Hugh: A Mirror of Shalott, v.1, 4 May 2008.

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Robert Hugh Benson (1871-1914):
‘A Mirror of Shalott: Composed of Tales told at a Symposium’ (1907).

A group of Catholic priests (and a couple of laymen) tell each other supernatural stories after dinner at a symposium in Rome.

Contents:

Prologue
I. Monsignor Maxwell’s Tale
II. Father Meuron’s Tale
III. Father Brent’s Tale
IV. The Father Rector’s Story
V. Father Girdlestone’s Tale
VI. Father Bianchi’s Story
VII. Father Jenks’ Tale
VIII. Father Martin’s Tale
IX. Mr. Bosanquet’s Tale
X. Father Maddox’s Tale
XI. Father Macclesfield’s Tale
XII. Father Stein’s Tale
XIII. Mr. Percival’s Tale
XIV. My Own Tale

(The source was the Internet Archive and the file needed extensive restoration.)

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Benson, Robert Hugh: A Winnowing, v.1, 11 May 2008.

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Robert Hugh Benson (1871-1814)
A Winnowing (1910).

A novel by a Catholic priest. A young Catholic land-owner has a near-death experience (or maybe a miraculous revival from death). He then proposes to become a monk and suggests that his wife enters a convent. How is a lady to react under such trying circumstances?

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Benson, Robert Hugh: At a Requiem, v1, 17 November 2009.

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Robert Hugh Benson (1871–1914)
At a Requiem (1903)

A short article by Monsignor Benson on the role of the requiem mass in Catholicism.

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Benson, Robert Hugh: By What Authority. V1. 3 May 2009

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Robert Hugh Benson (1871-1914) is another member of that group of important Catholic writers from the first half of the twentieth century. In his case, though, his premature death in his early forties meant that he has never become as well-known as some of his more famous contemporaries such as Mgsr. Ronald Knox, Hilaire Belloc, and G. K. Chesterton.
He is best known for his novels, particularly his "prophetic" novels such as Lord of the World, but in his time he was also a sought-after preacher.

Excerpt
To the casual Londoner who lounged, intolerant and impatient, at the blacksmith's door while a horse was shod, or a cracked spoke mended, Great Keynes seemed but a poor backwater of a place, compared with the rush of the Brighton road eight miles to the east from which he had turned off, or the whirling cauldron of London City, twenty miles to the north, towards which he was travelling.

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Benson, Robert Hugh: By What Authority?. v1. 26 Dec 2013

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Robert Hugh Benson (1871-1914) is another member of that group of important Catholic writers from the first half of the twentieth century. In his case, though, his premature death in his early forties meant that he has never become as well-known as some of his more famous contemporaries such as Mgsr. Ronald Knox, Hilaire Belloc, and G. K. Chesterton.
He is best known for his novels, particularly his "prophetic" novels such as Lord of the World, but in his time he was also a sought-after preacher.

Excerpt
The difficulties of this Catholic family were considerable. Sir Nicholas' religious sympathies were, of course, wholly with the spiritual side of Spain, and all that that involved, while his intense love of England gave him a horror of the Southern Empire that the sturdiest patriot might have envied. And so with his attitude towards Mary Stuart and her French background. While his whole soul rose in loathing against the crime of Darnley's murder, to which many of her enemies proclaimed her accessory, it was kindled at the thought that in her or her child lately crowned as James VI. of Scotland, lay the hope of a future Catholic succession; and this religious sympathy was impassioned by the memory of an interview a few years ago, when he had kissed that gracious white hand, and looked into those alluring eyes, and, kneeling, stammered out in broken French his loyalty and his hopes. Whether it was by her devilish craft as her enemies said, or her serene and limpid innocence as her friends said, or by a maddening compound of the two, as later students have said—at least she had made the heart and confidence of old Sir Nicholas her own.

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Benson, Robert Hugh: Come Rack! Come Rope!. v1. 26 Dec 2013

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Robert Hugh Benson (1871-1914) is another member of that group of important Catholic writers from the first half of the twentieth century. In his case, though, his premature death in his early forties meant that he has never become as well-known as some of his more famous contemporaries such as Mgsr. Ronald Knox, Hilaire Belloc, and G. K. Chesterton.
He is best known for his novels, particularly his "prophetic" novels such as Lord of the World, but in his time he was also a sought-after preacher.

Excerpt
Very nearly the whole of this book is sober historical fact; and by far the greater number of the personages named in it once lived and acted in the manner in which I have presented them. My hero and my heroine are fictitious; so also are the parents of my heroine, the father of my hero, one lawyer, one woman, two servants, a farmer and his wife, the landlord of an inn, and a few other entirely negligible characters. But the family of the FitzHerberts passed precisely through the fortunes which I have described; they had their confessors and their one traitor (as I have said).

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Benson, Robert Hugh: Come Rack! Come Rope!. V1. 4 May 2009

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Robert Hugh Benson (1871-1914) is another member of that group of important Catholic writers from the first half of the twentieth century. In his case, though, his premature death in his early forties meant that he has never become as well-known as some of his more famous contemporaries such as Mgsr. Ronald Knox, Hilaire Belloc, and G. K. Chesterton.
He is best known for his novels, particularly his "prophetic" novels such as Lord of the World, but in his time he was also a sought-after preacher.

Excerpt
Very nearly the whole of this book is sober historical fact; and by far the greater number of the personages named in it once lived and acted in the manner in which I have presented them. My hero and my heroine are fictitious; so also are the parents of my heroine, the father of my hero, one lawyer, one woman, two servants, a farmer and his wife, the landlord of an inn, and a few other entirely negligible characters. But the family of the FitzHerberts passed precisely through the fortunes which I have described; they had their confessors and their one traitor (as I have said). Mr. Anthony Babington plotted, and fell, in the manner that is related; Mary languished in Chartley under Sir Amyas Paulet; was assisted by Mr. Bourgoign; was betrayed by her secretary and Mr. Gifford, and died at Fotheringay; Mr. Garlick and Mr. Ludlam and Mr. Simpson received their vocations, passed through their adventures; were captured at Padley, and died in Derby. Father Campion (from whose speech after torture the title of the book is taken) suffered on the rack and was executed at Tyburn. Mr. Topcliffe tormented the Catholics that fell into his hands; plotted with Mr. Thomas FitzHerbert, and bargained for Padley (which he subsequently lost again) on the terms here drawn out. My Lord Shrewsbury rode about Derbyshire, directed the search for recusants and presided at their deaths; priests of all kinds came and went in disguise; Mr. Owen went about constructing hiding-holes; Mr. Bassett lived defiantly at Langleys, and dabbled a little (I am afraid) in occultism; Mr. Fenton was often to be found in Hathersage—*all these things took place as nearly as I have had the power of relating them. Two localities only, I think, are disguised under their names—*Booth’s Edge and Matstead. Padley, or rather the chapel in which the last mass was said under the circumstances described in this book, remains, to this day, close to Grindleford Station. A Catholic pilgrimage is made there every year; and I have myself once had the honour of preaching on such an occasion, leaning against the wall of the old hall that is immediately beneath the chapel where Mr. Garlick and Mr. Ludlam said their last masses, and were captured. If the book is too sensational, it is no more sensational than life itself was to Derbyshire folk between 1579 and 1588.

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Benson, Robert Hugh: Confessions of a Convert, v.1, 27 Feb 2008.

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(1913)
A spiritual autobiography.
An Archbishop of Canterbury’s son describes his road to Rome.

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Benson, Robert Hugh: Dawn of All. v1. 27 Dec 2013

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Robert Hugh Benson (1871-1914) is another member of that group of important Catholic writers from the first half of the twentieth century. In his case, though, his premature death in his early forties meant that he has never become as well-known as some of his more famous contemporaries such as Mgsr. Ronald Knox, Hilaire Belloc, and G. K. Chesterton.
He is best known for his novels, particularly his "prophetic" novels such as Lord of the World, but in his time he was also a sought-after preacher.

Excerpt
Gradually memory and consciousness once more reasserted themselves, and he became aware that he was lying in bed. But this was a slow process of intense mental effort, and was as laboriously and logically built up of premises and deductions as were his theological theses learned twenty years before in his seminary. There was the sheet below his chin; there was a red coverlet (seen at first as a blood-coloured landscape of hills and valleys); there was a ceiling, overhead, at first as remote as the vault of heaven. Then, little by little, the confused roaring in his ears sank to a murmur. It had been just now as the sound of brazen hammers clanging in reverberating caves, the rolling of wheels, the tramp of countless myriads of men. But it had become now a soothing murmur, not unlike the coming in of a tide at the foot of high cliffs—just one gentle continuous note, overlaid with light, shrill sounds. This too required long argument and reasoning before any conclusion could be reached; but it was attained at last, and he became certain that he lay somewhere within sound of busy streets. Then rashly he leapt to the belief that he must be in his own lodgings in Bloomsbury; but another long slow stare upwards showed him that the white ceiling was too far away.

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Benson, Robert Hugh: Dawn of All. V1. 4 May 2009

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Robert Hugh Benson (1871-1914) is another member of that group of important Catholic writers from the first half of the twentieth century. In his case, though, his premature death in his early forties meant that he has never become as well-known as some of his more famous contemporaries such as Mgsr. Ronald Knox, Hilaire Belloc, and G. K. Chesterton.
He is best known for his novels, particularly his "prophetic" novels such as Lord of the World, but in his time he was also a sought-after preacher.

Excerpt
In a former book, called Lord of the World, I attempted to sketch the kind of developments a hundred years hence which, I thought, might reasonably be expected if the present lines of what is called “modern thought” were only prolonged far enough; and I was informed repeatedly that the effect of the book was exceedingly depressing and discouraging to optimistic Christians. In the present book I am attempting—*also in parable form—*not in the least to withdraw anything that I said in the former, but to follow up the other lines instead, and to sketch—*again in parable—*the kind of developments, about sixty years hence which, I think, may reasonably be expected should the opposite process begin, and ancient thought (which has stood the test of centuries, and is, in a very remarkable manner, being “rediscovered” by persons even more modern than modernists) be prolonged instead. We are told occasionally by moralists that we live in very critical times, by which they mean that they are not sure whether their own side will win or not. In that sense no times can ever be critical to Catholics, since Catholics are never in any kind of doubt as to whether or no their side will win. But from another point of view every period is a critical period, since every period has within itself the conflict of two irreconcilable forces. It has been for the sake of tracing out the kind of effects that, it seemed to me, each side would experience in turn, should the other, at any rate for a while, become dominant, that I have written these two books.

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Benson, Robert Hugh: Father Meuron’s Tale, v.1 20 Feb 2008.

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A supernatural short story, found on PG Australia.

I’ve uploaded some of Benson’s novels. This is the only short story I’ve found so far.

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Benson, Robert Hugh: Initiation, v1, 18 October 2009.

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Robert Hugh Benson (1871–1914)
Initiation (1914)

A late novel by Monsignor Benson.
Sir Nevill Fanning is a young Catholic baronet. He slowly begins to understand the Catholic doctrine on atonement and suffering when he develops a relationship with a girl who has a serious personality disorder, then later becomes seriously ill.
As ever, Monsignor Benson has some lovely descriptions of English country house life, and a keen analysis of his characters’ interior life.

This was made from scans from The Internet Archive. The cover image is a woodcut of a garden in Frascati, where some of the earlier scenes of the novel are set.

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Benson, Robert Hugh: Loneliness? v.1, 24 April 2008.

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(Posthumously published in 1915.)

This is a novel about renunciation.
A young singer is forced to choose between her religion (Catholicism) and the man she loves (a tepid Anglican). Which will leave her more lonely?

Her operatic roles (Elsa in ‘Lohengrin’ and Isolde in ‘Tristan und Isolde’) may help to inform her decision.

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Benson, Robert Hugh: Lord of the World, v.1, 29 Dec 2007.

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First published in 1907, this is a dystopia. Huxley’s [Brave New World [/meets Rolfe’s [Hadrian the Seventh[/, with an apocalyptic conclusion.

Robert Hugh Benson (1871-1914) was the youngest son of Edward White Benson, Archbishop of Canterbury, and brother to the writer, E F Benson. After his father’s death he converted to Catholicism, was ordained as a priest, later becoming a monsignor.

From a review by Joseph Pearce:
‘[[Lord of the World[/ is truly remarkable and deserves to stand beside Huxley's [Brave New World [/and Orwell's [Nineteen Eighty-Four [/as a classic of dystopian fiction. In fact, though Huxley's and Orwell's modern masterpieces may merit equal praise as works of literature, they are clearly inferior as works of prophecy. The political dictatorships that gave Orwell's novel-nightmare an ominous potency have had their day. Today, his cautionary fable serves merely as a timely reminder of what has been and what may be again if the warnings of history are not heeded. Benson's novel-nightmare, on the other hand, is coming true before our very eyes.
The world depicted in [Lord of the World [/is one where creeping secularism and Godless humanism have triumphed over religion and traditional morality. It is a world where philosophical relativism has triumphed over objectivity; a world where, in the name of tolerance, religious doctrine is not tolerated. It is a world where euthanasia is practiced widely and religion hardly practiced at all. The lord of this nightmare world is a benign-looking politician intent on power in the name of "peace," and intent on the destruction of religion in the name of "truth." In such a world, only a small and shrinking Church stands resolutely against the demonic "Lord of the World."’

30 Dec 2007
[I'm uploading a new version with the same text but a different cover. This is because the original picture may have been under copyright.[/

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Benson, Robert Hugh: Lord of the World. V1. 6 May 2009

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Robert Hugh Benson (1871-1914) is another member of that group of important Catholic writers from the first half of the twentieth century. In his case, though, his premature death in his early forties meant that he has never become as well-known as some of his more famous contemporaries such as Mgsr. Ronald Knox, Hilaire Belloc, and G. K. Chesterton.
He is best known for his novels, particularly his "prophetic" novels such as Lord of the World, but in his time he was also a sought-after preacher.

Excerpt
I am perfectly aware that this is a terribly sensational book, and open to innumerable criticisms on that account, as well as on many others. But I did not know how else to express the principles I desired (and which I passionately believe to be true) except by producing their lines to a sensational point. I have tried, however, not to scream unduly loud, and to retain, so far as possible, reverence and consideration for the opinions of other people. Whether I have succeeded in that attempt is quite another matter.
Robert Hugh Benson.
CAMBRIDGE 1907.

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Benson, Robert Hugh: Lourdes, v.1, 30 Dec 2007.

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(1914)
An illustrated account of the author’s visit to the Marian shrine of Lourdes.

Robert Hugh Benson (1871-1914) was the youngest son of Edward White Benson, Archbishop of Canterbury, and brother to the writer, E F Benson. After his father’s death he converted to Catholicism, was ordained as a priest, later becoming a monsignor.

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Benson, Robert Hugh: Lourdes. V1. 6 May 2009

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Robert Hugh Benson (1871-1914) is another member of that group of important Catholic writers from the first half of the twentieth century. In his case, though, his premature death in his early forties meant that he has never become as well-known as some of his more famous contemporaries such as Mgsr. Ronald Knox, Hilaire Belloc, and G. K. Chesterton.
He is best known for his novels, particularly his "prophetic" novels such as Lord of the World, but in his time he was also a sought-after preacher.

Excerpt
Since writing the following pages six years ago, I have had the privilege of meeting a famous French scientist—to whom we owe one of the greatest discoveries of recent years—who has made a special study of Lourdes and its phenomena, and of hearing him comment upon what takes place there. He is, himself, at present, not a practising Catholic; and this fact lends peculiar interest to his opinions. His conclusions, so far as he has formulated them, are as follows: ...
Robert Hugh Benson.

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Benson, Robert Hugh: None Other Gods, v.1, 24 April 2008.

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A novel of 1911.

Frank Guiseley is an undergraduate at Cambridge. When he converts to Catholicism his father, Lord Talgarth, cuts him off without a penny, expecting Frank to grovel and recant. Frank declines to do this. Nor will he accept help from his friends. Instead he becomes an itinerant worker and tramp.
Meanwhile, his fiancé is scheming away. But what has she in mind?

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Benson, Robert Hugh: None Other Gods. v1. 27 Dec 2013

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Robert Hugh Benson (1871-1914) is another member of that group of important Catholic writers from the first half of the twentieth century. In his case, though, his premature death in his early forties meant that he has never become as well-known as some of his more famous contemporaries such as Mgsr. Ronald Knox, Hilaire Belloc, and G. K. Chesterton.
He is best known for his novels, particularly his "prophetic" novels such as Lord of the World, but in his time he was also a sought-after preacher.

Excerpt
These two young men were sitting in one of the most pleasant places in all the world in which to sit on a summer evening—in a ground-floor room looking out upon the Great Court of Trinity College, Cambridge. It was in that short space of time, between six and seven, during which the Great Court is largely deserted. The athletes and the dawdlers have not yet returned from field and river; and Fellows and other persons, young enough to know better, who think that a summer evening was created for the reading of books, have not yet emerged from their retreats. A white-aproned cook or two moves across the cobbled spaces with trays upon their heads; a tradesman's boy comes out of the corner entrance from the hostel; a cat or two stretches himself on the grass; but, for the rest, the court lies in broad sunshine; the shadows slope eastwards, and the fitful splash and trickle of the fountain asserts itself clearly above the gentle rumble of Trinity Street.

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Benson, Robert Hugh: Oddsfish!, v1. 5 February 2010.

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Robert Hugh Benson [1871–1914]
Oddsfish! [1914]

A historical novel, set in the court of Charles II. The narrator is a catholic gentleman in the secret service of the king.

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Benson, Robert Hugh: Papers of a Pariah, v.1, 11 April 2008.

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(1907)
Benson writes in the fictional persona of an Anglican convert to Catholicism, giving reasons for conversion in a series of short essays.

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Benson, Robert Hugh: Paradoxes of Catholicism, v.1, 8 Jan 2008.

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(1913)
A set of Lent and Easter sermons which restate the theology implicit in ‘Lord of the World’ and ‘The Dawn of All.’

Robert Hugh Benson (1871-1914) was the youngest son of Edward White Benson, Archbishop of Canterbury, and brother to the writer, E F Benson. After his father’s death he converted to Catholicism, was ordained as a priest, later becoming a monsignor.

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Benson, Robert Hugh: Poems, v1, 1 December 2009

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Robert Hugh Benson (1871–1914)
Poems (1914)

A collection of religious poems by Monsignor Robert Hugh Benson, together with a brief appreciation of his life and an account of his death.

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Benson, Robert Hugh: Saint Thomas of Canterbury, v1, 1 February 2010.

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Robert Hugh Benson [1871–1914]
The Holy Blissful Martyr, Saint Thomas of Canterbury [1908]

A life of Thomas à Beckett, Chancellor of England and Archbishop of Canterbury; told from a Catholic point of view.
Made from a scan at The Internet Archive.

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Benson, Robert Hugh: The Conventionalists, v1, 17 January 2010.

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Robert Hugh Benson [1871–1914]
The Conventionalists [1908]

A novel about religious vocation.
It can be read on its own, though is a loose sequel to Monsignor Benson’s earlier novel, “The Sentimentalists.” Many of the same characters reappear, and Benson even includes himself in propria persona.
The central character is a young man who develops a vocation for the contemplative life. However, there are problems: (i) he’s not a catholic; (ii) his family have a prejudice against ‘papists’; (iii) they expect him to marry and look after the family estate; (iv) and he’s attracted to a nice girl. What is he to do?
Incidentally, the monastery mentioned in the book -- St Hugh’s at Parkminster -- is a real place, near Gatwick airport, and has the largest cloister in the world -- over a mile in circumference. It is the only Carthusian house in the UK: an order so rigorous that it makes the Trappists look like softies. The monks have their own website, though.

The source was a scan at The Internet Archive. There were a number of typographical errors in the original text, plus OCR errors. I hope that I’ve managed to correct them all.

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Benson, Robert Hugh: The Dawn of All, v.1, 30 Dec 2007.

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(1911)
This novel may be seen as either a utopia or a dystopia. Benson imagines a future in which the church is triumphant. But is this a good thing? Even he seems to have reservations.

Robert Hugh Benson (1871-1914) was the youngest son of Edward White Benson, Archbishop of Canterbury, and brother to the writer, E F Benson. After his father’s death he converted to Catholicism, was ordained as a priest, later becoming a monsignor.

From a review at www.Benson-unabridged.com:
[The Dawn of All.[/ The second of Benson’s two science fiction satires, [The Dawn of All [/is a “counter-blast” to the terrifying [Lord of the World[/. Contradicting the notion that this novel presents a blueprint for an ideal society, C.C. Martindale, S.J. commented that “Benson wrote often and emphatically that he did not for a moment expect the pictured solution to realize itself, and that he even hoped it would not. Neither Science, nor the State, nor Religion would ever, he was convinced, find themselves in such mutual relations as he had invented.” While Benson may have been inspired by Edward Bellamy’s Looking Backward and other socialist utopian visions (including Louis-Sebastien Mercier’s Memoir of the Year 2440 from 1770), he gave a unique twist to the device of a man “unstuck” in time. This novel probably inspired Evelyn Waugh’s short story, “Out of Depth,” which in turn seems to have had significant influence on Kurt Vonnegut, Jr.’s Slaughterhouse Five.

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Benson, Robert Hugh: The History of Richard Raynal, Solitary. V1. 4 May 2009

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Robert Hugh Benson (1871-1914) is another member of that group of important Catholic writers from the first half of the twentieth century. In his case, though, his premature death in his early forties meant that he has never become as well-known as some of his more famous contemporaries such as Mgsr. Ronald Knox, Hilaire Belloc, and G. K. Chesterton.
He is best known for his novels, particularly his "prophetic" novels such as Lord of the World, but in his time he was also a sought-after preacher.

Excerpt
In the winter of 1903-4 I had occasion to pass several months in Rome.
Among other Religious Houses, lately bought back from the Government by their proper owners, was one (whose Order, for selfish reasons, I prefer not to specify), situated in the maze of narrow streets between the Piazza Navona and the Piazza Colonna; this, however, may be said of the Order, that it is one which, although little known in Italy, had several houses in England up to the reign of Henry VIII. Like so many other Orders at that time, its members moved first to France and then to Italy, where it has survived in penurious dignity ever since.

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Benson, Robert Hugh: The King's Achievement. V1. 5 May 2009

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Robert Hugh Benson (1871-1914) is another member of that group of important Catholic writers from the first half of the twentieth century. In his case, though, his premature death in his early forties meant that he has never become as well-known as some of his more famous contemporaries such as Mgsr. Ronald Knox, Hilaire Belloc, and G. K. Chesterton.
He is best known for his novels, particularly his "prophetic" novels such as Lord of the World, but in his time he was also a sought-after preacher.

Excerpt
Overfield Court lay basking in warm June sunshine. The western side of the great house with its new timber and plaster faced the evening sun across the square lawns and high terrace; and the woods a couple of hundred yards away cast long shadows over the gardens that lay beyond the moat. The lawns, in their broad plateaux on the eastern side descended by steps, in cool shadow to the lake that formed a quarter-circle below the south-eastern angle of the house; and the mirrored trees and reeds on the other side were broken, circle after circle, by the great trout that were rising for their evening meal. The tall front of the house on the north, formed by the hall in the centre with the kitchen at its eastern end and the master’s chamber on the western, was faced by a square-towered gatehouse through which the straight drive leading into the main road approached the house under a lime-avenue; and on the south side the ground fell away again rapidly below the chapel and the morning-room, in copse and garden and wild meadow bright with buttercups and ox-eye daisies, down to the lake again and the moat that ran out of it round the entire domain.

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Benson, Robert Hugh: The Light Invisible, v1, 17 November 2009.

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Robert Hugh Benson (1871–1914)
The Light Invisible (1903)

A collection of fifteen linked short stories in which a priest recounts his supernatural experiences.

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Benson, Robert Hugh: The Necromancers, v.1, 28 Dec 2007.

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Robert Hugh Benson (1871-1914) was the youngest son of Edward White Benson, Archbishop of Canterbury, and brother to the writer, E F Benson. After his father’s death he converted to Catholicism, was ordained as a priest, later becoming a monsignor.

This novel (first published 1909) is a cautionary tale of the dangers of spiritualism. It also contains an interesting account of grief and bereavement. Some people have read it as a horror story.

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Benson, Robert Hugh: The Religion of the Plain Man, v.1, 27 Feb 2008.

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(1906)
A text in which the Plain Man (here called ‘John’) asks questions about religion and is gradually drawn to Roman Catholicism, despite his worries about Galileo, papal infallibility and the Petrine Claims.

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Benson, Robert Hugh: The Sentimentalists, v1, 17 January 2010.

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Robert Hugh Benson (1871–1914)
The Sentimentalists (1906)

This was Monsignor Benson’s first novel with a contemporary setting. The central character is an egoistic poseur who, while very charming, wreaks havoc to himself and those around him. (Probably a narcissistic personality disorder?) His catholic friends take drastic measures to cure him.
There are some wonderfully satirical passages.

I’ve had a lot of trouble with this book.
It was downloaded, a page at a time from HathiTrust. Once reassembled, I found that several pages were missing from the scan. Google Books are using the same copy, with the same missing pages. Fortunately, these are not essential. I’ve indicated the gaps and will post a revised version if I can find a paper copy.
The original typesetting was poor in places and I have corrected a number of obvious typos.

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Benson, Samuel: Back from Hell.V1.25 May 2015

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I wasn't able to find much about Samuel Benson online. The book looks to be an account of his service in WWI.

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Benson, Stella: Goodbye, Stranger, v.1, 16 March 2009.

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Stella Benson (1892–1933)
Goodbye, Stranger (1926)

A novel set in a Chinese mission. Clifford, a failed missionary, is convinced that he is actually a changeling; not human at all, but a fairy’s child. His mother agrees. His behaviour and honesty cause havoc in the small community…

The source was PG Canada.

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Benson, Stella: Hope Against Hope and Other Stories, v.1, 21 February 2009.

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Hope Against Hope And Other Stories (1931)
By Stella Benson (1892–1933)
Macmillan & Co., Limited

A collection of ironic short stories.

Contents:
Hope Against Hope
Submarine
Hairy Carey’s Son
An Out-Islander Comes In
On The Contrary
The Desert Islander

The source was PG Canada.

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Benson, Stella: Kwan-yin, v.1, 22 February 2009.

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Stella Benson (1892–1933)
Kwan-yin (1922)
One hundred copies printed by Edwin Grabhorn, San Francisco, in April, 1922.

A short verse-drama, set in the temple of Kwan-yin, the Chinese goddess of mercy and the Buddhist bodhisattva of pure compassion.

The source was a scan at The Internet Archive. I have added a cover picture and an image of the goddess.

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Benson, Stella: Living Alone, v.1, 21 February 2009.

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Stella Benson (1892–1933)
Living Alone (1919)

A magical realist novel, in which a committee of ladies doing wartime relief work is joined by a witch. Then a German witch appears. Also some fairies and dragons.

The source was PG.

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Benson, Stella: The Little World, v.1, 12 March 2009.

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Stella Benson (1892–1933)
The Little World (1925)

A travel book, in which miss Benson describes her travels round the world, concentrating on China and the USA.
The source was PG Europe.

Contents:
Trippers; Oldest Inhabitants; The States; Japan; Manila — Macao — Hongkong; Hongkong; The Little Journey; Peking; Old Armies and Old Emperors; The Yang-Tse River; India; The States Again; Geography; Angels in the Red Sea; Picnic in Aden; Yunnan; Pigs and Pirates; Journey in Indo-China: Hanoi; Journey in Indo-China.

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Benson, Stella: The Man Who Missed The ’Bus, v.1, 26 February 2009.

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Stella Benson (1892–1933)
The Man Who Missed The ’Bus (1928)

A short story which was published in a limited edition.
Mr. Robinson is a man who has always been more interested in things rather than people. Is it too late for him to establish a relationship with others, or is his alienation hopeless?

The source was Project Gutenberg Europe.

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Benson, Stella: This Is the End, v.1 21 February 2009.

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Stella Benson (1892–1933)
This Is the End (1917)

A novel set in London during the First World War, written while the war was still going on. It features a lady novelist, a woman bus conductor and a variety of indecisive men.

The opening:
“This is the end, for the moment, of all my thinking, this is my unfinal conclusion. There is no reason in tangible things, and no system in the ordinary ways of the world. Hands were made to grope, and feet to stumble, and the only things you may count on are the unaccountable things. System is a fairy and a dream, you never find system where or when you expect it. There are no reasons except reasons you and I don’t know.”

The source was PG.

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Benson, Stella: Twenty, v.1, 21 February 2009.

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Stella Benson (1892–1933)
Twenty (1918)

A collection of twenty poems.
The source was PG.

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Benton, John L: John L. Benton Omnibus. V1. 25 Mar 2010

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John L. Benton (No biographical data located)

Pulp Detective Stories

CLOWN OF DOOM
COPPERHEAD KILLER
THE D. A. DIES
GONE with the LOOT
LINED WITH DEATH

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Beresford, J D: The Hampdenshire Wonder. V1. 26 Mar 2011

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John Davys Beresford (17 March 1873 – 1 February 1947) was an English writer, now remembered for his early science fiction and some short stories in the horror story and ghost story genres. His Hampdenshire Wonder was a major influence on Olaf Stapledon. His other science-fiction novels include The Riddle of the Tower, about a dystopian, hive-like society.

First, and still among the best written, tale of a child with superhuman intellect. Published in 1911.

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Beresford, J D: The Misanthrope. V1. 27 Mar 2011

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John Davys Beresford (17 March 1873 – 1 February 1947) was an English writer, now remembered for his early science fiction and some short stories in the horror story and ghost story genres. His Hampdenshire Wonder was a major influence on Olaf Stapledon. His other science-fiction novels include The Riddle of the Tower, about a dystopian, hive-like society.

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Here on the mainland the whole thing seems unlikely, grotesque, foolish. On the rock the man's confession carried absolute conviction. The setting is everything; and I am, perhaps, thankful that my present circumstances are so beautifully conducive to sanity. No one appreciates the mystery of life more than I do; but when the mystery involves such a doubt of oneself, I find it pleasanter to forget. Naturally, I do not want to believe the story. If I did I should know myself to be some kind of human horror. And the terror of it all lies in the fact that I may never know precisely what kind...

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Beresford, J. D.: Nineteen Impressions (1918); v1; 14 Nov 2020

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J D Beresford 1873-1947

A collection of impressionistic short stories, amounting to around 42,000 words. They all deal with gaps between perception and reality in various ways.

Story 4, Flaws in the Time Scheme, comprises 3 connected stories; hence the title "Nineteen..."

1: Cut-Throat Farm
2: The Power o' Money
3: The Criminal
4: Flaws In The Time Scheme
5: The Little Town
6: The Lost Suburb
7: The Great Tradition
8: The Escape
9: Force Majeure
10: The Contemporaries
11: The Empty Theatre
12: The Ashes Of Last Night's Fire
13: The Misanthrope
14: Powers of the Air
15: The Instrument of Destiny
16: The Man in the Machine
17: Lost in the Fog

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Bergson, Henri: Creative Evolution. V1. 28-Mar-2013

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Henri Bergson (1859-1941) was a French philosopher and Nobel Prize winner in Literature, whose third major work, "[Creative Evolution[/", provided an alternate explanation for Darwin's mechanism of evolution. The book focuses on four key steps: that there must be a vital impulse which explains the creation of all living things; that there must also be an impulse accounting for diversity and differentiation; that these tendencies can be defined as instinct and intelligence; and that intuition allows us to place ourselves back in the original vital impulse. Bergson addresses concepts of time, human intelligence and intuition, all of which illustrate his ideas on the meaning of life. The book was very popular in the first half of the 20th Century, and held a significant influence on modernist writers. Today, we read Bergson's work because of its profound contribution to the philosophical discussion of evolution.

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Bernardin de Saint-Pierre, Jacques-Henri: Paul and Virginia, v.1, 5 July 2009

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Jacques-Henri Bernardin de Saint-Pierre (1737-1814)
Paul and Virginia (Paul et Virginie, 1787)
Translated by ‘H.M.W.’ (1851)

A tragic love story: two children fall in love on a tropical island. But eventually society asserts its claims.

From Wikipedia:
The story is based in the island of Mauritius under French rule, then named Île de France, which the author had visited. Written on the eve of the French Revolution, the novel is hailed as Bernardin's finest work. It records the fate of a child of nature corrupted by the false, artificial sentimentality that prevailed at the time among the upper classes of France.

The source was Project Gutenberg. The Latin quotations have been corrected, also some minor errors of spelling and punctuation.. For reasons best known to himself, the translator has slightly condensed some passages and has added some of his own indifferent poetry.

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Bertrand, Louis: Saint Augustin, v.1, 27 February 2009.

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Louis Bertrand (1866–1941)
Saint Augustin [sic]
First Published, Paris, 1913.
Translated from the French by Vincent O’Sullivan (1872–1940)
Translation First Published, London and New York, 1914.

A biography of Saint Augustine of Hippo, the author of the “Confessions” and the “City of God.”
The translator has some unconventional ideas about the spelling of some of the names.

The source was PG. I have reformatted and added a mediaeval cover picture of the saint, anachronistically wearing spectacles.

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Besant, Walter: The Case of Mr Lucraft. V1. 27 Mar 2011

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Sir Walter Besant (14 August, 1836, Portsmouth - 9 June, 1901, London. Sir Walter Besant was a novelist and historian from London. His sister-in-law was Annie Besant. The son of a merchant, he was born at Portsmouth, Hampshire and attended school at St Paul's, Southsea, Stockwell Grammar, London and King's College London. In 1855, he was admitted as a pensioner to Christ's College, Cambridge, where he graduated in 1859 as 18th wrangler. After a year as Mathematical Master at Rossall School, Fleetwood, Lancashire and a year at Leamington College, he spent 6 years as professor of mathematics at the Royal College, Mauritius. A breakdown in health compelled him to resign, and he returned to England and settled in London in 1867. He took the duties of Secretary to the Palestine Exploration Fund, which he held 1868-85. In 1871, he was admitted to Lincoln's Inn.

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I have read of nothing similar to my own case. I have consulted books on apparitions, witchcraft, and the power of the devil as manifested in authentic history, but I have found absolutely nothing that can in any way compare with my own case. If there be any successor to my Mr. Ebenezer Grumbelow, possessed of his unholy powers, endowed with his fiendish resolve and his diabolical iniquity of selfishness, this plain and simple narrative may serve as a warning to young men situated as I was in the year 1823. Except as a moral example, indeed, I see no use in telling the story at all.

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Besant, Walter: The Revolt of Man: V1. 27 Mar 2011

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Sir Walter Besant (14 August, 1836, Portsmouth - 9 June, 1901, London. Sir Walter Besant was a novelist and historian from London. His sister-in-law was Annie Besant. The son of a merchant, he was born at Portsmouth, Hampshire and attended school at St Paul's, Southsea, Stockwell Grammar, London and King's College London. In 1855, he was admitted as a pensioner to Christ's College, Cambridge, where he graduated in 1859 as 18th wrangler. After a year as Mathematical Master at Rossall School, Fleetwood, Lancashire and a year at Leamington College, he spent 6 years as professor of mathematics at the Royal College, Mauritius. A breakdown in health compelled him to resign, and he returned to England and settled in London in 1867. He took the duties of Secretary to the Palestine Exploration Fund, which he held 1868-85. In 1871, he was admitted to Lincoln's Inn.

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... everybody had learned about the Great Transition, and the way in which the transfer of Power, which marked the last and greatest step of civilisation, had been brought about: the gradual substitution of women for men in the great offices; the spread of the new religion; the abolition of the monarchy; the introduction of pure theocracy, in which the ideal Perfect Woman took the place of a personal sovereign; the wise measures by which man's rough and rude strength was disciplined into obedience,—all these things were mere commonplaces of education.

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Bettauer, Hugo: Der Frauenmörder, german, v1, 10 Feb 2009

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In dieser Kriminalgeschichte aus dem Berlin der 20er Jahre verschwinden fünf heiratswillige Frauen auf rätselhafte Weise aus ihren Pensionen und waren nie mehr gesehen. Allein ein blonder Herr scheint das Bindeglied zwischen den Fällen zu sein: Unter der Chiffre "Idylle an der Havel" hat er in einer Zeitung annonciert und so seine Opfer gefunden. Detektiv Krause wird auf den Fall angesetzt und alsbald fündig: Thomas Hartwig, ein erfolgloser Schriftsteller mit Geldsorgen, ist der tatverdächtige Blonde. Er wird als Mörder angeklagt, doch Krause, dessen Bauchgefühl vor voreiligen Schlüssen warnt, ermittelt weiter...

Hugo Bettauer, heute beinahe vergessen, war Anfang des 20. Jahrhunderts ein ebenso unbequemer wie idealistischer Schriftsteller und Journalist. Er schrieb eine Reihe von Romanen, in denen es ihm gelang, brisante gesellschaftliche Themen in Trivialliteratur zu verpacken und so ein breites Publikum zu erreichen. 1924 gründete Hugo Bettauer die Zeitschrift "Er und Sie", in der er die sozialen Bedingungen und die Unterdrückung von Frauen anprangerte und versuchte, ein Forum für alternative Lebensformen zu schaffen. Schon nach der fünften Nummer wurde die Zeitschrift als sittengefährdend beschlagnahmt.

Hugo Bettauer wurde 1925 von einem fanatischen Nationalsozialisten ermordet.

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Bettauer, Hugo: Die Stadt ohne Juden, german, v1, 22 Feb 2009

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In Wien herrscht Unruhe. Die Arbeiter gehen auf die Straße, das Geld ist nichts mehr wert, Spekulanten treiben mit ihrer Habsucht die Inflation. Bundeskanzler Dr. Schwerdtfeger, ein fanatischer Antisemit, hat die Lösung: Hinaus mit den Juden. Er bringt in der Nationalversammlung ein Gesetz durch, das alle Juden bis zum Jahresende zur Auswanderung zwingt. Das Gesetz wird von der Bevölkerung begeistert aufgenommen – die Juden verlassen das Land. Doch schon nach kurzer Zeit stellt sich Ernüchterung ein: Das Kulturleben verarmt. In den Theatern werden nur noch Werke von Ludwig Ganghofer und Ludwig Anzengruber gespielt. Viele Kaffeehäuser stehen leer oder wurden in Stehbierhallen umgebaut. Auch mit der Wirtschaft geht es bergab, da der Handel sich nach Prag und Budapest verlagert hat. Inflation und Arbeitslosigkeit sind die Folge.

Mit "Die Stadt ohne Juden" gelingt Hugo Bettauer 1922 die satirische Darstellung der Konsequenzen des grassierenden Antisemitismus der 20er Jahre. Der Roman war zugleich Bettauers meistgelesenes Werk, das in mehrere Sprachen übersetzt wurde und über eine Viertelmillion Mal verkauft wurde. Zwei Jahre nach Erscheinen wurde er unter der Regie von Hans Karl Breslauer mit Hans Moser verfilmt, allerdings mit einem vom Buch abweichenden Ende, bei dem sich die komplette Handlung des Film als Traum entpuppt.

Kurz nach der Premiere des Films wurde Hugo Bettauer am 10. März 1925 im Alter von 52 Jahren von einem NSDAP-Mitglied ermordet.

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Bettauer, Hugo: Hemmungslos, german, v1, 13 Feb 2009

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Hunger macht Koloman Freiherr von Isbaregg zum Dieb. Habgier macht ihn schließlich zum Mörder. Zur Erreichung seiner Ziele ist ihm jedes Mittel recht. Er ist - ganz wie der Titel des Romans von Hugo Bettauer - hemmungslos in seinem Tun. Stellt sich die Frage, ob er damit durchkommt oder ob sich seine kleinen Sünden nicht vielleicht sogar rächen, wenn es um die Aufdeckung der großen geht...

Hugo Bettauer, heute beinahe vergessen, war Anfang des 20. Jahrhunderts ein ebenso unbequemer wie idealistischer Schriftsteller und Journalist. Er schrieb eine Reihe von Romanen, in denen es ihm gelang, brisante gesellschaftliche Themen in Trivialliteratur zu verpacken und so ein breites Publikum zu erreichen. 1924 gründete Hugo Bettauer die Zeitschrift "Er und Sie", in der er die sozialen Bedingungen und die Unterdrückung von Frauen anprangerte und versuchte, ein Forum für alternative Lebensformen zu schaffen. Schon nach der fünften Nummer wurde die Zeitschrift als sittengefährdend beschlagnahmt.

Hugo Bettauer wurde 1925 von einem fanatischen Nationalsozialisten ermordet.

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Bevan, Tom: Sea-Dogs All v1 17 jan 2009

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Subtitled A Tale of Forest and Sea. First published in 1911. Not a lot else I could gather about this book or author. It is a fine nautical tale that is sometimes quite funny!

Nice cover.

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Bey, Hakim: T.A.Z. The Temporary Autonomous Zone, v.1, 20 May 2008.

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‘T. A. Z. The Temporary Autonomous Zone, Ontological Anarchy, Poetic Terrorism’
By Hakim Bey

Contains advice on how to commit poetic terrorism, pyrotechnics, sorcery and autonomy etc.

Amazon is selling this book. Ignore capitalism and get it for free. Here is their synopsis:
“The underground cult bestseller! Essays that redefine the psychogeographical nooks of autonomy. Recipes for poetic terror, anarcho -black magic, post-situ psychotropic surgery, denunciations of spiritual addictions to vapid infotainment cults - this is the bastard classic, the watermark impressed upon our minds. Where conscience informs praxis, and action infects consciousness, T.A.Z. is beginning to worm its way into above-ground culture. This book offers inspired blasts of writing, from slogans to historical essays, on the need to insert revolutionary happiness into everyday life through poetic action, and celebrating the radical optimism present in outlaw cultures. It should appeal to alternative thinkers and punks everywhere, as it celebrates liberation, love and poetic living. The new edition contains the full text of Chaos: The Broadsheets of Ontological Anarchism, the complete communiques and flyers of the Association for Ontological Anarchy, the long essay 'The Temporary Autonomous Zone,' and a new preface by the author.

I picked up this version at Sacred-Texts.com. I have left the idiosyncratic typesetting alone.

Anti-copyright notice
Autonomedia Anti-copyright, 1985, 1991. May be freely pirated & quoted-- the author & publisher, however, would like to be informed at:
Autonomedia
P. O. Box 568
Williamsburgh Station
Brooklyn, NY 11211-0568

And here’s a link to the Wikipedia entry:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Temporary_Autonomous_Zone

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Bierce, Ambrose: The Devil's Dictionary, v.1., 1 Oct 2008

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From Wikipedia:

Ambrose Gwinnett Bierce (June 24, 1842 – 1914?) was an American editorialist, journalist, short-story writer and satirist. Today, he is best known for his short story, [An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge[/ and his satirical dictionary, [The Devil's Dictionary[/.

The sardonic view of human nature that informed his work – along with his vehemence as a critic – earned him the nickname, "Bitter Bierce." Despite his reputation as a searing critic, however, Bierce was known to encourage younger writers, including the poet, George Sterling and the fiction writer, W. C. Morrow.

In 1913, Bierce traveled to Mexico to gain a firsthand perspective on that country's ongoing revolution. While traveling with rebel troops, the elderly writer disappeared without a trace.
[The Devil's Dictionary[/ (from 1881) was first released with the title [The Cynic's Word Book[/. Here a few example entries:

JUSTICE, n. A commodity which is a more or less adulterated condition the State sells to the citizen as a reward for his allegiance, taxes and personal service.

KILL, v.t. To create a vacancy without nominating a successor.

LEARNING, n. The kind of ignorance distinguishing the studious.
Enjoy!

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Bierce, Ambrose: A Baby Tramp and Other Horror Stories. V1. 8 Dec 2012

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Ambrose Gwinnett Bierce (born June 24, 1842; died sometime after December 26, 1913) was an American editorialist, journalist, short story writer, fabulist, and satirist. Today, he is probably best known for his short story "An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge" and his satirical lexicon The Devil's Dictionary. His vehemence as a critic, his motto "Nothing matters" and the sardonic view of human nature that informed his work all earned him the nickname "Bitter Bierce".

A BABY TRAMP
A DIAGNOSIS OF DEATH
A JUG OF SYRUP
A PSYCHOLOGICAL SHIPWRECK
A RESUMED IDENTITY
A TOUGH TUSSLE
AN HEIRESS FROM REDHORSE
AN INHABITANT OF CARCOSA
AN OCCURRENCE AT OWL CREEK BRIDGE
BEYOND THE WALL

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Bierce, Ambrose: A Cynic Looks at Life. 07 Oct 07

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First published in 1912, about a year or so before he disappeared in Mexico, [A Cynic Looks at Life[/ has been called "pre-Mencken Mencken." Bierce is at the top of his game in this book. Mark this one, "Recommended."

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Bierce, Ambrose: An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge. v1. 2 Dec 07

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An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge is a short story by Ambrose Bierce and was originally published in 1890.

It's the story of a Mr. Peyton Farquhar, a man who is just about to be hanged for sympathizing with the Confederates. It's famous for its twist ending and irregular time sequence.

I actually found out about this story by reading that it was an inspiration for some great movies--I don't wanna say which movies because I don't want to give the ending away. It was also the inspiration for a very highly-rated episode of [The Twilight Zone[/ here in the states.

This is only about 20 pages or so, and I strongly recommend reading it if you get a chance to fit it in between your other books.

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Bierce, Ambrose: Can Such Things Be? (1893); v1; 10 Jan 2020

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Two dozen supernatural short stories by Ambrose Bierce:

1: The Death of Halpin Frayser
2: The Secret of Macarger’s Gulch
3: One Summer Night
4: The Moonlit Road
5: A Diagnosis of Death
6: Moxon’s Master
7: A Tough Tussle
8: One of Twins
9: The Haunted Valley
10: A Jug of Sirup
11: Staley Fleming’s Hallucination
12: A Resumed Identity
13: A Baby Tramp
14: The Night-Doings at “Deadman’s”
15: Beyond the Wall
16: A Psychological Shipwreck
17: The Middle Toe of the Right Foot
18: John Mortonson’s Funeral
19: The Realm of the Unreal
20: John Bartine’s Watch
21: The Damned Thing
22: Haita the Shepherd
23: An Inhabitant of Carcosa
24: The Stranger

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Bierce, Ambrose: Can Such Things Be? v1. 2 Dec 07

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Here is a collection of 24 short stories by Ambrose Bierce. After stumbling onto [An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bri[/dge (posted to this forum earlier), I figured that I might as well do a collection of some of his short stories.

Bierce wrote many supernatural stories that focused on the psychological aspects of horror, but his own life story was pretty adventurous as well. In 1913, at the age of seventy-one, Bierce traveled (and promptly disappeared) into revolution-torn Mexico to fight alongside the bandit Pancho Villa. Although a popular theory is that Bierce argued with Villa over military strategy and was subsequently shot, he probably perished in the battle of Ojinaga on January 11, 1914. His body was never found so no one really knows what happened to him.

Note that in this collection, there's a story called [Moxon's Master.[/ Published in 1909, it's one of the first descriptions of a robot in English literature.

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Bierce, Ambrose: Devil's Dictionary. PRC 7 July 2009

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from Wikipedia:
[QUOTThe Devil's Dictionary, by Ambrose Bierce, is a satirical book published in 1911. It offers reinterpretations of terms in the English language which lampoon cant and political doublespeak.[/QUOT

This ebook can be used as a Mobipocket dictionary. I recommend using it while reading Terry Pratchett.

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Bierce, Ambrose: Fantistic Fables. 06 Oct 07

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Updated fables for our times (if our times are 1899.) A delightful collection of fables from one of the greatest American writers of the late 19th and early 20 century.

Some of the topical references have been lost in the 100+ years since they were written. Many more are as biting today as they were when this great cynic first wrote them.

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Bierce, Ambrose: Moxon's Master and Other Horror Stories. V1. 10 Dec 2012

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Ambrose Gwinnett Bierce (born June 24, 1842; died sometime after December 26, 1913) was an American editorialist, journalist, short story writer, fabulist, and satirist. Today, he is probably best known for his short story "An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge" and his satirical lexicon The Devil's Dictionary. His vehemence as a critic, his motto "Nothing matters" and the sardonic view of human nature that informed his work all earned him the nickname "Bitter Bierce".

MOXON'S MASTER
THE MOONLIT ROAD
THE NIGHT-DOINGS AT 'DEADMAN'S'
ONE OF TWINS
ONE SUMMER NIGHT
THE REALM OF THE UNREAL
THE SECRET OF MACARGER'S GULCH
THE SECRET OF MACARGER'S GULCH
STALEY FLEMING'S HALLUCINATION
THE STRANGER

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Bierce, Ambrose: The Boarded Window and Other Horror Stories. V1. 9 Dec 2012

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Ambrose Gwinnett Bierce (born June 24, 1842; died sometime after December 26, 1913) was an American editorialist, journalist, short story writer, fabulist, and satirist. Today, he is probably best known for his short story "An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge" and his satirical lexicon The Devil's Dictionary. His vehemence as a critic, his motto "Nothing matters" and the sardonic view of human nature that informed his work all earned him the nickname "Bitter Bierce".

THE BOARDED WINDOW
CHICKAMAUGA
THE DAMNED THING
THE DEATH OF HALPIN FRAYSER
HAITA THE SHEPHERD
THE HAUNTED VALLEY
JOHN BARTINE'S WATCH
JOHN MORTONSON'S FUNERAL
THE MAN AND THE SNAKE
THE MIDDLE TOE OF THE RIGHT FOOT

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Bierce, Ambrose: The Damned Thing, v.1, 31 Dec 2008

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An 1898 short story from the author of [The Devil's Dictionary[/ and [An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge[/.

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Bierce, Ambrose: Write It Right. 06 Oct 07

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From 1909 this "Little Blacklist of Literary Faults" is a true gem of writing help in using the right word. From the introduction:
[QUOT The author’s main purpose in this book is to teach precision in writing; and of good writing (which, essentially, is clear thinking made visible) precision is the point of capital concern. It is attained by choice of the word that accurately and adequately expresses what the writer has in mind, and by exclusion of that which either denotes or connotes something else. As Quintilian puts it, the writer should so write that his reader not only may, but must, understand.[/QUOT

I have added the alphabetical indexed section heads.

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Biggers, Earl Derr: Behind That Curtain. v1. 7 Feb 2013

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Earl Derr Biggers (August 24, 1884 – April 5, 1933) was an American novelist and playwright. He is remembered primarily for adaptations of his novels, especially those featuring the Chinese-American detective Charlie Chan.

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"Sir Frederic, who is stopping over for two weeks in San Francisco during the course of a trip around the world, is qualified to give an expert opinion. For nearly seventeen years he acted as Deputy-Commissioner at the head of the most famous detective organization in existence, and though he has now retired, his interest in crime detection is as keen as ever. Sir Frederic is a big man, with a kindly twinkle in his gray eyes, but occasionally those eyes have a steely look that made this reporter nervous. If we had killed the old Earl of Featherstonehaugh on his rare Persian rug, we would not care to have Sir Frederic on our trail. For the great detective is that type of Scotchman who is a stranger to defeat. He would never abandon the scent.

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Biggers, Earl Derr: Charlie Chan Carries On. v1. 6 Feb 2013

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Earl Derr Biggers (August 24, 1884 – April 5, 1933) was an American novelist and playwright. He is remembered primarily for adaptations of his novels, especially those featuring the Chinese-American detective Charlie Chan.

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Chief Inspector Duff, of Scotland Yard, was walking down Piccadilly in the rain. Faint and far away, beyond St. James's Park, he had just heard Big Ben on the Houses of Parliament strike the hour of ten. It was the night of February 6, 1930. One must keep in mind the clock and the calendar where chief inspectors are concerned, although in this case the items are relatively unimportant. They will never appear as evidence in court.

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Biggers, Earl Derr: Charlie Chan Omnibus. v6. 15 Sep 2014

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An omnibus edition of the "Charlies Chan" detective stories of Earl Derr Biggers. This volume contains the following books:

1. The House Without a Key
2. The Chinese Parrot
3. Behind that Curtain
4. The Black Camel
5. Charlie Chan Carries On
6. Keeper of the Keys

If your view of Charlie Chan comes from the dozens of very bad, semi-comic movies made in the 1940s and 50s, then read these books and you're in for a pleasant surprise. The books have extremely well-crafted plots ("The Chinese Parrot" is my personal favourite) and are well worth reading.

Chan, the first Chinese detective in literature, was modeled after Chang Apana, a real-life police detective in Honolulu.

Enjoy!

Please note that:

- This book is not in the public domain in the US. Please do not download it if you are in the US.

- The book may or may not have had random editorial changes made at the whim of the uploader. If this concerns you, you'd better not download it!

EDIT: 11 Jun 07

The 5th book in the series, "Charlie Chan Carries On", has now appeared on PG Australia so, as promised, I've added it to the omnibus and uploaded v2. Although it says it's an "Abridged Edition" I think, looking at the file size, that the abridgement is minor. Obviously if an "unabridged" version appears, I'll replace it.

EDIT: 21 May 08

Recreated the omnibus with much improved layout and formatting, to fix a problem with poor layout and incorrect paragraph breaks. Uploaded v3.

EDIT: 22 May 09

MR user "Bones" has been kind enough to supply an unabridged version of "Charlie Chan Carries On" so, as promised, here's a new version of the omnibus with the unabridged version of that book. The new version is about a third longer than the previous, abridged, version of the book. Uploaded v4.

EDIT: 3 Mar 10

Cleaned up the HTML code. Minor formatting improvements. Added a new cover image. Uploaded v5.

EDIT: 15 Sep 14

Thoroughly proof-read. Straight quotes changed to curly quotes. Many errors corrected. I would now regard this as a finished product, so please let me know if you spot any remaining errors. Uploaded v6.

Previous download count: 1809

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Biggers, Earl Derr: Fifty Candles. v1. 6 Feb 2013

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Earl Derr Biggers (August 24, 1884 – April 5, 1933) was an American novelist and playwright. He is remembered primarily for adaptations of his novels, especially those featuring the Chinese-American detective Charlie Chan.

Excerpt
From the records of the district court at Honolulu for the year 1898 you may, if you have patience, unearth the dim beginnings of this story of the fifty candles. It is a story that stretches over twenty years, all the way from that bare Honolulu courtroom to a night of fog and violence in San Francisco. Many months after the night of the tule-fog, I happened into the Hawaiian capital and took down from a library shelf a big legal-looking book, bound in bright yellow leather the color of a Filipino houseboy's shoes on his Saturday night in town. I found what I was looking for under the heading: "In the Matter of Chang See."

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Biggers, Earl Derr: Inside the Lines (1915); v1; 12 Sep 2020

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From the stage play, and later made into a silent movie.

A story of secret service on the eve of World War 1.

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Biggers, Earl Derr: Inside The Lines. v1. 6 Feb 2013

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Earl Derr Biggers (August 24, 1884 – April 5, 1933) was an American novelist and playwright. He is remembered primarily for adaptations of his novels, especially those featuring the Chinese-American detective Charlie Chan.

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"A little misunderstanding, Miss Gerson. The customs guard says your other trunk has already been examined, passed, and placed on the baggage van. He was trying to tell you that it would be necessary for you to permit a porter to take this trunk to the train before time for starting. With your permission—"
The stranger turned and halloed to a porter, who came running. Miss Gerson had the trunk locked and strapped in no time, and it was on the shoulders of the porter.

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Biggers, Earl Derr: Keeper Of The Keys. v1. 5 Feb 2013

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Earl Derr Biggers (August 24, 1884 – April 5, 1933) was an American novelist and playwright. He is remembered primarily for adaptations of his novels, especially those featuring the Chinese-American detective Charlie Chan.

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Presently he turned, and the girl understood, for she saw that he was a Chinese. A race that minds its own business. An admirable race. This member of it was plump and middle- aged. His little black eyes were shining as from some inner excitement; his lips were parted in a smile that seemed to indicate a sudden immense delight. Without so much as a glance toward number seven, he rose and walked rapidly down the car.

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Biggers, Earl Derr: Love Insurance. v1. 7 Feb 2-13

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Earl Derr Biggers (August 24, 1884 – April 5, 1933) was an American novelist and playwright. He is remembered primarily for adaptations of his novels, especially those featuring the Chinese-American detective Charlie Chan.

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OUTSIDE a gilt-lettered door on the seventeenth floor of a New York office building, a tall young man in a fur-lined coat stood shivering.

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Biggers, Earl Derr: Seven Keys To Baldpate. v1. 5 Feb 2013

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Earl Derr Biggers (August 24, 1884 – April 5, 1933) was an American novelist and playwright. He is remembered primarily for adaptations of his novels, especially those featuring the Chinese-American detective Charlie Chan.

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A young woman was crying bitterly in the waiting-room of the railway station at Upper Asquewan Falls, New York.
A beautiful young woman? That is exactly what Billy Magee wanted to know as, closing the waiting-room door behind him, he stood staring just inside. Were the features against which that frail bit of cambric was agonizingly pressed of a pleasing contour? The girl's neatly tailored corduroy suit and her flippant but charming millinery augured well. Should he step gallantly forward and inquire in sympathetic tones as to the cause of her woe? Should he carry chivalry even to the lengths of Upper Asquewan Falls?

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Biggers, Earl Derr: The Agony Column (1916); v1; 13 Feb 2020

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Romantic novelette published in hardback, just 25,000 words.

A man courts a girl he has not met, through the agony column of the London Daily Mail, as Europe falls into war in 1914.

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Biggers, Earl Derr: The Black Camel. v1. 5 Feb 2013

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Earl Derr Biggers (August 24, 1884 – April 5, 1933) was an American novelist and playwright. He is remembered primarily for adaptations of his novels, especially those featuring the Chinese-American detective Charlie Chan.

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The Pacific is the loneliest of oceans, and travelers across that rolling desert begin to feel that their ship is lost in an eternity of sky and water. But if they are journeying from the atolls of the South Seas to the California coast, they come quite suddenly upon a half- way house. So those aboard the Oceanic had come upon it shortly after dawn this silent July morning. Brown misty peaks rose from the ocean floor, incredible, unreal. But they grew more probable with each moment of approach, until finally the watchers at the rail were thrilled to distinguish the bright green island of Oahu, streaked with darker folds where lurk the valley rains.

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Biggers, Earl Derr: The Chinese Parrot. v1. 4 Feb 2013

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Earl Derr Biggers (August 24, 1884 – April 5, 1933) was an American novelist and playwright. He is remembered primarily for adaptations of his novels, especially those featuring the Chinese-American detective Charlie Chan.

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ALEXANDER EDEN stepped from the misty street into the great, marble-pillared room where the firm of Meek and Eden offered its wares. Immediately, behind showcases gorgeous with precious stones or bright with silver, platinum and gold, forty resplendent clerks stood at attention. Their morning coats were impeccable, lacking the slightest suspicion of a wrinkle, and in the left lapel of each was a pink carnation, as fresh and perfect as though it had grown there.

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Biggers, Earl Derr: The House Without A Key. v1. 4 Feb 2012

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Earl Derr Biggers (August 24, 1884 – April 5, 1933) was an American novelist and playwright. He is remembered primarily for adaptations of his novels, especially those featuring the Chinese-American detective Charlie Chan.

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MISS MINERVA WINTERSLIP was a Bostonian in good standing, and long past the romantic age. Yet beauty thrilled her still, even the semi-barbaric beauty of a Pacific island. As she walked slowly along the beach she felt the little catch in her throat that sometimes she had known in Symphony Hall, Boston, when her favorite orchestra rose to some new and unexpected height of loveliness.
It was the hour at which she liked Waikiki best, the hour just preceding dinner and the quick tropic darkness. The shadows cast by the tall cocoanut palms lengthened and deepened, the light of the falling sun flamed on Diamond Head and tinted with gold the rollers sweeping in from the coral reef. A few late swimmers, reluctant to depart, dotted those waters whose touch is like the caress of a lover. On the springboard of the nearest float a slim brown girl poised for one delectable instant. What a figure! Miss Minerva, well over fifty herself, felt a mild twinge of envy—youth, youth like an arrow, straight and sure and flying. Like an arrow the slender figure rose, then fell; the perfect dive, silent and clean.

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Bilstein, Roger. Orders of Magnitude. PRC v1.0 12 July 2009

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This is a general history of NASA from its WWI days as the NACA until 1990. I've found it to be a rather interesting read.

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Bindloss, Harold: A Damaged Reputation. v1. 8 Jan 2013

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Harold Edward Bindloss was an English novelist who wrote many adventure novels set in western Canada. Bindloss was born in Liverpool in 1866. He was more than 30 years old before he began writing. Previously he worked as a farmer in Canada and as a cargo heaver, a planter, and at other jobs in southern climes. He returned to London. In 1898, he published his first book, a non-fiction account based on his travels in Africa, called In the Niger Country. This was followed by dozens of novels. He was a popular writer. One reviewer writes: "A new book by Harold Bindloss is always welcome. He tells a story well indeed, but one likes his books best perhaps for the environment which he knows so well how to sketch. He has written charming stories of the Canadian Northwest and one remembers with pleasure his novels Prescott of Saskatchewan and Winston of the Prairie", (Oakland Tribune, 1915). Bindloss' most famous works include: Ranching for Sylvia (1912), The Gold Trail (1910) and Vane of the Timberlands (1911).

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Brooke started a little, for though the speaker was invisible her voice was curiously familiar. It was also evidently an Englishman who answered the last remark, and Brooke, who decided that his ears must have deceived him, nevertheless became intent. He felt that the mere fancy should have awakened a host of memories, but he was only sensible of a wholly dispassionate curiosity when the voice was raised again, though it was, at least, very like one to which he had frequently listened in times past. Then there was a patter of approaching steps, and he rose to his feet as the strangers and the mine manager came down the slope. There were several men, one of whom was palpably an Englishman, and two women. One of the latter stopped abruptly, with a little exclamation.

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Bindloss, Harold: A Prairie Courtship. v1. 8 Jan 2013

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Harold Edward Bindloss was an English novelist who wrote many adventure novels set in western Canada. Bindloss was born in Liverpool in 1866. He was more than 30 years old before he began writing. Previously he worked as a farmer in Canada and as a cargo heaver, a planter, and at other jobs in southern climes. He returned to London. In 1898, he published his first book, a non-fiction account based on his travels in Africa, called In the Niger Country. This was followed by dozens of novels. He was a popular writer. One reviewer writes: "A new book by Harold Bindloss is always welcome. He tells a story well indeed, but one likes his books best perhaps for the environment which he knows so well how to sketch. He has written charming stories of the Canadian Northwest and one remembers with pleasure his novels Prescott of Saskatchewan and Winston of the Prairie", (Oakland Tribune, 1915). Bindloss' most famous works include: Ranching for Sylvia (1912), The Gold Trail (1910) and Vane of the Timberlands (1911).

Excerpt
For the last three days she had lived on canned fruit and crackers in the train, not because she liked that diet, but because the charges at the dining-stations were beyond her means. She had now five dollars and a few cents in her little shabby purse. That, however, did not much trouble her, for she would reach Winnipeg on the morrow, and she supposed that she would begin her new duties immediately. She was wondering with some misgivings what her employers would be like, when a girl of about her own age appeared in the doorway of the vestibule.

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Bindloss, Harold: Alton of Somasco. V1. 27 Jun 2011

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Harold Edward Bindloss was an English novelist who wrote many adventure novels set in western Canada. Bindloss was born in Liverpool in 1866. He was more than 30 years old before he began writing. Previously he worked as a farmer in Canada and as a cargo heaver, a planter, and at other jobs in southern climes. He returned to London. In 1898, he published his first book, a non-fiction account based on his travels in Africa, called In the Niger Country. This was followed by dozens of novels. He was a popular writer. One reviewer writes: "A new book by Harold Bindloss is always welcome. He tells a story well indeed, but one likes his books best perhaps for the environment which he knows so well how to sketch. He has written charming stories of the Canadian Northwest and one remembers with pleasure his novels Prescott of Saskatchewan and Winston of the Prairie", (Oakland Tribune, 1915). Bindloss' most famous works include: Ranching for Sylvia (1912), The Gold Trail (1910) and Vane of the Timberlands (1911).

Excerpt
It was snowing slowly and persistently, as it had done all day, when Henry Alton of Somasco ranch stood struggling with a half-tamed Cayuse pony in a British Columbian settlement. The Cayuse had laid its ears back, and was describing a circle round him, scattering mud and snow, while the man who gripped the bridle in a lean, brown hand watched it without impatience, admiringly.

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Bindloss, Harold: Blake's Burden. V1. 27 Jun 2011

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Harold Edward Bindloss was an English novelist who wrote many adventure novels set in western Canada. Bindloss was born in Liverpool in 1866. He was more than 30 years old before he began writing. Previously he worked as a farmer in Canada and as a cargo heaver, a planter, and at other jobs in southern climes. He returned to London. In 1898, he published his first book, a non-fiction account based on his travels in Africa, called In the Niger Country. This was followed by dozens of novels. He was a popular writer. One reviewer writes: "A new book by Harold Bindloss is always welcome. He tells a story well indeed, but one likes his books best perhaps for the environment which he knows so well how to sketch. He has written charming stories of the Canadian Northwest and one remembers with pleasure his novels Prescott of Saskatchewan and Winston of the Prairie", (Oakland Tribune, 1915). Bindloss' most famous works include: Ranching for Sylvia (1912), The Gold Trail (1910) and Vane of the Timberlands (1911).
Excerpt
IT was a fine morning and Mrs. Keith sat with a companion, enjoying the sunshine, near the end of Dufferin Avenue, which skirts the elevated ground above the city of Quebec. Behind her rose the Heights of Abraham where the dying Wolfe wrested Canada from France; in front, churches, banks, offices and dwellings, curiously combining the old and the very new, rose tier on tier to the great red Frontenac hotel, at which she was staying. It is a picturesque city that climbs back from its noble river; supreme, perhaps, in its situation among Canadian towns, and still retaining something of the exotic stamp set upon it by its first builders whose art was learned in the France of long ago.

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Bindloss, Harold: Brandon of the Engineers. V1. 28 Jun 2011

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Harold Edward Bindloss was an English novelist who wrote many adventure novels set in western Canada. Bindloss was born in Liverpool in 1866. He was more than 30 years old before he began writing. Previously he worked as a farmer in Canada and as a cargo heaver, a planter, and at other jobs in southern climes. He returned to London. In 1898, he published his first book, a non-fiction account based on his travels in Africa, called In the Niger Country. This was followed by dozens of novels. He was a popular writer. One reviewer writes: "A new book by Harold Bindloss is always welcome. He tells a story well indeed, but one likes his books best perhaps for the environment which he knows so well how to sketch. He has written charming stories of the Canadian Northwest and one remembers with pleasure his novels Prescott of Saskatchewan and Winston of the Prairie", (Oakland Tribune, 1915). Bindloss' most famous works include: Ranching for Sylvia (1912), The Gold Trail (1910) and Vane of the Timberlands (1911).

Excerpt
A pontoon bridge, dotted with figures in khaki, crossed a deep pool. At its head, where a white road ran down the hill, a detachment of engineers lounged in the shade. Their faces were grimed with sweat and dust, and some, with coats unbuttoned, sprawled in the grass. They had toiled hard through the heat of the day, and now were enjoying an “easy,” until they should be called to attention when their work was put to the test.

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Bindloss, Harold: Carmen's Messenger. V1. 28 Jun 2011

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Harold Edward Bindloss was an English novelist who wrote many adventure novels set in western Canada. Bindloss was born in Liverpool in 1866. He was more than 30 years old before he began writing. Previously he worked as a farmer in Canada and as a cargo heaver, a planter, and at other jobs in southern climes. He returned to London. In 1898, he published his first book, a non-fiction account based on his travels in Africa, called In the Niger Country. This was followed by dozens of novels. He was a popular writer. One reviewer writes: "A new book by Harold Bindloss is always welcome. He tells a story well indeed, but one likes his books best perhaps for the environment which he knows so well how to sketch. He has written charming stories of the Canadian Northwest and one remembers with pleasure his novels Prescott of Saskatchewan and Winston of the Prairie", (Oakland Tribune, 1915). Bindloss' most famous works include: Ranching for Sylvia (1912), The Gold Trail (1910) and Vane of the Timberlands (1911).

Excerpt
IT was getting dark, and a keen wind blew across the ragged pines beside the track, when Jake Foster walked up and down the station at Gardner's Crossing in North Ontario. Winter was moving southwards fast across the wilderness that rolled back to Hudson's Bay, silencing the brawling rivers and calming the stormy lakes, but the frost had scarcely touched the sheltered valley yet and the roar of a rapid throbbed among the trees. The sky had the crystal clearness that is often seen in northern Canada, but a long trail of smoke stretched above the town, and the fumes of soft coal mingled with the aromatic smell of the pines. Gardner's Crossing stood, an outpost of advancing industry, on the edge of the lonely woods.

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Bindloss, Harold: Delilah of the Snows. v1. 7 Jan 2013

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Harold Edward Bindloss was an English novelist who wrote many adventure novels set in western Canada. Bindloss was born in Liverpool in 1866. He was more than 30 years old before he began writing. Previously he worked as a farmer in Canada and as a cargo heaver, a planter, and at other jobs in southern climes. He returned to London. In 1898, he published his first book, a non-fiction account based on his travels in Africa, called In the Niger Country. This was followed by dozens of novels. He was a popular writer. One reviewer writes: "A new book by Harold Bindloss is always welcome. He tells a story well indeed, but one likes his books best perhaps for the environment which he knows so well how to sketch. He has written charming stories of the Canadian Northwest and one remembers with pleasure his novels Prescott of Saskatchewan and Winston of the Prairie", (Oakland Tribune, 1915). Bindloss' most famous works include: Ranching for Sylvia (1912), The Gold Trail (1910) and Vane of the Timberlands (1911).

Excerpt
Ingleby shook out the contents of the basin on a little strip of hide, and for a moment or two could scarcely discern anything, for his heart throbbed painfully and his sight was a trifle dim. Then he made out that there were little yellow grains scattered about the hide, and when he stirred the fragments of stone and pebbles with his fingers larger particles of the same hue became visible. He straightened himself slowly with a little gasp, and the blood surged to his face.

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Bindloss, Harold: For Jacinta. v1. 7 Jan 2013

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Harold Edward Bindloss was an English novelist who wrote many adventure novels set in western Canada. Bindloss was born in Liverpool in 1866. He was more than 30 years old before he began writing. Previously he worked as a farmer in Canada and as a cargo heaver, a planter, and at other jobs in southern climes. He returned to London. In 1898, he published his first book, a non-fiction account based on his travels in Africa, called In the Niger Country. This was followed by dozens of novels. He was a popular writer. One reviewer writes: "A new book by Harold Bindloss is always welcome. He tells a story well indeed, but one likes his books best perhaps for the environment which he knows so well how to sketch. He has written charming stories of the Canadian Northwest and one remembers with pleasure his novels Prescott of Saskatchewan and Winston of the Prairie", (Oakland Tribune, 1915). Bindloss' most famous works include: Ranching for Sylvia (1912), The Gold Trail (1910) and Vane of the Timberlands (1911).

Excerpt
That evening the steamer hummed with life, and the clatter of polyglot tongues. Parsee dealers in silver-thread embroideries, German commercial travellers, Madeiran Portuguese, Canario hillmen, and Peninsular Spaniards, moved amidst the straying livestock, while a little group of Anglo-Saxons naturally sat apart upon the hatch. There were, as is usual when Englishmen foregather in a country where wine is cheap, empty bottles scattered about. The engineer from the sister ship and an athletic tourist, stripped, at least as far as was permissible, were wrestling in Cumberland fashion on the hatch, with much delicate manœuvring of their feet and futile clutches at each other's waists. Macallister, who, when he felt inclined, superintended theEstremedura's machinery, alternately encouraged them sardonically and solaced himself with one of the bottles. He was a big, gaunt man, and just then extremely dirty, and when he saw Austin he looked up with a mischievous twinkle in his eyes.

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Bindloss, Harold: For the Allinson Honor. V1. 29 Jun 2011

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Harold Edward Bindloss was an English novelist who wrote many adventure novels set in western Canada. Bindloss was born in Liverpool in 1866. He was more than 30 years old before he began writing. Previously he worked as a farmer in Canada and as a cargo heaver, a planter, and at other jobs in southern climes. He returned to London. In 1898, he published his first book, a non-fiction account based on his travels in Africa, called In the Niger Country. This was followed by dozens of novels. He was a popular writer. One reviewer writes: "A new book by Harold Bindloss is always welcome. He tells a story well indeed, but one likes his books best perhaps for the environment which he knows so well how to sketch. He has written charming stories of the Canadian Northwest and one remembers with pleasure his novels Prescott of Saskatchewan and Winston of the Prairie", (Oakland Tribune, 1915). Bindloss' most famous works include: Ranching for Sylvia (1912), The Gold Trail (1910) and Vane of the Timberlands (1911).

Excerpt
IT was a hot autumn afternoon. Mrs. Olcott, a young and attractive woman, reclined in a canvas chair beside a tea-table on the lawn in front of the cottage she had lately taken in the country. Her thin white dress displayed a slender and rather girlish form; her dark hair emphasized the delicate coloring of her face, which wore a nervous look. As a matter of fact, she felt disturbed. Clare Olcott needed somebody to take care of her; but she had few friends, and her husband held a government appointment in West Africa. His pay was moderate and he had no private means. His relatives justified their neglect of his wife by the reflection that he had married beneath him; and this was why he had commended her, with confidence, to the protection of a friend.

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Bindloss, Harold: Harding of Allenwood. v1. 7 Jan 2013

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Harold Edward Bindloss was an English novelist who wrote many adventure novels set in western Canada. Bindloss was born in Liverpool in 1866. He was more than 30 years old before he began writing. Previously he worked as a farmer in Canada and as a cargo heaver, a planter, and at other jobs in southern climes. He returned to London. In 1898, he published his first book, a non-fiction account based on his travels in Africa, called In the Niger Country. This was followed by dozens of novels. He was a popular writer. One reviewer writes: "A new book by Harold Bindloss is always welcome. He tells a story well indeed, but one likes his books best perhaps for the environment which he knows so well how to sketch. He has written charming stories of the Canadian Northwest and one remembers with pleasure his novels Prescott of Saskatchewan and Winston of the Prairie", (Oakland Tribune, 1915). Bindloss' most famous works include: Ranching for Sylvia (1912), The Gold Trail (1910) and Vane of the Timberlands (1911).

Excerpt
In a gap between the trees two men stood resting on their axes, and rows of logs and branches and piles of chips were scattered about the clearing. The men were dressed much alike, in shirts that had once been blue but were now faded to an indefinite color, old brown overalls, and soft felt hats that had fallen out of shape. Their arms were bare to the elbows, the low shirt-collars left their necks exposed, showing skin that had weathered, like their clothing, to the color of the soil. Standing still, they were scarcely distinguishable from their surroundings.

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Bindloss, Harold: Hawtrey's Deputy. V1. 1 Jul 2011

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Harold Edward Bindloss was an English novelist who wrote many adventure novels set in western Canada. Bindloss was born in Liverpool in 1866. He was more than 30 years old before he began writing. Previously he worked as a farmer in Canada and as a cargo heaver, a planter, and at other jobs in southern climes. He returned to London. In 1898, he published his first book, a non-fiction account based on his travels in Africa, called In the Niger Country. This was followed by dozens of novels. He was a popular writer. One reviewer writes: "A new book by Harold Bindloss is always welcome. He tells a story well indeed, but one likes his books best perhaps for the environment which he knows so well how to sketch. He has written charming stories of the Canadian Northwest and one remembers with pleasure his novels Prescott of Saskatchewan and Winston of the Prairie", (Oakland Tribune, 1915). Bindloss' most famous works include: Ranching for Sylvia (1912), The Gold Trail (1910) and Vane of the Timberlands (1911).

Excerpt
THE frost outside was bitter, and the prairie, which rolled back from Lander's in long undulations to the far horizon, gleamed white beneath the moon, but there was warmth and brightness in Stukely's wooden barn. It stood at one end of the little, desolate settlement, where the trail that came up from the railroad thirty miles away forked off into two wavy ribands that melted into a waste of snow. Lander's consisted then of five or six frame houses and stores, a hotel of the same material, several sod stables, and a few birch-log barns; and its inhabitants considered it one of the most promising places in Western Canada. That, however, is the land of promise, a promise that is in due time usually fulfilled, and the men of Lander's were, for the most part, shrewdly practical optimists. They made the most of a somewhat grim and frugal present, and staked all they had to give—the few dollars they had brought in with them, and their powers of enduring toil—upon the roseate future.

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Bindloss, Harold: Johnstone of the Border. V1. 1 Jul 2011

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Harold Edward Bindloss was an English novelist who wrote many adventure novels set in western Canada. Bindloss was born in Liverpool in 1866. He was more than 30 years old before he began writing. Previously he worked as a farmer in Canada and as a cargo heaver, a planter, and at other jobs in southern climes. He returned to London. In 1898, he published his first book, a non-fiction account based on his travels in Africa, called In the Niger Country. This was followed by dozens of novels. He was a popular writer. One reviewer writes: "A new book by Harold Bindloss is always welcome. He tells a story well indeed, but one likes his books best perhaps for the environment which he knows so well how to sketch. He has written charming stories of the Canadian Northwest and one remembers with pleasure his novels Prescott of Saskatchewan and Winston of the Prairie", (Oakland Tribune, 1915). Bindloss' most famous works include: Ranching for Sylvia (1912), The Gold Trail (1910) and Vane of the Timberlands (1911).

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"You may meet the man who set the punt adrift," he explained. "I want you to go to the wreck and find my cousin. Tell him to be careful, because one of the gang has come down the channel after him. If there's trouble going on when you get there, do what you think best; but bring Andrew back. The police won't blame you afterward if you have to use the gun."

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Bindloss, Harold: Kit Musgrave's Luck. v1. 5 Jan 2013

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Harold Edward Bindloss was an English novelist who wrote many adventure novels set in western Canada. Bindloss was born in Liverpool in 1866. He was more than 30 years old before he began writing. Previously he worked as a farmer in Canada and as a cargo heaver, a planter, and at other jobs in southern climes. He returned to London. In 1898, he published his first book, a non-fiction account based on his travels in Africa, called In the Niger Country. This was followed by dozens of novels. He was a popular writer. One reviewer writes: "A new book by Harold Bindloss is always welcome. He tells a story well indeed, but one likes his books best perhaps for the environment which he knows so well how to sketch. He has written charming stories of the Canadian Northwest and one remembers with pleasure his novels Prescott of Saskatchewan and Winston of the Prairie", (Oakland Tribune, 1915). Bindloss' most famous works include: Ranching for Sylvia (1912), The Gold Trail (1910) and Vane of the Timberlands (1911).

Excerpt
Las Palmas was white, but not at all romantic. A sandy isthmus, swept by rolling clouds of dust, connected the town and the frankly ugly port. The houses round the harbor looked like small brown blocks. Behind them rose the Isleta cinder hill; in front, coal-wharfs and limekilns, hidden now and then by dust, occupied the beach. Moreover, the Spaniards on board the boats about the ship were excited, gesticulating ruffians. Bombay peddlers, short, dark-skinned Portuguese, and Canario dealers in wine, tobacco, and singing birds, pushed up the gangway. All disputed noisily in their eagerness to show their goods to the passengers.

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Bindloss, Harold: Lister's Great Adventure. V1. 2 Jul 2011

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Harold Edward Bindloss was an English novelist who wrote many adventure novels set in western Canada. Bindloss was born in Liverpool in 1866. He was more than 30 years old before he began writing. Previously he worked as a farmer in Canada and as a cargo heaver, a planter, and at other jobs in southern climes. He returned to London. In 1898, he published his first book, a non-fiction account based on his travels in Africa, called In the Niger Country. This was followed by dozens of novels. He was a popular writer. One reviewer writes: "A new book by Harold Bindloss is always welcome. He tells a story well indeed, but one likes his books best perhaps for the environment which he knows so well how to sketch. He has written charming stories of the Canadian Northwest and one remembers with pleasure his novels Prescott of Saskatchewan and Winston of the Prairie", (Oakland Tribune, 1915). Bindloss' most famous works include: Ranching for Sylvia (1912), The Gold Trail (1910) and Vane of the Timberlands (1911).

Excerpt
All the same, he felt the shack was dreary and his life was bleak. He had not felt this until he went to Winnipeg. On the whole, he had liked the struggle against physical obstacles. It was his proper job, but the struggle was stern and sometimes exhausting, and his reward was small. Now he wanted something different, and gave himself to vague and brooding discontent.

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Bindloss, Harold: Long Odds. v1. 4 Jan 2013

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Harold Edward Bindloss was an English novelist who wrote many adventure novels set in western Canada. Bindloss was born in Liverpool in 1866. He was more than 30 years old before he began writing. Previously he worked as a farmer in Canada and as a cargo heaver, a planter, and at other jobs in southern climes. He returned to London. In 1898, he published his first book, a non-fiction account based on his travels in Africa, called In the Niger Country. This was followed by dozens of novels. He was a popular writer. One reviewer writes: "A new book by Harold Bindloss is always welcome. He tells a story well indeed, but one likes his books best perhaps for the environment which he knows so well how to sketch. He has written charming stories of the Canadian Northwest and one remembers with pleasure his novels Prescott of Saskatchewan and Winston of the Prairie", (Oakland Tribune, 1915). Bindloss' most famous works include: Ranching for Sylvia (1912), The Gold Trail (1910) and Vane of the Timberlands (1911).

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It was towards the middle of a sweltering afternoon when Commandant Dom Erminio roused himself to wakefulness as he lay in his Madeira chair on the veranda of Fort San Roque, which stands beside a muddy river of Western Africa. As a rule Dom Erminio slept all the afternoon, which was not astonishing, since there was very little else for him to do, and if there had been he would conscientiously have refrained from doing it as long as possible. It is also very probable that any other intelligent white man similarly circumstanced would have been glad to spend part, at least, of the weary day in merciful oblivion. San Roque is one of the hottest places in Africa, which is saying a good deal, and at night a sour white steam, heavy with the exhalations of putrefaction, rises from the muddy river. They usually bring the white man who breathes them fever of one or several kinds, while even if he endures them scatheless the steamy heat melts the vigor out of him, and the black dejection born of it and the monotony crushes his courage down. San Roque is scorched with pitiless sunshine during part of the year, but it is walled in by never-lifting shadow, for all round the dark forest creeps close up to it.

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Bindloss, Harold: Lorimer of the Northwest. V1. 3 Jul 2011

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Harold Edward Bindloss was an English novelist who wrote many adventure novels set in western Canada. Bindloss was born in Liverpool in 1866. He was more than 30 years old before he began writing. Previously he worked as a farmer in Canada and as a cargo heaver, a planter, and at other jobs in southern climes. He returned to London. In 1898, he published his first book, a non-fiction account based on his travels in Africa, called In the Niger Country. This was followed by dozens of novels. He was a popular writer. One reviewer writes: "A new book by Harold Bindloss is always welcome. He tells a story well indeed, but one likes his books best perhaps for the environment which he knows so well how to sketch. He has written charming stories of the Canadian Northwest and one remembers with pleasure his novels Prescott of Saskatchewan and Winston of the Prairie", (Oakland Tribune, 1915). Bindloss' most famous works include: Ranching for Sylvia (1912), The Gold Trail (1910) and Vane of the Timberlands (1911).

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It is a still, hot day in autumn, and there is a droning of mosquitoes where I sit by an open window, glancing alternately out across the Assiniboian prairie and somewhat blankly at the bundle of paper before me, ready to begin this story. Its telling will not be an easy matter, but one finds idle hours pass heavily after a life such as mine has been, and since the bronco blundering into a badger-hole fell and broke my leg the surgeon who rode forty miles to set it said that if I was to work at harvest I must not move before—and the harvest is already near. So I nibble the pen and look around the long match-boarded hall, waiting for the inspiration which is strangely slow in coming, while my wife, who was Grace Carrington, smiles over her sewing and suggests that it is high time to begin.

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Bindloss, Harold: Masters of the Wheat-Lands. V1. 4 Jul 2011

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Harold Edward Bindloss was an English novelist who wrote many adventure novels set in western Canada. Bindloss was born in Liverpool in 1866. He was more than 30 years old before he began writing. Previously he worked as a farmer in Canada and as a cargo heaver, a planter, and at other jobs in southern climes. He returned to London. In 1898, he published his first book, a non-fiction account based on his travels in Africa, called In the Niger Country. This was followed by dozens of novels. He was a popular writer. One reviewer writes: "A new book by Harold Bindloss is always welcome. He tells a story well indeed, but one likes his books best perhaps for the environment which he knows so well how to sketch. He has written charming stories of the Canadian Northwest and one remembers with pleasure his novels Prescott of Saskatchewan and Winston of the Prairie", (Oakland Tribune, 1915). Bindloss' most famous works include: Ranching for Sylvia (1912), The Gold Trail (1910) and Vane of the Timberlands (1911).

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THE frost outside was bitter, and the prairie which rolled back from Lander’s in long undulations to the far horizon, gleamed white beneath the moon, but there was warmth and brightness in Stukely’s wooden barn. The barn stood at one end of the little, desolate settlement, where the trail that came up from the railroad thirty miles away forked off into two wavy ribands melting into a waste of snow. Lander’s consisted then of five or six frame houses and stores, a hotel of the same material, several sod stables, and a few birch-log barns; and its inhabitants considered it one of the most promising places in Western Canada. That, however, is the land of promise, a promise which is in due time usually fulfilled, and the men of Lander’s were, for the most part, shrewdly practical optimists. They made the most of a somewhat grim and frugal present, and staked all they had to give—the few dollars they had brought in with them, and their powers of enduring toil—upon the roseate future.

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Bindloss, Harold: Northwest!. v1. 7 Jan 2013

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Harold Edward Bindloss was an English novelist who wrote many adventure novels set in western Canada. Bindloss was born in Liverpool in 1866. He was more than 30 years old before he began writing. Previously he worked as a farmer in Canada and as a cargo heaver, a planter, and at other jobs in southern climes. He returned to London. In 1898, he published his first book, a non-fiction account based on his travels in Africa, called In the Niger Country. This was followed by dozens of novels. He was a popular writer. One reviewer writes: "A new book by Harold Bindloss is always welcome. He tells a story well indeed, but one likes his books best perhaps for the environment which he knows so well how to sketch. He has written charming stories of the Canadian Northwest and one remembers with pleasure his novels Prescott of Saskatchewan and Winston of the Prairie", (Oakland Tribune, 1915). Bindloss' most famous works include: Ranching for Sylvia (1912), The Gold Trail (1910) and Vane of the Timberlands (1911).

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Jimmy was tired. In the wilds, if one can shoot straight, fresh meat may sometimes be got, but one must carry a rifle, flour, and groceries. Moreover, he now felt the reaction after the strain, and the journey on which he had started daunted him. He must push across a wilderness of high rocks and snow. In the mountains one cannot travel fast, and when he reached the plains the distance to the American frontier was long. He dared not stop at the settlements and, until he crossed the boundary, must camp in the grass, although the days got short and the nights were cold.

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Bindloss, Harold: Partners of the Out-Trail. V1. 4 Jul 2011

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Harold Edward Bindloss was an English novelist who wrote many adventure novels set in western Canada. Bindloss was born in Liverpool in 1866. He was more than 30 years old before he began writing. Previously he worked as a farmer in Canada and as a cargo heaver, a planter, and at other jobs in southern climes. He returned to London. In 1898, he published his first book, a non-fiction account based on his travels in Africa, called In the Niger Country. This was followed by dozens of novels. He was a popular writer. One reviewer writes: "A new book by Harold Bindloss is always welcome. He tells a story well indeed, but one likes his books best perhaps for the environment which he knows so well how to sketch. He has written charming stories of the Canadian Northwest and one remembers with pleasure his novels Prescott of Saskatchewan and Winston of the Prairie", (Oakland Tribune, 1915). Bindloss' most famous works include: Ranching for Sylvia (1912), The Gold Trail (1910) and Vane of the Timberlands (1911).

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WINTER had begun and snow blew about the lonely telegraph shack where Jim Dearham studied an old French romance. He read rather by way of mental discipline than for enjoyment, and partly with the object of keeping himself awake. Life is primitive in the British Columbian bush and Jim sometimes felt he must fight against the insidious influence of the wilds. Although he had chosen the latter when the cities palled, he had studied at McGill, with a view of embarking on a professional career. Want of money was the main obstacle, but love of adventure had counted for much. His adventures had been numerous since he left the university, and he now and then tried to remind himself that he was civilized.

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Bindloss, Harold: Prescott of Saskatchewan. V1. 5 Jul 2011

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Harold Edward Bindloss was an English novelist who wrote many adventure novels set in western Canada. Bindloss was born in Liverpool in 1866. He was more than 30 years old before he began writing. Previously he worked as a farmer in Canada and as a cargo heaver, a planter, and at other jobs in southern climes. He returned to London. In 1898, he published his first book, a non-fiction account based on his travels in Africa, called In the Niger Country. This was followed by dozens of novels. He was a popular writer. One reviewer writes: "A new book by Harold Bindloss is always welcome. He tells a story well indeed, but one likes his books best perhaps for the environment which he knows so well how to sketch. He has written charming stories of the Canadian Northwest and one remembers with pleasure his novels Prescott of Saskatchewan and Winston of the Prairie", (Oakland Tribune, 1915). Bindloss' most famous works include: Ranching for Sylvia (1912), The Gold Trail (1910) and Vane of the Timberlands (1911).

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THE air was cooling down toward evening at Sebastian, where an unpicturesque collection of wooden houses stand upon a branch line on the Canadian prairie. The place is not attractive during the earlier portion of the short northern summer, when for the greater part of every week it lies sweltering in heat, in spite of the strong west winds that drive dust-clouds through its rutted streets. As a rule, during the remaining day or two the temperature sharply falls, thunder crashes between downpours of heavy rain, and the wet plank sidewalks provide a badly-needed refuge from the cement-like“gumbo” mire.

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Bindloss, Harold: Ranching for Sylvia. V1. 5 Jul 2011

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Harold Edward Bindloss was an English novelist who wrote many adventure novels set in western Canada. Bindloss was born in Liverpool in 1866. He was more than 30 years old before he began writing. Previously he worked as a farmer in Canada and as a cargo heaver, a planter, and at other jobs in southern climes. He returned to London. In 1898, he published his first book, a non-fiction account based on his travels in Africa, called In the Niger Country. This was followed by dozens of novels. He was a popular writer. One reviewer writes: "A new book by Harold Bindloss is always welcome. He tells a story well indeed, but one likes his books best perhaps for the environment which he knows so well how to sketch. He has written charming stories of the Canadian Northwest and one remembers with pleasure his novels Prescott of Saskatchewan and Winston of the Prairie", (Oakland Tribune, 1915). Bindloss' most famous works include: Ranching for Sylvia (1912), The Gold Trail (1910) and Vane of the Timberlands (1911).

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IT was evening of early summer. George Lansing sat by a window of the library at Brantholme. The house belonged to his cousin; and George, having lately reached it after traveling in haste from Norway, awaited the coming of Mrs. Sylvia Marston in an eagerly expectant mood. It was characteristic of him that his expression conveyed little hint of his feelings, for George was a quiet, self-contained man; but he had not been so troubled by confused emotions since Sylvia married Marston three years earlier. Marston had taken her to Canada; but now he was dead, and Sylvia, returning to England, had summoned George, who had been appointed executor of her husband's will.

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Bindloss, Harold: The Boy Ranchers Of Puget Sound. v1. 6 Jan 2013

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Harold Edward Bindloss was an English novelist who wrote many adventure novels set in western Canada. Bindloss was born in Liverpool in 1866. He was more than 30 years old before he began writing. Previously he worked as a farmer in Canada and as a cargo heaver, a planter, and at other jobs in southern climes. He returned to London. In 1898, he published his first book, a non-fiction account based on his travels in Africa, called In the Niger Country. This was followed by dozens of novels. He was a popular writer. One reviewer writes: "A new book by Harold Bindloss is always welcome. He tells a story well indeed, but one likes his books best perhaps for the environment which he knows so well how to sketch. He has written charming stories of the Canadian Northwest and one remembers with pleasure his novels Prescott of Saskatchewan and Winston of the Prairie", (Oakland Tribune, 1915). Bindloss' most famous works include: Ranching for Sylvia (1912), The Gold Trail (1910) and Vane of the Timberlands (1911).

Excerpt
It was the middle of an afternoon in May. An old side-wheeler was steaming south toward Puget Sound across the land-locked waters that lie between Vancouver Island and the state of Washington. A little astern on one hand Mount Baker lifted its heights of eternal snow. On the other, and a little ahead, the Olympians rose white and majestic; and between, vast, dim forests rolled down to the ruffled, blue water. It seemed to Frank Whitney, sitting on the steamer's upper deck in the lee of her smokestack, that it was a wild and wonderfully beautiful country he had reached at last; for since leaving Vancouver, British Columbia, they had steamed past endless rocks and woods, while island after island faded into the smoke trail down the seething wake and great white mountains opened out, changed their shapes, and closed in on one another as the steamer went by. He had, however, not come there to admire the scenery, and as he watched the wonderful panorama unroll itself he looked back upon the troubles that had befallen him since he set out from Boston a little less than a year ago.

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Bindloss, Harold: The Buccaneer Farmer v1 26 dec 2008

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Harold Edward Bindloss (1866 - December 30, 1945) was an English novelist who wrote many adventure novels set in western Canada.

Bindloss was born in Liverpool in 1866. According to his New York Times obituary:

Mr Bindloss was more than 30 years old before he began writing. Previously he had roamed the world, farming in Canada and working in southern climes as a cargo heaver, a planter, and at other jobs.

Broken by malaria he returned to England forty-five years ago and took up office work. But he lost his job when his health broke down and turned to writing in which he found his true vocation. He published some forty novels between the years 1902 and 1943. Many of his books had their locale in Canada. (New York Times, January 2, 1946)

He returned to London. In 1898, he published his first book, a non-fiction account based on his travels in Africa, called In the Niger Country. This was followed by dozens of novels.

He was a popular writer. One reviewer writes:

A new book by Harold Bindloss is always welcome. He tells a story well indeed, but one likes his books best perhaps for the environment which he knows so well how to sketch. He has written charming stories of the Canadian Northwest and one remembers with pleasure his novels “Prescott of Saskatchewan” and “Winston of the Prairie”. (Oakland Tribune, February 28, 1915)

The town of Bindloss, in the Canadian province of Alberta, was named after him.

Bindloss died in Carlisle, England. (Wikipedia)

This is some mixed dinner, not a real Western, definitely an adventure tale and half of a pirate saga. Oh bother! Just read it and have fun!

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Bindloss, Harold: The Cattle-Baron's Daughter. V1. 28 Jun 2011

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Harold Edward Bindloss was an English novelist who wrote many adventure novels set in western Canada. Bindloss was born in Liverpool in 1866. He was more than 30 years old before he began writing. Previously he worked as a farmer in Canada and as a cargo heaver, a planter, and at other jobs in southern climes. He returned to London. In 1898, he published his first book, a non-fiction account based on his travels in Africa, called In the Niger Country. This was followed by dozens of novels. He was a popular writer. One reviewer writes: "A new book by Harold Bindloss is always welcome. He tells a story well indeed, but one likes his books best perhaps for the environment which he knows so well how to sketch. He has written charming stories of the Canadian Northwest and one remembers with pleasure his novels Prescott of Saskatchewan and Winston of the Prairie", (Oakland Tribune, 1915). Bindloss' most famous works include: Ranching for Sylvia (1912), The Gold Trail (1910) and Vane of the Timberlands (1911).

THE hot weather had come suddenly, at least a month earlier than usual, and New York lay baking under a scorching sun when Miss Hetty Torrance sat in the coolest corner of the Grand Central Depot she could find. It was by her own wish she had spent the afternoon in the city unattended, for Miss Torrance was a self-reliant young woman; but it was fate and the irregularity of the little gold watch, which had been her dead mother’s gift, that brought her to the depot at least a quarter of an hour too soon. But she was not wholly sorry, for she had desired more solitude and time for reflection than she found in the noisy city, where a visit to an eminent modiste had occupied most of her leisure. There was, she had reasons for surmising, a decision of some moment to be made that night, and as yet she was no nearer arriving at it than she had been when the little note then in her pocket had been handed her.

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Bindloss, Harold: The Coast Of Adventure. v1. 6 Jan 2013

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Harold Edward Bindloss was an English novelist who wrote many adventure novels set in western Canada. Bindloss was born in Liverpool in 1866. He was more than 30 years old before he began writing. Previously he worked as a farmer in Canada and as a cargo heaver, a planter, and at other jobs in southern climes. He returned to London. In 1898, he published his first book, a non-fiction account based on his travels in Africa, called In the Niger Country. This was followed by dozens of novels. He was a popular writer. One reviewer writes: "A new book by Harold Bindloss is always welcome. He tells a story well indeed, but one likes his books best perhaps for the environment which he knows so well how to sketch. He has written charming stories of the Canadian Northwest and one remembers with pleasure his novels Prescott of Saskatchewan and Winston of the Prairie", (Oakland Tribune, 1915). Bindloss' most famous works include: Ranching for Sylvia (1912), The Gold Trail (1910) and Vane of the Timberlands (1911).

Excerpt
Near the front pillars, a priest and two men of lighter color were seated at a table. Father Agustin wore a threadbare cassock and clumsy rawhide shoes, but he had an air of quiet dignity, and his sharply cut features were of the Gothic type, which is not uncommon in Spain. His accent was also clean Peninsular. James Grahame, who sat opposite across the chessboard, wore the same vague but recognizable stamp of breeding, though his duck suit was getting ragged and his red silk sash was obviously cheap. He had steady gray eyes, and light hair, a rather prominent nose and a firm mouth. He looked older than his thirty years. The lines on his forehead hinted at stern experience, and his alertness was partly masked by an easy self-control. Walthew was younger, and dressed with scrupulous neatness in duck, with smart tan shoes. His face was mobile, his glance quick but open, and his mouth sensitive; he had the look of an aristocratic American.

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Bindloss, Harold: The Dust of Conflict. V1. 29 Jun 2011

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Harold Edward Bindloss was an English novelist who wrote many adventure novels set in western Canada. Bindloss was born in Liverpool in 1866. He was more than 30 years old before he began writing. Previously he worked as a farmer in Canada and as a cargo heaver, a planter, and at other jobs in southern climes. He returned to London. In 1898, he published his first book, a non-fiction account based on his travels in Africa, called In the Niger Country. This was followed by dozens of novels. He was a popular writer. One reviewer writes: "A new book by Harold Bindloss is always welcome. He tells a story well indeed, but one likes his books best perhaps for the environment which he knows so well how to sketch. He has written charming stories of the Canadian Northwest and one remembers with pleasure his novels Prescott of Saskatchewan and Winston of the Prairie", (Oakland Tribune, 1915). Bindloss' most famous works include: Ranching for Sylvia (1912), The Gold Trail (1910) and Vane of the Timberlands (1911).

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Her face was almost severely regular in outline and feature, with but the faintest warmth in its creamy tinting; but this was atoned for by the rich coloring of her hair, which gleamed with the hues of gold and burnished copper. There was also a curious reposefulness about her, and Appleby had wondered why a young woman of her distinction had displayed the kindliness she had more than once done to him. He was grateful for it, but what he had seen of men and women during his legal training had made him shrewd.

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Bindloss, Harold: The Girl From Keller's. V1. 29 Jun 2011

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Harold Edward Bindloss was an English novelist who wrote many adventure novels set in western Canada. Bindloss was born in Liverpool in 1866. He was more than 30 years old before he began writing. Previously he worked as a farmer in Canada and as a cargo heaver, a planter, and at other jobs in southern climes. He returned to London. In 1898, he published his first book, a non-fiction account based on his travels in Africa, called In the Niger Country. This was followed by dozens of novels. He was a popular writer. One reviewer writes: "A new book by Harold Bindloss is always welcome. He tells a story well indeed, but one likes his books best perhaps for the environment which he knows so well how to sketch. He has written charming stories of the Canadian Northwest and one remembers with pleasure his novels Prescott of Saskatchewan and Winston of the Prairie", (Oakland Tribune, 1915). Bindloss' most famous works include: Ranching for Sylvia (1912), The Gold Trail (1910) and Vane of the Timberlands (1911).

Excerpt
IT was getting dark when Festing stopped at the edge of a ravine on the Saskatchewan prairie. The trail that led up through the leafless birches was steep, and he had walked fast since he left his work at the half-finished railroad bridge. Besides, he felt thoughtful, for something had happened during the visit of a Montreal superintendent engineer that had given him a hint. It was not exactly disturbing, because Festing had, to some extent, foreseen the line the superintendent would take; but a post to which he thought he had a claim had been offered to somebody else. The post was not remarkably well paid, but since he was passed over now, he would, no doubt, be disappointed when he applied for the next, and it was significant that as he stood at the top of the ravine he first looked back and then ahead.

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Bindloss, Harold: The Gold Trail. V2. 6 Jul 2011

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Harold Edward Bindloss was an English novelist who wrote many adventure novels set in western Canada. Bindloss was born in Liverpool in 1866. He was more than 30 years old before he began writing. Previously he worked as a farmer in Canada and as a cargo heaver, a planter, and at other jobs in southern climes. He returned to London. In 1898, he published his first book, a non-fiction account based on his travels in Africa, called In the Niger Country. This was followed by dozens of novels. He was a popular writer. One reviewer writes: "A new book by Harold Bindloss is always welcome. He tells a story well indeed, but one likes his books best perhaps for the environment which he knows so well how to sketch. He has written charming stories of the Canadian Northwest and one remembers with pleasure his novels Prescott of Saskatchewan and Winston of the Prairie", (Oakland Tribune, 1915). Bindloss' most famous works include: Ranching for Sylvia (1912), The Gold Trail (1910) and Vane of the Timberlands (1911).

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His employer agreed to the modification he suggested, and the message as despatched to Cassidy read simply, “Why are you stopping?”
After that the famous contractor busied himself about other matters until he got the answer, “No bottom to this swamp.”

Note: Fixed the problem with the word brûlée found by billindg]

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Bindloss, Harold: The Greater Power. V1. 30 Jun 2011

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Harold Edward Bindloss was an English novelist who wrote many adventure novels set in western Canada. Bindloss was born in Liverpool in 1866. He was more than 30 years old before he began writing. Previously he worked as a farmer in Canada and as a cargo heaver, a planter, and at other jobs in southern climes. He returned to London. In 1898, he published his first book, a non-fiction account based on his travels in Africa, called In the Niger Country. This was followed by dozens of novels. He was a popular writer. One reviewer writes: "A new book by Harold Bindloss is always welcome. He tells a story well indeed, but one likes his books best perhaps for the environment which he knows so well how to sketch. He has written charming stories of the Canadian Northwest and one remembers with pleasure his novels Prescott of Saskatchewan and Winston of the Prairie", (Oakland Tribune, 1915). Bindloss' most famous works include: Ranching for Sylvia (1912), The Gold Trail (1910) and Vane of the Timberlands (1911).

Excerpt
IT was winter in the great coniferous forest which rolls about the rocky hills and shrouds the lonely valleys of British Columbia. A bitter frost had dried the snow to powder and bound the frothing rivers; it had laid its icy grip upon the waters suddenly, and the sound of their turmoil died away in the depths of the rock-walled cañons, until the rugged land lay wrapped in silence under a sky of intense, pitiless blueness that seemed frozen too. Man and beast shrink from the sudden cold snaps, as they call them, in that country, and the rancher, who has sheep to lose, sits shivering in his log house through the long forenights with a Marlin rifle handy, while the famished timber wolves prowl about his clearing. Still, it is the loggers toiling in the wilderness who feel the cold snaps most, for the man who labours under an Arctic frost must be generously fed, or the heat and strength die out of him, and, now and then, it happens that provisions become scanty when no canoe can be poled up the rivers, and the trails are blocked with snow.

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Bindloss, Harold: The Impostor. v1. 5 Jan 2013

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Harold Edward Bindloss was an English novelist who wrote many adventure novels set in western Canada. Bindloss was born in Liverpool in 1866. He was more than 30 years old before he began writing. Previously he worked as a farmer in Canada and as a cargo heaver, a planter, and at other jobs in southern climes. He returned to London. In 1898, he published his first book, a non-fiction account based on his travels in Africa, called In the Niger Country. This was followed by dozens of novels. He was a popular writer. One reviewer writes: "A new book by Harold Bindloss is always welcome. He tells a story well indeed, but one likes his books best perhaps for the environment which he knows so well how to sketch. He has written charming stories of the Canadian Northwest and one remembers with pleasure his novels Prescott of Saskatchewan and Winston of the Prairie", (Oakland Tribune, 1915). Bindloss' most famous works include: Ranching for Sylvia (1912), The Gold Trail (1910) and Vane of the Timberlands (1911).

Excerpt
It was a bitter night, for although there was no snow as yet, the frost had bound the prairie in its iron grip, when Rancher Witham stood shivering in a little Canadian settlement in the great, lonely land which runs north from the American frontier to Athabasca. There was no blink of starlight in the murky sky, and a stinging wind that came up out of the great waste of grass moaned about the frame houses clustering beside the trail that led south over the limited levels to the railroad and civilization. It chilled Witham through his somewhat tattered furs, and he strode up and down, glancing expectantly into the darkness, and then across the unpaved street, where the ruts were ploughed a foot deep in the prairie sod, towards the warm, red glow from the windows of the wooden hotel. He knew that the rest of the outlying farmers and ranchers who had ridden in for their letters were sitting snug about the stove, but it was customary for all who sought shelter there to pay for their share of the six o’clock supper, and the half-dollar Witham had then in his pocket was required for other purposes.

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Bindloss, Harold: The Intriguers. V1. 1 Jul 2011

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Harold Edward Bindloss was an English novelist who wrote many adventure novels set in western Canada. Bindloss was born in Liverpool in 1866. He was more than 30 years old before he began writing. Previously he worked as a farmer in Canada and as a cargo heaver, a planter, and at other jobs in southern climes. He returned to London. In 1898, he published his first book, a non-fiction account based on his travels in Africa, called In the Niger Country. This was followed by dozens of novels. He was a popular writer. One reviewer writes: "A new book by Harold Bindloss is always welcome. He tells a story well indeed, but one likes his books best perhaps for the environment which he knows so well how to sketch. He has written charming stories of the Canadian Northwest and one remembers with pleasure his novels Prescott of Saskatchewan and Winston of the Prairie", (Oakland Tribune, 1915). Bindloss' most famous works include: Ranching for Sylvia (1912), The Gold Trail (1910) and Vane of the Timberlands (1911).

Excerpt
On a fine morning early in July Mrs. Keith sat with a companion, enjoying the sunshine, near the end of Dufferin Avenue, which, skirts the elevated ground above the city of Quebec. Behind her rose the Heights of Abraham where the dying Wolfe wrested Canada from France; in front, churches, banks, offices and dwellings, curiously combining the old and the very new, rose tier on tier to the great red Frontenac Hotel.

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Bindloss, Harold: The League of the Leopard. v1. 6 Jan 2013

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Harold Edward Bindloss was an English novelist who wrote many adventure novels set in western Canada. Bindloss was born in Liverpool in 1866. He was more than 30 years old before he began writing. Previously he worked as a farmer in Canada and as a cargo heaver, a planter, and at other jobs in southern climes. He returned to London. In 1898, he published his first book, a non-fiction account based on his travels in Africa, called In the Niger Country. This was followed by dozens of novels. He was a popular writer. One reviewer writes: "A new book by Harold Bindloss is always welcome. He tells a story well indeed, but one likes his books best perhaps for the environment which he knows so well how to sketch. He has written charming stories of the Canadian Northwest and one remembers with pleasure his novels Prescott of Saskatchewan and Winston of the Prairie", (Oakland Tribune, 1915). Bindloss' most famous works include: Ranching for Sylvia (1912), The Gold Trail (1910) and Vane of the Timberlands (1911).

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It was very hot in the little West African factory where trader Niven lay dying. The sea breeze had died away, and though sunset drew near, it was not yet time for the spicy airs from the inland forest to mitigate the temperature. The dust lay still in the sun-scorched compound, about which the palm fronds hung motionless, and only the roar of breakers on the beach broke through the drowsy silence.

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Bindloss, Harold: The Long Portage. V1. 3 Jul 2011

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Harold Edward Bindloss was an English novelist who wrote many adventure novels set in western Canada. Bindloss was born in Liverpool in 1866. He was more than 30 years old before he began writing. Previously he worked as a farmer in Canada and as a cargo heaver, a planter, and at other jobs in southern climes. He returned to London. In 1898, he published his first book, a non-fiction account based on his travels in Africa, called In the Niger Country. This was followed by dozens of novels. He was a popular writer. One reviewer writes: "A new book by Harold Bindloss is always welcome. He tells a story well indeed, but one likes his books best perhaps for the environment which he knows so well how to sketch. He has written charming stories of the Canadian Northwest and one remembers with pleasure his novels Prescott of Saskatchewan and Winston of the Prairie", (Oakland Tribune, 1915). Bindloss' most famous works include: Ranching for Sylvia (1912), The Gold Trail (1910) and Vane of the Timberlands (1911).

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VERNON Lisle was fishing with a determination that did not spring altogether from love of the sport. The water of the British Columbian river in which he stood knee-deep was icy cold; his rubber boots were badly ripped and leaky, and he was wet with the drizzle that drove down the lonely valley. It was difficult to reach the slack behind a boulder some distance outshore, and the arm he strained at every cast ached from hours of assiduous labor; but there was another ache in his left side which was the result of insufficient food, and though the fish were shy he persevered.

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Bindloss, Harold: The Lure of the North. V1. 3 Jul 2011

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Harold Edward Bindloss was an English novelist who wrote many adventure novels set in western Canada. Bindloss was born in Liverpool in 1866. He was more than 30 years old before he began writing. Previously he worked as a farmer in Canada and as a cargo heaver, a planter, and at other jobs in southern climes. He returned to London. In 1898, he published his first book, a non-fiction account based on his travels in Africa, called In the Niger Country. This was followed by dozens of novels. He was a popular writer. One reviewer writes: "A new book by Harold Bindloss is always welcome. He tells a story well indeed, but one likes his books best perhaps for the environment which he knows so well how to sketch. He has written charming stories of the Canadian Northwest and one remembers with pleasure his novels Prescott of Saskatchewan and Winston of the Prairie", (Oakland Tribune, 1915). Bindloss' most famous works include: Ranching for Sylvia (1912), The Gold Trail (1910) and Vane of the Timberlands (1911).

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All this struck a note of refined luxury that was strange to Thirlwell, who had spent some years in the wilds, where the small, frost-bitten pines roll across the rocks and muskegs of North Ontario. One lived hard up there, enduring arctic cold, and the heat of the short summer, when bloodthirsty mosquitoes swarm; and ran daunting risks on the lonely prospecting trail. Now it looked as if chance had offered him an easier lot; he could apparently choose between the privations of the wilderness and civilized comfort, but while he grappled with a certain longing he knew this was not so. He had adopted the pioneers' Spartan code; one must stand by one's bargain, and do the thing one had undertaken.

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Bindloss, Harold: The Mistress of Bonaventure. v1. 5 Jan 2012

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Harold Edward Bindloss was an English novelist who wrote many adventure novels set in western Canada. Bindloss was born in Liverpool in 1866. He was more than 30 years old before he began writing. Previously he worked as a farmer in Canada and as a cargo heaver, a planter, and at other jobs in southern climes. He returned to London. In 1898, he published his first book, a non-fiction account based on his travels in Africa, called In the Niger Country. This was followed by dozens of novels. He was a popular writer. One reviewer writes: "A new book by Harold Bindloss is always welcome. He tells a story well indeed, but one likes his books best perhaps for the environment which he knows so well how to sketch. He has written charming stories of the Canadian Northwest and one remembers with pleasure his novels Prescott of Saskatchewan and Winston of the Prairie", (Oakland Tribune, 1915). Bindloss' most famous works include: Ranching for Sylvia (1912), The Gold Trail (1910) and Vane of the Timberlands (1911).

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Some little time had elapsed since my acquittal, when, one pleasant summer morning, I rode out from the railroad settlement bound for Bonaventure. The air was soft and balmy, the sunshine brilliant, and the prairie sod, which, by that time, had in most years grown parched and dry, formed a springy green carpet beneath the horse's feet. There had but once before been such a season within my memory, and my spirits were almost as buoyant as the wallet in my pocket was heavy. The lean years had passed and left us, perhaps a little more grave in face and quiet in speech, to look forward to a brightening future, while the receipts I had brought back from the nearest town meant freedom at least.

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Bindloss, Harold: The Protector. v1. 6 Jan 2013

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Harold Edward Bindloss was an English novelist who wrote many adventure novels set in western Canada. Bindloss was born in Liverpool in 1866. He was more than 30 years old before he began writing. Previously he worked as a farmer in Canada and as a cargo heaver, a planter, and at other jobs in southern climes. He returned to London. In 1898, he published his first book, a non-fiction account based on his travels in Africa, called In the Niger Country. This was followed by dozens of novels. He was a popular writer. One reviewer writes: "A new book by Harold Bindloss is always welcome. He tells a story well indeed, but one likes his books best perhaps for the environment which he knows so well how to sketch. He has written charming stories of the Canadian Northwest and one remembers with pleasure his novels Prescott of Saskatchewan and Winston of the Prairie", (Oakland Tribune, 1915). Bindloss' most famous works include: Ranching for Sylvia (1912), The Gold Trail (1910) and Vane of the Timberlands (1911).

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They got sail upon the sloop and drove her out into a confused head sea, through which she laboured with flooded decks, making very little to windward. When night came, a deluge killed the breeze, and next day she lay rolling wildly in a heavy calm, while light mist narrowed in the horizon and a persistent drizzle poured down upon the smoothly-heaving sea. Then they had light variable winds, and their provisions were once more running out when they drew abreast of a little coaling port. Carroll suggested running in and going on to Victoria by train, but they had hardly decided to do so when the fickle breeze died away, and the tide-stream bore them past to the south. They had no longer a stitch of dry clothing left, and they were again upon reduced rations.

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Bindloss, Harold: The Secret of the Reef. V1. 5 Jul 2011

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Harold Edward Bindloss was an English novelist who wrote many adventure novels set in western Canada. Bindloss was born in Liverpool in 1866. He was more than 30 years old before he began writing. Previously he worked as a farmer in Canada and as a cargo heaver, a planter, and at other jobs in southern climes. He returned to London. In 1898, he published his first book, a non-fiction account based on his travels in Africa, called In the Niger Country. This was followed by dozens of novels. He was a popular writer. One reviewer writes: "A new book by Harold Bindloss is always welcome. He tells a story well indeed, but one likes his books best perhaps for the environment which he knows so well how to sketch. He has written charming stories of the Canadian Northwest and one remembers with pleasure his novels Prescott of Saskatchewan and Winston of the Prairie", (Oakland Tribune, 1915). Bindloss' most famous works include: Ranching for Sylvia (1912), The Gold Trail (1910) and Vane of the Timberlands (1911).

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THE big liner’s smoke streamed straight astern, staining the soft blue of the sky, as, throbbing gently to her engines’ stroke, she clove her way through the smooth heave of the North Pacific. Foam blazed with phosphorescent flame beneath her lofty bows and, streaking with green and gold scintillations the long line of hull that gleamed ivory-white in the light of a half moon, boiled up again in fiery splendor in the wake of the twin screws. Mastheads and tall yellow funnels raked across the sky with a measured swing, the long deck slanted gently, its spotless whiteness darkened by the dew, and the draught the boat made struck faint harmonies like the tinkle of elfin harps from wire shroud and guy. Now they rose clearly; now they were lost in the roar of the parted swell.

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Bindloss, Harold: Thrice Armed. v1. 4 Jan 2013

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Harold Edward Bindloss was an English novelist who wrote many adventure novels set in western Canada. Bindloss was born in Liverpool in 1866. He was more than 30 years old before he began writing. Previously he worked as a farmer in Canada and as a cargo heaver, a planter, and at other jobs in southern climes. He returned to London. In 1898, he published his first book, a non-fiction account based on his travels in Africa, called In the Niger Country. This was followed by dozens of novels. He was a popular writer. One reviewer writes: "A new book by Harold Bindloss is always welcome. He tells a story well indeed, but one likes his books best perhaps for the environment which he knows so well how to sketch. He has written charming stories of the Canadian Northwest and one remembers with pleasure his novels Prescott of Saskatchewan and Winston of the Prairie", (Oakland Tribune, 1915). Bindloss' most famous works include: Ranching for Sylvia (1912), The Gold Trail (1910) and Vane of the Timberlands (1911).

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It was with somewhat mixed feelings, and a curious little smile in his eyes, that Jim Wheelock stood with a brown hand on the Tyee's wheel as the deep-loaded schooner slid out through Vancouver Narrows before a fresh easterly breeze. Dim heights of snow rose faintly white against the creeping dusk above her starboard hand, and the busy British Columbian city, girt with mazy wires and towering telegraph poles, was fading slowly amidst the great black pines astern. An aromatic smell of burning followed the schooner, and from the levels at the head of the Inlet a long gray smear blew out across the water. A fire which had, as not infrequently happens, passed the bounds of somebody's clearing was eating its way into that part of the great coniferous forest that rolls north from Oregon to Alaska along the wet seaboard of the Pacific Slope.

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Bindloss, Harold: Thurston of Orchard Valley. V1. 6 Jul 2011

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Harold Edward Bindloss was an English novelist who wrote many adventure novels set in western Canada. Bindloss was born in Liverpool in 1866. He was more than 30 years old before he began writing. Previously he worked as a farmer in Canada and as a cargo heaver, a planter, and at other jobs in southern climes. He returned to London. In 1898, he published his first book, a non-fiction account based on his travels in Africa, called In the Niger Country. This was followed by dozens of novels. He was a popular writer. One reviewer writes: "A new book by Harold Bindloss is always welcome. He tells a story well indeed, but one likes his books best perhaps for the environment which he knows so well how to sketch. He has written charming stories of the Canadian Northwest and one remembers with pleasure his novels Prescott of Saskatchewan and Winston of the Prairie", (Oakland Tribune, 1915). Bindloss' most famous works include: Ranching for Sylvia (1912), The Gold Trail (1910) and Vane of the Timberlands (1911).

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It was a pity that Geoffrey Thurston was following in his grandfather's footsteps, the sturdy dalefolk said, and several of them shook their heads solemnly as they repeated the observation when one morning the young man came striding down the steep street of a village in the North Country. The cluster of gray stone houses nestled beneath the scarred face of a crag, and, because mining operations had lately been suspended and work was scarce just then, pale-faced men in moleskin lounged about the slate-slab doorsteps. Above the village, and beyond the summit of the crag, the mouth of a tunnel formed a black blot on the sunlit slopes of sheep-cropped grass stretching up to the heather, which gave place in turn to rock out-crop on the shoulders of the fell. The loungers glanced at the tunnel regretfully, for that mine had furnished most of them with their daily bread.

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Bindloss, Harold: Vane of the Timberlands. V1. 7 Jul 2011

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Harold Edward Bindloss was an English novelist who wrote many adventure novels set in western Canada. Bindloss was born in Liverpool in 1866. He was more than 30 years old before he began writing. Previously he worked as a farmer in Canada and as a cargo heaver, a planter, and at other jobs in southern climes. He returned to London. In 1898, he published his first book, a non-fiction account based on his travels in Africa, called In the Niger Country. This was followed by dozens of novels. He was a popular writer. One reviewer writes: "A new book by Harold Bindloss is always welcome. He tells a story well indeed, but one likes his books best perhaps for the environment which he knows so well how to sketch. He has written charming stories of the Canadian Northwest and one remembers with pleasure his novels Prescott of Saskatchewan and Winston of the Prairie", (Oakland Tribune, 1915). Bindloss' most famous works include: Ranching for Sylvia (1912), The Gold Trail (1910) and Vane of the Timberlands (1911).

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In some respects, Vane was glad to be back in the western city. At first, the ease and leisure at the Dene had their charm for him, but by degrees he came to chafe at them. The green English valley, hemmed in by its sheltering hills, was steeped in too profound a tranquillity; the stream of busy life passed it by with scarcely an entering ripple to break its drowsy calm. One found its atmosphere enervating, dulling to the faculties. In the new West, however, one was forcibly thrust into contact with a strenuous activity. Life was free and untrammeled there; it flowed with a fierce joyousness in natural channels, and one could feel the eager throb of it.

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Bindloss, Harold: Winston of the Prairie. V1. 7 Jul 2011

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Harold Edward Bindloss was an English novelist who wrote many adventure novels set in western Canada. Bindloss was born in Liverpool in 1866. He was more than 30 years old before he began writing. Previously he worked as a farmer in Canada and as a cargo heaver, a planter, and at other jobs in southern climes. He returned to London. In 1898, he published his first book, a non-fiction account based on his travels in Africa, called In the Niger Country. This was followed by dozens of novels. He was a popular writer. One reviewer writes: "A new book by Harold Bindloss is always welcome. He tells a story well indeed, but one likes his books best perhaps for the environment which he knows so well how to sketch. He has written charming stories of the Canadian Northwest and one remembers with pleasure his novels Prescott of Saskatchewan and Winston of the Prairie", (Oakland Tribune, 1915). Bindloss' most famous works include: Ranching for Sylvia (1912), The Gold Trail (1910) and Vane of the Timberlands (1911).

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It was a bitter night for the frost had bound the prairie in its iron grip although as yet there was no snow. Rancher Winston stood shivering in a little Canadian settlement in the great lonely land which runs north from the American frontier to Athabasca.

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Bindloss, Harold: Wyndham's Pal. v1. 5 Jan 2013

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Harold Edward Bindloss was an English novelist who wrote many adventure novels set in western Canada. Bindloss was born in Liverpool in 1866. He was more than 30 years old before he began writing. Previously he worked as a farmer in Canada and as a cargo heaver, a planter, and at other jobs in southern climes. He returned to London. In 1898, he published his first book, a non-fiction account based on his travels in Africa, called In the Niger Country. This was followed by dozens of novels. He was a popular writer. One reviewer writes: "A new book by Harold Bindloss is always welcome. He tells a story well indeed, but one likes his books best perhaps for the environment which he knows so well how to sketch. He has written charming stories of the Canadian Northwest and one remembers with pleasure his novels Prescott of Saskatchewan and Winston of the Prairie", (Oakland Tribune, 1915). Bindloss' most famous works include: Ranching for Sylvia (1912), The Gold Trail (1910) and Vane of the Timberlands (1911).

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The breeze had dropped as the tide ebbed, and Red Rose plunged languidly across the shining swell. Faint mist obscured the horizon and the yachts engaged in the fifty-mile race had vanished, although Wyndham thought he had not long since distinguished a sail in the distance. He was curious about this because if he had seen canvas it was Deva's, and her skipper had probably seen Red Rose. The rest of the fleet was scattered about to the north. Wyndham had noted their positions carefully before the haze rolled up. He wanted to win and meant to leave nothing to chance.

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Binns, Ottwell: A Mating in the Wilds (1920); v1; 17 July 2020

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A romantic adventurer set in the backwoods of northern Canada. A young woman goes astray from a remote outpost; a searcher finds her, but then is badly hurt, and the two struggle to survive and make it back to the outpost; and to complicate matters, there are determined attacks on them from unknown sources.

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Binns, Ottwell: The Flaming Crescent (1931); v1; 7 Oct 2019

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In remote quarters of Sudan, and in Cairo, and Paris, and London, faint whispers can be heard: Jihad!

Someone is fomenting a Jihad, but it is not a grass-roots campaign; it is orchestrated by a small coterie, and it is aimed at the British Empire. Michel Chevrell, returning from a safari, finds himself drawn into the chase, which climaxes on Dartmoor itself.

Taken from the syndicated serial edition, but at 73,000 words doesn't seem to have been condensed much, if at all.

Binns was a prolific author of action/adventure novels.

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Binns, Ottwell: The Gate of Ringing Sands (1927); v1; 10 July 2020

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Also published as "Ringing Sands"

A rousing adventure set in the Pamirs north of Hunza, in what was then the North West Frontier of the British Empire. Word has reached the Raj that a new Mahdi is to be proclaimed at the mysterious location "The Gate of Ringing Sands", and this will bring about a Jihad.

The whole is being fomented by the Russians, and the story brings in an enigmatic and beautiful Russian woman, a wild and ruthless Cossack, and the mysterious "Ringing Sands".

(In the text, there is reference to a "Dard cap" and to a place named Astor. The Dard people are one of the ethnic groups in the Hunza; and Astor really is the name of a place.)

Prepared from the serial in weekly newspaper Adelaide Chronicle in 1927-8. 72,000 words.

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Binns, Ottwell: The Girl in the Car (1934); v1; 7 July 2020

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Characteristic English adventure-thriller of the early 1930s, taking place entirely in England. A young man is abducted in error from a railway station in the countryside, and from there on the action continues unabated.

This edition is from the serial, as published in the Brisbane Courier Mail in 1934/5, checked against the Maitland Daily Mercury for a few missing lines.

52,000 words. I could find no cover, so made one using part of a 1930s car advertisement.

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Binns, Ottwell: The Grey Rat (1931), v.1

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Ottwell Binns (1872-1935) was a British Noncomformist minister, and the prolific author of many action and adventure novels, mostly set in exotic locales-- Asia, the French Riviera, and specially the Yukon.

This novel opens with the gunning-down of an American secret agent in Piccadilly, moves brisky to Yorkshire and thence to the tangled steep alleyways and streets of Roquebrune, high above Monaco.

It was published as a serial in an Australian weekly in 1931, under the title "The Shuyler Mystery", which is the source of the text of this digital edition. I couldn't find a contemporary cover or jacket, so I made a cover using a scan of a contemporary hardback, and adding text.

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Binns, Ottwell: The Last Door (1935); v1; 7 Oct 2020

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Rousing 1930s action novel ranging from Rotterdam to Paris to the penal colonies in French Guiana, as a British secret agent and his French secret agent friend hunt spies and a missing colleague, as well as hunting down an exiled Russian princess's stolen pearls...

One of Ottwell Binns's last novels.

From the serial in Melbourne"s "The Weekly Times", March 1936. At 79,000 words it is clearly not a condensed edition for syndicated serial publication.

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Binns, Ottwell: The Lavenham Treasure (1932); v1; 17 July 2020

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From the serial in the "Evening News", Sydney NSW, 1936

Spanish John and his band of roughnecks have established themselves in a pub on Dartmoor, and it seems they are in search of the legendary Lavenham Treasure, concealed somewhere on the moor by the long-dead privateer Henry Lavenham.

The clue to the location is said to be in the current Lavenham family's house, and the hunt is on.

Fairly short, and possibly condensed a little for serialisation, as was often the case. 55.000 words. I could find no cover, so I made one up using part of an old postcard photo of a Tor on Dartmoor

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Binns, Ottwell: The Stolen Debutante (1933), V1, 13 September 2019

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51,000 Words.

Published as a serial in 1933, but possibly not as a book. The cover is my own creation.

A lively 1933 action story set in London, Paris, and the Home Counties. The Hon Peter Pentreath, on a dark night when walking home along a lonely country road after his taxi cab broke down, witnesses a brutal murder and what appears to be an abduction of a young woman.

The woman reminds him vaguely of another young woman he met briefly in the United States; naturally he sets out to hunt down the abductors.

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Binns, Ottwell: The Three Blue Anchors (1934); v.1

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Ottwell Binns (1872-1935) was a British Noncomformist minister, and the prolific author of many action and adventure novels, mostly set in exotic locales-- Asia, the French Riviera, and specially the Yukon.

This book is about a search for the buried treasure of pirate Benito Bonito, on Cocos Island, off Costa Rica.

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Bird, Isabella L: Among the Tibetans, v.1, 5 April 2008.

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Isabella L Bird (Mrs Bishop) 1831-1904
Among the Tibetans (1894)

A travel book by a Victorian lady.

(With Tibet being in the news recently, I felt like attempting a short series of Tibetan books. Unfortunately, classics such as Heinrich Harrer’s ‘Seven Years in Tibet’ and Alexandra David-Néel’s books are still in copyright. So it turned out to be a very short series.)

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Bird, Isabella: A Lady's Life in the Rocky Mountains, v.1, 15 Dec 2007

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Isabella L. Bird, 1831–1904, English traveler and writer, first woman member of the Royal Geographical Society. She traveled extensively and wrote a number of books, including The English Woman in America (1856), The Hawaiian Archipelago (1875), A Lady’s Life in the Rocky Mountains (1879), Unbeaten Tracks in Japan (1880), Journeys in Persia and Kurdistan (1891), and Korea and Her Neighbors (1898). She founded several hospitals in China and Korea.

In 1854, at the age of twenty-two, Bird left England and began traveling as a cure for her ill health. Over the years she explored Asia, the Sandwich Islands, Hawaii, and both the Eastern and Western United States.
[A Lady's Life in the Rocky Mountains[/ is a rare, gem of a book which contains letters written to her sister during her six-month journey through the Colorado Rockies in 1873. Traveling alone, usually on horseback, often with no clear idea of where she will spend the night in what is mostly uninhabited wilderness, she covers over a thousand miles, most of it during the winter months.
A well-educated woman who had known a comfortable life, she thinks nothing of herding cattle at a hard gallop, falling through ice, getting lost in snowstorms, and living in a cabin where the temperatures are well below zero and her ink freezes even as she writes. She befriends desperados and climbs 14,000 foot mountains, ready for any adventure that allows her to see the unparalleled beauty of nature. Her rare complaints have more to do with having to ride side-saddle while in town than with the conditions she faces. An awe-inspiring woman, she is also a talented writer who brings to life Colorado of more than one hundred years ago, when today's big cities were only a small collection of frame houses, and beautiful areas were still largely untouched.

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Bird, Isabella: Lake Tahoe v1 23 jan 2009

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This is a travel essay by Isabella Bird. Isabella Lucy Bird (October 15, 1831 – October 7, 1904) was a nineteenth-century English traveller, writer, and a natural historian. Her life was at least as fascinating as her writings, which, essentially, are travel reports.

This essay treats a trip to Lake Tahoe, the beautiful:[QUOTThe sinking sun is out of sight behind the western Sierras, and all the pine-hung promontories on this side of the water are rich indigo, just reddened with lake, deepening here and there into Tyrian purple. The peaks above, which still catch the sun, are bright rose-red, and all the mountains on the other side are pink; and pink, too, are the far-off summits on which the snow-drifts rest. Indigo, red, and orange tints stain the still water, which lies solemn and dark against the shore, under the shadow of stately pines.[/QUOT

Please read this, it will not take much of your time but enrich your spirit. My heart is just longing for travel after having read this short essay.

There are two books by Isabella Bird available on MR: Among the Tibetans and A Lady's Life in the Rocky Mountains. Very recommended!

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Bird, Robert Montgomery: Calavar. V1. 8 Jul 2011

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Bird was born in New Castle, Delaware on February 5, 1806. After attending the New Castle Academy and Germantown Academy, he graduated from the University of Pennsylvania in 1824.He began to write fiction during his time in medical school and by 1827 had published in the Philadelphia Monthly Magazine. After graduating from medical school, Bird attempted to begin a medical practice but became discouraged after one year and left medicine to pursue a literary career.

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A ROMANCE OF MEXICO

IN the year of Grace fifteen hundred and twenty, upon a day in the month of May thereof, the sun rose over the islands of the new deep, and the mountains that divided it from an ocean yet unknown, and looked upon the havoc, which, in the name of God, a Christian people were working upon the loveliest of his regions. He had seen, in the revolution of a day, the strange transformations which a few years had brought upon all the climes and races of his love. The standard of Portugal waved from the minarets of the east; a Portuguese admiral swept the Persian Gulf, and bombarded the walls of Ormuz; a Portuguese viceroy held his court on the shores of the Indian ocean; the princes of the eastern continent had exchanged their bracelets of gold for the iron fetters of the invader; and among the odours of the Spice Islands, the fumes of frankincense ascended to the God of their new masters.

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Bird, Robert Montgomery: Nick of the Woods. V1. 9 Jul 2011

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Bird was born in New Castle, Delaware on February 5, 1806. After attending the New Castle Academy and Germantown Academy, he graduated from the University of Pennsylvania in 1824.He began to write fiction during his time in medical school and by 1827 had published in the Philadelphia Monthly Magazine. After graduating from medical school, Bird attempted to begin a medical practice but became discouraged after one year and left medicine to pursue a literary career.

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THE sun of an August afternoon, 1782, was yet blazing upon the rude palisades and equally rude cabins of one of the principal stations in Lincoln county, when a long train of emigrants, issuing from the southern forest, wound its way over the clearings, and among the waving maize-fields that surrounded the settlement, and approached the chief gate of its enclosure.

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Bird, Robert Montgomery: The Infidel Vol I. V1. 9 Jul 2011

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Bird was born in New Castle, Delaware on February 5, 1806. After attending the New Castle Academy and Germantown Academy, he graduated from the University of Pennsylvania in 1824.He began to write fiction during his time in medical school and by 1827 had published in the Philadelphia Monthly Magazine. After graduating from medical school, Bird attempted to begin a medical practice but became discouraged after one year and left medicine to pursue a literary career.

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THE traveller, who wanders at the present day along the northern and eastern borders of the Lake of Tezcuco, searches in vain for those monuments of aboriginal grandeur, which surrounded it in the age of Montezuma. The lake itself, which not so much from the saltness of its flood as from the vastness of its expanse, was called by Cortes the Sea of Anahuac, is no longer worthy of the name. The labours of that unhappy race of men, whose bondage the famous Conquistador cemented in the blood of their forefathers, have conducted, through the bowels of a mountain, the waters of its great tributaries, the pools of San Cristobal and Zumpango; and these, rushing down the channel of the Tula, or river of Montezuma, and mingled with the surges of the great Gulf, support fleets of modern argosies, instead of piraguas and chinampas, and expend upon foundering ships-of-war the wrath, which, in their ancient beds, was wasted upon reeds and bulrushes. With the waters, which rippled through their streets, have vanished the numberless towns and cities, that once beautified the margin of the Alpine sea; the towers have fallen, the lofty pyramids melted into earth or air, and the palaces and tombs of kings will be looked for in vain, under tangled copses of thistle and prickly-pear.

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Bird, Robert Montgomery: The Infidel Vol II, The. V1. 9 Jul 2011

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Bird was born in New Castle, Delaware on February 5, 1806. After attending the New Castle Academy and Germantown Academy, he graduated from the University of Pennsylvania in 1824.He began to write fiction during his time in medical school and by 1827 had published in the Philadelphia Monthly Magazine. After graduating from medical school, Bird attempted to begin a medical practice but became discouraged after one year and left medicine to pursue a literary career.

Excerpt
BEFORE sunrise on the following morning, many a feathered band of allies from distant tribes was pouring into Tezcuco; for this was the day on which the Captain-General had appointed to review his whole force, assign the several divisions to the command of his favourite officers, and expound the system of warfare, by which he expected to reduce the doomed Tenochtitlan.

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Birmingham, George A.: Priscilla's Spies v1 20 mar 2009

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Priscilla's Spies by George A. Birmingham James Owen Hannay (1865-1950) was first published in 1912.

Reverend James Owen Hannay (1865-1950) was born in Belfast and educated at Haileybury and Trinity College, Dublin. He wrote some of his books under the pseudonym George A. Birmingham. His most famous works include: The Spirit and Origin of Christian Monasticism (1903), The Seething Plot (1905), Hyacinth (1906), Benedict Cavanagh (1907), The Northern Iron (1907), The Bad Times (1908), Spanish Gold (1908), The Search Party (1909), Lalage's Lovers (1911), The Major's Niece (1911), The Red Hand of Ulster (1912), The Simpkins Plot (1912), The Adventures of Dr. Whitty (1913), General John Regan (1913), Gossamer (1915), Inisheeny (1920), Send for Dr O'Grady (1923), Found Money (1923), The Great Grandmother (1923), King Tommy (1924), Goodly Pearls (1926), Fidgets (1927), The Hymn Tune Mystery (1930), Wild Justice (1930), and Elizabeth and the Archdeacon (1932).

This book is a mixture of travel, adventure and mystery.

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Birmingham, George A: A Padre in France. V1. 14 Jul 2011

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George A. Birmingham was the pen name of James Owen Hannay (16 July 1865 - 2 February 1950), Irish clergyman and prolific novelist.

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I HAVE ALWAYS admired the sagacity of Balak, King of Moab, about whom we learn something in the Book of Numbers. He was threatened with invasion by a powerful foe and felt unequal to offering armed resistance. He invoked the aid of spiritual powers by inviting a prophet, Balaam, to come and curse the army of the invaders. Balaam suffered himself to be persuaded and bribed by the king. All kings—and the statesmen who nowadays regulate the conduct of kings—understand the business of managing men so far. Persuasion and bribery are the methods of statecraft. But Balak knew more than the elements of his trade. He understood that spiritual forces, if merely bribed, are ineffective. To make a curse operate there must be a certain amount of conviction in the mind of the curser. Balaam was not convinced, and when he surveyed the hosts of Israel from the top of a hill felt himself compelled by the spirit within him to bless instead of curse. The king, discouraged but not hopeless, took the prophet to the top of another hill, showed him a different view of the camp of Israel and invited him to curse the people from there.

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Birmingham, George A: General John Regan. V1. 12 Jul 2011

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George A. Birmingham was the pen name of James Owen Hannay (16 July 1865 - 2 February 1950), Irish clergyman and prolific novelist.

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The Irish police barrack is invariably clean, occasionally picturesque, but it is never comfortable. The living-room, in which the men spend their spare time, is furnished with rigid simplicity. There is a table, sometimes two tables, but they have iron legs. There are benches to sit on, very narrow, and these also have iron legs. Iron is, of course, harder than wood. Men who are forced to look at it and rub their legs against it at meal times are likely to obtain a stern, martial spirit. Wood, even oak, might in the long run have an enervating effect on their minds. The Government knows this, and if it were possible to have tables and benches with iron tops as well as iron legs police barracks in Ireland would be furnished with them. On the walls of the living-room are stands for arms. Here are ranged the short carbines with which, in extreme emergencies, the police shoot at the other inhabitants of Ireland. The sight of these weapons serves to remind the men that they form a military force.

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Birmingham, George A: Gossamer. V1. 12 Jul 2011

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George A. Birmingham was the pen name of James Owen Hannay (16 July 1865 - 2 February 1950), Irish clergyman and prolific novelist.

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"FOR THAT mercy," said Gorman, "you may thank with brief thanksgiving whatever gods there be." We were discussing, for perhaps the twentieth time, the case of poor Ascher. Gorman had reminded me, as he often does, that I am incapable of understanding Ascher or entering into his feelings, because I am a man of no country and therefore know nothing of the emotion of patriotism. This seems a curious thing to say to a man who has just had his leg mangled in a battle; but I think Gorman is quite right about his fact I went out to the fight, when the fight came on, but only because I could not avoid going. I never supposed that I was fighting for my country. But Gorman is wrong in his inference. I have no country, but I believe I can understand Ascher quite as well as Gorman does. Nor am I sure that I ought to be thankful for my immunity from the fever of patriotism. Ascher suffered severely because at a critical moment in his life a feeling of loyalty to his native land gripped him hard. I have also suffered, a rending of the body at least comparable to Ascher's rending of the soul. But I have not the consolation of feeling that I am a hero.

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Birmingham, George A: Hyacinth. V1. 13 Jul 2011

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George A. Birmingham was the pen name of James Owen Hannay (16 July 1865 - 2 February 1950), Irish clergyman and prolific novelist.

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IN THE year 1850 or thereabouts religious and charitable society in England was seized with a desire to convert Irish Roman Catholics to the Protestant faith. It is clear to everyone with any experience of missionary societies that, the more remote the field of actual work, the easier it is to keep alive the interest of subscribers. The mission to Roman Catholics, therefore, commenced in that western portion of Galway which the modern tourist knows as Connemara, and the enthusiasm was immense. Elderly ladies, often with titles, were energetic in the cause of the new reformation. Young ladies, some of them very attractive, collected money from their brothers and admirers. States-men and Bishops headed the subscription-lists, and influential committees earnestly debated plans for spending the money which poured in. Faith in the efficacy of money handled by influential committees is one of the characteristics of the English people, and in this particular case it seemed as if their faith were to be justified by results.

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Birmingham, George A: Lady Bountiful. V1. 13 Jul 2011

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George A. Birmingham was the pen name of James Owen Hannay (16 July 1865 - 2 February 1950), Irish clergyman and prolific novelist.

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SOCIETY IN the west of Ireland is beautifully tolerant. A man may do many things there, things frowned on elsewhere, without losing caste. He may, for instance, drink heavily, appearing in public when plainly intoxicated, and no one thinks much the worse of him. He may be in debt up to the verge of bankruptcy and yet retain his position in society. But he may not marry his cook. When old Sir Tony Corless did that, he lost caste. He was a baronet of long descent, being, in fact, the fifth Corless who held the title.

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Birmingham, George A: Lalage's Lovers. V1 14 Jul 2011

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George A. Birmingham was the pen name of James Owen Hannay (16 July 1865 - 2 February 1950), Irish clergyman and prolific novelist.

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I HAD, I suppose, some reason for calling on Canon Beresford, but I have totally forgotten what it was. In all probability my mother sent me to discuss some matter connected with the management of the parish or the maintenance of the fabric of the church. I was then, and still am, a church warden. The office is hereditary in my family. My son—Miss Pettigrew recommended my having several sons—will hold it when I am gone. My mother has always kept me up to the mark in the performance of my duties. Without her at my elbow I should, I am afraid, be inclined to neglect them. I am bored, not interested as a churchwarden should be, when the wall of the graveyard crumbles unexpectedly. I fail to find either pleasure or excitement in appointing a new sexton. Canon Beresford, our rector, is no more enthusiastic about such things than I am. He and I are very good friends, but when he suspects me of paying him a business visit he goes out to fish. There are, I believe, trout in the stream which flows at the bottom of the glebe land, but I never heard of Canon Beresford catching any of them.

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Birmingham, George A: Our Casualty And Other Stories. V1. 14 Jul 2011

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George A. Birmingham was the pen name of James Owen Hannay (16 July 1865 - 2 February 1950), Irish clergyman and prolific novelist.

OUR CASUALTY
GETTING EVEN
A MATTER OF DISCIPLINE
THE SECOND BASS
HER RIGHT
JOURNEY'S END
HIS GIRL
SIR GALAHAD
A GUN-RUNNING EPISODE
IRELAND FOR EVER
SIR TIMOTHY'S DINNER-PARTY
UNITED IRELAND
OLD BIDDY AND THE REBELS
CIVILIZED WAR
THE MERMAID
AN UPRIGHT JUDGE

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Birmingham, George A: The Island Mystery. V1. 13 Jul 2011

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George A. Birmingham was the pen name of James Owen Hannay (16 July 1865 - 2 February 1950), Irish clergyman and prolific novelist.

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IN 1914 there were not twenty men in England who had ever heard of the island of Salissa. Even now—I am writing in the spring of 1917—the public is very badly informed about the events which gave the island a certain importance in the history of the war. A couple of months ago I asked a well-known press-cutting agency to supply me with a complete collection of all references to Salissa which had appeared in our newspapers. I received a single short paragraph from a second-rate society weekly. It ran thus:
“Is it true that our new Minister for Balkan Problems has a curious story to tell about a certain island in the Mediterranean, and is there a lady in the case?”

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Birmingham, George A: The Northern Iron. V1. 15 Jul 2011

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George A. Birmingham was the pen name of James Owen Hannay (16 July 1865 - 2 February 1950), Irish clergyman and prolific novelist.

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THE ROAD which connects Portrush with Ballycastle skirts, so far as any road can and dare, the sea coast. Sometimes it is driven inland a mile or so by the impossibility of crossing tracts of sandhills. The mounds and hollows of these dunes are for ever shifting and changing. The loose sand is blown into new fantastic heights and valleys by the winter gales. No road could be built on such insecure foundation. Elsewhere the road shrinks back among the shelterless fields for fear of mighty cliffs by which this northern Antrim coast is defended from the Atlantic. No engineer in the eighteenth century, when the road was made, dared lay his metal close to the Causeway cliffs or the awful precipice of Pleaskin Head. Still, now and then, in places where there are no sandhills and the cliffs are not appalling, the road ventures, for a mile or two, to run within a few hundred yards of the sea, before it is swept, like a cord bent by the wind, further inland. Thus, after passing the ruins of Dunseveric Castle, the traveller sees close beneath him the white limestone rocks and broad yellow stretch of Ballintoy Strand. Here, when northerly gales are blowing, he may, if he is not swept off his feet, cling desperately to his garments and watch the great waves curl their feathered crests as they rush shorewards. He may listen, awestruck, to the ocean's roar of amazement when it batters in vain the hard north coast, the rocks and sand which defy even the strength of the Atlantic.

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Birmingham, George A: The Red Hand of Ulster. V1. 15 Jul 2011

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George A. Birmingham was the pen name of James Owen Hannay (16 July 1865 - 2 February 1950), Irish clergyman and prolific novelist.

Excerpt
IT WAS in 1908 that Joseph Peterson Conroy burst upon London in the full magnificence of his astounding wealth. English society was, and had been for many years, accustomed to the irruption of millionaires, American or South African. Our aristocracy has learnt to pay these potentates the respect which is their due. Well-born men and women trot along Park Lane in obedience to the hooting calls of motor horns. No one considers himself degraded by grovelling before a plutocrat.

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Birmingham, George A: The Simpkins Plot. V1. 15 Jul 2011

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George A. Birmingham was the pen name of James Owen Hannay (16 July 1865 - 2 February 1950), Irish clergyman and prolific novelist.

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THE PLATFORM at Euston was crowded, and the porters' barrows piled high with luggage. During the last week in July the Irish mail carries a heavy load of passengers, and for the twenty minutes before its departure people are busy endeavouring to secure their own comfort and the safety of their belongings. There are schoolboys, with portmanteaux, play-boxes, and hand-bags, escaping home for the summer holidays. There are sportsmen, eager members of the Stock Exchange or keen lawyers, on their way to Donegal or Clare for fishing. There are tourists, the holders of tickets which promise them a round of visits to famous beauty spots. There are members of the House of Lords, who have accomplished their labours as legislators—and their wives, peeresses, who have done their duty by the London season—on their way back to stately mansions in the land from which they draw their incomes. Great people these in drawing-rooms or clubs; greater still in the remote Irish villages which their names still dominate; but not particularly great on the Euston platform, for there is little respect of persons there as the time of the train's departure draws near. A porter pushed his barrow, heavy with trunks and crowned with gun-cases, against the legs of an earl, who swore. A burly man, red faced and broad shouldered, elbowed a marchioness who, not knowing how to swear effectively, tried to wither him with a glance. She failed. The man who had jostled her had small reverence for rank or title. He was, besides, in a hurry, and had no time to spend in apologising to great ladies.

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Biss, Gerald: Branded. A Tale (1906): v1; 20 Jan 2020

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Gerald Biss (1876-1922) was the author of a number of novels and stories. This novel, also known variously as "The Daughters of a Convict" and "The Jerningham Case", tells of the affairs of twin sisters who discover, as they are approaching matrimonial age in Society, that they are the daughters of the notorious Mrs Jerningham, convicted and sentenced to death for poisoning her husband, their father, when they were just 3 years old.

Only after much confusion and unhappiness does the truth of the murder emerge.

Initially published as a serial, in 1906, it was in 1908 published as a book under the title "Branded. A Tale." It was made into a movie in 1920. This edition uses the text from the serial, which was produced by Project Gutenberg Australia.

There is no discoverable original cover, so I made one in the contemporary style.

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Biss, Gerald: The Door of the Unreal (1919), V1, 20 Jan 2020

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Gerald Biss was a writer of numerous magazine and newspaper serials, mostly of the crime and adventure genres, and this is his only venture into the supernatural.

Most of the now-familiar conventions of the werewolf tale had yet to be set in stone, and the author was not working to the type of narrow pattern which constrained many writers of vampire tales in the years following the publication of "Dracula". He acknowledges Elliott O'Donnell's book "Werewolves" (1912) as a major influence.

This book was uploaded by BenG in LRF and PRC formats in 2007. I have remade the book, incorporating an original cover, for the epub, azw3 and mobi formats.

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Biss, Gerald: The Door of the Unreal, v.1, 25 Nov 2007

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Originally published in 1919, The Door of the Unreal is one of the first true werewolf classics, and helped to pave the way for the 'golden age' of the genre, which flourished in the two decades following the publication of Gerald Biss's novel. At the time he wrote the novel—his one foray into supernatural fiction—Biss was largely covering uncharted territory: most of the now-familiar conventions of the werewolf tale had yet to be set in stone, and the author was not working to the type of narrow pattern which constrained many writers of vampire tales in the years following the publication of Dracula. As Stefan Dziemianowicz writes in his introduction: 'The Door of the Unreal . . . reminds us of a time when one of horror's classic themes had not yet been forced into a rigid mould shaped by genre expectations, and when the plot of a horror tale was limited by nothing more than the imagination of writers like Gerald Biss.'

H. P. Lovecraft called this novel one of the children of Dracula, a novel that did for werewolves what Dracula did for vampires.

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Bjornson, Bjørnstjerne : A Happy Boy. v1, 29 Jan 2008

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From Wikipedia:

Bjørnstjerne Martinus Bjørnson (December 8, 1832–April 26, 1910) was a Norwegian writer and a 1903 Nobel Prize in Literature laureate. Bjørnson is generally considered as one of "The Great Four" Norwegian writers; the others being Henrik Ibsen, Jonas Lie, and Alexander Kielland

From the Preface:

"A Happy Boy" was written in 1859 and 1860. It is, in my estimation, Bjornson's best story of peasant life. In it the author has succeeded in drawing the characters with remarkable distinctness, while his profound psychological insight, his perfectly artless simplicity of style, and his thorough sympathy with the hero and his surroundings are nowhere more apparent. This view is sustained by the great popularity of "A Happy Boy" throughout Scandinavia.
It is proper to add, that in the present edition of Bjornson's stories, previous translations have been consulted, and that in this manner a few happy words and phrases have been found and adopted.

RASMUS B. ANDERSON.

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Black, Edith Ferguson: A Beautiful Possibility. v1. 15 Jan 2016

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Black, Edith Ferguson, 1857-1936

Extract
Lenox Hildreth when a young man, forced to flee from the rigors of the New England climate by reason of an inherited tendency to pulmonary disease, had chosen Barbadoes as his adopted country, and had never since revisited the land of his birth. From the first, fortune had smiled upon him, and when, some time after his marriage with the daughter of a wealthy planter, she had come into possession of all her father’s estates, he had built the house which for fifteen years he had called home. When Evadne, their only daughter, was a little maiden of six, his wife had died, and for nine years father and child had been all the world to each other.

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Black, Edith Ferguson: A Princess in Calico. v1. 15 Jan 2016

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Black, Edith Ferguson, 1857-1936

Extract
She stood at her bedroom window before going downstairs to take up the burden of a new day. She was just seventeen, but they did not keep any account of anniversaries at Hickory Farm.

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Black, Ladbroke Lionel Day: The Ballydoyle Regatta and other stories, v1

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Ladbroke Lionel Day Black (1877-1940) was an English author and newspaperman who wrote many short stories and a number of novels, some under the pseudonym Paul Urquhart. The short stories in this new 2018 collection were published in Australian newspapers between 1902 and 1933.

as Ladbroke Black
1: The Panacea Boom
2: They Also Serve
3: Cinderella
4: Mother o' Mine
5: Ordeal By Battle
6: Prodigal Father
7: Red Magnus Backs Out
As Paul Urquhart
8: Through the Shadows
9: Nurse Sorrell's Patient
10: The Ballydoyle Regatta
11: My Lady of the Halls
12: The Tremendous Adventure of Mr. Jones
13: The Way of a Maid and a Man
14: A Splendid Surprise

There is naturally no original cover. I made one up using a 1910 cartoon, and invented an imaginary publisher, Cobweb Press.

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Blackburn, Douglas: A Burgher Quixote. v1. 18 Apr 20167

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Douglas Blackburn: Born : 1857 Aug 6 London, England: Lived : Kent, England (final): Died : 1929 Mar 28 Tonbridge, Kent, England

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It is not without great and careful thought that I have decided, boldly and honestly, to put my full name and district to this truthful story of the struggles after righteousness of a once oprecht Burgher of the late South African Republic, with a full account of the temptations that assailed him at the hands of the clever and educated wicked, and in the end brought about his fall.

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Blackburn, Douglas: Prinsloo of Prinsloosdorp. v1. 19 Apr 2017

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Douglas Blackburn: Born : 1857 Aug 6 London, England: Lived : Kent, England (final): Died : 1929 Mar 28 Tonbridge, Kent, England

Excerpt
There is little need to remind Afrikanders that the family of Prinsloo is one of the best known in South Africa. The original Edict of Nantes served upon Jacobus Piet Prinsloo the Huguenot, compelling him to trek to South Africa, exists to this day, preserved in the Bible of the Prinsloos of Assvogelkop, Cape Colony. People learned in the history of the Colony know that wherever there has been action, civil or martial, there was a Prinsloo to be found. Lest, however, some may blame Piet Prinsloo for some of the discreditable acts of those members of the Prinsloo family who betrayed Graaf Reinet to the English in i68o, I would mention that there are two branches of the family, and that the Graaf Reinet traitors belonged to the other one, as my father-in-law has often explained.

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Blackmore, R. D: Clara Vaughan, Volume I (of III). v1. 28 Dec 2013

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Richard Doddridge Blackmore (7 June 1825 – 20 January 1900), referred to most commonly as R. D. Blackmore, was one of the most famous English novelists of the second half of the nineteenth century. Over the course of his career, Blackmore achieved a close following around the world. He won literary merit and acclaim for his vivid descriptions and personification of the countryside, sharing with Thomas Hardy a Western England background and a strong sense of regional setting in his works. Noted for his eye for and sympathy with nature, critics of the time described this as one of the most striking features of his writings.

Excerpt
I do not mean to describe myself. Already I feel that the personal pronoun will appear too often in these pages. Knowing the faults of my character almost as well as my best friends know them, I shall attempt to hide them no more than would those beloved ones. Enough of this: the story I have to tell is strange, and short as my own its preamble.

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Blackmore, R. D: CLARA VAUGHAN, VOLUME II (OF III), v1. 29 Dec 2013

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Richard Doddridge Blackmore (7 June 1825 – 20 January 1900), referred to most commonly as R. D. Blackmore, was one of the most famous English novelists of the second half of the nineteenth century. Over the course of his career, Blackmore achieved a close following around the world. He won literary merit and acclaim for his vivid descriptions and personification of the countryside, sharing with Thomas Hardy a Western England background and a strong sense of regional setting in his works. Noted for his eye for and sympathy with nature, critics of the time described this as one of the most striking features of his writings.

The story continues.

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Blackmore, R. D: CLARA VAUGHAN, VOLUME III (OF III). v1. 29 Dec 2013

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Richard Doddridge Blackmore (7 June 1825 – 20 January 1900), referred to most commonly as R. D. Blackmore, was one of the most famous English novelists of the second half of the nineteenth century. Over the course of his career, Blackmore achieved a close following around the world. He won literary merit and acclaim for his vivid descriptions and personification of the countryside, sharing with Thomas Hardy a Western England background and a strong sense of regional setting in his works. Noted for his eye for and sympathy with nature, critics of the time described this as one of the most striking features of his writings.

The story concluded.

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Blackmore, R. D: Cripps, the Carrier. v1. 30 Dec 2013

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Richard Doddridge Blackmore (7 June 1825 – 20 January 1900), referred to most commonly as R. D. Blackmore, was one of the most famous English novelists of the second half of the nineteenth century. Over the course of his career, Blackmore achieved a close following around the world. He won literary merit and acclaim for his vivid descriptions and personification of the countryside, sharing with Thomas Hardy a Western England background and a strong sense of regional setting in his works. Noted for his eye for and sympathy with nature, critics of the time described this as one of the most striking features of his writings.

A Woodland Tale

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Blackmore, R. D: Crocker's Hole. v1. 30 Dec 2013

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Richard Doddridge Blackmore (7 June 1825 – 20 January 1900), referred to most commonly as R. D. Blackmore, was one of the most famous English novelists of the second half of the nineteenth century. Over the course of his career, Blackmore achieved a close following around the world. He won literary merit and acclaim for his vivid descriptions and personification of the countryside, sharing with Thomas Hardy a Western England background and a strong sense of regional setting in his works. Noted for his eye for and sympathy with nature, critics of the time described this as one of the most striking features of his writings.

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Now, John Pike was beyond his years wary as well as enterprising, calm as well as ardent, quite as rich in patience as in promptitude and vigour. But Alec Bolt was a headlong youth, volatile, hot, and hasty, fit only to fish the Maelstrom, or a torrent of new lava. And the moment he had laid that wager he expected his crown piece; though time, as the lawyers phrase it, was "expressly of the essence of the contract."
And now he demanded that Pike should spend the holiday in trying to catch that trout.

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Blackmore, R. D: Dariel. v1. 31 Dec 2013

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Richard Doddridge Blackmore (7 June 1825 – 20 January 1900), referred to most commonly as R. D. Blackmore, was one of the most famous English novelists of the second half of the nineteenth century. Over the course of his career, Blackmore achieved a close following around the world. He won literary merit and acclaim for his vivid descriptions and personification of the countryside, sharing with Thomas Hardy a Western England background and a strong sense of regional setting in his works. Noted for his eye for and sympathy with nature, critics of the time described this as one of the most striking features of his writings.

A Romance of Surrey

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Blackmore, R. D: Erema. v1. 31 Dec 2013

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Richard Doddridge Blackmore (7 June 1825 – 20 January 1900), referred to most commonly as R. D. Blackmore, was one of the most famous English novelists of the second half of the nineteenth century. Over the course of his career, Blackmore achieved a close following around the world. He won literary merit and acclaim for his vivid descriptions and personification of the countryside, sharing with Thomas Hardy a Western England background and a strong sense of regional setting in his works. Noted for his eye for and sympathy with nature, critics of the time described this as one of the most striking features of his writings.

"The sins of the fathers upon the children, unto the third and fourth generation of them that hate me."

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Blackmore, R. D: Frida. v1. 31 Dec 2013

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Richard Doddridge Blackmore (7 June 1825 – 20 January 1900), referred to most commonly as R. D. Blackmore, was one of the most famous English novelists of the second half of the nineteenth century. Over the course of his career, Blackmore achieved a close following around the world. He won literary merit and acclaim for his vivid descriptions and personification of the countryside, sharing with Thomas Hardy a Western England background and a strong sense of regional setting in his works. Noted for his eye for and sympathy with nature, critics of the time described this as one of the most striking features of his writings.

THE LOVER'S LEAP,
A LEGEND OF THE WEST COUNTRY

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Blackmore, R.D.: Lorna Doone (Illustrated). v1, 24 Mar 2008

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R.D. Blackmore's famous 1869 novel, [Lorna Doone, a Romance of Exmoor[/, is an historical novel of high adventure set in the South West of England during the turbulent time of Monmouth's rebellion (1685). It is also a moving love story told through the life of the young farmer John Ridd, as he grows to manhood determined to right the wrongs in his land, and to win the heart and hand of the beautiful Lorna Doone.

This 1893 edition is lavishly illustrated with notes, maps, an introduction, and lots more. I've split the book into two volumes on account of its size.

Enjoy!

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Blackmore, R.D.: Lorna Doone. v1, 27 Jan 2008

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From Amazon.com:

First published in 1869, Lorna Doone is the story of John Ridd, a farmer who finds love amid the religious and social turmoil of seventeenth-century England. He is just a boy when his father is slain by the Doones, a lawless clan inhabiting wild Exmoor on the border of Somerset and Devon. Seized by curiosity and a sense of adventure, he makes his way to the valley of the Doones, where he is discovered by the beautiful Lorna. In time their childish fantasies blossom into mature love—a bond that will inspire John to rescue his beloved from the ravages of a stormy winter, rekindling a conflict with his archrival, Carver Doone, that climaxes in heartrending violence. Beloved for its portrait of star-crossed lovers and its surpassing descriptions of the English countryside, Lorna Doone is R. D. Blackmore’s enduring masterpiece.

With many illustrations.

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Blackwood, Algernon. The Willows. v1. 26 Oct 07

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Just in time for Halloween, another Algernon Blackwood story. I couldn't find it in the collections posted by Dr. Drib.

From Wikipedia, regarding The Willows: "Perhaps his most celebrated story, was influenced heavily by Blackwood's own trips down the Danube River. It tells the story of two campers who pick the wrong place to sleep for the night, a place where another dimension impinges on our own. H.P. Lovecraft considered this the finest supernatural tale in English literature."

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Blackwood, Algernon: A Prisoner in Fairyland. v1. 22 Jan 2022

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Subtitled “The Book that ‘Uncle Paul’ Wrote,” this is somewhat of a sequel to [The Education of Uncle Paul[/, in which the protagonist wrote a book with this title.

This is the story of a wealthy retiree’s return to the wonderful imaginative world of his youth, and to his early dream — “the desire to be of use to others. To help his fellow-kind was to be his profession and career.” Now, the world is troubled and people have become “wumbled” (confused, uncertain). He finds himself adventuring with his cousin’s children, who decide they must unwumble everyone by sprinkling stardust around the world. The stardust can be found in the Star Caverns beyond Orion, and they can get there by way of the Starlight Express.

“One wishes everybody to read this book, but one hesitates to dissect or explain it too much, from a vague fear of losing one’s own hold on the half-real creations and perhaps forfeiting one’s seat in the Starlight Express which is waiting every night for those who will take it.”
(— [The Outlook[/, xxx 1914)

“… The streak of genius in it is unmistakable. It has the madness of dreams, the wildness, and the largeness.”
(— 1913 review, [The Spectator[/)

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One of the foremost British writers of supernatural tales in the twentieth century, Algernon Blackwood (1869–1951) wrote stories in which the slow accumulation of telling details produced a foreboding atmosphere of almost unendurable tension. Though he wrote a number of horror stories, his most typical work seeks less to frighten than to induce a sense of awe. The literary critic S. T. Joshi stated, “His work is more consistently meritorious than any weird writer’s except Dunsany’s.”

Blackwood’s literary renown began in 1908 with the publication of a highly successful collection of stories, [John Silence — Physician Extraordinary[/, featuring a “psychic doctor.” His two best known stories are probably “The Willows” and “The Wendigo”.

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[A Prisoner in Fairyland[/, by Algernon Blackwood (1869–1951), was first published in 1913. [This ebook is in the public domain where copyright is “Life+70” or less, and in the USA.[/
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Blackwood, Algernon: An Egyptian Hornet and Other Horror Stories. V1. 2 Dec 2011

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Algernon Henry Blackwood, CBE (14 March 1869 – 10 December 1951) was an English short story writer and novelist, one of the most prolific writers of ghost stories in the history of the genre. He was also a journalist and a broadcasting narrator. S. T. Joshi has stated that "his work is more consistently meritorious than any weird writer's except Dunsany's" and that his short story collection Incredible Adventures (1914) "may be the premier weird collection of this or any other century".

AN EGYPTIAN HORNET
A VICTIM OF HIGHER SPACE
THE HOUSE OF THE PAST
THE WILLOWS

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Blackwood, Algernon: Day and Night Stories. v1. 09 Jan 2022

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Blackwood’s ghosts reside in worlds which coexist with our own but can only be conjured up by sympathetic imaginations. Sometimes they show us a wilder, better place where we can relive our Pagan ancestry and get closer to Nature, sometimes they show us portents of danger or death.

Of the former type, the second story “The Touch of Pan” is a consummate example of how a feral nature can cross over into that pagan place and escape the cynicism of the modern world. In “Initiation,” a businessman is taken to a similar place by his nephew while on holiday in the Alps, where he learns first-hand that “Beauty is imperishable”.

Of the latter type, in “The Other Wing” (my favourite story) danger is averted years in advance when a boy’s curiosity shepherds him behind a green baize door in the deserted wing of his country home to discover the place where “Sleep taught and trained her flock of feathered Dreams.”

The final two stories in the sequence are of a piece, called “Transition” and “The Tradition” respectively, compact little harbingers of death in the guise of a party of welcoming friends and a spectral white horse.

“The Wings of Horace” was another birdman rhapsody, all the better for its shorter length, and “A Victim of Higher Space” has Dr. Silence try to cure a patient who has learnt how to live in the fourth dimension.
(—Goodreads review)

The collection also includes: “The Tryst,” “A Desert Episode,” “The Occupant of the Room,” “Cain’s Atonement,” “An Egyptian Hornet,” “By Water,” “H. S. H.,” and “A Bit of Wood.”

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One of the foremost British writers of supernatural tales in the twentieth century, Algernon Blackwood (1869–1951) wrote stories in which the slow accumulation of telling details produced a foreboding atmosphere of almost unendurable tension. Though he wrote a number of horror stories, his most typical work seeks less to frighten than to induce a sense of awe. Literary critic S. T. Joshi stated, “His work is more consistently meritorious than any weird writer’s except Dunsany’s.”

Blackwood’s literary renown began in 1908 with the publication of a highly successful collection of stories, [John Silence — Physician Extraordinary[/, featuring a “psychic doctor.” His two best known stories are probably “The Willows” and “The Wendigo”.

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[Day and Night Stories[/, by Algernon Blackwood (1869–1951), was first published in 1917. [This ebook is in the public domain where copyright is “Life+70” or less, and in the USA.[/
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Blackwood, Algernon: Incredible Adventures. v1. 01 Jan 2022

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Noted literary critic S. T. Joshi has acclaimed [Incredible Adventures[/ as possibly “the premier weird collection of this or any other century.”

H. P. Lovecraft wrote: “In the volume titled [Incredible Adventures[/ occur some of the finest tales which the author has yet produced, leading the fancy to wild rites on nocturnal hills, to secret and terrible aspects lurking behind stolid scenes, and to unimaginable vaults of mystery below the sands and pyramids of Egypt; all with a serious finesse and delicacy that convince where a cruder or lighter treatment would merely amuse. Some of these accounts are hardly stories at all, but rather studies in elusive impressions and half-remembered snatches of dream. Plot is everywhere negligible, and atmosphere reigns untrammelled.”
(—H. P. Lovecraft, [Supernatural Horror in Literature[/)

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One of the foremost British writers of supernatural tales in the twentieth century, Algernon Blackwood (1869–1951) wrote stories in which the slow accumulation of telling details produced a foreboding atmosphere of almost unendurable tension. Though he wrote a number of horror stories, his most typical work seeks less to frighten than to induce a sense of awe. The literary critic S. T. Joshi stated, “His work is more consistently meritorious than any weird writer’s except Dunsany’s.”

Blackwood’s literary renown began in 1908 with the publication of a highly successful collection of stories, [John Silence — Physician Extraordinary[/, featuring a “psychic doctor.” His two best known stories are probably “The Willows” and “The Wendigo”.

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[Incredible Adventures[/, by Algernon Blackwood (1869–1951), was first published in 1914. [This ebook is in the public domain where copyright is “Life+70” or less, and in the USA.[/
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Blackwood, Algernon: Jimbo: A Fantasy. v1. 22 Jan 2022

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This is by no means a children’s book. It is a book for adults, about children, and childhood, and the powers of imagination. This is a dark fantasy about an imaginative youngster who is severely injured and, while lost in unconsciousness, finds himself imprisoned in the dreadful Empty House by that dark monster the Inmate, and surrounded by the very strange and somehow sinister Frightened Children.

“… a delicious book, and one that should be read by all who long at times to escape from this working-day world into the region of haunting and half-remembered things.”
(— 1909 review, [The Daily Chronicle[/)

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One of the foremost British writers of supernatural tales in the twentieth century, Algernon Blackwood (1869–1951) wrote stories in which the slow accumulation of telling details produced a foreboding atmosphere of almost unendurable tension. Though he wrote a number of horror stories, his most typical work seeks less to frighten than to induce a sense of awe. The literary critic S. T. Joshi stated, “His work is more consistently meritorious than any weird writer’s except Dunsany’s.”

Blackwood’s literary renown began in 1908 with the publication of a highly successful collection of stories, [John Silence — Physician Extraordinary[/, featuring a “psychic doctor.” His two best known stories are probably “The Willows” and “The Wendigo”.

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[Jimbo[/, by Algernon Blackwood (1869–1951), was first published in 1909. [This ebook is in the public domain where copyright is “Life+70” or less, and in the USA.[/
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Blackwood, Algernon: John Silence: The Psychic Doctor. v1. 01 Jan 2022

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John Silence is a psychic doctor, and an investigator of psychical phenomena (“detective,” if you will). This volume contains all of the John Silence stories, and is highly recommended to anyone with a taste for the weird and macabre.

Brief summaries of the stories:
“A Psychical Invasion”
Silence is summoned to a house apparently haunted by former tenants…

“Ancient Sorceries”
He encounters a man who tells of strange experiences in a small French town, where the locals act in a strangely feline manner…

“Secret Worship” An innocent youth is trapped in the ruins of an ancient monastery by the spirits of a debased cult of devil worshipers…

“The Nemesis of Fire”
Silence investigates the random appearance of smoke and spontaneous fires in and around an English manor house…

“The Camp of the Dog”
A party of campers on a deserted Baltic island is terrorized by a huge wolf… or is it?

“A Victim of Higher Space”
The Doctor meets with a patient whose grip on reality has loosened, and threatens to hurtle the man into unseen realms of time and space…
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One of the foremost British writers of supernatural tales in the twentieth century, Algernon Blackwood (1869–1951) wrote stories in which the slow accumulation of telling details produced a foreboding atmosphere of almost unendurable tension. Though he wrote a number of horror stories, his most typical work seeks less to frighten than to induce a sense of awe. The literary critic S. T. Joshi stated, “His work is more consistently meritorious than any weird writer’s except Dunsany’s.”

Blackwood’s literary renown began in 1908 with the publication of a highly successful collection of stories, [John Silence — Physician Extraordinary[/, featuring a “psychic doctor.” His two best known stories are probably “The Willows” and “The Wendigo”.

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Contents of this collection, by Algernon Blackwood (1869–1951), were first published 1908 ~ 1914. [This ebook is in the public domain where copyright is “Life+70” or less, and in the USA.[/
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Blackwood, Algernon: Julius LeVallon // The Bright Messenger. v1. 25 Jan 2022

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[Julius LeVallon[/ and its sequel [The Bright Messenger[/ deal with reincarnation and the possibility of a new, mystical evolution of human consciousness.

JULIUS LEVALLON:
“LeVallon reminds Mason of a time eons ago, which he calls the Temple Days, when the two of them, and a girl, conducted a forbidden experiment which failed. But it had released the elemental powers of Wind and Fire which remained untethered. Over the eons LeVallon had tried to channel those powers back to their domain but had always failed because the channel — the girl — was not present. Now, at last, after all these millennia, the three spirits are together again and LeVallon must face the ultimate challenge. Does he succeed? That’s the climax of the book.”
(— Mike Ashley)

THE BRIGHT MESSENGER:
Edward Fillery and Paul Devonham have a new patient at their Spiritual Clinique, a young man raised by an eccentric mentor who seems to be suffering from a split personality. One part of him manifests as a simple country lad by the name of Julian LeVallon, but there is another force within him that Dr. Fillery quickly names “N.H.” and seeks to develop. Dr. Devonham, on the other hand, is convinced that “N.H.” is the unhealthy side, that LeVallon is the true personality and must be encouraged to become dominant. But the young man is more than he seems, for he is not entirely human. And when “N.H.” does take control, no one is prepared for the results. Everyone is changed — by the bright messenger.

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One of the foremost British writers of supernatural tales in the twentieth century, Algernon Blackwood (1869–1951) wrote stories in which the slow accumulation of telling details produced a foreboding atmosphere of almost unendurable tension. Though he wrote a number of horror stories, his most typical work seeks less to frighten than to induce a sense of awe. The literary critic S. T. Joshi stated, “His work is more consistently meritorious than any weird writer’s except Dunsany’s.”

Blackwood’s literary renown began in 1908 with the publication of a highly successful collection of stories, [John Silence — Physician Extraordinary[/, featuring a “psychic doctor.” His two best known stories are probably “The Willows” and “The Wendigo”.

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Two novels by Algernon Blackwood (1869–1951): [Julius LeVallon[/ was first published in 1916; [The Bright Messenger[/ in 1921. [This ebook is in the public domain where copyright is “Life+70” or less, and in the USA.[/
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Blackwood, Algernon: Pan’s Garden (illus). v1. 04 Jan 2022

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Gothic ecology: the natural world and the supernatural world join forces…

“In this book Mr. Blackwood again takes for his theme Nature; and from various points of view treats aspects of Nature — trees, snow, sea, mountains, fire, sand, and so on — in their effect upon different human beings. He seeks to interpret the powers of Nature as expression of life, life similar to our own in kind though lesser in degree. He develops this tenet of his imaginative creed that in all the universe there is nothing dead; life hides even in so-called inanimate things — latent, embryonic perhaps, but still life. Its link with human beings is effected, moreover, through the subconscious portion of men’s minds. Hence his protagonists in these stories usually know that touch of deeper moods which most people dislike because they deem it abnormal. For him, however, it means the awakening of the subconsciousness, and is in the direction, therefore, of an extension of life that need not necessarily involve un-balance.”

(— from first edition publisher Macmillan & Co.)

Probably better classed as dark fantasy, rather than horror, with mysticism woven into the fabric of many of these tales.

A list of the stories:
The Man Whom the Trees Loved
The South Wind
The Sea Fit
The Attic
The Heath Fire
The Messenger
The Glamour of the Snow
The Return
Sand
The Transfer
Clairvoyance
The Golden Fly
Special Delivery
The Destruction of Smith
The Temptation of the Clay
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One of the foremost British writers of supernatural tales in the twentieth century, Algernon Blackwood (1869–1951) wrote stories in which the slow accumulation of telling details produced a foreboding atmosphere of almost unendurable tension. Though he wrote a number of horror stories, his most typical work seeks less to frighten than to induce a sense of awe. The literary critic S. T. Joshi stated, “His work is more consistently meritorious than any weird writer’s except Dunsany’s.”

Blackwood’s literary renown began in 1908 with the publication of a highly successful collection of stories, [John Silence — Physician Extraordinary[/, featuring a “psychic doctor.” His two best known stories are probably “The Willows” and “The Wendigo”.

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[Pan’s Garden[/, by Algernon Blackwood (1869–1951), was first published in 1912. Chapter head decorations and drawings by W. Graham Robertson (1866–1948). [This ebook is in the public domain where copyright is “Life+70” or less, and in the USA.[/
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Blackwood, Algernon: Sambo and Snitch. v1. 23 Jan 2022

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It was boiling hot in the garden and the twelve o’clock bell had been ringing for a whole minute when Sambo, aged six, popped his head out of the cow-shed door and said, “Oh, bother!” … As he dawdles in to lunch, he spots a large brown lizard. And it speaks to him!

So begin the adventures of Sambo and Snitch. A charming children’s tale.

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One of the foremost British writers of supernatural tales in the twentieth century, Algernon Blackwood (1869–1951) wrote stories in which the slow accumulation of telling details produced a foreboding atmosphere of almost unendurable tension. Though he wrote a number of horror stories, his most typical work seeks less to frighten than to induce a sense of awe. The literary critic S. T. Joshi stated, “His work is more consistently meritorious than any weird writer’s except Dunsany’s.”

Blackwood’s literary renown began in 1908 with the publication of a highly successful collection of stories, [John Silence — Physician Extraordinary[/, featuring a “psychic doctor.” His two best known stories are probably “The Willows” and “The Wendigo”.

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[Sambo and Snitch[/, by Algernon Blackwood (1869–1951), was first published in 1927. [This ebook is in the public domain where copyright is “Life+70” or less.[/
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Blackwood, Algernon: Selections from “Tongues of Fire”. v1. 15 Jan 2022

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From the master story-teller, eleven tales from [Tongues of Fire[/. Only the eponymous story is truly macabre; others take us on tours of extra-dimensional experiences. The final three describe encounters with the intense powers of nature.

These were retrieved from various online archives.
Unavailable titles that are NOT included:
A Continuous Performance, The World-Dream of McAllister, The Other Woman, The Open Window, Petershin and Mr. Snide, The Spell of Egypt, A Man of Earth, The Laughter of Courage, Nephele.

Brief summaries of the stories:
Tongues of Fire
Ceceilia and Harold suffer the consequences of their gossiping, fault-finding, denigrating ways.

The Little Beggar
… The boy, for some reason, caught his attention and his interest vividly; … his general air of effort and distress, struggling with a bag too big and heavy for him to manage…

Malahide and Forden
Three friends on a walking tour in the country find themselves in a surreal situation.

The Pikestaffe Case
Miss Speke’s lodger, a professor of higher mathmatics, has turned an ornate mirror to the wall and webbed the room with fine silk threads. After more mysterious activity, her curiosity is overwhelming, and she begins to wish Mr. Thorley would leave.

Alexander Alexander
Since childhood, she has been fascinated by this odd, double-named personage.

The Olive
A young man, retrieving an olive dropped by a lovely girl, experiences love at first sight — and more…

Picking Fir-Cones
A young boy describes how he flew…

The Man Who Was Milligan
Milligan is enthralled by his landlady’s Chinese drawing — the figures seem to move …

The Falling Glass
(non-genre) A description of the birth of a storm.

S.O.S.
(non-genre) The frightening adventure of a party of mountain skiers.

Lost!
(non-genre) A botanist, seeking flowers, is reported lost in the Alps.
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One of the foremost British writers of supernatural tales in the twentieth century, Algernon Blackwood (1869–1951) wrote stories in which the slow accumulation of telling details produced a foreboding atmosphere of almost unendurable tension. Though he wrote a number of horror stories, his most typical work seeks less to frighten than to induce a sense of awe. The literary critic S. T. Joshi stated, “His work is more consistently meritorious than any weird writer’s except Dunsany’s.”

Blackwood’s literary renown began in 1908 with the publication of a highly successful collection of stories, [John Silence — Physician Extraordinary[/, featuring a “psychic doctor.” His two best known stories are probably “The Willows” and “The Wendigo”.

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Contents of this ebook, by Algernon Blackwood (1869–1951), were first published 1919 ~ 1924. ([Tongues of Fire[/ in 1924.) [This ebook is in the public domain where copyright is “Life+70” or less, and in the USA.[/
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Blackwood, Algernon: Shocks. v1. 14 Jan 2022

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Fifteen strange tales from a master storyteller: some in a shadowy macabre mood will evoke chills, one or two some chuckles. Blackwood’s explorations of metaphysics give us a number of stories focused on persons whose connections to their native place and time have broken, resulting in sojourns in other dimensions.

Brief summaries of the stories:
Elsewhere and Otherwise
A man becomes disconnected from space and time…

The Stranger
Despite his wife’s repeated defiance, he knows that Death must come to take her soon. A stranger arrives, and turned away, vanishes. The Colonel hears a whispered “I will come back…” — but was it his wife's voice or the stranger’s? The Colonel is convinced that is the moment her recovery becomes certain.

Full Circle
Jorden encounters a young boy who is strangely familiar.

Dr. Feldman
Dr. Feldman had to leave before their appointment at 11:30 pm, so Pelham waits for his return. Now why does he see Feldman appearing here and there in the house?

A Threefold Cord
Malcolm of McQuittie is disturbed and intrigued by a strange woman seen at a party who tells him “I am waiting for you, I’ve been looking for you for a long time — so long…”

Chemical
Moleson has an unfounded antipathy toward a fellow-lodger, who has been ousted from the room Moleson now occupies. His theory is that his loathing is simply “chemical.”

Shocks
John Feek is informed by his lawyer (a friend of his late father) that an anonymous person who admires his poetry has set up a large trust fund for him.

The Survivors
A man seems to have come through a horrific traffic accident completely unscathed.

The Adventure of Tornado Smith
A light-hearted fantastical romp as Mr. T. Smith, staid stockbroker, detours to Fairyland on his way to work.

Hands of Death
In Bolivia, Mike Kelly falls in love and marries an Indian woman who is venerated by the village. Marie explains that her mother is the Doctor, and her medicine always cures.

The Land of Green Ginger
A successful elderly author looks back on an experience with a mirror that seems to predict (or drive?) the future.

The Colonel’s Ring
Hendrik, whose unsuccessful ten year sojourn in America had provided dreadful things enough, met his only “real horror,” he affirms, in a London service flat. His half-uncle, Colonel Seitz, was host. There were no trappings. Horror slipped in quietly, almost slyly.

Revenge
Hemmel, embezzling trustee of his nephew’s legacy, goes mountain climbing with the boy.

The Man Who Lived Backwards
A middle-aged man meets his twenty-five-year-old self…

Adventures of Miss De Fontenoy
When this young man, a novice writer, is affected by “loveliness,” he becomes able to step into “elsewhere” …
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One of the foremost British writers of supernatural tales in the twentieth century, Algernon Blackwood (1869–1951) wrote stories in which the slow accumulation of telling details produced a foreboding atmosphere of almost unendurable tension. Though he wrote a number of horror stories, his most typical work seeks less to frighten than to induce a sense of awe. The literary critic S. T. Joshi stated, “His work is more consistently meritorious than any weird writer’s except Dunsany’s.”

Blackwood’s literary renown began in 1908 with the publication of a highly successful collection of stories, [John Silence — Physician Extraordinary[/, featuring a “psychic doctor.” His two best known stories are probably “The Willows” and “The Wendigo”.

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[Shocks[/, by Algernon Blackwood (1869–1951), was first published in 1935. [This ebook is in the public domain where copyright is “Life+70” or less.[/
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Blackwood, Algernon: Ten Minute Stories. v1. 11 Jan 2022

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29 short stories, and each does indeed take about ten minutes to read. You will find ghost stories, strange nature tales, weird events, and dark fantasies. Present as well, some humorous slices-of-life, and several vignettes descriptive of the wonders of nature. Perhaps not Blackwood’s best, but entertaining still.

Brief summaries of the stories:
Accessory Before the Fact
Martin stumbles into a supernatural trap at the crossroads: the young traveler’s encounter with a pair of tramps unfolds into a nightmare where nothing is as it seems.

The Deferred Appointment
A photographer is visited by a very sickly-looking man. Deathly sick…

The Prayer
Two young men who experiment with drugs find themselves able to see other people’s thoughts.

Strange Disappearance of a Baron
A baronet dreams that he has shrunk to the size of a mouse.

The Secret
A conversation between two old friends…

The Lease
Solicitors, leases, and the problems thereof …

Up and Down
Two friends discuss holidays.

Faith Cure on the Channel
Two friends attempt to overcome the evils of sea-sickness.

The Goblin’s Collection
Missing artefacts during an overnight stay at a hotel are attributed to a mischievous little Goblin

Imagination
A case of writer’s block is overcome thanks to the intervention of a supernatural agent.

The Invitation
Two friends attempt to arrange lunch.

The Impulse
An impulsive act might drive Jones to a new pathway in life.

Her Birthday
Finishing a letter to a special lady.

Two in One
A romance about a single soul which appears to be reincarnated into two different people.

Ancient Lights
A surveyor is asked to examine the “Fairy Wood” to prepare to cut it down to improve the view of a nearby resident. But every time he goes in he is evicted again by the spirits that reside therein.

Dream Trespass
A house appears to be the site of a reincarnation.

Let Not the Sun—
The tragedy of a brother and sister whose vacation together never happens …

Entrance and Exit
A man is sucked out of reality into a world that lies beyond that of mortal men.

You [May[/ Telephone From Here
A telephone call has supernatural implications.

The Whisperers
A haunted library…

Violence
A vaguely conte-cruel story of madness.

The House of the Past
A psychological story expressed in supernatural terms about the relationship between memories, dreams and past lives.

Jimbo’s Longest Day
A child’s understanding of the longest day of the year.

If the Cap Fits—
The memories contained within and about inanimate objects.

News vs. Nourishment
The story of a gentleman’s odd eating habits

Wind

Pines

The Winter Alps

The Second Generation
A man returning home to visit his wife encounters the supernatural.
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One of the foremost British writers of supernatural tales in the twentieth century, Algernon Blackwood (1869–1951) wrote stories in which the slow accumulation of telling details produced a foreboding atmosphere of almost unendurable tension. Though he wrote a number of horror stories, his most typical work seeks less to frighten than to induce a sense of awe. The literary critic S. T. Joshi stated, “His work is more consistently meritorious than any weird writer’s except Dunsany’s.”

Blackwood’s literary renown began in 1908 with the publication of a highly successful collection of stories, [John Silence — Physician Extraordinary[/, featuring a “psychic doctor.” His two best known stories are probably “The Willows” and “The Wendigo”.

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[Ten Minute Stories[/, by Algernon Blackwood (1869–1951), was first published in 1914. [This ebook is in the public domain where copyright is “Life+70” or less, and in the USA.[/
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Blackwood, Algernon: The Centaur. v1. 27 Jan 2022

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A challenging, slow-paced contemporary fantasy story with mythological themes, which is ultimately about mystical experience.

The story centers on Terence O’Malley, a journalist of mystical temperament who is studying the peoples of the Caucasus. O’Malley, at odds with the pace and materialism of the modern world, desires a return to nature, which he interprets as a sense of kinship with the universe.

When O’Malley encounters an unusually robust, handsome, and virile man and his equally attractive young son while on a cruise, he becomes strangely enraptured, and is thrilled to learn that the two will be sharing his cabin for the duration of the voyage. The strangers, as it happens, are not men in the sense that O’Malley and his friend Dr. Stahl are men, but are earth spirits, pure emanations of nature, and, as such, two of the last beings of their kind in existence.

[The Centaur[/ was, according to Mike Ashley’s biography [Starlight Man[/, one of Blackwood’s favourites among his own novels, and “closest to his own personal outlook”.

(Ebook includes the first edition end-papers.)

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One of the foremost British writers of supernatural tales in the twentieth century, Algernon Blackwood (1869–1951) wrote stories in which the slow accumulation of telling details produced a foreboding atmosphere of almost unendurable tension. Though he wrote a number of horror stories, his most typical work seeks less to frighten than to induce a sense of awe. The literary critic S. T. Joshi stated, “His work is more consistently meritorious than any weird writer’s except Dunsany’s.”

Blackwood’s literary renown began in 1908 with the publication of a highly successful collection of stories, [John Silence — Physician Extraordinary[/, featuring a “psychic doctor.” His two best known stories are probably “The Willows” and “The Wendigo”.

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[The Centaur[/, by Algernon Blackwood (1869–1951), was first published in 1911. Endpaper design by W. Graham Robertson (1866–1948). [This ebook is in the public domain where copyright is “Life+70” or less, and in the USA.[/
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Blackwood, Algernon: The Doll and One Other. v1. 12 Jan 2022

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A small collection of two titles from 1946, late in Blackwood’s career. Eerie and atmospheric, told with the master’s touch.

“Blackwood plunges with boldness, yet with consistent invention, into the realm of the fantastic.” (—The Outlook)

The Doll
A little girl is given a doll, which is actually a malignant supernatural entity with macabre designs upon the child’s father.

The Trod
An unusual love-triangle involving a man, a woman, and a call from the Fairy world. Eternal life comes at a high price — the loss of one’s soul and of mortal love.

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One of the foremost British writers of supernatural tales in the twentieth century, Algernon Blackwood (1869–1951) wrote stories in which the slow accumulation of telling details produced a foreboding atmosphere of almost unendurable tension. Though he wrote a number of horror stories, his most typical work seeks less to frighten than to induce a sense of awe. The literary critic S. T. Joshi stated, “His work is more consistently meritorious than any weird writer’s except Dunsany’s.”

Blackwood’s literary renown began in 1908 with the publication of a highly successful collection of stories, [John Silence — Physician Extraordinary[/, featuring a “psychic doctor.” His two best known stories are probably “The Willows” and “The Wendigo”.

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[The Doll and One Other[/, by Algernon Blackwood (1869–1951), was first published in 1946. [This ebook is in the public domain where copyright is “Life+70” or less.[/
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Blackwood, Algernon: The Education of Uncle Paul. v1. 22 Jan 2022

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A novel for adults about children, exploring the wonderful land of a lost childhood. A remarkable book about imagination and wonder.
Returning to England after twenty years in the Canadian wilderness, Paul is unused to adult company after so long in isolation, and emotionally he feels little more than a boy inside. His sister’s children introduce him to their imaginative games, “aventures” that take them all to another realm, the land beyond the Crack, where all the lost and disregarded things can be found — a land of beauty and mystery.

“A rare and exquisite book.… It is all of a strange loveliness, and, despite its aerial quality, of real sincerity.”
(— 1909 review, The Guardian)

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One of the foremost British writers of supernatural tales in the twentieth century, Algernon Blackwood (1869–1951) wrote stories in which the slow accumulation of telling details produced a foreboding atmosphere of almost unendurable tension. Though he wrote a number of horror stories, his most typical work seeks less to frighten than to induce a sense of awe. The literary critic S. T. Joshi stated, “His work is more consistently meritorious than any weird writer’s except Dunsany’s.”

Blackwood’s literary renown began in 1908 with the publication of a highly successful collection of stories, [John Silence — Physician Extraordinary[/, featuring a “psychic doctor.” His two best known stories are probably “The Willows” and “The Wendigo”.

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[The Education of Uncle Paul[/, by Algernon Blackwood (1869–1951), was first published in 1909. [This ebook is in the public domain where copyright is “Life+70” or less, and in the USA.[/
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Blackwood, Algernon: The Empty House and Other Ghost Stories. v1. 07 Jan 2022

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This is Blackwood’s first collection of horror stories, and his first published book. Many of these stories feature an unsuspecting protagonist thrown into a situation with some inexplicable supernatural force at work.

Brief summaries of the stories:
The Empty House
“Certain houses, like certain persons, manage somehow to proclaim at once their character for evil.”
This is one of the most famous haunted house stories in the English language, with carefully crafted gathering of tension and dread inference of terrors lurking at the end of every corridor, around every corner, through every half-opened door. This is not really a story about ghosts, however; it is a story about fear.

A Haunted Island
A tale of a lonely vacation cottage on an uninhabited island. His companions have departed, with warnings to “beware of Indians” (a common fear when the story was written in 1899). The lone remaining occupant, in the dead of night, sees a canoe heading towards him carrying two figures…

A Case of Eavesdropping
Young Jim Shorthouse arrives in New York City from England, moves into a room with noisy neighbours, and overhears a conversation in the rooms next to his – but are the participants of this earth?

Keeping His Promise
A story of two friends who strike up a macabre agreement to prove the existence of the supernatural and the afterlife…

With Intent to Steal
A barn is haunted by a spirit with the power to possess the living.

The Wood of the Dead
A traveller who has stopped at a village inn during a walking holiday has a strange and almost epiphanic encounter with an old man who joins him in the dining room.

Smith: An Episode In A Lodging-House
Mr. Smith, the rather mysterious and shady tenant in the room below our narrator, summons up beings which he cannot control.

A Suspicious Gift
A poor journalist is visited by a strange man who says he’s been sent to deliver ten thousand dollars from a mysterious benefactor, who gives it because of the journalist’s great need.

The Strange Adventures
of a Private Secretary in New York
A Gothic short story of a butler, a reporter, and a possibly lycanthropic would-be chemist…

Skeleton Lake: An Episode in Camp
A story about murder: men on a moose-hunting trip in Canada find a dead man washed ashore at Skeleton Lake. The companion of the dead man seems desperate to tell the tale of Jake’s death by drowning. A Poe-like examination of how guilt plays out in the human mind and behavior.
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One of the foremost British writers of supernatural tales in the twentieth century, Algernon Blackwood (1869–1951) wrote stories in which the slow accumulation of telling details produced a foreboding atmosphere of almost unendurable tension. Though he wrote a number of horror stories, his most typical work seeks less to frighten than to induce a sense of awe. The literary critic S. T. Joshi stated, “His work is more consistently meritorious than any weird writer’s except Dunsany’s.”

Blackwood’s literary renown began in 1908 with the publication of a highly successful collection of stories, [John Silence — Physician Extraordinary[/, featuring a “psychic doctor.” His two best known stories are probably “The Willows” and “The Wendigo”.

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[The Empty House and Other Ghost Stories[/, by Algernon Blackwood (1869–1951), was first published in 1906. [This ebook is in the public domain where copyright is “Life+70” or less, and in the USA.[/
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Blackwood, Algernon: The Extra Day. v1. 23 Jan 2022

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A delightful book for readers of all ages. A fable-like tale about three children growing up in the Old Mill House in the Victorian era. Uncle Felix comes to visit, and his magical storytelling opens the gates to imagination and adventure — adventure where no grownup rules apply, where magic is real, and wonder is everywhere. Uncle Felix says, “Time always prevents, doesn’t it? If only we could make it stop — get behind time, as it were — we might have a chance. Some day, perhaps, we shall.”

“The Extra Day is a wonderful book altogether, full of insight, replete with fanciful extravagance, compact with imagination.”
(—1915 review, [The Daily Telegraph[/)

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One of the foremost British writers of supernatural tales in the twentieth century, Algernon Blackwood (1869–1951) wrote stories in which the slow accumulation of telling details produced a foreboding atmosphere of almost unendurable tension. Though he wrote a number of horror stories, his most typical work seeks less to frighten than to induce a sense of awe. The literary critic S. T. Joshi stated, “His work is more consistently meritorious than any weird writer’s except Dunsany’s.”

Blackwood’s literary renown began in 1908 with the publication of a highly successful collection of stories, [John Silence — Physician Extraordinary[/, featuring a “psychic doctor.” His two best known stories are probably “The Willows” and “The Wendigo”.

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[The Extra Day[/, by Algernon Blackwood (1869–1951), was first published in 1915. [This ebook is in the public domain where copyright is “Life+70” or less, and in the USA.[/
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Blackwood, Algernon: The Fruit Stoners. v1. 23 Jan 2022

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The story of a little girl’s adventures in a strange, dreamlike world of her own hyperactive imagination.

“Maria, a motherless, lonely ten-year-old, takes refuge in a fantasy world of playmates created from the prune pits arranged around her father’s breakfast plate each morning … One evening she is forced to enter the part of the house which has been shut up and deserted for months. Here she discovers a world outside of normal time. At first all is delightful, but gradually a sinister note creeps into the adventure …”
(— Classics of Fantastic Literature)

“Algernon Blackwood … has written a tale which instantly courts comparison with those perennial classics of childhood dear to the hearts of adult readers. Indeed [The Fruit Stoners[/ itself may conceivably become such a classic — containing as it does some of the fragrance and innocence of youth, and a certain amount of wistful nonsense, and a great deal of excellent and musical prose writing. It is in fact, a kind of solemn [Alice Through the Looking-Glass[/.”
(— New York Times, 02 Jun 1935)

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One of the foremost British writers of supernatural tales in the twentieth century, Algernon Blackwood (1869–1951) wrote stories in which the slow accumulation of telling details produced a foreboding atmosphere of almost unendurable tension. Though he wrote a number of horror stories, his most typical work seeks less to frighten than to induce a sense of awe. The literary critic S. T. Joshi stated, “His work is more consistently meritorious than any weird writer’s except Dunsany’s.”

Blackwood’s literary renown began in 1908 with the publication of a highly successful collection of stories, [John Silence — Physician Extraordinary[/, featuring a “psychic doctor.” His two best known stories are probably “The Willows” and “The Wendigo”.

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[The Fruit Stoners[/, by Algernon Blackwood (1869–1951), was first published in 1934. [This ebook is in the public domain where copyright is “Life+70” or less.[/
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Blackwood, Algernon: The Human Chord. v1. 02 Feb 2022

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Engrossing and thought-provoking, the story concerns one Robert Spinrobin, a young man who is drawn to a remote house in the Welsh hills to work with the Reverend Philip Skale, his housekeeper, and a young woman called Miriam. Skale is working on a series of mysterious occult experiments in sound.

This is a fascinating expression of music, magic, and voices through prose, the notion of touching the divine through sound. It’s also an intriguing rivalry over one young man’s soul, between the girl to whom he brings joy, and the man to whom he brings potential. He’s their hope, both Miriam’s and Skale’s, yet their hopes head in different directions, nearly tearing the young man in two when they do.
(— adapted from Goodreads)

“Compact and intense, Mr. Blackwood’s story captivates the reader.”
(— [The Athenaeum[/, review contemporary to first edition)

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One of the foremost British writers of supernatural tales in the twentieth century, Algernon Blackwood (1869–1951) wrote stories in which the slow accumulation of telling details produced a foreboding atmosphere of almost unendurable tension. Though he wrote a number of horror stories, his most typical work seeks less to frighten than to induce a sense of awe. The literary critic S. T. Joshi stated, “His work is more consistently meritorious than any weird writer’s except Dunsany’s.”

Blackwood’s literary renown began in 1908 with the publication of a highly successful collection of stories, [John Silence — Physician Extraordinary[/, featuring a “psychic doctor.” His two best known stories are probably “The Willows” and “The Wendigo”.

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[The Human Chord[/, by Algernon Blackwood (1869–1951), was first published in 1910. [This ebook is in the public domain where copyright is “Life+70” or less, and in the USA.[/

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This is the last of the Blackwood works that I could find. I hope you enjoy them.
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Blackwood, Algernon: The Listener and Other Stories. v1. 05 Jan 2022

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This was the second collection of Blackwood’s supernatural stories. (The first such collection was [The Empty House and Other Ghost Stories[/ in 1906.)

“The Listener” is widely considered to be one of his best ghost stories. A reclusive, impoverished writer is delighted to find an inexpensive home in an old building at the heart of London; but then follow three months of mounting tension, with darkening thoughts and haunted dreams…

This collection includes that masterpiece, “The Willows,” in which two men on a canoeing trip on the Danube encounter terrifying elemental spirits.

“The Wendigo” has been added as a bonus to this ebook. In the Canadian wilderness, a hunting party separates to track moose, and one member is abducted by the Wendigo, a fearsome beast of legend.

Other titles included are: “Max Hensig — Bacteriologist and Murderer;” “The Insanity of Jones;” “The Dance of Death;” “The Old Man of Visions;” “May Day Eve;” “Miss Slumbubble — And Claustrophobia;” and “The Woman’s Ghost Story.”

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One of the foremost British writers of supernatural tales in the twentieth century, Algernon Blackwood (1869–1951) wrote stories in which the slow accumulation of telling details produced a foreboding atmosphere of almost unendurable tension. Though he wrote a number of horror stories, his most typical work seeks less to frighten than to induce a sense of awe. The literary critic S. T. Joshi stated, “His work is more consistently meritorious than any weird writer’s except Dunsany’s.”

Blackwood’s literary renown began in 1908 with the publication of a highly successful collection of stories, [John Silence — Physician Extraordinary[/, featuring a “psychic doctor.” His two best known stories are probably “The Willows” and “The Wendigo”.

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[The Listener and Other Stories[/, by Algernon Blackwood (1869–1951), was first published in 1907; “The Wendigo” in 1910. [This ebook is in the public domain where copyright is “Life+70” or less, and in the USA.[/
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Blackwood, Algernon: The Lost Valley and Other Stories (illus). v1. 08 Jan 2022

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A collection of ten eerie and fantastic stories to give you chills, and to give you food for thought.

Brief summaries of the stories:
The Lost Valley
Twin brothers Stephen and Mark have spent their 30-plus years together, eschewing relationships that would keep them apart. On a holiday in the Alps, they meet a woman who threatens their relationship.

The Wendigo
In the far Canadian north two moose hunters break off from their group and head out to find their game. One of them is a French Canadian acting as guide who begins to feel there is something in the woods that might be hunting them — is it the legendary Wendigo, a native mythical creature of immense strength that has cannabalistic traits?

Old Clothes
A widow with a pre-teen daughter calls on her cousin when her child takes her imaginary playmates far too seriously.

Perspective
While hiking in the Swiss Alps a man has a strange experience that later results in him being able to affect two strangers’ destinies.

The Terror of the Twins
Expecting a son as an heir, a man is sorry to have fathered twin sons, and vows to fix the problem when the boys come of age.

The Man from the ‘Gods’
A composer who is finding it difficult to create his masterpiece has a strange dream that fulfills his aim.

The Man Who Played Upon the Leaf
While staying in an Alpine village, a man encounters an outcast and his mongrel dog. The outcast makes beautiful sounds on a leaf and enchants the visitor.

The Price of Wiggins’s Orgy
A man who just came into a small legacy celebrates at a fancy restaurant with wine he’d unused to, and comes to realize his fellow patrons have sinister plans for him.

Carlton’s Drive
A man taking a hansom cab ride home begins to see people he knows, but they act in a sinister manner.

The Eccentricity of Simon Parnacute
A retired professor well set in his ways performs an out-of-character act that astonishes him and has repercussions later when he falls ill.

(Synopses from Amazon customer review)
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One of the foremost British writers of supernatural tales in the twentieth century, Algernon Blackwood (1869–1951) wrote stories in which the slow accumulation of telling details produced a foreboding atmosphere of almost unendurable tension. Though he wrote a number of horror stories, his most typical work seeks less to frighten than to induce a sense of awe. The literary critic S. T. Joshi stated, “His work is more consistently meritorious than any weird writer’s except Dunsany’s.”

Blackwood’s literary renown began in 1908 with the publication of a highly successful collection of stories, [John Silence — Physician Extraordinary[/, featuring a “psychic doctor.” His two best known stories are probably “The Willows” and “The Wendigo”.

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[The Lost Valley and Other Stories[/, by Algernon Blackwood (1869–1951), was first published in 1910. Illustrations by W. Graham Robertson (1866–1948). [This ebook is in the public domain where copyright is “Life+70” or less, and in the USA.[/
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Blackwood, Algernon: The Promise of Air. v1. 28 Jan 2022

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A visionary, metaphysical novel about Joseph Wimble and his family. He is a placid individual upon whom little makes an impression. All changes, however, when his daughter suggests what it must be like to see things as a bird – the metaphor extends to the emotional ups and downs of him and his wife, and to a new view of the world around him.

His wife once had that spirit of air within her. Joan has the birdlike spirit her mother lost. He watches his wife and daughter, wondering what is the secret of Joan’s free spirit? How is she so one with the air, the birds? How can he bring some of that wonder back to his wife? How can he embrace it himself?
(— From publisher synopsis and Goodreads)

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One of the foremost British writers of supernatural tales in the twentieth century, Algernon Blackwood (1869–1951) wrote stories in which the slow accumulation of telling details produced a foreboding atmosphere of almost unendurable tension. Though he wrote a number of horror stories, his most typical work seeks less to frighten than to induce a sense of awe. The literary critic S. T. Joshi stated, “His work is more consistently meritorious than any weird writer’s except Dunsany’s.”

Blackwood’s literary renown began in 1908 with the publication of a highly successful collection of stories, [John Silence — Physician Extraordinary[/, featuring a “psychic doctor.” His two best known stories are probably “The Willows” and “The Wendigo”.

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[The Promise of Air[/, by Algernon Blackwood (1869–1951), was first published in 1918. [This ebook is in the public domain where copyright is “Life+70” or less, and in the USA.[/
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Blackwood, Algernon: The Wave: An Egyptian Aftermath. v1. 30 Jan 2022

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A complex, leisurely-paced story of a woman and two men who had come together in a former incarnation in ancient Egypt in a love triangle that ended tragically in two deaths, and now have a second opportunity to work out the problems of their relationships.

… we participate almost relentlessly in the subtle, repetitive inner turmoil of a man involved in the Eternal Triangle. The writing is evocative at times, and Blackwood shows deep insight into what it’s like to love someone passionately, idealistically, and at times hoplessly.
(— adapted from Goodreads)

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One of the foremost British writers of supernatural tales in the twentieth century, Algernon Blackwood (1869–1951) wrote stories in which the slow accumulation of telling details produced a foreboding atmosphere of almost unendurable tension. Though he wrote a number of horror stories, his most typical work seeks less to frighten than to induce a sense of awe. The literary critic S. T. Joshi stated, “His work is more consistently meritorious than any weird writer’s except Dunsany’s.”

Blackwood’s literary renown began in 1908 with the publication of a highly successful collection of stories, [John Silence — Physician Extraordinary[/, featuring a “psychic doctor.” His two best known stories are probably “The Willows” and “The Wendigo”.

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[The Wave[/, by Algernon Blackwood (1869–1951), was first published in 1916. [This ebook is in the public domain where copyright is “Life+70” or less, and in the USA.[/
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Blackwood, Algernon: The Wendigo. v1. 22 Oct 07

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From Wikipedia: Another camper tale, this time set in the Canadian wilderness. A hunting party separates to track moose, and one member is abducted by the Wendigo of legend.

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Blackwood, Algernon: The Wolves of God and Other Fey Stories. v1. 10 Jan 2022

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Strange stories of retribution and mystical intervention, of horror and hope, of the magic and mystery of life.

Many of these tales are wilderness stories, but also featured are some fine supernatural romances. Many of the unwary protagonists are soldiers, shell-shocked or otherwise wounded, returning from World War One to a changed world with which they must somehow re-engage.

Brief summaries of the stories:
The Wolves of God
Around Garden Lake there was a tribe of Redskins, of unusual type. Malefactors among them — thieves, criminals, murderers — were not punished. They were merely turned out by the Tribe to die. But how? The Wolves of God took care of them. What were the Wolves of God? A pack of wolves held in awe, a sacred pack, a spirit pack … A pack of wolves that punished malefactors, killing but never eating them. “Torn but not eaten … white men as well as red. They could even cross the sea….”

Chinese Magic
Dr. Owen Francis, who is haunted by the memory of an exquisitely beautiful woman, pays a visit to a friend recently returned from China. The friend has immersed himself in Chinese culture, including its magic…

Running Wolf
A man on a solitary fishing holiday is haunted by the presence of a large timber wolf who lurks and prowls around the vicinity of his camp. After realising that this animal means him no harm and in fact has strange human-like mannerisms, he follows it deep into the forest…

First Hate
“Even after being domesticated for generations, animals recognize their natural enemy at once by instinct, an enemy they can never even have seen before. It’s infallible. They know instantly.” Ericssen responds “Undoubtedly, and so do we. There’s first love. There’s first hate, too.” He then proceeds to tell the tale of his encounter with a rival for a woman’s love.

The Tarn of Sacrifice
An ex-soldier, back from the Front, is intent on a walking tour of the Lake District. He all too willingly falls in with a windswept young woman and her father, disturbed by their own past, who welcome him in to their obsessive world of ritual.

The Valley of the Beasts
Grimwood, a cruel and brutal hunter, is tracking moose in the Canadian wilderness aided by his native guide. He shows contempt for his guide, and is left alone after an altercation. Pursuing his quarry into The Valley of the Beasts, he encounters the full majesty of the forest: the beasts surround him in a terrifying organic force which reveals to him his powerlessness in the face of nature.

The Call
Dick Headley is at a house party where the match-making hostess has plans for the lovely Iris and his friend Arthur Deane (who still mourns his lost Mary, and vows to never marry another). Headley begins to experience strange dreams and visions.

Egyptian Sorcery
Thought transference becomes the means to pull a man’s beloved sister through a life-saving operation that might otherwise have killed her. Some intriguing gender bending ensues.

The Decoy
John Burley inherits an ugly mansion in the Kentish Weald, locally notorious on account of the suicides of its three previous owners. To put an end to the superstitious mutterings, Burley announces that he will spend a night there alone before he lets it. “Only cowards or lunatics kill themselves” he assures his young wife, Nancy. “I’m neither one nor t’other…”

The Man Who Found Out
A seeker of mystical wisdom uncovers tablets which will answer all his biggest questions. But he may have been better off if they had been left unanswered. The world may have been better off. Certainly, the life of his assistant would have.

The Empty Sleeve
A musician’s desire for the Guarnerius violin, owned by the collectors John and William Gilmer, leads to diabolical pacts when he declares he would give his soul to own it.

Wireless Confusion
A painter suddenly begins to have strange effects in his vision, seeing objects suddenly appear hugely magnified or extremely diminished in size, and scenes that appear utterly foreign to him.

Confession
A Canadian soldier, suffering agoraphobia, has to face the fog of London for the first time, en route to Brighton. Losing his way, he is also on the point of losing control, when a strange woman — only half-conscious of him — draws him into following her. What follows is the kind of blind circuitous route no one would wish to take.

The Lane That Ran East and West
A woman living in a cottage beside a long country road spends her life watching various arrivals and departures come and go. One day she meets a mysterious passer-by who stops to hand her the gift of a fern leaf to use as a payment she will one day pay to herself. What comes to pass many years later, in a time and place she could never have predicted, reminds her tellingly of this day.

“Vengeance Is Mine”
A former clergyman finds himself thrust into a horrifying situation when the soul of a terribly wronged young woman demands the sacrifice of an enemy POW.
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One of the foremost British writers of supernatural tales in the twentieth century, Algernon Blackwood (1869–1951) wrote stories in which the slow accumulation of telling details produced a foreboding atmosphere of almost unendurable tension. Though he wrote a number of horror stories, his most typical work seeks less to frighten than to induce a sense of awe. The literary critic S. T. Joshi stated, “His work is more consistently meritorious than any weird writer’s except Dunsany’s.”

Blackwood’s literary renown began in 1908 with the publication of a highly successful collection of stories, [John Silence — Physician Extraordinary[/, featuring a “psychic doctor.” His two best known stories are probably “The Willows” and “The Wendigo”.

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[The Wolves of God and Other Fey Stories[/, by Algernon Blackwood (1869–1951), was first published in 1921. [This ebook is in the public domain where copyright is “Life+70” or less, and in the USA.[/
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Blackwood, Algernon: Thirteen Further Stories. v1. 17 Jan 2022

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Blackwood’s tales inhabit a shadowy region between reality and fantasy, life and death, light and shadow. While occasionally dated in their depiction of females and masculinity, his tales of the supernatural and strange are both haunting and transcendent.
(—Kevin Lucia, cemetarydance.com)

Brief summaries of the stories:

A Mysterious House
Blackwood’s earliest known published fiction.
A straight-forward ghost story, with an unfortunately flat ending.
— Belgravia magazine, Jul 1889

The Story of Karl Ott
Karl is stunned when the love of his life, the English girl who has lived in Niederwald for several years, tells him she is returning to England, and that she is married.
— The Pall Mall Magazine, Oct 1896

Testing His Courage
(non-genre) A fun, if slight, romance about a rich girl and her suitor.
— Pearson’s Magazine, Sep 1904

The Kit Bag
A young law clerk gets more than he bargained for when he borrows a bag from his employer.
— The Pall Mall Magazine, Dec 1908

The Laying of a Red-haired Ghost
Jim’s sister insists her husband’s ghost has returned, and is giving her strict financial instructions.
— The Lady’s Realm, Sep 1909

The Singular Death of Morton
Two men abroad in Switzerland are pursued by a vampire. Blackwood’s only traditional vampire tale.
— The Tramp magazine, Dec 1910

The Strange Experience of the Rev. Phillip Ambleside
While climbing in the Alps, the reverend is guided by uncanny forces to a particular spot.
— The Pall Mall Magazine, Mar 1910

Night Wind
A charming fable-like encounter with the night wind by three children and their uncle Henry the author.
This became a chapter in The Extra Day (1915).
— Country Life, 09 May, 1914

The Memory of Beauty
A convalescent solder suffers from amnesia.
Land & Water, 03 Jan 1918

The Garden of Survival
Short novella of the sentimental variety concerning reincarnation and mysticism, touching again on the “thrill of beauty” as a catalyst.
One of Blackwood’s most personal tales.
— book publ. Macmillan (1918)

Onanonanon
A man who had created an alter ego for his wartime espionage is being haunted by his other self.
— The English Review, Mar 1921

The Fire Body
A woman is convinced she has met the protagonist before on an astral plane in his “Fire Body”.
— The North American Review, Sep 1931

Roman Remains
Queer things were said to go on in the little glen called Goat Valley. Anthony is about to find out.
— Weird Tales magazine, Mar 1948

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One of the foremost British writers of supernatural tales in the twentieth century, Algernon Blackwood (1869–1951) wrote stories in which the slow accumulation of telling details produced a foreboding atmosphere of almost unendurable tension. Though he wrote a number of horror stories, his most typical work seeks less to frighten than to induce a sense of awe. The literary critic S. T. Joshi stated, “His work is more consistently meritorious than any weird writer’s except Dunsany’s.”

Blackwood’s literary renown began in 1908 with the publication of a highly successful collection of stories, [John Silence — Physician Extraordinary[/, featuring a “psychic doctor.” His two best known stories are probably “The Willows” and “The Wendigo”.

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Contents of this ebook, by Algernon Blackwood (1869–1951), were first published 1889 ~ 1948. [This ebook is in the public domain where copyright is “Life+70” or less.[/
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Blaikie, William Garden: The Personal Life of David Livingstone. 26 Oct 07

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Some people want to write a book in the worst way, Blaikie seems to have been one of those people and he achieved his goal.

Drawn from letters and journals of Livingstone, Blaikie paints a more complete picture of Livingstone than Livingstone's journals alone provide.

This book is a hard slug but worth it.

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Blake, William: Songs of Innocence and of Experience. v1. 12 April 2011

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William Blake (1757-1827) was an engraver, printer and painter as well as a poet. Most of his books were produced using a technique known as relief etching, which involved writing the text of the poems on copper plates. The pages printed from these plates were hand-coloured and stitched together to make up the book. As a result, every book was unique - not only in the colouring, but sometimes in the choice and placing of the poems. This version is based on an edition in the British Museum. Details of other editions can be found in the William Blake Archive http://www.blakearchive.org/blake/

This (rather large) file contains the engravings that make up the book, each one followed by a transcription of the text. The engravings work remarkably well in greyscale, but if you use one of the Kindle apps you can see them in colour.

The transcriptions of the poems follow the engravings in spelling, capitalization and punctuation (although it is often difficult to distinguish between a punctuation mark and a mark in the engraving).

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Blanchard, Amy Ella: A Dear Little Girl at School. v1. 29 Apr 2015

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Amy Ella Blanchard (June 28, 1856 – 1926) was an American writer of children's literature. Daughter of Daniel Harris and Sarah (Reynolds) Blanchard, she was born in Baltimore, Maryland, studied art in New York City and Philadelphia, and for two years taught drawing and painting in Plainfield, New Jersey. She was a lifelong companion of her artist collaborator Ida Waugh (1819-1919). They had neighbouring cottages at Bailey Island, Maine where they helped organize the construction of a chapel in 1916. Winters were spent in Redding Ridge, Connecticut.

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Edna and Cousin Ben Barker were on the back porch. It was a favorite place, for it was always shady there in summer and out of the wind on cold days. If big Cousin Ben did not always like to be where Edna was, on the other hand Edna invariably sought out Cousin Ben if he were to be found about the premises.

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Blanchard, Amy Ella: A Dear Little Girl's Summer Holidays. v1. 29 Apr 2015

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Amy Ella Blanchard (June 28, 1856 – 1926) was an American writer of children's literature. Daughter of Daniel Harris and Sarah (Reynolds) Blanchard, she was born in Baltimore, Maryland, studied art in New York City and Philadelphia, and for two years taught drawing and painting in Plainfield, New Jersey. She was a lifelong companion of her artist collaborator Ida Waugh (1819-1919). They had neighbouring cottages at Bailey Island, Maine where they helped organize the construction of a chapel in 1916. Winters were spent in Redding Ridge, Connecticut.

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It was a very warm morning in June. Edna and her friend Dorothy Evans were sitting under the trees trying to keep cool. They both wore their thinnest morning frocks and had pinned their hair up in little pug knots on the tops of their heads. They had their boxes of pieces and were trying to make something suitable for their dolls to wear in the hot weather

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Blanchard, Amy Ella: A Dear Little Girl's Thanksgiving Holidays: v1. 29 Apr 2015

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Amy Ella Blanchard (June 28, 1856 – 1926) was an American writer of children's literature. Daughter of Daniel Harris and Sarah (Reynolds) Blanchard, she was born in Baltimore, Maryland, studied art in New York City and Philadelphia, and for two years taught drawing and painting in Plainfield, New Jersey. She was a lifelong companion of her artist collaborator Ida Waugh (1819-1919). They had neighbouring cottages at Bailey Island, Maine where they helped organize the construction of a chapel in 1916. Winters were spent in Redding Ridge, Connecticut.

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“I mean that grandma wants us all to spend an old-fashioned Thanksgiving with her; the kind she used to have when she was young. She says she and grandpa are both getting old and they may not be able to have the whole family there together again.”

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Blanchard, Amy Ella: A Dear Little Girl. v1. 29 Apr 2015

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Amy Ella Blanchard (June 28, 1856 – 1926) was an American writer of children's literature. Daughter of Daniel Harris and Sarah (Reynolds) Blanchard, she was born in Baltimore, Maryland, studied art in New York City and Philadelphia, and for two years taught drawing and painting in Plainfield, New Jersey. She was a lifelong companion of her artist collaborator Ida Waugh (1819-1919). They had neighbouring cottages at Bailey Island, Maine where they helped organize the construction of a chapel in 1916. Winters were spent in Redding Ridge, Connecticut.

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Edna did not like that word opportunity; it always seemed to her that it meant something unpleasant. She had noticed that when pleasant things came along they were rarely spoken of as “opportunities,” but were just happenings. So she sat with her little sturdy legs dangling down from the sofa, and a very sober look upon her round face, while her busy, dimpled hands were folded quietly.

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Blanchard, Amy Ella: Little Maid Marian. v1. 2 May 2015

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Amy Ella Blanchard (June 28, 1856 – 1926) was an American writer of children's literature. Daughter of Daniel Harris and Sarah (Reynolds) Blanchard, she was born in Baltimore, Maryland, studied art in New York City and Philadelphia, and for two years taught drawing and painting in Plainfield, New Jersey. She was a lifelong companion of her artist collaborator Ida Waugh (1819-1919). They had neighbouring cottages at Bailey Island, Maine where they helped organize the construction of a chapel in 1916. Winters were spent in Redding Ridge, Connecticut.

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Be ye removed into the midst of the sea. Be ye removed into the midst of the sea.” Then she waited, but the mountain did not budge an inch, though the child kept her eyes fixed upon it. Twice, three times, she repeated the words, but the mountain remained immovable. “I knew it; I just knew it,” exclaimed the child when she had made her final effort, “and now I want to know how large a mustard seed is. To-morrow I’ll go ask Mrs. Hunt.”

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Blanchard, Amy Ella: Talbot's Angles. v1. 2 May 2015

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Amy Ella Blanchard (June 28, 1856 – 1926) was an American writer of children's literature. Daughter of Daniel Harris and Sarah (Reynolds) Blanchard, she was born in Baltimore, Maryland, studied art in New York City and Philadelphia, and for two years taught drawing and painting in Plainfield, New Jersey. She was a lifelong companion of her artist collaborator Ida Waugh (1819-1919). They had neighbouring cottages at Bailey Island, Maine where they helped organize the construction of a chapel in 1916. Winters were spent in Redding Ridge, Connecticut.

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She gave her head a little quick shake as if to scatter the thoughts assailing her, then she moved more quickly toward the house, but passing around to the kitchen rather than entering by way of the porch. An old colored woman was picking crabs at a table near the window. “Gwine give yuh some crab cakes fo’ suppah, Miss Lindy,” she announced, looking up. “Dark ketch me fo’ I git ‘em doneI specs, dat no ‘count Jake so long gittin’

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Blanchard, Amy Ella: The Four Corners Abroad. v1. 1 May 2015

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Amy Ella Blanchard (June 28, 1856 – 1926) was an American writer of children's literature. Daughter of Daniel Harris and Sarah (Reynolds) Blanchard, she was born in Baltimore, Maryland, studied art in New York City and Philadelphia, and for two years taught drawing and painting in Plainfield, New Jersey. She was a lifelong companion of her artist collaborator Ida Waugh (1819-1919). They had neighbouring cottages at Bailey Island, Maine where they helped organize the construction of a chapel in 1916. Winters were spent in Redding Ridge, Connecticut.

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It was at Passy that a little party of American girls were discussing the afternoon’s plans one day in July. The three older girls were most interested; the two younger were too much engrossed in a game of Diabolo to notice very much what the others were talking about.

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Blanchard, Amy Ella: The Four Corners. v1. 1 May 2015

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Amy Ella Blanchard (June 28, 1856 – 1926) was an American writer of children's literature. Daughter of Daniel Harris and Sarah (Reynolds) Blanchard, she was born in Baltimore, Maryland, studied art in New York City and Philadelphia, and for two years taught drawing and painting in Plainfield, New Jersey. She was a lifelong companion of her artist collaborator Ida Waugh (1819-1919). They had neighbouring cottages at Bailey Island, Maine where they helped organize the construction of a chapel in 1916. Winters were spent in Redding Ridge, Connecticut.

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The town itself was one that stood at the foot of Virginia’s blue mountains. The house where the Coarners lived was on the edge of the town, facing a street which ended at the front gate. At the side of the garden another long street wound its way uphill and was called the old County Road when it began to go down grade. The house was a rambling old affair which had not been painted for some years and was, therefore, of an indescribable hue. One wing was shut up, but the remainder was made excellent use of by four lively girls, of whom the eldest was Nancy Weston. She was variously known as Nan, Nance or Nannie, though she greatly preferred Nannette and sometimes stealthily signed herself so. When she was, as her Cousin Phil expressed it, “on the bias,” he often delighted to tease her by calling her Sharp Corner, but her Aunt Sarah often declared that West Corner suited her perfectly since from that quarter sprang up the briskest, as well as the most agreeable, of breezes.

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Blanchard, Amy Ella: Three Little Cousins. v1. 3 May 2015

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Amy Ella Blanchard (June 28, 1856 – 1926) was an American writer of children's literature. Daughter of Daniel Harris and Sarah (Reynolds) Blanchard, she was born in Baltimore, Maryland, studied art in New York City and Philadelphia, and for two years taught drawing and painting in Plainfield, New Jersey. She was a lifelong companion of her artist collaborator Ida Waugh (1819-1919). They had neighbouring cottages at Bailey Island, Maine where they helped organize the construction of a chapel in 1916. Winters were spent in Redding Ridge, Connecticut.

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Molly scarcely waited to hear but danced out of the room and down the steps. “Don’t forget your rubbers!” her mother called after her, and Molly scurried to the closet under the stairs, grabbed the rubbers, snatched up her hat and was out of the door in a twinkling. Steadying herself on one foot, she drew on the overshoes, for there was no time to sit down; she could hear the whistle of the cars in the distance and knew there was barely time to reach the station before the train would stop.

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Blanchard, Amy: The Four Corners in Japan. The Four Corners in Japan1. 1 May 2015

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Amy Ella Blanchard (June 28, 1856 – 1926) was an American writer of children's literature. Daughter of Daniel Harris and Sarah (Reynolds) Blanchard, she was born in Baltimore, Maryland, studied art in New York City and Philadelphia, and for two years taught drawing and painting in Plainfield, New Jersey. She was a lifelong companion of her artist collaborator Ida Waugh (1819-1919). They had neighbouring cottages at Bailey Island, Maine where they helped organize the construction of a chapel in 1916. Winters were spent in Redding Ridge, Connecticut.

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“Japan? Oh, Aunt Helen, not really.”
“Why not? Every one goes there these days. We could make the trip by way of California, stop off for a few days at Honolulu, and see some of the strange things I have been reading about this winter. I am strongly inclined to make the trip if you two will go with me.”

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Blasco Ibañez, Vicente: The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse (1918): v1

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Vicente Blasco Ibañez (1867-1928)
1918 English edition translated by Charlotte Brewster Jordan (1862-1932)

Filmed in 1921 as a silent, with Julio Desnoyers played by the near-legendary Rudolph Valentino.

Sprawling novel of a divided family, with two cousins ultimately meeting face to face on opposite sides on the Western Front.

Cover is from the first publication in English, the US best seller in 1919, racing through hundreds of printings.

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Blayre, Christopher: The Purple Sapphire and Other Posthumous Papers. v1. 15 May 2021

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These “selected papers,” deposited with the fictional Christopher Blayre, Registrar of the University of Cosmopoli, are the weird and supernatural experiences of the professorial staff of the University.

A series of tongue-in-cheek weird tales and sf stories, featuring a cursed jewel, demonic possession, “time travel”, mediums and spiritualists, visitors from Venus, and other strange and uncanny episodes, with more than a few smiles and chuckles to be had.

Note that “The Cheetah-Girl” was excised by the [original] publisher on grounds of obscenity and released in a very limited privately printed edition. (— Encyclopedia of Science Fiction)

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“Christopher Blayre” was the pseudonym of Edward Heron-Allen FRS (born Edward Heron Allen) (17 December 1861 – 28 March 1943); an English polymath, writer, scientist and Persian scholar who translated the works of Omar Khayyam. He produced many academic works; as well as a number of novels and short stories of science fiction and horror written under his pseudonym.
(—adapted from Wikipedia.)

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[This book, first published in 1921, is in the public domain where copyright is “Life+70” or less, and in the USA.[/
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Blicher, Steen Steensen: Twelve Stories. V1. 23 Mar 2011

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Steen Steensen Blicher (11 October 1782 — 26 March 1848 in Spentrup) was an author and poet born in Vium near Viborg, Denmark.

THE JOURNAL OF A PARISH CLERK
THE ROBBERS' DEN
TARDY AWAKENING
ALAS, HOW CHANGED!
THE PARSON AT VEJLBYE
GYPSY LIFE
THE HOSIER AND HIS DAUGHTER
MARIE
THE GAMEKEEPER AT AUNSBJERG
AN ONLY CHILD
THREE HOLIDAY EVES
BRASS-JENS

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Bliss, Sylvester: A Brief Commentary on the Apocalypse. V1. 08-Sep-2012

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Sylvester Bliss (1814–1863) was a Millerite minister and editor. He served first as assistant editor, then editor, of the Millerite journal, The Signs of the Times. Originally a Congregationalist from Hartford, Connecticut, he obtained a liberal education and was a member of the Historical Society of Boston. He was also an editor of the Advent Shield and later edited the Memoirs of William Miller (1853). He remained until his death the editor of the Advent Herald (the continued and renamed publication of Signs of the Times), which remained the organ of the group of Millerites who did not accept the conditional immortality of the soul. His books include Commentary on the Revelation, The Time of the End, and Analysis of Sacred Chronology

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The Apocalypse should be regarded as a peculiarly interesting portion of scripture: a blessing being promised those who read, hear, and keep the things which are written therein. It has been subjected to so many contradictory interpretations, that any attempt to comprehend its meaning is often regarded with distrust; and the impression has become very prevalent, that it is a “sealed book,”—that its meaning is so hidden in unintelligible symbols, that very little can be known respecting it; and that to attempt to unfold its meaning, is to tread presumptuously on forbidden ground.
The attention of the Christian community has been called more of late to its study, by the publication of several elaborate Expositions. One in two large volumes, 8vo., by Prof. Stuart, was published at Andover, Mass., in 1845. A large 8vo. volume, by David N. Lord, was issued from the press of the Harpers, in New York, in 1847; and a smaller work, by Rev. Thomas Wickes, appeared in that city in 1851. These are the more important works on the subject which have been published in this country. In England, the “Horæ Apocalypticæ,” by the Rev. E. B. Elliott, A.M., late Vicar of Tuxford, and fellow of Trinity College, Cambridge, has passed through several editions,—the fourth of which, in four large vols. 8vo., was published in London, in 1851. These works, with the writings of Habershon, Cunningham, Croly, Bickersteth, Birks, Brooks, Keith, and other distinguished English writers, have caused the study of the Apocalypse to be regarded with more favor of late than heretofore.

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Blissett, Luther: Q. (Italian) v3.1 28 Jul 2013

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Luther Blissett is the collective pseudonym used by four Italian authors: Roberto Bui, Giovanni Cattabriga, Federico Guglielmi and Luca Di Meo. The four were part of the so-called "Luther Blissett Project", which ended in 1999. Now they write under the "Wu Ming" name.

Q is a novel by these authors, first published in Italian in 1999. The novel is set in Europe during the 16th century, and deals with Protestant reformation movements. It is published under a Creative Commons license, and it's available at http://www.wumingfoundation.com/ital...ownloads.shtml

This is the original Italian version, created from the TXT file, but with formatting added (TOC, titles, pagebreaks, dashes...). It's not proofread because I haven't yet read it and because my knowledge of Italian is limited, so I'd thank any help here.

Any kind of feedback is welcome.

EDIT (v2): I've now read the book and made some minor formatting corrections. I think it's in quite a good state now (not that it wasn't before).

EDIT (v3): Added maps, and some additional corrections (stray commas, unified spacing around dashes...)

EDIT (v3.1): Minor capitalization fix.

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Bloch, Jean Richard: —& Co. V1. 24 Mar 2011

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Jean-Richard Bloch (May 25, 1884 - March 15, 1947) was a French writer (critic, novel, playwright).
He was a member of the French Communist Party (PCF) and worked with Louis Aragon in the evening daily Ce soir.

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His subject is a complex one. Two or three fundamental problems are interwoven. There is the problem of the Company swallowing the Man. There is the racial problem of the Jew implanted in an alien soil.

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Blunt, Wilfred Scawen: The Future of Islam, v1, 2 December 2009.

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Wilfred Scawen Blunt (1840–1922)
The Future of Islam (1882)

A survey of Islam, together with observations and some predictions. Parts are still surprisingly relevant.

Contents:
Preface
Chapter I. Census of the Mohammedan World
Chapter II. The Modern Question of the Caliphate
Chapter III. The True Metropolis—Mecca
Chapter IV. A Mohammedan Reformation
Chapter V. England’s Interest in Islam

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Bly, Nellie: Ten Days in a Mad-House. v1, 14 Jan 2008

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From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia:

Ten Days in a Mad-House is a book written by newspaper reporter Nellie Bly and published by Norman L. Munro in New York, NY in 1887. The book comprised Bly's reportage for the New York World while on an undercover assignment in which she feigned insanity to investigate reports of brutality and neglect at the Women's Lunatic Asylum on Blackwell's Island.

The book's graphic depiction of conditions at the asylum caused a sensation, brought Bly lasting fame and prompted a grand jury to launch its own investigation, with Bly assisting. The jury's report resulted in an $850,000 increase in the budget of the Department of Public Charities and Corrections.

The book itself is no longer in print on paper, but is available in some public libraries and at several locations online as an e-book.

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Blyth, James: A Woman Of Character. v1. 20 Apr 2016

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James Blyth: Born : 1864: Lived : Maida Vale, London, England (final):: Died : 1933 Mar 22

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Thebe had been no conversation between the one middle-aged man and the two young men during the walk from the south pier to the Dominion Hotel. Even when the three pushed through the round-swinging doors of the great hall, and the senior went off to bed, only one remark passed between them. ‘I wish,’ said Robert Bear, ‘that you would avoid being seen associating with a woman of that class.

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Blyth, James: Celibate Sarah, v1. 21 Apr 2016

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James Blyth: Born : 1864: Lived : Maida Vale, London, England (final):: Died : 1933 Mar 22

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“SARAH! Sarah! Don’t you hear me? If you won’t get me my tea I must get it mysel,”’ roared the voice of the old man who had been inarticulate for half a year.

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Blyth, James: Rubina. v1. 22 Apr 2016

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James Blyth: Born : 1864: Lived : Maida Vale, London, England (final):: Died : 1933 Mar 22

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Rubina took a peg out of her mouth and reached up to the line that was strung across from the staple in the wash-house wall to a branch of the old bullace-tree which stood on the edge of the dyke at the back of the garden. The fluttering indiscretions of lingerie flapped bravely in the brisk morning breeze, and imparted a mysterious sense of levity to the more sedate curves of the stout flannel wear which filled into the shapes of the limbs of her father or brother as the wind swelled them into rotundity.

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Blythe, Samuel G: The Fun of Getting Thin, v.1, 6 March 2009.

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The Fun of Getting Thin: How To Be Happy and Reduce the Waist Line
By Samuel G. Blythe
Author of “Cutting It Out”
Chicago: Forbes & Company
1912

A short book on dieting, in which a man loses 50lb by eating small portions and avoiding alcohol.
The source was PG.

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Boake, Capel: The House by the River, v1, 23 June 2023

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Thirty short stories by Australian novelist, poet and short story writer Doris Boake Kerr, 1889-1944, who wrote under the name Capel Boake. They were all published in newspapers and magazines and are often quite short, They are mostly romances, but there are one or two hard stories as well. The book totals a little more than 70,000 words.

Contents
1: The Chateau
2: The Necessary Third
3: Jenny
4: Finito I'Amore
5: Atavism
6: The House by the River
7: The Bookshop
8: Tiny Feet
9: The Amber Necklace
10: Rose Aylmer
11: The Contract
12: The Secret Garden
13: The Bend of the Road
14: Strawberry Farm
15: Smith's George
16: The Wooden Buddha
17: The Green God
18: A Touch of the Sun
19: James
20: The Room Next Door
21: Quicksilver
22: The Brothers
23: Scarlet Hibiscus
24: The Wooing of Betty
25: The Redemption
26: "Doug."
27: A Matter of Business
28: The Making of a Star
29: Murray's Farm
30: The Sad Case of Miss Brown

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Boccaccio, Giovanni: The Decameron of Giovanni Boccaccio . v1, 31 Jan 2008

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From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia:

The Decameron is a collection of 100 novellas by Italian author Giovanni Boccaccio, probably begun in 1350 and finished in 1353. It is a medieval allegorical work best known for its bawdy tales of love, appearing in all its possibilities from the erotic to the tragic. Many notable writers such as Shakespeare and Chaucer are said to have borrowed from The Decameron.

Decameron is structured in a frame narrative, or frame tale. Boccaccio begins with a description of the Black Death and leads a group of seven women and three men who flee from plague-ridden Florence to a villa in the (then) countryside of Fiesole for two weeks. To pass the time, each member of the party tells one story for each one of the nights spent at the villa. Although fourteen days pass, two days each week are set aside: one day for chores and one holy day during which no work is done. In this manner, 100 stories are told by the end of the ten days.

Each of the ten characters is charged as King or Queen of the company for one of the ten days in turn. This charge extends to choosing the theme of the stories for that day, and all but two days have topics assigned: examples of the power of fortune; examples of the power of human will; love tales that end tragically; love tales that end happily; clever replies that save the speaker; tricks that women play on men; tricks that people play on each other in general; examples of virtue. Only Dioneo, who usually tells the tenth tale each day, has the right to tell a tale on any topic he wishes, due to his wit. Each day also includes a short introduction and conclusion to continue the frame of the tales by describing other daily activities besides story-telling. These frame tale interludes frequently include transcriptions of Italian folk songs. The interactions among tales in a day, or across days, as Boccaccio spins variations and reversals of previous material, forms a whole and not just a collection of stories. The title is a combination of two Greek words meaning "ten" (δέκα déka) and "day" (ἡμέρα hēméra).

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Boccaccio, Giovanni: The Decameron.V2.1 July 2014

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I went through the copy that Madam Broshkina uploaded and put in a more complete TOC and new cover.

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Boccaccio: The Most Pleasant and Delectable Questions of Love, v1, 22 Jan 2010

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Giovanni Boccaccio [1313–1375]
The Most Pleasant and Delectable Questions of Love [Il Libro di Difinizion [1340]
Illustrated Editions Co. New York1931

A group of ladies and gentlemen discuss issues of courtly love.

This is a translation of Boccaccio`s “Il libro di Difinizioni”, first translated into English by “H.G.” (London, 1566). This version is based on Thomas Bell`s 1927 reprint of the 1587 third edition of the H.G. translation with slight modernizations of language and punctuation.

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Bodkin, M MacDonnell: The Capture of Paul Beck (1911);v1; 26 Feb 2020

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"The Rule of Thumb" detective Paul Beck was popular in the Victorian and later era, a contemporary of Sherlock Holmes; unlike Holmes, he did not achieve cult status, and gradually disappeared from the shelves.

I have already posted the novel in which Paul Beck's son investigates a case, with a little help from his parents. This novel precedes that book. It has Paul Beck and Dora Myrle as private detectives on opposite sides of a fraud case. Later their interests converge....

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Bodkin, M MacDonnell: Young Beck (1912); v1; 8 Dec 2019

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Matthias MacDonnell Bodkin was an Irish Nationalist member of the British Parliament, a writer on contemporary politics and Irish themes, and the inventor of Paul Beck, "The Rule of Thumb" Detective. This soon grew into a complete family of detectives, as he also created a woman detective, Dorar Myrle, in a separate series of short stories, and married them in another series. soon Paul Jr appeared, and this volume contains the short stories of "Young Beck" in his 20s. (His "Watson" is surely the dimmest "Watson" in all detective literature!).

There are 24 chapters, as the stories are assembled to look like a novel, but just twelve stories of 2 chapters each.

1. The Bertram Twins
2. The Grand Slam
3. A Derby Favourite
4. A Close Shave
5. Flight
6. Capture
7: A Panic in Parliament
8: The Understudy
9: Fairy Lilian
10: "Two Are Company"
11: Gertrude's Queer Lover
12: The Locked Door
13: The Blue Diamond
14: Hide and Seek
15: The Finger Marks on the Cuff
16: The Alibi
17: Death's Threshold
18: Nurse Elinor
19: An Epidemic of Murder
20: In the Grip of the Hypnotist
21: Held Up
22: "Flat Burglary"
23: Margery Says "No"
24: The "Glacier"

Although the Beck stories were very popular, and the book collections huge sellers, they are all now extremely rare. This is the only readily available ebook of Young Beck, sourced from page image and text files at Internet Archive.

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Bodkin, M McDonnell: Paul beck, the Rule of Thumb Detective; (1898); v1, 2 Nov 2021

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A year or two ago, in pursuit of Victorian detectives, I began searching for the Paul Beck stories, which ran in Pearson's Magazine and were of course later published in various collections. The first Beck collection published was this one, but all I could find was a cover, and a contents list. A little later I found a couple of stories from this volume and put them up in "Past Masters" pending finding the rest. Then I found some later volumes: The Capture of Paul Beck, and Young Beck, which I was able to post here. Now thanks to Roy Glashan's Library, where Matthias Kaether and Roy Glashan have posted the individual missing stories with their Pearsons Magazine illustrations, I have been able to complete this volume.

1. The Vanishing Diamonds
2. The Miniature Halter
3. By a Hair's Breadth
4. Murder by Proxy
5. Greased Lightning
6. The Dog and the Doctor
7. Under His Own Hand
8. The Poisoner
9. The Slip Knot
10. The Slump in Silver
11. Cabinet Secrets
12. The Two Kings

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Bodkin, M McDonnell: The Quests of Paul Beck (1908); v1; 27 Oct 2021

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A dozen short stories of Paul Beck, a detective who in the early days of the 20th century was as popular as Sherlock Holmes, but the deliberate ordinariness of the detective meant that his star faded by the 1930s. Still good reading. All stories were previously published in "The Royal Magazine" from March 1907 to February 1908.

1: The Voice From the Dead
2: Trifles Light As Air
3: Drowned Diamonds
4: The Spanish Prisoner
5: The Murder on the Golf Links
6: The Rape of the Ruby
7: The Ship's Run
8: Driven Home
9: 'Twixt The Devil And The Deep Sea
10: The Unseen Hand
11: His Hand And Seal
12: Quick Work

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Bodkin, Matthias: Lord Edward Fitzgerald. v1. 25 Apr 2016

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Matthias McDonnell Bodkin[1] (8 October 1850 – 7 June 1933) was an Irish nationalist politician and MP. in the House of Commons of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland and Anti-Parnellite representative for North Roscommon, 1892–95, a noted author, journalist and newspaper editor, and barrister, King's Counsel (K.C.) and County Court Judge for County Clare, 1907–24.

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HISTORY supplies the most romantic part of this Historical Romance. The main incidents of Lord Edward Fitzgerald's marvellous career, as herein set down, his stirring adventures in the American War of Independence, even his adoption into the Indian tribe of the " Great Bear," are absolutely true. For the rest, though some liberties have been taken with dates, the pictures of Ireland's condition under the "Penal Laws" are painted from life

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Bodkin, Matthias: Patsey The Omadaun. v1. 26 Apr 2016

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Matthias McDonnell Bodkin[1] (8 October 1850 – 7 June 1933) was an Irish nationalist politician and MP. in the House of Commons of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland and Anti-Parnellite representative for North Roscommon, 1892–95, a noted author, journalist and newspaper editor, and barrister, King's Counsel (K.C.) and County Court Judge for County Clare, 1907–24.

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As a small boy in the small town of Killclogher in the West of Ireland, I first heard the exploits of ‘Patsey the Omadaun. There was a tailor’s shop in the town, where three men sat cross-legged on a table and stitched and talked the busy hours away.

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Boethius: The Consolation of Philosophy [tr. Sedgefield], v1, 22 January 2010.

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Boethius [Anicius Manlius Severinus Boëthiu[480–c524]
The Consolation of Philosophy [c.524]
Translated by Walter John Sedgefield [1866–1945]
King Alfred’s Version of the Consolations of Boethius. Done into Modern English, by Walter John Sedgefield Litt.D.
Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1900

Boethius was a Christian philosopher who achieved high office in the late Roman Empire, only to be imprisoned and eventually executed by the Ostrogoth usurper, Theoderic. This work was written during his imprisonment. Boethius has a vision of Philosophy, personified as a queen-like woman. She puts him straight when he complains about his lot.
Incidentally, Boethius was the first person to use the wheel of fortune as a metaphor.

I’m uploading three different translations today (by James, Cooper and Sedgefield) which vary widely in style.

King Alfred the Great translated Boethius into the English of his day. This is a version of that translation.
Should anyone want the notes and other critical apparatus, a complete html version may be found here:
http://oll.libertyfund.org/?option=c...html&Itemid=27

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Boethius: The Consolation of Philosophy [tr.Cooper], v1, 22 January 2010.

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Boethius [Anicius Manlius Severinus Boëthiu [480–c524]
The Consolation of Philosophy [c524AD]
Translated by W. V. Cooper
1902
The text of this edition is taken from the translation by W.V. Cooper, published by J.M. Dent and Co. Aldine House, London 1902. The “Editorial Note”, actually an introduction, has been moved from the end of the book to the beginning. I have linked the 77 notes.

Boethius was a Christian philosopher who achieved high office in the late Roman Empire, only to be imprisoned and eventually executed by the Ostrogoth usurper, Theoderic. This work was written during his imprisonment. Boethius has a vision of Philosophy, personified as a queen-like woman. She puts him straight when he complains about his lot.
Incidentally, Boethius was the first person to use the wheel of fortune as a metaphor.

I’m uploading three different translations today (by James, Cooper and Sedgefield) which vary widely in style.

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Boethius: The Consolation of Philosophy [tr.James], v1, 22 January 2010.

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Boethius [Anicius Manlius Severinus Boëthiu [480–c524]
The Consolation of Philosophy [c.524AD]
Translated into English Prose and Verse by H. R. James M.A. [1862–1931]
1897

Boethius was a Christian philosopher who achieved high office in the late Roman Empire, only to be imprisoned and eventually executed by the Ostrogoth usurper, Theoderic. This work was written during his imprisonment. Boethius has a vision of Philosophy, personified as a queen-like woman. She puts him straight when he complains about his lot.
Incidentally, Boethius was the first person to use the wheel of fortune as a metaphor.

I’m uploading three different translations today (by James, Cooper and Sedgefield) which vary widely in style.

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Boethius: The Theological Tractates, v1, 24 January 2010.

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Boethius (Anicius Manlius Severinus Boethius) ca.480-524 A.D.
The Theological Tractates
Translated by H. F. Stewart, D.D. (1863-1948) Fellow of Trinity College, Cambridge and E.K. Rand, Ph.D. (1871-1945) Professor of Latin in Harvard University.
1918

This contains five treatises:

1. The Trinity Is One God Not Three Gods
2. Whether Father, Son, and Holy Spirit May Be Substantially Predicated of the Divinity
3. How Substances Can Be Good In Virtue Of Their Existence without Being Absolute Goods
4. On the Catholic Faith
5. A Treatise against Eutyches and Nestorius

The cover image (from Wikipedia) is an initial letter from an illuminated manuscript, and shows Boethius teaching while wearing a Santa hat.

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Bogdanow, Alexander Alexandrowitsch: Der rote Planet. german. v1. 18 mar 2009

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Der Arzt und Philosoph Alexander A. Bogdanow, eigentlich Alexander Malinowski, wurde 1873 geboren und starb 1928 in Moskau bei einem wissenschaftlichen Selbstversuch in dem von ihm gegründeten, weltweit ersten, Institut für Blutübertragung. Sein utopischer Roman "Der rote Planet" erschien 1908 zum erstenmal in Rußland. Seitdem erlebte er zahlreiche Nachauflagen in der Sowjetunion und im Ausland. 1923 wurde die erste Ausgabe in deutscher Sprache im Verlag der Jugendinternationale veröffentlicht.

Als der unter Vorspiegelung falscher Tatsachen von "einer anderen Menschheit" zum Mars beförderte Berufsrevolutionär und Naturwissentschaftler Leonid den "roten Planeten" betritt, wird er mit einer vollkommen neuen Welt konfrontiert: rote Flora, Menschen ohne Bart und ohne Falten im Gesicht, Sternschiffe mit Kristallwänden, Städte in denen nur Kinder leben, vollmechanisierte Fabriken ohne Rauch und Ruß und elektronisch gelenkter Arbeitskräfteeinsatz. Die Marsgesellschaft unterhält sogar komfortable Sterbezimmer für Selbstmörder in Krankenhäusern. Von Leonid wird erwartet als Bindglied zwischen Mars- und Erdenmenschen zu fungieren. Leonid verbringt mehrere Monate auf dem Mars bis ein Mord seinem Schicksal eine neue Wende gibt und er erkennt, was die "Marsmenschen" mit der irdischen Menschheit im Schilde führen...

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Boggs, Winifred: Sally on the rocks. v1. 24 Sep 2016

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Winifred Boggs: Born : 1874 Birkenhead, Cheshire, England: Died : 1931 Nov 10
Hampstead, London, England

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THE successful little Cramptonian is born, not made, as strangers coming to the place soon found to their cost, for even the Cramptonians themselves had to be careful, on account of Miss Maggie Hopkins.

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Bogott, Fritz: Boggle & Sneak, v1 25 Mar 2011

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This book was originally uploaded by Madam Broshkina.

[QUOTTiny inventors Alvy and Alby break into homes and play Rube Goldberg practical jokes. When Alvy suddenly disappears, Alby enlists the help of two of his young victims-- but they find they are dealing with forces of an unexpected scale.[/QUOT

CC-BY-NC 2008 by Fritz Bogott
Some Rights Reserved
Creative Commons License Deed
Attribution-Noncommercial 3.0

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Bogue, Lilian Lida Bell: Abroad with the Jimmies. v1. 12 Apr 2017

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Lilian (Lida) Bell, Mrs Bogue: Born : 1867 Chicago, Illinois, USA: Died : 1929 Jul 18

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If the critical public had cared to snub Mr. and Mrs. Jimmie and Bee, I, who am a fighting champion of theirs, would never have run the risk of boring it by a further chronicle of their travels. But from a careful survey of my mail, I may say that the present volume of their doings and undoings is a direct result of the friendships they formed in "As Seen by Me," and has almost literally been written by request.

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Bogue, Lilian Lida Bell: The Expatriates. v1. 16 Apr 2017

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Lilian (Lida) Bell, Mrs Bogue: Born : 1867 Chicago, Illinois, USA: Died : 1929 Jul 18

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It was Paris. It was May.
A tall American with a lean brown face stood on the steps of the Bazar de la Charité, and watched the carriages thread their way through the tangle of other carriages and discharge their burdens of chiffon and lace in front of the door.

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Boisgobey, Fortuné de: La main froide (french) v1 4 dec 2008

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Fortuné Hippolyte Auguste Castille, dit Fortuné du Boisgobey, né à Granville le 11 septembre 1821 et mort le 26 février 1891, est un auteur français de romans policiers et de romans historiques

Fortuné du Boisgobey a servi dans la section des soldes de l’armée d’Algérie de 1844 à 1848 et a poursuivi ses voyages en Orient.

Il a fait son entrée en littérature en 1868, en publiant une histoire intitulée Deux comédiens, dans Le Petit Journal. Il est devenu, avec le Forçat colonel (1872), un des feuilletonistes les plus populaires.

Bien que moins convaincants que ceux d’Émile Gaboriau, avec lequel son nom est généralement associé, ses romans policiers ont néanmoins connu une grande diffusion et bon nombre d’eux ont fait l’objet de traductions.

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Bok, Edward: The Americanization of Edward Bok. v1, 2 Jan 2008

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From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia:

Edward William Bok, American editor and Pulitzer Prize-winning author, was born on October 9, 1863, in Den Helder, The Netherlands. At the age of six, he immigrated to Brooklyn, New York, USA, and became an office boy with the Western Union Telegraph Company in 1876. In 1882, he began work with Henry Holt and Company, and then, in 1884, he became involved with Charles Scribner's Sons, where he eventually became advertising manager. From 1884 until 1887, Bok was the editor of The Brooklyn Magazine, and in 1886, he founded The Bok Syndicate Press. He obtained the editorship of Ladies Home Journal, published by his father-in-law Cyrus Curtis, in 1889. During his editorship, the journal became the first magazine in the world to have 1 million subscribers. In 1919, after 30 years at the journal, he retired.

His autobiography, The Americanization of Edward Bok, won the Gold Medal of the Academy of Political and Social Science and the Pulitzer Prize for best autobiography. Bok died in 1930.

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Boldrewood, Rolf: A Romance of Canvas Town And Other Stories. V1. 28 Mar 2011

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Thomas Alexander Browne (6 August 1826 – 11 March 1915) was an Australian writer, who sometimes published under the pseudonym Rolf Boldrewood and best known for his novel Robbery Under Arms.

A Romance Of Canvas Town
The Fencing Of Wandaroona: A Riverina Reminiscence
The Governess Of The Poets
Our New Cook: A Tale Of The Times
Angels Unawares

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Boldrewood, Rolf: A Sydney-Side Saxon. V1. 29 Mar 2011

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Thomas Alexander Browne (6 August 1826 – 11 March 1915) was an Australian writer, who sometimes published under the pseudonym Rolf Boldrewood and best known for his novel Robbery Under Arms.

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ABOUT the first thing I can call to mind rightly, I was living with father and mother in a bit of a cottage in the village of Applegate, near Westerham, in Kent, not far from the Sussex border, where the river Darent rises. Sister Jane was there too. There had been ten of us, but only me and she were left.
We were well scattered, sure enough. Bob, he was the eldest, had 'listed for a soldier and got killed in the Indies. Jack went to sea, and was never heard of after. Bill was smothered in a coal mine, and Joe was hurt that bad in a fight with the keepers—he being given to poaching—that he never got rightly shut of it, and died within the year. Bessie married and went to America, and Sally was in service in Rochester. Two of 'em, a boy and a girl, died young; all the better for 'em, the folks said. So Jenny and I were the only ones left with the old folks, and quite enough too, considering what there was to keep house on.

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Boldrewood, Rolf: Robbery Under Arms. V1. 27 Mar 2011

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Thomas Alexander Browne (6 August 1826 – 11 March 1915) was an Australian writer, who sometimes published under the pseudonym Rolf Boldrewood and best known for his novel Robbery Under Arms.

Robbery Under Arms is a classic Australian novel by Rolf Boldrewood (a pseudonym for Thomas Alexander Browne). It was first published in serialised form by The Sydney Mail between July 1882 and August 1883, then in three volumes in London in 1888. It was edited into a single volume in 1889 as part of Macmillan's Colonial Library series and has not been out of print since. It is considered to be one of the greatest Australian colonial novels, along with Marcus Clarke's For the Term of his Natural Life.

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Boldrewood, Rolf: Shearing In The Riverina, New South Wales. V1. 28 Mar 2011

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Thomas Alexander Browne (6 August 1826 – 11 March 1915) was an Australian writer, who sometimes published under the pseudonym Rolf Boldrewood and best known for his novel Robbery Under Arms.

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"Shearing commences to-morrow!" These apparently simple words were spoken by Hugh Gordon, the manager of Anabanco station, in the district of Riverina, in the colony of New South Wales, one Monday morning in the month of August. The utterance had its importance to every member of a rather extensive "corps dramatique" awaiting the industrial drama about to be performed.

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Boldrewood, Rolf: The Miner's Right, A Tale of the Australian Goldfields: V1. 28 Mar

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Thomas Alexander Browne (6 August 1826 – 11 March 1915) was an Australian writer, who sometimes published under the pseudonym Rolf Boldrewood and best known for his novel Robbery Under Arms.

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I AM in Australia at last—actually in Botany Bay, as we called the colony of New South Wales when Joe Bulder and I first thought of leaving that dear quiet old Dibblestowe Leys in Mid-Kent. More than that, I am a real gold digger—very real, indeed—and the holder of a Miner's Right, a wonderful document, printed and written on parchment, precisely as follows. I ought to know it by heart, good reason have I therefor, I and mine. Here it is, life size, in full. Shall I ever take it out and look at it by stealth in happy days to come, I wonder?

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Bolt, Ben (Ottwell Binns): Mystery of Belvoir Mansions (1926); v1, 29 Sep 2020

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Ben Bolt was a pseudonym of Ottwell Binns (1872-1935), a prolific author of adventure and thriller novels.

This tale takes the reader from the Home Counties to Solway Firth, in company with a sinister multi-millionaire, a brave but unprincipled French pilot, sundry crooks, two upstanding Englishmen, and various cops.

All because a corpse is discovered in an apartment in Belvoir mansions, and present when the corpse is discovered is lovely but agitated young lady with a lot to hide, and a connection to a notorious but elusive international master criminal named Steinmetz.

The text was retrieved from Australian on-line newspapers via the Australian National Library TROVE portal. Most of it comes from "Table Talk", an upmarket weekly, in 1926. It was also serialised in various other papers in 1934-1936.

The cover is a re-creation of the 1929 Ward Lock edition. The text at the top was distorted, so I replaced it with new text using a font very similar to, but not identical with, the original.

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Bolt, Ben (Ottwell Binns): The Green Lantern (1935), v1, 28 Sep 2020

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Ben Bolt was a pseudonym of Ottwell Binns (1872-1935), a prolific author of adventure and thriller novels.

It's hard if not impossible to tell the difference between the two, so the pseudonym was probably just to ease the burden of having 2 or 3 or more novels published each year by the same author.

This is an adventure thriller, set in and around London, involving a kidnapped son of a Chicago millionaire, the son also being a diplomatic courier in possession of secret documents. There are Chicago gangsters behind the kidnapping, and to complicate the issue, Japanese secret agents are in pursuit of the young man and the documents.

(The author, in common with practically all British writers of the time, had no idea what American gangsters spoke like... nor, for that matter, American cops.)

Source: serial in the Launceston Examiner commencing 20 Aug 1937. I believe this is the first digital book edition, unique to this forum.

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Bonanno Margaret Wander: Star Trek - TOS - Music of the Spheres v2.5 2007-10-16

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Yes folks we do indeed have a Star Trek book.

Margaret Wander Bonanno is the author credited with the Star trek book Probe. What happened was her book Music of the Spheres was taken and re-written and only 7% of the original book remains. On Margaret is giving away the original copy of the book. And yes it is OK to post it on MobileRead. This is a one of a kind posting. So get it while you can for all you TREKKIES!

Music of the Spheres is the sequel the movie Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home.

Version 2.0 is direct from the author's Word document. I've cleaned up the formatting, added in the cover image and made the ToC. The author has seen the new version and loves it.

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Bond, Lee: Lee Bond Sampler. V1. 11 Jun 2012

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Lee Bond: No biographical found.

LONG SAM COLLECTS
LONG SAM'S SINGING SIX-GUNS
THE RATTLER ROUNDUP
POWDERSMOKE INSURANCE
LONG SAM JUMPS THE DEVIL
LONG SAM'S HANGNOOSE SWAP

Bond, Lee: Lee Bond Sampler. V1. 11 Jun 2012

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Bonner, Geraldine: Miss Maitland Private Secretary. V1. 20 Jul 2011

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Geraldine Bonner (1870–1930) was an American author, born on Staten Island, New York. As a child, she moved to Colorado where she lived in mining camps. After moving to San Francisco, California, she worked at a newspaper, the Argonaut, in 1887, and subsequently. She wrote the novel Hard Pan (1900) and used the term "Hard Pan" as a pseudonym.
Bonner wrote short stories which were published in Collier's Weekly, Harper's Weekly, Harper's Monthly, and Lippincott's.

Excerpt
Chapman Price was leaving Grasslands. Events had been rapidly advancing to that point for the last three months, slowly advancing for the last three years. Everybody who knew the Prices and the Janneys said it was inevitable, and people who didn't know them but read about them in the "society papers" could give quite glibly the reasons why Mrs. Chapman Price was going to separate from her husband.

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Bonner, Geraldine: The Black Eagle Mystery. V1. 19 Jul 2011

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Geraldine Bonner (1870–1930) was an American author, born on Staten Island, New York. As a child, she moved to Colorado where she lived in mining camps. After moving to San Francisco, California, she worked at a newspaper, the Argonaut, in 1887, and subsequently. She wrote the novel Hard Pan (1900) and used the term "Hard Pan" as a pseudonym.
Bonner wrote short stories which were published in Collier's Weekly, Harper's Weekly, Harper's Monthly, and Lippincott's.

Excerpt
THE FOLLOWING story of what has been known as "The Black Eagle Mystery" has been compiled from documents contributed by two persons thoroughly conversant with the subject. These are Molly Morgenthau Babbitts and John Reddy, whose position of inside observers and active participants makes it possible for them to give to the public a consecutive and detailed narrative of this most unusual case.

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Bonner, Geraldine: The Emigrant Trail. V1. 19 Jul 2011

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Geraldine Bonner (1870–1930) was an American author, born on Staten Island, New York. As a child, she moved to Colorado where she lived in mining camps. After moving to San Francisco, California, she worked at a newspaper, the Argonaut, in 1887, and subsequently. She wrote the novel Hard Pan (1900) and used the term "Hard Pan" as a pseudonym.
Bonner wrote short stories which were published in Collier's Weekly, Harper's Weekly, Harper's Monthly, and Lippincott's.

Excerpt
IT HAD rained steadily for three days, the straight, relentless rain of early May on the Missouri frontier. The emigrants, whose hooded wagons had been rolling into Independence for the past month and whose tents gleamed through the spring foliage, lounged about in one another's camps cursing the weather and swapping bits of useful information.
The year was 1848 and the great California emigration was still twelve months distant. The flakes of gold had already been found in the race of Sutter's mill, and the thin scattering of men, which made the population of California, had left their plows in the furrow and their ships in the cove and gone to the yellow rivers that drain the Sierra's mighty flanks. But the rest of the world knew nothing of this yet. They were not to hear till November when a ship brought the news to New York, and from city and town, from village and cottage, a march of men would turn their faces to the setting sun and start for the land of gold.

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Bonner, Geraldine: The Girl at Central. V1. 20 Jul 2011

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Geraldine Bonner (1870–1930) was an American author, born on Staten Island, New York. As a child, she moved to Colorado where she lived in mining camps. After moving to San Francisco, California, she worked at a newspaper, the Argonaut, in 1887, and subsequently. She wrote the novel Hard Pan (1900) and used the term "Hard Pan" as a pseudonym.
Bonner wrote short stories which were published in Collier's Weekly, Harper's Weekly, Harper's Monthly, and Lippincott's.

Excerpt
POOR SYLVIA Hesketh! Even now, after this long time, I can't think of it without a shudder, without a comeback of the horror of those days after the murder. You remember it—the Hesketh mystery? And mystery it surely was, baffling, as it did, the police and the populace of the whole state. For who could guess why a girl like that, rich, beautiful, without a care or an enemy, should be done to death as she was. Think of it—at five o'clock sitting with her mother taking tea in the library at Mapleshade and that same night found dead—murdered—by the side of a lonesome country road, a hundred and eighteen miles away.

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Bonner, Geraldine: Treasure and Trouble Therewith. V1. 22 Jul 2011

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Geraldine Bonner (1870–1930) was an American author, born on Staten Island, New York. As a child, she moved to Colorado where she lived in mining camps. After moving to San Francisco, California, she worked at a newspaper, the Argonaut, in 1887, and subsequently. She wrote the novel Hard Pan (1900) and used the term "Hard Pan" as a pseudonym.
Bonner wrote short stories which were published in Collier's Weekly, Harper's Weekly, Harper's Monthly, and Lippincott's.

Excerpt
After that it all went so swift you couldn't hardly tell. He didn't even then know there were two of them—heard the feller at the wheel say, "Hands up," and thought that was all there was to it—when the one at the horses' heads fired. Leonard had given an oath and reached for his gun, and right with that the report came, and Leonard heaved up with a sort of grunt, and then settled and was still. The other feller came along down through the dust, and Jim Bailey, paralyzed, with his hands up, knew Knapp and Garland had got him at last.

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Bonner, Richard: The Boy Inventors' Radio Telephone. v1, 18 Feb 2008

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Juvenile fiction from the early 20th century. Very much in the style of the original "Tom Swift" series, this is a part of a series of books (of which this one appears to be the only one currently available as an eBook) describing the adventures of two young inventors, Jack Chadwick and Tom Jesson. In this book they work to perfect their invention of a "radio telephone". The book is illustrated.

Enjoy!

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Bonsels, Waldemar: Die Biene Maja und ihre Abenteuer (german) v 1, 11 Nov 2008

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Dies ist die deutsche Originalversion des überaus beliebten Kinderbuches, das durchaus auch als gesellschaftskritisches, emanzipatorisches Werk gelesen werden darf.

Bei Wikipedia steht ein ausführlicher Artikel über Waldemar Bonsels, den ich mir hier dann wohl sparen darf.

Viel Spass.

PS: Das Cover stammt von mir, da ich das Cover von Manybooks noch hässlicher als meines finde.

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Bonsels, Waldemar: Himmelsvolk german v2 18 nov 2008

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Buchmedia schreibt über dieses Buch:

[QUOT»Himmelsvolk« – im Untertitel »Ein Märchen von Blumen, Tieren und Gott« – entstand als Fortsetzung des Bandes »Die Biene Maja und ihre Abenteuer«, mit dem Waldemar Bonsels Weltruhm erlangte. Aus der Sicht des Blumenelf, der es versäumt hat, sein eigenes Reich rechtzeitig vor Sonnenaufgang zu erreichen, schildert Bonsels den Mikrokosmos der Natur, die Welt der Tiere und Blumen, deren Gewohnheiten und Eigenarten. Die Erlösung – so der Bericht der tausendjährigen Linde – liegt im Geschenk der Liebe Christi. Und während die Lerche ein letztes Jubilieren anstimmt, erreicht der Blumenelf wieder seine eigene Welt: »Wir sind alle aus der Freude geboren und kehren zu ihr zurück.«[/QUOT
Ich sage: Dieses Buch ist mit wunderschönen Scherenschnitten illustriert. Es geht, im besten Sinne des Wortes, zu Herzen. Auch "Erwachsene" sollten "Himmelsvolk" lesen.

Ich bin sehr stolz auf dieses Buch, da mir hier sicher die beste und schönste Umsetzung gelungen ist, die ich bis jetzt gestaltet habe. Bitte herunterladen und lesen oder einfach nur anschauen!

Der Text stammt von PG, Cover, Formatierung usw. von mir.

Have fun!

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Bonsels, Waldemar: Indienfahrt (german) v1, 11 Nov 2008

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Eigentlich ist dies ja mehr eine Reisebeschreibung als eine Humoreske, doch ist Bonsels Beschreibung seines Indienaufenthalts wirklich witzig, wenn manchmal auch schmerzlich witzig.

Sollte man gelesen haben

PS: Diesmal hab ich Manybook's Cover behalten, ein Elefant auf dem Cover wär dann doch des Guten zu viel gewesen

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Booth, Christopher B: Christopher B Booth Sampler. V1. 15 Jun 2012

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Christopher B Booth: No biogaphical data found.

MR. CLACKWORTHY TELLS THE TRUTH
MR. CLACKWORTHY WITHIN THE LAW
MR. CLACKWORTHY'S PIPE DREAM

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Boothby, Guy Newell: A Bid for Fortune or Dr Nikola's Vendetta. V1. 29 Mar 2011

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Guy Newell Boothby (13 October 1867 – 26 February 1905) was an Australian novelist and writer.

Excerpt
"I am not going to tell you very much about it. But from what I do tell you, you will be able to gather a great deal and imagine the rest. To begin with, there is a man living in this world today who has done me a great and lasting injury. What that injury is is no concern of yours. You would not understand if I told you. So we'll leave that out of the question. He is immensely rich. His cheque for £300,000 would be honoured by his bank at any minute. Obviously he is a power. He has had reason to know that I am pitting my wits against his, and he flatters himself that so far he has got the better of me. That is because I am drawing him on. I am maturing a plan which will make him a poor and a very miserable man at one and the same time. If that scheme succeeds, and I am satisfied with the way you three men have performed the parts I shall call on you to play in it, I shall pay to each of you the sum of £10,000. If it doesn't succeed, then you will each receive a thousand and your expenses.

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Boothby, Guy Newell: A Prince of Swindlers (1907): v1

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Eight short stories featuring anti-hero Simon Carne, who also doubles as "private detective" Klimo.

1: A Criminal in Disguise
2: The Den of Iniquity
3: The Duchess of Wiltshire's Diamonds
4: How Simon Carne Won the Derby
5: A Service to the State
6: A Visit in the Night
7: The Man of Many Crimes
8: An Imperial Finale

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Boothby, Guy Newell: A Professor of Egyptology. V1. 31 Mar 2011

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Guy Newell Boothby (13 October 1867 – 26 February 1905) was an Australian novelist and writer.

Excerpt
The individual in question was a certain Professor Constanides—reputed one of the most advanced Egyptologists, and the author of several well-known works. Mrs Westmoreland was not of an exacting nature, and so long as she dined in agreeable company did not trouble herself very much whether it was with an English earl or a distinguished foreign savant.

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Boothby, Guy Newell: A Strange Goldfield. V1. 31 Mar 2011

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Guy Newell Boothby (13 October 1867 – 26 February 1905) was an Australian novelist and writer.

Excerpt
Of course nine out of every ten intelligent persons will refuse to believe that there could be a grain of truth in the story I am now going to tell you. The tenth may have some small faith in my veracity, but what I think of his intelligence I am going to keep to myself.

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Boothby, Guy Newell: Dr Nicola Omnibus. v2. 9 Sep 07

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Here's a series that I can practically guarantee that you'll have never heard of, unless, like me, you're a trawler of the darkest depths of the PG archives :grin:.

Guy Boothby (1867-1905) was an Australian author who moved to England in 1894 and wrote over 50 novels in the next decade, before catching pneumonia in the wonderful British climate and dieing. He is most noted for writing novels which cater for that great fascination of later Victorian times, the occult and the supernatural.

He is best known (so the references say!) for this series of 5 novels, featuring the "anti-hero" Dr Nikola, a master of "occult powers", seeking immortality and world domination.

Anyway, here's the series:

1. A Bid for Fortune (aka "Enter, Dr Nikola", aka "Dr Nikola's Vendetta")
2. Dr Nikola Returns (aka "Dr Nikola")
3. The Lust of Hate
4. Dr Nikola's Experiment (Some great "period" illustrations in this one!)
5. Farewell, Nikola!

I've not read these, so I don't know if they are good or dreadful, but they sound quite fun. If you do read them, please do let us know what they're like.

Enjoy!

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Boothby, Guy Newell: Dr. Nikola Returns. V1. 29 Mar 2011

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Guy Newell Boothby (13 October 1867 – 26 February 1905) was an Australian novelist and writer.

Excerpt
One last entreaty. Having read this book, do not attempt to find me, or to set my position right with the world. Take my word for it, it is better as it is.
And now, without further preamble, let us come to the story itself. God bless you, and give you every happiness. Speak kindly of me to your wife, and believe me until death finishes my career, if it does such a thing, which Dr. Nikola would have me doubt,

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Boothby, Guy Newell: Dr. Nikola's Experiment. V2. 30 Mar 2011

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Guy Newell Boothby (13 October 1867 – 26 February 1905) was an Australian novelist and writer.

Excerpt
I had entered the medical profession with everything in my favour. My father had built up a considerable reputation for himself, and, what he prized still more, a competency as a country practitioner of the old-fashioned sort in the west of England. I was his only child, and, as he was in the habit of saying, he looked to me to carry the family name up to those dizzy heights at which he had often gazed, but upon which he had never quite been able to set his foot. A surgeon I was to be, willy-nilly, and it may have been a throw-back to the parental instinct alluded to above, that led me at once to picture myself flying at express speed across Europe in obedience to the summons of some potentate whose life and throne depended upon my dexterity and knowledge.

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Boothby, Guy Newell: Farewell, Nikola!. V1. 30 Mar 2011

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Guy Newell Boothby (13 October 1867 – 26 February 1905) was an Australian novelist and writer.

Excerpt
"Look," she answered, "can you see the table to the right of that at which those officers are seated?" I was about to reply in the affirmative, but the shock I received deprived me of speech. The person to whom my wife had referred had risen from his chair, and was in the act of walking towards us. I looked at him, looked away, and then looked again. No! there was no room for doubt; the likeness was unmistakable. I should have known him anywhere. He was Doctor Nikola; the man who had played such an important part in our life's drama.

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Boothby, Guy Newell: In Strange Company. V1. 31 Mar 2011

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Guy Newell Boothby (13 October 1867 – 26 February 1905) was an Australian novelist and writer.

Excerpt
"Now, Cousin Luke, I'll have to trouble you for the loan of your best attention," he says, "for here is the mysterious letter of which I told you last night; here is the bit of paper which has caused four people to play hide-and-seek all round the world, occasioned the death of two, and done its best to kill half-a-dozen others. Oh! my dear departed grandmother, just fancy that innocent little slip of cream- laid having once been worth a couple of hundred thousand pounds!"

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Boothby, Guy Newell: Pharos the Egyptian. V1. 31 Mar 2011

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Guy Newell Boothby (13 October 1867 – 26 February 1905) was an Australian novelist and writer.

Excerpt
I Never in my life have I been placed in such an awkward, not to say invidious, position. I am, as you know, a plain man, fond of a plain life and plain speaking, and yet I am about to imperil that reputation by communicating to you what I fancy you will consider the most extraordinary and unbelievable intelligence you have ever received in your life.

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Boothby, Guy Newell: The Duchess of Wiltshire's Diamonds. V1. 30 Mar 2011

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Guy Newell Boothby (13 October 1867 – 26 February 1905) was an Australian novelist and writer.

The Duchess of Wiltshire's Diamonds
An Imperial Finale

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Boothby, Guy Newell: The Duchess of Wiltshire’s Diamonds etc, v.1, 21 March 2009.

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Guy Boothby (1867–1905)
The Duchess of Wiltshire’s Diamonds (1897)
And
An Imperial Finale

Two stories featuring an intelligent and resourceful jewel-thief. The source was PG Australia.

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Boothby, Guy Newell: The Lust of Hate. V1. 29 Mar 2011

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Guy Newell Boothby (13 October 1867 – 26 February 1905) was an Australian novelist and writer.

Excerpt
LET me begin by explaining that I have set myself the task of telling this story for two sufficient reasons. The first, because I consider that it presents as good a warning to a young fellow as he could anywhere find, against allowing himself to be deluded by a false hatred into committing a sin that at any other time he would consider in every way contemptible and cowardly; and the second, because I think it just possible that it may serve to set others on their guard against one of the most unscrupulous men, if man he is—of which I begin to have my doubts—who ever wore shoe leather.

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Boothby, Guy Newell: The Race of Life. V1. 31 Mar 2011

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Guy Newell Boothby (13 October 1867 – 26 February 1905) was an Australian novelist and writer.

Excerpt
"No, my boy, I'm not ill," she answered. "No! not ill. Though, were it not for you, I could wish that I might die. Oh, God, why could You not have taken my life instead of his?" Then drawing me to her, she pressed me to her heart and kissed me again and again. Later she found relief in tears, and between her sobs I learnt all there was to know. My father was dead; his horse that morning had put his foot in a hole and had thrown his rider—breaking his neck and killing him upon the spot

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Boothby, Guy: A Cabinet Secret (1901); v1, 4 Jul 2019

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A disappearing cabinet minister, and international intrigue in fine Victorian style. Illustrated by A Wallis Mills (d. 1940)

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Boothby, Guy: My Strangest Case (1901), v1

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A group of adventurers discover a cache of jewels hidden in long-lost temple ruins in Burma. On their way out, one of their number succumbs to the strain and privation and is abandoned, dying, in the jungle.

But he survives, and years later starts hunting the men who abandoned him.

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Boothby, Guy: The Beautiful White Devil (1896); v1, 16 Aug 2019

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The Beautiful White Devil is a legend of the Islands, but the truth is more romantic than the wild stories, as the hero finds out.

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Boothby, Guy: The Childerbridge Mystery (1902); v1; 27 Jun 2019

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Best know for his Dr Nikola series, Guy Boothby wrote many other, non-series, crime novels, including this one, set initially in Australia, and then at Childerbridge Manor in the English midlands, where a murdered man is found in a once-secret passage.

The investigation reveals a tale going back many years.

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Boothby, Guy: The Mystery of the Clasped Hands (1901), v1, 22 July 2019

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Guy Boothby, author of the memorable "Dr Nikola" series, tries his hand at the classic English detective novel.

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Borrow, George: Alf the Freebooter. v1. 29 May 2015

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George Henry Borrow (5 July 1803 – 26 July 1881) was an English author who wrote novels and travelogues based on his experiences traveling around Europe. Over the course of his wanderings, he developed a close affinity with the Romani people of Europe, who figure prominently in his work. His best known books are The Bible in Spain, the autobiographical Lavengro, and The Romany Rye, about his time with the English Romanichal (gypsies).

SIR ALF THE FREEBOOTER
LITTLE DANNEVED AND SWAYNE TROST.
SIR PALL, SIR BEAR, AND SIR LIDEN.
BELARDO’S WEDDING
THE YEW TREE

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Borrow, George: Axel Thordson and Fair Valborg. v1. 30 May 2015

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George Henry Borrow (5 July 1803 – 26 July 1881) was an English author who wrote novels and travelogues based on his experiences traveling around Europe. Over the course of his wanderings, he developed a close affinity with the Romani people of Europe, who figure prominently in his work. His best known books are The Bible in Spain, the autobiographical Lavengro, and The Romany Rye, about his time with the English Romanichal (gypsies).

Excerpt
At the wide board at tables play,
With pleasure and with glee abounding
The ladies twain in fair array,
The game they play is most astounding.

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Borrow, George: Brown William. v1. 31 May 2015

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George Henry Borrow (5 July 1803 – 26 July 1881) was an English author who wrote novels and travelogues based on his experiences traveling around Europe. Over the course of his wanderings, he developed a close affinity with the Romani people of Europe, who figure prominently in his work. His best known books are The Bible in Spain, the autobiographical Lavengro, and The Romany Rye, about his time with the English Romanichal (gypsies).

BROWN WILLIAM
THE POWER OF THE HARP
THE UNFORTUNATE MARRIAGE
THE WRESTLING-MATCH
THE WARRIOR

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Borrow, George: The Brother Avenged. v1. 30 May 2015

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George Henry Borrow (5 July 1803 – 26 July 1881) was an English author who wrote novels and travelogues based on his experiences traveling around Europe. Over the course of his wanderings, he developed a close affinity with the Romani people of Europe, who figure prominently in his work. His best known books are The Bible in Spain, the autobiographical Lavengro, and The Romany Rye, about his time with the English Romanichal (gypsies).

THE BROTHER AVENGED
THE EYES
AND ARISTOGITON
MY DAINTY DAME
GRASACH ABO
DAGMAR
THE ELF BRIDE
THE TREASURE DIGGER
THE FISHER
THE CUCKOO

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Bosher, Kate Langley: How It Happened. v1. 6 Mar 2015

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Kate Langley Bosher (February 1, 1865 – July 27, 1932) was an American novelist from Virginia, best known for her novels Mary Cary (1910) and Miss Gibbie Gault (1911).

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“To-morrow—I mean to-day—I am going to tell them. They don’t understand yet. They think it was just an accident.” She shook her head. “It wasn’t an accident. After they’re married I’m going to tell them. Tell them how it happened.”

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Bosher, Kate Langley: Kitty Canary. v1. 7 Mar 2015

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Kate Langley Bosher (February 1, 1865 – July 27, 1932) was an American novelist from Virginia, best known for her novels Mary Cary (1910) and Miss Gibbie Gault (1911).

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I am in love. It is the most scrumptious thing I have ever been in. Perfectly magnificent! Every time I think of it I feel as if I were going down an elevator forty floors and my heart flippity-flops so my teeth mortify me.

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Bosher, Kate Langley: Mary Cary. v1. 7 Mar 2015

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Kate Langley Bosher (February 1, 1865 – July 27, 1932) was an American novelist from Virginia, best known for her novels Mary Cary (1910) and Miss Gibbie Gault (1911).

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My name is Mary Cary. I live in the Yorkburg Female Orphan Asylum. You may think nothing happens in an Orphan Asylum. It does. The orphans are sure enough children, and real much like the kind that have Mothers and Fathers; but though they don’t give parties or wear truly Paris clothes, things happen, and that’s why I am going to write this story.

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Bosher, Kate Langley: Miss Gibbie Gault. v1. 8 Mar 2015

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Kate Langley Bosher (February 1, 1865 – July 27, 1932) was an American novelist from Virginia, best known for her novels Mary Cary (1910) and Miss Gibbie Gault (1911).

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The Needlework Guild, which met every Thursday at eleven o’clock, on this particular Thursday was meeting with Mrs. Tate. It was the last meeting before adjournment for the summer, and though Mrs. Pryor, the president, had personally requested a large attendance, the attendance was small. In consequence, Mrs. Pryor was displeased.

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Bosher, Kate Langley: People Like That. v1. 8 Mar 2015

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Kate Langley Bosher (February 1, 1865 – July 27, 1932) was an American novelist from Virginia, best known for her novels Mary Cary (1910) and Miss Gibbie Gault (1911).

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To my friends and relatives it is amazing, inexplicable, and beyond understanding that I should wish to live here. I do not try to make them understand; and therein lies grievance against me. Because of my failure to explain what they are pleased to call a peculiar decision on my part, I am at present the subject of heated criticism. It will soon stop. What a person does or doesn’t do is of little importance to more than three or four people. By Christmas my foolishness will have ceased to cause comment, ceased to interest those to whom it doesn’t matter really where or how I live.

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Bosher, Kate Langley: The Man in Lonely Land. v1. 7 Mar 2015

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Kate Langley Bosher (February 1, 1865 – July 27, 1932) was an American novelist from Virginia, best known for her novels Mary Cary (1910) and Miss Gibbie Gault (1911).

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Why didn’t he love his work as he used to? He had played fair, but to play fair was to play against the odds, and there were times when he hated the thing which made men fight as fiercely to-day as in the days of the jungle, though they no longer sprang at each other’s throats. On the whole, he preferred the cavemen’s method of attack. They at least fought face to face. As for women—

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Bote, Hermann: Till Eulenspiegel german v1 7 feb 2009

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[Ein kurzweiliges Buch von Till Eulenspiegel aus dem Lande Braunschweig[/ (Originaltitel: ["Ein kurtzweilig Lesen von Dyl Ulenspiegel, geboren uß dem Land zu Brunßwick wie er sein leben volbracht hat"[/) wurde anonym als Volksbuch veröffentlicht. Die älteste erhaltene Fassung stammt aus dem Jahr 1510/1511. Es gilt als sehr wahrscheinlich, dass Hermann Bote der Verfasser des Buches war.

Der Titelheld, Till Eulenspiegel, ist nur äußerlich ein Schalksnarr. Tatsächlich ist er seinen Mitmenschen an Geisteskraft und Witz überlegen. Eulenspiegels Streiche ergeben sich zumeist daraus, daß er eine bildliche Redewendung wörtlich nimmt. Es gelingt ihm immer wieder seine Mitmenschen durch die wortgetreue Ausführung ihrer Anweisungen bloßzustellen.

Das Buch von Till Eulenspiegel gilt als eines der bedeutendsten Werke des niedersächsischen Raumes und wurde bereits im 16. Jahrhundert in viele europäische Sprachen übersetzt. Bis heute ist nicht gesichert, ob es sich bei Till Eulenspiegel um eine rein fiktive oder eine historische Figur handelt.

Die hier vorliegende Fassung beinhaltet 96 Historien über Eulenspiegel und hält sich größtenteils an den Inhalt der ältesten bekannten Fassung von 1510/1511.

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Boudreaux, F.J.: The Happiness of Heaven. V1. 16-Jun-2012

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(Boudreaux, F. J., 1821-1894).

From the Publisher's Preface:
.Few books have been more warmly welcomed by the Press, both Catholic and non-Catholic, than "The Happiness of Heaven;" fewer still have proved, in the perusal, more worthy of the praises bestowed by Reviewers, or have borne out the character which favorable critics had assigned. Of this work it may be said with truth, that the highest praise falls short of its merit, the most favorable critic has not said too much in its commendation. And this promises to be more than an ephemeral popularity—the book will live—it will be read with pleasure and profit, as long as genuine Catholic literature finds readers.

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Bounds, E.M.: Power Through Prayer V1. 11 JUL 2010

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Power through Prayer has been called "one of the truly great masterpieces on the theme of prayer." The term classic can appropriately be applied to this outstanding book.
In twenty provocative and inspiring chapters, each prefaced with quotations from spiritual giants, Edward M. Bounds stresses the imperative of vital prayer in the life of a pastor. He says, ". . . every preacher who does not make prayer a mighty factor in his own life and ministry is weak as a factor in God's work and is powerless to project God's cause in this world."

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Bounds, E.M.: Prayer and Praying Men V1. 11 JUL 2010

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Prayer and Praying Men has a unique approach as a book on prayer. Many books on prayer focus mostly on simply features of prayer. Edward Bounds takes a different approach in Prayer and Praying Men by focusing on persons of prayer. Bounds examines the lives of nine different biblical figures: Abraham, Moses, Elijah, Hezekiah, Ezra, Nehemiah, Samuel, Daniel, and Paul. In his examination, Bounds explores how important prayer was to the spiritual lives of these men. He provides concrete examples of the importance and nature of prayer, grounded in biblical narratives. Prayer and Praying Men is thus recommended for those who crave a book on prayer which is not abstract or airy, but direct and concrete.

Tim Perrine
CCEL Staff Writer

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Bounds, E.M.: Purpose in Prayer V1. 11 JUL 2010

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Purpose in Prayer is another treasure from Edward Bounds on prayer. Bounds, an admired spiritual guide, describes the purpose behind prayer and not simply the purpose of prayer. He focuses on an individual's purpose in prayer; for one can understand the purpose of prayer, but not see the purpose in one's own prayers. Thus, Bounds attempts to encourage believers to not simply see the purpose of prayer, but to see that purpose in their own personal, private prayers. Throughout, Bounds frequently quotes other Christian thinkers, adding support and insight into his points about prayer. Composed of twelve short chapters, Purpose in Prayer is a rewarding book on prayer.
Tim Perrine
CCEL Staff Writer
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Bounds, E.M.: The Essentials of Prayer V1. 11 JUL 2010

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Edward Bounds, an American lawyer and pastor, wrote nine books in his lifetime, seven of which were about prayer. Known as a veritable powerhouse of spiritual maturity, Bounds has affected the prayer lives of thousands of people. This volume, Essentials of Prayer, focuses on the proper mindset believers must attain in order to have the best prayer life. He reminds readers that one must have a humble heart and undivided allegiance to God in order to pray effectively. He also believes strongly that prayer is available to all people -- even those who only come in times of trouble. His advice is intended for both personal and corporate prayer, and is a great help for serious meditation.

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Bounds, E.M.: The Necessity of Prayer V1. 11 JUL 2010

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From the foreword:
EDWARD McKENDREE BOUNDS did not merely pray well that he might write well about prayer. He prayed because the needs of the world were upon him. He prayed, for long years, upon subjects which the easy-going Christian rarely gives a thought, and for objects which men of less thought and faith are always ready to call impossible. From his solitary prayer-vigils, year by year, there arose teaching equaled by few men in modern Christian history. He wrote transcendently about prayer, because he was himself, transcendent in its practice.

Edward McKendree Bounds (August 15, 1835 – August 24, 1913) was a clergyman of the Methodist Episcopal Church South and author of eleven books, nine of which focused on the subject of prayer.
Only two of Bounds' books were published before he died. After his death, Rev. Claudius (Claude) Lysias Chilton, Jr., grandson of William Parish Chilton and admirer of Bounds, worked on preserving and preparing Bounds' collection of manuscripts for publication. By 1921 more editorial work was being done by Rev. Homer W. Hodge.
Chilton said of his books:
“ These books are unfailing wells for a lifetime of spiritual water-drawing.They are hidden treasures, wrought in the darkness of dawn and the heat of the noon, on the anvil of experience,and beaten into wondrous form by the mighty stroke of the divine. They are living voices whereby he, being dead, yet speaketh!
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Bounds, E.M.: The Possibilities of Prayer V1. 11 JUL 2010

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From the Preface:
“The story of prayer is the story of great achievements. Prayer is a wonderful power placed by Almighty God in the hands of His saints, which may be used to accomplish great purposes and to achieve unusual results. Prayer reaches to everything, takes in all things great and small which are promised by God to the children of men. The only limits to prayer are the promises of God and His ability to fulfill those promises.”
Discover for yourself the infinite possibilities of prayer. Chapters like “Answered Prayer,” “Prayer Miracles,” and “Wonders of God Through Prayer” will help you understand what can be accomplished if we will only pray. A practical, challenging look at prayer and its power.
Edward McKendree Bounds (1835-1913) practiced law for three years until he was called to preach the gospel. While serving as chaplain during the Civil War, he was captured and held prisoner in Nashville, Tennessee. After his release, he held several pastorates. His books on prayer have been continual best-sellers for over fifty years.

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Bounds, E.M.: The Reality of Prayer V1. 11 JUL 2010

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Some people believe that prayer is simply a human invention, with no true substance. Not so, argues Edward Bounds in his powerful book The Reality of Prayer. There is a spiritual reality to prayer, he urges. Prayer brings us closer to God--both through God's answering of our prayers, and through our own character being changed by prayer. Bounds reinforces these points in the second half of his book, where he discusses Christ as both a teacher of prayer and as an example of prayer. Finally, Bounds ends his encouraging and enlightening discussion by explaining the role of the Holy Spirit in prayer. This interesting treatise attests to the true reality and power of prayer--another classic from Edward Bounds.

Edward McKendree Bounds (August 15, 1835 – August 24, 1913) was a clergyman of the Methodist Episcopal Church South and author of eleven books, nine of which focused on the subject of prayer.
Only two of Bounds' books were published before he died. After his death, Rev. Claudius (Claude) Lysias Chilton, Jr., grandson of William Parish Chilton and admirer of Bounds, worked on preserving and preparing Bounds' collection of manuscripts for publication. By 1921 more editorial work was being done by Rev. Homer W. Hodge.
Chilton said of his books:
“ These books are unfailing wells for a lifetime of spiritual water-drawing.They are hidden treasures, wrought in the darkness of dawn and the heat of the noon, on the anvil of experience,and beaten into wondrous form by the mighty stroke of the divine. They are living voices whereby he, being dead, yet speaketh!

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Bounds, E.M.: The Weapon of Prayer V1. 11 JUL 2010

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Why Pray? In his book, The Weapon of Prayer, Edward ounds states:
"The life of the individual believer, his personal salvation, and personal Christian graces have their being, bloom, and fruitage in prayer." As a chaplain in the Confederate States Army during the Civil War, Bounds initiated weekly prayer sessions to strengthen the spiritual state of his local area. His wisdom has impacted Christ-seekers for decades, and his words are as powerful now as they were in the 1800's. Bounds reminds us that throughout Biblical history, many of God's greatest movements were incited by the prayers of God's people. According to Bounds, prayer must be a priority. Other Christian duties, such as sacred works, communion, and church activities, cannot and should not take the place of prayer. To eliminate prayer from our daily lives is to abandon communication with God. It is through prayer that we have the opportunity to share our deepest sorrows, joys, and desires with the only one who can truly comfort us. To remind readers that God's presence steadfastly endures, Bounds concludes his piece by providing modern examples of the
power of prayer.
Emmalon Davis
CCEL Staff Writer

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Bourke, S. Ten Eyck: S. Ten Eyck Bourke Sampler. V1. 17 Jun 2012

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S. Ten Eyck Bourke: No biographical found:

THE TIGRESS TERRIBLE
MAN TO MAN

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Bowen, Marjorie: A Knight of Spain. V1. 2 Apr 2011

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Marjorie Bowen (pseudonym of Mrs Gabrielle Margaret V[er Long née Campbell), (1 November 1885 on Hayling Island, Hampshire - 23 December 1952) was a British author who wrote historical romances, supernatural horror stories, popular history and biography. Her total output numbers over 150 volumes with the bulk of her work under the 'Bowen' pseudonym. She also wrote under the names Joseph Shearing, George R. Preedy, John Winch, Robert Paye and Margaret Campbell. As Joseph Shearing, she wrote several sinister gothic romances full of terror and mystery. Many of these stories were published as Berkley Medallion Books. Several of her books were adapted as films
Her books are much sought after by aficianados of gothic horror and received praise from critics. According to Sally Benson in The New Yorker (1965) "Mr Shearing is a painstaking researcher, a superb writer, a careful technician, and a master of horror. There is no one else quite like him".
Bowen's alchoholic father left the family at an early age and was eventually found dead on a London street. After this Bowen's prolific writings were the chief financial support for her family. She was married twice: first, from 1912-16, to a Sicilian named Zefferino Emilio Constanza, who died of turberculosis, and then to one Arthur L. Long. Her first novel was The Viper of Milan (1906), after which she produced a steady stream of writings until the day of her death. Her last, posthumous, novel was The Man with the Scales (1954).

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It was towards this window that the three young men looked, for it belonged to the apartment of the lady, DoÃ‘a AÃ‘a Santofimia y Munatones, who was decided to be the most beautiful in AlcalÃ , and who was the object of the interest of every youth in the University, though none of them had ever spoken to her or seen her nearer than across the space of her father's courtyard.

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Bowen, Marjorie: Album Leaf. v1. 27 Jan 2023

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Bowen’s writings present recurring themes of darkness, the supernatural, and the gothic in combination with the historical. Her “Shearing” novels, while based on true crime, still retain sinister gothic undertones. This book is purported to be based on a case in a book of French criminology. (Bowen stated the book and the specific case were lost “in the Blitz” during WWII.)

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[Album Leaf[/, also known as [The Spider in the Cup[/, explores the case of a governess who fell in love with the wrong man and was suspected of being an accomplice to a murder among relatives with a vast inheritance as the motive.

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“A young orphaned Englishwoman accepts an offer to become a paid companion to two reclusive aristocratic women in France. There she encounters the daughter of the house, badly scarred following her suicide attempt after she had been unable to marry a cad now serving in French Algeria, and her prospective husband, a cousin named Louis who is clearly after her money and spends a lot of his time experimenting with his chemistry.”
(—Wikipedia)

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Margaret Gabrielle Vere Long (née Campbell; 1 November 1885 – 23 December 1952) was a British author who wrote historical romances, supernatural horror stories, popular history and biography. Her total output numbers over 150 volumes, with the bulk of her work under the pseudonym “Marjorie Bowen”, the name she is mostly known by. She also wrote under the names Joseph Shearing, George R. Preedy, John Winch, Robert Paye and Margaret Campbell.

Bowen’s books are much sought after by aficionados of gothic horror, and received praise from many critics. Several of her novels were adapted for film.

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[Album Leaf [/ was first published in the UK in 1933; published in the USA in 1934 under the title [The Spider in the Cup[/.
[This book is in the public domain where copyright is “Life+70” or less.[/
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Bowen, Marjorie: Aunt Beardie. v1. 25 Jan 2023

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Bowen’s writings present recurring themes of darkness, the supernatural, and the gothic in combination with the historical. Her “Shearing” novels, while often based on true crime, still retain sinister gothic undertones.

[Aunt Beardie[/ is derived chiefly from an actual case in Gaston Lenôtre’s [Vielles Maisons Vieux Papiers[/ which contains a portrait of that strange personage of the French Terror.

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[Aunt Beardie[/ is a tale of secrets, prostitution, blackmail, and murder within France and England, with a brooding atmosphere of unease and mistrust.

“Two young girls fleeing from terrorism in the France of 1794 are thrown into chance companionship with an unknown young man who escorts them on the voyage from St. Malo. The tale is taken up thirty years later when one of these girls is married to an Englishman of high position, Sir Robert Sherlock, and herself is the mother of a daughter aged eighteen years. A peculiarly sensitive affection exists between these two women, and the daughter, Jenny, gradually became aware that some dark horror from the past is overshadowing her mother’s outwardly calm and happy life. This horror finally takes tangible shape; under the most innocent guise, a merciless blackmailer penetrates the peaceful family where Lady Sherlock is adored. Jenny slowly discovers her mother’s terrible secret and does not falter from her championship even when this brings her to the point where she has to decide whether or not she will commit murder.”
(—Publisher’s summary)

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Margaret Gabrielle Vere Long (née Campbell; 1 November 1885 – 23 December 1952) was a British author who wrote historical romances, supernatural horror stories, popular history and biography. Her total output numbers over 150 volumes, with the bulk of her work under the pseudonym “Marjorie Bowen”, the name she is mostly known by. She also wrote under the names Joseph Shearing, George R. Preedy, John Winch, Robert Paye and Margaret Campbell.

Bowen’s books are much sought after by aficionados of gothic horror, and received praise from many critics. Several of her novels were adapted for film.

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[Aunt Beardie[/ was first published in 1940.
[This book is in the public domain where copyright is “Life+70” or less.[/
.

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Bowen, Marjorie: Because of These Things. V1. 2 Apr 2011

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Marjorie Bowen (pseudonym of Mrs Gabrielle Margaret V[er Long née Campbell), (1 November 1885 on Hayling Island, Hampshire - 23 December 1952) was a British author who wrote historical romances, supernatural horror stories, popular history and biography. Her total output numbers over 150 volumes with the bulk of her work under the 'Bowen' pseudonym. She also wrote under the names Joseph Shearing, George R. Preedy, John Winch, Robert Paye and Margaret Campbell. As Joseph Shearing, she wrote several sinister gothic romances full of terror and mystery. Many of these stories were published as Berkley Medallion Books. Several of her books were adapted as films
Her books are much sought after by aficianados of gothic horror and received praise from critics. According to Sally Benson in The New Yorker (1965) "Mr Shearing is a painstaking researcher, a superb writer, a careful technician, and a master of horror. There is no one else quite like him".
Bowen's alchoholic father left the family at an early age and was eventually found dead on a London street. After this Bowen's prolific writings were the chief financial support for her family. She was married twice: first, from 1912-16, to a Sicilian named Zefferino Emilio Constanza, who died of turberculosis, and then to one Arthur L. Long. Her first novel was The Viper of Milan (1906), after which she produced a steady stream of writings until the day of her death. Her last, posthumous, novel was The Man with the Scales (1954).

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Vittoria Odaleschi had a history as scandalous and romantic as any lady in the scandalous and romantic Italian States. She was the most admired, most criticized, most envied, and most powerful woman in Bologna; nothing honourable was ever said of her, neither during her childhood, when her father, the English Duke, made her, at fourteen, the hostess at his Roman feasts—nor during her brief married life, nor during her gorgeous widowhood; but she had a reputation for wit and shrewdness and daring not to be eclipsed by any reputation in the Papal See.

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Bowen, Marjorie: Black Magic (1909). v1. 10 Feb 2023

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Many of Bowen’s novels are concerned with the supernatural, ghostly, moody, and Gothically dramatic. This one explores the influence of Satanism on the Papacy in the Middle Ages.

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“… an atmospheric and engaging story set in Europe during the middle-ages, in a time when noble families battled it out for the title of Emperor and the Pope wielded enormous political power. The tale opens with the scene of a lowly woodworker putting gilt onto a carving of the devil in a small town in Northern France. This woodcutter is a student of black magic and we follow his journey to riches and power as he follows the devil’s teachings. The plot contains love, murder, and political intrigue, but most importantly the supernatural battle between good and evil.”
(—nationaltrustcollections.org.uk)

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This transcript is of the first edition, published in 1909. (The 1922 edition has essentially the same narration, but pruned and compacted.)

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Margaret Gabrielle Vere Long (née Campbell; 1 November 1885 – 23 December 1952) was a British author who wrote historical romances, supernatural horror stories, popular history and biography. Her total output numbers over 150 volumes, with the bulk of her work under the pseudonym “Marjorie Bowen”, the name she is mostly known by. She also wrote under the names Joseph Shearing, George R. Preedy, John Winch, Robert Paye and Margaret Campbell.

Bowen’s books are much sought after by aficionados of gothic horror, and received praise from many critics. Several of her novels were adapted for film.

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[Black Magic[/ was first published in 1909.
[This book is in the public domain where copyright is “Life+70” or less, and in the USA.[/
.

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Bowen, Marjorie: Black Magic (1922). v1. 10 Feb 2023

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Many of Bowen’s novels are concerned with the supernatural, ghostly, moody, and Gothically dramatic. This one explores the influence of Satanism on the Papacy in the Middle Ages.

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“… an atmospheric and engaging story set in Europe during the middle-ages, in a time when noble families battled it out for the title of Emperor and the Pope wielded enormous political power. The tale opens with the scene of a lowly woodworker putting gilt onto a carving of the devil in a small town in Northern France. This woodcutter is a student of black magic and we follow his journey to riches and power as he follows the devil’s teachings. The plot contains love, murder, and political intrigue, but most importantly the supernatural battle between good and evil.”
(—nationaltrustcollections.org.uk)

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First published in 1909 as [Black Magic, A Tale of the Rise and Fall of the Antichrist[/. This 1922 edition has essentially the same narration, but ruthlessly pruned and compacted. (—Wikisource)

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Margaret Gabrielle Vere Long (née Campbell; 1 November 1885 – 23 December 1952) was a British author who wrote historical romances, supernatural horror stories, popular history and biography. Her total output numbers over 150 volumes, with the bulk of her work under the pseudonym “Marjorie Bowen”, the name she is mostly known by. She also wrote under the names Joseph Shearing, George R. Preedy, John Winch, Robert Paye and Margaret Campbell.

Bowen’s books are much sought after by aficionados of gothic horror, and received praise from many critics. Several of her novels were adapted for film.

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[Black Magic[/ was first published in 1909.
[This book is in the public domain where copyright is “Life+70” or less, and in the USA.[/
.

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Bowen, Marjorie: Black Magic. V1. 29 Nov 2008

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Marjorie Bowen (pseudonym of Mrs Gabrielle Margaret V[er Long née Campbell), (1 November 1885 on Hayling Island, Hampshire - 23 December 1952) was a British author who wrote historical romances, supernatural horror stories, popular history and biography. Her total output numbers over 150 volumes with the bulk of her work under the 'Bowen' pseudonym. She also wrote under the names Joseph Shearing, George R. Preedy, John Winch, Robert Paye and Margaret Campbell. As Joseph Shearing, she wrote several sinister gothic romances full of terror and mystery. Many of these stories were published as Berkley Medallion Books. Several of her books were adapted as films
Her books are much sought after by aficianados of gothic horror and received praise from critics. According to Sally Benson in The New Yorker (1965) "Mr Shearing is a painstaking researcher, a superb writer, a careful technician, and a master of horror. There is no one else quite like him".
Bowen's alchoholic father left the family at an early age and was eventually found dead on a London street. After this Bowen's prolific writings were the chief financial support for her family. She was married twice: first, from 1912-16, to a Sicilian named Zefferino Emilio Constanza, who died of turberculosis, and then to one Arthur L. Long. Her first novel was The Viper of Milan (1906), after which she produced a steady stream of writings until the day of her death. Her last, posthumous, novel was The Man with the Scales (1954).

A Story of The Rise and Fall of the Antichrist

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Bowen, Marjorie: Collected Twilight Stories. V1. 4 Apr 2011

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Marjorie Bowen (pseudonym of Mrs Gabrielle Margaret V[er Long née Campbell), (1 November 1885 on Hayling Island, Hampshire - 23 December 1952) was a British author who wrote historical romances, supernatural horror stories, popular history and biography. Her total output numbers over 150 volumes with the bulk of her work under the 'Bowen' pseudonym. She also wrote under the names Joseph Shearing, George R. Preedy, John Winch, Robert Paye and Margaret Campbell. As Joseph Shearing, she wrote several sinister gothic romances full of terror and mystery. Many of these stories were published as Berkley Medallion Books. Several of her books were adapted as films
Her books are much sought after by aficianados of gothic horror and received praise from critics. According to Sally Benson in The New Yorker (1965) "Mr Shearing is a painstaking researcher, a superb writer, a careful technician, and a master of horror. There is no one else quite like him".
Bowen's alchoholic father left the family at an early age and was eventually found dead on a London street. After this Bowen's prolific writings were the chief financial support for her family. She was married twice: first, from 1912-16, to a Sicilian named Zefferino Emilio Constanza, who died of turberculosis, and then to one Arthur L. Long. Her first novel was The Viper of Milan (1906), after which she produced a steady stream of writings until the day of her death. Her last, posthumous, novel was The Man with the Scales (1954).

SCOURED SILK
THE BREAKDOWN
ONE REMAINED BEHIND - A ROMANCE A LA MODE GOTHIQUE
THE HOUSE BY THE POPPY FIELD
HALF-PAST TWO
ELSIE'S LONELY AFTERNOON
THE EXTRAORDINARY ADVENTURE OF MR JOHN PROUDIE
ANN MELLOR'S LOVER

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Bowen, Marjorie: Dark Rosaleen. V1. 3 Apr 2011

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Marjorie Bowen (pseudonym of Mrs Gabrielle Margaret V[er Long née Campbell), (1 November 1885 on Hayling Island, Hampshire - 23 December 1952) was a British author who wrote historical romances, supernatural horror stories, popular history and biography. Her total output numbers over 150 volumes with the bulk of her work under the 'Bowen' pseudonym. She also wrote under the names Joseph Shearing, George R. Preedy, John Winch, Robert Paye and Margaret Campbell. As Joseph Shearing, she wrote several sinister gothic romances full of terror and mystery. Many of these stories were published as Berkley Medallion Books. Several of her books were adapted as films
Her books are much sought after by aficianados of gothic horror and received praise from critics. According to Sally Benson in The New Yorker (1965) "Mr Shearing is a painstaking researcher, a superb writer, a careful technician, and a master of horror. There is no one else quite like him".
Bowen's alchoholic father left the family at an early age and was eventually found dead on a London street. After this Bowen's prolific writings were the chief financial support for her family. She was married twice: first, from 1912-16, to a Sicilian named Zefferino Emilio Constanza, who died of turberculosis, and then to one Arthur L. Long. Her first novel was The Viper of Milan (1906), after which she produced a steady stream of writings until the day of her death. Her last, posthumous, novel was The Man with the Scales (1954).

Excerpt
DARK ROSALEEN is one of the many names symbolical of Ireland, in use among the patriots and forbidden by Law. The use of it was attended by severe penalties.

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Bowen, Marjorie: Dickon. V1. 2 Apr 2011

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Marjorie Bowen (pseudonym of Mrs Gabrielle Margaret V[er Long née Campbell), (1 November 1885 on Hayling Island, Hampshire - 23 December 1952) was a British author who wrote historical romances, supernatural horror stories, popular history and biography. Her total output numbers over 150 volumes with the bulk of her work under the 'Bowen' pseudonym. She also wrote under the names Joseph Shearing, George R. Preedy, John Winch, Robert Paye and Margaret Campbell. As Joseph Shearing, she wrote several sinister gothic romances full of terror and mystery. Many of these stories were published as Berkley Medallion Books. Several of her books were adapted as films
Her books are much sought after by aficianados of gothic horror and received praise from critics. According to Sally Benson in The New Yorker (1965) "Mr Shearing is a painstaking researcher, a superb writer, a careful technician, and a master of horror. There is no one else quite like him".
Bowen's alchoholic father left the family at an early age and was eventually found dead on a London street. After this Bowen's prolific writings were the chief financial support for her family. She was married twice: first, from 1912-16, to a Sicilian named Zefferino Emilio Constanza, who died of turberculosis, and then to one Arthur L. Long. Her first novel was The Viper of Milan (1906), after which she produced a steady stream of writings until the day of her death. Her last, posthumous, novel was The Man with the Scales (1954).

Excerpt
The reign of King Richard III has been described as 'the darkest, the most complex and the worst authenticated of our English annals'; such material as is available, and such modern disquisitions on it as various historians have made, are easily accessible, and therefore it is needless for any list of them to be given here; it is sufficient to state that the author of the following romance has studied them all, has violated no known fact, nor presented any character or action in any light that is not probable, as well as possible.

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Bowen, Marjorie: Forget-Me-Not. v1. 31 Jan 2023

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Bowen’s writings present recurring themes of darkness, the supernatural, and the gothic in combination with the historical. Her “Shearing” novels, while based on true crime, still retain sinister gothic undertones.

Based on the the brutal 1847 murder of the Duchesse de Praslin, Fanny Sébastiani. The author says: “This novel is based on a fact — that of a crime so incredible that it caused amazement equal to the horror it inspired; the public sentiment aroused by this atrocity went far to provoke the sudden French Revolution of 1848.” [and the subsequent abolition of monarchy in France.]

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“… a poor but intelligent and educated young woman attempting to better herself in France in the 1840’s, and thereby becoming entangled with a member of the French aristocracy. The tale was based on a true story, whose incidents contributed to the fall of Louis-Philippe in the revolution of 1848.”

“…part romance, part suspense, part historical fiction, and part crime.”

“… a fascinating read, with an interesting historical background, and characters not easy to understand or love …”

(—Goodreads reviews)

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Margaret Gabrielle Vere Long (née Campbell; 1 November 1885 – 23 December 1952) was a British author who wrote historical romances, supernatural horror stories, popular history and biography. Her total output numbers over 150 volumes, with the bulk of her work under the pseudonym “Marjorie Bowen”, the name she is mostly known by. She also wrote under the names Joseph Shearing, George R. Preedy, John Winch, Robert Paye and Margaret Campbell.

Bowen’s books are much sought after by aficionados of gothic horror, and received praise from many critics. Several of her novels were adapted for film.

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[Forget-Me-Not[/ was first published in the UK in 1932, and in the USA titled [Lucile Clery, Woman of Intrigue.[/
[This book is in the public domain where copyright is “Life+70” or less.[/
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Bowen, Marjorie: God and the King. V1. 3 Apr 2011

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Marjorie Bowen (pseudonym of Mrs Gabrielle Margaret V[er Long née Campbell), (1 November 1885 on Hayling Island, Hampshire - 23 December 1952) was a British author who wrote historical romances, supernatural horror stories, popular history and biography. Her total output numbers over 150 volumes with the bulk of her work under the 'Bowen' pseudonym. She also wrote under the names Joseph Shearing, George R. Preedy, John Winch, Robert Paye and Margaret Campbell. As Joseph Shearing, she wrote several sinister gothic romances full of terror and mystery. Many of these stories were published as Berkley Medallion Books. Several of her books were adapted as films
Her books are much sought after by aficianados of gothic horror and received praise from critics. According to Sally Benson in The New Yorker (1965) "Mr Shearing is a painstaking researcher, a superb writer, a careful technician, and a master of horror. There is no one else quite like him".
Bowen's alchoholic father left the family at an early age and was eventually found dead on a London street. After this Bowen's prolific writings were the chief financial support for her family. She was married twice: first, from 1912-16, to a Sicilian named Zefferino Emilio Constanza, who died of turberculosis, and then to one Arthur L. Long. Her first novel was The Viper of Milan (1906), after which she produced a steady stream of writings until the day of her death. Her last, posthumous, novel was The Man with the Scales (1954).

Excerpt
"There is no managing an unreasonable people. By Heaven, my lord, they do not deserve my care."

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Bowen, Marjorie: I Will Maintain. V1. 3 Apr 2011

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Marjorie Bowen (pseudonym of Mrs Gabrielle Margaret V[er Long née Campbell), (1 November 1885 on Hayling Island, Hampshire - 23 December 1952) was a British author who wrote historical romances, supernatural horror stories, popular history and biography. Her total output numbers over 150 volumes with the bulk of her work under the 'Bowen' pseudonym. She also wrote under the names Joseph Shearing, George R. Preedy, John Winch, Robert Paye and Margaret Campbell. As Joseph Shearing, she wrote several sinister gothic romances full of terror and mystery. Many of these stories were published as Berkley Medallion Books. Several of her books were adapted as films
Her books are much sought after by aficianados of gothic horror and received praise from critics. According to Sally Benson in The New Yorker (1965) "Mr Shearing is a painstaking researcher, a superb writer, a careful technician, and a master of horror. There is no one else quite like him".
Bowen's alchoholic father left the family at an early age and was eventually found dead on a London street. After this Bowen's prolific writings were the chief financial support for her family. She was married twice: first, from 1912-16, to a Sicilian named Zefferino Emilio Constanza, who died of turberculosis, and then to one Arthur L. Long. Her first novel was The Viper of Milan (1906), after which she produced a steady stream of writings until the day of her death. Her last, posthumous, novel was The Man with the Scales (1954).

Excerpt
"The Prince is your pupil—forgive me, but, as I said, the situation is curious. You, sir, a republican—for seventeen years the head of a Republic which has been a fine nation, and a wealthy, and a lesson to all of us—you undertake the education of a Prince who is the heir of the House on whose ruin you founded your Republic; you bring this young man up in your ideas, you teach him this, that, as you will; you are not his master but his friend—he is to regard himself as a mere citizen of the country that is his heritage—well, it is a curious experiment. Mynheer de Witt."

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Bowen, Marjorie: Julia Roseingrave. v1. 10 Feb 2023

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Bowen’s writings present recurring themes of darkness, the supernatural, and the gothic in combination with the historical.

I am conflicted on how to categorize this one...

Here is a strange story of love, seduction, and a woman desperate to escape her constrained country life.

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The tale opens with the Devil knocking on the door of a lonely country house and requesting a room for the night. At its center is a love story between the rich and dissolute young aristocrat, Sir William Notley, and the beautiful Julia Roseingrave. Whether it be witchcraft (she is very friendly with the local wise woman and herb gatherer, Goody Cloke) or heart-craft and psychological fencing of the highest order is a question the novel leaves fringed with mystery. The plot is driven forward by interlocking romantic triangles that finally resolve into repentant stability for one of these two, and bitter isolation for the other.
(—Publisher)

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Margaret Gabrielle Vere Long (née Campbell; 1 November 1885 – 23 December 1952) was a British author who wrote historical romances, supernatural horror stories, popular history and biography. Her total output numbers over 150 volumes, with the bulk of her work under the pseudonym “Marjorie Bowen”, the name she is mostly known by. She also wrote under the names Joseph Shearing, George R. Preedy, John Winch, Robert Paye and Margaret Campbell.

Bowen’s books are much sought after by aficionados of gothic horror, and received praise from many critics. Several of her novels were adapted for film.

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[Julia Roseingrave[/ was first published in the UK in 1933.
[This book is in the public domain where copyright is “Life+70” or less.[/
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Bowen, Marjorie: Mignonette. v1. 23 Jan 2023

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Bowen’s writings present recurring themes of darkness, the supernatural, and the gothic in combination with the historical. Her “Shearing” novels, while often based on true crime, still retain sinister gothic undertones.

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[Mignonette[/ tells of a murderous crime committed by a strange, intriguing, and attractive young woman.

“I was enthralled by this book and its brain-rattling plot twists. They were only as twisty as they were because the protagonist was utterly clueless and never saw anything coming before it was too late. All Shearing’s novels are based on famous crimes but this is a case I don’t begin to recognize. I will have to look it up … and see if the true story was this convoluted! I love the way this book is written, full of portent and magical moments. This should go down as a “terror in daylight” classic.”
(—Goodreads review)

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Margaret Gabrielle Vere Long (née Campbell; 1 November 1885 – 23 December 1952) was a British author who wrote historical romances, supernatural horror stories, popular history and biography. Her total output numbers over 150 volumes, with the bulk of her work under the pseudonym “Marjorie Bowen”, the name she is mostly known by. She also wrote under the names Joseph Shearing, George R. Preedy, John Winch, Robert Paye and Margaret Campbell.

Bowen’s books are much sought after by aficionados of gothic horror, and received praise from many critics. Several of her novels were adapted for film.

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[Mignonette[/ was first published in 1948 in the USA, 1949 in the UK.
[This book is in the public domain where copyright is “Life+70” or less.[/
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Bowen, Marjorie: Moss Rose. v1. 26 Jan 2023

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Bowen’s writings present recurring themes of darkness, the supernatural, and the gothic in combination with the historical. Her “Shearing” novels, while often based on true crime, still retain sinister gothic undertones. This is one of the author’s many fascinating novels based upon actual murder cases, here using her own interpretations as to what actually happened and who was really guilty.

[Moss Rose[/ is based upon an 1872 murder of a prostitute named Buswell, which was never solved. A Dr. Hessel was arrested for the murder; he was acquitted, but the author finds him guilty and weaves a romance which goes far beyond fact.

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“Belle Adair is the young woman ‘of good birth and education but quite ruined in reputation,’ who knew the truth of what the police had to dismiss as ‘an unsolved mystery.’ How she used her knowledge and silence and her power over the murderer to re-enter the society to which she had been born, and to lift herself from degradation, is the theme of Mr. Shearing’s novel.”
(—Publisher’s summary)

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Margaret Gabrielle Vere Long (née Campbell; 1 November 1885 – 23 December 1952) was a British author who wrote historical romances, supernatural horror stories, popular history and biography. Her total output numbers over 150 volumes, with the bulk of her work under the pseudonym “Marjorie Bowen”, the name she is mostly known by. She also wrote under the names Joseph Shearing, George R. Preedy, John Winch, Robert Paye and Margaret Campbell.

Bowen’s books are much sought after by aficionados of gothic horror, and received praise from many critics. Several of her novels were adapted for film.

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[Moss Rose[/ was first published in 1934.
[This book is in the public domain where copyright is “Life+70” or less.[/
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Bowen, Marjorie: Patriotic Lady. V1. 29 Nov 2008

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Marjorie Bowen (pseudonym of Mrs Gabrielle Margaret V[er Long née Campbell), (1 November 1885 on Hayling Island, Hampshire - 23 December 1952) was a British author who wrote historical romances, supernatural horror stories, popular history and biography. Her total output numbers over 150 volumes with the bulk of her work under the 'Bowen' pseudonym. She also wrote under the names Joseph Shearing, George R. Preedy, John Winch, Robert Paye and Margaret Campbell. As Joseph Shearing, she wrote several sinister gothic romances full of terror and mystery. Many of these stories were published as Berkley Medallion Books. Several of her books were adapted as films
Her books are much sought after by aficianados of gothic horror and received praise from critics. According to Sally Benson in The New Yorker (1965) "Mr Shearing is a painstaking researcher, a superb writer, a careful technician, and a master of horror. There is no one else quite like him".
Bowen's alchoholic father left the family at an early age and was eventually found dead on a London street. After this Bowen's prolific writings were the chief financial support for her family. She was married twice: first, from 1912-16, to a Sicilian named Zefferino Emilio Constanza, who died of turberculosis, and then to one Arthur L. Long. Her first novel was The Viper of Milan (1906), after which she produced a steady stream of writings until the day of her death. Her last, posthumous, novel was The Man with the Scales (1954).

A Study of Emma, Lady Hamilton, and the Neapolitan Revolution of 1799

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Bowen, Marjorie: Prince and Heretic. V1. 2 Apr 2011

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Marjorie Bowen (pseudonym of Mrs Gabrielle Margaret V[er Long née Campbell), (1 November 1885 on Hayling Island, Hampshire - 23 December 1952) was a British author who wrote historical romances, supernatural horror stories, popular history and biography. Her total output numbers over 150 volumes with the bulk of her work under the 'Bowen' pseudonym. She also wrote under the names Joseph Shearing, George R. Preedy, John Winch, Robert Paye and Margaret Campbell. As Joseph Shearing, she wrote several sinister gothic romances full of terror and mystery. Many of these stories were published as Berkley Medallion Books. Several of her books were adapted as films
Her books are much sought after by aficianados of gothic horror and received praise from critics. According to Sally Benson in The New Yorker (1965) "Mr Shearing is a painstaking researcher, a superb writer, a careful technician, and a master of horror. There is no one else quite like him".
Bowen's alchoholic father left the family at an early age and was eventually found dead on a London street. After this Bowen's prolific writings were the chief financial support for her family. She was married twice: first, from 1912-16, to a Sicilian named Zefferino Emilio Constanza, who died of turberculosis, and then to one Arthur L. Long. Her first novel was The Viper of Milan (1906), after which she produced a steady stream of writings until the day of her death. Her last, posthumous, novel was The Man with the Scales (1954).

Excerpt
Magister Gustave Vanderlinden, astrologer and alchemist to that great Protestant Prince, His Highness Augustus, Elector of Saxony, sat somewhat gloomily in the laboratory of his house at Leipsic.

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Bowen, Marjorie: So Evil My Love. v1. 18 Jan 2023

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In 1890’s London, the widow of a missionary falls for an amoral grifter who lodges at her boarding house. He soon drags her into his nefarious schemes, manipulating her into blackmailing and stealing from her enfeebled childhood friend. Based on the real-life Florence Bravo case.
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“While [So Evil My Love[/ is undoubtedly crime fiction, it is not a detective story. The identity of the murderer is never in doubt. It relies mainly on suspense, and even more on the author’s ability to create complex characters with contradictory motivations. The characters themselves often do not fully understand their own motivations and live lives based on self-deception.”
(—vintagepopfictions.com)

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Margaret Gabrielle Vere Long (née Campbell; 1 November 1885 – 23 December 1952) was a British author who wrote historical romances, supernatural horror stories, popular history and biography. Her total output numbers over 150 volumes, with the bulk of her work under the pseudonym “Marjorie Bowen”, the name she is mostly known by. She also wrote under the names Joseph Shearing, George R. Preedy, John Winch, Robert Paye and Margaret Campbell.

Bowen’s books are much sought after by aficionados of gothic horror, and received praise from many critics. Several of her novels were adapted for film.

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[So Evil My Love[/ (titled [For Her to See[/ in UK) was first published in 1947. [TThis book is in the public domain where copyright is “Life+70” or less.[/
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Bowen, Marjorie: The Bishop of Hell and Other Stories. V1. 4 Apr 2011

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Marjorie Bowen (pseudonym of Mrs Gabrielle Margaret V[er Long née Campbell), (1 November 1885 on Hayling Island, Hampshire - 23 December 1952) was a British author who wrote historical romances, supernatural horror stories, popular history and biography. Her total output numbers over 150 volumes with the bulk of her work under the 'Bowen' pseudonym. She also wrote under the names Joseph Shearing, George R. Preedy, John Winch, Robert Paye and Margaret Campbell. As Joseph Shearing, she wrote several sinister gothic romances full of terror and mystery. Many of these stories were published as Berkley Medallion Books. Several of her books were adapted as films
Her books are much sought after by aficianados of gothic horror and received praise from critics. According to Sally Benson in The New Yorker (1965) "Mr Shearing is a painstaking researcher, a superb writer, a careful technician, and a master of horror. There is no one else quite like him".
Bowen's alchoholic father left the family at an early age and was eventually found dead on a London street. After this Bowen's prolific writings were the chief financial support for her family. She was married twice: first, from 1912-16, to a Sicilian named Zefferino Emilio Constanza, who died of turberculosis, and then to one Arthur L. Long. Her first novel was The Viper of Milan (1906), after which she produced a steady stream of writings until the day of her death. Her last, posthumous, novel was The Man with the Scales (1954).

FLORENCE FLANNERY
KECKSIES
THE AVENGING OF ANN LEETE
THE BISHOP OF HELL
THE CROWN DERBY PLATE
THE FAIR HAIR OF AMBROSINE
THE GREY CHAMBER
THE HOUSEKEEPER

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Bowen, Marjorie: The Crime of Laura Sarelle. v1. 22 Jan 2023

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Bowen’s writings present recurring themes of darkness, the supernatural, and the gothic in combination with the historical. Her “Shearing” novels, while based on true crime, still retain sinister gothic undertones.

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[The Crime of Laura Sarelle[/ has been compared to Daphne du Maurier’s novel [Rebecca[/.

“Evil hung over Leppard Hall, dominated by the two portraits on the dining room wall. As Laura unravels the story of these portraits, she was weaving a net of horror that would envelop her and her loved ones.”
(—Publisher’s summary)

“… a dark tale essentially of reincarnation, repetition, and the paranormal. … The past and the present are mirrored against each other in acute synchronicity amidst a framework of diabolical greed and murderous intent. The novel tells the story of a nineteen-year-old woman who is tormented by the secret past of her family and her namesake — the prior Laura Sarelle. The previous Laura Sarelle lived in the same house sixty years ago where the unfortunate present Laura and her brother Theodosius now reside.”
(—Anjanette Nicola Harry)

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Margaret Gabrielle Vere Long (née Campbell; 1 November 1885 – 23 December 1952) was a British author who wrote historical romances, supernatural horror stories, popular history and biography. Her total output numbers over 150 volumes, with the bulk of her work under the pseudonym “Marjorie Bowen”, the name she is mostly known by. She also wrote under the names Joseph Shearing, George R. Preedy, John Winch, Robert Paye and Margaret Campbell.

Bowen’s books are much sought after by aficionados of gothic horror, and received praise from many critics. Several of her novels were adapted for film.

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[The Crime of Laura Sarelle[/ (titled “Laura Sarelle” in some editions) was first published in 1940 in the UK, 1941 in the USA.
[This book is in the public domain where copyright is “Life+70” or less.[/
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Bowen, Marjorie: The Crown Derby Plate. V1. 30 Nov 2008

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Marjorie Bowen (pseudonym of Mrs Gabrielle Margaret V[er Long née Campbell), (1 November 1885 on Hayling Island, Hampshire - 23 December 1952) was a British author who wrote historical romances, supernatural horror stories, popular history and biography. Her total output numbers over 150 volumes with the bulk of her work under the 'Bowen' pseudonym. She also wrote under the names Joseph Shearing, George R. Preedy, John Winch, Robert Paye and Margaret Campbell. As Joseph Shearing, she wrote several sinister gothic romances full of terror and mystery. Many of these stories were published as Berkley Medallion Books. Several of her books were adapted as films
Her books are much sought after by aficianados of gothic horror and received praise from critics. According to Sally Benson in The New Yorker (1965) "Mr Shearing is a painstaking researcher, a superb writer, a careful technician, and a master of horror. There is no one else quite like him".
Bowen's alchoholic father left the family at an early age and was eventually found dead on a London street. After this Bowen's prolific writings were the chief financial support for her family. She was married twice: first, from 1912-16, to a Sicilian named Zefferino Emilio Constanza, who died of turberculosis, and then to one Arthur L. Long. Her first novel was The Viper of Milan (1906), after which she produced a steady stream of writings until the day of her death. Her last, posthumous, novel was The Man with the Scales (1954).

A very short ghost story.

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Bowen, Marjorie: The Folding Door. V1. 30 Nov 2008

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Marjorie Bowen (pseudonym of Mrs Gabrielle Margaret V[er Long née Campbell), (1 November 1885 on Hayling Island, Hampshire - 23 December 1952) was a British author who wrote historical romances, supernatural horror stories, popular history and biography. Her total output numbers over 150 volumes with the bulk of her work under the 'Bowen' pseudonym. She also wrote under the names Joseph Shearing, George R. Preedy, John Winch, Robert Paye and Margaret Campbell. As Joseph Shearing, she wrote several sinister gothic romances full of terror and mystery. Many of these stories were published as Berkley Medallion Books. Several of her books were adapted as films
Her books are much sought after by aficianados of gothic horror and received praise from critics. According to Sally Benson in The New Yorker (1965) "Mr Shearing is a painstaking researcher, a superb writer, a careful technician, and a master of horror. There is no one else quite like him".
Bowen's alchoholic father left the family at an early age and was eventually found dead on a London street. After this Bowen's prolific writings were the chief financial support for her family. She was married twice: first, from 1912-16, to a Sicilian named Zefferino Emilio Constanza, who died of turberculosis, and then to one Arthur L. Long. Her first novel was The Viper of Milan (1906), after which she produced a steady stream of writings until the day of her death. Her last, posthumous, novel was The Man with the Scales (1954).

A Story of Horror

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Bowen, Marjorie: The Golden Violet. v1. 28 Jan 2023

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Bowen’s writings present recurring themes of darkness, the supernatural, and the gothic in combination with the historical. Her “Shearing” novels, while based on true crime, still retain sinister gothic undertones.
According to the author, “this [book] owes something to the life of Letitia Landon;” (a poet and novelist of the early 19th century who enjoyed a measure of notoriety) and she also said “This owes to an incident of about a hundred years ago” (not more fully specified) “when a half-caste of education was hanged for inciting Negroes to a riot.”

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In an atmosphere of grim terror and impending catastrophe, the book explores slavery and racism in Jamaica in the 1800s.

Novelist Angelica Cowley at the age of 27 has reached a life crossroads, and must make a decision — should she continue with her books or marry sensible but boring Thomas Thicknesse. She decides…

“Thomas insists that the newly married couple leave England and return to his plantation, Venables Penn. As soon as they arrive in Jamaica, Angel discovers her husband’s true nature and begins to wonder whether she has made a terrible mistake. Struggling to adapt to life in an unfamiliar country, with a husband she can’t trust and barely sees, and with trouble brewing in the island’s slave community, Angel turns to her neighbour, John Gordon, for the love and friendship she longs for. But is John really all he appears to be or is he also hiding secrets?”
(— review, shereadsnovels.com)

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Foreword by Sinclair Lewis.

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Margaret Gabrielle Vere Long (née Campbell; 1 November 1885 – 23 December 1952) was a British author who wrote historical romances, supernatural horror stories, popular history and biography. Her total output numbers over 150 volumes, with the bulk of her work under the pseudonym “Marjorie Bowen”, the name she is mostly known by. She also wrote under the names Joseph Shearing, George R. Preedy, John Winch, Robert Paye and Margaret Campbell.

Bowen’s books are much sought after by aficionados of gothic horror, and received praise from many critics. Several of her novels were adapted for film.

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[The Golden Violet [/ was first published in 1941.
[This book is in the public domain where copyright is “Life+70” or less.[/
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Bowen, Marjorie: The Master of Stair. V1. 1 Apr 2011

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Marjorie Bowen (pseudonym of Mrs Gabrielle Margaret V[er Long née Campbell), (1 November 1885 on Hayling Island, Hampshire - 23 December 1952) was a British author who wrote historical romances, supernatural horror stories, popular history and biography. Her total output numbers over 150 volumes with the bulk of her work under the 'Bowen' pseudonym. She also wrote under the names Joseph Shearing, George R. Preedy, John Winch, Robert Paye and Margaret Campbell. As Joseph Shearing, she wrote several sinister gothic romances full of terror and mystery. Many of these stories were published as Berkley Medallion Books. Several of her books were adapted as films
Her books are much sought after by aficianados of gothic horror and received praise from critics. According to Sally Benson in The New Yorker (1965) "Mr Shearing is a painstaking researcher, a superb writer, a careful technician, and a master of horror. There is no one else quite like him".
Bowen's alchoholic father left the family at an early age and was eventually found dead on a London street. After this Bowen's prolific writings were the chief financial support for her family. She was married twice: first, from 1912-16, to a Sicilian named Zefferino Emilio Constanza, who died of turberculosis, and then to one Arthur L. Long. Her first novel was The Viper of Milan (1906), after which she produced a steady stream of writings until the day of her death. Her last, posthumous, novel was The Man with the Scales (1954).

Excerpt
Some fifty men were making slow progress through the pass of Glenorchy, which lies in the heart of Invernesshire and so in the very depths of the wild Highlands. A thick white mist hung over the landscape; it was the end of October and a raw and chilly day; the dull purple heather, disclosed now and then by the lifting vapor, the gaunt firs and faded bracken that grew along the pass, were shivering under the weight of dripping moisture. The men strained their eyes to pierce the drifting mist, and drew closer the damp tartans that showed they were of the Clan of Macdonald; they were all on foot: some led shaggy ponies on whose rough backs were strapped packages and what appeared to be the plunder of some great house, for the objects included silver and gilt cups and goblets tied together by the handles; and, slung across the saddle, handsome garments such as the Saxons wore, and guns of a make not often seen in a Highlander's hands.

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Bowen, Marjorie: The Poisoners. v1. 07 Feb 2023

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Bowen’s writings present recurring themes of darkness, the supernatural, and the gothic in combination with the historical.

[The Poisoners[/, written under the pseudonym of George Preedy, is a mystery/thriller which should appeal to readers of vintage crime as well as to fans of historical fiction.

Bowen’s Foreword gives an overview of the real events that were the basis for the novel.

Note that Gabriel Nicolas de la Reynie (1625 – 1709) was the Parisian Lieutenant General of Police from 1667 to 1697, and is considered to be the founder of the first modern police force.

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“The events in this novel are set shortly after the Marquise de Brinvilliers’s execution for poisoning numerous people. The Marquise’s death was, so the police thought, an end to such horror, yet it was just a vicious prelude to something much worse.”

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“…an atmospheric and suspenseful crime novel featuring fortune tellers and spies, counterfeiters and apothecaries, an empty house which hides sinister secrets, mysterious letters marked with the sign of a pink carnation, and a society thought to be involved in black magic.”
(—Goodreads summaries)

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Margaret Gabrielle Vere Long (née Campbell; 1 November 1885 – 23 December 1952) was a British author who wrote historical romances, supernatural horror stories, popular history and biography. Her total output numbers over 150 volumes, with the bulk of her work under the pseudonym “Marjorie Bowen”, the name she is mostly known by. She also wrote under the names Joseph Shearing, George R. Preedy, John Winch, Robert Paye and Margaret Campbell.

Bowen’s books are much sought after by aficionados of gothic horror, and received praise from many critics. Several of her novels were adapted for film.

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[The Poisoners[/ was first published in the UK in 1936.
[This book is in the public domain where copyright is “Life+70” or less.[/
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Bowen, Marjorie: The Queen's Caprice. V1. 28 Nov 2008

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Marjorie Bowen (pseudonym of Mrs Gabrielle Margaret V[er Long née Campbell), (1 November 1885 on Hayling Island, Hampshire - 23 December 1952) was a British author who wrote historical romances, supernatural horror stories, popular history and biography. Her total output numbers over 150 volumes with the bulk of her work under the 'Bowen' pseudonym. She also wrote under the names Joseph Shearing, George R. Preedy, John Winch, Robert Paye and Margaret Campbell. As Joseph Shearing, she wrote several sinister gothic romances full of terror and mystery. Many of these stories were published as Berkley Medallion Books. Several of her books were adapted as films
Her books are much sought after by aficianados of gothic horror and received praise from critics. According to Sally Benson in The New Yorker (1965) "Mr Shearing is a painstaking researcher, a superb writer, a careful technician, and a master of horror. There is no one else quite like him".
Bowen's alchoholic father left the family at an early age and was eventually found dead on a London street. After this Bowen's prolific writings were the chief financial support for her family. She was married twice: first, from 1912-16, to a Sicilian named Zefferino Emilio Constanza, who died of turberculosis, and then to one Arthur L. Long. Her first novel was The Viper of Milan (1906), after which she produced a steady stream of writings until the day of her death. Her last, posthumous, novel was The Man with the Scales (1954).

The foregoing novel contains what the author believes to be the essenceof the truth of the reign and character of Mary, Queen of Scotland. It is, however, to be read as a work of fiction, since it is an imaginaryreconstruction of events and characters which must always remainperplexing, debated, and obscure. There is no invented person in the
tale, and the sequence of historical events is strictly followed.
The Author

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Bowen, Marjorie: The Quest of Glory. V1. 1 Apr 2011

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Marjorie Bowen (pseudonym of Mrs Gabrielle Margaret V[er Long née Campbell), (1 November 1885 on Hayling Island, Hampshire - 23 December 1952) was a British author who wrote historical romances, supernatural horror stories, popular history and biography. Her total output numbers over 150 volumes with the bulk of her work under the 'Bowen' pseudonym. She also wrote under the names Joseph Shearing, George R. Preedy, John Winch, Robert Paye and Margaret Campbell. As Joseph Shearing, she wrote several sinister gothic romances full of terror and mystery. Many of these stories were published as Berkley Medallion Books. Several of her books were adapted as films
Her books are much sought after by aficianados of gothic horror and received praise from critics. According to Sally Benson in The New Yorker (1965) "Mr Shearing is a painstaking researcher, a superb writer, a careful technician, and a master of horror. There is no one else quite like him".
Bowen's alchoholic father left the family at an early age and was eventually found dead on a London street. After this Bowen's prolific writings were the chief financial support for her family. She was married twice: first, from 1912-16, to a Sicilian named Zefferino Emilio Constanza, who died of turberculosis, and then to one Arthur L. Long. Her first novel was The Viper of Milan (1906), after which she produced a steady stream of writings until the day of her death. Her last, posthumous, novel was The Man with the Scales (1954).

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The Austrian guns had ceased with the early sunset, and the desolate city of Prague was silent, encompassed by the enemy and the hard, continuous cold of a Bohemian December: in the hall of Vladislav in the Hradcany, that ancient palace of ancient kings that rose above the town, several French officers wrapped in heavy cloaks were walking up and down, as they had done night after night since the dragging siege began. In the vast spaces of the huge pillarless hall with the high arched Gothic roof, bare walls and floor, imperfectly lit by a few low-placed lamps, their figures looked slight to insignificance, and the sound of their lowered voices was a mere murmur in the great frozen stillness.

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Bowen, Marjorie: The Spectral Bride. v1. 21 Jan 2023

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Bowen’s writings present recurring themes of darkness, the supernatural, and the gothic in combination with the historical. Her “Shearing” novels (such as this one), while based on true crime, still retain sinister gothic undertones.
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Here is a tale of blackmail, murder, madness, and those doomed to repeat the crimes of their forefathers.

“Was lovely Adelaide Fenton a simple country girl, or was she the pale shadow of another maiden who had met violent death many years before? Was handsome James Daintry, the last Earl of the Seagroves, a fanciful young man, or the final victim of a legendary specter which had taken its toll in madness and sorrow? Was it the power of love which drew them together, or were they caught in a darker pattern -- cursed for a crime they did not commit, reliving a tale they scarcely knew?”
(—Publisher’s summary)

Appendix has been added to present the essay that inspired this book.

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Margaret Gabrielle Vere Long (née Campbell; 1 November 1885 – 23 December 1952) was a British author who wrote historical romances, supernatural horror stories, popular history and biography. Her total output numbers over 150 volumes, with the bulk of her work under the pseudonym “Marjorie Bowen”, the name she is mostly known by. She also wrote under the names Joseph Shearing, George R. Preedy, John Winch, Robert Paye and Margaret Campbell.

Bowen’s books are much sought after by aficionados of gothic horror, and received praise from many critics. Several of her novels were adapted for film.

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[The Spectral Bride[/ (titled “The Fetch” in some editions) was first published in 1942. The essay “The Ambiguities of Miss Smith” is taken from [The Fatal Countess and other Studies[/ by William Roughead (1870-1952), published in 1924.
[This book is in the public domain where copyright is “Life+70” or less.[/
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Bowen, Marjorie: The Viper of Milan. V1. 28 Nov 2008

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Marjorie Bowen (pseudonym of Mrs Gabrielle Margaret V[er Long née Campbell), (1 November 1885 on Hayling Island, Hampshire - 23 December 1952) was a British author who wrote historical romances, supernatural horror stories, popular history and biography. Her total output numbers over 150 volumes with the bulk of her work under the 'Bowen' pseudonym. She also wrote under the names Joseph Shearing, George R. Preedy, John Winch, Robert Paye and Margaret Campbell. As Joseph Shearing, she wrote several sinister gothic romances full of terror and mystery. Many of these stories were published as Berkley Medallion Books. Several of her books were adapted as films
Her books are much sought after by aficianados of gothic horror and received praise from critics. According to Sally Benson in The New Yorker (1965) "Mr Shearing is a painstaking researcher, a superb writer, a careful technician, and a master of horror. There is no one else quite like him".
Bowen's alchoholic father left the family at an early age and was eventually found dead on a London street. After this Bowen's prolific writings were the chief financial support for her family. She was married twice: first, from 1912-16, to a Sicilian named Zefferino Emilio Constanza, who died of turberculosis, and then to one Arthur L. Long. Her first novel was The Viper of Milan (1906), after which she produced a steady stream of writings until the day of her death. Her last, posthumous, novel was The Man with the Scales (1954).

Set in fourteenth century Italy, the story is about the enmity between two princes, Visconti, the evil Duke of Milan and Mastino della Scala, the dispossessed Duke of Verona. The hatred of these two men is the haut basis of the plot, but the lyrical descriptions of Milan and the countryside and the almost unbelievable cruelty and black heartedness of the unscrupulous Visconti, help to make the impact of this story a really tremendous one.

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Bowen, Marjorie: Twilight Tales: An Omnibus. v1. 25 Feb 2023

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Many of Bown’s writings are concerned with the supernatural, ghostly, moody and Gothically dramatic, interweaving terror and mystery with the commonplaces of everyday life.

Here, an extensive collection of Bowen’s weird fiction, which she dubbed “twilight tales.” Fifty doors leading into dark places filled with gothic drama, murder, mystery, suspense, other-worldly encounters, and touches of romance. Beautifully written and unsettling.

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Margaret Gabrielle Vere Long (née Campbell; 1 November 1885 – 23 December 1952) was a British author who wrote historical romances, supernatural horror stories, popular history and biography. Her total output numbers over 150 volumes, with the bulk of her work under the pseudonym “Marjorie Bowen”, the name she is mostly known by. She also wrote under the names Joseph Shearing, George R. Preedy, John Winch, Robert Paye and Margaret Campbell.

Bowen’s books are much sought after by aficionados of gothic horror, and received praise from many critics. Several of her novels were adapted for film.

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This is my own compilation, loosely based on bibliography provided by isfdb.com (numerous pieces are not available). Contents were retrieved from various online sources.

The contents of this book were first published 1912 ~ 1950.
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Bower, B. M.: Cabin Fever v 1 12 nov. 2008

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A somewhat atypical western

This quote from Fantastic Fiction about sums it up:

[QUOTThere is a certain malady of the mind induced by too much of one thing. Just as the body fed too long upon meat becomes a prey to that horrid disease called scurvy, so the mind fed too long upon monotony succumbs to the insidious mental ailment which the West calls cabin fever. True it parades under different names, according to circumstances and caste. You may be afflicted in a palace and call it ennui, and it may drive you to commit peccadilloes and indiscretions of various sorts. You may be attacked in a middle-class apartment house, and call it various names, and it may drive you to cafe life and affinities and alimony.
[/QUOT
Have fun!

Got it from PG; cover from Fantastic Fiction; formatting, TOC, editing by MTH

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Bower, B. M.: The Trail of the White Mule v1 20 nov 2008

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Another western by the great B.M. Bower(1922)

[QUOTThe night was growing cold, and Casey had no coat. At least he could go down and tell Barney what he had discovered and had failed to discover, and get something to eat. Barney would probably be worrying about him, though there was a chance that a bullet had found Barney before dark. Casey was uneasy, and once he was down the fissure again, he hurried as much as possible.[/QUOT
Have fun! And take a warm coat on the long ride. You never know what might happen!

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Bower, B. M: Bower, B. M. V1. 25 Oct 2009

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B.M. Bower (1871-1940), author of western fiction based in the American West wrote Chip of the Flying U (1906).

Excerpt
There is a certain malady of the mind induced by too much of one thing. Just as the body fed too long upon meat becomes a prey to that horrid disease called scurvy, so the mind fed too long upon monotony succumbs to the insidious mental ailment which the West calls “cabin fever.” True, it parades under different names, according to circumstances and caste. You may be afflicted in a palace and call it ennui, and it may drive you to commit peccadillos and indiscretions of various sorts. You may be attacked in a middle-class apartment house, and call it various names, and it may drive you to cafe life and affinities and alimony. You may have it wherever you are shunted into a backwater of life, and lose the sense of being borne along in the full current of progress. Be sure that it will make you abnormally sensitive to little things; irritable where once you were amiable; glum where once you went whistling about your work and your play. It is the crystallizer of character, the acid test of friendship, the final seal set upon enmity. It will betray your little, hidden weaknesses, cut and polish your undiscovered virtues, reveal you in all your glory or your vileness to your companions in exile—if so be you have any.

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Bower, B. M: Cabin Fever. v1. 8 Mar 2015

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Bertha Muzzy Sinclair or Sinclair-Cowan, née Muzzy (November 15, 1871 – July 23, 1940), best known by her pseudonym B. M. Bower, was an American author who wrote novels, fictional short stories, and screenplays about the American Old West. Her works, featuring cowboys and cows of the Flying U Ranch in Montana, reflected "an interest in ranch life, the use of working cowboys as main characters (even in romantic plots), the occasional appearance of eastern types for the sake of contrast, a sense of western geography as simultaneously harsh and grand, and a good deal of factual attention to such matters as cattle branding and bronc busting."

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If you would test the soul of a friend, take him into the wilderness and rub elbows with him for five months! One of three things will surely happen: You will hate each other afterward with that enlightened hatred which is seasoned with contempt; you will emerge with the contempt tinged with a pitying toleration, or you will be close, unquestioning friends to the last six feet of earth—and beyond. All these things will cabin fever do, and more. It has committed murder, many's the time. It has driven men crazy. It has warped and distorted character out of all semblance to its former self. It has sweetened love and killed love. There is an antidote—but I am going to let you find the antidote somewhere in the story.

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Bower, B. M: Casey Ryan. V1. 25 Oct 2009

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B.M. Bower (1871-1940), author of western fiction based in the American West wrote Chip of the Flying U (1906).

Excerpt
From Denver to Spokane, from El Paso to Fort Benton, men talk of Casey Ryan and smile when they speak his name. Old men with the flat tone of coming senility in their voices will suck at their pipes and cackle reminiscently while they tell you of Casey’s tumultuous youth—when he drove the six fastest horses in Colorado on the stage out from Cripple Creek, and whooped past would-be holdups with a grin of derision on his face and bullets whining after him and passengers praying disjointed prayers and clinging white-knuckled to the seats.

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Bower, B. M: Casey Ryan. v1. 8 Mar 2015

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Bertha Muzzy Sinclair or Sinclair-Cowan, née Muzzy (November 15, 1871 – July 23, 1940), best known by her pseudonym B. M. Bower, was an American author who wrote novels, fictional short stories, and screenplays about the American Old West. Her works, featuring cowboys and cows of the Flying U Ranch in Montana, reflected "an interest in ranch life, the use of working cowboys as main characters (even in romantic plots), the occasional appearance of eastern types for the sake of contrast, a sense of western geography as simultaneously harsh and grand, and a good deal of factual attention to such matters as cattle branding and bronc busting."

Excerpt
From Denver to Spokane, from El Paso to Fort Benton, men talk of Casey Ryan and smile when they speak his name. Old men with the flat tone of coming senility in their voices will suck at their pipes and cackle reminiscently while they tell you of Casey’s tumultuous youth—when he drove the six fastest horses in Colorado on the stage out from Cripple Creek, and whooped past would-be holdups with a grin of derision on his face and bullets whining after him and passengers praying disjointed prayers and clinging white-knuckled to the seats.

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Bower, B. M: Chip, of the Flying U. V1. 26 Oct 2009

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B.M. Bower (1871-1940), author of western fiction based in the American West wrote Chip of the Flying U (1906).

Excerpt
The weekly mail had just arrived at the Flying U ranch. Shorty, who had made the trip to Dry Lake on horseback that afternoon, tossed the bundle to the “Old Man” and was halfway to the stable when he was called back peremptorily.

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Bower, B. M: Chip, of the Flying U. v1. 9 Mar 2015

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Bertha Muzzy Sinclair or Sinclair-Cowan, née Muzzy (November 15, 1871 – July 23, 1940), best known by her pseudonym B. M. Bower, was an American author who wrote novels, fictional short stories, and screenplays about the American Old West. Her works, featuring cowboys and cows of the Flying U Ranch in Montana, reflected "an interest in ranch life, the use of working cowboys as main characters (even in romantic plots), the occasional appearance of eastern types for the sake of contrast, a sense of western geography as simultaneously harsh and grand, and a good deal of factual attention to such matters as cattle branding and bronc busting."

Excerpt
“Where’s this letter been?” demanded the Old Man, with some excitement. James G. Whitmore, cattleman, would have been greatly surprised had he known that his cowboys were in the habit of calling him the Old Man behind his back. James G. Whitmore did not consider himself old, though he was constrained to admit, after several hours in the saddle, that rheumatism had searched him out—because of his fourteen years of roughing it, he said. Also, there was a place on the crown of his head where the hair was thin, and growing thinner every day of his life, though he did not realize it. The thin spot showed now as he stood in the path, waving a square envelope aloft before Shorty, who regarded it with supreme indifference.

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Bower, B. M: Cow-Country. V1. 26 Oct 2009

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B.M. Bower (1871-1940), author of western fiction based in the American West wrote Chip of the Flying U (1906).

Excerpt
In hot mid afternoon when the acrid, gray dust cloud kicked up by the listless plodding of eight thousand cloven hoofs formed the only blot on the hard blue above the Staked Plains, an ox stumbled and fell awkwardly under his yoke, and refused to scramble up when his negro driver shouted and prodded him with the end of a willow gad.
“Call your master, Ezra,” directed a quiet woman voice gone weary and toneless with the heat and two restless children. “Don’t beat the poor brute. He can’t go any farther and carry the yoke, much less pull the wagon.”

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Bower, B. M: Cow-Country. v1. 9 Mar 2015

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Bertha Muzzy Sinclair or Sinclair-Cowan, née Muzzy (November 15, 1871 – July 23, 1940), best known by her pseudonym B. M. Bower, was an American author who wrote novels, fictional short stories, and screenplays about the American Old West. Her works, featuring cowboys and cows of the Flying U Ranch in Montana, reflected "an interest in ranch life, the use of working cowboys as main characters (even in romantic plots), the occasional appearance of eastern types for the sake of contrast, a sense of western geography as simultaneously harsh and grand, and a good deal of factual attention to such matters as cattle branding and bronc busting."

Excerpt
Ezra dropped the gad and stepped upon the wagon tongue where he might squint into the dust cloud and decide which gray, plodding horseman alongside the herd was Robert Birnie. Far across the sluggish river of grimy backs, a horse threw up its head with a peculiar sidelong motion, and Ezra’s eyes lightened with recognition. That was the colt, Rattler, chafing against the slow pace he must keep. Hands cupped around big, chocolate-colored lips and big, yellow-white teeth, Ezra whoo-ee-ed the signal that called the nearest riders to the wagon that held the boss’s family.

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Bower, B. M: Flying U Ranch. v1. 9 Jan 2013

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B.M. Bower (1871-1940), author of western fiction based in the American West wrote Chip of the Flying U (1906).

Excerpt

The Happy Family, waiting for the Sunday supper call, were grouped around the open door of the bunk-house, gossiping idly of things purely local, when the Old Man returned from the Stock Association at Helena; beside him on the buggy seat sat a stranger. The Old Man pulled up at the bunk-house, the stranger sprang out over the wheel with the agility which bespoke youthful muscles, and the Old Man introduced him with a quirk of the lips:
"This is Mr. Mig-u-ell Rapponi, boys—a peeler straight from the Golden Gate. Throw out your war-bag and make yourself to home, Mig-u-ell; some of the boys'll show you where to bed down."

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Bower, B. M: Flying U Ranch. v1.9 Mar 2015

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Bertha Muzzy Sinclair or Sinclair-Cowan, née Muzzy (November 15, 1871 – July 23, 1940), best known by her pseudonym B. M. Bower, was an American author who wrote novels, fictional short stories, and screenplays about the American Old West. Her works, featuring cowboys and cows of the Flying U Ranch in Montana, reflected "an interest in ranch life, the use of working cowboys as main characters (even in romantic plots), the occasional appearance of eastern types for the sake of contrast, a sense of western geography as simultaneously harsh and grand, and a good deal of factual attention to such matters as cattle branding and bronc busting."

Excerpt
The Happy Family, waiting for the Sunday supper call, were grouped around the open door of the bunk-house, gossiping idly of things purely local, when the Old Man returned from the Stock Association at Helena; beside him on the buggy seat sat a stranger. The Old Man pulled up at the bunk-house, the stranger sprang out over the wheel with the agility which bespoke youthful muscles, and the Old Man introduced him with a quirk of the lips:

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Bower, B. M: Fool's Goal. v1. 11 Jan 2013

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B.M. Bower (1871-1940), author of western fiction based in the American West wrote Chip of the Flying U (1906).

Excerpt

The hoarse bellow of noon whistles shattered the cloistered quiet of the vice-president's office in a certain bank down near the stockyards. Mr. Kittridge cleared his throat and lifted his eye-glasses from his thin nose, the other hand going out to finger certain papers lying before him on the desk.
"If you want to put your money into land and cattle," he said, "that is your own affair. I can doubtless arrange the matter through some of our Western correspondents. I suppose there isn't a bank out there that hasn't been obliged to take in such a property as you apparently want, on foreclosures. I haven't a doubt that, given the locality you desire, we can find you what you want."

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Bower, B. M: Good Indian. V1. 27 Oct 2009

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B.M. Bower (1871-1940), author of western fiction based in the American West wrote Chip of the Flying U (1906).

Excerpt
It was somewhere in the seventies when old Peaceful Hart woke to a realization that gold-hunting and lumbago do not take kindly to one another, and the fact that his pipe and dim-eyed meditation appealed to him more keenly than did his prospector’s pick and shovel and pan seemed to imply that he was growing old. He was a silent man, by occupation and by nature, so he said nothing about it; but, like the wild things of prairie and wood, instinctively began preparing for the winter of his life. Where he had lately been washing tentatively the sand along Snake River, he built a ranch. His prospector’s tools he used in digging ditches to irrigate his new-made meadows, and his mining days he lived over again only in halting recital to his sons when they clamored for details of the old days when Indians were not mere untidy neighbors to be gossiped with and fed, but enemies to be fought, upon occasion.

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Bower, B. M: Good Indian. v1. 9 Mar 2015

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Bertha Muzzy Sinclair or Sinclair-Cowan, née Muzzy (November 15, 1871 – July 23, 1940), best known by her pseudonym B. M. Bower, was an American author who wrote novels, fictional short stories, and screenplays about the American Old West. Her works, featuring cowboys and cows of the Flying U Ranch in Montana, reflected "an interest in ranch life, the use of working cowboys as main characters (even in romantic plots), the occasional appearance of eastern types for the sake of contrast, a sense of western geography as simultaneously harsh and grand, and a good deal of factual attention to such matters as cattle branding and bronc busting."

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It was somewhere in the seventies when old Peaceful Hart woke to a realization that gold-hunting and lumbago do not take kindly to one another, and the fact that his pipe and dim-eyed meditation appealed to him more keenly than did his prospector’s pick and shovel and pan seemed to imply that he was growing old. He was a silent man, by occupation and by nature, so he said nothing about it; but, like the wild things of prairie and wood, instinctively began preparing for the winter of his life. Where he had lately been washing tentatively the sand along Snake River, he built a ranch. His prospector’s tools he used in digging ditches to irrigate his new-made meadows, and his mining days he lived over again only in halting recital to his sons when they clamored for details of the old days when Indians were not mere untidy neighbors to be gossiped with and fed, but enemies to be fought, upon occasion.

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Bower, B. M: Hay-Wire. v1. 10 Jan 2013

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B.M. Bower (1871-1940), author of western fiction based in the American West wrote Chip of the Flying U (1906).

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Lynn Hayward spun a silver dollar on the counter and wished it were as many as it looked while revolving swiftly on its edge. The new school-teacher, turning from the ribbon counter at the moment, glanced at his moody profile and wished she had his eyelashes and that intriguing curve of upper lip. Both wishes slid away into the eternal ether where such thoughts drift in endless journeyings, for the dollar suddenly wobbled and fell clinking on its side and lay, just one dingy silver dollar and no more; and the fascinating profile turned full face to the new school-teacher as Lynn eyed her curiously and with the quickened interest of a normal young man of twenty-two when he sees a young and pretty face that is strange to him

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Bower, B. M: Her Prairie Knight. v1. 11 Mar 2015

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Bertha Muzzy Sinclair or Sinclair-Cowan, née Muzzy (November 15, 1871 – July 23, 1940), best known by her pseudonym B. M. Bower, was an American author who wrote novels, fictional short stories, and screenplays about the American Old West. Her works, featuring cowboys and cows of the Flying U Ranch in Montana, reflected "an interest in ranch life, the use of working cowboys as main characters (even in romantic plots), the occasional appearance of eastern types for the sake of contrast, a sense of western geography as simultaneously harsh and grand, and a good deal of factual attention to such matters as cattle branding and bronc busting."

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“By George, look behind us! I fancy we are going to have a storm.” Four heads turned as if governed by one brain; four pairs of eyes, of varied color and character, swept the wind-blown wilderness of tender green, and gazed questioningly at the high-piled thunderheads

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Bower, B. M: Her Prairie Knight. v1. 29 Oct 2009

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B.M. Bower (1871-1940), author of western fiction based in the American West wrote Chip of the Flying U (1906).

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“By George, look behind us! I fancy we are going to have a storm.” Four heads turned as if governed by one brain; four pairs of eyes, of varied color and character, swept the wind-blown wilderness of tender green, and gazed questioningly at the high-piled thunderheads above. A small boy, with an abundance of yellow curls and white collar, almost precipitated himself into the prim lap of a lady on the rear seat.

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Bower, B. M: Jean of the Lazy A. Jean of the Lazy A. v1. 11 Mar 2015

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Bertha Muzzy Sinclair or Sinclair-Cowan, née Muzzy (November 15, 1871 – July 23, 1940), best known by her pseudonym B. M. Bower, was an American author who wrote novels, fictional short stories, and screenplays about the American Old West. Her works, featuring cowboys and cows of the Flying U Ranch in Montana, reflected "an interest in ranch life, the use of working cowboys as main characters (even in romantic plots), the occasional appearance of eastern types for the sake of contrast, a sense of western geography as simultaneously harsh and grand, and a good deal of factual attention to such matters as cattle branding and bronc busting."

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Jean, sixteen and a range girl to the last fiber of her being, had gotten up early that morning and had washed the dishes and swept, and had shaken the rugs of the little living-room most vigorously. On her knees, with stiff brush and much soapy water, she had scrubbed the kitchen floor until the boards dried white as kitchen floors may be. She had baked a loaf of gingerbread, that came from the oven with a most delectable odor, and had wrapped it in a clean cloth to cool on the kitchen table. Her dad and Lite Avery would show cause for the baking of it when they sat down, fresh washed and ravenous, to their supper that evening. I mention Jean and her scrubbed kitchen and the gingerbread by way of proving how the Lazy A went unwarned and unsuspecting to the very brink of its disaster.

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Bower, B. M: Jean of the Lazy A. V1. 29 Oct 2009

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B.M. Bower (1871-1940), author of western fiction based in the American West wrote Chip of the Flying U (1906).

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Without going into a deep, psychological discussion of the elements in men’s souls that breed events, we may say with truth that the Lazy A ranch was as other ranches in the smooth tenor of its life until one day in June, when the finger of fate wrote bold and black across the face of it the word that blotted out prosperity, content, warm family ties,—all those things that go to make life worth while.

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Bower, B. M: Lonesome Land. v1. 12 Mar 2015

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Bertha Muzzy Sinclair or Sinclair-Cowan, née Muzzy (November 15, 1871 – July 23, 1940), best known by her pseudonym B. M. Bower, was an American author who wrote novels, fictional short stories, and screenplays about the American Old West. Her works, featuring cowboys and cows of the Flying U Ranch in Montana, reflected "an interest in ranch life, the use of working cowboys as main characters (even in romantic plots), the occasional appearance of eastern types for the sake of contrast, a sense of western geography as simultaneously harsh and grand, and a good deal of factual attention to such matters as cattle branding and bronc busting."

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Personally he would have felt no compunctions whatever about letting the calf go, a walking advertisement of Manley’s guilt. It seemed to him a sort of grim retribution, and no more than he deserved. He had not exaggerated his sentiments when he intimated plainly to her his hatred of Manley, and he agreed with her that the fellow was making a despicable return for the kindness his neighbors had always shown him. No doubt he had stolen from the Double Diamond as well as the Wishbone.

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Bower, B. M: Lonesome Land. V1. 30 Oct 2009

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B.M. Bower (1871-1940), author of western fiction based in the American West wrote Chip of the Flying U (1906).

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In northern Montana there lies a great, lonely stretch of prairie land, gashed deep where flows the Missouri. Indeed, there are many such—big, impassive, impressive in their very loneliness, in summer given over to the winds and the meadow larks and to the shadows fleeing always over the hilltops. Wild range cattle feed there and grow sleek and fat for the fall shipping of beef. At night the coyotes yap quaveringly and prowl abroad after the long-eared jack rabbits, which bounce away at their hunger-driven approach. In winter it is not good to be there; even the beasts shrink then from the bleak, level reaches, and shun the still bleaker heights.

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Bower, B. M: Rim o' the World. v1. 15 Mar 2015

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Bertha Muzzy Sinclair or Sinclair-Cowan, née Muzzy (November 15, 1871 – July 23, 1940), best known by her pseudonym B. M. Bower, was an American author who wrote novels, fictional short stories, and screenplays about the American Old West. Her works, featuring cowboys and cows of the Flying U Ranch in Montana, reflected "an interest in ranch life, the use of working cowboys as main characters (even in romantic plots), the occasional appearance of eastern types for the sake of contrast, a sense of western geography as simultaneously harsh and grand, and a good deal of factual attention to such matters as cattle branding and bronc busting."

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Not all of the West is tamed and trained to run smoothly on pneumatic tires and to talk more enthusiastically of the different “makes”of cars than of bits and saddles. There are still wide stretches unknown of tourists and movie men hunting locations for Western melodrama where men live in the full flavor of adventure and romance and never know it, because they have never known any other way to live.

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Bower, B. M: Rim o' the World. V1. 5 Nov 2009

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B.M. Bower (1871-1940), author of western fiction based in the American West wrote Chip of the Flying U (1906).

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Not all of the West is tamed and trained to run smoothly on pneumatic tires and to talk more enthusiastically of the different “makes” of cars than of bits and saddles. There are still wide stretches unknown of tourists and movie men hunting locations for Western melodrama where men live in the full flavor of adventure and romance and never know it, because they have never known any other way to live.

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Bower, B. M: Rodeo. v1. 10 Jan 2013

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B.M. Bower (1871-1940), author of western fiction based in the American West wrote Chip of the Flying U (1906).

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Two days before the Fourth of July a small procession of three automobiles lifted a ribbon of fine gray dust from the road that wound eastward along the edge of the Bear Paw foothills. Far back toward Dry Lake the haze was still slowly settling to earth when the last car passed through the high gate of the Flying U fence and a small, slight man got out and pulled the gate shut, hooked the chain around the post and into a link worn smooth with much use and climbed back beside the driver.

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Bower, B. M: Rowdy of the Cross L. v1. 15 Mar 2015

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Bertha Muzzy Sinclair or Sinclair-Cowan, née Muzzy (November 15, 1871 – July 23, 1940), best known by her pseudonym B. M. Bower, was an American author who wrote novels, fictional short stories, and screenplays about the American Old West. Her works, featuring cowboys and cows of the Flying U Ranch in Montana, reflected "an interest in ranch life, the use of working cowboys as main characters (even in romantic plots), the occasional appearance of eastern types for the sake of contrast, a sense of western geography as simultaneously harsh and grand, and a good deal of factual attention to such matters as cattle branding and bronc busting."

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“Rowdy” Vaughan—he had been christened Rowland by his mother, and rechristened Rowdy by his cowboy friends, who are prone to treat with much irreverence the names bestowed by mothers—was not happy. He stood in the stirrups and shook off the thick layer of snow which clung, damp and close-packed, to his coat. The dull yellow folds were full of it; his gray hat, pulled low over his purple ears, was heaped with it. He reached up a gloved hand and scraped away as much as he could, wrapped the long-skirted, “sour-dough” coat around his numbed legs, then settled into the saddle with a shiver of distaste at the plight he was in, and wished himself back at the Horseshoe Bar.

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Bower, B. M: Rowdy of the Cross L. V1. 7 Nov 2009

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B.M. Bower (1871-1940), author of western fiction based in the American West wrote Chip of the Flying U (1906).

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“Rowdy” Vaughan—he had been christened Rowland by his mother, and rechristened Rowdy by his cowboy friends, who are prone to treat with much irreverence the names bestowed by mothers—was not happy. He stood in the stirrups and shook off the thick layer of snow which clung, damp and close-packed, to his coat. The dull yellow folds were full of it; his gray hat, pulled low over his purple ears, was heaped with it. He reached up a gloved hand and scraped away as much as he could, wrapped the long-skirted, “sour-dough” coat around his numbed legs, then settled into the saddle with

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Bower, B. M: Sawtooth Ranch. v1. 16 Mar 2015

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Bertha Muzzy Sinclair or Sinclair-Cowan, née Muzzy (November 15, 1871 – July 23, 1940), best known by her pseudonym B. M. Bower, was an American author who wrote novels, fictional short stories, and screenplays about the American Old West. Her works, featuring cowboys and cows of the Flying U Ranch in Montana, reflected "an interest in ranch life, the use of working cowboys as main characters (even in romantic plots), the occasional appearance of eastern types for the sake of contrast, a sense of western geography as simultaneously harsh and grand, and a good deal of factual attention to such matters as cattle branding and bronc busting."

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The less you have, the more careful you are of your possessions. Hunter and Johnson owned exactly a section and a half of land, and for a mile and a half Quirt Creek was fenced upon either side. They hired two men, cut what hay they could from a field which they irrigated, fed their cattle through the cold weather, watched them zealously through the summer, and managed to ship enough beef each fall to pay their grocery bill and their men’s wages and have a balance sufficient to buy what clothes they needed, and perhaps pay a doctor if one of them fell ill. Which frequently happened, since Brit was becoming a prey to rheumatism that sometimes kept him in bed, and Frank occasionally indulged himself in a gallon or so of bad whisky and suffered afterwards from a badly deranged digestion.

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Bower, B. M: Sawtooth Ranch. V1. 7 Nov 2009

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B.M. Bower (1871-1940), author of western fiction based in the American West wrote Chip of the Flying U (1906).

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Quirt Creek flowed sluggishly between willows which sagged none too gracefully across its deeper pools, or languished beside the rocky stretches that were bone dry from July to October, with a narrow channel in the centre where what water there was hurried along to the pools below. For a mile or more, where the land lay fairly level in a platter-like valley set in the lower hills, the mud that rimmed the pools was scored deep with the tracks of the “TJ up-and-down” cattle, as the double monogram of Hunter and Johnson was called.

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Bower, B. M: Skyrider. v1. 16 Mar 2015

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Bertha Muzzy Sinclair or Sinclair-Cowan, née Muzzy (November 15, 1871 – July 23, 1940), best known by her pseudonym B. M. Bower, was an American author who wrote novels, fictional short stories, and screenplays about the American Old West. Her works, featuring cowboys and cows of the Flying U Ranch in Montana, reflected "an interest in ranch life, the use of working cowboys as main characters (even in romantic plots), the occasional appearance of eastern types for the sake of contrast, a sense of western geography as simultaneously harsh and grand, and a good deal of factual attention to such matters as cattle branding and bronc busting."

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She hated Johnny Jewel every step of the way. I suppose it is exasperating to ride a forbidden, treasured horse on a forbidden, possibly dangerous night journey to rescue a man from some unknown peril, and discover that the young man is not at hand to be rescued. Mary V seemed to find it so. She decided that Johnny Jewel was up to some devilment, and had probably hired that man to answer the ‘phone for him so her dad would not know he was gone. He thought he was very clever, of course—putting the man up to pretending he had a cold, just to fool her dad. Well, he had fooled her dad, all right, but there happened to be a person on the ranch he could not fool. That person hoped she was smarter than Johnny Jewel, and to prove it she would find out what it was he was trying to be so secret about. And then she would confront him with the proof, and then where would he be?

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Bower, B. M: Skyrider. V1. 9 Nov 2009

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B.M. Bower (1871-1940), author of western fiction based in the American West wrote Chip of the Flying U (1906).

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Mary V flipped the rough paper over with so little tenderness that a corner tore in her fingers, but the next page was blank. She made a sound suspiciously like a snort, and threw the tablet down on the littered table of the bunk house. After all, what did she care where they floated—Venus and Johnny Jewel? Riding the sky with Venus when he knew very well that his place was out in the big corral, riding some of those broom-tail bronks that he was being paid a salary—a good salary—for breaking! Mary V thought that her father ought to be told about the way Johnny was spending all his time—writing silly poetry about Venus. It was the first she had ever known about his being a poet.

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Bower, B. M: Starr, of the Desert. v1. 16 Mar 2015

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Bertha Muzzy Sinclair or Sinclair-Cowan, née Muzzy (November 15, 1871 – July 23, 1940), best known by her pseudonym B. M. Bower, was an American author who wrote novels, fictional short stories, and screenplays about the American Old West. Her works, featuring cowboys and cows of the Flying U Ranch in Montana, reflected "an interest in ranch life, the use of working cowboys as main characters (even in romantic plots), the occasional appearance of eastern types for the sake of contrast, a sense of western geography as simultaneously harsh and grand, and a good deal of factual attention to such matters as cattle branding and bronc busting."

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Helen May did not know how vitally important it is to have a good dog at such work. She did not know that Billy and his band felt exactly like boys who have successfully eluded a too lax teacher, and that they would have yielded without argument to the bark of a trained sheep dog. She had set Vic a harder task than she realized; a task from which any experienced herder would have shrunk. In her ignorance she blamed Vic, and called him lazy and careless and a few other sisterly epithets which he did not altogether deserve.

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Bower, B. M: Starr, of the Desert. V1. 9 Nov 2009

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B.M. Bower (1871-1940), author of western fiction based in the American West wrote Chip of the Flying U (1906).

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Daffodils were selling at two bits a dozen in the flower stand beside the New Era Drug Store. Therefore Peter Stevenson knew that winter was over, and that the weather would probably “settle.” There would be the spring fogs, of course—and fog did not agree with Helen May since that last spell of grippe. Peter decided that he would stop and see the doctor again, and ask him what he thought of a bungalow out against the hills behind Hollywood; something cheap, of course—and within the five-cent limit on the street cars; something with a sleeping porch that opened upon a pleasanter outlook than your neighbor’s back yard. If Helen May would then form the habit of riding to and from town on the open end of the cars, that would help considerably; in fact, the longer the ride the better it would be for Helen May. The air was sweet and clean out there toward the hills. It would be better for Vic, too. It would break up that daily habit of going out to see “the boys” as soon as he had swallowed his dinner.

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Bower, B. M: The Flying U Strikes. v1. 9 Jan 2013

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B.M. Bower (1871-1940), author of western fiction based in the American West wrote Chip of the Flying U (1906).

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A raw March wind such as only the high prairies ever know poured like ice water over the bald benchland that forms a part of the Flying U range. It roughened the hair on the two saddle horses; it tossed their manes and it whipped their tails around their hocks as they loped down to the bluff edge where the rough country began.
Chip Bennett, younger of the two riders, broke a silence of half an hour. "Those horses will be hugging the brush on a day like this," he said, and drew a hand across his smarting eyes.

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Bower, B. M: The Flying-U's Last Stand. v1. 8 Jan 2013

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B.M. Bower (1871-1940), author of western fiction based in the American West wrote Chip of the Flying U (1906).

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That is the way it was with the Flying U. Old J. G. Whitmore fought doggedly against the changing conditions—and he fought intelligently and well. When he saw the range dwindling and the way to the watering places barred against his cattle with long stretches of barbed wire, he sent his herds deeper into the Badlands to seek what grazing was in the hidden, little valleys and the deep, sequestered canyons. He cut more hay for winter feeding, and he sowed his meadows to alfalfa that he might increase the crops. He shipped old cows and dry cows with his fat steers in the fall, and he bettered the blood of his herds and raised bigger cattle. Therefore, if his cattle grew fewer in number, they improved in quality and prices went higher, so that the result was much the same.

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Bower, B. M: The Gringos. v1. 10 Jan 2013

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B.M. Bower (1871-1940), author of western fiction based in the American West wrote Chip of the Flying U (1906).

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If you would glimpse the savage which normally lies asleep, thank God, in most of us, you have only to do this thing of which I shall tell you, and from some safe sanctuary where leaden couriers may not bear prematurely the tidings of man's debasement, watch the world below. You may see civilization swing back with a snap to savagery and worse—because savagery enlightened by the civilization of centuries is a deadly thing to let loose among men. Our savage forebears were but superior animals groping laboriously after economic security and a social condition that would yield most prolifically the fruit of all the world's desire, happiness; to-day, when we swing back to something akin to savagery, we do it for lust of gain, like our forebears, but we do it wittingly. So, if you would look upon the unlovely spectacle of civilized men turned savage, and see them toil painfully back to lawful living, you have but to do this:

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Bower, B. M: The Gringos. v1. 10 Mar 2015

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Bertha Muzzy Sinclair or Sinclair-Cowan, née Muzzy (November 15, 1871 – July 23, 1940), best known by her pseudonym B. M. Bower, was an American author who wrote novels, fictional short stories, and screenplays about the American Old West. Her works, featuring cowboys and cows of the Flying U Ranch in Montana, reflected "an interest in ranch life, the use of working cowboys as main characters (even in romantic plots), the occasional appearance of eastern types for the sake of contrast, a sense of western geography as simultaneously harsh and grand, and a good deal of factual attention to such matters as cattle branding and bronc busting."

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If you would glimpse the savage which normally lies asleep, thank God, in most of us, you have only to do this thing of which I shall tell you, and from some safe sanctuary where leaden couriers may not bear prematurely the tidings of man’s debasement, watch the world below. You may see civilization swing back with a snap to savagery and worse—because savagery enlightened by the civilization of centuries is a deadly thing to let loose among men. Our savage forebears were but superior animals groping laboriously after economic security and a social condition that would yield most prolifically the fruit of all the world’s desire, happiness; to-day, when we swing back to something akin to savagery, we do it for lust of gain, like our forebears, but we do it wittingly. So, if you would look upon the unlovely spectacle of civilized men turned savage, and see them toil painfully back to lawful living, you have but to do this:

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Bower, B. M: The Happy Family. v1. 10 Mar 2015

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Bertha Muzzy Sinclair or Sinclair-Cowan, née Muzzy (November 15, 1871 – July 23, 1940), best known by her pseudonym B. M. Bower, was an American author who wrote novels, fictional short stories, and screenplays about the American Old West. Her works, featuring cowboys and cows of the Flying U Ranch in Montana, reflected "an interest in ranch life, the use of working cowboys as main characters (even in romantic plots), the occasional appearance of eastern types for the sake of contrast, a sense of western geography as simultaneously harsh and grand, and a good deal of factual attention to such matters as cattle branding and bronc busting."

ANANIAS GREEN
BLINK
MISS MARTIN’S MISSION
HAPPY JACK, WILD MAN.
A TAMER OF WILD ONES.
ANDY, THE LIAR
“WOLF! WOLF!”
FOOL’S GOLD.
LORDS OF THE POTS AND PANS

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Bower, B. M: The Happy Family. V1. 27 Oct 2009

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B.M. Bower (1871-1940), author of western fiction based in the American West wrote Chip of the Flying U (1906).

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Pink, because he knew well the country and because Irish, who also knew it well, refused pointblank to go into it again even as a rep, rode alone except for his horses down into the range of the Rocking R. General roundup was about to start, down that way, and there was stock bought by the Flying U which ranged north of the Bear Paws.

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Bower, B. M: The Heritage of the Sioux. v1. 11 Mar 2015

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Bertha Muzzy Sinclair or Sinclair-Cowan, née Muzzy (November 15, 1871 – July 23, 1940), best known by her pseudonym B. M. Bower, was an American author who wrote novels, fictional short stories, and screenplays about the American Old West. Her works, featuring cowboys and cows of the Flying U Ranch in Montana, reflected "an interest in ranch life, the use of working cowboys as main characters (even in romantic plots), the occasional appearance of eastern types for the sake of contrast, a sense of western geography as simultaneously harsh and grand, and a good deal of factual attention to such matters as cattle branding and bronc busting."

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Old Applehead Furrman, jogging home across the mesa from Albuquerque, sniffed the soft breeze that came from opal-tinted distances and felt poignantly that spring was indeed here. The grass, thick and green in the sheltered places, was fast painting all the higher ridges and foot-hill slopes, and with the green grass came the lank-bodied, big-kneed calves; which meant that roundup time was at hand. Applehead did not own more than a thousand head of cattle, counting every hoof that walked under his brand. And with the incipient lethargy of old age creeping into his habits of life, roundup time was not with him the important season it once had been; for several years he had been content to hire a couple of men to represent him in the roundups of the larger outfits—men whom he could trust to watch fairly well his interests. By that method he avoided much trouble and hurry and hard work—and escaped also the cares which come with wealth.

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Bower, B. M: The Heritage of the Sioux. V1. 28 Oct 2009

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B.M. Bower (1871-1940), author of western fiction based in the American West wrote Chip of the Flying U (1906).

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Old Applehead Furrman, jogging home across the mesa from Albuquerque, sniffed the soft breeze that came from opal-tinted distances and felt poignantly that spring was indeed here. The grass, thick and green in the sheltered places, was fast painting all the higher ridges and foot-hill slopes, and with the green grass came the lank-bodied, big-kneed calves; which meant that roundup time was at hand. Applehead did not own more than a thousand head of cattle, counting every hoof that walked under his brand. And with the incipient lethargy of old age creeping into his habits of life, roundup time was not with him the important season it once had been; for several years he had been content to hire a couple of men to represent him in the roundups of the larger outfits—men whom he could trust to watch fairly well his interests. By that method he avoided much trouble and hurry and hard work—and escaped also the cares which come with wealth.

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Bower, B. M: The Lonesome Trail and Other Stories. V1. 31 Oct 2009

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B.M. Bower (1871-1940), author of western fiction based in the American West wrote Chip of the Flying U (1906).

THE LONESOME TRAIL
FIRST AID TO CUPID
WHEN THE COOK FELL ILL
THE LAMB
THE SPIRIT OF THE RANGE
THE REVELER
THE UNHEAVENLY TWINS

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Bower, B. M: The Lonesome Trail. v1. 12 Mar 2015

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Bertha Muzzy Sinclair or Sinclair-Cowan, née Muzzy (November 15, 1871 – July 23, 1940), best known by her pseudonym B. M. Bower, was an American author who wrote novels, fictional short stories, and screenplays about the American Old West. Her works, featuring cowboys and cows of the Flying U Ranch in Montana, reflected "an interest in ranch life, the use of working cowboys as main characters (even in romantic plots), the occasional appearance of eastern types for the sake of contrast, a sense of western geography as simultaneously harsh and grand, and a good deal of factual attention to such matters as cattle branding and bronc busting."

THE LONESOME TRAIL.
FIRST AID TO CUPID.
WHEN THE COOK FELL ILL.
THE LAMB.
THE SPIRIT OF THE RANGE.
THE REVELER.
THE UNHEAVENLY TWINS.

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Bower, B. M: The Long Shadow. V1. 1 Nov 2009

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B.M. Bower (1871-1940), author of western fiction based in the American West wrote Chip of the Flying U (1906).

Excerpt
The wind, rising again as the sun went down, mourned lonesomely at the northwest corner of the cabin, as if it felt the desolateness of the barren, icy hills and the black hollows between, and of the angry red sky with its purple shadows lowering over the unhappy land—and would make fickle friendship with some human thing. Charming Billy, hearing the crooning wail of it, knew well the portent and sighed. Perhaps he, too, felt something of the desolateness without and perhaps he, too, longed for some human companionship.

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Bower, B. M: The Lookout Man. v1. 13 Mar 2015

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Bertha Muzzy Sinclair or Sinclair-Cowan, née Muzzy (November 15, 1871 – July 23, 1940), best known by her pseudonym B. M. Bower, was an American author who wrote novels, fictional short stories, and screenplays about the American Old West. Her works, featuring cowboys and cows of the Flying U Ranch in Montana, reflected "an interest in ranch life, the use of working cowboys as main characters (even in romantic plots), the occasional appearance of eastern types for the sake of contrast, a sense of western geography as simultaneously harsh and grand, and a good deal of factual attention to such matters as cattle branding and bronc busting."

Excerpt
The bandit play caught the crowd. For a few tumultuous minutes elbows were up, mufflers and handkerchiefs flapping. There emerged from the confusion six masked bandits, and three of them flourished six-shooters with a recklessness that would have given a Texas man cold chills down his spine. Jack, not daring to take his eyes off the heaving asphalt, or his hands off the wheel, retained his natural appearance until some generous soul behind him proceeded, in spite of his impatient “Cut it out, fellows!” to confiscate his flapping, red tie and bind it across his nose; which transformed Jack Corey into a speeding fiend, if looks meant anything. Thereafter they threw themselves back upon the suffering upholstery and commented gleefully upon their banditish qualifications.

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Bower, B. M: The Lookout Man. V1. 2 Nov 2009

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B.M. Bower (1871-1940), author of western fiction based in the American West wrote Chip of the Flying U (1906).

Excerpt
From the obscurity of vast, unquiet distance the surf came booming in with the heavy impetus of high tide, flinging long streamers of kelp and bits of driftwood over the narrowing stretch of sand where garishly costumed bathers had lately shrieked hilariously at their gambols. Before the chill wind that had risen with the turn of the tide the bathers retreated in dripping, shivering groups, to appear later in fluffs and furs and woollen sweaters; still inclined to hilarity, still undeniably both to leave off their pleasuring at Venice, dedicated to cheap pleasures.

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Bower, B. M: The Lure of the Dim Trails. v1. 13 Mar 2015

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Bertha Muzzy Sinclair or Sinclair-Cowan, née Muzzy (November 15, 1871 – July 23, 1940), best known by her pseudonym B. M. Bower, was an American author who wrote novels, fictional short stories, and screenplays about the American Old West. Her works, featuring cowboys and cows of the Flying U Ranch in Montana, reflected "an interest in ranch life, the use of working cowboys as main characters (even in romantic plots), the occasional appearance of eastern types for the sake of contrast, a sense of western geography as simultaneously harsh and grand, and a good deal of factual attention to such matters as cattle branding and bronc busting."

Excerpt
One of the outlaws stopped, took deliberate aim with the stolen Winchester and fired, meaning to kill; but he miscalculated the range a bit and Thurston crumpled down with a bullet in his thigh. The revolver was empty now and fell smoking at his feet. So he lay and cursed impotently while he watched the marauders ride out of sight up the valley.

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Bower, B. M: The Lure of the Dim Trails. V1. 3 Nov 2009

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B.M. Bower (1871-1940), author of western fiction based in the American West wrote Chip of the Flying U (1906).

Excerpt
“What do you care, anyway?” asked Reeve-Howard philosophically. “It isn’t as if you depended on the work for a living. Why worry over the fact that a mere pastime fails to be financially a success. You don’t need to write—”
“Neither do you need to slave over those dry-point things,” Thurston retorted, in none the best humor with his comforter “You’ve an income bigger than mine; yet you toil over Grecian-nosed women with untidy hair as if each one meant a meal and a bed.”

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Bower, B. M: The Phantom Herd. v1. 14 Mar 2015

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Bertha Muzzy Sinclair or Sinclair-Cowan, née Muzzy (November 15, 1871 – July 23, 1940), best known by her pseudonym B. M. Bower, was an American author who wrote novels, fictional short stories, and screenplays about the American Old West. Her works, featuring cowboys and cows of the Flying U Ranch in Montana, reflected "an interest in ranch life, the use of working cowboys as main characters (even in romantic plots), the occasional appearance of eastern types for the sake of contrast, a sense of western geography as simultaneously harsh and grand, and a good deal of factual attention to such matters as cattle branding and bronc busting."

Excerpt
Luck Lindsay had convoyed his thirty-five actor-Indians to their reservation at Pine Ridge, and had turned them over to the agent in good condition and a fine humor and nice new hair hatbands and other fixings; while their pockets were heavy with dollars that you may be sure would not he spent very wisely. He had shaken hands with the braves, and had promised to let them know when there was another job in sight, and to speak a good word for them to other motion-picture companies who might want to hire real Indians. He had smiled at the fat old squaws who had waddled docilely in and out of the scenes and teetered tirelessly round and round in their queer native dances in the hot sun at his behest, when Luck wanted several rehearsals of “atmosphere” scenes before turning the camera on them.

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Bower, B. M: The Phantom Herd. V1. 3 Nov 2009

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B.M. Bower (1871-1940), author of western fiction based in the American West wrote Chip of the Flying U (1906).

Excerpt
For the accuracy of certain parts of this story which deal most intimately with the business of making motion pictures, I am indebted to Buck Connor. whose name is a sufficient guarantee that all technical points are correct. His criticism, advice and other assistance have been invaluable, and I take this opportunity of expressing my appreciation and thanks for the help he has given me.

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Bower, B. M: The Quirt. v1. 14 Mar 2015

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Bertha Muzzy Sinclair or Sinclair-Cowan, née Muzzy (November 15, 1871 – July 23, 1940), best known by her pseudonym B. M. Bower, was an American author who wrote novels, fictional short stories, and screenplays about the American Old West. Her works, featuring cowboys and cows of the Flying U Ranch in Montana, reflected "an interest in ranch life, the use of working cowboys as main characters (even in romantic plots), the occasional appearance of eastern types for the sake of contrast, a sense of western geography as simultaneously harsh and grand, and a good deal of factual attention to such matters as cattle branding and bronc busting."

Excerpt
“I saw a man murdered,” she cried. “I wasn’t sure afterwards; sometimes I thought I had dreamed it. But I was sure I saw it. I saw the horse go by, running—and you want me to keep still about that? What harm could it do to tell? Perhaps it’s true—perhaps I did see it all. I might think you were trying to cover up something—only, you’re not the man I saw—or thought I saw.”

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Bower, B. M: The Quirt. V1. 3 Nov 2009

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B.M. Bower (1871-1940), author of western fiction based in the American West wrote Chip of the Flying U (1906).

Excerpt
Quirt Creek flowed sluggishly between willows which sagged none too gracefully across its deeper pools, or languished beside the rocky stretches that were bone dry from July to October, with a narrow channel in the center where what water there was hurried along to the pools below. For a mile or more, where the land lay fairly level in a platter-like valley set in the lower hills, the mud that rimmed the pools was scored deep with the tracks of the “TJ up-and-down” cattle, as the double monogram of Hunter and Johnson was called.

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Bower, B. M: The Ranch at the Wolverine. v1. 15 Mar 2015

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Bertha Muzzy Sinclair or Sinclair-Cowan, née Muzzy (November 15, 1871 – July 23, 1940), best known by her pseudonym B. M. Bower, was an American author who wrote novels, fictional short stories, and screenplays about the American Old West. Her works, featuring cowboys and cows of the Flying U Ranch in Montana, reflected "an interest in ranch life, the use of working cowboys as main characters (even in romantic plots), the occasional appearance of eastern types for the sake of contrast, a sense of western geography as simultaneously harsh and grand, and a good deal of factual attention to such matters as cattle branding and bronc busting."

Excerpt
There was a woman, low-browed, uncombed, harsh of voice and speech and nature, who drove the four oxen forward over lava rock and rough prairie and the scanty sage. I might tell you a great deal about Marthy, who plodded stolidly across the desert and the low-lying hills along the Blackfoot; and of her weak-souled, shiftless husband whom she called Jase, when she did not call him worse.

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Bower, B. M: The Ranch at the Wolverine. V1. 4 Nov 2009

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B.M. Bower (1871-1940), author of western fiction based in the American West wrote Chip of the Flying U (1906).

Excerpt
Four trail-worn oxen, their necks bowed to the yoke of patient servitude, should really begin this story. But to follow the trail they made would take several chapters which you certainly would skip—unless you like to hear the tale of how the wilderness was tamed and can thrill at the stern history of those who did the taming while they fought to keep their stomachs fairly well filled with food and their hard-muscled bodies fit for the fray.
There was a woman, low-browed, uncombed, harsh of voice and speech and nature, who drove the four oxen forward over lava rock and rough prairie and the scanty sage. I might tell you a great deal about Marthy, who plodded stolidly across the desert and the low-lying hills along the Blackfoot; and of her weak-souled, shiftless husband whom she called Jase, when she did not call him worse.

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Bower, B. M: The Range Dwellers. v1. 15 Mar 2015

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Bertha Muzzy Sinclair or Sinclair-Cowan, née Muzzy (November 15, 1871 – July 23, 1940), best known by her pseudonym B. M. Bower, was an American author who wrote novels, fictional short stories, and screenplays about the American Old West. Her works, featuring cowboys and cows of the Flying U Ranch in Montana, reflected "an interest in ranch life, the use of working cowboys as main characters (even in romantic plots), the occasional appearance of eastern types for the sake of contrast, a sense of western geography as simultaneously harsh and grand, and a good deal of factual attention to such matters as cattle branding and bronc busting."

Excerpt
I’m something like the old maid you read about—the one who always knows all about babies and just how to bring them up to righteous maturity; I’ve got a mighty strong conviction that I know heaps that my dad never thought of about the proper training for a healthy male human. I don’t suppose I’ll ever have a chance to demonstrate my wisdom, but, if I do, there are a few things that won’t happen to my boy.

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Bower, B. M: The Range Dwellers. V1. 5 Nov 2009

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B.M. Bower (1871-1940), author of western fiction based in the American West wrote Chip of the Flying U (1906).

Excerpt
I’m something like the old maid you read about—the one who always knows all about babies and just how to bring them up to righteous maturity; I’ve got a mighty strong conviction that I know heaps that my dad never thought of about the proper training for a healthy male human. I don’t suppose I’ll ever have a chance to demonstrate my wisdom, but, if I do, there are a few things that won’t happen to my boy.

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Bower, B. M: The Thunder Bird. V1. 10 Nov 2009

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B.M. Bower (1871-1940), author of western fiction based in the American West wrote Chip of the Flying U (1906).

Excerpt
Since Life is no more than a series of achievements and failures, this story is going to begin exactly where the teller of tales usually stops. It is going to begin with Johnny Jewel an accepted lover and with one of his dearest ambitions realized. It is going to begin there because Johnny himself was just beginning to climb, and the top of his desires was still a long way off, and the higher you go the harder is the climbing. Even love does not rest at peace with the slipping on of the engagement ring. I leave it to Life, the supreme judge, to bear me out in the statement that Love must straightway gird himself for a life struggle when he has passed the flowered gateway of a woman’s tremulous yes.
B.M. Bower (1871-1940), author of western fiction based in the American West wrote Chip of the Flying U (1906).

Excerpt
Since Life is no more than a series of achievements and failures, this story is going to begin exactly where the teller of tales usually stops. It is going to begin with Johnny Jewel an accepted lover and with one of his dearest ambitions realized. It is going to begin there because Johnny himself was just beginning to climb, and the top of his desires was still a long way off, and the higher you go the harder is the climbing. Even love does not rest at peace with the slipping on of the engagement ring. I leave it to Life, the supreme judge, to bear me out in the statement that Love must straightway gird himself for a life struggle when he has passed the flowered gateway of a woman’s tremulous yes.

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Bower, B. M: The Thunder Bird. v1. 17 Mar 2015

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Bertha Muzzy Sinclair or Sinclair-Cowan, née Muzzy (November 15, 1871 – July 23, 1940), best known by her pseudonym B. M. Bower, was an American author who wrote novels, fictional short stories, and screenplays about the American Old West. Her works, featuring cowboys and cows of the Flying U Ranch in Montana, reflected "an interest in ranch life, the use of working cowboys as main characters (even in romantic plots), the occasional appearance of eastern types for the sake of contrast, a sense of western geography as simultaneously harsh and grand, and a good deal of factual attention to such matters as cattle branding and bronc busting."

Excerpt
Since Life is no more than a series of achievements and failures, this story is going to begin exactly where the teller of tales usually stops. It is going to begin with Johnny Jewel an accepted lover and with one of his dearest ambitions realized. It is going to begin there because Johnny himself was just beginning to climb, and the top of his desires was still a long way off, and the higher you go the harder is the climbing. Even love does not rest at peace with the slipping on of the engagement ring. I leave it to Life, the supreme judge, to bear me out in the statement that Love must straightway gird himself for a life struggle when he has passed the flowered gateway of a woman’s tremulous yes.

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Bower, B. M: The Trail of the White Mule. v1. 17 Mar 2015

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Bertha Muzzy Sinclair or Sinclair-Cowan, née Muzzy (November 15, 1871 – July 23, 1940), best known by her pseudonym B. M. Bower, was an American author who wrote novels, fictional short stories, and screenplays about the American Old West. Her works, featuring cowboys and cows of the Flying U Ranch in Montana, reflected "an interest in ranch life, the use of working cowboys as main characters (even in romantic plots), the occasional appearance of eastern types for the sake of contrast, a sense of western geography as simultaneously harsh and grand, and a good deal of factual attention to such matters as cattle branding and bronc busting."

Excerpt
Casey Ryan, hunched behind the wheel of a large, dark blue touring car with a kinked front fender and the glass gone from the left headlight, slid out from the halted traffic, shied sharply away from a hysterically clanging street car, crossed the path of a huge red truck coming in from his right, missed it with two inches to spare and was halfway down the block before the traffic officer overtook him.

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Bower, B. M: The Uphill Climb. V1. 11 Nov 2009

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B.M. Bower (1871-1940), author of western fiction based in the American West wrote Chip of the Flying U (1906).

Excerpt
Ford lifted his arms above his head to yawn as does a man who has slept too heavily, found his biceps stiffened and sore, and massaged them gingerly with his finger-tips. His eyes took on the vacancy of memory straining at the leash of forgetfulness. He sighed largely, swung his head slowly from left to right in mute admission of failure to grasp what lay just behind his slumber, and thereby discovered other muscles that protested against sudden movement. He felt his neck with a careful, rubbing gesture. One hand strayed to his left cheekbone, hovered there tentatively, wandered to the bridge of his nose, and from there dropped inertly to the bed.

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Bower, B. M: The Uphill Climb. v1. 17 Mar 2015

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Bertha Muzzy Sinclair or Sinclair-Cowan, née Muzzy (November 15, 1871 – July 23, 1940), best known by her pseudonym B. M. Bower, was an American author who wrote novels, fictional short stories, and screenplays about the American Old West. Her works, featuring cowboys and cows of the Flying U Ranch in Montana, reflected "an interest in ranch life, the use of working cowboys as main characters (even in romantic plots), the occasional appearance of eastern types for the sake of contrast, a sense of western geography as simultaneously harsh and grand, and a good deal of factual attention to such matters as cattle branding and bronc busting."

Excerpt
Ford lifted his arms above his head to yawn as does a man who has slept too heavily, found his biceps stiffened and sore, and massaged them gingerly with his finger-tips. His eyes took on the vacancy of memory straining at the leash of forgetfulness. He sighed largely, swung his head slowly from left to right in mute admission of failure to grasp what lay just behind his slumber, and thereby discovered other muscles that protested against sudden movement. He felt his neck with a careful, rubbing gesture. One hand strayed to his left cheekbone, hovered there tentatively, wandered to the bridge of his nose, and from there dropped inertly to the bed.
“Lordy me! I must have been drunk last night,” he said aloud, mechanically taking the straight line of logic from effect to cause, as much experience had taught him to do.

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Bower, B. M: Tiger Eye. v1. 11 Jan 2013

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B.M. Bower (1871-1940), author of western fiction based in the American West wrote Chip of the Flying U (1906).

Excerpt
The kid was running away, but he was taking his time about it, and he was enjoying every foot of his flight. Sometimes when a curlew circled and gazed down curiously, with his yellow eyes peering, first one and then the other, would call "Kor-reck?" "Kor-reck?" in playful mimicry. Other times he would pull from his breast pocket a mouth organ worn through to the brass in places where his fingers clasped it, and would polish it gravely on his sleeve, set the tiny pigeonholed edge to his smooth young lips and ripple a few notes to match the meadow lark's song. From that he would slide into "My Bonnie Lies Over the Ocean," and "The Spanish Cavalier." But at this particular moment the mouth organ reposed in his pocket with his Bull Durham bag, and he was singing:

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Bower, B.M.: Chip of the Flying U v1 30nov 2008

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All of the boys at the Flying U grumbled -- among themselves -- when they heard that the Old Man's sister was coming to spend the summer. They didn't want a woman at the ranch, and certainly not one who had just received a medical degree! But if they'd had an inkling of what was really going to happen, they would have done more than grumble... (Feedbooks)

Here is the wikipedia page on B.M. Bower

Took this from PG, gave it the MTH treatment and added original cover.

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Bower, B.M.: The Flying U Ranch v1 17 nov 2008

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Bertha Muzzy Sinclair or Sinclair-Cowan, née Muzzy (November 15, 1871 – July 23, 1940), best known by her pseudonym B. M. Bower, was an American author who wrote novels and fictional short stories about the American Old West.

This is part of a series of books. I plan to upload more of the Flying U Ranch if there is any interest. This books do not have the darker, grittier tone that most westerns feature today, but are still a very good read.

Taken from PG, streamlined, added TOC and cover.

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Bowman, Earl Wayland: The Ramblin' Kid. V2. 8 June 2012

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The Ramblin' Kid
by Earl Wayland Bowman (1920)

Earl Wayland Bowman (1875-1952) was an author of popular stories and novels of the American West. He wrote for several newspapers in the Idaho Council valley, including the Advance and the Council Leader.

His other works include: Solemn Johnson Plus (1928) and Arrowrock (1931) which included many poems and stories that appeared previously in newspapers and magazines. Although many of his stories were written in California, he always considered himself an Idaho author.

Excerpt:
"It was plain to Skinny what had occurred. The cattle had drifted before the storm until stopped by the wire. While crowded against it a bolt of lightning had struck the fence, followed the metal strands, and killed the animals touching or nearest to it. In the fright the others plunged madly forward and had broken their way to freedom. Five hundred Diamond Bar steers, recently bought by Old Heck and brought from the Purgatory forty-five miles north of the Quarter Circle KT were out and rushing back to their former range."

The Ramblin' Kid was made into a movie starring Hoot Gibson in 1923.

Source html:
http://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/10374

Reformatted (fonts, headers, chapter breaks, TOC, etc) and converted to mobi for the Kindle 3. Conversion done via Calibre.

[Edit 8 Jun
Html code and .css file cleaned up (all the MS Word garbage removed).
Redid the TOC and various tags.

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Boyd, Mary Stuart: A Versailles Christmas-Tide (Illustrated) v1, 15 Apr 2014

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[A Versailles Christmas-Tide[/ (1901) was written by Mary Stuart Boyd (born Mary Kirkwood, 1860-1937), and illustrated by her husband, famed [Punch[/ illustrator Alexander Stuart Boyd (1854-1930).

MobileRead member Seabound originally uploaded this in LRF format on 23 December 2008, and I have converted it to ePub and Kindle formats.

To quote the original uploader:

[q_index]In this short travel journal, Mary Stuart Boyd writes her observations and musings about Versailles, where she and her husband resided during the winter of 1900 on account of a sick child. It is quite a candid reporting about Versailles and the French people from the point of view of an Englishwoman. (I shall remain neutral.) It also contains some bits of factual and speculative retelling of French history, a topic for which Mrs. Boyd seems to hold strong opinions.

The book is deliciously and generously illustrated by the author's husband, A.S. Boyd. I find him to be a very talented illustrator, and his 53 illustrations accompanying this book made reading the book quite enjoyable, and made vivid the Versailles of 1900.[/QUOT

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Boyle, Jack: Boston Blackie (1919) v1

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Jack Boyle (1881-1928) is best known for his creation, hero-crook "Boston Blackie". Boyle himself is elusive. He is known to have done time in San Quentin and one other California prison, for bouncing cheques.

The "Boston Blackie" story begins in 1910, with the short story "The Price of Principle" in the July issue of "The American Magazine", and continued through stories in "Red Book", and "The Strand Magazine", ending in the December 1920 issue of "Cosmpolitan".

In 1919 Boyle fixed up a number of the stories into this episodic novel, published under the simple title "Boston Blackie" by H K Fly, New York.

The magazine stories modified to make the novel, and the few subsequently published, have not, so far as I can find out, been collected published in their original form.

The cover is from the 1919 H K Fly hardback, which had an embossed and printed cover as well as a dust jacket.

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Boyle, Jack: Boston Blackie. 5 May 08

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Written in 1919, this is the first and only [Boston Blackie[/ book written by Jack Boyle. A gentleman thief (where have we heard that one before Arsene Luprin.)

Since the original book there have been many films, a radio series, a TV series, comic books, and even references in Jimmy Buffet songs.

A quick read, not unlike a lot of Dr Don's postings. The source for this came from Blackmask Online reformatted for MR.

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Braaten, Oskar: Ungen [Norwegian]. v1. 30 Nov 2014

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Skuespillet "Ungen" av Oskar Braaten (1881-1939) har blitt filmatisert to ganger, gjort om til musikal, og satt opp utallige ganger. Historien om Milja, Julius, Hønse-Lovisa, og ungen er fortsatt populær, over hundre år etter at den ble utgitt første gang.

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En revidert versjon av Nasjonalbibliotekets epub-fil

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Braby, Maud: Die moderne Ehe [German]. v1. 31 Mar 2011

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Maud Churton Braby (1875-1932):
Die moderne Ehe und wie man sie ertragen soll
(dt. 1911, engl. Original: Modern Marriage and How to Bear It, 1908)

100 Jahre alter Ehe-Ratgeber, der immer noch amüsant zu lesen ist.

Ein Ausschnitt:
Der beste Rat, den man einem Paare auf den „langen, geraden und staubigen Weg“ der Ehe mitgeben kann, ist: „Gesegnet sind die, die wenig erwarten.“ Der zweitbeste ist: „Trachtet euer Ideal zu verwirklichen, aber nehmt die Niederlage philosophisch hin“. Es ist schwer, mit jemandem zu leben, der eine ideale Vorstellung von uns hat; es ruft in uns den ruchlosen Wunsch wach, so schlecht als möglich zu sein. Miranda sagt mir oft: „Die Ursache, warum Lysander und ich so vollkommen glücklich sind, ist, weil wir uns nie etwas daraus machen, einander unsere schlechtesten Seiten zu zeigen, und auch nie die Notwendigkeit fühlen, uns besser zu machen, als wir sind.“ Merkt euch das, Braut und Bräutigam! Bedenkt, daß ein Piedestal ein sehr ungemütlicher Aufenthaltsort ist, und weiset eurem Lebensgefährten diesen unbequemen, erhöhten Platz nicht an. Es sind mehr Ehen daran gescheitert, daß man zuviel voneinander erwartet hat, als durch irgend welche Laster oder Verirrungen.

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Bradbury, Osgood: Agnes the beautiful. v1. 25 Sep 2016

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Osgood Bradbury: Born ??: died 1931

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HUSBAND, I expect Jasper Gifford here this week,' said Mrs. Walton to her husband one pleasant evening in the month of September, as they sat in their richly furnished parlor.

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Bradbury, Osgood: Alice Barber, v1. 26 Sep 2016

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Osgood Bradbury: Born ??: died 1931

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I WONDER if a history of my life would do any good in this wicked world? That is a question which has agitated my mind and exercised my heart for many, many long months.

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Bradbury, Osgood: Ellen Grant. v1.26 Sep 2016

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Osgood Bradbury: Born ??: died 1931

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HOW do you feel this morning my dear?' asked a certain knight of the pestle and mortar, as he entered the sick chamber of a female patient whom he had been drugging and dosing for several weeks.

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Bradbury, Osgood: Ellen, the Pride of Broadway. v. 27 Sep 2016

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Osgood Bradbury: Born ??: died 1931

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Several years have elapsed since I formed a resolution to write out the most important events, and give to the world some of the scenes in my life; but circumstances have prevented me from carrying out that resolution until the present time. And I would not now begin such a task if I were not fully convinced that the execution of it would benefit my own sex and shed some light on the paths in which they may travel while sojourning on this earth. The great poet of nature hath said, 'The web of our life is of mingled yarn, good and ill together; our virtues would be proud if our faults whipped them not; and our crimes would despair, if they were not cherished by our virtues.' Be that as it may, I have lived out a large proportion of the time allotted me in this world, and must pack up and prepare to leave these earthly scenes ere many moons shall wax and wane.

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Bradbury, Osgood: Emily, the Beautiful Seamstress. v1. 27 Sep 2016

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Osgood Bradbury: Born ??: died 1931

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'GRACIOUS heavens! husband, what scream was that I just heard in the street!' exclaimed Mrs. Borland, looking very anxious and running to the window to look into the street. 'It was the voice of a female that tokens much distress. Do, husband, go out and see what has happened. Perhaps some brute of a man has insulted a woman! It sounded like the voice of some young girl.'

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Bradbury, Osgood: Female Depravity. v1. 27 Sep 2016

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Osgood Bradbury: Born ??: died 1931

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IT was a bitter cold night, and the December winds swept through the streets of the city, making the watchmen button their overcoats tighter about their bodies and driving them under the shelter of the buildings that stood upon their beats. The heavens were draped in cold grey clouds, and occasionally a flake of snow would be driven by the wind against the face of the pedestrian who was seeking his lodgings after a day of severe toil and labor. The wind increased as the evening wore away, and the flakes of snow came faster and thicker, borne along by the fury of a Northeaster.

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Bradbury, Osgood: Jane Clark, v1, 28 Sep 2016

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Osgood Bradbury: Born ??: died 1931

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IT was midsummer, and twilight began to clothe the city in its sober livery, and the lamplighters were on their round of duties with ladders under their arms. The omnibusses, upward bound, were filled with passengers who were going to their several homes from their daily toils. The evening was exceedingly pleasant, and Broadway was full of carriages and persons on foot. A gentle breeze from the west swept over the city and made the air comfortably cool. A shower, too, had washed the streets and filled the air with a delicious coolness.

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Bradbury, Osgood: The Banker's Victim. v1. 29 Sep 2016

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Osgood Bradbury: Born ??: died 1931

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IT was midsummer, and twilight began to clothe the city in its sober livery, and the lamplighters were on their round of duties with ladders under their arms. The omnibusses, upward bound, were filled with passengers who were going to their several homes from their daily toils. The evening was exceedingly pleasant, and Broadway was full of carriages and persons on foot. A gentle breeze from the west swept over the city and made the air comfortably cool. A shower, too, had washed the streets and filled the air with a delicious coolness.

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Bradbury, Osgood: The Beautiful Half Breed. v1. 29 Sep 2016

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Osgood Bradbury: Born ??: died 1931

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The Indian father brushed away from his eyes the long dark hair which had fallen over his forehead, and partially covered his face, and gazed towards the lake.

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Bradbury, Osgood: The Fair Quakeress. v1. 3 Oct 2016

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Osgood Bradbury: Born ??: died 1931

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'It is strange that he does when he has money enough, and no children except his son Jasper,' she said. 'I'm glad you had good sense enough to retire from the cares and perplexities of mercantile life after you accumulated enough to live on.'

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Bradbury, Osgood: The Flower of the Forest. v1. 29 Sep 2016

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Osgood Bradbury: Born ??: died 1931

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'COME, Henry, my boy, it is time to get up and shake yourself, if you would see the sun rise in this forest, a thing you don't often do in the city,' said Bill Bushwhack to Henry Herbert. 'The sky's clear as a hound's tooth, the air keen as a razor, and the roosters are now crowing out in the clearings. Come, rouse up and see me yoke my team. Uncle Bob has the pork and molasses and hot cakes about ready to go upon the table.'

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Bradbury, Osgood: The Gambler's League. v1, 30 sep 2016

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Osgood Bradbury: Born ??: died 1931

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A number of women, of various ages, were arranged on benches, and some three or four lingered about the door as if they had not been able to find room inside for their accommodation. On the countenances of these was an anxious, loving look; and whenever a genteel person passed by, and chanced to turn his face towards them their eyes shone with momentary pleasure, only to be clouded again with that 'hope deferred which maketh the heart sick'.

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Bradbury, Osgood: The Modern Othello. v1. 1 Oct 2016

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Osgood Bradbury: Born ??: died 1931

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GLAD to see you Fortescue;—welcome, my dear fellow, to America, the land of the free and home of the brave. Pardon! I should have said 'My Lord;'—'but you know all distinctions and titles are leveled in this nation of Goths.'

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Bradbury, Osgood: The Mutineer. 1 Oct 2016

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Osgood Bradbury: Born ??: died 1931

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IT was a warm day in June, 18—. It was one of those days when the Empire City of New York presents a picture of life and bustle which to be imagined must be seen.—Fancy cannot come up to the reality.

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Bradbury, Osgood: The Mysterious Foundling. v1. 3 Oct 2016

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Osgood Bradbury: Born ??: died 1931

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I WONDER if a history of my life would do any good in this wicked world? That is a question which has agitated my mind and exercised my heart for many, many long months. Some have told me that its publication would produce more injury than good in the community, and others have given quite a contrary opinion. I feel a strong interest in the welfare of my sex, and Heaven knows I would do nothing willingly which might be instrumental in leading it astray from the paths of virtue. I have not lived long beneath our bright skies, but have lived too fast. Yes, kind reader, I have lived too fast! And alas! that I have thus lived! My experience has been brief in deed, but full of the bitter and the sweet. My life has been a web of mingled yarn; and sometimes the skein was so much tangled and twisted that it seemed to me I could never straighten it out! But, thanks to an Unseen, but not Unfelt Power, I have been plucked as a brand from the burning, and rescued from an untimely and dishonorable grave; while others have fallen never to rise again.

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Bradbury, Osgood: The Old Distiller. v1. 2 Oct 2016

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Osgood Bradbury: Born ??: died 1931

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"THIS is, indeed, a very strange world, or rather I should say, there are strange men and women in it," soliloquized Kate Crochet, as she sat before a kitchen fire in Mr. Sharpman's house. "How easy some girls fall in love! Why, the look from a man, even a single look, will make some hearts flutter, but, thank my stars, it is not so with me. I begin to think I shall never love any man in this world, and yet I feel sometimes as if it would be pleasant to be loved, if I did not make any return. I suppose Mike Twattle really believes he loves me, and perhaps he does. There's no telling what to believe from what a man says. His lips may say one thing, and his heart at the same time may mean another. I sometimes wish we were all in the spiritual state, or that we had been created first into that state, for the Swedenborgians say a spirit cannot long remain a hypocrite. His or her real character will soon develop itself; for in the spiritual world a being cannot say one thing and mean another."

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Braddon, M. E.: The Shadow in the Corner (collected ghosts). v1. 12 Nov 2020

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THE SHADOW IN THE CORNER
and Other Hauntings

[This is my own compilation. The contents were originally published 1860 ~ 1896.
The text of this book is in the public domain worldwide.[/

A collection of eerie stories by Mary Elizabeth Braddon, one of the most popular Victorian authors of “sensation” fiction. Thirteen ghost stories; and additionally, three mysteries (the final titles in the collection) with tendencies to “weird” fiction.

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Mary Elizabeth Braddon (4 October 1835 – 4 February 1915) was a popular English novelist of the Victorian era. Her prolific pen produced more than 80 novels with inventive plots. The most famous is [Lady Audley’s Secret[/ (1862), which won her recognition, and a fortune as a bestseller. It has remained in print since its publication and has been dramatized and filmed several times.

Braddon’s legacy is tied to the sensation fiction of the 1860s, but she also wrote a number of ghost stories, and the novel [Gerard, or the World, the Flesh, and the Devil[/ (1891), a “pact with the devil” story.
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Braddon, Mary Elizabeth: Birds of Prey. V1. 26 Oct 2009

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Mary Elizabeth Braddon (4 October 1837 – 4 February 1915) was a British Victorian era popular novelist. She is best known for her 1862 sensation novel Lady Audley's Secret.

Excerpt
“What about?” There are some houses whereof the outward aspect is sealed with the seal of respectability—houses which inspire confidence in the minds of the most sceptical of butchers and bakers—houses at whose area-gates the tradesman delivers his goods undoubtingly, and from whose spotless door-steps the vagabond children of the neighbourhood recoil as from a shrine too sacred for their gambols.

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Braddon, Mary Elizabeth: Charlotte's Inheritance. V1. 29 Oct 2009

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Mary Elizabeth Braddon (4 October 1837 – 4 February 1915) was a British Victorian era popular novelist. She is best known for her 1862 sensation novel Lady Audley's Secret.

Excerpt

In the days when the Bourbon reigned over Gaul, before the “simple, sensuous, passionate” verse of Alfred de Musset had succeeded the débonnaire Muse of Beranger in the affections of young France,—in days when the site of the Trocadero was a remote and undiscovered country, and the word “exposition” unknown in the Academic dictionary, and the Gallic Augustus destined to rebuild the city yet an exile,—a young law-student boarded, in common with other students, in a big dreary-looking house at the corner of the Rue Grande-Mademoiselle, abutting on the Place Lauzun, and within some ten minutes walk of the Luxembourg. It was a very dingy quarter, though noble gentlemen and lovely ladies had once occupied the great ghastly mansions, and disported themselves in the gruesome gardens. But the young students were in nowise oppressed by the ghastliness of their abode.

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Braddon, Mary Elizabeth: Eveline’s Visitant, v1, 3 March 2010.

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Mary Elizabeth Braddon [1835–1915]
Eveline’s Visitant [1862]

A vengeful ghost hits on a particularly hurtful way of haunting his enemies in this short story, set in Regency France.

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Braddon, Mary Elizabeth: Fenton's Quest. V1. 28 Oct 2009

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Mary Elizabeth Braddon (4 October 1837 – 4 February 1915) was a British Victorian era popular novelist. She is best known for her 1862 sensation novel Lady Audley's Secret.

Excerpt
A warm summer evening, with a sultry haze brooding over the level landscape, and a Sabbath stillness upon all things in the village of Lidford, Midlandshire. In the remoter corners of the old gothic church the shadows are beginning to gather, as the sermon draws near its close; but in the centre aisle and about the pulpit there is broad daylight still shining-in from the wide western window, across the lower half of which there are tall figures of the Evangelists in old stained glass.

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Braddon, Mary Elizabeth: Good Lady Ducayne, v1, 11 December 2009.

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Mary Elizabeth Braddon (1835–1915)
Good Lady Ducayne (1896)

A young woman takes a job as a companion to old Lady Ducayne, whose previous companions have died. On a trip to Italy, the young woman notices curious bites on her body…

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Braddon, Mary Elizabeth: Henry Dunbar. V1. 12 Nov 2009

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Mary Elizabeth Braddon (4 October 1837 – 4 February 1915) was a British Victorian era popular novelist. She is best known for her 1862 sensation novel Lady Audley's Secret.

Excerpt
If anything can console me for the loss of my dear grandfather, it is the thought that you will come back at last, and that I shall see you once more. You can never know, dearest father, what a bitter sorrow this cruel separation has been to me. It has seemed so hard that we who are so rich should have been parted as we have been, while poor children have their fathers with them. Money seems such a small thing when it cannot bring us the presence of those we love. And I do love you, dear papa, truly and devotedly, though I cannot even remember your face, and have not so much as a picture of you to recall you to my recollection.

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Braddon, Mary Elizabeth: Lady Audley's Secret.V1.30 Jan 2013

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Mary Elizabeth Braddon (4 October 1835 – 4 February 1915) was a British Victorian era popular novelist. She is best known for her 1862 sensation novel Lady Audley's Secret.

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Braddon, Mary Elizabeth: London Pride. V1. 12 Nov 2009

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Mary Elizabeth Braddon (4 October 1837 – 4 February 1915) was a British Victorian era popular novelist. She is best known for her 1862 sensation novel Lady Audley's Secret.

Excerpt
Could she go back to such a life as that? Go back! Leave all she loved? At the mere suggestion her trembling hand was stretched out involuntarily to clasp her niece Henriette, kneeling beside her. Leave them--leave those with whom and for whom she lived? Leave this loving child--her sister--her brother? Fareham had told her to call him "Brother." He had been to her as a brother, with all a brother's kindness, counselling her, confiding in her.

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Braddon, Mary Elizabeth: Milly Darrell, v1, 3 March 2010.

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Mary Elizabeth Braddon [1835–1915]
Milly Darrell [1871]

A young woman acquires a cruel stepmother when her father remarries. To what lengths will she go, after the girl’s father dies?

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Braddon, Mary Elizabeth: Milly Darrell. V1. 13 Nov 2009

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Mary Elizabeth Braddon (4 October 1837 – 4 February 1915) was a British Victorian era popular novelist. She is best known for her 1862 sensation novel Lady Audley's Secret.

Excerpt
I was just nineteen years of age when I began my career as articled pupil with the Miss Bagshots of Albury Lodge, Fendale, Yorkshire. My father was a country curate, with a delicate wife and four children, of whom I was the eldest; and I had known from my childhood that the day must come in which I should have to get my own living in almost the only vocation open to a poor gentleman’s daughter. I had been fairly educated near home, and the first opportunity that arose for placing me out in the world had been gladly seized upon by my poor father, who consented to pay the modest premium required by the Miss Bagshots, in order that I might be taught the duties of a governess, and essay my powers of tuition upon the younger pupils at Albury Lodge.

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Braddon, Mary Elizabeth: Phantom Fortune. V1. 13 Nov 2009

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Mary Elizabeth Braddon (4 October 1837 – 4 February 1915) was a British Victorian era popular novelist. She is best known for her 1862 sensation novel Lady Audley's Secret.

Excerpt
It was known that I was of East Indian birth, but little more was known about me. It was only when years had gone by and I was a merchant on my own account and could afford to go to India on a voyage of discovery--yes, as much a voyage of discovery as that of Vasco de Gama or of Drake--that I got from the Madras agent the clue which enabled me, at the cost of infinite patience and infinite labour, to unravel the mystery of my birth. There is no need to enter now upon the details of that story. I have overwhelming documentary evidence--a cloud of witnesses--to convince the most sceptical as to who and what I am.

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Braddon, Mary Elizabeth: Run to Earth. V1. 14 Nov 2009

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Mary Elizabeth Braddon (4 October 1837 – 4 February 1915) was a British Victorian era popular novelist. She is best known for her 1862 sensation novel Lady Audley's Secret.

Excerpt
Seven-and-twenty years ago, and a bleak evening in March. There are gas-lamps flaring down in Ratcliff Highway, and the sound of squeaking fiddles and trampling feet in many public-houses tell of festivity provided for Jack-along-shore. The emporiums of slop-sellers are illuminated for the better display of tarpaulin coats and hats, so stiff of build that they look like so many sea-faring suicides, pendent from the low ceilings. These emporiums are here and there enlivened by festoons of many-coloured bandana handkerchief’s; and on every pane of glass in shop or tavern window is painted the glowing representation of Britannia’s pride, the immortal Union Jack.

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Braddon, Mary Elizabeth: The Cold Embrace, v1, 23 February 2010.

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Mary Elizabeth Braddon [1839–1915]
The Cold Embrace [1860]

A short story about a faithless artist. Will he get his comeuppance?
The cover image is Millais’s “Ophelia.”

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Braddon, Mary Elizabeth: The Lovels of Arden. V1. 13 Nov 2009

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Mary Elizabeth Braddon (4 October 1837 – 4 February 1915) was a British Victorian era popular novelist. She is best known for her 1862 sensation novel Lady Audley's Secret.

Excerpt
The lamps of the Great Northern Terminus at King’s Cross had not long been lighted, when a cab deposited a young lady and her luggage at the departure platform. It was an October twilight, cold and gray, and the place had a cheerless and dismal aspect to that solitary young traveller, to whom English life and an English atmosphere were somewhat strange.
She had been seven years abroad, in a school near Paris; rather an expensive seminary, where the number of pupils was limited, the masters and mistresses, learned in divers modern accomplishments, numerous, and the dietary of foreign slops and messes without stint.

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Braddon, Mary Elizabeth: The Shadow in the Corner, v1, 27 February 2010.

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Mary Elizabeth Braddon [1837–1915]
The Shadow in the Corner [1879]

What is the secret of the mysterious room in Wildheath Grange? And why is the new housemaid looking pale and wan?

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Braddon, Mary Elizabeth: Vixen, Volume I. V1. 14 Nov 2009

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Mary Elizabeth Braddon (4 October 1837 – 4 February 1915) was a British Victorian era popular novelist. She is best known for her 1862 sensation novel Lady Audley's Secret.

Excerpt
The moon had newly risen, a late October moon, a pale almost imperceptible crescent, above the dark pine spires in the thicket through which Roderick Vawdrey came, gun in hand, after a long day’s rabbit-shooting. It was not his nearest way home, but he liked the broad clearing in the pine wood, which had a ghostly look at dusk, and was so still and lonely that the dart of a squirrel through the fallen leaves was a startling event.

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Braddon, Mary Elizabeth: Vixen, Volume II. V1. 15 Nov 2009

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Mary Elizabeth Braddon (4 October 1837 – 4 February 1915) was a British Victorian era popular novelist. She is best known for her 1862 sensation novel Lady Audley's Secret.

Excerpt
For the rest of the way Violet walked with Mrs. Scobel, and at the garden-gate of the Vicarage Roderick Vawdrey wished them both good-night, and tramped off, with his basket on his back and his rod on his shoulder, for the long walk to Briarwood.
Here the children separated, and ran off to their scattered homes, dropping grateful bob-curtsies to the last—“louting,” as they called it in their Forest dialect.
“You must come in and have some tea, Violet,” said Mrs. Scobel. “You must be very tired.”

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Braddon, Mary Elizabeth: Vixen, Volume III. V1. 15 Nov 2009

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Mary Elizabeth Braddon (4 October 1837 – 4 February 1915) was a British Victorian era popular novelist. She is best known for her 1862 sensation novel Lady Audley's Secret.

Excerpt
After a long sleepless night of tossing to and fro, Vixen rose with the first stir of life in the old house, and made herself ready to face the bleak hard world. Her meditations of the night had brought no new light to her mind. It was very clear to her that she must go away—as far as possible—from her old home. Her banishment was necessary for everybody’s sake. For the sake of Rorie, who must behave like a man of honour, and keep his engagement with Lady Mabel, and shut his old playfellow out of his heart. For the sake of Mrs. Winstanley, who could never be happy while there was discord in her home; and last of all, for Violet herself, who felt that joy and peace had fled from the Abbey House for ever, and that it would be better to be anywhere, in the coldest strangest region of this wide earth, verily friendless and alone among strange faces, than here among friends who were but friends in name, and among scenes that were haunted with the ghosts of dead joys.

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Braden, Benton: Benton Braden Sampler. V1. 19 Jun 2012

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Benton Braden: No biographical data dound.

GUINEA PIG MONEY
A SHROUD FOR MR. HYDE
ONE SHOT TRICK

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Bradford, William: Bradford's history of Plimouth Plantation.v1.25 nov 2105

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A bit of history in the words of a man who was there.

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Bradish, Sarah Powers: Old Norse Stories. V1. 24-December-2024

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Stories from 'Poetic Edda' retold for young readers.

The original had illustrations of some of the gods. I've included an illustrated and a non-illustrated version. The illustrations are not of the best quality, as I was working from a relatively shoddy scan.

This is a pretty interesting book, if like me you've never read 'Poetic Edda'.

One little note, the Norse Words section, seems to display the pronunciation markers different, dependent on what e-reader you're using. They are definitely coded correctly, so I think this may be a problem with the e-readers, rather than something I've done.

This is the same version as the epub which is in version 3, for whatever reason I never upload it in AZW3 format.

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Bradish, Sarah Powers: Stories of Country Life. V1. 4-January-2025

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Little short stories about the life of Walter, a young farm boy, and his adventures on and around the farm. Apparently the stories are semi autobiographical. I only made this, because along with Old Norse Stories, it completes Sarah Powers Bradish's bibliography.

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Bradley, A.C.: Shakespearean Tragedy. v1, 24 Jan 2009

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This book, originally published in 1904, is based on lectures originally given at Glasgow and Oxford Universities on the subject of Shakespeare's four great tragedies: Hamlet, Othello, King Lear, and Macbeth. The author, A.C. Bradley, was formerly professor of poetry at Oxford University. The book has very extensive footnotes, and a series of longer notes covering topics of interest arising from the main lecture material.

A fascinating read for anyone interested in the subject matter.

Enjoy!

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Brady, Cyrus Townsend: A Little Traitor to the South. V1. 18 Oct 2011

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Cyrus Townsend Brady (December 20, 1861 – January 24, 1920) was a journalist, historian and adventure writer. His most well-known work is "Indian Fights and Fighters". He was born in Allegheny, Pennsylvania, and graduated from the U.S. Naval Academy in 1883. He was also a deacon in the Episcopal church. His first wife was Clarissa Guthrie, who died in 1890. His second wife was Mary Barrett.

Excerpt
"The tragic interlude" in this little war-time comedy of the affections really happened as I have described it. The men who went to their death beside theHousatonicin Charleston harbor were Lieutenant George F. Dixon of the Twenty-first Alabama Infantry, in command; Captain J. F. Carlson of Wagoner's Battery; and Seamen Becker, Simpkins, Wicks, Collins, and Ridgway of the Confederate Navy, all volunteers. These names should be written in letters of gold on the roll of heroes. No more gallant exploit was ever performed. The qualities and characteristics of that death trap, theDavid, were well known to everybody. The history of former attempts to work her is accurately set down in the text of the story. Dixon and his men should be remembered with Decatur, Cushing, Nields, and Hobson.

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Brady, Cyrus Townsend: And Thus He Came. V1. 17 Oct 2011

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Cyrus Townsend Brady (December 20, 1861 – January 24, 1920) was a journalist, historian and adventure writer. His most well-known work is "Indian Fights and Fighters". He was born in Allegheny, Pennsylvania, and graduated from the U.S. Naval Academy in 1883. He was also a deacon in the Episcopal church. His first wife was Clarissa Guthrie, who died in 1890. His second wife was Mary Barrett.

A Christmas Fantasy

Suddenly the music stopped, the conversation ceased, the laughter died away. Almost, as it were, poised in the air, the dancers stood amazed. One looked to another in surprise. Something stole throughout the room which was neither music, nor lights, nor fragrance, but which was life—a presence!
"Do you see that child?" asked the wildest of the dancers of her escort. "There," she pointed. "He looks like a very little boy."

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Brady, Cyrus Townsend: For Love of Country. v1. 11 Jul 2013

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Cyrus Townsend Brady (December 20, 1861 – January 24, 1920) was a journalist, historian and adventure writer. His most well-known work is "Indian Fights and Fighters". He was born in Allegheny, Pennsylvania, and graduated from the U.S. Naval Academy in 1883. He was also a deacon in the Episcopal church. His first wife was Clarissa Guthrie, who died in 1890. His second wife was Mary Barrett.

Excerpt
Since the action of this story falls during the periods, and the book deals with personages and incidents, which are usually treated of in the more serious pages of history, it is proper that some brief word of explanation should be written by which I might confirm some of the romantic happenings hereafter related, which to the casual reader may appear to draw too heavily upon his credulity for acceptance.

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Brady, Cyrus Townsend: Sir Henry Morgan, Buccaneer. V1. 21 Oct 2011

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Cyrus Townsend Brady (December 20, 1861 – January 24, 1920) was a journalist, historian and adventure writer. His most well-known work is "Indian Fights and Fighters". He was born in Allegheny, Pennsylvania, and graduated from the U.S. Naval Academy in 1883. He was also a deacon in the Episcopal church. His first wife was Clarissa Guthrie, who died in 1890. His second wife was Mary Barrett.

A Romance of the Spanish Main

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Brady, Cyrus Townsend: South American Fights and Fighters. V1. 20 Oct 2011

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Cyrus Townsend Brady (December 20, 1861 – January 24, 1920) was a journalist, historian and adventure writer. His most well-known work is "Indian Fights and Fighters". He was born in Allegheny, Pennsylvania, and graduated from the U.S. Naval Academy in 1883. He was also a deacon in the Episcopal church. His first wife was Clarissa Guthrie, who died in 1890. His second wife was Mary Barrett.

Historical Tales of Adventure

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Brady, Cyrus Townsend: The Chalice Of Courage. V1, 16 Oct 2011

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Cyrus Townsend Brady (December 20, 1861 – January 24, 1920) was a journalist, historian and adventure writer. His most well-known work is "Indian Fights and Fighters". He was born in Allegheny, Pennsylvania, and graduated from the U.S. Naval Academy in 1883. He was also a deacon in the Episcopal church. His first wife was Clarissa Guthrie, who died in 1890. His second wife was Mary Barrett.

Excerpt
Armstrong was past speech. The inveteracy of his hatred could be seen even in his fast glazing eyes, the indomitableness of his purpose yet spoke in the negative shake of his head. He could die, but he would die in his hate and in his purpose.
Enid ran to the two, she grappled Newbold's arm with both her own and strove with all her might to tear it away from the other's throat. Her lover paid no more attention to her than if a summer breeze had touched him. Armstrong grew black in the face, his limbs relaxed, another second or two and it would have been over with him.

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Brady, Cyrus Townsend: The Eagle of the Empire. V1. 17 Oct 2011

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Cyrus Townsend Brady (December 20, 1861 – January 24, 1920) was a journalist, historian and adventure writer. His most well-known work is "Indian Fights and Fighters". He was born in Allegheny, Pennsylvania, and graduated from the U.S. Naval Academy in 1883. He was also a deacon in the Episcopal church. His first wife was Clarissa Guthrie, who died in 1890. His second wife was Mary Barrett.

A Story of Waterloo

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Brainerd, Eleanor Hoyt: Concerning Belinda. V1. 22 Oct 2011

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Eleanor Hoyt Brainerd (January 31, 1868-March 18, 1942) was an American author of the early 20th century. She published at least 10 novels, mostly written for young women.

Extract
TO all principals of New York boarding-schools, the author of these sketches offers humble apologies for having approached those excellent institutions chiefly from their humorous side.
That the city boarding-school has its earnest and serious phases, its charming and sensible pupils, no rational mortal could deny; but each finishing school has, also, its Amelias, and their youthful absurdities offer tempting material to the writer of tales.

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Bramah, Ernest: Kai Lung Unrolls His Mat, v. 1, 9/3/16

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This is the third in a series of books (published in 1928) about Kai Lung, Bramah's storytelling adventurer. The first two ([The Wallet of Kai Lung[/ and [Kai Lung's Golden Hours[/) have already been posted by Patricia and weatherwax.

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Bramah, Ernest: Kai Lung’s Golden Hours. v1, 28 Aug 2007.

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Ernest Bramah
KAI LUNG’S GOLDEN HOURS
First Published 1922.
With a Preface by Hilaire Belloc

A sequel to ‘The Wallet of Kai Lung’.
Contains chinoiserie and aphorisms. The origin of the willow pattern is explained; a scholar studies by the light of glow-worms; Kai Lung is condemned to death, but finds a beautiful and resourceful maiden.

I have added some pictures, a TOC and reformatted the PG textfile.

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Bramah, Ernest: Max Carrados Omnibus. v2, 11 Jan 2008

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An omnibus collection of stories featuring Max Carrados, the blind detective.

From Wikipedia:

It was not until 1914 the eponymous Max Carrados, the blind detective, appeared. Crime literature up to that time had its share of detectives with a variety of disabilities – paraplegic, amputees, deafness, facial disfigurement, asthma as well as bumblers, alcoholics and outright certifiable idiots. Carrados was not a tawdry attempt just to be different. It was a serious contribution to show that the blind did not live in total darkness and are as capable in many respects as of seeing as well as the sighted. Given the somewhat outlandish idea that a blind man could be a detective, albeit an amateur one, Bramah was forced to justify Carrados’s uncanny powers as a response to the criticism the first book received.

In the second Carrados book [The Eyes of Max Carrados[/, in a long introduction, Bramah compared his hero’s achievements with the equally incredible achievements of real life blind people such as Nicholas Saunderson, Lucasian Professor of Mathematics at Cambridge, Blind Jack of Knaresborough the road builder, John Fielding the Bow Street Magistrate of whom it was said he could identify 3,000 thieves by their voices and Helen Keller. Bramah’s sympathy for and understanding of the blind was both sincere and practical.

The Max Carrados stories appeared alongside Sherlock Holmes in the [Strand Magazine[/, indeed they had top billing and frequently outsold his eminent contemporary even if they never achieved the longevity of Holmes.

Enjoy!

NB: I believe that this is now a complete collection of Max Carrados stories. If I come across any more, I'll add them to this omnibus.

EDIT: 11 Jan 08

My previous comment about the collection being complete was far from accurate! Added 8 more stories to the omnibus; I'm aware of about half a dozen more which are still missing. Uploaded v2.

Previous download count: 36

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Bramah, Ernest: The Bravo of London, v. 1, 24/2/16

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MR has a lot of Ernest Bramah (1868-1942), including an omnibus of Max Carrados stories by HarryT. [The Bravo of London[/ (1934) is the only novel about Carrados and, I think, is not available here (if I'm wrong, let me know and I'll remove this upload).

Carrados is a very interesting character, and Bramah's mysteries were once considered serious rivals to Doyle and Sherlock Holmes. The main flaw with this particular one, in my opinion, is that Carrados takes a back seat to the villains.

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Bramah, Ernest: The Mirror of Kong Ho, v.1, 3 Nov 2007.

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Ernest Bramah: ‘The Mirror of Kong Ho,’ (1905)

Tonight I am posting two books which use reverse anthropology as a device. The plot summary at the beginning of this work says:

‘A lively and amusing collection of letters on western living written by Kong Ho, a Chinese gentleman. These addressed to his homeland, refer to the Westerners in London as barbarians and many of the aids to life in our society give Kong Ho endless food for thought. These are things such as the motor car and the piano; unknown in China at this time.’

I have already posted two of Brahmah’s ‘Kai Lung’ stories and HarryT has given us an omnibus of Brahmah’s ‘Max Carrados’ detective stories.

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Bramah, Ernest: The Wallet of Kai Lung, v1, 27 Aug 2007.

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THE WALLET OF KAI LUNG
By
Ernest Bramah

First Published 1900 by Mr Grant Richards.

“Ho, illustrious passers-by!” says Kai Lung as he spreads out his embroidered mat under the mulberry-tree. “It is indeed unlikely that you could condescend to stop and listen to the foolish words of such an insignificant and altogether deformed person as myself. Nevertheless, if you will but retard your elegant footsteps for a few moments, this exceedingly unprepossessing individual will endeavour to entertain you.” This is a collection of Kai Lung’s entertaining tales, told professionally in the market places as he travelled about; told sometimes to occupy and divert the minds of his enemies when they were intent on torturing him.

Wikipedia informs us that Bramah spent some time as Jerome K Jerome’s secretary; later became a recluse; also that:

With Kai Lung, Bramah invented a form of Mandarin English that has never been successfully copied although many have tried. It is impossible to write about the glories of Kai Lung without quoting from some of the six books that comprise the Kai Lung canon.

'‘Kai Lung rose guardedly to his feet, with many gestures of polite assurance and having bowed several times to indicate his pacific nature, he stood in an attitude of deferential admiration. At this display the elder and less attractive of the maidens fled, uttering loud and continuous cries of apprehension in order to conceal the direction of her flight.’
and
'In particular, there is among this august crowd of Mandarins one Wang Yu, who has departed on three previous occasions without bestowing the reward of a single cash. If the feeble and covetous Wang Yu will place in his very ordinary bowl the price of one of his exceedingly ill-made pipes, this unworthy person will proceed.’
and
‘After secretly observing the unstudied grace of her movements, the most celebrated picture-maker of the province burned the implements of his craft, and began life anew as a trainer of performing elephants.’
The Kai Lung stories are studded with proverbs and aphorisms that delight.
• “He who lacks a single tael sees many bargains.”
• “It is a mark of insincerity of purpose to spend one’s time in looking for the sacred Emperor in low-class teashops.”
• “It has been said there are few situations in life that cannot be honourably settled, and without loss of time, either by suicide, a bag of gold or by thrusting a despised antagonist over the edge of a precipice on a dark night.”

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Brame, Charlotte M: A Mad Love. V1. 23 Nov 2010

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Brame, Charlotte M., 1836-1884. Charlotte Mary Brame (usually known as Charlotte M. Brame, last name sometimes mistakenly given as Braeme; appeared under pseudonyms in America, notably Bertha M. Clay, and was sometimes identified by the name of her most famous novel, Dora Thorne) (November 1, 1836 - November 25, 1884) was an English novelist.

Excerpt
"Leone," cried a loud voice, "where are you? Here, there, everywhere, except just in the place where you should be."
The speaker was a tall, stout, good-tempered looking man. Farmer Noel people called him all over the country-side. He stood in the farmyard, looking all the warmer this warm day for his exertions in finding his niece

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Brame, Charlotte M: Coralie. V1. 22 Nov 2010

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Brame, Charlotte M., 1836-1884. Charlotte Mary Brame (usually known as Charlotte M. Brame, last name sometimes mistakenly given as Braeme; appeared under pseudonyms in America, notably Bertha M. Clay, and was sometimes identified by the name of her most famous novel, Dora Thorne) (November 1, 1836 - November 25, 1884) was an English novelist.

Excerpt
"Eighty pounds a year!" My reader can imagine that this was no great fortune. I had little or nothing to spend in kid gloves or cigars; indeed, to speak plain, prosaic English, I went without a good dinner far oftener than I had one. Yet, withal, I was passing rich on eighty pounds a year

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Brame, Charlotte M: Dora Thorne . V1. 23 Nov 2010

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Brame, Charlotte M., 1836-1884. Charlotte Mary Brame (usually known as Charlotte M. Brame, last name sometimes mistakenly given as Braeme; appeared under pseudonyms in America, notably Bertha M. Clay, and was sometimes identified by the name of her most famous novel, Dora Thorne) (November 1, 1836 - November 25, 1884) was an English novelist.

Excerpt
"The consequences of folly seldom end with its originator," said Lord Earle to his son. "Rely upon it, Ronald, if you were to take this most foolish and unadvisable step, you would bring misery upon yourself and every one connected with you. Listen to reason."
"There is no reason in prejudice," replied the young man haughtily. "You can not bring forward one valid reason against my marriage."

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Brame, Charlotte M: Love Works Wonders. V1. 23 Nov 2010

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Brame, Charlotte M., 1836-1884. Charlotte Mary Brame (usually known as Charlotte M. Brame, last name sometimes mistakenly given as Braeme; appeared under pseudonyms in America, notably Bertha M. Clay, and was sometimes identified by the name of her most famous novel, Dora Thorne) (November 1, 1836 - November 25, 1884) was an English novelist.

Excerpt
It was a strange place for an intelligence office, yet Madame Selini evidently knew what she was doing when she established her office in an aristocratic neighborhood, and actually next door to the family mansion of the Countess Dowager of Barewood. The worthy countess was shocked, and, taking counsel of her hopes, predicted that Madame Selini's institution would soon prove a failure. Notwithstanding this prediction, the agency prospered, and among its patrons were many of the nobility.

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Brame, Charlotte M: Marion Arleigh's Penance. V1. 24 Nov 2010

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Brame, Charlotte M., 1836-1884. Charlotte Mary Brame (usually known as Charlotte M. Brame, last name sometimes mistakenly given as Braeme; appeared under pseudonyms in America, notably Bertha M. Clay, and was sometimes identified by the name of her most famous novel, Dora Thorne) (November 1, 1836 - November 25, 1884) was an English novelist.

Excerpt
Three o'clock, and the express leaves Euston Square for Scotland at a quarter past. The heat in the station is very great, the noise almost deafening; huge engines are pouring out volumes of steam, the shrill whistle sounds, porters are hurrying to and fro. The quarter-past three train is a great favorite—more people travel by that than by any other—and the platform is crowded by ladies, children, tourists, commercial gentlemen.

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Brame, Charlotte M: The Coquette's Victim. V1. 22 Nov 2010

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Brame, Charlotte M., 1836-1884. Charlotte Mary Brame (usually known as Charlotte M. Brame, last name sometimes mistakenly given as Braeme; appeared under pseudonyms in America, notably Bertha M. Clay, and was sometimes identified by the name of her most famous novel, Dora Thorne) (November 1, 1836 - November 25, 1884) was an English novelist.

Excerpt
Mr. Kent was a very able magistrate. He had sat on the bench for many years and was considered a man of great legal attainments and skill. He very seldom erred in his judgment, and being gifted with a natural shrewdness, he saw the difference at once between a guilty and an innocent man.

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Brame, Charlotte M: The Tragedy of the Chain Pier. V1. 24 Nov 2010

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Brame, Charlotte M., 1836-1884. Charlotte Mary Brame (usually known as Charlotte M. Brame, last name sometimes mistakenly given as Braeme; appeared under pseudonyms in America, notably Bertha M. Clay, and was sometimes identified by the name of her most famous novel, Dora Thorne) (November 1, 1836 - November 25, 1884) was an English novelist.

Excerpt
Most visitors to Brighton prefer the new pier; it is altogether a more magnificent affair. It is in the fashionable town, for fashion will go westward; it is larger, more commodious, more frequented. Go to the West Pier when you will, there is always something to see; beautiful women, pretty girls, fashionable belles promenade incessantly.

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Brame, Charlotte M: Wife in Name Only. V1. 25 Nov 2010

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Brame, Charlotte M., 1836-1884. Charlotte Mary Brame (usually known as Charlotte M. Brame, last name sometimes mistakenly given as Braeme; appeared under pseudonyms in America, notably Bertha M. Clay, and was sometimes identified by the name of her most famous novel, Dora Thorne) (November 1, 1836 - November 25, 1884) was an English novelist.

Excerpt
It was the close Of an autumn day, and Dr. Stephen Letsom had been standing for some time at his window watching the sun go down. It faded slowly out of the western sky. There had been a golden flush with the sunset which changed into crimson, then into purple, and finally into dull gray tints that were forerunners of the shades of night. Dr. Stephen Letsom had watched it with sad, watchful eyes. The leaves on the trees had seemed to be dyed first in red, then in purple. The chrysanthemums changed color with every phase of the sunset; there was a wail in the autumn wind as though the trees and flowers were mourning over their coming fate. There was something of sadness in the whole aspect of nature.

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Brand, Max: "Murder Me!", (1935) v1

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First published as a 7 part serial in Detective Fiction Weekly starting 21 September 1935, under the title (quotes included in title):

"―Murder Me!"

Dan Barry, desperate to die, finds that he can't bring himself to commit suicide. So he hires an old enemy, Willett, to murder him.

"IT WAS MORE than an hour later when Willett sat again at the fire of David Barry, smoking, blowing up the smoke, looking carefully through the brown mist toward the dead man. Barry hung by the neck with a doubled curtain-cord tied about his throat. The cord was fastened to the balustrade of the library gallery. He was still swaying—the force in a pendulum runs down so slowly—and the movement stirred slightly the silver of his lifted hair. This gave him a touch of life. His face held a slightly sardonic grin and his head, twisted to the side, added an air of thought."

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Brand, Max: Alcatraz v2 14 may 2009

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Max Brand:

Frederick Schiller Faust (1892-1944) was an American fiction author known primarily for his thoughtful and literary Westerns. Faust wrote mostly under pen names, and today he is primarily known by one, Max Brand. Others include George Owen Baxter, Martin Dexter, Evin Evans, David Manning, Peter Dawson, John Frederick, and Pete Morland. Faust was born in Seattle. He grew up in central California and later worked as a cowhand on one of the many ranches of the San Joaquin Valley. Faust attended the University of California, Berkeley, where he began to write frequently. During the 1910s, Faust started to sell stories to the many emerging pulp magazines of the era. In the 1920s, Faust wrote furiously in many genres, achieving success and fame, first in the pulps and later in the upscale "slick" magazines. His love for mythology was, however, a constant source of inspiration for his fiction and his classical and literary inclinations.

Alcatraz:

[QUOTThe west wind came over the Eagles, gathered purity from the evergreen slopes of the mountains, blew across the foothills and league wide fields, and came at length to the stallion with a touch of coolness and enchanting scents of far-off things. Just as his head went up, just as the breeze lifted mane and tail, Marianne Jordan halted her pony and drew in her breath with pleasure. For she had caught from the chestnut in the corral one flash of perfection and those far-seeing eyes called to mind the Arab belief.[/QUOT

A splendid LRF version of this book has been made by the fabulous Dr.Drib

Here are the ePub and Mobi versions of one of the greatest westerns of all time.

PS: The great cover comes right from the Manybooks version of this book. You did a good job there, dear Manybooks crew!

version 2: smoothed layout bugs (19 views)

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Brand, Max: Black Jack v1 13 aug 2009

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Frederick Schiller Faust (May 29,1892 –May 12, 1944) was an American author known primarily for his thoughtful and literary Westerns. Faust wrote mostly under pen names, but today is primarily known by only one, Max Brand. Others include George Owen Baxter, George Evans, David Manning, John Frederick, Peter Morland, George Challis, and Frederick Frost.

Faust managed a massive outpouring of fiction, rivaling Edgar Wallace and Isaac Asimov as one of the most prolific authors of all time. He wrote more than 500 novels for magazines and almost as many stories of shorter length. His total literary output is estimated to have been between 25,000,000 and 30,000,000 words. Most of his books and stories were turned out at breakneck rate, sometimes as quickly as 12,000 words in the course of a weekend. New books based on magazine serials or were previously unpublished continue to appear, so that Faust has averaged a new book every four months for seventy-five years. Beyond this, some work by him is newly reprinted every week of every year, in one format or another, somewhere in the world.(wikipedia)

Black Jack:(1926) For 25 years, Terry Colby has lived a sheltered life. Raised and cared for by Elizabeth Cornish, Terry has been educated as a gentleman and led to believe that he is the last of the Colbys a fine old Virginia family. But, in truth, Terry is the son of the outlaw Black Jack Hollis. When Hollis was murdered, Elizabeth bet her brother, Vance, that she could raise Hollis's son to be an honest man, that it was the environment and not the blood that determined a man's character. Before the evening of Terry's 25th birthday, Vance sets a series of events in motion that will put Elizabeth's belief in Terry to the test. As usual, Brand's West is peopled with characters from mythology grander and much more eloquent than average dime-novel heroes.(Fantastic fiction)

Original Cover (slightly altered) Source: Project Gutenberg. ePub was made with Sigil.

This book has been posted before in LRF-format by the fabulous Dr.Drib!

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Brand, Max: Black Jack. v1. 13 Jan 2013

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Frederick Schiller Faust (May 29, 1892 – May 12, 1944) was an American author known primarily for his thoughtful and literary Westerns under the pen name Max Brand. His other pseudonyms include George Owen Baxter, George Evans, David Manning, John Frederick, Peter Morland, George Challis and Frederick Frost.

Excerpt
It was characteristic of the two that when the uproar broke out Vance Cornish raised his eyes, but went on lighting his pipe. Then his sister Elizabeth ran to the window with a swish of skirts around her long legs. After the first shot there was a lull. The little cattle town was as peaceful as ever with its storm-shaken houses staggering away down the street

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Brand, Max: Bull Hunter v1 13 azg 2009

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Frederick Schiller Faust (May 29,1892 –May 12, 1944) was an American author known primarily for his thoughtful and literary Westerns. Faust wrote mostly under pen names, but today is primarily known by only one, Max Brand. Others include George Owen Baxter, George Evans, David Manning, John Frederick, Peter Morland, George Challis, and Frederick Frost.

Faust managed a massive outpouring of fiction, rivaling Edgar Wallace and Isaac Asimov as one of the most prolific authors of all time. He wrote more than 500 novels for magazines and almost as many stories of shorter length. His total literary output is estimated to have been between 25,000,000 and 30,000,000 words. Most of his books and stories were turned out at breakneck rate, sometimes as quickly as 12,000 words in the course of a weekend. New books based on magazine serials or were previously unpublished continue to appear, so that Faust has averaged a new book every four months for seventy-five years. Beyond this, some work by him is newly reprinted every week of every year, in one format or another, somewhere in the world.(wikipedia)

Bull Hunter:Hunter was a man who could rip a tree trunk from the ground with his bare hands or tame the wildest stallion with his kind manner. Nobody west of the Pecos would have dared run afoul of the mighty frontiersman. But Pete Reeve didn't have the reputation of a dead shot because he relied on his common sense. Then Bull and Pete crossed paths, and townsfolk from Cheyenne to San Antonio braced for the battle.

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Brand, Max: Destry Rides Again (1930); v1

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Max Brand (Frederick Schiller Faust, 1892-1944) not only wrote many westerns and several crime novels, he also created Dr Kildare, which became a movie franchise and later a TV series.

"Destry Rides Again" tells of Harrison Destry, who is framed and imprisoned for a robbery he did not commit. Out of jail, he sets out to find and punish those who lied him into jail.

The various "Destry" movies, with Tom Mix, James Stewart and Audie Murphy as Destry, bear little or no relation to the book, and even change Destry's first name to Tom. There was a Broadway musical, and a TV series starring John Gavin, which ran only one season.

It is one of the best-selling westerns, never out of print.

Merry Christmas!

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Brand, Max: Gunman's Reckoning. v1. 13 Jan 2013

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Frederick Schiller Faust (May 29, 1892 – May 12, 1944) was an American author known primarily for his thoughtful and literary Westerns under the pen name Max Brand. His other pseudonyms include George Owen Baxter, George Evans, David Manning, John Frederick, Peter Morland, George Challis and Frederick Frost.

Excerpt
The fifty empty freights danced and rolled and rattled on the rough road bed and filled Jericho Pass with thunder; the big engine was laboring and grunting at the grade, but five cars back the noise of the locomotive was lost. Yet there is a way to talk above the noise of a freight train just as there is a way to whistle into the teeth of a stiff wind. This freight-car talk is pitched just above the ordinary tone--it is an overtone of conversation, one might say--and it is distinctly nasal. The brakie could talk above the racket, and so, of course, could Lefty Joe. They sat about in the center of the train, on the forward end of one of the cars. No matter how the train lurched and staggered over that fearful road bed, these two swayed in their places as easily and as safely as birds on swinging perches. The brakie had touched Lefty Joe for two dollars; he had secured fifty cents; and since the vigor of Lefty's oaths had convinced him that this was all the money the tramp had, the two now sat elbow to elbow and killed the distance with their talk.

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Brand, Max: Harrigan. v1. 13 Jan 2013

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Frederick Schiller Faust (May 29, 1892 – May 12, 1944) was an American author known primarily for his thoughtful and literary Westerns under the pen name Max Brand. His other pseudonyms include George Owen Baxter, George Evans, David Manning, John Frederick, Peter Morland, George Challis and Frederick Frost.

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But Harrigan went on his way without misgivings, not that he forgot the policeman, but he was accustomed to stand under the suspicious eye of the law. In all the course of his wanderings it had been upon him. His coming was to the men in uniform like the sound of the battle trumpet to the cavalry horse. This, however, was Harrigan's first night in Honolulu, and there was much to see, much to do. He had rambled through the streets; now he was headed for the Ivilei district. Instinct brought him there, the still, small voice which had guided him from trouble to trouble all his life.

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Brand, Max: Riders of the Silences. V1. 14 June 2012

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Riders of the Silences
by Max Brand (1919)

Frederick Schiller Faust (May 29, 1892 – May 12, 1944) was an American author known primarily for his thoughtful and literary Westerns under the pen name Max Brand. His other pseudonyms include George Owen Baxter, George Evans, David Manning, John Frederick, Peter Morland, George Challis and Frederick Frost. (Wiki)

Synopsis:
He swept down from the north like a cold blast from hell. His name was Red Pierre and he was riding a vengeance trail. They said the man he hunted couldn't be beat. But six years of riding outlaw with a wolf-pack left him with a burning hate and a taste for blood. Now he was going to get the man who shot his father. But he'd need more than hate and a gun. What he really needed was the help of a good woman.

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Brand, Max: Ronicky Doone's Reward. V1. 27 Jun 2012

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Frederick Schiller Faust (May 29, 1892 – May 12, 1944) was an American author known primarily for his thoughtful and literary Westerns under the pen name Max Brand. His other pseudonyms include George Owen Baxter, George Evans, David Manning, John Frederick, Peter Morland, George Challis and Frederick Frost.

Excerpt
The rider shot down the street, swung out of one stirrup, and rested all this weight on the other; then, when his pony flung back on braced legs, still traveling with great speed, he leaped down and ran up the steps to the hotel. His eyes were shining. He whipped off his hat and beat the dust from the crown against his leg, a great cloud of it rolling lazily down the wind.

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Brand, Max: Ronicky Doone's Treasure. V1. 27 Jun 2012

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Frederick Schiller Faust (May 29, 1892 – May 12, 1944) was an American author known primarily for his thoughtful and literary Westerns under the pen name Max Brand. His other pseudonyms include George Owen Baxter, George Evans, David Manning, John Frederick, Peter Morland, George Challis and Frederick Frost.

Excerpt
Snow had already fallen above timber line, and the horseman, struggling over the summit, looked eagerly down into the broad valleys below, dark with evergreens. There was half an hour more of sunshine, but by the time he had ridden through the belt of lodge-pole pines, those stubborn marchers up to the mountaintops, a stiffening north wind had sheeted the sky from horizon to horizon with clouds.

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Brand, Max: Ronicky Doone. V1. 26 Jun 2012

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Frederick Schiller Faust (May 29, 1892 – May 12, 1944) was an American author known primarily for his thoughtful and literary Westerns under the pen name Max Brand. His other pseudonyms include George Owen Baxter, George Evans, David Manning, John Frederick, Peter Morland, George Challis and Frederick Frost.

Excerpt
He came into the town as a solid, swiftly moving dust cloud. The wind from behind had kept the dust moving forward at a pace just equal to the gallop of his horse. Not until he had brought his mount to a halt in front of the hotel and swung down to the ground did either he or his horse become distinctly visible. Then it was seen that the animal was in the last stages of exhaustion, with dull eyes and hanging head and forelegs braced widely apart, while the sweat dripped steadily from his flanks into the white dust on the street. Plainly he had been pushed to the last limit of his strength.

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Brand, Max: Silvertip. v1. 12 Jan 2013

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Frederick Schiller Faust (May 29, 1892 – May 12, 1944) was an American author known primarily for his thoughtful and literary Westerns under the pen name Max Brand. His other pseudonyms include George Owen Baxter, George Evans, David Manning, John Frederick, Peter Morland, George Challis and Frederick Frost.

Excerpt
"SILVERTIP" was what men called him, since the other names he chose to wear were as shifting as the sands of the desert; but he was more like a great stag than a grizzly. For he was built heavy to the waist; below, he was as slender as any swift-running deer. Yet the nickname was no accident. Above his young face, high up in the hair over his temples, appeared two tufts of gray that at times and in certain lights had the look of small horns. For this reason the Mexicans were apt to call him "El Diablo," but Americans knew him as Silvertip, which they shortened often to Silver, or Tip.

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Brand, Max: Six Golden Angels (1937), v1

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A familiar situation in the story of the murder of a millionaire which is dismissed as suicide by the police but investigated by his nephew. A varied cast of suspects -- gamblers -- actresses --fake socialites -- lead to a tie-up with a politician and an underworld gang. A few new turns -- and a fast action story --not to mention dialogue with a hard punch.

Kirkus Reviews.

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Brand, Max: The Long, Long Trail. v1. 14 Jan 2013

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Frederick Schiller Faust (May 29, 1892 – May 12, 1944) was an American author known primarily for his thoughtful and literary Westerns under the pen name Max Brand. His other pseudonyms include George Owen Baxter, George Evans, David Manning, John Frederick, Peter Morland, George Challis and Frederick Frost.

Excerpt
He was popularly nicknamed Morg, and it may be understood that strangers were apt to spell the name Morgue; yet his full name, as he signed it on the day of his wedding and never again, before or after, was Morgan Algernon Valentine. Someone discovered that hidden and forbidden signature and once addressed the rancher as Algie, and the result was a violent accident.

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Brand, Max: The Night Horseman. V1. 26 Jun 2012

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Frederick Schiller Faust (May 29, 1892 – May 12, 1944) was an American author known primarily for his thoughtful and literary Westerns under the pen name Max Brand. His other pseudonyms include George Owen Baxter, George Evans, David Manning, John Frederick, Peter Morland, George Challis and Frederick Frost.

Excerpt
"You have a hundred and twenty horsepower brain and a runabout body," said the great physician.
"I have come," answered Randall Byrne faintly, "for the solution of a problem, not for the statement thereof."
"I'm not through," said the great physician. "Among other things you are a damned fool."

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Brand, Max: The Rangeland Avenger. v1. 12 Jan 2012

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Frederick Schiller Faust (May 29, 1892 – May 12, 1944) was an American author known primarily for his thoughtful and literary Westerns under the pen name Max Brand. His other pseudonyms include George Owen Baxter, George Evans, David Manning, John Frederick, Peter Morland, George Challis and Frederick Frost.

Excerpt
Failure and fear were the blight on the spirit of the rest. They had found no gold worth looking at twice, and, lingering too long in the search, they had rashly turned back on a shortcut across the desert. Two days before, the blow had fallen. They found Sawyer's water hole nearly dry, just a little pool in the center, with caked, dead mud all around it. They drained that water dry and struck on. Since then the water famine had gained a hold on them; another water hole had not a drop in it. Now they could only aim at the cool, blue mockery of the mountains before them, praying that the ponies would last to the foothills

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Brand, Max: The Seventh Man. V1. 26 Jun 2012

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Frederick Schiller Faust (May 29, 1892 – May 12, 1944) was an American author known primarily for his thoughtful and literary Westerns under the pen name Max Brand. His other pseudonyms include George Owen Baxter, George Evans, David Manning, John Frederick, Peter Morland, George Challis and Frederick Frost.

Excerpt
A man under thirty needs neighbors and to stop up the current of his life with a long silence is like obstructing a river—eventually the water either sweeps away the dam or rises over it, and the stronger the dam the more destructive is that final rush to freedom. Vic Gregg was on the danger side of thirty and he lived alone in the mountains all that winter.

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Brand, Max: The Untamed v1 25 aug 2009

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Max Brand:

Frederick Schiller Faust (1892-1944) was an American fiction author known primarily for his thoughtful and literary Westerns. Faust wrote mostly under pen names, and today he is primarily known by one, Max Brand. Others include George Owen Baxter, Martin Dexter, Evin Evans, David Manning, Peter Dawson, John Frederick, and Pete Morland. Faust was born in Seattle. He grew up in central California and later worked as a cowhand on one of the many ranches of the San Joaquin Valley. Faust attended the University of California, Berkeley, where he began to write frequently. During the 1910s, Faust started to sell stories to the many emerging pulp magazines of the era. In the 1920s, Faust wrote furiously in many genres, achieving success and fame, first in the pulps and later in the upscale "slick" magazines. His love for mythology was, however, a constant source of inspiration for his fiction and his classical and literary inclinations.

The Untamed:

Brand's career as an author of Westerns began with this tale set in an otherworldly Wild West, which first appeared as a serial in All-Story magazine and was soon transformed into a film starring Tom Mix.

Published first in 1919.
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Brand, Max: The Untamed, V1. 25 Jun 2012

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Frederick Schiller Faust (May 29, 1892 – May 12, 1944) was an American author known primarily for his thoughtful and literary Westerns under the pen name Max Brand. His other pseudonyms include George Owen Baxter, George Evans, David Manning, John Frederick, Peter Morland, George Challis and Frederick Frost.

Excerpt
Even to a high-flying bird this was a country to be passed over quickly. It was burned and brown, littered with fragments of rock, whether vast or small, as if the refuse were tossed here after the making of the world. A passing shower drenched the bald knobs of a range of granite hills and the slant morning sun set the wet rocks aflame with light. In a short time the hills lost their halo and resumed their brown. The moisture evaporated. The sun rose higher and looked sternly across the desert as if he searched for any remaining life which still struggled for existence under his burning course.

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Brand, Max: Trailin'!. v1. 14 Jan 2013

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Frederick Schiller Faust (May 29, 1892 – May 12, 1944) was an American author known primarily for his thoughtful and literary Westerns under the pen name Max Brand. His other pseudonyms include George Owen Baxter, George Evans, David Manning, John Frederick, Peter Morland, George Challis and Frederick Frost.

Excerpt
All through the exhibition the two sat unmoved; yet on the whole it was the best Wild West show that ever stirred sawdust in Madison Square Garden and it brought thunders of applause from the crowded house. Even if the performance could not stir these two, at least the throng of spectators should have drawn them, for all New York was there, from the richest to the poorest; neither the combined audiences of a seven-day race, a prize-fight, or a community singing festival would make such a cosmopolitan assembly.

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Brand, Max: Way of the Lawless. v1. 11 Jan 2013

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Frederick Schiller Faust (May 29, 1892 – May 12, 1944) was an American author known primarily for his thoughtful and literary Westerns under the pen name Max Brand. His other pseudonyms include George Owen Baxter, George Evans, David Manning, John Frederick, Peter Morland, George Challis and Frederick Frost.

Excerpt
Beside the rear window of the blacksmith shop Jasper Lanning held his withered arms folded against his chest. With the dispassionate eye and the aching heart of an artist he said to himself that his life work was a failure. That life work was the young fellow who swung the sledge at the forge, and truly it was a strange product for this seventy-year-old veteran with his slant Oriental eyes and his narrow beard of white. Andrew Lanning was not even his son, but it came about in this way that Andrew became the life work of Jasper.

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Brazil, Angela: School Stories For Girls Vol 1. v1, 26 Feb 2008

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Angela Brazil, (pronounced "brazzle"), 1868–1947, was the first of the British writers of "modern" School Girls' Stories genre - written from the characters' point of view. This twentieth century genre aimed to write entertaining stories for girls, rather than the much more overtly moralizing, instructional style which had been popular earlier in the 19th century.

Exceptionally, she did not write any books in a series - each stood on its own with different characters every time. These were considered to deal accurately and sympathetically with the highs and lows in the lives of middle-class schoolgirls, including the tangle of emotional friendships. The realism is particularly shown in her frequent use of slang expressions; a factor leading some teachers of the time to ban her books.

This volume contains five of Angela Brazil's books, as follows:

1. The New Girl at St. Chad's (1911)

2. The Youngest Girl in the Fifth (1913)

3. For the Sake of the School (1915)

4. The Luckiest Girl in the School (1916)

5. A Harum-Scarum Schoolgirl (1919)

Hugely enjoyable stories for all lovers of juvenile fiction, even those of us who never were "schoolgirls" :).

More to follow.

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Brebner, Percy J: Christopher Quarles (1914); v.1

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The first collection of Christopher Quarles detective short stories, which was followed a few years later by the collection "The Master Detective", already on this forum. The full title of the book is "Christopher Quarles, College Professor and Master Detective".

Contains:
1: The Affair of the Ivory Boxes
2: The Identity of the Final Victim
3: The Riddle of the Circular Counters
4: The Strange Case of Michael Hall
5: The Evidence of the Cigarette-end
6: The Mystery of "Old Mrs. Jardine"
7: The Death-trap in the Tudor Room
8: The Mystery of Cross Roads Farm
9: The Conundrum of the Golf Links
10: The Diamond Necklace Scandal
11: The Disappearance of Dr. Smith
12: The Affair of the Stolen Gold
13: The Will of the Eccentric Mr. Frisby
14: The Case of the Murdered Financier
15: The Strange Affair of the Florentine Chest
16: The Search for the Missing Fortune

The cover was created by me in in imitation of the cover of "The Master Detective". "The Black Museum" is an imaginary imprint of my own.

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Brebner, Percy James: Princess Maritza. V1. 26 N0v 2010

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Brebner, Percy James, 1864-1922

Excerpt
A breezy morning after a night of rain. Fleecy clouds, some in massive folds and fantastic shape, some in small half-transparent wisps like sunlit ghosts, were driven rapidly across the blue. Hurrying shadows flecked the swelling bosom of the downs, and where the grass was long it rippled like a green sea, making rustling music. Overhead the larks fluttering upward, ever-diminishing specks to the empyrean, carolled their joyous song, and a thousand perfumes filled the air. It was a morning to live in, to enjoy, to take into one's lungs in deep, intoxicating draughts, until the sorrows of life and its cares were forgotten; a morning that lent strong wings to ambition, filling the future with hope and the promise of realized desires.

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Brebner, Percy James: The Brown Mask. V1. 25 Nov 2010

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Brebner, Percy James, 1864-1922

Excerpt
Dismal in appearance, the painted sign over the mean doorway almost obliterated by time and weather, there was nothing attractive about the "Punch-Bowl" tavern in Clerkenwell. It was hidden away at the end of a narrow alley, making no effort to vaunt its existence to the world at large, and to many persons, even in the near neighbourhood, it was entirely unknown

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Brebner, Percy James: The Light That Lures. V1. 25 Nov 2010

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Brebner, Percy James, 1864-1922

Excerpt
Seated on a green hummock, his knees drawn up, his elbows resting on his knees and his head supported in his open hands, a boy sat very still and preoccupied, gazing straight into the world before him, yet conscious of little beyond the visions conjured up by his young mind. His were dim visions begot of the strenuous times in which he lived, and which were the staple subject of conversation of all those with whom he came in contact, yet his shadowy dreams had something of the past in them, and more, far more, of that future which to youth must ever be all important.

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Brebner, Percy James: The Master Detective. V1. 26 Nov 2010

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Brebner, Percy James, 1864-1922

Excerpt
Sir Grenville Rusholm, Baronet, was dead. The blinds were down at the Lodge, Queen's Square. For the last few days lengthy obituary notices had appeared in all the papers, innumerable wreaths and crosses had arrived at the house, and letters of sympathy and condolence had poured in upon Lady Rusholm. The dead man had filled a considerable space in the social world, although politically he had counted for little. Politics were not his metier, he had said. He had consistently refused to stand for parliament, his wealth had supported neither party, and perhaps his social success was due more to his wife's charm than to his own importance.

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Brenner, Mayer Alan: Catastrophe's Spell v1.0 2007-09-07

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Fantasy series "The Dance of Gods" goes Creative Commons

Starting with this first book [Castrophe's Spell[/.

[quotWelcome to the Dance of Gods
From 1987 through 1992, DAW Books published my four-book fantasy series, The Dance of Gods. Sales were not spectacular and fell off with each successive volume, and the books went out of print. Along the way, though, they acquired a small group of fairly intense fans, not all of whom were either related to me or were close personal friends. Frankly, although DAW did their best, the books were a challenge to describe and market, since they didn't fit with the style of fantasy that was well-established at the time. Times and styles change, though, and may have now caught up to where The Dance of Gods has been resting. At least, that's my hope. This site presents an experiment that will let you, fortuitous reader, help decide whether these books really have an audience ... and if so, what happens next.[/quot

I'll be posting book #2 soon. The author's website URL is http://www.mayerbrenner.com/

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Brenner, Mayer Alan: Spell of Apocalypse v1.5 2007-12-02

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Fantasy series "The Dance of Gods" goes Creative Commons

Ending with this first book [Spell of Apocalypse[/.

[quotWelcome to the Dance of Gods
From 1987 through 1992, DAW Books published my four-book fantasy series, The Dance of Gods. Sales were not spectacular and fell off with each successive volume, and the books went out of print. Along the way, though, they acquired a small group of fairly intense fans, not all of whom were either related to me or were close personal friends. Frankly, although DAW did their best, the books were a challenge to describe and market, since they didn't fit with the style of fantasy that was well-established at the time. Times and styles change, though, and may have now caught up to where The Dance of Gods has been resting. At least, that's my hope. This site presents an experiment that will let you, fortuitous reader, help decide whether these books really have an audience ... and if so, what happens next.[/quot

This is the last book of the series. The author's website URL is http://www.mayerbrenner.com/

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Brenner, Mayer Alan: Spell of Fate v1.0 2007-10-27

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Fantasy series "The Dance of Gods" goes Creative Commons

Continuing with this third book [Spell of Fate[/.

[quotWelcome to the Dance of Gods
From 1987 through 1992, DAW Books published my four-book fantasy series, The Dance of Gods. Sales were not spectacular and fell off with each successive volume, and the books went out of print. Along the way, though, they acquired a small group of fairly intense fans, not all of whom were either related to me or were close personal friends. Frankly, although DAW did their best, the books were a challenge to describe and market, since they didn't fit with the style of fantasy that was well-established at the time. Times and styles change, though, and may have now caught up to where The Dance of Gods has been resting. At least, that's my hope. This site presents an experiment that will let you, fortuitous reader, help decide whether these books really have an audience ... and if so, what happens next.

As Maximilian the Vaguely Disreputable comes close to solving the laws of conserving magic and tapping the gods' power base, the Creeping Sword is drawn more deeply into the fight between warring gods.[/quot

I'll be posting book #4 of 4 when it is released. The author's website URL is http://www.mayerbrenner.com/

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Brenner, Mayer Alan: Spell of Intrigue v1.0 2007-09-09

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Fantasy series "The Dance of Gods" goes Creative Commons

Continuing with this secondt book [Spell of Intrigue[/.

[quotWelcome to the Dance of Gods
From 1987 through 1992, DAW Books published my four-book fantasy series, The Dance of Gods. Sales were not spectacular and fell off with each successive volume, and the books went out of print. Along the way, though, they acquired a small group of fairly intense fans, not all of whom were either related to me or were close personal friends. Frankly, although DAW did their best, the books were a challenge to describe and market, since they didn't fit with the style of fantasy that was well-established at the time. Times and styles change, though, and may have now caught up to where The Dance of Gods has been resting. At least, that's my hope. This site presents an experiment that will let you, fortuitous reader, help decide whether these books really have an audience ... and if so, what happens next.[/quot

I'll be posting book #3 of 4 when it is released. The author's website URL is http://www.mayerbrenner.com/

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Brentano, Clemens: Die drei Nüsse, german, v1, 20 Feb 2009

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"Unica nux prodest, nocet altera, tertia mors est". oder: Eine Nuss nützt, die zweite schadet, der Tod ist die dritte. So beginnt Brentanos Novelle von 1817, in der es um Liebe, Schuld, ein folgenschweres Missverständnis, das Schicksal selbst - und natürlich um Nüsse geht.

Clemens Wenzeslaus Brentano de La Roche (* 9. September 1778 in Ehrenbreitstein (heute Koblenz); † 28. Juli 1842 in Aschaffenburg) war deutscher Schriftsteller und einer der Hauptvertreter der Heidelberger Romantik. Der große Teil seiner Werke blieb zu seinen Lebzeiten unveröffentlicht und wurde erst nach seinem Tod publiziert.

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Brentano, Clemens: Italienische Märchen [German]. V1. 10-Nov-2010

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Clemens Wenzeslaus Brentano de La Roche (* 9. September 1778 in Ehrenbreitstein (heute Koblenz); † 28. Juli 1842 in Aschaffenburg) war ein deutscher Schriftsteller.

Inhalt:

- Das Märchen von den Märchen oder Liebseelchen

- Das Märchen von dem Myrtenfräulein

- Das Märchen von dem Witzenspitzel

- Das Märchen von Rosenblättchen

- Das Märchen von dem Baron von Hüpfenstich

- Das Märchen von dem Dilldapp oder Kinder und Toren haben das Glück bei den Ohren

- Das Märchen von Fanferlieschen Schönefüßchen

- Das Märchen von dem Schulmeister Klopfstock und seinen fünf Söhnen

- Das Märchen von Gockel und Hinkel

- Das Märchen von Komanditchen

- Das Märchen von Schnürlieschen

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Brentano, Clemens: Rheinmärchen [German]. V1. 10-Nov-2010

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Clemens Wenzeslaus Brentano de La Roche (* 9. September 1778 in Ehrenbreitstein (heute Koblenz); † 28. Juli 1842 in Aschaffenburg) war ein deutscher Schriftsteller.

- Das Märchen von dem Rhein und dem Müller Radlauf

- Das Märchen von dem Hause Starenberg und den Ahnen des Müllers Radlauf

- Das Märchen vom Murmeltier

- Das Märchen vom Schneider Siebentot auf einen Schlag

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Brentner, Charles: The W.H.G.Kingston Collection.v1.6 Dec 2014

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I thought that it might be useful to have a guide to which books are in which omnibus volume. This file is the result.

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Breuer, Miles J.: Paradise and Iron (1930); v1; 24 March 2020

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Pulpmeister

Miles J Breuer's only novel, published in 1930 in Hugo Gernsback's "Amazing Stories Quarterly". It was subsequently revised by Jack Williamson as "The Birth of a New Republic".

An altruistic scientific genius establishes an ideal colony on a Caribbean island, dedicated to the finest in arts, and with the labour progressively undertaken by more and more sophisticated machines.

Alas, the utopia has become dystopia, as a young visitor discovers.

The cover is based on a portion of the Amazing Quarterly cover illustrating an incident in the novel.

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Breuer, Miles J.: The Raid from Mars (2020); v1; 20 Mar 2020

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Pulpmeister

Miles J Breuer (1889-1945) was a PhD and a medical doctor who began writing sf in the 1920s, many of them in Hugo Gernsback's Amazing Stories magazine. Most of his fiction output was in the form of short stories and novelettes, but he also wrote 2 full length sf novels.

This collection contains all the presently available short fiction, and is unique to MobileRead.

The cover is made using a detail from the cover of Amazing, in which "The Raid from Mars" was the cover story.

1: The Raid From Mars
2: The Einstein See-Saw
3: The Man with the Strange Head
4: On Board the Martian Liner
5: The Driving Power
6: The Oversight
7: The Book of Worlds
8: The Strength of the Weak
9: Mars Colonizes
10: The Stone Cat
11: A Problem in Communication
12: Mechanocracy
13: Millions for Defense
14: The Gostak and the Doshes
15: The Finger of the Past
16: The Appendix and the Spectacles

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Brewster, David: The Martyrs of Science, v1 9 July 2008

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Biographies of Galileo, Brahe and Kepler.

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Brister, Richard: Richard Brister Sampler. V1. 20 Jun 2012

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Richard Brister: No biographical data found.

ROCK-A-BYE BOOBY
FAKE IT EASY
A STITCH IN CRIME
CORPSES IS CORPSES
YOU'LL KILL THE PEOPLE

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British Parliament: The Riot Act, v1, 17 Oct 2007.

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Patricia

Just in case you get an urge to read the Riot Act.

‘An act for preventing tumults and riotous assemblies, and for the more speedy and effectual punishing the rioters.’

Passed in 1714, taking effect in 1715 and not repealed until the 1960s.

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Brock, Lynn: Nightmare (1932); v1, 14 Dec 2019

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Pulpmeister

Simon Whalley is an unsuccessful novelist who is gradually going to pieces under the strain of successive setbacks. Brooding over his troubles, and driven to despair by the cruelty of his neighbours, he decides to take his revenge in the only way he knows how – by planning to murder them...

A psychological thriller, not one of the Colonel Gore series.

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Brock, Lynn: The Deductions of Colonel Gore (1924); v1; 14 Dec 2019

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Lynn Brock is the pseudonym of Andrew Patrick McAllister (1877-1943), who wrote a series of books featuring his detective Colonel Gore. There is some suggestion that this, the first book, was intended to be a stand-alone, and a somewhat satirical look at detective fiction, but it was so well received that the author modified Gore into a series character, later making him a private detective.

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Brock, Lynn: The Stoat (1940); v1; 14 Dec 2019

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This is Lynn Brock's last Colonel Gore book, and an interesting contrast to his first, The Deductions of Colonel Gore, 1924.

Few of his titles have been republished, in print or in digital form.

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Brontë, Anne: Agnes Grey, v.1, 2 Nov 2007.

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Patricia

First published in 1847, this is from the least well-known of the three Brontë sisters.

It is about the horrors of life as a governess. Fortunately, the heroine manages to marry an earnest young clergyman before the succession of unpleasant or thoughtless families begins to pall too much.

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Brontë, Anne: Agnes Grey. v1, 8 Mar 2008

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HarryT

The novel tells the story of Agnes Grey, the daughter of a minister, whose family comes to financial ruin. Desperate to earn the money to care for herself, she takes one of the few jobs allowed to respectable women in the early Victorian era--the role of governess to the children of the wealthy. In working with two different families (the Bloomfields and the Murrays), she comes to learn about the troubles that face a young woman who must try to rein in unruly, spoiled children for a living, and about the ability of wealth and status to destroy social values.

This was Anne Brontë's first novel, and was based on her own experiences, working as a governess.

First published in 1847.

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Brontë, Anne: The Tenant of Wildfell Hall, v.1, 14 Nov 2007.

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Patricia

First published in 1848, this is a novel that was roundly condemned. The author’s sister, Charlotte Brontë called it ‘an entire mistake’. Several circulating libraries refused it on the grounds of the ‘coarseness’ of some of its themes. Today it is seen as an early feminist work.

The heroine has made an imprudent marriage, incorrectly believing that she could reform her alcoholic and dissipated husband. When things go wrong she closes the bedroom door against him (-- the mention of this shocked contemporary readers) but she does not leave him until he installs a mistress in the house, claiming that she is a governess.

By the end of the novel most readers will feel that the heroine has suffered enough; yet the author insists on marrying her to an impulsive, yet priggish young man.

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Brontë, Anne: The Tenant of Wildfell Hall. v1, 8 Mar 2008

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HarryT

[The Tenant of Wildfell Hall[/, Anne Brontë's second (and last) novel, was published in June 1848, less than a year before her death. It is the sombre account of the breakdown of a marriage in the face of alcoholism and infidelity. Writing with a power not usually associated with the youngest of the Brontë sisters, Anne portrays the decline of an aristocratic husband whose drunken excesses and domestic violence force his loving wife into a reluctant rebellion.

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Brontë, Charlotte, Emily & Anne: Poems by Currer, Ellis & Acton Bell, V1, 8 Oct 2012

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GeorgeH

Poems by Currer, Ellis, and Acton Bell
by Charlotte, Emily and Anne Brontë (1850)

Poems by Currer, Ellis, and Acton Bell was a volume of poetry published jointly by the three Brontë sisters, Charlotte, Emily and Anne in 1846, and their first work to ever go in print. To evade contemporary prejudice against female writers, the Brontë sisters adopted androgynous first names. All three retained the first letter of their first names: Charlotte became Currer Bell, Anne became Acton Bell, and Emily became Ellis Bell. This copy is from the 1850 edition and includes Charlotte's additions of previously unpublished poetry by her late sisters. (from Wiki)

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Brontë, Charlotte: Emma, v1, 6 October 2009.

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Patricia

Charlotte Brontë (1816-1855)
Emma: A fragment.

“Emma” was the last work of Charlotte Brontë, and remained unfinished at her death. Its two chapters tell of a mysterious and unhappy child at a boarding school.

The book was later continued and finished by Clare Boylan and released in 2003 under the title “Emma Brown.”

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Brontë, Charlotte: Jane Eyre (Illustrated). v3, 24 Mar 2008

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HarryT

A fully illustrated version of Charlotte Bronte's "Jane Eyre".

This is a lovely and somewhat autobiographical tale of Jane Eyre, orphaned and raised by self-centered and uncaring relatives until they send her off to an orphanage. Eventually she is hired as a governess to a young girl and meets the girl's guardian Mr. Rochester, and of course they fall in love and plan to marry. But, there is a mystery about the house that once it is discovered destroys the wedding plans...

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EDIT: 24 Mar 08

Corrected a number of scanning errors found by MR user "dynabook". Uploaded v3.

Previous download count: 38

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Brontë, Charlotte: Napoleon and the Spectre, v.1, 31 Oct 2007.

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Patricia

Charlotte Brontë: ‘Napoleon and the Spectre.’

A short ghost story (about a thousand words).

Unfortunately, I have been unable to find more of Charlotte Brontë’s short stories online, otherwise I would have collected them in a single volume.

[From the manuscript of the “Green Dwarf” dated July 10, 1833 - September 2, 1833, and republished in ‘The Twelve Adventurers and other stories’, London, 1925. Found in PG Australia.]

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Brontë, Charlotte: Shirley. v1, 9 Dec 2015

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AlexBell

Charlotte Brontë was born in 1816, the third daughter of Revd Patrick and Maria Brontë. Maria was born in 1813, Elizabeth in 1814, Branwell in 1817, Emily in 1818, and Anne in 1820. Mrs Brontë died in 1821. The two elder sisters died in 1825, Branwell and Emily died in 1848, and Anne in 1849, all of tuberculosis. Her father died in 1861.

In 1824 she was sent to Cowan Bridge School with a younger sister to join her older sisters. After one died in 1825 they were sent home where the other soon died. The remaining four children remained at home until 1830 under the supervision of her mother's sister, and wrote many short stories and poems for several years.

Charlotte went to Roe Head school early in 1831 and made two lifelong friends, and left in 1832. She returned to the school as a teacher in 1835 and left in 1838 to return home. She spent short periods as a governess, went to Mme Hegel's school in Brussels in 1842, and returned there as a teacher the next year. She seems to have become infatuated with M. Hegel, and wrote many intense letters to him after she returned home in 1844.

[Jane Eyre[/ was published in 1847 to instant acclaim. Despite being painfully shy Charlotte sought and gained the friendship of Harriet Martineau, William Thackeray, and Elizabeth Gaskell. Having refused at least three earlier proposals of marriage from other men she accepted a proposal from her father's curate, married him in June 1854, and died during early pregnancy in March 1855.

[Shirley[/ was published in three volumes in 1849, with a one volume second edtion in 1853. It was not instantly popular like Jane Eyre, but made Shirley popular as a girl's name. The story is set in Yorkshire at the end of the Napoleonic wars, touches on the social unrest brought about by the war and on the place of women in society, and is told by a third person narrator who informs, lectures, and teases 'the Reader' about the vicissitudes of two girls during their romances. The character of Shirley is based on the author's sister Emily, and Caroline is based on her sister Anne.

The source text was taken from Project Gutenberg Australia, and checked against the Oxford Classics edition. The text is replete with archaic and literary words which which have been left intact. There are many French words, phrases, and sentences, and English translations for most of them have been provided as end notes. I have silently corrected typos, curled quotes, and made changes to punctuation and hyphenation using oxforddictionaries.com.

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Brontë, Charlotte: The Adventures of Ernest Alembert, v1. 12 October 2009.

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Patricia

Charlotte Brontë (1816-1855)
The Adventures of Ernest Alembert: A Fairy Tale (1830)
Extracted from:
Literary Anecdotes of the Nineteenth Century: Contributions towards a Literary History of the Period, Volume II. Edited by W. Robertson Nicoll, M.A., LL.D., (1851–1923) and Thomas J. Wise (1859–1937). London: Hodder & Stoughton, Paternoster Row, MDCCCXCVI (Pages 49–80).

A fairy tale, written when Miss Brontë was 14 years old.
The source was scans at The Internet Archive and I have included their illustrations.

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- The Adventures of Ernest Alembert.prc

Brontë, Charlotte: The Professor. v1 11 Nov 2015

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AlexBell

Charlotte Brontë was born in 1816, the third daughter of Revd Patrick and Maria Brontë. A son and two more daughters were born later. Mrs Brontë died in 1821. The two elder sisters died in 1825, her brother and a sister died in 1848, and her other sister died in 1849, all of tuberculosis. Her father died in 1861.

In 1824 she was sent to Cowan Bridge School with a younger sister to join her older sisters. After one died in 1825 they were sent home where the other soon died. The remaining children remained at home until 1830 under the supervision of her mother's sister. The four children wrote many short stories and poems for several years. Charlotte went to Roe Head school early in 1831 and made two lifelong friends, and left in 1832. She returned to the school as a teacher in 1835 and left in 1838 to return home. She spent short periods as a governess, went to Mme Heger's school in Brussels in 1842, and returned there as a teacher the next year. She seems to have become infatuated with M. Hegel, and wrote many intense letters to him after she returned home in 1844. After Jane Eyre was published in 1847 despite being painfully shy she sought and gained the friendship of Harriet Martineau, William Thackeray, and Elizabeth Gaskell. Having refused at least three earlier proposals of marriage from other men she accepted a proposal from her father's curate, married him in June 1854, and died during early pregnancy in March 1855.

[The Professor[/ was her first novel, written in 1846 but refused by several publishers, and not published until 1857 after her husband had edited it. It is the least popular and darkest of her novels, but she thought it was at least as good as [Jane Eyre.[/

The story is told in the first person by a male protagonist who is an orphan. He becomes a teacher in a Belgian school, and interacts firstly with the directress of the school and later with a pupil at the school. There are also scathing comments on Belgians, children, teaching, Roman Catholicism, the place of women in contemporary life, and other targets.

The source text was taken from the University of Adelaide web book library, and was checked against the Penguin Books edition. The text is replete with archaic and literary words which I have left intact. There are many words, phrases, and sentences in French, and I have provided English translations for the phrases and sentences as end notes. I have set off letters as blockquotes, silently corrected typos, replaced italics and diacritics, and made changes to punctuation and to hyphenation using oxforddictionaries.com.

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Brontë, Charlotte: The Professor. v1, 9 Mar 2008

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HarryT

[The Professor[/ is Charlotte Brontë’s first novel, and in it can be seen the roots of much of her subsequent writing like "Jane Eyre" or "Vilette". The novel is based on the author’s own experiences in Brussels. The central character, William Crimsworth, an orphan, leaves his dreary clerking post in a Yorkshire mill to start a career as a teacher of English in the Belgian capital. He falls in love with a Protestant pupil, Frances Henri, teacher and lace mender. However William’s relationship is complicated by the manipulative and beguiling Catholic headmistress, Zoraide Reuter, and her cunning attempts to divert him from his destiny.

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Brontë, Charlotte: The Story of Willie Ellin, v1, 4 October 2009.

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Patricia

Charlotte Brontë (1816–1855)
The Story of Willie Ellin (1853)

This unfinished fragment contains the poignant story of an abused child.
The cover image is Haworth Parsonage, Charlotte Brontë’s childhood home.

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Brontë, Charlotte: Villette. v1, 10 Mar 2008

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HarryT

Description from Amazon:

This novel is based on the author's personal experience as a teacher in Brussels. It is a moving tale of repressed feelings and subjection to cruel circumstance and position, borne with heroic fortitude. It is also the story of a woman's right to love and be loved.

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Brontë, Charlotte: Villette. v3, 18 Sep 2016

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AlexBell

Charlotte Brontë was born in 1816, the third daughter of Revd Patrick and Maria Brontë. A son and two more daughters were born later. Mrs Brontë died in 1821. The two elder sisters died in 1825, her brother and a sister died in 1848, and her other sister died in 1849, all of tuberculosis. Her father died in 1861.

In 1824 she was sent to Cowan Bridge School with a younger sister to join her older sisters. After one died in 1825 they were sent home where the other soon died. The remaining four children remained at home until 1830 under the supervision of her mother's sister, and wrote many short stories and poems together for several years.

Charlotte went to Roe Head school early in 1831 and made two lifelong friends, and left in 1832. She returned to the school as a teacher in 1835 and left in 1838 to return home. She spent short periods as a governess, went to Mme Hegel's school in Brussels in 1842, and returned there as a teacher the next year. She seems to have become infatuated with M. Hegel, and wrote many intense letters to him after she returned home in 1844.

She wrote her first novel, [The Professor[/, in 1846, which was published posthumously in 1857 after her husband had edited it. [Jane Eyre[/ was published in 1847 to instant acclaim, and despite being painfully shy she sought and gained the friendship of Harriet Martineau, William Thackeray, and Elizabeth Gaskell. [Shirley[/ was published in 1849, and [Villette[/ was published in 1853.

Having refused at least three earlier proposals of marriage from other men she accepted a proposal from her father's curate, married him in June 1854, and died during early pregnancy in March 1855.

[Villette[/ is the saddest book I have ever read, though George Eliot thought it 'a still more wonderful book than Jane Eyre' and Virginia Woolf thought it Charlotte Brontë's finest novel. If there is a central theme it may be Miss Marchmont's words 'We should acknowledge God merciful, but not always for us comprehensible. We should accept our own lot, whatever it be, and try to render happy that of others.'

The complex plot describes the loves and suffering of the emotionally crippled protagonist and those with whom she comes into contact as an adolescent in London and as a teacher at a girl's school in Brussels.

The text source cannot be identified because of the many corrections required, and was checked against the Penguin Classics edition. The text is replete with archaic and literary words which which have been left intact. There are many French words, sentences, and paragraphs, and English translations for most of them have been provided as 300 or so end notes. I have silently corrected typos, curled quotes, set letters off as blockquotes, and made changes to punctuation and hyphenation using oxforddictionaries.com.

Version 2 corrects many typos, improves the French translations with the help of a MobileRead member, uses diacritics in the metadata, adds more translations, and identifies some English words whose meaning is explained in the end notes.

Version 3 corrects some typos, adds more French translations and classical allusions, and improves the links to the translations.

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Brontë, Emily: Wuthering Heights. v1. 27 Jul 2021

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GrannyGrump

BY SPECIAL REQUEST:

Wuthering Heights
by Emily Brontë (1818–1848)

With “Biographical Notice”
and “Editor’s Preface”
by Charlotte Brontë (1816–1865)

An iconic classic of English literature, blending realism, romance and the Gothic. This tale portrays Catherine and Heathcliff, their all-encompassing love for one another, and how this unresolved passion eventually destroys them both.

Returning from Liverpool, Mr. Earnshaw brings with him a dirty, ragged, black-haired child called Heathcliff, and sets into motion a tale of destructive passions. The book’s two locations, the genteel Thrushcross Grange and the wild Wuthering Heights, serve as backgrounds matching to the characters of their occupants, as they struggle to gain the upper hand in marriage and power. All the while, the ghosts of the past seem to drive revenge rather than inspire forgiveness.

(—Summary adapted from Manybooks and Standard Ebooks)

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Wuthering Heights was first published in 1847. A second edition was published post-humously in 1850, edited by Emily’s sister, Charlotte. This ebook follows the text of the first edition, with corrections to obvious printer’s errors.

This ebook includes Charlotte Brontë’s “Biographical Notice” from the 1850 second edition, clarifying the Brontë sisters’ authorship of various books published under the pseudonyms of Currer, Ellis, and Acton Bell. It also includes her “Editor’s Preface” to that edition.

Some footnotes are available to explain some of the Yorkshire dialect. (Advice to the first-time reader: sound the language out phonetically to get the sense of it.)

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Emily Jane Brontë (30 July 1818 – 19 December 1848) was an English novelist and poet who is best known for her only novel, Wuthering Heights, now considered a classic of English literature. She also published a book of poetry with her sisters Charlotte and Anne titled Poems by Currer, Ellis and Acton Bell with her own poems finding regard as poetic genius. Emily was the second-youngest of the four surviving Brontë siblings, between the youngest Anne and her brother Branwell. She published under the pen name Ellis Bell.

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This ebook is in the public domain worldwide.
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Brontë, Emily: Wuthering Heights. v2, 10 Mar 2008

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HarryT

"Wuthering Heights" is Emily Brontë's only novel. It was first published in 1847 under the pseudonym Ellis Bell, and a posthumous second edition was edited by her sister Charlotte.

Description from Amazon:

In a house haunted by memories, the past is everywhere ...As darkness falls, a man caught in a snowstorm is forced to shelter at the strange, grim house Wuthering Heights. It is a place he will never forget. There he will come to learn the story of Cathy: how she was forced to choose between her well-meaning husband and the dangerous man she had loved since she was young. How her choice led to betrayal and terrible revenge - and continues to torment those in the present. How love can transgress authority, convention, even death. And how desire can kill.

A masterpiece. Enjoy!

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Brother Lawrence: The Practice of the Presence of God, v.1, 21 Feb 2008.

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Patricia

The Practice of the Presence of God: The Best Rule of a Holy Life
Being Conversations and Letters of Nicholas Herman, of Lorraine (Brother Lawrence).
First Published 1692.
Translated from the French.
Fleming H. Revell Company, New York, Chicago, Toronto.
Publishers of Evangelical Literature.

Brother Lawrence of the Resurrection (c.1611-1691) was a 17th century French Carmelite monk. Of humble origins, he was a soldier and a footman before entering the religious life at the age of 55.
After ten years peeling potatoes he found a method of remaining close to God while doing monastic chores.
His writings influenced Fénelon and Madame Guyon.

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Brotherton, Mike: Diamonds in the Sky. v1.0. March 3 2009

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Nate the great

This is a collection of factually based SF edited by Mike Brotherton. Authors include Jerry Oltion, Wil McCarthy, Geoff Landis, Jerry Weinberg, Mike Brotherton, and many more. You can find the source here.

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Brotherton, Mike: Star Dragon. v1, 05. March 2008

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IceHand

Science-Fiction novel from 2003 released under a Creative Commons License.

Reformatted the text, added curly quotes, added a table of contents, added the cover (not sure if this is allowed, I will reupload the book with a self made cover if not).

EDIT: v2 – made some minor corrections (<br /> instead of <p>&nbsp;</p>, non-breaking spaces before en dash and ellipsis)

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- Mike Brotherton - Star Dragon.mobi

Broughton, Rhoda: Alas!. v1. 27 Nov 2013

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crutledge

Rhoda Broughton (29 November 1840 – 5 June 1920) was a novelist.

Excerpt
As he speaks he realizes, with a sort of pang—the pang we pay sometimes to our dead pasts—that, though it is only three hours since he was reunited to his once inseparable Brown, he is already looking forward with relief to the prospect of an hour's freedom from his society—so terribly far apart is it possible to grow in six years. But, before his half-fledged thought has had time to do more than traverse his brain, Brown has broken into it with the eager remonstrances of a mistaken species of hospitality.

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Broughton, Rhoda: Doctor Cupid. v1. 27 Nov 2013

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crutledge

Rhoda Broughton (29 November 1840 – 5 June 1920) was a novelist.

Excerpt
About six months after the death of Prue Lambton, the attention of the readers of one of the graver monthlies was arrested by the appearance in its pages of a short ode, the melody of whose versification, the delicate aroma of its fancy, the quaint beauty of its imagery, and the truth and freshness of its feeling, called to their minds the best of the Elizabethan lyrics. It was anonymous, and was addressed 'To Prue in Heaven.'
Broughton, Rhoda: Doctor Cupid. v1. 27 Nov 2013

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Broughton, Rhoda: Nancy. v1. 28 Nov 2013

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crutledge

Rhoda Broughton (29 November 1840 – 5 June 1920) was a novelist.

Excerpt
And so it comes to pass that by Barbara's grave we kiss again with tears. And now we are happy—stilly, inly happy, though I, perhaps, am never quite so boisterously gay as before the grave yawned for my Barbara; and we walk along hand-in-hand down the slopes and up the hills of life, with our eyes fixed, as far as the weakness of our human sight will let us, on the one dread, yet good God, whom through the veil of his great deeds we dimly discern. Only I wish that Roger were not nine-and-twenty years older than I!

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Broughton, Rhoda: Tales Told at Twilight (collected ghosts). v1. 09 Nov 2018

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GrannyGrump

TALES TOLD AT TWILIGHT — stories of the supernatural by RHODA BROUGHTON (1840–1920)

This small collection presents the supernatural fiction of popular Victorian author Rhoda Broughton. Whether describing ghostly manifestations, prescient visions of death, or other mysterious occurrences, her stories often manage to give a new twist to folkloric elements, sometimes laced with threads of sly humor.

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Rhoda Broughton was a Welsh novelist and short story writer, with about two dozen books published. Her early novels earned a reputation for sensationalism, with fast heroines of easy morals, which caused her later and stronger work to be neglected by serious critics; but her work is notable for being slightly risqué, rather than sensational. Always an important feature in all her novels is criticism of woman’s role and position in society. Very often Broughton’s women are strong characters, and with them she manages to subvert traditional images of femininity, while never failing to tell a gripping tale.

She was encouraged in her literary career by her uncle, Sheridan Le Fanu. Respected Victorianist scholar Richard C. Tobias calls her “the leading woman novelist in England between the death of George Eliot and the beginning of Virginia Woolf’s career.”

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This is my own compilation. Contents are taken from [Tales for Christmas Eve[/ (1873), [Betty’s Visions & Mrs. Smith of Longmains[/ (1886), and Pall Mall Magazine, May 1894. Text is in the public domain in countries where the copyright term is “Life+90” or less, and in the USA.

Text was obtained from the Internet Archive and HathiTrust. OCR and printer’s errors were silently corrected; punctuation, diacritics, and italics formatted. Story titles are cross-linked to table of contents. Embedded font used for titling.

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Shivers await!
(and a few grins)
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Broun, Heywood: Bits and Bobs (collect). v1. 12 Mar 2021

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A small collection of essays, taken from magazine archives, discussing literature, social mores, personal habits, and child-raising.

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Heywood Campbell Broun Jr. (December 7, 1888 – December 18, 1939) was an American journalist. He worked as a sportswriter, drama critic, newspaper columnist, and editor in New York City. He founded the American Newspaper Guild, later known as The Newspaper Guild and now as The NewsGuild-CWA. Often referred to as a “crusading journalist,” he is best remembered for his writing on social issues and his championing of the underdog. He believed that journalists could help right wrongs, especially social ills.

[Text in this book was originally published 1922 ~ 1939. This book is in the public domain where copyright is “Life+80” or less.[/

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Broun, Heywood: Pieces of Hate & Other Enthusiasms. v1. 12 Mar 2021

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A journalistic collection of criticisms on social practices and principles, politics, literature, stage plays; with the added bonus of amusing essays about raising his young son, and some satirical fiction pieces.

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Heywood Campbell Broun Jr. (December 7, 1888 – December 18, 1939) was an American journalist. He worked as a sportswriter, drama critic, newspaper columnist, and editor in New York City. He founded the American Newspaper Guild, later known as The Newspaper Guild and now as The NewsGuild-CWA. Often referred to as a “crusading journalist,” he is best remembered for his writing on social issues and his championing of the underdog. He believed that journalists could help right wrongs, especially social ills.

[Originally published 1922. This book is in the public domain where copyright is “Life+80” or less, and in the USA.[/

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Broun, Heywood: Seeing Things at Night (collect). v1. 12 Mar 2021

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A journalistic collection of criticisms on social practices and principles, politics, literature, stage plays; with the added bonus of amusing essays about raising his young son, and some satirical fiction pieces.

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Heywood Campbell Broun Jr. (December 7, 1888 – December 18, 1939) was an American journalist. He worked as a sportswriter, drama critic, newspaper columnist, and editor in New York City. He founded the American Newspaper Guild, later known as The Newspaper Guild and now as The NewsGuild-CWA. Often referred to as a “crusading journalist,” he is best remembered for his writing on social issues and his championing of the underdog. He believed that journalists could help right wrongs, especially social ills.

[Originally published 1921. This book is in the public domain where copyright is “Life+80” or less, and in the USA.[/

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Broun, Heywood: Sitting on the World (collect). v1. 12 Mar 2021

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A journalistic collection of criticisms on social practices and principles, politics, literature, stage plays; with the added bonus of amusing essays about raising his young son and dealing with personal bad habits.

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Heywood Campbell Broun Jr. (December 7, 1888 – December 18, 1939) was an American journalist. He worked as a sportswriter, drama critic, newspaper columnist, and editor in New York City. He founded the American Newspaper Guild, later known as The Newspaper Guild and now as The NewsGuild-CWA. Often referred to as a “crusading journalist,” he is best remembered for his writing on social issues and his championing of the underdog. He believed that journalists could help right wrongs, especially social ills.

[Originally published 1924. This book is in the public domain where copyright is “Life+80” or less, and in the USA.[/

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Broun, Heywood: The Boy Grew Older. v1. 13 Mar 2021

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Peter Neale was not intended by nature to be a father: he is too wrapped up in his own small pleasures and his job at the newspaper. But shortly after the birth of their son, Peter’s wife walks out on him and the baby to return to her theatrical career. The shambling, sloppy, rather prudish sportswriter must take up where she left off and learn what it takes to raise an infant and make him a successful young man.

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Heywood Campbell Broun Jr. (December 7, 1888 – December 18, 1939) was an American journalist. He worked as a sportswriter, drama critic, newspaper columnist, and editor in New York City. He founded the American Newspaper Guild, later known as The Newspaper Guild and now as The NewsGuild-CWA. Often referred to as a “crusading journalist,” he is best remembered for his writing on social issues and his championing of the underdog. He believed that journalists could help right wrongs, especially social ills.

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[Originally published 1922. This book is in the public domain where copyright is “Life+80” or less, and in the USA.[/

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Broun, Heywood: The Sun Field. v1. 13 Mar 2021

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A highly autobiographical novel, revolving around a love triangle between the narrator, a newspaperman named George Wallace, the independent feminist writer Judith Winthrop (based on Broun’s real-life wife, Ruth Hale), and the record-breaking home-run king Tiny Tyler (loosely based on Babe Ruth), who Judith marries.

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Heywood Campbell Broun Jr. (December 7, 1888 – December 18, 1939) was an American journalist. He worked as a sportswriter, drama critic, newspaper columnist, and editor in New York City. He founded the American Newspaper Guild, later known as The Newspaper Guild and now as The NewsGuild-CWA. Often referred to as a “crusading journalist,” he is best remembered for his writing on social issues and his championing of the underdog. He believed that journalists could help right wrongs, especially social ills.

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[Originally published 1924. This book is in the public domain where copyright is “Life+80” or less, and in the USA.[/

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Brown, Alice: Country Neighbors. v1. 07 Jun 2022

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Sixteen short stories portray female protagonists in domestic spaces, with a leisurely pace, happy endings, and an unforced dialect.

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Alice Brown (December 5, 1856 – June 21, 1948) was an American novelist, short-story writer, poet, and playwright. She was one of the last authors of New England local color, a movement which began with Rose Terry Cooke and Harriet Beecher Stowe and reached its highest popularity during the careers of Mary E. Wilkins Freeman and Sarah Orne Jewett. Her popular New England tales were mostly published from 1895 to 1910. Her popularity waned after the turn of the 20th century, although she continued to publish until 1935.

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[Country Neighbors[/, by Alice Brown (1856-1948), was first published in 1910. This ebook is in the public domain where copyright is “Life+70” or less, and in the USA.
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Brown, Alice: High Noon. v1. 08 Jun 2022

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“Miss Brown’s title as applied to her volume of short stories would be somewhat mystifying were it not illuminated by her motto [epigram] “from the Persian” — “One instant only is the sun at noon.” Each of the dozen tales tells of some culminating moment in a woman’s life — a moment so brief and so elusive that the reader, if “a mere man,” will scarcely grasp its significance ere it is gone.”
(—New York Times, 16 April, 1904)

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Alice Brown (December 5, 1856 – June 21, 1948) was an American novelist, short-story writer, poet, and playwright. She was one of the last authors of New England local color, a movement which began with Rose Terry Cooke and Harriet Beecher Stowe and reached its highest popularity during the careers of Mary E. Wilkins Freeman and Sarah Orne Jewett. Her popular New England tales were mostly published from 1895 to 1910. Her popularity waned after the turn of the 20th century, although she continued to publish until 1935.

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[High Noon[/, by Alice Brown (1856-1948), was first published in 1904. This ebook is in the public domain where copyright is “Life+70” or less, and in the USA.
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Brown, Alice: Homespun and Gold. v1. 16 Jun 2022

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Fifteen short stories, exploring the lives of some likeable New England characters. We share glimpses of social life, home life, and, yes, love life too. Upbeat and entertaining, with some nice touches of humor; and providing some bits of food for thought.

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Alice Brown (December 5, 1856 – June 21, 1948) was an American novelist, short-story writer, poet, and playwright. She was one of the last authors of New England local color, a movement which began with Rose Terry Cooke and Harriet Beecher Stowe and reached its highest popularity during the careers of Mary E. Wilkins Freeman and Sarah Orne Jewett. Her popular New England tales were mostly published from 1895 to 1910. Her popularity waned after the turn of the 20th century, although she continued to publish until 1935.

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[Homespun and Gold[/, by Alice Brown (1856-1948), was first published in 1920. This ebook is in the public domain where copyright is “Life+70” or less, and in the USA.
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Brown, Alice: Meadow-Grass. v1. 07 Jun 2022

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Thirteen short stories of idyllic New England life around the turn of the twentieth century portray the traditional simplicity and bounteous goodness of country life.

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Alice Brown (December 5, 1856 – June 21, 1948) was an American novelist, short-story writer, poet, and playwright. She was one of the last authors of New England local color, a movement which began with Rose Terry Cooke and Harriet Beecher Stowe and reached its highest popularity during the careers of Mary E. Wilkins Freeman and Sarah Orne Jewett. Her popular New England tales were mostly published from 1895 to 1910. Her popularity waned after the turn of the 20th century, although she continued to publish until 1935.

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[Meadow-Grass[/, by Alice Brown (1856-1948), was first published in 1895. This ebook is in the public domain where copyright is “Life+70” or less, and in the USA.
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Brown, Alice: The County Road. v1. 09 Jun 2022

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Thirteen delightful stories of life in rural New England, filled with vivid human interest, and lightly laced with humor.

“The stories that make this volume are excellent reading. Most of them are set in the kitchens and dooryards of New England houses; nearly all are enveloped in the young green of the spring; and every one deals with a human predicament.”
(—The Nation, 18 Oct 1906)

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Alice Brown (December 5, 1856 – June 21, 1948) was an American novelist, short-story writer, poet, and playwright. She was one of the last authors of New England local color, a movement which began with Rose Terry Cooke and Harriet Beecher Stowe and reached its highest popularity during the careers of Mary E. Wilkins Freeman and Sarah Orne Jewett. Her popular New England tales were mostly published from 1895 to 1910. Her popularity waned after the turn of the 20th century, although she continued to publish until 1935.

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[The County Road[/, by Alice Brown (1856-1948), was first published in 1906. This ebook is in the public domain where copyright is “Life+70” or less, and in the USA.
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Brown, Alice: The Flying Teuton and Other Stories. v1. 15 Jun 2022

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Twelve short stories. Some are tales of folks interacting with old friends and new, and dealing with the intricacies of daily life. Several relate encounters with the supernatural and the uncanny. The titular story, “The Flying Teuton”, is just such a tale of the uncanny, about a “ghost ship” during WWI — it is perhaps Alice Brown’s best-known story, and certainly one of the most discussed in its day, hailed by critics as one of the best stories of the year.

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Alice Brown (December 5, 1856 – June 21, 1948) was an American novelist, short-story writer, poet, and playwright. She was one of the last authors of New England local color, a movement which began with Rose Terry Cooke and Harriet Beecher Stowe and reached its highest popularity during the careers of Mary E. Wilkins Freeman and Sarah Orne Jewett. Her popular New England tales were mostly published from 1895 to 1910. Her popularity waned after the turn of the 20th century, although she continued to publish until 1935.

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[The Flying Teuton[/, by Alice Brown (1856-1948), was first published in 1918. This ebook is in the public domain where copyright is “Life+70” or less, and in the USA.
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Brown, Alice: The One-Footed Fairy and Other Stories. v1. 10 Jun 2022

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A collection of thirteen charming fairy tales, to be enjoyed by young and old. Word play and gently satirical situations will be appreciated by adult readers.

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Alice Brown (December 5, 1856 – June 21, 1948) was an American novelist, short-story writer, poet, and playwright. She was one of the last authors of New England local color, a movement which began with Rose Terry Cooke and Harriet Beecher Stowe and reached its highest popularity during the careers of Mary E. Wilkins Freeman and Sarah Orne Jewett. Her popular New England tales were mostly published from 1895 to 1910. Her popularity waned after the turn of the 20th century, although she continued to publish until 1935.

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[The One-Footed Fairy and Other Stories[/, by Alice Brown (1856-1948), was first published in 1911. This ebook is in the public domain where copyright is “Life+70” or less, and in the USA.
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Brown, Alice: Tiverton Tales. v1. 07 Jun 2022

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Twelve short stories centering around village and country folk in New England around the turn of the twentieth century

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Alice Brown (December 5, 1856 – June 21, 1948) was an American novelist, short-story writer, poet, and playwright. She was one of the last authors of New England local color, a movement which began with Rose Terry Cooke and Harriet Beecher Stowe and reached its highest popularity during the careers of Mary E. Wilkins Freeman and Sarah Orne Jewett. Her popular New England tales were mostly published from 1895 to 1910. Her popularity waned after the turn of the 20th century, although she continued to publish until 1935.

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[Tiverton Tales[/, by Alice Brown (1856-1948), was first published in 1899. This ebook is in the public domain where copyright is “Life+70” or less, and in the USA.
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Brown, Alice: Vanishing Points. v1. 10 Jun 2022

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Sixteen short stories, exploring riddles of life and love, with occasional mysterious touches of the other-worldly.

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Alice Brown (December 5, 1856 – June 21, 1948) was an American novelist, short-story writer, poet, and playwright. She was one of the last authors of New England local color, a movement which began with Rose Terry Cooke and Harriet Beecher Stowe and reached its highest popularity during the careers of Mary E. Wilkins Freeman and Sarah Orne Jewett. Her popular New England tales were mostly published from 1895 to 1910. Her popularity waned after the turn of the 20th century, although she continued to publish until 1935.

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[Vanishing Points[/, by Alice Brown (1856-1948), was first published in 1913. This ebook is in the public domain where copyright is “Life+70” or less, and in the USA.
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Brown, Charles Brockden: Wieland; or The Transformation. v1. 30 Nov 2013

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cCharles Brockden Brown (January 17, 1771 – February 22, 1810), an American novelist, historian, and editor of the Early National period, is generally regarded by scholars as the most ambitious and accomplished US novelist before James Fenimore Cooper. He is the most frequently studied and republished practitioner of the "early American novel," or the US novel between 1789 and roughly 1820. Although Brown was by no means the first American novelist, as some early criticism claimed, the breadth and complexity of his achievement as a writer in multiple genres (novels, short stories, essays and periodical writings of every sort, poetry, historiography, reviews) makes him a crucial figure in US literature and culture of the 1790s and first decade of the 19th century, and a significant public intellectual in the wider Atlantic print culture and public sphere of the era of the French Revolution.

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My state is not destitute of tranquillity. The sentiment that dictates my feelings is not hope. Futurity has no power over my thoughts. To all that is to come I am perfectly indifferent. With regard to myself, I have nothing more to fear. Fate has done its worst. Henceforth, I am callous to misfortune.

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Brown, Charles Brockden: Arthur Mervyn. v1. 28 Nov 2013

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Charles Brockden Brown (January 17, 1771 – February 22, 1810), an American novelist, historian, and editor of the Early National period, is generally regarded by scholars as the most ambitious and accomplished US novelist before James Fenimore Cooper. He is the most frequently studied and republished practitioner of the "early American novel," or the US novel between 1789 and roughly 1820. Although Brown was by no means the first American novelist, as some early criticism claimed, the breadth and complexity of his achievement as a writer in multiple genres (novels, short stories, essays and periodical writings of every sort, poetry, historiography, reviews) makes him a crucial figure in US literature and culture of the 1790s and first decade of the 19th century, and a significant public intellectual in the wider Atlantic print culture and public sphere of the era of the French Revolution.

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The evils of pestilence by which this city has lately been afflicted will probably form an era in its history. The schemes of reformation and improvement to which they will give birth, or, if no efforts of human wisdom can avail to avert the periodical visitations of this calamity, the change in manners and population which they will produce, will be, in the highest degree, memorable. They have already supplied new and copious materials for reflection to the physician and the political economist. They have not been less fertile of instruction to the moral observer, to whom they have furnished new displays of the influence of human passions and motives.

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Brown, Charles Brockden: Edgar Huntley. v1. 28 Nov 2013

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Charles Brockden Brown (January 17, 1771 – February 22, 1810), an American novelist, historian, and editor of the Early National period, is generally regarded by scholars as the most ambitious and accomplished US novelist before James Fenimore Cooper. He is the most frequently studied and republished practitioner of the "early American novel," or the US novel between 1789 and roughly 1820. Although Brown was by no means the first American novelist, as some early criticism claimed, the breadth and complexity of his achievement as a writer in multiple genres (novels, short stories, essays and periodical writings of every sort, poetry, historiography, reviews) makes him a crucial figure in US literature and culture of the 1790s and first decade of the 19th century, and a significant public intellectual in the wider Atlantic print culture and public sphere of the era of the French Revolution.

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I sit down, my friend, to comply with thy request. At length does the impetuosity of my fears, the transports of my wonder, permit me to recollect my promise and perform it. At length am I somewhat delivered from suspense and from tremors. At length the drama is brought to an imperfect close, and the series of events that absorbed my faculties, that hurried away my attention, has terminated in repose.

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Brown, Charles Brockden: Jane Talbot. v1. 29 Nov 2013

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Charles Brockden Brown (January 17, 1771 – February 22, 1810), an American novelist, historian, and editor of the Early National period, is generally regarded by scholars as the most ambitious and accomplished US novelist before James Fenimore Cooper. He is the most frequently studied and republished practitioner of the "early American novel," or the US novel between 1789 and roughly 1820. Although Brown was by no means the first American novelist, as some early criticism claimed, the breadth and complexity of his achievement as a writer in multiple genres (novels, short stories, essays and periodical writings of every sort, poetry, historiography, reviews) makes him a crucial figure in US literature and culture of the 1790s and first decade of the 19th century, and a significant public intellectual in the wider Atlantic print culture and public sphere of the era of the French Revolution.

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I am very far from being a wise girl. So conscience whispers me, and, though vanity is eager to refute the charge, I must acknowledge that she is seldom successful. Conscience tells me it is folly, it is guilt, to wrap up my existence in one frail mortal; to employ all my thoughts, to lavish all my affections, upon one object; to dote upon a human being, who, as such, must be the heir of many frailties, and whom I know to be not without his faults; to enjoy no peace but in his presence, to be grateful for his permission to sacrifice fortune, ease, life itself, for his sake.

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Brown, Charles Brockden: Memoirs of Carwin the Biloquist. v1. 29 Nov 2013

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Charles Brockden Brown (January 17, 1771 – February 22, 1810), an American novelist, historian, and editor of the Early National period, is generally regarded by scholars as the most ambitious and accomplished US novelist before James Fenimore Cooper. He is the most frequently studied and republished practitioner of the "early American novel," or the US novel between 1789 and roughly 1820. Although Brown was by no means the first American novelist, as some early criticism claimed, the breadth and complexity of his achievement as a writer in multiple genres (novels, short stories, essays and periodical writings of every sort, poetry, historiography, reviews) makes him a crucial figure in US literature and culture of the 1790s and first decade of the 19th century, and a significant public intellectual in the wider Atlantic print culture and public sphere of the era of the French Revolution.

Imagine being able to perfectly imitate the voice of any man, woman or child. That's the remarkable talent that the young Carwin discovers and cultivates in himself. For the most part, Carwin uses his skills for noble ends. Will he be tempted to talk his way into a life of crime?

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Brown, Charles Brockden: Ormond, Volume I (of 3). v1. 29 Nov 2013

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Charles Brockden Brown (January 17, 1771 – February 22, 1810), an American novelist, historian, and editor of the Early National period, is generally regarded by scholars as the most ambitious and accomplished US novelist before James Fenimore Cooper. He is the most frequently studied and republished practitioner of the "early American novel," or the US novel between 1789 and roughly 1820. Although Brown was by no means the first American novelist, as some early criticism claimed, the breadth and complexity of his achievement as a writer in multiple genres (novels, short stories, essays and periodical writings of every sort, poetry, historiography, reviews) makes him a crucial figure in US literature and culture of the 1790s and first decade of the 19th century, and a significant public intellectual in the wider Atlantic print culture and public sphere of the era of the French Revolution.

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You are anxious to obtain some knowledge of the history of Constantia Dudley. I am well acquainted with your motives, and allow that they justify your curiosity. I am willing to the utmost of my power to comply with your request, and will now dedicate what leisure I have to the composition of her story.

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Brown, Charles Brockden: Ormond, Volume II (of 3). 30 Nov 2013

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Charles Brockden Brown (January 17, 1771 – February 22, 1810), an American novelist, historian, and editor of the Early National period, is generally regarded by scholars as the most ambitious and accomplished US novelist before James Fenimore Cooper. He is the most frequently studied and republished practitioner of the "early American novel," or the US novel between 1789 and roughly 1820. Although Brown was by no means the first American novelist, as some early criticism claimed, the breadth and complexity of his achievement as a writer in multiple genres (novels, short stories, essays and periodical writings of every sort, poetry, historiography, reviews) makes him a crucial figure in US literature and culture of the 1790s and first decade of the 19th century, and a significant public intellectual in the wider Atlantic print culture and public sphere of the era of the French Revolution.

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"Ay," said he, in a tone of affected compassion, "it is a sad affair enough. I am sorry it is not in my power to help the poor girl. She is wrong in imputing her father's misfortunes to me, but I know the source of her mistake. Would to heaven it was in my flower to repair the wrongs they have suffered not from me, but from one whose relationship is a disgrace to me."

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Brown, Charles Brockden: Ormond, Volume III (of 3). v1. 30 Nov 2013

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cCharles Brockden Brown (January 17, 1771 – February 22, 1810), an American novelist, historian, and editor of the Early National period, is generally regarded by scholars as the most ambitious and accomplished US novelist before James Fenimore Cooper. He is the most frequently studied and republished practitioner of the "early American novel," or the US novel between 1789 and roughly 1820. Although Brown was by no means the first American novelist, as some early criticism claimed, the breadth and complexity of his achievement as a writer in multiple genres (novels, short stories, essays and periodical writings of every sort, poetry, historiography, reviews) makes him a crucial figure in US literature and culture of the 1790s and first decade of the 19th century, and a significant public intellectual in the wider Atlantic print culture and public sphere of the era of the French Revolution.

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"My father, in proportion as he grew old and rich, became weary of Aleppo. His natal soil, had it been the haunt of Calmucks or Bedouins, his fancy would have transformed into Paradise. No wonder that the equitable aristocracy and the peaceful husbandmen of Ragusa should be endeared to his heart by comparison with Egyptian plagues and Turkish tyranny. Besides, he lived for his children as well as himself. Their education and future lot required him to seek a permanent home.

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Brown, Charles Brokden: Arthur Mervyn. v1, 3 Feb 2008

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When Dr. Stevens finds a young man sitting alone in Phildelphia, he takes pity on him and invites him into his home. The young man's name is Arthur Mervyn and he is suffering from yellow fever, an illness that has swept through the city. In Dr. Stevens' care, Arthur becomes well again. Arthur is a pleasant man and they spend many hours discussing the future. However, when Mr. Whortley visits Dr. Stevens and recognizes Arthur, the serene life that was so hoped for by Arthur is brought into turmoil. For Arthur's past is not one of innocence, but one involving swindlers and lost monies. And Dr. Stevens must decide if Arthur deserves another chance at improving a wretched life.

Charles Brockden Brown is considered the man who brought Gothic literature to America. Before him, Gothic novels were set in European ruined castles and moors. Brown brought them to the towns and villages of America, but retained the Gothic feel that people of the time enjoyed so much. Arthur Mervyn was one of his most popular novels.

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Brown, Edna Adelaide: Four Gordons. v1. 29 Aug 2015

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Brown, Edna Adelaide, 1875-1944

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IT was one by the big clock in the tower of the Congregational church, and along School Street and down Summer were groups of boys and girls coming from the High School, where those who were not detained for any reason were dismissed at this early hour. A short distance behind the main body of pupils two girls were engaged in very earnest conversation. It was nothing new for Louise Gordon and Millie Jenckes to be seen together, for they were almost inseparable, but to-day they seemed more than usually absorbed in each other, and as they talked, walked more and more leisurely

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Brown, Walter C: Walter C Brown Sampler. V1. 21 Jun 2012

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Walter C Brown: No biographical data found.

THE PEKING PARROT
THE HUNGRY MANDARIN

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Brown, William Wells: Clotel, or The President's Daughter: v1, 5 September 2018

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William Wells Brown, 1814?-1884, was born into slavery in Kentucky to a negro mother and their white owner, but escaped in 1824 to live in Boston and in Europe where he worked as an abolitionist. He is thought to have been the first African-American novelist.

His novel [Clotel, or the President's Daughter[/ was published in England in 1853, and was little known in the U.S.A. He reworked the text as [Clotelle: a Tale of the Southern States,[/ in 1864. In 1867 he extended the story as [Clotelle; or the Colored Heroine.[/

This first version is written in British English, contains an extensive "Memoir of the Author," and tells of Clotel's suicide to escape recapture by slave traders

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Brown, William Wells: Clotelle, or The Colored Heroine: v1 19 Sept 2018

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William Wells Brown, 1814?-1884, was born into slavery in Kentucky to a negro mother and their white owner, but escaped in 1824 to live in Boston and in Europe where he worked as an abolitionist. He returned to the U.S.A. in 1854 after an English family had purchased his freedom. He is thought to have been the first African-American novelist.

His novel [Clotel, or the President's Daughter[/ was published in England in 1853, and was little known in the U.S.A. He reworked the text as [Clotelle: a Tale of the Southern States[/ in 1864, and it was marketed to Union soldiers in the Civil War. In 1867 he extended the story as [Clotelle; or the Colored Heroine.
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The first chapter of [Clotelle; or the Colored Heroine [/adds a little to the first chapter of [Clotelle: a Tale of the Southern States,[/ Georgiana comes to a different end, and chapters are added telling of the return of Clotelle and Jerome to the United States to take part in the Civil War.

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Brown, William Wells: Clotelle: A Tale of the Southern States: v1 12 Sept 2018

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William Wells Brown, 1814?-1884, was born into slavery in Kentucky to a negro mother and their white owner, but escaped in 1824 to live in Boston and in Europe where he worked as an abolitionist. He is thought to have been the first African-American novelist.

His novel [Clotel, or the President's Daughter[/ was published in England in 1853, and was little known in the U.S.A. He reworked the text as [Clotelle: a Tale of the Southern States[/ in 1864, and it was marketed to Union soldiers in the Civil War. In 1867 he extended the story as [Clotelle; or the Colored Heroine.[/

[Clotelle: a Tale of the Southern States[/ does not contain the Preface and the "Memoir of the Author" found in [Clotel, or the President's Daughter[/, the chapters do not have epigraphs, and there is much less poetry. Clotelle forms a relationship with Jerome, (a full blood negro,) enables him to escape, later escapes to Europe with a French soldier and marries him, and is reunited with Jerome several years later.

The text source cannot be named since several typos were found and corrected. The names of ships have been put in italics, and references to children have been changed from it to him or her. The text is in American English, and some changes were made to spelling, punctuation, and hyphenation using oxforddictionaries.com.

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Brown, William Wells: Narrative of William W. Brown. v1 2 October 2018

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William Wells Brown, 1814?-1884, was born into slavery in Kentucky to a negro mother and a relative of their white owner, but escaped in 1834 to live in Boston and in Europe where he worked as an abolitionist. He returned to the U.S.A. in 1854 after an English family had purchased his freedom. He is thought to have been the first African American novelist.

The book contains a commendatory letter from Edmund Quincy (1808–1877), vice-president of the American Anti-Slavery Society in 1853 and 1856-1859. J. C. Hathaway, a Quaker abolitionist, provided the Preface, but his date of death is unknown. Given that the book was first printed in 1846 one presumes that his work is in the public domain.

The book went through several editions and is an outline of the author's life as a slave, and of the work he did as a free man to liberate others. Many of the events described were used in his other books.

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Brown, William Wells: Three Years in Europe: v1, 26 Sept 2018

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William Wells Brown, 1814?-1884, was born into slavery in Kentucky to a negro mother and a relative of their white owner, but escaped in 1834 to live in Boston and in Europe where he worked as an abolitionist. He returned to the U.S.A. in 1854 after an English family had purchased his freedom. He is thought to have been the first African-American novelist.

The book contains 23 letters written by William Wells Brown while travelling in Europe, mostly to the editor of the abolitionist newspaper [The North Star.[/ They mention the lack of racial prejudice in the people he met, his contacts and work with other abolitionists and escaped slaves, and memories of his own life. Many of these memories were used in the three versions of his Clotel/Clotelle novels.

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Browne, George Waldo: For home and honor.v1. 27 Jan 2017

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George Waldo Browne: Born : 1851 Oct 8 Deerfield, New Hampshire, USA: Died : 1930 Aug 13
Manchester, New Hampshire, USA

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The speakers were two pupils of Miss Ada Spencer's school, at what was called the “Narrows District,” situated at the western extremity of a country town in Northern New England. The occasion was a half-day's outing, or picnic, of Miss Spencer and her scholars in that rugged locality known in local geography as Blake's Hill.

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Browne, George Waldo: Forge and Furnace. v2. 3 Feb 2017

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George Waldo Browne: Born : 1851 Oct 8 Deerfield, New Hampshire, USA: Died : 1930 Aug 13
Manchester, New Hampshire, USA

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“Don’t! You musn’t do that! Oh, Joe Bleak! how you do—stop! stop!”
The speaker was a pale-faced, slender boy of sixteen, clad in a ragged shirt and trousers, the latter garment reaching but a little below his knees, while the sleeves of the former had been cut off at the elbows, a thick coating of grime and coal dust making up in its way for whatever of clothing he may seemed to have lacked. While there was evidence about him showing he belonged to the very poorest of the working class, the contour of his pinched features, almost girlish in their outlines, the clear light of his brown eyes and the expression of his lips told that he had a mind above the dreary routine of his daily tasks.

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Browne, George Waldo: Forge and Furnace. v2. 3 Feb 2017

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George Waldo Browne: Born : 1851 Oct 8 Deerfield, New Hampshire, USA: Died : 1930 Aug 13
Manchester, New Hampshire, USA

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“Don’t! You musn’t do that! Oh, Joe Bleak! how you do—stop! stop!”
The speaker was a pale-faced, slender boy of sixteen, clad in a ragged shirt and trousers, the latter garment reaching but a little below his knees, while the sleeves of the former had been cut off at the elbows, a thick coating of grime and coal dust making up in its way for whatever of clothing he may seemed to have lacked. While there was evidence about him showing he belonged to the very poorest of the working class, the contour of his pinched features, almost girlish in their outlines, the clear light of his brown eyes and the expression of his lips told that he had a mind above the dreary routine of his daily tasks.

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Browne, George Waldo: The Young Gunbearer.v1.31 Jan 2017

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George Waldo Browne: Born : 1851 Oct 8 Deerfield, New Hampshire, USA: Died : 1930 Aug 13
Manchester, New Hampshire, USA

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“ Well, lad, here we are at last, and it's a goodish perambulation o’ woods and waters we’ve had.”
“ Strong three hundred miles, Woodranger. But look to the south; is not that bright spot on the horizon a fire? The moon is not yet in sight, though she cannot be far below the skirt of the forest.” “Well spoken, Rob. I was marking the spot myself. As you say, the moon is too deep in yon wilderness to put sich an eye in the brow o’ the great green wood. Nay, it is not the moon, lad. And if you want to see its mate, look yon on ol’ North Mountain,” swinging his long right arm slowly around in a direction opposite to that first observed.

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Browne, George Waldo: Two American Boys in Hawaii. v1. 3 Feb 2017

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George Waldo Browne: Born : 1851 Oct 8 Deerfield, New Hampshire, USA: Died : 1930 Aug 13
Manchester, New Hampshire, USA

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“ALOHA! ” the sweetest greeting which ever fell on the human ear falls softly on mine, and again I seem to be floating in my frail canoe on the bluest of sapphire seas, under the deepest of cerulean skies, and in sight of the greenest of tropical landscapes, as I tell you, my young readers, the story of the “Two American Boys in Hawaii.” And I fancy the mention of this last word awakens your interest, when you say:
“ What, Hawaii! that is one of our new possessions, which became a part of our country only last summer.”

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Browne, George Waldo: Zig-Zag, the Boy Conjurer. v1. 4 Feb 2017

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George Waldo Browne: Born : 1851 Oct 8 Deerfield, New Hampshire, USA: Died : 1930 Aug 13
Manchester, New Hampshire, USA

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His stature did not show him to be more than fourteen, or possibly fifteen years of age, but his face, with its firm lines around the mouth, and the thoughtful expression upon its regular features, told of at least another year on the credit side of experience in the varying fortunes of a checkered life. In fact, were we to reckon his existence from the parts he had acted in the rough side of knocking about the world, we should find that he was older than many are at two score.

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Browne, Maggie: The Book of Betty Barber (illus-Rackham). v1. 09 Sep 2019

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THE BOOK OF BETTY BARBER by Maggie Browne
Pseudonym of Margaret Hamer Andrewes (? – ?)
Illustrated by Arthur Rackham (1867–1939)

The Book of Betty Barber first publication is cited as 1900 by Carolyn Sigler on p. 79 of Alternative Alices (1997). (Scan of physical book shows no date, but illustrations are dated 1900/1901.)

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Three persons find a school exercise-book inside a hollow tree, and thus the story begins. Betty Barber, the owner of the book, has recorded some decided opinions and observations, which are destined to cause havoc here in these imaginary realms of Rhyme Land, Music Land, Paint Land, Sum Land, and other domains.

The fantastical, surreal aspects of this story might call to mind the writing of Lewis Carroll and other authors of sense-and-nonsense books for children. Eighteen full-page illustrations by Arthur Rackham add a comic flair to the production.

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Maggie Browne (pseudonym of Margaret Hamer Andrewes), active from 1884 to 1900, was the author of [Two Old Ladies, Two Foolish Fairies, and a Tom Cat[/; [The Book of Betty Barber[/; [Wanted–a King[/; [Pleasant Work for Busy Fingers[/; [Plays for Little Folks[/; and others. No biographical data could be found for this writer.

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Text and illustrations were obtained from the Internet Archive. Embedded font for titling. Chapter headings are cross-linked to interactive Table of Contents; List of Illustrations provides links to images. Editing notes available inside the book.

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Now available for young readers, for fans of Lewis Carroll, and for lovers of Arthur Rackham. Enjoy!

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Browne, Maggie: Two Old Ladies, Two Foolish Fairies, and a Tom Cat (illus-Rackham). v

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TWO OLD LADIES, TWO FOOLISH FAIRIES, AND A TOM CAT by Maggie Browne
Pseudonym of Margaret Hamer Andrewes (? – ?)
Illustrated by Arthur Rackham (1867–1939)

This book was first published in 1897.

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Lord Pussee Cattums, formerly known as Puss-in-Boots, incites the fairies (who want more magical power) to rebel against their Queen. In consequence, two of the young fairies, Tuppy and Tue, are to be sent into the world with the fairy gifts (the seven-league boots, the glass slippers, the spinning wheel, and all the rest) to find out if the gifts are useless and if the fairy power over mortals is lost.

But, oh my! How things have changed in the mortal world!

Twenty-four illustrations by Arthur Rackham, from early in his career, are featured in this book (cited by some as “the first [real[/ Rackham”).

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Maggie Browne (pseudonym of Margaret Hamer Andrewes), active from 1884 to 1900, was the author of [Two Old Ladies, Two Foolish Fairies, and a Tom Cat[/; [The Book of Betty Barber[/; [Wanted–a King[/; [Pleasant Work for Busy Fingers[/; [Plays for Little Folks[/; and others. No biographical data could be found for this writer.

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Text and illustrations were obtained from HathiTrust. Embedded font for titling. Chapter headings are cross-linked to interactive Table of Contents; List of Illustrations provides links to images. Editing notes available inside the book.

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For young readers, and fans of children's fantasy, and fans of Arthur Rackham. May you enjoy this book!
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Browne, Maggie: Wanted—A King (illus). v1. 10 Jan 2020

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Wanted—A King
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How Merle Set the Nursery Rhymes to Rights

by Maggie Browne
Pseudonym of Margaret Hamer Andrewes (1864–1937)
Illustrated by Harry Furniss (1854–1925)

Merle, confined to bed to recover from a serious fall, finds herself in the land of Endom. The nursery rhyme characters who live there ask her help to vanquish and banish the wicked Grunter Grim, who has subverted the happy verses into very unpleasant experiences. This will not be an easy task for Merle, but she is determined to succeed.

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Maggie Browne, pseudonym of Margaret Andrewes née Hamer (1864-1937), was an English author of fiction and non-fiction children’s books, who is best known today for [Wanted, a King[/, an [Alice in Wonderland[/-type story. Lewis Carroll reportedly owned a copy “as part of his collection of ‘books of the Alice type’.”

Some of her other titles include [Pleasant Work for Busy Fingers[/; [Plays for Little Folks[/; [Two Old Ladies, Two Foolish Fairies, and a Tom Cat[/; and [The Book of Betty Barber[/.
(The latter two, illustrated by Arthur Rackham, are also available from the MobileRead library.
Two Old Ladies: epub kindle
Betty Barber: epub kindle )

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[Wanted—A King[/ was first published in 1890. This book is in the public domain where copyright is “Life+80” or less, and in the USA.

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A fun little book that can be enjoyed straight-up by young readers, and by adults as a glimpse of some early challenges to social and gender roles.
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Browning, Elizabeth Barrett: Sonnets from the Portuguese. v1. 7 Feb 2014

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A collection of love poetry written by Elizabeth Barrett to her fiance, later published in 1850.

In U.S. public domain.

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Browning, H Ellen: Beauty Culture, v1, 15 Oct 2007.

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H Ellen Browning, Beauty Culture, (1898)

Continuing our occasional series of debatably useful instructional works.

Apparently, all you need is fresh air, a good diet and the prodigal use of soap and water.

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Brust, Steven: My Own Kind of Freedom, v.1, 18 July 2008

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Science-Fiction novel from 2007 based on the Firefly TV series, released under a Creative Commons License.

Chronologically it's between the end of the series and the movie "Serenity". I'd highly recommend watching the series before reading this book, it reads very much like an extra episode.

Reformatted the text, added curly quotes, added a table of contents, added a quick and dirty self-made cover.

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Bryant, Walter W.: Kepler, v.1, 25 Oct 2008

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A 1920 biography of the astronomer Johannes Kepler.

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Bryce, Mrs. Charles: The Ashiel Mystery, v1, 8 April 2010.

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Mrs. Charles Bryce [Marion Bryc [1839-1920]
The Ashiel Mystery [1915]

As the adopted daughter of Sir Charles Byrne, young Pauline suffers when he marries again. Then she gets a chance to meet her natural father. This is followed by murders, missing wills and deception in a Scottish castle. It’s enough to make a girl faint. Fortunately the detective, Mr. Gimblet is on hand to solve the mystery.

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Buchan, John: Collected Supernatural Stories. V1. 8 Apr 2011

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John Buchan, 1st Baron Tweedsmuir PC GCMG GCVO CH (26 August 1875 – 11 February 1940) was a Scottish novelist and Unionist politician who served as Governor General of Canada, the 15th since Canadian Confederation.

The Keeper of Cademuir (Glasgow University Magazine, 1894)
A Journey of Little Profit (The Yellow Book, 1898)
The Outgoing of the Tide (Atlantic Monthly, 1902)
No-man's-land (Blackwood's Magazine, 1899)
The Watcher by the Threshold (Atlantic Magazine, 1900)
The Grove of Ashtaroth (Blackwood's Magazine, 1910)
Space (Blackwood's Magazine, 1911)
Basilissa (Blackwood's Magazine, 1914)
Fullcircle (Atlantic Magazine, 1920)
The Magic Walking Stick (Sails of Gold, 1927)
The Strange Adventure of Mr. Andrew Hawthorn (The Silver Ship, 1932)

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Buchan, John: Greenmantle. v1. 1 Dec 2013

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John Buchan, 1st Baron Tweedsmuir PC GCMG GCVO CH (26 August 1875 – 11 February 1940) was a Scottish novelist, historian and Unionist politician who served as Governor General of Canada, the 15th since Canadian Confederation.

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I sat and thought for a bit, for the name 'Bullivant' carried me back eighteen months to the hot summer before the war. I had not seen the man since, though I had read about him in the papers. For more than a year I had been a busy battalion officer, with no other thought than to hammer a lot of raw stuff into good soldiers. I had succeeded pretty well, and there was no prouder man on earth than Richard Hannay when he took his Lennox Highlanders over the parapets on that glorious and bloody 25th day of September. Loos was no picnic, and we had had some ugly bits of scrapping before that, but the worst bit of the campaign I had seen was a tea-party to the show I had been in with Bullivant before the war started. [Major Hannay's narrative of this affair has been publis
hed under the title of The Thirty-nine Steps.]

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Buchan, John: Huntingtower. v1. 1 Dec 2013

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John Buchan, 1st Baron Tweedsmuir PC GCMG GCVO CH (26 August 1875 – 11 February 1940) was a Scottish novelist, historian and Unionist politician who served as Governor General of Canada, the 15th since Canadian Confederation.

Dickson McCunn, a respectable, newly retired grocer of romantic heart, plans a modest walking holiday in the hills of south-west Scotland. He meets a young English poet and, contrary to his better sense, finds himself in the thick of a plot involving the kidnapping of a Russian princess, who is held prisoner in the rambling mansion, Huntingtower. This modern fairy-tale is...more

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Buchan, John: John Burnet of Barns. v1. 1 Dec 2013

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John Buchan, 1st Baron Tweedsmuir PC GCMG GCVO CH (26 August 1875 – 11 February 1940) was a Scottish novelist, historian and Unionist politician who served as Governor General of Canada, the 15th since Canadian Confederation.

A story of honor and loyalty, betrayal and retribution, John Burnet of Barns is a marvelous evocation of the Border country during the "Killing Time" of the Covenanting period.

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Buchan, John: John Macnab. V1. 4 Apr 2011

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John Buchan, 1st Baron Tweedsmuir PC GCMG GCVO CH (26 August 1875 – 11 February 1940) was a Scottish novelist and Unionist politician who served as Governor General of Canada, the 15th since Canadian Confederation.

Three high-flying men who suffer from boredom concoct a plan to cure it. They inform 3 Scottish estates that they will poach from each two stags and a salmon. They sign collectively as 'John McNab' and await the responses.

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Buchan, John: Midwinter. V1. 7 Apr 2011

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John Buchan, 1st Baron Tweedsmuir PC GCMG GCVO CH (26 August 1875 – 11 February 1940) was a Scottish novelist and Unionist politician who served as Governor General of Canada, the 15th since Canadian Confederation.

A classic tale of intrigue, treachery and adventure, set in 1745 as the Jacobite Rebels march south into England, telling the story of Alastair Maclean, a close confidant of Prince Charles Edward Stewart, who sets out on a secret mission to raise support for the Jacobite cause in the west of England.

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Buchan, John: Mr. Standfast. v1. 2 Dec 2013

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John Buchan, 1st Baron Tweedsmuir PC GCMG GCVO CH (26 August 1875 – 11 February 1940) was a Scottish novelist, historian and Unionist politician who served as Governor General of Canada, the 15th since Canadian Confederation.

Set in the later years of World War I, Brigadier-General Hannay is recalled from active service on the Western Front to undertake a secret mission hunting for a dangerous German agent at large in Britain. Hannay is required to work undercover disguised as a pacifist, roaming the country incognito to investigate a German spy and his agents, and then heads to the Swiss Alps to save Europe from being overwhelmed by the German army.

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Buchan, John: Prester John. v1. 20 Dec 07

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I hope I'm not stepping on any toes by posting this Buchan book. I noticed that there are other John Buchan books being posted, but I really couldn't wait to read this one. And since I formatted it for myself, I figured I would post it and save others the trouble.

This author is new to me. After this I finish this book, I am going to rapidly devour the other ones that have been posted on here.:)

[From description at Amazon:[/
Nineteen-year-old David Crawfurd travels from Scotland to South Africa to seek his fortune as a store-keeper. He encounters John Laputa, a celebrated Zulu minister, of whom he has strange memories. In his remote store, David finds himself with the key to a massive uprising led by the minister, who has taken the title of the mythical priest-king, Prester John. David's courage and his understanding of this man take him to the heart of the uprising, a secret cave in the Rooirand.

This is a story of lost civilizations, hidden treasures, friendship and betrayal, lions and tigers, witch doctors, and just good old-fashioned adventure.

John Buchan wrote [Prester John[/, his sixth novel, in 1910, seven years after he returned from South Africa. It was his first to reach a wide readership across the world, and it established him as the writer of the fast-paced adventures for which he is famous.

[Note: Modern readers should know that Buchan used some racist sentiments completely common at the time.[/

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Buchan, John: Richard Hannay Omnibus. v5. 4 Feb 2011

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This is an omnibus edition of all John Buchan's books featuring the British secret agent "Richard Hannay". The first of these, "The Thirty-Nine Steps" will, doubtless, be familiar to many people through the famous Hitchcock movie adaptation, but I suspect that the remaining books in the series may be less familiar to some.

The books are:

The Thirty-Nine Steps

John Buchan wrote "The Thirty-Nine Steps" while he was seriously ill at the beginning of World War I. In it, he introduces his most famous hero, Richard Hannay, who, despite claiming to be an "ordinary fellow", is caught up in the dramatic race against a plot to devastate the British war effort. Hannay is hunted across the Scottish moors by police and a pitiless enemy in the corridors of Whitehall and, finally, at the site of the mysterious 39 steps. The best-known of Buchan's thrillers, this novel has been continuously in print since first publication and has been filmed three times.

Greenmantle

This novel continues the story of Richard Hannay, taking him from convalescence following the Battle of Loos, back to London for a vital meeting at the Foreign Office, and thence on a top-secret mission across war-torn German-occupied Europe.

Mr. Standfast

In Mr Standfast (1919), the third of the novels featuring Richard Hannay, we meet again Pieter Pienaar and John S. Blenkiron. It is 1917 and Hannay is brought out of the battlefield to perform the desperate task of tracking down and destroying a network of German spies. Hannay's opponent is Morton Ivery, the bland master of disguise, who seeks to outwit Hannay as he and his agents are pursued through England, Scotland, France, and Switzerland.

For its pace and suspense, its changes of scene, and thrilling descriptions of the last great battles against the Germans, Mr Standfast offers everything that has made its author so enduringly popular.

The Three Hostages

At the end of World War I, Richard Hannay has retired to the Cotswolds. There, news comes to him of three kidnappings and a plot of political and financial magnitude. Hannay abandons his idyll to counter the threat and his adventures lead to an encounter with his most formidable enemy.

The Courts of the Morning

Although not a Richard Hannay story as such (he narrates the introduction to the story), this is a wonderful story of revolution in a (fictitious) South American country, and features the cast of characters from the earlier Richard Hannay books - Archie, Sandy, Blenkiron, and the rest. It also forms an important "back story" for the final book in the omnibus, "The Island of Sheep".

The Island of Sheep

The Island of Sheep (1936) is John Buchan's last thriller, featuring the return of Richard Hannay, the hero of The Thirty-Nine Steps, Greenmantle, Mr Standfast and The Three Hostages, from a comfortable retirement. Hannay redeems his promise to protect the son of an old acquaintance from a sinister conspiracy, and the action moves rapidly from England through the Scottish Borders to the Island of Sheep in the remote Norlands, where Hannay and his friends turn at last to confront their enemy. Memorable for its vivid evocations of place, the novel constitutes a complex reflection upon its own position at the end of Buchan's career and at the end of a modern Scottish tradition of adventure romances.

Enjoy!

EDIT: 15 Jan 08

Improved the formatting and recreated the book. Uploaded v2.

EDIT: 30 Dec 08

Added "The Courts of the Morning" to the omnibus. Uploaded v3.

EDIT: 1 Jan 09

Thoroughly proofed and corrected "The Thirty-Nine Steps", which was in a very poor state. Reformatted "Greenmantle" and "Mr. Standfast" to correct a problem with paragraph breaks. Uploaded v4.

EDIT: 4 Feb 11

Thoroughly proofed all the books in the omnibus against printed editions. Most were in a reasonable state, but "The Courts of the Morning" required extensive work to correct it. I'd now regard this as pretty much a finished product - if you find any remaining errors, please let me know. Uploaded v5.

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Buchan, John: Runagates Club. V1. 6 Apr 2011

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John Buchan, 1st Baron Tweedsmuir PC GCMG GCVO CH (26 August 1875 – 11 February 1940) was a Scottish novelist and Unionist politician who served as Governor General of Canada, the 15th since Canadian Confederation.

Mixed collection of twelve short stories, mostly of horror, espionage, or the supernatural, including Buchan's popular "The Green Wildebeest." "Among Buchan's best work."- Bleiler, The Guide to Supernatural Fiction

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Buchan, John: Salute to Adventurers. V1. 9 Apr 2011

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John Buchan, 1st Baron Tweedsmuir PC GCMG GCVO CH (26 August 1875 – 11 February 1940) was a Scottish novelist and Unionist politician who served as Governor General of Canada, the 15th since Canadian Confederation.

My arm was too short to make a fighter of me, and I could only strive to close, that I might get the use of my weight and my great strength of neck and shoulder. Ringan danced round me, tapping me lightly on nose and cheek, but hard enough to make the blood flow, I defended myself as best I could, while my temper rose rapidly and made me forget my penitence. Time and again I looked for a chance to slip in, but he was as wary as a fox, and was a yard off before I could get my arm round him.

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Buchan, John: Sick Heart River. V1. 14 March 2013

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Buchan, John: Sick Heart River (1941)

John Buchan, 1st Baron Tweedsmuir PC GCMG GCVO CH (26 August 1875 – 11 February 1940) was a Scottish novelist, historian and Unionist politician who served as Governor General of Canada, the 15th since Canadian Confederation.

In his last years, Buchan, amongst other works, wrote an autobiography, Memory Hold-the-Door, as well as works on the history and his views of Canada. He and Baroness Tweedsmuir together established the first proper library at Rideau Hall, and, with his wife's encouragement, Buchan founded the Governor General's Literary Awards, which remain Canada's premier award for literature. Buchan's 100 works include nearly thirty novels, seven collections of short stories, and biographies of Sir Walter Scott, Caesar Augustus, and Oliver Cromwell. Buchan was awarded the James Tait Black Memorial Prize for his biography of the Marquess of Montrose, but the most famous of his books were the spy thrillers, and it is for these that he is now best remembered. The "last Buchan" (as Graham Greene entitled his appreciative review) was the 1941 novel Sick Heart River (American title: Mountain Meadow), in which a dying protagonist confronts the questions of the meaning of life in the Canadian wilderness. The insightful quotation, "It's a great life, if you don't weaken," is famously attributed to Buchan,[28] as is, "No great cause is ever lost or won, The battle must always be renewed, And the creed must always be restated."
—Information adapted from Wikipedia

On April 7, 2011 crutledge originally uploaded his conversion of the book to MobileRead. I have added Howard Swiggett’s lengthy and informative Introduction (with footnotes) from the third printing of this book. The introduction features an extensive examination of many of Buchan’s books and the philosophies espoused in them. I have changed the cover at the front, updated the table of contents, changed some formatting and added “curly quotes.”

Plot Summary from Wikipedia:
The plot is particularly poignant, since it discusses a terminally ill man, Edward Leithen, going off to die in a hidden valley in the Canadian wilderness.

Buchan wrote this while Governor General of Canada and it was published posthumously following his death as a result of a fall and stroke. It is one of Buchan's most spiritual novels, talking about death and redemption. The book contains an Introduction by Howard Swiggett.

Source: Project Gutenberg Canada – first listed on 13 March 2013
Conversion with thanks using using Sigil 0.7.1 and Calibre 0.9.22
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Buchan, John: Sick Heart River. V1. 7 Apr 2011

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John Buchan, 1st Baron Tweedsmuir PC GCMG GCVO CH (26 August 1875 – 11 February 1940) was a Scottish novelist and Unionist politician who served as Governor General of Canada, the 15th since Canadian Confederation.

Sir Edward Leithen travels deep into the Canadian Arctic to investigate the mysterious disappearance of a man. Leithen confronts his fears during this dangerous mission as he draws closer to the deadly secret of the Sick Heart River.

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Buchan, John: The Blanket of the Dark. V1. 6 Apr 2011

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John Buchan, 1st Baron Tweedsmuir PC GCMG GCVO CH (26 August 1875 – 11 February 1940) was a Scottish novelist and Unionist politician who served as Governor General of Canada, the 15th since Canadian Confederation.

It is 1536, and the Reformation has yet to disrupt the life of the great medieval Abbey of Oseney near Oxford, where a young man known as Peter Pentecost is completing his education. But Peter's life is about to be changed forever when he uncovers the astonishing secret of his true identity, a secret that has been kept from him all his life: that he is the son and heir of Edward, Duke of Buckingham, and by rights he, not Henry Tudor, should be King of England. His anonymous life at Oseney has been carefully arranged to keep him from harm--until the day arrives when those who have been watching over him are ready to challenge Henry VIII.

From the moment Peter discovers the truth, he descends into a dangerous world of conspiracy and treason, as powerful men seek to persuade him to leave behind the security and tranquility of his life at Oseney and risk everything in a rebellion that could put him on the throne of England.

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Buchan, John: The Courts of the Morning. V1. 10 Apr 2011

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John Buchan, 1st Baron Tweedsmuir PC GCMG GCVO CH (26 August 1875 – 11 February 1940) was a Scottish novelist and Unionist politician who served as Governor General of Canada, the 15th since Canadian Confederation.

When Richard Hannay is approached by the American military attach in London to carry out a delicate undercover mission, he immediately seeks out his old friend Sandy Arbuthnot. They meet at Sandy's country house in the Scottish Borders, but soon afterwards Sandy disappears in mysterious circumstances. As it turns out, these events are only the prelude to a dramatic series of adventures which take place against the backdrop of a small South American Republic that has fallen under the spell of a ruthless Dictator.

The Dictator is a powerful and charismatic leader, but he is also the mastermind behind a sinister international conspiracy that threatens the peace and security of the entire world. He has to be stopped, and Sandy Arbuthnot, master of disguise and born adventurer, is the man to do it, though revolution and war may be the price that has to be paid.

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Buchan, John: The Dancing Floor. V1. 5 Apr 2011

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John Buchan, 1st Baron Tweedsmuir PC GCMG GCVO CH (26 August 1875 – 11 February 1940) was a Scottish novelist and Unionist politician who served as Governor General of Canada, the 15th since Canadian Confederation.

Sir Edward Leithen gained the confidence of a young Englishman, haunted all his life by a dream, and of a girl, the heiress to a Greek island, whose quixotic sense of humour made her face alone a great peril. The inseverable connection between the destinies of the two, with the high test to which the courage of each was put, makes a great love story and a stirring original adventure.

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Buchan, John: The Far Islands. V1. 8 Apr 2011

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John Buchan, 1st Baron Tweedsmuir PC GCMG GCVO CH (26 August 1875 – 11 February 1940) was a Scottish novelist and Unionist politician who served as Governor General of Canada, the 15th since Canadian Confederation.

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When Bran the Blessed, as the story goes, followed the White bird on the Last Questing, knowing that return was not for him, he gave gifts to his followers. To Heliodorus he gave the gift of winning speech, and straightway the man went south to the Italian seas, and, becoming a scholar, left many descendants who sat in the high places of the Church. To Raymond he gave his steel battle-axe, and bade him go out to the warrior's path and, hew his way to a throne; which the man forthwith accomplished, and became an ancestor in the fourth degree of the first king of Scots. But to Colin, the youngest and the dearest, he gave no gift, whispering only a word in his ear and laying a finger on his eyelids. Yet Colin was satisfied, and he alone of the three, after their master's going, remained on that coast of rock and heather.

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Buchan, John: The Free Fishers. V1. 7 Apr 2011

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John Buchan, 1st Baron Tweedsmuir PC GCMG GCVO CH (26 August 1875 – 11 February 1940) was a Scottish novelist and Unionist politician who served as Governor General of Canada, the 15th since Canadian Confederation.

Set in the bleak Yorkshire hamlet of Hungrygrain, this is a stirring tale of treason and romance. Anthony Lammas, minister and Professor of Logic at St Andrews University finds himself entangled in a web of intrigue that threatens the country. His boyhood allegiance to a brotherhood of deep-sea fishermen involves him and his handsome ex-pupil with a beautiful but dangerous woman.

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Buchan, John: The Gap in the Curtain. V1. 5 Apr 2011

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John Buchan, 1st Baron Tweedsmuir PC GCMG GCVO CH (26 August 1875 – 11 February 1940) was a Scottish novelist and Unionist politician who served as Governor General of Canada, the 15th since Canadian Confederation.

The most unusual and thought- provoking of Buchan's supernatural works is the novel The Gap in the Curtain (1932), which deals with fate and free will. Building on Dunne's theory of serial time, Professor Moe works out a technique for visualizing the future-in this case a newspaper of a year hence. The characters, who are types of our civilization, scramble about trying either to fulfill or to ward off what has been seen. a capable suspense story.- Sullivan, The Penguin Encyclopedia of Horror and the Supernatural

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Buchan, John: The Half-Hearted. V1. 8 Apr 2011

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John Buchan, 1st Baron Tweedsmuir PC GCMG GCVO CH (26 August 1875 – 11 February 1940) was a Scottish novelist and Unionist politician who served as Governor General of Canada, the 15th since Canadian Confederation.

Set in the closing years of the nineteenth century, The Half-Hearted tells the story of Lewis Haystoun, a dilettante and coward. At a Scottish country house party hosted by Lady Manorwater, Lewis falls for Alice Wishart, one of the guests. Lewis answers the call to adventure finally and sets off to Kashmir in search of 'success, enterprise, new lands and faces'.

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Buchan, John: The Moon Endureth. V1. 9 Apr 2011

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John Buchan, 1st Baron Tweedsmuir PC GCMG GCVO CH (26 August 1875 – 11 February 1940) was a Scottish novelist and Unionist politician who served as Governor General of Canada, the 15th since Canadian Confederation.

Poetry and ten short stories by the British author known for adventure stories.

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Buchan, John: The Path of the King v1 18. nov 2008

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This is coming from PG and was written by the ever popular John Buchan. This review is coming from The John Buchan society:

[QUOTThis is a book for young and old and especially for the historically minded to dwell on and even drool over. (G M Trevelyan the historian was a case in point!) The First World War had reinforced Buchan's knowledge of France and interest in the New World, and especially in Abraham Lincoln. Buchan had been fascinated from early days with 'The road the King of Errin goes' in foklore, and used the idea of the 'King's path' in an earlier work on Sir Walter Raleigh. In this post- First World War novel Buchan presents Lincoln's courageous Presidency in the American Civil War (he was a minority Republican President in his first term and was assassinated in his second) as nothing less than kingly, at first sight a paradox in a non-monarchical country like the USA.

The Path of the King offers a tapestry of historical episodes, from the Vikings through centuries of Norman and French, Flemish, English, Scottish and American social, economic and political life. Famous events such as the massacre of St Bartholomew's Eve, the adventures of Daniel Boone and much else provide the backcloth for the men and women who successively have, however diluted, the blood of kingliness in them (we might now say they had the right genes). The subtly-linked individual stories are used to suggest that kingliness may be dormant or fitful over several generations, but will finally reappear in someone, like Lincoln.

All the leading characters are presented as descended from a young Viking prince whose death among the Franks as a defeated Northman is implied in the first episode. That princeling's golden torque is the symbol of his royal status, but we find it remodelled as a ring, ultimately resurfacing in America only to be lost by young Abe Lincoln when he uses it to catch a fish in a 'crick' (creek or stream). But its loss is of no account, for when kingliness in fact reappears in Lincoln the man there is no need for it.

The fascination of this unusual book grows on the reader gradually. Little clues should be looked for constantly, in order to grasp the consistency of the tale. And the choice of Lincoln, very much the offspring of ordinary folks, proclaims for those with eyes to see that kingliness is not dependent on outward trappings but on inward riches. 'Though nature is wasteful of material things, there is no waste of spirit, as the Prologue suggests.[/QUOT
Seems like a good read.

I streamlined the book, added a TOC and a cover.

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Buchan, John: The Power-House. V1. 5 Apr 2011

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John Buchan, 1st Baron Tweedsmuir PC GCMG GCVO CH (26 August 1875 – 11 February 1940) was a Scottish novelist and Unionist politician who served as Governor General of Canada, the 15th since Canadian Confederation.

When his friend Charles Pitt-Heron vanishes mysteriously, Sir Edward Leithen is at first only mildly concerned. But a series of strange events that follow Pitt-Heron's disappearance convince Leithen that he is dealing with a sinister secret society. Their codename is 'The Power-House'. The authorities are unable to act without evidence. As he gets deeper involved with the underworld, Leithen finds himself facing the enemy alone and in terrible danger.

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Buchan, John: The Thirty-Nine Steps. v1, 4 June 2010

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This version is based on the text in HarryT's John Buchan Omnibus. The main difference is that I like curly quotes, so this version has curly quotes!

Uploaded as a nicely formatted version of the Book Club's June 2010 book.

This file has been prepared using KindleGen from the same source as the ePub I'm just about to upload.

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Buchan, John: Witch Wood. V1. 6 Apr 2011

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John Buchan, 1st Baron Tweedsmuir PC GCMG GCVO CH (26 August 1875 – 11 February 1940) was a Scottish novelist and Unionist politician who served as Governor General of Canada, the 15th since Canadian Confederation.

Set amidst the religious struggles of the 17th century, this is the story of a young minister's return to the town of his birth. There he finds a coven of Satan worshippers and falls deeply in love with one of their victims in a struggle for right and wrong.

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Buchanan, James: State of the Union. v1.1 13 October 2007

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18th President of the USA, 1857-1861.

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Buchanan, Robert: Camlan and The Shadow of the Sword. V1. 11 Apr 2011

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Robert Williams Buchanan (18 August 1841 – 10 June 1901) was a Scottish poet, novelist and dramatist. He was the son of Robert Buchanan (1813-1866), Owenite lecturer and journalist, and was born at Caverswall, Staffordshire, England. Buchanan senior, a native of Ayr, Scotland, lived for some years in Manchester, then moved to Glasgow, where Buchanan junior was educated, at the high school and the university, one of his fellow-students being the poet David Gray. His essay on Gray, originally published in the Cornhill Magazine, tells the story of their close friendship, and of their journey to London in 1860 in search of fame.

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"The Shadow of the Sword" is a polemic against War, against the institution which, above all others, is the disgrace and scourge of modern civilization. But what am I saying? I write this preface in the near neighbourhood of Shoeburyness, where our English artillerymen have been recently experimenting, at the expense of the public pocket and of the town windows, with the new 80-ton gun. I forget exactly how many pounds sterling every discharge of this cheerful invention costs the people of England, or how much they are mulcted for the experimental cannonade which takes place daily at Shoeburyness and other havens of unrest, made hideous for us by a quasi-military government.

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Buchanan, Robert: God and the Man. V1. 10 Apr 2011

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Robert Williams Buchanan (18 August 1841 – 10 June 1901) was a Scottish poet, novelist and dramatist. He was the son of Robert Buchanan (1813-1866), Owenite lecturer and journalist, and was born at Caverswall, Staffordshire, England. Buchanan senior, a native of Ayr, Scotland, lived for some years in Manchester, then moved to Glasgow, where Buchanan junior was educated, at the high school and the university, one of his fellow-students being the poet David Gray. His essay on Gray, originally published in the Cornhill Magazine, tells the story of their close friendship, and of their journey to London in 1860 in search of fame.

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As far back as he could remember,—when, though his body was a useless log, and his eyes dim with dust of age, his memory was still green,—the Christiansons had hated the Orchardsons, and the Orchardsons had returned the hate with interest. The two families were heat and frost, fire and water, peace and war; their spirits could never cross each other without pain. Physically, even, they were as unlike as tall stalwart trees of the forest and creeping shrubs of the common: the male Christiansons, tall, stalwart yeomen of six foot upwards; the Orchardsons narrow-chested, stooping figures, below the middle height.

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Buck, Charles Neville: A Pagan of the Hills . V1. 1 Dec 2010

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Buck, Charles Neville, 1879-1930: KYLIT - Kentucky Writers

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"It's plum amazin' ter heer ye norate thet ye've done been tradin' and hagglin' with old man McGivins long enough ter buy his logs offen him and yit ye hain't never met up with Alexander. I kain't hardly fathom hit noways."
The shambling mountaineer stretched himself to his lean length of six feet two, and wagged an incredulous head. Out of pale eyes he studied the man before him until the newcomer from "down-below" felt that, in the attitude, lay almost the force of rebuke. It was as though he stood self-convicted of having visited Naples without seeing Vesuvius.

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Buck, Charles Neville: Destiny. v1. 11 Jul 2014

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Buck, Charles Neville, 1879-1930. A native of Kentucky, Charles Neville Buck grew up near Lexington in the late 1800s. Well-educated, Buck held a Bachelor of Arts and a law degree from the University of Louisville. He also attended the Cincinnati Academy of Arts, and became a cartoonist and editorial writer for the Louisville Evening Post before turning to the romantic adventure novels he is known for. His most popular novel, The Call of the Cumberlands (1913) takes place in the mountain landscape Buck knew so well.

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Brooding at one of the front desks, sat a boy, slender and undersized for his thirteen years. The ill-fitting crudity of his neatly patched clothes gave him a certain uniformity with his fellows, yet left him as unlike them as all things else could conspire to make him. The long hair that hung untrimmed over his face seemed a black emphasis for the cameo delicacy of his features, lending them a wan note of pathos. On his thin temples, bluish veins traced the hall-mark of an over-sensitive nature, and eyes that were deep pools of somberness gazed out with the dreamer’s unrest.

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Buck, Charles Neville: Destiny. V1. 30 Nov 2010

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Buck, Charles Neville, 1879-1930: KYLIT - Kentucky Writers

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OUTSIDE the subtle clarion of autumn's dying glory flamed in the torches of the maples and smoldered in the burgundy of the oaks. It trailed a veil of rose-ash and mystery along the slopes of the White Mountains, and inside the crumbling school-house the children droned sleepily over their books like prisoners in a lethargic mutiny.

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Buck, Charles Neville: The Call of the Cumberlands. V1. 29 Nov 2010

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Suddenly the leafage was thrust aside from above by a cautious hand, and a shy, half-wild girl appeared in the opening. For an instant she halted, with her brown fingers holding back the brushwood, and raised her face as though listening. Across the slope drifted the call of the partridge, and with perfect imitation she whistled back an answer. It would have seemed appropriate to anyone who had seen her that she should talk bird language to the birds. She was herself as much a wood creature as they, and very young.

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Buck, Charles Neville: The Code of the Mountains. v1. 11 Jul 2014

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Buck, Charles Neville, 1879-1930. A native of Kentucky, Charles Neville Buck grew up near Lexington in the late 1800s. Well-educated, Buck held a Bachelor of Arts and a law degree from the University of Louisville. He also attended the Cincinnati Academy of Arts, and became a cartoonist and editorial writer for the Louisville Evening Post before turning to the romantic adventure novels he is known for. His most popular novel, The Call of the Cumberlands (1913) takes place in the mountain landscape Buck knew so well.

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This morning the boy from the forks of Troublesome Creek had back his name once more. It was not a distinguished name, nor one to be flaunted in pride of race or achievement. On the contrary, it was a synonym for violent law-breaking and in the homely parlance of the Cumberland ridges, where certain infractions are condoned, it stood for “pizen meanness.” Generations of Spooners before him had taken up the surname and carried it like runners in a relay race—often into evil ways. Many had laid down their lives and name with abruptness and violence.

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Buck, Charles Neville: The Key to Yesterday. V1. 30 Nov 2010

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Buck, Charles Neville, 1879-1930: KYLIT - Kentucky Writers

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The palings of the grandstand inclosure creaked in protest under the pressure. The shadows of forward-surging men wavered far out across the track. A smother of ondriving dust broke, hurricane-like, around the last turn, sweeping before it into the straightaway a struggling mass of horse-flesh and a confusion of stable-colors. Back to the right, the grandstand came to its feet, bellowing in a madman’s chorus.

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Buck, Charles Neville: The Lighted Match. V1. 30 Nov 2010

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"When a feller an' a gal washes their hands in the same basin at the same time, it's a tol'able good sign they won't git married this year."
The oracle spoke through the bearded lips of a farmer perched on the top step of his cabin porch. The while he construed omens, a setter pup industriously gnawed at his boot-heels.

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Buck, Charles Neville: The Portal of Dreams. V1. 1 Dec 2010

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Buck, Charles Neville, 1879-1930: KYLIT - Kentucky Writers

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The doctor was so small and frail that his narrow face was rescued from inconsequence only by a trimly cropped Van-Dyck with a dignified sprinkling of gray. I always felt that, should I ever see him in a bathing suit, I would have to seek a new physician. I could never again think of him as sufficiently grown-up to practise an adult vocation. Yet when the doctor spoke his mentality issued out of its small habitation of flesh and expanded to commanding proportion.

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Buck, Charles Neville: The Roof Tree. V1. 2 Dec 2010

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Buck, Charles Neville, 1879-1930: KYLIT - Kentucky Writers

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Between the smoke-darkened walls of the mountain cabin still murmured the last echoes of the pistol's bellowing, and it seemed a voice of everlasting duration to the shock-sickened nerves of those within.
First it had thundered with the deafening exaggeration of confined space, then its echo had beaten against the clay-chink wall timbers and rolled upward to the rafters. Now, dwindled to a ghostly whisper, it lingered and persisted.
But the house stood isolated, and outside the laurelled forests and porous cliffs soaked up the dissonance as a blotter soaks ink.

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Buck, Charles Neville: The Tempering. V1. 2 Dec 2010

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"Nothin' don't nuver come ter pass hyarabouts!"
The boy perched disconsolately on the rotting fence threw forth his lament aloud to the laurelled silences of the mountain sides and the emptiness of space.
"Every doggone day's jest identical with all ther balance—save only thet hit's wuss!"

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Buck, Charles Neville: The Tyranny of Weakness. V1. 3 Dec 2010

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Buck, Charles Neville, 1879-1930: KYLIT - Kentucky Writers

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They were types in embryo, but of course they did not know it. No more would a grain of wheat and a poppy seed dropping side-by-side in a fallow place reflect upon their destinies, though one might typify a working world's dependence for bread; the other a dreaming world's reliance for opium.
They were a boy and a girl stepping artlessly into the wide chances of a brand-new and vastly interesting adolescence.

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Buck, Charles Neville: When 'Bear Cat' Went Dry. V1. 3 Dec 2010

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Buck, Charles Neville, 1879-1930: KYLIT - Kentucky Writers

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A creaking complaint of loose and rattling boards rose under the old mountaineer's brogans as he stepped from the threshold to the porch. His eyes, searching the wooded mountain-side, held at first only that penetration which born woodsmen share with the hawk and ferret, but presently they kindled into irascibility as well.

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Buckrose. J. E.: A Bachelor's Comedy. v1. 10 Oct 2016

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J.E Buckrose: Born : 1868 Kingston-upon-Hull, Yorkshire, England: Lived : Wymondham, Norfolk, England (final)

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This was no comedy to those most concerned, of course, for comedy is like happiness — directly a person knows he is in it, he is out of it. Tragedy, on the other hand, can only touch those who do not take themselves seriously enough.

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Buckrose. J. E.: The Gossip Shop. v1. 14 Oct 2016

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J.E Buckrose: Born : 1868 Kingston-upon-Hull, Yorkshire, England: Lived : Wymondham, Norfolk, England (final)

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WINDLEBURY lies in the midst of undulating meadows which are almost always brightly green on account of the heavy rainfall. People who have lived there when they were young look hack at the red roofs and tall church spire of the little town through a delicate curtain of fine showers, hut those who still remain there consider it quite a dry place, or, if not exactly dry, no wetter than its neighbours

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Buckrose. J. E.: The Privet Hedge. v1. 16 Oct 2016

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J.E Buckrose: Born : 1868 Kingston-upon-Hull, Yorkshire, England: Lived : Wymondham, Norfolk, England (final)

Excerpt
At the far end of Thorhaven towards the north was a little square house surrounded by a privet hedge. It had a green door under a sort of wooden canopy with two flat windows on either side, and seemed to stand there defying the rows and rows of terraces, avenues and meanish semi-detached villas which were creeping up to it. Behind lay the flat fields under a wide sky just as they had lain for centuries, with the gulls screaming across them inland from the mud cliffs, and so the cottage formed a sort of outpost, facing alone the hordes of jerry-built houses which threatened to sweep on and surround it.

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Buckrose. J. E.: The Silent Legion. v1. 17 Oct 2016

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J.E Buckrose: Born : 1868 Kingston-upon-Hull, Yorkshire, England: Lived : Wymondham, Norfolk, England (final)

Excerpt
Babies are ushered into the grimy brick houses from that vague place where new souls wait with a Swish! Boom! Ting-ting! and the high, sudden O-oh! of an engine whistle over the wall. And it is thus the tired souls go out.

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Buckrose. J. E.: The Wolf. v1. 21 Oct 2016

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J.E Buckrose: Born : 1868 Kingston-upon-Hull, Yorkshire, England: Lived : Wymondham, Norfolk, England (final)

Excerpt
Susan Drewery had been sewing all the week at the Wood Farm, but now she stood In the stuffy bedroom fitting on Mrs. Farrow’s gown for the last time.

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Buddha, Gautama: The Dhammapada, v.1, 21 Jan 2008.

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Patricia

Translated from the Pali by Friedrich Max Müller.

A Collection of Verses
Being One of the Canonical Books of the Buddhists.

From [The Sacred Books of the East. Translated by Various Oriental Scholars.[/
Edited by F. Max Müller. Volume X: Part I.

From [Wikipedia[/:

The [Dhammapada [/(Pāli, sometimes translated as [Path of the Dharma.[/ Also [Prakrit Dhamapada, Sanskrit Dharmapada[/) is a Buddhist scripture, containing 423 verses in 26 categories. According to tradition, these are verses spoken by the Buddha on various occasions, most of which deal with ethics. A fourth or fifth century commentary attributed to Buddhaghosa includes 305 stories which give context to the verses.
The [Dhammapada [/is a popular section of the Pāli Tipitaka and is considered one of the most important pieces of Theravada literature.
Although the Pāli edition is the most well known, a Gandhari edition written in Kharosthi and a seemingly related text in Sanskrit known as the Udanavarga have also been discovered.
Despite being a primarily Theravada text, the [Dhammapada [/is read by many Mahayana Buddhists and remains a very popular text across all schools of Buddhism.

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Bulfinch, Thomas: Bulfinch's Mythology. V1. 04-Aug-2014

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From Wikipedia:
Bulfinch's Mythology is a collection of general audience works by Latinist and banker Thomas Bulfinch, named after him and published after his death. The work was a highly successful popularization of Greek mythology for English-speaking readers. Carl J. Richard comments that it was "one of the most popular books ever published in the United States and the standard work on classical mythology for nearly a century", until the release of classicist Edith Hamilton's 1942 Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes.

The book is a prose recounting of myths and stories from three eras: Greek and Roman mythology, King Arthur legends and medieval romances. The stories are interspersed with his own commentary and with quotations from the writings of Bulfinch's contemporaries which contain a reference to the story under discussion. This combination of classical elements and modern literature was novel for his time.

Bulfinch expressly intended his work to be for the general reader. In the preface to The Age of Fable he states "Our work is not for the learned, nor for the theologian, nor for the philosopher, but for the reader of English literature, of either sex, who wishes to comprehend the allusions so frequently made by public speakers, lecturers, essayists, and poets, and those which occur in polite conversation."

Bulfinch originally published his work as three volumes: [The Age of Fable[/, or [Stories of Gods and Heroes[/, published in 1855; [The Age of Chivalry[/, or [Legends of King Arthur[/, published in 1858; and [Legends of Charlemagne[/, or [Romance of the Middle Ages[/, published in 1863. The original three volumes were later combined into a single volume titled Bulfinch's Mythology. Now in the public domain, multiple editions of the combined work are still in print more than 150 years after the three books were published.

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Bulfinch, Thomas: Legends of Charlemagne, v.1, 8 December 2008.

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Patricia

Thomas Bulfinch (1764–1867)
Legends of Charlemagne
Or Romance of the Middle Ages (1863)
(This has also been published as the second volume of Bulfinch’s Mythology.)

A collection of tales and legends about the paladins of Charlemagne.

Contents:
The Peers, or Paladins
Orlando
Roland and Ferragus
A Roland for an Oliver
Rinaldo
The Tournament
The Siege of Albracca
Adventures of Rinaldo and Orlando
The Invasion of France
Bradamante and Rogero
Astolpho and the Enchantress
The Orc
Astolpho’s Adventures Continued, and Isabella’s Begun
Medoro
Orlando Mad
Zerbino and Isabella
Astolpho in Abyssinia
The War in Africa
Rogero and Bradamante
The Battle of Roncesvalles
Rinaldo and Bayard
Death of Rinaldo
Huon of Bordeaux
Ogier, the Dane

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Bulfinch, Thomas: The Age of Chivalry, v.1, 11 Dec 2008.

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Patricia

Thomas Bulfinch (1796–1867)
The Age of Chivalry (1858)

A compendium of tales about chivalry, including information about knights, tales of King Arthur, Arthurian and other legends from the Mabinogion, plus the stories of Beowulf, Cuchulain, Hereward and Robin Hood.

I have already uploaded the companion volumes, “The Age of Fable” [also known as “Bulfinch’s Mythogy”] and “Legends of Charlemagne.”

NB The author’s spelling is, at times, idiosyncratic.

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Bulfinch, Thomas: The Age of Fable [“Bullfinch’s Mythology”] v.1, 9 Dec 2008.

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Patricia

Thomas Bulfinch (1796–1867)
The Age of Fable: Stories of Gods and Heroes
Also known as “Bulfinch’s Mythology.”
(First published, 1855, but this is a later edition, from PG.)

This book retells Greek, Roman, and Teutonic myths and legends. There are shorter sections on Indian and Egyptian myths. It also has a chapter on the nature of mythology.

I have already uploaded the companion volume “Legends of Charlemagne.”

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Bull, Olaf: Digte [Norwegian].v1. 26 Apr 2014

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SBT

Nasjonalbiblioteket har gitt ut de første 35 av 100 planlagte epub-bøker. Bøkene er korrekturlest, men noen litt uvanlige valg med hensyn til oppsett ødelegger leseopplevelsen litt. F. eks. er sidetall/sideombrekning beholdt. Jeg har endret på layout for å gi, i mine øyne, en bedre leseopplevelse.

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Bulwer, Edward: Harold, The Last of the Saxon Kings. 17 Sept 07

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RWood

Before he delved into the strange arts with the Atlantis inspired [The Coming Race[/ Bulwer wrote many well regarded histories, among them [Harold, The Last of the Anglo Saxon Kings.[/

There are good writers, there are bad writers, and then there are writers so bad that awards are named for them. Such is the case of Edward Bulwer, Lord Lytton. Known for such lines as “the pen is mightier than the sword” and “It was a dark and stormy night” (sorry Snoopy),

From Wikipedia:
[QUOTAlthough he was popular in his day, Bulwer-Lytton’s prose strikes many contemporary readers as anachronistic and overly embellished, though at least one of his works (The Last Days of Pompeii) is still regularly read.
His name lives on in the annual Bulwer-Lytton Fiction Contest, in which contestants have to supply the openings of terrible (imaginary) novels, inspired by his novel Paul Clifford, which opens with the famous words:
“It was a dark and stormy night”
or to give the sentence in its full glory:
“It was a dark and stormy night; the rain fell in torrents—except at occasional intervals, when it was checked by a violent gust of wind which swept up the streets (for it is in London that our scene lies), rattling along the housetops, and fiercely agitating the scanty flame of the lamps that struggled against the darkness.”
Entrants in the contest seek to capture the rapid changes in point of view, the florid language, and the atmosphere of the full sentence.[/QUOT

You have been warned.

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Bulwer-Lytton, Edward: Alice, or the Mysteries. V1. 23 Jan 2010

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crutledge

Edward George Earle Lytton Bulwer-Lytton, 1st Baron Lytton PC (1803–1873), was an English politician, poet, playwright, and prolific novelist. He was immensely popular with the reading public and turned out a stream of bestselling novels which made him a considerable fortune. But, like many authors of the period, his style now seems florid and embellished[citation needed] to modern tastes. He coined the phrases, "the great unwashed", "pursuit of the almighty dollar", "the pen is mightier than the sword", and the infamous opening line, "It was a dark and stormy night."

Excerpt
IT was towards the evening of a day in early April that two ladies were seated by the open windows of a cottage in Devonshire. The lawn before them was gay with evergreens, relieved by the first few flowers and fresh turf of the reviving spring; and at a distance, through an opening amongst the trees, the sea, blue and tranquil, bounded the view, and contrasted the more confined and home-like features of the scene. It was a spot remote, sequestered, shut out from the business and pleasures of the world; as such it suited the tastes and character of the owner.

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Bulwer-Lytton, Edward: Das Geschlecht der Zukunft german v1 24 feb 2009

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netseeker

Ein junger Engländer, der durch ein Bergwerksunglück in eine unterirdische Welt gerät, lernt tief im Inneren der Erde einen verschollenen Zweig der Menschheit kennen. Die engelsgleichen [Vril-ya[/ leben dort seit der biblischen Sintflut und haben gelernt die mysteriöse Naturkraft [Vril[/ zu beherrschen und einzusetzen. Dadurch ist blühender Wohlstand und eine vollkommene, friedliche Gesellschaft entstanden. Menschliche Leidenschaften wie Ehrgeiz, Eifersucht, Agression gehören der tierhaften Vergangenheit an. Während seiner spannenden und kuriosen Abenteuer kommen dem Held jedoch Zweifel an der vermeintlichen Idylle im Reich dieser Übermenschen: Was wird die Zukunft des eigenen Geschlechts sein?

Bulwer-Lytton beschreibt in [Das Geschlecht der Zukunft[/ eine unterirdisch lebende Gesellschaft, die eine geheime Kraft beherrscht. Der 1871 erstmals veröffentlichte Roman gilt heute als eine der ersten Science Fiction-Geschichten. Der von Bulwer-Lytton beschriebene Mythos lebte später in der (fiktiven) geheimen Vril-Gesellschaft fort und wurde nationalsozialistisch entfremdet.

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Bulwer-Lytton, Edward: Paul Clifford. V1. 3 May 2014

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crich70

From Wikipedia:

[quotPaul Clifford is a novel published in 1830 by English author
Edward Bulwer-Lytton. It tells the life of Paul Clifford, a man who leads
a dual life as both a criminal and an upscale gentleman. The book was
successful upon its release. It is the source of the famous opening
phrase "It was a dark and stormy night;..."[/quot

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Bulwer-Lytton, Edward: The Coming Race. v1. 24 July 07

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RWood

There are good writers, there are bad writers, and then there are writers so bad that awards are named for them. Such is the case of Edward Bulwer, Lord Lytton. Known for such lines as “the pen is mightier than the sword” and “It was a dark and stormy night” (sorry Snoopy),

From Wikipedia:
[QUOTAlthough he was popular in his day, Bulwer-Lytton’s prose strikes many contemporary readers as anachronistic and overly embellished, though at least one of his works (The Last Days of Pompeii) is still regularly read.
His name lives on in the annual Bulwer-Lytton Fiction Contest, in which contestants have to supply the openings of terrible (imaginary) novels, inspired by his novel Paul Clifford, which opens with the famous words:
“It was a dark and stormy night”
or to give the sentence in its full glory:
“It was a dark and stormy night; the rain fell in torrents—except at occasional intervals, when it was checked by a violent gust of wind which swept up the streets (for it is in London that our scene lies), rattling along the housetops, and fiercely agitating the scanty flame of the lamps that struggled against the darkness.”
Entrants in the contest seek to capture the rapid changes in point of view, the florid language, and the atmosphere of the full sentence.[/QUOT

So here is one of his last pieces of writing, a story about Atlantis. Given the 1871 date it is one of the earliest examples of Science Fiction writing. You have been warned.

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- The Coming Race.prc

Bunce, John Thackray: Fairy Tales; Their Origin and Meaning. 17 May 2008

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RWood

Another volume of folklore and fairy tales. An interesting analysis of western European folk tales. A wonderful companion volume to all of the fairy tale books posted here.

The chapters are as follows:

- Origin of fairy tales — the Aryan race: its characteristics, its traditions, and its migrations

- Kindred tales from divers lands

- Dwellers in fairyland: stories from the east

- Dwellers in fairyland: teutonic, scandinavian, etc.

- Dwellers in fairyland: celtic, the west highlands

- Conclusion-some popular tales explained.

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Buntline, Ned: Buffalo Bill and His Adventures in the West. v1. 16 May 2016

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crutledge

Edward Zane Carroll Judson, Sr. (March 20, 1821/1823 – July 16, 1886), known as E. Z. C. Judson and by his pseudonym Ned Buntline, was an American publisher, journalist, writer, and publicist. In his largely fictionalized biography, Wyatt Earp: Frontier Marshal, author Stuart Lake credits Buntline with having commissioned from Colt's Manufacturing Company a Colt Buntline Special that he gave to Wyatt Earp and four other famous Western lawmen in thanks for their help with contributing "local color" to his many dozens of western yarns. But modern researchers have not found any supporting evidence of the gun's existence prior to the publication of Lake's book from secondary sources or in available primary documentation.

Excerpt
“You are wanted, you black-hearted nigger-worshipper, and I—Colonel M’Kandlas—have come to fetch you! And there’s the warrant!”
As the ruffian leader of the band shouted these words, the pistol already in his hands was raised, levelled, fired, and the father, husband and Christian fell dead before his horror-stricken family.

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Buntline, Ned: Wild Bill's Last Trail. v1. 17 May 2016

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crutledge

Edward Zane Carroll Judson, Sr. (March 20, 1821/1823 – July 16, 1886), known as E. Z. C. Judson and by his pseudonym Ned Buntline, was an American publisher, journalist, writer, and publicist. In his largely fictionalized biography, Wyatt Earp: Frontier Marshal, author Stuart Lake credits Buntline with having commissioned from Colt's Manufacturing Company a Colt Buntline Special that he gave to Wyatt Earp and four other famous Western lawmen in thanks for their help with contributing "local color" to his many dozens of western yarns. But modern researchers have not found any supporting evidence of the gun's existence prior to the publication of Lake's book from secondary sources or in available primary documentation.

Excerpt
“What do you mean, Bill, when you talk of passing in your checks? You’re in the very prime of life, man, and—”

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Bunyan, John: Pilgrim's Progress. Alt Version 23 June 07

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RWood

Complete with in-line [Bible[/ references.

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Bunyan, John: The Holy War. v1.1/11/19

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crich70

Another of John Bunyan's writings.

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Bunyan, John: The Pilgrim's Progress (illustrated):V1.27/5/2013

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crich70

[QUOTThe Pilgrim's Progress from This World to That Which Is to Come is a Christian allegory written by John Bunyan and published in February, 1678. It is regarded as one of the most significant works of religious English literature, has been translated into more than 200 languages, and has never been out of print.[/QUOT
The cover image is to the 1st edition of the book as (I believe) are the illustrations.

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Burgess, Gelett : The Master of Mysteries, v.1, 8 December 2008

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Patricia

The Master of Mysteries
Being an Account of the Problems Solved by Astro, Seer of Secrets, and His Love Affair with Valeska Wynne, His Assistant
Author Gelett Burgess 1866-1951
Published 1912

This collection of short mysteries follows Astro, a man posing as a psychic detective who is, in fact, just a keen observer and student of human nature. Originally published anonymously, you can combine the first letter in each of the 24 short stories to get the following message: "The Author is Gelett Burgess"

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Burgess, Gelett: The Master of Mysteries (1912); v1; 5 Jan 2022

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Pulpmeister

Twenty four short stories of occult detective Astro the Seer. The book was published in 1912, without an author's name. However, the introduction contained a discussion of ciphers, and several stories included acrostics; an astute reader could work out that the first letters of all 24 stories gave the author's name; and an even more astute reader could work out that the last letters of all 24 stories contained an author's comment.

The book came with some illistrations, but the artist/s are still in copyright, so their work has been omitted.

Introduction
1: Missing John Hudson
2: The Stolen Shakespeare
3: The Macdougal Street Affair
4: The Fanshawe Ghost
5: The Denton Boudoir Mystery
6: The Lorsson Elopement
7: The Calendon Kidnaping Case
8: Miss Dalrymple’s Locket
9: Number Thirteen
10: The Trouble With Tulliver
11: Why Mrs. Burbank Ran Away
12: Mrs. Selwyn’s Emerald
13: The Assassins’ cClub
14: The Luck of the Merringtons
15: The Count’s Comedy
16: Priscilla’s Presents
17: The Heir to Soothoid
18: The Two Miss Mannings
19: Van Asten’s Visitor
20: The Middlebury Murder
21: Vengeance of the Pi Rho Nu
22: The Lady in Taupe
23: Mrs. Stellery’s letters
24: Black Light

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Burgess, Gelett: The White Cat (1907); v1, 6 March 2023

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Pulpmeister

This story is based on dissociative identity or "multiple personalities." It is one of the first books to be themed based on the multiple personalities condition.

Gelett Burgess, 1866-1951, was a San Francisco artist, editor, poet, and author. Among his many interests was "nonsense verse", of which his best known is:

I never saw a purple cow
I never hope to see one;
But I can tell you, anyhow,
I'd rather see than be one!

Years later he wrote a rueful sequel:

Ah, yes, I wrote the "Purple Cow"—
I'm Sorry, now, I wrote it;
But I can tell you Anyhow
I'll Kill you if you Quote it!

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Burnett, Frances Hodgson: A Lady of Quality. 20 Jun 2010

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weatherwax

Frances Hodgson Burnett (November 24, 1849 – October 29, 1924) was an English playwright and author. She is best known for her children's stories, in particular The Secret Garden, A Little Princess, and Little Lord Fauntleroy.

But she did not just write books for children. This book tells the story of a woman who lived during the time of queen Anne's reign.

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- A Lady of Quality - Frances Hodgson Burnett.mobi

Burnett, Frances Hodgson: A Little Princess (illus). v1. 31 Dec 2021

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GrannyGrump

The story of young Sara Crewe, privileged daughter of a wealthy diamond merchant. All the other girls at Miss Minchin’s school treat Sara as if she truly were a princess. But when Captain Crewe’s fortune is sadly lost, Sara’s luck changes. Suddenly she is treated no better than a scullery maid. Her own fierce determination to maintain her dignity and remain a princess inside has intrigued and delighted readers for more than a century.
(—publisher’s blurb)

This ebook also includes the original short story [Sara Crewe, or, What Happened at Miss Minchin’s[/.

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Frances Eliza Hodgson Burnett (24 November 1849 – 29 October 1924) was a British novelist and playwright. A prolific and popular writer. She is best known for the three children’s novels [Little Lord Fauntleroy[/ (1885–1886), [A Little Princess[/ (1905), and [The Secret Garden[/ (1911).
(—Wikipedia)

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[A Little Princess[/, by Frances Hodgson Burnett (1849–1924), was first published in 1905; its illustrations by Ethel Franklin Betts (1877–1959) have been omitted due to copyright restrictions. [Sara Crewe[/ was first published in 1888; its illustrations are by Reginald Bathurst Birch (1856–1943). [This ebook is in the public domain where copyright is “Life+75” or less, and in the USA.[/
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Burnett, Frances Hodgson: A Little Princess. v1. 11 Jan 08

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cathyWeeks

[A Little Princess[/ by Frances Hodgson Burnett.

Another of my favorite children's classics. (The doll on the cover image is my antique doll that I inherited from my grandmother).

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Burnett, Frances Hodgson: Der kleine Lord. german. v1. 14 mar 2009

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netseeker

[Der kleine Lord[/ (englischer Originaltitel: Little Lord Fauntleroy) ist ein Roman der Autorin Frances Hodgson Burnett. Er wurde nach seinem Ersterscheinen 1886 als Kinderbuch in vielen Sprachen sehr erfolgreich und ist mehrfach verfilmt worden. Burnett schrieb mit dem Werk Rechtsgeschichte, als sie 1888 die Aufführungsrechte für dieses Werk einklagte.

Cedric Errol, ein kleiner Junge aus New York, dessen Umfeld die Monarchie strikt ablehnt, wird von seinem kaltherzigen englischen Großvater, dem Earl of Dorincourt, trotz der standeswidrigen Ehe seines verstorbenen Vaters, des jüngsten Sohnes des Earls, als einziger Nachfolger für den Grafentitel bei sich aufgenommen und aufgezogen. Seine Mutter, eine bürgerliche Näherin, darf das Anwesen aufgrund von Voreingenommenheit und Standesdünkel des Earl nicht betreten.
Bereits nach kurzer Zeit veranlasst Cedric seinen Großvater, der durch den offenherzigen und liebenswerten Jungen nach und nach zugänglicher wird, das Armenviertel (in dem seine Pächter wohnen) instand zu setzen. Doch gerade als Cedric sich als "(Little) Lord Fauntleroy" etabliert zu haben scheint, werden plötzlich Erbansprüche von anderer Seite an den Earl gestellt...

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Burnett, Frances Hodgson: Emily Fox-Seton. 20 Jun 2010

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weatherwax

EMILY FOX-SETON

BEING "THE MAKING OF A MARCHIONESS"
AND "THE METHODS OF LADY WALDERHURST"

Burnett's two-part rags-to-riches tale, Emily Fox-Seton (1901), presents the story of a well-mannered but impoverished lady who is distantly related to the aristocracy. As she gets a job as a servant to her wealthy relatives, she is joyous beyond words, and the attentions she receives from a wealthy Marquis go a long way in appeasing for the harrowing past. The work follows her post-nuptial life and the troubles brought on by Alec Osborn.

I prepared the book with Sigil in epub format and converted it with Calibre.

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Burnett, Frances Hodgson: Little Lord Fauntleroy (illus). v1. 01 Jan 2022

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GrannyGrump

Cedric and his mother live in America until Cedric learns that he is to inherit the title and estate of his paternal grandfather. They move to England, where Cedric, as Lord Fauntleroy, eventually charms his embittered grandfather, the Earl of Dorincourt, and everyone else he meets with his open, egalitarian ways.

The fame and popularity of Little Lord Fauntleroy can be compared to that of Harry Potter today.

“Forget what you think you know. ‘Pollyanna’ is now a synonym for a cock-eyed and foolish optimist, but the original character is a tough, spunky, resilient pistol with a no-nonsense attitude. ‘Little Lord Fauntleroy’ now often means a prissy or precious little twit in a black velvet suit. Not so. Cedric, the Lord’s real name, may be kind, affectionate and passionately good-hearted and gentle, but he is also smart, observant, direct, and totally shaped by the manly virtues and graces we all admire. If there were a cool kids table in the world of Victorian fiction, Lord Fauntleroy would lead the gang by his sterling example and distinguished bearing.

“… even though it is a bit stiff and prim in places, the tale of Little Lord Fauntleroy is fun, instructive, and engaging. There is no melodrama but there is much to engage the eye and ear. Cedric is a fascinating and appealing companion. … This kid has class and style and heart; he should not be forgotten or misremembered.
(—Amazon customer review)

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Frances Eliza Hodgson Burnett (24 November 1849 – 29 October 1924) was a British novelist and playwright. A prolific and popular writer. She is best known for the three children’s novels [Little Lord Fauntleroy[/ (1885–1886), [A Little Princess[/ (1905), and [The Secret Garden[/ (1911).
(—Wikipedia)

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[Little Lord Fauntleroy[/, by Frances Hodgson Burnett (1849–1924), was first published in 1885. Illustrations by Reginald Bathurst Birch (1856–1943). [This ebook is in the public domain where copyright is “Life+75” or less, and in the USA.[/
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EDIT: Uploaded new file -- corrected text errors. Thanks to Anacreon for pointing that out. My apologies for that. Previous downloads 7.
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Burnett, Frances Hodgson: Little Lord Fauntleroy. v1, 13 Jan 2008

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Another children's classic novel. This is the final Burnett classic that I will be working on.

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Burnett, Frances Hodgson: Little Saint Elizabeth and Other Stories. 09 June 2008.

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mechteach

Little Saint Elizabeth and Other Stories is a collection that includes:

- Little Saint Elizabeth

- The Story of Prince Fairyfoot

- The Proud Little Grain of Wheat

- Behind the White Brick

This version includes illustrations from a variety of sources, including some of the original illustrations by Reginald Birch.

Burnett is the author of The Secret Garden and The Little Princess. Some of the stories in this collection are pretty maudlin, but my daughter loves them, so here they are.

Feel free to PM me with corrections (of course), but I'll be away from a computer for a few weeks, so it may take me a while to get back to you.

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- LittleSaintEliz.prc

Burnett, Frances Hodgson: Robin. 20 Jun 2010

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weatherwax

This sequel to the Head of the House of Coombe completes the story of Coombe, Robin, Donal and Feather.

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- Robin - Frances Hodgson Burnett.mobi

Burnett, Frances Hodgson: The Head of the House of Coombe. 20 Jun 2010

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weatherwax

The Head of the House of Coombe is a 1922 novel by Frances Hodgson Burnett. The story follows the relationships between a group of pre-World War One English nobles and commoners. It also offers both some interesting editorial commentary on the political system in prewar Europe that Burnett feels bears some responsibility for the war and some surprisingly pointed social commentary-

Lord Coombe is considered to be the best-dressed man in London. He is also a man whose public reputation, despite his formidable intellect and observant eye, is one of unmitigated wickedness. During one of his social forays, he meets a selfish young woman named 'Feather' with the face of an angel. Fascinated by her, he slowly drifts into her circle. When her husband dies unexpectedly, leaving her alone and desolate in London, he ends up taking her under his wing.
Feather has a daughter named Robin, of whom she takes little notice. She treats Robin with shocking neglect and once Coombe takes over responsibility for the household's finances, Feather readily abandons poor Robin to the less-than-kindly ministrations of her nurse. In fact, Robin doesn't even know Feather is her mother for her first six years, calling her 'The Lady Downstairs'. Robin also hates Coombe, having heard a conversation that blamed him for the loss of her first friend. This was a little boy named Donal who was in fact Coombe's heir. Donal's mother disapproves both of Coombe and Feather and when she discovers that her son has been playing with Robin, she whisks him away, leaving Robin heartbroken. However, Coombe does not return this dislike and in fact makes a point of serving as her guardian, albeit without Robin's knowledge. As Robin grows, he builds her a set of rooms, engages a loving nurse for her, and eventually secures a reputable governess for her. While her mother continues to behave with the selfish freedom of a wanton child.
As Robin grows, she becomes a lovely and intelligent though innocent, girl. Feather's circle includes some unsavory characters, one of whom, a German nobleman, tries to make Robin into his plaything. This caricature of Imperial German stereotypes uses Robin's desire to support herself to trap her in a house of ill repute. His plan fails mainly through the actions of Coombe, but the after-effects leave Robin crushed.
One of Coombe's few true confidants is a dowager Duchess - a woman of both great intellect and great understanding who has recently lost her long-time lady companion. After Robin's experiences with the German, Coombe suggests Robin as a suitable replacement. The Duchess is the one person who knows the secret of Coombe's determination to watch over Robin and why he is willing to tolerate the activities of her mother. This secret is finally communicated to the reader as well during one of Coombe's talks with the Duchess. The Duchess does indeed take in Robin and befriends her. Robin is introduced to the Duchess' children and their friends and finally sponsors a small dance for Robin. At the dance, Robin meets Donal again as Coombe and the Duchess learn that an Austrian Archduke has just been assassinated in Serbia.

(Source: Wikipedia).

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- The Head of the House of Coombe - Frances Hodgson Burnett.mobi

Burnett, Frances Hodgson: The Secret Garden, v1. 01-11-2008

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cathyWeeks

[The Secret Garden[/ by Frances Hodgson Burnett.

My favorite children's classic. Reformatted for the Kindle and anything else that reads .prc files.

Update: I fixed the title, plus the verse problem, as well as re-formatted the TOC (still not happy with it, but it's better than before).

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- The_Secret_Garden.prc

Burnett, Frances Hodgson: The White People. v1. 05 Mar 2023

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GrannyGrump

Although narrated by a child protagonist, this novella is not really a children’s book.

“A Scottish ghost story, but not like any ghost story you will come across. Set in the Muircarrie Castle in a remote misty region of Scotland, it is narrated by a little girl who has the gift of seeing the spirits on earth after they die. Family members of people who had died could not see them, but this little girl could. She called them the White People, and knew they were immensely happy and good.”

“… a contemplation of existential questions such as the meaning of life and death and the belief in life after death.”

“… a very simple yet beautiful story about loss and love.”
(— GoodReads reviews)

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Frances Eliza Hodgson Burnett (24 November 1849 – 29 October 1924) was a British novelist and playwright. A prolific and popular writer, during the span of her career, she wrote and published more than 53 novels, most of them for adults. However, she is perhaps best known for the three children’s novels [Little Lord Fauntleroy[/ (1885–1886), [A Little
Princess[/ (1905), and [The Secret Garden[/ (1911).
(—from Wikipedia)

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[The White People[/, by Frances Hodgson Burnett (1849-1924), was first published in 1917. Illustrations by Elizabeth Shippen (1871–1954) were omitted due to copyright restrictions. [This ebook is in the public domain where copyright is “Life+90” or less, and in the USA.[/
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Burnett, Francis Hodgson: The Lost Prince. v1, 24 Jan 2008

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Madam Broshkina

Five Hundred years ago Prince Ivor of Samavia disappeared. The little country has never been the same since.

Young Marco Loristan, himself an exiled Samavian and his friend, a crippled London street child known as 'the Rat' are dispatched on a secret mission by Marco's father, a strong Samavian Patriot. They travel across Europe delivering secret messages for the secret society devoted to returning the heirs of the lost Prince Ivor to the Samavian throne. They have several quite exciting adventures as they travel through Europe.

With four illustrations.

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- Burnett_The Lost Prince.prc

Burney, Frances: Evelina. v1, 4 May 2008

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HarryT

Full title: "Evelina, or the History of a Young Lady's Entrance Into the World".

First published in 1778, this is an "epistolary" novel (ie told in letters, rather than as a narrative), as was very common in early English novels. This novel was hugely influential for Jane Austen (the title of Austen's novel "Pride and Prejudice" comes from a scene in this book), and Austen adopted the same style of gentle satire on "high society" which is very much in evidence in [Evelina[/.

Description from Amazon:

Frances Burney's first and most enduringly popular novel is a vivid, satirical, and seductive account of the pleasures and dangers of fashionable life in late eighteenth-century London. As she describes her heroine's entry into society, womanhood and, inevitably, love, Burney exposes the vulnerability of female innocence in an image-conscious and often cruel world where social snobbery and sexual aggression are played out in the public arenas of pleasure-gardens, theatre visits, and balls. But Evelina's innocence also makes her a shrewd commentator on the excesses and absurdities of manners and social ambitions - as well as attracting the attention of the eminently eligible Lord Orville. Evelina, comic and shrewd, is at once a guide to fashionable London, a satirical attack on the new consumerism, an investigation of women's position in the late eighteenth century, and a love story.

A fabulous book; very funny and well worth reading.

Enjoy!

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- Evelina.prc

Burns, Walter Noble: A year with a whaler. v1. 1 Nov 2016

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crutledge

Walter Noble Burns was born in Lebanon, Kentucky, on October 24, 1866, not 1872, as is ubiquitously reported. His mother died when he was 4, and his father, Thomas, an ex-Union colonel in a state with strong pro–Lost Cause sympathies, raised him in Louisville.Feb 28, 2012

Excerpt
Wanted—Men for a whaling voyage; able seamen, ordinary seamen, and green hands.
No experience necessary. Big money for a lucky voyage. Apply at Levy’s, No. 12 Washington Street.

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- Year With A Whaler, A.azw3 (Note: file extension not Kindle-compatible)

- Year With A Whaler, A.mobi

Burns, William J. and Ostrander, Isabel: The Crevice. V1. 14 Mar 2010

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crutledge

Ostrander, Isabel, 1883-1924. She used the pen names Robert Orr Chipperfield, David Fox and Douglas Grant.

Excerpt
Had New Illington been part of an empire instead of one of the most important cities in the greatest republic in the world, the cry “The King is dead! Long live the King!” might well have resounded through its streets on that bleak November morning when Pennington Lawton was found dead, seated quietly in his arm-chair by the hearth in the library, where so many vast deals of national import had been first conceived, and the details arranged which had carried them on and on to brilliant consummation.

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- The Crevice.prc

Burroughs, Edgar Rice: "Land that Time Forgot" Trilogy. v3. 29th June 2009

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HarryT

Here's Edgar Rice Burroughs' "Land that Time Forgot" Trilogy, conveniently packaged into a single MobiPocket book:

1. The Land that Time Forgot
2. The People that Time Forgot
3. Out of Time's Abyss

This is the old chestnut of "a group of heroic adventurers discover a lost continent where cave-men are happily fighting dinosaurs" type story, very much along the lines of Conan Doyle's "The Lost World". Cliched, but still an amusing read.

Enjoy!

EDIT: 10 Jan 08

Recreated book to preserve dashes, etc. Now a proper MobiPocket book with full-sized images, library information, working table of contents link, etc. Uploaded v2.

EDIT: 29 June 09

Recreated the book to use improved PG sources. Uploaded v3.

Previous download count: 562

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- Land That Time Forgot Trilogy.prc

Burroughs, Edgar Rice: "Pellucidar" Series, v2, 9 Jan 2008

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HarryT

My final book creation effort for the weekend is an omnibus edition of Edgar Rice Burroughs' complete "Pellucidar" series, comprising:

1. At the Earth's Core
2. Pellucidar
3. Tanar of Pellucidar
4. Tarzan at the Earth's Core
5. Back to the Stone Age
6. Land of Terror
7. Savage Pellucidar

(yes, I know the 4th one is a "Tarzan" book, but it really does belong in this series - honest!).

This series of stories is the standard Burroughs fare of "boys' own adventures", this time set in "Pellucidar", a world inside our own (the world IS hollow, you know!)

Enjoy!

EDIT: 9 Jan 08

Completely recreated with improved formatting. Now a proper MobiPocket book with full-sized pictures, library information, etc. Uploaded v2.

Previous download count: 73

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- Pellucidar Series.prc

Burroughs, Edgar Rice: Apache Devil. v1. 14 Jan 2013

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crutledge

Edgar Rice Burroughs (September 1, 1875 – March 19, 1950) was an American author, best known for his creation of the jungle hero Tarzan and the heroic Mars adventurer John Carter, although he produced works in many genres.

Excerpt
THE silver light of Klego-na-ay, the full moon, shone down from out the star-lit heavens of an Arizona night upon the camp of the Be-don-ko-he Apaches; shone upon sleek copper shoulders; shone upon high cheek bones; softened the cruel lines of swart, savage faces—faces as inscrutable as is the face of Klego-na-ay herself.

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- thumbnail.jpg (Note: file extension not Kindle-compatible)

- Apache Devil.mobi

Burroughs, Edgar Rice: Barsoom Omnibus. v4, 12 Apr 2012

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HarryT

A bit of light-hearted relief from the serious stuff, here's Edgar Rice Burroughs' complete "Barsoom" series, in one (very long!) book:

1. A Princess of Mars
2. The Gods of Mars
3. The Warlord of Mars
4. Thuvia, Maid of Mars
5. The Chessmen of Mars
6. The Master Mind of Mars
7. A Fighting Man of Mars
8. Swords of Mars
9. Synthetic Men of Mars
10. Llana of Gathol
11. John Carter of Mars

Just in case anyone isn't familiar with it, the "Barsoom" series is the architypal "boys' own adventure" type stories, set on (a fantasic) planet Mars, with muscle-bound heroes, princesses to be rescued from fates worse than death, wierd monsters, etc etc. It's true to say that "Star Wars" would never have existed without "Barsoom".

I've done this along the same lines as my previous "Complete Sherlock Holmes" book; there's a book index at the start, and selecting a book takes you to a contents page for that book.

I naively thought this would be quick to produce, but I've just finished it after a 12h "marathon". Many of the PG sources (especially for the later books in the series) are extremely poorly formatted, and needed a great deal of work to make them look reasonable.

Enjoy!

EDIT: 8 Jan 08

Completely recreated the book with improved formatting. Now a proper MobiPocket book with full-sized pictures, library information, etc. Uploaded v2.

EDIT: 29 Jul 09

Replaced books 2-4 in the series with improved versions from PG. Added an improved cover. Changed the name from "Barsoom Collection" to "Barsoom Omnibus" to be consistent with my other omnibus editions. Uploaded v3.

EDIT: 12 Apr 12

Completely reformatted and thoroughly proofed against printed versions of all 11 of the books that comprise the omnibus. Goodness knows how many thousand errors corrected, and a considerable amount of text added which was previously missing. I would now regard this as a finished product; if you find any errors, no matter how small, please let me know so that they can be corrected. Uploaded v4.

Previous download count: 1312

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- Barsoom Omnibus.mobi

Burroughs, Edgar Rice: Jungle Girl (1932); v1, 14 April 2023

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Pulpmeister

A typical Edgar Rice Burroughs tale set in a forgotten kingdom in Cambodia. It was first run serially in five installments from May to September 1931 by Blue Book Magazine under the title "The Land of Hidden Men". The book version, "Jungle Girl" was first published by Edgar Rice Burroughs, Inc., on 15 April 1932

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- Jungle Girl - Edgar Rice Burroughs.azw3 (Note: file extension not Kindle-compatible)

- Jungle Girl - Edgar Rice Burroughs.mobi

- cover.jpg (Note: file extension not Kindle-compatible)

Burroughs, Edgar Rice: Moon Series. v2, 30th June 2009

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HarryT

A short series of three fantasy books by Edgar Rice Burroughs:

1. The Moon Maid

A manned spaceship headed for Mars is forced to crash land on the moon, and the stranded travelers discover a fantastic world beneath the craters where winged women soar among the decaying remnants of ancient civilizations.

2. The Moon Men

Through the treason of a handful of men, contact between Earth and the Moon had become a nightmare. The world became the tool of the Lunarians, whose plundering and cruelty reduced thriving nations to poverty-stricken wastelands. THE MOON MEN is the astounding story of that tragedy, and of the exploits of Julian, the human who dared fight for freedom.

3. The Red Hawk

The story of Red Hawk, Julian's descendant, the nomad who attempted to bring the struggle to its final desperate conclusion.

Enjoy!

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- Moon Series.prc

Burroughs, Edgar Rice: Tarzan Vol 1. v3, 28 May 2008

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HarryT

The first five books in the "Tarzan" series, in a single volume:

1. Tarzan of the Apes
2. The Return of Tarzan
3. The Beasts of Tarzan
4. The Son of Tarzan
5. Tarzan and the Jewels of Opar

Enjoy!

EDIT: 28 May 08

Recreated to fix a problem with incorrect paragraph breaks. Uploaded v3.

Previous download count: 77

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- Tarzan Vol 1.prc

Burroughs, Edgar Rice: Tarzan Vol 2. v3, 18 Feb 2008

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HarryT

Books 6-10 of Edgar Rice Burroughs' "Tarzan" series, as follows:

6: Jungle Tales of Tarzan
7: Tarzan the Untamed
8: Tarzan the Terrible
9: Tarzan and the Golden Lion
10: Tarzan and the Ant-Men

More in the series to follow - enjoy!

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- Tarzan Vol 2.prc

Burroughs, Edgar Rice: Tarzan Vol 3. v2, 19 Feb 2008

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HarryT

Books 11-15 of Edgar Rice Burroughs' "Tarzan" series, as follows:

11: Tarzan, Lord of the Jungle
12: The Tarzan Twins
13: Tarzan and the Lost Empire
14: Tarzan at the Earth's Core
15: Tarzan the Invincible

I previously included "Tarzan at the Earth's Core" in my "Pellucidar" omnibus, but it belongs here too, so I've duplicated it.

More to come - enjoy!

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- Tarzan Vol 3.prc

Burroughs, Edgar Rice: Tarzan Vol 4. v2, 20 Feb 2008

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HarryT

Books 16-20 of Edgar Rice Burroughs' "Tarzan" series, as follows:

16: Tarzan Triumphant
17: Tarzan and the City of Gold
18: Tarzan and the Lion-Man
19: Tarzan and the Leopard Men
20: Tarzan's Quest

As always, enjoy!

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- Tarzan Vol 4.prc

Burroughs, Edgar Rice: Tarzan Vol 5. v2, 21 Feb 2008

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HarryT

This 5th and final volume in my collection of Edgar Rice Burroughs' "Tarzan" stories contains the final four books in the series written by Burroughs himself (there were some additional books written later by other authors).

The books are:

21: Tarzan and the Forbidden City
22: Tarzan the Magnificent
23: Tarzan and the Foreign Legion
24: Tarzan and the Castaways

This now completes the series. Enjoy!

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- Tarzan Vol 5.prc

Burroughs, Edgar Rice: The Deputy Sheriff of Comanche County. v1. 14 Jan 2013

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crutledge

Edgar Rice Burroughs (September 1, 1875 – March 19, 1950) was an American author, best known for his creation of the jungle hero Tarzan and the heroic Mars adventurer John Carter, although he produced works in many genres.

Excerpt
A LONE rider drew rein before a gate consisting of three poles cut from straight pine saplings. He leaned from the saddle and dropped one end of each of the two upper bars to the ground, stepped his horse over the remaining bar and, stooping again, replaced the others. Then he rode slowly along a dirt road that showed .little signs of travel.

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- thumbnail.jpg (Note: file extension not Kindle-compatible)

- Deputy Sheriff of Comanche County, The.mobi

Burroughs, Edgar Rice: The Efficiency Expert. 04 Sep 2007

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HarryT

Jimmy Torrance graduated from college without a hope -- he'd spent his hours at the university learning how to box, how to swim, how to hit a baseball and lead a football team. He set out for Chicago with all the enthusiastic eagerness of a man who knows in his heart of hearts that he's on the winning team. But Chicago wasn't Ivy-league college football, and there was no team to captain: What Jimmy found in Chicago was a tough life in a tough place at a miserable wage. He found the decency of folks any ordinary fellow would have branded criminals, and he found the criminality of upstanding citizens who surrounded him. He found a whore with a heart of gold, and a safe-cracker who was also a man a body could rely on. And most important of all, in that freakish, frightful burg, Jimmy found a thing called love. . . .

Enjoy!

PS: This is, by the way, the 1000th book we've created for the "Book Uploads" area here on MobileRead. An achievement we can all be proud of.

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- The Efficiency Expert.prc

Burroughs, Edgar Rice: The Lad and the Lion (1917); v1; 26 Jan 2021

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Pulpmeister

Rare ERB novel, with a Tarzan-like youth falling in, not with apes, but lions; trouble is brewing in the Ruritanian kingdom to which he is heir; and he falls in love with the daughter of a Bedouin....

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- The Lad and the Lion - Edgar Rice Burroughs.mobi

- The Lad and the Lion - Edgar Rice Burroughs.azw3 (Note: file extension not Kindle-compatible)

- cover.jpg (Note: file extension not Kindle-compatible)

Burroughs, Edgar Rice: The Lost Continent. v1, 1st July 2009

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HarryT

1915 short SF novel from the popular American author, Edgar Rice Burroughs, also published under the title [Beyond Thirty[/.

Set in the year 2137, Europe has descended into barbarism, with an isolationist America avoiding the destruction. The alternative title, [Beyond Thirty[/, refers to the line of 30° longitude, which it is forbidden for Americans to cross.

A fun read!

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- The Lost Continent.prc

Burroughs, Edgar Rice: The War Chief. v1. 14 Jan 2013

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crutledge

Edgar Rice Burroughs (September 1, 1875 – March 19, 1950) was an American author, best known for his creation of the jungle hero Tarzan and the heroic Mars adventurer John Carter, although he produced works in many genres.

Excerpt
NAKED but for a G-string, rough sandals, a bit of hide and a buffalo headress, a savage warrior leaped and danced to the beating of drums. Encircling fires, woman-tended, sent up curling tongues of flame, lighting, fitfully, sweat-glistening shoulders, naked arms and legs.

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- thumbnail.jpg (Note: file extension not Kindle-compatible)

- War Chief, The.mobi

Burroughs, Edgar Rice: Venus Omnibus. v3. 27 Dec 2009

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HarryT

Here is an omnibus edition of Edgar Rice Burroughs' complete "Venus" series, comprising:

1. Pirates of Venus
2. Lost on Venus
3. Carson of Venus
4. Escape on Venus

The Venus series was Burroughs' last series, and is much less well known than his "Barsoom" or "Tarzan" books, but if you enjoy those you'll certainly enjoy these too!

EDIT: 11 Jan 08

Recreated the book with improved formatted, preserved dashes, etc. Created a proper MobiPocket version with full-sized images, library information, etc. Uploaded v2.

EDIT: 27 Dec 09

Thanks to MR user "John F" for proof-reading the book and providing me with details of numerous errors. Created new v3 which corrects all these, and also adds a new cover.

Previous download count: 443

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- Venus Omnibus.prc

Burton, Richard F.: The Kasîdah of Hâjî Abdû El-Yezdî, v.1, 4 July 2008

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vivaldirules

[The Kasîdah of Hâjî Abdû El-Yezdî[/ or [The Law of the Higher Law[/ is a unique poem written in English by Sir Richard F. Burton. From Wikipedia:

The Sufi writer Idries Shah, in his book The Sufis, states that The Kasîdah was a distillation of Sufi thought, and that "there seems little doubt that Burton was trying to project Sufi teaching in the West... In Sufism he finds a system of application to misguided faiths 'which will prove them all right, and all wrong; which will reconcile their differences; will unite past creeds; will account for the present and will anticipate the future with a continuous and uninterrupted development.'" (251-2)

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Burton, Richard F.: The Sweep and the Noble Lady (Arabic/English). v1. 28 Apr 2012

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Doitsu

Both the source and the translation by Sir Richard Francis Burton (1821 – 1890) of this very short, adult-themed story from the Arabian Nights (AKA 1001 Nights, Alf Laylah wa Laylah) are long out of copyright.

This is a bilingual Arabic-English ebook with interlinked Arabic and English sentences. I.e. if you cannot figure out a particular Arabic sentence, you can click on the hyperlink at the beginning of the sentence to jump to the corresponding English translation.

This ebook is primarily intended for intermediate to advanced Arabic students who are interested in classical Arabic.

BTW, you can download Burton's complete ebook from eBooks@Adelaide. (Click on the tiny PDA icon on the right side.)

This is a KF8 mobi file. I.e. you can only read it with a Kindle device with KF8 support.

If you have a jailbroken Kindle 3, you can also install the fbKindle ePub reader and read the ePub version. (Coolreader does not support RTL text.)

EDIT: Since the original version caused layout issues on K3s with firmware 3.4, I added a special version for K3s. I also changed the language code to Arabic.

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- Burton, Richard F. - The Sweep and the Noble Lady_Kindle3.mobi

- Burton, Richard F. - The Sweep and the Noble Lady.mobi

Bury, J.B.: The Invasion of Europe by the Barbarians. v.1.0. 6 Apr 2012

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SkookumPete

This series of lectures by the great historian of the Later Roman Empire was written to arouse the interest of an intelligent but not necessarily specialist audience, and retains today its value as a succinct and very readable account of the destruction of the western empire, from the earliest stirrings of the Germanic peoples to the Lombard settlement in the late sixth century.

Bury died in 1927, the same year the book was published, and the work has therefore been in the Canadian public domain since 1978. The situation elsewhere is, as usual, more complicated. In Britain, the copyright would have been revived by the regulations of 1995 and then expired again in 1998, 70 years after the author's death. In the U.S., since it was not in the public domain in its home country as of 1 January 1996, it would seem to fall under the "publication plus 95 years" provision and will not enter the U.S. public domain until 2023. I am not a lawyer and could well be wrong on any of this; act accordingly.

Download:

- Invasion of Europe by the Barbarians, The - J.B Bury.mobi

Busch, Wilhelm: Max & Moritz / Max & Maurice (De,En,color illus). v1. 10 Jun 2019

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GrannyGrump

Max und Moritz (German)
Written and illustrated by Wilhelm Busch (1832–1908)
Max and Maurice (English)
Translation by Charles T. Brooks (1813–1883)

Max und Moritz was first published in 1865; C. T. Brooks’ translation in 1871. The text and illustrations of this book are in the public domain worldwide.

This highly inventive, blackly humorous tale, told entirely in rhymed couplets, relates how bad boys Max and Moritz terrorize their small village with seven “pranks.” The rascals eventually come to a bad end, and nobody in the village is sorry.

Busch published a number of illustrated, rhymed stories in the course of his career, but this was the most successful and enduring. The tale of the terrible duo has become a proud part of the culture in German-speaking countries, and even today parents read this to their not-yet-literate children. In Germany, Austria, and Switzerland, a certain familiarity with the story and its rhymes is still presumed, and it is often referenced in mass communication. The two grinning faces are synonymous with mischief, and appear iconically in advertising and even graffiti.

By 1997 more than 281 dialect and language translations had been produced. Max and Moritz are noted as forerunners to the modern comic strip: in particular, the long-running twentieth-century American strip, [The Katzenjammer Kids[/, was inspired by Busch’s story and characters.

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Heinrich Christian Wilhelm Busch (15 April 1832 – 9 January 1908) was a German humorist, poet, illustrator, and painter. He published comic illustrated cautionary tales from 1859, achieving his most notable works in the 1870s. He drew on contemporary parochial and city life, satirizing Catholicism, Philistinism, strict religious morality, and bigotry. His comic text was colourful and entertaining, using onomatopoeia, neologisms, and other figures of speech. Busch became a source of inspiration for future generations of comic artists, and remains one of the most influential poets and artists in Western Europe.

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This compilation was created in collaboration with Doitsu, to whom many thanks!
Embedded font for titling; punctuation and diacritics formatted. Other source and editing information is available inside the book.

I will note here that I colored the line drawings, so please do let me know if you find any problems with the colors.

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So, give this a read, and feed your inner rascal!
:D

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- BuschW-MaxUndMoritz-illus.azw3 (Note: file extension not Kindle-compatible)

- maxCoverThumbnail.png (Note: file extension not Kindle-compatible)

Busch, Wilhelm: Max und Moritz german v1 9 jan 2009

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mtravellerh

Heinrich Christian Wilhelm Busch (* 15. April 1832 in Wiedensahl (bei Stadthagen); † 9. Januar 1908 in Mechtshausen, jetzt Stadtteil von Seesen am Harz) war einer der bedeutendsten humoristischen Dichter Deutschlands und gilt wegen seiner satirischen Bildergeschichten in Versen als einer der Pioniere des modernen Comic.

Jeder kennt dieses Buch. Ich habe es so gut es mir möglich ist, als Ebook umgesetzt.

Mein Geburtstagsgeschenk an den deutschsprachigen Teil der Community.

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- Max und Moritz - Busch_ Wilhelm.prc

Busch, Wilhelm: Plisch und Plum / Plish and Plum (De,En, illus). v1. 23 Apr 2021

edited and uploaded by
GrannyGrump

Plisch und Plum (German)
Written and illustrated by Wilhelm Busch (1832–1908)

Plish and Plum (English)
Translation by Charles T. Brooks (1813–1883)

Another rhyming book from the twisty humor of Wilhelm Busch, author of [Max und Moritz[/. Two naughty little dogs meet two naughty little boys, and, well — it’s love at first sight! Chaos and mayhem and hilarity ensue, but all will come well in the end.

[Max and Moritz / Maurice[/ is available here in the library
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Heinrich Christian Wilhelm Busch (15 April 1832 – 9 January 1908) was a German humorist, poet, illustrator, and painter. He published comic illustrated cautionary tales from 1859, achieving his most notable works in the 1870s. He is perhaps best remembered for [Max und Moritz[/ (1865). That book details seven pranks by two very naughty boys, who have become iconic characters in German-speaking countries, and who were the inspiration for the long-running American comic strip The Katzenjammer Kids.

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[Plisch und Plum[/ was first published in 1882; C. T. Brooks’ translation in 1883. [This book is assumed to be in the public domain worldwide.[/

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Strangely, I had difficulty locating a complete transcription of the German text, and finally found this from zeno.org. I welcome any feedback.

Enjoy the read, and reflect on your own naughty episodes!
:)

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Busch, Wilhelm: Schnurrdiburr / Buzz a Buzz (De, En, colorIllus). v1. 07 May 2021

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[Schnurrdiburr, oder, Die Bienen[/
Written and illustrated by Wilhelm Busch (1832–1908)

[Buzz a Buzz, or, The Bees[/
English translation 1 by Hezekiah Watson (no data found)
English translation 2 By William C. Cotton (1813–1879)

This is a story in comical pictures and rhyme, in which the bees are humanized. The human characters find themselves in many strange and silly, and sometimes scary, situations.

I’ll sing of Johnny Dull: his pig,
Made by his bees exceeding big;
And of his daughter fair Christine,
Of her lover Dicky Dean,
And of his nephew rogue Eugene—
Of honey-robbers I will tell,
And bears, and bull-frogs, ghosts as well.

Wilhelm Busch spent part of his childhood with his uncle, George Klein, who was a clergyman and an experienced beekeeper, and incorporated numerous natural history facts in this story.

[Max and Moritz/Maurice[/ is available here in the library
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Heinrich Christian Wilhelm Busch (15 April 1832 – 9 January 1908) was a German humorist, poet, illustrator, and painter. He published comic illustrated cautionary tales from 1859, achieving his most notable works in the 1870s. He is perhaps best remembered for [Max und Moritz[/ (1865). That book details seven pranks by two very naughty boys, who have become iconic characters in German-speaking countries, and who were the inspiration for the long-running American comic strip The Katzenjammer Kids.

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The original German book, text and illustrations by Wilhelm Busch (1832–1908), was first published in 1872. English translation by William Cotton (1813–1879) first published 1872. English translation by Hezekiah Watkins first published 1873.

[This book is assumed to be in the public domain worldwide.[/

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I hope this gives you a giggle or two.
:)

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Busch, Wilhelm: The Mischief Book (De,En,illus). v2. 24 Apr 2021

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Das Unfug-Buch
Written and illustrated by Wilhelm Busch (1832–1908)

The Mischief Book
English translation by Abby Langdon Alger (1850–1917)

This small collection of doggerel poetry describes, in rhymed couplets, several episodes of madness and mayhem perpetrated by naughty little boys or animals. The illustrations provide a large portion of the entertainment.

A predecessor version, [A Bushel of Merry-thoughts [/(Sampson & Marston, 1868) translated by Harry Rogers, might be more entertaining than this slightly stilted interpretation by Alger; but sadly, no digital version of Rogers’ work could be found. Give a peek to a small excerpt:

[And lastly, in the well-stocked cupboard, where
Preserves are kept in pots of earthenware,
One jar, which most the curious fancy tickles,
Is PETER, stored among the jams and pickles.[/

Compare to Alger:

[Here in a pickle-jar inter they,
Peter, of better burial worthy.
Yes, yes! within this earthen jar,
Poor Pete’s remains preserved are.
The rebel, who at first was hard,
As soft as butter now, is jarred.[/

EDIT TO ADD: [Max and Moritz[//[Maurice[/ is available here in the library
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Heinrich Christian Wilhelm Busch (15 April 1832 – 9 January 1908) was a German humorist, poet, illustrator, and painter. He published comic illustrated cautionary tales from 1859, achieving his most notable works in the 1870s. He is perhaps best remembered for [Max und Moritz[/ (1865). That book details seven pranks by two very naughty boys, who have become iconic characters in German-speaking countries, and who were the inspiration for the long-running American comic strip The Katzenjammer Kids.

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The original German poems “Eispeter”, “Katze und Maus”, and “Krischan mit der Piepe” are taken from Bilderpossen (1880). The poems “Hans Huckebein der Unglücksrabe” and “Das Pusterohr” were first published in the German illustrated magazine Über Land und Meer 1867 ~ 1868.

[The Mischief Book[/ was first published in 1880 by R. Worthington; English translation by Abby Langdon Alger (1850–1917).

[This book is assumed to be in the public domain worldwide.[/

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EDIT: Uploaded version 2, adding German version. Previous downloads: 9

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Busson, Paul: Die Wiedergeburt des Melchior Dronte. german. v1. 18 mar 2009

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Paul Busson (* 9.7. 1873 Innsbruck (Tirol), † 5.7. 1924 Wien) war ein österreichischer Schriftsteller. Er war ein Vertreter des österreichischen Geschichtsromans, in den er phantastisch-mystische Elemente einband. Der historisch-mystische Roman [Die Wiedergeburt des Melchior Dronte[/ erschien erstmalig 1921 und ist das international bekannteste Werk von Busson.

Von seltsamen Träumen heimgesucht, begreift der Protagonist Sennon Vorauf: Ich habe schon einmal einmal gelebt. Ich war Melchior Dronte.
Retrospektiv beginnt Vorauf die Geschichte seines Lebens, beginnend mit dem fünften Lebensjahr, zu erzählen. Die Geschichte vollzieht sich zur Zeit der Französischen Revolution, einer Zeit, die gezeichnet ist von Krieg, Gewalt und Zerfall der Aristokratie. Melchior selbst verweilt in verschiedenen Milieus, ist Student, Soldat, Bürger und Adeliger, entwickelt sich vom Rohling zum Ewli, einem, der 'wiederkommt'. Auch der Tod begegnet dem Leser in verschiedenen Formen. Vom sanften 'Entschlafen' über den grausamen Tod auf dem Schlachtfeld bis zum personifizierten Tod mit dem bezeichnenden Namen 'Fangerle'.

Eine spannende, unterschwellig mystische Erzählung mit dichter Atmosphäre. Meiner Meinung nach wird [Die Wiedergeburt des Melchior Dronte[/ zu Unrecht meistens im "Esoterik-Regal" ausgestellt.

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Bute, Lord: The Alleged Haunting of B_____House:. v1, 21 Feb 2008

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Ballechin House was considered the most haunted house in Scotland with its sightings and sounds. Lord Bute was deeply interested in the paranormal and rented Ballechin. He invited 35 guests to stay overnight, some of whom were members of the Society for Psychical Research.

A report (The Alleged Haunting of B________House) was duly published which revealed a list of apparently paranormal events: voices, footsteps, banging, thumps and knocking sounds. Other events reported included coherent messages during Ouija board sessions and one of the paranormal investigators reported seeing a nun on seven occasions.

The Steuarts (owners of the house), reaction against the book was so strong that all real names were excluded, so the hauntings were recorded as “alleged” which damaged the credibility of the witnesses and the events.

With illustrations of the layout of the house.

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Butler, Ellis Parker: Perkins the Great (1906), v1; 11 May 2021

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Humorous tales of Perkins, the wonder promoter, with immortal advertising slogans such as

Perkins's Patent Porous Plaster
Makes all pains and aches fly faster.

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Butler, Ellis Parker: Philo Gubb, Correspondence School Detective (V1)

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Ellis Parker Butler, 1869-1937

Seventeen comic short stories featuring Philo Gubb, Correspondence School Detective, "the foremost Deteckative of Riverbank, Iowa."

A further twenty or so Philo Gubb stories remain uncollected.

1: The Hard-Boiled Egg
2: The Pet
3: The Eagle's Claws
4: The Oubliette
5: The Un-Burglars
6: The Two-Cent Stamp
7: The Chicken
8: The Dragon's Eye
9: The Progressive Murder
10: The Missing Mr. Master
11: Waffles and Mustard
12: The Anonymous Wiggle
13: The Half of a Thousand
14: Dietz's 7462 Bessie John
15: Henry
16: Buried Bones
17: Philo Gubb's Greatest Case

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Butler, Ellis Parker: The Cheerful Smugglers v1 24 nov 2008

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Ellis Parker Butler (December 5, 1869–September 13, 1937) was an American author.

Butler was born in Muscatine, Iowa. He was the author of more than 30 books and more than 2,000 stories and essays, and is most famous for his short story "Pigs is Pigs", in which a bureaucratic stationmaster insists on levying the livestock rate for a shipment of two pet guinea pigs, which soon start proliferating geometrically.

Working from his home in Flushing (Queens) New York, Butler was—by every measure and by many times—the most published author of the pulp fiction era. Amongst others he wrote twenty-five stories to Woman's Home Companion between 1906 and 1935. The stories in the Companion were illustrated by artists including May Wilson Preston, Frederic Dorr Steele, Herbert Paus and Rico Le Brun.

His career spanned more than forty years and his stories, poems and articles were published in more than 225 magazines. His work appeared alongside that of his contemporaries including Mark Twain, Sax Rohmer, James B. Hendryx, Berton Braley, F. Scott Fitzgerald, Don Marquis, Will Rogers and Edgar Rice Burroughs.

Despite the enormous volume of his work, Butler was, for most of his life, only a part-time author. He worked full-time as a banker and was very active in his local community. A founding member of both the Dutch Treat Club and the Author's League of America, Butler was an always-present force in the New York City literary scene.

He died in Williamsville, Massachusetts and was interred in Flushing Cemetery.

"The Fenelby Smugglers" was first published as a serial (Good Housekeeping (May, 1907)). This story was later published in book form as The Cheerful Smugglers.
SYNOPSIS -- The Fenelbys were facing the problem of saving an education fund which should be ample to put Bobberts, age nine months, through college when the time should come. Penny contributions were discouraging. Mr. Fenelby hit on the happy scheme of organizing the Commonwealth of Bobberts calling a family congress and adopting a tariff, ten per cent on all necessities and thirty per cent on all luxuries brought into the house. This would be an indirect tax for the benefit of Bobberts which they would not feel, argued Mr. Fenelby.

Oh yeah, illustrated quite nicely, too.

It still is great to read and lots of fun.

Got it from PG and gave it the MTH treatment (cover from PG, too)

Have fun!

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Butler, Ellis Parker: The Great American Pie Company, v.1, 27 April 2008.

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A short story, which I dedicate to Marc and all pie lovers everywhere.

A summary from the source site:
“ The Great American Pie Company (1907) A short story about the daydreams of Ephraim Deacon and his friend Phineas Doolittle who plan to corner the pie market. Three illustrations by Frederic Dorr Steele. This story originally appeared in the Century Magazine, September 1904. New York: McClure, Phillips and Company. “

The source was:
http://www.ellisparkerbutler.info/ep...io.asp?id=2060

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Butler, Samuel: Erewhon Revisited, v1, 25 Sept 2007.

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Another ironic dystopia.

A sequel to ‘Erewhon’ (--already uploaded). The narrator returns to the place, only to discover that he has inadvertently founded a new religion.

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Butler, Samuel: Erewhon, v1, 25 Sept 2007.

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A satirical utopia/dystopia. Criminals are coddled but sick people are punished.

From Wikipedia:
Erewhon, or Over the Range is a novel by Samuel Butler, published anonymously in 1872. The title is also the name of a country, supposedly discovered by the protagonist. In the novel, it is not revealed in which part of the world Erewhon is, but it is clear that it is a fictional country. Butler meant the title to be read as the word Nowhere backwards, even though the letters "h" and "w" are transposed. It is likely that he did this to protect himself from accusations of being unpatriotic, although
Erewhon satirizes various aspects of Victorian society, including criminal punishment, religion and anthropocentrism. For example, according to Erewhonian law, offenders are treated as if they were ill whilst ill people are looked upon as criminals. Another feature of Erewhon is the absence of machines; this is due to the widely shared perception by the Erewhonians that they are potentially dangerous. This last aspect of Erewhon reveals the influence of Charles Darwin's evolution theory; Butler had read The Origin of Species soon after it was published in 1859.

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Butler, Samuel: God the Known and God the Unknown, v.1 15 Dec 2007.

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Samuel Butler: God the Known and God the Unknown (1879).

In which Butler argues for a variant of pantheism: for panzoism. God is the sum of all living things.

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Butler, Samuel: The Way of All Flesh, v1. 25 Sept 2007.

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A posthumous novel. How cold and self-centred parents can really mess up one’s life.The author argues that you are allowed to hate them. George Bernard Shaw thought that this novel was one of the best ever written.

From Wikipedia:
The [Way of All Flesh [/(1903) is a semi-autobiographical novel by Samuel Butler which attacks Victorian-era hypocrisy. Written between 1873 and 1884, it traces four generations of the Pontifex family. It represents the diminishment of religious outlook from a Calvinistic approach, which is presented as harsh. Butler dared not publish it during his lifetime, but when it was published it was accepted as part of the general revulsion against Victorianism.
This novel ranks number 12 of the 100 Great Novels of the 20th Century as chosen by the Modern Library Board of Editors.

20th December 2007.
I'm posting a new version which corrects a few typos.

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Butler, Smedley D.: War is a Racket. v1. 22 Jul 2009

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Major General Smedley Darlington Butler USMC was one of the most highly decorated military men from the pre-World War II era, and won two Congressional Medals of Honor. He served from 1898 to 1931 and saw action all over the world. He wrote in 1935

'WAR is a racket. It always has been.

It is possibly the oldest, easily the most profitable, surely the most vicious. It is the only one international in scope. It is the only one in which the profits are reckoned in dollars and the losses in lives.'

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Büchner, Georg: Dantons Tod german v1.0 11 Sep 2009

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Karl Georg Büchner (* 17. Oktober 1813 in Goddelau, Großherzogtum Hessen; † 19. Februar 1837 in Zürich) war ein deutscher Schriftsteller, Naturwissenschaftler und Revolutionär.

Dantons Tod ist ein Drama in vier Akten von Georg Büchner. Es wurde von Mitte Januar bis Mitte Februar 1835 geschrieben. Im gleichen Jahr erschien eine von Karl Gutzkow herausgegebene Fassung im Literatur-Blatt von Eduard Dullers Phönix. Das Stück ist damit das einzige noch zu Lebzeiten Büchners veröffentlichte Drama – wenn auch in stark zensierter Fassung. Die Uraufführung fand erst am 5. Januar 1902 im Berliner Belle-Alliance-Theater als Produktion des Vereins Neue Freie Volksbühne statt, da das Stück lange Zeit als unspielbar galt.
Den historischen Hintergrund des Stückes bildet die Französische Revolution, so dass zumindest eine grobe Übersicht über den Verlauf der Revolution und ein Verständnis der darin handelnden politischen Gruppierungen und der zwischen ihnen auftretenden Konflikte für das Verständnis des Dramas entscheidend sind. Der eigentliche Handlungsrahmen des Dramas umfasst allerdings nur eine kurze Zeitspanne vom 24. März bis zum 5. April 1794, mithin einen Höhepunkt der so genannten Schreckensherrschaft (Terreur), in welche die Revolution gemündet war.

[(Quelle: Wikipedia)[/

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Byrd, Robert: Ka-Zar Book One - King of Claw and Fang - 1 Dec 07

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Ok, I have to agree with Dr. Drib--I think we need a little more pulp to read on our high-tech reading machines! All of the great posted classics are making me feel too smart--I'm in the mood for some material that has a little less class.

This is Ka-Zar (pronounced kay-zar) of the Congo in the heart of darkest Africa. He's basically a Tarzan imitation, but a [very good[/ Tarzan imitation. Born David Rand, his parents were flying over the Congo when their plane crashed. His parents are killed and he gets adopted and raised by a lion named Zar and takes up the name of "Ka-Zar," i.e. Son of Zar.

Growing up in the jungles of the Congo, he learns the languages of the beasts and the ways of the jungle. Ka-Zar uses these skills to help find the man that was ultimately responsible for the death of his father.

This is one of the better Tarzan clones--the writing is top-notch and it was later adapted into several Marvel comics.

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Byron, Lord: Oeuvres complètes Tome Premier, v1., 15/08/08

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Tiré de : ftp://cis.uniroma2.it/gutenberg/2/6/...-h/26092-h.htm
Généré avec MobyPocket Creator v4.2
(ce fichier est un 1er essai)

Pour en savoir plus sur Lord Byron : wikipédia

Freak, le 15 aout 2008.

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Cable, Boyd: Action Front. v1, 10 Jan 2008

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Madam Broshkina

World War I Adventure.

From the book:

The last conscious thought in the mind of Private Jock Macalister as he reached the German trench was to get down into it; his next conscious thought to get out of it. Up there on the level there were uncomfortably many bullets, and even as he leaped on the low parapet one of these struck the top of his forehead, ran deflecting over the crown of his head, and away. He dropped limp as a pole-axed bullock, slid and rolled helplessly down into the trench.

Boyd Cable is also known as Ernest Andrew Ewart

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Cable, George Washington, Ed.: Famous Adventures ... . V1. 8 Dec 2010

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George Washington Cable (October 12, 1844 – January 31, 1925) was an American novelist notable for the realism of his portrayals of Creole life in his native Louisiana. His fiction has been thought to anticipate that of William Faulkner.

War Diary of a Union Woman in the South
The Locomotive Chase in Georgia
Mosby's" Partizan Rangers"
A Romance of Morgan's Rough-riders
Colonel Rose's Tunnel at Libby Prison
A Hard Road to Travel out of Dixie
Escape of General Breckinridge

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Cable, George Washington: Bonaventure. V1. 6 Dec 2010

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George Washington Cable (October 12, 1844 – January 31, 1925) was an American novelist notable for the realism of his portrayals of Creole life in his native Louisiana. His fiction has been thought to anticipate that of William Faulkner.

CARANCRO
GRANDE POINTE
AU LARGE

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Cable, George Washington: Dr. Sevier. V1. 6 Dec 2010

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George Washington Cable (October 12, 1844 – January 31, 1925) was an American novelist notable for the realism of his portrayals of Creole life in his native Louisiana. His fiction has been thought to anticipate that of William Faulkner.

Excerpt
The main road to wealth in New Orleans has long been Carondelet street. There you see the most alert faces; noses—it seems to one—with more and sharper edge, and eyes smaller and brighter and with less distance between them than one notices in other streets. It is there that the stock and bond brokers hurry to and fro and run together promiscuously—the cunning and the simple, the headlong and the wary—at the four clanging strokes of the Stock Exchange gong

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Cable, George Washington: Gideon's Band. V1. 9 Dec 2010

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George Washington Cable (October 12, 1844 – January 31, 1925) was an American novelist notable for the realism of his portrayals of Creole life in his native Louisiana. His fiction has been thought to anticipate that of William Faulkner.

Excerpt
Her first up-river trip! The crowd waiting on the wharf's apron to see her go was larger and included better types of the people than usual, for the Votaress was the latest of the Courteney fleet, hence a rival of the Hayle boats, the most interesting fact that could be stated of anything afloat on Western waters

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Cable, George Washington: Kincaid's Battery . V1. 10 Dec 2010

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George Washington Cable (October 12, 1844 – January 31, 1925) was an American novelist notable for the realism of his portrayals of Creole life in his native Louisiana. His fiction has been thought to anticipate that of William Faulkner.

Excerpt
For the scene of this narrative please take into mind a wide quarter-circle of country, such as any of the pretty women we are to know in it might have covered on the map with her half-opened fan.
Let its northernmost corner be Vicksburg, the famous, on the Mississippi. Let the easternmost be Mobile, and let the most southerly and by far the most important, that pivotal corner of the fan from which all its folds radiate and where the whole pictured thing opens and shuts, be New Orleans. Then let the grave moment that gently ushers us in be a long-ago afternoon in the Louisiana Delta.
Throughout that land of water and sky the willow clumps dotting the bosom of every sea-marsh and fringing every rush-rimmed lake were yellow and green in the full flush of a new year, the war year, 'Sixty-one.

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Cable, George Washington: Old Creole Days. V1. 10 Dec 2010

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George Washington Cable (October 12, 1844 – January 31, 1925) was an American novelist notable for the realism of his portrayals of Creole life in his native Louisiana. His fiction has been thought to anticipate that of William Faulkner.

MADAME DELPHINE.
CAFÉ DES EXILÉS.
BELLES DEMOISELLES PLANTATION.
"POSSON JONE'."
JEAN-AH POQUELIN.
TITE POULETTE.
'SIEUR GEORGE.
MADAME DÉLICIEUSE

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Cable, George Washington: The Cavalier. V1. 5 Dec 2010

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George Washington Cable (October 12, 1844 – January 31, 1925) was an American novelist notable for the realism of his portrayals of Creole life in his native Louisiana. His fiction has been thought to anticipate that of William Faulkner.

Excerpt
Our camp was in the heart of Copiah County, Mississippi, a mile or so west of Gallatin and about six miles east of that once robber-haunted road, the Natchez Trace. Austin's brigade, we were, a detached body of mixed Louisiana and Mississippi cavalry, getting our breath again after two weeks' hard fighting of Grant. Grierson's raid had lately gone the entire length of the State, and we had had a hard, vain chase after him, also.

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Cable, George Washington: The Flower of the Chapdelaines . V1. 8 Dec 2010

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George Washington Cable (October 12, 1844 – January 31, 1925) was an American novelist notable for the realism of his portrayals of Creole life in his native Louisiana. His fiction has been thought to anticipate that of William Faulkner.

Excerpt
Next morning he saw her again.
He had left his very new law office, just around in Bienville Street, and had come but a few steps down Royal, when, at the next corner below, she turned into Royal, toward him, out of Conti, coming from Bourbon.

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Cable, George Washington: The Grandissimes. V1. 9 Dec 2010

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George Washington Cable (October 12, 1844 – January 31, 1925) was an American novelist notable for the realism of his portrayals of Creole life in his native Louisiana. His fiction has been thought to anticipate that of William Faulkner.

Excerpt
It was in the Théatre St. Philippe (they had laid a temporary floor over the parquette seats) in the city we now call New Orleans, in the month of September, and in the year 1803. Under the twinkle of numberless candles, and in a perfumed air thrilled with the wailing ecstasy of violins, the little Creole capital's proudest and best were offering up the first cool night of the languidly departing summer to the divine Terpsichore. For summer there, bear in mind, is a loitering gossip, that only begins to talk of leaving when September rises to go. It was like hustling her out, it is true, to give a select bal masqué at such a very early--such an amusingly early date; but it was fitting that something should be done for the sick and the destitute; and why not this? Everybody knows the Lord loveth a cheerful giver.

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Cable, George Washington; Bylow Hill. V1. 5 Dec 2010

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George Washington Cable (October 12, 1844 – January 31, 1925) was an American novelist notable for the realism of his portrayals of Creole life in his native Louisiana. His fiction has been thought to anticipate that of William Faulkner.

Excerpt
In civilian's dress, and with only his sea-bronzed face and the polished air of a pivot gun to tell that he was of the navy, Lieutenant Godfrey Winslow was slowly crossing the rural way with Ruth Byington at his side. He had the look of, say, twenty-eight, and she was some four years his junior. From her father's front gate they were passing toward the large grove garden of the young man's own home, on the side next the hill and the sunset. On the front porch, where the two had just left him, sat the war-crippled father of the girl, taking pride in the placidity of the face she once or twice turned to him in profile, and in the buoyancy of her movements and pose.

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Caine, Hall, Sir: The Blind Mother and The Last Confession. v1. 29 Oct 2013

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Sir Thomas Henry Hall Caine CH, KBE (14 May 1853 – 31 August 1931), usually known as Hall Caine, was a British author. He is best known as a novelist and playwright of the late Victorian and the Edwardian eras. In his time he was exceedingly popular and at the peak of his success his novels outsold those of his contemporaries. Many of his novels were also made into films. His novels were primarily romantic in nature, involving the love triangle, but they did also address some of the more serious political and social issues of the day.

THE BLIND MOTHER
THE LAST CONFESSION

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Caine, Hall, Sir: Capt'n Davy's Honeymoon. V1. 3 Aug 2009

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Sir Thomas Henry Hall Caine CH, KBE (14 May 1853 – 31 August 1931), usually known as Hall Caine, was a British author. He is best known as a novelist and playwright of the late Victorian and the Edwardian eras. In his time he was exceedingly popular and at the peak of his success his novels outsold those of his contemporaries. Many of his novels were also made into films. His novels were primarily romantic in nature, involving the love triangle, but they did also address some of the more serious political and social issues of the day.

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“My money, ma’am—my money, not me.”
“So you say, sir.”
“It’s my money you’ve been marrying, ma’am.”
“Maybe so, sir.”
“Deny it, deny it!”
“Why should I? You say it is so, and so be it.”

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Caine, Hall, Sir: The Bondman. v1. 30 Oct 2013

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Sir Thomas Henry Hall Caine CH, KBE (14 May 1853 – 31 August 1931), usually known as Hall Caine, was a British author. He is best known as a novelist and playwright of the late Victorian and the Edwardian eras. In his time he was exceedingly popular and at the peak of his success his novels outsold those of his contemporaries. Many of his novels were also made into films. His novels were primarily romantic in nature, involving the love triangle, but they did also address some of the more serious political and social issues of the day.

The Bondman.
The Book of Michael Sunlocks.
The Book of Red Jason.

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Caine, Hall, Sir: The Christian. V1. 4 Aug 2009

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Sir Thomas Henry Hall Caine CH, KBE (14 May 1853 – 31 August 1931), usually known as Hall Caine, was a British author. He is best known as a novelist and playwright of the late Victorian and the Edwardian eras. In his time he was exceedingly popular and at the peak of his success his novels outsold those of his contemporaries. Many of his novels were also made into films. His novels were primarily romantic in nature, involving the love triangle, but they did also address some of the more serious political and social issues of the day.

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On the morning of the 9th of May, 18—, three persons important to this story stood among the passengers on the deck of the Isle of Man steamship Tynwald as she lay by the pier at Douglas getting up steam for the passage to Liverpool. One of these was an old clergyman of seventy, with a sweet, mellow, childlike face; another was a young man of thirty, also a clergyman; the third was a girl of twenty. The older clergyman wore a white neckcloth about his throat, and was dressed in rather threadbare black of a cut that had been more common twenty years before; the younger clergyman wore a Roman collar, a long clerical coat, and a stiff, broad-brimmed hat with a cord and tassel. They stood amidships, and the captain, coming out of his room to mount the bridge, saluted them as he passed.

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Caine, Hall, Sir: The Drama Of Three Hundred ... .V1. 4 Aug 2009

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Sir Thomas Henry Hall Caine CH, KBE (14 May 1853 – 31 August 1931), usually known as Hall Caine, was a British author. He is best known as a novelist and playwright of the late Victorian and the Edwardian eras. In his time he was exceedingly popular and at the peak of his success his novels outsold those of his contemporaries. Many of his novels were also made into films. His novels were primarily romantic in nature, involving the love triangle, but they did also address some of the more serious political and social issues of the day.

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Mr. Maeterlinck has lately propounded the theory that what we call the war is neither more nor less than the visible expression of a vast invisible conflict. The unseen forces of good and evil in the universe are using man as a means of contention. On the result of the struggle the destiny of humanity on this planet depends. Is the Angel to prevail? Or is the Beast to prolong his malignant existence? The issue hangs on Fate, which does not, however, deny the exercise of the will of man. Mystical and even fantastic as the theory may seem to be, there is no resisting its appeal. A glance back over the events of the past year leaves us again and again without clue to cause and effect. It is impossible to account for so many things that have happened. We cannot always say, “We did this because of that,” or “Our enemies did that because of the other.” Time after time we can find no reason why things happened as they have—so unaccountable and so contradictory have they seemed to be. The dark work wrought by Death during the past year has been done in the blackness of a night in which none can read. Hence some of us are forced to yield to Mr. Maeterlinck’s theory, which is, I think, the theory of the ancients—the theory on which the Greeks built their plays—that invisible powers of good and evil, operating in regions that are above and beyond man’s control, are working out his destiny in this monstrous drama of the war..

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Caine, Hall, Sir: The Eternal City. V1. 6 Aug 2009

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Sir Thomas Henry Hall Caine CH, KBE (14 May 1853 – 31 August 1931), usually known as Hall Caine, was a British author. He is best known as a novelist and playwright of the late Victorian and the Edwardian eras. In his time he was exceedingly popular and at the peak of his success his novels outsold those of his contemporaries. Many of his novels were also made into films. His novels were primarily romantic in nature, involving the love triangle, but they did also address some of the more serious political and social issues of the day.

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Has a novelist a right to alter his novel after its publication, to condense it, to add to it, to modify or to heighten its situations, and otherwise so to change it that to all outward appearance it is practically a new book? I leave this point in literary ethics to the consideration of those whose business it is to discuss such questions, and content myself with telling the reader the history of the present story.
About ten years ago I went to Russia with some idea (afterwards abandoned) of writing a book that should deal with the racial struggle which culminated in the eviction of the Jews from the holy cities of that country, and the scenes of tyrannical administration which I witnessed there made a painful and lasting impression on my mind.

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Caine, Hall, Sir: The Little Manx Nation. V1. 8 Aug 2009

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Sir Thomas Henry Hall Caine CH, KBE (14 May 1853 – 31 August 1931), usually known as Hall Caine, was a British author. He is best known as a novelist and playwright of the late Victorian and the Edwardian eras. In his time he was exceedingly popular and at the peak of his success his novels outsold those of his contemporaries. Many of his novels were also made into films. His novels were primarily romantic in nature, involving the love triangle, but they did also address some of the more serious political and social issues of the day.

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There are just two ideas which are associated in the popular imagination with the first thought of the Isle of Man. The one is that Manxmen have three legs, and the other that Manx cats have no tails. But whatever the popular conception, or misconception, of Man and its people, I shall assume that what you ask from me is that simple knowledge of simple things which has come to me by the accident of my parentage. I must confess to you at the outset that I am not much of a hand at grave history. Facts and figures I cannot expound with authority. But I know the history of the Isle of Man, can see it clear, can see it whole, and perhaps it will content you if I can show you the soul of it and make it to live before you. In attempting to traverse the history I feel like one who carries a dark lantern through ten dark centuries.

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Caine, Hall, Sir: The Manxman. V1. 8 Aug 2009

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Sir Thomas Henry Hall Caine CH, KBE (14 May 1853 – 31 August 1931), usually known as Hall Caine, was a British author. He is best known as a novelist and playwright of the late Victorian and the Edwardian eras. In his time he was exceedingly popular and at the peak of his success his novels outsold those of his contemporaries. Many of his novels were also made into films. His novels were primarily romantic in nature, involving the love triangle, but they did also address some of the more serious political and social issues of the day.

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Old Deemster Christian of Ballawhaine was a hard man—hard on the outside, at all events. They called him Iron Christian, and people said, “Don’t turn that iron hand against you.” Yet his character was stamped with nobleness as well as strength. He was not a man of icy nature, but he loved to gather icicles about him. There was fire enough underneath, at which he warmed his old heart when alone, but he liked the air to be congealed about his face. He was a man of a closed soul. One had to wrench open the dark chamber where he kept his feelings; but the man who had done that had uncovered his nakedness, and he cut him off for ever. That was how it happened with his son, the father of Philip.

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Caldecott, Sir Andrew: Fires Burn Blue. v1. 01 Jul 2022

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(This is not really [horror [/— it is “supernatural” or “weird” fiction.)

This collection of weird tales, written in his retirement by a former colonial Governor of Hong Kong and Ceylon, are highly entertaining without attaining the level of the author’s model, M.R. James. Fans of the latter will know what to expect: understatement, preference for suggestion over the explicit, an blandly urbane tone which renders sudden intrusions of horror all the more effective — all those things the modern Gore Masters neither appreciate nor understand.

If Caldecott’s horrors tend to be a little tame alongside those of James, he nevertheless produced some effective stories. … I find myself leaning to those which are set in the fictional British colony of Kongea, where Caldecott is able to draw on his own background for local colour: “Grey Brothers” is particularly fine, with its portrait of an Englishman gone native, who acquires some very ghastly allies among the jungle fauna; the story is at first almost humorous, and finally disturbing, in the best Jamesian manner [and perhaps showing the influence of Joseph Conrad]. “Light in the Darkness” (a nicely ironic title) is also very good, as it tells of the unpleasant consequences of attempting to debunk a native cult.

Of the non-Kongea stories, I’d perhaps pick “His Name was Legion”: structurally the story is a bit of a mess, but some very nasty moments, and some even nastier verse make up for that. All in all, a very worthwhile treat for fans of sophisticated supernatural fiction.
[— “Isadore”, Goodread

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Sir Andrew Caldecott [SIZE="1"]GCMG CBE KStJ FRAS FRSA[/SIZ (26 October 1884 – 14 July 1951) was a British colonial administrator. He served as governor of Hong Kong and Ceylon (Sri Lanka). In his early life, he wrote articles and books about Malayan affairs and history. In his late years, he published two collections of supernatural fiction, [Not Exactly Ghosts[/ and [Fires Burn Blue[/.

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[Fires Burn Blue[/, by Sir Andrew Caldecott (1884-1951), was first published in 1948. This ebook is in the public domain where copyright is “Life+70” or less.
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Caldecott, Sir Andrew: Not Exactly Ghosts. v1. 01 Jul 2022

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(This is not really [horror [/— it is “supernatural” or “weird” fiction.)

Many of these stories of the supernatural — particularly the ones set in English village society — resemble those of M.R. James, Caldecott’s greatest influence; the [resemblence, however, are the interior works, in which rural dialects, entertaining character sketches and an ironic tone compensate in part for a loss of supernatural intensity and narrative power.

The best stories here are the ones in which Kongea — a mythical Asian country created by Caldecott out of his experiences as governor of Hong Kong and Ceylon — are prominently featured. Caldecott knows the customs and civil service politics of his part of Asia at least as well as Kipling knew India, and his Kongean stories evoke an exotic atmosphere that makes the supernatural element doubly effective.
[—Bill Kerwin, Goodread

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Sir Andrew Caldecott [SIZE="1"]GCMG CBE KStJ FRAS FRSA[/SIZ (26 October 1884 – 14 July 1951) was a British colonial administrator. He served as governor of Hong Kong and Ceylon (Sri Lanka). In his early life, he wrote articles and books about Malayan affairs and history. In his late years, he published two collections of supernatural fiction, [Not Exactly Ghosts[/ and [Fires Burn Blue[/.

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Calhoon, A.R.: How to Get on in the World. 17 Sept 07

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Our efforts to bring you more and better self-help books knows no bounds (or shame.) Here from 1895 is Major Calhoon's [How to Get on in the World.[/ Described as "A Ladder to Practical Success", the book takes you trough all aspects required to select a proper profession, a suitable mate, and all things important.

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Cambridge, Ada: A Humble Enterprise. v1. 23 Nov 2013

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Ada Cambridge (21 November 1844 – 19 July 1926), later known as Ada Cross, was an English writer.
Overall she wrote more than twenty-five works of fiction, three volumes of poetry and two autobiographical works. Many of her novels were serialised in Australian newspapers, and were never published in book form.
While she was known to friends and family by her married name, Ada Cross, she was known to her newspaper readers as A.C.. Later in her career she reverted to her maiden name, Ada Cambridge, and it is thus by this name that she is known.

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Joseph Liddon was deaf, and one day, when he was having a holiday in the country, he crossed a curving railway line, and a train, sweeping round the corner when he was looking another way, swept him out of existence. On his shoulder he was carrying the infrequent and delightful gun—reminiscent of happy days in English coverts and stubble fields—and in his hand he held a dangling hare, about the cooking of which he was dreaming pleasantly, wondering whether his wife would have it jugged or baked. When they stopped the train and gathered him up, he was as dead as the hare, dissolved into mere formless tatters, and his women-folk were not allowed to see him afterwards. They came up from town to the inquest and funeral—wife and two daughters, escorted by a downy-lipped son—all dazed and bewildered in their suddenly transformed world; and a gun and a broken watch and a few studs, that had been carefully washed and polished, were the only "remains" on which they could expend the valedictory kiss and tear. Their last memory of him was full of the gay bustle of farewell at Spencer Street when he set forth upon his trip. It was such an event for him to have a holiday, and to go away by himself, that the whole family had to see him off. Even young Joe was on the platform to carry his father's bag, and buy him the evening papers, his train being the Sydney express, which did not leave till after office hours. When they knew how the holiday had ended, their bitter regrets for not having accompanied him further were greatly soothed by the knowledge that they had gone with him so far—had closed their life together with an act of love that had made him happy.

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Cambridge, Ada: A Mere Chance, Vol. 1 of 3. v1. 23 Nov 2013

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Ada Cambridge (21 November 1844 – 19 July 1926), later known as Ada Cross, was an English writer.
Overall she wrote more than twenty-five works of fiction, three volumes of poetry and two autobiographical works. Many of her novels were serialised in Australian newspapers, and were never published in book form.
While she was known to friends and family by her married name, Ada Cross, she was known to her newspaper readers as A.C.. Later in her career she reverted to her maiden name, Ada Cambridge, and it is thus by this name that she is known.

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A few years ago there was a young débutante in Melbourne whose name was Rachel Fetherstonhaugh. She had risen upon the social horizon suddenly, like a new star—or, one might almost say, like a comet, so unusually bright was she, and so much talked about; and no one quite knew where she had come from. Mrs. Hardy had introduced her as her niece—everyone knew that—but there were sceptics who, having never heard of female relatives previously (except the three daughters, who had married so well), declared that she might be "anybody," picked up merely for matchmaking purposes—it being well understood that Mrs. Hardy had for an unknown period sustained life, figuratively speaking, upon the stimulus of matrimonial intrigues, and had now no more daughters to provide for.

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Cambridge, Ada: A Mere Chance, Vol. 2 of 3. v1. 23 Nov 2013

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Ada Cambridge (21 November 1844 – 19 July 1926), later known as Ada Cross, was an English writer.
Overall she wrote more than twenty-five works of fiction, three volumes of poetry and two autobiographical works. Many of her novels were serialised in Australian newspapers, and were never published in book form.
While she was known to friends and family by her married name, Ada Cross, she was known to her newspaper readers as A.C.. Later in her career she reverted to her maiden name, Ada Cambridge, and it is thus by this name that she is known.

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MR. KINGSTON, as soon as he received Mrs. Thornley's invitation, sent a telegram to her nearest post-town, to tell her he would start for Adelonga on the following day, and await at the inn where he left the railway the buggy she was kind enough to say should be sent to meet him.
There was much amusement at Adelonga over this unwonted promptitude on the part of an idle and self-indulgent man, who had never been known to hurry himself, or to go into the country willingly; and Rachel was teased in fun and congratulated in earnest on the strong hold she had gained upon his erewhile erratic affections.

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Cambridge, Ada: A Mere Chance, Vol. 3 of 3. v1. 24 Nov 2013

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Ada Cambridge (21 November 1844 – 19 July 1926), later known as Ada Cross, was an English writer.
Overall she wrote more than twenty-five works of fiction, three volumes of poetry and two autobiographical works. Many of her novels were serialised in Australian newspapers, and were never published in book form.
While she was known to friends and family by her married name, Ada Cross, she was known to her newspaper readers as A.C.. Later in her career she reverted to her maiden name, Ada Cambridge, and it is thus by this name that she is known.

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But when one finds this unique treasure of human life, to whom it is, with respect to his tangible earthly possessions, what the pearl of great price was to the merchantman of Scripture, there seems no better thing for him to do than to sell all that he has to buy it, so long as he sells only what is absolutely his own, and none of the rights and privileges that belong to other people.

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Cambridge, Ada: At Midnight and Other Stories. V1. 11 Apr 2011

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Ada Cambridge (21 November 1844 – 19 July 1926), later known as Ada Cross, was an English writer.
Overall she wrote more than twenty-five works of fiction, three volumes of poetry and two autobiographical works. Many of her novels were serialised in Australian newspapers, and were never published in book form.
While she was known to friends and family by her married name, Ada Cross, she was known to her newspaper readers as A.C.. Later in her career she reverted to her maiden name, Ada Cambridge, and it is thus by this name that she is known.

AT MIDNIGHT
A BREATH OF THE SEA
TWO OLD FOGIES
"ONE OF THESE LITTLE ONES"
A SWEET DAY
THE WIND OF DESTINY

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Cambridge, Ada: Materfamilias. v1. 23 Nov 2013

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Ada Cambridge (21 November 1844 – 19 July 1926), later known as Ada Cross, was an English writer.
Overall she wrote more than twenty-five works of fiction, three volumes of poetry and two autobiographical works. Many of her novels were serialised in Australian newspapers, and were never published in book form.
While she was known to friends and family by her married name, Ada Cross, she was known to her newspaper readers as A.C.. Later in her career she reverted to her maiden name, Ada Cambridge, and it is thus by this name that she is known.

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I was not a girl, but a woman, when I married Tom. He, a man incapable of grossness in any shape or form, was still a man, healthily natural, of ripe experience in the ways of men. Whatever our faults in the past—if they were faults—the result was to teach us what we could never otherwise have learned, the meaning of wedlock in its last perfection. Don't let any one run down second marriages to me! The way to them must necessarily be painful and troubled, and one always desires passionately to keep one's children out of it; but the end of the journey, bringing together, open-eyed to all the conditions, educated to discriminate and understand, two born mates like Tom and me—ah, well! One mustn't say all one thinks about these matters—except, of course, to him.

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Cambridge, Ada: Sisters. V1. 11 Apr 2011

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Ada Cambridge (21 November 1844 – 19 July 1926), later known as Ada Cross, was an English writer.
Overall she wrote more than twenty-five works of fiction, three volumes of poetry and two autobiographical works. Many of her novels were serialised in Australian newspapers, and were never published in book form.
While she was known to friends and family by her married name, Ada Cross, she was known to her newspaper readers as A.C.. Later in her career she reverted to her maiden name, Ada Cambridge, and it is thus by this name that she is known.

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Guthrie Carey began life young. He was not a week over twenty-one when, between two voyages, he married Lily Harrison, simply because she was a poor, pretty, homeless little girl, who had to earn her living as a nondescript lady-help in hard situations, and never had a holiday. He saw her in a Sandridge boarding-house, slaving beyond her powers, and made up his mind that she should rest. With sailor zeal and promptitude, he got the consent of her father, who was glad to be rid of her out of the way of a new wife; took the trembling, clinging child to the nearest parson, and made her a pensioner on his small wages in a tiny lodging of her own. They honeymooned for a fortnight, off and on, as his ship could spare him—the happiest pair of mortals in the wide world—and then parted in tears and anguish unspeakable for the best part of a twelvemonth.

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Cambridge, Ada: The Perversity of Human Nature. V1. 11 Apr 2011

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Ada Cambridge (21 November 1844 – 19 July 1926), later known as Ada Cross, was an English writer.
Overall she wrote more than twenty-five works of fiction, three volumes of poetry and two autobiographical works. Many of her novels were serialised in Australian newspapers, and were never published in book form.
While she was known to friends and family by her married name, Ada Cross, she was known to her newspaper readers as A.C.. Later in her career she reverted to her maiden name, Ada Cambridge, and it is thus by this name that she is known.

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Like many another woman, Lexie dearly loved a grievance, though she would never have forgiven the frank friend who dared to tell her so. And now she had one of sufficient importance to satisfy her.
Robert had told her he wished she was gone—had called her abusive names, sworn at her—treated her, in short, as no woman who respected herself could submit to be treated. Therefore, she determined not to speak to him again until he had suitably apologised, and nursed vague but desperate plans for the vindication of her honor and dignity.
Robert, for his part, thought it was high time for a husband of spirit to put his foot down. He had borne with her tantrums, because she was delicate and "only a woman," until he had completely spoilt her.

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Cambridge, Ada: The Retrospect. v1. 24 Nov 2013

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Ada Cambridge (21 November 1844 – 19 July 1926), later known as Ada Cross, was an English writer.
Overall she wrote more than twenty-five works of fiction, three volumes of poetry and two autobiographical works. Many of her novels were serialised in Australian newspapers, and were never published in book form.
While she was known to friends and family by her married name, Ada Cross, she was known to her newspaper readers as A.C.. Later in her career she reverted to her maiden name, Ada Cambridge, and it is thus by this name that she is known.

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There was a gap of thirty-eight years, almost to a day, between my departure from England (1870), a five-weeks-old young bride, and my return thither (1908), an old woman.

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Camp, Charles Wadsworth: The Abandoned Room, v.1, 13 Jan 2008.

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A nice mystery by Charles Wadsworth Camp.
Camp served in World War I, and afterwards suffered from respiratory problems due to exposure to mustard gas. He wrote mystery and horror fiction, and was a drama critic and journalist.
I was surprised to learn that he was the father of author Madeleine L'Engle (A Wrinkle in Time).

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Camp, Samuel G: Samuel G. Camp Sampler. V1. 25 Jun 2012

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JACK AND THE BEAN BALL
A FLYER IN MUNITIONS
INFORM MR. SWEENEY

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Camp, Wadsworth: Sinister Island. v1. 10 Jul 2022

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“James Miller is invited to visit friends at their new home on Captain’s Island, off the southern coast of the United States. He expects a relaxing stay in a southern resort, but discovers that the island is instead a place of dark and sinister history and superstitious dread. Miller determines to solve the apparent haunting of the island.”
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“Camp builds suspense by making the island as much a character as the people, and he provides an intelligent cast of characters determined to get to the bottom of the mystery, regardless of the cost to themselves.
Read this on a stormy night!”
[—Google Books and Goodreads comment

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Charles Wadsworth Camp (18 October, 1879 – 30 October, 1936), American author (pen name: Wadsworth Camp), is best remembered for his mysteries and potboilers. Some of his works were adapted into films. He was the father of Madeleine L’Engle.

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[Sinister Island[/, by Wadsworth Camp (1879-1936), was first published in 1915. This ebook is in the public domain where copyright is “Life+80” or less, and in the USA.
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Camp, Wadsworth: The Abandoned Room, v1, 9 December 2009.

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Wadsworth Camp (1879–1936)
The Abandoned Room: A Mystery Story (1917)

A locked room mystery. Bobby’s grandfather is murdered in his sinister old house. Bobby has been out drinking and cannot remember a thing. Can he be a murderer?

We already have a serviceable version by BenG. Mine has curly quotes and a cover; also it is available in more formats.

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Camp, Wadsworth: The Abandoned Room. v1. 10 Jul 2022

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WHY was the Abandoned Room kept so tightly closed?

WHAT was the dread secret of the Blackburn Clan?

WHY was Jenkins, the butler, so eager to hide the damning evidence against Bobby Blackburn?

WHY were Carlos Paredes and Dr. Groom so eager to suggest supernatural causes?

WAS Katherine implicated … there was the motive…?

And a thousand other questions crowding deeper into this mystery and detective story …

[— First Edition Publisher Doubleday, Page, & Co.]

“A classic locked room mystery set at an old country estate, this novel keeps you guessing as one after another of the cast of characters is suspected in an impossible murder.”
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“This book had everything! An easy to follow writing style, a good sense of atmosphere, hints of the supernatural, a locked room mystery, a dogged police detective, a couple of highly mysterious characters, red herrings, missing time, and a room of death!”
[—Goodreads comment

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Charles Wadsworth Camp (18 October, 1879 – 30 October, 1936), American author (pen name: Wadsworth Camp), is best remembered for his mysteries and potboilers. Some of his works were adapted into films. He was the father of Madeleine L’Engle.

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[The Abandoned Room[/, by Wadsworth Camp (1879-1936), was first published in 1917. This ebook is in the public domain where copyright is “Life+80” or less, and in the USA.
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Camp, Wadsworth: The Communicating Door and Other Stories. v1. 11 Jul 2022

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A gathering of short stories, telling of detectives (police, private, and amateur) working to unravel mystery, chasing down villains, and sometimes investigating events that may be supernatural.

Several of these feature Jim Garth — more Jim Garth stories can be found in Pulpmeister’s production of [The Gray Mask[/ in the MobileRead Library.

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Charles Wadsworth Camp (18 October, 1879 – 30 October, 1936), American author (pen name: Wadsworth Camp), is best remembered for his mysteries and potboilers. Some of his works were adapted into films. He was the father of Madeleine L’Engle.

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[The Commicating Door[/, by Wadsworth Camp (1879-1936), was first published in 1923. This ebook is in the public domain where copyright is “Life+80” or less, and in the USA.
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Camp, Wadsworth: The Gray Mask (1920); v1, 13 Dec 2020

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Wadsworth Camp (1879-1936) was an American author of short stories, novels and non-fiction is several genres, including crime.

This is a "fix up" of a series of short stories featuring detective Jim Garth, which first appeared in Collier's Magazine in 1915.

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Camp, Wadsworth: The House of Fear. v1. 09 Jul 2022

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“[New York! If it had happened in some lonely, rotting house in the country! But in the heart of New York, within a few feet of Broadway![/”

Formerly a police detective, now a successful Broadway theatrical manager, Arthur McHugh intends to re-stage a play from forty years ago, which is noted for the fact that esteemed actor and director Bertrand Woodford collapsed and died during a performance.

In the ensuing years, the Woodford Theater has acquired the unsavory reputation of a haunted place. Now, during rehearsal, the actor playing the same role collapses and dies at the same point in the play. Strange and frightening sights and sounds are terrifying cast and crew.

McHugh would probably have been wiser never to have attempted the revival.

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Charles Wadsworth Camp (18 October, 1879 – 30 October, 1936), American author (pen name: Wadsworth Camp), is best remembered for his mysteries and potboilers. Some of his works were adapted into films. He was the father of Madeleine L’Engle.

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[The House of Fear[/, by Wadsworth Camp (1879-1936), was first published in 1916. This ebook is in the public domain where copyright is “Life+80” or less, and in the USA.
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Camp, Wadsworth: The Signal Tower and Other Mysteries. v1. 13 Jul 2022

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Uncollected during the writer’s lifetime, but some have appeared in various anthologies. My own compilation, obtained from various magazine archives.

In the titular story, “The Signal Tower”, Tolliver has to teach his colleague and former lodger Joe a lesson when he begins to harass his wife and young son. This story was selected for [The Best American Short Stories of 1920[/ (annual anthology published by Small, Maynard & Company); and is probably Camp’s most frequently anthologized story.

The other works in this small collection perhaps do not quite come up the the level of mystery and the macabre found in “The Signal Tower”and “The Draw-Keeper”, but they are interesting for fans of this writer. The final three selections are non-genre, but might be labeled as “mysteries of the heart.

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Charles Wadsworth Camp (18 October, 1879 – 30 October, 1936), American author (pen name: Wadsworth Camp), is best remembered for his mysteries and potboilers. Some of his works were adapted into films. He was the father of Madeleine L’Engle.

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The contents of this collection, by Charles Wadsworth Camp (1879-1936), were first published 1906 ~ 1921. This ebook is in the public domain where copyright is “Life+80” or less, and in the USA.
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Campanella, Tommaso: Der Sonnenstaat. Ein poetischer Dialog (german)

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The City of the Sun (Italian: La città del Sole; Latin: Civitas Solis) is a philosophical work by the Italian Dominican philosopher Tommaso Campanella. It is an important early utopian work. The work was written in Italian in 1602, shortly after Campanella's imprisonment for heresy and sedition. A Latin version was written in 1613–1614 and published in Frankfurt in 1623.

Protected and defended by seven circles of walls, constructed of palaces that serve as dwellings for the citizens, the city is located in a place with an ideal climate, conducive to physical health, and on the slope of a hillside because the air there is lighter and purer.

Translated into German by Ignaz Emanuel Wessely in 1900.

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Campbell, Cliff: Cliff Campbell Sampler. V1. 27 Jun 2012

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FROZEN ASSETS
I'M A BUM
TROUBLE GOALIE

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Campbell, Malcolm: Salute to the Gods (1934); v2

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Before Malcolm Campbell (later Sir Malcolm Campbell; 1885-1948) switched to land speed record breaking, he was a driver on the international grand prix circuit.

This, a rare novel from this author, tells of a new British team entering the fierce and dangerous Grand Prix competition, in a period when most of the circuits were over public roads, often loose-surfaced.

The Ace company suffers terrible, inexplicable fatalities; the cars didn't fail, there wwere no other competitors involved, and yet they crashed at high speed for no apparent reason.

There is a solution of course, in the tradition of British thrillers.

There are "from-the-cockpit" scenes where the author gives a vivid and utterly realistic account of wheel-to-wheel racing in the pre-war years.

This is a slighly revised V2 of the book I originally posted in 2012 when this library was +50. The changers are minor, and not in the text itself.

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Campbell, Malcolm: Salute to the Gods. V1. 23 October 2012

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Sir Malcolm Campbell is best known for his land and water speed records, but before he turned to record-breaking he raced on circuits in UK and Europe.

He also produced, through ghostwriters, several books.

This one is in effect a motor racing murder mystery. In the Early 1930s a new British team enters Grand Prix racing and is hit by a series of disastrous (and very strange) crashes. No fault can be found in the cars, and the drivers were all experienced and skilled. What, then, is going on?

The story moves across Europe, including races in Spain and France, and an endurance record attempt at Brooklands, and climaxes at Rheims.

The from-the-cockpit scenes of the racing are grittily authentic, as they ought to be given Campbell's own experience, as is the background. The rest of the narrative is fairly straightforward. I spotted the villain before the revelation in the final chapter, but failed to spot the method.

An unusual book, long out of print.

Campbell died in 1948, and this book is in the PD in Canada and Australia.

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Campbell, Scott: Below the Dead-Line (1904); v1; 13 Apr 2022

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Scott Campbell is a pseudonym of Frederick W Davis (1858-1933), a prolific pulp writer around the turn of the 20th century. His style still has the naivete of the period: the bad guys are "rascals" and "ruffians", there is a master criminal ("The Big Finger", no less!); the good guy is captured but manages to escape in time; the bad guy is captured but manages to escape in time for the nest episode; and so on. Still, quite good fun in its way. The hero is a semi-private detective with close links to the New York police, with a Center Street HQ detective as sort of liaison man.

1: The Case of the Vanished Bonds.
2: The Case of Dickson's Diamonds.
3: The Case of the Stolen Cypher
4: The Case of the Man who Vanished
5: The Case of the Big Finger
6: The Case of the Banker's Double
7: The Case of the Missing Magnate
8: The Case of the Under-Secretary
9: The Case of the Boss Mason
10: The Case of the Vacant Office
11: The Case of the Convict Code
12: The Case of the Tan Glove

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Cantelon, Robert Lee (ed): The Words of Jesus of Nazareth. v1. 17 Mar 2013

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An older version of Robert Cantelon compilation of the words of Jesus.

From the pdb version downloadable here:
http://www.thewords.com/discover.htm

"ALL CONTENTS OF THIS SITE ARE COPYRIGHT-FREE AND MAY BE DOWN-
LOADED, COPIED, AND/OR RETRANSMITTED ELECTRONICALLY " - http://www.pennyhead.com/thewords/

I attempted to contact the site by email, offering them this Kindle version, but was not able to reach them.

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Capek, Karel: War with the Newts. v1. 02 Feb 2007

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"War with the Newts" is an sci-fi novel written by Czech author Karel Čapek. An intelligent species of salamander is discovered in Indonesia, and is quickly exploited. First, as pearl divers and eventually practically replacing the human workforce.
The book is an amusing satire of the society and politics of the 1930s.

A good read, if a bit unusual.

Čapek also coined the word "robot" in his play "R.U.R."(Rossum's Universal Robots) to mean automaton. In the original Czech, "robota" means drudgery or servitude.

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Capes, Bernard: The Realms Of Dread (collect.ghosts). v1. 11 Feb 2021

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Gothic horror stories: Dark and mysterious tales, telling of ghostly visitations and other-worldly episodes and weird incidents.

My own compilation, taken from Capes’ short story collections and magazine archives found online. Contents first published 1896-1915.

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Carewe-Carvel: Carewe-Carvel Sampler. V1. 29 Jun 2012

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O'TOOLE'S WATERLOO
O'TOOLE'S BLACKHAND NOTE

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Carey, Rosa Nouchette: Doctor Luttrell's First Patient. v1. 31 Jul 2013

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Rosa Nouchette Carey (27 September 1840 – 9 July 1909) was an English children's novelist. Born in Stratford-le-Bow, Rosa was the sixth of the seven children of William Henry Carey (d. 1867), shipbroker, and his wife, Maria Jane (d. 1870), daughter of Edward J. Wooddill. She was brought up in London at Tryons Road, Hackney, Middlesex and in South Hampstead. She was educated at home and at the Ladies' Institute, St John's Wood, where she was a contemporary and friend of the German-born poet Mathilde Blind (1841–1896). Her first novel, Nellie's Memories (1868), arose out of stories she had told to her younger sister.

Excerpt
There is an old adage, worn almost threadbare with continual use, "When poverty looks in at the door, love flies out at the window," and, doubtless, there is an element of truth in the saying; nevertheless, though there were lines of care on Marcus Luttrell's face, and in the strong sunlight the seams of his wife's black gown looked a little shiny, there was still peace, and the patience of a great and enduring affection in the corner house at Galvaston Terrace.

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Carey, Rosa Nouchette: Esther. v1. 31 Jul 2013

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Rosa Nouchette Carey (27 September 1840 – 9 July 1909) was an English children's novelist. Born in Stratford-le-Bow, Rosa was the sixth of the seven children of William Henry Carey (d. 1867), shipbroker, and his wife, Maria Jane (d. 1870), daughter of Edward J. Wooddill. She was brought up in London at Tryons Road, Hackney, Middlesex and in South Hampstead. She was educated at home and at the Ladies' Institute, St John's Wood, where she was a contemporary and friend of the German-born poet Mathilde Blind (1841–1896). Her first novel, Nellie's Memories (1868), arose out of stories she had told to her younger sister.

Excerpt
Girls, even the best of them, have their whims and fancies, and I never looked at myself in the glass on high days and holidays, when a festive garb was desirable, without a scornful protest, dumbly uttered, against so shining a name. There was such a choice, and I would rather have been Deborah or Leah, or even plain Susan, or Molly; anything homely, that would have suited my dark, low-browed face. Tall and angular, and hard-featured—what business had I with such a name?

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Carey, Rosa Nouchette: Herb of Grace. v1. 1 Aug 2013

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Rosa Nouchette Carey (27 September 1840 – 9 July 1909) was an English children's novelist. Born in Stratford-le-Bow, Rosa was the sixth of the seven children of William Henry Carey (d. 1867), shipbroker, and his wife, Maria Jane (d. 1870), daughter of Edward J. Wooddill. She was brought up in London at Tryons Road, Hackney, Middlesex and in South Hampstead. She was educated at home and at the Ladies' Institute, St John's Wood, where she was a contemporary and friend of the German-born poet Mathilde Blind (1841–1896). Her first novel, Nellie's Memories (1868), arose out of stories she had told to her younger sister.

Excerpt
"Nature intended me for an artist or a poet," Malcolm would say, for he was given at times to a hard, merciless introspection, when he took himself and his motives to pieces, "but circumstances have called me to the bar. To be sure I have never held a brief, and my tastes are purely literary, but all the same I am a member of the legal profession."

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Carey, Rosa Nouchette: Heriot's Choice_files. v1. 1 Aug 2013

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Rosa Nouchette Carey (27 September 1840 – 9 July 1909) was an English children's novelist. Born in Stratford-le-Bow, Rosa was the sixth of the seven children of William Henry Carey (d. 1867), shipbroker, and his wife, Maria Jane (d. 1870), daughter of Edward J. Wooddill. She was brought up in London at Tryons Road, Hackney, Middlesex and in South Hampstead. She was educated at home and at the Ladies' Institute, St John's Wood, where she was a contemporary and friend of the German-born poet Mathilde Blind (1841–1896). Her first novel, Nellie's Memories (1868), arose out of stories she had told to her younger sister.

Excerpt
'Say yes, Milly.'
Three short words, and yet they went straight to Milly's heart. It was only the postscript of a long, sorrowful letter—the finale brief but eloquent—of a quiet, dispassionate appeal; but it sounded to Mildred Lambert much as the Macedonian cry must have sounded of old: 'Come over and help us.'

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Carey, Rosa Nouchette: Lover or Friend. v1. 2 Aug 2013

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Rosa Nouchette Carey (27 September 1840 – 9 July 1909) was an English children's novelist. Born in Stratford-le-Bow, Rosa was the sixth of the seven children of William Henry Carey (d. 1867), shipbroker, and his wife, Maria Jane (d. 1870), daughter of Edward J. Wooddill. She was brought up in London at Tryons Road, Hackney, Middlesex and in South Hampstead. She was educated at home and at the Ladies' Institute, St John's Wood, where she was a contemporary and friend of the German-born poet Mathilde Blind (1841–1896). Her first novel, Nellie's Memories (1868), arose out of stories she had told to her younger sister.

Excerpt
Everyone in Rutherford knew that Mrs. Ross was ruled by her eldest daughter; it was an acknowledged fact, obvious not only to a keen-witted person like Mrs. Charrington, the head-master's wife, but even to the minor intelligence of Johnnie Deans, the youngest boy at Woodcote. It was not that Mrs. Ross was a feeble-minded woman; in her own way she was sensible, clear-sighted, with plenty of common-sense; but she was a little disposed to lean on a stronger nature, and even when Geraldine was in the schoolroom, her energy and youthful vigour began to assert themselves, her opinions insensibly influenced her mother's, until at last they swayed her entirely.

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Carey, Rosa Nouchette: Mollie's Prince. v1. 2 Aug 2013

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Rosa Nouchette Carey (27 September 1840 – 9 July 1909) was an English children's novelist. Born in Stratford-le-Bow, Rosa was the sixth of the seven children of William Henry Carey (d. 1867), shipbroker, and his wife, Maria Jane (d. 1870), daughter of Edward J. Wooddill. She was brought up in London at Tryons Road, Hackney, Middlesex and in South Hampstead. She was educated at home and at the Ladies' Institute, St John's Wood, where she was a contemporary and friend of the German-born poet Mathilde Blind (1841–1896). Her first novel, Nellie's Memories (1868), arose out of stories she had told to her younger sister.

Excerpt
In this age of transition and progress, when the pleasure-seeker, like the Athenian of old, is for ever searching for things new and strange; when old landmarks are ruthlessly demolished, and respectable antiquities are shelved in outer darkness; then to some conservative minds it is refreshing to stumble upon some old-world corner, fragrant with memories of the past, and as yet untouched by the finger of the destroyer.

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Carey, Rosa Nouchette: Not Like Other Girls. v1, 3 Aug 2013

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Rosa Nouchette Carey (27 September 1840 – 9 July 1909) was an English children's novelist. Born in Stratford-le-Bow, Rosa was the sixth of the seven children of William Henry Carey (d. 1867), shipbroker, and his wife, Maria Jane (d. 1870), daughter of Edward J. Wooddill. She was brought up in London at Tryons Road, Hackney, Middlesex and in South Hampstead. She was educated at home and at the Ladies' Institute, St John's Wood, where she was a contemporary and friend of the German-born poet Mathilde Blind (1841–1896). Her first novel, Nellie's Memories (1868), arose out of stories she had told to her younger sister.

Excerpt
Five-o’clock tea was a great institution in Oldfield.
It was a form of refreshment to which the female inhabitants of that delightful place were strongly addicted. In vain did Dr. Weatherby, the great authority in all that concerned the health of the neighborhood, lift up his voice against the mild feminine dram-drinking of these modern days, denouncing it in no measured terms: the ladies of Oldfield listened incredulously, and, softly quoting Cowper’s lines as to the “cup that cheers and not inebriates,” still presided over their dainty little tea-tables, and vied with one another in the beauty of their china and the flavor of their highly-scented Pekoe.

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Carey, Rosa Nouchette: Our Bessie. v1. 3 Aug 2013

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Rosa Nouchette Carey (27 September 1840 – 9 July 1909) was an English children's novelist. Born in Stratford-le-Bow, Rosa was the sixth of the seven children of William Henry Carey (d. 1867), shipbroker, and his wife, Maria Jane (d. 1870), daughter of Edward J. Wooddill. She was brought up in London at Tryons Road, Hackney, Middlesex and in South Hampstead. She was educated at home and at the Ladies' Institute, St John's Wood, where she was a contemporary and friend of the German-born poet Mathilde Blind (1841–1896). Her first novel, Nellie's Memories (1868), arose out of stories she had told to her younger sister.

Excerpt
To be nearly at the end of one’s journey, almost within sight and sound of home fires and home welcomes, and then to be snowed up, walled, imprisoned, kept in durance vile in an unexpected snowdrift—well, most human beings, unless gifted with angelic patience, and armed with special and peculiar fortitude, would have uttered a few groans under such depressing circumstances.

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Carey, Rosa Nouchette: Uncle Max. v1. 4 Aug 2013

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Rosa Nouchette Carey (27 September 1840 – 9 July 1909) was an English children's novelist. Born in Stratford-le-Bow, Rosa was the sixth of the seven children of William Henry Carey (d. 1867), shipbroker, and his wife, Maria Jane (d. 1870), daughter of Edward J. Wooddill. She was brought up in London at Tryons Road, Hackney, Middlesex and in South Hampstead. She was educated at home and at the Ladies' Institute, St John's Wood, where she was a contemporary and friend of the German-born poet Mathilde Blind (1841–1896). Her first novel, Nellie's Memories (1868), arose out of stories she had told to her younger sister.

Excerpt
It appears to me, looking back over a past experience, that certain days in one's life stand out prominently as landmarks, when we arrive at some finger-post pointing out the road that we should follow.
We come out of some deep, rutty lane, where the hedgerows obscure the prospect, and where the footsteps of some unknown passenger have left tracks in the moist red clay. The confused tracery of green leaves overhead seems to weave fanciful patterns against the dim blue of the sky; the very air is low-pitched and oppressive. All at once we find ourselves in an open space; the free winds of heaven are blowing over us; there are four roads meeting; the finger-post points silently, 'This way to such a place'; we can take our choice, counting the mile-stones rather wearily as we pass them. The road may be a little tedious, the stones may hurt our feet; but if it be the right road it will bring us to our destination.

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Carleton, Susan: The La Chance Mine Mystery v 1 10 November 2008

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This mystery western that could be described as an adventure romance, too, bites hard. Listen how it begins:

[QUOTHungry, dog-tired, cross with the crossness of a man in authority whose orders have been forgotten or disregarded, I drove Billy Jones's old canoe across Lac Tremblant on my way home to Dudley Wilbraham's gold mine at La Chance, after an absence of months. It was halfway to dark, and the bitter November wind blew dead in my teeth. Slaps of spray from flying wave-crests blinded me with gouts of lake water, that was oddly warm till the cutting wind froze it to a coating of solid ice on my bare hands and stinging face, that I had to keep dabbing on my paddling shoulder to get my eyes clear in order that I might stare in front of my leaky, borrowed canoe.[/QUOT
Doesn't that entice you to continue reading?

About the author:
Susan Carleton Jones
1864 - 1926

Canadian writer, best known for her novels depicting the emotional travails of women struggling to achieve self-understanding and autonomy. Her works often feature Canadian settings.

html source comes from PG, cover from manybooks

I can't recommend this enough. I read it in two days and it's quite a biggie.

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Carleton, Susan: The Lame Priest v1 12 nov 2008

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This is a shortie but a smashing good read that keeps you on the tips of your toes while it lasts. Not much to say about it, as it speaks for itself.

Got it from PG, streamlined and added a cover.

Oh, almost forgot: She is signing as Susan Morrow Jones on this one.

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Carleton, William: Ellen Duncan; And The Proctor's Daughter. V1. 15 Nov 2011

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William Carleton (20 February 1794, Prillisk, Clogher, County Tyrone — 30 January 1869, Sandford, County Dublin) was an Irish novelist.

Ellen Duncan
The Proctor's Daughter

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Carleton, William: Fardorougha, the Miser. V1. 17 Nov 2011

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William Carleton (20 February 1794, Prillisk, Clogher, County Tyrone — 30 January 1869, Sandford, County Dublin) was an Irish novelist.

Extract
IT WAS on one of those nights in August, when the moon and stars shine through an atmosphere clear and cloudless, with a mildness of lustre almost continental, that a horseman, advancing at a rapid pace, turned off a remote branch of road up a narrow lane, and, dismounting before a neat whitewashed cottage, gave a quick and impatient knock at the door. Almost instantly, out of a small window that opened on hinges, was protruded a broad female face, surrounded, by way of nightcap, with several folds of flannel, that had originally been white.

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Carleton, William: Going To Maynooth. V1. 17 Nov 2011

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William Carleton (20 February 1794, Prillisk, Clogher, County Tyrone — 30 January 1869, Sandford, County Dublin) was an Irish novelist.

Extract
Denis, though a large man, was but a small farmer, for he rented only eighteen acres of good land. His family, however, like himself, was large, consisting of thirteen children, among whom Denis junior stood pre-eminent. Like old Denis, he was exceedingly long-winded in argument, pedantic as the schoolmaster who taught him, and capable of taking a very comprehensive grasp of any tangible subject.

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Carleton, William: Jane Sinclair. V1. 18 Nov 2011

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William Carleton (20 February 1794, Prillisk, Clogher, County Tyrone — 30 January 1869, Sandford, County Dublin) was an Irish novelist.

Extract
If there be one object in life that stirs the current of human feeling more sadly than another, it is a young and lovely woman, whose intellect has been blighted by the treachery of him on whose heart, as on a shrine, she offered up the incense of her first affection.

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Carleton, William: Phelim O'toole's Courtship and Other Stories. V1. 19 Nov 2011

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William Carleton (20 February 1794, Prillisk, Clogher, County Tyrone — 30 January 1869, Sandford, County Dublin) was an Irish novelist.

PHELIM O'TOOLE'S COURTSHIP.
WILDGOOSE LODGE
TUBBER DERG; Or, THE RED WELL.
NEAL MALONE.
ART MAGUIRE

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Carleton, William: Phil Purcel, The Pig-Driver. V3. 20 Nov 2011

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William Carleton (20 February 1794, Prillisk, Clogher, County Tyrone — 30 January 1869, Sandford, County Dublin) was an Irish novelist.

PHIL PURCEL, THE PIG-DRIVER.
THE GEOGRAPHY OF AN IRISH OATH.
THE LIANHAN SHEE.

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Carleton, William: The Black Baronet. V1. 14 Nov 2011

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William Carleton (20 February 1794, Prillisk, Clogher, County Tyrone — 30 January 1869, Sandford, County Dublin) was an Irish novelist.

Excerpt
The incidents upon which this book is founded seem to be extraordinary and startling, but they are true; for, as Byron says, and as we all know, "Truth is strange—stranger than Fiction." Mr. West, brother to the late member from Dublin, communicated them to me exactly as they occurred, and precisely as he communicated them, have I given them to the reader, at least, as far as I can depend upon my memory. With respect, however, to his facts, they related only to the family which is shadowed forth under the imaginary name of Gourlay; those connected with the aristocratic house of Cullamore, I had from another source, and they are equally authentic. The Lord Dunroe, son to the Earl of Cullamore, is not many years dead, and there are thousands still living, who can bear testimony to the life of profligacy and extravagance, which, to the very last day of his existence, he persisted in leading. That his father was obliged to get an act of Parliament passed to legitimize his children, is a fact also pretty well known to many.

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Carleton, William: The Black Prophet. V1. 15 Nov 2011

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William Carleton (20 February 1794, Prillisk, Clogher, County Tyrone — 30 January 1869, Sandford, County Dublin) was an Irish novelist.

A Tale Of Irish Famine

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Carleton, William: The Dead Boxer. V1. 15 Nov 2011

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William Carleton (20 February 1794, Prillisk, Clogher, County Tyrone — 30 January 1869, Sandford, County Dublin) was an Irish novelist.

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This was all judicious and prudent; but in the mean time, common rumor, having first published the fact of young Lamh Laudher's cowardice, found it an easy task to associate his name with the robbery. His very father, after their last conference with the magistrate, doubted him; his friends, in the most sympathetic terms, expressed their conviction of his guilt, and the natural consequence resulting from this was, that he found himself expelled from his paternal roof, and absolutely put out of caste. The tide of ill-fame, in fact, set in so strongly against him, that Ellen, startled as she had been by his threat of taking to the highway, doubted him. The poor young man, in truth, led a miserable life. Nanse M'Collum had not been found, and the unfavorable rumor was still at its height, when one morning the town arose and found the walls and streets placarded with what was in those days known as the fatal challenge of the DEAD BOXER!

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Carleton, William: The Emigrants Of Ahadarra. V1. 16 Nov 2011

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William Carleton (20 February 1794, Prillisk, Clogher, County Tyrone — 30 January 1869, Sandford, County Dublin) was an Irish novelist.

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IT WAS one summer morning, about nine o'clock, when a little man, in the garb and trim of a mendicant, accompanied by a slender but rather handsome looking girl about sixteen, or it may be a year more, were upon their way to the house of a man, who, from his position in life, might be considered a wealthy agriculturist, and only a step or two beneath the condition of a gentleman farmer, although much more plain and rustic in his manners.

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Carleton, William: The Evil Eye. V1. 17 Nov 2011

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William Carleton (20 February 1794, Prillisk, Clogher, County Tyrone — 30 January 1869, Sandford, County Dublin) was an Irish novelist.

Excerpt
THERE IS very little to be said about this book in the shape of a preface. The superstition of the Evil Eye is, and has been, one of the most general that ever existed among men. It may puzzle philosophers to ask why it prevails wherever mankind exists. There is not a country on the face of the earth where a belief in the influence of the Evil Eye does not prevail. In my own young days it was a settled dogma of belief. I have reason to know, however, that, like other superstitions, it is fast fading out of the public mind. Education and knowledge will soon banish those idle and senseless superstitions: indeed, it is a very difficult thing to account for their existence at all. I think some of them have come down to us from the times of the Druids,—a class of men whom, excepting what is called their human sacrifices, I respect. My own opinion is, that what we term human sacrifices was nothing but their habitual mode of executing criminals. Toland has written on the subject and left us very little the wiser. Who could, after all, give us information upon a subject which to us is only like a dream?

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Carleton, William: The Ned M'Keown Stories. V1. 19 Nov 2011

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William Carleton (20 February 1794, Prillisk, Clogher, County Tyrone — 30 January 1869, Sandford, County Dublin) was an Irish novelist.

Extract

NED M'KEOWN.
THE THREE TASKS.
SHANE FADH'S WEDDING.
LARRY M'FAR
LAND'S WAKE
THE BATTLE OF THE FACTIONS.

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Carleton, William: The Poor Scholar. V2. 20 Nov 2011

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William Carleton (20 February 1794, Prillisk, Clogher, County Tyrone — 30 January 1869, Sandford, County Dublin) was an Irish novelist.

Extract
The master, while thus engaged in dispensing justice, first received a rather vigorous thwack on the ear from behind, by an anonymous contributor, who gifted him with what is called a musical ear, for it sang during five minutes afterwards

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Carleton, William: Traits of the Irish Peasantry. V1. 18 Nov 2011

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William Carleton (20 February 1794, Prillisk, Clogher, County Tyrone — 30 January 1869, Sandford, County Dublin) was an Irish novelist.

THE HEDGE SCHOOL.
THE MIDNIGHT MASS.
THE DONAGH; OR, THE HORSE STEALERS.

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Carlton, Robert: Robert Carlton Sampler. V1. 30 Jun 2012

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No biographical data found.

HOMICIDE HAUL
HOPHEAD HOMICIDE

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Carlyle, Thomas: On Heroes, Hero-Worship, and the Heroic in History. 19 Dec 07

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Written in 1841, [Hero Worship[/ is very modern. Even though written 166 years ago, it brings forth issues that we read about everyday in the newspapers and see on the television.

From Wikipedia:
[QUOTThese ideas were influential on the development of Socialism, but aspects of Carlyle's thinking in his later years also helped to form Fascism. Carlyle moved towards his later thinking during the 1840s, leading to a break with many old friends and allies such as Mill and, to a lesser extent, Emerson. His belief in the importance of heroic leadership found form in his book "On Heroes, Hero-Worship, and the Heroic in History", in which he compared different types of heroes. As one of the very few philosophers who witnessed the industrial revolution but still kept a transcendental non-materialistic view of the world, Thomas Carlyle made an attempt to draw a picture of the development of human intellect by using historical people as coordinates and accorded Prophet Muhammad a special place in the book under the chapter title "Hero as a Prophet". In his work, Carlyle declares his admiration with a passionate championship of Prophet Muhammad as a Hegelian agent of reform, insisting on his sincerety and commenting ‘how one man single-handedly, could weld warring tribes and wandering Bedouins into a most powerful and civilized nation in less than two decades.’ Observing Carlyle having such an open mind to the "other" puts him in a category of his own for trying to build bridges between the peoples of the West and the East as an early historical western representative of that dialogue. For Carlyle the hero was somewhat similar to Aristotle's "Magnanimous" man — a person who flourished in the fullest sense. However, for Carlyle, unlike Aristotle, the world was filled with contradictions with which the hero had to deal. All heroes will be flawed. Their heroism lay in their creative energy in the face of these difficulties, not in their moral perfection. To sneer at such a person for their failings is the philosophy of those who seek comfort in the conventional. Carlyle called this 'valetism', from the expression 'no man is a hero to his valet'.[/QUOT

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Carlyle, Thomas: The French Revolution, A History. v1, 28 Jan 2008

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Thomas Carlyle (December 4, 1795 – February 5, 1881) was a Scottish essayist, satirist, and historian, whose work was hugely influential during the Victorian era. Coming from a strict Calvinist family, Carlyle was expected by his parents to become a preacher, but while at the University of Edinburgh, he lost his Christian faith. Calvinist values, however, remained with him throughout his life. This combination of a religious temperament with loss of faith in traditional Christianity made Carlyle's work appealing to many Victorians who were grappling with scientific and political changes that threatened the traditional social order.

Carlyle's success was assured by the publication of his three-volume work The French Revolution, A History in 1837. After the completed manuscript of the first volume was accidentally burned by the philosopher John Stuart Mill's maid, Carlyle wrote the second and third volumes before rewriting the first from scratch. The resulting work was filled with a passionate intensity, hitherto unknown in historical writing. In a politically charged Europe, filled with fears and hopes of revolution, Carlyle's account of the motivations and urges that inspired the events in France seemed powerfully relevant. Carlyle's style of writing emphasised this, continually stressing the immediacy of the action – often using the present tense. For Carlyle, chaotic events demanded what he called 'heroes' to take control over the competing forces erupting within society. While not denying the importance of economic and practical explanations for events, he saw these forces as essentially 'spiritual' in character – the hopes and aspirations of people that took the form of ideas, and were often ossified into ideologies ('formulas' or 'isms', as he called them). In Carlyle's view only dynamic individuals could master events and direct these spiritual energies effectively. As soon as ideological 'formulas' replaced heroic human action society became dehumanised.

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Carroll, Charles: Concerning Cheapness, v1, 30 November 2009.

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Charles Carroll
Concerning Cheapness (1877)
Scribner’s Monthly,
Volume 13, pp. 314–317

An article which argues that cheap things are generally bad.

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Carroll, Johnston: Johnston Carroll Sampler. V1. 3 Jul 2012

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No biographical data found.

CIRCUS ACE
UNOFFICIAL

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Carroll, Lewis: A Lewis Carroll Omnibus, V1., 7/4/2011

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This omnibus contains the following:

1. A Tangled tale
2. Alice in Wonderland
3. Rhyme and Reason
4. Sylvia and Bruno
5. Through the Looking Glass

Rhyme and Reason contains some illustrations, which is why it is so large a file.

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Carroll, Lewis: Alice im Wunderland german v1 8 feb 2009

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Die Titelheldin Alice wird während eines langweiligen Picknicks auf ein sprechendes weißes Kaninchen mit einer Uhr aufmerksam. Sie folgt dem merkwürdigen Tier in dessen Bau und fällt dabei in einen tiefen Schacht. Am Ende des Schachtes angekommen landet sie schließlich in einer traumartigen Unterwelt, die vor Paradoxa und Absurditäten nur so strotzt. Umgeben von Fabelwesen erlebt Alice ein fantastisches Abenteuer.

Das Buch wurde erstmals 1865 veröffentlicht und fand gleich nach seinem Erscheinen großen Anklang und viele begeisterte Leser - einschließlich Königin Victoria.

Diese Fassung enthält einige der weltbekannten und wunderschönen Illustrationen des britischen Zeichners Sir John Tenniel.

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Carroll, Lewis: Alice's Adventures in Wonderland. 09 June 2008.

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mechteach

Illustrated by John Tenniel (fyi: some of the illustrations came out a little grainy-looking on my Kindle).

Feel free to post/PM me with corrections (of course), but I'll be away from a computer for a few weeks, so it may take me a while to get back to you.

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Carroll, Lewis: Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland (illus-Rackham). v1. 10 Jan 2020

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Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland
by Lewis Carroll (1832–1898)
“Proem” by Austin Dobson (1840–1921)
Illustrated by Arthur Rackham (1867–1939)

On a sleepy summer afternoon, Alice follows the White Rabbit down the rabbit-hole, and thus begins her astonishing adventures in Wonderland. More than 150 years after its first appearance, this delightful children’s classic is still beloved by readers of all ages. Charming illustrations by the incomparable artist Arthur Rackham can only add to the fun.

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Lewis Carroll was the pen name of Charles Lutwidge Dodgson (27 January 1832 – 14 January 1898). He was an English writer of world-famous children’s fiction, creator of the Alice character in the “Wonderland” books. He was noted for his facility at word play, logic, and fantasy, and wrote a number of poems in the genre of literary nonsense. He was also a mathematician, photographer, and Anglican deacon.

His best-known books include [Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland[/, [Through the Looking-Glass[/, [Sylvie and Bruno[/, [Sylvie and Bruno Concluded[/, and [The Hunting of the Snark[/. The last named, and “Jabberwocky” and “The Walrus and the Carpenter” from [Through the Looking Glass[/, are premier examples of his nonsense poetry.

Many of Carroll’s “Wonderland” characters (such as the Cheshire Cat, the Mad Hatter, the March Hare, the Queen of Hearts, Tweedledum and Tweedledee, the White Knight) have become so much a part of modern Western culture that they may be considered iconic.

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[Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland[/ was first published in 1865. The Rackham edition was first published in 1907. The text of this book is in the public domain worldwide. The illustrations are in the public domain where copyright is “Life+80” or less, and in the USA.

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Alice is always worthy of another visit -- especially when Rackham illustrates!
(Illustrations were a challenge -- not available from Internet Archive, only on blogs...)

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Carroll, Lewis: The Game of Logic. v1. 18 Nov 2010

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"The Game of Logic" by Lewis Carroll is one of his lesser-known works. Despite the popularity of this author and multiple attempts at digitizing this work, this book has gotten a poor reputation in electronic form due to formatting errors which completely obfuscate the illustrations. This edition seeks to remedy this situation with the addition of more than 80 unique illustrations and many corrections to the formatting problems which make other versions incomprehensible. I hope you enjoy this edition and I welcome your comments and corrections. -Rick

(This time with the attachment.)

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Carroll, Lewis: The Wonderland Books (illustrated), V1, 8/4/2011

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This book combines both an illustrated "Alice in Wonderland" and an illustrated "Through the Looking Glass" in one volume. Several people expressed an interest in such a collection. I hope you will all enjoy it. :)

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Carroll, Lewis: Through the Looking Glass, v.1, 8 Nov 2007.

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Patricia

Lewis Carroll: ‘Through the Looking Glass and What Alice Found There’
(1872)

A sequel to ‘Alice in Wonderland.’ Alice finds herself negotiating a landscape which is a giant game of chess.

I have added three of the original Tenniel illustrations, plus a ToC etc.

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Carroll, Lewis: What the Tortoise Said to Achilles. V1. 28 May 2011

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Lewis Carroll's short dialogue "What the Tortoise Said to Achilles" (1895) playfully questions the principles of logic. Problems arise and branch out from Zeno's paradox, beginning with Achilles attempting to pass the tortoise in the race, but ultimately failing through the tortoise's clever arguments. This is an entertaining tale of the ultimate race that cannot be completed using the foundations of logic.

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Carryl, Guy Wetmore: Fables for the Frivolous (illus). v1. 12 Jan 2021

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GrannyGrump

Fables for the Frivolous
By Guy Wetmore Carryl (1873-1904)
Illustrations by Peter Newell (1862–1924)

A collection of parodies in verse of Jean de la Fontaine’s 17th-century fables (many of which were based on Aesop’s fables and other familiar stories).

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Guy Wetmore Carryl (4 March 1873 – 1 April 1904) was an American humorist and poet. He worked for Munsey’s and Harper’s magazines, and contrbuted short stories, articles, and poetry to numerous other magazines as well. His best known works are the humorous poems that parody Aesop’s Fables, Mother Goose, and Grimm’s Fairy Tales.

First published in 1898. This book is in the public domain in countries where copyright is “Life+90” or less, and in the USA.

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Carryl, Guy Wetmore: Grimm Tales Made Gay (illus). v1. 12 Jan 2021

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Grimm Tales Made Gay
By Guy Wetmore Carryl (1873-1904)
Illustrations by Albert Levering (1869–1929)

A comic rendering in verse of well-loved Fairy Tales of the Brothers Grimm, each full of puns and ending with a moral. Lavishly illustrated.

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Guy Wetmore Carryl (4 March 1873 – 1 April 1904) was an American humorist and poet. He worked for Munsey’s and Harper’s magazines, and contrbuted short stories, articles, and poetry to numerous other magazines as well. His best known works are the humorous poems that parody Aesop’s Fables, Mother Goose, and Grimm’s Fairy Tales.

First published in 1902. This book is in the public domain in countries where copyright is “Life+90” or less, and in the USA.

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Carryl, Guy Wetmore: Mother Goose for Grown-ups (illus). v1. 12 Jan 2021

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Mother Goose for Grown-ups
By Guy Wetmore Carryl (1873-1904)
Illustrations by:
Peter Newell (1862–1924)
Gustave Verbeek (1867–1937)

Comic parodies of favorite Mother Goose rhymes, full of wordplay and fun. As a bonus, each presents a moral.

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Guy Wetmore Carryl (4 March 1873 – 1 April 1904) was an American humorist and poet. He worked for Munsey’s and Harper’s magazines, and contrbuted short stories, articles, and poetry to numerous other magazines as well. His best known works are the humorous poems that parody Aesop’s Fables, Mother Goose, and Grimm’s Fairy Tales.

First published in 1900. This book is in the public domain in countries where copyright is “Life+80” or less, and in the USA.

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Carson, James: The Saddle Boys of the Rockies. v1. 11 Sep 2014

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Captain James Carson was a pseudonym used by the Stratemeyer Syndicate for the five volume "Saddle Boys" series.

Excerpt
The boy who answered to the name of Frank Haywood was a rather chunky, well set-up lad of about sixteen. He had blue eyes, that were usually sparkling with mirth; and a mop of yellow hair; while his skin was darkened by long exposure to sun and wind.

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Carter, James: State of the Union. v1.0 14 October 2007

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James Earl "Jimmy" Carter, Jr. (born October 1, 1924) was the thirty-ninth President of the United States from 1977 to 1981, and winner of the Nobel Peace Prize in 2002. Prior to becoming president, Carter served two terms in the Georgia Senate, and was the 76th Governor of Georgia from 1971 to 1975.

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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jimmy_carter

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Carter, Jesse Benedict: The Religion of Numa, v1, 13 August 2009.

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Patricia

Jesse Benedict Carter (1872–1917)
The Religion of Numa and Other Essays on the Religion of Ancient Rome (1906)

A study of Roman religion.
The source was Project Gutenberg.

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Carter, Nicholas: A Woman at Bay. V1. 10 August 2009

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Nick Carter is a fictional character who began as a pulp fiction private detective and appeared in a variety of formats through the years.
Nick Carter first appeared in a dime novel entitled The Old Detective's Pupil; or, The Mysterious Crime of Madison Square on September 18, 1886. This novel was written by John R. Coryell from a story by Ormond G. Smith, the son of one of the founders of Street & Smith.
In 1915, Nick Carter Weekly became Street & Smith's Detective Story Magazine. In the 1930s, due to the success of The Shadow and Doc Savage, Street & Smith revised Nick Carter as a hero pulp that ran from 1933 to 1936. Novels featuring Carter continued to appear through the 1950s, by which time there was also a popular radio show, Nick Carter, Master Detective, which aired on the Mutual Broadcasting System network from 1943 to 1955

Excerpt
Four men were seated around a camp fire made of old railroad ties, over which a kettle was boiling merrily, where it hung from an improvised crane above the blaze.
Around, on the ground, were scattered a various assortment of tin cans, some of which had been hammered more or less straight to serve for plates, and it was evident from the general appearance of things around the camp that a meal had just been disposed of, and that the four men who had consumed it were now determined to make themselves as comfortable as possible. The kettle that boiled over the fire contained nothing but water—water with which one of the four men had jocularly said he intended to bathe.

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Carter, Nicholas: With Links of Steel. V1. 9 Aug 2009

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Nick Carter is a fictional character who began as a pulp fiction private detective and appeared in a variety of formats through the years.
Nick Carter first appeared in a dime novel entitled The Old Detective's Pupil; or, The Mysterious Crime of Madison Square on September 18, 1886. This novel was written by John R. Coryell from a story by Ormond G. Smith, the son of one of the founders of Street & Smith.
In 1915, Nick Carter Weekly became Street & Smith's Detective Story Magazine. In the 1930s, due to the success of The Shadow and Doc Savage, Street & Smith revised Nick Carter as a hero pulp that ran from 1933 to 1936. Novels featuring Carter continued to appear through the 1950s, by which time there was also a popular radio show, Nick Carter, Master Detective, which aired on the Mutual Broadcasting System network from 1943 to 1955

Excerpt
“Mr. Venner, sir?”
“Mr. Venner—yes, certainly. You will find him in his private office—that way, sir. The door to the right. Venner is in his private office, Joseph, is he not?”
“I don’t think so, Mr. Garside, unless he has just returned. I saw him go out some time ago.”
“Is that so? Wait a moment, young man.”
The young man halted, and then turned back to face Mr. Garside, with an inquiring look in his frank, brown eyes.

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Carter, Nick: Nick Carter at Headquarters. 08 Oct 07

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RWood

More pulp for a healthy constitution. You can never have too much pulp in your diet.

Another classic pulp from the period of the "nickel weeklies." This one first appeared on October 9, 1897.

My thanks to our friends at PulpGen.com for the eText source.

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Carter, Nick: The Crime of the French Cafe & Other Stories. 08 Oct 07

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RWood

Have you had you minimum daily quota of pulp? Here are three Nick Carter stories straight from the public domain to your reader.

Included are:

- The Crime of the French Cafe

- Nick Carter’s Ghost Story

- The Mystery of St. Agnes’ Hospital

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Carter, Nick: The Crime of the French Café and Other Stories. V1. 8 Aug 2009

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crutledge

Nick Carter is a fictional character who began as a pulp fiction private detective and appeared in a variety of formats through the years.
Nick Carter first appeared in a dime novel entitled The Old Detective's Pupil; or, The Mysterious Crime of Madison Square on September 18, 1886. This novel was written by John R. Coryell from a story by Ormond G. Smith, the son of one of the founders of Street & Smith.
In 1915, Nick Carter Weekly became Street & Smith's Detective Story Magazine. In the 1930s, due to the success of The Shadow and Doc Savage, Street & Smith revised Nick Carter as a hero pulp that ran from 1933 to 1936. Novels featuring Carter continued to appear through the 1950s, by which time there was also a popular radio show, Nick Carter, Master Detective, which aired on the Mutual Broadcasting System network from 1943 to 1955

Excerpt
There is a well-known French restaurant in the “Tenderloin” district which provides its patrons with small but elegantly appointed private dining-rooms.
The restaurant occupies a corner house; and, though its reputation is not strictly first-class in some respects, its cook is an artist, and its wine cellar as good as the best.
It has two entrances, and the one on the side street is not well lighted at night.

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Carter, Nick: The Great Spy System. 08 Oct 07

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RWood

More pulp for a healthy constitution.

This is the story of how Nick Carter, Master Detective, broke a foreign spy ring in Washington, DC in one night to keep his promise to the President.

My thanks to our friends at Munseys.com for the eText source.

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Carter, Nick: The Solution of a Remarkable Case. 08 Oct 07

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RWood

More pulp for a healthy constitution.

Another classic pulp from the period of the "nickel weeklies."

My thanks to our friends at Munseys.com for the eText source.

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Carter, Nick: With Links of Steel. 08 Oct 07

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RWood

Have you had you minimum daily quota of pulp? Here is a Nick Carter story straight from the public domain to your reader.

We all have been a bit low in pulp lately since Dr. Drib has posted so little lately.

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Carus, Paul (Ed.): The Gospel of Buddha, v.1, 8 May 2008.

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Patricia

‘The Gospel of Buddha’ Compiled from ancient records by Paul Carus (1894).
This has also been published under the title, ‘Buddha: The Gospel.’

Carus has selected and translated passages from the Buddhist scriptures in order to form a narrative of the Buddha’s life and teachings. He has also included a number of Buddhist parables, many of which have similarities with later Christian parables.

This is the first edition – later versions differ slightly, particularly in the translations of verse passages.

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Carver, Jeffrey A.: Neptune Crossing, v. 1, 18 Jan. 2009

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starrigger

I am the author, uploading Neptune Crossing, Volume 1 of The Chaos Chronicles, as a limited free download. Please feel free to share with your friends and family, but observe limitations on use as noted on the copyright page of the book. Please do not repost without permission. Neptune Crossing is copyright (c) 1994 by Jeffrey A. Carver, and was published by Tor Books. This ebook is a reproduction of that edition, including cover art (by permission of the Tor art director).

Many thanks to DMcCunney for his excellent help in converting and formatting the book for Mobipocket readers.

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Carver, Jeffrey A.: Strange Attractors, v. 1, 18 Jan. 2009

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starrigger

I am the author, uploading Strange Attractors, Volume 2 of The Chaos Chronicles, as a limited free download. Please feel free to share with your friends and family, but observe limitations on use as noted on the copyright page of the book. Please do not repost without permission. Strange Attractors is copyright (c) 1995 by Jeffrey A. Carver, and was published by Tor Books. This ebook is a reproduction of that edition, including cover art (by permission of the Tor art director).

Many thanks to DMcCunney for his excellent help in converting and formatting the book for Mobipocket readers.

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Carver, Jeffrey A.: The Infinite Sea, v. 1, 18 Jan. 2009

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I am the author, uploading The Infinite Sea, Volume 3 of The Chaos Chronicles, as a limited free download. Please feel free to share with your friends and family, but observe limitations on use as noted on the copyright page of the book. Please do not repost without permission. The Infinite Sea is copyright (c) 1996 by Jeffrey A. Carver, and was published by Tor Books. This ebook is a reproduction of that edition, including cover art (by permission of the Tor art director).

Many thanks to DMcCunney for his excellent help in converting and formatting the book for Mobipocket readers.

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Casanova, Giacomo: Eduard und Elisabeth bei den Megamikren. german. v1. 27 mar 2009

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Giacomo Girolamo Casanova (* 2. April 1725 in Venedig; † 4. Juni 1798 in Dux), venezianischer Schriftsteller, Abenteurer und Libertin des 18. Jahrhunderts, bekannt durch die Schilderungen zahlreicher Liebschaften. Eher unbekannt ist, dass er auch eine der inhalts- und abwechselungsreichsten Utopien seiner Zeit verfasste: [Icosameron[/ von 1788, in der dt. Übersetzung 1923 als [Eduard und Elisabeth bei den Megamikren[/ veröffentlicht.

Wenn Casanovas Werk nichts anderes wäre, als eine von den vielen Utopien, die nach der Utopia des Thomas Morus entstanden oder eine der vielen Liliputiaden nach Swift, so brauchte man sich nicht darum zu mühen, es der Vergessenheit zu entreißen. Aber es ist mehr: es ist das Werk eines tiefen und vor allem auch freien Denkers und es ist vor allem eine sehr unterhaltsame Abenteuergeschichte, die zwar einen Leser verlangt, der gerne denkt, die aber auch ganz abgesehen von ihrem Gedankengehalt durch die bewußte Fülle der Ereignisse interessiert.
Eduard und Elisabeth sind ein junges englisches Geschwisterpaar, das im Maelstrom Schiffbruch leidet, aber auf eine sehr merkwürdige Art gerettet wird, indem es in einer Bleikiste durch die Rinde unseres Erdballs hinabsaust und so in den hohlen Innenraum der Erde gelangt, dessen Grundfläche von dem nach Milliarden zählenden Volk der Megamikren bewohnt wird.
Eduard ist vierzehn, Elisabeth zwölf Jahre alt. Der Trieb der Natur führt sie zusammen: die Geschwister werden Mann und Frau, sie werden die Eltern von vierzig Zwillingspaaren, die stets aus einem Knaben und einem Mädchen bestehen. Im Laufe ihres Aufenthalts, der 324 Megamikrenjahre oder 81 Jahre unserer Zeitrechnung währt, vermehrt diese Nachkommenschaft sich auf mehr als sechs Millionen Menschen, die sich zu Herren der Megamikrenwelt machen. Eduard und Elisabeth, die sich während dieser ganzen Zeit in der Megamikrenwelt in ihrer Jugendblüte erhalten haben, gelangen auf eine höchst merkwürdige Weise wieder an die Oberfläche der Erde empor und begeben sich zu ihren noch lebenden Eltern in England. Dort erzählt nun Eduard, ab und zu von Elisabeth ergänzt, einer Gesellschaft von Lords und Ladies die ganze Geschichte ihrer erstaunlichen Abenteuer und gibt eine genaue Beschreibung aller Einrichtungen und Gebräuche des nicht minder erstaunlichen Megamikrenlandes.

(Heinrich Conrad, Übersetzer)

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Castlemon, Harry: Elam Storm, The Wolfer. v1. 5 Aug 2013

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Charles Austin Fosdick (September 6, 1842 – August 22, 1915), better known by his nom de plume Harry Castlemon, was a prolific writer of juvenile stories and novels, intended mainly for boys. He was born in Randolph, New York, and received a high school diploma from Central High School in Buffalo, New York. He served in the Union Navy from 1862 to 1865, during the American Civil War, acting as the receiver and superintendent of coal for the Mississippi River Squadron. Fosdick had begun to write as a teenager, and drew on his experiences serving in the Navy in such early novels as Frank on a Gunboat (1864) and Frank on the Lower Mississippi (1867). He soon became the most-read author for boys in the post-Civil War era, the golden age of children's literature.

Except
"Yes, sir; it's just like I tell you. Every coyote on this here ranch, mean and sneaking as he is, is worth forty dollars to the man who can catch him."

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Castlemon, Harry: Frank Among The Rancheros. v1. 6 Aug 2013

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Charles Austin Fosdick (September 6, 1842 – August 22, 1915), better known by his nom de plume Harry Castlemon, was a prolific writer of juvenile stories and novels, intended mainly for boys. He was born in Randolph, New York, and received a high school diploma from Central High School in Buffalo, New York. He served in the Union Navy from 1862 to 1865, during the American Civil War, acting as the receiver and superintendent of coal for the Mississippi River Squadron. Fosdick had begun to write as a teenager, and drew on his experiences serving in the Navy in such early novels as Frank on a Gunboat (1864) and Frank on the Lower Mississippi (1867). He soon became the most-read author for boys in the post-Civil War era, the golden age of children's literature.

Except
Mr. Winters's rancho was not managed like the farms in our part of the country. To begin with, there were but three fences on it—one inclosed two small barns and corn-cribs; another, a pasture of two or three acres, and the third formed the cow-pen. In the barns, Uncle James kept his riding and farm horses; the pasture was for the use of the half dozen cows which supplied the rancho with butter and milk; and the cow-pen was nothing more nor less than a prison, into which, in the spring of the year, all the young cattle and horses were driven and branded with the initials of the owner's name. This was done so that Mr. Winters and his hired men might be able to recognize the stock anywhere. The cattle sometimes strayed, and became mixed up with those of the neighbors, and the marks on their flanks showed to whom they belonged.

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Castlemon, Harry: Frank at Don Carlos' Rancho. v1. 6 Aug 2013

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Charles Austin Fosdick (September 6, 1842 – August 22, 1915), better known by his nom de plume Harry Castlemon, was a prolific writer of juvenile stories and novels, intended mainly for boys. He was born in Randolph, New York, and received a high school diploma from Central High School in Buffalo, New York. He served in the Union Navy from 1862 to 1865, during the American Civil War, acting as the receiver and superintendent of coal for the Mississippi River Squadron. Fosdick had begun to write as a teenager, and drew on his experiences serving in the Navy in such early novels as Frank on a Gunboat (1864) and Frank on the Lower Mississippi (1867). He soon became the most-read author for boys in the post-Civil War era, the golden age of children's literature.

Except
Archie Winters found that he had been mistaken in the opinions he had formed concerning life in California. When he first arrived at his uncle’s rancho, he had declared that the fun and excitement were all over, and that he and Frank were destined to drag out a weary, monotonous existence until the time came for them to return home. But Arthur Vane, with the assistance of Pierre Costello and his band, had made things exceedingly lively for him and Frank, and now they were both willing to acknowledge that they had had much more than they wanted of perilous adventure.

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Castlemon, Harry: Frank Before Vicksburg. v1. 6 Aug 2013

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Charles Austin Fosdick (September 6, 1842 – August 22, 1915), better known by his nom de plume Harry Castlemon, was a prolific writer of juvenile stories and novels, intended mainly for boys. He was born in Randolph, New York, and received a high school diploma from Central High School in Buffalo, New York. He served in the Union Navy from 1862 to 1865, during the American Civil War, acting as the receiver and superintendent of coal for the Mississippi River Squadron. Fosdick had begun to write as a teenager, and drew on his experiences serving in the Navy in such early novels as Frank on a Gunboat (1864) and Frank on the Lower Mississippi (1867). He soon became the most-read author for boys in the post-Civil War era, the golden age of children's literature.

Except
After all the tragic adventures which Frank Nelson had passed through, since entering the service of his country, which we have attempted to describe in the preceding volume of this series, he found himself surrounded by his relatives and friends, petted and fêted, enjoying all the comforts of his old and well-beloved home.

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Castlemon, Harry: Frank in the Mountains. v1. 7 Aug 2013

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Charles Austin Fosdick (September 6, 1842 – August 22, 1915), better known by his nom de plume Harry Castlemon, was a prolific writer of juvenile stories and novels, intended mainly for boys. He was born in Randolph, New York, and received a high school diploma from Central High School in Buffalo, New York. He served in the Union Navy from 1862 to 1865, during the American Civil War, acting as the receiver and superintendent of coal for the Mississippi River Squadron. Fosdick had begun to write as a teenager, and drew on his experiences serving in the Navy in such early novels as Frank on a Gunboat (1864) and Frank on the Lower Mississippi (1867). He soon became the most-read author for boys in the post-Civil War era, the golden age of children's literature.

Except
There was one thing that did not look exactly right, and that was the farm-house. It was built of sun-dried bricks, its walls were thick, and provided with loop-holes, and around it were the ruins of the palisade that had once served it as a protection against the Indians.

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Castlemon, Harry: Frank in the Woods. v1. 7 Aug 2013

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Charles Austin Fosdick (September 6, 1842 – August 22, 1915), better known by his nom de plume Harry Castlemon, was a prolific writer of juvenile stories and novels, intended mainly for boys. He was born in Randolph, New York, and received a high school diploma from Central High School in Buffalo, New York. He served in the Union Navy from 1862 to 1865, during the American Civil War, acting as the receiver and superintendent of coal for the Mississippi River Squadron. Fosdick had begun to write as a teenager, and drew on his experiences serving in the Navy in such early novels as Frank on a Gunboat (1864) and Frank on the Lower Mississippi (1867). He soon became the most-read author for boys in the post-Civil War era, the golden age of children's literature.

Except
“That’s a first-rate idea,” said Archie. “I wonder why we did not think of it before! Let us go right to work and make the sled.”
“We had better wait until we find out whether mother will let us go or not,” said Frank; “besides, we want Harry and George to go with us

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Castlemon, Harry: Frank on a Gun-Boat. v1. 7 Aug 2013

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Charles Austin Fosdick (September 6, 1842 – August 22, 1915), better known by his nom de plume Harry Castlemon, was a prolific writer of juvenile stories and novels, intended mainly for boys. He was born in Randolph, New York, and received a high school diploma from Central High School in Buffalo, New York. He served in the Union Navy from 1862 to 1865, during the American Civil War, acting as the receiver and superintendent of coal for the Mississippi River Squadron. Fosdick had begun to write as a teenager, and drew on his experiences serving in the Navy in such early novels as Frank on a Gunboat (1864) and Frank on the Lower Mississippi (1867). He soon became the most-read author for boys in the post-Civil War era, the golden age of children's literature.

Except
"Well, Frank, did you bring home the evening's paper?" inquired Mrs.. Nelson, as her son entered the room where she was sitting..
"Yes, ma'am. Here it is!" answered Frank, producing it. "But there is no news in it. The Army of the Potomac has not moved yet. I don't see what makes them wait so long. Why don't McClellan go to work and thrash the rebels?"

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Castlemon, Harry: Frank on the Lower Mississippi. v1. 8 Aug 2013

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Charles Austin Fosdick (September 6, 1842 – August 22, 1915), better known by his nom de plume Harry Castlemon, was a prolific writer of juvenile stories and novels, intended mainly for boys. He was born in Randolph, New York, and received a high school diploma from Central High School in Buffalo, New York. He served in the Union Navy from 1862 to 1865, during the American Civil War, acting as the receiver and superintendent of coal for the Mississippi River Squadron. Fosdick had begun to write as a teenager, and drew on his experiences serving in the Navy in such early novels as Frank on a Gunboat (1864) and Frank on the Lower Mississippi (1867). He soon became the most-read author for boys in the post-Civil War era, the golden age of children's literature.

Except
Vicksburg had fallen, and the army had marched in and taken possession of the city. How Frank longed to accompany it, that he might see the inside of the rebel stronghold, which had so long withstood the advance of our fleet and army! He stood leaning against one of the monster guns, which, at his bidding, had spoken so often and so effectively in favor of the Union, and for two hours watched the long lines of war-worn soldiers as they moved into the works. At length a tremendous cheer arose from the city, and Frank discovered a party of soldiers on the cupola of the court-house, from which, a few moments afterward, floated the Stars and Stripes. Then came faintly to his ears the words of a familiar song, which were caught up by the soldiers in the city, then by those who were still marching in, and "We'll rally round the flag, boys," was sung by an immense choir. The rebels in the streets gazed wonderingly at the men on the spire, and listened to the song, and the triumphant shouts of the conquering army, which proclaimed the beginning of the downfall of their confederacy.

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Castlemon, Harry: Frank on the Prairie. v1. 8 Aug 2013

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Charles Austin Fosdick (September 6, 1842 – August 22, 1915), better known by his nom de plume Harry Castlemon, was a prolific writer of juvenile stories and novels, intended mainly for boys. He was born in Randolph, New York, and received a high school diploma from Central High School in Buffalo, New York. He served in the Union Navy from 1862 to 1865, during the American Civil War, acting as the receiver and superintendent of coal for the Mississippi River Squadron. Fosdick had begun to write as a teenager, and drew on his experiences serving in the Navy in such early novels as Frank on a Gunboat (1864) and Frank on the Lower Mississippi (1867). He soon became the most-read author for boys in the post-Civil War era, the golden age of children's literature.

Except
FOR two months after their return from their hunting expedition in“the woods,” Frank and Archie talked of nothing but the incidents that had transpired during their visit at the trapper’s cabin. The particulars of Frank’s desperate fight with the moose had become known throughout the village, and the “Young Naturalist” enjoyed an enviable reputation as a hunter. He was obliged to relate his adventures over and over again, until one day his thoughts and conversation were turned into a new channel by the arrival of an uncle, who had just returned from California.

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Castlemon, Harry: Frank, the Young Naturalist. v1. 8 Aug 3013

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Charles Austin Fosdick (September 6, 1842 – August 22, 1915), better known by his nom de plume Harry Castlemon, was a prolific writer of juvenile stories and novels, intended mainly for boys. He was born in Randolph, New York, and received a high school diploma from Central High School in Buffalo, New York. He served in the Union Navy from 1862 to 1865, during the American Civil War, acting as the receiver and superintendent of coal for the Mississippi River Squadron. Fosdick had begun to write as a teenager, and drew on his experiences serving in the Navy in such early novels as Frank on a Gunboat (1864) and Frank on the Lower Mississippi (1867). He soon became the most-read author for boys in the post-Civil War era, the golden age of children's literature.

Except
At the time of which we write Frank was just entering upon what he called a "long vacation." He had attended the high-school of which the village boasted for nearly eight years, with no intermission but the vacations, and during this time he had devoted himself with untiring energy to his studies. He loved his books, and they were his constant companions. By intense application he succeeded in working his way into the highest class in school, which was composed of young men much older than himself, and who looked upon him, not as a fellow-student, but as a rival, and used every exertion to prevent him from keeping pace with them. But Frank held his own in spite of their efforts, and not unfrequently paid them back in their own coin by committing his lessons more thoroughly than they.

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Castlemon, Harry: George at the Fort. v1. 9 Aug 2013

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Charles Austin Fosdick (September 6, 1842 – August 22, 1915), better known by his nom de plume Harry Castlemon, was a prolific writer of juvenile stories and novels, intended mainly for boys. He was born in Randolph, New York, and received a high school diploma from Central High School in Buffalo, New York. He served in the Union Navy from 1862 to 1865, during the American Civil War, acting as the receiver and superintendent of coal for the Mississippi River Squadron. Fosdick had begun to write as a teenager, and drew on his experiences serving in the Navy in such early novels as Frank on a Gunboat (1864) and Frank on the Lower Mississippi (1867). He soon became the most-read author for boys in the post-Civil War era, the golden age of children's literature.

Except
"Captain, this thing must be stopped. I say it must be stopped, even if we have to resort to summary measures. We must find out who the ringleaders are, and make an example of them."

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Castlemon, Harry: Marcy The Blockade Runner. v1. 9 Aug 2013

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Charles Austin Fosdick (September 6, 1842 – August 22, 1915), better known by his nom de plume Harry Castlemon, was a prolific writer of juvenile stories and novels, intended mainly for boys. He was born in Randolph, New York, and received a high school diploma from Central High School in Buffalo, New York. He served in the Union Navy from 1862 to 1865, during the American Civil War, acting as the receiver and superintendent of coal for the Mississippi River Squadron. Fosdick had begun to write as a teenager, and drew on his experiences serving in the Navy in such early novels as Frank on a Gunboat (1864) and Frank on the Lower Mississippi (1867). He soon became the most-read author for boys in the post-Civil War era, the golden age of children's literature.

Except
The boys who have read the first volume of this series of books, in which we followed the fortunes of our Union hero, Marcy Gray, and described the persevering but unsuccessful efforts he made to be true to his colors in deed as well as in spirit, will remember that we left him at his home near Nashville, North Carolina, enjoying a brief respite from the work he so heartily detested, that of privateering.

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Castlemon, Harry: Marcy The Refugee. v1. 9 Aug 2013

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Charles Austin Fosdick (September 6, 1842 – August 22, 1915), better known by his nom de plume Harry Castlemon, was a prolific writer of juvenile stories and novels, intended mainly for boys. He was born in Randolph, New York, and received a high school diploma from Central High School in Buffalo, New York. He served in the Union Navy from 1862 to 1865, during the American Civil War, acting as the receiver and superintendent of coal for the Mississippi River Squadron. Fosdick had begun to write as a teenager, and drew on his experiences serving in the Navy in such early novels as Frank on a Gunboat (1864) and Frank on the Lower Mississippi (1867). He soon became the most-read author for boys in the post-Civil War era, the golden age of children's literature.

Except
In this story we take up once more the history of the exploits and adventures of our Union hero Marcy Gray, the North Carolina boy, who tried so hard and so unsuccessfully to be "True to his Colors." Marcy, as we know, was loyal to the old flag but he had had few opportunities to prove it, until he took his brother, Sailor Jack, out to the Federal blockading fleet in his little schooner Fairy Belle, to give him a chance to enlist in the navy. That was by far the most dangerous undertaking in which Marcy had ever engaged, and at the time of which we write, he had not seen the beginning of the trouble it was destined to bring him. Not only was he liable to be overhauled by the Confederates when he attempted to pass their forts at Plymouth and Roanoke Island, but he was in danger of being shot to pieces by the watchful steam launches of the Union fleet that had of late taken to patrolling the coast. But he came through without any very serious mishaps, and returned to his home to find the plantation in an uproar, and his mother in a most anxious frame of mind.

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Castlemon, Harry: No Moss. v1. 10 Aug 2013

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Charles Austin Fosdick (September 6, 1842 – August 22, 1915), better known by his nom de plume Harry Castlemon, was a prolific writer of juvenile stories and novels, intended mainly for boys. He was born in Randolph, New York, and received a high school diploma from Central High School in Buffalo, New York. He served in the Union Navy from 1862 to 1865, during the American Civil War, acting as the receiver and superintendent of coal for the Mississippi River Squadron. Fosdick had begun to write as a teenager, and drew on his experiences serving in the Navy in such early novels as Frank on a Gunboat (1864) and Frank on the Lower Mississippi (1867). He soon became the most-read author for boys in the post-Civil War era, the golden age of children's literature.

Except
The silvery tones of the little bell rang through the vessel, and immediately there began a great noise and hubbub on the berth-deck, which, but a moment before, had been so quiet and orderly. Songs, shouts of laughter, and noises of every description, that can be made only by a lot of healthy boys just turned loose from their studies, arose through the hatchway, and presently the crew came tumbling up the ladder.

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Castlemon, Harry: Rodney The Partisan. v1. 10 Aug 2013

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Charles Austin Fosdick (September 6, 1842 – August 22, 1915), better known by his nom de plume Harry Castlemon, was a prolific writer of juvenile stories and novels, intended mainly for boys. He was born in Randolph, New York, and received a high school diploma from Central High School in Buffalo, New York. He served in the Union Navy from 1862 to 1865, during the American Civil War, acting as the receiver and superintendent of coal for the Mississippi River Squadron. Fosdick had begun to write as a teenager, and drew on his experiences serving in the Navy in such early novels as Frank on a Gunboat (1864) and Frank on the Lower Mississippi (1867). He soon became the most-read author for boys in the post-Civil War era, the golden age of children's literature.

Except
"So you are going to stick to your uniform, are you? I thought perhaps you would be glad to see yourself in citizen's clothes once more, and so I told Jane to put one of your old suits on the bed where you would be sure to see it."
It was Mrs. Gray who spoke, and her words were addressed to her son Rodney, who just then stepped out of the hall upon the wide gallery where his father and mother were sitting. Rodney had been at home about half an hour just long enough, in fact, to take a good wash and exchange his fatigue suit for a sergeant's full uniform.

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Castlemon, Harry: The Boy Trapper. v1. 5 Aug 2013

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Charles Austin Fosdick (September 6, 1842 – August 22, 1915), better known by his nom de plume Harry Castlemon, was a prolific writer of juvenile stories and novels, intended mainly for boys. He was born in Randolph, New York, and received a high school diploma from Central High School in Buffalo, New York. He served in the Union Navy from 1862 to 1865, during the American Civil War, acting as the receiver and superintendent of coal for the Mississippi River Squadron. Fosdick had begun to write as a teenager, and drew on his experiences serving in the Navy in such early novels as Frank on a Gunboat (1864) and Frank on the Lower Mississippi (1867). He soon became the most-read author for boys in the post-Civil War era, the golden age of children's literature.

Excerpt
“Father is the only one who has done anything to be ashamed of, and he made matters worse by running away. If he would come home and attend to his business, no one would say a word to him. The General told me so this morning.”

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Castlemon, Harry: The First Capture. v1. 5 Aug 2013

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Charles Austin Fosdick (September 6, 1842 – August 22, 1915), better known by his nom de plume Harry Castlemon, was a prolific writer of juvenile stories and novels, intended mainly for boys. He was born in Randolph, New York, and received a high school diploma from Central High School in Buffalo, New York. He served in the Union Navy from 1862 to 1865, during the American Civil War, acting as the receiver and superintendent of coal for the Mississippi River Squadron. Fosdick had begun to write as a teenager, and drew on his experiences serving in the Navy in such early novels as Frank on a Gunboat (1864) and Frank on the Lower Mississippi (1867). He soon became the most-read author for boys in the post-Civil War era, the golden age of children's literature.

Except
It happened on the morning of the 9th day of May. The little village of Machias in the far away colony of Maine was lively enough as far as fishing towns go, but on this particular time it was in a regular turmoil. Men had jumped up leaving their breakfast half eaten and ran out bareheaded to gather round a courier, who, sitting on a horse that had his head down and his flanks heaving as if he were almost exhausted, was telling them of a fight which had occurred just twenty days before. There was nothing to indicate that the men were excited except their pale faces and clenched hands, but the looks they turned upon one another had a volume of meaning in them. What had the messenger to communicate that had incited such a feeling among those who listened to him? He was describing the battle of Lexington which had been fought and won by the patriots on the 19th day of April. We did not have any telegraph in those days, and the only way the people could hold communication with one another was by messengers, mounted on fleet horses, who rode from village to village with the news.

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Castlemon, Harry: The Haunted Mine. v1. 9 Aug 2013

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Charles Austin Fosdick (September 6, 1842 – August 22, 1915), better known by his nom de plume Harry Castlemon, was a prolific writer of juvenile stories and novels, intended mainly for boys. He was born in Randolph, New York, and received a high school diploma from Central High School in Buffalo, New York. He served in the Union Navy from 1862 to 1865, during the American Civil War, acting as the receiver and superintendent of coal for the Mississippi River Squadron. Fosdick had begun to write as a teenager, and drew on his experiences serving in the Navy in such early novels as Frank on a Gunboat (1864) and Frank on the Lower Mississippi (1867). He soon became the most-read author for boys in the post-Civil War era, the golden age of children's literature.

Except
"Going for twenty-five cents. Going once; going twice; going——"
"Thirty cents."
"Thirty cents! Gentlemen, I am really astonished at you. It is a disgrace for me to take notice of that bid. Why, just look at that box. A miser may have hidden the secret of a gold-mine in it. Here it is, neatly dovetailed, and put together with screws instead of nails; and who knows but that it contains the treasure of a lifetime hidden away under that lid? And I am bid only thirty cents for it. Do I hear any more? Won't somebody give me some more? Going for thirty cents once; going twice; going three times, and sold to that lucky fellow who stands there with a uniform on. I don't know what his name is. Step up there and take your purchase, my lad, and when you open that box, and see what is in it, just bless your lucky stars that you came to this office this afternoon to buy yourself rich."

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Castlemon, Harry: True To His Colors. v1. 10 Aug 2013

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Charles Austin Fosdick (September 6, 1842 – August 22, 1915), better known by his nom de plume Harry Castlemon, was a prolific writer of juvenile stories and novels, intended mainly for boys. He was born in Randolph, New York, and received a high school diploma from Central High School in Buffalo, New York. He served in the Union Navy from 1862 to 1865, during the American Civil War, acting as the receiver and superintendent of coal for the Mississippi River Squadron. Fosdick had begun to write as a teenager, and drew on his experiences serving in the Navy in such early novels as Frank on a Gunboat (1864) and Frank on the Lower Mississippi (1867). He soon became the most-read author for boys in the post-Civil War era, the golden age of children's literature.

Except
"Rodney Gray, I am ashamed of you; and if you were not my cousin, I should be tempted to thrash you within an inch of your life."

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Cather, Willa Sibert: The Treasure of Far Island. v1. 16 Jan 2013

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Willa Sibert Cather (December 7, 1873 – April 24, 1947) was an American author who grew up in Nebraska. She is best known for her depictions of frontier life on the Great Plains in novels such as O Pioneers!, My Ántonia, and The Song of the Lark.

Cather received both national and state honors. In 1973, the United States Postal Service honored Willa Cather by using her image on a postage stamp. In 1981 the US Mint created the Willa Cather medallion, a half-ounce gold coin.

Cather was elected to the Nebraska Hall of Fame. In 1986, Cather was inducted into the National Cowgirl Museum and Hall of Fame. Her alma mater, the University of Nebraska-incoln, named residence halls after both Cather and her college friend Louise Pound. Pound had a lifelong career as professor of English at the university and was the first woman president of the Modern Language Association.

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The island is No-Man's-Land; every summer a new chief claims it and it has been called by many names; but it seemed particularly to belong to the two children who christened it Far Island, partially because they were the original discoverers and claimants, but more especially because they were of that favored race whom a New England sage called the true land-lords and sea-lords of the world.

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Cather, Willa: A Lost Lady. V1. 19 Nov 2008

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Willa Sibert Cather (December 7, 1873 – April 24, 1947)
was an American author who grew up in Nebraska. She is best
known for her depictions of frontier life on the Great Plains
in novels such as O Pioneers!, My Ántonia, and The
Song of the Lark.

Cather received both national and state honors. In 1973,
the United States Postal Service honored Willa Cather by
using her image on a postage stamp. In 1981 the US Mint
created the Willa Cather medallion, a half-ounce gold coin.

Cather was elected to the Nebraska Hall of Fame. In 1986,
Cather was inducted into the National Cowgirl Museum and Hall of Fame.
Her alma mater, the University of Nebraska-Lincoln, named residence halls
after both Cather and her college friend Louise Pound.
Pound had a lifelong career as professor of English at the
university and was the first woman president of the Modern
Language Association.

Wikipedia

Willa Cather's A Lost Lady was first published in 1923.
It tells the story of Marian Forrester and her husband,
Captain Daniel Forrester who live in the Western town of
Sweet Water, along the Transcontinental Railroad.

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Cather, Willa: Death Comes for the Archbishop. V 1, 13 Nov 2008

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The primary character is Bishop Jean Marie Latour, who travels alone from Cincinnati to New Mexico to take charge of the newly established diocese of New Mexico, which has only just become a territory of the United States. He is later assisted by his childhood friend Father Joseph Vaillant. The names given to the main proponents reflect their characters. Vaillant, valiant, is fearless in his promulgation of the faith, whereas Latour, the tower is more intellectual and reserved than his comrade.

At the time of his departure, Cincinnati is the end of the railway line west, so Latour must travel by riverboat to the Gulf of Mexico, and thence overland to New Mexico, a journey which takes an entire year. He spends the rest of his life establishing the Roman Catholic church in New Mexico, where he dies in old age.

The novel is notable for its portrayal of two well-meaning and devout French priests who encounter a well-entrenched Spanish-Mexican clergy they are sent to supplant when the United States acquired New Mexico and the Vatican, in turn, remapped its dioceses.

Several of these entrenched priests are depicted in classic manner as examples of greed, avarice and gluttony, while others live simple, abstemious lives among the Indians. Cather portrays the Hopi and Navajo sympathetically, and her characters express the near futility of overlaying their religion on a millennia-old native culture. Cather's vivid landscape descriptions are also memorable. A scene where a priest and his Indian guide take cover in an ancient cave during a blizzard is especially memorable for its superb portrayal of the combined forces of nature and culture.

Wikipedia

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Cather, Willa: Lucy Gayheart. V1. 19 Nov 2008

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Willa Sibert Cather (December 7, 1873 – April 24, 1947)
was an American author who grew up in Nebraska. She is best
known for her depictions of frontier life on the Great Plains
in novels such as O Pioneers!, My Ántonia, and The
Song of the Lark.

Cather received both national and state honors. In 1973,
the United States Postal Service honored Willa Cather by
using her image on a postage stamp. In 1981 the US Mint
created the Willa Cather medallion, a half-ounce gold coin.

Cather was elected to the Nebraska Hall of Fame. In 1986,
Cather was inducted into the National Cowgirl Museum and Hall of Fame.
Her alma mater, the University of Nebraska-Lincoln, named residence halls
after both Cather and her college friend Louise Pound.
Pound had a lifelong career as professor of English at the
university and was the first woman president of the Modern
Language Association.

Wikipedia

Lucy Gayheart is Willa Cather's eleventh novel. It was published in 1935.
The novel revolves round the eponymous character, Lucy Gayheart, a young girl from Haverford, by the Platte River

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Cather, Willa: My Antonia. V1. 19 Nov 2008

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Willa Sibert Cather (December 7, 1873 – April 24, 1947)
was an American author who grew up in Nebraska. She is best
known for her depictions of frontier life on the Great Plains
in novels such as O Pioneers!, My Ántonia, and The
Song of the Lark.

Cather received both national and state honors. In 1973,
the United States Postal Service honored Willa Cather by
using her image on a postage stamp. In 1981 the US Mint
created the Willa Cather medallion, a half-ounce gold coin.

Cather was elected to the Nebraska Hall of Fame. In 1986,
Cather was inducted into the National Cowgirl Museum and Hall of Fame.
Her alma mater, the University of Nebraska-Lincoln, named residence halls
after both Cather and her college friend Louise Pound.
Pound had a lifelong career as professor of English at the
university and was the first woman president of the Modern
Language Association.

Wikipedia

My Ántonia (first published 1918) is considered the greatest novel by
American writer Willa Cather. My Ántonia — pronounced with the accent on the first syllable of "Ántonia" — is the final book of the "prairie trilogy"
of novels by Cather, a list that also includes O Pioneers! and
The Song of the Lark.

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Cather, Willa: My Mortal Enemy. V1. 19 Nov 2008

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Willa Sibert Cather (December 7, 1873 – April 24, 1947)
was an American author who grew up in Nebraska. She is best
known for her depictions of frontier life on the Great Plains
in novels such as O Pioneers!, My Ántonia, and The
Song of the Lark.

Cather received both national and state honors. In 1973,
the United States Postal Service honored Willa Cather by
using her image on a postage stamp. In 1981 the US Mint
created the Willa Cather medallion, a half-ounce gold coin.

Cather was elected to the Nebraska Hall of Fame. In 1986,
Cather was inducted into the National Cowgirl Museum and Hall of Fame.
Her alma mater, the University of Nebraska-Lincoln, named residence halls
after both Cather and her college friend Louise Pound.
Pound had a lifelong career as professor of English at the
university and was the first woman president of the Modern
Language Association.

Wikipedia

My Mortal Enemy is the eighth novel (actually, a novella)
by American author Willa Cather. It was first published in 1926.

The novella is about the love story of two youths from
Illinois, Myra and Oswald Henshawe. Myra calls her husband
her 'mortal enemy'.

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Cather, Willa: Not Under Forty. V1. 20 Nov 2008

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Willa Sibert Cather (December 7, 1873 – April 24, 1947)
was an American author who grew up in Nebraska. She is best
known for her depictions of frontier life on the Great Plains
in novels such as O Pioneers!, My Ántonia, and The
Song of the Lark.

Cather received both national and state honors. In 1973,
the United States Postal Service honored Willa Cather by
using her image on a postage stamp. In 1981 the US Mint
created the Willa Cather medallion, a half-ounce gold coin.

Cather was elected to the Nebraska Hall of Fame. In 1986,
Cather was inducted into the National Cowgirl Museum and Hall of Fame.
Her alma mater, the University of Nebraska-Lincoln, named residence halls
after both Cather and her college friend Louise Pound.
Pound had a lifelong career as professor of English at the
university and was the first woman president of the Modern
Language Association.

Wikipedia

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Cather, Willa: O Pioneers!. v1, 19 Jan 2008

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From Amazon.com:

O Pioneers! (1913) was Willa Cather's first great novel, and to many it remains her unchallenged masterpiece. No other work of fiction so faithfully conveys both the sharp physical realities and the mythic sweep of the transformation of the American frontier -- and the transformation of the people who settled it. Cather's heroine is Alexandra Bergson, who arrives on the wind-blasted prairie of Hanover, Nebraska, as a girl and grows up to make it a prosperous farm. But this archetypal success story is darkened by loss, and Alexandra's devotion to the land may come at the cost of love itself.

At once a sophisticated pastoral and a prototype for later feminist novels, O Pioneers! is a work in which triumph is inextricably enmeshed with tragedy, a story of people who do not claim a land so much as they submit to it and, in the process, become greater than they were.

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Cather, Willa: O Pioneers!. V1. 20 Nov 2008

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Willa Sibert Cather (December 7, 1873 – April 24, 1947)
was an American author who grew up in Nebraska. She is best
known for her depictions of frontier life on the Great Plains
in novels such as O Pioneers!, My Ántonia, and The
Song of the Lark.

Cather received both national and state honors. In 1973,
the United States Postal Service honored Willa Cather by
using her image on a postage stamp. In 1981 the US Mint
created the Willa Cather medallion, a half-ounce gold coin.

Cather was elected to the Nebraska Hall of Fame. In 1986,
Cather was inducted into the National Cowgirl Museum and Hall of Fame.
Her alma mater, the University of Nebraska-Lincoln, named residence halls
after both Cather and her college friend Louise Pound.
Pound had a lifelong career as professor of English at the
university and was the first woman president of the Modern
Language Association.

Wikipedia

O Pioneers! tells the story of the Bergsons, a family of Swedish immigrants
in the farm country near the fictional town of Hanover, Nebraska, at the turn
of the 20th century. The main character, Alexandra Bergson, inherits the family
farmland when her father dies, and she devotes her life to making the farm a
viable enterprise at a time when other immigrant families are giving up and
leaving the prairie. The novel is also concerned with two romantic
relationships - one between Alexandra and family friend Carl Linstrum,
and another between Alexandra's brother Emil and the married Marie Shabata.

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Cather, Willa: Obscure Destinies. V1. 20 Nov 2008

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Willa Sibert Cather (December 7, 1873 – April 24, 1947)
was an American author who grew up in Nebraska. She is best
known for her depictions of frontier life on the Great Plains
in novels such as O Pioneers!, My Ántonia, and The
Song of the Lark.

Cather received both national and state honors. In 1973,
the United States Postal Service honored Willa Cather by
using her image on a postage stamp. In 1981 the US Mint
created the Willa Cather medallion, a half-ounce gold coin.

Cather was elected to the Nebraska Hall of Fame. In 1986,
Cather was inducted into the National Cowgirl Museum and Hall of Fame.
Her alma mater, the University of Nebraska-Lincoln, named residence halls
after both Cather and her college friend Louise Pound.
Pound had a lifelong career as professor of English at the
university and was the first woman president of the Modern
Language Association.

Wikipedia

The jacket of the first edition of Obscure Destinies announced
“Three New Stories of the West,” heralding Willa Cather’s return to what
many thought of as “her” territory—the Great Plains. These three stories,
“Neighbour Rosicky,” “Old Mrs. Harris,” and “Two Friends,” reflected her
return to the well of memory that had inspired the books that made her
reputation.

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Cather, Willa: Sapphira and the Slave Girl. V1. 21 Nov 2008

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Willa Sibert Cather (December 7, 1873 – April 24, 1947)
was an American author who grew up in Nebraska. She is best
known for her depictions of frontier life on the Great Plains
in novels such as O Pioneers!, My Ántonia, and The
Song of the Lark.

Cather received both national and state honors. In 1973,
the United States Postal Service honored Willa Cather by
using her image on a postage stamp. In 1981 the US Mint
created the Willa Cather medallion, a half-ounce gold coin.

Cather was elected to the Nebraska Hall of Fame. In 1986,
Cather was inducted into the National Cowgirl Museum and Hall of Fame.
Her alma mater, the University of Nebraska-Lincoln, named residence halls
after both Cather and her college friend Louise Pound.
Pound had a lifelong career as professor of English at the
university and was the first woman president of the Modern
Language Association.

Wikipedia

Sapphira was a fashionable young woman in Winchester when she married
Henry Colbert, a man beneath her station, and moved to a rugged backwoods
village, where they have lived for more than 30 years. Twenty of Sapphira's
slaves came with them. This caused somewhat of a sensation among the poor, non-slave owning population of the region, where even to this day the
Colberts are admired but not well-liked. Henry successfully took over the
village grinding mill, while Sapphira assumed the role of local granddame.
They had three daughters, all of whom married and moved away. However, Rachel's husband died, and she returned to Back Creek with her two young children.

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Cather, Willa: Shadows on the Rock. V1. 21 Nov 2008

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Willa Sibert Cather (December 7, 1873 – April 24, 1947)
was an American author who grew up in Nebraska. She is best
known for her depictions of frontier life on the Great Plains
in novels such as O Pioneers!, My Ántonia, and The
Song of the Lark.

Cather received both national and state honors. In 1973,
the United States Postal Service honored Willa Cather by
using her image on a postage stamp. In 1981 the US Mint
created the Willa Cather medallion, a half-ounce gold coin.

Cather was elected to the Nebraska Hall of Fame. In 1986,
Cather was inducted into the National Cowgirl Museum and Hall of Fame.
Her alma mater, the University of Nebraska-Lincoln, named residence halls
after both Cather and her college friend Louise Pound.
Pound had a lifelong career as professor of English at the
university and was the first woman president of the Modern
Language Association.

Wikipedia

Shadows on the Rock is a novel by the American writer Willa Cather.
The novel is set in 17th century Quebec describing the quiet, isolated
life of Cecile Auclair and her father, the town apothecary.

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Cather, Willa: Song of the Lark. V1. 21 Nov 2008

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Willa Sibert Cather (December 7, 1873 – April 24, 1947)
was an American author who grew up in Nebraska. She is best
known for her depictions of frontier life on the Great Plains
in novels such as O Pioneers!, My Ántonia, and The
Song of the Lark.

Cather received both national and state honors. In 1973,
the United States Postal Service honored Willa Cather by
using her image on a postage stamp. In 1981 the US Mint
created the Willa Cather medallion, a half-ounce gold coin.

Cather was elected to the Nebraska Hall of Fame. In 1986,
Cather was inducted into the National Cowgirl Museum and Hall of Fame.
Her alma mater, the University of Nebraska-Lincoln, named residence halls
after both Cather and her college friend Louise Pound.
Pound had a lifelong career as professor of English at the
university and was the first woman president of the Modern
Language Association.

Wikipedia

Set in the 1890s in Moonstone, a fictional place supposedly located in Colorado, The Song of the Lark is the self-portrait of an artist in the making. The story revolves around an ambitious young heroine, Thea Kronborg, who leaves her hometown to go to the big city to fulfill her dream of becoming a famous opera star. The novel captures Thea's independent-mindedness, her strong work ethic, and her ascent to her highest achievement. At each step along the way, her realization of the mediocrity of her peers propels her to greater levels of accomplishment, but in the course of her ascent she must discard those relationships which no longer serve her.

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Cather, Willa: The Burglar’s Christmas, v.1, 11 December 2008.

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Willa Cather (1873–1947)
The Burglar’s Christmas (1896)

A tale of love and redemption at Christmas.

This short story appeared above the signature of “Elizabeth L. Seymour” in the magazine Home Monthly, (December, 1896), VI, pp. 8–10.

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Cather, Willa: The Professor's House. V1. 21 Nov 2008

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Willa Sibert Cather (December 7, 1873 – April 24, 1947) was an American author who grew up in Nebraska. She is best known for her depictions of frontier life on the Great Plains in novels such as O Pioneers!, My Ántonia, and The Song of the Lark.

Cather received both national and state honors. In 1973, the United States Postal Service honored Willa Cather by using her image on a postage stamp. In 1981 the US Mint created the Willa Cather medallion, a half-ounce gold coin.

Cather was elected to the Nebraska Hall of Fame. In 1986, Cather was inducted into the National Cowgirl Museum and Hall of Fame. Her alma mater, the University of NebraskaLincoln, named residence halls after both Cather and her college friend Louise Pound. Pound had a lifelong career as professor of English at the university and was the first woman president of the Modern Language Association.

Wikipedia

When Professor Godfrey St. Peter and wife move to a new house, he becomes uncomfortable with the route his life is taking. He keeps on his dusty study in the old house in an attempt to hang on to his old life. Also the marriages of his two daughters have removed them from the home and added two new sons-in-law. The novel is in three parts, the central one deals with an exploration of an ancient cliff city in New Mexico by a former student who died in World War I, whose life and death are pivotal to the narrative.

In the final section, the professor, left alone while his family takes an expensive European tour, narrowly escapes death due to a gas leak in his study; and finds himself strangely willing to die. He is rescued, by the old family seamstress, Augusta, who hasbeen his staunch friend throughout his trials. He resolves to go on with his life and make the best of things.

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Cather, Willa: The Troll Garden and Selected Stories. V1. 22 Nov 2008

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Willa Sibert Cather (December 7, 1873 – April 24, 1947)was an American author who grew up in Nebraska. She is best known for her depictions of frontier life on the Great Plains in novels such as O Pioneers!, My Ántonia, and The Song of the Lark.

Cather received both national and state honors. In 1973, the United States Postal Service honored Willa Cather by using her image on a postage stamp. In 1981 the US Mint created the Willa Cather medallion, a half-ounce gold coin.

Cather was elected to the Nebraska Hall of Fame. In 1986,Cather was inducted into the National Cowgirl Museum and Hall of Fame. Her alma mater, the University of Nebraska-Lincoln, named residence halls after both Cather and her college friend Louise Pound. Pound had a lifelong career as professor of English at the university and was the first woman president of the Modern
Language Association.

Wikipedia

First short-story collection by Willa Cather, published in 1905. Publication of the collection, which contains some of her best-known work, led to Cather's appointment as managing editor of McClure's Magazine, a New York monthly. The stories are linked thematically by their depiction of characters who seek the realm of beauty and imagination but are constantly assaulted by the vulgar and brutal outside world. The story "The Sculptor's Funeral," originally published in McClure's in 1905, concerns the reactions of the townspeople in a prairie village when the body of a famous sculptor is brought back to be buried there. The book's climactic story, now considered an American classic, is PAUL'S CASE.
-- The Merriam-Webster Encyclopedia of Literature

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Cather, Willa: Youth and the Bright Medusa. V1. 22 Nov2008

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Willa Sibert Cather (December 7, 1873 – April 24, 1947) was an American author who grew up in Nebraska. She is best known for her depictions offrontier life on the Great Plains in novels such as O Pioneers!, My Ántonia, and The Song of the Lark.

Cather received both national and state honors. In 1973, the United States Postal Service honored Willa Cather by using her image on a postage stamp. In 1981 the US Mint created the Willa Cather medallion, a half-ounce gold coin.

Cather was elected to the Nebraska Hall of Fame. In 1986, Cather was inducted into the National Cowgirl Museum and Hall of Fame. Her alma mater, the University of Nebraska-Lincoln, named residence halls after both Cather and her college friend Louise Pound. Pound had a lifelong career as professor of English at the university and was the first woman president of the Modern
Language Association.

Wikipedia

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Catherwood, Mary Hartwell: Lazarre. v1. 26 Nov 2013

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Mary Hartwell Catherwood (Ohio, 1847-Chicago,1902) was a successful writer of historical romances, publishing both novels and short stories in periodicals such as Lippincott's Magazine, Harper’s Magazine, and the Atlantic Monthly. Due to Catherwood’s husband’s business, she traveled and lived throughout the Midwest and developed her signature style of incorporating Midwestern culture, dialect, and local color into her texts. Although most of her novels and stories are set in Ohio, Indiana, and Illinois, some are also based along the American border with French Canada and on colonial Mackinac Islan

Excerpt
"Monseigneur!" The abbé rose. We stood eye to eye. "I was at the side of the king your father upon the scaffold. My hand held to his lips the crucifix of our Lord Jesus Christ. In his death no word of bitterness escaped him. True son of St. Louis, he supremely loved France. Upon you he laid injunction to leave to God alone the punishment of regicides, and to devote your life to the welfare of all Frenchmen. Monseigneur! are you deaf to this call of sacred duty? The voice of your father from the scaffold, in this hour when the fortunes of your house are lowest, bids you take your rightful place and rid your people of the usurper who grinds France and Europe into the blood-stained earth!"

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Catherwood, Mary Hartwell: Mackinac and Lake Stories (1899), v1; 18 May 2020

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(1847-1902)

A dozen short stories set in and around Mackinac and Beaver Islands and the northern Lake Michigan, where the disparate cultures of the American Indians, the French, the Irish and subsequently the Mormons mingled and clashed in the 19th century, and where John Strang was crowned King of Beaver (and later assassinated).

1: Marianson
2: The Black Feather
3: The Cobbler in the Devil's Kitchen
4: The Skeleton on Round Island
5: The Penitent of Cross Village
6: The King of Beaver
7: Beaver Lights
8: A British Islander
9: The Cursed Patois
10: The Mothers of Honoré
11: The Blue Man
12: The Indian on the Trail

The source was Faded Page, which had all the stories except one. I found that at Internet Archive. The .pdf file at the Archive also included illustrations, which however were so poorly reproduced that I have left them out.

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Catherwood, Mary Hartwell: Mackinac And Lake Stories. v1. 24 Nov 2013

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Mary Hartwell Catherwood (Ohio, 1847-Chicago,1902) was a successful writer of historical romances, publishing both novels and short stories in periodicals such as Lippincott's Magazine, Harper’s Magazine, and the Atlantic Monthly. Due to Catherwood’s husband’s business, she traveled and lived throughout the Midwest and developed her signature style of incorporating Midwestern culture, dialect, and local color into her texts. Although most of her novels and stories are set in Ohio, Indiana, and Illinois, some are also based along the American border with French Canada and on colonial Mackinac Islan

MARIANSON
THE BLACK FEATHER
THE BLUE MAN
THE COBBLER IN THE DEVIL'S KITCHEN
THE INDIAN ON THE TRAIL
THE KING OF BEAVER, AND BEAVER LIGHTS
THE MOTHERS OF HONORÉ
THE SKELETON ON ROUND ISLAND
A BRITISH ISLANDER

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Catherwood, Mary Hartwell: The Black Feather. V1. 10 Aug 2009

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Mary Hartwell was born in Luray, Ohio, and at the age of nine her family moved to Milford, Illinois. Within a year of this move her father died of pneumonia. Her mother passed away just a few months later, orphaning Mary and her two younger siblings, Roxana and Marcus. The children’s maternal grandfather was appointed their guardian. They moved to Hebron, Ohio, to live with him, and attended the local public school. When Mary was thirteen, she received her teaching certificate, and she started teaching the following year.
Hoosier Connection: Mary Catherwood moved to Oakford, Indiana, in 1877 with her new husband, James Steele Catherwood. A few months later they moved to Indianapolis, where they lived until 1882. She wrote several novels and short stories about life in Indiana.

Excerpt
Over a hundred voyageurs were sorting furs in the American Fur Company’s yard, under the supervision of the clerks. And though it was hard labor, lasting from five in the morning until sunset, they thought lightly of it as fatigue duty after their eleven months of toil and privation in the wilderness. Fort Mackinac was glittering white on the heights above them, and half-way up a paved ascent leading to the sally-port sauntered ’Tite Laboise. All the voyageurs saw her; and strict as was the discipline of the yard, they directly expected trouble.

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Catherwood, Mary Hartwell: The Chase Of Saint-Castin. V1. 10 Aug 2009

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Mary Hartwell was born in Luray, Ohio, and at the age of nine her family moved to Milford, Illinois. Within a year of this move her father died of pneumonia. Her mother passed away just a few months later, orphaning Mary and her two younger siblings, Roxana and Marcus. The children’s maternal grandfather was appointed their guardian. They moved to Hebron, Ohio, to live with him, and attended the local public school. When Mary was thirteen, she received her teaching certificate, and she started teaching the following year.
Hoosier Connection: Mary Catherwood moved to Oakford, Indiana, in 1877 with her new husband, James Steele Catherwood. A few months later they moved to Indianapolis, where they lived until 1882. She wrote several novels and short stories about life in Indiana.

Excerpt
The waiting April woods, sensitive in every leafless twig to spring, stood in silence and dim nightfall around a lodge. Wherever a human dwelling is set in the wilderness, it becomes, by the very humility of its proportions, a prominent and aggressive point. But this lodge of bark and poles was the color of the woods, and nearly escaped intruding as man’s work. A glow lighted the top, revealing the faint azure of smoke which rose straight upward in the cool, clear air.
Such a habitation usually resounded at nightfall with Indian noises, especially if the day’s hunting had been good. The mossy rocks lying around, were not more silent than the inmates of this lodge. You could hear the Penobscot River foaming along its uneasy bed half a mile eastward. The poles showed freshly cut disks of yellow at the top; and though the bark coverings were such movables as any Indian household carried, they were newly fastened to their present support. This was plainly the night encampment of a traveling party, and two French hunters and their attendant Abenaquis recognized that, as it barred their trail to the river. An odor of roasted meat was wafted out like an invitation to them.

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Catherwood, Mary Hartwell: The Story of Tonty. v1. 25 Nov 2013

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Mary Hartwell Catherwood (Ohio, 1847-Chicago,1902) was a successful writer of historical romances, publishing both novels and short stories in periodicals such as Lippincott's Magazine, Harper’s Magazine, and the Atlantic Monthly. Due to Catherwood’s husband’s business, she traveled and lived throughout the Midwest and developed her signature style of incorporating Midwestern culture, dialect, and local color into her texts. Although most of her novels and stories are set in Ohio, Indiana, and Illinois, some are also based along the American border with French Canada and on colonial Mackinac Islan

Excerpt
The romancer is covered with the dust of old books, modern books, great books, and out of them all brings in a condensing hand these pictures of two men whose lives were as large as this continent.
La Salle is a definite figure in the popular mind. But La Salle’s greater friend is known only to historians and students. To me the finest fact in the Norman explorer’s career is the devotion he commanded in Henri de Tonty. No stupid dreamer, no ruffian at heart, no betrayer of friendship, no mere blundering woodsman as La Salle has been outlined by his enemies could have bound to himself a man like Tonty. The love of this friend and the words this friend has left on record thus honor La Salle. And we who like courage and steadfastness and gentle courtesy in men owe much honor which has never been paid to Henri de Tonty.

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CDU/CSU; Bundestagswahlprogramm; german v1.1; August 11th 2009

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CDU und CSU sind deutsche Parteien, die gemeinsam als Union zur Bundestagswahl antreten. Die CSU tritt nur in Bayern an, während die Schwesterpartei CDU in den anderen Bundesländern antritt.

In ihrem Bundestagswahlprogramm legen die beiden Parteien die Ziele ihrer Fraktion für die Legislaturperiode 2009-2013 vor.

Verbesserte Version: Ein paar fehlerhafte Bindestriche, doppelte Punkte, fehlende Absätze u.Ä. korregiert.

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Cervantes, Miguel de: Don Quijote de la Mancha (Illustrated, Spanish). v1 6 June 2009

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Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra (1547-1616) is considered one of the most important writers of Spanish literature and World literature, with a prestige comparable to Shakespeare's (and interestingly they both died on April 23th, 1616). He greatly contributed to the creation of the modern novel

Cervantes's most famous work is undoubtedly "El ingenioso hidalgo don Quijote de la Mancha" (The Ingenious Gentleman Don Quixote of La Mancha), which has become a classic of western literature and the second most sold book after the Bible (or so they said). Ten years after the first part was published in 1605, and one year before his death, Cervantes published a second volume of Don Quixote's adventures, mainly as a response to the publication of and apocryphal "second part" by someone else, which gives some idea of the success of the book at the time. Modern editions generaly include both volumes of Don Quixote.

Despite being today a "classic", with that aura of seriousness and scholarly importance particular to classics, Don Quixote was, and still is, basically a comical adventures novel, a parody of the books of chivalry. The plot weaves around and old gentleman who loses his wits from reading all those books about knights, princesses, giants, dragons and sorcerers and decides to become one of them and wander about seeking adventures, offenses to undo and troubles to straighten. Of course, the world around him is just the plain peasant Spanish society of the 17th century, who don't know about castles or princes and just want their horses back and their services paid... and they often mock and laugh at don Quixote and his simple-minded (but not so much as it seems at first) squire Sancho Panza.

Interestingly, we can see in the frontmatter content that exclussive right for printing and distributing the book was granted for 10 years (copyright) and the affair of the apocryphal second part is directly addressed in the second volume (derivative works), where the characters are fully aware of the publication of the first book about themselves.

I created this version from the annotated edition available at the Cervantes Virtual Library, although the notes are not included (they are not public domain, after all), but I advise the interested reader to read the prefaces and notes there. A note of warning: although the punctuation and orthography are somewhat adapted to modern uses, the language is still old-fashioned and many words and syntax would be considered incorrect today; the text is not difficult to understand for Spanish speakers, but those learning Spanish should be careful not to consider this as the "right way" of writing Spanish today.

The illustrations are the famous engravings by Gustave Doré, extracted from the Internet Archive scans, and are the main reason for the huge size of this ebook. I also added two maps at the end, marking the location of most places mentioned in the text. The .mobi file is split in two .rar parts

For systems not supporting large images, there's also a version with more compressed (lower quality) images, that's the "*SmIm.mobi" file.

Any kind of feedback is welcome.

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Cervantes, Miguel de: Don Quijote german v1 19.mar 2009

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Don Quijote: (Don Quixote in alter Schreibweise; Don Quichotte in französischer Orthografie, teilweise auch im deutschen Sprachraum üblich) ist die allgemeinsprachliche Bezeichnung für den Roman El ingenioso hidalgo Don Quixote de la Mancha von Miguel de Cervantes, übersetzt Der sinnreiche Junker Don Quijote von der Mancha, und gleichzeitig der Name des Protagonisten.

Der erste Teil wurde 1605, der zweite 1615 veröffentlicht. Beide Romane erschienen in spanischer Sprache. Die erste deutsche Übersetzung wurde 1621 (Don Kichote de la Mantzscha) von Pahsch Basteln von der Sohle angefertigt; allerdings ist die 1799–1801 herausgegebene Übersetzung von Ludwig Tieck heute die bekannteste deutsche Übersetzung (Wikipedia)

Ich habe eine bekannte Illustration von Doré als Cover verwendet. Das Buch selbst ist ebenfalls reich illustriert.

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Cervantes, Miguel de: Don Quixote, Vol. I, v1. 26 June 07

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The History of Don Quixote, Vol. I, Complete

by Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra

Warning: there is no TOC in this volume

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Cervantes, Miguel de: Novelas ejemplares (Spanish). v1 14 July 2009

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Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra (1547-1616) is considered one of the most important writers of Spanish literature and World literature, with a prestige comparable to Shakespeare's (and interestingly they both died on April 23th, 1616). He greatly contributed to the creation of the modern novel.

The "Novelas ejemplares" (Exemplary Novels) are a series of twelve short stories written between 1590 and 1612, and published in 1613 (between the two parts of Don Quixote). They are called "novels" by Cervantes, following the style of Italian novels of the time (more what today would be called "novella" in English).

The theme of the stories is often romantic, but sometimes a clear social satire can be detected. Most of the stories combine some "fantastical" elements (not really dragons and wizards, but some unbelievable events and coincidences) and description of the plain society of the period.

The same warning as for Don Quixote applies for non-native Spanish readers: the language and orthography is not obscure, but it's clearly outdated.

Any kind of feedback is welcome.

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Cervantes, Miguel: Don Quijote (Quixote) de la Mancha[Español/Spanish] v.1, 4/4/09

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About the eBook
This version is the Spanish version of Don Quixote de la Mancha, containing and contains both Volume 1 and Volume 2 ---written 10 years later.

Editor's Comments
Wow, this book is huge, and was by far the most difficult book to format, it posed many challenges, such as this word wrap was so big singo’s macros did not work so I had to re-write a whole new word wrap macro for BookCreator. Many hours where spent writing macros and editing text.
So why did I do it, well I felt there was a hole, while Don Quixote exists in MR it is in English and is only the first book. Also I has a bit of faux logic. Don Quixote is an acclaimed masterpiece the best work ever written in the Spanish language, some say in the world…. According to some Spaniards ;). Anyhow I’ve heard the same claim with Shakespeare of course substitute the word “Spanish/Spaniard” with “English/English men”. Well I love Shakespeare and to do Cervantes justice I decided to read his book in Spanish, now after listening to an audio CD of Don Qixote, I’m in for an even bigger challenge than I anticipated.

Anyhow I hope you enjoy this book, and downloaded even if you have no intention of reading it. You will now have a classic in it’s original language.

Credits
I’d like to thank Project Gutenberg for providing the original source, and for doing such a fantastic job in their proofing..

From the WIKI
Don Quixote (Spanish: Don Quijote, /dɒnˈkihoʊte/,) fully titled "El ingenioso hidalgo Don Quijote de la Mancha" ("The Ingenious Hidalgo Don Quixote of La Mancha") is a novel written by Spanish author Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra.
Cervantes created a fictional origin for the story based upon a manuscript by the invented Moorish historian, Cide Hamete Benengeli.

The novel's structure is in episodic form. It is a humorous novel in the picaresco style of the late sixteenth century. The full title is indicative of the tale's object, as ingenioso (Spain.) means "to be quick with inventiveness".[2] Although the novel is farcical, the second half is more serious and philosophical about the theme of deception. Quixote has served as an important thematic source not only in literature but in much of art and music, inspiring works by Pablo Picasso and Richard Strauss. The contrasts between the tall, thin, fancy-struck, and idealistic Quixote and the fat, squat, world-weary Panza is a motif echoed ever since the book’s publication, and Don Quixote's imaginings are the butt of outrageous and cruel practical jokes in the novel. Even faithful and simple Sancho is unintentionally forced to deceive him at certain points. The novel is considered a satire of orthodoxy, truth, veracity, and even nationalism. In going beyond mere storytelling to exploring the individualism of his characters, Cervantes helped move beyond the narrow literary conventions of the chivalric romance literature that he spoofed, which consists of straightforward retelling of a series of acts that redound to the knightly virtues of the (....)

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Cervantes, Miguel: Don Quixote (english). V1. March 24 2012

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Wikipedia [quotMiguel de Cervantes Saavedra[b] (Spanish pronunciation: [miˈɣel de θerˈβantes saaˈβeðɾa]; (Born 1547 (day unknown); died 22 April 1616) was a Spanish novelist, poet, and playwright. His magnum opus, Don Quixote, considered the first modern European novel, is a classic of Western literature, and is regarded amongst the best works of fiction ever written.[/quot

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Chambers, Dana: The Blonde Died First (1941); v1; 12 July 2021

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Dana Chambers was the pen-name of Albert Leffingwell, 1895-1946. This light mystery features Jim Steele, who appeared in several of his novels. Much of the action is on a cruise liner bound from Miami to Bermuda, later on a private yacht.

Jim Steele, running a message for millionairess Brenda Carroll as she is about to board [The Empress[/ for Bermuda, discovers in her apartment two corpses with their throats cut. And Steele, who can't resist a mystery, wangles himself and his wife Lisa aboard [The Empress[/ and finds himself dodging bullets.

Pulp fun, more literate than many.

The book had no chapters, but rather many un-numbered and un-named sections, and runs to 55,000 words. The cover artist is unidentified. I have modified the cover by cropping out some damaged edges and removing some superfluous text.

It appeared in a monthly magazine called [Detective Book Magazine[/ for Fall, 1941. This magazine featured a 50,000 or so word novel plus two short stories each month. Good value for 20 cents.

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Chambers, F.W.: Ever Heard This (illustrated).V1.March 24 2012

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No author information available

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Chambers, Robert W.: Cardigan.V.1. 23 Feb 2012

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I came across this one at PG and noticed that MR didn't have it yet.

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Chambers, Robert W.: Strange Visions ~ Omnibus of Weird Tales. v1. 01 Sep 2018

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STRANGE VISIONS: An Omnibus of Weird Tales by Robert W. Chambers (1865–1933)
With comments by H. P. Lovecraft (1890–1937) (see appendix)

The contents of this book were first published 1895 ~ 1920. Text is in the public domain in countries where the copyright term is “Life+80”or less, and in the USA.

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The shadows lengthen …… In Carcosa.

Ranging from horror and the macabre to eerie eldritch fantasy to satiric expeditions into the unbelievable, expertly woven with threads of poetically beautiful description, the supernatural writings of Robert W. Chambers will pique your imagination.

This omnibus presents all eight books of Chambers’ weird fiction. Included are:
the collections [The King in Yellow[/ (his masterpiece and one of the defining works of American horror), [The Maker of Moons[/, [The Mystery of Choice[/, [The Tree of Heaven[/, and [Police!!![/; the humorous episodic “novels” [In Search of the Unknown [/and [The Tracer of Lost Persons[/; and his final venture into the supernatural, the novel [The Slayer of Souls[/.

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Robert William Chambers (May 26, 1865 – December 16, 1933) was an American artist and fiction writer, best known for his book of short stories entitled [The King in Yellow[/, published in 1895. Primarily due to that book, Chambers is credited as a major influence on many fantasy and horror writers, such as H.P. Lovecraft, Karl Edward Wagner, Lin Carter, James Blish, and others. More recently, the HBO television series “True Detective” drew upon the mythology of [The King in Yellow[/.

Although he wrote a number of fantastic stories early in his career, he turned entirely to writing historical, adventure, and romance novels. Author of nearly 100 books, Chambers was one of the most successful and popular writers of his period, his later novels selling well and a handful achieving best-seller status. Some of his novels were adapted for film.

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This is my own compilation. Texts were obtained from Project Gutenberg and the Internet Archive.

OCR and typesetting errors were silently corrected; punctuation, diacritics, and italics formatted. For consistency, hyphenation and punctuation were normalized; and some spelling Americanized or normalized. (Version with original typography and “mixed” spelling is also available.)

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I was inspired to make this book after listening to the Librivox recording of [The King in Yellow[/ by the wonderful Peter Yearsley (give him a listen sometime).
Enjoy the thrills and chills!
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Chambers, Robert W.: The Maker of Moons, v.1, 1896

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Robert W Chambers (1865-1933) was an American artist and author, whose writing career began with weird stories, but later settled into historical fiction.

There are a number of his books in this Library, but not this collections of weird stories:

1: The Maker of Moons
2: The Bridal Pair
3: The Case of Mr. Helmer
4: The Messenger
5: The Demoiselle d'Ys
6: Out of the Depths
7: A Pleasant Evening
8: The Purple Emperor
9: The Yellow Sign

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Chambers, Robert W.: The Slayer of Souls.V1.7 May 2015

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We were missing this one. :)

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Chambers, Robert W: A Young Man in a Hurry. V1. 15 Aug 2011

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Robert William Chambers (May 26, 1865 – December 16, 1933) was an American artist and writer.

A YOUNG MAN IN A HURRY
A PILGRIM
THE SHINING BAND
ONE MAN IN A MILLION
THE FIRE-WARDEN
THE MARKET-HUNTER
THE PATH-MASTER
IN NAUVOO
MARLITT’S SHOES
PASQUE FLORIDA

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Chambers, Robert W: Ailsa Paige. V1. 25 Jul 2011

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Robert William Chambers (May 26, 1865 – December 16, 1933) was an American artist and writer.

Excerpt
AMONG THE fifty-eight regiments of Zouaves and the seven regiments of Lancers enlisted in the service of the United States between 1861 and 1865 it will be useless for the reader to look for any record of the 3d Zouaves or of the 8th Lancers. The red breeches and red fezzes of the Zouaves clothed many a dead man on Southern battle-fields; the scarlet swallow-tailed pennon of the Lancers fluttered from many a lance-tip beyond the Potomac; the histories of these sixty-five regiments are known. But no history of the 3d Zouaves or of the 8th Lancers has ever been written save in this narrative; and historians and veterans would seek in vain for any records of these two regiments—regiments which might have been, but never were.

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Chambers, Robert W: Athalie. V1. 26 Jul 2011

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Robert William Chambers (May 26, 1865 – December 16, 1933) was an American artist and writer.

Excerpt
WHEN Mrs. Greensleeve first laid eyes on her baby she knew it was different from the other children.
"What is the matter with it?" she asked.

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Chambers, Robert W: Barbarians. V1. 27 Jul 2011

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Robert William Chambers (May 26, 1865 – December 16, 1933) was an American artist and writer.

Excerpt
SO THIS is what happened to the dozen-odd malcontents who could no longer stand the dirty business in Europe and the dirtier politicians at home.
There was treachery in the Senate, treason in the House. A plague of liars infested the Republic; the land was rotting with plots.
But if the authorities at Washington remained incredulous, stunned into impotency, while the din of murder filled the world, a few mere men, fed up on the mess, sickened while awaiting executive galvanization, and started east to purge their souls.

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Chambers, Robert W: Between Friends. V1. 27 Jul 2011

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Robert William Chambers (May 26, 1865 – December 16, 1933) was an American artist and writer.

Excerpt
He was making a full length study in clay now. All day long she sat there enthroned, her eyes partly closed, the head lifted a trifle and fallen back, and her lovely hands resting on her heart--and sometimes she strove to imagine something of the divine moment which she was embodying; pondering, dreaming, wondering; and sometimes, in the stillness, through her trance crept a thrill, subtle, exquisite, as though in faint perception of the heavenly moment. And once, into her halfdreaming senses came the soft stirring of wings, and she opened her eyes and looked up, startled and thrilled.

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Chambers, Robert W: Blue-Bird Weather. V1. 28 Jul 2011

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Robert William Chambers (May 26, 1865 – December 16, 1933) was an American artist and writer.

Excerpt
IT WAS now almost too dark to distinguish objects; duskier and vaguer became the flat world of marshes, set here and there with cypress and bounded only by far horizons; and at last land and water disappeared behind the gathered curtains of the night. There was no sound from the waste except the wind among the withered reeds and the furrowing splash of wheel and hoof over the submerged causeway.
The boy who was driving had scarcely spoken since he strapped Marche's gun cases and valise to the rear of the rickety wagon at the railroad station. Marche, too, remained silent, preoccupied with his own reflections. Wrapped in his fur-lined coat, arms folded, he sat doubled forward, feeling the Southern swamp-chill busy with his bones. Now and then he was obliged to relight his pipe, but the cold bit at his fingers, and he hurried to protect himself again with heavy gloves.

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Chambers, Robert W: In Search of the Unknown. V1. 5 Aug 2011

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Robert William Chambers (May 26, 1865 – December 16, 1933) was an American artist and writer.

Excerpt
BECAUSE IT all seems so improbable—so horribly impossible to me now, sitting here safe and sane in my own library—I hesitate to record an episode which already appears to me less horrible than grotesque. Yet, unless this story is written now, I know I shall never have the courage to tell the truth about the matter—not from fear of ridicule, but because I myself shall soon cease to credit what I now know to be true. Yet scarcely a month has elapsed since I heard the stealthy purring of what I believed to be the shoaling undertow—scarcely a month ago, with my own eyes, I saw that which, even now, I am beginning to believe never existed. As for the harbor-master—and the blow I am now striking at the old order of things—But of that I shall not speak now, or later; I shall try to tell the story simply and truthfully, and let my friends testify as to my probity and the publishers of this book corroborate them.

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Chambers, Robert W: In Secret. V1. 5 Aug 2011

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Robert William Chambers (May 26, 1865 – December 16, 1933) was an American artist and writer.

Excerpt
THE CASE in question concerned a letter in a yellow envelope, which was dumped along with other incoming mail upon one of the many long tables where hundreds of women and scores of men sat opening and reading thousands of letters for the Bureau of P. C.—whatever that may mean.
In due course of routine a girl picked up and slit open the yellow envelope, studied the enclosed letter for a few moments, returned it to its envelope, wrote a few words on a slip of paper, attached the slip to the yellow envelope, and passed it along to the D. A. C.—whoever he or she may be.

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Chambers, Robert W: In the Quarter: V1. 6 Aug 2011

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Robert William Chambers (May 26, 1865 – December 16, 1933) was an American artist and writer.

Excerpt
You have now been in Paris three years, and as yet I have seen no results. You should be earning your own living, but instead you are still dependent upon me. You are welcome to all the assistance I can give you, in reason, but I expect that you will have something to show for all the money I expend upon you. Why are you not making a handsome income and a splendid reputation, like Mr Spinder?

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Chambers, Robert W: Iole. V1. 7 Aug 2011

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Robert William Chambers (May 26, 1865 – December 16, 1933) was an American artist and writer.

Excerpt
Does anybody remember the opera of The Inca, and that heartbreaking episode where the Court Undertaker, in a morbid desire to increase his professional skill, deliberately accomplishes the destruction of his middle-aged relatives in order to inter them for the sake of practise?

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Chambers, Robert W: Lorraine. V1. 7 Aug 2011

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Robert William Chambers (May 26, 1865 – December 16, 1933) was an American artist and writer.

Excerpt
The author desires to acknowledge his indebtedness to the valuable volumes of Messrs. Victor Duruy, Archibald Forbes, Sir William Fraser, Dr. J. von Pflugk-Harttung, G. Tissandier, Comdt. Grandin, and "Un Officier de Marine," concerning (wholly or in part) the events of 1870-1871.
Occasionally the author has deemed it best to change the names of villages, officers, and regiments or battalions.
The author believes that the romance separated from the facts should leave the historical basis virtually accurate.

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Chambers, Robert W: Police!!!. V1. 11 Aug 2011

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Robert William Chambers (May 26, 1865 – December 16, 1933) was an American artist and writer.

THE THIRD EYE
THE IMMORTAL
THE LADIES OF THE LAKE
ONE OVER
UN PEU D'AMOUR
THE EGGS OF THE SILVER MOON

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Chambers, Robert W: Secret Service Operator No 13 (1933), v1. 10 Aug 2019

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Robert W Chambers started as a fantasy writer, but switched to the more lucrative historical fiction genre when he found he couldn't make a living with fantasy alone.

A tale of the spy services in the American Civil War, following the dangerous exploits of a young actress working undercover for the North both sides of the lines for the duration of the war. To complicate her risky life, she falls in love with the second in command of the Confederate spy agency.

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Chambers, Robert W: Special Messenger. V1. 12 Aug 2011

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Robert William Chambers (May 26, 1865 – December 16, 1933) was an American artist and writer.

Excerpt
In the personality and exploits of the “Special Messenger,” the author has been assured that a celebrated historical character is recognizable—Miss Boyd, the famous Confederate scout and spy.

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Chambers, Robert W: The Common Law. V1. 29 Jul 2011

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Robert William Chambers (May 26, 1865 – December 16, 1933) was an American artist and writer.

Excerpt
THERE WAS a long, brisk, decisive ring at the door. He continued working. After an interval the bell rang again, briefly, as though the light touch on the electric button had lost its assurance.
"Somebody's confidence has departed," he thought to himself, busy with a lead-weighted string and a stick of soft charcoal wrapped in silver foil. For a few moments he continued working, not inclined to trouble himself to answer the door, but the hesitating timidity of a third appeal amused him, and he walked out into the hallway and opened the door. In the dim light a departing figure turned from the stairway:
"Do you wish a model?" she asked in an unsteady voice.

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Chambers, Robert W: The Crimson Tide. V1. 30 Jul 2011

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Robert William Chambers (May 26, 1865 – December 16, 1933) was an American artist and writer.

Excerpt
AN AMERICAN ambulance going south stopped on the snowy road; the driver, an American named Estridge, got out; his companion, a young woman in furs, remained in her seat.
Estridge, with the din of the barrage in his ears, went forward to show his papers to the soldiers who had stopped him on the snowy forest road.
His papers identified him and the young woman; and further they revealed the fact that the ambulance contained only a trunk and some hand luggage; and called upon all in authority to permit John Henry Estridge and Miss Palla Dumont to continue without hindrance the journey therein described.
The soldiers––Siberian riflemen––were satisfied and seemed friendly enough and rather curious to obtain a better look at this American girl, Miss Dumont, described in the papers submitted to them as “American companion to Marie, third daughter of Nicholas Romanoff, ex-Tzar.”

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Chambers, Robert W: The Danger Mark. V1. 30 Jul 2011

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Robert William Chambers (May 26, 1865 – December 16, 1933) was an American artist and writer.

Excerpt
ALL DAY Sunday they had raised the devil from attic to cellar; Mrs. Farren was in tears, Howker desperate. Not one out of the fifteen servants considered necessary to embellish the Seagrave establishment could do anything with them after Kathleen Severn's sudden departure the week before.
When the telegram announcing her mother's sudden illness summoned young Mrs. Severn to Staten Island, every servant in the household understood that serious trouble was impending for them.
Day by day the children became more unruly; Sunday they were demons; and Mrs. Farren shuddered to think what Monday might bring forth.

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Chambers, Robert W: The Dark Star. V1. 31 Jul 2011

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Robert William Chambers (May 26, 1865 – December 16, 1933) was an American artist and writer.

Excerpt
“THE DYING star grew dark; the last light faded from it; went out. Prince Erlik laughed.
“And suddenly the old order of things began to pass away more swiftly.
“Between earth and outer space—between Creator and created, confusing and confounding their identities,—a rushing darkness grew—the hurrying wrack of immemorial storms heralding whirlwinds through which Truth alone survives.

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Chambers, Robert W: The Fighting Chance. V1. 31 Jul 2011

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Robert William Chambers (May 26, 1865 – December 16, 1933) was an American artist and writer.

Excerpt
THE SPEED of the train slackened; a broad tidal river flashed into sight below the trestle, spreading away on either hand through yellowing level meadows. And now, above the roaring undertone of the cars, from far ahead floated back the treble bell-notes of the locomotive; there came a gritting vibration of brakes; slowly, more slowly the cars glided to a creaking standstill beside a sun-scorched platform gay with the bright flutter of sunshades and summer gowns.

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Chambers, Robert W: The Firing Line. V1. 1 Aug 2011

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Robert William Chambers (May 26, 1865 – December 16, 1933) was an American artist and writer.

Excerpt
As the sun broke through in misty splendour, the young man, brooding on his oars, closed his eyes; and at the same instant his boat careened violently, almost capsizing as a slender wet shape clambered aboard and dropped into the bows. As the boat heeled under the shock Hamil had instinctively flung his whole weight against the starboard gunwale. Now he recovered his oars and his balance at the same time, and, as he swung half around, his unceremonious visitor struggled to sit upright, still fighting for breath.
"I beg your pardon," she managed to say; "may I rest here? I am—" She stopped short; a flash of sudden recognition came into her eyes—flickered, and faded. It was evident to him that, for a moment, she thought she had met him before.

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Chambers, Robert W: The Flaming Jewel. V1. 1 Aug 2011

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Robert William Chambers (May 26, 1865 – December 16, 1933) was an American artist and writer.

Excerpt
"—After two years we have discovered that it was José Quintana's band of international thieves that robbed Ricca. Quintana has disappeared.
"A Levantine diamond broker in New York, named Emanuel Sard, may be in communication with him.
"Ricca and I are going to America as soon as possible.

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Chambers, Robert W: The Gay Rebellion. V1. 4 Aug 2011

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Robert William Chambers (May 26, 1865 – December 16, 1933) was an American artist and writer.

Excerpt
These stories, mademoiselle, as your intuition tells you, are for old-fashioned young people only; and should be read in the Golden Future, some snowy evening by the fire after a home dinner à deux. Your predestined husband, mademoiselle, is to extend his god-like figure upon a sofa, with an ash-tray convenient. You are to do the reading, curled up in the big velvet wing-chair, with the lamp at your left elbow and the fender under your pretty feet. As for me, I shall venture to smile at you now and then from the printed page—but with discretion, mademoiselle, not inconveniencing your party à deux. For, to be rid of me, you have merely to close this book.

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Chambers, Robert W: The Green Mouse. V2. 3 Aug 2011

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Robert William Chambers (May 26, 1865 – December 16, 1933) was an American artist and writer.

Excerpt
TO THE literary, literal, and scientific mind purposeless fiction is abhorrent. Fortunately we all are literally and scientifically inclined; the doom of purposeless fiction is sounded; and it is a great comfort to believe that, in the near future, only literary and scientific works suitable for man, woman, child, and suffragette, are to adorn the lingerie-laden counters in our great department shops.
It is, then, with animation and confidence that the author politely offers to a regenerated nation this modern, moral, literary, and highly scientific work, thinly but ineffectually disguised as fiction, in deference to the prejudices of a few old-fashioned story-readers who still survive among us.

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Chambers, Robert W: The Hidden Children. V1. 4 Aug 2011

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Robert William Chambers (May 26, 1865 – December 16, 1933) was an American artist and writer.

Excerpt
"She scarcely seems to know she is alive, since Cherry Valley. A Tory slew her little sister with a hatchet; then her husband fell; and then, before her eyes, a blue-eyed Indian pinned her baby to its cradle with a bayonet."

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Chambers, Robert W: The Maid-At-Arms. V1. 8 Aug 2011

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Robert William Chambers (May 26, 1865 – December 16, 1933) was an American artist and writer.

Excerpt
After a hundred years the history of a great war waged by a successful nation is commonly reviewed by that nation with retrospective complacency.
Distance dims the panorama; haze obscures the ragged gaps in the pageant until the long lines of victorious armies move smoothly across the horizon, with never an abyss to check their triumph.
Yet there is one people who cannot view the past through a mirage. The marks of the birth-pangs remain on the land; its struggle for breath was too terrible, its scars too deep to hide or cover.
For us, the pages of the past turn all undimmed; battles, brutally etched, stand clear as our own hills against the sky—for in this land we have no haze to soften truth.

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Chambers, Robert W: The Maids of Paradise. V1. 9 Aug 2011

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Robert William Chambers (May 26, 1865 – December 16, 1933) was an American artist and writer.

Excerpt
AS FAR as the writer knows, no treasure-trains were actually sent to the port of Lorient from the arsenal at Brest. The treasures remained at Brest.
Concerning the German armored cruiser Augusta, the following are the facts: About the middle of December she forced the blockade at Wilhelmshafen and ran for Ireland, where, owing to the complaisance of the British authorities, she was permitted to coal.
From there she steamed towards Brest, capturing a French merchant craft off that port, another near Rochefort, and finally a third. That ended her active career during the war; a French frigate chased her into the port of Vigo and kept her there.

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Chambers, Robert W: The Moonlit Way. V1. 10 Aug 2011

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Robert William Chambers (May 26, 1865 – December 16, 1933) was an American artist and writer.

Excerpt
THERE WAS a big moon over the Bosphorus; the limpid waters off Seraglio Point glimmered; the Golden Horn was like a sheet of beaten silver inset with topaz and ruby where lanterns on rusting Turkish warships dyed the tarnished argent of the flood. Except for these, and the fixed lights on the foreign guard-ships and on a big American steam yacht, only a pale and nebulous shoreward glow betrayed the monster city.
Over Pera the full moon’s lustre fell, silvering palace, villa, sea and coast; its rays glimmered on bridge and wharf, bastion, tower arsenal, and minarette, transforming those big, sprawling, ramshackle blotches of architecture called Constantinople into that shadowy, magnificent enchantment of the East, which all believe in, but which exists only in a poet’s heart and mind.
Night veiled the squalour of Balat, and its filth, its meanness, its flimsy sham. Moonlight made of Galata a marvel, ennobling every bastard dome, every starved façade, every unlovely and attenuated minarette, and invested with added charm each really lovely ruin, each tower, palace, mosque, garden wall and balcony, and every crenelated battlement, where the bronze bulk ofancient cannon slanted, outlined in silver under the Prophet’s moon.

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Chambers, Robert W: The Reckoning. V1. 11 Aug 2011

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Robert William Chambers (May 26, 1865 – December 16, 1933) was an American artist and writer.

Excerpt
The author's intention is to treat, in a series of four or five romances, that part of the war for independence which particularly affected the great landed families of northern New York: the Johnsons, represented by Sir William, Sir John, Guy Johnson, and Colonel Claus; the notorious Butlers, father and son; the Schuylers, Van Rensselaers, and others.

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Chambers, Robert W: The Romantic Scottish Ballads. V1. 13 Aug 2011

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Robert William Chambers (May 26, 1865 – December 16, 1933) was an American artist and writer.

Excerpt
PERCY'S Reliques of Ancient English Poetry, 1765; David Herd'sScottish Songs, 1769; Scott'sMinstrelsy of the Scottish Border, 1802; and Jamieson'sPopular Ballads and Songs, 1806, have been chiefly the means of making us acquainted with what is believed to be the ancient traditionary ballad literature of Scotland; and this literature, from its intrinsic merits, has attained a very great fame.

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Chambers, Robert W: The Streets of Ascalon. V1. 14 Aug 2011

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Robert William Chambers (May 26, 1865 – December 16, 1933) was an American artist and writer.

Excerpt
IT BEING rent day, and Saturday, the staff of the "Irish Legation," with the exception of Westguard, began to migrate uptown for the monthly conference, returning one by one from that mysterious financial jungle popularly known as "Downtown." As for Westguard, he had been in his apartment all day as usual. He worked where he resided.
A little before five o'clock John Desmond Lacy, Jr., came in, went directly to his rooms on the top floor, fished out a check-book, and tried to persuade himself that he had a pleasing balance at the bank—not because he was likely to have any balance either there or in his youthful brain, but because he had to have one somewhere. God being good to the Irish he found he had not overdrawn his account.

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Chambers, Robert W: The Tracer of Lost Persons, v.1 10 March 2008.

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A novel of 1906.
(Illustrated.)

By Robert W Chambers (1865-1933). I haven’t come across this author before, but was browsing PG and liked the title. The novel seems to be a humorous episodic set of linked stories about a professional tracer of missing people.

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Chambers, Robert W: The Younger Set. V1. 15 Aug 2011

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Robert William Chambers (May 26, 1865 – December 16, 1933) was an American artist and writer.

Excerpt
"What has happened," he said, "is this. Captain Selwyn is back in town—sent up his card to me, but they told him I was attending a directors' meeting. When the meeting was over I found his card and a message scribbled, saying he'd recently landed and was going uptown to call on Nina. She'll keep him there, of course, until I get home, so I shall see him this evening. Now, before you meet him, I want you to plainly understand the truth about this unfortunate affair; and that's why I telephoned your gimlet-eyed friend Neergard just now to let you come around here for half an hour."

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Channing, Mark: King Cobra (1933); v1, 4 Nov 2019

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The opening paragraph:

"FAR beyond the North-West Frontiers of India lies the mountain-locked land of Yanistan. Wild, and for the most part barren, split by chasm-like gorges and narrow twisting valleys, through which tumble a hundred turbulent streams, it is a land of savage desolation, inhabited by a people like itself— rugged and cruel."

And the story leaps into action, with the British Resident in Yanistan's capital murdered and his beautiful daughter kidnapped by the feared tribal leader The Cobra: six feet 9 inches of bearded malevolence.

There are distinct traces of occult in the story, and much of the action takes place in the lost city of Prester John.

From the newspaper serial; at 89,000 words, it is unlikely that it has been condensed for serial use.

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Channing, Mark: Nine Lives (1937), v1, 8 Nov 2019

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The fourth and last Colin Gray Indian Frontier adventure, which takes place 2 years after the events in "King Cobra."

Mongol Chieftain Suleman Khoon has been marshalling Moslems from Egypt to Mongolia to his cause, on the grounds that he is the descendant of the mighty Ghenghis Khan.

He has in sight the excavation of the entrance to the half buried city of Prester John and its vast wealth, which he will use to overthrow British rule in the East, and even conquer Britain itself!

But Colin Gray, his wife Diana (whom Khoon lusts after), and a small black cat, are on their way to foil his plans. Lurking in the background (several backgrounds!) is a mystic sadhu who seems to be, simultaneously, a Cairo based Greek expert on Egyptian religion, specially Bast the cat goddess, a Tibetan monk, and also probably dead.

Good fun, but with a high body count!

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Channing, Mark: The White Python (1935), v1, 21 Oct 2019

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Mark Channing is the pseudonym of Leopold Aloysius M Jones (1879-1943), who wrote a number of similar thrillers set in India and Tibet.

Colin Gray, a big handsome Intelligence Officer under the Raj, is despatched to Tibet to protect the interests of the British Empire in the face of threats from the north (basically the Soviet Union, through its far eastern provinces of Sibera).

There the agent works to counter the efforts of Chorjieff, the unseen key man in the threats, and encountered an underground world of "half-men", a beautiful but possibly mad priestess of the snake cult, and a huge python to which sacrifices are offered....

From the serial edition, published in the Australian weekly newspaper "Australasian" commencing 2 February 1935. At not much over 50,000 words it is, undoubtedly, somewhat condensed from the full-length book edition, which is usual with serials.

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Chapin, Carl Mattison: The Imperfect Twins (1934); v1; 11 Aug 2021

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I couldn't find out much about Chapin, other than his dates (1879-1938) and that he published between 1910 and his death, originally leaning to adventure stories, later towards crime. This is an "isolated house in a snowstorm" murder story. It runs to 47,000 words and first appeared in "Detective" magazine, June 1934.

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Chapman, Allen: Bart Keene's Hunting Days. v1. 12 Sep 2014

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Chapman, Allen: pseudonym of the Stratemeyer Syndicate the producer of a number of mystery series for children, including Nancy Drew, the Hardy Boys, the various Tom Swift series, the Bobbsey Twins, the Rover Boys, and others.

Excerpt
The three lads bent upon playing a peculiar trick on their chum, Fenn, or “Stumpy” Masterson, kept on toward the Darewell High School, at which they were students. The building set well back from the street, and the campus in front was now flooded with brilliant moonlight. It was close to midnight, and to approach the institution unobserved, to take from it certain objects, and to steal away without having been noticed, was the object of the three conspirators.

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Chapman, Allen: Bart Stirling's Road to Success. v1. 12 Sep 2014

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Chapman, Allen: pseudonym of the Stratemeyer Syndicate the producer of a number of mystery series for children, including Nancy Drew, the Hardy Boys, the various Tom Swift series, the Bobbsey Twins, the Rover Boys, and others.

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The express shed was a one-story, substantial frame building having two rooms. It stood in the center of a network of tracks close to the freight depot and switch tower, and a platform ran its length front and rear

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Chapman, Allen: Bound to Succeed. v1. 12 Sep 2014

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Chapman, Allen: pseudonym of the Stratemeyer Syndicate the producer of a number of mystery series for children, including Nancy Drew, the Hardy Boys, the various Tom Swift series, the Bobbsey Twins, the Rover Boys, and others.

Excerpt
“And don’t be too ambitious, or too reckless. We have a roof to shield us and food to eat, thanks to your busy endeavors. The lawyer gives us hopes that we may recover something from the wreck of our lost fortune. I don’t know of any better outlook for the present, than to wait patiently and see what turns up in the way of an improvement in affairs.”

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Chapman, Allen: Fenn Masterson's Discovery. v1. 13 Sep 2014

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Chapman, Allen: pseudonym of the Stratemeyer Syndicate the producer of a number of mystery series for children, including Nancy Drew, the Hardy Boys, the various Tom Swift series, the Bobbsey Twins, the Rover Boys, and others.

Excerpt
“Oh, I intend to make a fine collection of minerals,”declared Fenn. “I’ll not get tired of that. You see minerals are easy to get. All you have to do is to pick up stones as you walk along. You put them in your pockets and, when you get home, you look in the catalog, see what kind they are, so as to label ’em, and put ’em in one of the little numbered squares of the cabinet. Why, collecting minerals is fun. Besides, it’s valuable information. I might discover—”

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Chapman, Allen: Frank Roscoe's Secret. v1. 13 Sep 2014

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Chapman, Allen: pseudonym of the Stratemeyer Syndicate the producer of a number of mystery series for children, including Nancy Drew, the Hardy Boys, the various Tom Swift series, the Bobbsey Twins, the Rover Boys, and others.

Excerpt
Those were some of the shouts, amid a multitude of others, that came from scores of boyish throats as they watched the baseball game between the Darewell High School and the Lakeville Preparatory Academy. The occasion was the annual championship struggle, and the cries resulted from Ned’s successful batting of the ball far over the center fielder’s head.

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Chapman, Allen: Fred Fenton Marathon Runner. v1. 13 Sep 2014

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Chapman, Allen: pseudonym of the Stratemeyer Syndicate the producer of a number of mystery series for children, including Nancy Drew, the Hardy Boys, the various Tom Swift series, the Bobbsey Twins, the Rover Boys, and others.

Excerpt
This trip up into the woods on Saturday afternoon had been taken just to enjoy the first real tramp of the season, and to get together to talk of plans for the coming Spring athletics. As boys can never resist the temptation to throw snowballs when the moist white covering seems just suited to such conditions, every little while one of them discovered some sort of target at which they could exercise their skill.

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Chapman, Allen: Fred Fenton on the Crew. v1. 13 Sep 2014

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Chapman, Allen: pseudonym of the Stratemeyer Syndicate the producer of a number of mystery series for children, including Nancy Drew, the Hardy Boys, the various Tom Swift series, the Bobbsey Twins, the Rover Boys, and others.

Excerpt
Usually he was a very good-natured sort of a chap, one of the “give-and-take” kind, so universally liked among schoolboys. But, on this particular early summer morning, with the peaceful Mohunk river running close by, and all Nature smiling, Bristles look glum and distressed, just as his friend Fred Fenton had declared.

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Chapman, Allen: Fred Fenton on the Track. v1. 14 Sep 2014

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Chapman, Allen: pseudonym of the Stratemeyer Syndicate the producer of a number of mystery series for children, including Nancy Drew, the Hardy Boys, the various Tom Swift series, the Bobbsey Twins, the Rover Boys, and others.

Excerpt
Judge Colon was as good as his word, and, even though the kidnapping had been only a boyish prank, he said Fred and the others had done such good work, that the reward of one hundred dollars he offered should go to them. They took it, turning it into an athletic fund, so that after all the taking away of Colon resulted in some good.

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Chapman, Allen: Ned Wilding's Disappearance. v1. 14 Sep 2014

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Chapman, Allen: pseudonym of the Stratemeyer Syndicate the producer of a number of mystery series for children, including Nancy Drew, the Hardy Boys, the various Tom Swift series, the Bobbsey Twins, the Rover Boys, and others.

Excerpt
Frank lived with his uncle, Abner Dent, about a mile out of town. Mr. Dent was a rich farmer, and Frank had resided with him as long as he could remember. He could not recall his father or mother, and his uncle seldom mentioned them. Frank was rather a strange sort of boy. His chums were very fond of him, but they could not quite make out the curious air of mystery about him. Frank seemed to have some secret, but his chums never asked him what it was, though of late years his odd ways, at times, had attracted their attention.

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Chapman, Allen: Ralph in the Switch Tower. v1. 17 Sep 2014

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Chapman, Allen: pseudonym of the Stratemeyer Syndicate the producer of a number of mystery series for children, including Nancy Drew, the Hardy Boys, the various Tom Swift series, the Bobbsey Twins, the Rover Boys, and others.

Excerpt
The scene was the depot switch tower at Stanley Junction, in sight of the local passenger depot. It loomed up thirty feet in the air, glass-windowed on every side. It was neat, light, and airy. In its center, running nearly its length, was the row of long heavy levers that controlled the depot and siding switches of the terminus of the Great Northern Railroad.

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Chapman, Allen: Ralph of the Roundhouse. v1. 17 Sep 2014

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Chapman, Allen: pseudonym of the Stratemeyer Syndicate the producer of a number of mystery series for children, including Nancy Drew, the Hardy Boys, the various Tom Swift series, the Bobbsey Twins, the Rover Boys, and others.

Excerpt
The Daylight Express rolled up to the depot at Stanley Junction, on time, circling past the repair shops, freight yard and roundhouse, a thing of life and beauty.

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Chapman, Allen: Ralph on the Engine. v1. 17 Sep 2014

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Chapman, Allen: pseudonym of the Stratemeyer Syndicate the producer of a number of mystery series for children, including Nancy Drew, the Hardy Boys, the various Tom Swift series, the Bobbsey Twins, the Rover Boys, and others.

Excerpt
Over a dozen men had been his companions for the past hour. There were engineers waiting for their runs, firemen resting after getting their locomotives in order, and “extras,” who, like the young railroader himself, were so far on the substitute list only.

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Chapman, Allen: Ralph on the Overland Express. v1. 18 Sep 2014

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Chapman, Allen: pseudonym of the Stratemeyer Syndicate the producer of a number of mystery series for children, including Nancy Drew, the Hardy Boys, the various Tom Swift series, the Bobbsey Twins, the Rover Boys, and others.

Excerpt
Ralph was the youngest engineer in the service of the Great Northern, and there was full reason why he should center attention and interest on this the proudest moment of his life. No. 999 was the crack locomotive of the system, brand new and resplendent. Its headlight was a great glow of crystal, its metal bands and trimmings shone like burnished gold, and its cab was as spick and span and neat as the private office of the division superintendent himself.

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Chapman, Allen: Ralph, the Train Dispatcher

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Chapman, Allen: pseudonym of the Stratemeyer Syndicate the producer of a number of mystery series for children, including Nancy Drew, the Hardy Boys, the various Tom Swift series, the Bobbsey Twins, the Rover Boys, and others.

Excerpt
They were a great pair, these two, a friendly, loyal pair, the grizzled old veteran fireman, Lemuel Fogg, and the clear-eyed, steady-handed young fellow who had risen from roundhouse wiper to switchtower service, then to fireman, then to engineer, and who now pulled the lever on the crack racer of the Great Northern Railroad, the Overland express.

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Chapman, Allen: The Heroes of the School. v1. 14 Sep 2014

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Chapman, Allen: pseudonym of the Stratemeyer Syndicate the producer of a number of mystery series for children, including Nancy Drew, the Hardy Boys, the various Tom Swift series, the Bobbsey Twins, the Rover Boys, and others.

Excerpt
Most of the boys and girls knew what was coming. The principal never prefaced his remarks that way unless he had to expel a pupil. Ned and Bart looked over toward where Fenn sat. They wanted to see if there was any reason for Stumpy’s seeming apprehension.

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Chapman, Allen: The Radio Boys at Mountain Pass, v1, 17th Feb 2019

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This is the fourth book in the juvenile "Radio Boys" series, published by Grosset and Dunlap in 1922. The publisher's advertisement described the series as follows:

["Here is a series that gives full details of radio work both in sending and receiving--how large and small sets can be made and operated, and with this real information there are stories about the Radio Boys and their adventures. Each story is a record of thrilling adventures--rescues, narrow escapes from death, daring exploits in which radio play a main part. Each volume is so thoroughly fascinating, so strictly up-to-date, and accurate that all modern boys will peruse them with delight. Each volume has a forward by Jack Binns, the well known radio expert."[/

"Who the heck is Jack Binns?" Glad you asked! Over a century ago, New York held a parade to honour Jack Binns, the 24-year-old British wireless operator of the White Star liner [Republic[/, whose quick thinking and persistence helped save scores of lives when the liner was rammed by a cargo ship in the freezing water off the coast of Nantucket on the early morning of January 23, 1909. Binns continued to work as a radio operator until 1912, when he turned down an assignment on the ill-fated [Titanic[/, after which he took up a career in journalism and writing forewords to the Radio Boys series for Edward Stratemeyer.

The original description of the book is:

[This story opens in the woods where the Radio Boys find themselves confronted most unexpectedly by a big bear. Then, after some interesting experiments with radio, the scene is shifted to Mountain Pass, where the lads, after a thrilling ride through a blinding snowstorm, put up at a big hotel filled with winter guests. Here they presently learn that a Wall Street broker is in danger of being defrauded through a stock transaction and that the man's wife is sick and must have expert medical attention. All telephone and telegraph wires are down, and how the Radio Boys came to the front and got a doctor by wireless, and sent messages through to the Stock Exchange makes reading no reader would care to miss.[/

Converted and cleaned up from the original PG source, and the original cover added.

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Chapman, Allen: The Radio Boys at Ocean Point, v1, 17th Feb 2019

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This is the second book in the juvenile "Radio Boys" series, published by Grosset and Dunlap in 1922. The publisher's advertisement described the series as follows:

["Here is a series that gives full details of radio work both in sending and receiving--how large and small sets can be made and operated, and with this real information there are stories about the Radio Boys and their adventures. Each story is a record of thrilling adventures--rescues, narrow escapes from death, daring exploits in which radio play a main part. Each volume is so thoroughly fascinating, so strictly up-to-date, and accurate that all modern boys will peruse them with delight. Each volume has a forward by Jack Binns, the well known radio expert."[/

"Who the heck is Jack Binns?" Glad you asked! Over a century ago, New York held a parade to honour Jack Binns, the 24-year-old British wireless operator of the White Star liner [Republic[/, whose quick thinking and persistence helped save scores of lives when the liner was rammed by a cargo ship in the freezing water off the coast of Nantucket on the early morning of January 23, 1909. Binns continued to work as a radio operator until 1912, when he turned down an assignment on the ill-fated [Titanic[/, after which he took up a career in journalism and writing forewords to the Radio Boys series for Edward Stratemeyer.

The original description of the book is:

[The Radio Boys have gone to the seashore for their summer vacation. They set up their radio receiving set on the shore and get great pleasure out of it. They become acquainted with the operator at a big wireless station and during a big storm this operator is attacked and robbed. With the operator senseless there is nobody to run the station until the Radio Boys take hold. Then comes in a call for aid from a steamer upon which some of their friends and relatives are passengers![/

Converted and cleaned up from the original PG source, and the original cover added.

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Chapman, Allen: The Radio Boys at the Sending Station, v1, 17th Feb 2019

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This is the third book in the juvenile "Radio Boys" series, published by Grosset and Dunlap in 1922. The publisher's advertisement described the series as follows:

["Here is a series that gives full details of radio work both in sending and receiving--how large and small sets can be made and operated, and with this real information there are stories about the Radio Boys and their adventures. Each story is a record of thrilling adventures--rescues, narrow escapes from death, daring exploits in which radio play a main part. Each volume is so thoroughly fascinating, so strictly up-to-date, and accurate that all modern boys will peruse them with delight. Each volume has a forward by Jack Binns, the well known radio expert."[/

"Who the heck is Jack Binns?" Glad you asked! Over a century ago, New York held a parade to honour Jack Binns, the 24-year-old British wireless operator of the White Star liner [Republic[/, whose quick thinking and persistence helped save scores of lives when the liner was rammed by a cargo ship in the freezing water off the coast of Nantucket on the early morning of January 23, 1909. Binns continued to work as a radio operator until 1912, when he turned down an assignment on the ill-fated [Titanic[/, after which he took up a career in journalism and writing forewords to the Radio Boys series for Edward Stratemeyer.

The original description of the book is:

[The Radio Boys are at Ocean Point fixing a lightning arrester when they see a motor boat dash into a rowboat and several people go overboard. Among those rescued from the wave is a young vaudeville performer who later on obtains a position at a radio sending station. This gives the Radio Boys a chance to get on the program, where they recite to their own delight and the delight of their many friends. The boys also help solve the mystery surrounding a robbery at a hotel.

This captivating story gives many details concerning radio, and especially the running of a radiophone sending station, For that reason it will be read with equal interest by young and old.[/

Converted and cleaned up from the original PG source, and the original cover added.

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Chapman, Allen: The Radio Boys Trailing a Voice, v1, 18th Feb 2019

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This is the fifth book in the juvenile "Radio Boys" series, published by Grosset and Dunlap in 1922. There are 13 books in the series, but this is the last one that's currently available at PG. Hopefully book #6, published in 1923, will become available before too long. The publisher's advertisement described the series as follows:

["Here is a series that gives full details of radio work both in sending and receiving--how large and small sets can be made and operated, and with this real information there are stories about the Radio Boys and their adventures. Each story is a record of thrilling adventures--rescues, narrow escapes from death, daring exploits in which radio play a main part. Each volume is so thoroughly fascinating, so strictly up-to-date, and accurate that all modern boys will peruse them with delight. Each volume has a forward by Jack Binns, the well known radio expert."[/

"Who the heck is Jack Binns?" Glad you asked! Over a century ago, New York held a parade to honour Jack Binns, the 24-year-old British wireless operator of the White Star liner [Republic[/, whose quick thinking and persistence helped save scores of lives when the liner was rammed by a cargo ship in the freezing water off the coast of Nantucket on the early morning of January 23, 1909. Binns continued to work as a radio operator until 1912, when he turned down an assignment on the ill-fated [Titanic[/, after which he took up a career in journalism and writing forewords to the Radio Boys series for Edward Stratemeyer.

The original description of the book is:

[The Radio Boys are listening to a concert when they suddenly switch to a private message, given in disconnected words which apparently have no meaning. But they recognize the voice as that of a man who in the past had led a shady life. Later on the lads hear of a number of thefts of automobiles, and then a big truck containing goods belonging to the father of one of the boys is held up and looted. At last the lads follow a man through the woods, see him use a radio receiving set fastened to a tree, and later, obtain a note-book containing the mysterious code.[/

Converted and cleaned up from the original PG source, and the original cover added.

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Chapman, Allen: The Radio Boys' First Wireless, v2, 17th Feb 2019

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This is the first book in the juvenile "Radio Boys" series, published by Grosset and Dunlap in 1922. The publisher's advertisement described the series as follows:

["Here is a series that gives full details of radio work both in sending and receiving--how large and small sets can be made and operated, and with this real information there are stories about the Radio Boys and their adventures. Each story is a record of thrilling adventures--rescues, narrow escapes from death, daring exploits in which radio play a main part. Each volume is so thoroughly fascinating, so strictly up-to-date, and accurate that all modern boys will peruse them with delight. Each volume has a forward by Jack Binns, the well known radio expert."[/

"Who the heck is Jack Binns?" Glad you asked! Over a century ago, New York held a parade to honour Jack Binns, the 24-year-old British wireless operator of the White Star liner [Republic[/, whose quick thinking and persistence helped save scores of lives when the liner was rammed by a cargo ship in the freezing water off the coast of Nantucket on the early morning of January 23, 1909. Binns continued to work as a radio operator until 1912, when he turned down an assignment on the ill-fated [Titanic[/, after which he took up a career in journalism and writing forewords to the Radio Boys series for Edward Stratemeyer.

The original description of the book is:

[A captivating tale, showing how several boys of a small town became interested in radiophoning and set about making their own receiving apparatus. They had, of course, a number of rivals, and when a rich man of that vicinity offered a prize for the best made amateur set, their rivals did what they could to bring their hard work to naught, even going so far as to make off with the apparatus that was to be placed in the competition.

The story gives many directions for building a small wireless receiving set, and also tells of radio work in general, how airships and other vessels have been guided by wireless, how even an automobile has been steered by radio, and how the Government traces an unlicensed sending station.

A book any boy will read with avidity--and many grown person will also want to dip into it.[/

Converted and cleaned up from the original PG source, and the original cover added.

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Chapman, Allen: Tom Fairfield's Hunting Trip. v1. 19 Sep 2014

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Chapman, Allen: pseudonym of the Stratemeyer Syndicate the producer of a number of mystery series for children, including Nancy Drew, the Hardy Boys, the various Tom Swift series, the Bobbsey Twins, the Rover Boys, and others.

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As the boys hastened on, they saw the man slowly pick himself up out of the snowbank, and gaze wonderingly about him, as if trying to fathom what had happened, whether it had been an earthquake or an avalanche. Indeed, so large was the snowball, and so strong was the force of it, for it had gained speed by the rush down the steep hill, that it really was a small avalanche.

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Chapman, Jason K.: The Heretic v2.1 2008-02-20

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MobileRead's own jasonkchapman has graciaously allow me to convert his novel [The Heretic[/ into PRC for MobiPocket. Thank you very much Jason. I look forward to reading it.

[quotTHE HERETIC
by Jason K. Chapman
ISBN 1-929925-38-7

Reviewed by Danielle Thorne

"I can be anywhere in the blink of an eye. I can be in two places at once. Or, when I wish, I can be nowhere at all." --The Heretic

Such are the words of a man without an identity. Without revealing his true name, the Heretic takes his readers on a perilous journey in to the online underworld of virtual reality. In this realm people prosper with fictional bank accounts, and can disappear without a trace. For when there's no record of you to be found, you don't exist. And that is exactly what keeps the Heretic alive.

Imagine a world controlled by one unifying government; an organization that has the power to create and destroy lives. Flowing along wires and bouncing from one satellite to the next, this powerful union does exist, and people IRL (in real life) call it: The Guild. These computer Gods control the world as we know it. Secret identities protect members from corruption, but also harbor the occasional member without a conscience. Corporations turn to them for security, banks turn to them for transactions—but what happens when the monopoly, controlled by the very technicians that created the computer, goes bad?

In THE HERETIC, an ex-FBI agent comes out of his secret existence to finish the computer hacking case that once cost him his job. As the virtual world wide controlling government of The Guild turns against itself, the Heretic must find out who is behind the robbery and blackmail of major corporations all over the country. Leaving his reclusive Montana ranch, he follows the signals to Atlanta where his old Bureau partner is hot on the electronic path. With a hit man behind every corner and his online persona falling apart, it is up to the once scorned computer genius and a FBI wildcard to crack the case online; without being terminally erased in the flesh.

Jason Chapman has put together a phenomenal proposition that crosses every genre from crime to romance. Mixing a little Clancy style with cyber adventure, it's truly a blast for anyone. And yet beyond the fast paced story line, the quality of Chapman's writing is most impressive. It is a pleasure to read, original and creative with prose that jeers at the modern trappings of the ever present, repetitive cliché. With in-depth thought in to the possibilities beyond the computer terminal, and an extensive knowledge of government networking, this novel successfully provides "good eats" for the action-starved reader.

THE HERETIC is an exciting example of what can be accomplished with electronic publishing. It promises to blow away the current underlying notion that e-books will never meet the quality or standards of print. Even if you're not convinced, you won't put this story away until the Heretic finds his way home. After that, plan on joining the rest of his readers in speculating: What does Mr. Chapman really do for a living?

---Reviewed by Danielle Thorne
A Grain of Salt
www.webnow.com/DThoCha[/quot

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Chapman, S.E.: Doctor Jones' Picnic v1 10 dec 2008

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This is a tale of adventure a little bit in the style of Jules Verne. From the introduction:
[QUOTThe author is ready to substantiate the marvelous cures performed by Dr. Jones, for they are cases from practice. One of the objects of this work is to stimulate scientific investigation of the law of cure which guided the worthy Doctor in his selection of the remedy in a given case.

As to whether Silver Cloud and her achievements be possible or not, I am not specially concerned. And whether there are air currents in the "upper deep," as described within these pages, is a matter of little or no consequence. We are desirous of being fair and magnanimous, and will let the burden of proof rest upon the "other fellow."[/QUOT
Good read, a few illustrations

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CHARLES BELMONT DAVIS, Ed.: Adventures and Letters . V1. 17 Dec 2010

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Richard Harding Davis (April 18, 1864 — April 11, 1916) was a journalist and writer of fiction and drama, known foremost as the first famous American war correspondent who covered the Spanish-American War, the Second Boer War, and the First World War. His writing greatly assisted the career of Theodore Roosevelt and he also played a major role in the evolution of the American magazine. His influence extended to the world of fashion and he is credited with making the clean-shaven look popular among men at the turn of the 20th century.

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On the 21st of March, 1916, Richard and his wife and daughter moved from the Scribner cottage to Crossroads, and a few days later he was attacked by the illness that ended in his death on April 11. He had dined with his wife and afterward had worked on an article on preparedness, written some letters and telegrams concerning the same subject and, while repeating one of the latter over the telephone, was stricken. Within a week of his fifty-third year, just one year from the day he had first brought his baby daughter to her real home, doing the best and finest work of his career in the cause of the Allies and preparedness, quite unconscious that the end was near, he left us. In those fifty-two years he had crowded the work, the pleasures, the kind, chivalrous deeds of many men, and he died just as I am sure he would have wished to die, working into the night for a great cause, and although ill and tired, still fretful for the morning that he might again take up the fight.

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Charles King: From the Ranks. v1. 10 May 2013

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Charles King (October 12, 1844 in Albany, New York – March 17, 1933 in Milwaukee, Wisconsin) was a United States soldier and a distinguished writer.

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A strange thing had happened at the old fort during the still watches of the night. Even now, at nine in the morning, no one seemed to be in possession of the exact circumstances. The officer of the day was engaged in an investigation, and all that appeared to be generally known was the bald statement that the sentry on "Number Five" had fired at somebody or other about half after three; that he had fired by order of the officer of the day, who was on his post at the time; and that now he flatly refused to talk about the matter.

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Charnwood, Lord: Tracks in the Snow, v.1, 2 March 2009.

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Godfrey Rathbone Benson, Baron Charnwood (1864–1945)
Tracks in the Snow (1906)

A mystery by a lord. Here is the opening:

“On the morning of the 29th of January, 1896, Eustace Peters was found murdered in his bed at his house, Grenvile Combe, in the parish of Long Wilton, of which I was then rector.
“Much mystery attached to the circumstances of his death. It was into my hands that chance threw the clue to this mystery, and it is for me, if for any one, to relate the facts.”

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Chateaubriand: Mémoires d’Outre-tombe, Tome I (en français) v1, 27 Aug 2007

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François-René de Chateaubriand,
MÉMOIRES D'OUTRE-TOMBE
TOME PREMIER
Introduction, Notes et Appendices de M. Ed. Biré.
Annotées par Sainte-Beuve de l'Académie française.

La jeunesse Breton de ce grand écrivain romantique, ses réactions à la Révolution Française, et ses années d’exile en Angleterre et l’Amérique.

J’ai préparé une table des matières et quelques illustrations.

Notre premier livre en français, préparé par une anglophone galloise.

[There is no English translation of this text on the web, so I decided to have a go with the original French.)

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Chekhov, Anton: (01) The Darling & Other Stories. 19 Sept 07

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Included in this collection:

- THE DARLING

- ARIADNE

- POLINKA

- ANYUTA

- THE TWO VOLODYAS

- THE TROUSSEAU

- THE HELPMATE

- TALENT

- AN ARTIST'S STORY

- THREE YEARS

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Chekhov, Anton: (02) The Duel & Other Stories. 19 Sept 07

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Included in this volume:

- THE DUEL

- EXCELLENT PEOPLE

- MIRE

- NEIGHBOURS

- AT HOME

- EXPENSIVE LESSONS

- THE PRINCESS

- THE CHEMIST'S WIFE

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Chekhov, Anton: (03) The Lady with the Dog & Other Stories. 19 Sept 07

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Included in this volume:

- THE LADY WITH THE DOG

- A DOCTOR'S VISIT

- AN UPHEAVAL

- IONITCH

- THE HEAD OF THE FAMILY

- THE BLACK MONK

- VOLODYA

- AN ANONYMOUS STORY

- THE HUSBAND

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Chekhov, Anton: (04) The Party & Other Stories. 19 Sept 07

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Included in this volume:

- THE PARTY

- TERROR

- A WOMAN'S KINGDOM

- A PROBLEM

- THE KISS

- 'ANNA ON THE NECK'

- THE TEACHER OF LITERATURE

- NOT WANTED

- TYPHUS

- A MISFORTUNE

- A TRIFLE FROM LIFE

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Chekhov, Anton: (05) The Wife & Other Stories. 19 Sept 07

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Included in this volume:

- The Wife

- Difficult People

- The Grasshopper

- A Dreary Story

- The Privy Councillor

- The Man in Case

- Gooseberries

- About Love

- The Lottery Ticket

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Chekhov, Anton: (06) The Witch & Other Stories. 19 Sept 07

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Includes the following stories:

- THE WITCH

- PEASANT WIVES

- THE POST

- THE NEW VILLA

- DREAMS

- THE PIPE

- AGAFYA

- AT CHRISTMAS TIME

- GUSEV

- THE STUDENT

- IN THE RAVINE

- THE HUNTSMAN

- HAPPINESS

- A MALEFACTOR

- PEASANTS

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Chekhov, Anton: (07) The Bishop & Other Stories. 19 Sept 07

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Includes the following stories:

- THE BISHOP

- THE LETTER

- EASTER EVE

- A NIGHTMARE

- THE MURDER

- UPROOTED

- THE STEPPE

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Chekhov, Anton: (08) The Chorus Girl & Other Stories. 19 Sept 07

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Includes:

- THE CHORUS GIRL

- VEROTCHKA

- MY LIFE

- AT A COUNTRY HOUSE

- A FATHER

- ON THE ROAD

- ROTHSCHILD'S FIDDLE

- IVAN MATVEYITCH

- ZINOTCHKA

- BAD WEATHER

- A GENTLEMAN FRIEND

- A TRIVIAL INCIDENT

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Chekhov, Anton: (09) The Schoolmistress & Other Stories. 19 Sept 07

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Included in this collection:

- THE SCHOOLMISTRESS

- A NERVOUS BREAKDOWN

- MISERY

- CHAMPAGNE

- AFTER THE THEATRE

- A LADY'S STORY

- IN EXILE

- THE CATTLE-DEALERS

- SORROW

- ON OFFICIAL DUTY

- THE FIRST-CLASS PASSENGER

- A TRAGIC ACTOR

- A TRANSGRESSION

- SMALL FRY

- THE REQUIEM

- IN THE COACH-HOUSE

- PANIC FEARS

- THE BET

- THE HEAD-GARDENER'S STORY

- THE BEAUTIES

- THE SHOEMAKER AND THE DEVIL

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Chekhov, Anton: (10) The Horse Stealers & Other Stories. 18 Sept 07

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A wonderful collection of stories including:

- The Horse Stealers

- Ward No. 6

- The Petchenyeg

- A Dead Body

- A Happy Ending

- The Looking-Glass

- Old Age

- Darkness

- The Beggar

- A Story Without A Title

- In Trouble

- Frost

- A Slander

- Minds in Ferment

- Gone Astray

- An Avenger

- The Jeune Premier

- A Defenceless Creature

- An Enigmatic Nature

- A Happy Man

- A Troublesome Visitor

- An Actor's End

This is identified as collection #10, the rest will be posted as they are finished.

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Chekhov, Anton: (11) The Schoolmaster & Other Stories. 19 Sept 07

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This collection of stories includes:

- THE SCHOOLMASTER

- ENEMIES

- THE EXAMINING MAGISTRATE

- BETROTHED

- FROM THE DIARY OF A VIOLENT-TEMPERED MAN

- IN THE DARK

- A PLAY

- A MYSTERY

- STRONG IMPRESSIONS

- DRUNK

- THE MARSHAL'S WIDOW

- A BAD BUSINESS

- IN THE COURT

- BOOTS

- JOY

- LADIES

- A PECULIAR MAN

- AT THE BARBER'S

- AN INADVERTENCE

- THE ALBUM

- OH! THE PUBLIC

- A TRIPPING TONGUE

- OVERDOING IT

- THE ORATOR

- MALINGERERS

- IN THE GRAVEYARD

- HUSH!

- IN AN HOTEL

- IN A STRANGE LAND

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Chekhov, Anton: (12) The Cook's Wedding & Other Stories. 19 Sept 07

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Stories included are:

- THE COOK'S WEDDING

- SLEEPY

- CHILDREN

- THE RUNAWAY

- GRISHA

- OYSTERS

- HOME

- A CLASSICAL STUDENT

- VANKA

- AN INCIDENT

- A DAY IN THE COUNTRY

- BOYS

- SHROVE TUESDAY

- THE OLD HOUSE

- IN PASSION WEEK

- WHITEBROW

- KASHTANKA

- A CHAMELEON

- THE DEPENDENTS

- WHO WAS TO BLAME?

- THE BIRD MARKET

- AN ADVENTURE

- THE FISH

- ART

- THE SWEDISH MATCH

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Chekhov, Anton: (13) The Love & Other Stories. 19 Sept 07

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The final volume of Chekhov short stories includes the following:

- LOVE

- LIGHTS

- A STORY WITHOUT AN END

- MARI D'ELLE

- A LIVING CHATTEL

- THE DOCTOR

- TOO EARLY!

- THE COSSACK

- ABORIGINES

- AN INQUIRY

- MARTYRS

- THE LION AND THE SUN

- A DAUGHTER OF ALBION

- CHORISTERS

- NERVES

- A WORK OF ART

- A JOKE

- A COUNTRY COTTAGE

- A BLUNDER

- FAT AND THIN

- THE DEATH OF A GOVERNMENT CLERK

- A PINK STOCKING

- AT A SUMMER VILLA

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Chekhov, Anton: Love, and Other Stories. v1 10 Apr 2017

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Anton Chekhov was born in 1860, the grandson of a serf who had bought his own freedom, and died of tuberculosis in 1904, a renowned doctor, playright, writer of hundreds of short stories, and friend of Leo Tolstoy.

This is the thirteen and last collection of translations by Constance Garnett. Many of the stories are satirical, though the second and longest story is a tale of seduction and betrayal, and weltschmerz.

The short stories included in this ebook are: Love, Lights, A Story Without an End, Mari d'elle, A Living Chattel, The Doctor, Too Early, The Cossack, Aborigines, An Inquiry, Martyrs, The Lion and the Sun, A Daughter of Albion, Choristers, Nerves, A Work of Art, A Joke, A Country Cottage, A Blunder, Fat and Thin, The Death of a Government Clerk, A Pink Stocking, and At a Summer Villa.

The source text was taken from University of Adelaide ebook library, and checked against the print version on the Internet Archive. I have silently corrected typos, curled quotes, replaced italics, diacritics, and scene breaks, used British English, and made changes to spelling and hyphenation using oxforddictionaries.com.

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Chekhov, Anton: The Bishop and Other Stories. v1 2 Feb 2017

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Anton Chekhov was born in 1860, the grandson of a serf who had bought his own freedom, and died of tuberculosis in 1904, a renowned doctor, playright, writer of hundreds of short stories, and friend of Leo Tolstoy.

[The Bishop and Other Stories[/ was the seventh collection of Chekhov's short stories translated and assembled by Constance Garnett. The six short stories and one novella it contains reveal the dreadful poverty, injustice, and class distinctions in the Russia of his time, and have a religious background.

The short stories included in this ebook are: The Bishop, The Letter, Easter Eve, A Nightmare, The Murder, and Uprooted, and The Steppe is the novella

The text for this ebook was taken from The University of Adelaide ebook library, and checked against the 1919 Macmillan Company edition on the Internet Archive at https://archive.org/details/bishopotherstori00chek. I have silently corrected typos, curled quotes, replaced italics, diacritics, and scene breaks, used British English, and made changes to spelling and hyphenation using oxforddictionaries.com.

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Chekhov, Anton: The Chorus Girl and Other Stories: v1, 8 Feb 2017.

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Anton Chekhov was born in 1860, the grandson of a serf who had bought his own freedom, and died of tuberculosis in 1904, a renowned doctor, playright, writer of hundreds of short stories, and friend of Leo Tolstoy.

[The Chorus Girl and Other Stories[/ was the eighth collection of Chekhov's short stories translated and assembled by Constance Garnett. The eleven short stories and one novella it contains reveal the dreadful poverty, injustice, and class distinctions in the Russia of his time, and deal with the interaction and the barriers between people of different classes.

The stories included in this ebook are: The Chorus Girl, Verotchka, My Life, At a Country House, A Father, On the Road, Rothschild's Fiddle, Ivan Matveyitch, Zinotchka, Bad Weather, A Gentleman Friend, and A Trivial Incident.

The text for this ebook was taken from The University of Adelaide ebook library, and checked against the Chatto & Windus 1920 print version on the Internet Archive at https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.93619. I have silently corrected typos, curled quotes, replaced italics, diacritics, and scene breaks, used British English, and made changes to spelling and hyphenation using oxforddictionaries.com.

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Chekhov, Anton: The Cook's Wedding and Other Stories. v1, 30 Mar 2017

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Anton Chekhov was born in 1860, the grandson of a serf who had bought his own freedom, and died of tuberculosis in 1904, a renowned doctor, playright, writer of hundreds of short stories, and friend of Leo Tolstoy.

Most the stories in this collection focus on children, and some focus on animals. The last one is a satirical detective story.

The short stories included in this ebook are: The Cook's Wedding, Sleepy, Children, The Runaway, Grisha, Oysters, Home, A Classical Student, Vanka, An Incident, A Day in the Country, Boys, Shrove Tuesday, The Old House, In Passion Week, Whitebrow, Kashtanka, A Chameleon, The Dependents, Who Was to Blame?, The Bird Market, An Adventure, The Fish, Art, and The Swedish Match.

The text for this ebook was taken from the University of Adelaide ebook library, and checked against the print version on Hathitrust.org. I have silently corrected typos, curled quotes, replaced italics and diacritics, and made changes to spelling and hyphenation using oxforddictionaries.com.

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Chekhov, Anton: The Darling and Other Stories. v1, 22 Nov 2016

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Anton Chekhov was born in 1860, the grandson of a serf who had bought his own freedom. He died of tuberculosis in 1904, a renowned doctor, playright, writer of hundreds of short stories, and friend of Leo Tolstoy. He is thought to be one of the greatest writers of short fiction who ever lived.

The short stories included in this ebook are: The Darling, Tolstoy's critique of The Darling, Ariadne, Polinka, Anyuta, The Two Volodyas, The Trousseau, The Helpmate, Talent, An Artist's Story, and Three Years.

The text for this ebook was taken from the University of Adelaide ebook library, and checked against the Chatto & Windus 1912 edition on the Internet Archive. I have silently corrected typos, curled quotes, replaced italics, diacritics, and scene breaks, used British English, and made changes to spelling and hyphenation using oxforddictionaries.com.

The cover is adapted from the 1898 portrait by Osip Bras in Wikimedia.

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Chekhov, Anton: The Duel and Other Stories. v1, 22 Nov 2016

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Anton Chekhov was born in 1860, the grandson of a serf who had bought his own freedom. He died of tuberculosis in 1904, a renowned doctor, playright, writer of hundreds of short stories, and friend of Leo Tolstoy.

Some of his stories contain brief put-downs of his fellow Russian authors. Many of them expose the dreadfull poverty, injustice, and class distinctions in the Russia of his time. Each one is about emotional relationships between a man and a woman.

The stories included in this ebook are: The Duel, Excellent People, Mire, Neighbours, At Home, Expensive Lessons, The Princess, and The Chemist's Wife.

The text for this ebook was taken from the University of Adelaide ebook library, and checked against the print version on the Internet Archive. I have silently corrected typos, curled quotes, replaced italics, diacritics, and scene breaks, used British English, and made changes to spelling and hyphenation using oxforddictionaries.com.

The correct file has now been uploaded

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Chekhov, Anton: The Horse Stealers and Other Stories. V1 25 Feb 2017

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Anton Chekhov was born in 1860, the grandson of a serf who had bought his own freedom, and died of tuberculosis in 1904, a renowned doctor, playright, writer of hundreds of short stories, and friend of Leo Tolstoy.

This is the tenth collection of Chekhov's stories translated by Constance Garnett. It contains one novella: Ward No. 6, and 21 short stories: The Horse Stealer, The Petchenyeg, A Dead Body, A Happy Ending, The Looking Glass, Old Age, Darkness, The Beggar, A Story Without a title, In Trouble, Frost, A Slander, Minds in Ferment, Gone Astray, An Avenger, The Jeune Premier, A Defenceless Creature, An Enigmatic Nature, A Happy Man, A Troublesome Visitor, and Actor's End. They tend to be less romantic and more satirical than the stories in earlier collections.

The text for this ebook was taken from the University of Adelaide ebook library and checked against the print version on the Internet Archive. I have silently corrected typos, curled quotes, replaced italics, diacritics, and scene breaks, used British English, and made changes to spelling and hyphenation using oxforddictionaries.com.

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Chekhov, Anton: The Lady with the Dog and Other Stories. v1 2 Dec 2016

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Anton Chekhov was born in 1860, the grandson of a serf who had bought his own freedom, and died of tuberculosis in 1904, a renowned doctor, playwright, writer of hundreds of short stories, and friend of Leo Tolstoy.

Some of his stories contain brief put-downs of his fellow Russian authors. Many of them expose the dreadfull poverty, injustice, and class distinctions in the Russia of his time. Almost every story is about emotional relationships between men and women.

The short stories included in this ebook are: The Lady with the Dog, A Doctor's Visit, An Upheaval, Ionitch, The Head of the Family, The Black Monk, Volodya, An Anonymous Story, and The Husband.

The text for this ebook was taken from the University of Adelaide ebook library, and checked against the print version on the Internet Archive. I have silently corrected typos, curled quotes, replaced italics, diacritics, and scene breaks, used British English, and made changes to spelling and hyphenation using oxforddictionaries.com.

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Chekhov, Anton: The Party and Other Stories. v1, 24 Dec 2016

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Anton Chekhov was born in 1860, the grandson of a serf who had bought his own freedom, and died of tuberculosis in 1904, a renowned doctor, playright, writer of hundreds of short stories, and friend of Leo Tolstoy.

Some of his stories contain brief put-downs of his fellow Russian authors. Many of them expose the dreadful poverty, injustice, and class distinctions in the Russia of his time. Each one is about emotional relationships between a man and a woman.

The short stories included in this ebook are: The Party, Terror, A Woman's Kingdom, A Problem, The Kiss, 'Anna on the Neck', The Teacher of Literature, Not Wanted, Typhus, A Misfortune, and A Trifle from Life.

The text for this ebook was taken from The University of Adelaide ebook library, and checked against the print version on the Internet Archive. I have silently corrected typos, curled quotes, replaced italics, diacritics, and scene breaks, used British English, and made changes to spelling and hyphenation using oxforddictionaries.com.

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Chekhov, Anton: The Schoolmaster and Other Stories. v1, 13 Mar 2017

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Anton Chekhov was born in 1860, the grandson of a serf who had bought his own freedom, and died of tuberculosis in 1904, a renowned doctor, playright, writer of hundreds of short stories, and friend of Leo Tolstoy.

[The Schoolmaster and Other Stories[/ contains 29 short stories. The first four deal with death and bereavement; the others range from satirical to farcical and include a scathing portrayal of a professional writer.

The short stories included in this ebook are: The Schoolmaster, Enemies, The Examining Magistrate, Betrothed, From the Diary of a Violent-Tempered Man, In the Dark, A Play, A Mystery, Strong Impressions, Drunk, The Marshal's Widow, A Bad Business, In the Court, Boots, Joy, Ladies, A Peculiar Man, At the Barber's, An Inadvertence, The Album, Oh! The Public, A Tripping Tongue, Overdoing It, The Orator, Malingerers, In the Graveyard, Hush!, In a Hotel, and In a Strange Land.

The text for this ebook was taken from The University of Adelaide ebook library, and checked against the version on HathiTrust. I have silently corrected typos, curled quotes, replaced italics, diacritics, and scene breaks, used British English, and made changes to spelling and hyphenation using oxforddictionaries.com.</p>

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Chekhov, Anton: The Wife and Other Stories. v1, 8 Jan 2017

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Anton Chekhov was born in 1860, the grandson of a serf who had bought his own freedom, and died of tuberculosis in 1904, a renowned doctor, playright, writer of hundreds of short stories, and friend of Leo Tolstoy.

Some of his stories contain brief put-downs of his fellow Russian authors. Many of them expose the dreadful poverty, injustice, and class distinctions in the Russia of his time. Each one is about relationships between men and women.

The short stories included in this ebook are: The Wife, Difficult People, The Grasshopper, A Dreary Story, The Man in a Case, Gooseberries, About Love, and The Lottery Ticket.

The text for this ebook was taken from The University of Adelaide ebook library, and checked against other versions. I have silently corrected typos, curled quotes, used British English, and made changes to spelling and hyphenation using oxforddictionaries.com.

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Chekhov, Anton: The Witch and Other Stories: v1. 19 Jan 2017

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[The Witch and Other Stories[/ was the sixth collection of Chekhov's short stories translated and assembled by Constance Garnett. Many of the 15 stories reveal the dreadful poverty, injustice, and class distinctions in the Russia of his time, and the relationships within families and small communities.

The short stories included in this ebook are: The Witch, Peasant Wives, The Post, The New Villa, Dreams, The Pipe, Agafya, At Christmas Time, Gusev, The Student, In the Ravine, The Huntsman, Happiness, A Malefactor, and Peasants.

The text for this ebook was taken from The University of Adelaide ebook library, and checked against other editions. I have silently corrected typos, curled quotes, replaced italics and diacritics, used British English, and made changes to spelling and hyphenation using oxforddictionaries.com.

The cover is based on the 1898 portrait by Osip Bras found in Wikimedia.

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Chekov, Anton: The Schoolmistress and Other Stories: v1. 17 Feb 2017

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Anton Chekhov was born in 1860, the grandson of a serf who had bought his own freedom, and died of tuberculosis in 1904, a renowned doctor, playright, writer of hundreds of short stories, and friend of Leo Tolstoy.

This ebook contains 21 short stories set in Russia towards the end of the 19th Century. Many of them deal with the poor, and many of them have a pervasive sense of despair and hopelessness.

The short stories included in this ebook are: The Schoolmistress, A Nervous Breakdown, Misery, Champagne, After the Theatre, A Lady's Story, In Exile, The Cattle Dealers, Sorrow, On Official Duty, The First-Class Passenger, A Tragic Actor, A Transgression, Small Fry, The Requiem, In the Coach House, Panic Fears, The Bet, The Head Gardener's Story, The Beauties, and The Shoemaker and the Devil.

The text for this ebook was taken from The University of Adelaide ebook library, and checked against the Chatto and Windus 1920 version on the Internet Archive. I have silently corrected typos, curled quotes, replaced italics, diacritics, and scene breaks, used British English, and made changes to spelling and hyphenation using oxforddictionaries.com.

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Chesnutt, Charles W.: The Marrow of Tradition. v1, 18 Jan 2008

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From Wikipedia:

Charles Waddell Chesnutt (June 20, 1858 – November 15, 1932) was an African American author and political activist best known for novels and short stories exploring racism and other social themes.

The Marrow of Tradition is an historical novel and sometimes called a Melodrama first published in 1901.

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A fictional retelling of the rise of the white supremacist movement,specifically as it aided the fomentation of what was originally referred to as the “race riots” that took place in Wilmington, North Carolina, in 1898.(Critics argue over what would be a more proper term, with some favoring the blunt and descriptive “massacre” while others prefer coup d'etat, in referenceto the fact that the incident marked the first and only time in the history of the United States that a local government was successfully overthrown by force.)

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Chesnutt, Charles Waddell: The Colonel's Dream.v1. 30 May 2016

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Charles Waddell Chesnutt (June 20, 1858 – November 15, 1932) was an African-American author, essayist, political activist and lawyer, best known for his novels and short stories exploring complex issues of racial and social identity in the post-Civil War South

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Two gentlemen were seated, one March morning in 189—, in the private office of French and Company, Limited, on lower Broadway. Mr. Kirby, the junior partner—a man of thirty-five, with brown hair and mustache, clean-cut, handsome features, and an alert manner, was smoking cigarettes almost as fast as he could roll them, and at the same time watching the electric clock upon the wall and getting up now and then to stride restlessly back and forth across the room.

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Chesnutt, Charles Waddell: The Conjure Woman. v1. 30 May 2016

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Charles Waddell Chesnutt (June 20, 1858 – November 15, 1932) was an African-American author, essayist, political activist and lawyer, best known for his novels and short stories exploring complex issues of racial and social identity in the post-Civil War South

THE CONJURE WOMAN
THE GOOPHERED GRAPEVINE
PO' SANDY
MARS JEEMS'S NIGHTMARE
THE CONJURER'S REVENGE
SIS' BECKY'S PICKANINNY
THE GRAY WOLFS HA'NT
HOT-FOOT HANNIBAL
APPENDIX
Dave's Neckliss
A Deep Sleeper
Lonesome Ben
Superstitions and Folk-Lore of the South

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Chesnutt, Charles Waddell: The House Behind the Cedars. v1. 31 May 2016

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Charles Waddell Chesnutt (June 20, 1858 – November 15, 1932) was an African-American author, essayist, political activist and lawyer, best known for his novels and short stories exploring complex issues of racial and social identity in the post-Civil War South

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Time touches all things with destroying hand; and if he seem now and then to bestow the bloom of youth, the sap of spring, it is but a brief mockery, to be surely and swiftly followed by the wrinkles of old age, the dry leaves and bare branches of winter. And yet there are places where Time seems to linger lovingly long after youth has departed, and to which he seems loath to bring the evil day. Who has not known some even-tempered old man or woman who seemed to have drunk of the fountain of youth? Who has not seen somewhere an old town that, having long since ceased to grow, yet held its own without perceptible decline?

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Chesnutt, Charles Waddell: The Marrow of Tradition. v1. 31 May 2016

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Charles Waddell Chesnutt (June 20, 1858 – November 15, 1932) was an African-American author, essayist, political activist and lawyer, best known for his novels and short stories exploring complex issues of racial and social identity in the post-Civil War South

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Dr. Price was not entirely at ease in his mind as the two doctors drove rapidly from the hotel to Major Carteret's. Himself a liberal man, from his point of view, he saw no reason why a colored doctor might not operate upon a white male child,—there are fine distinctions in the application of the color line,—but several other physicians had been invited, some of whom were men of old-fashioned notions, who might not relish such an innovation.

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Chester, George Randolph: Five Thousand an Hour. V1. 11 Nov 2011

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George Randolph Chester (January 27, 1869 – February 26, 1924) was an American writer. He was the author of such popular works such as Get-Rich-Quick Wallingford and "Five Thousand an Hour: How Johnny Gamble won the heiress" that were made into silent films within his lifetime

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ABOUT THE time the winner of the Baltimore Handicap flashed under the wire, Johnny Gamble started to tear up a bundle of nice pink tickets on Lady S. Just then Ashley Loring came by swiftly in the direction of the betting shed. Loring stopped and wheeled when he caught sight of him as did most men who knew him

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Chester, George Randolph: Get-Rich-Quick Wallingford. V1. 11 Nov 2011

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George Randolph Chester (January 27, 1869 – February 26, 1924) was an American writer. He was the author of such popular works such as Get-Rich-Quick Wallingford and "Five Thousand an Hour: How Johnny Gamble won the heiress" that were made into silent films within his lifetime

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The clerk kowtowed to the signature, though he had never seen nor heard of it before—"J. Rufus Wallingford, Boston." His eyes, however, had noted a few things: traveling suit, scarf pin, watch guard, ring, hatbox, suit case, bag, all expensive and of the finest grade.

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Chester, George Randolph: The Early Bird. V1. 10 Nov 2011

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George Randolph Chester (January 27, 1869 – February 26, 1924) was an American writer. He was the author of such popular works such as Get-Rich-Quick Wallingford and "Five Thousand an Hour: How Johnny Gamble won the heiress" that were made into silent films within his lifetime

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The youngish-looking man who so vigorously swung off the train at Restview, wore a pair of intensely dark blue eyes which immediately photographed everything within their range of vision—flat green country, shaded farm-houses, encircling wooded hills and all—weighed it and sorted it and filed it away for future reference; and his clothes clung on him with almost that enviable fit found only in advertisements. Immediately he threw his luggage into the tonneau of the dingy automobile drawn up at the side of the lonely platform, and promptly climbed in after it. Spurred into purely mechanical action by this silent decisiveness, the driver, a grizzled graduate from a hay wagon, and a born grump, as promptly and as silently started his machine. The crisp and perfect start, however, was given check by a peremptory voice from the platform.

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Chester, George Randolph: The Jingo (illus). v1. 25 Mar 2022

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[The Jingo[/ satirizes simultaneously the lost-race/lost-world story and US know-how in a tale about a salesman selling his modern products to an obscure Antarctic civilization. In this spoof, reminiscent of Mark Twain’s “Connecticut Yankee”, Jimmy Smith is washed ashore in the isolated unknown country of Isola. Strange adventures lie ahead for Jimmy, the king, and the Princess Bezzanna as Jimmy, a self-proclaimed Jingo[SIZE="4"]*[/SIZ and go-getter, introduces this quasi-medieval society to factory production, the telephone, American slang, new trends in women’s fashion, and baseball.

[* a vociferous, often aggressive patriot]

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George Randolph Chester (January 27, 1869 – February 26, 1924) was an American writer and screenwriter, film editor, and director. He wrote a number of humorous novels and screenplays, often focused on obtaining financial success.

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[The Jingo[/, by George Randolph Chester (1870–1924), was first published in 1912. Illustrations by Francis Vaux Wilson (1874–1938).
[This ebook is in the public domain where copyright is “Life+80” or less, and in the USA.[/
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Chester, George Randolph: The Making of Bobby Burnit. V1. 12 Nov 2011

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George Randolph Chester (January 27, 1869 – February 26, 1924) was an American writer. He was the author of such popular works such as Get-Rich-Quick Wallingford and "Five Thousand an Hour: How Johnny Gamble won the heiress" that were made into silent films within his lifetime

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“I AM profoundly convinced that my son is a fool,” read the will of old John Burnit. “I am, however, also convinced that I allowed him to become so by too much absorption in my own affairs and too little in his, and, therefore, his being a fool is hereditary; consequently, I feel it my duty, first, to give him a fair trial at making his own way, and second, to place the balance of my fortune in such trust that he can not starve. The trusteeship is already created and the details are nobody’s present business. My son Robert will take over the John Burnit Store and personally conduct it, as his only resource, without further question as to what else I may have left behind me. This is my last will and testament.”

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Chester, George Randolph: Young Wallingford. V1. 12 Nov 2011

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George Randolph Chester (January 27, 1869 – February 26, 1924) was an American writer. He was the author of such popular works such as Get-Rich-Quick Wallingford and "Five Thousand an Hour: How Johnny Gamble won the heiress" that were made into silent films within his lifetime

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A NATURAL again!” exulted Jonathan Reuben Wix, as the dice bounded from his plump hand and came to rest upon the billiard-table in Leiniger’s Select Café, with a five and a deuce showing. “Somebody ring the bell for me, because I’m a-going to get off.”

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Chesterton, G K, et al: Leo Tolstoy, v1, 20 March 2010.

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G. K. Chesterton [1874–1936]
G H Perris [1866-1920]
Edward Garnett [1868-1937]
LEO TOLSTOY [1903]

A set of three short essays on the great Russian writer.

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Chesterton, G K: A Miscellany of Men, v1, 6 October 2009.

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G. K. Chesterton (1874–1936)
A Miscellany of Men (1912)

A collection of essays. I particularly recomment “The Poet and the Cheese,” and the final essay which covers elements of writing style.
Contents:
THE SUFFRAGIST; THE POET AND THE CHEESE; THE THING; THE MAN WHO THINKS BACKWARDS; THE NAMELESS MAN; THE GARDENER AND THE GUINEA; THE VOTER AND THE TWO VOICES; THE MAD OFFICIAL; THE ENCHANTED MAN; THE SUN WORSHIPPER; THE WRONG INCENDIARY; THE FREE MAN; THE HYPOTHETICAL HOUSEHOLDER; THE PRIEST OF SPRING; THE REAL JOURNALIST; THE SENTIMENTAL SCOT; THE SECTARIAN OF SOCIETY; THE FOOL; THE CONSCRIPT AND THE CRISIS; THE MISER AND HIS FRIENDS; THE MYSTAGOGUE; THE RED REACTIONARY; THE SEPARATIST AND SACRED THINGS; THE MUMMER; THE ARISTOCRATIC ’ARRY; THE NEW THEOLOGIAN; THE ROMANTIC IN THE RAIN; THE FALSE PHOTOGRAPHER; THE SULTAN; THE ARCHITECT OF SPEARS; THE MAN ON TOP; THE OTHER KIND OF MAN; THE MEDIAEVAL VILLAIN; THE DIVINE DETECTIVE; THE ELF OF JAPAN; THE CHARTERED LIBERTINE; THE CONTENTED MAN; THE ANGRY AUTHOR: HIS FAREWELL

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Chesterton, G K: A Short History of England, v.1, 4 January 2009.

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A Short History of England (1917)
By G. K. Chesterton (1874–1936)

A fairly opinionated short history of England.

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Chesterton, G K: Alarms and Discursions, v.1, 30 June 3009.

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G. K. Chesterton (1874–1936)
Alarms and Discursions (1910)

A collection of 39 essays, sourced from Project Gutenberg. I have added a picture of some stilton cheese on the cover because there is an essay on cheese.

Table of Contents
Introductory: On Gargoyles, The Surrender of a Cockney, The Nightmare, The Telegraph Poles, A Drama of Dolls, The Man and His Newspaper, The Appetite of Earth, Simmons and the Social Tie, Cheese, The Red Town, The Furrows, The Philosophy of Sight-seeing, A Criminal Head, The Wrath of the Roses, The Gold of Glastonbury, The Futurists, Dukes, The Glory of Grey, The Anarchist, How I found the Superman, The New House, The Wings of Stone, The Three Kinds of Men, The Steward of the Chiltern Hundreds, The Field of Blood, The Strangeness of Luxury, The Triumph of the Donkey, The Wheel, Five Hundred and Fifty-five, Ethandune, The Flat Freak, The Garden of the Sea, The Sentimentalist, The White Horses, The Long Bow, The Modern Scrooge, The High Plains, The Chorus, A Romance of the Marshes

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Chesterton, G K: All I Survey, v1, 2 December 2009.

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G. K. Chesterton(1874–1936)
All I Survey: A Book of Essays (1933)

A collection of 44 essays on diverse topics.

Table of Contents
I. On the Child; II. On the Standardization of Stevenson; III. On Turnpikes and Mediaevalism; IV. On Mammoth Portraiture; V. On War Memorials; VI. On Old Men Who Make Wars; VII. On Vachel Lindsay; VIII. On the Staleness of Revolt; IX. On Dependence and Independence; X. On the Teutonic Theory; XI. On Phases of Eccentricity; XII. On Bad Poetry; XIII. On Negative Morality; XIV. On Jonathan Swift; XV. On the Creative and the Critical; XVI. On a New Tax; XVII. On Sense and Sound; XVIII. On Literary Cliques; XIX. On the Simplicity of Asia; XX. On Fate and a Communist; XXI. On St. George Revivified; XXII. On Journalistic Philosophy; XXIII. On Industrialism; XXIV. On Mr. Thomas Gray; XXV. On Evolutionary Educators; XXVI. On the Contiguous Past; XXVII. On the Merry Monarch; XXVIII. On Suicide: North and South; XXIX. On Modern “Paganism”; XXX. On Brevity and Wit; XXXI. On Education; XXXII. On Romanticism and Youth; XXXIII. On Mr. Geoffrey Chaucer; XXXIV. On Monsters; XXXV. On Love; XXXVI. On Fictional Conventions; XXXVII. On Sweepstakes and Gambling; XXXVIII. On Making Good—I; XXXIX. On Making Good—II; XL. On Eyebrows; XLI. On Eating and Sleeping; XLII. On Sir Walter Scott; XLIII. On the Solar System; XLIV. On Thoughtless Remarks.

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Chesterton, G K: All Things Considered, v1, 8 February 2010.

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G. K. Chesterton [1874–1936]
All Things Considered
First Published 1908
Ninth Edition November 1915

A collection of essays first printed as columns in the London Illustrated News.

Dale Ahlquist writes:
“Both in its title and content, it is quintessential Chesterton. Here, the master essayist considers all things from poetry to patriotism, from anonymity to impartiality, from demagogues to mystagogues, from science to religion, from phonetic spelling to running after one’s hat.
“As he does elsewhere, in his introduction Chesterton expresses astonishment that his ephemeral journalism should be reprinted in something so permanent as a book. After all, the main thrust of these writings is to take aim at modern ideas which flee as fashions flee. He cannot imagine that the book would last twenty minutes longer than the philosophies which it attacks. But the reason these essays still hold up so well, is because the bad ideas which they counter keep returning as do wide lapels and baggy pants.”
http://chesterton.org/discover/lectu...allthings.html

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Chesterton, G K: As I Was Saying, v1, 2 October 2009

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G. K. Chesterton (1874–1936)
As I Was Saying (1936)

A collection of essays, found at Project Gutenberg Australia.

Contents:
I. About Mad Metaphors; II. About Loving Germans; III. About Impenitence; IV. About Traffic; V. About the Censor; VI. About Shamelessness; VII. About Puritanism; VIII. About Sir James Jeans; IX. About Voltaire; X. About Beliefs; XI. About Modern Girls; XII. About Poetry; XIII. About Blondes; XIV. About S.T.C.; XV. About the Past; XVI. About Meredith; XVII. About Political Creeds; XVIII. About Shirts; XIX. About White Fronts; XX. About Impermanence; XXI. About Morris; XXII. About Widows; XXIII. About Relativity; XXIV. About Changing Human Nature; XXV. About Historians; XXVI. About Bad Comparisons; XXVII. About Change; XXVIII. About the Workers; XXIX. About Education; XXX. About the Telephone; XXXI. About the Films; XXXII. About Darwinism; XXXIII. About Shockers; XXXIV. About Beggars and Soldiers; XXXV. About Sacrifice; XXXVI. About Royal Weddings

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Chesterton, G K: Autobiography, v1, 25 October 2009.

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G.K. Chesterton (1874–1936)
Autobiography (1936)

Contents
I. Hearsay Evidence; II. The Man with the Golden Key; III. How to Be a Dunce; IV. How to Be a Lunatic; V. Nationalism and Notting Hill; VI. The Fantastic Suburb; VII. The Crime of Orthodoxy; VIII. Figures in Fleet Street; IX. The Case against Corruption; X. Friendship and Foolery; XI. The Shadow of the Sword; XII. Some Political Celebrities; XIII. Some Literary Celebrities; XIV. Portrait of a Friend; XV. The Incomplete Traveller; XVI. The God With the Golden Key

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Chesterton, G K: Divorce versus Democracy, v1, 10 February 2010.

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G. K. Chesterton [1874–1936]
Divorce versus Democracy [1916]

A pamphlet, in which Chesterton shows little understanding of domestic violence.

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Chesterton, G K: Do We Agree? v1, 19 March 2010.

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G. K. Chesterton [1874–1936]
George Bernard Shaw [1856-1950]
Hilaire Belloc [1870-1953]

Do We Agree?
A Debate between G. K. Chesterton and George Bernard Shaw with Hilaire Belloc in the chair [1928]

The debate is largely about socialism versus distributism.

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Chesterton, G K: Eugenics and Other Evils, v1, 14 October 2009.

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G. K. Chesterton
(1874–1936)
Eugenics and Other Evils
(1922)

A work arguing against eugenics and encroaching “Prussianism.”
Found at Project Gutenberg.

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Chesterton, G K: Fancies Versus Fads, v1, 5 September 2009.

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G. K. Chesterton(1874–1936)
Fancies versus Fads (1923)

A collection of essays.
From the Introduction:
“I have strung these things together on a slight enough thread; but as the things themselves are slight, it is possible that the thread (and the metaphor) may manage to hang together. These notes range over very variegated topics and in many cases were made at very different times. They concern all sorts of things from lady barristers to cave-men, and from psycho-analysis to free verse. Yet they have this amount of unity in their wandering, that they all imply that it is only a more traditional spirit that is truly able to wander.”

Contents
Introduction; The Romance of Rhyme; Hamlet and the Psycho-Analyst; The Meaning of Mock Turkey; Shakespeare and the Legal Lady; On Being an Old Bean; The Fear of the Film; Wings and the Housemaid; The Slavery of Free Verse; Prohibition and the Press; The Mercy of Mr. Arnold Bennett; A Defence of Dramatic Unities; The Boredom of Butterflies; The Terror of a Toy; False Theory and the Theatre; The Secret Society of Mankind; The Sentimentalism of Divorce; Street Cries and Stretching the Law; Why Reforms Go Wrong; The Innocence of the Criminal; The Prudery of the Feminists; How Mad Laws Are Made; The Pagoda of Progress; The Myth of the “Mayflower”; Much Too Modern History; The Evolution of Slaves; Is Darwin Dead?; Turning Inside Out; Strikes and The Spirit of Wonder; A Note On Old Nonsense; Milton and Merry England

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Chesterton, G K: Four Faultless Felons, v.1, 16 December 2008.

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Four Faultless Felons (1930)
By G. K. Chesterton (1874–1936)

Four novellas about four felons. Or not.

From Dale Alquist’s lecture on the book:
‘The tales are lovely little mysteries with a twist in their very set up: the purpose of the puzzle is not to try to figure out who the criminal is, but to figure out why the criminal is not a criminal, and why in fact, there has not even been a crime committed. One man is caught shooting and wounding a government official. Another is caught openly abusing his trust as a doctor. Another is caught with his hands in other people's pockets. And another is caught conspiring against the king.
To add to the drama, in each story there is a woman involved. The element of romance always increases the sense of urgency. The stories are told quickly, and each one plays out perfectly. But as usual, Chesterton has done more than spin some light detective yarns, he has sewn an intricate tapestry with the minimum number of stitches. There is a profound point to these tales. It is revealed in a striking passage from “The Ecstatic Thief.” Millicent Milton has a profound revelation that sums up the whole message of these four unusual gospels. While her hero is on trial for thievery, she realizes that he is not only innocent but unbelievably good. It is the deep dilemma of something that is too good to be true, too good to be believed: “Can't you feel there is something so frightfully and frantically good that it must seem bad?” We are bound to misunderstand such goodness. “A blaze in the sky makes a blot on the eyesight. And after all” the sun was blotted out, because one man was too good to live.”’
http://chesterton.org/discover/lectu...faultless.html

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Chesterton, G K: Gloria in Profundis, v1, 20 January 2010.

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G. K. Chesterton [1874–1836]
Gloria in Profundis
Illustrated with two woodcuts by Eric Gill [1882–1940]
London: Faber & Faber Ltd, 1927 (first edition) [The Ariel Poems, No. 5]

An illustrated Christmas poem.
From Project Gutenberg Canada.

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Chesterton, G K: Heretics, v1, 18 October 2009.

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G K. Chesterton (1874–1936)
Heretics (1905)

A set of connected essays. The source was Project Gutenberg.

Contents
I. Introductory Remarks on the Importance of Orthodoxy; II. On the Negative Spirit; III. On Mr. Rudyard Kipling and Making the World Small; IV. Mr. Bernard Shaw; V. Mr. H. G. Wells and the Giants; VI. Christmas and the Aesthetes; VII. Omar and the Sacred Vine; VIII. The Mildness of the Yellow Press; IX. The Moods of Mr. George Moore; X. On Sandals and Simplicity; XI Science and the Savages; XII Paganism and Mr. Lowes Dickinson; XIII. Celts and Celtophiles; XIV On Certain Modern Writers and the Institution of the Family; XV On Smart Novelists and the Smart Set; XVI On Mr. McCabe and a Divine Frivolity; XVII On the Wit of Whistler; XVIII The Fallacy of the Young Nation; XIX Slum Novelists and the Slums; XX. Concluding Remarks on the Importance of Orthodoxy

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Chesterton, G K: Introduction to the Book of Job, v1, 1 February 2010.

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G. K. Chesterton [1874–1936]
Introduction to the Book of Job [1916]

A short piece which outlines Chesterton’s views on one of the most difficult books in the Old Testament.

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Chesterton, G K: Lepanto, v1, 17 January 2010.

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G. K. Chesterton (1874–1936)
Lepanto (1915)

A poem about the naval battle of Lepanto, where a catholic coalition fought the forces of the Ottoman Empire to prevent their incursions into Europe. It was the last big sea battle involving rowing galleys.

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Chesterton, G K: Lord Kitchener, v1, 28 August 2009

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G. K. Chesterton, (1874–1936)
Lord Kitchener (1917)

A short study of the General, now most remembered for the First World War recruitment poster (which I have added as a cover image). It was written while the war was at its height. The source was Project Gutenberg.

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Chesterton, G K: Manalive, v.1, 19 December 2008.

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G. K. Chesterton (1874–1936)
Manalive (1912)

Innocent Smith is an innocent: a child of nature, or a holy fool. In consequence, he finds himself accused of murder, burglary, desertion and bigamy, in short order. Can he be guilty? Will it be possible for him to clear his name?

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Chesterton, G K: Orthodoxy, v1, 24 September 2009

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G. K. Chesterton (1874–1936)
Orthodoxy (1908)

A work of Christian apologetics. The source was Project Gutenberg. I have added curly quotes, smart italics, a TOC and cover.

Contents
Chapter I. Introduction in Defence of Everything Else
Chapter II. The Maniac
Chapter III. The Suicide of Thought
Chapter IV. The Ethics of Elfland
Chapter V. The Flag of the World
Chapter VI. The Paradoxes of Christianity
Chapter VII. The Eternal Revolution
Chapter VIII. The Romance of Orthodoxy
Chapter IX. Authority and the Adventurer

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Chesterton, G K: St Francis of Assisi, v.1, 20 June 2008.

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Gilbert Keith Chesterton (1874-1936)
Saint Francis of Assisi (1923)

A study of Saint Francis.

The cover image is a portrait of St Francis by El Greco.

Cross-Reference
Brother Ugolino’s ‘The Little Flowers of Saint Francis of Assisi’. has already been uploaded.

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Chesterton, G K: Tales of the Long Bow, v.1, 20 December 2008.

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G. K. Chesterton (1874–1936)
Tales of the Long Bow (1925)

From Dale Ahlquist’s lecture:
“These tales concern the doing of things recognised as impossible to do; impossible to believe; and, as the weary reader may well cry aloud, impossible to read about.”
So begins Tales of the Long Bow, in which a man eats his hat, another sets the Thames on fire, silk purses are made out of sow’s ears, and pigs fly. Who says Distributism is boring? These tales certainly suggest the opposite. Yet some critics have dismissed this book as a mere “Distributist” novel, complaining that Chesterton has needlessly restricted his creativity in favor of his political agenda. As with all of Chesterton’s writings, it would be useful if those who criticized them actually sat down and read the book before dismissing it. They would look less stupid to the increasing number of people who have read the book...and reveled in it.”
http://chesterton.org/discover/lectures/43longbow.html

Also contains a paean in praise of bacon.

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Chesterton, G K: The Apostle and the Wild Ducks etc, v1, 15 March 2010.

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G. K. Chesterton [1874–1936]
The Apostle and the Wild Ducks and Other Essays [1975]
Edited by Dorothy E. Collins

A collection of Chesterton’s journalism. The pieces were originally published in various journals between 1900 and the 1930s. The source was Wikisource and elsewhere.

CONTENTS
A Sermon on Cheapness (The Speaker, 29 March 1902)
On Manners (Daily News, 18 July 1902)
For Persons of the Name of Smith (Daily News, 28 November 1902)
The True Vanity of Vanities (Daily News, 27 February 1904)
Written in the Sand (Daily News, 19 August 1905)
A Case of Comrades (Daily News, 14 March 1908)
Something (Daily News, 9 July 1910)
Asparagus (New Witness, 18 June 1914.)
The English Spirit and the Flea (Illustrated London News, 25 September 1915)
The Hobby and the Head Waiter (New Witness, composite essay, 17 and 24 March 1922)
In Praise of Pie(G.K.'s Weekly, 1 October 1927)
Culture versus Civilisation(Illustrated London News, 24 March 1934)
The Winter Feast (probably written for an American magazine)
They Tell a Story (Introduction to a book on art, source and date unknown)
Walking Tours (Daily News, 23 September 1901)
The Blindness of the Sightseer (Daily News, 24 July 1902)
The Aesthetes in the Kitchen Garden (Daily News, composite essay, 13 and 20 August 1904)
The Need of Personalities in Politics (Daily News, 22 July 1905)
The Largest Window in the World (contributed to King Albert's Book, 1914)
The Apostle and the Wild Ducksm(New Witness, 27 October 1922)
Travellers' Joys (Illustrated London News, 2 October 1926)
Understanding France (Illustrated London News, 5 September 1931)
Salute to New York (New York American, 19 September 1931)
The British Beech (G.K.'s Weekly, 17 December 1932)
Public Monuments (Illustrated London News, 21 April 1934)
Statues (Illustrated London News, 1 June 1907)
A Theory of Tyrants (Daily News, 13 June 1908)
On Anecdote of Persecution (Daily News, 1 August 1908)
The Return of Pageantry Eye-Witness, 29 June 1911
Rational History (Illustrated London News, 10 May 1913)
The Unknown Warrior (Illustrated London News, 20 November 1920)
William Penn and his Royalist Friends (Illustrated London News, 24 January 1931)
Ruskin: The Humorist (The Speaker, 28 April 1900)
Literature of Information (The Speaker, 3 August 1901)
Eulogy of Robin Hood (Daily News, 6 June 1903)
A Plea for Hasty Journalism (The World, 13 September 1904)
The Voice of Shelley (Daily News, 10 June 1905)
The Great Translation (Daily News, 25 March 1911)
Jane Austen's Juvenilia (Preface to Love and Friendship and Other Early Works,
Chatto & Windus, 1923)
The Countrymen of Mary Webb and Thomas Hardy (Illustrated London News, 12 May 1928)
The Words of Strong Poetry (Illustrated London News, 1 April 1933)
The Refrain of the Rover (New York American, 15 December 1934)
What is Right with the World? (T.P.'s Weekly, 1910)

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Chesterton, G K: The Ball and the Cross, v.1, 17 December 2008.

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G. K. Chesterton (1874–1936)
The Ball and the Cross (1909)

“A novel that acts out the debate between Christianity and atheism, as embodied by two characters who propose to fight a duel but can never manage carry it out. Filled with humor, rich dialogue and striking allegorical imagery.”
http://chesterton.org/discover/bibliography.html

Roy White has already uploaded a serviceable LRF version of this novel. I have made some different formatting decisions and designed a cover.

Warning: The author uses the N word (non-pejoratively, though) to describe a person with black skin, in one episode in the book.

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Chesterton, G K: The Catholic Church and Conversion, v1, 24 October 2009.

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G. K. Chesterton (1874–1936)
The Catholic Church and Conversion (1926)

An essay on the conversion experience, plus reasons for conversion to Catholicism.

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Chesterton, G K: The Club of Queer Trades. V.1. 17 Mar 2011.

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From the Google Books EPub version, with a few small scan errors manually corrected, manually corrected chapter breaks and table of contents. For non-commercial use only!

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Chesterton, G K: The Common Man, v1, 9 February 2010.

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G. K. Chesterton [1874–1936]
The Common Man [1950]

Another collection of essays.

Contents:
The Common Man; A Midsummer Night’s Dream; On Reading; Monsters And The Middle Ages; What Novelists Are For; The Song of Roland; The Superstition of School; The Romance of a Rascal; Paying For Patriotism; The Pantomime; Reading The Riddle; A Tale of Two Cities; God And Goods; From Meredith To Rupert Brooke; The Dangers of Necromancy; Giotto And St. Francis; The New Groove; The Real Dr. Johnson; Rabelaisian Regrets; The Hound of Heaven; The Frivolous Man; Two Stubborn Pieces of Iron; Henry James; The Strange Talk of Two Victorians; Laughter; Tales From Tolstoi; The New Case For Catholic Schools; Vulgarity; The Revival of Philosophy—Why?; Vandalism; Elizabeth Barrett Browning; The Erastian On The Establishment; The End of The Moderns; Walter De La Mare; The Meaning of Metre; Concerning a Strange City; The Epitaph of Pierpont Morgan; The New Bigotry; Books For Boys; The Outline of Liberty; A Note On Nudism; Consulting The Encyclopaedia; If I Had Only One Sermon To Preach; If Don John of Austria Had Married Mary Queen of Scots.

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Chesterton, G K: The Crimes of England, v.1, 16 December 2008.

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Gilbert Keith Chesterton (1874–1936)
The Crimes of England (1916)

Nine extremely opinionated essays on where the English have erred. (The Scots and Irish are not included in the criticism.)

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Chesterton, G K: The Defendant, v.1, 23 December 2008.

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G. K. Chesterton (1874–1936)
The Defendant, (Second Edition, MDCCCCII)

Chesterton sets out to defend a number of possibly debatable theses in this set of essays.

Contents:
A Defence of Penny Dreadfuls
A Defence of Rash Vows
A Defence of Skeletons
A Defence of Publicity
A Defence of Nonsense
A Defence of Planets
A Defence of China Shepherdesses
A Defence of Useful Information
A Defence of Heraldry
A Defence of Ugly Things
A Defence of Farce
A Defence of Humility
A Defence of Slang
A Defence of Baby-Worship
A Defence of Detective Stories
A Defence of Patriotism

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Chesterton, G K: The Everlasting Man, v1, 12 October 2009.

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G. K. Chesterton (1874–1936)
The Everlasting Man (1925)

Chesterton writes about the emergence of Christianity and its relationship with Paganism, saying, “its thesis is that those who say that Christ stands side by side with similar myths, and his religion side by side with similar religions, are only repeating a very stale formula contradicted by a very striking fact.”
To some extent he is also contradicting H G Wells’s view of history, to which he alludes from time to time.

The source was Project Gutenberg Australia, and the quality was not particularly good.

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Chesterton, G K: The Flying Inn, v1, 1 November 2009.

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G. K. Chesterton (1874–1936)
The Flying Inn (1914)

First published in 1914, this surreal comic novel is set in the near future. The themes that Chesterton satirizes are still likely to touch a nerve today. He envisages an England where the upper classes have converted to Islam, and are attempting to ban the consumption of alcohol. The lead characters set up a peripatetic public house and exploit various legal loopholes in order to get a drink.
There is a particularly delightful excoriation of cocoa; discussions on the merits of cannabis, criticism of Islamic extremists, corrupt politicians, journalists, vegetarians and exponents of “Higher Thought” (i.e. new-age weirdoes). This means that it is surprisingly topical in places.

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Chesterton, G K: The New Jerusalem, v1, 23 October 2009.

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G. K. Chesterton (1874–1936)
The New Jerusalem (1920)

Found at Project Gutenberg, this account of a pilgrimage to the holy land also gives Chesterton’s views of the situation in Palestine, and on Zionism.

Contents
Preface
Chapter I. The Way of the Cities
Chapter II. The Way of the Desert
Chapter III. The Gates of The City
Chapter IV. The Philosophy of Sight-Seeing
Chapter V. The Streets of the City
Chapter VI. The Groups of the City
Chapter VII. The Shadow of the Problem
Chapter VIII. The Other Side of the Desert
Chapter IX. The Battle with the Dragon
Chapter X. The Endless Empire
Chapter XI. The Meaning of the Crusade
Chapter XII. The Fall of Chivalry
Chapter XIII. The Problem of Zionism
Conclusion

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Chesterton, G K: The Outline of Sanity, v1, 26 October 2009.

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G. K. Chesterton (1874–1936)
The Outline of Sanity (1927)

Essays arguing for Distributism.

From Dale Alquist’s summary:
“It was Pope Leo XIII who first articulated the connection between property and justice for the modern world in his 1893 encyclical Rerum Novarum. This idea is carried forward a few decades later by G. K. Chesterton in ‘The Outline of Sanity’ (which is a collection of essays that originally appeared in his newspaper, G.K.’s Weekly in 1925). He shows how neither socialism nor capitalism promote justice because neither promote small property.”
http://chesterton.org/discover/lectu...eofsanity.html

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Chesterton, G K: The Paradoxes of Mr Pond, v.1, 18 December 2008.

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G. K. Chesterton (1874–1936)
The Paradoxes of Mr Pond (1937)

Eight good-humoured mysteries.

From Wikipedia:
“The Paradoxes of Mr Pond is G. K. Chesterton's final collection of detective stories published after his death in 1936. Of the eight mysteries, seven were first printed in the Storyteller magazine. The Unmentionable Man was unique to the book.
The stories centre around a civil servant named Mr Pond (we are not told his first name). He is described as a very ordinary and fish-like man who has a habit of startling those who meet him with outrageous paradoxes of thought; otherwise he is a thoroughly unremarkable and even boring person.
For various reasons he comes to know of, or finds himself in the middle of, a dramatic, usually criminal, paradox…”

The collection contains some memorable lines, e.g.
“Love never needs time. But friendship always needs time. More and more time, until up past midnight.”

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Chesterton, G K: The Poet and the Lunatics, v.1, 20 December 2008.

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G. K. Chesterton (1874–1936)
The Poet and the Lunatics: Episodes in the Life of Gabriel Gale (1929)

A collection of eight short stories, featuring Gabriel Gale, a poet. Sometimes a poet is ideally placed to solve mysteries, because of his special way of looking at the world.

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Chesterton, G K: The Return of Don Quixote, v1, 24 August 2009

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G. K. Chesterton (1874–1936)
The Return of Don Quixote (1925)

From Dale Ahlquist’s lecture on this novel:
‘Chesterton’s last novel is a reflection of his first novel. One contemporary reviewer called it “a new kind of Napoleon coming to a new kind of Notting Hill.”
Michael Herne is a librarian at Seawood Abbey, an estate owned by Lord Seawood. When Lord Seawood’s daughter and some of her friends want to put on a play called “Blondel the Troubadour,” the librarian is asked to play the part of a medieval king. Herne not only takes his role seriously by thoroughly researching the Middle Ages, when the play is concluded, he refuses to take off the costume. He remains in character, much to the befuddlement and consternation of the other players. With this device, Chesterton achieves a wonderful effect in contrast to the typical snide modern commentary on the past: he creates an opportunity for the past to offer a commentary on the present. Herne looks at his old clothes, that is, the modern clothes he once wore, with embarrassment. The modern world is embarrassing. It takes a previous age to see that.’
http://chesterton.org/discover/lectu...onquixote.html

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Chesterton, G K: The Superstition of Divorce, v1, 28 October 2009.

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G. K. Chesterton (1874–1936)
The Superstition of Divorce (1920)

In which Chesterton argues that divorce is a bad thing.

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Chesterton, G K: The Sword of Wood, v1, 24 August 2009

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G. K. Chesterton (1874–1936)
The Sword of Wood (1928)

A short story set in the England of Charles II. As usual, there are traces of Chesterton’s dislike of modernity.
What is the secret of the mysterious swordsman who defeats all comers? The village schoolmaster finds the truth.

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Chesterton, G K: The Thing: Why I am a Catholic, v1, 10 February 2010.

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G.K. Chesterton [1874–1936]
The Thing: Why I am a Catholic [1929]

A collection of essays, in which Chesterton compares “The Thing” (the Catholic Church) with other ideologies, philosophies and belief systems. They are all found wanting.

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Chesterton, G K: The Trees of Pride, v.1, 14 December 2008.

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G. K. Chesterton (1874–1936)
The Trees of Pride (1922)

A detective novella.
A man goes missing. Time passes. Bones are found in a well.
And the locals in this English village are full of superstition. But is everything as it seems?

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Chesterton, G K: The Uses of Diversity, v1, 22 March 2010.

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G. K. Chesterton [1874–1936]
The Uses of Diversity: A Book of Essays [1920]

A collection of thirty-five short essays on diverse subjects. Made from a scan at the Internet Archive.

CONTENTS
On Seriousness; Lamp-Posts; The Spirits; Tennyson; The Domesticity of Detectives; George Meredith; The Irishman; Ireland and the Domestic Drama; The Japanese; Christian Science; The Lawlessness of Lawyers; Our Latin Relations; On Pigs as Pets; The Romance of Rostand; Wishes; The Futurists; The Evolution of Emma; The Pseudo-Scientific Books; The Humour of King Herod; The Silver Goblets; The Duty of the Historian; Questions of Divorce; Mormonism; Pageants and Dress; On Stage Costume; The Yule Log and the Democrat; More Thoughts on Christmas; Dickens Again; Taffy; “Ego et Shavius Meus”; The Plan for a New Universe; George Wyndham; Four Stupidities; On Historical Novels; On Monsters.

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Chesterton, G K: The Victorian Age in Literature, v1, 24 October 2009.

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G. K. Chesterton (1874–1936)
The Victorian Age in Literature (1913)

“The Editors wish to explain that this book is not put forward as an authoritative history of Victorian literature. It is a free and personal statement of views and impressions about the significance of Victorian literature made by Mr. Chesterton at the Editors’ express invitation.”

From Project Gutenberg.

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Chesterton, G K: The Well and the Shallows, v1, 8 February 2010.

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G. K. Chesterton [1874–1936]
The Well and the Shallows [1935 ]

A collection of essays on diverse topics, including St Thomas More, evolution, Distributivism, birth-control, etc.

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Chesterton, G K: Tremendous Trifles, v1, 26 December 2008.

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G. K. Chesterton (1874–1936)
Tremendous Trifles

A collection of sketches and columns.

From the Preface:

“These fleeting sketches are all republished by kind permission of the Editor of the Daily News, in which paper they appeared. They amount to no more than a sort of sporadic diary—a diary recording one day in twenty which happened to stick in the fancy—the only kind of diary the author has ever been able to keep. Even that diary he could only keep by keeping it in public, for bread and cheese. But trivial as are the topics they are not utterly without a connecting thread of motive. As the reader’s eye strays, with hearty relief, from these pages, it probably alights on something, a bed-post or a lamp-post, a window blind or a wall. It is a thousand to one that the reader is looking at something that he has never seen: that is, never realised. He could not write an essay on such a post or wall: he does not know what the post or wall mean. He could not even write the synopsis of an essay; as “The Bed-Post; Its Significance—Security Essential to Idea of Sleep—Night Felt as Infinite—Need of Monumental Architecture,” and so on.”

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Chesterton, G K: Twelve Types, v1.2, 5 September 2009.

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G.K. Chesterton (1874–1936)
Twelve Types (1902)

A collection of essays on twelve people.

Contents
Charlotte Brontë
William Morris and His School
The Optimism of Byron
Pope and the Art of Satire
Francis [of Assis
Rostand
Charles II
Stevenson
Thomas Carlyle
Tolstoy and the Cult of Simplicity
Savonarola
The Position of Sir Walter Scott

10 September 2009. v1.2 now uploaded, with corrected metadata.

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Chesterton, G K: Utopia of Usurers and Other Essays, v1, 28 September 2009

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G. K. Chesterton (1874–1936)
Utopia of Usurers and other Essays (1917)

Another collection of essays, with a few poems. The source was Project Gutenberg.

CONTENTS
A Song of Swords
Utopia of Usurers; I. Art and Advertisement; II. Letters and the New Laureates; III. Unbusinesslike Business; IV. The War on Holidays; V. The Church of the Servile State; VI. Science and the Eugenists; VII. The Evolution of the Prison; VIII. The Lash for Labour; IX. The Mask of Socialism
The Escape; The New Raid; The New Name; A Workman’s History of England; The French Revolution and the Irish; Liberalism: A Sample; The Fatigue of Fleet Street; The Amnesty for Aggression; Revive the Court Jester; The Art of Missing the Point; The Servile State Again; The Empire of the Ignorant; The Symbolism of Krupp; The Tower of Bebel [sic]; A Real Dancer; The Dregs of Puritanism; The Tyranny of Bad Journalism; The Poetry of the Revolution.

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Chesterton, G K: Varied Types, v.1, 4 March 2009.

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G.K. Chesterton (1874–1936)
Varied Types (1905)

A collection of essays on various people.

Contents:
Charlotte Brontë, William Morris and His School, Optimism of Byron, Pope and the Art of Satire, Francis, Rostand, Charles II, Stevenson, Thomas Carlyle, Tolstoy and the Cult of Simplicity, Savonarola, The Position of Sir Walter Scott, Bret Harte, Alfred the Great, Maeterlinck, Ruskin, Queen Victoria, The German Emperor, Tennyson, Elizabeth Barrett Browning.

The source was PG.

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Chesterton, G K: What’s Wrong with the World, v1, 9 February 2010.

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G. K. Chesterton [1874–1936]
What’s Wrong with the World [1910]

A collection of essays.

Contents:
PART ONE. THE HOMELESSNESS OF MAN
I. The Medical Mistake; II Wanted, An Unpractical Man; III. The New Hypocrite; IV. The Fear of The Past; V. The Unfinished Temple; VI. The Enemies of Property; VII. The Free Family; VIII. The Wildness of Domesticity; IX. History of Hudge And Gudge; X. Oppression By Optimism; XI. The Homelessness of Jones.
PART TWO. IMPERIALISM, OR THE MISTAKE ABOUT MAN
I. The Charm of Jingoism; II. Wisdom And The Weather; III. The Common Vision; IV. The Insane Necessity.
PART THREE. FEMINISM, OR THE MISTAKE ABOUT WOMAN
I. The Unmilitary Suffragette; II. The Universal Stick; III. The Emancipation of Domesticity; IV. The Romance of Thrift; V. The Coldness of Chloe; VI. The Pedant And The Savage; VII. The Modern Surrender of Woman; VIII. The Brand of The Fleur-De-Lis; IX. Sincerity And The Gallows; X. The Higher Anarchy; XI. The Queen And The Suffragettes; XII. The Modern Slave.
PART FOUR. EDUCATION: OR THE MISTAKE ABOUT THE CHILD
I. The Calvinism of To-Day; II. The Tribal Terror; III. The Tricks of Environment; IV. The Truth About Education; V. An Evil Cry; VI. Authority The Unavoidable; VII. The Humility of Mrs. Grundy; VIII. The Broken Rainbow; IX. The Need For Narrowness; X. The Case For The Public Schools; XI. The School For Hypocrites; XII. The Staleness of The New Schools; XIII. The Outlawed Parent; XIV. Folly And Female Education.
PART FIVE. THE HOME OF MAN
I. The Empire of The Insect; II. The Fallacy of The Umbrella Stand; III. The Dreadful Duty of Gudge; IV. A Last Instance; V. Conclusion.
THREE NOTES
I. On Female Suffrage; II. On Cleanliness In Education; III. On Peasant Proprietorship.

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Chesterton, G K: William Cobbett, v1, 19 March 2010.

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G. K. Chesterton [1874–1936]
William Cobbett [1925]

A study of the life and work of the English radical thinker, William Cobbett.

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Chesterton, G. K.: Chaucer, v.1 15/2/16

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A nice little study of Chaucer, in the same vein as Chesterton's biographies of Dickens and Blake.

UPDATE: The correct book is now uploaded. Sorry about that.

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Chesterton, G. K.: Dickens, v. 1, 4/2/16

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Chesterton's excellent study of the major works of Charles Dickens (1906).

i have enjoyed Patricia's editions of Chesterton very much and am sorry I never got to meet her. I hope that this upload shows, in some small way, my appreciation for her work.

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Chesterton, G. K.: Milton: Man and Poet, V.1, 17/2/16

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A (very very brief) biographical sketch of Milton, originally published as a magazine article.

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Chesterton, G. K.: The Barbarism of Berlin, v. 1, 5/2/16

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Chesterton's essay supporting England's decision to enter World War I (published 1914).

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Chesterton, G. K.: What I Saw in America, v.1, 6/2/16

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Chesteron's observations on his 1921 visit to America, first published in 1922. Perhaps not as cohesive as his other writings, but an interesting glimpse of early 20th century America through British eyes.

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Chesterton, G. K.: William Blake, v.1 12/2/16

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A brief biography and discussion of Blake's works from 1910.

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Chesterton, G.K.: Father Brown Omnibus. v6. 21st Feb 2010

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The complete "Father Brown" stories of G.K.Chesterton. This omnibus contains the following books:

1. The Innocence of Father Brown
2. The Wisdom of Father Brown
3. The Incredulity of Father Brown
4. The Secret of Father Brown
5. The Scandal of Father Brown

More information (from "Wikipedia"): No real spoilers here, so feel free to read it!

Father Brown is a short, stumpy Catholic priest, "formerly of Cobhole in Essex, and now working in London", with shapeless clothes and a large umbrella, but an uncanny insight into human evil.

He makes his first appearance in the famous story "The Blue Cross" and continues through the five volumes of short stories, often assisted by the reformed criminal Flambeau.

Unlike his more famous co-detective Sherlock Holmes, Father Brown's methods tend to be intuitive rather than deductive. He explains his method in "The Secret of Father Brown": "You see, I had murdered them all myself... I had planned out each of the crimes very carefully. I had thought out exactly how a thing like that could be done, and in what style or state of mind a man could really do it. And when I was quite sure that I felt exactly like the murderer myself, of course I knew who he was."

Father Brown's abilities are also considerably shaped by his experience as a priest and confessor. In "The Blue Cross", when asked by Flambeau, who has been masquerading as a priest, how he knew of all sorts of criminal "horrors", he responds: "Has it never struck you that a man who does next to nothing but hear men's real sins is not likely to be wholly unaware of human evil?". He also states a reason why he knew Flambeau was not a priest: "You attacked reason. It's bad theology." And indeed, the stories normally contain a rational explanation of who the murderer was and how Brown worked it out.

Despite his devotion, or perhaps, because of it, Father Brown always emphasises rationality: some stories, such as "The Miracle of Moon Crescent" and "The Blast of the Book", poke fun at initially sceptical characters who become convinced of a supernatural explanation for some strange occurrence, while Father Brown, despite, or rather because of, his religion and his belief in God and miracles, easily sees the perfectly ordinary, natural explanation. In fact, he seems to represent an ideal of a devout, yet considerably educated and "civilised" clergyman.

Enjoy!

Edit: 6 NOV 07

Uploaded v2 with significantly improved formatting.

Edit: 31 DEC 07

Created a proper MobiPocket version with library information, etc. Uploaded v3.

Edit: 23 MAR 08

Recreated the book to fix a problem with paragraph breaks. Uploaded v4.

EDIT: 9 Jul 09

Thoroughly proof-read the book against the Penguin edition of "The Complete Father Brown". Fixed several thousand errors as a result, and restored all the missing italics, accented letters, and other formatting which had been lost in the text-only source files. Uploaded v5.

EDIT: 21 Feb 10

Corrected some coding problems which prevented a clean conversion to ePub format. Uploaded v6.

Previous download count: 826

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Chesterton, G.K.: St Thomas Aquinas, v.1. 18 Jan 2008.

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G K Chesterton: St Thomas Aquinas: The Dumb Ox’ (1933).

A populist study of the Angelic Doctor, which I found on PG Australia. After Deputy Dawg’s uploads of Aquinas’s ‘Summa Theologica’, I thought that a study of the saint might be interesting.

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Chesterton, G.K.: The Club of Queer Trades, Illustrated, v2, 25 Nov 2014

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There is already a mobi version in the library, but I hope this version will find a place as it is illustrated and contains mobi and azw3 versions.

Gilbert Keith Chesterton (1874-1936), 'the prince of paradox' was an English writer and polemicist whose prolific output included philosophy, ontology, poetry, drama, journalism, public lecturing and debating, biography, Christian apologetics, fantasy, and detective fiction. His writings and conversation displayed wit and humour, and serious comments on government, politics, economics, philosophy, theology, literature, and many other topics.

[The Club of Queer Trades[/ is a collection of six stories, each of which is centered on a person who is making his living by some unique and extraordinary means of earning a living. An introduction leads into the first story, and the last story is followed by a conclusion.

The principle character says "Oh, the mere facts!... are you still so sunk in superstitions... that you believe in facts? Do you not trust an immediate impression?"

The source text was Project Gutenberg 1696-h.htm checked against a pdf of the 1905 Harper and Bros London edition, and the cover and illustrations were taken from the 1905 American edition. I have silently corrected typos, curled quotes, replaced italics, diacritics, and scene breaks, used British English, and made changes to spelling, punctuation, and hyphenation using oxforddictionaries.com.

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Chesterton, G.K.: The Flying Inn. Nov 17 2007

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Hilarious book.

Another one of Chesterton's great fantasies set in an age in which a fundamental Islam leader has been elected to Parliament and through the help of a mad prophet and a weak Government passes legislation resulting in prohibitions against everything. So our hero named Humphrey Hump. (Great name) starts his own “flying inn”—a donkey-cart at first, and later a motor car—laden with rum, a huge round of cheese, and a pub signpost, willfully and wonderfully undermining the new world order, all “politically correct” claptrap, oppressive nitpicking legalisms, and Ivywood’s teetotalitarianism in one uproarious episode after another. Along the way, the two acquire fellow travelers, disturb the damnable “peace,” and make up and boisterously sing songs to amuse themselves (the book is filled to overflowing with some of GKC’s most delightful poetry). The novel eventually concludes with a decisive war between the West—England—and Islam at “the end of the world” (this last phrase is used as a wordplay more than once in the novel).

Enjoy

Roy

P.S. Harry was kind enough to tell me how to post this as a Mobi file. I usually only do Sony reader files so I have no way of knowing if this looks good or even works on the Mobi reader.

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Chesterton, G.K.: The Innocence of Father Brown. 09 June 2008.

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This is Chesterton's first collection of Father Brown stories. Although they are listed as "chapters," each is really a standalone story. HarryT has done an excellent job with his Father Brown Omnibus, which also contains these stories, but this a shorter introduction for a new Father Brown reader.

The collection includes:

- Chapter 1: The Blue Cross

- Chapter 2: The Secret Garden

- Chapter 3: The Queer Feet

- Chapter 4: The Flying Stars

- Chapter 5: The Invisible Man

- Chapter 6: The Honour of Israel Gow

- Chapter 7: The Wrong Shape

- Chapter 8: The Sins of Prince Saradine

- Chapter 9: The Hammer of God

- Chapter 10: The Eye of Apollo

- Chapter 11: The Sign of the Broken Sword

- Chapter 12: The Three Tools of Death

Feel free to post/PM me with corrections (of course), but I'll be away from a computer for a few weeks, so it may take me a while to get back to you.

(This is the last book in my orgy of posting today! Obviously, I needed to prepare some reading material for my time away from e-mail.)

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Chesterton, G.K.: The Man who Knew Too Much. v1, 18 Jan 2008

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From Amazon.com:

Horne Fisher is the man who knew too much. He has a brilliant mind and powers of deduction -but he always faces a moral dilemma . These eight adventures will amaze and delight as we follow Horne and his friend, Harold March in the world of crime among eminent people.

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Chesterton, G.K.: The Man Who Knew Too Much. v1, 22 July 2009

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A collection of eight detective stories by the English novelist and philosopher, G.K. Chesterton, originally published in 1922.

Horne Fisher is "the man who knows too much", a character who is generally thought to be based on Chesterton’s good friend, Maurice Baring. Fisher is a respected member of the upper class, and he seems to know everybody and everything. He would be much happier knowing less than he does. He is weighed down with the burden of knowing “the seamy side of things,” the stinking corruption in the high places of wealth and power. He drags himself languidly from one amazing, appalling event to another, pulling corpses out of cars and wells and summing up the situation with a cool disdain. But he can never report the crimes he solves because governments may fall, reputations may be ruined, aristocrats may squirm. We can get the truth out of Horne Fisher, but not justice. It is because he has a problem: he is himself a complicit member in the criminal governing class.

The overall impression cast by this book may strike some as unpleasant. However, it was reprinted many times after Chesterton’s death while most of his other books languished out-of-print for decades. Why? The answer is simple. The stories are still great detective stories, each of which stands on its own.

There is already a version of this book on MR, but this new version has been thoroughly proof-read against page scans, errors corrected, accented letters restored, and italics and other formatting re-added as required.

Note that there is no connection between this book and the Hitchcock movie of the same name. Other than the name, of course.

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Chesterton, G.K.: The Man who was Thursday, v.1, 6 Nov 2007.

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Gilbert Keith Chesterton: ‘The Man who was Thursday: A Nightmare.’

First published in 1908, this surreal novel has detectives infiltrating a cell of anarchists. But it is not clear who is who...

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Chesterton, G.K.: The Trees of Pride. v1 1 Nov 2014

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Gilbert Keith Chesterton (1874-1936), 'the prince of paradox', was an English writer and polemicist whose prolific output included philosophy, ontology, poetry, drama, journalism, public lecturing and debating, biography, Christian apologetics, fantasy, and detective fiction. His writings and conversation displayed wit and humour, while including serious comments on government, politics, economics, philosophy, theology, literature, and many other topics. His friends included C.S. Lewis, Hilaire Beloc, George Bernard Shaw, and H.G. Wells.

[The Trees of Pride[/ was published in 1922, but I have been unable to determine the publisher or find a pdf of the original text. The novella is set in a small fishing village in Cornwall in which 'There are powers, there is the spirit of a place, there are presences that are not to be put by... vegetable ogres... metaphors that take us at once into dreamland [and] events buried under riddles.' On one level it is a murder mystery, and on another it deals with how we know things.

The source text was Project Gutenberg 1721-h.htm. I have silently corrected typos, curled quotes, replaced italics, used British English, and made changes to spelling, punctuation, and hyphenation using oxforddictionaries.com.

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Chesterton, G.K.: The Uncollected Stories of Father Brown V1 25 May 2025

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Like Arthur Conan Doyle, G. K. Chesterton wrote stories involving Father Brown which were never collected, and are now not considered part of their respective canons.

Unlike Doyle, Chesterton only wrote 2 uncollected Father Brown stories.

"The Donnington Affair", a story written to solve a crime put forward by Sir. Max Pemberton in the October 1914 issue of The Premier. And "The Mask of Midas" written in 1936.

I wasn't able to find hardcopies of either story, but I did correct the spelling errors on both the sources:

The Donnington Affair: https://gutenberg.net.au/ebooks13/1301541h.html
The Mask of Midas: https://gutenberg.net.au/ebooks13/1302281h.html

One line I wasn't sure on, but took my best guess was this one:

“What do you mean-reality?”

Chesterton loved a hyphen as much as the next guy. But as I've never seen mean-reality hyphened, I changed it to an em dash. Which seemed more fitting:

“What do you mean—reality?”

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Chesterton, Gilbert Keith: Der Mann, der Donnerstag war. german. v1. 14 mar 2009

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Gilbert Keith Chesterton (* 29. Mai 1874; † 14. Juni 1936) war ein englischer Buchautor, Journalist und Denker. Sein Roman [Der Mann, der Donnerstag war[/ ist eine politische Satire, die der Phantastischen Literatur zugerechnet werden kann: Ein Komplott anarchistischer Terroristen am Anfang des 20. Jahrhunderts entwickelt sich darin, unter zunehmender Verfremdung der Wirklichkeit, in ein verrückt-göttliches Spektakel. Wie in anderen seiner Schriften wendet sich Chesterton auch in diesem Roman theologisch-philosophischen Fragen zu.

Unter mysteriösen Umständen wird Gabriel Syme von der Londoner Kriminalpolizei als Detektiv für die Antianarchistenabteilung angeworben, deren führende Mitglieder nach Wochentagen benannt und vorzüglich damit beschäftigt sind, miteinander Verstecken zu spielen. Syme macht sogleich als "Donnerstag" Karriere, da er sich in den Zentralen Anarchistenrat wählen läßt und hinter das Geheimnis der anderen Wochentage kommt. Nicht zu klären scheint allein die Identität des bedrohlichen Anführers "Sonntag".

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Chesterton, Gilbert Keith: Menschenskind. german. v1. 15 mar 2009

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Gilbert Keith Chesterton (* 29. Mai 1874; † 14. Juni 1936) war ein englischer Buchautor, Journalist und Denker. In seinen Romanen, Essays und Kurzgeschichten setzte er sich intensiv mit modernen Philosophien und Denkrichtungen auseinander. Bekannt sind seine oft gewagten, aber selten misslungenen Gedankensprünge und sein Zusammenbringen scheinbar unvereinbarer Ideen, oft mit überraschenden Ergebnissen. Seine typische Argumentationsweise ist plakativ als "geistiger Husarenritt" bezeichnet worden.

[Menschenskind[/ erzählt die phantastische und turbulente Geschichte von Innozenz Smith, einem exzentrischen Sonderling, der an einem stürmischen Tag über die Gartenmauer der friedlichen Londoner Pension "Leuchtfeuer" wirbelt und in kürzester Zeit alles auf den Kopf stellt. Die Bewohner des Hauses, in deren Leben er so unvermittelt eingedrungen ist, nehmen ihn mit gemischten Gefühlen auf: Die einen halten Smith trotz seiner seltsamen Art und der Kunde von seinem bedenklichen Vorleben für einen übermütigen, aber ehrlichen Menschen; die anderen betrachten ihn als Genie des Bösen, der sich hinter der Maske kindlicher Skurrilität raffiniert verbirgt. Nach abenteuerlichen Verwicklungen sitzen die Pensionsgäste über ihn zu Gericht. Die Anklage lautet auf Mord, Einbruch, böswilliges Verlassen seiner Frau und Polygamie. Daß die "Ermittlungen" der Neunmalklugen schließlich ein höchst unerwartetes Ergebnis zutage fördern, ist bei einem so humorvollen und phantasiereichen Erzähler wie Chesterton nicht anders zu erwarten.

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Chesterton, Gilbert Keith: Priester und Detektiv. german. v1. 18 mar 2009

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Gilbert Keith Chesterton (* 29. Mai 1874; † 14. Juni 1936) war ein englischer Buchautor, Journalist und Denker. In seinen Romanen, Essays und Kurzgeschichten setzte er sich intensiv mit modernen Philosophien und Denkrichtungen auseinander. Bekannt sind seine oft gewagten, aber selten misslungenen Gedankensprünge und sein Zusammenbringen scheinbar unvereinbarer Ideen, oft mit überraschenden Ergebnissen. Seine typische Argumentationsweise ist plakativ als "geistiger Husarenritt" bezeichnet worden.

Der Kriminalroman [Priester und Detektiv[/ mit dem ungewöhnlichen Protagonisten "Father Brown" erschien estmalig 1911 unter dem Titel "The Innocence of Father Brown", die erste dt. Übersetzung wurde 1920 veröffentlicht.

Kurt Tucholsky schrieb folgende Rezension zu Chesterton und [Priester und Detektiv[/:

[..] Der lustige Fall, daß einer einen kleinen Religionstraktat schreibt und Detektivgeschichten und nachdenklich-unterhaltsame Betrachtungen über den europäischen Gesellschaftskörper, und das alles in einem hin –: dieser Fall ist wirklich eingetreten. Wer anders kann das getan haben als unser guter dicker alter Chesterton? Habt ihr einmal ein Bild von ihm gesehen? Ihr solltet das nicht versäumen. (Dick sein ist keine physiologische Eigenschaft – das ist eine Weltanschauung.) Der Dicke also, dem der Krieg viel von seiner schönen antiken Ruhe raubte, also daß es geschah, daß er statt guter Erkenntnisse mit giftigen Invektiven aufwartete – im Gegensatz zu Wells, im Gegensatz zu Shaw, die beide mehr nachgedacht hatten – der Dicke also hat vor Jahren ein Buch vom Vater Brown geschrieben, das nun übersetzt vorliegt.

In den Geschichten geht es so her: ein ganz verwickelter und böser Kriminalfall harrt seiner Lösung – niemand weiß aus noch ein. Da kommt ganz zufällig, gerufen oder ungerufen, der bescheidene, unauffällige und kleine Vater Brown dazu, ein Priester, ein Sohn der katholischen Kirche, kommt, sieht, schweigt und siegt. Dieser Sherlock Holmes ist katholisch – ich hätte nie geglaubt, daß Sellerie und Spargel nebeneinander möglich wären. Es schmeckt. Es schmeckt sogar sehr gut. [..]

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Cheyney, Peter: Dance without Music (1947); v1; 6 Jan 2022

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Post-WW2 private eye story with a different private eye, not Callaghan or Caution.

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Cheyney, Peter: Dangerous Curves (1939); v1; 6 Jan 2022

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American private eye Slim Callaghan set up in London, bringing tough USA style private eye techniques to the city... and how.

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Cheyney, Peter: Dark Bahama (1950) v1, 4 Jan 2022

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Fourteen miles off the tail-end of Andros Island in the West Indies lies Dark Bahama. Many people have discovered they can find their heart's desires there; many have found, too, that even in paradise it pays to watch your step.

Viola Steyning is young, wayward, rich and good looking, and the sort of girl to cause her mother back home in England a certain anxiety. That is why Julian Isles has been sent out by Johnny Vallon of Chennault Investigations to bring her back alive - for beneath the tranquil surface of Dark Bahama's tropical beauty lurk sinister and dangerous undercurrents.

Specially if Quayle and Guelveda are around.

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Cheyney, Peter: Dark Duet (1942); v1, 3 Jan 2022

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The first of the "Dark" series of WW2 spy thrillers, so-called because with few exceptions their British titles included the word "Dark".

The series is:

Dark Duet
The Stars are Dark
The Dark Street
Dark Hero
Dark Interlude
Dark Wanton
Dark Bahama

"Ladies Won't Wait" is a postwar novel featuring many from the cast of the "Dark" novels and deals with a betrayal during the war.

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Cheyney, Peter: Dark Interlude; (1947); v1, 12 Mar 2022

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Shaun Aloysius O'Mara, intelligence agent for the British 'second bureau', has been ordered by his superiors to go to Paris to obtain information that will lead to the capture of the lone survivor of the Nazi espionage system. So when Shaun arrives in Paris he becomes a crude and shiftless drunkard and entangles himself with a clever and ruthless spy, Tanga de Sarieux, who is as brave as the men that surround her ..

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Cheyney, Peter: Dark Wanton (1948); v1; 15 Mar 2022

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The Second World War has just ended and the Secret Service has 'mislaid' two lists of German war criminals. Peter Everard Quayle is the head of the Department concerned and he was responsible for the compilation of the list. Instead of handing the job over to his agents he decides to call in a group of people who operated behind enemy lines during the war. Among them is Michael Frewin, Quayle's second-in-command, who appears to be a bit of a fop -- but outward appearances are deceptive for he is a cold-blooded killer

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Cheyney, Peter: I'll Say She Does (1945); v1, 15 Mar 2022

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Lemmy Caution in his first post-war adventure. There is a foreword by the author explaining how this novel came about.

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Cheyney, Peter: It Couldn't Matter Less (1941); v1; 15 Mar 2022

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Scotland Yard enlists the help of Slim Callaghan to find Poet Lionel Wilbery-- Doria Varette's missing friend. When Doria is discovered with a slender dagger between her pretty shoulders, the pace quickens madly until the breathless reader wonders: Can Slim keep this runaway train on the tracks?

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Cheyney, Peter: One Born Every Minute, and other stories, v1, 7 May 2026

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A new collection of Peter Cheyney's short stories, 31 examples of his considerable short story output between 1921 or so until his death in 1951. He is best remembered for his numerous novels, featuring Slim Callahan, a private eye in London; Lemmy Caution, American cop; and the "Dark" series of wartime secret agent tales. In his short stories regular characters include Alonzo MacTavish, Etienne MacGregor, Velvet Johnny, and Abie.

Callahan, Caution, and the others are all represented in this original collection, many of which were disinterred from Australian newspapers and magazines. However, most of them are non-series.

The stories are all mostly rather short, with the 31 stories amounting to around 105,000 words. They can also be found scattered through the "Past Masters" series of more than 250 short story ebooks posted in MobileRead's on-line library.

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Cheyney, Peter: Poison Ivy, (1937); v1, 12 Mar 2022

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The second "Lemmy Caution" novel. A bank robbery, a cult leader.... a tough G-Man and Poison Ivy.

The cover is from the first edition, and is the best I could find.

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Cheyney, Peter: Sinister Errand (1945); v1, 8 Jan 2022

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Agent Michael Kells is in pursuit of Nazi spies in London, who have been tasked with the job of pinpointing the actual landing places of V1 bombs to improve their accuracy.

Through the strange byways of Kells's sinister errand flit the mysterious 'Auntie', the alluring Janine, the beautiful Mrs Vaile and the delightful and unfortunate Alison Fredericks.

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Cheyney, Peter: Sorry You've Been Troubled (1942); v1, 15 Mar 2022

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A Slim Callaghan investigation, with dangerous dames and dead bodies.

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Cheyney, Peter: The Alonzo McTavish Omnibus

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In the 1920s and 1930s Peter Cheyney wrote hundreds of short stories for the then thriving magazine and newspaper market. A particularly popular series was the "Alonzo MacTavish" saga, MacTavish being a cross between Raffles and Simon Templar; a master burglar and knight errant.
These are all the available McTavish stories I could find, in an original collection:

1: The Lady In Green
2: The Snowball
3: He Who Laughs Last
4: He Walked in Her Sleep
5: Alonzo― Sportsman
6: Chinese Music
7: The Arrest
8: The Mauser Pistol
9: Clash With Dr Klaat
10: Sold!
11: The Dope Lady
12: Truth Is Never Acceptable
13: The House with the Yellow Brick
14: The Wo Hang Coffin
15: The Lucky Chance
16: The Murder Of Alonzo
17: Luck― And A Lady
18: Too Many Crooks
19: The Missing Rembrandt
20: The Return of Klaat
21: The Biter Bit
22: A Matter Of Luck
23: The Diamond Scarab
24: One Born Every Minute
25: The Black Mantilla.
26: The Mystery Blues
27: The Peacock Fan
28: The Three Grey Men of Mote Hall
29: Pearls Before Time
30: We Girls must Hang Together
31: The House With The Glass Roof
32: The Unhappy Lady.
33: To Him Who Waits

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- The Alonzo MacTavish Omnibus (2 - Peter Cheyney.mobi

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Cheyney, Peter: The Curiosity of Etienne MacGregor (1927), v1, 12 Mar 2022

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A collection of early short stories by Peter Cheyney in which Etiienne MacGregor undertakes 13 tricky tasks with a reward at the end, if he survives...

1: The Affair Of Mrs. Lotus Leaf.
2: The River That Ran Sideways.
3: The Demure Lady.
4: China Tea.
5: Greensleeves.
6: The Yellow Kaffir.
7: The Sweetheart of the Razors.
8: Checkmate.
9: The Smoking Lamp.
10: The Other Uncle.
11: Julia Rose Petal.
12: The Sliding Scale.
13: Cash—Please!

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Cheyney, Peter: The Dark Street (1944); v1, 4 Jan 2022

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The sinister business of counter-espionage is played out by an array of magnificent characters. Quayle, compounded of wisdom, administrative genius and the ability to live without sleep, wine or women; Shaun O'Mara, who loves all those things, looks like an actor and is an aristocrat, and works with subtlety, artistry and distinction; and Ricky Kerr, a cleverly drawn portrait of a man who is not quite able to stand the pace.

The women, of course, dress superbly, move like angels, are as beautiful as diamonds and, with one notable exception, behave abominably.

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Cheyney, Peter: The Stars are Dark (1943) v1, 1 Jan 2022

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The second of the "Dark" series of WW2 spy thrillers

Quayle, the master of a British spy ring in World War II, is faced with the task of dealing with a man who has come from Morocco with what he says is important information about German troops there. But is the man what he seems?

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Cheyney, Peter: The Urgent Hangman (1938); v1, 6 Jan 2022

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Slim Callaghan is drawn into a complex family feud, a murder, and corporate embezzling in prewar London

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Cheyney, Peter: The Vengeance of Hop Fi, 1928; v1, 1 Jan 2022

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An early Cheyney, before he found his true metier in the "Dark Series" of wartime spy stories, and the Lemmy Caution and Slim Callaghan series.

From a syndicated serial published in numerous newspapers; this edition was extracted by Pulpmeister, from two Australian newspapers, and has already appeared in Roy Glashan's Library, as Cheyney has been in the Australian public domain for some years.

A characteristic British thriller of the 1920s, in which a hard-up World War 1 veteran is drawn further and further into a fantastic adventure.

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Cheyney, Peter: You Can Call it a Day (1949), v1, 12 March 2022

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1949 hard boiled crime novel, first of a trilogy featuring PI Johnny Vallon.

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Child, Lydia M.: The American Frugal Housewife, v1, 20 Sept 2007.

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Patricia

A surprisingly useful book, even though it was published in 1832. There are essays on frugality, household hints and recipes.
I have successfully made the fricasséed chicken and several pies and cakes.

Note: in the baking section, for pearlash, substitute baking powder.
UK readers should note that the American pint is 16 fluid ounces (unlike the imperial pint of 20 fluid ounces).

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- Child_ American Frugal.prc

Chodsko, Alexander: Fairy Tales of the Slav Peasants and Herdsmen. 07 June 2008

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RWood

More great tales many of us have never heard before:

- THE ABODE OF THE GODS

- THE SUN OR THE THREE GOLDEN HAIRS OF THE OLD MAN VSÉVÈDE

- KOVLAD

- THE MAID WITH HAIR OF GOLD

- THE JOURNEY TO THE SUN AND THE MOON

- THE DWARF WITH THE LONG BEARD

- THE FLYING CARPET, THE INVISIBLE CAP, THE GOLD-GIVING RING, AND THE SMITING CLUB

- THE BROAD MAN, THE TALL MAN, AND THE MAN WITH EYES OF FLAME

- THE HISTORY OF PRINCE SLUGOBYL OR THE INVISIBLE KNIGHT

- THE SPIRIT OF THE STEPPES

- THE PRINCE WITH THE GOLDEN HAND

- IMPERISHABLE

- OHNIVAK

- TEARS OF PEARLS

- THE SLUGGARD

- KINKACH MARTINKO

- THE STORY OF THE PLENTIFUL TABLECLOTH, THE AVENGING WAND, THE SASH THAT BECOMES A LAKE, AND THE TERRIBLE HELMET

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Cholmondeley, Mary: Diana Tempest. V1. 14-Apr-2013

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" 'Diana Tempest' is a book to be read. It is more-it is a book to be kept and read again, for its characters will not pass into limbo with this year's fashions. It will stand in the front ranks of fiction for some time to come." - St. James's Gazette

When Mr. Tempest dies, the family fortune and estate pass to his son, John, whom everyone except John himself knows to be illegitimate. Colonel Tempest, his spendthrift son Archie, and his beautiful daughter Diana find themselves cut off, and Colonel Tempest is bitterly resentful.

One night, in a drunken stupor, he agrees to a bet, by which he will pay £10,000 if he should ever succeed to the Tempest estate. By the time he realizes that the effect of this wager was to place a bounty on John's head, it is too late-and attempts begin to be made on John's life! Meanwhile, Diana, strong and independent, has declared that she will never marry . . . but as she becomes closer with her cousin, her sentiments start to waver. And when John learns of his own illegitimacy, what will happen to his burgeoning relationship with Diana and his claim to the Tempest fortune?

First published in 1893, Diana Tempest was one of Mary Cholmondeley's most popular novels. Part sensation novel, part romance, part 'New Woman' novel, Diana Tempest remains a thrilling story.

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Cholmondeley, Mary: Moth and Rust. v1. 22 Feb 2014

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Mary Cholmondeley (8 June 1859 – 15 July 1925) was an English novelist.

MOTH AND RUST
GEOFFREY’S WIFE
THE PITFALL

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Cholmondeley, Mary: Notwithstanding. v1. 22 Feb 2014

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Mary Cholmondeley (8 June 1859 – 15 July 1925) was an English novelist.

Excerpt
Annette leaned against the low parapet and looked steadfastly at the water, so steadfastly that all the brilliant, newly-washed, tree-besprinkled city of Paris, lying spread before her, cleft by the wide river with its many bridges, was invisible to her. She saw nothing but the Seine, so tranquil yesterday, and to-day chafing beneath its bridges and licking ominously round their great stone supports—because there had been rain the day before.

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Cholmondeley, Mary: Prisoners Fast Bound In Misery And Iron. v1. 23 Feb 2014

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Mary Cholmondeley (8 June 1859 – 15 July 1925) was an English novelist.

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Fay had come into the world anxious to please. She had never shown any particular wish to give pleasure. If she had been missed out of her somewhat oppressed and struggling home when she married, it is probable that the sense of her absence was tinged by relief.

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Cholmondeley, Mary: Red Pottage. v1. 23 Feb 2014

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Mary Cholmondeley (8 June 1859 – 15 July 1925) was an English novelist.

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“I can’t get out,” said Sterne’s starling, looking through the bars of his cage.
“I will get out,” said Hugh Scarlett to himself, seeing no bars, but half conscious of a cage. “I will get out,” he repeated, as his hansom took him swiftly from the house in Portman Square, where he had been dining, towards that other house in Carlton House Terrace, whither his thoughts had travelled on before him, out-distancing the trip-clip-clop, trip-clip-clop of the horse.

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Cholmondeley, Mary: Red Pottage. v1. 26 Oct 07

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Stanart

A social satire.

I'll be posting the following ten best selling fiction books in the U.S. for the year 1900:

1. [To Have and To Hold[/, Mary Johnston
2. [Red Pottage[/, Mary Cholmondeley
3. [Unleavened Bread[/, Robert Grant
4. [The Reign of Law[/, James Lane Allen
5. [Eben Holden[/, Irving Bacheller
6. [Janice Meredith[/, Paul Leicester Ford
7. [The Redemption of David Corson[/, Charles Frederic Goss
8. [Richard Carvel[/, Winston Churchill
9. [When Knighthood Was in Flower[/, Charles Major
10. [Alice of Old Vincennes[/, Maurice Thompson

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Cholmondeley, Mary: The Danvers Books. V1. 14-Apr-2013

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Mary Cholmondeley (1859-1925) was an English writer. Members of her family were involved in the literary world, notably her uncle Reginald Cholmondeley who was a friend of the American novelist, Mark Twain. Growing up, Mary Cholmondeley liked to tell stories to her siblings and turned to writing fiction as an escape from the monotony of her daily routine. Her diary showed that by the age of 18 she was already convinced she would never marry, lacking, she believed, the looks and the charms necessary to attract a suitable mate. Her first book was published under the title "Her Evil Genius," and shortly thereafter, in 1886, her second work, "The Danvers Jewels," earned her a small but respectable following. In 1896 her family moved to the village of Condover temporarily before settling permanently in London, where she wrote the 1899 satirical novel, "Red Pottage," for which she is best remembered.

This book contains [The Danvers Jewels [/and its sequel [Sir Charles Danvers[/

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Cholmondeley, Mary: The Danvers Jewels, and Sir Charles Danvers. v1. 21 Feb 2014

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Mary Cholmondeley (8 June 1859 – 15 July 1925) was an English novelist.

THE DANVERS JEWELS
SIR CHARLES DANVERS

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Cholmondeley, Mary: The Lowest Rung. v1. 22 Feb 2014

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Mary Cholmondeley (8 June 1859 – 15 July 1925) was an English novelist.

THE LOWEST RUNG
THE HAND ON THE LATCH
SAINT LUKE’S SUMMER
THE UNDERSTUDY

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Cholmondeley, Mary: The Romance of His Life. v1. 23 Feb 2014

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Mary Cholmondeley (8 June 1859 – 15 July 1925) was an English novelist.

The Romance of His Life
The Dark Cottage
The Ghost of a Chance
The Goldfish
The Stars in their Courses
Her Murderer
The End of the Dream

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Christen, Ada: Jungfer Mutter, german V1 18.12.2009

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J.U.

Ada Christen, eigentlich Christi(a)na von Breden, geborene Fr(i)ederik (* 6. März 1839 in Wien; † 19. Mai 1901 in Inzersdorf)[1] war eine österreichische Schriftstellerin.
Ada Christen wurde geboren als Christiane Rosalia Friederik, Tochter des Wiener Großkaufmanns Johann Friederik und seiner Frau Christine. Sie wuchs zunächst in Wohlstand und gesicherten Verhältnissen auf. Die Familie wohnte auf dem Alsergrund, einer Vorstadt von Wien.
Wegen seiner Beteiligung an der Revolution von 1848 wurde der Vater zu einer mehrjährigen Gefängnisstrafe verurteilt, an deren Folgen er später starb. Die Familie geriet dadurch ins Elend und Christen musste ihren Unterhalt selbständig verdienen, zunächst als Blumenmädchen und Näherin, dann als Angehörige eines Wandertheaters, mit dem sie einige Jahre lang durch die österreichisch-ungarische Provinz tingelte. Sie spielte von 1855 bis 1858 am Meidlinger Theater.
1864 heiratete sie den ungarischen Adeligen Siegmund von Neupauer, Großgrundbesitzer und Stuhlrichter[2] von St. Gotthardt bei Ödenburg.
Doch nach dem frühen Tod ihres Mannes, der 1868 in geistiger Umnachtung starb, geriet Christen erneut ins Elend. Nach dem Tod ihres Kindes kehrte sie nach Wien zurück, wo sie wieder als Schauspielerin arbeitete (unter anderem auf der Strampferschen und auf der Josefstädter Bühne). Aber sie versuchte auch, als Schriftstellerin ein Einkommen zu finden.
Durch die Vermittlung von Ferdinand von Saar erschien 1868 ihr erster Gedichtband Lieder einer Verlorenen, der durch seine Kombination von erotischem Freimut und sozialer Anklage zur Provokation des Bürgertums wurde und entsprechend hohe Auflagen erreichte. Saar hatte ihr auch zu dem Pseudonym Ada Christen geraten, das sie für alle weiteren Veröffentlichungen beibehielt. Weitere Gedichtbände folgten, aber auch Erzählungen, Romane und Dramen. Ab 1874 lieferte sie auch Beiträge für Zeitschriften (Illustrierter Österreichischen Volkskalender) und Zeitungen.

Zum Buch:
Der junge Soldat Leopold Weis kehrt zu seiner Pflegemutter Johanna Walter in ein ärmliches Mietshaus am Stadtrand von Wien zurück. Anläßlich seines 25. Geburtstages gibt ihm seine Pflegemutter eine "Chronik" über das Haus und seine Bewohner, in der auch ihre Geschichte und die von Leopolds wirklichen Eltern enthalten ist. Durch die Lektüre erfährt Leopold von der heimlichen Liebe Johannas zu seinem Vater, der jedoch ihre schöne, egozentrische Freundin Magdalena heiratet. Magdalena will sich nach der Geburt des Sohnes mit den ärmlichen Verhältnissen und der Rolle der Hausfrau zufrieden geben und verläßt die Familie. Johanna zieht nun in den Haushalt, um für beide zu sorgen - was in der Hausgemeinschaft zu falschen Gerüchten über eine angebliche "wilde Ehe" der beiden führt. Als Leopolds Vater klar wird, daß Magdalena nicht mehr zurückkehren wird, ersticht er sich - sterbend nimmt der Magdalena das Versprechen ab, den Sohn von Johanna erziehen zu lassen. Nach der Lektüre der "Chronik" gibt Leopold seiner leiblichen Mutter die Schuld am Selbstmord des Vaters und will keinerlei Kontakt mehr mit ihr haben.
Die menschlichen Konflikte dieser naturalistisch gefärbten Erzählung werden vor dem Hintergrund der sozialen Sphäre der Wiener Vorstadt abgehandelt. Die Binnenhandlung ("Chronik") wird durch eine schmale Rahmenhandlung eingerahmt, die Hauptfiguren (Johanna und Magdalena) werden in krassem Gegensatz gezeichnet: in der nach Autonomie strebenden Figur Magdalenas wird die zeitgenössische Problematik der Emanzipationsbestrebungen angedeutet, währen Johanna als "Jungfer Mutter" im Spannungsfeld unerfüllter Sexualität, selbstloser Liebe und sozialer Verantwortung steht.

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Christie, Mrs. Archibald H.: Embroidery and Tapestry Weaving, v.1, 29 June 2008

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A tome from 1912 with over 200 illustrations:

PART I - EMBROIDERY

CHAPTER I - INTRODUCTION
CHAPTER II - TOOLS, APPLIANCES, AND MATERIALS
CHAPTER III - PATTERN DESIGNING
CHAPTER IV - STITCHES
CHAPTER V - STITCHES (continued)
CHAPTER VI - STITCHES (continued)
CHAPTER VII - CANVAS WORK AND STITCHES
CHAPTER VIII - METHODS OF WORK
CHAPTER IX - METHODS OF WORK (continued)
CHAPTER X - METHODS OF WORK (continued)
CHAPTER XI - EMBROIDERY WITH GOLD AND SILVER THREADS
CHAPTER XII - LETTERING, HERALDRY, AND EMBLEMS
CHAPTER XIII - THE GARNITURE OF WORK
CHAPTER XIV - PRACTICAL DIRECTIONS

PART II - TAPESTRY WEAVING

CHAPTER XV - INTRODUCTION
CHAPTER XVI - NECESSARY APPLIANCES AND MATERIALS
CHAPTER XVII - PREPARATIONS FOR WORK
CHAPTER XVIII - THE TECHNIQUE OF WEAVING

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Church, Francis; Riis, Jacob: Is There a Santa Claus? (Essays,Illus). v1. 21 Dec 2015

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IS THERE A SANTA CLAUS?

TWO ANSWERS BY:
Francis P. Church (1839–1906)
Jacob A. Riis (1849–1914)

The text of this book is in the public domain world-wide because the authors died over 100 years ago.

I'm posting this because I feel that the Patricia Clark Memorial Library needs its own copy of the answers to that perennial question.

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The first answer:
This response by professional newspaperman Francis (Frank) Church to young Virginia Hanlon was printed in the New York Sun in September 1897, and is the most reprinted editorial from any newspaper in the English language. It is frequently used for readings in films and television, and has been adapted several times for television. And of course, the phrase “Yes Virginia, there is …” has passed happily into popular culture.

The second answer:
This essay was written by Jacob A. Riis, writer, photographer, and noted social reform activist who strongly campaigned for years for improvement in New York slum conditions. It was published in book form in 1904.

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Texts obtained from Wikisource and archive.org. Illustrations manually cleaned and enhanced as well as I could. Embedded font. Small drop-caps.
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:xmas:

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Church, R. W.: Bacon, v.1, 6 Sept 2008

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This 1884 biography of Francis Bacon (1561 - 1626; English statesman and philosopher) was written at the peak of a period during which it was common to make particular note of Bacon's faults with distress and moral indignation. Church begins this work with:

"The life of Francis Bacon is one which it is a pain to write or to read. It is the life of a man endowed with as rare a combination of noble gifts as ever was bestowed on a human intellect; the life of one with whom the whole purpose of living and of every day's work was to do great things to enlighten and elevate his race, to enrich it with new powers, to lay up in store for all ages to come a source of blessings which should never fail or dry up; it was the life of a man who had high thoughts of the ends and methods of law and government, and with whom the general and public good was regarded as the standard by which the use of public power was to be measured; the life of a man who had struggled hard and successfully for the material prosperity and opulence which makes work easy and gives a man room and force for carrying out his purposes. All his life long his first and never-sleeping passion was the romantic and splendid ambition after knowledge, for the conquest of nature and for the service of man; gathering up in himself the spirit and longings and efforts of all discoverers and inventors of the arts, as they are symbolised in the mythical Prometheus. He rose to the highest place and honour; and yet that place and honour were but the fringe and adornment of all that made him great. It is difficult to imagine a grander and more magnificent career; and his name ranks among the few chosen examples of human achievement. And yet it was not only an unhappy life; it was a poor life. We expect that such an overwhelming weight of glory should be borne up by a character corresponding to it in strength and nobleness. But that is not what we find. No one ever had a greater idea of what he was made for, or was fired with a greater desire to devote himself to it. He was all this. And yet being all this, seeing deep into man's worth, his capacities, his greatness, his weakness, his sins, he was not true to what he knew. He cringed to such a man as Buckingham. He sold himself to the corrupt and ignominious Government of James I. He was willing to be employed to hunt to death a friend like Essex, guilty, deeply guilty, to the State, but to Bacon the most loving and generous of benefactors. With his eyes open he gave himself up without resistance to a system unworthy of him; he would not see what was evil in it, and chose to call its evil good; and he was its first and most signal victim."

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Churchill, Winston: Richard Carvel. v1. 26 Oct 07

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This Winston Churchill is not the great British statesman, but instead an American novelist. [Richard Carvel[/ is set in the Revolutionary War and includes a description of the battle between the [Bon Homme Richard[/ and the [Serapis[/. According to Wikipedia, the novel "was a phenomenon, literally selling by the box-car as many as two million copies in a nation of only seventy-six million, and that book made Churchill rich."

I'll be posting the following ten best selling fiction books in the U.S. for the year 1900:

1. [To Have and To Hold[/, Mary Johnston
2. [Red Pottage[/, Mary Cholmondeley
3. [Unleavened Bread[/, Robert Grant
4. [The Reign of Law[/, James Lane Allen
5. [Eben Holden[/, Irving Bacheller
6. [Janice Meredith[/, Paul Leicester Ford
7. [The Redemption of David Corson[/, Charles Frederic Goss
8. [Richard Carvel[/, Winston Churchill
9. [When Knighthood Was in Flower[/, Charles Major
10. [Alice of Old Vincennes[/, Maurice Thompson

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- Churchill_RICHARD CARVEL.prc

CIA: 2008 World Fact Book v0.7.6 7 June 2009

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Nate the great

This is latest release of my version of the World Fact Book.

The first file has the flag section but not the country section. It also leaves a lot to be desired in the formatting department.

The second file is version 0.6. It is considerably prettier than before. I'm leaving it up in case the later versions don't work for you.

The last file is version 0.7.6. This is the one that will work as a dictionary.

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- World Fact eBook0.7.6.prc

- World Fact eBook0.7.5.prc

- CIA World Factbook.prc

- CIA World Factbook - flags.prc

CIA: A Dossier on Lutra (The Otter) 2018 Dec 30

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This document was converted from a PDF obtained byThe Black Vault via a followup FOIA request to a previous FOIA request. (It was among some documents listed bu not supplied.)

The OCR layer was very poor and required very extensive editing. I also had to do a lot of cleanup on the image. I used asciidoc to convert the text to epub and have also attached a zip file with the plain text, the text with asciidoc markup, a shell script to generate html , epub, pdf, azw3, and mobi versions, and the html version of the document to the EPUB Books forum.

The azw3 and mobi versions are attached here.

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CIA: The World Factbook 2005. v1. 5 Mar 2008

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This is a mobipocket conversion from my source used to create the REB 1200 .IMP ebook several years ago. It contains many facts and figures collected by the CIA for 'reference purposes'.

Although newer versions are available online, I believe most of the information contained herein is still relevant.

According to the FAQs located at https://www.cia.gov/library/publicat...docs/faqs.html

[SIZE="1"]Can I use some or all of The World Factbook for my Web site (book, research project, homework, etc.)?

The World Factbook is in the public domain and may be used freely by anyone at anytime without seeking permission. However, US Code prohibits use of the CIA seal in a manner which implies that the CIA approved, endorsed, or authorized such use. If you have any questions about your intended use, you should consult with legal counsel. Further information on The World Factbook's use is described on the Contributors and Copyright Information page. As a courtesy, please cite The World Factbook when used.[/SIZ
As this is my first .prc offering, just let me know if there are any issues with this ebook. [I don't have any appropriate hardware reader to test this out myself.[/

EDIT: added a 'High Compression' version (ends with '_high.prc')

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- CIA_World_Factbook_2005.prc

Cicero, Marcus Tullius: On Moral Ends. v1. 07 March 2012

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Stephanos

Cicero's main treatise on the theory of ethics (Latin title [de Finibus Bonorum et Malorum[/), in which he presents and criticizes the ethical components of the prevalent philosophical systems of his day. This is done through a "dialogue" format which is not however much of a dialogue and consists mostly of long speeches. This is the Harris Rackham translation contained in the Loeb Classical Library and published in 1914.

I have typed in the entire text and I am sure there are errors. But there are really only two methods for getting an existing printed text into the (text-based) electronic realm, and the other involves "scanning and proofreading" which I find more tedious than typing. Others may differ of course. If anyone is interested in reading this and finds typing errors, please let me know.

The .mobi file includes the embedded font Linux Libertine for display of the Extended Greek set of characters. The font is distibuted under the "SIL Open Font License" which allows such use.

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Cicero, Marcus Tullius: Vom höchsten Gut und Übel (german) v1.0 Jun 2010

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Marcus Tullius Cicero (* 3. Januar 106 v. Chr. in Arpinum; † 7. Dezember 43 v. Chr. bei Formiae) war ein römischer Politiker, Anwalt, Schriftsteller und Philosoph, der berühmteste Redner Roms und Konsul im Jahr 63 v. Chr.

[(Quelle: Wikipedia)[/

Vom höchsten Gut und vom größten Übel ist ein philosophisches Werk des römischen Redners, Politikers und Philosophen Marcus Tullius Cicero. Es besteht aus fünf Büchern, in denen sich Cicero mit den Philosophierichtungen des epikureischen Hedonismus, der Stoa und des Peripatos auseinandersetzt und diese dadurch dem römischen Leser vorstellt. Das Leitthema des Werkes ist die Frage nach dem anzustrebenden höchsten Gut. Es entstand im Sommer des Jahres 45 v. Chr. innerhalb von etwa eineinhalb Monaten. Zusammen mit den kurz danach geschriebenen Tusculanae disputationes („Gespräche in Tusculum“) ist De finibus das umfangreichste philosophische Werk Ciceros. Gewidmet ist das Werk Marcus Iunius Brutus.

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Clark, Abu Mahmoud Luther: Is Dying Like Waking? v1. Mar 11 2009

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A collection of poems I have authored. Some have previously been published, some are appearing here for the first time. It is being released under a Creative Commons Attribution No Deriv No Commercial license. Feel free to spread it around. Uploaded in honour of Read an Ebook Week.

The poems cover numerous topics, including history, war, philosophy, religion, and relationships. Most are short and in free verse, though there are some Ghazals.

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Clarke, Marcus: For the Term of His Natural Life. V1.

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Marcus Clarke was born in London on 24 April 1846 and was educated at Highgate School. He was the only son of William Hislop Clarke. He emigrated to Australia, where his uncle, James Langton Clarke, was a county court judge. He was at first a clerk in the Bank of Australasia, but showed no business ability, and soon proceeded to learn farming at a station on the Wimmera river, Victoria.

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For the Term of his Natural Life is a "ripping yarn", which at times relies on unrealistic coincidences. The story follows the fortunes of Rufus Dawes, a young man transported for a murder which he did not commit. The harsh and inhumane treatment meted out to the convicts, some of whom were transported for relatively minor crimes, is clearly conveyed. The conditions experienced by the convicts are graphically described. The novel was based on research by the author as well as a visit to the penal settlement of Port Arthur.

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Cleland, John: Fanny Hill, v1, 18 Oct 2007.

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John Cleland, ‘Fanny Hill or The Memoirs of a Woman of Pleasure’.
(c 1749)

An erotic novel of the 18th century; - arguably the first modern erotic novel. It is both graphic and very flowery. (Also the heroine’s name developed a secondary meaning.)
It was banned in the UK until 1963, and in the US till 1966. I transcribed it because I disapprove of censorship.

I have added a ToC and a picture.

From Wikipedia:
The novel was published in two instalments, in November of 1748 and February of 1749. Initially, there was no governmental reaction to the novel, and it was only in November 1749, a year after the first installment was published, that Cleland and his publisher were arrested and charged with "corrupting the King's subjects." In court, Cleland renounced the novel and it was officially withdrawn. However, as the book became popular, pirate editions appeared. In particular, an episode was interpolated into the book depicting homosexuality between men, which Fanny observes through a chink in the wall. Cleland published an expurgated version of the book in March 1750, but was nevertheless prosecuted for that, too, although the charges were subsequently dropped. Some historians, such as J. H. Plumb, have hypothesised that the prosecution was actually caused by the pirate edition containing the "sodomy" scene.
In the 19th century, copies of the book were sold "underground," and the book eventually made its way to the United States where, in 1821, it was banned for obscenity.
In 1963, G. B. Putnam published the book under the title John Cleland's Memoirs of a Woman of Pleasure which also was immediately banned for obscenity. The publisher challenged the ban in court.
In a landmark decision in 1966, the United States Supreme Court ruled in Memoirs v. Massachusetts that the banned novel did not meet the Roth standard for obscenity.”

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Clemens, Anthony: Anthony Clemens Sampler. V1. 13 Jul 2012

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PAID IN BLOOD
BLOOD ON THE ICE

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Clement, Clara Erskine: A History of Art for Beginners and Students,v.1, 29 June 2008

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Clara Erskine Clement was an American author who was educated principally at home and wrote several books about art. This illustrated volume from 1887 is devoted to the history of painting through the mid-19th century.

CHAPTER I - ANCIENT PAINTING, FROM THE EARLIEST TIMES TO THE CHRISTIAN ERA
CHAPTER II - MEDIÆVAL PAINTING, FROM THE BEGINNING OF THE CHRISTIAN ERA TO THE RENAISSANCE
CHAPTER III - PAINTING IN ITALY, FROM THE BEGINNING OF THE RENAISSANCE TO THE PRESENT CENTURY
CHAPTER IV - PAINTING IN FLANDERS, HOLLAND, AND GERMANY
CHAPTER V - PAINTING IN SPAIN
CHAPTER VI - PAINTING IN FRANCE
CHAPTER VII - PAINTING IN ENGLAND

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Cleveland, Grover: State of the Union. v1.0, 13 October 2007

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22nd and 24th President of the USA. 1885-1889 and 1893-1897

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Clouston, J Storer: The Spy in Black (1917); v1; 27 Oct 2020

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Scottish author J Storer Clouston (1870-1944) wrote many novels and a quantity of short stories.

This amusing short novel (51,000 words) tells of a German naval officer landed on a remote Scottish island during WW1, and his encounters with the locals as he makes contact with an agent in place.

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Clouston, W.A.: The Book of Noodles:. v1, 8 Feb 2008

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Since Patricia has posted [The Complete Book of Cheese[/ it is now time for the [The Book of Noodles[/. This is not a story of pasta however, instead it is the stories of Simpletons, Fools and their follies.

From the Preface:

Like popular tales in general, the original sources of stories of simpletons are for the most part not traceable. The old Greek jests of this class had doubtless been floating about among different peoples long before they were reduced to writing. The only tales and apologues of noodles or stupid folk to which an approximate date can be assigned are those found in the early Buddhist books, especially in the “Jatakas,” or Birth-stories, which are said to have been related to his disciples by Gautama, the illustrious founder of Buddhism, as incidents which occurred to himself and others in former births, and were afterwards put into a literary form by his followers. Many of the “Jatakas” relate to silly men and women, and also to stupid animals, the latter being, of course, men re-born as beasts, birds, or reptiles. But it is not to be supposed that all are of Buddhist invention; some had doubtless been current for ages among the Hindus before Gautama promulgated his mild doctrines. Scholars are, however, agreed that these fictions date at latest from a century prior to the Christian era.
Of European noodle-stories, as of other folk-tales, it may be said that, while they are numerous, yet the elements of which they are composed are comparatively very few. The versions domiciled in different countries exhibit little originality, farther than occasional modifications in accordance with local manners and customs. Thus for the stupid Brahman of Indian stories the blundering, silly son is often substituted in European variants; for the brose in Norse and Highland tales we find polenta or macaroni in Italian and Sicilian versions. The identity of incidents in the noodle-stories of Europe with those in what are for us their oldest forms, the Buddhist and Indian books, is very remarkable, particularly so in the case of Norse popular fictions, which, there is every reason to believe, were largely introduced through the Mongolians; and the similarity of Italian and West Highland stories to those of Iceland and Norway would seem to indicate the influence of the Norsemen in the Western Islands of Scotland and in the south of Europe.

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Coakley, Mark: Viking Saga, v1, 17 November 2009

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VIKING SAGA is a pulse-pounding literary historical thriller, set in 793 AD, when Norway was ruled by many small kingdoms and folk still worshipped the old gods. Halfdan the Black -- a young fighter and beer-soaked poet, with a Norse father and African mother -- vows revenge for the killing of his king. Halfdan's fate leads him through actual historical events, such as the raid on England's Lindisfarne nunnery and the first Norse contacts with Christianity. This spare, cunningly ironic novel is set against a brutal backdrop of life in the "Dark Ages", and features violent action, a unique love-story, odd twists, cool humour, primitive poems and more. Well-researched and fast-moving, VIKING SAGA follows Halfdan the Black as he battles, boozes and rhymes his way to revenge, love, wisdom ... and becoming Norway's first king.

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Cobb, Irvin S.: Europe Revised. v1. 06 Sep 2017

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Europe Revised
A TRAVEL BOOK BY IRVIN S. COBB (1876–1944)

This book was first published in 1914. Text is in the public domain in countries where copyright is “Life + 70”� or less, and in the USA.

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Here is a travel book guaranteed to be full of humor, and quite devoid of educational bits. The reader will learn much about European travel as it was experienced by Mr. Cobb in the early twentieth century, but must look elsewhere to find historical, architectural, and artistic tutelage. In spite of being dated now, a century later, the book is still amusing; and the author’s rather prickly American chauvinism did sometimes mellow into admiration and compliments for the foreign lifestyles he encountered.

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Irvin Shrewsbury Cobb (June 23, 1876 – March 11, 1944) was an American author, humorist, editor, and columnist from Paducah, Kentucky who relocated to New York in 1904 for the remainder of his life, writing for the New York World, The Saturday Evening Post, Cosmopolitan, and other newspapers and magazines. Cobb wrote more than 300 short stories and 60 books (most of these being collections of his stories and articles). Some of his works were adapted for film.

An excerpt:
Speaking of bathing reminds me of washing; and speaking of washing reminds me of an adventure I had in Vienna in connection with a white waistcoat—or, as we would call it down where I was raised, a dress vest. This vest had become soiled through travel and wear across Europe. At Vienna I intrusted it to the laundry along with certain other garments. When the bundle came back my vest was among the missing.

The maid did not seem to be able to comprehend the brand of German I use in casual conversation; so, through an interpreter, I explained to her that I was shy one white vest. For two days she brought all sorts of vests and submitted them to me on approval—thin ones and thick ones; old ones and new ones; slick ones and woolly ones; fringed ones and frayed ones. I think the woman had a private vest mine somewhere, and went and tapped a fresh vein on my account every few minutes; but it never was the right vest she brought me.

[ … ]

I do not know what he prayed for, but I prayed for my vest.

I never got it though. I doubt whether my prayer ever reached heaven—it had such a long way to go. It is farther from Vienna to heaven than from any other place in the world, I guess—unless it is Paris. That vest is still wandering about the damp-filled corridors of that hotel, mooing in a plaintive manner for its mate—which is myself. It will never find a suitable adopted parent. It was especially coopered to my form by an expert clothing contractor, and it will not fit anyone else. No; it will wander on and on, the starchy bulge of its bosom dimly phosphorescent in the gloaming, its white pearl buttons glimmering spectrally; and after a while the hotel will get the reputation of being haunted by the ghost of a flour barrel, and will have a bad name and lose custom. I hope so anyway. It looks to be my one chance of getting even with the owner for penalizing me in the matter of baths.
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Text was obtained from gutenberg.org. Illustrations by John T. McCutcheon (1870–1949) have been omitted due to copyright restrictions. Transcription errors were corrected; punctuation, diacritics, and italics formatted; chapter heads cross-linked to Table of Contents. Embedded fonts used for titling. .

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Read this, and see what Great-Grandma and Grampa had to put up with when they went a-touring!
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Cobb, Irvin S.: Fibble,D.D. (illus). v1. 14 Aug 2018

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Meet Roscoe T. Fibble, Doctor of Divinity. From the pen of this prim and pompous young clergyman come the chronicles of his misadventures as he organizes a scouting expedition with a group of rowdy young boys; as he shepherds a flock of adolescent girls on a sight-seeing tour in France; as he succumbs to the yearnings of love for a lovely young teacher at the Fernbridge Seminary for Young Ladies in the village of Lover’s Leap, New Jersey, where he is on the faculty. Fibble is comically ludicrous, yet somehow endearing, in his enthusiasms, his naïveté, his Victorian prudishness, and his pretentiously ornate vocabulary from a bygone century.

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Irvin Shrewsbury Cobb (June 23, 1876 – March 11, 1944) was an American author, humorist, editor, and columnist from Paducah, Kentucky who relocated to New York in 1904 for the remainder of his life, writing for the [New York World, The Saturday Evening Post, Cosmopolitan,[/ and other newspapers and magazines. Cobb wrote more than 300 short stories and 60 books (most of these being collections of his stories and articles). Some of his works were adapted for film. He was one of America’s most popular humorists during the first third of the twentieth century.

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The contents of this book first appeared in [The Saturday Evening Post[/ 24 Oct. 1914, 25 Dec. 1915, and 07 Oct. 1916; [Fibble D.D[/. was published later in 1916. Text and illustrations are in the public domain in countries where the copyright term is “Life + 70” or less, and in the USA.

Text was obtained from Project Gutenberg, illustrations from the Internet Archive. Transcription errors were corrected; punctuation, diacritics, and italics formatted; images manually cleaned and enhanced. Embedded font used for titling.

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Cobb, Irvin S.: From Place to Place (collected shorts). v1. 02 Aug 2017

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FROM PLACE TO PLACE
A collection of short stories BY IRVIN S. COBB (1876–1944)

The contents of this book first appeared 1917–1919 in various magazines. This collection, [From Place to Place[/, was published in 1920. Text is in the public domain in countries where copyright is “Life + 70” or less, and in the USA.
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Irvin Shrewsbury Cobb was an American author, humorist, editor, and columnist from Paducah, Kentucky who relocated to New York in 1904 for the remainder of his life, writing for the New York “World”, “The Saturday Evening Post”, “Cosmopolitan”, and other newspapers and magazines. Cobb wrote more than 300 short stories and 60 books (most of these being collections of his stories and articles). Some of his works were adapted for film.

Cobb was one of America’s most popular humorists during the first third of the 20th century, but his writing was not limited to comedy only. His descriptive writing was masterful, and his stories were often dramatic, poignant, tragic – even terror-ridden.

Herewith, a tasty buffet serving up tidbits of the many flavors of Irvin S. Cobb.

EXCERPT (from “The Bull Called Emily”)
This here Windy Jordan was one of them human drafts; hence the name. At all hours there was a strong breeze blowing out of him in the form of words. If he wasn’t conversing, it was a sign he had acute sore throat. But to counteract that fault he was the sole proprietor of the smartest and the largest bull on this side of the ocean, which said bull answered to the name of Emily.

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“Did you say a bull?” I asked.
“Sure I said a bull. Why not? Ain’t you wise to what a bull is?”
“Certainly I am, but a bull named Emily——”
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Listen, little one: To them that follow after the red wagon and the white top, all elephants is bulls, disregardless of genders, just the same as all regular bulls is he-cows to refined maiden ladies residin’ in New England and points adjacent. Only, show-people ain’t got any false modesty that way. In the show-business a bull is a bull, whether it’s a lady-bull or a gentleman-bull. So very properly this here bull, being one of the most refined and cultured members of her sex, answers to the Christian name of Emily.

Well, this Emily is not only the joy and the pride of Windy Jordan’s life, but she’s his entire available assets. Bull and bulline, she’d been with him from early childhood. In fact, Windy was the only parent Emily ever knew, she having been left a helpless orphan on account of a railroad wreck to the old Van Orten shows back yonder in eighteen-eighty-something. So Windy, he took her as a prattling infant in arms when she didn’t weigh an ounce over a ton and a half, and he adopted her and educated her and pampered her and treated her as a member of his own family, only better, until she repaid him by becoming not only the largest bull in the business but the most highly cultivated.

Emily knew nearly everything there was to know, and what she didn’t know she suspected very strongly. Likewise, as I came to find out later, she was extremely grateful for small favors and most affectionate by nature. To be sure, being affectionate with a bull about the size and general specifications of a furniture-car had its drawbacks. She was liable to lean up against you in a playful, kittenish kind of a way, and cave in most of your ribs. It was like having a violent flirtation with a landslide to venture up clost to Emily when she was in one of her tomboy moods. I’ve known her to nudge a friend with one of her front elbows and put both his shoulder-blades out of socket. But she never meant no harm by it, never. It was just a little way she had.
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Cobb, Irvin S.: Ladies and Gentlemen (collected shorts). v1. 02 Aug 2017

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LADIES AND GENTLEMEN
A collection of short stories BY IRVIN S. COBB (1876–1944)

The contents of this book first appeared 1924–1927 in “Cosmopolitan” magazine. This collection, [Ladies and Gentlemen[/, was published in 1927. Text is in the public domain in countries where copyright is “Life + 70” or less, and, because copyright was not renewed, in the USA.
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Irvin Shrewsbury Cobb was an American author, humorist, editor, and columnist from Paducah, Kentucky who relocated to New York in 1904 for the remainder of his life, writing for the New York “World”, “The Saturday Evening Post”, “Cosmopolitan”, and other newspapers and magazines. Cobb wrote more than 300 short stories and 60 books (most of these being collections of his stories and articles). Some of his works were adapted for film.

Cobb was one of America’s most popular humorists during the first third of the 20th century, but his writing was not limited to comedy only. His descriptive writing was masterful, and his stories were often dramatic, poignant, tragic – even terror-ridden.

Herewith, a tasty buffet serving up tidbits of the many flavors of Irvin S. Cobb.

EXCERPT (from “Good Sam”)
Like I was just now telling you, his name was Samson Goodhue. So you can see how easy it was to twist that around into Good Samaritan and then to render that down for kitchen use into Good Sam. It was a regular trick name and highly suitable, seeing that he counted that day lost which, as the poet says, its low descending sun didn’t find him trying to help somebody out of a jam.

In fact, he really made a profession out of it. You might say he was an expert promoter. He wasn’t one of your meek and lowly ones, though.

They say the meek shall inherit the earth but I reckon not until everybody else is through with it.

Not Good Sam. He was just as pushing and determinated and persisting in his work as though he was taking orders for enlarging crayon portraits. And probably it wasn’t his fault that about every time he tackled a job of philanthropping the scheme seemed to go wrong. You had to give him credit for that. But after a while it got so that when the word spread that Good Sam was going around doing good, smart people ran for cover. They didn’t know but what it might be their turn next, and they figured they’d had enough hard luck already without calling in a specialist.

I remember like it was yesterday the first time I ever saw him operating – down in Triple Falls, this state. I hadn’t been there very long. Winter-time had driven a bunch of us beef-herders in off the range and we were encouraging the saloon industry – in fact, you might say we were practically supporting it. That was before I quit. I haven’t taken a drink for fifteen years now but, at that, I figure I’m even with the game. The day I quit I had enough to last me fifteen years.

Good Sam hadn’t been there much longer than we had. He blew in from somewhere back East and to look at him you’d have said offhand that here was just an average pilgrim, size sixteen-and-a-half collar, three-dollar pants, addicted to five-cent cigars and a drooping mustache; otherwise no distinguishing marks. He didn’t look a thing in the world like a genius. His gifts were hidden. But it didn’t take him long to begin showing them.
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Cobb, Irvin S.: Local Color (collected shorts). v1. 02 Aug 2017

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LOCAL COLOR
A collection of short stories BY IRVIN S. COBB (1876–1944)

The contents of this book first appeared 1914–1916 in the magazine “The Saturday Evening Post”. This collection, [Local Color[/, was published in 1916. Text is in the public domain in countries where copyright is “Life + 70” or less, and in the USA.
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Irvin Shrewsbury Cobb was an American author, humorist, editor, and columnist from Paducah, Kentucky who relocated to New York in 1904 for the remainder of his life, writing for the New York “World”, “The Saturday Evening Post”, “Cosmopolitan”, and other newspapers and magazines. Cobb wrote more than 300 short stories and 60 books (most of these being collections of his stories and articles). Some of his works were adapted for film.

Cobb was one of America’s most popular humorists during the first third of the 20th century, but his writing was not limited to comedy only. His descriptive writing was masterful, and his stories were often dramatic, poignant, tragic – even terror-ridden.

Herewith, a tasty buffet serving up tidbits of the many flavors of Irvin S. Cobb.
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Text was obtained from gutenberg.org. Transcription errors were corrected; punctuation, diacritics, and italics formatted; American spelling restored (as in initial magazine publication); some spelling and punctuation modernized to provide consistency.
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Cobb, Irvin S.: My Old Kentucky Home (collected shorts). v1. 12 Jul 2017

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My Old Kentucky Home.
Stories concerning Old Judge Priest and his people
by Irvin S. Cobb (1876–1944)

The contents of this book were first published 1911 ~ 1936. Text is in the public domain in countries where copyright is “Life + 70” or less, and in the USA.

This compilation is comprised of the stories of [Back Home[/ (1912) and [Old Judge Priest[/ (1916), [in toto[/; with additional tales taken from [Those Times and These[/ (1917), [From Place to Place[/ (1920), [Sundry Accounts[/ (1922), [The Saturday Evening Post[/ magazine, and [Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine[/.

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Irvin Shrewsbury Cobb (23 June, 1876 – 11 March, 1944) was an American author, humorist, editor and columnist from Paducah, Kentucky who relocated to New York in 1904, living there for the remainder of his life, writing for the New York World, Saturday Evening Post, Cosmopolitan, and other newspapers and magazines. Cobb wrote more than 300 short stories and 60 books (most of these being collections of his stories and articles). Some of his works were adapted for film.

Cobb is remembered best for his humorous stories of Kentucky. “Cobb created a South peopled with honorable citizens, charming eccentrics, and loyal, subservient blacks; but at their best the Judge Priest stories are dramatic and compelling, using a wealth of precisely rendered detail to evoke a powerful mood.” [Contemporary review, attributed to Joel Chandler Harris.]
(—Wikipedia)

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These stories are set in Kentucky, from the 1880’s to the 1910’s. Dialogue is rendered in the Southern vernacular, and, as might be expected, conversation is sometimes about the American Civil War. But more often, we eavesdrop on the daily life of a country town. Cobb runs the emotional gamut — from comedy to drama to pathos to tragedy and back again — and entertains all along the way. (Caveat: text contains racially derogatory terms.)

AN EXCERPT:Summertime would have revealed him clad in linen, or alpaca, or ample garments of homespun hemp, but this particular day, being a day in the latter part of October, Judge Priest’s limbs and body were clothed in woolen coverings. The first grate fire of the season burned in his grate. There was a local superstition current, to the effect that our courthouse was heated with steam. Years before, a bond issue to provide the requisite funds for this purpose had been voted after much public discussion pro and con. Thereafter, for a space, contractors and journeymen artisans made free of the building, to the great discomfort of certain families of resident rats, old settler rats really, that had come to look upon their cozy habitats behind the wainscoting as homes for life. Anon, iron pipes emerged at unexpected and jutting angles from the baseboards here and there, to coil in the corners or else to climb the walls, joint upon joint, and festoon themselves kinkily against the ceilings.

Physically the result was satisfying to the eye of the taxpayer; but if the main function of a heating plant be to provide heat, then the innovation might hardly be termed an unqualified success. Official dwellers of the premises maintained that the pipes never got really hot to the touch before along toward the Fourth of July, remaining so until September, when they began perceptibly to cool off again. Down in the cellar the darky janitor might feed the fire box until his spine cracked and the boilers seethed and simmered, but the steam somehow seemed to get lost in transit, manifesting itself on the floors above only in a metallic clanking and clacking, which had been known to seriously annoy lawyers in the act of offering argument to judge and jurors. When warmth was needed to dispel the chill in his own quarters, Judge Priest always had a fire kindled in the fireplace.

If you read these as period pieces, you will find a lot to enjoy.
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Cobb, Irvin S.: Notions. v1. 14 Aug 2018

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Herein, Cobb shares his opinions on some of the follies and foibles of mankind, ranging from holiday observances to restaurant dining, from boyhood pranks to literary practices, and points between. All are served up with a hearty helping of humor.

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Irvin Shrewsbury Cobb (June 23, 1876 – March 11, 1944) was an American author, humorist, editor, and columnist from Paducah, Kentucky who relocated to New York in 1904 for the remainder of his life, writing for the [New York World, The Saturday Evening Post, Cosmopolitan,[/ and other newspapers and magazines. Cobb wrote more than 300 short stories and 60 books (most of these being collections of his stories and articles). Some of his works were adapted for film. He was one of America’s most popular humorists during the first third of the twentieth century.

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The contents of this book first appeared 1911–1921 in various magazines. Text is in the public domain in countries where the copyright term is “Life + 70” or less, and in the USA.

This is my own compilation, collected from magazine archives at Hathi Trust. OCR errors were corrected; punctuation, diacritics, and italics formatted. Titles are cross-linked to table of contents. Initial publication is cited at the end of each piece.
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Cobb, Irvin S.: One Third Off (illus). v1. 15 Sep 2017

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One Third Off
By Irvin S. Cobb (1876–1944)
Illustrated by Tony Sarg (1880–1942)

This book was first published in 1921. Text and illustrations are in the public domain in countries where copyright is “Life + 70”� or less, and in the USA.

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In this long essay, the author's experiences and sufferings while he attempts to lose weight are chronicled in hilarious detail. Helpful advice is included at no extra charge.

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Irvin Shrewsbury Cobb (June 23, 1876 – March 11, 1944) was an American author, humorist, editor, and columnist from Paducah, Kentucky who relocated to New York in 1904 for the remainder of his life, writing for the New York World, The Saturday Evening Post, Cosmopolitan, and other newspapers and magazines. Cobb wrote more than 300 short stories and 60 books (most of these being collections of his stories and articles). Some of his works were adapted for film. He was one of America’s most popular humorists during the first third of the twentieth century.

An excerpt:
In the fall of the year, when I brought last winter’s heavy suit out of the clothes-press and found it now to hug o’er snugly for comfort, I cajoled my saner self into accepting a most transparent lie – my figure had not materially altered through the intervening spring and summer; it was only that the garments, being fashioned of a shoddy material, had shrunk. I owned a dress suit which had been form-fitting, ’tis true, but none too close a fit upon me. I had owned it for years; I looked forward to owning and using it for years to come. I laid it aside for a period during an abatement in formal social activities; then bringing it forth from its camphor-ball nest for a special occasion I found I could scarce force my way down into the trousers, and that the waistcoat buttons could not be made to meet the buttonholes, and that the coat, after finally I had struggled into it, bound me as with chains by reason of the pull at armpits and between the shoulders. I could not get my arms down to my sides at all. I could only use them flapper fashion.

I felt like a penguin. I imagine I looked a good bit like one too.

But I did not blame myself, who was the real criminal, or the grocer who was accessory before the fact. I put the fault on the tailor, who was innocent. Each time I had to let my belt buckle out for another notch in order that I might breathe I diagnosed the trouble as a touch of what might be called Harlem flatulency. We lived in a flat then – a nonelevator flat – and I pretended that climbing three flights of steep stairs was what developed my abdominal muscles and at the same time made me short of wind.

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So give this a try --- if you ever had similar experiences, you can sympathize; or if not, you can read this as escapist fantasy.
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Cobb, Irvin S.: Roughing It De Luxe. v1. 06 Sep 2017

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Roughing It De Luxe
A TRAVEL BOOK BY IRVIN S. COBB (1876–1944)

This book was first published in 1914. Text is in the public domain in countries where copyright is “Life + 70”� or less, and in the USA.

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From the pen of one of America’s most popular humorists of the first third of the 20th century, a travel book warranted to generate some giggles and grins. Cobb provides some unusual perspectives gleaned from his journeys through the American West.
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Irvin Shrewsbury Cobb was an American author, humorist, editor, and columnist from Paducah, Kentucky who relocated to New York in 1904 for the remainder of his life, writing for the New York World, The Saturday Evening Post, Cosmopolitan, and other newspapers and magazines. Cobb wrote more than 300 short stories and 60 books (most of these being collections of his stories and articles). Some of his works were adapted for film.

An excerpt:
I almost forgot to mention San Francisco’s chief product—Native Sons. A Native Son is one who has acquired special merit by being born in the state. You would think credit would be given to the subject’s parents, where it belongs; but, no—that is not the California way. It’s a great thing out there to be a Native Son. It counts in politics, and in society, and at the clubs.

And, after that, the next best thing is to be a Southerner, either by birth or descent. People who have Southern blood in their veins are very proud of it and can join a club on the strength of it; and some of them do a lot of talking about it. The definition is rather elastic—anybody whose ancestors worked on the Southern Pacific is eligible, I think.

Of course, there are a lot of real Southerners; but there are a whole lot more who—so it seemed to me—are giving remarkably realistic imitations of the type known in New York as the Professional Southerner. San Francisco excels in Southerners—the regular kind and the self-made kind, both.

I was out there too early in the year to meet the justly celebrated San Francisco flea. He’s a Native Son, too; but there isn’t so much bragging being done on his account.
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I hope that you enjoy this.
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Cobb, Irvin S.: Speaking of Operations (illus). v1. 13 Sep 2017

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“Speaking of Operations—”
By Irvin S. Cobb (1876–1944)
Illustrated by Tony Sarg (1880–1942)

This book was first published in 1915. Text and illustrations are in the public domain in countries where copyright is “Life + 70”� or less, and in the USA.

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Mr. Cobb begins this short essay by noting that everyone loves to talk about their operation to friends and strangers alike, and then proceeds to narrate the wryly humorous details of his own experiences when he went under the knife.
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Irvin Shrewsbury Cobb (June 23, 1876 – March 11, 1944) was an American author, humorist, editor, and columnist from Paducah, Kentucky who relocated to New York in 1904 for the remainder of his life, writing for the New York World, The Saturday Evening Post, Cosmopolitan, and other newspapers and magazines. Cobb wrote more than 300 short stories and 60 books (most of these being collections of his stories and articles). Some of his works were adapted for film. He was one of America’s most popular humorists during the first third of the twentieth century.

An excerpt:
For years I have noticed that persons who underwent pruning or remodeling at the hands of a duly qualified surgeon, and survived, like to talk about it afterward. In the event of their not surviving I have no doubt they still liked to talk about it, but in a different locality. Of all the readily available topics for use, whether among friends or among strangers, an operation seems to be the handiest and most dependable. It beats the Tariff, or Roosevelt, or Bryan, or when this war is going to end, if ever, if you are a man talking to other men; and it is more exciting even than the question of how Mrs. Vernon Castle will wear her hair this season, if you are a woman talking to other women.

For mixed companies a whale is one of the best and the easiest things to talk about that I know of. In regard to whales and their peculiarities you can make almost any assertion without fear of successful contradiction. Nobody ever knows any more about them than you do. You are not hampered by facts. If someone mentions the blubber of the whale and you chime in and say it may be noticed for miles on a still day when the large but emotional creature has been moved to tears by some great sorrow coming into its life, everybody is bound to accept the statement. For after all, how few among us really know whether a distressed whale sobs aloud or does so under its breath? Who, with any certainty, can tell whether a mother whale hatches her own egg her own self or leaves it on the sheltered bosom of a fjord to be incubated by the gentle warmth of the midnight sun? The possibilities of the proposition for purposes of informal debate, pro and con, are apparent at a glance.

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But after all, when all is said and done, the king of all topics is operations. Sooner or later, wherever two or more are gathered together, it is reasonably certain that somebody will bring up an operation.

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So read all about it, and enjoy. Remember, you too can complain knowledgeably to your friends about your phantom stitch itch.
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Cobb, Irvin S.: Sundry Accounts (collected shorts). v1. 02 Aug 2017

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SUNDRY ACCOUNTS
A collection of short stories BY IRVIN S. COBB (1876–1944)

The contents of this book first appeared 1917–1919 in various magazines. This collection, [Sundry Accounts[/, was published in 1922. Text is in the public domain in countries where copyright is “Life + 70” or less, and in the USA.
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Irvin Shrewsbury Cobb was an American author, humorist, editor, and columnist from Paducah, Kentucky who relocated to New York in 1904 for the remainder of his life, writing for the New York “World”, “The Saturday Evening Post”, “Cosmopolitan”, and other newspapers and magazines. Cobb wrote more than 300 short stories and 60 books (most of these being collections of his stories and articles). Some of his works were adapted for film.

Cobb was one of America’s most popular humorists during the first third of the 20th century, but his writing was not limited to comedy only. His descriptive writing was masterful, and his stories were often dramatic, poignant, tragic – even terror-ridden.

Herewith, a tasty buffet serving up tidbits of the many flavors of Irvin S. Cobb.

EXCERPT (from “Worth 10,000”)
You might have called Vincent C. Marr a self-made man and be making no mistake about it. For he was self-made; not merely self-assembled, as so many men are who attain distinction in this profession or that calling. Entirely through his own efforts, with only his native wit to light the way for him, he had pulled himself up, step by step, from the very bottom of his trade to the very top of it. His trade was the applied trade of crookedness; his pursuit the pursuit of other folks’ cash resources. He had the envy and admiration of his friends in allied branches of the same general industry; he had the begrudged respect of his official enemies, the police; while his accomplishments – the tricks he pulled, the coups he scored, the purses he garnered – were discussed and praised by the human nits and lice of the Seamy Side, just as the achievements in a legitimate field of a Hill or a Schwab or a Rockefeller might be talked of among petty shopkeepers and little business men. He had, as the phrase goes, everything – imagination, resource, ingenuity, audacity, utter ruthlessness.

Yet it would seem hard to conceive a more humble beginning than his had been. His father was a cobbler in a little West Virginia coal town. At sixteen he ran away from home to go with a small circus. This circus was a traveling shield for all manner of rough extortioners. Card sharps, shell workers, petermen, sneak thieves, pickpockets, even burglars rode its train. They had a saying that the owner of this show sold the safe-blowing privileges outright but retained a one-third interest in the hold-up concession. That was a whimsical exaggeration of what perhaps had a kernel of truth in it. Certainly it was the fact of the case that the owner depended more upon his lion’s cut of the swag which the trailing jackals amassed than upon the intake at the ticket windows. Bad weather might kill his business for a week; a crop failure might lame it for a month; but the graft was as sure as anything graftified can be. When the runaway youth, Vince Marr, inserted himself beneath the protecting wing of this patron he knew exactly whither his ultimate ambitions tended. He had no vague boyish design to serve a ’prenticeship as stake driver or roustabout in the hope someday of graduating into a rider or a tumbler, a ringmaster or a clown. He joined out in order that among these congenial influences he might the quicker become an accomplished thief.

Starting as a novice he had to carve out his own little niche in company where the competition already was fierce. His rise, though, was rapid. So far as the records show he was the first of the Monday guys. He developed the line himself and gave to it its name. A Monday guy was a plunderer of clotheslines. He followed the route of the daily street parade; rather he followed a route running roughly parallel to it. He set out coincidentally with it and he aimed to have his pilfering stint finished when the parade was over. He prowled in alleys and skinned over back fences, progressing from house yard to house yard while the parade passed through the streets upon which the houses faced. From kitchen boilers and laundry heaps, from wash baskets and drying ropes, he skimmed the pick of what was offered – silk shirts, fancy hose, women’s embroidered blouses, women’s belaced under-things. His work was made comparatively easy for him, since the dwellers of the houses would be watching the parade.

His strippings he carried to the show lot and there he hid them away. That night in the privilege car the collections of the day would be disposed of by sale or trade to members of the troupe and the affiliated rogues. Especially desirable pieces might be reserved to be shipped on to a professional receiver of stolen goods in a certain city. Naturally, pickings were at their best on a Monday, for since Mother Eve on the first Monday hanged her fig leaf out to dry, Monday has been wash day the world over. Hence the name for the practitioner of the business.
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Cobb, Irvin S.: The Abandoned Farmers. v1. 14 Aug 2018

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After years of dreaming of escape from the crowded clamor of New York City, not to the compromise of a suburban home, but to the country, the Cobb family buys an abandoned farm. Advised that “you won’t have to do much,” they find they must build a house; construct a road; dig a well; buy furnishings, livestock, trees and shrubs; deal with carpenters, plumbers, handy-men — why, there’s nothing to it!

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Irvin Shrewsbury Cobb (June 23, 1876 – March 11, 1944) was an American author, humorist, editor, and columnist from Paducah, Kentucky who relocated to New York in 1904 for the remainder of his life, writing for the [New York World, The Saturday Evening Post, Cosmopolitan,[/ and other newspapers and magazines. Cobb wrote more than 300 short stories and 60 books (most of these being collections of his stories and articles). Some of his works were adapted for film. He was one of America’s most popular humorists during the first third of the twentieth century.

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The contents of this book first appeared in [The Saturday Evening Post[/ in multiple installments in 1913, 1917, 1919. [The Abandoned Farmers[/ was published in 1920. Text is in the public domain in countries where the copyright term is “Life + 70” or less, and in the USA.

Text was obtained from Project Gutenberg, cover image from the Internet Archive. Transcription errors were corrected; punctuation, diacritics, and italics formatted. Embedded font used for titling.
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Cobb, Irvin S.: The Escape of Mr. Trimm (collected shorts). v1. 02 Aug 2017

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THE ESCAPE OF MR. TRIMM
A collection of short stories BY IRVIN S. COBB (1876–1944)

The contents of this book first appeared 1909–1913 in various magazines. “The Escape of Mr. Trimm” was published in 1913. Text is in the public domain in countries where copyright is “Life + 70” or less, and in the USA.

Irvin Shrewsbury Cobb was an American author, humorist, editor, and columnist from Paducah, Kentucky who relocated to New York in 1904 for the remainder of his life, writing for the New York World, The Saturday Evening Post, Cosmopolitan, and other newspapers and magazines. Cobb wrote more than 300 short stories and 60 books (most of these being collections of his stories and articles). Some of his works were adapted for film.

Cobb was one of America’s most popular humorists during the first third of the 20th century, but his writing was not limited to comedy only. His descriptive writing was masterful, and his stories were often dramatic, poignant, tragic – even terror-ridden. Indeed, some of his works were greatly admired by H. P. Lovecraft (“Fishhead” [included in this collection] is cited as the inspiration for Lovecraft’s “The Shadow Over Innsmouth”; “The Unbroken Chain” was a model for Lovecraft’s “The Rats in the Walls.”); and a number of his pieces appear in Ellery Queen anthologies

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Cobb, Irvin S.: The Life of the Party (novella). v1. 14 Aug 2018

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We find, in the wee hours of the morning, thirty-seven-year-old lawyer Algernon Leary making his way homeward after attending a costume party. Observe now, as he braves the mean streets of New York City, clad in an infant’s watermelon-pink romper suit. Good times will be had by many. But not by Algy....

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Irvin Shrewsbury Cobb (June 23, 1876 – March 11, 1944) was an American author, humorist, editor, and columnist from Paducah, Kentucky who relocated to New York in 1904 for the remainder of his life, writing for the [New York World, The Saturday Evening Post, Cosmopolitan,[/ and other newspapers and magazines. Cobb wrote more than 300 short stories and 60 books (most of these being collections of his stories and articles). Some of his works were adapted for film. He was one of America’s most popular humorists during the first third of the twentieth century.

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The contents of this book first appeared in [The Saturday Evening Post[/ Jan 1919; [The Life of the Party[/ was published in book form later in 1919. Illustrations by James M. Preston (1873–1962) have been omitted from this ebook due to copyright restrictions. Text is in the public domain in countries where the copyright term is “Life + 70” or less, and in the USA.

Text was obtained from Project Gutenberg; cover image from the Internet Archive. Transcription errors were corrected; punctuation, diacritics, and italics formatted; spelling Americanized. Embedded font used for titling.
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Cobb, Irvin S.: Those Times and These (collected shorts). v1. 02 Aug 2017

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THOSE TIMES AND THESE
A collection of short stories BY IRVIN S. COBB (1876–1944)

The contents of this book first appeared 1913–1917 in various magazines. This collection, [Those Times and These[/, was published in 1917. Text is in the public domain in countries where copyright is “Life + 70” or less, and in the USA.
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Irvin Shrewsbury Cobb was an American author, humorist, editor, and columnist from Paducah, Kentucky who relocated to New York in 1904 for the remainder of his life, writing for the New York “World”, “The Saturday Evening Post”, “Cosmopolitan”, and other newspapers and magazines. Cobb wrote more than 300 short stories and 60 books (most of these being collections of his stories and articles). Some of his works were adapted for film.

Cobb was one of America’s most popular humorists during the first third of the 20th century, but his writing was not limited to comedy only. His descriptive writing was masterful, and his stories were often dramatic, poignant, tragic – even terror-ridden.

Herewith, a tasty buffet serving up tidbits of the many flavors of Irvin S. Cobb.
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Cobb, Irvin S.: Windfalls (collected shorts). v1. 03 Aug 2017

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WINDFALLS
A gathering of short stories BY IRVIN S. COBB (1876–1944)

The contents of this book first appeared 1911–1930 in various magazines. Text is in the public domain in countries where copyright is “Life + 70” or less.
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Irvin Shrewsbury Cobb was an American author, humorist, editor, and columnist from Paducah, Kentucky who relocated to New York in 1904 for the remainder of his life, writing for the New York “World”, “The Saturday Evening Post”, “Cosmopolitan”, and other newspapers and magazines. Cobb wrote more than 300 short stories and 60 books (most of these being collections of his stories and articles). Some of his works were adapted for film.

Cobb was one of America’s most popular humorists during the first third of the 20th century, but his writing was not limited to comedy only. His descriptive writing was masterful, and his stories were often dramatic, poignant, tragic – even terror-ridden.

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This is my own compilation. The stories in this collection were found in magazine archives at Hathi Trust.

EXCERPT (from “Old Ben Alibi”)
If Ben Ali Crisp, of The Daily Star, better known among enemies as Old Ben Alibi, had not been about the smartest city editor on the hemisphere he would have made a great detective. Probably it isn’t going too far to say he might have made the great detective of his generation; one whose name would live on afterwards, bracketed with the names of McPartland and Pinkerton, Byrnes and Burns, and whose work, by lovers of the comparative, would have been likened to the fictional achievements of Sherlock Holmes and Hawkshaw and Nick Carter.

Those in place to know the facts conceded to him an indubitable genius in this direction. Police Commissioner Dudley did, for one. District Attorney Salmon did, for another. And neither Salmon nor Dudley liked a hair in Crisp’s head. However, this prejudice of theirs in no wise distinguished them as persons holding to a unique view. Of those who did not like a hair in that grizzled head there was, as you might say, one for every hair. To go about Park Row publicly disliking Crisp merely was expressing a common sentiment.

Still, at that, and even so, the estimation in which the members of his own staff and the members of other staffs held him had nothing to do with the special gift which had been given Ben Ali. Call it intuition, call it a flair for deduction and elimination, call it a sublimated news sense, call it an apt instinct for reaching a conclusion by processes of addition and subtraction. Call it whatsoever you please. Whatever it was, he had it and there was no denying he had it. He’d proved it more times than several.
For instance, mark that time away back yonder when Crisp had been star man on the old Intelligencer. The Intelligencer has been a memory and a shelf-load of mildewed files these twenty-odd years, but the recollection of Crisp’s work on the Starbuck kidnaping abides as a green spot in the minds of many unofficial historians.

At one o’clock one morning he limped into the Intelligencer shop with a bundle on his arm and a crumple of scribbled sheets of scratch pad in his hand. He was streaked with coal soot and smeary with brick dust and one wrist dripped blood where broken glass had nicked it. Tradition records how he traveled the length of the city room till he came to the far end where old Walrus Clarkson sat on the night desk getting ready to put the late mail edition to bed. He halted and Clarkson looked up at him from under his green eye-shade, and there befell a little pause while all others present stared at the pair of them. Crisp loved the dramatic and the spectacular; all good newspaper men do. He prolonged the stage wait, noticeably. Then:

“Boss,” he said, “here’s the story of the missing Starbuck baby.”

And laid down his scrambled wad of copy in front of Clarkson.

“And here’s the Starbuck baby.”

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Cobb, Irvin S: Cobb's Anatomy. V1. 27 Nov 2009

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Irvin Shrewsbury Cobb (June 23, 1876 – March 11, 1944) was an American author, humorist, and columnist who lived in New York and authored more than 60 books and 300 short stories.

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Dr. Woods Hutchinson says that fat people are happier than other people. How does Dr. Woods Hutchinson know? Did he ever have to leave the two top buttons of his vest unfastened on account of his extra chins? Has the pressure from within against the waistband where the watchfob is located ever been so great in his case that he had partially to undress himself to find out what time it was? Does he have to take the tailor's word for it that his trousers need pressing?

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Cobb, Irvin S: Cobb's Bill-of-Fare. V1. 28 Nov 2009

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Irvin Shrewsbury Cobb (June 23, 1876 – March 11, 1944) was an American author, humorist, and columnist who lived in New York and authored more than 60 books and 300 short stories.

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Upon a certain gladsome occasion a certain man went into a certain restaurant in a certain large city, being imbued with the idea that he desired a certain kind of food. Expense was with him no object. The coming of the holidays had turned his thoughts backward to the care-free days of boyhood and he longed for the holidaying provender of his youth with a longing that was as wide as a river and as deep as a well.

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Cobb, Irvin S: Eating in Two or Three Languages. V1. 29 Nov 2009

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Irvin Shrewsbury Cobb (June 23, 1876 – March 11, 1944) was an American author, humorist, and columnist who lived in New York and authored more than 60 books and 300 short stories.

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On my way home from overseas I spent many happy hours mapping out a campaign. To myself I said: "The day I land is going to be a great day for some of the waiters and a hard day on some of the cooks. Persons who happen to be near by when I am wrestling with my first ear of green corn will think I am playing on a mouth organ. My behaviour in regard to hothouse asparagus will be reminiscent of the best work of the late Bosco. In the matter of cantaloupes I rather fancy I shall consume the first two on the half shell, or au naturel, as we veteran correspondents say; but the third one will contain about as much vanilla ice cream as you could put in a derby hat.

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Cobb, Irwin S.: One Third Off:. v1, 21 Feb 2008

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Have you ever tried to lose weight? More than a few pounds? It takes more than a special diet as Irvin Cobb discovered. Cobb thought that he was just “big boned” and that his size was genetic. His family always filled out in their thirties….

Cobb recounts the true and humorous story of his attempts to reign in his weight. Cobb wasn’t a lazy glutton. He just had a sedentary lifestyle and a special relationship with his food. He and his food had a special bond he told himself. (The bond was more obvious to everyone else.) Interestingly, Cobb describes the various self-delusions that he went through to convince himself that he wasn’t overweight.

* The suit didn’t fit anymore cause it was cheap and shrunk.
* The weight gain was a family trait.
* He wasn’t fat, just well developed.

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Cobb, Thomas: A Change of Face. v1. 1 Jun 2016

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Thomas Cobb: Born : 1854 Jun 8 Marylebone, London, England: Died : 1932 Jan 15

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THE transformation would have seemed more comprehensible, more natural, if it had been accompanied by any sensations of weakness, but never having felt stronger or better during the twenty-two years of her life, Evangeline found it extremely difficult to put aside the superstitious notion that some occult and malign influence had been exerted over her—certainly at a very inconvenient time.

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Cobb, Thomas: Enter Bridget. v1. 31 May 2016

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Thomas Cobb: Born : 1854 Jun 8 Marylebone, London, England: Died : 1932 Jan 15

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Concerning Bridget there was from the outset considerable difference of opinion. Mark Driver, for instance, always showed a tendency to something more than tolerance, and even Carrissima Faversham, in spite of a manifestly unfavourable bias, strove to hold the balance even. It was her brother Lawrence who took the most adverse view; insisting that Miss Rosser was neither more nor less than an adventuress—"a pretty woman on the make" was his expression, uttered, it is true, before he had an opportunity of seeing her face.

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Cobb, Thomas: The Bountiful Lady. v1. 31 May 2016

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Thomas Cobb: Born : 1854 Jun 8 Marylebone, London, England: Died : 1932 Jan 15

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Mary was a pretty, round-faced, dirty little girl who had neither a father nor a mother nor a brother nor a sister. Nobody had kissed her since she could remember, although it was only the day before yesterday that Mrs. Coppert had beaten her.

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Cobb, Thomas: The Little Clown. v1. 1 Jun 2016

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Thomas Cobb: Born : 1854 Jun 8 Marylebone, London, England: Died : 1932 Jan 15

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Jimmy was nearly eight years of age when these strange things happened to him. His full name was James Orchardson Sinclair Wilmot, and he had been at Miss Lawson's small school at Ramsgate since he was six.

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Cobb, Thomas: The Silver Bag. v1. 2 Jun 2016

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Thomas Cobb: Born : 1854 Jun 8 Marylebone, London, England: Died : 1932 Jan 15

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VALENTINE looked surprised to hear that his friend Derrick Chalmers had not waited to surrender the flat in accordance with his promise, but the hall porter explained, as soon as he had taken the suit-case and kit-bag out of the taxi-cab and handed over the latchkey, that a letter had been left on the sitting-room mantelshelf.

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Cobbett, William: Advice to young Men, v.1, 20 Dec 2007

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One of Rochefoucauld's Maxims is that, 'There is nothing that we give so freely as advice'.

Here's a free load of advice from an English radical thinker of 1830.
It should complement other recent uploads on how not to waste time or money.

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Cody Wetmore, Helen: Last of the Great Scouts. 8 November 2007

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Cody Wetmore, Helen: Last of the great scouts. IMP. 1 October 2007
The real title is 'Last of the great scouts: The life story of Col. William F. Cody ("Buffalo Bill")' as written by his sister Helen Cody Wetmore. This is an interesting biography providing key insights to the Medal of Honor recipient, Buffalo hunter, Army Scout, Pony express rider, theatrical entertainer, etc. etc.

Linked TOC, curly quotes and other improvements.

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Cody, Hiram Alfred: Glen of the High North. V1. 29 Nov 2009

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Hiram Alfred Cody (1872–1948). Episcopal Priest.

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It all happened in less than two minutes, and yet in that brief space of time his entire outlook upon life was changed. He saw her across the street standing upon the edge of the sidewalk facing the throng of teams and motors that were surging by. She had evidently attempted to cross, but had hurriedly retreated owing to the tremendous crush of traffic. The gleam of the large electric light nearby brought into clear relief a face of more than ordinary charm and beauty. But that which appealed so strongly to the young man was the mingled expression of surprise, fear and defiance depicted upon her countenance. It strangely affected him, and he was on the point of springing forward to offer his assistance when she suddenly disappeared, swallowed up in the great tide of humanity.

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Cody, Hiram Alfred: If Any Man Sin. v1. If Any Man Sin

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Hiram Alfred Cody (1872–1948). Episcopal Priest. Born in New Brunswick, Nova Scotia. Author of 23 novels.

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The Northern Packet, the little flat-bottom, stern-wheel steamer, had made a notable trip up the Heena River. She was the first that had ever ploughed the waters of this crooked stream. Every foot of the way she had to contend with the swift current, and there was constant danger from sandbars, which, like long fingers, were thrust out below the surface. No pilot had hitherto navigated that river, and great care had to be exercised.

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Cody, Hiram Alfred: Jess of the Rebel Trail. V1. 29 Nov 2009

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Hiram Alfred Cody (1872–1948). Episcopal Priest. Born in New Brunswick, Nova Scotia. Author of 23 novels.

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The glowing coals in the spacious grate seemed to fascinate the woman as she sat huddled in a big luxurious chair. The book she had been reading was lying open and unheeded on her lap. Her surroundings were by no means in keeping with her dejected manner. The room was cosy and lavishly furnished, while the shaded electric reading-lamp cast its gentle radiance upon the woman’s white hair and soft evening-gown. It was a rough night, and the wind howling outside beat furiously against the closely-blinded windows.

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Cody, Hiram Alfred: Rod of the Lone Patrol. V1. 29 Nov 2009

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Hiram Alfred Cody (1872–1948). Episcopal Priest. Born in New Brunswick, Nova Scotia. Author of 23 novels.

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Parson Dan chuckled several times as he sipped his hot cocoa before the fire. It was an open fire, and the flames licked around an old dry root which had been brought with other driftwood up from the shore. This brightly-lighted room was a pleasing contrast to the roughness of the night outside, for a strong late October wind was careening over the land. It swirled about the snug Hillcrest rectory, rattling any window which happened to be a little loose, and drawing the forked-tongued flames writhing up the large commodious chimney.

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Cody, Hiram Alfred: The Fourth Watch. V1. 28 Nov 2009

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Hiram Alfred Cody (1872–1948). Episcopal Priest.born in New Brunswick, Nova Scotia. Author of 23 novels.

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The boy plied his hoe in a listless manner, for his thoughts were elsewhere. Several hundred yards to the right stood the forest, glorious in its brilliant autumn hues. There among those trees the wary partridges were feeding or perching temptingly upon bough, fallen log or ragged stump. To the left the waters of the noble River St. John rippled and sparkled beneath the glowing sun. Over there amidst that long stretch of marshland, in many a cove and reedy creek, the wild ducks were securely hidden. What connection had a rugged, stirring lad with a brown sombre potato patch when the strong insistent voice of the wild was calling him to fields afar? There was no inspiration here—among these straggling rows. Nothing to thrill a boy's heart, or to send the blood surging and tingling through his body. But there—! He sighed as he leaned upon his hoe and looked yearningly around. Down on the shore; in a sheltered cove among the trees, the Scud, a small boat, was idly flapping her dirty patched sail.

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Cody, Hiram Alfred: The Frontiersman, v1. 15 Jan 2013

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Hiram Alfred Cody (1872–1948). Episcopal Priest. Born in New Brunswick, Nova Scotia. Author of 23 novels.

Excerpt

Creek, swish! Creek, swish! hour after hour sounded forth the yielding snowshoes as Keith Steadman, hardy northman and trailsman, strode rapidly forward. For days he had listened to their monotonous music, as he wound his devious way over valleys, plains, and mountain passes, down toward the mighty Yukon River, pulsing on to the sea through the great white silence.

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Cody, Hiram Alfred: The Unknown Wrestler. V1. 1 Dec 2009

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Hiram Alfred Cody (1872–1948). Episcopal Priest. Born in New Brunswick, Nova Scotia. Author of 23 novels.

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There was no room for him on the sidewalk, so he took up his position beyond the curbstone. The light from the large arc-lamp overhead, exposed the old man’s thin white hair, withered face and threadbare clothes. His sightless eyes were turned toward the passing throng, and his head was slightly bent in an expectant attitude. But the hand that drew the wheezy bow across the strings of the violin often faltered, and the broken music, instead of attracting, repelled the crowds. The player was tired and longed for rest. But the fire of an overmastering purpose burned in his soul and kept him steadfast to his post.

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Cody, Hiram Alfred: Under Sealed Orders. V1. 30 Nov 2009

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Hiram Alfred Cody (1872–1948). Episcopal Priest. Born in New Brunswick, Nova Scotia. Author of 23 novels.

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It was evening and a late April wind was whipping down the valley. It swayed the tops of the tall pine and spruce trees as they shouldered up from the swift brook below. It tossed into driving spray the water of Break Neck Falls where it leaped one hundred feet below with a thundering roar and swirl. It tossed as well the thin grey hair, long beard, and thread-bare clothes of an old man standing upon a large rock which towered high above the stream.

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Coke, Desmond: Helena Brett's Career. v1. 7 Oct 2016

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Desmond Coke: Born : 1879 Jul 5 Lived : Worthing, Sussex, England (final): Died : 1931 Apr 27
Worthing, Sussex, England

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In these thin-skinned days when the words libel and traitor drift on every breeze, it may be “ wise”(I am told at the last), to make it plain that my Author, Publisher, and Artist do not represent real people! So be it, then: the men, as also women, in this unromantic comedy of married life are all imagined; but in declaring them not to be individuals, I would not be thought to admit that they are nonexistent ... or universal. Such men have been and will be—self-centred authors, unscrupulous publishers, vulgar-minded artists— nor does a paragon make the best food for Action: but there are also Others. Logic still permits one to avoid Libel without confessing Treachery, and I am little likely to “attack” my own profession or two others from which I draw some of my nearest friends. We are told that there are black sheep in every fold; but it is still possible that a few among the others may be white. It pleases some of us to think so.

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Coleridge, Samuel Taylor: Rime of the Ancient Mariner. V2. 27 Feb 2009

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The Rime of the Ancient Mariner by Samuel Taylor Coleridge first written in 1797–98. This is the later revised version printed in 1817 that featured a "gloss." In addition to Dore's 37 illustrations, others (Birket, Foster, et al) from the University of Virginia's ebook version are used totaling some 77 illustrations. A TOC is also added. Similar to HarryT's version based on Gustave Dore's illustrations.

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Coleridge, Samuel Taylor: The Rime of the Ancient Mariner (Illust.). v1, 15 Aug 08

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Samuel Taylor Coleridge's most famous poem, originally written between 1797 and 1799. Lavishly illustrated with woodblock illustrations by Gustave Doré
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Coleridge, Sara: Phantasmion, a Fairy Tale. v1. 24 Aug 2016

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PHANTASMION, A Fairy Tale. By Sara Coleridge (1802–1852)
Introductory preface by Lord John Coleridge (1820–1894)
With a glossary added for archaic terms

First published in 1837. This book is in the public domain worldwide, because the creators died more than 100 years ago, and it was published before 1923.

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Sara Coleridge was an English author, poet, and translator. She was the third child and only daughter of noted poet Samuel Taylor Coleridge (author of The Rime of the Ancient Mariner).

[Phantasmion[/, Sara Coleridge’s longest original work and her only work of fiction, is described in [The Encyclopedia of Fantasy[/ (1999) as “the first fairytale novel written in English”. Matthew David Surridge, in his article “Worlds Within Worlds,” argues that it is the very first fantasy novel set entirely in an alternate world. Some historians of the fantasy genre believe Phantasmion may have influenced the work of George MacDonald.
[—Adapted from Wikipedia.]

[Phantasmion[/ presents no heavy-handed parables or moral teachings. The characters, though not deeply realized, still, are not one-dimensional: heroes and heroines have flaws and weaknesses; villains sometimes exhibit kindness and generosity. It is, simply, a captivating story, with unique concepts and beguiling imagery, told in beautiful prose and verse.

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EXCERPT:
No sooner had he closed his eyes than the fairy, whom he had formerly seen on that very spot, seemed to stand there again. In his dream she touched him with her wand, and forthwith leafy branches, like those which drooped over him, sprouted from his shoulders; imperceptibly those branches changed into green wings and up he soared, feeling as if his whole body were inflated with air. As he floated along in the sky a group of angel faces shone before him: he surveyed them, and all were lovely, but one was far lovelier than the rest, and, while he gazed upon that countenance, it grew more and more exquisite, the others becoming indistinct and fading gradually away. Suddenly, like a balloon exhausted of air, down he dropped to the earth, and was snatched away from the vision.

“Potentilla!” he cried aloud; starting up in the intensity of feeling, and stretching out both his hands, “Potentilla! help! help!” No sooner had he uttered that long-forgotten name, than he opened his eyes, and saw the little old fairy smiling in his face. “Phantasmion,” she said, “what shall I do for thee? I am queen of the insect realm, and powers like those which insects have, are mine to bestow.” “Give me wings!” he cried; for still he had a vague hope that he might once more behold that heavenly face if he could but soar aloft.

Potentilla waved her wand, and soon the air was filled with butterflies, those angel insects pouring from every region of the heavens. Here came a long train arrayed in scarlet, waving up and down altogether like a flag of triumph; there floated a band clad in deep azure, and flanked on either side by troops in golden panoply. Some were like flights of green leaves, others twinkled in robes of softest blue besprent [03] with silver, like young princesses at a festival; and, in front of the whole multitude, a gorgeous crowd, adorned with peacock eyes, flew round and round in a thousand starry wheels, while here and there one butterfly would flit aloof for a few moments, then sink into the circle and revolve indistinguishably with the rest: now the entire wheel flew off into splinters, now reconstructed itself at once, as if but a single life informed its several parts.

Again Potentilla waved her wand, and the bloomy throng descended on trees and shrubs, attiring every bough in fresh blossoms, which quivered without a breeze. Phantasmion saw that he was to choose from this profusion of specimens the wings that pleased him best, and he fixed on a set like those which he wore in his dream. The moment that Potentilla touched him with her wand a sensation of lightness ran throughout his body, and instantly afterwards he perceived that wings played on his shoulders, wings of golden green adorned with black embroidery: beneath an emerald coronet his radiant locks clustered in large soft rings, and wreathed themselves around his snowy forehead; robes of white silk floated over his buoyant limbs, and his full eyes, lately closed in languor, beamed with joyful expectation, while more than childlike bloom rose mantling to his cheek. Potentilla had seen an eagle teaching her young ones to fly, gradually widening her airy circles, and mounting in a spiral line that swelled as it rose, while the sun burnished her golden plumes; just so she flew before the winged youth, who timidly followed where she led the way, trembling in his first career when he saw the earth beneath him. But, gaining confidence, all at once he shot away from his guide, like a spark from a sky-rocket; he soared and gyred and darted on high, describing as many different figures as a skater on the ice, while from the groves and flowery meads [22] below this choral strain resounded:—

See the bright stranger!
On wings of enchantment,
See how he soars!
Eagles! that high on the crest of the mountain,
Beyond where the cataracts gush from their fountain,
Look out o’er the sea and her glistering shores,
Cast your sun-gazing eyes on his pinions of light!
Behold how he glitters
Transcendantly bright!

Whither, ah whither,
To what lofty region
His course will he bend?
See him! O, see him! the clouds overtaking,
As tho’ the green earth he were blithely forsaking;
Ah now, in swift circles behold him descend!
Now again like a meteor he shoots through the sky,
Or a star glancing upward,
To sparkle on high!
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Text was obtained from archive.org. OCR errors were corrected, punctuation formatted, decorative fonts embedded. A brief glossary has been added, explaining some archaic words and unusual spellings.

The “original layout” retains the long paragraphs of the print book.
The “new layout” version has had numerous paragraph breaks added for more comfortable reading.
(For instance, check out Part 1 Chapter 13. In the original, 3,000 words all in one paragraph! Only the poetry at the end is separated.)
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Colette: Chéri [en Français], v.1, 30 June 2008.

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Colette [Sidonie-Gabrielle Colett (1873–1954).
[Chéri[/

There is no English translation in the public domain, so here is the original French.

Une citation tirée de [Wikipedia[/:
« Léa de Lonval, une courtisane de près de cinquante ans, est la maîtresse de Fred Peloux, appelé Chéri. À mesure qu'elle éprouve le manque de conviction croissant de son jeune amant, Léa ressent, avec un émerveillement désenchanté et la lucidité de l'amertume, les moindres effets d'une passion qui sera la dernière. Pourtant il suffira à Chéri d'épouser la jeune et tendre Edmée pour comprendre que la rupture avec Léa ne va pas sans regrets. »

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Colette: La chatte (en Français), v.1, 4 Novembre 2008.

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Sidonie-Gabrielle Colette
(1873–1954).
LA CHATTE (1933)

Un drame de la jalousie :

« [Ce roman] relate la passion d'un jeune homme pour son animal de compagnie, une fascinante chatte angora. Jeune marié, il reste impénétrable aux yeux de sa femme, qui se prend de jalousie pour la chatte, la favorite insurpassable. »
http://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/La_Chatte_(roman)

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Colette: La Maison de Claudine [en Français], v.1, 2 July 2008.

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Colette [Sidonie-Gabrielle Colett
(1873–1954)
[La Maison de Claudine[/
Publication en 1922

http://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/La_Maison_de_Claudine:
« Publié en 1922, ce livre raconte, par une suite de courtes scènes, la jeunesse de l’auteur à la campagne, dépeignant sa mère, son père et quelques-uns de ses animaux de compagnie.
Le titre La Maison de Claudine n’est nullement un retour à « l’époque des Claudine », mais seulement un clin d’œil au lecteur. En effet, dans une précédente série de livres, le personnage principal était Claudine. Ici, le fait de reprendre le nom "Claudine", alors qu’elle n’apparaît pas, est donc un geste commercial. »

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Colette: Mitsou (French/ Français), v1, 6 October 2009.

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Colette (Sidonie-Gabrielle Colette) (1873–1954)
Mitsou ou Comment l'esprit vient aux filles (1919)

Un mélange entre theatre et correspondance épistolaire.
Les amours contrariées d'un lieutenant et d'une danseuse de music-hall et des questions de classes sociales et d'éducation.

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Collett, Camilla: I de lange nætter [Norwegian].v1. 26 Apr 2014

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Gjennom gjentatte søvnløse netter erindrer Camilla Collett tilbake på menneskene som har stått henne nær opp gjennom livet, men som nå har gått bort: Hennes bror, far, mor, ektemann, og flere andre fra miljøet om prestegården hun vokste opp.
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Nasjonalbiblioteket har gitt ut de første 35 av 100 planlagte epub-bøker. Bøkene er korrekturlest, men noen litt uvanlige valg med hensyn til oppsett ødelegger leseopplevelsen litt. F. eks. er sidetall/sideombrekning beholdt. Jeg har endret på layout for å gi, i mine øyne, en bedre leseopplevelse.

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Collett, Camilla: Optegnelser fra ungdomsaarene [Norwegian].v1. 27 Apr 2014

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Nasjonalbiblioteket har gitt ut de første 35 av 100 planlagte epub-bøker. Bøkene er korrekturlest, men noen litt uvanlige valg med hensyn til oppsett ødelegger leseopplevelsen litt. F. eks. er sidetall/sideombrekning beholdt. Jeg har endret på layout for å gi, i mine øyne, en bedre leseopplevelse.

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Collingwood, Harry: A Pirate of the Caribbees v1 10 jan 2009

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A very well-written book about the efforts of a young officer, Courtenay, to bring to book a wicked pirate, Morillo. It all seems very likely and believable, despite the usual ration of shipwrecks, captures, hurricanes, founderings, and so forth.(Athelstane)

Nice illustrations and a great cover by ravenne

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Collingwood, Harry: Across the Spanish Main v1 30 jan 2009

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Aaand another one by Harry Colingwood:

Across the Spanish Main
A Tale of the Sea in the Days of Queen Bess
by Harry Collingwood (William Joseph Cosens Lancaster)
published in 1906

The heroes of the story are two boys from Devon, a county in the south-west of England. They set off with a view to repairing the fortunes of the family of one of them, by chasing and capturing Spanish treasure ships.

So, to be quite clear about it, the good guys are pirates out to rob a Spanish treasure (for personal gain, of course!) Highly entertaining, lots of action, lots of illustrations and a happy end!

Original cover enclosed.

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Collingwood, Harry: Across the Spanish Main. V1. 19 Apr 2010

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Harry Collingwood (1851-1922). Pseudonym of William Joseph Cosens Lancaster, a civil engineer who specialised in seas and harbours.

Excerpt
“Now now, Roger, my lad; what are you thinking of?” These words were addressed to a tall, fair young man of about eighteen or nineteen years of age, who was standing on Plymouth Hoe, gazing earnestly at the Sound and the evolutions of certain vessels which had just entered it round Penlee Point.
The speaker was a lad of about the same age, but shorter in height, sturdier in build, and altogether more robust and healthy-looking than his companion, who belonged rather to the class of dreamers than that of workers.

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Collingwood, Harry: Dick Leslie's Luck v1 30 jan 2009

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Subtitled: A Story of Shipwreck and Adventure
by Harry Collingwood (William Joseph Cosens Lancaster)
published in 1906

Nautical adventure with a pulpy edge. Lots of shipwrecking, damsels in distress and lonely islands. Highly entertaining read, illustrated and with original cover.

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Collingwood, Harry: Overdue v1 8 jan 2009

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Another very well-written book by Collingwood. As he was a naval architect you can rely upon his descriptions of the deck and sails of a vessel of the mid nineteenth century, the period of which he writes.

Our hero, the 17-year-old midshipman of the Salamis, is suddenly given the job of going aboard and taking command of the Mercury, an emigrant ship that they find drifting in mid-ocean, all her officers having died in various accidents, and the illiterate bosun and the ship’s carpenter knowing full well that they had no idea how to navigate. He takes charge and all appears to be going well, when-- But I will not spoil a good story for you.

Source Athelstane, only one illustration, but very enjoyable read. I like Collingwood's light, lively style!

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Collingwood, Harry: The Adventures of Dick Maitland v1 26 dec 2008

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Harry Collingwood (1851-1922). Pseudonym of William Joseph Cosens Lancaster, a civil engineer who specialised in seas and harbours.

Dick Maitland is working as a doctor’s apprentice in the East End of London, at that time a place of great poverty. The doctor with whom he is studying is rather a philanthropist for, instead of setting up trade for the wealthy, in Harley Street, he is curing the poor for practically nothing.

Dick’s family circumstances take a turn for the worse, and he goes down to the docks to work his passage to South Africa. He has no idea how he will proceed when he gets there, having no money, but he meets a rich young man called Grosvenor on the ship, and, striking up a friendship, they decide upon going together on a voyage of exploration.

After meeting a tribe whom this author, Collingwood, had written about in a previous book, and sorting out various problems there, they proceed on their way. They had heard rumours of a mysterious white race living not too far away, and they decide to investigate. These turn out to be one of the lost tribes of Israel. They are eventually accepted there as friends, after initially being taken prisoners. Here again they are able to sort out various problems. Grosvenor marries the Queen, and Dick, who in the course of these travels has managed to find some very valuable jewels, eventually returns home with them. He converts them to cash, and is able to provide his poor old mother, whom he had left in abject poverty, with a luxurious style of life. He also puts lots of money in the account of the doctor with whom he had been working before these adventures began.

This is a very nice read, although sometimes very "british", but has a lot of suspense and style. Lightly illustrated.

Have fun!

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Collingwood, Harry: The Log of a Privateersman. V1. 21 Apr 2010

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Harry Collingwood (1851-1922). Pseudonym of William Joseph Cosens Lancaster, a civil engineer who specialised in seas and harbours.

Excerpt
The French probably never did a more audacious thing than when, on the night of October 26th, 1804, a party of forty odd of them left the lugger Belle Marie hove-to in Weymouth Roads and pulled, with muffled oars, in three boats, into the harbour; from whence they succeeded in carrying out to sea the newly-arrived West Indian trader Weymouth, loaded with a full cargo of rum, sugar, and tobacco.

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Collingwood, Harry: The Log of the Flying Fish, v1 28 Jun 2008

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From: http://www.athelstane.co.uk/collngwd/index.htm

The first edition of this book is dated 1887.

This book has a firm place in British literature, for it was one of the very first in the genre of science-fiction.

A German professor, living for some reason in London, takes on some adventurous and rich Englishmen, and sets off with them in an airship that is made of a material so light that it can rise vertically into the air if you pump out some of the air in its ballast tanks. It can also plunge into the depths of the ocean, because this special material, aetherium, is so strong that it can withstand water pressure to a great depth.

In this vehicle they visit the North Pole, having several adventures on the way, including finding the remains of a Viking ship. They visit a region in Africa where they depose the existing King and install a King who is more to their taste. Then they head off for Mount Everest, where they become the first persons to sit on the summit. Here again they have more adventures of a perilous kind.

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Collingwood, Harry: The Pirate Island v1 6 jan 2009

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Harry Collingwood (1851-1922). Pseudonym of William Joseph Cosens Lancaster, a civil engineer who specialised in seas and harbours.

A very exciting story. It starts with a severe gale on the Essex coast of England. A rescue is effected, as a result of which one of the local fishermen generously adopts an orphan boy they find on the sinking ship.

Years later a number of young people set out on a return voyage by sea to Australia. On the return voyage there is a disastrous fire on board their ship, the Galatea, as a result of which they and the crew take to the boats.

They are rescued by a vessel that turns out to be a pirate ship, the captain of which takes them to his island, where he has a number of ships of various kinds that he has captured. Discovering that one of his prisoners has designed and built his own fast-sailing yacht, the pirate commands the people to build him a new fast ship, which they set about doing, and succeed in doing so.

Just as the ship is completed two of the party find, in a well-written episode, that there is a major reef of gold on the island. However they press on with plans to escape, which involves making off with the new fast ship they have just completed.

Just as they are departing there is an earthquake, leading to a volcanic eruption in the island. This results in the death of their pursuers.

Putting two and two together it is realised that one of the people in this story, who had originally been the boy adopted at the very start of the book, is the lost child of the uncle of another of the passengers. The uncle has been miserable ever since the loss of his wife and child, though he did not know from what ship, and where, they had been lost. There is a perfectly good reason for this. Needless to say, it all ends happily, with various marriages, and with the intention of getting back to the Pirate Island, to see if it has survived the eruption, and if so, if the gold can be mined.

Great cover by ravenne, entertaining illustrated book. Source Athelstane.

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Collingwood, Harry: The Pirate Slaver v1 15 jan 2009

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Another pirate novel by the one and only Harry Collingwood. A lot of action as usual.

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Collingwood, Harry: The Strange Adventures of Eric Blackburn v1 20 mar 2009

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This book has already been uploaded by tsgreer here. As this is a major upgrade: (TOC, illustrations, pagebreaks, etc.), I will post this in the Mobi format also..

This is a nice example of early trivial literature:
"The first edition of this book is dated 1922. The edition used is dated 1922. The publisher was Blackie and Son Limited, London, Glasgow, Bombay. The number of pages is 309.

General information

We found the original publisher’s blurb for this book:

In Chapter I the reader is introduced to Eric Blackburn, fourth officer of the ill-fated “Saturn”, and hero of this story. The s.s. “Saturn” is overtaken in mid-ocean by a sudden and irreparable disaster, Blackburn being the sole survivor. Picked up by a sailing ship, the castaway finds himself elevated to the position of skipper, and joins in a search for hidden treasure. The search is successful, but on its way to port the ship is wrecked on an uncharted island.

Blackburn and the dead captain’s son reach land safely, and while exploring have many adventures and experiences. They become acquainted with a savage king, to whom they render aid in repelling attacks by huge apes which are a continual menace." (www.athelstane.co.uk)

This book was first published in 1922.

Great read!

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Collingwood, Harry: The Strange Adventures of Eric Blackburn v1, 27 Mar 2008

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There's nothing quite like going out for a nice relaxing cruise, having a meteor crash through your boat and finding yourself shipwrecked on an uncharted isle. As luck would have it, the island happens to be full of war-mongering apes and deadly frog-like creatures that happen to be the size of donkeys.

Everyone knows that pesky killer frogs always end up ruining a good day on uncharted islands. Don't forget to stay away from the watermelon-sized spiders that happen to be everywhere--they have webs strong enough to snare a grown man-child like myself.

Oh yeah, throw in a savage king, some mean pirates and even hidden treasure.

These are the adventures of Eric Blackburn, fourth officer of the ill-fated sailing ship, "U.S.S. Saturn."

I'm always on the look out for a nice "lost world/uncharted land" kinda adventure story and this fits the bill. It's a well-written, fast-paced adventure tale and it makes for some great saturday afternoon reading. :2thumbsup

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Collingwood, Harry: The Voyage of the Aurora v1 11 feb 2009

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The Aurora rides straight into adventure, not always pleasurable, mind, but always very interesting.

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Collingwood, Harry: The Wreck of the Andromeda v1 17 jan 2009

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This book has a good story, well told. It is full of suspense and excitement—and what more can you want.

A passenger-carrying ship has just struck a submerged wreck. It is just after the start of the 14-18 war, but we are in the Pacific and far from the scene of the war. The ship, the Andromeda, sinks, and some of the survivors make their way to an island, where they get ashore and stay for some time. During this time they come upon the evidence of a lost and great civilisation. They are also attacked by a tribe of savages, whom at first they assume to have had nothing to do with the lost civilisation. Betting that the savages are indeed the descendants of the lost people, they put up a deception which does indeed bring about the end of the savages’ attack.

Needless to say, rescue of a sort comes in the end, and they all get back to their homes.

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Collingwood, Harry: Under the Chilian Flag v1 5 feb 2009

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First published in 1909

There was a state of war between Chili and Peru in the 1870s. It was all to do with a desert area that lay between Chili, Peru and Bolivia. At first this desert was not particularly claimed by any of these countries, but when it was discovered that it held rich reserves of nitrates, the three of them fell out.

Two young Englishmen, with sea-going experience, were aboard a British vessel trading in nitrates and other ores. The captain was a very disagreeable character, and they determined to leave him, and sign up with the Chilian authorities for employment in the Chilian Navy, which was short of officers. They were taken on, and the rest of the book details some of the adventures they had, and the trials and tribulations they endured.

This is a very exciting and enjoyable book. There are a few Spanish words, and of course the ships have Spanish names, but you soon get used to that.(Athelstane)

Great cover by ravenne, some illustrations, allaround good read.

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Collingwood, Harry: Under the ensign of the Rising Sun v1 12 feb 2009

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Collingwood, in this novel, treats the naval war between Japan and Russia (The Russo-Japanese War or the Manchurian Campaign in some English sources, was a conflict that grew out of the rival imperialist ambitions of the Russian Empire and the Empire of Japan over Manchuria and Korea. The major theatres of operations were Southern Manchuria, specifically the area around the Liaodong Peninsula and Mukden, and the seas around Korea, Japan, and the Yellow Sea.)

[QUOTTen minutes later we were within hail of the destroyer, which, flying the Russian naval ensign, was lying motionless right athwart our hawse, broadside-on to us. Our engines were still running at full speed, and our safety valves were lifting, allowing a “feather” of steam to show at the head of our waste-pipe, while our quartermaster grimly kept our stem pointed fair and square between the second and third funnels of the Russian.

Then skipper Kusumoto raised his megaphone and hailed the destroyer, in Russian, with:

“Ho! the destroyer ahoy! Why are you lying athwart my hawse? Do you wish me to run you down?”

There were two officers on the destroyer’s bridge, one of whom sprang to the engine-room telegraph and thrust it over to “Full speed ahead,” while the other seized a megaphone and hailed back:

“Stop your engines instantly, sir! Did you not understand my signal that I wished to speak you? Starboard your helm, you confounded fool; hard a-starboard, or you’ll be over us.”

“Then get out of my way,” retorted Kusumoto. “Starboard a little,” (to the quartermaster), “and just shave his stern. I’ll teach him to lay his tin kettle athwart a Japanese ship’s bows.”

The destroyer leaped from under our bows like a frightened thing, though not so quickly but that we caught her quarter with the rounding of our bows and gave her a pretty severe shaking up. Her skipper shook his fist at us and stamped on the bridge with fury. Then he raised his megaphone again and hailed:

“You infernal scoundrel, I’ll make you suffer for that outrage! Heave-to at once, or I’ll fire into you.”[/QUOT

So it's quite clear on whose side Collingwood's sympathies are. I have doubts about the historical accuracy of this book, but it is still quite interesting as an naval adventure.

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Collingwood, Harry: With Airship and Submarine , v1 28 Jun 2008

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From: http://www.athelstane.co.uk/collngwd/index.htm

The first edition of this book is dated 1908.

This is the second book about the strange vessel, the “Flying Fish”, that can travel on the surface of the waters, or below them, and that can rise in the air to a great height, and travel to great distances. All this is achieved by the fact that the vessel is made of the novel metal aethereum, which is lighter than air, and that the power is produced by another novel source. These two books place Collingwood among the very first authors to explore the science-fiction genre, which makes this book very important in the history of literature.

The other book about this vessel, “The Log of the Flying Fish”, has several characters in common with this one, and some of their deeds, in particular the relations with various African chieftains, are continuations of the same adventures. However there are plenty of new episodes in this book.

The book dates from slightly after the Victorian era, though many of the episodes have a strongly Victorian flavour.

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Collins, Wilkie: A Fair Penitent, v.1, 28 Jan 2008.

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An 18th-century French actress undergoes a religious conversion.

This story first appeared in Charles Dickens’ magazine, “Household Words,” volume 16, number 382, July 18, 1857. Published anonymously, as all contributions to the magazine were, it was attributed definitely to Wilkie Collins by Anne Lohrli in her analysis of the magazine’s financial accounts.

The text of this short story is from PG.

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Collins, Wilkie: A Rogue's Life. v1. 23 May 2014

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Wilkie Collins lived in London from 1824 to 1889, a period in which 'the inevitable self-assertion of wealth, so amiably deplored by the prosperous and the rich; [wa so bitterly familiar to the unfortunate and the poor.'

He was short, plump, and short sighted; despite his severe suffering from gout he was a traveller, bon vivant, journalist, satirist, essayist, novelist, dramatist and social activist; and friend, collaborator, and rival of Charles Dickens. He became addicted to laudanum, and several of his characters praise it.

One of his characters says '... isn't it the original intention or purpose... of a work of fiction, to set out distinctly by telling a story? ... What I want is something that seizes hold of my interest... something that keeps me reading, reading, reading, in a breathless state to find out the end.'

[A Rogue's Life[/ was first published in [Household Words[/ in 1856, four years before [A Woman in White[/, and as a revised book in 1879 when Collins' popularity was waning. Collins gently satirises the snobbery of the protagonist's family (and of society in general) by making him a liar and a swindler and yet the most honourable character in the book.

Wilkie Collins was the son and brother of professional artists, and had exhibited in the Royal Academy. He gives an amusing account of collectors of classical paintings, and the struggle of new artists to be acknowledged.

The source text for A Rogue's Life was Project Gutenberg 1588-h.htm, checked against the Chatto and Windus 1894 edition. I have set letters and newspaper material off as blockquotes with left aligned text, and have removed quotation marks within them unless the writer is quoting someone else. I have silently corrected typos, curled quotes, used British English, and made minor changes to spelling, punctuation, and hyphenation using oxforddictionaries.com.

Patrica has already done her version in 2008. I hope this version will find a place as it contains the newer azw3 format.

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Collins, Wilkie: A Rogue’s Life, v.1, 28 Jan 2008.

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A tale of love, art-forgery and worse.

First published as a serial in Dickens’s ‘Household Words’ then in 1879 in book form.

A short-ish novel, found on PG.

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Collins, Wilkie: After Dark, v1, 23 April 2014

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Wilkie Collins lived in London from 1824 to 1889, a period in which 'the inevitable self-assertion of wealth, so amiably deplored by the prosperous and the rich; [wa so bitterly familiar to the unfortunate and the poor.'

He was short, plump, and short sighted; despite his severe suffering from gout he was a traveller, bon vivant, journalist, satirist, essayist, novelist, dramatist and social activist; and friend, collaborator, and rival of Charles Dickens. He became addicted to laudanum, and several of his characters praise it.

One of his characters says '... isn't it the original intention or purpose... of a work of fiction, to set out distinctly by telling a story? ... What I want is something that seizes hold of my interest... something that keeps me reading, reading, reading, in a breathless state to find out the end.

[After Dark[/ was published in 1856, four years before[ The Woman in White.[/ The book contains three short stories and three novellas, all with a prologue and contained in 'Leaves from Leah's Diary' which tells how the stories came to be written. Wilkie Collins seems to be exploring structure and technique - including short sections of present tense narrative in one of the stories - and there seems to be less gentle satire and more sensationalism than in his later books.

The source text for [After Dark[/ was Project Gutenberg 1626-h.htm, checked against the Chatto and Windus 1902 edition. I have set letters and diary entries off with left aligned text, and have removed quotation marks within them unless the writer is quoting someone else. I have silently corrected typos, curled quotes, replaced diacritics in French words, used British English, added some scene breaks, and made minor changes to spelling, punctuation, and hyphenation using oxforddictionaries.com.

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Collins, Wilkie: Antonina. v1. 03 Oct 2021

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Ancient Rome, AD 408: Young Antonina had the misfortune to live in interesting times — the days when mighty Rome was brought low by the terror of the Goths — the period of the march of the Gothic invaders over the Alps to the close of the first barbarian blockade of Rome.

Collins’ first published novel, and his only historical fiction — subsequent writing was always set in modern society. An interesting read for Wilkie Collins fans, if only to observe his early beginnings, and compare how his talent and style evolved.

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William Wilkie Collins (8 January 1824 – 23 September 1889) was an English novelist, playwright, and short story writer. He remains most famous for his novels [The Woman in White[/ (1859) and [The Moonstone[/ (1868), in which he pioneered a new style of “sensation” writing, the influence of which can still be seen in today’s culture in the genres of crime, mystery and suspense. [The Moonstone[/ is considered to be the first modern English detective novel.

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First published in 1850. [This ebook is in the public domain worldwide, because the author died more than 100 years ago, and contents were published prior to 1925.[/

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Collins, Wilkie: Armadale (illustrated) v1 20 January 2014

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Wilkie Collins lived (mostly in London) from 1824 to 1889, a period in which 'the inevitable self-assertion of wealth, so amiably deplored by the prosperous and the rich; [wa so bitterly familiar to the unfortunate and the poor.'

He was short and plump, a traveller, bon vivant, journalist, satirist, essayist, novelist, dramatist, and social activist despite his severe suffering from recurrent gout and arthritis. He became addicted to laudanum, and several of his characters praise it.

One of his characters says '...isn't it the original intention or purpose, ... of a work of fiction, to set out distinctly by telling a story? - what I want is something that seizes hold of my interest, ... something that keeps me reading, reading, reading, in a breathless state to find out the end.'

[Armadale[/ was serialised for eighteen months from November 1864, and published in May 1866 - six years after [The Woman in White[/ and two years before [The Moonstone[/ - at a time when 'virtue is not always its own reward; and the way that leads to reformation is remarkably ill-lit for so respectable a thoroughfare.'

The publisher paid Collins a very large amount (for the time) for the book rights but barely recouped his costs, perhaps because of the many gently satirical comments about women and lawyers, or the occasional scathing comments about the church and church goers, or the sympathetic way the wicked and tormented main character is portrayed.

[Armadale[/ is Collins' longest book. It has a complex melodramatic plot of which the main character says 'how unnatural all this would be, if it was written in a book!' but which keeps one reading to find out what happens next.

Some of the chapters are made of letters from one character to another, or of entries in a diary, or both. I have set the letters and diary entries off as blockquotes with left aligned text, and have removed quotation marks within them unless the writer is quoting someone else. Quotation marks are curled, some scene breaks are added, British English is used, and spelling and punctuation are modernised.

As always please let me know of any errors so that I can fix them.

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Collins, Wilkie: Basil. v1. 03 Oct 2021

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A highly coloured tale of seduction and vengeance with a contemporary middle-class setting and passages of uncompromising realism.

In Basil’s secret and unconsummated marriage to the linen-draper’s sexually precocious daughter, and the shocking betrayal, insanity, and death that follow, Wilkie Collins reveals the bustling, commercial London of the 19th century wreaking its vengeance on a still powerful aristocratic world.
(—Fantastic Fiction)

Arguably the first “sensation novel” — a genre that combined realistic fiction of English social life with domestic crime, mystery, suspense, and shocking effects. […] [Basil[/ contains all the elements of a mystery story and a thriller, and is amazingly in advance of its time in depicting what we would now call existential angst. As a result of a casual sighting of an attractive woman, Basil gradually finds himself enmeshed in a life-threatening struggle with forces he only half understands.
(—Roy Johnson, mantex.co.uk)

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William Wilkie Collins (8 January 1824 – 23 September 1889) was an English novelist, playwright, and short story writer. He remains most famous for his novels [The Woman in White[/ (1859) and [The Moonstone[/ (1868), in which he pioneered a new style of “sensation” writing, the influence of which can still be seen in today’s culture in the genres of crime, mystery and suspense. [The Moonstone[/ is considered to be the first modern English detective novel.

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First published in 1852. [This ebook is in the public domain worldwide, because the author died more than 100 years ago, and contents were published prior to 1925.[/

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Collins, Wilkie: Blind Love, v.1, 27 Jan 2008.

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Collins’s final novel of sensation.

A woman of high moral principles marries a weak scoundrel. Gradually, her moral values become corrupted and eroded by the influence of her husband and his pernicious friends. How far will blind love go? Will it turn a blind eye to murder and fraud?

Wilkie Collins’s last work, finished by another.
(Serial publication 1889; first book publication 1890)
Collins had written the first 48 chapters before taking to his deathbed and asking Walter Besant to complete the novel, from extensive notes supplied by Collins.

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Collins, Wilkie: Collected Short Works. v1. 16 Sep 2021

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Presenting more than 50 short stories and novellas, 10 “portmanteau” collaborative stories to which Collins contributed, and 50 essays.

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William Wilkie Collins (8 January 1824 – 23 September 1889) was an English novelist, playwright, and short story writer.
Collins remains most famous for his novels [The Woman in White[/ (1859) and [The Moonstone [/(1868), in which he pioneered a new style of “sensation” writing, the influence of which can still be seen in today’s culture in the genres of crime, mystery and suspense. [The Moonstone[/ is considered to be the first modern English detective novel.

He is also noted for his close relationship with Charles Dickens, who regarded him as the most talented of his many protégés.

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The following authors appear in the “Collaborations” section:
Charles Dickens (1812–1870)
William Howitt (1792–1879)
John Berwick Harwood (1828–1899)
George Augustus Sala (1828–1895)
Charles A. Collins (1828–1873)
Henry F. Chorley (1808–1872)
Rev. James White (1803–1862)
Holme Lee [Harret Parr] (1828–1900)
Adelaide Anne Procter (1825–1864)
Amelia B. Edwards (1831–1892)
Elizabeth Gaskell (1810–1865)
Eliza Lynn [Linton] (1822–1893)
Hesba Stretton (1832–1911)

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Contents were first published 1843–1887. [This ebook is in the public domain worldwide, because the authors died more than 100 years ago, and contents were published prior to 1925.[/

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Jump on in, and get you some Wilkie!
:)

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Collins, Wilkie: Dream Woman (3 versions). v1. 30 Aug 2021

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When Francis is roused from his sleep on the eve of his birthday and confronted by the sight of a woman trying to stab him, he is unsure whether she is real or an apparition. Years later, against the wishes of his mother, he marries Alicia, a woman with a strange resemblance to the mysterious visitor, who ends up attacking him on his birthday, before vanishing from his life. Is Francis’s wife a ghost, a demon, or a living human being? And will the prophecy of the night-time visitation be fulfilled one day?

This ebook contains all three versions of the story (see publishing history below).

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William Wilkie Collins (8 January 1824 – 23 September 1889) was an English novelist, playwright, and short story writer.

Collins remains most famous for his novels [The Woman in White[/ (1859) and [The Moonstone[/ (1868), in which he pioneered a new style of “sensation” writing, the influence of which can still be seen in today’s culture in the genres of crime, mystery and suspense. [The Moonstone[/ is considered to be the first modern English detective novel.

He is also noted for his close relationship with Charles Dickens, who regarded him as the most talented of his many protégés.

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The original version of this story was published in [Household Words[/ magazine (“The Holly-Tree Inn,” chapter “The Ostler”, Christmas number 1855).

Revised for the collection [The Queen of Hearts[/ (1859) as “Brother Morgan’s story of the Dream-Woman.”

Expanded and revised for American reading tour 1873; this expanded version appeared in [The Frozen Deep and Other Stories[/ (1874) as “The Dream Woman: a Mystery in Four Narratives”; and in [Alicia Warlock (a Mystery) and Other Stories[/ (1875).

[This ebook is in the public domain worldwide, because the authors died more than 100 years ago, and contents were published prior to 1925.[/
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Collins, Wilkie: Heart and Science, v.1, 27 Jan 2008.

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Heart and Science: A Story of the Present Time (1883).

Will the young heiress get poisoned by her cruel guardian? Is the use of live animal experimentation necessary to science? This novel is a strange combination of sensational and polemical elements.

From http://www.wilkie-collins.info/books...nd_science.htm

“Didactic novel attacking vivisection. Collins always liked animals and during his research corresponded with the Surgeon-General, C. T. Gordon, writing in July 1882 ‘I am endeavouring to add my small contribution in aid of the good cause, by such means as Fiction will permit - and I am especially obliged to you for valuable “facts” which I could not have discovered for myself.’ In 1884 he wrote to Frances Power Cobbe, discussing cheap reissues and translation of the story, ‘What little I have been able to do towards helping this good cause is in a fair way, I hope, of appealing to a large audience.’ The assistance of both is acknowledged in the preface where Collins is at pains to point out details of his research. Chapter thirty-two presents many of the arguments still valid today against what the author calls ‘the hateful secrets of Vivisection.’ Heart and Science received generally favourable reviews although the Athenaeum considered it had a weak ending and the Academy deemed it an ‘anti-vivisection manifesto’. Swinburne later called it ‘a childish and harmless onslaught on scientific research’ but thought it the best, after Man and Wife, of Collins’ didactic tales. He particularly liked the characters of Zo and her father. A portion of the opening chapter bears a strong resemblance to Collins’s unpublished short story, ‘A Little Fable’.”

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Collins, Wilkie: Hide and Seek, v.1, 10 Jan 2008.

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First published in 1854, this was Wilkie Collin’s third novel.

The artist, Valentine Blyth and his disabled wife have adopted the beautiful deaf and dumb Mary – an abused foundling. They try to hide her from her abusers. But who is the mysterious man who is trying to find her? And who were Mary’s parents? Will she get to marry young Zack, who eventually falls for her?
Whilst less sensational than his later novels, this novel has a small sting in the tail.

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Collins, Wilkie: Hide and Seek, v1 17 July 2014

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Wilkie Collins lived in London from 1824 to 1889, a period in which 'the inevitable self-assertion of wealth, so amiably deplored by the prosperous and the rich; [wa so bitterly familiar to the unfortunate and the poor.'

He was short, plump, and short sighted; despite his severe suffering from gout he was a traveller, bon vivant, journalist, satirist, essayist, novelist, dramatist, and social activist; and friend, collaborator, and rival of Charles Dickens. He became addicted to laudanum, and several of his characters praise it.

One of his characters says … isn't it the original intention or purpose… of a work of fiction, to set out distinctly by telling a story? … What I want is something that seizes hold of my interest… something that keeps me reading, reading, reading, in a breathless state to find out the end.'

[Hide and Seek[/ was first published in 1854, but 'The demand among the booksellers was just large enough to exhaust the first edition.' It was extensively revised and republished in 1861, the year after [The Woman in White[/. The main characters are an artist whose 'inveterate oddities of thought, speech, and action… made all his friends laugh at him and bless him in the same breath'; a 'rattle-pated young man... the most thoughtless of human beings'; a beautiful 'Deaf and Dumb Foundling'; and 'an old Vagabond… with a Black Skullcap' who solves The Mystery of Mary Grice.

The source text was Project Gutenberg 7893-h.htm, checked against the Chatto and Windus 1896 edition. I have set letters and other documents off as blockquotes with left aligned text, and have removed quotation marks within them unless the writer is quoting someone. I have silently corrected typos, standardised the name of a character, curled quotes, used British English, and made changes to spelling, punctuation, and hyphenation using oxforddictionaries.com.

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Collins, Wilkie: I Say No, v.1, 25 Dec 2007.

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Wilkie Collins: [‘I Say No’ or The Love-Letter Answered.[/
(1884)

A young girl, barely out of the school-room, turns detective in order to investigate her father’s suspicious death, four years earlier.
What is the significance of the mysterious note, reading ‘I say no’?

This novel relies a bit too much on coincidence but has a strong narrative drive and an engaging lead character.

The PG source had a number of errors. If I’ve missed anything then pm me and I will make corrections.

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Collins, Wilkie: I Say No, v1 24 Mar 2015

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Wilkie Collins lived in London from 1824 to 1889, a period in which 'the inevitable self-assertion of wealth, so amiably deplored by the prosperous and the rich; [wa so bitterly familiar to the unfortunate and the poor.'

He was short, plump, and short sighted; despite his severe suffering from gout he was a traveller, bon vivant, journalist, satirist, essayist, novelist, dramatist and social activist; and friend, collaborator, and rival of Charles Dickens. He became addicted to laudanum, and several of his characters praise it.

One of his characters says '... isn't it the original intention or purpose... of a work of fiction, to set out distinctly by telling a story? ... What I want is something that seizes hold of my interest... something that keeps me reading, reading, reading, in a breathless state to find out the end...

'I Say No' was serialised in the 'London Society' magazine and published by Chatto & Windus in 1884. At one level the story is a sensational romance about an eighteen year old orphan whose father had died mysteriously four years earlier, who had been given false information about his death, and who had to cope with contact with people from her father's past. Even at the climax of the book Emily was the last to know that according to the standards of the time what had happened was worse than she had suspected. At another level it satirises the mores and pretensions of the time.

The source text for this ebook cannot be named because I have made corrections after checking it against a pdf copy of the 1899 Chatto & Windus version from the Internet Archive. I have silently corrected typos, curled quotes, restored diacritics, set off letters and documents as blockquotes, used British English, and made changes to spelling and hyphenation using oxforddictionaries.com.

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Collins, Wilkie: Jezebel’s Daughter, v.1, 13 Jan 2008.

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A sensational novel of 1880. The Borgia poisons re-emerge in 19th century Frankfurt as the interests of two strong-minded women collide.

The novel is also interesting for its advocacy of female employment, and the humane treatment of the mentally ill (featuring an early version of a start-chart for good behaviour). The treatment of the dead in the German mortuary is apparently accurate. The same treatments are noted in Tebb’s ‘Premature Burial’ (--already uploaded).

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Collins, Wilkie: Little Novels, v.1, 12 Jan 2008.

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From http://www.wilkie-collins.info/index.htm

“Wilkie Collins's collection of fourteen short stories published, after revision, in 1887. All had previously been issued with different titles in various American or English periodicals. Unlike Collins's earlier collections, After Dark (1856) and The Queen of Hearts (1859), there is no connecting narrative but most of the stories revolve around the theme of love and marriage, frequently across the social barriers of class and money. Some also include supernatural or detective elements.”

Contents:

Mrs. Zant and the Ghost
Miss Morris and the Stranger
Mr. Cosway and the Landlady
Mr. Medhurst and the Princess
Mr. Lismore and the Widow
Miss Jeromette and the Clergyman
Miss Mina and the Groom
Mr. Lepel and the Housekeeper
Mr. Captain and the Nymph
Mr. Marmaduke and the Minister
Mr. Percy and the Prophet
Miss Bertha and the Yankee
Miss Dulane and My Lord
Mr. Policeman and the Cook

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Collins, Wilkie: Little Novels, v1, 7 April 2014

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Wilkie Collins lived in London from 1824 to 1889, a period in which 'the inevitable self-assertion of wealth, so amiably deplored by the prosperous and the rich; [wa so bitterly familiar to the unfortunate and the poor.'

He was short, plump, and short sighted; despite his severe suffering from recurrent gout he was a traveller, bon vivant, journalist, satirist, essayist, novelist, dramatist, and social activist, and a friend and rival of Charles Dickens. He became addicted to laudanum, and several of his characters praise it.

One of his characters says '...isn't it the original intention or purpose... of a work of fiction, to set out distinctly by telling a story? ... What I want is something that seizes hold of my interest... something that keeps me reading, reading, reading, in a breathless state to find out the end...

[Little Novels[/ contains fourteen stories involving romantic relationships. Several stories also contain supernatural or occult themes, and some have detective story elements. Most of the protagonists are members of what would be 'the one percent' in our day, and some stories deal with love across social classes and the effects this has.

The stories were originally published separately under different names in various journals during the later years of his life. He was becoming more dependent on laudanum, and getting less relief from his pain. Perhaps this is why in several stories the tone is more sardonic than the gentle satire in his earlier works.

The source text was Project Gutenberg 1680-h.htm, checked against the Chatto and Windus 1890 edition. I have corrected typos, curled quotes, and made minor changes to spelling, punctuation, and hyphenation using oxforddictionaries.com.

There already is a prc version of [Little Novels[/ by Patricia in the MR library. I hope this version will find a place as the mobi version also contains a azw3 version.

Version 2: Error corrected

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Collins, Wilkie: Man and Wife, v.1, 16 Jan 2008.

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A novel of 1870.

A sensational novel which explores British marriage laws.

A man wants to rid himself of an ageing and unsuitable wife (-- she’s only 42!) and tries to find a loop-hole in the law. A woman tries to exploit the differences between Scottish and English laws on marrage. Another woman is desparate to secure her own property when it legally belongs to her brutal husband and hits on a desparate remedy (-- the novel is set before the Married Women’s Property Act). Needless to say, complications abound.

Also contains criticism of over-indulgence in physical exercise and an early version of the locked-room mystery.

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Collins, Wilkie: Miss or Mrs?, v.1, 17 Dec 2007.

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A tale of suspense. A young woman has two suitors and an enormous number of complications to surmount if she is to marry the right man for her. Will she succeed?

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Collins, Wilkie: Mr Wray's Cash-Box. v1. 17 August 2014

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Wilkie Collins lived in London from 1824 to 1889, a period in which 'the inevitable self-assertion of wealth, so amiably deplored by the prosperous and the rich; [wa so bitterly familiar to the unfortunate and the poor.'

He was short, plump, and short sighted; despite his severe suffering from gout he was a traveller, bon vivant, journalist, satirist, essayist, novelist, dramatist, and social activist; and friend, collaborator, and rival of Charles Dickens. He became addicted to laudanum, and several of his characters praise it.

One of his characters says '... isn't it the original intention or purpose... of a work of fiction, to set out distinctly by telling a story? ... What I want is something that seizes hold of my interest... something that keeps me reading, reading, reading, in a breathless state to find out the end.'

Wilkie Collins detested Christmas. In [Mr Wray's Cash-Box[/ he lampoons Christmas stories, Shakespeareans, country gentility, the law, and other topics. The book was published by Richard Bentley in 1851 with a long Introduction, and in 1852 with a short Advertisement. Pirated editions of the first edition in the USA in 1862 and 1864 as [The Stolen Mask; or the Mysterious Cash-Box[/ added chapter titles.

The source text was taken from www.digitalpixels.org/jr/wc and checked against a pdf of the 1864 edition. I have used the cover of the 1851 edition and the text of the 1852 edition, added chapter headings, silently corrected typos, curled quotes, made changes to spelling, punctuation, and hyphenation using oxforddictionaries.com, and set off letters and documents as blockquotes.

This ebook is not a facsimile of any edition.

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Collins, Wilkie: Mr Wray’s Cash-Box, v.1, 27 Dec 2007.

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Mr Wray’s Cash-Box or The Mask and The Mystery: A Story for a Christmas Fireside.
(1852)

A novella with a mystery suitable for the Christmas season.

In 1864 a pirated version appeared in the USA entitled: The Stolen Mask or The Mysterious Cash-Box: A Story for a Christmas Fireside.

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Collins, Wilkie: My Lady's Money, v1, 16 June 2014

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Wilkie Collins lived in London from 1824 to 1889, a period in which 'the inevitable self-assertion of wealth, so amiably deplored by the prosperous and the rich; [wa so bitterly familiar to the unfortunate and the poor.'

He was short, plump, and short sighted; despite his severe suffering from gout he was a traveller, bon vivant, journalist, satirist, essayist, novelist, dramatist, and social activist; and friend, collaborator, and rival of Charles Dickens. He became addicted to laudanum, and several of his characters praise it.

One of his characters says '... isn't it the original intention or purpose... of a work of fiction, to set out distinctly by telling a story? ... What I want is something that seizes hold of my interest... something that keeps me reading, reading, reading, in a breathless state to find out the end.'

[My Lady's Money[/ first appeared in the 1877 Christmas issue of the [Illustrated London News[/, and was published by Chatto and Windus in 1879. The heroine is wooed by two men of different rank, and is falsely accused of stealing money; all in the context of the 'rapturous rank worship of her nation' and her adoptive mother's opinions on the 'miseries unequal marriages bring.'

The source text was Project Gutenberg 1628-h.htm, checked against the Chatto and Windus 1892 edition. I have set letters and documents off as blockquotes with left aligned text, and have removed quotation marks within them unless the writer is quoting someone. I have silently corrected typos, curled quotes, replaced diacritics, used British English, and made minor changes to spelling, punctuation, and hyphenation using oxforddictionaries.com.

Patricia did a prc version in 2007; I hope this version will find a place since it contains mobi and azw3 versions

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Collins, Wilkie: My Lady’s Money, v.1, 17 Dec 2007.

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Five hundred pounds is stolen from Lady Lidiard and the main suspect is her adopted daughter. Is there any way for the girl to clear her name?

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Collins, Wilkie: My Miscellanies, v.1, 6 March 2008.

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(1863)

From http://www.wilkie-collins.info/books...scellanies.htm

'Collection of twenty-four essays and stories, dedicated to Henry Bullar. Consisting of light-hearted pieces, serious social comment and historical narratives, all had previously been published in [Household Words [/or All [The Year Round.[/ '

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Collins, Wilkie: No Name (Illustrated) v1 11 March 2014

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Wilkie Collins lived in London from 1824 to 1889, a period in which ‘the inevitable self-assertion of wealth, so amiably deplored by the prosperous and the rich; [wa so bitterly familiar to the unfortunate and the poor.’

He was short, plump, and short sighted; a traveller, bon vivant, journalist, satirist, essayist, novelist, dramatist, and social activist despite his severe suffering from recurrent gout. He became addicted to laudanum, and several of his characters praise it.

One of his characters says ‘… isn’t it the original intention or purpose … of a work of fiction, to set out distinctly by telling a story? … What I want is something that seizes hold of my interest … something that keeps me reading, reading, reading, in a breathless state to find out the end.’

[No Name[/ was published soon after[ The Woman in White[/, and was very popular at the time. It has a preposterous convoluted plot about an illegitimate young woman, her father’s favourite, who loses her inheritance after her parents die, and her illegal and deceitful efforts to regain it. She is eventually saved by a man who is twenty-one years older and fell in love with her at first sight a year before. The book contains both hilarious and moving parts, and despite the preposterous plot keeps one reading – if only to find out how it ends.

As in many of his other books Wilkie Collins has used a rather idiosyncratic format, with eight “Scenes” set in different places and containing two to fifteen chapters. There are “Between the Scenes” sections consisting of letters or diary entries which give the characters a place to speak in the first person and express their own perceptions and attitudes.

The source text was Project Gutenberg 1438-h.htm. I have corrected typos, curled quotes, and modernised punctuation, spelling, and hyphenation using oxforddictionaries.com.

There is already a prc version of [No Name[/ in the MR Library by Patricia Clark. I hope this version will find a place - it is illustrated, and contains mobi and azw3 versions.

As always please let me know of any errors.

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Collins, Wilkie: No Name, v.1, 18 Dec 2007.

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A long novel from 1862.

Magdalen Vanstone and her sister are very unfortunate. Their parents only married very late in life. And she only discovers her illegitimacy after her father’s death, when his fortune passes to a bitter enemy.Will she succeed in scheming to recover her inheritance?

From Andrew Gasson’s commentary at www.wilkie-collins.info/
“An early didactic novel, it addresses the theme of illegitimacy. In spite of its popular success many of the critics were scathing about the topic and disapproved of the heroine’s near-criminal career. H. L. Mansel of The Quarterly Review wrote, ‘We have often heard an illegal connexion and its result euphemistically designated a ‘misfortune;’ but this is the first time as far as we are aware in which a lawful marriage has been denominated an “accident.”’ The novel features one of Collins’s most dynamic heroines, and one of his most engaging rogues, Captain Wragge.”

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Collins, Wilkie: On Writing and Reading, v1, 29 April 2014

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Wilkie Collins lived in London from 1824 to 1889, a period in which 'the inevitable self-assertion of wealth, so amiably deplored by the prosperous and the rich; [wa so bitterly familiar to the unfortunate and the poor.'

He was short, plump, and short sighted; despite his severe suffering from gout he was a traveller, bon vivant, journalist, satirist, essayist, novelist, dramatist and social activist; and friend, collaborator, and rival of Charles Dickens. He became addicted to laudanum, and several of his characters praise it.

One of his characters says '... isn't it the original intention or purpose... of a work of fiction, to set out distinctly by telling a story? ... What I want is something that seizes hold of my interest... something that keeps me reading, reading, reading, in a breathless state to find out the end...'

This ebook contains four of Wilkie Collins' short non-fiction articles dealing with writing and reading. They were never collected together during his life, but I hope that they will give modern readers as much pleasure as they have given me.

The source texts for [On Writing and Reading[/ were taken from
www.web40571.clarahost.co.uk/wilkie/wilkie.htm. I have silently corrected typos, curled quotes, and made minor changes to spelling, punctuation, and hyphenation using oxforddictionaries.com.

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Collins, Wilkie: Poor Miss Finch, v.1, 16 Dec 2007.

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A splendid melodrama from 1872.

Lucilla is blind. She loves Oscar and has frissons every time he is near. What will happen when she regains her sight and discovers Oscar’s secret? Will Oscar’s evil twin get to marry the girl? (--even though she doesn’t have frissons near him.)

The side-effects of the silver nitrate treatment are as Collins describes. However, he tactfully does not mention that the same side-effect (Argyria) was also a feature of contemporary gonorrhea remedies.

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Collins, Wilkie: Rambles Beyond Railways, v.1, 30 Jan 2008.

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First published in 1851. This is the 1852 edition of Wilkie Collins’s account of a walking tour in Cornwall.

Here’s what http://www.wilkie-collins.info/books_rambles.htm says:
Collins found the locals hospitable, though inquisitive, and Rambles became an amiable mixture of travelogue, vivid descriptive writing, Cornish history and legend, and social observation. The route of 234 miles took them along the south coast to the Lizard and Penzance, returning through northern Cornwall to Tintagel and Launceston. An appendix gives precise details of the itinerary, the miles walked and the inns at which they stayed. Some of these, such as the Ship at Looe, still exist.
Collins's notebook was filled with stories about the wreckers; the plague of rats in Looe, solved by eating the rodents cooked with onions; royalist supporters of Charles I at St Michael's Mount; the destruction and re-assembly of the Loggan stone; and the graves of fishermen either drowned or frozen to death. The legend of a supernatural storm sinking a ship in an instant re-appears in 'Mad Monkton' (1855). At Kynance Cove, Collins was exhilarated by the Devil's Throat which inspired the description of Mannion's death in Basil (1852). Inland, he saw the prehistoric remains known as the Cheese-Wring and the Hurlers. A highlight of the book is a long description of a visit to the Botallack copper mine, where the workings extended beneath the sea and the ghostly sound of the surf could be heard as 'a long, low, mysterious moaning.'

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Collins, Wilkie: Short Stories, v.1, 6 March 2008.

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Ten short stories from various magazines, which Collins did not collect into books form.

Contents:
The Twin Sisters: A True Story
A Passage in the Life of Mr. Perugino Potts
Nine O’clock
The Devil’s Spectacles
Fie! Fie! or the Fair Physician
Love’s Random Shot
The Poetry Did It
A Sad Death and a Brave Life
Farmer Fairweather
The First Officer’s Confession

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Collins, Wilkie: The Black Robe, v.1, 17 Dec 2007.

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Another melodrama.

Romayne has inherited a former abbey. The Jesuits want to reclaim church property expropriated during the English reformation. They will go to any lengths. Can Mrs Romayne stop them and save her marriage?

Warning: contains stereotypical depictions of members of the Society of Jesus.

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Collins, Wilkie: The Dead Alive, v.1, 11 Jan 2008.

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A novella from 1873, set in the USA. A man goes missing. Some of his things are found in a lime-kiln. Has the body been destroyed in the quicklime?

The plot is based on a true story: the trial of Jesse and Stephen Boorne in Manchester, Vermont, as explained in an endnote by Collins.

The missing body theme suggests parallels with Dickens’s ‘The Mystery of Edwin Drood’ (1870).

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Collins, Wilkie: The Dead Secret (Illustrated). v1 7 August 2014

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Wilkie Collins lived in London from 1824 to 1889, a period in which 'the inevitable self-assertion of wealth, so amiably deplored by the prosperous and the rich; [wa so bitterly familiar to the unfortunate and the poor.'

He was short, plump, and short sighted; despite his severe suffering from gout he was a traveller, bon vivant, journalist, satirist, essayist, novelist, dramatist, and social activist; and friend, collaborator, and rival of Charles Dickens. He became addicted to laudanum, and several of his characters praise it.

One of his characters says '... isn't it the original intention or purpose... of a work of fiction, to set out distinctly by telling a story? ... What I want is something that seizes hold of my interest... something that keeps me reading, reading, reading, in a breathless state to find out the end.

[The Dead Secret[/ was published in 1857, three years before[ The Woman in White[/, and was the author's first full length novel written specifically for serialisation. It is a complex melodrama about young love and old deceit, set against the background of 'those distinctions in rank on which the whole well-being of society depends.'

The source text was Project Gutenberg 43092-h.htm, checked against the Harper & Brothers 1874 edition. I have included the author's Preface from earlier editions, silently corrected typos, curled quotes, used British English, made changes to spelling, punctuation, and hyphenation using oxforddictionaries.com, and set letters and documents off as blockquotes.

As always if you find any mistakes please let me know so I can fix them

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Collins, Wilkie: The Dead Secret, v.1, 15 Jan 2008.

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A novel of 1853.

A dying woman dictates a terrible family secret to her maid, intending it to be revealed to her husband. But the maid cannot bring herself to do this.

A generation later a young woman and her blind husband find out that the secret has potentially disastrous repercussions.

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Collins, Wilkie: The Evil Genius, v.1, 17 Dec 2007.

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The Evil Genius: A Domestic Story.

Excerpts from Wilkie Collins - An Illustrated Guide by Andrew Gasson

Novel by Wilkie Collins published in 1886, dedicated to William Holman Hunt, treating the related themes of divorce and child-custody. The story was ahead of its time in presenting both the wife and the mistress of an adulterous husband in a sympathetic light and concentrating the reader's attention on the plight of the child involved in the break-up of a marriage. The 'evil genius' of the title is an interfering mother-in-law. Collins unexpectedly upholds double standards in a passage added shortly before publication, claiming that a husband's adultery should not, by itself, be sufficient grounds for divorce, and ends the novel with a reconciliation and remarriage. Collins also used the plot for a dramatic version with the same title. He wrote the book and play simultaneously and traces of his method can be detected in the novel which has an unusually high proportion of dialogue. The play, tauter and in some ways more effective than the book, was never performed, though it was given a single reading for the purpose of establishing dramatic copyright.

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Collins, Wilkie: The Fallen Leaves, v.1 18 Dec 2007.

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First published in 1879.

Amelius Goldenheart is a naïve young American, who has been expelled from a utopian Christian socialist community in the States. Arriving in Britain, he meets a lot of people who are ‘fallen leaves’: those who strive after happiness and reap only disappointment.
Naturally this innocent but well-meaning young man gets into a series of complications while trying to help the ‘fallen leaves’; thus allowing Collins to build up suspense ( --will anyone end up happy?) and develop a social commentary.

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Collins, Wilkie: The Fatal Cradle, v.1, 28 Jan 2008.

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The Fatal Cradle
Otherwise,
The Heart-Rending Story of Mr. Heavysides
(1861)

A short story on the problem of two new-born infants getting mixed up. Or have they?

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Collins, Wilkie: The Fatal Fortune, v.1, 28 Jan 2008.

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The Fatal Fortune; A Story in Two Parts (1874).

A short novella.

Be careful if you inherit a large fortune. Your relatives may imprison you in a private madhouse, so as to get contol of it. Will anyone care enough to rescue you?

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Collins, Wilkie: The Frozen Deep and Other Tales (Illustrated). v2, 9 Mar. 2015 2014

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Wilkie Collins lived in London from 1824 to 1889, a period in which 'the inevitable self-assertion of wealth, so amiably deplored by the prosperous and the rich; [wa so bitterly familiar to the unfortunate and the poor.'

He was short, plump, and short sighted; despite his severe suffering from gout he was a traveller, bon vivant, journalist, satirist, essayist, novelist, dramatist and social activist; and friend, collaborator, and rival of Charles Dickens. He became addicted to laudanum, and several of his characters praise it.

One of his characters says '... isn't it the original intention or purpose... of a work of fiction, to set out distinctly by telling a story? ... What I want is something that seizes hold of my interest... something that keeps me reading, reading, reading, in a breathless state to find out the end.'

In the autumn and winter of 1873-74 Wilkie Collins went on a reading tour of the United States. As he explained in the Introductory Lines and Introductory Note the main book he read from was an expanded version of 'The Dream Woman', and he added an expanded version of his play 'The Frozen Deep' towards the end of the tour. During the tour he wrote 'John Jago's Ghost, or, The Dead Alive', and the three tales together form this book.

His introductions are a fascinating account of the creative process of adapting plots. The first two stories are spooky, almost horror stories, while the third is a romance in a true crime setting. All three contain gently satirical comments on conjugal life.

The source texts were pg1625-h.htm (for 'The Frozen Deep'), pg2038-h.htm (for 'The Dream Woman'), and 'The Dead Alive' from the University of Adelaide ebook library. They were checked against a pdf of the 1892 Chatto and Windus illustrated edition from the Internet Archive. I have included the Introductory Lines and Note, silently corrected typos, curled quotes, restored diacritics and italics, set off letters and documents as blockquotes, used British English, and made changes to spelling, punctuation, and hyphenation using oxforddictionaries.com.

Update 7 March 2015

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Collins, Wilkie: The Frozen Deep, v.1, 16 Jan 2008.

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First published in 1874, this melodramatic novella is based on a stage play of the same name, written in 1857.

Two love-rivals join an expedition to find the North-West Passage. What will happen when they are stranded in the ice, alone together? Will Clara ever get to marry either of them?

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Collins, Wilkie: The Guilty River, v.1, 18 Jan 2008.

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A sensational tale of obsession, abduction, poisoning and deafness.

From http://www.wilkie-collins.info

“Short novel originally published as the 1886 Arrowsmith's Christmas Annual. Written late in Collins's career, it incorporates two of the themes often featured in his work: the psychological effects of physical handicap, in this case deafness, and the love of a middle-class man for an intelligent and independent woman from a lower social stratum.”

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Collins, Wilkie: The Haunted Hotel (illustrated), v1, 8 June 2014

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Wilkie Collins lived in London from 1824 to 1889, a period in which 'the inevitable self-assertion of wealth, so amiably deplored by the prosperous and the rich; [wa so bitterly familiar to the unfortunate and the poor.'

He was short, plump, and short sighted; despite his severe suffering from gout he was a traveller, bon vivant, journalist, satirist, essayist, novelist, dramatist, and social activist; and friend, collaborator, and rival of Charles Dickens. He became addicted to laudanum, and several of his characters praise it.

One of his characters says '... isn't it the original intention or purpose... of a work of fiction, to set out distinctly by telling a story? ... What I want is something that seizes hold of my interest... something that keeps me reading, reading, reading, in a breathless state to find out the end.

[The Haunted Hotel[/ first appeared in the[ Belgravia Magazine[/ in 1878, eighteen years after [The Woman in White[/. The author's addiction to laudanum was increasing, his health was deteroriating, and his popularity was waning. The gentle satire he showed in his earlier books is caustic in this book, and some of his comments on 'the lower classes' and women are scornful.

The main thread of the convoluted plot describes the horrible (though unintended) effects of the actions of a jilted fiancee on the husband's wife. The book is part horror story and part ghost story.

The source text for The [Haunted Hotel[/ was Project Gutenberg pg170-h.htm, checked against the Chatto and Windus 1892 edition. I have set letters and documents off as blockquotes with left aligned text, and have removed quotation marks within them unless the writer is quoting someone else. I have silently corrected typos, curled quotes, replaced italics and diacritics, made the eldest daughter's name consistent, and made minor changes to spelling, punctuation, and hyphenation using oxforddictionaries.com.

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Collins, Wilkie: The Law and the Lady, v1, 11 Jan 2015

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Wilkie Collins lived in London from 1824 to 1889, a period in which 'the inevitable self-assertion of wealth, so amiably deplored by the prosperous and the rich; [wa so bitterly familiar to the unfortunate and the poor.'

He was short, plump, and short sighted; despite his severe suffering from gout he was a traveller, bon vivant, journalist, satirist, essayist, novelist, dramatist and social activist; and friend, collaborator, and rival of Charles Dickens. He became addicted to laudanum, and several of his characters praise it.

One of his characters says '... isn't it the original intention or purpose... of a work of fiction, to set out distinctly by telling a story?... What I want is something that seizes hold of my interest... something that keeps me reading, reading, reading, in a breathless state to find out the end...'

[The Law and the Lady[/ was serialised in [The Graphic[/ September 1874 to March 1975, published in three volumes in 1875 by Chatto & Windus, and in one volume editions by Chatto & Windus 1876-1913.

This melodrama could be classed as historical fiction because of vivid descriptions of settings and attitudes very different from ours, or as romantic fiction in which the protagonists fall in love at first sight and have to struggle to maintain their relationship, or as horror fiction because of a horribly deformed character and his effect on those around him. I have put it in the mystery and crime genre since the female protagonist has to overcome 'The Scotch Verdict' given against her husband at his trial for the murder of his first wife.

The source text was Project Gutenberg 1622-h.htm, checked against a pdf of the Chatto & Windus 1903 edition from the Internet Archive. I have silently corrected typos, curled quotes, restored diacritics and scene breaks, set off letters and documents as blockquotes and set footnotes as endnotes, used British English, and made changes to spelling, punctuation, and hyphenation using oxforddictionaries.com.

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Collins, Wilkie: The Law and the Lady. v1, 13 Dec 2007

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Although not as well known as some of his other work, Wilkie Collins' "The Law and the Lady" is one of my favourite Victorian novels.
It's an early detective novel, with a gothic romance setting, featuring a newly married wife trying to unravel her husband's dark secret.
It has its weaknesses, but it's an easy read and features some of the most memorable characters in English Victorian literature - notably, the unforgettable Missmerimus Dexter.

I've tried to correct the errors in the current PG version (missing punctuation, unpaired brackets, the odd missing word), I'd be grateful if any further errors were reported - it deserves to be distributed in as good a shape as possible.

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Collins, Wilkie: The Legacy of Cain, v.1, 16 Jan 2008.

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Collin’s last complete novel, first published in 1888.

The daughter of a condemned and executed murderess is taken into a clergyman’s family. Will bad blood emerge when she competes with her adopted sister for the same man?

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Collins, Wilkie: The Moonstone. 09 June 2008

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From wikipedia:

"The Moonstone (1868) by Wilkie Collins is a 19th-century, British, epistolary novel, generally considered the first detective novel in the English language. The Moonstone was originally serialized in Charles Dickens' magazine All the Year Round. The Moonstone and The Woman in White are considered Wilkie Collins' best novels. Besides creating many of the ground rules for the detective novel, The Moonstone also reflected Collins' enlightened social views in his treatment of the Indians and the servants in the novel."

Feel free to post/PM me with corrections (of course), but I'll be away from a computer for a few weeks, so it may take me a while to get back to you.

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Collins, Wilkie: The Moonstone. v3, 25 Aug 2008

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HarryT

"The Moonstone", published in 1868, is widely regarded as the precursor of the modern mystery and suspense novels. T. S. Eliot called it "the first, the longest, and the best of modern English detective novels". The story concerns the theft of a large Indian diamond; it contains a number of ideas which became common tropes of the genre: a large number of suspects, red herrings, a crime being investigated by talented amateurs who happen to be present when it is committed, and two police officers who exemplify respectively the "local bungler" and the skilled, professional, Scotland Yard detective. The story is told through a series of first person narratives by the various people involved - before, during, and after the theft.

Wilkie Collins was the master of what were called at the time "sensation novels" - the precursor to modern "thrillers". These were the books that had refined young Victorian ladies "swooning", and requiring frequent recourse to the "smelling salts" :grin:. This novel was famed for its vivid depiction of the effects of opium addiction (Collins himself was addicted to opium, and wrote from personal experience).

A fabulous story. Both a classic and fun to read - what more could you ask for?

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Collins, Wilkie: The New Magdalen, v.1, 26 Dec 2007.

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Patricia

First published in 1873, this is a novel about identity theft.

Can a fallen woman ever become repectable? Her attempts at an apparently harmless subterfuge lead to complications...

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Collins, Wilkie: The New Magdalen. v1 11 Nov 2014

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AlexBell

Wilkie Collins lived in London from 1824 to 1889, a period in which 'the inevitable self-assertion of wealth, so amiably deplored by the prosperous and the rich; [wa so bitterly familiar to the unfortunate and the poor.'

'He was short, plump, and short sighted; despite his severe suffering from gout he was a traveller, bon vivant, journalist, satirist, essayist, novelist, dramatist and social activist; and friend, collaborator, and rival of Charles Dickens. He became addicted to laudanum, and several of his characters praise it.

'One of his characters says '... isn't it the original intention or purpose... of a work of fiction, to set out distinctly by telling a story? ... What I want is something that seizes hold of my interest... something that keeps me reading, reading, reading, in a breathless state to find out the end.'

[The New Magdalen[/ was published in 1873. It is one of the most didactic and melodramatic of Wilkie Collins' novels, and deals with a 'fallen woman' who tries to put her past behaviour behind her. But she finds she is branded, 'even when she had earned her pardon in the sight of God, with... an indelible disgrace in the sight of man.' She steals another woman's persona to regain respectability, but the other woman reappears. She and her clergyman husband leave for the New World as 'two of the social failures produced by England.'

The book has an idiosyncratic structure which I have reproduced as best I can.

The source text was Project Gutenberg 1623-h.htm, checked against a pdf of the 1903 Chatto and Windus edition from the Internet Archive. I have silently corrected typos, curled quotes, restored diacritics, italics, and scene breaks, set off letters and documents as blockquotes, used British English, and made changes to spelling, punctuation, and hyphenation using oxford*dictionaries.com.

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Collins, Wilkie: The Queen of Hearts (illustrated) v3. 8 Mar 2015

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AlexBell

Wilkie Collins lived in London from 1824 to 1889, a period in which 'the inevitable self-assertion of wealth, so amiably deplored by the prosperous and the rich; [wa so bitterly familiar to the unfortunate and the poor.'

He was short, plump, and short sighted; a traveller, bon vivant, journalist, satirist, essayist, novelist, dramatist, and social activist despite his severe suffering from recurrent gout. He became addicted to laudanum, and several of his characters praise it.

One of his characters says '... isn't it the original intention or purpose ... of a work of fiction, to set out distinctly by telling a story? ... What I want is something that seizes hold of my interest ... something that keeps me reading, reading, reading, in a breathless state to find out the end.'

[The Queen of Hearts[/ was published in 1859, and is a story in its own right, split into two parts (which I have called Prelude and Finale) telling of the visit of a young woman to her three elderly uncles. They entice her to stay longer with them by telling stories from their experience over ten nights, and that keeps her with them until her cousin can get home from the Crimea to propose to her.

The ten stories had been published separately over the previous five years or so. Their plots include adventure, detective, ghost, and sensational stories, and social commentary.

Several are told first hand by 'a person in the lower rank of life,' and show Collins' sympathy for the poor and needy.

The source text was Project Gutenberg 1917-h.htm. I have corrected typos, curled quotes, and modernised punctuation, spelling, and hyphenation using oxforddictionaries.com.

As always if you find any errors please let me know so I can correct them.

There is an earlier version of [The Queen of Hearts[/ by Patricia Clark herself. I hope this version will find a place as it is illustrated and in mobi+azw3 formats rather than prc.

Edit 22 July 2014: Version 2 uploaded, changing one word and correcting a typo in the toc.ncx file.

Edit 8 March 2015: Version 3 uploaded, extensive changes to layout, no change to text

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Collins, Wilkie: The Queen of Hearts, v.1, 13 Jan 2008.

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Patricia

(1859)
A collection of 10 short stories.

From http://www.wilkie-collins.info/collected_editions.htm
“Collection of ten short stories set within the connecting narrative of 'The Queen of Hearts'. Dedicated to Emile Forgues. 'The Queen of Hearts' is the school nickname of Jessie Yelverton who arranges to stay for six weeks with her elderly guardian, Griffith, a retired lawyer. Griffith lives with his two brothers, Owen the clergyman and Morgan the doctor, in an isolated house in South Wales. Griffith's son, George, is in love with Jessie and the three brothers set out to delay her departure for ten days so that George can propose on his return from the Crimean war. In a kind of Arabian Nights story-telling, the three brothers draw on their professional experiences to entertain their young guest with a different story each evening:

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Collins, Wilkie: The Two Destinies, v.1, 26 Jan 2008.

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The Two Destinies: A Romance (1876).

A sensational novel with supernatural elements.
Two childhood sweethearts are cruelly parted. In adulthood they both have different names and their appearances have changed dramatically. Will they ever meet again, or will they repeatedly pass each other like ships in the night? If they do meet, will they recognise each other?

How things have changed. Today, if you want to meet a childhood sweetheart you need only go the Friends Reunited website to find hordes of long-lost loves. But they too will probably have altered beyond recognition.

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Collins, Wilkie: The Woman in White. v2. 16 Sep 2008

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"The Woman in White" is one of the first "mystery" novels ever written, and is a masterpiece of the genre of Victorian literature known as the "sensation novel".

Art teacher Walter Hartright encounters a mysterious woman, dressed in white, on a lonely moonlit road. She is in a state of confusion, and Walter assists her.

He goes to Cumberland to take up a position as art tutor at Limmeridge House to two young women: Marian Halcombe and her wealthy half-sister, Laura Fairlie. He finds to his amazement that the story of the woman in white may be entangled with the lives of the two sisters. Walter and Laura fall rapidly in love, but she is already engaged, by her father's wish, to a man named Sir Percival Glyde.

Walter and Marian together delve deeper into the mystery of the strange woman and engage in a battle of wits with Glyde's enigmatic Italian friend Count Fosco.

The story is told as a series of overlapping and interlocking narratives by the different characters involved, the reader never sure whose account can and cannot be trusted (Collins used the same technique in other novels, such as "The Moonstone").

A great read.

Enjoy!

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Collins, Wilkie: Wilkie Collins in All the Year Round. v1, 12 Aug 2015

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AlexBell

Wilkie Collins lived in London from 1824 to 1889, a period in which 'the inevitable self-assertion of wealth, so amiably deplored by the prosperous and the rich; [wa so bitterly familiar to the unfortunate and the poor.'

He was short, plump, and short sighted; despite his severe suffering from gout he was a traveller, bon vivant, journalist, satirist, essayist, novelist, dramatist and social activist; and friend, collaborator, and rival of Charles Dickens. He became addicted to laudanum, and several of his characters praise it.

Many of his works were first published as serials in Charles Dickens' journals [Household Words[/ and [All the Year Round[/. This ebook contains the twenty articles in [All the Year Round[/ attributed to Collins by the editors of the Dickens Journals Online site. They give a fascinating picture of the attitudes of his times.

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Comfort, Will Levington: Child and Country. v1. 3 Jun 2016

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crutledge

Will Levington Comfort (February 17, 1878 – November 2, 1932) was a U.S. writer, known primarily for adventure novels such as Apache. Three of Comfort's works served as the story for feature films. Somewhere in Sonora, based on his novel Somewhere south of Sonora, was remade in 1933 starring John Wayne.

Extract
To-day the first glimpse of this manuscript as a whole. It was all detached pieces before, done over a period of many months, with many intervening tasks, the main idea slightly drifting from time to time.... The purpose on setting out, was to relate the adventure of home-making in the country, with its incidents of masonry, child and rose culture, and shore-conservation. It was not to tell others how to build a house or plant a garden, or how to conduct one's life on a shore-acre or two. Not at this late day. I was impelled rather to relate how we found plenty with a little; how we entered upon a new dimension of health and length of days; and from the safe distance of the desk, I wanted to laugh over a city man's adventures with drains and east winds, country people and the meshes of possession.

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Comfort, Will Levington: Red Fleece. v1. 3 Jun 2016

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crutledge

Will Levington Comfort (February 17, 1878 – November 2, 1932) was a U.S. writer, known primarily for adventure novels such as Apache. Three of Comfort's works served as the story for feature films. Somewhere in Sonora, based on his novel Somewhere south of Sonora, was remade in 1933 starring John Wayne.

Extract
Peter Mowbray first saw her at the corner of Palace Square nearest the river. He was not in the least the kind of young man who appraises passing women, very far from a starer. At the instant their eyes met, his thoughts had been occupied with work matters and the trickery of events. In fact, there was so much to do that he resented the intrusion, found himself hoping in the first flash that she would show some flaw to break the attraction.

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Comfort, Will Levington: She Buildeth Her House. v1. 4 Jun 2016

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crutledge

Will Levington Comfort (February 17, 1878 – November 2, 1932) was a U.S. writer, known primarily for adventure novels such as Apache. Three of Comfort's works served as the story for feature films. Somewhere in Sonora, based on his novel Somewhere south of Sonora, was remade in 1933 starring John Wayne.

Extract
Paula Linster was twenty-seven when two invading giants entered the country of her heart. On the same day, these hosts, each unconscious of the other, crossed opposite borders and verged toward the prepared citadel between them.

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Comfort, Will Levington: Son of Power. v1. 5 Jun 2016

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crutledge

Will Levington Comfort (February 17, 1878 – November 2, 1932) was a U.S. writer, known primarily for adventure novels such as Apache. Three of Comfort's works served as the story for feature films. Somewhere in Sonora, based on his novel Somewhere south of Sonora, was remade in 1933 starring John Wayne.

Extract
His name was Sanford Hantee, but you will hear that only occasionally, for the boys of the back streets called him Skag, which "got" him somewhere at once. That was in Chicago. He was eleven years old, when he wandered quite alone to Lincoln Park Zoo, and the madness took him.

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Compton, W. David (NASA): Where No Man Has Gone Before, v1, 11 June 2008

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mrmikel

This was uploaded in the LRF section as it was originally in LRF form. PRC version uploaded here as requested by JSWolf.

This is a history of the Apollo Space Program by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration, United States Government.

This is the first cut. Footnotes were left in place in the text and although the jumps to them work, they work to the footnote, but not back. As this document is heavily footnoted both for information and sources, it may be a while before they are all converted.

This is a public domain document from the NASA website.

Now with a mobi version. The mobi conversion program is VERY picky about links and fussy about images. Since this is a combination of 144 separate html documents, there was a little flotsam and jetsam left over that the mobi program caught.

There may be a footnote or two that does not work now, but will catch it next time when I civilize the footnotes.

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Comstock, Harriet T: A Little Dusky Hero. v1. 7 Jan 2016

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crutledge

Harriet Theresa Comstock (1860–1925) was an American novelist and author of children's books.

Excerpt
The dead heat of Tampa hung heavy within the tent; the buzz of the flies was most distressing; but the reports must be got off, and after them there were letters to be written to “the Boy and his Mother” up North, telling them—especially the Boy—what a glorious thing it is to serve one’s country under any circumstances. The present circumstances were extremely trying, to be sure, but the firm brown hand glided back and forth over the long pages in a determined manner that showed how Colonel Austin believed in doing his duty.

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Comstock, Harriet T: A Son of the Hills. v1. 12 Jan 2016

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crutledge

Harriet Theresa Comstock (1860–1925) was an American novelist and author of children's books.

Excerpt
Away back in the days of the Revolution the people of the hills were of the best. All of them who could serve their country then, did it nobly and well. Some of them signed the Declaration of Independence and then returned to their homes with the dignity and courage of men in whose veins flowed aristocratic blood as well as that of adventurous freemen. There they waited for the recognition they expected and deserved. But the new-born republic was too busy and breathless to seek them out or pause to listen to their voices, which were softer, less insistent than others nearer by. In those far past times the Morleys and the Hertfords were equals and the Walden Place deserved its name of the Great House. The Appointed Way was the Big Road, and was kept in good order by well-fed and contented slaves who had not then dreamed of freedom.

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Comstock, Harriet T: At the Crossroads. v1. 6 Jan 2016

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crutledge

Harriet Theresa Comstock (1860–1925) was an American novelist and author of children's books.

Excerpt
The great turning points of life are often rounded unconsciously. Invisible tides hurry us on and only when we are well past the curve do we realize what has happened to us.

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Comstock, Harriet T: Janet of the Dunes. v1. 7 Jan 2016

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crutledge

Harriet Theresa Comstock (1860–1925) was an American novelist and author of children's books.

Excerpt
They have not the advantages, like our soldiers and firemen, of dressy uniforms and frequent parade before us. They would be greatly embarrassed by anything like public homage; yet how beneficent is their service! The lonely isolation of the Government Houses; the long, ofttimes dangerous patrols every night from sunset to sunrise; their detachment from home and social ties,—all speak for the dignified bravery of these men along our coasts, and should call forth from us a grateful and appreciative tribute.

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Comstock, Harriet T: Joyce of the North Woods. v1. 7 Jan 2016

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crutledge

Harriet Theresa Comstock (1860–1925) was an American novelist and author of children's books.

Excerpt
Fifty years before this story began, St. Angé was a lumber camp; the first gash in that part of the great Solitude to the north, which lay across Beacon Hill, three miles from Hillcrest.
When the splendid lumber had been felled within a prescribed limit, Industry took another leap, left St. Angé scarred and blighted, with a fringe of forest north and south, and struck camps farther back and nearer Canada

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Comstock, Harriet T: Mam'selle Jo. v1. 8 Jan 2016

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crutledge

Harriet Theresa Comstock (1860–1925) was an American novelist and author of children's books.

Excerpt
This is a story of a woman who having no beauty of face or form was deprived for a time of the beautiful things of life.

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Comstock, Harriet T: The Man Thou Gavest. v1. 8 Jan 2016

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crutledge

Harriet Theresa Comstock (1860–1925) was an American novelist and author of children's books.

Excerpt
The passengers, one by one, left the train but Truedale took no heed. He was the only one left at last, but he was not aware of it, and then, just as the darkness outside caught his attention, the train stopped so suddenly that it nearly threw him from his seat.
“Accident?” he asked the conductor.
“No, sah! Pine Cone station. I reckon the engineer come mighty nigh forgetting—he generally does at the end. The tracks stop here. You look mighty peaked; some one expecting yo’?”

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Comstock, Harriet T: The Place Beyond the Winds. v1. 9 Jan 2016

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crutledge

Harriet Theresa Comstock (1860–1925) was an American novelist and author of children's books.

Excerpt
The In-Place cannot be found; you must happen upon it! Hidden behind its rugged red rocks and hemlock-covered hills, it lies waiting for something to happen. It has its Trading Station, to and from which the Canadian Indians paddle their canoes—sometimes a dugout—bearing rare, luscious blue berries invitingly packed in small baskets with their own green leaves. And to the Station, also, go the hardy natives—good English, Scotch, or “Mixed”—with their splendid loads of fish.

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Comstock, Harriet T: The Shield of Silence. v1. 11 Jan 2016

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Harriet Theresa Comstock (1860–1925) was an American novelist and author of children's books.

Excerpt
We are all on the Wheel. The difference lies in our ability to cling or let go. Meredith Thornton and old Becky Adams—let go!

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Comstock, Harriet T: Then Marched the Brave. v1. 13 Jan 2016

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crutledge

Harriet Theresa Comstock (1860–1925) was an American novelist and author of children's books.

Excerpt
It was in the time when the king’s men had things pretty much their own way, and mystery and plot held full sway, that there lived, in a little house near McGown Pass on the upper end of Manhattan Island, a widow and her lame son. She was a tall, gaunt woman of Scotch ancestry, but loyal to the land that had given her a second home. She was not a woman of many opinions, but the few that she held were rigid, and not to be trifled with. With all her might she hated the king, and with equal intensity loved the cause of freedom. In the depths of her nature there was a great feeling of shame and disappointment that her only son was a hopeless cripple, and so could not be offered as a living sacrifice to the new cause.

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Conan Doyle, Arthur: My Friend the Murderer, v1, 18 Oct 2007.

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Patricia

This story appeared on PG yesterday, and I thought that it might interest people here.

It seems to be a story about rough justice in the Antipodes.

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Conan Doyle, Arthur: Round the Fire Stories (1908); v1; 29 April 2020

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Pulpmeister

Seventeen short stories of crime and weirdness. I have added the first publication date of each story underneath its title. 101,000 words.

1: The Leather Funnel
2: The Beetle Hunter
3: The Man With The Watches
4: A Pot of Caviare
5: The Japanned Box
6: The Black Doctor
7: Playing With Fire
8: The Jew's Breastplate
9: The Lost Special
10: The Club-Footed Grocer
11: The Sealed Room
12: The Brazilian Cat
13: The Usher of Lea House
14: The Brown Hand
15: The Fiend of the Cooperage
16: Jelland's Voyage
17: The Story of B.24

In the book the last story is simply titled B.24. I have restored the original magazine title because 17: B.24 looked a bit odd in the contents and on the chapter head.

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Conan Doyle, Arthur: The Captain of the Pole-Star (1890); v1; 4 May 2020

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Pulpmeister

Early short stories of Arthur Conan Doyle.

1: The Captain of the "Pole-Star"
2: J. Habakuk Jephson's Statement
3: The Great Keinplatz Experiment
4: The Man from Archangel
5: That Little Square Box
6: John Huxford's Hiatus
7: A Literary Mosaic
8: John Barrington Cowles
9: The Parson of Jackman's Gulch
10: The Ring of Thoth

The second story is famous as his fictional version of the mystery of the "Mary Celeste". Conan Doyle changed the name to "Marie Celeste", the captain's name from Briggs to Tibbs, and changed numerous other basic facts, many of which, including the ship's changed name, have become widely accepted "facts".

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Conan Doyle, Arthur: The New Revelation, v1, 4 March 2010.

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Patricia

Arthur Conan Doyle [1859-1930]
The New Revelation [1918]

A defence of spiritualism from the author of the Sherlock Holmes books.

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Conan Doyle, Sir Arthur: An Intimate Study of Sherlock Holmes. 09 Oct 07

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RWood

[An Intimate Study of Sherlock Holmes[/ was written by Conan Doyle for the January 15, 1918 issue of [Detective Story Magazine.[/ It is an interesting, although short, insight into Conan Doyle's thinking and his reactions to the fame that Sherlock Holmes gained.

If you have not already done so, download a copy of Harry's excellent [Sherlock Holmes Omnibus.[/

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Conan Doyle, Sir Arthur: Danger! and Other Stories. v1. 20 Aug 07

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HarryT

A short story collection by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. A collection of adventure and supernatural stories:

- Danger

- One Crowded Hour

- A Point of View

- The Fall of Lord Barrymore

- The Horror of the Heights

- Borrowed Scenes

- The Surgeon of Gaster Fell

- How It Happened

- The Prisoner's Defence

- Three of Them

Some of these stories have appeared in the other Conan Doyle short story collections previously posted here.

Enjoy!

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Conan Doyle, Sir Arthur: Illustrated Sherlock Holmes. v1, 1 Jan 09

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HarryT

In this thread I'll upload, as I create them, fully illustrated versions of the Sherlock Holmes stories. Due to the size of illustrated books, I'll split it into the original books, rather than creating an "omnibus" edition, as I've done with the non-illustrated stories.

For the short stories, the illustrations are the original Sidney Paget illustrations, as published in the [Strand Magazine[/ for the original publication of the stories. These wonderful illustrations are "iconic" and form everyone's idea of what Sherlock Holmes "should" look like, as well as providing a superb illustration of Victorian life and dress, which is now lost to us.

This project will take me a while to complete, so please be patient!

The books are:

- The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, with 104 illustrations by Sidney Paget (1892)

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Conan Doyle, Sir Arthur: Mysteries and Adventures. v1. 12 Aug 07

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A collection of short stories by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, all with a theme of mystery or adventure.

Enjoy!

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Conan Doyle, Sir Arthur: Professor Challenger Omnibus. v5. 10 Oct 2013

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HarryT

"Professor Challenger" is, of course, a much less well-known literary creation of Doyle's than Sherlock Holmes, but is still a worthy figure whose books deserve to be read. Challenger is the original bad-tempered professor, brilliant but completely lacking in "social skills". This omnibus contains all the novels and short stories Doyle wrote which feature Professor Challenger, as follows:

The Lost World

This is the one that everyone's heard of through its innumerable movie adaptations, but probably relatively few have read the book. The architypal story of heroic explorers discovering a lost land where dinosaurs still exist, etc etc. Much cliched, but this is the "original".

The Poison Belt

A novella featuring the same characters who appear in "The Lost World". Astronomers discover that the Earth is about to pass through a region of poisonous gas in space. Is this the end of the world? Professor Challenger to the rescue...

The Land of Mist

"Spiritualism" was hugely popular in Victorian times, and Doyle was very much influenced by it in many of his later works. This novel, again featuring Professor Challenger, has spiritualism as its basis. Lots of spooky goings on.

The Disintegration Machine

A short story, the title of which says it all!

When the World Screamed

Another long short story or short novella (take your pick). The final Professor Challenger story. I won't describe the plot, because it would be a "spoiler".

Enjoy!

EDIT: 24 Apr 08

Completely recreated the book with greatly improved layout and formatting. Added an illustration. Uploaded v2.

EDIT: 20 Sep 08

MR user Jellby has very kindly supplied me with numerous corrections to both "The Lost World" and "The Land of Mist". Applied these and created a new version 3.

EDIT: 27 Sep 08

Wonderful new cover added thanks to Paul Durrant. Many thanks for this! Uploaded new v4.

EDIT: 10 Oct 13

Thoroughly revised and proof-read. Illustrations added to "The Lost World" and "The Poison Belt". Numerous formatting improvements and many errors fixed. I would now regard this as a finished product, so please let me know if you find even the smallest error in it. Version 5 uploaded.

Previous download count: 1424

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Conan Doyle, Sir Arthur: Sherlock Holmes Omnibus. v11. 17th Dec 2011

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HarryT

"Sherlock Holmes Omnibus", containing the complete "Sherlock Holmes" stories (4 novels and 56 short stories) of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. The contents are:

Novels:

- A Study In Scarlet

- The Sign of the Four

- The Hound of the Baskervilles

- The Valley of Fear

Short story collections:

- The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes

- The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes

- The Return of Sherlock Holmes

- His Last Bow

- The Case-Book of Sherlock Holmes

Edit: 28th March 07

Uploaded v2 of the book. Improvements:

1. Shortened titles so they show up properly in the TOC.
2. Replaced the "global" contents list at the start of the file by an initial "Book Index", with each book name linking to a "Contents" page at the start of that book. This makes navigation a lot simpler. If you're not sure which story is in which book, use the TOC.
3. Added a cover picture.

Edit: 9th April 07

Uploaded an additional file, "Sherlock_Holmes_Smaller_Fonts.zip" with smaller fonts than the original, for those who found the original font size too small. I've left the original file there, so you can have whichever you prefer.

Edit: 8 Nov 07

Uploaded v3. This is a complete re-issue of the book with dramatically improved formatting, better layout, and new and improved sources for some of the material. This was the very first eBook I created, and I've learned a lot about how to do it "right" since the original version was issued.

Edit: 19 Nov 07

As stated elsewhere, I've started a careful proofreading against a good printed edition. This version has "A Study in Scarlet" proofread, with literally dozens of errors corrected. Some are significant (spelling mistakes); most are errors in punctuation or capitalization - questions without question marks, missing or suplus hyphens, etc. Uploaded v4.

Edit: 27 Nov 07

Proofed and corrected "The Sign of the Four". Uploaded v5.

Edit: 14 Dec 07

Proofed and corrected "The Hound of the Baskervilles". Uploaded v6.

Edit: 13 Mar 08

Proofed and corrected "The Valley of Fear". Now a "proper" MobiPocket book with metadata, table of contents links, etc. Uploaded v7.

Edit: 1 Jan 09

Fully proof-read and corrected "The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes". Uploaded v8.

Edit: 20 Nov 11. v9 Uploaded.

Major edit and re-arrangement of the book. All books within the omnibus are now presented in chronological order and, within the short story collections, the stories in "His Last Bow" and "The Case-Book of Sherlock Holmes" have been re-arranged into publication order. Many illustrations have been re-scanned, and several missing ones added. "The Adventure of the Cardboard Box" has been restored from "His Last Bow" to its rightful place in "The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes" (it was omitted from the first English edition because it was felt to be too shocking at the time of original publication). At the same time, the introduction to "The Cardboard Box" which had been (badly) appended to the start of "The Resident Patient" has been removed, and the original Strand Magazine introduction restored. Many hundreds of errors have been corrected, and italics, missing accents, etc, restored. The formatting has been significantly improved (eg letters, newspaper quotes, etc, are now indented and in a smaller font). The result of all this is an immensely improved and much more error-free book.

Edit: 21 Nov 11. Uploaded v10.

A number of people reported typos in the previous upload, so I thought I'd better get them corrected immediately. I've also replaced the cover by one that's consistent with the cover style that I usually use. Uploaded v10.

Edit: 17 Dec 11. Uploaded v11.

A number of MR users have reported small errors, about a dozen in total. Fixed these, and created a new version. Many thanks for these error reports - please do let me know if you find any remaining errors; I'm sure there must still be some!

Previous download count: 4199

Enjoy!

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Conan Doyle, Sir Arthur: Tales of Adventure and Medical Life. v1. 12 Aug 07

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A collection of short stories by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, as described in the title.

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Conan Doyle, Sir Arthur: Tales of Long Ago. v1. 12 Aug 07

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A collection of stories of ancient history (mainly ancient Rome) by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle.

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Conan Doyle, Sir Arthur: Tales of Pirates and Blue Water. v1. 14 Oct 07

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Short story collection by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, containing the following stories:

TALES OF PIRATES

Captain Sharkey: How the Governer of Saint Kitt's Came home
The Dealings of Captain Sharkey with Stephen Craddock
The Blighting of Sharkey
How Copley Banks Slew Captain Sharkey
The "Slapping Sal"
A Pirate of the Land - One Crowded Hour

TALES OF BLUE WATER

The Striped Chest
The Captain of the "Polestar"
The Fiend of the Cooperage
Jelland's Voyage
J. Habakuk Jephson's Statement
That Little Square Box

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Conan Doyle, Sir Arthur: Tales of Terror and Mystery. v1. 12 Aug 07

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Another short story collection by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, as described in the title.

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Conan Doyle, Sir Arthur: The White Company & Sir Nigel. v1. 21 Dec 07

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With all the somewhat more obscure stuff we have from Arthur Conan Doyle, I've been pretty surprised that this pair hadn't been posted by now. He considered The White Company to be his best work, and when it was first published (1891), it quickly became Britain's best selling book since Ivanhoe (1819).

Wonderful stories of chivalry and romance in the Hundred Years War.

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Confucius: Doctrine of The Mean, v.1, 30 April 2008.

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Written circa 500BCE.

A short piece on how to achieve equilibrium.

‘The Master said, “I know how it is that the path of the Mean is not walked in:—The knowing go beyond it, and the stupid do not come up to it. I know how it is that the path of the Mean is not understood:—The men of talents and virtue go beyond it, and the worthless do not come up to it.’

The translation is by James Legge (1891).

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Confucius: The Analects, v.1. 6 May 2008.

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Confucius (551-479 BCE)
Translated by James Legge (1815-1897)

This is the central Confucian text.

“Tsze-kung asked, saying, ‘Is there one word which may serve as a rule of practice for all one’s life?’ The Master said, ‘Is not [reciprocity [/such a word? What you do not want done to yourself, do not do to others.’”

The source was PG and the text file needed extensive restoration.

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Confucius: The Great Learning, v.1. 5 May 2008.

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Translated by James Legge (1891)

This is a short Confucian text, together with an ancient commentary by Tsang.

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Confucius: The Sayings of Confucius, v.1, 14 May 2008.

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Patricia

Confucius (551-479 BCE)
Translated by Leonard Arthur Lyall (1867-?)
Date of translation: 1909.

There is a perfectly serviceable version of this text in RWood’s Harvard Classics series (Vol. 44). However, this version moves all the notes to the end and has curly quotes, which some people may prefer.

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Connell, Richard: The Sin of Monsieur Pettipon, v1, 1922, 26 Sep 2024

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Pulpmeister

A dozen humorous short stories by American author Richard Connell (1893-1949). He was a prolific writer of short fiction for the American "slick" magazines, who paid immeasurably better than the "pulps". These stories first appeared in "The Saturday Evening Post", "Colliers", and the like. His entertaining humorous tales now have been overshadowed by the immense success of his suspense novelette "Most Dangerous Game", which has been filmed more than once, and reprinted countless times. (That story can be found in Past Masters 95).

1: The Sin of Monsieur Pettipon
2: Mr. Pottle and the South-Sea Cannibals
3: Mr. Pottle and Culture
4: Mr. Pottle and the One Man Dog
5: Mr. Pottle and Pageantry
6: The Cage Man
7: Where is the Tropic of Capricorn?
8: Mr. Braddy's Bottle
9: Gretna Greenhorn
10: Terrible Epps
11: Honor Among Sportsmen
12: The $25,000 Jaw

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Connington, J. J.: Death at Swaythling Court (1926); v1; 28 June 2020

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J J Connington (Alfred Walter Stewart, 1880-1947) was one of the many detective writers of the Golden Age, and like most of them he held down a day job: he was a scientist. He wrote a great many detective novels and some short stories, and a well-received a world catastrophe novel.

This is his first detective novel, in which a blackmailer is murdered.

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Connington, J. J.: Murder in the Maze (1927); v1, 26 June 2020

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J J Connington (Alfred Walter Stewart, 1880-1947) was one of the many detective writers of the Golden Age, and like most of them he held down a day job: he was a scientist. He wrote a great many detective novels and some short stories, and a well-received world catastrophe novel.

He created several series detectives; this is the first Sir Clinton Driffield novel.

Twin brothers are murdered in identical methods in a twin-maze on their estate; the Chief Constable, Sir Clinton Driffield, takes an active hand in the case.

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Connington, J. J.: Mystery at Lynden Sands (1928); v1; 4 Oct 2020

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Another Sir Clinton Driffield murder case, this time at a coastal resort. In the finest tradition of early whodunits, it has two maps.

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Connington, J. J.: Nemesis at Rayham Parva (1929); v1; 1 Sep 2020

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Sir Clinton Driffield gets involved in a case close to home: his niece seems to be falling victim too a "white slave" operation, which involved European showgirls getting lucrative contracts for stage shows in the Argentine, but which in fact are for no such thing, but something much darker.

(The story is based on, among other things, a League of Nations report on the matter).

There is a shocking climax.

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Connington, J. J.: Nordenholt's Million (1923); v1; 26 June 2020

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J J Connington (Alfred Walter Stewart, 1880-1947) was one of the many detective writers of the Golden Age, and like most of them he held down a day job: he was a scientist. He wrote a great many detective novels and some short stories, and a well-received world catastrophe novel.

This is the catastrophe novel: a bacterium that destroys the ability of plant life to extract nitrogen from the soil escapes a lab and spreads rapidly; the result is a collapse of food supplies, famine, catastrophe.

Nordenholt, an industrialist billionaire, forms a million-strong colony/laboratory system to support the research necessary to defeat the bug, and at the same time preserve some of the human race.

(An idea later developed in John Christopher's novel "The Death of Grass" aka "No Blade of Grass".)

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Connington, J. J.: The Boathouse Riddle (1931); v1; 30 Aug 2020

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It is always a mistake for a fictional detective to decide to take a holiday. No matter where they elect to spend their vacation you can be sure that a murder will soon follow, even if it happens to be a sleepy village that has not seen a case a murder for half a century.

Sir Clinton Driffield visits his friend Wendover, and is soon knee deep in investigation, with a dead gamekeeper, and a body in the lake...

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Connington, J. J.: The Case with Nine Solutions (1928), v1, 1 Sep 2020

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A particularly intricate case for Sir Clinton Driffield, and it ends with a bang.

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Connington, J. J.: The Castleford Conundrum (1932); v1; 7 Nov 2020

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A Sir Clinton Driffield case.

Complex tale of murder, bringing in among other things ballistics and blood groupings as evidence. A far cry from CSI, and Abby Sciutto, but it was 1932 after all.

With a map.

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Connington, J. J.: The Counsellor (1939); v1; 7 Nov 2020

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Not a Clinton Driffield mystery; a one-off involving a radio "counsellor" who gets drawn into the mystery of a disappearing young woman, forged banknotes, and a very odd corporate takeover.

And yes, it is a murder mystery; there is a body.

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Connington, J. J.: The Dangerfield Talisman (1927); v1, 5 Aug 2024

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Traditional whodunnit by the prolific J J Connington. Although the tradition includes the need for a murder, in this book the mystery is, who stole the Dangerfield Talisman, a fabulously expensive jewel?

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Connington, J. J.: Tragedy at Ravensthorpe (1927); v1; 23 Oct 2020

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The 4th Sir Clinton Driffield novel; a costume ball at Ravensthorpe, some rare gold medals, crooks, eccentrics, and murder...

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Connington, J. J: The Ha-Ha Case (1934); v1; 22 Sep 2020

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The 9th Clinton Driffield case, a murder mystery with some knowledgable use of ballistics as part of the solution, and an English country house as its setting.

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Connor, Ralph: The Sky Pilot (a Tale of the Foothills). 13 Aug 2008

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RWood

From [Wikipedia[/
[QUOTRev. Dr. Charles William Gordon, or Ralph Connor, (September 13, 1860 – October 31, 1937) was a Canadian novelist, using the Connor pen name while maintaining his status as a Church leader, first in the Presbyterian and later the United churches in Canada. Gordon was also at one time a master at Upper Canada College. He sold more than five million copies of his works in his lifetime,[1] and some of his works are still in print.

Gordon was born in Glengarry County, Ontario, the son of Rev. Daniel Gordon (1822–1910) and Mary Robertson Gordon (d. 1890). His father was a Free Church of Scotland Missionary in Upper Canada. The family moved from Glengarry to Harrington, Oxford County, Ontario when he was a youth. Like many other young men in the area, Gordon went to Toronto to study at University of Toronto. He then attended Knox College and graduated with distinction in 1886.

...

Gordon became interested in writing during his student days at the University of Toronto. He published his first novel, Black Rock, in 1898. While the book was moderately successful in Canada, his second novel, The Sky Pilot, gained him international attention in 1899 and sold more than 1,000,000 copies. The Sky Pilot, like many of his works, was a frontier adventure with strong themes of morality and justice. He continued to write until his death in 1937. His autobiography, Postscript to Adventure was penned in his final year and published posthumously in 1938.[/QUOT

Gordon/Connor wrote from a distinctive Canadian point of view, quite apart from US or UK writers of the period. He is an interesting author to read and I plan on posting several more of his works in the near future.

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Connor, Ralph: The Sky Pilot in No Man's Land. 13 Aug 2008

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From [Wikipedia[/
[QUOTRev. Dr. Charles William Gordon, or Ralph Connor, (September 13, 1860 – October 31, 1937) was a Canadian novelist, using the Connor pen name while maintaining his status as a Church leader, first in the Presbyterian and later the United churches in Canada. Gordon was also at one time a master at Upper Canada College. He sold more than five million copies of his works in his lifetime,[1] and some of his works are still in print.

Gordon was born in Glengarry County, Ontario, the son of Rev. Daniel Gordon (1822–1910) and Mary Robertson Gordon (d. 1890). His father was a Free Church of Scotland Missionary in Upper Canada. The family moved from Glengarry to Harrington, Oxford County, Ontario when he was a youth. Like many other young men in the area, Gordon went to Toronto to study at University of Toronto. He then attended Knox College and graduated with distinction in 1886.

...

Gordon became interested in writing during his student days at the University of Toronto. He published his first novel, Black Rock, in 1898. While the book was moderately successful in Canada, his second novel, The Sky Pilot, gained him international attention in 1899 and sold more than 1,000,000 copies. The Sky Pilot, like many of his works, was a frontier adventure with strong themes of morality and justice. He continued to write until his death in 1937. His autobiography, Postscript to Adventure was penned in his final year and published posthumously in 1938.[/QUOT

He is an interesting author to read and I plan on posting several more of his works in the near future.

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Conquest, Joan: Leonie of the Jungle, v1, 22 June 2018

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"Joan Conquest" (Mary Eliza Louise Cooke, 1883-1941) wrote many fantasy-romance novels, frequently involving the Mystic East.

This novel, "reviewed" by S J Perelman in his "Cloudland Revisited" series of pieces, is the best remembered and probably the most typical. Leonie Hetth, born in India, orphaned as an infant, and brought up in England, reached young womanhood and begins rather hazardous sleepwalking while talking in a strange language, which turns out to be Hindi.

The trail winds back to India, and a crazed Kali-worshipping guru who, from a distance, lures her into his clutches.

The works of Joan Conquest are in the PD in Life plus 70 and Life plus 50 countries, and this book is also in the PD in the USA, having been first published in 1921.

I have used the cover of the original novel, but there is no high-resolution image of the very rare dust jacket to be found, so I have used a low-res image of it as a frontispiece.

EDIT: The second of the two versions of this book is identical to the first except for the cover. The first version's cover turned out to be unsuitable for grey-scale readers such as Kindle . I found a much better version of the same cover which shows up well.

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Conrad, Joseph & Hueffer, Ford M.: Romance. V1. 16 Aug 2009

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Ford Madox Ford (December 17, 1873 – June 26, 1939) was an English novelist, poet, critic and editor whose journals, The English Review and The Transatlantic Review, were instrumental in the development of early 20th-century English literature.[citation needed] He is now best remembered for The Good Soldier (1915) and the Parade's End tetralogy.
Born Ford Hermann Hueffer, the son of Francis Hueffer, he was Ford Madox Hueffer before he finally--in 1919, at a time when German connotations proved unpopular--settled on the name Ford Madox Ford in honor of his grandfather, the Pre-Raphaelite painter Ford Madox Brown, whose biography he had written.

Joseph Conrad (born Józef Teodor Konrad Korzeniowski; 3 December 1857 – 3 August 1924) was a Polish-born English-language novelist who in 1886 became a British subject. He is regarded as one of the greatest novelists in English[1] though he did not speak the language fluently until he was in his twenties (and then always with a marked Polish accent). He wrote stories and novels, predominantly with a nautical setting, that depict trials of the human spirit by the demands of duty and honor.

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To yesterday and to to-day I say my polite "vaya usted con Dios." What are these days to me? But that far-off day of my romance, when from between the blue and white bales in Don Ramon's darkened storeroom, at Kingston, I saw the door open before the figure of an old man with the tired, long, white face, that day I am not likely to forget. I remember the chilly smell of the typical West Indian store, the indescribable smell of damp gloom, of locos, of pimento, of olive oil, of new sugar, of new rum; the glassy double sheen of Ramon's great spectacles, the piercing eyes in the mahogany face, while the tap, tap, tap of a cane on the flags went on behind the inner door; the click of the latch; the stream of light. The door, petulantly thrust inwards, struck against some barrels. I remember the rattling of the bolts on that door, and the tall figure that appeared there, snuffbox in hand. In that land of white clothes, that precise, ancient, Castilian in black was something to remember. The black cane that had made the tap, tap, tap dangled by a silken cord from the hand whose delicate blue-veined, wrinkled wrist ran back into a foam of lawn ruffles. The other hand paused in the act of conveying a pinch of snuff to the nostrils of the hooked nose that had, on the skin stretched tight over the bridge, the polish of old ivory; the elbow pressing the black cocked-hat against the side; the legs, one bent, the other bowing a little back—this was the attitude of Seraphina's father.

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Conrad, Joseph & Hueffer, Ford M.: The Inheritors. V1. 15 Aug 2009

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Ford Madox Ford (December 17, 1873 – June 26, 1939) was an English novelist, poet, critic and editor whose journals, The English Review and The Transatlantic Review, were instrumental in the development of early 20th-century English literature.[citation needed] He is now best remembered for The Good Soldier (1915) and the Parade's End tetralogy.
Born Ford Hermann Hueffer, the son of Francis Hueffer, he was Ford Madox Hueffer before he finally--in 1919, at a time when German connotations proved unpopular--settled on the name Ford Madox Ford in honor of his grandfather, the Pre-Raphaelite painter Ford Madox Brown, whose biography he had written.

Joseph Conrad (born Józef Teodor Konrad Korzeniowski; 3 December 1857 – 3 August 1924) was a Polish-born English-language novelist who in 1886 became a British subject. He is regarded as one of the greatest novelists in English[1] though he did not speak the language fluently until he was in his twenties (and then always with a marked Polish accent). He wrote stories and novels, predominantly with a nautical setting, that depict trials of the human spirit by the demands of duty and honor.

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“Ideas,” she said. “Oh, as for ideas—”
“Well?” I hazarded, “as for ideas—?”
We went through the old gateway and I cast a glance over my shoulder. The noon sun was shining over the masonry, over the little saints’ effigies, over the little fretted canopies, the grime and the white streaks of bird-dropping.
“There,” I said, pointing toward it, “doesn’t that suggest something to you?”
She made a motion with her head—half negative, half contemptuous.
“But,” I stuttered, “the associations—the ideas—the historical ideas—”
She said nothing.

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Conrad, Joseph: Chance. v1, 2 Jan 2008

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From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia:

Chance is a novel by Joseph Conrad, published in 1913 following serial publication the previous year. Although the novel was not one upon which Conrad's later critical reputation was to depend, it was his greatest commercial success upon initial publication.

Chance is narrated by Conrad's regular narrator, Marlow, but is characterized by a complex, nested narrative in which different narrators take up the story at different points. The novel is also unusual among its author's works for its focus on a female character: the heroine, Flora de Barral.

The narrators describe and attempt to interpret various episodes in the life of Miss de Barral, the daughter of a convicted swindler named Smith de Barral (though this character is famous in the world of the novel as a criminal, he may, at least at first, have been merely incompetent). Miss de Barral leads a sheltered life while her father is prosperous, then must rely on the generosity of others, who resent her or have agendas for her, before she escapes by marrying one Captain Anthony. Much of the book involves the musing of the various narrators over what she and the Captain expected from this union, and what they actually got from it. When her father is released from prison, he joins them on ship, and the book heads towards its denouement.

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Conrad, Joseph: Heart of Darkness, v.1, 18 Dec 2007.

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Patricia

A classic from 1902.

From Wikipedia:
“Arguably Conrad’s most influential work remains [Heart of Darkness[/, to which many have been introduced by Francis Ford Coppola’s film, [Apocalypse Now[/, inspired by Conrad’s novella and set during the Vietnam War. The themes of [Heart of Darkness[/, and the depiction of a journey into the darkness of the human psyche, still resonate with modern readers.”

However, the work has been criticised for de-humanising Africans. Although set in the Congo, there are no named African characters. (Incidentally, there are several uses of the N-word).

It has also been criticised for an unrealistic depiction of women. The narrator, Marlow, says, “It’s queer how out of touch with truth women are.” He goes on to claim that women need to be protected from the truth, to keep their little world from “shattering before the first sunset.” The only female character is also un-named, and is referred to as ‘My Intended’.

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Conrad, Joseph: Jugend [german]. V1. 24 Dec 2010

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Jugend, von 1902, ist eine der schönsten Erzählungen Conrads, vor allem seine komischste.

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Conrad, Joseph: The Mirror Of The Sea. v1, 6 Jan 2008

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From Amazon.com:

In 1878, Joseph Conrad signed aboard a British freighter and began a 17-year odyssey. MIRROR OF THE SEA is his factual account of this period.

He describes the ocean's moods, her anger and charm, how men deal with her. Conrad had no illusions about the sea or the men who worked its commerce. He saw the ocean as metaphor against which men could measure themselves.

"For MIRROR OF THE SEA we would make bold to predict a very long life. We see it being discovered and re-discovered as the years roll on." (The Times, London)

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Conrad, Joseph: The Secret Agent, v.1, 19 Dec 2007.

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From Wikipedia:
The Secret Agent: A Simple Tale is a 1907 novel by Joseph Conrad, relating a bleak and darkly comic story of spies, terrorists, anarchists and agents provocateurs plotting and counter-plotting in the back streets of London in the early 20th century. It is considered one of the first modern novels to deal with the subjects of terrorism and espionage.

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Conrad, Joseph: The Secret Sharer, v.1, 18 Dec 2007.

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Patricia

A novella written in 1909, and first published in book form in 1912.

The title could also be read as ‘ Secret-Sharer’ as well as ‘Secret Sharer.’

This is the story of a young ship’s captain, early in his career, with an unfamiliar ship and crew, feeling the responsibilities of his command. Then he unexpectedly finds a Doppelganger to share his quarters and his secrets.

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Conrad, Joseph: Typhoon, v1, 3 June 2016

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Joseph Conrad was born Józef Teodor Konrad Korzeniowski on 3 December 1857 in the Ukraine to Polish activists parents. After his parents died of tuberculosis he was cared for by his uncle, and later went to a boarding school where he learned French. At age 16 he went to Marseilles and went to sea as an apprentice in a French Ship. He later joined the British merchant navy, and sailed to India, the Far East, Australia, and the Congo. He had begun to write towards the end of his seafaring career, and published his first book,[ Almayer's Folly,[/ in 1896. He wrote many other books, until [The Rover[/ in 1923. He died in Canterbury the following year.

[Typhoon[/ was published as a serial in the Pall Mall Gazette in 1902. The novella portrays many of his experiences at sea; the first mate, Jukes, may be a self-portrait. In a 1919 note he wrote that his main interest was 'not the bad weather, but the extraordinary complication brought into the ship's life at a moment of exceptional stress by the human element below her deck.'

The source text was taken from the 1912 Heinemann's Sevenpenny Novels edition found in the Internet Archive, checked against the pdf and the 2016 Penguin Little Black Classics edition. I have silently corrected typos, curled quotes, and made changes to spelling, punctuation, and hyphenation using oxforddictionaries.com.

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Conrad, Joseph: Victory, v.1, 19 Dec 2007.

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Victory: An Island Tale is a novel by Joseph Conrad first published in 1915.
“Once regarded as comparatively minor amongst Conrad's works, Victory has grown in reputation. Its depiction of the central character, Axel Heyst, and his renunciation of the world, is influenced by Conrad's reading of Schopenhauer. Heyst's alienation stems in large part from a somewhat ascetic upbringing. During the course of the novel, however, Heyst is drawn to commit to life when he falls in love with Lena, a girl in a ladies' touring orchestra. Although the climax of the novel is tragic, it is this commitment that provides the title's ironic victory.”

Neither the PG source, nor the version at the University of Adelaide ebook site have any italics indicated for this novel. I don’t have a paper copy at the moment (it went to the charity shop in the last clear-out) so can’t say whether there were meant to be italics. If you find a better version online, let me know and I will re-do this.

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Conway, Father Placid: Saint Thomas Aquinas, v1, 14 September 2009.

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Saint Thomas Aquinas of the Order of Preachers (1225–1274): A Biographical Study of the Angelic Doctor (1911)
By Father Placid Conway, O.P. (1855–1913)

A life of Saint Thomas Aquinas by a fellow Dominican friar.
With five illustrations.

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Cooke, Marjorie Benton: Bambi. V1. 18 Oct 2009

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Cooke, Marjorie Benton, 1876-1920

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“Professor James Parkhurst, I consider you a colossal failure as an educator,” said Francesca, his daughter, known to friend and family as Bambina, or Bambi for short.
Professor Parkhurst lifted a startled face from his newspaper and surveyed his only child across the breakfast table.
“My dear, what causes this sweeping assertion of my incompetence?”
“I do! I do! Just what did you expect me to do when I grew up?”
“Why, to be happy.”

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Cooke, Marjorie Benton: The Cricket. V1. 19 Oct 2009

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Cooke, Marjorie Benton, 1876-1920

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“I won’t have it! I won’t have it! If they come, I’ll run away and hide!” shouted the child, wildly.
“That will be very rude. No one acts like that—no one except a barbarian,” said Miss Wilder, calmly.
“I want to be a bar——one of those things you said.”
“You act like one most of the time.”
The child brain caught at a new idea.
“What is that—that what you said?”

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Coolidge, Calvin: State of the Union. v1.1, 13 October 2007

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30th President of the USA. 1923-1929

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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_us_presidents

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Coolidge, Dane: Bat Wing Bowles. v1. 15 Jan 2013

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COOLIDGE, DANE (1873–1940). Dane Coolidge, naturalist and writer of western novels, the son of Francis and Sophia (Whittemore) Coolidge, was born in Natick, Massachusetts, on March 24, 1873. The family moved to Los Angeles in 1877, and Coolidge subsequently grew up on his father's orange farm at Riverside, California. He received his B.A. from Stanford University in 1898 and studied at Harvard University in 1898–99. During the summers Coolidge collected animals for Stanford University, the British Museum, the United States Biological Survey, the United States National Zoological Park, and the New York Zoological Park. In 1900 he worked as a field collector for the United States Natural History Museum.

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It was a fine windy morning in March and Dixie Lee, of Chula Vista, Arizona, was leaving staid New York at the gate marked "Western Limited." A slight difference with the gatekeeper, who seemed to doubt every word she said, cast no cloud upon her spirits, and she was cheerfully searching for her ticket when a gentleman came up from behind. At sight of the trim figure at the wicket, he too became suddenly happy, and it looked as if the effete East was losing two of its merriest citizens.

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Coolidge, Dane: Hidden Water. V1. 31 July 2010

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Coolidge, Dane, 1873-1940

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After many long, brooding days of sunshine, when the clean-cut mountains gleamed brilliantly against the sky and the grama grass curled slowly on its stem, the rain wind rose up suddenly out of Papaguería and swooped down upon the desolate town of Bender, whirling a cloud of dust before it; and the inhabitants, man and horse, took to cover.

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Coolidge, Dane: Rimrock Jones. V1. 1 Aug 2010

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Coolidge, Dane, 1873-1940

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The peace of midday lay upon Gunsight, broken only by the distant chang, chang of bells as a ten-mule ore-team came toiling in from the mines. In the cool depths of the umbrella tree in front of the Company's office a Mexican ground-dove crooned endlessly his ancient song of love, but Gunsight took no notice. Its thoughts were not of love but of money.

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Coolidge, Dane: Shadow Mountain. V1. 1 Aug 2010

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Coolidge, Dane, 1873-1940

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Under the rim of Shadow Mountain, embraced like a pearl of great price by the curve of Bonanza Point and the mined-out slope of Gold Hill, the deserted city of Keno lay brooding and silent in the sun. A dry, gusty wind, swooping down through the northern pass, slammed the great iron fire-doors that hung creaking from the stone bank building, caught up a cloud of sand and dirt and, whirling it down past empty stores and assay offices, deposited it in the doorways of gambling houses and dance halls, long since abandoned to the rats. An old man, pottering about among the ruins, gathered up some broken boards and hobbled off; and once more Keno, the greatest gold camp the West has ever seen, sank back to silence and dreams.

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Coolidge, Dane: Silver and Gold. V1. 1 Aug 2010

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Coolidge, Dane, 1873-1940

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[“You will make a long journey to the West and there, within the shadow of a Place of Death, you will find two treasures, one of Silver and the other of Gold. Choose well between them and both shall be Yours, but if you choose unwisely you will lose them Both and suffer a great disgrace.[/

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Coolidge, Dane: The Man-Killers. v2. 16 Jan 2013

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COOLIDGE, DANE (1873–1940). Dane Coolidge, naturalist and writer of western novels, the son of Francis and Sophia (Whittemore) Coolidge, was born in Natick, Massachusetts, on March 24, 1873. The family moved to Los Angeles in 1877, and Coolidge subsequently grew up on his father's orange farm at Riverside, California. He received his B.A. from Stanford University in 1898 and studied at Harvard University in 1898–99. During the summers Coolidge collected animals for Stanford University, the British Museum, the United States Biological Survey, the United States National Zoological Park, and the New York Zoological Park. In 1900 he worked as a field collector for the United States Natural History Museum.

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THERE was a hush, a boding silence, in Deadman Canyon, and skirling hawks, flying high againstched expectantly. A man was riding warily up the Maverick Basin trail, and ahead, like htmting animals, two men were skulking forth to cut him off at the creek. Above them, stuck tight as mud-wasp's nests to the shelves of sun-blackened crags, the white houses of cliflf-dwellers, now desolate and tenantless, gazed down upon the age-old tragedy; but the man rode on, his rifle beneath his knee, and at the stalking place of the Scarboroughs he stopped. A stream of cold water, gashing out of a deep side chasm, formed a swirl in the tepid waters of the creek; and close to its edge a flat stone had been laid, where a man could kneel and drink. He knelt, and when he rose up he was looking down a gun. "Put 'em up!" commanded a voice, and he started back defiantly, at which a second voice came from the side.

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Coolidge, Dane: The Texican, v1. 16 Jan 2013

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COOLIDGE, DANE (1873–1940). Dane Coolidge, naturalist and writer of western novels, the son of Francis and Sophia (Whittemore) Coolidge, was born in Natick, Massachusetts, on March 24, 1873. The family moved to Los Angeles in 1877, and Coolidge subsequently grew up on his father's orange farm at Riverside, California. He received his B.A. from Stanford University in 1898 and studied at Harvard University in 1898–99. During the summers Coolidge collected animals for Stanford University, the British Museum, the United States Biological Survey, the United States National Zoological Park, and the New York Zoological Park. In 1900 he worked as a field collector for the United States Natural History Museum.

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THE languid quiet of midday lay upon the little road-house that stood guard by Verde Crossing. Old Grit and his wild Texas cowboys had left the corral at dawn, riding out mysteriously with their running irons in their chaps; the dogs had crawled under Jose Garcia's house and gone to sleep; to the north the Tonto trail stretched away vacant and only the brawling of the Verde as it rushed over the rocky ford suggested the savage struggle that was going on in the land. Within the adobe fort that served for both store and saloon Angevine Thorne, Old Grit's roustabout, sat tipped back in his chair breathing thoughtfully through a mouth-organ while a slender Mexican girl, lingering by the doorway, listened in childish adoration.

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Coolidge, Dane: Wunpost. V1. 2 Aug 2010

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Coolidge, Dane, 1873-1940

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The heat hung like smoke above Panamint Sink, it surged up against the hills like the waves of a great sea that boiled and seethed in the sun; and the mountains that walled it in gleamed and glistened like polished jet where the light was struck back from their sides. They rose up in solid ramparts, unbelievably steep and combed clean by the sluicings of cloudbursts; and where the black canyons had belched forth their floods a broad wash spread out, writhing and twisting like a snake-track, until at last it was lost in the Sink. For the Sink was the swallower-up of all that came from the hills and whatever it sucked in it buried beneath its sands or poisoned on its alkali flats. Yet the Death Valley trail led across its level floor–thirty miles from Wild Rose Springs to Blackwater and its saloons–and while the heat danced and quivered there was a dust in the north pass and a pack-train swung round the point.

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Cooper, James Fenimore: Afloat And Ashore, 28 Aug 2013

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James Fenimore Cooper (September 15, 1789 – September 14, 1851) was a prolific and popular American writer of the early 19th century. His historical romances of frontier and Indian life in the early American days created a unique form of American literature. He lived most of his life in Cooperstown, New York, established by his father William. Cooper was a lifelong member of the Episcopal Church and in his later years contributed generously to it. He attended Yale University for three years but was expelled for misbehavior. Before embarking on his career as a writer he served in the U.S. Navy as a Midshipman which greatly influenced many of his novels and other writings. He is best remembered as a novelist who wrote numerous sea-stories and the historical novels known as the Leatherstocking Tales. Among naval historians his works on early U.S. naval history have been widely received but were sometimes criticized by Cooper's contemporaries. Among his most famous works is the Romantic novel The Last of the Mohicans, often regarded as his masterpiece.

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I was born in a valley not very remote from the sea. My father had been a sailor in youth, and some of my earliest recollections are connected with the history of his adventures, and the recollections they excited. He had been a boy in the war of the revolution, and had seen some service in the shipping of that period. Among other scenes he witnessed, he had been on board the Trumbull, in her action with the Watt—the hardest-fought naval combat of that war—and he particularly delighted in relating its incidents. He had been wounded in the battle, and bore the marks of the injury, in a scar that slightly disfigured a face, that, without this blemish, would have been singularly handsome. My mother, after my poor father's death, always spoke of even this scar as a beauty spot. Agreeably to my own recollections, the mark scarcely deserved that commendation, as it gave one side of the face a grim and fierce appearance, particularly when its owner was displeased.

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Cooper, James Fenimore: Home as Found. v1. 30 Aug 2013

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James Fenimore Cooper (September 15, 1789 – September 14, 1851) was a prolific and popular American writer of the early 19th century. His historical romances of frontier and Indian life in the early American days created a unique form of American literature. He lived most of his life in Cooperstown, New York, established by his father William. Cooper was a lifelong member of the Episcopal Church and in his later years contributed generously to it. He attended Yale University for three years but was expelled for misbehavior. Before embarking on his career as a writer he served in the U.S. Navy as a Midshipman which greatly influenced many of his novels and other writings. He is best remembered as a novelist who wrote numerous sea-stories and the historical novels known as the Leatherstocking Tales. Among naval historians his works on early U.S. naval history have been widely received but were sometimes criticized by Cooper's contemporaries. Among his most famous works is the Romantic novel The Last of the Mohicans, often regarded as his masterpiece.

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When Mr. Effingham determined to return home, he sent orders to his agent to prepare his town-house in New-York for his reception, intending to pass a month or two in it, then to repair to Washington for a few weeks, at the close of its season, and to visit his country residence when the spring should fairly open. Accordingly, Eve now found herself at the head of one of the largest establishments, in the largest American town, within an hour after she had landed from the ship. Fortunately for her, however, her father was too just to consider a wife, or a daughter, a mere upper servant, and he rightly judged that a liberal portion of his income should be assigned to the procuring of that higher quality of domestic service, which can alone relieve the mistress of a household from a burthen so heavy to be borne

NOTE: 61 Illustrations and decorations.

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Cooper, James Fenimore: Homeward Bound. v1. 17 Jan 2013

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James Fenimore Cooper (September 15, 1789 – September 14, 1851) was a prolific and popular American writer of the early 19th century. His historical romances of frontier and Indian life in the early American days created a unique form of American literature. He lived most of his life in Cooperstown, New York, established by his father William. Cooper was a lifelong member of the Episcopal Church and in his later years contributed generously to it. He attended Yale University for three years but was expelled for misbehavior. Before embarking on his career as a writer he served in the U.S. Navy as a Midshipman which greatly influenced many of his novels and other writings. He is best remembered as a novelist who wrote numerous sea-stories and the historical novels known as the Leatherstocking Tales. Among naval historians his works on early U.S. naval history have been widely received but were sometimes criticized by Cooper's contemporaries. Among his most famous works is the Romantic novel The Last of the Mohicans, often regarded as his masterpiece.

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In one respect, this book is a parallel to Franklin's well-known apologue of the hatter and his sign. It was commenced with a sole view to exhibit the present state of society in the United States, through the agency, in part, of a set of characters with different peculiarities, who had freshly arrived from Europe, and to whom the distinctive features of the country would be apt to present themselves with greater force, than to those who had never lived beyond the influence of the things portrayed.

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Cooper, James Fenimore: Jack Tier, v1. 17 Jan 2013

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James Fenimore Cooper (September 15, 1789 – September 14, 1851) was a prolific and popular American writer of the early 19th century. His historical romances of frontier and Indian life in the early American days created a unique form of American literature. He lived most of his life in Cooperstown, New York, established by his father William. Cooper was a lifelong member of the Episcopal Church and in his later years contributed generously to it. He attended Yale University for three years but was expelled for misbehavior. Before embarking on his career as a writer he served in the U.S. Navy as a Midshipman which greatly influenced many of his novels and other writings. He is best remembered as a novelist who wrote numerous sea-stories and the historical novels known as the Leatherstocking Tales. Among naval historians his works on early U.S. naval history have been widely received but were sometimes criticized by Cooper's contemporaries. Among his most famous works is the Romantic novel The Last of the Mohicans, often regarded as his masterpiece.

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When this book was commenced, it was generally supposed that the Mexican war would end, after a few months of hostilities. Such was never the opinion of the writer. He has ever looked forward to a protracted struggle; and, now that Congress has begun to interfere, sees as little probability of its termination, as on the day it commenced. Whence honourable gentlemen have derived their notions of the constitution, when they advance the doctrine that Congress is an American Aulic council, empowered to encumber the movements of armies, and, as old Blucher expressed it in reference to the diplomacy of Europe, "to spoil with the pen the work achieved by the sword," it is difficult to say more than this, that they do not get them from the constitution itself. It has generally been supposed that the present executive was created in order to avoid the very evils of a distracted and divided council, which this new construction has a direct tendency to revive. But a presidential election has ever proved, and probably will ever prove, stronger than any written fundamental law.

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Cooper, James Fenimore: Mercedes of Castile. v1. 30 Aug 2013

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James Fenimore Cooper (September 15, 1789 – September 14, 1851) was a prolific and popular American writer of the early 19th century. His historical romances of frontier and Indian life in the early American days created a unique form of American literature. He lived most of his life in Cooperstown, New York, established by his father William. Cooper was a lifelong member of the Episcopal Church and in his later years contributed generously to it. He attended Yale University for three years but was expelled for misbehavior. Before embarking on his career as a writer he served in the U.S. Navy as a Midshipman which greatly influenced many of his novels and other writings. He is best remembered as a novelist who wrote numerous sea-stories and the historical novels known as the Leatherstocking Tales. Among naval historians his works on early U.S. naval history have been widely received but were sometimes criticized by Cooper's contemporaries. Among his most famous works is the Romantic novel The Last of the Mohicans, often regarded as his masterpiece.

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So much has been written of late years, touching the discovery of America, that it would not be at all surprising should there exist a disposition in a certain class of readers to deny the accuracy of all the statements in this work. Some may refer to history, with a view to prove that there never were such persons as our hero and heroine, and fancy that by establishing these facts, they completely destroy the authenticity of the whole book. In answer to this anticipated objection, we will state, that after carefully perusing several of the Spanish writers—from Cervantes to the translator of the journal of Columbus, the Alpha and Omega of peninsular literature—and after having read both Irving and Prescott from beginning to end, we do not find a syllable in either of them, that we understand to be conclusive evidence, or indeed to be any evidence at all, on the portions of our subject that are likely to be disputed. Until some solid affirmative proof, therefore, can be produced against us, we shall hold our case to be made out, and rest our claims to be believed on the authority of our own statements. Nor do we think there is any thing either unreasonable or unusual in this course, as perhaps the greater portion of that which is daily and hourly offered to the credence of the American public, rests on the same species of testimony—with the trifling difference that we state truths, with a profession of fiction, while the great moral caterers of the age state fiction with the profession of truth. If any advantage can be fairly obtained over us, in consequence of this trifling discrepancy, we must submit.

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Cooper, James Fenimore: Miles Wallingford. v1. 17 Jan 2013

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James Fenimore Cooper (September 15, 1789 – September 14, 1851) was a prolific and popular American writer of the early 19th century. His historical romances of frontier and Indian life in the early American days created a unique form of American literature. He lived most of his life in Cooperstown, New York, established by his father William. Cooper was a lifelong member of the Episcopal Church and in his later years contributed generously to it. He attended Yale University for three years but was expelled for misbehavior. Before embarking on his career as a writer he served in the U.S. Navy as a Midshipman which greatly influenced many of his novels and other writings. He is best remembered as a novelist who wrote numerous sea-stories and the historical novels known as the Leatherstocking Tales. Among naval historians his works on early U.S. naval history have been widely received but were sometimes criticized by Cooper's contemporaries. Among his most famous works is the Romantic novel The Last of the Mohicans, often regarded as his masterpiece.

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It is almost as impossible to describe minutely what occurred on the boat's reaching the Wallingford, as to describe all the terrific incidents of the struggle between Drewett and myself in the water. I had sufficient perception, however, to see, as I was assisted on board by Mr. Hardinge and Neb, that Lucy was not on deck. She had probably gone to join Grace, with a view to be in readiness for meeting the dire intelligence that was expected. I afterwards learned that she was long on her knees in the after-cabin, engaged in that convulsive prayer which is apt to accompany sudden and extreme distress in those who appeal to God in their agony.

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Cooper, James Fenimore: Ned Myers. v1. 18 Jan 2013

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James Fenimore Cooper (September 15, 1789 – September 14, 1851) was a prolific and popular American writer of the early 19th century. His historical romances of frontier and Indian life in the early American days created a unique form of American literature. He lived most of his life in Cooperstown, New York, established by his father William. Cooper was a lifelong member of the Episcopal Church and in his later years contributed generously to it. He attended Yale University for three years but was expelled for misbehavior. Before embarking on his career as a writer he served in the U.S. Navy as a Midshipman which greatly influenced many of his novels and other writings. He is best remembered as a novelist who wrote numerous sea-stories and the historical novels known as the Leatherstocking Tales. Among naval historians his works on early U.S. naval history have been widely received but were sometimes criticized by Cooper's contemporaries. Among his most famous works is the Romantic novel The Last of the Mohicans, often regarded as his masterpiece.

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I know nothing of my family, except through my own youthful recollections, and the accounts I have received from my sister. My father I slightly remember; but of my mother I retain no distinct impressions. The latter must have died while I was very young. The former, I was in the habit of often seeing, until I reached my fifth or sixth year. He was a soldier, and belonged to the twenty-third regimen of foot, in the service of the King of Great Britain. [1] The fourth son of this monarch, Prince Edward as he was then called, or the Duke of Kent as he was afterwards styled, commanded the corps, and accompanied it to the British American colonies, where it was stationed for many years.

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Cooper, James Fenimore: Oak Openings. v1. 18 Jan 2013

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James Fenimore Cooper (September 15, 1789 – September 14, 1851) was a prolific and popular American writer of the early 19th century. His historical romances of frontier and Indian life in the early American days created a unique form of American literature. He lived most of his life in Cooperstown, New York, established by his father William. Cooper was a lifelong member of the Episcopal Church and in his later years contributed generously to it. He attended Yale University for three years but was expelled for misbehavior. Before embarking on his career as a writer he served in the U.S. Navy as a Midshipman which greatly influenced many of his novels and other writings. He is best remembered as a novelist who wrote numerous sea-stories and the historical novels known as the Leatherstocking Tales. Among naval historians his works on early U.S. naval history have been widely received but were sometimes criticized by Cooper's contemporaries. Among his most famous works is the Romantic novel The Last of the Mohicans, often regarded as his masterpiece.

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It ought to be matter of surprise how men live in the midst of marvels, without taking heed of their existence.

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Cooper, James Fenimore: Precaution. v1. 31 Aug 2013

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James Fenimore Cooper (September 15, 1789 – September 14, 1851) was a prolific and popular American writer of the early 19th century. His historical romances of frontier and Indian life in the early American days created a unique form of American literature. He lived most of his life in Cooperstown, New York, established by his father William. Cooper was a lifelong member of the Episcopal Church and in his later years contributed generously to it. He attended Yale University for three years but was expelled for misbehavior. Before embarking on his career as a writer he served in the U.S. Navy as a Midshipman which greatly influenced many of his novels and other writings. He is best remembered as a novelist who wrote numerous sea-stories and the historical novels known as the Leatherstocking Tales. Among naval historians his works on early U.S. naval history have been widely received but were sometimes criticized by Cooper's contemporaries. Among his most famous works is the Romantic novel The Last of the Mohicans, often regarded as his masterpiece.

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This book originally owed its existence to an accident, and it was printed under circumstances that prevented the usual supervision of the press by the author. The consequences were many defects in plot, style, and arrangement, that were entirely owing to precipitation and inexperience; and quite as many faults, of another nature, that are to be traced solely to a bad manuscript and worse proof reading. Perhaps no novel of our times was worst printed than the first edition of this work. More than a hundred periods were placed in the middle of sentences, and perhaps five times that number were omitted in places where they ought to have been inserted. It is scarcely necessary to add, that passages were rendered obscure, and that entire paragraphs were unintelligible.

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Cooper, James Fenimore: The Bravo. v1. 28 Aug 2013

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James Fenimore Cooper (September 15, 1789 – September 14, 1851) was a prolific and popular American writer of the early 19th century. His historical romances of frontier and Indian life in the early American days created a unique form of American literature. He lived most of his life in Cooperstown, New York, established by his father William. Cooper was a lifelong member of the Episcopal Church and in his later years contributed generously to it. He attended Yale University for three years but was expelled for misbehavior. Before embarking on his career as a writer he served in the U.S. Navy as a Midshipman which greatly influenced many of his novels and other writings. He is best remembered as a novelist who wrote numerous sea-stories and the historical novels known as the Leatherstocking Tales. Among naval historians his works on early U.S. naval history have been widely received but were sometimes criticized by Cooper's contemporaries. Among his most famous works is the Romantic novel The Last of the Mohicans, often regarded as his masterpiece.

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The sun had disappeared behind the summits of the Tyrolean Alps, and the moon was already risen above the low barrier of the Lido. Hundreds of pedestrians were pouring out of the narrow streets of Venice into the square of St. Mark, like water gushing through some strait aqueduct, into a broad and bubbling basin. Gallant cavalieri and grave cittadini; soldiers of Dalmatia, and seamen of the galleys; dames of the city, and females of lighter manners; jewellers of the Rialto, and traders from the Levant; Jew, Turk, and Christian; traveller, adventurer, podestà, valet, avvocato, and gondolier, held their way alike to the common centre of amusement. The hurried air and careless eye; the measured step and jealous glance; the jest and laugh; the song of the cantatrice, and the melody of the flute; the grimace of the buffoon, and the tragic frown of the improvisatore; the pyramid of the grotesque, the compelled and melancholy smile of the harpist, cries of water-sellers, cowls of monks, plumage of warriors, hum of voices, and the universal movement and bustle, added to the more permanent objects of the place, rendered the scene the most remarkable of Christendom.

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Cooper, James Fenimore: The Chainbearer. v1. 29 Aug 2013

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James Fenimore Cooper (September 15, 1789 – September 14, 1851) was a prolific and popular American writer of the early 19th century. His historical romances of frontier and Indian life in the early American days created a unique form of American literature. He lived most of his life in Cooperstown, New York, established by his father William. Cooper was a lifelong member of the Episcopal Church and in his later years contributed generously to it. He attended Yale University for three years but was expelled for misbehavior. Before embarking on his career as a writer he served in the U.S. Navy as a Midshipman which greatly influenced many of his novels and other writings. He is best remembered as a novelist who wrote numerous sea-stories and the historical novels known as the Leatherstocking Tales. Among naval historians his works on early U.S. naval history have been widely received but were sometimes criticized by Cooper's contemporaries. Among his most famous works is the Romantic novel The Last of the Mohicans, often regarded as his masterpiece.

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The plot has thickened in the few short months that have intervened since the appearance of the first portion of our Manuscripts, and bloodshed has come to deepen the stain left on the country by the wide-spread and bold assertion of false principles. This must long since have been foreseen; and it is perhaps a subject of just felicitation, that the violence which has occurred was limited to the loss of a single life, when the chances were, and still are, that it will extend to civil war. That portions of the community have behaved nobly under this sudden outbreak of a lawless and unprincipled combination to rob, is undeniable, and ought to be dwelt on with gratitude and an honest pride; that the sense of right of much the larger portion of the country has been deeply wounded, is equally true; that justice has been aroused, and is at this moment speaking in tones of authority to the offenders, is beyond contradiction; but, while all this is admitted, and admitted not altogether without hope, yet are there grounds for fear, so reasonable and strong, that no writer who is faithful to the real interests of his country ought, for a single moment, to lose sight of them.

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Cooper, James Fenimore: The Crater. v1. 20 Aug 2013

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James Fenimore Cooper (September 15, 1789 – September 14, 1851) was a prolific and popular American writer of the early 19th century. His historical romances of frontier and Indian life in the early American days created a unique form of American literature. He lived most of his life in Cooperstown, New York, established by his father William. Cooper was a lifelong member of the Episcopal Church and in his later years contributed generously to it. He attended Yale University for three years but was expelled for misbehavior. Before embarking on his career as a writer he served in the U.S. Navy as a Midshipman which greatly influenced many of his novels and other writings. He is best remembered as a novelist who wrote numerous sea-stories and the historical novels known as the Leatherstocking Tales. Among naval historians his works on early U.S. naval history have been widely received but were sometimes criticized by Cooper's contemporaries. Among his most famous works is the Romantic novel The Last of the Mohicans, often regarded as his masterpiece.

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The reader of this book will very naturally be disposed to ask the question, why the geographies, histories, and other works of a similar character, have never made any mention of the regions and events that compose its subject. The answer is obvious enough, and ought to satisfy every mind, however "inquiring." The fact is, that the authors of the different works to which there is any allusion, most probably never heard there were any such places as the Reef, Rancocus Island, Vulcan's Peak, the Crater, and the other islands of which so much is said in our pages. In other words, they knew nothing about them.

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Cooper, James Fenimore: The Deerslayer v1 12 dec 2008

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James Fenimore Cooper (September 15, 1789 – September 14, 1851) was a prolific and popular American writer of the early 19th century. He is best remembered as a novelist who wrote numerous sea-stories and the historical novels known as the Leatherstocking Tales, featuring frontiersman Natty Bumppo. Among his most famous works is the Romantic novel The Last of the Mohicans, which many consider to be his masterpiece.

This novel introduces Natty Bumppo as "Deerslayer", a young frontiersman in early 18th-century New York. He is contrasted to other frontiersmen and settlers in the novel who have no compunctions in taking scalps in that his natural philosophy is that every living thing should follow "the gifts" of its nature--which would keep European Americans from taking scalps. Two such characters in the work who actually seek to take scalps are Henry March ("Hurry Harry") and floating Tom Hutter.

In the dead of night Hutter and March sneak into the camp of the besieging members of the Huron tribe in order to kill and scalp as many as they can. Their plan fails, and Tom Hutter and March are captured. They are later ransomed by Bumppo, his lifelong friend Chingachgook, and Hutter's daughters, Judith and Hetty. Bumppo and Chingachgook come up with a plan to rescue Chingachgook's kidnapped betrothed Wah-ta!-Wah from the Hurons; but, in rescuing her, Bumppo is captured. In his absence, the Hurons invade Hutter's home, and Hutter is mortally wounded and scalped. After the death of Hutter his supposed daughters find out that they were not his natural daughters and he had been a notorious pirate. Bumppo's remaining allies and friends plan how to aid his escape from his Huron captors.

This has been uploaded before, but I plan to upload Coopers book in a coherent way and in three formats. Harry T and Madame Broshkina have already uploaded some of Coopers novels, but there are lots more available.

So I extend a big thank you to those two and do hope that they do not mind my plans concerning Gooper. And Mark Twain: I think for once you were not right: Cooper is a great writer indeed.

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Cooper, James Fenimore: The Deerslayer. v1, 25 Jan 2008

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From Amazon.com

“Live by your own council. Be brave in the face of the unknown. Be always fair.”
-Natty Bumppo, The Deerslayer

One of the greatest heroes in American literature, Natty Bumppo is the rugged frontiersman of James Fenimore Cooper’s Leatherstocking Tales, a series of five novels that includes The Last of the Mohicans and The Deerslayer. Although the final volume to be written, The Deerslayer is the first in the chronology of Natty Bumppo’s life, depicting the character as a young man testing himself in the wilderness, and against enemies, for the first time.

Set in the 1740’s just as the French and Indian wars have begun, the novel opens as Natty Bumppo—known as Deerslayer—and his friend Hurry Harry travel to Tom Hutter’s house in upstate New York. Hurry plans to marry Tom’s beautiful daughter Judith, while Deerslayer has come to help his close friend Chingachgook save his bride-to-be, Wah-ta-Wah, from the Huron Indians. When war breaks out, and Hurry and Tom are captured by Indians, Deerslayer must go on his first warpath to rescue them.

One of the earliest novels to be considered truly “American," The Deerslayer is a masterpiece of suspense, adventure, and romance.

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Cooper, James Fenimore: The Headsman. v1. 24 Jan 2013

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James Fenimore Cooper (September 15, 1789 – September 14, 1851) was a prolific and popular American writer of the early 19th century. His historical romances of frontier and Indian life in the early American days created a unique form of American literature. He lived most of his life in Cooperstown, New York, established by his father William. Cooper was a lifelong member of the Episcopal Church and in his later years contributed generously to it. He attended Yale University for three years but was expelled for misbehavior. Before embarking on his career as a writer he served in the U.S. Navy as a Midshipman which greatly influenced many of his novels and other writings. He is best remembered as a novelist who wrote numerous sea-stories and the historical novels known as the Leatherstocking Tales. Among naval historians his works on early U.S. naval history have been widely received but were sometimes criticized by Cooper's contemporaries. Among his most famous works is the Romantic novel The Last of the Mohicans, often regarded as his masterpiece.

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The travellers were an American family, which had long been wandering about Europe, and which was now destined it knew not whither, having just traversed a thousand miles of Germany in its devious course. Four years before, the same family had halted on the same spot, nearly on the same day of the month of October, and for precisely the same object. It was then journeying to Italy, and as its members hung over the view of the Leman, with its accessories of Chillon, Chatelard, Blonay, Meillerie, the peaks of Savoy, and the wild ranges of the Alps, they had felt regret that the fairy scene was so soon to pass away. The case was now different, and yielding to the charm of a nature so noble and yet so soft, within a few hours, the carriage was in remise, a house was taken, the baggage unpacked, and the household gods of the travellers were erected, for the twentieth time, in a strange land.

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Cooper, James Fenimore: The Last of the Mohicans v1 17 dec 2008

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James Fenimore Cooper (September 15, 1789 – September 14, 1851) was a prolific and popular American writer of the early 19th century. He is best remembered as a novelist who wrote numerous sea-stories and the historical novels known as the Leatherstocking Tales, featuring frontiersman Natty Bumppo. Among his most famous works is the Romantic novel The Last of the Mohicans, which many consider to be his masterpiece.

The Last of the Mohicans is a historical novel by James Fenimore Cooper, first published in January 1826.

It was one of the most popular English-language novels of its time. Its narrative flaws were criticized from the start, and its length and elaborately formal prose style have reduced its appeal to later readers. Regardless, The Last of the Mohicans is widely read in American literature courses. This second book of the Leatherstocking Tales pentalogy is the best known. The Pathfinder, written 14 years later in 1840, is its sequel.

Cooper named a principal character Uncas after a real person. Uncas was a Mohegan, not a Mohican, and Cooper's usage has helped to confuse the names of two tribes to the present day. When John Uncas, his last surviving male descendant died in 1842, the Newark Daily Advertiser wrote "Last of the Mohegans Gone" lamenting the extinction of the tribe. The writer was not aware that Mohegans still existed then and to the present day.

The story takes place in 1757 during the Seven Years' War (known in America as the French and Indian War), when France and the United Kingdom battled for control of the American and Canadian colonies. During this war, the French often allied themselves with Native American tribes in order to gain an advantage over the British, with unpredictable and often tragic results.

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Cooper, James Fenimore: The Last of the Mohicans. v1, 2 Jan 2008

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From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia:

The Last of the Mohicans is an epic novel by James Fenimore Cooper, first published in January 1826.

It was one of the most popular English-language novels of its time, and helped establish Cooper as one of the first world-famous American writers. Its narrative flaws were criticized from the start, and its length and elaborately formal prose style have reduced its appeal to later readers. But The Last of the Mohicans remains on the syllabi of most American literature courses. It is the best known of the Leatherstocking Tales, and Cooper wrote his novel The Prairie as a sequel to it.

The story takes place in 1757 during the French and Indian War, when France and Great Britain battled for control of the American and Canadian colonies. During this war, the French often allied themselves with Native American tribes in order to gain an advantage over the British, with unpredictable and often tragic results.

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Cooper, James Fenimore: The Leatherstocking Tales. V1.12 Jan 2014

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From Wikipedia: [QUOTThe Leatherstocking Tales is a series of novels by American writer James Fenimore Cooper, each featuring the main hero Natty Bumppo, known by European settlers as "Leatherstocking," 'The Pathfinder", and "the trapper" and by the Native Americans as "Deerslayer," "La Longue Carabine" and "Hawkeye".[/QUOT
This book contains:
1. The Deerslayer
2. The Last of the Mohicans
3. The Pathfinder
4. The Pioneers
5. The Prarie

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Cooper, James Fenimore: The Monikins. v1. 23 Jan 2013

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James Fenimore Cooper (September 15, 1789 – September 14, 1851) was a prolific and popular American writer of the early 19th century. His historical romances of frontier and Indian life in the early American days created a unique form of American literature. He lived most of his life in Cooperstown, New York, established by his father William. Cooper was a lifelong member of the Episcopal Church and in his later years contributed generously to it. He attended Yale University for three years but was expelled for misbehavior. Before embarking on his career as a writer he served in the U.S. Navy as a Midshipman which greatly influenced many of his novels and other writings. He is best remembered as a novelist who wrote numerous sea-stories and the historical novels known as the Leatherstocking Tales. Among naval historians his works on early U.S. naval history have been widely received but were sometimes criticized by Cooper's contemporaries. Among his most famous works is the Romantic novel The Last of the Mohicans, often regarded as his masterpiece.

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The philosopher who broaches a new theory is bound to furnish, at least, some elementary proofs of the reasonableness of his positions, and the historian who ventures to record marvels that have hitherto been hid from human knowledge, owes it to a decent regard to the opinions of others, to produce some credible testimony in favor of his veracity

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Cooper, James Fenimore: The Pathfinder v1 8 dec 2008

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James Fenimore Cooper (September 15, 1789 – September 14, 1851) was a prolific and popular American writer of the early 19th century. He is best remembered as a novelist who wrote numerous sea-stories and the historical novels known as the Leatherstocking Tales, featuring frontiersman Natty Bumppo. Among his most famous works is the Romantic novel The Last of the Mohicans, which many consider to be his masterpiece.

The Pathfinder, or The Inland Sea is a historical novel by James Fenimore Cooper first published in 1840. It is the fourth novel featuring Natty Bumppo, his fictitious frontier hero, and is considered as forming the third chronological episode of the Leatherstocking Tales.

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Cooper, James Fenimore: The Pilot. v1. 22 Jan 2013

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James Fenimore Cooper (September 15, 1789 – September 14, 1851) was a prolific and popular American writer of the early 19th century. His historical romances of frontier and Indian life in the early American days created a unique form of American literature. He lived most of his life in Cooperstown, New York, established by his father William. Cooper was a lifelong member of the Episcopal Church and in his later years contributed generously to it. He attended Yale University for three years but was expelled for misbehavior. Before embarking on his career as a writer he served in the U.S. Navy as a Midshipman which greatly influenced many of his novels and other writings. He is best remembered as a novelist who wrote numerous sea-stories and the historical novels known as the Leatherstocking Tales. Among naval historians his works on early U.S. naval history have been widely received but were sometimes criticized by Cooper's contemporaries. Among his most famous works is the Romantic novel The Last of the Mohicans, often regarded as his masterpiece.

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A single glance at the map will make the reader acquainted with the position of the eastern coast of the Island of Great Britain, as connected with the shores of the opposite continent. Together they form the boundaries of the small sea that has for ages been known to the world as the scene of maritime exploits, and as the great avenue through which commerce and war have conducted the fleets of the northern nations of Europe. Over this sea the islanders long asserted a jurisdiction, exceeding that which reason concedes to any power on the highway of nations, and which frequently led to conflicts that caused an expenditure of blood and treasure, utterly disproportioned to the advantages that can ever arise from the maintenance of a useless and abstract right. It is across the waters of this disputed ocean that we shall attempt to conduct our readers, selecting a period for our incidents that has a peculiar interest for every American, not only because it was the birthday of his nation, but because it was also the era when reason and common sense began to take the place of custom and feudal practices in the management of the affairs of nations

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Cooper, James Fenimore: The Pioneers v1 13 dec 2008

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The Pioneers: The Sources of the Susquehanna; a Descriptive Tale is a historical novel, one of the Leatherstocking Tales, a series of five novels by American writer James Fenimore Cooper. The Pioneers was first of these books to be published (1823), but the period of time covered by the book (principally 1793) makes it the fourth chronologically.

The story takes place on the rapidly advancing frontier of New York State and features a middle-aged Leatherstocking (Natty Bumppo), Judge Marmaduke Temple of Templeton, whose life parallels that of the author's father Judge William Cooper, and Elizabeth Temple (the author's sister Susan Cooper), of Cooperstown. The story begins with an argument between the Judge and the Leatherstocking over who killed a buck, and as Cooper reviews many of the changes to New York's Lake Otsego, questions of environmental stewardship, conservation, and use prevail. The plot develops as the Leatherstocking and Chingachgook begin to compete with the Temples for the loyalties of a mysterious young visitor, "Oliver Edwards," the "young hunter," who eventually marries Elizabeth. Chingachgook dies, exemplifying the vexed figure of the "dying Indian," and Natty vanishes into the sunset. For all its strange twists and turns, 'The Pioneers' may be considered one of the first ecological novels in the United States.

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Cooper, James Fenimore: The Prairie. v1. 31 Aug 2013

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James Fenimore Cooper (September 15, 1789 – September 14, 1851) was a prolific and popular American writer of the early 19th century. His historical romances of frontier and Indian life in the early American days created a unique form of American literature. He lived most of his life in Cooperstown, New York, established by his father William. Cooper was a lifelong member of the Episcopal Church and in his later years contributed generously to it. He attended Yale University for three years but was expelled for misbehavior. Before embarking on his career as a writer he served in the U.S. Navy as a Midshipman which greatly influenced many of his novels and other writings. He is best remembered as a novelist who wrote numerous sea-stories and the historical novels known as the Leatherstocking Tales. Among naval historians his works on early U.S. naval history have been widely received but were sometimes criticized by Cooper's contemporaries. Among his most famous works is the Romantic novel The Last of the Mohicans, often regarded as his masterpiece.

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Much was said and written, at the time, concerning the policy of adding the vast regions of Louisiana, to the already immense and but half-tenanted territories of the United States. As the warmth of controversy however subsided, and party considerations gave place to more liberal views, the wisdom of the measure began to be generally conceded. It soon became apparent to the meanest capacity, that, while nature had placed a barrier of desert to the extension of our population in the west, the measure had made us the masters of a belt of fertile country, which, in the revolutions of the day, might have become the property of a rival nation. It gave us the sole command of the great thoroughfare of the interior, and placed the countless tribes of savages, who lay along our borders, entirely within our control; it reconciled conflicting rights, and quieted national distrusts; it opened a thousand avenues to the inland trade, and to the waters of the Pacific; and, if ever time or necessity shall require a peaceful division of this vast empire, it assures us of a neighbour that will possess our language, our religion, our institutions, and it is also to be hoped, our sense of political justice.

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Cooper, James Fenimore: The Red Rover. v1. 22 Jan 2013

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James Fenimore Cooper (September 15, 1789 – September 14, 1851) was a prolific and popular American writer of the early 19th century. His historical romances of frontier and Indian life in the early American days created a unique form of American literature. He lived most of his life in Cooperstown, New York, established by his father William. Cooper was a lifelong member of the Episcopal Church and in his later years contributed generously to it. He attended Yale University for three years but was expelled for misbehavior. Before embarking on his career as a writer he served in the U.S. Navy as a Midshipman which greatly influenced many of his novels and other writings. He is best remembered as a novelist who wrote numerous sea-stories and the historical novels known as the Leatherstocking Tales. Among naval historians his works on early U.S. naval history have been widely received but were sometimes criticized by Cooper's contemporaries. Among his most famous works is the Romantic novel The Last of the Mohicans, often regarded as his masterpiece.

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No one, who is familiar with the bustle and activity of an American commercial town, would recognize, in the repose which now reigns in the ancient mart of Rhode Island, a place that, in its day, has been ranked amongst the most important ports along the whole line of our extended coast. It would seem, at the first glance, that nature had expressly fashioned the spot to anticipate the wants and to realize the wishes of the mariner. Enjoying the four great requisites of a safe and commodious haven, a placid basin, an outer harbour, and a convenient roadstead, with a clear offing, Newport appeared, to the eyes of our European ancestors, designed to shelter fleets and to nurse a race of hardy and expert seamen. Though the latter anticipation has not been entirely disappointed, how little has reality answered to expectation in respect to the former. A successful rival has arisen, even in the immediate vicinity of this seeming favourite of nature, to defeat all the calculations of mercantile sagacity, and to add another to the thousand existing evidences "that the wisdom of man is foolishness."

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Cooper, James Fenimore: The Redskins, v1. 21 Jan 2013

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James Fenimore Cooper (September 15, 1789 – September 14, 1851) was a prolific and popular American writer of the early 19th century. His historical romances of frontier and Indian life in the early American days created a unique form of American literature. He lived most of his life in Cooperstown, New York, established by his father William. Cooper was a lifelong member of the Episcopal Church and in his later years contributed generously to it. He attended Yale University for three years but was expelled for misbehavior. Before embarking on his career as a writer he served in the U.S. Navy as a Midshipman which greatly influenced many of his novels and other writings. He is best remembered as a novelist who wrote numerous sea-stories and the historical novels known as the Leatherstocking Tales. Among naval historians his works on early U.S. naval history have been widely received but were sometimes criticized by Cooper's contemporaries. Among his most famous works is the Romantic novel The Last of the Mohicans, often regarded as his masterpiece.

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My uncle Ro and myself had been travelling together in the East, and had been absent from home fully five years, when we reached Paris. For eighteen months neither of us had seen a line from America, when we drove through the barriers, on our way from Egypt, via Algiers, Marseilles, and Lyons. Not once, in all that time, had we crossed our own track, in a way to enable us to pick up a straggling letter; and all our previous precautions to have the epistles meet us at different bankers in Italy, Turkey, and Malta, were thrown away.

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Cooper, James Fenimore: The Sea Lions. v1. 1 Sep 2013

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James Fenimore Cooper (September 15, 1789 – September 14, 1851) was a prolific and popular American writer of the early 19th century. His historical romances of frontier and Indian life in the early American days created a unique form of American literature. He lived most of his life in Cooperstown, New York, established by his father William. Cooper was a lifelong member of the Episcopal Church and in his later years contributed generously to it. He attended Yale University for three years but was expelled for misbehavior. Before embarking on his career as a writer he served in the U.S. Navy as a Midshipman which greatly influenced many of his novels and other writings. He is best remembered as a novelist who wrote numerous sea-stories and the historical novels known as the Leatherstocking Tales. Among naval historians his works on early U.S. naval history have been widely received but were sometimes criticized by Cooper's contemporaries. Among his most famous works is the Romantic novel The Last of the Mohicans, often regarded as his masterpiece.

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If any thing connected with the hardness of the human heart could surprise us, it surely would be the indifference with which men live on, engrossed by their worldly objects, amid the sublime natural phenomena that so eloquently and unceasingly speak to their imaginations, affections, and judgments. So completely is the existence of the individual concentrated in self, and so regardless does he get to be of all without that contracted circle, that it does not probably happen to one man in ten, that his thoughts are drawn aside from this intense study of his own immediate wants, wishes, and plans, even once in the twenty-four hours, to contemplate the majesty, mercy, truth, and justice, of the Divine Being that has set him, as an atom, amid the myriads of the hosts of heaven and earth.

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Cooper, James Fenimore: The Spy. v1, 31 Jan 2008

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Cooper’s first major success, The Spy is also his first book set in the period of the American War of Independence. The story starts in 1870, with the household of Mr. Wharton and his daughters visited by the three men: the mysterious Mr. Harper, an American loyalist; Captain Henry Wharton, the son of the house and an officer in the British Army; and Mr. Harvey Birch, suspected of being a British spy. The differing loyalties of these men are reflected in the differing loyalties of the household they visit, with the father trying to remain neutral, his daughter Sarah a supporter of the British and his other daughter Frances supporting the American rebels. The futures of these characters become inextricably linked as they face not only the perils of war, but also the sufferings of the human heart.

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Cooper, James Fenimore: The Spy. v1. 1 Sep 2013

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James Fenimore Cooper (September 15, 1789 – September 14, 1851) was a prolific and popular American writer of the early 19th century. His historical romances of frontier and Indian life in the early American days created a unique form of American literature. He lived most of his life in Cooperstown, New York, established by his father William. Cooper was a lifelong member of the Episcopal Church and in his later years contributed generously to it. He attended Yale University for three years but was expelled for misbehavior. Before embarking on his career as a writer he served in the U.S. Navy as a Midshipman which greatly influenced many of his novels and other writings. He is best remembered as a novelist who wrote numerous sea-stories and the historical novels known as the Leatherstocking Tales. Among naval historians his works on early U.S. naval history have been widely received but were sometimes criticized by Cooper's contemporaries. Among his most famous works is the Romantic novel The Last of the Mohicans, often regarded as his masterpiece.

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It was near the close of the year 1780 that a solitary traveler was seen pursuing his way through one of the numerous little valleys of Westchester. The easterly wind, with its chilling dampness and increasing violence, gave unerring notice of the approach of a storm, which, as usual, might be expected to continue for several days; and the experienced eye of the traveler was turned in vain, through the darkness of the evening, in quest of some convenient shelter, in which, for the term of his confinement by the rain that already began to mix with the atmosphere in a thick mist, he might obtain such accommodations as his purposes required. Nothing whatever offered but the small and inconvenient tenements of the lower order of the inhabitants, with whom, in that immediate neighborhood, he did not think it either safe or politic to trust himself.

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Cooper, James Fenimore: The Two Admirals. v1. 21 Jan 2013

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James Fenimore Cooper (September 15, 1789 – September 14, 1851) was a prolific and popular American writer of the early 19th century. His historical romances of frontier and Indian life in the early American days created a unique form of American literature. He lived most of his life in Cooperstown, New York, established by his father William. Cooper was a lifelong member of the Episcopal Church and in his later years contributed generously to it. He attended Yale University for three years but was expelled for misbehavior. Before embarking on his career as a writer he served in the U.S. Navy as a Midshipman which greatly influenced many of his novels and other writings. He is best remembered as a novelist who wrote numerous sea-stories and the historical novels known as the Leatherstocking Tales. Among naval historians his works on early U.S. naval history have been widely received but were sometimes criticized by Cooper's contemporaries. Among his most famous works is the Romantic novel The Last of the Mohicans, often regarded as his masterpiece.

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From the time when her numbers could furnish succour of this nature, down to the day of separation, America had her full share in the exploits of the English marine. The gentry of the colonies willingly placed their sons in the royal navy, and many a bit of square bunting has been flying at the royal mast-heads of King's ships, in the nineteenth century, as the distinguishing symbols of flag-officers, who had to look for their birth-places among ourselves.

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Cooper, James Fenimore: The Water-Witch. v1. 20 Jan 2013

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James Fenimore Cooper (September 15, 1789 – September 14, 1851) was a prolific and popular American writer of the early 19th century. His historical romances of frontier and Indian life in the early American days created a unique form of American literature. He lived most of his life in Cooperstown, New York, established by his father William. Cooper was a lifelong member of the Episcopal Church and in his later years contributed generously to it. He attended Yale University for three years but was expelled for misbehavior. Before embarking on his career as a writer he served in the U.S. Navy as a Midshipman which greatly influenced many of his novels and other writings. He is best remembered as a novelist who wrote numerous sea-stories and the historical novels known as the Leatherstocking Tales. Among naval historians his works on early U.S. naval history have been widely received but were sometimes criticized by Cooper's contemporaries. Among his most famous works is the Romantic novel The Last of the Mohicans, often regarded as his masterpiece.

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Christendom is gradually extricating itself from the ignorance, ferocity, and crimes of the middle ages. It is no longer subject of boast, that the hand which wields the sword, never held a pen, and men have long since ceased to be ashamed of knowledge. The multiplied means of imparting principles and facts, and a more general diffusion of intelligence, have conduced to establish sounder ethics and juster practices, throughout the whole civilized world. Thus, he who admits the conviction, as hope declines with his years, that man deteriorates, is probably as far from the truth, as the visionary who sees the dawn of a golden age, in the commencement of the nineteenth century. That we have greatly improved on the opinions and practices of our ancestors, is quite as certain as that there will be occasion to meliorate the legacy of morals which we shall transmit to posterity.

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Cooper, James Fenimore: The Wept of Wish-Ton-Wish. v1. 20 Jan 2013

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James Fenimore Cooper (September 15, 1789 – September 14, 1851) was a prolific and popular American writer of the early 19th century. His historical romances of frontier and Indian life in the early American days created a unique form of American literature. He lived most of his life in Cooperstown, New York, established by his father William. Cooper was a lifelong member of the Episcopal Church and in his later years contributed generously to it. He attended Yale University for three years but was expelled for misbehavior. Before embarking on his career as a writer he served in the U.S. Navy as a Midshipman which greatly influenced many of his novels and other writings. He is best remembered as a novelist who wrote numerous sea-stories and the historical novels known as the Leatherstocking Tales. Among naval historians his works on early U.S. naval history have been widely received but were sometimes criticized by Cooper's contemporaries. Among his most famous works is the Romantic novel The Last of the Mohicans, often regarded as his masterpiece.

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The incidents of this tale must be sought in a remote period of the annals of America. A colony of self-devoted and pious refugees from religious persecution had landed on the rock of Plymouth, less than half a century before the time at which the narrative commences; and they, and their descendants, had already transformed many a broad waste of wilderness into smiling fields and cheerful villages. The labors of the emigrants had been chiefly limited to the country on the coast, which, by its proximity to the waters that rolled between them and Europe, afforded the semblance of a connexion with the land of their forefathers and the distant abodes of civilization. But enterprise, and a desire to search for still more fertile domains, together with the temptation offered by the vast and unknown regions that lay along their western and northern borders, had induced many bold adventurers to penetrate more deeply into the forests. The precise spot, to which we desire to transport the imagination of the reader, was one of these establishments of what may, not inaptly, be called the forlorn-hope, in the march of civilization through the country.

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Cooper, James Fenimore: The Wing-and-Wing. v1. 19 Jan 2013

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James Fenimore Cooper (September 15, 1789 – September 14, 1851) was a prolific and popular American writer of the early 19th century. His historical romances of frontier and Indian life in the early American days created a unique form of American literature. He lived most of his life in Cooperstown, New York, established by his father William. Cooper was a lifelong member of the Episcopal Church and in his later years contributed generously to it. He attended Yale University for three years but was expelled for misbehavior. Before embarking on his career as a writer he served in the U.S. Navy as a Midshipman which greatly influenced many of his novels and other writings. He is best remembered as a novelist who wrote numerous sea-stories and the historical novels known as the Leatherstocking Tales. Among naval historians his works on early U.S. naval history have been widely received but were sometimes criticized by Cooper's contemporaries. Among his most famous works is the Romantic novel The Last of the Mohicans, often regarded as his masterpiece.

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Captain Cuffe was aware that his enterprise had failed as soon as he perceived the lugger under her canvas, playing around the felucca, and the boats held in perfect command. But when he discovered the latter pulling for the shore he was certain that they must have suffered, and he was prepared to learn a serious loss, though not one that bore so large a proportion to the whole numbers of the party sent on the expedition. Winchester he considerately declined questioning while his wound was being dressed; but Griffin was summoned to his cabin as soon as the boats were hoisted in and stowed.

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Cooper, James Fenimore: Wyandotte, v1. 19 Jan 2013

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James Fenimore Cooper (September 15, 1789 – September 14, 1851) was a prolific and popular American writer of the early 19th century. His historical romances of frontier and Indian life in the early American days created a unique form of American literature. He lived most of his life in Cooperstown, New York, established by his father William. Cooper was a lifelong member of the Episcopal Church and in his later years contributed generously to it. He attended Yale University for three years but was expelled for misbehavior. Before embarking on his career as a writer he served in the U.S. Navy as a Midshipman which greatly influenced many of his novels and other writings. He is best remembered as a novelist who wrote numerous sea-stories and the historical novels known as the Leatherstocking Tales. Among naval historians his works on early U.S. naval history have been widely received but were sometimes criticized by Cooper's contemporaries. Among his most famous works is the Romantic novel The Last of the Mohicans, often regarded as his masterpiece.

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The history of the borders is filled with legends of the sufferings of isolated families, during the troubled scenes of colonial warfare. Those which we now offer to the reader, are distinctive in many of their leading facts, if not rigidly true in the details. The first alone is necessary to the legitimate objects of fiction.

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Copplestone, Bennett: Madame Gilbert's Cannibal. v1. 12 Aug 2016

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Bennet Copplestone: Born : 1867 Liskeard, Cornwall, England: Died : 1932 Aug 6

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MADAME GILBERT’S war service ended when Austria fell out. She had been in Italy busied with those obscure intrigues for the confounding of an enemy which are excused, and dignified, as patriotic propaganda. She is satisfied that on the Italian Front she, and those who worked with her, really won the war.

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Corbett, Elizabeth Frances: Cecily and the Wide World. v1. 5 Feb 2017

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Elizabeth Frances Corbett: Born : 1846: Died : 1930

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It was what in his own mind Dr. Fairchild always called “ the hour between ": that pleasant twilit interval when, the work of the afternoon being over, and dinner and the duties and diversions of the evening yet to come, one may pause to savor life. It is a time to walk city streets, if you are of an observant turn of mind, mingling with the crowds, and watching the lights come on; or, if yours be the domestic turn of mind, to sit a few minutes with your wife before your own lights are turned on, and hear what the bairns have been about today.

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Corbett, Elizabeth Frances: Puritan and Pagan. v1. 8 Feb 2017

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Elizabeth Frances Corbett: Born : 1846: Died : 1930

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He heard her voice for the first time over the telephone, and up to that time he had never seen her. Yet her name had been a household word in his home for all the four years since his marriage; and in four years a man grows accustomed, often sadly accustomed, to household words. But he was alone in New York, and a stranger; and the business which had brought him there was not going so well as he had hoped it might. Moreover, he had promised Jo that he would go to see Nancy.

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Corbett, Elizabeth Frances: The Vanished Helga. v1. 9 Feb 2017

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Elizabeth Frances Corbett: Born : 1846: Died : 1930

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THAT Saturday in May when he went out to the Evingtons’ for the week-end, Jim Whittaker was by way of liking everything. He liked his time of life, for one thing: he had passed the glorious but fussy period of youth and had not yet begun to settle into the shadow of middle age. He was a bachelor, with no definite prospect of becoming anything else, though he looked vaguely forward to establishing a household of his own some day, when freedom should have lost a little of its sweetness. Meanwhile women troubled him very little. He had ceased to regard them as a class, and was beginning to think of them as individuals; but none of them had as yet made herself too individual for his comfort Pending the arrival of such a disturber, he had ordered his life very nicely, dividing his time about equally between business, culture, and sport, with the balance inclining of late rather toward culture. He considered himself the most rational of men, although, as he was aware, the run of opinion among his friends was that his head was always a little in the clouds.

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Corelli, Marie: A Romance of Two Worlds. V1. 14 Apr 2011

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Marie Corelli (1 May 1855 – 21 April 1924) was a British novelist. She emerged as a literary superstar from the publication of her first novel in 1886 until World War I when her popularity began to fade. Corelli's novels sold more copies than the combined sales of popular contemporaries, including Arthur Conan Doyle, H. G. Wells, and Rudyard Kipling, despite the fact that critics often derided her work as "the favorite of the common multitude."

Contents: An artist's studio; Mysterious potion; Three visions; A dance & a promise; Cellini s story; Hotel Mars and its owner; Zara & Prince Ivan; A symphony in the air; An electric shock; My strange departure; A miniature creation; Secrets of the sun & moon; Sociable converse; Electric creed; Death by lightning; A struggle for the mastery.

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Corelli, Marie: Ardath. v1, 2 July 2008

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Marie Corelli was born in England. She was the illegitimate daughter of the Scottish poet Charles Mackey and his servant. Marie was sent to a Parisian convent for her education.

[Ardath [/was one of Corelli's weirdest stories. The hero is in love with a supernatural angel. Since he is not yet worthy of a union with her, he travels back 7000 years to a fantastic world where his transformations allow him to experience numerous adventures. Ardath like most of Corelli's writings has been criticized for being melodramatic and over written. For other readers this over dramatic writing style gives the work character and makes it an enjoyable book to read.

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Corelli, Marie: Ardath. V1. 12 Apr 2011

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Marie Corelli (1 May 1855 – 21 April 1924) was a British novelist. She emerged as a literary superstar from the publication of her first novel in 1886 until World War I when her popularity began to fade. Corelli's novels sold more copies than the combined sales of popular contemporaries, including Arthur Conan Doyle, H. G. Wells, and Rudyard Kipling, despite the fact that critics often derided her work as "the favorite of the common multitude."

Mystical Romance from Corelli. Partial Contents: Saint and Skeptic; The Monastery; A Mystic Tryst; God s Maiden Edrsis; The Marvelous City; A Poet s Palace; The Prophet of Doom; A Virgin Unshrined; The Love that Kills; The Passage of the Tombs; The Crimson River; The Fall of the Obelisk; The Priest of Zel; The Temple of Nagaya; The Sacrifice; The Cup of Wrath; Sunrise; Fresh Laurels; One Against Many; The Wizard of the Bow; In the Cathedral.

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Corelli, Marie: Innocent. V1. 13 Apr 2011

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Marie Corelli (1 May 1855 – 21 April 1924) was a British novelist. She emerged as a literary superstar from the publication of her first novel in 1886 until World War I when her popularity began to fade. Corelli's novels sold more copies than the combined sales of popular contemporaries, including Arthur Conan Doyle, H. G. Wells, and Rudyard Kipling, despite the fact that critics often derided her work as "the favorite of the common multitude."

This tragic melodrama follows the life of Innocent, a good woman outcast due to her own bastardy. No one knew at the time of issue that Marie was herself a bastard child and the heartfelt, heart-rendering life she imagines happening to someone whose secret becomes known was indeed reflective of Marie's own fears.

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Corelli, Marie: Temporal Power. V1. 15 Apr 2011

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Marie Corelli (1 May 1855 – 21 April 1924) was a British novelist. She emerged as a literary superstar from the publication of her first novel in 1886 until World War I when her popularity began to fade. Corelli's novels sold more copies than the combined sales of popular contemporaries, including Arthur Conan Doyle, H. G. Wells, and Rudyard Kipling, despite the fact that critics often derided her work as "the favorite of the common multitude."

1902. Partial Contents: The King's Pleasance; A Nation or a Church? Sealed Orders; The Idealists; The King's double; A Sea Princess; Secret Service; The Professor Advises; An Honorable Statesman; Royal Loves; Of the Corruption of the State; The Scorn of Kings; The King's Defender; A Woman of Reason; The Song of Freedom; King and Socialist; Between Two Passions; Sailing to the Infinite.

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Corelli, Marie: The Life Everlasting. V1. 13 Apr 2011

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Marie Corelli (1 May 1855 – 21 April 1924) was a British novelist. She emerged as a literary superstar from the publication of her first novel in 1886 until World War I when her popularity began to fade. Corelli's novels sold more copies than the combined sales of popular contemporaries, including Arthur Conan Doyle, H. G. Wells, and Rudyard Kipling, despite the fact that critics often derided her work as "the favorite of the common multitude."

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In studying the psychic side of life it should be well and distinctly understood that THERE IS AN EVER LIVING SPIRIT WITHIN EACH ONE OF US;—a Spirit for which there is no limited capacity and no unfavourable surroundings. Its capacity is infinite as God,—and its surroundings are always made by Itself. It is its own Heaven,—and once established within that everlasting centre, it radiates from the Inward to the Outward, thus making its own environment, not only now but for ever. It is its own Life,—and in the active work of perpetually re-generating and re-creating itself, knows nothing of Death.

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Corelli, Marie: The Master-Christian. V1. 13 Apr 2011

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Marie Corelli (1 May 1855 – 21 April 1924) was a British novelist. She emerged as a literary superstar from the publication of her first novel in 1886 until World War I when her popularity began to fade. Corelli's novels sold more copies than the combined sales of popular contemporaries, including Arthur Conan Doyle, H. G. Wells, and Rudyard Kipling, despite the fact that critics often derided her work as "the favorite of the common multitude."

An inspiring fictional work dedicated to "All those churches who quarrel in the name of Christ."

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Corelli, Marie: The Secret Power. V1. 14 Apr 2011

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Marie Corelli (1 May 1855 – 21 April 1924) was a British novelist. She emerged as a literary superstar from the publication of her first novel in 1886 until World War I when her popularity began to fade. Corelli's novels sold more copies than the combined sales of popular contemporaries, including Arthur Conan Doyle, H. G. Wells, and Rudyard Kipling, despite the fact that critics often derided her work as "the favorite of the common multitude."

A romance takes place in a hidden city of immortals discovered by an intrepid heroine in the Egyptian desert.

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Corelli, Marie: The Soul of Lilith. V1. 16 Apr 2011

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Marie Corelli (1 May 1855 – 21 April 1924) was a British novelist. She emerged as a literary superstar from the publication of her first novel in 1886 until World War I when her popularity began to fade. Corelli's novels sold more copies than the combined sales of popular contemporaries, including Arthur Conan Doyle, H. G. Wells, and Rudyard Kipling, despite the fact that critics often derided her work as "the favorite of the common multitude."

The following story is simply the account of a strange and daring experiment once actually attempted, and is offered to those who are interested in the unseen possibilities of the hereafter, merely for what it is-a single episode in the life of a man who voluntarily sacrificed his whole worldly career in a supreme effort to prove the apparently unprovable.

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Corelli, Marie: The Treasure of Heaven. V1. 15 Apr 2011

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Marie Corelli (1 May 1855 – 21 April 1924) was a British novelist. She emerged as a literary superstar from the publication of her first novel in 1886 until World War I when her popularity began to fade. Corelli's novels sold more copies than the combined sales of popular contemporaries, including Arthur Conan Doyle, H. G. Wells, and Rudyard Kipling, despite the fact that critics often derided her work as "the favorite of the common multitude."

Excerpt
"People talk foolishly of a 'declining birth-rate,'" he went on; "yet if, according to the modern scientist, all civilisations are only so much output of wasted human energy, doomed to pass into utter oblivion, and human beings only live but to die and there an end, of what avail is it to be born at all? Surely it is but wanton cruelty to take upon ourselves the responsibility of continuing a race whose only consummation is rottenness in unremembered graves!"

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Corelli, Marie: Thelma. V1. 15 Apr 2011

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Marie Corelli (1 May 1855 – 21 April 1924) was a British novelist. She emerged as a literary superstar from the publication of her first novel in 1886 until World War I when her popularity began to fade. Corelli's novels sold more copies than the combined sales of popular contemporaries, including Arthur Conan Doyle, H. G. Wells, and Rudyard Kipling, despite the fact that critics often derided her work as "the favorite of the common multitude."

Excerpt
Midnight,—without darkness, without stars! Midnight—and the unwearied sun stood, yet visible in the heavens, like a victorious king throned on a dais of royal purple bordered with gold.

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Corelli, Marie: Vendetta!. v1, 2 July 2008

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Marie Corelli (May 1, 1855 - April 21, 1924) was a British novelist.

In [Vendetta![/ young Fabio, apparently dies of a deadly plague. But Fabio is merely in a state of suspended animation, and not long after his funeral he breaks out of his tomb and escapes the family crypt. Upon arriving home, he finds that his best friend has already married his grieving "widow." Vowing to get even with both friend and wife, Fabio assumes a new identity for that purpose then sets the wheels in motion for a bizarre revenge.....

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Corelli, Marie: Ziska. V1. 16 Apr 2011

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Marie Corelli (1 May 1855 – 21 April 1924) was a British novelist. She emerged as a literary superstar from the publication of her first novel in 1886 until World War I when her popularity began to fade. Corelli's novels sold more copies than the combined sales of popular contemporaries, including Arthur Conan Doyle, H. G. Wells, and Rudyard Kipling, despite the fact that critics often derided her work as "the favorite of the common multitude."

The Problem of a Wicked Soul.

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Cortright, Edgar. Apollo Expeditions to the Moon. PRC v1.0. 15 July 2009

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This is a collection of essays that were written by some of the most important people involved with the Apollo program, including Edwin Aldrin, Wernher von Braun, Michael Collins, Charles Conrad, and many more. It's a good read.

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Cousins, Adrienne: Kindle Bookmarks v0.12, Sep 5,2008

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This ebook is actually a collection of links to mobile web sites, blogs & RSS feeds, displayed in a concise format for the Kindle screen (using Skweezer).

The links are organized by topic with links to return to the table of contents at the end of every section.

Clicking on a link will open the site in the Kindle browser. Pressing the BACK button will return you to the Bookmarks file at the same point you left.

I welcome any feedback or links to add to the list.
These files are also available at the KindleKorner Yahoo group, with other state and personal files available as well.

Adrienne
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Cowles, Frederick: The Night Winds Howl. v1. 16 Apr. 2023

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Two dozen entertaining tales of vampires, Devil worship, haunted churchs, homes, and moorlands in the haunted landscape of Cornwall; sometimes in some very dark corners indeed.

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Frederick Ignatius Cowles (1900 - 1948): English author of supernatural fiction, English travelogues, history, folklore, and children's books. Cowles' supernatural fiction is similar, and compares favorably, to that of M.R. James.

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A list of the titles:
Rendezvous

The House of the Dancer

Wood Magic

Twisted Face

June Morning

The Witch-finder

The Florentine Mirror

The Vampire of Kaldenstein

Lavender Love

The Mask of Death

King of Hearts

Voodoo

The Little Saint of Hell

Confession

The Lamasery of Beloved Dreams

The Cadaver of Bishop Louis

Out of the Darkness

The Lover of the Dead

The Caretaker

Gypsy Violin

Death in the Well

Retribution

Lady of Lyonnesse

Rats
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First published in 1938, [this book is in the public domain where copyright is “Life+70” or less.[/
.

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Cox, Erle: Fools' Harvest. V1. 17 Apr 2011

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Erle Cox (15 August 1873 – 20 November 1950) was an Australian journalist and science fiction writer.

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In presenting this transcript of the Walter Burton manuscript for publication, the editors desire to remind the reader that its main value lies in its being the longest of the fourteen authentic personal narratives extant descriptive of the Australian debacle of 1939. It should be regarded as supplementary, only, to Major General Marsden's "Australian Tragedy," in which the military story of the invasion is dealt with, and to "The Struggle for the Pacific," by Peel and Everard, who treat the subject from the viewpoint of international historians. It must be remembered that, at the time he wrote, Burton was almost entirely ignorant of the great events that were taking place outside of Australia. His conjectures were governed largely by local conditions, and coloured by an appalling environment. His assumptions were, therefore, at times either partially or totally inaccurate.

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Cox, Erle: Out of the Silence. V1. 16 Apr 2011

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Erle Cox (15 August 1873 – 20 November 1950) was an Australian journalist and science fiction writer.

The story of a station owner who, while digging a waterhole, uncovers a complex full of the works of art and technology of an advanced civilisation. The occupant has been in suspended animation for 27,000,000 years.

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Cox, Erle: The Great Mendax Transmitter (v1); 3 Jan 2021

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Erle Cox (1873-1950) was an Australian journalist, and author of three novels: Out of the Silence, (1919), Fools' Harvest (1939); and The Missing Angel (1947). These books are in the Library, re-introduced, having been moved to off-line when the site changed to L+70.

He also wrote a number of short stories, which appeared in Australian newspapers but which were never collected into a volume. Several of them feature Mendax, a mad scientist of epic proportions, and his crackpot inventions.

Mendax
1: The Great Mendax Transmitter
2: The Invisibility of Mendax
3: The Mendax Gold Saver
4: The Rejuvenation of Slogger Binns
5: An Awkward Dilemma
6: "Forty Bob Or—"

...and other stories

1: The Gift Of Venus
2: The Demoralisation of Muriel
3: What the Archbishop Knew
4: The Cog Wheels
5: A Black Cat For Luck
6: Her One Aim In Life
7: When Kean Funked
8: A Matter Of Creed
9: Faux Pas
10: Charlotte Bronte is Shocked
11: Even the Valkyrie
12: The Social Code
13: The Two Vows of Lady Anne

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Cox, Erle: The Missing Angel. V1. 16 Apr 2011

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Erle Cox (15 August 1873 – 20 November 1950) was an Australian journalist and science fiction writer.

A satire on the desires and dangers of changing a conventional life.

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Craddock, Charles Egbert: The Moonshiners at Hoho-Hebee Falls. 04 Jan 2008

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Writing under the name Mary Noailles Murfree, Craddock tells the tale of mountain folk that plays into the popular beliefs of the era (1895.)

In late 19th century America, the mountain people were below the bottom rung of society.

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Craik, Dinah Maria: A Noble Life

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Dinah Maria Craik (born Dinah Maria Mulock, also often credited as Miss Mulock or Mrs. Craik) (20 April 1826 - 12 October 1887) was an English novelist and poet. She was born at Stoke-on-Trent and brought up in Newcastle-under-Lyme, Staffordshire.

Excerpt
Many years ago, how many need not be recorded, there lived in his ancestral castle, in the far north of Scotland, the last Earl of Cairnforth.
You will not find his name in "Lodge's Peerage," for, as I say, he was the last earl, and with him the title became extinct. It had been borne for centuries by many noble and gallant men, who had lived worthily or died bravely. But I think among what we call "heroic" lives—lives the story of which touches us with something higher than pity, and deeper than love—there never was any of his race who left behind a history more truly heroic than he.

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Craik, Dinah Maria: Agatha's Husband,. v1. 2 Sep 2013

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Dinah Maria Craik (born Dinah Maria Mulock, also often credited as Miss Mulock or Mrs. Craik) (20 April 1826 - 12 October 1887) was an English novelist and poet. She was born at Stoke-on-Trent and brought up in Newcastle-under-Lyme, Staffordshire.

Excerpt
To say that Agatha Bowen slept but ill that night would be unnecessary; since there is probably no girl who did not do so after receiving a first love-letter. And this was indeed her first; for the commonplace and business-like episode of young Northen had not been beautified by any such compositions. A second harmless adventure of like kind had furnished her with a little amusement and some vexation,—but never till now had her girlish heart been approached by any wooing which she could instinctively feel was that of real love. It touched her very much; for a time absorbing all distinct resolutions or intentions in a maze of pleasant, tender pity, and wonderment not unmixed with fear.

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Craik, Dinah Maria: Agatha's Husband. v1. 3 Mar 2014

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Dinah Maria Craik (/kreɪk/; born Dinah Maria Mulock, also often credited as Miss Mulock or Mrs. Craik) (20 April 1826 – 12 October 1887) was an English novelist and poet.

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If there ever was a woman thoroughly like her name, it was Agatha Bowen. She was good, in the first place—right good at heart, though with a slight external roughness (like the sound of the g in her name), which took away all sentimentalism. Then the vowels—the three broad rich a’s—which no one can pronounce with nimini-pimini closed lips—how thoroughly they answered to her character!—a character in the which was nothing small, mean, cramped, or crooked.

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Craik, Dinah Maria: Christian's Mistake. v1. 3 Sep 2013

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Dinah Maria Craik (born Dinah Maria Mulock, also often credited as Miss Mulock or Mrs. Craik) (20 April 1826 - 12 October 1887) was an English novelist and poet. She was born at Stoke-on-Trent and brought up in Newcastle-under-Lyme, Staffordshire.

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This precise moment, half an hour after his marriage—his second marriage—is hardly a fair time to describe Dr. Arnold Grey; suffice it to say that he was a gentleman apparently about forty-five, rather low in stature, and spare in figure, with hair already thin and iron-gray. The twenty-five years between him and his newly-married wife showed plainly—only too plainly—as she stood, in all her gracefulness of girlhood, which even her extreme pallor and a certain sharp, worn, unnaturally composed look could not destroy. He seemed struck by this. His face clouded over for a minute, and he slightly sighed. But the pain, whatever it was, was only momentary. He looked like a man who was not in the habit of acting hastily or impulsively—who never did any thing without having previously fully counted the cost.

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Craik, Dinah Maria: John Halifax, Gentleman. v1. 4 Sep 2013

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Dinah Maria Craik (born Dinah Maria Mulock, also often credited as Miss Mulock or Mrs. Craik) (20 April 1826 - 12 October 1887) was an English novelist and poet. She was born at Stoke-on-Trent and brought up in Newcastle-under-Lyme, Staffordshire.

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My father and I both glanced round, surprised at her unusual reticence of epithets: but when the lad addressed turned, fixed his eyes on each of us for a moment, and made way for us, we ceased to wonder. Ragged, muddy, and miserable as he was, the poor boy looked anything but a "vagabond."

NOTR: 20 Illstrations

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Craik, Dinah Maria: Mistress and Maid. v1. 6 Sep 2013

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Dinah Maria Craik (born Dinah Maria Mulock, also often credited as Miss Mulock or Mrs. Craik) (20 April 1826 - 12 October 1887) was an English novelist and poet. She was born at Stoke-on-Trent and brought up in Newcastle-under-Lyme, Staffordshire.

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She was a rather tall, awkward, and strongly-built girl of about fifteen. This was the first impression the "maid" gave to her "mistresses," the Misses Leaf, when she entered their kitchen, accompanied by her mother, a widow and washer-woman, by name Mrs. Hand. I must confess, when they saw the damsel, the ladies felt a certain twinge of doubt as to whether they had not been rash in offering to take her; whether it would not have been wiser to have gone on in their old way—now, alas! grown into a very old way, so as almost to make them forget they had ever had any other—and done without a servant still.

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Craik, Dinah Maria: Olive. v1. 7 Sep 2013

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Dinah Maria Craik (born Dinah Maria Mulock, also often credited as Miss Mulock or Mrs. Craik) (20 April 1826 - 12 October 1887) was an English novelist and poet. She was born at Stoke-on-Trent and brought up in Newcastle-under-Lyme, Staffordshire.

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"Puir wee lassie, ye hae a waesome welcome to a waesome warld!"
Such was the first greeting ever received by my heroine, Olive Rothesay. However, she would be then entitled neither a heroine nor even "Olive Rothesay," being a small nameless concretion of humanity, in colour and consistency strongly resembling the "red earth," whence was taken the father of all nations. No foreshadowing of the coming life brightened her purple, pinched-up, withered face, which, as in all new-born children, bore such a ridiculous likeness to extreme old age. No tone of the all-expressive human voice thrilled through the unconscious wail that was her first utterance, and in her wide-open meaningless eyes had never dawned the beautiful human soul. There she lay, as you and I, reader, with all our compeers, lay once-a helpless lump of breathing flesh, faintly stirred by animal life, and scarce at all by that inner life which we call spirit. And, if we thus look back, half in compassion, half in humiliation, at our infantile likeness-may it not be that in the world to come some who in this world bore an outward image poor, mean, and degraded, will cast a glance of equal pity on their well-remembered olden selves, now transfigured into beautiful immortality?

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Craik, Dinah Maria: The Adventures of A Brownie. v1. 2 Mar 2014

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Dinah Maria Craik (/kreɪk/; born Dinah Maria Mulock, also often credited as Miss Mulock or Mrs. Craik, Dinah Maria (20 April 1826 – 12 October 1887) was an English novelist and poet.

ADVENTURE THE FIRST—BROWNIE AND THE COOK
ADVENTURE THE SECOND—BROWNIE AND THE CHERRY-TREE
ADVENTURE THE THIRD—BROWNIE IN THE FARMYARD
ADVENTURE THE FOURTH—BROWNIE’S RIDE
ADVENTURE THE FIFTH—BROWNIE ON THE ICE
ADVENTURE THE SIXTH AND LAST—BROWNIE AND THE CLOTHES
SOME POEMS FOR CHILDREN BY MISS MULOCK

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Craik, Dinah Maria: The Laurel Bush. v1. 4 Sep 2013

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Dinah Maria Craik (born Dinah Maria Mulock, also often credited as Miss Mulock or Mrs. Craik) (20 April 1826 - 12 October 1887) was an English novelist and poet. She was born at Stoke-on-Trent and brought up in Newcastle-under-Lyme, Staffordshire.

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So saying, he opened his arms; she felt them close round her, just as in her dream. Only they were warm, living arms; and it was this world, not the next. All those seventeen bitter years seemed swept away, annihilated in a moment; she laid her head on his shoulder and wept out her happy heart there.

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Craik, Dinah Maria: The Little Lame Prince. v1. 5 Sep 2013

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Dinah Maria Craik (born Dinah Maria Mulock, also often credited as Miss Mulock or Mrs. Craik) (20 April 1826 - 12 October 1887) was an English novelist and poet. She was born at Stoke-on-Trent and brought up in Newcastle-under-Lyme, Staffordshire.

THE LITTLE LAME PRINCE
THE INVISIBLE PRINCE
PRINCE CHERRY
THE PRINCE WITH THE NOSE
THE FROG-PRINCE
CLEVER ALICE

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Cram, Ralph Adams: Black Spirits and White (ghosts). v1. 25 Jan 2021

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Black Spirits and White

Ralph Adams Cram (1863–1942):

This collection has been called “one of the undeniable classics of weird fiction”. H. P. Lovecraft wrote, “In ‘The Dead Valley’ the eminent architect and mediaevalist Ralph Adams Cram achieves a memorably potent degree of vague regional horror through subtleties of atmosphere and description.”

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Ralph Adams Cram (December 16, 1863 – September 22, 1942) was a prolific and influential American architect of collegiate and ecclesiastical buildings. Cram wrote numerous publications and books on issues in architecture and religious devotion. Cram also wrote fiction.

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Originally published in 1895. This book is in the public domain where copyright is “Life+70” or less, and in the USA.

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Crane, Stephen and Barr, Robert: The O'Ruddy. V1. 6 Nov 2010

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Robert Barr (September 16, 1849 – October 21, 1912) was a British-Canadian short story writer and novelist, born at Glasgow, Scotland. Robert Barr, a teacher, journalist, editor and novelist, born in Glasgow, Scotland and educated in Canada. In 1876 he became a member of the staff of the Detroit Free Press, in which his contributions appeared under the signature "Luke Sharp." In 1881 he removed to London, to establish the weekly English edition of the Free Press, and in 1892 he joined Jerome K Jerome in founding the Idler magazine, from whose co-editorship he retired in 1895. He was a prolific author, producing many popular novels of the day.

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My chieftain ancestors had lived at Glandore for many centuries and were very well known. Hardly a ship could pass the Old Head of Kinsale without some boats putting off to exchange the time of day with her, and our family name was on men's tongues in half the seaports of Europe, I dare say. My ancestors lived in castles which were like churches stuck on end, and they drank the best of everything amid the joyous cries of a devoted peasantry.

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Crane, Stephen: Active Service. V1. 18 Apr 2011

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Stephen Crane (November 1, 1871 – June 5, 1900) was an American novelist, short story writer, poet and journalist. Prolific throughout his short life, he wrote notable works in the Realist tradition as well as early examples of American Naturalism and Impressionism. He is recognized by modern critics as one of the most innovative writers of his generation.

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Go away! " he cried in a rage. " Go away. Go away. Get out " " He seemed on the point of arising to eject the visitor. It was plain to her that he had been interrupted in the writing of one of his sentences, ponderous, solemn and endless, in which wandered multitudes of homeless and friendless prepositions, adjectives looking for a parent, and quarrelling nouns, sentences which no longer symbolised the languageform of thought but which had about them a quaint aroma from the dens of long-dead scholars. " Get out," snarled the professor.

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Crane, Stephen: George's Mother, v. 1, 23/2/16

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A quasi-sequel to [Maggie: A Girl of the Streets[/, published in 1896.

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Crane, Stephen: Last Words. V1. 19 Apr 2011

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Stephen Crane (November 1, 1871 – June 5, 1900) was an American novelist, short story writer, poet and journalist. Prolific throughout his short life, he wrote notable works in the Realist tradition as well as early examples of American Naturalism and Impressionism. He is recognized by modern critics as one of the most innovative writers of his generation.

THE RELUCTANT VOYAGERS
SPITZBERGEN TALES
WYOMING VALLEY TALES
LONDON IMPRESSIONS.
NEW YORK SKETCHES
THE ASSASSIN IN MODERN BATTLES.
IRISH NOTES
SULLIVAN COUNTY SKETCHES
MISCELLANEOUS

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Crane, Stephen: Maggie A Girl of the Streets. V1. 20 Apr 2011

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Stephen Crane (November 1, 1871 – June 5, 1900) was an American novelist, short story writer, poet and journalist. Prolific throughout his short life, he wrote notable works in the Realist tradition as well as early examples of American Naturalism and Impressionism. He is recognized by modern critics as one of the most innovative writers of his generation.

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A very little boy stood upon a heap of gravel for the honor of Rum Alley. He was throwing stones at howling urchins from Devil's Row who were circling madly about the heap and pelting at him.
His infantile countenance was livid with fury. His small body was writhing in the delivery of great, crimson oaths.
"Run, Jimmie, run! Dey'll get yehs," screamed a retreating Rum Alley child.
"Naw," responded Jimmie with a valiant roar, "dese micks can't make me run."

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Crane, Stephen: Men, Women, and Boats. V1. 22 Apr 2011

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Stephen Crane (November 1, 1871 – June 5, 1900) was an American novelist, short story writer, poet and journalist. Prolific throughout his short life, he wrote notable works in the Realist tradition as well as early examples of American Naturalism and Impressionism. He is recognized by modern critics as one of the most innovative writers of his generation.

THE OPEN BOAT
THE RELUCTANT VOYAGERS
THE END OF THE BATTLE
UPTURNED FACE
AN EPISODE OF WAR
AN EXPERIMENT IN MISERY
THE DUEL THAT WAS NOT FOUGHT
A DESERTION
A DARK-BROWN DOG
THE PACE OF YOUTH
A TENT IN AGONY
FOUR MEN IN A CAVE
THE MESMERIC MOUNTAIN
THE SNAKE
LONDON IMPRESSIONS
THE SCOTCH EXPRESS

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Crane, Stephen: The Blue Hotel. V1. 18 Apr 2011

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Stephen Crane (November 1, 1871 – June 5, 1900) was an American novelist, short story writer, poet and journalist. Prolific throughout his short life, he wrote notable works in the Realist tradition as well as early examples of American Naturalism and Impressionism. He is recognized by modern critics as one of the most innovative writers of his generation.

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The Palace Hotel at Fort Romper was painted a light blue, a shade that is on the legs of a kind of heron, causing the bird to declare its position against any background. The Palace Hotel, then, was always screaming and howling in a way that made the dazzling winter landscape of Nebraska seem only a gray swampish hush. It stood alone on the prairie, and when the snow was falling the town two hundred yards away was not visible. But when the traveller alighted at the railway station he was obliged to pass the Palace Hotel before he could come upon the company of low clap-board houses which composed Fort Romper, and it was not to be thought that any traveller could pass the Palace Hotel without looking at it. Pat Scully, the proprietor, had proved himself a master of strategy when he chose his paints. It is true that on clear days, when the great trans-continental expresses, long lines of swaying Pullmans, swept through Fort Romper, passengers were overcome at the sight, and the cult that knows the brown-reds and the subdivisions of the dark greens of the East expressed shame, pity, horror, in a laugh. But to the citizens of this prairie town, and to the people who would naturally stop there, Pat Scully had performed a feat. With this opulence and splendour, these creeds, classes, egotisms, that streamed through Romper on the rails day after day, they had no color in common.

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Crane, Stephen: The Bride Comes to Yellow Sky. V1. 17 Apr 2011

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Stephen Crane (November 1, 1871 – June 5, 1900) was an American novelist, short story writer, poet and journalist. Prolific throughout his short life, he wrote notable works in the Realist tradition as well as early examples of American Naturalism and Impressionism. He is recognized by modern critics as one of the most innovative writers of his generation.

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The bride was not pretty, nor was she very young. She wore a dress of blue cashmere, with small reservations of velvet here and there and with steel buttons abounding. She continually twisted her head to regard her puff sleeves, very stiff, straight, and high. They embarrassed her. It was quite apparent that she had cooked, and that she expected to cook, dutifully. The blushes caused by the careless scrutiny of some passengers as she had entered the car were strange to see upon this plain, under-class countenance, which was drawn in placid, almost emotionless lines.

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Crane, Stephen: The Little Regiment. V1. 19 Apr 2011

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Stephen Crane (November 1, 1871 – June 5, 1900) was an American novelist, short story writer, poet and journalist. Prolific throughout his short life, he wrote notable works in the Realist tradition as well as early examples of American Naturalism and Impressionism. He is recognized by modern critics as one of the most innovative writers of his generation.

THE LITTLE REGIMENT.
THREE MIRACULOUS SOLDIERS.
A MYSTERY OF HEROISM.
AN INDIANA CAMPAIGN.
A GRAY SLEEVE.
THE VETERAN.

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Crane, Stephen: The Monster and more. V1. 17 Apr 2011

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Stephen Crane (November 1, 1871 – June 5, 1900) was an American novelist, short story writer, poet and journalist. Prolific throughout his short life, he wrote notable works in the Realist tradition as well as early examples of American Naturalism and Impressionism. He is recognized by modern critics as one of the most innovative writers of his generation.

The Monster
An Illusion in Red and White
Manacled

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Crane, Stephen: The Open Boat. V1. 18 Apr 2011

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Stephen Crane (November 1, 1871 – June 5, 1900) was an American novelist, short story writer, poet and journalist. Prolific throughout his short life, he wrote notable works in the Realist tradition as well as early examples of American Naturalism and Impressionism. He is recognized by modern critics as one of the most innovative writers of his generation.

Four men struggle for survival after escaping from a sinking ship and into a small open boat.

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Crane, Stephen: The Red Badge of Courage. v1, 4 Jan 2008

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The Red Badge of Courage (1895) is an impressionistic novel by American author Stephen Crane. Narrated by the fictional Henry Fleming, a recruit in the American Civil War, it is about the meaning of courage. Although Crane was born after the war and had never seen battle himself, the novel is one of the most influential American war stories ever written. Crane met and spoke with a number of veterans as a student and he created what is widely regarded as an unusually realistic depiction of a young man in battle.

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Crane, Stephen: The Third Violet v. 1 30-1-16

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Hi everyone,

I'm DavScoMur--Long time lurker, first time uploader. Nice to meet you all!

I noticed that we have an almost complete Stephen Crane (1871-1900) collection here and thought I'd try to help finish that.

[The Third Violet[/ was the second novel Crane published after [The Red Badge of Courage[/. According to wikipedia, it "is typically considered as Crane's attempt to appeal to popular audiences. Crane considered it a 'quiet little story.' Although it contained autobiographical details, the characters have been deemed inauthentic and stereotypical."

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Crane, Stephen: Whilomville Stories. v1. 26 Jan 2013

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Stephen Crane (November 1, 1871 – June 5, 1900) was an American novelist, short story writer, poet and journalist. Prolific throughout his short life, he wrote notable works in the Realist tradition as well as early examples of American Naturalism and Impressionism. He is recognized by modern critics as one of the most innovative writers of his generation.

The Angel Child.
"Lynx-Hunting."
"Shame."
The Trial, Execution, And Burial Of Homer Phelps
"The City Urchin and the Chaste Villagers."
"The Lover and the Telltale."
'Showin' Off.'
"Making an Orator."
"The Knife."
The Fight
"A Little Pilgrim."
The Carriage-Lamps
"The Stove."
A Tent In Agony
The Revenge of the 'Adolphus'

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Crane, Stephen: Wounds in the Rain. v1. 25 Jan 2013

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Stephen Crane (November 1, 1871 – June 5, 1900) was an American novelist, short story writer, poet and journalist. Prolific throughout his short life, he wrote notable works in the Realist tradition as well as early examples of American Naturalism and Impressionism. He is recognized by modern critics as one of the most innovative writers of his generation.

The Price of the Harness
The Lone Charge of William B. Perkins
The Clan of No-Name
God Rest Ye, Merry Gentlemen
The Revenge of the Adolphus
The Sergeant's Private Madhouse
Virtue in War
Marines Signalling Under Fire at Guantanamo
This Majestic Lie
War Memories
War Memories

FYI: There are indeed two stories entitled "War Memories."

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Crane, Walter: Line & Form, v.1, 19 July 2008

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From 1900 with 167 illustrations.

CHAPTER I

· Origin and Function of Outline-Silhouette-Definition of Boundaries by-Power of Characterization by-Formation of Letters-Methods of Drawing in Line-The Progressive Method-The Calligraphic Method-The Tentative Method-The Japanese Direct Brush Method-The Oval Method-The Rectangular Method-Quality of Line-Linear Expression of Movement-Textures-Emotion-Scale of Linear Expression

CHAPTER II

· The Language of Line-Dialects-Comparison of the Style of Various Artists in Line-Scale of Degrees in Line-Picture Writing-Relation of Line to Form-Two Paths-The Graphic Purpose-Aspect-The Ornamental Purpose-Typical Treatment or Convention-Rhythm-Linear Plans in Pattern Designing-Wall-paper Design-Controlling Forms-Memory-Evolution in Design-Variety in Unity-Counterbalance-Linear Logic-Recurring Line and Form-Principle of Radiation-Range and Use of Line

CHAPTER III

· Of the Choice and Use of Line-Degree and Emphasis-Influence of the Photograph-The Value of Emphasis-The Technical Influence-The Artistic Purpose-Influence of Material and Tools-Brushwork-Charcoal- Pencil-Pen

CHAPTER IV

· Of the Choice of Form-Elementary Forms-Space-filling-Grouping- Analogies of Form-Typical Forms of Ornament-Ornamental Units- Equivalents in Form-Quantities in Design-Contrast-Value of Variations of Similar or Allied Forms-Use of the Human Figure and Animal Forms in Ornamental Design

CHAPTER V

· Of the Influence of Controlling Lines, Boundaries Spaces, and Plans in Designing-Origin of Geometric Decorative Spaces and Panels in Architecture-Value of Recurring Line-Tradition-Extension- Adaptability-Geometric Structural Plans-Frieze and Field-Ceiling Decoration-Co-operative Relation

CHAPTER VI

· Of the Fundamental Essentials of Design: Line, Form, Space-Principles of Structural and Ornamental Line in Organic Forms-Form and Mass in Foliage-Roofs-The Mediжval City-Organic and Accidental Beauty- Composition: Formal and Informal-Power of Linear Expression-Relation of Masses and Lines-Principles of Harmonious Composition

CHAPTER VII

· Of the Relief of Form-Three Methods-Contrast-Light and Shade, and Modelling-The Use of Contrast and Planes in Pattern Designing- Decorative Relief-Simple Linear Contrast-Relief by Linear Shading- Different Emphasis in relieving Form by Shading Lines-Relief by means of Light and Shade alone without Outline-Photographic Projection-Relief by different Planes and Contrasts of Concave and Convex Surfaces in Architectural Mouldings-Modelled Relief- Decorative Use of Light and Shade, and different Planes in Modelling and Carving-Egyptian System of Relief Sculpture-Greek and Gothic Architectural Sculpture, influenced by Structural and Ornamental Feeling-Sculptural Tombs, Medals, Coins, Gems-Florentine Fifteenth-century Reliefs-Desiderio di Settignano

CHAPTER VIII

· Of the Expression of Relief in Line-drawing-Graphic Aim and Ornamental Aim-Superficial Appearance and Constructive Reality- Accidents and Essentials-Representation and Suggestion of Natural Form in Design-The Outward Vision and the Inner Vision

CHAPTER IX

· Of the Adaptation of Line and Form in Design, in various materials and methods-Mural Decoration-Fresco-work of the Italian Painters-Modern Mural Work-Mural Spacing and Pattern Plans- Scale-The Skirting-The Dado-Field of the Wall-The Frieze- Panelling-Tapestry-Textile Design-Persian Carpets-Effect of Texture on Colour-Prints-Wall-paper-Stained Glass

CHAPTER X

· Of the Expression and Relief of Line and Form by Colour-Effect of same Colour upon different Grounds-Radiation of Colour-White Outline to clear Colours-Quality of Tints relieved upon other Tints-Complementaries-Harmony-The Colour Sense-Colour Proportions-Importance of Pure Tints-Tones and Planes-The Tone of Time-Pattern and Picture-A Pattern not necessarily a Picture, but a Picture in principle a Pattern-Chiaroscuro-Examples of Pattern-work and Picture-work-Picture-patterns and Pattern-pictures

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Crawford, F. Marion: A Cigarette-Maker's Romance. V1. 6 Dec 2012

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Francis Marion Crawford (August 2, 1854 – April 9, 1909) was an American writer noted for his many novels, especially those set in Italy, and for his classic weird and fantastic stories.

Crawford's intimate knowledge of many countries resulted in an unequalled series of brilliant romances, including varied characters from the glassblowers of Venice, the silversmiths of Rome, the cigarette makers of Munich, and the Bosphorus, simple sailors on the coast of Spain. But whether the scene be in modern India or the palaces of Babylon, the story fascinates the reader. "A Cigarette-Maker's Romance" is just such a story, in which a commoner finds herself in love with a handsome young man who works with her in a cigarette-making shop. He claims to be a Russian count who is temporarily down on his luck . . . but everyone thinks he's mad!

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Crawford, F. Marion: Adam Johnstone's Son. V1. 4 Dec 2012

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Francis Marion Crawford (August 2, 1854 – April 9, 1909) was an American writer noted for his many novels, especially those set in Italy, and for his classic weird and fantastic stories.

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“I sometimes think that one’s past life is written in a foreign language,” said Mrs. Bowring, shutting the book she held, but keeping the place with one smooth, thin forefinger, while her still, blue eyes turned from her daughter’s face towards the hazy hills that hemmed the sea thirty miles to the southward. “When one wants to read it, one finds ever so many words which one cannot understand, and one has to look them out in a sort of unfamiliar dictionary, and try to make sense of the sentences as best one can. Only the big things are clear.”

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Crawford, F. Marion: An American Politician. V1. 5 Dec 2012

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Francis Marion Crawford (August 2, 1854 – April 9, 1909) was an American writer noted for his many novels, especially those set in Italy, and for his classic weird and fantastic stories.

"Beautiful and capricious Josephine ""Joe"" Thorn never believed that she would ever fall in love. Then she met John Harrington, an ambitious politician. Joe finds herself enamored with the charismatic Harrington, who pursues politics while remaining oblivious to Joe. Can politics and love mix?

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Crawford, F. Marion: Casa Braccio. V1. 5 Dec 2012

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Francis Marion Crawford (August 2, 1854 – April 9, 1909) was an American writer noted for his many novels, especially those set in Italy, and for his classic weird and fantastic stories.

Casa Braccio begins: Subiaco lies beyond Tivoli, southeast from Rome, at the upper end of a wild gorge in the Samnite mountains. It is an archbishopric, and gives a title to a cardinal, which alone would make it a town of importance. It shares with Monte Cassino the honour of having been chosen by Saint Benedict and Saint Scholastica, his sister, as the site of a monastery and a convent; and in a cell in the rock a portrait of the holy man is still well preserved, which is believed, not without reason to have been painted from life, although Saint Benedict died early in the fifth century.

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Crawford, F. Marion: Cecilia. V1. 6 Dec 2012

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Francis Marion Crawford (August 2, 1854 – April 9, 1909) was an American writer noted for his many novels, especially those set in Italy, and for his classic weird and fantastic stories.

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Two men were sitting side by side on a stone bench in the forgotten garden of the Arcadian Society, in Rome; and it was in early spring, not long ago. Few people, Romans or strangers, ever find their way to that lonely and beautiful spot beyond the Tiber, niched in a hollow of the Janiculum below San Pietro in Montorio, where Beatrice Cenci sleeps. The Arcadians were men and women who loved poetry in an artificial time, took names of shepherds and shepherdesses, rhymed as best they could, met in pleasant places to recite their verses, and played that the world was young, and gentle, and sweet, and unpoisoned, just when it had declined to one of its recurring periods of vicious old age. The Society did not die with its times, and it still exists, less sprightly, less ready to mask in pastorals, but rhyming, meeting, and reciting verses now and then, in the old manner, though rarely in the old haunts. Even now fresh inscriptions in honour of the Arcadians are set into the stuccoed walls of the little terraced garden under the hill.

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Crawford, F. Marion: Doctor Claudius. V1. 7 Dec 2012

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Francis Marion Crawford (August 2, 1854 – April 9, 1909) was an American writer noted for his many novels, especially those set in Italy, and for his classic weird and fantastic stories.

Doctor Claudius begins: I believe I am old, said the Doctor, pushing his straight-backed wooden chair from the table, and turning from his books to look out of his small window. Yes, I am certainly very old, he said again, rapping absently on the arm of the chair with the pen he held. But the fingers that held the instrument were neither thin nor withered, and there was no trembling in the careless motion of the hand. The flaxen hair, long and tangled, was thick on the massive head, and the broad shoulders were flat and square across. Whatever Dr. Claudius might say of himself, he certainly did not look old.

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Crawford, F. Marion: Don Orsino. v1, 28 Jan 2008

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Don Orsino is the third in the Saracinesca trilogy of novels by F. Marion Crawford. For more information on the trilogy click the link.

http://www.mobileread.com/forums/showthread.php?t=19750

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Crawford, F. Marion: Don Orsino. V1. 10 Dec 2012

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Francis Marion Crawford (August 2, 1854 – April 9, 1909) was an American writer noted for his many novels, especially those set in Italy, and for his classic weird and fantastic stories.

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Don Orsino Saracinesca is of the younger age and lives in the younger Rome, with his father and mother, under the roof of the vast old palace which has sheltered so many hundreds of Saracinesca in peace and war, but which has rarely in the course of the centuries been the home of three generations at once during one and twenty years.
The lover of romance may lie in the sun, caring not for the time of day and content to watch the butterflies that cross his blue sky on the way from one flower to another. But the historian is an entomologist who must be stirring. He must catch the moths, which are his facts, in the net which is his memory, and he must fasten them upon his paper with sharp pins, which are dates.

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Crawford, F. Marion: Fair Margaret. V1. 11 Dec 2012

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Francis Marion Crawford (August 2, 1854 – April 9, 1909) was an American writer noted for his many novels, especially those set in Italy, and for his classic weird and fantastic stories.

'I am a realist,' said Mr. Edmund Lushington, as if that explained everything. 'We could hardly expect to agree,' he added.
It sounded very much as if he had said: 'As you are not a realist, my poor young lady, I can of course hardly expect you to know anything.

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Crawford, F. Marion: For the Blood is the Life and Other Horror Stories. V1. 3 Dec 20

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Francis Marion Crawford (August 2, 1854 – April 9, 1909) was an American writer noted for his many novels, especially those set in Italy, and for his classic weird and fantastic stories.

FOR THE BLOOD IS THE LIFE
THE SCREAMING SKULL
BY THE WATERS OF PARADISE

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Crawford, F. Marion: Greifenstein. V1. 13 Dec 2012

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Francis Marion Crawford (August 2, 1854 – April 9, 1909) was an American writer noted for his many novels, especially those set in Italy, and for his classic weird and fantastic stories.

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Frau von Sigmundskron was not really much past middle age, though the people in the village generally called her the old baroness. Her hair was very white and she was thin and pale; her bold features, almost emaciated, displayed the framework of departed beauty, and if her high white forehead and waxen face were free from lines and wrinkles, it must have been because time and grief could find no plastic material there in which to trace their story. She was a very tall woman, too, and carried her head erect and high, walking with a firmness and elasticity of step such as would not have been expected in one whose outward appearance conveyed so little impression of strength. It is true that she had never been ill in her life and that her leanness was due to the most natural of all causes; but these facts were not patent to the observer, and for reasons which will presently appear she herself would have been the last to mention them. There was something, too, in the look of her blue eyes, shaded by long brown lashes which had retained their colour, that forbade any expression of sympathy. The least experienced of mankind would have seen at a glance that she was the proudest of women, and would have guessed that she must be one of the most reticent. She moved and spoke as though Sigmundskron were still what it had been in former days, and she had brought up her only child to be as much like herself, as it was possible that anything so young and fair could resemble what was already a type of age and gravity.

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Crawford, F. Marion: In The Palace Of The King. V1, 13 Dec 2012

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Francis Marion Crawford (August 2, 1854 – April 9, 1909) was an American writer noted for his many novels, especially those set in Italy, and for his classic weird and fantastic stories.

Excerpt
Two young girls sat in a high though very narrow room of the old Moorish palace to which King Philip the Second had brought his court when he finally made Madrid his capital. It was in the month of November, in the afternoon, and the light was cold and grey, for the two tall windows looked due north, and a fine rain had been falling all the morning. The stones in the court were drying now, in patches, but the sky was like a smooth vault of cast lead, closing over the city that lay to the northward, dark, wet and still, as if its life had shrunk down under ground, away from the bitter air and the penetrating damp.

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Crawford, F. Marion: Khaled, A Tale of Arabia. V1. 14 Dec 2012

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Francis Marion Crawford (August 2, 1854 – April 9, 1909) was an American writer noted for his many novels, especially those set in Italy, and for his classic weird and fantastic stories.

Excerpt
Khaled stood in the third heaven, which is the heaven of precious stones, and of Asrael, the angel of Death. In the midst of the light shed by the fruit of the trees Asrael himself is sitting, and will sit until the day of the resurrection from the dead, writing in his book the names of those who are to be born, and blotting out the names of those who have lived their years and must die. Each of the trees has seventy thousand branches, each branch bears seventy thousand fruits, each fruit is composed of seventy thousand diamonds, rubies, emeralds, carbuncles, jacinths, and other precious stones. The stature and proportions of Asrael are so great that his eyes are seventy thousand days' journey apart, the one from the other.

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Crawford, F. Marion: Marietta. V1. 16 Dec 2012

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Francis Marion Crawford (August 2, 1854 – April 9, 1909) was an American writer noted for his many novels, especially those set in Italy, and for his classic weird and fantastic stories.

Excerpt
Very little was known about George, the Dalmatian, and the servants in the house of Angelo Beroviero, as well as the workmen of the latter's glass furnace, called him Zorzi, distrusted him, suggested that he was probably a heretic, and did not hide their suspicion that he was in love with the master's only daughter, Marietta. All these matters were against him, and people wondered why old Angelo kept the waif in his service, since he could have engaged any one out of a hundred young fellows of Murano, all belonging to the almost noble caste of the glassworkers, all good Christians, all trustworthy, and all ready to promise that the lovely Marietta should never make the slightest impression upon their respectfully petrified hearts.

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Crawford, F. Marion: Marion Darche. V1. 16 Dec 2012

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Francis Marion Crawford (August 2, 1854 – April 9, 1909) was an American writer noted for his many novels, especially those set in Italy, and for his classic weird and fantastic stories.

Excerpt
Among the many peculiarities which contribute to make New York unlike other cities is the construction of what may be called its social map. As in the puzzles used in teaching children geography, all the pieces are of different shapes, different sizes and different colours; but they fit neatly together in the compact whole though the lines which define each bit are distinctly visible, especially when the map has been long used by the industrious child. What calls itself society everywhere else calls itself society in New York also, but whereas in European cities one instinctively speaks of the social scale, one familiar with New York people will be much more inclined to speak of the social map. I do not mean to hint that society here exists on a dead level, but the absence of tradition, of all acknowledged precedents and of all outward and perceptible distinctions makes it quite impossible to define the position of any one set in regard to another by the ordinary scale of superiority or inferiority. In London or Paris, for instance, ambitious persons are spoken of as climbing, in New York it would be more correct to speak of them as migrating or attempting to migrate from one social field to the next. It is impossible to imagine fields real or metaphorical yielding more different growths under the same sky.

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Crawford, F. Marion: Marzio's Crucifix and Zoroaster. V1. 18 Dec 2012

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Francis Marion Crawford (August 2, 1854 – April 9, 1909) was an American writer noted for his many novels, especially those set in Italy, and for his classic weird and fantastic stories.

MARZIO'S CRUCIFIX
ZOROASTER

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Crawford, F. Marion: Mr. Isaacs. V1. 18 Dec 2012

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Francis Marion Crawford (August 2, 1854 – April 9, 1909) was an American writer noted for his many novels, especially those set in Italy, and for his classic weird and fantastic stories.

Crawford transports us to English India and enthralls us with a special love story involving adventure and mystery.. Mr. Isaacs is a classic man of suspense: speaking many languages, well travelled, has 3 wives.

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Crawford, F. Marion: Paul Patoff. V1. 19 Dec 2012

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Francis Marion Crawford (August 2, 1854 – April 9, 1909) was an American writer noted for his many novels, especially those set in Italy, and for his classic weird and fantastic stories.

Excerpt
MY DEAR LADY—MY DEAR FRIEND—you have asked me to tell you a story, and I am going to try, because there is not anything I would not try if you asked it of me. I do not yet know what it will be about, but it is impossible that I should disappoint you; and if the proverb says, "Needs must when the devil drives," I can mend the proverb into a show of grace, and say, The most barren earth must needs bear flowers when an angel sows the seed.

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Crawford, F. Marion: Sant' Ilario. v1, 28 Jan 2008

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Sant' Ilario is the second in the Saracinesca trilogy of novels by F. Marion Crawford. For more information on the trilogy click the link.

http://www.mobileread.com/forums/showthread.php?t=19750

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Crawford, F. Marion: Saracinesca. v1, 28 Jan 2008

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From Wikipedia:

Saracinesca is a novel by F. Marion Crawford, first published as a serial in Blackwood's Magazine and then as a book in New York (Macmillan) and Edinburgh (Blackwood) in 1887. Set chiefly in Rome of twenty years earlier, the novel paints a rich picture of the period, detailing the spiritual and economic problems of the aristocracy at a time when its influence and status were under attack from the emerging forces of modernity. This romance tells the tale of Giovanni Saracinesca and his courting of Corona d'Astradente, complete with intrigue and sword fights (Crawford was an expert fencer). It can be categorized as a work of historical fiction in that it relates a time when the author was only a child, and also in the sense that the particulars of that time and place are carefully delineated. In a sense, Crawford had been researching for this book all his life: his parents had witnessed the brief 1848 revolution, and his cousin, in her memoirs of Crawford, insisted that "[t]here is little doubt that Crawford as a boy had heard first-hand descriptions of [th exciting events" of the 1860s.

Saracinesca proved to be both an immediate hit and Crawford's greatest critical success. It was also a commercial triumph: he negotiated separate contracts for the serial printing and the simultaneous American and British publication, as well as future royalties. He followed it with two brilliant sequels, Sant' Ilario and Don Orsino, the three of which are usually considered a trilogy. Subsequent sequels, such as Corleone, continue the saga of Saracinesca family, but with a diversion from the previous focus on the drama and status of family members into heavily plotted, incident-heavy melodrama. Characters from Saracinesca and its sequels also appear in A Lady of Rome (1906) and The White Sister (1909).

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Crawford, F. Marion: The Witch of Prague. v1, 7 Feb 2008

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Subtitled: [A Fantastic Tale
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From fantasticfiction.co.uk:

This is a book about a witch who is not old and ugly as you would normally think a witch would be. She uses her powers for herself and makes slaves by hypnotizing them with her multi-colored eyes. She is not an evil person, but she does use her powers unethically. Her need for love pushes her to have dealings with a wizard that she comes to regret. This is not unlike the play "the Phantom of the Opera".

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Crawford, F. Marion: Wandering Ghosts (collected ghosts). v1. 27 Oct 2020

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WANDERING GHOSTS

Eight tales of the uncanny
by: F. MARION CRAWFORD

Francis Marion Crawford (August 2, 1854 – April 9, 1909) was an American writer noted for his many novels, especially those set in Italy, and for his classic weird and fantastic stories.

[Wandering Ghosts was originally published in 1903. The text is in the public domain worldwide.[/

Offered here, a few tidbits in anticipation of All Hallow’s Eve.
(or, save them up for Christmas Eve)

Revel in the goosebumps!
:eek:

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Crawford; F. Marion: The Screaming Skull v1 12 dec 2008

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Francis Marion Crawford (August 2, 1854 - April 9, 1909) was an American writer noted for his many novels.

He was born at Bagni di Lucca, Italy, the son of the American sculptor Thomas Crawford and Louisa Cutler Ward, and the nephew of Julia Ward Howe, the American poet. He studied successively at St Paul's School, Concord, New Hampshire; Cambridge University; University of Heidelberg; and Rome.

In 1879 he went to India, where he studied Sanskrit and edited the Allahabad Indian Herald. Returning to America he continued to study Sanskrit at Harvard University for a year, contributed to various periodicals, and in 1882 produced his first novel, Mr Isaacs, a brilliant sketch of modern Anglo-Indian life mingled with a touch of Oriental mystery. This book had an immediate success, and its author's promise was confirmed by the publication of Dr Claudius (1883). After a brief residence in New York and Boston, in 1883 he returned to Italy, where he made his permanent home. This accounts perhaps for the fact that, in spite of his nationality, Marion Crawford's books stand apart from any distinctively American current in literature. More details in Wikipedia.

This is a short horror story:
[QUOTYes, it was on a night like this, when I was at home for a spell, waiting to take the Olympia out on her first trip—it was on the next voyage that she broke the record, you remember—but that dates it. Ninety-two was the year, early in November.

The weather was dirty, Pratt was out of temper, and the dinner was bad, very bad indeed, which didn't improve matters, and cold, which made it worse. The poor little lady was very unhappy about it, and insisted on making a Welsh rarebit on the table to counteract the raw turnips and the half-boiled mutton. Pratt must have had a hard day. Perhaps he had lost a patient. At all events, he was in a nasty temper.

"My wife is trying to poison me, you see!" he said. "She'll succeed some day." I saw that she was hurt, and I made believe to laugh, and said that Mrs. Pratt was much too clever to get rid of her husband in such a simple way; and then I began to tell them about Japanese tricks with spun glass and chopped horsehair and the like. [/QUOT
Great read for a cold night!

Got this from Gaslight, added a cover.

Have fun!

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Croce, Benedetto: The Conduct of Life, v.1, 29 November 2008.

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The Conduct of Life (1924)
By Benedetto Croce (1866–1952)
Translated by Arthur Livingston (1883–1944)

A collection of forty-two short essays on life from the Italian Idealist philosopher.

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Crockett, David: The Life of David Crockett,V1.10/19/2012

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The life of David Crockett by David Crockett

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Croft, Mary Elizabeth: How I Clobbered Every Bureaucratic Cash-Confiscatory Agency Kn

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Mary Elizabeth Croft's "How I Clobbered Every Bureaucratic Cash-Confiscatory Agency Known To Man: A Spiritual Economics Book on $$$ and Remembering Who You Are" explains how most of the debt one incurs is not really a contract between two people and thus is not really an obligation.

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Croker, B. M.: The Red Bungalow and Other Stories (ghosts). v1. 29 Dec 2020

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Strange roads leading to frightful realms…
A collection of ghost stories with a few uncommon circumstances.
Many are set in British India during the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries.

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Bithia Mary (or May) Croker (née Sheppard, c. 1848 – 20 October 1920) was a prolific and popular Irish novelist, most of whose work concerns life and society in British India. She was also a notable writer of ghost stories.

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My own compilation. [Contents were originally published 1890 ~ 1919. This book is in the public domain worldwide.[/

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Cromie, Robert: The Crack of Doom. v1, 10 Sep 2008

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1895 science fiction. The end of the world, spritualism, etc. Typical late 19th century SF - a fun read!

Enjoy!

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Crosby, Ernest: Captain Jinks, Hero. V1. 25 Jun 2011

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Ernest Howard Crosby (1856–1907) was an American reformer and author, born in New York City, the son of Presbyterian minister Howard Crosby,[1] and a relative of prolific hymnwriter and rescue mission worker Fanny Crosby.

Excerpt
"Nothing at all, my dear sir. He has everything he wants, and in fact he wants nothing but his lead soldiers. He won't even let us give him a new set of them. And he has all the liberty he wants on the grounds here, and he can walk or even take a drive if he wishes to, for he is perfectly harmless."
"Perfectly harmless!" repeated Cleary to himself, as he got into his carriage. "What an idea! A perfectly harmless soldier!"

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Crosby, Fanny: Fanny Crosby's Life Story.V1.8 June 2014

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From Wikipedia

[quotFrances Jane van Alstyne née Crosby (March 24, 1820 – February 12, 1915), more commonly known as Fanny Crosby, was an American mission worker, poet, lyricist, and composer. A lifelong Methodist, she was one of the most prolific hymnists in history, writing over 8,000 hymns and gospel songs,with over 100 million copies printed. This is despite her being blind from shortly after birth. Crosby is also known for her preaching, teaching, and her rescue mission work. By the end of the 19th century, she was "a household name".[/quot

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Crosse, Andrew F.: Round About the Carpathians, v.1, 26 April 2008

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Andrew F. Crosse describes his travels through and about the Carpathians, touching on Wallachia, Hungary, and Transylvania starting in the summer of 1875.

Background
This is a re-conversion of Project Gutenberg's text 17972: [Round About the Carpathians[/ by Andrew F. Crosse. I wasn't happy with the version provided by Mobipocket (curse of having a design background) and as well I wanted to teach myself the process of creating an ebook for my Kindle from scratch. In the meantime, enjoy!

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Crownfield, Gertrude: Shadow Witch v1 28 nov 2008

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I was not too sure how to categorize this wonderful book. I never was really sure where to draw the line between fantasy and fairy tale. This is surely a fairy tale, but so detailed and full of picturesque characters that I deemed it fantasy. Here is a short excerpt:

[QUOTCreeping Shadow stood timidly at the gate for a moment, longing yet fearing to enter. How could she dare to hope that the Prince would turn from a place*so bright and joyous to come to the aid of her mistress in a drear and dangerous land?
But the need of the Shadow Witch was too great to be set aside. Her servant cast off her fears and stole silently through the garden and up to the radiant door. Pausing on its threshold, her dark eyes traveled straight down the palace hall to the vast room that opened beyond, and there, upon a tall golden throne, King Red Flame sat. At his right hand stood he whom she had come to seek.
She remembered him well, that brave and handsome Prince, whom her mistress had for a time deluded by her magic in the Land of Shadows. His yellow locks fell as softly over his shoulders, his noble countenance wore the same high look of courage and good cheer as on that day. His scarlet velvet cloak and cap,*his waving feather, were the very same. Close beside him was the Princess, in shining robes, with floating hair of the palest gold.
Never before had the Shadow seen her, but from her charming face, so tender and beautiful, she knew that it could be none else, knew, also, that no cry for help and pity could come to her in vain.[/QUOT
You shouldn't miss this one under any pretext. If I ever saw a pleasurable read, this is one. This is a classic in it's own right.

Got it from PG, gave it the MTH treatment, added cover (illustrated)

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Cullum, Ridgwell: In the Brooding Wild. v1. 29 Dec 2012

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Ridgwell Cullum, (1867-1943,4was a British adventurer who left England at age seventeen to go gold-prospecting in the Transvaal. He then removed to the Cape of Good Hope, where he joined up with a league of freebooters fighting against the Boers. Unable to keep still, he crossed the seas and settled in the Yukon region of Canada. During his stay in that area, he narrowly escaped starving to death. He next crossed the Canadian border, and became a successful cattle-rancher in Montana. It is said that during this period he took part in Sioux uprisings on the Pine Ridge and Rosebud reservations. In 1903, Cullum published his first novel, The Devil's Keg. After its immediate success, Cullum decided to become a full-time writer. Dozens of novels followed throughout a career of nearly forty years. His principal early works include, Hound from the North (1904), The Night Riders (1906), and The Compact (1909). In 1931, these, along with The Purchase Price (1917), were published in an omnibus edition of his works. Despite Zane Grey's success in England, Cullum continued to hold his own in sales and popularity. His characters are larger-than-life, his descriptions vivid, and his plot mechanisms fool-proof.

Excerpt
To the spirit which broods over the stupendous solitudes of the northern Rockies, the soul of man, with all its complex impulses, is but so much plastic material which it shapes to its own inscrutable ends. For the man whose lot is cast in the heart of these wilds, the drama of life usually moves with a tremendous simplicity toward the sudden and sombre tragedy of the last act. The titanic world in which he lives closes in upon him and makes him its own. For him, among the ancient watch-towers of the earth, the innumerable interests and activities of swarming cities, the restless tides and currents of an eager civilization, take on the remoteness of a dream. The peace or war of nations is less to him than the battles of Wing and Fur. His interests are all in that world over which he seeks to rule by the law of trap and gun, and in the war of defence which he wages against the aggression of the elements. He returns insensibly to the type of the primitive man, strong, patient, and enduring..

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Cullum, Ridgwell: The Forfeit. v1. 28 Dec 2012

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Ridgwell Cullum, (1867-1943,4was a British adventurer who left England at age seventeen to go gold-prospecting in the Transvaal. He then removed to the Cape of Good Hope, where he joined up with a league of freebooters fighting against the Boers. Unable to keep still, he crossed the seas and settled in the Yukon region of Canada. During his stay in that area, he narrowly escaped starving to death. He next crossed the Canadian border, and became a successful cattle-rancher in Montana. It is said that during this period he took part in Sioux uprisings on the Pine Ridge and Rosebud reservations. In 1903, Cullum published his first novel, The Devil's Keg. After its immediate success, Cullum decided to become a full-time writer. Dozens of novels followed throughout a career of nearly forty years. His principal early works include, Hound from the North (1904), The Night Riders (1906), and The Compact (1909). In 1931, these, along with The Purchase Price (1917), were published in an omnibus edition of his works. Despite Zane Grey's success in England, Cullum continued to hold his own in sales and popularity. His characters are larger-than-life, his descriptions vivid, and his plot mechanisms fool-proof.

Excerpt
A companionable silence prevailed in the room. At intervals it was broken, but only by the rustle of paper or the striking of a match. The heavy breathing, almost amounting to a snore, of one of the two men, and the inarticulate protests of a laboring "rocker" chair—these things were only a part of it.
The man at the table was deeply immersed in a miniature sea of calculations. His fair brows were drawn in deep concentration. Frequently he was at great pains to relight a pipe which contained nothing but charred remnants of tobacco and a moist, unsmokable mixture which afforded only a somewhat offensive taste and aroma.

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Cullum, Ridgwell: The Golden Woman. v1. 29 Dec 2012

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Ridgwell Cullum, (1867-1943,4was a British adventurer who left England at age seventeen to go gold-prospecting in the Transvaal. He then removed to the Cape of Good Hope, where he joined up with a league of freebooters fighting against the Boers. Unable to keep still, he crossed the seas and settled in the Yukon region of Canada. During his stay in that area, he narrowly escaped starving to death. He next crossed the Canadian border, and became a successful cattle-rancher in Montana. It is said that during this period he took part in Sioux uprisings on the Pine Ridge and Rosebud reservations. In 1903, Cullum published his first novel, The Devil's Keg. After its immediate success, Cullum decided to become a full-time writer. Dozens of novels followed throughout a career of nearly forty years. His principal early works include, Hound from the North (1904), The Night Riders (1906), and The Compact (1909). In 1931, these, along with The Purchase Price (1917), were published in an omnibus edition of his works. Despite Zane Grey's success in England, Cullum continued to hold his own in sales and popularity. His characters are larger-than-life, his descriptions vivid, and his plot mechanisms fool-proof.

Excerpt
An elderly woman looked up from the crystal globe before her. The sound of horse’s hoofs, clattering up to the veranda, had caught her attention. But the hard, gray eyes had not yet recovered their normal frigidity of expression. There were still traces in them of the groping mind, searching on, amidst the chaos of a world unseen. Nor was Mercy Lascelles posing at the trade which yielded her something more than her daily bread. She had no reason for pose. She was an ardent and proficient student of that remote science which has for its field of research the border-land between earthly life and the ultimate.

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Cullum, Ridgwell: The Heart of Unaga. v1. 29 Dec 2012

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Ridgwell Cullum, (1867-1943,4was a British adventurer who left England at age seventeen to go gold-prospecting in the Transvaal. He then removed to the Cape of Good Hope, where he joined up with a league of freebooters fighting against the Boers. Unable to keep still, he crossed the seas and settled in the Yukon region of Canada. During his stay in that area, he narrowly escaped starving to death. He next crossed the Canadian border, and became a successful cattle-rancher in Montana. It is said that during this period he took part in Sioux uprisings on the Pine Ridge and Rosebud reservations. In 1903, Cullum published his first novel, The Devil's Keg. After its immediate success, Cullum decided to become a full-time writer. Dozens of novels followed throughout a career of nearly forty years. His principal early works include, Hound from the North (1904), The Night Riders (1906), and The Compact (1909). In 1931, these, along with The Purchase Price (1917), were published in an omnibus edition of his works. Despite Zane Grey's success in England, Cullum continued to hold his own in sales and popularity. His characters are larger-than-life, his descriptions vivid, and his plot mechanisms fool-proof.

Excerpt
Steve Allenwood raked the fire together. A shower of sparks flew up and cascaded in the still air of the summer night. A moment later his smiling eyes were peering through the thin veil of smoke at the two dusky figures beyond the fire. They were Indian figures, huddled down on their haunches, with their moccasined feet in dangerous proximity to the live cinders strewn upon the ground.

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Cullum, Ridgwell: The Hound From The North. v1. 29 Dec2012

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Ridgwell Cullum, (1867-1943,4was a British adventurer who left England at age seventeen to go gold-prospecting in the Transvaal. He then removed to the Cape of Good Hope, where he joined up with a league of freebooters fighting against the Boers. Unable to keep still, he crossed the seas and settled in the Yukon region of Canada. During his stay in that area, he narrowly escaped starving to death. He next crossed the Canadian border, and became a successful cattle-rancher in Montana. It is said that during this period he took part in Sioux uprisings on the Pine Ridge and Rosebud reservations. In 1903, Cullum published his first novel, The Devil's Keg. After its immediate success, Cullum decided to become a full-time writer. Dozens of novels followed throughout a career of nearly forty years. His principal early works include, Hound from the North (1904), The Night Riders (1906), and The Compact (1909). In 1931, these, along with The Purchase Price (1917), were published in an omnibus edition of his works. Despite Zane Grey's success in England, Cullum continued to hold his own in sales and popularity. His characters are larger-than-life, his descriptions vivid, and his plot mechanisms fool-proof.

Excerpt
A pallid sun, low, gleaming just over a rampart of mountain-tops. Sundogs––heralds of stormy weather––fiercely staring, like sentries, upon either hand of the mighty sphere of light. Vast glaciers shimmering jewel-like in the steely light of the semi-Arctic evening. Black belts of gloomy pinewoods on the lower slopes of the mountains; the trees snow-burdened, but black with the darkness of night in their melancholy depths. The earth white; snow to the thickness of many feet on all. Life none; not a beast of the earth, nor a fowl of the air, nor the hum of an insect. Solitude. Cold––grey, pitiless cold. Night is approaching.

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Cullum, Ridgwell: The Law-Breakers. v1. 30 Dec 2010

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Ridgwell Cullum, (1867-1943,4was a British adventurer who left England at age seventeen to go gold-prospecting in the Transvaal. He then removed to the Cape of Good Hope, where he joined up with a league of freebooters fighting against the Boers. Unable to keep still, he crossed the seas and settled in the Yukon region of Canada. During his stay in that area, he narrowly escaped starving to death. He next crossed the Canadian border, and became a successful cattle-rancher in Montana. It is said that during this period he took part in Sioux uprisings on the Pine Ridge and Rosebud reservations. In 1903, Cullum published his first novel, The Devil's Keg. After its immediate success, Cullum decided to become a full-time writer. Dozens of novels followed throughout a career of nearly forty years. His principal early works include, Hound from the North (1904), The Night Riders (1906), and The Compact (1909). In 1931, these, along with The Purchase Price (1917), were published in an omnibus edition of his works. Despite Zane Grey's success in England, Cullum continued to hold his own in sales and popularity. His characters are larger-than-life, his descriptions vivid, and his plot mechanisms fool-proof.

Excerpt
There was no shade anywhere. The terrible glare of the summer sun beat down upon the whole length of the wooden platform at Amberley. Hot as was the dry, bracing air, it was incomparable with the blistering intensity of heat reflected from the planking, which burned through to the soles of the feet of the uniformed man who paced its length, slowly, patiently.

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Cullum, Ridgwell: The Man in the Twilight. v1. 30 Dec 2012

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Ridgwell Cullum, (1867-1943,4was a British adventurer who left England at age seventeen to go gold-prospecting in the Transvaal. He then removed to the Cape of Good Hope, where he joined up with a league of freebooters fighting against the Boers. Unable to keep still, he crossed the seas and settled in the Yukon region of Canada. During his stay in that area, he narrowly escaped starving to death. He next crossed the Canadian border, and became a successful cattle-rancher in Montana. It is said that during this period he took part in Sioux uprisings on the Pine Ridge and Rosebud reservations. In 1903, Cullum published his first novel, The Devil's Keg. After its immediate success, Cullum decided to become a full-time writer. Dozens of novels followed throughout a career of nearly forty years. His principal early works include, Hound from the North (1904), The Night Riders (1906), and The Compact (1909). In 1931, these, along with The Purchase Price (1917), were published in an omnibus edition of his works. Despite Zane Grey's success in England, Cullum continued to hold his own in sales and popularity. His characters are larger-than-life, his descriptions vivid, and his plot mechanisms fool-proof.

Excerpt
They sat squarely gazing into each other's eyes. Bat Marker had only one mood to express. It was a mood that suggested determination to fight to a finish, to fight with the last ounce of strength, the last gasp of breath. He was sitting at the desk, opposite his friend and employer, Leslie Standing, and his small grey eyes were shining coldly under his shaggy, black brows. His broad shoulders were squared aggressively

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Cullum, Ridgwell: The Men Who Wrought. v1. 30 Dec 2012

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Ridgwell Cullum, (1867-1943,4was a British adventurer who left England at age seventeen to go gold-prospecting in the Transvaal. He then removed to the Cape of Good Hope, where he joined up with a league of freebooters fighting against the Boers. Unable to keep still, he crossed the seas and settled in the Yukon region of Canada. During his stay in that area, he narrowly escaped starving to death. He next crossed the Canadian border, and became a successful cattle-rancher in Montana. It is said that during this period he took part in Sioux uprisings on the Pine Ridge and Rosebud reservations. In 1903, Cullum published his first novel, The Devil's Keg. After its immediate success, Cullum decided to become a full-time writer. Dozens of novels followed throughout a career of nearly forty years. His principal early works include, Hound from the North (1904), The Night Riders (1906), and The Compact (1909). In 1931, these, along with The Purchase Price (1917), were published in an omnibus edition of his works. Despite Zane Grey's success in England, Cullum continued to hold his own in sales and popularity. His characters are larger-than-life, his descriptions vivid, and his plot mechanisms fool-proof.

Excerpt
"Amongst the many uncertainties which this deplorable, patched-up peace has brought us, there is, at least, one significant certainty, my boy. It's the inventor. He's buzzing about our heads like a fly in summer-time, and he's just about as—sticky."
Sir Andrew Farlow sighed. His sigh was an expression of relief; relief at the thought that he and his son, dining together at Dorby Towers for the first time since the dissolution of Parliament had released the latter from his political duties, had at last reached the end of a long discussion of the position brought about by the hopelessly patched-up peace, which, for the moment, had suspended the three years of terrible hostilities which had hurled the whole of Europe headlong over the precipice of ruin.

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Cullum, Ridgwell: The Night Riders v1 22 jul 2009

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Ridgwell Cullum (1867-1943) was a prolific writer of western and adventure novels.

The Night Riders is subtitled "A Romance of early Montana" and draws a very romanticised, but enjoyable picture of life in the early West. This novel is lightly illustrated and features the original cover. Source: PG

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Cullum, Ridgwell: The One-Way Trail. v1. 1 Jan 2013

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Ridgwell Cullum, (1867-1943,4was a British adventurer who left England at age seventeen to go gold-prospecting in the Transvaal. He then removed to the Cape of Good Hope, where he joined up with a league of freebooters fighting against the Boers. Unable to keep still, he crossed the seas and settled in the Yukon region of Canada. During his stay in that area, he narrowly escaped starving to death. He next crossed the Canadian border, and became a successful cattle-rancher in Montana. It is said that during this period he took part in Sioux uprisings on the Pine Ridge and Rosebud reservations. In 1903, Cullum published his first novel, The Devil's Keg. After its immediate success, Cullum decided to become a full-time writer. Dozens of novels followed throughout a career of nearly forty years. His principal early works include, Hound from the North (1904), The Night Riders (1906), and The Compact (1909). In 1931, these, along with The Purchase Price (1917), were published in an omnibus edition of his works. Despite Zane Grey's success in England, Cullum continued to hold his own in sales and popularity. His characters are larger-than-life, his descriptions vivid, and his plot mechanisms fool-proof.

Excerpt
The collected art on the walls consisted of two rareties. One was a torn print of a woman’s figure, classically indecent with regard to apparel; and the other was a fly-disfigured portrait of a sweet-faced old lady, whose refinement and dignity of expression suggested surroundings of a far more delicate nature than those in which she now found herself. Besides these, a brace of ivory-butted revolvers served to ornament the wall at the head of the bed. And a stack of five or six repeating rifles littered an adjacent corner.

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Cullum, Ridgwell: The Son of his Father. v1. 1 Jan 2013

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Ridgwell Cullum, (1867-1943,4was a British adventurer who left England at age seventeen to go gold-prospecting in the Transvaal. He then removed to the Cape of Good Hope, where he joined up with a league of freebooters fighting against the Boers. Unable to keep still, he crossed the seas and settled in the Yukon region of Canada. During his stay in that area, he narrowly escaped starving to death. He next crossed the Canadian border, and became a successful cattle-rancher in Montana. It is said that during this period he took part in Sioux uprisings on the Pine Ridge and Rosebud reservations. In 1903, Cullum published his first novel, The Devil's Keg. After its immediate success, Cullum decided to become a full-time writer. Dozens of novels followed throughout a career of nearly forty years. His principal early works include, Hound from the North (1904), The Night Riders (1906), and The Compact (1909). In 1931, these, along with The Purchase Price (1917), were published in an omnibus edition of his works. Despite Zane Grey's success in England, Cullum continued to hold his own in sales and popularity. His characters are larger-than-life, his descriptions vivid, and his plot mechanisms fool-proof.

Excerpt
"Since Cain got busy shooting up his brother Abel, since Delilah became a slave to the tonsorial art and practiced on Samson, since Jael turned her carpentering stunts to considerable account by hammering tacks into poor Sisera's head, right through the long ages down to the record-breaking achievements of the champion prevaricator Ananias, I guess the crookedness of human nature has progressed until it has reached the pitch of a fine art, such as is practiced by legislators, diplomats and New York police officers.

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Cullum, Ridgwell: The Story of the Foss River Ranch. v1. 2 Jan 2013

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Ridgwell Cullum, (1867-1943,4was a British adventurer who left England at age seventeen to go gold-prospecting in the Transvaal. He then removed to the Cape of Good Hope, where he joined up with a league of freebooters fighting against the Boers. Unable to keep still, he crossed the seas and settled in the Yukon region of Canada. During his stay in that area, he narrowly escaped starving to death. He next crossed the Canadian border, and became a successful cattle-rancher in Montana. It is said that during this period he took part in Sioux uprisings on the Pine Ridge and Rosebud reservations. In 1903, Cullum published his first novel, The Devil's Keg. After its immediate success, Cullum decided to become a full-time writer. Dozens of novels followed throughout a career of nearly forty years. His principal early works include, Hound from the North (1904), The Night Riders (1906), and The Compact (1909). In 1931, these, along with The Purchase Price (1917), were published in an omnibus edition of his works. Despite Zane Grey's success in England, Cullum continued to hold his own in sales and popularity. His characters are larger-than-life, his descriptions vivid, and his plot mechanisms fool-proof.

Excerpt
"My dear Mrs. Abbot, it is a matter which is quite out of my province," said John Allandale, in answer to a remark from his companion. He was leaning over the cushioned back of the Chesterfield upon which an old lady was seated, and gazing smilingly over at a group of young people standing at the opposite end of the room. "Jacky is one of those young ladies whose strength of character carries her beyond the control of mere man. Yes, I know what you would say," as Mrs. Abbot glanced up into his face with a look of mildly-expressed wonder; "it is true I am her uncle and guardian, but, nevertheless, I should no more dream of interfering with her—what shall we say?—love affairs, than suggest her incapacity to 'boss' a 'round up' worked by a crowd of Mexican greasers."

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Cullum, Ridgwell: The Trail of the Axe. v1. 2 Jan 2013

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Ridgwell Cullum, (1867-1943,4was a British adventurer who left England at age seventeen to go gold-prospecting in the Transvaal. He then removed to the Cape of Good Hope, where he joined up with a league of freebooters fighting against the Boers. Unable to keep still, he crossed the seas and settled in the Yukon region of Canada. During his stay in that area, he narrowly escaped starving to death. He next crossed the Canadian border, and became a successful cattle-rancher in Montana. It is said that during this period he took part in Sioux uprisings on the Pine Ridge and Rosebud reservations. In 1903, Cullum published his first novel, The Devil's Keg. After its immediate success, Cullum decided to become a full-time writer. Dozens of novels followed throughout a career of nearly forty years. His principal early works include, Hound from the North (1904), The Night Riders (1906), and The Compact (1909). In 1931, these, along with The Purchase Price (1917), were published in an omnibus edition of his works. Despite Zane Grey's success in England, Cullum continued to hold his own in sales and popularity. His characters are larger-than-life, his descriptions vivid, and his plot mechanisms fool-proof.

Excerpt
She answered their challenge at once, but now there was a great change in her manner. She no longer laughed at them. She no longer carried things with a high hand. She intended going up to the camps, but it almost seemed as though she desired their justification to support her decision. Somehow that tour of the mills at Dave's side had lessened her belief in herself.

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Cullum, Ridgwell: The Triumph of John Kars. v1. 3 Jan 2013

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Ridgwell Cullum, (1867-1943,4was a British adventurer who left England at age seventeen to go gold-prospecting in the Transvaal. He then removed to the Cape of Good Hope, where he joined up with a league of freebooters fighting against the Boers. Unable to keep still, he crossed the seas and settled in the Yukon region of Canada. During his stay in that area, he narrowly escaped starving to death. He next crossed the Canadian border, and became a successful cattle-rancher in Montana. It is said that during this period he took part in Sioux uprisings on the Pine Ridge and Rosebud reservations. In 1903, Cullum published his first novel, The Devil's Keg. After its immediate success, Cullum decided to become a full-time writer. Dozens of novels followed throughout a career of nearly forty years. His principal early works include, Hound from the North (1904), The Night Riders (1906), and The Compact (1909). In 1931, these, along with The Purchase Price (1917), were published in an omnibus edition of his works. Despite Zane Grey's success in England, Cullum continued to hold his own in sales and popularity. His characters are larger-than-life, his descriptions vivid, and his plot mechanisms fool-proof.

Excerpt
For Father José the work was not without its compensations. His grief at Allan's dreadful end had been almost overwhelming, and the work in which he found himself involved had come as a help at the moment it was most needed. Then there was Ailsa, and Jessie, and Alec. His work helped to keep him from becoming a daily witness of their terrible distress. Furthermore, there were surprises for him in the pages of the great ledgers at the Fort. Surprises of such a nature that he began to wonder if he were still living in the days of miracles, or if he were simply the victim of hallucination.

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Cullum, Ridgwell: The Twins of Suffering Creek, v1. 3 Jan 2013

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Ridgwell Cullum, (1867-1943,4was a British adventurer who left England at age seventeen to go gold-prospecting in the Transvaal. He then removed to the Cape of Good Hope, where he joined up with a league of freebooters fighting against the Boers. Unable to keep still, he crossed the seas and settled in the Yukon region of Canada. During his stay in that area, he narrowly escaped starving to death. He next crossed the Canadian border, and became a successful cattle-rancher in Montana. It is said that during this period he took part in Sioux uprisings on the Pine Ridge and Rosebud reservations. In 1903, Cullum published his first novel, The Devil's Keg. After its immediate success, Cullum decided to become a full-time writer. Dozens of novels followed throughout a career of nearly forty years. His principal early works include, Hound from the North (1904), The Night Riders (1906), and The Compact (1909). In 1931, these, along with The Purchase Price (1917), were published in an omnibus edition of his works. Despite Zane Grey's success in England, Cullum continued to hold his own in sales and popularity. His characters are larger-than-life, his descriptions vivid, and his plot mechanisms fool-proof.

Excerpt
Scipio moved about the room uncertainly. It was characteristic of him. Nature had given him an expression that suggested bewilderment, and, somehow, this expression had got into his movements.
He was swabbing the floor with a rag mop; a voluntary task, undertaken to relieve his wife, who was lounging over the glowing cookstove, reading a cheap story book. Once or twice he paused in his labors, and his mild, questioning blue eyes sought the woman’s intent face. His stubby, work-soiled fingers would rake their way through his straw-colored hair, which grew sparsely and defiantly, standing out at every possible unnatural angle, and the mop would again flap into the muddy water, and continue its process of smearing the rough boarded floor.

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Cullum, Ridgwell: The Watchers of the Plains. v1. 28 Dec 201

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Ridgwell Cullum, (1867-1943,4was a British adventurer who left England at age seventeen to go gold-prospecting in the Transvaal. He then removed to the Cape of Good Hope, where he joined up with a league of freebooters fighting against the Boers. Unable to keep still, he crossed the seas and settled in the Yukon region of Canada. During his stay in that area, he narrowly escaped starving to death. He next crossed the Canadian border, and became a successful cattle-rancher in Montana. It is said that during this period he took part in Sioux uprisings on the Pine Ridge and Rosebud reservations. In 1903, Cullum published his first novel, The Devil's Keg. After its immediate success, Cullum decided to become a full-time writer. Dozens of novels followed throughout a career of nearly forty years. His principal early works include, Hound from the North (1904), The Night Riders (1906), and The Compact (1909). In 1931, these, along with The Purchase Price (1917), were published in an omnibus edition of his works. Despite Zane Grey's success in England, Cullum continued to hold his own in sales and popularity. His characters are larger-than-life, his descriptions vivid, and his plot mechanisms fool-proof.

Excerpt
The dark, evil-smelling interior was lit only by the smouldering embers of a small wood-fire in the centre of the great circle. Though it was summer these red heritors of the land could not do without their fire at night-time, any more than they could do without their skins and frowsy blankets. Nevil Steyne glanced swiftly over the dimly outlined faces he saw looming in the shadows. The scene was a familiar one to him, and each face he beheld was familiar. The puffy, broad face of the great chief, the fierce, aquiline features of the stripling who was sitting beside him, and who was Big Wolf’s fifteen-year-old son, and the dusky, delicate, high-caste features of the old man’s lovely daughter, Wanaha.

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Cullum, Ridgwell: The Way of the Strong. v1. 27 Dec 2012

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Ridgwell Cullum, (1867-1943,4was a British adventurer who left England at age seventeen to go gold-prospecting in the Transvaal. He then removed to the Cape of Good Hope, where he joined up with a league of freebooters fighting against the Boers. Unable to keep still, he crossed the seas and settled in the Yukon region of Canada. During his stay in that area, he narrowly escaped starving to death. He next crossed the Canadian border, and became a successful cattle-rancher in Montana. It is said that during this period he took part in Sioux uprisings on the Pine Ridge and Rosebud reservations. In 1903, Cullum published his first novel, The Devil's Keg. After its immediate success, Cullum decided to become a full-time writer. Dozens of novels followed throughout a career of nearly forty years. His principal early works include, Hound from the North (1904), The Night Riders (1906), and The Compact (1909). In 1931, these, along with The Purchase Price (1917), were published in an omnibus edition of his works. Despite Zane Grey's success in England, Cullum continued to hold his own in sales and popularity. His characters are larger-than-life, his descriptions vivid, and his plot mechanisms fool-proof.

Excerpt
The load on the sled was nearing completion. The tough-looking, keen-eyed man bestowed his chattels with a care and skill which told of long experience, and a profound knowledge of the country through which he had to travel. Silently he passed back and forth between the sled and the weather-battered shelter which had been his home for more than three years. His moccasined feet gave out no sound; his voice was silent under the purpose which occupied all his thought. He was leaving the desert heart of the Yukon to face the perils of the winter trail. He was about to embark for the storm-riven shores of the Alaskan coast.

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Cummins, Maria S: The Lamplighter, v1, 26 March 2010.

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Maria S. Cummins [1827–1866]
The Lamplighter [1854]

A Bildungsroman, telling how an abused orphan is adopted by a lamplighter, and learns Christian principles from a blind woman, and then spreads goodness and light to others. The novel uses a lot of metaphors about light.

From Wikipedia:
The Lamplighter is a sentimental novel written by Maria Susanna Cummins published on March 1, 1854. The Lamplighter was Cummins's first novel and was an immediate best-seller, selling 20,000 copies in twenty days. The work sold 40,000 in eight weeks, and within five months it had sold 65,000. At the time it was second in sales only to Harriet Beecher Stowe's Uncle Tom's Cabin. It sold over 100,000 copies in Britain and was translated into multiple different languages.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Lamplighter

This was converted at the request of a member. I have preserved the original typography, so “haven’t” appears as “have n’t”. I’ve also added a few pictures, as well as a cover, TOC etc..

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Cuppy, Will: How to be a Hermit (1929); v1; 2 Jan 2020

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Will Cuppy (1884-1949) was an American journalist and humorist, whose great strength was writing very funny but factual articles. He was also something of a loner, and set up a shanty on an sandy island off Long Island where he lived from 1921-29. When the area became part of the Jones Beach State Park, Cuppy was given a special dispensation to keep his shack, and he visited it regularly until his death.

This book was a best-seller, racing through 6 printings in 4 months, describing his life as a self-avowed hermit.

1: I Discover My Island
2: Be It Ever So Humble
3: Living From Can To Mouth
4: My Kitchen Beautiful
5: Confessions Of A Sardine Fiend
6: Hard-Boiled Recipes
7: The Home In Bum Taste
8: Coffee, please!
9: Diogenes, Or The Future Of Housekeeping
10: The Secret Of Frederick Barbarossa
11: The Hermit's Emergency Shelf
12: The Duke's Dilemma
13: A Few Hints On Etiquette
14: Spinach And The Good Life
15: Literature And Other Spinach
16: Watch Your Budget
17: Simplified Clams
18: Bedrooms Are What You Make Them
19: Consider The Lettuce
20: A Plea For Better Batter
21: Perils Of The Home
22: Down with Brillat-Savarin!
23: How To Entertain
24: So Why Be President?
25: What Cabbage Has Meant To Me
26: Next To Godliness
27: If Christmas Comes
28: The Feast Of The Bean
29: If You Have Tears

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Cuppy, Will: How to be a Hermit, v.1, 30 Oct 2007.

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How to be a Hermit, or A Bachelor keeps House.
First published in 1929.

I couldn’t resist a title like that.It seems to be a humorous book of domestic management for bachelors.

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Curry, S S: How to Add Ten Years to Your Life, v1, 18 Sept 2007.

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S. S. CURRY, Ph.D., Litt.D.
‘HOW TO ADD TEN YEARS TO YOUR LIFE, AND TO DOUBLE ITS SATISFACTIONS’ [sic]
(1915)

Another in our ongoing series of debatably useful self-help books.

This one has a memorable chapter 6, with sections on ‘How to Stand’, ‘How to Walk’, ‘How to Sit’ and even ‘How to Lie Down’ – all activities I believe that I have successfully managed without instruction.

There is a lot of information on ‘How to Breathe’. When I stop doing this, I don’t suppose it will be for want of advice.

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Curties, Captain Henry: A Queen's Error (1911); v1; 4 April 2021

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A quite typical adventure yarn in the Ruritanian mould, except in this case Ruritania is a former Kingdom in South America.

A British chap comes to the rescue of a lady, and becomes entwined in an elaborate plot which takes him to Aquazilia, the mythical South American republic, formerly a Kingdom; and thence back to UK for the climax.

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Curtis, George William: From the Easy Chair, vol 1. v1, 11 Jan 2008

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George William Curtis (February 24, 1824 - August 31, 1892) was an American writer and public speaker, born in Providence, Rhode Island, of old New England stock.

In 1863 he became the political editor of Harper's Weekly, which was highly influential in shaping public opinion. Curtis's writing was always clear and direct, displaying fairness of mind and good temper. He had high moral standards. From month to month he contributed to Harper's Monthly, under the title of "The Easy Chair," brief essays on topics of social and literary interest, charming in style, touched with delicate humour and instinct with generous spirit.

The August 27, 1893 edition of the New York Times had this to say about the book:

Easily slips this little book into the fluent literature of the hour. Convenient in size, delightful in form, ready on a moment's notice to give a half day or a half hour of pleasure, appealing to the most fastidious and difficult of refined tastes, yet with food for the multitude of average readers, it will fill its place gracefully and meet with its welcome from the West and East, from the North and South.

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Curwood, James Oliver: Back to God's Country (1920); v1; 19 May 2021

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In 1919 a hit silent movie was made of the 1918 title story, and in 1920 Curwood prepared a short story collection using "Back to God's Country" as a title and illustrated with stills from the movie. Unfortunately I couldn't find the appropriate stills. The stories are all set in the northwest of Canada, in the days of the Northwest Mounted Police, fur trapping, and snowed-in outposts.

1: Back to God's Country
2: The Yellow-Back
3: The Fiddling Man
4: L'Ange
5: The Case of Beauvais
6: The Other Man's Wife
7: The Strength of Men
8: The Match
9: The Honor of Her People
10: Bucky Severn
11: His First Penitent
12: Peter God
13: The Mouse

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Curwood, James Oliver: Baree, Son of Kazan. V1. 13 Jan 2009

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James Oliver Curwood, (June 12, 1878 – August 13, 1927), was an American novelist and conservationist.
A great number of his works were turned into movies, several of which starred Nell Shipman as a brave and adventurous woman in the wilds of the north. Many films from Curwood's writings were made during his lifetime, as well as after his passing through to the 1950s. In 1988 French director Jean-Jacques Annaud used his 1916 novel, The Grizzly King to make the film The Bear. Annaud's success generated a renewed interest in Curwood's stories that resulted in five more films being produced in 1994 and 1995.
James Oliver Curwood lived most of his life in Owosso, Michigan, where he was born on June 12, 1878. His first novel was The Courage of Captain Plum (1908) and he published one or two novels each year thereafter, until his death on August 13, 1927. Owosso residents honor his name to this day, and Curwood Castle (built in 1922) is the town's main tourist attraction. During the 1920s Curwood became one of America's best selling and most highly paid authors. This was the decade of his lasting classics The Valley of Silent Men (1920) and The Flaming Forest (1921). He and his wife Ethel were outdoors fanatics and active conservationists.

The thrilling story of a half-tame, half-wild wolf pup, who must survive alone in the wild, encountering other creatures and eventually humans, including a sinister trapper and a young girl from whom he learns love, compassion, and loyalty.

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Curwood, James Oliver: Flower of the North. V1. 13 Jan 2009

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James Oliver Curwood, (June 12, 1878 – August 13, 1927), was an American novelist and conservationist.
A great number of his works were turned into movies, several of which starred Nell Shipman as a brave and adventurous woman in the wilds of the north. Many films from Curwood's writings were made during his lifetime, as well as after his passing through to the 1950s. In 1988 French director Jean-Jacques Annaud used his 1916 novel, The Grizzly King to make the film The Bear. Annaud's success generated a renewed interest in Curwood's stories that resulted in five more films being produced in 1994 and 1995.
James Oliver Curwood lived most of his life in Owosso, Michigan, where he was born on June 12, 1878. His first novel was The Courage of Captain Plum (1908) and he published one or two novels each year thereafter, until his death on August 13, 1927. Owosso residents honor his name to this day, and Curwood Castle (built in 1922) is the town's main tourist attraction. During the 1920s Curwood became one of America's best selling and most highly paid authors. This was the decade of his lasting classics The Valley of Silent Men (1920) and The Flaming Forest (1921). He and his wife Ethel were outdoors fanatics and active conservationists.

The boy's white teeth gleamed in a laugh as he waved his hand and leaped farther away. From Philip his eyes shifted in a quick, searching glance to the top of the cliff. In a flash Philip followed its direction. He understood the meaning of the look. From the cliff Jeanne and Pierre had seen his approach, and their meeting with the Indian boy had made it possible for them to intercept him in this manner.

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Curwood, James Oliver: God's Country—And the Woman. V1. 13 Jan 2009

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James Oliver Curwood, (June 12, 1878 – August 13, 1927), was an American novelist and conservationist.
A great number of his works were turned into movies, several of which starred Nell Shipman as a brave and adventurous woman in the wilds of the north. Many films from Curwood's writings were made during his lifetime, as well as after his passing through to the 1950s. In 1988 French director Jean-Jacques Annaud used his 1916 novel, The Grizzly King to make the film The Bear. Annaud's success generated a renewed interest in Curwood's stories that resulted in five more films being produced in 1994 and 1995.
James Oliver Curwood lived most of his life in Owosso, Michigan, where he was born on June 12, 1878. His first novel was The Courage of Captain Plum (1908) and he published one or two novels each year thereafter, until his death on August 13, 1927. Owosso residents honor his name to this day, and Curwood Castle (built in 1922) is the town's main tourist attraction. During the 1920s Curwood became one of America's best selling and most highly paid authors. This was the decade of his lasting classics The Valley of Silent Men (1920) and The Flaming Forest (1921). He and his wife Ethel were outdoors fanatics and active conservationists.

The Movie Plot
Jefferson Russett runs a logging company; his brother, Steve, is the prodigal son. Jeff cuts off his allowance and puts him to work, but on his first day, he is tricked into signing a contract allowing arch-rivals Barton Logging to use Russett railways. Jeff hauls Steve up to the logging camp, but he steals a plane. It runs out of gas in Barton territory, where spitfire Jo is running the camp. Naturally, this shrew must be tamed, so Steve, calling himself Steve Martin, sets out to do just that as he's trapped in the camp for two months until the next boat anyhow. Written by Jon Reeves {jreeves@imdb.com}

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Curwood, James Oliver: Isobel. V2. 18 Jan 2009

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James Oliver Curwood, (June 12, 1878 – August 13, 1927), was an American novelist and conservationist.
A great number of his works were turned into movies, several of which starred Nell Shipman as a brave and adventurous woman in the wilds of the north. Many films from Curwood's writings were made during his lifetime, as well as after his passing through to the 1950s. In 1988 French director Jean-Jacques Annaud used his 1916 novel, The Grizzly King to make the film The Bear. Annaud's success generated a renewed interest in Curwood's stories that resulted in five more films being produced in 1994 and 1995.
James Oliver Curwood lived most of his life in Owosso, Michigan, where he was born on June 12, 1878. His first novel was The Courage of Captain Plum (1908) and he published one or two novels each year thereafter, until his death on August 13, 1927. Owosso residents honor his name to this day, and Curwood Castle (built in 1922) is the town's main tourist attraction. During the 1920s Curwood became one of America's best selling and most highly paid authors. This was the decade of his lasting classics The Valley of Silent Men (1920) and The Flaming Forest (1921). He and his wife Ethel were outdoors fanatics and active conservationists.

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At Point Fullerton, one thousand miles straight north of civilization, Sergeant William MacVeigh wrote with the stub end of a pencil between his fingers the last words of his semi-annual report to the Commissioner of the Royal Northwest Mounted Police at Regina.

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Curwood, James Oliver: Kazan. V1. 14 Jan 2009

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James Oliver Curwood, (June 12, 1878 – August 13, 1927), was an American novelist and conservationist.
A great number of his works were turned into movies, several of which starred Nell Shipman as a brave and adventurous woman in the wilds of the north. Many films from Curwood's writings were made during his lifetime, as well as after his passing through to the 1950s. In 1988 French director Jean-Jacques Annaud used his 1916 novel, The Grizzly King to make the film The Bear. Annaud's success generated a renewed interest in Curwood's stories that resulted in five more films being produced in 1994 and 1995.
James Oliver Curwood lived most of his life in Owosso, Michigan, where he was born on June 12, 1878. His first novel was The Courage of Captain Plum (1908) and he published one or two novels each year thereafter, until his death on August 13, 1927. Owosso residents honor his name to this day, and Curwood Castle (built in 1922) is the town's main tourist attraction. During the 1920s Curwood became one of America's best selling and most highly paid authors. This was the decade of his lasting classics The Valley of Silent Men (1920) and The Flaming Forest (1921). He and his wife Ethel were outdoors fanatics and active conservationists.

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On that clear and stormless night following the days of plague and famine, a hundred thousand hungry creatures came out from their retreats to hunt for food. For eighteen hundred miles east and west and a thousand miles north and south, slim gaunt-bellied creatures hunted under the moon and the stars. Something told Kazan and Gray Wolf that this hunt was on, and never for an instant did they cease their vigilance. At last they lay down at the edge of the spruce thicket, and waited. Gray Wolf muzzled Kazan gently with her blind face.

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Curwood, James Oliver: Nomads of the North. V1. 14 Jan 2009

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James Oliver Curwood, (June 12, 1878 – August 13, 1927), was an American novelist and conservationist.
A great number of his works were turned into movies, several of which starred Nell Shipman as a brave and adventurous woman in the wilds of the north. Many films from Curwood's writings were made during his lifetime, as well as after his passing through to the 1950s. In 1988 French director Jean-Jacques Annaud used his 1916 novel, The Grizzly King to make the film The Bear. Annaud's success generated a renewed interest in Curwood's stories that resulted in five more films being produced in 1994 and 1995.
James Oliver Curwood lived most of his life in Owosso, Michigan, where he was born on June 12, 1878. His first novel was The Courage of Captain Plum (1908) and he published one or two novels each year thereafter, until his death on August 13, 1927. Owosso residents honor his name to this day, and Curwood Castle (built in 1922) is the town's main tourist attraction. During the 1920s Curwood became one of America's best selling and most highly paid authors. This was the decade of his lasting classics The Valley of Silent Men (1920) and The Flaming Forest (1921). He and his wife Ethel were outdoors fanatics and active conservationists.

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It was late in the month of March, at the dying-out of the Eagle Moon, that Neewa the black bear cub got his first real look at the world. Noozak, his mother, was an old bear, and like an old person she was filled with rheumatics and the desire to sleep late. So instead of taking a short and ordinary nap of three months this particular winter of little Neewa's birth she slept four, which, made Neewa, who was born while ms mother was sound asleep, a little over two months old instead of six weeks when they came out of den.

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Curwood, James Oliver: Philip Steele. V1. 14 Jan 2009

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James Oliver Curwood, (June 12, 1878 – August 13, 1927), was an American novelist and conservationist.
A great number of his works were turned into movies, several of which starred Nell Shipman as a brave and adventurous woman in the wilds of the north. Many films from Curwood's writings were made during his lifetime, as well as after his passing through to the 1950s. In 1988 French director Jean-Jacques Annaud used his 1916 novel, The Grizzly King to make the film The Bear. Annaud's success generated a renewed interest in Curwood's stories that resulted in five more films being produced in 1994 and 1995.
James Oliver Curwood lived most of his life in Owosso, Michigan, where he was born on June 12, 1878. His first novel was The Courage of Captain Plum (1908) and he published one or two novels each year thereafter, until his death on August 13, 1927. Owosso residents honor his name to this day, and Curwood Castle (built in 1922) is the town's main tourist attraction. During the 1920s Curwood became one of America's best selling and most highly paid authors. This was the decade of his lasting classics The Valley of Silent Men (1920) and The Flaming Forest (1921). He and his wife Ethel were outdoors fanatics and active conservationists.

Short excerpt:
And no one, not even the girl of the hyacinth letter, would have dreamed that the man who was officially listed as Private Phil Steele, of the N.W.M.P., was Philip Steele, millionaire and gentleman adventurer.

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Curwood, James Oliver: The Alaskan. V1. 14 Jan 2009

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James Oliver Curwood, (June 12, 1878 – August 13, 1927), was an American novelist and conservationist.
A great number of his works were turned into movies, several of which starred Nell Shipman as a brave and adventurous woman in the wilds of the north. Many films from Curwood's writings were made during his lifetime, as well as after his passing through to the 1950s. In 1988 French director Jean-Jacques Annaud used his 1916 novel, The Grizzly King to make the film The Bear. Annaud's success generated a renewed interest in Curwood's stories that resulted in five more films being produced in 1994 and 1995.
James Oliver Curwood lived most of his life in Owosso, Michigan, where he was born on June 12, 1878. His first novel was The Courage of Captain Plum (1908) and he published one or two novels each year thereafter, until his death on August 13, 1927. Owosso residents honor his name to this day, and Curwood Castle (built in 1922) is the town's main tourist attraction. During the 1920s Curwood became one of America's best selling and most highly paid authors. This was the decade of his lasting classics The Valley of Silent Men (1920) and The Flaming Forest (1921). He and his wife Ethel were outdoors fanatics and active conservationists.

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Captain Rifle, gray and old in the Alaskan Steamship service, had not lost the spirit of his youth along with his years. Romance was not dead in him, and the fire which is built up of clean adventure and the association of strong men and a mighty country had not died out of his veins. He could still see the picturesque, feel the thrill of the unusual, and--at times--warm memories crowded upon him so closely that yesterday seemed today, and Alaska was young again, thrilling the world with her wild call to those who had courage to come and fight for her treasures, and live--or die.

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Curwood, James Oliver: The Country Beyond. V. 2. 29 July 2009

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James Oliver Curwood, (June 12, 1878 – August 13, 1927), was an American novelist and conservationist.
A great number of his works were turned into movies, several of which starred Nell Shipman as a brave and adventurous woman in the wilds of the north. Many films from Curwood's writings were made during his lifetime, as well as after his passing through to the 1950s. In 1988 French director Jean-Jacques Annaud used his 1916 novel, The Grizzly King to make the film The Bear. Annaud's success generated a renewed interest in Curwood's stories that resulted in five more films being produced in 1994 and 1995.
James Oliver Curwood lived most of his life in Owosso, Michigan, where he was born on June 12, 1878. His first novel was The Courage of Captain Plum (1908) and he published one or two novels each year thereafter, until his death on August 13, 1927. Owosso residents honor his name to this day, and Curwood Castle (built in 1922) is the town's main tourist attraction. During the 1920s Curwood became one of America's best selling and most highly paid authors. This was the decade of his lasting classics The Valley of Silent Men (1920) and The Flaming Forest (1921). He and his wife Ethel were outdoors fanatics and active conservationists.
Excerpt
A glass of wine once lost a kingdom, a nail turned the tide of a mighty battle, and a woman's smile once upon a time destroyed the homes of a million people. Thus have trivial things played their potent parts in the history of human lives; yet these things Peter did not know.

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Curwood, James Oliver: The Courage of Captain Plum. V1. 15 Jan 2009

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James Oliver Curwood, (June 12, 1878 – August 13, 1927), was an American novelist and conservationist.
A great number of his works were turned into movies, several of which starred Nell Shipman as a brave and adventurous woman in the wilds of the north. Many films from Curwood's writings were made during his lifetime, as well as after his passing through to the 1950s. In 1988 French director Jean-Jacques Annaud used his 1916 novel, The Grizzly King to make the film The Bear. Annaud's success generated a renewed interest in Curwood's stories that resulted in five more films being produced in 1994 and 1995.
James Oliver Curwood lived most of his life in Owosso, Michigan, where he was born on June 12, 1878. His first novel was The Courage of Captain Plum (1908) and he published one or two novels each year thereafter, until his death on August 13, 1927. Owosso residents honor his name to this day, and Curwood Castle (built in 1922) is the town's main tourist attraction. During the 1920s Curwood became one of America's best selling and most highly paid authors. This was the decade of his lasting classics The Valley of Silent Men (1920) and The Flaming Forest (1921). He and his wife Ethel were outdoors fanatics and active conservationists.

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On an afternoon in the early summer of 1856 Captain Nathaniel Plum, master and owner of the sloop Typhoon was engaged in nothing more important than the smoking of an enormous pipe. Clouds of strongly odored smoke, tinted with the lights of the setting sun, had risen above his head in unremitting volumes for the last half hour. There was infinite contentment in his face, notwithstanding the fact that he had been meditating on a subject that was not altogether pleasant. But Captain Plum was, in a way, a philosopher, though one would not have guessed this fact from his appearance. He was, in the first place, a young man, not more than eight or nine and twenty, and his strong, rather thin face, tanned by exposure to the sea, was just now lighted up by eyes that shone with an unbounded good humor which any instant might take the form of laughter.

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Curwood, James Oliver: The Danger Trail. V1. 16 Jan 2009

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James Oliver Curwood, (June 12, 1878 – August 13, 1927), was an American novelist and conservationist.
A great number of his works were turned into movies, several of which starred Nell Shipman as a brave and adventurous woman in the wilds of the north. Many films from Curwood's writings were made during his lifetime, as well as after his passing through to the 1950s. In 1988 French director Jean-Jacques Annaud used his 1916 novel, The Grizzly King to make the film The Bear. Annaud's success generated a renewed interest in Curwood's stories that resulted in five more films being produced in 1994 and 1995.
James Oliver Curwood lived most of his life in Owosso, Michigan, where he was born on June 12, 1878. His first novel was The Courage of Captain Plum (1908) and he published one or two novels each year thereafter, until his death on August 13, 1927. Owosso residents honor his name to this day, and Curwood Castle (built in 1922) is the town's main tourist attraction. During the 1920s Curwood became one of America's best selling and most highly paid authors. This was the decade of his lasting classics The Valley of Silent Men (1920) and The Flaming Forest (1921). He and his wife Ethel were outdoors fanatics and active conservationists.

Excerpt
For perhaps the first time in his life Howland felt the spirit of romance, of adventure, of sympathy for the picturesque and the unknown surging through his veins. A billion stars glowed like yellow, passionless eyes in the polar cold of the skies. Behind him, white in its sinuous twisting through the snow-smothered wilderness, lay the icy Saskatchewan, with a few scattered lights visible where Prince Albert, the last outpost of civilization, came down to the river half a mile away. But it was into the North that Howland looked. From the top of the great ridge which he had climbed he gazed steadily into the white gloom which reached for a thousand miles from where he stood to the Arctic Sea. Faintly in the grim silence of the winter night there came to his ears the soft hissing sound of the aurora borealis as it played in its age-old song over the dome of the earth, and as he watched the cold flashes shooting like pale arrows through the distant sky and listened to its whispering music of unending loneliness and mystery, there came on him a strange feeling that it was beckoning to him and calling to him - telling him that up there very near to the end of the earth lay all that he had dreamed of and hoped for since he had grown old enough to begin the shaping of a destiny of his own.That's what I'm doing, M'seur--helping Meleese. I would have done her a greater service if I had killed you back there on the trail and stripped your body for those things that would be foul enough to eat it. I have told you a dozen times that it is God's justice that you die. And you are going to die--very soon, M'seur.

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Curwood, James Oliver: The Flaming Forest. V1. 16 Jan 2009

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James Oliver Curwood, (June 12, 1878 – August 13, 1927), was an American novelist and conservationist.
A great number of his works were turned into movies, several of which starred Nell Shipman as a brave and adventurous woman in the wilds of the north. Many films from Curwood's writings were made during his lifetime, as well as after his passing through to the 1950s. In 1988 French director Jean-Jacques Annaud used his 1916 novel, The Grizzly King to make the film The Bear. Annaud's success generated a renewed interest in Curwood's stories that resulted in five more films being produced in 1994 and 1995.
James Oliver Curwood lived most of his life in Owosso, Michigan, where he was born on June 12, 1878. His first novel was The Courage of Captain Plum (1908) and he published one or two novels each year thereafter, until his death on August 13, 1927. Owosso residents honor his name to this day, and Curwood Castle (built in 1922) is the town's main tourist attraction. During the 1920s Curwood became one of America's best selling and most highly paid authors. This was the decade of his lasting classics The Valley of Silent Men (1920) and The Flaming Forest (1921). He and his wife Ethel were outdoors fanatics and active conservationists.

David Carrigan of The Northwest Mounted Police is torn between duty and love in this northern romance in the grandest tradition -- a land of mystery and myth, a place where the Mountie still gets his man and the French Canadian rivermen (with their scarlet headscarves) are forever singing, and where the French Canadian daughter of a river baron is too lovely for words, and where bad guys have names like "Black Roger Audemard."

The Flaming Forest was an MGM silent movie in 1926, directed by Reginald Barker; starring Antonio Moreno, Renee Adoree, Gardner James, and William Austin.

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Curwood, James Oliver: The Gold Hunters. V1. 16 Jan 2009

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James Oliver Curwood, (June 12, 1878 – August 13, 1927), was an American novelist and conservationist.
A great number of his works were turned into movies, several of which starred Nell Shipman as a brave and adventurous woman in the wilds of the north. Many films from Curwood's writings were made during his lifetime, as well as after his passing through to the 1950s. In 1988 French director Jean-Jacques Annaud used his 1916 novel, The Grizzly King to make the film The Bear. Annaud's success generated a renewed interest in Curwood's stories that resulted in five more films being produced in 1994 and 1995.
James Oliver Curwood lived most of his life in Owosso, Michigan, where he was born on June 12, 1878. His first novel was The Courage of Captain Plum (1908) and he published one or two novels each year thereafter, until his death on August 13, 1927. Owosso residents honor his name to this day, and Curwood Castle (built in 1922) is the town's main tourist attraction. During the 1920s Curwood became one of America's best selling and most highly paid authors. This was the decade of his lasting classics The Valley of Silent Men (1920) and The Flaming Forest (1921). He and his wife Ethel were outdoors fanatics and active conservationists.

A Story of Life and Adventure in the Hudson Bay Wilds.

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Curwood, James Oliver: The Golden Snare. V2. 29 July 2009

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James Oliver Curwood, (June 12, 1878 – August 13, 1927), was an American novelist and conservationist.
A great number of his works were turned into movies, several of which starred Nell Shipman as a brave and adventurous woman in the wilds of the north. Many films from Curwood's writings were made during his lifetime, as well as after his passing through to the 1950s. In 1988 French director Jean-Jacques Annaud used his 1916 novel, The Grizzly King to make the film The Bear. Annaud's success generated a renewed interest in Curwood's stories that resulted in five more films being produced in 1994 and 1995.
James Oliver Curwood lived most of his life in Owosso, Michigan, where he was born on June 12, 1878. His first novel was The Courage of Captain Plum (1908) and he published one or two novels each year thereafter, until his death on August 13, 1927. Owosso residents honor his name to this day, and Curwood Castle (built in 1922) is the town's main tourist attraction. During the 1920s Curwood became one of America's best selling and most highly paid authors. This was the decade of his lasting classics The Valley of Silent Men (1920) and The Flaming Forest (1921). He and his wife Ethel were outdoors fanatics and active conservationists.

Excerpt
Bram Johnson was an unusual man, even for the northland. He was a creature of environment --and necessity, and of that something else which made of him at times a man with a soul, and at others a brute with the heart of a devil. In this story of Bram and the girl, and the other man, Bram himself should not be blamed too much. He was pathetic, and yet he was terrible. It is doubtful if he really had what is generally regarded as a soul. If he did, it was hidden --hidden to the forests and the wild things that had made him.

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Curwood, James Oliver: The Grizzly King. V1. 17 Jan 2009

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James Oliver Curwood, (June 12, 1878 – August 13, 1927), was an American novelist and conservationist.
A great number of his works were turned into movies, several of which starred Nell Shipman as a brave and adventurous woman in the wilds of the north. Many films from Curwood's writings were made during his lifetime, as well as after his passing through to the 1950s. In 1988 French director Jean-Jacques Annaud used his 1916 novel, The Grizzly King to make the film The Bear. Annaud's success generated a renewed interest in Curwood's stories that resulted in five more films being produced in 1994 and 1995.
James Oliver Curwood lived most of his life in Owosso, Michigan, where he was born on June 12, 1878. His first novel was The Courage of Captain Plum (1908) and he published one or two novels each year thereafter, until his death on August 13, 1927. Owosso residents honor his name to this day, and Curwood Castle (built in 1922) is the town's main tourist attraction. During the 1920s Curwood became one of America's best selling and most highly paid authors. This was the decade of his lasting classics The Valley of Silent Men (1920) and The Flaming Forest (1921). He and his wife Ethel were outdoors fanatics and active conservationists.

Excerpt
One has to hunt and kill and hunt and kill for years before he discovers the real pleasure in big game stalking," he said slowly, looking into the fire. "And when he comes down to that real pleasure, the part of it that absorbs him heart and soul, he finds that after all the big thrill isn't in killing, but in letting live. I want this grizzly, and I'm going to have him. I won't leave the mountains until I kill him. But, on the other hand, we could have killed two other bears to-day, and I didn't take a shot. I'm learning the game, Bruce--I'm beginning to taste the real pleasure of hunting. And when one hunts in the right way one learns facts. You needn't worry. I'm going to put only facts in what I write.

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Curwood, James Oliver: The Honor of the Big Snows. V1. 17 Jan 2009

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James Oliver Curwood, (June 12, 1878 – August 13, 1927), was an American novelist and conservationist.
A great number of his works were turned into movies, several of which starred Nell Shipman as a brave and adventurous woman in the wilds of the north. Many films from Curwood's writings were made during his lifetime, as well as after his passing through to the 1950s. In 1988 French director Jean-Jacques Annaud used his 1916 novel, The Grizzly King to make the film The Bear. Annaud's success generated a renewed interest in Curwood's stories that resulted in five more films being produced in 1994 and 1995.
James Oliver Curwood lived most of his life in Owosso, Michigan, where he was born on June 12, 1878. His first novel was The Courage of Captain Plum (1908) and he published one or two novels each year thereafter, until his death on August 13, 1927. Owosso residents honor his name to this day, and Curwood Castle (built in 1922) is the town's main tourist attraction. During the 1920s Curwood became one of America's best selling and most highly paid authors. This was the decade of his lasting classics The Valley of Silent Men (1920) and The Flaming Forest (1921). He and his wife Ethel were outdoors fanatics and active conservationists.

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Listen, John - I hear music - The words came in a gentle whisper from the woman's lips. One white, thin hand lifted itself weakly to the rough face of the man who was kneeling beside her bed, and the great dark eyes from which he had hidden his own grew luminously bright for a moment, as she whispered again: "John - I hear - music -" A sigh fluttered from her lips. The man's head drooped until it rested very near to her bosom. He felt the quiver of her hand against his cheek, and in its touch there was something which told John Cummins that the end of all life had come for him and for her. His heart beat fiercely, and his great shoulders shook with the agony that was eating at his soul.

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Curwood, James Oliver: The Hunted Woman. V1. 17 Jan 2009

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James Oliver Curwood, (June 12, 1878 – August 13, 1927), was an American novelist and conservationist.
A great number of his works were turned into movies, several of which starred Nell Shipman as a brave and adventurous woman in the wilds of the north. Many films from Curwood's writings were made during his lifetime, as well as after his passing through to the 1950s. In 1988 French director Jean-Jacques Annaud used his 1916 novel, The Grizzly King to make the film The Bear. Annaud's success generated a renewed interest in Curwood's stories that resulted in five more films being produced in 1994 and 1995.
James Oliver Curwood lived most of his life in Owosso, Michigan, where he was born on June 12, 1878. His first novel was The Courage of Captain Plum (1908) and he published one or two novels each year thereafter, until his death on August 13, 1927. Owosso residents honor his name to this day, and Curwood Castle (built in 1922) is the town's main tourist attraction. During the 1920s Curwood became one of America's best selling and most highly paid authors. This was the decade of his lasting classics The Valley of Silent Men (1920) and The Flaming Forest (1921). He and his wife Ethel were outdoors fanatics and active conservationists.

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It was all new—most of it singularly dramatic and even appalling to the woman who sat with the pearl-gray veil drawn closely about her face. For eighteen hours she had been a keenly attentive, wide-eyed, and partly frightened bit of humanity in this onrush of "the horde." She had heard a voice behind her speak of it as "the horde"—a deep, thick, gruff voice which she knew without looking had filtered its way through a beard. She agreed with the voice. It was the Horde—that horde which has always beaten the trails ahead for civilization and made of its own flesh and blood the foundation of nations. For months it had been pouring steadily into the mountains—always in and never out, a laughing, shouting, singing, blaspheming Horde, every ounce of it toughened sinew and red brawn, except the Straying Angels.

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Curwood, James Oliver: The River's End. V1. 17 Jan 2009

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James Oliver Curwood, (June 12, 1878 – August 13, 1927), was an American novelist and conservationist.
A great number of his works were turned into movies, several of which starred Nell Shipman as a brave and adventurous woman in the wilds of the north. Many films from Curwood's writings were made during his lifetime, as well as after his passing through to the 1950s. In 1988 French director Jean-Jacques Annaud used his 1916 novel, The Grizzly King to make the film The Bear. Annaud's success generated a renewed interest in Curwood's stories that resulted in five more films being produced in 1994 and 1995.
James Oliver Curwood lived most of his life in Owosso, Michigan, where he was born on June 12, 1878. His first novel was The Courage of Captain Plum (1908) and he published one or two novels each year thereafter, until his death on August 13, 1927. Owosso residents honor his name to this day, and Curwood Castle (built in 1922) is the town's main tourist attraction. During the 1920s Curwood became one of America's best selling and most highly paid authors. This was the decade of his lasting classics The Valley of Silent Men (1920) and The Flaming Forest (1921). He and his wife Ethel were outdoors fanatics and active conservationists.

Most of Curwood's stories were adventure tales set in the Canadian North, where the author spent much of his time. During the 1920s his books were among the most popular in North America, and many were made into movies. The River's End was the first book to sell more than 100,000 copies in its first edition. The book begins: Between Conniston, of His Majesty's Royal Northwest Mounted Police, and Keith, the outlaw, there was a striking physical and facial resemblance. Both had observed it, of course. It gave them a sort of confidence in each other. Between them it hovered in a subtle and unanalyzed presence that was constantly suggesting to Conniston a line of action that would have made him a traitor to his oath of duty. For nearly a month he had crushed down the whispered temptings of this thing between them.

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Curwood, James Oliver: The Valley of Silent Men. V1. 18 Jan 2009

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James Oliver Curwood, (June 12, 1878 – August 13, 1927), was an American novelist and conservationist.
A great number of his works were turned into movies, several of which starred Nell Shipman as a brave and adventurous woman in the wilds of the north. Many films from Curwood's writings were made during his lifetime, as well as after his passing through to the 1950s. In 1988 French director Jean-Jacques Annaud used his 1916 novel, The Grizzly King to make the film The Bear. Annaud's success generated a renewed interest in Curwood's stories that resulted in five more films being produced in 1994 and 1995.
James Oliver Curwood lived most of his life in Owosso, Michigan, where he was born on June 12, 1878. His first novel was The Courage of Captain Plum (1908) and he published one or two novels each year thereafter, until his death on August 13, 1927. Owosso residents honor his name to this day, and Curwood Castle (built in 1922) is the town's main tourist attraction. During the 1920s Curwood became one of America's best selling and most highly paid authors. This was the decade of his lasting classics The Valley of Silent Men (1920) and The Flaming Forest (1921). He and his wife Ethel were outdoors fanatics and active conservationists.

When he thought he was dying, Sergeant Kent, the best man-trapper in the Royal Mounted, told a story that branded him as a murderer and set another man free. But the doctor's diagnosis was wrong; death by hanging grinned in the trooper's face. Love of life and a beautiful mystery girl, who had laughed at him and called him a liar, now made him a fugitive - a hunter becomes the hunted. With him, down those fabled rivers flowing north to the frozen Arctic, sped the girl, whose own secret winds like a thread of wild magic to the hidden Valley of Silent Men.

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Curwood, James Oliver: The Wolf Hunters. V1. 18 Jan 2009

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James Oliver Curwood, (June 12, 1878 – August 13, 1927), was an American novelist and conservationist.
A great number of his works were turned into movies, several of which starred Nell Shipman as a brave and adventurous woman in the wilds of the north. Many films from Curwood's writings were made during his lifetime, as well as after his passing through to the 1950s. In 1988 French director Jean-Jacques Annaud used his 1916 novel, The Grizzly King to make the film The Bear. Annaud's success generated a renewed interest in Curwood's stories that resulted in five more films being produced in 1994 and 1995.
James Oliver Curwood lived most of his life in Owosso, Michigan, where he was born on June 12, 1878. His first novel was The Courage of Captain Plum (1908) and he published one or two novels each year thereafter, until his death on August 13, 1927. Owosso residents honor his name to this day, and Curwood Castle (built in 1922) is the town's main tourist attraction. During the 1920s Curwood became one of America's best selling and most highly paid authors. This was the decade of his lasting classics The Valley of Silent Men (1920) and The Flaming Forest (1921). He and his wife Ethel were outdoors fanatics and active conservationists.

Cold winter lay deep in the Canadian wilderness. Over it the moon was rising, like a red pulsating ball, lighting up the vast white silence of the night in a shimmering glow. Not a sound broke the stillness of the desolation. It was too late for the life of day, too early for the nocturnal roamings and voices of the creatures of the night. Like the basin of a great amphitheater the frozen lake lay revealed in the light of the moon and a billion stars.

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Curwood, James Oliver: Thomas Jefferson Brown. V1. 18 Jan 2009

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James Oliver Curwood, (June 12, 1878 – August 13, 1927), was an American novelist and conservationist.
A great number of his works were turned into movies, several of which starred Nell Shipman as a brave and adventurous woman in the wilds of the north. Many films from Curwood's writings were made during his lifetime, as well as after his passing through to the 1950s. In 1988 French director Jean-Jacques Annaud used his 1916 novel, The Grizzly King to make the film The Bear. Annaud's success generated a renewed interest in Curwood's stories that resulted in five more films being produced in 1994 and 1995.
James Oliver Curwood lived most of his life in Owosso, Michigan, where he was born on June 12, 1878. His first novel was The Courage of Captain Plum (1908) and he published one or two novels each year thereafter, until his death on August 13, 1927. Owosso residents honor his name to this day, and Curwood Castle (built in 1922) is the town's main tourist attraction. During the 1920s Curwood became one of America's best selling and most highly paid authors. This was the decade of his lasting classics The Valley of Silent Men (1920) and The Flaming Forest (1921). He and his wife Ethel were outdoors fanatics and active conservationists.

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There are not many who will remember him as Thomas Jefferson Brown. For ten years he had been mildly ashamed of himself, and out of respect for people who were dead, and for a dozen or so who were living, he had the good taste to drop his last name. The fact that it was only Brown didn't matter.

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Curwood, James Oliver: Vargjegerne [Norwegian].v1.21 Jun 2012

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Knapt noen har hatt bedre forutsetninger for å skildre livet i Nord-Amerikas villmarker enn «Vargjegernes» forfatter. En rik erfaringsskatt av personlige minner paret med dikterens fantasi har skapt denne lange rekken Curwood-romaner, spennende og fargerike skildringer fra Alaska, British Columbia og Hudson Bay-traktene.
«Nimrod» og «Wild Cat» var klengenavnene unge Curwood fikk av kameratene. Og litt av en «Wild Cat» og mye av en «Nimrod» fortsatte han å være hele sitt liv. Etter avsluttet universitetsstudium slo han inn på journalistikken. Men lengselen etter villmarkslivet dro ham snart ut på årelange, farefulle ferder i ensomme og ukjente trakter.
Curwood døde i 1927, 49 år gammel. Han hadde da oppnådd å bli en av den engelsktalende verdens mest leste forfattere.

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Cushing, Frank Hamilton: A Study Of Pueblo Pottery, v.1, 28 Dec 2008

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The full title of this 1886 Smithsonian Institute report is [A Study Of Pueblo Pottery As Illustrative Of Zuñi Culture Growth[/.

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Cutcliffe Hyne, C J: Atoms of Empire v 1 Nov 7 2008

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These stories are written in so fresh a style that you think that they have been written yesterday, but stem from 1904:

[QUOTThe wandering Englishman, the atom of empire, at sundry ends of the earth is not always good company in the flesh, but in Mr. Cutcliffe Hyne's stories he is good company. For the reader is not in the position of the "native"; he is, on the contrary, elected of the company of proper Britons and talked to as an equal.[/QUOT
This is a bloody great read!

Taken from manybooks, btw, did the usual cosmetics :)

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Cutcliffe Hyne, C J: The Tragedy of a Third Smoker, v.1, 16 August 2008.

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C J Cutcliffe Hyne (1866–1944)
The Tragedy of a Third Smoker: A Story of the Metropolitan Railway

A short story. Two men fight in a railway carriage. One faints. The other is dead. What happened? A defence lawyer is determined to find out.

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Cutcliffe Hyne, C. J.: The Lost Continent. v1. 02 Feb 2008

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This is a great little adventure story about Atlantis.

[QUOTStill, after a century or so, The Lost Continent remains an eminently readable and entertaining novel, nothing too profound, just a good lost race novel done the way it should be.[/QUOT
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Cutcliffe Hyne, CJ: The New Eden v1 20 nov 2008

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Hyne's second speculative novel, in which a scientist isolates a boy and girl on two remote tropical islands for experimental purposes, first published in 1892.

Have fun!

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Cyrus Townsend Brady: A Little Book for Christmas. v1. 12 Jul 2013

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Cyrus Townsend Brady (December 20, 1861 – January 24, 1920) was a journalist, historian and adventure writer. His most well-known work is "Indian Fights and Fighters". He was born in Allegheny, Pennsylvania, and graduated from the U.S. Naval Academy in 1883. He was also a deacon in the Episcopal church. His first wife was Clarissa Guthrie, who died in 1890. His second wife was Mary Barrett.

A CHRISTMAS GREETING
FROM A FAR COUNTRY
ON CHRISTMAS GIVING
IT WAS THE SAME CHRISTMAS MORNING
A CHRISTMAS CAROL
THE LONE SCOUT'S CHRISTMAS
LOOKING INTO THE MANGER
CHRISTMAS IN THE SNOWS
A CHRISTMAS WISH

NOTE: 29 Illustrations and Decorations

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D'Anvers, N.: Hindu Tales from the Sanskrit, v.1, 21 Dec 2008

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This is a collection of nine stories translated and published in 1918. From the Introductory Note:

Thanks to Mr. S. M. Mitra, the well-known Hindu psychologist and politician, who has done so much to draw more closely together the land of his birth and that of his adoption, I am able to bring within reach of English children a number of typical Hindu Tales, translated by him from the Sanskrit, some of them culled from the ancient classics of India, others from widely separated sources. The latter have hitherto been quite inaccessible to western students, as they are not yet embodied in literature, but have been transmitted orally from generation to generation for many centuries.

These tales are not only of a kind to enchain the attention of children. They also illustrate well the close affinity between the two chief branches of the great Aryan race, and are of considerable ethical value, reflecting, as they do, the philosophy of self-realisation which lies at the root of Hindu culture. They have been used from time immemorial by the best teachers of India as a means of building up the personalities of the young and maintaining the efficiency of the adult. They serve in fact as text-books of the unique system of Mind-Training which has been in use in India from remote Vedic times, the root principle of which is as simple as it is effective.

Hindu children become familiar at their mothers' knees with these stories, and are trained to answer questions on them, subtly chosen to suit their ages and call into action their mental faculties. Appealing to them as an amusing game, in which they vie with each other in trying to solve the problems presented for their consideration, the boys and girls, who are educated together till they are ten or twelve years old, early learn to concentrate their attention; whilst the simultaneous development of all their powers is encouraged and they are, imperceptibly to themselves led to control their thoughts and emotions from within, instead of having to obey orders which they do not understand from without. They realize indeed, whilst still in the nursery, the ideal suggested by the sage Vidura in the Mahabharata: "Seek to know thyself by means of thyself, keeping thy mind, intellect and senses, under control; for self is thy friend as it is also thy foe."

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D'Holbach, baron Paul-Henri Thiery: Good Sense, v.1, 17 Feb 2008

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Paul-Henri Thiery, baron d'Holbach (Dec., 1723 - Jan., 1789) is generally accepted as the first modern writer of openly atheistic works in Europe and was among the more radical philosophers of the Enlightenment. His most famous book [The System of Nature [/published in 1770 is often called [The Atheist's Bible[/. In 1772 he published [Good Sense Without God, or Freethoughts Opposed to Supernatural Ideas [/as a summary of his principal ideas from [The System of Nature[/. D'Holbach's works were published anonymously or under pseudonyms to avoid persecution.

I haven't the energy or time at the moment to create a fully linkable TOC to all 206 sections - perhaps later.

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Dahlgren, Madeline: The Woodley Lane Ghost and Other Visitants. v1. 08 May 2021

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Tales about coincidence and destiny, prescience, occult religious practices; stories of the evil that men can do, and the evil they can prevent.

These late nineteenth-century stories of the uncanny and the macabre are taken from the collection [The Woodley Lane Ghost and Other Stories[/ (1899).

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Madeleine Vinton Dahlgren (pen names, Corinne and Cornelia; July 13, 1825 – May 28, 1889) was an American writer, translator, and anti-suffragist. She was a prolific writer of novels, short stories, biographies, and poems.

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[This book is in the public domain worldwide.[/

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Dahn, Felix: Ein Kampf um Rom. german. v2. 24 mar 2009

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Felix Dahn (auch: Ludwig Sophus) (* 9. Februar 1834 in Hamburg; † 3. Januar 1912 in Breslau) war ein deutscher Professor für Rechtswissenschaften, Schriftsteller und Historiker. Neben einschlägigen wissenschaftlichen Werken verfasste er viele Romane, Erzählungen und Gedichte, mit denen er große Anerkennung im Publikum wie in den literarischen Zirkeln seiner Zeit fand. Sein populärstes Werk [Ein Kampf um Rom[/ erschien 1876. Als er im Jahre 1912 in Breslau starb, lag sein Bestseller bereits in der 126. Auflage vor.

Liebe und Haß, Treue und Verrat, Aufrichtigkeit und Rachsucht begleiten und lenken in diesem monumentalen Historiengemälde die Bedrängnis, den letzten Triumph und den Untergang der Ostgoten sowie die Rettung der letzten Reste des Volkes in den Jahren vom Tode des Königs Theoderich bis zur letzten Schlacht am Vesuv im Jahre 553...

PS: Das eBook ist nicht illustriert. Nein, das Buch ist einzig und allein aufgrund seines Umfangs so groß geraten. Mal sehen, ob das jemand mit einer Akkuladung schafft... ;)

Vielen Dank an [insider[/ für die Beschaffung und Zusammenstellung der Quelle.

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Dakan, Rick: Geek Mafia. v1, 14 Jan 2008

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Copyright Rick Dakan, 2006

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons atribution-Noncommercial-No Derivative Works 3.0 License. To view a copy of this license, visit http:creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/ or send a letter to Creative Commons, 543 Howard Street, 5th Floor, San Francisco, California, 94105, USA.

From the Authors web site www.rickdacan.com

A novel of comics, games, and crime

Fired from a job he hated at a company he loved, videogame designer Paul Reynolds is drowning his sorrows in late-morning margaritas when he meets an alluring, pink-haired conwoman named Chloe. With her gang of techno-pirate friends, Chloe helps Paul not only take revenge on his former employers, but also extort a small fortune from them in the process. What more could a recently unemployed, over-worked videogame designer in Silicon Valley ask for?

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Dalrymple, Leona: Diane of the Green Van. v1. 28 Jan 2013

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Leona Dalrymple (Mrs. C. Acton Wilson) ( 1884 - ? ) was an American author. In 1914, she won a prize of $10,000 for her novel, Diane of the Green Van. Among her other stories are Traumerei (1912); The lovable Meddler (1915); Jimsy, The Christmas Kid (1915); When the Yule-Log Burns (1916); Kenny (1917); "Paul" stories (1920). She also wrote short stories for magazines and moving picture scenarios.

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There was an aeroplane upon the water and in the aeroplane a tall young man with considerable length of sinewy limb, lazily rolling a cigarette. Diane unconsciously approved the clear bronze of his lean, burned face and his eyes, blue, steady, calm as the waters of the lake he rode.

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Dalrymple, Leona: Jimsy. v1. 28 Jan 2013

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Leona Dalrymple (Mrs. C. Acton Wilson) ( 1884 - ? ) was an American author. In 1914, she won a prize of $10,000 for her novel, Diane of the Green Van. Among her other stories are Traumerei (1912); The lovable Meddler (1915); Jimsy, The Christmas Kid (1915); When the Yule-Log Burns (1916); Kenny (1917); "Paul" stories (1920). She also wrote short stories for magazines and moving picture scenarios.

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His name was Jimsy and he took it for granted that you liked him. That made things difficult from the very start—that and the fact that he arrived in the village two days before Christmas strung to such a holiday pitch of expectation that, if you were a respectable, bewhiskered first citizen like Jimsy's host, you felt the cut-and-dried dignity of a season which unflinching thrift had taught you to pare of all its glittering non-essentials, threatened by his bubbling air of faith in something wonderful to happen

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Dalrymple, Leona: Kenny. v1. 27 Jan 2013

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Leona Dalrymple (Mrs. C. Acton Wilson) ( 1884 - ? ) was an American author. In 1914, she won a prize of $10,000 for her novel, Diane of the Green Van. Among her other stories are Traumerei (1912); The lovable Meddler (1915); Jimsy, The Christmas Kid (1915); When the Yule-Log Burns (1916); Kenny (1917); "Paul" stories (1920). She also wrote short stories for magazines and moving picture scenarios.

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"You needn't repeat it," said Brian with a flash of his quiet eyes. "This time, Kenny, I mean to stay disinherited." Kennicott O'Neill stared at his son and gasped. The note of permanency in the chronic rite of disinheritance was startling. So was something in the set of Brian's chin and the flush of anger burning steadily beneath the dark of his skin. Moreover, his eyes, warmly Irish like his father's, and ordinarily humorous and kind, remained unflinchingly aggressive.

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Dalrymple, Leona: Uncle Noah's Christmas Inspiration. v1. 27 Jan 2013

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Leona Dalrymple (Mrs. C. Acton Wilson) ( 1884 - ? ) was an American author. In 1914, she won a prize of $10,000 for her novel, Diane of the Green Van. Among her other stories are Traumerei (1912); The lovable Meddler (1915); Jimsy, The Christmas Kid (1915); When the Yule-Log Burns (1916); Kenny (1917); "Paul" stories (1920). She also wrote short stories for magazines and moving picture scenarios.

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In the library of the old house a man, tall and eagle-eyed, peered out beneath bushy white eyebrows at the fading landscape blurred by the dancing forms of the negro and the recalcitrant turkey. He watched the chase end with an impertinent gobble from the turkey, and, at the sound of a closing door in the rear of the house, tapped a bell at his side. Footsteps shuffled along the hallway, and, breathless from his chase, the old negro entered.

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Dalrymple, Leona: When the Yule Log Burns. v1. 27 Jan 2013

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Leona Dalrymple (Mrs. C. Acton Wilson) ( 1884 - ? ) was an American author. In 1914, she won a prize of $10,000 for her novel, Diane of the Green Van. Among her other stories are Traumerei (1912); The lovable Meddler (1915); Jimsy, The Christmas Kid (1915); When the Yule-Log Burns (1916); Kenny (1917); "Paul" stories (1920). She also wrote short stories for magazines and moving picture scenarios.

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Polly, the Doctor's old white mare, plodded slowly along the snowy country road by the picket fence, and turned in at the snow-capped posts. Ahead, roofed with the ragged ermine of a newly-fallen snow, the Doctor's old-fashioned house loomed gray-white through the snow-fringed branches of the trees, a quaint iron lantern, which was picturesque by day and luminous and cheerful by night, hanging within the square, white-pillared portico at the side. That the many-paned, old-fashioned window on the right framed the snow-white head of Aunt Ellen Leslie, the Doctor's wife, the old Doctor himself was comfortably aware—for his kindly eyes missed nothing.

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Dalziel, Edward & George: Cinderella (Illustrated). V1.27 Dec. 2013

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From Wikipedia: [QUOTThe Brothers Dalziel were a highly productive firm of Victorian engravers founded in 1839 by George Dalziel (1815-1902) and his brother Edward Dalziel (1817-1905). They were later joined by John Dalziel and Thomas Dalziel (1823-1906). All were sons of the artist, Alexander Dalziel of Wooler in Northumberland.

The Dalziel brothers worked with many important Victorian artists, producing illustrations for the burgeoning magazine and book market of the period[/QUOT

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Dana, Richard Henry: Two Years Before the Mast. v1 31Dec2009

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Attachment 42256This is the original version of this American sailing classic. It seems worthwhile making this available, if only because it has a concluding chapter in which the author sets down thoughts and reflections on his voyage. In later versions, he deleted this chapter.

This version also includes the chapter "24 Years Later."

In the original version, Dana referred to some of his shipmates and others only by the first initial of their last name, but identified them in subsequent versions. I've spelled out the names in this ebook version.

Italics have been added using a printed copy of the book as a source.

Jim

2/11/11-The latest version is able to provide waypoints without having italicized paragraphs with different indentation than the other paragraphs. It also supports page numbering for Kindle 3 readers.

The first two versions had 362 downloads.

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Darlington, Edgar B.P.: Circus Boys Omnibus. v5. 11 March 2013

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An omnibus edition of the 5-book "Circus Boys" juvenile series, originally published between 1910 and 1920. The books tell the exciting adventures of Phil and Teddy, two teenage boys who run away to join the circus (a popular activity of the time, seemingly!).

As described by the publisher:

["No call to the heart of the youth of America finds a readier response than the call of the billowing canvas, the big red wagons, the crash of the circus band and the trill of the ringmaster's whistle. It is a call that captures the imagination of old and young alike, and so do the books of this series capture and enthrall the reader, for they were written by one who, besides wielding a master pen, has followed the sawdust trail from coast to coast, who knows the circus people and the sturdy manliness of those who do and dare for the entertainment of millions of circus-goers when the grass is green. Mr. Darlington paints a true picture of circus life."[/

The books in the series are:

1. "The Circus Boys on the Flying Rings" or "Making the Start in the Sawdust Life"

2. "The Circus Boys Across The Continent" or "Winning New Laurels on the Tanbark"

3. "The Circus Boys In Dixie Land" or "Winning the Plaudits of the Sunny South"

4. "The Circus Boys On the Mississippi" or "Afloat with the Big Show on the Big River"

5. "The Circus Boys on the Plains" or "The Young Advance Agents Ahead of the Show"

Note that the 5th book mentions, at the end, a further volume in the series. This is a "phantom title" which was never written.

Enjoy!

EDIT: 16 Feb 08

Recreated the book with improved formatting and layout. Uploaded v2.

EDIT: 20 May 08

Recreated the book to fix a problem with incorrect paragraph breaks. Uploaded v3.

EDIT: 7 Jul 11

General edits to improve code quality and assist conversion to ePub format. Added a new cover. Uploaded v4.

EDIT: 11 Mar 13

Thoroughly proof-read. Improved the formatting with larger chapter titles, curly quotes, etc. I would now regard this as a finished product; if you find even the smallest problem with it, please let me know. Uploaded v5.

Previous download count: 417

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Darrow, Clarence: The Story of My Life. v1. 12 July 07

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One of the greatest US lawyers of all time, Darrow is perhaps best remembered today for his part in the Scopes Monkey Trial that pitted the [Bible[/ against evolution. A debate that is still going on today in many parts of the US.

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Darwin, Charles: Die Entstehung der Arten v1 german 10 Jan 2010

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Über den Author:
Charles Robert Darwin (* 12. Februar 1809 in Shrewsbury; † 19. April 1882 in Downe) war ein britischer Naturforscher. Er gilt wegen seiner wesentlichen Beiträge zur Evolutionstheorie als einer der bedeutendsten Naturwissenschaftler.

Die Ende 1831 begonnene und fast fünf Jahre andauernde Reise mit der HMS Beagle, die den jungen Darwin einmal um die Welt führte, war zugleich Schlüsselerlebnis und Grundlage für sein späteres Werk. Der breiten Öffentlichkeit wurde Darwin erstmals durch seinen 1839 herausgegebenen Reisebericht bekannt. Mit seiner Theorie über die Entstehung der Korallenriffe und weiteren geologischen Schriften erlangte er in wissenschaftlichen Kreisen die Anerkennung als Geologe. Seine Untersuchungen an den Rankenfußkrebsen verschafften ihm Mitte der 1850er Jahre zusätzlich einen angesehenen Ruf als Zoologe und Taxonom.

Bereits 1838 entwarf Darwin seine Theorie der Anpassung an den Lebensraum durch Variation und natürliche Selektion und erklärte so die evolutive Entwicklung aller Organismen und ihre Aufspaltung in verschiedene Arten. Über 20 Jahre lang trug er Belege für diese Theorie zusammen. 1842 und 1844 verfasste Darwin kurze Abrisse seiner Theorie, die er jedoch nicht veröffentlichte. Ab 1856 arbeitete er an einem umfangreichen Manuskript mit dem Titel Natural Selection. Durch einen Brief von Alfred Russel Wallace, der dessen Ternate-Manuskript mit ähnlichen Gedanken zur Evolution enthielt, kam es im Sommer 1858 schließlich zu einer Veröffentlichung der Theorien über die Evolution der beiden Männer. Ein Jahr später folgte Darwins Hauptwerk On the Origin of Species (Die Entstehung der Arten), das als streng naturwissenschaftliche Erklärung für die Diversität des Lebens die Grundlage der modernen Evolutionsbiologie bildet und einen entscheidenden Wendepunkt in der Geschichte der modernen Biologie darstellt.
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Über dieses Buch:
Die Entstehung der Arten (englisch: The Origin of Species) ist ein am 24. November 1859 erstmals veröffentlichtes Werk von Charles Darwin, das ein zentrales Werk in der Wissenschaftsgeschichte ist und als grundlegende Arbeit im Bereich der Evolutionstheorien gilt.
[SIZE="1"]Quelle: Wikipedia.de[/SIZ

Über diese Ausgabe:
Erstdruck: London 1859. Erste deutsche Übersetzung von Heinrich Georg Bronn unter dem Titel »Über die Entstehung der Arten im Thier- und Pflanzenreich durch natürliche Züchtung, oder Erhaltung der vervollkommneten Rassen im Kampf ums Daseyn«, Stuttgart 1860. Der Text folgt der Übersetzung der sechsten Auflage, London 1872, durch Julius Victor Carus von 1884.
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Darwin, Charles: The Various Contrivances by Which Orchids are Fertilised by Insects

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Darwin, Florence Henrietta, Lady: Six Plays. V1. 26 Nov 2012

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Florence Henrietta, Lady Darwin, (née Fisher, 1864 – 5 March 1920), was an English playwright.

PRINCESS ROYAL
THE LOVERS' TASKS
THE NEW YEAR
THE SEEDS OF LOVE
BUSHES AND BRIARS
MY MAN JOHN

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Dass, Petter: Nordlands Trompet. [Norwegian]. v2. 8 Nov 2010

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Dikterpresten Petter Dass (c. 1646-1707) er Norges mest kjente dikter fra barokken, og "Nordlands Trompet", en beskrivelse av Nordland og Troms er kanskje hans mest kjente verk. Teksten her er hentet fra dokumentasjonsprosjektet ved Universitetet i Oslo, http://www.dokpro.uio.no/

This is a poem by the 17th century vicar of Alstahaug, describing northern Norway, The source text is from the Norwegian literature documentation project at the University of Oslo, http://www.dokpro.uio.no/

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Daubeny, Ulric: The Elemental: Tales of the Supernatural …. v1. 14 Nov 2025

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This collection stands out for its original ideas and well-crafted stories. Daubeny creates a haunting atmosphere of subtle horror, with occasional humor and clever wordplay. He makes use of a few traditional tropes: there are out of body experiences, time shifts, possession, witches, and supernatural vengeance; there are images of the dead, cursed objects, and traditional hauntings.

This collection of 15 stories includes “The Sumach”, Daubeny’s cult-classic tale of botanical vampirism. “The Elemental” is rather Lovecraftian in its use of physical horror wrought by an unknown invasive supernatural force. Other notable stories include “The People of the Hidden Room," about a self-returning cabinet; “Matheson’s Mummy”, an Egyptian relic engineering a return to its homeland; “The Serpent”, a strange haunted musical instrument. The book is suitable for readers who do not insist on dripping grue and gore in their horror tales.

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Ulric Daubeny (1888-1922) was a British scholar of church architecture and of woodwind instruments; publishing texts on both topics. In 1919 he published [The Elemental[/, his only volume of fiction.

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Daudet, Alphonse: Letters from my Windmill, v1, 19 November 2009.

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Alphonse Daudet (1840–1897)
Letters from my Windmill (Lettres de mon moulin) (1869)
Translated for Project Gutenberg by Mireille Harmelin & Keith Adams
©2009

From Wikipedia:
Letters from My Windmill (French: Lettres de mon moulin) is a collection of short stories by Alphonse Daudet first published in its entirety in 1869. Some of the stories had been published earlier in newspapers or journals such as Le Figaro and L'Evénement as early as 1865.
The stories are all told by the author in the first person, typically addressing a Parisian reader. The author, having relocated his home from Paris, recounts short bucolic tales about his new life in Provence as well as his trips to Corsica and French Algeria. Considered to be light-hearted, and often a bit tongue-in-cheek, the stories vary from day-to-day events in southern France to Provençal folk-tales, and often feature professions and faunal references characteristic of Provence.
Letters From My Windmill is sometimes considered to be Daudet's most important work. It is cherished by many French, particularly in the South, for the picture it paints of the local culture.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lettres_de_mon_moulin

COPYRIGHT NOTE: This is a Project Gutenberg-tm book. Please see the license at the end of this book for more information. The source file and PG license may also be found here: http://www.gutenberg.org/etext/30442

The cover image is a photograph of Daudet’s mill, found at Wikipedia.

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Daudet, Alphonse: Lettres de mon moulin, (French/Français) v1, 19 November 2009.

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Alphonse Daudet (1840–1897)
Lettres de mon moulin (1869)

Un extrait de Wikipedia:
Les Lettres de mon moulin est un recueil de nouvelles d'Alphonse Daudet. Plusieurs furent originellement publiées dans des journaux parisiens.
Le titre a été habituellement orthographié et typographié « Lettres de mon Moulin », mais on rencontre diverses éditions sous les titres alternatifs « Lettres de mon moulin », « Les Lettres de mon Moulin » et « Les Lettres de mon moulin ».
À partir de leur publication sous ce titre, elles ont toutes été attribuées à Alphonse Daudet. On sait pourtant que Paul Arène, entre autres, a été le co-auteur de plusieurs nouvelles, comme l'a notamment révélé Octave Mirbeau en 18832. Celles qui ont été écrites en collaboration avec lui, voire par lui, ont un charme, une légèreté d'écriture qui leur vaut une place dans les livres scolaires et dans le cœur de nombreux lecteurs : La Chèvre de monsieur Seguin, Les Vieux, La Mule du pape, La Légende de l'homme à la cervelle d'or...
Les histoires situées en Corse ou en Algérie (où Daudet a séjourné) sont dures, parfois racistes (ce qui n'a rien d'exceptionnel chez les intellectuels français du XIXe siècle).
Une curiosité : Le Curé de Cucugnan ; très honnêtement, Daudet prévient que cette histoire n'est pas de lui.
http://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lettres_de_mon_moulin

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Daudet, Alphonse: Tartarin of Tarascon, v1, 26 November 2009.

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Alphonse Daudet (1840-1897)
Tartarin of Tarascon (Tartarin de Tarascon) (1872)
No translator named.
The source was Project Gutenberg.

From Wikipedia:
“It tells the burlesque adventures of Tartarin, a local hero of Tarascon, a small town in southern France, whose invented adventures and reputation as a swashbuckler finally force him to travel to a very prosaic Algiers in search of lions. Instead of finding a romantic, mysterious Oriental fantasy land, he finds a sordid world suspended between Europe and the Middle East. And worst of all, there are no lions left.”
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tartarin_de_Tarascon

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Davies, G. Christopher: Our Home in Aveyron. v.1. 20 Oct 2012

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This book was published in 1891, and describes what is now one of the most attractive and picturesque parts of France, as it appeared, at the end of the 19th century, to some visiting English travellers.

Without the illustrations, which confirm that the book really is about the upper Lot valley, one might almost imagine that the authors were describing a poverty-stricken and pestilential third-world country, polluted by mining operations and inhabited by a superstitious and largely illiterate population. The Decazeville miners' strike of 1886 had recently occurred, and the sinister and violent socialists of the region also make an occasional appearance in the book: indeed the authors are warned that they should carry a revolver at all times to protect their lives.

It's only fair to warn readers that the book also makes extensive use of the "F" word. In this case, it's "filthy" rather than ****, but ..... !

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Davies, William H.: The autobiography of a super-tramp. v2. 07 Apr 2013

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First published in 1908, this book describes the vagaries of the vagrant Welsh poet and author during the heyday of the navvy and other itinerant, wandering labourers.
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Araucaria@mobileread (who also did the proofreading) adds:
It is a fascinating account of the US and the UK, at the beginning of the 20th century, from an unusual point of view, and it is difficult not to find the author endearing in his scruples about begging and his encounters with organised charity. The unorganised type - the kindness of strangers - kept him, not just several steps from starving, but usually ensured he had a roof over his head and a warm fire.

His account of "gridling" - singing hymns badly in quiet residential streets, where kinder-hearted residents will pay a few coppers to see him go away - is in itself a reason to read the book, while his account of "beating" his way - riding the rails in the US - is a classic, pre-dating the depression-era writers and folk-singers by several decades.

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Daviess, Maria Thompson: Andrew the Glad. V1. 12 Dec 2010

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MARIA THOMPSON DAVIESS, 1872-1924
Maria Thompson Daviess, artist and author, was born in Harrodsburg, Kentucky, in 1872 to an upper-middle-class family. Before she was eight years old, her sister and her father died, and her mother moved the family to Nashville. Daviess became active in Nashville society and studied art at Peabody College. After graduation she traveled to Europe and continued her artistic endeavors, visiting museums and meeting famous people including Pope Leo XIII, Auguste Rodin, and French Empress Eugenie. Michelangelo's magnificent art so overwhelmed Daviess that she resigned herself to photography and miniatures. She excelled at both and displayed her miniatures at a Paris salon.
Tennessee Encyclopedia

There are some women who will brew mystery from the decoction of even a very simple life. Matilda is one of them, remarked the major to himself as he filled his pipe and settled himself before his high-piled, violet-flamed logs.

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Daviess, Maria Thompson: Blue-grass and Broadway. V1. 12 Dec 2010

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MARIA THOMPSON DAVIESS, 1872-1924
Maria Thompson Daviess, artist and author, was born in Harrodsburg, Kentucky, in 1872 to an upper-middle-class family. Before she was eight years old, her sister and her father died, and her mother moved the family to Nashville. Daviess became active in Nashville society and studied art at Peabody College. After graduation she traveled to Europe and continued her artistic endeavors, visiting museums and meeting famous people including Pope Leo XIII, Auguste Rodin, and French Empress Eugenie. Michelangelo's magnificent art so overwhelmed Daviess that she resigned herself to photography and miniatures. She excelled at both and displayed her miniatures at a Paris salon.
Tennessee Encyclopedia
The need of a large sum of money in a great hurry is the root of many noble ambitions, in whose branches roost strange companies of birds, pecking away for dollars that grow—or do not—on bushes. And it was in such a quest that Miss Patricia Adair of Adairville, Kentucky, lit upon a limb of life beside Mr. Godfrey Vandeford of Broadway, New York. Their joint endeavors made a great adventure.

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Daviess, Maria Thompson: Over Paradise Ridge. V1. 14 Dec 2010

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MARIA THOMPSON DAVIESS, 1872-1924
Maria Thompson Daviess, artist and author, was born in Harrodsburg, Kentucky, in 1872 to an upper-middle-class family. Before she was eight years old, her sister and her father died, and her mother moved the family to Nashville. Daviess became active in Nashville society and studied art at Peabody College. After graduation she traveled to Europe and continued her artistic endeavors, visiting museums and meeting famous people including Pope Leo XIII, Auguste Rodin, and French Empress Eugenie. Michelangelo's magnificent art so overwhelmed Daviess that she resigned herself to photography and miniatures. She excelled at both and displayed her miniatures at a Paris salon.
Tennessee Encyclopedia

Excerpt
Nobody knows what starts the sap along the twigs of a very young, tender, and green woman's nature. In my case it was Samuel Foster Crittenden, though how could he have counted on the amount of Grandmother Nelson that was planted deep in my disposition, ready to spring up and bear fruit as soon as I was brought in direct acquaintance with a seed-basket and a garden hoe? Also why should Sam's return to a primitive state have forced my ancestry up to the point of flowering on the surface? I do hope Sam will not have to suffer consequences, but I can't help it if he does. What's born in us is not our fault.

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Daviess, Maria Thompson: Phyllis. V1. 15 Dec 2010

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MARIA THOMPSON DAVIESS, 1872-1924
Maria Thompson Daviess, artist and author, was born in Harrodsburg, Kentucky, in 1872 to an upper-middle-class family. Before she was eight years old, her sister and her father died, and her mother moved the family to Nashville. Daviess became active in Nashville society and studied art at Peabody College. After graduation she traveled to Europe and continued her artistic endeavors, visiting museums and meeting famous people including Pope Leo XIII, Auguste Rodin, and French Empress Eugenie. Michelangelo's magnificent art so overwhelmed Daviess that she resigned herself to photography and miniatures. She excelled at both and displayed her miniatures at a Paris salon.
Tennessee Encyclopedia

Excerpt
The country is so much larger than the city and so empty that you rattle around in it until you wonder if you are ever going to get stuck to any place, especially if there isn't a house numbered anywhere. Our street is named Providence Road and the house Byrd Mansion and I am afraid I'll never be at home there as long as I live. But the doctor says Mother has to live in the country for always, and I'm only glad it isn't any countrier than Byrdsville.

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Daviess, Maria Thompson: Rose of Old Harpeth. V1. 16 Dec 2010

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MARIA THOMPSON DAVIESS, 1872-1924
Maria Thompson Daviess, artist and author, was born in Harrodsburg, Kentucky, in 1872 to an upper-middle-class family. Before she was eight years old, her sister and her father died, and her mother moved the family to Nashville. Daviess became active in Nashville society and studied art at Peabody College. After graduation she traveled to Europe and continued her artistic endeavors, visiting museums and meeting famous people including Pope Leo XIII, Auguste Rodin, and French Empress Eugenie. Michelangelo's magnificent art so overwhelmed Daviess that she resigned herself to photography and miniatures. She excelled at both and displayed her miniatures at a Paris salon.
Tennessee Encyclopedia

Excerpt
"Why, don't you know nothing in the world compliments a loaf of bread like the asking for a fourth slice," laughed Rose Mary as she reached up on the stone shelf above her head and took down a large crusty loaf and a long knife. "Thick or thin?" she asked as she raised her lashes from her blue eyes for a second of hospitable inquiry.

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Daviess, Maria Thompson: The Daredevil. V1. 13 Dec 2010

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MARIA THOMPSON DAVIESS, 1872-1924
Maria Thompson Daviess, artist and author, was born in Harrodsburg, Kentucky, in 1872 to an upper-middle-class family. Before she was eight years old, her sister and her father died, and her mother moved the family to Nashville. Daviess became active in Nashville society and studied art at Peabody College. After graduation she traveled to Europe and continued her artistic endeavors, visiting museums and meeting famous people including Pope Leo XIII, Auguste Rodin, and French Empress Eugenie. Michelangelo's magnificent art so overwhelmed Daviess that she resigned herself to photography and miniatures. She excelled at both and displayed her miniatures at a Paris salon.
Tennessee Encyclopedia

Excerpt
Was there ever a woman who did not very greatly desire for herself, at long moments, the doublet and hose of a man, perhaps also his sword, as well as his attitude in the viewing of life? I think not. To a very small number of those ladies of great curiosity it has been granted that they climb to those ramparts of the life of a man; but it was needful that they be stout of limb and sturdy of heart to sustain themselves upon that eminence and not be dashed below upon the rocks of a strange land. I, Roberta, Marquise de Grez and Bye, have obtained glimpses into a far country and this is what I bring on returning, not as a spy, but, shall I say, laden with spices and forbidden fruit?

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Daviess, Maria Thompson: The Golden Bird. V1. 13 Dec 2010

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MARIA THOMPSON DAVIESS, 1872-1924
Maria Thompson Daviess, artist and author, was born in Harrodsburg, Kentucky, in 1872 to an upper-middle-class family. Before she was eight years old, her sister and her father died, and her mother moved the family to Nashville. Daviess became active in Nashville society and studied art at Peabody College. After graduation she traveled to Europe and continued her artistic endeavors, visiting museums and meeting famous people including Pope Leo XIII, Auguste Rodin, and French Empress Eugenie. Michelangelo's magnificent art so overwhelmed Daviess that she resigned herself to photography and miniatures. She excelled at both and displayed her miniatures at a Paris salon.
Tennessee Encyclopedia

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The primary need of a woman's nature is always supposed to be love, but very suddenly I discovered that in my case it was money, a lot of it and quick. That is, I thought I needed a lot and in a very great hurry; but if I had known what I know now, I might have been contented feeding upon the bread of some kind of charity, for instance, like being married to Matthew Berry the very next day after I discovered my poverty. But at that period of my life I was a very ignorant girl, and in the most noble spirit of a desperate adventure I embarked upon the quest of the Golden Bird, which in one short year has landed me—I am now the richest woman in the world.

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Daviess, Maria Thompson: The Heart's Kingdom. V1. 13 Dec 2010

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MARIA THOMPSON DAVIESS, 1872-1924
Maria Thompson Daviess, artist and author, was born in Harrodsburg, Kentucky, in 1872 to an upper-middle-class family. Before she was eight years old, her sister and her father died, and her mother moved the family to Nashville. Daviess became active in Nashville society and studied art at Peabody College. After graduation she traveled to Europe and continued her artistic endeavors, visiting museums and meeting famous people including Pope Leo XIII, Auguste Rodin, and French Empress Eugenie. Michelangelo's magnificent art so overwhelmed Daviess that she resigned herself to photography and miniatures. She excelled at both and displayed her miniatures at a Paris salon.
Tennessee Encyclopedia

Excerpt
"A beautiful woman is intended to create a heaven on earth and she has no business wasting herself making imaginary excursions into any future paradise. The present is her time for action; and again, Charlotte, I ask you to name the day upon which you intend to marry me," said Nickols Powers, as he stood lounging in the broad window of Aunt Clara's music room and gazing down into the subdued traffic of upper Madison Avenue.

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Daviess, Maria Thompson: The Melting of Molly. V1. 14 Dec 2010

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MARIA THOMPSON DAVIESS, 1872-1924
Maria Thompson Daviess, artist and author, was born in Harrodsburg, Kentucky, in 1872 to an upper-middle-class family. Before she was eight years old, her sister and her father died, and her mother moved the family to Nashville. Daviess became active in Nashville society and studied art at Peabody College. After graduation she traveled to Europe and continued her artistic endeavors, visiting museums and meeting famous people including Pope Leo XIII, Auguste Rodin, and French Empress Eugenie. Michelangelo's magnificent art so overwhelmed Daviess that she resigned herself to photography and miniatures. She excelled at both and displayed her miniatures at a Paris salon.
Tennessee Encyclopedia

Excerpt
Yes, I truly think that in all the world there is nothing so dead as a young widow's deceased husband, and God ought to give His wisest man-angel special charge concerning looking after her and the devil at the same time. They both need it! I don't know how all this is going to end and I wish my mind wasn't in a kind of tingle. However, I'll do the best I can and not hold myself at all responsible for myself, and then who will there be to blame?

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Daviess, Maria Thompson: The Road to Providence. V1. 15 Dec 2010

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MARIA THOMPSON DAVIESS, 1872-1924
Maria Thompson Daviess, artist and author, was born in Harrodsburg, Kentucky, in 1872 to an upper-middle-class family. Before she was eight years old, her sister and her father died, and her mother moved the family to Nashville. Daviess became active in Nashville society and studied art at Peabody College. After graduation she traveled to Europe and continued her artistic endeavors, visiting museums and meeting famous people including Pope Leo XIII, Auguste Rodin, and French Empress Eugenie. Michelangelo's magnificent art so overwhelmed Daviess that she resigned herself to photography and miniatures. She excelled at both and displayed her miniatures at a Paris salon.
Tennessee Encyclopedia

Excerpt
"Now, child, be sure and don't mix 'em with a heavy hand! Lightness is expected of riz biscuits and had oughter be dealt out to 'em by the mixer from the start. Just this way—"
"Mother, oh, Mother," came a perturbed hail in Doctor Mayberry's voice from the barn door, "Spangles is off the nest again—better come quick!"

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Daviess, Maria Thompson: The Tinder-Box. V1. 16 Dec 2010

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MARIA THOMPSON DAVIESS, 1872-1924
Maria Thompson Daviess, artist and author, was born in Harrodsburg, Kentucky, in 1872 to an upper-middle-class family. Before she was eight years old, her sister and her father died, and her mother moved the family to Nashville. Daviess became active in Nashville society and studied art at Peabody College. After graduation she traveled to Europe and continued her artistic endeavors, visiting museums and meeting famous people including Pope Leo XIII, Auguste Rodin, and French Empress Eugenie. Michelangelo's magnificent art so overwhelmed Daviess that she resigned herself to photography and miniatures. She excelled at both and displayed her miniatures at a Paris salon.
Tennessee Encyclopedia

Excerpt
All love is a gas, and it takes either loneliness, strength of character, or religion to liquefy it into a condition to be ladled out of us, one to another. There is a certain dangerously volatile state of it; and occasionally people, especially of opposite sexes, try to administer it to each other in that form, with asphyxiation resulting to both hearts. And I'm willing to confess that it is generally a woman's fault when such an accident occurs. That is, it is a mistake of her nature, not one of intent. But she is learning!

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Davis, Norbert: Holocaust House and other stories (2020); v1, 2 Jn 2020

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Norbert Davis (1909-1949) was one of the better pulp magazine crime writers of the "Back Mask" magazine era.

His most famous creation was "Doan and Carstairs", but he had several other series characters.

This collection is an assortment of short stories from various magazines.

1: Holocaust House (Doan and Carstairs)
2: Red Goose
3: Something for the Sweeper
4: The Rag-Tag Girl
5: Dead Man’s Chest
6: You'll Die Laughing
7: The Price of a Dime

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Davis, Norbert: Holocaust House. v1 23 Dec 2007

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Dr. Drib previously posted Oh, Murder Mine in Sony format, so I thought I would continue with other Norbert Davis pulps. Davis created a series incorporating a detective named Doan and his dog, a giant Great Dane named Carstairs. The series in chronological order is:

Holocaust House 1940 - a long short story or a short novel
The Mouse in the Mountain 1943 - novel
Sally's in the Alley 1943 - novel
Cry Murder! 1944 - short story
Oh, Murder Mine 1946 - novel

I couldn't find an etext for Cry Murder!, but will upload the first three in the series.

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Davis, Norbert: Norbert Davis Sampler. V1. 27 Jul 2012

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Norbert Davis
Pseudonyms: Harrison Hunt, Cedric Titus (1909-1949)

THE RAG-TAG GIRL
DEAD MAN'S CHEST

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Davis, Norbert: Oh, Murderer Mine (1946), v1, 2 Jan 2020

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Doan and Carstairs return, after the end of the War; This time the scene is a college campus; and Doan's job is to watch of 26 year old Eric Trent, hunky husband of a 47 year old Beauty Products millionairess, to prevent him being seduced by younger women!

As always with a Doan and Carstairs story, there is humour as well as mayhem.

(There are just 5 Doan and Carstairs stories: 3 short novels and 2 short stories:

Holocaust House 1940 - a long short story
The Mouse in the Mountain 1943 - novel
Sally's in the Alley 1943 - novel
Cry Murder! 1944 - short story
Oh, Murderer Mine 1946 - novel)

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Davis, Norbert: Red Goose and Something for the Sweeper. v1 23 Dec 2007

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More pulp fiction from Norbert Davis, this time two short stories called Red Goose and Something for the Sweeper. There's a lot of information and analysis on the internet about this writer who seems to have attracted quite a following, including the Austrian philosopher Ludwig Wittgenstein.

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Davis, Norbert: Sally's in the Alley (1943), v2, 2 Jan 2020

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Doan, aided by his Great Dane, Carstairs, is on a government-sponsored mission to find an ore deposit in the Mojave Desert, but he's got to manage an odd (and oddly named) bunch of characters Dust-Mouth Haggerty knows where the mine is but isn't telling; Doc Gravelmeyer's learning how undertaking can be a 'growth industry' - and film star Susan Sally's days are numbered in an old-fashioned romp that matches its bloody crimes with belly laughs.

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Davis, Norbert: Sally's in the Alley. v1 23 Dec 2007

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Dr. Drib previously posted Oh, Murder Mine in Sony format, so I thought I would continue with other Norbert Davis pulps. Davis created a series incorporating a detective named Doan and his dog, a giant Great Dane named Carstairs. The series in chronological order is:

Holocaust House 1940 - a long short story or a short novel
The Mouse in the Mountain 1943 - novel
Sally's in the Alley 1943 - novel
Cry Murder! 1944 - short story
Oh, Murder Mine 1946 - novel

I couldn't find an etext for Cry Murder!, but will upload the first three in the series.

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Davis, Norbert: The Mouse in the Mountain. v1 23 Dec 2007

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Dr. Drib previously posted Oh, Murder Mine in Sony format, so I thought I would continue with other Norbert Davis pulps. Davis created a series incorporating a detective named Doan and his dog, a giant Great Dane named Carstairs. The series in chronological order is:

Holocaust House 1940 - a long short story or a short novel
The Mouse in the Mountain 1943 - novel
Sally's in the Alley 1943 - novel
Cry Murder! 1944 - short story
Oh, Murder Mine 1946 - novel

I couldn't find an etext for Cry Murder!, but will upload the first three in the series.

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Davis, Norbert: The Mouse in the Mountain: (1943): v2, 2 Jan 2020

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This book appears as a .prc format book in the Kindle Library, being uploaded in 2007. I have made a new edition, in AZW3 and mobi formats, hence v2

A Doan and Carstairs novel, Doan being a short plump private detective, and Carstairs being an enormous, supercilious and snobbish Great Dane which Doan won in a crap game.

The pair are in a mountain village in Mexico, on a case, and have to deal with an earthquake, murder, and a hidden fugitive.

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Davis, Norbert: Watch Me Kill You (2020); v1; 2 Jan 2020

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Norbert Davis (1909-1949) was a prolific pulp writer with several continuing series, of which the Doan and Carstairs stories are the best known. However his unique blend of hard boiled crime and humour didn't quite catch on.

This volume, prepared for MobileRead Forums, contains 7 stories, all from Internet Archive, including one of the only two Doan and Carstairs short stories, "lost" for many years: "Cry Murder".

Other series characters represented are Max Latin, and Bail-Bond Dodd.

1: Watch Me Kill You (Max Latin)
2: Too Many Have Died
3: Take It From Me (Dodd)
4: Charity Begins At Homicide (Max Latin)
5: Come Up And Kill Me Some Time (Dodd)
6: Death Sings A Torch Song
7: Cry Murder (Doan and Carstairs)

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Davis, Richard Harding: In the Fog. V1. 21 Dec 2010

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Richard Harding Davis (April 18, 1864 — April 11, 1916) was a journalist and writer of fiction and drama, known foremost as the first famous American war correspondent who covered the Spanish-American War, the Second Boer War, and the First World War. His writing greatly assisted the career of Theodore Roosevelt and he also played a major role in the evolution of the American magazine. His influence extended to the world of fashion and he is credited with making the clean-shaven look popular among men at the turn of the 20th century.

Excerpt
The Grill is the club most difficult of access in the world. To be placed on its rolls distinguishes the new member as greatly as though he had received a vacant Garter or had been caricatured in "Vanity Fair."
Men who belong to the Grill Club never mention that fact. If you were to ask one of them which clubs he frequents, he will name all save that particular one. He is afraid if he told you he belonged to the Grill, that it would sound like boasting.

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Davis, Richard Harding: A Charmed Life. V1. 19 Dec 2010

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Richard Harding Davis (April 18, 1864 — April 11, 1916) was a journalist and writer of fiction and drama, known foremost as the first famous American war correspondent who covered the Spanish-American War, the Second Boer War, and the First World War. His writing greatly assisted the career of Theodore Roosevelt and he also played a major role in the evolution of the American magazine. His influence extended to the world of fashion and he is credited with making the clean-shaven look popular among men at the turn of the 20th century.

Excerpt
She loved him so, that when he went away to a little war in which his country was interested she could not understand, nor quite forgive.
As the correspondent of a newspaper, Chesterton had looked on at other wars; when the yellow races met, when the infidel Turk spanked the Christian Greek; and one he had watched from inside a British square, where he was greatly alarmed lest he should be trampled upon by terrified camels. This had happened before he and she had met. After they met, she told him that what chances he had chosen to take before he came into her life fell outside of her jurisdiction. But now that his life belonged to her, this talk of his standing up to be shot at was wicked. It was worse than wicked; it was absurd.

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Davis, Richard Harding: A Question of Latitude. V1. 25 Dec 2010

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Richard Harding Davis (April 18, 1864 — April 11, 1916) was a journalist and writer of fiction and drama, known foremost as the first famous American war correspondent who covered the Spanish-American War, the Second Boer War, and the First World War. His writing greatly assisted the career of Theodore Roosevelt and he also played a major role in the evolution of the American magazine. His influence extended to the world of fashion and he is credited with making the clean-shaven look popular among men at the turn of the 20th century.

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Of the school of earnest young writers at whom the word muckraker had been thrown in opprobrium, and by whom it had been caught up as a title of honor, Everett was among the younger and less conspicuous. But, if in his skirmishes with graft and corruption he had failed to correct the evils he attacked, from the contests he himself had always emerged with credit. His sincerity and his methods were above suspicion. No one had caught him in misstatement, or exaggeration.

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Davis, Richard Harding: A Wasted Day. V1. 27 Dec 2010

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Richard Harding Davis (April 18, 1864 — April 11, 1916) was a journalist and writer of fiction and drama, known foremost as the first famous American war correspondent who covered the Spanish-American War, the Second Boer War, and the First World War. His writing greatly assisted the career of Theodore Roosevelt and he also played a major role in the evolution of the American magazine. His influence extended to the world of fashion and he is credited with making the clean-shaven look popular among men at the turn of the 20th century.

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When its turn came, the private secretary, somewhat apologetically, laid the letter in front of the Wisest Man in Wall Street.
"From Mrs. Austin, probation officer, Court of General Sessions," he explained. "Wants a letter about Spear. He's been convicted of theft. Comes up for sentence Tuesday."

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Davis, Richard Harding: Billy and the Big Stick. V1. 18 Dec 2010

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Richard Harding Davis (April 18, 1864 — April 11, 1916) was a journalist and writer of fiction and drama, known foremost as the first famous American war correspondent who covered the Spanish-American War, the Second Boer War, and the First World War. His writing greatly assisted the career of Theodore Roosevelt and he also played a major role in the evolution of the American magazine. His influence extended to the world of fashion and he is credited with making the clean-shaven look popular among men at the turn of the 20th century.

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Had the Wilmot Electric Light people remained content only to make light, had they not, as a by-product, attempted to make money, they need not have left Hayti.

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Davis, Richard Harding: Captain Macklin. V1. 19 Dec 2010

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Richard Harding Davis (April 18, 1864 — April 11, 1916) was a journalist and writer of fiction and drama, known foremost as the first famous American war correspondent who covered the Spanish-American War, the Second Boer War, and the First World War. His writing greatly assisted the career of Theodore Roosevelt and he also played a major role in the evolution of the American magazine. His influence extended to the world of fashion and he is credited with making the clean-shaven look popular among men at the turn of the 20th century.

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It may seem presumptuous that so young a man as myself should propose to write his life and memoirs, for, as a rule, one waits until he has accomplished something in the world, or until he has reached old age, before he ventures to tell of the times in which he has lived, and of his part in them. But the profession to which I belong, which is that of a soldier, and which is the noblest profession a man can follow, is a hazardous one, and were I to delay until to-morrow to write down what I have seen and done, these memoirs might never be written, for, such being the fortune of war, to-morrow might not come.

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Davis, Richard Harding: Cinderella. V1. 19 Dec 2010

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Richard Harding Davis (April 18, 1864 — April 11, 1916) was a journalist and writer of fiction and drama, known foremost as the first famous American war correspondent who covered the Spanish-American War, the Second Boer War, and the First World War. His writing greatly assisted the career of Theodore Roosevelt and he also played a major role in the evolution of the American magazine. His influence extended to the world of fashion and he is credited with making the clean-shaven look popular among men at the turn of the 20th century.

CINDERELLA
MISS DELAMAR'S UNDERSTUDY
THE EDITOR'S STORY
AN ASSISTED EMIGRANT
THE REPORTER WHO MADE HIMSELF KING

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Davis, Richard Harding: Cuba in War Time. 21 Oct 07

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Written in 1897 (before the Spanish-American War) parts of this book were originally letters from Davis to the [New York Journal.[/ Run by William Randolph Hearst, the [New York Journal[/ represented the apex of American "yellow journalism." Famous for his "you get me the pictures, I'll supply the war" quote, Hearst is credited with pushing the US into the Spanish-American War. Much of that push was supplied by the Davis letters.

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Davis, Richard Harding: Cuba in War Time. V1. 20 Dec 2010

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Richard Harding Davis (April 18, 1864 — April 11, 1916) was a journalist and writer of fiction and drama, known foremost as the first famous American war correspondent who covered the Spanish-American War, the Second Boer War, and the First World War. His writing greatly assisted the career of Theodore Roosevelt and he also played a major role in the evolution of the American magazine. His influence extended to the world of fashion and he is credited with making the clean-shaven look popular among men at the turn of the 20th century.

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After my return from Cuba many people asked me questions concerning the situation there, and I noticed that they generally asked the same questions. This book has been published with the idea of answering those questions as fully as is possible for me to do after a journey through the island, during which I traveled in four of the six provinces, visiting towns, seaports, plantations and military camps, and stopping for several days in all of the chief cities of Cuba, with the exception of Santiago and Pinar del Rio.

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Davis, Richard Harding: Episodes in Van Bibber's Life. V1. 20 Dec 2010

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Richard Harding Davis (April 18, 1864 — April 11, 1916) was a journalist and writer of fiction and drama, known foremost as the first famous American war correspondent who covered the Spanish-American War, the Second Boer War, and the First World War. His writing greatly assisted the career of Theodore Roosevelt and he also played a major role in the evolution of the American magazine. His influence extended to the world of fashion and he is credited with making the clean-shaven look popular among men at the turn of the 20th century.

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It was at the end of the first act of the first night of "The Sultana," and every member of the Lester Comic Opera Company, from Lester himself down to the wardrobe woman's son, who would have had to work if his mother lost her place, was sick with anxiety.

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Davis, Richard Harding: Gallegher and Other Stories. V1. 21 Dec 2010

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Richard Harding Davis (April 18, 1864 — April 11, 1916) was a journalist and writer of fiction and drama, known foremost as the first famous American war correspondent who covered the Spanish-American War, the Second Boer War, and the First World War. His writing greatly assisted the career of Theodore Roosevelt and he also played a major role in the evolution of the American magazine. His influence extended to the world of fashion and he is credited with making the clean-shaven look popular among men at the turn of the 20th century.

GALLEGHER
A WALK UP THE AVENUE
MY DISREPUTABLE FRIEND, MR. RAEGEN
THE OTHER WOMAN
THE TRAILER FOR ROOM NO. 8
"THERE WERE NINETY AND NINE"
THE CYNICAL MISS CATHERWAIGHT
VAN BIBBER AND THE SWAN-BOATS
VAN BIBBER'S BURGLAR
VAN BIBBER AS BEST MAN

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Davis, Richard Harding: Miss Civilization. V1. 24 Dec 2010

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Richard Harding Davis (April 18, 1864 — April 11, 1916) was a journalist and writer of fiction and drama, known foremost as the first famous American war correspondent who covered the Spanish-American War, the Second Boer War, and the First World War. His writing greatly assisted the career of Theodore Roosevelt and he also played a major role in the evolution of the American magazine. His influence extended to the world of fashion and he is credited with making the clean-shaven look popular among men at the turn of the 20th century.

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"Miss Civilization" is founded on a story by the late James Harvey Smith. All professional rights in this play belong to Richard Harding Davis. Amateurs who desire to produce "Miss Civilization" may do so, providing they apply for permission to the editor of Collier's Weekly, in which publication this play was first printed.

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Davis, Richard Harding: My Buried Treasure. V1. 24 Dec 2010

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Richard Harding Davis (April 18, 1864 — April 11, 1916) was a journalist and writer of fiction and drama, known foremost as the first famous American war correspondent who covered the Spanish-American War, the Second Boer War, and the First World War. His writing greatly assisted the career of Theodore Roosevelt and he also played a major role in the evolution of the American magazine. His influence extended to the world of fashion and he is credited with making the clean-shaven look popular among men at the turn of the 20th century.

MY BURIED TREASURE
THE CONSUL

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Davis, Richard Harding: Notes of a War Correspondent. 21 Oct 07

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Richard Harding Davis (18 April 1864—11 April 1916) wrote [Notes of a War Correspondent[/ in 1910. In it he describes several recent wars that he has covered including the US war against Spain in Cuba and the war in South Africa.

It has often been said that history is written by the winners and then by a person hiding behind a rock well away from the action. A war correspondent does not have the perspective of time to reflect the importance of the events he or she is reporting, they bring their own bias with them and see things through that lens.

This book offers a rare insight into that world of reporting a hundred years ago.

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Davis, Richard Harding: Once Upon A Time. V1. 25 Dec 2010

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Richard Harding Davis (April 18, 1864 — April 11, 1916) was a journalist and writer of fiction and drama, known foremost as the first famous American war correspondent who covered the Spanish-American War, the Second Boer War, and the First World War. His writing greatly assisted the career of Theodore Roosevelt and he also played a major role in the evolution of the American magazine. His influence extended to the world of fashion and he is credited with making the clean-shaven look popular among men at the turn of the 20th century.

A QUESTION OF LATITUDE
THE SPY
THE MESSENGERS
A WASTED DAY
A CHARMED LIFE
THE AMATEUR
THE MAKE-BELIEVE MAN
PEACE MANOEUVRES

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Davis, Richard Harding: Peace Manoeuvres. V1. 25 Dec 2010

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Richard Harding Davis (April 18, 1864 — April 11, 1916) was a journalist and writer of fiction and drama, known foremost as the first famous American war correspondent who covered the Spanish-American War, the Second Boer War, and the First World War. His writing greatly assisted the career of Theodore Roosevelt and he also played a major role in the evolution of the American magazine. His influence extended to the world of fashion and he is credited with making the clean-shaven look popular among men at the turn of the 20th century.

Excerpt
The scout stood where three roads cut three green tunnels in the pine woods, and met at his feet. Above his head an aged sign-post pointed impartially to East Carver, South Carver, and Carver Centre, and left the choice to him.
The scout scowled and bit nervously at his gauntlet. The choice was difficult, and there was no one with whom he could take counsel.

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Davis, Richard Harding: Ranson's Folly. V1. 26 Dec 2010

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Richard Harding Davis (April 18, 1864 — April 11, 1916) was a journalist and writer of fiction and drama, known foremost as the first famous American war correspondent who covered the Spanish-American War, the Second Boer War, and the First World War. His writing greatly assisted the career of Theodore Roosevelt and he also played a major role in the evolution of the American magazine. His influence extended to the world of fashion and he is credited with making the clean-shaven look popular among men at the turn of the 20th century.

RANSON'S FOLLY
THE BAR SINISTER
A DERELICT
LA LETTRE D'AMOUR
IN THE FOG

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Davis, Richard Harding: Real Soldiers of Fortune. 21 Oct 07

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Written in 1906, [Real Soldiers of Fortune[/ contains one of the first biographies of Sir Winston Churchill from his days in the Boar War.

The total cast includes:

- Major-General Henry Ronald Douglas MacIver

- Baron James Harden-Hickey

- Winston Spencer Churchill

- Captain Philo Norton McGiffin

- General William Walker, The King of the Filibusters

- Major Burnham, Chief of Scouts

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Davis, Richard Harding: Soldiers of Fortune. 22 Oct 07

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Unlike [Real Soldiers of Fortune, Soldiers of Fortune[/ is a fictional work. Although all of Davis' reporting had a bit of fiction in them as all of his fiction had a bit of non-fiction in them.

Written in 1897, before [Real Soldiers of Fortune[/, it provides a composite of several people that Davis had known in his life as a war correspondent.

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Davis, Richard Harding: The Amateur.V1. 17 Dec 2010

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Richard Harding Davis (April 18, 1864 — April 11, 1916) was a journalist and writer of fiction and drama, known foremost as the first famous American war correspondent who covered the Spanish-American War, the Second Boer War, and the First World War. His writing greatly assisted the career of Theodore Roosevelt and he also played a major role in the evolution of the American magazine. His influence extended to the world of fashion and he is credited with making the clean-shaven look popular among men at the turn of the 20th century.

Excerpt
It was February off the Banks, and so thick was the weather that, on the upper decks, one could have driven a sleigh. Inside the smoking-room Austin Ford, as securely sheltered from the blizzard as though he had been sitting in front of a wood fire at his club, ordered hot gin for himself and the ship's doctor. The ship's doctor had gone below on another "hurry call" from the widow.

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Davis, Richard Harding: The Boy Scout and Other Stories for Boys. V1. 18 Dec 2010

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Richard Harding Davis (April 18, 1864 — April 11, 1916) was a journalist and writer of fiction and drama, known foremost as the first famous American war correspondent who covered the Spanish-American War, the Second Boer War, and the First World War. His writing greatly assisted the career of Theodore Roosevelt and he also played a major role in the evolution of the American magazine. His influence extended to the world of fashion and he is credited with making the clean-shaven look popular among men at the turn of the 20th century.

THE BOY SCOUT
THE BOY WHO CRIED WOLF
GALLEGHER
BLOOD WILL TELL
THE BAR SINISTER

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Davis, Richard Harding: The Boy Scout. V1. 18 Dec 2010

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Richard Harding Davis (April 18, 1864 — April 11, 1916) was a journalist and writer of fiction and drama, known foremost as the first famous American war correspondent who covered the Spanish-American War, the Second Boer War, and the First World War. His writing greatly assisted the career of Theodore Roosevelt and he also played a major role in the evolution of the American magazine. His influence extended to the world of fashion and he is credited with making the clean-shaven look popular among men at the turn of the 20th century.

Excerpt
A rule of the Boy Scouts is every day to do some one a good turn. Not because the copy-books tell you it deserves another, but in spite of that pleasing possibility. If you are a true scout, until you have performed your act of kindness your day is dark. You are as unhappy as is the grown-up who has begun his day without shaving or reading the New York Sun. But as soon as you have proved yourself you may, with a clear conscience, look the world in the face and untie the knot in your kerchief.

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Davis, Richard Harding: The Consul. V1. 20 Dec 2010

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Richard Harding Davis (April 18, 1864 — April 11, 1916) was a journalist and writer of fiction and drama, known foremost as the first famous American war correspondent who covered the Spanish-American War, the Second Boer War, and the First World War. His writing greatly assisted the career of Theodore Roosevelt and he also played a major role in the evolution of the American magazine. His influence extended to the world of fashion and he is credited with making the clean-shaven look popular among men at the turn of the 20th century.

Excerpt
For over forty years, in one part of the world or another, old man Marshall had, served his country as a United States consul. He had been appointed by Lincoln. For a quarter of a century that fact was his distinction. It was now his epitaph.

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Davis, Richard Harding: The Deserter.20 Dec 2010

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Richard Harding Davis (April 18, 1864 — April 11, 1916) was a journalist and writer of fiction and drama, known foremost as the first famous American war correspondent who covered the Spanish-American War, the Second Boer War, and the First World War. His writing greatly assisted the career of Theodore Roosevelt and he also played a major role in the evolution of the American magazine. His influence extended to the world of fashion and he is credited with making the clean-shaven look popular among men at the turn of the 20th century.

Excerpt
When Mr. Davis wrote the story of "The Deserter," he could not possibly have foreseen that it was to be his last story—the last of those short stories which gave him such eminence as a short-story writer.

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Davis, Richard Harding: The Exiles and Other Stories. V1. 20 Dec 2010

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Richard Harding Davis (April 18, 1864 — April 11, 1916) was a journalist and writer of fiction and drama, known foremost as the first famous American war correspondent who covered the Spanish-American War, the Second Boer War, and the First World War. His writing greatly assisted the career of Theodore Roosevelt and he also played a major role in the evolution of the American magazine. His influence extended to the world of fashion and he is credited with making the clean-shaven look popular among men at the turn of the 20th century.

The Exiles
The Boy Orator Of Zepata City
The Other Woman
On The Fever Ship
The Lion And The Unicorn
The Last Ride Together
Miss Delamar's Understudy
The Reporter Who Made Himself King

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Davis, Richard Harding: The Frame Up. V1. 21 Dec 2010

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Richard Harding Davis (April 18, 1864 — April 11, 1916) was a journalist and writer of fiction and drama, known foremost as the first famous American war correspondent who covered the Spanish-American War, the Second Boer War, and the First World War. His writing greatly assisted the career of Theodore Roosevelt and he also played a major role in the evolution of the American magazine. His influence extended to the world of fashion and he is credited with making the clean-shaven look popular among men at the turn of the 20th century.

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When the voice over the telephone promised to name the man who killed Hermann Banf, District Attorney Wharton was up-town lunching at Delmonico's. This was contrary to his custom and a concession to Hamilton Cutler, his distinguished brother-in-law. That gentleman was interested in a State constabulary bill and had asked State Senator Bissell to father it. He had suggested to the senator that, in the legal points involved in the bill, his brother-in-law would undoubtedly be charmed to advise him. So that morning, to talk it over, Bissell had come from Albany and, as he was forced to return the same afternoon, had asked Wharton to lunch with him up-town near the station.

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Davis, Richard Harding: The Lion and the Unicorn. V1. 22 Dec 2010

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Richard Harding Davis (April 18, 1864 — April 11, 1916) was a journalist and writer of fiction and drama, known foremost as the first famous American war correspondent who covered the Spanish-American War, the Second Boer War, and the First World War. His writing greatly assisted the career of Theodore Roosevelt and he also played a major role in the evolution of the American magazine. His influence extended to the world of fashion and he is credited with making the clean-shaven look popular among men at the turn of the 20th century.

THE LION AND THE UNICORN
ON THE FEVER SHIP
THE MAN WITH ONE TALENT
THE VAGRANT
THE LAST RIDE TOGETHER

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Davis, Richard Harding: The Log of the Jolly Polly. V1. 22 Dec 2010

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Richard Harding Davis (April 18, 1864 — April 11, 1916) was a journalist and writer of fiction and drama, known foremost as the first famous American war correspondent who covered the Spanish-American War, the Second Boer War, and the First World War. His writing greatly assisted the career of Theodore Roosevelt and he also played a major role in the evolution of the American magazine. His influence extended to the world of fashion and he is credited with making the clean-shaven look popular among men at the turn of the 20th century.

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Temptation came to me when I was in the worst possible position to resist it.

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Davis, Richard Harding: The Lost House. V1. 22 Dec 2010

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Richard Harding Davis (April 18, 1864 — April 11, 1916) was a journalist and writer of fiction and drama, known foremost as the first famous American war correspondent who covered the Spanish-American War, the Second Boer War, and the First World War. His writing greatly assisted the career of Theodore Roosevelt and he also played a major role in the evolution of the American magazine. His influence extended to the world of fashion and he is credited with making the clean-shaven look popular among men at the turn of the 20th century.

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It was a dull day at the chancellery. His Excellency the American Ambassador was absent in Scotland, unveiling a bust to Bobby Burns, paid for by the numerous lovers of that poet in Pittsburg; the First Secretary was absent at Aldershot, observing a sham battle; the Military Attache was absent at the Crystal Palace, watching a foot-ball match; the Naval Attache was absent at the Duke of Deptford's, shooting pheasants; and at the Embassy, the Second Secretary, having lunched leisurely at the Artz, was now alone, but prepared with his life to protect American interests. Accordingly, on the condition that the story should not be traced back to him, he had just confided a State secret to his young friend, Austin Ford, the London correspondent of the New York REPUBLIC.

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Davis, Richard Harding: The Lost Road. V1. 23 Dec 2010

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Richard Harding Davis (April 18, 1864 — April 11, 1916) was a journalist and writer of fiction and drama, known foremost as the first famous American war correspondent who covered the Spanish-American War, the Second Boer War, and the First World War. His writing greatly assisted the career of Theodore Roosevelt and he also played a major role in the evolution of the American magazine. His influence extended to the world of fashion and he is credited with making the clean-shaven look popular among men at the turn of the 20th century.

THE LOST ROAD
THE MIRACLE OF LAS PALMAS
EVIL TO HIM WHO EVIL THINKS
THE MEN OF ZANZIBAR
THE LONG ARM
THE GOD OF COINCIDENCE
THE BURIED TREASURE OF COBRE
THE BOY SCOUT
SOMEWHERE IN FRANCE
THE DESERTER

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Davis, Richard Harding: The Make-Believe Man. V1. 23 Dec 2010

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Richard Harding Davis (April 18, 1864 — April 11, 1916) was a journalist and writer of fiction and drama, known foremost as the first famous American war correspondent who covered the Spanish-American War, the Second Boer War, and the First World War. His writing greatly assisted the career of Theodore Roosevelt and he also played a major role in the evolution of the American magazine. His influence extended to the world of fashion and he is credited with making the clean-shaven look popular among men at the turn of the 20th century.

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I had made up my mind that when my vacation came I would spend it seeking adventures. I have always wished for adventures, but, though I am old enough—I was twenty-five last October—and have always gone half-way to meet them, adventures avoid me. Kinney says it is my fault. He holds that if you want adventures you must go after them.

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Davis, Richard Harding: The Man Who Could Not Lose. V1. 23 Dec 2010

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Richard Harding Davis (April 18, 1864 — April 11, 1916) was a journalist and writer of fiction and drama, known foremost as the first famous American war correspondent who covered the Spanish-American War, the Second Boer War, and the First World War. His writing greatly assisted the career of Theodore Roosevelt and he also played a major role in the evolution of the American magazine. His influence extended to the world of fashion and he is credited with making the clean-shaven look popular among men at the turn of the 20th century.

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With an income so uncertain that the only thing that could be said of it with certainty was that it was too small to support even himself, Carter should not have thought of matrimony. Nor, must it be said to his credit, did he think of it until the girl came along that he wanted to marry.

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Davis, Richard Harding: The Messengers. V1. 23 Dec 2010

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Richard Harding Davis (April 18, 1864 — April 11, 1916) was a journalist and writer of fiction and drama, known foremost as the first famous American war correspondent who covered the Spanish-American War, the Second Boer War, and the First World War. His writing greatly assisted the career of Theodore Roosevelt and he also played a major role in the evolution of the American magazine. His influence extended to the world of fashion and he is credited with making the clean-shaven look popular among men at the turn of the 20th century.

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When Ainsley first moved to Lone Lake Farm all of his friends asked him the same question. They wanted to know, if the farmer who sold it to him had abandoned it as worthless, how one of the idle rich, who could not distinguish a plough from a harrow, hoped to make it pay? His answer was that he had not purchased the farm as a means of getting richer by honest toil, but as a retreat from the world and as a test of true friendship. He argued that the people he knew accepted his hospitality at Sherry's because, in any event, they themselves would be dining within a taxicab fare of the same place. But if to see him they travelled all the way to Lone Lake Farm, he might feel assured that they were friends indeed.

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Davis, Richard Harding: The Nature Faker. V1. 24 Dec 2010

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Richard Harding Davis (April 18, 1864 — April 11, 1916) was a journalist and writer of fiction and drama, known foremost as the first famous American war correspondent who covered the Spanish-American War, the Second Boer War, and the First World War. His writing greatly assisted the career of Theodore Roosevelt and he also played a major role in the evolution of the American magazine. His influence extended to the world of fashion and he is credited with making the clean-shaven look popular among men at the turn of the 20th century.

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Richard Herrick was a young man with a gentle disposition, much money, and no sense of humor. His object in life was to marry Miss Catherweight. For three years she had tried to persuade him this could not be, and finally, in order to convince him, married some one else.

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Davis, Richard Harding: The Princess Aline. V1. 25 Dec 2010

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Richard Harding Davis (April 18, 1864 — April 11, 1916) was a journalist and writer of fiction and drama, known foremost as the first famous American war correspondent who covered the Spanish-American War, the Second Boer War, and the First World War. His writing greatly assisted the career of Theodore Roosevelt and he also played a major role in the evolution of the American magazine. His influence extended to the world of fashion and he is credited with making the clean-shaven look popular among men at the turn of the 20th century.

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H. R. H. the Princess Aline of Hohenwald came into the life of Morton Carlton--or "Morney" Carlton, as men called him--of New York city, when that young gentleman's affairs and affections were best suited to receive her. Had she made her appearance three years sooner or three years later, it is quite probable that she would have passed on out of his life with no more recognition from him than would have been expressed in a look of admiring curiosity.

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Davis, Richard Harding: The Red Cross Girl. V1. 26 Dec 2010

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Richard Harding Davis (April 18, 1864 — April 11, 1916) was a journalist and writer of fiction and drama, known foremost as the first famous American war correspondent who covered the Spanish-American War, the Second Boer War, and the First World War. His writing greatly assisted the career of Theodore Roosevelt and he also played a major role in the evolution of the American magazine. His influence extended to the world of fashion and he is credited with making the clean-shaven look popular among men at the turn of the 20th century.

THE RED CROSS GIRL
THE GRAND CROSS OF THE CRESCENT
THE INVASION OF ENGLAND
BLOOD WILL TELL
THE SAILORMAN
THE MIND READER
THE NAKED MAN
THE BOY WHO CRIED WOLF
THE CARD-SHARP

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Davis, Richard Harding: The Reporter Who Made Himself King. V1. 26 Dec 2010

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Richard Harding Davis (April 18, 1864 — April 11, 1916) was a journalist and writer of fiction and drama, known foremost as the first famous American war correspondent who covered the Spanish-American War, the Second Boer War, and the First World War. His writing greatly assisted the career of Theodore Roosevelt and he also played a major role in the evolution of the American magazine. His influence extended to the world of fashion and he is credited with making the clean-shaven look popular among men at the turn of the 20th century.

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The Old Time Journalist will tell you that the best reporter is the one who works his way up. He holds that the only way to start is as a printer's devil or as an office boy, to learn in time to set type, to graduate from a compositor into a stenographer, and as a stenographer take down speeches at public meetings, and so finally grow into a real reporter, with a fire badge on your left suspender, and a speaking acquaintance with all the greatest men in the city, not even excepting Police Captains.

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Davis, Richard Harding: The Scarlet Car. V1. 26 Dec 2010

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Richard Harding Davis (April 18, 1864 — April 11, 1916) was a journalist and writer of fiction and drama, known foremost as the first famous American war correspondent who covered the Spanish-American War, the Second Boer War, and the First World War. His writing greatly assisted the career of Theodore Roosevelt and he also played a major role in the evolution of the American magazine. His influence extended to the world of fashion and he is credited with making the clean-shaven look popular among men at the turn of the 20th century.

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For a long time it had been arranged they all should go to the Harvard and Yale game in Winthrop's car. It was perfectly well understood. Even Peabody, who pictured himself and Miss Forbes in the back of the car, with her brother and Winthrop in front, condescended to approve. It was necessary to invite Peabody because it was his great good fortune to be engaged to Miss Forbes. Her brother Sam had been invited, not only because he could act as chaperon for his sister, but because since they were at St. Paul's, Winthrop and he, either as participants or spectators, had never missed going together to the Yale-Harvard game. And Beatrice Forbes herself had been invited because she was herself.

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Davis, Richard Harding: The Spy. V1. 27 Dec 2010

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Richard Harding Davis (April 18, 1864 — April 11, 1916) was a journalist and writer of fiction and drama, known foremost as the first famous American war correspondent who covered the Spanish-American War, the Second Boer War, and the First World War. His writing greatly assisted the career of Theodore Roosevelt and he also played a major role in the evolution of the American magazine. His influence extended to the world of fashion and he is credited with making the clean-shaven look popular among men at the turn of the 20th century.

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My going to Valencia was entirely an accident. But the more often I stated that fact, the more satisfied was everyone at the capital that I had come on some secret mission. Even the venerable politician who acted as our minister, the night of my arrival, after dinner, said confidentially, "Now, Mr. Crosby, between ourselves, what's the game?"

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Davis, Richard Harding: The White Mice. V1. 27 Dec 2010

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Richard Harding Davis (April 18, 1864 — April 11, 1916) was a journalist and writer of fiction and drama, known foremost as the first famous American war correspondent who covered the Spanish-American War, the Second Boer War, and the First World War. His writing greatly assisted the career of Theodore Roosevelt and he also played a major role in the evolution of the American magazine. His influence extended to the world of fashion and he is credited with making the clean-shaven look popular among men at the turn of the 20th century.

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People who are stay-at-home bodies come to believe the whole world is the village in which they live. People who are rolling-stones claim that if you travel far enough and long enough the whole world becomes as one village; that sooner or later you make friends with every one in it; that the only difference between the stay-at-homes and the gadabouts is that while the former answer local telephone calls, the others receive picture postal-cards. There is a story that seems to illustrate how small this world is. In fact, this is the story.

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Davis, Richard Harding: Vera, the Medium, v.1, 27 Feb 2008.

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A short novel. (1908)

Is Vera a true medium or a fake? A lot of people want to find out…

This continues our Vera-related series of books. We already have Oscar Wilde’s Vera and Villier de l’Isle Adam’s Vera, so here’s another.

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Davis, Richard Harding: With the Allies. 22 Oct 07

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Sometimes the war correspondent gets involved in the story. From 1914 in Europe.

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Davis, Richard Harding: With the Allies. V1. 27 Dec 2010

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Richard Harding Davis (April 18, 1864 — April 11, 1916) was a journalist and writer of fiction and drama, known foremost as the first famous American war correspondent who covered the Spanish-American War, the Second Boer War, and the First World War. His writing greatly assisted the career of Theodore Roosevelt and he also played a major role in the evolution of the American magazine. His influence extended to the world of fashion and he is credited with making the clean-shaven look popular among men at the turn of the 20th century.

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I have not seen the letter addressed by President Wilson to the American people calling upon them to preserve toward this war the mental attitude of neutrals. But I have seen the war. And I feel sure had President Wilson seen my war he would not have written his letter.
This is not a war against Germans, as we know Germans in America, where they are among our sanest, most industrious, and most responsible fellow countrymen. It is a war, as Winston Churchill has pointed out, against the military aristocracy of Germany, men who are six hundred years behind the times; who, to preserve their class against democracy, have perverted to the uses of warfare, to the destruction of life, every invention of modern times. These men are military mad. To our ideal of representative government their own idea is as far opposed as is martial law to the free speech of our town meetings.

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Davis, Richard Harding: With the French in France and Salonika. V1. 29 Dec 2010

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Richard Harding Davis (April 18, 1864 — April 11, 1916) was a journalist and writer of fiction and drama, known foremost as the first famous American war correspondent who covered the Spanish-American War, the Second Boer War, and the First World War. His writing greatly assisted the career of Theodore Roosevelt and he also played a major role in the evolution of the American magazine. His influence extended to the world of fashion and he is credited with making the clean-shaven look popular among men at the turn of the 20th century.

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This book was written during the three last months of 1915 and the first month of this year in the form of letters from France, Greece, Serbia, and England. The writer visited ten of the twelve sectors of the French front, seeing most of them from the first trench, and was also on the French-British front in the Balkans. Outside of Paris the French cities visited were Verdun, Amiens, St. Die, Arras, Chalons, Nancy, and Rheims. What he saw served to strengthen his admiration for the French army and, as individuals and as a nation, for the French people, and to increase his confidence in the ultimate success of their arms.

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Davis, Richard Harding; The King's Jackal. V1. 22 Dec 2010

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Richard Harding Davis (April 18, 1864 — April 11, 1916) was a journalist and writer of fiction and drama, known foremost as the first famous American war correspondent who covered the Spanish-American War, the Second Boer War, and the First World War. His writing greatly assisted the career of Theodore Roosevelt and he also played a major role in the evolution of the American magazine. His influence extended to the world of fashion and he is credited with making the clean-shaven look popular among men at the turn of the 20th century.

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The Sultan of Morocco had given orders from Fez that the King of Messina, in spite of his incognito, should be treated during his stay in Tangier with the consideration due to his rank, so one-half of the Hotel Grand Bretagne had been set aside for him and his suite, and two soldiers of the Bashaw's Guard sat outside of his door with drawn swords. They were answerable with their heads for the life and safety of the Sultan's guest, and as they could speak no language but their own, they made a visit to his Majesty more a matter of adventure than of etiquette.

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Davis, Richard Harding; The Congo and Coasts of Africa. V1. 19 Dec 2010

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Richard Harding Davis (April 18, 1864 — April 11, 1916) was a journalist and writer of fiction and drama, known foremost as the first famous American war correspondent who covered the Spanish-American War, the Second Boer War, and the First World War. His writing greatly assisted the career of Theodore Roosevelt and he also played a major role in the evolution of the American magazine. His influence extended to the world of fashion and he is credited with making the clean-shaven look popular among men at the turn of the 20th century.

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No matter how often one sets out, "for to admire, and for to see, for to behold this world so wide," he never quite gets over being surprised at the erratic manner in which "civilization" distributes itself; at the way it ignores one spot upon the earth's surface, and upon another, several thousand miles away, heaps its blessings and its tyrannies. Having settled in a place one might suppose the "influences of civilization" would first be felt by the people nearest that place. Instead of which, a number of men go forth in a ship and carry civilization as far away from that spot as the winds will bear them.

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Dawson, A.J.: Jan A Dog and a Romance v1 12feb 2009

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Well, the title says it all.

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Jean saw that Jan made an exceptionally fine leader. There was no sort of doubt about it. He set a tremendously high working standard, and hustled the team into accepting it by the exercise of an almost uncannily far-seeing severity. Nothing escaped him, least of all a hint of any kind of shirking. He was quicker than Jean's whip, more sure, and more compelling. But while Jean saw all this, and more, with genuine admiration for Jan, and for his own astuteness in foretelling this exceptional capacity and acquiring ownership of the hound, he also saw, with angry puzzlement, that his team was falling off in condition and in efficiency as a unit.

It was not that the leader lacked either justice or discretion in his fiery severity. Jan displayed both to a miracle. But the team had to live between his severity while at work, and Bill's bitter and tireless persecution and crafty incendiarism outside the traces. Over all, for their consolation, were the whips of the masters. But so infernally crafty was Bill, that he never once allowed the masters to detect the real wickedness of the part he played. They could see poor Blackfoot's bleeding hocks: "We got to call heem Redleg soon. Damn that Beel!"—but they could not see Bill's continuous crafty incitements to mutiny, or the hundred and one ways in which he strove, when out of harness, to work up hatred of Jan among his mates, or when in harness to play subtle tricks which should produce an effect discreditable to the new leader.

Intuitively Jan became aware of most of these things. But even where he detected Bill at fault, he could not trounce the ex-leader as he trounced the other dogs, because he and Bill knew very well that there could be no sparring, no such lightsome thing as mere chastisement, between them. There was war to the death in Bill's snarl when Jan so much as looked at him. He was perfectly certain he could, and would, kill Jan directly a suitable opportunity offered. Jan was not so sure about that; but he did know very well that he was not capable of just thrashing Bill and letting it go at that; for over and above Bill's unbeaten prowess as a fighter and master dog there was a mortal hatred in him where Jan was concerned—a hatred which, weighed as a fighting asset, was almost equivalent to a second set of fangs.

And then came the memorable evening upon which Jean killed a bull-moose and all the team fed full—except Bill.
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A very fine novel about a dog and a romance

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Dawson, Emma: An Itinerant House and Other Stories (ghosts,illus). v1. 14 May 2021

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An Itinerant House and Other Stories

By Emma Dawson (1839–1926)

Illustrations by Ernest Peixotto (1869–1940)

Three men who interceded with Death itself find themselves haunted by the house where it happened: the house seems to follow them from city to city...

Three sisters living in genteel poverty take in a lodger — a very strange lodger indeed...

A valet finds that his job involves more than he bargained for...

And seven more tales of the uncanny...

[An Itinerant House and Other Stories [/is notable not only for its merit as atmospheric supernatural fiction, but for its detailed description of 19th century San Francisco in the Victorian/fin de siecle manner, with a fine sense of place.

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Emma Frances Dawson (1839–1926) was an American poet and writer of supernatural fiction. She wrote short stories and poems, originally printed in regional publications such as the Argonaut and Overland Monthly. Ambrose Bierce, who seems to have been a mentor to Dawson in her literary efforts, praised her work as some of the best being written in the West Coast.

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This book, first published in 1897, is in the public domain where copyright is “Life+80” or less, and in the USA.
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Day, Holman: All-Wool Morrison. V1. 30 Dec 2010

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Holman Francis Day (1865-1935) was an American author, born at Vassalboro, Me., and a graduate of Colby College (class of 1887). In 1889-90 he was managing editor of the publications of the Union Publishing Company, Bangor, Me. He was also editor and proprietor of the Dexter, (Me.) Gazette, a special writer for the Lewiston, (Me.) Journal, Maine representative of the Boston Herald , and managing editor of the Lewiston Daily Sun. In 1901-04 he was military secretary to Gov. John F. Hill of Maine.

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On this crowded twenty-four-hour cross-section of contemporary American life the curtain goes up at nine-thirty o'clock of a January forenoon.
Locality, the city of Marion—the capital of a state.
Time, that politically throbbing, project-crowded, anxious, and expectant season of plot and counterplot—the birth of a legislative session.
Disclosed, the office of St. Ronan's Mill of the city of Marion.

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Day, Holman: Blow The Man Down. V1. 30 Dec 2010

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Holman Francis Day (1865-1935) was an American author, born at Vassalboro, Me., and a graduate of Colby College (class of 1887). In 1889-90 he was managing editor of the publications of the Union Publishing Company, Bangor, Me. He was also editor and proprietor of the Dexter, (Me.) Gazette, a special writer for the Lewiston, (Me.) Journal, Maine representative of the Boston Herald , and managing editor of the Lewiston Daily Sun. In 1901-04 he was military secretary to Gov. John F. Hill of Maine.

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Without preface of word or look he whirled and faced her, swept her into his arms and kissed her. He did not attempt to absolve himself or mitigate his offense by telling her that he loved her. He was voiceless—he could not control his speech. He did not dare to show such presumption as talk of love must seem to be to her. He knew he must not speak of love; such proffer to her would be lunacy. But this greater presumption, this blind capture of her in his arms—this was something which he had not intended any more than a sane man considers flight to the moon.

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Day, Holman: Joan of Arc of the North Woods. V1. 31 Dec 2010

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Holman Francis Day (1865-1935) was an American author, born at Vassalboro, Me., and a graduate of Colby College (class of 1887). In 1889-90 he was managing editor of the publications of the Union Publishing Company, Bangor, Me. He was also editor and proprietor of the Dexter, (Me.) Gazette, a special writer for the Lewiston, (Me.) Journal, Maine representative of the Boston Herald , and managing editor of the Lewiston Daily Sun. In 1901-04 he was military secretary to Gov. John F. Hill of Maine.

Excerpt
THE timber situation in the Tomah country was surcharged.
When Ward Latisan came upon Rufus Craig, one afternoon in autumn, steel struck flint and trouble’s fuse was lighted.

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Day, Holman: The Landloper. V1. 31 Dec 2010

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Holman Francis Day (1865-1935) was an American author, born at Vassalboro, Me., and a graduate of Colby College (class of 1887). In 1889-90 he was managing editor of the publications of the Union Publishing Company, Bangor, Me. He was also editor and proprietor of the Dexter, (Me.) Gazette, a special writer for the Lewiston, (Me.) Journal, Maine representative of the Boston Herald , and managing editor of the Lewiston Daily Sun. In 1901-04 he was military secretary to Gov. John F. Hill of Maine.

Excerpt
The man who called himself Walker Farr plodded down the dusty stretches of a country road.
He moved leisurely. He neither slouched like a vagabond nor did he swing with a stride which indicated that he had aim in life or destination in mind. When he came under arching elms he plucked his worn cap from his head and stuffed it into a coat pocket which already bulged bulkily against his flank. He gazed to right and left upon the glories of a sun-bathed June morning and strolled bareheaded along the aisle of a temple of the great Out-of-Doors.

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Day, Holman: The Rainy Day Railroad War. V1. 31 Dec 2010

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Holman Francis Day (1865-1935) was an American author, born at Vassalboro, Me., and a graduate of Colby College (class of 1887). In 1889-90 he was managing editor of the publications of the Union Publishing Company, Bangor, Me. He was also editor and proprietor of the Dexter, (Me.) Gazette, a special writer for the Lewiston, (Me.) Journal, Maine representative of the Boston Herald , and managing editor of the Lewiston Daily Sun. In 1901-04 he was military secretary to Gov. John F. Hill of Maine.

Excerpt
All at once the stump-dotted, rocky hillside became clamorous and animated. From the little shacks sheathed with tarred paper, from the sodded huts, from burrows sunk into the hillside men suddenly came popping out with shrill cries.
Three men, shouldering surveying instruments, stopped in their tracks on the freshly-heaped soil of a new railroad embankment, and gazed up at the hillside. The railroad skirted its foot and the sudden activity on the slope was in full view. "Your lambs seem to be blatting around the fodder-rack once more, Parker," observed the man who lugged the transit. He was a thin, elderly man and his tone was somewhat satirical.

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Day, Holman: The Ramrodders. V1. 31 Dec 2010

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Holman Francis Day (1865-1935) was an American author, born at Vassalboro, Me., and a graduate of Colby College (class of 1887). In 1889-90 he was managing editor of the publications of the Union Publishing Company, Bangor, Me. He was also editor and proprietor of the Dexter, (Me.) Gazette, a special writer for the Lewiston, (Me.) Journal, Maine representative of the Boston Herald , and managing editor of the Lewiston Daily Sun. In 1901-04 he was military secretary to Gov. John F. Hill of Maine.

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War and Peace had swapped corners that morning in the village of Fort Canibas. War was muttering at the end where two meeting-houses placidly faced each other across the street. Peace brooded over the ancient blockhouse, relic of the "Bloodless War," and upon the structure that Thelismer Thornton had converted from officers' barracks to his own uses as a dwelling.

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Day, Holman: The Skipper and the Skipped. V1. 1 Jan 2011

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Holman Francis Day (1865-1935) was an American author, born at Vassalboro, Me., and a graduate of Colby College (class of 1887). In 1889-90 he was managing editor of the publications of the Union Publishing Company, Bangor, Me. He was also editor and proprietor of the Dexter, (Me.) Gazette, a special writer for the Lewiston, (Me.) Journal, Maine representative of the Boston Herald , and managing editor of the Lewiston Daily Sun. In 1901-04 he was military secretary to Gov. John F. Hill of Maine.

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Cap'n Aaron Sproul, late skipper of the Jefferson P. Benn, sat by the bedside of his uncle, "One-arm" Jerry, and gazed into the latter's dimming eyes.
"It ain't bein' a crowned head, but it's honer'ble," pleaded the sick man, continuing the conversation.
His eager gaze found only gloominess in his nephew's countenance.
"One way you look at it, Uncle Jed," said the Cap'n, "it's a come-down swifter'n a slide from the foretop the whole length of the boomstay. I've been master since I was twenty-four, and I'm goin' onto fifty-six now. I've licked every kind in the sailorman line, from a nigger up to Six-fingered Jack the Portugee. If it wa'n't for—ow, Josephus Henry!—for this rheumatiz, I'd be aboard the Benn this minute with a marlinespike in my hand, and op'nin' a fresh package of language."

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Day, Holman: When Egypt Went Broke. V1. 1 Jan 2011

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Holman Francis Day (1865-1935) was an American author, born at Vassalboro, Me., and a graduate of Colby College (class of 1887). In 1889-90 he was managing editor of the publications of the Union Publishing Company, Bangor, Me. He was also editor and proprietor of the Dexter, (Me.) Gazette, a special writer for the Lewiston, (Me.) Journal, Maine representative of the Boston Herald , and managing editor of the Lewiston Daily Sun. In 1901-04 he was military secretary to Gov. John F. Hill of Maine.

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Some fishermen, seeking bait, stay up late and "jack" angleworms with a bull's-eye light. The big worms are abroad on the soil under cover of the darkness. Other fishermen get up early and dig while the dew is holding the smaller worms near the surface of the ground; in going after worms the shrewd operator makes the job easy for himself.

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De Bra, Lemuel: Lemuel De Bra Sampler. V1. 28 Jul 2012

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Lemuel L. de Bra
Birth: Dec. 10, 1884 Death: Aug. 24, 1954

COIN OF THE DEAD
IN SHANGHAI ALLEY

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De Brune, Aidan: Saul and the Spinster (1935); v1; 19 Oct 2019

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The last serial published by Aidan de Brune (1874-1946).

A leading fashion modiste in Sydney is under mysterious seige from a serial vandal. Inspector Saul Murmer, on secondment from Scotland Yard to Sydney's CIB, finds himself drawn into what seems a minor matter but which soon includes murder...

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de Brune, Aidan: The Dr Night Trilogy, v.1

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Some time ago in the general discussion forum I wrote about newspaper serials in Australia, and mentioned Aidan de Brune, author of many such serials which never appeared between book covers. Between Project Gutenberg Australia, Roy Glashan's Library, and I, all of his available fiction was recovered and converted into ebook form.

I have prepared this special omnibus of the three Dr Night stories for this Library to give an idea of the more pulp-style serials, and of de Brune's writing. The books are:

Dr Night
The Green Pearl
Whispering Death

"Dr Night" starts as seemingly straightforward crime tale set in the mean streets of Sydney before drifting towards fantasy, and the drift continues through the succeeding stories until there is a truly fantastic climactic battle between an air fleet and the mystic powers of Dr Night.

The whole of de Brune's work is Life +70 and is available on Project Gutenberg Australia and Roy Glashan's Library, an associated site which also offers Australian PD books. An illustrated biography of de Brune which includes dedtails of his incredible 10,000 mile walk around Australia is also available free on Project Gutenberg Australia.

The covers of all of the de Brune books were created by me using PD illustrations and text, in a suitably pulp style.

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de Brune, Aidan: The Flirting Fool (1933) v1 20 Oct 2010

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On loan from Scotland Yard to the Sydney, NSW, CIB, Inspector Saul Murmer stumbles into a murder scene which rapidly develops many complications, The victim was both stabbed and shot, probably simultaneously; a young woman Murmer saw leaving the building later proves a perfect alibi miles away, with many witnesses. And other likely suspects also have alibis....

The climax is a courtroom scene, with defence counsel dismantling the prosecution's case and exposing the true killer.

Originally published as a newspaper serial in 1933 as by "John Morriss"; republished as a serial in 1934-5 as by Aidan de Brune.

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de Brune, Aidan: The Framing of Inspector Denvers (1934) V1, 20 Oct 2019

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Inspector Denvers of Sydney CIB has come under fire for his abject failure to capture the mysterious and outrageous thief known as "Cain", who has persecuted a select group of immensely wealthy Sydney families for some time.

He is hauled before the Commissioner, and dismissed...

But he's not the only one hunting the mysterious "Cain".

(This book was first published in 1934 as a serial under the title "Cain", as by John Morriss, one of de Brune's pseudonyms. It was re-published in 1938 under the title The Framing of Inspector Denvers, as by Aidan de Brune. As this ebook was built using the 1938 serial's text the latter title is retained.)

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de Brune, Aidan: The League of Five (1930); v1; 27 Oct 2019

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Five men: Frank Carslake, Maurice Ottley, Andrew Roche, Murray Lynnex, Godfrey Stephen. They all had a powerful motive to kill Anton Sinclair.

They draw straws, metaphorically speaking; one of them will do the job.

But as always in a de Brune serial, nothing is as it seems, including Anton Sinclair, and the League of Five's clever scheme takes unexpected turns.

Published as a serial in several Australian newspapers in 1930, but never as a book in period. This is the last of the de Brune serials collected, produced and published by myself, Project Gutenberg Australia, and Roy Glashan's Library.

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de Brune, Aiden: Find This Man (1932); v1; 14 Oct 2019

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Well aware of the ruthless greed of his wealthy half-sister and her son, a rich old man protects his much loved god-daughter from their predation by a most ingenious and tricky will, and the whole affair centres around a buhl box which contains a man's photo inscribed "Find this man."

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de Brune, Aiden: Meet Mary Cronig, and other stories (2019); v.1; 10 Oct 2010

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I've related the saga of Aiden de Brune,an entirely forgotten Australian 1930s author of action and crime serials, elsewhere in the Forum. In 2017, in a three-way collaboration, I extracted all of his fiction from Australian newspapers, and Roy Glashan's Library published them as ebooks, while Project Gutenberg Australia's Colin Choat did real detective work ferreting out the true story of the man behind the alias "de Brune". Roy Glashan published this collection in a somewhat different format.

In addition to nearly a score of novels, all but one published as newspaper serials in Australia, Aiden de Brune wrote a great deal of newspaper journalism, and some short fiction. These stories were published from 1922 to 1933 in various newspapers.

The first five appeared in Smith's Weekly in 1928, and feature Mary Cronig, a poor but enterprising young girl doing the best she can in Sydney's hard times.

I created the cover using a detail from an advertisement in a dress-making pattern book from the 1920s.

1: Meet Mary Cronig
2: Mary Quite Contrary
3: Mary's Little Lamb
4: Mary's Fleece
5: Silver Bells
6: Just a Woolly
7: Douchard's Island (a novelette)
8: Who Killed David Condon?
9: The Five Minute Murder
10: Whiteface
11: Voodoo Vengeance
12: The Empty Matchbox
13: The Three Cats
14: Adelbert Cay
15: The Three Snails (a novelette)

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de Brune, Aiden: The Carson Loan Mystery (1926); v1; 11 Oct 2019

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In 1926 Aiden de Brune re-launched his writing career with this novel, published by Bookstall, an Australian pulp publisher. It is the only one of his full-length novels not published as a serial, and only one of two that appeared between covers. Henceforth his novels appeared as syndicated serials.

The dead body of an unidentified woman is found partly concealed in scubland in coastal suburban Sydney. The tale follows the criss-crossing adventures of a newspaper journalist, a police detective, and a girl ex-convict as they burrow into the mystery.

For this book, the publishers spelled the author's name "Aidan" de Brune. Some serials had it as "Aiden".

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de Brune, Aiden: The Dagger and Cord (1927); V1; 14 Oct 2019

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When the dead body of an unknown young woman is found in a disused shop in Sydney by property broker Roy Onslay and real estate agent Mark Mansell, a complex web of frame-up, scheming and double dealing erupts, Involved is a enigmatic and elusive property heiress and her secretary Rene Wesche; wealthy property speculator Sam Kearney, shady character Basil Holt; and Antonio Cavalli and his secret society preying on the Italian community.

De Brune's most complex serial, and the longest. It was also published in book form by Cornstalk Press in 1927, and serialised in several newspapers. I have added the original dust wrapper image as a frontispiece.

Fun fact: the derelict shop is in a lane named "Peyton Place".

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de Brune, Aiden: The Fortune Telling House (1935); v1; 18 Oct 2019

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A confused swagman stumbles into a country pub carrying a billy full of gold coins, and claims he found them in a derelict mansion, guided by a dream. This is big news in the one-pub town, and a visiting city newspaperman on a holiday; and bigger news to the owner of the abandoned mansion, who some years ago had built a new a house couple of miles away.

It's also big news to the police, specially when the swagman is found murdered in an outbuilding of the old mansion.

The newspaperman, and the police, investigate; but it takes another mansion-induced dream to resolve the case entirely.

Slight touches of the occult, including two spiritualists...

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de Brune, Aiden: The Grays Manor Mystery (1933); v1; 11 Oct 2019

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The only one of de Brune's novels set in UK, which he knew well because his real name was Herbert Charles Cull and he was born in London.

A wonderfully complicated plot (just the thing for a serial) sees Scotland Yard, the Home Office, a Barrister, an assortment of hoodlums, and several other devious characters in a twisting narrative.

The resolution of the plot involves Grays Manor, a totally derelict ruin in the Surrey countryside, and a shoot-out with a Chicago gangster.

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de Brune, Aiden: The KAHM Syndicate (1934); v1; 12 Oct 2019

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The KAHM Syndicate has sprung existence in depression era Sydney, to combat the tide of crime in the city's slums centring on Darlinghust.

But who or what is the KAHM Syndicate, and is the cure worse than the disease?

A detective goes deep undercover to investigate.

The cover image is, appropriately, from a 1920s Sydney mugshot.

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de Brune, Aiden: The Little Grey Woman (1929); v1, 11 Oct 2019

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At Sydney's infamous Artists' Ball, in the roaring 20s, gunfire erupts. Behind it is a growing battle between members of the city's cocaine trade.

Two as yet unidentified enemies are closing in: the mysterious "Little Grey Woman", and the even more mysterious "White Falcon". And from another direction comes Inspector Knox, and his motley coalition of investigators, including Det. Sgt Houson, on loan from Scotland Yard.

A lively action novel inspired by the real, and scandalous, Artists' Balls of the era. I created the cover, which incorporates a detail from a genuine Artists' Ball poster from 1924.

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de Brune, Aiden: The Murders at Madlands (1931); v1; 15 Oct 2019

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Almost a John Dickson Carr impossible crime: a man is shot dead on a closed room when about to make some shocking revelations which could see some of those present go to prison. Two present had guns, but neither had been fired.

To work back to the killer, and then the method, the investigators had first to burrow into the business world of the victim and his associates to narrow down the field of suspects, and then work out how on earth it was done.

The cover image uses, rather cheekily, a pre First World War photograph of the Old Government House in Parramatta Park, NSW, to represent Madlands House.

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de Brune, Aiden: The Phantom Launch (1927); v1; 15 Oct 2019

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The dramatic appearance of a very fast, silent launch, at night in the back reaches of Sydney Harbour, not long after it intercepted a ship at sea and took aboard a passenger; a dead body on a sandy harbour cove; a mysterious empty wooden box buried in the sand: it all goes back into the past, to a deeply buried family secret and a notorious swindle.

Published as a serial in "The Worlds News", Sydney, in 1927

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de Brune, Aiden: The Pursuits of Mr Peter Pell (1920);v1; 10 Oct 2019

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Aiden de Brune (1874-1946) lived in Western Australia from 1910 to 1920, before moving to Sydney. While in Western Australia he published his first work of fiction, as a serial in the Bunbury Herald. It consists of 12 episodes in the life of Mr Peter Pell, a man of somewhat (all right, exceedingly!) elastic ethics, from penniless and sleeping on a park bench on Perth's Esplanade, (a riverside park) to great heights. The period of the book is roughly 1913-1918.

1: The Pursuit of Sixpence.
2: The Pursuit of a Fly.
3: In Pursuit of Love
4: In Pursuit of an Occupation
5: In Pursuit of Charity.
6: In Pursuit of the Last Chance.
7: In Pursuit of Glory
8: The Pursuit of Society.
9: The Pursuit of a Spy
10: The Pursuit of an Electorate
11: The Pursuit of a Monopoly
12: The Pursuit of Peace

One episode involves horse racing, and is replete with racecourse jargon which most readers find incomprehensible, as it is both local to Australia and 100 years out of date!

It was never published in book form. I created the cover using the artwork from a 1915 hat advertisement.

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de Brune, Aiden: The Shadow Crook (1928); v1; 11 Oct 2019

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It's Sydney in the late 1920s, and a mysterious figure haunts the mean streets of slums like Darlinghurst and Surry Hills. The "shadow crook", as the figure is known, is searching through the city's underworld for something or someone, and is ruthless in his methods.

Inspector Mason of the Sydney C.I.B. finds traces of his passage in several cases, and gradually closes in.

Taken from the serial in the Queensland Times in 1928-9, and other newspapers of the period. Published as a book by Angus and Roberton, 1930, the only de Brune serial later published as a book in period.

In preparing the de Brune serials as digital books for Roy Glashan's Library in 2017 I created a consistent style of covers for them all, using old ad illustrations, free stock images and the like.

Incidentally, there were in the original sources variations in the author's name: Aidan and Aiden. For consistency here, I will use "Aiden", even if the particular book itself used Aidan.

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de Brune, Aiden: The Unlawful Adventure (1930), v1, 18 Oct 2019

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When Miss R S Allerson, an unemployed typist in depression-era Sydney, accidentally enters an unknown flat with her own name on it, she is plunged into a distinctly unlawful adventure: the greatest gold heist of the century.

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De Forest, John William et al.: Not Pretty, But Precious. v1. 6 May 2015

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John William De Forest (May 31, 1826 – July 17, 1906) was an American soldier and writer of realistic fiction, best known for his Civil War novel Miss Ravenel's Conversion from Secession to Loyalty.

Not Pretty, but Precious.—Margret Field.
The Victims of Dreams.—Margaret Hosmer.
The Cold Hand.—Clara F. Guernsey.
The Blood Seedling.—John Hay.
The Marquis.—Chauncey Hickox.
Under False Colors.—Lucy Hamilton Hooper.
The Hungry Heart.—J.W. De Forrest.
“How Mother Did It”.—J.R. Hadermann.
The Red Fox.—Clara F. Guernsey.
Louie.—Harriet Prescott Spofford.
Old Sadler’S Resurrection.—R.D. Minor..

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De Forest, John William: Miss Ravenel's conversion. v1. 6 May 2015

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John William De Forest (May 31, 1826 – July 17, 1906) was an American soldier and writer of realistic fiction, best known for his Civil War novel Miss Ravenel's Conversion from Secession to Loyalty.

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An obscure American author remarks in one of his rejected articles, (which he had the kindness to read to me from the manuscript) that every great historical event reverberates in a very remarkable manner through the fortunes of a multitude of private and even secluded individuals. No volcanic eruption rends a mountain without stirring the existence of the mountain’s mice. It was unquestionably the southern rebellion which brought Miss Ravenel and Mr. Colburne into interesting juxtaposition. But for this gigantic political upturning it is probable that the young lady would never have visited New Boston where the young gentleman then lived, or, visiting it and meeting him there, would have been a person of no necessary importance in his eyes. But how could a most loyal, warm-hearted youth fail to be interested in a pretty and intelligent girl who was exiled from her home because her father would not be a rebel?

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De Forest, John William: Overland. v1. 7 May 2015

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John William De Forest (May 31, 1826 – July 17, 1906) was an American soldier and writer of realistic fiction, best known for his Civil War novel Miss Ravenel's Conversion from Secession to Loyalty.

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In those days, Santa Fé, New Mexico, was an undergrown, decrepit, out-at-elbows ancient hidalgo of a town, with not a scintillation of prosperity or grandeur about it, except the name of capital.
It was two hundred and seventy years old; and it had less than five thousand inhabitants. It was the metropolis of a vast extent of country, not destitute of natural wealth; and it consisted of a few narrow, irregular streets, lined by one-story houses built of sun-baked bricks. Owing to the fine climate, it was difficult to die there; but owing to many things not fine, it was almost equally difficult to live.

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De Forest, John William: The Brigade Commander. v1. 6 May 2015

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John William De Forest (May 31, 1826 – July 17, 1906) was an American soldier and writer of realistic fiction, best known for his Civil War novel Miss Ravenel's Conversion from Secession to Loyalty.

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The Colonel was the idol of his bragging old regiment and of the bragging brigade which for the last six months he had commanded.

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de Horne Vaizey, George, Mrs.: A Houseful of Girls. V1. 14 Dec 2009

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Jessie Bell 1857-1917 (Mrs. Henry Mansergh, Mrs. George de Horne Vaizey) Used pseudonyms, mostly “Mrs George de Horne Vaizey”.

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There were six of them altogether—six great big girls,—and they lived in a great big house, in the middle of a long high road, one end of which loses itself in London town, while the other goes stretching away over the county of Hertford. Years ago, John Gilpin had ridden his famous race down that very road, and Christabel loved to look out of her bedroom window and imagine that she saw him flying along, with his poor bald head bared to the breeze, and the bottles swinging on either side. She had cut a picture of him out of a book and tacked it on her wall, for, as she explained to Agatha, her special sister, she felt it a duty to support “local talent,” and, so far as she could discover, Gilpin was the only celebrity who had ever patronised the neighbourhood.

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de Horne Vaizey, George, Mrs.: About Peggy Saville. V1. 10 Dec 2009

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Jessie Bell 1857-1917 (Mrs. Henry Mansergh, Mrs. George de Horne Vaizey) Used pseudonyms, mostly “Mrs George de Horne Vaizey”.
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The afternoon post had come in, and the Vicar of Renton stood in the bay window of his library reading his budget of letters. He was a tall, thin man, with a close-shaven face, which had no beauty of feature, but which was wonderfully attractive all the same. It was not an old face, but it was deeply lined, and those who knew and loved him best could tell the meaning of each of those eloquent tracings. The deep vertical mark running up the forehead meant sorrow. It had been stamped there for ever on the night when Hubert, his first-born, had been brought back, cold and lifeless, from the river to which he had hurried forth but an hour before, a picture of happy boyhood.

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de Horne Vaizey, George, Mrs.: Betty Trevor. V1. 10 Dec 2009

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Jessie Bell 1857-1917 (Mrs. Henry Mansergh, Mrs. George de Horne Vaizey) Used pseudonyms, mostly “Mrs George de Horne Vaizey”.
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“There goes the ‘Pampered Pet’ again! Got its little keeper with it, as usual. Why don’t they lead her by a chain, and be done with it?”
Miles stood by the schoolroom window, hands jingling in pockets, as he surveyed a prospect, sufficiently grey and drear to make any diversity doubly welcome, and at his words there came the sound of a general pushing-back of chairs, as the four other occupants of the room dashed forward to share in the view.

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de Horne Vaizey, George, Mrs.: Big Game. V1. 11 Dec 2009

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Jessie Bell 1857-1917 (Mrs. Henry Mansergh, Mrs. George de Horne Vaizey) Used pseudonyms, mostly “Mrs George de Horne Vaizey”.

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It was the old story of woman comforting man in his affliction; the trouble in this instance appearing in the shape of a long blue envelope addressed to himself in his own handwriting. Poor young poet! He had no more appetite for eggs and bacon that morning; he pushed aside even his coffee, and buried his head in his hands.

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de Horne Vaizey, George, Mrs.: Etheldreda the Ready. V1. 11 Dec 2009

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Jessie Bell 1857-1917 (Mrs. Henry Mansergh, Mrs. George de Horne Vaizey) Used pseudonyms, mostly “Mrs George de Horne Vaizey”.

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The first part of the Christmas holidays had gone with a roar. The Saxon family in conclave agreed that never before had they had so good a time. Invitations poured in; amusement after amusement filled up afternoon and evening; parents and friends alike seemed imbued with a wholly admirable desire to make the season one gay whirl of enjoyment, and then, suddenly, just after the beginning of the New Year, the atmosphere became mysteriously clouded.

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de Horne Vaizey, George, Mrs.: Flaming June. V1. 12 Dec 2009

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Jessie Bell 1857-1917 (Mrs. Henry Mansergh, Mrs. George de Horne Vaizey) Used pseudonyms, mostly “Mrs George de Horne Vaizey”.
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Somewhere on the West coast of England, about a hundred miles from the metropolis, there stands a sleepy little town, which possesses no special activity nor beauty to justify its existence. People live in it for reasons of their own. The people who do not live in it wonder for what reasons, but attain no better solution of the mystery than the statement that the air is very fine. “We have such bracing air!” says the resident, as proudly as if that said air were his special invention and property.

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de Horne Vaizey, George, Mrs.: More About Peggy. V1. 16 Dec 2009

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Jessie Bell 1857-1917 (Mrs. Henry Mansergh, Mrs. George de Horne Vaizey) Used pseudonyms, mostly “Mrs George de Horne Vaizey”.

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It was mid-January, and at home in England the ground was white with snow, but the sun shone down with brazen glare on the blue waters of the Bay of Bengal, along which a P and O steamer was gliding on its homeward way. An awning was hoisted over the deck, but not a breath of wind fluttered its borders, and the passengers lay back in their deck-chairs too limp and idle to do more than flick over the pages of the books which they were pretending to read. It was only twenty-four hours since they had left Calcutta, and they were still in that early stage of journeying when they looked askance at their fellows, decided that never, no, never had Fate placed them in the midst of such uninteresting companions, and determined to keep severely to themselves during the rest of the voyage.

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de Horne Vaizey, George, Mrs.: More about Pixie. V1. 16 Dec 2009

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Jessie Bell 1857-1917 (Mrs. Henry Mansergh, Mrs. George de Horne Vaizey) Used pseudonyms, mostly “Mrs George de Horne Vaizey”.

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The night nurse was dusting the room preparatory to going off duty for the day, and Sylvia was lying on her water-bed watching her movements with gloomy, disapproving eyes. For four long weeks—ever since the crisis had passed and she had come back to consciousness of her surroundings—she had watched the same proceeding morning after morning, until its details had become almost unbearably wearisome to her weak nerves.

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de Horne Vaizey, George, Mrs.: Sisters Three. V1. 17 Dec 2009

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Jessie Bell 1857-1917 (Mrs. Henry Mansergh, Mrs. George de Horne Vaizey) Used pseudonyms, mostly “Mrs George de Horne Vaizey”.

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“I wish something would happen!” sighed Norah.
“If it were something nice,” corrected Lettice. “Lots of things happen every day, but they are mostly disagreeable. Getting up, for instance, in the cold, dark mornings—and practising—and housework, and getting ready for stupid old classes—I don’t complain of having too little to do. I want to do less, and to be able to amuse myself more.”

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de Horne Vaizey, George, Mrs.: The Fortunes of the Farrells. V1. 13 Dec 2009

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Jessie Bell 1857-1917 (Mrs. Henry Mansergh, Mrs. George de Horne Vaizey) Used pseudonyms, mostly “Mrs George de Horne Vaizey”.
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“Berengaria, what do you generally do with your old court trains? How do you use them up?”

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de Horne Vaizey, George, Mrs.: The Heart of Una Sackville. V1. 13 Dec 2009

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Jessie Bell 1857-1917 (Mrs. Henry Mansergh, Mrs. George de Horne Vaizey) Used pseudonyms, mostly “Mrs George de Horne Vaizey”.

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Lena Streatham gave me this diary. I can’t think what possessed her, for she has been simply hateful to me sometimes this last term. Perhaps it was remorse, because it’s awfully handsome, with just the sort of back I like—soft Russia leather, with my initials in the corner, and a clasp with a dear little key, so that you can leave it about without other people seeing what is inside.

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de Horne Vaizey, George, Mrs.: The Independence of Claire. V1. 14 Dec 2009

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Jessie Bell 1857-1917 (Mrs. Henry Mansergh, Mrs. George de Horne Vaizey) Used pseudonyms, mostly “Mrs George de Horne Vaizey”.

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Claire Gifford stood in the salon of the Brussels pension which had been her home for the last three years, and bent her brows in consideration of an all-absorbing problem. “Can I marry him?” she asked herself once and again, with the baffling result that every single time her brain answered instantly, “You must!” the while her heart rose up in rebellion, and cried, “I won’t!” Many girls have found themselves in the same predicament before and since, but few have had stronger reasons for sacrificing personal inclination on the altar of filial duty than Claire knew at this minute.

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de Horne Vaizey, George, Mrs.: The Lady of the Basement Flat. V1. 15 Dec 2009

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Jessie Bell 1857-1917 (Mrs. Henry Mansergh, Mrs. George de Horne Vaizey) Used pseudonyms, mostly “Mrs George de Horne Vaizey”.

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At three o’clock this afternoon Evelyn Wastneys died. I am Evelyn Wastneys, and I died, standing at the door of an old country home in Ireland, with my hands full of ridiculous little silver shoes and horseshoes, and a Paris hat on my head, and a trembling treble voice whispering in my ear:—

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de Horne Vaizey, George, Mrs.: The Love Affairs of Pixie. V1. 16 Dec

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Jessie Bell 1857-1917 (Mrs. Henry Mansergh, Mrs. George de Horne Vaizey) Used pseudonyms, mostly “Mrs George de Horne Vaizey”.

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When Pixie O’Shaughnessy had reached her twentieth birthday it was borne in upon her with the nature of a shock that she was not beautiful. Hitherto a buoyant and innocent self-satisfaction, coupled with the atmosphere of love and admiration by which she was surrounded in the family circle, had succeeded in blinding her eyes to the very obvious defects of feature which the mirror portrayed. But suddenly, sharply, her eyes were opened.

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de Horne Vaizey, George, Mrs.: Vaizey, George de Horne, Mrs.,. V1. 17 Dec 2009

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Jessie Bell 1857-1917 (Mrs. Henry Mansergh, Mrs. George de Horne Vaizey) Used pseudonyms, mostly “Mrs George de Horne Vaizey”.

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“Yes, she must go to school!” repeated Mr Chester.
A plaintive sob greeted his words from the neighbourhood of the sofa. For once in her life Mrs Chester’s kindly, good-tempered face had lost its smiles, and was puckered up into lines of distress. She let one fat, be-ringed hand drop to her side and wander restlessly over the satin skirt in search of a pocket. Presently out came a handkerchief, which was applied to each eye in turn, and came away bedewed with tears.

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de Laclos, Pierre Choderlos: Gefährliche Liebschaften. [German]. V1. 4 Jan 2011

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Gefährliche Liebschaften (franz.: Les Liaisons dangereuses), ein Briefroman von Pierre-Ambroise-François Choderlos de Laclos, gilt als ein Hauptwerk der französischen Literatur des 18. Jahrhunderts (1782) und Sittengemälde des ausgehenden Ancien régime. (Wiki)

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De Lyrienne, Richard (pseudonym): The Quest of the Gilt-Edged Girl. v2. 16 Jun 2017

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The Quest of the Gilt-Edged Girl by Richard de Lyrienne
Pseudonym of David Hodge and George M. Matheson (no biographical data found)

This 1897 novella is a burlesque of Richard Le Gallienne’s popular [Quest of the Golden Girl[/, also published by John Lane earlier that same year.

Our narrator, a conceited and self-involved poet, informs us:

It has long been my idea to go in quest of something or other that would be productive of copy. It was in a strange musty document found in my rooms the night before last that I first heard of the Gilt-edged Girl. She is anonymous, and the pleasant-sounding name is my own invention. £30,000, that is the fortune; and the strawberry-mark is on her left shoulder. A Quest involves a pilgrimage of some kind or other, and Sterne’s [Sentimental Journey[/ and R. L. Stevenson’s [With a Donkey in the Cevennes[/ contain many useful wrinkles as to how to write the thing up. And Ménie Muriel Dowie, who “discovered” the Carpathians; I can learn something from her.

As the tale wends its merry way, it also parodies and twits numerous contemporary authors (many of whom contributed to the ‘“Yellow Book” magazine), including Max Beerbohm, Grant Allen, Rudyard Kipling, “Carrie Morelli” (Marie Corelli), James Barrie, and others.

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de Massa, Philippe: Zibeline. v1, 7 Mar 2008

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Alexandre-Philippe-Regnier de Massa (1831-1911), a soldier, composer and French dramatist and novelist who was born in Paris. He selected the military career and received a commission in the cavalry. He served in the Imperial Guards and took part in the Italian and Franco-German Wars. His Royal-Cravate was represented at the Opera Comique in 1861. He further wrote [Zibeline[/, a most brilliant romance (1892) with an introduction by Jules Claretie; crowned by the Academie Francaise. It is an interesting study of a brilliant and unconventional American girl as seen by the eyes of a clever Frenchman. This odd and dainty little story has a heroine of striking originality, in character and exploits. Her real name is Valentine de Vermont, and she is the daughter of a fabulously wealthy French-American dealer in furs. Amongst his famous works are: Le Service en Campagne (1882), La Cicatrice (1885), Au Mont Ida (1887), Fronsac a La Bastille (1887), La Coeur de Paris (1887), La Czarine and Brouille Depuis Magenta (1888), and La Bonne Aventure (1889).

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De Mille, James: A Castle in Spain. V1. 3 Jan 2011

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James De Mille (23 August 1833 – 28 January 1880) was a professor at Dalhousie University, Nova Scotia, and an early Canadian popular writer who published numerous works of popular fiction from the late 1860s through the 1870s.

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The train for the North was about to start from Madrid, and the station was filled with the usual varied and bustling crowd. Throngs of soldiers were there; throngs of priests; throngs of civilians; throngs of peasants; all moving to and fro, intermingled with the railway employés, and showing the power of steam to stir up even the lazy Spaniard to unwonted punctuality and portentous activity. In the midst of this busy scene two men stood apart, each by himself, with eyes fixed upon the entrance, as though expecting some one whose advent was of no ordinary importance.

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De Mille, James: Among the Brigands. V1. 3 Jna 2011

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James De Mille (23 August 1833 – 28 January 1880) was a professor at Dalhousie University, Nova Scotia, and an early Canadian popular writer who published numerous works of popular fiction from the late 1860s through the 1870s.

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Mr. Moses V. Sprole had passed the greater part of his life in his native village, and being anxious to see the world, resolved upon a tour in Europe. As he did not care to go alone, he offered to take with him his four nephews, who were great favorites with their bachelor uncle, and his chief associates. This offer met with an eager response from the boys, and a willing assent from their parents, who fully believed that a tour of this description would be of immense benefit to them. This brief explanation will serve to account for the appearance of Uncle Moses in Naples, where he landed on a mellow day in February, en route for Switzerland, bowed down with the responsibility of several heavy trunks, and the still heavier responsibility of four fine lumps of boys, of whose troubles, trials, tribulations, and manifold adventures, he seemed, on the present occasion, to have a mournful presentiment.

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De Mille, James: Cord and Creese. V1. 4 Jan 2011

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James De Mille (23 August 1833 – 28 January 1880) was a professor at Dalhousie University, Nova Scotia, and an early Canadian popular writer who published numerous works of popular fiction from the late 1860s through the 1870s.

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On the morning of July 21, 1840, the Daily News announced the arrival of the ship Rival at Sydney, New South Wales. As ocean steam navigation had not yet extended so far, the advent of this ship with the English mail created the usual excitement. An eager crowd beset the post-office, waiting for the delivery of the mail; and little knots at the street corners were busily discussing the latest hints at news which had been gathered from papers brought ashore by the officers or passengers.

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De Mille, James: The American Baron. V1. 2 Jan 2011

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James De Mille (23 August 1833 – 28 January 1880) was a professor at Dalhousie University, Nova Scotia, and an early Canadian popular writer who published numerous works of popular fiction from the late 1860s through the 1870s.

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Somewhat less than a hundred years ago a party of travelers might have been seen crossing over the Simplon Road, en route for Italy. They had been detained at Brieg by reports that the road was impassable; and, as it was the month of March, the prospect of snow and storms and avalanches was sufficient to make them hesitate. At length the road had been reopened, and they were informed that the journey might be made on sleds.

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De Morgan, Mary: On a Pincushion and Other Fairy Tales (illus). v1. 19 Feb 2016

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On a Pincushion and Other Fairy Tales
By Mary De Morgan (1850–1907)
Illustrated by William De Morgan (1839–1917)

First published 1877. The text of this book is in the public domain worldwide because the author died more than one hundred years ago. The illustrations are in the public domain in countries where copyright is “Life+90” or less, and in the USA.

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Mary De Morgan, an English writer, was the author of three volumes of fairy tales: “On a Pincushion” (1877), “The Necklace of Princess Fiorimonde” (1880) and “The Windfairies” (1900). She also wrote short stories, a number of socio-political articles, and, under the name William Dodson, the novel “A Choice of Chance” (1887).

Although De Morgan is one of the lesser known authors of literary fairytales, her writings played a comprehensive and central role in the evolution of the genre. Edith Nesbit, among other writers, took inspiration from De Morgan.

Her works, influenced by Hans Christian Andersen, are remarkable in deviating from the fairytale norm (not always having a happy ending, or having the protagonist gain, not wealth or power, but rather, the wisdom to recognize the value of living without these things); and in the subtle satirical element of political comment. Her stories frequently have strong female protagonists (often outwitting or rescuing men), and sometimes mock society's expectations of women. A theme runs through many De Morgan stories of the pitfalls of pride and vanity, and redemption from such folly.
(—Adapted from Wikipedia.)

EXCERPT -- from The Story of the Opal:
THE SUN WAS SHINING BRIGHTLY one hot summer day, and a little Sunbeam slid down his long golden ladder, and crept unperceived under the leaves of a large tree. All the Sunbeams are in reality tiny Sun-fairies, run down to earth on golden ladders, which look to mortals like rays of the Sun. When they see a cloud coming, they climb their ladders in an instant, and draw them up after them into the Sun. The Sun is ruled by a mighty fairy, who every morning tells his tiny servants, the beams, where they are to shine, and every evening counts them on their return, to see he has the right number.

It is not known, but the Sun and Moon are enemies, and that is why they never shine at the same time. The fairy of the Moon is a woman, and all her beams are tiny women, who come down on the loveliest little ladders, like threads of silver. No one knows why the Sun and Moon quarrelled. Once they were very good friends. Some say it is because the Sun wished to marry her, and she did not like him, but preferred a sea king, for whose sake she always keeps near the world. Others think it is because of a piece of land which the Moon claimed as her own, and on which the Sun one day shone so strongly that he dried up and killed all the plants and grass there, which offended the Moon very much. Anyhow, it remains that they are bitter enemies, and the Sunbeams and Moonbeams may not play together.

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Victorian fairy tales -- please enjoy!
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De Morgan, Mary: The Necklace of Princess Fiorimonde (illus). v1. 19 Feb 2016

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The Necklace of Princess Fiorimonde and Other Stories
By Mary De Morgan (1850–1907)
Illustrated by Walter Crane (1845–1915)

First published 1880. The text and illustrations of this book are in the public domain worldwide because the creators died more than one hundred years ago; and first publication was prior to 1923.

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Mary De Morgan, an English writer, was the author of three volumes of fairy tales: “On a Pincushion” (1877), “The Necklace of Princess Fiorimonde” (1880) and “The Windfairies” (1900). She also wrote short stories, a number of socio-political articles, and, under the name William Dodson, the novel “A Choice of Chance” (1887).

Although De Morgan is one of the lesser known authors of literary fairytales, her writings played a comprehensive and central role in the evolution of the genre. Edith Nesbit, among other writers, took inspiration from De Morgan.

Her works, influenced by Hans Christian Andersen, are remarkable in deviating from the fairytale norm (not always having a happy ending, or having the protagonist gain, not wealth or power, but rather, the wisdom to recognize the value of living without these things); and in the subtle satirical element of political comment. Her stories frequently have strong female protagonists (often outwitting or rescuing men), and sometimes mock society's expectations of women. A theme runs through many De Morgan stories of the pitfalls of pride and vanity, and redemption from such folly.
(—Adapted from Wikipedia.)

EXCERPT -- from The Bread of Discontent:
ONCE THERE WAS a baker who had a very bad, violent temper, and whenever a batch of bread was spoiled, he flew into such a rage that his wife and daughters dared not go near him. One day it happened that all his bread was burnt, and on this he stamped and raved with anger. He threw the loaves all about the floor, when one, burnt blacker than the rest, broke in half, and out of it crept a tiny thin black man, no thicker than an eel, with long arms and legs.

“What are you making all this fuss about, Master Baker?” said he. “If you will give me a home in your oven I will see to the baking of your bread, and will answer for it that you shall never have so much as a loaf spoiled.”

“And pray what sort of bread would it be, if you were in the oven, and helped to bake it?” said the baker; “I think my customers might not like to eat it.”

“On the contrary,” said the imp, “they would like it exceedingly. It is true that it would make them rather unhappy, but that will not hurt you, as you need not eat it yourself.”

“Why should it make them unhappy?” said the baker. “If it is good bread it won’t do anyone harm, and if it is bad they won’t buy it.”

“It will taste very good,” replied the imp, “but it will make all who eat it discontented, and they will think themselves very unfortunate whether they are so or no; but this will not do you any harm, and I promise you that you shall sell as much as you wish.”

“Agreed!” said the baker. So the little imp crept into the oven and curled himself into the darkness behind, and the baker saw no more of him.

And then? And then?

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De Morgan, Mary: The Windfairies and Other Tales (illus). v1. 19 Feb 2016

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The Windfairies and Other Tales
By Mary De Morgan (1850–1907)
Illustrated by Olive Cockerell (1869–1910)

First published 1900.
The text and illustrations of this book are in the public domain worldwide because the creators died more than one hundred years ago; and first publication was prior to 1923.

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Mary De Morgan, an English writer, was the author of three volumes of fairy tales: “On a Pincushion” (1877), “The Necklace of Princess Fiorimonde” (1880) and “The Windfairies” (1900). She also wrote short stories, a number of socio-political articles, and, under the name William Dodson, the novel “A Choice of Chance” (1887).

Although De Morgan is one of the lesser known authors of literary fairytales, her writings played a comprehensive and central role in the evolution of the genre. Edith Nesbit, among other writers, took inspiration from De Morgan.

Her works, influenced by Hans Christian Andersen, are remarkable in deviating from the fairytale norm (not always having a happy ending, or having the protagonist gain, not wealth or power, but rather, the wisdom to recognize the value of living without these things); and in the subtle satirical element of political comment. Her stories frequently have strong female protagonists (often outwitting or rescuing men), and sometimes mock society's expectations of women. A theme runs through many De Morgan stories of the pitfalls of pride and vanity, and redemption from such folly.
(—Adapted from Wikipedia.)

EXCERPT -- from The Ploughman and the Gnome:
A YOUNG PLOUGHMAN was following his plough in a field one morning when suddenly the horses stopped, and do what he would he could not make them stir. Then he tried to push the plough himself, but he could not move it one hair’s-breadth. He stooped down to see what could be stopping it, when a deep voice cried, “Stop, I am coming up.” The voice was so loud that the ploughman shook with fear, but though he looked all around him, he could see no one from whom it could come. But presently it spoke again (only this time it was a little lower), and called out, “Have patience, and I shall be up in a moment.” The ploughman quaked in every limb, and stood quite still, and the voice began again (but this time it was no louder than most folks’), and it said— “If you will only not be in such a hurry, I will tell you what I want. Look in front of your horse’s right foot, and pick me up.”

He bent down and looked on the ground, and there in the earth, just in front of his horse’s right foot, he saw what he thought was a little black lizard. He touched it very cautiously, and started back with surprise when the voice spoke again, and he found it came from this tiny creature.

“Yes,” it said, “that is quite right. You can pick me up in your hand if you like, but I think I must grow a little bigger, as I am really uncomfortably small,” and while he held it on the palm of his hand, the ploughman saw that it was beginning to grow larger, and it swelled so fast that in a few seconds it was near a foot high, and he had to take both hands to hold it. Then he saw that it was not a lizard, but a little black woman with a face that looked as though it were made of india-rubber, and ugly little black hands.

“There, that will do,” said the strange little gnome. “That is a nice useful size. Oh dear, how tiring growing is! I don’t think I’ll be any bigger just yet. Now be sure you don’t drop me, and handle me very carefully, for I do not like to be roughly touched. I have not slept nearly as long as I meant to. I wanted a hundred years’ nap, and it cannot be more than fifty, but now that I am awake I think I will keep so for a bit. You seem to be rather a nice civil young man. How would you like to take me for a lodger?”

What could possibly go wrong? ...

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De Quincey, Thomas: On Murder Considered As One of the Fine Arts, v1, 1 Dec 2009

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Thomas de Quincey (1785–1859)
On Murder, Considered As One of the Fine Arts (1827)
Second Paper on Murder, Considered As One of the Fine Arts (1839)

Two essays which argue that the artistic and aesthetic elements of murder ought to be considered, rather than merely the ethical dimension.

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de Segur, Sophie: Old French Fairy Tales. v1. 12 June 2025

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This collection features a blend of fantasy, adventure, and morals, often with talking animals and magical elements, exploring common fairy tale themes like the triumph of good over evil, the importance of family, and the consequences of moral choices. Characters often include noble princes, kind-hearted friends, and mischievous animals, creating a vibrant and whimsical world.

These five lovely stories are exquisitely illustrated with color and line-art images in an Art Deco mood.

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Sophie Rostopchine, Countess of Ségur (1799 – 1874), was a French writer of Russian birth and origin. She is best known today for her novel Les Malheurs de Sophie (Sophie’s Misfortunes), intended for children.

Mrs. Chapman Coleman (1813 – 1891) was a 19th-century American author and translator, working with contemporary French and German writings.

Virginia Frances Sterrett (1900 – 1931) was an American artist and illustrator who worked in the Art Nouveau tradition. [Old French Fairy Tales[/ was her first commission, swiftly followed by Nathaniel Hawthorne’s [Tanglewood Tales[/ (1921). In failing health, she was able to complete just one further commission prior to her death — her best-known work, the suite of illustrations for Arabian Nights (1928).

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Readers interested in Ms. Sterrett’s art may enjoy other books she illustrated:
Arabian Nights
Tanglewood Tales

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This book (original title [Nouveaux contes de fées pour les petits enfants[/) was first published in 1857; this English translation by Ms. Coleman was first published circa 1869; this edition with Sterrett’s illustrations published in 1920.
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DeBord, J.M: Something Coming, a New Age Thriller V1 1 July 2010

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This is the first book of the Something Coming series, offered here to give readers a taste for the writing of J.M. DeBord, and perhaps entice them to shell out 3.99 for the ebook sequel: The Second Coming of Antiochus. If for some reason Mobileread takes down the file, please follow this link. As of today, the file is 'pay what you want' at Smashwords.com. I am the copyright holder, and thank Mobileread for the opportunity to give readers the novel that took ten years to create (including the sequel). Here's the short description:

Meet King Antiochus, coming very soon to an Apocalypse near you. When he died 21 centuries ago he never passed on; instead his spirit waited for resurrection. He's been preparing for his return, watching humanity until its fruit ripened ready to be harvested for the New Age. That time is now. But to Christians and Jews he can only be the Antichrist. It's a recipe for Armageddon.

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Deeping, Warwick: Doomsday. V1. 23 Apr 2011

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George Warwick Deeping (May 28, 1877–April 20, 1950) was a prolific English novelist and short story writer, whose most famous novel was Sorrell and Son (1925). Born in Southend-on-Sea, Essex, into a family of doctors, he was educated at Merchant Taylors' School. He proceeded to Trinity College, Cambridge to study medicine and science, and then to Middlesex Hospital to finish his medical training. During the First World War, he served in the Royal Army Medical Corps. Deeping later gave up his job as a doctor to become a full-time writer. His early work is dominated by historical romances. His later novels can be seen as attempts at keeping alive the spirit of the Edwardian age.

Warwick, a best-selling novelist in both Europe and America in the 1920s and 1930s, became a household name in the years following the publication of Sorrell and Son. His bestseller Doomsday begins: Someone had asked Mary Viner as a child why she so disliked going to school, and had received the pregnant reply: 'Cos one does the same thing every day; and at the age of three-and-twenty Mary was still resenting repetition. Only more so, because life had become more busily full of it, a circus of dreary tidyings and cleanlinesses, of washings up and washings down, of moments that smelt of yellow soap, and tea leaves and paraffin.

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Deeping, Warwick: Kitty. V1. 25 Apr 2011

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George Warwick Deeping (May 28, 1877–April 20, 1950) was a prolific English novelist and short story writer, whose most famous novel was Sorrell and Son (1925). Born in Southend-on-Sea, Essex, into a family of doctors, he was educated at Merchant Taylors' School. He proceeded to Trinity College, Cambridge to study medicine and science, and then to Middlesex Hospital to finish his medical training. During the First World War, he served in the Royal Army Medical Corps. Deeping later gave up his job as a doctor to become a full-time writer. His early work is dominated by historical romances. His later novels can be seen as attempts at keeping alive the spirit of the Edwardian age.

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"Mater—Kitty did it. She fell out of the punt, and I just found myself on my legs. That's how it happened. Just like that."

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Deeping, Warwick: Laughing House. v1. 26 Aug 2021

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The heart-warming story of a house.

“Laughing House” is Sir John Mortimer’s private name for his English mansion, Beech Hill, which was built in the year of the Battle of Waterloo, and has seen many happy times. Now it must endure the rigors of WWII, and Sir John must witness the deterioration of his home when it is requisitioned by the Army for soldiers’ lodging.

But it will take more than a war to thwart the “Laughing House.”

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George Warwick Deeping (28 May 1877 – 20 April 1950) was an English novelist and short story writer, whose best-known novel was [Sorrell and Son[/ (1925). He was one of the best-selling authors of the 1920s and 1930s, with seven of his novels making the best-seller list.
His early work is dominated by historical romances, but his later novels more usually dealt with modern life, discussing controversial issues, and were critical of many tendencies of twentieth-century civilisation.

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Laughing House [was first published in 1946. This ebook is in the public domain where copyright is “Life+70” or less.[/

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Feeling cranky and out-of-sorts? Here’s a feel-good story to soothe your soul.
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Deeping, Warwick: Mr Gurney and Mr Slade. V1. 29 Apr 2011

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George Warwick Deeping (May 28, 1877–April 20, 1950) was a prolific English novelist and short story writer, whose most famous novel was Sorrell and Son (1925). Born in Southend-on-Sea, Essex, into a family of doctors, he was educated at Merchant Taylors' School. He proceeded to Trinity College, Cambridge to study medicine and science, and then to Middlesex Hospital to finish his medical training. During the First World War, he served in the Royal Army Medical Corps. Deeping later gave up his job as a doctor to become a full-time writer. His early work is dominated by historical romances. His later novels can be seen as attempts at keeping alive the spirit of the Edwardian age.

Excerpt
James Slade was tired, and legitimately so, for London was sweating in the embrace of a heat wave, and Mr. Slade had been doing business with his wholesalers, so, at Fenchurch Street Station he entered a first-class compartment and, placing his hat in the rack, snuggled down into a corner seat and waited for some official person to arrive, to whom he could tender the additional tribute. Mr. Slade was—for the moment—alone in the carriage, and both windows were down, but this London station seemed airless. Mr. Slade sat and thought of a chair in the garden, and sea-breezes, and a glass of Eliza's home-made lemonade. Moreover, as one of Southfleet's most singular and successful citizens, he could claim, even with humility, the prestige of first-class travel. And in August the Southfleet trains became packed like cattle-trucks, with London's East End pouring forth for its yearly sousing in the sea.

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Deeping, Warwick: Old Pybus. V1. 23 Apr 2011

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George Warwick Deeping (May 28, 1877–April 20, 1950) was a prolific English novelist and short story writer, whose most famous novel was Sorrell and Son (1925). Born in Southend-on-Sea, Essex, into a family of doctors, he was educated at Merchant Taylors' School. He proceeded to Trinity College, Cambridge to study medicine and science, and then to Middlesex Hospital to finish his medical training. During the First World War, he served in the Royal Army Medical Corps. Deeping later gave up his job as a doctor to become a full-time writer. His early work is dominated by historical romances. His later novels can be seen as attempts at keeping alive the spirit of the Edwardian age.

In this novel two generations, both misunderstood by the generation that stands between, find a rare sympathy and a mutual understanding in each other's outlook; and in it Deeping has wrought a story for which its deep humanity is not second even to his great triumph, Sorrel and Son.

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Deeping, Warwick: Roper's Row. V1. 24 Apr 2011

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George Warwick Deeping (May 28, 1877–April 20, 1950) was a prolific English novelist and short story writer, whose most famous novel was Sorrell and Son (1925). Born in Southend-on-Sea, Essex, into a family of doctors, he was educated at Merchant Taylors' School. He proceeded to Trinity College, Cambridge to study medicine and science, and then to Middlesex Hospital to finish his medical training. During the First World War, he served in the Royal Army Medical Corps. Deeping later gave up his job as a doctor to become a full-time writer. His early work is dominated by historical romances. His later novels can be seen as attempts at keeping alive the spirit of the Edwardian age.

Excerpt
The girl was tempted by the open door. It was unusual for Hazzard to leave his door open. His habit was to shut it quietly and carefully, for like many other doors in Roper's Row it had seen better days, and was suffering from decrepitude, strained hinges and a stammering lock. Hazzard knew the habits of that door. Unless you were firm with it and made sure that the catch had caught, the door would swing slowly back into the room, uttering a little creaking moan. It was a faithless, treasonable door. It was ready to betray you and your secrets, and Hazzard had many reasons for wishing to keep the door closed.

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Deeping, Warwick: Smith. V1. 28 Apr 2011

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George Warwick Deeping (May 28, 1877–April 20, 1950) was a prolific English novelist and short story writer, whose most famous novel was Sorrell and Son (1925). Born in Southend-on-Sea, Essex, into a family of doctors, he was educated at Merchant Taylors' School. He proceeded to Trinity College, Cambridge to study medicine and science, and then to Middlesex Hospital to finish his medical training. During the First World War, he served in the Royal Army Medical Corps. Deeping later gave up his job as a doctor to become a full-time writer. His early work is dominated by historical romances. His later novels can be seen as attempts at keeping alive the spirit of the Edwardian age.

Excerpt
The names of the four men were Tower, Smith, Woodward, and Scudder. Tower and Smith were busy at the benches. Woodward, a sallow man, baldish and with a sneering nose, was honing a chisel. Young Scudder, the shop's lout, had got hold of a broom and was preparing to sweep up the shavings. Both he and Woodward, while ostensibly at work, were waiting for the hooter of Royal's Carriage Works to set them free.

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Deeping, Warwick: Sorrell and Son. V1. 23 Apr 2011

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George Warwick Deeping (May 28, 1877–April 20, 1950) was a prolific English novelist and short story writer, whose most famous novel was Sorrell and Son (1925). Born in Southend-on-Sea, Essex, into a family of doctors, he was educated at Merchant Taylors' School. He proceeded to Trinity College, Cambridge to study medicine and science, and then to Middlesex Hospital to finish his medical training. During the First World War, he served in the Royal Army Medical Corps. Deeping later gave up his job as a doctor to become a full-time writer. His early work is dominated by historical romances. His later novels can be seen as attempts at keeping alive the spirit of the Edwardian age.

Excerpt
For Sorrell still kept his trousers creased, nor had he reached that state of mind when a man can contemplate with unaffected naturalness the handling of his own luggage. There were still things he did and did not do. He was a gentleman. True, society had come near to pushing him off the shelf of his class- consciousness into the welter of the casual and the unemployed, but, though hanging by his hands, he had refused to drop. Hence Mr. Sawkins and Mr. Sawkins' coster's barrow, transport for the Sorrell baggage.

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Deeping, Warwick: The Impudence of Youth. V1. 29 Apr 2011

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George Warwick Deeping (May 28, 1877–April 20, 1950) was a prolific English novelist and short story writer, whose most famous novel was Sorrell and Son (1925). Born in Southend-on-Sea, Essex, into a family of doctors, he was educated at Merchant Taylors' School. He proceeded to Trinity College, Cambridge to study medicine and science, and then to Middlesex Hospital to finish his medical training. During the First World War, he served in the Royal Army Medical Corps. Deeping later gave up his job as a doctor to become a full-time writer. His early work is dominated by historical romances. His later novels can be seen as attempts at keeping alive the spirit of the Edwardian age.

Excerpt
They had climbed one of the deep trackways under the beech trees, a track that was as old as time. The trees were in spring leaf, and green with that strange and luminous greenness that is like light caught and transformed into one of the garments of God. The grey trunks rose out of the chalky soil in which flints lay amid the bronze of last years leaves. The sky was invisible above the massed canopies, but there was the other blueness of bluebells pouring down the slopes. There was a great stillness here, supreme peace.

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Deeping, Warwick: The Man Who Went Back. v1. 22 Aug 2021

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GrannyGrump

A blend of adventure, science fiction, and romance — A man involved in an accident wakes up to find he is in the time of the Roman occupation of the British Isles, more than 1500 years ago.

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George Warwick Deeping (28 May 1877 – 20 April 1950) was an English novelist and short story writer, whose best-known novel was [Sorrell and Son[/ (1925). He was one of the best-selling authors of the 1920s and 1930s, with seven of his novels making the best-seller list.

His early work is dominated by historical romances, but his later novels more usually dealt with modern life, discussing controversial issues, and were critical of many tendencies of twentieth-century civilisation.

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The Man Who Went Back [was first published in 1940. This book is in the public domain where copyright is “Life+70”.[/
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Deeping, Warwick: The Road. V1. 26 Apr 2011

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George Warwick Deeping (May 28, 1877–April 20, 1950) was a prolific English novelist and short story writer, whose most famous novel was Sorrell and Son (1925). Born in Southend-on-Sea, Essex, into a family of doctors, he was educated at Merchant Taylors' School. He proceeded to Trinity College, Cambridge to study medicine and science, and then to Middlesex Hospital to finish his medical training. During the First World War, he served in the Royal Army Medical Corps. Deeping later gave up his job as a doctor to become a full-time writer. His early work is dominated by historical romances. His later novels can be seen as attempts at keeping alive the spirit of the Edwardian age.

Excerpt
"Yes, I'm thinking of retiring. Remember the Ten Commandments? Fact is, you know, Mrs. B., you and I ought to have settled down together. I could have turned my old bus into a trade van, and fetched your eggs and your bread and your groceries. But then, after all, I've only been a little old pirate on wheels, and pirates are out of date. You've got to be G.P.O. or L.G.O., or something. But don't forget I've made you the offer."

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Deeping, Warwick: The Secret Sanctuary. V1. 24 Apr 2011

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George Warwick Deeping (May 28, 1877–April 20, 1950) was a prolific English novelist and short story writer, whose most famous novel was Sorrell and Son (1925). Born in Southend-on-Sea, Essex, into a family of doctors, he was educated at Merchant Taylors' School. He proceeded to Trinity College, Cambridge to study medicine and science, and then to Middlesex Hospital to finish his medical training. During the First World War, he served in the Royal Army Medical Corps. Deeping later gave up his job as a doctor to become a full-time writer. His early work is dominated by historical romances. His later novels can be seen as attempts at keeping alive the spirit of the Edwardian age.

Excerpt
"I'm yours; I must be yours, every bit of me. You will always think of me as yours, utterly and only yours. John, I'm your sanctuary. I'm between you—and that. It's dead."

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Deeping, Warwick: The Short Stories of Warwick Deeping. v1. 24 Aug 2021

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GrannyGrump

Fifty-one short stories and novelettes — the first collection of Deeping’s short fiction.

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George Warwick Deeping (28 May 1877 – 20 April 1950) was an English novelist and short story writer, whose best-known novel was [Sorrell and Son[/ (1925). He was one of the best-selling authors of the 1920s and 1930s, with seven of his novels making the best-seller list.
His early work is dominated by historical romances, but his later novels more usually dealt with modern life, discussing controversial issues, and were critical of many tendencies of twentieth-century civilisation.

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This book was first published in 1930. [This ebook is in the public domain where copyright is “Life+70” or less.[/
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Deeping, Warwick: The Woman at the Door. v1. 29 Aug 2021

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GrannyGrump

Which is the greater of two evils — a man who abuses his wife over the course of many years, or a woman who kills such a man in self defense? In 1930’s England, such a woman would either hang or spend the rest of her life in prison.

But what if someone… (theoretically speaking) spirits such a woman away, hides her, creates a new identity for her, a new life somewhere far away… on the continent perhaps. Is that man an even greater sinner? Should he be held with even greater responsibility or is it perhaps true that “the law is an ass,” after all?
(— Goodreads review)

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George Warwick Deeping (28 May 1877 – 20 April 1950) was an English novelist and short story writer, whose best-known novel was [Sorrell and Son[/ (1925). He was one of the best-selling authors of the 1920s and 1930s, with seven of his novels making the best-seller list.
His early work is dominated by historical romances, but his later novels more usually dealt with modern life, discussing controversial issues, and were critical of many tendencies of twentieth-century civilisation.

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The Woman at the Door [was first published in 1937. This ebook is in the public domain where copyright is “Life+70” or less.[/
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Deeping, Warwick: Two in a Train and Other Stories. v1. 25 Aug 2021

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Twenty-four short stories and novelettes — the second collection of Deeping’s short fiction.

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George Warwick Deeping (28 May 1877 – 20 April 1950) was an English novelist and short story writer, whose best-known novel was [Sorrell and Son[/ (1925). He was one of the best-selling authors of the 1920s and 1930s, with seven of his novels making the best-seller list.
His early work is dominated by historical romances, but his later novels more usually dealt with modern life, discussing controversial issues, and were critical of many tendencies of twentieth-century civilisation.

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This book was first published in 1935. [This ebook is in the public domain where copyright is “Life+70” or less.[/
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Deeping, Warwick: Uther and Igraine, v.1, 15 August 2008.

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Patricia

Warwick Deeping (1877–1950)
Uther and Igraine (1903)

A historical romance about the parents of King Arthur (though of dubious historical accuracy).
Warwick Deeping was an incredibly prolific and popular author in his time. This was his first novel.

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Defoe, Daniel: Dickory Cronke. v1, 2 Jan 2008

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A faithful and very surprising Account how Dickory Cronke, a Tinner’s son, in the County of Cornwall, was born Dumb, and continued so for Fifty-eight years; and how, some days before he died, he came to his Speech; with Memoirs of his Life, and the Manner of his Death.

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Defoe, Daniel: Further Adventures of Robinson Crusoe, v1, 20 Oct 2007.

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Patricia

Daniel Defoe
The Further Adventures of Robinson Crusoe: Being the Second and Last Part of His Life
(1719)

A sequel to Robinson Crusoe.

ToC and picture added.

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Defoe, Daniel: Moll Flanders, v1, 15 Oct 2007.

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The original blurb reads:

‘The Fortunes & Misfortunes of the Famous Moll Flanders &c.
Who was Born in Newgate, and during a Life of continu’d Variety for Threescore Years, besides her Childhood, was Twelve Year a Whore, five times a Wife (whereof once to her own Brother), Twelve Year a Thief, Eight Year a Transported Felon in Virginia, at last grew Rich, liv’d Honest, and dies a Penitent. Written from her own Memorandums
by Daniel Defoe.’

I have added a picture. I didn’t add a ToC because there are no chapters – there is an author’s preface followed by a continuous narrative.

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Defoe, Daniel: Robinson Crusoe german v1 01 feb 2009

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Der junge Kaufmannssohn Robinson Crusoe setzt trotz der Ermahnungen seines Vaters die gesicherte Existenz in England aufs Spiel und versucht sein Glück im Überseehandel. Diese Ermahnungen missachtend wird Robinson Crusoe auf einer seiner ersten Fahrten vor der Küste Nordafrikas von maurischen Piraten überfallen und versklavt.

Nach zweijähriger Gefangenschaft gelingt ihm die Flucht und es verschlägt ihn nach Brasilien. Dort angekommen kommt Robinson durch geschicktes Handeln schnell zu Geld. Er erwirbt eine eigene Plantage und bewirtschaftet diese so gut er es vermag. Doch bald treibt es ihn erneut zur See, um schwarze Sklaven für seine und andere Plantagen aus Guinea in Afrika zu holen. Auf dieser Fahrt erleidet er bei einem Sturm in der Karibik Schiffbruch und strandet an einer abgelegenen Insel, kein anderes Mitglied der Schiffsbesatzung überlebt.
Für Crusoe beginnt ein jahrelanger, abenteuerreicher Kampf ums Überleben.

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DeFoe, Daniel: Robinson Crusoe, 1719 (v2), 7 April 2020

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Pulpmeister

Daniel DeFoe's 1719 novel and perennial best seller.

Test from the .prc file by Patricia, hence v2; cover from 1925; and the original frontispiece from the 1719 edition.

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Defoe, Daniel: Robinson Crusoe, v1, 15 Oct 2007.

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Patricia

Daniel Defoe
The Life and Adventures of Robinson Crusoe
(1719)
The original blurb reads:

‘The Life and Strange Surprizing Adventures of Robinson Crusoe, of York, mariner: Who lived Eight and Twenty Years, all alone in an uninhabited Island on the Coast of America, near the Mouth of the Great River of Oroonoque; Having been cast on Shore by Shipwreck, wherin all the Men perished but himself. With an Account how he was at last as strangely deliver'd by Pyrates. Written by Himself.’

ToC and picture added.

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Defoe, Daniel:The Complete Adventures of Robinson Crusoe.V1. March 19 2012

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This book contains both "The Life and Adventures of Robinson Crusoe" and "The Further Adventures of Robinson Crusoe" in one volume.

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Dehan, Richard: A Sailor's Home. v1. 8 Jun 2016

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Richard, Dehan: Born : 1863 Jun 3 Co Cork, Ireland: Died : 1932 Dec 3 Hatch End, London, England

GEORGE
A DESIGN FOR A POSTER
A RELIEF EXPEDITION
A SAILOR’S HOME
AS PLAIN AS PRINT
THE OLDEST INHABITANT
BEAUTY WHILE YOU WAIT
THE YOUNG MAN FROM MAWLEY’S
"BLEACH"
BONES
HE MAN WHO LOST HIMSELF
THE RECTOR'S DUTY
THE FROZEN TRUTH
THE CHECKMATING OF MR. BROWN
THE MOTOR ’BUS BEANO

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Dehan, Richard: Cost of Wings and Other Stories, The. v1. 26 Jun 2016

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Richard, Dehan: Born : 1863 Jun 3 Co Cork, Ireland: Died : 1932 Dec 3 Hatch End, London, England

THE COST OF WINGS
A FADED ROMANCE In
AN INDIAN BABY
YVONE
THE DELUSION OF MRS. DONOHOE
PONSONBY AND THE PANTHERESS
A FAT GIRL’S LOVE STORY
IN THE FOURTH DIMENSION
THE GEWGAW
THE NIGHT OF POWER
THE MAN WHO COULD MANAGE WOMEN
OBSESSED
A VANISHED HAND
AN ORDEAL BY FIRE
HOW THE MISTRESS CAME HOME
THE MOTOR-BURGLAR
THE LOST ROOM
FATHER TO THE MAN
THE FLY AND THE SPIDER
FOR VALOR!
MELLICENT
THE COLLAPSE OF THE IDEAL
THE HAND THAT FAILED
HIS SILHOUETTE
A NOCTURNE
THE LAST EXPEDITION

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Dehan, Richard: Maids in a Market Garden. v1. 14 Jun 2016

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Richard, Dehan: Born : 1863 Jun 3 Co Cork, Ireland: Died : 1932 Dec 3 Hatch End, London, England

Excerpt
Lady Jane Pegram sat at the centre-table with the ledger and day-books of the defunct business before her. She wore a frowning aspect. The other members of the company were scattered about the room in various attitudes, expressive of different degrees of limp depression, and a plausible person in black silk raiment — the irreproachably respectable lady manageress, under whose auspices the United Gentlewomen’s Work Emporium had first opened its shutters: those shutters now sealed for ever upon Kensington High Street—was in the act of taking a final leave.

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Dehan, Richard: Off Sandy Hook. v1. 17 Jun 2016

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Richard, Dehan: Born : 1863 Jun 3 Co Cork, Ireland: Died : 1932 Dec 3 Hatch End, London, England

OFF SANDY HOOK
GEMINI
“FREDDY & CIE”
UNDER THE ELECTRICS
“VALCOURT’S GRIN”
THE EVOLUTION OF THE FAIREST
THE REVOLT OF RUSTLETON
A DYSPEPTIC S TRAGEDY
RENOVATION
THE BREAKING PLACE
A LANCASHIRE DAISY
A PITCHED BATTLE
THE TUG OF WAR
GAS!
AIR
SIDE!
A SPIRIT ELOPEMENT
THE WIDOW’S MITE
SUSANNA AND HER ELDERS
LADY CLANBEVAN’S BABY
THE DUCHESS’S DILEMMA
THE CHILD
A HINDERED HONEYMOON
THE DEVIL AND THE DEEP SEA

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Dehan, Richard: That Which Hath Wings. v1. 25 Jun 2016

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Richard, Dehan: Born : 1863 Jun 3 Co Cork, Ireland: Died : 1932 Dec 3 Hatch End, London, England

Excerpt
In January, 1914, Francis Athelstan Sherbrand, Viscount Norwater, only son of that fine old warrior, General the Right Honourable Roger Sherbrand, V.C., K.C.B., first Earl of Mitchelborough, married Margot Mountjohn, otherwise known as “Kittums, ” and found that she was wonderfully innocent—for a girl who knew so much.

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Dehan, Richard: The Eve of Pascua. v1. 30 Jun 2016

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Richard, Dehan: Born : 1863 Jun 3 Co Cork, Ireland: Died : 1932 Dec 3 Hatch End, London, England

THE EVE OF PASCUA
THE MOTHER OF TURQUOISE
THE TRIBUTE OF THE KISS
A SIGHT CURE
WANTED—A KING
HOW CAREY CAME BACK TO THE MINES
THE PRETENDER
THE KING'S CATARRH
A GAME OF ECARTE
JOHNNY’S CASE
AN IMPRESSION
THE END OF THE COTILLION
HIS DECEASED WIFE’S SISTER
A PERFECT CURE
AN ASCOT HAT
A MAKER OF COMEDIES

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Dehan, Richard: The Headquarter Recruit, v1, 1 Jul 2016

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Richard, Dehan: Born : 1863 Jun 3 Co Cork, Ireland: Died : 1932 Dec 3 Hatch End, London, England

THE HEADQUARTER RECRUIT
GOUGOU
THE MAN IN THE WOODS AND FORESTS
HOW FABLINGBY FLEW
THE QUALITY OF MERCY
A CHINTZ-COVERED CHAIR
“ROUGE GAGNE!”
THE FOURTH VOLUME
A STUFFED LION
THE RESURRECTION OF FREDDY
LIEGE LADY MINE
TOTO THE TEMPTER
CLAIRVOYANCE
IN THE LAGOON
MRS. CRICHTON’S CONVERT
TRANSFERENCE
A SUBALTERN'S HEALING
TODMINSTER'S THIRST
WHITE FOX
REALIZATION
FULL-SIZED JAMES
A NEW LEAF
THE TRIBUTE OF OFFA

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Dehan, Richard: Under the Hermés: and Other Stories. v1. 5 Jul 2016

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Richard, Dehan: Born : 1863 Jun 3 Co Cork, Ireland: Died : 1932 Dec 3 Hatch End, London, England

UNDER THE HERMÉS
BROTHER NIGHTINGALE
PETER
THE COMPLEAT HOUSEWIFE
THE QUEEN OF RUATAVA
THE MORTALITY OF THE DIVINE EMILIE
THE JEST
A SPEAKING LIKENESS
A GAME OF FARO
THE VENGEANCE OF THE CHERRY-STONE
APAMÉ
WHITE MAN’S MAGIC
UTUKULUK
HOW YAMKO MARRIED FOURTEEN WIVES
THE TOOTH OF TULOO
THE GREAT BEAST OF KAFUE
THE JUDGMENT OF BIG MAN
THE VENGEANCE OF OUNAKA

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Delafield, E M: Diary of a Provincial Lady, v.1, 23 July 2008.

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Patricia

E M Delafield (1890–1943)
The Diary of a Provincial Lady
With Illustrations by Arthur Watts
First published 1930

A novel in the form of a diary. The upper-middle class lady takes wry look at the problems of domestic life in the countryside.

The original had no chapter breaks. I have added a TOC, inserting the titles of each month, so as to make navigation easier. The source (PG Australia) contained a number of OCR errors. I’ve made a number of corrections but, if you find any remaining then please PM me so that I can issue a revised version.

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Delafield, E M: The Provincial Lady Goes Further, v.1, 24 July 2008.

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Patricia

E M Delafield (1890–1943)
The Provincial Lady Goes Further
With Illustrations by Arthur Watts
First published 1932

A sequel to ‘The Diary of a Provincial Lady.’ After achieving literary success, the lady describes another year’s events in her diary.

The original had no chapter breaks. I have added a TOC, inserting the titles of each month, so as to make navigation easier. The source (PG Australia) contained a few OCR errors. I’ve made corrections but, if you find any remaining then please PM me so that I can issue a revised version.

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Deland, Margaret: An Encore. v1. 26 Jul 2013

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Margaret Deland (nee Margaretta Wade Campbell) (February 23, 1857 - January 13, 1945) was an American novelist, short-story writer, and poet. She also wrote an autobiography in two volumes.
She was born in Allegheny, Pennsylvania (today a part of Pittsburgh). In 1880 she married Lorin F. Deland. They took in and supported unmarried mothers; it was at this period she began to write. Her poetry collection The Old Garden was published in 1886. Deland received a Litt.D. from Bates College in 1920.
She is known principally for the novel John Ward, Preacher (1888), and her 'Old Chester' books, based on her early memories of Maple Grove and Manchester, Pittsburgh communities where she grew up.

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ACCORDING to Old Chester, to be romantic was just one shade less reprehensible than to put on airs. Captain Alfred Price, in all his seventy years, had never been guilty of putting on airs, but certainly he had something to answer for in the way of romance.

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Deland, Margaret: An Old Chester Secret. v1. 27 Jul 2013

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Margaret Deland (nee Margaretta Wade Campbell) (February 23, 1857 - January 13, 1945) was an American novelist, short-story writer, and poet. She also wrote an autobiography in two volumes.
She was born in Allegheny, Pennsylvania (today a part of Pittsburgh). In 1880 she married Lorin F. Deland. They took in and supported unmarried mothers; it was at this period she began to write. Her poetry collection The Old Garden was published in 1886. Deland received a Litt.D. from Bates College in 1920.
She is known principally for the novel John Ward, Preacher (1888), and her 'Old Chester' books, based on her early memories of Maple Grove and Manchester, Pittsburgh communities where she grew up.

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THERE was not a person in Old Chester less tainted by the vulgarity of secretiveness than Miss Lydia Sampson. She had no more reticence than sunshine or wind, or any other elemental thing. How much of this was due to conditions it would be hard to say; certainly there was no "reticence" in her silence as to her neighbors' affairs; she simply didn't know them!

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Deland, Margaret: Dr. Lavendar's People. v1. 26 Jul 2013

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Margaret Deland (nee Margaretta Wade Campbell) (February 23, 1857 - January 13, 1945) was an American novelist, short-story writer, and poet. She also wrote an autobiography in two volumes.
She was born in Allegheny, Pennsylvania (today a part of Pittsburgh). In 1880 she married Lorin F. Deland. They took in and supported unmarried mothers; it was at this period she began to write. Her poetry collection The Old Garden was published in 1886. Deland received a Litt.D. from Bates College in 1920.
She is known principally for the novel John Ward, Preacher (1888), and her 'Old Chester' books, based on her early memories of Maple Grove and Manchester, Pittsburgh communities where she grew up.

THE APOTHEOSIS OF THE REVEREND MR. SPANGLER
THE NOTE
THE GRASSHOPPER AND THE ANT
AMELIA
AN EXCEEDING HIGH MOUNTAIN
AT THE STUFFED-ANIMAL HOUSE

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Deland, Margaret: John Ward, Preacher. V1. 28 Jan 2009

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Margaret Deland (nee Margaretta Wade Campbell) (February 23, 1857 - January 13, 1945) was an American novelist, short-story writer, and poet. She also wrote an autobiography in two volumes. She was born in Allegheny, Pennsylvania (today a part of Pittsburgh). In 1880 she married Lorin F. Deland. They took in and supported unmarried mothers; it was at this period she began to write. Her poetry collection The Old Garden was published in 1886. Deland received a Litt.D. from Bates College in 1920. She is known principally for the novel John Ward, Preacher (1888), and her 'Old Chester' books, based on her early memories of Maple Grove and Manchester, Pittsburgh communities where she grew up.

In 1888 she published her first novel, John Ward, Preacher, which deals with religious and social questions after the manner of the British writer Mrs. Humphry Ward. The book stirred public opinion against its supposed irreligion, portraying the irreconcilable and destructive conflict between a Calvinist minister and his wife, who cannot accept the doctrine of eternal damnation.

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Deland, Margaret: The Awakening of Helena Richie. V1.

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Margaret Deland (nee Margaretta Wade Campbell) (February 23, 1857 - January 13, 1945) was an American novelist, short-story writer, and poet. She also wrote an autobiography in two volumes.
She was born in Allegheny, Pennsylvania (today a part of Pittsburgh). In 1880 she married Lorin F. Deland. They took in and supported unmarried mothers; it was at this period she began to write. Her poetry collection The Old Garden was published in 1886. Deland received a Litt.D. from Bates College in 1920.
She is known principally for the novel John Ward, Preacher (1888), and her 'Old Chester' books, based on her early memories of Maple Grove and Manchester, Pittsburgh communities where she grew up.

The Awakening of Helena Richie is a novel set in the 19th century fictional locale of Old Chester, a Western Pennsylvania rural village near Pittsburgh.The novel tells the story of a new resident of Old Chester, Helena Richie, and examines American society's double standard of morality for women.It was first published in installments in Harper's Monthly from January through July 1906.

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Deland, Margaret: The Iron Woman. V1. 29 Jan 2009

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Margaret Deland (nee Margaretta Wade Campbell) (February 23, 1857 - January 13, 1945) was an American novelist, short-story writer, and poet. She also wrote an autobiography in two volumes.
She was born in Allegheny, Pennsylvania (today a part of Pittsburgh). In 1880 she married Lorin F. Deland. They took in and supported unmarried mothers; it was at this period she began to write. Her poetry collection The Old Garden was published in 1886. Deland received a Litt.D. from Bates College in 1920.
She is known principally for the novel John Ward, Preacher (1888), and her 'Old Chester' books, based on her early memories of Maple Grove and Manchester, Pittsburgh communities where she grew up.

The Iron Woman is a novel of manners set in the 19th century fictional locale of Mercer, an Ohio River community that represents Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.
The novel tells the story of Mrs. Maitland, a leathery old widow who owns and operates an iron mill. Her devotion to a Puritanical work ethic alienates her son Blair, who though he stands to inherit the business, is headstrong and in love with Elizabeth Ferguson, a match Mrs. Maitland disapproves of.
It was first published in installments in Harper's Monthly from November 1910 through October 1911.

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Deland, Margaret: The Vehement Flame. V1. 29 Jan 2009

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Margaret Deland (nee Margaretta Wade Campbell) (February 23, 1857 - January 13, 1945) was an American novelist, short-story writer, and poet. She also wrote an autobiography in two volumes.
She was born in Allegheny, Pennsylvania (today a part of Pittsburgh). In 1880 she married Lorin F. Deland. They took in and supported unmarried mothers; it was at this period she began to write. Her poetry collection The Old Garden was published in 1886. Deland received a Litt.D. from Bates College in 1920.
She is known principally for the novel John Ward, Preacher (1888), and her 'Old Chester' books, based on her early memories of Maple Grove and Manchester, Pittsburgh communities where she grew up.

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There is nothing in the world nobler, and lovelier, and more absurd, than a boy’s lovemaking. And the joyousness of it!...

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Deland, Margaret: The Way To Peace. V1. 30 Jan 2009

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Margaret Deland (nee Margaretta Wade Campbell) (February 23, 1857 - January 13, 1945) was an American novelist, short-story writer, and poet. She also wrote an autobiography in two volumes.
She was born in Allegheny, Pennsylvania (today a part of Pittsburgh). In 1880 she married Lorin F. Deland. They took in and supported unmarried mothers; it was at this period she began to write. Her poetry collection The Old Garden was published in 1886. Deland received a Litt.D. from Bates College in 1920.
She is known principally for the novel John Ward, Preacher (1888), and her 'Old Chester' books, based on her early memories of Maple Grove and Manchester, Pittsburgh communities where she grew up.

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In her slim prettiness Athalia Hall looked like a girl, but she was thirty-four. Part of the girlishness lay in the smoothness of her white forehead and in the sincere intensity of her gaze. She wore a blue linen dress, and there was a little, soft, blue scarf under her chin; her white hat, with pink roses and loops of gray-blue ribbon, shadowed eager, unhumorous eyes, the color of forget-me-nots. Her husband was her senior by several years-a large, loose-limbed man, with a scholarly face and mild, calm eyes-eyes that were full of a singular tenacity of purpose. Just now his face showed the fatigue of the long climb up-hill; and when his wife, stopping to look back over the glistening tops of the birches, said, “I believe it’s half a mile to the top yet!” he agreed, breathlessly. “Hard work!” he said.

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Dell, Ethel M: Charles Rex. V1. 25 Feb 2009

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Ethel Dell's married name is recorded as Ethel Mary Savage. She was born in Streatham, a suburb of London. Her father was a clerk in the City of London and she had an older sister and brother. Her family was middle class and lived a comfortable life. Ethel Dell was a very shy, quiet girl and was content to be dominated by her family. She began to write stories while very young and many of them were published in popular magazines. Beneath her shy exterior, she had a passionate heart and most of her stories were stories of passion and love set in India and other British colonial possessions. They were considered to be very racy and her cousins would pull out pencils to try and count up the number of times she used the words: passion, tremble, pant and thrill.
While readers adored Ethel M. Dell's novels, critics hated them with a passion; but she did not care what the critics thought. She considered herself a good storyteller – nothing more and nothing less. Ethel M. Dell continued to write novels for a number of years. She made quite a lot of money, from 20,000 to 30,000 pounds a year, but remained quiet and almost pathologically shy.

Raffish Charles and always perservering Antoinette search for lasting love.

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Dell, Ethel M: Greatheart. V1. 25 Feb 2009

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Ethel Dell's married name is recorded as Ethel Mary Savage. She was born in Streatham, a suburb of London. Her father was a clerk in the City of London and she had an older sister and brother. Her family was middle class and lived a comfortable life. Ethel Dell was a very shy, quiet girl and was content to be dominated by her family. She began to write stories while very young and many of them were published in popular magazines. Beneath her shy exterior, she had a passionate heart and most of her stories were stories of passion and love set in India and other British colonial possessions. They were considered to be very racy and her cousins would pull out pencils to try and count up the number of times she used the words: passion, tremble, pant and thrill.
While readers adored Ethel M. Dell's novels, critics hated them with a passion; but she did not care what the critics thought. She considered herself a good storyteller – nothing more and nothing less. Ethel M. Dell continued to write novels for a number of years. She made quite a lot of money, from 20,000 to 30,000 pounds a year, but remained quiet and almost pathologically shy.
A popular romance. The bestselling novel in the United States in 1918. A contemporary classic. Full of passion and love.

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Dell, Ethel M: Rosa Mundi and Other Stories. V1. 26 Feb 2009

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Ethel Dell's married name is recorded as Ethel Mary Savage. She was born in Streatham, a suburb of London. Her father was a clerk in the City of London and she had an older sister and brother. Her family was middle class and lived a comfortable life. Ethel Dell was a very shy, quiet girl and was content to be dominated by her family. She began to write stories while very young and many of them were published in popular magazines. Beneath her shy exterior, she had a passionate heart and most of her stories were stories of passion and love set in India and other British colonial possessions. They were considered to be very racy and her cousins would pull out pencils to try and count up the number of times she used the words: passion, tremble, pant and thrill.
While readers adored Ethel M. Dell's novels, critics hated them with a passion; but she did not care what the critics thought. She considered herself a good storyteller – nothing more and nothing less. Ethel M. Dell continued to write novels for a number of years. She made quite a lot of money, from 20,000 to 30,000 pounds a year, but remained quiet and almost pathologically shy.

It was a day in late September, but the warmth of it was as a dream of summer returned. The season was nearly over, or he had not betaken himself thither, but the spell of heat had prolonged it unduly. It had been something of a shock to him to find the place still occupied by a buzzing crowd of visitors.

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Dell, Ethel M: The Bars of Iron. V1. 26 Feb 2009

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Ethel Dell's married name is recorded as Ethel Mary Savage. She was born in Streatham, a suburb of London. Her father was a clerk in the City of London and she had an older sister and brother. Her family was middle class and lived a comfortable life. Ethel Dell was a very shy, quiet girl and was content to be dominated by her family. She began to write stories while very young and many of them were published in popular magazines. Beneath her shy exterior, she had a passionate heart and most of her stories were stories of passion and love set in India and other British colonial possessions. They were considered to be very racy and her cousins would pull out pencils to try and count up the number of times she used the words: passion, tremble, pant and thrill.
While readers adored Ethel M. Dell's novels, critics hated them with a passion; but she did not care what the critics thought. She considered herself a good storyteller – nothing more and nothing less. Ethel M. Dell continued to write novels for a number of years. She made quite a lot of money, from 20,000 to 30,000 pounds a year, but remained quiet and almost pathologically shy.

She recalled old Mrs. Marshall's dour remarks concerning him;--"brought up by men from his cradle," brought up, moreover, by that terrible old Sir Beverley on the one hand and an irresponsible French valet on the other. She caught herself wishing that she had had the upbringing of him, and smiled again. There was a great deal of sweetness in his nature; of that she was sure, and because of it she found she could forgive his waywardness, reflecting that he had probably been mismanaged from his earliest infancy.

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Dell, Ethel M: The Keeper of the Door. V1. 27 Feb 2009

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Ethel Dell's married name is recorded as Ethel Mary Savage. She was born in Streatham, a suburb of London. Her father was a clerk in the City of London and she had an older sister and brother. Her family was middle class and lived a comfortable life. Ethel Dell was a very shy, quiet girl and was content to be dominated by her family. She began to write stories while very young and many of them were published in popular magazines. Beneath her shy exterior, she had a passionate heart and most of her stories were stories of passion and love set in India and other British colonial possessions. They were considered to be very racy and her cousins would pull out pencils to try and count up the number of times she used the words: passion, tremble, pant and thrill.
While readers adored Ethel M. Dell's novels, critics hated them with a passion; but she did not care what the critics thought. She considered herself a good storyteller – nothing more and nothing less. Ethel M. Dell continued to write novels for a number of years. She made quite a lot of money, from 20,000 to 30,000 pounds a year, but remained quiet and almost pathologically shy.

She made a face at him and gave the hammock a vicious twitch which caused him to rock with some violence for several seconds. As he was wont pathetically to remark everyone bullied him because he was small and possessed only one arm having shed the other by inadvertence somewhere on the borders of the Indian Empire.

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Dell, Ethel M: The Knave of Diamonds. V1. 27 Feb 2009

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Ethel Dell's married name is recorded as Ethel Mary Savage. She was born in Streatham, a suburb of London. Her father was a clerk in the City of London and she had an older sister and brother. Her family was middle class and lived a comfortable life. Ethel Dell was a very shy, quiet girl and was content to be dominated by her family. She began to write stories while very young and many of them were published in popular magazines. Beneath her shy exterior, she had a passionate heart and most of her stories were stories of passion and love set in India and other British colonial possessions. They were considered to be very racy and her cousins would pull out pencils to try and count up the number of times she used the words: passion, tremble, pant and thrill.
While readers adored Ethel M. Dell's novels, critics hated them with a passion; but she did not care what the critics thought. She considered herself a good storyteller – nothing more and nothing less. Ethel M. Dell continued to write novels for a number of years. She made quite a lot of money, from 20,000 to 30,000 pounds a year, but remained quiet and almost pathologically shy.

There came a sudden blare of music from the great ballroom below, and the woman who stood alone at an open window on the first floor shrugged her shoulders and shivered a little. The night air blew in brisk and cold upon her uncovered neck, but except for that slight, involuntary shiver she scarcely seemed aware of it. The room behind her was brilliantly lighted but empty. Some tables had been set for cards, but the cards were untouched. Either the attractions of the ballroom had remained omnipotent, or no one had penetrated to this refuge of the bored-no one save this tall and stately woman robed in shimmering, iridescent green, who stood with her face to the night, breathing the chill air as one who had been on the verge of suffocation. It was evidently she who had flung up the window. Her gloved hands leaned upon the woodwork on each side of it. There was a certain constraint in her whole attitude, a tension that was subtly evident in every graceful line. Her head was slightly bent as though she intently watched or listened for something.

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Dell, Ethel M: The Lamp in the Desert. V1. 27 Feb 2009

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Ethel Dell's married name is recorded as Ethel Mary Savage. She was born in Streatham, a suburb of London. Her father was a clerk in the City of London and she had an older sister and brother. Her family was middle class and lived a comfortable life. Ethel Dell was a very shy, quiet girl and was content to be dominated by her family. She began to write stories while very young and many of them were published in popular magazines. Beneath her shy exterior, she had a passionate heart and most of her stories were stories of passion and love set in India and other British colonial possessions. They were considered to be very racy and her cousins would pull out pencils to try and count up the number of times she used the words: passion, tremble, pant and thrill.
While readers adored Ethel M. Dell's novels, critics hated them with a passion; but she did not care what the critics thought. She considered herself a good storyteller – nothing more and nothing less. Ethel M. Dell continued to write novels for a number of years. She made quite a lot of money, from 20,000 to 30,000 pounds a year, but remained quiet and almost pathologically shy.

A great roar of British voices pierced the jeweled curtain of the Indian night. A toast with musical honors was being drunk in the sweltering dining-room of the officers' mess. The enthusiastic hubbub spread far, for every door and window was flung wide. Though the season was yet in its infancy, the heat was intense. Markestan had the reputation in the Indian Army for being one of the hottest corners in the Empire in more senses than one, and Kurrumpore, the military center, had not been chosen for any especial advantages of climate.

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Dell, Ethel M: The Obstacle Race. V1. 28 Feb 2009

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Ethel Dell's married name is recorded as Ethel Mary Savage. She was born in Streatham, a suburb of London. Her father was a clerk in the City of London and she had an older sister and brother. Her family was middle class and lived a comfortable life. Ethel Dell was a very shy, quiet girl and was content to be dominated by her family. She began to write stories while very young and many of them were published in popular magazines. Beneath her shy exterior, she had a passionate heart and most of her stories were stories of passion and love set in India and other British colonial possessions. They were considered to be very racy and her cousins would pull out pencils to try and count up the number of times she used the words: passion, tremble, pant and thrill.
While readers adored Ethel M. Dell's novels, critics hated them with a passion; but she did not care what the critics thought. She considered herself a good storyteller – nothing more and nothing less. Ethel M. Dell continued to write novels for a number of years. She made quite a lot of money, from 20,000 to 30,000 pounds a year, but remained quiet and almost pathologically shy.

A long, green wave ran up, gleaming like curved glass in the sunlight, and broke in a million sparkles against a shelf of shingle. Above the shingle rose the soft cliffs, clothed with scrubby grass and crowned with gorse. Columbus, said the stranger, this is just the place for us.

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Dell, Ethel M: The Odds and Other Stories. V1. 28 Feb 2009

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Ethel Dell's married name is recorded as Ethel Mary Savage. She was born in Streatham, a suburb of London. Her father was a clerk in the City of London and she had an older sister and brother. Her family was middle class and lived a comfortable life. Ethel Dell was a very shy, quiet girl and was content to be dominated by her family. She began to write stories while very young and many of them were published in popular magazines. Beneath her shy exterior, she had a passionate heart and most of her stories were stories of passion and love set in India and other British colonial possessions. They were considered to be very racy and her cousins would pull out pencils to try and count up the number of times she used the words: passion, tremble, pant and thrill.
While readers adored Ethel M. Dell's novels, critics hated them with a passion; but she did not care what the critics thought. She considered herself a good storyteller – nothing more and nothing less. Ethel M. Dell continued to write novels for a number of years. She made quite a lot of money, from 20,000 to 30,000 pounds a year, but remained quiet and almost pathologically shy

"If he comes my way I'll shoot him!" said Dot Burton- her blue eyes gleaming in her boyish tanned face. "I'm not such a bad shot am I Jack?"

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Dell, Ethel M: The Rocks of Valpre. V1. 28 Feb 2009

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Ethel Dell's married name is recorded as Ethel Mary Savage. She was born in Streatham, a suburb of London. Her father was a clerk in the City of London and she had an older sister and brother. Her family was middle class and lived a comfortable life. Ethel Dell was a very shy, quiet girl and was content to be dominated by her family. She began to write stories while very young and many of them were published in popular magazines. Beneath her shy exterior, she had a passionate heart and most of her stories were stories of passion and love set in India and other British colonial possessions. They were considered to be very racy and her cousins would pull out pencils to try and count up the number of times she used the words: passion, tremble, pant and thrill.
While readers adored Ethel M. Dell's novels, critics hated them with a passion; but she did not care what the critics thought. She considered herself a good storyteller – nothing more and nothing less. Ethel M. Dell continued to write novels for a number of years. She made quite a lot of money, from 20,000 to 30,000 pounds a year, but remained quiet and almost pathologically shy.

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When Cinders began to dig a hole no power on earth, except brute force, could ever stop him till he sank exhausted. Not even the sight of a crab could divert his thoughts from this entrancing occupation, much less his mistress’s shrill whistle; and this was strange, for on all other occasions it was his custom to display the most exemplary obedience.

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Dell, Ethel M: The Safety Curtain, and Other Stories. V1. 1 Mar 2009

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Ethel Dell's married name is recorded as Ethel Mary Savage. She was born in Streatham, a suburb of London. Her father was a clerk in the City of London and she had an older sister and brother. Her family was middle class and lived a comfortable life. Ethel Dell was a very shy, quiet girl and was content to be dominated by her family. She began to write stories while very young and many of them were published in popular magazines. Beneath her shy exterior, she had a passionate heart and most of her stories were stories of passion and love set in India and other British colonial possessions. They were considered to be very racy and her cousins would pull out pencils to try and count up the number of times she used the words: passion, tremble, pant and thrill.
While readers adored Ethel M. Dell's novels, critics hated them with a passion; but she did not care what the critics thought. She considered herself a good storyteller – nothing more and nothing less. Ethel M. Dell continued to write novels for a number of years. She made quite a lot of money, from 20,000 to 30,000 pounds a year, but remained quiet and almost pathologically shy.

A great shout of applause went through the crowded hall as the Dragon-Fly Dance came to an end- and the Dragon-Fly with quivering iridescent wings- flashed away.

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Dell, Ethel M: The Swindler and Other Stories. V1. 1 Mar 2009

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Ethel Dell's married name is recorded as Ethel Mary Savage. She was born in Streatham, a suburb of London. Her father was a clerk in the City of London and she had an older sister and brother. Her family was middle class and lived a comfortable life. Ethel Dell was a very shy, quiet girl and was content to be dominated by her family. She began to write stories while very young and many of them were published in popular magazines. Beneath her shy exterior, she had a passionate heart and most of her stories were stories of passion and love set in India and other British colonial possessions. They were considered to be very racy and her cousins would pull out pencils to try and count up the number of times she used the words: passion, tremble, pant and thrill.
While readers adored Ethel M. Dell's novels, critics hated them with a passion; but she did not care what the critics thought. She considered herself a good storyteller – nothing more and nothing less. Ethel M. Dell continued to write novels for a number of years. She made quite a lot of money, from 20,000 to 30,000 pounds a year, but remained quiet and almost pathologically shy.

The vessel was rolling somewhat heavily and the splash of the drifting foam reached them occasionally where they stood.

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Dell, Ethel M: The Tidal Wave and Other Stories. V1. 1 Mar 2009

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Ethel Dell's married name is recorded as Ethel Mary Savage. She was born in Streatham, a suburb of London. Her father was a clerk in the City of London and she had an older sister and brother. Her family was middle class and lived a comfortable life. Ethel Dell was a very shy, quiet girl and was content to be dominated by her family. She began to write stories while very young and many of them were published in popular magazines. Beneath her shy exterior, she had a passionate heart and most of her stories were stories of passion and love set in India and other British colonial possessions. They were considered to be very racy and her cousins would pull out pencils to try and count up the number of times she used the words: passion, tremble, pant and thrill.
While readers adored Ethel M. Dell's novels, critics hated them with a passion; but she did not care what the critics thought. She considered herself a good storyteller – nothing more and nothing less. Ethel M. Dell continued to write novels for a number of years. She made quite a lot of money, from 20,000 to 30,000 pounds a year, but remained quiet and almost pathologically shy.

Rufus the Red sat on the edge of his boat with his hands clasped between his knees, staring at nothing. His nets were spread to dry in the sun; the morning's work was done. Most of the other men had lounged into their cottages for the midday meal, but the massive red giant sitting on the shore in the merciless heat of noon did not seem to be thinking of physical needs.

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Dell, Ethel M: The Top of the World. V1. 2 Mar 2009

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Ethel Dell's married name is recorded as Ethel Mary Savage. She was born in Streatham, a suburb of London. Her father was a clerk in the City of London and she had an older sister and brother. Her family was middle class and lived a comfortable life. Ethel Dell was a very shy, quiet girl and was content to be dominated by her family. She began to write stories while very young and many of them were published in popular magazines. Beneath her shy exterior, she had a passionate heart and most of her stories were stories of passion and love set in India and other British colonial possessions. They were considered to be very racy and her cousins would pull out pencils to try and count up the number of times she used the words: passion, tremble, pant and thrill.
While readers adored Ethel M. Dell's novels, critics hated them with a passion; but she did not care what the critics thought. She considered herself a good storyteller – nothing more and nothing less. Ethel M. Dell continued to write novels for a number of years. She made quite a lot of money, from 20,000 to 30,000 pounds a year, but remained quiet and almost pathologically shy.

Old Jeffcott surveyed her with loving admiration. There was no one in the world to compare with Miss Sylvia in his opinion. He loved the open English courage of her, the high, inborn pride of race. Yet at the end of the survey he shook his head.

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Dell, Ethel M: The Way of an Eagle. V1. 2 Mar 2009

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Ethel Dell's married name is recorded as Ethel Mary Savage. She was born in Streatham, a suburb of London. Her father was a clerk in the City of London and she had an older sister and brother. Her family was middle class and lived a comfortable life. Ethel Dell was a very shy, quiet girl and was content to be dominated by her family. She began to write stories while very young and many of them were published in popular magazines. Beneath her shy exterior, she had a passionate heart and most of her stories were stories of passion and love set in India and other British colonial possessions. They were considered to be very racy and her cousins would pull out pencils to try and count up the number of times she used the words: passion, tremble, pant and thrill.
While readers adored Ethel M. Dell's novels, critics hated them with a passion; but she did not care what the critics thought. She considered herself a good storyteller – nothing more and nothing less. Ethel M. Dell continued to write novels for a number of years. She made quite a lot of money, from 20,000 to 30,000 pounds a year, but remained quiet and almost pathologically shy.

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The long clatter of an irregular volley of musketry rattled warningly from the naked mountain ridges; over a great grey shoulder of rock the sun sank in a splendid opal glow; from very near at hand came the clatter of tin cups and the sound of a subdued British laugh. And in the room of the Brigadier-General a man lifted his head from his hands and stared upwards with unseeing, fixed eyes.

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Demosthenes: The Public Orations, v1, 20/2/16

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DavScoMur

For all lovers of ancient literature--if there are any out there besides me!

Demosthenes was a Greek statesman and orator who lived 384-322 BCE. This edition of his speeches is a combination of three separate books: the bulk of it is taken from [The Public Orations of Demosthenes[/, Vols. 1 and 2 (edited by Arthur Wallace Pickard). These two volumes contain the majority of Demosthenes' well-known speeches, with the exception of the Fourth Philippic. I have taken that from [The Olynthiacs and Philippics of Demosthenes[/ (translated by Charles Rann Kennedy). While Kennedy's translations are not nearly as elegant as Pickard's, I wanted to include all the speeches in one book.

Both translations are old and contain a lot of antiquated words and spellings; I have retained all of those with the exception of old-fashioned hyphenation ("to-day," for example).

There is another volume of Demosthene's speeches that I might add to this someday - that's if I get up the nerve to edit 400 pages of Internet Archive word salad.

As always, please let me know if you come across any errors. I hope you enjoy this.

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Dennis, C. J.: Dennis Starpool's Windfall and other stories, v1, 24 March 2024

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Pulpmeister

Clarence Michael James Stanislaus Dennis (7 September 1876 – 22 June 1938)
Best known for his series of poems of "The Sentimental Bloke" and his girl Doreen in working class Sydney in the early years of the 20th century, C J Dennis was a newspaper journalist who also wrote humorous pieces for his paper commenting on issues of the day, often in the style of an uneducated "bushie".
Less well known are his short stories, and this new, original collection includes all fifteen that I have managed to track down in magazines and newspapers.
1: Letters of Un-patent
2: The Prodigal Calf
(With a Few References to the Fatted Son)
3: The Bookworm's Arms
4: Mrs Dumphy's Send-Off
5: Spink
6: The Mother
7: "Aigs is Aigs"— A Dog Yarn
8: The Man Who Missed the 'Bus
9: Dennis Starpool's Windfall
10: The Satyr
11: While Jerry Was Away
12: Billjim's Back Fence
13: The Haunted Camp
14: The Fatal Dinner
15: Chips

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Denslow, W. W: Scarecrow and the Tin-Man. v1. 01 Sep 2025

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GrannyGrump

Here is a rare Oz story by W. W. Denslow, illustrator of [The Wonderful Wizard of Oz[/, who shared copyright with L. Frank Baum.

Two of the most iconic characters in the Oz universe have been performing tirelessly on Broadway in the musical extravaganza, [The Wizard of Oz[/. They decide to take an impromptu vacation, and chaos ensues.

Although the story is very short and rather slight, fans of the art in the first Oz book will enjoy this whimsical comic adventure.

(With 12 color illustrations.)

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William Wallace Denslow (May 5, 1856 – March 29, 1915) was an American illustrator and caricaturist remembered for his work in collaboration with author L. Frank Baum, especially his illustrations for [The Wonderful Wizard of Oz[/.

Each man held full copyright to [The Wonderful Wizard of Oz[/. Having quarreled over royalty shares from the 1902 stage adaptation, in late 1904 each began a competitive Sunday comic strip: Baum’s “Queer Visitors from the Land of Oz,” and “Denslow’s Scarecrow and Tin-Man.” The contents of this book appeared as two episodes in Denslow’s strip.

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This book was first published in 1904.
[This ebook is in the public domain worldwide.[/
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Dent, John Charles: The Gerrard Street Mystery and Other Weird Tales. v1. 07 Aug 2021

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GrannyGrump

Four unusual tales of supernatural occurrences and mystery in a Canadian setting.

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John Charles Dent (November 8, 1841 – September 27, 1888) was a Canadian journalist, author and historian. Dent has been compared to American historian Francis Parkman for his ability to write about Canadian history without being dull and dry.

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[This book was originally published in 1888, and is in the public domain worldwide.[/
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Dentzel, Edward: Govicide: Comply. v1. June 2012

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Govicide

Homicide Detective Michael Locke is content being an obedient subject of the Masses in the One World Government. However, after an interrogation with his latest catch--the serial killer Hamilton, and being promoted to Govicide Agent, Locke starts to suspect all is not as it seems within his paradise. Adding to the dilemma, his new partner, Alex Hiss, leaves death and chaos in their wake as they investigate the discovery of illegal cash at sites all over the World. To top it off, Locke’s girlcomrade, Jade, is pregnant by mistake, a major Government violation.

A powerful depiction of America’s, and the World’s, future if it continues down the road to serfdom, Govicide: Comply uses the political topics of today to create a dystopia of tomorrow.

EDWARD DENTZEL is an author, podcaster, and blogger living in Madeira Beach, FL, after 13 years in Las Vegas. Originally from Leechburg, PA, he is a 1993 graduate of Grove City College. When he isn’t obsessing over politics or his Steelers, he can be found on the nearest beach or disc golf course.

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Descartes, René: A Discourse on Method. v1. 20 February 2012

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[Discourse on Method[/, (full title; [Discourse on the Method of Rightly Conducting One's Reason and of Seeking Truth in the Sciences[/) is the work in which we find the Cartesian dictum, [Je pense, donc je suis[/; most frequently translated as "I think, therefore I am." (The Latin equivalent, [Cogito ergo sum[/, is found in Descartes later work, [Principles of Philosophy[/, a synthesis of his [Discourse on Method[/ and the [Meditations[/.) It has influenced philosophical thought since its first publication in 1637.

The text for this version was originally imported from Project Gutenberg to wikisource.org. This version is based on the WIKISOURCE version as formatted and hyper-linked by me. Let me know if you find any errors.

The cover was made from a public domain image of [Portrait of René Descartes[/ found on Wikipedia.

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Descartes, René; Prinzipien der Philosophie german v1; December 19th 2009

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Targor

Cogito ergo sum – Ich denke, also bin ich. Diesen vielleicht bekanntesten Satz der Philosophie formulierte René Descartes, ein französischer Philosoph und Begründer des Rationalismus gilt heute als einer der wichtigsten Philosophen und konnte auch im naturwissenschaftlichen Bereich brillieren.

[q_index]Das 1644 veröffentlichte Werk ist die Summe von Descartes metaphysischem und vor allem naturphilosophischen Denken. Es gilt als ein Topos der Philosophiegeschichtsschreibung, dass er seinen Rang als Begründer der neuzeitlichen Philosophie der Veröffentlichung der Principia Philosophiae verdankt. Dies hängt zum einen damit zusammen, wie Descartes die metaphysisch begründete Philosophie in neuartiger Weise zu fundieren suchte, indem er zur Formulierung der ersten Prinzipien der Philosophie im Ausgang von der Frage gelangte, mit welchem Recht sowohl im Alltag als auch in der Wissenschaft der Anspruch objektiver Gültigkeit von Urteilen erhoben wird. Mit dieser Art der Fragestellung entwickelte er einen Ansatz, der von nachfolgenden Philosophen von Kant bis Husserl aufgegriffen und zur Transzendentalphilosophie weiterentwickelt wurde.

Zum anderen lieferte Descartes in diesem Werk erstmals das Modell einer von mathematischen Grundsätzen ausgehenden und hypothetisch vorgehenden Erklärung aller Naturerscheinungen. In vier Teilen präsentiert Descartes zunächst seine Erkenntnistheorie, die vom unbezweifelbaren Fundament des Prinzips Ich denke also bin ich ausgeht, um von dort aus in den drei weiteren Teilen (über die Prinzipien der körperlichen Dinge, die sichtbare Welt und die Erde) die Naturphilosophie als Basis der Naturwissenschaften darzustellen. Besondere Bedeutung für die Wissenschaft des 17. Jahrhunderts kommt dabei der Kosmologie zu, in der die antike Idee fortlebt, dass die Himmelskörper als Zentren von Materiewirbeln aufzufassen seien.

Unabhängig von speziellen Lehren, von denen in der Folgezeit ohnehin kaum eine ohne Widerspruch geblieben ist, wirkt Descartes' Denken jedoch vor allem aufgrund des rationalistischen Ideals allgemeiner Vernünftigkeit fort, das bis in die Gegenwartsphilosophie ein am Ideal der Wissenschaftlichkeit orientiertes Denken bestimmt.[/QUOT

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Devereux, Mary: Lafitte of Louisiana . v1. 17 Aug 2015

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Devereux, Mary, d. 1914

Excerpt
IN that part of the United States where breezes from the Mexican gulf sway lazily the long pendants of Spanish moss festooning the gnarled limbs of ancient oaks, the name of Jean Lafitte lives to-day in an atmosphere of romance more virile and fascinating than that surrounding the exploits of Columbus, Cortez, or Ponce de Leon.

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Dickens, Charles: A Child's History of England (Illustrated). v5. 2nd Sep 2012

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HarryT

Dickens wrote "A Child's History of England" between 1850 and 1853. It really doesn't have a great deal to recommend it as "history" as the term is currently understood - Dickens' view seems to have been somewhat "black and white", with kings either being "saviours of England" or "monstrous villains". Still, it's a fun piece of writing and contains lots of good anecdotes - true and otherwise - about the history of England, from Roman times up to the "Glorious Revolution" of 1688.

As always, enjoy!

EDIT: 23 Dec 07

Created a proper MobiPocket version with full-sized images, table of contents link, etc. Uploaded v3.

EDIT: 15 Mar 08

Recreated the book with improved formatting. Uploaded v4.

EDIT: 2 Sep 12

Thoroughly proofed and corrected against a printed text. Not that many errors found, but the formatting's been greatly improved, and several illustrations and tables added. Uploaded v5.

Previous download count: 1027

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Dickens, Charles: A Christmas Carol (illus-Rackham). v1. 01 Dec 2016

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GrannyGrump

A Christmas Carol By Charles Dickens (1812–1870)
Illustrated by Arthur Rackham (1867–1939)

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A Christmas Carol was first published in 1843. This “Rackham” edition first published 1915.

Text is in the public domain worldwide because the author died more than 100 years ago, and it was published before 1923. The illustrations are in the public domain in the USA, and in countries where copyright is “Life+70” or less.
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From the acknowledged Grand Master of Victorian-age fiction, author of such classics as David Copperfield, The Pickwick Papers, Oliver Twist, and A Tale of Two Cities: the perennial Christmas favorite, A Christmas Carol.

This novella tells the story of bitter, miserly old Ebenezer Scrooge and his transformation into a gentler, kindlier man after visitations by the ghost of his former business partner Jacob Marley and the Ghosts of Christmas Past, Present and Yet to Come.

Nearly 175 years after its 1843 debut, A Christmas Carol remains popular – having never been out of print – and has been adapted many times to film, stage, opera, and other media.

The book was written at a time when the British were examining and exploring Christmas traditions from the past as well as new customs, and it influenced many aspects of Christmas that are celebrated today in Western culture, such as family gatherings, seasonal food and drink, dancing, games, and a festive generosity of spirit. Many social commentators credit the book with inspiring notable acts of generosity and charity.

“A tale to make the reader laugh and cry – to open his hands, and open his heart to charity even toward the uncharitable … a dainty dish to set before a King.” (—Athenaeum magazine, review contemporary to the book’s first publication.)

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For this special 1915 edition, the incomparable artist Arthur Rackham provided 12 full-page color images, several full-page line drawings, and chapter decorations.

There are several versions of this book already in the MobileRead library, and HarryT's Dickens editions are definitive, but this one is for fans of the wonderful art of Arthur Rackham. Get in the season's spirit now.
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Dickens, Charles: A Tale of Two Cities (Illustrated). v5. 17th Oct 2009

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HarryT

Dickens' great historical novel of the French Revolution.

Set between 1757 and 1793, [A Tale of Two Cities[/ views the causes and effects of the Revolution from an essentially private point of view, showing how private experience relates to public history. Dickens' characters are fictional, and their political activity is minimal, yet all are drawn towards the Paris of the Terror, and all become caught up in its web of human suffering and human sacrifice. Dickens described this book as "the best story I have written".

Fully illustrated with the original black and white illustrations by Phiz.

Enjoy!

EDIT: 24 Dec 07

Created a proper MobiPocket version will large images, working table of contents link, author's name showing up in library, etc. etc. Uploaded v2.

EDIT: 22 Mar 08

Recreated the book to correct a problem with paragraph breaks. Uploaded v3.

EDIT: 3 Sep 09

Thoroughly proof-read the book against the "Oxford Illustrated Dickens" edition. Corrected about 200 errors, restored missing accents, and fixed up the formatting. As a result, the book is now in an excellent state. Please let me know if you find any additional errors in it. Uploaded v4.

EDIT: 17 Oct 09

Corrected some minor issues with the HTML code of the book. This does [not[/ make any visible change to the previous v4, and there is no need to re-download if you have that version.

Previous download count: 1015

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Dickens, Charles: A Tale of Two Cities, v1, 23 Sept 2007.

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Patricia

I know that Harry T has uploaded a lot of Dickens, but I wanted this one now.

From Wikipedia:
A Tale of Two Cities (1859) is an historical novel by Charles Dickens. The plot centres on the years leading up to the French Revolution and culminates in the Jacobin Reign of Terror. It starts with Dr Alexandre Manette's 1759 imprisonment and concludes 36 years later with the trial of Charles Darnay.
The book tells, first and foremost, the story of Darnay and Sydney Carton, who look similar but are very different in their personalities: Darnay is a romantic French aristocrat; Carton is a cynical English barrister. Both are deeply in love with the same woman, Lucie Manette.
Other major characters include Dr Manette (Lucie's father), who was unjustly imprisoned in the infamous Bastille for many years under a lettre de cachet, and Madame Defarge, a female revolutionary with an implacable grudge against the aristocratic Evrémonde dynasty.
The opening -- "It was the best of times, it was the worst of times..." -- and closing -- "It is a far, far better thing that I do..." -- of the book are among the most famous lines in English literature.
The story oscillates between London and Paris. Two of the 45 chapters are set in both countries, nineteen in England and 24 in France. They tell of the shameless corruption, abuse and inhumanity of the French nobles towards the peasantry. The masses, oppressed for centuries, rise up at last and destroy their masters, becoming themselves just as evil and corrupt.

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Dickens, Charles: American Notes. v4. 17th Feb 2010

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HarryT

"American Notes" is Dickens' account of his travels through America in 1842. This book was much vilified in the USA after its publication, on account of Dickens' fervent condemnation of the institution of slavery which was, of course, still practised in the US at that time. This is only a short book, but gives a fascinating snapshot of a world that's now disappeared - for example, his account of Broadway, in New York, swarming with pigs, eating all the garbage, and journeys by steamboat. There are some extremely funny passages in the book, such the following description of Dickens' first experience of travel on an American train:

[quotIt was a fine evening when we were passengers in the train: and watching the bright sunset from a little window near the door by which we sat, my attention was attracted to a remarkable appearance issuing from the windows of the gentleman's car immediately in front of us, which I supposed for some time was occasioned by a number of industrious persons inside, ripping open feather-beds, and giving the feathers to the wind. At length it occurred to me that they were only spitting, which was indeed the case; though how any number of passengers which it was possible for that car to contain, could have maintained such a playful and incessant shower of expectoration, I am still at a loss to understand: notwithstanding the experience in all salivatory phenomena which I afterwards acquired.[/quot

Well worth reading.

Enjoy!

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Reformatted and improved layout. Uploaded v2.

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Significantly improved the book, preserving the original paragraph breaks and adding the two original illustrations. Uploaded v3.

EDIT: 17 Feb 10

Thoroughly proof-read the book against the "Oxford Illustrated Dickens". Added a missing illustration; fixed numerous minor errors, and made a number of small formatting changes. Uploaded v4.

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Dickens, Charles: Barnaby Rudge (Illustrated). v5. 24 Mar 2010

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HarryT

Set in London at the time of the Gordon Riots of 1780, Barnaby Rudge interweaves a murder mystery with the story of Lord George Gordon's dangerous appeal to old religious prejudices against Roman Catholics. The brilliant descriptions of the destruction of Newgate prison by the rioters contain some of Dickens's most vivid writing.

This was Dickens' fifth published novel, published in 1841.

Fully illustrated with the 76 original black and white illustrations by George Cattermole and Phiz.

Enjoy!

EDIT: 6 Jan 08

Replace words in capitals with italics, as appropriate, to match the printed book. Scanned and added the 76 original illustrations by George Cattermole and Phiz. Created a proper MobiPocket version of the book with full-sized pictures, library information, working table of contents link, etc. Uploaded v3.

EDIT: 15 Mar 08

Layout improvements specific to the MobiPocket version of the book. Uploaded v4.

EDIT: 24 Mar 2010

Thoroughly proof-read the book against the "Oxford Illustrated Dickens" edition. Hundreds of errors corrected, and missing italics and other formatting restored. Added a cover image. The book is now is good shape; if you find any remaining errors, please let me know so that they can be corrected. Uploaded v5.

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Dickens, Charles: Bleak House (Illustrated). v7. 21 Apr 2011

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HarryT

Description from Amazon:

[As the interminable case of Jarndyce and Jarndyce grinds its way through the Court of Chancery, it draws together a disparate group of people: Ada and Richard Clare, whose inheritance is gradually being devoured by legal costs; Esther Summerson, a ward of court, whose parentage is a source of deepening mystery; the menacing lawyer Tulkinghorn; the determined sleuth Inspector Bucket; and even Jo, the destitute little crossing-sweeper. A savage, but often comic, indictment of a society that is rotten to the core, Bleak House is one of Dickens's most ambitious novels, with a range that extends from the drawing rooms of the aristocracy to the poorest of London slums.[/

Speaking on a personal level, I have to say that this is my favorite novel, by my favourite author. The first chapter's description of a foggy London has come to epitomise Victorian London for many. The characterisation is magnificent; the plots and sub-plots fascinating and complex. This is no easy read, but a novel which can be read and re-read for a lifetime, with each re-reading revealing new depths to it (which I guess is as good a definition of "great literature" as any).

This is a new version of the book, with the 40 original illustrations by "Phiz" and much better formatting than the previous versions, with dashes preserved.

Enjoy!

EDIT: v6, 22 Dec 07

Replaced words in capitals with italics, where appropriate, to match printed book. Uploaded v6.

EDIT: v7, 21 Apr 11

Thoroughly proof-read against the "Oxford Illustrated Dickens" edition. Many errors fixed, and a huge amount of missing punctuation (in the order of 20,000 items) added and corrected. All the illustrations have been re-scanned and are now of much better quality than before. Various things such as letters have been replaced with graphical versions, which look much better. I would now regard this as a "finished" version; if you find any remaining errors, now matter how small, please let me know. Uploaded v7.

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Dickens, Charles: Christmas Books (Illustrated). v6. 1 Apr 2010

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HarryT

Between the years 1843 and 1848, every Christmas (with the exception of 1847), Dickens released what he called a "Christmas Book". These five books are all short works with a "Christmasy" theme and (with the exception of one) a "supernatural" element. The only one well-known today is "A Christmas Carol", but it may surprise people to learn that, until the start of the 20th century "The Cricket on the Hearth" was at least as popular as "A Christmas Carol", if not more so.

The five books are:

A Christmas Carol (1843)
The Chimes (1844)
The Cricket on the Hearth (1845)
The Battle of Life (1846)
The Haunted Man (1848)

As is standard in printed editions of Dickens, I have collected these together in a single volume called "Christmas Books".

If you think Dickens is heavy going, give these a try. They are all wonderful stories, each can be read in an hour or so, and they are very different fare to his "heavy" novels.

They have all been carefully compared to a printed edition (that of the "Oxford Illustrated Dickens") and manually formatted accordingly. All the books are fully illustrated/

Enjoy, and comments are, as always, very welcome.

EDIT: 24 Dec 07
Created a properly formatted MobiPocket version of the book with large images, a working "Table of Contents" link, etc. Looks much better. Uploaded v3.

EDIT: 15 Mar 08

Reformatted "The Battle of Life" to correct a problem with paragraph breaks". Uploaded v4.

EDIT: 25 Oct 09

Thoroughly proof-read against the "Oxford Illustrated Dickens". Added 60 missing illustrations to the four later books in the volume ("A Christmas Carol" was already illustrated). Some of the illustrations are of fairly poor quality - I will attempt to obtain better ones in the future. The book is now in a pretty good state - please let me know if you find any remaining errors. Uploaded v5.

EDIT: 1 Apr 10

Several more small errors corrected. Uploaded v6.

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Dickens, Charles: Christmas Stories (Illustrated). v4. 11 July 2010

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HarryT

Dickens' "Christmas Stories" (not to be confused with "Christmas Books", which is a separate upload) is a collection of short stories, published in the Christmas edition of his weekly magazine [Household Words[/ and its successor, [All the Year Round[/, between the years 1850 and 1867. As such, they belong to Dickens' maturity and middle age, and are very different to his youthful "Sketches by Boz".

The stories differ enormously in style, from lighthearted ghost stories to biting social commentary. A number of them were written in collaboration with Wilkie Collins (author of "The Moonstone", "The Woman in White", etc etc), an arrangement which Dickens found practical, but difficult to work with - his writing style did not fit naturally with the elaborate plots of which Collins was a master.

This is a book it's best to "dip into" rather than read from start to finish.

The stories contained herein are:

- A Christmas Tree
- What Christmas Is As We Grow Older
- The Poor Relation's Story
- The Child's Story
- The Schoolboy's Story
- Nobody's Story
- The Seven Poor Travellers
- The Holly-Tree
- The Wreck of the Golden Mary
- The Perils of Certain English Prisoners
- Going Into Society
- The Haunted House
- A Message From the Sea
- Tom Tiddle's Ground
- Somebody's Luggage
- Mrs. Lirriper's Lodgings
- Mrs. Lirriper's Legacy
- Doctor Marigold
- Mugby Junction
- No Thoroughfare

Note that these are the original forms of the stories; one often finds excerpts from them published as "standalone" stories. Eg, "Mugby Junction" contains a [very[/ famous ghost story called "The Signal-Man" which is often published on its own. and "Doctor Marigold" contains a similar story often published as "The Murder Trial".

The earlier stories in this volume are standalone short stories, but a word of explanation is required for the later ones, "The Wreck of the Golden Mary" onwards. In these, Dickens would establish a story "framework", write part of the story himself, and then invite other authors to contribute. Earlier editions of this book only contained the contributions made by Dickens himself; in this edition, however, I've tracked down the original publications (not at all easy to find, on occasions!) and included [all[/ the contributions. You are thus now reading them as they would have been seen by the original readers, rather than just reading Dickens' contributions in isolation. In these cases, I've stated the names of the authors of each part of the story. The result of this is that the book has considerably increased in size from its earlier versions. These additions by other authors are well worth reading, including, as they do, some very notable authors, such as Wilkie Collins and Elizabeth Gaskell. I have also added the original illustrations, and removed the story "The Lazy Tour of Two Idle Apprentices"; this is [not[/ a Christmas story, and will now be included in "Miscellaneous Papers".

As always, enjoy, and comments are welcome!

EDIT: 12 Dec 07

Reformatted to preserve dashes, etc. Uploaded v2.

EDIT: 15 Mar 08

Corrected a problem with paragraph breaks in the first six stories in the collection. Uploaded v3.

EDIT: 11 Jul 10

Total revision. Greatly expanded to include contributions by other authors to the later stories. Added all the original illustrations. Moved "The Lazy Tour of Two Idle Apprentices" to the volume "Miscellaneous Papers".

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Dickens, Charles: David Copperfield (Illustrated). v5. 4 Oct 2009

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HarryT

"David Copperfield", by Charles Dickens, with 38 original illustrations by "Phiz".

Synopsis from Amazon:

[This is the novel Dickens regarded as his 'favourite child' and is considered his most autobiographical. As David recounts his experience from childhood to the discovery of his vocation as a successful novelist, Dickens draws openly and revealingly on his own life. Among the gloriously vivid cast of characters are Rosa Dartle, Dora, Steerforth, and the 'umble Uriah Heep, along with Mr Micawber, a portrait of Dickens's own father which evokes the mixture of love, nostalgia and guilt. [/

As well as adding the illustrations to the PG text, I've spent a great deal of time with this book, going through it and restoring the formatting to that of a printed version (the "Oxford Illustrated Dickens" version). The results are, I think, quite pleasing.

EDIT: 12 Dec 2007

Improved the formatted, restored dashes, etc. Uploaded v2.

EDIT: 24 Dec 2007

Converted words in capitals to italics, as appropriate, to match the printed version. Created a proper MobiPocket version with large images, working table of contents, etc. Uploaded v3.

EDIT: 16 Mar 08

Created a completely new version to solve a problem with incorrect paragraph breaks. Uploaded v4.

EDIT: 4 Oct 09

Thoroughly proof-read against the "Oxford Illustrated Dickens". Many hundreds of errors corrected - textual errors, incorrect paragraph breaks, missing italics and accents, etc. The book is now in a pretty good state. Uploaded v5.

Previous download count: 672

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Dickens, Charles: Dombey and Son (Illustrated). v5. 29 Apr 2010

edited and uploaded by
HarryT

Mr Dombey is a man obsessed with his firm. His son is groomed from birth to take his place within it, despite his visionary eccentricity and declining health. But Dombey also has a daughter, whose unfailing love for her father goes unreturned. "Girls" said Mr Dombey, "have nothing to do with Dombey and Son". When Walter Gay, a young clerk in her father's office, rescues her from a bewildering experience in the streets of London, his unforgettable friends believe he is well on his way to receiving her hand in marriage and inheriting the company. However, things work out very differently...

Fully illustrated with the original black and white illustrations by Phiz.

This text is the posthumously-published version, which is some 5000 words longer than that published during Dickens' lifetime. He discovered that he had written too much to fit in the available space in the magazine, and was forced to edit it accordingly. The majority of the additional text occurs in the first few chapters (and over half of it in the first three chapters), but there are additional lines and paragraphs throughout the book that may not be there if you are comparing the text with a different edition.

Enjoy!

EDIT: 13 Dec 2007

Improved the formatting to preserve dashes, etc. Uploaded v2.

EDIT: 28 Dec 07

Added all the original illustrations. Cleaned up the formatting. Uploaded v3.

EDIT: 16 Mar 08

New version to resolve an issue with incorrect paragraph breaks. Uploaded v4.

EDIT: 29 Apr 10

Thoroughly proofed against the "Oxford Illustrated Dickens". The text was in a very, very poor state, and had obviously been scanned and then very indifferently proof-read. The most common error was missing quotation marks, or commas incorrectly displayed as quotation marks (or vice versa). I've also restored all the missing formatting (italics, capitals, etc). In addition, several of the illustrations were of poor quality, and I've re-scanned these. All in, several thousand errors have been corrected, and the text is now in good shape. If you find any remaining errors that I've overlooked, please let me know.

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Dickens, Charles: Drei Weihnachtsgeschichten [German]. V1. 28-Nov-2010

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weatherwax

Zum ersten Advent ein paar Weihnachtsgeschichten von Charles Dickens:

- Der Behexte und der Pakt mit dem Geiste. Eine phantastische Weihnachtsgeschichte

- Die Silvesterglocken. Ein Geisterreigen

- Auf der Walstatt des Lebens. Eine Liebesgeschichte

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Dickens, Charles: Ein Weihnachtslied (Illustriert) german v1 22 May 2009

edited and uploaded by
Josch91

Charles John Huffam Dickens (als Pseudonym auch Boz; * 7. Februar 1812 in Landport bei Portsmouth, England; † 9. Juni 1870 auf Gads Hill Place bei Rochester, England) war ein englischer Schriftsteller.

[(Quelle: Wikipedia)[/

Die Erzählung handelt von Ebenezer Scrooge, einem alten grantigen Geizhals, der in einer einzigen Nacht zunächst Besuch von seinemverstorbenen Teilhaber Jacob Marley und dann von drei weiteren Geisterner hält, die ihm schließlich dazu verhelfen, sein Leben zu ändern. DasBuch enthält stark sozialkritische Töne, mit denen Dickens die Missstände im England des 19. Jahrhunderts anprangern wollte.

[(Quelle: Wikipedia)[/

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Dickens, Charles: Great Expectations (Illustrated). v9.1. 29 Jul 2011

edited and uploaded by
HarryT

"Great Expectations" opens unforgettably in a twilit and overgrown churchyard on the eerie Kent marshes. There, the orphan Pip is disturbed to meet an escaped convict, Magwitch, but gives him food, in an encounter that is to haunt both their lives. How Pip receives riches from a mysterious benefactor, snobbishly abandons his friends for London society and "great expectations", and grows through misfortune and suffering to maturity is the theme of one of Dicken's best-loved novels.

In "Great Expectations", Dickens blends gripping drama with penetrating satire to give a compelling story rich in comedy and pathos: he has also created two of his finest, most haunting characters in Pip and Miss Havisham.

On a personal note I must add that this is one of my favourite of Dickens' novels and, indeed, one of my "all time" favourite books.

Contains the original black and white illustrations by Charles Green.

NB: I now regard this as a "finished" eBook. If you find any errors, [please[/ let me know, either by posting to this thread, or by sending a PM to "Harry T".

Enjoy!

EDIT: 27 Dec 07

Added the original illustrations by Charles Green. Converted capitals to italics as appropriate to match the printed version. Added the original ending as an appendix to the book. Created a proper MobiPocket version of the book with full-size pictures, library information, working table of contents link, etc. Uploaded v3.

EDIT: 22 Jan 08

Thoroughly proof-read against a printed version; many minor errors corrected. Added a list of characters. Uploaded v4.

EDIT: 23 Jan 08

I suppose it was inevitable that after saying it had been "thoroughly" proof-read that I should immediately spot four additional errors (two instances of missing commas, hyphens used in place of dashes, "again" spelled as "a gain". Now fixed. Uploaded v5. Hopefully this one will last a little longer than the last version!

EDIT: 18 Feb 08

Corrected about a dozen minor errors, largely found by MR user "dynabook" (for which many thanks!). Uploaded v6.

EDIT: 17 Mar 08

Had to recreate the book due to paragraph end problems. I've re-applied most of the corrections found in earlier releases, but it's possible that I've missed a few. I need to re-proof-read the book. I didn't like having to re-create it from scratch but unfortunately it was only practical way to sort out the problems. Uploaded v7.

EDIT: 6 Apr 08

MR user "Jellby" has done an absolutely wonderful job of proofing the book against a scanned 1st edition that's available online at Stanford University, and has found several errors, and literally dozens of words which should have been either capitalised or in italics, and weren't. (The PG text I originally used to create the book had no italics marked). I've applied all these changes, and the book is now hugely better as a result. Many, many thanks to Jellby for doing this! Uploaded v8.

EDIT: 17 Oct 09

Replaced the cover for consistency with the rest of the MR Dickens series. Tidied up the HTML source of the book to remove some minor errors - this has no visible effect for the reader. Uploaded v9.

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Dickens, Charles: Hard Times (Illustrated). v6. 11 Oct 2009

edited and uploaded by
HarryT

For a description of "Hard Times" I can do no better than quote an excellent review from "Amazon", written by Mary Whipple:

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Always concerned with issues of class, social injustice, and employment, Dickens shows in "Hard Times", written in 1854, a broader concern with the philosophies and economic movements which underlie those issues. Three parallel story lines reflect a broad cross-section of society and its thinking.
Mr. Thomas Gradgrind runs a school founded upon the principles of rationalism, a belief in the importance of facts, the antithesis of romantic "fancy" and imagination. Basically a good man, he denies the importance of emotion--for himself, his children, and his students. Only Student #20, Sissy Jupe, the daughter of a circus clown, fails to conform to his notions, and in a hilarious, satiric scene at the beginning of the novel, Dickens shows the absurdity of Gradgrind's teachings.

Gradgrind's friend, Mr. Bounderby, is a banker and factory owner, aged fifty, who claims to have risen from the gutter to his present lofty position through hard work. Bounderby treats the employees of his Coketown factory as machines, rather than as humans, and his eventual marriage to the teenaged Louisa Gradgrind is seen by both as a marriage of "tangible fact," having nothing to do with affection.

The third story line involves Stephen Blackpool, a worker in Bounderby's factory, trapped in a marriage to an alcoholic who periodically appears and extorts money from him. Stephen is in love with Rachael, an adoring factory worker, but his appeal to Bounderby for help in ending his marriage is met with cold, rational pronouncements. Shortly after, Bounderby fires Stephen "for a novelty," forcing him to leave Rachael and seek employment elsewhere.

As the story lines overlap and intersect, often with consummate irony, Dickens keeps a light enough hand to prevent the story from becoming a polemic, though his criticism of hypocrisy, corruption, and "progress" at the expense of humanity is clear. His humor, often dark, keeps the plot moving, and several of his characters, which are often caricatures, do grow and change. Characteristically, Dickens uses names symbolically-Gradgrind grinds the emotions from his graduates, hires Mr. M'Choakumchild as a teacher, and lives at Stone Lodge. Mr. Bounderby proves to be a bounder. Some of the circus performers, like Sissy, live at Pegasus Arms.

The dramatic conclusion, which involves the pursuit of an innocent character widely believed to have committed a robbery, draws all the themes together, showing the parallels, contrasts, and ironies which connect these characters, regardless of their social level. Less epic in plot than some of Dickens's other novels, Hard Times provides an intimate look at a changing economy and an important commentary on the philosophies of the times.

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Contains the original black and white illustrations by Harry French.

"Hard Times" is Dickens' shortest novel - only about a quarter the length of "David Copperfield" and it's probably also the least read one, too, having the reputation of being rather grim and heavy going. Give it a go, though- you might be surprised!

Enjoy!

EDIT: 31 Dec 07

Added the original illustrations by Harry French. Converted words in capitals into italics, as appropriate, to match the printed book. Created a proper MobiPocket version of the book with full-sized images, library information, working table of contents link, etc. Uploaded v4.

EDIT: 18 Mar 08

Recreated the book to fix a problem with paragraph breaks. Uploaded v5.

EDIT: 11 Oct 09

Thoroughly proof-read against the "Oxford Illustrated Dickens" edition. Numerous errors corrected. Added back all the formatting (italics, etc) missing from the PG original. Uploaded v6. The book is now in a pretty good state - if you find any remaining errors, please let me know.

Previous download count: 342

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Dickens, Charles: Little Dorrit (Illustrated). v6, 16 Nov 2008

edited and uploaded by
HarryT

"Little Dorrit" is, along with "Bleak House" and "Our Mutual Friend", one of Dickens' last three great novels, and is one of his most important works. It is an attack on the institution of "debtors prisons" (The Marshalsea prison, which features heavily in the book, is where Dickens' own father was imprisoned for debt when Dickens was a child) and a biting satire of the over-bureaucratic institutions of government, and the injustices of the class system. The fact that most of the issues that Dickens highlights in the novel have long since passed into history does not negate the important of the work.

Fully illustrated with the original black and white illustrations by Phiz.

Enjoy!

EDIT: 5 Jan 08

Converted words in capitals to italics, where appropriate, to match the printed book. Added the original illustrations. Created a proper MobiPocket format book with full-sized pictures, library information, table of contents link, etc. Uploaded v3.

EDIT: 6 Jan 08

A couple of the illustrations accidentally got missed out of the previous version; apologies. Uploaded v4.

EDIT: 18 Mar 08

Recreated the book to fix a problem with paragraph breaks. Rescanned a couple of the illustrations which weren't previously very clear. Uploaded v5.

EDIT: 16 Nov 08

Thoroughly proof-read against a printed edition. Many [hundreds[/ of errors corrected as a result; the book is now in a pretty good state. Uploaded v6.

Previous download count: 218

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Dickens, Charles: Martin Chuzzlewit (Illustrated). v5. 11th Oct 2010

edited and uploaded by
HarryT

"Martin Chuzzlewit" is (to my mind) one of Dickens' best novels, and is both funny and serious at the same time. It tells the story of the different members of the Chuzzlewit family. Some of Dickens's best characters are in this book - drunken Mrs Gamp and her imaginary friend, and Mr Pecksniff, the epitome of the free-loading hypocrite.

But what is most notable in the book is its picture of a self-mythologising America, a country where "they're so fond of Liberty that they buy her and sell her and carry her to market with 'em. They've such a passion for Liberty, that they can't help taking liberties with her," a country which holds itself up as an example to the rest of the world, and where any criticism of an individual American is held to be a criticism of its "institutions" and defended as such. It's a picture that has many echoes more than 150 years on.

Fully illustrated with the 39 original black and white illustrations by Phiz.

An excellent read!

EDIT: 27 Dec 07

Added the original illustrations by Phiz. Converted words in capitals to italics, as appropriate, to match the printed book. Created a proper MobiPocket version of the book with full-size illustrations, library information, working table of contents link, etc. Uploaded v3.

EDIT: 19 Mar 08

Improved the layout and formatting of the book. Uploaded v4.

EDIT: 11 Oct 10

Thoroughly proof-read against the "Oxford Illustrated Dickens" edition. A number of errors corrected, and much formatting added (accented letters, italics, etc). Replaced the cover image to be consistent with the rest of my Dickens series. I now regard this book as "complete"; if you find even the smallest error remaining within it, please let me know. Uploaded v5.

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Dickens, Charles: Master Humphrey's Clock [Illustrated]. v4. 28 Mar 2010

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HarryT

After the publication of "Nicholas Nickleby" in 1839, Dickens resigned his editorship of "Bentley's Miscellany" (in which "Oliver Twist" had appeared) to produce a weekly periodical, "Master Humphrey's Clock" (1840) consisting entirely of short stories and essays.

The early numbers adhered faithfully to this idea, and we are introduced to a kindly old gentleman, whose most cherished possession is his clock, and to a group of friends who gather round to read manuscripts, previously deposited in the clock-case.

While "Master Humphrey's Clock" is known chiefly as the original setting for two great novels, "The Old Curiosity Shop" and "Barnaby Rudge", it can be judged happily on its own merit, for the sketches and tales contain much that is characteristic of Dickens' work.

Enjoy!

EDIT: 17 Mar 08

Created a new version to fix a problem with paragraph breaks. Uploaded v3.

EDIT: 28 Mar 10

Thoroughly proof-read against the "Oxford Illustrated Dickens" edition; a number of errors and much missing formatting has been corrected as a result. Previous versions were missing the illustrations; scanned and added all 20 of these. Uploaded v4. The book is now in a good shape; if you find any errors, please let me know so that they can be corrected.

Previous download count: 261

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Dickens, Charles: Miscellaneous Papers. v2, 22 Mar 2008

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HarryT

Miscellaneous "odds and ends" written by Dickens which don't fit into any other volume conveniently. Here we have letters he wrote to newpapers about social issues, articles he wrote for his magazines [Household Words[/ and [All The Year Round[/, a few short stories, and more besides.

There's quite a lot of Dickens' journalism which does not appear to be currently available in electronic form. If and when I manage to obtain more, I'll add to this volume.

Enjoy!

EDIT: 22 Mar 08

Recreated with improved layout and formatting. Uploaded v2.

Previous download count: 55

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Dickens, Charles: Nicholas Nickleby (Illustrated). v7. 16th Oct 2009

edited and uploaded by
HarryT

On his comical and satirical adventures up and down the country, the eponymous here of Dickens' "Nicholas Nickleby" confronts a large and varied cast of characters, including Wackford Squeers, the fantastic ogre of a schoolmaster, and Vincent Crummles, the grandiloquent ham actor. Punishing wickedness, befriending the helpless, strutting the stage, and falling in love, Nicholas shares some of his creator's energy and earnestness as he faces the pressing issues of early Victorian society.

Contains the 39 original black and white illustrations by "Phiz".

Enjoy!

EDIT: 26 Dec 07

Replaced words in capitals with italics to match the printed version, as appropriate. Created a proper MobiPocket version of the book with large pictures, library data correctly shown, working table of contents link, etc. Uploaded v3.

EDIT: 6 Jan 08

Added a list of characters. Changed the formatting of the table of contents to make it less cluttered. Uploaded v4.

EDIT: 19 Mar 08

Improved the layout of the book. Uploaded v5.

EDIT: 22 Nov 08

Thoroughly proof-read the book and compared it against a printed edition. Hundreds of minor corrections made. The book is now in a pretty good state. Uploaded v6.

EDIT: 16 Oct 09

Replaced the cover to be consistent with the rest of the MR Dickens series. Removed some errors in the HTML coding of the book - this has no impact on the reader. Uploaded v7.

Previous download count: 403

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Dickens, Charles: Oliver Twist (Illustrated). v9. 6 Apr 2010

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HarryT

The story of the orphan Oliver, who runs away from the workhouse only to be taken in by a den of thieves, shocked readers when it was first published. Dickens's tale of childhood innocence beset by evil depicts the dark criminal underworld of a London peopled by vivid and memorable characters - the arch-villain Fagin, the artful Dodger, the menacing Bill Sikes and the prostitute Nancy. Combining elements of Gothic Romance, the Newgate Novel and popular melodrama, Dickens created an entirely new kind of fiction, scathing in its indictment of a cruel society, and pervaded by an unforgettable sense of threat and mystery.

Fully illustrated with the original black and white illustrations by George Cruikshank.

NB: I would now regard this as a "finished" version of this eBook. If you find any errors, [please[/ either post on this thread, or send a PM to "Harry T" to let me know about them.

Enjoy!

EDIT: 3 Jan 08

Thoroughly proof-read and hundreds of errors corrected. Created proper MobiPocket book with full-sized pictures, library information, working table of contents link, etc. Uploaded v4.

EDIT: 28 Jan 08

Proof-read against a printed edition. Many lines of text missing from the PG original restored. Hundreds of paragraph breaks corrected, plus miscellaneous other errors. Added character list and a new cover picture. Uploaded v5.

EDIT: 20 Mar 08

More proofing. Quite a few extra minor errors corrected, and paragraph breaks brought into line with the printed edition. Uploaded v6.

EDIT: 26 Dec 08

A line-by-line comparison against a printed edition (the "Oxford Illustrated Dickens" edition) has revealed many dozens of previously-unnoticed errors, and several words (and even lines) of omitted text. All now corrected - this is probably now pretty much as good as it's going to get. Uploaded v7.

EDIT: 16 Oct 09

Replaced the cover to be consistent with the rest of the MR Dickens series. Corrected some issues with the HTML - these have no visual impact. Uploaded v8.

EDIT: 6 Apr 10

MR user Fledchen kindly reported a number of errors in the text. Corrected these and uploaded v9.

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Dickens, Charles: Oliver Twist german v1 03 feb 2009

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netseeker

Dies ist die Geschichte des Findelkindes und Waisenjungen Oliver Twist, der ohne Kenntnisse über seine Herkunft im Armenhaus einer englischen Kleinstadt aufwächst. Als dem Jungen eine Anstellung beim ansässigen Sargtischler vermittelt wird, kann er den katastrophalen Zuständen im Waisenhaus entfliehen.

Bald darauf flieht er nach einer Prügelei mit einem anderen Lehrling nach London. In London angekommen gerät er in die Fänge des Hehlers Fagin, der ihn vor dem sicheren Tod auf der Straße bewahrt, indem er ihn verköstigt und gleichzeitig mit dem Diebeshandwerk vertraut machen möchte. Fagin ist Anführer einer Diebesbande, die hauptsächlich aus Straßenjungen besteht.

Auf seinem ersten richtigen Beutezug wird Oliver verhaftet und gelangt in die Hände eines gutmütigen Geschäftsmannes, der sich seiner annimmt. Es vergeht jedoch nur kurze Zeit, bis die Vergangenheit den ehemaligen Waisenjungen einholt...

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Dickens, Charles: Our Mutual Friend (Illustrated). v5. 22 July 2012

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HarryT

"Our Mutual Friend" (written in the years 1864–65) is the last novel completed by Charles Dickens. It centres on, in the words of critic J. Hillis Miller, "money, money, money, and what money can make of life" (which is, incidentally, a quote from Our Mutual Friend, spoken by Bella at the end of book III, chapter iv.). In the opening chapter, a young man is on his way to receive his inheritance, which, according to his father's will, he can only claim if he marries Bella Wilfer, a beautiful, mercenary girl whom he has never met. However, before he can arrive, a body is found in the Thames and identified as him. The money passes on, instead, to the working-class Boffins, and the effects spread throughout various corners of London society.

Fully illustrated with the 40 original black and white illustrations by Marcus Stone.

Enjoy!

EDIT: 29 Dec 07

Added the original illustrations by Marcus Stone. Created a proper Mobipocket version, with full-sized pictures, library information, working table of contents link, etc. Uploaded v3.

EDIT: 22 Mar 08

Re-scanned a number of the illustrations which weren't very clear. Improved the layout and formatting of the book. Uploaded v4.

EDIT: 22 Jul 12

Thoroughly proof-read, and several thousand errors corrected. Replaced all the illustrations with better quality versions. I'd now regard this as a "finished product"; if you find even the smallest error remaining in it, please let me know. Uploaded v5.

Previous download count: 868

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Dickens, Charles: Pictures From Italy. v4. 21st Feb 2010

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HarryT

"Pictures From Italy" is an account of a year Dickens spent travelling to Italy in 1844 and is, like the journey two years earlier described in "American Notes", a fascinating glimse of a long-gone world; an Italy before the age of mass tourism.

A short work but, like "American Notes", one that's well worth reading.

Enjoy!

EDIT: 15 Mar 08

Significantly improved the book to preserve the original paragraph breaks. Added the three original illustrations. Uploaded v3.

EDIT: 21 Feb 2010

Thoroughly proof-read against the "Oxford Illustrated Dickens" edition. Corrected a number of errors, and restored all the accented letters that were missing from the previous versions. Uploaded v4.

Previous download count: 241

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Dickens, Charles: Reprinted Pieces (Illustrated). v2, 22 Mar 2008

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HarryT

The stories and articles in this volume are reprinted from Dickens' weekly magazine [Household Words[/, published between 1850 and 1859. The pieces collected here cover the full range of Dickens' journalism - stories, reminiscences, descriptions, and criticism. Great writers are rarely great journalists, but Dickens is an exception, and his occasional pieces can be read with pleasure some 150 years after they were written.

This volume also contains two additional stories, [The Lamplighter[/ and [To Be Read at Dusk[/, and also [Sunday Under Three Heads[/, an early piece written against the Sunday Observance Act Bill of 1836, in which Dickens points out that that all the restrictions imposed by the Bill affected only the lower classes; the rich retained their servants, and carriages even on Sunday and could continue to amuse themselves as they wished; only the poor would suffer.

Enjoy!

EDIT: 22 Mar 08

Fixed a problem with paragraph breaks. Improved the layout and formatting. Uploaded v2.

Previous download count: 57

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Dickens, Charles: Silvesterglocken (german) v1 30 dec 2008

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mtravellerh

Charles John Huffam Dickens (als Pseudonym auch Boz; * 7. Februar 1812 in Landport bei Portsmouth, England; † 9. Juni 1870 auf Gad's Hill Place in Rochester, England) war ein englischer Schriftsteller.

Dickens mal deutsch und illustriert und mal wieder mit deutlicher sozialer Botschaft. Dickens zeichnet sich durch seinen ureignen Schreib- und Erzählstil aus. Diese Novelle (The Chimes im Original) ist nicht nur ausgezeichnet übersetzt, sondern auch noch vorbildlich illustriert. Nebenbei auch noch ein vergnügliches Leseabenteuer. Unbedingt empfehlenswert!

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Dickens, Charles: Sketches By Boz (Illustrated). v3, 23 Mar 2008

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HarryT

Charles Dickens's first published book, [Sketches by Boz[/ (1836) heralded an exciting new voice in English literature. This richly varied collection of observation, fancy and fiction shows the London he knew so intimately at its best and worst - its streets, theatres, inns, pawnshops, law courts, prisons, omnibuses and the river Thames - in honest and visionary descriptions of everyday life and people. Through pen portraits that often anticipate characters from his great novels, we see the condemned man in his prison cell, garrulous matrons, vulgar young clerks and Scrooge-like bachelors, while Dickens's powers for social critique are never far from the surface, in unflinching depictions of the vast metropolis's forgotten citizens, from child workers to prostitutes. A startling mixture of humour and pathos, these Sketches reveal London as wonderful terrain for an extraordinary young writer. "Sketches" is a remarkable achievement, and looks towards Dickens's giant novels in its profusion of characters, its glimpses of surreal modernity and its limitless fund of pathos and comic invention.

Fully illustrated with 43 original black and white illustrations by George Cruikshank and Phiz.

Enjoy!

EDIT: 30 Dec 07

Created a proper MobiPocket format book with full-sized images, working table of contents link, library information, etc. Uploaded v2.

EDIT: 23 Mar 08

Formatting improvements. Uploaded v3.

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Dickens, Charles: Speeches - Literary and Social. v1. 12 Apr 2010

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HarryT

A fascinating collection of Charles Dickens' speeches, on both literary and social themes. Dickens, like the celebraties of today, was a "hot ticket" on the after-dinner speaking circuit, and his presence was a guarantee to pull in the crowds.

This book contains more than 50 of Dickens' speeches, given between 1841 and his death in 1870, at events ranging from a dinner organised by the "Gardeners' Benevolant Institution" to the "Metropolitan Sanitary Association" to an international boat race between Oxford and Harvard Universities (which Oxford won).

A fascinating book, giving a much more intimate look at "Dickens the man" than do his novels.

Enjoy!

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Dickens, Charles: The Haunted House and Other Horror Stories. V1, 13 Dec 2012

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crutledge

Charles John Huffam Dickens ( /ˈtʃɑrlz ˈdɪkɪnz/; 7 February 1812 – 9 June 1870) was an English writer and social critic who is generally regarded as the greatest novelist of the Victorian period and the creator of some of the world's most memorable fictional characters. During his lifetime Dickens's works enjoyed unprecedented popularity and fame, and by the twentieth century his literary genius was fully recognized by critics and scholars. His novels and short stories continue to enjoy an enduring popularity among the general reading public.

THE HAUNTED HOUSE
THE SIGNAL-MAN
THE TRIAL FOR MURDER

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Dickens, Charles: The Mystery of Edwin Drood (Illustrated). v5. 6th Aug 2012.

edited and uploaded by
HarryT

"The Mystery of Edwin Drood" was Dickens' final novel, and he died in 1870 with it only half finished, unfortunately leaving no "plot outline" to indicate how he intended to finish it. However, don't let that put you off reading it; enough of it was completed to make it well worth reading and, having read it, you'll be able to engage in the very enjoyable activity of speculating how it might have finished, as countless others have been doing for well over a century.

With the original black and white illustrations by S.L. Fildes.

Enjoy!

EDIT: 28 Dec 07

Added the original illustrations by S.L. Fildes. Created a proper MobiPocket version of the book with full-sized pictures, library information, working table of contents link, etc. Uploaded v3.

EDIT: 16 Mar 08

Formatting improvements specific to the MobiPocket version of the book. Uploaded v4.

EDIT: 6 Aug 2012

Thoroughly proof-read against a printed edition. Replaced all the illustrations with improved versions. Uploaded v5. I would now regard this as a "finished product". If you find even the smallest fault with it, please let me know!

Previous download count: 684

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- The Mystery of Edwin Drood.mobi

Dickens, Charles: The Old Curiosity Shop (Illustrated). v7. 25 Mar 2010

edited and uploaded by
HarryT

From Amazon:

A bestseller that gripped the nation when it was first published, "The Old Curiosity Shop" is a novel of sharp contrasts: of life and death, youth and age, desire and innocence, humour and villainy. For the character of Little Nell, the beautiful child thrown into a shadowy, terrifying world, Dickens drew on a tragedy in his own life, the death at the age of 17 of his sister-in-law Mary Hogarth. Five years later he wrote, "the desire to be buried next her is as strong upon me now ... and I know (for I don't think there ever was love like that I bear her) that it will never diminish."

The sorrows of Nell and her grandfather are offset by Dickens's creation of a dazzling contemporary world inhabited by some of his most brilliantly drawn characters--the eloquent ne-er-do-well Dick Swiveller; the hungry maid known as the "Marchioness"; the mannish lawyer Sally Brass; Quilp's brow-beaten mother-in-law, and Quilp himself, the lustful, vengeful dwarf, whose demonic energy makes a vivid counterpoint to Nell's purity.

Contains all the original black and white illustrations.

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EDIT: 24 Dec 07

Replaced words in capitals by italics as appropriate, to match the printed book. Created a proper MobiPocket version of the book with large images, working table of contents link, author information displayed in the library, etc. Uploaded v3.

EDIT: 20 Mar 08

Recreated the book to sort out a problem with incorrect paragraph graph. Comparing against the printed book I noticed that two illustrations were missing, so I've scanned these and added them to the book. Uploaded v4.

EDIT: 12 Mar 09

Spent the last two months painstakingly proof-reading the book against the "Oxford Illustrated Dickens" edition. Two entire double-pages of text were missing from the book, as well as literally thousands of other minor errors and omissions. I would say that the book is probably now pretty much as good as it's going to get, although I would obviously welcome being informed of any remaining errors. Added a new cover image, too, and uploaded v5.

EDIT: 11 Jun 09

MR user "dynabook" has kindly sent me details of several dozen errors (primarily in punctuation) which I'd overlooked. Corrected all these, and uploaded a new v6.

EDIT: 25 Mar 10

Replaced the cover image for consistency with the rest of my Dickens series. No change to the text. Uploaded v7.

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Dickens, Charles: The Pickwick Papers (Illustrated). v7. 31 Dec 2014.

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HarryT

Undoubtedly, the adventures of benevolent Mr Pickwick, sensitive Mr Tupman, literary Mr Snodgrass and sportive Mr Winkle will continue to delight readers of all ages for a couple of hundreds of years more from now. Unlike the rest of Dickens's novels, this book is just the extremely enjoyable story of the four above-named gentlemen who decide to create a club of which Mr Pickwick is the main member. We follow them all around London, into the countryside and even inside a debtors' prison. On their way, they meet several memorable characters, including Mr Jingle, Job Trotter, Messrs Dodson and Fogg and even a couple of ladies two of them fall in love with. The novel has no main plot, resulting in a thoroughly enjoyable story that's read in a light, lively way. Moreover, "Pickwick Papers" is a wonderful insight into Victorian society, written in the way only Dickens can write.

Full illustrated with the original black and white illustrations by Seymour and Phiz.

This one was a real pain to do, by the way. It's full of songs, verses, letters, etc, all of which needed extensive re-formatting from the PG original. Took hours and hours to produce.

Enjoy!

EDIT: 24 Dec 07

Created a proper Mobipocket version with large images, working table of contents link, author name in library, etc. etc. Uploaded v3.

EDIT: 21 Mar 07

Recreated the book to sort out problems with paragraph endings. Improved the layout and formatting. Uploaded v4.

EDIT: 11 Dec 08

Thoroughly proofed against several different printed editions. Hundreds of minor corrections made as a result; the book is now in a pretty good state. Uploaded v5.

EDIT: 16 Oct 09

Replaced the cover to be consistent with the rest of the MR Dickens series; made internal changes to the HTML code to improve it (these have no visible impact for the reader). Uploaded v6.

EDIT: 31 Dec 14

Thoroughly proof-read against the "Oxford Illustrated Dickens" edition. Innumerable errors corrected. General improvements to the formatting, such as replacing straight quotes with curly quotes. I would now regard this as a finished product, so please let me know if you find even the smallest error. Uploaded v7.

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Dickens, Charles: The Uncommercial Traveller (Illustrated). v2, 22 Mar 2008

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HarryT

[The Uncommercial Traveller[/ was originally published as a series of essays in Dickens' weekly magazine [All the Year Round[/, between 1860 and 1869.

The title is explained in the opening chapter. Dickens was always on the road, either up or down the country giving public readings, or snatching holidays abroad. "Human interest" is the keynote of the essays, which represent the reflections of a great mind always shrewdly observing every facet of human activity as possible material for his fiction.

Much of the material in these essays is taken from Dickens' own life, and is hence of great interest to his biographers.

This is a fascinating book. Hope you enjoy reading it.

EDIT: 22 Mar 2008

I'd overlooked the fact that this book was not a "real" MobiPocket book. Created a new version to correct that oversight. Uploaded v2.

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Dickens, Charles: Weihnachtserzählungen [German]. V1. 28-Nov-2010

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weatherwax

Und noch ein paar Geschichten von Herrn Dickens:

Inhalt:
Doktor Marigold
Mrs. Lirripers Fremdenpension
Die Geschichte des Schuljungen
Die Geschichte des armen Verwandten

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Dickens, Charles: Weihnachtslied (german). v1. 11 Jan 2009

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Flinx

Charles John Huffam Dickens (* 7. Februar 1812 in Landport bei Portsmouth, England; † 9. Juni 1870 auf Gad's Hill Place in Rochester, England) war ein englischer Schriftsteller.

Die Erzählung "A Christmas Carol" über die Erlebnisse des Geizhalses Ebenezer Scrooge in der Weihnachtsnacht dürfte eine der bekanntesten von Charles Dickens sein. Sie wurde im Dezember 1843 erstmals veröffentlicht, mehrfach ins Deutsche übersetzt und oft verfilmt.

In der vorliegenden Übersetzung von Richard Zoozmann wurde (unter Zuhilfenahme der älteren Übersetzung von Julius Seybt) ein kleiner Fehler korrigiert.

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Dickinson, Emily: Poems - Three Series. Oct 22 2007.

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Three series in one volume, with an Index of First Lines.

From Wikipedia:

"Dickinson's poetry was collected after her death by Higginson and Mabel Loomis Todd, with Todd initially collecting and organizing the material and Higginson editing. They edited the poems extensively in order to regularize the manuscripts' punctuation and capitalization to late nineteenth-century standards, occasionally rewording poems to reduce Dickinson's obliquity. A volume of Dickinson's Poems was published in Boston in 1890, and became quite popular; by the end of 1892 eleven editions had sold. Poems: Second Series was published in 1891 and ran to five editions by 1893; a third series was published in 1896."

Version 1_1 fixes a few bad links in the Index.

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Dickinson, Emily: Poems by Emily Dickinson. V1. 11 Sep 2011

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Emily Elizabeth Dickinson (December 10, 1830 – May 15, 1886) was an American poet. Born in Amherst, Massachusetts, to a successful family with strong community ties, she lived a mostly introverted and reclusive life. After she studied at the Amherst Academy for seven years in her youth, she spent a short time at Mount Holyoke Female Seminary before returning to her family's house in Amherst. Thought of as an eccentric by the locals, she became known for her penchant for white clothing and her reluctance to greet guests or, later in life, even leave her room. Most of her friendships were therefore carried out by correspondence.

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The verses of Emily Dickinson belong emphatically to what Emerson long since called "the Poetry of the Portfolio,"—something produced absolutely without the thought of publication, and solely by way of expression of the writer's own mind. Such verse must inevitably forfeit whatever advantage lies in the discipline of public criticism and the enforced conformity to accepted ways. On the other hand, it may often gain something through the habit of freedom and the unconventional utterance of daring thoughts. In the case of the present author, there was absolutely no choice in the matter; she must write thus, or not at all. A recluse by temperament and habit, literally spending years without setting her foot beyond the doorstep, and many more years during which her walks were strictly limited to her father's grounds, she habitually concealed her mind, like her person, from all but a very few friends; and it was with great difficulty that she was persuaded to print, during her lifetime, three or four poems. Yet she wrote verses in great abundance; and though brought curiously indifferent to all conventional rules, had yet a rigorous literary standard of her own, and often altered a word many times to suit an ear which had its own tenacious fastidiousness.

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Dickinson, G Lowes: The Greek View of Life, v.1, 5 October 2008.

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Patricia

The author was a noted classical scholar, a member of the Bloomsbury group and a founder of the League of Nations. This book tells you about the classical Greek view of life, with chapters on the Greek view of religion, the Greek view of the state, the Greek view of the Individual, and the Greek view of Art. There are extensive quotations from translated Greek texts.

I have numbered and linked the footnotes, and added a TOC and cover.

The Wikipedia entry on G Lowes Dickinson:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Goldswo...owes_Dickinson
and another very short biography:
http://www.circa-club.com/gallery/ga..._dickinson.php

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Dictionary, Webster's: Webster's Dictionary 1913, v1, 22 Nov 07

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jbenny

[strikWell, I was going to upload this dictionary, but it is over 13MB and the forum software won't let me upload anything over 10MB. If someone will make the necessary changes and let me know, I'll upload the file. I tried using Mobipocket's proprietary high-compression, but after two hours and only half-done, I gave up and used regular compression.[/strik

The dictionary is based on the 1913 edition of Webster's (with minor edits). I have reformatted and converted it to a Mobipocket dictionary. I don't have any devices on which to test this dictionary, so I am interested in knowing if it works for you. I am particularly interested in knowing how well it works on the Cybook, as that is what I will probably buy when I have the funds.

BTW, there is a more modern, much larger free dictionary that I can post later, after finding out how well this one works.

[strikEdit: The forum software apparently looks at the file extension and not the actual MIME type, so I had to rename the two parts of the Zip file. The original names were Webster1913.zip.001 and Webster1913.zip.002. This is using 7Zip. Other Zip software may be different.[/strik

EDIT: 20 Feb 08 by HarryT - Added dictionary as a single file attachment for ease of use; thanks to DMcCunney for providing this.

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Diderot, Denis: Die Nonne (German) V1. 10 Nov 2013

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Rainer Zenz

Die Nonne Suzanne Simonin erzählt in Briefen ihre Lebensgeschichte. Von den Eltern wird sie gegen ihren Willen zum Dasein als Ordensschwester gezwungen, da für eine standesgemäße Heirat die nötigen finanziellen Mittel fehlen*– sie ist ein uneheliches Kind des ehemaligen Geliebten ihrer Mutter. Sie hasst das Klosterleben; obwohl sie zunächst in Verbindung zu einer verständnisvollen Oberin tritt, bleibt ihre Liebe zur Freiheit ungebrochen. So wird sie unter einer neuen, fanatischen und grausamen Äbtissin zum Ziel von Repressalien und Schikanen. In drei Klöstern wird sie mit der Macht von Konventionen und Geld sowie Scheinheiligkeit und religiösem Fanatismus konfrontiert.

Der Roman wurde mehrmals verfilmt. So 1966 von Jacques Rivette mit Anna Karina in der Rolle der Suzanne Simonin und Liselotte Pulver als ihre letzte Oberin. Der Film wurde 1966 in Cannes für die Goldene Palme nominiert. 2013 kam eine Neuverfilmung von Guillaume Nicloux in die Kinos.

Denis Diderot (1713–178) war ein französischer Schriftsteller, Philosoph und Aufklärer. Zusammen mit Jean-Baptiste le Rond d’Alembert war er Herausgeber der großen französischen Encyclopédie, zu der er selbst etwa 6000 von insgesamt 72*000 Artikeln beitrug. Als Autor von Bühnenwerken hatte er großen Anteil am Entstehen des bürgerlichen Dramas. Seine Romane und Erzählungen, zumeist postum erschienen wie La Religieuse, Jacques le fataliste oder Le Neveu de Rameau, leisteten in verschiedener Weise ihren Beitrag zu den großen Themen der Zeit der (französischen) Aufklärung, so zur Frage der Selbstbestimmung des Menschen, zur Problematik von Körper und Seele, zum Gegensatz von Determinismus und Freiheit und zur Kritik an der Religion. (Wikipedia)

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Diderot, Denis: Jacques der Fatalist (German) V1. 21 Nov 2013

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Rainer Zenz

Der Diener Jacques und sein adeliger Herr, der im Roman nicht mit Namen genannt wird, reisen neun Tage lang durch Frankreich. Zur Unterhaltung tauschen sie Anekdoten aus, diskutieren über philosophische Fragen, über die Willensfreiheit und über Vorherbestimmung, und Jacques erzählt seine Liebesgeschichte. Dabei wird er immer wieder durch unglückliche Ereignisse unterbrochen, die Anlass zu neuen Geschichten bieten, die von Zufallsbekannten erzählt werden, die ihrerseits von unvorhergesehenen Ereignissen unterbrochen werden. Zusätzlich räsoniert der Erzähler über die Möglichkeiten, die er hätte, um die Handlung des Romans zu verändern, reiht Stichpunkte auf, wie er Ereignisse in eine andere Richtung lenken könnte, und er verwickelt schließlich den fiktiven Leser in Diskussionen über den Roman, dessen Protagonisten und anderes.

Diderots Erzählung steckt voller Polemiken und ironische Spitzen gegen den Roman als solchen. Der Erzähler behauptet unverdrossen, dass er keineswegs einen Roman schreibe – um einen Roman zu schreiben, müsse man lügen, und er liebe die Lüge nicht. Seine Absicht sei es, »wahr« zu sein, die üblichen Mittel der Romanschreiber lehne er ab. In der Literaturwissenschaft gilt »Jacques der Fatalist« als früher Anti- oder Metaroman.

Denis Diderot (1713–178) war ein französischer Schriftsteller, Philosoph und Aufklärer. Zusammen mit Jean-Baptiste le Rond d’Alembert war er Herausgeber der großen französischen »Encyclopédie«, zu der er selbst etwa 6000 von insgesamt 72 000 Artikeln beitrug. Als Autor von Bühnenwerken hatte er großen Anteil am Entstehen des bürgerlichen Dramas. Seine Romane und Erzählungen, zumeist postum erschienen wie »La Religieuse«, »Jacques le fataliste« oder »Le Neveu de Rameau«, leisteten in verschiedener Weise ihren Beitrag zu den großen Themen der Zeit der (französischen) Aufklärung, so zur Frage der Selbstbestimmung des Menschen, zur Problematik von Körper und Seele, zum Gegensatz von Determinismus und Freiheit und zur Kritik an der Religion. (Wikipedia)

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Diderot, Denis: Rameaus Neffe (German) V1. 14 Nov 2013

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Rainer Zenz

Der »literarische« Diderot oder »Ich« begibt sich zu seiner abendlichen Promenade, zum Palais Royal. Hier nun trifft er den ihm schon seit längerem bekannten Jean-François Rameau oder »Er«, den Neffen des berühmten Komponisten Jean-Philippe Rameau, und lädt ihn nach kurzem Plaudern schließlich in das Café de la Régence ein. Aus dem zu Anfang noch heiteren Geplänkel, gewürzt mit Scherzen und Anekdoten, wird ein zusehends ernstes Gespräch. Es führt letztlich zu moralischen, künstlerischen und philosophischen Grundfragen.
Rameau kritisiert den Kulturbetrieb, zeigt sich aber zugleich von ihm abhängig. Er ist nur ein Pulcinella der reichen Gesellschaft, hält sich aber für ein verkanntes Genie. Mit »Rameaus Neffe« legt Diderot die Seele eines gescheiterten Künstlers offen: überheblich und maßlos in seiner Leidenschaft, zugleich abhängig von der Gunst seiner Gönner. Dem verzweifelten Verächter steht mit dem feinsinnigen Ich-Erzähler ein Philosoph gegenüber. Der illusionslosen Weltbetrachtung des Zynikers begegnet die aufklärerische Menschenliebe des Philosophen. In beiden Figuren können Gedanken Diderots gesehen werden. Diderot wählte gleichsam den Dialog als Gestaltungsform, um auf ungebundene Weise mit kulturkritischen und philosophischen Gedanken spielerisch umzugehen.

Denis Diderot (1713–178) war ein französischer Schriftsteller, Philosoph und Aufklärer. Zusammen mit Jean-Baptiste le Rond d’Alembert war er Herausgeber der großen französischen Encyclopédie, zu der er selbst etwa 6000 von insgesamt 72*000 Artikeln beitrug. Als Autor von Bühnenwerken hatte er großen Anteil am Entstehen des bürgerlichen Dramas. Seine Romane und Erzählungen, zumeist postum erschienen wie La Religieuse, Jacques le fataliste oder Le Neveu de Rameau, leisteten in verschiedener Weise ihren Beitrag zu den großen Themen der Zeit der (französischen) Aufklärung, so zur Frage der Selbstbestimmung des Menschen, zur Problematik von Körper und Seele, zum Gegensatz von Determinismus und Freiheit und zur Kritik an der Religion.(Wikipedia)

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Dilnot, George: Scotland Yard, v1, 15 March 2010.

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Patricia

George Dilnot [1883-
Scotland Yard: The Methods and Organisation of the Metropolitan Police [1915]

The author is a police officer who describes the workings of Scotland Yard and the Metropolitan Police in the early 20th century.
He can’t resist including a couple of anecdotes illustrating occasions when his colleague, Frank Froest, gets things wrong. (We have a couple of Mr Froest’s detective novels in the MR library.)

I don’t have a death date for the author, so I’m putting this on the US server.

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Dingle, Captain: Captain Dingle Sampler. V1. 30 Jul 2012

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crutledge

Aylward Edward Dingle was born in Oxford in 1874 and died on 30 October 1947. A quick check with death records showed that he died in Kerrier, Cornwall, aged 74. Captain Dingle wrote primarily under two names, the abbreviated Captain A. E. Dingle and the pseudonym "Sinbad". He wrote mostly adventurous yarns of the sea for British and American story papers and pulps.

A SALT-HORSE SAILOR
THE BURDEN PATERNAL
JAVELIN OF DEATH

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Disraeli, Benjamin: Sybil or The Two Nations, v.1, 10 Jan 2008.

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Patricia

Sybil, or The Two Nations
(1845)

A novel from a man who became a conservative prime minister, then went to the House of Lords as Lord Beaconsfield.

“Two nations; between whom there is no intercourse and no sympathy; who are as ignorant of each other’s habits, thoughts, and feelings, as if they were dwellers in different zones, or inhabitants of different planets; who are formed by a different breeding, are fed by a different food, are ordered by different manners, and are not governed by the same laws.”

Set in 1837-1844. After a slightly slow start, we see a panoramic picture of the life of the rich, contrasted with that of the Midlands poor. Can love survive this class division? Will the Chartist protesters get their rights?

Note:
Disraeli has a habit of capitalising names and concepts. (He meant it –it wasn’t me forgetting to italicise the PG source.) Fortunately, he seems to stop doing this about halfway through the book. At times his spelling is unorthodox. I have used my paper copy to proof the text and have occasionally made corrections, using the paper copy as a guide.

[An updated .mobi format has been uploaded, that will probably work better with recent software]

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Ditchfield, P.H.: Books Fatal to Their Author. 04 May 2008

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RWood

We all know that words can be used as weapons. In this 1894 book Ditchfield examines not only authors that have dies but publishers and other too. An interesting read that sometimes seems to drop into the "yellow journalism" of the day.

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Doane, Thomas William: Bible Myths and their Parallels in other Religions. v1. 25 Mar

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WT Sharpe

The full name of this book is [Bible Myths, and Their Parallels in Other Religions Being a Comparison of the Old and New Testament Myths and Miracles With Those of Heathen Nations of Antiquity Considering Also Their Origin and Meaning[/ by T. W. Doane; proving once again that verbose titles held absolutely no terror for 19th century authors. This is the only work, to my knowledge, of the nineteenth century freethinker, Thomas William Doane (1852-1885). The work was originally published in 1882. I could not discover who did the illustrations.

The present version is a conversion to AZW3 format of DeReader's February 11, 2011 ePub upload to our library. He seems to have done quite a bit of repair work on the Project Gutenberg source material, and the results are impressive. Me? I just ran his hard work through calibre. Enjoy!

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Dobie, Charles Caldwell: All Or Nothing. v1. 31 Aug 2015

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crutledge

Charles Caldwell Dobie: American novelist and historian Charles Caldwell Dobie was born in San Francisco, CA, in 1881. He had to drop out of grammar school at age 14 because of his father's death. He took a job as an office boy in an insurance company, and stayed with that company until 1915, when he began to make enough money from his writing to devote his full time to it.

The majority of his work is about or set in his home town of San Francisco, where he spent his entire life (he never married). Both his fiction and non-fiction about his beloved city has been praised as "smooth" and "deftly written" by such literary figures as Carey McWilliams.

Dobie died in San Francisco on January 11, 1943

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Anson Carr heard the query and answer distinctly, and almost for the first time he realized that he had become a person of importance. The thought both pleased and irritated him. He had always had a craving to stand out from the crowd, to be a person of distinction. He had looked forward to the day when the public would whisper as he passed: “There goes Anson Carr, the famous architect!”

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Dobie, Charles Caldwell: Broken to the plow. v1. 1 Sep 2015

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crutledge

Charles Caldwell Dobie: American novelist and historian Charles Caldwell Dobie was born in San Francisco, CA, in 1881. He had to drop out of grammar school at age 14 because of his father's death. He took a job as an office boy in an insurance company, and stayed with that company until 1915, when he began to make enough money from his writing to devote his full time to it.

The majority of his work is about or set in his home town of San Francisco, where he spent his entire life (he never married). Both his fiction and non-fiction about his beloved city has been praised as "smooth" and "deftly written" by such literary figures as Carey McWilliams.

Dobie died in San Francisco on January 11, 1943

Excerpt
TOWARD four o’clock in the afternoon Fred Starratt remembered that he had been commissioned by his wife to bring home oyster cocktails for dinner. Of course, it went without saying that he was expected to attend to the cigars. That meant he must touch old Wetherbee for money. Five dollars would do the trick, but, while he was about it, he decided that he might as well ask for twenty-five. There were bound to be other demands before the first of the month, and the hard-fisted cashier of Ford, Wetherbee & Co. seemed to grow more and more crusty over drafts against the salary account. If one caught him in a good humor it was all right. Usually a risquë story was the safest road to geniality. Starratt raked his brains for a new one, to no purpose. Every moment of delay added greater certainty to the conviction that he was in for a disagreeable encounter. At four o’clock Wetherbee always began to balance his cash for the day and he was particularly vicious at any interruptions during this precise performance.

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Dobie, Charles Caldwell: The Blood Red Dawn. v1. 3 Sep 2015

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crutledge

Charles Caldwell Dobie: American novelist and historian Charles Caldwell Dobie was born in San Francisco, CA, in 1881. He had to drop out of grammar school at age 14 because of his father's death. He took a job as an office boy in an insurance company, and stayed with that company until 1915, when he began to make enough money from his writing to devote his full time to it.

The majority of his work is about or set in his home town of San Francisco, where he spent his entire life (he never married). Both his fiction and non-fiction about his beloved city has been praised as "smooth" and "deftly written" by such literary figures as Carey McWilliams.

Dobie died in San Francisco on January 11, 1943

Excerpt
THE pastor's announcement had been swallowed up in a hum of truant inattention, and as the heralded speaker made his appearance upon the platform Claire Robson, leaning forward, said to her mother:
“What?... Did you catch his name?”
“A foreigner of some sort!” replied Mrs. Robson, with smug sufficiency.

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Dobie, Charles Caldwell: The Road From Potterville. v1. 3 Sep 2015

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crutledge

Charles Caldwell Dobie: American novelist and historian Charles Caldwell Dobie was born in San Francisco, CA, in 1881. He had to drop out of grammar school at age 14 because of his father's death. He took a job as an office boy in an insurance company, and stayed with that company until 1915, when he began to make enough money from his writing to devote his full time to it.

The majority of his work is about or set in his home town of San Francisco, where he spent his entire life (he never married). Both his fiction and non-fiction about his beloved city has been praised as "smooth" and "deftly written" by such literary figures as Carey McWilliams.

Dobie died in San Francisco on January 11, 1943

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ANDREW CAMERON’S farm was the last touch of civilization upon the road from Potterville. Beyond, the road climbed boldly through the timber, straggling into a mere trail that sheep-herders from the parched San Joaquin country traversed in quest of perpetual spring and green pastures.

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Doctorow, Cory: Down and Out in the Magic Kingdom v2.1 2008-01-31

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JSWolf

[Down and Out in the Magic Kingdom[/ 2003-01-09 A novel by Cory Doctorow

[quotJules is a young man barely a century old. He's lived long enough to see the cure for death and the end of scarcity, to learn ten languages and compose three symphonies…and to realize his boyhood dream of taking up residence in Disney World. Disney World! The greatest artistic achievement of the longago twentieth century. Now in the care of a network of volunteer "adhocs" who keep the classic attractions running as they always have, enhanced with only the smallest hightech touches. Now, though, it seems the "ad hocs" are under attack. A new group has taken over the Hall of the Presidents and is replacing its venerable audioanimatronics with new, immersive directtobrain interfaces that give guests the illusion of being Washington, Lincoln, and all the others. For Jules, this is an attack on the artistic purity of Disney World itself. Worse: it appears this new group has had Jules killed. This upsets him. (It's only his fourth death and revival, after all.) Now it's war: war for the soul of the Magic Kingdom, a war of evershifting reputations, technical wizardry, and entirely unpredictable outcomes. Bursting with cutting-edge speculation and human insight, [Down and Out in the Magic Kingdom[/ reads like Neal Stephenson meets Nick Hornby: a comingofage romantic comedy and a kickbutt cybernetic tour de force.[/quot

This was posted online via the creative commons license.

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Doctorow, Cory: Eastern Standard Tribe v2.0 2008-08-06

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JSWolf

[Eastern Standard Tribe[/ is the latest book posted under the Creative Commons license by [b]Cory Doctorow[b].

[quot[b]Cory Doctorow[b]’s [Eastern Standard Tribe[/ is a soothsaying jaunt into the not-so-distant future, where 24/7 communication and chatroom alliances have evolved into tribal networks that secretly work against each other in shadowy online realms. The novel opens with its protagonist, the peevish Art Berry, on the roof of an asylum. He wonders if it's better to be smart or happy. His crucible is a pencil up the nose for a possible "homebrew lobotomy." To explain Art's predicament, Doctorow flashes backward and slowly fills in the blanks. As a member of the Eastern Standard Tribe, Art is one of many in the now truly global village who have banded together out of like-minded affinity for a particular time zone and its circadian cycles. Art may have grown up in Toronto but his real homeland is an online grouping that prefers bagels and hot dogs to the fish and chips of their rivals who live on Greenwich Mean Time. As he rises through the ranks of the tribe, he is sent abroad to sabotage the traffic patterns and communication networks in the GMT tribe. Along the way, he comes across a humdinger of an idea that will solve a music piracy problem on the highways of his own beloved timezone, raise his status in the tribe and make him rich. If only he could have trusted his tightly wound girlfriend and fellow tribal saboteur, he probably wouldn't be on the booby hatch roof with that pencil up his nose.

As a musing on the future, Doctorow's extrapolation seems entirely plausible. And, not only is EST a fascinating mental leap it's a witty and savvy tale that will appeal to anyone who's lived another life, however briefly, online.[/quot

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Doctorow, Cory: Overclocked Stories of the Future Present v3.0 2008-02-12

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Here is the science fiction book [Overclocked: Stories of the Future Present[/ by Cory Doctorow. It replaces [I Robot[/ as [I Robot[/ is one of the stories in the collection.

[quotHave you ever wondered what it’s like to get bitten by a zombie? To live through a bioweapon attack? To have every aspect of your life governed by invisible ants? In Cory Doctorow's collection of novellas, he wields his formidable experience in technology and computing to give us mind bending sci-fi tales that explore the possibilities of information technology — and its various uses — run amok. "Anda's Game" is a spin on the bizarre new phenomenon of “cyber sweatshops,” in which people are paid very low wages to play online games all day in order to generate in-game wealth, which can be converted into actual money. Another tale tells of the heroic exploits of “sysadmins” — systems administrators — as they defend the cyber-world, and hence the world at large, from worms and bioweapons. And yes, there is a story about zombies, too.[/quot

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Doctorow, Cory: Overclocked: Stories of the Future Present. 1.0. 2/12/2008

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Cory Doctorow has written an excellent sci-fi short story anthology titled Overclocked: Stories of the Future Present. All of the stories are available free of charge from the
Overclocked site under the Creative Commons license.

The book includes the following stories:

I. Printcrime
II. When Sysadmins Ruled the Earth
III. Anda's Game
IV. I, Robot
V. I, Row-Boat
VI. After the Siege

Noticing that there was no way to download the entire book as one file, I decided to merge the HTML versions together into one document. Then, I cleaned up the formatting, added a table of contents and some polish, and turned it into a Mobipocket/Amazon Kindle compatible file. It should be a little easier to manage than six separate stories.

I initially had emailed Cory about getting my conversion up on the Overclocked download page, and here's what he had to say:

[QUOT
Hey, Kyle! Many thanks for this -- really glad you enjoyed it!

Avalon -- who published Overclocked -- are more conservative that Tor, who do my novels, and the only way I could get them to agree to a CC release was to promise that I wouldn't distribute the whole book as one file. There's nothing that prevents YOU from doing so, natch, but I can't. Yes, this is INCREDIBLY dumb. Welcome to publishing!

Thanks for this -- hope lots of people d/l it from you!

Cory
[/QUOT

I hope everyone enjoys them as much as I did!

-Kyle

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Doctorow, Cory: Printcrime, v.1, 21 January 2009.

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Cory Doctorow: Printcrime
(originally published in Nature Magazine, January 2006)

A short story.
“Printing” becomes a crime.

The text recently appeared in Project Gutenberg.

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Doctorow, Cory: Scroogled (illustrated) v.0 2008-09-02

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[Scroogled[/
Google controls your e-mail, your videos, your calendar, your searches… What if it controlled your life?
By Cory Doctorow

Another Creative Commons release by Cory Doctorow.

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Doctorow, Cory: Someone Comes to Town, Someone Leaves Town v1.0 2007-11-29

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[Someone Comes to Town, Someone Leaves Town[/ is another Creative Commons release from author Cory Doctorow.

[quotAlan is a middle-aged entrepreneur in contemporary Toronto who has devoted himself to fixing up a house in the bohemian neighborhood of Kensington. This naturally brings him in contact with the house full of students and layabouts next door, including a young woman, who, in a moment of stress, reveals to him that she has wings wings, moreover, that grow back after each attempt to cut them off. Alan understands. He himself has a secret or two. His father is a mountain, his mother is a washing machine, and among his brothers is a set of Russian nesting dolls. Now two of the three nesting dolls, Edward and Frederick, are on his doorstep well on their way to starvation because their innermost member, George, has vanished. It appears that yet another brother, Davey, whom Alan and his other siblings killed years ago, may have returned....bent on revenge. Under such circumstances it seems only reasonable for Alan to involve himself with a visionary scheme to blanket Toronto with free wireless Internet connectivity, a conspiracy spearheaded by a brilliant technopunk who build miracles of hardware scavenged from the city's Dumpsters. But Alan's past won't leave him alone and Davey is only one of the powers gunning for him and all his friends.[/quot

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Dodge, Mary Mapes: Hans Brinker or The Silver Skates. 17 Aug 07

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Hans Brinker or The Silver Skates, I remember this so well from my childhood. I hope you enjoy it as well. If it brings back good memories for you, so much the better.

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Dohm, Hedwig: Christa Ruland, german V1, 27.12.2009

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Hedwig Dohm (Marianne Adelaide Hedwig Dohm, geborene Schlesinger; * 20. September 1831 in Berlin; † 1. Juni 1919 ebenda) war eine deutsche Schriftstellerin und Frauenrechtlerin. Sie war eine der ersten feministischen Theoretikerinnen, die geschlechtsspezifische Verhaltensweisen auf die kulturelle Prägung zurückführte statt auf biologische Determination. Ihre Enkelin Katia heiratete 1905 Thomas Mann.
Hedwig Dohm war das dritte von insgesamt 18 Kindern des Tabakfabrikanten Gustav Adolph Gotthold Schlesinger und dessen Frau Wilhelmine Henriette Jülich. Sie wurde wie neun ihrer Geschwister unehelich geboren, denn ihren Eltern war es erst 1838 nach dem Tod des Großvaters väterlicherseits möglich zu heiraten. Dieser hatte seinem Sohn die Enterbung angedroht, falls er die ebenfalls uneheliche Wilhelmine Henriette Jülich heiraten sollte. Hedwig Dohms Vater war jüdischer Abstammung, konvertierte aber bereits 1817 vom jüdischen zum evangelischen Glauben. Ab 1851 war ihrem Vater die Führung des Familiennamens Schleh zugestanden worden.

Den Töchtern der Familie wurde nur eine eingeschränkte Schulausbildung zugestanden, während die Söhne das Gymnasium besuchen durften. Als Mädchen gierte Hedwig nach Bildung, und so las sie heimlich alles, was ihr in die Finger geriet und ließ sich auch durch Schläge nicht davon abhalten.

In der ersten Hälfte der 1870er Jahre erschienen die ersten vier feministischen Bücher von Hedwig Dohm, in denen sie die völlige rechtliche, soziale und ökonomische Gleichberechtigung von Frauen und Männern forderte. Auch das Stimmrecht für Frauen forderte sie bereits 1873, als eine der ersten in Deutschland. Diese vier Essays machten sie mit einem Schlag berühmt – und stießen auf heftige Kritik, nicht nur unter den „Herrenrechtlern“, sondern auch in den Reihen der damaligen bürgerlichen Frauenbewegung. Jenen gingen Dohms radikale Thesen zu weit, sie konzentrierten sich vornehmlich auf die Forderung einer verbesserten Schulbildung für Mädchen und die Versorgung ledig gebliebener Mütter. Ende der 70er Jahre veröffentlichte Dohm mehrere Lustspiele, die sämtlich mit großem Erfolg im Berliner Königlichen Schauspielhaus aufgeführt wurden.

1883 starb ihr Mann Ernst Dohm nach langer Krankheit. Nach dem Tod ihres Mannes begann Hedwig Dohm, Novellen und Romane zu schreiben. Als der radikale Flügel der Frauenbewegung Ende der 1880er Jahre erstarkte, widmete sie sich auch wieder vermehrt politischen Publikationen in Zeitungen und Zeitschriften. Außerdem war sie Mitbegründerin mehrerer radikaler Vereine, u.a. des Frauenvereins Reform (später Verein Frauenbildung – Frauenstudium), der sich für eine umfassende Bildungsreform und das Frauenstudium einsetzte. Sie trat Minna Cauers radikalem Verein Frauenwohl bei und als 74-Jährige wurde sie Mitglied der Gründungsversammlung von Helene Stöckers Bund für Mutterschutz. Bis zu ihrem Tod 1919 veröffentlichte sie mehrere Essaybände und fast hundert Artikel in Zeitungen und Zeitschriften, in denen sie sich mit aktuellen Debatten in Literatur und Politik äußerte und positionierte.
Im 1. Weltkrieg gehörte Dohm zu den wenigen Intellektuellen, die sich von Anfang an gegen den Krieg äußerten, dem „Hurra-Patriotismus“ stand sie kritisch gegenüber. In ihren letzten Schriften, die sie zumeist in explizit pazifistischen Medien wie Pfemferts Die Aktion veröffentlichte, gab sie sich als kompromisslose Pazifistin zu erkennen. Die Einführung des Frauenwahlrechts 1918 in Deutschland erlebte sie noch. Sie starb am 1. Juni 1919.

Der Roman "Sibilla Dalmar" (1896) verursachte einen Skandal in der Münchener Gesellschaft , vermutete man doch in der Protagonistin ein Abbild von Hedwig Pringsheim, die nicht nur Dohms älteste Tochter, sondern auch Thomas Manns Schwiegermutter und zudem ein Star der Münchener Szene war.
1899 erschien der Roman "Schicksale einer Seele", der in der bisherigen Forschung fälschlicherweise als Autobiografie der Autorin gelesen wurde. 1902 wurde die Roman-Trilogie mit "Christa Ruland" vervollständigt.
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Dohm, Hedwig: Schicksale einer Seele, german V1, 27.12.2009

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Hedwig Dohm (Marianne Adelaide Hedwig Dohm, geborene Schlesinger; * 20. September 1831 in Berlin; † 1. Juni 1919 ebenda) war eine deutsche Schriftstellerin und Frauenrechtlerin. Sie war eine der ersten feministischen Theoretikerinnen, die geschlechtsspezifische Verhaltensweisen auf die kulturelle Prägung zurückführte statt auf biologische Determination. Ihre Enkelin Katia heiratete 1905 Thomas Mann.
Hedwig Dohm war das dritte von insgesamt 18 Kindern des Tabakfabrikanten Gustav Adolph Gotthold Schlesinger und dessen Frau Wilhelmine Henriette Jülich. Sie wurde wie neun ihrer Geschwister unehelich geboren, denn ihren Eltern war es erst 1838 nach dem Tod des Großvaters väterlicherseits möglich zu heiraten. Dieser hatte seinem Sohn die Enterbung angedroht, falls er die ebenfalls uneheliche Wilhelmine Henriette Jülich heiraten sollte. Hedwig Dohms Vater war jüdischer Abstammung, konvertierte aber bereits 1817 vom jüdischen zum evangelischen Glauben. Ab 1851 war ihrem Vater die Führung des Familiennamens Schleh zugestanden worden.

Den Töchtern der Familie wurde nur eine eingeschränkte Schulausbildung zugestanden, während die Söhne das Gymnasium besuchen durften. Als Mädchen gierte Hedwig nach Bildung, und so las sie heimlich alles, was ihr in die Finger geriet und ließ sich auch durch Schläge nicht davon abhalten.

In der ersten Hälfte der 1870er Jahre erschienen die ersten vier feministischen Bücher von Hedwig Dohm, in denen sie die völlige rechtliche, soziale und ökonomische Gleichberechtigung von Frauen und Männern forderte. Auch das Stimmrecht für Frauen forderte sie bereits 1873, als eine der ersten in Deutschland. Diese vier Essays machten sie mit einem Schlag berühmt – und stießen auf heftige Kritik, nicht nur unter den „Herrenrechtlern“, sondern auch in den Reihen der damaligen bürgerlichen Frauenbewegung. Jenen gingen Dohms radikale Thesen zu weit, sie konzentrierten sich vornehmlich auf die Forderung einer verbesserten Schulbildung für Mädchen und die Versorgung ledig gebliebener Mütter. Ende der 70er Jahre veröffentlichte Dohm mehrere Lustspiele, die sämtlich mit großem Erfolg im Berliner Königlichen Schauspielhaus aufgeführt wurden.

1883 starb ihr Mann Ernst Dohm nach langer Krankheit. Nach dem Tod ihres Mannes begann Hedwig Dohm, Novellen und Romane zu schreiben. Als der radikale Flügel der Frauenbewegung Ende der 1880er Jahre erstarkte, widmete sie sich auch wieder vermehrt politischen Publikationen in Zeitungen und Zeitschriften. Außerdem war sie Mitbegründerin mehrerer radikaler Vereine, u.a. des Frauenvereins Reform (später Verein Frauenbildung – Frauenstudium), der sich für eine umfassende Bildungsreform und das Frauenstudium einsetzte. Sie trat Minna Cauers radikalem Verein Frauenwohl bei und als 74-Jährige wurde sie Mitglied der Gründungsversammlung von Helene Stöckers Bund für Mutterschutz. Bis zu ihrem Tod 1919 veröffentlichte sie mehrere Essaybände und fast hundert Artikel in Zeitungen und Zeitschriften, in denen sie sich mit aktuellen Debatten in Literatur und Politik äußerte und positionierte.
Im 1. Weltkrieg gehörte Dohm zu den wenigen Intellektuellen, die sich von Anfang an gegen den Krieg äußerten, dem „Hurra-Patriotismus“ stand sie kritisch gegenüber. In ihren letzten Schriften, die sie zumeist in explizit pazifistischen Medien wie Pfemferts Die Aktion veröffentlichte, gab sie sich als kompromisslose Pazifistin zu erkennen. Die Einführung des Frauenwahlrechts 1918 in Deutschland erlebte sie noch. Sie starb am 1. Juni 1919.

Der Roman "Sibilla Dalmar" (1896) verursachte einen Skandal in der Münchener Gesellschaft , vermutete man doch in der Protagonistin ein Abbild von Hedwig Pringsheim, die nicht nur Dohms älteste Tochter, sondern auch Thomas Manns Schwiegermutter und zudem ein Star der Münchener Szene war.
1899 erschien der Roman "Schicksale einer Seele", der in der bisherigen Forschung fälschlicherweise als Autobiografie der Autorin gelesen wurde. 1902 wurde die Roman-Trilogie mit "Christa Ruland" vervollständigt.
(Wikipedia)

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Dohm, Hedwig: Sibilla Dalmar, german V1, 27.12.2009

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Hedwig Dohm (Marianne Adelaide Hedwig Dohm, geborene Schlesinger; * 20. September 1831 in Berlin; † 1. Juni 1919 ebenda) war eine deutsche Schriftstellerin und Frauenrechtlerin. Sie war eine der ersten feministischen Theoretikerinnen, die geschlechtsspezifische Verhaltensweisen auf die kulturelle Prägung zurückführte statt auf biologische Determination. Ihre Enkelin Katia heiratete 1905 Thomas Mann.
Hedwig Dohm war das dritte von insgesamt 18 Kindern des Tabakfabrikanten Gustav Adolph Gotthold Schlesinger und dessen Frau Wilhelmine Henriette Jülich. Sie wurde wie neun ihrer Geschwister unehelich geboren, denn ihren Eltern war es erst 1838 nach dem Tod des Großvaters väterlicherseits möglich zu heiraten. Dieser hatte seinem Sohn die Enterbung angedroht, falls er die ebenfalls uneheliche Wilhelmine Henriette Jülich heiraten sollte. Hedwig Dohms Vater war jüdischer Abstammung, konvertierte aber bereits 1817 vom jüdischen zum evangelischen Glauben. Ab 1851 war ihrem Vater die Führung des Familiennamens Schleh zugestanden worden.

Den Töchtern der Familie wurde nur eine eingeschränkte Schulausbildung zugestanden, während die Söhne das Gymnasium besuchen durften. Als Mädchen gierte Hedwig nach Bildung, und so las sie heimlich alles, was ihr in die Finger geriet und ließ sich auch durch Schläge nicht davon abhalten.

In der ersten Hälfte der 1870er Jahre erschienen die ersten vier feministischen Bücher von Hedwig Dohm, in denen sie die völlige rechtliche, soziale und ökonomische Gleichberechtigung von Frauen und Männern forderte. Auch das Stimmrecht für Frauen forderte sie bereits 1873, als eine der ersten in Deutschland. Diese vier Essays machten sie mit einem Schlag berühmt – und stießen auf heftige Kritik, nicht nur unter den „Herrenrechtlern“, sondern auch in den Reihen der damaligen bürgerlichen Frauenbewegung. Jenen gingen Dohms radikale Thesen zu weit, sie konzentrierten sich vornehmlich auf die Forderung einer verbesserten Schulbildung für Mädchen und die Versorgung ledig gebliebener Mütter. Ende der 70er Jahre veröffentlichte Dohm mehrere Lustspiele, die sämtlich mit großem Erfolg im Berliner Königlichen Schauspielhaus aufgeführt wurden.

1883 starb ihr Mann Ernst Dohm nach langer Krankheit. Nach dem Tod ihres Mannes begann Hedwig Dohm, Novellen und Romane zu schreiben. Als der radikale Flügel der Frauenbewegung Ende der 1880er Jahre erstarkte, widmete sie sich auch wieder vermehrt politischen Publikationen in Zeitungen und Zeitschriften. Außerdem war sie Mitbegründerin mehrerer radikaler Vereine, u.a. des Frauenvereins Reform (später Verein Frauenbildung – Frauenstudium), der sich für eine umfassende Bildungsreform und das Frauenstudium einsetzte. Sie trat Minna Cauers radikalem Verein Frauenwohl bei und als 74-Jährige wurde sie Mitglied der Gründungsversammlung von Helene Stöckers Bund für Mutterschutz. Bis zu ihrem Tod 1919 veröffentlichte sie mehrere Essaybände und fast hundert Artikel in Zeitungen und Zeitschriften, in denen sie sich mit aktuellen Debatten in Literatur und Politik äußerte und positionierte.
Im 1. Weltkrieg gehörte Dohm zu den wenigen Intellektuellen, die sich von Anfang an gegen den Krieg äußerten, dem „Hurra-Patriotismus“ stand sie kritisch gegenüber. In ihren letzten Schriften, die sie zumeist in explizit pazifistischen Medien wie Pfemferts Die Aktion veröffentlichte, gab sie sich als kompromisslose Pazifistin zu erkennen. Die Einführung des Frauenwahlrechts 1918 in Deutschland erlebte sie noch. Sie starb am 1. Juni 1919.

Der Roman "Sibilla Dalmar" (1896) verursachte einen Skandal in der Münchener Gesellschaft , vermutete man doch in der Protagonistin ein Abbild von Hedwig Pringsheim, die nicht nur Dohms älteste Tochter, sondern auch Thomas Manns Schwiegermutter und zudem ein Star der Münchener Szene war.
1899 erschien der Roman "Schicksale einer Seele", der in der bisherigen Forschung fälschlicherweise als Autobiografie der Autorin gelesen wurde. 1902 wurde die Roman-Trilogie mit "Christa Ruland" vervollständigt.
(Wikipedia)

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Donne, John, Devotions and Death’s Duel, v.1, 10 Dec 2007.

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Contains:

1. Izaak Walton’s Life of John Donne.
2. Donne’s ‘Devotions on Emergent Occasions’ (--a set of Meditations and prayers on sickness and death).
3. Death’s Duel’ – Donne’s final sermon. (1630)

Includes a picture of Donne, a ToC and hyperlinked notes.

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Donnelly, Ignatius: Caesar's Column. v1, 9 Jan 2008

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From Amazon.com:

Published in 1890, Caesar's Column is an account of a trip to New York City in 1988 by a visitor from the Swiss colony of Uganda. The great metropolis dazzles with its futuristic technology, but its ostentatious wealth and luxury mask the brutal repression of the laboring classes by their rich bosses. The workers, aided by international terrorists, stage a violent revolt and the narrator flees the devastated city by airship to found an agrarian utopia in Africa.

Fueled by outrage at social conditions, Caesar's Column was the first major dystopian novel in the English language. Its author, Ignatius Donnelly, was the most famous--and controversial--American populist politician of the day, and his book became a huge bestseller and was often compared to such utopian works as Edward Bellamy's Looking Backward (1888) and William Morris's News from Nowhere (1890).

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Donovan, Dick: Tales of Terror, v.1., (1899) 31 Oct 2021

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An author best known for many crime short stories, this appears to be his venture into horror and occult.

Fifteen stories:

1: The Woman With The 'Oily Eyes'
2: The Story Of Annette: Being The Sequel To The Woman With The Oily Eyes
3: The Corpse Light
4: The Red Lily
5: The Pirate's Treasure
6: The Legend of Wolfspring
7: The White Raven
8: With Fire And Death
9: The Spectre of Rislip Abbey
10: The Cave of Blood
11: A Night of Horror
12: The Astrologer
13: The Dance of the Dead
14: The Mystic Spell
15: The Doomed Man

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Donovan, Dick: A Detective's Triumphs (1891) v1

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Dick Donovan is the pseudonym of British author James Edward Preston Muddock (28 May 1843 – 23 January 1934) who created a private detective, also named Dick Donovan, in the 1890s.

This collection of short stories dates from 1891.

1: The Mystery Of Surgeon-Major Palmer
2: In A Smuggler's Den
3: Tracked By A Footprint
4: The Story Of A Daring Deed
5: The Great Ruby Robbery
6: Breaking Up A Gang Of Desperadoes
7: Trapping A Thief-Trainer
8: A Precious Pair Of Scoundrels
9: The Shadower Shadowed
10: Caught In A Trap
11: The Abduction

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Donovan, Dick: Found and Fettered (1894), v1

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Dick Donovan is the pseudonym of British author James Edward Preston Muddock (28 May 1843 – 23 January 1934) who created a private detective, also named Dick Donovan, in the 1890s.

This collection of short stories dates from 1894.

1. The Taking of Treskin, the Russian Assassin
2. Labour Lost
3. Hengald the Dreamer
4. The Crime of the Lonely Marshes
5. Mrs. Wynniatt's Skeleton
6. The Deed of Dead Man's Moor
7. The Story of an Anarchist Plot and How It Was Frustrated
8. The Strange Tenant
9. The Vulture-face Man
10. A Long Trail
11. The World of White Death

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Donovan, Dick: From Clue to Capture (1893); v.1., 28 Jun 2019

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Dick Donovan is the pseudonym of British author James Edward Preston Muddock (28 May 1843 – 23 January 1934) who created a private detective, also named Dick Donovan, in the 1890s.

1: The Chamber Of Shadows
2: A Misplaced Love
3: The Jewelled Skull
4: The Worm In The Bud
5: The Story Of The Great Cat's-Eye
6: The Silver Dagger
7: The Secrets Of The Black Brotherhood
8: Checkmated
9: The Story Of An Infamous Cabal, And How It Was Detected
10: An Unrehearsed Tragedy
11: The Secrets Of A Haunted House
12: The Clue Of The Handprint

Text sourced from Roy Glashan's Library, a free library of books in the Australian public domain.

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Donovan, Dick: Riddles Read (1896), v1

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Dick Donovan is the pseudonym of British author James Edward Preston Muddock (28 May 1843 – 23 January 1934) who created a private detective, also named Dick Donovan, in the 1890s.

This collection of short stories dates from 1896.

1: In the Shadow of Sudden Death
2: The Doom of the Star-gazer
3: The Strange Story of Some State Papers
4: The Problem of Dead Wood Hall
5: Trapped
6: The Riddle of Beaver's Hill
7: A Railway Mystery
8: A Desperate Game

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Donovan, Dick: Suspicion Aroused (1893), v1

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Dick Donovan is the pseudonym of British author James Edward Preston Muddock (28 May 1843 – 23 January 1934) who created a private detective, also named Dick Donovan, in the 1890s.

This collection of short stories dates from 1893.

1. Spoiling Their Game
2. At the Dawn of Day
3. The Great Diamond Frauds
4. A Widow's Mite
5. The Fatal Forty
6. The Marfield Mystery
7. Foiled
8. The Story of Billy the Bagman
9. A Desperate Venture
10. The True Story of Percy Mapleton Lefroy
11. The Melville Poisoning Case
12. The Strange Story of an Old Man's Love
13. A Polished Impostor

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Donovan, Laurence: Laurence Donovan Sampler. V1. 31 Jul 2012

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Lawrence Donovan was an American pulp fiction writer who wrote several Doc Savage novels under the pseudonym Kenneth Robeson. Donovan also wrote the early Whisperer novels as Clifford Goodrich and The Skipper as Wallace Brooker, surrendering both series and their housenames to other writers in 1937. He contributed novels to other pulp hero series like The Phantom Detective, The Black Bat, The Masked Detective and some of the Pete Rice short stories in Wild West Weekly. His known personal pen names include Don Laurence, Don Lawrence and Larry Dunn, which he used when contributing to Spicy Detective Stories and Spicy Western Stories.

WHISPERING DEATH
THE MOON RIDERS
HE GAVE HIM A GUN
THE PIN-UP GIRL MURDERS

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Dorrington, Albert: Sally of Sunday Reef (2024); v1, 2 Jan 2024

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Englishman Albert Dorrington (1874-1953) adventured to Australia aged about 16, began having stories published in The Bulletin magazine by 1895, and with his growing family returned to the UK in 1907. He carved a successful niche for himself writing pulp adventure stories for magazines and newspapers, and also wrote several novels. They mostly reflect his youthful adventures in Australia and the south sea islands.

This original 2024 collection contains 36 short stories totaling around 150,000 words.

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Dorrington, Albert: Tess, and other stories, v1, 3 Jan 2024

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Englishman Albert Dorrington (1874-1953) adventured to Australia aged about 16, began having stories published in The Bulletin magazine by 1895, and with his growing family returned to the UK in 1907. He carved a successful niche for himself writing pulp adventure stories for magazines and newspapers, and also wrote several novels. They mostly reflect his youthful adventures in Australia and the south sea islands.

This original 2024 collection contains 47 short stories totaling around 157,000 words.

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Dostoevsky, Feodor: Notes From the Underground. v1. 18 July 07

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Feodor Dostoevsky (or Fyodor), one of the two titans of Russian prose, first published [Notes From the Underground[/ in 1864. It is regarded as a founding work of existentialism.

From Wikipedia:
[QUOTFor Dostoevsky, war is the rebellion of the people against the idea that reason guides everything. And thus, reason is the ultimate principle of guidance for neither history nor mankind. [/QUOT

For me this is the most approachable Dostoevsky work. I was hooked from the first page. I started reading it about 21:00 and stayed up until I finished it. By Russian standards it is a short novel.

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Dostoevsky, Fyodor Mikhailovich: The Brothers Karamosov. Nov 17 2007

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The Brothers Karamosov is one of the greatest Novels ever written. It's worth the time and energy needed to read it. (Since its as long as a bad girls dream)

Dostoevsky actually faced a firing squad in prison as a young man. To torment him his jailors led him out and blinfolded him. Then fired over his head. Imagine that experience!

He needless to say was changed forever by that singular event and devoted the rest of his life to seeking the meaning of life.

This Novel represents his highest thought in the form of the Holy man Father Zossima and Alyosha's attempt to emulate that holiness vs. the struggle he had with Personal holiness represented by all the Karamosov brothers and their inherited passions, their essentially twisted Karamosov curse!!! A great study of human nature in its highest and lowest impulses!

I wonder if I should identify more with Dmitri and his incorrigible impulses or Alyosha and his desires to escape the curse of sin...

Well .. Anyway, I'm no scholar and most of this book sails majestically out of reach over my head but its still a great read.

Enjoy!

Roy

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Dostoevsky, Fyodor: Poor Folk V1. 19 Nov 2010

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Hi All,

I used the PG and Manybooks files, added a TOC according to the months--Dostoevsky didn't organize this by chapters, but the letters break down through a series of months chronologically. I also added useful page breaks before each month, and standardized the heading formats.

Hope you enjoy!

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Dostoevsky, Fyodor: The Double: A Petersburg Poem. v1, 28 Jan 2008

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From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia:

The Double: A Petersburg Poem is a novella written by Fyodor Dostoevsky. The novella was first published in 1846. The Double deals with the internal psychological struggle of its main character, Yakov Petrovich Golyadkin. The motif of the novella is a doppelgänger, known throughout the world in various guises such as the fetch.

The Double is the most Gogolesque of Dostoevsky's works; its subtitle "The Poem" duplicates that of the Dead Souls. Vladimir Nabokov called it a parody of "The Overcoat". The story is told in great detail with a style intensely saturated by phonetic and rhythmical expressiveness. The novella centers on a government clerk who goes mad, obsessed by the idea that a fellow clerk has usurped his identity. D.S. Mirsky characterized the story as a "painful, almost intolerable reading".

The cruelty of the story is marked by Nikolay Mikhaylovsky and his madness. With convincing literary power, Dostoevsky depicts the sufferings of Mr. Golyadkin's humiliated human dignity.

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Dostoevsky, Fyodor: The Gambler. v1, 6 Jan 2008

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The Gambler is a novel by Fyodor Dostoevsky about a young tutor in the employment of a formerly wealthy Russian General. The novella reflects Dostoevsky's own addiction to roulette, which was in more ways than one the inspiration for the book: Dostoevsky completed the novella under a strict deadline so he could pay off gambling debts.

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Dostoevsky, Fyodor: The Idiot. v1, 6 Jan 2008

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After his great portrayal of a guilty man in Crime and Punishment, Dostoevsky set out in The Idiot to portray a man of pure innocence. The twenty-six-year-old Prince Myshkin, following a stay of several years in a Swiss sanatorium, returns to Russia to collect an inheritance and “be among people.” Even before he reaches home he meets the dark Rogozhin, a rich merchant’s son whose obsession with the beautiful Nastasya Filippovna eventually draws all three of them into a tragic denouement. In Petersburg the prince finds himself a stranger in a society obsessed with money, power, and manipulation. Scandal escalates to murder as Dostoevsky traces the surprising effect of this “positively beautiful man” on the people around him, leading to a final scene that is one of the most powerful in all of world literature.

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Dostoevsky, Fyodor: White Nights

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Fyodor Dostoevsky: White Nights

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White Nights (Russian: Белые ночи) is a short story by Fyodor Dostoevsky, originally published in 1848, early in the writer's career.

Film adaptations have been made by Italian director Luchino Visconti (Le notti bianche), by French director Robert Bresson (as Four Nights of a Dreamer), by Iranian director Farzad Motamen (as Shabhaye Roshan) by Indian film directors Manmohan Desai (Chhalia (1960)), Shivam Nair (Ahista Ahista), Sanjay Leela Bhansali (Saawariya), and Jananadhan (Iyarkai) and into the American film Two Lovers.

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Dostojewski, F. M.: Die Brüder Karamasow. [ [German] V1. 9 Feb 2011

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"Die Brüder Karamasow, in manchen Ausgaben auch Karamasoff, russisch Братья Карамазовы (Brat'ja Karamazovy), ist der letzte Roman des russischen Schriftstellers Fjodor Dostojewski, geschrieben in den Jahren 1878–1880. Er zählt zu den größten Werken der Weltliteratur." Wiki

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Dostojewski, F. Michailowitsch: Erniedrigte und Beleidigte [German]. V1. 21 Dec 2010

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Erniedrigte und Beleidigte war der erste Roman, den der russische Schriftsteller Fjodor Michailowitsch Dostojewski nach seiner achtjährigen Verbannung nach Sibirien 1861 in der St. Petersburger Monatsschrift „Wremja“ veröffentlichte. Der Roman handelt von den vergeblichen Liebesbeziehungen in einer gesellschaftlichen Hierarchie, die von differenzierten sozialen Interessen bestimmt ist.
Die Großstadtmisere von Sankt Petersburg ist Schauplatz der Handlung. Der Roman schildert die fiktive Geschichte des Schriftstellers Iwan Petrowitsch, der mit seinem Debüt großen Erfolg hatte, nun aber, vom Leben enttäuscht, erniedrigt und beleidigt, im Krankenhaus die Liebeserfahrungen seines letzten Lebensjahres erzählt, gelegentlich banal und ganz und gar sentimental, dennoch stilistisch exzellent. (Wiki)

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Dostojewski, Fjodor Michailowitsch: Der Idiot, german V1 14.12.2009

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Fjodor Michailowitsch Dostojewski ; * 30. Oktoberjul./ 11. November 1821greg. in Moskau; † 28. Januarjul./ 9. Februar 1881greg. in Sankt Petersburg) gilt als einer der bedeutendsten russischen Schriftsteller.
Fjodor Dostojewski war das zweite Kind von Michail Andrejewitsch Dostojewski und Maria Fjodorowna Netschajewa. Er hatte zwei Brüder und drei Schwestern (eine vierte Schwester starb kurz nach der Geburt). Die Familie entstammte verarmtem Adel; der Vater war Arzt. Nach dem Tod seiner Mutter 1837 ließ sich Dostojewski mit seinem Bruder Michail in St. Petersburg nieder, wo er von 1838 bis 1843 an der Militärakademie Bauingenieurwesen studierte. 1839 wurde sein Vater auf dem heimischen Landgut durch leibeigene Bauern ermordet.
Dostojewski war zweimal verheiratet. Seine erste Ehe mit der Witwe Maria Dmitrijewna Isajewa endete 1864 nach siebenjähriger Dauer mit dem Tod Marias und war kinderlos, jedoch hatte Maria aus erster Ehe einen Sohn (Pavel). Seine zweite Frau war Anna Grigorjewna Snitkina. Aus der am 15. Februar 1867 geschlossene Ehe, die bis zu Dostojewskis Tod hielt, gingen vier Kinder hervor, von denen jedoch nur zwei das Erwachsenenalter erreichten. Dostojewski begann 1844 mit den Arbeiten zu seinem 1846 veröffentlichten Erstlingswerk Arme Leute (Бедные люди). Mit dessen Erscheinen wurde er schlagartig berühmt; die zeitgenössische Kritik feierte ihn als Genie.

Der Idiot (russ. Идиот) gehört zu den fünf bekanntesten Romanen Fjodor Dostojewskis, die zur Weltliteratur gezählt werden. Er wurde von Dostojewski in Genf 1867 begonnen und in Mailand 1868 beendet und erschien von Januar 1868 bis Februar 1869 in der Zeitschrift Russkij Vestnik.
Titelheld des Romans ist der junge Fürst Myschkin, der nach einem Aufenthalt in einem Schweizer Sanatorium von seiner Epilepsie nicht ganz geheilt nach Russland zurückkehrt und in der Sankt Petersburger Gesellschaft in den Brennpunkt von Intrigen, Begehrlichkeiten, Vorurteilen und gesellschaftlichen Konventionen gerät. Seine Naivität, Offenheit, Ehrlichkeit und vorurteilslose Tugendhaftigkeit wird dabei aufs äusserste ausgenutzt und strapaziert und er kann dem Treiben nur wehrlos sein Ideal der gelebten Menschenliebe entgegensetzen. Als er dann noch zwischen zwei Frauen gleichzeitig gerät und sich nicht zu einer für die Gesellschaft anscheinend positiven Entscheidung durchringen kann, gerät er in einen Strudel aus Gewalt und innerer Zerrissenheit, die zu seiner geistigen Umnachtung führen.
(Wikipedia)

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Dostojewski, Fjodor Michailowitsch: Die Dämonen, german V1 14.12.2009

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Fjodor Michailowitsch Dostojewski ; * 30. Oktoberjul./ 11. November 1821greg. in Moskau; † 28. Januarjul./ 9. Februar 1881greg. in Sankt Petersburg) gilt als einer der bedeutendsten russischen Schriftsteller.
Fjodor Dostojewski war das zweite Kind von Michail Andrejewitsch Dostojewski und Maria Fjodorowna Netschajewa. Er hatte zwei Brüder und drei Schwestern (eine vierte Schwester starb kurz nach der Geburt). Die Familie entstammte verarmtem Adel; der Vater war Arzt. Nach dem Tod seiner Mutter 1837 ließ sich Dostojewski mit seinem Bruder Michail in St. Petersburg nieder, wo er von 1838 bis 1843 an der Militärakademie Bauingenieurwesen studierte. 1839 wurde sein Vater auf dem heimischen Landgut durch leibeigene Bauern ermordet.
Dostojewski war zweimal verheiratet. Seine erste Ehe mit der Witwe Maria Dmitrijewna Isajewa endete 1864 nach siebenjähriger Dauer mit dem Tod Marias und war kinderlos, jedoch hatte Maria aus erster Ehe einen Sohn (Pavel). Seine zweite Frau war Anna Grigorjewna Snitkina. Aus der am 15. Februar 1867 geschlossene Ehe, die bis zu Dostojewskis Tod hielt, gingen vier Kinder hervor, von denen jedoch nur zwei das Erwachsenenalter erreichten. Dostojewski begann 1844 mit den Arbeiten zu seinem 1846 veröffentlichten Erstlingswerk Arme Leute (Бедные люди). Mit dessen Erscheinen wurde er schlagartig berühmt; die zeitgenössische Kritik feierte ihn als Genie.

Die Dämonen (russ. Бесы/ Bessy) ist ein 1873 veröffentlichter Roman von Fjodor Dostojewski. Der Titel wird oft auch als Böse Geister, Die Teufel oder Die Besessenen übersetzt (siehe unten).
Das Buch beschreibt das politische und soziale Leben im vorrevolutionären Russland des späten 19. Jahrhunderts, als unter zunehmender Labilität der zaristischen Herrschaft und traditionellen Wertesysteme verschiedene Ideologien (Nihilismus, Sozialismus, Liberalismus, Konservatismus) aufeinanderprallten, die von Dostojewski jeweils in einem Protagonisten dargestellt werden.
(Wikipedia)

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Dostojewski, Fjodor Michailowitsch: Verbrechen und Strafe, german V1 14.12.2009

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Fjodor Michailowitsch Dostojewski ; * 30. Oktoberjul./ 11. November 1821greg. in Moskau; † 28. Januarjul./ 9. Februar 1881greg. in Sankt Petersburg) gilt als einer der bedeutendsten russischen Schriftsteller.
Fjodor Dostojewski war das zweite Kind von Michail Andrejewitsch Dostojewski und Maria Fjodorowna Netschajewa. Er hatte zwei Brüder und drei Schwestern (eine vierte Schwester starb kurz nach der Geburt). Die Familie entstammte verarmtem Adel; der Vater war Arzt. Nach dem Tod seiner Mutter 1837 ließ sich Dostojewski mit seinem Bruder Michail in St. Petersburg nieder, wo er von 1838 bis 1843 an der Militärakademie Bauingenieurwesen studierte. 1839 wurde sein Vater auf dem heimischen Landgut durch leibeigene Bauern ermordet.
Dostojewski war zweimal verheiratet. Seine erste Ehe mit der Witwe Maria Dmitrijewna Isajewa endete 1864 nach siebenjähriger Dauer mit dem Tod Marias und war kinderlos, jedoch hatte Maria aus erster Ehe einen Sohn (Pavel). Seine zweite Frau war Anna Grigorjewna Snitkina. Aus der am 15. Februar 1867 geschlossene Ehe, die bis zu Dostojewskis Tod hielt, gingen vier Kinder hervor, von denen jedoch nur zwei das Erwachsenenalter erreichten. Dostojewski begann 1844 mit den Arbeiten zu seinem 1846 veröffentlichten Erstlingswerk Arme Leute (Бедные люди). Mit dessen Erscheinen wurde er schlagartig berühmt; die zeitgenössische Kritik feierte ihn als Genie.

Schuld und Sühne (russisch: Преступление и наказание), in älteren Übersetzungen auch Raskolnikow, in neueren Verbrechen und Strafe, ist der 1866 erschienene erste große Roman von Fjodor Dostojewski. Der russische Originaltitel des Romans, Преступление и наказание (Prestuplenie i nakazanie), lässt sich nicht exakt ins Deutsche übertragen. Der geläufigste Übersetzungstitel ist Schuld und Sühne, trifft mit seiner stark moralischen Orientierung jedoch nicht die russischen Termini, die eher aus dem juristischen Sprachgebrauch stammen. Genauer ist die Übersetzung als Verbrechen und Strafe, die aber wiederum den durchaus vorhandenen ethischen Gehalt der russischen Begriffe nicht ganz erfasst. Dieser Titel wurde unter anderem von Swetlana Geier in ihrer viel beachteten Neuübersetzung von 1994 verwendet. In anderen Sprachen wie dem Englischen, Französischen und Polnischen wurde dieser Titel schon immer bevorzugt verwendet (Crime and punishment, Crime et châtiment bzw. Zbrodnia i kara). Der Roman wurde im Deutschen teilweise auch unter dem Namen seiner Hauptfigur, Rodion Raskolnikow, herausgegeben.
Schauplatz des Romans ist Sankt Petersburg um 1860. Es geht um die Geschichte des bitterarmen, aber überdurchschnittlich begabten Jura-Studenten Rodion Romanowitsch Raskolnikow. Die Mischung aus Armut und Überlegenheitsdünkel spaltet ihn zunehmend von der Gesellschaft ab. Unter dem starken Eindruck eines von ihm zufällig belauschten Wirtshausgesprächs entwickelt er die Idee eines „perfekten Mordes“, der seine Theorie der „außergewöhnlichen“ Menschen, die im Sinne des allgemein-menschlichen Fortschritts natürliche Vorrechte genießen sollten, untermauern soll. Er selbst, jung und talentiert, doch mit Armut geschlagen, sieht sich als solchermaßen Privilegierter, der auch in der Situation eines solchen Verbrechens Ruhe und Übersicht zu wahren weiß.
(Wikipedia)

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Dostojewski, Fjodr Michailowitsch: Weiße Nächte. [German] V1. 21 Dec 2.2010

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Eine Novelle von 1848 mit einer sehr schönen Liebesgeschichte.

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Dostoyevsky, Fyodor: The Brothers Karamazov , v1 Nov. 2008

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The final novel by Fyodor Dostoyevsky, first published as Bratya Karamazovy in 1879-80, and generally considered to be his masterpiece. It is the story of Fyodor Karamazov and his sons Alyosha, Dmitry, and Ivan. It is also a story of patricide, into the sordid unfolding of which Dostoyevsky introduces a love-hate struggle with profound psychological and spiritual implications. Throughout the whole novel there persists a search for faith, for God--the central idea of the work. The dramatization of Ivan's repudiation of God is concentrated in the famous "Legend of the Grand Inquisitor." A response to Ivan is contained in the preaching of the monk Zosima that the secret of universal harmony is not achieved by the mind but by the heart.
-- The Merriam-Webster Encyclopedia of Literature

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Dostoyevsky, Fyodor: The Gambler. V1. 6 Jan 2011

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Fyodor Mikhaylovich Dostoyevsky (11 November 1821 – 9 February 1881) was a Russian writer and essayist, best known for his novels Crime and Punishment and The Brothers Karamazov.

A man of many passions, Dostoevsky revealed two of them in The Gambler--his lamentable love for Apollinaria Suslova and his obsession with gambling.

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Dostoyevsky, Fyodor: The House of The Dead, v1.0 26 Aug 2008 (PRC)

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A Mobi version (with Table of Contents) of Timolean's HTML version of Dostoevsky's "House of the Dead."

[QUOTCleaned up copy of the late 19th Century translation by Edwards. The cover art is both Ancient and Safe, I believe.
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Dostoyevsky, Fyodor: The Idiot: V1. 7 Jan 2011

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Fyodor Mikhaylovich Dostoyevsky (11 November 1821 – 9 February 1881) was a Russian writer and essayist, best known for his novels Crime and Punishment and The Brothers Karamazov.

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Towards the end of November, during a thaw, at nine o'clock one morning, a train on the Warsaw and Petersburg railway was approaching the latter city at full speed. The morning was so damp and misty that it was only with great difficulty that the day succeeded in breaking; and it was impossible to distinguish anything more than a few yards away from the carriage windows.
Some of the passengers by this particular train were returning from abroad; but the third-class carriages were the best filled, chiefly with insignificant persons of various occupations and degrees, picked up at the different stations nearer town. All of them seemed weary, and most of them had sleepy eyes and a shivering expression, while their complexions generally appeared to have taken on the colour of the fog outside.
Fyodor Mikhaylovich Dostoyevsky (11 November 1821 – 9 February 1881) was a Russian writer and essayist, best known for his novels Crime and Punishment and The Brothers Karamazov.

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Towards the end of November, during a thaw, at nine o'clock one morning, a train on the Warsaw and Petersburg railway was approaching the latter city at full speed. The morning was so damp and misty that it was only with great difficulty that the day succeeded in breaking; and it was impossible to distinguish anything more than a few yards away from the carriage windows.
Some of the passengers by this particular train were returning from abroad; but the third-class carriages were the best filled, chiefly with insignificant persons of various occupations and degrees, picked up at the different stations nearer town. All of them seemed weary, and most of them had sleepy eyes and a shivering expression, while their complexions generally appeared to have taken on the colour of the fog outside.

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Dougall, Lily: A Dozen Ways Of Love. V1. 7 Jan 2011

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Lily Dougall (1858-1923) was a Canadian author and feminist.

YOUNG LOVE
A MARRIAGE MADE IN HEAVEN
THRIFT
A TAINT IN THE BLOOD
'HATH NOT A JEW EYES?'
A COMMERCIAL TRAVELLER
THE SYNDICATE BABY
WITCHCRAFT
THE GIRL WHO BELIEVED IN THE SAINTS
THE PAUPERS' GOLDEN DAY
THE SOUL OF A MAN
A FREAK OF CUPID

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Dougall, Lily: The Mermaid. V1. 8 Jan 2011

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Lily Dougall (1858-1923) was a Canadian author and feminist.

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Caius Simpson was the only son of a farmer who lived on the north-west coast of Prince Edward's Island. The farmer was very well-to-do, for he was a hard-working man, and his land produced richly. The father was a man of good understanding, and the son had been born with brains; there were traditions of education in the family, hence the name Caius; it was no plan of the elder man that his son should also be a farmer. The boy was first sent to learn in what was called an "Academy," a school in the largest town of the island. Caius loved his books, and became a youthful scholar. In the summer he did light work on the farm; the work was of a quiet, monotonous sort, for his parents were no friends to frivolity or excitement.

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Dougall, Lily: The Mormon Prophet. V1. 8 Jan 2011

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Lily Dougall (1858-1923) was a Canadian author and feminist.

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In studying the rise of this curious sect I have discovered that certain misconceptions concerning it are deeply rooted in the minds of many of the more earnest of the well-wishers to society. Some otherwise well-informed people hold Mormonism to be synonymous with polygamy, believe that Brigham Young was its chief prophet, and are convinced that the miseries of oppressed women and tyrannies exercised over helpless subjects of both sexes are the only themes that the religion of more than two hundred thousand people can afford. When I have ventured in conversation to deny these somewhat fabulous notions, it has been earnestly suggested to me that to write on so false a religion in other than a polemic spirit would tend to the undermining of civilised life.

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Dougall, Lily: The Zeit-Geist. V1. 9 Jan 2011

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Lily Dougall (1858-1923) was a Canadian author and feminist.

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When travelling in Canada, in the region north of Lake Ontario, I came upon traces of the somewhat remarkable life which is the subject of the following sketch.

Having applied to the school-master in the town where Bartholomew Toyner lived, I received an account the graphic detail and imaginative insight of which attest the writer's personal affection. This account, with only such condensation as is necessary, I now give to the world. I do not believe that it belongs to the novel to teach theology; but I do believe that religious sentiments and opinions are a legitimate subject of its art, and that perhaps its highest function is to promote understanding by bringing into contact minds that habitually misinterpret one another.

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Dougall, Lily: What Necessity Knows. V1. 9 Jan 2011

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Lily Dougall (1858-1923) was a Canadian author and feminist.

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One episode of this story may need a word of explanation. It is reported that while the "Millerite" or Adventist excitement of 1843 was agitating certain parts of North America, in one place at least a little band of white-robed people ascended a hill in sure expectation of the Second Advent, and patiently returned to be the laughing stock of their neighbours.

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Douglas, Amanda M: A Modern Cinderella, v1, 2 April 2009

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Amanda Minnie Douglas (1831–1916)
A Modern Cinderella (1913)

A modern re-telling of the Cinderella story. Marilla is a careworn and harassed nursemaid (even though she is only a child herself). With her sweet nature and her helpful ways, she is unlikely to escape a life of servitude. But the unexpected happens…

The source was PG Canada.

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Douglas, Lloyd C.: The Robe, v1, 11 Nov 2007

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One of the best-selling novels of the 1940s.
It's the story of the Roman soldier who won Jesus' robe during the crucifixion and who seeks to learn more about the man it belonged to.
It was made into a movie with Richard Burton.

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Douglas, Norman: Birds and Beasts of the Greek Anthology, v.1, 26 February 2009.

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Norman Douglas (1868–1952)
Birds and Beasts of the Greek Anthology (1927)

A good-humoured study of the Ancient Greek view of animals. It takes as a starting point the way that poets mentioned animals in the Greek Anthology (a famous poetry collection).
There are fascinating snippets of information. Apparently the Greeks did not often keep domestic cats, preferring tame ferrets as mousers. And there’s a discussion of the bookworm, which seems to have been a problem even in those days.

The source was PG Australia. The file was in a fairly poor state and I have cautiously made a number of corrections (e.g. replacing ‘fettix’ with the correct ‘tettix’ when the Greek for ‘cicada’ is mentioned.)
NB Selections from the Greek Anthology have already been uploaded.

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Douglas, Norman: Good-bye to Western Culture, v.1, 12 March 2009.

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Norman Douglas (1868–1952)
Good-bye to Western Culture: Some Footnotes on East and West (1930)

Why Europe (and especially Britain) is in decline: there are persistent infringements on our freedoms, and we tolerate them. In many ways the Asians show much more sense. Doulas complains about our inconsistent treatment of sexual matters, blackmail, animals, petty regulations, the death penalty etc.

“Europe has lost her smile. Moreover, she is growing smaller than ever; small and explosive and hectic—balkanized. An air of parochial defiance broods over us, signalizing its presence by offensive aggressions upon liberty. Life in this continent must present considerable difficulties just now to a really conscientious person. They who make it their business to evade its laws and conventions whenever possible are on a different plane; they find their existence tolerable, and some of them—one, at all events—would not be sorry if it lasted for ever.”

The source was PG Australia.

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Dowden, Edward: A History of French Literature. v1, 29 Feb 2008

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A History of French Literature covers the literature of these five periods; The Middle Ages, The Sixteenth Century, The Seventeenth Century, The Eighteenth Century and 1789-1850.

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Doyle, Arthur Conan: A Desert Drama. V1. 12 Jan 2011

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Sir Arthur Ignatius Conan Doyle, DL (22 May 1859 – 7 July 1930) was a Scottish physician and writer, most noted for his stories about the detective Sherlock Holmes, which are generally considered a major innovation in the field of crime fiction, and for the adventures of Professor Challenger. He was a prolific writer whose other works include science fiction stories, historical novels, plays and romances, poetry, and non-fiction.

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The public may possibly wonder why it is that they have never heard in the papers of the fate of the passengers of the __Korosko__. In these days of universal press agencies, responsive to the slightest stimulus, it may well seem incredible that an international incident of such importance should remain so long unchronicled. Suffice it that there were very valid reasons, both of a personal and political nature, for holding it back

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Doyle, Arthur Conan: A Duet, with an Occasional Chorus: V1. 13 Jan 2011

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TO MRS. MAUDE CROSSE
DEAR MAUDE, - All the little two-oared boats which put out into the great ocean have need of some chart which will show them how to lay their course. Each starts full of happiness and confidence, and yet we know how many founder, for it is no easy voyage, and there are rocks and sandbanks upon the way. So I give a few pages of your own private log, which tell of days of peace, and days of storm - such storms as seem very petty from the deck of a high ship, but are serious for the two-oared boats. If your peace should help another to peace, or your storm console another who is storm-tossed, then I know that you will feel repaid for this intrusion upon your privacy. May all your voyage be like the outset, and when at last the oars fall from your hands, and those of Frank, may other loving ones be ready to take their turn of toil - and so, bon voyage!

Ever your friend,

THE AUTHOR.
Jan. 20, 1899.

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Doyle, Arthur Conan: A Study in Scarlet. V1. 19 Nov 2010

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Doyle, Arthur Conan: A Visit to Three Fronts. V1. 21 Jan 2011

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Sir Arthur Ignatius Conan Doyle, DL (22 May 1859 – 7 July 1930) was a Scottish physician and writer, most noted for his stories about the detective Sherlock Holmes, which are generally considered a major innovation in the field of crime fiction, and for the adventures of Professor Challenger. He was a prolific writer whose other works include science fiction stories, historical novels, plays and romances, poetry, and non-fiction.

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In the course of May 1916, the Italian authorities expressed a desire that some independent observer from Great Britain should visit their lines and report his impressions. It was at the time when our brave and capable allies had sustained a set-back in the Trentino owing to a sudden concentration of the Austrians, supported by very heavy artillery. I was asked to undertake this mission.

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Doyle, Arthur Conan: Am Kaminfeuer|V2.1|10.04.2016|German+English

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Eine kunterbunte Sammlung von Kurzgeschichten, die sich mit dem "Grotesken und dem Schrecklichen" beschäftigen; natürlich darf der eine oder andere mysteriöse Kriminalfall nicht fehlen. Sherlock Holmes werden Sie hier bestenfalls in einer "Gastrolle" vorfinden.

Nach Erstveröffentlichung in diversen Zeitschriften wurden die Geschichten 1908 unter dem Titel ROUND THE FIRE STORIES in London und New York herausgebracht. Eine Übersetzung ins Deutsche erfolgte im Jahre 1921.

Seitdem hat sich nicht mehr viel getan. Für das vorliegende E-Buch wurden die Texte komplett neu übersetzt. Falls Sie noch Anregungen zur Übersetzung haben, freue ich mich auf Ihre PM.

(English version included)

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Doyle, Arthur Conan: Beyond the City. V1. 10 Jan 2011

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Sir Arthur Ignatius Conan Doyle, DL (22 May 1859 – 7 July 1930) was a Scottish physician and writer, most noted for his stories about the detective Sherlock Holmes, which are generally considered a major innovation in the field of crime fiction, and for the adventures of Professor Challenger. He was a prolific writer whose other works include science fiction stories, historical novels, plays and romances, poetry, and non-fiction.

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"If you please, mum," said the voice of a domestic from somewhere round the angle of the door, "number three is moving in."
Two little old ladies, who were sitting at either side of a table, sprang to their feet with ejaculations of interest, and rushed to the window of the sitting-room.
"Take care, Monica dear," said one, shrouding herself in the lace curtain; "don't let them see us.
"No, no, Bertha. We must not give them reason to say that their neighbors are inquisitive. But I think that we are safe if we stand like this."

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Doyle, Arthur Conan: Das leere Haus german v1 3 feb 2009

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Deutsche Übersetzung von "The Adventure of the Empty House", eine der besten Sherlock Holmes- Geschichten.

Viel Spass damit

PS: Das Cover habe ich verbrochen

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Doyle, Arthur Conan: His Last Bow. V1. 15 Jan 2011

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Sir Arthur Ignatius Conan Doyle, DL (22 May 1859 – 7 July 1930) was a Scottish physician and writer, most noted for his stories about the detective Sherlock Holmes, which are generally considered a major innovation in the field of crime fiction, and for the adventures of Professor Challenger. He was a prolific writer whose other works include science fiction stories, historical novels, plays and romances, poetry, and non-fiction.

The title refers to Holmes' emergence from retirement to help the government fight the German threat at the approach of the First World War.

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Doyle, Arthur Conan: Hunden fra Baskerville [Norwegian].v1. 21 Sep 2012

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"...Han har sprunget, Watson, sprunget fortvilet,
sprunget for sit liv, sprunget, indtil hans hjerte
brast, og han faldt død om..."

Sherlock Holmes' kanskje mest berømte mysterium. På den golde Dartmoor-vidden hevder flere å ha sett en enorm hund. Snart etter blir Sir Charles Baskerville funnet død. Er dyret kanskje den mytiske hunden fra Baskerville, som har truet slekten i generasjoner?

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Doyle, Arthur Conan: Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes. V1. 16 Jan 2011

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Sir Arthur Ignatius Conan Doyle, DL (22 May 1859 – 7 July 1930) was a Scottish physician and writer, most noted for his stories about the detective Sherlock Holmes, which are generally considered a major innovation in the field of crime fiction, and for the adventures of Professor Challenger. He was a prolific writer whose other works include science fiction stories, historical novels, plays and romances, poetry, and non-fiction.

Containing a fascinating variety of stories, from narratives by Holmes himself to a meeting with his brilliant brother and the climactic and seemingly fatal meeting between Holmes and the criminal mastermind Moriarity, this volume sealed Holmes' immortality as a literary figure.

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Doyle, Arthur Conan: Micah Clarke. V1. 17 Jan 2011

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Sir Arthur Ignatius Conan Doyle, DL (22 May 1859 – 7 July 1930) was a Scottish physician and writer, most noted for his stories about the detective Sherlock Holmes, which are generally considered a major innovation in the field of crime fiction, and for the adventures of Professor Challenger. He was a prolific writer whose other works include science fiction stories, historical novels, plays and romances, poetry, and non-fiction.

This historical novel, first published in 1889, was Doyle's third book -- his first hardcover one, preceded only by the two paper-wrappered titles A Study in Scarlet and The Mystery of Cloomber. Micah Clarke was quite successful, running through several quick printings, though Doyle had to take it to numerous publishers before Andrew Lang at Longmans finally accepted it. Doyle brought together his knowledge of the seventeenth century and supplemented it with months of research on detail. Then, at intervals of tramping medical rounds or studying optics at the Portsmouth Eye Hospital, he wrote the book in three months.

Now the power of Micah Clarke, aside from its best action scenes -- the bloodhounds on Salisbury Plain, the brush with the King's Dragoons, the fight in Wells Cathedral, the blinding battle scene at Sedgemoor -- still lies in its characterization: that other imagination, the use of homely detail, by which each character grows into life before ever a shot is fired in war.

It was attempt by Conan Doyle to present the story of the Puritans in a more favorable light than generally thought of in England at the time the book was written - a historical romance about the Monmouth rebellion and 'Hanging Judge' Jeffries. told by a humble adherent of the Duke of Monmouth - the whole story of the rising in Somerset, the triumphant advance towards Bristol and Bath, and the tragic rout at Sedgemoor (1685).

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Doyle, Arthur Conan: Onkel Bernac [Norwegian].v1. 07 Oct 2012

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Den unge franske adelsmannen de Laval ble sammen med sin familie fordrevet fra landet av sin morbror under revolusjonen. Hvorfor vil nå den samme morbror invitere han tilbake til familiegodset som han har tilranet seg? de Laval er uansett fast bestemt på å dra tilbake, om ikke annet for å søke sin lykke ved keiser Napoleons hoff.

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Doyle, Arthur Conan: Rodney Stone. V1. 18 Jan 2011

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Sir Arthur Ignatius Conan Doyle, DL (22 May 1859 – 7 July 1930) was a Scottish physician and writer, most noted for his stories about the detective Sherlock Holmes, which are generally considered a major innovation in the field of crime fiction, and for the adventures of Professor Challenger. He was a prolific writer whose other works include science fiction stories, historical novels, plays and romances, poetry, and non-fiction.

Rodney Stone is a historical novel about boxing during the Regency period, that curiously brings together Lord Nelson and the sport of boxing. Doyle had always been fond of boxing, had reveled in the history of the prize-ring, and in Rodney Stone his enthusiasm and knowledge are apparent.. As usual the action-episodes are first-rate; and as usual the historical personages are not an integral part of the story, but Doyle wanted to reconstruct an age, and so Nelson, the Prince Regent, Sheridan, Fox, Beau Brummell, and others, pop in and out of the pages for the sole purpose of creating a "period piece." Arthur Conan Doyle believed that this book was an important factor in the surge of interest in boxing after the turn of the century.

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Doyle, Arthur Conan: Round the Red Lamp. V1. 2011

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Short stories about medicine in England with themes like the first operation observed by a student doctor or one in which a man learns he has venereal disease just before getting married make this an interesting collection.

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Doyle, Arthur Conan: Sir Nigel. V1. 19 Jan 2011

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Sir Arthur Ignatius Conan Doyle, DL (22 May 1859 – 7 July 1930) was a Scottish physician and writer, most noted for his stories about the detective Sherlock Holmes, which are generally considered a major innovation in the field of crime fiction, and for the adventures of Professor Challenger. He was a prolific writer whose other works include science fiction stories, historical novels, plays and romances, poetry, and non-fiction.

Set in the middle of the 14th century, Sir Nigel is a swashbuckling story of the eponymous hero as he seeks his fortune & the hand of his lady-love in England & France in the early part of the Hundred Years War. It is full of high romance & chivalry, battles & brutality, humor & sheer rumbustiousness as the impoverished Nigel Loring & his attendant Aylward seek their fortunes. Edward III, the Black Prince, Sir John Chandos - one of the original Knights of the Garter - all make their appearances in one of the favorite books from the pen of the creator of Sherlock Holmes.

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Doyle, Arthur Conan: Songs of Action. V1. 19 Jan 2011

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Sir Arthur Ignatius Conan Doyle, DL (22 May 1859 – 7 July 1930) was a Scottish physician and writer, most noted for his stories about the detective Sherlock Holmes, which are generally considered a major innovation in the field of crime fiction, and for the adventures of Professor Challenger. He was a prolific writer whose other works include science fiction stories, historical novels, plays and romances, poetry, and non-fiction.

Poetry

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Doyle, Arthur Conan: Songs Of The Road. V1. 20 Jan 2011

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Sir Arthur Ignatius Conan Doyle, DL (22 May 1859 – 7 July 1930) was a Scottish physician and writer, most noted for his stories about the detective Sherlock Holmes, which are generally considered a major innovation in the field of crime fiction, and for the adventures of Professor Challenger. He was a prolific writer whose other works include science fiction stories, historical novels, plays and romances, poetry, and non-fiction.

POETRY

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Doyle, Arthur Conan: Tales of Terror & Mystery, V.1, 7/20/2011

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From Wikipedia:
[quot Sir Arthur Ignatius Conan Doyle DL (22 May 1859 – 7 July 1930) was a Scottish physician and writer, most noted for his stories about the detective Sherlock Holmes, which are generally considered a major innovation in the field of crime fiction, and for the adventures of Professor Challenger. [/quot

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Doyle, Arthur Conan: The Adventure of the Bruce-Partington Plans. V1. 9 Jan 2011

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Sir Arthur Ignatius Conan Doyle, DL (22 May 1859 – 7 July 1930[1]) was a Scottish[2] physician and writer, most noted for his stories about the detective Sherlock Holmes, which are generally considered a major innovation in the field of crime fiction, and for the adventures of Professor Challenger. He was a prolific writer whose other works include science fiction stories, historical novels, plays and romances, poetry, and non-fiction.

The monotony of pea-soup-fog-shrouded London is broken by a sudden visit from Holmes’s brother Mycroft. He has come about some missing, secret submarine plans. Seven of the ten pages — three are still missing — were found with Arthur Cadogan West’s body. He was a young clerk in a government office at Royal Arsenal, Woolwich, whose body was found next to the Underground tracks near the Aldgate tube station, his head crushed. He had little money with him (although there appears to have been no robbery), theatre tickets, and curiously, no Underground ticket. The three missing pages by themselves could enable one of Britain’s enemies to build a Bruce-Partington submarine.

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Doyle, Arthur Conan: The Adventure of the Cardboard Box. V1. 9 Jan 2011

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Sir Arthur Ignatius Conan Doyle, DL (22 May 1859 – 7 July 1930[1]) was a Scottish[2] physician and writer, most noted for his stories about the detective Sherlock Holmes, which are generally considered a major innovation in the field of crime fiction, and for the adventures of Professor Challenger. He was a prolific writer whose other works include science fiction stories, historical novels, plays and romances, poetry, and non-fiction.

Quite a stir is caused in Croydon when a 50-year-old spinster, Miss Susan Cushing, receives a parcel in the post which turns out to contain two severed human ears packed in coarse salt.

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Doyle, Arthur Conan: The Adventure of the Dying Detective. V1. 10 Jan 2011

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Sir Arthur Ignatius Conan Doyle, DL (22 May 1859 – 7 July 1930) was a Scottish physician and writer, most noted for his stories about the detective Sherlock Holmes, which are generally considered a major innovation in the field of crime fiction, and for the adventures of Professor Challenger. He was a prolific writer whose other works include science fiction stories, historical novels, plays and romances, poetry, and non-fiction.

Dr. Watson is called to 221B Baker Street to tend Holmes, who is apparently dying of a rare Asian disease contracted while he was on a case at Rotherhithe. Watson is shocked, having heard nothing about his friend’s illness. Mrs. Hudson says that he has neither eaten nor drunk anything in three days.

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Doyle, Arthur Conan: The Adventure of the Red Circle. V1. 10 Jan 2011

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Sir Arthur Ignatius Conan Doyle, DL (22 May 1859 – 7 July 1930) was a Scottish physician and writer, most noted for his stories about the detective Sherlock Holmes, which are generally considered a major innovation in the field of crime fiction, and for the adventures of Professor Challenger. He was a prolific writer whose other works include science fiction stories, historical novels, plays and romances, poetry, and non-fiction.

Mrs. Warren, a landlady, comes to 221B Baker Street with some questions about her lodger. A youngish, heavily bearded man, who spoke good but accented English came to her and offered double her usual rent on the condition that he get the room on his own terms. He went out the first night that he was there, and came back after midnight when the rest of the household had gone to bed. Since then, neither Mrs. Warren, her husband, or their servant girl have seen him. The lodger insisted on having the Daily Gazette every morning, and sometimes requested other things. All requests were printed on a slip of paper left on a chair outside the room where meals were also left.

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Doyle, Arthur Conan: The Adventure of Wisteria Lodge. V1. 10 Jan 2011

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Sir Arthur Ignatius Conan Doyle, DL (22 May 1859 – 7 July 1930) was a Scottish physician and writer, most noted for his stories about the detective Sherlock Holmes, which are generally considered a major innovation in the field of crime fiction, and for the adventures of Professor Challenger. He was a prolific writer whose other works include science fiction stories, historical novels, plays and romances, poetry, and non-fiction.

"The Adventure of Wisteria Lodge" is one of the fifty-six Sherlock Holmes short stories written by British author Arthur Conan Doyle. One of eight stories in the cycle collected as His Last Bow, it is a lengthy, two-part story consisting of "The Singular Experience of Mr. John Scott Eccles" and "The Tiger of San Pedro", which on original publication in The Strand bore the collective title of "A Reminiscence of Mr. Sherlock Holmes".

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Doyle, Arthur Conan: The Adventures of Gerard. V1. 10 Jan 2011

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Sir Arthur Ignatius Conan Doyle, DL (22 May 1859 – 7 July 1930) was a Scottish physician and writer, most noted for his stories about the detective Sherlock Holmes, which are generally considered a major innovation in the field of crime fiction, and for the adventures of Professor Challenger. He was a prolific writer whose other works include science fiction stories, historical novels, plays and romances, poetry, and non-fiction.

I hope that some readers may possibly be interested in these little tales of the Napoleonic soldiers to the extent of following them up to the springs from which they flow. The age was rich in military material, some of it the most human and the most picturesque that I have ever read.
Arthur Conan Doyle

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Doyle, Arthur Conan: The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes. V1. 30 Nov 2010

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So, again - I've added TOC, 5-way nav between chapters, original illustrations from the Strand Magazine by Sidney Paget, and generally tidied up the presentation. Enjoy!

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Doyle, Arthur Conan: The Cabman's Story. V1. 11 Jan 2011

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Sir Arthur Ignatius Conan Doyle, DL (22 May 1859 – 7 July 1930) was a Scottish physician and writer, most noted for his stories about the detective Sherlock Holmes, which are generally considered a major innovation in the field of crime fiction, and for the adventures of Professor Challenger. He was a prolific writer whose other works include science fiction stories, historical novels, plays and romances, poetry, and non-fiction.

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We had to take a "growler," for the day looked rather threatening and we agreed that it would be a very bad way of beginning our holiday by getting wet, especially when Fanny was only just coming round from the whooping cough. Holidays were rather scarce with us, and when we took one we generally arranged some little treat, and went in for enjoying ourselves. On this occasion we were starting off from Hammersmith to the Alexandra Palace in all the dignity of a four-wheeler. What with the wife and her sister, and Tommy and Fanny and Jack, the inside was pretty well filled up, so I had to look out for myself. I didn't adopt the plan of John Gilpin under similar circumstances, but I took my waterproof and climbed up beside the driver.

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Doyle, Arthur Conan: The Captain of the Polestar. V1. 11 Jan 2011

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Sir Arthur Ignatius Conan Doyle, DL (22 May 1859 – 7 July 1930) was a Scottish physician and writer, most noted for his stories about the detective Sherlock Holmes, which are generally considered a major innovation in the field of crime fiction, and for the adventures of Professor Challenger. He was a prolific writer whose other works include science fiction stories, historical novels, plays and romances, poetry, and non-fiction.

THE CAPTAIN OF THE "POLE-STAR."
F. HABAKUK JEPHSON'S STATEMENT.
THE GREAT KEINPLATZ EXPERIMENT.
THE MAN FROM ARCHANGEL.
THAT LITTLE SQUARE BOX.
JOHN HUXFORD'S HIATUS.
CYPRIAN OVERBECK WELLS—A LITERARY MOSAIC.
JOHN BARRINGTON COWLES.
PART II.
ELIAS B. HOPKINS, THE PARSON OF JACKMAN'S GULCH.
THE RING OF THOTH.

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Doyle, Arthur Conan: The Dealings of Captain Sharkey. V1. 11 Jan 2011

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TALES OF PIRATES
TALES OF BLUE WATER

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Doyle, Arthur Conan: The Disappearance of Lady Frances Carfax: V1. 12 Jan 2011

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Sir Arthur Ignatius Conan Doyle, DL (22 May 1859 – 7 July 1930) was a Scottish physician and writer, most noted for his stories about the detective Sherlock Holmes, which are generally considered a major innovation in the field of crime fiction, and for the adventures of Professor Challenger. He was a prolific writer whose other works include science fiction stories, historical novels, plays and romances, poetry, and non-fiction.

Holmes sends Dr. Watson to Lausanne to investigate Lady Frances Carfax’s disappearance. Holmes is too busy in London. Lady Frances is a lone, unwed woman denied a rich inheritance on account of her gender. She does, however, carry valuable jewels with her. It is also her habit to write to her old governess, Miss Dobney, every other week, but for the past five weeks, there has not been a word from her. She has left the Hôtel National for parts unknown. Her last two bank transactions were cheques, one to pay her hotel bill, and another for £50 to her maid, Miss Marie Devine.

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Doyle, Arthur Conan: The Doings of Raffles Haw. V1. 12 Jan 2011

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Sir Arthur Ignatius Conan Doyle, DL (22 May 1859 – 7 July 1930) was a Scottish physician and writer, most noted for his stories about the detective Sherlock Holmes, which are generally considered a major innovation in the field of crime fiction, and for the adventures of Professor Challenger. He was a prolific writer whose other works include science fiction stories, historical novels, plays and romances, poetry, and non-fiction.

A mysterious millionaire Raffles Haw comes to reside in Tamfield in Staffordshire. Even before he arrives, people start gossiping about him. As his house is being constructed, people wonder at the number of workers, their speed and the complete disregard for the amount of money spent which the unknown millionaire manifests. When he arrives, he strikes an acquaintance with the McIntyre family, which consists of Robert, his sister Laura, and their father. McIntyre senior had been a prosperous gun merchant but had gone bankrupt and lost his sanity. Laura is engaged to the vicar Mr.Spurling's son, Hector Spurling, who is a sailor and is summoned for duty in the navy at the start of the novel.

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Doyle, Arthur Conan: The Exploits of Brigadier Gerard. V1. 13 Jan 2011

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Sir Arthur Ignatius Conan Doyle, DL (22 May 1859 – 7 July 1930) was a Scottish physician and writer, most noted for his stories about the detective Sherlock Holmes, which are generally considered a major innovation in the field of crime fiction, and for the adventures of Professor Challenger. He was a prolific writer whose other works include science fiction stories, historical novels, plays and romances, poetry, and non-fiction.

HOW THE BRIGADIER CAME TO THE CASTLE OF GLOOM
HOW THE BRIGADIER SLEW THE BROTHERS OF AJACCIO
HOW THE BRIGADIER HELD THE KING
HOW THE KING HELD THE BRIGADIER
HOW THE BRIGADIER TOOK THE FIELD AGAINST THE MARSHAL MILLEFLEURS
HOW THE BRIGADIER PLAYED FOR A KINGDOM
HOW THE BRIGADIER WON HIS MEDAL
HOW THE BRIGADIER WAS TEMPTED BY THE DEVIL

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Doyle, Arthur Conan: The Firm of Girdlestone. V1. 14 Jan 2011

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Sir Arthur Ignatius Conan Doyle, DL (22 May 1859 – 7 July 1930) was a Scottish physician and writer, most noted for his stories about the detective Sherlock Holmes, which are generally considered a major innovation in the field of crime fiction, and for the adventures of Professor Challenger. He was a prolific writer whose other works include science fiction stories, historical novels, plays and romances, poetry, and non-fiction.

Mr. John Harston keeps an appointment... The approach to the office of Girdlestone and Co. was not a very dignified one, nor would the uninitiated who traversed it from any conception of the commercial prosperity of the firm in question. Close to the corner of a broad and busy street, within a couple of a hundred yards of Fenchurch-street station, a narrow doorway opens into a long whitewashed passage.

On one side of this is a brass plate with the inscription "Girdlestone and Co., African Merchants," and above it a curious hieroglyphic supposed to represent a human hand in the act of pointing. Following the guidance of this somewhat ghostly emblem, the wayfarer finds himself in a small square yard surrounded by doors, upon one of which the name of the firm reappears in large white letters, with the word "push" printed beneath it. If he follows this laconic invitation, he will make his way into a long, low apartment, which is the counting house of the African Traders...

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Doyle, Arthur Conan: The Great Boer War. V1. 14 Jan 2011

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Sir Arthur Ignatius Conan Doyle, DL (22 May 1859 – 7 July 1930) was a Scottish physician and writer, most noted for his stories about the detective Sherlock Holmes, which are generally considered a major innovation in the field of crime fiction, and for the adventures of Professor Challenger. He was a prolific writer whose other works include science fiction stories, historical novels, plays and romances, poetry, and non-fiction.

Arthur Conan Doyle witnessed the occurrence of the Boer War between Britain and the Boer Republics. He was greatly affected and lent his considerable writing skills to a depiction of the War and its political environment.

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Doyle, Arthur Conan: The Great Keinplatz Experiment. V1. 14 Jan 2011

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Sir Arthur Ignatius Conan Doyle, DL (22 May 1859 – 7 July 1930) was a Scottish physician and writer, most noted for his stories about the detective Sherlock Holmes, which are generally considered a major innovation in the field of crime fiction, and for the adventures of Professor Challenger. He was a prolific writer whose other works include science fiction stories, historical novels, plays and romances, poetry, and non-fiction.

THE BROWN HAND
THE USHER OF LEA HOUSE SCHOOL
B. 24
THE GREAT KEINPLATZ EXPERIMENT
CYPRIAN OVERBECK WELLS
PLAYING WITH FIRE
THE RING OF THOTH
THE LOS AMIGOS FIASCO
HOW IT HAPPENED
LOT NO. 249
"DE PROFUNDIS"
THE LIFT

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Doyle, Arthur Conan: The Great Shadow: V1. 14 Jan 2011

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Sir Arthur Ignatius Conan Doyle, DL (22 May 1859 – 7 July 1930) was a Scottish physician and writer, most noted for his stories about the detective Sherlock Holmes, which are generally considered a major innovation in the field of crime fiction, and for the adventures of Professor Challenger. He was a prolific writer whose other works include science fiction stories, historical novels, plays and romances, poetry, and non-fiction.

One of Doyle's more obscure non-Sherlock Holmes works in the era of Sherlockian inventions; a novel of Napoleonic soldiery, concerning war and its effects

THE GREAT SHADOW.
THE CRIME OF THE BRIGADIER.
THE "SLAPPING SAL."

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Doyle, Arthur Conan: The Green Flag. V1. 15 Jan 2011

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Sir Arthur Ignatius Conan Doyle, DL (22 May 1859 – 7 July 1930) was a Scottish physician and writer, most noted for his stories about the detective Sherlock Holmes, which are generally considered a major innovation in the field of crime fiction, and for the adventures of Professor Challenger. He was a prolific writer whose other works include science fiction stories, historical novels, plays and romances, poetry, and non-fiction.

THE GREEN FLAG
CAPTAIN SHARKEY.
THE CROXLEY MASTER
THE LORD OF CHATEAU NOIR
THE STRIPED CHEST
A SHADOW BEFORE
THE KING OF THE FOXES
THE THREE CORRESPONDENTS
THE NEW CATACOMB
THE DEBUT OF BIMBASHI JOYCE
A FOREIGN OFFICE ROMANCE

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Doyle, Arthur Conan: The Last Galley. V1. 15 Jan 2011

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Sir Arthur Ignatius Conan Doyle, DL (22 May 1859 – 7 July 1930) was a Scottish physician and writer, most noted for his stories about the detective Sherlock Holmes, which are generally considered a major innovation in the field of crime fiction, and for the adventures of Professor Challenger. He was a prolific writer whose other works include science fiction stories, historical novels, plays and romances, poetry, and non-fiction.

Originally published in 1908 and out of print for more than half a century, this collection of stories, complete with a Preface by the author, presents Sir Arthur Conan Doyle at his finest. These 17 tales of suspense and adventure are meant to be read "round the fire" on a cold winter's night and include murder, madness, ghosts, unsolved crimes, mysterious disappearances, and more.

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Doyle, Arthur Conan: The Last of the Legions. V1. 16 Jan 2011

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Sir Arthur Ignatius Conan Doyle, DL (22 May 1859 – 7 July 1930) was a Scottish physician and writer, most noted for his stories about the detective Sherlock Holmes, which are generally considered a major innovation in the field of crime fiction, and for the adventures of Professor Challenger. He was a prolific writer whose other works include science fiction stories, historical novels, plays and romances, poetry, and non-fiction.

THE LAST OF THE LEGIONS
THE LAST GALLEY
THROUGH THE VEIL
THE COMING OF THE HUNS
THE CONTEST
THE FIRST CARGO
AN ICONOCLAST
GIANT MAXIMIN
THE RED STAR
THE SILVER MIRROR
THE HOME-COMING
A POINT OF CONTACT
THE CENTURION

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Doyle, Arthur Conan: The Lost World. V1. 16 Jan 2011

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Sir Arthur Ignatius Conan Doyle, DL (22 May 1859 – 7 July 1930) was a Scottish physician and writer, most noted for his stories about the detective Sherlock Holmes, which are generally considered a major innovation in the field of crime fiction, and for the adventures of Professor Challenger. He was a prolific writer whose other works include science fiction stories, historical novels, plays and romances, poetry, and non-fiction.

In the sketch book are Maple White's drawings of the prehistoric beasts, birds and ape men which he has seen on his travels. Professor challenger is excited when he sees the drawings and decides to find out if there is a Lost World in the Amazon forest where dinosaurs, Pterodactyls and ape men still exist.

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Doyle, Arthur Conan: The Man from Archangel. V1. 16 Jan 2011

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Sir Arthur Ignatius Conan Doyle, DL (22 May 1859 – 7 July 1930) was a Scottish physician and writer, most noted for his stories about the detective Sherlock Holmes, which are generally considered a major innovation in the field of crime fiction, and for the adventures of Professor Challenger. He was a prolific writer whose other works include science fiction stories, historical novels, plays and romances, poetry, and non-fiction.

A book of adventure stories representing some of Conan Doyle's non-Sherlock-Holmes writings. As usual the action-episodes are first-rate.

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Doyle, Arthur Conan: The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes

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So, again - I've added TOC, 5-way nav between chapters, original illustrations from the Strand Magazine by Sidney Paget, and generally tidied up the presentation. Enjoy!

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Doyle, Arthur Conan: The Mystery of Cloomber. V1. 17 Jan 2011

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Sir Arthur Ignatius Conan Doyle, DL (22 May 1859 – 7 July 1930) was a Scottish physician and writer, most noted for his stories about the detective Sherlock Holmes, which are generally considered a major innovation in the field of crime fiction, and for the adventures of Professor Challenger. He was a prolific writer whose other works include science fiction stories, historical novels, plays and romances, poetry, and non-fiction.

Originally published in 1908 and out of print for more than half a century, this collection of stories, complete with a Preface by the author, presents Sir Arthur Conan Doyle at his finest. These 17 tales of suspense and adventure are meant to be read "round the fire" on a cold winter's night and include murder, madness, ghosts, unsolved crimes, mysterious disappearances, and more.

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Doyle, Arthur Conan: The Parasite. V1. 17 Jan 2011

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Sir Arthur Ignatius Conan Doyle, DL (22 May 1859 – 7 July 1930) was a Scottish physician and writer, most noted for his stories about the detective Sherlock Holmes, which are generally considered a major innovation in the field of crime fiction, and for the adventures of Professor Challenger. He was a prolific writer whose other works include science fiction stories, historical novels, plays and romances, poetry, and non-fiction.

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Charles Sadler must know something of this! His vague words of warning take a meaning now. Oh, if I had only listened to him then, before I helped by these repeated sittings to forge the links of the chain which binds me! But I will see him to-day.

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Doyle, Arthur Conan: The Poison Belt. V1. 18 Jan 2011

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Sir Arthur Ignatius Conan Doyle, DL (22 May 1859 – 7 July 1930) was a Scottish physician and writer, most noted for his stories about the detective Sherlock Holmes, which are generally considered a major innovation in the field of crime fiction, and for the adventures of Professor Challenger. He was a prolific writer whose other works include science fiction stories, historical novels, plays and romances, poetry, and non-fiction.

"Nothing could be done. The thing was universal and beyond our human knowledge or control. It was death - painless but inevitable - death for young and old, for weak and strong, for rich and poor, without hope or possibility of escape." Just returned from his famous adventure in the Lost World, the resourceful Professor George Challenger faces his greatest danger yet: the planet will pass through a belt of poisonous ether, and mankind might not survive. Despite the professor's dire warnings about the coming catastrophe, no one listens. As the poison enters the atmosphere, terror and madness sweep the globe. Cities are wracked by riots, societies crumble, and soon all communication ceases. Professor Challenger and his friends, barricaded in a sealed room, can only watch their planet die. The Poison Belt stands as one of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's finest stories. A first-rate sequel to The Lost World, this novel continues the adventures of one of the most memorable characters in speculative fiction. Brilliant, witty, insufferable, and blessed with a booming voice and a huge black beard, Professor George Challenger is an eccentric and able champion of the human race.

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Doyle, Arthur Conan: The Refugees. V1. 18 Jan 2011

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Sir Arthur Ignatius Conan Doyle, DL (22 May 1859 – 7 July 1930) was a Scottish physician and writer, most noted for his stories about the detective Sherlock Holmes, which are generally considered a major innovation in the field of crime fiction, and for the adventures of Professor Challenger. He was a prolific writer whose other works include science fiction stories, historical novels, plays and romances, poetry, and non-fiction.

Of this work Conan Doyle wrote, "I take a New Englander, a Puritan, as one type of the seventeenth century, and a New Yorker, the woodman, as another, and I precipitate these two into the court of Louis XIV, and mix them up in the European history of that time - very much as Scott threw Quentin Durward, the young Scotchman, into the French court. I have taken a lot of pains to make these two types exact studies. Then I shift the scene back to America. It will be something new in the way of an American historical novel. You see it will be the story of the two continents. The woodman will use the phrases of the wood, and the New Englander is rather Biblical."

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Doyle, Arthur Conan: The Return of Sherlock Holmes. V1. 18 Jan 2011

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Sir Arthur Ignatius Conan Doyle, DL (22 May 1859 – 7 July 1930) was a Scottish physician and writer, most noted for his stories about the detective Sherlock Holmes, which are generally considered a major innovation in the field of crime fiction, and for the adventures of Professor Challenger. He was a prolific writer whose other works include science fiction stories, historical novels, plays and romances, poetry, and non-fiction.

Holmes did not lose his life at the Reichenback Falls. Nor has three years of absence taken away his power to startle Dr Watson. But it is the Park Lane mystery - the murder of the Honourable Ronald Adair - that brings Holmes back to life and the search for the second most dangerous man in London.

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Doyle, Arthur Conan: The Sign of the Four. V1. 19 Jan 2011

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Sir Arthur Ignatius Conan Doyle, DL (22 May 1859 – 7 July 1930) was a Scottish physician and writer, most noted for his stories about the detective Sherlock Holmes, which are generally considered a major innovation in the field of crime fiction, and for the adventures of Professor Challenger. He was a prolific writer whose other works include science fiction stories, historical novels, plays and romances, poetry, and non-fiction.

Yellow fog is swirling through the streets of London and Sherlock Holmes himself is sitting in a cocaine-induced haze until the arrival of a distressed and beautiful young lady forces the great detective into action. Each year following the strange disappearance of her father, Miss Morstan has received a present of a rare and lustrous pearl. Now, on the day of the summons to meet her anonymous benefactor, she consults Sherlock Holmes.

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Doyle, Arthur Conan: The Sign of the Four. V1. 24 Nov 2010

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Took the PG/Manybooks file, added 24 illustrations from a very early publication (found at http://ignisart.com/camdenhouse/gallery/index.html), and set it up to work well on the Kindle w/ 5-way nav from chapter to chapter. Has a working TOC, nice cover, and pagebreaks between chapters.

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Doyle, Arthur Conan: The Stark Munro Letters. V1. 20 Jan 2011

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Sir Arthur Ignatius Conan Doyle, DL (22 May 1859 – 7 July 1930) was a Scottish physician and writer, most noted for his stories about the detective Sherlock Holmes, which are generally considered a major innovation in the field of crime fiction, and for the adventures of Professor Challenger. He was a prolific writer whose other works include science fiction stories, historical novels, plays and romances, poetry, and non-fiction.

Arthur Conan Doyle began 'The Stark Munro Letters' in 1894 while he was in Switzerland. His idea 'was to draw that critical period which comes to so many clever inquiring men when they first see the fallacies of the sect in which they have been raised.. And then as a second aim I thought how seldom the struggle of a young man to find room for himself in the world has been done in fiction.' The semi-autobiographical account of the author's relationship with Dr Budd is of most interest. Some of the incidents recounted were imaginary but overall his relationship with Dr James Cullingworth who appears as Dr Budd in the 'Letters' is of immense biographical interest. In later editions, Conan Doyle removed the final note regarding the death of Stark Munro and his wife in a railway accident.

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Doyle, Arthur Conan: The Tragedy of the Korosko. V1. 20 Jan 2011

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Sir Arthur Ignatius Conan Doyle, DL (22 May 1859 – 7 July 1930) was a Scottish physician and writer, most noted for his stories about the detective Sherlock Holmes, which are generally considered a major innovation in the field of crime fiction, and for the adventures of Professor Challenger. He was a prolific writer whose other works include science fiction stories, historical novels, plays and romances, poetry, and non-fiction.

Written in 1898, Arthur Conan Doyle's classic tale of high adventure portrays an alarmist era of imperial sovereignty, invasive foreign policy, and religious extremism, positing the naivety of a group of Anglo-American holiday-makers against the unbending convictions of Middle Eastern banditti.

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Doyle, Arthur Conan: The Valley of Fear. V1. 21 Jan 2011

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Sir Arthur Ignatius Conan Doyle, DL (22 May 1859 – 7 July 1930) was a Scottish physician and writer, most noted for his stories about the detective Sherlock Holmes, which are generally considered a major innovation in the field of crime fiction, and for the adventures of Professor Challenger. He was a prolific writer whose other works include science fiction stories, historical novels, plays and romances, poetry, and non-fiction.

A cypher message and a horrible murder in a Sussex village begin this dark and powerful tale as Holmes battles with the forces of the criminal mastermind, Professor Moriarty. Central to the novel lies the story of a terrorist brotherhood and the hold it acquires over an American mining valley.

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Doyle, Arthur Conan: The Vital Message. V1. 21 Jan 2011

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Sir Arthur Ignatius Conan Doyle, DL (22 May 1859 – 7 July 1930) was a Scottish physician and writer, most noted for his stories about the detective Sherlock Holmes, which are generally considered a major innovation in the field of crime fiction, and for the adventures of Professor Challenger. He was a prolific writer whose other works include science fiction stories, historical novels, plays and romances, poetry, and non-fiction.

Arthur Conan Doyle was an enthusiastic proponent of Spiritualism.

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Doyle, Arthur Conan: The War in South Africa. V1. 22 Jan 2011

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Sir Arthur Ignatius Conan Doyle, DL (22 May 1859 – 7 July 1930) was a Scottish physician and writer, most noted for his stories about the detective Sherlock Holmes, which are generally considered a major innovation in the field of crime fiction, and for the adventures of Professor Challenger. He was a prolific writer whose other works include science fiction stories, historical novels, plays and romances, poetry, and non-fiction.

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There was never a war in history in which the right was absolutely on one side, or in which no incidents of the campaign were open to criticism. I do not pretend that it was so here. But I do not think that any unprejudiced man can read the facts without acknowledging that the British Government has done its best to avoid war, and the British Army to wage it with humanity.

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Doyle, Arthur Conan: Through the Magic Door. V1. 20 Jan 2011

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Sir Arthur Ignatius Conan Doyle, DL (22 May 1859 – 7 July 1930) was a Scottish physician and writer, most noted for his stories about the detective Sherlock Holmes, which are generally considered a major innovation in the field of crime fiction, and for the adventures of Professor Challenger. He was a prolific writer whose other works include science fiction stories, historical novels, plays and romances, poetry, and non-fiction.

Through the Magic Door is Conan Doyle's casually eloquent, heartfelt tour of some of the cherished books on his own shelves-"no volume there which is not a dear, personal friend"-and I can't recall reading anything which better conveys a sense of what it means to take books to heart. The battered old volumes purchased when to buy one meant going without a meal; the flawless stories which awakened an interest in becoming a writer; the classic biographies or histories which opened the past to an eager imagination: each book prompts an essay in appreciation, reflections both personal and literary. Thus as we gain insight into the mind of Holmes's creator, we also partake in bookish talk of the first order, reminded about works we've already read, guided enthusiastically to others that have eluded us.

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Doyle, Arthur Conan: True Crime Stories. V1. 16 Jul 2012

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Sir Arthur Ignatius Conan Doyle, DL (22 May 1859 – 7 July 1930) was a Scottish physician and writer, most noted for his stories about the detective Sherlock Holmes, which are generally considered a major innovation in the field of crime fiction, and for the adventures of Professor Challenger. He was a prolific writer whose other works include science fiction stories, historical novels, plays and romances, poetry, and non-fiction.

THE BRAVOES OF MARKET-DRAYTON
THE HOLOCAUST OF MANOR PLACE
THE LOVE AFFAIR OF GEORGE VINCENT PARKER
THE DEBATABLE CASE OF MRS EMSLEY
THE CASE OF MR GEORGE EDALJI
THE CASE OF OSCAR SLATER

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Doyle, Arthur Conan: Uncle Bernac. V1. 21 Jan 2011

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Sir Arthur Ignatius Conan Doyle, DL (22 May 1859 – 7 July 1930) was a Scottish physician and writer, most noted for his stories about the detective Sherlock Holmes, which are generally considered a major innovation in the field of crime fiction, and for the adventures of Professor Challenger. He was a prolific writer whose other works include science fiction stories, historical novels, plays and romances, poetry, and non-fiction.

This murder mystery novel relates the story of a young Frenchman, who, grown up in England, returns to France during the time of Napoleon Bonaparte's "Prise de pouvoir" to offer him his services, and the adventures this causes him to be involved in.

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Draper, John W.: History of the Conflict Between Religion & Science. 22 April 2008

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John William Draper's 1878 examination of the historical conflict between religion and science. This is not light reading. Draper is solidly in the middle of the [Victorian Age[/. To help understand the breath of the book, I have included below the Table of Contents.

- CHAPTER I. The origin of science.

- CHAPTER II. The origin of Christianity. — Its transformation on attaining imperial power. — Its relations to science.

- CHAPTER III. Conflict respecting the doctrine of the unity of god. — The first or southern reformation.

- CHAPTER IV. The restoration of science in the south.

- CHAPTER V. Conflict respecting the nature of the soul. — Doctrine of emanation and absorption.

- CHAPTER VI. Conflict respecting the nature of the world.

- CHAPTER VII. Controversy respecting the age of the earth.

- CHAPTER VIII. Conflict respecting the criterion of truth.

- CHAPTER IX. Controversy respecting the government of the universe.

- CHAPTER X. Latin Christianity in relation to modern civilization.

- CHAPTER XI. Science in relation to modern civilization.

- CHAPTER XII. The impending crisis. Indications of the approach of a religious crisis. — The predominating Christian Church, the Roman, perceives this, and makes preparation for it. — Pius IX convokes an Oecumenical Council — Relations of the different European governments to the papacy. — Relations of the Church to Science, as indicated by the Encyclical Letter and the Syllabus.

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Draycott, Gladys M: Mahomet: Founder of Islam, v.1, 18 November 2008.

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Gladys. M. Draycott
Mahomet: Founder of Islam (1916)

A biography of the prophet who founded Islam.

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Dreiser, Theodore: An American Tragedy v.1.0 (December 12, 2009)

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I formatted this before I saw Dr. Drib's LRF version.

Anyway, this is in PRC format.

TOC, cover image and a page of reviews and pertinent information from various sources (copied below):

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Based on a thinly disguised true story, AN AMERICAN TRAGEDY is not only a biting portrait of the American dream gone sour but also a universal story about the stresses of urbanization, modernization, and alienation. Most critics considered it the seminal American novel of naturalism, the literary movement that believed an individual's life is determined by environment, heredity, and chance; survival of the fittest and natural selection govern an indifferent universe. Despite Theodore Dreiser's famously awkward style, the novel's precise details build up to an overwhelming sense of tragic inevitability, a hallmark of naturalism.The novel tells the story of Clyde Griffiths, a man of weak will and little self-awareness. He grows up poor in a family of wandering evangelists, but believes in the American dream. Clyde is lifted out of poverty when a rich uncle gives him employment in his factory. Now Clyde has the possibility of gaining his dream of wealth, success, and sensual gratification, but disaster strikes when he impregnates his girlfriend Roberta and she demands that he marry her. Now, to attain what he so desperately craves, Clyde must abandon the pieties of his religious background and abandon Roberta. Society assures him that his pursuit of riches and status are admirable, so breaking both moral and civil law seems a small price to pay.

Since this is a naturalistic novel, Clyde's fate is predetermined by his heredity and environment. Neither tragic nor heroic, Clyde's significance lies in the fact that he symbolizes humanity's smallness as well as our potential greatness. Thus, AN AMERICAN TRAGEDY functions as a parable of the American experience among the lower class in the early part of the 20th century.
--American Novel, by Educational Broadcasting Corporation.

Dreiser based the book on a notorious criminal case. On July 11, 1906, resort owners found an overturned boat and the body of 20-year-old Grace Brown at Big Moose Lake in upstate New York. Chester Gillette was put on trial and convicted of killing Brown, though he claimed that her death was an accident. Gillette was executed by electric chair in 1908.[2] The murder trial drew international attention when Brown's love letters to Gillette were read in court. Dreiser saved newspaper clippings about the case for several years before writing his novel. Clyde Griffiths was based on Chester Gillette, down to having the same initials.
--Wikipedia

Mr. Dreiser is not imitative and belongs to no school. He is at heart a mysticist and a fatalist, though using the realistic method. He is, on the evidence of this novel alone, a power.
--The New York Times Book Review, January 1926[/

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Dreiser, Theodore: Twelve Men. v1, 31 Jan 2008

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From the University of Pennsylvania Press:

Although world-famous for his novels Sister Carrie and Jennie Gerhardt, Theodore Dreiser was also highly accomplished in journalism, autobiography, and travel writing. In 1919, having recently accepted the publishing contract of a new publisher, Boni and Liveright, Dreiser proposed to publish a "book of characters" that would collect twelve biographical sketches of individuals who were major influences on Dreiser, both as a man and as a writer. The resulting narratives combine the best attributes of the character sketch, the autobiography, and the short story into miniature masterpieces of prose.

The men profiled in Twelve Men are a diverse and colorful group: from Dreiser's equally famous brother, the songwriter Paul Dresser ("My Brother Paul"), to the entirely obscure railroad foreman Michael Burke ("The Mighty Rourke"), on whose work crew Dreiser had labored in 1903. The twelve narratives are compelling portraits of the men portrayed, but they also reveal many insights into Dreiser's own life and work. These factors elevate the significance of Twelve Men to a level consistent with other major works in the Dreiser canon.

"A very engaging book filled with a sense of time remembered accurately and of people remembered, for the most part, with affection."—Forum for Modern Languages.

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Drib, Dr.[Editor]: Memorable First Sentences To Books That Don't Exist. v1. 15 Jan 08

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[SIZE="4"]Here it is: A book created by Mobileread's contributors. This is a book of actual First Sentences from books that don't exist.
[/SIZ
I wish to thank everyone who contributed to this project - without your passion and your sentence this book would not exist. [SIZE="4"]THANK YOU![/SIZ

Some chapter headings were short, so I purposefully kept those chapter titles from going to a new page. Any formatting problems are, of course, issues that I created.

If you enjoy this, you may wish to visit Final Sentences thread, located here:

http://www.mobileread.com/forums/showthread.php?t=35912

That thread above was started by Pshrynk.

AGAIN, THANK YOU, EVERYONE. I hope you enjoy the read. All contributions revert back to the original creators.

My apologies at this time for this imperfect .prc version. I used BookDesigner on this. Give me some and it'll be 'perfect.' :)

Dr. Drib

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Droste-Hülshoff, Annette von: Bei uns zulande auf dem Lande, german V1 17.12.2009

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Annette von Droste-Hülshoff (Anna Elisabeth Franzisca Adolphina Wilhelmina Ludovica Freiin von Droste zu Hülshoff; * 10. Januar 1797 auf Burg Hülshoff bei Münster; † 24. Mai 1848 in Meersburg) war eine deutsche Schriftstellerin. Sie gilt als eine der bedeutendsten deutschen Dichterinnen.
Annette von Droste-Hülshoff stammte aus dem altwestfälischen, katholischen Adel. Sie wurde als Tochter von Clemens August von Droste-Hülshoff und Therese von Haxthausen am 10. Januar 1797[1] (nach anderen Quellen[2] auch 12. oder 14. Januar) auf der westfälischen Burg Hülshoff zwischen Havixbeck und Roxel bei Münster geboren. Annette von Droste-Hülshoff führte ein zurückgezogenes und eingeengtes Leben. In ihrer Kindheit und Jugend kränklich, bedingt durch ihre Frühgeburt, wurde sie in den Jahren 1812 bis 1819 von Professor Anton Matthias Sprickmann unterrichtet und gefördert. Nach dem Tod ihres Vaters 1826 wurde der Familienbesitz von ihrem Bruder Werner übernommen, so dass sie sowie ihre ältere Schwester Jenny mit ihrer Mutter auf deren Witwensitz dem Haus Rüschhaus bei Nienberge übersiedelten.
Ab 1841 wohnte sie vorwiegend bei ihrem Schwager auf Schloss Meersburg am Bodensee, sah ihr Zuhause aber weiterhin im Rüschhaus bei Nienberge, wo unter anderem ihre Amme, die sie bis zu deren Tode pflegte, und ihre Mutter wohnten. Mit Levin Schücking verband sie seit 1837 eine Dichterfreundschaft; er war der Sohn einer Freundin, die verstarb, als Schücking ca. 17 Jahre alt war. Durch ihre Vermittlung wurde er 1841 auf Schloss Meersburg Bibliothekar. Insbesondere unter dessen Inspiration entstand in Meersburg ein Großteil ihrer „weltlichen“ Gedichte. Annette erwarb am 17. November 1843 ein Haus, das Fürstenhäusle, am Stadtrand inmitten der Weinberge in Meersburg. Am Nachmittag des 24. Mai 1848 verstarb Annette von Droste-Hülshoff auf Schloss Meersburg am Bodensee, vermutlich an einer schweren Lungenentzündung.

Bei uns zu Lande auf dem Lande
Ein Lausitzer Baron besucht seinen Vetter auf einem westfälischen Landgut. Er beschreibt seine Ankunft, die Beschaffenheit der Landschaft und geht auf die Charaktere der Gastfamilie ein; die Aufzeichnungen brechen im 3. Kapitel ab. Der Rentmeister eines Nachkommen des Gutsherrn fungiert als Herausgeber und berichtet eingangs über das weitere Schicksal der Familie.
(Wikipedia)

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Droste-Hülshoff, Annette von: Die Judenbuche. german. v1. 19 mar 2009

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Die 1842 im 'Morgenblatt' veröffentlichte Kriminalnovelle 'Die Judenbuche' schildert den auf Tatsachen beruhenden Fall eines Judenmords im Paderborner Land und seine schicksalhafte Sühne.
Annette von Droste-Hülshoff, 1797 - 1848, stilisierte die Novelle im Sinne der Schauerromantik.

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Droste-Hülshoff, Annette von: Gedichte, german V1 17.12.2009

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Annette von Droste-Hülshoff (Anna Elisabeth Franzisca Adolphina Wilhelmina Ludovica Freiin von Droste zu Hülshoff; * 10. Januar 1797 auf Burg Hülshoff bei Münster; † 24. Mai 1848 in Meersburg) war eine deutsche Schriftstellerin. Sie gilt als eine der bedeutendsten deutschen Dichterinnen.
Annette von Droste-Hülshoff stammte aus dem altwestfälischen, katholischen Adel. Sie wurde als Tochter von Clemens August von Droste-Hülshoff und Therese von Haxthausen am 10. Januar 1797[1] (nach anderen Quellen[2] auch 12. oder 14. Januar) auf der westfälischen Burg Hülshoff zwischen Havixbeck und Roxel bei Münster geboren. Annette von Droste-Hülshoff führte ein zurückgezogenes und eingeengtes Leben. In ihrer Kindheit und Jugend kränklich, bedingt durch ihre Frühgeburt, wurde sie in den Jahren 1812 bis 1819 von Professor Anton Matthias Sprickmann unterrichtet und gefördert. Nach dem Tod ihres Vaters 1826 wurde der Familienbesitz von ihrem Bruder Werner übernommen, so dass sie sowie ihre ältere Schwester Jenny mit ihrer Mutter auf deren Witwensitz dem Haus Rüschhaus bei Nienberge übersiedelten.
Ab 1841 wohnte sie vorwiegend bei ihrem Schwager auf Schloss Meersburg am Bodensee, sah ihr Zuhause aber weiterhin im Rüschhaus bei Nienberge, wo unter anderem ihre Amme, die sie bis zu deren Tode pflegte, und ihre Mutter wohnten. Mit Levin Schücking verband sie seit 1837 eine Dichterfreundschaft; er war der Sohn einer Freundin, die verstarb, als Schücking ca. 17 Jahre alt war. Durch ihre Vermittlung wurde er 1841 auf Schloss Meersburg Bibliothekar. Insbesondere unter dessen Inspiration entstand in Meersburg ein Großteil ihrer „weltlichen“ Gedichte. Annette erwarb am 17. November 1843 ein Haus, das Fürstenhäusle, am Stadtrand inmitten der Weinberge in Meersburg. Am Nachmittag des 24. Mai 1848 verstarb Annette von Droste-Hülshoff auf Schloss Meersburg am Bodensee, vermutlich an einer schweren Lungenentzündung.
(Wikipedia)

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Droste-Hülshoff, Annette von: Westfälische Schilderungen, german V1 17.12.2009

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Annette von Droste-Hülshoff (Anna Elisabeth Franzisca Adolphina Wilhelmina Ludovica Freiin von Droste zu Hülshoff; * 10. Januar 1797 auf Burg Hülshoff bei Münster; † 24. Mai 1848 in Meersburg) war eine deutsche Schriftstellerin. Sie gilt als eine der bedeutendsten deutschen Dichterinnen.
Annette von Droste-Hülshoff stammte aus dem altwestfälischen, katholischen Adel. Sie wurde als Tochter von Clemens August von Droste-Hülshoff und Therese von Haxthausen am 10. Januar 1797[1] (nach anderen Quellen[2] auch 12. oder 14. Januar) auf der westfälischen Burg Hülshoff zwischen Havixbeck und Roxel bei Münster geboren. Annette von Droste-Hülshoff führte ein zurückgezogenes und eingeengtes Leben. In ihrer Kindheit und Jugend kränklich, bedingt durch ihre Frühgeburt, wurde sie in den Jahren 1812 bis 1819 von Professor Anton Matthias Sprickmann unterrichtet und gefördert. Nach dem Tod ihres Vaters 1826 wurde der Familienbesitz von ihrem Bruder Werner übernommen, so dass sie sowie ihre ältere Schwester Jenny mit ihrer Mutter auf deren Witwensitz dem Haus Rüschhaus bei Nienberge übersiedelten.
Ab 1841 wohnte sie vorwiegend bei ihrem Schwager auf Schloss Meersburg am Bodensee, sah ihr Zuhause aber weiterhin im Rüschhaus bei Nienberge, wo unter anderem ihre Amme, die sie bis zu deren Tode pflegte, und ihre Mutter wohnten. Mit Levin Schücking verband sie seit 1837 eine Dichterfreundschaft; er war der Sohn einer Freundin, die verstarb, als Schücking ca. 17 Jahre alt war. Durch ihre Vermittlung wurde er 1841 auf Schloss Meersburg Bibliothekar. Insbesondere unter dessen Inspiration entstand in Meersburg ein Großteil ihrer „weltlichen“ Gedichte. Annette erwarb am 17. November 1843 ein Haus, das Fürstenhäusle, am Stadtrand inmitten der Weinberge in Meersburg. Am Nachmittag des 24. Mai 1848 verstarb Annette von Droste-Hülshoff auf Schloss Meersburg am Bodensee, vermutlich an einer schweren Lungenentzündung.

Die Westfälischen Schilderungen (1845) in den „Historisch-
politischen Blättern“; die stilistisch ausgefeilten Aufzeichnungen gelten noch heute als wertvolle volkskundliche Quellensammlung. Sie riefen eine „fatale Sensation“ (D.) hervor; Gegendarstellungen behaupteten, einzelne Landstriche und deren Bewohner seien zu negativ charakterisiert. In ihrer Prosa suchte die Autorin die wirklichkeitsnahe Abspiegelung und sprach auch Schattenseiten an (Alkoholmissbrauch, Pauperismus, Kriminaldelikte), weshalb sie als Vorläuferin des bürgerlichen Realismus angesehen wird.
(Wikipedia)

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Drummond, Hamilton: A King's Pawn. v2. 27 Feb 2016

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Drummond, Hamilton: Born : 1857: Lived : Lincoln, Lincolnshire, England:: Died : 1935 Jan 30

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When, out of His divine imaginings, God gave man the world and all the things of charm and worth that are therein—things seen, things dreamed of, and things known by instinct—He gave nothing sweeter or more beautiful than the love of a good woman. That much is so clear that whosoever has tasted its truth will cry out upon it for a platitude. He who has not tasted it is, as it were, as yet outside the pale of blessing. What is less certain is whether in the wife and mother the love to the husband or the child is the greater. Many a time it has seemed to me to be the one and many a time the other, so that I have concluded this: whichever calls for the greater sacrifice, draws for the time the greater love.

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Drummond, Hamilton: A man of his age. v1. 28 Feb 2016

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Drummond, Hamilton: Born : 1857: Lived : Lincoln, Lincolnshire, England:: Died : 1935 Jan 30

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There are those who tell us that a man lives his youth over again in his children. A truth, doubtless, but a half truth only, else would I, dead from the waist these five years, live in a world but little broader than the grave. To my thinking the other half, which makes up the whole of truth, is this; at fourscore one’s thoughts spend the heritage of memory life has laid by, and—thank the Lord—I, at least, can neither go bankrupt nor dwell alone.

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Drummond, Hamilton: The Seigneur de Beaufoy, v1. 29 Feb 2016

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Drummond, Hamilton: Born : 1857: Lived : Lincoln, Lincolnshire, England:: Died : 1935 Jan 30

HOW BEAUFOY WENT A WOOING
BEAUFOY’S WARD
BEAUFOY’S VENGEANCE
HOW OUR LADY OF SUCCOUR CAME TO BEAUFOY
HOW THE KING CAME TO BEAUFOY
THE JUSTICE OF BEAUFOY
HOW BEAUFOY CURED THE MADNESS OF MESNIL
BEAUFOYS TOKEN
HIGH AND LOW JUSTICE

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Drummond, Hamilton: The Seven Houses. v1. 2 Mar 2016

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Drummond, Hamilton: Born : 1857: Lived : Lincoln, Lincolnshire, England:: Died : 1935 Jan 30

THE HOROSCOPE.
THE HOUSE OF LIFE
THE HOUSE OF KINSFOLK
THE HOUSE OF MARRIAGE
THE HOUSE OF DEATH
THE HOUSE OF RELIGION
THE HOUSE OF HONOUR
THE HOUSE OF FRIENDS AND ENEMIES

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Du Maurier, George: The Martian. V1. 16 Nov. 2014

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This one is hard to classify as to genre.

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du Maurier, George: Trilby (illustrated). v 1. 21 Oct 2021

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Gothic horror novel [Trilby [/was one of the most popular novels of its time, perhaps the second best selling novel of the Fin de siècle period after Bram Stoker’s [Dracula[/. It is set in the 1850s in an idyllic bohemian Paris. Although it features the stories of three artists, one of the most memorable characters is Svengali: a rogue, master musician, and hypnotist. The story tells how a poor artist’s model, Trilby O’Ferrall, although tone-deaf, is transformed into a phenomenal singer under the hypnotic spell of that evil genius.

With 120 illustrations by the author.

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George Louis Palmella Busson du Maurier (6 March 1834 – 8 October 1896) was a Franco-British cartoonist and writer who is known for his work in the British magazine Punch and for his novels.

Deteriorating eyesight caused du Maurier to reduce his involvement with Punch in 1891, and turn to writing. His first novel, [Peter Ibbetson[/ (1891), was modestly successful, and later adapted for stage and screen, and as an opera.

His 1894 gothic horror novel, [Trilby[/, was hugely popular. The plot inspired Gaston Leroux’s 1910 popular novel [Phantom of the Opera[/ and innumerable works derived from it.

It was very much “of its time,” and the book is now noted by some critics as having an anti-Semitic bias.

Trivia notes: As well as introducing the term “Svengali” for a man with dominating powers over a (generally female) protégée, it inspired the name and public popularity of the “trilby,” a soft snap-brim hat, after being worn in a stage production by the female lead character.
( — Information adapted from Wikipedia.)

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[Trilby [/was originally published in 1894. [This book is in the public domain worldwide, because the author died more than 100 years ago, and it was published prior to 1925.[/

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Not horrific, but chilling due to the complete control the sinister Svengali has over innocent and tender Trilby (all the men in the story are in love with her). And caveat — there is much French dialogue and poetry in this book, far too much for me to track down or "google-translate" — but the book is still enjoyable even for us non-French-speakers.

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Du Maurier, George: Trilby, v1.2, 10 Sept 2007.

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George Du Maurier
Trilby
(1894)

The famous ‘Punch’ cartoonist eventually turned to novel-writing as his eyesight failed.

Wikipedia notes:
His second novel Trilby, published in 1894 fits into the gothic horror genre which was undergoing a revival during the fin de siecle. The story of the poor artist's model Trilby O'Ferrall, transformed into a diva under the spell of the evil musical genius Svengali, created a sensation. Soap, songs, dances, toothpaste, and a town in Florida were all named for the heroine, and a variety of soft felt hat with an indented crown (worn in the London stage production of a dramatization of the novel) came to be called a trilby. The plot inspired Gaston Leroux's 1910 potboiler Phantom of the Opera and the innumerable works derived from it. Although initially bemused by Trilby's success, du Maurier eventually came to despise the persistent attention given to his novel.

I have used one of du Maurier’s own illustrations as a title image.
The source text omitted all the accents and contained a lot of scanning errors, so I have restored accents and reformatted as necessary. Please let me know if I have missed anything.

I have incorporated Anais9000's corrections, plus some others, so have taken down the original version (which had 4 views) and am up loading a revised one.

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Duane, Diane: Raetian Tales Book One: A Wind from the South v1.0 2007-10-06

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[Raetian Tales Book One: A Wind from the South[/ by Diane Duane

Released for free by the author and permission given to convert and post here.

[quotIn the remote mountain village where she was born, Mariarta dil Alicg lives the untroubled life of a peasant girl...until, soon after a mysterious stranger's arrival, she starts to hear voices in the wind. The voices whisper strange secrets in Mariarta’s ears -- promising her the power to command the stormwind, hinting at an unknown, magical heritage, and prophesying a fate marvelous past all Mariarta’s imaginings.

Then a curse falls on Mariarta's village, shattering the lives of her family and friends. Mariarta must set out across the mountain realm of Raetia in search of a way to break the curse -- while also hunting for the truth about the beautiful and terrible being who Mariarta discovers is trying to possess her soul.

Mariarta’s search will lead her into hidden domains of sorcery both dreadful and wondrous, and will finally embroil the young woman in the growing rebellion against her land's cruel Austriac oppressors -- but not before Mariarta comes face to face at last with the immortal Lady of the Storms, and challenges her to one final battle for control of her life, her soul, and her destiny... [/quot

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Dudeney, Henry Ernest: Amusements in Mathematics (Illustrated). v1. 26 June 2008

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Amusements in Mathematics
by Henry Ernest Dudeney
1917

One of the largest puzzle collections — 430 brainteasers based on algebra, arithmetic, permutations, probability, plane figure dissection, properties of numbers, etc. Intriguing, witty, paradoxical productions of one of the world's foremost creators of puzzles. Full solutions. More than 450 illustrations.

Please note: A century's old Britsh monetary system is used throughout, but is conveniently explained, for the unfamiliar, at the start of the ebook.

Source: PG EText-No. 16713

BTW, I converted the images used in the ebook from .png to .gif so as to reduce the ebook's size to the current 6MB. Mobipocket Creator had originally (internally) converted the 4-bit .png to a larger size that had resulted in a 17MB ebook! :eek:

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Dudeney, Henry Ernest: The Canterbury Puzzles (Illustrated). v1. 28 March 2010

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The Canterbury Puzzles
And Other Curious Problems
by Henry Ernest Dudeney
1907

This unique book presents 110 of his puzzles—not as individual problems but as incidents in connected stories. The first 31 problems are posed by the pilgrims in Chaucer's Canterbury Tales; additional puzzles are presented using different characters in other venues. Full solutions. More than 150 illustrations.

[quot1907 PRESS OPINIONS ON "THE CANTERBURY PUZZLES."

"The Puzzles ... reach the limit of ingenuity and intricacy; and it is
well for the sanity of his readers that the author gives a list of
solutions at the end of the book."—[Observer.[/

"Mr. Dudeney, whose reputation is world-wide as the puzzle and problem
maker of the age ... sure to find a wide circulation ... as attractive in
appearance as its contents are fascinating."—[English Mechanic and World
of Science.[/

"It is matter for delight that Mr. Henry E. Dudeney has collected into a
volume those mysterious puzzles of his which have appeared in many
journals ... contains quite a number of ingenious new mental problems ...
a valuable introduction."—[The Lady.[/
[/quot

Source: PG EText-No. 27635 as retrieved by Gutebook and tweaked.

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Duffield, J. W: Bert Wilson at Panama. v1. 20 Sep 2014

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Duffield, J. W.: pseudonym of the Stratemeyer Syndicate the producer of a number of mystery series for children, including Nancy Drew, the Hardy Boys, the various Tom Swift series, the Bobbsey Twins, the Rover Boys, and others.

Excerpt
“Hands up! Quick!”
Now, in wild countries, such a command is never disobeyed, except by a fool or a would-be suicide. As Dick Trent was neither, his hands went up at once. And as he looked into the wicked muzzles of two bulldog revolvers, he inwardly cursed the carelessness that had led him so far afield, unarmed.

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Duffield, J. W: Bert Wilson at the Wheel. v1. 20 Sep 2014

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Duffield, J. W.: pseudonym of the Stratemeyer Syndicate the producer of a number of mystery series for children, including Nancy Drew, the Hardy Boys, the various Tom Swift series, the Bobbsey Twins, the Rover Boys, and others.

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“I want three things,” he said, “and unless you are looking for trouble, you’ll hand them over at once. I want the pin and watch and dog your people stole from us last night.”

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Duffield, J. W: Bert Wilson in the Rockies. v1. 21 Sep 2014

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Duffield, J. W.: pseudonym of the Stratemeyer Syndicate the producer of a number of mystery series for children, including Nancy Drew, the Hardy Boys, the various Tom Swift series, the Bobbsey Twins, the Rover Boys, and others.

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A shower of glass from the shattered windowpane fell over the floor and seats, and a bullet embedded itself in the woodwork of an upper berth. There was a shriek from the women passengers in the crowded Pullman, and the men looked at each other in consternation. From the platform came the sound of a scuffle, interspersed with oaths. Then, through the narrow corridor that bordered the smoking-room, hurried two men, pushing the terrified negro porter ahead of them. Each of the intruders wore a black cloth tied over the lower part of his face, and before the bewildered passengers knew what had happened they found themselves looking along the blue-black barrels of two ugly revolvers.

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Duffield, J. W: Bert Wilson on the Gridiron. v1. 21 Sep 2014

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Duffield, J. W.: pseudonym of the Stratemeyer Syndicate the producer of a number of mystery series for children, including Nancy Drew, the Hardy Boys, the various Tom Swift series, the Bobbsey Twins, the Rover Boys, and others.

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It was unprecedented. It was revolutionary. It shrieked unto heaven. The poor, despised scrubs were actually holding the haughty ‘Varsity men on even terms. More than that; they even threatened to win. They seemed to forget that they were doormats for the “regulars,” mere “sparring partners,” to be straightened up with one punch and knocked down by the next. The “forlorn hope” had suddenly become a triumphant hope. The worm had turned, and turned with a vengeance. Pale and panting, plastered with mud and drenched with sweat, with “blood in their eyes” and here and there a little on their features, they faced the “big fellows” and gave as good as they took.

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Duffield, J. W: Bert Wilson's Fadeaway Ball. v1. 22 Sep 2014

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Duffield, J. W.: pseudonym of the Stratemeyer Syndicate the producer of a number of mystery series for children, including Nancy Drew, the Hardy Boys, the various Tom Swift series, the Bobbsey Twins, the Rover Boys, and others.

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Crack!—and the ball soared into center field, while the batter, swift as a flash, sped down to first. A tremendous roar went up from the thirty thousand loyal “fans” who packed the grandstands and filled the bleachers to overflowing. Staid citizens danced up and down like howling dervishes, hats were tossed into the air or jovially crushed on their owners’ heads, and happy riot reigned everywhere. Pandemonium broke loose.

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Duffield, J. W: Bert Wilson's Twin Cylinder Racer. v1. 22 Sep 2014

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Duffield, J. W.: pseudonym of the Stratemeyer Syndicate the producer of a number of mystery series for children, including Nancy Drew, the Hardy Boys, the various Tom Swift series, the Bobbsey Twins, the Rover Boys, and others.

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It was a bright sunny morning early in June. The usual crowd of rustics had gathered at the depot to see the train come in and depart. A few commercial travelers were consulting time tables and attending to the disposition of their baggage. Gay laughter and hasty farewells arose from a bevy of girls and the young men who had assembled to see them off. The conductor, watch in hand, stood ready to give the signal, and the black porters were already gathering up the folding steps preparatory to boarding the train. The bells were ringing and the whistle had given its preliminary toot, when all were startled at the sight of the station agent, who issued wild-eyed from his office and ran on the track, frantically waving his hands and shouting at the top of his voice.

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Duffield, J. W: Bert Wilson, Marathon Winner. v1. 21 Sep 2014

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Duffield, J. W.: pseudonym of the Stratemeyer Syndicate the producer of a number of mystery series for children, including Nancy Drew, the Hardy Boys, the various Tom Swift series, the Bobbsey Twins, the Rover Boys, and others.

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It was the last day of the intercollegiate meet for field and track events, and the most thrilling feature had been reserved for the wind-up. It was a modified Marathon of fifteen miles and the fastest runners in the East had entered the lists. Each college had sent the pick of its runners to struggle for the mastery, and excitement was at fever heat.

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Duffield, J. W: Bert Wilson, Wireless Operator. v1. 22 Sep 2014

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Duffield, J. W.: pseudonym of the Stratemeyer Syndicate the producer of a number of mystery series for children, including Nancy Drew, the Hardy Boys, the various Tom Swift series, the Bobbsey Twins, the Rover Boys, and others.

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It was a frightful picture he presented, as he stood there, holding to a stanchion with one hand, while, in the other, he held a crooked dagger whose point was stained an ominous red. He was small and wiry, only a little over five feet in height, but strong and quick as a panther. His black hair, glossy with cocoa oil, streamed in the wind, his eyes were lurid with the wild light of insanity, his lips were parted in a savage snarl, and he was foaming at the mouth. He had lost all semblance of humanity, and as he stood there looking for another victim, he might have been transported bodily from one of Doré’s pictures of Dante’s Inferno. Suddenly, he caught sight of agroup of three coming down the pier, and leaping to the wharf, he started toward them, his bare feet padding along noiselessly, while he tightened his grip on the murderous knife. A shot rang out behind him but missed him, and he kept on steadily, drawing nearer and nearer to his intended prey.

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Duffield, J. W: The Radio Boys in the Thousand Islands. v1. 22 Sep 2014

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Duffield, J. W.: pseudonym of the Stratemeyer Syndicate the producer of a number of mystery series for children, including Nancy Drew, the Hardy Boys, the various Tom Swift series, the Bobbsey Twins, the Rover Boys, and others.

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However, there was a serious side to this trio of radio boys. They were not known chiefly for their frivolity, which probably would have characterized them if they had got into any bad scrapes. Their deportment was really above reproach, so that their parents reposed a good deal of confidence in them and allowed them to do pretty much as they wished in the matter of their recreation and sports. On the occasion with which the narrative opens we find them very serious minded over a very important problem, although it seemed well nigh impossible for them, even under such circumstances, to bar severely all manner of gaieties.

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Duffield, J. W: The Radio Boys Under the Sea. v1. 22 Sep 2014

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Duffield, J. W.: pseudonym of the Stratemeyer Syndicate the producer of a number of mystery series for children, including Nancy Drew, the Hardy Boys, the various Tom Swift series, the Bobbsey Twins, the Rover Boys, and others.

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Together they lifted the man and bore him through the underbrush to the bank of the brook. There they laid him down, and while one of them rubbed the wrists and hands, the others washed his head and face and dashed cold water on him in copious quantities. Phil carefully washed out the gash on the head into which the dust and grit of the road had been rubbed, and stripping enough linen from the sleeve of his shirt to make a bandage, carefully bound up the wound.

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Dumas père, Alexandre: Ali Pacha. V1. 22 Jan 2011

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Alexandre Dumas, born Dumas Davy de la Pailleterie (24 July 1802 – 5 December 1870) was a French writer, best known for his historical novels of high adventure which have made him one of the most widely read French authors in the world. Many of his novels, including The Count of Monte Cristo, The Three Musketeers, Twenty Years After, and The Vicomte de Bragelonne were originally serialized. He also wrote plays and magazine articles and was a prolific correspondent.

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The beginning of the nineteenth century was a time of audacious enterprises and strange vicissitudes of fortune. Whilst Western Europe in turn submitted and struggled against a sub-lieutenant who made himself an emperor, who at his pleasure made kings and destroyed kingdoms, the ancient eastern part of the Continent, like mummies which preserve but the semblance of life, was gradually tumbling to pieces, and getting parcelled out amongst bold adventurers who skirmished over its ruins.

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Dumas père, Alexandre: Joan of Naples. V1. 24 Jan 2011

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Alexandre Dumas, born Dumas Davy de la Pailleterie (24 July 1802 – 5 December 1870) was a French writer, best known for his historical novels of high adventure which have made him one of the most widely read French authors in the world. Many of his novels, including The Count of Monte Cristo, The Three Musketeers, Twenty Years After, and The Vicomte de Bragelonne were originally serialized. He also wrote plays and magazine articles and was a prolific correspondent.

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Suddenly the door of the room where Joan was so earnestly praying opened with a dull sound: two Hungarian barons in armour entered and signed to the queen to follow them. Joan arose silently and obeyed; but a cry of pain went up from her heart when she recognised the place where both Andre and Charles of Durazzo had died a violent death. But she collected her forces, and asked calmly why she was brought hither. For all answer, one of the men showed her a cord of silk and gold....
"May the will of a just God be done!" cried Joan, and fell upon her knees. Some minutes later she had ceased to suffer.
This was the third corpse that was thrown over the balcony at Aversa.

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Dumas père, Alexandre: Karl Ludwig Sand. V1. 25 Jan 2011

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Alexandre Dumas, born Dumas Davy de la Pailleterie (24 July 1802 – 5 December 1870) was a French writer, best known for his historical novels of high adventure which have made him one of the most widely read French authors in the world. Many of his novels, including The Count of Monte Cristo, The Three Musketeers, Twenty Years After, and The Vicomte de Bragelonne were originally serialized. He also wrote plays and magazine articles and was a prolific correspondent.

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Now, as we are about to set before our readers one of those terrible actions for the true appreciation of which the conscience is the sole judge, they must allow us to make them fully acquainted with him whom kings regarded as an assassin, judges as a fanatic, and the youth of Germany as a hero.

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Dumas père, Alexandre: La Constantin. V1. 24 Jan 2011

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Alexandre Dumas, born Dumas Davy de la Pailleterie (24 July 1802 – 5 December 1870) was a French writer, best known for his historical novels of high adventure which have made him one of the most widely read French authors in the world. Many of his novels, including The Count of Monte Cristo, The Three Musketeers, Twenty Years After, and The Vicomte de Bragelonne were originally serialized. He also wrote plays and magazine articles and was a prolific correspondent.

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Before beginning our story, we must warn the reader that it will not be worth his while to make researches among contemporary or other records as to the personage whose name it bears. For in truth neither Marie Leroux, widow of Jacques Constantin, nor her accomplice, Claude Perregaud, was of sufficient importance to find a place on any list of great criminals, although it is certain that they were guilty of the crimes with which they were charged.

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Dumas père, Alexandre: Louise de la Valliere. V1. 25 Jan 2011

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Alexandre Dumas, born Dumas Davy de la Pailleterie (24 July 1802 – 5 December 1870) was a French writer, best known for his historical novels of high adventure which have made him one of the most widely read French authors in the world. Many of his novels, including The Count of Monte Cristo, The Three Musketeers, Twenty Years After, and The Vicomte de Bragelonne were originally serialized. He also wrote plays and magazine articles and was a prolific correspondent.

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In the months of March-July in 1844, in the magazine Le Siecle, the first portion of a story appeared, penned by the celebrated playwright Alexandre Dumas. It was based, he claimed, on some manuscripts he had found a year earlier in the Bibliotheque Nationale while researching a history he planned to write on Louis XIV. They chronicled the adventures of a young man named D'Artagnan who, upon entering Paris, became almost immediately embroiled in court intrigues, international politics, and ill-fated affairs between royal lovers. Over the next six years, readers would enjoy the adventures of this youth and his three famous friends, Porthos, Athos, and Aramis, as their exploits unraveled behind the scenes of some of the most momentous events in French and even English history.

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Dumas père, Alexandre: Man in the Iron Mask (an Essay). V1. 26 Jan 2011

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Alexandre Dumas, born Dumas Davy de la Pailleterie (24 July 1802 – 5 December 1870) was a French writer, best known for his historical novels of high adventure which have made him one of the most widely read French authors in the world. Many of his novels, including The Count of Monte Cristo, The Three Musketeers, Twenty Years After, and The Vicomte de Bragelonne were originally serialized. He also wrote plays and magazine articles and was a prolific correspondent.

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For nearly one hundred years this curious problem has exercised the imagination of writers of fiction—and of drama, and the patience of the learned in history. No subject is more obscure and elusive, and none more attractive to the general mind. It is a legend to the meaning of which none can find the key and yet in which everyone believes.

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Dumas père, Alexandre: Marquise Brinvillier. V1. 26 Jan 2011

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Alexandre Dumas, born Dumas Davy de la Pailleterie (24 July 1802 – 5 December 1870) was a French writer, best known for his historical novels of high adventure which have made him one of the most widely read French authors in the world. Many of his novels, including The Count of Monte Cristo, The Three Musketeers, Twenty Years After, and The Vicomte de Bragelonne were originally serialized. He also wrote plays and magazine articles and was a prolific correspondent.

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After this declaration, they were going to drive the tumbril nearer to the scaffold, but the crowd was so dense that the assistant could not force a way through, though he struck out on every side with his whip. So they had to stop a few paces short. The executioner had already got down, and was adjusting the ladder. In this terrible moment of waiting, the marquise looked calmly and gratefully at the doctor, and when she felt that the tumbril had stopped, said, "Sir, it is not here we part: you promised not to leave me till my head is cut off. I trust you will keep your word."

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Dumas père, Alexandre: Marquise De Ganges. V1. 26 Jan 2011

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The marquise turned once again to the abbe, and her forehead struck the muzzle of the pistol. Then she saw that she must die indeed, and choosing of the three forms of death that which seemed to her the least terrible, "Give me the poison, then," said she, "and may God forgive you my death!"

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Dumas père, Alexandre: Martin Guerre. V1. 27 Jan 2011

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Alexandre Dumas, born Dumas Davy de la Pailleterie (24 July 1802 – 5 December 1870) was a French writer, best known for his historical novels of high adventure which have made him one of the most widely read French authors in the world. Many of his novels, including The Count of Monte Cristo, The Three Musketeers, Twenty Years After, and The Vicomte de Bragelonne were originally serialized. He also wrote plays and magazine articles and was a prolific correspondent.

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All at once a loud noise was heard outside: the guilty man had just been executed in front of the house. When finally attached to the gallows, he uttered a terrible cry, which was answered by another from inside the house. The same evening, while the body of the malefactor was being consumed by fire, the remains of a mother and child were laid to rest in consecrated ground.

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Dumas père, Alexandre: Mary Stuart. V1. 27 Jan 2011

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Alexandre Dumas, born Dumas Davy de la Pailleterie (24 July 1802 – 5 December 1870) was a French writer, best known for his historical novels of high adventure which have made him one of the most widely read French authors in the world. Many of his novels, including The Count of Monte Cristo, The Three Musketeers, Twenty Years After, and The Vicomte de Bragelonne were originally serialized. He also wrote plays and magazine articles and was a prolific correspondent.

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Two hours after the execution, the body and the head were taken into the same hall in which Mary Stuart had appeared before the commissioners, set down on a table round which the judges had sat, and covered over with a black serge cloth; and there remained till three o'clock in the afternoon.

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Dumas père, Alexandre: Massacres of the South. V1. 27 Jan 2011

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Alexandre Dumas, born Dumas Davy de la Pailleterie (24 July 1802 – 5 December 1870) was a French writer, best known for his historical novels of high adventure which have made him one of the most widely read French authors in the world. Many of his novels, including The Count of Monte Cristo, The Three Musketeers, Twenty Years After, and The Vicomte de Bragelonne were originally serialized. He also wrote plays and magazine articles and was a prolific correspondent.

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It is possible that our reader, whose recollections may perhaps go back as far as the Restoration, will be surprised at the size of the frame required for the picture we are about to bring before him, embracing as it does two centuries and a half; but as everything, has its precedent, every river its source, every volcano its central fire, so it is that the spot of earth on which we are going to fix our eyes has been the scene of action and reaction, revenge and retaliation, till the religious annals of the South resemble an account-book kept by double entry, in which fanaticism enters the profits of death, one side being written with the blood of Catholics, the other with that of Protestants.

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Dumas père, Alexandre: Murat. V1. 28 Jan 2011

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The soldiers had been ashamed to fire on their king, and had aimed over his head. That moment perhaps displayed most gloriously the lionlike courage which was Murat's special attribute. His face never changed, he did not move a muscle; only gazing at the soldiers with an expression of mingled bitterness and gratitude, he said:
"Thank you; my friends. Since sooner or later you will be obliged to aim true, do not prolong my death-agonies. All I ask you is to aim at the heart and spare the face. Now——"

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Dumas père, Alexandre: Nisida. V1. 28 Jan 2011

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The priests had already begun to sing the death hymn; the executioner was ready, the procession had set out, when Solomon the fisherman appeared suddenly on the threshold of the prison, his eyes aflame and his brow radiant with the halo of the patriarchs. The old man drew himself up to his full height, and raising in one hand the reddened knife, said in a sublime voice, "The sacrifice is fulfilled. God did not send His angel to stay the hand of Abraham."

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Dumas père, Alexandre: Ten Years Later. V1. 29 Jan 2011

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Alexandre Dumas, born Dumas Davy de la Pailleterie (24 July 1802 – 5 December 1870) was a French writer, best known for his historical novels of high adventure which have made him one of the most widely read French authors in the world. Many of his novels, including The Count of Monte Cristo, The Three Musketeers, Twenty Years After, and The Vicomte de Bragelonne were originally serialized. He also wrote plays and magazine articles and was a prolific correspondent.

D'Artagnan and his companions--Athos, Porthos, and Aramis--once again embark on a series of action-packed adventures, in a swashbuckling sequel to The Three Musketeers.

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Dumas père, Alexandre: The Borgias: V1. 23 Jan 2011

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Alexandre Dumas, born Dumas Davy de la Pailleterie (24 July 1802 – 5 December 1870) was a French writer, best known for his historical novels of high adventure which have made him one of the most widely read French authors in the world. Many of his novels, including The Count of Monte Cristo, The Three Musketeers, Twenty Years After, and The Vicomte de Bragelonne were originally serialized. He also wrote plays and magazine articles and was a prolific correspondent.

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The man on the bed was Lorenzo the Magnificent, who at the beginning of the year had been attacked by a severe and deep-seated fever, to which was added the gout, a hereditary ailment in his family. He had found at last that the draughts containing dissolved pearls which the quack doctor, Leoni di Spoleto, prescribed for him (as if he desired to adapt his remedies rather to the riches of his patient than to his necessities) were useless and unavailing, and so he had come to understand that he must part from those gentle-tongued women of his, those sweet-voiced poets, his palaces and their rich hangings; therefore he had summoned to give him absolution for his sins—in a man of less high place they might perhaps have been called crimes—the Dominican, Giralamo Francesco Savonarola.

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Dumas père, Alexandre: The Cenci. V1. 23 Jan 2011

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Alexandre Dumas, born Dumas Davy de la Pailleterie (24 July 1802 – 5 December 1870) was a French writer, best known for his historical novels of high adventure which have made him one of the most widely read French authors in the world. Many of his novels, including The Count of Monte Cristo, The Three Musketeers, Twenty Years After, and The Vicomte de Bragelonne were originally serialized. He also wrote plays and magazine articles and was a prolific correspondent.

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Whilst arrangements were being made for the decapitation of Beatrice, several stands, full of spectators, broke down; some people were killed by this accident, and still more lamed and injured.

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Dumas père, Alexandre: The Companions of Jehu. V1. 23 Jan 2011

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Alexandre Dumas, born Dumas Davy de la Pailleterie (24 July 1802 – 5 December 1870) was a French writer, best known for his historical novels of high adventure which have made him one of the most widely read French authors in the world. Many of his novels, including The Count of Monte Cristo, The Three Musketeers, Twenty Years After, and The Vicomte de Bragelonne were originally serialized. He also wrote plays and magazine articles and was a prolific correspondent.

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Although the jailers had observed all possible precautions in entering the dungeon where these four unfortunate men were confined, and whom they had left the preceding day tightly pinioned and heavily loaded with chains, they were unable to offer them a prolonged resistance. The prisoners were free and armed to the teeth. They came forth without difficulty, leaving their guardians under bolts and bars, and, supplied with the keys, they quickly traversed the space that separated them from the prison yard. Their appearance must have been terrifying to the populace awaiting them before the iron gates.

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Dumas père, Alexandre: The Conspirators. V1. 24 Jan 2011

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The Cellamare Conspiracy, 1718

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On the 22d of March, in the year of our Lord 1718, a young cavalier of high bearing, about twenty-six or twenty-eight years of age, mounted on a pure-bred Spanish charger, was waiting, toward eight o'clock in the morning, at that end of the Pont Neuf which abuts on the Quai de l'Ecole.
He was so upright and firm in his saddle, that one might have imagined him to be placed there as a sentinel by the Lieutenant-General of Police, Messire Voyer d'Argenson. After waiting about half an hour, during which time he impatiently examined the clock of the Samaritaine, his glance, wandering till then, appeared to rest with satisfaction on an individual who, coming from the Place Dauphine, turned to the right, and advanced toward him.

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Dumas père, Alexandre: The Countess of Saint Geran. V1. 24 Jan 2011

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Alexandre Dumas, born Dumas Davy de la Pailleterie (24 July 1802 – 5 December 1870) was a French writer, best known for his historical novels of high adventure which have made him one of the most widely read French authors in the world. Many of his novels, including The Count of Monte Cristo, The Three Musketeers, Twenty Years After, and The Vicomte de Bragelonne were originally serialized. He also wrote plays and magazine articles and was a prolific correspondent.

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The horsemen clustered round the young man: one held his stirrup, and the provost deferentially gave way to him to enter the inn first. No, more doubt could be entertained that he was a prisoner of importance, and all kinds of conjectures were made. The men maintained that he must be charged with a great crime, otherwise a young nobleman of his rank would never have been arrested; the women argued, on the contrary, that it was impossible for such a pretty youth not to be innocent.

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Dumas père, Alexandre: The Man in the Iron Mask. V1. 26 Jan 2011

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Alexandre Dumas, born Dumas Davy de la Pailleterie (24 July 1802 – 5 December 1870) was a French writer, best known for his historical novels of high adventure which have made him one of the most widely read French authors in the world. Many of his novels, including The Count of Monte Cristo, The Three Musketeers, Twenty Years After, and The Vicomte de Bragelonne were originally serialized. He also wrote plays and magazine articles and was a prolific correspondent.

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In the months of March-July in 1844, in the magazine Le Siecle, the first portion of a story appeared, penned by the celebrated playwright Alexandre Dumas. It was based, he claimed, on some manuscripts he had found a year earlier in the Bibliotheque Nationale while researching a history he planned to write on Louis XIV. They chronicled the adventures of a young man named D'Artagnan who, upon entering Paris, became almost immediately embroiled in court intrigues, international politics, and ill-fated affairs between royal lovers. Over the next six years, readers would enjoy the adventures of this youth and his three famous friends, Porthos, Athos, and Aramis, as their exploits unraveled behind the scenes of some of the most momentous events in French and even English history.

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Dumas père, Alexandre: The Queen's Necklace. V1. 28 Jan 2011

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Alexandre Dumas, born Dumas Davy de la Pailleterie (24 July 1802 – 5 December 1870) was a French writer, best known for his historical novels of high adventure which have made him one of the most widely read French authors in the world. Many of his novels, including The Count of Monte Cristo, The Three Musketeers, Twenty Years After, and The Vicomte de Bragelonne were originally serialized. He also wrote plays and magazine articles and was a prolific correspondent.

The Affair of the Diamond Necklace was a mysterious incident in the 1780s at the court of Louis XVI of France involving his wife, Queen Marie Antoinette. The reputation of the Queen, which was already tarnished by gossip, was ruined by the implication that she had participated in a crime to defraud the crown jewellers of the cost of a very expensive diamond necklace. The Affair was historically significant as one of the events that led to the French populace's disillusionment with the monarchy, which, among other causes, eventually culminated in the French Revolution.

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Dumas père, Alexandre: The Regent's Daughter. V1. 29 Jan 2011

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Alexandre Dumas, born Dumas Davy de la Pailleterie (24 July 1802 – 5 December 1870) was a French writer, best known for his historical novels of high adventure which have made him one of the most widely read French authors in the world. Many of his novels, including The Count of Monte Cristo, The Three Musketeers, Twenty Years After, and The Vicomte de Bragelonne were originally serialized. He also wrote plays and magazine articles and was a prolific correspondent.

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"Yes, my mother, I forgive him. But it is because I go to rejoin him whom he killed."
At four o'clock in the afternoon she breathed her last.
She asked to be buried at the spot where Gaston used to untie the boat with which he came to visit her; and her last wishes were complied with.

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Dumas père, Alexandre: The Vicomte de Bragelonne. V1. 31 Jan 2011

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Alexandre Dumas, born Dumas Davy de la Pailleterie (24 July 1802 – 5 December 1870) was a French writer, best known for his historical novels of high adventure which have made him one of the most widely read French authors in the world. Many of his novels, including The Count of Monte Cristo, The Three Musketeers, Twenty Years After, and The Vicomte de Bragelonne were originally serialized. He also wrote plays and magazine articles and was a prolific correspondent.

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Of the four valiant men whose history we have related, there now no longer remained but one single body: God had resumed the souls.

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Dumas père, Alexandre: Twenty Years After. V1. 2011

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Alexandre Dumas, born Dumas Davy de la Pailleterie (24 July 1802 – 5 December 1870) was a French writer, best known for his historical novels of high adventure which have made him one of the most widely read French authors in the world. Many of his novels, including The Count of Monte Cristo, The Three Musketeers, Twenty Years After, and The Vicomte de Bragelonne were originally serialized. He also wrote plays and magazine articles and was a prolific correspondent.

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Originally published in 1845 as a sequel to The Three Musketeers, Twenty Years After is a supreme creation of suspense and heroic adventure. Two decades have passed since the three musketeers triumphed over Cardinal Richelieu and Milady. Time has weakened their resolve and dispersed their loyalties. But treasons and stratagems still cry out for justice: civil war endangers the throne of France, while in England Cromwell threatens to send Charles I to the scaffold. Dumas brings his immortal quartet out of retirement to cross swords with time, the malevolence of men, and the forces of history. But their greatest test is a titanic struggle with the son of Milady, who wears the face of Evil.

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Dumas père, Alexandre: Urbain Grandier. V1. 30 Jan 2011

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Alexandre Dumas, born Dumas Davy de la Pailleterie (24 July 1802 – 5 December 1870) was a French writer, best known for his historical novels of high adventure which have made him one of the most widely read French authors in the world. Many of his novels, including The Count of Monte Cristo, The Three Musketeers, Twenty Years After, and The Vicomte de Bragelonne were originally serialized. He also wrote plays and magazine articles and was a prolific correspondent.

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A Capuchin fearing that he would have time to say more, approached the pile from the side which had not yet caught fire, and dashed the remainder of the holy water in his face. This caused such smoke that Grandier was hidden for a moment from the eyes of the spectators; when it cleared away, it was seen that his clothes were now alight; his voice could still be heard from the midst of the flames raised in prayer; then three times, each time in a weaker voice, he pronounced the name of Jesus, and giving one cry, his head fell forward on his breast.

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Dumas père, Alexandre: Vaninka. V1. 30 Jan 2010

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Vaninka went into a convent, where towards the end of the same year she died of shame and grief.
The general found the death he sought on the field of Austerlitz.

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Dumas père, Alexandre; Derues: V1. 24 Jan 2011

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Alexandre Dumas, born Dumas Davy de la Pailleterie (24 July 1802 – 5 December 1870) was a French writer, best known for his historical novels of high adventure which have made him one of the most widely read French authors in the world. Many of his novels, including The Count of Monte Cristo, The Three Musketeers, Twenty Years After, and The Vicomte de Bragelonne were originally serialized. He also wrote plays and magazine articles and was a prolific correspondent.

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While the execution was proceeding the people applauded. On the morrow they bought up the fragments of bone, and hastened to buy lottery tickets, in the firm conviction that these precious relics would bring luck to the fortunate possessors!
In 1777, Madame Derues was sentenced to perpetual imprisonment, and confined at the Salpetriere. She was one of the first victims who perished in the prison massacres.

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Dumas, Alexandre (fils): The Lady of the Camellias, v1, 2 Oct 2007.

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Alexandre Dumas, fils
The Lady of the Camellias (La Dame aux Camélias)
(1848)
Translated by Edmund Gosse.

Based loosely on the life of Marie Duplessis, a friend of the author, this novel tells a story that you probably already know.

The consumptive courtesan, Marguerite Gautier, falls for an innocent young man. When his father tries to separate them, she agrees to sacrifice herself, only to die in poverty of tuberculosis a short time later.

Where do the camellias come in? They are Marguerite’s favourite flower:
“For twenty-five days of the month the camellias were white, and for five they were red; no one ever knew the reason of this change of colour.”

The novel has been dramatised for the stage, there are several films (where the heroine is oddly renamed ‘Camille’ – a man’s name in France); also a ballet and Verdi’s opera ‘La Traviata’ (where she is renamed ‘Violetta’).

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Dumas, Alexandre (Père): The Black Tulip, v.1, 30 April 2008.

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(La tulipe noire, 1850.) Unknown translator.

From the Fantastic Fiction site:
‘Alexandre Dumas's novels are notable for their suspense and excitement, their foul deeds, hairsbreadth escapes, and glorious victories. In "The Black Tulip", the shortest of Dumas's most famous tales, the real hero is no Musketeer, but a flower. The novel - a deceptively simple story - is set in Holland in 1672, and weaves the historical events surrounding the brutal murder of John de Witte and his brother Cornelius into a tale of romantic love. The novel is also a timeless political allegory in which Dumas, drawing on the violence and crimes of history, makes his case against tyranny and puts all his energies into creating a symbol of justice and tolerance: the fateful tulipa negra.’

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Dumas, Alexandre (Père): The Corsican Brothers, v.1, 30 April 2008.

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A short novel of 1844, featuring twin Corsican brothers with a psychic bond, duels, vendettas and a strict code of honour.
This is not one of Dumas’s strongest novels and the translation is rather stilted.

‘Translated From The French By A Pupil Of Mons. G. J. Hubert Sanders, Professor of the French Language and Belles-Lettres in Philadelphia. 1845.’

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Dumas, Alexandre, fils: The Lady with the Camelias. V1, 2 March 2009

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Originally in French with the Title "La Dame aux camélias", the English translation is commonly titled "The Lady of the Camellias" or even just "Camille".

I have used "The Lady with the Camelias", as that's the title on the cover image I found.

Set in Paris during the 1840s, it is the tragic story of Marguerite Gautier, a young beautiful courtesan.

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Dumas, Alexandre: Chicot the Jester, v.1, 23 June 2008.

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Patricia

Alexandre Dumas (1802-1870)
Chicot the Jester (1846)
An anonymous, abridged translation of ‘La dame de Monsoreau.’ There doesn’t seem to be a complete English translation, but this is 138,500 words.

A tale of conspiracy, deception and abnormal jealousy at the court of Henri III of France, set at the time of the Holy League, which conspired to set the King’s brother on the throne. Meanwhile, Bussy d'Amboise falls in love with a fair unknown …

This is the second of Dumas’s three Valois Romances The others are ‘Marguerite de Valois’ (already uploaded) and ‘The Forty-Five Guardsmen’ which I shall be working on later this week.

NB The source text had a number of errors, which I have corrected. If you find any more, then please PM me so that I can upload a revised version.

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Dumas, Alexandre: D'Artagnan Romances, Vol 1. v2, 22 Aug 2008

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Everyone is familiar with [The Three Musketeers[/, thanks to the many movies which have been made of this book, some of them sharing little more than the name in common with the actual book

What some people may be unaware of is that [The Three Musketeers[/ is merely the first (small) part of a set of three books called, as a whole, the [D'Artagnan Romances[/, which collectively tell the life story of D'Artagnan, who appears as a young man in [The Three Musketeers[/. The book is, like its main protagonist, of truly heroic proportions. If you think that [War and Peace[/ or [The Lord of the Rings[/ would be quite good if only they were longer, this is the series for you :grin:.

This gets a bit complicated, so pay attention (there will be a test at the end)...

The D'Artagnan Romances consists of three books:

1. [The Three Musketeers[/.
2. [Twenty Years After[/ (set 20 years after [The Three Musketeers[/).
3. [The Vicomte de Bragelonne[/ (set 10 years after part 2 - ie 30 years after [The Three Musketeers[/).

OK, so far, so good. Where it gets complicated is that the final book in the series is a truly gargantuan work, and is generally published split into either 3, 4, or 5 separate volumes. This edition uses the four volume version, and these four volumes are called, respectively:

3a. [The Vicomte de Bragelonne[/.
3b. [Ten Years Later[/.
3c. [Louise de la Valliere[/.
3d. [The Man in the Iron Mask[/.

Where things get complicated is that [The Vicomte de Bragelonne[/ can refer to either the whole of this third book, or just to the first volume of it. Moreover, it is subtitled [Ten Years Later[/, so once again this title can refer to the whole book or just the second volume of it. Finally, just to confuse matters, [The Man in the Iron Mask[/ is often printed as a "self-contained" novel, and can be split up in quite a different manner from the 4-part split described above.

Phew...

Hope that's clear to everyone :grin:.

Anyway, back to the plot. What I'm going to do is issue the whole series in FOUR volumes, as follows:

Vol 1 - [The Three Musketeers[/ (this book).
Vol 2 - [Twenty Years After[/.
Vol 3 - The first two parts of the complete [Vicomte de Bragelonne[/; ie [The Vicomte de Bragelonne[/ and [Ten Years Later[/.
Vol 4 - The final two parts of the complete [Vicomte de Bragelonne[/; ie [Louise de la Valliere[/ and [The Man in the Iron Mask[/.

That should be enough to keep even the keenest reader going for a while.

I should add, by the way, that this is a wonderful series. I've read it many times, and never tire of it. It's best to read it straight through, if you can.

The plot, for those not familiar with it:

The year is 1625. The young D'Artagnan arrives in Paris at the tender age of 18, and almost immediately offends three musketeers, Porthos, Aramis, and Athos. Instead of dueling, the four are attacked by five of the Cardinal's guards, and the courage of the youth is made apparent during the battle. The four become fast friends, and, when asked by D'Artagnan's landlord to find his missing wife, embark upon an adventure that takes them across both France and England in order to thwart the plans of the Cardinal Richelieu. Along the way, they encounter a beautiful young spy, named simply Milady, who will stop at nothing to disgrace Queen Anne of Austria before her husband, Louis XIII, and take her revenge upon the four friends.

Enjoy - the other volumes to follow shortly.

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Dumas, Alexandre: D'Artagnan Romances, Vol 2. v2, 22 Aug 2008

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Volume 2 of the "D'Artagnan Romances" contains the book [Twenty Years After[/ which, as its title suggests, is set 20 years after the events of [The Three Musketeers[/.

The year is now 1648. Louis XIII has died, as has Cardinal Richelieu, and while the crown of France may sit upon the head of Anne of Austria as Regent for the young Louis XIV, the real power resides with Cardinal Mazarin, her secret husband. D'Artagnan is now a lieutenant of musketeers, and his three friends have retired to private life. Athos turned out to be a nobleman, the Comte de la Fère, and has retired to his home with his son, Raoul de Bragelonne. Aramis, whose real name is D'Herblay, has followed his intention of shedding the musketeer's cassock for the priest's robes, and Porthos has married a wealthy woman, who left him her fortune upon her death. But trouble is stirring in both France and England. Cromwell menaces the institution of royalty itself while marching against Charles I, and at home the Fronde is threatening to tear France apart. D'Artagnan brings his friends out of retirement to try to save the threatened English monarch...

Please see the description of Vol 1 for more information about this series.

Enjoy! More to come...

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Dumas, Alexandre: D'Artagnan Romances, Vol 3. v2, 22 Aug 2008

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The first half of the final volume of the "D'Artagnan Romances".

It is the year 1660, and D'Artagnan, after thirty-five years of loyal service, has become disgusted with serving King Louis XIV while the real power resides with Cardinal Mazarin, and has tendered his resignation. He embarks on his own project, that of restoring Charles II to the throne of England...

I won't add any more, because it would spoil the story.

Enjoy!

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Dumas, Alexandre: D'Artagnan Romances, Vol 4. v2, 22 Aug 2008

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The concluding part of the D'Artagnan Romances. This volume contains the final half of the third book in the series, "The Vicomte de Bragelonne" - the two volumes originally published with the titles [Louise de la Valliere[/ and [The Man in the Iron Mask[/ (this latter is often read as a "standalone" novel, but is far, far better read as the concluding part of this fascinating series).

Unfortunately there's very little I can say about the plot of this without giving away major "spoilers". Suffice it to say that it wraps up the story of D'Artagnan and his old friends - Porthos, Athos, and Aramis (the original "Three Musketeers") - and brings this monumental work to a satisfying conclusion.

Please see the description of Vol 1 for more information about this series.

Hope that other people enjoy this series as much as I do.

Enjoy!

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Dumas, Alexandre: Der Graf von Monte Christo german v2 31 jan 2009

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Der Graf von Monte Christo (orig. Le Comte de Monte-Cristo) ist ein Abenteuerroman von Alexandre Dumas. Das zwischen 1844 und 1846 mit großem Erfolg als Fortsetzungsroman veröffentlichte Werk wurde zu einem Klassiker der Weltliteratur.

Der junge Seemann Edmond Dantès kehrt mit der "Pharao", einem Schiff des Reeders Morrel, nach Marseille zurück. Dantès, der an Bord erster Offizier ist, genießt die Wertschätzung Morrels und soll zum Kapitän befördert werden. Auch sein privates Glück scheint perfekt: Er liebt die schöne Katalanin Mercedes, die Hochzeit des Paares ist beschlossene Sache.

Dantès merkt in seiner Unerfahrenheit und Naivität nicht, wie negativ seine glücklichen Lebensumstände von Neidern in seinem engerem Umfeld aufgenommen werden. Durch ein Komplott gerät er schuldlos in Verbannung und Kerkerhaft. Nach vielen Jahren Jahren der Gefangenschaft gelingt ihm endlich der heiß ersehnte Ausbruch aus der Haft. Nach seiner abenteuerlichen Flucht findet er auf einer einsamen Insel einen wertvollen Schatz, der ihn zu einem reichen Mann macht.

Als wohlhabender Graf von Monte Christo kehrt er Jahre später zurück, um in einem aufwendig inszenierten Rachefeldzug Vergeltung an seinen Gegnern zu üben.

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Dumas, Alexandre: Marie Antoinette Romances v1 30 Aug 2009

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First, I have to say - Holy (please insert your favorite - non gender or bodily function specific - Robin-esque exclamation of awe) Batman! How do you people do this thousands of time? I'm exhausted and I'm not too sure of my sanity at the moment. I have been appreciative of all the books, notes and help I have received just bouncing around in the forum. Now I just figure you people are ultra-human and bow to the four winds in wonder.

Second - a special thanks to HarryT and Patricia. I have taken their books, I'm pretty confident that if they put the effort into them then I will also enjoy them, and I have used their Book Designer Guides and Hints and Tips. This is the result.

A word of caution: if you get agitated or ill by reading books with errors in punctuation, formatting or spelling you might want to wait for a couple more versions before reading this. I have done the best I could, and made many, many corrections, but I am sure I missed almost as many errors as I caught. And since I don't speak or read French I may have several names for the same character. There are also 2 or 3 sections (about 2 paragraphs each) in the 5 books that I can't find anywhere. I have them marked with ***

The Marie Antoinette Romances are a series of books by Dumas about the events leading up to the "Reign of Terror" in the last quarter of the 18th century. I was surprised to not see it here since it is one of my favorite Dumas stories. Like most of his stories the publication is all messed up - there are as many versions as there are publishers of his works.

There isn't as much action in these books, I prefer the D'Artangnan stories when I'm in the mood for sword fights and heroics. There isn't a hero in the entire series. But the characterizations of Dumas' people is Dumas and his finest, even if they are a bit slanted toward negative values. The villains don't think they are villains, they just think they are righting wrongs and should be considered heroes, or at least understood by their peers. Pretty much his most human characters.

Memoirs of a Physician - This is the first "book" in the series. I have combined3 versions that I have found in various places to get as complete a version as I can. In fact I found part of the book that I have never read before that clears up a lot questions I had about comments made later in the series. In this boo you have masonic rituals, telepathy, alchemy, intrigues, plots, and lots of fun. This has been published as Joseph Balsamo (sometimes as the first volume, sometimes as the second) with Memoirs of a Physician. It has also been published in 1, 2 and three volumes.

The Queen's Necklace - This story takes place several years after King Louis XV has died. King Louis XVI is shown as weak and jealous, Queen Marie is sweet, naive and just a bit too trusting. But the intrigues are detailed, the incidents are believable and you still have Joseph Balsamo working for the freedom of the French people. I was especially impressed with how Dumas portrayed Jeanne de Valois, another innocent who is just trying to protect herself and begins the decline of the monarchy.

Ange Pitou - This is Dumas' version of the events leading up to the taking of the Bastille. It shows the danger of "just following along". The fine Dumas characterizations of the leaders of the revolution are hardly complimentary.

La Comtesse de Charny - In this section you get some very detailed behind the scenes looks at both the revolutionists and the royals. All of my favorite villains are back, as well as some "heroes" from the first book. I can't say how factual the story is, Dumas has never been known for his fact finding skills, but if feels like it could have happened this way to me.

The Chevalier de Maison-Rouge - This story was actually written first. It was one of Alexandre Dumas' early plays, then it was serialized in the papers. So I guess that the rest of the Romances are prequels to this story. But Dumas got lost along the way and none of the characters I like (excepting the historical ones) show up here. It is based on the legend of an attempt to save Ex-Queen Marie Antoinette. It seems that Dumas heard about a communication to the queen via a carnation and he built this entire story around it.

I am only able to preview the .prc version of this book so I'm not sure about the usability of the other versions I have uploaded. But I did use BD for the .lrf and .prc versions and Calibre for the .epub and .lit version, so I am hoping that they work. I tried the .imp but the resulting file was over 52 megs. If anyone has an interest in them separately I still have the individual files.

Here's hoping you will enjoy them.

Dan

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Dumas, Alexandre: Napoleon Bonaparte. v1 30 july 2009 german

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Die Biografie von Napoleon Bonaparte.

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Dumas, Alexandre: Solange, v.1, 3 July 2008.

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Alexandre Dumas [Pèr (1802-1870)
‘Solange’ From ‘Les Mille-et-un fantômes: Une Journée à Fontenay-aux-Roses’
(1849)
Anonymous translator.

A horror story set in Paris during the Reign of Terror. A young doctor rescues a beautiful girl from the Jacobins. He is also dissecting the remains of guillotine victims.

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Dumas, Alexandre: The Count of Monte Cristo. v2, 20 Nov 2008

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One of my favorite books ever. I read it fiirst at about age 16 yrs and several times since.

The Count of Monte Cristo (French: Le Comte de Monte-Cristo) is an adventure novel by Alexandre Dumas, père. It is often considered, along with The Three Musketeers, as Dumas' most popular work. It is also among the highest selling books of all time. The writing of the work was completed in 1844. Like many of his novels, it is expanded from the plot outlines suggested by his collaborating ghostwriter Auguste Maquet.[1]

The story takes place in France, Italy, islands in the Mediterranean and the Levant during the historical events of 1815–1838 (from just before the Hundred Days through the reign of Louis-Philippe of France). The historical setting is a fundamental element of the book. It is primarily concerned with themes of hope, justice, vengeance, mercy, forgiveness and death, and is told in the style of an adventure story.

Wikipedia

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Dumas, Alexandre: The Count of Monte Cristo. v2, 21 Aug 2008

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The classic adventure novel published by Alexandre Dumas in 1844.

Edmond Dantes, a dashing young sailor, is unjustly imprisoned on the eve of his wedding. Spending decades in solitary confinement at the infamous Chateau D'If prison, he eventually pulls off a daring escape and recovers a vast fortune whose location was entrusted to him by a fellow prisoner, shortly before his death.

Assuming the identity of the "Count of Monte Cristo", Dantes takes his place amongst the French aristocracy as a mysterious and fabulously wealthly nobleman. There, he plots a terrible revenge on the men responsible for his wrongful imprisonment...

[The Count of Monte Cristo[/ is one of the greatest adventure stories ever written, and is one of my personal favourite books.

Note that another version of this was posted for the Sony Reader in April 2007. Our knowledge of how to create nice eBooks has moved on immeasureably since then, and (with absolutely no disrespect to the original uploader) I felt that another version would be useful. Plus, I wanted a MobiPocket version and the original was posted only for the Sony Reader.

If you've never read this, you're in for a treat. I hope that you enjoy it as much as I do myself.

EDIT: 21 Aug 08

Completely re-created the book from a new HTML version uploaded to PG. Added a cover image, and significantly improved the book in many ways.

Previous download count: 150

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Dumas, Alexandre: The Forty-Five Guardsmen, v.1, 2 July 2008.

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Patricia

Alexandre Dumas (1802-1870)
[The Forty-five Guardsmen[/ (1847)

A sequel to ‘Chicot the Jester.’ Diane de Méridor makes various plans following the murder of her lover, Bussy D’Amboise. A band of the King’s guards also plan revenge. Meanwhile there are a number of plots at the court of the French King, Henri III and Chicot gets sent on a mission to Henri of Navarre.

This is the final novel in Dumas’s three Valois Romances. The others are ‘Marguerite de Valois’ and ‘Chicot the Jester’ (both already uploaded). The translator is anonymous. He/she seems to be different from the anonymous translator of ‘Chicot’ to judge by the style.
Approx. 152,000 words.

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Dumas, Alexandre: The Three Musketeers (French/English). v1. 04 May 2012

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This is a bilingual French-English version of one of Alexandre Dumas’ best known books with interlinked French and English sentences. I.e., if you cannot figure out a particular French sentence, you can click on the hyperlink at the beginning of the sentence to jump to the corresponding English translation.

If you have a French-English dictionary installed, you can also look up words in the French chapters.

It's not pretty, but it works. :)

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Dumas, Alexandre:The Marie Antoinette Romances.v1. 26 Jan 2017

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1. Balsamo, the Magician
2. The Mesmerist's Victim
3. The Queen's Necklace
4. Taking the Bastile
5. The Hero of the People
6. The Royal Life Guard
7. The Countess of Charny
8. The Knight of the Red House

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Dumas, fils, Alexandre: Camille. V1. 6 Feb 2011

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Alexandre Dumas, fils (27 July 1824 – 27 November 1895) was a French author and dramatist. He was the son (fils) of Alexandre Dumas, père, also a writer and playwright.

This is the story of the ill-fated romance of Marguerite Gautier, a beautiful and brazen young courtesan of Paris, and Armand Duval, her passionate aristocratic lover. After becoming his mistress, Marguerite grows emotionally attached, returning Armand’s love and living with him in the country in order to recover her health.
Estranged from his family and deeply in debt, Armand is confronted by his father who demands an end to the illicit relationship. When Armand defies him, Monsieur Duval convinces Marguerite to release her beloved to secure his future and protect his reputation. Marguerite dies alone and in agony from consumption.
The Literature, Arts & Medicine Database

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Dumas, fils, Alexandre: The Son of Clemenceau. V1. 6 Feb 2011

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Alexandre Dumas, fils (27 July 1824 – 27 November 1895) was a French author and dramatist. He was the son (fils) of Alexandre Dumas, père, also a writer and playwright.

Excerpt
The sunset-gun had been fired from the ramparts of the fortifications of Munich and the shadows were thickly descending on the famous old city of Southern Germany. The evening breeze in this truly March weather came chill over the plain of stones where Isar flowed darkly, and at the first puff of it, forcing him to wind his cloak round him, a lonely wanderer in the low quarter recognized why "the City of Monks" was also called "the Realm of Rheumatism."

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Dunbar, Paul Laurence: The Heart of Happy Hollow. v1, 29 Feb 2008

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First published in 1904, [The Heart of Happy Hollow[/ features sixteen short stories that provide rare glimpses into the lives of African Americans after the Civil War. Through characters ranging from schemers to preachers, Paul Laurence Dunbar crafted a rare snapshot of long-lost communities and their poignant sensibilities. An author who achieved remarkable versatility, he draws on language that is by turns folksy and formal, capturing vernacular dialects as easily as he delivers a hauntingly poetic scene.

In this collection, readers meet an influential entrepreneur who must navigate a treacherous political landscape; a Southern spiritual leader who must learn to accept the mores of his son, who was educated in the North; a reporter who restores hope in Santa Claus for a group of destitute siblings; and a host of other unique men and women giving voice to timeless themes.

Written by a visionary whose work has experienced a recent revival among commercial and scholarly audiences alike, [The Heart of Happy Hollow[/ will introduce more book lovers to this revered storyteller.

[About the Author
[/
Born in Dayton, Ohio, in 1872, PAUL LAURENCE DUNBAR was one of the first African American poets to gain national recognition, completing six volumes before his death at age thirty-three. He also published numerous short stories and four novels, including The Sport of the Gods.

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Dunbar, Paul Laurence: The Sport of the Gods. v1, 2 Mar 2008

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From us.penguingroup.com:

In this extraordinary novel, Paul Laurence Dunbar tells the story of a displaced Southern family's struggle to survive and prosper in early Harlem. [The Sport of the Gods[/ was one of the first novels to depict the harsh realities of ghetto life, and the revolutionary truths it uncovered still resonate today.

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Duncan, Norman: Billy Topsail & Company. V1. 1 Feb 2011

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Norman Duncan (2 July 1871 -8 October 1916) was an author, journalist and educator. Duncan was born in Brantford, Ontario, a son of Augustus and Susan (Hawley) Duncan. He was educated in the University of Toronto, graduating in 1895.

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Young Jimmie Grimm began life at Buccaneer Cove of the Labrador. It was a poor place to begin, of course; but Jimmie had had nothing to do with that. It was by Tog, with the eager help of two hungry gray wolves, that he was taught to take care of the life into which, much to his surprise, he had been ushered. Tog was a dog with a bad name; and everybody knows that a dog with a bad name should be hanged forthwith. It should have happened to Tog. At best he was a wolfish beast. His father was a wolf; and in the end Tog was as lean and savage and cunningly treacherous as any wolf of the gray forest packs. When he had done with Jimmie Grimm––and when Jimmie Grimm’s father had done with Tog––Jimmie Grimm had learned a lesson that he never could recall without a gasp and a quick little shudder.

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Duncan, Norman: Christmas Eve at Swamp's End. V1. 1 Feb 2011

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Norman Duncan (2 July 1871 -8 October 1916) was an author, journalist and educator. Duncan was born in Brantford, Ontario, a son of Augustus and Susan (Hawley) Duncan. He was educated in the University of Toronto, graduating in 1895.

THE WISTFUL HEART
A GIFT NEGLECTED
THE MAKING OF A MAN
CHRISTMAS EVE AT SWAMP'S END

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Duncan, Norman: Doctor Luke of the Labrador. V1. 31 Jan 2011

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Norman Duncan (2 July 1871 -8 October 1916) was an author, journalist and educator. Duncan was born in Brantford, Ontario, a son of Augustus and Susan (Hawley) Duncan. He was educated in the University of Toronto, graduating in 1895.

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However bleak the Labrador—however naked and desolate that shore—flowers bloom upon it. However bitter the despoiling sea—however cold and rude and merciless—the gentler virtues flourish in the hearts of the folk.... And the glory of the coast—and the glory of the whole world—is mother-love: which began in the beginning and has continued unchanged to this present time—the conspicuous beauty of the fabric of life: the great constant of the problem.

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Duncan, Norman: Harbor Tales Down North. V1. 31 Jan 2011

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Norman Duncan (2 July 1871 -8 October 1916) was an author, journalist and educator. Duncan was born in Brantford, Ontario, a son of Augustus and Susan (Hawley) Duncan. He was educated in the University of Toronto, graduating in 1895.

MADMAN'S LUCK
THE SIREN OF SCALAWAG RUN
THE ART OF TERRY LUTE
THE DOCTOR OF AFTERNOON ARM
A CRŒSUS OF GINGERBREAD COVE
A MADONNA OF TINKLE TICKLE
THE LITTLE NIPPER O' HIDE-AN'-SEEK HARBOR
SMALL SAM SMALL
AN IDYL OF RICKITY TICKLE

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Duncan, Norman: Higgins. V1. 2 Feb 2011

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Norman Duncan (2 July 1871 -8 October 1916) was an author, journalist and educator. Duncan was born in Brantford, Ontario, a son of Augustus and Susan (Hawley) Duncan. He was educated in the University of Toronto, graduating in 1895.

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What this book contains was learned by the writer in the course of two visits with Mr. Higgins in the Minnesota woods–one in the lumber-camps and lumber-towns at midwinter, and again at the time of the drive. Upon both occasions Mr. Higgins was accompanied by his devoted and admirable friend, the Rev. Thomas D. Whittles, to whose suggestions and leading he responded with many a tale of his experiences, some of which are here related. Mr. Whittles was at the same time good enough to permit the writer to draw whatever information might seem necessary from a more extended description of Mr. Higgins’s work, called The Lumber-jack’s Sky Pilot, which he had written.

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Duncan, Norman: The Cruise of the Shining Light. V1. 2 Feb 2011

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Norman Duncan (2 July 1871 -8 October 1916) was an author, journalist and educator. Duncan was born in Brantford, Ontario, a son of Augustus and Susan (Hawley) Duncan. He was educated in the University of Toronto, graduating in 1895.

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My uncle, Nicholas Top, of Twist Tickle, was of a cut so grotesque that folk forgot their manners when he stumped abroad. Bowling through the streets of St. John’s, which twice a year he tapped with staff and wooden leg, myself in leading––bowling cheerily, with his last rag spread, as he said, and be damned to the chart––he left a swirling wake of amazement: craning necks, open mouths, round eyes, grins so frank, the beholders being taken unaware, that ’twas simple to distinguish hearts of pity from savage ones.

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Duncan, Norman: The Mother. V1. 3 Feb 2011

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Norman Duncan (2 July 1871 -8 October 1916) was an author, journalist and educator. Duncan was born in Brantford, Ontario, a son of Augustus and Susan (Hawley) Duncan. He was educated in the University of Toronto, graduating in 1895.

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When Dick Slade died in the big red tenement of Box Street, he died as other men die, complaining of the necessity; and his son, in the way of all tender children, sorely wept: not because his father was now lost to him, which was beyond his comprehension, but because the man must be put in a grave—a cold place, dark and suffocating, being underground, as the child had been told.

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Duncan, Sara Jeannette: A Daughter of To-Day. V1. 3 Feb 2011

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Duncan, Sara Jeannette, 1862?-1922
Elfrida Bell feels stifled in her small hometown of Sparta, Illinois. All the townspeople, except her dear mother, expect poor Elfrida to marry and live her life as a housewife. Elfrida, however, has other plans. She's too smart to waste her talent in the home the way her mother did. And so she runs away to Europe hoping to find a career as a journalist. She had read in many magazines and books that France was more intellectual and forward thinking. When she arrives there, she discovers that not everything in literature translates to everyday life. And being an independent career woman is not as easy as she had hoped. . . .

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Duncan, Sara Jeannette: A Voyage of Consolation. V1. 5 Feb 2011

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Sara Jeannette Duncan, (22 December 1861 – 22 July 1922), was a Canadian author and journalist. She was called Sara Jeannette Cotes after her marriage to Everard Cotes in 1891, but is most often referred to by her maiden name. Her column at the Toronto Globe and other publications, was under the pseudonym Garth and pen name, Garth Grafton.

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It seems inexcusable to remind the public that one has written a book. Poppa says I ought not to feel that way about it—that he might just as well be shy about referring to the baking soda that he himself invented—but I do, and it is with every apology that I mention it. I once had such a good time in England that I printed my experiences, and at the very end of the volume it seemed necessary to admit that I was engaged to Mr. Arthur Greenleaf Page, of Yale College, Connecticut.

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Duncan, Sara Jeannette: Hilda. V1. 3 Feb 2011

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Sara Jeannette Duncan, (22 December 1861 – 22 July 1922), was a Canadian author and journalist. She was called Sara Jeannette Cotes after her marriage to Everard Cotes in 1891, but is most often referred to by her maiden name. Her column at the Toronto Globe and other publications, was under the pseudonym Garth and pen name, Garth Grafton.

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"I suppose I do look odd to you." Her voice took a curious soft, uplifted note. "I wear three garments only—the garments of my sisters who plant the young shoots in the rice-fields, and carry bricks for the building of rich men's houses, and gather the dung of the roadways to burn for fuel. If the Army is to conquer India it must march bare-footed and bare-headed all the way. All the way," Laura repeated, with a tremor of musical sadness. Her eyes were fixed in soft appeal upon the other woman's.

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Duncan, Sara Jeannette: The Imperialist. V1. 4 Feb 2011

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Sara Jeannette Duncan, (22 December 1861 – 22 July 1922), was a Canadian author and journalist. She was called Sara Jeannette Cotes after her marriage to Everard Cotes in 1891, but is most often referred to by her maiden name. Her column at the Toronto Globe and other publications, was under the pseudonym Garth and pen name, Garth Grafton.

Duncan is best known today for her 1904 novel The Imperialist, which tells the story of Lorne Murchison, a young lawyer in the fictional town of Elgin, Ontario who becomes an advocate of imperial preferential trade and unsuccessfully runs for the Parliament of Canada for the Liberal Party. The book has been widely praised by scholars as a sensitive and perceptive portrait of small-town Ontario at the turn of the twentieth century, and at the social mores of the time and place. While it has been lauded for its subtle grasp of women's place in society, it has also been criticized for focusing on upper-class and middle-class people over workers and the poor, and for its brutally racist depiction of Aboriginal people.

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Duncan, Sara Jeannette: The Path of a Star. V1. 4 Feb 2011

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Sara Jeannette Duncan, (22 December 1861 – 22 July 1922), was a Canadian author and journalist. She was called Sara Jeannette Cotes after her marriage to Everard Cotes in 1891, but is most often referred to by her maiden name. Her column at the Toronto Globe and other publications, was under the pseudonym Garth and pen name, Garth Grafton.

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She pushed the portiere aside with a curved hand and gracefully separated fingers; it was a staccato movement and her body followed it after an instant's poise of hesitation, head thrust a little forward, eyes inquiring and a tentative smile, although she knew precisely who was there. You would have been aware at once that she was an actress. She entered the room with a little stride and then crossed it quickly, the train of her morning gown—it cried out of luxury with the cheapest voice—taking folds of great audacity as she bent her face in its loose mass of hair over Laura Filbert, sitting on the edge of a bamboo sofa, and said—
"You poor thing! Oh, you POOR thing!"

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Duncan, Sara Jeannette: The Pool in the Desert. V1. 4 Feb 2011

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Sara Jeannette Duncan, (22 December 1861 – 22 July 1922), was a Canadian author and journalist. She was called Sara Jeannette Cotes after her marriage to Everard Cotes in 1891, but is most often referred to by her maiden name. Her column at the Toronto Globe and other publications, was under the pseudonym Garth and pen name, Garth Grafton.

In The Pool in the Desert, first published in 1903, Sara Jeannette Duncan explores the impact of isolation on the small British communities of Victorian India. In the four stories collected here – “The Pool in the Desert,” “A Mother in India,” “An Impossible Ideal,” and “The Hesitation of Miss Anderson” – Duncan’s women have certain freedoms living amidst the reaches of Empire, but they also must negotiate their way through a landscape dominated by the constraints of small, military societies. The stories that result combine a delicacy of manners and movement that recalls Henry James, with a wit and sharp eye for small town foibles that bring Stephen Leacock to mind.

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Duncan, Sara Jeannette: The Story of Sonny Sahib. V1. 5 Feb 2011

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Sara Jeannette Duncan, (22 December 1861 – 22 July 1922), was a Canadian author and journalist. She was called Sara Jeannette Cotes after her marriage to Everard Cotes in 1891, but is most often referred to by her maiden name. Her column at the Toronto Globe and other publications, was under the pseudonym Garth and pen name, Garth Grafton.

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The ayah looked at him stupidly. She was terribly frightened; she had never been so frightened before. Her eyes wandered from the doctor's face to the ruined south wall of the hut, where the sun of July, when it happens to shine on the plains of India, was beating fiercely upon the mud floor. That ruin had happened only an hour ago, with a terrible noise just outside, such a near and terrible noise that she, Tooni, had scrambled under the bed the mistress was lying on, and had hidden there until the doctor-sahib came and pulled her forth by the foot, and called her a poor sort of person.

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Duncker, Dora,: Jugend, german V1 15.12.2009

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Dora Duncker (28. März 1855, Berlin – 09. Oktober 1916, Berlin)

Dora Duncker erhielt eine umfassende Ausbildung durch Privatlehrer, die sie anschließend durch mehrere Studienreisen abrundete.
Kontakte zu Schriftstellern konnte sie in Ihrem Elternhaus schon früh knüpfen; sie machten sie mit gehobener Literatur bekannt. 1881 schrieb sie ihr erstes Werk, ein Schauspiel: Sphinx. Doch es mußten noch einige Jahre vergehen, bis sie sich ab 1888 intensiv mit der Schriftstellerei befaßte.
Sie schrieb Artikeln für Zeitschriften, ab 1895 war sie auch Herausgeberin der Zeitfragen, verfaßte Essays, Novellen und Romane.
(http://ngiyaw-ebooks.org/ngiyaw/author/duncker.htm)

Jugend: Drei Novellen

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Duncker, Dora,: Mütter, german V1 15.12.2009

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Dora Duncker (28. März 1855, Berlin – 09. Oktober 1916, Berlin)

Dora Duncker erhielt eine umfassende Ausbildung durch Privatlehrer, die sie anschließend durch mehrere Studienreisen abrundete.
Kontakte zu Schriftstellern konnte sie in Ihrem Elternhaus schon früh knüpfen; sie machten sie mit gehobener Literatur bekannt. 1881 schrieb sie ihr erstes Werk, ein Schauspiel: Sphinx. Doch es mußten noch einige Jahre vergehen, bis sie sich ab 1888 intensiv mit der Schriftstellerei befaßte.
Sie schrieb Artikeln für Zeitschriften, ab 1895 war sie auch Herausgeberin der Zeitfragen, verfaßte Essays, Novellen und Romane.
(http://ngiyaw-ebooks.org/ngiyaw/author/duncker.htm)

Mütter: Drei tragische Novellen

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Duncker, Dora: Großstadt, german V1 20.12.2002

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Dora Duncker (28. März 1855, Berlin – 09. Oktober 1916, Berlin)

Dora Duncker erhielt eine umfassende Ausbildung durch Privatlehrer, die sie anschließend durch mehrere Studienreisen abrundete.
Kontakte zu Schriftstellern konnte sie in Ihrem Elternhaus schon früh knüpfen; sie machten sie mit gehobener Literatur bekannt. 1881 schrieb sie ihr erstes Werk, ein Schauspiel: Sphinx. Doch es mußten noch einige Jahre vergehen, bis sie sich ab 1888 intensiv mit der Schriftstellerei befaßte.
Sie schrieb Artikeln für Zeitschriften, ab 1895 war sie auch Herausgeberin der Zeitfragen, verfaßte Essays, Novellen und Romane.
(http://ngiyaw-ebooks.org/ngiyaw/author/duncker.htm)

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Duncker, Dora: Meine Herren Kollegen!, german V1 20.12.2002

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Dora Duncker (28. März 1855, Berlin – 09. Oktober 1916, Berlin)

Dora Duncker erhielt eine umfassende Ausbildung durch Privatlehrer, die sie anschließend durch mehrere Studienreisen abrundete.
Kontakte zu Schriftstellern konnte sie in Ihrem Elternhaus schon früh knüpfen; sie machten sie mit gehobener Literatur bekannt. 1881 schrieb sie ihr erstes Werk, ein Schauspiel: Sphinx. Doch es mußten noch einige Jahre vergehen, bis sie sich ab 1888 intensiv mit der Schriftstellerei befaßte.
Sie schrieb Artikeln für Zeitschriften, ab 1895 war sie auch Herausgeberin der Zeitfragen, verfaßte Essays, Novellen und Romane.
(http://ngiyaw-ebooks.org/ngiyaw/author/duncker.htm)

Zum Buch:
Im Vorwort zu dem Buch schreibt D. Duncker:
....Inzwischen habe ich eingesehen, daß der Schriftsteller ein Mensch ist, der nicht sein innerstes Empfinden, in schöne Worte gekleidet, auf den litterarischen Markt bringen kann, sondern daß er – bis auf Wenige, – für Geld arbeiten muß und produziert, was eben Geld einbringt, so gut wie der Bäcker dunkle Semmeln bäckt, während er vielleicht nur die hellen liebt.
Meine nachstehenden »Moment-Aufnahmen« sollen keinem anderen Zweck dienen, als dem, den fernstehenden Kreisen diesen oder jenen Lieblingsschriftsteller vor Augen zu führen als Mensch, wie er sich mir auf kurze Augenblicke zeigte....

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Dunn, J. Allan: J. Allan Dunn Sampler. V1. 4 Aug 2012

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Joseph Allan Dunn (1872–1941), best known as J. Allan Dunn, was one of the high-producing writers of the American pulp magazines. He published well over a thousand stories, novels, and serials from 1914–41. He first made a name for himself in Adventure. Well over half of his output appeared in Street & Smith pulps, including People's, Complete Story Magazine, and Wild West Weekly. He wrote approximately 470 stories for Wild West Weekly alone. His main genres were adventure and western; although he did write a number of detective stories, most of them appearing in Detective Fiction Weekly. He was a specialist in South Sea stories, and pirate stories. He also published a lot of juvenile fiction; including many stories for Boys' Life, primarily in the 1920s. A number of his novel-length stories were reprinted in hardbound, some under the penname "Joseph Montague" for Street & Smith's Chelsea House imprint; many of his books were issued in the United Kingdom. His stories were frequently syndicated in newspapers, both in America and around the world, making him, for a time, a very widely known author.

KING OF THE POD & KELLY THE SEA DOG
THE SCREAMING SKULL
THE NIGHT OF THE THIRTEENTH
THE GOLDEN TRAIL
RANGER STYLE
THE FLYING SKULL
THE DRUMS DRONE DEATH

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Dunn, J. Allan: The Hands of Fate, and other stories, v1, 3 Nov 2025

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Prolific pulp writer of westerns, crime and exotic parts of the world: here we have the South Seas, Northern Canada in winter, the Old West, and even a short story from "Unknown" magazine. Dunn preferred the novelette length (say five to ten thousand words), and the final story in this collection is some 17,000 words.

This collection is new, produced and edited by Terry Walker, aka "Pulpmeister".

1: Down by the Rio Grande
2: Nemesis
3: The Valley of the Wind
4: Pearls of Great Price
5: The Right Ear of Malchus
6: For the Sake of the Sweet One
7: Smuggler's House
8: The Water Wizard
9: Crime at the Casa
10: So Ends the Day
11: The Hands of Fate

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Dunn, J. Allan: The Screaming Skull and other stories, v1, 1 Nov 2025

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J Allan Dunn (1872-1941) was a British/US prolific pulp writer of novels and short stories in a number of genres. He is reputed to have written over 1000 books and short stories, including juveniles.

This new (2025) collection of short fiction, produced and edited by Terry Walker, includes one "complete novel" published in a pulp magazine; at 24,000 words it is really a novella.

1: The Ferret and the Bet
2: The Gray God
3: Skull Manor
4: The Crowing Hens of Totulu
5: Wild Justice
6: The Screaming Skull
7: Black Cat
8: The Man With the Mole
9: The Gold Ship
10: The Flying Skull
11: The Pearls of Paruki
12: On the Account
13: The Pigeons of Wong Foo
14: Dark Laughter
15: The Crime Master

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Durham, Victor G.: Submarine Boys Omnibus. v1, 16 Feb 2008

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An omnibus edition of the "Submarine Boys" juvenile series, written by "Victor G. Durham" (a "house name", not a real person) between 1909 and 1912.

Described by the publisher as follows:

[Books for boys about life aboard submarine torpedo boats. The books are written by an expert and possess, in addition to the author's surpassing knack of story-telling, a great educational value for all young readers.[/

The eight books in the series are:

Book 1: The Submarine Boys On Duty, or, Life on a Diving Torpedo Boat (1909)

Book 2: The Submarine Boys' Trial Trip, or, "Making Good" as Young Experts (1909)

Book 3: The Submarine Boys and the Middies, or, The Prize Detail at Annapolis (1909)

Book 4: The Submarine Boys and the Spies, or, Dodging the Sharks of the Deep (1910)

Book 5: The Submarine Boys' Lightning Cruise, or, The Young Kings of the Deep (1910)

Book 6: The Submarine Boys For the Flag, or, Deeding Their Lives to Uncle Sam (1910)

[Book 7:[/ The Submarine Boys and the Smugglers, or, Breaking Up the New Jersey Customs Frauds (1912)

[Book 8:[/ The Submarine Boys' Secret Mission, or, Beating an Ambassador's Game (1912)

This omnibus contains the first six books in the series; the final two books are not currently available as e-Books - they will be added to the omnibus if they are subsequently released.

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Dwyer, James Francis: James Francis Dwyer Sampler. V1. 6 Aug 2012

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James Francis Dwyer was born on 22 April 1874 at Camden Park, New South Wales, Australia. On June 16, 1899 Dwyer, with two associates, was convicted of forgery to obtain ten pounds and received a seven year prison sentence.James Francis Dwyer died in Pau, France on 11 November 1952.

A WANDERER'S SCRAPBOOK
HAG GOLD

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Dyalhis, Nictzin: The Weird Tales of Nictzin Dyalhis (2019), v1

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LITTLE IS known of Nictzin Dyalhis other than his name, Nictzin Wilstone Dyalhis, and his dates: 1873-1942. His surname is thought to be of Welsh origin, and his first name resulted from his father's fascination for all things Aztec. He was a chemist by profession.

Over a period of fifteen years he published just 8 stories in [Weird Tales[/ magazine, and his small output, odd name, and pursuit of privacy made him a man of mystery. This collection contains those eight Weird Tales. The collection was compiled in January 2019 from the texts of individual stories prepared by Matthias Kaether and Roy Glashan for Roy Glashan's Library, a publisher of free ebooks in the Australian Public Domain.

He also wrote one ghost story, three adventure stories, and two gangster stories for other pulps of the era.

1: When The Green Star Waned
2: The Eternal Conflict
3: The Dark Lore
4: The Oath Of Hul Jok
5: The Red Witch
6: The Sapphire Goddess
7: The Sea-Witch
8: Heart Of Atlantan

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Dürer, Albrecht: Durer's Woodcuts 1488-1500.V1. 21 June 2012

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The small and large passion aren't included in this book. I know his woodcuts are already up on MR, but they couldn't seem to fit properly onto the screen of my Kindle so I shrank the images just a little bit and put them into new ebooks.

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Dürer, Albrecht: Durer's Woodcuts 1501-1510.V1. 21 June 2012

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The small and large passion aren't included in this book. I know his woodcuts are already up on MR, but they couldn't seem to fit properly onto the screen of my Kindle so I shrank the images just a little bit and put them into new ebooks.

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Dürer, Albrecht: Durer's Woodcuts 1511-1520.V1. 21 June 2012

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Dürer, Albrecht: Durer's Woodcuts 1521-1528.V1. 21 June 2012

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The small and large passion aren't included in this book. I know his woodcuts are already up on MR, but they couldn't seem to fit properly onto the screen of my Kindle so I shrank the images just a little bit and put them into new ebooks.

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Dürer, Albrecht: Woodcut series, Vol 1. (Illustrated). v1 18 Jan 2009

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Albrecht Dürer (1471-1528) was a german painter and printmaker. He is considered as one of the most important figures of the Northern Renaissance and his works are exhibited in the main art museums, like the British Museum, El Prado, Le Louvre, the National Gallery, the Galleria degli Uffizi, etc.

With his woodcuts he revolutionized the potential of this medium. I'm showing uploading here his four woodcut series, of Biblical theme, in two volumes.

This first volume contains the "Revelation of St. John" or "Apocalypse", 15 plates, published in 1498 with a second edition in 1511, and "Life of the Virgin", 19 plates, published in 1511. The images are taken from the Web Gallery of Art. I've included thumbnails in the TOC and a gallery of miniatures.

All comments are welcome.

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Dürer, Albrecht: Woodcut series, Vol 2. (Illustrated). v1 18 Jan 2009

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Albrecht Dürer (1471-1528) was a german painter and printmaker. He is considered as one of the most important figures of the Northern Renaissance and his works are exhibited in the main art museums, like the British Museum, El Prado, Le Louvre, the National Gallery, the Galleria degli Uffizi, etc.

With his woodcuts he revolutionized the potential of this medium. I'm showing uploading here his four woodcut series, of Biblical theme, in two volumes.

This second volume contains the "Large Passion", 11 plates, and the "Small Passion", 36 plates, both published in 1511. Their names refer to the size of the woodcuts. The images are taken from the Web Gallery of Art and the Harvard
University Art Museums. I've included thumbnails in the TOC and a gallery of miniatures.

All comments are welcome.

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Dyson, Edward: A Benevolent Burglar, and other stories, v1, 14 May 2026

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Edward Dyson (1865-1931) was an Australian writer who flourished in the great days of newspaper fiction. Instead of pulp fiction magazines, the thousands of small local newspapers filled gaps with short stories and serials, while city papers often ran two or three short stories, because actual bookstores existed only in the big cities, while newspapers were available absolutely everywhere.

Dyson was immensely prolific, so prolific he used many pseudonyms, of which Dy Edwardson, Ward Edson, and Silas Snell were the most prominent.

In this collection we meet "The Odd Man Out", Daniel Emanuel Ash, a genial gentlemanly tramp, an opportunist whose gentle grafting was told in 28 short stories in the Melbourne weekly paper "Punch" between 3rd March and 13th October 1910. These amusing tales are gathered here and published together as a collection for the first time, in chronological order of first publication.

The first two stories were as by "Billy T.", one of Edward Dyson's many pseudonyms. The rest were under the by-line "Ward Edson". For some production reason, two of the stories were published without a title, so I made titles up for them. These two cases are noted in the text.

1: His Free Lunch (as by Billy T.)
2: A Deal in Drygoods (as by Billy T.)
3: Elsa the Unhappy
4: Daniel as a Hero
5: The Injured Husband
6: Daniel Buries a Dear Relation
7: The Hapless Bard
8: The Telepathic Specialist
9: An Exploded Bluff
10: The Shindy in No. 7
11: A Matter of Motors
12: The Mountain Walks
13: A Benevolent Burglary
14: A Delusion and a Snare
15: Treasure Trove
16: The Homing Drunk
17: A Provincial Tour
18: A Dangerous Acquaintance
19: Daniel Has a Picnic
20: "Man Wanted"
21: He Effects a Wonderful Cure
22: A Provincial Plot
23: A Good Recovery
24: An Anarchist Picnic
25: Daniel Ash Forgets Himself
26: A Tale of a Dog
27: Daniel and the Devil
28: The Finishing Act

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Dyson, Edward: Dead Man's Lode, v1, 31 March 2025

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Australian journalist, poet, playwright, novelist, and short story writer

Edward Dyson was the son of a Mining Engineer, and he grew up on goldfields in Victoria and Tasmania. In 1883 the family settled in Melbourne and he worked as a factory hand, and took to writing. This proved so successful that he soon became a full-time freelance writer under an ever-growing list of pseudonyms: Dy Edwardson; Ed Ward; Silas Snell; E.D.; Ward Edson; Eddyson; and many more.

As an example of his poetry, or perhaps using the less exalted word "verse", I have included a poem rather deeply felt by many a freelance writer.

1: The Splendid Quest
2: Luck
3: McSwash's Bitter Experience
4: The Knock at the Door
5: His Ghostly Counsellor
6: The Vengeance That Miscarried
7: The God Shoo Shan.
8: John Leslie's Burglar
9: The Little Fiddler
10: The Supernatural Agent
11: A Sunday at Deadwood
12: The Heroes of Duckfoot
13: The Sad Case of Willie Borlow
14: The Funerals of Malachi Mooney
15: Two and a Telephone
16: Dead Man's Lode
17: Von Windenberg's Last Command
18: Leonard's Reward
19: Her Last Curious Case
20: The Trapping of Santa Claus
21: Mrs. Edward Ellerker's Diamonds
22: The Third Chair
23: The Passing of Mrs. Phinny
24: A Property Deal
25: The Washerwoman of Jacker's Flat
26: A Big Bluff
27: Following The Film
28: A Damosel in Distress
29: The Elopement of Mrs. Peters
30: The Regeneration of Indiarubber Ike
31: The Haunted Mine
32: Tom Constant's Second Wife
33: When The Postman Brings The Cheques (verse)
34: His Accomplice

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Dyson, Edward: Gobb's Christmas Box, v1, 5 April 2025

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1865-1931
Australian journalist, poet, playwright, novelist, and short story writer
Edward Dyson was the son of a Mining Engineer, and he grew up on goldfields in Victoria and Tasmania. In 1883 the family settled in Melbourne and he worked as a factory hand, and took to writing. This proved so successful that he soon became a full-time freelance writer under an ever-growing list of pseudonyms: Dy Edwardson; Ed Ward; Silas Snell; E.D.; Ward Edson; Eddyson; Billy T., and many more.

This second volume contains 36 short stories, from grim mining stories to light romance and humour.

1: An Unexpected Pleasure
2: The Interfering Boss
3: A Bulletin Story
4: An Awful Night
5: The Bag o' Spuds
6: Swinnerton's Wonderful Dog
7: His Greatest Friend
8: The Trapping of John Hobbit
9: A Meal Well Won
10: Much Ado
11: The Understudy
12: The Opportunity That She Seized
13: Gobb's Christmas Box
14: An Incident at the Old Pioneer
15: Monk's Scheme
16: Editor Pike's New Departure
17: After the Accident
18: The Fire
19: The Old Selector
20: The Advantages of Falling off a Bicycle
21: A Virtuous Imposition
22: The Man Who Eventually Did
23: Lost
24: The Whim Boy
25: A Visit to Scrubby Gully
26: The Breaking-in of Daniel Palmer.
27: A Child of Nature
28: When All's Fair
29: The Hapless Campers
30: The Long Shift Off
31: That Nice Mr Tait
32: A Corner in Oils
33: Tinker Hankin's Savings Bank
34: Miss Clifton's Device
35: Beau Ben's Last Appearance
36: The Enigmatic Emeralds

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Dyson, Edward: Miss Trigg, Domestic, v1, 15 Dec 2025

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As by "Silas Snell" (Dyson: 1865-1931)

A series of short stories with the central character Miss Trigg, a domestic servant, and the Melbourne characters she worked for in the years just before the first World War. The series runs to 16 amusing stories and around 40,000 words, and has never before been collected.

1. The Fairy Godmother
2. Her Romantic Attachment
3. The Proxy
4. Mrs. Wiley's Mamma
5. Deceivers Ever
6. Pancakes
7. The Sad Case of Willie Borlow
8. Terrible Uncle James
9. The Bentways Family Skeleton
10. The Bailing Up of Uncle James
11. Mr. Kurrie's Taxi Drive
12. An Amazing Materialisation
13. The Veiled Woman
14. The Case of Benjamin Amos
15. The Supernatural Agent
16. The Capturing of Plain Clothes Constable Halogen

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Dyson, Edward: The Golden Shanty, v1, 17 March 2025

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Edward Dyson was an Australian journalist, poet and tireless short story writer under several pseudonyms: Dy Edwardson, Ed. Ward, Ward Edson and Silas Snell are the most common. This 1929 collection contains stories previously published in The Bulletin magazine, amounting to some 33,000 words.

1: The Golden Shanty
2: A Sabbath Morn At Waddy
3: The Fossickers
4: At the Yards
5: Mr and Mrs Sin Fat
6: A Visit To Scrubby Gully
7: Hebe of Grasstree
8: After The Accident
9: The Washerwoman of Jacker's Flat
10: Spicer's Courtship
11: A Zealot in Labour

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Dyson, Edward: The Hobbies of Austin Porteus, v1, 20 Dec 2024

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Edward Dyson 1865-1931 was born on the Ballarat gold fields and grew up in mining towns in Victoria, New South Wales and Tasmania, before his family settled in Melbourne. At the age of 19 he began writing short fiction, tales from the mines and from the factory floors. He became a very prolific freelance author of short stories under several names: Edward Dyson, Dy Edwardson, Eddyson, S.S, Ward Edson, Silas Snell, Tom Tyson, Ed Ward and others.

The stories in this volume have never been collected before. They were published as a series in the Melbourne "Punch" under the "Dy Edwardson" pseudonym, commencing 3 July 1913. They all apeared on Page 10 of each issue. Two of the stories were published without titles, so I invented them.
Austin Porteus is an eccentric antiquarian and amateur detective, supported by the dimmest police detective in the genre. This collection runs to about 40,000 words.

1: The God Shoo Shan
2: The Cough Mixture Advertisement
3: The Bronze Minerva
4: The Colville Rubies
5: The Missing William Dickery
6: A Forced Sale
7: John Leslie's Burglar
8: A Welcome Deception
9: His Unwilling Guest
10: Ephraim Day's Faithful Servant
11: The Scandal of the Bland Family
12: The Slaying of Walter Raeburn
13: Two In One
14: The Brown Coat
15: The Man in the O. P. Box
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D’Alviella, Count Goblet: The Migration of Symbols, v.1, 22 Nov 2008

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This is a study of the migration and mutation of symbols by a late 19th century Belgian lawyer and Masonic scholar, Count Goblet d'Alviella (b. 1846, d. 1925). Originally published in 1891 in French, this book covers a huge web of interchangeable symbols, which are found over a wide range of cultures through the Near East, India, Europe, and further abroad, notably in Mesoamerica. He attempts to explain the widespread use of symbols such as the Swastika, the Tree of Life, the Winged Globe, the Trident and the Caduceus. Despite the title, d'Alviella does not adhere to one theory; instead he has a whole toolkit, including diffusion, mutation, independent origins and appropriation, as well as psychological, historical and sociological explanations.

He demonstrates that the same symbol can have different interpretations in different cultures and at different times. Such is the case with the swastika, which today is obviously associated with absolute evil, but which has been used historically as a symbol of the Sun's yearly path, and regarded as a good-luck symbol, even to this day, in the far East. With over 150 line illustrations, this book is an invaluable source book for symbologists, and makes fascinating reading for readers interested in the development of religion.
The original publication included several hundred footnotes. Most of these were simply bibliographic citations but a few contained useful descriptive information that added to the main body text. I have taken the liberty of omitting from this ebook edition those footnotes that were purely reference citations and have retained the remaining 128 as endnotes. The complete original edition can be seen at http://www.sacred-texts.com.

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D’Holbach, Baron: Good Sense without God, v.1, 31 May 2008.

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Paul-Henri Thiry, Baron d’Holbach (1723 – 1789)
Good Sense without God: or Free Thoughts Opposed To Supernatural Ideas (1772)
A Translation of Baron D’Holbach’s “Le Bon Sens” by an anonymous translator.
This is an abridged version of his Le système de la nature.

D’Holbach was one of the French Encyclopedists and one of the first people to describe himself as an atheist. This is a spirited defence of atheism.

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Eastwood, Frances: Geoffrey the Lollard.V1.16 Feb. 2015

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[quotLollard, Lollardi or Loller was the popular derogatory nickname given to those without an academic background, educated if at all only in English, who were reputed to follow the teachings of John Wycliffe in particular, and were certainly considerably energized by the translation of the Bible into the English language. By the mid-15th century, "lollard" had come to mean a heretic in general. The alternative, "Wycliffite", is generally accepted to be a more neutral term covering those of similar opinions, but having an academic background.[/quot

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Ebers, Georg: A Question. V1. 19 Mar 2009

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Georg Moritz Ebers (Berlin, March 1, 1837 – Tutzing, Bavaria, August 7, 1898), German Egyptologist and novelist, discovered the Egyptian medical papyrus, of ca 1550 BCE, named for him (see Ebers papyrus) at Luxor (Thebes) in the winter of 1873–74. Now in the library of the University of Leipzig, the Ebers papyrus is among the most important ancient Egyptian medical papyri. It is one of two of the oldest preserved medical documents anywhere, the other main source being the Edwin Smith papyrus (c. 1600 BCE).

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“Salt sea-water or oil, it’s all the same to you! Haven’t I put my lamp out long ago? Doesn’t the fire on the hearth give light enough? Are your eyes so drowsy that they don’t see the dawn shining in upon us more and more brightly? The olives are not yet pressed, and the old oil is getting toward the dregs. Besides, you know how much fruit those abominable thieves have stolen. But sparrows will carry grain into the barn before you’ll try to save your master’s property!”

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Ebers, Georg: A Thorny Path. V2. 19 Mar 2009

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Georg Moritz Ebers (Berlin, March 1, 1837 – Tutzing, Bavaria, August 7, 1898), German Egyptologist and novelist, discovered the Egyptian medical papyrus, of ca 1550 BCE, named for him (see Ebers papyrus) at Luxor (Thebes) in the winter of 1873–74. Now in the library of the University of Leipzig, the Ebers papyrus is among the most important ancient Egyptian medical papyri. It is one of two of the oldest preserved medical documents anywhere, the other main source being the Edwin Smith papyrus (c. 1600 BCE).

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The green screen slowly rose, covering the lower portion of the broad studio window where Heron, the gem-cutter, was at work. It was Melissa, the artist's daughter, who had pulled it up, with bended knees and outstretched arms, panting for breath.
"That is enough!" cried her father's impatient voice. He glanced up at the flood of light which the blinding sun of Alexandria was pouring into the room, as it did every autumn afternoon; but as soon as the shadow fell on his work-table the old man's busy fingers were at work again, and he heeded his daughter no more.

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Ebers, Georg: A Word, Only a Word. V1. 20 Mar 2009

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Georg Moritz Ebers (Berlin, March 1, 1837 – Tutzing, Bavaria, August 7, 1898), German Egyptologist and novelist, discovered the Egyptian medical papyrus, of ca 1550 BCE, named for him (see Ebers papyrus) at Luxor (Thebes) in the winter of 1873–74. Now in the library of the University of Leipzig, the Ebers papyrus is among the most important ancient Egyptian medical papyri. It is one of two of the oldest preserved medical documents anywhere, the other main source being the Edwin Smith papyrus (c. 1600 BCE).

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"A word, only a word!" cried a fresh, boyish voice, then two hands were loudly clapped and a gay laugh echoed through the forest. Hitherto silence had reigned under the boughs of the pines and tops of the beeches, but now a wood-pigeon joined in the lad's laugh, and a jay, startled by the clapping of hands, spread its brown wings, delicately flecked with blue, and soared from one pine to another.

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Ebers, Georg: An Egyptian Princess. V1. 30 Mar 2009

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Georg Moritz Ebers (Berlin, March 1, 1837 – Tutzing, Bavaria, August 7, 1898), German Egyptologist and novelist, discovered the Egyptian medical papyrus, of ca 1550 BCE, named for him (see Ebers papyrus) at Luxor (Thebes) in the winter of 1873–74. Now in the library of the University of Leipzig, the Ebers papyrus is among the most important ancient Egyptian medical papyri. It is one of two of the oldest preserved medical documents anywhere, the other main source being the Edwin Smith papyrus (c. 1600 BCE).

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The Nile had overflowed its bed. The luxuriant corn-fields and blooming gardens on its shores were lost beneath a boundless waste of waters; and only the gigantic temples and palaces of its cities, (protected from the force of the water by dikes), and the tops of the tall palm-trees and acacias could be seen above its surface.

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Ebers, Georg: Arachne. V1. 21 Mar 2009

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Georg Moritz Ebers (Berlin, March 1, 1837 – Tutzing, Bavaria, August 7, 1898), German Egyptologist and novelist, discovered the Egyptian medical papyrus, of ca 1550 BCE, named for him (see Ebers papyrus) at Luxor (Thebes) in the winter of 1873–74. Now in the library of the University of Leipzig, the Ebers papyrus is among the most important ancient Egyptian medical papyri. It is one of two of the oldest preserved medical documents anywhere, the other main source being the Edwin Smith papyrus (c. 1600 BCE).

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Deep silence brooded over the water and the green islands which rose like oases from its glittering surface. The palms, silver poplars, and sycamores on the largest one were already casting longer shadows as the slanting rays of the sun touched their dark crowns, while its glowing ball still poured a flood of golden radiance upon the bushes along the shore, and the light, feathery tufts at the tops of the papyrus reeds in the brackish water.

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Ebers, Georg: Barbara Blomberg. V1. 21 Mar 2009

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Georg Moritz Ebers (Berlin, March 1, 1837 – Tutzing, Bavaria, August 7, 1898), German Egyptologist and novelist, discovered the Egyptian medical papyrus, of ca 1550 BCE, named for him (see Ebers papyrus) at Luxor (Thebes) in the winter of 1873–74. Now in the library of the University of Leipzig, the Ebers papyrus is among the most important ancient Egyptian medical papyri. It is one of two of the oldest preserved medical documents anywhere, the other main source being the Edwin Smith papyrus (c. 1600 BCE).

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The sun sometimes shone brightly upon the little round panes of the ancient building, the Golden Cross, on the northern side of the square, which the people of Ratisbon call "on the moor"; sometimes it was veiled by gray clouds. A party of nobles, ecclesiastics, and knights belonging to the Emperor's train were just coming out. The spring breeze banged behind them the door of little entrance for pedestrians close beside the large main gateway.

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Ebers, Georg: Cleopatra. V1. 23 Mar 2009

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Georg Moritz Ebers (Berlin, March 1, 1837 – Tutzing, Bavaria, August 7, 1898), German Egyptologist and novelist, discovered the Egyptian medical papyrus, of ca 1550 BCE, named for him (see Ebers papyrus) at Luxor (Thebes) in the winter of 1873–74. Now in the library of the University of Leipzig, the Ebers papyrus is among the most important ancient Egyptian medical papyri. It is one of two of the oldest preserved medical documents anywhere, the other main source being the Edwin Smith papyrus (c. 1600 BCE).

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Gorgias, the architect, had learned to bear the scorching sunbeams of the Egyptian noonday. Though not yet thirty, he had directed—first as his late father's assistant and afterwards as his successor—the construction of the huge buildings erected by Cleopatra in Alexandria.

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Ebers, Georg: Die Nilbraut german v1 15 apr 2009

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Georg Moritz Ebers (* 1. März 1837 in Berlin; † 7. August 1898 in Tutzing) war ein deutscher Ägyptologe und Schriftsteller. Mit seinen historischen Romanen und populärwissenschaftlichen Büchern trug er zur großen Popularität der Ägyptologie im ausgehenden 19. Jahrhundert bei.

Die Nilbraut, ein historischer Roman, ist eines seiner bekannteren Werke. Hier ein kurzer Auszug:

[QUOTDie Hälfte eines Lustrums war vergangen, seitdem sich Aegypten der jungen, mit unerhörter Kraft und Schnelligkeit aufgewachsenen Macht der Araber unterworfen hatte. Leichten Kaufes war es einer wohl geführten kleinen Schar muslimischer Krieger in die Hände gefallen, und die schöne Provinz, welche noch vor kurzem eine Zier des byzantinischen Kaiserreiches und die treueste Pflegerin des Christentums gewesen, gehorchte jetzt dem Chalifen Omar und mußte es dulden, den Halbmond sich überall neben dem Kreuze erheben zu sehen.

Ein heißerer Sommer hatte das unglückliche Land nur selten gedrückt, und der Nil, dessen Wachstum man in der »Nacht des Tropfens« am 17. Juni wie immer mit festlichen Vorbereitungen erwartet, hatte bisher die Hoffnung der Aegypter betrogen und war, statt zu steigen, kleiner und kleiner geworden. – In dieser Zeit der Besorgnis – am 10. Juli des Jahres 643 – zog eine Karawane von Norden her in Memphis ein.

In der entvölkerten, verfallenden Pyramidenstadt, welche sich in Form eines mächtigen Schilfblattes nur in die Länge entwickelt hatte, da ihrem Wachstun. in die Breite durch den Nil und das libysche Gebirge Schranken gesetzt waren, zog schon diese kleine Karawane die Blicke der Vorübergehenden auf sich, während es die Memphiten in früheren Jahren kaum für der Mühe wert geachtet hatten, den Kopf aufzuheben, wenn unabsehbare, mit Handelsgütern befrachtete Wagenreihen, wenn stattliche Züge von Ochsenwagen, glänzende kaiserliche Reitermanipeln oder endlose Prozessionen die mehr als meilenlange Hauptstraße belebten.

[/QUOT

Ebers liest sich sehr gut und er war nicht nur als Wissenschaftler hervorragend, sondern auch ein stilsicherer, fantasievoller Schriftsteller. Unbedingt empfehlenswert!

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Ebers, Georg: Homo Sum. V1. 23 Mar 2009

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Georg Moritz Ebers (Berlin, March 1, 1837 – Tutzing, Bavaria, August 7, 1898), German Egyptologist and novelist, discovered the Egyptian medical papyrus, of ca 1550 BCE, named for him (see Ebers papyrus) at Luxor (Thebes) in the winter of 1873–74. Now in the library of the University of Leipzig, the Ebers papyrus is among the most important ancient Egyptian medical papyri. It is one of two of the oldest preserved medical documents anywhere, the other main source being the Edwin Smith papyrus (c. 1600 BCE).

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Rocks-naked, hard, red-brown rocks all round; not a bush, not a blade, not a clinging moss such as elsewhere nature has lightly flung on the rocky surface of the heights, as if a breath of her creative life had softly touched the barren stone. Nothing but smooth granite, and above it a sky as bare of cloud as the rocks are of shrubs and herbs.

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Ebers, Georg: In the Blue Pike. V1. 24 Mar 2009

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Georg Moritz Ebers (Berlin, March 1, 1837 – Tutzing, Bavaria, August 7, 1898), German Egyptologist and novelist, discovered the Egyptian medical papyrus, of ca 1550 BCE, named for him (see Ebers papyrus) at Luxor (Thebes) in the winter of 1873–74. Now in the library of the University of Leipzig, the Ebers papyrus is among the most important ancient Egyptian medical papyri. It is one of two of the oldest preserved medical documents anywhere, the other main source being the Edwin Smith papyrus (c. 1600 BCE).

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“May a thunderbolt strike you!” The imprecation suited the rough fellow who uttered it. He had pointed out of doors as he spoke, and scarcely lowered the strange tones of his voice, yet of all the rabble who surrounded him only two persons understood his meaning—*a fading, sickly girl, and the red-haired woman, only a few years her senior, who led the swearing man by a chain, like a tame bear.

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Ebers, Georg: In the Fire of the Forge. V1. 24 Mar 2009

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Georg Moritz Ebers (Berlin, March 1, 1837 – Tutzing, Bavaria, August 7, 1898), German Egyptologist and novelist, discovered the Egyptian medical papyrus, of ca 1550 BCE, named for him (see Ebers papyrus) at Luxor (Thebes) in the winter of 1873–74. Now in the library of the University of Leipzig, the Ebers papyrus is among the most important ancient Egyptian medical papyri. It is one of two of the oldest preserved medical documents anywhere, the other main source being the Edwin Smith papyrus (c. 1600 BCE).

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On the eve of St. Medard's Day in the year 1281, the moon, which had just risen, was shining brightly upon the imperial free city of Nuremberg; its rays found their way into the street leading from the strong Marienthurm to the Frauenthor, but entrance to the Ortlieb mansion was barred by a house, a watchtower, and—most successfully of all—by a tall linden tree. Yet there was something to be seen here which even now, when Nuremberg sheltered the Emperor Rudolph and so many secular and ecclesiastical princes, counts, and knights, awakened Luna's curiosity.

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Ebers, Georg: Joshua. V1. 26 Mar 2009

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Georg Moritz Ebers (Berlin, March 1, 1837 – Tutzing, Bavaria, August 7, 1898), German Egyptologist and novelist, discovered the Egyptian medical papyrus, of ca 1550 BCE, named for him (see Ebers papyrus) at Luxor (Thebes) in the winter of 1873–74. Now in the library of the University of Leipzig, the Ebers papyrus is among the most important ancient Egyptian medical papyri. It is one of two of the oldest preserved medical documents anywhere, the other main source being the Edwin Smith papyrus (c. 1600 BCE).

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"What of the story of the Exodus?"
After I had told him that in the midst of the desert, while following the traces of the departing Hebrews, the idea had occurred to me of treating their wanderings in the form of a romance, he expressed his approval in the eager, enthusiastic manner natural to him. When I finally entered farther into the details of the sketch outlined on the back of a camel, he never ceased to encourage me, though he thoroughly understood my scruples and fully appreciated the difficulties which attended the fulfilment of my task.

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Ebers, Georg: Margery. V1. 26 Mar 2009

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Georg Moritz Ebers (Berlin, March 1, 1837 – Tutzing, Bavaria, August 7, 1898), German Egyptologist and novelist, discovered the Egyptian medical papyrus, of ca 1550 BCE, named for him (see Ebers papyrus) at Luxor (Thebes) in the winter of 1873–74. Now in the library of the University of Leipzig, the Ebers papyrus is among the most important ancient Egyptian medical papyri. It is one of two of the oldest preserved medical documents anywhere, the other main source being the Edwin Smith papyrus (c. 1600 BCE).

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"PIETRO GIUSTINIANI, merchant, of Venice." This was the signature affixed to his receipt by the little antiquary in the city of St. Mark, from whom I purchased a few stitched sheets of manuscript. What a name and title!
As I remarked on the splendor of his ancestry he slapped his pocket, and exclaimed, half in pride and half in lamentation:
"Yes, they had plenty of money; but what has become of it?"

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Ebers, Georg: Serapis. V1. 26 Mar 2009

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Georg Moritz Ebers (Berlin, March 1, 1837 – Tutzing, Bavaria, August 7, 1898), German Egyptologist and novelist, discovered the Egyptian medical papyrus, of ca 1550 BCE, named for him (see Ebers papyrus) at Luxor (Thebes) in the winter of 1873–74. Now in the library of the University of Leipzig, the Ebers papyrus is among the most important ancient Egyptian medical papyri. It is one of two of the oldest preserved medical documents anywhere, the other main source being the Edwin Smith papyrus (c. 1600 BCE).

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The busy turmoil of the town had been hushed for some hours; the moon and stars were keeping silent watch over Alexandria, and many of the inhabitants were already in the land of dreams. It was deliciously fresh—a truly gracious night; but, though peace reigned in the streets and alleys, even now there was in this pause for rest a lack of the soothing calm which refreshes and renews the spirit of man.

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Ebers, Georg: The Bride of the Nile. V1. 19 Feb 2009

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Georg Moritz Ebers (Berlin, March 1, 1837 – Tutzing, Bavaria, August 7, 1898), German Egyptologist and novelist, discovered the Egyptian medical papyrus, of ca 1550 BCE, named for him (see Ebers papyrus) at Luxor (Thebes) in the winter of 1873–74. Now in the library of the University of Leipzig, the Ebers papyrus is among the most important ancient Egyptian medical papyri. It is one of two of the oldest preserved medical documents anywhere, the other main source being the Edwin Smith papyrus (c. 1600 BCE).

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Half a lustrum had elapsed since Egypt had become subject to the youthful power of the Arabs, which had risen with such unexampled vigor and rapidity. It had fallen an easy prey, cheaply bought, into the hands of a small, well-captained troop of Moslem warriors; and the fair province, which so lately had been a jewel of the Byzantine Empire and the most faithful foster-mother to Christianity, now owned the sway of the Khalif Omar and saw the Crescent raised by the side of the Cross.

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Ebers, Georg: The Burgomaster's Wife. V1. 27 Mar 2009

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Georg Moritz Ebers (Berlin, March 1, 1837 – Tutzing, Bavaria, August 7, 1898), German Egyptologist and novelist, discovered the Egyptian medical papyrus, of ca 1550 BCE, named for him (see Ebers papyrus) at Luxor (Thebes) in the winter of 1873–74. Now in the library of the University of Leipzig, the Ebers papyrus is among the most important ancient Egyptian medical papyri. It is one of two of the oldest preserved medical documents anywhere, the other main source being the Edwin Smith papyrus (c. 1600 BCE).

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In the year 1574 A. D. spring made its joyous entry into the Netherlands at an unusually early date.
The sky was blue, gnats sported in the sunshine, white butterflies alighted on the newly-opened yellow flowers, and beside one of the numerous ditches intersecting the wide plain stood a stork, snapping at a fine frog; the poor fellow soon writhed in its enemy's red beak. One gulp—the merry jumper vanished, and its murderer, flapping its wings, soared high into the air.

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Ebers, Georg: The Complete Short Works. V2. 28 Mar 2009

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Georg Moritz Ebers (Berlin, March 1, 1837 – Tutzing, Bavaria, August 7, 1898), German Egyptologist and novelist, discovered the Egyptian medical papyrus, of ca 1550 BCE, named for him (see Ebers papyrus) at Luxor (Thebes) in the winter of 1873–74. Now in the library of the University of Leipzig, the Ebers papyrus is among the most important ancient Egyptian medical papyri. It is one of two of the oldest preserved medical documents anywhere, the other main source being the Edwin Smith papyrus (c. 1600 BCE).

IN THE BLUE PIKE

A QUESTION

THE ELIXIR.

THE GREYLOCK

THE NUTS

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Ebers, Georg: The Elixir. V1. 27 Mar 2009

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Georg Moritz Ebers (Berlin, March 1, 1837 – Tutzing, Bavaria, August 7, 1898), German Egyptologist and novelist, discovered the Egyptian medical papyrus, of ca 1550 BCE, named for him (see Ebers papyrus) at Luxor (Thebes) in the winter of 1873–74. Now in the library of the University of Leipzig, the Ebers papyrus is among the most important ancient Egyptian medical papyri. It is one of two of the oldest preserved medical documents anywhere, the other main source being the Edwin Smith papyrus (c. 1600 BCE).

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Every Leipziger knows well the tall gabled house in the Katherinenstrasse which I have in mind. It stands not far from the Market Place, and is particularly dear to the writer of this true story because it has been in the possession of his family for a long time. Many curious things have happened there worthy of being rescued from oblivion, and though my relatives would now like to relieve me of this task, because I have found it necessary to point out to certain ingenuous ones among them the truth which they were endeavoring to conceal, I rejoice that I have sufficient leisure to chronicle for future generations of Ueberhells the wonderful life and doings of their progenitor as I learned them from my grandmother and other good people.

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Ebers, Georg: The Emperor. V1. 27 Mar 2009

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Georg Moritz Ebers (Berlin, March 1, 1837 – Tutzing, Bavaria, August 7, 1898), German Egyptologist and novelist, discovered the Egyptian medical papyrus, of ca 1550 BCE, named for him (see Ebers papyrus) at Luxor (Thebes) in the winter of 1873–74. Now in the library of the University of Leipzig, the Ebers papyrus is among the most important ancient Egyptian medical papyri. It is one of two of the oldest preserved medical documents anywhere, the other main source being the Edwin Smith papyrus (c. 1600 BCE).

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It is now fourteen years since I planned the story related in these volumes, the outcome of a series of lectures which I had occasion to deliver on the period of the Roman dominion in Egypt. But the pleasures of inventive composition were forced to give way to scientific labors, and when I was once more at leisure to try my wings with increase of power I felt more strongly urged to other flights. Thus it came to pass that I did I not take the time of Hadrian for the background of a tale till after I had dealt with the still later period of the early monastic move in "Homo Sum."

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Ebers, Georg: The Greylock. V1. 28 Mar 2009

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Georg Moritz Ebers (Berlin, March 1, 1837 – Tutzing, Bavaria, August 7, 1898), German Egyptologist and novelist, discovered the Egyptian medical papyrus, of ca 1550 BCE, named for him (see Ebers papyrus) at Luxor (Thebes) in the winter of 1873–74. Now in the library of the University of Leipzig, the Ebers papyrus is among the most important ancient Egyptian medical papyri. It is one of two of the oldest preserved medical documents anywhere, the other main source being the Edwin Smith papyrus (c. 1600 BCE).

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A FAIRY TALE.
Once upon a time there was a country, more beautiful than all other lands and the castle of the Duke, its ruler, lay beside a lake that was bluer than the deepest indigo. A long time ago the Knight Wendelin and his squire George chanced upon this lake, but they found nothing save waste fields and bleak rocks around it, yet the shores must formerly have borne a different aspect, for there were shattered columns and broken-nosed statues lying on the ground. Against the hillside there were remains of ancient walls that once, undoubtedly, had supported terraces of vines, but the rains had long washed the soil from the rocks, and among the caves and crannies of the fallen stonework, and ruined cellars, foxes, bats, and other animals had found a home.

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Ebers, Georg: The Nuts. V1. 28 Mar 2009

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Georg Moritz Ebers (Berlin, March 1, 1837 – Tutzing, Bavaria, August 7, 1898), German Egyptologist and novelist, discovered the Egyptian medical papyrus, of ca 1550 BCE, named for him (see Ebers papyrus) at Luxor (Thebes) in the winter of 1873–74. Now in the library of the University of Leipzig, the Ebers papyrus is among the most important ancient Egyptian medical papyri. It is one of two of the oldest preserved medical documents anywhere, the other main source being the Edwin Smith papyrus (c. 1600 BCE).

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The wounded colonel, whom we were nursing back to health in our house, was not allowed to walk long, and in the after noon, after he had pottered about a little, he was obliged to rest in the comfortable old easy-chair, which was known as grandfather’s chair.
When twilight fell, our dear guest lighted the last of the three pipes, which the doctor permitted him to smoke every day, and made a sign to the children, which the young people obeyed gladly, for they loved to listen to his stories.

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Ebers, Georg: The Sisters. V1. 28 Mar 2009

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Georg Moritz Ebers (Berlin, March 1, 1837 – Tutzing, Bavaria, August 7, 1898), German Egyptologist and novelist, discovered the Egyptian medical papyrus, of ca 1550 BCE, named for him (see Ebers papyrus) at Luxor (Thebes) in the winter of 1873–74. Now in the library of the University of Leipzig, the Ebers papyrus is among the most important ancient Egyptian medical papyri. It is one of two of the oldest preserved medical documents anywhere, the other main source being the Edwin Smith papyrus (c. 1600 BCE).

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On the wide, desert plain of the Necropolis of Memphis stands the extensive and stately pile of masonry which constitutes the Greek temple of Serapis; by its side are the smaller sanctuaries of Asclepios, of Anubis and of Astarte, and a row of long, low houses, built of unburnt bricks, stretches away behind them as a troop of beggar children might follow in the train of some splendidly attired king.

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Ebers, Georg: The Story of My Life. V1. 29 Mar 2009

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Georg Moritz Ebers (Berlin, March 1, 1837 – Tutzing, Bavaria, August 7, 1898), German Egyptologist and novelist, discovered the Egyptian medical papyrus, of ca 1550 BCE, named for him (see Ebers papyrus) at Luxor (Thebes) in the winter of 1873–74. Now in the library of the University of Leipzig, the Ebers papyrus is among the most important ancient Egyptian medical papyri. It is one of two of the oldest preserved medical documents anywhere, the other main source being the Edwin Smith papyrus (c. 1600 BCE).

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Though I was born in Berlin, it was also in the country. True, it was fifty-five years ago; for my birthday was March 1, 1837, and at that time the house—[No. 4 Thiergartenstrass—where I slept and played during the first years of my childhood possessed, besides a field and a meadow, an orchard and dense shrubbery, even a hill and a pond. Three big horses, the property of the owner of our residence, stood in the stable, and the lowing of a cow, usually an unfamiliar sound to Berlin children, blended with my earliest recollections.

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Ebers, Georg: Uarda a Romance of Ancient Egypt. V1. 29 Mar 2009

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Georg Moritz Ebers (Berlin, March 1, 1837 – Tutzing, Bavaria, August 7, 1898), German Egyptologist and novelist, discovered the Egyptian medical papyrus, of ca 1550 BCE, named for him (see Ebers papyrus) at Luxor (Thebes) in the winter of 1873–74. Now in the library of the University of Leipzig, the Ebers papyrus is among the most important ancient Egyptian medical papyri. It is one of two of the oldest preserved medical documents anywhere, the other main source being the Edwin Smith papyrus (c. 1600 BCE).

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By the walls of Thebes—the old city of a hundred gates—the Nile spreads to a broad river; the heights, which follow the stream on both sides, here take a more decided outline; solitary, almost cone-shaped peaks stand out sharply from the level background of the many-colored. limestone hills, on which no palm-tree flourishes and in which no humble desert-plant can strike root. Rocky crevasses and gorges cut more or less deeply into the mountain range, and up to its ridge extends the desert, destructive of all life, with sand and stones, with rocky cliffs and reef-like, desert hills.
Behind the eastern range the desert spreads to the Red Sea; behind the western it stretches without limit, into infinity. In the belief of the Egyptians beyond it lay the region of the dead.

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Ebner-Eschenbach, Marie von: Bozena, german V1, 06.01.2010

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Freifrau Marie von Ebner-Eschenbach (* 13. September 1830 auf Schloss Zdislawitz bei Kremsier in Mähren; † 12. März 1916 in Wien) war eine österreichische Schriftstellerin und gilt mit ihren psychologischen Erzählungen als eine der bedeutendsten deutschsprachigen Erzählerinnen des 19. Jahrhunderts.
Marie von Ebner-Eschenbach, geborene Freiin Dubský, ab 1843 Gräfin, war die Tochter des Franz Baron Dubský, ab 1843 Graf Dubský, und seiner zweiten Frau Baronin Marie von Vockel. Väterlicherseits hat sie ihre Wurzeln im alten böhmisch-katholischen Adelsgeschlecht der Dubský von Třebomyslice. Mütterlicherseits stammt sie vom Geschlecht der sächsisch-protestantischen Familie Vockel ab. Sie hatte sechs Geschwister.

Kurz nach ihrer Geburt starb ihre Mutter. Ihre erste Stiefmutter, Eugénie Bartenstein, zu der sie eine enge Beziehung hatte, verlor sie als siebenjähriges Kind. Drei Jahre später heiratete Maries Vater in vierter Ehe Gräfin Xaverine Kolowrat-Krakowsky, eine hochgebildete Frau. Auch mit ihrer zweiten Stiefmutter pflegte Marie ein inniges Verhältnis. Diese erkannte und förderte das schriftstellerische Talent ihrer Stieftochter. Während die Familie jedes Jahr mehrere Monate in Wien lebte, nahm Xaverine ihre Stieftochter häufig mit ins Burgtheater und gab ihr literarische Anregungen.

Die Sommermonate verbrachte Marie bei ihrer Familie auf dem Schloss in Zdislawitz und im Winter wohnte sie in Wien. Viele verschiedene Personen nahmen sich der Erziehung Maries an. Dementsprechend erhielt sie auch eine unterschiedliche Prägung: mütterlicherseits von ihrer Großmutter, väterlicherseits von ihrer Tante Helen, von tschechischen Dienstmägden und von deutschen und französischen Gouvernanten. Folglich hatte sie das Glück, verschiedene Sprachen erlernt zu haben: Deutsch, Französisch und Tschechisch, wobei Französisch die Muttersprache war.
1848, mit 18 Jahren, heiratete Marie ihren Cousin Moritz von Ebner-Eschenbach, den Sohn ihrer Tante Helen. Sie zog zu ihrem 15 Jahre älteren Mann nach Klosterbruck (tschechisch: Louka) bei Znaim in Südmähren. Moritz war selber auch ein gebildeter Mann und unterstützte Marie in ihrem Schriftstellerdrang. Moritz von Ebner-Eschenbach lehrte als Professor an der Ingenieur-Akademie in Wien Physik und Chemie, später wurde er Feldmarschallleutnant und Mitglied der Militärakademie. Die Ehe zwischen Marie und ihrem Cousin blieb kinderlos.

Das Buch "BOZENA"
Die Erzählung, die den Umfang eines Romans hat, spielt vor dem Hintergrund der untergehenden Feudalgesellschaft und vor dem Aufstieg des Kapitals in der Habsburgermonarchie nach 1848. Es wird die Geschichte der reichen Weinhändlerfamilie Heißenstein erzählt, in deren Haus die Titelheldin Božena als Dienstmagd arbeitet. Ein Patriarch, für den nur ein männlicher Erbe zählt; eine Tochter aus gutem Haus, die mit einem armen, aber edlen Ulanen-Offizier durchbrennt; ein zu Dünkel und Ignoranz erzogenes Mädchen, bei dem sich die Heiratskandidaten wegen ihrer beträchtlichen Mitgift einfinden; ein alter, verarmter Graf, der jahrelang die nächste Umgebung seines Schlosses nicht verDie „Riesin“ Božena, die alles im Griff hat, die schön und stolz wie Libussa in ihrem Reich regiert, wird den Schwachen zu ihrem Recht verhelfen. Zwischendurch - in den Wirren der Revolution - verlieren wir sie zwar aus den Augen, aber man weiß, sie wird wiederkommen und wie der Fels in der Brandung die Turbulenzen überstehen. Und obwohl man sich gleich denken kann, wie das alles ausgeht, bleibt das Buch bis zum Schluss interessant. Denn Ebner-Eschenbach gibt keine ihrer Figuren ganz auf, auch für die unsympathischste bleibt immer noch ein bisschen Verständnis über, das die Leser teilen sollen.lässt aus Angst, einem Demokraten zu begegnen...
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Ebner-Eschenbach, Marie von: Das Gemeindekind, german V1, 06.01.2010

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Freifrau Marie von Ebner-Eschenbach (* 13. September 1830 auf Schloss Zdislawitz bei Kremsier in Mähren; † 12. März 1916 in Wien) war eine österreichische Schriftstellerin und gilt mit ihren psychologischen Erzählungen als eine der bedeutendsten deutschsprachigen Erzählerinnen des 19. Jahrhunderts.
Marie von Ebner-Eschenbach, geborene Freiin Dubský, ab 1843 Gräfin, war die Tochter des Franz Baron Dubský, ab 1843 Graf Dubský, und seiner zweiten Frau Baronin Marie von Vockel. Väterlicherseits hat sie ihre Wurzeln im alten böhmisch-katholischen Adelsgeschlecht der Dubský von Třebomyslice. Mütterlicherseits stammt sie vom Geschlecht der sächsisch-protestantischen Familie Vockel ab. Sie hatte sechs Geschwister.

Kurz nach ihrer Geburt starb ihre Mutter. Ihre erste Stiefmutter, Eugénie Bartenstein, zu der sie eine enge Beziehung hatte, verlor sie als siebenjähriges Kind. Drei Jahre später heiratete Maries Vater in vierter Ehe Gräfin Xaverine Kolowrat-Krakowsky, eine hochgebildete Frau. Auch mit ihrer zweiten Stiefmutter pflegte Marie ein inniges Verhältnis. Diese erkannte und förderte das schriftstellerische Talent ihrer Stieftochter. Während die Familie jedes Jahr mehrere Monate in Wien lebte, nahm Xaverine ihre Stieftochter häufig mit ins Burgtheater und gab ihr literarische Anregungen.

Die Sommermonate verbrachte Marie bei ihrer Familie auf dem Schloss in Zdislawitz und im Winter wohnte sie in Wien. Viele verschiedene Personen nahmen sich der Erziehung Maries an. Dementsprechend erhielt sie auch eine unterschiedliche Prägung: mütterlicherseits von ihrer Großmutter, väterlicherseits von ihrer Tante Helen, von tschechischen Dienstmägden und von deutschen und französischen Gouvernanten. Folglich hatte sie das Glück, verschiedene Sprachen erlernt zu haben: Deutsch, Französisch und Tschechisch, wobei Französisch die Muttersprache war.
1848, mit 18 Jahren, heiratete Marie ihren Cousin Moritz von Ebner-Eschenbach, den Sohn ihrer Tante Helen. Sie zog zu ihrem 15 Jahre älteren Mann nach Klosterbruck (tschechisch: Louka) bei Znaim in Südmähren. Moritz war selber auch ein gebildeter Mann und unterstützte Marie in ihrem Schriftstellerdrang. Moritz von Ebner-Eschenbach lehrte als Professor an der Ingenieur-Akademie in Wien Physik und Chemie, später wurde er Feldmarschallleutnant und Mitglied der Militärakademie. Die Ehe zwischen Marie und ihrem Cousin blieb kinderlos.

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Es wird das Schicksal zweier Kinder erzählt, deren Vater wegen Mordes gehenkt worden ist und deren Mutter unschuldig eine zehnjährige Haft im Zuchthaus verbüßen muss. Während das hübsche Mädchen Milada das Mitleid einer Gutsbesitzerin erregt und auf deren Kosten in einer städtischen Klosterschule erzogen wird, fällt ihr Bruder Pavel der Gemeinde des mährischen Dorfes zur Last, die nur widerwillig ihrer Pflicht nachkommt. Er kommt zur Familie des Hirten Virgil, dessen Frau als Hexe verschrien ist und die ganze Familie zu den verachtetsten Menschen im Dorf zählt. So kommt es, dass Pavel stolz auf seinen schlechten Ruf und seine Diebstähle ist. Sein Hass und Trotz gegenüber den Leuten im Dorf, erzeugt durch Hunger, Prügel und Beschimpfungen wachsen von Tag zu Tag. Nur der hübschen Tochter des Hirten, Vinska, fühlt er sich ergeben, obwohl er fühlt, dass sie ihn nur ausnutzt und verspottet, da sie eigentlich Peter, den Sohn des Bürgermeisters, heiraten will. Als der Bürgermeister, der gegen diese Heirat ist, stirbt, ist Pavel als Giftmischer verschrien, da er dem Bürgermeister heimlich ein schmerzstillendes Mittel von der Frau des Hirten überbringen musste. Dieser Schimpfname und die Verachtung durch die Bewohner des Dorfes bleiben ihm, obwohl sich später seine Unschuld erweist. Nach jahrelanger Trennung darf Pavel seine Schwester im Kloster besuchen. Milada ist voll Entsetzen über Pavels Einstellung und redet auf ihn ein, ein braver Mensch zu werden. Pavel ist daraufhin der festen Überzeugung seinen Ruf verbessern zu wollen. Er versucht sich in der Gemeinde nützlich zu machen, weicht allen Prügeleien aus und bezwingt seinen Menschenhass, obwohl er auch weiterhin beschimpft und verspottet wird, geht zur Schule und findet im Lehrer Habrecht seine einzige Bezugs- und Vertrauensperson. Unbeirrbare Rechtschaffenheit, die einmal auch die Achtung seiner Mitmenschen finden wird, ist der Sinn seines Lebens geworden. Trotzdem zeigt die Dorfjugend, vor allem Peter, dem er sogar das Leben bei einem Unfall mit einem Lokomobil gerettet hat, keine Einsicht. Sie zerstören, was er sich mühevoll aufgebaut hat und Pavel muss sich sehr beherrschen, es ihnen nicht wieder mit Prügeln zu vergelten. Erst nach einer ungerechten Geldforderung des Gemeinderates kommt es zu einer Prügelei im Wirtshaus. Pavel behauptet sich zwar, aber die neuen Umstände machen ihn einsam, da der Lehrer in eine andere Stadt versetzt worden ist. Bald folgt ein neuer Schicksalsschlag. Milada stirbt, völlig geschwächt durch Buß- und Fastenübungen. Als Pavel von der Beerdigung zurückkehrt, findet er seine Mutter vor. Sie will eigentlich nur nach ihren Kindern sehen und gesteht Pavel, dass sie unschuldig war. Um ihn vor dem schlechten Gerede der Leute zu verschonen, will sie nicht bei ihm bleiben, sondern im Krankenhaus des Gefängnisses arbeiten. Pavels Charakter hat sich nun gefestigt und er hat seinen Platz im Dorfe und im Leben gefunden, an der Seite seiner Mutter, die er nach der Verbüßung ihrer Zuchthausstrafe trotz aller bösen Nachrede bei sich aufnimmt.
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Ebner-Eschenbach, Marie von: Ein kleiner Roman, german V1 23.12.2009

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Freifrau Marie von Ebner-Eschenbach (* 13. September 1830 auf Schloss Zdislawitz bei Kremsier in Mähren; † 12. März 1916 in Wien) war eine österreichische Schriftstellerin und gilt mit ihren psychologischen Erzählungen als eine der bedeutendsten deutschsprachigen Erzählerinnen des 19. Jahrhunderts.
Marie von Ebner-Eschenbach, geborene Freiin Dubský, ab 1843 Gräfin, war die Tochter des Franz Baron Dubský, ab 1843 Graf Dubský, und seiner zweiten Frau Baronin Marie von Vockel. Väterlicherseits hat sie ihre Wurzeln im alten böhmisch-katholischen Adelsgeschlecht der Dubský von Třebomyslice. Mütterlicherseits stammt sie vom Geschlecht der sächsisch-protestantischen Familie Vockel ab. Sie hatte sechs Geschwister.

Kurz nach ihrer Geburt starb ihre Mutter. Ihre erste Stiefmutter, Eugénie Bartenstein, zu der sie eine enge Beziehung hatte, verlor sie als siebenjähriges Kind. Drei Jahre später heiratete Maries Vater in vierter Ehe Gräfin Xaverine Kolowrat-Krakowsky, eine hochgebildete Frau. Auch mit ihrer zweiten Stiefmutter pflegte Marie ein inniges Verhältnis. Diese erkannte und förderte das schriftstellerische Talent ihrer Stieftochter. Während die Familie jedes Jahr mehrere Monate in Wien lebte, nahm Xaverine ihre Stieftochter häufig mit ins Burgtheater und gab ihr literarische Anregungen.

Die Sommermonate verbrachte Marie bei ihrer Familie auf dem Schloss in Zdislawitz und im Winter wohnte sie in Wien. Viele verschiedene Personen nahmen sich der Erziehung Maries an. Dementsprechend erhielt sie auch eine unterschiedliche Prägung: mütterlicherseits von ihrer Großmutter, väterlicherseits von ihrer Tante Helen, von tschechischen Dienstmägden und von deutschen und französischen Gouvernanten. Folglich hatte sie das Glück, verschiedene Sprachen erlernt zu haben: Deutsch, Französisch und Tschechisch, wobei Französisch die Muttersprache war.
1848, mit 18 Jahren, heiratete Marie ihren Cousin Moritz von Ebner-Eschenbach, den Sohn ihrer Tante Helen. Sie zog zu ihrem 15 Jahre älteren Mann nach Klosterbruck (tschechisch: Louka) bei Znaim in Südmähren. Moritz war selber auch ein gebildeter Mann und unterstützte Marie in ihrem Schriftstellerdrang. Moritz von Ebner-Eschenbach lehrte als Professor an der Ingenieur-Akademie in Wien Physik und Chemie, später wurde er Feldmarschallleutnant und Mitglied der Militärakademie. Die Ehe zwischen Marie und ihrem Cousin blieb kinderlos.

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Ebner-Eschenbach, Marie von: Lotti, die Uhrmacherin, german V1 23.12.2009

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Freifrau Marie von Ebner-Eschenbach (* 13. September 1830 auf Schloss Zdislawitz bei Kremsier in Mähren; † 12. März 1916 in Wien) war eine österreichische Schriftstellerin und gilt mit ihren psychologischen Erzählungen als eine der bedeutendsten deutschsprachigen Erzählerinnen des 19. Jahrhunderts.
Marie von Ebner-Eschenbach, geborene Freiin Dubský, ab 1843 Gräfin, war die Tochter des Franz Baron Dubský, ab 1843 Graf Dubský, und seiner zweiten Frau Baronin Marie von Vockel. Väterlicherseits hat sie ihre Wurzeln im alten böhmisch-katholischen Adelsgeschlecht der Dubský von Třebomyslice. Mütterlicherseits stammt sie vom Geschlecht der sächsisch-protestantischen Familie Vockel ab. Sie hatte sechs Geschwister.

Kurz nach ihrer Geburt starb ihre Mutter. Ihre erste Stiefmutter, Eugénie Bartenstein, zu der sie eine enge Beziehung hatte, verlor sie als siebenjähriges Kind. Drei Jahre später heiratete Maries Vater in vierter Ehe Gräfin Xaverine Kolowrat-Krakowsky, eine hochgebildete Frau. Auch mit ihrer zweiten Stiefmutter pflegte Marie ein inniges Verhältnis. Diese erkannte und förderte das schriftstellerische Talent ihrer Stieftochter. Während die Familie jedes Jahr mehrere Monate in Wien lebte, nahm Xaverine ihre Stieftochter häufig mit ins Burgtheater und gab ihr literarische Anregungen.

Die Sommermonate verbrachte Marie bei ihrer Familie auf dem Schloss in Zdislawitz und im Winter wohnte sie in Wien. Viele verschiedene Personen nahmen sich der Erziehung Maries an. Dementsprechend erhielt sie auch eine unterschiedliche Prägung: mütterlicherseits von ihrer Großmutter, väterlicherseits von ihrer Tante Helen, von tschechischen Dienstmägden und von deutschen und französischen Gouvernanten. Folglich hatte sie das Glück, verschiedene Sprachen erlernt zu haben: Deutsch, Französisch und Tschechisch, wobei Französisch die Muttersprache war.
1848, mit 18 Jahren, heiratete Marie ihren Cousin Moritz von Ebner-Eschenbach, den Sohn ihrer Tante Helen. Sie zog zu ihrem 15 Jahre älteren Mann nach Klosterbruck (tschechisch: Louka) bei Znaim in Südmähren. Moritz war selber auch ein gebildeter Mann und unterstützte Marie in ihrem Schriftstellerdrang. Moritz von Ebner-Eschenbach lehrte als Professor an der Ingenieur-Akademie in Wien Physik und Chemie, später wurde er Feldmarschallleutnant und Mitglied der Militärakademie. Die Ehe zwischen Marie und ihrem Cousin blieb kinderlos.

Mit der Erzählung "Lotti, die Uhrmacherin" (1880) gelang der Schriftstellerin Marie von Ebner-Eschenbach der Durchbruch. Mit autobiographischen Elementen versehen - die Autorin begann ein Jahr vor der Erstveröffentlichung der Erzählung die damals für Frauen ungewöhnliche Ausbildung zur Uhrmacherin - erzählt Ebner-Eschenbach von der jungen Frau Lotti.

Mit großem Fleiß und Hingabe macht Lotti das Handwerk zum Kunstwerk und die Schriftstellerin zeigt mit der Protagonistin eine für die Jahrhundertwende fortschrittliche Frau. Ein früherer Ausspruch von Marie Ebner-Eschenbach bringt den Leitgedanken dieser Erzählung auf den Punkt:
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Freifrau Marie von Ebner-Eschenbach (* 13. September 1830 auf Schloss Zdislawitz bei Kremsier in Mähren; † 12. März 1916 in Wien) war eine österreichische Schriftstellerin und gilt mit ihren psychologischen Erzählungen als eine der bedeutendsten deutschsprachigen Erzählerinnen des 19. Jahrhunderts.
Marie von Ebner-Eschenbach, geborene Freiin Dubský, ab 1843 Gräfin, war die Tochter des Franz Baron Dubský, ab 1843 Graf Dubský, und seiner zweiten Frau Baronin Marie von Vockel. Väterlicherseits hat sie ihre Wurzeln im alten böhmisch-katholischen Adelsgeschlecht der Dubský von Třebomyslice. Mütterlicherseits stammt sie vom Geschlecht der sächsisch-protestantischen Familie Vockel ab. Sie hatte sechs Geschwister.

Kurz nach ihrer Geburt starb ihre Mutter. Ihre erste Stiefmutter, Eugénie Bartenstein, zu der sie eine enge Beziehung hatte, verlor sie als siebenjähriges Kind. Drei Jahre später heiratete Maries Vater in vierter Ehe Gräfin Xaverine Kolowrat-Krakowsky, eine hochgebildete Frau. Auch mit ihrer zweiten Stiefmutter pflegte Marie ein inniges Verhältnis. Diese erkannte und förderte das schriftstellerische Talent ihrer Stieftochter. Während die Familie jedes Jahr mehrere Monate in Wien lebte, nahm Xaverine ihre Stieftochter häufig mit ins Burgtheater und gab ihr literarische Anregungen.

Die Sommermonate verbrachte Marie bei ihrer Familie auf dem Schloss in Zdislawitz und im Winter wohnte sie in Wien. Viele verschiedene Personen nahmen sich der Erziehung Maries an. Dementsprechend erhielt sie auch eine unterschiedliche Prägung: mütterlicherseits von ihrer Großmutter, väterlicherseits von ihrer Tante Helen, von tschechischen Dienstmägden und von deutschen und französischen Gouvernanten. Folglich hatte sie das Glück, verschiedene Sprachen erlernt zu haben: Deutsch, Französisch und Tschechisch, wobei Französisch die Muttersprache war.
1848, mit 18 Jahren, heiratete Marie ihren Cousin Moritz von Ebner-Eschenbach, den Sohn ihrer Tante Helen. Sie zog zu ihrem 15 Jahre älteren Mann nach Klosterbruck (tschechisch: Louka) bei Znaim in Südmähren. Moritz war selber auch ein gebildeter Mann und unterstützte Marie in ihrem Schriftstellerdrang. Moritz von Ebner-Eschenbach lehrte als Professor an der Ingenieur-Akademie in Wien Physik und Chemie, später wurde er Feldmarschallleutnant und Mitglied der Militärakademie. Die Ehe zwischen Marie und ihrem Cousin blieb kinderlos.

In der Erzählung «Unsühnbar» (1890) wird die Verirrung der Leidenschaft bei einer Frau, die einen Fehltritt in der Ehe begeht, beschrieben.

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Echols, Allan K: Allan K Echols Sampler. V1. 14 Aug 2012

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Allan K Echols: No biographical data located.

COLD DECKED--IN SPADES!
MRS. MONTCRIEF'S FLATS

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Eden, Emily: the Semi-Attached Couple, v.1, 10 Feb 2008.

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Patricia

Done in response to a request.

This seems to be a society novel.

From http://www.victoriamemorial-cal.org/ex_eden06.html

Emily Eden (1797-1869) was the 7th daughter of the 14 children of William Eden, 1st Baron of Auckland. Her eldest sibling was George Eden, better known to students of Indian History as the 1st Earl of Auckland, Governor-General of India (1836-1842). She was born into a blue-blooded family of achievers and in early life was inspired by her mother, who was an independent-minded woman, who travelled extensively with her highly placed husband and took an active interest in public affairs along with him.
Emily grew up to be a versatile and gifted woman and became a successful novelist, a painter and a writer of a book entitled "Up the Country" (pub. 1866) that described through her letters, her journey with her brother and his retinue, from Kolkata to Shimla. Besides "Up the Country" she wrote two novels "The Semi-Detached House" (1859) and "The Semi-Attached Couple" (1860). All of her books were received well by the reading public.

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Eden, Emily: The Semi-Detached House, v.1, 11 Feb 2008.

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The Hon. Emily Eden (1797-1869):
The Semi-Detached House (1859).

Done in response to a request.

A society novel. The young Lady Chester is persuaded to take a semi-detached house near London, so as to benefit from the fresh air while awaiting ‘an interesting event’. Her husband is on a diplomatic mission to Berlin.
Meanwhile the newspaper ‘The Weekly Lyre’ [read as ‘liar’] announces a rumour of a separation in high society and that a certain lord’s ‘chère amie’ has been installed in a country villa.
The neighbours in the other half of the semi-detached house are horrified and begin to imagine the worst...

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Edgar, J.G.: The Boy Crusaders v1 7 jan 2009

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A little bonus book today (not little regarding the size, though). I simply was charmed by this gem of a book and had to assemble it. It's really a shame I can't tell you anything concrete of it's author except that he seems to have specialised in adventure books for young adults.

This book is fully illustrated and features the original (beautiful) cover. Also featured is the handwritten dedication that I have inserted in lieu of a frontispiece, All in all this book is very readable and has a lively, active tone with a lot of combat action thrown in.

I think it's one of PG's more hidden jewels, but still a radiant jewel! Recommended.

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Edgelow, Thomas: Thomas Edgelow Sampler. V1. 14 Aug 2012

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No biographical data found.

CONSIDERATE MONSIEUR BOIRET
PEARLS FOR TEARS

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Edgeworth, Maria: Castle Rackrent. v1. 27 Aug 2009

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My first upload, hope someone enjoys it.

From a PG text..added italics, moved footnotes and other notes to end.

from Wikipedia--

[Castle Rackrent[/, a short novel by Maria Edgeworth published in 1800, is often regarded as the first historical novel, the first regional novel in English, the first Anglo-Irish novel, the first Big House novel and the first saga novel.

It is also widely regarded as the first novel to use the device of a narrator who is both unreliable and an observer of, rather than a player in, the actions he chronicles. Kirkpatrick suggests that it "both borrows from and originates a variety of literary genres and subgenres without nearly fitting into any one of them".

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Edgeworth, Maria: Leonora. v1. 8 Dec 2013

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Maria Edgeworth (1 January 1768 – 22 May 1849) was a prolific Irish writer of adults' and children's literature. She was one of the first realist writers in children's literature and was a significant figure in the evolution of the novel in Europe. She held advanced views, for a woman of her time, on estate management, politics and education, and corresponded with some of the leading literary and economic writers, including Sir Walter Scott and David Ricardo.

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What a misfortune it is to be born a woman! In vain, dear Leonora, would you reconcile me to my doom. Condemned to incessant hypocrisy, or everlasting misery, woman is the slave or the outcast of society.

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Edgeworth, Maria: The Absentee. v1. 7 Dec 2013

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Maria Edgeworth (1 January 1768 – 22 May 1849) was a prolific Irish writer of adults' and children's literature. She was one of the first realist writers in children's literature and was a significant figure in the evolution of the novel in Europe. She held advanced views, for a woman of her time, on estate management, politics and education, and corresponded with some of the leading literary and economic writers, including Sir Walter Scott and David Ricardo.

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POTSHEEN, plase your honour;—becaase it's the little whisky that's made in the private still or pot; and SHEEN, becaase it's a fond word for whatsoever we'd like, and for what we have little of, and would make much of: after taking the glass of it, no man could go and inform to ruin the CRATURES, for they all shelter on that estate under favour of them that go shares, and make rent of 'em—but I'd never inform again' 'em. And, after all, if the truth was known, and my Lord Clonbrony should be informed against, and presented, for it's his neglect is the bottom of the nuisance—'

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Edholm, Charlton L: Charlton L. Edholm Sampler. V1. 17 Aug 2012

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Charlton L. Edholm
Birthplace: Omaha, Nebraska, USA: Birthdate: 21 March 1879: Deathdate: 13 September 1945.

GORILLA GIRL
THE MAN MARKED FOR SLAUGHTER

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Edward Dyson: John Leslie's Burglar, and other stories, v1, 8 April 2026

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Edward Dyson was a prolific Australian author of short stories, under his own name and several pseudonyms: Ed Ward, Dy Edwardson, Silas Snell and more.

This original collection of short-short stories is mostly as by "Ward Edson", collected from Australian newspapers and magazines.

1: Flood-Bound Lovers / Ward Edson
2: Beau Ben's Last Appearance / Ward Edson
3: The Enigmatic Emeralds / Ward Edson
4: The Sad Case of Willie Borlow / Silas Snell
5: The Supernatural Agent / Silas Snell
6: Eph And Effie / Ward Edson
7: His Unconventional Girl / Ward Edson
8: The Favoured Boarder / Silas Snell
9: The Parson's Revenge / Silas Snell
10: A Provincial Plot / Ward Edson
11: Mrs. Steel's Jewellery / Ward Edson
12: Kept Oaths / Ward Edson
13: The Homing Drunk / Ward Edson
14: John Leslie's Burglar / Dy Edwardson
15: A Property Deal / Dy Edwardson
16: The Vengeance That Miscarried / Dy Edwardson
17: The Man Who Eventually Did / Dy Edwardson
18: Two Drummers / Ward Edson
19: Leonard's Reward / Ward Edson
20: The Trapping of Santa Claus / Ward Edson
21: His Accomplice / Ward Edson
22: A Virtuous Imposition / Dy Edwardson
23: Her Homecoming / Ward Edson
24: Florence St. John / Silas Snell
25: Swinnerton's Wonderful Dog / Silas Snell
26: The Knock at the Door / Edward Dyson
27: The Accusing Camera / Ward Edson
28: A Suburban Juliet / Edward Dyson
29: Hocussing of Kookaburra / Ward Edson
30: His Narrow Escape / Ward Edson
31: Sanctity of Marriage at Cowford / Ward Edson
32: The Scientific "D." / Ward Edson
33: Their Excellent Maid / Ward Edson
34: An Amazing Materialisation / Silas Snell
35: Giorgio, Giuseppe and Guido / Edward Dyson

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Edward, Ralph Sir: And the World Changed: Life in the Digital Reality, v1, 10 Feb 200

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Ralph Sir Edward
And the World Changed: Life in the Digital Reality (2009)

A book by MobileRead member, Ralph Sir Edward, who said,
“I am writing a serious book, of sorts, concerning digital reality versus analog reality and the effect on people and ethics.”

He first posted the book chapter by chapter here:
http://www.mobileread.com/forums/showthread.php?t=37330
where it is also discussed by several forum members.

And this thread contains the entire rtf version:
http://www.mobileread.com/forums/showthread.php?t=38305

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Edward, Ralph Sir: Slicetime. v1. 7 May 2019

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For those remaining readers with no taste, I am posting a yarn I did a few years ago, but not on this site.

https://www.mobileread.com/forums/at...1&d=1557261726

To keep things interesting, try to find all the allusions to other works in the yarn.

As is usual - this e-book is in the public domain - so sayeth the author.

So there!

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Edward, Ralph Sir: The Case of the Drowning Baptists. v1. 8 Jul 2010

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Now, in all glory, a new cover by Zelda Queen of Pinwheel! (and there's a Red adventure tacked on, as well....)

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Edward, Ralph Sir: The Case of the Drowning Baptists. V2. 10 Jul 2010

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Now with a new and improved Cover by the inimitable Zelda! And Metadata!

Attachment 54933

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Edward, Sir Sir Ralph Sir: The Case Of The Desert Pirates, v1, 5 June 2009

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Sorry I didn't get around to this sooner. Pervel is going to do the LRF upload...

Remember, this is a public domain work. So says the author, and he ought to know....

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Edward, Sir Sir Ralph Sir: The Case of the Golden Coprolite, v.1, 17 Dec 2008.

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A mystery by our own Sir Sir Ralph Sir Edward, issued first in serial form in the Lounge, and now in a single volume for your delectation.

The cover image is by sa majesté, Zelda, reine de Pinwheel herself.

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Edwards, Amelia Ann Blanford: In the Days of My Youth. v1. 28 Apr 2015

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Amelia Ann Blanford Edwards (7 June 1831 – 15 April 1892) was an English novelist, journalist, traveller and Egyptologist.

Excerpt
Sweet, secluded, shady Saxonholme! I doubt if our whole England contains another hamlet so quaint, so picturesquely irregular, so thoroughly national in all its rustic characteristics. It lies in a warm hollow environed by hills. Woods, parks and young plantations clothe every height and slope for miles around, whilst here and there, peeping down through green vistas, or towering above undulating seas of summer foliage, stands many a fine old country mansion, turreted and gabled, and built of that warm red brick that seems to hold the light of the sunset long after it has faded from the rest of the landscape. A silver thread of streamlet, swift but shallow, runs noisily through the meadows beside the town and loses itself in the Chad, about a mile and a half farther eastward. Many a picturesque old wooden bridge, many a foaming weir and ruinous water-mill with weedy wheel, may be found scattered up and down the wooded banks of this little river Chad; while to the brook, which we call the Gipstream, attaches a vague tradition of trout.

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Edwards, Amelia Ann Blanford: Monsieur Maurice. v1. 28 Apr 2015

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Amelia Ann Blanford Edwards (7 June 1831 – 15 April 1892) was an English novelist, journalist, traveller and Egyptologist.

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The events I am about to relate took place more than fifty years ago. I am a white-haired old woman now, and I was then a little girl scarce ten years of age; but those times, and the places and people associated with them, seem, in truth, to lie nearer my memory than the times and people of to-day. Trivial incidents which, if they had happened yesterday, would be forgotten, come back upon me sometimes with all the vivid detail of a photograph; and words unheeded many a year ago start out, like the handwriting on the wall, in sudden characters of fire.

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Edwards, Amelia B.: A Thousand Miles Up the Nile (Illustrated). v1. 12th May 2012

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Amelia B. Edwards (1831-1892) was a successful Victorian novelist and Egyptologist.

From Wikipedia:

[quotIn the winter of 1873–1874, accompanied by several friends, Edwards toured Egypt, discovering a fascination with the land and its cultures, both ancient and modern. Journeying southwards from Cairo in a hired dahabiyeh (manned houseboat), the companions visited Philae and ultimately reached Abu Simbel where they remained for six weeks.

Having once returned to the UK, Edwards proceeded to write a vivid description of her Nile voyage, publishing the resulting book in 1876 under the title of "A Thousand Miles up the Nile". Enhanced with her own hand-drawn illustrations, the travelogue became an immediate bestseller.

Edwards' travels in Egypt had made her aware of the increasing threat directed towards the ancient monuments by tourism and modern development. Determined to stem these threats by the force of public awareness and scientific endeavour, Edwards became a tireless public advocate for the research and preservation of the ancient monuments and, in 1882, co-founded the Egypt Exploration Fund (now the Egypt Exploration Society) with Reginald Stuart Poole, curator of the Department of Coins and Medals at the British Museum. Edwards was to serve as joint Honorary Secretary of the Fund until her death some 14 years later.

With the aims of advancing the Fund's work, Edwards largely abandoned her other literary work to concentrate solely on Egyptology. In this field she contributed to the ninth edition of the Encyclopædia Britannica, to the American supplement of that work, and to the Standard Dictionary.
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"A Thousand Miles Up the Nile" is a wonderful book, both in terms of its descriptions of Egypt and also as a vivid record of what travel was like in Victorian times.

I hope you enjoy this as much as I do and that, if you've not yet visited Egypt, this book will inspire you to do so.

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Edwards, Amelia B.: The Borders of Night (collected ghosts). v1. 31 Oct 2018

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THE BORDERS OF NIGHT: Tales of the Supernatural by AMELIA B. EDWARDS (1831–1892)

From the pen of Amelia B. Edwards, now generally recognized as one of the best Victorian authors of ghost stories, sixteen stories of ghostly encounters and supernatural episodes, to bristle your hair and tingle your spine. She carries us along to strange destinations with richly descriptive prose, evoking time and place and atmosphere.

These stories are taken from [Miss Carew[/ (1865), [Monsieur Maurice and Other Tales[/ (1873), and a text found at eBooks@Adelaide.

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Amelia Ann Blanford Edwards (7 June 1831 – 15 April 1892) was an English novelist, journalist, traveller and Egyptologist. She began to write at a young age, publishing her first poem at age 7 and her first story at 12. Her first novel, [My Brother’s Wife[/, appeared in 1855, but it was [Barbara’s History[/ (1864), a novel about bigamy, that made her famous. She also wrote crime and ghost stories, including the much-anthologized "The Phantom Coach". Following the publication of her last novel, [Lord Brackenbury[/ (1880), which was a run-away success, she abandoned her other literary work to concentrate solely on Egyptology. Her travelogue, [A Thousand Miles Up the Nile[/ (1877), is possibly her best-known work.

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The contents of this book were first published 1860 ~ 1881. Text is in the public domain worldwide, because the author died more than 100 years ago, and the works were published prior to 1923.

This is my own compilation. Texts were obtained from Project Gutenberg, Gutenberg Australia, and the Internet Archive; proofed against pdf scans of first editions. Obvious textual errors were silently corrected; punctuation, diacritics, and italics formatted. Typography follows the conventions of the British first editions. Story titles are cross-linked to table of contents. Embedded font used for titling.

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Happy Halloween Hauntings to you!
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Edwards, Amelia B.: The Shadows of Evil (collected mysteries). v1. 31 Oct 2018

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THE SHADOWS OF EVIL: Tales of Crime and Mystery by AMELIA B. EDWARDS (1831–1892)

Presented here, eleven tales of jealousy, obsession, and madness; of dark designs and evil deeds; of murder and retribution. Edwards’ beautifully descriptive prose establishes locales and mood, and draws the reader in with deliberate and suspenseful development of the character’s predicament.

These stories are taken from [Miss Carew[/ (1865) and [Monsieur Maurice and Other Tales[/ (1873).

* * * *
Amelia Ann Blanford Edwards (7 June 1831 – 15 April 1892) was an English novelist, journalist, traveller and Egyptologist. She began to write at a young age, publishing her first poem at age 7 and her first story at 12. Her first novel, [My Brother’s Wife[/, appeared in 1855, but it was [Barbara’s History[/ (1864), a novel about bigamy, that made her famous. She also wrote crime and ghost stories, including the much-anthologized "The Phantom Coach". Following the publication of her last novel, [Lord Brackenbury[/ (1880), which was a run-away success, she abandoned her other literary work to concentrate solely on Egyptology. Her travelogue, [A Thousand Miles Up the Nile[/ (1877), is possibly her best-known work.

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The contents of this book were first published 1856 ~ 1873. Text is in the public domain worldwide, because the author died more than 100 years ago, and the works were published prior to 1923.

This is my own compilation. Texts were obtained from Project Gutenberg, HathiTrust, and the Internet Archive; proofed against pdf scans of first editions. Obvious textual errors were silently corrected; punctuation, diacritics, and italics formatted. Typography follows the conventions of the British first editions. Story titles are cross-linked to table of contents. Embedded font used for titling.

Happy Halloween!
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Edwards, Amelia: A Night on the Borders of the Black Forest. v1. 28 Apr 2015

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Amelia Ann Blanford Edwards (7 June 1831 – 15 April 1892) was an English novelist, journalist, traveller and Egyptologist.

A NIGHT ON THE BORDERS OF THE BLACK FOREST.
THE STORY OF SALOME.
IN THE CONFESSIONAL.
THE TRAGEDY IN THE PALAZZO BARDELLO.
THE FOUR-FIFTEEN EXPRESS.
SISTER JOHANNA’S STORY.
ALL-SAINTS’ EVE.

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Edwards, Harry Stillwell: Brother Sims's Mistake. v1. 11 Nov 2015

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Harry Stillwell Edwards (1855–1938) was an American journalist, novelist, and poet, born at Macon, Georgia. He studied law at Mercer University, Macon, and graduated in 1877. He was assistant editor and editor of Macon journals (1881–1888), gaining distinction as a writer of dialect stories.

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THE Rev. Joshua Sims reached the Holly Bluff settlement Saturday afternoon, near the close of summer, with but little time to spare, and no disposition to preach a sermon. He was due at Smyrna upon the following morning, where he was under contract to join four couples in the bonds of wedlock, and at the annual picnic near Smyrna, many miles farther, on Monday. Four fees were involved in the matrimonial affair, and Brother Sims yielded to no man in his respect for a fee, be it possum, pork, or pocket-money.

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Edwards, Harry Stillwell: Eneas Africanus Defendant. v1. 12 Nov 2015

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Harry Stillwell Edwards (1855–1938) was an American journalist, novelist, and poet, born at Macon, Georgia. He studied law at Mercer University, Macon, and graduated in 1877. He was assistant editor and editor of Macon journals (1881–1888), gaining distinction as a writer of dialect stories.

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Every man is entitled to his day in court and herein Eneas gets his, literally. And it is a church court, the kind that sometimes dispenses with both law and equity.

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Edwards, Harry Stillwell: Eneas Africanus. v1. 12 Nov 2015

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Harry Stillwell Edwards (1855–1938) was an American journalist, novelist, and poet, born at Macon, Georgia. He studied law at Mercer University, Macon, and graduated in 1877. He was assistant editor and editor of Macon journals (1881–1888), gaining distinction as a writer of dialect stories.

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Dear to the hearts of the Southerners, young and old, is the vanishing type, conspicuous in Eneas of this record; and as in a sidelight herein are seen the Southerners themselves, kind of heart, tolerant and appreciative of the humor and pathos of the Negro’s life. Eneas would have been arrested in any country other than the South. In the South he could have traveled his life out as the guest of his “white folks.” Is the story true? Everybody says it is.

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Edwards, Harry Stillwell: His Defense, And Other Stories. v1. 13 Nov 2015

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Harry Stillwell Edwards (1855–1938) was an American journalist, novelist, and poet, born at Macon, Georgia. He studied law at Mercer University, Macon, and graduated in 1877. He was assistant editor and editor of Macon journals (1881–1888), gaining distinction as a writer of dialect stories.

HIS DEFENSE
WILLIAM MARSDAL’S AWAKENING
ISAM AND THE MAJOR
THE HARD TRIGGER
MAS’ CRAFFUD’S FREEDOM
THE GUM SWAMP DEBATE
CHARLEY AND THE POSSUM

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Eeden, Frederik van: Der kleine Johannes [German]. V1. 01 Aug 2010

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Frederik Willem van Eeden (* 3. April 1860 in Haarlem; † 16. Juni 1932 in Bussum) war ein niederländischer Psychologe, Sozialreformer und Schriftsteller.

Frederik van Eeden war der Sohn von Frederik Willem van Eeden und wuchs in einer Umgebung auf, in der Kunst und Wissenschaft eine wichtige Rolle spielten. 1878 begann er, Medizin in Amsterdam zu studieren. 1886 promovierte Van Eeden und ließ sich in Bussum als Hausarzt nieder. Er spezialisierte sich jedoch schnell auf Psychotherapie.
Beginn der 1880er Jahre spielte Van Eeden eine wichtige Rolle im Amsterdamer Studentenleben und veröffentlichte seine ersten Artikel. Er wurde Mitglied der niederländischen Schriftsteller-Vereinigung Flanor. 1885 gründete er mit Frank der Goes, Willem Kloos, Willem Paap und Albert Verwey die Zeitschrift De Nieuwe Gids, die das Sprachrohr der Beweging van Tachtig werden sollte. Die ersten Ausgaben des Nieuwe Gids beinhalteten Teile des von Van Eeden geschriebenen Märchens De Kleine Johannes. Das Märchen wurde 1887 als Buch veröffentlicht. 1894 verließ Van Eeden die Redaktion des Nieuwe Gids.
Am 15. April 1886 heiratete Frederik van Eeden Martha van Vloten. Sie wurden Eltern zweier Söhne. Am 29. Juni 1907 ließen sie sich scheiden. Am 21. August 1907 heiratete Van Eeden seine zweite Ehefrau Geertruida Woutrina Everts, mit der er ebenfalls zwei Söhne hatte.
1900 erschien Van Eedens psychologischer Roman Van de koele meren des doods. Das Werk wurde seitdem mehrmals neu aufgelegt und wird immer noch häufig gelesen. 1982 wurde der Roman von Nouchka van Brakel verfilmt.
Die Kolonie Walden in Bussum war ein Versuch, seinen gesellschaftlichen Auffassungen eine konkrete Gestalt zu geben. Das Experiment, das nur wenige Jahre Bestand hatte (1898 bis 1907), war für die Entwicklung des niederländischen Sozialismus von Bedeutung.
In der Klartraumforschung wird van Eeden die Einführung des Begriffes lucid dream zugesprochen.

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Ich will euch etwas von dem kleinen Johannes erzählen. Meine Geschichte erinnert zwar sehr an ein Märchen, aber dennoch ist alles in Wirklichkeit so geschehen. Sobald ihr das nicht mehr glaubt, sollt ihr nicht weiter lesen, denn ich schreibe dann nicht für euch. Auch dürft ihr nie zu dem kleinen Johannes darüber sprechen, wenn ihr ihm jemals begegnen solltet, denn das würde ihm Kummer bereiten und ich würde es bereuen, euch dies alles erzählt zu haben.

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Ehret, Arnold: Rational Fasting. v1. 01 Feb 2013

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Arnold Ehret's classic on health and hygiene, "Rational Fasting: Regeneration Diet And Natural Cure For All Diseases" gives the cause and the remedy for disease, premature aging, and premature death. The chapters titles follow:

1. The Common Fundamental Cause in the Nature of Diseases

2. Remedies for the Removal of the Common Fundamental Cause of Diseases and the Prevention of their Re-occurrence

3. The Fundamental Cause of Growing Old and Ugly, of the Falling Out and Getting Gray of the Hair

4. The Death

Includes cover, linked table of contents, and picture of the author.
Ehret, Arnold: Rational Fasting. v1. 01 Feb 2013

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Ehrmann, Max: Desiderata and Other Poems, v.1, 6 December 2008.

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Desiderata and Other Poems
By Max Ehrmann (1872–1945)

Twelve poems, including the famous “Desiderata.” Some people find it inspirational. Others find it trite.
The poems were collected from various sources and I have added a history of the poem, “Desiderata” from Wikipedia.

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Eichendorff, Joseph Freiherr von: Ahnung und Gegenwart, V1, german, 28.12.2009

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Joseph Karl Benedikt Freiherr von Eichendorff (* 10. März 1788 Schloss Lubowitz bei Ratibor, Oberschlesien; † 26. November 1857 in Neiße, Oberschlesien) war ein bedeutender Lyriker und Schriftsteller der deutschen Romantik. Mit etwa 5000 Vertonungen zählt Eichendorff zu den meistvertonten deutschsprachigen Lyrikern und ist auch als Prosadichter (Aus dem Leben eines Taugenichts) bis heute gegenwärtig. Joseph Karl Benedikt Freiherr von Eichendorff wurde am 10. März 1788 auf Schloss Lubowitz bei Ratibor als Sohn eines preußischen Offiziers, des Freiherrn Adolf Theodor Rudolf (1756–1818) von Eichendorff und dessen Frau Karoline (1766–1822, geb. Freiin von Kloch) geboren. Seine Mutter stammte aus einer schlesischen Adelsfamilie, aus deren Besitz sie Schloss Lubowitz erbte. Das katholische Adelsgeschlecht der Freiherren von Eichendorff ist seit dem 17. Jahrhundert in Schlesien ansässig.

Joseph wurde von 1793 bis 1801 zusammen mit seinem zwei Jahre älteren Bruder Wilhelm von Pfarrer Bernhard Heinke zuhause unterrichtet. Es folgten neben umfangreicher Lektüre von Abenteuer- und Ritterromanen und antiken Sagen erste kindliche literarische Versuche. 1794 reiste er nach Prag, 1799 nach Karlsbad und wieder nach Prag, danach hielt er seine Eindrücke von der Fahrt in ersten Aufzeichnungen fest. Mit dem 12. November 1800 begannen seine Tagebuchaufzeichnungen und die Abfassung einer Naturgeschichte mit eigenen Illustrationen.

Im Oktober 1801 begann für Joseph und Wilhelm der Besuch des katholischen Gymnasiums in Breslau mit Internen-Wohnung im St.-Josephs-Konvikt (bis 1804). Häufige Theaterbesuche und frühe Gedichte sind aus dieser Zeit bekannt. Auch die Jugendfreundschaft mit seinem Mitschüler Joseph Christian von Zedlitz wurde hier begründet. Von 1805 bis 1806 studierte Eichendorff in Halle Jura und Geisteswissenschaft und besuchte dabei auch philologische Vorlesungen bei Friedrich August Wolf, Friedrich Schleiermacher und Henrich Steffens. Beim Besuch des Theaters in Bad Lauchstädt erlebte er ein Gastspiel von Goethes Weimarer Bühne. Eine Reise durch den Harz führte ihn nach Hamburg und Lübeck. Im August 1806 kehrte Eichendorff nach Schloß Lubowitz zurück, wo er das gesellige Leben mit Bällen und Jagden in der Umgebung genoss.
Eichendorff starb am 26. November 1857 in Neiße (Schlesien).
Eichendorff wird zu den bedeutendsten und noch heute bewunderten deutschen Lyrikern gezählt, zahlreiche seiner Gedichte wurden vertont (O Täler weit, o Höhen) und vielfach gesungen. Seine Novelle Aus dem Leben eines Taugenichts gilt als Höhepunkt und zugleich Ausklang der Romantik.

Typisch für viele Werke Eichendorffs ist, dass sie aufgrund seiner eigenen starken Bindung zum Glauben häufig in einem religiösen Zusammenhang stehen.
(Wikipedia)

In seinem Jugendroman „Ahnung und Gegenwart“, der 1815 nach langem Hin und Her veröffentlicht wird, beschreibt Eichendorff das Leben eines jungen Mannes, Friedrich, der gerade sein Studium abgeschlossen hat und nun in die weite Welt hinauszieht. In ihm spiegelt sich Eichendorffs Idealbild, das Leben als poetischer Einsiedler, wieder.

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Eichendorff, Joseph Freiherr von: Erzählungen, V1, german, 28.12.2009

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Joseph Karl Benedikt Freiherr von Eichendorff (* 10. März 1788 Schloss Lubowitz bei Ratibor, Oberschlesien; † 26. November 1857 in Neiße, Oberschlesien) war ein bedeutender Lyriker und Schriftsteller der deutschen Romantik. Mit etwa 5000 Vertonungen zählt Eichendorff zu den meistvertonten deutschsprachigen Lyrikern und ist auch als Prosadichter (Aus dem Leben eines Taugenichts) bis heute gegenwärtig.
oseph Karl Benedikt Freiherr von Eichendorff wurde am 10. März 1788 auf Schloss Lubowitz bei Ratibor als Sohn eines preußischen Offiziers, des Freiherrn Adolf Theodor Rudolf (1756–1818) von Eichendorff und dessen Frau Karoline (1766–1822, geb. Freiin von Kloch) geboren. Seine Mutter stammte aus einer schlesischen Adelsfamilie, aus deren Besitz sie Schloss Lubowitz erbte. Das katholische Adelsgeschlecht der Freiherren von Eichendorff ist seit dem 17. Jahrhundert in Schlesien ansässig.
Joseph wurde von 1793 bis 1801 zusammen mit seinem zwei Jahre älteren Bruder Wilhelm von Pfarrer Bernhard Heinke zuhause unterrichtet. Es folgten neben umfangreicher Lektüre von Abenteuer- und Ritterromanen und antiken Sagen erste kindliche literarische Versuche. 1794 reiste er nach Prag, 1799 nach Karlsbad und wieder nach Prag, danach hielt er seine Eindrücke von der Fahrt in ersten Aufzeichnungen fest. Mit dem 12. November 1800 begannen seine Tagebuchaufzeichnungen und die Abfassung einer Naturgeschichte mit eigenen Illustrationen.Im Oktober 1801 begann für Joseph und Wilhelm der Besuch des katholischen Gymnasiums in Breslau mit Internen-Wohnung im St.-Josephs-Konvikt (bis 1804). Häufige Theaterbesuche und frühe Gedichte sind aus dieser Zeit bekannt. Auch die Jugendfreundschaft mit seinem Mitschüler Joseph Christian von Zedlitz wurde hier begründet. Von 1805 bis 1806 studierte Eichendorff in Halle Jura und Geisteswissenschaft und besuchte dabei auch philologische Vorlesungen bei Friedrich August Wolf, Friedrich Schleiermacher und Henrich Steffens. Beim Besuch des Theaters in Bad Lauchstädt erlebte er ein Gastspiel von Goethes Weimarer Bühne. Eine Reise durch den Harz führte ihn nach Hamburg und Lübeck. Im August 1806 kehrte Eichendorff nach Schloß Lubowitz zurück, wo er das gesellige Leben mit Bällen und Jagden in der Umgebung genoss.Im April 1815 hatte Eichendorff in Breslau Luise von Larisch geheiratet, noch im gleichen Jahr wurde sein erster Sohn Hermann geboren, 1817 die Tochter Therese, 1819 der zweite Sohn Rudolf. Nach dem Tod des Vaters 1818 wurden die meisten der hochverschuldeten Güter der Familie bis auf Schloss Lubowitz und das Gut Seldnitz verkauft. Eichendorff trauerte dem Verlust der Welt seiner Kindheit sein Leben lang nach:
Eichendorff starb am 26. November 1857 in Neiße (Schlesien).
Aus dem Leben eines Taugenichts ist eine Novelle von Joseph von Eichendorff. Sie wurde 1822/1823 fertig gestellt, aber erst 1826 veröffentlicht. Das Werk gilt als Höhepunkt lyrisch-musikalischer Stimmungskunst und wird als beispielhafter Text für das Leben der Spätromantiker angesehen. Von Eichendorff verwendet bei diesem Werk, wie bei vielen seiner Werke, die offene Romanform und streut zahlreiche Gedichte ein.

zu der Novelle "Aus dem Leben eines Taugenichts":
Ein Vater schickt seinen Sohn, den er Taugenichts nennt, in die weite Welt hinaus, da ihm dieser zu Hause die ganze Arbeit allein überlässt. Der Sohn nimmt seine Geige und verlässt sein Dorf, ohne ein Ziel vor Augen zu haben. Schon bald hält neben ihm ein Reisewagen, in dem zwei Damen sitzen, die Gefallen an seiner Musik finden. Sie nehmen ihn mit auf ihr Schloss, nahe Wien, wo er sofort als Gärtnerbursche eingestellt wird. Bald verliebt er sich in die jüngere der beiden Damen. Von der Herrschaft wird er wegen seiner besonderen Verdienste und seines guten Auftretens als Zolleinnehmer eingesetzt. Den Garten des Zollhäuschens befreit er von Kartoffeln, um dort Blumen anzupflanzen, die er regelmäßig seiner Angebeteten hinterlegt. Er beschließt, das Reisen aufzugeben und Geld zu sparen, um es zu etwas Großem zu bringen, und freundet sich mit dem Portier des Schlosses an. Als er jedoch eines Tages seine "allerschönste Frau" mit einem Offizier auf einem Balkon sieht, packt er seine Sachen und verlässt das Schloss, da sie ihm jetzt völlig unerreichbar erscheint.
Der Taugenichts wandert nun nach Italien und macht auf dem Weg dorthin Station in einem kleinen Dorf. Als er vor dem Wirtshaus sitzt, tauchen plötzlich zwei Reiter auf, die er für Räuber hält. Die beiden verlangen von ihm, sie zum Dorf B. zu führen, und geben sich dann als zwei Maler aus: Herr Leonhard und Herr Guido. Die drei setzen ihre Reise nach Italien gemeinsam fort und sind Tag und Nacht unterwegs. Einmal übernachten sie in einem Wirtshaus. Als der Taugenichts seine Begleiter am nächsten Tag wecken will, findet er nur ein leeres Zimmer vor, in dem ein voller Geldbeutel liegt, der für ihn bestimmt ist. Als der Postillon zur Weiterfahrt drängt, springt der Taugenichts allein in den Wagen. Die Fahrt geht weiter, bis sie ein Schloss erreichen, wo eine alte Frau und ein hagerer Mann den Jüngling empfangen.
Dort wird er nach einem reichen Mahl in ein prächtiges Zimmer geführt und kann nun hier ein Leben führen, "wie sich's ein Mensch nur immer in der Welt wünschen kann". Eines Tages erhält er einen Brief von seiner "allerschönsten Frau" (Aurelie), die ihn bittet, wieder zu ihr zu kommen, da sie ohne ihn nicht mehr leben könne.
Der junge Mann ist überglücklich und will wieder zurückkehren. Fluchtartig und ohne den Weg zu kennen verlässt er das Schloss und gelangt schließlich nach Rom. Als er durch die Straßen schreitet, meint er auf einmal, die Stimme seiner "schönen Frau" zu hören, und sieht eine weiße Gestalt. Da sein Suchen jedoch erfolglos bleibt, schläft er im Freien ein. Am nächsten Morgen spricht ihn ein junger Landsmann an. Er stellt sich als Maler vor und nimmt den Taugenichts mit in sein Haus, wo dieser sich einige Bilder anschaut. Dabei entdeckt er zwei Gemälde, die ihm gefallen, und fragt den Maler, ob er sie gemalt habe. Doch dieser antwortet ihm, dass sie von Leonardo da Vinci und Guido Reni gemalt worden seien. Da verkündet ihm der Taugenichts, dass er diese beiden auch kenne, da er mit ihnen Tag und Nacht gereist sei. Der Jüngling erfährt von dem Maler, dass dieser die junge Frau schon gemalt habe, als sie nach Rom gekommen sei, um den Taugenichts, Leonard und Guido aufzusuchen. Voller Begeisterung rennt der Taugenichts hinaus, um das Haus zu suchen, in dem er die weiß gekleidete Gestalt gesehen hat, doch er findet es nicht wieder. Später nimmt der Maler ihn mit zu einem Garten, in dem plötzlich auch ein laut streitendes Paar auftaucht. Es ist die Kammerjungfrau des Schlosses, auf dem auch seine "allerschönste Frau" wohnt. Sie steckt ihm einen Zettel zu, der eine Einladung zu einem Treffen mit der schönen jungen Gräfin enthält. Der Taugenichts sucht sofort das Haus auf und erblickt dort eine Gestalt im Mantel des Malers, den er vor kurzem kennengelernt hat. Mit lautem Geschrei läuft er auf diese Person zu, doch dabei verwickelt er sich in Blumen und fällt zu Boden. Als er zu der Person im weißen Gewand aufblickt, sieht er, dass es die Kammerjungfrau ist. Die "schöne gnädige Frau", mit der er das Rendezvous haben sollte, gesellt sich zu den beiden, aber der Taugenichts erblickt statt seiner "Allerschönsten" eine mächtige, große und korpulente Dame, die ihn komisch anschaut, und macht sich daraufhin auf die Reise zurück nach Deutschland. Unterwegs begegnen ihm drei Prager Studenten, die sich, wie er, auf der Wanderschaft befinden. Ein Student erzählt ihm, dass sein Vetter Portier auf einem Schloss unweit von Wien sei, und sie beschließen, alle gemeinsam dorthin zu fahren. Aus den Gesprächen zwischen den Studenten erfährt der Taugenichts, dass es bei Hofe bald eine Hochzeit geben werde, was er auf seine "schöne Frau" bezieht. Als sie nun endlich ankommen, läuft der Taugenichts sofort zum herrschaftlichen Garten, wo er die Stimme des Herrn Guido hört. Dort erblickt er die "schöne Frau", die aufschreit, als sie ihn entdeckt.
Zu seinem Erstaunen sieht der Taugenichts auch den Herrn Leonard. Dieser fasst die "schöne Frau" bei der Hand, führt sie zu ihm und erklärt endlich die verworrene Geschichte: Er erzählt ihm, dass Herr Guido in Wirklichkeit Flora, seine Geliebte, sei. Deren Mutter habe die Liebe zwischen ihnen anfangs nicht gebilligt, weil es noch einen anderen Bewerber um ihre Hand gegeben habe. Deshalb seien sie als Maler verkleidet gemeinsam nach Italien geflüchtet. Unterwegs seien sie aber verfolgt worden, so dass sie den Taugenichts alleine weiterreisen ließen. Es folgt ein klärendes Gespräch der "schönen Frau" Aurelie mit dem Taugenichts, in dem sie ihm gesteht, dass sie keine Gräfin sei, sondern die Nichte des Portiers; bald darauf heiraten sie und bekommen vom Grafen ein Schloss geschenkt. Nach der Hochzeit soll eine gemeinsame Reise nach Italien führen.
(Wikipedia)

In dem Band sind sieben Erzählungen / Novellen des Autors zusammengefasst.

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Eisenhower, Dwight: State of the Union. v1.1, 13 October 2007

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34th President of the USA. 1953-1959

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Eliot, Charles W. (editor): Harvard Classics 01: Franklin/Woolman/Penn, v1, 24 Jun 07

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[The Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin[/
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[The Journal of John Woolman[/
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[Some Fruits of Solitude by William Penn[/

Every series has to start somewhere. For this series it is with [The Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin.[/ Perhaps one of the greatest US autobiographies ever written. I have read it too many times to count. There are not graphics in this version, there is stand alone version that has many graphics in it.

[The Journal of John Woolman,[/ also available as a stand alone version, is the account of an early Quaker and his journey to see the evils of slavery many years before the Civil War.

[Some Fruits of Solitude by William Penn[/ is a mine of pithy comment upon human life, which combines with the acute common sense of Franklin the spiritual elevation of Woolman.

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Eliot, Charles W. (editor): Harvard Classics 02: Plato/Epictetus/&c. v1. 27 July 07

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[
Apology, Crito And Phaedo Of Socrates by Plato
The Golden Sayings Of Epictetus
Meditations of Marcus Aurelius
[/
I have taken liberties with each part of this volume.

In Plato I have changed all of the "AE" as single character to an "AE' as double character as this glyph is not in the Sony Reader base fonts.

In Epictetus I have identified each golden saying as a subtitle because many of them are just one line or two lines long and it seemed a waste to use a full page just for that. There are well over 150 of them.

For Marcus Aurelius I have edited out most of the Greek letters as they too are not part of the Sony Reader font. I may have missed some. If you find them, please write.

I do not feel that these changes will take away from the enjoyment of the texts for most people.

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Eliot, Charles W. (editor): Harvard Classics 03: Bacon, Milton, Browne, v1 27 July 07

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[The Essays or Counsels, Civil and Moral
The New Atlantis[/
Francis Bacon
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[Areopagitica
Tractate on Education[/
John Milton
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[Religio Medici[/
Sir Thomas Browne

Requested by Bob Russell to be finished sooner rather than later so he can keep reading from Volume 2. Here it is. Thankfully there is enough Bacon (Francis, not Kevin) to keep my interest going and only minor Milton.

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Eliot, Charles W. (editor): Harvard Classics 04: Milton. v1. 06 July 07

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[Complete Poems Written in English[/ by John Milton

Not number one on my hit parade but a writer loved by millions. [Paradise Lost[/ and [Paradise Restored[/ are classics.

I have always found it interesting the logic of [Paradise Lost[/ contrasted with the logic of Augustine's [City of God.[/

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Eliot, Charles W. (editor): Harvard Classics 05: Emerson. v1. 06 July 07

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Emerson - Essays & English Traits

A wonderful collection. Some great lines like, "Oxford [University] is old, even for England."

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Eliot, Charles W. (editor): Harvard Classics 06: Robert Burns. v1. 4 July 07

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Poems and Songs of Robert Burns

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Eliot, Charles W. (editor): Harvard Classics 07: Augustine & Kempis. v1, 27 July 07

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[ The Confessions of Saint Augustine [/
Translated by Edward Bouverie Pusey
&
[ The Imitation of Christ [/
by Thomas a Kempis Translated by Rev. William Benham

Another early summer blowout sale item. Now two great works in one volume. Augustine's other great work (and I feel the greater of the two), City of God, is available elsewhere on this forum for download.

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Eliot, Charles W. (editor): Harvard Classics 09: Cicero & Pliny. v1. 27 July 07

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Marcus Tullius Cicero
Treatises on Friendship and Old Age
Letters
—
Pliny (The Younger)
Letters

Two of the greatest Roman writers in one volume. A treat for the mind and ear. The logic of their arguments is a joy to read and the quality of the translations is marvel.

I hope those of you downloading these books are having as much fun as I am putting them together.

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Eliot, Charles W. (editor): Harvard Classics 10: Smith, Wealth of Nations. v1 7/27/07

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More of our great summer sale. Sources say this volume alone should sell for up to $9.95; but, for you, our price today is $0.00. How do we do this? Read the book and find out.

The tables are a bit unorganized but since everyone always skips these in every economics text it shouldn't a big deal.

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Eliot, Charles W. (editor): Harvard Classics 11: Darwin, Origin of the Species. v1.

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Eliot, Charles W. (editor): Harvard Classics 12: Plutarch's Lives. v1. 27 July 07

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Written about 100 AD, Plutarch’s [Lives[/ is the best biographical reference about the great figures of the Greek and Roman world written near their time. It has been the basis for all subsequent stories of their lives since. Often called the greatest biographer of the ancient world (even though he wrote less than 2,000 years ago), he provides insightful views of some of the major figures in history. Too often history education in the USA in the mid and late 20th century concentrated on the wars and battles and seldom on the people of the time.

This book contains 50 biographies and 18 comparisons of people. There are 23 Greek, 23 Roman, and 4 others. Wikipedia describes it as “a series of biographies of famous Greeks and Romans, arranged as dyads to illuminate their common moral virtues or failings. The surviving Lives contain twenty-three pairs of biographies, each pair containing one Greek Life and one Roman Life, as well as four unpaired single Lives. As he explains in the first paragraph of his Life of Alexander, Plutarch was not concerned with writing histories, as such, but in exploring the influence of character — good or bad — on the lives and destinies of famous men.”

It is a task to read from front to back and I found that I enjoyed it much more when I sampled here and there and wandered over the text by serendipity.

Many of the presentations may seem strange to the early 21st century reader as the perceptions and moral basis have shifted over the intervening years. Acts that were common then are often thought of as barbarous now.

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Eliot, Charles W. (editor): Harvard Classics 13: Virgil's Aeneid. v1. 27 July 07

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Back to the ancient world again for one of the greatest epics ever written. Octavian, who had defeated Antony in 31 BC and upon whom the title "Augustus" had been bestowed four years later by the Roman Senate, pressed Virgil to write an epic to praise his regime.

From Wikipedia:

Virgil responded with the [Aeneid,[/ the writing of which took up the last ten years of his life. The first six books of the epic tell how the Trojan hero Aeneas escapes from the sacking of Troy and makes his way to Italy. On the voyage, a storm drives him to the coast of Carthage, where the queen Dido, welcomes him, and under the influence of the gods falls deeply in love with him. Jupiter recalls Aeneas to his duty, however, and he slips away from Carthage, leaving Dido to commit suicide, cursing Aeneas as revenge. On reaching Cumae, in Italy, Aeneas consults the Cumaean Sibyl, who conducts him through the Underworld and reveals his destiny to him. Aeneas is reborn as the creator of Imperial Rome.

The six books (of "first writing") are modeled on Homer’s [Odyssey,[/ but the last six are the Roman answer to the [Iliad.[/ Aeneas is betrothed to Lavinia, daughter of King Latinus, but Lavinia had already been promised to Turnus, the king of the Rutulians, who is roused to war by the Fury Allecto. The [Aeneid[/ ends with a single combat between Aeneas and Turnus, whom Aeneas defeats and kills, spurning his plea for mercy.
Thus all the glory and sweep of Homer but with far more realistic characters.

A side note in passing, this marks the 10% point in the MobileRead series of [Harvard Classics.[/

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Eliot, Charles W. (editor): Harvard Classics 14: Cervantes, Don Quixote, Part 1, v1

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The 2nd volume in the [Harvard Classics[/ set to be published here at MobileRead for all the culture vultures out there.

This time its Miguel de Cervantes' unforgettable [The History of Don Quixote, Vol. I, Complete[/

Yes, the original book of the the Man of La Manncha.

As a tax collector who was foolish enough to try to collect taxes on church property and subsequently found himself in front of the Spanish Inquisition, Cervantes spins his tale of the old knight errant and his faithful servant Sancho Panza. Along with the beautiful (in his eyes) Dulcinea, this is a tale of times long past that live again in the hearts of us all.

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Eliot, Charles W. (editor): Harvard Classics 15: Bunyan, Pilgrim's Progress/Walton

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John Bunyan - Pilgrim's Progress (Parts 1 & 2)
Izaak Walton - The Lives of Donne & Herbert

The 18th installment in the series for MobileRead is Volume 15.

The text of the [Harvard Classic[/ version of [Pilgrim's Progress[/ differs from the one presented earlier in that there are no reference to the [Bible[/ verses. If you are going to study the work, study that one, not this one.

The rarely seen second part is also here. Again, like the first part, there are no [Bible[/ references in the text.

The Lives of Donne & Herbert is part of a larger work available on Project Gutenberg as [Lives of John Donne, Henry Wotton, Rich'd Hooker, George Herbert, &C, Volume Two[/ #13139

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Eliot, Charles W. (editor): Harvard Classics 16: Stories from the 1001 Nights. v1

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Stories from the Thousand and One Nights

There are many translations of [1001 Nights.[/ None of them agree on the exact contents. Many of the stories are from other cultures and included only by tradition. (In this case two of the most famous ones are included only in the appendix - The Story of "‘Ala-ed-Din and the Wonderful Lamp" and "The Story of ‘Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves.")

This is not the complete [1001 Nights,[/ it contains only a selection -- it has 39 stories plus 2 more in the appendix. One printing of the complete work was published in 16 volumes.

30 down, 19 to go, or 61.22% complete.

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Eliot, Charles W. (editor): Harvard Classics 17: Aesop/Grimm/Andersen. v1. 03 July 07

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[Aesop’s Fables[/
—
Jacob and Wilhelm Grimm
[Household Tales[/
—
Hans Christian Andersen
[Tales[/

You know them, you love them, you can't raise a kid without them. Tales for aging children and the young.

This collection of [Aesop’s Fables[/ differs from the one published as a stand alone volume and also contains no graphics.

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Eliot, Charles W. (editor): Harvard Classics 18: English Plays. v1, 10 July 07

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John Dryden—All For Love
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Richard Brinsley Sheridan—The School for Scandal
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Oliver Goldsmith—She Stoops to Conquer
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Percy Bysshe Shelley—The Cenci
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Robert Browning—A Blot in the ’Scutcheon
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Lord Byron—Manfred

Each is wonderful; but, I feel that [Manfred[/ by Lord Byron is the true gem in this volume.

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Eliot, Charles W. (editor): Harvard Classics 19: von Goethe & Marlowe. v1. 06 July 07

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Faust Part 1 by Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe
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The Tragical History Of Doctor Faustus by Christopher Marlowe
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Egmont by Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe
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Hermann and Dorothea by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

More great plays.

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Eliot, Charles W. (editor): Harvard Classics 20: Dante, Divine Comedy. v1, 27 July 07

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Eliot, Charles W. (editor): Harvard Classics 21: Alessandro Manzoni, I Promessi Sposi

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It is what is politely called "historical romance fiction." Reality is that they were the Harlequin Romance books of their era. This one just happened to be written by a Tom Wolf sort.

The more things change the more they stay the same.

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Eliot, Charles W. (editor): Harvard Classics 22: Homer's Odyssey, v.1, 27 July 07

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OK Culture Vultures, here it is -- Homer's [Odyssey[/. You know it, you love it, you can't live without it.

Sure you read the [Classics Illustrated[/ version when you were a kid and then there was the mandatory section or two your teacher made you read in high school. Now available for you to own and read for your own enjoyment, Homer's [Odyssey[/.

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Eliot, Charles W. (editor): Harvard Classics 23: Dana, Two Years Before the Mast. v1

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There are three editions of this book; the original in 1840, one in 1869, and a final one in 1911. While the main part is the same, the later editions add notes about the changes that have occurred since the original story and the fate of the ships involved in the story. In a break with the original format of the [Harvard Classics[/ series, the final version is presented here.

For more information on this American sailing classic please read the one page Wikipedia article on [Two Years Before the Mast[/

Of interest, Dana was a Harvard student when he left college for two years as a common seaman. Upon his return he wrote the book from his notes taken while he sailed the Americas including San Francisco in the pre Gold Rush days. "Before the mast" refers to where the seaman bunks were on the ship.

This book was to me as the Haggard books were to Harry, a treasure to read and reread.

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Eliot, Charles W. (editor): Harvard Classics 24: Edmund Burke. v1. 18 July 07

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Edmund Burke
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[On Taste
On the Sublime and Beautiful
Reflections on the French Revolution
A Letter to a Noble Lord[/
—

Although known mainly for his political writings, Burke's masterwork is clearly [On the Sublime and Beautiful. On Taste[/ is an introduction of sorts to the main work and well worth the effort to read first. Some of it is dated as science has moved forward a little since the 18th century.

Be warned, he will get you to thinking of things in ways you may never have considered before.

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Eliot, Charles W. (editor): Harvard Classics 25: Mill/Carlyle. v1, 27 July 07

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Eliot, Charles W. (editor): Harvard Classics 26: Modern Plays. v1. 11 July 07

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Modern Spanish, French, and German Plays
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Pedro Calderуn de la Barca— Life Is a Dream
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Pierre Corneille— Polyeucte
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Jean Racine— Phaedra
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Jean Baptiste Poquelin Moliere — Tartuffe or The Hypocrite
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Gotthold Ephraim Lessing — Minna Von Barnhelm
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Frederich Schiller — Wilhelm Tell

Well, "modern" in 1908.

This is the final volume of the [Harvard Classic[/ plays.

There will now be a pause in the [Harvard Classics[/ postings. The remaining four (4) volumes need extensive work and my work schedule is getting much heavier. Of the remaining volumes, #24 (Edmund Burke) is the closest to bing finished. The three volumes of English poetry (900+ poems) will be the last ones released.

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Eliot, Charles W. (editor): Harvard Classics 27: English Essays. v1. 3 July 07

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English Essays - From Sir Philip Sidney to Macaulay
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Sir Philip Sidney
The Defense of Poesy
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Ben Jonson
On Shakespeare
On Bacon
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Abraham Cowley
Of Agriculture
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Joseph Addison
The Vision of Mirza
Westminster Abbey
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Sir Richard Steele
The Spectator Club
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Jonathan Swift
Hints Towards an Essay on Conversation
A Treatise on Good Manners and Good Breeding
A Letter of Advice to a Young Poet
On the Death of Esther Johnson [Stella]
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Daniel Defoe
The Shortest-Way with the Dissenters
The Education of Women
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Samuel Johnson
Life of Addison, 1672—1719
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David Hume
Of the Standard of Taste
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Sydney Smith
Fallacies of Anti-Reformers
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Samuel Taylor Coleridge
On Poesy or Art
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William Hazlitt
Of Persons One Would Wish to Have Seen
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Leigh Hunt
Deaths of Little Children
On the Realities of Imagination
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Charles Lamb
On the Tragedies of Shakspere
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Thomas De Quincey
Levana and Our Ladies of Sorrow
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Percy Bysshe Shelley
A Defence of Poetry
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Thomas Babington Macaulay
Machiavelli

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Eliot, Charles W. (editor): Harvard Classics 28: Essays English and American. v1.

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Eliot, Charles W. (editor): Harvard Classics 29: Darwin, Voyage of the Beagle. v1

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Eliot, Charles W. (editor): Harvard Classics 30: Scientific Papers. v1. 26 June 07

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There are over 100 drawings in the book and the original size was over 5.5 Megs. Again, no TOC.

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Eliot, Charles W. (editor): Harvard Classics 31: Autobiography of Benvenuto Cellini.

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Eliot, Charles W. (editor): Harvard Classics 32: Literary and Philosophical Essays.

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Eliot, Charles W. (editor): Harvard Classics 33: Voyages & Travels: Ancient & Modern.

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Eliot, Charles W. (editor): Harvard Classics 34: Descartes/Voltaire/Rousseau/Hobbes

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Eliot, Charles W. (editor): Harvard Classics 35: Chronicle & Romance. v1. 27 July 07

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Eliot, Charles W. (editor): Harvard Classics 36: Machiavelli/Roper/More/Luther. v1

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Eliot, Charles W. (editor): Harvard Classics 37: Locke/Berkeley/Hume. v1. 27 July 07

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Eliot, Charles W. (editor): Harvard Classics 38: Scientific Papers, v1. 26 June 07

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Again, no TOC

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Eliot, Charles W. (editor): Harvard Classics 39: Prefaces & Prologues. v1. 27 July 07

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Eliot, Charles W. (editor): Harvard Classics 40: English Poetry I. v1. 27 July 07

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Eliot, Charles W. (editor): Harvard Classics 41: English Poetry II. v1. 27 July 07

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Eliot, Charles W. (editor): Harvard Classics 42: English Poetry III. v1. 27 July 07

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Eliot, Charles W. (editor): Harvard Classics 43: American Historical Documents. v1

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Eliot, Charles W. (editor): Harvard Classics 44: Religion I. v1, 06 July 07

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Confucian
The Sayings of Confucius
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Hebrew
The Book of Job
The Book of Psalms
Ecclesiastes; or The Preacher
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Christian
The Gospel According to Luke
The Acts of the Apostles

This is the other half of the Religion volumes in the [Harvard Classics[/ series.

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Eliot, Charles W. (editor): Harvard Classics 45: Religion II. v1. 05 July 07

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Religion II
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The Epistles of Paul to the Corinthians
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Hymns of the Christian Church
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Buddhist Writings
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The Bhagavad-Gita (Hindu)
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Chapters from the Koran

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Eliot, Charles W. (editor): Harvard Classics 46: English Plays, v1, 1 July 07

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English Plays
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Edward The Second—Christopher Marlowe
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The Tragedy of Hamlet Prince of Denmark— William Shakespeare
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The Tragedy of King Lear— William Shakespeare
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The Tragedy of Macbeth— William Shakespeare
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The Tempest— William Shakespeare

Another volume of English plays. This time with a bunch of plays by an obscure writer from Stratford-on-Avon who seemed to have a thing for women obsessed with "damn spots."

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Eliot, Charles W. (editor): Harvard Classics 47: English Plays, v1, 26 June 07

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English Plays

[The Shoemaker’s Holiday[/ by Thomas Dekker
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[The Alchemist[/ by Ben Jonson
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[Philaster[/ by Francis Beaumont and John Fletcher
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[The Duchess of Malfi[/ by John Webster
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[A New Way to Pay Old Debts[/ by Philip Massinger

Five English plays not by that chap from Stratford on Avon. Of the group my favorite is [The Alchemist[/ by Ben Jonson.

There is no TOC in this volume. I hope in the near future to replace this version with a revised version that as a TOC.

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Eliot, Charles W. (editor): Harvard Classics 48: Blaise Pascal, v1. 28 June 07

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Blaise Pascal
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Thoughts
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Letters
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Minor Works[/

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Eliot, Charles W. (editor): Harvard Classics 49: Epic & Saga. v1. 27 July 07

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Eliot, Charles W. (editor): Harvard Classics 51: Lectures. v1, 16 March 2008

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A supplement to the series -- lectures about the [Harvard Classics.[/

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Eliot, Charles W. (editor): Harvard Classics 52: 15 Minutes A Day - The Reading Guide

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"President Eliot wrote in his introduction to the Harvard Classics, “In my opinion, a five-foot shelf would hold books enough to give a liberal education to any one who would read them with devotion, even if he could spare but fifteen minutes a day for reading.” With this very definitely in mind, we have prepared a daily reading guide in which the assignments chosen appropriately enough, will take the usual person about fifteen minutes to read with leisurely enjoyment. These selections assigned for each day in the year as you will see, are introduced by comments on the author, the subjects or the chief characters. They will serve to introduce you in the most pleasant manner possible to the Harvard Classics. They will enable you to browse enjoyably among the world’s immortal writings with entertainment and stimulation in endless variety."

The page numbers referred to herein are for the original hardcopy edition of the Harvard Classics and will not, in general, be correct for ebook editions.

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Eliot, George: Adam Bede. 07 Sept 07

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The first novel from Eliot in 1859 (although she had published under her own name before that.) Not her most popular; it does have one of her most beloved characters, Adam Bede.

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[QUOTAccording to The Oxford Companion to English Literature (1967),

"the plot is founded on a story told to George Eliot by her aunt Elizabeth Evans, a Methodist preacher, and the original of Dinah Morris of the novel, of a confession of child-murder, made to her by a girl in prison."
The story's plot follows four characters' rural lives in the fictional community of Hayslope—a rural, pastoral and close-knit community in 1799. The novel revolves around a love triangle between beautiful but thoughtless Hetty Sorrel, Captain Arthur Donnithorne, the young squire who seduces her, Adam Bede, her unacknowledged lover, and Dinah Morris, Hetty's cousin, a fervent Methodist lay preacher.

Adam is a local carpenter, in love with Hetty. She is attracted to Arthur, the local squire's grandson, and falls in love with him. When Adam interrupts a tryst between them, Adam and Arthur fight. Arthur agrees to give up Hetty and leaves Hayslope to return to his militia. After he leaves, Hetty discovers she is pregnant. She agrees to marry Adam but shortly before their marriage, has second thoughts and leaves in search of Arthur. She cannot find him; unwilling to return to the village and shame her family, she delivers her baby anonymously. She kills the child by abandoning it in a field, where it dies of exposure.

She is caught and tried for child murder. She is found guilty and sentenced to hang. When Arthur Donnithorne, on leave from the militia for his grandfather's funeral, hears of her impending execution, he races to the court and has the sentence commuted to transportation.

Ultimately, Adam and Dinah, who gradually becomes aware that she loves the carpenter, marry and live peacefully with his family.[/QUOT

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Eliot, George: Brother Jacob. 20 Oct 2007

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[Brother Jacob[/ is Eliot's literary homage to Thackeray, a satirical modern fable that draws telling parallels between eating and reading. It reveals Eliot's deep engagement with the question of whether there are 'necessary truths' independent of our perception of them and the boundaries of art and the self.

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Eliot, George: Daniel Deronda. (Annotated) v1 11 Oct 2018

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Mary Ann (or Marian) Evans (1819-1880) was an editor, translator, poet, essayist, short story writer, and novelist who wrote under the name of George Eliot for all but one of her books.

The first of the eight books of her last novel Daniel Deronda was published in March 1876, and the other books were published monthly until September. It was her last novel, was the only one set in her contemporary society, and has social satire and moral themes and an account of proto-Zionist and Kabbalistic ideas.

Like her other books it contains passages in foreign languages, and references to events or characters in classical literature. I have tried to translate the shorter foreign language passages and to provide explanations as end notes.

The source text was taken from the University of Adelaide ebook library, and checked against the Penguin Classics edition.

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Eliot, George: Daniel Deronda. 20 Oct 2007

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Published in 1876, [Daniel Deronda[/ is credited by some as inspiring Jewish Zionism and advocating the British partition of Palestine.

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[QUOT[Daniel Deronda[/ is two intertwined tales united by the title character. Deronda was raised by a wealthy man, Sir Hugo Mallinger, but his relationship to the man is ambiguous; Deronda is widely believed to be his illegitimate son, though Sir Hugo never says so. He becomes attracted to the beautiful, arrogant and willful Gwendolen Harleth, whose family experiences a reversal of fortune shortly after the novel begins. In order to save herself from becoming an impoverished governess, Gwendolen marries the wealthy but cruel and depraved Henleigh Grandcourt, despite having promised his mistress (Lydia Glasher) she would not do so.

Deronda, in the meantime, rescues a poor but beautiful Jewish singer, Mirah, from committing suicide in the Thames. Mirah had arrived in London penniless after running away from her father who, she feared, was planning an arranged marriage for her. Deronda puts Mirah in the care of the mother of a friend and then assists in her search for her mother and brother, from whom she was taken by her father as a child. While Deronda helps with this search he is introduced to London's Jewish community. Eliot introduces the reader to Jewish ways in a positive fashion, while Mirah and Daniel become closer. The virtuous Mirah's behavior is contrasted with the selfish Gwendolen's, as Mirah rejects an advantageous marriage to a (Christian) friend of Daniel's, and seeks out work as a singer to pay for her keep.

Gwendolen, meanwhile, has become emotionally crushed by her cruel, manipulative husband, as well as feeling horror for causing Lydia Glasher's children by Grandcourt to be disinherited. When Henleigh Grandcourt is drowned during a trip abroad, Gwendolen is consumed with guilt for wanting him dead and hesitating to help him--in contrast to Deronda's saving of Mirah from a similar fate. Gwendolen hopes for a future with Deronda, but he instead urges her onto a path of righteousness in which she will help others in order to alleviate her own suffering.

Then, Sir Hugo tells Deronda that he is actually the legitimate son of a famous opera singer Sir Hugo was in love with. Deronda goes to meet his mother in Italy, where she is on her deathbed. She explains that she was the daughter of a rabbi, and forced to marry another religious Jew, despite her hatred for the rigid piety of her traditional Jewish roots; Daniel was a product of that union. At the death of that husband, she entreated the fawning Sir Hugo to raise her son as a proper Englishman, never to know his origins. Upon learning of his true origins, Deronda tells Mirah of his love for her, and the two decide to go to Palestine to start a new life in the Holy Land.[/QUOT

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Eliot, George: Felix Holt, the Radical (Annotated) v1 12 Jul 2018

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Mary Ann (or Marian) Evans (1819-1880) was an editor, translator, poet, essayist, short story writer, and novelist who wrote under the name of George Eliot for all but one of her books.

[Felix Holt, the Radica[/l was her seventh novel, and was published in 1866, between [Brother Jacob[/ and [Middlemarch.[/ It is a long complex novel dealing with the romance between the two central characters in the time and setting of the First Reform Act, and partial suffrage, class distinctions, electioneering and political change, and past adultery.

The text was taken from ebooks.adelaide.edu.au, and checked against the three volume 1866 edition by William Blackwood and Sons on the Internet Archive.

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Eliot, George: Felix Holt, v.1, 24 March 2008.

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Felix Holt: the Radical.
A novel, first published in 1866.

The story takes place against the background of the 1832 Reform Act and is set in a small midlands town. Harold Transome, a rich landowner has returned after a 15-year absence and decides to stand as a radical candidate in the forthcoming elections, to the consternation of his Tory family and neighbours.
Meanwhile Felix Holt, an idealistic young man is a genuine radical—not an opportunist like Transome. Both become involved with Esther, the local dissenting minister’s daughter.

In many ways, the plot is rather like Disraeli’s ‘Sybil: or The two Nations’. (Already uploaded.)
The novel also explores the idea of fatherhood: two of the characters turn out to have a paternity different from what they expect. (And one small boy may yet have revelations about his mother.) Fathers tend to be missing, dead, decrepit or devious. This causes havoc with both emotions and inheritance laws.

Source
There are only two sources for this novel on the web. One is from Princeton University at http://www.princeton.edu/~batke/eliot/holt/
The other is Manybooks.net.
Both are unsatisfactory. The Princeton version has no paragraph breaks and contains a lot of scanning errors. The Manybooks version does have paragraph breaks (mostly) but has the same scanning errors.
I’ve spent a day and a half cleaning up the text and checking against my paper copy. I have proofread, added curly quotes and a TOC.

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Eliot, George: How Lisa Loved the King. 21 Oct 07

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Some of George Eliot's poetry.

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Eliot, George: Impressions of Theophrastus Such. 20 Oct 2007

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This book contains 18 essays (1879) by George Eliot (1819-80) which are mostly character studies loosely based on the mode of Theophrastus, the Greek philosopher, head of the Peripatetic School after Aristotle. The author writes in the character of the batchelor son of a Tory Midlands country parson and reflects on various contemporary types.

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Eliot, George: Middlemarch. (Annotated) v1 13 Nov 2018

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[Middlemarsh[/ is set in 1829–32, a time of significant change in England, and deals with the loves and interactions between several people of different classes.

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Eliot, George: Middlemarch. v3, 8 May 2008

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"Middlemarch" is considered to be George Eliot's greatest work and, in the opinion of many, is one of the greatest English novels of the 19th century. At the time it was published, in 1872, Eliot was universally acclaimed as the greatest living English novelist - the older writers of the Victorian era, such as Dickens and the Bronte sisters were dead, and the younger generation, such as Thomas Hardy, had not yet achieved fame.

In Middlemarch, Eliot shows her mastery of the "multi-plot" novel, in which a number of different stories are interwoven. She interweaves the stories of various friends, acquaintances, and relations in the fictional town of Middlemarch in early 19th-century England.

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Eliot, George: Romola, v.1, 9 March 2008.

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George Eliot’s historical novel, set in Florence at the time of Savanarola’s bonfires of the vanities.

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Romola (1862–63) is a historical novel by George Eliot set in the fifteenth century, and is "a deep study of life in the city of Florence from an intellectual, artistic, religious, and social point of view". It first appeared in fourteen parts published in Cornhill Magazine from July 1862 (vol. 6, no. 31) to August 1863 (vol. 8, no. 44). The story takes place amidst actual historical events during the Italian Renaissance, and includes in its plot several notable figures from Florentine history.

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Eliot, George: Romola. v1 7 December 2018

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Mary Ann (or Marian) Evans (1819-1880) was an editor, translator, poet, essayist, short story writer, and novelist who wrote under the name of George Eliot for all but one of her books.

Romola was the fourth of her seven novels, and the only one set in in 15th century Italy rather than 19th century England. It was serialised in the Cornhill Magazine from July 1862 to August 1863, and published as a three volume book in 1863. The story is set in Florence, and tells of betrayal and revenge, set against the background of the struggle between the Medici family, Girolamo Savonarola, and those who followed neither.

The source text was taken from the University of Adelaide ebook library, and checked against the Penguin Classics edition. I have silently corrected typos, curled quotes, replaced italics and diacritics, and made changes to spelling, punctuation, and hyphenation using oxforddictionaries.com.

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Eliot, George: Scenes of Clerical Life. 20 Oct 2007

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Published in 1858, [Scenes of Clerical Life[/ comprises three short stories set in and around Milby, a fictional midlands village in England. It is a representative of a typical rural parish exhibiting the then typical enthusiasm for spiritual piety amid the High Anglican revival.

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Eliot, George: Scenes of Clerical Life. v1, 9 May 2018

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Mary Ann (or Marian) Evans (1819-1880) was an editor, translator, and novelist who wrote under the name of George Eliot for all but one of her books.

Grace Rhys (1865-1929) was an Irish writer who moved to London after her father's bancruptcy.

The three stories which make up this ebook deal with bereavement and social attitudes in the English countryside. They were published separately in Blackwood's Magazine during 1857, and published together in book form in 1858. The book went through five editions in the author's lifetime and several after her death. The 1910 Everymans Library edition included an Introduction by Grace Rhys.

The text was taken from the University of Adelaide ebook library, and checked against the Virtue & Co. Print edition. I have silently corrected typos, curled quotes, restored italics and diacritics, and made changes to spelling, punctuation, and hyphenation using oxforddictionaries.com.

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Eliot, George: Silas Marner (annotated). v1 1 Aug 2018

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Mary Ann (or Marian) Evans (1819-1880) was an editor, translator, poet, essayist, short story writer, and novelist who wrote under the name of George Eliot for all but one of her books.

[Silas Marner: the Weaver of Raveloe [/was first published in 1861 and was her fourth book. Silas Marner is a short-sighted cataleptic with very limited social skills. In Part 1 of the book he is robbed and ostracised. He eventually adopts a two year old girl whose mother has died outside his house. In Part 2, set 16 years later, he has been transformed by caring for her, and by her love for him.

The source text was taken from the University of Adelaide ebook library, and checked against the Penguin Classics edition. I have silently corrected typos, curled quotes, replaced italics and diacritics, and made changes to spelling, punctuation, and hyphenation using oxforddictionaries.com.

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Eliot, George: Silas Marner. 05 Sept 07

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Not her most famous, that distinction belongs to [Middlemarch[/ that has already been posted, but my favorite Eliot book.

Steve Martin's 1994 film [A Simple Twist of Fate[/ was inspired by [Silas Marner.[/

From Wikipedia:
[QUOTThe novel is set in the earlier years of the 19th century. Silas Marner is a weaver in a small religious community, Lantern Yard. He is also a highly thought of member of a dissenting chapel. Silas is engaged to a female member of the church and thinks that his future happiness is assured. However, due to the betrayal of a fellow parishioner, who blames him for a theft that he did not commit, Silas is expelled from the congregation. He finds out later that his former fiancée married the man who had betrayed him.

Later on, he settles near the village of Raveloe, where he lives as a recluse who exists only for work and his precious hoard of money until that money is stolen by Dunstan Cass, a dissolute son of Squire Cass, the town's leading landowner. The loss of his gold drives Silas into a deep gloom, although a number of the villagers endeavour to help him.

Soon, however, an orphaned child comes to Raveloe. She was not known by the people there, but she is really the child of Godfrey Cass, the eldest son of the local squire. Her mother, Molly, is secretly married to Godfrey, but is also of low birth and addicted to opium and alcohol. On a winter's night, Molly tries to make her way into town with the child to prove that she is Godfrey's wife and ruin him. On the way she takes opium, becomes disoriented and sits down to rest amid the snow, child in arm. Her child wanders from her mother's still body into Silas' house. Upon discovering the child, Silas searches for its mother and finds Molly - a woman unfamiliar to him - dead. Silas decides to keep the child and names it Eppie, after his deceased sister Hephzibah. Eppie changes his life completely. Symbolically, Silas loses his material gold to theft only to have it replaced by the golden-haired Eppie. Later in the book, the gold is found and restored. Eppie grows up to be the pride of the town and to have a very strong bond with Silas, who through her has found inclusion in the town. Later, the childless Godfrey and Nancy Cass arrive at Silas' door, revealing the truth about Eppie's family and asking that Silas give Eppie up to their care. However, the decision falls to Eppie, who has no desire to be raised as a gentlemen's daughter if it means forsaking Silas. At the end, Eppie marries a local boy, Aaron, son of Dolly Winthrop, and both of them move into Silas' newly enlarged house, courtesy of Godfrey.

Ultimately, Silas Marner is a tale of familial love and loyalty, reward and punishment, and humble friendships.[/QUOT

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Eliot, George: The Essays of George Eliot, v.1, 14 June 2009.

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George Eliot [Mary Anne Evan [1819–1889]
The Essays of George Eliot, Complete. Collected and arranged, with an Introduction on her “Analysis of Motives,” by Nathan Sheppard. 1883.

Contents

Preface.
“George Eliot’s” Analysis of Motives.
I. Carlyle’s Life of Sterling.
II. Woman in France: Madame de Sablé.
III. Evangelical Teaching: Dr. Cumming.
IV. German Wit: Henry Heine.
V. The Natural History of German Life.
VI. Silly Novels by Lady Novelists.
VII. Worldliness and Other-Worldliness: The Poet Young.
VIII. The Influence of Rationalism.
IX. The Grammar of Ornament.
X. Address To Working Men, By Felix Holt.

The source was Project Gutenberg.

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Eliot, George: The Lifted Veil. 20 Oct 2007

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From Wikipedia:
[QUOT[The Lifted Veil[/ is a novella by George Eliot, first published in 1859. Quite unlike the realistic fiction for which Eliot is best known, The Lifted Veil explores themes of extrasensory perception, the essence of physical life, possible life after death, and the power of fate. The novella is a significant part of the Victorian tradition of horror fiction, which includes such other examples as Mary Shelley's [Frankenstein[/ (1818), Robert Louis Stevenson's [The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde[/ (1886), and Bram Stoker's [Dracula[/ (1897).

The narrator, Latimer (no first name given), is gifted or cursed with an otherworldly ability to see into the future and the thoughts of other people. Tragically, Latimer is revolted by much of what he discerns about others' motivations. His unwanted "gift" seems to stem from a severe childhood illness he suffered while attending school in Geneva.

Latimer becomes fascinated with Bertha, his brother's cold and coquettish fiancée, because her mind and motives remain atypically closed to him. After his brother's death Latimer marries Bertha, only to see the marriage disintegrate as he begins to recognize Bertha's manipulative and untrustworthy nature. Latimer's friend, scientist Charles Meunier, performs a blood transfusion between himself and Bertha's just-dead maid in a memorable scene of gothic horror. For a few moments the maid comes back to life and accuses Bertha of a plot to poison Latimer. Bertha flees and Latimer soon dies as he had himself foretold at the start of the narrative.[/QUOT

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Eliot, George: The Lifted Veil. v1 24 Mar 2018

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Mary Ann Evans (1819-1880) wrote under the name of George Eliot for all but one of her books. The Lifted Veil was her fifth book, and was first published in 1859.

The novella is a horror story, a first person account of a male character tormented by his intermittent ability to foretell the future and to read other people's minds.

The original text had one footnote, which has been made an endnote, and I have added others.

The text was taken from the University of Adelaide ebook library, and checked against the Warwick edition in the Internet Archive published in 1902 by William Blackwood and Sons. I have silently corrected typos, curled quotes, replaced italics and diacritics, and made changes to spelling, punctuation, and hyphenation using oxforddictionaries.com.</p>

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Eliot, George: The Mill on the Floss. 20 Oct 2007

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Published in 1860, [The Mill on the Floss[/ details the lives of Tom and Maggie Tulliver, a brother and sister growing up on the river Floss near the village of St. Oggs, evidently in the 1820’s, after the Napoleonic Wars but prior to the first Reform Bill (1832). The novel spans a period of 10-15 years, from Tom and Maggie’s childhood up until their deaths in a flood on the Floss. The book is fictional autobiography in part, reflecting the disgrace that George Eliot (Mary Ann Evans) herself had while in a lengthy relationship with a married man, George Henry Lewes. (Drawn from Wikipedia.)

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Ellis, Edward S.: Adrift on the Pacific v1 24 aug 2009

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Edward Sylvester Ellis (April 11, 1840 – June 20, 1916) was an American author who was born in Ohio and died at Cliff Island, Maine.

Ellis was a teacher, school administrator, and journalist, but his most notable work was that that he performed as author of hundreds of dime novels that he produced under his name and a number of noms de plume. Notable works by Ellis include The Huge Hunter, or the Steam Man of the Prairies and Seth Jones, or the Captives of the Frontier.

Internationally, Edward S. Ellis is probably best known for his Deerhunter novels widely read by young boys up to the 1950s (together with works by James Fenimore Cooper and Karl May).

In the mid-1880s, after a fiction-writing career of some thirty years, Ellis eventually turned his pen to more serious works of biography, history, and persuasive writing.

Adrift on the Pacific (1911) is one of Ellis' later works, but thankfully not too serious. It's a tale about a pearl hunt in the Pacific Ocean, a kidnapped girl and greedy sharks (on 2 feets and with fins).

Cover by mth productions (I know, I know)
Text by Project Gutenberg
First published in 1911.

I have read this book and I liked it!

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Ellis, Edward S.: The Life of Kit Carson v1 4 sep 2009

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Edward S. Ellis (April 11, 1840 – June 20, 1916)

Edward Sylvester Ellis was a major American author during the era of inexpensive fiction of the nineteenth century (dime novels). Because he wrote under dozens of pseudonyms, as well as under his own name, it is virtually impossible to know exactly how many books he wrote, but it is believed to be in the hundreds. He specialized in boys' stories, inspirational biography, and history for both children and adults.

THE LIFE OF KIT CARSON
[QUOT Christopher Carson, or as he was familiarly called, Kit Carson, was a man whose real worth was understood only by those with whom he was associated or who closely studied his character. He was more than hunter, trapper, guide, Indian agent and Colonel in the United States Army. He possessed in a marked degree those mental and moral qualities which would have made him prominent in whatever pursuit or profession he engaged.
His lot was cast on the extreme western frontier, where, when but a youth, he earned the respect of the tough and frequently lawless men with whom he came in contact. Integrity, bravery, loyalty to friends, marvelous quickness in making right decisions, in crisis of danger, consummate knowledge of woodcraft, a leadership as skilful as it was daring; all these were distinguishing traits in the composition of Carson and were the foundations of the broader fame which he acquired as the friend and invaluable counselor of Fremont, the Pathfinder, in his expeditions across the Rocky Mountains.
Father Kit, as he came to be known among the Indians, risked his life scores of times for those who needed, but had no special claim upon his services. The red men were quick to learn that he always spoke with a "single tongue," and that he was their unselfish friend. He went among his hostiles when no one of his race dare follow him; he averted more than one outbreak; he secured that which is impossible to secure — justice for the Indian — and his work from the time when a mere boy he left his native Kentucky, was always well done. His memory will forever remain fragrant with those who appreciate true manhood and an unswerving devotion to the good of those among whom he lived and died.
[/QUOT

Nice entertaining read
First published in 1914
Source: PG

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Ellis, Edward S.: The Ranger v1 11 apr 2009

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Edward Sylvester Ellis (April 11, 1840 – June 20, 1916) was an American author who was born in Ohio and died at Cliff Island, Maine.

Ellis was a teacher, school administrator, and journalist, but his most notable work was that that he performed as author of hundreds of dime novels that he produced under his name and a number of noms de plume. Notable works by Ellis include The Huge Hunter, or the Steam Man of the Prairies and Seth Jones, or the Captives of the Frontier.

Internationally, Edward S. Ellis is probably best known for his Deerhunter novels widely read by young boys up to the 1950s (together with works by James Fenimore Cooper and Karl May).

This book is a classical western adventure novel with lots of bad savage redskins and brave white men. So forget about political correctness and enjoy the adventure!

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Ellis, Edward S.: The Young Ranchers v1 16 mar 2009

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Edward Sylvester Ellis (April 11, 1840 – June 20, 1916) was an American author who was born in Ohio and died at Cliff Island, Maine.

Ellis was a teacher, school administrator, and journalist, but his most notable work was that that he performed as author of hundreds of dime novels that he produced under his name and a number of noms de plume. Notable works by Ellis include The Huge Hunter, or the Steam Man of the Prairies and Seth Jones, or the Captives of the Frontier.

Internationally, Edward S. Ellis is probably best known for his Deerhunter novels widely read by young boys up to the 1950s (together with works by James Fenimore Cooper and Karl May).

This book treats the war with the Sioux around Sitting Bull. It may not be very realistic, but this novel has action aplenty! Lightly illustrated.

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Ellis, Edward S: A Waif of the Mountains. v1. 28 Jan 2013

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Edward Sylvester Ellis (April 11, 1840 – June 20, 1916) was an American author who was born in Ohio and died at Cliff Island, Maine.
Ellis was a teacher, school administrator, journalist, and the author of hundreds of books and magazine articles that he produced by his name and by a number of noms de plume. Notable fiction stories by Ellis include The Huge Hunter, or the Steam Man of the Prairies and Seth Jones, or the Captives of the Frontier. Internationally, Edward S. Ellis is probably known best for his Deerhunter novels read widely by young boys until the 1950s.
During the mid-1880s, after a fiction-writing career of some thirty years, Ellis eventually began composing more serious works of biography, history, and persuasive writing. Of note was "The Life of Colonel David Crockett", which had the story of Davy Crockett giving a speech usually called "Not Yours To Give". It was a speech in opposition to awarding money to a Navy widow on the grounds that Congress had no Constitutional mandate to give charity. It was said to have been inspired by Crockett's meeting with a Horatio Bunce, a much quoted man in Libertarian circles, but one for whom historical evidence of is non-existent.

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A moment after the hail was heard from the roof, the muffled noise which accompanied it ceased. The stranger groping about in the snowy gloom had stepped off the roof into the huge drift outside the Heavenly Bower, and a minute later, lifted the latch of the door and pushed in among the astonished miners. They saw the figure of a sturdy man holding something in his arms, so wrapped round with blankets and coverings that no one could tell its nature. He stamped the snow from his boots, shook himself like a shaggy dog, then walked heavily to the chair which Budge Isham placed near the fire for him, and almost fell into it.

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Ellis, Edward S: Brave Tom. 29 Jan 2013

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Edward Sylvester Ellis (April 11, 1840 – June 20, 1916) was an American author who was born in Ohio and died at Cliff Island, Maine.
Ellis was a teacher, school administrator, journalist, and the author of hundreds of books and magazine articles that he produced by his name and by a number of noms de plume. Notable fiction stories by Ellis include The Huge Hunter, or the Steam Man of the Prairies and Seth Jones, or the Captives of the Frontier. Internationally, Edward S. Ellis is probably known best for his Deerhunter novels read widely by young boys until the 1950s.
During the mid-1880s, after a fiction-writing career of some thirty years, Ellis eventually began composing more serious works of biography, history, and persuasive writing. Of note was "The Life of Colonel David Crockett", which had the story of Davy Crockett giving a speech usually called "Not Yours To Give". It was a speech in opposition to awarding money to a Navy widow on the grounds that Congress had no Constitutional mandate to give charity. It was said to have been inspired by Crockett's meeting with a Horatio Bunce, a much quoted man in Libertarian circles, but one for whom historical evidence of is non-existent.

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The bullet struck the tiger, wounding him slightly, but not enough to disable him. Naturally it added to the fury of the beast, and really increased the peril of the people within the humble home, against whom the brute seemed to have formed a strong and curious antipathy.

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Ellis, Edward S: Camp-fire And Wigwam. v1. 29 Jan 2013

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Edward Sylvester Ellis (April 11, 1840 – June 20, 1916) was an American author who was born in Ohio and died at Cliff Island, Maine.
Ellis was a teacher, school administrator, journalist, and the author of hundreds of books and magazine articles that he produced by his name and by a number of noms de plume. Notable fiction stories by Ellis include The Huge Hunter, or the Steam Man of the Prairies and Seth Jones, or the Captives of the Frontier. Internationally, Edward S. Ellis is probably known best for his Deerhunter novels read widely by young boys until the 1950s.
During the mid-1880s, after a fiction-writing career of some thirty years, Ellis eventually began composing more serious works of biography, history, and persuasive writing. Of note was "The Life of Colonel David Crockett", which had the story of Davy Crockett giving a speech usually called "Not Yours To Give". It was a speech in opposition to awarding money to a Navy widow on the grounds that Congress had no Constitutional mandate to give charity. It was said to have been inspired by Crockett's meeting with a Horatio Bunce, a much quoted man in Libertarian circles, but one for whom historical evidence of is non-existent.

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Ellis, Edward S: Cowmen and Rustlers

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Edward Sylvester Ellis (April 11, 1840 – June 20, 1916) was an American author who was born in Ohio and died at Cliff Island, Maine.
Ellis was a teacher, school administrator, journalist, and the author of hundreds of books and magazine articles that he produced by his name and by a number of noms de plume. Notable fiction stories by Ellis include The Huge Hunter, or the Steam Man of the Prairies and Seth Jones, or the Captives of the Frontier. Internationally, Edward S. Ellis is probably known best for his Deerhunter novels read widely by young boys until the 1950s.
During the mid-1880s, after a fiction-writing career of some thirty years, Ellis eventually began composing more serious works of biography, history, and persuasive writing. Of note was "The Life of Colonel David Crockett", which had the story of Davy Crockett giving a speech usually called "Not Yours To Give". It was a speech in opposition to awarding money to a Navy widow on the grounds that Congress had no Constitutional mandate to give charity. It was said to have been inspired by Crockett's meeting with a Horatio Bunce, a much quoted man in Libertarian circles, but one for whom historical evidence of is non-existent.

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Hugh had been absent a couple of weeks in Montana and Wyoming, whither he was drawn by a yearning of many years' standing to engage in the cattle business. He had received some tuition as a cowboy on the Llano Estacada, and the taste there acquired of the free, wild life, supplemented, doubtless, by his experience during the war, was held in restraint for a time only by his marriage.

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Ellis, Edward S: Deerfoot in the Mountains. v1. 30 Jan 2013

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Edward Sylvester Ellis (April 11, 1840 – June 20, 1916) was an American author who was born in Ohio and died at Cliff Island, Maine.
Ellis was a teacher, school administrator, journalist, and the author of hundreds of books and magazine articles that he produced by his name and by a number of noms de plume. Notable fiction stories by Ellis include The Huge Hunter, or the Steam Man of the Prairies and Seth Jones, or the Captives of the Frontier. Internationally, Edward S. Ellis is probably known best for his Deerhunter novels read widely by young boys until the 1950s.
During the mid-1880s, after a fiction-writing career of some thirty years, Ellis eventually began composing more serious works of biography, history, and persuasive writing. Of note was "The Life of Colonel David Crockett", which had the story of Davy Crockett giving a speech usually called "Not Yours To Give". It was a speech in opposition to awarding money to a Navy widow on the grounds that Congress had no Constitutional mandate to give charity. It was said to have been inspired by Crockett's meeting with a Horatio Bunce, a much quoted man in Libertarian circles, but one for whom historical evidence of is non-existent.

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Deerfoot the Shawanoe, Mul-tal-la the Blackfoot, and the twin brothers, George and Victor Shelton, had completed their long journey from the Ohio River to the Pacific slope, and, standing on an elevation near the Columbia, spent hours in looking out upon the face of the mightiest ocean of the globe. They feasted their vision on the magnificent scene, with the miles of wilderness, mountain, vale, river and Indian villages spread between their feet and the ocean

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Ellis, Edward S: Footprints in the Forest. v1. 30 Jan 2013

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Edward Sylvester Ellis (April 11, 1840 – June 20, 1916) was an American author who was born in Ohio and died at Cliff Island, Maine.
Ellis was a teacher, school administrator, journalist, and the author of hundreds of books and magazine articles that he produced by his name and by a number of noms de plume. Notable fiction stories by Ellis include The Huge Hunter, or the Steam Man of the Prairies and Seth Jones, or the Captives of the Frontier. Internationally, Edward S. Ellis is probably known best for his Deerhunter novels read widely by young boys until the 1950s.
During the mid-1880s, after a fiction-writing career of some thirty years, Ellis eventually began composing more serious works of biography, history, and persuasive writing. Of note was "The Life of Colonel David Crockett", which had the story of Davy Crockett giving a speech usually called "Not Yours To Give". It was a speech in opposition to awarding money to a Navy widow on the grounds that Congress had no Constitutional mandate to give charity. It was said to have been inspired by Crockett's meeting with a Horatio Bunce, a much quoted man in Libertarian circles, but one for whom historical evidence of is non-existent.

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Those of my friends who have done me the honor of reading "Campfire and Wigwam," will need little help to recall the situation at the close of that narrative. The German lad Otto Relstaub, having lost his horse, while on the way from Kentucky to the territory of Louisiana (their destination being a part of the present State of Missouri), he and his young friend, Jack Carleton, set out to hunt for the missing animal. Naturally enough they failed: not only that, but the two fell into the hands of a band of wandering Sauk Indians, who held them prisoners.

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Ellis, Edward S: In the Pecos Country. v1. 30 Jan 201

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Edward Sylvester Ellis (April 11, 1840 – June 20, 1916) was an American author who was born in Ohio and died at Cliff Island, Maine.
Ellis was a teacher, school administrator, journalist, and the author of hundreds of books and magazine articles that he produced by his name and by a number of noms de plume. Notable fiction stories by Ellis include The Huge Hunter, or the Steam Man of the Prairies and Seth Jones, or the Captives of the Frontier. Internationally, Edward S. Ellis is probably known best for his Deerhunter novels read widely by young boys until the 1950s.
During the mid-1880s, after a fiction-writing career of some thirty years, Ellis eventually began composing more serious works of biography, history, and persuasive writing. Of note was "The Life of Colonel David Crockett", which had the story of Davy Crockett giving a speech usually called "Not Yours To Give". It was a speech in opposition to awarding money to a Navy widow on the grounds that Congress had no Constitutional mandate to give charity. It was said to have been inspired by Crockett's meeting with a Horatio Bunce, a much quoted man in Libertarian circles, but one for whom historical evidence of is non-existent.

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In the valley of the Rio Pecos, years ago, an attempt at founding a settlement was made by a number of hardy and daring New Englanders, whose leader was a sort of Don Quixote, who traveled hundreds of miles, passing by the richest land, the most balmy climate, where all were protected by the strong arm of law, for the sake of locating where the soil was only moderate, the climate no better, and where, it may be said, the great American government was as powerless to protect its citizens as was a child itself. The Rio Pecos, running through New Mexico and Texas, drains a territory which at that time was one of the most dangerous in the whole Indian country; and why these score or more of families should have hit upon this spot of all others, was a problem which could never be clearly solved.

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Ellis, Edward S: Klondike Nuggets. v1. 31 Jan 2013

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Edward Sylvester Ellis (April 11, 1840 – June 20, 1916) was an American author who was born in Ohio and died at Cliff Island, Maine.
Ellis was a teacher, school administrator, journalist, and the author of hundreds of books and magazine articles that he produced by his name and by a number of noms de plume. Notable fiction stories by Ellis include The Huge Hunter, or the Steam Man of the Prairies and Seth Jones, or the Captives of the Frontier. Internationally, Edward S. Ellis is probably known best for his Deerhunter novels read widely by young boys until the 1950s.
During the mid-1880s, after a fiction-writing career of some thirty years, Ellis eventually began composing more serious works of biography, history, and persuasive writing. Of note was "The Life of Colonel David Crockett", which had the story of Davy Crockett giving a speech usually called "Not Yours To Give". It was a speech in opposition to awarding money to a Navy widow on the grounds that Congress had no Constitutional mandate to give charity. It was said to have been inspired by Crockett's meeting with a Horatio Bunce, a much quoted man in Libertarian circles, but one for whom historical evidence of is non-existent.

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Jeff Graham was an Argonaut who crossed the plains in 1849, while he was yet in his teens, and settling in California, made it his permanent home. When he left Independence, Mo., with the train, his parents and one sister were his companions, but all of them were buried on the prairie, and their loss robbed him of the desire ever to return to the East. Hostile Indians, storm, cold, heat, privation, and suffering were the causes of their taking off, as they have been of hundreds who undertook the long journey to the Pacific coast in quest of gold.

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Ellis, Edward S: Oonomoo the Huron. v1. 1 Feb 2013

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Edward Sylvester Ellis (April 11, 1840 – June 20, 1916) was an American author who was born in Ohio and died at Cliff Island, Maine.
Ellis was a teacher, school administrator, journalist, and the author of hundreds of books and magazine articles that he produced by his name and by a number of noms de plume. Notable fiction stories by Ellis include The Huge Hunter, or the Steam Man of the Prairies and Seth Jones, or the Captives of the Frontier. Internationally, Edward S. Ellis is probably known best for his Deerhunter novels read widely by young boys until the 1950s.
During the mid-1880s, after a fiction-writing career of some thirty years, Ellis eventually began composing more serious works of biography, history, and persuasive writing. Of note was "The Life of Colonel David Crockett", which had the story of Davy Crockett giving a speech usually called "Not Yours To Give". It was a speech in opposition to awarding money to a Navy widow on the grounds that Congress had no Constitutional mandate to give charity. It was said to have been inspired by Crockett's meeting with a Horatio Bunce, a much quoted man in Libertarian circles, but one for whom historical evidence of is non-existent.

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"Shtop dat noise! shtop dat noise!" vociferated Hans Vanderbum, growing red in the face with fury, because his repeated commands had received so little attention.

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Ellis, Edward S: The Cave in the Mountain. v1. 1 Feb 2013

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Edward Sylvester Ellis (April 11, 1840 – June 20, 1916) was an American author who was born in Ohio and died at Cliff Island, Maine.
Ellis was a teacher, school administrator, journalist, and the author of hundreds of books and magazine articles that he produced by his name and by a number of noms de plume. Notable fiction stories by Ellis include The Huge Hunter, or the Steam Man of the Prairies and Seth Jones, or the Captives of the Frontier. Internationally, Edward S. Ellis is probably known best for his Deerhunter novels read widely by young boys until the 1950s.
During the mid-1880s, after a fiction-writing career of some thirty years, Ellis eventually began composing more serious works of biography, history, and persuasive writing. Of note was "The Life of Colonel David Crockett", which had the story of Davy Crockett giving a speech usually called "Not Yours To Give". It was a speech in opposition to awarding money to a Navy widow on the grounds that Congress had no Constitutional mandate to give charity. It was said to have been inspired by Crockett's meeting with a Horatio Bunce, a much quoted man in Libertarian circles, but one for whom historical evidence of is non-existent.

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Mickey O'Rooney and Fred Munson were stretched on the Apache blanket, carefully watching the eyes of the wild beast whenever they showed themselves, and had been talking in guarded tones. The Irishman had been silent for several minutes, when the lad asked him a question and received no answer. When the thing was repeated several times, he crawled over to his friend, and, as he expected, found him sound asleep.

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Ellis, Edward S: The Daughter of the Chieftain. v1. 1 Feb 2013

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Edward Sylvester Ellis (April 11, 1840 – June 20, 1916) was an American author who was born in Ohio and died at Cliff Island, Maine.
Ellis was a teacher, school administrator, journalist, and the author of hundreds of books and magazine articles that he produced by his name and by a number of noms de plume. Notable fiction stories by Ellis include The Huge Hunter, or the Steam Man of the Prairies and Seth Jones, or the Captives of the Frontier. Internationally, Edward S. Ellis is probably known best for his Deerhunter novels read widely by young boys until the 1950s.
During the mid-1880s, after a fiction-writing career of some thirty years, Ellis eventually began composing more serious works of biography, history, and persuasive writing. Of note was "The Life of Colonel David Crockett", which had the story of Davy Crockett giving a speech usually called "Not Yours To Give". It was a speech in opposition to awarding money to a Navy widow on the grounds that Congress had no Constitutional mandate to give charity. It was said to have been inspired by Crockett's meeting with a Horatio Bunce, a much quoted man in Libertarian circles, but one for whom historical evidence of is non-existent.

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I don't suppose there is any use in trying to find out when the game of "Jack Stones" was first played. No one can tell. It certainly is a good many hundred years old.

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Ellis, Edward S: The Frontier Angel. v1. 2 Feb 2013

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Edward Sylvester Ellis (April 11, 1840 – June 20, 1916) was an American author who was born in Ohio and died at Cliff Island, Maine.
Ellis was a teacher, school administrator, journalist, and the author of hundreds of books and magazine articles that he produced by his name and by a number of noms de plume. Notable fiction stories by Ellis include The Huge Hunter, or the Steam Man of the Prairies and Seth Jones, or the Captives of the Frontier. Internationally, Edward S. Ellis is probably known best for his Deerhunter novels read widely by young boys until the 1950s.
During the mid-1880s, after a fiction-writing career of some thirty years, Ellis eventually began composing more serious works of biography, history, and persuasive writing. Of note was "The Life of Colonel David Crockett", which had the story of Davy Crockett giving a speech usually called "Not Yours To Give". It was a speech in opposition to awarding money to a Navy widow on the grounds that Congress had no Constitutional mandate to give charity. It was said to have been inspired by Crockett's meeting with a Horatio Bunce, a much quoted man in Libertarian circles, but one for whom historical evidence of is non-existent.

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In the western part of Pennsylvania, near the commencement of the Ohio river, stands a small town, which, at the close of the last century, numbered about thirty dwellings. Although properly a border settlement at the time mentioned, there were so many others beyond, that it was hardly regarded as being in the "Mighty West." The inhabitants were mostly farmers, possessed of large and beautiful farms, who commenced their labors in the morning, and retired to rest in the evening, without much fear of the molestation of their savage brethren. True, a few years previous, the latter had committed murders and depredations even farther east than this, and the settlers never allowed themselves fully to give way to an undue sense of security. But, unless a most unexpected triumph should crown the struggles of the Indians, there was little occasion for apprehension upon the part of the whites.

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Ellis, Edward S: The Great Cattle Trail. v1. 2 Feb 2013

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Edward Sylvester Ellis (April 11, 1840 – June 20, 1916) was an American author who was born in Ohio and died at Cliff Island, Maine.
Ellis was a teacher, school administrator, journalist, and the author of hundreds of books and magazine articles that he produced by his name and by a number of noms de plume. Notable fiction stories by Ellis include The Huge Hunter, or the Steam Man of the Prairies and Seth Jones, or the Captives of the Frontier. Internationally, Edward S. Ellis is probably known best for his Deerhunter novels read widely by young boys until the 1950s.
During the mid-1880s, after a fiction-writing career of some thirty years, Ellis eventually began composing more serious works of biography, history, and persuasive writing. Of note was "The Life of Colonel David Crockett", which had the story of Davy Crockett giving a speech usually called "Not Yours To Give". It was a speech in opposition to awarding money to a Navy widow on the grounds that Congress had no Constitutional mandate to give charity. It was said to have been inspired by Crockett's meeting with a Horatio Bunce, a much quoted man in Libertarian circles, but one for whom historical evidence of is non-existent.

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Avon Burnet, at the age of eighteen, was one of the finest horsemen that ever scurried over the plains of Western Texas, on his matchless mustang Thunderbolt.
He was a native of the Lone Star State, where, until he was thirteen years old, he attended the common school, held in a log cabin within three miles of his home, after which he went to live with his uncle, Captain Dohm Shirril, with whom the orphan son of his sister had been a favorite from infancy.

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Ellis, Edward S: The Huge Hunter. v1. 3 Feb 2013

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Edward Sylvester Ellis (April 11, 1840 – June 20, 1916) was an American author who was born in Ohio and died at Cliff Island, Maine.
Ellis was a teacher, school administrator, journalist, and the author of hundreds of books and magazine articles that he produced by his name and by a number of noms de plume. Notable fiction stories by Ellis include The Huge Hunter, or the Steam Man of the Prairies and Seth Jones, or the Captives of the Frontier. Internationally, Edward S. Ellis is probably known best for his Deerhunter novels read widely by young boys until the 1950s.
During the mid-1880s, after a fiction-writing career of some thirty years, Ellis eventually began composing more serious works of biography, history, and persuasive writing. Of note was "The Life of Colonel David Crockett", which had the story of Davy Crockett giving a speech usually called "Not Yours To Give". It was a speech in opposition to awarding money to a Navy widow on the grounds that Congress had no Constitutional mandate to give charity. It was said to have been inspired by Crockett's meeting with a Horatio Bunce, a much quoted man in Libertarian circles, but one for whom historical evidence of is non-existent.

Excerpt
'HOWLY VARGIN! what is that?' exclaimed Mickey McSquizzle, with something like horrified amazement.
'By the Jumping Jehosiphat, naow if that don't, beat all natur'!'
'It's the divil, broke loose, wid full steam on!'

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Ellis, Edward S: The Life of Kit Carson. v1. 3 Feb 2013

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Edward Sylvester Ellis (April 11, 1840 – June 20, 1916) was an American author who was born in Ohio and died at Cliff Island, Maine.
Ellis was a teacher, school administrator, journalist, and the author of hundreds of books and magazine articles that he produced by his name and by a number of noms de plume. Notable fiction stories by Ellis include The Huge Hunter, or the Steam Man of the Prairies and Seth Jones, or the Captives of the Frontier. Internationally, Edward S. Ellis is probably known best for his Deerhunter novels read widely by young boys until the 1950s.
During the mid-1880s, after a fiction-writing career of some thirty years, Ellis eventually began composing more serious works of biography, history, and persuasive writing. Of note was "The Life of Colonel David Crockett", which had the story of Davy Crockett giving a speech usually called "Not Yours To Give". It was a speech in opposition to awarding money to a Navy widow on the grounds that Congress had no Constitutional mandate to give charity. It was said to have been inspired by Crockett's meeting with a Horatio Bunce, a much quoted man in Libertarian circles, but one for whom historical evidence of is non-existent.

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Christopher Carson, or as he was familiarly called, Kit Carson, was a man whose real worth was understood only by those with whom he was associated or who closely studied his character. He was more than hunter, trapper, guide, Indian agent and Colonel in the United States Army. He possessed in a marked degree those mental and moral qualities which would have made him prominent in whatever pursuit or profession he engaged.
His lot was cast on the extreme western frontier, where, when but a youth, he earned the respect of the tough and frequently lawless men with whom he came in contact. Integrity, bravery, loyalty to friends, marvelous quickness in making right decisions, in crisis of danger, consummate knowledge of woodcraft, a leadership as skilful as it was daring; all these were distinguishing traits in the composition of Carson and were the foundations of the broader fame which he acquired as the friend and invaluable counselor of Fremont, the Pathfinder, in his expeditions across the Rocky Mountains.

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Ellis, Edward S: The Phantom of the River. v1. 3 Feb 2013

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Edward Sylvester Ellis (April 11, 1840 – June 20, 1916) was an American author who was born in Ohio and died at Cliff Island, Maine.
Ellis was a teacher, school administrator, journalist, and the author of hundreds of books and magazine articles that he produced by his name and by a number of noms de plume. Notable fiction stories by Ellis include The Huge Hunter, or the Steam Man of the Prairies and Seth Jones, or the Captives of the Frontier. Internationally, Edward S. Ellis is probably known best for his Deerhunter novels read widely by young boys until the 1950s.
During the mid-1880s, after a fiction-writing career of some thirty years, Ellis eventually began composing more serious works of biography, history, and persuasive writing. Of note was "The Life of Colonel David Crockett", which had the story of Davy Crockett giving a speech usually called "Not Yours To Give". It was a speech in opposition to awarding money to a Navy widow on the grounds that Congress had no Constitutional mandate to give charity. It was said to have been inspired by Crockett's meeting with a Horatio Bunce, a much quoted man in Libertarian circles, but one for whom historical evidence of is non-existent.

Excerpt
"I think there's trouble ahead, Dan'l."
"There isn't any doubt of it, Simon."
The first remark was made by the famous pioneer ranger, Simon Kenton, and the second fell from the lips of the more famous Daniel Boone.

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Ellis, Edward S: The Ranger. v1. 4 Feb 2013

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Edward Sylvester Ellis (April 11, 1840 – June 20, 1916) was an American author who was born in Ohio and died at Cliff Island, Maine.
Ellis was a teacher, school administrator, journalist, and the author of hundreds of books and magazine articles that he produced by his name and by a number of noms de plume. Notable fiction stories by Ellis include The Huge Hunter, or the Steam Man of the Prairies and Seth Jones, or the Captives of the Frontier. Internationally, Edward S. Ellis is probably known best for his Deerhunter novels read widely by young boys until the 1950s.
During the mid-1880s, after a fiction-writing career of some thirty years, Ellis eventually began composing more serious works of biography, history, and persuasive writing. Of note was "The Life of Colonel David Crockett", which had the story of Davy Crockett giving a speech usually called "Not Yours To Give". It was a speech in opposition to awarding money to a Navy widow on the grounds that Congress had no Constitutional mandate to give charity. It was said to have been inspired by Crockett's meeting with a Horatio Bunce, a much quoted man in Libertarian circles, but one for whom historical evidence of is non-existent.

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At the southern part of Ohio, where the river of that name swerves from its south-western course, and makes a sweeping bend toward the north-west, many years ago stood a large and imposing dwelling. Its character, so different and superior to others found here and there along the Ohio, showed that its owner must have been a man both of superior taste and abundant means. It had been built by Sir William Leland, who had emigrated from Europe with his young wife, and erected a home in the western wilderness. Here they lived a goodly number of days; and when, at last, they took their departure within a year of each other, they left behind them a son and daughter to cherish and inherit their home.

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Ellis, Edward S: The Telegraph Messenger Boy. v1. 4 Feb 2013

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Edward Sylvester Ellis (April 11, 1840 – June 20, 1916) was an American author who was born in Ohio and died at Cliff Island, Maine.
Ellis was a teacher, school administrator, journalist, and the author of hundreds of books and magazine articles that he produced by his name and by a number of noms de plume. Notable fiction stories by Ellis include The Huge Hunter, or the Steam Man of the Prairies and Seth Jones, or the Captives of th
e Frontier. Internationally, Edward S. Ellis is probably known best for his Deerhunter novels read widely by young boys until the 1950s.
During the mid-1880s, after a fiction-writing career of some thirty years, Ellis eventually began composing more serious works of biography, history, and persuasive writing. Of note was "The Life of Colonel David Crockett", which had the story of Davy Crockett giving a speech usually called "Not Yours To Give". It was a speech in opposition to awarding money to a Navy widow on the grounds that Congress had no Constitutional mandate to give charity. It was said to have been inspired by Crockett's meeting with a Horatio Bunce, a much quoted man in Libertarian circles, but one for whom historical evidence of is non-existent.

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I made the acquaintance of Ben Mayberry under peculiar circumstances. I had charge of the Western Union's telegraph office in Damietta, where my duties were of the most exacting nature. I was kept hard at work through the winter months, and more of it crowded on me during the spring than I could manage with comfort.

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Ellis, Edward S: The Wilderness Fugitives. v1. 3 Feb 2013

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Edward Sylvester Ellis (April 11, 1840 – June 20, 1916) was an American author who was born in Ohio and died at Cliff Island, Maine.
Ellis was a teacher, school administrator, journalist, and the author of hundreds of books and magazine articles that he produced by his name and by a number of noms de plume. Notable fiction stories by Ellis include The Huge Hunter, or the Steam Man of the Prairies and Seth Jones, or the Captives of the Frontier. Internationally, Edward S. Ellis is probably known best for his Deerhunter novels read widely by young boys until the 1950s.
During the mid-1880s, after a fiction-writing career of some thirty years, Ellis eventually began composing more serious works of biography, history, and persuasive writing. Of note was "The Life of Colonel David Crockett", which had the story of Davy Crockett giving a speech usually called "Not Yours To Give". It was a speech in opposition to awarding money to a Navy widow on the grounds that Congress had no Constitutional mandate to give charity. It was said to have been inspired by Crockett's meeting with a Horatio Bunce, a much quoted man in Libertarian circles, but one for whom historical evidence of is non-existent.

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Brother and sister and Ned Clinton were seated near each other on a fallen tree, and it was not yet fully dark when the soft tread of a moccasin was heard on the leaves, and they saw the tall, slim figure of the Mohawk come forth like some spirit of the forest to ask them their business in thus invading his domains. The supposition was so general that he had gone in quest of food, that a common instinct led them to look to see whether he brought anything of that nature with him. There was enough light left to show that he carried nothing but his gun.

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Ellis, Edward Sylvester: Adrift in the Wilds. v1. 18 Dec 2013

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Edward Sylvester Ellis (April 11, 1840 – June 20, 1916) was an American author who was born in Ohio and died at Cliff Island, Maine

The Adventures of Two Shipwrecked Boys.

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Ellis, Edward Sylvester: Bill Biddon, Trapper. v1. 18 Dec 2013

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Edward Sylvester Ellis (April 11, 1840 – June 20, 1916) was an American author who was born in Ohio and died at Cliff Island, Maine

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Nat wore a singular dress—half savage and half civilized. The pants and shoes were such as are fashionable in the enlightened world; but a capacious hunting-shirt encased his body, secured around the waist by a heavy band, and much the same as are worn by the hunters and natives of the Far West at the present day. The most striking part of his dress, however, was the hat. This he had brought with him from Maine, and it really seemed indestructible. It was a gray color, and having lost its band a long time before, had acquired the shape of a cone. When it rested on his head, the edge reached the shoulders behind, and the eyebrows in front, and the pointed peak was far off above the crown.

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Ellis, Edward Sylvester: Blazing Arrow. v1. 19 Dec 2013

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Edward Sylvester Ellis (April 11, 1840 – June 20, 1916) was an American author who was born in Ohio and died at Cliff Island, Maine

A Tale of the Frontier

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Ellis, Edward Sylvester: The Boy Patriot. v1. 19 Dec 2013

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Edward Sylvester Ellis (April 11, 1840 – June 20, 1916) was an American author who was born in Ohio and died at Cliff Island, Maine

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The boys of Fairport were an amphibious set, who could live on land truly, but were happiest when in or near the water. To fish and swim, row, trim the sail, and guide the rudder, were accomplishments they all could boast. A bold, hardy, merry set they were; and but for the schoolmaster's rod and the teaching of their pious mothers, might have been as ignorant as oysters and merciless as the sharks. Master Penrose had whipped into most of them the elements of a plain English education, and gentle mothers had power to soften and rule these rough boys, when perhaps a stronger hand would have failed.

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Ellis, Edward Sylvester: The Boy Patrol Around the Council Fire. v1. 19 Dec 2013

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Edward Sylvester Ellis (April 11, 1840 – June 20, 1916) was an American author who was born in Ohio and died at Cliff Island, Maine

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The hermit was sitting in his rocking chair, reading “The Truth of Religion,” by Rudolf Eucken, Professor of Philosophy in the University of Jena and winner of the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1908. The old man laid aside the heavy volume, still open, face downward.

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Ellis, Edward Sylvester: The Boy Patrol on Guard. v1. 20 Dec 2013

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Edward Sylvester Ellis (April 11, 1840 – June 20, 1916) was an American author who was born in Ohio and died at Cliff Island, Maine

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He was a sturdy Irish youth, with red hair, freckled face, a fine set of teeth, an exhaustless fund of good nature, humor and wit, of pugnacious temperament, like so many of his people, but so truthful and chivalrous that every one with whom he came in contact speedily grew to like him.

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Ellis, Edward Sylvester: The Campers Out. v1. 20 Dec 2-13

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Edward Sylvester Ellis (April 11, 1840 – June 20, 1916) was an American author who was born in Ohio and died at Cliff Island, Maine

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“Quick, Sam! Shoot him! Don’t miss! Let him have it!”

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Elvestad, Sven: De Fortaptes Hus [Norwegian]. v1. 15 Jun 2012

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Leieboerne i huset til den forsofne repslageren Altenburg lever sine grå liv uke ut, uke inn. Så, en måneskinnsnatt, blir en ung pike myrdet på haugen bortenfor huset. Er det en sammenheng mellom drapet og repslagerens hus, og hvem er den mystiske magre handelsmannen som like etter flytter inn?

Sven Elvestad, bedre kjent under pseudonymet Stein Riverton, var en meget produktiv krimforfatter, oversatt til en rekke språk. Nest etter "Jernvognen" regnes "De fortaptes hus" for å være hans beste bok.

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Emerson, Ralph Waldo: Essays, First Series, v1, 1Feb2009

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Ralph Waldo Emerson (May 25, 1803 – April 27, 1882) was an American essayist, philosopher, poet, and leader of the transcendentalist movement in the early 19th century.

First published in 1841, this collection includes the following essays:

I. History
II. Self-reliance
III. Compensation
IV. Spiritual Laws
V. Love
VI. Friendship
VII. Prudence
VIII. Heroism
IX. The Over-soul
X. Circles
XI. Intellect
XII. Art

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Emerson, Ralph Waldo: Essays, Second Series, v1, 4Feb2009

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Ralph Waldo Emerson (May 25, 1803 – April 27, 1882) was an American essayist, philosopher, poet, and leader of the transcendentalist movement in the early 19th century.

First published in 1844, the collection includes the following essays:
I. The Poet
II. Experience
III. Character
IV. Manners
V. Gifts
VI. Nature
VII. Politics
VIII. Nominalist and Realist
IX. New England Reformers

I've also included Emerson's memorial address on Thoreau

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Emerson, Willis George: The Smoky God, v.1, 19 Jan 2008.

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The Smoky God, or A Voyage Journey to the Inner Earth is a novel of 1908 by Willis George Emerson (1856..1918), which is presented as a true account of the Norwegian sailor Olaf Jansen and explains how Jansen's sloop sailed through an entrance to the Earth's interior at the North Pole. It is notable as an early story about an underground civilization.
For two years Jansen lived with the inhabitants of an underground network of colonies who, Emerson writes, were a full 12 feet tall and whose world was lit by a "smoky" central sun. Their capital city was said to be the original Garden of Eden.

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Emmerich, Anne Catherine: The Dolorous Passion of Our Lord, v.1, 7 Feb 2008.

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(1862)

From Sacred-texts.com

“This is an account of the events leading up to the Crucifixion of Christ by a 19th century German stigmatic and visionary, Anne Catherine Emmerich. This once-obscure book recently achieved a much higher profile because it was used as an inspiration for the screenplay of Mel Gibson’s controversial movie, [The Passion of the Christ.[/ A riveting ‘you are there’ account of this pivotal event, the story is told with great attention to small details, many not mentioned in the Gospels. This is not a novelization; it is a recounting of Emmerich’s ecstatic visions, which were accompanied by painful and mysterious physical torments. Emmerich was practically illiterate and this book was dictated by her, which makes the fact that the narrative is so internally coherent all the more compelling.
Some readers will note passages which by contemporary standards might be considered anti-Semitic, particularly in the way that the Jewish population is presented as having collective responsibility for the death of Christ. Of course, without apologizing for this in the slightest, it is to be noted that religious and secular institutions of the time sanctioned anti-Semitism in one form or another, so this view was not atypical. On the whole, however, the account considers each of the numerous actors in the drama, Christian, Jewish, or Roman, as individuals with particular motivations, strengths and weaknesses.

Emmerich was beatified on Sunday, October 3rd, 2004 by Pope John Paul II, the final step before sainthood. Her feast day is the anniversary of her death on February 9th, 1824.”

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Emmerich, Ferdinand: Auf den Antillen german v1 24 mar 2009

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Ferdinand Emmerich (* 8. Juli 1858 in Viersen-Hamm; † 2. August 1930 in Pasing) war ein deutscher Forscher, Weltreisender und Reiseschriftsteller.

Sein Credo drückt Emmerich in einem Absatz seines letzten Buchs aus: "Die Welt beginnt sich nach und nach mit einem Netz von Eisenbahnen zu überziehen, die selbst die unberührteste Einsamkeit tropischer Urwälder erschließt. Eisenbahnen bringen den Reisenden mühelos in die Gegenden, die ich unter den größten Gefahren und Strapazen besuchte. Leider - muß ich sagen, dann das, was ich in den von des Weißen Fuß noch nicht entweihten Ländern erschauen durfte, wird in Zukunft den Forschern versagt bleiben. Die Kultur tötet es."

Seine (im Gegensatz zu anderen Reiseschriftstellern) wirklich erlebten Abenteuer lesen sich spannend und durchaus modern. Seine haltung den Eingeborenen ist aber durchaus zeitgemäß überheblich.

Tolle Lektüre!

PS: Nicht wundern, wenn es kein Inhaltsverzeichnis gibt. Kapitel scheinen bei Emmerich eher Mangelware, in diesem (durchaus längeren) Roman gibt es sie gleich gar nicht!

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Emmerich, Ferdinand: Im Gran Chaco von Paraguay german v1 9 apr 2009

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Diesmal ist Ferdinand Emmerich im Hinterland von Paraguay unterwegs und erlebt wieder mal alle möglichen und unmöglichen Abenteuer, getreu dem Motto: Dem Deutschen ist nix zu schwör. Viel Spass!

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Emmerich, Ferdinand: Jenseits des Äquators german v1 1 apr 2009

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Für mich das Beste der Emmerich-Bücher. Archäologen auf Schatzsuche in Südamerika:
[QUOTWürden wir diesmal Glück haben? – Diese Frage spannte all unsere Sinne. Wir, der peruanische Forscher und Kollege Dr. Perez und ich, zogen schwer bepackt dem Ziel unserer brennendsten Sehnsucht entgegen.

Ganz unversehens hatten wir es gestern entdeckt, dieses augenscheinlich völlig unversehrte altindianische Grabmal, das eine herrliche wissenschaftliche Ausbeute versprach. Als wir das erstemal eine solche »Chulpa« durchforschen wollten, hatten uns die Indianer einen bösen Strich durch die Rechnung gemacht und uns gezwungen, unverrichteterdinge abzuziehen. Unsere Auftraggeber aber, ebenso wie wir, legten besonderen Wert auf die Funde solch letzter Überreste der uralten Vor-Inkakultur, und unser eigener Ehrgeiz und Forschertrieb spornten uns besonders an, die Erwartungen noch zu übertreffen.

Gern hätten wir uns sofort in die Arbeit gestürzt. Leider aber hinderte uns die zwar liebenswürdige, aber reichlich unbequeme Gesellschaft, die seit einigen Tagen mit uns reiste, am sofortigen Beginn.

Eine eben in Peru ausgebrochene Revolution hatte nämlich den derzeitigen Staatspräsidenten veranlaßt, sich mit einiger Geschwindigkeit zurückzuziehen.

Mit der gesamten Umgebung, deren Damen und einem großen Troß von Beamten, Bedienten und Gepäck wollte man versuchen, die Grenze zu erreichen.

Natürlich hatte keiner von ihnen von den Gefahren und besonderen Anforderungen einer Urwaldreise über das Gebirge eine richtige Vorstellung.

Heilfroh war die ganze Gesellschaft, als sie nach der ersten »Fühlungnahme« – Gewehr im Arm, Finger am Abzug – feststellte, daß wir nicht nur keine Wegelagerer, sondern Forscher waren, deren Erfahrungen dem ganzen »Hofstaat« von größtem Nutzen waren.

Um sie überhaupt wieder loszuwerden, hatten wir ihnen für ihren weiteren Weg, von den Höhen des bolivianischen Gebirges hinab zum Titicacasee, unsere drei Diener als Führer und Beschützer mitgegeben, und heute früh waren sie mit erheblichem Aufwand von Dankesbezeugungen und Freundschaftsversicherungen endlich abgeritten. Felipe, mein getreuer Helfer und Freund, sollte zusammen mit Carlos, dem Diener des Dr. Perez, unten in dem kleinen Uferdorf Maiquia für uns Quartier machen und uns dann wieder bei der Chulpa treffen.

Da lag nun das alte Grabmal![/QUOT

Tolles Abenteuer!

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Emmerich, Ferdinand: Neuseeland german v1 1 apr 2009

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Diesmal geht's mit Ferdinand Emmerich nach neuseeland, inklusive Pazifik-Überquerung per Segler. Wie immer spanned und gur geschriebenn:
[QUOTMein Reiseziel war die große Doppelinsel Neuseeland. Während ich mich mit rasch gewonnenen Freunden in Valparaiso über die einzuschlagende Route unterhielt, tönte vom Hafen her ein merkwürdig heulender Sirenenton.

»Was mag denn das für einer sein?« fragte Oldehaver, der junge Bierbrauer aus Santiago. »Den Ton haben wir hier doch noch nie gehört. Der heult ja wie ein Kriegsdampfer.«

»Laß' ihn heulen,« fiel ihm Köhler in die Rede. »Solange es kein Kosmosdampfer ist, der unseren Forscher nordwärts entführt, hat er kein Interesse für uns. – Prosit!«

»Merkwürdig, daß man keine einzige direkte Verbindung von hier nach Australien hat, wo doch die beiden Länder, Chile und Neuseeland, auf denselben Breitengraden liegen und beide einen regen Handelsverkehr haben.«

»Aber nicht miteinander,« antwortete der Agent der Kosmoslinie. Höchstens Kohlenschiffe wählen den direkten Weg. Wer, wie Sie, nach der anderen Leite des stillen Ozeans will – und das kommt nicht oft vor –, muß bis San Franzisko nach Norden hinauf und dann dieselben fünfundsechzig Breitengrade wieder zurückfahren, um Australien oder Neuseeland zu erreichen. Das ist noch ein wunder Punkt in unseren Verkehrsverhältnissen.«

»Ich würde ein Segelschiff nehmen,« fiel der Kapitän der ›Denderah‹ ein, die gerade im Hafen lag und ›heimwärts‹ bestimmt war. »Draußen liegt ein feiner Blankeneser Dreimaster, der nach Sidney will. Reden sie doch ein Wort mit dem Kapitän. Seegewohnte Passagiere nimmt er vielleicht mit.«[/QUOT

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Emmerich, Ferdinand: Quer durch Hawaii german v1 28 mar 2009

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Die Reiseerzählungen des Ferdinand Emmerich gehen mit diesem Band weiter. Er findet sich diesmal auf den Hawaii-Inseln wieder, deren Natur er wunderschön beschreibt. Natürlich wird er auch diesmal in alle möglichen Zwischenfälle, Abenteuer und Katastrophen verwickelt.

Viel Spass beim Lesen.

Covervorlage kam von ravenne.

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Emmerich, Ferdinand: Schmugglerfahrten im Malaiischen Archipel german v1 10 apr 2009

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Vorläufig das letzte Emmerich-Abenteuer, da mir die Quellen ausgegangen sind.

[QUOTMitte der achtziger Jahre durchforschte ich den Malaiischen Archipel. Jene zahllose Menge von Inseln, die wissenschaftlich als die Überreste eines in grauer Vorzeit versunkenen Kontinents, auf dem auch die Wiege des Menschengeschlechtes zu suchen sein soll, angesprochen werden. Neben gewaltigen vulkanischen Erhebungen, die ohne jedes Küstenland schroff aus dem Meer emporschießen, finden wir dort Koralleneilande, über die eine gebefreudige Natur ihre reichsten Schätze in verschwenderischer Fülle ausgestreut hat. -- Leider bringen aber diese paradiesischen Inseln nicht auch herrliche Bewohner hervor. Wenigstens besitzen die in unserer Zeit den Archipel bewohnenden Eingeborenen nur ganz wenige Eigenschaften, die von unserer europäischen Weltanschauung als gut bezeichnet werden würden. Das mag daran liegen, daß die Urbevölkerung seit Jahrhunderten mit Einwanderern durchsetzt wird. Vor allem sind es die Malaien, die auf den Inseln zwischen Neuguinea und der Malakkahalbinsel, neben den Chinesen, als herrschende Rasse auftreten.

Die Malaien bilden eine eigentümliche Menschenklasse. Sie sind nicht schön. Ihr Gesicht ist breit und flach. Die kleine Nase hat breite Flügel. Langes, dunkelschwarzes Haar umrahmt das dunkelbraune Antlitz, aus dem große, feurig glänzende Augen leuchten. Die Malaien sind überwiegend Seefahrer. Kühn und unternehmend, verachten sie die Gefahr. Sie scheuen aber auch vor nichts zurück. Ihre ungezähmte Heftigkeit treibt sie nicht selten zu Raub und Mord. Sie leben mit ihren Nachbarn in stetem Kriege und lassen keine Gelegenheit unbenutzt, die jene an Gut oder Leben schädigen könnte. Daß sie zur Ausübung gesetzloser Handlungen jederzeit zu haben sind, bedarf nach dem Gesagten keiner besonderen Erwähnung. Sie sind denn auch auf Schmuggler- und Seeräuberfahrzeugen die gesuchtesten Kräfte, und keiner versteht es wie der malaiische Schiffsführer, die staatlichen Verfolger zu täuschen. Natürlich sind die vornehmen Malaien, die sich unserer Kultur im allgemeinen angeschlossen haben, von dieser Charakteristik ausgenommen.

Zur Zeit, in der meine Erzählung spielt, befanden sich nur die großen Sunda-Inseln unter der Herrschaft der Holländer und selbst diese noch in beschränktem Maße. Auf der langen Inselreihe östlich von Java wehrten sich die Ureinwohner mit allen Mitteln gegen das Eindringen der fremden Eroberer. Bali, Lombok, Soembawa, Flores, Allor und selbst Timor, auf dem die Portugiesen schon lange festen Fuß gefaßt haben, leisteten den Holländern tapferen Widerstand. Sie wurden unterstützt durch die malaiischen und chinesischen Barkenführer, die ihnen auf tollkühnen Wegen immer wieder Waffen und Munition zuführten, während die eingeborenen Kaiser und Könige auf Timor durch Geldmittel und Gewahrung sicheren Unterschlupfes das gesetzlose Treiben begünstigten.

Seit etwa Zwanzig Jahren sind nun auch die Ostinseln unter die Herrschaft der Holländer gefallen. Dadurch wurde den blutigen Fehden unter den Bewohnern ein Ziel gesetzt. Die Insulaner beginnen sich an die neuen Herren zu gewöhnen, und schon hört man, daß manchen Inseln bereits die Selbstverwaltung unter eingeborenm Fürsten eingeräumt wird. In Koepang, in dem die Hollander früher nur wie in einer Festung saßen, wohnt jetzt ein Gouverneur. Europäer dürfen sich jetzt auch außerhalb der Stadt, im Reiche des früheren Radja, zeigen. -- Mit dieser Ausbreitung ihrer Macht verschwinden die romantischen, aber für alle Beteiligten gefährlichen Schmugglerfahrten, und die tollkühnen Taten todesverachtender Malaien und Chinesen gehören bald der Mythe an.

Ich schildere in der vorliegenden Erzählung einige Episoden aus den zahlreichen Unternehmungen eines zur vornehmen Welt des Archipels gezählten Chinesen, der es meisterhaft verstand, andere für sich arbeiten und bluten zu lassen. Die Schilderung der einzelnen Fahrten verdanke ich einem Augenzeugen, den ein widriges Geschick in die Abenteuer der Schmuggler verstrickt hatte, und der die endliche Vernichtung der Bande miterlebte. Zu einem klemm Teil lernte ich das Leben der Schmuggler aus eigener Anschauung kennen, da ich einmal ahnungslos, ein anderes Mal gezwungen kurze Fahrten an Bord von Schmugglerschiffen machte.

Der Verfasser[/QUOT

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Emmerich, Ferdinand: Streifzüge durch Celebes german v1 28 mar 2009

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[QUOTEine glühende Junisonne hing wie ein roter Ball am Firmament. Unter ihren senkrechten Feuerstrahlen kochte die See und sandte blendende Reflexe von goldrotem Metallglanz über die menschenleere Marina. Die Perle Siziliens, Messina, schlief. Was nur irgendwie von seiner täglichen Beschäftigung sich freimachen konnte, floh die um diese Stunde unerträglich heißen Straßen und suchte Kühlung in dunklem Schatten.

Seit zwei Stunden, war ich obdachlos. Meine Universitätsstudien hatten vor wenigen Tagen ihren glücklichen Abschluß gefunden, und nun lenkte ich meine Schritte wieder hinaus in das schaffende Leben. Vor der deutschen Bierhalle erwartete ich die Abfahrt des Trajektschiffes, das die Inselbewohner über die Meerenge nach Reggio di Calabria bringt.

Dort verschlingt sie der martervolle Eisenbahnzug, um ihnen in achtundzwanzigstündiger Reise die Herrlichkeiten des Golfes von Neapel zugängig zu machen. Mit geheimem Schauder dachte ich an die Tantalusqualen, die meiner in den sonnedurchglühten, engen Waggons harrten.

Da tönte lautes, fröhliches Lachen durch die Stille. Aus einer Seitenstraße bogen vier kräftige Männer auf die Marina und warfen sich ächzend in die Sessel vor der Bierhalle. »Junge, Junge, dat is man bannig warm hüt!« rief der eine in echtem Hamburger Plattdeutsch.

Ehe noch jemand darauf antworten konnte, stand ich vor ihnen und – wäre vor freudigem Erstaunen beinahe sprachlos geworden.[/QUOT

So beginnt diese Reiseerzählung, die den Autor nach so manchen Irrungen und Wirrungen bis nach Celebes (die heutige indonesische Insel Sulawesi) führt.

Covervorlage von ravenne.

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Endicott, J. S: J. S. Endicott Sampler. V1. 20 Aug 2012

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No biographical data found.

VIAL OF MURDER
MARKED FOR EVIDENCE
SINISTER HOUSE
BOMBSHELL MURDER

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Engel, Georg: Claus Störtebecker. german. v1. 30 jun 2009

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Klaus Störtebeker war schon zu Lebzeiten eine Legende: Als Anführer der berühmt-berüchtigten Vitalienbrüder trieb der Freibeuter im 14. Jahrhundert in Nord- und Ostsee sein Unwesen und versuchte im Kaperkrieg, den Seehandel in den nördlichen Gefilden zum Erliegen zu bringen und das belagerte Stockholm mit Lebensmitteln zu versorgen. Packend und anschaulich erzählt Georg Engel den Werdegang Störtebekers mit seinen zahlreichen Höhen und Tiefen bis zu seiner spektakulären Hinrichung im Jahre 1402 in Hamburg.

[SIZE="1"][Quelle der Zusammenfassung: amazon.d[/SIZ

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Engels, Friedrich: Der Ursprung der Familie ... [German] v1. 29 Dec 2010

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Friedrich Engels (1820-1895)
Der Ursprung der Familie, des Privateigentums und des Staats

Inhalt:
I. Vorgeschichtliche Kulturstufen
II. Die Familie
III. Die irokesische Gens
IV. Die griechische Gens
V. Entstehung des athenischen Staats
VI. Gens und Staat in Rom
VII. Die Gens bei Kelten und Deutschen
VIII. Die Staatsbildung der Deutschen
IX. Barbarei und Zivilisation

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Engels, Friedrich: Zur Geschichte des Urchristentums [German]. v1. 16 Jan 2011

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Friedrich Engels (1820-1895)
Zur Geschichte des Urchristentums (1894)

[Wikipedia]
Die Geschichte des Urchristentums interessierte ihn wegen seiner „merkwürdigen Berührungspunkte mit der modernen Arbeiterbewegung”. Wie diese sei auch das Urchristentum „im Ursprung eine Bewegung Unterdrückter: es trat zuerst auf als eine Religion der Sklaven und Freigelassenen, der Armen und Rechtlosen [...]. Beide werden verfolgt und gehetzt, ihre Anhänger geächtet, unter Ausnahmegesetze gestellt.” Sein Vorgehen war dabei durchaus auf der Höhe der historisch-kritischen Bibelforschung seiner Zeit. In dem 1883 erschienenen Aufsatz [The book of revelation[/ untersuchte Engels die [Offenbarung des Johannes[/, die ihm als wichtigste neutestamentarische Quelle für die Erforschung der Geschichte des Urchristentums galt. Im Sommer 1894 behandelte er das Thema „Urchristentum“ noch einmal eingehend in dem in der [Neuen Zeit[/ erschienenen Werk [Zur Geschichte des Urchristentums[/, wobei Gedanken aus dem Aufsatz von 1883 einflossen.

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Engels, Friedrich: Zur Urgeschichte der Deutschen [German]. v1. 29 Dec 2010

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Friedrich Engels (1820-1895)
Zur Urgeschichte der Deutschen (1881/1882)

Inhalt:

Cäsar und Tacitus
Die ersten Kämpfe mit Rom
Fortschritte bis zur Völkerwanderung
Anmerkung: Die deutschen Stämme

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England, George Allan: Darkness and Dawn, v.1, 05 Dec 2007

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George Allan England was an explorer and author of, among other things, five science fiction novels and over a dozen magazine serials and short stories from 1905 on; these appeared predominantly in Frank A. Munsey's magazines, where he was one of the more popular writers of the pre-1926 period, ranking as the closest rival in science fiction to Edgar Rice Burroughs.

Darkness and Dawn is a trilogy of novels about a couple who awake after 1000 years in New York.

[QUOT
New York City – the end of the 3rd millennium. Monumental buildings in ruins. Central Park a jungle peopled by savage sub-humans. A huge black shape moving across the night sky occluding the stars. Civilization has vanished along with humankind. Into this hostile new world two survivors of our enlightened age awaken from 1000 years of slumber - to fall victims to a world gone wild? - or to give mankind a second chance?[/QUOT

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England, George Allan: George Allan England Sampler. V1. 26 Aug 2012

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George Allan England (1877 – 1937) was an American writer and explorer, best known for his speculative and science fiction. He attended Harvard University and later in life unsuccessfully ran for Governor of Maine. England was a socialist and many of his works have socialist themes.

LOST—AN ECHO
AFRICA
THE TOSS-UP
ROUGH TOSS

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England, George Allan: Maroon Key (2020); v1; 18 June 2020

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George Allan England (1873-1936) was a spectacularly prolific short story writer in practically every genre, and occasional novelist, who today is best remembered, if at all, for his post-apocalypse trilogy "Darkness and Deep".

This collection of his short stories includes two adventure novelettes. plus humour, horror, and crime.

1: The Thing from Outside
2: Rough Toss
3: Leatherbee’s Luck
4: Blood Brothers (novelette)
5: Maroon Key (novelette)
6: The Longest Side
7: Test Tubes
8: Africa

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England, George Allan: The Air Trust. 07 Aug 2008

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This one is hard to pin down to just one prefix so I have selected Science Fiction since that is where most of George Allan England's books fall. He was a leading SciFi writer in the early part of the 20th century in the US.

The Air Trust, written in 1915, deals with the possible future where there is one monopoly controlling all flights.

Of interest is the dedication of the book:
[QUOT
TO EUGENE V. DEBS
"Comrade 'Gene,"
Lover of All Mankind and
Apostle of the World's Emancipation,
[/QUOT

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England, George Allan: The Flying Legion. 07 Aug 2008

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Described as an "SF Classic of Sacrilege and Expiation" this 1920 novel seems strangely in place today.

George Allan England (1877 – 1937) was a USA writer and explorer.

[(No spoilers here.)[/

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Epictetus: The Enchiridion (Handbook), v.1, 13 Dec 2007.

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Epictetus wrote the [Enchiridion [/(Handbook) c135 CE.
It is a statement of his Stoic philosophy in 52 very short sections.

Cross-Reference

The [Golden Sayings[/ of Epictetus have already been uploaded by RWood in vol.2 of the Harvard Classics series.

Epictetus influenced Marcus Aurelius, whose [Meditations[/ have been uploaded in two versions:
1. The George Long translation; See
Antoninus, Marcus Aurelius, Meditations.

2. A different translation in the Harvard Classics, Vol 2.

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Equiano, Olaudah: Autobiography, v.1. 23 Dec2007

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The full title is .'The Interesting Narrative of the Life of Olaudah Equiano, or Gustavus Vassa, the African.' (1789) But it is too long for the thread title.

2007 is the bicentenary of the British abolition of the slave trade. A historian colleague of mine has being doing a lot of work on this topic. This has inspired my choice of book. Mr Equiano is one of the few former slaves to write about his experience.

From the Wikipedia entry on Olaudah Equiano:
Olaudah Equiano (c. 1745 – 31 March 1797), also known as Gustavus Vassa, was one of the most prominent people of African heritage involved in the British debate for the abolition of the slave trade. He wrote an autobiography that depicted the horrors of slavery and helped influence British lawmakers to abolish the slave trade in 1807. In addition to being a slave as a young man, he was also a slaver, seaman, merchant, and explorer in South America, the Caribbean, the American colonies, Britain, and the North Pole.

By his own account, Olaudah Equiano's early life began in the region of "Essaka" (in his spelling; now called Isseke) near the River Niger, an Igbo-speaking region of Nigeria, West Africa, which is now in Anambra State. His father was an important elder in the village, who helped settle disputes. At an early age, he was kidnapped by kinsmen and forced into domestic slavery in another native village in a region where the African chieftain hierarchy was tied to slavery
At the age of eleven, Equiano was sold to white slave traders and taken to the New World. On arrival, he was bought by Michael Pascal, a lieutenant in the Royal Navy. Renaming being a common practice among slave owners, Pascal renamed him Gustavus Vassa. (This is the Latinised form of the name of King Gustav I of Sweden, known for having liberated his country from Danish rule in the 16th Century.)
Being the slave of a naval captain, Equiano was afforded naval training and was able to travel extensively. He was sent to school in England by Pascal to learn to read. This was during the Seven Years War with France. Equiano was Pascal's personal servant but was also expected to contribute in times of battle. His duty was to haul gunpowder to the gun decks. After the war, Equiano felt he had done his duty and deserved his share of the prize money awarded to the other sailors, along with his freedom, but Pascal refused to grant it.
Later, Olaudah Equiano was sold on the island of Montserrat in the Caribbean Leeward Islands. Equiano's literacy and seamanship skills made him too valuable for plantation labour. He was acquired by Robert King, a Quaker merchant from Philadelphia who traded in the Caribbean. King set Equiano to work on his shipping routes and in his stores, promising him in 1765, that for forty pounds, the price King had paid for Equiano, he could buy his freedom. King taught him to read and write more fluently, educated him in the Christian faith, and allowed Equiano to engage in his own profitable trading as well as on his master's behalf, enabling Equiano to come by the forty pounds honestly. In his early twenties, Equiano succeeded in buying his freedom.
King urged Equiano to stay on as a business partner, but Equiano found it dangerous and limiting to remain in the British American colonies as a freed black. While loading a ship in Georgia, he was almost kidnapped back into slavery. Equiano returned to England, where after Somersett's Case of 1772 (although the details are unclear when analysed by lawyers) it was generally believed than no person could be a slave in England itself.

After several years of travels and trading, Equiano travelled to London and became involved in the abolitionist movement. The movement had been particularly strong amongst Quakers, but was by now non-denominational. Equiano himself was broadly Methodist, having been influenced by George Whitefield's evangelism in the New World.

Equiano proved to be a popular speaker and was introduced to many senior and influential people, who encouraged him to write and publish his life story. Equiano was supported financially by philanthropic abolitionists and religious benefactors; his lectures and preparation for the book were promoted by, among others, Selina Hastings, Countess of Huntingdon. His account surprised many with the quality of its imagery and description, literary style, as well as its narrative which was profoundly shaming towards those who had not joined the abolitionist cause. Entitled The Interesting Narrative of the Life of Olaudah Equiano, or Gustavus Vassa, the African, it was first published in 1789 and rapidly went through several editions. It is one of the earliest known examples of published writing by an African writer. It was the first influential slave autobiography, and its first-hand account of slavery and of the experiences of an 18th-century black immigrant caused a sensation when published in 1789, fuelling a growing anti-slavery movement in England.

Equiano's narrative begins in the West African village where he was kidnapped into slavery in 1756. He vividly recalls the pestilence and horror of the Middle Passage: "I now wished for the last friend, Death, to relieve me." As described in his book, the young Equiano was eventually shipped to a Virginia plantation where he witnessed slaves tortured with thumbscrews and the iron muzzle. Slavery, he explained, brutalizes everyone - the slaves, their overseers, plantation wives, and the whole of society.

The autobiography goes on to describe how Equiano's adventures brought him to London, where he married into English society and became a leading abolitionist. His exposé of the infamous slave-ship Zong - 133 slaves thrown overboard in mid-ocean for the insurance money - shook the nation. But it was Equiano's book that would prove his most lasting contribution to the abolitionist movement, a book which vividly demonstrated the humanity of Africans as much as the inhumanity of slavery.

The book not only furthered the abolitionist cause while providing an exemplary work of English literature by a new, African author, but also made Equiano's fortune. It gave him independence from his benefactors and enabled him to fully chart his own life and purpose, and develop his interest in working to improve economic, social and educational conditions in Africa, particularly in Sierra Leone.
At some point, after having travelled widely, Olaudah Equiano decided to settle in Britain and raise a family. Equiano is closely associated with Soham, Cambridgeshire, where, on the 7 April 1792, he married Susannah Cullen, a local girl, in St Andrew's Church. The original marriage register containing the entry for Equiano and Susannah is today held by Cambridgeshire Archives and Local Studies at the County Record Office in Cambridge. He announced his wedding in every edition of his autobiography from 1792 onwards, and it has been suggested his marriage mirrored his anticipation of a commercial union between Africa and Great Britain. The couple settled in the area and had two daughters, Anna Maria , born October 16, 1793, and Joanna, born April 11, 1795.
Susannah died in February 1796 aged 34, and Equiano died a year after that on 31 March 1797, aged approximately 52. Soon after, the elder daughter died, aged four years old, leaving Joanna to inherit Equiano's estate, which was valued at £950: a considerable sum, worth approximately £1,000,000 today. Joanna married the Rev. Henry Bromley, and they ran a Congregational Chapel at Clavering near Saffron Walden in Essex, before moving to London in the middle of the nineteenth century - they are both buried at the Congregationalists' the non-denominational Abney Park Cemetery, in Stoke Newington.

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Equiano, Olaudah: The Life of Olaudah Equiano. vol 1, 19 May 2016

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Olaudah Equiano was born in west Africa in about 1745. He was captured by slave traders in about 1755, and sold in the West Indies. In 1756 he was bought by a Royal Navy officer who forced him to accept the name Augustus Vassa which he used for the rest of his life, including on his wedding certificate and his will. He was taken to England in 1757, stayed with the officer's sisters, and learned to read and write English. The officer sold him again, and he worked in slavery in ships and later in the West Indies for a master who allowed him to trade for himself. He purchased his freedom in 1766, and returned to England in 1767 where he worked as a hairdresser, and as a seafarer and trader in Turkey, Greece, and Italy, and as part of an expedition to the Arctic in 1773. After two more years in the West Indies he returned to England.

In 1786 he became involved in the movement to abolish slavery and became a prominent member of the 'Sons of Africa', a group of 12 black men who campaigned for abolition. In 1789 he self-published this autobiography. He travelled widely promoting the book, which became immensely popular, helped the abolitionist cause, and made him a wealthy man. It is one of the earliest books published by a black African writer, and went through nine editions in England and the US. The autobiography also deals at some length with his conversion to Christianity.

In 1792 he married an Englishwoman, Susanna Cullen, and they had two daughters. Olaudah Equiano died on 31 March 1797, about ten years before the slave trade was banned in England.

All of his biographers refer to him as Olaudah Equiano, and he has his own website at www.equiano.org/index.html

The source text for this edition cannot be mentioned as I have corrected typos, used modern forms for the many scripture references and modern names for addresses, and made changes to spelling, punctuation, and hyphenation using oxforddictionaries.com. I have omitted the hundreds of names of subscribers to his book, and the many supportive letters and reviews included in several of the editions.

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Erasmus, Desiderius: Lob der Torheit (german); v1 16.10.2022

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Hier das ebook im mobi-Format

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Erasmus, Desiderius: The Complaint of Peace. v1 21 Jan 2015

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Desiderius Erasmus (1466–1536) was a priest, scholar, author, and translator, and a leading figure in the humanist movement before and during the Reformation. His works were very influential and were produced in many editions and translations all through Europe during his lifetime.

[The Complaint of Peace[/ was published in 1521. Peace personified comes to earth, chastises kings and princes, church leaders, noblemen, and ordinary soldiers for betraying their Christian values by waging unjust and unnecessary wars, and urges them to follow the Prince of Peace.

The source text was taken from the Online Library of Liberty, and checked against a pdf of the 1917 Open Court Publishing Co. edition. I have silently corrected typos, and made changes to spelling and hyphenation using oxforddictionaries.com.

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Erasmus, Desiderius: The Praise of Folly, v.1, 24 June 2008.

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Desiderius Erasmus (1469-1536): The Praise of Folly.
Translated from the Latin (1668) by John Wilson (1625-1695)
Original titles: [Moriae encomium [/(Latinised Greek) or [Laus stultitiae [/(Latin)
(Written 1509. First published 1511)

The original title, ‘Moriae encomium’ means both ‘In praise of folly’ and ‘In praise of More’, and the work opens with a dedicatory letter to Erasmus’s friend and fellow humanist, Thomas More.
The essay consists of Folly, speaking in her own person, praising the follies of men: their self-deception; their superstitious religious practices; and pedantic scholarship. Whilst Folly is critical of religious abuses she has no problem with Catholicism, properly understood.
The work manages to combine good-humoured Latin puns and wordplay (not easily translated) with serious criticism by way of satire.

Cross-References
1. Alexander Pope’s ‘Dunciad’ is another work with Folly speaking and listing the failings of mankind (with special emphasis on poets other than Pope). It is on my to-do list.
2. Charles Reade’s novel, ‘The Cloister and the Hearth’ is a fictional account based on the lives of Erasmus’s parents. (Already uploaded.)

The cover image is a portrait of Erasmus by Holbein.

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Ernst, Paul: Der schmale Weg zum Glück , V1 german 22.12.2009

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Carl Friedrich Paul Ernst (* 7. März 1866 in Elbingerode (Harz); † 13. Mai 1933 in Sankt Georgen an der Stiefing in der Steiermark) war ein deutscher Schriftsteller und Journalist. Gemeinsam mit Wilhelm von Scholz veröffentlichte er ein Lustspiel unter dem Pseudonym P. W. Spassmöller.
Geboren als Sohn des Grubenaufsehers Johann Christian Friedrich Wilhelm Ernst und seiner Ehefrau Emma Auguste Henriette Dittmann wurde er am 18. März 1866 getauft. Er studierte nach Abschluss seiner schulischen Ausbildung Theologie und Philosophie an den Universitäten in Göttingen und Tübingen. Ein weiteres Studium der Literatur und Geschichte in Berlin schloss sich an. 1892 promovierte er. Er wurde Mitglied des progressiven Berliner Literatenvereins Durch.

Frühzeitig schloss er sich der Arbeiterbewegung an und wurde Mitglied der SPD, aus der er jedoch 1896 wieder austrat.

Anfang des 20. Jahrhunderts hielt sich Paul Ernst in Weimar auf. In dieser Zeit entstanden zahlreiche Dramen und Erzählungen. 1905/1906 war er als Dramaturg am Düsseldorfer Schauspielhaus tätig. Später widmete er sich freiberuflich ganz seiner schriftstellerischen Tätigkeit. Er verstarb 1933 in Österreich.

Sein literarisches Schaffen ist sehr umfangreich und vielfältig. Es umfasst sowohl Romane, Erzählungen und Novellen als auch Dramen, Essays und Epen. Sind seine frühen Werke noch dem Naturalismus zuzuordnen, sind seine späteren, vor allem in den 1920er-Jahren entstandenen Schriften Bestandteil der Neuklassik, zu deren Hauptvertretern Paul Ernst gezählt wird.

«Der schmale Weg zum Glück«, den der gleichnamige Bildungsroman Paul Ernsts (1903) schildert, führt ganz wörtlich in die Heimat zurück. Der Förstersohn Hans Werther kommt durch die Heirat mit der Grafen*tochter in die Lage, denselben Wald, den sein Vater unter der liederlichen Herrschaft des Grafen eher ausbeuten mußte als pflegen konnte, nach ei*genen Grundsätzen zu kultivieren. Zwischen dem Kindheitsidyll und sei*ner Erneuerung liegen das Studium in der Großstadt und die Begegnung mit der Arbeiterschaft sowie verschiede*nen Vertretern einer modernen Zeit, die den Glauben an das Höhere ver*loren hat. Ernst scheint hier in freier poetischer Gestaltung seine eigene Berührung mit Sozialismus und Naturalismus zu reflektieren; das unge*wöhnliche Happy-End läßt sich in autobiographischer Beziehung als Reflex seiner Heirat mit Lilly von Ben*da (1899) deuten, die es ihm ermöglichte, sich als freier Schriftsteller der Ausbildung des neuklassi*schen Kunstkonzepts zu widmen.

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Ernst, Paul: Komödianten- und Spitzbubengeschichten , V1 german 22.12.2009

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J.U.

Carl Friedrich Paul Ernst (* 7. März 1866 in Elbingerode (Harz); † 13. Mai 1933 in Sankt Georgen an der Stiefing in der Steiermark) war ein deutscher Schriftsteller und Journalist. Gemeinsam mit Wilhelm von Scholz veröffentlichte er ein Lustspiel unter dem Pseudonym P. W. Spassmöller.
Geboren als Sohn des Grubenaufsehers Johann Christian Friedrich Wilhelm Ernst und seiner Ehefrau Emma Auguste Henriette Dittmann wurde er am 18. März 1866 getauft. Er studierte nach Abschluss seiner schulischen Ausbildung Theologie und Philosophie an den Universitäten in Göttingen und Tübingen. Ein weiteres Studium der Literatur und Geschichte in Berlin schloss sich an. 1892 promovierte er. Er wurde Mitglied des progressiven Berliner Literatenvereins Durch.

Frühzeitig schloss er sich der Arbeiterbewegung an und wurde Mitglied der SPD, aus der er jedoch 1896 wieder austrat.

Anfang des 20. Jahrhunderts hielt sich Paul Ernst in Weimar auf. In dieser Zeit entstanden zahlreiche Dramen und Erzählungen. 1905/1906 war er als Dramaturg am Düsseldorfer Schauspielhaus tätig. Später widmete er sich freiberuflich ganz seiner schriftstellerischen Tätigkeit. Er verstarb 1933 in Österreich.

Sein literarisches Schaffen ist sehr umfangreich und vielfältig. Es umfasst sowohl Romane, Erzählungen und Novellen als auch Dramen, Essays und Epen. Sind seine frühen Werke noch dem Naturalismus zuzuordnen, sind seine späteren, vor allem in den 1920er-Jahren entstandenen Schriften Bestandteil der Neuklassik, zu deren Hauptvertretern Paul Ernst gezählt wird.

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Eschstruth, Nataly Von: The Gray Nun, v1, 29 September 2009.

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Nataly Von Eschstruth (1860–1939)
The Gray Nun
Translated from the German by Lionel Strachey (1864–1927)

A short ghost story from Project Gutenberg.
Who is the mysterious nun that appears at a masked ball?

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España: Constitución Española. (Spanish) v1 9 May 2009

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Jellby

This is surely not the most interesting reading, but I thought it's one of those things that should be freely available. This is the current Constitution of Spain, approved in referendum the 6 December 1978, it might be good to have other countries' Constitutions (or equivalent) here too.

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Esquemeling, John; The Bucaniers (Buccaneers) of America; v1.0; 17 Sep 2009

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The following book was written by a, reputed, Dutchman named John Esquemeling as he sailed with Captain Morgan.

"A true account of the most remarkable assaults committed of late years upon the coasts of the West Indies by the Buccaneers of Jamaica and Tortuga (both English and French)"

This has been formatted for the 5" and 6" readers.

This is a great piece of history. I originally downloaded this in HTML format from Gutenberg and recreated it in DOC, including the task of adding in the right image in the right place.

I do, however, notice a small thing which I will fix later. This is in the TOC. The tabs are off in some of the longer Roman numerals (such as XVIII, etc..). Not too much of a distraction, but again, not perfect either.

If you see any other errors, feel free to either edit and send me, or let me know and I will adjust.

Avast! Arrrrggghhh! :D

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Essig, Hermann: Der Taifun, german V1, 30.12.2009

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J.U.

Hermann Essig (* 28. August 1878 in Truchtelfingen; † 21. Juni 1918 in Berlin) war ein deutscher Dramatiker, Erzähler und Lyriker
Als Sohn des Truchtelfinger Pfarrers geboren, verbrachte Essig seine Schulzeit in Weinsberg und Heilbronn, wo er am Karlsgymnasium sein Abitur absolvierte. Er studierte an der Technischen Hochschule in Stuttgart. 1902 musste er wegen einer Lungenerkrankung zur Kur in die Schweiz und begann dort zu schreiben. Ab 1904 lebte er in Berlin, zunächst als Technischer Zeichner bei einem befreundeten Ingenieur, dann als freier Schriftsteller. Er heiratete 1905 die Witwe von Emil Rosenow, eines sozialdemokratischen Reichstagsabgeordneten und Schriftstellers. Dessen Komödie Kater Lampe wurde sehr erfolgreich gespielt und sicherte lange Zeit das Dasein des eher erfolglos arbeitenden Essig. In den Folgejahren versuchte er, im literarischen Leben Berlins Fuß zu fassen. 1905 beendete er das Schauspiel Napoleons Aufstieg. In den Jahren 1906/1907 folgten die Tragödie Ueberteufel und das Drama Ihr stilles Glück –!, 1908 die Erzählung Der Wetterfrosch und die Tragödie Mariä Heimsuchung.

Der Taifun:
Essigs größter Erfolg war sein Schlüsselroman Der Taifun (Kurt Wolff, 1919), in dem er sich über das kunstverrückte Berliner Publikum und die modernen Tendenzen des Sturm-Kreises lustig machte. Der Autor Kasimir Edschmid schrieb über den Taifun:

„So ist Essig zweifellos nicht sprach- oder formschöpferisch im großen und letzten Sinn und hat doch ein Buch geschrieben, das an Kompaktheit, Originalität und Fülle des Geschauten niemals seither vorhanden ist. (‚Taifun‘, bei Kurt Wolff, München). Dennoch wäre es letzten Endes ohne Sternheim und Heinrich Mann undenkbar. Der Roman satirisiert den ‚Sturm‘-Kreis in einer in Deutschland kaum gekannten Kühnheit der Form. Manns geißelnde Romane sind (mit Ausnahme des leider schlecht ausklingenden ‚Professor Unrat‘) nicht ins Dichterische, nicht ins Ewige hinein stilisiert, sondern nur ins Zeithaft-Glossierende. Sie bleiben Politik. Essig baut von da erst auf, denn der ‚Sturm‘-Kreis ist ihm am Ende Wurst, und es sensationiert ihn keineswegs zu sehr, daß schließlich selbst unsichtbare Bilder als letzte Abstraktionshöhe, d. h. also leere Rahmen verkauft werden. Sondern er zuckt nach dem menschlichen Jammer dahinter, nach den Verbogenheiten der Seele, nach den unmöglichsten Äußerungen des Verdrehten, Barocken im Dasein. Und er vollbringt die Zusammenschweißung anstößigster, schrecklichster und gewagtester Dinge mit ungewöhnlicher Konzentration. Ohne Zweifel einer der besten satirischen Romane unserer Zeit und infolgedessen, d. h. infolge seines kühn über die Zeit hinausgehenden Gehalts, schwer verkannt.“
(Wikipedia)

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Essig, Hermann: Der Wetterfrosch, german V1, 30.12.2009

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Hermann Essig (* 28. August 1878 in Truchtelfingen; † 21. Juni 1918 in Berlin) war ein deutscher Dramatiker, Erzähler und Lyriker
Als Sohn des Truchtelfinger Pfarrers geboren, verbrachte Essig seine Schulzeit in Weinsberg und Heilbronn, wo er am Karlsgymnasium sein Abitur absolvierte. Er studierte an der Technischen Hochschule in Stuttgart. 1902 musste er wegen einer Lungenerkrankung zur Kur in die Schweiz und begann dort zu schreiben. Ab 1904 lebte er in Berlin, zunächst als Technischer Zeichner bei einem befreundeten Ingenieur, dann als freier Schriftsteller. Er heiratete 1905 die Witwe von Emil Rosenow, eines sozialdemokratischen Reichstagsabgeordneten und Schriftstellers. Dessen Komödie Kater Lampe wurde sehr erfolgreich gespielt und sicherte lange Zeit das Dasein des eher erfolglos arbeitenden Essig. In den Folgejahren versuchte er, im literarischen Leben Berlins Fuß zu fassen. 1905 beendete er das Schauspiel Napoleons Aufstieg. In den Jahren 1906/1907 folgten die Tragödie Ueberteufel und das Drama Ihr stilles Glück –!, 1908 die Erzählung Der Wetterfrosch und die Tragödie Mariä Heimsuchung.
(Wikipedia)

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Euripides: Iphigeneia. v1, 17 Apr 2017

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Euripides was born in Athens about 480 BC, and lived there until moving to Macedon late in life where he died in 406 BC. He is said to have been a schoolfellow of Socrates, and was the third of the great Athenian tragedians.

Aristophanes ridiculed him, and he won few prizes at drama festivals (perhaps because he questioned religious beliefs) but he was revered by Roman and Renaissance writers.

This ebook contains two of his plays about the Trojan War. [Iphigeneia in Aulis[/ tells how she is sacrificed in Aulis by Agamemnon, her father, so that the gods will grant the Greeks a fair wind for Troy, and how she is taken up by the Gods. [Iphigeneia in Tauris[/ tells how she is made a captive priestess of Artemis in Tauris, and escapes with Orestes, her brother, to Athens having stolen a sacred statue of Artemis.

The source text was a modern English prose translation of the plays, with stage directions, by George Theodoridis of Melbourne University. He retains the copyright, and has given me permission to use his text. He has used original Greek names rather than their more familiar Latinised versions.

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Euripides: The Trojan Women. v1, 7 Apr 2017

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Euripides was born in Athens about 480 BC, and lived there until moving to Macedon late in life where he died in 406 BC. He is said to have been a schoolfellow of Socrates, and was the third of the great Athenian tragedians.

Aristophanes ridiculed him and he won few prizes at drama festivals, perhaps because he questioned religious beliefs, but he was revered by Roman and Renaissance writers.

The Trojan Women was first performed in 415 BC, and covers the few hours after the sack of Troy by the Greeks. There is very little plot or action; the murder of Hekabe's infant grandson takes place offstage. Neither is there much character development apart from the Greek herald Talthybius developing enough sympathy for the Trojan Women to regret that he is party to their suffering. The play is instead a harrowing account of the suffering experienced by civilians in war, and the inability or unwillingness of the gods to protect them.

The source text is a prose translation provided by George Theodoridis of Melbourne University. He retains the copyright, has given me permission to use the translation and stage directions in his text, and has reviewed the ebook.

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Euser, M.: Resonance with the Self (Kindle edition). v1. 15 May 2021

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Resonance

Who are you? What self-image do you have? What is the Self and its relation with the personality?Can one change habits, and how?

These questions and much more are discussed in my book "Resonance with the Self". The subtitle is: "Towards an empathic society".

Grounded in a sound philosophy of life, the [wisdom of the ages[/, of which Stoicism forms a part, the road to the development of insight into the human condition is clearly laid out. Exercises are given to stimulate observation of one's thoughts. This is the way out of scientific materialism which cannot explain consciousness and the qualities of experience (feelings, headaches, experience of redness, pain, etc.).

Moreover, empathy with others will be sorely needed in the transition period the world finds itself in today. This quality of mind can be developed.

This work is licensed under http://creativecommons.org/licenses/...ref=chooser-v1

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Evans, C. S.: Cinderella (illus-Rackham). v1. 09 Jan 2017

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A re-telling of the traditional folk tale “Cinderella”, by Charles Seddon Evans (1883–1944); illustrated by Arthur Rackham (1867–1939), using black-and-white and parti-colored silhouettes.

This book was first published in 1919.

Text and illustrations are in the public domain in countries where copyright is “Life+70” or less, and in the USA.

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This one is rare; I found it only on hathitrust.org. Amusingly told and illustrated, hope you enjoy!
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Evans, C. S.: The Sleeping Beauty (illus-Rackham). v1. 09 Jan 2017

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A re-telling of the traditional folk tale “The Sleeping Beauty” (“Briar Rose”), by Charles Seddon Evans (1883–1944); illustrated by Arthur Rackham (1867–1939), using black-and-white and parti-colored silhouettes.

This book was first published in 1920.

Text and illustrations are in the public domain in countries where copyright is “Life+70” or less, and in the USA.

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I hope you are in the mood for fairy tales!
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Evans, Gwyn: Hercules Esq and other tales. v1. 27 April 2020

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pulpuk

Gwyn Evans (1901-1940). Collection of 9 rare British pulp tales.

Collects:
1) Hercules, Esq

The Return of Hercules, Esq made of 3 Novelettes:
2) THE MAN FROM ABYSSINIA
3) THE SECRET OF ALI BABA’S JARS
4) THE MAN WITH THE DIAMOND MASK

4 Novelettes first published in Thriller weekly in 1930s:

5) THE CROUCHER
6) THE CROOK CRUSADERS
7) THE ASSASSIN
8) ROGUES REPRIEVE

Plus the Novel:

9) THE CASE OF THE CLIMBING CORPSE

1 to 4 and 9 were scanned and OCR from personal copies. 5 to 8 were OCR from existing online scans. Basic mobi/azw3 conversion using Calibre.

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Evarts, Hal G: The Settling of the Sage. v1. 2 Dec 2013

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Evarts, Hal G. (Hal George), 1887-1934 . Died of a heart attack aboard the SS Malolo near the Port of Rio de Janeiro.

Excerpt
A rider jogged northward along the road on a big pinto horse, a led buckskin, packed, trailing a half-length behind. The horseman traveled with the regulation outfit of the roaming range dweller—saddle, bed roll and canvas war bag containing personal treasures and extra articles of attire—but this was supplemented by two panniers of food and cooking equipment and a one-man teepee that was lashed on top in lieu of canvas pack cover. A ranch road branched off to the left and the man pulled up his horse to view a sign that stood at the forks.

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Evarts, Hal G: The Yellow Horde. v1. 2 Dec 2013

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Evarts, Hal G. (Hal George), 1887-1934 . Died of a heart attack aboard the SS Malolo near the Port of Rio de Janeiro.

Excerpt
The wolfer lay in his cabin and listened to the first few night sounds of the foothills. The clear piping notes of migrating plover floated softly down to him, punctuated by the rasping cry of a nighthawk. A coyote raised his voice, a perfect tenor note that swept up to a wild soprano, then fell again in a whirl of howls which carried amazing shifts of inflection, tearing up and down the coyote scale. One after another added his voice to the chorus until it seemed that the swelling volume could be produced by no less than a full thousand musical prairie wolves scattered through the foothills for a score of miles.

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Everett, H. D.: The Death Mask and Other Ghosts (collection). v1. 30 Oct 2020

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THE DEATH MASK AND OTHER GHOSTS

by: H. D. Everett

A collection of tales of the supernatural, with the horrors of World War I often adding their own dark visions.

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Henrietta Dorothy Everett (January 1851 – 16 September 1923) who often wrote under the nom de plume Theo Douglas, was a British novelist who was popular during her lifetime but who is now largely forgotten. She wrote at least 22 books, many of which are based on fantasy and supernatural themes, such as [Malevola[/ and [Iras[/.

[The Death Mask and Other Ghosts was published in 1920. The added story, “The Pipers of Mallory”, was published in 1917.
The text of this book is in the public domain in countries where copyright is Life+90 or less, and in the USA.[/

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More spookies!
:eek:

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Everett-Green, Evelyn: A Heroine of France. v1. 4 Dec 2013

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Evelyn Ward Everett-Green (17 November 1856, London – 23 April 1932, Funchal) was an English novelist who started her writing career with improving and pious stories for children, and later wrote historical fiction for older girls, and then adult romantic fiction. She wrote about 350 books: more than 200 under her own name, and others using the pen-names H. F. E., Cecil Adair, E. Ward, or Evelyn Dare.

Excerpt
"The age of Chivalry—alas!—is dead. The days of miracles are past and gone! What future is there for hapless France? She lies in the dust. How can she hope to rise?"

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Everett-Green, Evelyn: Esther's Charge. v1. 3 Dec 2013

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Evelyn Ward Everett-Green (17 November 1856, London – 23 April 1932, Funchal) was an English novelist who started her writing career with improving and pious stories for children, and later wrote historical fiction for older girls, and then adult romantic fiction. She wrote about 350 books: more than 200 under her own name, and others using the pen-names H. F. E., Cecil Adair, E. Ward, or Evelyn Dare.

Excerpt
Rather more than a year ago her husband had died after a very short illness, and she had never been well since, although she was not exactly ill of any disease. She was weak and easily upset, and she had to depend a good deal upon her servants and her only daughter. She had never been accustomed to think for herself. Captain St. Aiden had always done the thinking and the managing as long as he lived, and the poor lady felt very helpless when he was taken from her.

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Everett-Green, Evelyn: For the Faith. v1. 3 Dec 2013

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Evelyn Ward Everett-Green (17 November 1856, London – 23 April 1932, Funchal) was an English novelist who started her writing career with improving and pious stories for children, and later wrote historical fiction for older girls, and then adult romantic fiction. She wrote about 350 books: more than 200 under her own name, and others using the pen-names H. F. E., Cecil Adair, E. Ward, or Evelyn Dare.

Excerpt
The story of these young pioneers of reformation in Oxford has been told by many historians. But there are slight discrepancies in the various accounts, and it is not quite clear who were the small minority who refused the offered reconciliation, and stood firm to the last. But there is no doubt that John Clarke, Henry Sumner, and one other, whose name varies in the different accounts, died from the effects of harsh imprisonment, unabsolved, and unreconciled to the offended church, and that Clarke would probably have perished at the stake had death not taken him from the hands of his persecutors.

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Everett-Green, Evelyn: French and English. v1. 4 Dec 2013

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crutledge

Evelyn Ward Everett-Green (17 November 1856, London – 23 April 1932, Funchal) was an English novelist who started her writing career with improving and pious stories for children, and later wrote historical fiction for older girls, and then adult romantic fiction. She wrote about 350 books: more than 200 under her own name, and others using the pen-names H. F. E., Cecil Adair, E. Ward, or Evelyn Dare.

Excerpt
Humphrey Angell came swinging along through the silent aisles of the vast primeval forest, his gun in the hollow of his arm, a heavy bag of venison meat hanging from his shoulders.
A strange, wild figure, in the midst of a strange, wild scene: his clothes, originally of some homespun cloth, now patched so freely with dressed deerskin as to leave little of the original material; moccasins on his feet, a beaver cap upon his head, his leather belt stuck round with hunting knives, and the pistol to be used at close quarters should any emergency arise.

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Everett-Green, Evelyn: In the Days of Chivalry. v1. 5 Dec 2013

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Evelyn Ward Everett-Green (17 November 1856, London – 23 April 1932, Funchal) was an English novelist who started her writing career with improving and pious stories for children, and later wrote historical fiction for older girls, and then adult romantic fiction. She wrote about 350 books: more than 200 under her own name, and others using the pen-names H. F. E., Cecil Adair, E. Ward, or Evelyn Dare.

Excerpt
Born and bred though they had been at the mill in the great forest that covered almost the whole of the district of Sauveterre, they were no true children of the mill. What had scions of the great house of the De Brocas to do with a humble miller of Gascony?

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Everett-Green, Evelyn: In the Wars of the Roses. v1. 5 Dec 2013

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crutledge

Evelyn Ward Everett-Green (17 November 1856, London – 23 April 1932, Funchal) was an English novelist who started her writing career with improving and pious stories for children, and later wrote historical fiction for older girls, and then adult romantic fiction. She wrote about 350 books: more than 200 under her own name, and others using the pen-names H. F. E., Cecil Adair, E. Ward, or Evelyn Dare.

Excerpt
He examined his weapons with a keen eye. He too possessed one of the handguns of the period, and was a good marksman to boot. He had, too—and glad enough was he of it at that moment—the deadly guisarme, that old-fashioned weapon that combined a spear and scythe, and was used with horrible effect in the charges of the day. Then there was the short battle-axe, slung across his saddlebow, which at close quarters would be a formidable weapon, and the poniard in his belt had in its time done deadly work before this.

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Everett-Green, Evelyn: The Lord of Dynevor. v1. 5 Dec 2013

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Evelyn Ward Everett-Green (17 November 1856, London – 23 April 1932, Funchal) was an English novelist who started her writing career with improving and pious stories for children, and later wrote historical fiction for older girls, and then adult romantic fiction. She wrote about 350 books: more than 200 under her own name, and others using the pen-names H. F. E., Cecil Adair, E. Ward, or Evelyn Dare.

Excerpt
Perhaps the noble bearing of the boy was his best proof of right to the noble name he bore. One of the last of the royal house of Dynevor, he looked every inch a prince, as he stood bare-headed in the sunlight amidst the everlasting hills of his well-loved home, too young to see the clouds which were settling so darkly and so surely upon the bright horizon of his life — his dreams still of glory and triumph, culminating in the complete emancipation of his well-loved country from the hated English yoke.

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Everett-Green, Evelyn: The Lost Treasure of Trevlyn. v1. 5 Dec 2013

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Evelyn Ward Everett-Green (17 November 1856, London – 23 April 1932, Funchal) was an English novelist who started her writing career with improving and pious stories for children, and later wrote historical fiction for older girls, and then adult romantic fiction. She wrote about 350 books: more than 200 under her own name, and others using the pen-names H. F. E., Cecil Adair, E. Ward, or Evelyn Dare.

Excerpt
Petronella, trembling in every limb, shrank silently away in the shadows as her father approached, the sight of his grim, stern face and the cruel-looking weapon in his hands bringing quick thrills of pain and pity to her gentle heart. Petronella was a very tender floweret to have been reared amidst so much hardness and sorrow. It was wonderful that she had lived through the helpless years of infancy (her mother had died ere she had completed her second year) with such a father over her, or that having so lived she had preserved the sweetness and clinging softness of temperament which gave to her such a strange charm--at least in the opinion of one. Doubtless she owed much of her well being to the kindly care of an old deaf and dumb woman, the only servant in that lonely old house, who had entered it to nurse the children's mother through her last illness, and had stayed on almost as a matter of course, receiving no wage for her untiring service, but only the coarse victuals that all shared alike, and such scanty clothing as was absolutely indispensable.

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Everett-Green, Evelyn: The Secret Chamber at Chad. v1. 6 Dec 2013

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Evelyn Ward Everett-Green (17 November 1856, London – 23 April 1932, Funchal) was an English novelist who started her writing career with improving and pious stories for children, and later wrote historical fiction for older girls, and then adult romantic fiction. She wrote about 350 books: more than 200 under her own name, and others using the pen-names H. F. E., Cecil Adair, E. Ward, or Evelyn Dare.

Excerpt
The seventh Henry was on the throne. The battle of Bosworth Field had put an end to the long-drawn strife betwixt the houses of York and Lancaster. The exhausted country was beginning to look forward to a long period of prosperity and peace; and the household at Chad was one of the many that were rejoicing in the change which had come upon the public outlook, and was making the most of the peaceful years which all trusted lay before the nation.

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Everett-Green, Evelyn: The Sign Of The Red Cross. v1. 6 Dec 2013

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Evelyn Ward Everett-Green (17 November 1856, London – 23 April 1932, Funchal) was an English novelist who started her writing career with improving and pious stories for children, and later wrote historical fiction for older girls, and then adult romantic fiction. She wrote about 350 books: more than 200 under her own name, and others using the pen-names H. F. E., Cecil Adair, E. Ward, or Evelyn Dare.

Excerpt
"I don't believe a word of it!" cried the Master Builder, with some heat of manner. "It is just an old scare, the like of which I have heard a hundred times ere now. Some poor wretch dies of the sweating sickness, or, at worst, of the spotted fever, and in a moment all men's mouths are full of the plague! I don't believe a word of it!"

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Everett-Green, Evelyn: Tom Tufton's Travels. v1. 6 Dec 2013

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Evelyn Ward Everett-Green (17 November 1856, London – 23 April 1932, Funchal) was an English novelist who started her writing career with improving and pious stories for children, and later wrote historical fiction for older girls, and then adult romantic fiction. She wrote about 350 books: more than 200 under her own name, and others using the pen-names H. F. E., Cecil Adair, E. Ward, or Evelyn Dare.

Excerpt
Rachel had seen death before in many humble homes, although it had, so far, not touched any of her own nearest and dearest. She had watched that creeping shadow before now, for her heart always went out to the sick and the suffering, and her feet led her to the homes of those who stood in need of tender sympathy and womanly aid. But when the shadow gathered upon the face of her own loved father, the pressure upon her heart seemed almost more than she could bear. The tears stole down her cheeks, and her eyes sought those of her mother with a glance of almost pitiful appeal.

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Everett-Green, Evelyn: True Stories of Girl Heroines. v1. 6 Dec 2013

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Evelyn Ward Everett-Green (17 November 1856, London – 23 April 1932, Funchal) was an English novelist who started her writing career with improving and pious stories for children, and later wrote historical fiction for older girls, and then adult romantic fiction. She wrote about 350 books: more than 200 under her own name, and others using the pen-names H. F. E., Cecil Adair, E. Ward, or Evelyn Dare.

INEZ ARROYA
CATHARINE THE ROSE
ELSJE VAN HOUWENING
GRIZEL COCHRANE
EVA VON GROSS
EMMA FITZ-OSBORN
ELIZABETH STUART
CHARLOTTE HONEYMAN
MARY BRIDGES
THERESA DUROC
JANE LANE
HELEN KOTTENNER
MAID LILLYARD
MARGARET WILSON
AGOSTINA OF ZARAGOZA
AGNES BEAUMONT
HANNAH HEWLING
MONA DRUMMOND
JESSY VARCOE
URSULA PENDRILL

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Ewers, Hanns Heinz: The Spider, v.1, 20 November 2008.

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Hans Heinz Ewers (1871–1912)
The Spider

A short horror story, from the author of ‘Alraune.’
Three people have hanged themselves on successive Fridays in a Parisian boarding-house. A young medical student is determined to get to the bottom of the mystery, so hires the room…

The source was Project Gutenberg Australia. No translator was named.

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Faber, Kurt: Mit dem Rucksack nach Indien, german V1, 16.01.2010

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Kurt Faber erblickte in Mülhausen als Sohn eines pfälzischen Lehrers die Welt und wuchs in Lambrecht (Pfalz) auf. Vor dem Abitur brach er den Schulbesuch ab und begann eine Buchhändlerlehre, die er jedoch ebenfalls aufgab, um stattdessen auf Reisen zu gehen.

1901 begab er sich nach New York und heuerte 1902 auf dem Walfänger Bowhead in San Francisco an, auf dem er mehrere Jahre unter großen Strapazen arbeitete. Ein Fluchtversuch von der Bowhead wurde mit Waffengewalt verhindert. Die Bowhead fror mehrere Winter im Eis bei der Herschelinsel im Nordmeer ein. Von dort aus gelangte er als erster Europäer mit Hilfe von Eskimos nach mehreren tausend Kilometern Fußmarsch nach Edmonton.

Auf seinen nächsten Reisen lebte er von den Einnahmen aus Gelegenheitsarbeiten an den jeweiligen Orten und arbeitete teilweise unter großen Entbehrungen als Seemann, Baumwollpflücker, Bäcker, Minenarbeiter und Krankenpfleger. Zeitweilig fuhr er als Hobo illegal auf Zügen in den USA mit und wurde als Tramp inhaftiert. Spätere Reisen führten ihn nach Australien und Südamerika, wo er auf dem Segler Selena anheuerte und mit ihr Kap Hoorn umrundete.

Zwischendurch kehrte er mehrmals wieder in seine Heimat zurück und holte das Abitur nach. Über seine Reisen schrieb er Beiträge in deutschen Zeitungen und veröffentlichte sie außerdem in Buchform. Faber studierte Politikwissenschaften in Tübingen und promovierte. Nach seinem Studium setzte er seine Reisen weiter fort und wurde Zeitungskorrespondent. 1925 wurde Faber außerdem Mitglied der NSDAP.

Faber starb nach einem Kälteeinbruch am großen Sklavensee in Nordkanada im Alter von 46 Jahren. Seine von Tieren angefressene Leiche wurde von Eskimos am 26. Februar 1929 am Hay river, etwa 25 km vom großen Sklavensee gefunden.

Mehrere seiner Bücher wurden von seinem Bruder Walter Faber herausgegeben.
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Mit dem Rucksack nach Indien
Als Kurt Faber diese Reise ins Morgenland unternahm, stand er, nach vielen bitterbösen Jahren, auf der Höhe des Lebens und des Erfolges. Schon über 25 Jahre lang hatte er sich in allen Erdteilen und auf allen Meeren den Wind ganz gehörig um die Nase wehen lassen. So wild aber auch die Abenteuer gewesen waren, – mit unbeirrbarer Zähigkeit hatte er sich durchgesetzt – und dabei sein empfängliches Gemüt und sein ewig-junges Herz bewahrt.

Seine scharf geschliffenen und doch so taufrischen Reisebriefe an führende Berliner Blätter, nicht minder seine in Buchform erschienenen Reiseberichte hatten seinen Namen in alle deutschen Gaue getragen. Für seine große Lesergemeinde war er zum »Deutschen Wanderer« schlechthin geworden, – zu einem Mann, dessen Name gleichsam ein Programm deutschen Fernwehs und deutschen Selbstbewußtseins bedeutete.

Die Lage Deutschlands nach innen und außen begann im Jahre 1926 – in das diese Indienreise fällt – in ihren entscheidenden Abschnitt zu treten. Die Illusionen der Erfüllungspolitik zerplatzten wie bunt schillernde Seifenblasen, und an ihre Stelle trat schreckliche Ernüchterung. Das Heer der Arbeitslosen vermehrte sich unheimlich und trieb die Massen zur Verzweiflung. Vom Schicksal selbst schien es so bestimmt, daß der Deutsche für alle Zeiten ein Bettler, der Paria der ganzen Welt sein solle.

Diese Weltuntergangsstimmung bildet den Hintergrund auch dieser bunten Reiseschilderung. Doch nicht so, als ob Kurt Faber für seine Person je den Glauben an Deutschlands Wiederaufstieg aufgegeben, oder gar mit den herrschenden Mächten paktiert hätte. Tausendmal nein: sein Feuerkopf kapitulierte nie, und Kampf war sein Lebenselement! Aus dieser kämpferischen Gesinnung heraus hatte er schon lange vor dieser Reise zur nationalsozialistischen Bewegung gefunden.

Und doch zog es ihn immer wieder unwiderstehlich hinaus in die Welt, auf große Fahrt, heraus aus der Enge und mitten hinein in die Wunder der weiten Welt. So auch diesmal. Korrespondent des »Berliner Lokalanzeigers« ist er jetzt, seit einiger Zeit Doktor gar, – aber all das wirft er weit hinter sich, um abermals das lockende Abenteuer dort zu suchen, wo es zu finden ist. Und ob er es zu finden wußte! –
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Falbe, Tracy, Union of Renegades: The Rys Chronicles Book I

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[SIZE="3"]Hello Ebook Readers,

I am Tracy Falbe, the author of The Rys Chronicles epic fantasy series.

I have attached the first book in this series: Union of Renegades.

It is a complete fantasy novel and I am the registered copyright holder. I give it away at my website http://www.braveluck.com as a promotion for the series. This series is also in print. I have chosen to share this novel at this forum, but I do not give permission for other people to reproduce or distribute it elsewhere. Interested readers may download it and hopefully enjoy. (In addition to MobiPocket, this free book is available in HTML, PDF, RTF, and LIT at http://www.braveluck.com.)

Here's the promo text from the back cover:

[Dreibrand Veta has killed for his country. At the frontlines of imperial expansion, he seeks to rebuild the fortune of his noble family. In his daring travels he encounters the rys, a race far more powerful than the human empire that bred him. Dreibrand cannot defy the rys Queen Onja nor defend his companion, Miranda, and her children from the wicked tyrant Queen.

Desperate for help, Dreibrand and Miranda join Shan, a rys with emerging powers who plans to challenge Onja. In Shan’s pursuit of the rys throne, he exerts his magical powers, gathers his allies, and incites rebellion among Onja’s human subjects.

Great wealth and power will reward the kings, warriors, and spies that align themselves with the rys pretender, but defeat could mean worse than death. Onja can imprison souls and her genocidal rage is legendary. Everything is at risk for Shan’s union of renegades.[/

Readers from around the world have enjoyed this fantasy.

Thanks for looking![/SIZ

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Falck-Ytter, Oluf: Håkon Håkonsen(Ill.)[Norwegian].v2. 30 nov 2014

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En klassisk guttebok og robinsonade av den produktive barnebokforfatteren Oluf Vilhelm Falck-Ytter (1832-1914). Den ble spilt inn av Nils Gaup for noen år siden; filmen er tilgjengelig på NRK sine nettsider for norske IP-adresser.

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Kildeteksten er fra Nasjonalbibliotekets epub-utgave. Layout og illustrasjoner er kraftig endret.

Mitt første forsøk på en velformatert KF8-bok. Testet på e-ink og Fire. Jeg har ikke gjort noe ekstra for at den skal vises OK på pre-KF8 lesebrett, men utover mange blanke sider ved enkelte illustrasjoner burde den kunne leses greit.

v.2: Korrektur og bildejustering. Nytegnet kart i SVG-format

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Falkner, J. Meade: Moonfleet. v1, 29 Jan 2008

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Madam Broshkina

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia:

Moonfleet is a tale of smuggling by the English novelist J. Meade Falkner, first published in 1898. The book was extremely popular among children worldwide up until the 1970s, mostly for its themes of adventure and gripping storyline. In recent years it has fallen from popularity, possibly because parents thought that smuggling and other immoral activity should not be encouraged. However it remains a popular story widely read and is still sometimes studied in schools.

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Falkner, J. Meade: The Lost Stradivarius. v1, 28 Jan 2008

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From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia:

The Lost Stradivarius (1895), by J. Meade Falkner, is a short novel of ghosts and the evil that can be invested in an object, in this case an extremely fine Stradivarius violin. After finding the violin of the title in a hidden compartment in his college rooms, the protagonist, a wealthy young heir, becomes increasingly secretive as well as obsessed by a particular piece of music, which seems to have the power to call up the ghost of its previous owner. Roaming from England to Italy, the story involves family love, lordly depravity, and the tragedy of obsession, all conveyed in a "high" serious tone not uncommon in late Victorian literature.

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Falkner, John Meade: Moonfleet. v2. 2 Feb 2013

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HarryT

Classic adventure story by John Meade Falkner, originally published in 1898. The novel is set in a fishing village (the Moonfleet of the title) in Dorset during the mid 18th century. The story concerns a 15 year old orphan boy, John Trenchard, who becomes friends with an older man who turns out to be the leader of a local gang of smugglers.

Exciting adventure for all ages.

An earlier version of this book has been uploaded, but this version is much better formatted, with all the verse (of which there is a fair amount) properly laid out.

Enjoy!

EDIT: 02-Feb-13
Corrected several errors, and improved the formatting. Uploaded v2.

Previous download count: 275

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Falkner, John Meade: The Lost Stradivarius. v1. 30 Mar 2010

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Description from Wikipedia:

[The Lost Stradivarius[/ (1895), by J. Meade Falkner, is a short novel of ghosts and the evil that can be invested in an object, in this case an extremely fine Stradivarius violin. After finding the violin of the title in a hidden compartment in his college rooms, the protagonist, a wealthy young heir, becomes increasingly secretive as well as obsessed by a particular piece of music, which seems to have the power to call up the ghost of its previous owner. Roaming from England to Italy, the story involves family love, lordly depravity, and the tragedy of obsession, all conveyed in a "high" serious tone not uncommon in late Victorian literature. Preceding M.R. James's ghost stories by several years, it has been called the novel James might have written, had he written novels.

A version of this book has previously been uploaded to MR. This version is, in the opinion of the uploader, somewhat better formatted.

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Falkvinge, Rick: Swarmwise. v1.1. 28 Aug 2013

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In 2006, Rick Falkvinge decided to change the world for the better. He chose an unorthodox route and founded the very first Pirate Party. Less than ten years later, there are Pirate Parties in more than 70 different countries, and the pirate movement has become a political force to be reckoned with.

Swarmwise is the story of how one man managed to create a global phenomenon for political change. It is also a tactical manual to how you can tap into the power of the swarm and channel its force toward your goals. This applies equally whether the game you want to change is business, political, or social, and is especially relevant when you have no money and less time at your disposal.

This book is available in print, but licensed under Creative Commons:[QUOTYou are free to make as many copies of this book as you like and share with friends and strangers, as long as you credit the author and you don’t sell them. Actually, you’re not just free to share copies with your friends, but downright encouraged to. If you like this book, why shouldn’t you share it with your friends?

Formally, this book is under copyright monopoly until January 1, 2034 — twenty years from publication. During that time, it is licensed under a Creative Commons Noncommercial-Attribution 3.0 license, meaning what is said above about free sharing. These are the same terms as suggested in the author’s previous book, The Case for Copyright Reform. Commercial exclusive rights rest with the author for the twenty years.[/QUOTThis is in the new KF8/AZW 3 format only and heavily based on the EPUB version by DomesticExtremis. I polished that one and converted it to AZW3 with kindlegen. The changelog is over in that thread.

This ebook is licensed under the same CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 License as the EPUB version by DomesticExtremis it is derived from.

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Fallada, Hans: Geschichten aus der Murkelei (German). v1. 11 Sep 2018

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Hans Fallada (1893-1947) war ein deutscher Schriftsteller.

"Geschichten aus der Murkelei" sind märchenhafte Geschichten für Kinder, die Fallada ursprünglich seinen eigenen Kindern erzählt hatte.

Der Text für diese Ebook-Ausgabe von "Geschichten aus der Murkelei" basiert auf der digitalisierten Version von Projekt Gutenberg Deutschland.

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Farjeon, J. Jefferson: Fancy Dress Ball, v1, 15 Jan 2026

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First published 1934

This murder mystery is set in the Albert Hall, London, on the night of nights, the Chelsea Arts Ball on New Year’s Eve.

Author: 1883-1935

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Farnol, Jeffery: Black Bartlemy's Treasure (Illustrated). v1. 16th Sep 2009

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Classic 1920 swashbuckling tale of pirate adventure from the prolific English author, Jeffrey Farnol.

Martin Conisby is seeking his vengeance on Sir Richard Brandon, who has ruined him, and arranged his sale as a galley slave into long years of torture. He falls in with a group of buccanneers who are seeking the lost treasure hoard of the infamous pirate, Black Bartlemy, and who take service on a ship with Brandon's cousin and daughter Joan. Many adventures follow.

This book has an (even better) sequel, "Martin Conisby's Vengeance", which I shall post shortly.

Note that this is [not[/ a children's story, and contains some scenes of fairly gruesome violence.

"tsgreer" posted a version of this book in 2008, but this version has the original illustrations which were missing from that version, and is better formatted.

Enjoy!

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Farnol, Jeffery: Black Bartlemy's Treasure. v1. 16 March 08

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tsgreer

Jeffery Farnol was an English author who wrote romantic and adventure novels.

This swashbuckler features Martin Conisby's quest for revenge because he spent five years of slavery on the Spanish galleon [Esmeralda[/. After a few misadventures, he rescues a beautiful girl, learns about the infamous pirate Black Bartlemy and legends of buried treasure. I'm always a sucker for a good tale that takes place on the Seven Seas--I love this kinda stuff.

[Here's the first paragraph to give you a flavor of the style of writing[/:

The Frenchman beside me had been dead since dawn. His scarred and shackled body swayed limply back and forth with every sweep of the great oar as we, his less fortunate bench-fellows, tugged and strained to keep time to the stroke. Two men had I seen die beside me, yet Death ever passed me by, nay, it seemed rather that despite the pain of stripes, despite the travail and hardship, my strength waxed the mightier; upon arm and thigh, burned nigh black by fierce suns, the muscles showed hard and knotted; within my body, scarred by the lash, the life leapt and glowed yet was the soul of me sick..

I'm also working on posting the sequel to this book, so look for that soon. I hope you enjoy it!

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Farnol, Jeffery: Black Coffee, v1, 14 October 2009.

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Patricia

Jeffery Farnol (1878–1952)
Black Coffee (1929)

Is it a surfeit of black coffee, or a recently-delivered Egyptian mummy that has got the Professor so edgy? Read it and find out.

Found at Project Gutenberg Australia.

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Farnol, Jeffery: Heritage Perilous, v1, 14 February 2010.

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Patricia

Jeffery Farnol [1878–1952]
Heritage Perilous [1947]

A historical novel with a romance; set during the Napoleonic wars. Sam Felton, a plain-spoken sailor, discovers that he has succeeded to the title (and fortune) of Earl of Wrybourne. Then things get complicated...
Features the detective, Mr Jasper Shrig.

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Farnol, Jeffery: Martin Conisby's Vengeance. v1. 17 March 08

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tsgreer

This is the sequel to [Black Bartelmy's Treasure[/ that was uploaded to this forum earlier.

It continues the swashbuckling adventures of Martin Conisby and his quest for revenge in the Caribbean. The new story deals with a deserted island, more pirates, a beautiful girl and adventures in the dungeons of the Spanish Inquisition.

Author Jeffery Farnol doesn't disappoint in this well-crafted story--it's one of those rare instances where the sequel is just as good as (some say better than) the original.

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Farnol, Jeffery: Martin Conisby's Vengeance. v1. 17th Sep 2009

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More swashbuckling adventure from the prolific English author, Jeffrey Farnol, originally published in 1921. This book is the sequel (or perhaps more accurately, the continuation) to [Black Bartlemy's Treasure[/, which should be read before this.

Review from Amazon:

If you haven't read Black Bartelmy's Treasure, get it first and read it. It ends without resolution for the two main characters and this is the continuation. More than a sequel, it is the second half. See the reviews of the first book. This is more of the same, great well sculpted characters in profusion, mixed with adventure, death, love, passion, and chivalry in the 1700's with pirates, Spanish inquisition, Central American jungles, Myans, battles, survival, shipwrecks in profusion.

Martin Conisby is adrift, farther and farther from his love. This follows his adventures, his quest for vengeance against an ancient family enemy, woeful suffering, the consummation of the vengeance that has eaten at him for six years. Flight to safety, survival in the jungle, unexpected friends and loyalty at many turns, as well as unexpected death and threat. But: read Black Bartlemy's Treasure first, to really understand what drives Martin and the ghosts of the past that haunt and drive him to near self destruction.

Enjoy!

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Farnol, Jeffery: My Lady Caprice, v1, 27 February 2010.

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Patricia

Jeffery Farnol [1878–1952]
My Lady Caprice [1907]
Later issued as “Chronicles of the Imp”

An early romance by Jeffery Farnol, which is very light-hearted. A bloke enlists the aid of his beloved’s nephew, known as “the Imp.” It’s rather as though Richmal Crompton’s “Just William” had wandered into a romance.

An extract:
“Reginald,” she said, turning toward the Imp, who was still busy with his cap, “it’s nearly tea-time, and—why, whatever have you been doing to yourself?”
“For the last half hour,” I interposed, “we have been exchanging our opinions on the sex.”
“An’ talking ’bout worms,” added the Imp. “This man is fond of worms, too, Auntie Lisbeth—I like him.”

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Farnol, Jeffery: The Amateur Gentleman, v1, 12 March 2010.

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Jeffery Farnol [1878-1952]
The Amateur Gentleman [1913]

A hefty Regency tale (180,000 words) with a hero, a romance, adventures, plus a murder and the detective Mr Jasper Shrig.

From Wikipedia:
The Amateur Gentleman is an early novel by the popular author of Regency period swashbucklers, Jeffrey Farnol, published in 1913. The novel was made into a film in 1936 with Douglas Fairbanks Junior starring as the protagonist, Barnabas Barty.
The format of the novel is essentially that of a bildungsroman. It tells the story of the Barnabas Barty, the son of John Barty, the former champion boxer of England and landlord of a pub in Kent. At the start of the tale Barnabas comes fortuitously into the possession of a vast fortune - £700,000, an astronomical amount by Regency standards - and determines to use this fortune to become a gentleman. His father objects to this plan and they quarrel, and settle their differences in a round of fisticuffs, which Barnabas wins, beating his father fair and square. Barnabas sets off for London in the furtherance of his ambitions and on the way there contrives to make a number of influential friends and enemies.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Ama...an_%28novel%29

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Farnol, Jeffery: The Loring Mystery, v1, 24 August 2009

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Jeffery Farnol (1878–1952)
The Loring Mystery (1924)

According to Project Gutenberg Canada (the source of this upload) this is a mystery novel set in the early 1800s involving an amnesiac, a detective, a murder, and a romance.

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Farnol, Jeffery: The Money Moon, v1, 26 February 2010.

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Patricia

Jeffery Farnol [1878-1952]
The Money Moon: A Romance [1911]

A rich American is jilted by an English girl who prefers a duke. So he embarks on a walking tour and encounters a rustic maiden who is struggling to run a small farm…

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Farnol, Jeffery: The Quest of Youth, v1, 12 September 2009

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Patricia

Jeffery Farnol (1878–1952)
The Quest of Youth: A Story of the Open Road (1927)

I’m not sure whether to categorise this as a Regency romance or a mystery. Project Gutenberg Canada (the source for this upload) says it is, “A romance intertwined with a murder mystery. Set in London at about the same time as The Loring Mystery, it features Mr. Shrig, the detective from the earlier novel.”

A summary from Violet Books:
Adventures on the woods & highroads of old Sussex, of a world-weary man successfully recapturing some of the wonder & glory he experienced when young, & falling for a Quaker maiden. The Sussex woods & roads convey all the charm of his best work. Regency era detective Jasper Shrig puts in an appearance, too.
http://www.violetbooks.com/farnol-bib.html

It took hours to get the smart quotes right.

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Favenc, Ernest: Uncollected Tales, Vol 4, v1, 6 Jan 2023

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Pulpmeister

This is probably the last volume of the uncollected tales of Ernest Favenc. There is still material but is rather longer; two newspaper serial novels, never reprinted; and a handful of multi-part tales which are of novellette or greater length. I think for the moment I'm all favenced out. This issue, incidentally, includes a single example of his verse. There are ghost tales, weird tales, comedy, even satire, mostly within the bounds of Australia in the late 19th century. And the wistful tale of a schoolboy who wants to be a bushranger.

1: Mrs Darke's Dream
2: The Haunted Milk Bucket
3: An Injured Ghost
4: The Mass-Hassa
5: Of the Trouble Caused by Timothy
6: In the Lap of Delilah
7: A Wrecked Fortune
8: The Peak of Lost Dreams
9: M'Phail's Roan Bull
10: A Year's Reprieve
11: A Plot That Failed
12: The Hill of the White Dead
13: The Story of a Bottle
14: A Romance of Kangaroo Point
15: A Great War Number
16: Johnson's Chow
17: A Mean Piece of Work
18: The Desert Queen
19: Waifs of the Straits
20: My Friend Caliban
21: A Buccaneer's Diary
22: The Grasp of the Dead
23: A Tragedy of Ears
24: Mystery of the Overland Line
25: Half-Castes of Mt Doubletop
26: The Pest Year of 1905
27: The Boy and the Black

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Favenc, Ernest: Marooned on Australia (1896); v1, 12 March 2023

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This is a "lost civilisation" story, set in Australia, and Chapter 1 is all true, though somewhat fictionalised. The Dutch East Indies Co's brand new flagship the Batavia was wrecked on the Abrolhos Islands off the Western Australian coast in 1629. The captain and some crew managed to row a ship's boat all the way to Batavia, and come back to rescue the hundreds of castaways, only to find that there had been massacres and mutiny. The mutineers were hanged; all but two, who were marooned on the mainland.

This novel is an imaginary account of the two marooned sailors, their travels in Australia (then uncolonised "New Holland") and the discovery of a small lost civilsation. It is an adventure story, which also incorporates accounts of some seeming oddities encountered by later explorers, including the strange "Wandjina" cave paintings of the Kimberly.

(No trace has ever been found of the two marooned men, but it is certain that they died within a few miles of where they were landed, on a dry, inhospitable shore of hard, prickly and near impebnetrable "coastal scrub".)

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Favenc, Ernest: My Only Murder and other tales (1899); v1, 27 May 2023

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All the stories in this small volume were first published in The Bulletin, an Australian weekly news, politics and literary magazine. It does not ever seem to have been reprinted. The author, Ernest Favenc, was English born, but came to Australia in the late 1860s as a teenager; after a year working in a city office, he found more challenging work on a station in North Queensland. He later led explroing parties into unexplored regions of Queensland and Western Australia, later retiring to the city and working as a journalist and story writer. He wrote some 300 short stories. Three collections were published in his lifetime, using about 50 or so of them. This is a very rare book indeed.

Contents
1. A Tale of Vanderlin Island
2. Blood for Blood
3. The Other Mrs. Brewer
4. My Only Murder
5. The Burial of Owen
6. The Red Lagoon
7. Tommy's Ghost
8. The New Super of Oakley Downs
9. An Unquiet Spirit
10. Bill Somers
11. Jerry Boake's Confession
12. What Puzzled Balladune
13. The Story of a Long Watch
14. The Ghost's Victory
15. The Sea Gave Up Its Dead
16. Mrs Stapleton No. 2
17. The Boundary Rider's Story
18. The Eight-Mile Tragedy
19. The Belle of Sagamodu
20. Not Retributive Justice
21. A Victim to Gratitude
22. A North Queensland Temperance Story
23. A Gum-tree in the Desert

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Favenc, Ernest: Tales of the Austral Tropics (1894), v1, 31 Dec 2022

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This is the British edition of the Australian collection "The Last of Six: Tales of the Austral Tropics". It has a slightly different title, and slightly different contents, some stories omitted, and some additional titles. although there is a large overlap. The raw texts of the stories have been sourced from Project Gutenberg Australia.
The cover is modified frfom the original which was blank apart from the publisher's logo; I have added the text seen. The contents of this British edition are:

Preface: By Rolfe Boldrewood
1: A Cup of Cold Water
2: The Rumford Plains Tragedy
3: A Haunt of the Jinkarras
4: Tranter's Shot
5: Spirit-Led
6: The Mystery of Baines' Dog
7: The Hut-keeper and the Cattle-stealer
8: The Parson's Blackboy
9: A Lucky Meeting
10: That Other Fellow
11: Stolen Colours
12: Bunthorpe's Decease
13: The Story of a Big Pearl

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Favenc, Ernest: Tales of the Unexplainable, v1, 29 Dec 2022

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Ernest Favenc: 1845-1908. This English born Australian explorer, poet, journalist, historian and fiction writer was an early Australian writer of fantasy and supernatural stories. This is a collection of amusing short-short stories which were published as a series entitled "Tales of the Unexplainable" (somewhat irregularly) in Saturday edition of Sydney's Evening News from September 1895 to March 1896. This is the first time they have been published since then.

1: Mrs Maunder's Vision
2: The Shadow of a Shadow
3: The Communicative Organ Grinder
4: An Unquiet Corpse
5: Rosita's Curse
6: Professor Dodo's Experiment
7: Gannon's Ghost
8: The Black Waterhole
9: Brewster's Afflicted Dog
10: The Cataleptic
11: The Haunted Milk Bucket
12: The Black Gin's Curse
13: "Back in Ten Minutes"
14: Wicked Benson
15: The Invisible Horseman
16: Jonson's Flea-Bitten Grey

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Favenc, Ernest: The Last of Six: Tales of the Austral Tropics (1893); v1, 31 Dec 2022

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These early stories by Ernest Favenc, 19th C. Australian explorer, historian, novelist, short story writer and poet, where first published in the weekly "Bulletin" magazine, and then collected into this volume in 1893, published by Bulletin Publishing. In 1894 a different edition was published in the London, with some stories omitted, and two new stories added, entitled "Tales of the Austral Tropics". A merged version of the two editions can be found at Project Gutenberg Australia. I have distenangled the merged version into the two original titles. The cover of this book is made by me as I can find no original cover.

The contents of this Australian edition are:

1: The Last of Six
2: A Cup of Cold Water
3: A Haunt of the Jinkarras
4: The Rumford Plains Tragedy
5: Spirit-Led
6: Tranter's Shot
7: The Spell of the Mas-Hantoo
8: The Track of the Dead
9: The Mystery of Baines' Dog
10: Pompey
11: Malchook's Doom
12: The Hut-keeper and the Cattle-stealer
13: The Parson's Blackboy
14: A Lucky Meeting
15: The Story of a Big Pearl
16: The Missing Super
17: That Other Fellow

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Favenc, Ernest: Uncollected Tales Vol 6, v1, 31 Jan 2023

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The sixth, and probably last, collection of short fiction by Ernest Favenc, as the small number of now remaining stories have bad page images and/or very bad OCR to the point of needing complete new typing. There are two notional series of short stories which had their own series titles in the original newspaper editions; and a novelet of a hidden civilisation in a deep valley in the mountain fastness of New Guinea, hidden valleys and the like being a popular theme of the period (H Rider Haggard's 'She", Conan Doyle's "The Lost World"; and so on.)

1: Those Dissipated Cows
2: A Lay of Ravenswood
3: The Gold King
4: Morrison's Buggy
5: The Youvel Mountain Ghosts
6: The Doom of the Desert
7: A Feud in the Far West
8: Not Retributive Justice
9: A Gum-tree in the Desert
10: The Martinet
11: A Missing Vessel
12: The Lively Dick
13: The White Men of New Guinea
14: A Reigning Family of New Guinea

[Tales of the Unexplainable[/
15: Mrs Maunder's Vision
16: The Shadow of a Shadow
17: The Communicative Organ Grinder
18: An Unquiet Corpse
19: Rosita's Curse
20: Professor Dodo's Experiment
21: Gannon's Ghost
22: The Black Waterhole
23: Brewsters Afflicted Dog
24: The Cataleptic
25: The Haunted Milk Bucket
26: The Black Gin's Curse
27: "Back in Ten Minutes"
287: Wicked Benson
29: The Invisible Horseman
30: Jonson's Flea-Bitten Grey

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31: Jim's Device
32: She Didn't Do
33: Mad MacGregor's Wooing
34: Jim's Second Experience of It
35: The Downfall of Smailes
36: Jim's Last and Serious Case

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Favenc, Ernest: Uncollected Tales Vol 7, v1, 17 Feb 2023

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The seventh volume of short stories of late 19th Century Australia by Ernest Favenc. We again meet "Jim", with his humorous encounters with assorted ghosts and weirdness; we see small-town politics in all its pomposity; and dire tales of brutal life in the unforgiving outback.

Introduction
1: A Very Drunken Ghost
2: The Oldest Inhabitant
3: The Shilling Reef
4: Benson's Bride
5: Natural History of a Thousand Years Ago
6: The Askinville Feud
7: A Tale of the Sixties.
8: A Tale of Carpentaria
9: A Suburban Mystery
10: The Freckleton Fountain.
11: Revenge of Bankson's Ghost
12: The Eight-Mile Tragedy
13: What Puzzled Balladune.
14: Tommy's Ghost
15: Mrs. Stapleton No. 2
16: A Tradition of the MacArthur River
17: The Extra Hand
18: Faithful Unto Death
19: The New Super of Oakley Downs
20: Bill Somers
21: A Bush Idyll
22: The Pituri Curse
23: A Snake Story
24: Clarissa
25: The Cook's Love Story
26: A Yarn of a Pub
27: The Story of a Rock Hole
28: Darkie
29: A Fusion of Intellects
30: Diary of a Sydney Office Boy
31: The First Discoverers of the West Australian Goldfields
32: The Great Cataclysm of 1897
33: Half a Poem
34: A Hypnotised Dog
35: In the Arctic Circle
36: Tommy's Fall
37: The Lost Tribe
38: The Member for Turrawilligar
39: Outlaw Tracking
40: Tomlinson's Transformation
41: The True Story of the Marvellous Fossil Discovery
42: The Two Mayors
43: Ching How's Revenge
Bibliography of Short Stories

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Favenc, Ernest: Uncollected Tales, v1, 25 Nov 2022

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Thirty four short stories by Ernest Favenc (1845-1908), English-born Australian explorer, poet and author. In his later years he wrote many short stories, possibly as many as 300, all fairly short as they were published in newspapers. Three volumes were published in his lifetime, barely making a dent in his output.

The range of genres is considerable: he had a taste for macabre, horror, and supernatural; also humour, and adventure. They are all set in Australia, very much of the late 19th century, when there were still vast blank spaces on the map, and bush myths and legends abounded.

Favenc (the name of is Huguenot origin) also wrote several novels, and a volume of poetry.

There is a provisional bibliography, provisional because the total number of short stories collected in this and the previous 3 volumes barely amounts to 100, and there are many more still to be collected.

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Favenc, Ernest: Uncollected Tales, Vol 5, v1, 19 Jan 2023

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Nineteenth century Australian explorer Ernest Favenc became a prolific author, writing hundreds of short stories, of which relatively few were collected and published in book form in his lifetime. This is the fifth volume in the series. As you expect from this author, there is drama, weird, humorous ghosts, all set again the background of 19th Century Australia when the map was mostly blank. Well, shall we people the blank spaces with lost cities, lost races, and even an early forerunner of Jurassic Park?

1: The Unholy Experiment of Martin Shenwick
2: The Ghostly Bullock-Bell
3: The Spell of the Mas-Hantoo
4: The Sacrifice of Norman Grainger
5: On the Island of Shadows
6: Malchook's Doom
7: The Red Lagoon
8: The Last Message
9: M'Whirter's Wraith
10: An Outstanding Debt
11: The Boundary Rider's Story
12: Blood For Blood
13: A Strange Occurrence on Huckey's Creek
14: Doomed
15: A Doomed Man
16: The Ghost's Victory
17: In The Night
18: An Unquiet Spirit
19: The Track of the Dead
20: A Geological Nightmare
21: Jerry Boake's Confession
22: A Desert Mystery
23: Farrar's Mission
24: A Poet's Mistake
25: Spirit-Led
26: The Story of Lafont
27: Darkie
28: Sundered Paths
29: A Visitation
30: The Legend Drameedah Told
31: Brown's Range

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Favenc, Ernest: Uncollected Tales, Volume 2; v1, 15 Dec 2022

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Ernest Favenc wrote in an astonishing range of genres, such as adventure, horror, ghost, science fiction humour and crime. A good cross-section of these can be found in this second volume of his short fiction incuding a zombie story. They were all published in Australian newspapers, and are in the Life+70 public domain.

1: A Racial Mixture
2: The Wastrel
3: The Living Dead
4: Fraulein von Heslau
5: Never Save a Man from the Sea
6: The Justice of Captain Dampier
7: The Kaditcha
8: The Black Waterhole
9: The Great Treasure Lobster
10: Kept Secret
11: Body-stealing Extraordinary
12: The Burning Mountain of the Interior
13: The Mystery of the Pocket Book
14: Jim's Latest Experience
15: For Peace and Quiet
16: A Christmas of the Past
17: The Birds of the Air
18: Something to his Advantage
19: Captain Etienne Despard
20: An Outside Incident
21: A Message From The Desert
22: How We Slewed Old Stoney
Bibliography

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Favenc, Ernest: Uncollected Tales, Volume 3, 19 Dec 2022

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English-born Australian explorer, poet and author, 1845-1908. From the 1870s he wrote many short stories, possibly as many as 300, all fairly short as they were published in newspapers. Three volumes were published in his lifetime, barely making a dent in his output. He also wrote several novels, and well-received histories of Australian exploration and explorers. Some stories were first published as by "Dramingo", later republished under his own name.

The range of genres is considerable: he had a taste for macabre, horror, supernatural and fantasy; also humour, romance and adventure. They are almost all set in Australia, very much of the 19th century, when there were still vast blank spaces on the map, and bush myths and legends abounded.

1: Horatio's Confession of Hope
2: The Lady Ermetta
3: The Shadow of a Shadow
4: A Gruesome Shipmate
5: Matthewson's Invisible Pig
6: Four Junction Creek
7: My Socialist
8: The Abduction of Nettletop
9: Jobblestone's Curry
10: A Resurrection
11: Reformation of Miverson's Parrot
12: Record of a Homicide
13: The Island of Scoriae
14: That Fool Jones
15: A Substantial Ghost
16: Accursed Coin
17: A Tale of Vanderlin Island
18: Brewster's Afflicted Dog
19: Jimbras of West Australia
20: A Singular Hallucination
21: Dopper's Legacy
22: The Invisible Horseman
23: At Fever Camp
24: The Secret of the Gorge
25: The Proggleton Cup
26: The Medium
27: Jonson's Flea-bitten Grey
28: The Deaf Cook
29: The Strange Adventure of George Vallance

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Favenc, Ernest: Voices of the Desert (1905); v1, 14 Jan 2023

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This is the only collection of Verse by Ernest Favenc, 1845-1908; Australian explorer, novelist, historian, poet and short story writer. It was published in 1905, and contains two illustrations by Percy Spence (1868-1933)

1: In The Desert
2: The Desert Ghosts
3: The Watchers
4: The Madman's Dream of the Golden Mountain
5: The Star of Hope
6: An Ideal of the Future
7: In The Great Drought
8: The Spirit of Gold
9: Haunted
10: Droving Reveries
11: Song of the Torres Strait's Islands
12: Song of Cape Leeuwin
13: The Story of a Bottle
14: Night at the Yamba Crossing, Fitzroy River
15: Dead in The Bush
16: The Night Wind
17: Dreams
18: A Bush Tragedy
19: Bound To The Mast
20: "Found Dead"
21: The World's Victims
22: Death's Toast
23: Daybreak in the Desert
24: A Song of the Century
25: Gloria Mundi

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Fawcett, Edgar: Solarion. v1. 25 Jun 2022

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This proto science fiction story […] reads pretty well today. Fawcett's “Solarion ”may well have been the first story about a super-intelligent dog — certainly Olaf Stapledon scored a success with “Sirius” in 1944 and that novel owes something to “Solarion” [link to Stapledon’s “Sirius”]
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[Kenneth Stafford] was a keen scientist looking to find a connection between electricity and its possible effect on the mind. He tracked down a German scientist whose work was never published and used his theories to enhance the mind power of a specially selected breed of dog. Stafford succeeds beyond his expectations with Solarion, but encounters moral and philosophical problems that he had not foreseen. He is also in love with Celia who rejects his marriage proposal, and life gets more complicated when Celia becomes besotted with Solarian.
[…]
The book describes itself as a Romance and there is a love story that holds it all together. Developments in electrical engineering in the late 19th century were quickly coming on-stream, and the story would hold some fascination for the imaginative reader. This, together with the unexpected issues thrown up by questions of love and loyalty, by metaphysics and spiritualism, takes this story along many avenues. The story has some mystery, some imagination, and it examines the tropes of a man-made monster: Solarion is doomed to a life of loneliness.

Fawcett tells a good story and he examines themes that take it out of the well-trodden paths of romance and adventure.
(— Baswood, Goodreads review)

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Edgar Fawcett (May 26, 1847 – May 2, 1904) was an American novelist and poet.

Although he was a prolific writer (Wikipedia lists more than sixty titles in his bibliography), and successful in his time, his works are mostly forgotten today.
The majority of his writings seem to be “mainstream” fiction and poetry, but he occasionally stepped into weird fiction, with such novels as “Solarion” (about a dog given human intelligence), “Douglas Duane” (on scientific body-switching), and “The Ghost of Guy Thryle” (astral projection as a means of interplanetary travel).

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[ Solarion[/, by Edgar Fawcett (1847-1904), was first published in 1889. This ebook is in the public domain worldwide, because the author died more than 100 years ago, and it was published prior to 1926.
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Fawcett, Edgar: The Ghost of Guy Thyrle. v1. 26 Jun 2022

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The story of an unfortunate chemist who discovered a way to project his spirit out of his body and come back again.

But while he is on another voyage, a false friend cremates his body to ensure he inherits Guy’s fortune, and Guy is left to wander the vast expanses of space to try to find some way to reach the ultimate oblivion now denied him, or wander the universe, unseen and unheard, until the End of the Universe.
[—publisher]

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Edgar Fawcett (May 26, 1847 – May 2, 1904) was an American novelist and poet.

Although he was a prolific writer (Wikipedia lists more than sixty titles in his bibliography), and successful in his time, his works are mostly forgotten today.
The majority of his writings seem to be “mainstream” fiction and poetry, but he occasionally stepped into weird fiction, with such novels as “Solarion” (about a dog given human intelligence), “Douglas Duane” (on scientific body-switching), and “The Ghost of Guy Thryle” (astral projection as a means of interplanetary travel).

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[The Ghost of Guy Thyrle[/, by Edgar Fawcett (1847-1904), was first published in 1895. This ebook is in the public domain worldwide, because the author died more than 100 years ago, and it was published prior to 1926.
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FDP: Bundestagswahlprogramm; german v1.1; August 7th 2009

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Die FDP (Freie Demokratische Partei) ist eine deutsche Partei, die am 12. Dezember 1948 gegründet wurde. Obwohl sie noch nie die Mehrheit bei einer Bundestagswahl errang (meist sogar weit entfernt davon war) ist sie doch dank wechselnder Koalitionen die Partei, die bis heute die meisten Regierungsjahre insgesamt zusammenbringt.

In ihrem Bundestagswahlprogramm formuliert die FDP ihre Ziele für die Legislaturperiode von 2009 bis 2013. Für den Inhalt ist (wie immer) die Partei verantwortlich.

Verbesserte Version: Ein paar fehlerhafte Bindestriche, doppelte Punkte, fehlende Absätze u.Ä. korregiert.

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Felder, Franz Michael: Reich und arm, german, V1, 03.01.2010

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Franz Michael Felder (* 13. Mai 1839 in Schoppernau, Vorarlberg; † 26. April 1869 ebd.) war ein österreichischer Schriftsteller und Bauer.Felder wuchs in einfachsten bergbäuerlichen Verhältnissen auf, musste mehrere Schicksalsschläge hinnehmen (u.a. Verlust eines Auges aufgrund eines ärztlichen Kunstfehlers) und hat in Anbetracht seines kurzen Lebens ein reichhaltiges Werk hinterlassen. Mit seinen nach dem Vorbild von Jeremias Gotthelf geschriebenen sozialkritischen Romanen und Erzählungen widmete er sich der Dorfgeschichte, repräsentiert aber auch den Poetischen Realismus. Der (ultramontane) Klerus feindete ihn stark an.

Mit seinem Schwager Kaspar Moosbrugger (1830–1917) gründete er 1866 die "Vorarlbergische Partei der Gleichberechtigung" (nicht der Geschlechter, sondern der sozialen Klassen). Als Bauer war er unermüdlich tätig für verbesserte Arbeitsbedingungen in der Landwirtschaft und gründete einen Käsehandlungsverein, um das Handelsmonopol der berüchtigten Käsgrafen zu brechen, und eine Viehversicherungswirtschaft.
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Das Buch
Eine Geschichte aus dem Bregenzerwald, wo der Blick über den Kirchturm und die Wiesen um das Dorf Au zur Kanisfluh geht. Die Menschen in dieser Idylle geraten aber durch Geldverhältnisse, die Gerüchte und Händel im Wirtshaus – wie auch durch Wortmißbrauch von der Kanzel her – unter Druck.
Um zwei Jugendfreunde, die trotz sozialer Unterschiede zusammenhalten wollen, und um sittenstrenge, auch eigenwillige Frauen auf der Suche nach eigenen Wegen hat Franz Michael Felder seinen letzten Roman gebaut. Eine Geschichte, reich an Spannungen in der dörflichen Enge, in einem bäuerlichen Jahresreigen von der Kirchweih bis zur Besänftigung der Brunnengeister.
Am Ende bekommt der reiche Hans vom Stighof seine lang heimlich geliebte Angelika, Tochter eines zugezogenen Aufsteigers. Die Magd Dorothee heiratet ihren seßhaft gewordenen Jos und der mittellose Andreas, der ins Militär verkauft worden ist, wird zum Kaufmann des Dorfs bestellt. Nur ein Brandstifter ist im selbstgelegten Feuer geblieben.
Wenn schließlich alles in einem Hochzeitsfest und allgemeiner Zufriedenheit endet, erfüllt sich der Autor zugleich seine Utopie vom genossenschaftlichen Leben, für das er politisch eintrat. Literatur zielt bei Franz Michael Felder auf Veränderbarkeit beengender Verhältnisse, noch wo sie die Zerstörung überkommener Lebensformen anschaulich macht.
»"Reich und Arm" ist ein sozialer Roman auch darin, daß er die soziale Obdachlosigkeit präzise erforscht, (…) also auch ein Gegenwartsroman für uns Heutige« (Karl Wagner in seinem Nachwort).
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Fénelon, François de: The Inner Life, v.1, 16 Jan 2008.

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François Fénelon was Archbishop of Cambrai, tutor to Louis XIV’s grandson and spiritual director of the mystic, Madame Guyon. Here is one of his devotional works.

François de Salignac de la Mothe-Fénelon
(1651-1715)
The Inner Life: Christian Counsel, On Divers Matters Pertaining To The Inner Life.

This English translation originally appeared in “Spiritual Progress or Instruction in the Divine Life of the Soul from the French of Fénelon and Madame Guyon”; Printed in 1853; Edited by James W. Metcalf.

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Fenn, George Manville: !Tention v1 22 jan 2009

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A young private, Penton Gray, known as Pen, is injured during an engagement in the Peninsular War. When he comes to he finds that the boy bugler, Punch, from his regiment, is lying injured close by. The British troops are near, but the area where the boys are is occupied by the French, who are the enemy. The boys need to recover from their wounds, and then to get back to their regiment. They have numerous adventures, and meet several people who help them, including the deposed Spanish King.

Eventually they reach their regiment where they are interviewed by the commanding officer, who realises that the young private has actually had the education normally needed for an officer, and that he has the knowledge needful to lead the troops through the mountains to take the French in the rear. This engagement is very successful, leading to the routing of the French. As a result Private Gray is made up to officer rank.

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Fenn, George Manville: A Dash from Diamond City. V1. 22 Sep 2011

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George Manville Fenn (January 3, 1831, Pimlico - August 26, 1909, Isleworth) was a British writer.
He worked as a teacher in Lincolnshire, until he became printer, editor and publisher of various magazines. He had two sons and six daughters with his wife Susanna Leake, whom he had married in 1855.
He was editor and proprietor of Once a Week from 1873 until its demise in 1879 and then was entirely engaged in writing fiction. Most of his work consists of adventure stories for young readers, featuring Explorers, Smugglers, young Adventurers and Seamen. His adult novels offer critical social commentary on Victorian England, especially reconsidering economic questions.

Excerpt
The words: “minor office in a diamond-mine,” naturally suggest wealth, Turkey carpets, french-polished furniture, and plate-glass; but the office in question was an example of simplicity, for its walls were mud and its roof corrugated-iron, while the roughness of the interior was only slightly softened down by a lining of what a carpenter calls matchboarding.

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Fenn, George Manville: A Double Knot. V1. 25 Sep 2011

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George Manville Fenn (January 3, 1831, Pimlico - August 26, 1909, Isleworth) was a British writer.
He worked as a teacher in Lincolnshire, until he became printer, editor and publisher of various magazines. He had two sons and six daughters with his wife Susanna Leake, whom he had married in 1855.
He was editor and proprietor of Once a Week from 1873 until its demise in 1879 and then was entirely engaged in writing fiction. Most of his work consists of adventure stories for young readers, featuring Explorers, Smugglers, young Adventurers and Seamen. His adult novels offer critical social commentary on Victorian England, especially reconsidering economic questions.

Excerpt
“Mother! Speak to me or I shall die.”
“It would be better so,” was the cold hard reply, and a lady who had been gazing from the window turned slowly round to gaze full at the first speaker, her handsome Spanish type of countenance looking malignant as her dark eyes flashed, where she stood biting her full sensuous nether lip, and glaring at the occupant of the bed.

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Fenn, George Manville: A Fluttered Dovecote. V1. 28 Sep 2011

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George Manville Fenn (January 3, 1831, Pimlico - August 26, 1909, Isleworth) was a British writer.
He worked as a teacher in Lincolnshire, until he became printer, editor and publisher of various magazines. He had two sons and six daughters with his wife Susanna Leake, whom he had married in 1855.
He was editor and proprietor of Once a Week from 1873 until its demise in 1879 and then was entirely engaged in writing fiction. Most of his work consists of adventure stories for young readers, featuring Explorers, Smugglers, young Adventurers and Seamen. His adult novels offer critical social commentary on Victorian England, especially reconsidering economic questions.

Excerpt
You will excuse me for a moment? I must take another sheet of paper—I, Laura Bozerne, virgin and martyr, of Chester Square, Belgravia—for that last sheet was all spotted with tears, and when I applied my handkerchief, and then the blotting-paper, the glaze was gone and the ink ran.
Ce n’est que le premier pas qui coûte, the French say, but it is not true. However, I have made up my mind to write this history of my sufferings, so to begin.

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Fenn, George Manville: A Life's Eclipse. V1. 7 Oct 2011

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George Manville Fenn (January 3, 1831, Pimlico - August 26, 1909, Isleworth) was a British writer.
He worked as a teacher in Lincolnshire, until he became printer, editor and publisher of various magazines. He had two sons and six daughters with his wife Susanna Leake, whom he had married in 1855.
He was editor and proprietor of Once a Week from 1873 until its demise in 1879 and then was entirely engaged in writing fiction. Most of his work consists of adventure stories for young readers, featuring Explorers, Smugglers, young Adventurers and Seamen. His adult novels offer critical social commentary on Victorian England, especially reconsidering economic questions.

Excerpt
“Ah!” cried John Grange, snatching the bandage from his eyes, the broad handkerchief kept there ever since the fall. “Don’t—don’t tell me that—I—I was afraid—yes—dark—all dark! Doctor—doctor—don’t tell me I am blind!”

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Fenn, George Manville: A Little World. V1. 8 Oct 2011

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George Manville Fenn (January 3, 1831, Pimlico - August 26, 1909, Isleworth) was a British writer.
He worked as a teacher in Lincolnshire, until he became printer, editor and publisher of various magazines. He had two sons and six daughters with his wife Susanna Leake, whom he had married in 1855.
He was editor and proprietor of Once a Week from 1873 until its demise in 1879 and then was entirely engaged in writing fiction. Most of his work consists of adventure stories for young readers, featuring Explorers, Smugglers, young Adventurers and Seamen. His adult novels offer critical social commentary on Victorian England, especially reconsidering economic questions.

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“SOME PEOPLE are such fools!” said Richard Pellet; and, if public judgment was right, he knew what a fool was as well as any man in the great city of London. He was a big man was Richard Pellet, Esq., C.C., shipper, of Austin Friars, and known among city men as “the six-hundred-pounder;” and he knew a fool when he saw one. But whether at his office in the city, or down at his place at Norwood,—“his little place at Norwood,” where he had “a morsel of garden” and “a bit of glass,” and grew pine and melon, peach and grape, and had a fat butler in black, and a staff of servants in drab, trimmed with yellow coach-lace,—no matter where Richard Pellet might be, he could always see in his mind’s eye the greatest fool that ever breathed—the man whom he was always mentally abusing—to wit, his brother Jared.

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Fenn, George Manville: Begumbagh. V1. 6 Dec 2009

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George Manville Fenn (January 3, 1831, Pimlico - August 26, 1909, Isleworth) was a British writer.
He worked as a teacher in Lincolnshire, until he became printer, editor and publisher of various magazines. He had two sons and six daughters with his wife Susanna Leake, whom he had married in 1855.
He was editor and proprietor of Once a Week from 1873 until its demise in 1879 and then was entirely engaged in writing fiction. Most of his work consists of adventure stories for young readers, featuring Explorers, Smugglers, young Adventurers and Seamen. His adult novels offer critical social commentary on Victorian England, especially reconsidering economic questions.

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I’ve waited all these years, expecting some one or another would give a full and true account of it all; but little thinking it would ever come to be my task. For it’s not in my way; but seeing how much has been said about other parts and other people’s sufferings; while ours never so much as came in for a line of newspaper, I can’t think it’s fair; and as fairness is what I always did like, I set to, very much against my will; while, on account of my empty sleeve, the paper keeps slipping and sliding about, so that I can only hold it quiet by putting the lead inkstand on one corner, and my tobacco-jar on the other.

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Fenn, George Manville: Blind Policy. V1. 13 Sep 2011

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George Manville Fenn (January 3, 1831, Pimlico - August 26, 1909, Isleworth) was a British writer.
He worked as a teacher in Lincolnshire, until he became printer, editor and publisher of various magazines. He had two sons and six daughters with his wife Susanna Leake, whom he had married in 1855.
He was editor and proprietor of Once a Week from 1873 until its demise in 1879 and then was entirely engaged in writing fiction. Most of his work consists of adventure stories for young readers, featuring Explorers, Smugglers, young Adventurers and Seamen. His adult novels offer critical social commentary on Victorian England, especially reconsidering economic questions.

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By a quick, impulsive movement the speaker threw herself forward, to sink upon her knees in the bottom of the brougham, pressing her hands to her mouth, and resting her face upon them against the padded cushion by the front window; while, feeling strangely moved, Chester leaned slightly over her with his hands half raised, in the desire he dared not gratify, to raise her to her seat and whisper gentle words of comfort. At that time it did not occur to him that it seemed strange for a gentleman—he must be a gentleman; everything suggested it—to be handling a pistol at dessert. All he could think of was the terrible suffering of his companion, and his attention was centred upon her as he saw the agony she suffered, while as yet he could do nothing.

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Fenn, George Manville: Brownsmith's Boy. V1. 15 Sep 2011

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George Manville Fenn (January 3, 1831, Pimlico - August 26, 1909, Isleworth) was a British writer.
He worked as a teacher in Lincolnshire, until he became printer, editor and publisher of various magazines. He had two sons and six daughters with his wife Susanna Leake, whom he had married in 1855.
He was editor and proprietor of Once a Week from 1873 until its demise in 1879 and then was entirely engaged in writing fiction. Most of his work consists of adventure stories for young readers, featuring Explorers, Smugglers, young Adventurers and Seamen. His adult novels offer critical social commentary on Victorian England, especially reconsidering economic questions.

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But you should have seen his hands! I’ve seen them so coated with dirt that it hung on them in knobs, and at such times he used to hold them up to me with the thumbs and fingers spread out wide, and then down he would go again and continue his work, which, when he was in this state, would be pulling up the weeds from among the onions in the long beds.

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Fenn, George Manville: Bunyip Land. V1. 16 Sep 2011

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George Manville Fenn (January 3, 1831, Pimlico - August 26, 1909, Isleworth) was a British writer.
He worked as a teacher in Lincolnshire, until he became printer, editor and publisher of various magazines. He had two sons and six daughters with his wife Susanna Leake, whom he had married in 1855.
He was editor and proprietor of Once a Week from 1873 until its demise in 1879 and then was entirely engaged in writing fiction. Most of his work consists of adventure stories for young readers, featuring Explorers, Smugglers, young Adventurers and Seamen. His adult novels offer critical social commentary on Victorian England, especially reconsidering economic questions.

A Story of Adventure in New Guinea

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Fenn, George Manville: Burr Junior. V1. 16 Sep 2011

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George Manville Fenn (January 3, 1831, Pimlico - August 26, 1909, Isleworth) was a British writer.
He worked as a teacher in Lincolnshire, until he became printer, editor and publisher of various magazines. He had two sons and six daughters with his wife Susanna Leake, whom he had married in 1855.
He was editor and proprietor of Once a Week from 1873 until its demise in 1879 and then was entirely engaged in writing fiction. Most of his work consists of adventure stories for young readers, featuring Explorers, Smugglers, young Adventurers and Seamen. His adult novels offer critical social commentary on Victorian England, especially reconsidering economic questions.

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I was very low-spirited, but, as the bright, good-looking lad at my side nudged me with his elbow, I turned from casting my eyes round the great bare oak-panelled room, with its long desks, to the kind of pulpit at the lower end, facing a bigger and more important-looking erection at the upper end, standing upon a broad daïs raised a foot above the rest of the room. For this had been the banqueting hall of Meade Place, in the good old times of James the First, when its owner little thought it would ever be the schoolroom of Dr Browne’s “Boarding Establishment for Gentlemen’s Sons.”

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Fenn, George Manville: By Birth a Lady. V1. 16 Sep 2011

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George Manville Fenn (January 3, 1831, Pimlico - August 26, 1909, Isleworth) was a British writer.
He worked as a teacher in Lincolnshire, until he became printer, editor and publisher of various magazines. He had two sons and six daughters with his wife Susanna Leake, whom he had married in 1855.
He was editor and proprietor of Once a Week from 1873 until its demise in 1879 and then was entirely engaged in writing fiction. Most of his work consists of adventure stories for young readers, featuring Explorers, Smugglers, young Adventurers and Seamen. His adult novels offer critical social commentary on Victorian England, especially reconsidering economic questions.

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“HE mustn’t have so much corn, Joseph,” said Mr Tiddson, parish doctor of Croppley Magna, addressing a grinning boy of sixteen, who, with his smock-frock rolled up and twisted round his waist, was holding the bridle of a very thin, dejected-looking pony, whose mane and tail seemed to have gone to the cushion-maker’s, leaving in their places a few strands that had missed the shears. The pony’s eyes were half shut, and his nose hung low; but, as if attending to his master’s words, one ear was twitched back, while the other pointed forward; and no sooner had his owner finished speaking than the poor little beast whinnied softly and shook its evidently remonstrating head. “He mustn’t have so much corn, Joseph,” said Mr Tiddson importantly. “He’s growing wild and vicious, and it was as much as I could do this morning to hold him.”

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Fenn, George Manville: Charge!. V1. 19 Sep 2011

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George Manville Fenn (January 3, 1831, Pimlico - August 26, 1909, Isleworth) was a British writer.
He worked as a teacher in Lincolnshire, until he became printer, editor and publisher of various magazines. He had two sons and six daughters with his wife Susanna Leake, whom he had married in 1855.
He was editor and proprietor of Once a Week from 1873 until its demise in 1879 and then was entirely engaged in writing fiction. Most of his work consists of adventure stories for young readers, featuring Explorers, Smugglers, young Adventurers and Seamen. His adult novels offer critical social commentary on Victorian England, especially reconsidering economic questions.

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“Um?” said Joeboy, and I heard him grind his teeth. “They say that, Joeboy kill um all: ’tick assagai in back an’ front. All big ’tupid fool. Ha! ha! Joeboy almost eat um.” He laughed in a peculiar way that was not pleasant, and it moved me to say:
“Don’t attempt to touch them if they turn against us. I’ll threaten them with my pistol.”

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Fenn, George Manville: Commodore Junk. V1. 20 Sep 2011

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George Manville Fenn (January 3, 1831, Pimlico - August 26, 1909, Isleworth) was a British writer.
He worked as a teacher in Lincolnshire, until he became printer, editor and publisher of various magazines. He had two sons and six daughters with his wife Susanna Leake, whom he had married in 1855.
He was editor and proprietor of Once a Week from 1873 until its demise in 1879 and then was entirely engaged in writing fiction. Most of his work consists of adventure stories for young readers, featuring Explorers, Smugglers, young Adventurers and Seamen. His adult novels offer critical social commentary on Victorian England, especially reconsidering economic questions.

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“THEN you’re a villain!”
“Nonsense, Mary; be reasonable.”

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Fenn, George Manville: Cormorant Crag v1 31 dec 2008

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George Manville Fenn (January 3, 1831, Pimlico - August 26, 1909, Isleworth) was a British writer.

He worked as a teacher in Lincolnshire, until he became printer, editor and publisher of various magazines. He had eight children with his wife Susanna Leake, whom he had married in 1855.

Most of hist work consists of adventure stories for young readers, featuring Explorers, Smugglers, young Adventurers and Seamen. His adult novels offer critical social commentary on Victorian England, especially reconsidering economic questions.(Wikipedia)

In this excellent book of smuggling life on the south coast of England, dating about 1830, from some of the passing comments made by the author, we read of the adventures of two boys living on a small off-shore island. One is the son of the local doctor, the other the son of the squire, or owner of the land round about. The boys are friendly with an old fisherman called Daygo. It is thought that he is of Spanish descent, from the Armada, but despite his name and appearance, he denies it. He likes taking the boys out fishing, but feeds then a load of yarns about the safety of a particular part of the cliffs, saying that vessels getting too close to it have been known to disappear. This is actually quite true in a way because there is a huge cave, quite big enough to accommodate a small vessel.

The boys borrow Daygo's boat, without his leave, and explore the forbidden cave. Of course they discover all the recently smuggled goods. But a few days later they are in there, having discovered another way in by land, and are captured by the smugglers, who are French, and kidnapped. After that there are all sorts of exciting and perilous situations, and it looks likely that the boys will not come out of it alive.

But they do, of course! A good read. (Athelstane)

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Fenn, George Manville: Crown and Sceptre.

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George Manville Fenn (January 3, 1831, Pimlico - August 26, 1909, Isleworth) was a British writer.
He worked as a teacher in Lincolnshire, until he became printer, editor and publisher of various magazines. He had two sons and six daughters with his wife Susanna Leake, whom he had married in 1855.
He was editor and proprietor of Once a Week from 1873 until its demise in 1879 and then was entirely engaged in writing fiction. Most of his work consists of adventure stories for young readers, featuring Explorers, Smugglers, young Adventurers and Seamen. His adult novels offer critical social commentary on Victorian England, especially reconsidering economic questions.

Excerpt
“How easy it would be to kill him,” he thought, “and how cowardly;” and he was about to put his first idea into action, namely, to make one bold spring forward, and snatch the man’s sword from the sheath.
But the sword might stick, the sheath clinging to it tightly, as it would sometimes; and if it did, instead of the man being helpless, it would be he who was at the mercy of one who might beat him off with ease.

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Fenn, George Manville: Cursed by a Fortune. V1. 21 Sep 2011

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George Manville Fenn (January 3, 1831, Pimlico - August 26, 1909, Isleworth) was a British writer.
He worked as a teacher in Lincolnshire, until he became printer, editor and publisher of various magazines. He had two sons and six daughters with his wife Susanna Leake, whom he had married in 1855.
He was editor and proprietor of Once a Week from 1873 until its demise in 1879 and then was entirely engaged in writing fiction. Most of his work consists of adventure stories for young readers, featuring Explorers, Smugglers, young Adventurers and Seamen. His adult novels offer critical social commentary on Victorian England, especially reconsidering economic questions.

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“YES, James; this is my last dying speech and confession.”
“Oh, papa!” with a burst of sobbing.
“Be quiet, Kitty, and don’t make me so miserable. Dying is only going to sleep when a man’s tired out, as I am, with the worries of the world, money-making, fighting for one’s own, and disappointment. I know as well as old Jermingham that it’s pretty nearly all over. I’m sorry to leave you, darling, but I’m worn out, and your dear mother has been waiting for nearly a year.”
“Father, dearest father!” and two white arms clung round the neck of the dying man, as their owner sank upon her knees by the bedside.

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Fenn, George Manville: Cutlass and Cudgel. V1. 22 Sep 2011

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George Manville Fenn (January 3, 1831, Pimlico - August 26, 1909, Isleworth) was a British writer.
He worked as a teacher in Lincolnshire, until he became printer, editor and publisher of various magazines. He had two sons and six daughters with his wife Susanna Leake, whom he had married in 1855.
He was editor and proprietor of Once a Week from 1873 until its demise in 1879 and then was entirely engaged in writing fiction. Most of his work consists of adventure stories for young readers, featuring Explorers, Smugglers, young Adventurers and Seamen. His adult novels offer critical social commentary on Victorian England, especially reconsidering economic questions.

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“Ah, there you are, Mr Raystoke,” said the captain, handing the lieutenant his glass. “I’ve been sweeping the shore, and it brought back old days. Look there; you can easily make out the range of cliffs. That highest one is where you and Mr Gurr were at the burning out of the smugglers ten years ago. How time slips by!”
“Yes, sir,” said Lieutenant Archy Raystoke, returning the glass; “that’s where the wasps’ nest was destroyed.”

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Fenn, George Manville: Dead Man's Land. V1. 23 Sep 2011

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George Manville Fenn (January 3, 1831, Pimlico - August 26, 1909, Isleworth) was a British writer.
He worked as a teacher in Lincolnshire, until he became printer, editor and publisher of various magazines. He had two sons and six daughters with his wife Susanna Leake, whom he had married in 1855.
He was editor and proprietor of Once a Week from 1873 until its demise in 1879 and then was entirely engaged in writing fiction. Most of his work consists of adventure stories for young readers, featuring Explorers, Smugglers, young Adventurers and Seamen. His adult novels offer critical social commentary on Victorian England, especially reconsidering economic questions.

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Dean uttered a cry, and the brute couched, snarling fiercely, with the boy lying beneath the monster’s outstretched paws.

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Fenn, George Manville: Devon Boys. V1. 23 Sep 2011

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George Manville Fenn (January 3, 1831, Pimlico - August 26, 1909, Isleworth) was a British writer.
He worked as a teacher in Lincolnshire, until he became printer, editor and publisher of various magazines. He had two sons and six daughters with his wife Susanna Leake, whom he had married in 1855.
He was editor and proprietor of Once a Week from 1873 until its demise in 1879 and then was entirely engaged in writing fiction. Most of his work consists of adventure stories for young readers, featuring Explorers, Smugglers, young Adventurers and Seamen. His adult novels offer critical social commentary on Victorian England, especially reconsidering economic questions.

Excerpt
We set to work, while my father took a hammer and some large nails from a drawer, and, standing on a stool, drove the nails in a row along a board at one side of the office, and as we unpacked he took the weapons from us and hung them up, a cutlass between two pistols, arranging the nails so that the arms looked ornamental, while at the same time they were quite ready to hand in case they should be wanted.

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Fenn, George Manville: Diamond Dyke v1 27 jan 2009

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A most authentic-seeming book about the difficulties a pair of young Britons faced when they went to South Africa, and set up an ostrich farm in the dry and largely empty veldt. They had a married couple of the locals to help them, and of these the man wasn't much use. They also had a most sagacious dog, who figures largely in the story. One of the enemies they had to face was lions.

One day they found they needed more stores, so young Dyke, barely sixteen years of age, has to go on a six or seven day journey to the farm of the nearest honest storekeeper, a fat old German, seventy years of age. On the way back there is a serious delay due to a flash flood which took several days to clear. But when they get back they find that the older brother is seriously ill of an African fever. The local people had been sure he would die, and were preparing to move in and take what stock there was. But young Dyke nurses his brother back to health. A little later the old German turns up at the farm, and makes a discovery which would change the fortunes of the brothers for ever.

A very gripping story in the best Fenn style, very hard to put down. (Athelstane)

Used original illustration as cover, rather heavily illustrated, great read.

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Fenn, George Manville: Dick o' the Fens. V1. 24 Sep 2011

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George Manville Fenn (January 3, 1831, Pimlico - August 26, 1909, Isleworth) was a British writer.
He worked as a teacher in Lincolnshire, until he became printer, editor and publisher of various magazines. He had two sons and six daughters with his wife Susanna Leake, whom he had married in 1855.
He was editor and proprietor of Once a Week from 1873 until its demise in 1879 and then was entirely engaged in writing fiction. Most of his work consists of adventure stories for young readers, featuring Explorers, Smugglers, young Adventurers and Seamen. His adult novels offer critical social commentary on Victorian England, especially reconsidering economic questions.

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“No; stop a bit,” whispered Dick, with his heart beating, and a strange suspicion making its way into his breast. For in an incoherent vague manner he found himself thinking of Farmer Tallington stealing out of his house in the middle of the night. He had a boat, as most of the fen farmers had, for gunning, fishing, and cutting reeds. What was he doing on the water at night? For it must have been he with a light.

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Fenn, George Manville: Draw Swords!. V1. 25 Sep 2011

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George Manville Fenn (January 3, 1831, Pimlico - August 26, 1909, Isleworth) was a British writer.
He worked as a teacher in Lincolnshire, until he became printer, editor and publisher of various magazines. He had two sons and six daughters with his wife Susanna Leake, whom he had married in 1855.
He was editor and proprietor of Once a Week from 1873 until its demise in 1879 and then was entirely engaged in writing fiction. Most of his work consists of adventure stories for young readers, featuring Explorers, Smugglers, young Adventurers and Seamen. His adult novels offer critical social commentary on Victorian England, especially reconsidering economic questions.

Excerpt
Very well, then, we will not brag about what we did, but stick the feather in the right man’s cap.”
“Whose?” cried Wyatt eagerly.
“That of old Sergeant Stubbs.”
“And the brave Englishmen who fought and died.”

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Fenn, George Manville: Dutch the Diver. V1. 26 Sep 2011

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George Manville Fenn (January 3, 1831, Pimlico - August 26, 1909, Isleworth) was a British writer.
He worked as a teacher in Lincolnshire, until he became printer, editor and publisher of various magazines. He had two sons and six daughters with his wife Susanna Leake, whom he had married in 1855.
He was editor and proprietor of Once a Week from 1873 until its demise in 1879 and then was entirely engaged in writing fiction. Most of his work consists of adventure stories for young readers, featuring Explorers, Smugglers, young Adventurers and Seamen. His adult novels offer critical social commentary on Victorian England, especially reconsidering economic questions.

Dutch the Diver
Violets in the Snow
Nil Des

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Fenn, George Manville: Eli's Children. V1. 26 Sep 2011

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George Manville Fenn (January 3, 1831, Pimlico - August 26, 1909, Isleworth) was a British writer.
He worked as a teacher in Lincolnshire, until he became printer, editor and publisher of various magazines. He had two sons and six daughters with his wife Susanna Leake, whom he had married in 1855.
He was editor and proprietor of Once a Week from 1873 until its demise in 1879 and then was entirely engaged in writing fiction. Most of his work consists of adventure stories for young readers, featuring Explorers, Smugglers, young Adventurers and Seamen. His adult novels offer critical social commentary on Victorian England, especially reconsidering economic questions.

Excerpt
“I say, why don’t you give it up quietly?” roared the speaker to a little bent old man, with a weak, thin, piping voice, and a sharp look that gave him somewhat the air of a very attenuated sparrow in a severe frost, his shrunken legs, in tight yellow leather leggings, seeming to help the idea.

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Fenn, George Manville: Featherland. V1. 26 Sep 2011

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George Manville Fenn (January 3, 1831, Pimlico - August 26, 1909, Isleworth) was a British writer.
He worked as a teacher in Lincolnshire, until he became printer, editor and publisher of various magazines. He had two sons and six daughters with his wife Susanna Leake, whom he had married in 1855.
He was editor and proprietor of Once a Week from 1873 until its demise in 1879 and then was entirely engaged in writing fiction. Most of his work consists of adventure stories for young readers, featuring Explorers, Smugglers, young Adventurers and Seamen. His adult novels offer critical social commentary on Victorian England, especially reconsidering economic questions.

Excerpt
And so things went on at Greenlawn, year after year, and season after season. It may perhaps seem a very wonderful place; but there are a great many little Greenlawns all over England, where little eyes may see the birds do many of the things that have been told in this little story—a story thought of to please two little girls who were very fond of leaning up against somebody’s knee in the evenings before the candles were lighted, and asking somebody to tell them a story.

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Fenn, George Manville: Fire Island. V1. 26 Sep 2011

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George Manville Fenn (January 3, 1831, Pimlico - August 26, 1909, Isleworth) was a British writer.
He worked as a teacher in Lincolnshire, until he became printer, editor and publisher of various magazines. He had two sons and six daughters with his wife Susanna Leake, whom he had married in 1855.
He was editor and proprietor of Once a Week from 1873 until its demise in 1879 and then was entirely engaged in writing fiction. Most of his work consists of adventure stories for young readers, featuring Explorers, Smugglers, young Adventurers and Seamen. His adult novels offer critical social commentary on Victorian England, especially reconsidering economic questions.

Excerpt
“DO I think it would be wise to put on a life-belt, Mr Lane?”
“Yes.”
The words were shouted into the ear of one of the speakers, and yelled back as, like others about the vessel, they clung to the side, now to be raised high, now to be plunged down again, as the Planet, with only a rag or two of storm canvas set, rode over a huge wave and seemed as if turned into some new and ponderous kind of diving apparatus about to seek the wonders at the bottom of the eastern seas. But after her tremendous plunge right into a hollow she rose again, shook off the water which deluged the deck and staggered on.

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Fenn, George Manville: First in the Field. V1. 27 Sep 2011

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George Manville Fenn (January 3, 1831, Pimlico - August 26, 1909, Isleworth) was a British writer.
He worked as a teacher in Lincolnshire, until he became printer, editor and publisher of various magazines. He had two sons and six daughters with his wife Susanna Leake, whom he had married in 1855.
He was editor and proprietor of Once a Week from 1873 until its demise in 1879 and then was entirely engaged in writing fiction. Most of his work consists of adventure stories for young readers, featuring Explorers, Smugglers, young Adventurers and Seamen. His adult novels offer critical social commentary on Victorian England, especially reconsidering economic questions.

Excerpt
“How did you escape?”
“Broke the handcuffs apart, climbed to the rafters, pulled open the bark thatching and let myself down; but the dogs gave the alarm.”

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Fenn, George Manville: Fitz the Filibuster. V1. 27 Sep 2011

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George Manville Fenn (January 3, 1831, Pimlico - August 26, 1909, Isleworth) was a British writer.
He worked as a teacher in Lincolnshire, until he became printer, editor and publisher of various magazines. He had two sons and six daughters with his wife Susanna Leake, whom he had married in 1855.
He was editor and proprietor of Once a Week from 1873 until its demise in 1879 and then was entirely engaged in writing fiction. Most of his work consists of adventure stories for young readers, featuring Explorers, Smugglers, young Adventurers and Seamen. His adult novels offer critical social commentary on Victorian England, especially reconsidering economic questions.

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Chips the carpenter, who was nothing without making some improvement upon the acts of his fellows, made a dash at the officer leading the attacking boat on the starboard side, delivering a thrust with the bar he carried, which passed right through the large mesh of the net, catching the Spaniard in the chest and sending him backwards into the boat.

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Fenn, George Manville: Fix Bay'nets. V1. 28 Sep 2011

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George Manville Fenn (January 3, 1831, Pimlico - August 26, 1909, Isleworth) was a British writer.
He worked as a teacher in Lincolnshire, until he became printer, editor and publisher of various magazines. He had two sons and six daughters with his wife Susanna Leake, whom he had married in 1855.
He was editor and proprietor of Once a Week from 1873 until its demise in 1879 and then was entirely engaged in writing fiction. Most of his work consists of adventure stories for young readers, featuring Explorers, Smugglers, young Adventurers and Seamen. His adult novels offer critical social commentary on Victorian England, especially reconsidering economic questions.

Excerpt
TRRT—TRRT—TRRT. Just that little sound, as the sticks flirted with the drumheads to keep the men in step; for Her Majesty’s 404th Fusiliers were marching “easy.” So it was called; and it meant with the men smoking, and carrying their rifles as they pleased—shouldered, at the trail, slung muzzle up or muzzle down. But, all the same, it was a miserable fiction to call it marching easy, for it was impossible to make that march anything but hard. Why? Because of the road

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Fenn, George Manville: Friends I Have Made. V1. 29 Sep 2011.

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George Manville Fenn (January 3, 1831, Pimlico - August 26, 1909, Isleworth) was a British writer.
He worked as a teacher in Lincolnshire, until he became printer, editor and publisher of various magazines. He had two sons and six daughters with his wife Susanna Leake, whom he had married in 1855.
He was editor and proprietor of Once a Week from 1873 until its demise in 1879 and then was entirely engaged in writing fiction. Most of his work consists of adventure stories for young readers, featuring Explorers, Smugglers, young Adventurers and Seamen. His adult novels offer critical social commentary on Victorian England, especially reconsidering economic questions.

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MAY I ask your patience while I introduce myself—the writer of the following chapters? I am sitting before the looking-glass at the end of my room as I write, I not from any vanity, you will readily perceive that as you read on—but so that I may try and reflect with my ink the picture that I wish to present to you of a rather sad—I only say rather, for, upon the whole, I am very cheerful,—thin, pale, careworn-looking woman, with hair that has long been scant and grey—whiter, perhaps, than that of many people at eight-and-forty

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Fenn, George Manville: George Alfred Henty. V1. 29 Sep 2011

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George Manville Fenn (January 3, 1831, Pimlico - August 26, 1909, Isleworth) was a British writer.
He worked as a teacher in Lincolnshire, until he became printer, editor and publisher of various magazines. He had two sons and six daughters with his wife Susanna Leake, whom he had married in 1855.
He was editor and proprietor of Once a Week from 1873 until its demise in 1879 and then was entirely engaged in writing fiction. Most of his work consists of adventure stories for young readers, featuring Explorers, Smugglers, young Adventurers and Seamen. His adult novels offer critical social commentary on Victorian England, especially reconsidering economic questions.

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G.A. Henty occupied so large a place in the hearts of boys that, when his active life all too soon came to a close, it seemed desirable that those readers whom he had entertained for so many years should have an opportunity of knowing something more of the man himself than was contained in his books. Every writer, consciously or unconsciously, reveals himself in his work, but nevertheless it cannot fail to be interesting to boys to read of the actual experiences of the sturdy war correspondent—those experiences which furnished him with many a vivid background for his romances. It was at once the fascination and the value of his tales that, while nominally fiction, they were built up on a solid substratum of fact. When the present writer, however, was asked to undertake this memoir of his old and valued friend, he was confronted with a grave difficulty. Of few men of George Henty’s eminence is less known about their private lives. A staunch and loyal friend, he yet strongly believed, to use the old Cockney phrase, in “keeping himself to himself.” His letters were never autobiographical, and about himself he was never very communicative. Little more than his vivid letters from foreign countries exist to give an insight into the man and his character.

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Fenn, George Manville: Gil the Gunner. V1. 30 Sep 2011

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George Manville Fenn (January 3, 1831, Pimlico - August 26, 1909, Isleworth) was a British writer.
He worked as a teacher in Lincolnshire, until he became printer, editor and publisher of various magazines. He had two sons and six daughters with his wife Susanna Leake, whom he had married in 1855.
He was editor and proprietor of Once a Week from 1873 until its demise in 1879 and then was entirely engaged in writing fiction. Most of his work consists of adventure stories for young readers, featuring Explorers, Smugglers, young Adventurers and Seamen. His adult novels offer critical social commentary on Victorian England, especially reconsidering economic questions.

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All at once, away to my right, I saw a hand appear above the surface, and like a flash it came back, and, amidst shrieks and cheers, I swam as hard as I could for the spot, to reach it just as the hand disappeared.

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Fenn, George Manville: Hollowdell Grange. V1. 1 Oct 2011

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George Manville Fenn (January 3, 1831, Pimlico - August 26, 1909, Isleworth) was a British writer.
He worked as a teacher in Lincolnshire, until he became printer, editor and publisher of various magazines. He had two sons and six daughters with his wife Susanna Leake, whom he had married in 1855.
He was editor and proprietor of Once a Week from 1873 until its demise in 1879 and then was entirely engaged in writing fiction. Most of his work consists of adventure stories for young readers, featuring Explorers, Smugglers, young Adventurers and Seamen. His adult novels offer critical social commentary on Victorian England, especially reconsidering economic questions.

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IT WAS such a fine hot Midsummer day at Hollowdell station, that the porter had grown tired of teasing the truck-driver’s dog, and fallen fast asleep—an example which the dog had tried to follow, but could not, because there was only one shady spot within the station-gates, and that had been taken possession of by the porter; so the poor dog had tried first one place, and then another, but they were all so hot and stifling, and the flies kept buzzing about him so teasingly, that he grew quite cross, and barked and snapped so at the tiresome insects, that at last he woke Jem Barnes, the porter, who got up, stretched himself, yawned very rudely and loudly, and then, looking in at the station-clock, he saw that the 2:30 train from London was nearly due, so he made up his mind not to go to sleep again until it had passed.

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Fenn, George Manville: Hunting the Skipper v1 11 feb 2009

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Typical nautical adventure by this great author, whose main strength it is to maintain a high level of suspense throughout his work. Richly illustrated.

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Fenn, George Manville: In Honour's Cause. V1. 2 Oct 2011

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George Manville Fenn (January 3, 1831, Pimlico - August 26, 1909, Isleworth) was a British writer.
He worked as a teacher in Lincolnshire, until he became printer, editor and publisher of various magazines. He had two sons and six daughters with his wife Susanna Leake, whom he had married in 1855.
He was editor and proprietor of Once a Week from 1873 until its demise in 1879 and then was entirely engaged in writing fiction. Most of his work consists of adventure stories for young readers, featuring Explorers, Smugglers, young Adventurers and Seamen. His adult novels offer critical social commentary on Victorian England, especially reconsidering economic questions.

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“Oh yes; and I don’t think a great deal of the Prince. My father got me here; but I don’t feel in my place, and I’m not going to sacrifice myself, even if I am one of the pages. I believe in the Stuarts, and I always shall.”

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Fenn, George Manville: In the King's Name. V1. 2 Oct 2011

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George Manville Fenn (January 3, 1831, Pimlico - August 26, 1909, Isleworth) was a British writer.
He worked as a teacher in Lincolnshire, until he became printer, editor and publisher of various magazines. He had two sons and six daughters with his wife Susanna Leake, whom he had married in 1855.
He was editor and proprietor of Once a Week from 1873 until its demise in 1879 and then was entirely engaged in writing fiction. Most of his work consists of adventure stories for young readers, featuring Explorers, Smugglers, young Adventurers and Seamen. His adult novels offer critical social commentary on Victorian England, especially reconsidering economic questions.

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MORNING ON board the Kestrel, his Britannic majesty’s cutter, lying on and off the south coast on the lookout for larks, or what were to her the dainty little birds that the little falcon, her namesake, would pick up. For the Kestrel’s wings were widespread to the soft south-easterly breeze that barely rippled the water; and mainsail, gaff topsail, staysail, and jib were so new and white that they seemed to shine like silver in the sun.

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Fenn, George Manville: In the Mahdi's Grasp. V1. 2 Oct 2011

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George Manville Fenn (January 3, 1831, Pimlico - August 26, 1909, Isleworth) was a British writer.
He worked as a teacher in Lincolnshire, until he became printer, editor and publisher of various magazines. He had two sons and six daughters with his wife Susanna Leake, whom he had married in 1855.
He was editor and proprietor of Once a Week from 1873 until its demise in 1879 and then was entirely engaged in writing fiction. Most of his work consists of adventure stories for young readers, featuring Explorers, Smugglers, young Adventurers and Seamen. His adult novels offer critical social commentary on Victorian England, especially reconsidering economic questions.

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The dervish warriors had come upon them at an unlucky time, and their insolent, threatening air had roused the quiet British blood in Frank’s veins. The feeling of hatred that had been growing against these people consequent upon the horrors he had seen and heard, and the irritation produced by inactivity and his disappointments, drove away all thought of the risk he might run, and the feeling grew strong that if attacked he must defend himself.

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Fenn, George Manville: Jack at Sea. V1. 3 Oct 2011

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George Manville Fenn (January 3, 1831, Pimlico - August 26, 1909, Isleworth) was a British writer.
He worked as a teacher in Lincolnshire, until he became printer, editor and publisher of various magazines. He had two sons and six daughters with his wife Susanna Leake, whom he had married in 1855.
He was editor and proprietor of Once a Week from 1873 until its demise in 1879 and then was entirely engaged in writing fiction. Most of his work consists of adventure stories for young readers, featuring Explorers, Smugglers, young Adventurers and Seamen. His adult novels offer critical social commentary on Victorian England, especially reconsidering economic questions.

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The plan was good, but not easy of performance, for he could not cut straight down at the reptile’s neck without injuring Jack’s arm, and for a few moments he stood watching and waiting for an opportunity, but none seemed likely to occur, and the serpent still held on by the boy’s wrist, and the front of its long, lithe, undulating body kept on gliding about over the brightly-ironed white duck sleeve, the head playing about the hollow of the elbow-joint, turning under the arm, and returning to the top again and again

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Fenn, George Manville: King o' the Beach. V1. 4 Oct 2011

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George Manville Fenn (January 3, 1831, Pimlico - August 26, 1909, Isleworth) was a British writer.
He worked as a teacher in Lincolnshire, until he became printer, editor and publisher of various magazines. He had two sons and six daughters with his wife Susanna Leake, whom he had married in 1855.
He was editor and proprietor of Once a Week from 1873 until its demise in 1879 and then was entirely engaged in writing fiction. Most of his work consists of adventure stories for young readers, featuring Explorers, Smugglers, young Adventurers and Seamen. His adult novels offer critical social commentary on Victorian England, especially reconsidering economic questions.

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It was on board the great steamer Chusan, outward bound from the port of London for Rockhampton, Moreton Bay, and Sydney, by the north route, with a heavy cargo of assorted goods such as are wanted in the far south Colonies, and some fifty passengers, for the most part returning from a visit to the Old Country.
“Visit” is a very elastic word—it may mean long or short. In Carey Cranford’s case it was expressed by the former, for it had lasted ten years, during which he had been left by his father with one of his uncles in London, so that he might have the full advantage of an English education before joining his parents in their adopted land.

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Fenn, George Manville: King of the Castle. V1. 3 Oct 2011

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George Manville Fenn (January 3, 1831, Pimlico - August 26, 1909, Isleworth) was a British writer.
He worked as a teacher in Lincolnshire, until he became printer, editor and publisher of various magazines. He had two sons and six daughters with his wife Susanna Leake, whom he had married in 1855.
He was editor and proprietor of Once a Week from 1873 until its demise in 1879 and then was entirely engaged in writing fiction. Most of his work consists of adventure stories for young readers, featuring Explorers, Smugglers, young Adventurers and Seamen. His adult novels offer critical social commentary on Victorian England, especially reconsidering economic questions.

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“Yes; coming, coming, coming,” and a quaint, mischievous-looking little body came tripping down the stairs, halting slightly as if from some form of lameness, which her activity partly concealed. But no effort or trick of dress could hide the fact that she was deformed, stunted in proportion, and with her head resting closely between her shoulders, which she had a habit of shrugging impatiently when addressed.

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Fenn, George Manville: Kopje Garrison v1 17 feb 2009

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Military adventure taking place in South Africa:
[QUOTHe stepped back and began to tap the rough stone again to prove his words, every one now noticing that the rock gave out a dull, hollow tone; while, unable to contain himself, the prisoner, as he lay tightly bound upon his back, uttered a low, hissing sound as he drew in a deep breath.

“Here we are,” cried Lennox, more excited than ever. “Sergeant, give some one else that lantern; take a man with you up there by the gun, and bring back a crowbar or two, and one of the engineers’ picks.”

The men went off at once, and while the party awaited their return Lennox went on examining the rough block of granite by which he stood, but looked in vain for any sign of hinge or fastening.

“I hope you are right, Lennox,” said Captain Edwards, who had stepped to his side; and he spoke in a low voice.

“So do I,” was the reply; “but I feel sure that there is, for there must be a hiding-place somewhere. Wait a bit, and we shall capture the prisoner’s mate.”

Lennox involuntarily glanced down at where the carefully bound Boer lay with the light shining full upon his eyes, and he could not repress a start as he saw the malignant flash that seemed to dart from them into his own. It affected him so that he ceased his examination for the moment, waiting impatiently till the distant sound of steps announced the return of the sergeant and the man bearing the implements he had sought.

“Got the crowbar?” cried Lennox eagerly.

“Yes, sir.”

“Then bring it here. Thrust it in under the stone at this natural crevice.”

“Why?” said Captain Roby sharply.—“Here, sergeant, try higher up.”

But before the words were fully uttered the sergeant had driven the chisel-edge of the iron bar into the horizontal crevice about on a level with his knees, with the result that the men cheered so loudly that they drowned the angry curse which escaped the Boer’s lips. For, to the surprise of all, no sooner had the sergeant pressed down the wedged-in bar than it acted as a lever would, lifting one corner of the stone so that it slipped away, the great block turning easily upon a central pivot, and leaving an opening some four feet high and just wide enough for a man to pass through.[/QUOT

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Fenn, George Manville: Lady Maude's Mania. V1. 6 Oct 2011

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George Manville Fenn (January 3, 1831, Pimlico - August 26, 1909, Isleworth) was a British writer.
He worked as a teacher in Lincolnshire, until he became printer, editor and publisher of various magazines. He had two sons and six daughters with his wife Susanna Leake, whom he had married in 1855.
He was editor and proprietor of Once a Week from 1873 until its demise in 1879 and then was entirely engaged in writing fiction. Most of his work consists of adventure stories for young readers, featuring Explorers, Smugglers, young Adventurers and Seamen. His adult novels offer critical social commentary on Victorian England, especially reconsidering economic questions.

Excerpt
“Yes, my boy, yes. She has grown so much stouter and heavier, and I have grown thinner and lighter since—since the happy day twenty-six years ago when I married her, Tom—when I married her. Yes, much stouter since I married her. How well I remember it all. Yes: it was an easterly wind, I recollect, and your poor dear mamma—her ladyship, Tom—had the toothache very badly. It made her face swell out on one side as we went across to Paris, and I had a deal of bother to get the waiter and chamber-maid to understand what a linseed-meal poultice was. Very objectionable thing a linseed-meal poultice; I never did like the smell.”

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Fenn, George Manville: Mad. V1. 8 Oct 2011

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George Manville Fenn (January 3, 1831, Pimlico - August 26, 1909, Isleworth) was a British writer.
He worked as a teacher in Lincolnshire, until he became printer, editor and publisher of various magazines. He had two sons and six daughters with his wife Susanna Leake, whom he had married in 1855.
He was editor and proprietor of Once a Week from 1873 until its demise in 1879 and then was entirely engaged in writing fiction. Most of his work consists of adventure stories for young readers, featuring Explorers, Smugglers, young Adventurers and Seamen. His adult novels offer critical social commentary on Victorian England, especially reconsidering economic questions.

Excerpt
IN ONE of those vast piles of building a short distance down the main line of a great railway, a strange-looking elderly man, and one whose dress bespeaks the clergyman, are passing from ward to ward upon a visit. The man with them, in his quiet livery, raises the brass-chained key he carries to open lock after lock—one key for hundreds—and they pass on by sights of the most sorrowful; for they are amongst those of their fellows in whom the light of reason burns but dimly or is extinct. At last they stand by a window looking upon an extensive yard, where some fifty patients clothed in grey serge walk about for exercise—some hurriedly, some talking, some excited, others calm. And now one visitor lays a trembling hand upon his companion’s arm as, nearing the window, comes a portly, grey, smiling man, rolling solemnly along with imposing gait, wearing a stiff white-paper cravat, with a card snuff-box in his hand and a straw-plait chain meandering over his grey serge vest. Quiet and harmless, he goes about the yard feeling the pulses of his fellow-patients, and nods at them and smiles encouragement.

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Fenn, George Manville: Marcus the Young Centurion. V1. 9 Oct 2011

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George Manville Fenn (January 3, 1831, Pimlico - August 26, 1909, Isleworth) was a British writer.
He worked as a teacher in Lincolnshire, until he became printer, editor and publisher of various magazines. He had two sons and six daughters with his wife Susanna Leake, whom he had married in 1855.
He was editor and proprietor of Once a Week from 1873 until its demise in 1879 and then was entirely engaged in writing fiction. Most of his work consists of adventure stories for young readers, featuring Explorers, Smugglers, young Adventurers and Seamen. His adult novels offer critical social commentary on Victorian England, especially reconsidering economic questions.

Excerpt
A grim smile came upon the handsome young face of Marcus as he watched the destruction going on. His eyes sparkled, his sun-browned cheek grew deeper in its tint, and he looked round again for the something that was not to hand, that something being a good stout stick. Then, clenching his fists more tightly—nature’s own weapons—and without a sound, he suddenly made a dash for two of the boys who were standing with their backs towards him, and with a couple of springs came down upon them like fate, gripping them by the backs of their necks and sending them face downwards amongst the vine leaves and damaged bunches that had been torn from the vine, kneeling upon one and pressing the head of the other down into the soil, regardless of the shrieks and yells which made the two seated above drop down and follow the other two, who had taken to flight, while the noise that was made startled the sleeping swine outside to add their shrill squeals and heavy grunts to the turmoil of the cultivated ground within.

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Fenn, George Manville: Mass' George. V1. 9 Oct 2011

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George Manville Fenn (January 3, 1831, Pimlico - August 26, 1909, Isleworth) was a British writer.
He worked as a teacher in Lincolnshire, until he became printer, editor and publisher of various magazines. He had two sons and six daughters with his wife Susanna Leake, whom he had married in 1855.
He was editor and proprietor of Once a Week from 1873 until its demise in 1879 and then was entirely engaged in writing fiction. Most of his work consists of adventure stories for young readers, featuring Explorers, Smugglers, young Adventurers and Seamen. His adult novels offer critical social commentary on Victorian England, especially reconsidering economic questions.

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INTERESTING? MY life? Well, let me see. I suppose some people would call it so, for now I come to think of it I did go through a good deal; what with the fighting with the Spaniards, and the Indians, and the fire, and the floods, and the wild beasts, and such-like adventures. Yes; it never seemed to occur to me before, you know, me—George Bruton, son of Captain Bruton of the King’s army, who went out with the General to help colonise Georgia, as they called the country after his Majesty King George the Second, and went through perils and dangers such as no one but English gentlemen and their brave followers would dare and overcome.

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Fenn, George Manville: Menhardoc. V1. 10 Oct 2011

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George Manville Fenn (January 3, 1831, Pimlico - August 26, 1909, Isleworth) was a British writer.
He worked as a teacher in Lincolnshire, until he became printer, editor and publisher of various magazines. He had two sons and six daughters with his wife Susanna Leake, whom he had married in 1855.
He was editor and proprietor of Once a Week from 1873 until its demise in 1879 and then was entirely engaged in writing fiction. Most of his work consists of adventure stories for young readers, featuring Explorers, Smugglers, young Adventurers and Seamen. His adult novels offer critical social commentary on Victorian England, especially reconsidering economic questions.

The title of the book, Menhardoc, never once appears in the body-text of the book. But it has a sort of mysterious Cornish sound to it, and that does the trick. Mr. Temple and his two 15 or 16 year old twin sons have come to stay for the summer holidays in a Cornish fishing village. The two boys are very different. Arthur, or Taff, is very foppish and afraid of getting wet, hurt, or in any way inconvenienced... [http://www.archive.org]

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Fenn, George Manville: Middy and Ensign. V1. 10 Oct 2011

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George Manville Fenn (January 3, 1831, Pimlico - August 26, 1909, Isleworth) was a British writer.
He worked as a teacher in Lincolnshire, until he became printer, editor and publisher of various magazines. He had two sons and six daughters with his wife Susanna Leake, whom he had married in 1855.
He was editor and proprietor of Once a Week from 1873 until its demise in 1879 and then was entirely engaged in writing fiction. Most of his work consists of adventure stories for young readers, featuring Explorers, Smugglers, young Adventurers and Seamen. His adult novels offer critical social commentary on Victorian England, especially reconsidering economic questions.

Excerpt
HMS Startler is on patrol up the Parang River in the Malay peninsula. On board are the midshipman, Bob Roberts, and the ensign, Tom Long. Their friendly bickering goes on throughout the book. Various tropical indispositions trouble them, and also of course the insect life in the air and saurian life in the river is of no help. It is hard to know which of the natives are on their side, and which not, and there is a great deal of two-facedness. We are introduced to various fruits. A soldier on their own side is prone to fall asleep when on sentry duty, and the little fort they build to give the womenfolk a little more room than aboard ship, is very nearly captured and destroyed.

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Fenn, George Manville: Midnight Webs. V1. 10 Oct 2011

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George Manville Fenn (January 3, 1831, Pimlico - August 26, 1909, Isleworth) was a British writer.
He worked as a teacher in Lincolnshire, until he became printer, editor and publisher of various magazines. He had two sons and six daughters with his wife Susanna Leake, whom he had married in 1855.
He was editor and proprietor of Once a Week from 1873 until its demise in 1879 and then was entirely engaged in writing fiction. Most of his work consists of adventure stories for young readers, featuring Explorers, Smugglers, young Adventurers and Seamen. His adult novels offer critical social commentary on Victorian England, especially reconsidering economic questions.

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DUB-DUB-dub-dub-dub-dub. Just one soft beat given by the boys in front—the light sharp tap upon their drums, to mark the time for the march—and in heavy order there we were, Her Majesty’s 156th regiment of Light Infantry, making our way over the dusty roads with the hot morning sun beating down upon our heads. We were marching very loosely, though; for the men were tired, and we were longing for the halt to be called, so that we might rest during the heat of the day, and then go on again. Tents, baggage-wagons, women, children, elephants—all were there; and we were getting over the ground at the rate of about twenty miles a day, on our way up to the station, where we were to relieve a regiment going home.

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Fenn, George Manville: Mother Carey's Chicken. V1. 11 Oct 2011

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George Manville Fenn (January 3, 1831, Pimlico - August 26, 1909, Isleworth) was a British writer.
He worked as a teacher in Lincolnshire, until he became printer, editor and publisher of various magazines. He had two sons and six daughters with his wife Susanna Leake, whom he had married in 1855.
He was editor and proprietor of Once a Week from 1873 until its demise in 1879 and then was entirely engaged in writing fiction. Most of his work consists of adventure stories for young readers, featuring Explorers, Smugglers, young Adventurers and Seamen. His adult novels offer critical social commentary on Victorian England, especially reconsidering economic questions.

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As she spoke her eyes ran over the decorations of their handsomely-furnished room in the old-fashioned house in old-fashioned Hackney, where there were traces of the captain’s wanderings in the shape of stuffed birds of gorgeous plumage, shells of iridescent tints, masses of well-bleached corals, spears and carven clubs from New Zealand, feather ornaments from Polynesia, boomerangs and nulla-nullas from Australia, ostrich eggs from the Cape, ivory carvings from China, a hideous suit of black iron armour from Japan, and carpets and rugs from India and Persia to make snug the floor.

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Fenn, George Manville: Nat the Naturalist. V1. 11 Oct 2011

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George Manville Fenn (January 3, 1831, Pimlico - August 26, 1909, Isleworth) was a British writer.
He worked as a teacher in Lincolnshire, until he became printer, editor and publisher of various magazines. He had two sons and six daughters with his wife Susanna Leake, whom he had married in 1855.
He was editor and proprietor of Once a Week from 1873 until its demise in 1879 and then was entirely engaged in writing fiction. Most of his work consists of adventure stories for young readers, featuring Explorers, Smugglers, young Adventurers and Seamen. His adult novels offer critical social commentary on Victorian England, especially reconsidering economic questions.

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“Well, my boy, I think of going from here straight away to Singapore, either with or without a stay at Ceylon. From Singapore I mean to traverse most of the islands along the equator, staying longest at such of them as give me plenty of specimens. Then I shall go on and on to New Guinea, collecting all the time, spending perhaps four or five years out there before I return; that is, if the Malays and Papuans will be kind enough to leave me alone and not throw spears at me.”

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Fenn, George Manville: Nic Revel. V1. 13 Oct 2011

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George Manville Fenn (January 3, 1831, Pimlico - August 26, 1909, Isleworth) was a British writer.
He worked as a teacher in Lincolnshire, until he became printer, editor and publisher of various magazines. He had two sons and six daughters with his wife Susanna Leake, whom he had married in 1855.
He was editor and proprietor of Once a Week from 1873 until its demise in 1879 and then was entirely engaged in writing fiction. Most of his work consists of adventure stories for young readers, featuring Explorers, Smugglers, young Adventurers and Seamen. His adult novels offer critical social commentary on Victorian England, especially reconsidering economic questions.

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“And I was weak enough, to please your poor mother, to let you be schooled for a bookworm, and a man of law and quips and quiddities, always ready to enter into an argument with me, and prove that black’s white and white’s no colour, as they say. Hark ye, sir, if it was not too late I’d get Jack Lawrence to take you to sea with him now. He’ll be looking us up one of these days soon. It’s nearly time he put in at Plymouth again.”

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Fenn, George Manville: Syd Belton v1 20 mar 2009

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The book opens with a domestic scene with the boy Sydney having just finished dinner with his father, a Captain in the navy, and his uncle, an Admiral. They are discussing Syd's career, which the two old gentlemen hope will be as a naval officer. Syd, however has other ideas: he has been on his rounds with the local doctor, and thinks that he might like to be a doctor, too. The time of the story is in the middle of the eighteenth century, but the only real evidence of this is the fact of people wearing cocked hats. Other than that the story might fit a hundred years later, though there is a point late in the story where the French are the enemy.

There is an episode in which Syd runs away from home, in company with the son of his father’s gardener, the latter having been his boatswain in his naval days. On his return he realises that he does really want to be a naval officer, too. His father tries to get him an appointment as a midshipman with a captain he formerly served with, but was rebuffed. He realises that the present First Sea Lord, the title of the Admiral in command of the whole navy, is someone he used to serve with in former days, so they go to see this eminent officer. The outcome is that Syd's father is appointed to command the Sirius, and is invited to take Syd with him as a midshipman.

From here on we have an excellent and well-told narrative, describing Syd's early days in the Navy, and then an episode when he finds himself in command of a naval party holding a rock in the Caribbean.

George Manville Fenn lived from 1831 to 1909, and was a prolific writer of boys' adventure stories. He also wrote serialised books for the various boys' periodicals.

The feature that is common to most of his books is the method of sustained suspense that he employed. He wrote, in explaining this, that he relied upon the human desire to unravel a mystery, to retain his readers' attention. He was able to retain their interest right up to the very last page, by building up mysterious and dire situations one upon the other. You are constantly left asking, "How does he get out of this one?" It is just this aspect that makes transcribing his books to e-texts such fun.

George Manville Fenn, English writer of juvenile stories, was born in London January 3, 1831. He was educated at private schools, then attended Battersea Training College for Teachers from 1851 to 1854. He was Master of a small school in Lincolnshire for a time, then became a printer and published a small magazine of poetry, "Modern Metre," in 1862. Two years later he was part owner of the Hertfordshire and Essex Observer, another unsuccessful venture. He then began writing for various periodicals, such as Chamber's Journal and All the Year Round, and was editor of Cassell's Magazine in 1870, and of Once a Week from 1873 to 1879. He soon began to pour out a flood of books for boys, as well as a few novels, many of which were reprinted in America, and before his death he had published between 175 and 200. He was married in 1855 to Susanna Leake, and by her had two sons and six daughters. He died August 26, 1909.(www.athelstane.co.uk)

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Fenn, George Manville: The Adventures of Don Lavington v1 13 dec 2008

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Lindon, known as Don, is a boy in his late teens who has left school, and who lives with his mother and uncle Josiah, his father being dead, and works as a clerk in the office, the business being sugar and tobacco importation, in Bristol, England, which he does not much like.

One day some money is missing from the office. It's pretty obvious who the thief is, but Uncle Josiah continues to accuse Don. Another worker has a row with his new young wife, and Don and he (Jem) decide to go away for a bit, both feeling rather ill-used. Unfortunately they are taken that night by the press-gang, and after some attempts to get away, they sail away to New Zealand. Here they manage to escape from the ship, though the search for them is keen. They fall in with some Maoris, among whom lives an Englishman, who is actually an escaped convict, but a good chap nonetheless. They assist the Maoris in their own battles against other tribes.

The scene turns to some English settlers. They become friendly with our heroes. A Maori tribe attacks then, having been set up to do so by three villains, who have also escaped from the convict settlement at Norfolk Island. They hold their own, but there is a timely intervention by the police. One of the three villains turn out to have been the man who actually stole the money from Uncle Josiah's office. From this point things begin to turn out for the better, and the two heroes return to England, and all is forgiven.

George Manville Fenn lived from 1831 to 1909, and was a prolific writer of boys' adventure stories. He also wrote serialised books for the various boys' periodicals.

The feature that is common to most of his books is the method of sustained suspense that he employed. He wrote, in explaining this, that he relied upon the human desire to unravel a mystery, to retain his readers' attention. He was able to retain their interest right up to the very last page, by building up mysterious and dire situations one upon the other. You are constantly left asking, "How does he get out of this one?" It is just this aspect that makes transcribing his books to e-texts such fun.

George Manville Fenn, English writer of juvenile stories, was born in London January 3, 1831. He was educated at private schools, then attended Battersea Training College for Teachers from 1851 to 1854. He was Master of a small school in Lincolnshire for a time, then became a printer and published a small magazine of poetry, "Modern Metre," in 1862. Two years later he was part owner of the Hertfordshire and Essex Observer, another unsuccessful venture. He then began writing for various periodicals, such as Chamber's Journal and All the Year Round, and was editor of Cassell's Magazine in 1870, and of Once a Week from 1873 to 1879. He soon began to pour out a flood of books for boys, as well as a few novels, many of which were reprinted in America, and before his death he had published between 175 and 200. He was married in 1855 to Susanna Leake, and by her had two sons and six daughters. He died August 26, 1909.

Heavily illustrated adventure story. Astonishingly good read.

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Fenn, George Manville: The Adventures of Don Lavington. V1. 12 Sep 011

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George Manville Fenn (January 3, 1831, Pimlico - August 26, 1909, Isleworth) was a British writer.
He worked as a teacher in Lincolnshire, until he became printer, editor and publisher of various magazines. He had two sons and six daughters with his wife Susanna Leake, whom he had married in 1855.
He was editor and proprietor of Once a Week from 1873 until its demise in 1879 and then was entirely engaged in writing fiction. Most of his work consists of adventure stories for young readers, featuring Explorers, Smugglers, young Adventurers and Seamen. His adult novels offer critical social commentary on Victorian England, especially reconsidering economic questions.

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IT WAS a busy day at the yard, for a part of the lading of a sugar ship was being stored away in Uncle Josiah’s warehouses; but from the very commencement matters seemed to go wrong, and the state of affairs about ten o’clock was pretty ably expressed by Jem Wimble, who came up to Don as he was busy with pencil and book, keeping account of the deliveries, and said in a loud voice,—
“What did your uncle have for breakfast, Mas’ Don?”

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Fenn, George Manville: The Bag of Diamonds. V1. 6 Dec 2009

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George Manville Fenn (January 3, 1831, Pimlico - August 26, 1909, Isleworth) was a British writer.
He worked as a teacher in Lincolnshire, until he became printer, editor and publisher of various magazines. He had two sons and six daughters with his wife Susanna Leake, whom he had married in 1855.
He was editor and proprietor of Once a Week from 1873 until its demise in 1879 and then was entirely engaged in writing fiction. Most of his work consists of adventure stories for young readers, featuring Explorers, Smugglers, young Adventurers and Seamen. His adult novels offer critical social commentary on Victorian England, especially reconsidering economic questions.

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“Ugh! what a night! And I used to grumble about Hogley Marsh! Why, it’s like living in a drain!”
Ramillies Street, W.C., was certainly not attractive at twelve o’clock on that December night, for it had been snowing in the early part of the evening; that snow was suffering from a fall of blacks: and as evil communications corrupt good manners, the evil communication of the London soot was corrupting the good manners of the heavenly snow, which had become smirched by the town’s embrace, and was sorrowfully weeping itself away in tears beneath a sky—

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Fenn, George Manville: The Black Bar. V1. 6 Dec 2009

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George Manville Fenn (January 3, 1831, Pimlico - August 26, 1909, Isleworth) was a British writer.
He worked as a teacher in Lincolnshire, until he became printer, editor and publisher of various magazines. He had two sons and six daughters with his wife Susanna Leake, whom he had married in 1855.
He was editor and proprietor of Once a Week from 1873 until its demise in 1879 and then was entirely engaged in writing fiction. Most of his work consists of adventure stories for young readers, featuring Explorers, Smugglers, young Adventurers and Seamen. His adult novels offer critical social commentary on Victorian England, especially reconsidering economic questions.

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Two middies talking in the stern-sheets of the cutter belonging to Her Majesty’s fast little cruiser Nautilus, stationed on the west coast of Africa “blackberrying,” so the men called their duty, Tom Fillot, one of their jokers, giving as the reason that the job was “black and berry nasty.” The sun shone as it can shine in the neighbourhood of the equator, and the sea looked like so much glistening oil, as it slowly heaved up and sank with the long ground swell, the light flashing from the surface attacking the eyes with blinding power, bronzing the faces of some, peeling the noses of others.

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Fenn, George Manville: The Black Tor. V1. 7 Dec 2009

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George Manville Fenn (January 3, 1831, Pimlico - August 26, 1909, Isleworth) was a British writer.
He worked as a teacher in Lincolnshire, until he became printer, editor and publisher of various magazines. He had two sons and six daughters with his wife Susanna Leake, whom he had married in 1855.
He was editor and proprietor of Once a Week from 1873 until its demise in 1879 and then was entirely engaged in writing fiction. Most of his work consists of adventure stories for young readers, featuring Explorers, Smugglers, young Adventurers and Seamen. His adult novels offer critical social commentary on Victorian England, especially reconsidering economic questions.

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About as rugged, fierce-looking a gang of men as a lad could set eyes on, as they struggled up the steep cliff road leading to the castle, which frowned at the summit, where the flashing waters of the Gleame swept round three sides of its foot, half hidden by the beeches and birches, which overhung the limpid stream. The late spring was at its brightest and best, but there had been no rain; and as the men who had waded the river lower down, climbed the steep cliff road, they kicked up the white limestone dust, and caked their wet high boots, which, in several instances, had opened holes in which toes could be seen, looking like curious reptiles deep in gnarled and crumpled shells.

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Fenn, George Manville: The Crystal Hunters. V1. 21 Sep 2011

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George Manville Fenn (January 3, 1831, Pimlico - August 26, 1909, Isleworth) was a British writer.
He worked as a teacher in Lincolnshire, until he became printer, editor and publisher of various magazines. He had two sons and six daughters with his wife Susanna Leake, whom he had married in 1855.
He was editor and proprietor of Once a Week from 1873 until its demise in 1879 and then was entirely engaged in writing fiction. Most of his work consists of adventure stories for young readers, featuring Explorers, Smugglers, young Adventurers and Seamen. His adult novels offer critical social commentary on Victorian England, especially reconsidering economic questions.

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They were not kept long in suspense, for there was another hideous cry, which seemed to send all the blood back to the boy’s heart, and then there was a rush made from the dark part of the grotto; a loud, excited ejaculation or two; the sound of a heavy blow delivered with a staff; and in the dim light cast by the lanthorn Saxe saw that both Dale and Melchior were engaged in a desperate struggle.

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Fenn, George Manville: The Dark House. V1. 22 Sep 2011

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George Manville Fenn (January 3, 1831, Pimlico - August 26, 1909, Isleworth) was a British writer.
He worked as a teacher in Lincolnshire, until he became printer, editor and publisher of various magazines. He had two sons and six daughters with his wife Susanna Leake, whom he had married in 1855.
He was editor and proprietor of Once a Week from 1873 until its demise in 1879 and then was entirely engaged in writing fiction. Most of his work consists of adventure stories for young readers, featuring Explorers, Smugglers, young Adventurers and Seamen. His adult novels offer critical social commentary on Victorian England, especially reconsidering economic questions.

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The door had opened, and a tall, thin old Hindoo, with piercing dark eyes and wrinkled brown face, came softly in. He was dressed in a long, dark, red silken cassock, that seemed as if woven in one piece, and fitted his spare form rather closely from neck to heel; a white cloth girdle was tied round his waist, and for sole ornament there were a couple of plain gold rings in his ears.

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Fenn, George Manville: The Dingo Boys. V1. 25 Sep 2011

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George Manville Fenn (January 3, 1831, Pimlico - August 26, 1909, Isleworth) was a British writer.
He worked as a teacher in Lincolnshire, until he became printer, editor and publisher of various magazines. He had two sons and six daughters with his wife Susanna Leake, whom he had married in 1855.
He was editor and proprietor of Once a Week from 1873 until its demise in 1879 and then was entirely engaged in writing fiction. Most of his work consists of adventure stories for young readers, featuring Explorers, Smugglers, young Adventurers and Seamen. His adult novels offer critical social commentary on Victorian England, especially reconsidering economic questions.

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Emigrants’ guide-books said that Port Haven was a busy rising town well inside the Barrier Reef on the east coast of Northern Australia, and offered abundant opportunities for intending settlers.

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Fenn, George Manville: The Golden Magnet. V1. 1 Oct 2011

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George Manville Fenn (January 3, 1831, Pimlico - August 26, 1909, Isleworth) was a British writer.
He worked as a teacher in Lincolnshire, until he became printer, editor and publisher of various magazines. He had two sons and six daughters with his wife Susanna Leake, whom he had married in 1855.
He was editor and proprietor of Once a Week from 1873 until its demise in 1879 and then was entirely engaged in writing fiction. Most of his work consists of adventure stories for young readers, featuring Explorers, Smugglers, young Adventurers and Seamen. His adult novels offer critical social commentary on Victorian England, especially reconsidering economic questions.

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Tom’s sentence was not finished; for, in fact, just as if every word I had uttered had been comprehended, down went the beast’s head, his heels were elevated, and the next moment, to my horror, poor Tom was over the side of the path, and rolling swiftly down to apparent destruction.

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Fenn, George Manville: The Haute Noblesse. V1. 1 Oct 2011

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George Manville Fenn (January 3, 1831, Pimlico - August 26, 1909, Isleworth) was a British writer.
He worked as a teacher in Lincolnshire, until he became printer, editor and publisher of various magazines. He had two sons and six daughters with his wife Susanna Leake, whom he had married in 1855.
He was editor and proprietor of Once a Week from 1873 until its demise in 1879 and then was entirely engaged in writing fiction. Most of his work consists of adventure stories for young readers, featuring Explorers, Smugglers, young Adventurers and Seamen. His adult novels offer critical social commentary on Victorian England, especially reconsidering economic questions.

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The thin, little, sharp-featured, grey-haired man on a rock looked sharply round, saw the “big one coming,” stooped, picked up a large basket, and, fishing-rod in hand, stepped back and climbed up a few feet, just as a heavy swell, which seemed to glide along rapidly over the otherwise calm sea, heaved, flooded the rock, on which he had been standing, ran right up so high as to bathe his feet, then sank back in a series of glittering falls which sparkled in the glorious sunshine; there was a hissing and sighing and sucking noise among the rocks, and the wave passed on along the rugged coast, leaving the sea calm and bright once more.

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Fenn, George Manville: The Khedive's Country. V1. 3 Oct 2011

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George Manville Fenn (January 3, 1831, Pimlico - August 26, 1909, Isleworth) was a British writer.
He worked as a teacher in Lincolnshire, until he became printer, editor and publisher of various magazines. He had two sons and six daughters with his wife Susanna Leake, whom he had married in 1855.
He was editor and proprietor of Once a Week from 1873 until its demise in 1879 and then was entirely engaged in writing fiction. Most of his work consists of adventure stories for young readers, featuring Explorers, Smugglers, young Adventurers and Seamen. His adult novels offer critical social commentary on Victorian England, especially reconsidering economic questions.

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MAN’S OLDEST pursuit was undoubtedly the tilling of the soil. He may in his earliest beginnings have combined therewith a certain amount of hunting while he was waiting for his crops to grow, and was forced into seeking wild fruits and turning up and experimenting on the various forms of root, learning, too, doubtless with plenty of bitter punishment, to distinguish between the good and nutritious and the poisonous and bad.

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Fenn, George Manville: The King's Esquires v1 2 mar 2009

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Or The Jewel of France

This excellent book is, as always with this author, a constant succession of tense moments.

Dated at the beginning of the 1500s, the action starts in the Court of the King of France. He is fretting because at some time in the past, when the English ruled part of France, one of the French Crown Jewels, a beautiful ruby, was taken from France and put among the English Crown Jewels. So Francis, the King, decides on going to England on a visit to the English King, the young Henry the Eighth, finding out where the jewel is, purloining it before leaving, and restoring it to its place among his own Crown Jewels. This all goes pretty well, except that King Henry notices that the jewel is missing, and a chase is made after them.

They are all brought back, but no jewel is to be found. So eventually they return to France, where to the amazement of all it turns out that they were successful in their mission, and they really did manage to bring back the famous ruby.

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Fenn, George Manville: The King's Sons. V1. 4 Oct 2011

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George Manville Fenn (January 3, 1831, Pimlico - August 26, 1909, Isleworth) was a British writer.
He worked as a teacher in Lincolnshire, until he became printer, editor and publisher of various magazines. He had two sons and six daughters with his wife Susanna Leake, whom he had married in 1855.
He was editor and proprietor of Once a Week from 1873 until its demise in 1879 and then was entirely engaged in writing fiction. Most of his work consists of adventure stories for young readers, featuring Explorers, Smugglers, young Adventurers and Seamen. His adult novels offer critical social commentary on Victorian England, especially reconsidering economic questions.

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There were four boys on the steepest slope of that hill-side—four fair-haired, sun-browned, hearty-looking boys—and they wore smock frocks, belted in at the waist, of fine, soft, woollen material, woven out of the fleeces of the sheep; for they were King’s sons, the sons of the King whose flocks were feeding on the hill-side in Berkshire, where he had his Court.

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Fenn, George Manville: The Little Skipper. V1. 7 Oct 2011

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George Manville Fenn (January 3, 1831, Pimlico - August 26, 1909, Isleworth) was a British writer.
He worked as a teacher in Lincolnshire, until he became printer, editor and publisher of various magazines. He had two sons and six daughters with his wife Susanna Leake, whom he had married in 1855.
He was editor and proprietor of Once a Week from 1873 until its demise in 1879 and then was entirely engaged in writing fiction. Most of his work consists of adventure stories for young readers, featuring Explorers, Smugglers, young Adventurers and Seamen. His adult novels offer critical social commentary on Victorian England, especially reconsidering economic questions.

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The Skipper had on his last new suit of white duck, bound with blue, and his straw hat with the dark band bearing in gold letters "H.M.S. Flash"; a white plaited cord was round his waist, and a big pocket-knife dangled at his side. With his hat stuck back so as to show his curly brown hair, his blue and white collar over his shoulders, silk sailor-knot handkerchief, and his browned flushed face, he looked a thorough man-of-war's man.

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Fenn, George Manville: The Lost Middy. V1. 8 Oct 2011

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George Manville Fenn (January 3, 1831, Pimlico - August 26, 1909, Isleworth) was a British writer.
He worked as a teacher in Lincolnshire, until he became printer, editor and publisher of various magazines. He had two sons and six daughters with his wife Susanna Leake, whom he had married in 1855.
He was editor and proprietor of Once a Week from 1873 until its demise in 1879 and then was entirely engaged in writing fiction. Most of his work consists of adventure stories for young readers, featuring Explorers, Smugglers, young Adventurers and Seamen. His adult novels offer critical social commentary on Victorian England, especially reconsidering economic questions.

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For a good quarter of an hour by the big old eight-day clock in the corner did the boy work away, shaking the box till some coin or another was over the slit, and then operating with the knife-blade, trying and trying to get the piece of money up on edge so that it would drop through; and again and again, as the reward of his indefatigable perseverance, nearly succeeding, but never quite. For so sure as he pushed it up or tilted it down, the coin made a dash and glided away, making the drops of perspiration start out on the boy’s forehead, and forcing him into a struggle with his temper which resulted in his gaining the victory again, till that thin old half-crown was coaxed well into sight and forced flat against the knife-blade. The boy then began to manipulate the knife with extreme caution as he kept on making a soft purring noise, ah–h–h–h–ha! full of triumphant satisfaction, while a big curled-up tabby tom-cat, which had taken possession of the fellow chair to that occupied by Aleck, twitched one ear, opened one eye, and then seeing that the purring sound was only a feeble imitation, went off to sleep again.

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Fenn, George Manville: The Man with a Shadow. V1. 9 Oct 2011

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George Manville Fenn (January 3, 1831, Pimlico - August 26, 1909, Isleworth) was a British writer.
He worked as a teacher in Lincolnshire, until he became printer, editor and publisher of various magazines. He had two sons and six daughters with his wife Susanna Leake, whom he had married in 1855.
He was editor and proprietor of Once a Week from 1873 until its demise in 1879 and then was entirely engaged in writing fiction. Most of his work consists of adventure stories for young readers, featuring Explorers, Smugglers, young Adventurers and Seamen. His adult novels offer critical social commentary on Victorian England, especially reconsidering economic questions.

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“Then I’ll tell you, Dally. You are growing too light and free, and your conduct is far from becoming, or what it should be for a maid-servant at the Rectory. If girls are so foolish they must not be surprised at young men—gentlemen—taking such liberties. Now go. And mind this: if it ever occurs again, I shall acquaint my brother.”
“Well, I couldn’t help it, miss. I didn’t ask Mr Tom Candlish to kiss me.”

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Fenn, George Manville: The Master of the Ceremonies. V1. 9 Oct 2011

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George Manville Fenn (January 3, 1831, Pimlico - August 26, 1909, Isleworth) was a British writer.
He worked as a teacher in Lincolnshire, until he became printer, editor and publisher of various magazines. He had two sons and six daughters with his wife Susanna Leake, whom he had married in 1855.
He was editor and proprietor of Once a Week from 1873 until its demise in 1879 and then was entirely engaged in writing fiction. Most of his work consists of adventure stories for young readers, featuring Explorers, Smugglers, young Adventurers and Seamen. His adult novels offer critical social commentary on Victorian England, especially reconsidering economic questions.

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There is no accounting for the pleasure people find in very ordinary ways. Isaac and Eliza found theirs in making the glass so clear that they could smile softly at each other without let or hindrance produced by smear or speck in any single pane. Their hands, too, were kept in contact, saving for cloth and glass, and moved in unison, describing circles and a variety of other figures, going into the corners together, changing from cloth to wash-leather, and moving, as it were, by one set of muscles till the task was concluded with a chaste salute—a kiss through the glass.

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Fenn, George Manville: The Mynns' Mystery. V1. 11 Oct 2011

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George Manville Fenn (January 3, 1831, Pimlico - August 26, 1909, Isleworth) was a British writer.
He worked as a teacher in Lincolnshire, until he became printer, editor and publisher of various magazines. He had two sons and six daughters with his wife Susanna Leake, whom he had married in 1855.
He was editor and proprietor of Once a Week from 1873 until its demise in 1879 and then was entirely engaged in writing fiction. Most of his work consists of adventure stories for young readers, featuring Explorers, Smugglers, young Adventurers and Seamen. His adult novels offer critical social commentary on Victorian England, especially reconsidering economic questions.

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“I hate you, sir, with all my heart, and you force me to say it. This is a cruel outrage. What have I done that you should dare to treat me so? Is there no one to help me? Bruno! Bruno!”
There was a short yelp, a sound as of a dog leaping to the floor, the rattle of nails in the hall, and a plump up against the door, accompanied by an impatient bark.
Saul Harrington, a good-looking man of five-and-thirty, started, and involuntarily loosed his hold of his captive, just as there was a sharp peal of a bell, and the slight, dark-eyed, trembling girl he had held in his arms slipped away, darted to the door of the sombre-looking dining-room, threw it open, and ran out, just as a great black Gordon-setter bounded in, set up the frill of hair about his neck, and uttered a low fierce growl, as he stood glaring at the occupant of the room.

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Fenn, George Manville: The New Forest Spy. V1. 12 Oct 2011

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George Manville Fenn (January 3, 1831, Pimlico - August 26, 1909, Isleworth) was a British writer.
He worked as a teacher in Lincolnshire, until he became printer, editor and publisher of various magazines. He had two sons and six daughters with his wife Susanna Leake, whom he had married in 1855.
He was editor and proprietor of Once a Week from 1873 until its demise in 1879 and then was entirely engaged in writing fiction. Most of his work consists of adventure stories for young readers, featuring Explorers, Smugglers, young Adventurers and Seamen. His adult novels offer critical social commentary on Victorian England, especially reconsidering economic questions.

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The lad who uttered those words dropped a short, stiff fishing-rod in amongst the bracken and furze, and made a dash in the direction of a sharp rustling sound to his right, ran as hard as he could, full-pelt, for about five-and-twenty yards, and then, catching his toe in a tough stem of heather, went headlong down into a tuft of closely-cropped furze—the delicate finer kind—which had been nibbled off year after year till it had assumed the form of a great green-and-gold cushion, beautiful to look at, but too pointed in its attentions to make a pleasant resting-place.

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Fenn, George Manville: The New Mistress. V1. 12 Oct 2011

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George Manville Fenn (January 3, 1831, Pimlico - August 26, 1909, Isleworth) was a British writer.
He worked as a teacher in Lincolnshire, until he became printer, editor and publisher of various magazines. He had two sons and six daughters with his wife Susanna Leake, whom he had married in 1855.
He was editor and proprietor of Once a Week from 1873 until its demise in 1879 and then was entirely engaged in writing fiction. Most of his work consists of adventure stories for young readers, featuring Explorers, Smugglers, young Adventurers and Seamen. His adult novels offer critical social commentary on Victorian England, especially reconsidering economic questions.

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“But, dear, I am only a schoolmistress now—a national schoolmistress, and it would sound full of foolish assumption if I called you mamma. And are you not my dear, dear mother! There, there, good-bye, dear,” cried the speaker, kissing her affectionately; “and mind the dinner is done, for I shall be,—oh, so hungry.”

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Fenn, George Manville: The Ocean Cat's Paw v1 17 jan 2009

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Here we have a full-length book by an excellent author at the very top of his powers. The time is set at the end of the Napoleonic War, and continues into the ensuing peace.

The young hero is first found fishing in a Dartmoor stream, when he is interrupted by the arrival of a young Frenchman, who, it turns out, has just escaped from Dartmoor, where the prisoners-of-war were being kept. Rodd helps him to hide from pursuit.

Rodd is living with his uncle, who is a doctor, but who also is a researcher in Natural History. He receives a Government grant to buy a ship and travel about in it collecting specimens. On the first trip the weather turns nasty and they have to take shelter in a French port.

Later in the voyage they meet up with a strange brig, which they realise they had seen while in France. But she is in difficulty, having been holed below the waterline in an engagement. At this point they discover that her officers include the boy we met in Chapter One, and his father, the Count. The hole is repaired by the skill of the British seamen.

There’s lots more to the story, and we won’t spoil it for you, but we do full-heartedly recommend it to you!

Get it for an enjoyable read. Features some illustrations.

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Fenn, George Manville: To the West v1 23 dec 2008

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George Manville Fenn lived from 1831 to 1909, and was a prolific writer of boys’ adventure stories. He also wrote serialised books for the various boys’ periodicals.

The feature that is common to most of his books is the method of sustained suspense that he employed. He wrote, in explaining this, that he relied upon the human desire to unravel a mystery, to retain his readers’ attention. He was able to retain their interest right up to the very last page, by building up mysterious and dire situations one upon the other. You are constantly left asking, “How does he get out of this one?” It is just this aspect that makes transcribing his books to e-texts such fun.

George Manville Fenn, English writer of juvenile stories, was born in London January 3, 1831. He was educated at private schools, then attended Battersea Training College for Teachers from 1851 to 1854. He was Master of a small school in Lincolnshire for a time, then became a printer and published a small magazine of poetry, “Modern Metre,” in 1862. Two years later he was part owner of the Hertfordshire and Essex Observer, another unsuccessful venture. He then began writing for various periodicals, such as Chamber’s Journal and All the Year Round, and was editor of Cassell’s Magazine in 1870, and of Once a Week from 1873 to 1879. He soon began to pour out a flood of books for boys, as well as a few novels, many of which were reprinted in America, and before his death he had published between 175 and 200. He was married in 1855 to Susanna Leake, and by her had two sons and six daughters. He died August 26, 1909.

This is a fairly long book for this author.

It starts with two young men working as clerks in the offices of a tyrannical auctioneer. Fed up with his unpleasant behaviour they give up their jobs and determine to set out for British Columbia.
To get there they must take passage in a ship going round the Horn, and up to San Francisco.
Then they have to make their way further up the coast to their destination. On the way they encounter various characters, some good and honourable, and others very much the reverse. Finally they arrive and set to work seeking for gold.
Of course there are more adventures and tense situations, as you would expect from this author. Fenn is very good at describing places, even ones to which he has never been.

I love George Manville Fenn. If you like adventures, you can't go far wrong with him! This comes from Athelstane via PG. Lots and lots more where this comes from.

Have fun! (4 illustrations)

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Fenn, George Manville: Trapped by Malays v1 28 dec 2008

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George Manville Fenn, English writer of juvenile stories, was born in London January 3, 1831. He was educated at private schools, then attended Battersea Training College for Teachers from 1851 to 1854. He was Master of a small school in Lincolnshire for a time, then became a printer and published a small magazine of poetry, “Modern Metre,” in 1862. Two years later he was part owner of the Hertfordshire and Essex Observer, another unsuccessful venture. He then began writing for various periodicals, such as Chamber’s Journal and All the Year Round, and was editor of Cassell’s Magazine in 1870, and of Once a Week from 1873 to 1879. He soon began to pour out a flood of books for boys, as well as a few novels, many of which were reprinted in America, and before his death he had published between 175 and 200. He was married in 1855 to Susanna Leake, and by her had two sons and six daughters. He died August 26, 1909.

This is good lively yarn by the master of suspense. There is continuous action throughout the book, and you are kept on your toes wondering how we are going to get through the latest apparent disaster. Sometimes just a little reminiscent of The Middy and the Ensign, set in a similar location, with similar personnel, but different enough to escape too much criticism.

Info taken from Athelstane. Source Athelstane via PG.

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Fernie, W T: Herbal Simples, v.1, 22 Nov 2007.

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Herbal Simples:Approved for Modern Uses of Cure
By W. T. Fernie, M.D. Author of “Botanical Outlines,” etc.
Second Edition. Philadelphia: Boericke & Tafel. 1897.

A book of herbal lore and herbal remedies.

The author has a strange habit of translating old proverbs into Latin verse. The entry on ‘Dandelion’ also discusses the medicinal use of eggs and quotes ‘Humpty Dumpty’ in Latin.

If you are planning to try the remedies then it would be prudent to take professional advice on their safety and side-effects, unless you know what you are doing.
Depending on where you live, it may be illegal to make up the poppy-based preparations.

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Ferry, Gabriel: Der Waldläufer (german) v1 14 dec 2008

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Heute mal kein Karl May, weil ich eher suboptimal drauf bin. Dafür aber ein anderer Knaller von Gutenberg Deutschland: Gabriel Ferrys Waldläufer:

Gabriel Ferry, mit seinem wirklichen Namen Ferry de Bellamare, wurde im November 1809 in Grenoble geboren. Leider fehlen uns Nachrichten über seine Jugend und seinen Bildungsgang, und wir wissen nur, daß er den größten Teil seines Lebens auf Reisen in Amerika verbrachte. So kam er denn auch beim Brand des Schiffes »Amazone«, das sich auf der Fahrt nach Kalifornien befand, ums Leben. Das Schiff verbrannte am 5. Januar 1852, und Ferry befand sich unter denen, die sich nicht retten konnten.

Ferrys Schriften, die sich durch treffliche Naturmalerei und feine Charakteristik auszeichnen, erschienen in der »Revue des deux Mondes«; sie machen durchwegs den Eindruck des Selbstgesehenen, Selbsterlebten und legen nicht nur beredtes Zeugnis ab für seine dichterische Begabung, sondern auch für hochentwickelten malerischen Sinn. Wir verweisen hierbei nur auf seine Schilderung des »Val d'Or« im vorliegenden »Waldläufer«. »Le coureur des bois – Der Waldläufer« ist eines seiner geschätztesten Werke – vielleicht sein bestes; die Übersetzung von Dr. G. Füllner, ist vor allen Dingen nicht nur nicht gekürzt, also eine vollständige Wiedergabe des Originals, sondern auch, was treue Anlehnung an letzteres betrifft und auch sprachlich eine der besten.

Leider fehlen zwei Seiten des Originals, was sich meiner Meinung nach allerdings leicht verschmerzen lässt.

Ravenne hat das Originalcover fantastisch angepasst.

Ich habe. wie üblich, nur die Teile zusammengesetzt und bisschen am Erscheinungsbild gefeilt.

Have fun!

PS: Persönlich finde ich den Waldläufer besser gemacht als das Meiste von May.

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Feuerbach, Ludwig: The Essence of Christianity. V1. 3 Mar 2011

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["Feuerbach is the only one who has a serious, critical attitude to the Hegelian dialectic and who has made genuine discoveries in this field. He is in fact the true conqueror of the old philosophy"[/ - Karl Marx

The Essence of Christianity (German: Das Wesen des Christentums) is a book written by Ludwig Feuerbach and first published in 1841. It explains Feuerbach's philosophy and critique of religion. Feuerbach's theory of alienation would later be used by Karl Marx.

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Field, Eugene.: The Holy Cross and Other Stories. v1, 12 Jan 2008

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From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia:

Eugene Field (September 2, 1850 - November 4, 1895) was an American writer, best known for his children's poetry and humorous essays.

Field was born in St. Louis, Missouri. After the death of his mother he was raised by a cousin in Amherst, Massachusetts.

Field attended Williams College in Massachusetts. His father, Roswell Field, died when he was nineteen and he dropped out after eight months. Next he went to Knox College in Galesburg, Illinois but dropped out after a year. Then he went to the University of Missouri, where his brother was also attending. He tried acting and studied law with little success. He then set off for a trip through Europe but returned to the United States six months later, penniless. Field then set to work as a journalist for the Gazette in Saint Joseph, Missouri in 1875. The same year he married Julia Comstock, with whom he had eight children. For the rest of his life he arranged for all the money he earned to be sent to his wife, saying that he had no head for money himself.

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Fielding, Henry: Joseph Andrews, v1, 01 May 2011

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From Wikipedia:
Joseph Andrews, or The History of the Adventures of Joseph Andrews and of his Friend Mr. Abraham Adams, was the first published full-length novel of the English author and magistrate Henry Fielding, and indeed among the first novels in the English language. Published in 1742 and defined by Fielding as a ‘comic epic poem in prose’, it is the story of a good-natured footman's adventures on the road home from London with his friend and mentor, the absent-minded parson Abraham Adams. In deference to the literary tastes and recurring tropes of the period, it relies on bawdy humour, an impending marriage and a mystery surrounding unknown parentage, but conversely is rich in philosophical digressions, classical erudition and social purpose.

Jim

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Fielding, Henry: The History of Tom Jones, v1, 09Jan08

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Tom Jones is a foundling discovered on the property of a very kind, wealthy landowner, Squire Allworthy, in Somerset in England's West Country. Tom grows into a vigorous and lusty, yet honest and kind-hearted, youth. He develops affection for his neighbour's daughter, Sophia Western. On one hand, their love reflects the romantic comedy genre popular in 18th-century Britain. However, Tom's status as a bastard causes Sophia's father and Allworthy to oppose their love; this criticism of class friction in society acted as a biting social commentary. The inclusion of prostitution and sexual promiscuity in the plot was also original for its time, and also acted as the foundation for criticism of the book's "lowness.

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Fielding, Henry: Tom Jones, german V1, 17.01.10

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Henry Fielding (* 22. April 1707 in Sharpham Park bei Glastonbury, Somerset; † 8. Oktober 1754 in Lissabon) war ein berühmter englischer Romanautor, Satiriker, Dramatiker, Journalist und Jurist.
Henry Fielding stammte aus der Familie der Earls of Denbigh. William Fielding, 1. Earl of Denbigh war sein direkter Vorfahre. Henrys Vater war Colonel Edmund Fielding, der mit Auszeichnung unter Marlborough gekämpft hatte. Seine Mutter, Sarah Gould, war eine Tochter des Juristen Sir Henry Gould, von dem sie ein Gut in East Stour, Dorset, geerbt hatte. Dorthin zog die Familie, als Henry drei Jahre alt war. Fieldings Mutter starb vor seinem elften Geburtstag, und sein Vater heiratete erneut.

Henry Fielding besuchte das Eton College und studierte Jura in London und an der Universität Leiden. Von 1729 bis 1737 war er in London als Dramatiker und Theaterdirektor tätig. Von seinen 25 geschriebenen Dramen war die Farce The Life and Death of Tom Thumb The Great (1730) seinerzeit sehr erfolgreich. Daneben erschienen die Satiren Pasquin (1736) und The Historical Register for 1736 (1737).

Als Romanautor trat Fielding zuerst 1741 mit Shamela, einer Parodie auf Samuel Richardsons „Pamela“, in Erscheinung. Fielding begründete mit The History of the Adventures of Joseph Andrews and of His Friend Mr. Abraham Adams (1742, deutsch 1765), den humorvoll-realistischen Roman: Sein Programm, Komik und Realismus zu verbinden und mit diesen Mitteln ein erzählerisches Bild der Gesellschaft zu zeichnen, war literaturgeschichtlich von größter Bedeutung. Die Gattung des Romans erhielt dadurch einen ganz neuen, entscheidenden Impuls.

Fieldings Miscellanies (3 Bände, 1743) enthalten The History of the Life of the Late Mr. Jonathan Wild the Great, einen satirischen Roman über das Heldentum. Fielding benutzte dabei den Verbrecher Jonathan Wild, um den Whig-Politiker und britischen Premierminister Robert Walpole zu karikieren. Sein berühmtester Roman, The History of Tom Jones, a Foundling (6 Bände, 1749, deutsch 1771) schildert die Abenteuer und Missgeschicke des schelmischen Helden Tom Jones und entfaltet ein reiches Bild englischen Lebens und englischer Sitten. In Amelia (1751) bezog Fielding soziale Fragestellungen, vor allem die Kritik am englischen Gerichts- und Strafsystem, in den Roman mit ein.

Zeitweise war Fielding auch journalistisch tätig, wovon die Zeitschriften The True Patriot (1745), The Jacobite's Journal (1747) und The Covent Garden Journal (1752) zeugen. Seit 1748 war er Friedensrichter, zunächst in Manchester und ab 1749 in Middlesex. In dieser Funktion kämpfte er gegen die sozialen Mißstände in England und versuchte, die zunehmende Kriminalität in London mit Hilfe von Reformen im Rechts- und Polizeiwesen einzudämmen. So erschienen unter anderem die Schriften An Enquiry into the Causes of the Late Increase of Robbers, etc. (1751) und Proposal for Making Effective Provision for the Poor (1753). Nach seinem Tod führte sein Halbbruder John die Reformen weiter.

Fielding starb am 8. Oktober 1754 in Lissabon an einem Leberversagen. Postum veröffentlicht wurde sein Journal of a Voyage to Lisbon (1755).
(Wikipedia)

"Tom Jones"
Wie der Titel verrät, ist Tom Jones ein Findelkind. Er wird eines Abends im Bett eines wohlhabenden Gentleman gefunden. Der gutherzige Mr. Allworthy und seine Schwester Bridget nehmen sich des Knaben an. Ein Hausmädchen, Jenny Jones, gesteht, dass sie die Mutter ist, und so bekommt der Junge den Namen Tom Jones. Als Bridget einen Captain Brifil heiratet, nehmen sie Tom bei sich auf. Tom ist eine Frohnatur und ein Wildfang, der sich nicht an die Regeln hält.

Durch seine Offenheit und seinen Leichtsinn bringt er sich und andere in manche schlimme Lage, aber seine Gutmütigkeit gewinnt ihm stets wieder Freunde.
So kommt er ungeschoren davon, als er eine Ente raubt, einen Obstbaum plündert und seinem Adoptivvater Geld aus dem Portemonnaie stielt. Tom verliebt sich in Sophie, die Tochter des plumpen, aber sportsmännischen Nachbarn Western und verdreht ihr den Kopf. Western, der Landjunker, dem Jagd und ein gutes Mittagessen über alles gehen, ist vortrefflich geschildert, und dasselbe gilt von den beiden Lehrern Toms, dem Freidenker Herrn Quadrat und dem heuchlerischen Theologen Herz.

Als junger Mann verlässt der Held seine Heimat und begiebt sich auf Wanderschaft. Hier erlebt er manche pikante Abenteuer, welche an die Abenteuerromane des 17. Jahrhunderts erinnern. Durch die psychologische Motivierung der Handlung, die treffliche Charakterisierung der auftretenden Personen, durch die Fülle der Gestalten, vor allem aber durch den köstlichern Humor übertrifft Fielding jedoch seine Vorgänger weit und wird dadurch der Gründer einer neuen Schule, zu der wir selbst Dickens rechnen können, wenn dieser auch durch sein Genie wiederum eine neue Richtung angebahnt hat. Am Ende kehrt Tom zu seiner Sophie zurück. Diese hatte mit ihm wegen seiner vielen galanten Abenteuer gezürnt, verzeiht ihm aber schließlich, als er Besserung gelobt.

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Fielding, Henry: Tom Jones. v1, 2 May 2008

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[Tom Jones[/ (full title [The History of Tom Jones, a Foundling[/), written by Henry Fielding and originally published in 1749, is a ground-breaking English novel. Henry Fielding and Samuel Richardson were the two great English novelists of the mid 18th century, and it's interesting to compare "Tom Jones" with Richardson's "Pamela". The two are strikingly different, with Richardson (a self-educated man of relatively humble origins) telling a straightforward tale, while the highly-educated Fielding's work is full of classical allusions and much more "sweeping" in its scope.

[Tom Jones[/ is born as a foundling on the wealthy Squire Allworthy's estate in Somerset. The novel tells his life and adventures, and the ultimate discovery of who he really is.

A truly epic work which everyone should read; one of the "great" English novels.

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Fillmore, Millard: State of the Union. v1.1 11 October 2007

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13th President of the USA. 1850-1853

more info:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_us_presidents

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Finati, Giovanni: The Life and Adventures of Giovanni Finati. v1. 29 Dec 2013

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In 1815, British explorer, Egyptologist and adventurer William John Bankes (1786-1855) hired Giovanni Finati (1786-1829?), a former Ottoman soldier from Italy, as an interpreter for a trip to the Upper Nile. Finati would often entertain him with anecdotes about his adventurous life, which he liked so much that he convinced him to have his his memoires published. He invited Finati to London and arranged for his memoirs to be transcribed in Italian. Bankes translated them into English and published them in 1830 under the title:

"Narrative of the life and adventures of Giovanni Finati, native of Ferrara who, under the assumed name of Mahomet, made the campaigns against the Wahabees for the recovery of Mecca and Medina and since acted as interpreter to European travellers in some parts least visited of Asia and Africa."

Bankes published Finati's memoirs in two volumes: the first volume, which is included in this ebook, contains Finati's autobiography up to 1815, and the second volume mostly describes Bankes's adventures with Finati, which, IMHO, are less interesting, since they follow the pattern of countless other similar contemporary travel narratives.
BTW, Bankes not only translated the text, but also fact-checked historical events described by Finati and added many footnotes, most of them in French, since his primary source was a French history book about Egypt by Félix Mengin.

The bulk of Finati's memoirs are descriptions of the daily life of Ottoman soldiers and the military campaigns that he took part in, but he also provides a detailed description of Mecca during the time of the annual pilgrimage.

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Finn, Robert: Underlife. v1, 16. March 2008

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Mystery thriller novella released under a Creative Commons Licence.
Reformatted the text, added the cover – I didn't add a table of contents as this is a short work with no chapters.

Description from Amazon.co.uk:
Being a thief makes it difficult to meet the right girl. And when you do, something always gets in the way. Like finding yourself trapped underground, caught in a shoot-out, with the police after you and only a supernatural killer to protect you. And if you somehow survive all that, you've still got to persuade her to part with her phone number. "Underlife" is a fast, short, sweet, tense runaway train of a thriller.

If someone wants to make a different version of this work (lrf, imp ...), feel free to use this Mobi file as a base or the HTML I used (just send me a pm for the latter).

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Firbank, Ronald: Caprice, v1, 1 February 2010.

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Ronald Firbank [1886–1926]
Caprice [1917]

A short but decadent novel, in which a clergyman’s daughter escapes to London, determined to become an actress. Will she fall victim to the procuresses and deviants of the metropolis?
Contains the N-word as a way of referring to black musicians, though not in a pejorative way.
Made from scans found at HathiTrust.

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Firbank, Ronald: Odette: A Fairy Tale for Weary People, v.1, 14 April 2008.

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From Odette, A Fairy Tale for Weary People by Ronald Firbank (1886-1926).
Grant Richards Limited, London; 1916.
With four illustrations by Albert Buhrer.

No fairies actually appear in this little story, which may remind you of some of Oscar Wilde’s tales.

Unfortunately there is very little of Firbank’s work available online.

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Firbank, Ronald: Sorrow in Sunlight, v.1, 14 April 2008.

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A short novel (1925).
‘Sorrow in Sunlight’ was Firbank’s preferred title. In the USA it was released as ‘Prancing Nigger’.
Set in a fictional West Indian republic (a mixture of Cuba and Haiti) this is the story of a socially ambitious family. Firbank has the ability to make snobbery an art form.

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Firbank, Ronald: The Flower beneath the Foot, v.1 16 April 2008.

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Ronald Firbank: The Flower Beneath the Foot: Being a Record of the Early Life of St. Laura De Nazianzi and the Times in Which She Lived.
(1923)

A good-humoured blend of decadence, eroticism and satire. This study of snobbery in a minor royal court serves to illustrate the absurdity of most [all human behaviour.

It also contains some memorable dialogue, e.g.:

“Ah my dear, I never could resist a [mon[/!” Mrs Bedley exclaimed.
Mrs Montgomery sighed.
“Once,” she murmured meditatively, “men (those procurers of delights) engaged me utterly. ... I was their [slave[/. . . .
Now. . . . One does not burn one’s fingers twice, Mrs Bedley.”

I found the text in the Internet Archive. It was full of OCR errors. I hope that I have corrected them but, if you spot one, please tell me so that I can revise it.

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Firdausi: The Shahnameh. V2. 15 Jan 2012

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The Sháh Námeh of the Persian Poet Firdausi
Translated and Abridged in Prose and Verse by James Atkinson 1886

[QUOTThe Shahnameh or Shah-nama (Persian: شاهنامه šāhnāmeh "The Book of Kings") is an enormous poetic opus written by the Persian poet Ferdowsi (Firdausi) around 1000 AD and is the national epic of the cultural sphere of Greater Persia. Consisting of some 60,000 verses, the Shahnameh tells the mythical and historical past of (Greater) Iran from the creation of the world until the Islamic conquest of Persia in the 7th century.

The work is of central importance in Persian culture, regarded as a literary masterpiece, and definitive of ethno-national cultural identity of Iran. It is also important to the contemporary adherents of Zoroastrianism, in that it traces the historical links between the beginnings of the religion with the death of the last Zoroastrian ruler of Persia during the Muslim conquest.[/QUOT

Poetry mixed in with standard text can present a problem with ebooks and this was no exception. I've tried to stay as true as possible to the original Atkinson abridgment, so this is never going to look good on a tiny cell-phone screen (small fonts, small margins is the key to success here). Atkinson's footnotes are included (as linked endnotes). And his entire translation of the Story of Sohráb is included at the end of the book (complete with footnotes converted to linked endnotes) as well.

Makes use of Amazon's new KF8 features—but will still work for devices that support plain old mobi—it just won't look as pretty. ;)

Hopefully someone besides myself enjoys this sort of thing! ;)

Source material included:

The edition from the University of Toronto
Wikisource
Google books

EDIT: Jan 2012: Uploaded version 2. KF8 enhanced!

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Fischer, Caroline Auguste: Gustavs Verirrungen, german, V1, 10.01.2010

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Caroline Auguste Fischer, geb. Venturini, (* 9. August 1764 in Braunschweig; † 26. Mai 1842 in Frankfurt am Main) war eine deutsche Schriftstellerin und Frauenrechtlerin.
Caroline Auguste Venturinis Familie war väterlicherseits wahrscheinlich italienischer Herkunft. Vater Karl Venturini (1735–1801), war Kammermusiker am herzoglichen Hofe in Braunschweig, ihr Bruder Karl Heinrich Georg Venturini war ein bekannter Theologe und Schriftsteller des frühen 19. Jahrhunderts.

In erster Ehe war sie ab 1793 mit dem Dänen Christoph Johann Rudolph Christiani (1761–1841) verheiratet, mit dem sie einen Sohn hatte. Christiani war Hofpfarrer in Kopenhagen und leitete dort eine Knabenschule, an der ihr Bruder Karl einige Jahre unterrichtete.

Im Jahre 1801 wurde sie von Christiani schuldig geschieden und musste deshalb ihren Sohn bei seinem Vater lassen. Caroline Auguste Christiani, auch Caroline Auguste Ferdinande Christiani genannt, ging daraufhin nach Dresden. Im selben Jahr begann sie zu schreiben. Zu dieser Zeit lebte sie bereits mit dem Schriftsteller Christian August Fischer (1771–1829) zusammen, mit dem sie ebenfalls – noch unverheiratet – einen Sohn hatte. Die zweite Ehe, geschlossen 1808, wurde bereits nach nur sieben Monaten Dauer 1809 ebenfalls geschieden.

Aufgrund finanzieller Schwierigkeiten, arbeitete Caroline Auguste Fischer u. a. als Schriftstellerin, angeblich auch als Leiterin eines Erziehungsheims in Heidelberg und als Leihbuchhändlerin in Frankfurt am Main, wo sie 1842 vollkommen verarmt verstorben ist.

In ihrem, wohl auch autobiographisch beeinflussten, Werk stellt sie das Spannungsverhältnis zwischen den Geschlechtern dar, wobei sie traditionellen weiblichen Rollenbildern neue, alternative Lebensentwürfe gegenüberstellt, die zumeist der Idealvorstellung der Frau im frühen 19. Jahrhundert vollkommen entgegenstehen.
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Fischer, Caroline Auguste: Margarethe, german, V1, 10.01.2010

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Caroline Auguste Fischer, geb. Venturini, (* 9. August 1764 in Braunschweig; † 26. Mai 1842 in Frankfurt am Main) war eine deutsche Schriftstellerin und Frauenrechtlerin.
Caroline Auguste Venturinis Familie war väterlicherseits wahrscheinlich italienischer Herkunft. Vater Karl Venturini (1735–1801), war Kammermusiker am herzoglichen Hofe in Braunschweig, ihr Bruder Karl Heinrich Georg Venturini war ein bekannter Theologe und Schriftsteller des frühen 19. Jahrhunderts.

In erster Ehe war sie ab 1793 mit dem Dänen Christoph Johann Rudolph Christiani (1761–1841) verheiratet, mit dem sie einen Sohn hatte. Christiani war Hofpfarrer in Kopenhagen und leitete dort eine Knabenschule, an der ihr Bruder Karl einige Jahre unterrichtete.

Im Jahre 1801 wurde sie von Christiani schuldig geschieden und musste deshalb ihren Sohn bei seinem Vater lassen. Caroline Auguste Christiani, auch Caroline Auguste Ferdinande Christiani genannt, ging daraufhin nach Dresden. Im selben Jahr begann sie zu schreiben. Zu dieser Zeit lebte sie bereits mit dem Schriftsteller Christian August Fischer (1771–1829) zusammen, mit dem sie ebenfalls – noch unverheiratet – einen Sohn hatte. Die zweite Ehe, geschlossen 1808, wurde bereits nach nur sieben Monaten Dauer 1809 ebenfalls geschieden.

Aufgrund finanzieller Schwierigkeiten, arbeitete Caroline Auguste Fischer u. a. als Schriftstellerin, angeblich auch als Leiterin eines Erziehungsheims in Heidelberg und als Leihbuchhändlerin in Frankfurt am Main, wo sie 1842 vollkommen verarmt verstorben ist.

In ihrem, wohl auch autobiographisch beeinflussten, Werk stellt sie das Spannungsverhältnis zwischen den Geschlechtern dar, wobei sie traditionellen weiblichen Rollenbildern neue, alternative Lebensentwürfe gegenüberstellt, die zumeist der Idealvorstellung der Frau im frühen 19. Jahrhundert vollkommen entgegenstehen.
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Fischer, Caroline Auguste: Vierzehn Tage in Paris, german, V1, 10.01.2010

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Caroline Auguste Fischer, geb. Venturini, (* 9. August 1764 in Braunschweig; † 26. Mai 1842 in Frankfurt am Main) war eine deutsche Schriftstellerin und Frauenrechtlerin.
Caroline Auguste Venturinis Familie war väterlicherseits wahrscheinlich italienischer Herkunft. Vater Karl Venturini (1735–1801), war Kammermusiker am herzoglichen Hofe in Braunschweig, ihr Bruder Karl Heinrich Georg Venturini war ein bekannter Theologe und Schriftsteller des frühen 19. Jahrhunderts.

In erster Ehe war sie ab 1793 mit dem Dänen Christoph Johann Rudolph Christiani (1761–1841) verheiratet, mit dem sie einen Sohn hatte. Christiani war Hofpfarrer in Kopenhagen und leitete dort eine Knabenschule, an der ihr Bruder Karl einige Jahre unterrichtete.

Im Jahre 1801 wurde sie von Christiani schuldig geschieden und musste deshalb ihren Sohn bei seinem Vater lassen. Caroline Auguste Christiani, auch Caroline Auguste Ferdinande Christiani genannt, ging daraufhin nach Dresden. Im selben Jahr begann sie zu schreiben. Zu dieser Zeit lebte sie bereits mit dem Schriftsteller Christian August Fischer (1771–1829) zusammen, mit dem sie ebenfalls – noch unverheiratet – einen Sohn hatte. Die zweite Ehe, geschlossen 1808, wurde bereits nach nur sieben Monaten Dauer 1809 ebenfalls geschieden.

Aufgrund finanzieller Schwierigkeiten, arbeitete Caroline Auguste Fischer u. a. als Schriftstellerin, angeblich auch als Leiterin eines Erziehungsheims in Heidelberg und als Leihbuchhändlerin in Frankfurt am Main, wo sie 1842 vollkommen verarmt verstorben ist.

In ihrem, wohl auch autobiographisch beeinflussten, Werk stellt sie das Spannungsverhältnis zwischen den Geschlechtern dar, wobei sie traditionellen weiblichen Rollenbildern neue, alternative Lebensentwürfe gegenüberstellt, die zumeist der Idealvorstellung der Frau im frühen 19. Jahrhundert vollkommen entgegenstehen.
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Fitz-Gerald, S.J. A.: The Zankiwank & the Bletherwitch (ill-Rackham). v1. 12 Jun 2017

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The Zankiwank and the Bletherwitch, An Original Fantastic Fairy Extravaganza
By S. J. Adair Fitz-Gerald (1859–1925)
Illustrated by Arthur Rackham (1867–1939)

First published in 1896.
Text is in the public domain in countries where copyright is “Life+90” or less, and in the USA. Illustrations are in the public domain in countries where copyright is “Life+70” or less, and in the USA.

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This children’s book is delightful nonsense in prose and verse, filled with fantastical creatures, absurd situations, amusing word-play, and no moral whatsoever. (Its main fault, if fault it be, may be that some of Fitz-Gerald’s verse is rather too sweetly sentimental to suit the humorous tone of the book.)

The text is charmingly illustrated with 40 line drawings by Arthur Rackham, showing the first hints of the fantastical style for which he was to become known. This was Rackham’s first commission to illustrate an entire book.

Meet a few of the characters:
It was the Zankiwank, who was doing some conjuring tricks for the benefit of the Jackarandajam and Mr Swinglebinks, to whom Willie referred. The Zankiwank was certainly a very curious person to look at. He had very long legs, very long arms, and a very small body, a long neck and a head like a peacock. He was not wearing a bathing suit as Willie imagined, because there were tails to his jacket, hanging down almost to his heels. He wore a sash round his waist, and his clothes were all speckled as though he had been peppered with the colours out of a very large kaleidoscope.

The Jackarandajam was also rather tall and thin, but dressed in the very height of fashion, with a flower in his coat and a cigarette in his mouth, which he never smoked because he never lit it. He was believed by all the others – you shall know who all the others were presently – to know more things than the Man-in-the-Moon, because he nearly always said something that nobody else ever thought of. And the Man-in-the-Moon knows more things than the Old Woman of Mars. You have naturally heard all about Mars – at least, if you have not heard all about her, you all have heard about her, which is just the same thing, only reversed.

Mr Swinglebinks, unlike his two companions, was short, stout, and dreadfully important. In Fable Land, where we are going as soon as we start for that happy place, he kept a grocer’s shop once upon a time. As nobody cared a fig for his sugar and currants, however, he retired from business and took to dates and the making of new almanacks, and was now travelling about for the benefit of his figures. He was very strong on arithmetic, and could read, write, and arith-metise before he went to school, so he never went at all.
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FitzGerald, Edward: Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám (illustrated), v1, 23 Dec 2007

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Patricia

Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám of Naishápúr

Edward Fitzgerald added so much to this alleged translation that he is generally credited as the author.

I’ve included the first and 5th editions of the poem (FitzGerald kept tinkering with it), plus FitzGerald’s Latin version, and some essays at the end.

I have added a lot of pictures (from an out-of-copyright 1921 edition), a TOC, preserved the accents and reformatted.

Omar Khayyám seems to have enjoyed wine, love and reading: an eminently sensible set of priorities. Here’s the 11th quatrain:

XI
Here with a Loaf of Bread beneath the Bough,
A Flask of Wine, a Book of Verse—and Thou
Beside me singing in the Wilderness—
And Wilderness is Paradise enow.

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Fitzgerald, F Scott: The Crack-Up, v.1, 17 December 2008.

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Patricia

F. Scott Fitzgerald (1896–1940)
The Crack-Up
Originally published in Esquire Magazine, February, March and April 1936

In this short essay, in three parts, F. Scott Fitzgerald describes his mental breakdown and recovery. It opens with the memorable words, “Of course all life is a process of breaking down”…and goes on to mention what helped him.

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Fitzgerald, F. Scott: Flappers and Philosophers. 08 March 2008

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[Flappers and Philosophers[/ is a collection of short stories containing the following:

- The Offshore Pirate

- The IcePalace

- Head and Shoulders

- The Cut-Glass Bowl

- Bernice Bobs Her Hair

- Benediction

- Dalyrimple Goes Wrong

- The Four Fists

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Fitzgerald, F. Scott: Tales from the Jazz Age. 10 March 2008

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RWood

bookbinder has already provided us with a wonderful BBeB copy of this book. I am just filling out the other main areas of common formats.

Included with this book are the following stories:

- MY LAST FLAPPERS

- THE JELLY-BEAN.

- THE CAMEL’S BACK

- MAY DAY

- PORCELAIN AND PINK

- FANTASIES

- THE DIAMOND AS BIG AS THE RITZ

- THE CURIOUS CASE OF BENJAMIN BUTTON

- TARQUIN OF CHEAPSIDE

- UNCLASSIFIED MASTERPIECES

- THE LEES OF HAPPINESS

- MR. ICKY

- JEMINA, THE MOUNTAIN GIRL

- A WILD THING

- A MOUNTAIN FEUD

- THE BIRTH OF LOVE

- A MOUNTAIN BATTLE

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Fitzgerald, F. Scott: Tender is the Night. v1.1 July 25, 2009

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Sonist

This is the same file as Dr. Drib's 2007 LRF (thanks!)

The LRF didn't convert right for me, so I had to reformat it a bit. I threw in the original NYT review (copied below as well,) and a different cover.

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NYT 1934

"The critical reception of F. Scott Fitzgerald's "Tender is the Night" might serve as the basis for one of those cartoons on "Why Men Go Mad." No two reviews were alike; no two had the same tone. Some seemed to think that Mr. Fitzgerald was writing about his usual jazz age boys and girls; others that he had a "timeless" problem on his hands. And some seemed to think that Doctor Diver's collapse was insufficiently documented.
With this we can't agree. It seemed to us that Mr. Fitzgerald proceeded accurately, step by step, with just enough documentation to keep the drama from being misty, but without destroying the suggestiveness that added to the horror lurking behind the surface. Consider Dr. Diver's predicament in being married to a woman with a "split personality" deriving from a brutal misadventure in adolescence. He had married Nicole against his better judgment, partially because she brought him memories of home after years spent abroad. He was drawn into accepting her money, for reasons that living up to a certain income and "cushioning" existence were bound up with the cure. His husband-physician relationship to Nicole, involving constant companionship, cut him off from his practice, and he thought wistfully at times of how the German psychiatrists were getting ahead of him.
With all these factors preparing the ground, it would merely take the sight of an uncomplicated girl (Rosemary) to jar him into active unrest. And when Nicole, subconsciously jealous of Rosemary, comes to a new phase of her disease, and attempts to throw the car off the road when Dick is driving with her and the two children, it is enough to give any one the jitters. Weakness indeed! The wonder to us is that Dick didn't collapse long before Mr. Fitzgerald causes him to break down. And when he does collapse, his youth is gone, it is too late to catch up with the Germans who have been studying new cases for years. This seems to us to be a sufficient exercise in cause-and-effect. Compared to the motivation in Faulkner, it is logic personified."

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Fitzgerald, F. Scott: The Beautiful and Damned. 08 March 2008

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RWood

One of the finest examples of F. Scott Fitzgerald's work, [The Beautiful and Damned[/ is often relegated to a second shelf below [The Great Gatsby[/ and [Tales of the Jazz Age[/. It is a pity that the book's title is often quoted by people that have never read the piece.

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Fitzgerald, F. Scott: The Great Gatsby v1.1 July 26, 2009

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This is the same file as Dr. Drib's 2007 LRF (thanks!)

The LRF didn't convert right for me, so I had to reformat it a bit. I added the original NYT review (excerpt copied below as well,) and a different cover.

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The New York Times
April 19, 1925
Scott Fitzgerald Looks Into Middle Age
By EDWIN CLARK
Of the many new writers that sprang into notice with the advent of the post-war period, Scott Fitzgerald has remained the steadiest performer and the most entertaining. Short stories, novels and a play have followed with consistent regularity since he became the philosopher of the flapper with "This Side of Paradise." With shrewd observation and humor he reflected the Jazz Age. Now he has said farewell to his flappers-perhaps because they have grown up-and is writing of the older sisters that have married. But marriage has not changed their world, only the locale of their parties. To use a phrase of Burton Rascoe's-his hurt romantics are still seeking that other side of paradise. And it might almost be said that "The Great Gatsby" is the last stage of illusion in this absurd chase. For middle age is certainly creeping up on Mr. Fitzgerald's flappers.
In all great arid spots nature provides an oasis. So when the Atlantic seaboard was hermetically sealed by law, nature provided an outlet, or inlet rather, in Long Island. A place of innate natural charm, it became lush and luxurious under the stress of this excessive attention, a seat of festive activities. It expresses one phase of the great grotesque spectacle of our American scene. It is humor, irony, ribaldry, pathos and loveliness. Out of this grotesque fusion of incongruities has slowly become conscious a new humor-a strictly American product. It is not sensibility, as witness the writings of Don Marquis, Robert Benchley and Ring Lardner. It is the spirit of "Processional" and Donald Douglas's "The Grand Inquisitor": a conflict of spirituality set against the web of our commercial life. Both boisterous and tragic, it animates this new novel by Mr. Fitzgerald with whimsical magic and simple pathos that is realized with economy and restraint.
The story of Jay Gatsby of West Egg is told by Nick Caraway, who is one of the legion from the Middle West who have moved on to New York to win from its restless indifference-well, the aspiration that arises in the Middle West-and finds in Long Island a fascinating but dangerous playground. In the method of telling, "The Great Gatsby" is reminiscent of Henry James's "Turn of the Screw." You will recall that the evil of that mysterious tale which so endangered the two children was never exactly stated beyond suggested generalization. Gatsby's fortune, business, even his connection with underworld figures, remain vague generalizations. He is wealthy, powerful, a man who knows how to get things done. He has no friends, only business associates, and the throngs who come to his Saturday night parties. Of his uncompromising love-his love for Daisy Buchanan-his effort to recapture the past romance-we are explicitly informed. This patient romantic hopefulness against existing conditions symbolizes Gatsby. And like the "Turn of the Screw," "The Great Gatsby" is more a long short story than a novel.

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Fitzgerald, F. Scott: This Side of Paradise. 08 March 2008

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RWood

Fitzgerald's first novel, [This Side of Paradise[/, written when he was 23 is a semi-autobiographical exercise that captures the rhythms of the Jazz Age and brings them alive again. This is the book that first brought fame to Fitzgerald and first defined the "Lost Generation."

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Fitzgerald, Zelda and F Scott: Our Own Movie Queen, v1, 11 September 2009.

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Patricia

Zelda Fitzgerald (1900–1948)
and
F. Scott Fitzgerald (1896–1940)
Our Own Movie Queen (1925)
First published in the Chicago Sunday Tribune, 7 June 1925

A young woman is determined to become a film star.
It is thought that Zelda Fitzgerald wrote the first half of the story and her husband provided the ending.
The source was the Gaslight website.

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Flagg, Edmund: Edmond Dantès [Monte Cristo Sequel], v.1, 17 February 2009.

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Patricia

Edmund Flagg:
Edmond Dantès: The Sequel to Alexander Dumas’ Celebrated Novel of “The Count of Monte-Cristo.”
An Entire New and Enlarged Edition
New York: Wm. L. Allison Company Publishers: 1884.

In this sequel, a well-loved character dies, and the Count gets involved in the French revolution of 1848.
It can be read either directly after the Count of Monte Cristo, or after The Son of Monte Cristo.

We already have the original ‘The Count of Monte Cristo’ by Dumas. We also have the first sequel by Jules Lermina (one of Dumas’ researchers and collaborators), ‘The Son of Monte Cristo’. This has often been incorrectly attributed to Dumas, though the wooden style is a giveaway. Even PG made this mistake for a while. (Madame Broshkhina has uploaded it. HarryT has also uploaded a version, following PG’s then incorrect attribution to Dumas himself. For some reason his title is hyphenated as Son of ‘Monte-Cristo.’)

Monte Cristo sequels are listed here:
http://www.cadytech.com/dumas/work.php?key=81

I have left the rather idiosyncratic spelling alone, apart from a few obvious types. The source was PG. To my mind, the Flagg sequels are slightly less wooden than the Lermina one. They are somewhat better plotted, though the characterisation is stereotyped.

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Flagg, Edmund: Monte Cristo’s Daughter [Monte Cristo Sequel], v1, 17 February 2009.

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Patricia

Edmund Flagg: Monte Cristo’s Daughter
Sequel to Alexander Dumas’ Great Novel, “The Count of Monte-Cristo,” And Conclusion of “Edmond Dantès.” (1884)

A continuation of “Edmond Dantès” [already uploaded] and another sequel to “The Count of Monte Cristo.” It is largely set in Italy and concerns the obstacles in the way of Zuleika’s marriage. Meanwhile, the Count’s son is obliged to defend his honour.
Readers will be surprised to find that a character who was conspicuously lesbian in the original Dumas novel is here married off. Fortunately, her lady friend joins the ménage. Several malefactors from the original novel reappear.

Monte Cristo sequels are listed here:
http://www.cadytech.com/dumas/work.php?key=81

I have left the rather idiosyncratic spelling alone, apart from a few obvious types. The source was PG. To my mind, the Flagg sequels are slightly less wooden than the Lermina one. They are somewhat better plotted, though the characterisation is stereotyped.

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Flagg, Francis: The Master Ants, and other strange stories, v2, 27 Apr 2024

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Pulpmeister

Francis Flagg (George Henry Weiss: 1898-1946) was an American poet, novelist and short story writer. His short fiction was mostly published in Astounding, Weird Tales, and Amazing. His one novel, The Night People, (1947) was published by Fantasy Publishing. He used the pseudonym Francis Flagg for both his fantasy/sf stories and his poetry.

1: The Machine Man of Ardathia
2: The Master Ants
3: The Blue Dimension
4: The Dancer in the Crystal
5: The Picture
6: The Heads of Apex
7: The Superman of Dr Jukes
8: The Smell
9: The Seed of the Toc-Toc Birds
10: By the Hands of the Dead
11: The Mentanicals
12: The Distortion Out of Space

V2 fixes glitch in contents links

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Flammarion, Camille: Urania.V1.27 Aug. 2013

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crich70

[QUOTNicolas Camille Flammarion (26 February 1842 – 3 June 1925) was a French astronomer and author. He was a prolific author of more than fifty titles, including popular science works about astronomy, several notable early science fiction novels, and works on psychical research and related topics. He also published the magazine L'Astronomie, starting in 1882. He maintained a private observatory at Juvisy-sur-Orge, France.[/QUOT
Edgar Rice Burroughs got some of his ideas for his Mars books from Flammarion

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Flammarion, Camille: Uranie. v1, 29 Jan 2008

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Madam Broshkina

From Wikipedia:

Nicolas Camille Flammarion (February 26, 1842 – June 3, 1925) was a French astronomer and author. He was usually credited as Camille Flammarion.

He was born in Montigny-le-Roi, Haute-Marne, France. He was the brother of Ernest Flammarion (1846-1936), founder of the Groupe Flammarion publishing house.

He was a prolific author of more than fifty titles, including popular science works about astronomy, several notable early science fiction novels, and several works about Spiritualism and related topics. He also published the magazine L'Astronomie, starting in 1882. He maintained a private observatory at Juvisy-sur-Orge, France.

Uranie is about a man who awakens on Mars and meets his reincarnation.

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Flaubert, Gustav: Salambô. v1. 27 April 2020

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Gunner54

Gustav Flaubert’s (1821-1880) novel ‘Salambô’ (1862) is very different from his first ‘Madame Bovary.’

‘Famous for its erotic, sadistic, and decadent content, Flaubert's exotic novel Salambô is also noted for its lush descriptive quality, visual brilliance, and Oriental texturing. It is a symbolic work notorious for its atmospheric evocation of a dying civilization and imagery of sensuous and terrifying cruelty.’ (From the Introduction).

The translation is by Powers Mather (1892 – 1939). The cover is from a painting by Leon Bonnat (1823 – 1909) of Rose Caron, in her starring role in Ernest Reyer‘s operatic version of ‘Salambô’.

I have added the section ‘Criticism And Historical Accuracy’ -- drawn from ‘Gustave Flaubert As Seen In His Works And Correspondence’ (1895) by John Charles Tarver (1854 – 1926).

I have proof read and corrected numerous typos and OCR faults. I have lightly reformatted some of the text (mostly the supporting sections) to appeal to a modern readership.

The translation is a different one to the version uploaded here by AlexBell.

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Flaubert, Gustave: Bouvard and Pécuchet, v.1, 26 April 2008.

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Patricia

Gustave Flaubert: Bouvard and Pécuchet: A Tragi-Comic Novel of Bourgeois Life
(Bouvard et Pécuchet)
Posthumously published in 1881. Translation by M Walter Dunne (1904).

Two lower middle class chaps decide to educate themselves and successively explore various branches of knowledge, with comic results. Wikipedia describes the novel as:
‘a grand satire on the futility of human knowledge and the ubiquity of mediocrity,’ also noting:

‘Nowhere do Flaubert's explorations of the relation of signs to the objects they signify reach a more thorough study than in this work. Bouvard and Pécuchet systematically confuse signs and symbols with reality, an assumption that causes them much suffering, as it does for Emma Bovary and Frédéric Moreau. Yet here, due to the explicit focus on books and knowledge, Flaubert's ideas reach a climax. Consequently, the book is widely read as a precursor to modern theories on semiotics and postmodernism.’

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Flaubert, Gustave: Madame Bovary, v1, 7 Oct 2007.

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Patricia

Gustave Flaubert: Madame Bovary
Translated from the French by Eleanor Marx-Aveling
(1857)

A novel about the dangers of reading novels.

Emma Bovary reads romantic fiction and, as a result, develops completely unrealistic ideas about life. Neither love, marriage, adultery nor religion can live up to her romantic ideals.
In consequence, she ruins her own life and that of her husband and child.

It is not surprising that Karl Marx’s daughter chose to translate this novel. It clearly illustrates the concepts of false consciousness and commodity fetishism.

I have restored accents, added a TOC and a picture.

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Flaubert, Gustave: Madame Bovary. v1, 30 Sep 2017

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AlexBell

Gustave Flaubert (1821-1880) was a a highly influential French novelist, and was thought to be the leading exponent of literary realism in his country. He is known for his scrupulous devotion to style and aesthetics, and was a mentor of Guy de Maupassant.

[Madame Bovary[/ was his first published work. It took him five years to complete, and was first published as a serial in 1856 which told of the wife of a dull and unimaginative doctor, and the affairs with which she tried to escape her empty provincial life. Flaubert and his publisher were put on trial for obscenity, and after their acquittal in 1857 the book became a best-seller.

The book was translated by Eleanor Marx-Aveling, 1855-1898, who was the youngest daughter of Karl Marx. She poisoned herself soon after she discovered that her partner, Edward Aveling, had married another woman.

The source text was taken from the University of Adelaide ebook library, and checked against the 1919 Alfred A. Knopf edition in the Internet Archive. I have silently corrected typos, curled quotation marks, replaced italics, diacritics, and scene breaks, and made changes to hyphenation using oxforddictionaries.com. The source text has many 'Translator's Notes' as footnotes; I have made them end notes and added more.

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Flaubert, Gustave: Over Strand and Field, v1, 7 Sept 2007.

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Patricia

Gustave Flaubert: Over Strand And Field: A Record of Travel through Brittany
(Voyage en Bretagne - par les champs et par les grèves )
1847.
Translator not given in the PG source.

Contents:
Chapter I.
Château De Chambord.
Château D'Amboise.
Château De Chenonceaux.
Chapter II. Château De Clisson.
Chapter III. Carnac.
Chapter IV. Quiberon.
Chapter V. Return.
Chapter VI. Quimper.
Chapter VII. Pont-l'Abbé.
Chapter VIII. Roaming.
Chapter IX. Brest.
Chapter X. Saint-Malo.
Chapter XI. Mont Saint-Michel.
Chapter XII. Combourg

Gustave Flaubert was twenty-six years old when he started on this journey through Brittany. He travelled on foot and by carriage and was accompanied by Maxime Ducamp.
It is surprising both how much, and how little has changed since he wrote the piece.

TOC and picture added.

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Flaubert, Gustave: Salammbo, v1, 7 Oct 2007.

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Patricia

Gustave Flaubert, Salammbo, 1862.

The source is PG, who do not give a translator.

Not much plot but some exotic Orientalist descriptions.

From Wikipedia:

Salammbô (1862) is an historical novel by Gustave Flaubert, which interweaves historical and fictional characters. The action takes place immediately before and during the Mercenary Revolt against Carthage in the third century BC. Flaubert's main source was Book I of Polybius's Histories. It was not a particularly well-studied period of history and required a great deal of work from the author, who enthusiastically left behind the dreary subject-matter of Madame Bovary for this lurid tale of blood-and-thunder.
The book, which Flaubert researched painstakingly, is largely an exercise in sensuous and violent exoticism. Following the success of Madame Bovary, it was another best-seller and sealed his reputation. The Carthaginian costumes described therein even left traces on the fashions of the time. Nevertheless, in spite of its classic status in France, it is practically unknown today among English-speakers.
After the First Punic War, Carthage is unable to fulfil promises made to its army of mercenaries, and finds itself under attack. The fictional title character, a priestess and the daughter of Hamilcar Barca, an aristocratic Carthaginian general, is the object of the obsessive lust of Matho, a leader of the mercenaries. With the help of the scheming freed slave, Spendius, Matho steals the sacred veil of Carthage, the Zaïmph, prompting Salammbô to enter the mercenaries' camp in an attempt to steal it back. The Zaïmph is an ornate bejewelled veil draped about the statue of the goddess Tanit in the sacrosanct of her temple: the veil is the city's guardian and touching it will bring death to the perpetrator.

I have added a TOC and a picture (Mucha’s poster of Salammbo) and checked the spelling as far as possible against my (different) translation.

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Flaubert, Gustave: Sentimental Education v.1. 23 August 16

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[Sentimental Education[/ is an 1869 novel by Flaubert. The novel describes the life of a young man, Frédéric Moreau, living through the French revolution of 1848 and the founding of the Second French Empire, and his love for an older woman.

This version was originally in two volumes on Gutenberg. No translator is given there, so (again) if someone discovers that the translator lived past 1945, let me know and I'll take this down.

Patricia uploaded all the rest of Flaubert's novels; this upload completes the set.

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Flaubert, Gustave: Solammbo. v1, 7 Oct 2017

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AlexBell

Gustave Flaubert (1821-1880) was an influential French novelist, and the leading exponent of literary realism in his country. He was known for his scrupulous devotion to style and aesthetics, and was a mentor of Guy de Maupassant.

There is some ambiguity about the translator's name. The title page of the 1913 edition contains J.C. Chartres as the translator, while WorldCat.org has John Smith Chartres (1862-1927) as the translator.

[Solammbô[/ was first published in 1862, and is a historical novel set around Carthage after the first Punic War during the Mercenary revolt.

The source text was taken from the University of Adelaide ebook library, and checked against the 1913 J.M. Dent & Sons edition in the Internet Archive. I have omitted the Introduction and the Appendix, and have silently corrected typos, curled quotation marks, restored italics and diacritics, and made changes to spelling, punctuation, and hyphenation using oxforddictionaries.com.

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Flaubert, Gustave: The Temptation of St Antony, v.1, 17 April 2008.

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Patricia

The temptation of St Antony, or A Revelation of the Soul (1874, translated 1904.)

This novel recently appeared on PG. If you liked Flaubert’s [Salammbo [/then you may like this. Flaubert’s friends were unimpressed by the style and advised him to burn it, after surviving a four-day reading in 1849.

From Wikipedia:
The Temptation of Saint Anthony (French La Tentation de Saint Antoine) is a book which Gustave Flaubert spent practically his whole life fitfully working on, in three versions he completed in 1849, 1856 (extracts published at the same time) and 1872 before publishing the final version in 1874. It is written in the form of a play script. It details one night in the life of Anthony the Great where Anthony is faced with great temptations, and it was inspired by the painting, which he saw at the Balbi Palace in Genoa.

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Flaubert, Gustave: Three Tales etc, v1, 7 Oct 2007.

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Gustave Flaubert: ‘Three Tales’ and ‘The Dance of Death’.
[Trois Contes (1877) and The Dance of Death (1838)]

The Three Tales are:

1. A Simple Soul
(Un Coeur Simple)
The life of a simple, affectionate and loyal servant-woman, who has no-one to love.
This is the story that inspired Julian Barnes to write his novel, ‘Flaubert’s Parrot’ (which won the Booker Prize in 1984)..

2. The Legend of Saint Julian the Hospitaller
(La Légende de Saint Julien L’Hospitalier)
Flaubert’s hagiography is an attempt to give an insight into medieval thoughts and feelings. An accidental parricide finds redemption.

3. Herodias
(Hérodias)
A retelling of the last hours of John the Baptist.

And I have added the brief prose-poem, ‘The Dance of Death’. This is a dialogue between Death, Satan and the emperor Nero.

This is my first attempt at a multi-level TOC. I have restored accents and added a picture.

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Fleming, May Agnes: A Terrible Secret. V1. 13 Aug 2009

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Born in 1840 in New Brunswick Canada, May Agnes Fleming first wrote under pen names Miss M.A. Earlie and Cousin May Carleton at the early age of seventeen. After marrying John W. Fleming in 1865, she continued to write under her married name, and enjoyed a successful career writing dime novels for women, and serials for story papers including the New York Weekly.

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Firelight falling on soft velvet carpet, where white lily buds trail along azure ground, on chairs of white-polished wood that glitters like ivory, with puffy of seats of blue satin; on blue and gilt panelled walls; on a wonderfully carved oaken ceiling; on sweeping draperies of blue satin and white lace; on half a dozen lovely pictures; on an open piano; and last of all, on the handsome, angry face of a girl who stands before it—Inez Catheron.

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Fleming, May Agnes: Kate Danton. V1. 12 Aug 2009

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Born in 1840 in New Brunswick Canada, May Agnes Fleming first wrote under pen names Miss M.A. Earlie and Cousin May Carleton at the early age of seventeen. After marrying John W. Fleming in 1865, she continued to write under her married name, and enjoyed a successful career writing dime novels for women, and serials for story papers including the New York Weekly.

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A low room, oblong in shape, three high narrow windows admitting the light through small, old-fashioned panes. Just at present there was not much to admit, for it was raining hard, and the afternoon was wearing on to dusk; but even the wet half-light showed you solid mahogany furniture, old-fashioned as the windows themselves, black and shining with age and polish; a carpet soft and thick, but its once rich hues dim and faded; oil paintings of taste and merit, some of them portraits, on the papered walls, the red glow of a large coal fire glinting pleasantly on their broad gilded frames.

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Fleming, May Agnes: The Baronet's Bride. V1. 11 Aug 2009

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Born in 1840 in New Brunswick Canada, May Agnes Fleming first wrote under pen names Miss M.A. Earlie and Cousin May Carleton at the early age of seventeen. After marrying John W. Fleming in 1865, she continued to write under her married name, and enjoyed a successful career writing dime novels for women, and serials for story papers including the New York Weekly.

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“And there is danger of death—for mother and child?”
“Well, no, Sir Jasper—no, sir; no certain danger, you know; but in these protracted cases it can do no harm, Sir Jasper, for the clergyman to be here. He may not be needed but your good lady is very weak, I am sorry to say, Sir Jasper Kingsland.”
“I will send for the clergyman,” Sir Jasper Kingsland said. “Do your best, Doctor Godroy, and for God’s sake let me know the worst or best as soon as may be. This suspense is horrible.”

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Fleming, May Agnes: The Midnight Queen. V1. 12 Aug 2009

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Born in 1840 in New Brunswick Canada, May Agnes Fleming first wrote under pen names Miss M.A. Earlie and Cousin May Carleton at the early age of seventeen. After marrying John W. Fleming in 1865, she continued to write under her married name, and enjoyed a successful career writing dime novels for women, and serials for story papers including the New York Weekly.

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The plague raged in the city of London. The destroying angel had gone forth, and kindled with its fiery breath the awful pestilence, until all London became one mighty lazar-house. Thousands were swept away daily; grass grew in the streets, and the living were scarce able to bury the dead. Business of all kinds was at an end, except that of the coffin-makers and drivers of the pest-carte.

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Fleming, May Agnes: The Unseen Bridgegroom. V1. 14 Aug 2009

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Born in 1840 in New Brunswick Canada, May Agnes Fleming first wrote under pen names Miss M.A. Earlie and Cousin May Carleton at the early age of seventeen. After marrying John W. Fleming in 1865, she continued to write under her married name, and enjoyed a successful career writing dime novels for women, and serials for story papers including the New York Weekly.

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A dark November afternoon—wet, and windy, and wild. The New York streets were at their worst—sloppy, slippery, and sodden; the sky lowering over those murky streets one uniform pall of inky gloom. A bad, desolate, blood-chilling November afternoon.
And yet Mrs. Walraven’s ball was to come off to-night, and it was rather hard upon Mrs. Walraven that the elements should make a dead set at her after this fashion.
The ball was to be one of the most brilliant affairs of the season, and all Fifth Avenue was to be there in its glory.

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Fletcher, F. Morley: Wood-Block Printing, v.1, 22 June 2008

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From Wikipedia:

Woodblock printing is a technique for printing text, images or patterns used widely throughout East Asia and originating in China in antiquity as a method of printing on textiles and later paper. As a method of printing on cloth, the earliest surviving examples from China date to before 220, and from Egypt to the 4th century. Ukiyo-e is the best known type of Japanese woodblock art print. Most European uses of the technique on paper are covered by the art term woodcut, except for the block-books produced mainly in the fifteenth century.
This illustrated 1916 edition describes the technique.

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Fletcher, J S: Paul Campenhaye, Specialist in Criminology (1918): v.1

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"Paul Campenhaye, Specialist in Criminology," is also known by the US Title "The Clue of the Artificial Eye". Ten stories featuring the title character.

1: The French Maid
2: The Yorkshire Manufacturer
3: The Covent Garden Fruit Shop
4: The Irish Mail
5: The Tobacco-Box
6: Mrs. Duquesne
7: The House on Hardress Head
8: The Champagne Bottle
9: The Settling Day
10: The Magician of Cannon Street

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Fletcher, J S: The Secret of the Barbican and other stories (1913): v.1

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Best known for numerous full-length detective novels, Fletcher was also proficient in the shorter length:

Short stories, predominantly crime, some humor:

1: Against Time
2: The Earl, the Warder and the Wayward Heiress
3: The Fifteenth-Century Crozier
4: The Yellow Dog
5: Room 53
6: The Secret of the Barbican
7: The Silhouette
8: Blind Gap Moor
9: St. Morkil’s Isle
10: Extra-Judicial
11: The Second Capsule
12: The Way to Jericho
13: Patent No. 33
14: The Selchester Missal
15: The Murder in the Mayor’s Parlour

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Fletcher, J S: The Solution of a Mystery (1932); v1; 2 Mar 2022

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Unusual detective novel by J S Fletcher, told from four viewpoints: the police; the defence; the Jury, and the acquitted defendant.

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Fletcher, J. S.: Murder in the Squire's Pew, (1932) v1, 25 March 2024

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Joseph Smith Fletcher (1863-1935) was an enormously prolific author of fiction and non-fiction, and wrote many detective novels, beginning in the 1880s. He also produced four volumes of short stories.

This is a traditional British whodunit, published in 1932, towards the end of his life.

"The private eye Ronald Camberwell and his associate Chaney are called to investigate the mysterious disappearance of 15th century gold chalice and paten and of two priceless books. These precious antiques have been stolen from a county church’s vestry..." (Google books)

Of course, there's a murder in the offing.

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Fletcher, J. S.: Murder of the Ninth Baronet (1932); v1, 7 Sep 2019

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Private investigator Ronald Camberwell and his friend Chaney soon realize that they are dealing with no ordinary mystery when, one morning, their London offices is visited by Sir Stephen Maxtondale and his solicitor.

Sir Stephen is puzzled: is he really the Ninth Baronet? A man claiming to be his elder brother, John, has appeared the day before, and then has vanished without a trace. Meanwhile people’s lives drop like flies and the police suspects that a maniac homicidal may be involved

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Fletcher, J. S.: The Massingham Butterfly, and other stories, v1, 20 Oct 2025

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Joseph Smith Fletcher (1863-1935) was a British journalist and prolific author of detective novels and short stories. This 1926 collection contains 2 stories featuring his detective Paul Campenhaye, the rest being stand-alone stories.

1: The Massingham Butterfly
2: Safe Number Sixty-Nine
3: Don Quixote of Scotland Yard
4: The Houseboat
5: The Inner Room
6: The Portrait of a Gentleman
7: A Gentleman of Resource
8: First Thoughts Are Worst
9: Bread Upon The Waters
10: All on a Springtide Day
11: The Monument
12: The Yorkshire Way
13: The Cabinet Secret
14: Ex-Officio
15: The Fifty-Fifty Basis

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Fletcher, J. S.: The Murder at Wrides Park (1931); v1, 8 Sep 2019

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The first Camberwell and Chaney detective case, in which young Camberwell is in employ of an elderly and wealthy gentleman at Wrides Park. The tranquility of the life at Wrides is shattered when a rough stranger intrudes, demanding to see the owner, Mr Nicholas.

Later, the stranger is found dead, and the evidence points towards the elderly, wealthy Mr Nicholas, who was, it seems, being blackmailed by the now dead man, and was killed with Mr Nicholas's own swordstick.

Camberwell teams with former Scotland Yard detective Chaney to investigate.

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Fletcher, J. S: In the Days of Drake. v1. 26 Mar 2013

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Joseph Smith Fletcher (7 February 1863 - 30 January 1935) was a British journalist and writer. He wrote about 200 books on a wide variety of subjects, both fiction and non-fiction. He was one of the leading writers of detective fiction in the "Golden Age".
Fletcher was born in Halifax, West Yorkshire, son of a clergyman. He was educated at Silcoates School in Wakefield. After some study of law, he became a journalist. His first books published were poetry, and he then moved on to write numerous works of both historical fiction and history, many dealing with Yorkshire. He was made a fellow of the Royal Historical Society. In 1914 he wrote his first detective novel and went on to write over a hundred, latterly featuring private investigator, Ronald Camberwell.
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In the whole history of the English people there is no period so absolutely heroic, so full of enthralling interest, as that in which the might of England made itself apparent by land and sea—the period which saw good Queen Bess mistress of English hearts and Englishmen and sovereign of the great beginnings which have come to such a magnificent fruition under Victoria.

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Fletcher, J. S: Perris of the Cherry-trees. v1. 27 Mar 2013

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Joseph Smith Fletcher (7 February 1863 - 30 January 1935) was a British journalist and writer. He wrote about 200 books on a wide variety of subjects, both fiction and non-fiction. He was one of the leading writers of detective fiction in the "Golden Age".
Fletcher was born in Halifax, West Yorkshire, son of a clergyman. He was educated at Silcoates School in Wakefield. After some study of law, he became a journalist. His first books published were poetry, and he then moved on to write numerous works of both historical fiction and history, many dealing with Yorkshire. He was made a fellow of the Royal Historical Society. In 1914 he wrote his first detective novel and went on to write over a hundred, latterly featuring private investigator, Ronald Camberwell.
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Pippany Webster, handy-man and only labourer to Abel Perris, the small farmer who dragged a bare living out of Cherry-trees, the little holding at the top of the hill above Martinsthorpe, came lazily up the road from the village one May afternoon, leading a horse which seemed as fully inclined to laziness as Pippany himself. Perris had left home for a day or two, and had apportioned his man a certain fixed task to accomplish by the time of his return: Pippany, lid it so pleased him, might have laboured steadily at it until that event happened. And for the whole of the first day and half of the next he had kept himself to the work, but at noon on that second day it was borne in upon him that one of the two horses, which formed the entire stable of the establishment, required shoeing, and after eating his dinner, he had led it down the hill to the smithy near the cross-roads in Martinsthorpe. There, and in the kitchen of the Dancing Bear, close by, where there was ale and tobacco and gossip, he had contrived to spend the greater part of the afternoon. He would have stayed longer amidst such pleasant surroundings, but for the fact that supper-time was approaching.

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Fletcher, J. S: Ravensdene Court. v1. 27 Mar 2013

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Joseph Smith Fletcher (7 February 1863 - 30 January 1935) was a British journalist and writer. He wrote about 200 books on a wide variety of subjects, both fiction and non-fiction. He was one of the leading writers of detective fiction in the "Golden Age".
Fletcher was born in Halifax, West Yorkshire, son of a clergyman. He was educated at Silcoates School in Wakefield. After some study of law, he became a journalist. His first books published were poetry, and he then moved on to write numerous works of both historical fiction and history, many dealing with Yorkshire. He was made a fellow of the Royal Historical Society. In 1914 he wrote his first detective novel and went on to write over a hundred, latterly featuring private investigator, Ronald Camberwell.
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According to an entry in my book of engagements, I left London for Ravensdene Court on March 8th, 1912. Until about a fortnight earlier I had never heard of the place, but there was nothing remarkable in my ignorance of it, seeing that it stands on a remote part of the Northumbrian coast, and at least three hundred miles from my usual haunts. But then, towards the end of February, I received the following letter which I may as well print in full: it serves as a fitting and an explanatory introduction to a series of adventures, so extraordinary, mysterious, and fraught with danger, that I am still wondering how I, until then a man of peaceful and even dull life, ever came safely through them.

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Fletcher, J. S: The Chestermarke Instinct. v1. 27 Mar 2013

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Joseph Smith Fletcher (7 February 1863 - 30 January 1935) was a British journalist and writer. He wrote about 200 books on a wide variety of subjects, both fiction and non-fiction. He was one of the leading writers of detective fiction in the "Golden Age".
Fletcher was born in Halifax, West Yorkshire, son of a clergyman. He was educated at Silcoates School in Wakefield. After some study of law, he became a journalist. His first books published were poetry, and he then moved on to write numerous works of both historical fiction and history, many dealing with Yorkshire. He was made a fellow of the Royal Historical Society. In 1914 he wrote his first detective novel and went on to write over a hundred, latterly featuring private investigator, Ronald Camberwell.
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Every Monday morning, when the clock of the old parish church in Scarnham Market-Place struck eight, Wallington Neale asked himself why on earth he had chosen to be a bank clerk. On all the other mornings of the week this question never occurred to him: on Sunday he never allowed a thought of the bank to cross his mind: from Sunday to Saturday he was firmly settled in the usual rut, and never dreamed of tearing himself out of it. But Sunday's break was unsettling: there was always an effort in starting afresh on Monday.

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Fletcher, J. S: The Ivory God. v1, 27 Mar 2013

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Joseph Smith Fletcher (7 February 1863 - 30 January 1935) was a British journalist and writer. He wrote about 200 books on a wide variety of subjects, both fiction and non-fiction. He was one of the leading writers of detective fiction in the "Golden Age".
Fletcher was born in Halifax, West Yorkshire, son of a clergyman. He was educated at Silcoates School in Wakefield. After some study of law, he became a journalist. His first books published were poetry, and he then moved on to write numerous works of both historical fiction and history, many dealing with Yorkshire. He was made a fellow of the Royal Historical Society. In 1914 he wrote his first detective novel and went on to write over a hundred, latterly featuring private investigator, Ronald Camberwell.
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At six o'clock Thurston put down his pen, pushed his chair back from the table at which he had been writing, and rose to his feet with a series of gestures indicative of mental and physical fatigue. He glanced at the few sheets of manuscript which represented the result of a long day's labour, and he frowned, as if in anger or distaste.

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Fletcher, J.S.: Dead Men's Money. v1, 18 Sep 2008

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Nothing is what it seems, and dead bodies abound in this classic 1920 murder mystery from the British crime author and journalist, J.S. Fletcher.

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Fletcher, J.S.: In the Mayor's Parlour. v1, 19 Sep 2008

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Another classic detective story from the prolific British crime author and journalist, J.S. Fletcher, this time from 1922.

The Mayor of a small town is found murdered. A classic "whodunnit".

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Fletcher, J.S.: Ravensdene Court. v1, 22 Sep 2008

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1922 murder mystery by the prolific British crime writer and journalist, J.S. Fletcher.

An expert in rare books is invited to a remote Northumbrian manor house to catalogue a library. Mysterious events ensue...

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Fletcher, J.S.: Scarhaven Keep. v1, 24 Sep 2008

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1922 murder mystery from the prolific British crime author and journalist, J.S. Fletcher.

["Admirer, I suppose", said Addie. "I'm afraid he's not quite as innocent as he looks, Mrs. Wooler. Well--you can escort me as far as the gates of the park, then--I daren't take you further, because it's so dark in there that you'd surely lose your way, and then there'd be a second disappearance and all sorts of complications."[/

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Fletcher, J.S.: The Borough Treasurer. v1, 18 Sep 2008

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1921 murder mystery by the British crime author and journalist, J.S. Fletcher.

An exciting story of blackmail and murder in a small English town. A fun read.

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Fletcher, J.S.: The Herapath Property. v1, 18 Sep 2008

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1921 mystery story from the British crime author and journalist, J.S. Fletcher.

I can't find any description of this one, I'm afraid, but all of Mr. Fletcher's stories are worth reading, and this one looks to be no exception.

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Fletcher, J.S.: The Markenmore Mystery. v1. 26 Jun 2019

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Published in 1923. One of a seemingly endless number of books written by this author.

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Fletcher, J.S.: The Middle of Things. v1, 19 Sep 2008

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More classic detective fiction from the prolific British crime author and journalist, J.S. Fletcher. Originally published in 1922.

"It may be--I'm not sure", replied Mr. Pawle. "As I say, I don't know how the succession runs in, this particular instance. There are, as you are aware, several peeresses in their own rights--twentyfour or five, at least. Some are very ancient peerages. I know that three--Furnivale and Fauconberg and Conyers--go right back to the thirteenth century; three others--Beaumont, Darcy da Knayth, and Zorch of Haryngworth--date from the fourteenth. I'm not sure of this Ellingham peerage--but I'll find out when I get back to my office. However, granting the premises, and if the peerage does continue in the female line, it will be as I say--this girl's the rightful holder of the title!"

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Fletcher, J.S.: The Middle Temple Murder. v1, 19 Sep 2008

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More classic detective fiction from the prolific British crime author and journalist, J.S. Fletcher. First published in 1919.

...All this led up to the appearance of Mr. Aylmore, M.P., in the witness-box. And Spargo knew and felt that it was that appearance for which the crowded court was waiting. Thanks to his own vivid and realistic specials in the Watchman, everybody there had already become well and thoroughly acquainted with the mass of evidence represented by the nine witnesses who had been in the box before Mr. Aylmore entered it. They were familiar, too, with the facts which Mr. Aylmore had permitted Spargo to print after the interview at the club, which Ronald Breton arranged. Why, then, the extraordinary interest which the Member of Parliament's appearance aroused?

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Fletcher, J.S.: The Orange-Yellow Diamond. v1, 22 Sep 2008

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1920 murder mystery by the prolific British crime author and journalist, J.S. Fletcher.

["Very well", continued Purdie. "Then I want to make a suggestion to you. It seems to me that the wisest course is for you and me to go straight to the police authorities, and tell them frankly that Lauriston has gone to get evidence that those rings are really his property, and that he'll return in a day or two with that evidence. That will probably satisfy them--I think I can add a bit more that will help further. We don't want it to be thought that the lad's run away rather than face a possible charge of murder, you know!"[/

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Fletcher, J.S.: The Paradise Mystery. v1, 17 Sep 2008

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1920 murder mystery from the British crime writer and journalist, J.S. Fletcher (1863-1935).

A quiet cathedral town in England, full of gossips and people who are not quite who they seem to be, is the setting for this murder mystery.

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Fletcher, J.S.: The Rayner-Slade Amalgamation. v1, 22 Sep 2008

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1917 murder mystery from the prolific British crime author and journalist, J.S. Fletcher.

["That's just what I was going to suggest, he said. "There's no good to be done hanging about here. Let's get on to the scene of operations. If Miss Lennard's maid has stolen her jewels, she's probably had some hand in the theft from my cousin. We must find her. Now, then, let me come in. I'll look up the train, settle up with these hotel folk, and we'll be off. You give your attention to your packing, Miss Lennard, and leave the rest to me--you won't mind travelling the night?"[/

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Fletcher, J.S.: The Safety Pin v2.0 2008-06-21

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J.S. Fletcher brings us a mystery novel entitled [The Safety Pin[/

[quotAn elderly man called Deane is murdered in an English town. Inspector Mellapont thinks it's a simple robbery, but others disagree, and Deane's business partner, an attractive young girl named Miss Pretty, offers a reward for information. No fewer than three rogues decide to improve their own prospects by investigating — the two Hackdale brothers, John and Simmons, working independently, and the town drunk James Bartlett, who sobers up rapidly when blackmail and extortion are in prospect. Attention centers on the mayor, Mrs. Champernowne; but when thieves fall out information gets into the hands of the police and a local solicitor, Francis Shelmore, and the plot unravels rapidly.

An entertaining book, particularly in the way in which the three rogues contrive to score off each other. It looks at first as though Shelmore will be the romantic hero, but Miss Pretty turns out — probably wisely — to prefer someone with a bit more life in him. The respectable characters come out all right in the end, but not before they have parted with some of the ready cash.[/quot

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Fletcher, J.S.: The Talleyrand Maxim. v1, 24 Sep 2008

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1919 murder mystery from the prolific British crime author and journalist, J.S. Fletcher.

[Nesta, left alone, gave herself up to deep thought, and to a careful reckoning of her position. She was longing to confide in some trustworthy person or persons, for Pratt's revelations had plunged her into a maze of perplexity. But her difficulties were many. First of all, she would have to tell all about the terrible charge brought by Pratt against her mother. Then about the second which he professed to--or probably did--hold. What sort of a secret could it be? And supposing her advisers suggested strong measures against Pratt--what then, about the danger to her mother, in a twofold direction?[/

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Fletcher, J.S: Dead Men's Money. V1. 11 Jan 2009

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Joseph Smith Fletcher (7 February 1863 - 30 January 1935) was a British journalist and writer. He wrote about 200 books on a wide variety of subjects, both fiction and non-fiction. He was one of the leading writers of detective fiction in the "Golden Age".
Fletcher was born in Halifax, West Yorkshire, son of a clergyman. He was educated at Silcoates School in Wakefield. After some study of law, he became a journalist. His first books published were poetry, and he then moved on to write numerous works of both historical fiction and history, many dealing with Yorkshire. He was made a fellow of the Royal Historical Society. In 1914 he wrote his first detective novel and went on to write over a hundred, latterly featuring private investigator, Ronald Camberwell.
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The very beginning of this affair, which involved me, before I was aware of it, in as much villainy and wickedness as ever man heard of, was, of course, that spring evening, now ten years ago, whereon I looked out of my mother's front parlour window in the main street of Berwick-upon-Tweed and saw, standing right before the house, a man who had a black patch over his left eye, an old plaid thrown loosely round his shoulders, and in his right hand a stout stick and an old-fashioned carpet-bag. He caught sight of me as I caught sight of him, and he stirred, and made at once for our door. If I had possessed the power of seeing more than the obvious, I should have seen robbery, and murder, and the very devil himself coming in close attendance upon him as he crossed the pavement.

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Fletcher, J.S: Scarhaven Keep. V1. 12 Jan 2009

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Joseph Smith Fletcher (7 February 1863 - 30 January 1935) was a British journalist and writer. He wrote about 200 books on a wide variety of subjects, both fiction and non-fiction. He was one of the leading writers of detective fiction in the "Golden Age".
Fletcher was born in Halifax, West Yorkshire, son of a clergyman. He was educated at Silcoates School in Wakefield. After some study of law, he became a journalist. His first books published were poetry, and he then moved on to write numerous works of both historical fiction and history, many dealing with Yorkshire. He was made a fellow of the Royal Historical Society. In 1914 he wrote his first detective novel and went on to write over a hundred, latterly featuring private investigator, Ronald Camberwell.
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Jerramy, thirty years' stage-door keeper at the Theatre Royal, Norcaster, had come to regard each successive Monday morning as a time for the renewal of old acquaintance. For at any rate forty-six weeks of the fifty-two, theatrical companies came and went at Norcaster with unfailing regularity. The company which presented itself for patronage in the first week of April in one year was almost certain to present itself again in the corresponding week of the next year.

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Fletcher, J.S: The Borough Treasurer. V1. 12 Jan 2009

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Joseph Smith Fletcher (7 February 1863 - 30 January 1935) was a British journalist and writer. He wrote about 200 books on a wide variety of subjects, both fiction and non-fiction. He was one of the leading writers of detective fiction in the "Golden Age".
Fletcher was born in Halifax, West Yorkshire, son of a clergyman. He was educated at Silcoates School in Wakefield. After some study of law, he became a journalist. His first books published were poetry, and he then moved on to write numerous works of both historical fiction and history, many dealing with Yorkshire. He was made a fellow of the Royal Historical Society. In 1914 he wrote his first detective novel and went on to write over a hundred, latterly featuring private investigator, Ronald Camberwell.
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Half way along the north side of the main street of Highmarket an ancient stone gateway, imposing enough to suggest that it was originally the entrance to some castellated mansion or manor house, gave access to a square yard, flanked about by equally ancient buildings. What those buildings had been used for in other days was not obvious to the casual and careless observer, but to the least observant their present use was obvious enough. Here were piles of timber from Norway; there were stacks of slate from Wales; here was marble from Aberdeen, and there cement from Portland: the old chambers of the grey buildings were filled to overflowing with all the things that go towards making a house—ironwork, zinc, lead, tiles, great coils of piping, stores of domestic appliances. And on a shining brass plate, set into the wall, just within the gateway, were deeply engraven the words: Mallalieu and Cotherstone, Builders and Contractors.

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Fletcher, J.S: The Chestermarcke Instinct. V1. 13 Feb 2009

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Joseph Smith Fletcher (7 February 1863 - 30 January 1935) was a British journalist and writer. He wrote about 200 books on a wide variety of subjects, both fiction and non-fiction. He was one of the leading writers of detective fiction in the "Golden Age".
Fletcher was born in Halifax, West Yorkshire, son of a clergyman. He was educated at Silcoates School in Wakefield. After some study of law, he became a journalist. His first books published were poetry, and he then moved on to write numerous works of both historical fiction and history, many dealing with Yorkshire. He was made a fellow of the Royal Historical Society. In 1914 he wrote his first detective novel and went on to write over a hundred, latterly featuring private investigator, Ronald Camberwell.
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Every Monday morning, when the clock of the old parish church in Scarnham Market-Place struck eight, Wallington Neale asked himself why on earth he had chosen to be a bank clerk. On all the other mornings of the week this question never occurred to him: on Sunday he never allowed a thought of the bank to cross his mind: from Sunday to Saturday he was firmly settled in the usual rut, and never dreamed of tearing himself out of it. But Sunday's break was unsettling: there was always an effort in starting afresh on Monday. The striking of St. Alkmund's clock at eight on Monday morning invariably found him sitting down to his breakfast in his rooms, overlooking the quaint old Market-Place, once more faced by the fact that a week of dull, uninteresting work lay before him. He would go to the bank at nine, and at the bank he would remain, more or less, until five. He would do that again on Tuesday, and on Wednesday, and on Thursday and on Friday, and on Saturday. One afternoon, strolling in the adjacent country, he had seen a horse walking round and round and round in a small paddock, turning a crank which worked some machine or other in an adjoining shed: that horse had somehow suggested himself to himself.

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Fletcher, J.S: The Middle of Things. V1. 12 Jan 2009

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Joseph Smith Fletcher (7 February 1863 - 30 January 1935) was a British journalist and writer. He wrote about 200 books on a wide variety of subjects, both fiction and non-fiction. He was one of the leading writers of detective fiction in the "Golden Age".
Fletcher was born in Halifax, West Yorkshire, son of a clergyman. He was educated at Silcoates School in Wakefield. After some study of law, he became a journalist. His first books published were poetry, and he then moved on to write numerous works of both historical fiction and history, many dealing with Yorkshire. He was made a fellow of the Royal Historical Society. In 1914 he wrote his first detective novel and went on to write over a hundred, latterly featuring private investigator, Ronald Camberwell.
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On that particular November evening, Viner, a young gentleman of means and leisure, who lived in a comfortable old house in Markendale Square, Bayswater, in company with his maiden aunt Miss Bethia Penkridge, had spent his after-dinner hours in a fashion which had become a habit. Miss Penkridge, a model housekeeper and an essentially worthy woman, whose whole day was given to supervising somebody or something, had an insatiable appetite for fiction, and loved nothing so much as that her nephew should read a novel to her after the two glasses of port which she allowed herself every night had been thoughtfully consumed and he and she had adjourned from the dining-room to the hearthrug in the library. Her tastes, however, in Viner's opinion were somewhat, if not decidedly, limited.

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Fletcher, J.S: The Middle Temple Murder. V1. 12 Jan 2009

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Joseph Smith Fletcher (7 February 1863 - 30 January 1935) was a British journalist and writer. He wrote about 200 books on a wide variety of subjects, both fiction and non-fiction. He was one of the leading writers of detective fiction in the "Golden Age".
Fletcher was born in Halifax, West Yorkshire, son of a clergyman. He was educated at Silcoates School in Wakefield. After some study of law, he became a journalist. His first books published were poetry, and he then moved on to write numerous works of both historical fiction and history, many dealing with Yorkshire. He was made a fellow of the Royal Historical Society. In 1914 he wrote his first detective novel and went on to write over a hundred, latterly featuring private investigator, Ronald Camberwell.
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As a rule, Spargo left the Watchman office at two o'clock. The paper had then gone to press. There was nothing for him, recently promoted to a sub-editorship, to do after he had passed the column for which he was responsible; as a matter of fact he could have gone home before the machines began their clatter. But he generally hung about, trifling, until two o'clock came. On this occasion, the morning of the 22nd of June, 1912, he stopped longer than usual, chatting with Hacket, who had charge of the foreign news, and who began telling him about a telegram which had just come through from Durazzo. What Hacket had to tell was interesting: Spargo lingered to hear all about it, and to discuss it.

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Fletcher, J.S: The Orange-Yellow Diamond. V1. 12 Jan 2009

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Joseph Smith Fletcher (7 February 1863 - 30 January 1935) was a British journalist and writer. He wrote about 200 books on a wide variety of subjects, both fiction and non-fiction. He was one of the leading writers of detective fiction in the "Golden Age".
Fletcher was born in Halifax, West Yorkshire, son of a clergyman. He was educated at Silcoates School in Wakefield. After some study of law, he became a journalist. His first books published were poetry, and he then moved on to write numerous works of both historical fiction and history, many dealing with Yorkshire. He was made a fellow of the Royal Historical Society. In 1914 he wrote his first detective novel and went on to write over a hundred, latterly featuring private investigator, Ronald Camberwell.
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On the southern edge of the populous parish of Paddington, in a parallelogram bounded by Oxford and Cambridge Terrace on the south, Praed Street on the north, and by Edgware Road on the east and Spring Street on the west, lies an assemblage of mean streets, the drab dulness of which forms a remarkable contrast to the pretentious architectural grandeurs of Sussex Square and Lancaster Gate, close by. In these streets the observant will always find all those evidences of depressing semi-poverty which are more evident in London than in any other English city. The houses look as if laughter was never heard within them. Where the window blinds are not torn, they are dirty; the folk who come out of the doors wear anxious and depressed faces. Such shops as are there are mainly kept for the sale of food of poor quality: the taverns at the corners are destitute of attraction or pretension. Whoever wanders into these streets finds their sordid shabbiness communicating itself: he escapes, cast down, wondering who the folk are who live in those grey, lifeless cages; what they do, what they think; how life strikes them. Even the very sparrows which fight in the gutters for garbage are less lively than London sparrows usually are; as for the children who sit about the doorsteps, they look as if the grass, the trees, the flowers, and the sunlight of the adjacent Kensington Gardens were as far away as the Desert of Gobi. Within this slice of the town, indeed, life is lived, as it were, in a stagnant backwash, which nothing and nobody can stir.

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Fletcher, John Gould: Japanese Prints.V1. 29 Dec 2013

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From wikipedia: [QUOTJohn Gould Fletcher (January 3, 1886 – May 10, 1950) was an Imagist poet (the first Southern poet to win the Pulitzer Prize), author and authority on modern painting.[1] He was born in Little Rock, Arkansas to a socially prominent family. After attending Phillips Academy, Andover Fletcher went on to Harvard University from 1903 to 1907, when he dropped out shortly after his father's death.[/QUOT Japanese Prints was published in1918.

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Fletcher, Lawrence: Into the Unknown. V1. 16 Oct 2011

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Then ensued a scene of horror and carnage. The Zulus uttered their terrible war-cry, and dashed into the fight, followed by Grenville, after he had first picked off five more of the enemy. Amaxosa had quickly freed Leigh, and put his revolver into his hands; and in less time than it takes to tell, Winfield was at liberty and hurrying the girls into the bushes, whilst the others were fighting desperately.

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Fletcher, Lawrence: Zero the Slaver. V1. 16 Oct 2011

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In the very dead of night, as Leigh and Amaxosa stood on guard at the mouth of the cave, conversing in an undertone, they were treated to a new and extremely objectionable sample of the qualities of their detested foes. The fire behind them inside the cavern had completely burnt itself out, and close to its ashes lay Grenville, sleeping heavily, whilst the other members of the party were scattered about the cave on beds of moss or dried grass. Not a sound of any kind betokening the presence of a foe had the anxious watchers heard, when all of a sudden both were startled into action by an angry hiss just behind them, followed by the well-known and universally dreaded “skirr” of a rattlesnake, and quickly lighting a torch of twisted grass, the pair saw the horrid reptile gliding down the cave towards them, evidently making for the entrance.

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Fock, Gorch: Seefahrt ist Not!, german V1, 02.01.2010

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Gorch Fock, eig. Johann Wilhelm Kinau, (* 22. August 1880 in Finkenwerder; † 31. Mai 1916 in der Seeschlacht am Skagerrak) war ein deutscher Schriftsteller. Nach ihm wurden zwei Segelschulschiffe der deutschen Marine benannt, die 1933 gebaute Gorch Fock und die 1958 gebaute Gorch Fock. Weitere Pseudonyme des Autors sind Jakob Holst und Giorgio Focco.
orch Fock wurde als ältestes von sechs Kindern des Hochseefischers Heinrich Wilhelm Kinau und dessen Ehefrau Metta geb. Holst auf der ehemaligen Elbinsel Finkenwerder geboren, wo er auch zur Schule ging.[1] Nachdem er den Seetauglichkeitstest durch seinen Vater aufgrund seiner körperlichen Konstitution nicht bestand, begann er 1895 eine kaufmännische Lehre bei seinem Onkel August Kinau in Geestemünde (heute Teil Bremerhavens). 1897 bis 1898 absolvierte er die Handelsschule in Bremerhaven. Seit 1899 hatte er kurzzeitig verschiedene Stellen als Buchhalter und Kontorist in Meiningen, Bremen und Halle (Saale) inne. 1904 kehrte er nach Hamburg zurück und arbeitete bei der Zentraleinkaufsgesellschaft deutscher Kolonialwarenhändler,[2] bis er 1907 Buchhalter bei der Hamburg-Amerika-Linie wurde.

Seit 1904 veröffentlichte er verschiedene, meist in seiner Muttersprache, einem breiten Finkenwerderischen Plattdeutsch, verfasste Gedichte und Erzählungen unter den Pseudonymen Gorch Fock, Jakob Holst und Giorgio Focco, die in den lokalen Hamburger Zeitungen erschienen. Der Vorname Gorch ist demzufolge eine lokaltypische Abwandlung von Georg. Fock ist entlehnt von einer Linie der großelterlichen Vorfahren.

1908 heiratete er Rosa Elisabeth Reich, mit der er drei Kinder hatte. (Zitat: Des Mannes bester Kamerad ist die Kameradin.) Seine Muse und Seelengefährtin wurde während der schriftstellernden Jahre hingegen eine sehr junge Bewunderin.

Seit 1910 verfasste er zahlreiche platt- und hochdeutsche Geschichten und Gedichte, 1913 erschien sein bekanntestes Werk, der hochdeutsche Roman mit plattdeutschem Dialog „Seefahrt ist not“, in dem das Leben der Hochseefischer auf Finkenwerder in heroisierender Weise beschrieben wird. Bis zum Zweiten Weltkrieg kam in Norddeutschland praktisch kein lesender Junge an diesem Buch vorbei. (Die verborgene Abhängigkeit von dessen Leitmotiven mit dem Schimmelreiter von Theodor Storm wurde von Robert Wohlleben aufgedeckt.) Das damals gefragte überhöhende Pathos, das sich aus der Sehnsucht des Autors nach eigener Seefahrerschaft speiste, macht die sehr einfach strukturierten Abenteuergeschichten für heutige Leser oft beinah ungenießbar.

Im Ersten Weltkrieg wurde Gorch Fock 1915 eingezogen und kämpfte als Infanterist (im Reserve Inf.-Rgt. 207) in Serbien und Russland, später dann bei Verdun. Im März 1916 kam er auf eigenen Wunsch vom Heer zur Marine und tat Dienst als Ausguck auf dem vorderen Mast des Kleinen Kreuzers SMS Wiesbaden. In der Seeschlacht am Skagerrak ging er mit dem Kreuzer unter. Seine Leiche wurde im August 1916 bei Väderöbod nahe Fjällbacka (nördlich von Göteborg) an Land getrieben und auf der schwedischen Insel Stensholmen bei Kalvö zusammen mit weiteren deutschen und englischen Seeleuten bestattet.[3]

„Seefahrt ist not“ ist ein 1912 erschienener Roman des Schriftstellers Gorch Fock (d. i. Hans Kinau).
Die Handlung spielt in Finkenwärder bei Hamburg Ende des 19. Jahrhunderts. Klaus Mewes (Spitzname Klaus Störtebecker), Sohn eines Hochseefischers, zieht es hinaus auf das Meer. Er versucht alles, um bei seinem Vater als Schiffsjunge anzuheuern. Seine Bemühungen haben Erfolg und er darf seinen Vater zum Fischfang auf die Nordsee begleiten. Auch als der Vater von einer Fahrt nicht mehr zurückkommt, hält es Klaus nicht an Land. Er fährt weiter erfolgreich zur See und wird zuletzt Eigentümer des schönsten Austernkutters an der Elbe.
In seinem wohl bekanntesten Roman schildert Gorch Fock auf realistische Weise das Leben der Fischer an der „Waterkant“. Dem Autor gelingt es, eine dichte Atmosphäre aus Meer, Fernweh, Schifffahrt, Lokalkolorit und der Arbeitswelt der Fischer aufzubauen. Plattdeutsche Dialoge gehören hierbei zu seinen Gestaltungsmitteln.

Im Zentrum der Romanhandlung steht der Knabe Klaus. Fock schildert ihn in einer existentiellen Konfliktsituation. Einerseits möchte Klaus dem Vater, seinem großen Vorbild, nacheifern und als Fischer auf das Meer hinaus fahren. Auf der anderen Seite steht aber die Mutter. Sie verbindet mit dem Meer vor allem Gefahr, Schmerz, Tod und versucht Klaus an Land zu behalten.
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Fontane, Theodor: Cécile, german V1, 07.01.2010

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Theodor Fontane wurde am 30.12.1819 in Neuruppin geboren. Er stammte aus einer in Preußen heimisch gewordenen Hugenottenfamilie. Der Vater war Apotheker. Fontane besuchte das Gymnasium Neuruppin (1832) und die Gewerbeschule Berlin (1833). 1836-1840 Apothekerlehre in Berlin.

Fontane gab 1849 seinen Apothekerberuf auf; er arbeitete dann mit Unterbrechung bis 1859 als freier Mitarbeiter im Büro eines Ministeriums. Er lebte von 1855-1859 in England als Berichterstatter. Von 1860 bis 1870 arbeitete er als Redakteur der Berliner "Kreuz-Zeitung". 1870-1889 Theaterkritiker bei der "Vossischen Zeitung". 1876 Sekretär der Akademie der Künste Berlin und freier Schriftsteller. 1894 Dr. phil. h.c. Fontane starb am 20.9.1898 in Berlin.

Cécile
Der Leser begegnet den Protagonisten, Cécile von St. Arnaud, einer jungen, schönen und offenbar nervenkranken Frau, und ihrem Gatten Pierre, einem Oberst a. D., der bereits weit über 50 Jahre alt ist, zum ersten Mal, als sie von ihrem Wohnsitz Berlin aus eine Urlaubsreise in das Hotel Zehnpfund in Thale im Harz unternehmen. Dort lernt das Paar schnell den weitgereisten Zivilingenieur Robert von Gordon kennen, mit dem es verschiedene Ausflüge unternimmt. Schon bei der ersten Unternehmung dieser Art, die die Gesellschaft auf die Aussichtsterrasse des Hotels zur Rosstrappe führt, muss Gordon feststellen, dass die schöne Cécile merkwürdig ungebildet ist – sie verrät sich in einem Gespräch mit der Malerin Rosa Hexel, deren Bekanntschaft man bei dieser Partie macht. Eine weiterer Ausflug, diesmal nach Quedlinburg, wo Schloss und Abteikirche besichtigt werden, gibt ihm weitere Rätsel auf: Die junge Dame hat ganz offensichtlich noch nie etwas von Klopstock, dessen Geburtshaus man passiert, gehört, und erleidet in der Galerie des Schlosses eine Art Schwächeanfall, als man über die anstößige Entstehungsgeschichte der meisten Bildersammlungen, die schöne junge Damen zum Gegenstand haben, plaudert.

Da ihn die junge Frau lebhaft interessiert, schreibt er noch am gleichen Abend einen Brief an seine Schwester Clothilde, die, so hofft er, ihn über die Vorgeschichte der St. Arnaudschen Ehe aufklären kann.

Ein weiterer Ausflug führt die Gesellschaft nach Altenbrak. Während der Oberst mit zwei weiteren neuen Bekannten, dem Privatgelehrten Eginhard aus dem Grunde und einem pensionierten Geistlichen, den Weg zu Fuß zurücklegt, reiten Cécile und Gordon auf zwei Eseln. Unterwegs sorgt ein Kuckuck, der auf die Frage Gordons, wie viele Jahre er noch zu leben hat, nur ein einziges Mal ruft, für Verstimmung. Wenig später passieren die beiden das Jagdschloss Todtenrode, und Gordon kann ein weiteres Mal feststellen, dass Cécile auf die Erwähnung sittenwidriger Umstände in Adelskreisen empfindlich reagiert. Doch kurz darauf, als man in Altenbrak auch die Malerin Rosa wiedertrifft und sich dann zum Mittagessen mit den Wanderern im Gasthof zum Rodenstein vereint, sind diese kritischen Momente wieder vergessen. Den Rückweg legen Cécile, ihr Mann und Gordon zu Pferde zurück. Obwohl Cécile fröstelt und müde ist, macht St. Arnaud einen Abstecher zum Denkmal des Forstwissenschaftlers Pfeil, während Gordon bei der jungen Frau bleibt.
„‚Lockt Sie’s nicht auch?’, fragte Cécile mit einem Anfluge von Spott und bitterer Laune. ‚St. Arnaud sieht mich frösteln und weiß, dass ich die Minuten zähle. Doch was bedeutet es ihm?’
‚Und ist doch sonst voll Aufmerksamkeit und Rücksichtnahme.’
‚Ja’, sagte sie langsam und gedehnt. Und eine Welt von Verneinung lag in diesem Ja. Gordon aber nahm ihre lässig herabhängende Hand und hielt und küsste sie, was sie geschehen ließ.“

Anderntags muss Gordon, durch ein Telegramm informiert, aus beruflichen Gründen plötzlich abreisen. Im Zug rätselt er darüber, warum ein Wiedersehen mit Cécile untunlich sein sollte, ist sich aber sicher, dass es besser wäre, wenn er sie nicht wieder träfe: „Was sie von mir erwartet, sind Umwerbungen, Dienste, Huldigungen. Und Huldigungen sind wie Phosphorhölzer, eine zufällige Friktion und der Brand ist da.“ Dennoch schreibt er wenig später einen Brief an Cécile, versucht sie auch, da er von den Sommerplänen der St. Arnauds weiß, in ihrem Urlaubsquartier an der Nordsee aufzufinden, was aber nicht gelingt, und macht sich schließlich, nach Berlin zurückgekehrt, auf, um sie in ihrer Wohnung am Hafenplatz aufzusuchen. Dies gelingt erst bei einem zweiten Versuch. Er lernt bei dieser Gelegenheit den Hofprediger Dörffel kennen, einen Vertrauten der jungen Frau, dem gegenüber sie, als Gordon seine Visite beendet hat, ihre Befürchtungen ausspricht: „Er [Gordon] weiß nichts von der Tragödie, die den Namen St. Arnauds trägt, und weiß noch weniger von dem, was zu dieser Tragödie geführt hat. Aber auf wie lange noch? Er wird sich rasch hier wieder einleben, alte Beziehungen anknüpfen und eines Tages wird er alles wissen. Und an demselben Tage …“ Cécile hat eine Vorahnung eines blutigen Ausgangs und meint: „Ach, mein Freund, suchen wir ihn nicht zu halten, wir halten ihn nicht zu seinem und meinem Glück.“ Dörffel versucht sie zu beruhigen, was ihm denn auch einigermaßen gelingt.
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Fontane, Theodor: Das Schlachtfeld von Groß-Beeren, german V1, 22.01.2010

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Theodor Fontane wurde am 30.12.1819 in Neuruppin geboren. Er stammte aus einer in Preußen heimisch gewordenen Hugenottenfamilie. Der Vater war Apotheker. Fontane besuchte das Gymnasium Neuruppin (1832) und die Gewerbeschule Berlin (1833). 1836-1840 Apothekerlehre in Berlin.

Fontane gab 1849 seinen Apothekerberuf auf; er arbeitete dann mit Unterbrechung bis 1859 als freier Mitarbeiter im Büro eines Ministeriums. Er lebte von 1855-1859 in England als Berichterstatter. Von 1860 bis 1870 arbeitete er als Redakteur der Berliner "Kreuz-Zeitung". 1870-1889 Theaterkritiker bei der "Vossischen Zeitung". 1876 Sekretär der Akademie der Künste Berlin und freier Schriftsteller. 1894 Dr. phil. h.c. Fontane starb am 20.9.1898 in Berlin.

Das Schlachtfeld von Groß-Beeren
Das "Erstlingswerk" des Autors.
"..Es ist schwer, die erste Liebe festzustellen; hat man sie oder glaubt man sie zu haben, so findet sich in der Regel, daß es noch eine allererste gab. Ein verstorbener Freund von mir war denn auch wirklich bei dieser retrospektiven Untersuchung bis an sein viertes Lebensjahr zurückgeraten.
Mit der ersten literarischen Arbeit verhält es sich ähnlich. Wenn man eben seinen Erstgebornen in einem auf liniiertem Papier geschriebenen Geburtstagskarmen entdeckt zu haben glaubt, ergibt sich plötzlich, daß man schon anderthalb Jahre vorher zu einer Wilhelm-Tell-Puppentheatervorstellung einen Prolog gedichtet hat, drin, unter mehr oder weniger deutlilichen Anspielungen auf Klassenlehrer, Tyrannenmord als einziges Rettungsmittel gepredigt wird. Wirklich, es ist schwer, seinem ersten literarischen Sündenfall ein präzises Datum zu geben. Ich laß es aber darauf ankommen und bemächtige mich ohne weitres eines Sonnabendnachmittags, an dem ich, als Untertertianer, eine Fußpartie nach dem mir durch Familienbeziehungen bekannten und befreundeten Dorfe Löwenbruch hin unternahm, um mich daselbst, einen Tag lang, all meiner Schulsorgen, unter denen ein »Deutscher Aufsatz nach selbstgewähltem Thema« voranstand, zu entschlagen..."
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Fontane, Theodor: Der Stechlin (german) v1 15 dec 2008

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Heinrich Theodor Fontane (* 30. Dezember 1819 in Neuruppin; † 20. September 1898 in Berlin) war ein deutscher Schriftsteller und approbierter Apotheker. Er gilt als bedeutendster deutscher Vertreter des poetischen Realismus.

Der Stechlin ist ein Roman von Theodor Fontane. Er entstand in den Jahren 1895 bis 1897 und wurde erstmals 1897 in der Zeitschrift Über Land und Meer publiziert. Die Buchausgabe erschien 1899. „Der Stechlin“ ist Fontanes letzter großer Roman. Seine Hauptfigur, der alte Dubslav von Stechlin, trägt den gleichen Namen wie der nahe gelegene See, der stimmungsvoll in die märkische Landschaft eingebettet ist. Der Roman spielt in der Zeit seiner Niederschrift. Leichthin geführte Unterhaltungen und tiefsinnige Gespräche vermitteln die Melancholie einer Spätzeit, voll Skepsis und doch versöhnlich. Die mit unverkennbarer Sympathie gezeichnete Hauptfigur trägt Züge ihres Autors.

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Fontane liest sich so locker, als wäre es gestern geschrieben worden.

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Fontane, Theodor: Die Poggenpuhls, german V1, 08.01.2010

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Theodor Fontane wurde am 30.12.1819 in Neuruppin geboren. Er stammte aus einer in Preußen heimisch gewordenen Hugenottenfamilie. Der Vater war Apotheker. Fontane besuchte das Gymnasium Neuruppin (1832) und die Gewerbeschule Berlin (1833). 1836-1840 Apothekerlehre in Berlin.

Fontane gab 1849 seinen Apothekerberuf auf; er arbeitete dann mit Unterbrechung bis 1859 als freier Mitarbeiter im Büro eines Ministeriums. Er lebte von 1855-1859 in England als Berichterstatter. Von 1860 bis 1870 arbeitete er als Redakteur der Berliner "Kreuz-Zeitung". 1870-1889 Theaterkritiker bei der "Vossischen Zeitung". 1876 Sekretär der Akademie der Künste Berlin und freier Schriftsteller. 1894 Dr. phil. h.c. Fontane starb am 20.9.1898 in Berlin.

Die Poggenpuhls
Die seit langen Jahren verwitwete Majorin Albertine Pogge von Poggenpuhl lebt mit ihren drei Töchtern Therese, Sophie und Manon und dem treuen alten Dienstmädchen Friederike seit etlichen Jahren in der Großgörschenstraße in Berlin, während die Söhne Wendelin und Leo als Premier- bzw. Secondeleutnant bei ihrem Regiment in Thorn stehen. Die finanzielle Lage der Familie ist beklemmend, und so stellt es gleich zu Beginn der Erzählung ein Problem für die Mutter dar, dass der jüngere Sohn Leo sich zum Besuch angemeldet hat, um ihren Geburtstag am 4. Januar zu feiern: „Ja, da soll ich mich nun freuen. Aber kann ich mich freuen? Herkommen wird er ja wohl gerade mit dem Geld [Wendelin hat Leo sein Honorar, das er für einen Artikel im Militär-Wochenblatt bekommen hat, überlassen, damit der Lieblingssohn die Mutter besuchen kann], aber wenn er hier ist, müssen wir ihm doch ein paar gute Tage machen, und wenn er auch bescheiden in seinen Ansprüchen ist, so muss er doch den dritten Tag wieder zurück, und dafür müssen wir aufkommen.“ In den auf diesen Ausspruch folgenden Reaktionen der drei Töchter zeigt jede gleich ihre charakteristische Lebenseinstellung: Therese, die von einem auf die Familiengeschichte gestützten Hochgefühl getragen ist, will von den wirtschaftlichen Erwägungen der Mutter gar nichts hören, Sophie, ein nicht nur künstlerisches Allroundtalent, bietet gleich an, sich einen Vorschuss auf das Honorar auf ihre letzten Bilder geben zu lassen, und Manon schlägt vor, wieder einmal die Zuckerbüchse der Familie zu versetzen und sich, falls diese nicht mehr aus dem Pfandleihhaus ausgelöst werden kann, von ihren reichen jüdischen Freunden, der Bankiersfamilie Bartenstein, eine neue schenken zu lassen.

Doch schließlich muss zu keiner dieser Lösungen gegriffen werden: Onkel Eberhard, ein reich verheirateter General a. D. und Bruder des bei Gravelotte gefallenen Vaters der Familie, erscheint ebenfalls, um Albertines Geburtstag mitzufeiern, und überlässt den Kindern, nachdem er sie in eine Aufführung der Quitzows und zum Abendessen eingeladen hat, die respektablen Überreste des für die Essensrechnung angebrochenen Hundertmarkscheins. Doch auch dieses großzügige Geschenk löst die Geldprobleme der Familie, die besonders von Leo als schmerzlich empfunden werden, natürlich nicht dauerhaft. Mit dem Dienstmädchen Friederike erörtert er während des Besuchs die Möglichkeiten, entweder nach Afrika zu gehen oder aber eine reiche Jüdin zu heiraten – ein Plan, für den auch seine Schwester Manon sich erwärmen kann. Allerdings möchte sie ihn nicht mit der jungen Esther Blumenthal, mit der er in Thorn angebändelt hat, verehelicht sehen, sondern lieber mit ihrer Freundin Flora Bartenstein. Im Grunde aber verbietet sich beides, da es der Familientradition („Die Poggenpuhls nehmen nicht den Abschied.“ „Dann kriegen sie ihn.“ „Sie kriegen ihn auch nicht [...]“, so Therese im Gespräch mit dem jüngeren Bruder) und dem Standesbewusstsein der Poggenpuhls widerspricht, und Leo gibt auch selber zu, dass es sich bei diesen Vorstellungen eher um Phantasiegespinste als um realistische Pläne handelt – genauso wie bei der Idee, eine Bühnenkarriere anzustreben wie sein ehemaliger Regimentskamerad Manfred von Klessentin.

Er reist also wieder ab nach Thorn, während der Onkel Sophie zur Gesellschaft für seine Gattin in sein Schloss Adamsdorf mitnimmt. Sie soll dort von ihren künstlerischen Talenten Gebrauch machen und z. B. neue Wappenteller für die Generalin, die mit Eberhard von Poggenpuhl in zweiter Ehe verheiratet ist, malen. Doch dazu kommt es nicht. Bei einer Fahrt mit dem Hörnerschlitten bei der Heinrichsbaude verunglückt Sophie und bricht sich den Oberschenkel. Noch auf dem Krankenlager beginnt sie mit Skizzen zu einem ganz anderen Projekt, das insbesondere den alten Onkel sehr erfreut: Sie soll die Dorfkirche mit Gemälden nach der Bibel schmücken. Damit ist sie mehrere Monate lang beschäftigt und berichtet in dieser Zeit immer wieder brieflich nach Berlin – auch in dieser Korrespondenz spielen allerdings die ständigen Geldsorgen der Familie eine ununterdrückbare Rolle.....
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Theodor Fontane ist einer der bekanntesten deutschen Schriftsteller und gilt als einer der bedeutendsten Vertreter des Realismus.

In Effi Briest, wohl einem der bekanntesten, wenn nicht sogar der bekannteste Roman von Theodor Fontane geht es um die gleichnamige Protagonistin und deren Leben von ihrer Kindheit bis hin zu ihrem Tod. Ihr Schicksal beginnt als sie den ungleich älteren Baron von Innstetten heiratet. Da sie von ihrem Mann oft allein gelassen wird und sie beginnt eine mehrere Wochen dauender Affäre, die jedoch später ans Licht kommt. Effi hat daraufhin scher mit den gefestigten Konventionen des preußischen Staates zu kämpfen.

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Fontane, Theodor: Frau Jenny Treibel, german V1, 15.01.2010

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Theodor Fontane wurde am 30.12.1819 in Neuruppin geboren. Er stammte aus einer in Preußen heimisch gewordenen Hugenottenfamilie. Der Vater war Apotheker. Fontane besuchte das Gymnasium Neuruppin (1832) und die Gewerbeschule Berlin (1833). 1836-1840 Apothekerlehre in Berlin.

Fontane gab 1849 seinen Apothekerberuf auf; er arbeitete dann mit Unterbrechung bis 1859 als freier Mitarbeiter im Büro eines Ministeriums. Er lebte von 1855-1859 in England als Berichterstatter. Von 1860 bis 1870 arbeitete er als Redakteur der Berliner "Kreuz-Zeitung". 1870-1889 Theaterkritiker bei der "Vossischen Zeitung". 1876 Sekretär der Akademie der Künste Berlin und freier Schriftsteller. 1894 Dr. phil. h.c. Fontane starb am 20.9.1898 in Berlin.

Frau Jenny Treibel
Im Zentrum des Romans stehen zwei Berliner Familien: Zum einen die großbürgerlichen Treibels – der Kommerzienrat, seine Frau Jenny sowie die Söhne Otto und Leopold, zum anderen Professor Wilibald Schmidt und seine Tochter Corinna. Die Verbindung zwischen den Familien besteht schon seit Jahrzehnten. Damals war Wilibald nicht nur ein junger Student, sondern auch der Verehrer von Jenny, der Tochter seines Zimmervermieters, der ein kleines Kellergeschäft betrieb. Sogar ein Gedicht schrieb er in seinem Liebeseifer für Jenny – ohne jedoch den gewünschten Erfolg zu erzielen. Ein Gedicht, dessen literarische Qualitäten bescheiden sind, das aber gerade wegen seiner triefenden Sentimentalität von seiner Freundin Jenny auch noch viele Jahre später bei jeder sich bietenden Gelegenheit zum Vortrag gebracht wird.

Wilibald sähe es am liebsten, seine Tochter würde ihren Cousin Marcell, einen vielversprechenden angehenden Archäologen, heiraten. Nur kann der sich nicht dazu durchringen, ihr einen Heiratsantrag zu machen. Die intelligente und unabhängige Corinna hat sowieso andere Pläne. Sie möchte ausbrechen aus der eher bescheidenen Welt eines Gymnasialprofessorenhaushaltes. Den gesellschaftlichen Umgang mit den anderen ‚Professorenfrauen’ empfindet sie als langweilig und das Korrigieren der Schülerhefte ihres Vaters ist auch keine wirkliche Abwechslung. Also setzt sich Corinna in den Kopf, Leopold Treibel zu heiraten. Gesellschaftliches Ansehen und materieller Wohlstand erscheinen ihr als ausreichende Garantien für eine glückliche Zukunft und so setzt sie alle Mittel ein, um den netten, aber leicht zu beeinflussenden Leopold in die Falle zu locken. Sie wirft all ihren Charme und Esprit in die Waagschale und ein, zwei Abendgesellschaften und eine Landpartie später hat sie es geschafft. Es kommt zur heimlichen Verlobung.

Corinna hat ihre Rechnung ohne die Schwiegermutter in spe gemacht. Jenny ist außer sich vor Wut – hatte sie doch für Leopold eine reiche junge Frau aus gutem Hause und keine Professorentochter als Braut vorgesehen. Sofort ergreift sie die Initiative, wird beim Professor vorstellig, erteilt ihrem Sohn Ausgehverbot und lädt Hildegard Munk– die Schwester von Ottos Ehefrau – nach Berlin ein, um diese mit Leopold zusammenzubringen. Die Verbindung zwischen Corinna und Leopold wird derweil per Briefkontakt aufrechterhalten. Die beiden Väter verhalten sich in dieser angespannten Situation abwartend – der Kommerzienrat, weil er damit beschäftigt ist, seinen Wahlkampf zu organisieren, und der Professor, weil er darauf vertraut, dass Corinnas Wille an Jennys Widerstand zerbrechen wird. Schließlich hat sie sich schon vor dreißig Jahren für den materiellen Wohlstand und gesellschaftlichen Aufstieg namens Treibel und gegen das Ideelle und damit ihren Verehrer Wilibald entschieden....
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Ausgabe letzter Hand: Theodor Fontane. Gedichte, 5., vermehrte Auflage, Berlin (W. Hertz) 1898.

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Fontane, Theodor: Graf Petöfy, german V1, 12.01.2010

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Theodor Fontane wurde am 30.12.1819 in Neuruppin geboren. Er stammte aus einer in Preußen heimisch gewordenen Hugenottenfamilie. Der Vater war Apotheker. Fontane besuchte das Gymnasium Neuruppin (1832) und die Gewerbeschule Berlin (1833). 1836-1840 Apothekerlehre in Berlin.

Fontane gab 1849 seinen Apothekerberuf auf; er arbeitete dann mit Unterbrechung bis 1859 als freier Mitarbeiter im Büro eines Ministeriums. Er lebte von 1855-1859 in England als Berichterstatter. Von 1860 bis 1870 arbeitete er als Redakteur der Berliner "Kreuz-Zeitung". 1870-1889 Theaterkritiker bei der "Vossischen Zeitung". 1876 Sekretär der Akademie der Künste Berlin und freier Schriftsteller. 1894 Dr. phil. h.c. Fontane starb am 20.9.1898 in Berlin.

Graf Petöfy
Das Geschlecht der Grafen von Petöfy hat nur noch drei lebende Vertreter: Den alten Grafen, einen etwa siebzigjährigen Junggesellen und Theaterhabitué, seine verwitwete Schwester Judith von Gundolskirchen, die ihre Zeit im Gegensatz zu ihrem Bruder mit Gesprächen mit ihrem Vertrauten Pater Feßler und Beschäftigung mit der katholischen Kirche ausfüllt, und den Neffen der beiden, Egon Graf Asperg, den Sohn einer bereits verstorbenen Schwester der beiden alten Herrschaften.

Petöfy und Judith von Gundolskirchen teilen sich im Winter ein Palais in Wien. Hier lernt denn auch Judith von Gundolskirchen die junge Schauspielerin Franziska Franz kennen, für die Petöfy eine Zuneigung gefasst hat, und gewinnt den besten Eindruck von der jungen Dame. Auch, als man sich Monate später in einem Urlaubs- und Kurort wiedertrifft - Franziska kuriert dort ein Nervenfieber aus, das sie befallen hat, nachdem der alte Graf sich vorerst wieder deutlich von ihr zurückgezogen hat -, hält der freundschaftliche Verkehr an. Dennoch ist Judith nicht glücklich, als ihr Bruder ihr seine späten Heiratspläne anvertraut: Er möchte Franziska als eine Art Scheherazade für sich gewinnen und auf sein ungarisches Schloss Arpa, seine Sommerresidenz, verpflanzen. Den Konfessions- und Standesunterschied sieht sie zwar, genau wie Franziskas Vertraute Hannah, als zweitrangig und nicht allzu problematisch an, nicht aber den Unterschied der Jahre zwischen den beiden Partnern. Franziska, so fürchtet sie, wird vereinsamen und sich langweilen, das Opfer, das sie - freilich im Tausch gegen gesellschaftlichen und finanziellen Aufstieg - zu bringen gedenkt, scheint ihr zu hoch. Franziska ihrerseits spricht gegenüber ihrer vertrauten Dienerin Hannah ihre Befürchtung aus, dass sie sich mehr nach den Wünschen ihres zukünftigen Gatten richten wird, als sie wirklich kann - eine deutliche Vorausdeutung. Doch es kommt zu der Eheschließung, und Franziska nimmt ihr Leben als „Plaudertasche“ des alten Grafen auf. Zunächst unterhält sie sich damit, ungarische Sprachkenntnisse zu erwerben und mit den Kindern der Bediensteten zu spielen, als aber Graf Egon zu einem Besuch auf Schloss Arpa erscheint, vertauscht sie die Lehrbücher freudig mit Lektionen im Sattel und begleitet den jungen Grafen auf langen Ausritten. Einmal, im Zuge einer etwas dramatischen Rettungsaktion für ein angeblich von Zigeunern geraubtes Kind, gerät sie gar zusammen mit Egon auf dem stürmischen See, an dem das Schloss liegt, in Lebensgefahr, wird aber gerettet.

Als der Herbst mit ausgiebigen Regenfällen einsetzt, zeigt sich jedoch, dass Judiths Befürchtungen nicht unbegründet waren. Franziska empfindet die Leere ihres Daseins in der Ehe mit dem alten Grafen stärker denn je. Judith empfiehlt ihrem Bruder noch dringend, doch schleunigst wieder nach Wien umzusiedeln, um seiner Frau die Unterhaltungen der Wintersaison zugute kommen zu lassen, doch es ist zu spät: Eines Tages bemerkt der alte Petöfy, dass sein Neffe einen Ring aus Franziskas Besitz trägt. Er sieht ein, dass seine Zumutung an die junge Frau zu hoch war, will dem jungen Paar nicht im Wege stehen und beschließt, nicht etwa Graf Egon zur Rede zu stellen oder sich gar mit ihm zu duellieren, sondern selbst aus dem Leben zu scheiden.

Franziska, von Reue erfasst, entschließt sich nach dem Tod ihres Mannes, die Beziehung zu Egon abzubrechen, Trost in der katholischen Kirche zu suchen und ihr Erbe allein zu verwalten.
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Fontane, Theodor: Irrungen, Wirrungen, german V1, 14.01.2010

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Theodor Fontane wurde am 30.12.1819 in Neuruppin geboren. Er stammte aus einer in Preußen heimisch gewordenen Hugenottenfamilie. Der Vater war Apotheker. Fontane besuchte das Gymnasium Neuruppin (1832) und die Gewerbeschule Berlin (1833). 1836-1840 Apothekerlehre in Berlin.

Fontane gab 1849 seinen Apothekerberuf auf; er arbeitete dann mit Unterbrechung bis 1859 als freier Mitarbeiter im Büro eines Ministeriums. Er lebte von 1855-1859 in England als Berichterstatter. Von 1860 bis 1870 arbeitete er als Redakteur der Berliner "Kreuz-Zeitung". 1870-1889 Theaterkritiker bei der "Vossischen Zeitung". 1876 Sekretär der Akademie der Künste Berlin und freier Schriftsteller. 1894 Dr. phil. h.c. Fontane starb am 20.9.1898 in Berlin.

Irrungen, Wirrungen
Lene wohnt mit ihrer alten Pflegemutter Nimptsch in einem kleinen Häuschen auf dem Gelände einer Gärtnerei in der Nähe des Zoologischen Gartens in Berlin. Bei einer Bootspartie lernt sie Baron Botho von Rienäcker kennen. Während des Sommers kommen sich die beiden näher und verlieben sich rasch. Das Paar genießt seine Verliebtheit, Lene ist realistischer und gibt ihrer Liebe nicht, so wie Botho es vorgibt zu tun, eine große Chance für die Zukunft. Nach einigen Treffen mit Lene wird der Baron per Brief eines Tages zu einer Unterredung mit seinem Onkel Kurt Anton von Osten bestellt. Dieser erinnert ihn daran, dass er seiner reichen Cousine Käthe von Sellenthin so gut wie versprochen ist.

Eine gemeinsame Landpartie zu Hankels Ablage scheint zum Höhepunkt in Lenes und Bothos Beziehung zu werden. Als jedoch Bothos drei Freunde Balafré, Serge und Pitt mit ihren Mätressen „Königin“ Isabeau, Fräulein Margot und Fräulein Johanna hinzukommen, bemerkt der Aristokrat, dass er in der Öffentlichkeit aufgrund der vorhandenen Standesunterschiede keinen natürlichen Umgang mit Lene pflegen kann, und die Stimmung des Paares verschlechtert sich nachhaltig. Bald darauf erhält Botho einen Brief seiner Mutter, welche die prekäre Finanzlage der Familie bemängelt und Abhilfe durch die Heirat mit Käthe empfiehlt, so dass sich Botho von Lene trennt. Lene, die dieses von Anfang an kommen sah, hat Verständnis für Bothos Entschluss. Botho resigniert, und Lene entsagt.

Einige Wochen später heiratet der Baron seine Cousine, wobei ihn vor allem Vernunftgründe dazu bewogen haben. Bald bemerkt er die Oberflächlichkeit seiner Ehefrau, der es zudem an Ernsthaftigkeit fehlt. Als Lene ihren ehemaligen Geliebten zufällig von weitem auf der Straße sieht, beschließt sie, das Stadtviertel zu verlassen.

Im neuen Stadtviertel lernt Lene den Fabrikmeister Gideon Franke kennen. Nachdem dieser ihr einen Heiratsantrag gemacht hat, erzählt Lene von ihrem Vorleben. Franke, ein etwa fünfzigjähriger Sektierer, der schon einen Amerikaaufenthalt hinter sich hat, ist geneigt, über diese Vorgeschichte hinwegzusehen, sucht aber dennoch Botho in dessen Wohnung auf, um sich von der Beziehung zu Lene erzählen zu lassen. So erfährt Baron Botho vom Tod der Frau Nimptsch und besucht anschließend deren Grab, um dort den ihr versprochenen Immortellenkranz niederzulegen.

Botho verbrennt, von alten Erinnerungen aufgewühlt, Lenes Briefe und die Blumen, welche Lene mit einem Haar von sich zusammengebunden hatte. Dennoch kann dieser symbolische Akt seine Sehnsucht nach seiner ehemaligen Geliebten nicht beseitigen. Der Roman endet damit, dass Botho mit einer kleinen Bemerkung – anlässlich der Hochzeitsanzeige Lenes und Gideon Frankes in einer Zeitung – zu Selbsterkenntnis kommt: „Gideon ist besser als Botho.“

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Theodor Fontane wurde am 30.12.1819 in Neuruppin geboren. Er stammte aus einer in Preußen heimisch gewordenen Hugenottenfamilie. Der Vater war Apotheker. Fontane besuchte das Gymnasium Neuruppin (1832) und die Gewerbeschule Berlin (1833). 1836-1840 Apothekerlehre in Berlin.

Fontane gab 1849 seinen Apothekerberuf auf; er arbeitete dann mit Unterbrechung bis 1859 als freier Mitarbeiter im Büro eines Ministeriums. Er lebte von 1855-1859 in England als Berichterstatter. Von 1860 bis 1870 arbeitete er als Redakteur der Berliner "Kreuz-Zeitung". 1870-1889 Theaterkritiker bei der "Vossischen Zeitung". 1876 Sekretär der Akademie der Künste Berlin und freier Schriftsteller. 1894 Dr. phil. h.c. Fontane starb am 20.9.1898 in Berlin.

L’Adultera
Erzählt wird die Geschichte der jungen, schönen Melanie van der Straaten, geborene de Caparoux, einer Genferin, die mit etwa siebzehn Jahren den sehr viel älteren Berliner Geschäftsmann Ezechiel van der Straaten geheiratet hat. Aus der Ehe sind zwei Töchter hervorgegangen. Die ältere, Lydia, gilt als Abbild der Mutter, dunkel, schlank und schön, ist aber im Gegensatz zu dieser immer ernst und nachdenklich. Heth, das verwöhnte Nesthäkchen, sieht dagegen dem Vater ähnlich, hat aber das Lachen und die Fahrigkeit der Mutter geerbt. Beinahe zur Familie gehören ferner Friederike Sawatzki von Sawat, genannt Sattlerin von der Hölle, ein verwachsenes altes Fräulein, das die besondere Vertraute Melanies ist, sowie die Klavierlehrerin Anastasia Schmidt. Beide werden Frühjahr um Frühjahr aufgefordert, mit Melanie und ihren Töchtern in die Tiergartenvilla hinauszuziehen, in der man den Sommer über lebt und in die van der Straaten nur selten kommt.

Die Situation könnte idyllisch sein, doch Melanie leidet unter zwei Eigenschaften ihres Mannes: Erstens kann er als typischer Berliner nicht mit Bemerkungen zurückhalten, die Melanie insbesondere in Gesellschaft als peinlich und ungezogen empfindet, zum anderen quält er sie, obwohl dazu zunächst keinerlei Anlass besteht, häufig mit seiner Eifersucht bzw. der Vorhersage, sie werde ihm, weil dies so in seiner Familie liege, eines Tages bestimmt untreu werden.

Genau mit diesem Motiv setzt die Erzählung denn auch ein. Ezechiel hat sich eine Kopie eines Jacopo-Tintoretto-Bildes mit dem Titel „L’Adultera“ („Die Ehebrecherin“) anfertigen lassen, das nun fertig ist und geliefert wird. Melanie zeigt mit der dargestellten Sünderin Mitleid und stellt fest, diese habe zwar geweint, aber bestimmt nicht, weil sie ihre Schuld wirklich einsehe, sondern nur, weil ihre Umgebung ihr wieder und wieder gesagt habe, wie schlecht sie sei. Die Motivwahl befremdet sie allerdings, und Ezechiel erklärt hierauf, er habe sich das Bild als eine Mahnung kopieren lassen, um sich an den Gedanken an sein zukünftiges Schicksal zu gewöhnen. Umgehen lasse dieses Schicksal sich sicher nicht, nicht einmal, wenn er seine Gattin einmauern lasse. Melanie, wie sich denken lässt, ist von dieser Vorhersage und Unterstellung alles andere als erbaut und findet insbesondere auch die Vorstellung, dass Besucher sich ihre Gedanken zum Motiv des Bildes machen könnten, unerfreulich, tut das Ganze aber schließlich als eine Laune ihres Gatten ab.

Im Frühsommer des gleichen Jahres soll sich der Hausstand um einen Logiergast erweitern. Ezechiel van der Straaten hat sich bereit erklärt, den Sohn eines Frankfurter Geschäftsfreundes, der lange im Ausland war und nun eine Bankfiliale in Berlin gründen möchte, unter seinem Dach aufzunehmen. Melanie, mit diesem Plan konfrontiert, reagiert skeptisch, ist dann jedoch von der Fotografie des ordensgeschmückten jungen Ebenezer Rubehn derart angetan, dass sie im Gespräch kurz darauf gleich das Wort „Hausfreund“ fallen lässt.

Rubehn präsentiert sich ihr eines Vormittags in der Tiergartenvilla und zeigt sich gleich als das völlige Gegenteil des ungehobelten van der Straaten. Insbesondere erweist er sich – Anastasia spielt eben auf dem Flügel – als musikalisch und als Wagneranhänger wie Melanie selbst. Während er die volle Zustimmung der Erwachsenen findet und um einen baldigen erneuten Besuch gebeten wird, steht Lydia ihm ablehnend gegenüber, da sie sich in kindlicher Liebe in ihn verliebt und er sie nur als Kind beachtet und nicht ernst nimmt.

In dieser Situation sieht Melanie nur eine Möglichkeit: Flucht aus dem Hause van der Straatens und ein neues Leben mit Ebenezer Rubehn. Unter Beihilfe der alten Dienerin Christel, die noch alles Mögliche versucht, um ihre Herrin von diesem Schritt abzuhalten, packt sie das Nötigste ein, um im Schutz der Nacht das Haus zu verlassen. Doch kaum hat sie Christel überzeugt, dass ihr Fall anders liegt als der Präzedenzfall einer in die Krise geratenen und wieder geretteten Ehe, von dem die Dienerin erzählt hat, steht sie auch noch ihrem Mann gegenüber und muss auch diesem ihre Argumente darlegen. Ezechiel, um Fassung bemüht, verspricht sogar, das Kind Ebenezers wie sein eigenes zu halten und den Ehebruch seiner Frau zu decken, wenn sie nur bleibt. Melanie aber sieht in einem offenen und ehrlichen Schnitt die einzige Möglichkeit, weiterzuexistieren. Sie weigert sich, noch einen letzten Blick auf ihre schlafenden Töchter zu werfen, und verlässt ihr bisheriges Heim.
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Theodor Fontane wurde am 30.12.1819 in Neuruppin geboren. Er stammte aus einer in Preußen heimisch gewordenen Hugenottenfamilie. Der Vater war Apotheker. Fontane besuchte das Gymnasium Neuruppin (1832) und die Gewerbeschule Berlin (1833). 1836-1840 Apothekerlehre in Berlin.

Fontane gab 1849 seinen Apothekerberuf auf; er arbeitete dann mit Unterbrechung bis 1859 als freier Mitarbeiter im Büro eines Ministeriums. Er lebte von 1855-1859 in England als Berichterstatter. Von 1860 bis 1870 arbeitete er als Redakteur der Berliner "Kreuz-Zeitung". 1870-1889 Theaterkritiker bei der "Vossischen Zeitung". 1876 Sekretär der Akademie der Künste Berlin und freier Schriftsteller. 1894 Dr. phil. h.c. Fontane starb am 20.9.1898 in Berlin.

Meine Kinderjahre
Die Erinnerungen beginnen mit der Beschreibung der Eltern. Gegensätzlicher konnten sie kaum sein. Der Vater, ein stattlicher Mann, voll Bonhomie, dabei Phantast und Humorist, Plauderer und Geschichtenerzähler, - die Mutter schlank, zierlich, von schwarzem Haar und Augen wie Kohlen, energisch, von trockener Sachlichkeit, aber mit einer Neigung zu heftigen Temperamentsausbrüchen. In Erziehungsfragen war sie sehr unnachsichtig. Bei dem kleinsten Fehler zeigte sie die ´rasche Hand´ . Die Eltern selbst lebten mehr oder weniger ernsthaft in einer Art Dauerfehde.

Der Vater war Apotheker, damals noch ein Lehrberuf mit abschließendem Staatsexamen und besaß eine eigene Apotheke, anfangs in Neuruppin, später in Swinemünde. Spielschulden des Vaters hatten den Verkauf der Neuruppiner Apotheke notwendig gemacht. In Swinemünde konnte zu günstigen Bedingungen wieder eine Apotheke gekauft werden. Fontane war 8 Jahre alt, als die Familie nach Swinemünde zog, einem Städtchen mit ungepflasterten Straßen.

Humorvoll beschreibt Fontane das groteske Haus. Im Erdgeschoss trennte ein gepflasterter Flur zwischen Apotheke (samt Laboratorium) und den Wohnräumen. Unmittelbar darüber stieg ein fünfmal so hohes Dach auf, in dem übereinander fünf Böden lagen, voll mit Kräuterkisten und Gerümpel, darunter auch ein Rad, auf dem – aber das [war] nun schon lange her, das Jahr vorher, ehe die Franzosen ins Land kamen [also 1805] – der Scharfrichter einen Mörder vom Leben zum Tode gebracht hatte. Einige Kapitel später wird Fontane in seinen Kindheitserinnerungen die Hinrichtung eines anderen Swinemünder Mörders beschreiben, bei der die Prozedur des Räderns noch angewandt wurde, wenn auch verkürzt durch Erdrosseln.

Der große Hof hinter dem Haus und der daran anschließende, verwilderte Garten waren die schönsten Spiel- und Abenteuerplätze.

Die kleine Stadt mit ihren etwa 3500 Einwohnern wirkte dürftig, war aber als Handels- und Schifffahrtsplatz sehr reizvoll. An der Uferbefestigung der Swine, dem Hauptmündungsarm der Oder, lagen im Winter Schiffe in drei und vier Reihen nebeneinander. Ab Frühjahr, wenn der Strom wieder eisfrei geworden war, legten über die Ostsee kommende Handelsschiffe an. Etwas außerhalb der Stadt lag das Gesellschaftshaus. Hier verkehrten Badegäste, die Honoratioren der Stadt, wurden Konzerte gegeben, Theateraufführungen veranstaltet und fanden Bälle statt. In dem kleinen Pavillon daneben war ein Spielcasino eingerichtet. Diese[ war nur allzu oft das Wanderziel meines Vaters.

Die Oberschicht Swinemündes – eigentlich nur zwanzig Familien – war nach Art der Seestädte aufgeschlossener als in den kleinen Städten des Binnenlandes, vor allem im Vergleich mit der Mark Brandenburg. Die hier ansässig gewordenen Nordeuropäer, Schweden, Dänen, Holländer und Schotten gaben der Stadt einen internationale[n] Charakter. An Herrenabenden kam es vor, dass auf die Times Bezug genommen wurde. Von Pfahlbürgertum, von Engem und Kleinem überhaupt, existierte keine Spur.....
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Theodor Fontane wurde am 30.12.1819 in Neuruppin geboren. Er stammte aus einer in Preußen heimisch gewordenen Hugenottenfamilie. Der Vater war Apotheker. Fontane besuchte das Gymnasium Neuruppin (1832) und die Gewerbeschule Berlin (1833). 1836-1840 Apothekerlehre in Berlin.

Fontane gab 1849 seinen Apothekerberuf auf; er arbeitete dann mit Unterbrechung bis 1859 als freier Mitarbeiter im Büro eines Ministeriums. Er lebte von 1855-1859 in England als Berichterstatter. Von 1860 bis 1870 arbeitete er als Redakteur der Berliner "Kreuz-Zeitung". 1870-1889 Theaterkritiker bei der "Vossischen Zeitung". 1876 Sekretär der Akademie der Künste Berlin und freier Schriftsteller. 1894 Dr. phil. h.c. Fontane starb am 20.9.1898 in Berlin.

Quitt
Die Handlung beginnt in den 1870er-Jahren im schlesischen Riesengebirge: Förster Opitz, ein arroganter Mittdreißiger, ist ein Muster an scheinbar unbestechlicher Ordnungsliebe und blasierter Biederkeit. In dem vorbestraften 27-jährigen Wilddieb Lehnert Menz hat er einen autoritätsverachtenden Todfeind. Opitz' Nachstellungen und öffentlicher Schikanen überdrüssig, erschießt Menz den Widersacher eines Nachts. Nach der Tat verlässt er seine Heimat und flieht nach Nordamerika. Er verdingt sich als Eisenbahnarbeiter und Goldsucher. Schließlich findet er Aufnahme in der Mennoniten-Siedlung "Nogat-Ehre" im Indianer-Territorium. Dort erwirbt er sich durch Fleiß die Achtung seiner Nachbarn und steht kurz vor der Hochzeit mit Ruth, der Tochter des Gemeindeoberhaupts Obadja Hornbostel. Ein tödlicher Unfall Lehnerts in der Wildnis, den er als Quittierung seiner Schuld interpretiert, macht jedoch alle Pläne zur Makulatur.

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Theodor Fontane wurde am 30.12.1819 in Neuruppin geboren. Er stammte aus einer in Preußen heimisch gewordenen Hugenottenfamilie. Der Vater war Apotheker. Fontane besuchte das Gymnasium Neuruppin (1832) und die Gewerbeschule Berlin (1833). 1836-1840 Apothekerlehre in Berlin.

Fontane gab 1849 seinen Apothekerberuf auf; er arbeitete dann mit Unterbrechung bis 1859 als freier Mitarbeiter im Büro eines Ministeriums. Er lebte von 1855-1859 in England als Berichterstatter. Von 1860 bis 1870 arbeitete er als Redakteur der Berliner "Kreuz-Zeitung". 1870-1889 Theaterkritiker bei der "Vossischen Zeitung". 1876 Sekretär der Akademie der Künste Berlin und freier Schriftsteller. 1894 Dr. phil. h.c. Fontane starb am 20.9.1898 in Berlin.

Stine
Die junge Ernestine Rehbein, genannt Stine, lebt in einfachen kleinbürgerlichen Verhältnissen. Gemeinsam mit ihrer verwitweten Schwester Pauline, die zwei Kinder von zwei verschiedenen Männern hat, lebt sie zwei Stockwerke über der Wohnung ihrer Schwester in einem Wohnhaus in der Invalidenstraße 98e in Berlin. Bei einem abendlichen Diner, mit dem Pauline in kleiner Gesellschaft den Pflichten ihrer Liaison mit dem alten Grafen Haldern nachkommt, lernt Stine den kränklichen jungen Grafen Waldemar Haldern kennen. Dieser verliebt sich in Stine und fängt an um sie zu werben, indem er sie zu besuchen beginnt. Da diese Verbindung ihrer Schwester suspekt wird, rät sie Stine zur Besonnenheit, um nicht ins Gerede zu kommen, ein außereheliches Verhältnis zum Grafen zu haben. Derweil berät sich Graf Haldern mit seinem Onkel über seinen Plan, Stine zur Frau zu nehmen. Dieser rät ihm davon ab, da es die Ächtung seiner Familie nach sich ziehen würde. Der junge Graf von Haldern ist fast schon bereit, dieses Risiko auf sich zu nehmen. Als jedoch auch Stine ihm ihre Zusage zur Hochzeit verwehrt, begeht er kurz darauf Selbstmord. Stine reist zu seiner Beerdigung und kehrt mitgenommen zu Ihrer Schwester zurück.

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Heinrich Theodor Fontane (* 30. Dezember 1819 in Neuruppin; † 20. September 1898 in Berlin) war ein deutscher Schriftsteller und approbierter Apotheker. Er gilt als bedeutendster deutscher Vertreter des poetischen Realismus.

Unterm Birnbaum ist eine Novelle von Theodor Fontane, die er im Zeitraum von 1883 bis April 1885 verfasste. Obwohl der Leser bereits von Beginn an die Täter und ihre Motive kennt, wird durch Einbindung psychologischer Aspekte und die genaue Schilderung des Dorfmilieus, in dem ein Verbrechen begangen wird, der Spannungsbogen aufrechterhalten und eine düstere Grundstimmung erzeugt.

Mit der Geschichte eines von einem Ehepaar gemeinsam begangenen Raubmordes verarbeitet Fontane Kindheitserinnerungen - sein Vater hatte als Mitglied der Bürgergarde in Swinemünde mit ähnlichen Fällen zu tun. Eine Jahre zurückliegende Information seiner Schwester Elise über einen erschlagenen französischen Soldaten, der in Dreetz in Brandenburg vergraben worden war, weckte ebenfalls Fontanes Interesse und floss in die Handlung ein.

Nachdem die Novelle als Vorabdruck in Fortsetzungen in der Gartenlaube erschienen war, wurde die Buchausgabe im November 1885 beim Verlag Müller-Grote, Berlin, als Band 23 der Groteschen Sammlung von Werken zeitgenössischer Schriftsteller publiziert.

Außer Unterm Birnbaum schrieb Fontane noch drei weitere Geschichten, die von Verbrechen und Mord handeln: Grete Minde (1879), Ellernklipp (1881) und Quitt (1890).

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Theodor Fontane wurde am 30.12.1819 in Neuruppin geboren. Er stammte aus einer in Preußen heimisch gewordenen Hugenottenfamilie. Der Vater war Apotheker. Fontane besuchte das Gymnasium Neuruppin (1832) und die Gewerbeschule Berlin (1833). 1836-1840 Apothekerlehre in Berlin.

Fontane gab 1849 seinen Apothekerberuf auf; er arbeitete dann mit Unterbrechung bis 1859 als freier Mitarbeiter im Büro eines Ministeriums. Er lebte von 1855-1859 in England als Berichterstatter. Von 1860 bis 1870 arbeitete er als Redakteur der Berliner "Kreuz-Zeitung". 1870-1889 Theaterkritiker bei der "Vossischen Zeitung". 1876 Sekretär der Akademie der Künste Berlin und freier Schriftsteller. 1894 Dr. phil. h.c. Fontane starb am 20.9.1898 in Berlin.

Der Roman spielt in den Jahren 1859-1861 in Holstein, das damals zwar als selbständige Einheit, aber als Teil des Deutschen Bundes von Dänemark aus regiert wurde - fünf Jahre vor dem Deutsch-Dänischen Krieg, sowie in Kopenhagen und auf Schloss Frederiksborg.
Graf Helmuth Holk und seine Frau Christine leben mit ihren zwei Kindern in einem einsamen Schloss. Christine wird als eine fromme und grundsatzstrenge Frau geschildert, Holk dagegen als ein eher unreflektierter und lebensfroher Mann, der seine vom Herrnhutertum beeinflusste Frau zwar bewundert, aber unter ihrer scheinbaren Überlegenheit leidet. Holk betreibt auf seinem Besitz Landwirtschaft, hat jedoch auch ein Amt als Kammerherr am dänischen Hof inne. Als er für einige Monate an den Kopenhagener Hof einer dänischen Prinzessin abkommandiert wird, kommt ihm diese Abwechslung sehr entgegen. Im Gegensatz zu früheren Aufenthalten in der dänischen Hauptstadt wird seine Mission diesmal zu einer Gefahr für seine Ehe: Führte die vorübergehende Trennung früher stets zu einem Wiedererwachen der Liebe zwischen Christine und Holk, so sieht er sich diesmal von Anfang an in Kopenhagen mit Frauenfiguren konfrontiert, die Vorzüge ihr eigen nennen, die er an seiner Frau vermisst. Zunächst erregt die verführerische Kapitänsgattin Brigitte Hansen, die Tochter seiner Wirtin, seine Aufmerksamkeit, doch bald lernt er außerdem die Gesellschafterin der Prinzessin, Ebba von Rosenberg, kennen. Diese ist weniger attraktiv, dafür aber geistvoller. Ein Aufenthalt der kleinen Hofgesellschaft auf Schloss Fredericksborg wird schließlich zum Verhängnis für Holk. Nach einem gefährlichen Schlittschuhlauf über den Arresee kommt es zur gemeinsamen Nacht, die indes ein dramatisches Ende findet: Im Schloss bricht ein verheerender Brand aus, doch Holk kann Ebba retten. Die dramatische Flucht des Paares aufs Schlossdach wird schnell zum Tagesgespräch. Holk beschließt ohne Rückfrage bei Ebba, die einige Tage krank ist und keinen Besuch empfangen darf, diese zu heiraten, und fährt auf sein Schloss, um Christine von seinem Entschluss in Kenntnis zu setzen. Die Begegnung mit seiner Frau erschüttert ihn zunächst, doch ihre anhaltende Selbstgerechtigkeit gibt den Ausschlag und das Paar trennt sich. Zurückgekehrt nach Kopenhagen erhält er jedoch von Ebba einen Korb. Der Lächerlichkeit preisgegeben und tief verletzt, begibt Holk sich auf Reisen. Sowohl sein Schwager als auch der alte Ortsgeistliche und ein ehemaliger Erzieher der gräflichen Kinder arbeiten jedoch darauf hin, dass das Paar sich wieder versöhnt. Tatsächlich wird schließlich eine zweite Hochzeit gefeiert, doch findet das Paar zu keinem unbefangenen Verhalten mehr zurück. Wenige Monate nach der scheinbaren Versöhnung begeht Christine, die das Vergangene nicht verwinden kann, Selbstmord, indem sie sich im Meer ertränkt.
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Theodor Fontane wurde am 30.12.1819 in Neuruppin geboren. Er stammte aus einer in Preußen heimisch gewordenen Hugenottenfamilie. Der Vater war Apotheker. Fontane besuchte das Gymnasium Neuruppin (1832) und die Gewerbeschule Berlin (1833). 1836-1840 Apothekerlehre in Berlin.

Fontane gab 1849 seinen Apothekerberuf auf; er arbeitete dann mit Unterbrechung bis 1859 als freier Mitarbeiter im Büro eines Ministeriums. Er lebte von 1855-1859 in England als Berichterstatter. Von 1860 bis 1870 arbeitete er als Redakteur der Berliner "Kreuz-Zeitung". 1870-1889 Theaterkritiker bei der "Vossischen Zeitung". 1876 Sekretär der Akademie der Künste Berlin und freier Schriftsteller. 1894 Dr. phil. h.c. Fontane starb am 20.9.1898 in Berlin.

"Vor dem Sturm"
war Fontanes erster Roman und als Porträt der preußischen Gesellschaft aller Stände (Bürger, Bauern, Adel) zur Zeit der Befreiungskriege angelegt. Im Mittelpunkt der Handlung steht der adelige Student Lewin von Vitzewitz, dessen privates Schicksal in den Strudel der historischen Zeitereignisse gerät. Schauplätze des Romans sind Schloss Hohen-Vietz, Schloss Guse und Alt-Berlin.

Winter 1812/13 im Oderbruch: In Dorf und Schloss Hohen-Vietz erwartet die Bevölkerung des Königs Signal zum nationalen Aufstand gegen die napoleonischen Besatzer. Ungeduldig gründet Familienvorstand Berndt von Vitzewitz[1] schon vorab eine Landsturmtruppe und ignoriert damit die Bedenken seiner kunstliebenden Kinder, Lewin und Renate. Die Tage zwischen Weihnachten und Silvester verbringt die Familie im Freundeskreis, die Aussicht auf ein (kriegs-)bewegtes Jahr 1813 bestimmt die Gespräche. Hoffnung und Angst halten sich die Waage.

Während die patriotische Begeisterung weite Bevölkerungskreise erfasst, kehrt der Student Lewin nach einer nicht erwiderten Liebe zu seiner polnischen Cousine Kathinka von Ladalinski zurück auf Schloss Hohen-Vietz. Hier hat inzwischen der Landsturm sein Hauptquartier aufgeschlagen. Lewin lässt sich von der Truppe rekrutieren. Bei einer Aktion dieses Landsturms, die wegen fehlender Unterstützung durch die regulären russischen Truppen scheitert, wird er gefangen genommen. Bei seiner Befreiung fällt Tubal von Ladalinski, der Bruder Kathinkas, dessen Verehelichung mit Renate von Vitzewitz geplant war.

Allein Marie, das zusammen mit den Vitzewitz-Kindern erzogene Schauspielerkind, kommt unbeschadet durch die Zeit der Wirren: Einer mysteriösen Vorausdeutung folgend, ehelicht sie Lewin und erlöst damit das Geschlecht der Vitzewitz von einem alten Fluch.
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Fontane, Theodor: Wanderungen durch die Mark Brandenburg - Band 1, german V1, 23.01.2

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Theodor Fontane wurde am 30.12.1819 in Neuruppin geboren. Er stammte aus einer in Preußen heimisch gewordenen Hugenottenfamilie. Der Vater war Apotheker. Fontane besuchte das Gymnasium Neuruppin (1832) und die Gewerbeschule Berlin (1833). 1836-1840 Apothekerlehre in Berlin.

Fontane gab 1849 seinen Apothekerberuf auf; er arbeitete dann mit Unterbrechung bis 1859 als freier Mitarbeiter im Büro eines Ministeriums. Er lebte von 1855-1859 in England als Berichterstatter. Von 1860 bis 1870 arbeitete er als Redakteur der Berliner "Kreuz-Zeitung". 1870-1889 Theaterkritiker bei der "Vossischen Zeitung". 1876 Sekretär der Akademie der Künste Berlin und freier Schriftsteller. 1894 Dr. phil. h.c. Fontane starb am 20.9.1898 in Berlin.

Das fünfbändige Werk Wanderungen durch die Mark Brandenburg ist das umfangreichste des deutschen Schriftstellers Theodor Fontane (* 30. Dezember 1819 in Neuruppin; † 20. September 1898 in Berlin). Er beschreibt darin Schlösser, Klöster, Orte und Landschaften der Mark Brandenburg, ihre Bewohner und ihre Geschichte. Zwischen 1862 und 1889 erschienen, ist das Werk Ausdruck eines gewachsenen preußischen Nationalbewusstseins und der Romantik. Die Eindrücke und historischen Erkenntnisse, die Fontane während der Arbeit an den „Wanderungen“ gewann, bildeten die Grundlage für seine späteren großen Romane wie Effi Briest oder Der Stechlin.
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Theodor Fontane wurde am 30.12.1819 in Neuruppin geboren. Er stammte aus einer in Preußen heimisch gewordenen Hugenottenfamilie. Der Vater war Apotheker. Fontane besuchte das Gymnasium Neuruppin (1832) und die Gewerbeschule Berlin (1833). 1836-1840 Apothekerlehre in Berlin.

Fontane gab 1849 seinen Apothekerberuf auf; er arbeitete dann mit Unterbrechung bis 1859 als freier Mitarbeiter im Büro eines Ministeriums. Er lebte von 1855-1859 in England als Berichterstatter. Von 1860 bis 1870 arbeitete er als Redakteur der Berliner "Kreuz-Zeitung". 1870-1889 Theaterkritiker bei der "Vossischen Zeitung". 1876 Sekretär der Akademie der Künste Berlin und freier Schriftsteller. 1894 Dr. phil. h.c. Fontane starb am 20.9.1898 in Berlin.

Das fünfbändige Werk Wanderungen durch die Mark Brandenburg ist das umfangreichste des deutschen Schriftstellers Theodor Fontane (* 30. Dezember 1819 in Neuruppin; † 20. September 1898 in Berlin). Er beschreibt darin Schlösser, Klöster, Orte und Landschaften der Mark Brandenburg, ihre Bewohner und ihre Geschichte. Zwischen 1862 und 1889 erschienen, ist das Werk Ausdruck eines gewachsenen preußischen Nationalbewusstseins und der Romantik. Die Eindrücke und historischen Erkenntnisse, die Fontane während der Arbeit an den „Wanderungen“ gewann, bildeten die Grundlage für seine späteren großen Romane wie Effi Briest oder Der Stechlin.
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Theodor Fontane wurde am 30.12.1819 in Neuruppin geboren. Er stammte aus einer in Preußen heimisch gewordenen Hugenottenfamilie. Der Vater war Apotheker. Fontane besuchte das Gymnasium Neuruppin (1832) und die Gewerbeschule Berlin (1833). 1836-1840 Apothekerlehre in Berlin.

Fontane gab 1849 seinen Apothekerberuf auf; er arbeitete dann mit Unterbrechung bis 1859 als freier Mitarbeiter im Büro eines Ministeriums. Er lebte von 1855-1859 in England als Berichterstatter. Von 1860 bis 1870 arbeitete er als Redakteur der Berliner "Kreuz-Zeitung". 1870-1889 Theaterkritiker bei der "Vossischen Zeitung". 1876 Sekretär der Akademie der Künste Berlin und freier Schriftsteller. 1894 Dr. phil. h.c. Fontane starb am 20.9.1898 in Berlin.

Das fünfbändige Werk Wanderungen durch die Mark Brandenburg ist das umfangreichste des deutschen Schriftstellers Theodor Fontane (* 30. Dezember 1819 in Neuruppin; † 20. September 1898 in Berlin). Er beschreibt darin Schlösser, Klöster, Orte und Landschaften der Mark Brandenburg, ihre Bewohner und ihre Geschichte. Zwischen 1862 und 1889 erschienen, ist das Werk Ausdruck eines gewachsenen preußischen Nationalbewusstseins und der Romantik. Die Eindrücke und historischen Erkenntnisse, die Fontane während der Arbeit an den „Wanderungen“ gewann, bildeten die Grundlage für seine späteren großen Romane wie Effi Briest oder Der Stechlin.
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Theodor Fontane wurde am 30.12.1819 in Neuruppin geboren. Er stammte aus einer in Preußen heimisch gewordenen Hugenottenfamilie. Der Vater war Apotheker. Fontane besuchte das Gymnasium Neuruppin (1832) und die Gewerbeschule Berlin (1833). 1836-1840 Apothekerlehre in Berlin.

Fontane gab 1849 seinen Apothekerberuf auf; er arbeitete dann mit Unterbrechung bis 1859 als freier Mitarbeiter im Büro eines Ministeriums. Er lebte von 1855-1859 in England als Berichterstatter. Von 1860 bis 1870 arbeitete er als Redakteur der Berliner "Kreuz-Zeitung". 1870-1889 Theaterkritiker bei der "Vossischen Zeitung". 1876 Sekretär der Akademie der Künste Berlin und freier Schriftsteller. 1894 Dr. phil. h.c. Fontane starb am 20.9.1898 in Berlin.

Das fünfbändige Werk Wanderungen durch die Mark Brandenburg ist das umfangreichste des deutschen Schriftstellers Theodor Fontane (* 30. Dezember 1819 in Neuruppin; † 20. September 1898 in Berlin). Er beschreibt darin Schlösser, Klöster, Orte und Landschaften der Mark Brandenburg, ihre Bewohner und ihre Geschichte. Zwischen 1862 und 1889 erschienen, ist das Werk Ausdruck eines gewachsenen preußischen Nationalbewusstseins und der Romantik. Die Eindrücke und historischen Erkenntnisse, die Fontane während der Arbeit an den „Wanderungen“ gewann, bildeten die Grundlage für seine späteren großen Romane wie Effi Briest oder Der Stechlin.
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Theodor Fontane wurde am 30.12.1819 in Neuruppin geboren. Er stammte aus einer in Preußen heimisch gewordenen Hugenottenfamilie. Der Vater war Apotheker. Fontane besuchte das Gymnasium Neuruppin (1832) und die Gewerbeschule Berlin (1833). 1836-1840 Apothekerlehre in Berlin.

Fontane gab 1849 seinen Apothekerberuf auf; er arbeitete dann mit Unterbrechung bis 1859 als freier Mitarbeiter im Büro eines Ministeriums. Er lebte von 1855-1859 in England als Berichterstatter. Von 1860 bis 1870 arbeitete er als Redakteur der Berliner "Kreuz-Zeitung". 1870-1889 Theaterkritiker bei der "Vossischen Zeitung". 1876 Sekretär der Akademie der Künste Berlin und freier Schriftsteller. 1894 Dr. phil. h.c. Fontane starb am 20.9.1898 in Berlin.

Das fünfbändige Werk Wanderungen durch die Mark Brandenburg ist das umfangreichste des deutschen Schriftstellers Theodor Fontane (* 30. Dezember 1819 in Neuruppin; † 20. September 1898 in Berlin). Er beschreibt darin Schlösser, Klöster, Orte und Landschaften der Mark Brandenburg, ihre Bewohner und ihre Geschichte. Zwischen 1862 und 1889 erschienen, ist das Werk Ausdruck eines gewachsenen preußischen Nationalbewusstseins und der Romantik. Die Eindrücke und historischen Erkenntnisse, die Fontane während der Arbeit an den „Wanderungen“ gewann, bildeten die Grundlage für seine späteren großen Romane wie Effi Briest oder Der Stechlin.
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Foote, Mary Hallock: The Cup of Trembling and Other Stories. V2. 21 Nov 2011

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Mary Hallock Foote (1847–1938) was an American author and illustrator. She is best known for her illustrated short stories and novels portraying life in the mining communities of the turn-of-the-century American West.

THE CUP OF TREMBLING
MAVERICK
ON A SIDE-TRACK
THE TRUMPETER

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Footner, Hulbert: The Huntress. v1. 4 Mar 2013

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Hulbert Footner (1879-1944) was a Canadian writer of non-fiction and detective fiction. He was born William Hulbert Footner in Hamilton, Ontario, and traveled to New York in 1898. In the United States, he attempted an acting career, which he eventually gave up on. His first published works were travelogues of canoe trips on the Hudson River, as well as in the Northwest Territory along the Peace River, Hay River and Fraser River. He also wrote a series of northwest adventures during the period 1911 through 1920, including The Sealed Valley (1914) and The Fur Bringers (1920).

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This phenomenon was unique in their experience, and being a simple folk they resented it. Bela refused to accept the common lot of women. It was not enough for her that such and such a thing had always been so in the tribe.
She would not do a woman's tasks (unless she happened to feel like it); she would not hold her tongue in the presence of men. Indeed, she had been known to talk back to the head man himself, and she had had the last word into the bargain.
Not content with her own misbehaviour, Bela lost no opportunity of gibing at the other women, the hard-working girls, the silent, patient squaws, for submitting to their fathers, brothers, and husbands. This naturally enraged all the men.

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Footner, Hulbert: A Self-Made Thief. v1. 3 Mar 2013

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Hulbert Footner (1879-1944) was a Canadian writer of non-fiction and detective fiction. He was born William Hulbert Footner in Hamilton, Ontario, and traveled to New York in 1898. In the United States, he attempted an acting career, which he eventually gave up on. His first published works were travelogues of canoe trips on the Hudson River, as well as in the Northwest Territory along the Peace River, Hay River and Fraser River. He also wrote a series of northwest adventures during the period 1911 through 1920, including The Sealed Valley (1914) and The Fur Bringers (1920).

Excerpt
In the little card-room upstairs at the staid old Chronos Club on Gramercy Park a heated argument was going on. It was late on a night something like two years ago, and a long succession of refreshments from the bar downstairs was, without doubt, contributing to the heat. Heberdon, Spurway, Hanwell and Nedham, excellent fellows all, and good friends, had become involved in a discussion which had nothing to do with the game of bridge, and the cards were now lying unheeded on the table, while the players scowled and shook their fingers at each other, and otherwise went through the absurd pantomime of gentlemen annoyed with each other.

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Footner, Hulbert: Death of a Celebrity (1938), v1; 5 Dec 2020

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New York's literary world is rocked when playwright Gavin Dordress is murdered.

Practically everyone who knew him would have applauded his death; but one of them actually killed him.

An early Amos Lee Mappin detective novel.

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Footner, Hulbert: Easy to Kill. v1. 2 Mar 2013

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Hulbert Footner (1879-1944) was a Canadian writer of non-fiction and detective fiction. He was born William Hulbert Footner in Hamilton, Ontario, and traveled to New York in 1898. In the United States, he attempted an acting career, which he eventually gave up on. His first published works were travelogues of canoe trips on the Hudson River, as well as in the Northwest Territory along the Peace River, Hay River and Fraser River. He also wrote a series of northwest adventures during the period 1911 through 1920, including The Sealed Valley (1914) and The Fur Bringers (1920).

Excerpt
Mme. Storey drove her own car up to Newport. According to instructions, we left it standing at the front door of the Van Tassel mansion, and made our way by a path around to the rear. This was to avoid coming in contact with the house servants.
In the darkness under the side windows our way was suddenly blocked by an armed guard. The unexpectedness of his appearance almost fetched a scream out of me. In a husky whisper he demanded to know our business. Mme. Storey gave him the password that had been furnished us—"Redwood"—and he drew back. I had the feeling that other men were watching us from the shadows of the shrubbery. Who would want to be rich, I thought, if you had to live in a state of siege like this

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Footner, Hulbert: Madame Storey Intervenes. v1. 24 Feb 2013

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Hulbert Footner (1879-1944) was a Canadian writer of non-fiction and detective fiction. He was born William Hulbert Footner in Hamilton, Ontario, and traveled to New York in 1898. In the United States, he attempted an acting career, which he eventually gave up on. His first published works were travelogues of canoe trips on the Hudson River, as well as in the Northwest Territory along the Peace River, Hay River and Fraser River. He also wrote a series of northwest adventures during the period 1911 through 1920, including The Sealed Valley (1914) and The Fur Bringers (1920).

Excerpt
In order to recuperate from the strain of the tremendous publicity that followed upon her success in the famous case of the Smoke Bandit, Mme. Storey retired for a few days to the house of her close friends, the Andrew Lipscombs, who lived in the Connecticut hills remote from any neighbor. I accompanied my employer, since she insisted that I needed a holiday as well as herself.

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Footner, Hulbert: Madame Storey's Way. v1. 23 Feb 2013

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Hulbert Footner (1879-1944) was a Canadian writer of non-fiction and detective fiction. He was born William Hulbert Footner in Hamilton, Ontario, and traveled to New York in 1898. In the United States, he attempted an acting career, which he eventually gave up on. His first published works were travelogues of canoe trips on the Hudson River, as well as in the Northwest Territory along the Peace River, Hay River and Fraser River. He also wrote a series of northwest adventures during the period 1911 through 1920, including The Sealed Valley (1914) and The Fur Bringers (1920).

Excerpt
I can not better put that extraordinary woman, my employer, before you than by describing my first meeting with her. It is easier to show her qualities in action than to describe them.
On a certain morning, no different from thousands of other mornings, I was in a train on my way to the office when eye was caught by this striking advertisement:
WANTED—By a woman of affairs, a woman secretary; common sense is the prime requisite.

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Footner, Hulbert: Madame Storey. v1. 24 Feb 2013

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Hulbert Footner (1879-1944) was a Canadian writer of non-fiction and detective fiction. He was born William Hulbert Footner in Hamilton, Ontario, and traveled to New York in 1898. In the United States, he attempted an acting career, which he eventually gave up on. His first published works were travelogues of canoe trips on the Hudson River, as well as in the Northwest Territory along the Peace River, Hay River and Fraser River. He also wrote a series of northwest adventures during the period 1911 through 1920, including The Sealed Valley (1914) and The Fur Bringers (1920).

THE ASHCOMB POOR CASE
THE SCRAP OF LACE
THE SMOKE BANDIT
IN THE ROUND ROOM

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Footner, Hulbert: Murder in the Sun (1937); v1

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Something of a departure for Hulbert Footner, best known for his series characters Amos Lee Mappin and Madame Storey.

Set on an imaginary Caribbean island famous for its rum distillery, this novel involves a young man being sent by his company to sign up that distillery for a distribution deal in the USA.

Dramatic and romantic complications ensue.

US Title "The Obeah Murders"

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Footner, Hulbert: Murder Runs in the Family. v1. 23 Feb 2-13

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Hulbert Footner (1879-1944) was a Canadian writer of non-fiction and detective fiction. He was born William Hulbert Footner in Hamilton, Ontario, and traveled to New York in 1898. In the United States, he attempted an acting career, which he eventually gave up on. His first published works were travelogues of canoe trips on the Hudson River, as well as in the Northwest Territory along the Peace River, Hay River and Fraser River. He also wrote a series of northwest adventures during the period 1911 through 1920, including The Sealed Valley (1914) and The Fur Bringers (1920).

Excerpt
Lance McCrea set his door open an inch and listened. She was always the first of the lodgers to come home in the afternoon. At this hour there was nobody in the house except the servants at work in the basement, and Professor Sempill, buried in his study in the extension.

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Footner, Hulbert: Orchids to Murder. v1. 2 Mar 2013

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Hulbert Footner (1879-1944) was a Canadian writer of non-fiction and detective fiction. He was born William Hulbert Footner in Hamilton, Ontario, and traveled to New York in 1898. In the United States, he attempted an acting career, which he eventually gave up on. His first published works were travelogues of canoe trips on the Hudson River, as well as in the Northwest Territory along the Peace River, Hay River and Fraser River. He also wrote a series of northwest adventures during the period 1911 through 1920, including The Sealed Valley (1914) and The Fur Bringers (1920).

Excerpt
Jermyn, Amos Lee Mappin's lean, leathery man-servant, entered his master's bedroom and coughed discreetly. Though it was nearly nine o'clock on Monday morning, Mr. Mappin, making a little rounded hill of the bedclothes, was still slumbering peacefully. There had been a late party on Sunday night. He awoke and looked at Jermyn with a not altogether friendly eye. That stolen hour of sleep in the morning was so delicious!

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Footner, Hulbert: Ramshackle House (1922), v1

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An enjoyable murder mystery and romance with an unusual and effective young amateur detective fighting to clear the name of her love.

Not part of a series.

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Footner, Hulbert: Sinfully Rich. v1. 2 Mar 2013

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Hulbert Footner (1879-1944) was a Canadian writer of non-fiction and detective fiction. He was born William Hulbert Footner in Hamilton, Ontario, and traveled to New York in 1898. In the United States, he attempted an acting career, which he eventually gave up on. His first published works were travelogues of canoe trips on the Hudson River, as well as in the Northwest Territory along the Peace River, Hay River and Fraser River. He also wrote a series of northwest adventures during the period 1911 through 1920, including The Sealed Valley (1914) and The Fur Bringers (1920).

Excerpt
As noon approached, Mike Speedon cleared his desk preparatory to leaving his office in the Recorder-Press Building. It was a very small office, but the fact that he had an office of his own testified to his importance on the premises. He was usually called Society Reporter, which he didn't like; "Social Commentator" or "Columnist" pleased him better. His column was more and more widely syndicated and he had become a big figure in the smart life of the town and, in fact, of the nation. And nobody knew it better than Mike himself. He didn't have to keep office hours any more, but he attended every morning from nine to twelve because of what he called his Puritan conscience. In other respects he was not exactly a Puritan.

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Footner, Hulbert: The Almost Perfect Murder. v1. 25 Feb 2013

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Hulbert Footner (1879-1944) was a Canadian writer of non-fiction and detective fiction. He was born William Hulbert Footner in Hamilton, Ontario, and traveled to New York in 1898. In the United States, he attempted an acting career, which he eventually gave up on. His first published works were travelogues of canoe trips on the Hudson River, as well as in the Northwest Territory along the Peace River, Hay River and Fraser River. He also wrote a series of northwest adventures during the period 1911 through 1920, including The Sealed Valley (1914) and The Fur Bringers (1920).

The Almost Perfect Murder
Murder in Masquerade
The Death Notice
Taken for a Ride
It Never Got into the Papers

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Footner, Hulbert: The Dark Ships (1937); v1, 22 Feb 2020

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Not a series novel. Racket-busting lawyer returns home in triumph after a big case to find his girl friend associating with a man he instinctively distrusts. She ignores his warning (where would the plot go without that?) and soon the lawyer is receiving a desperate call for help....

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Footner, Hulbert: The Death of a Celebrity. v1. 1 Mar 2013

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Hulbert Footner (1879-1944) was a Canadian writer of non-fiction and detective fiction. He was born William Hulbert Footner in Hamilton, Ontario, and traveled to New York in 1898. In the United States, he attempted an acting career, which he eventually gave up on. His first published works were travelogues of canoe trips on the Hudson River, as well as in the Northwest Territory along the Peace River, Hay River and Fraser River. He also wrote a series of northwest adventures during the period 1911 through 1920, including The Sealed Valley (1914) and The Fur Bringers (1920).

Excerpt
Miss GAIL GARRETT, accompanied by her elderly maid, Catherine, was on her way to dinner at Gavin Dordress'. She was appearing in Robert Greenfield's play. White Orchids, at the time, and the party had been arranged for Sunday night to suit her convenience. She had not the expression of one who is looking forward to a good time. In the seclusion of the car her beautiful face was tense and stormy. When the cab stopped, she saw several men with square boxes hanging around the apartment house door, and she hesitated before getting out. "Press photographers? Who do you suppose tipped them off? Gavin wouldn't."

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Footner, Hulbert: The Deaves Affair. v1. 1 Mar 2013

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Hulbert Footner (1879-1944) was a Canadian writer of non-fiction and detective fiction. He was born William Hulbert Footner in Hamilton, Ontario, and traveled to New York in 1898. In the United States, he attempted an acting career, which he eventually gave up on. His first published works were travelogues of canoe trips on the Hudson River, as well as in the Northwest Territory along the Peace River, Hay River and Fraser River. He also wrote a series of northwest adventures during the period 1911 through 1920, including The Sealed Valley (1914) and The Fur Bringers (1920).

Excerpt
Evan Weir's pipe was foul; he threw it down with an exclamation of disgust. Its foulness was symbolic; everything was out of kilter. He looked at the picture he had been painting for a week—rotten! It was a still life; a broken jar and three books on a rag of Persian embroidery. Picking up his pen-knife he deliberately cut the canvas out of the stretcher, and setting a match to a corner of it, tossed it in the empty stove. He paced up and down the room wondering what the devil was the matter with him; he couldn't work; he couldn't read; his friends bored him; life was as flat as beer dregs.

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Footner, Hulbert: The Doctor Who Held Hands (1929), v1; 17 Feb 2020

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A Madame Storey investigation; not so much a whodunit, but rather a contest between Madame Storey and a baddie who is known, with of course red herrings, counterplots and mysterious strangers

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Footner, Hulbert: The Doctor Who Held Hands. v1. 28 Feb 2013

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Hulbert Footner (1879-1944) was a Canadian writer of non-fiction and detective fiction. He was born William Hulbert Footner in Hamilton, Ontario, and traveled to New York in 1898. In the United States, he attempted an acting career, which he eventually gave up on. His first published works were travelogues of canoe trips on the Hudson River, as well as in the Northwest Territory along the Peace River, Hay River and Fraser River. He also wrote a series of northwest adventures during the period 1911 through 1920, including The Sealed Valley (1914) and The Fur Bringers (1920).

Excerpt
The long envelope inclosed something crisp and firm that immediately suggested bank notes. Madame Storey has taught me to notice such things. The messenger who brought it required a receipt in her own hand. After I had handed him his receipt and returned to my employer's room, I saw the bills scattered on her desk: five smooth, fresh, orange-backed engravings direct from the Federal Reserve Bank, the prettiest pictures on earth. They were thousand-dollar bills, the first I had ever seen. Those five scraps of paper were equivalent to a trip around the world, a high-powered car, or any delightful folly that one might dream about. To me it was a lot of money.

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Footner, Hulbert: The Folded Paper Mystery (1930), v1

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An addition to the Hulbert Footner collection in the Library: an Amos Lee Mappin case.

A blank sheet of paper, some fingerprints, a medieval crown, and a murder. Much of the action is in Hoboken, NJ, with New York amateur detective Amos Lee Mappin deeply involved.

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Footner, Hulbert: The Fur Bringers. v1. 4 Mar 2013

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Hulbert Footner (1879-1944) was a Canadian writer of non-fiction and detective fiction. He was born William Hulbert Footner in Hamilton, Ontario, and traveled to New York in 1898. In the United States, he attempted an acting career, which he eventually gave up on. His first published works were travelogues of canoe trips on the Hudson River, as well as in the Northwest Territory along the Peace River, Hay River and Fraser River. He also wrote a series of northwest adventures during the period 1911 through 1920, including The Sealed Valley (1914) and The Fur Bringers (1920).

Excerpt
The firm of Minot & Doane sat on the doorsill of its store on Lake Miwasa smoking its after-supper pipes.
It was seven o'clock of a brilliant day in June. The westering sun shone comfortably on the world, and a soft breeze kept the mosquitoes at bay.
Moreover, the tobacco was of the best the store afforded; yet there was no peace between the two. They bickered like schoolboys kept indoors.

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Footner, Hulbert: The House with the Blue Door (1942); v1; 21 May 2021

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Hulbert Footner's New York detective Amos Lee Mappin is drawn into another murder case, in this novel published in 1942, two years before Footner died.

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Footner, Hulbert: The Kidnapping of Madame Storey. v1. 24 Feb 2012

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Hulbert Footner (1879-1944) was a Canadian writer of non-fiction and detective fiction. He was born William Hulbert Footner in Hamilton, Ontario, and traveled to New York in 1898. In the United States, he attempted an acting career, which he eventually gave up on. His first published works were travelogues of canoe trips on the Hudson River, as well as in the Northwest Territory along the Peace River, Hay River and Fraser River. He also wrote a series of northwest adventures during the period 1911 through 1920, including The Sealed Valley (1914) and The Fur Bringers (1920).

MADAME STOREY'S GIGOLO
THE SCENT OF ALMONDS
PINK-EYE
THE KIDNAPPING OF MADAME STOREY
THE MURDERS IN THE HOTEL CATHAY

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Footner, Hulbert: The Shanty Sled. v1. 4 Mar 2013

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Hulbert Footner (1879-1944) was a Canadian writer of non-fiction and detective fiction. He was born William Hulbert Footner in Hamilton, Ontario, and traveled to New York in 1898. In the United States, he attempted an acting career, which he eventually gave up on. His first published works were travelogues of canoe trips on the Hudson River, as well as in the Northwest Territory along the Peace River, Hay River and Fraser River. He also wrote a series of northwest adventures during the period 1911 through 1920, including The Sealed Valley (1914) and The Fur Bringers (1920).

Excerpt
Bear Coulèe was at the end of the waggon-trail in that direction. Their nearest white neighbours were at Spirit River Crossing, one hundred miles south. Maccubbin was a "free" trader. The settlement at Bear Coulèe was his idea and his own making, and he enjoyed whatever profit there was in it. These particulars are related in order to explain the isolation of the place. In the most remote of "company" posts there are at least the visits of the doctor, the inspector, and the missionaries to look forward to. Maccubbin made no provision for missionaries. Hence there was no occasion for any white person ever to visit Bear Coulèe, and none ever did.

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Footner, Hulbert: The Substitute Millionaire ... V1 21 Mar 2010

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Hamilton, Ontario born novelist Hulbert Footner (2 Apr 1879 – 25 Nov 1944), wrote about what he knew: canoeing, New York and Chesapeake Bay. He moved to New York City as teenager, dabbled in acting (he toured briefly with William Gillette's [Sherlock Holmes[/) and wrote magazine articles while supporting himself working as a clerk at a financial firm. As a freelancer for the [New York Herald[/ and [Calgary Morning Albertan[/, he sent dispatches from two major canoeing adventures through north western Canada. Out of these flowed romantic novels and enough to purchase a summer home, "Charles' Gift", in MD and among the oldest homes in America. He continued to write magazine articles, plays for Broadway but soon turned to popular detective mystery novels beginning with [The Fugutive Sleuth[/ in 1916. He eventually wrote nearly 60 books, including an affectionate look at New York, histories of Maryland and about thirty mysteries. Madame Rosika Storey and Amos Lee Mappin were his two principle recurring sleuths, both fondly remembered today although his works are largely out of print.

His third mystery, [The Substitute Millionaire[/, 1919, followed a year after [Thieves' Wit[/ and received similar glowing praise in the New York Times: "this latest and very entertaining yarn ... is ingenious and cleverly worked out".

Jack Norman, a handsome young clerk in an accounting firm with few prospects at a salary of $12, suddenly inherits $100 million when Silas Gyde dies in a terrorist assassination. Gyde, a bachelor, was the long ago unrequited suitor of Jack's mother. In poking around Gyde's diaries, Jack discovers a "protection scheme" for millionaires run by the assassins and determines to avenge his benefactor. With a cast of engaging characters, and some delightful twists and turns, [The Substitute Millionaire[/ makes a light, but compelling, read.

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Footner, Hulbert: The Under Dogs ... V1 1 Jul 2010

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Hamilton, Ontario born novelist Hulbert Footner (2 Apr 1879 – 25 Nov 1944), wrote about what he knew: canoeing, New York and Chesapeake Bay. He moved to New York City as teenager, dabbled in acting (he toured briefly with William Gillette's [Sherlock Holmes[/) and wrote magazine articles while supporting himself working as a clerk at a financial firm. As a freelancer for the [New York Herald[/ and [Calgary Morning Albertan[/, he sent dispatches from two major canoeing adventures through north western Canada. Out of these flowed romantic novels and enough to purchase a summer home, "Charles' Gift", in MD and among the oldest homes in America. He continued to write magazine articles, plays for Broadway but soon turned to popular detective mystery novels beginning with [The Fugitive Sleuth[/ in 1916. He eventually wrote nearly 60 books, including an affectionate look at New York, histories of Maryland and about thirty mysteries. Madame Rosika Storey and Amos Lee Mappin were his two principle recurring sleuths, both fondly remembered today although his works are largely out of print.

Madame Rosika Storey is a detective living near Gramercy Park, NY, in the mid-1920s. Storey's secretary, companion and gushing admirer, Bella Brickley narrates as her hero solves crimes and straightens out people's problems. The [Encyclopedia of Mystery and Detection[/ calls her, "a stunningly beautiful young woman who describes herself as 'a practical psychologist--specializing in the feminine." The Under Dogs is the first novel of the Madame Rosika Storey detective series (she had already appeared in short story form); it first appeared as a six-part serial in [Argosy[/, Jan 3 to Feb 7, 1925. There are distinct fingerprints of Frank L Packard's 1914 novel [The Adventures of Jimmie Dale[/, although the criminals are both more believable and less vicious in Footner's variation on a theme.

Robert Sampson, in [Yesterday's Faces: The Solvers[/, provides several pages of background on Madame Storey. For this novel he writes: "Matters begin with violence. A girl, promising sensational revelations, is on her way to Madame Storey's office. Before she arrives there, she is clubbed down and kidnapped. Attempting to search out the girl, Rosika and Bella (Storey's secretary cum companion — who is horrified by the idea) move into the underworld. The cool, high-fashion Rosika suddenly shows a genius for disguise and an ability to shine in low company, down among the East-side gin mills. Her investigation gradually narrows to a house on Varick Street, populated by very hard cases, male and female. There are dead men under the basement floor, a chained prisoner in the attic, and a reluctant gang of crooks being blackmailed to work the will of a master mind, dimly seen."

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Footner, Hulbert: The Under Dogs. v1. 27 Feb 2013

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Hulbert Footner (1879-1944) was a Canadian writer of non-fiction and detective fiction. He was born William Hulbert Footner in Hamilton, Ontario, and traveled to New York in 1898. In the United States, he attempted an acting career, which he eventually gave up on. His first published works were travelogues of canoe trips on the Hudson River, as well as in the Northwest Territory along the Peace River, Hay River and Fraser River. He also wrote a series of northwest adventures during the period 1911 through 1920, including The Sealed Valley (1914) and The Fur Bringers (1920).

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In The Under Dogs Mr. Footner is in his finest form. In it he tells of the amazing detective skill of Rosika Storey alias Jessie Seipp, in the opinion of the New York police the cleverest woman in the world. It tells how she wove the net which was to snare the greatest crook organisation in America. She faced infinite peril and hardship, and the greatest demands were made upon her courage and her brains, but in the end her triumph was complete. There is not a dull moment in the book; Rosika is a fascinating character, and the book reveals a vast knowledge of New York's underworld.

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Footner, Hulbert: The Velvet Hand ... V1 1 Jul 2010

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Hamilton, Ontario born novelist Hulbert Footner (2 Apr 1879 – 25 Nov 1944), wrote about what he knew: canoeing, New York and Chesapeake Bay. He moved to New York City as teenager, dabbled in acting (he toured briefly with William Gillette's [Sherlock Holmes[/) and wrote magazine articles while supporting himself working as a clerk at a financial firm. As a freelancer for the [New York Herald[/ and [Calgary Morning Albertan[/, he sent dispatches from two major canoeing adventures through north western Canada. Out of these flowed romantic novels and enough to purchase a summer home, "Charles' Gift", in MD and among the oldest homes in America. He continued to write magazine articles, plays for Broadway but soon turned to popular detective mystery novels beginning with [The Fugutive Sleuth[/ in 1916. He eventually wrote nearly 60 books, including an affectionate look at New York, histories of Maryland and about thirty mysteries. Madame Rosika Storey and Amos Lee Mappin were his two principle recurring sleuths, both fondly remembered today although his works are largely out of print.

Madame Rosika Storey is a detective living near Gramercy Park, NY, in the mid-1920s. Storey's secretary, companion and gushing admirer, Bella Brickley narrates as her hero solves crimes and straightens out people's problems. The [Encyclopedia of Mystery and Detection[/ calls her, "a stunningly beautiful young woman who describes herself as 'a practical psychologist--specializing in the feminine."

As Mike Grost puts it: "Hulbert Footner's tales of Madame Rosika Storey have a period charm. They tend not to be overwhelmingly brilliant as puzzle plots. His detective technique would have seemed familiar to Émile Gaboriau in the 1860's: footprints, rooms searched for hidden clues, an obvious suspect and a hidden suspect, mild sorts of financial skullduggery lurking in the background. ... Madame Storey is somewhat unusual as a great detective of the era who happens to be a woman. She works as a paid professional, uses her brains, is universally respected for her skill, and basically plays the same role in her world that Hercule Poirot does in his."

Madame Rosika Storey made an appearance in 5 novels and thirty novellas and short stories, many appearing in the pages of [Argosy All-Weekly[/. The second anthology, The Velvet Hand, was published by the Crime Club Inc, NY in 1928. In this collection finds Madame Storey, and her ever faithful secretary Bella Brickely, solving crimes in England, France, America ... and even on a cruise ship bound for England. It includes: [The Viper, The Steerers, The Pot of Pansies[/ and [The Legacy Hounds[/.

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Footner, Hulbert: The Velvet Hand. v1. 28 Feb 2013

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Hulbert Footner (1879-1944) was a Canadian writer of non-fiction and detective fiction. He was born William Hulbert Footner in Hamilton, Ontario, and traveled to New York in 1898. In the United States, he attempted an acting career, which he eventually gave up on. His first published works were travelogues of canoe trips on the Hudson River, as well as in the Northwest Territory along the Peace River, Hay River and Fraser River. He also wrote a series of northwest adventures during the period 1911 through 1920, including The Sealed Valley (1914) and The Fur Bringers (1920).

THE VIPER
THE STEERERS
THE POT OF PANSIES
THE LEGACY HOUNDS

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Footner, Hulbert: The Woman from Outside, v1. 26 Feb 2013

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Hulbert Footner (1879-1944) was a Canadian writer of non-fiction and detective fiction. He was born William Hulbert Footner in Hamilton, Ontario, and traveled to New York in 1898. In the United States, he attempted an acting career, which he eventually gave up on. His first published works were travelogues of canoe trips on the Hudson River, as well as in the Northwest Territory along the Peace River, Hay River and Fraser River. He also wrote a series of northwest adventures during the period 1911 through 1920, including The Sealed Valley (1914) and The Fur Bringers (1920).

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On a January afternoon, as darkness was beginning to gather, the “gang"sat around the stove in the Company store at Fort Enterprise discussing that inexhaustible question, the probable arrival of the mail. The big lofty store, with its glass front, its electric lights, its stock of expensive goods set forth on varnished shelves, suggested a city emporium rather than the Company’s most north-westerly post, nearly a thousand miles from civilization; but human energy accomplishes seeming miracles in the North as elsewhere, and John Gaviller the trader was above all an energetic man. Throughout the entire North they point with pride to Gaviller’s flour mill, his big steamboat, his great yellow clap-boarded house—two storeys and attic, and a fence of palings around it! Why, at Fort Enterprise they even have a sidewalk, the only one north of fifty-five!

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Footner, Hulbert: Thieves' Wit ... V1 21 Mar 2010

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Hamilton, Ontario born novelist Hulbert Footner (2 Apr 1879 – 25 Nov 1944), wrote about what he knew: canoeing, New York and Chesapeake Bay. He moved to New York City as teenager, dabbled in acting (he toured briefly with William Gillette's [Sherlock Holmes[/) and wrote magazine articles while supporting himself working as a clerk at a financial firm. As a freelancer for the [New York Herald[/ and [Calgary Morning Albertan[/, he sent dispatches from two major canoeing adventures through north western Canada. Out of these flowed romantic novels and enough to purchase a summer home, "Charles' Gift", in MD and among the oldest homes in America. He continued to write magazine articles, plays for Broadway but soon turned to popular detective mystery novels beginning with [The Fugutive Sleuth[/ in 1916. He eventually wrote nearly 60 books, including an affectionate look at New York, histories of Maryland and about thirty mysteries. Madame Rosika Storey and Amos Lee Mappin were his two principle recurring sleuths, both fondly remembered today although his works are largely out of print.

His second mystery, [Thieves' Wit[/, 1918, received glowing praise in the New York Times: "is a distinctly clever and entertaining yarn which no one who believes in keeping early hours ought to begin before bedtime". It was also praised for featuring human characters than "the puppets one usually meets in a detective story".

Detective Ben Enderby relates the tale of his first case – in the first person as a sort of precursor to Raymond Chandler – in which he gets involved in the theft of a wonderful necklace of blue pearls belonging to noted actress Irma Hamerton. On the trail, he uncovers an organized gang of criminals and receives various reports from agents and a mysterious "JM". He's also joined by Sadie Farrell, with whom he is in love, who fancies herself a proto-detective as well. The stylistic shifts between first person, character dialog and sundry written dispatches from JM and Enderby's agents, make an engaging read with no fear of monotony.

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Footner, Hulbert: Two on the Trail. v1. 25 Feb 2013

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Hulbert Footner (1879-1944) was a Canadian writer of non-fiction and detective fiction. He was born William Hulbert Footner in Hamilton, Ontario, and traveled to New York in 1898. In the United States, he attempted an acting career, which he eventually gave up on. His first published works were travelogues of canoe trips on the Hudson River, as well as in the Northwest Territory along the Peace River, Hay River and Fraser River. He also wrote a series of northwest adventures during the period 1911 through 1920, including The Sealed Valley (1914) and The Fur Bringers (1920).

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The interior of Papps's, like most Western restaurants, was divided into a double row of little cabins with a passage between, each cabin having a swing door. Garth Pevensey found the place very full; and he was ushered into a cubby-hole which already contained two diners, a man and a woman nearing the end of their meal. They appeared to be incoming settlers of the better class--a farmer and his wife from across the line. Far from resenting Garth's intrusion, they visibly welcomed it; after all, there was something uncomfortably suggestive of a cell in those narrow cabins to which the light of day never penetrated.

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Footner, Hulbert: Unneutral Murder (1944); v1; 9 Mar 2020

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It is 1943, and wealthy criminologist Amos Lee Mappin is on a government mission to neutral Portugal, to retrieve some anti-nazi refugees who are destined for USA.

Naturally, he runs into opposition from German agents; what's unusual for this type of crime/thriller is how he accumulates proper evidence against the opposition, to their eventual undoing. There is of course a hairs-breath escape, and other action.

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Footner, Hulbert: Who Killed the Husband. v1. 3 Mar 2013

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Hulbert Footner (1879-1944) was a Canadian writer of non-fiction and detective fiction. He was born William Hulbert Footner in Hamilton, Ontario, and traveled to New York in 1898. In the United States, he attempted an acting career, which he eventually gave up on. His first published works were travelogues of canoe trips on the Hudson River, as well as in the Northwest Territory along the Peace River, Hay River and Fraser River. He also wrote a series of northwest adventures during the period 1911 through 1920, including The Sealed Valley (1914) and The Fur Bringers (1920).

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Since he had become famous, somebody was always trying to engage his services in this case or that. Being as fastidious as a cat, he hated to soil his paws with the actual investigation of crime; his job, as he told himself over and over, was to study crime in the privacy of the library a long time after it had been committed. So he refused all offers, however tempting the fee; he didn't need the money; nevertheless, every now and then such pressure was brought upon him that he was forced to take a case. When he had solved the mystery he always drew a sigh of relief and vowed that it should be the last. At the moment there was no important criminal case to agitate the public mind and he envisioned a long succession of serene days to be devoted to his philosophical treatise.

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Forbes, Archibald: The Afghan Wars 1839-42 and 1878-80. V1. 6 Nov 2010

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An account of the first 2 British wars in Afghanistan.

The First Anglo–Afghan War was fought between British India and Afghanistan from 1839 to 1842. It was one of the first major conflicts during the Great Game, the 19th century competition for power and influence in Central Asia between the United Kingdom and Russia, and also marked one of the worst setbacks inflicted on British power in the region after the consolidation of British Raj by the East India Company.

The Second Anglo-Afghan War was fought between the United Kingdom and Afghanistan from 1878 to 1880, when the nation was ruled by Sher Ali Khan of the Barakzai dynasty, the son of former Emir Dost Mohammad Khan. This was the second time British India invaded Afghanistan.

The author:
Archibald Forbes (17 April 1838 – 30 March 1900) was a British war correspondent, the son of a Presbyterian minister in Morayshire, Scotland; educated at the University of Aberdeen. Entering the Royal Dragoons as a private, he gained, while in the service, considerable practical experience of military life and affairs. Being invalided from his regiment, he settled in London, and became a journalist.

The source text is Public Domain in US and UK from Project Gutenberg, e-text 8428 to which I have added illustrations from a scanned copy on archive.org. Then a table of contents and navigation control file has been added.

Edit: to clear up any possible confusion, please note that the original text includes a Table of Contents near the start of the book, but this is text only, not functional. There is an additional, functional ToC at the back of the book (which Kindle recognises as a "Go To" location).

Edit: new version 19 Apr 2012 to fix typo in Part 1, Chapter 2.
Edit: new version 22 Apr 2012 to fix missing text in Part 1, Chapter 5.

enjoy.
regards
Phil

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Ford, Ford Madox: Parade's End (Tetralogy). V2. 27 Mar 2014

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Parade's End (Tetralogy)
by Ford Madox Ford (1924 thru 1928)

Ford Madox Ford (17 December 1873 – 26 June 1939), born Ford Hermann Hueffer was an English novelist, poet, critic and editor whose journals, [The English Review[/ and [The Transatlantic Review[/, were instrumental in the development of early 20th-century English literature. He is now best remembered for [The Good Soldier[/ (1915), the [Parade's End[/ tetralogy (1924–28) and [The Fifth Queen[/ trilogy (1906–08).

[Parade's End[/ was published in four parts between 1924 and 1928. This extraordinary tetralogy centers on Christopher Tietjens, an officer and a gentleman—“the last English Tory”—and follows him from the secure, orderly world of Edwardian England into the chaotic madness of the First World War. Against the backdrop of a world at war, Ford recounts the complex sexual warfare between Tietjens and his faithless wife, Sylvia.

The books:
[Some Do Not
No More Parades
A Man Could Stand Up
The Last Post
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Notes:
I originally uploaded the first three books as three separate files a couple of months ago. Since then I've obtained a copy of the fourth book, The Last Post, and decided to compile a single ebook containing all four books of this tetralogy. To avoid confusion I deleted the other epub/mobi versions.

Some improvements (hopefully) have been made during the proofing process, including the addition of 'curly' double quotes, ellipses (precomposed glyphs), em-dashes and a TOC. Various typos were corrected along the way.

Update 23 Mar 2014:

I had misplaced the source files for this ebook quite some time ago and was unable to incorporate the corrections given to me by Guildenstern, a fellow mobileread member. As is usual with these things, it was cleverly hidden exactly where I saved it.

This version includes 70+ typographic corrections and sports a new book cover. Due to uncertain copyright I also removed the book covers that were included within the ebook itself.

For the most part the changes are minor but do make for a better reading experience since typos tend to stick out and distract from the flow. My grateful thanks to Guildenstern for his thorough review of the original ebook and for all the suggestions he made!

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Ford, Ford Madox: Privy Seal. V1. 15 Aug 2009

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Ford Madox Ford (December 17, 1873 – June 26, 1939) was an English novelist, poet, critic and editor whose journals, The English Review and The Transatlantic Review, were instrumental in the development of early 20th-century English literature.[citation needed] He is now best remembered for The Good Soldier (1915) and the Parade's End tetralogy.
Born Ford Hermann Hueffer, the son of Francis Hueffer, he was Ford Madox Hueffer before he finally--in 1919, at a time when German connotations proved unpopular--settled on the name Ford Madox Ford in honor of his grandfather, the Pre-Raphaelite painter Ford Madox Brown, whose biography he had written.

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The Magister Udal sat in the room of his inn in Paris, where customarily the King of France lodged such envoys as came at his expense. He had been sent there to Latinise the letters that passed between Sir Thomas Wyatt and the King’s Ministers of France, for he was esteemed the most learned man in these islands. He had groaned much at being sent there, for he must leave in England so many loves—the great, blonde Margot Poins, that was maid to Katharine Howard; the tall, swaying Katharine Howard herself; Judge Cantre’s wife that had fed him well; and two other women, with all of whom he had succeeded easily or succeeded in no wise at all. But the mission was so well paid—with as many crowns the day as he had had groats for teaching the Lady Mary of England—that fain he had been to go. Moreover, it was by way of being a favour of Privy Seal’s. The magister had written for him a play in English; the rich post was the reward—and it was an ill thing, a thing the magister dreaded, to refuse the favours of Privy Seal. He consoled himself with the thought that the writing of letters in Latin might wash from his mouth the savour of the play he had written in the vulgar tongue.

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Ford, Ford Madox: The Fifth Queen Crowned.V1. 14 Aug 2009

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Ford Madox Ford (December 17, 1873 – June 26, 1939) was an English novelist, poet, critic and editor whose journals, The English Review and The Transatlantic Review, were instrumental in the development of early 20th-century English literature.[citation needed] He is now best remembered for The Good Soldier (1915) and the Parade's End tetralogy.
Born Ford Hermann Hueffer, the son of Francis Hueffer, he was Ford Madox Hueffer before he finally--in 1919, at a time when German connotations proved unpopular--settled on the name Ford Madox Ford in honor of his grandfather, the Pre-Raphaelite painter Ford Madox Brown, whose biography he had written.

Excerpt
Thomas Cranmer began a hesitating speech. In the pause after the words the King himself hesitated, as if he poised between a heavy rage and a sardonic humour. He deemed, however, that the humour could the more terrify the Archbishop—and, indeed, he was so much upon the joyous side in those summer days that he had forgotten how to browbeat.
‘Our holy father,’ he corrected the Archbishop. ’Or I will say my holy father, since thou art a heretic——’
Cranmer’s eyes had always the expression of a man’s who looked at approaching calamity, but at the King’s words his whole face, his closed lips, his brows, the lines from his round nose, all drooped suddenly downwards.

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Ford, Ford Madox: The Fifth Queen Trilogy. V1. 08-Sep-2012

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Ford Madox Ford (17 December 1873 – 26 June 1939), born Ford Hermann Hueffer was an English novelist, poet, critic and editor whose journals, The English Review and The Transatlantic Review, were instrumental in the development of early 20th-century English literature. He is now best remembered for [The Good Soldier[/ (1915), the [Parade's End tetralogy[/ (1924–28) and [The Fifth Queen trilogy[/ (1906–08).

The Fifth Queen trilogy is a series of connected historical novels. It consists of three novels, [The Fifth Queen; And How She Came to Court[/ (1906), [Privy Seal[/ (1907) and [The Fifth Queen Crowned[/ (1908), which present a fictionalized account of Katharine Howard's arrival at the Court of Henry VIII, her eventual marriage to the king, and her death.

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Ford, Ford Madox: The Good Soldier. V1. 15 Aug 2009

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Ford Madox Ford (December 17, 1873 – June 26, 1939) was an English novelist, poet, critic and editor whose journals, The English Review and The Transatlantic Review, were instrumental in the development of early 20th-century English literature.[citation needed] He is now best remembered for The Good Soldier (1915) and the Parade's End tetralogy.
Born Ford Hermann Hueffer, the son of Francis Hueffer, he was Ford Madox Hueffer before he finally--in 1919, at a time when German connotations proved unpopular--settled on the name Ford Madox Ford in honor of his grandfather, the Pre-Raphaelite painter Ford Madox Brown, whose biography he had written.

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This is the saddest story I have ever heard. We had known the Ashburnhams for nine seasons of the town of Nauheim with an extreme intimacy—or, rather with an acquaintanceship as loose and easy and yet as close as a good glove’s with your hand. My wife and I knew Captain and Mrs Ashburnham as well as it was possible to know anybody, and yet, in another sense, we knew nothing at all about them. This is, I believe, a state of things only possible with English people of whom, till today, when I sit down to puzzle out what I know of this sad affair, I knew nothing whatever. Six months ago I had never been to England, and, certainly, I had never sounded the depths of an English heart. I had known the shallows.

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Ford, Gerald: State of the Union. v1.0 13 October 2007

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Gerald Rudolph Ford, Jr. (July 14, 1913 – December 26, 2006) was the 38th President of the United States (1974–1977), and has been the only person to occupy that office who had been elected neither to the presidency nor the vice-presidency. Ford was the first person appointed to the vice presidency under the terms of the 25th Amendment, and, after serving as the 40th Vice President (1973–1974) of the United States for less than a year, became President upon Richard Nixon's resignation.

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Ford, Henry: My Life & Work. 18 Aug 07

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Ford, Henry: My Life & Work - v1 - 27 May 07 - 05-27-2007, 12:26 AM

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A titan of American industry, Henry Ford started the Ford Motor Company, developed the modern assembly line, introduced the Model "T" car ("any color you want as long as its black"), invented the charcoal brickette (Kingsford), befriended Thomas Edison, and wrote this autobiography at the peak of his power in 1922.

As touched on briefly in this book, there is also a dark side to Ford, he bought the [Dearborn Independent[/ newspaper (a city outside Detroit that is still home to the Ford Motor Company) and ran a series of articles later published in book form called [The International Jew.[/ It is one of the foundation hate mongering texts in the world today.

He is a complex man of simple origin who did so much good and yet brought so much pain and suffering to millions. His actions still echo today as some of his other writings are still spread around.

This is the only writing of Ford that I will post.

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Ford, Henry: My Life and Work v1. 16 Jan 2009

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This book is an Autobigrapy of Henry Ford

Or to read a short Bio go to his Wiki page
Wikipage http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henry_Ford

From Amazon
This book is the original autobiographical work by Henry Ford, founder of the Ford Motor Company. In this book, Ford details how he got into business, the strategies that he used to become a wealthy and successful businessman, and what others can do by learning from the examples he has outlined. This book should be read by small business owners, business students and those interested in the history of the automobile. Henry Ford will take you through a journey of history, business and lessons to be learned from which he used to develop his financial empire.

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Ford, Paul Leicester: Janice Meredith. v1. 26 Oct 07

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A novel about a woman at the center of the American Revolution. Near the beginning of the book is a list of illustrations but only two are included in this version. I left the place markers for the illustrations in the text because they did not interrupt the flow of reading.

I'll be posting the following ten best selling fiction books in the U.S. for the year 1900:

1. [To Have and To Hold[/, Mary Johnston
2. [Red Pottage[/, Mary Cholmondeley
3. [Unleavened Bread[/, Robert Grant
4. [The Reign of Law[/, James Lane Allen
5. [Eben Holden[/, Irving Bacheller
6. [Janice Meredith[/, Paul Leicester Ford
7. [The Redemption of David Corson[/, Charles Frederic Goss
8. [Richard Carvel[/, Winston Churchill
9. [When Knighthood Was in Flower[/, Charles Major
10. [Alice of Old Vincennes[/, Maurice Thompson

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Ford, Paul Leicester: The Great K & A Robbery. v1. 9 Feb 2013

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Paul Leicester Ford (March 23, 1865 - May 8, 1902) was an American novelist and biographer, born in Brooklyn.

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Any one who hopes to find in what is here written a work of literature had better lay it aside unread. At Yale I should have got the sack in rhetoric and English composition, let alone other studies, had it not been for the fact that I played half-back on the team, and so the professors marked me away up above where I ought to have ranked.

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Ford, Paul Leicester: The Honorable Peter Stirling. v1. 9 Feb 2013

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Paul Leicester Ford (March 23, 1865 - May 8, 1902) was an American novelist and biographer, born in Brooklyn.

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Mr. Pierce was talking. Mr. Pierce was generally talking. From the day that his proud mamma had given him a sweetmeat for a very inarticulate "goo" which she translated into "papa," Mr. Pierce had found speech profitable. He had been able to talk his nurse into granting him every indulgence. He had talked his way through school and college. He had talked his wife into marrying him. He had talked himself to the head of a large financial institution. He had talked his admission into society. Conversationally, Mr. Pierce was a success. He could discuss Schopenhauer or cotillion favors; . Paul, the apostle, or St. Paul, the railroad. He had cultivated the art as painstakingly as a professional musician. He had countless anecdotes, which he introduced to his auditors by a "that reminds me of." He had endless quotations, with the quotation marks omitted. Finally he had an idea on every subject, and generally a theory as well. Carlyle speaks somewhere of an "inarticulate genius." He was not alluding to Mr. Pierce.

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Ford, Paul Leicester: The Story of an Untold Love. v1. 8 Feb 2013

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Paul Leicester Ford (March 23, 1865 - May 8, 1902) was an American novelist and biographer, born in Brooklyn.

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February 20, 1890. There is not a moment of my life that you have shared with me which I cannot recall with a distinctness fairly sunlit. My joys and my sorrows, my triumphs and my failures, have faded one by one from emotions into memories, quickening neither pulse nor thought when they recur to me, while you alone can set both throbbing. And though for years I have known that if you enshrined any one in your heart it would be some one worthier of you, yet I have loved you truly, and whatever I have been in all else, in that one thing, at least, I have been strong. Nor wouldI part with my tenderness for you, even though it has robbed me of contentment; for all the pleasures of which I can dream cannot equal the happiness of loving you. To God I owe life, and you, Maizie, have filled that life with love; and to both I bow my spirit in thanks, striving not to waste his gift lest I be unworthy of the devotion I feel for you.

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Ford, Paul Leicester: Wanted - A Matchmaker. v1. 8 Feb 2013

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Paul Leicester Ford (March 23, 1865 - May 8, 1902) was an American novelist and biographer, born in Brooklyn.

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"You understand, Josie, that I wouldn't for a moment wish Constance to marry without being in love, but—"
Mrs. Durant hesitated long enough to convey the inference that she was unfeminine enough to place a value on her own words, and then, the pause having led to a change, or, at least, modification of what had almost found utterance, she continued, with a touch of petulance which suggested that the general principle had in the mind of the speaker a special application, "It is certainly a great pity that the modern girl should be so unimpressionable!

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Ford, Sewell: Horses Nine. V1. 9 Feb 2009

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Excerpt
At the age of six Skipper went on the force. Clean of limb and sound of wind he was, with not a blemish from the tip of his black tail to the end of his crinkly forelock. He had been broken to saddle by a Green Mountain boy who knew more of horse nature than of the trashy things writ in books. He gave Skipper kind words and an occasional friendly pat on the flank. So Skipper's disposition was sweet and his nature a trusting one.

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Ford, Sewell: Odd Numbers. V1. 9 Feb 2009

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Excerpt
One of my highbrow reg’lars at the Physical Culture Studio, a gent that mixes up in charity works, like organizin’ debatin’ societies in the deaf and dumb asylums, was tellin’ me awhile back of a great scheme of his to help out the stranger in our fair village. He wants to open public information bureaus, where a jay might go and find out anything he wanted to know, from how to locate a New Thought church, to the nearest place where he could buy a fresh celluloid collar.

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Ford, Sewell: On With Torchy. V1. 9 Feb 2009

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Excerpt
Say, what's next to knowin' when you're well off? Why, thinkin' you are.
Which is a little nugget of wisdom I panned out durin' a chat I had not long ago with Mr. Quinn, that I used to work under when I was on the door of the Sunday sheet, three or four years back.
"Hail, Torchy!" says he, as we meets accidental on Broadway. "Still carrying the burning bush under your hat, aren't you?"

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Ford, Sewell: Shorty McCabe on the Job. V1. 10 Feb 2009

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Do things just happen, like peculiar changes in the weather, or is there a general scheme on file somewhere? Is it a free-for-all we're mixed up in—with our Harry Thaws and our Helen Kellers; our white slavers, our white hopes, and our white plague campaigns; our trunk murders, and our fire heroes? Or are we runnin' on schedule and headed somewhere?
I ain't givin' you the answer. I'm just slippin' you the proposition, with the side remark that now and then, when the jumble seems worse than ever, you can get a glimpse of what might be a clew, or might not.

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Ford, Sewell: Shorty McCabe. V1. 10 Feb 2009

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Excuse me, mister man, but ain't you—Hello, yourself! Blamed if I didn't think there was somethin' kind of natural about the looks, as you come pikin' by. How're they runnin', eh?
Well say, I ain't seen you since we used to hit up the grammar school together. You've seen me, eh? Oh, sure! I'd forgot. That was when you showed up at the old Athletic club the night I got the belt away from the Kid. Doin' sportin' news then, wa'n't you? Chucked all that now, I s'pose?
Oh, I've kept track of you, all right. Every time I sees one of your pieces in the magazines I reads it. And say, some of 'em's kind of punk. But then, you've got to sling out somethin' or other, I expect, or get off the job. Where do you dig up all of them yarns, anyway? That's what always sticks me. You must knock around a whole bunch, and have lots happen to you. Me? Ah, nothin' ever happens to me. Course, I'm generally on the move, but it's just along the grub track, and that ain't excitin'.

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Ford, Sewell: The House of Torchy. V1. 11 Feb 2009

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Say, I thought I'd taken a sportin' chance now and then before; but I was only kiddin' myself. Believe me, this gettin' married act is the big plunge. Uh-huh! Specially when it's done offhand and casual, the way we went at it.
My first jolt is handed me early in the mornin' as we piles off the mountain express at this little flag stop up in Vermont, and a roly-poly gent in a horse-blanket ulster and a coonskin cap with a badge on it steps up and greets me cheerful.

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Ford, Sewell: Torchy and Vee. V1. 12 Feb 2009

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Excerpt
I must say I didn't get much excited at first over this Marion Gray tragedy. You see, I'd just blown in from Cleveland, where I'd been shunted by the Ordnance Department to report on a new motor kitchen. And after spendin' ten days soppin' up information about a machine that was a cross between a road roller and an owl lunch wagon, and fillin' my system with army stews cooked on the fly, I'm suddenly called off. Someone at Washington had discovered that this flying cook-stove thing was a problem for the Quartermaster's Department, and wires me to drop it.

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Ford, Sewell: Torchy As A Pa. V1. 12 Feb 2009

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Excerpt
I forget just what it was Vee was rummagin' for in the drawer of her writin' desk. Might have been last month's milk bill, or a stray hair net, or the plans and specifications for buildin' a spiced layer cake with only two eggs. Anyway, right in the middle of the hunt she cuts loose with the staccato stuff, indicatin' surprise, remorse, sudden grief and other emotions.
"Eh?" says I. "Is it a woman-eatin' mouse, or did you grab a hatpin by the business end?"
"Silly!" says she. "Look what I ran across, Torchy." And she flips an engraved card at me.

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Ford, Sewell: Torchy, Private Sec. V1. 12 Feb 2009

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Well, it's come! Uh-huh! And sudden, too, like I knew it would, if it came at all. No climbin' the ladder for me, not while they run express elevators. And, believe me, when the gate opened, I was right there with my foot out.
It was like this: One mornin' I'm in my old place behind the brass rail, at the jump-end of the buzzer. I'm everybody's slave in general, and Piddie's football in particular. You know—head office boy of the Corrugated Trust.

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Ford, Sewell: Torchy. V1. 11 Feb 2009

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A red-headed office boy, overflowing with wit and wisdom peculiar to the youths reared on the sidewalks of New York, tells the story of his experiences.
Excerpt
I was carryin' the banner. But say, I ain't one of them kids that gets callouses on the hands doin' it. When I'm handed the fresh air on payday, I don't choke to death over it. I goes out and rustles for another job. And I takes my pick, too. Why not? It's just as easy.
This time I gets a bug that the new Octopus Buildin' might have been put up special for me. Anyway, it looked good from the outside, and I blows in through the plate glass merry go round. The arcade was all to the butterscotch, everything handy, from an A. D. T. stand to Turkish baths in the basement.

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Ford, Sewell: Wilt Thou Torchy. V1. 13 Feb 2009

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It was a case of declarin' time out on the house. Uh-huh—a whole afternoon. What's the use bein' a private sec. in good standin' unless you can put one over on the time-clock now and then? Besides, I had a social date; and, now Mr. Robert is back on the job so steady and is gettin' so domestic in his habits, somebody's got to represent the Corrugated Trust at these function things.
The event was the openin' of the Pill Box; you know, one of these dinky little theaters where they do the capsule drama at two dollars a seat. Not that I've been givin' my theatrical taste the highbrow treatment. I'm still strong for the smokeless war play where the coisèd spy gets his'n good and hard.

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Forsberg, Ingvald: Moglunten [Norwegian]. V1. 03 Aug 2012

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Folket på Moa har ikke godt ry i bygda på sørsia av Vestfjorden. Selv om yngstegutten Kristian skikker seg vel og blir en dugandes ung fisker, skal det mye til å komme over et medfødt dårlig rykte. Når Johan i Vika, blir med som mannskap på den nye åttringen hans, bringes gammel og ny rivalisering frem i dagen.

Ingvald Forsberg (1896-1933) kom fra Nordfold i Steigen. Han arbeidet som journalist i tillegg til å være forfatter. Han oppnådde stor respekt for sitt forfatterskap i løpet av sitt korte liv, og mottok flere stipender. 'Moglunten' var hans første roman.

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Forster, John: The Life of Charles Dickens. v1, 21 Oct 2008

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The original biography of Charles Dickens, written soon after his death by his close friend, John Forster. This massive work, although ignoring many less admirable aspects of Dickens' life, is [the[/ definitive source upon which all the (many) subsequent biographies of Dickens have been based.

An absolutely fascinating book for anyone who enjoys Dickens' work.

Enjoy!

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Forsyth, Peter Taylor: The Soul of Prayer, v.1, 15th July 2008

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My first upload. Adds a little better formatting and a table of contents compared to many of the texts available. Made primarily for my own use but happy to receive comments and suggestions.

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"Here is a no-nonsense theologian who goes for the jugular. In Forsyth's company we are aware of both the glory and the gravity of what we are doing when we go to our knees in prayer." -Eugene H. Peterson

P. T. Forsyth is sometimes described as an English pre-cursor to Karl Barth. He was born in 1848 to a Scottish family of humble origins and later in life attended Aberdeen University, where he graduated with first-class honours in classical literature in 1869. In 1876 he was ordained and called to minister in Shipley, Yorkshire. In his early ministry in the Congregational Church, Forsyth fought orthodoxy and sought for the right to rethink Christian theology and pursue liberal thought. In 1878, however, Forsyth experienced a conversion from, in his own words, "being a Christian to being a believer, from a lover of love to an object of grace." A profound awareness of pastoral responsibility was awakened which radically altered the the course of his ministry. His conversion thrust him from the leadership of liberalism to a recovery of the theology of grace. Quickly, he became one of the better-known figures in British Nonconformity. In 1894, he received a call to Emmanuel College in Cambridge, where he preached his famous sermon, "Holy Father" in 1896. In 1901, he accepted a position as principal of Hackney Theological College, London where he remained until he died in 1921. Over his lifetime Forsyth published 25 books and more than 260 articles. He is often credited with recovering for his generation the reality and true dimensions of the grace of God.

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Fort, Charles Hoy: Lo! (1931): v1

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Lo! is the third of four book in the Fortean saga.

The full list is:

The Book of the Damned (1919)
New Lands (1923)
Lo! (1931)
Wild Talents (1933)

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Fort, Charles Hoy: New Lands (1923); v.1

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The second of Charles Hoy Fort's amazing collections of strange happenings and his own immortal interpretations.

Charles Fort gave his name to an adjective, Fortean, to describe the world as he saw it. Many of the ideas that surfaced in his books became science fiction themes ("we are property...")

There are four books in his ouvre:

The Book of the Damned (1919)
New Lands (1923)
Lo! (1931)
Wild Talents (1933)

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Fort, Charles Hoy: The Book of the Damned (1919): v1

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(Charles Hoy Fort: August 6, 1874 – May 3, 1932)

Charles Fort's unclassifiable ragbag of inexplicable sightings and phenomena culled from thousands of books and journals, and assembled with his own inimitable commentary.

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Fort, Charles Hoy: Wild Talents (1933): v1

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The fourth and final volume of Fortean occurrences: and early in the opening chapter is a throwaway idea that later became an sf short story by someone else: "is someone collecting Ambroses?"

The four Fort books have become a veritable diamond mine of themes and ideas for sf stories over the many years they have been in print.

Indescribable, but entertaining.

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Fortune, Dion: The Secrets of Dr Taverner (1926); v1, 29 Sep 2022

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Dion Fortune was the working name of Violet Mary Firth, 1890-1946, who was an occultist and spiritualist, author, and occasional novelist. Most of her work was on occult/spiritualist themes. She was at various times associated with Irish occultist Theodore Moriarty (the model for Dr Taverner), the Theosophical Society, and eventually founded her own occult ceremonial group.

These stories were published in the Royal Magazine during 1922, and collected into this book in 1926.

The magazine editions, along with the original magazine illustrations, can be found in Roy Glashan's Library, an on-line free digital book library.

Introduction by Dion Fortune
1: Blood Lust
2: The Return of the Ritual
3: The Man Who Sought
4: The Soul That Would Not Be Born
5: The Scented Poppies
6: The Death Hound
7: A Daughter of Pan
8: The Subletting of the Mansion
9: Recalled
10: The Sea Lure
11: The Power House
12: A Son of the Night

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Fortune, Mary: Tales of Murder and Mystery. V1. 20 Mar 2011

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Mary Helena Fortune (c. 1833-1910) was born Mary Wilson in Belfast of Scottish ancestry and emigrated to Canada (which she considered her ‘home') as a child. In 1851 she married Joseph Fortune, a surveyor, and they had one son before she travelled to Australia to join her father George Wilson in 1855, who was working on the goldfields. She had another son in 1856 before marrying (possibly bigamously) in 1858 Percy Rollo Brett, a mounted policeman. This marriage quickly broke up and from 1865 she wrote for the popular Australian Journal under the pseudonyms Waif Wanderer and W.W. She began writing crime fiction as part of a collaboration with James Skipp Borlase, who plagiarized her. After he was sacked from the AJ she became the magazine's principal crime writer, contributing over 500 detective stories between 1865-1908. Her one book publication was The Detective's Album (1871), possibly the first collection of detective stories published by a woman. She died in mysterious circumstances c. 1910.

My Lodger
The White Maniac; A Doctor's Tale
Traces of Crime

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Foucher, Laure Claire (ed): Fairy Tales and Folklore v1 10 dec 2008

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(Stories to read or tell from) Fairy Tales and Folklore

This is a chidren's fairy book.

Again, you might say, but I love those books, you know. There are beautiful illustrations in it, too.

From the introduction:
[QUOT"Stories to Read or Tell" has been compiled for the boys and girls who like to listen to stories as well as to read them, and for the mothers and teachers who are looking for stories "not quite so well known" as those contained in many excellent compilations now in use. "'Tell me a story' comes before the ability to read," and unfortunate is the child who has not gone to the "Land of Nod" with good Mother Goose and those of her kin.[/QUOT
Get it, you won't regret it!

Have fun!

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Fouqué, Fr. de la Motte: Undine (Engl. trans, illus). v1. 30 Aug 2016

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UNDINE By Friedrich de la Motte Fouqué (1777–1843)
Translated from the German by William L. Courtney (1850–1928)
Illustrated by Arthur Rackham (1867–1939)

[Undine [/was first published in 1811. This translation was first published in 1909.
The original German text of the story is in the public domain worldwide because the author died more than 100 years ago, and it was published before 1923.
This translation and the illustrations are in the public domain in countries where copyright is “Life+70” or less, and in the USA.

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Friedrich Heinrich Karl de la Motte, Baron Fouqué was a German writer of the romantic style, chiefly centered on medieval chivalry and northern mythology. He was a prolific writer, creating novels, plays, epics, and short stories. But “Undine” is the work by which Fouqué's memory still lives today.
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This fairytale novella tells how Undine, a water spirit, marries a knight named Huldebrand in order to acquire a soul. The story is descended from [Melusine[/, the French folk-tale of a water-sprite who marries a knight on condition that he shall never see her on Saturdays, when she resumes her mermaid shape. “Undine” has inspired dozens of adaptations, for fine art, ballet, opera, film, poetry, and further novels.

This edition features Arthur Rackham’s beautifully intricate color illustrations, which will reward the diligent viewer with unexpected glimpses of sprites and gnomes and goblins, lurking in the leaves and shadows and frothy waves.

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“Were I asked, what is a fairytale? I should reply, Read Undine: that is a fairytale ... of all fairytales I know, I think Undine the most beautiful.” (George MacDonald, [The Fantastic Imagination[/)

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Text and images were obtained from archive.org. OCR errors were corrected, punctuation formatted. Chapter heads are cross-linked to Table of Contents; the List of Illustrations provides links to full-page color images.

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Fowler, Ellen Thorneycroft: A Double Thread. v1. 23 Apr 2017

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Ellen Thorneycroft Fowler: Born : 1860 Apr 9 Wolverhampton, Staffordshire, England: Died : 1929 Jun 22

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“DΟΝΤ be so cynical, my dear Elfrida,” said Lady Silverhampton; “it is a fatal mistake for a woman not to believe in things.”

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Fowler, Ellen Thorneycroft: Concerning Isabel Carnaby. v1. 28 Apr 2017

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Ellen Thorneycroft Fowler: Born : 1860 Apr 9 Wolverhampton, Staffordshire, England: Died : 1929 Jun 22

Ezcerpt
THERE was a large dinner-party in Grosvenor Square at the house of Lord Kesterton, one of the new peers.

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Fowler, Ellen Thorneycroft: Fuel of Fire. v1. 30 Apr 2017

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Ellen Thorneycroft Fowler: Born : 1860 Apr 9 Wolverhampton, Staffordshire, England: Died : 1929 Jun 22

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It fell upon a day (so the ancient chronicles tell us), before men had discovered that Mershire was a land whose stones were of iron and her foundations of coal, that Guy, the eldest son of Sir Stephen de Baxendale, went out hunting in the merry greenwood which lay between Baxendale Hall and Silverhampton town. And because Guy was too young to take such heed to his own steps and the steps of his steed, as an older and wiser huntsman would have done, the horse put his foot into a rabbit-hole, thereby bringing himself and his rider to the groùnd. In much fear and trembling the retainers picked up the unconscious form of their young master and bore him to Gorsty Hayes, a forester’s lodge in the heart of the wood, which is standing to this day. There he was nursed back to consciousness by Vivien of the Glade, the forester’s fair daughter, much famed in those parts for her skill in discovering healing herbs and distilling soothing potions from the same.

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Fowler, Ellen Thorneycroft: Her Ladyship's Conscience. v1. 1 May 2017

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Ellen Thorneycroft Fowler: Born : 1860 Apr 9 Wolverhampton, Staffordshire, England: Died : 1929 Jun 22

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“And now, my dear Esther,” said the Duchess, throwing off her furs and sinking down into an easy chair; “tell me exactly what sort of a man he is, and whether you and Mamma like him. I’m simply dying to know; and so is Tammy, if he would only tell the truth; but being a man he pretends he isn’t, and sends me to collect news for him, just as if we were lions and jackals instead of husbands and wives.”

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Fowler, Ellen Thorneycroft: Kate of Kate Hall. v1. 4 May 2017

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Ellen Thorneycroft Fowler: Born : 1860 Apr 9 Wolverhampton, Staffordshire, England: Died : 1929 Jun 22

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“THERE is no other way,” quoth the Earl, with much stateliness and decision: “no other way,” he repeated, and lay back in his chair, his fingers daintily pressed one against the other—he was justly proud of his hands—with the air of a man who has settled a delicate point, and whose sentence is final.

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Fowler, Ellen Thorneycroft: Miss Fallowfield's Fortune. v1. 7 May 2017

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Ellen Thorneycroft Fowler: Born : 1860 Apr 9 Wolverhampton, Staffordshire, England: Died : 1929 Jun 22

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On a summer’s afternoon, when the world was soma thirty years younger than it is at present, two girls; were sitting at tea in a small lodging-house situated in an obscure watering-place on the Welsh coast. The room in which they sat was typical of its time and place. It was on the ground floor, and formed part of what, was termed by its owner “ the dining-room set,” which. 6uite consisted of the said sitting-room and two small bedrooms at the top of the house. True, there was a-bedroom upon the same floor which, to the lay eye, appeared to belong by right to the dining-room; but this was an amateurish way of looking at things, as anyone acquainted with the mysteries of seaside lodgings will at once perceive. It is a fixed rule with all lodging-house keepers that the bedroom attached to the diningroom invariably belongs to the “ drawing-room set,” and, like all other great laws of nature, must be respected and obeyed, even though its why and wherefore remain hidden in obscurity.

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Fowler, Ellen Thorneycroft: Sirius. v1. 10 May 2017

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Ellen Thorneycroft Fowler: Born : 1860 Apr 9 Wolverhampton, Staffordshire, England: Died : 1929 Jun 22

SIRIUS
THE SHEPHERD GUIDE
DIAVOLA
AN ARTISTIC NEMESIS
THE HISTORY OF DELIA
A MINIATURE MOLOCH
THE RING OF ELYN
MADAME
MISS LATIMER’S LOVER
THE WITCH’S SPELL
THE STORY OF MARINA
HER HEART’S DESIRE
POOR LADY LEIGH
LADY MARION’S CURSE
FRANK WEKENEY’S BILL
THROUGH THINGS TEMPORAL
A LATTER-DAY STYLITES
ACCORDING TO HIS FOLLY
PHILIP MAYSFIELD’S WIFE
THE KING’S FOOL
NO ROOM IN THE INN

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Fowler, Ellen Thorneycroft: Ten Degrees Backward. v1. 12 May 2017

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Ellen Thorneycroft Fowler: Born : 1860 Apr 9 Wolverhampton, Staffordshire, England: Died : 1929 Jun 22

Ezcerpt
“Reggie, do you remember Wildacre?”
It was with this apparently simple question that Arthur Blathwayte rang up the curtain on the drama of my life.
That the performance was late in beginning I cannot but admit. I was fully forty-two; an age at which the drama of most men’s lives, are over—or, at any rate, well on in the third act. But in my uneventful existence there had been no drama at all; not even an ineffective love-affair that could be dignified by the name of a “curtain-raiser.”

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Fowler, Frank: Broncho Rider Boys in Veracruz v1 25 jan 2009

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The Broncho Rider Boys With Funston at Vera Cruz OR Upholding the Honor of the Stars and Stripes

This one is pure unadulterated fun. A book for young boys, filled with adventure and action. This apparently belongs to a bigger series of books. I am presently not aware, however, how many more have been scanned and are available .

Have a lot of fun with this!

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Fox, George: An Autobiography. V1. 20 JUN 2010

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George Fox (July 1624 – January 13 1691) was an English Dissenter and the founder of the Religious Society of Friends, commonly known as the Quakers. Living in a time of great social upheaval, he rebelled against the religious and political consensus by proposing an unusual and uncompromising approach to the Christian faith. His journal is a text popular even among non-Quakers for its vivid account of his personal journey.

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Fox, John jr.: The Last Stetson v1 19 feb 2009

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Well, the last stetson is not the last cowboy hat, but the last descendant of the Stetson family, almost killed off in a long family feud. Enjoyable read with some action strewn in.

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Fox, John Jr: 'Hell fer Sartain' and Other Stories. v1. 14 Feb 2013

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John Fox, Jr. (December 16, 1862 - July 8, 1919) was an American journalist, novelist, and short story writer.

ON HELL-FER-SARTAIN CREEK
THROUGH THE GAP
A TRICK O' TRADE
GRAYSON'S BABY
COURTIN' ON CUTSHIN
THE MESSAGE IN THE SAND
THE SENATOR'S LAST TRADE
PREACHIN' ON KINGDOM-COME
THE PASSING OF ABRAHAM SHIVERS
A PURPLE RHODODENDRON

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Fox, John Jr: A Cumberland Vendetta. v1. 14 Feb 2013

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John Fox, Jr. (December 16, 1862 - July 8, 1919) was an American journalist, novelist, and short story writer.

Excerpt
THE cave had been their hiding-place as children; it was a secret refuge now against hunger or darkness when they were hunting in the woods. The primitive meal was finished; ashes were raked over the red coals; the slice of bacon and the little bag of meal were hung high against the rock wall; and the two stepped from the cavern into a thicket of rhododendrons.

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Fox, John Jr: A Knight of the Cumberland. v1. 10 Feb 2013

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John Fox, Jr. (December 16, 1862 - July 8, 1919) was an American journalist, novelist, and short story writer.

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High noon of a crisp October day, sunshine flooding the earth with the warmth and light of old wine and, going single-file up through the jagged gap that the dripping of water has worn down through the Cumberland Mountains from crest to valley-level, a gray horse and two big mules, a man and two young girls. On the gray horse, I led the tortuous way. After me came my small sister—and after her and like her, mule-back, rode the Blight—dressed as she would be for a gallop in Central Park or to ride a hunter in a horse show.

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Fox, John Jr: Christmas Eve on Lonesome. v1. 11 Feb 2013

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John Fox, Jr. (December 16, 1862 - July 8, 1919) was an American journalist, novelist, and short story writer.

CHRISTMAS EVE ON LONESOME
THE ARMY OF THE CALLAHAN
THE PARDON OF BECKY DAY
A CRISIS FOR THE GUARD
CHRISTMAS NIGHT WITH SATAN

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Fox, John Jr: Crittenden. v1. 12 Feb 2013

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John Fox, Jr. (December 16, 1862 - July 8, 1919) was an American journalist, novelist, and short story writer.

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He had been in the backwoods for more than a month, ostensibly to fish and look at coal lands, but, really, to get away for a while, as his custom was, from his worse self to the better self that he was when he was in the mountains—alone

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Fox, John Jr: Erskine Dale—Pioneer. v1. 11 Feb 2013

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John Fox, Jr. (December 16, 1862 - July 8, 1919) was an American journalist, novelist, and short story writer.

Excerpt
Streaks of red ran upward, and in answer the great gray eye of the wilderness lifted its mist-fringed lid. From the green depths came the fluting of a lone wood-thrush. Through them an owl flew on velvety wings for his home in the heart of a primeval poplar. A cougar leaped from the low limb of an oak, missed, and a shuddering deer streaked through a forest aisle, bounded into a little clearing, stopped rigid, sniffed a deadlier enemy, and whirled into the wilderness again. Still deeper in the depths a boy with a bow and arrow and naked, except for scalp-lock and breech-clout, sprang from sleep and again took flight along a buffalo trail. Again, not far behind him, three grunting savages were taking up the print of his moccasined feet.

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Fox, John Jr: In Happy Valley. v1. 12 Feb 2013

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John Fox, Jr. (December 16, 1862 - July 8, 1919) was an American journalist, novelist, and short story writer.

The Courtship of Allaphair
The Compact Of Christopher
The Lord's Own Level
The Marquise of Queensberry
His Last Christmas Gift
The Angel from Viper
The Pope of the Big Sandy
The Goddess of Happy Valley
The Battle-Prayer of Parson Small
The Christmas Tree on Pigeon

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Fox, John Jr: The Heart Of The Hills. v1. 12 Feb 2013

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John Fox, Jr. (December 16, 1862 - July 8, 1919) was an American journalist, novelist, and short story writer.

Excerpt
Each rose from a little log cabin clinging to the side of a little hollow at the head of a little creek. About each cabin was a rickety fence, a patch of garden, and a little cleared hill-side, rocky, full of stumps, and crazily traced with thin green spears of corn. On one hill-side a man was at work with a hoe, and on the other, over the spur, a boy—both barefooted, and both in patched jean trousers upheld by a single suspender that made a wet line over a sweaty cotton shirt: the man, tall, lean, swarthy, grim; the boy grim and dark, too, and with a face that was prematurely aged. At the man's cabin a little girl in purple homespun was hurrying in and out the back door clearing up after the noonday meal; at the boy's, a comely woman with masses of black hair sat in the porch with her hands folded, and lifting her eyes now and then to the top of the spur. Of a sudden the man impatiently threw down his hoe, but through the battered straw hat that bobbed up and down on the boy's head, one lock tossed on like a jetblack plume until he reached the end of his straggling row of corn. There he straightened up and brushed his earth-stained fingers across a dullred splotch on one cheek of his sullen set face. His heavy lashes lifted and he looked long at the woman on the porch—looked without anger now and with a new decision in his steady eyes. He was getting a little too big to be struck by a woman, even if she were his own mother, and nothing like that must happen again.

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Fox, John Jr: The Little Shepherd of Kingdom Come. v1. 13 Feb 3012

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John Fox, Jr. (December 16, 1862 - July 8, 1919) was an American journalist, novelist, and short story writer.

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There had been a consultation about Chad early that morning among the neighbors, and old Nathan Cherry, who lived over on Stone Creek, in the next cove but one, said that he would take charge of the boy. Nathan did not wait for the burial, but went back home for his wagon, leaving word that Chad was to stay all night with a neighbor and meet him at the death-stricken cabin an hour by sun. The old man meant to have Chad bound to him for seven years by law—the boy had been told that—and Nathan hated dogs as much as Chad hated Nathan. So the lad did not lie long. He did not mean to be bound out, nor to have Jack mistreated, and he rose quickly and Jack sprang before him down the rocky path and toward the hut that had been a home to both. Under the poplar, Jack sniffed curiously at the new-made grave, and Chad called him away so sharply that Jack's tail drooped and he crept toward his master, as though to ask pardon for a fault of which he was not conscious. For one moment, Chad stood looking. Again the stroke of the falling earth smote his ears and his eyes filled; a curious pain caught him by the throat and he passed on, whistling—down into the shadows below to the open door of the cabin.

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Fox, John Jr: The Trail of the Lonesome Pine. V1. 10 Feb 2013

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John Fox, Jr. (December 16, 1862 - July 8, 1919) was an American journalist, novelist, and short story writer.

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Even the geese in the creek seemed to know that he was a stranger and to distrust him, for they cackled and, spreading their wings, fled cackling up the stream. As he neared the house, the little girl ran around the stone chimney, stopped short, shaded her eyes with one hand for a moment and ran excitedly into the house. A moment later, the bearded giant slouched out, stooping his head as he came through the door.

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Foxe, John: Foxe's Book of Martyrs Vol 1 (Illus). V1. 2 August 2012

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Foxe's Book of Martyrs Volume 1 (Illustrated)
by John Fox (1851)

Volume 1 - Books 1 through 4

John Foxe (1516/17 – 18 April 1587) was an English historian and martyrologist, the author of what is popularly known as [Foxe's Book of Martyrs[/ (properly [The Acts and Monuments[/), an account of Christian martyrs throughout Western history but emphasizing the sufferings of English Protestants and proto-Protestants from the fourteenth century through the reign of Mary I. Widely owned and read by English Puritans, the book helped mould British popular opinion about the Catholic Church for several centuries. (Wiki)

[Acts and Monuments[/ by John Foxe, popularly abridged as [Foxe's Book of Martyrs[/, is a celebrated work of church history and martyrology, first published in English in 1563 by John Day. The book was lavishly produced and illustrated with over sixty distinctive woodcut impressions and was the largest publishing project ever undertaken in England.Their product was a single volume book, a bit over a foot long, two palms-span wide, too deep to lift with only one hand, and weighed about the same as a small infant. Foxe's own title for the first edition (as scripted and spelled), is [Actes and Monuments of these Latter and Perillous Days, Touching Matters of the Church[/. Long titles being conventionally expected, this title continues and claims that the book describes "[persecutions and horrible troubles[/" that had been "[wrought and practiced by the Roman Prelates, speciallye in this realm of England and Scotland[/". Foxe's temporal range was "[from the yeare of our Lorde a thousand unto the tyme nowe present[/" (Wiki)

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Source PDF files: http://www.exclassics.com/foxe/foxintro.htm

The entire work (>50MB) consists of 12 books plus various notes, addenda and other material. The PDF files from Ex-Classics are separated into 14 volumes which I've take the liberty of adjusting to align more properly with the books. This is the first volume (books 1-4) with future volumes to follow.

This version is taken from the edition by John Cumming, published in 1851, which is a slightly abridged reprint of the 1563 edition with the language and spelling modernised.

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Foxhall, George: George Foxhall Sampler. V1. 5 Sep 2012

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No biographical data found.

PEACE AT LAST
TREASURE OF SU

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Francatelli, C E: A Plain Cookery Book for the Working Classes, v.1, 23 Dec 2007

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A little oddity from 1862. Queen Victoria's chef teaches the working classes how to cook: condescending and sympathetic at the same time.

NB the liquid measures are in imperial pints. These are 20 fluid ounces, whereas the American pint is 16 fluid ounces. (The imperial pint dates from 1824.)

Some of the recipes look quite feasible, though others seem stodgy. There are instructions fro brewing beer.

Some of the recipes are now impossible to make. In the UK one cannot buy calves' heads owing to the BSE risk. And the instructions for curing one's own bacon are problematic because one cannot buy saltpetre because it is also an ingredient for some explosives.

There's a TOC, some pictures and a clickable index.

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France, Anatole: Balthasar and Other Tales, v.1, 23 November 2008.

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Balthasar and Other Tales (1909)
By Anatole France (1844–1924)
Translated by Mrs. John Lane [Mrs. Anna Eichberg Lan (died 1927).

A collection of tales. Some are set in antiquity; some are based on Biblical stories; others are fairy tales.

Contents:
Balthasar
The Curé’s Mignonette
M. Pigeonneau
The Daughter of Lilith
Laeta Acilia
The Red Egg
Honey-Bee

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France, Anatole: Die Insel der Pinguine. german. v1. 26 feb 2009

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[Die Insel der Pinguine[/ ist ein 1908 erschienener historischer Roman des französischen Autors Anatole France. Vorgeblich eine Chronik des fiktiven Landes Alka in acht Büchern, ist der Roman eine Satire auf die Geschichte Frankreichs im besonderen und die Geschichte des christlichen Abendlandes im allgemeinen.

Der Heilige Maël tauft aus Versehen ein paar Riesenpinguine, weil er sie aufgrund seiner Kurzsichtigkeit mit Menschen verwechselt. Eine schnell einberufene Versammlung im Paradies sieht sich daraufhin gezwungen den getauften Pinguinen Menschengestalt zu verleihen. Der Taufakt darf ja nicht aufgrund so einer "kleinen Verwechselung" seine Gültigkeit verlieren...
Maël versucht den frischgebackenen Menschenkindern die Grundzüge der Zivilisation zu lehren. Doch leider ergreift auch der Teufel in Gestalt eines Mönches die Chance und mischt sich immer wieder störend ein. Die darauf folgende beschriebene Entwicklung des pinguinischen Volkes vom Altertum bis in die Zukunft weist natürlich nur "rein zufällig" immer wieder ironische Parallelen zur französischen Geschichte auf...

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France, Anatole: Les Dieux ont soif.V1.4MAY09

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I think my previous attempt was unsuccessful! So here we go again..

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France, Anatole: Les sept femmes de la Barbe-Bleue [en Français], v.1, 8 Novembre 200

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Anatole France (1844–1924)
Les sept femmes de la Barbe-Bleue et autres contes merveilleux

Contenu :
1. Les sept femmes de la Barbe bleue, d'après des documents authentiques.
2. Le miracle du grand Saint Nicolas.
3. Histoire de la Duchesse de Cicogne et de Monsieur de Boulingrin qui dormirent cent ans en compagnie de la Belle-au-bois-dormant.
4. La chemise.

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France, Anatole: Lucifer, v1, 24 November 2009.

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Anatole France (1844–1924)
Lucifer (1895)
Translated by Alfred Allinson. (1854–?)

The devil appears to an artist to complain about his unflattering portrait on an altarpiece.
This short story was inspired by an anecdote about the painter Spinello, in Vasari’s “Lives of the Artists.”
The painting referred to in the story seems only to exist in fragments, so the cover shows another work by Spinello.

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France, Anatole: Penguin Island, v.1, 5 Feb 2008.

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For some reason I was imperceptibly drawn to this epic saga of penguin civilisation, which I found on PG. I have restored a lot of accents, added curly quotes and hyperlinked the footnotes.

No translator’s name was given.

From Wikipedia:

[Penguin Island [/(L'Île des Pingouins) is a satirical novel by Anatole France first published in 1908.
The book details the history of the penguins and is written as a critique of human nature, and is also a satire on France's political history, including the Dreyfus affair.
Morals, customs and laws are satirised within the context of the fictional land of Penguinia, where the animals were baptised erroneously by the myopic Abbot Maël. The book is ultimately concerned with the perfectibility of mankind.
As soon as the Penguins are transformed into humans, they begin robbing and murdering each other. By the end of the book, a thriving civilization is destroyed by terrorist bombs.

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France, Anatole: Putois, v.1, 24 November 2008.

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Putois (1907)
By Anatole France (1844–1924)
Translated by William Patten.

A short story.
A family create an imaginary gardener in order to solve certain problems. Then he begins to take on a life of his own…
(How many other non-existent entities become reified in this way?)

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France, Anatole: Tales from a Mother-of-Pearl Casket, v1, 23 December 2009.

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Anatole France [1844–1924]
Tales from a Mother-of-Pearl Casket [1896]
Translated by Henri Pène du Bois [1858–1906]

A collection of sixteen short stories, made from a scan at The Internet Archive.
The first story has Pontius Pilate recollecting his time in Judea, and has a lot to say about the treatment of religious minorities. (Anatole France probably intended a comment on the Dreyfus Affair.)
Other stories are drawn from The Golden Legend. Also there are some stories set in revolutionary France..
The last few lines were missing from the scan, so I have added them from another PD translation.

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France, Anatole: Thaïs, v.1, 9 August 2008.

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Anatole France (1844–1924)
Thaïs (1890)
Translated By Robert B. Douglas (b. 1848–)

This novel is set in 4th century Alexandria and the Egyptian desert. The monk Paphnutius is determined to leave his monastery in the desert and convert the beautiful actress and courtesan, Thaïs. But are his motives entirely pure?

The book was the inspiration for Jules Massenet’s opera of the same name.

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France, Anatole: The Revolt of the Angels, v1, 30 Aug 2007.

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Anatole France, The Revolt of the Angels
(La révolte des anges)
Translated by Mrs. Wilfrid Jackson
First published: 1914.

I know that it is/was possible to get a copy of this via Black Mask but that was a Bowdlerized version. I have checked my version against my paper copy and restored accents, italics, and several tame erotic passages in Chapter 9 and elsewhere, which a prudish hand inexplicably removed.

I had always thought of Anatole France as a bit of a society novelist but this work shows that he can be a great deal more. Imagine Philip Pullman with sex, political satire and irony, and you get some idea of this novel.

The extensive library of the d’Esparvieu household is thrown into confusion every night, as books are thrown about. The mysterious intruder has a penchant for theological works.
Maurice d’Esparvieu is a rather dim but fashionable young man. During an afternoon tryst with Madame des Aubels, his guardian angel appears to tell Maurice that he is giving up his unsuccessful mission to preserve Maurice’s chastity in order to lead a revolt against God, who is a tyrant and autocrat. He has been plundering the library in an attempt to educate himself.
However, the small band of renegade angels has some difficulty blending into Parisian society and is frequently distracted by the daughters of men. (Being angels, they have only a limited understanding of human feelings, and are overwhelmed by unexpected sensations when they take human form.) Despite this problem they manage to organise an anarchist revolutionary movement and prepare for war against the Heavenly Hosts.
Meanwhile Maurice finds himself bereft without his celestial guardian, in whom Madame des Aubels is taking too great an interest.

The novel shows an unusual prescience and humanity in its treatment of war. Published in 1914, just before the outbreak of the First World War, Anatole France makes it clear that in war the only winners are the arms dealers.

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François, Marie Louise von: Die letzte Reckenburgerin, german V1, 18.01.2010

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Marie Louise von François (* 27. Juni 1817 in Herzberg (Elster); † 25. September 1893 in Weißenfels) war eine deutsche Erzählerin und Schriftstellerin
Marie Louise von François stammt aus einem Hugenottengeschlecht und wuchs in wohlhabenden Verhältnissen auf. Nach dem Tod ihres Vaters, des preußischen Majors Friedrich von François, verlor sie durch die Fahrlässigkeit ihres Vormundes ihr Vermögen und lebte dann längere Zeit in dem Haus ihres Onkels, des preußischen Generals Karl von François. Ihre Verlobung mit dem Grafen Goertz wurde aus Geldnot gelöst. Nach dem Tod des Onkels 1855 zu ihrer Mutter nach Weißenfels zurückgekehrt, begann sie mit kleineren Novellen im Cottaschen "Morgenblatt" meist anonym ihre schriftstellerische Laufbahn. Die materiell verarmte, intellektuell aber reich ausgestattete Adlige lebte vom Schreiben. Ihre Geschichten aus Sachsen, Sachsen-Anhalt und Thüringen zeigen die genaue Beobachterin, wichtige Ereignisse ihrer Zeit spiegelt sie in ganz besonderer Weise wider. Vom Beginn der 1860er Jahre bis zum Tode ihrer Eltern lebte sie in Weißenfels, und schrieb hier ihr Hauptwerk Die letzte Reckenburgerin, ein Familienroman, der von Seiten der Kritik mit der größten Anerkennung aufgenommen wurde.

Ihre Grabstätte befindet sich auf dem Friedhof III (jetziger Friedhof) in Weißenfels. Ihr Wohnhaus ist heute in Privatbesitz. Ein Schauraum ist der Dichterin und ihrem Werk gewidmet.

„Eine Dichterin von Gottes Gnaden“ nannte Gustav Freytag Louise von François in der Besprechung ihres Romans „Die letzte Reckenburgerin“ und begründete damit ihren Ruhm. Aber eine Modeschriftstellerin wie so manche andere ihrer Zeit, ist sie nicht geworden, auch geizte sie nicht danach, da sie dem verflachten Zeitgeschmack hätte Opfer bringen müssen. So blieb der Kreis der Verehrer ihrer eigenartigen, reizvollen Muse nur klein, und leider hatten die nicht so ganz Unrecht, die nach ihrem Tode meinten, Louise von François sei in deutschen Landen fast vergessen.
Aber das Echte, Edle, Schöne kann nicht verloren gehen. Seit jenen Tagen hat sich manches gewandelt, auch der Geschmack. In Almanachen, Zeitschriften, Einzelschriften, Einleitungen zu einzelnen ihrer Werke wurde ihre Dichtkunst gewürdigt, keine der in der letzten Zeit zahlreich erschienenen Literaturgeschichten unterlässt es, ihrer lobend zu gedenken, ein kurzes Lebensbild zu entwerfen und auf einen der Romane, besonders „Die Reckenburgerin“ einzugehen. So sind ihre Lebensschicksale in der Hauptsache auch weiteren Kreisen bekannt geworden und haben nicht allein bei der gefühlvollen weiblichen Jugend Teilnahme erweckt.

Die letzte Reckenburgerin
Die Titelheldin des Romans, Eberhardine Freifräulein von Reckenburg, ist eine starke, selbstbewusste Frau. Der größte Teil des Buchs besteht aus ihren Erinnerungen, in denen sie ihre Kindheit und Jugend und ihre Arbeit auf dem Stammsitz ihrer Familie schildert. Die Rahmenhandlung führt uns einen invaliden, verarmten Soldaten vor, der gegen Napoleon gekämpft hat und der, als er am Ende seiner Kräfte ist, für seine kleine Tochter verzweifelt eine bessere Zukunft sucht. Der Lebensweg dieses Kindes ist mit dem der Titelheldin eng verknüpft und das Kind verkörpert die Zukunft, die nach dem Tod der letzten Reckenburgerin folgen wird.

Die letzte Reckenburgerin, Fräulein Hardine genannt, stammt aus einer Zeit, in der Standesunterschiede den Umgang der Menschen miteinander bestimmen. Hardine genießt eine standesgemäße Erziehung und wächst in dem Bewusstsein auf, dass sie aufgrund ihres alten Adels Vorrechte genießt, auch wenn ihr Zweig der Familie verhältnismäßig arm ist. Mit den Vorrechten sind aber auch Pflichten und ein besonders hoher sittlicher Standard verbunden. Gegen diese Norm verstößt Hardine, als sie ihrer Freundin Dorle, einer Wirtstochter, dabei hilft, eine außereheliche Schwangerschaft zu verheimlichen und das Kind in einem Waisenhaus unterzubringen. Hardine verletzt damit ihr Ehrgefühl und hintergeht ihre Eltern. Sie tut das nicht nur, weil sie ihre Freundin schützen möchte, sondern auch, weil der Vater des Kindes von fürstlichem Stand ist und sie darum bittet, auf Dorle achtzugeben, als er in die Schlacht zieht. Mit besonders eifriger Pflichterfüllung versucht das Freifräulein von Reckenburg diesen Makel in ihrem Leben auszugleichen.
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François, Marie Louise von: Stufenjahre eines Glücklichen, german V1, 20.01.2010

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Marie Louise von François (* 27. Juni 1817 in Herzberg (Elster); † 25. September 1893 in Weißenfels) war eine deutsche Erzählerin und Schriftstellerin
Marie Louise von François stammt aus einem Hugenottengeschlecht und wuchs in wohlhabenden Verhältnissen auf. Nach dem Tod ihres Vaters, des preußischen Majors Friedrich von François, verlor sie durch die Fahrlässigkeit ihres Vormundes ihr Vermögen und lebte dann längere Zeit in dem Haus ihres Onkels, des preußischen Generals Karl von François. Ihre Verlobung mit dem Grafen Goertz wurde aus Geldnot gelöst. Nach dem Tod des Onkels 1855 zu ihrer Mutter nach Weißenfels zurückgekehrt, begann sie mit kleineren Novellen im Cottaschen "Morgenblatt" meist anonym ihre schriftstellerische Laufbahn. Die materiell verarmte, intellektuell aber reich ausgestattete Adlige lebte vom Schreiben. Ihre Geschichten aus Sachsen, Sachsen-Anhalt und Thüringen zeigen die genaue Beobachterin, wichtige Ereignisse ihrer Zeit spiegelt sie in ganz besonderer Weise wider. Vom Beginn der 1860er Jahre bis zum Tode ihrer Eltern lebte sie in Weißenfels, und schrieb hier ihr Hauptwerk Die letzte Reckenburgerin, ein Familienroman, der von Seiten der Kritik mit der größten Anerkennung aufgenommen wurde.

Ihre Grabstätte befindet sich auf dem Friedhof III (jetziger Friedhof) in Weißenfels. Ihr Wohnhaus ist heute in Privatbesitz. Ein Schauraum ist der Dichterin und ihrem Werk gewidmet.

„Eine Dichterin von Gottes Gnaden“ nannte Gustav Freytag Louise von François in der Besprechung ihres Romans „Die letzte Reckenburgerin“ und begründete damit ihren Ruhm. Aber eine Modeschriftstellerin wie so manche andere ihrer Zeit, ist sie nicht geworden, auch geizte sie nicht danach, da sie dem verflachten Zeitgeschmack hätte Opfer bringen müssen. So blieb der Kreis der Verehrer ihrer eigenartigen, reizvollen Muse nur klein, und leider hatten die nicht so ganz Unrecht, die nach ihrem Tode meinten, Louise von François sei in deutschen Landen fast vergessen.
Aber das Echte, Edle, Schöne kann nicht verloren gehen. Seit jenen Tagen hat sich manches gewandelt, auch der Geschmack. In Almanachen, Zeitschriften, Einzelschriften, Einleitungen zu einzelnen ihrer Werke wurde ihre Dichtkunst gewürdigt, keine der in der letzten Zeit zahlreich erschienenen Literaturgeschichten unterlässt es, ihrer lobend zu gedenken, ein kurzes Lebensbild zu entwerfen und auf einen der Romane, besonders „Die Reckenburgerin“ einzugehen. So sind ihre Lebensschicksale in der Hauptsache auch weiteren Kreisen bekannt geworden und haben nicht allein bei der gefühlvollen weiblichen Jugend Teilnahme erweckt.
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Stufenjahre eines Glücklichen
Vor dem Hintergrund der preußisch-sächsischen Geschichte vollziehen sich auch die "Stufenjahre eines Glücklichen", der Lebensweg des Decimus Frey im gleichnamigen Roman von der Kindheit als zehntes Kind eines dem Trunk ergebenen Häuslers zum behaglichen Ehestand mit der adligen Lydia von Hartenstein. Die Patenschaft des preußischen Königs und seine eigene Besinnlichkeit führen den Helden sicher durch alle wirren (etwa des Aufstands von 1848), die anderen zum Verhängnis werden; das Modell der Goetheschen Turmgesellschaft im klassischen Bildungsroman hat hier ein politisch-historisches Gegenstück gefunden, das sich wie eine Allegorie auf das Geschichtsbild der Autorin liest: die Verbindung mit Preußen als Heilsperspektive der deutschen, zumal sächsischen, Geschichte.
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Franklin, Ben: Autobiography. 20 Dec 07

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While most school children and older in the USA know who he is, some of the MobileRead readers may not. He was one of out founding Fathers and a champion for freedom of the press. As a scientist he confirmed that lightening is electricity, developed the Franklin stove (very energy saving for the day), and was the first to create bifocals (glasses that can correct distance and near vision problems at the same time.) As a business man he ran a successful newspaper in Philadelphia and published Poor Richard's Almanac. As a diplomat he helped secure the French support for our war of independence from the British. As a patriot he helped guide Thomas Jefferson in the Writing of the Declaration of Independence.

Today most people know him as the picture on the $100 bill. (The largest USA currency in circulation.)

Enjoy the book. I have only read it about 20 times since I first read it in my teens. It inspired me then and continues to inspire me to this day.

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Franzos, Karl Emil: For the Right. v1, 12 Nov 2013

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Karl Emil Franzos (October 25, 1848 – January 28, 1904) was a popular Austrian novelist of the late the 19th century. His works, both reportage and fiction, concentrate on the multi-ethnic corner of Galicia, Podolia and Bukovina, now largely in Ukraine, where the Habsburg and Russian empires met. This area became so closely associated with his name that one critic called it “Franzos country”. A number of his books were translated into English, and Gladstone is said to have been among his admirers.

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How much the story is founded on fact I cannot tell; a substratum of fact there must be. To know that such a man once lived as is represented in it, might well wake a new feeling of both strength and obligation: here is one who, with absolutely no help from what is commonly meant by education, lived heroically. But be the tale as much a product of the imagination as the wildest romance, it remains a significant fact that the generation has produced a man capable of such an ideal

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Franzos, Karl Emil: Judith Trachtenberg. v1. 13 Nov 2013

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Karl Emil Franzos (October 25, 1848 – January 28, 1904) was a popular Austrian novelist of the late the 19th century. His works, both reportage and fiction, concentrate on the multi-ethnic corner of Galicia, Podolia and Bukovina, now largely in Ukraine, where the Habsburg and Russian empires met. This area became so closely associated with his name that one critic called it “Franzos country”. A number of his books were translated into English, and Gladstone is said to have been among his admirers.

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"You do not know the atmosphere we breathe," he was accustomed to say to his progressive Jewish friends in Breslau and Vienna. "It does not matter as to my opinion of the sinfulness of carrying a stick on the Sabbath, but it is important to prove to them by the example of a man they respect that one may read German books, talk with Christians in correct German, and still be a pious Jew. Therefore it would be a sin if my talar were replaced by a German coat. Do you suppose, either, it would bring me closer to the gentry? No, indeed. They would only regard it as an impotent attempt to raise myself to their level. So we better-educated Jews must remain as we are for the present, at least, as regards externals." This was the result of serious conviction, he always added; and how serious, he proved by the method of education which he pursued with his two children, his wife having died while she was still quite young.

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Franzos, Karl Emil: The Chief Justice. v1. 11 Nov 2013

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Karl Emil Franzos (October 25, 1848 – January 28, 1904) was a popular Austrian novelist of the late the 19th century. His works, both reportage and fiction, concentrate on the multi-ethnic corner of Galicia, Podolia and Bukovina, now largely in Ukraine, where the Habsburg and Russian empires met. This area became so closely associated with his name that one critic called it “Franzos country”. A number of his books were translated into English, and Gladstone is said to have been among his admirers.

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This was the grandfather of that Sendlingen whose story is to be told here, a powerful man of unusual strength of will who had again raised the reputation of the family to a most flourishing condition. But although everything went so well with him, the dearest wish of his heart was not to be realized: he was not to transmit office and reputation to his son. This son, Franz Victor, our hero's father, had to pass his life wretchedly in an insignificant position, the only one among the Sendlingens who went to his grave in mature years, unrenowned and indeed despised.

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Franzos, Karl Emil: The Jews of Barnow. v1. 12 Nov 2013

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Karl Emil Franzos (October 25, 1848 – January 28, 1904) was a popular Austrian novelist of the late the 19th century. His works, both reportage and fiction, concentrate on the multi-ethnic corner of Galicia, Podolia and Bukovina, now largely in Ukraine, where the Habsburg and Russian empires met. This area became so closely associated with his name that one critic called it “Franzos country”. A number of his books were translated into English, and Gladstone is said to have been among his admirers.

THE SHYLOCK OF BARNOW.(1873.)
CHANE.(1873.)
TWO SAVIOURS OF THE PEOPLE.(1870.)
"THE CHILD OF ATONEMENT."(1872.)
ESTERKA REGINA.(1872.)
"BARON SCHMULE."(1874.)
THE PICTURE OF CHRIST.(1868.)
NAMELESS GRAVES.(1873.)

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Fraser, W. A: The Gold Wolf, v1. 15 Feb 2013

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W. A. Fraser: (1859–1933) married (1889) Jessie Maud Barber. A Canadian novelist and inventor, he was born in Nova Scotia of Scots parents and educated at Westchester. He worked as a mining engineer in India, Burma, and Canada, before taking to writing and broadcasting animal stories. Thoroughbreds: A Sporting Novel (1903) is concerned with horse-racing in America. The plot hinges on a sinister banker trying to ruin the honest trainer by drugging horses with cocaine; the climax is when the trainer's lovely daughter disguises herself as a jockey in order to win the crucial race. Mooswa and Others of the Boundaries (1900) is a series of derivative animal stories (after Kipling) about Mooswa the Moose, protector of the Boy who is the son of the Hudson's Bay Company's factor in a remote area of Canada.

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ALL day long Bulldog Carney had found, where the trail was soft, the odd imprint of that goblined inturned hoof. All day in the saddle, riding a trail that winds in and out among rocks, and trees, and cliffs monotonously similar, the hush of the everlasting hills holding in subjection man's soul, the towering giants of embattled rocks thrusting up towards God's dome pigmying to nothingness that rat, a man, produces a comatose condition of mind; man becomes a child, incapable of little beyond the recognition of trivial things; the erratic swoop of a bird, the sudden roar of a cataract, the dirge-like sigh of wind through the harp of a giant pine.

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Fraser, W. A: Bulldog Carney. v1. 14 Feb 2013

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W. A. Fraser: (1859–1933) married (1889) Jessie Maud Barber. A Canadian novelist and inventor, he was born in Nova Scotia of Scots parents and educated at Westchester. He worked as a mining engineer in India, Burma, and Canada, before taking to writing and broadcasting animal stories. Thoroughbreds: A Sporting Novel (1903) is concerned with horse-racing in America. The plot hinges on a sinister banker trying to ruin the honest trainer by drugging horses with cocaine; the climax is when the trainer's lovely daughter disguises herself as a jockey in order to win the crucial race. Mooswa and Others of the Boundaries (1900) is a series of derivative animal stories (after Kipling) about Mooswa the Moose, protector of the Boy who is the son of the Hudson's Bay Company's factor in a remote area of Canada.

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I'VE thought it over many ways and I'm going to tell this story as it happened, for I believe the reader will feel he is getting a true picture of things as they were but will not be again. A little padding up of the love interest, a little spilling of blood, would, perhaps, make it stronger technically, but would it lessen his faith that the curious thing happened? It's beyond me to know—I write it as it was.

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Fraser, W. A: Caste. v1. 16 Feb 2012

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W. A. Fraser: (1859–1933) married (1889) Jessie Maud Barber. A Canadian novelist and inventor, he was born in Nova Scotia of Scots parents and educated at Westchester. He worked as a mining engineer in India, Burma, and Canada, before taking to writing and broadcasting animal stories. Thoroughbreds: A Sporting Novel (1903) is concerned with horse-racing in America. The plot hinges on a sinister banker trying to ruin the honest trainer by drugging horses with cocaine; the climax is when the trainer's lovely daughter disguises herself as a jockey in order to win the crucial race. Mooswa and Others of the Boundaries (1900) is a series of derivative animal stories (after Kipling) about Mooswa the Moose, protector of the Boy who is the son of the Hudson's Bay Company's factor in a remote area of Canada.

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The three Mahrattas, Sindhia, Holkar, and Bhonsla, were plotting the overthrow of the British, and the Peshwa was looking out of brooding eyes upon Hodson, the Resident at Poona.

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Fraser, W. A: Owners Up. v1. 17 Feb 2013

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W. A. Fraser: (1859–1933) married (1889) Jessie Maud Barber. A Canadian novelist and inventor, he was born in Nova Scotia of Scots parents and educated at Westchester. He worked as a mining engineer in India, Burma, and Canada, before taking to writing and broadcasting animal stories. Thoroughbreds: A Sporting Novel (1903) is concerned with horse-racing in America. The plot hinges on a sinister banker trying to ruin the honest trainer by drugging horses with cocaine; the climax is when the trainer's lovely daughter disguises herself as a jockey in order to win the crucial race. Mooswa and Others of the Boundaries (1900) is a series of derivative animal stories (after Kipling) about Mooswa the Moose, protector of the Boy who is the son of the Hudson's Bay Company's factor in a remote area of Canada.

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CLATAWA had put racing in Walla Walla in cold storage.
You can't have any kind of sport with one individual, horse or man, and Clatawa had beaten everything so decisively that the gamblers sat down with blank faces and asked, "What's the use?"
Horse racing had been a civic institution, a daily round of joyous thrills—a commendable medium for the circulation of gold. The Nez Perces Indians, who owned that garden of Eden, the Palouse country, and were rich, would troop into Walla Walla long rolls of twenty-dollar gold pieces plugged into a snake-like skin till the thing resembled a black sausage, and bet the coins as though they were nickels.

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Fraser, W. A: The Outcasts. v1. 16 Feb 2013

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W. A. Fraser: (1859–1933) married (1889) Jessie Maud Barber. A Canadian novelist and inventor, he was born in Nova Scotia of Scots parents and educated at Westchester. He worked as a mining engineer in India, Burma, and Canada, before taking to writing and broadcasting animal stories. Thoroughbreds: A Sporting Novel (1903) is concerned with horse-racing in America. The plot hinges on a sinister banker trying to ruin the honest trainer by drugging horses with cocaine; the climax is when the trainer's lovely daughter disguises herself as a jockey in order to win the crucial race. Mooswa and Others of the Boundaries (1900) is a series of derivative animal stories (after Kipling) about Mooswa the Moose, protector of the Boy who is the son of the Hudson's Bay Company's factor in a remote area of Canada.

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A'tim the Outcast was half Wolf, half Huskie Dog. That meant ferocity and bloodthirst on the one side, and knowledge of Man's ways on the other. Also, that he was an Outcast; for neither side of the house of his ancestry would have aught of him.
A'tim was bred in the far Northland, where the Cree Indians trail the white snow-waste with Train Dogs; and one time A'tim had pressed an unwilling shoulder to a dog-collar. Now he was an outcast vagabond on the southern prairie, close to the Montana border-land.

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Fraser, W. A: The Sa'-Zada Tales. v1. 15 Feb 2013

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W. A. Fraser: (1859–1933) married (1889) Jessie Maud Barber. A Canadian novelist and inventor, he was born in Nova Scotia of Scots parents and educated at Westchester. He worked as a mining engineer in India, Burma, and Canada, before taking to writing and broadcasting animal stories. Thoroughbreds: A Sporting Novel (1903) is concerned with horse-racing in America. The plot hinges on a sinister banker trying to ruin the honest trainer by drugging horses with cocaine; the climax is when the trainer's lovely daughter disguises herself as a jockey in order to win the crucial race. Mooswa and Others of the Boundaries (1900) is a series of derivative animal stories (after Kipling) about Mooswa the Moose, protector of the Boy who is the son of the Hudson's Bay Company's factor in a remote area of Canada.

THE DWELLERS IN ANIMAL TOWN, IN THE GREATER CITY
FIRST NIGHT—THE STORIES OF WHITE, YELLOW, AND BLACK LEOPARD
SECOND NIGHT—THE STORY OF HATHI GANESH, THE WHITE-EARED ELEPHANT
THIRD NIGHT—THE STORIES OF GIDAR, THE JACKAL,
AND COYOTE, THE PRAIRIE WOLF
FOURTH NIGHT—THE STORY OF RAJ BAGH, THE KING TIGER
FIFTH NIGHT—THE STORY OF THE TRIBE OF KING COBRA
SIXTH NIGHT—THE STORY OF THE MONKEYS
SEVENTH NIGHT—THE STORY OF BIRDS OF A FEATHER
EIGHTH NIGHT—THE STORIES OF BUFFALO AND BISON
NINTH NIGHT—THE STORY OF UNT, THE CAMEL
TENTH NIGHT—THE STORY OF BIG TUSK, THE WILD BOAR
ELEVENTH NIGHT—THE STORIES OF OOHOO, THE WOLF,
AND SHER ABI, THE CROCODILE
TWELFTH NIGHT—THE STORY OF SA'-ZADA, THE "ZOO" KEEPER

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Fraser, W. A: The Three Sapphires. v1. 16 Feb 2013

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W. A. Fraser: (1859–1933) married (1889) Jessie Maud Barber. A Canadian novelist and inventor, he was born in Nova Scotia of Scots parents and educated at Westchester. He worked as a mining engineer in India, Burma, and Canada, before taking to writing and broadcasting animal stories. Thoroughbreds: A Sporting Novel (1903) is concerned with horse-racing in America. The plot hinges on a sinister banker trying to ruin the honest trainer by drugging horses with cocaine; the climax is when the trainer's lovely daughter disguises herself as a jockey in order to win the crucial race. Mooswa and Others of the Boundaries (1900) is a series of derivative animal stories (after Kipling) about Mooswa the Moose, protector of the Boy who is the son of the Hudson's Bay Company's factor in a remote area of Canada.

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"Yes; once an avaricious nawab got together several elephants and many men, and, fastening to the cable, started to pull the boat up. It came easily at first, but just when they all got very careless and were starting to rush it the magic thing slipped back, pulling them in, and they were all drowned. There's a legend that if a holy man stands here at midnight of a full moon when the mhowa tree is in bloom, with the three sacred sapphires of our mythology in his hand, the king will rise in his golden boat if the holy man has been ordained of the gods to be a leader of his people."

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Fraser, W. A: Thoroughbreds. v1. 17 Feb 2013

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W. A. Fraser: (1859–1933) married (1889) Jessie Maud Barber. A Canadian novelist and inventor, he was born in Nova Scotia of Scots parents and educated at Westchester. He worked as a mining engineer in India, Burma, and Canada, before taking to writing and broadcasting animal stories. Thoroughbreds: A Sporting Novel (1903) is concerned with horse-racing in America. The plot hinges on a sinister banker trying to ruin the honest trainer by drugging horses with cocaine; the climax is when the trainer's lovely daughter disguises herself as a jockey in order to win the crucial race. Mooswa and Others of the Boundaries (1900) is a series of derivative animal stories (after Kipling) about Mooswa the Moose, protector of the Boy who is the son of the Hudson's Bay Company's factor in a remote area of Canada.

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By an inconsistent twist of fate he was known as Honest John. His father before him had raced in old Kentucky to considerable purpose, and with the full vigor of a man who races for sport; and so to the son John, in consequence, had come little beyond a not-to-be-eradicated love of thoroughbreds. To race squarely, honestly, and to the glory of high-couraged horses was to him as much a matter of religion as the consistent guardianship of parish morals was to the Reverend George Dolman. Therefore, two men of strong beliefs were set on opposite sides of the fence.

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Fraser, William Alexander: The Outcasts. V1. 26 Feb 2011

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Arthur Henry Howard Heming (January 17, 1870 – October 30, 1940) was a Canadian painter and novelist known as the "chronicler of the North" for his paintings, sketches, essays and books about Canada's North.
William Alexander Fraser (1859-1933).

Illustrated by Arthur Henry Howard Heming.
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A'tim the Outcast was half Wolf, half Huskie Dog. That meant ferocity and bloodthirst on the one side, and knowledge of Man's ways on the other. Also, that he was an Outcast; for neither side of the house of his ancestry would have aught of him.
A'tim was bred in the far Northland, where the Cree Indians trail the white snow-waste with Train Dogs; and one time A'tim had pressed an unwilling shoulder to a dog-collar. Now he was an outcast vagabond on the southern prairie, close to the Montana border-land.

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Frazer, Sir James: The Golden Bough [Abridged], v1, 28 December 2009.

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Sir James George Frazer. [1854–1941]
The Golden Bough: A Study in Magic and Religion
Abridged Edition (1922)

Originally published in 1890, this is an abridgement by the author. It is only (!) 410,000 words long.
Sir James Frazer discusses and compares similar magical and religious practices across the world, suggesting that there are many common elements. He surmises that there is a pattern to the development of human beliefs: primitive magic evolves into religion, which may evolve into scientific belief.
It is also strongly implied that there is nothing new in Christianity, other than the personality of Jesus of Nazareth. All the other features also occur in various mystery religions, e.g. the cult of Osiris and Isis.

The source was Project Gutenberg, with a number of additions and corrections from my paper copy..

Incidentally, in George Eliot’s “Middlemarch,” one of the characters, Mr Casaubon, is busy writing a “Key to all the Mythologies,” which remains uncompleted. This is the work that he might have written, had he not been an intellectual coward.

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Free Online Dictionary of Computing. V1. 06 July 07

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[quotFOLDOC is a searchable dictionary of acronyms, jargon, programming languages, tools, architecture, operating systems, networking, theory, conventions, standards, mathematics, telecoms, electronics, institutions, companies, projects, products, history, in fact anything to do with computing.[/quot

This is released in the MobiPocket Dictionary format in preparation for the upcoming dictionary support on the iLiad. It should work without problems on the iLiad when the update is released.

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Freeman, Mary E. Wilkins: The Lost Ghost and Other Horror Stories. V1. 4 Dec 22012

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Mary Eleanor Wilkins Freeman (October 31, 1852 – March 13, 1930) was a prominent 19th century American author. She was born in Randolph, Massachusetts, and attended Mount Holyoke College (then, Mount Holyoke Female Seminary) in South Hadley, Massachusetts, for one year, from 1870–71. Freeman's parents were orthodox Congregationalists, causing her to have a very strict childhood Religious constraints play a key role in some of her works. She later finished her education at West Brattleboro Seminary. She passed the greater part of her life in Massachusetts and Vermont.

THE LOST GHOST
LUELLA MILLER
THE SHADOWS ON THE WALL
THE SOUTHWEST CHAMBER
THE VACANT LOT
THE WIND IN THE ROSE-BUSH

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Freeman, Mary Eleanor Wilkins: 'Doc.' Gordon. v1, 2 Oct 2013

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Mary Eleanor Wilkins Freeman (October 31, 1852 – March 13, 1930) was a prominent 19th-century American author.

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It was very early in the morning, it was scarcely dawn, when the young man started upon a walk of twenty-five miles to reach Alton, where he was to be assistant to the one physician in the place, Doctor Thomas Gordon, or as he was familiarly called, "Doc." Gordon. The young man's name was James Elliot. He had just graduated, and this was to be his first experience in the practice of his profession of medicine.

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Freeman, Mary Eleanor Wilkins: An Alabaster Box. v1. 30 Sep 2013

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Mary Eleanor Wilkins Freeman (October 31, 1852 – March 13, 1930) was a prominent 19th-century American author.

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Mrs. Solomon Black was a woman who had always had her way. There was not one line which denoted yielding in her large, still handsome face, set about with very elaborate water-waves which she had arranged so many years that her black hair needed scarcely any attention. It would almost seem as if Mrs. Solomon Black had been born with water waves.

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Freeman, Mary Eleanor Wilkins: By the Light of the Soul. v1. 1 Oct 2013

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Mary Eleanor Wilkins Freeman (October 31, 1852 – March 13, 1930) was a prominent 19th-century American author.

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Maria Edgham, who was a very young girl, sat in the church vestry beside a window during the weekly prayer-meeting.
As was the custom, a young man had charge of the meeting, and he stood, with a sort of embarrassed dignity, on the little platform behind the desk. He was reading a selection from the Bible. Maria heard him drone out in a scarcely audible voice: “Whom the Lord loveth, He chasteneth,” and then she heard, in a quick response, a soft sob from the seat behind her. She knew who sobbed: Mrs. Jasper Cone, who had lost her baby the week before. The odor of crape came in Maria's face, making a species of discordance with the fragrance of the summer night, which came in at the open window.

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Freeman, Mary Eleanor Wilkins: Comfort Pease. v1. 1 Oct 2013

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Mary Eleanor Wilkins Freeman (October 31, 1852 – March 13, 1930) was a prominent 19th-century American author.

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One of the first things which Comfort remembered being told was that she had been named for her Aunt Comfort, who had given her a gold ring and a gold dollar for her name. Comfort could not understand why. It always seemed to her that her aunt, and not she, had given the name, and that she should have given the ring and the dollar; but that was what her mother had told her. “Your Aunt Comfort gave you this beautiful gold ring and this gold dollar for your name,” said she.

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Freeman, Mary Eleanor Wilkins: Evelina's Garden. v1. 2 Oct 2013

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Mary Eleanor Wilkins Freeman (October 31, 1852 – March 13, 1930) was a prominent 19th-century American author.

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On the south a high arbor-vitæ hedge separated Evelina's garden from the road. The hedge was so high that when the school-children lagged by, and the secrets behind it fired them with more curiosity than those between their battered book covers, the tallest of them by stretching up on tiptoe could not peer over. And so they were driven to childish engineering feats, and would set to work and pick away sprigs of the arbor-vitæ with their little fingers, and make peep-holes—but small ones, that Evelina might not discern them. Then they would thrust their pink faces into the hedge, and the enduring fragrance of it would come to their nostrils like a gust of aromatic breath from the mouth of the northern woods, and peer into Evelina's garden as through the green tubes of vernal telescopes.

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Freeman, Mary Eleanor Wilkins: Jane Field. v1. 4 Oct 2013

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Mary Eleanor Wilkins Freeman (October 31, 1852 – March 13, 1930) was a prominent 19th-century American author.

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“Well, you ain't had so much hard work to do as some folks. Settin' in a rockin'-chair sewin' braided mats ain't like doin' the housework for a whole family. If you'd had the cookin' to do for four men-folks, the way I have, you'd felt it was pretty hard work, even if you did make out to fill 'em up.” Mrs. Babcock smiled, and showed that she did not forget she was company, but her tone was quite fierce.

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Freeman, Mary Eleanor Wilkins: Jerome, A Poor Man, v1. 5 Oct 2013

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Mary Eleanor Wilkins Freeman (October 31, 1852 – March 13, 1930) was a prominent 19th-century American author.

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One morning in early May, when the wind was cold and the sun hot, and Jerome about twelve years old, he was in a favorite lurking-place of his, which nobody but himself knew.

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Freeman, Mary Eleanor Wilkins: Madelon. v1. 5 Oct 2013

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Mary Eleanor Wilkins Freeman (October 31, 1852 – March 13, 1930) was a prominent 19th-century American author.

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Something like joy came into Madelon's face. “Then we will save him, you and I!” she cried out. “We will save him together! He shall not be hung! He shall be set free! They shall let him out of jail to-day, and put me there instead. We will save him! He would not own that I was guilty and he innocent; Lot would not own it, nor my brother Richard, but now—we will save him—now!”

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Freeman, Mary Eleanor Wilkins: Pembroke. v1. 6 Oct 2013

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Mary Eleanor Wilkins Freeman (October 31, 1852 – March 13, 1930) was a prominent 19th-century American author.

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Pembroke was originally intended as a study of the human will in several New England characters, in different phases of disease and abnormal development, and to prove, especially in the most marked case, the truth of a theory that its cure depended entirely upon the capacity of the individual for a love which could rise above all considerations of self, as Barnabas Thayer's love for Charlotte Barnard finally did.

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Freeman, Mary Eleanor Wilkins: The Adventures of Ann. v1. 30 Sep 2013

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Mary Eleanor Wilkins Freeman (October 31, 1852 – March 13, 1930) was a prominent 19th-century American author.

Tales of Colonial Times

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Freeman, Mary Eleanor Wilkins: The Butterfly House. v1. 30 Sep 2013

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Mary Eleanor Wilkins Freeman (October 31, 1852 – March 13, 1930) was a prominent 19th-century American author.

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Fairbridge was tragically petty, inasmuch as it saw itself great. In Fairbridge narrowness reigned, nay, tyrannised, and was not recognised as such. There was something fairly uncanny about Fairbridge's influence upon people after they had lived there even a few years. The influence held good, too, in the cases of men who daily went to business or professions in New York. Even Wall Street was no sinecure. Back they would come at night, and the terrible, narrow maelstrom of pettiness sucked them in. All outside interest was as naught. International affairs seemed insignificant when once one was really in Fairbridge.

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Freeman, Mary Eleanor Wilkins: The Copy Cat. v1, 1 Oct 2013

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Mary Eleanor Wilkins Freeman (October 31, 1852 – March 13, 1930) was a prominent 19th-century American author.

THE COPY-CAT
THE COCK OF THE WALK
JOHNNY-IN-THE-WOODS
DANIEL AND LITTLE DAN'L
BIG SISTER SOLLY
LITTLE LUCY ROSE
NOBLESSE
CORONATION
THE AMETHYST COMB
THE UMBRELLA MAN
THE BALKING OF CHRISTOPHER
DEAR ANNIE

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Freeman, Mary Eleanor Wilkins: The Debtor. v1. 2 Oct 2013

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Mary Eleanor Wilkins Freeman (October 31, 1852 – March 13, 1930) was a prominent 19th-century American author.

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Banbridge ladies never walked to make fashionable calls. They had a coach even for calls within a radius of a quarter of a mile, where they could easily have walked, and did walk on any other occasion. It would have shocked the whole village if a Banbridge woman had gone out in her best array, with her card-case, making calls on foot. Therefore, in this respect the ladies who were better off in this world's goods often displayed a friendly regard for those who could ill afford the necessary expense of state calls. Often one would invite another to call with her, defraying all the expenses of the trip, and Mrs. Van Dorn had so invited Mrs. Lee to-day. Mrs. Lee, who was a small, elderly woman, was full of deprecating gratitude and a sense of obligation which made it appear incumbent upon her not to differ with her companion in any opinion which she might advance, and, as a rule, to give her the initiative in conversation during their calls, and the precedence in entry and retreat.

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Freeman, Mary Eleanor Wilkins: The Green Door. v1. 2 Oct 2013

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Mary Eleanor Wilkins Freeman (October 31, 1852 – March 13, 1930) was a prominent 19th-century American author.

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Letitia lived in the same house where her grandmother and her great-grandmother had lived and died. Her own parents died when she was very young, and she had come there to live with her Great-aunt Peggy. Her Great-aunt Peggy was her grandfather's sister, and was a very old woman. However, she was very active and bright, and good company for Letitia. That was fortunate, because there were no little girls of Letitia's age nearer than a mile. The one maid-servant whom Aunt Peggy kept was older than she, and had chronic rheumatism in the right foot and left shoulder-blade, which affected her temper.

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Freeman, Mary Eleanor Wilkins: The Heart's Highway. v 1. 3 Oct 2013

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Mary Eleanor Wilkins Freeman (October 31, 1852 – March 13, 1930) was a prominent 19th-century American author.

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In 1682, when I was thirty years of age and Mistress Mary Cavendish just turned of eighteen, she and I together one Sabbath morning in the month of April were riding to meeting in Jamestown. We were all alone except for the troop of black slaves straggling in the rear, blurring the road curiously with their black faces. It seldom happened that we rode in such wise, for Mistress Catherine Cavendish, the elder sister of Mistress Mary, and Madam Cavendish, her grandmother, usually rode with us—Madam Judith Cavendish, though more than seventy, sitting a horse as well as her granddaughters, and looking, when viewed from the back, as young as they, and being in that respect, as well as others, a wonder to the countryside.

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Freeman, Mary Eleanor Wilkins: The Jamesons. v1. 3 Oct 2013

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Mary Eleanor Wilkins Freeman (October 31, 1852 – March 13, 1930) was a prominent 19th-century American author.

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Until that summer nobody in our village had ever taken boarders. There had been no real necessity for it, and we had always been rather proud of the fact. While we were certainly not rich—there was not one positively rich family among us—we were comfortably provided with all the necessities of life. We did not need to open our houses, and our closets, and our bureau drawers, and give the freedom of our domestic hearths, and, as it were, our household gods for playthings, to strangers and their children.

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Freeman, Mary Eleanor Wilkins: The Portion of Labor. v1. 6 Oct 2013

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Mary Eleanor Wilkins Freeman (October 31, 1852 – March 13, 1930) was a prominent 19th-century American author.

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Ellen's father always picked out for her the choicest and tenderest bits of the humble dishes, and his keen eyes were more watchful of her plate than of his own. Always after Ellen's mother had said to her father that she thought Ellen looked pindling he was late about coming home from the shop, and would turn in at the gate laden with paper parcels. Then Ellen would find an orange or some other delicacy beside her plate at supper. Ellen's aunt Eva, her mother's younger sister, who lived with them, would look askance at the tidbit with open sarcasm. “You jest spoil that young one, Fanny,” she would say to her sister.

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Freeman, Mary Eleanor Wilkins: The Pot of Gold. v1. 7 Oct 2013

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Mary Eleanor Wilkins Freeman (October 31, 1852 – March 13, 1930) was a prominent 19th-century American author.

THE POT OF GOLD.
THE COW WITH GOLDEN HORNS.
PRINCESS ROSETTA AND THE POP-CORN MAN.
THE CHRISTMAS MONKS.
THE PUMPKIN GIANT.
THE CHRISTMAS MASQUERADE.
DILL.
THE SILVER HEN.
TOBY.
THE PATCHWORK SCHOOL.
THE SQUIRE'S SIXPENCE.
A PLAIN CASE.
THE STRANGER IN THE VILLAGE.
THE BOUND GIRL.
DEACON THOMAS WALES'S WILL.
THE ADOPTED DAUGHTER.

NOTE: 50 Illustrations

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Freeman, Mary Eleanor Wilkins: The Shoulders of Atlas. v1. 8 Oct 2013

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Mary Eleanor Wilkins Freeman (October 31, 1852 – March 13, 1930) was a prominent 19th-century American author.

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Sylvia, who had caught a little of his rebellion, but was gentler, would regard him with horror. “Why, Henry Whitman, that is a dreadful wicked spirit!” she would say, and he would retort stubbornly that he didn't care; that he had to pay a road tax for these people who would just as soon run him down as not, if it wouldn't tip their old machines over; for these maniacs who had gone speed-mad, and were appropriating even the highways of the common people.

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Freeman, Mary Eleanor Wilkins: The Wind in the Rose-bush. v1. 8 Oct 2013

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Mary Eleanor Wilkins Freeman (October 31, 1852 – March 13, 1930) was a prominent 19th-century American author.

THE WIND IN THE ROSE-BUSH
THE SHADOWS ON THE WALL
LUELLA MILLER
THE SOUTHWEST CHAMBER
THE VACANT LOT
THE LOST GHOST

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Freeman, Mary Eleanor Wilkins: The Yates Pride. v1. 9 Oct 2013

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Mary Eleanor Wilkins Freeman (October 31, 1852 – March 13, 1930) was a prominent 19th-century American author.

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Opposite Miss Eudora Yates's old colonial mansion was the perky modern Queen Anne residence of Mrs. Joseph Glynn. Mrs. Glynn had a daughter, Ethel, and an unmarried sister, Miss Julia Esterbrook. All three were fond of talking, and had many callers who liked to hear the feebly effervescent news of Wellwood. This afternoon three ladies were there: Miss Abby Simson, Mrs. John Bates, and Mrs. Edward Lee. They sat in the Glynn sitting-room, which shrilled with treble voices as if a flock of sparrows had settled therein.

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Freeman, Mary Eleanor Wilkins: Young Lucretia and Other Stories. v1. 9 Oct 2013

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Mary Eleanor Wilkins Freeman (October 31, 1852 – March 13, 1930) was a prominent 19th-century American author.

YOUNG LUCRETIA
HOW FIDELIA WENT TO THE STORE
ANN MARY HER TWO THANKSGIVINGS
ANN LIZY'S PATCHWORK
THE LITTLE PERSIAN PRINCESS
WHERE THE CHRISTMAS-TREE GREW
WHERE SARAH JANE'S DOLL WENT
SEVENTOES' GHOST
LITTLE MIRANDY AND HOW SHE EARNED HER SHOES
A PARSNIP STEW
THE DICKEY BOY
A SWEET-GRASS BASKET
MEHITABLE LAMB

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Freeman, R Austin: A Certain Dr Thorndyke. V1. 12 Mar 2011

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Richard Austin Freeman (11 April 1862 London - 28 September 1943 Gravesend) — known as R. Austin Freeman — was a British writer of detective stories, mostly featuring the medico-legal forensic investigator Dr Thorndyke. He claimed to have invented the inverted detective story (a crime fiction in which the commission of the crime is described at the beginning, usually including the identity of the perpetrator, with the story then describing the detective's attempt to solve the mystery) and used some of his early experiences as a colonial surgeon in his novels.
A large proportion of the Dr Thorndyke stories involve genuine, but often quite arcane, points of scientific knowledge, from areas such as tropical medicine, metallurgy and toxicology.

A winding adventure that begins in an exotic, teasing location. Richard Austin Freeman introduces the reader to the delights of an extraordinary jewel heist. Hollis is a retired soap manufacturer, richer than Croesus and some say mad. Obsessed with amassing wondrous jewels, precious stones and bullion, Hollis chooses a strong room to deposit his dazzling hoard. But when he discovers that he's the victim of an elaborate and enigmatic robbery, even though the room was never broken into, Dr Thorndyke is summoned to bring his unrivalled knowledge to bear on a remarkable mystery.

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Freeman, R Austin: A Silent Witness. V1. 10 Mar 2011

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Richard Austin Freeman (11 April 1862 - 28 September 1943 ) — known as R. Austin Freeman — was a writer of , mostly featuring the medico-legal . He claimed to have invented the (a crime fiction in which the commission of the crime is described at the beginning, usually including the identity of the perpetrator, with the story then describing the detective's attempt to solve the mystery) and used some of his early experiences as a colonial in his novels.
A large proportion of the stories involve genuine, but often quite arcane, points of scientific knowledge, from areas such as , and .

On a wet and windy silent night in the sleeping city of London, the body of a man is found sprawled across Millfield Lane. So begins an ill wind and the puzzle of an intriguing stranger in this enchanting Dr Thorndyke mystery.

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Freeman, R Austin: As a Thief in the Night. V1. 13 Mar 2011

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Richard Austin Freeman (11 April 1862 London - 28 September 1943 Gravesend) — known as R. Austin Freeman — was a British writer of detective stories, mostly featuring the medico-legal forensic investigator Dr Thorndyke. He claimed to have invented the inverted detective story (a crime fiction in which the commission of the crime is described at the beginning, usually including the identity of the perpetrator, with the story then describing the detective's attempt to solve the mystery) and used some of his early experiences as a colonial surgeon in his novels.
A large proportion of the Dr Thorndyke stories involve genuine, but often quite arcane, points of scientific knowledge, from areas such as tropical medicine, metallurgy and toxicology.

Harold Monkhouse is usually such an uncomplaining patient so when his brother Amos calls in one night, what he doesn't expect is to see him at Death's door. Suspicions aroused, he demands an urgent second opinion. And when Harold is later found dead from arsenic poisoning, Amos is left in no doubt that foul play is afoot. The inquiry begins and Barbara Monkhouse is soon singled out as the prime suspect. What ensues is a roller coaster ride into crime fiction at its best as the truth of the fateful night eludes even the best of detective minds. Could it be a simple case of wife poisoning husband - or is it just possible that another shadowy figure stole into Harold's room, as a thief in the night, to rid the world of an innocent man?

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Freeman, R Austin: Dr Thorndyke Short Story Omnibus. V1. 13 Mar 2011

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Richard Austin Freeman (11 April 1862 London - 28 September 1943 Gravesend) — known as R. Austin Freeman — was a British writer of detective stories, mostly featuring the medico-legal forensic investigator Dr Thorndyke. He claimed to have invented the inverted detective story (a crime fiction in which the commission of the crime is described at the beginning, usually including the identity of the perpetrator, with the story then describing the detective's attempt to solve the mystery) and used some of his early experiences as a colonial surgeon in his novels.
A large proportion of the Dr Thorndyke stories involve genuine, but often quite arcane, points of scientific knowledge, from areas such as tropical medicine, metallurgy and toxicology.

THE SINGING BONE (1912) (a.k.a. The Adventures of Dr. Thorndyke)
THE GREAT PORTRAIT MYSTERY (1918) (This book included 2 Thorndyke Stories)
JOHN THORNDYKE'S CASES (1909) (a.k.a. Dr. Thorndyke's Cases)
THE MAGIC CASKET (1927)
THE PUZZLE LOCK (1925)
DR. THORNDYKE'S CASE BOOK (1923) (a.k.a. The Blue Scarab)

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Freeman, R Austin: Exploits of Danby Croker (v1), 1916, 28 Apr 2020

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Sub-titled "Being Extracts From a Somewhat Disreputable Autobiography".

Episodic novel of the dubious adventures of Danby Croker, first published as a serial in "The Red Magazine" in 1911, collected as a book in 1916.

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Freeman, R Austin: Helen Vardon's Confession. V1. 11 Mar 2011

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Richard Austin Freeman (11 April 1862 London - 28 September 1943 Gravesend) — known as R. Austin Freeman — was a British writer of detective stories, mostly featuring the medico-legal forensic investigator Dr Thorndyke. He claimed to have invented the inverted detective story (a crime fiction in which the commission of the crime is described at the beginning, usually including the identity of the perpetrator, with the story then describing the detective's attempt to solve the mystery) and used some of his early experiences as a colonial surgeon in his novels.
A large proportion of the Dr Thorndyke stories involve genuine, but often quite arcane, points of scientific knowledge, from areas such as tropical medicine, metallurgy and toxicology.

Through the open door of a library, Helen Vardon hears an argument that changes her life forever. Helen's father and a man called Otway argue over missing funds in a trust one night. Otway proposes a marriage between him and Helen in exchange for his cooperation and silence. What transpires is a captivating tale of blackmail, fraud and death. Dr Thorndyke is left to piece together the clues in this enticing mystery.

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Freeman, R Austin: Mr Pottermack's Oversight. V1. 13 Mar 2011

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Richard Austin Freeman (11 April 1862 London - 28 September 1943 Gravesend) — known as R. Austin Freeman — was a British writer of detective stories, mostly featuring the medico-legal forensic investigator Dr Thorndyke. He claimed to have invented the inverted detective story (a crime fiction in which the commission of the crime is described at the beginning, usually including the identity of the perpetrator, with the story then describing the detective's attempt to solve the mystery) and used some of his early experiences as a colonial surgeon in his novels.
A large proportion of the Dr Thorndyke stories involve genuine, but often quite arcane, points of scientific knowledge, from areas such as tropical medicine, metallurgy and toxicology.

Mr Pottermack is a law abiding, settled homebody who has nothing to hide until the appearance of the shadowy Lewison, a gambler and blackmailer with an incredible story. It appears that Pottermack is in fact a run away prisoner, convicted of fraud and Lewison is about to spill the beans unless he receives a large bribe in return for his silence. But Pottermack protests his innocence, and resolves to shut Lewison up once and for all. Will he do it? And if he does, will he get away with it?

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Freeman, R Austin: Surprising Experiences of Mr Shuttlebury Cobb (1927); v1, 27 Apr 2

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R Austin Freeman's famous Dr Thorndyke stories are not noted for humour, but Freeman could certainly write it. This short novel tells of the comical, if not farcical search for a possible apocryphal treasure hidden somewhere in a vacant manor house in Kent. Russian secret police, a dubious detective, and a group of Chicago gangsters have deep interests in the same house.

42,000 words.

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Freeman, R Austin: The Cat's Eye. V1. 11 Mar 2011

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Richard Austin Freeman (11 April 1862 London - 28 September 1943 Gravesend) — known as R. Austin Freeman — was a British writer of detective stories, mostly featuring the medico-legal forensic investigator Dr Thorndyke. He claimed to have invented the inverted detective story (a crime fiction in which the commission of the crime is described at the beginning, usually including the identity of the perpetrator, with the story then describing the detective's attempt to solve the mystery) and used some of his early experiences as a colonial surgeon in his novels.
A large proportion of the Dr Thorndyke stories involve genuine, but often quite arcane, points of scientific knowledge, from areas such as tropical medicine, metallurgy and toxicology.

When Andrew Drayton, a collector of jewellery, is found stabbed to death and the young woman who tried to stop the murderer is wounded, Dr Thorndyke is called in to investigate. But although the scene of the crime seems awash with the fingerprints of the attacker, there may be good reason why the police can't trace the killer. But not only are the facts of the case proving to be vexing but the discovery of a secret chamber and its sinister contents help to reveal that this is no ordinary murder and no ordinary murderer is behind it.

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Freeman, R Austin: The D'Arblay Mystery. V1. 12 Mar 2011

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Richard Austin Freeman (11 April 1862 London - 28 September 1943 Gravesend) — known as R. Austin Freeman — was a British writer of detective stories, mostly featuring the medico-legal forensic investigator Dr Thorndyke. He claimed to have invented the inverted detective story (a crime fiction in which the commission of the crime is described at the beginning, usually including the identity of the perpetrator, with the story then describing the detective's attempt to solve the mystery) and used some of his early experiences as a colonial surgeon in his novels.
A large proportion of the Dr Thorndyke stories involve genuine, but often quite arcane, points of scientific knowledge, from areas such as tropical medicine, metallurgy and toxicology.

When a man is found floating beneath the skin of a green-skimmed pond one morning, Dr Thorndyke becomes embroiled in an astonishing case. This wickedly entertaining detective fiction reveals that the victim was murdered through a lethal injection and someone out there is trying a cover-up.

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Freeman, R Austin: The Great Portrait Mystery (1918);v1; 28 April 2020

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Seven short stories, two featuring Dr Thorndyke.

1: The Great Portrait Mystery
2: The Bronze Parrot
3: The Missing Mortgagee (Thorndyke)
4: Powder Blue and Hawthorn
5: Percival Bland's Proxy (Thorndyke)
6: The Attorney's Conscience
7: The Luck of Barnabas Mudge

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Freeman, R Austin: The Mystery of 31 New Inn. V1. 10 Mar 2011

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Richard Austin Freeman (11 April 1862 London - 28 September 1943 Gravesend) — known as R. Austin Freeman — was a British writer of detective stories, mostly featuring the medico-legal forensic investigator Dr Thorndyke. He claimed to have invented the inverted detective story (a crime fiction in which the commission of the crime is described at the beginning, usually including the identity of the perpetrator, with the story then describing the detective's attempt to solve the mystery) and used some of his early experiences as a colonial surgeon in his novels.
A large proportion of the Dr Thorndyke stories involve genuine, but often quite arcane, points of scientific knowledge, from areas such as tropical medicine, metallurgy and toxicology.

When a Doctor is called to the bedside of a mysterious sick man by the name of Graves, a strange and sinister plot involving poisoning is uncovered. But who is this Graves; a man well travelled who seems to have such a fear of doctors? And who is the villainous Mr Weiss into whose care Graves has been assigned? Doctor Thorndyke is summoned to help solve the mystery of the thirty-first new inn.

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Freeman, R Austin: The Mystery of Angelina Frood. V1. 11 Mar 2011

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Richard Austin Freeman (11 April 1862 London - 28 September 1943 Gravesend) — known as R. Austin Freeman — was a British writer of detective stories, mostly featuring the medico-legal forensic investigator Dr Thorndyke. He claimed to have invented the inverted detective story (a crime fiction in which the commission of the crime is described at the beginning, usually including the identity of the perpetrator, with the story then describing the detective's attempt to solve the mystery) and used some of his early experiences as a colonial surgeon in his novels.
A large proportion of the Dr Thorndyke stories involve genuine, but often quite arcane, points of scientific knowledge, from areas such as tropical medicine, metallurgy and toxicology.

A beautiful young woman is in shock. She calls John Strangeways, a medical lawyer who must piece together the strange disparate facts of her case and in turn, becomes fearful for his life. Only Dr Thorndyke, a master of detection, may be able to solve the baffling mystery of Angelina Frood.

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Freeman, R Austin: The Red Thumb Mark. V1. 10 Mar 2011

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Richard Austin Freeman (11 April 1862 London - 28 September 1943 Gravesend) — known as R. Austin Freeman — was a British writer of detective stories, mostly featuring the medico-legal forensic investigator Dr Thorndyke. He claimed to have invented the inverted detective story (a crime fiction in which the commission of the crime is described at the beginning, usually including the identity of the perpetrator, with the story then describing the detective's attempt to solve the mystery) and used some of his early experiences as a colonial surgeon in his novels.
A large proportion of the Dr Thorndyke stories involve genuine, but often quite arcane, points of scientific knowledge, from areas such as tropical medicine, metallurgy and toxicology.

John Hornby is the proud owner of a dazzling diamond business and when his nephews go into business with him, they are determined to be given their full share of responsibility. A consignment of diamonds is entrusted to the nephews who place their precious hoard in a safe overnight. But come the morning, the diamonds are missing and incredibly, the safe has been left untouched, all except for two blood smeared thumb prints and the inevitable presence of a mysterious Mr X. In one of Freeman's finest, will Dr Thorndyke, the erudite master of insight solve the enigma of the red thumb mark?

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Freeman, R Austin: The Shadow of the Wolf. V1. 12 Mar 2011

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Richard Austin Freeman (11 April 1862 London - 28 September 1943 Gravesend) — known as R. Austin Freeman — was a British writer of detective stories, mostly featuring the medico-legal forensic investigator Dr Thorndyke. He claimed to have invented the inverted detective story (a crime fiction in which the commission of the crime is described at the beginning, usually including the identity of the perpetrator, with the story then describing the detective's attempt to solve the mystery) and used some of his early experiences as a colonial surgeon in his novels.
A large proportion of the Dr Thorndyke stories involve genuine, but often quite arcane, points of scientific knowledge, from areas such as tropical medicine, metallurgy and toxicology.

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"What I wanted to say," he resumed, "was this. We're both doing pretty well now on the square. You must be positively piling up the shekels, and I can earn a decent living, which is all I want. Why shouldn't we drop this flash note business?"

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Freeman, R. Austin: Complete "Dr. Thorndyke". v21. 7th Aug 2011

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By popular request, I have rearranged the novels and short stories featuring the forensic investigator "Dr Thorndyke" into 7 volumes, with the books arranged in order of publication date. A number of books have not yet been released - I have put a "placeholder" for these in the appropriate volumes, and will add them as and when they are released. These unreleased books are marked with a "*" in the following list.

The books are:

VOLUME 1

The Red Thumb Mark (1907)

John Hornby is the proud owner of a dazzling diamond business and when his nephews go into business with him, they are determined to be given their full share of responsibility. A consignment of diamonds is entrusted to the nephews who place their precious hoard in a safe overnight. But come the morning, the diamonds are missing and incredibly, the safe has been left untouched, all except for two blood smeared thumb prints and the inevitable presence of a mysterious Mr X. In one of Freeman's finest, will Dr Thorndyke, the erudite master of insight, solve the enigma of the red thumb mark?

John Thordyke's Cases (1909) aka [Dr Thorndyke's Cases[/

In this intriguing collection of detective stories, Richard Austin Freeman presents yet another batch of entertaining, clever mysteries to tempt and tease the curious mind. From robbery and murder to mayhem, Freeman takes the reader through a myriad of beguiling scenarios and asks whodunit, with the aid of the erudite Dr Thorndyke.

The Eye of Osiris (1911) aka [The Vanishing Man[/

"...I strolled down to the Embankment, and, leaning on the parapet, contemplated the view across the river; the grey stone bridge with its perspective of arches, the picturesque pile of the shot-towers, and, beyond, the shadowy shapes of the Abbey and St. Stephen's. It was a pleasant scene . . . a barge swept down through the middle arch of the bridge with a lugsail hoisted to a jury mast and a white-aproned woman at the tiller. Dreamily I watched the craft creep by upon the moving tide, noted the low freeboard, almost awash, the careful helmswoman, and the dog on the forecastle yapping at the distant shore - and thought of Ruth Bellingham."

First published in 1911, The Eye of Osiris adds the charm of Old London to this fine detective story by R. Austin Freeman.

The Mystery of 31 New Inn (1912)

When a Doctor is called to the bedside of a mysterious sick man by the name of Graves, a strange and sinister plot involving poisoning is uncovered. But who is this Graves; a man well travelled who seems to have such a fear of doctors? And who is the villainous Mr Weiss into whose care Graves has been assigned? Doctor Thorndyke is summoned to help solve the mystery.

VOLUME 2

The Singing Bone (1912) aka [The Adventures of Dr Thorndyke[/

In the topsy turvy world of [The Singing Bone[/, Richard Austin Freeman presents us with a solution. The reader is asked to deduce how different mysteries were solved rather than whodunit. Freeman introduces five distinct tales of intrigue, romance, mutiny and murder. The ingenuity of these detective stories lies in their fresh and original approach in what amounts to a tantalising read.

A Silent Witness (1914)

On a wet and windy silent night in the sleeping city of London, the body of a man is found sprawled across Millfield Lane. So begins an ill wind and the puzzle of an intriguing stranger in this enchanting Dr Thorndyke mystery.

The Great Portrait Mystery and Other Stories (1918)

The National Portrait Gallery is the opening setting for this delightful mystery of theft and fraud. A painter copies diligently from a watercolour one morning when an enigmatic musician suddenly appears and causes mayhem with his musical interludes, hopping from one picture to another and giving a remarkable rendition of different songs. But while the curator follows him around trying to call a halt to the musical spectacle, the copyist replaces a watercolour masterpiece and makes an infamous escape. Who is the mysterious musician? Who is the mysterious copyist? And what has happened to the priceless watercolour?

Helen Vardon's Confession (1922)

Through the open door of a library, Helen Vardon hears an argument that changes her life forever. Helen's father and a man called Otway argue over missing funds in a trust one night. Otway proposes a marriage between him and Helen in exchange for his cooperation and silence. What transpires is a captivating tale of blackmail, fraud and death. Dr Thorndyke is left to piece together the clues in this enticing mystery.

VOLUME 3

The Cat's Eye (1923)

When Andrew Drayton, a collector of jewellery, is found stabbed to death and the young woman who tried to stop the murderer is wounded, Dr Thorndyke is called in to investigate. But although the scene of the crime seems awash with the fingerprints of the attacker, there may be good reason why the police can't trace the killer. But not only are the facts of the case proving to be vexing but the discovery of a secret chamber and its sinister contents help to reveal that this is no ordinary murder and no ordinary murderer is behind it.

Dr Thorndyke's Casebook (1923) aka [The Blue Scarab[/

A compelling collection of Dr Thorndyke mysteries is presented here in a bumper crop of Richard Austin Freeman's fiction. Opening with [The Case of the White Footprints[/, revealing the secrets of [The Blue Scarab[/ and teasing all that read [The Stolen Ingots[/, Freeman introduces some extraordinary detective stories to bamboozle the most able of minds. Once you pick this book up, you won't be able to put it down.

The Mystery of Angelina Frood (1924)

A beautiful young woman is in shock. She calls John Strangeways, a doctor who must piece together the strange disparate facts of her case and in turn, becomes fearful for her life. Only Dr Thorndyke, a master of detection, may be able to solve the baffling mystery of Angelina Frood.

The Shadow of the Wolf (1925)

Another "inverted" detective story - the genre which Freeman invented, in which the reader knows all the details of the crime in advance. Varney is an engraver who is being blackmailed into producing forged bank-notes by Purcell. On a yachting trip, Varney shoots Purcell and dumps his body overboard. Can Dr. Thorndyke solve the crime? One of the best Dr. Thorndyke stories in terms of showing the process of scientific detection.

VOLUME 4

The D'Arblay Mystery (1926)

When a man is found floating beneath the skin of a green-skimmed pond one morning, Dr Thorndyke becomes embroiled in an astonishing case.

A Certain Dr Thorndyke (1927)

A winding adventure that begins in an exotic, teasing location. Richard Austin Freeman introduces the reader to the delights of an extraordinary jewel heist. Hollis is a retired soap manufacturer, richer than Croesus and some say mad. Obsessed with amassing wondrous jewels, precious stones and bullion, Hollis chooses a strong room to deposit his dazzling hoard. But when he discovers that he's the victim of an elaborate and enigmatic robbery, even though the room was never broken into, Dr Thorndyke is summoned to bring his unrivalled knowledge to bear on a remarkable mystery.

The Magic Casket (1927)

On a misty November night in London, Dr Thorndyke comes across an abandoned handbag in an old church. From examining the contents an address is found and so begins a mysterious trail leading to the owner and a violent murder. Enter into the world of Mr Ponting's Alibi where threats are made when a will is made known, and meet the gang of cosmopolitan revolutionaries who harbour and explosive truth at The Golomite Works. This delightful collection of crime stories has been written to amuse and perplex the most ardent of crime aficionados.

The Puzzle Lock (1927)

Another collection of short stories.

VOLUME 5

As a Thief in the Night (1928)

Harold Monkhouse is usually such an uncomplaining patient so when his brother Amos calls in one night, what he doesn't expect is to see him at Death's door. Suspicions aroused, he demands an urgent second opinion. And when Harold is later found dead from arsenic poisoning, Amos is left in no doubt that foul play is afoot. The inquiry begins and Barbara Monkhouse is soon singled out as the prime suspect. What ensues is a roller coaster ride into crime fiction at its best as the truth of the fateful night eludes even the best of detective minds. Could it be a simple case of wife poisoning husband - or is it just possible that another shadowy figure stole into Harold's room, as a thief in the night, to rid the world of an innocent man?

Dr Thorndyke Investigates (1930)

A collection of 5 previously-published short stories, all of which are contained in earlier volumes in the series. I've simply included the table of contents for this book, and referred the reader back to the books in which the stories originally appeared.

Mr. Pottermack's Oversight (1930)

Mr Pottermack is a law abiding, settled homebody who has nothing to hide until the appearance of the shadowy Lewison, a gambler and blackmailer with an incredible story. It appears that Pottermack is in fact a run away prisoner, convicted of fraud and Lewison is about to spill the beans unless he receives a large bribe in return for his silence. But Pottermack protests his innocence, and resolves to shut Lewison up once and for all. Will he do it? And if he does, will he get away with it?

Pontifex, Son and Thorndyke (1931)

This puzzling plot is related by two different characters: messenger boy Jasper Gray, who experiences several strange adventures, and Dr Jervis, friend of Dr Thorndyke. Dr Thorndyke is investigating a terrible crime, the solving of which remains elusive because of key facts remaining unknown. He needs the facts to confirm his case: Jasper could complete the blank spaces if only Thorndyke were aware of his existence.

VOLUME 6

When Rogues Fall Out (1932) aka [Dr Thorndyke's Discovery[/

Meet Mr Toke, a dubious connoisseur of fine antiques who deals in fabulous objets d'art and doesn't mind how he acquires them. From stealing bejewelled necklaces to rare antique clocks, Mr Toke cons a host of gullible individuals out of priceless heirlooms. But then he meets Mr Arthur Hughes and before long, the scam spirals out of control. Then there's the case of the murdered Inspector Badger. Will Dr Thorndyke be able to solve the crime with his legendary incisive rationale? When Rogues Fall Out incorporates some wonderful conundrums to hoodwink and hinder the most clued of crime readers.

Dr Thorndyke Intervenes (1933)

In DR. THORNDYKE INTERVENES, the famous medico-legal sleuth, Dr. Thorndyke, unravels one of the most intricate and thrilling cases of his entire career. It all started in a comparatively innocuous manner. Mr. Christopher Pippet, an American gentleman, is bringing suit to presume the death of the Earl of Winsborough, to whose title and estates he claims to be heir presumptive. But Mr. Pippet is unfortunate in his choice of a legal advisor and falls into the hands of a shady lawyer who tries to fake the evidence and thereby exposes himself to a criminal charge. Dr. Thorndyke is consulted. He suspects the lawyer's intentions, but finds more than he expected. He is looking for a fraud, and not only detects this, but also discovers a clue to a notorious robbery, and later, to a mysterious murder. Meanwhile, the peerage claim is settled; but, afterward, there is a further and more thrilling surprise for the reader.

For the Defence: Dr Thorndyke (1934)

This is the story of Andrew, a handsome artist living with his beautiful wife. Andrew witnesses a man being shot one night by two masked assailants and on the advice of his wife, decides to remain silent about what he has seen. But when a meeting with his cousin Ronald proves to be fatal, Andrew finds himself suspecting foul play, as Ronald lies crushed on beach sands. And soon, Andrew is a suspect himself.

The Penrose Mystery (1936)

Penrose is an eccentric old man in possession of some dazzling gems, which he won't insure. When Dr Thorndyke is alerted to a burglary at his house, a scrap of paper is found with the word 'lobster' on it and two Latin words, and Penrose has fled in panic after a car accident. The police are clearly mystified but Thorndyke in his indelible style is on track, hunting down a fugitive, testing a theory and getting to the bottom of a tantalising, complex mystery.

VOLUME 7

Felo De Se? (1937) aka [Murder at the Inn[/

John Gillam was a gambler. John Gillam faced financial ruin and was the victim of a sinister blackmail attempt. John Gillam is now dead. In this exceptional mystery, Dr Thorndyke is brought in to untangle the secrecy surrounding the death of John Gillam, a man not known for insanity and thoughts of suicide.

The Stoneware Monkey (1938)

A novel of two halves, this story opens with Dr James Oldfield who finds himself caught one night in a police hunt. When he stumbles upon a policeman, struck dead by an unknown assailant, Oldfield determines to piece together what happened, and who Mr Kempster, (a man who turns up at the scene of the crime) may be. What unravels is a story of ingenious theft involving diamonds and the remains of an artist's body found in a kiln. In the second part, Oldfield engages the help of Dr Thorndyke and together they trace the work of the artist and a valuable stoneware monkey that hides an incredible secret. In the back streets of London amongst colonies of silk weavers, cabinet-makers and craftsmen, Freeman deftly entwines a cunning story infused with palpable suspense. From the father of forensic crime fiction, this plot is chock full of vivid detail.

Mr. Polton Explains (1940)

Told through the eyes of a watchmaker, Dr Thorndyke is once again faced with a mystery involving a mysterious fire in a Soho house filled with supposedly inflammable objects. What transpires is an entertaining and amazing twist thanks to the eagle eyes of the Doctor and his friend the watchmaker, Mr Polton.

The Jacob Street Mystery (1942) aka [The Unconscious Witness[/

Freeman's final novel. A painter is wrongly accused of murder - Dr Thorndyke investigates. Freeman breaks new ground here by introducing a sympathetic and non stereotyped African character, a lawyer from Ghana visiting England.

Meet Dr. Thorndyke (Essay)

An essay on the origin and development of the character of Dr. Thorndyke.

The Art of the Detective Story (Essay)

An essay about what makes a good detective story.

[5A King's Bench Walk (Essay)[/

As I said at the start, this is a "work in progress" and hopefully the "gaps" will be filled in as more books are released by PG. It's worth checking back here every so often to see if there have been any additions.

Enjoy!

EDIT: 30 Jun 07

Added "As a Thief in the Night" to Vol 5. Uploaded v2 of Vol 5.

EDIT: 1 Jan 08

Added "The D'Arblay Mystery" to Vol 4. Reformatted vols 3-7 to preserve dashes, etc. Uploaded new versions of vols 3-7.

EDIT: 4 Jan 08

Uploaded new version of vol 1 with dashes preserved, etc.

EDIT: 10 Jan 08

Added "Mr. Pottermack's Oversight" to Vol 5. Uploaded a new version of Vol 5.

EDIT: 20 Apr 08

Uploaded an improved version of Vol 1.

EDIT: 21 Apr 08

Uploaded improved versions of Vol 2, Vol 3, Vol 4.

EDIT: 23 Apr 08

Uploaded improved versions of Vols 5, 6, 7.

EDIT: 7 Sep 2008

Several typos fixed in Vol 1. Thanks to Sparrow for reporting these.

EDIT: 2 Jan 09

Thoroughly proof-read "The Eye of Osiris" in Vol 1 against a Google page scan, and fixed dozens of errors as a result, as well as adding in all the missing italics, and an image of a Greek inscription not previously included. Uploaded a new version of Vol 1 as a result.

EDIT: 5 Jan 09

Read "The Mystery of 31 New Inn" in Vol 1 and corrected a number of minor formatting errors as a result. Uploaded a new version of Vol 1. This will be the final version of Vol 1 unless any subsequent errors are found.

EDIT: 24 May 09

Proof-read Vol 2 and uploaded a new version. Several hundred errors corrected.

EDIT: 28 Feb 10

Added "The Mystery of Angelina Frood" to Vol 3 (very kindly scanned and proofed by MR user "sstaley"). Corrected the HTML errors in all volumes, and added new cover images. Uploaded new versions of all volumes.

EDIT: 19 Mar 10

The "missing" book from Vol 5, "Dr. Thorndyke Investigates", is nothing more than a compilation of short stories from earlier books. I've included the table of contents for the book, and referred the reader to the original source for each of the stories. Uploaded a new version of Vol 5.

EDIT: 22 Mar 10

Added "Dr. Thorndyke Intervenes" to Vol 6; this was the last "missing" book, although a number of essays and short stories still remain to be added. Thanks to MR user "sstaley" for scanning the book, and Conor for helping to proof-read it. Uploaded a new version of Vol 6.

EDIT: 22 Mar 10

Added the essays "Meet Dr. Thorndyke" and "The Art of the Detective Story" to Vol 7. This makes the omnibus complete, with one minor exception - a further essay titled "5A King's Bench Walk", which I've left a "placeholder" for in Vol 7. Uploaded a new version of Vol 7.

EDIT: 5 Apr 10

Completely proof-read all four books in Vol 3, and corrected many hundreds of errors. Uploaded a new version of Vol 3. Vol 3 is now in a good state, so please let me know if any errors remain in it.

EDIT: 21 Jul 10

Completely proof-read all four books in Vol 4, and corrected many hundreds of errors. There were a great many missing words in this volume; in the vast majority of cases the correct word was obvious, but in a few instances I've had to make an intelligent guess as to what the word should be. Please let me know if you find any remaining errors in Vol 4.

EDIT: 30 Dec 10

Completely proof-read the books in Vol 5. Numerous errors corrected. Please let me know if you find any remaining errors in Vol 5.

EDIT: 29 Jul 11

Completely proof-read the books in Vol 6, and corrected a very large number of errors. Once again, please let me know if you find any remaining errors in Vol 6.

EDIT: 7 Aug 11

Completely proof-read Vol 7 and corrected several hundred errors. This book is still missing the essay "5A King's Bench Walk", but is now otherwise complete. Please let me know if you find any remaining errors in this, or, indeed, any of the other volumes.

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- Dr Thorndyke Omnibus Vol 1.prc

- Dr Thorndyke Omnibus Vol 2.prc

Freeman, R. Austin: John Thorndyke's Cases. v1. 3 Dec 2019

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R. Austin Freeman (1862-1943) was a medical practitioner forced to retire in 1904 because of ill health. He wrote many detective novels and short stories, some with other authors.

[John Thorndyke's Cases[/ was published in England in 1909, and in the USA in 1931 as [Dr. Thorndyke's Cases.[/ It contains a Preface, and eight short stories which 'illustrate ... the application to the detection of crime of the ordinary methods of scientific research.'

The text was taken from Project Gutenberg Australia, checked against the Delphi Classics version and converted by calibre from the epub version. I have silently corrected typos, curled quotation marks, used British English, and made changes to spelling, punctuation, and hyphenation using the Collins online dictionary.

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Freeman, R. Austin: The Eye of Osiris. v1. 18 Nov 2019

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R. Austin Freeman (1862-1943) was a medical practitioner forced to retire in 1904 because of ill health. He wrote many detective novels and short stories, some with other authors.

[The Eye of Osiris[/ was 'a Detective Romance.' It was published in England in 1911, and published in the USA as [The Vanishing Man.[/ The story is based on the disappearance of an archeologist soon after he returns to England, and the interactions of his family and colleagues.

The text was taken from the University of Adelaide ebook library, and checked against the version on the Internet Archive. I have silently corrected typos, curled quotes, replaced italics, diacritics, and scene breaks, used British English, and made changes to spelling, punctuation, and hyphenation using Cassell's Online Dictionary.

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Freeman, R. Austin: The Uttermost Farthing. v1, 24 Sep 2008

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From the creator of the "Dr. Thorndyke" stories, something a little different, originally published in 1914.

Humphrey Challoner had a formidable reputation in criminal anthropology. An intelligent savant devoted to science and his wife, he decides to tell the story of her tragic demise at the hands of a brutal murderer. What Challoner reveals leaves us with a feeling profound sympathy for a man who seems a victim of violent misfortune. But Challoner is not all that he seems and when he dies leaving the narrator with a rather unusual estate, a gruesome tale unfolds of venomous revenge and a perverse justice of a man driven past logic into a state of hell.

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French, Joseph L (Ed): Masterpieces of Mystery Detective Stories. v1 4 Jan 2008

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This is the first of a set of four mystery volumes from 1922 edited by Joseph Lewis French.

Masterpieces of Mystery
Detective Stories

CONTENTS:
THE PURLOINED LETTER Edgar Allan Poe
THE BLACK HAND Arthur B. Reeve
THE BITER BIT Wilkie Collins
MISSING: PAGE THIRTEEN Anna Katherine Green
A SCANDAL IN BOHEMIA A. Conan Doyle
THE ROPE OF FEAR Mary E. and Thomas W. Hanshew
THE SAFETY MATCH Anton Chekhov
SOME SCOTLAND YARD STORIES Sir Robert Anderson

I have added a cover.

The other books in the series are:
Masterpieces of Mystery Ghost Stories
Masterpieces of Mystery Mystic-Humorous Stories
Masterpieces of Mystery Riddle Stories

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French, Joseph L (Ed): Masterpieces of Mystery Mystic-Humorous Stories. v1 4 Jan 2008

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This is the third of a set of four mystery volumes from 1922 edited by Joseph Lewis French.

Masterpieces of Mystery
Mystic-Humorous Stories

CONTENTS:
MAY-DAY EVE Algernon Blackwood
THE DIAMOND LENS Fitz-James O’Brien
THE MUMMY’S FOOT Théopile Gautier
MR. BLOKE’S ITEM Mark Twain
A GHOST Lafcadio Hearn
THE MAN WHO WENT TOO FAR E. F. Benson
CHAN TOW THE HIGHROB Chester Bailey Fernando
THE INMOST LIGHT Arthur Machen
THE SECRET OF GORESTHORPE GRANGE A. Conan Doyle
THE RIVAL GHOSTS Brander Matthews

I have added a cover.

The other books in the series are:
Masterpieces of Mystery Detective Stories
Masterpieces of Mystery Ghost Stories
Masterpieces of Mystery Riddle Stories

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French, Joseph L (Ed): Masterpieces of Mystery Riddle Stories. v1 4 Jan 2008

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This is the fourth of a set of four mystery volumes from 1922 edited by Joseph Lewis French.

Masterpieces of Mystery
Riddle Stories

CONTENTS:
THE MYSTERIOUS CARD Cleveland Moffett
THE GREAT VALDEZ SAPPHIRE Anonymous
THE OBLONG BOX Edgar Allan Poe
THE BIRTH-MARK Nathaniel Hawthorne
A TERRIBLY STRANGE BED Wilkie Collins
THE TORTURE BY HOPE Villiers de Vide Adam
THE BOX WITH THE IRON CLAMPS Florence Marry at
MY FASCINATING FRIEND William Archer
THE LOST ROOM Fitz-James O'Brien

I have added a cover.

The other books in the series are:
Masterpieces of Mystery Detective Stories
Masterpieces of Mystery Ghost Stories
Masterpieces of Mystery Mystic-Humorous Stories

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Freud, Sigmund: Dream Psychology, v1, 21 Oct 2007.

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Sigmund Freud: Dream Psychology: Psychoanalysis for Beginners, 1920.

Science or pseudo-science? Decide for yourself.

Authorized English Translation by M. D. Eder.
With An Introduction by André Tridon: Author of “Psychoanalysis, its History, Theory and Practice.” “Psychoanalysis and Behavior” and “Psychoanalysis, Sleep and Dreams.”

Contents:

Introduction
I. Dreams Have A Meaning
II. The Dream Mechanism
III. Why The Dream Disguises The Desires
IV. Dream Analysis
V. Sex In Dreams
VI. The Wish In Dreams
VII. The Function Of The Dream
VIII. The Primary And Secondary Process—Regression
IX. The Unconscious And Consciousness—Reality

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Freud, Sigmund: Psychopathology of Everyday Life, v.1, 29 June 2008.

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Sigmund Freud (1856-1939)
Psychopathology of Everyday Life
[Zur Psychopathologie des Alltagslebens[/ (1901).
Translated (1914) by Abraham Arden Brill (1874-1948).

The book which explains Freudian slips.

[Contents[/
Introduction
Chapter 1: Forgetting of Proper Names
Chapter 2: Forgetting of Foreign Words
Chapter 3: Forgetting of Names and Order of Words
Chapter 4: Childhood and Concealing Memories
Chapter 5: Mistakes in Speech
Chapter 6: Mistakes in Reading and Writing
Chapter 7: Forgetting of Impressions and Resolutions
Chapter 8: Erroneously Carried-Out Actions
Chapter 9: Symptomatic and Chance Actions
Chapter 10: Errors
Chapter 11: Combined Faulty Acts
Chapter 12: Determinism—Chance—and Superstitious Beliefs

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Freud, Sigmund: Three Contributions to the Theory of Sex, v.1, 30 June 2008.

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Sigmund Freud (1856-1939)
Translated by Abraham Arden Brill (1874-1948).
Three Contributions to the Theory of Sex
Drei Abhandlungen zur Sexualtheorie (1905)
Second Edition (1920)
Authorized Translation by A.A. Brill, Ph.B., M.D.
With Introduction by James J. Putnam, M.D.

The three essays are:
I. The Sexual Aberrations
II. The Infantile Sexuality
III. The Transformation of Puberty
Freud argues that children are sexual creatures. Infants are born with polymorphous perversity and their libido passes through oral, anal, phallic and latent stages before reaching adult genital sexuality.
The theory was extremely controversial when first published, and has since been extensively criticised by feminists, gay people, and those who consider the scientific methodology to be inadequate.

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Friedell, Egon: Die Rückkehr der Zeitmaschine. german. v1. 15 apr 2009

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Egon Friedell (* 21. Januar 1878; † 16. März 1938; eigentlich Egon Friedmann) war ein österreichischer Schriftsteller, Kulturphilosoph, Religionswissenschaftler, Historiker, Dramatiker, Theaterkritiker, Journalist, Schauspieler, Kabarettist und Conférencier. Nach der Machtergreifung der Nationalsozialisten in Deutschland wurde von allen deutschen und österreichischen Verlagen die Veröffentlichung von Friedells Werken abgelehnt. Friedell beging am 16. März 1938 Selbstmord als Mitglieder der SA sein Haus in Wien aufsuchten. Seine Erzählung [Die Rückkehr der Zeitmaschine[/ wurde erst 1946 posthum veröffentlicht.

Die Zeitmaschine: Ein Apparat, mit dem es gelingt, in die 4. Dimension zu reisen - in die Zeit. [Die Rückkehr der Zeitmaschine[/, geschrieben etwa zu der Zeit als Albert Einstein die Relativitätstheorie entwickelte, ist eine intelligente, literarische Antwort auf H. G. Wells Science Fiction Erzählung "Die Zeitmaschine". So überraschend wie Wells seinen Zeitreisenden von einem Ausflug in die Vergangenheit nicht zurückkehren lässt, kommt Friedell einem Vertrauten des Zeitreisenden auf die Spur, der das Geheimnis lüftet und von der letzten großen Reise mit der Zeitmaschine berichtet...

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Friis, J.A.: Til fjells i feriene (Illustrated) [Norwegian].v1. 16 May 2014

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Forfatteren og språkforskeren J.A. Friis dro til fjells så ofte han fikk anledning. Her beretter han om noen av sine jakt- og fiskeopplevelser med gode kamerater fra by og bygd i fjellheimen på 1850-tallet, noe han gjør med tilstrekkelig skriveferdighet til at boken er blitt gjenutgitt en rekke ganger.

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Froest, Frank: The Grell Mystery, v1, 11 December 2009.

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Frank Froest (1858–1930)
The Grell Mystery (1913)

Mr Robert Grell is apparently found murdered in his study. After a little time, the police realise that the corpse is not that of Robert Grell, but someone who looked a lot like him. Where has Grell gone? And who is the corpse? Scotland Yard investigates…

About the author:
After a successful career as a Metropolitan police officer in London (he was the man who though of using wireless to achieve Dr Crippen’s arrest) Frank Froest wrote detective stories in his retirement in Weston-super-Mare.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frank_Froest

The source was PG.
HarryT did an LRF version in 2007. Mine differs from his in having a cover (the original cover image), emdashes and curly quotes. Also it’s now available in more formats.

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Froest, Frank: The Maelstrom, v1, 11 December 2009.

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Frank Froest (1858–1930)
The Maelstrom (1916)
Also published under the title “The Food of Death”

A young American gets lost in a London fog. A beautiful woman appears out of the mist and hands him a small packet. He attempts to restore it, gets coshed and wakes up with a corpse beside him. Scotland Yard investigates and uncovers a tale of greed and organised crime.

About the author:
After a successful career as a Metropolitan police officer in London (he was the man who though of using wireless to achieve Dr Crippen’s arrest) Frank Froest wrote detective stories in his retirement in Weston-super-Mare.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frank_Froest

This was made from a scan at The Internet Archive.

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Fujiwara no Teika (Ed.): Hyakunin Isshū, v.1. 21 Jan 2008.

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[Hyakunin Isshū [/is an anthology of 100 waka poems by 100 different poets; it was assembled by Fujiwara no Teika (1162–1241; also known as Sadaie Fujiwara).

The titles are the names of each poet, followed by the Japanese poem in rōmaji transliteration, then the English translation. The poems include a variety of classics from the Heian and early Kamakura periods.

Source:
[Hyakunin-isshu (Single songs of a hundred poets) and Nori no hatsu-ne (The dominant note of the law)[/, edited by Sadaie Fujiwara, translated into English by Clay MacCauley. Published in Yokohama, Shanghai by Kelly and Walsh, Ltd. 1917. OCLC 10905811

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Fuller, Alice W: A Wife Manufactured To Order, v.1, 18 May 2008.

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A short story of 1895. A predecessor of ‘The Stepford Wives.’

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Fuller, Henry Blake: Bertram Cope's Year. v1. 13 Nov 2013

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Henry Blake Fuller (January 9, 1857–July 28, 1929) was a United States novelist and short story writer, born in Chicago, Illinois.Fuller's earliest works were travel romances set in Italy that featured allegorical characters. Both The Chevalier of Pensieri–Vani (1890) and The Châtelaine of La Trinité (1892) bear some thematic resemblance to the works of Henry James, whose primary interest was in the contrast between American and European ways of life. Fuller's first two books appealed to the genteel tastes of cultivated New Englanders such as Charles Eliot Norton and James Russell Lowell, who took Fuller's work as a promising sign of a burgeoning literary culture in what was then still largely the frontier city of Chicago.

Excerpt
What is a man's best age? Peter Ibbetson, entering dreamland with complete freedom to choose, chose twenty-eight, and kept there. But twenty-eight, for our present purpose, has a drawback: a man of that age, if endowed with ordinary gifts and responsive to ordinary opportunities, is undeniably—a man; whereas what we require here is something just a little short of that. Wanted, in fact, a young male who shall seem fully adult to those who are younger still, and who may even appear the accomplished flower of virility to an idealizing maid or so, yet who shall elicit from the middle-aged the kindly indulgence due a boy. Perhaps you will say that even a man of twenty-eight may seem only a boy to a man of seventy. However, no septuagenarian is to figure in these pages. Our elders will be but in the middle forties and the earlier fifties; and we must find for them an age which may evoke their friendly interest, and yet be likely to call forth, besides that, their sympathy and their longing admiration, and later their tolerance, their patience, and even their forgiveness.

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Fuller, Henry Blake: Bertram Cope's Year. v1. 15 May 2017

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Henry Blake Fuller: Born : 1857 Chicago, Illinois, USA: Died : 1929

Excerpt
What is a man’s best age? Peter Ibbetson, entering dreamland with complete freedom to choose, chose twenty-eight, and kept there. But twenty-eight, for our present purpose, has a drawback: a man of that age, if endowed with ordinary gifts and responsive to ordinary opportunities, is undeniably—a man; whereas what we require here is something just a little short of that. Wanted, in fact, a young male who shall seem fully adult to those who are younger still, and who may even appear the accomplished flower of virility to an idealizing maid or so, yet who shall elicit from the middle-aged the kindly indulgence due a boy. Perhaps you will say that even a man of twenty-eight may seem only a boy to a man of seventy. However, no septuagenarian is to figure in these pages. Our elders will be but in the middle forties and the earlier fifties; and we must find for them an age which may evoke their friendly interest, and yet be likely to call forth, besides that, their sympathy and their longing admiration, and later their tolerance, their patience, and even their forgiveness.

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Fuller, Henry Blake: On the Stairs. v1. 13 Nov 2013

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Henry Blake Fuller (January 9, 1857–July 28, 1929) was a United States novelist and short story writer, born in Chicago, Illinois.Fuller's earliest works were travel romances set in Italy that featured allegorical characters. Both The Chevalier of Pensieri–Vani (1890) and The Châtelaine of La Trinité (1892) bear some thematic resemblance to the works of Henry James, whose primary interest was in the contrast between American and European ways of life. Fuller's first two books appealed to the genteel tastes of cultivated New Englanders such as Charles Eliot Norton and James Russell Lowell, who took Fuller's work as a promising sign of a burgeoning literary culture in what was then still largely the frontier city of Chicago.

Excerpt
This volume may seem less a Novel than a Sketch of a Novel or a Study for a Novel. It might easily be amplified; but, like other recent work of mine, it was written in the conviction that story-telling, whatever form it take, can be done within limits narrower than those now generally employed.

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Fuller, Henry Blake: The Chevalier of Pensieri-Vani. v1. 15 Apr 201

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Henry Blake Fuller: Born : 1857 Chicago, Illinois, USA: Died : 1929

Excerpt
IT was the Chevalier of Pensieri-Vani who halted his traveling-carnage upon the brow of the Ciminian Forest to look down over the wide-spread Campagna di Roma. Or, to be more accurate, the carriage was not his, but was merely-hired by him from a certain vetturino of Viterbo. Or, again, to be accurate beyond any possibility of cavil or ques-j;tion, it was not a carriage at all, but simply a sort of little gig or chaise, a duepostiy and was neither new, nor neat, nor over-comfortable. But the scrubby little mare went well enough along, and her owner, considerately entreated, had turned out to be sufficiently civil and trustworthy. The effects of the traveler were, in the main, stored away under the seat, and included, so far as might be observed, a sketch-book, a bottle of Orvieto, a vol urne or two on Etruria, and a brown-paper parcel which may have contained, if it be not impertinent to hazard the guess, a trifle in the way of bread and cheese. The Chevalier, I now scarce need confess, was a “ poor gentleman ”—one with much, perhaps, behind him, but very little by him, and not much more before him. But he loved the post-roads of Tuscany, and the soft vowels of the bocca Romana, and every spreading pine-tree and every antique stone of the fair Italian land. He had little money and little prestige; but he was young, and he was happy, too, in an abundance of leisure and a disposition to follow the byways with content. And he was on his way to Rome

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Fuller, Henry Blake: The Cliff-Dwellers. v1. 18 May 2017

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Henry Blake Fuller: Born : 1857 Chicago, Illinois, USA: Died : 1929

Excerpt
Between the former site of old Fort Dearborn and the present site of our newest Board of Trade there lies a restricted yet tumultuous territory through which, during the course of the last fifty years, the rushing streams of commerce have worn many a deep and rugged chasm. These great canons—conduits, in fact, for the leaping volume of an ever-increasing prosperity—cross each other with a sort of systematic rectangularity, and in deference to the practical directness of local requirements they are in general called simply—streets. Each of these canons is closed in by a long frontage of towering cliffs, and these soaring walls of brick and limestone and granite rise higher and higher with each succeeding year, according as the work of erosion at their bases goes onward—the work of that seething flood of carts, carriages, omnibuses, cabs, cars, messengers, shoppers, clerks, and capitalists, which surges with increasing violence l for every passing day. This erosion, proceeding with a sort of fateful regularity, has come to be a matter of constant and growing interest. Means have been found to measure its progress — just as a scale has been arranged to measure the rising of the Nile or to gauge the draught of an ocean liner. In this case the unit of measurement is called the “ story.” Ten years ago the most rushing and irrepressible of the torrents which devastate Chicago had not worn its bed to a greater depth than that indicated by seven of these “ stories.” This depth has since increased to eight—to ten—to fourteen—to sixteen, until some of the leading avenues of activity promise soon to become little more than mere obscure trails half lost between the bases of perpendicular precipices.

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Fuller, Henry Blake: The Last Refuge. v1. 20 May 2017

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Henry Blake Fuller: Born : 1857 Chicago, Illinois, USA: Died : 1929

Excerpt
“So, then,” said the Freiherr, half gravely, half whimsically, “we understand each other. From this day forth my dependence shall be wholly on you.”
He raised his hand from the travertine balustrade and placed it, with a kind of fond appeal, upon yoijng Bruno’s shoulder. “Yes, your eyes shall be my eyes; your senses shall be my senses. I shall see things as you see them, and feel them as you feel them; and the world that was so beautiful in my youth shall become beautiful once again.”

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Fuller, Henry Blake: Under the Skylights. v1. 14 Nov 2013

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Henry Blake Fuller (January 9, 1857–July 28, 1929) was a United States novelist and short story writer, born in Chicago, Illinois.Fuller's earliest works were travel romances set in Italy that featured allegorical characters. Both The Chevalier of Pensieri–Vani (1890) and The Châtelaine of La Trinité (1892) bear some thematic resemblance to the works of Henry James, whose primary interest was in the contrast between American and European ways of life. Fuller's first two books appealed to the genteel tastes of cultivated New Englanders such as Charles Eliot Norton and James Russell Lowell, who took Fuller's work as a promising sign of a burgeoning literary culture in what was then still largely the frontier city of Chicago.

THE DOWNFALL OF ABNER JOYCE
LITTLE O'GRADY vs. THE GRINDSTONE
DR. GOWDY AND THE SQUASH

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Fuller, Henry Blake: With the Procession. v1. 14 Nov 2013

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Henry Blake Fuller (January 9, 1857–July 28, 1929) was a United States novelist and short story writer, born in Chicago, Illinois.Fuller's earliest works were travel romances set in Italy that featured allegorical characters. Both The Chevalier of Pensieri–Vani (1890) and The Châtelaine of La Trinité (1892) bear some thematic resemblance to the works of Henry James, whose primary interest was in the contrast between American and European ways of life. Fuller's first two books appealed to the genteel tastes of cultivated New Englanders such as Charles Eliot Norton and James Russell Lowell, who took Fuller's work as a promising sign of a burgeoning literary culture in what was then still largely the frontier city of Chicago.

Excerpt
When old Mr. Marshall finally took to his bed, the household viewed this action with more surprise than sympathy, and with more impatience than surprise. It seemed like the breaking down of a machine whose trustworthiness had been hitherto infallible; his family were almost forced to the acknowledgement that he was but a mere human being after all.

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Futrelle, Jacques: Elusive Isabel. v1. 3 January 2012

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Another of Futrelle's novels, an espionage yarn published in 1908, in which 'Isabel Thorne', agent of a foreign power, and an agent of the American secret service, oppose each other in a complex scheme involving a secret weapon and an alliance of Romance-language countries intent on taking over the world.

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Futrelle, Jacques: My Lady's Garter. v1. 3 January 2012

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Jacques Futrelle is today remembered mainly for his S F X Van Dusen "Thinking Machine" stories, of which he wrote many, and also for dying on the Titanic.

He also wrote a number of novels of varying types. This is a light-hearted caper novel involving a mysterious crook known only as The Hawk, several detectives, and a Bertie Wooster-esque poet, all in pursuit of one of the two original jewel studded garters created for Henry VIII and the Order of the Garter. The action is in New York and Massachussets.

I have tidied up a number of literals and typos, added a table of contents and found a cover, to enhance an original Gutenberg version.

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Futrelle, Jacques: The Diamond Master. v1. 3 January 2012

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Jacques Futrelle is today remembered mainly for his S F X Van Dusen "Thinking Machine" stories, of which he wrote many, and also for dying on the Titanic.

He also wrote a number of novels of varying types.

This 30,000 word novella involves the discovery of a process for manufacturing large, perfect, jewel-quality synethic diamonds at low cost, causing alarm in the diamond centre of New York; and then the inventor of the process is found murdered . . .

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Futrelle, Jacques: The High Hand. v1. 5 January 2012

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Jacques Futrelle, creator of the S F X Van Dusen "Thinking Machine" detective stories, died on the Titanic in 1912. In addition to the many short stories featuring S F X Van Dusen, he wrote a number of shortish novels.

This 40,000 word novelette is set in an unidentified industrial city in an unidentified American State, and follows a young man into city politics as a corruption-buster.

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Futrelle, Jacques: The Simple Case of Susan (V1) 21 Jun 2018

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Jacques Futrelle is best known for his Thinking Machine detective stories, but he also wrote several short novels in various genres. He was a also a victim of the Titanic in 1912, which cut short his burgeoning writing career.

This is a romantic comedy, published in 1908.

I have reconstructed the original cover from an image in which the gold-leaf lettering was almost invisible, replacing it with a white text which closely matched the original.

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Futrelle, Jacques: The Thinking Machine 2. v1. 8 January 2012

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Jacques Futrelle published around 50 of his SFX Van Dusen detective short stories, many of which were never collected into books. One volume - The Thinking Machine - appeared in 1907.

Futrelle was returning to the USA from Europe with his wife May on the Titanic when it struck an iceberg and sank. May survived, but Jacques did not.

This volume contains a further 12 Thinking Machine short stories. It is a new Collection.

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Futrelle, Jacques: The Thinking Machine 3. v1. 8 January 2012

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Jacques Futrelle published around 50 of his SFX Van Dusen detective short stories, many of which were never collected into books. One volume - The Thinking Machine - appeared in 1907.

Futrelle was returning to the USA from Europe with his wife May on the Titanic when it struck an iceberg and sank. May survived, but Jacques did not.

This third volume of stories is a new collection. It includes the novella "The Chase of the Golden Plate".

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Futrelle, Jacques: The Thinking Machine Omnibus (v1) 21 Jun 2018

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This is I believe the most complete collection of "Thinking Machine" detective cases, as I have now tracked down 50 stories, and assembled them together in a single volume of some 350,000 words.

S F X Van Dusen, "The Thinking Machine", made his debut in 1905 in "The Problem of Cell 13"; in the short period between 1905 and his death on the Titanic in 1912, Futrelle wrote many short stories and novellas for the "slick" magazines, which paid vastly better than the "penny a word" pulps.

One of his main series characters (he had several) was "The Thinking Machine". He does not seem to have written a full-length novel; the longest story i have found is not much over 40,000 words ("The High Hand", not a "Thinking Machine" story.)

In his lifetime only one volume of his stories was published: "The Thinking Machine", 1907. I have modified the cover of this volume to create the cover for the omnibus, added a bibliographic note pointing to sources, and provided a frontispiece in the form of a formal portrait of the author.

There are 50 stories in all, and I would not be surprised if more turned up in the future.

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Futrelle, Jacques: The Thinking Machine. v1. 8 January 2012

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Jacques Futrelle published around 50 of his SFX Van Dusen detective short stories, many of which were never collected into books. One volume - The Thinking Machine - appeared in 1907.

Futrelle was returning to the USA from Europe with his wife May on the Titanic when it struck an iceberg and sank. May survived, but Jacques did not.

This collection is close to the original 1907 collection, but other collections with the same title have been published.

The much-anthologized The Problem of Cell 13 is included in this collection of 7 longish short stories.

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Fyfe, Herbert C: How Will The World End? v.1, 14 December 2008.

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How Will The World End? (1900)
By Herbert C. Fyfe

An article from 1900, in which the authors debates whether it will be comets, oxygen deprivation or something else that will cause the end of the world.

Found at PG Australia.

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Gaboriau, Émile: Baron Trigault's Vengeance. V1. 31 Mar 2009

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Émile Gaboriau is an important figure in the history of detective fiction. A French journalist and novelist, he created the "roman policier" with a series of books involving private detective Monsieur Lecoq, who works logically. Lecoq was based on a real-life thief turned policeman named Francois Vidocq (1775-1857), whose memoirs mixed fiction and fact. Gaboriau's huge following was eclipsed by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's Sherlock Holmes. Interestingly, Holmes may have been at least partly based on another of Gaboriau's characters, consulting detective Father Tabaret, whose methods Monsieur Lecoq adopts in the first Lecoq book.

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Vengeance! that is the first, the only thought, when a man finds himself victimized, when his honor and fortune, his present and future, are wrecked by a vile conspiracy! The torment he endures under such circumstances can only be alleviated by the prospect of inflicting them a hundredfold upon his persecutors. And nothing seems impossible at the first moment, when hatred surges in the brain, and the foam of anger rises to the lips; no obstacle seems insurmountable, or, rather, none are perceived. But later, when the faculties have regained their equilibrium, one can measure the distance which separates the dream from reality, the project from execution. And on setting to work, how many discouragements arise! The fever of revolt passes by, and the victim wavers. He still breathes bitter vengeance, but he does not act. He despairs, and asks himself what would be the good of it? And in this way the success of villainy is once more assured.

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Gaboriau, Émile: Caught in the Net. V1. 31 Mar 2009

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Émile Gaboriau is an important figure in the history of detective fiction. A French journalist and novelist, he created the "roman policier" with a series of books involving private detective Monsieur Lecoq, who works logically. Lecoq was based on a real-life thief turned policeman named Francois Vidocq (1775-1857), whose memoirs mixed fiction and fact. Gaboriau's huge following was eclipsed by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's Sherlock Holmes. Interestingly, Holmes may have been at least partly based on another of Gaboriau's characters, consulting detective Father Tabaret, whose methods Monsieur Lecoq adopts in the first Lecoq book.

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The cold on the 8th of February, 186-, was more intense than the Parisians had experienced during the whole of the severe winter which had preceded it, for at twelve o'clock on that day Chevalier's thermometer, so well known by the denizens of Paris, registered three degrees below zero. The sky was overcast and full of threatening signs of snow, while the moisture on the pavement and roads had frozen hard, rendering traffic of all kinds exceedingly hazardous. The whole great city wore an air of dreariness and desolation, for even when a thin crust of ice covers the waters of the Seine, the mind involuntarily turns to those who have neither food, shelter, nor fuel.

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Gaboriau, Émile: Die Akte Nummer 113. german. v1. 18 apr 2009

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Émile Gaboriau (* 9. November 1832 in Saujon-en-Saintonge, Charente-Maritime; † 28. September 1873 in Paris) war ein französischer Schriftsteller. Er war ein Vorreiter des Detektivromans und seine Hauptfigur Inspektor Lecoq gilt als Vorgänger von Arthur Conan Doyles berühmtem Detektiv Sherlock Holmes. Im Gegensatz zu Sherlock Holmes beruhen die Ermittlungen von Lecoq jedoch auf realistischeren Gegebenheiten und auf den neuesten Erkenntnissen der Epoche im Bereich der kriminalistischen Forschung. Die Figur des Lecoq basierte auf der Person von Eugène François Vidocq (1775-1857), der zu Lebzeiten sowohl Dieb als auch Polizist gewesen war und in seinen Memoiren Fakten und Fiktion miteinander vermischt.

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Der Dektivroman [Die Akte Nr. 113[/ erschien 1867 unter dem Titel "Le Dossier N° 113".

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[QUOTSeit drei Tagen sprach ganz Paris von nichts anderem als von dem Diebstahle, der in dem Bankhause André Fauvel verübt worden war. Dem Täter, der ungemein gewandt und schlau zu Werke gegangen sein mußte und den die Polizei bis zur Stunde nicht zu entdecken vermochte, war es gelungen, aus der versperrten Kasse 350 000 Frank zu entwenden. Die Kasse selbst erwies sich als völlig unversehrt und es war unerklärlich, auf welche Weise das Geld dem einbruch- und feuerfesten Schranke entnommen worden. Der Kassenraum war Fremden überhaupt nicht zugänglich und es waren außerdem solche Sicherheitsmaßnahmen getroffen, daß nur ein Eingeweihter die Kasse öffnen konnte. [..][/QUOT

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Gaboriau, Émile: File No. 113. V1. 2 Apr 2009

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Émile Gaboriau is an important figure in the history of detective fiction. A French journalist and novelist, he created the "roman policier" with a series of books involving private detective Monsieur Lecoq, who works logically. Lecoq was based on a real-life thief turned policeman named Francois Vidocq (1775-1857), whose memoirs mixed fiction and fact. Gaboriau's huge following was eclipsed by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's Sherlock Holmes. Interestingly, Holmes may have been at least partly based on another of Gaboriau's characters, consulting detective Father Tabaret, whose methods Monsieur Lecoq adopts in the first Lecoq book.

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In the Paris evening papers of Tuesday, February 28, 1866, under the head of Local Items, the following announcement appeared:
"A daring robbery, committed against one of our most eminent bankers, M. Andre Fauvel, caused great excitement this morning throughout the neighborhood of Rue de Provence.
"The thieves, who were as skilful as they were bold, succeeded in making an entrance to the bank, in forcing the lock of a safe that has heretofore been considered impregnable, and in possessing themselves of the enormous sum of three hundred and fifty thousand francs in bank-notes.
"The police, immediately informed of the robbery, displayed their accustomed zeal, and their efforts have been crowned with success. Already, it is said, P. B., a clerk in the bank, has been arrested, and there is every reason to hope that his accomplices will be speedily overtaken by the hand of justice."

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Gaboriau, Émile: Monsieur Lecoq. V1. 2 Apr 2009

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Émile Gaboriau is an important figure in the history of detective fiction. A French journalist and novelist, he created the "roman policier" with a series of books involving private detective Monsieur Lecoq, who works logically. Lecoq was based on a real-life thief turned policeman named Francois Vidocq (1775-1857), whose memoirs mixed fiction and fact. Gaboriau's huge following was eclipsed by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's Sherlock Holmes. Interestingly, Holmes may have been at least partly based on another of Gaboriau's characters, consulting detective Father Tabaret, whose methods Monsieur Lecoq adopts in the first Lecoq book.

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At about eleven o'clock in the evening of the 20th of February, 186—, which chanced to be Shrove Sunday, a party of detectives left the police station near the old Barriere d'Italie to the direct south of Paris. Their mission was to explore the district extending on the one hand between the highroad to Fontainebleau and the Seine, and on the other between the outer boulevards and the fortifications.

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Gaboriau, Émile: Other People's Money. V1. 4 Apr 2009

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Émile Gaboriau is an important figure in the history of detective fiction. A French journalist and novelist, he created the "roman policier" with a series of books involving private detective Monsieur Lecoq, who works logically. Lecoq was based on a real-life thief turned policeman named Francois Vidocq (1775-1857), whose memoirs mixed fiction and fact. Gaboriau's huge following was eclipsed by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's Sherlock Holmes. Interestingly, Holmes may have been at least partly based on another of Gaboriau's characters, consulting detective Father Tabaret, whose methods Monsieur Lecoq adopts in the first Lecoq book.

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There is not, perhaps, in all Paris, a quieter street than the Rue St. Gilles in the Marais, within a step of the Place Royale. No carriages there; never a crowd. Hardly is the silence broken by the regulation drums of the Minims Barracks near by, by the chimes of the Church of St. Louis, or by the joyous clamors of the pupils of the Massin School during the hours of recreation.
At night, long before ten o'clock, and when the Boulevard Beaumarchais is still full of life, activity, and noise, every thing begins to close. One by one the lights go out, and the great windows with diminutive panes become dark. And if, after midnight, some belated citizen passes on his way home, he quickens his step, feeling lonely and uneasy, and apprehensive of the reproaches of his concierge, who is likely to ask him whence he may be coming at so late an hour.

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Gaboriau, Émile: The Clique of Gold. V1. 2 Apr 2009

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Émile Gaboriau is an important figure in the history of detective fiction. A French journalist and novelist, he created the "roman policier" with a series of books involving private detective Monsieur Lecoq, who works logically. Lecoq was based on a real-life thief turned policeman named Francois Vidocq (1775-1857), whose memoirs mixed fiction and fact. Gaboriau's huge following was eclipsed by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's Sherlock Holmes. Interestingly, Holmes may have been at least partly based on another of Gaboriau's characters, consulting detective Father Tabaret, whose methods Monsieur Lecoq adopts in the first Lecoq book.

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There is not in all Paris a house better kept or more inviting-looking than No. 23 in Grange Street. As soon as you enter, you are struck by a minute, extreme neatness, which reminds you of Holland, and almost sets you a-laughing. The neighbors might use the brass plate on the door as a mirror to shave in; the stone floor is polished till it shines; and the woodwork of the staircase is varnished to perfection.
In the entrance-hall a number of notices, written in the peculiar style which owners of houses affect, request the tenants to respect the property of others, without regard to the high price they pay for their share. "Clean your feet, if you please," they say to all who come in or go out. "No spitting allowed on the stairs." "Dogs are not allowed in the house."

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Gaboriau, Émile: The Count's Millions. V1. 31 Mar 2009

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Émile Gaboriau is an important figure in the history of detective fiction. A French journalist and novelist, he created the "roman policier" with a series of books involving private detective Monsieur Lecoq, who works logically. Lecoq was based on a real-life thief turned policeman named Francois Vidocq (1775-1857), whose memoirs mixed fiction and fact. Gaboriau's huge following was eclipsed by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's Sherlock Holmes. Interestingly, Holmes may have been at least partly based on another of Gaboriau's characters, consulting detective Father Tabaret, whose methods Monsieur Lecoq adopts in the first Lecoq book.

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The servants at the Hotel de Chalusse, one of the most magnificent mansions in the Rue de Courcelles in Paris, were assembled in the porter's lodge, a little building comprising a couple of rooms standing on the right hand side of the great gateway. Here, as in all large mansions, the "concierge" or porter, M. Bourigeau, was a person of immense importance, always able and disposed to make any one who was inclined to doubt his authority, feel it in cruel fashion. As could be easily seen, he held all the other servants in his power. He could let them absent themselves without leave, if he chose, and conceal all returns late at night after the closing of public balls and wine-shops. Thus, it is needless to say that M. Bourigeau and his wife were treated by their fellow-servants with the most servile adulation.

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Gaboriau, Émile: The Honor of the Name. V1. 3 Apr 2009

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Émile Gaboriau is an important figure in the history of detective fiction. A French journalist and novelist, he created the "roman policier" with a series of books involving private detective Monsieur Lecoq, who works logically. Lecoq was based on a real-life thief turned policeman named Francois Vidocq (1775-1857), whose memoirs mixed fiction and fact. Gaboriau's huge following was eclipsed by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's Sherlock Holmes. Interestingly, Holmes may have been at least partly based on another of Gaboriau's characters, consulting detective Father Tabaret, whose methods Monsieur Lecoq adopts in the first Lecoq book.

Excerpt
On the first Sunday in the month of August, 1815, at ten o'clock precisely—as on every Sunday morning—the sacristan of the parish church at Sairmeuse sounded the three strokes of the bell which warn the faithful that the priest is ascending the steps of the altar to celebrate high mass.
The church was already more than half full, and from every side little groups of peasants were hurrying into the church-yard. The women were all in their bravest attire, with cunning little fichus crossed upon their breasts, broad-striped, brightly colored skirts, and large white coifs.

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Gaboriau, Émile: The Mystery of Orcival. V1. 4 Apr 2009

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Émile Gaboriau is an important figure in the history of detective fiction. A French journalist and novelist, he created the "roman policier" with a series of books involving private detective Monsieur Lecoq, who works logically. Lecoq was based on a real-life thief turned policeman named Francois Vidocq (1775-1857), whose memoirs mixed fiction and fact. Gaboriau's huge following was eclipsed by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's Sherlock Holmes. Interestingly, Holmes may have been at least partly based on another of Gaboriau's characters, consulting detective Father Tabaret, whose methods Monsieur Lecoq adopts in the first Lecoq book.

Excerpt
On Thursday, the 9th of July, 186-, Jean Bertaud and his son, well known at Orcival as living by poaching and marauding, rose at three o’clock in the morning, just at daybreak, to go fishing.
Taking their tackle, they descended the charming pathway, shaded by acacias, which you see from the station at Évry, and which leads from the burg of Orcival to the Seine.
They made their way to their boat, moored as usual some fifty yards above the wire bridge, across a field adjoining Valfeuillu, the imposing estate of the Count de Tremorel.

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Gaboriau, Émile: The Widow Lerouge. V1. 5 Apr 2009

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Émile Gaboriau is an important figure in the history of detective fiction. A French journalist and novelist, he created the "roman policier" with a series of books involving private detective Monsieur Lecoq, who works logically. Lecoq was based on a real-life thief turned policeman named Francois Vidocq (1775-1857), whose memoirs mixed fiction and fact. Gaboriau's huge following was eclipsed by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's Sherlock Holmes. Interestingly, Holmes may have been at least partly based on another of Gaboriau's characters, consulting detective Father Tabaret, whose methods Monsieur Lecoq adopts in the first Lecoq book.

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On Thursday, the 6th of March, 1862, two days after Shrove Tuesday, five women belonging to the village of La Jonchere presented themselves at the police station at Bougival.

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Galbraith, Lettice: New Ghost Stories (collected ghosts). v1. 03 Nov 2020

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NEW GHOST STORIES
by: Lettice Galbraith

Seven stylish, well-written traditional ghost stories. This book was one of the most popuar ghost story collections during the last decade of the nineteenth century.

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Stories by Galbraith appeared between 1892 and 1897. Despite extensive research by genre aficionados, no historical or biographical details of this mysterious writer have been found.

[New Ghost Stories was originally published in 1893; additional story “The Blue Room” in 1897. The text of this book is assumed to be in the public domain.[/

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Halloween is past, but Christmas Eve awaits...
:eek:

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Gale, Zona: Christmas A Story. V1. 3 Aug 2010

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Zona Gale (August 26, 1874 – December 27, 1938) was an American author and playwright. She became the first woman to win the Pulitzer Prize for drama, in 1921. Zona Gale was born in Portage, Wisconsin, which she often used as a setting in her writing. She attended Wayland Academy in Beaver Dam, Wisconsin, and later entered the University of Wisconsin-Madison, from which she received a Bachelor of Literature degree in 1895, and four years, later a master's degree. In 1928 at the age of fifty-four she married William L. Breese, also of Portage.

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It was in October that Mary Chavah burned over the grass of her lawn, and the flame ran free across the place where in Spring her wild flower bed was made. Two weeks later she had there a great patch of purple violets. And all Old Trail Town, which takes account of its neighbours' flowers, of the migratory birds, of eclipses, and the like, came to see the wonder.

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Gale, Zona: Christmas v2 8 dec 2008

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Zona Gale (August 26, 1874 – December 27, 1938) was an American writer. Born in Portage, Wisconsin, which she often used as a setting in her writing, she attended Wayland Academy in Beaver Dam, Wisconsin. Later she entered the University of Wisconsin-Madison, from which she received a Bachelor of Literature degree in 1895, and four years later a Master's degree.

After graduation, Gale wrote for newspapers in Milwaukee and New York City. However, before long she gave up journalism to focus on fiction writing. She then published her first novel, Romance Island (1906), and began the very popular series of "Friendship Village" stories.

In 1912, Gale moved back to Portage, which she would call home for the rest of her life, although alternating with trips to New York. In 1920, she published the novel Miss Lulu Bett, which depicts life in the Midwestern United States. She adapted it as a play, which was awarded the Pulitzer Prize for Drama in 1921. In the same year, Gale took an active role in the creation of the Wisconsin Equal Rights Law, which prohibits discrimination against women.

This is a novel called Christmas. It's beautiful.

Got it from PG

Have fun!

Edit: I f****d this up royally. So sorry. Metadata should be okay now. I am not up to my best right now. Version 2 is up. 10 views (please redownload). Thanks pshrynk for the tip.

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Gale, Zona: Friendship Village. V1. 4 Aug 2010

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Zona Gale (August 26, 1874 – December 27, 1938) was an American author and playwright. She became the first woman to win the Pulitzer Prize for drama, in 1921. Zona Gale was born in Portage, Wisconsin, which she often used as a setting in her writing. She attended Wayland Academy in Beaver Dam, Wisconsin, and later entered the University of Wisconsin-Madison, from which she received a Bachelor of Literature degree in 1895, and four years, later a master's degree. In 1928 at the age of fifty-four she married William L. Breese, also of Portage.

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Friendship Village is not known to me, nor are any of its people, save in the comradeship which I offer here. But I commend for occupancy a sweeter place. For us here the long Caledonia hills, the four rhythmic spans of the bridge, the nearer river, the island where the first birds build—these teach our windows the quiet and the opportunity of the "home town," among the "home people." To those who have such a bond to cherish I commend the little real home towns, their kindly, brooding companionship, their doors to an efficiency as intimate as that of fairy fingers. If there were shrines to these things, we would seek them. The urgency is to recognize shrines.

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Gale, Zona: Miss Lulu Bett. V1. 4 Aug 2010

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Zona Gale (August 26, 1874 – December 27, 1938) was an American author and playwright. She became the first woman to win the Pulitzer Prize for drama, in 1921. Zona Gale was born in Portage, Wisconsin, which she often used as a setting in her writing. She attended Wayland Academy in Beaver Dam, Wisconsin, and later entered the University of Wisconsin-Madison, from which she received a Bachelor of Literature degree in 1895, and four years, later a master's degree. In 1928 at the age of fifty-four she married William L. Breese, also of Portage.

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The Deacons were at supper. In the middle of the table was a small, appealing tulip plant, looking as anything would look whose sun was a gas jet. This gas jet was high above the table and flared, with a sound.
"Better turn down the gas jest a little," Mr. Deacon said, and stretched up to do so. He made this joke almost every night. He seldom spoke as a man speaks who has something to say, but as a man who makes something to say.

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Gale, Zona: Romance Island. V1. 4 Aug 2010

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Zona Gale (August 26, 1874 – December 27, 1938) was an American author and playwright. She became the first woman to win the Pulitzer Prize for drama, in 1921. Zona Gale was born in Portage, Wisconsin, which she often used as a setting in her writing. She attended Wayland Academy in Beaver Dam, Wisconsin, and later entered the University of Wisconsin-Madison, from which she received a Bachelor of Literature degree in 1895, and four years, later a master's degree. In 1928 at the age of fifty-four she married William L. Breese, also of Portage.

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As The Aloha rode gently to her buoy among the crafts in the harbour, St. George longed to proclaim in the megaphone's monstrous parody upon capital letters:
"Cat-boats and house-boats and yawls, look here. You're bound to observe that this is my steam yacht. I own her—do you see? She belongs to me, St. George, who never before owned so much as a piece of rope."

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Galen: Exhortation to the Study of the Arts, Especially Medicine, v1, 3 March 2010

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Galen [129–199/217 A.D.]
Exhortation to the Study of the Arts, Especially Medicine
Translated by James Joseph Walsh, M.D., LL.D., Litt.D., Sc.D. (1865–1942)
1930

Why study the arts? Galen considers alternatives, such as the idle lives of the rich, male prostitution and professional athletes. He notes that artisans cannot practice their crafts into old age because of bodily weakness, whereas those who profess the liberal arts can carry on despite ageing. Medicine is a good choice and pays well.

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Galen: On The Natural Faculties, v1, 3 March 2010.

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Galen [129–199/217 A.D.]
On The Natural Faculties
Translated from the Greek by Arthur John Brock, M.D. [1879–1947]
1916

An early medical text by an important Greek physician, who was influential for centuries. The translator was the doctor who treated the poet Wilfrid Owen for shell-shock.

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Galsworthy, John: A Bit O' Love. V1. 6 Aug 2010

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John Galsworthy OM (pronounced /ˈɡɔːlzwɜrði/; 14 August 1867 – 31 January 1933) was an English novelist and playwright. Notable works include The Forsyte Saga (1906—1921) and its sequels, A Modern Comedy and End of the Chapter. He won the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1932.

A Play In Three Acts

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Galsworthy, John: A Family Man: in three acts. V1. 8 Aug 2010

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John Galsworthy OM (pronounced /ˈɡɔːlzwɜrði/; 14 August 1867 – 31 January 1933) was an English novelist and playwright. Notable works include The Forsyte Saga (1906—1921) and its sequels, A Modern Comedy and End of the Chapter. He won the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1932.

A Play in Three Acts

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Galsworthy, John: A Modern Comedy. v3.1, 21 Nov 2010

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John Galsworthy (1867-1933) devoted virtually his entire professional career to creating a fictional but entirely representative family of propertied Victorians: the Forsytes. He made their lives and times, loves and losses, fortunes and deaths so real that readers accused him of including as characters in his drama real individuals whom they knew. He was the winner of the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1932.

This is the second trilogy of "The Forsyte Chronicles" the first being "The Forsyte Saga". It contains three full-length novels and two shorter interludes:

The White Monkey
(Interlude) A Silent Wooing
The Silver Spoon
(Interlude) Passers By
Swan Song

Here, the story is set in the 1920's, and the main characters are Fleur, Soames Forsyte's daughter, and her husband Michael Mont. The changes in customs and morals of the time are somehow the background of this whole book.

This book was previously uploaded by HarryT, that's why I start with v3. Since his version was, as he told me, just a direct translation of the online text, I've created this new one, for this I proofread the text (many corrections done, checking against available scans when possible), added a family tree, curly quotes, italics, etc.

Any kind of feedback is welcome.

EDIT (v1.1): Just a comma added, I think.

(previous download count: 129)

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Galsworthy, John: Another Sheaf. V1. 6 Aug 2010

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John Galsworthy OM (pronounced /ˈɡɔːlzwɜrði/; 14 August 1867 – 31 January 1933) was an English novelist and playwright. Notable works include The Forsyte Saga (1906—1921) and its sequels, A Modern Comedy and End of the Chapter. He won the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1932.

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The road stretched in a pale, straight streak, narrowing to a mere thread at the limit of vision—the only living thing in the wild darkness. All was very still. It had been raining; the wet heather and the pines gave forth scent, and little gusty shivers shook the dripping birch trees. In the pools of sky, between broken clouds, a few stars shone, and half of a thin moon was seen from time to time, like the fragment of a silver horn held up there in an invisible hand, waiting to be blown.

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Galsworthy, John: Beyond. V1. 6 Aug 2010

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John Galsworthy OM (pronounced /ˈɡɔːlzwɜrði/; 14 August 1867 – 31 January 1933) was an English novelist and playwright. Notable works include The Forsyte Saga (1906—1921) and its sequels, A Modern Comedy and End of the Chapter. He won the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1932.

Excerpt
They who have known the doldrums--how the sails of the listless ship droop, and the hope of escape dies day by day--may understand something of the life Gyp began living now. On a ship, even doldrums come to an end. But a young woman of twenty-three, who has made a mistake in her marriage, and has only herself to blame, looks forward to no end.

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Galsworthy, John: End of the Chapter. v3, 21 Nov 2010

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John Galsworthy (1867-1933) devoted virtually his entire professional career to creating a fictional but entirely representative family of propertied Victorians: the Forsytes. He made their lives and times, loves and losses, fortunes and deaths so real that readers accused him of including as characters in his drama real individuals whom they knew. He was the winner of the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1932.

This is the third trilogy of "The Forsyte Chronicles", the first being "The Forsyte Saga" and the second "A Modern Comedy". It contains three novels:

A Maid in Waiting
Flowering Wilderness
Over the River

The story in this trilogy is set in the early 1930's (which is when it was written), and only loosely related with the Forsyte family. The main characters are the Charwells, cousins of Fleur's husband, and themes like love, marriage and divorce, and the role of women and "morals", are central to the books.

This book was previously uploaded by HarryT, that's why I start with v3. Since his version was, as he told me, just a direct translation of the online text, I've created this new one, for this I proofread the text (many corrections done, checking against available scans when possible), added curly quotes, italics, etc.

This upload is dedicated to Patricia Clark, I only wish she could enjoy it.

Any kind of feedback is welcome.

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Galsworthy, John: Five Tales. V1. 8 Aug 2010

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John Galsworthy OM (pronounced /ˈɡɔːlzwɜrði/; 14 August 1867 – 31 January 1933) was an English novelist and playwright. Notable works include The Forsyte Saga (1906—1921) and its sequels, A Modern Comedy and End of the Chapter. He won the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1932.

A STOIC
INDIAN SUMMER OF A FORSYTE
THE APPLE TREE
THE FIRST AND LAST
THE JURYMAN

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Galsworthy, John: Forsyte Saga - First Trilogy. v3, 7 May 2008

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John Galsworthy (1867-1933) devoted virtually his entire professional career to creating a fictional but entirely representative family of propertied Victorians: the Forsytes. He made their lives and times, loves and losses, fortunes and deaths so real that readers accused him of including as characters in his drama real individuals whom they knew. He was the winner of the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1932.

The entire saga comprises three trilogies of books, of which this is the first. The other two are available as separate downloads.

The first trilogy of "The Forsyte Saga" chronicles the life of three generations of the Forsyte family, a wealthy upper middle class English family, in the turbulent years between the 1880s and the 1920s - a time period during which English society was completely transformed. The books are set against the great events of the day - the Boer War and WWI, the rise of Labour, the death of Queen Victoria, and much more.

This book was originally published as three novels, with a short story "interlude" between each one, the structure being:

The Man of Property
(Interlude) Indian Summer of a Forsyte
In Chancery
(Interlude) Awakening
To Let

I don't know if it was ever shown elsewhere, but these books became famous in the UK thanks to a very popular BBC TV adaptation in the late 1960s.

Two further trilogies continue the story of the Forsyte family; I shall do these over the next few days.

This is far from "light reading", but richly rewards the effort. Once you get "into" the story, these are great books.

Enjoy!

EDIT: 7 May 08

Forgot to change the British currency symbol from "L" (which is what the original files had) to the correct "£". This is the only change from v2 - if you've downloaded v2 and you're not bothered about this, there's no need to redownload. Uploaded v3.

Previous download count: 9

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Galsworthy, John: Forsyte Saga - Second Trilogy. v2, 7 May 2008

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This volume, "A Modern Comedy", contains the second trilogy of books of "The Forsyte Saga", and continues the story of the Forsyte family from the end of the first trilogy up to the events of the "General Strike" of 1926.

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Galsworthy, John: Forsyte Saga - Third Trilogy. v2, 8 May 2008

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This trilogy, entitled "The End of the Chapter", is the third and final part of the mammoth work that comprises "The Forsyte Saga". In these books, the author relates the lives and loves of the Cherrell's, cousins of the younger Forsytes.

The books finish in 1932, shortly before the death of John Galsworthy from a brain tumour in 1933. 1932 was also the year in which Galsworthy was awarded the Nobel Prize for literature, largely for this series of books.

Enjoy!

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Galsworthy, John: Four Short Plays. V1. 9 Aug 2010

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John Galsworthy OM (pronounced /ˈɡɔːlzwɜrði/; 14 August 1867 – 31 January 1933) was an English novelist and playwright. Notable works include The Forsyte Saga (1906—1921) and its sequels, A Modern Comedy and End of the Chapter. He won the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1932.

HALL-MARKED
DEFEAT
THE SUN
PUNCH AND GO

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Galsworthy, John: Fraternity. V1. 9 Aug 2010

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John Galsworthy OM (pronounced /ˈɡɔːlzwɜrði/; 14 August 1867 – 31 January 1933) was an English novelist and playwright. Notable works include The Forsyte Saga (1906—1921) and its sequels, A Modern Comedy and End of the Chapter. He won the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1932.

The marriage of Sylvanus Stone, Professor of the Natural Sciences, to Anne, daughter of Mr. Justice Carfax, of the well-known county family--the Carfaxes of Spring Deans, Hants--was recorded in the sixties. The baptisms of Martin, Cecilia, and Bianca, son and daughters of Sylvanus and Anne Stone, were to be discovered registered in Kensington in the three consecutive years following.

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Galsworthy, John: From the Four Winds, v1, 7 March 2025

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This is the first book published by John Galsworthy, who went on to "Forsythe Saga" fame. It was published under his short-lived pseudonym "John Sinjohn", and comprises a collection of 10 short stories set in various places around the world. This book is now largely forgotten. 46,000 words.

1: The Running Amok of Synge Sahib
2: Dick Denver's Idea
3: Ashes
4: 'Tally-ho'— Budmash
5: The Doldrums
6: The Capitulation of Jean Jacques
7: The Spirit of the Karroo
8: A Prairie Oyster
9: According to his Lights
10: The Demi-Gods

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Galsworthy, John: Inn of Tranquillity. V1. 10 Aug 2010

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John Galsworthy OM (pronounced /ˈɡɔːlzwɜrði/; 14 August 1867 – 31 January 1933) was an English novelist and playwright. Notable works include The Forsyte Saga (1906—1921) and its sequels, A Modern Comedy and End of the Chapter. He won the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1932.

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The Public? he said, and his voice had in it a faint surprise. "Well, they all want the taxis. It's natural. They get about faster in them, and time's money. I was seven hours before I picked you up. And then you was lookin' for a taxi. Them as take us because they can't get better, they're not in a good temper, as a rule. And there's a few old ladies that's frightened of the motors, but old ladies aren't never very free with their money--can't afford to be, the most of them, I expect."

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Galsworthy, John: Joy, V1. 10 Aug 2010

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John Galsworthy OM (pronounced /ˈɡɔːlzwɜrði/; 14 August 1867 – 31 January 1933) was an English novelist and playwright. Notable works include The Forsyte Saga (1906—1921) and its sequels, A Modern Comedy and End of the Chapter. He won the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1932.

A Play in Three Acts

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Galsworthy, John: Justice. V1. 11 Aug 2010

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John Galsworthy OM (pronounced /ˈɡɔːlzwɜrði/; 14 August 1867 – 31 January 1933) was an English novelist and playwright. Notable works include The Forsyte Saga (1906—1921) and its sequels, A Modern Comedy and End of the Chapter. He won the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1932.

John Galsworthy was one of the great British writers of the early 20th century, and won a Nobel Prize for his work. Galsworthy was a dramatist of considerable technical skill. His plays often took up specific social grievances such as the double standard of justice as applied to the upper and lower classes; and the confrontation of capital and labor.

Justice, originally published in 1910, was his most famous play, and led to a prison reform in England.

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Galsworthy, John: On Forsyte 'Change. v2, 8 May 2008

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This collection of short stories "rounds off" the Forsyte Saga, and was published by John Galsworthy in 1930. The 19 stories in the collection are all set before the start of the 2nd trilogy ("A Modern Comedy") and provide additional background to the characters and stories in the original "Forsyte Saga" trilogy.

I would recommend reading this between the "First Trilogy" and the "Second Trilogy" uploaded to this forum.

That really is it now, for the Forsyte Saga. You've got it all!

Enjoy!

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Galsworthy, John: On Forsyte 'Change. v4, 17 July 2009

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This collection of short stories "rounds off" the Forsyte Saga, and was published by John Galsworthy in 1930. The 19 stories in the collection are all set before the start of the 2nd trilogy ("A Modern Comedy") and provide additional background to the characters and stories in the original "Forsyte Saga" trilogy.

I would recommend reading this between the "First Trilogy" and the "Second Trilogy" uploaded to this forum.

This book was previously uploaded by HarryT (the above text is mainly what HarryT wrote), that's why I start with v3. Since his version was, as he told me, just a direct translation of the PG text, I've created this new one, for this I proofread the text, added curly quotes and an updated family tree, etc. The initial text was in a much better state than the first volume, though.

Since Galsworthy himself said the stories were set before the second trilogy and could not be understood without having read the first (only because it is assumed that we already know the characters), I'm uploading this before the other trilogies, and I'm giving it the number "1 bis".

Any kind of feedback is welcome.

EDIT (v4): Added the hyphen to "to-morrow" et al. where missing.

(previous download count: 26)

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Galsworthy, John: Saint's Progress. V1. 12 Aug 2010

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John Galsworthy OM (pronounced /ˈɡɔːlzwɜrði/; 14 August 1867 – 31 January 1933) was an English novelist and playwright. Notable works include The Forsyte Saga (1906—1921) and its sequels, A Modern Comedy and End of the Chapter. He won the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1932.

A novel written in 1917-18, which chronicles family relationships during World War I.

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Galsworthy, John: Studies and Essays: Censorship and Art. V1. 13 Aug 2010

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John Galsworthy OM (pronounced /ˈɡɔːlzwɜrði/; 14 August 1867 – 31 January 1933) was an English novelist and playwright. Notable works include The Forsyte Saga (1906—1921) and its sequels, A Modern Comedy and End of the Chapter. He won the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1932.

Excerpt
Since, time and again, it has been proved, in this country of free institutions, that the great majority of our fellow-countrymen consider the only Censorship that now obtains amongst us, namely the Censorship of Plays, a bulwark for the preservation of their comfort and sensibility against the spiritual researches and speculations of bolder and too active spirits—it has become time to consider whether we should not seriously extend a principle, so grateful to the majority, to all our institutions.

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Galsworthy, John: Studies and Essays: Concerning Letters. V1. 13 Aug 2010

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John Galsworthy OM (pronounced /ˈɡɔːlzwɜrði/; 14 August 1867 – 31 January 1933) was an English novelist and playwright. Notable works include The Forsyte Saga (1906—1921) and its sequels, A Modern Comedy and End of the Chapter. He won the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1932.

A NOVELIST'S ALLEGORY
SOME PLATITUDES CONCERNING DRAMA
MEDITATION ON FINALITY
WANTED—SCHOOLING
ON OUR DISLIKE OF THINGS AS THEY ARE
THE WINDLESTRAW

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Galsworthy, John: Studies and Essays: Quality and Others. V1. 13 Aug 2010

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John Galsworthy OM (pronounced /ˈɡɔːlzwɜrði/; 14 August 1867 – 31 January 1933) was an English novelist and playwright. Notable works include The Forsyte Saga (1906—1921) and its sequels, A Modern Comedy and End of the Chapter. He won the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1932.

QUALITY
THE GRAND JURY
GONE
THRESHING
THAT OLD-TIME PLACE
ROMANCE—THREE GLEAMS
MEMORIES
FELICITY

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Galsworthy, John: Tatterdemalion. V1. 13 Aug 2010

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John Galsworthy OM (pronounced /ˈɡɔːlzwɜrði/; 14 August 1867 – 31 January 1933) was an English novelist and playwright. Notable works include The Forsyte Saga (1906—1921) and its sequels, A Modern Comedy and End of the Chapter. He won the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1932.

Tatterdemalion (1920) by John Galsworthy is a story collection divided in two parts, of wartime and peacetime, and examining all strata of society.

British author John Galsworthy is best known for his monumental The Forsyte Saga, and his intense, complex psychological portraits represent the transition from the Victorian to the Edwardian period.

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Galsworthy, John: The Burning Spear. V1. 6 Aug 2010

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John Galsworthy OM (pronounced /ˈɡɔːlzwɜrði/; 14 August 1867 – 31 January 1933) was an English novelist and playwright. Notable works include The Forsyte Saga (1906—1921) and its sequels, A Modern Comedy and End of the Chapter. He won the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1932.

Excerpt
John Galsworthy said of this work: "'The Burning Spear' was revenge of the nerves. It was bad enough to have to bear the dreads and strains and griefs of war." Several years after its first publication he admitted authorship and it was included in the collected edition of his works.

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Galsworthy, John: The Country House. V1. 7 Aug 2010

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John Galsworthy OM (pronounced /ˈɡɔːlzwɜrði/; 14 August 1867 – 31 January 1933) was an English novelist and playwright. Notable works include The Forsyte Saga (1906—1921) and its sequels, A Modern Comedy and End of the Chapter. He won the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1932.

Excerpt
English novelist and playwright, winner of the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1932, Galsworthy became known for his portrayal of the British upper middle class and for his social satire. The novel begins: The year was 1891, the month October, the day Monday. In the dark outside the railway station at Worsted Skeynes Mr. Horace Pendyce's omnibus, his brougham, his luggage-cart, monopolized space. The face of Mr. Horace Pendyce's coachman monopolized the light of the solitary station lantern. Rosy-gilled, with fat close-clipped grey whiskers and inscrutably pursed lips, it presided high up in the easterly air like an emblem of the feudal system.

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Galsworthy, John: The Dark Flower. V1. 7 Aug 2010

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John Galsworthy OM (pronounced /ˈɡɔːlzwɜrði/; 14 August 1867 – 31 January 1933) was an English novelist and playwright. Notable works include The Forsyte Saga (1906—1921) and its sequels, A Modern Comedy and End of the Chapter. He won the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1932.

Excerpt
The story is divided into three epochs, "Spring," "Summer"and "Autumn" three great passions in a man's life belonging respectively to his youth, his maturity and his middle age. Of the three women who successively inspire these three passions, the first might almost have been his mother, the second was of suitable age to be his wife, and the third could easily been his daughter. Such is the substance of "The Dark Flower," a curiously interesting and probing study of man's passions and woman's weakness.

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Galsworthy, John: The Eldest Son. V1. 7 Aug 2010

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John Galsworthy OM (pronounced /ˈɡɔːlzwɜrði/; 14 August 1867 – 31 January 1933) was an English novelist and playwright. Notable works include The Forsyte Saga (1906—1921) and its sequels, A Modern Comedy and End of the Chapter. He won the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1932.

The Eldest Son is a play about injustice-how there is one law for the rich and another for the poor.

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Galsworthy, John: The First and the Last. V1. 8 Aug 2010

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John Galsworthy OM (pronounced /ˈɡɔːlzwɜrði/; 14 August 1867 – 31 January 1933) was an English novelist and playwright. Notable works include The Forsyte Saga (1906—1921) and its sequels, A Modern Comedy and End of the Chapter. He won the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1932.

A Play in Three Acts

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Galsworthy, John: The Forsyte Saga - Complete. V1. 13 Aug 2010

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John Galsworthy OM (pronounced /ˈɡɔːlzwɜrði/; 14 August 1867 – 31 January 1933) was an English novelist and playwright. Notable works include The Forsyte Saga (1906—1921) and its sequels, A Modern Comedy and End of the Chapter. He won the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1932.

Excerpt
"The Forsyte Saga" was the title originally destined for that part of it which is called "The Man of Property"; and to adopt it for the collected chronicles of the Forsyte family has indulged the Forsytean tenacity that is in all of us. The word Saga might be objected to on the ground that it connotes the heroic and that there is little heroism in these pages. But it is used with a suitable irony; and, after all, this long tale, though it may deal with folk in frock coats, furbelows, and a gilt-edged period, is not devoid of the essential heat of conflict. Discounting for the gigantic stature and blood-thirstiness of old days, as they have come down to us in fairy-tale and legend, the folk of the old Sagas were Forsytes, assuredly, in their possessive instincts, and as little proof against the inroads of beauty and passion as Swithin, Soames, or even Young Jolyon. And if heroic figures, in days that never were, seem to startle out from their surroundings in fashion unbecoming to a Forsyte of the Victorian era, we may be sure that tribal instinct was even then the prime force, and that "family" and the sense of home and property counted as they do to this day, for all the recent efforts to "talk them out."

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Galsworthy, John: The Forsyte Saga. v5, 17 July 2009

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John Galsworthy (1867-1933) devoted virtually his entire professional career to creating a fictional but entirely representative family of propertied Victorians: the Forsytes. He made their lives and times, loves and losses, fortunes and deaths so real that readers accused him of including as characters in his drama real individuals whom they knew. He was the winner of the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1932.

The entire saga comprises three trilogies of books, of which this is the first. The other two ("A Modern Comedy" and "End of the Chapter") are available as separate downloads.

This first trilogy, "The Forsyte Saga", chronicles the life of three generations of the Forsyte family, a wealthy upper middle class English family, in the turbulent years between the 1880s and the 1920s - a time period during which English society was completely transformed. The books are set against the great events of the day - the Boer War and WWI, the rise of Labour, the death of Queen Victoria, and much more.

This book was originally published as three novels, with a short story "interlude" between each one, the structure being:

The Man of Property
(Interlude) Indian Summer of a Forsyte
In Chancery
(Interlude) Awakening
To Let

This is far from "light reading", but richly rewards the effort. Once you get "into" the story, these are great books.

This book was previously uploaded by HarryT (the above text is mainly what HarryT wrote), that's why I start with v4. Since his version was, as he told me, just a direct translation of the PG text, I've created this new one, for this I proofread the text (at what I call level 2, hundreds of corrections done, checking against a scan from the Internet Archive), added a music score fragment and a family tree, curly quotes, italics, etc.

Any kind of feedback is welcome.

EDIT (v5): Added the hyphen to "to-morrow" et al. where missing.

(previous download count: 55)

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Galsworthy, John: The Foundations. V1. 9 Aug 2010

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John Galsworthy OM (pronounced /ˈɡɔːlzwɜrði/; 14 August 1867 – 31 January 1933) was an English novelist and playwright. Notable works include The Forsyte Saga (1906—1921) and its sequels, A Modern Comedy and End of the Chapter. He won the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1932.

A Play in Three Acts

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Galsworthy, John: The Freelands. V1. 9 Aug 2010

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John Galsworthy OM (pronounced /ˈɡɔːlzwɜrði/; 14 August 1867 – 31 January 1933) was an English novelist and playwright. Notable works include The Forsyte Saga (1906—1921) and its sequels, A Modern Comedy and End of the Chapter. He won the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1932.

Excerpt
The next day Stanley's car, fraught with Felix and a note from Clara, moved swiftly along the grass-bordered roads toward Joyfields. Lying back on the cushioned seat, the warm air flying at his face, Felix contemplated with delight his favorite countryside. Certainly this garden of England was very lovely, its greenness, trees, and large, pied, lazy cattle; its very emptiness of human beings even was pleasing.

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Galsworthy, John: The Fugitive. V1. 10 Aug 2010

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John Galsworthy OM (pronounced /ˈɡɔːlzwɜrði/; 14 August 1867 – 31 January 1933) was an English novelist and playwright. Notable works include The Forsyte Saga (1906—1921) and its sequels, A Modern Comedy and End of the Chapter. He won the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1932.

A Play in Four Acts

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Galsworthy, John: The Island Pharisees. V1. 10 Aug 2010

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John Galsworthy OM (pronounced /ˈɡɔːlzwɜrði/; 14 August 1867 – 31 January 1933) was an English novelist and playwright. Notable works include The Forsyte Saga (1906—1921) and its sequels, A Modern Comedy and End of the Chapter. He won the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1932.

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Each man born into the world is born like Shelton in this book—to go a journey, and for the most part he is born on the high road. At first he sits there in the dust, with his little chubby hands reaching at nothing, and his little solemn eyes staring into space. As soon as he can toddle, he moves, by the queer instinct we call the love of life, straight along this road, looking neither to the right nor left, so pleased is he to walk. And he is charmed with everything—with the nice flat road, all broad and white, with his own feet, and with the prospect he can see on either hand. The sun shines, and he finds the road a little hot and dusty; the rain falls, and he splashes through the muddy puddles. It makes no matter—all is pleasant; his fathers went this way before him; they made this road for him to tread, and, when they bred him, passed into his fibre the love of doing things as they themselves had done them. So he walks on and on, resting comfortably at nights under the roofs that have been raised to shelter him, by those who went before.

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Galsworthy, John: The Little Dream. V1. 11 Aug 2010

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John Galsworthy OM (pronounced /ˈɡɔːlzwɜrði/; 14 August 1867 – 31 January 1933) was an English novelist and playwright. Notable works include The Forsyte Saga (1906—1921) and its sequels, A Modern Comedy and End of the Chapter. He won the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1932.

John Galsworthy was one of the great British writers of the early 20th century, and won a Nobel Prize for his work. Galsworthy was a dramatist of considerable technical skill. His plays often took up specific social grievances such as the double standard of justice as applied to the upper and lower classes; and the confrontation of capital and labor.

In 1890 he was called to the bar, but he never practiced law.

The Little Dream was written in 1911. In 1930, the Australian composer, Mirrie Hill, O.B.E., based an orchestral suite of five pieces on the play.

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Galsworthy, John: The Patrician. v1. 4 Apr 2013

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John Galsworthy OM (pronounced /ˈɡɔːlzwɜrði/; 14 August 1867 – 31 January 1933) was an English novelist and playwright. Notable works include The Forsyte Saga (1906—1921) and its sequels, A Modern Comedy and End of the Chapter. He won the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1932.

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For in this dining hall—one of the finest in England—the Caradoc family had for centuries assembled the trophies and records of their existence. Round about this dining hall they had built and pulled down and restored, until the rest of Monkland Court presented some aspect of homogeneity. Here alone they had left virgin the work of the old quasi-monastic builders, and within it unconsciously deposited their souls. For there were here, meeting the eyes of light, all those rather touching evidences of man's desire to persist for ever, those shells of his former bodies, the fetishes and queer proofs of his faiths, together with the remorseless demonstration of their treatment at the hands of Time.

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Galsworthy, John: Three Plays by John Galsworthy. V1. 11 Aug 2010

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John Galsworthy OM (pronounced /ˈɡɔːlzwɜrði/; 14 August 1867 – 31 January 1933) was an English novelist and playwright. Notable works include The Forsyte Saga (1906—1921) and its sequels, A Modern Comedy and End of the Chapter. He won the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1932.

The Little Man
The Mob
The Pigeon

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Galsworthy, John: To Let. V1. 14 Aug 2010

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John Galsworthy OM (pronounced /ˈɡɔːlzwɜrði/; 14 August 1867 – 31 January 1933) was an English novelist and playwright. Notable works include The Forsyte Saga (1906—1921) and its sequels, A Modern Comedy and End of the Chapter. He won the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1932.

The three novels which make up The Forsyte Saga chronicle the ebbing social power of the commercial upper-middle class Forsyte family between 1886 and 1920. Galsworthy's masterly narrative examines not only their fortunes but also the wider developments within society, particularly the changing position of women. This is the only critical edition of the work available, with Notes that explain contemporary artistic and literary allusions and define the slang of the time.

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Galsworthy, John: Villa Rubein, and other stories. V1. 14 Aug 2010

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John Galsworthy OM (pronounced /ˈɡɔːlzwɜrði/; 14 August 1867 – 31 January 1933) was an English novelist and playwright. Notable works include The Forsyte Saga (1906—1921) and its sequels, A Modern Comedy and End of the Chapter. He won the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1932.

Villa Rubein
A man of Devon
A knight
Salvation of a Forsyte
The silence

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Galsworthy, John: Windows. V1. 14 Aug 2010

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John Galsworthy OM (pronounced /ˈɡɔːlzwɜrði/; 14 August 1867 – 31 January 1933) was an English novelist and playwright. Notable works include The Forsyte Saga (1906—1921) and its sequels, A Modern Comedy and End of the Chapter. He won the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1932.

A Play in Three Acts
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BLY. [Pausing--dipping his sponge in the pail and then standing with it in his hand] Why! Don't you remember the Bly case? They sentenced 'er to be 'anged by the neck until she was dead, for smotherin' her baby. She was only eighteen at the time of speakin'.

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Gandhi, Mohandas K.: An Autobiography, v.1, 20 Jan 2008

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"I have nothing new to teach the world. Truth and nonviolence are as old as the hills." - Mohandas K. Gandhi

In 1925, at the age of 56, Gandhi began writing a series of articles that were printed in [Young India[/ and that would become his autobiography which is subtitled [The Story of My Experiments with Truth[/. The tome is a small portion of his extensive writings which mostly appeared in the form of personal letters and newspaper articles. It predates his Salt March and the nearly two decades of further work for people which led to Indian independence in 1947. It is written assuming that the reader has some knowledge of the events of the time, so it may be useful to read a biography of Gandhi (e.g., Chadha's [Gandhi: A Life[/) before reading this autobiography. Gandhi also spends many chapters on issues that many would consider mundane including his dietetic habits. All of these facts prevent the reader from being at all satisfied in understanding the man from a simple reading of this autobiography. But the work is nonetheless informative and critically important in that it reveals many of his early thoughts and the events that shaped his character and drove his thinking and actions.

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Gandhi, Mohandas K.: Hind Swaraj, v.1, 24 Feb 2008

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In 1908, while still in South Africa, Gandhi wrote a series of articles in [Indian Opinion[/ which he then published separately as [Hind Swaraj[/, or [Indian Home Rule[/, written in his native Gujarati. He then published his own English translation of it. The posted copy here is of the 1938 translation by Mahadev Desai and includes some interesting comments on the differences between these after an evolution of thirty years. Once again, I see that the copy I'm posting has numerous annoying typographical errors. I hope to one day correct and repost it.

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Gandhi, Mohandas K.: Sarvodaya, v.1, 20 July 2008

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John Ruskin's book [Unto This Last[/ made a tremendous early impression on Gandhi while he was in South Africa. In 1908, he translated it into his native Gujarati entitling it [Sarvodaya[/ (the welfare of all) which he describes as more of a paraphrase of Ruskin's work. This ebook is of the English translation of that work by Valji Govindji Desai. Personally, I find it more approachable than Ruskin's original which used rather difficult English.

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Gandhi, Mohandas K.: Satyagraha in South Africa, v.1, 3 Sept 2008

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Gandhi coined the word [Satyagraha[/ from the Sanskrit words [Satya[/ (truth) and [agraha[/ (firmness or great enthusiasm and interest).

"Its root meaning is holding onto truth, hence truth-force. I have also called it love-force or soul-force. In the application of satyagraha, I discovered in the earliest stages that pursuit of truth did not admit of violence being inflicted on one’s opponent but that he must be weaned from error by patience and sympathy. For what appears to be truth to the one may appear to be error to the other. And patience means self-suffering. So the doctrine came to mean vindication of truth, not by infliction of suffering on the opponent, but on oneself."
Gandhi formulated this form of active resistence to injustice (he disliked the phrases civil disobedience and passive resistence) as he began his active life in the service of others in South Africa where from 1893 to 1914 he worked to eliminate discrimination against Indians living there. The ideas he developed and actions he took there became the basis for his later work in India which continued until his death in 1948.

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Gandhi, Mohandas K.: The Green Pamphlet, v.1, 27 April 2008

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[The Green Pamphlet [/was authored and printed in India by Mohandas K. Gandhi in 1896 during a short visit from Natal, South Africa. The pamphlet, printed with a green cover, was formally [The Grievances of the British Indians in South Africa: An Appeal to the Indian Public[/. Reuters of London reported to Natal the following exaggeration of the pamphlet’s contents:

"A pamphlet published in India declares that the Indians in Natal are robbed and assaulted and treated like beasts and are unable to obtain redress. The Times of India advocates an inquiry into these allegations."
Upon returning to South Africa, Gandhi was attacked by white workmen several times and narrowly escaped a lynching. Refusing to prosecute his attackers, Gandhi wrote to the Attorney-General, "I do not hold assailants to blame. They were given to understand that I had made exaggerated statements in India about the whites in Natal and calumniated them. The leaders and you, if you will permit me to say so, are to blame. You could have guided the people properly but you also believed Reuters and assumed that I must have indulged in exaggeration."

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Gandhi, Mohandas K.: Third Class in Indian Railways, v.1, 18 Feb 2008

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A short collection of six speeches and articles (including the title article) by Gandhi from before about 1920 which were published together and sold for six annas (less than half a rupee).

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Ganghofer, Ludwig: Ochsenkrieg, german V1, 22.01.2010

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Ludwig Albert Ganghofer (* 7. Juli 1855 in Kaufbeuren; † 24. Juli 1920 in Tegernsee) war ein deutscher Schriftsteller, der durch seine Heimatromane bekannt geworden ist.
Seine Eltern waren der Ministerialrat August Ganghofer (später Leiter der Königlich Bayerischen Forstverwaltung, dem 1887 der nicht erbliche Adelstitel Ritter verliehen wurde) und dessen Frau Charlotte, geb. Louis.

Einen Teil seiner Kindheit (1859–1865) verbrachte Ludwig Ganghofer in Welden bei Augsburg. Nach dem Abitur am Königlich-Bayerischen Gymnasium im Jahr 1873 in Regensburg arbeitete er ein Jahr als Schlosser und Monteur in einer Augsburger Maschinenfabrik. 1875 begann er ein Maschinenbaustudium am Polytechnikum in München, wechselte jedoch später zu Literaturgeschichte und Philosophie in München, Berlin und Leipzig. 1879 promovierte er in Leipzig. Ludwig Ganghofer war ausgesprochen vielseitig interessiert. Technische Neuerungen wie zuletzt beispielsweise der Film fanden sein besonderes Interesse. Auf literarischem Gebiet setzte er sich mit Nachdruck für Autoren ein, die eine ganz andere Art von Literatur vertraten und noch keine Anerkennung gefunden hatten bzw. unter der Zensur zu leiden hatten (z.B. Rainer Maria Rilke oder Frank Wedekind). Seine gewinnende, humorvolle Art brachte ihn in Kontakt mit zahlreichen Persönlichkeiten des öffentlichen Lebens. Ganghofer führte mit seiner Familie ein gastfreies Haus. Sowohl in München, als auch auf seinem großzügig ausgebauten Jagdhaus „Hubertus“ bei Leutasch in Tirol, wo er mit einigen Mitpächtern (Gutsbesitzer Karl von Eynern, die Generalkonsuln Carl Reiß aus Mannheim und Paul Wedekind aus Palermo sowie Geheimer Kommerzienrat Richard Zanders aus Bergisch Gladbach) ein Jagdrevier von über 20.000 Hektar im Gaistal gepachtet hatte, waren bekannte Persönlichkeiten der Zeit aus den unterschiedlichsten Bereichen seine Gäste, so u.a. Ludwig Thoma, Friedrich August von Kaulbach, Franz von Stuck, Franz von Defregger, Rainer Maria Rilke, Hugo von Hofmannsthal, Leo Slezak oder Richard Strauss.

Weniger bekannt ist seine Arbeit als freiwilliger Kriegsberichterstatter zwischen 1915 und 1917 im Ersten Weltkrieg. In dieser Zeit berichtete Ganghofer von verschiedenen Kriegsschauplätzen aus der Frontlinie. Hierbei schrieb er neben propagandistischen und wenig objektiven Kriegsberichten wie „Reise zur deutschen Front“ auch eine Vielzahl von Kriegsgedichten, die in Sammelbänden wie „Eiserne Zither“ und „Neue Kriegslieder“ erschienen. Die Werke sind durch patriotische Gesinnung geprägt. Ganghofer war ein persönlicher Freund und Lieblingsschriftsteller von Kaiser Wilhelm II. Seine Kriegsberichte sind nicht selten Lobeshymnen auf den Kaiser und die Kriegsführung. Noch bis kurz vor Kriegsschluss veröffentlichte Ganghofer Durchhalteparolen.
Nach Beendigung seiner Tätigkeit als Kriegsberichterstatter war er bis zu seinem Tod 1920 als Schriftsteller tätig. Sein letztes Werk, „Das Land der Bayern in Farbenphotographie“, widmete er König Ludwig III. von Bayern.
Ganghofers Werke, vor allem die Romane, werden noch heute verlegt. Weltweit wurden insgesamt mehr als 30 Millionen Werke verkauft (geschätzt, Stand 2004). Daneben ist Ganghofer einer der meist verfilmten deutschen Autoren. Viele Werke Ganghofers greifen Geschehnisse aus der Geschichte Berchtesgadens auf, wo er sich regelmäßig aufhielt, und wurden im Berchtesgadener Land auch verfilmt.
Ganghofer Grab auf dem Egerner Friedhof

Ganghofers Heimatromane haben ihm den Ruf des „Heile Welt“-Schreibers eingebracht. Nicht selten sind seine Werke, die meist vom Leben einfacher, tüchtiger, ehrlicher Leute handeln, als Kitsch bezeichnet worden, zumal die Handlungen hauptsächlich in der übertrieben dargestellten Idylle der bayerischen Alpen spielen. Ganghofer und seine Werke wurden deswegen schon zu Lebzeiten Zielscheibe satirischer Attacken, beispielsweise von Karl Kraus in seinem Werk Die letzten Tage der Menschheit.

Von den Enkeln Ganghofers sind der Schriftsteller Bernhard Horstmann, der unter dem Pseudonym Stefan Murr Kriminalromane und Thriller schrieb, und der Publizist Caspar Freiherr von Schrenck-Notzing bekannt geworden. Ganghofers Schwager war der Geologe und Geograph Albrecht Penck, sein Neffe der Geomorphologe Walther Penck. Friedrich August von Kaulbach hat zahlreiche Porträts von ihm, seinen Töchtern und einer Enkelin angefertigt.

Ganghofers Grab befindet sich auf dem Friedhof von Rottach-Egern neben dem seines Freundes Ludwig Thoma.

Die Bedeutung Ganghofers – auch für die Landbevölkerung selbst – lässt sich auch anhand einer kleinen Anekdote in diesem Zusammenhang belegen. 1920, kurz nachdem Ganghofer gestorben war (also während der Erntezeit), lief ein Bauer aus dem Zillertal, nachdem er in der Zeitung die Nachricht gelesen hatte, zu Fuß an den Tegernsee, um der Beerdigung „seines Schriftstellers“ in Rottach-Egern beiwohnen zu können.

Ochsenkrieg
Die historischen Romane des erfolgreichsten Autors auf diesem Gebiet, Ludwig Ganghofer, geben geradezu vorbildlich die Problematik der wilhelminischen Epoche wieder. Ganghofer schreibt in Form von historischen Romanen die Chronik Berchtesgadens vom frühen Mittelalter bis ins 18.Jahrhundert. Die Idee dazu geht wahrscheinlich auf eine Anregung Gustav Freytags zurück, der in seinen "Ahnen" eine deutsche Familie im Lauf der Geschichte verfolgt hat(267). Es soll hier nur auf die ersten sechs dieser Romane eingegangen werden: "Der Klosterjäger"(1893), "Die Martinsklause"(1894), "Das Gotteslehen"(1899), "Das neue Wesen" (1902), "Der Mann im Salz"(1905), "Der Ochsenkrieg"(1914), "Die Trutze von Trutzberg"(1915)(268). Das Hauptinteresse gilt dabei den sozialen Konfliktsituationen und Ganghofers Lösungsangeboten sowie der dargestellten historischen Entwicklung.
Schon sehr verweltlicht sind die Chorherren im Roman "Der Ochsenkrieg", der die Zeit des späten Mittelalters beschreibt. Die schwangere Frau des Ramsauer Richtmanns Runotter wurde sogar von dem Chorherrn Aschacher vergewaltigt und ist nach der Geburt eines Krüppels gestorben. Trotzdem hält Runotter dem Kloster die Treue. Erst durch die Verbohrtheit des klösterlichen Amtsmanns kommt es zum Konflikt zischem dem Kloster und den Ramsauern. Der Streit zieht immer weitere Kreise, bis er zu einem regelrechten Krieg wird. In diesem , wegen einer Nichtigkeit - ein paar Ochsen - entstandenen Krieg bleibt allen Beteiligten nur die Treue und das Mitmachen auf der ihnen vom Schicksal zugewiesenen Seite. Runotter kämpft mit seiner als Mann verkleideten Tochter Jula und dem Landsknecht Malimmes gegen das Kloster, auf dessen Seite der von Jula geliebte Sohn des Amtmanns steht. Bei der entscheidenden Schlacht kann sich Runotter an Aschacher rächen, gleichzeitig rettet er aber seinem ehemaligen Probst unerkannt das Leben und stirbt. Der Krieg wird beendet, und Jula heiratet den Sohn des Amtmanns. Der Roman findet zwar ein gutes Ende, aber in Deutschland herrscht das Chaos. Das Reich ist zerfallen, alle denken nur noch an sich, jeder ist des anderen Konkurrent und Feind, so daß der Streit zwischen den Ramsauern und dem Kloster nur ein willkommener Anlaß ist, endlich den ersehnten Krieg zu beginnen.Fast alle Herrscher sind mehr oder weniger positiv dargestellt, aber ohne einen mächtigen Kaiser muß es einfach zum Krieg kommen. Verglichen mit den vorher besprochenen Romanen dominieren erstmals die Kampf- und Schlachtbeschreibungen.
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Garborg, Arne: Bondestudentar. [Norwegian]. v1. 18 Sep 2010

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Arne Garborg (1851-1924) regnes blant de fire store innenfor norsk 1800-talls litteratur.

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[Bondestudentar er en roman av Arne Garborg fra 1883.
Hovedpersonen Daniel Braut er en oppvakt bygdegutt fra små kår som får adgang til på studere, først på Heltbergs studentfabrikk, siden på universitetet. Romanen er naturalistisk anlagt, og skildrer i flere henseende hovedpersonens svik mot sine røtter og opprinnelige idealer. [/

Teksten er hentet fra dokumetasjonsprosjektet ved UiO, http://www.dokpro.uio.no/

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Garborg, Arne: Fred. [Norwegian]. v1. 21 Oct 2010

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Arne Garborg (1851-1924) regnes blant de fire store innenfor norsk 1800-talls litteratur.

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[QUOTHovedmotivet i boka er bonden Enok Hoves religiøse grublerier. Presset fra hans egen ætte- og gårdsbevissthet sammen med de sosiale og økonomiske vilkårene i tiden fører ham inn i en ødeleggende manisk-depressiv galskap som støter bort alle rundt ham: sønnene, foster-sønnen og kona.

Handlingen er lagt til forfatterens hjemtrakter Jæren, og kan sees som en nærmest naturalistisk skildring av de sosiale og økonomiske forholdene som rammet bøndene under det store hamskiftet. Som kontraster til Enok Hove opptrer thranitteren Torkjell Tualand og den frie livsfilosofen tateren Fante-Tomas.[/QUOT

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Garborg, Arne: Haugtussa. [Norwegian]. v1. 15 Oct 2010

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Arne Garborg (1851-1924) regnes blant de fire store innenfor norsk 1800-talls litteratur.

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[QUOTDiktene er henger tematisk sammen rundt den kvinnelige hovedpersonen Veslemøy, kalt Haugtussa på grunn av sine synske evner. Gjennom 71 vakre dikt følger leseren ungjenta Veslemøy (Haugtussa) og hennes utvikling. Hun drømmer om kjæresten og «ser» hva som rører seg mens hun steller med sitt som budeie. Samlingen er regnet for Garborgs fineste poesi og rommer både rik naturmystikk, samfunnskommentarer og psykologi, og har inspirert både billedkunstnere og komponister, deriblant Edvard Grieg som tonesatte åtte av diktene i sin sangsyklus som også har navnet Haugtussa.[/QUOT

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Garborg, Hulda: "Rationelt fjøsstell" [Norwegian].v1. 27 Apr 2014

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Nasjonalbiblioteket har gitt ut de første 35 av 100 planlagte epub-bøker. Bøkene er korrekturlest, men noen litt uvanlige valg med hensyn til oppsett ødelegger leseopplevelsen litt. F. eks. er sidetall/sideombrekning beholdt. Jeg har endret på layout for å gi, i mine øyne, en bedre leseopplevelse.

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Garborg, Hulda: Kvinden skabt av manden [Norwegian].v1. 27 Apr 2014

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Nasjonalbiblioteket har gitt ut de første 35 av 100 planlagte epub-bøker. Bøkene er korrekturlest, men noen litt uvanlige valg med hensyn til oppsett ødelegger leseopplevelsen litt. F. eks. er sidetall/sideombrekning beholdt. Jeg har endret på layout for å gi, i mine øyne, en bedre leseopplevelse

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Gardiner, A. G.: Leaves in the Wind. v1. 08 Mar 2019

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LEAVES IN THE WIND
By “Alpha of the Plough”
Pseudonym of A. G. Gardiner (1865–1946)

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[Leaves in the Wind[/ was first published in 1919. Text was obtained from the Internet Archive. The text of this book is in the public domain in countries where the copyright term is “Life+70” or less, and in the USA.

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Alfred George Gardiner (2 June 1865 – 3 March 1946) was an English journalist, editor and author.

From 1915 he contributed to the London [Star [/under the pseudonym Alpha of the Plough. At the time [The Star[/ had several anonymous essayists whose pseudonyms were the names of stars. Invited to choose a nom de plume, he elected “to hitch my little waggon” to the brightest (alpha) star in the constellation the Plough (Ursa Major/Big Dipper).

His essays are highly regarded. They are uniformly elegant, graceful and humorous. His uniqueness lay in his ability to teach the basic truths of life in an easy and amusing manner. [Pillars of Society[/, [Pebbles on the Shore[/, [Leaves in the Wind[/, and [Many Furrows[/ are some of his best known writings.

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Join Mr. Gardiner now, as he comments on his personal doings and beliefs, on society’s public morals and private practices, and shares social commentaries, literary critiques, and views on life in general.
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An excerpt from “On Early Rising”:
[…] though I am spiritually a son of the morning, I am physically a sluggard. There are some people who are born with a gift for early rising. I was born with a genius for lying in bed. I can go to bed as late as anybody, and have no joy in a company that begins to yawn and grow drowsy about ten o’clock. But in the early rising handicap I am not a starter. A merciful providence has given me a task that keeps me working far into the night and makes breakfast and the newspaper in bed a matter of duty. No words can express the sense of secret satisfaction with which I wake and realise that I haven’t to get up, that stern duty bids me lie a little longer, listening to the comfortable household noises down below and the cheerful songs outside, studying anew the pattern of the wall-paper and taking the problems of life “lying-down” in no craven sense.

I know there are many people who have to catch early morning buses and trams who would envy me if they knew my luck. For the ignoble family of sluggards is numerous. It includes many distinguished men. It includes saints as well as sages. That moral paragon, Dr. Arnold, was one of them; Thomson, the author of “The City of Dreadful Night,” was another. Bishop Selwyn even put the duty of lying in bed on a moral plane. “I did once rise early,” he said, “but I felt so vain all the morning and so sleepy all the afternoon that I determined not to do it again.” He stayed in bed to mortify his pride, to make himself humble. And is not humility one of the cardinal virtues of a good Christian? I have fancied myself that people who rise early are slightly self-righteous. They can’t help feeling a little scornful of us sluggards. And we know it. Humility is the badge of all our tribe. We are not proud of lying in bed. We are ashamed—and happy. The noblest sluggard of us all has stated our case for us. “No man practises so well as he writes,” said Dr. Johnson. “I have all my life been lying till noon; yet I tell all young men, and tell them with great sincerity, that nobody who does not rise early will ever do any good.”

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Gardiner, A. G.: Many Furrows. v1. 08 Mar 2019

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MANY FURROWS
By “Alpha of the Plough”
Pseudonym of A. G. Gardiner (1865–1946)

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[Many Furrows[/ was first published in 1924. Text was obtained from the Digital Library of India. The text of this book is in the public domain in countries where the copyright term is “Life+70” or less.

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Alfred George Gardiner (2 June 1865 – 3 March 1946) was an English journalist, editor and author.

From 1915 he contributed to the London [Star[/ under the pseudonym Alpha of the Plough. At the time [The Star[/ had several anonymous essayists whose pseudonyms were the names of stars. Invited to choose a nom de plume, he elected “to hitch my little waggon” to the brightest (alpha) star in the constellation the Plough (Ursa Major/Big Dipper).

His essays are highly regarded. They are uniformly elegant, graceful and humorous. His uniqueness lay in his ability to teach the basic truths of life in an easy and amusing manner. [Pillars of Society[/, [Pebbles on the Shore[/, [Leaves in the Wind[/, and [Many Furrows[/ are some of his best known writings.

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An excerpt from “A Night’s Lodging”:
I awoke this morning with the sort of feeling a healthy child awakes with on Christmas Day. That is to say, I awoke with delight at the idea of getting up. I was in a strange bed in a strange city. I had arrived in the strange city late overnight, and had had to take what lodging I could find. Until I lay down in my bed I had no idea how uncomfortable a bed could be. It was as cold as charity and as hard as a tax-gatherer. The bolster was the shape of a large round sausage, and the pillow was the shape of a sausage also. They were a relentless pair of ruffians, cold-hearted, passionless brutes, stolid and unresponsive, deaf alike to appeal or rebuke. I coaxed them with the flat of my hand, and they scowled unmoved; I smote them with my closed fist, and they took no more notice of it than if their name had been Dempsey.

I did not know that I could hate any inanimate thing so much as I hated that pillow and that bolster. I did not know that such oceans of blind anger were bottled up within me. I banged them against each other with savage joy. I threw them on the floor and danced and stamped on them. I knelt on them; I sat on them; finally I kicked them, not in the hope of doing them any good (hope had by this time died within me), but for the simple delight of kicking the abominations.

Then, warmed with these various exercises, I put the things back and got into bed. It was as I expected. The mattress was a fit companion for the pillow and bolster. It lay like a newly ploughed field, every furrow deeply graven, every ridge with the edge of a dulled razor. It was not a field of warm loam or generous greensand that yielded to the touch. It was a field of stubborn Essex clay, cold and dank and merciless. The expanse was enormous. It seemed that during that measureless night I travelled miles to and fro across the field in search of a furrow into which I could wedge myself. I tried it on the east side, and I tried it on the west, and I tried it all between. I tried it longitudinally; I tried it latitudinally; I tried it diagonally. The way with a bed like this, I said to myself, is not to get in the furrows, but to lie across the ridges. But when I did that I felt like a toad under the harrow, when “ilka tooth gies him a tig,” and I resumed my search for a furrow that would give me a welcome.

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Gardiner, A. G.: Pebbles on the Shore. v1. 08 Mar 2019

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PEBBLES ON THE SHORE
By “Alpha of the Plough”
Pseudonym of A. G. Gardiner (1865–1946)

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[Pebbles on the Shore[/ was first published in 1916. Text was obtained from the Internet Archive. The text of this book is in the public domain in countries where the copyright term is “Life+70” or less, and in the USA.

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Alfred George Gardiner (2 June 1865 – 3 March 1946) was an English journalist, editor and author.

From 1915 he contributed to the London [Star [/under the pseudonym Alpha of the Plough. At the time [The Star[/ had several anonymous essayists whose pseudonyms were the names of stars. Invited to choose a nom de plume, he elected “to hitch my little waggon” to the brightest (alpha) star in the constellation the Plough (Ursa Major/Big Dipper).

His essays are highly regarded. They are uniformly elegant, graceful and humorous. His uniqueness lay in his ability to teach the basic truths of life in an easy and amusing manner. [Pillars of Society[/, [Pebbles on the Shore[/, [Leaves in the Wind[/, and [Many Furrows[/ are some of his best known writings.

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An excerpt from “On Umbrella Morals”:
A sharp shower came on as I walked along the Strand, but I did not put up my umbrella. The truth is I couldn’t put up my umbrella. The frame would not work for one thing, and if it had worked, I would not have put the thing up, for I would no more be seen under such a travesty of an umbrella than Falstaff would be seen marching through Coventry with his regiment of ragamuffins. The fact is, the umbrella is not my umbrella at all. It is the umbrella of some person who I hope will read these lines. He has got my silk umbrella. I have got the cotton one he left in exchange. I imagine him flaunting along the Strand under my umbrella, and throwing a scornful glance at the fellow who was carrying his abomination and getting wet into the bargain. I daresay the rascal chuckled as he eyed the said abomination. “Ah,” he said gaily to himself, “I did you in that time, old boy. I know that thing. It won’t open for nuts. And it folds up like a sack. Now, [this[/ umbrella….”

But I leave him to his unrighteous communings. He is one of those people who have what I may call an umbrella conscience. You know the sort of person I mean. He would never put his hand in another’s pocket, or forge a cheque or rob a till—not even if he had the chance. But he will swap umbrellas, or forget to return a book, or take a rise out of the railway company. In fact he is a thoroughly honest man who allows his honesty the benefit of the doubt. Perhaps he takes your umbrella at random from the barber’s stand. He knows he can’t get a worse one than his own. He may get a better. He doesn’t look at it very closely until he is well on his way. Then, “Dear me! I’ve taken the wrong umbrella,” he says, with an air of surprise, for he likes really to feel that he has made a mistake. “Ah, well, it’s no use going back now. He’d be gone. And I’ve left him mine!”

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Gardiner, A. G.: Windfalls. v1. 08 Mar 2019

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WINDFALLS
By “Alpha of the Plough”
Pseudonym of A. G. Gardiner (1865–1946)

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[Windfalls[/ was first published in 1920. Text was obtained from the Internet Archive. The text of this book is in the public domain in countries where the copyright term is “Life+70” or less, and in the USA.

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Alfred George Gardiner (2 June 1865 – 3 March 1946) was an English journalist, editor and author.

From 1915 he contributed to the London [Star[/ under the pseudonym Alpha of the Plough. At the time [The Star[/ had several anonymous essayists whose pseudonyms were the names of stars. Invited to choose a nom de plume, he elected “to hitch my little waggon” to the brightest (alpha) star in the constellation the Plough (Ursa Major/Big Dipper).

His essays are highly regarded. They are uniformly elegant, graceful and humorous. His uniqueness lay in his ability to teach the basic truths of life in an easy and amusing manner. [Pillars of Society[/, [Pebbles on the Shore[/, [Leaves in the Wind[/, and [Many Furrows[/ are some of his best known writings.

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An excerpt from “On Superstitions”:
I am not sure that I could go into the witness-box and swear that I am wholly immune to these idle superstitions myself. It is true that of all the buses in London, that numbered 13 chances to be the one that I constantly use, and I do not remember, until now, ever to have associated the superstition with it. And certainly I have never had anything but the most civil treatment from it. It is as well behaved a bus, and as free from unpleasant associations as any on the road. I would not change its number if I had the power to do so. But there are other circumstances of which I should find it less easy to clear myself of suspicion under cross examination. I never see a ladder against a house side without feeling that it is advisable to walk round it rather than under it. I say to myself that this is not homage to a foolish superstition, but a duty to my family. One must think of one’s family. The fellow at the top of the ladder may drop anything. He may even drop himself. He may have had too much to drink. He may be a victim of epileptic fits, and epileptic fits, as everyone knows, come on at the most unseasonable times and places. It is a mere measure of ordinary safety to walk round the ladder. No man is justified in inviting danger in order to flaunt his superiority to an idle fancy. Moreover, probably that fancy has its roots in the common-sense fact that a man on a ladder does occasionally drop things. No doubt many of our superstitions have these commonplace and sensible origins. I imagine, for example, that the Jewish objection to pork as unclean on religious grounds is only due to the fact that in Eastern climates it is unclean on physical grounds.

All the same, I suspect that when I walk round the ladder I am rather glad that I have such respectable and unassailable reasons for doing so. Even if—conscious of this suspicion and ashamed to admit it to myself—I walk under the ladder I am not quite sure that I have not done so as a kind of negative concession to the superstition. I have challenged it rather than been unconscious of it. There is only one way of dodging the absurd dilemma, and that is to walk through the ladder. This is not easy. In the same way I am sensible of a certain satisfaction when I see the new moon in the open rather than through glass, and over my right shoulder rather than my left. I would not for any consideration arrange these things consciously; but if they happen so I fancy I am better pleased than if they do not. And on these occasions I have even caught my hand—which chanced to be in my pocket at the time—turning over money, a little surreptitiously I thought, but still undeniably turning it. Hands have habits of their own and one can’t always be watching them.

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Garland, Hamlin: A Daughter of the Middle Border. v1, 2 Jan 2008

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Hamlin Garland is one of the pioneers in American realistic local-color fiction. "A Daughter of the Middle Border" won the Pulitzer prize for the best American biography of the year in 1922.

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Garland, Hamlin: A Daughter of the Middle Border. V1. 15 Aug 2010

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Hannibal Hamlin Garland (September 14, 1860 – March 4, 1940) was an American novelist, poet, essayist, and short story writer. He is best known for his fiction involving hard-working Midwestern farmers.

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This book in this edition won the 1922 Pulitzer Prize for Literature in the “Biography or Autobiography” category.

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Garland, Hamlin: A Little Norsk. V1. 17 Aug 2010

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Hannibal Hamlin Garland (September 14, 1860 – March 4, 1940) was an American novelist, poet, essayist, and short story writer. He is best known for his fiction involving hard-working Midwestern farmers.

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"Ans, the next time you twist hay f'r the fire, I wish't you'd dodge the damp spots," said the cook, rising from a prolonged scrutiny of the stove and the bread in the oven. His pose was threatening.
"Cooks are always grumblin'," calmly remarked Anson, drawing on his gloves preparatory to going out to the barn; "but seein' 's this is Chris'mus, I'll go out an' knock a barrel to pieces. I want them biscuit to be O.K. See?"

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Garland, Hamlin: A Son of the Middle Border. V1. 19 Aug 2010

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Hannibal Hamlin Garland (September 14, 1860 – March 4, 1940) was an American novelist, poet, essayist, and short story writer. He is best known for his fiction involving hard-working Midwestern farmers.

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In the spring of 1898, after finishing my LIFE OF ULYSSES S. GRANT, I began to plan to go into the Klondike over the Telegraph Trail. One day in showing the maps of my route to William Dean Howells, I said, "I shall go in here and come out there," a trail of nearly twelve hundred miles through an almost unknown country. As I uttered this I suddenly realized that I was starting on a path holding many perils and that I might not come back.

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Garland, Hamlin: A Spoil of Office. V1. 21 21 Aug 2010

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Hannibal Hamlin Garland (September 14, 1860 – March 4, 1940) was an American novelist, poet, essayist, and short story writer. He is best known for his fiction involving hard-working Midwestern farmers.

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In this story of "A Spoil of Office" it was my intention to treat life as it would present itself to a young Western man of humble condition, who should set himself to the task of winning a political success. I have therefore maintained with considerable care the point of view of Bradley Talcott. Such a design loses in variety but gains, it seems to me, in unity and continuity of movement.

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Garland, Hamlin: Cavanaugh Forest Ranger. V1. 15 Aug 2010

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Hannibal Hamlin Garland (September 14, 1860 – March 4, 1940) was an American novelist, poet, essayist, and short story writer. He is best known for his fiction involving hard-working Midwestern farmers.

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Lee Virginia Wetherford began her return journey into the mountain West with exultation. From the moment she opened her car-window that August morning in Nebraska the plain called to her, sustained her illusions. It was all quite as big, as tawny, as she remembered it—fit arena for the epic deeds in which her father had been a leader bold and free.

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Garland, Hamlin: Main-Travelled Roads. V1. 17 Aug 2010

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Hannibal Hamlin Garland (September 14, 1860 – March 4, 1940) was an American novelist, poet, essayist, and short story writer. He is best known for his fiction involving hard-working Midwestern farmers.

A Branch Road
Up the Coulee
Among the Corn Rows
The Return of a Private
Under the Lion's Paw
The Creamery Man
A Day's Pleasure
Mrs Ripley's Trip
Uncle Ethan Ripley
God's Ravens
A "Good Fellow's" Wife

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Garland, Hamlin: Money Magic. V1. 18 Aug 2010

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Hannibal Hamlin Garland (September 14, 1860 – March 4, 1940) was an American novelist, poet, essayist, and short story writer. He is best known for his fiction involving hard-working Midwestern farmers.

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Sibley Junction is in the sub-tropic zone of Colorado. It lies in a hot, dry, but immensely productive valley at an altitude of some four thousand feet above the sea, a village laced with irrigating ditches, shaded by big cotton-wood-trees, and beat upon by a genial, generous-minded sun. The boarders at the Golden Eagle Hotel can sit on the front stoop and see the snow-filled ravines of the mountains to the south, and almost hear the thunder crashing round old Uncompahgre, even when the broad leaves above their heads are pulseless and the heat of the mid-day light is a cataract of molten metal.

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Garland, Hamlin: Other Main-Travelled Roads. V1. 18 Aug 2010

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Hannibal Hamlin Garland (September 14, 1860 – March 4, 1940) was an American novelist, poet, essayist, and short story writer. He is best known for his fiction involving hard-working Midwestern farmers.

William Bacon's Man
Elder Pill, Preacher
A Day of Grace
Lucretia Burns
Daddy Deering
A Stop-Over at Tyre
A Division in the Coolly
A Fair Exile
An Alien in the Pines
Before the Low Green Door
A Preacher's Love Story

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Garland, Hamlin: Prairie Folks. V1. 18 Aug 2010

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Hannibal Hamlin Garland (September 14, 1860 – March 4, 1940) was an American novelist, poet, essayist, and short story writer. He is best known for his fiction involving hard-working Midwestern farmers.

UNCLE ETHAN'S SPECULATION
THE TEST OF ELDER PILL
WILLIAM BACON'S HIRED MAN
SIM BURNS'S WIFE
SATURDAY NIGHT ON THE FARM
VILLAGE CRONIES
DRIFTING CRANE
OLD DADDY DEERING
THE SOCIABLE AT DUDLEY'S

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Garland, Hamlin: The Captain of the Gray-Horse Troop: V1. 20 Aug 2010

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Hannibal Hamlin Garland (September 14, 1860 – March 4, 1940) was an American novelist, poet, essayist, and short story writer. He is best known for his fiction involving hard-working Midwestern farmers.

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Winter in the upper heights of the Bear Tooth Range is a glittering desolation of snow with a flaming blue sky above. Nothing moves, nothing utters a sound, save the cony at the mouth of the spiral shaft, which sinks to his deeply buried den in the rocks. The peaks are like marble domes, set high in the pathway of the sun by day and thrust amid the stars by night. The firs seem hopeless under their ever-increasing burdens. The streams are silenced—only the wind is abroad in the waste, the tireless, pitiless wind, fanged like ingratitude, insatiate as fire.

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Garland, Hamlin: The Eagle's Heart. V1. 16 Aug 2010

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Hannibal Hamlin Garland (September 14, 1860 – March 4, 1940) was an American novelist, poet, essayist, and short story writer. He is best known for his fiction involving hard-working Midwestern farmers.

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Harold was about ten years of age when his father, the Rev. Mr. Excell, took the pastorate of the First Church in Rock River. Many of the people in his first congregation remarked upon "the handsome lad." The clear brown of his face, his big yellow-brown eyes, his slender hands, and the grace of his movements gave him distinction quite aside from that arising from his connection with the minister.

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Garland, Hamlin: The Forester's Daughter. V1. 16 Aug 2010

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Hannibal Hamlin Garland (September 14, 1860 – March 4, 1940) was an American novelist, poet, essayist, and short story writer. He is best known for his fiction involving hard-working Midwestern farmers.

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Finally, I warn the reader that this is merely the very slender story of a young Western girl who, being desired of three strong men, bestows her love on a “tourist” whose weakness is at once her allurement and her care. The administration problem, the sociologic theme, which was to have made the novel worth while, got lost in some way on the low trail and never caught up with the lovers. I’m sorry—but so it was!

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Garland, Hamlin: The Light of the Star. V1. 16 Aug 2010

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Hannibal Hamlin Garland (September 14, 1860 – March 4, 1940) was an American novelist, poet, essayist, and short story writer. He is best known for his fiction involving hard-working Midwestern farmers.

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After the appointment with Miss Merival reached him (through the hand of her manager), young Douglass grew feverishly impatient of the long days which lay between. Waiting became a species of heroism. Each morning he reread his manuscript and each evening found him at the theatre, partly to while away the time, but mainly in order that he might catch some clew to the real woman behind the shining mask. His brain was filled with the light of the star—her radiance dazzled him.

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Garland, Hamlin: The Moccasin Ranch. V1. 17 Aug 2010

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Hannibal Hamlin Garland (September 14, 1860 – March 4, 1940) was an American novelist, poet, essayist, and short story writer. He is best known for his fiction involving hard-working Midwestern farmers.

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Early in the gray and red dawn of a March morning in 1883, two wagons moved slowly out of Boomtown, the two-year-old "giant of the plains." As the teams drew past the last house, the strangeness of the scene appealed irresistibly to the newly arrived immigrants. The town lay behind them on the level, treeless plain like a handful of blocks pitched upon a russet robe. Its houses were mainly shanties of pine, one-story in height, while here and there actual tents gleamed in the half-light with infinite suggestion of America's restless pioneers.

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Garland, Hamlin: The Shadow World. V1. 19 Aug 2010

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Hannibal Hamlin Garland (September 14, 1860 – March 4, 1940) was an American novelist, poet, essayist, and short story writer. He is best known for his fiction involving hard-working Midwestern farmers.

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This book is a faithful record, so far as I can make it, of the most marvellous phenomena which have come under my observation during the last sixteen or seventeen years. I have used my notes (made immediately after the sittings) and also my reports to the American Psychical Society (of which I was at one time a director) as the basis of my story. For literary purposes I have substituted fictitious names for real names, and imaginary characters for the actual individuals concerned; but I have not allowed these necessary expedients to interfere with the precise truth of the account.

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Garland, Hamlin: The Spirit of Sweetwater. V1. 20 Aug 2010

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Hannibal Hamlin Garland (September 14, 1860 – March 4, 1940) was an American novelist, poet, essayist, and short story writer. He is best known for his fiction involving hard-working Midwestern farmers.

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One spring day a young man of good mental furnishing and very slender purse walked over the shoulder of Mount Mogallon and down the trail to Gold Creek. He walked because the stage fare seemed too high.

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Garland, Hamlin: The Trail of the Goldseekers. V1. 22 Aug 2010

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Hannibal Hamlin Garland (September 14, 1860 – March 4, 1940) was an American novelist, poet, essayist, and short story writer. He is best known for his fiction involving hard-working Midwestern farmers.

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A little over a year ago a small steamer swung to at a Seattle wharf, and emptied a flood of eager passengers upon the dock. It was an obscure craft, making infrequent trips round the Aleutian Islands (which form the farthest western point of the United States) to the mouth of a practically unknown river called the Yukon, which empties into the ocean near the post of St. Michaels, on the northwestern coast of Alaska.

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Garland, Hamlin: They of the High Trails. V1. 21 Aug 2010

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Hannibal Hamlin Garland (September 14, 1860 – March 4, 1940) was an American novelist, poet, essayist, and short story writer. He is best known for his fiction involving hard-working Midwestern farmers.

THE GRUB-STAKER
THE COW-BOSS
THE REMITTANCE MAN
THE LONESOME MAN
THE TRAIL TRAMP
THE PROSPECTOR
THE OUTLAW
THE LEASER
THE FOREST RANGER

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Garland, Hamlin: Wayside Courtships. V1. 23 Aug 2010

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Hannibal Hamlin Garland (September 14, 1860 – March 4, 1940) was an American novelist, poet, essayist, and short story writer. He is best known for his fiction involving hard-working Midwestern farmers.

AT THE BEGINNING
A PREACHER'S LOVE STORY
A MEETING IN THE FOOTHILLS
A STOP-OVER AT TYRE
AN ALIEN IN THE PINES
THE OWNER OF THE MILL FARM
OF THOSE WHO SEEK
BEFORE THE LOW GREEN DOOR
UPON IMPULSE
THE END OF LOVE IS LOVE OF LOVE

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Garrity, Jeff: Mars Girl. v2, 13 Sep 2008

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This is a book by Jeff Garrity, jgarrity hereabouts, released under a Creative Common license, converted from the HTML available at his marsgirl.us website.

The HTML was cleaned up a little, and a table of contents and cover added.

I haven't read it yet myself, so I can't comment on the story. There's already an LRF version, uploaded a few days ago by Madam Broshkina.

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Fixed chapter numbering problems, added copyright statement. HTML uploaded to "Other Books". Previous Views count: 24

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Garth, Will: Will Garth Sampler. V1. 20 Sep 2012

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Will Garth: Used As Alternate Name By : Edmond Hamilton, Henry Kuttner, Mort Weisinger, Otto Binder , unknown, Norman A. Daniels, August Derleth

MEN OF HONOR
CELLAR OF SKULLS
THE DAY OF DEBTS

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Garvice, Charles: Adrien Leroy. V1. 31 Aug 2010

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Charles Andrew Garvice (24 August 1850 - 1 March 1920) was a prolific and popular author of romance novels in Britain, the United States and translated around the world. By 1913 he was selling 1.75 million books annually, a pace which he maintained at least until his death. Garvice published over 150 novels selling over seven million copies worldwide by 1914. He was ‘the most successful novelist in England’, according to Arnold Bennett in 1910. Despite his enormous success, he was poorly received by literary critics, and is almost forgotten today.

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It was a cold night in early spring, and the West End streets were nearly deserted. The great shutters of the shops were being drawn down with a dull rumble, and every moment the pavements grew more dreary looking as the glories of the plate-glass windows were hidden.
Tired workers with haggard faces were making their way homeward; to them the day was at an end. But to the occupants of the whirring taxis and smart motors, as they sped westward, the round of their day was but half-way through; for them, the great ones of the earth, the all-important hour of dinner was at hand.

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Garvice, Charles: At Love's Cost. V1. 31 Aug 2010

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Charles Andrew Garvice (24 August 1850 - 1 March 1920) was a prolific and popular author of romance novels in Britain, the United States and translated around the world. By 1913 he was selling 1.75 million books annually, a pace which he maintained at least until his death. Garvice published over 150 novels selling over seven million copies worldwide by 1914. He was ‘the most successful novelist in England’, according to Arnold Bennett in 1910. Despite his enormous success, he was poorly received by literary critics, and is almost forgotten today.

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"Until this moment I have never fully realised how great an ass a man can be. When I think that this morning I scurried through what might have been a decent breakfast, left my comfortable diggings, and was cooped up in a train for seven hours, that I am now driving in a pelting rain through, so far as I can see for the mist, what appears to be a howling wilderness, I ask myself if I am still in possession of my senses. I ask myself why I should commit such lurid folly. Last night I was sitting over the fire with a book—for it was cold, though not so cold as this," the speaker shivered and dragged the collar of his overcoat still higher—"at peace with all the world, with Omar purring placidly by my side, and my soul wrapped in that serenity which belongs to a man who has long since rid himself of that inconvenient appendage—a conscience, and has hit upon the right brand of cigarettes, and now—"

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Garvice, Charles: Nell, of Shorne Mills. V1. 31 Aug 2010

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Charles Andrew Garvice (24 August 1850 - 1 March 1920) was a prolific and popular author of romance novels in Britain, the United States and translated around the world. By 1913 he was selling 1.75 million books annually, a pace which he maintained at least until his death. Garvice published over 150 novels selling over seven million copies worldwide by 1914. He was ‘the most successful novelist in England’, according to Arnold Bennett in 1910. Despite his enormous success, he was poorly received by literary critics, and is almost forgotten today.

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"Dick, how many are twenty-seven and eight?"
The girl looked up, with narrow eyes and puckered brow, from the butcher's book, which she was laboriously "checking," at the boy who leaned back on the window seat picking out a tune on a banjo.

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Garvice, Charles: The Woman's Way. V1. 1 Sep 2010

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Charles Andrew Garvice (24 August 1850 - 1 March 1920) was a prolific and popular author of romance novels in Britain, the United States and translated around the world. By 1913 he was selling 1.75 million books annually, a pace which he maintained at least until his death. Garvice published over 150 novels selling over seven million copies worldwide by 1914. He was ‘the most successful novelist in England’, according to Arnold Bennett in 1910. Despite his enormous success, he was poorly received by literary critics, and is almost forgotten today.

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Celia climbed up the steps to her room slowly; not because she was very tired, but because her room was nearly at the top of Brown's Buildings and she had learnt that, at any rate, it was well to begin slowly. It was only the milk boy and the paper boy who ran up the stairs, and they generally whistled or sang as they ran, heedless of feminine reproofs or masculine curses. There was no lift at Brown's; its steps were as stony and as steep as those of which Dante complained; the rail on which Celia's hand rested occasionally was of iron; and Brown's whitewashed corridors, devoid of ornament, were so severe as to resemble those of a prison; indeed, more than one of the inhabitants of the Buildings spoke of them, with grim facetiousness, as The Jail. Without having to pause to gain her breath, for at twenty-two, when you are well and strong, even sixty steep steps do not matter very much, Celia unlocked a door, bearing the number "105," and entered her room.

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Gask, Arthur: Cloud, the Smiter. V1. 5 June 2012

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Cloud, The Smiter
by Arthur Gask (1926)

Arthur Cecil Gask (1872-1951) was born in London and practised as a dental surgeon for more than forty years in England and Australia. Following retirement in 1933 he devoted himself to writing. He died in North Adelaide, South Australia.

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The first novel featuring Gilbert Larose, this is the story of a Master-Criminal and his associates in crime. How, for years they defied all the forces of law and order in the great Commonwealth of Australia, how they plotted in the obscurity of a lonely bungalow by the sea and how finally they were run to earth by minds more subtle even than their own. A tale of thrilling interest, it tells how one word spoken on a lonely road at night proved the undoing of the whole band and loosed the avalanche that engulfed them all.

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Gask, Arthur: Gentlmen of Crime. V1. 27 June 2012

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Gentlemen of Crime
by Arthur Gask (1932)

Arthur Cecil Gask (1872-1951) was born in London and practised as a dental surgeon for more than forty years in England and Australia. Following retirement in 1933 he devoted himself to writing. He died in North Adelaide, South Australia.

(Featuring Gilbert Larose)

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A millionaire residing in an old castle in Norfolk is forced to pay over large sums of money to an unknown gang of racketeers and secretly he calls to his assistance some of the greatest detectives and the most notorious criminals in the world. We meet the incomparable Gilbert Larose, the mighty Naughton Jones, Hidou the sewer-rat of Paris, and Raphael Croupin the merry international thief, and many others.

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Gask, Arthur: His Prey Was Man. V1. 12 Oct 2012

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His Prey Was Man
by Arthur Gask (1942)

Arthur Cecil Gask (1872-1951) was born in London and practised as a dental surgeon for more than forty years in England and Australia. Following retirement in 1933 he devoted himself to writing. He died in North Adelaide, South Australia.

(Featuring Gilbert Larose)

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A lovely young wife with a shameful secret was being heartlessly blackmailed. In desperation she appealed to Gilbert Larose, an audacious, resolute man who, many times before, had not hesitated to take the law in his own hands.

Larose approached the blackmailer with grim and fearful threats, and the next night the man was found shot in the lonely glade of a dark wood. The blackmailer, however, had shared his knowledge. Again the young wife was in danger, and, to make matters worse, Larose was suspected of murder. But what happened to him and how Justice, if not the Law, was satisfied forms another long, thrilling and highly dramatic episode in the career of Gilbert Larose, “the most famous crime investigator in fiction.”

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Gask, Arthur: The Beachy Head Murder. V1. 13 Oct 2012

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The Beachy Head Murder
by Arthur Gask (1941)

Arthur Cecil Gask (1872-1951) was born in London and practised as a dental surgeon for more than forty years in England and Australia. Following retirement in 1933 he devoted himself to writing. He died in North Adelaide, South Australia.

(Featuring Gilbert Larose)

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The Beachy Head Murder tells the absorbing story of a crime perpetrated and atoned for, and of the later sequel in which the all but perfect murder was committed. Larose, however, was not deceived. Gifted with a profound insight into human nature and possessed of astonishing powers of observation, he identified the murderer and, in the dramatic climax, dispensed his own brand of justice.

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Gask, Arthur: The Dark Highway. V1. 26 June 2012

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The Dark Highway
by Arthur Gask (1928)

Arthur Cecil Gask (1872-1951) was born in London and practised as a dental surgeon for more than forty years in England and Australia. Following retirement in 1933 he devoted himself to writing. He died in North Adelaide, South Australia.

(Featuring Gilbert Larose)

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They were the last words Eli Barton ever spoke. There was a sudden flash of fire from behind the small car in the shadows—the loud crack of a revolver fired at close range, and the great cattle king dropped lifeless upon the sands of the Coorong with a bullet in his brain.

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Gask, Arthur: The Dark Mill Stream. V2. 9 February 2013

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Gask, Arthur: The Dark Mill Stream (1947)

Arthur Cecil Gask (10 July 1869—25 June 1951), dentist and novelist, was born on 10 July 1869 at St Marylebone, London, fourth of five children of Charles Gask, merchant, and his wife Fanny, née Edis.[1]

Gask emigrated to Adelaide, South Australia in 1920, where he set up practice as a dentist. He began writing crime fiction while waiting for his patients and in 1921 paid for the publication of his first novel, The Secret of the Sandhills, which was an immediate success.

Over a period of forty years Gask wrote over thirty books as well as contributing short stories to The Mail in Adelaide. Most of his novels described the activities of a detective, Gilbert Larose, in solving crimes. Gask's work was translated into several European languages, serialised in newspapers and broadcast on radio. He also wrote short stories.
—Information adapted from Wikipedia

This book, by some accounts, is the 21st of the Gilbert Larose Mysteries. I have added the cover at the front, deleted the second internal copy of the cover, updated some formatting and added “curly quotes.” At the suggestion of bobcdy, I have indented the paragraphs and slightly decreased the paragraph spacing. Any other criticisms, suggestions, and the like would be appreciated.

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A large sum of money was stolen from a London bank and hidden in an old mill in a lonely and unfrequented part of Essex. It is found by two men already deep in crime, and the dreadful murder of one of them follows.

Gilbert Larose, the one-time great international detective, when discovery seems well-nigh impossible, nevertheless, picks up the trail—almost from what he hears in the whisperings of the wind—and it leads him to an important country gentleman living in an historic mansion in Norfolk.

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Gask, Arthur: The Grave-digger of Monks Arden. V1. 11 Oct 2012

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The Grave-digger of Monks Arden
by Arthur Gask (1938)

Arthur Cecil Gask (1872-1951) was born in London and practised as a dental surgeon for more than forty years in England and Australia. Following retirement in 1933 he devoted himself to writing. He died in North Adelaide, South Australia.

(Featuring Gilbert Larose)

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In Colchester a recently bereaved husband sees in a shop-window a plaster-cast made from a death mask of his dead wife. He is sure no death mask of her was ever taken; and in great distress, asks Gilbert Larose, the famous investigator, to solve the mystery. Larose is soon upon the track of a sinister figure, but immediately he finds the trail crossing that of a far greater criminal who believes he has committed two murders and will never be found out.

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Gask, Arthur: The Hangman's Knot. V1. 2 August 2012

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The Hangman's Knot
by Arthur Gask (1936)

Arthur Cecil Gask (1872-1951) was born in London and practised as a dental surgeon for more than forty years in England and Australia. Following retirement in 1933 he devoted himself to writing. He died in North Adelaide, South Australia.

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Gilbert Larose is again called from retirement to solve a mystery—if anything, a mystery more baffling than those which have made his name in the past. Six murders in seven weeks and Scotland Yard is helpless. The crimes give no clue—not even a similarity of method to connect them. Just the whine of a bullet, the stab of a knife or the crash of a bludgeon, and the murderer has slunk back into the blackness of the night. Six times in seven weeks a coroner's jury returns the verdict “Murder by some person or persons unknown.”

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Gask, Arthur: The Hidden Door. V1. 12 June 2012

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The Hidden Door
by Arthur Gask (1934)

Arthur Cecil Gask (1872-1951) was born in London and practised as a dental surgeon for more than forty years in England and Australia. Following retirement in 1933 he devoted himself to writing. He died in North Adelaide, South Australia.

Synopsis:
Featuring Gilbert Larose.

During a few short weeks, four persons residing in adjoining towns and villages upon the coast of Suffolk had mysteriously disappeared from their homes, leaving no traces behind them. The local authorities were disinclined to move in the matter, but Scotland Yard was doubtful if all these disappearances could be merely coincidences, and despatched Gilbert Larose to determine if the country-side were not choking under the grip of an unknown and bloody assassin.

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Gask, Arthur: The House on the Fens. V1. 5 June 2012

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The House on the Fens
by Arthur Gask (1932)

Arthur Cecil Gask (1872-1951) was born in London and practised as a dental surgeon for more than forty years in England and Australia. Following retirement in 1933 he devoted himself to writing. He died in North Adelaide, South Australia.

Synopsis:
Featuring Gilbert Larose.

But for the timely intervention of Inspector Stone, Gilbert Larose, who
has brought an end to many a dangerous criminal, might himself have been
arrested for murder. As it was, the weight of evidence was
overwhelmingly against him, and he was compelled to bring into play all
his wit and resource in an effort to establish his own innocence.

His researches led him to a dark, lonely, jealously-guarded house deeply
hidden in the Norfolk fens where he stumbled upon the triple mystery of
a rich recluse, a criminal impersonation and a girl in dire distress.
Regardless of danger and his own interests he decided to probe the
affair to its depths.

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Gask, Arthur: The House on the Island. V1. 12 June 2012

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The House on the Island
by Arthur Gask (1932)

Arthur Cecil Gask (1872-1951) was born in London and practised as a dental surgeon for more than forty years in England and Australia. Following retirement in 1933 he devoted himself to writing. He died in North Adelaide, South Australia.

Synopsis:
Featuring Gilbert Larose.

Excerpt: "...For six months the towns and country-side of the Eastern Counties have been terrorised by a bandit who robs and kills upon the slightest provocation. Upon eleven separate occasions since January last we have had to record his deeds of crime. He has attacked banks and private dwelling places and his successes have been as monotonous as have been the failures of the police to apprehend him. Now,—we have a right to ask and we intend to press home our question,—who is this man who hovers like a baleful shadow over the land, what are his resources that he can ride every time through the cordon that surrounds him, and who are his confederates that they can baffle all attempts at their uncovering?"

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Gask, Arthur: The Judgement of Larose. V1. 7 July 2012

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The Judgement of Larose
by Arthur Gask (1934)

Arthur Cecil Gask (1872-1951) was born in London and practised as a dental surgeon for more than forty years in England and Australia. Following retirement in 1933 he devoted himself to writing. He died in North Adelaide, South Australia.

(Featuring Gilbert Larose)

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Excerpt: “These last three days have been a perfect nightmare for everyone. The place has been full of policemen and detectives, and now, to cap all, we hear that the terrible Gilbert Larose is coming, and that always means, so Mr. Slim says, a hanging for someone. Mr. Slim—he is the butler here—calls Gilbert Larose the 'Angel of Death,' and says he is the greatest detective in all the world, and that once he is on the spot they will find the murderer at once.”

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Gask, Arthur: The Lonely House. V1. 5 June 2012

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The Lonely House
by Arthur Gask (1929)

Arthur Cecil Gask (1872-1951) was born in London and practised as a dental surgeon for more than forty years in England and Australia. Following retirement in 1933 he devoted himself to writing. He died in North Adelaide, South Australia.

Synopsis:
Featuring Gilbert Larose.
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It was a silent house, as still and silent as the grave.

Its door had never opened, he had seen no faces from its window and no smoke had ever issued from its chimneys--yet in the falling light of dusk that evening it had flashed to him, as lightning flashes through the blackness of a midnight sky, that human beings were in hiding there.

And their hiding had been the closer because they had seen him watching.

Then they were evil-doers--they were creatures of crime.

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Gask, Arthur: The Master Spy. V1. 29 August 2012

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The Master Spy
by Arthur Gask (1937)

Arthur Cecil Gask (1872-1951) was born in London and practised as a dental surgeon for more than forty years in England and Australia. Following retirement in 1933 he devoted himself to writing. He died in North Adelaide, South Australia.

(Featuring Gilbert Larose)

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When Gilbert Larose, one-time Australian detective, but now lord of a famous English manor, is approached by the British Secret Service for help on a dangerous mission, all his good resolutions to remain in retirement are forgotten. An elusive master spy of a foreign Power is stealing England's most vital defence secrets; detail after detail of new plans are being carried across the Channel, and the Secret Service is powerless to stop the leakage.

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Gask, Arthur: The Night of the Storm. V1. 11 Oct 2012

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The Night of the Storm
by Arthur Gask (1937)

Arthur Cecil Gask (1872-1951) was born in London and practised as a dental surgeon for more than forty years in England and Australia. Following retirement in 1933 he devoted himself to writing. He died in North Adelaide, South Australia.

(Featuring Gilbert Larose)

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“Yes, they are all three as pretty as pictures,” said the Superintendent, scowling, “but I'll stake my life one of them killed the man.” He spoke slowly and deliberately. “They come of the best stock in the land, by birth and breeding they should be above reproach, and yet it is as clear as daylight to me that one of them has stooped to a guilty passion, and then, for some reason turning upon her lover, has sent him into eternity with the callousness of a butcher slaughtering a sheep.”

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Gask, Arthur: The Poison Goblet. V2. 21 August 2012

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The Poison Goblet
by Arthur Gask (1935)

Arthur Cecil Gask (1872-1951) was born in London and practised as a dental surgeon for more than forty years in England and Australia. Following retirement in 1933 he devoted himself to writing. He died in North Adelaide, South Australia.

Synopsis:
Featuring Gilbert Larose.

Larose has figured in a number of successful stories but in none so successful as The Poisoned Goblet, which tells of the efforts of a gang of men to kidnap the child of Lady Ardane. Larose takes a hand and immediately finds himself faced with one of the most puzzling and certainly one of the most hazardous cases of his career.

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Gask, Arthur: The Shadow of Larose. V1. 11 June 2012

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The Shadow of Larose
by Arthur Gask (1930)

Arthur Cecil Gask (1872-1951) was born in London and practised as a dental surgeon for more than forty years in England and Australia. Following retirement in 1933 he devoted himself to writing. He died in North Adelaide, South Australia.

Synopsis:
Featuring Gilbert Larose.

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"I had seen the wretch I was following participate in a brutal murder, and every instinct of good citizenship in me was insisting that he should not get away unpunished.... Perhaps we waited 30 seconds face to face. His lips had closed tight together, his shoulders had sunk a little, his head poised like a runner before a race, his hands—but then I pressed my trigger finger, and a .22 long rifle bullet crumpled him up."

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Gask, Arthur: The Silent Dead. V1. 8 August 2012

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The Silent Dead
by Arthur Gask (1950)

Arthur Cecil Gask (1872-1951) was born in London and practised as a dental surgeon for more than forty years in England and Australia. Following retirement in 1933 he devoted himself to writing. He died in North Adelaide, South Australia.

(Featuring Gilbert Larose)

Synopsis:
A young and beautiful wife, happily married, is hiding two secrets of which she is determined her husband must never learn. The one man who discovers these secrets and threatens exposure meets with death under mysterious circumstances, and she is suspected of murder. Then Gilbert Larose, Scotland Yard's most famous detective, intervenes. But, although Larose becomes convinced of the innocence of a courageous woman and dramatically learns the truth about her past, even he is unable to unmask the killer.

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Gask, Arthur: The Storm Breaks. V1. 13 August 2012

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The Storm Breaks
by Arthur Gask (1949)

Arthur Cecil Gask (1872-1951) was born in London and practised as a dental surgeon for more than forty years in England and Australia. Following retirement in 1933 he devoted himself to writing. He died in North Adelaide, South Australia.

(Featuring Gilbert Larose)

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An attractive and aristocratic-looking girl of apparently quite ordinary origin has always had good reason to believe she was not the daughter of her mother's husband. Losing both her parents, she seeks her fortune in London, makes her way into the social world and marries into a titled family. Then, through no fault of her own, she becomes involved in the death of a scoundrel who was attempting to blackmail her. Thanks to the help of the one-time great detective, Gilbert Larose, she at first eludes the law, though Scotland Yard is quite certain that she is the guilty woman.

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Gask, Arthur: The Tragedy of the Silver Moon. V1. 31 January 2013

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Gask, Arthur: The Tragedy of the Silver Moon (1940)

Arthur Cecil Gask (10 July 1869—25 June 1951), dentist and novelist, was born on 10 July 1869 at St Marylebone, London, fourth of five children of Charles Gask, merchant, and his wife Fanny, née Edis.[1]

Gask emigrated to Adelaide, South Australia in 1920, where he set up practice as a dentist. He began writing crime fiction while waiting for his patients and in 1921 paid for the publication of his first novel, The Secret of the Sandhills, which was an immediate success.

Over a period of forty years Gask wrote over thirty books as well as contributing short stories to The Mail in Adelaide. Most of his novels described the activities of a detective, Gilbert Larose, in solving crimes. Gask's work was translated into several European languages, serialised in newspapers and broadcast on radio. He also wrote short stories.
—Information adapted from Wikipedia

This book, by some accounts, is the 17th of the Gilbert Larose Mysteries. I have added the cover at the front, deleted the second internal copy of the cover, updated some formatting and added “curly quotes.” This is my first submission to MobileRead and I would appreciate any criticisms, suggestions, and the like.

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An unknown assassin is at work in London: five persons have already met their deaths—treacherously, mysteriously. An anonymous letter defies Larose to unmask the cowardly criminal. Gladly does Larose accept the challenge and, by dint of brilliant deduction, the master detective finally runs his quarry to earth.

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Gask, Arthur: The Vengeance of Larose. V1. 11 June 2012

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The Vengeance of Larose
by Arthur Gask (1930)

Arthur Cecil Gask (1872-1951) was born in London and practised as a dental surgeon for more than forty years in England and Australia. Following retirement in 1933 he devoted himself to writing. He died in North Adelaide, South Australia.

Synopsis:
Featuring Gilbert Larose.

When Arthur Gask was writing 'The Vengeance of Larose,' his new mystery story, England stood on the brink of war. The blow has fallen now, and it is singularly appropriate that Mr. Gask chose for his theme the attempt of a ruthless dictator to demoralise the English before the armies entered the field. He has delegated Gilbert Larose, the brilliant Australian detective, to avert the war of fiction. Larose's flair for tempering justice with expediency is well known, and when a grave peril threatens England he lets nothing stand between the means and the end.

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Gaskell, Elizabeth et al.: Stories of Successful Marriages. V1. 3 Sep 2009

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George Augustus Moore (24 February 1852 – 21 January 1933) was an Irish novelist, short-story writer, poet, art critic, memoirist and dramatist. Moore came from a Roman Catholic landed family. He originally wanted to be a painter, and studied art in Paris during the 1870s. There, he befriended many of the leading French artists and writers of the day.
As a naturalistic writer, he was amongst the first English-language authors to absorb the lessons of the French realists, and was particularly influenced by the works of Émile Zola. His writings influenced James Joyce, according to the literary critic and biographer Richard Ellmann, and, although Moore's work is sometimes seen as outside the mainstream of both Irish and British literature, he is as often regarded as the first great modern Irish novelist.

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Mr and Mrs Openshaw came from Manchester to settle in London. He had been, what is called in Lancashire, a salesman for a large manufacturing firm, who were extending their business, and opening a warehouse in the city; where Mr Openshaw was now to superintend their affairs. He rather enjoyed the change; having a kind of curiosity about London, which he had never yet been able to gratify in his brief visits to the metropolis. At the same time, he had an odd, shrewd contempt for the inhabitants, whom he always pictured to himself as fine, lazy people, caring nothing but for fashion and aristocracy, and lounging away their days in Bond Street, and such places; ruining good English, and ready in their turn to despise him as a provincial. The hours that the men of business kept in the city scandalized him too, accustomed as he was to the early dinners of Manchester folk and the consequently far longer evenings. Still, he was pleased to go to London, though he would not for the world have confessed it,

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Gaskell, Elizabeth: A Dark Night's Work. v1 21 Nov 2014

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Elizabeth Gaskell was a Victorian writer, mother, wife of a Unitarian minister, colleague and rival of Charles Dickens, and social activist. She was born in London in 1810, the daughter of a Unitarian minister. Her mother died soon after the birth, and she was raised by an aunt in Knutsford. Her happy memories of Knutsford inspired [Cranford[/, her best known work. In 1832 she married William Gaskell, and they settled in the industrial city of Manchester where she lived until shortly before her death in 1865, busy in motherhood and being a minister's wife. The death of her only son in infancy strengthened her sense of identity with the poor and her desire to relieve their suffering, and her husband encouraged her to write. Her most prominent traits were compassion and tolerance.

There are several strands woven into this sombre novella including the pervasive class distinctions of the time, the dangers of indulging children, devoted servants, bereavements, and suffering due to being accessories after the fact of manslaughter. But there is a happy ending.

The source text was Project Gutenberg 2522-h.htm, checked against a pdf of the 1863 Smith, Elder and Co. edition from the Internet Archive. I have silently corrected typos, curled quotes, restored diacritics and italics, used ritish English, set off letters and documents as blockquotes, and made changes to spelling, punctuation, and hyphenation using oxforddictionaries.com.

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Gaskell, Elizabeth: Cousin Phillis and Other Tales (Illustrated). v1 13 August 2014

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Elizabeth Gaskell was a Victorian writer, mother, wife of a Unitarian minister, and social activist.

She was born in London in 1810, the daughter of a Unitarian minister. After her mother's death when she was four she was raised by an aunt in Knutsford, and her happy memories of Knutsford inspired [Cranford[/, her best known work.

In 1832 she married William Gaskell, and they settled in the industrial city of Manchester where she lived until shortly before her death in 1865, busy in motherhood and being a minister's wife. The death of her only son in infancy strengthened her sense of identity with the poor and her desire to relieve their
suffering, and her husband encouraged her to write. Her most prominent traits
seem to me to be compassion and tolerance.

[Cousin Phillis and Other Tales[/ contains 'Cousin Phillis', perhaps the best of Mrs Gaskill's shorter fiction, and a tale of hero worship and unrequited love; 'Company Manners', a mildly satirical essay on running receptions and conversation groups; 'Mr Harrison's Confessions', a novella which was used in the 2007 BBC adaptation of Cranford,' dealing with the romantic escapades of a new doctor in a country town; and 'The Sexton's Hero', a short story about a pacifist who saves a couple at the cost of his own life.

The source text for 'Cousin Phillis' was Project Gutenberg 4268-h.htm, and for the other tales was the University of Adelaide ebook collection. They were hecked against a pdf of the 1865 Smith, Elder & Co edition. I have silently corrected typos, curled quotes, corrected diacritics and italics, used British English, made changes to spelling, punctuation, and hyphenation using oxforddictionaries.com, set letters and documents off as blockquotes, and added a bibliography.

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Gaskell, Elizabeth: Cousin Phillis, v.1, 10 Jan 2008.

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(1863)
A young engineer meets Phillis, the daughter of the Reverend Holman. She grows fond of him ...
This novella shows something of the impact of the industrial age on a small farming community.

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Gaskell, Elizabeth: Cranford, v1, 02 Sept 2007.

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Mrs Gaskell’s ‘Cranford’ was originally published in 1851 in serial form, in Charles Dickens’ magazine, Household Words. It appeared in book form a couple of years later.

The novel is set in a Cheshire village (based on Knutsford) and is a gentle social satire. The ladies of Cranford are genteel, but poor. They cover this deficiency by practising ‘elegant economy’. Despite their eccentricities, they show dignity and courage in the face of adversity.

The BBC is currently promising another television adaptation this autumn.

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Gaskell, Elizabeth: Curious, If True, v.1. 22 March 2008.

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A collection of novellas and short stories.

From the synopsis at Amazon:
“In these short stories, Mrs Gaskell unleashes her fascination with the macabre. Cross-dressing and sadistic husbands, witch trials, curses, supernatural doubles and fairy feasts at midnight bear witness to strange powers.”

Contents:

The Old Nurse’s Story
The Poor Clare
Lois the Witch
The Grey Woman
Curious, If True

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Gaskell, Elizabeth: Hauntings and Mysteries (collected ghosts). v1. 10 Oct 2018

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Hauntings and Mysteries --- Gothic Tales by Mrs. (Elizabeth) Gaskell (1810–1865)

The contents of this book were first published 1851 ~ 1863. Text is in the public domain worldwide, because the author died more than 100 years ago, and the works were published prior to 1923.

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From the talented pen of Elizabeth Gaskell, thirteen gothic tales: a mixture of supernatural and social horrors, telling not only of ghosts and witchery, but also of the dark and twisted side of human nature. The appendix presents “The Haunted House,” a “portmanteau” collection of short stories writted by Charles Dickens and five others, including, of course, Mrs. Gaskell.

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Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell, often referred to as Mrs. Gaskell, was an English novelist, biographer, and short story writer. Her novels offer a detailed portrait of the lives of many strata of Victorian society, including the very poor, and are of interest to social historians as well as lovers of literature. Some of Gaskell’s best known novels are [Cranford[/, [North and South[/, and [Wives and Daughters[/. Gaskell’s [The Life of Charlotte Brontë[/, published in 1857, was the first biography of Brontë. Her writing became very popular, especially her ghost stories in the Gothic vein, most of which were published initially in Charles Dickens’ weekly periodical [Household Words[/, later [All the Year Round[/.

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This is my own compilation. Transcripts were obtained from gutenberg.org, ebooks.adelaide.edu.au, and fadedpage.com; proofed against pdf scans of the 1906 “Knutsford Edition” of The Works of Mrs. Gaskell, and formatted to follow the punctuation conventions of that edition. Obvious textual errors were silently corrected; punctuation, diacritics, and italics formatted. Story titles are cross-linked to table of contents.
Embedded fonts used for titling .

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Hope you fans of Victorian ghost stories enjoy these.
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Gaskell, Elizabeth: Lizzie Leigh and Other Tales. V1, 27 Sep 2014

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Elizabeth Gaskell was a Victorian writer, mother, wife of a Unitarian minister, colleague and rival of Charles Dickens, and social activist.

She was born in London in 1810, the daughter of a Unitarian minister. Her mother died soon after the birth, and she was raised by an aunt in Knutsford. Her happy memories of Knutsford inspired [Cranford[/, her best known work.

In 1832 she married William Gaskell, and they settled in the industrial city of Manchester where she lived until shortly before her death in 1865, busy in motherhood and being a minister's wife. The death of her only son in infancy strengthened her sense of identity with the poor and her desire to relieve their suffering, and her husband encouraged her to write. Her most prominent traits were compassion and tolerance.

[Lizzie Leigh and Other Tales[/ (in a longer edition) was the first of five collections of Mrs Gaskell's shorter fiction published during her life. The 1865 edition contains the novella 'Lizzie Leigh', and a paper and six short stories: 'The Well of Pen-Mortha', 'The Heart of John Middleton', 'The Old Nurse's Story', 'Traits and Stories of the Huguenots', 'Morton Hall', 'My French Master', and 'The Squire's Story'.

The source texts were PG 2521-h.htm and texts from the University of Oxford Text Archive and the University of Adelaide, checked against the 1865 Smith Elder and Co. edition. I have silently corrected typos, curled quotes, restored diacritics and italics, used British English, and made changes to spelling, punctuation, and hyphenation using oxforddictionaries.com.

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Gaskell, Elizabeth: Martha Preston, v.1, 5 April 2008.

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A short story of 1850, set in Grasmere in the Yorkshire dales.
Martha Preston is a jilted woman. Will a single life of rectitude bring her peace?

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Gaskell, Elizabeth: Mary Barton (Illustrated) v1 28 June 2014

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Elizabeth Gaskell was a Victorian writer, mother, wife of a Unitarian minister, and social activist.

She was born in London in 1810, the daughter of a Unitarian minister. After her mother's death when she was four she was raised by an aunt in Knutsford, and her happy memories of Knutsford inspired [Cranford[/.

In 1832 she married William Gaskell, and they settled in the industrial city of Manchester where she lived until her death in 1865 busy in motherhood and being a minister's wife. The death of her only son in infancy intensified her sense of identity with the poor and her desire to relieve their suffering, and her husband encouraged her to write.

[Mary Barton[/ was Mrs Gaskell's first novel, and was published in 1848, the year of revolutions. It tells the story of two working class families and a mill owner's family, and their bereavements, compassion, and forgiveness. It was an immediate success, and was praised by Charles Dickens and Thomas Carlyle.

There were several early editions differing in whether chapter titles were used, the enclosed poetry, and the footnotes. The source text for this edition was Project Gutenberg 2153-h.htm, checked against the Century Library 1906 edition which had three illustrations. I have retained the chapter titles, the poetry, and the footnotes as end notes, have set letters and inscriptions off as blockquotes with left aligned text without quotation marks unless the writer is quoting someone, and have silently corrected typos, curled quotes, used British English, and made minor changes to spelling, punctuation, and hyphenation using oxforddictionaries.com.

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Gaskell, Elizabeth: Mary Barton, v.1, 28 May 2008.

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Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell (1810-1865).
Mary Barton: A Tale of Manchester Life (1848).

Mrs Gaskell’s first novel deals with love, redemption, poverty and industrial unrest in a class-divided Manchester. She even adds a murder to the plot.

The source was PG. I have restored the italics, added curly quotes and checked against my paper copy. I also moved the footnotes to the end of the book and numbered them, and included a TOC.

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Gaskell, Elizabeth: Mr Harrison’s Confessions, v.1, 12 Jan 2008.

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A novella of 1851.

Mr Harrison is a young doctor in a small midlands village, and is the victim of relentless matchmaking.

This is a (sort of) prequel to [Cranford[/.

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Gaskell, Elizabeth: My Lady Ludlow, v.1, 12 Jan 2008.

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From [Wikipedia[/:

“[My Lady Ludlow [/is a long novella (over 77,000 words in the Project Gutenburg text) by Elizabeth Gaskell. It appeared in the magazine ‘Household Words’ in 1858, and was republished in ‘Round the Sofa’ in 1859, with framing passages added at the start and end.
It recounts the daily lives of the widowed Lady Ludlow of Hanbury and the spinster Miss Galindo, and their caring for other single women and girls. It is also concerned with Lady Ludlow's man of business, Mr Horner, and a poacher's son named Harry Gregson whose education he provides for.”

It is also about the waning power of the aristocracy and the growth of the professional classes.

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Gaskell, Elizabeth: North and South, v.1, 23 March 2008.

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A novel.
First published in serial form in [Household Words [/in 1854-1855 and in volume form in 1855.

Margaret Hale, a young woman from the south of England, finds herself transplanted to a Northern town when her clergyman father resigns his living because of religious scruples. Milton, up north, is full of dark satanic mills, producing cotton, and staffed by unhappy factory workers. Margaret gradually comes to respect their ways, but is unable to say the same about Mr Thornton, the mill-owner. Yet there is an attraction between them. Can the North and the south ever reach an understanding?

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Gaskell, Elizabeth: Right at Last and Other Tales. v1 7 Oct.2014

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Elizabeth Gaskell was a Victorian writer, mother, wife of a Unitarian minister, colleague and rival of Charles Dickens, and social activist.

She was born in London in 1810, the daughter of a Unitarian minister. Her mother died soon after the birth, and she was raised by an aunt in Knutsford. Her happy memories of Knutsford inspired [Cranford[/, her best known work.

In 1832 she married William Gaskell, and they settled in the industrial city of Manchester where she lived until shortly before her death in 1865, busy in motherhood and being a minister's wife. The death of her only son in infancy strengthened her sense of identity with the poor and her desire to relieve their suffering, and her husband encouraged her to write. Her most prominent traits were compassion and tolerance.

[Right at Last and Other Tales[/ was the third collection of Mrs Gaskell's shorter fiction published during her life, and is by far the shortest. It contains three short stories: 'Right at Last', 'The Manchester Marriage', and 'The Crooked Branch'; and one novella: Lois the Witch', a fictionalised version of the Salem Witch Trials. The four tales are accounts of injustice and suffering.

The source texts were taken from the University of Adelaide ebooks library, and checked against a pdf of the 1860 Sampson Low edition from the Internet Archive. I have silently corrected typos, curled quotes, restored diacritics and italics, used British English, set letters and documents off as blockquotes, added scene breaks, and made changes to spelling, punctuation, and hyphenation using oxforddictionaries.com.

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Gaskell, Elizabeth: Round the Sofa. v1 27 Aug 2014

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Elizabeth Gaskell was a Victorian writer, mother, wife of a Unitarian minister, and social activist.

She was born in London in 1810, the daughter of a Unitarian minister. After her mother's death when she was four she was raised by an aunt in Knutsford, and her happy memories of Knutsford inspired [Cranford[/, her best known work.

In 1832 she married William Gaskell, and they settled in the industrial city of Manchester where she lived until shortly before her death in 1865, busy in motherhood and being a minister's wife. The death of her only son in infancy strengthened her sense of identity with the poor and her desire to relieve their suffering, and her husband encouraged her to write. Her most prominent traits seem to me to be compassion and tolerance.

[Round the Sofa[/ was published as a collection in 1859, and contains
'Round the Sofa,' a connecting narrative which sets the scenes for the stories in the collection,
'My Lady Ludlow,' a long novella, which is 'no story at all, neither beginning, nor middle, nor end, only a bundle of recollections' about a kind and gentle aristocrat who is concerned about 'the bad consequences of teaching the lower orders anything beyond what is immediately necessary to enable them to earn their daily bread,'
'An Accursed Race' written as a scientific paper; a parody of intolerance and superstition,
'The Doom of the Griffiths,' a macabre account of a curse and its fulfilment,
'Half a Life-Time Ago' tells how 'it fell out that the latter days of Susan Dixon's life were better than the former,'
'The Poor Clare,' an even more macabre story of demon possession, and
'The Half Brothers,' - 'sad recollections... of a dear brother's life and death.'

The source texts for this edition were files from Project Gutenberg, checked against pdfs of the 1859 Sampson Low edition. I have added a bibliography, and have used British English, curled quotes, silently corrected typos, replaced diacritics and italics, set letters and inscriptions off as blockquotes with left aligned text and without quotation marks unless the writer is quoting someone, and made changes to spelling, punctuation, and hyphenation using oxforddictionaries.com.

As always please let me know of any significant errors so I can correct them.

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Gaskell, Elizabeth: Ruth, v.1, 11 Jan 2008.

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Ruth is an orphaned dressmaker’s apprentice, only sixteen years old. She is seduced by a ‘gentleman’ and finds herself abandoned and pregnant. Is there any way that she can rehabilitate herself in the eyes of society? Can her child ever achieve any social standing?

Written in 1853, this was considered a brave and controversial topic for a novelist (especially a woman novelist). Male novelists tended to allow only three outcomes for ‘fallen women’: death, prostitution or emigration (cf Em’ly in Dickens’s ‘David Copperfield’). Mrs Gaskell’s redemption via maternal love is something new; though you may think that she gets cold feet towards the end of the novel.

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Gaskell, Elizabeth: Ruth. v1, 18 Jan 2015.

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Elizabeth Gaskell was a Victorian writer, mother, wife of a Unitarian minister, colleague and rival of Charles Dickens, and social activist. She was born in London in 1810, the daughter of a Unitarian minister. Her mother died soon after the birth, and she was raised by an aunt in Knutsford. Her happy memories of Knutsford inspired Cranford, her best known work. In 1832 she married William Gaskell, and they settled in the industrial city of Manchester where she lived until shortly before her death in 1865, busy in motherhood and being a minister's wife. The death of her only son in infancy strengthened her sense of identity with the poor and her desire to relieve their suffering, and her husband encouraged her to write. Her most prominent traits were compassion and tolerance.

[Ruth[/ was published in 1853, at a time when Mrs Gaskell had gained notoriety for [Mary Barton[/ and fame for [Cranford[/, and when 'fallen women' and their offspring were despised and persecuted. Ruth was an only child, orphaned and seduced at age fifteen, deserted and pregnant at sixteen, sheltered by a Dissident minister and his sister, and eventually 'a mother to be proud of' Mrs Gaskell was bitterly criticised for the novel, even by members of her husband's congregation.

The source text was 4275-h.htm from Project Gutenberg, checked against a pdf of the 1853 Chapman and Hall edition from the Internet Archive. I have silently corrected typos, curled quotes, restored diacritics and italics, added scene breaks, and made changes to spelling, punctuation and hyphenation using oxford*dictionaries.com.

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Gaskell, Elizabeth: Shorter Works, v.1, 23 March 2008.

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Patricia

I’ve collected some more short stories by Mrs Gaskell.

Contents:

Lizzie Leigh
The Half-Brothers
Half a Life-Time Ago
The Doom of the Griffiths
An Accursed Race
The Manchester Marriage

Not all of the stories are fiction: ‘The Accursed Race’ is about the Cagots: an oppressed ethic minority in France.

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Gaskell, Elizabeth: Sylvia's Lovers. v1, 15 Apr 2015

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Elizabeth Gaskell was a Victorian writer, mother, wife of a Unitarian minister, colleague and rival of Charles Dickens, and social activist.

She was born in London in 1810, the daughter of a Unitarian minister. Her mother died soon after the birth, and she was raised by an aunt in Knutsford. Her happy memories of Knutsford inspired [Cranford[/, her best known work.

In 1832 she married William Gaskell, and they settled in the industrial city of Manchester where she lived until shortly before her death in 1865, busy in motherhood and being a minister's wife. The death of her only son in infancy strengthened her sense of identity with the poor and her desire to relieve their suffering, and her husband encouraged her to write. Her most prominent traits were compassion and tolerance.

[Sylvia's Lovers[/ was published by Smith, Elder and Co. in 1863, firstly in a three volume edition and then in an illustrated single volume edition. It is set in Yorkshire at the time of the Napoleonic wars, and most of the dialogue is in dialect. The background portrays the oppression of the poor at that time, particularly the 'Press Gang'. The main themes are almost parodies of romance, with William loving Hester who loves Philip who is besotted with Sylvia who passionately loves Charley who is inclined to love them and leave them; and of suffering with grief piled on grief and coincidence piled on coincidence. Mrs Gaskell is reported to have written that this was the saddest story she had ever written.

The source text cannot be named since after checking it against the 1863 three volume edition I have silently corrected typos, curled quotes, restored diacritics, italics and scene breaks, set letters and documents as blockquotes, and made changes to spelling, punctuation, and hyphenation using oxforddictionaries.com.

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Gaskell, Elizabeth: Sylvia’s Lovers, v.1, 4 January 2009.

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Patricia

Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell (1810–1865)
Sylvia’s Lovers (1863)

Sylvia’s Lovers is a novel of about 191,000 words

From Wikipedia:
“Sylvia's Lovers (1863) is a novel written by Elizabeth Gaskell, which she called "the saddest story I ever wrote"
The novel begins in the 1790s in the town of Monkshaven. Sylvia Robson lives with her parents on a farm, and is loved by her cousin Philip. She, however, meets and falls in love with Charlie Kinraid. When Kinraid goes back to his ship, he is press-ganged (a scene witnessed by Philip). Philip does not tell Sylvia of the incident and, believing her lover is dead, Sylvia eventually marries her cousin and they have a daughter…”

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Gaskell, Elizabeth: The Grey Woman, (Illustrated), v1, 6 July 2014

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Elizabeth Gaskell was a Victorian writer, mother, wife of a Unitarian minister, and social activist.

She was born in London in 1810, the daughter of a Unitarian minister. After her mother's death when she was four she was raised by an aunt in Knutsford, and her happy memories of Knutsford inspired Cranford, her best known work.

In 1832 she married William Gaskell, and they settled in the industrial city of Manchester where she lived until shortly before her death in 1865, busy in motherhood and being a ministe's wife. The death of her only son in infancy intensified her sense of identity with the poor and her desire to relieve their suffering, and her husband encouraged her to write.

The Grey Woman and Other Tales was published as a collection in 1865, and contains
'The Grey Woman,' partly based on historical fact and suggested by Mrs Gaskell's tours up the Rhine,
'Curious if True,' which is set in France, alludes to fairy tales, and ends with the appearance of a Fairy Godmother,
'Six Weeks at Heppenheim,' a romance set in Germany,
'Christmas Storms and Sunshine,' a mildly satirical tale of two couples where one couple has a baby and one a cat,
'Libbie Marsh's Three Eras,' 'Hand and Heart,' and 'Bessy's Troubles at Home,' all redolent of Sunday School, and
'Disappearances,' an article rather than a short story extolling the benefits of Detective Police.

The source text for this edition was Project Gutenberg 28636-h.htm, checked
against other sources. I have omitted the PG list of corrections and a German hymn, provided a list of sources, added some scene breaks, and silently corrected typos, curled quotes, and made minor changes to spelling, punctuation, and hyphenation using oxforddictionaries.com.

28 July 2014 Updated to Version 2

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Gaskell, Elizabeth: The Life of Charlotte Brontë, v1, 28 December 2008.

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Elizabeth Gaskell (1810–1865)
The Life of Charlotte Brontë (1857)
In Two Volumes (both included).

An authorised biography of Charlotte Brontë, by her friend and fellow-novelist, Mrs Gaskell.
Mrs Gaskell has softened the character of the only surviving Brontë: Charlotte’s father, and played down his monstrous selfishness. She has also omitted mentioning Charlotte’s unrequited love for her teacher, M. Héger, even though this is the key to understanding “Villette,” “Shirley” and “The Professor.”
She does include a lot of Charlotte Brontë’s letters.

The source was PG and a lot of formatting was needed to get a satisfactory result.

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Gaskell, Elizabeth: The Moorland Cottage, v.1, 3 April 2008.

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A short novel of 1850.

A young girl called Maggie, loves her overbearing brother, despite his occasional bullying. But will she give up the man she loves at her brother’s insistence?

Yes, the plot does have similarities with George Eliot’s ‘The Mill on the Floss’ and the heroines share the same name. Both have a climactic scene involving water and drowning. Eliot’s novel dates from 1860, so this came first. Despite the plot similarities, the treatment of the theme is rather different.

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Gaskell, Elizabeth: The Moorland Cottage. v1 3 Nov 2014

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Elizabeth Gaskell was a Victorian writer, mother, wife of a Unitarian minister, colleague and rival of Charles Dickens, and social activist.

She was born in London in 1810, the daughter of a Unitarian minister. Her mother died soon after the birth, and she was raised by an aunt in Knutsford. Her happy memories of Knutsford inspired [Cranford[/, her best known work.

In 1832 she married William Gaskell, and they settled in the industrial city of Manchester where she lived until shortly before her death in 1865, busy in motherhood and being a minister's wife. The death of her only son in infancy strengthened her sense of identity with the poor and her desire to relieve their suffering, and her husband encouraged her to write. Her most prominent traits were compassion and tolerance.

[The Moorland Cottage[/ is the most overtly religious of the works of Mrs Gaskell that I have read, as well as the nearest to women's lib. The novella is a romance owing something to [Romeo and Juliet[/ (and perhaps a precursor to [The Mikado[/) and a critique of the class system and injustices of its time.

The source text was taken from the University of Adelaide ebook library, and checked against a pdf of the 1892 Smith, Elder edition of Cranford and Other Tales from the Internet Archive. I have silently corrected typos, curled quotes, restored diacritics and italics, added scene breaks, used British English, and made changes to spelling, punctuation, and hyphenation using oxforddictionaries.com.

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Gaskell, Elizabeth: The Old Nurse’s Story and Other Tales, v.1, 22 March 2008.

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A collection of ten short stories.

Contents:
The Old Nurse’s Story
The Crooked Branch
Crowley Castle
Curious, If True
Disappearances
Two Fragments of Ghost Stories
The Heart of John Middleton
Morton Hall
The Well of Pen-Morfa
The Shah’s English Gardener

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Gaskell, Elizabeth: Wives and Daughters, v.1, 4 January 2009.

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Wives and Daughters: An Everyday Story (1866)
By Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell (1810–1865)

A long novel, c 273,000 words, but one of my favourites.

From Wikipedia:
“Wives and Daughters is a novel by Elizabeth Gaskell, first published in the Cornhill Magazine as a serial from August 1864 to January 1866. When Mrs Gaskell died suddenly in 1865, it was not quite complete, and the last section was written by Frederick Greenwood.
The story revolves around Molly Gibson, only daughter of a widowed doctor living in a provincial English town in the 1830s.
Molly's mother died many years earlier, and Molly has been raised by her father and servants. As the story opens, she goes to visit the Hamleys of Hamley Hall, a gentry family that purportedly dates from the Heptarchy, but is now somewhat poor. There she finds a mother substitute in Mrs. Hamley, who embraces her almost as a daughter. Molly also strikes up a shy friendship with the Hamley's younger son, Roger. Molly is aware that, as the daughter of a professional man, she would not be considered a suitably genteel match for either of squire Hamley's sons.
Meanwhile, Molly's father abruptly decides to remarry, less from inclination than from a perceived duty to provide teenage Molly with a chaperone and the blessings of a (step)mother's advice. The dutiful Molly has a stormy relationship with her social-climbing stepmother, but she immediately hits it off with her new stepsister, Cynthia, who is about the same age as Molly. The two girls are a study in contrasts: Cynthia is far more worldly, and more openly rebellious, than the naive and slightly awkward Molly. Cynthia has been educated in France, and it gradually becomes apparent that she hides secrets in her past.”

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Gaskell, Elizabeth: Wives and Daughters. v1 5 Mar 2015

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Elizabeth Gaskell was a Victorian writer, mother, wife of a Unitarian minister,
colleague and rival of Charles Dickens, and social activist. She was born in London in 1810, the daughter of a Unitarian minister. Her mother died soon after the birth, and she was raised by an aunt in Knutsford. Her happy memories of Knutsford inspired [Cranford[/, her best known work. In 1832 she married William Gaskell, and they settled in the industrial city of Manchester where she lived until shortly before her death in 1865, busy in motherhood and being a minister&rsquo;s wife. The death of her only son in infancy strengthened her sense of identity with the poor and her desire to relieve their suffering, and her husband encouraged her to write. Her most prominent traits were compassion and tolerance.

[Wives and Daughters[/ was Mrs Gaskell's last novel, and was not quite finished at her death. Francis Greenwood, then editor of the [Cornhill Magazine[/, provided 'Concluding Remarks' based on Mrs Gaskells's comments to her daughter Meta on how she intended the book to end.

The book was serialised in the [Cornhill Magazine[/ August 1864 to January 1866, and first published in England by Smith Elder and Co. in 1866. The story is about the romances of Molly Gibbons and her father, stepsister, and two sons of the local squire; all set against a background of rigidly enforced 'stations in life' and 'nervous illness'. It is the least religious of Mrs Gaskell's writings.

'The source text was Project Gutenberg 4274-h.htm, checked against a pdf
version of the 1866 Smith Elder edition from the Internet Archive. I have
silently corrected typos, curled quotes, and made changes to spelling and
hyphenation using oxforddictionaries.com.

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Gasserly, Gordon: The Elephant God v1 12 dec 2008

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This classic travel/adventure/hunter tale is thus dedicated:

TO A CERTAIN ROGUE ELEPHANT RESIDENT IN THE TERAI FOREST

THE SLAYER OF DIVERS MEN AND WOMEN

THIS BOOK IS DEDICATED BY THE AUTHOR IN GRATEFUL ACKNOWLEDGMENT OF MUCH INSTRUCTION AND IN THE HOPE THAT SOME DAY IN THE HAPPY HUNTING GROUNDS THEY MAY MEET AGAIN AND DECIDE THE ISSUE

Nonetheless, Mr (Gasserly or Casserly) shows great respect for the tusk bearers. All in all, this exudes exotism and is an easy read.

Have fun!

Oh. I added one of my own covers featuring Ganesha!

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Gates, Eleanor: Apron-Strings. V1.1 Sep 2010

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Gates, Eleanor, 1875-1951

Excerpt
It seems to me that there are, broadly speaking, three kinds of mothers. First, there is the kind that does not plan for, or want, a child, but, having borne one, invariably takes the high air of martyrdom, feeling that she has rendered the supreme service, and that, henceforth, nothing is too good for her. Second, there is the mother who loves her own children devotedly, and has as many as her health and the family purse will permit, but who is fairly indifferent to other women's children. Last of all, there is the mother who loves anybody's children—everybody's children.

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Gates, Eleanor: The Biography of a Prairie Girl. V1. 1 Sep 2010

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Gates, Eleanor, 1875-1951

Excerpt
IT was always a puzzle to the little girl how the stork that brought her ever reached the lonely Dakota farm-house on a December afternoon without her being frozen; and it was another mystery, just as deep, how the strange bird, which her mother said was no larger than a blue crane, was able, on leaving, to carry her father away with him to some family, a long, long distance off, that needed a grown-up man as badly as her three big brothers needed a little sister.

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Gates, Eleanor: The Plow-Woman. V1. 2 Sep 2010

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Gates, Eleanor, 1875-1951

Excerpt
The coulée was a long, scarlet gash in the brown level of the Dakota prairie, for the sumach, dyed by the frosts of the early autumn, covered its sides like a cloth whose upper folds were thrown far over the brinks of the winding ravine and, southward, half-way to the new cottonwood shack of the Lancasters. Near it, a dark band against the flaming shrub, stretched the plowed strip, narrow, but widening with each slow circuit of the team as the virgin, grass-grown land was turned by the mould-board to prepare for the corn-planting of the coming spring.

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Gates, Eleanor: The Poor Little Rich Girl. V1. 2 Sep 2010

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Gates, Eleanor, 1875-1951

Excerpt
Halfway up the shining surface of the gilt-framed pier glass was a mark—a tiny ink-line that had been carefully drawn across the outer edge of the wide bevel. As Gwendolyn stared at the line, the reflection of her small face in the mirror grew suddenly all white, as if some rude hand had reached out and brushed away the pink from cheeks and lips. Arms rigid at her sides, and open palms pressed hard against the flaring skirts of her riding-coat, she shrank back from the glass.

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Gates, Eleanor: The Rich Little Poor Boy. V1. 2 Sep 2010

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Gates, Eleanor, 1875-1951

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HE was ten. But his clothes were forty. And it was this difference in the matter of age, and, consequently, in the matter of size, that explained why, at first sight, he did not show how thin-bodied he was, but seemed, instead, to be rather a stout little boy. For his faded, old shirt, with its wide sleeves lopped off just above his elbows, and his patched trousers, shortened by the scissors to knee length, were both many times too large for him, so that they lay upon him, front, back and sides, in great, overlapping pleats that were, in turn, bunched into heavy tucks; and his kitchen apron, worn with the waistband about his neck, the strings being tied at the back, also lent him—if viewed from the front—an appearance both of width and weight.

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Gaunt, Mary: The Moving Finger. v1. 25 Sep 2015

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Mary Eliza Bakewell Gaunt (20 February 1861 – 19 January 1942) was an Australian novelist.

TROTTING COB
CHRISTMAS EVE AT WARWINGIE
LOST
THE LOSS OF THE “VANITY”
DICK STANESBY’S HUTKEEPER
THE YANYILLA STEEPLECHASE
A DIGGER’S CHRISTMAS

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Gaunt, Mary: The Moving Finger. V1. 3 Sep 2010

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Mary Eliza Bakewell Gaunt (20 February 1861 - 19 January 1942) was an Australian novelist.

The Moving Finger
A Trotting
Christmas Eve at Warwingie
Lost!
The Loss of the "Vanity"
Dick Stanesby's Hutkeeper
The Yanyilla Steeplechase
A Digger's Christmas

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Gautier, Théophile et. al.: The Cross of Berny. V1. 4 Sep 2010

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Pierre Jules Théophile Gautier (August 30, 1811 – October 23, 1872) was a French poet, dramatist, novelist, journalist, art critic and literary critic.
While Gautier was an ardent defender of Romanticism, his work is difficult to classify and remains a point of reference for many subsequent literary traditions such as Parnassianism, Symbolism, Decadence and Modernism. He was widely esteemed by writers as diverse as Balzac, Baudelaire, the Goncourt brothers, Flaubert, Proust and Oscar Wilde.

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The Cross of Berny was, it will be remembered, a brilliant tourney, where Madame de Girardin (née Delphine Gay), Théophile Gautier, Jules Sandeau and Méry, broke lances like valiant knights of old.
We believe we respond to the general wish by adding to the Bibliothèque Nouvelle this unique work, which assumed and will ever retain a high position among the literary curiosities of the day.
Not feeling called upon to decide who is the victor in the tilt, we merely lift the pseudonymous veil concealing the champions.

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Gautier, Théophile: Captain Fracasse. V1. 3 Sep 2010

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Pierre Jules Théophile Gautier (August 30, 1811 – October 23, 1872) was a French poet, dramatist, novelist, journalist, art critic and literary critic.
While Gautier was an ardent defender of Romanticism, his work is difficult to classify and remains a point of reference for many subsequent literary traditions such as Parnassianism, Symbolism, Decadence and Modernism. He was widely esteemed by writers as diverse as Balzac, Baudelaire, the Goncourt brothers, Flaubert, Proust and Oscar Wilde.

It was a sad picture; this last scion of a noble race, formerly rich and powerful, left wandering like an uneasy ghost in the castle of his ancestors, with but one faithful old servant remaining to him of the numerous retinue of the olden times; one poor old dog, half starved, and gray with age, where used to be a pack of thirty hounds

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Gautier, Théophile: Clarimonde, v1, 23 Oct 2007.

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Théophile Gautier, Clarimonde. (La Morte Amoureuse), 1836.
Translated by Lafcadio Hearne, 1908.

A young priest has nightly visits from an attractive blonde vampire.

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Gautier, Théophile: Enamels and Cameos and other Poems. V1. 4 Sep 2010

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Pierre Jules Théophile Gautier (August 30, 1811 – October 23, 1872) was a French poet, dramatist, novelist, journalist, art critic and literary critic.
While Gautier was an ardent defender of Romanticism, his work is difficult to classify and remains a point of reference for many subsequent literary traditions such as Parnassianism, Symbolism, Decadence and Modernism. He was widely esteemed by writers as diverse as Balzac, Baudelaire, the Goncourt brothers, Flaubert, Proust and Oscar Wilde.

Excerpt
When empires lay riven apart,
Fared Goethe at battle time's thunder
To fragrant oases of art,
To weave his Divan into wonder.

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Gautier, Théophile: Jettatura: The Evil Eye, v.1, 1 Nov 2007.

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A melodramatic short novel.

A young man travels to Naples to see his fiancée, who is convalescing there. The locals announce that he is a Jettatore – a person afflicted with the evil eye. Unless the proper talismans are deployed, his gaze can kill. (This explains his accident-prone acquaintances.)

How can he protect his fiancée against this curse? Drastic measures are called for...

Unknown translatorfrom the French.
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Gautier, Théophile: King Candaules, v1, 23 Oct 2007

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Le Roi Candaule (1844). Translated by Lafcadio Hearn.

A novella set in heroic-age Greece. The most beautiful woman in the world hates being looked at. But her husband wants to show her off.

From the Wikiedia entry on King Candaules.
Candaules (Κανδαύλης), also known as Myrsilos (Μυρσίλος) was a king of the ancient Kingdom of Lydia from 735 BC to 718 BC. He succeeded Meles and was followed by Gyges. His name is the origin of the term candaulism, for a sexual practice attributed to him by legend. … According to The Histories of Herodotus, Candaules bragged of his wife's incredible beauty to his favorite bodyguard Gyges. "It appears you don't believe me when I tell you how lovely my wife is," said Candaules. "A man always believes his eyes better than his ears; so do as I tell you - contrive to see her naked."
Gyges refused; he did not wish to dishonor the Queen by seeing her nude body. He also feared what the King might do to him if he did accept.
Candaules was insistent, and Gyges had no choice but to obey…

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Gautier, Théophile: My Private Menagerie. V1. 4 Sep 2010

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Pierre Jules Théophile Gautier (August 30, 1811 – October 23, 1872) was a French poet, dramatist, novelist, journalist, art critic and literary critic.
While Gautier was an ardent defender of Romanticism, his work is difficult to classify and remains a point of reference for many subsequent literary traditions such as Parnassianism, Symbolism, Decadence and Modernism. He was widely esteemed by writers as diverse as Balzac, Baudelaire, the Goncourt brothers, Flaubert, Proust and Oscar Wilde.

Excerpt
I have often been caricatured in Turkish dress seated upon cushions, and surrounded by cats so familiar that they did not hesitate to climb upon my shoulders and even upon my head. The caricature is truth slightly exaggerated, and I must own that all my life I have been as fond of animals in general and of cats in particular as any brahmin or old maid. The great Byron always trotted a menagerie round with him, even when travelling, and he caused to be erected, in the park of Newstead Abbey, a monument to his faithful Newfoundland dog Boatswain, with an inscription in verse of his own inditing. I cannot be accused of imitation in the matter of our common liking for dogs, for that love manifested itself in me at an age when I was yet ignorant of the alphabet.

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Gautier, Theophile: One of Cleopatra’s Nights, v1, 20 Oct 2007.

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Theophile Gautier: One of Cleopatra’s Nights.
Translated by Lafcadio Hearn.

This story is an orientalist fantasy. A bored and cruel queen meets a besotted subject …

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Gautier, Théophile: The Fleece of Gold, v.1, 28 Oct 2007.

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(La Toison d’Or) 1839.
Unknown translator.

A novella in five fairly short chapters.

Tiburce is a romantic young Parisian. He resolves to fall in love with a blonde. So he goes to Antwerp, believing that it must be populated by blonde Flemish girls. He then falls hopelessly in love with the blonde Magdalen in Rubens’ painting, ‘Descent from the Cross.’
Can any woman match his romantic ideals?

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Gautier, Théophile: The Mummy's Foot. V1. 4 Sep 2010

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Pierre Jules Théophile Gautier (August 30, 1811 – October 23, 1872) was a French poet, dramatist, novelist, journalist, art critic and literary critic.
While Gautier was an ardent defender of Romanticism, his work is difficult to classify and remains a point of reference for many subsequent literary traditions such as Parnassianism, Symbolism, Decadence and Modernism. He was widely esteemed by writers as diverse as Balzac, Baudelaire, the Goncourt brothers, Flaubert, Proust and Oscar Wilde.

Excerpt
I had entered, in an idle mood, the shop of one of those curiosity venders who are called marchands de bric-à-brac in that Parisian argot which is so perfectly unintelligible elsewhere in France.
You have doubtless glanced occasionally through the windows of some of these shops, which have become so numerous now that it is fashionable to buy antiquated furniture, and that every petty stockbroker thinks he must have his chambre au moyen âge.

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Gautier, Theophile: The Mummy’s Foot, v1, 20 Oct 2007.

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(La Pied de Momie)
Translated by Lafcadio Hearn

A short story.

A young man buys the mummified foot of an Egyptian princess. During the night its limping original owner comes to reclaim it.

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Gautier, Théophile: The Romance of a Mummy and Egypt. V1. 5 Sep 2010

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Pierre Jules Théophile Gautier (August 30, 1811 – October 23, 1872) was a French poet, dramatist, novelist, journalist, art critic and literary critic.
While Gautier was an ardent defender of Romanticism, his work is difficult to classify and remains a point of reference for many subsequent literary traditions such as Parnassianism, Symbolism, Decadence and Modernism. He was widely esteemed by writers as diverse as Balzac, Baudelaire, the Goncourt brothers, Flaubert, Proust and Oscar Wilde.

Excerpt
The subject of "The Romance of a Mummy" was possibly suggested to Théophile Gautier by Ernest Feydeau, the author of "Fanny" and other works of purely light literature, who published in 1858 a "General History of Funeral Customs and Burials among the Ancients." This book was reviewed by Gautier when it appeared, and it is most likely that he had been previously made acquainted with its contents and had discussed Egyptian funeral rites and modes of sepulture with the author, for it was to Feydeau that he dedicated his novel when it was published in book form by Hachette in 1858.

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Germain, Walter: The Complete Bachelor, v1 3 Jul 2008

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Manners for Men first published 1896.

From the Preface:

I suppose a book of this character needs some excuse. The world is full of volumes written on etiquette, and, in adding another to the number, my plea for filling the want long felt may seem ridiculous. But I have an excellent reason, and that is, that in all treatises of this character I have found the bachelor sadly neglected.

For many years, while conducting the query or "agony department" in Vogue, I received letters from all parts of the United States asking for information on certain details of etiquette which seem to have been overlooked by the compilers or writers of etiquette manuals. My correspondents always wanted these questions answered from the New York standpoint. All this I have endeavored to do in this volume. I have devoted a chapter to sports. In this I have made no attempt to give the rules of the various pastimes therein enumerated. I have simply jotted down some points which I hope may be of use to the outsider.

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Gerould, Katharine: On the Staircase and Other Uncanny Tales (collect). v1. 17 Nov 20

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ON THE STAIRCASE and Other Uncanny Tales

My own compilation. [Contents were originally published 1913 ~ 1922. This book is in the public domain in countries where copyright is “Life+70” or less, and in the USA.[/

A small collection of stories, exploring the mystery of psychological horrors and supernatural terrors. A haunted staircase… a message that may or may not have come from beyond the grave… a man determined to defy his ghostly visitant… a woman haunted by a terrible suspicion… a horrifying phantom army regiment…

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Katharine Elizabeth Fullerton Gerould (February 6, 1879 – July 27, 1944) was an American writer. She became noted as a prominent writer of the short story and one of the nation's foremost essayists.

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Boo!
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Gerrare, Wirt: Phantasms. v1. 06 Aug 2021

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A sense of unseen horror pervades these tales from the darker side, ranging from the supernatural to weird science, in a Victorian mood. Several of these focus on occult investigator Horace Vesey.

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Wirt Gerrare was the pseudonym of UK weapons expert, journalist, and author William Oliver Greener (1862-1935). In addition to non-fiction about guns and Russian history, he wrote [Rufin’s Legacy: A Theosophical Romance[/ (1892), and the science fiction novel [The Warstock: A Tale of To-Morrow[/ (1898).

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[This book was originally published in 1895, and is in the public domain where copyright is “Life+80” or less, and in the USA.[/
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Gerry, Margarita Spalding: Heart And Chart. v1. 31 Oct 2025

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Margarita Spalding GERRY: Born : 1870: Lived : Washington, DC, USA: Died : 1939

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I KNOW now that I must have thought it little less than heroic when I made up my mind that I would go into training—“become a member of the toiling masses” was how I phrased it to myself at that period. It had been planned that I should have my coming-out tea during the winter; but it was then that my father lost most of his money in a suburban subdivision that subdivided but didn’t sell, and he began to look worried, and mother began to say that she really must go over the bills and see why they were so large. I probably felt that I was renouncing splendors, for I distinctly remember an exceedingly blank sensation at the way the family received the news.

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Gerry, Margarita Spalding: Philippa At The Chateau. v1. i Nov 2015

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Margarita Spalding GERRY: Born : 1870: Lived : Washington, DC, USA: Died : 1939

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What right has a schoolgirl with so many clothes? Even an American schoolgirl?” Mademoiselle Mimi could not have failed to observe the box of candy Philippa had put down to open the door. But she scrupulously ignored it, and showed nothing but solicitude in her sparkling face. “I have come at just the right moment to give you the most sage advice.”

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Gerry, Margarita Spalding: The Flowers. v1. 1 Nov 2015

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Margarita Spalding GERRY: Born : 1870: Lived : Washington, DC, USA: Died : 1939

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WHY! He must mean my rose,” said Dave Tennant. “But how in the kingdom did Jepsom ever think of it!”

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Gerstäcker, Friedrich: Alle jagen John Mulligan german v1 14 feb 2009

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Friedrich Gerstäcker (* 10. Mai 1816 in Hamburg; † 31. Mai 1872 in Braunschweig) war ein deutscher Schriftsteller. Er ist vor allem durch seine Bücher über Nordamerika bekannt; seine Bestseller waren Die Regulatoren von Arkansas (1846) und Die Flußpiraten des Mississippi (1847).

Dieser Abenteuerroman aus dem Jahre 1860 spielt im damals noch wilden Australien und handelt von der Jagd nach dem berühmten Banditen und ausgebrochenen Sträfling John Mulligan. Wie immer hat sich Gerstäcker sehr gut informiert und trifft das Lokal- und Zeitkolorit genau

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Gerstäcker, Friedrich: Das Wrack german v1 16 mar 2009

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Friedrich Gerstäcker einmal anders.

In dieser kurzen, abenteuerreichen Novelle versucht Gerstäcker sich einmal als nautischer Schriftsteller. Schiffbruch, Schätze, Piraten, all das gibt es hier und es bleibt kein Auge trocken.

Schönes Cover von ravenne.

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Gerstäcker, Friedrich: Der erkaufte Henker german v1 3 mar 2009

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Erzählung aus dem amerikanischen Westen

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Gerstäcker, Friedrich: Der Flatbootmann german v1 1 jul 2009

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Friedrich Gerstäcker (1816-1872) führte von der Wiege bis zur Bahre ein bewegtes Leben. Als Sohn eines gefeierten Tenors wurde ihm die Reiselust quasi in die Wiege gelegt. So war er in Amerika unter anderem als Holzfäller, Viehtreiber, Heizer und Koch auf einem Missisippidampfer, Lehrer und vor allem als (Großwild-)Jäger unterwegs. Er durchstreifte Nord- und Südamerika, die Inselwelt des Stillen Ozeans, Australien ...

Die drei Erzählungen dieses Bandes spielen in den amerikanischen Südstaaten und im einsamen Washito-Gebirge. "Der Flatbootmann" und "Schwarz und Weiß" schildern das Unrecht der Sklaverei und den Kampf tapferer Menschen um ihre Feiheit. "Die Wolfsglocke" zeigt das Ringen der Pioniere um neues urbares Land und gegen eine unbarmherzige wilde Natur.

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Gerstäcker, Friedrich: Der Osage german v1 22 may 2009

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Friedrich Gerstäcker (* 10. Mai 1816 in Hamburg; † 31. Mai 1872 in Braunschweig) war ein deutscher Schriftsteller. Er ist vor allem durch seine Bücher über Nordamerika bekannt; seine Bestseller waren Die Regulatoren von Arkansas (1846) und Die Flußpiraten des Mississippi (1847).

Dies ist eine von seinen besseren Kurzgeschichten.

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Gerstäcker, Friedrich: Die Ahnung german v1 29 mar 2009

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Horror vom Meister des kultivierten Abenteuerromans. Und siehe da, auch das gelingt ihm prächtig:

[QUOTEin leiser, winselnder Ton, der fast wie ein ferner Hülferuf klang, wurde in diesem Augenblick laut – man konnte nicht recht unterscheiden, ob er vom Hof oder aus dem Hause selbst herauf erschalle – der Wind brauste und rauschte auch noch zu sehr in der dicht neben dem Gebäude stehenden Linde, und heulte im Schornstein auf und nieder. Die Lampe verlöschte in diesem Augenblick, und der Pastor, der jetzt selbst, durch die Furcht der Frau vielleicht angesteckt, ein gewisses unheimliches Gefühl nicht ganz unterdrücken konnte, war eben im Begriff, in die daran stoßende Schlafstube zu treten, um von dort her einen kleinen, neben dem Feuerzeug stehenden Wachsstock zu holen, als die Gattin hastig und krampfhaft seinen Arm ergriff und mit vor innerer Angst fast erstickter Stimme, während sie die rechte zitternde Hand nach der andern Thür ausstreckte, flüsterte:

»Sieh – sieh dort!«

Der Pastor stand mit seiner Frau nahe der Schlafkammerthür und noch im Schatten der Wand in dem jetzt dunkeln Zimmer, während ein einziger Mondenstrahl in das obere Fenster und auf die gegenüberliegende Treppenthür fiel, aber auch durch eine dünne Gardine so weit gemäßigt wurde, um die Gegenstände, die er beleuchtete, nur undeutlich und unbestimmt erkennen zu lassen. Nichtsdestoweniger sahen die Gatten ganz genau, wenn sie auch nicht das mindeste Geräusch der Thür hörten, wie sich die blanke Klinke langsam bewegte und anscheinend von selber aufdrückte – gleich daraus öffnete sie sich eben so feierlich, und herein trat mit geräuschlosem Tritt eine Gestalt, die das Blut in Beider Adern stocken machte – der grüne Schlafrock, das schwarze Käppchen – die hohe, bleiche Figur – die Pastorin stand mit fast aus ihren Höhlen starrenden Augen, mit halbgeöffneten Lippen – mit noch immer zeigend und zugleich abwehrend ausgestrecktem Arm da, und selbst der Mann blieb überrascht – bestürzt vor dem, was seine Augen sahen und nicht ableugnen konnten – in der einmal genommenen Stellung.[/QUOT

Toller Lesespaß!

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Gerstäcker, Friedrich: Die Blauen und die Gelben german v1 29 mar 2009

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Friedrich Gerstäcker (* 10. Mai 1816 in Hamburg; † 31. Mai 1872 in Braunschweig) war ein deutscher Schriftsteller. Er ist vor allem durch seine Bücher über Nordamerika bekannt; seine Bestseller waren Die Regulatoren von Arkansas (1846) und Die Flußpiraten des Mississippi (1847).

Dieser Roman trägt den Untertitel "Ein Venezuelanisches Lebensbild" und zeichnet eine abenteuerliche Begegnung in diesem südamerikanischen Land nach. Es geht um eine Auseinandersetzung zwischen den Regierungstreuen und der Opposition. Plus ca change, plus ca reste la même chose, wie die Franzosen so schön sagen. (Je mehr die Dinge sich ändern, desto mehr gleichen sie sich).

Trotz des schwereren Themas noch spannend und lebendig erzählt.

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Gerstäcker, Friedrich: Die Nacht auf dem Walfisch german v1 23 apr 2009

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Friedrich Gerstäcker (* 10. Mai 1816 in Hamburg; † 31. Mai 1872 in Braunschweig) war ein deutscher Schriftsteller. Er ist vor allem durch seine Bücher über Nordamerika bekannt; seine Bestseller waren Die Regulatoren von Arkansas (1846) und Die Flußpiraten des Mississippi (1847).

Diese Kurzgeschichte schildert einen abenteuerlichen Ritt auf einem Wal.

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Gerstäcker, Friedrich: Die Regulatoren von Arkansas german v1 22 feb 2009

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Mitte des 19. Jhdts wurde Friedrich Gerstäcker zu einem Vorläufer heutiger Abenteuerliteratur und so bekannt wie später Karl May, der allerdings seitenweise von F.G. abgeschrieben hatte.

Im Gegensatz zu den vergleichsweise glatten Phantasien Karl Mays resultieren die Romane F.Gs aus dessen eigener Anschauung und Recherche vor Ort, was die Sprachstudien der von ihm besuchten Naturvölker (u.a. in Nordamerika und der Südsee) einschloß. Die Protagonisten seiner Romane sind also vom Leben abgeschaute Typen, die in einer fiktiven aber wahrscheinlichen Geschichte auftreten. Bei den REGULATOREN VON ARKANSAS ist es u.a. der skurrile Hinterwäldler Harper, der mit seinen köstlichen Flunkergeschichten das penetrante 'Wenn ich nicht irre' eines Sam Hawkins um Längen an Witz übertrifft. Der Indianer Assowaum mit dem silberbeschlagenen Gewehr bleibt sich treu und wird nicht zum verkappten Christen stilisiert, vielmehr wird zuletzt der von ihm gestellte Mörder seiner Squaw auch gebührend zu Tode gemartert.

Einzig die Dialoge im Herzschlag einer Courths-Mahler zwischen Bill Brown, dem jungen Freund Assowaums und späteren Regulatorenführer, und seiner geliebten Marion Roberts zwingen des Öfteren zur unfreiwilligen Anspannung des Zwerchfells. Das bremst die spannend vorwärtsgetriebene Mörderjagd aber nur geringfügig, genauso wie die liebevollen Beschreibungen der allgemeinen Lebensbedingungen unaufdringlich über Eßgewohnheiten, Familienfeste, Wohnverhältnisse etc. der Haupt-und Nebenpersonen(von damals) informieren.

Der Aufklärung verschrieben, ist die Haltung F.G's. die eines Freidenkers, der fern vom feudalen Europa (zu Zeiten Goethes!) erfahren hatte, daß Andersartigkeit positive Aspekte haben und von der Norm abweichendes Verhalten moralisch gerechtfertigt sein kann. In diesem Roman (wie auch in TAHITI) sind es dann auch Mitglieder des Klerus, die mit ihrer Bigotterie Gift in die an sich harmonischen Gesellschaften verspritzen.

Neben seinem literarischen Handwerk ist es aber vor allem die Einstellung zu seinen Sujets, die F.G. so herausragend und nach wie vor aktuell sein läßt.

Cover von ravenne!

PS: Ich habe "in" und "von" gefunden und beides benutzt.

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Gerstäcker, Friedrich: Nach Amerika! Teil 1 v1 german 9 jun 2009

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Friedrich Gerstäcker wurde in Hamburg als Sohn des Opernsängers Samuel Friedrich Gerstäcker (1790-1825) (Darsteller des Max in der Dresdner Erstaufführung von Carl Maria von Webers „Freischütz“) und seiner Frau Friederike, geb. Herz (Opernsängerin) geboren. Nach dem Tod seines Vaters lebte er mit seiner Schwester Molly zunächst bei seinem Onkel, dem Hofschauspieler Eduard Schütz in Braunschweig und besuchte dort auch die Schule, das traditionsreiche Martino-Katharineum. Nach dem Abschluss der mittleren Reife begann er 1833 in Kassel eine kaufmännische Lehre, die er nach wenigen Monaten wieder abbrach. Zu Fuß kehrte er zur Mutter nach Leipzig zurück und eröffnete ihr, dass er nach Amerika auswandern wolle. Seine Mutter konnte ihn zu einer landwirtschaftlichen Ausbildung auf dem Rittergut Doeben bei Grimma als Vorbereitung für ein Leben als Farmer überreden. Gerstäcker war ein begeisterter Leser von Daniel Defoes Roman Robinson Crusoe sowie der ersten Lederstrumpferzählungen von James Fenimore Cooper und gründete seine Vorstellung von der Neuen Welt gerade auf diese Lektüre. Gerstäcker bezeichnete sich stets als einen „Schüler Coopers“, erlebte die Realität im amerikanischen Westen und an der Grenze der Zivilisation und berichtete in seinen Romanen und Erzählungen wahrheitsgemäß und ohne romantische Ausschmückungen über das harte Leben der Siedler.

Nach Amerika! is t das Magnus Opus von Friedrich Gerstäcker. Dieses Reiseabenteuer in vier Bänden ist ein faszinierender Lesestoff!

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Gibbon, Edward: Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire (6 Vols.). V1.20 Oct. 2014

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[QUOTThe History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire (sometimes shortened to Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire) is a book of history written by the English historian Edward Gibbon, which traces the trajectory of Western civilization (as well as the Islamic and Mongolian conquests) from the height of the Roman Empire to the fall of Byzantium. It was published in six volumes.[/QUOT
This is the version with footnotes. Since it's all one narrative I couldn't see splitting it into 6 postings and I wasn't sure how to upload more than 5 files so I zipped the 6 books together.

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Gibbon, Edward: The Decline And Fall Of The Roman Empire, v1.0, 6 July 2008

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I put this ebook together a while ago and I feel bad that only now am I posting it for other people. Gibbon's History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire is one of those books that demonstrates how useful ebooks can be. In paper form it's so massive that I never carry it around, so I very rarely make any progress, but in ebook form I always have it and can slowly make progress.

I added title and author metadata, broke up the 6 volumes into their 71 chapters, added a table of contents, and cleaned up some of the weird characters. I've also added a map from what I think was the original printing of the book but it still doesn't look good on the kindle screen. Eventually I plan on breaking the map into smaller pieces that will look better on the small screen.

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Gibbon, Perceval: The Second Class Passenger. V1. 5 Sep 2010

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Perceval Gibbon (November 4 1879-May 30, 1926) was an author and journalist, serving for the Rand Daily Mail in South Africa, as well as for other publications. He is best remembered for his short stories, the best.

The Second-Class Passenger
The Sense of Climax
The Trader of Last Notch
The Murderer
The Victim
Between the Lights
The Master
"Parisienne"
Lola
The Poor in Heart
The Man Who Knew
The Hidden Way
The Strange Patient
The Captain's Arm
The Widower.

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Gibbon, Perceval: Those Who Smiled. V1. 5 Sep 2010

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Perceval Gibbon (November 4 1879-May 30, 1926) was an author and journalist, serving for the Rand Daily Mail in South Africa, as well as for other publications. He is best remembered for his short stories, the best.

Those who smiled
The Dago
Wood-ladies
A man before the mast
The girl
The breadwinner
"Plain German"
Alms and the man
The darkened path
Miss Pilgrim's progress
The connoisseur
The day of omens.

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Gibbon, Perceval: Vrouw Grobelaar and Her Leading Cases. V1. 5 Sep 2010

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Perceval Gibbon (November 4 1879-May 30, 1926) was an author and journalist, serving for the Rand Daily Mail in South Africa, as well as for other publications. He is best remembered for his short stories, the best

Unto the third generation
The dream-face
The avenger of blood
The hands of the pitiful woman
Piet Naude's trek
Like unto like
Counting the colors
The king of the baboons
Morder Drift
A good end
Vasco's sweetheart
The Peruvian
Tagalash
The home kraal
The sacrifice
The coward
Her own story

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Gibbons, James: The Faith of Our Fathers. V1. 04-Mar-2013

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[Faith of Our Fathers[/, explains the basic tenets of the Catholic Faith and traces their origin to the early church fathers, the Apostles and the scriptures. The book gives clear explanation of the items that people find hard to understand, such as: purgatory and prayers for the dead, the infallibility of the Pope, invocations to the saints, the role of Mary in the church, confession and much more. The book was first published in 1876, by the Archbishop of Baltimore, James Gibbons. Since that date, the book has sold well over 1,000,000. copies.

James Gibbons (July 23, 1834 – March 24, 1921) was an American Cardinal of the Roman Catholic Church. He served as Bishop of Richmond from 1872 to 1877, and as ninth Archbishop of Baltimore from 1877 until his death in 1921. Gibbons was elevated to the cardinalate in 1886, the second American to receive that distinction, after John McCloskey.

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Gibran, Kahlil: Sand and Foam. v1. 26 August 2015

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Kahlil Gibran (1883–1931) was a Lebanese-American artist, poet, and writer. He is best known for his book The Prophet.

Sand and Foam is a collection of aphorisms, poems, and parables; it was first published in 1926 (three years after The Prophet).

(Please note that this ebook edition does not include the five illustrations found in the print edition.)

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Gibran, Kahlil: The Forerunner. v1. 11 September 2015

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Kahlil Gibran (1883–1931) was a Lebanese-American artist, poet, and writer. He is best known for his book The Prophet.

The Forerunner is a collection of aphorisms, poems, and parables; it was first published in 1920 (three years before The Prophet).

(Please note that this ebook edition does not include the five illustrations found in the print edition.)

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Gibran, Kahlil: The Madman. v1. 26 August 2015

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Kahlil Gibran (1883–1931) was a Lebanese-American artist, poet, and writer. He is best known for his book The Prophet.

The Madman is a collection of aphorisms, poems, and parables; it was first published in 1918 (five years before The Prophet).

(Please note that this ebook edition does not include the three illustrations found in the print edition.)

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Giesy, J. U. and Smith, Junius B; The Occult Detector, v1, 1 April 2026

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1877-1947 and 1883-1945

The two authors often collaborated, as in the Semi Dual, occult detector pulp magazine series, of which this is the first.

Gordon Glace, a newspaper reporter, interviews the mysterious Dr Semi Dual, and is drawn into an investigation of a strange murder. Semi Dual is not, of course, the man's real name; which is Prince Abdul Omar, a half-Persian mystic.

Semi Dual makes use of both occult and western sciences in his activities, and Gordon Glace becomes his "Watson."

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Giesy, John Ulrich: Jason, Son of Jason (1921), v.1., 30 July 2019

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John Ulrich Giesy, 1877-1947, was a fantasy short story writer, with a long-running series featuring Semi Dual, the occult detective. He is also noted for his Jason Croft trilogy of novels:

Palos of the Dog Star Pack
The Mouthpiece of Zitu
Jason, son of Jason

Heroic fantasy in the manner of Edgar Rice Burroughs, in which Jason Croft, experimenting with astral projection, finds himself on the planet Palos, circling the Dog Star (Sirius).

There he finds love and adventure.

Raw text from Roy Glashan's Library

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Giesy, John Ulrich: Palos of the Dog Star Pack (1918), v.1., 30 July 2019

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John Ulrich Giesy, 1877-1947, was a fantasy short story writer, with a long-running series featuring Semi Dual, the occult detective. He is also noted for his Jason Croft trilogy of novels:

Palos of the Dog Star Pack
The Mouthpiece of Zitu
Jason, son of Jason

Heroic fantasy in the manner of Edgar Rice Burroughs, in which Jason Croft, experimenting with astral projection, finds himself on the planet Palos, circling the Dog Star (Sirius).

There he finds love and adventure.

Raw text from Roy Glashan's Library

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Giesy, John Ulrich: The Mouthpiece of Zitu (1919), v.1., 30 July 2019

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John Ulrich Giesy, 1877-1947, was a fantasy short story writer, with a long-running series featuring Semi Dual, the occult detective. He is also noted for his Jason Croft trilogy of novels:

Palos of the Dog Star Pack
The Mouthpiece of Zitu
Jason, son of Jason

Heroic fantasy in the manner of Edgar Rice Burroughs, in which Jason Croft, experimenting with astral projection, finds himself on the planet Palos, circling the Dog Star (Sirius).

There he finds love and adventure.

Raw text from Roy Glashan's Library

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Gift, Theo: Not for the Night-Time. v1. 21 Jul 2021

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Victorian Gothic at its best —

A painter’s sketch of a briefly-glimpsed beautiful lady leads to the clue to a long-ago murder …

A clergyman’s wife suspects that she has been the witness to a lover’s terrible supernatural revenge …

A demonic hound wreaks vengeance on a young family …

The house in Melrose Square was at once so convenient, and so exceedingly — almost ridiculously — low-rented …

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Theo Gift was the pen name of English author Dorothy Henrietta Boulger (née Havers, 30 May 1847 – 22 July 1923). Her writings spanned many forms and genres during the last three decades of the nineteenth century. She published a large number of novels (which include the semi-autobiographical), short stories, ghost stories, children’s fiction, and worked extensively in journalism. Some of her fiction uses as setting the Falkland Islands, where she grew up.

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[Not for the Night-Time[/ was originally published in 1889. This book is in the public domain where copyright is “Life+90” or less, and in the USA.
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Gilbert, Henry: King Arthur's Knights: The Tales Re-Told for Boys & Girls. 11 Sept 07

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One of the greatest of all legends retold in simpler form for the rest of us. The knights, the round table, the days of greatness.

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Gilchrist, Anne: Mary Lamb, v.1, 28 December 2008.

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Mary Lamb (1883)
By
Mrs. Gilchrist (Anne Gilchrist) (1828–1885)

A biography of Mary Lamb who, with her brother Charles is famous for [Lamb’s Tales of Shakespeare [/(already uploaded). She struggled with mental illness for most of her life.

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Gilchrist, R. Murray: The Stone Dragon and Other Tragic Romances. v1. 21 Aug 2021

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Fourteen bizaare and eerie tales “of Passion and of Death,” written in lush Victorian prose. The atmosphere is intense and disturbing, with touches of the supernatural and the weird. This book is not an “easy read,” but it will repay careful attention.

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Robert Murray Gilchrist (6 January 1867 – 4 April 1917) was an English novelist and author of regional interest books about the Peak District of north central England.

In the 1890s, he wrote mannered, atmospheric short fiction that blended Gothic horror with Decadent beauty, and is best known today for those writings.

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[This book was originally published in 1894. This ebook is in the public domain worldwide because the author died more than 100 years ago, and it was published before 1925.[/
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Giles, Herbert A: Religions of Ancient China, v.1, 12 May 2008.

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Herbert A Giles (1845-1935)
Religions of Ancient China (1906).

Contents:
Chapter I: The Ancient Faith
Chapter II: Confucianism
Chapter III: Taoism
Chapter IV: Materialism
Chapter V: Buddhism and Other Religions
Chronological Syllabus
Selected Works Bearing on the Religions of China

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Gillette, King: World Corporation. 2 November 2008

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Like all utopias, [World Corporation[/ is set in the structures of its day -- while Augustine set his in the [City of God[/, the New Harmony experiment was set in the early/mid industrial age, and the hippie communes of the 60’s were set in a back to the earth movement, Gillette set his as a corporation. As outlined here and in his prior volume [The Human Drift[/, Gillette’s outcome and ideal world vary in only minor points of obtainment from Marx -- Gillette from the top down and Marx from the bottom up.

Another MR member has stated that they would not like to live in a utopia and I agree. To me it is something more like a ring of Dante’s than it is Valhalla.

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Gillmore, Rufus H: The Opal Pin (1914); v1, 2 Dec 2019

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The second of the four mystery novels written by Rufus H Gillmore, all of which are now in the Library.

The story hinges around the eponymous opal pin which, passing from hand to hand, seems to trail disaster in its wake.

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Gillmore, Rufus: The Alster Case (1914); v1

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Rufus Gillmorre's second novel, a detective story set in New York. Immensely wealthy Miss Alster, an elderly lady with two adoptive nieces, is found shot dead in her bedroom suite in her brownstone. The room was locked and had to be entered with the aid of a locksmith.

The butler has vanished; and then one of the adoptive nieces is abducted....

The whole case ultimately hinges on the Subway transfer ticket as illustrated on the cover.

This ebook has the original cover and all the original illustrations.

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Gillmore, Rufus: The Alster Case. v1. 12 Feb 2016

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Rufus GILLMORE: Born : 1869 Died : 1935
Excerpt
ON the morning after the murder I arrived at the office late. Having been outrageously overworked and, having gone through more of late than is given to many men to endure, I had barely closed my eyes the night before, and was in a highly overwrought and nervous condition. I remember that I went straight to my desk, forgetting my customary “Good morning” to the office boy, neglecting even that welcoming smile from pretty Miss Walsh with which my day’s work ordinarily began.

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Gillmore, Rufus: The Ebony Bed Murder (1932): V1

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Traditional detective novel by American author and journalist Rufus Gillmore (1869-1935.) So far as I can find out, he had just four books published.

A glamorous, famous, much married (profitably) woman is shot dead in her bedroom, and the suspects include several well-connected ex-husbands and even the boss of one of New York's most powerful crime gangs.

Complete with a map, and a timetable, in the classic style.

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Gillmore, Rufus: the Mystery of the Second Shot (1912); v.1

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Wealthy, ruthless Bertrand Newhall is found shot dead in Boston's Back Bay area, and what at first looks like suicide is soon proved to be a murder.

There is a ready suspect at hand, but newspaper reporter John Ashley is far from satisfied, and not just because he has fallen for the suspect's sister.

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Gilman, Charlotte Perkins: Benigna Machiavelli, v2, 5 Mar 2015

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Charlotte Perkins Gilman (1860-1935) was mostly self-educated, but became a leading intellectual in the women's movement. She began a career as a public lecturer in 1890, wrote many poems, articles, short stories, and novels, and between 1909 and 1916 wrote, edited, and published [The Forerunner[/, a monthly magazine. Her most famous book is [The Yellow Wallpaper[/, (1892) written after a bout of post-partum depression. She was didactic in all her writings - 'In my opinion it is a pretty poor thing
to write, to talk, without a purpose' - often with sardonic humour and always with compassion.

[Benigna Machiavelli[/ was serialised in [The Forerunner[/, Volume 5, 1914, and a version was published in pdf format by Bandanna Books in 1994. It is written as the autobiography from early childhood to early adult life of the plain child of an abusive father and an ineffectual mother - 'it wasn't so much father... that kept mother down... it was mostly her ideas of duty. She thought she had to submit and obey... she was bound by her own notions.'

The source for this edition was a text file in the Internet Archive at
https://archive.org/details/Benigna. The file lacks chapter three, which was replaced with plain text from [The Forerunner[/ at http://catalog.hathitrust.org/Record/000544186. Perhaps because of Ms Gilman's prodigous output and lack of a proofreader there were several typos and inconsistencies. I have silently curled quotes, replaced italics, diacritics, and scene breaks, corrected typos, made names consistent, and made changes to spelling and hyphenation using oxforddictionaries.com/US
English.

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Gilman, Charlotte Perkins: Herland, v1.2, 20 Sept 2007.

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Patricia

Herland
by Charlotte Perkins Stetson Gilman
[1915]

A feminist Utopia. Three men blunder into a society of women.

From Sacred-texts.com’s notes:

Gilman's feminist novel, ‘Herland’ was one of a flood of utopian books at the turn of the 20th century where sex roles are inverted. Gilman imagined a society where women not only rule, but are the only gender. Reproducing by parthenogenesis, they worship a female deity. This particular book later became a must-read for the second-wave feminists, particularly the 'separatist' wing.

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I have taken down v1 and replaced it with a new version incorporating seven corrections. The original was downloaded 6 times.

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Gilman, Charlotte Perkins: Our Androcentric Culture, v.1, 26 January 2009.

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Charlotte Perkins Gilman (1860–1935)
Our Androcentric Culture, Or The Man Made World (1911)

A liberal feminist text. Rather than considering what is appropriate masculine or feminine behaviour, we should investigate what it is to be human.

“…We have been so taken up with the phenomena of masculinity and femininity, that our common humanity has largely escaped notice. We know we are human, naturally, and are very proud of it; but we do not consider in what our humanness consists; nor how men and women may fall short of it, or overstep its bounds, in continual insistence upon their special differences. It is “manly” to do this; it is “womanly” to do that; but what a human being should do under the circumstances is not thought of.”

We also have some of Ms Gilman’s fiction in our uploads section: “Herland” and “The Yellow Wallpaper”.

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Gilman, Charlotte Perkins: The Crux. v1 29 Dec 2014

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Charlotte Perkins Gilman (1860-1935) was mostly self-educated, but became a leading intellectual in the women's movement. She began a career as a public lecturer in 1890, wrote many poems, articles, short stories, and novels, and between 1909 and 1916 wrote, edited, and published [The Forerunner[/, a monthly magazine. Her most famous book is[ The Yellow Wallpaper[/, (1892) written after a bout of post-partum depression. She was didactic in all her writings - 'In my opinion it is a pretty poor thing to write, to talk, without a purpose' - often with sardonic humour and always with compassion.

[The Crux[/ first appeared in volume 2 of [The Forerunner[/ in 1910, and was published in 1911. It has several themes, including women's right to choose and to develop their abilities, and their right to make informed decisions about venereal disease - 'if she was old enough to marry, to be a mother, she was surely old enough to know these things; and ... ought to know them'

'The text source was Project Gutenberg 38551-h.htm, checked against http://catalog.hathitrust.org/'Record/000544186. Perhaps because of Ms Gilman's prodigous output and lack of a proofreader there were some inconsistencies. I have silently corrected the inconsistencies and typos, curled quotes, and added scene breaks.

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Gilman, Charlotte Perkins: The Forerunner Short Stories 1. v1. 14 Mar 2015

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Charlotte Perkins Gilman (1860-1935) was mostly self-educated, but became a leading intellectual in the women's movement. She began a career as a public lecturer in 1890, and wrote many poems, articles, non-fiction works, short stories, and novels. Her most famous book is 'The Yellow Wallpaper' (1892), written after a bout of post-partum depression. She was didactic in all her writings -'In my opinion it is a pretty poor thing to write, to talk, without a purpose' - often with sardonic humour and always with compassion. She was often called a feminist, but preferred to be called a humanist.

Between late 1909 and 1916 she wrote, edited, and published 'The Forerunner', a monthly magazine. Each issue had poems, non-fiction articles, essays, and serialised longer non-fiction works, as well as short stories and serialised longer fiction.

This ebook contains the fourteen short stories in 'The Forerunner' volume 1, November 1909 to December 1910. They are are fascinating examples of Ms Gilman's ideas and work, and mention family relationships, gender equality, marriage, a phonograph, politics, romance, and witchcraft.

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Gilman, Charlotte Perkins: The Utopian “Herland” Trilogy. v1. 14 Feb 2022

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THE UTOPIAN “HERLAND” TRILOGY

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[MOVING THE MOUNTAIN[/
Gilman pointedly calls this book “a short-distance Utopia, a baby Utopia, a little one that can grow.”
At a remote location in Tibet, a man in local costume, backed by a group of native people, confronts a woman at the head of an exploratory expedition; there is a sudden sense of realization as the man and woman recognize each other as siblings. Thirty years earlier, at the age of 25, John Robertson had been traveling through rural Tibet and had fallen over a precipice. He was nursed back to health by local villagers, but his memory was deeply impaired until he regained his recollection upon meeting his sister Ellen. He returns with her to the United States, to face a society that is vastly different from the one he knew in his youth.

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[HERLAND[/
Three young American men discover a country inhabited solely by women, who reproduced by parthenogenesis (a form of asexual reproduction), and had borne only girl children for two thousand years; eventually they marry three of the women.
The central theme of [Herland [/is defining gender — the roles, how it is socially constructed, and how it is viewed as unchangeable by both genders. It also focuses on motherhood and individuality.

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[WITH HER IN OURLAND[/
This book immediately follows the events of [Herland[/, with Terry, Van, and Ellador traveling from Herland to “Ourland” (the contemporary 1915-16 world). The majority of the novel follows Van and Ellador’s travels throughout the world, and particularly the United States, with Van curating their explorations through the then-modern world, while Ellador offers her commentary and “prescriptions” from a Herlander’s perspective, discussing topics such as the First World War, foot binding, education, politics, economics, race relations, and gender relations.

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Charlotte Perkins Gilman (July 3, 1860 – August 17, 1935), also known as Charlotte Perkins Stetson, her first married name, was an American humanist, novelist, writer of short stories, poetry and nonfiction, and a lecturer for social reform. She was a utopian feminist and served as a role model for future generations of feminists because of her unorthodox concepts and lifestyle. She has been inducted into the National Women’s Hall of Fame. Her best remembered work today is her semi-autobiographical short story “The Yellow Wallpaper”, which she wrote after a severe bout of postpartum psychosis.

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[Moving the Mountain[/, by Charlotte Perkins Gilman (1860–1935), was serialized in [The Forerunner[/ magazine in 1911, and published in book format in 1911; [Herland [/was serialized in [The Forerunner[/ magazine in 1915; [With Her in Ourland [/was serialized in T[he Forerunner[/ magazine in 1916. The latter two titles were not published in book format until 1979 and 1997, respectively. Cover vignette from a painting by Mary Cassatt (1844–1926). [This ebook is in the public domain where copyright is “Life+80” or less, and in the USA.[/
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Gilman, Charlotte Perkins: The Yellow Wallpaper, v1, 20 Sept 2007.

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Patricia

A classic Gothic, feminist short story

Wikipedia says:

"The Yellow Wallpaper" is a short story by author Charlotte Perkins Gilman. It took merely two days to write, but was at first rejected in 1891 by a Boston physician who made a protest in The Transcript. He claimed such a story ought not to be written, since it was enough to drive anyone mad to read it. An editor as well claimed the story made him feel "miserable", and therefore did not want society to be subjected to similar feelings. It was first published, however, in 1892 in The New England Magazine. The story did not receive much serious attention until American writer and critic William Dean Howells published it in his The Great Modern American Stories in 1920. By 1973, "The Yellow Wallpaper" already had ten reprintings. The widest currency the story ever received however was through the Feminist Press and is now considered the best seller for that publishing company.
Told in first-person perspective--in the form of a series of journal entries--the story details the descent into madness of an unnamed woman suffering from what her physician husband John describes as a "temporary nervous depression — a slight hysterical tendency." John believes it is in the narrator's best interest to go on a rest cure, since he only credits what is observable and scientific. He serves as his wife's physician, therefore treating her like a powerless patient. The story hints that part of the woman's problem is that she recently gave birth to a child, insinuating she may be suffering from what would, in modern times, be called postpartum depression. While on vacation for the summer at a colonial mansion, the narrator senses "something queer about it." The narrator is confined in an upstairs room to recuperate by her well-meaning but dictatorial and oblivious husband, but this treatment only exacerbates her depression.

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Gilman, Charlotte Perkins: What Diantha Did. v1, 26 Jan 2015

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Charlotte Perkins Gilman (1860-1935) was mostly self-educated, and became a leading intellectual in the women's movement. She began a career as a public lecturer in 1890, wrote many poems, articles, short stories, and novels, and between 1909 and 1916 wrote, edited, and published [The Forerunner,[/ a monthly magazine. Her most famous book is[ The Yellow Wallpaper,[/ (1892) written after a bout of post-partum depression. She was didactic in all her writings - 'In my opinion it is a pretty poor thing to write, to talk, without a purpose' - often with sardonic humour and always with compassion.

[What Diantha Did[/ was serialised in [The Forerunner[/ from November 1909 to October 1910, and published separately in 1910. The main themes are 'The servant question' and the grief caused by having to do work in which one is not interested; set against a background of future female in-laws who would be ashamed to earn their own living and a fiancé who believes that 'No man - that is a man - would marry a woman and let her run a business.'

The text source was Project Gutenberg 3016-h.htm, checked against a pdf version of the 1910 Charlton Company edition. Perhaps because of Ms Gilma's prodigous output and lack of a proofreader there were several typos and inconsistencies. I have silently corrected inconsistencies and typos, curled quotes, set letters and documents off as blockquotes, made names consistent, and checked spelling and hyphenation with Oxforddictionaries.com US.

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Gilson, Charles: Across the Cameroons. v1. 3 Sep 2015

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Gilson, Charles, 1878-1943

Extract
Late on a September afternoon, in the year 1913, two boys returned to Friar’s Court by way of the woods. Each carried a gun under his arm, and a well-bred Irish water-spaniel followed close upon their heels. They were of about the same age, though it would have been apparent, even to the most casual observer, that they stood to one another in the relation of master to man.

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Gilson, Charles: Held by Chinese Brigands. v1. 4 Sep 2015

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Gilson, Charles, 1878-1943

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We have heard it said, by those who are widely travelled, that there are three beautiful harbours in the world: Rio de Janeiro, in Brazil; Sydney Harbour, and—most beautiful of all—the harbour of Hong-Kong.

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Gilson, Charles: Submarine U93. v1. 5 Sep 2015

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Gilson, Charles, 1878-1943

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In the following story fact is blended with fiction. The account of the Battle of the North Sea, in which the “Blücher” was sunk, is as historically accurate as is possible with the details at present available. On the other hand, it would be well for the reader to know that the description of the pursuit of the “Dresden” in mid-Atlantic is wholly fictitious. The incident is introduced “for my story’s sake,” as Robert Louis Stevenson used to say, and also because it is illustrative of the character of the “Sea Affair” in the earlier days of the war.

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Gilson, Charles: The Fire-Gods. v1. 4 Sep 2015

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Gilson, Charles, 1878-1943

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The Explorers' Club no longer exists. To-day, as a matter of fact, it is a tea-shop in Old Bond Street--a small building, wedged between two greater ones, a fashionable milliner's and a famous Art Establishment. Towards the end of the last century, in what is known as the mid-Victorian era, the Explorers' Club was in the heyday of its glory.

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Gilson, Charles: The Refugee. v1. 10 Sep 2015

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Gilson, Charles, 1878-1943

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A SEAFARING man, who had come from Ipswich by the London coach and walked to Dedham from Stratford St. Mary, had openly boasted in the tap-room of the Sun Inn that he knew every inlet on the North Sea coast between Mersey Island and the port of Hull. At this, both Master Anthony Packe, then in his fifteenth year, and John Constable, two years the other’s senior, were prodigiously impressed, then and there putting him down for a smuggler, which, as a matter of fact, he was.

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Gilson, Charles: Treasure of Kings. v1. 7 Sep 2015

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Gilson, Charles, 1878-1943

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I shall never forget the day on which I first set eyes upon John Bannister. I was then a boy—sixteen years of age, if I remember rightly—and I stood before him, tongue-tied by the questions that he asked me, wondering how he had come by the great ugly, horrid scar upon his face, awed—indeed, I think, a little frightened—by the great muscles in his forearms, naked to the elbows, his rough weather-beaten face with skin like leather, and above all else by the stature of the man.

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Gissing, George, et. al.: Victorian Short Stories of Troubled Marr... V1. 10 Sep 2

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George Robert Gissing (pronounced /ˈɡɪsɪŋ/ – the g in his surname is hard; 22 November 1857 – 28 December 1903) was an English novelist who wrote twenty-three novels between 1880 and 1903. From his early naturalistic works, he developed into one of the most accomplished realists of the late-Victorian era.

The Bronckhorst Divorce-Case, by Rudyard Kipling
Irremediable, by Ella D'Arcy
"A Poor Stick," by Arthur Morrison
The Adventure of the Abbey Grange, by Arthur Conan Doyle
The Prize Lodger, by George Gissing

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Gissing, George: A Life's Morning. V1. 8 Sep 2010

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George Robert Gissing (pronounced /ˈɡɪsɪŋ/ – the g in his surname is hard; 22 November 1857 – 28 December 1903) was an English novelist who wrote twenty-three novels between 1880 and 1903. From his early naturalistic works, he developed into one of the most accomplished realists of the late-Victorian era.

Excerpt
Wilfrid Athel went down invalided a few days after the beginning of Trinity term. The event was not unanticipated. At Christmas it had been clear enough that he was overtaxing himself; his father remarked on the fact with anxiety, and urged moderation, his own peculiar virtue. Wilfrid, whose battle with circumstances was all before him, declined to believe that the body was anything but the very humble servant of the will. So the body took its revenge.

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Gissing, George: Born in Exile. V1. 6 Sep 2010

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George Robert Gissing (pronounced /ˈɡɪsɪŋ/ – the g in his surname is hard; 22 November 1857 – 28 December 1903) was an English novelist who wrote twenty-three novels between 1880 and 1903. From his early naturalistic works, he developed into one of the most accomplished realists of the late-Victorian era.

Excerpt
The summer day in 1874 which closed the annual session of Whitelaw College was marked by a special ceremony, preceding the wonted distribution of academic rewards. At eleven in the morning (just as a heavy shower fell from the smoke-canopy above the roaring streets) the municipal authorities, educational dignitaries, and prominent burgesses of Kingsmill assembled on an open space before the College to unveil a statue of Sir Job Whitelaw.

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Gissing, George: By the Ionian Sea. V1. 6 Sep 2010

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George Robert Gissing (pronounced /ˈɡɪsɪŋ/ – the g in his surname is hard; 22 November 1857 – 28 December 1903) was an English novelist who wrote twenty-three novels between 1880 and 1903. From his early naturalistic works, he developed into one of the most accomplished realists of the late-Victorian era.

Excerpt
Were I to lend ear to the people with whom I am staying, here in the Chiatamone, I should either abandon my project altogether or set forth with dire misgivings. They are Neapolitans of the better class; that is to say, they have known losses, and talk of their former happiness, when they lived on the Chiaia and had everything handsome about them. The head of the family strikes me as a typical figure; he is an elderly man, with a fine head, a dignified presence, and a coldly courteous demeanour.

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Gissing, George: Demos. V1. 6 Sep 2010

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George Robert Gissing (pronounced /ˈɡɪsɪŋ/ – the g in his surname is hard; 22 November 1857 – 28 December 1903) was an English novelist who wrote twenty-three novels between 1880 and 1903. From his early naturalistic works, he developed into one of the most accomplished realists of the late-Victorian era.

Excerpt
Stanbury Hill, remote but two hours' walk from a region blasted with mine and factory and furnace, shelters with its western slope a fair green valley, a land of meadows and orchard, untouched by poisonous breath. At its foot lies the village of Wanley. The opposite side of the hollow is clad with native wood, skirting for more than a mile the bank of a shallow stream, a tributary of the Severn. Wanley consists in the main of one long street; the houses are stone-built, with mullioned windows, here and there showing a picturesque gable or a quaint old chimney.

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Gissing, George: Denzil Quarrier. V1. 7 Sep 2010

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George Robert Gissing (pronounced /ˈɡɪsɪŋ/ – the g in his surname is hard; 22 November 1857 – 28 December 1903) was an English novelist who wrote twenty-three novels between 1880 and 1903. From his early naturalistic works, he developed into one of the most accomplished realists of the late-Victorian era.

Excerpt
For half an hour there had been perfect silence in the room. The cat upon the hearthrug slept profoundly; the fire was sunk to a still red glow; the cold light of the autumn afternoon thickened into dusk.
Lilian seemed to be reading. She sat on a footstool, her arm resting on the seat of a basket-chair, which supported a large open volume. But her hand was never raised to turn a page, and it was long since her eyes had gathered the sense of the lines on which they were fixed. This attitude had been a favourite one with her in childhood, and nowadays, in her long hours of solitude, she often fell into the old habit. It was a way of inviting reverie, which was a way of passing the time.

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Gissing, George: Eve's Ransom. V1. 7 Sep 2010

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George Robert Gissing (pronounced /ˈɡɪsɪŋ/ – the g in his surname is hard; 22 November 1857 – 28 December 1903) was an English novelist who wrote twenty-three novels between 1880 and 1903. From his early naturalistic works, he developed into one of the most accomplished realists of the late-Victorian era.

Excerpt
On the station platform at Dudley Port, in the dusk of a February afternoon, half-a-dozen people waited for the train to Birmingham. A south-west wind had loaded the air with moisture, which dripped at moments, thinly and sluggishly, from a featureless sky. The lamps, just lighted, cast upon wet wood and metal a pale yellow shimmer; voices sounded with peculiar clearness; so did the rumble of a porter's barrow laden with luggage. From a foundry hard by came the muffled, rhythmic thunder of mighty blows; this and the long note of an engine-whistle wailing far off seemed to intensify the stillness of the air as gloomy day passed into gloomier night.

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Gissing, George: In the Year of Jubilee. V1. 8 Sep 2010

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George Robert Gissing (pronounced /ˈɡɪsɪŋ/ – the g in his surname is hard; 22 November 1857 – 28 December 1903) was an English novelist who wrote twenty-three novels between 1880 and 1903. From his early naturalistic works, he developed into one of the most accomplished realists of the late-Victorian era.

Excerpt
At eight o'clock on Sunday morning, Arthur Peachey unlocked his front door, and quietly went forth. He had not ventured to ask that early breakfast should be prepared for him. Enough that he was leaving home for a summer holiday—the first he had allowed himself since his marriage three years ago.

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Gissing, George: New Grub Street, v.1, 3 March 2008.

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The story is about the literary world of late-Victorian London that Gissing inhabited, and its title, New Grub Street, alludes to the London street, Grub Street, which in the 18th century became synonymous with the "hack writing" that pervades Gissing's novel; Grub Street itself was no longer extant when Gissing was writing. The novel contrasts Edwin Reardon, a congenitally uncommercial but talented writer, against Jasper Milvain, a selfish and unscrupulous hack who rejects artistic endeavour for material gain. Milvain's trite, manipulative work ascends while Reardon's work--and his life--spiral downward.
The novel suggests that the literary world rewards materialistic self-promotion more than serious artistic sensibility. Gissing's biography--a respected writer who struggled for a long time to obtain commercial success--strongly suggests the novel is autobiographical, the author's stand-in being (of course) Reardon.

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Gissing, George: New Grub Street. v1, 17 Jan 2008

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From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia:

New Grub Street is a novel by George Gissing published in 1891, which is set in the literary and journalistic circles of late-1800s London.

Plot introduction:

The story is about the literary world of late-Victorian London that Gissing inhabited, and its title, New Grub Street, alludes to the London street, Grub Street, which in the 18th century became synonymous with the "hack writing" that pervades Gissing's novel; Grub Street itself was no longer extant when Gissing was writing. The novel contrasts Edwin Reardon, a congenitally uncommercial but talented writer, against Jasper Milvain, a selfish and unscrupulous hack who rejects artistic endeavour for material gain. Milvain's trite, manipulative work ascends while Reardon's work--and his life--spiral downward.

The novel suggests that the literary world rewards materialistic self-promotion more than serious artistic sensibility. Gissing's biography--a respected writer who struggled for a long time to obtain commercial success--strongly suggests the novel is autobiographical, the author's stand-in being (of course) Reardon.

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Gissing, George: New Grub Street. v1. 9 Dec 2019

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New Grub Street is a novel by George Gissing published in 1891, which is set in the literary and journalistic circles of 1880s London. The story deals with the literary world that Gissing himself had experienced. Its title refers to the London street, Grub Street, which in the 18th century became synonymous with hack literature; by Gissing's time, Grub Street itself no longer existed, though hack-writing certainly did. Its two central characters are a sharply contrasted pair of writers: Edwin Reardon, a novelist of some talent but limited commercial prospects, and a shy, cerebral man; and Jasper Milvain, a young journalist, hard-working and capable of generosity, but cynical and only semi-scrupulous about writing and its purpose in the modern (i.e. late Victorian) world. (Wikipedia)

Attachment 175493

I used the version from the University of Adelaide for this edition. Quite a bit of formatting had to be fixed -- I hope I've caught all missing italics...

Accessibility: This publication conforms to WCAG 2.0 AA.

I hope this works; it is my first attempt to create an azw3 file, and I just ran the epub through a Calibre conversion without checking anything afterwards... :)

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Gissing, George: Our Friend the Charlatan. V1. 9 Sep 2010

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George Robert Gissing (pronounced /ˈɡɪsɪŋ/ – the g in his surname is hard; 22 November 1857 – 28 December 1903) was an English novelist who wrote twenty-three novels between 1880 and 1903. From his early naturalistic works, he developed into one of the most accomplished realists of the late-Victorian era.

Excerpt
As he waited for his breakfast, never served to time, Mr. Lashmar drummed upon the window-pane, and seemed to watch a blackbird lunching with much gusto about the moist lawn of Alverholme Vicarage. But his gaze was absent and worried. The countenance of the reverend gentleman rarely wore any other expression, for he took to heart all human miseries and follies, and lived in a ceaseless mild indignation against the tenor of the age. Inwardly, Mr. Lashmar was at this moment rather pleased, having come upon an article in his weekly paper which reviewed in a very depressing strain the present aspect of English life. He felt that he might have, and ought to have, written the article himself a loss of opportunity which gave new matter for discontent.

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Gissing, George: The Crown of Life. V1. 6 Sep 2010

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George Robert Gissing (pronounced /ˈɡɪsɪŋ/ – the g in his surname is hard; 22 November 1857 – 28 December 1903) was an English novelist who wrote twenty-three novels between 1880 and 1903. From his early naturalistic works, he developed into one of the most accomplished realists of the late-Victorian era.

Excerpt
Amid the throng of suburban arrivals volleyed forth from Waterloo Station on a May morning in the year '86, moved a slim, dark, absent-looking young man of one-and-twenty, whose name was Piers Otway. In regard to costume—blameless silk hat, and dark morning coat with lighter trousers—the City would not have disowned him, but he had not the City countenance. The rush for omnibus seats left him unconcerned; clear of the railway station, he walked at a moderate pace, his eyes mostly on the ground; he crossed the foot-bridge to Charing Cross, and steadily made his way into the Haymarket, where his progress was arrested by a picture shop.

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Gissing, George: The Emancipated. V1. 7 Sep 2010

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George Robert Gissing (pronounced /ˈɡɪsɪŋ/ – the g in his surname is hard; 22 November 1857 – 28 December 1903) was an English novelist who wrote twenty-three novels between 1880 and 1903. From his early naturalistic works, he developed into one of the most accomplished realists of the late-Victorian era.

Excerpt
By a window looking from Posillipo upon the Bay of Naples sat an English lady, engaged in letter-writing. She was only in her four-and-twentieth year, but her attire of subdued mourning indicated widowhood already at the stage when it is permitted to make quiet suggestion of freedom rather than distressful reference to loss; the dress, however, was severely plain, and its grey coldness, which would well have harmonized with an English sky in this month of November, looked alien in the southern sunlight.

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Gissing, George: The House of Cobwebs and Other Stories. V1. 8 Sep 2010

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George Robert Gissing (pronounced /ˈɡɪsɪŋ/ – the g in his surname is hard; 22 November 1857 – 28 December 1903) was an English novelist who wrote twenty-three novels between 1880 and 1903. From his early naturalistic works, he developed into one of the most accomplished realists of the late-Victorian era.

The work of George Gissing : An introductory survey
The house of cobwebs
A capitalist
Christopherson
Humplebee
The scrupulous father
A poor gentleman
Miss Rodney's leisure
A charming family
A daughter of the lodge
The riding-whip
Fate and the apothecary
Topham's chance
A lodger in maze pond
The salt of the earth
The pig and whistle

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Gissing, George: The Nether World. v1, 17 Jan 2008

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From Wikipedia:

George Gissing (November 22, 1857 – December 28, 1903) was an English novelist who wrote twenty-three novels between 1880 and 1903. Although his early works are naturalistic, he developed into one of the most accomplished realists of the late-Victorian era.

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The Nether World (1889), generally regarded as the finest of Gissing's early novels, is a highly dramatic, sometimes violent tale of man's caustic vision shaped by the bitter personal experience of poverty. This tale of intrigue depicts life among the artisans, factory-girls, and slum-dwellers, documenting an inescapable world devoid of sentimentality and steeped with people scheming and struggling to survive. With Zolaesque intensity and relentlessness, Gissing lays bare the economic forces which determine the aspirations and expectations of those born to a life of labor.

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Gissing, George: The Odd Women. V1. 8 Sep 2010

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George Robert Gissing (pronounced /ˈɡɪsɪŋ/ – the g in his surname is hard; 22 November 1857 – 28 December 1903) was an English novelist who wrote twenty-three novels between 1880 and 1903. From his early naturalistic works, he developed into one of the most accomplished realists of the late-Victorian era.

Excerpt
'So to-morrow, Alice,' said Dr. Madden, as he walked with his eldest daughter on the coast-downs by Clevedon, 'I shall take steps for insuring my life for a thousand pounds.'

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Gissing, George: The Paying Guest. V1. 9 Sep 2010

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George Robert Gissing (pronounced /ˈɡɪsɪŋ/ – the g in his surname is hard; 22 November 1857 – 28 December 1903) was an English novelist who wrote twenty-three novels between 1880 and 1903. From his early naturalistic works, he developed into one of the most accomplished realists of the late-Victorian era.

Excerpt
It was Mumford who saw the advertisement and made the suggestion. His wife gave him a startled look.
'But—you don't mean that it's necessary? Have we been extrav—'
'No, no! Nothing of the kind. It just occurred to me that some such arrangement might be pleasant for you. You must feel lonely, now and then, during the day, and as we have plenty of room—'

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Gissing, George: The Private Papers of Henry Ryecroft. V1. 9 Sep 2010

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George Robert Gissing (pronounced /ˈɡɪsɪŋ/ – the g in his surname is hard; 22 November 1857 – 28 December 1903) was an English novelist who wrote twenty-three novels between 1880 and 1903. From his early naturalistic works, he developed into one of the most accomplished realists of the late-Victorian era.

Excerpt
The name of Henry Ryecroft never became familiar to what is called the reading public. A year ago obituary paragraphs in the literary papers gave such account of him as was thought needful: the date and place of his birth, the names of certain books he had written, an allusion to his work in the periodicals, the manner of his death. At the time it sufficed. Even those few who knew the man, and in a measure understood him, must have felt that his name called for no further celebration; like other mortals, he had lived and laboured; like other mortals, he had entered into his rest. To me, however, fell the duty of examining Ryecroft’s papers; and having, in the exercise of my discretion, decided to print this little volume, I feel that it requires a word or two of biographical complement, just so much personal detail as may point the significance of the self-revelation here made.

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Gissing, George: The Town Traveller. V1. 10 Sep 2010

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George Robert Gissing (pronounced /ˈɡɪsɪŋ/ – the g in his surname is hard; 22 November 1857 – 28 December 1903) was an English novelist who wrote twenty-three novels between 1880 and 1903. From his early naturalistic works, he developed into one of the most accomplished realists of the late-Victorian era.

Excerpt
Moggie, the general, knocked at Mr. Gammon's door, and was answered by a sleepy "Hallo?"
"Mrs. Bubb wants to know if you know what time it is, sir? 'Cos it's half-past eight an' more."
"All right!" sounded cheerfully from within. "Any letters for me?"
"Yes, sir; a 'eap."
"Bring 'em up, and put 'em under the door. And tell Mrs. Bubb I'll have breakfast in bed; you can put it down outside and shout. And I say, Moggie, ask somebody to run across and get me a 'Police News' and 'Clippings' and 'The Kennel'—understand? Two eggs, Moggie, and three rashers, toasted crisp—understand?"

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Gissing, George: The Whirlpool. V1. 11 Sep 2010

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George Robert Gissing (pronounced /ˈɡɪsɪŋ/ – the g in his surname is hard; 22 November 1857 – 28 December 1903) was an English novelist who wrote twenty-three novels between 1880 and 1903. From his early naturalistic works, he developed into one of the most accomplished realists of the late-Victorian era.

Excerpt
Harvey Rolfe was old enough to dine with deliberation, young and healthy enough to sauce with appetite the dishes he thoughtfully selected. You perceived in him the imperfect epicure. His club had no culinary fame; the dinner was merely tolerable; but Rolfe's unfinished palate flattered the second-rate cook. He knew nothing of vintages; it sufficed him to distinguish between Bordeaux and Burgundy; yet one saw him raise his glass and peer at the liquor with eye of connoisseur. All unaffectedly; for he was conscious of his shortcoming in the art of delicate living, and never vaunted his satisfactions. He had known the pasture of poverty, and the table as it is set by London landladies; to look back on these things was to congratulate himself that nowadays he dined.

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Gissing, George: Thyrza. V1. 2010

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George Robert Gissing (pronounced /ˈɡɪsɪŋ/ – the g in his surname is hard; 22 November 1857 – 28 December 1903) was an English novelist who wrote twenty-three novels between 1880 and 1903. From his early naturalistic works, he developed into one of the most accomplished realists of the late-Victorian era.

Excerpt
There were three at the breakfast-table—Mr. Newthorpe, his daughter Annabel, and their visitor (Annabel's Cousin), Miss Paula Tyrrell. It was a small, low, soberly-furnished room, the walls covered with carelessly-hung etchings and water-colours, and with photographs which were doubtless mementoes of travel; dwarf bookcases held overflowings from the library; volumes in disorder, clearly more for use than ornament. The casements were open to let in the air of a July morning. Between the thickets of the garden the eye caught glimpses of sun-smitten lake and sheer hillside; for the house stood on the shore of Ullswater.

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Gissing, George: Veranilda. V1. 10 Sep 2010

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George Robert Gissing (pronounced /ˈɡɪsɪŋ/ – the g in his surname is hard; 22 November 1857 – 28 December 1903) was an English novelist who wrote twenty-three novels between 1880 and 1903. From his early naturalistic works, he developed into one of the most accomplished realists of the late-Victorian era.

Excerpt
Seven years long had the armies of Justinian warred against the Goths in Italy. Victor from Rhegium to Ravenna, the great commander Belisarius had returned to the East, Carrying captive a Gothic king. The cities of the conquered land were garrisoned by barbarians of many tongues, who bore the name of Roman soldiers; the Italian people, brought low by slaughter, dearth, and plague, crouched under the rapacious tyranny of governors from Byzantium.

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Gissing, George: Will Warburton. V1. 11 Sep 2010

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George Robert Gissing (pronounced /ˈɡɪsɪŋ/ – the g in his surname is hard; 22 November 1857 – 28 December 1903) was an English novelist who wrote twenty-three novels between 1880 and 1903. From his early naturalistic works, he developed into one of the most accomplished realists of the late-Victorian era.

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The sea-wind in his hair, his eyes agleam with the fresh memory of Alpine snows, Will Warburton sprang out of the cab, paid the driver a double fare, flung on to his shoulder a heavy bag and ran up, two steps at a stride, to a flat on the fourth floor of the many-tenanted building hard by Chelsea Bridge. His rat-tat-tat brought to the door a thin yellow face, cautious in espial, through the narrow opening.

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Glasgow, Ellen: Life and Gabriella. V1. 19 Feb 2009

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Ellen Glasgow , 1873-1945, American novelist, b. Richmond, Va. In revolt against the romantic treatment of Southern life, Glasgow presented in fiction a social history of Virginia since 1850, stressing the changing social order and the emergence of a dominant middle class and rejecting the outworn code of Southern chivalry and masculine superiority. She spent her entire life in Richmond, Va. Her radicalism was apparent in her first novel, The Descendant (1897), and was sustained through her many subsequent books, including Virginia (1913), Life and Gabriella (1916), Barren Ground (1925), The Romantic Comedians (1926), Vein of Iron (1935), and In This Our Life (1941; Pulitzer Prize).

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Three times within the last twelve months Jane had fled from her husband's roof to the protection of her widowed mother, a weak person of excellent ancestry, who could hardly have protected a sparrow had one taken refuge beneath her skirt. Twice before Mrs. Carr had wept over her daughter's woes and returned her, a sullen saint, to the arms of the discreetly repentant Charley; but to-day, while the four older children were bribed to good behaviour with bread and damson preserves in the pantry, and the baby was contentedly playing with his rubber ring in his mother's arms, Gabriella had passionately declared that "Jane must never, never go back!" Nothing so dreadful as this had ever happened before, for the repentant Charley had been discovered making love to his wife's dressmaker, a pretty French girl whom Jane had engaged for her spring sewing because she had more "style" than had fallen to the austerely virtuous lot of the Carr's regular seamstress, Miss Folly Hatch

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Glasgow, Ellen: One Man in His Time. V1. 20 Feb 2009

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Ellen Glasgow , 1873-1945, American novelist, b. Richmond, Va. In revolt against the romantic treatment of Southern life, Glasgow presented in fiction a social history of Virginia since 1850, stressing the changing social order and the emergence of a dominant middle class and rejecting the outworn code of Southern chivalry and masculine superiority. She spent her entire life in Richmond, Va. Her radicalism was apparent in her first novel, The Descendant (1897), and was sustained through her many subsequent books, including Virginia (1913), Life and Gabriella (1916), Barren Ground (1925), The Romantic Comedians (1926), Vein of Iron (1935), and In This Our Life (1941; Pulitzer Prize).

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Stopping midway of the road, Stephen Culpeper glanced back over the vague streets and the clearer distance, where the approaching dusk spun mauve and silver cobwebs of air. From that city, it seemed to him, a new and inscrutable force—the force of an idea—had risen within the last few months to engulf the Square and all that the Square had ever meant in his life. Though he was only twenty-six, he felt that he had watched the decay and dissolution of a hundred years. Nothing of the past remained untouched. Not the old buildings, not the old trees, not even the old memories. Clustering traditions had fled in the white blaze of electricity; the quaint brick walks, with their rich colour in the sunlight, were beginning to disappear beneath the expressionless mask of concrete. It was all changed since his father's or his grandfather's day; it was all obvious and cheap, he thought; it was all ugly and naked and undistinguished—yet the tide of the new ideas was still rising. Democracy, relentless, disorderly, and strewn with the wreckage of finer things, had overwhelmed the world of established customs in which he lived.

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Glasgow, Ellen: The Battle Ground. V1. 20 Feb 2009

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Ellen Glasgow , 1873-1945, American novelist, b. Richmond, Va. In revolt against the romantic treatment of Southern life, Glasgow presented in fiction a social history of Virginia since 1850, stressing the changing social order and the emergence of a dominant middle class and rejecting the outworn code of Southern chivalry and masculine superiority. She spent her entire life in Richmond, Va. Her radicalism was apparent in her first novel, The Descendant (1897), and was sustained through her many subsequent books, including Virginia (1913), Life and Gabriella (1916), Barren Ground (1925), The Romantic Comedians (1926), Vein of Iron (1935), and In This Our Life (1941; Pulitzer Prize).

Classic Civil War fiction.

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Glasgow, Ellen: The Deliverance. V1. 20 Feb 2009

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Ellen Glasgow , 1873-1945, American novelist, b. Richmond, Va. In revolt against the romantic treatment of Southern life, Glasgow presented in fiction a social history of Virginia since 1850, stressing the changing social order and the emergence of a dominant middle class and rejecting the outworn code of Southern chivalry and masculine superiority. She spent her entire life in Richmond, Va. Her radicalism was apparent in her first novel, The Descendant (1897), and was sustained through her many subsequent books, including Virginia (1913), Life and Gabriella (1916), Barren Ground (1925), The Romantic Comedians (1926), Vein of Iron (1935), and In This Our Life (1941; Pulitzer Prize).

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When the Susquehanna stage came to the daily halt beneath the blasted pine at the cross-roads, an elderly man, wearing a flapping frock coat and a soft slouch hat, stepped gingerly over one of the muddy wheels, and threw a doubtful glance across the level tobacco fields, where the young plants were drooping in the June sunshine.
“So this is my way, is it?” he asked, with a jerk of his thumb toward a cloud of blue-and-yellow butterflies drifting over a shining puddle—*“five miles as the crow flies, and through a bog?”

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Glasgow, Ellen: The Miller Of Old Church. V1. 23 Feb 2009

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Ellen Glasgow , 1873-1945, American novelist, b. Richmond, Va. In revolt against the romantic treatment of Southern life, Glasgow presented in fiction a social history of Virginia since 1850, stressing the changing social order and the emergence of a dominant middle class and rejecting the outworn code of Southern chivalry and masculine superiority. She spent her entire life in Richmond, Va. Her radicalism was apparent in her first novel, The Descendant (1897), and was sustained through her many subsequent books, including Virginia (1913), Life and Gabriella (1916), Barren Ground (1925), The Romantic Comedians (1926), Vein of Iron (1935), and In This Our Life (1941; Pulitzer Prize).

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It was past four o’clock on a sunny October day, when a stranger, who had ridden over the “corduroy” road between Applegate and Old Church, dismounted near the cross-roads before the small public house known to its frequenters as Bottom’s Ordinary.

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Glasgow, Ellen: The Voice of the People. V1. 23 Feb 2009

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Ellen Glasgow , 1873-1945, American novelist, b. Richmond, Va. In revolt against the romantic treatment of Southern life, Glasgow presented in fiction a social history of Virginia since 1850, stressing the changing social order and the emergence of a dominant middle class and rejecting the outworn code of Southern chivalry and masculine superiority. She spent her entire life in Richmond, Va. Her radicalism was apparent in her first novel, The Descendant (1897), and was sustained through her many subsequent books, including Virginia (1913), Life and Gabriella (1916), Barren Ground (1925), The Romantic Comedians (1926), Vein of Iron (1935), and In This Our Life (1941; Pulitzer Prize).

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The last day of Circuit Court was over at Kingsborough.
The jury had vanished from the semicircle of straight-backed chairs in the old court-house, the clerk had laid aside his pen along with his air of listless attention, and the judge was making his way through the straggling spectators to the sunken stone steps of the platform outside. As the crowd in the doorway parted slightly, a breeze passed into the room, scattering the odours of bad tobacco and farm-stained clothing. The sound of a cow-bell came through one of the small windows, from the green beyond, where a red-and-white cow was browsing among the buttercups.

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Glasgow, Ellen: Virginia. V1. 25 Feb 2009

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Ellen Glasgow , 1873-1945, American novelist, b. Richmond, Va. In revolt against the romantic treatment of Southern life, Glasgow presented in fiction a social history of Virginia since 1850, stressing the changing social order and the emergence of a dominant middle class and rejecting the outworn code of Southern chivalry and masculine superiority. She spent her entire life in Richmond, Va. Her radicalism was apparent in her first novel, The Descendant (1897), and was sustained through her many subsequent books, including Virginia (1913), Life and Gabriella (1916), Barren Ground (1925), The Romantic Comedians (1926), Vein of Iron (1935), and In This Our Life (1941; Pulitzer Prize).

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Toward the close of a May afternoon in the year 1884, Miss Priscilla Batte, having learned by heart the lesson in physical geography she would teach her senior class on the morrow, stood feeding her canary on the little square porch of the Dinwiddie Academy for Young Ladies.

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Glasgow, Ellen: Whispers in the Dark (collected ghosts). v1. 09 Dec 2018

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WHISPERS IN THE DARK
The Ghost Stories of ELIZABETH GLASGOW (1873–1945)

Four stories set in the American South, influenced, perhaps, by Henry James and Edgar Allen Poe. “The Shadowy Third” is the spirit of a dead child who is visible only to sensitive persons; scientifically-minded people never see her. “Dare’s Gift” tells of a house haunted by the spirit of treachery, which corrupts its inhabitants. In “The Past,” Vanderbridge’s first wife returns to haunt him and his second wife. In “Whispering Leaves,” Mammy Rhody returns to protect little Pell from harm.

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Ellen Anderson Gholson Glasgow (April 22, 1873 – November 21, 1945) was an American novelist. A lifelong Virginian, Glasgow portrayed the changing world of the contemporary South. During more than four decades of literary work, she published 20 novels (five reaching best-seller lists), one book of short stories, a collection of poems, and a book of literary criticism.
In 1941 Glasgow published [In This Our Life[/, which won the Pulitzer Prize for the Novel in 1942. It was adapted as a movie in 1942.

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These stories were first published 1916 ~ 1923 in various magazines; reprinted as part of the collection [The Shadowy Third[/ (1923). Text is in the public domain in countries where the copyright term is “Life+70” or less.

Text was obtained from the Internet Archive. OCR errors were corrected; punctuation, diacritics, and italics formatted; hyphenation and some spelling normalized. Story titles are cross-linked to table of contents. Embedded font used for titling.

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Hey, ghost stories are for Christmas-time too, you know!

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Glasgow, Ellen:The Wheel of Life. V1. 24 Feb 2009

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Ellen Glasgow , 1873-1945, American novelist, b. Richmond, Va. In revolt against the romantic treatment of Southern life, Glasgow presented in fiction a social history of Virginia since 1850, stressing the changing social order and the emergence of a dominant middle class and rejecting the outworn code of Southern chivalry and masculine superiority. She spent her entire life in Richmond, Va. Her radicalism was apparent in her first novel, The Descendant (1897), and was sustained through her many subsequent books, including Virginia (1913), Life and Gabriella (1916), Barren Ground (1925), The Romantic Comedians (1926), Vein of Iron (1935), and In This Our Life (1941; Pulitzer Prize).

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As the light fell on her face Gerty Bridewell awoke, stifled a yawn with her pillow, and remembered that she had been very unhappy when she went to bed. That was only six hours ago, and yet she felt now that her unhappiness and the object of it, which was her husband, were of less disturbing importance to her than the fact that she must get up and stand for three minutes under the shower bath in her dressing-room. With a sigh she pressed the pillow more firmly under her cheek, and lay looking a little wistfully at her maid, who, having drawn back the curtains at the window, stood now regarding her with the discreet and confidential smile which drew from her a protesting frown of irritation.

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Glaspell, Susan: A Jury of Her Peers, v1, 9 August 2009.

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Susan Glaspell (1882–1948)
A Jury of Her Peers (1917)

A classic short story, much admired in feminist circles. A man is found murdered in his bed. Suspicion falls on his wife. The local women examine her kitchen and gradually piece together the sequence of events.

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Glaspell, Susan: Fidelity. v1. 02 Jan 2019

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Fidelity
BY Susan Glaspell (1876–1948)

This book was first published in 1915. Text is in the public domain in countries where the copyright term is “Life+70” or less, and in the USA.

Fidelity exposes the limitations of life in a midwestern town as experienced by Ruth Holland, a young woman who falls in love with a married man, elopes with him to Colorado, and returns after eleven years lo face the death of her father, the break-up of her family, and the contempt of the people she loves.

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Susan Keating Glaspell (July 1, 1876 – July 28, 1948) was an American playwright, novelist, journalist and actress. She is known to have composed nine novels, fifteen plays, over fifty short stories, and one biography. Often set in her native Midwest, these semi-autobiographical tales typically explore contemporary social issues, such as gender, ethics, and dissent, while featuring deep, sympathetic characters who make principled stands, and characters in search of life’s meaning.

She is today recognized as a pioneering feminist writer and America’s first important modern female playwright. Her one-act play [Trifles[/ (1916) is frequently cited as one of the great works of American theater, as well as an important piece of feminist literature. [Alison’s House[/ earned her the 1931 Pulitzer Prize for Drama.

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Text was obtained from Project Gutenberg. Typographical errors were silently corrected; punctuation, diacritics, and italics formatted. Some punctuation and spelling were standardized.

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Glaspell, Susan: Norma Ashe. v1. 02 Jan 2019

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Norma Ashe
by Susan Glaspell (1876–1948)

This book was first published in 1942. Text is in the public domain in countries where the copyright term is “Life+70” or less.

Norma Ashe details the failure of idealism, the slow, steady process by which youthful ideas are destroyed by the tedium of daily life. It is the story of six students influenced by a college philosophy teacher. They had graduated on fire with the zeal to spread his vision throughout the world, but after twenty years they all in their own ways have betrayed the vision with which he entrusted them.

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Susan Keating Glaspell (July 1, 1876 – July 28, 1948) was an American playwright, novelist, journalist and actress. She is known to have composed nine novels, fifteen plays, over fifty short stories, and one biography. Often set in her native Midwest, these semi-autobiographical tales typically explore contemporary social issues, such as gender, ethics, and dissent, while featuring deep, sympathetic characters who make principled stands, and characters in search of life’s meaning.

She is today recognized as a pioneering feminist writer and America’s first important modern female playwright. Her one-act play [Trifles[/ (1916) is frequently cited as one of the great works of American theater, as well as an important piece of feminist literature. [Alison’s House[/ earned her the 1931 Pulitzer Prize for Drama.

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Text was obtained from the Internet Archive. OCR and printer’s errors were silently corrected; punctuation, diacritics, and italics formatted. Some punctuation and spelling were standardized.

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Glaspell, Susan: The Collected Plays. v1. 02 Jan 2019

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The Collected Plays
Susan Glaspell (1876–1948)

The contents of this book were first published 1916 ~ 1930. Text is in the public domain in countries where the copyright term is “Life+70” or less.

Susan Keating Glaspell (July 1, 1876 – July 28, 1948) was an American playwright, novelist, and journalist. She is known to have composed nine novels, fifteen plays, over fifty short stories, and one biography. Often set in her native Midwest, these semi-autobiographical tales typically explore contemporary social issues, such as gender, ethics, and dissent, while featuring deep, sympathetic characters who make principled stands, and characters in search of life’s meaning.

She is today recognized as a pioneering feminist writer and America’s first important modern female playwright. Her one-act play Trifles (1916) is frequently cited as one of the great works of American theater. [Trifles[/, and its short-story adaptation, “A Jury of Her Peers” have become staples of theater and Women’s Studies curricula across the United States and the world. [Inheritors[/ (1921) was considered the first modern historical drama. [Alison’s House[/ earned her the 1931 Pulitzer Prize for Drama.

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This collection presents eleven of Glaspell’s plays.
The following are not included:
[The Comic Artist [/(1927), co-written with her then-husband Norman H. Matson (1893–1965).
[Free Laughter[/ (1919), [Chains of Dew[/ (1922), and [Springs Eternal[/ (1943); all three published for the first time in 2010.

This is my own compilation. Texts were obtained from multiple files at the Internet Archive and Project Gutenberg. OCR and printer’s errors were silently corrected; punctuation, diacritics, and italics formatted. Titles are cross-linked to table of contents.

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Glaspell, Susan: The Collected Short Stories. v1. 02 Jan 2019

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The Collected Short Stories
Susan Glaspell (1876–1948)

The contents of this book were first published 1898 ~ 1940. Text is in the public domain in countries where the copyright term is “Life+70” or less.

Presented here, fifty-one stories by Susan Glaspell. Her stories often relate deep concerns about political and ethical issues prevalent then and now, but also describe, often with wry and witty humor, the experiences of daily life. Her characters, dealing with aspirations and disappointments, conflicts and resolutions (or lack of them), still resonate today.

A number of titles have been omitted due to unavailability of source material. The play [Trifles[/ can be found in the Appendix.

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Susan Keating Glaspell (July 1, 1876 – July 28, 1948) was an American playwright, novelist, and journalist. She is known to have composed nine novels, fifteen plays, over fifty short stories, and one biography. Often set in her native Midwest, these semi-autobiographical tales typically explore contemporary social issues, such as gender, ethics, and dissent, while featuring deep, sympathetic characters who make principled stands, and characters in search of life’s meaning.

She is today recognized as a pioneering feminist writer and America’s first important modern female playwright. Her one-act play [Trifles[/ (1916) is frequently cited as one of the great works of American theater, as well as an important piece of feminist literature. Trifles, and its short-story adaptation, “A Jury of Her Peers” have become staples of theater and Women’s Studies curricula across the United States and the world. The play [Alison’s House[/ earned Glaspell the 1931 Pulitzer Prize for Drama.

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This is my own compilation. Texts were obtained from multiple files at the Internet Archive, Project Gutenberg, HathiTrust, and links provided by the website of the International Susan Glaspell Society. OCR and printer’s errors were silently corrected; punctuation, diacritics, and italics formatted. Some punctuation and spelling were standardized to provide consistency. Index of Titles and cross-linked Table of Contents provide access to stories. Publication sources are cited at the end of each story.

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Glaspell, Susan: The Glory of the Conquered. v1. 02 Jan 2019

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The Glory of the Conquered
BY Susan Glaspell (1876–1948)

This book was first published in 1909. Text is in the public domain in countries where the copyright term is “Life+70” or less, and in the USA.

A talented young artist is determined to assist her scientist husband after he becomes blind. “The story of a great love,” with themes of tragedy, hope, loss, and renewal.

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Susan Keating Glaspell (July 1, 1876 – July 28, 1948) was an American playwright, novelist, journalist and actress. She is known to have composed nine novels, fifteen plays, over fifty short stories, and one biography. Often set in her native Midwest, these semi-autobiographical tales typically explore contemporary social issues, such as gender, ethics, and dissent, while featuring deep, sympathetic characters who make principled stands, and characters in search of life’s meaning.

She is today recognized as a pioneering feminist writer and America’s first important modern female playwright. Her one-act play [Trifles [/(1916) is frequently cited as one of the great works of American theater, as well as an important piece of feminist literature. [Alison’s House[/ earned her the 1931 Pulitzer Prize for Drama.

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Text was obtained from Project Gutenberg. Typographical errors were silently corrected; punctuation, diacritics, and italics formatted. Some punctuation and spelling were standardized. Chapter headings are cross-linked to table of contents.

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Glaspell, Susan: The Morning Is Near Us. v1. 02 Jan 2019

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The Morning Is Near Us
BY Susan Glaspell (1876–1948)

This book was first published in 1939. Text is in the public domain in countries where the copyright term is “Life+70” or less.

Lydia Chippman was sent away by her parents at the age of fifteen, to live with a wealthy aunt—why, she does not know, but she knows she wasn’t wanted. She has been living a nomadic existence for nineteen years. Now, under the terms of her father’s will, she returns home with her adopted children (a three-year-old Greek girl and a seven-year-old Mexican boy), to “rescue the family homestead,” and begins questioning family history and learning family secrets.

This was the Book of the Month selection for April 1940.

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Susan Keating Glaspell (July 1, 1876 – July 28, 1948) was an American playwright, novelist, journalist and actress. She is known to have composed nine novels, fifteen plays, over fifty short stories, and one biography. Often set in her native Midwest, these semi-autobiographical tales typically explore contemporary social issues, such as gender, ethics, and dissent, while featuring deep, sympathetic characters who make principled stands, and characters in search of life’s meaning.

She is today recognized as a pioneering feminist writer and America’s first important modern female playwright. Her one-act play [Trifles[/ (1916) is frequently cited as one of the great works of American theater, as well as an important piece of feminist literature. [Alison’s House[/ earned her the 1931 Pulitzer Prize for Drama.

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Text was obtained from the Internet Archive. OCR and printer’s errors were silently corrected; punctuation, diacritics, and italics formatted. Some punctuation and spelling were standardized.

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Glaspell, Susan: The Visioning. v1. 02 Jan 2019

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The Visioning
BY Susan Glaspell (1876–1948)

This book was first published in 1911. Text is in the public domain in countries where the copyright term is “Life+70” or less, and in the USA.

The education of Katie Wainwright Jones, daughter and sister of Army officers, who becomes interested in socialism, evolution, pacifism, and feminism, and whose subsequently altered view of life conflicts sharply with the values of the military society of which she has always been a part.

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Susan Keating Glaspell (July 1, 1876 – July 28, 1948) was an American playwright, novelist, journalist and actress. She is known to have composed nine novels, fifteen plays, over fifty short stories, and one biography. Often set in her native Midwest, these semi-autobiographical tales typically explore contemporary social issues, such as gender, ethics, and dissent, while featuring deep, sympathetic characters who make principled stands, and characters in search of life’s meaning.

She is today recognized as a pioneering feminist writer and America’s first important modern female playwright. Her one-act play [Trifles [/(1916) is frequently cited as one of the great works of American theater, as well as an important piece of feminist literature. [Alison’s House[/ earned her the 1931 Pulitzer Prize for Drama.

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Text was obtained from Project Gutenberg. Typographical errors were silently corrected; punctuation, diacritics, and italics formatted. Some punctuation and spelling were standardized.

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Glass, Montague: Abe and Mawruss. v1. 22 Jul 2013

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Montague Glass (born Marsden) (1877–1934) was an English-born United States dramatist and short story writer.
He was brought to America while very young and began his career by contributing to various magazines. All his successful plays were collaborations, and many of them were based on his stories about a pair of comic Jewish business partners: Potash and Perlmutter (1913), written with Charles Klein; Abe and Mawruss (1915), written with Roi Cooper Megrue; and four with Jules Eckert Goodman: Business before Pleasure (1917), His Honor Abe Potash (1919), Partners Again (1922), and Potash and Perlmutter, Detectives (1926). Although several of his other plays received favorable notices, they had short runs.

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"I come down on the subway with Max Linkheimer this morning, Mawruss," Abe Potash said to his partner, Morris Perlmutter, as they sat in the showroom one hot July morning. "That feller is a regular philantropist."
"I bet yer," Morris replied. "He would talk a tin ear on to you if you only give him a chance. Leon Sammet too, Abe, I assure you. I seen Leon in the Harlem Winter Garden last night, and the goods he sold while he was talking to me and Barney Gans, Abe, in two seasons we don't do such a business. Yes, Abe; Leon Sammet is just such another one of them fellers like Max Linkheimer."

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Glass, Montague: Elkan Lubliner, American. v1. 23 Jul 2013

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Montague Glass (born Marsden) (1877–1934) was an English-born United States dramatist and short story writer.
He was brought to America while very young and began his career by contributing to various magazines. All his successful plays were collaborations, and many of them were based on his stories about a pair of comic Jewish business partners: Potash and Perlmutter (1913), written with Charles Klein; Abe and Mawruss (1915), written with Roi Cooper Megrue; and four with Jules Eckert Goodman: Business before Pleasure (1917), His Honor Abe Potash (1919), Partners Again (1922), and Potash and Perlmutter, Detectives (1926). Although several of his other plays received favorable notices, they had short runs.

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"NU, PHILIP," cried Marcus Polatkin to his partner, Philip Scheikowitz, as they sat in the showroom of their place of business one June morning, "even if the letter does got bad news in it you shouldn't take on so hard. When a feller is making good over here and the Leute im Russland hears about it, understand me, they are all the time sending him bad news. I got in Minsk a cousin by the name Pincus Lubliner, understand me, which every time he writes me, y'understand, a relation dies on him and he wants me I should help pay funeral expenses. You might think I was a Free Burial Society, the way that feller acts."

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Glass, Montague: Object matrimony. v1. 23 Jul 2013

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Montague Glass (born Marsden) (1877–1934) was an English-born United States dramatist and short story writer.
He was brought to America while very young and began his career by contributing to various magazines. All his successful plays were collaborations, and many of them were based on his stories about a pair of comic Jewish business partners: Potash and Perlmutter (1913), written with Charles Klein; Abe and Mawruss (1915), written with Roi Cooper Megrue; and four with Jules Eckert Goodman: Business before Pleasure (1917), His Honor Abe Potash (1919), Partners Again (1922), and Potash and Perlmutter, Detectives (1926). Although several of his other plays received favorable notices, they had short runs.

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REAL ESTATE!" Philip Margolius cried bitterly; "that's a business for a business man! If a feller's in the clothing business and it comes bad times, Mr. Feldman, he can sell it his goods at cost and live anyhow; but if a feller's in the real-estate business, Mr. Feldman, and it comes bad times, he can't not only sell his houses, but he couldn't give 'em away yet, and when the second mortgage forecloses he gets deficiency judgments against him."

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Glass, Montague: Potash & Perlmutter. v1. 24 Jul 2013

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Montague Glass (born Marsden) (1877–1934) was an English-born United States dramatist and short story writer.
He was brought to America while very young and began his career by contributing to various magazines. All his successful plays were collaborations, and many of them were based on his stories about a pair of comic Jewish business partners: Potash and Perlmutter (1913), written with Charles Klein; Abe and Mawruss (1915), written with Roi Cooper Megrue; and four with Jules Eckert Goodman: Business before Pleasure (1917), His Honor Abe Potash (1919), Partners Again (1922), and Potash and Perlmutter, Detectives (1926). Although several of his other plays received favorable notices, they had short runs.

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"No, siree, sir," Abe Potash exclaimed as he drew a check to the order of his attorney for a hundred and fifty dollars, "I would positively go it alone from now on till I die, Noblestone. I got my stomach full with Pincus Vesell already, and if Andrew Carnegie would come to me and tell me he wants to go with me as partners together in the cloak and suit business, I would say 'No,' so sick and tired of partners I am."

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Glass, Montague: Potash and Perlmutter Settle Things. v1, 24 Jul 2013

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Montague Glass (born Marsden) (1877–1934) was an English-born United States dramatist and short story writer.
He was brought to America while very young and began his career by contributing to various magazines. All his successful plays were collaborations, and many of them were based on his stories about a pair of comic Jewish business partners: Potash and Perlmutter (1913), written with Charles Klein; Abe and Mawruss (1915), written with Roi Cooper Megrue; and four with Jules Eckert Goodman: Business before Pleasure (1917), His Honor Abe Potash (1919), Partners Again (1922), and Potash and Perlmutter, Detectives (1926). Although several of his other plays received favorable notices, they had short runs.

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"Nu, what's the matter now?" Morris Perlmutter asked, as he entered the office one morning after the cessation of hostilities on the western front.

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Glass, Montague: The Competitive Nephew. v1. 22 Jul 2013

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Montague Glass (born Marsden) (1877–1934) was an English-born United States dramatist and short story writer.
He was brought to America while very young and began his career by contributing to various magazines. All his successful plays were collaborations, and many of them were based on his stories about a pair of comic Jewish business partners: Potash and Perlmutter (1913), written with Charles Klein; Abe and Mawruss (1915), written with Roi Cooper Megrue; and four with Jules Eckert Goodman: Business before Pleasure (1917), His Honor Abe Potash (1919), Partners Again (1922), and Potash and Perlmutter, Detectives (1926). Although several of his other plays received favorable notices, they had short runs.

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"That's the way it goes," Sam Zaretsky cried bitterly. "You raise a couple of young fellers up in your business, Max, and so soon they know all you could teach 'em they turn around and go to work and do you every time."

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Glass, Montague: Worrying Won't Win, v1. 25 Jul 2013

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Montague Glass (born Marsden) (1877–1934) was an English-born United States dramatist and short story writer.
He was brought to America while very young and began his career by contributing to various magazines. All his successful plays were collaborations, and many of them were based on his stories about a pair of comic Jewish business partners: Potash and Perlmutter (1913), written with Charles Klein; Abe and Mawruss (1915), written with Roi Cooper Megrue; and four with Jules Eckert Goodman: Business before Pleasure (1917), His Honor Abe Potash (1919), Partners Again (1922), and Potash and Perlmutter, Detectives (1926). Although several of his other plays received favorable notices, they had short runs.

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"But that ain't the only idees for financing the war which Congress has got it, Mawruss," Abe said. "On everything which a feller buys, from pinochle decks to headache medicine, he will have to put a stamp. There will be extra stamps on all kinds of checks from bank checks and poker checks to bar checks and hat checks. There will be red stamps, blue stamps, and stamps in all pastel shades, and when they run out of colors they'll print 'em in black and white and issue them to the public in flavors like wintergreen, peppermint, spearmint, and clove for bar-check stamps and strawberry, vanilla, and chocolate nut Sunday for theayter-ticket stamps."

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Glassbrenner, Adolf: Slovenly Kate and Other Stories (illus). v1. 14 Apr 2021

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[THIS POST MASSIVELY EDITED, DUE TO INCORRECT AUTHOR BEING CREDITED.[/

From Adolf Glassbrenner, a collection of cautionary tales set in verse. Slovenly Kate is a “Struwwelpetriade”, an example of the multitude of that sub-genre that grew out of the success of Heinrich Hoffmann’s Struwwelpeter / Slovenly Peter.

These little poems, while demonstrating the bad results of children’s misbehavior, are not so violent or extreme as those in Hoffmann’s Der Struwwelpeter, so they are probably a wee bit more “politically correct” for modern children’s reading.

Slovenly Peter is available here in the MobileRead library:
https://www.mobileread.com/forums/sh...d.php?t=316877

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Adolf Glassbrenner (27 March 1810 – 25 September 1876) was a German humorist and satirist, considered part of the Young Germany Movement. Under the pseudonym Adolf Brennglas, he published series of pictures and articles about Berlin life, and thus became the founder of a popular satirical literature associated with modern Berlin.

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The original German stories by Adolf Glassbrenner (1810–1876) were published ca. 1850. 40 illustrations by Theodor Hosemann (1807–1875), German genre painter and illustrator. The translator is not identified. Owner’s inscription on flyleaf indicates publication of this English translation to be 1875 or earlier.

[This book is assumed to be in the public domain worldwide.[/

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Glauser, Friedrich: Der Chinese german v1 5 jan 2009

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Friedrich Charles Glauser (* 4. Februar 1896 in Wien; † 8. Dezember 1938 in Nervi bei Genua) war ein Schweizer Schriftsteller.

Friedrich Glauser gilt neben August Gottlieb Meißner als einer der ersten deutschsprachigen Krimiautoren.

Pfründisberg, das ist eine Armenanstalt, eine Gartenbauschule, eine Dorfwirtschaft. Und zwei Tote. Denn die Taschentücher der Anna Hungerlott, die an Darmgrippe gestorben sein soll, weisen Arsenspuren auf. Und der Chinese liegt mit einem Schuß mitten durchs Herz im Novembernebel. Wachtmeister Studer beobachtet. Daß die Armenhäusler dünne Kohlsuppe löffeln, während der Armenvater erlesenen Wein trinkt, hat nichts mit den Morden zu tun. Oder doch?

Tolles Cover von Ravenne

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Glauser, Friedrich: Der Tee der drei alten Damen german v1 1 jan 2009

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Yeah, Friedrich Glauser ist ab heute legal!

Friedrich Charles Glauser (* 4. Februar 1896 in Wien; † 8. Dezember 1938 in Nervi bei Genua) war ein Schweizer Schriftsteller.

Friedrich Glauser gilt neben August Gottlieb Meißner als einer der ersten deutschsprachigen Krimiautoren.

Zwischen Flucht und Internierung gab es in F. Glausers Leben eine Konstante: das Schreiben. »Es ist mir, auch wenn es mir schlecht gegangen ist, immer gewesen, als hätte ich etwas zu sagen, was außer mir keiner imstande wäre, auf diese Art zu sagen.« Sein Thema waren die »kleinen Leute«. Immer wieder zeichnete er Figuren, die keine Chance haben, als asozial abqualifiziert und durch Verwahr- und Internierungsmaßnahmen der Gesellschaft aus den Augen geschafft werden. Der Einzelne versucht »durchzukommen«, scheitert aber an den Machtstrukturen der Gesellschaft. F. Glauser war der erste deutschsprachige Schriftsteller, der sich ernsthaft mit dem Kriminalroman auseinander setzte. Mit seinem Konzept der Atmosphäre hat er das Genre grundlegend erweitert und ihm neue Tiefe gegeben. Seine Krimis stehen am Anfang der Entwicklung dieser Gattung im deutschsprachigen Raum und er wird zu Recht als der Vater des deutschsprachigen Kriminalromans bezeichnet.

Den “Tee der drei alten Damen„ lässt Glauser in Genf spielen. Selber lebte er einige Jahre in dieser Stadt, besser gesagt in den Heilanstalten und Irrenhäusern dieser Stadt. Aber er war offenbar ein sehr aufnahmefähiger Mensch, kannte das Stadtgespräch, die Politik und die Kulturszene. Unter dem Eindruck des Völkerbundes, der nach dem ersten Weltkrieg seinen Hauptsitz in Genf hatte, mischte Glauser in diesem ersten deutschen Kriminalroman sein ganz eigenes Giftsüppchen aus Spionage, Parapsychologie, Geldgier, Okkultismus und Kräuterkunde.

Ein junger Mann wird mit Anzeichen einer Vergiftung spätnachts auf einem Platz im Herzen Genfs gefunden. Im Spital stirbt er kurz darauf. Nur wenige Tage später stirbt ein Apotheker ebenfalls an einer Vergiftung. Im Verdacht steht ein prominenter Professor, der in der Stadt viel Ruhm genießt, jedoch seit einiger Zeit auch morphiumsüchtig ist. Zu beiden Toten hielt er engen Kontakt. Simpson O’Key, Agent der britischen Krone, mischt sich, getarnt als Zeitungsreporter, in die Ermittlungen der Polizei ein. Bald schon findet er heraus, dass ein Maharadscha eines indischen Randstaates in Genf ist, um seine Ölquellen zu verkaufen. Die Verträge mit den Engländern scheinen schon aufgesetzt zu sein, aber auch die Russen haben Interesse. Und er hört Gerüchte über drei alte Damen, die Männer zum Tee einladen.

Unbedingt lesen!!

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PS: Es gibt noch weitere Glauser-Krimis.

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Glauser, Friedrich: Die Fieberkurve german 7 jan 2009

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Wenn der Ermittler in einem erstmals 1937/38 erschienenen Schweizer Krimi kiffen darf und diese neue Erfahrung begeistert mit einem "cheibe suber isch es gsy" kommentiert -- dann kann nur Friedrich Glauser der Autor sein...
In der "Fieberkurve" geht es nicht nur die Aufklärung zweier aktueller und eines lange vergangenen ungeklärten Todesfalles -- es geht auch um Studers Jugendträume, die er nun, gerade eben Großvater geworden, von einer anderen Seite sieht: Ein Teil der Handlung spielt im Maghreb, bei der Fremdenlegion. Und es geht um arme Teufel, die das Schicksal über Gebühr gebeutelt hat.
Zunächst aber beginnt alles in Paris, wo Studer ein eigenartiger Geistlicher, ein "père blanc" vorgestellt wird, dem in einem Fremdenlegion-Posten vom "Hellseherkorporal" zwei Morde prophezeit worden waren. Studer lernt bald auch Marie Cleman kennen, ein "suubers Meitschi", das seine väterlichen Gefühle weckt -- aber auch sie ist in den Fall verwickelt. Und er findet heraus, dass es um viel Geld geht -- und darum, dass längst nicht alle Beteiligten das sind, das sie scheinen -- oder doch? Vieles spielt außerdem noch mit hinein, z.B. innerschweizerische Animositäten und der französische Geheimdienst -- eine etwas wirre Geschichte, zugegeben, die aber doch völlig logisch endet. Man merkt allerdings, dass der Roman erstmals in Fortsetzungen erschienen ist.
Aber trotz der spektakulären Handlungselemente hat "Die Fieberkurve" überhaupt nichts Reißerisches an sich. Im Gegenteil: Studer interessiert sich vor allem für die Geschicke der Beteiligten, hat ein Gespür für die Pechvögel, die das Schicksal geschlagen hat, und er legt eine unglaubliche Empathie an den Tag: "Zuerst und vor allem hatte man sich in die g'spässigen Verhältnisse der Familie Cleman einzuleben. Ja! Einzuleben!", heißt es einmal, und eine unglaublich dichte, mit verblüffenden Assoziationsketten gespickte Wachtraum-Sequenz mitten im Buch wird Studers weiteres Vorgehen bestimmen. -- Man merkt immer wieder, welch ein Meister der Erzählprosa Friedrich Glauser ist. In wenigen Sätzen, ohne jeden Bombast, aber mit meisterlich hingetupften, wunderbar stimmigen Bildern charakterisiert er all die verschiedenen Romanfiguren und Milieus. Egal ob es um die Atmosphäre im biederen Basel geht, um das Pariser Großstadtleben oder um die Weiten Nordafrikas und die gottverlassenen Fremdenlegions-Posten -- Glauser kennt die Personen und ihre Welt. Genau beobachtete Details, die man kennen muss, die man unmöglich aus den Fingern saugen kann, bestimmen den Roman, und dazu Bilder, die eben wegen ihrer sparsamen Mittel so stark berühren.
Glauser gilt zu Recht als einer der bedeutendsten Schweizer Autoren des 20. Jahrhunderts, und was seinen Wachtmeister Studer angeht -- der steht als einsamer Monolith in der Weltliteratur, vielleicht in einigen Teilaspekten noch mit Maigret vergleichbar. Glausers Stärke sind nicht einmal die Plots, sondern die Figuren, ihre Lebensumstände, und all die vielen stimmungsvollen Milieus, die er nicht nur aus eigener Erfahrung kennt, sondern auch exakt beobachtet und atmosphärisch dicht (und mit trockenem Humor) zu schildern weiß. (Amazon)

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Glauser, Friedrich: Gourrama german v1 30 jan 2009

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Auch wenn das schwer zu glauben ist: Ausgerechnet Marcel Proust, der feinsinnige Chronist vornehmen gesellschaftlichen Lebens, stand Pate für diesen Roman, der ein Milieu schildert, das übler beleumdet nicht sein könnte: "Ich will gestehen, dass ich damals sehr von Proust beeinflusst war und dass man dies wohl merken wird -- aber schließlich, dürfen wir Schriftsteller nicht auch einen Lehrer haben?" Natürlich war es Friedrich Glauser nicht um den Stoff seines Vorbilds zu tun, sondern um den Blick des Erzählers in die Zeit, um Prousts ganz eigentümliche Art der Erinnerung. Gourrama ist eine Auseinandersetzung des Autors mit Erlebnissen, die ihn zutiefst geprägt haben und denen er sich literarisch wieder annähern wollte.

Glauser wurde im April 1921 von seinem Vater genötigt, der Fremdenlegion beizutreten und tat zwei Jahre Dienst im so genannten Französisch-Nordafrika. Der Roman selbst spielt 1923/24, in einer der heißesten Phasen der Auseinandersetzung um die Vorherrschaft in Marokko. Davon ist in Gourrama nur wenig zu spüren, und darin dürfte einer der Hauptgründe liegen, weshalb der Roman bei Zeitgenossen, die Glauser ansonsten schätzten, auf wenig Verständnis stieß: Allzu sehr unterscheidet er sich von der Flut der damaligen Fremdenlegionsliteratur, in der Legionäre ihre Kriegszeit als Initiationsritus und ereignisreichen Abenteuerstoff verkauften. Bei Glauser steht das Zusammenspiel der Gruppe im Mittelpunkt; wie auch in seinen späteren Texten beobachtet er mit beeindruckender Genauigkeit und verzichtet auf jegliche Selbststilisierung.

Und wie für seine anderen Texte gilt auch für Gourrama: Der Roman ist spannend, gerade weil der Autor zugunsten einer dichten Atmosphäre und einer unaufdringlichen, überzeugenden Zeichnung seiner Figuren auf reißerische Handlungselemente verzichtet.

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Glauser, Friedrich: Krock & Co german v1 19 jan 2009

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Glauser-Nachschlag!

Kultfahnder Studer ermittelt. Die Hochzeit seiner Tochter hatte er feiern wollen, der kauzige Wachtmeister von der Berner Kantonspolizei. Doch auch hier, in einem Dorf im Appenzellerland, zieht man ihn zu einem Mordfall hinzu, und in bewährt hintergründiger Manier nimmt er seine Nachforschungen auf. Die Dorfidylle entpuppt sich als Netz tragischer Verwicklungen.

Wie gehabt Cover von Ravenne!

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Glauser, Friedrich: König Zucker german v1 6 jan 2009

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Krimikurzgeschichte von Friedrich Glauser. Pechschwarz und richtig fies!

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Glauser, Friedrich: Matto regiert german v1 21 jan 2009

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Eine Irrenanstalt im Kanton Bern in den zwanziger Jahren: Der Direktor ist verschwunden, der Patient Pieterlen, ein Kindsmörder, ausgebrochen. Wachtmeister Studer blickt hinter die Kulissen psychiatrischer Theorien und Therapien. Er versucht nicht nur, einem Verbrecher auf die Spur zu kommen, sondern tritt auch eine Reise in die Grenzregionen von Vernunft und Irrationalität an, die keineswegs immer so klar voneinander zu trennen sind - Matto, der Geist des Wahnsinns, regiert überall und spinnt seine silbernen Fäden...

Für meine Begriffe einer der besten deutschsprachigen Krimis überhaupt.

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Glauser, Friedrich: Wachtmeister Studer german v1 19 jan 2009

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Mal wieder ein Glauser-Krimi.

Im Gerzensteiner Wald, wird der Handelsreisende Witschi erschossen aufgefunden. Der Verdacht fällt sofort auf die in einer Baumschule beschäftigten Ex-Sträflinge. Als einer von Ihnen, Erwin Schlumpf, der auch noch ein Liebesverhältnis mit der Tochter des Ermordeten hat, beim Wechseln einer 100 Franken-Note gesehen wird und flieht, scheint alles klar. Studer wird Beauftragt den Flüchtigen zu verhaften, was im auch gelingt und er bringt ihn in Untersuchungshaft auf dem Schloß Thun.
Den Versuch von Schlumpf, sich in der Zelle zu Erhängen kann Studer im letzten Moment verhindern. Was als Schuldbekenntnis ausgelegt werden könnte, überzeugt Studer von Schlumpf’s Unschuld und sein Kampf, das auch zu beweisen, beginnt .
Have fun. Wie üblich, Cover von ravenne!

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Glyn, Elinor: Beyond The Rocks. v1. 6 Sep 2015

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Elinor Glyn, née Sutherland (17 October 1864 – 23 September 1943), was a British novelist and scriptwriter who specialised in romantic fiction which was considered scandalous for its time. She popularized the concept of It. Although her works are relatively tame by modern standards, she had tremendous influence on early 20th-century popular culture and perhaps on the careers of notable Hollywood stars such as Rudolph Valentino, Gloria Swanson and Clara Bow in particular.

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The hours were composed mostly of dull or rebellious moments during the period of Theodora’s engagement to Mr. Brown. From the very first she had thought it hard that she should have had to take this situation, instead of Sarah or Clementine, her elder step-sisters, so much nearer his age than herself. To do them justice, either of these ladies would have been glad to relieve her of the obligation to become Mrs. Brown, but Mr. Brown thought otherwise.

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Glyn, Elinor: The Career of Katherine Bush. v1. 6 Sep 2015

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Elinor Glyn, née Sutherland (17 October 1864 – 23 September 1943), was a British novelist and scriptwriter who specialised in romantic fiction which was considered scandalous for its time. She popularized the concept of It. Although her works are relatively tame by modern standards, she had tremendous influence on early 20th-century popular culture and perhaps on the careers of notable Hollywood stars such as Rudolph Valentino, Gloria Swanson and Clara Bow in particular.

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Dusk was coming on when Katherine Bush leftthe office of the Jew money lenders, Livingstone and Devereux, in Holles Street. Theirs was a modest establishment with no indication upon the wire blind of the only street window as to the trade practised by the two owners of the aristocratic names emblazoned upon the dingy transparency. But it was very well known all the same to numerous young bloods who often sought temporary relief within its doors.

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Glyn, Elinor: The Damsel and the Sage

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Elinor Glyn, née Sutherland (17 October 1864 – 23 September 1943), was a British novelist and scriptwriter who specialised in romantic fiction which was considered scandalous for its time. She popularized the concept of It. Although her works are relatively tame by modern standards, she had tremendous influence on early 20th-century popular culture and perhaps on the careers of notable Hollywood stars such as Rudolph Valentino, Gloria Swanson and Clara Bow in particular.

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And the Damsel said to the Sage:
"Now, what is life? And why does the fruit taste bitter in the mouth?"

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Glyn, Elinor: Three Weeks. V 1. 16 January 2013

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Elinor Glyn's risque masterpiece, Three Weeks (1907) tells of an young Englishman's brief but passionate affair with the exotic and mysterious "Mme Zalenska", and its consequences.

A popular romantic novel of that era, in which a single young man has an affair with a married woman, was definitely hot stuff, and the book was condemned as immoral in some sections of the US.

It was made into a very successful movie in 1924, with Eileen Pringle as "Mme Zalenska".

This edition uses the Gutenberg text, which needed only a few fixes (mostly hard returns in mid-sentence). I created a cover incorporating a publicity still from the 1924 movie showing Eileen Pringle draped over a tiger skin, a table of contents, and, for fun, added the famous but anonymous little ditty:

Would you like to sin
With Elinor Glyn
On a tiger skin
Or would you prefer
To err with her
On another fur?

This is one of the books which S J Perelman re-read for his "Cloudland Revisited" series of pieces, entitled "Tuberoses and Tigers".

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Godolphin, Mary: The Pilgrim's Progress in Words of One Syllable. v1. 07 May 2008

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The Pilgrim's Progress in Words of One Syllable
by Mary Godolphin (Alias Lucy Aiken)
Life 1781-1864

Author's Preface
In offering to the public another volume on my plan of reducing popular tales into words of One Syllable exclusively, I wish it to be clearly understood that it is intended for Adult Beginners, no less than for Children. There is a large class of persons who do not begin to acquire the art of reading till somewhat late in life, and it is for such that I think a book of this Character is peculiarly applicable.

It may be objected that my system involves the use of words which, though short, are difficult to understand and might be made more intelligible in polysyllabic language. But I have endeavored as far as possible to avoid hard and technical expressions, and I cannot but think that the mere fact of the brevity of the words must be a great attraction to beginners of all ages. By this method the labor of dividing and accentuating words is avoided: a difficulty which pupils who have only attained to the knowledge of monosyllables cannot conquer by independent effort.

I take this opportunity of acknowledging the great favor with which my previous books of the same character have been received, and I am glad to hear that they have been found useful as Prizes in Schools.

I have thought it necessary to retain all the names of Persons and Places in their original form, but this is the only exception to my general rule.
[SIZE="1"]Other One Syllable books by Mary Godolphin
Robinson Crusoe in Words of One Syllable
The Swiss Family Robinson Told in Words of One Syllable
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Goepp, Philip H.: Symphonies and Their Meaning Series 3. v1, 20 Feb 2008

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A guide to understanding Modern Symphonies.

Includes:

Berlioz and Liszt; Berlioz, Romeo and Juliet; A Symphony to Dante's Divina Commedia; Symphonic Poems of Liszt; Symphonic Poems of Saint-Saens; Cesar Franck; D'Indy and the Followers of Franck; Debussy and the Innovators; Tschaikowsky; The Neo-Russians; Sibelius; Bohemian Symphonies; The Earlier and Later Bruckner; Hugo Wolff; Mahler; Richard Strauss; Italian Symphonies; Edward Elgar; Symphonies in America.

Note: I have added two files the zipped one includes images of musical notes from the symphonies being discussed. This way those of you who can read music can hum along. For those of us who cannot read music I have included a "lite" version.

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Goethe, Johann Wolfgang von: Clavigo. v1 23 may 2009 german

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Johann Wolfgang Goethe

Clavigo

Aus de.wikipedia.org:

Clavigo ist ein Trauerspiel in fünf Akten von Johann Wolfgang von Goethe mit Beaumarchais als Bühnenfigur. Im Mai 1774 in nur acht Tagen geschrieben, lag das Bühnenmanuskript bereits im Juli 1774 als erstes gedrucktes Werk des Autors Goethe vor. Am 23. August 1774 wurde das Stück von der Ackermannschen Gesellschaft in Hamburg uraufgeführt.

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Goethe, Johann Wolfgang von: Die Leiden des jungen Werther, german, v1, 20 Feb 2009

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In Goethes Briefroman "Die Leiden des jungen Werther" berichtet der junge Rechtspraktikant Werther über seine unglückliche Liebe mit der bereits anderweitig vergebenen, resp. verlobten Lotte.

Der Roman entstand 1774 und war nach dem Sturm und Drang-Drama Götz von Berlichingen (1773) Goethes zweiter großer Erfolg. Die Handlung trägt autobiographische Züge. Goethe gestaltet hier literarisch-frei seine platonische Beziehung zu der bereits verlobten Charlotte Buff. In sie hatte er sich verliebt, als er von Mai bis September 1772 Praktikant am Reichskammergericht in Wetzlar war. Das Motiv für den tragischen Ausgang dieser Liebe, die Selbsttötung Werthers, lieferte Goethe der Suizid seines Freundes Karl Wilhelm Jerusalem, Gesandtschaftssekretär in Wetzlar. Der hatte sich in eine verheiratete Frau verliebt, die für ihn unerreichbar blieb. Die literarische Figur der Lotte im Roman trägt auch Züge von Maximiliane von la Roche, einer weiteren Bekanntschaft des jungen Goethe aus der Entstehungszeit des Romans. (wikipedia)

Die Erstausgabe erschien im Herbst 1774 zur Leipziger Buchmesse und wurde gleich zum Bestseller. Eine überarbeitete Fassung folgte 1787. Der Roman ließ Goethe 1774 gleichsam über Nacht in Deutschland berühmt werden. Kein weiteres Buch Goethes wurde von so vielen seiner Zeitgenossen gelesen.

Johann Wolfgang Goethe, geadelt 1782 (* 28. August 1749 in Frankfurt am Main; † 22. März 1832 in Weimar), war als Dichter, Theaterleiter, Naturwissenschaftler, Kunsttheoretiker und Staatsmann der zentrale Vertreter der Weimarer Klassik. Er hat Dramen, Lyrik und erzählende Werke (in Vers und Prosa), aber auch naturwissenschaftliche Abhandlungen verfasst. Goethe gilt als bedeutendster deutscher Dichter, sein Werk wird zu den Höhepunkten der Weltliteratur gezählt.

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Goethe, Johann Wolfgang von: Faust, german v1 23 may 2009

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Goethe, Johann Wolfgang von: Faust, german
Der 1749 in Frankfurt am Main geborene Johann Wolfgang von Goethe gilt als bedeutendster deutscher Dichter. Seine Werke gehören zu den wichtigsten der Weltliteratur.

"Faust" ist ein Meisterwerk. Im Mittelpunkt steht der Pakt mit dem Teufel. Der zentrale Konflikt rankt sich um die Frage nach der Wahrheit des Lebens.

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Goethe, Johann Wolfgang von: Iphigenie auf Tauris. v1 23 may 2009 german

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Johann Wolfgang Goethe

Iphigenie auf Tauris

Aus de.wikipedia.org:

Johann Wolfgang Goethe verfasste sein Bühnenstück Iphigenie auf Tauris nach der Vorlage von Euripides’ Iphigenie bei den Taurern. 1779 schrieb der Dichter eine Prosafassung, die er während seiner Italienreise ab 1786 in ein Versdrama umformte.

Das Stück wählt zwar einen antiken Stoff, gibt jedoch mit seiner Problematik ein seelisch sehr realistisches und zeitnahes Bild eines Problems seines Verfassers wieder. Goethe war Staatsminister des Herzogtums Sachsen-Weimar, genoss das Vertrauen des Herzogs und entfernte sich von seinem Dichterberuf.

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Goethe, Johann Wolfgang von: Stella. v1 23 may 2009 german

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Johann Wolfgang Goethe

Stella

Aus de.wikipedia.org:

Stella ist ein Trauerspiel in fünf Akten von Johann Wolfgang von Goethe. In den Jahren 1803 bis 1805 aus der Erstfassung von 1775 hervorgegangen, kam das Stück am 15. Januar 1806 in Weimar zur Uraufführung. Der Druck lag 1816 vor.

Goethe war vermutlich von der Geschichte des Ritters von Gleichen inspiriert worden. Sein Grabstein im Erfurter Dom zeigt den Ritter mit zwei Frauen. Nach der Sage war der Ritter im Verlaufe des Kreuzzuges in Gefangenschaft geraten. Eine Sultanstochter verliebte sich in ihn, ermöglichte ihm die Freiheit und floh mit ihm nach Thüringen. Sein kleines Problem, neben der Angetrauten auch noch seine Retterin zur Seite zu haben, löste er durch erfolgreiche Bitte um Legitimation durch den Hl. Stuhl.

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Goethe, Johann Wolfgang von: Torquato Tasso. v1 23 may 2009 german

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Johann Wolfgang Goethe

Torquato Tasso

Aus de.wikipedia.org:

Torquato Tasso ist ein Schauspiel in fünf Aufzügen von Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, das den Dichter Torquato Tasso in den Mittelpunkt der Handlung stellt. Zwischen dem 30. März 1780 und dem 31. Juli 1789 entstanden, lag das Werk im Februar 1790 im Druck vor und wurde am 16. Februar 1807 in Weimar uraufgeführt.

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Gogol, Nikolai Vasilievich: The Overcoat and other selected Short Stories. Dec 2007

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Gogol was one of the first masters of short prose, alongside Pushkin, Mérimée, Hoffmann, and Hawthorne. He wrote extensive short stories that are surprisingly difficult to find as e-texts. Here are 8 stories that appear to be his major works as short stories.

The Overcoat is his best known and spawned the phrase, "We all came out of Gogol's Overcoat" attributed to Dostoevsky.

Is worth a read. An insignificant clerk has a worn overcoat his co-workers tease him about. He decides to get it repaired but the tailor talks him into buying a new coat. He saves and buys a magnificent coat and is a smash hit at an office party. On the way home he gets robbed of his new life's joy. He goes to the police and meets resistance. Finally, obsessed with the coat he falls ill and dies. A ghost then begins accosting strangers in the city stealing their overcoats. Stuff happens...

The Nose (Another story) is great. A guy is eating his cheerios for breakfast and his nose falls off. He is an exceedingly shallow character and ... Stuff happens...

Other shorts in this collection include St. John's Eve, How the two Ivans Quarrelled, The Calash, and the great Taras Bulba. (Among others)

I tried to tackle Gogol twenty years ago and was stumped. Its time for me to give him another go. So I thought I would share it here..

Enjoy

Roy

(I will be posting his unfinished Novel Dead souls soon)

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Gogol, Nikolai: Short Stories, v.1, 5 June 2008.

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I’ve collected eight short stories by Gogol, plus an essay on Gogol by William Lyon Phelps.

Contents:
Gogol by William Lyon Phelps
1. The Cloak (also known as ‘the Overcoat’)
2. The Mysterious Portrait
3. St John’s Eve
4. The Calash
5. How the Two Ivans Quarrelled
6. The Nose
7. Old-Fashioned Farmers
8. A May Evening

Most (possibly all) of the translations are by Isabel Hapgood. The sources were PG, Wikisource etc.

Roy White has posted some of these stories, though in a version without paragraph breaks. This version has paragraph breaks, curly quotes, a TOC etc. But Roy’s has illustrations.

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Gogol, Nikolai: The Mantle and Other stories, v.1, 1 August 2009

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Claud Field translated these stories and published the book in approximately 1916.

The book was proofread and formatted to retain the formatting as close as possible to the original, while allowing the text to be reflowable, and made available in this format by Steven Wilson. This is a derivative of the scan available at the Internet Archive

The three original footnotes were moved to the end of the paragraph in which they were referenced and enclosed in a box to offset it from the rest of the story. Claud Field hyphenated the words "to-day" and "to-morrow" and I have maintained this convention. Words marked with an asterisk, "*", indicate that they appear to have been misspelled in the original text and were corrected.

The stories are listed below and linked to their corresponding Wiki articles.

- The Mantle

- The Nose

- Memoirs of a Madman

- A May Night

- The Viy

My version of The Mantle and Other Stories is also available from Amazon for $0.99.

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Gogol, Nikolai: The Nose, v.1, 2 June 2008.

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A short story of 1836. A man’s nose detaches itself and goes on to lead an independent existence.

The translator is not named. The source was PG Australia.

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Goldsmid, Edmund: The Devils of Loudun, v1, 15 December 2009.

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Edmund Goldsmid (ed.)
The Devils of Loudun
‘The History of the Devils of Loudun, The Alleged Possession of the Ursuline Nuns, and the Trial and Execution of Urbain Grandier, Told By an Eye-Witness [Monsieur des Niau] Translated From the Original French, And Edited By Edmund Goldsmid, F.R.H.S., F.S.A. (Scot.)’
Privately Printed. Edinburgh.1887.

Not to be confused with Aldous Huxley’s book with the same title, this is an edited translation by an eye-witness. The editor has also seen fit to add a lot of information about Scottish witch-trials in the appendices and footnotes.

Several of the footnotes have their own footnotes. I have renumbered the main notes consecutively, put them at the end of the book and linked them. The notes within notes are put in square brackets within the original note.

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Goldsmith, Oliver: The Vicar of Wakefield, v.1, 17 July 1008.

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Oliver Goldsmith (c1730-1774): The Vicar of Wakefield.

The Vicar of Wakefield was written in 1761-2, and published in 1766. The clergyman, Dr Primrose is wealthy and virtuous. Will he be able to maintain his ethical and religious principles under sustained adversity? The vicar and his family undergo as many calamities as in the Book of Job.

From Wikipedia:
“In literary history books the Vicar of Wakefield is often described as a sentimental novel, which displays the belief in the innate goodness of human beings. But it can also be read as a satire on the sentimental novel and its values, as the vicar's values are apparently not compatible with the real "sinful" world.”

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Gončarov, Ivan Aleksandrovič: Oblomow. [German]. V1. 9 Jan 2011

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Oblomow (ruß. Обломов) ist ein Roman von Iwan Alexandrowitsch Gontscharow (1812–1891), erschienen 1859. Die drei im Abstand von jeweils einem Jahrzehnt erschienenen Romane Gontscharows – Obyknowennaja istorija (Eine alltägliche Geschichte) 1847, Oblomow und Obryw (Die Schlucht) 1869 – bilden eine thematische Einheit. Sie alle sind dem Typus des begabten, gebildeten, wirklichen Idealen verpflichteten, durch Herkunft und Standesgewohnheiten jedoch zu gänzlicher Passivität verkümmerten russischen Adligen gewidmet, dem unmittelbaren Nachfahren des Lischnij tschelovek (überflüssigen Menschen) der russischen Literatur der ersten Hälfte des 19. Jahrhunderts (Puschkin, Lermontow). (Wiki)

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Goncourt, Edmond and Jules de: Germinie Lacerteux, v.1, 07 July 2009.

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Edmond de Goncourt (1822–1896)
Jules de Goncourt (1830–1870)
Germinie Lacerteux (First Published, 1865.)
(Anonymous translation, George Barrie & Sons, Philadelphia, n.d.)

The story of a Parisian maidservant with a double life. It is based on posthumous revelations about the Goncourts’ own servant.

The source was Project Gutenberg.

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Goncourt, Edmond and Jules de: Love in the Eighteenth Century, v.1, 07 July 2009.

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Love in the Eighteenth Century (L’amour de dix-huitième siècle)
First Published, 1875.
Edmond de Goncourt (1822–1896)
Jules de Goncourt (1830–1870)
(London: Arthur L. Humphreys,1905)

An essay about love in 18th century French aristocratic circles.
The source was a scan from The Internet Archive.
Cover Image: Jean-Honoré Fragonard, Le Verrou (The Bolt), 1778.

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Goncourt, Edmond and Jules de: Renée Mauperin, v1, 13 July 2009.

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Edmond de Goncourt (1822–1896)
Jules de Goncourt (1830–1870)
Renée Mauperin (1864)
Translated by Alys Hallard (1902)
With a Critical Introduction by James Fitzmaurice-Kelly

A study of middle-class life in Paris, showing the consequences of the marriage-market.

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Goncourt, Edmond and Jules de: Sister Philomène, v.1.2, 07 July 2009.

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Edmond de Goncourt (1822–1896)
Jules de Goncourt (1830–1870)
Sister Philomène (Soeur Philomène)
Translated from the French by Laura Ensor
(First Published, 1861)
George Routledge and Sons, 1890.

The story of an orphaned girl who becomes a sister in a religious nursing order and, while running a ward in a large Parisian teaching hospital, grows close to a young medical student.
There are some interesting insights into the working life of medical students, and it is clear that they have an imperfect understanding of the antiseptic theories of Semmelweis and Lister.

The source was a scan at The Internet Archive.

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Goncourt, Edmond de: La Faustin [English translation], v.1, 9 July 2009.

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Edmond de Goncourt (1822–1896)
La Faustin
(First published, 1882.)
Translated by G. F. Monkshood and Ernest Tristan, 1914.

This novel is a psychological study of a Parisian actress.
The source was a scan at The Internet Archive.

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Goodall, Cedric: Rendezvous With Death (1935); v1; 13 Oct 2019

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Cedric Goodall was the pseudonym of Louis Charles Douthwaite, (1879-1948), a Canadian author of some twenty or so popular novels during the late 30s. Otherwise I know little about him.

This is the syndicated serial edition of the book, and runs to some 56,000 words, which suggests that, like most serial editions, it is somewhat condensed. 70-80,000 words was normal for the genre at that time.

The story is set in London, where a vengeful serial killer is at work; not revenge for harm done to himself, but to others, by criminals who seem to be above the law.

Scotland Yard investigates, in an action packed yarn, the Yard pursuing the unknown serial killer, and what happens when they finally unmask him. There is of course a beautiful girl. Oh, and an anaconda...

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Goodwin, Maud Wilder: The Colonial Cavalier. v1. 19 Nov 2013

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Goodwin, Maud Wilder, 1856-1935

Excerpt
Two great forces have contributed to the making of the Anglo-American character. The types, broadly classed in England as Puritan and Cavalier, repeated themselves in the New World. On the bleak Massachusetts coast, the Puritan emigrants founded a race as rugged as their environment. Driven by the force of compelling conscience from their homes, they came to the new land, at once pilgrims and pioneers, to rear altars and found homes in the primeval forest. It was not freedom of worship alone they sought, but their own way. They found it and kept it. Such a race produced a strong and hardy type of manhood, admirable if not always lovable.

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Gordon, Irwin L.: WHO WAS WHO 5000 B. C. to Date. v1, 9 Jan 2008

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A humorous Biographical Dictionary of the Famous and Those Who Wanted to Be.

Some examples:

[QUOTADAM[1] (last name unknown), ancestor, explorer, gardener, and inaugurator of history. Biographers differ as to his parentage. Born first Saturday of year 1. Little is known of his childhood. Education: Self-educated. Entered the gardening and orchard business when a young man. Was a strong anti-polygamist. Married Eve, a close relative. Children, Cain and Abel (see them). Was prosperous for some years, but eventually fell prey to his wife's fruitful ambitions. Lost favor of the proprietor of the garden, and failed in business. Started a number of things which have not been perfected. Diet: Fond of apples. Recreation: Chess, agriculture. Address: Eden, General Delivery. Clubs: Member of all exclusive clubs.
[1] Ed. Note: Adam should not be first, but he is given that position out of respect.
[/QUOT

[QUOTTWIST, Oliver, one of those unfortunates whose history had to be divulged for the financial gain of a great writer and many theatrical mangers.
[/QUOT

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Gorfinkle, Joseph: Pirke Abot. V1. 20-Jun-2014

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The original aim of Abot was to show the divine source and authority of the traditional law revealed to Moses on Mt. Sinai, and to demonstrate its continuity from Moses through Joshua, the elders, and the men of the Great Synagogue, down to those Rabbis who lived during the period between 200 B.C.E. to 200 C.E.[…] A second and probably later purpose was to present a body of practical maxims and aphorisms for the daily guidance of the people.

The Sayings of the Jewish Fathers is the oldest collection of ethical dicta of the Rabbis of the Mishnah. […] It has been happily styled “a compendium of practical ethics”[…]. The Abot is, then, a sort of moral code.

This is a short book, about half of it are footnotes. I moved them to the end of the book.

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Gorky, Maksim: Mother. v1. 5 Apr 2013

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Alexei Maximovich Peshkov (Russian: Алексе́й Макси́мович Пешко́в or Пе́шков; see note) (28 March 1868 – 18 June 1936), primarily known as Maxim (Maksim) Gorky (Russian: Макси́м Го́рький), was a Russian and Soviet writer, a founder of the Socialist Realism literary method and a political activist.

Excerpt
Every day the factory whistle bellowed forth its shrill, roaring, trembling noises into the smoke-begrimed and greasy atmosphere of the workingmen's suburb; and obedient to the summons of the power of steam, people poured out of little gray houses into the street. With somber faces they hastened forward like frightened roaches, their muscles stiff from insufficient sleep. In the chill morning twilight they walked through the narrow, unpaved street to the tall stone cage that waited for them with cold assurance, illumining their muddy road with scores of greasy, yellow, square eyes. The mud plashed under their feet as if in mocking commiseration. Hoarse exclamations of sleepy voices were heard; irritated, peevish, abusive language rent the air with malice; and, to welcome the people, deafening sounds floated about—the heavy whir of machinery, the dissatisfied snort of steam. Stern and somber, the black chimneys stretched their huge, thick sticks high above the village.

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Gorky, Maksim: Philip Vasilyevich's Story. v1. 6 Apr 2013

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Alexei Maximovich Peshkov (Russian: Алексе́й Макси́мович Пешко́в or Пе́шков; see note) (28 March 1868 – 18 June 1936), primarily known as Maxim (Maksim) Gorky (Russian: Макси́м Го́рький), was a Russian and Soviet writer, a founder of the Socialist Realism literary method and a political activist.

Excerpt
"Give me something to buy bread with!" he continued, lowering his voice. He bent down his head, retreated a step, but did not remove his hat. I liked this. I silently thrust my hand into my pocket.

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Gorky, Maksim: Through Russia. v1. 5 Apr 2013

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Alexei Maximovich Peshkov (Russian: Алексе́й Макси́мович Пешко́в or Пе́шков; see note) (28 March 1868 – 18 June 1936), primarily known as Maxim (Maksim) Gorky (Russian: Макси́м Го́рький), was a Russian and Soviet writer, a founder of the Socialist Realism literary method and a political activist.

THE BIRTH OF A MAN
THE ICEBREAKER
GUBIN
NILUSHKA
THE CEMETERY
ON A RIVER STEAMER
A WOMAN
IN A MOUNTAIN DEFILE
KALININ
THE DEAD MAN

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Gorky, Maksim: Twenty-six and One and Other Stories_files. v1. 5 Apr 2013

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Alexei Maximovich Peshkov (Russian: Алексе́й Макси́мович Пешко́в or Пе́шков; see note) (28 March 1868 – 18 June 1936), primarily known as Maxim (Maksim) Gorky (Russian: Макси́м Го́рький), was a Russian and Soviet writer, a founder of the Socialist Realism literary method and a political activist.

Twenty-Six and One
Tchelkache
Malva

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Gorky, Maxim: Confronting Life, v1, 8 February 2010.

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Maxim Gorky [1868–1936]
Confronting Life [1905]
Translated by Frances Kovitch
First published in Cosmopolitan, Vol. 38, Cosmopolitan Publishing Company, New York, April 1905, p. 717.

This is one of three sketches by Gorky, whose publication was prohibited in Russia. It is very short. Two people confront Life and demand to know why they are not happy.

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Gorky, Maxim: Creatures that once were Men and Other Stories. v1 28 Mar 201

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Maxim Gorky was the pseudonym of Aleksey Maksimovich Peshkov, (1868- 1936), a short-story writer, novelist, and playwright. He wrote naturalistic and sympathetic accounts of tramps and social outcasts which were reminiscent of his own life.

G.K. Chesterton (1874-1936) wrote a sympathetic introduction.

The translator is named as J.M. Shirazi in some editions, and J.K.M. Shirazi in others. His or her date of death is not known, but the first edition was in 1918 so this ebook is in the public domain.

The ebook contains five stories, all relating to the sufferings of poor people at the hands of the rich and powerful. The stories are 'Creatures that once were men', 'Twenty-six men and a Girl', 'Chelkash', 'My Fellow Traveller', and 'On a Raft'.

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Gorky, Maxim: Creatures That Once Were Men, v1, 2 October 2009.

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Maxim Gorky (1868–1936)
Creatures That Once Were Men (1905)
With An Introduction by G. K. Chesterton (1874–1936)
No translator named.

A famous Russian story, set in a doss-house.
The source was Project Gutenberg.

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Gorky, Maxim: The Devil, v1, 24 November 2009.

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Maxim Gorky (1868–1936)
The Devil (1899)
Translated by Leo Wiener (1869–1936)

A short story.
The devil gets bored, so exhumes a dead writer…

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Gorky, Maxim: The March of Man, v1, 8 November 2009.

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Maxim Gorky (1868–1936)
The March of Man (1905)
(Anonymous translator)

A meditation, or prose-poem, on the march of human progress, probably written as a response to the failed Russian revolution of 1905.

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Gorren, Aline: Womanliness as a Profession, v1, 10 November 2009.

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Aline Gorren
Womanliness as a Profession
Scribner’s Magazine
New York (May 1894)

An essay discussing whether femininity is compatible with higher education.

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Goss, Charles Frederic: The Redemption of David Corson. v1. 26 )ct 07

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A young Quaker preacher falls in love with a married gypsy woman. Another tale of religious questioning. The author was noted for his sublime descriptions of nature.

I'll be posting the following ten best selling fiction books in the U.S. for the year 1900:

1. [To Have and To Hold[/, Mary Johnston
2. [Red Pottage[/, Mary Cholmondeley
3. [Unleavened Bread[/, Robert Grant
4. [The Reign of Law[/, James Lane Allen
5. [Eben Holden[/, Irving Bacheller
6. [Janice Meredith[/, Paul Leicester Ford
7. [The Redemption of David Corson[/, Charles Frederic Goss
8. [Richard Carvel[/, Winston Churchill
9. [When Knighthood Was in Flower[/, Charles Major
10. [Alice of Old Vincennes[/, Maurice Thompson

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Gosse, Edmund: Father and Son, v1, 4 March 2010.

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Edmund Gosse [1849–1928]
Father and Son: A Study of Two Temperaments [1907]

Gosse was the son of an eminent naturalist, who was a member of the Plymouth Brethren. His father attempted to reconcile the apparent fossil evidence for evolution with that of Biblical Christianity by developing the Omphalos theory. God made creation but made things look as though they had a past. Hence Adam had a navel, even though it was never attached to an umbilical cord. And God planted fossils in rocks.
The books describes how the young Edmund Gosse’s childhood and how he came to reject his father’s beliefs.
There are some wonderful passages, such as the one where the child decides to test the claim that God smites idolators. He worships a wooden chair and discovers that God doesn’t seem bothered.

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Gotthelf, Jeremias: Die schwarze Spinne [German]. V1. 18 Jul 2010

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Jeremias Gotthelf (1797 - 1854)

Die schwarze Spinne ist eine Novelle von Jeremias Gotthelf aus dem Jahr 1842. Eingebettet in eine idyllisch angelegte Rahmenerzählung werden alte Sagen zu einer gleichnishaften Erzählung über christlich-humanistische Vorstellungen von Gut und Böse verarbeitet. Die Novelle ist unterteilt in die am Anfang auftretende Rahmenhandlung, die jedoch später zur Binnenhandlung übertritt.
Zuerst kaum beachtet, gilt diese Erzählung bei vielen Literaturkritikern als eines der Meisterwerke des deutschen Biedermeier. Thomas Mann schrieb darüber in „Die Entstehung des Doktor Faustus“, dass Gotthelf „oft das Homerische“ berühre und dass er seine Schwarze Spinne „wie kaum ein zweites Stück Weltliteratur“ bewundere. (Wikipedia)

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Gotthelf, Jeremias: Die Wassernot in Emmental [German]. V1. 18 Jul 2010

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Jeremias Gotthelf (1797 - 1854)

«Wer einen Schauplatz gesehen, wo die Elemente ungezähmt wüteten, wird ihn nie vergessen, aber auch nie darstellen können.» So gab der Dichter Jeremias Gotthelf seiner Erschütterung über die Hochwasserkatastrophe vom 13. August 1837 im Emmental Ausdruck. Als Pfarrer von Lützelflüh war er selbst Zeuge des Geschehens gewesen und hatte zudem noch zahlreiche Berichte aus erster Hand gehört. Entgegen seinen eigenen Worten blieb Gotthelf aber nicht sprachlos, sondern verfasste eine längere Abhandlung über das Ereignis. Über weite Passagen liest sich die «Die Wassernot im Emmental» wie eine Predigt, die gespickt ist mit moralischen Ermahnungen angesichts dieses Strafgerichts Gottes. (NZZ)

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Goya, Francisco: La Tauromaquia y Los toros de Burdeos (Illustrated). v5 8 Feb 2009

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Francisco José de Goya y Lucientes (1746-1828) was a Spanish painter and printmaker. He was court painter but also painted popular scenes and events. Much of the image we have now of the 18th-19th century in Spain is in "Goyesque" style, as shown by his paintings and drawings. He has been regarded both as the last of the old masters and as the first of the moderns.

"La Tauromaquia" (Tauromachia, Bullfighting) (1816) is a series of 33 etchings (plus 7 "backsides", plus 3 discarded tests) commemorating the story and most famous events of the Spanish national "sport" (which I personally loathe). Despite the unifying theme, it is a varied series from the artistic point of view, with some pieces ahead of its time (like the composition in number 21, unimaginable in the art of the time).

"Los toros de Burdeos" (The Bulls at Bordeaux) (1825) is a series of 4 lithographs made by Goya in the French city of Bordeaux. Again with a bullfighting theme, but now more directed towards the popular feast around it.

This is a "book" with no text, just the pictures (and their titles). The pictures are all scanned from an excellent paper edition, except two unpublished plates, taken from the Spanish National Library (link).

I'm uploading two versions. The one named *_SmIm.mobi has smaller (in filesize and dimensions) images, to comply with mobipocket limitations/specifications. The "large images" (and better quality) version works fine in the Cybook and in the Mobipocket Desktop Reader, though, so my advice is to use this if your reader supports it.

All kind of feedback is welcome.

EDIT (v2): Added the three missing images, and titles for each etching.

EDIT (v3): Added "Los toros de Burdeos".

EDIT (v4): Included thumbnails in the TOC and a gallery of miniatures.

EDIT (v5): New scans, now full size and good quality

(previous download count: 29 & 28)

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Goya, Francisco: Los caprichos (Spanish, Illustrated). v5 21 Nov 2010

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Jellby

Francisco José de Goya y Lucientes (1746-1828) was a Spanish painter and printmaker. He was court painter but also painted popular scenes and events. Much of the image we have now of the 18th-19th century in Spain is in "Goyesque" style, as shown by his paintings and drawings. He has been regarded both as the last of the old masters and as the first of the moderns.

"Los caprichos" (1799) is a series of 80 aquatints (etchings) created as a sort of artistic experiment, it is a sarcastic critique of the superstition and foolishness of the Society of his time, although the meaning of the plates is not always straightforward.

This is a "book" with almost no text, just the pictures (and their titles, and comments). The pictures are scanned from a paper reproduction, except the last three unpublished ones.

I'm uploading two versions. The one named *_SmIm.mobi has smaller (in filesize) images, to comply with mobipocket limitations/specifications. The "large images" (and better quality) version works fine in the Cybook and in the Mobipocket Desktop Reader, though, so my advice is to use this if your reader supports it.

All kind of feedback is welcome.

EDIT (v2): Scanned the images from a paper reproduction, added two contemporary comments to each plate, added three unpublished pictures, included thumbnails in the TOC and a gallery of miniatures.

EDIT (v3): Replaced the three unpublished plates with better quality scans from another paper edition.

EDIT (v4): Added a fourth unpublished plate and re-scanned everything from the new paper edition.

EDIT (v5): Fixed some typing mistakes.

(Previous download count: 180 & 130)

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Goya, Francisco: Los desastres de la guerra (Illustrated). v3 6 Feb 2009

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Francisco José de Goya y Lucientes (1746-1828) was a Spanish painter and printmaker. He was court painter but also painted popular scenes and events. Much of the image we have now of the 18th-19th century in Spain is in "Goyesque" style, as shown by his paintings and drawings. He has been regarded both as the last of the old masters and as the first of the moderns.

"Los desastres de la guerra" (Disasters of War) is a series of 82 engravings (etchings) created in 1810-1815 and first published (posthumously) in 1863. They show harsh and and explicit scenes from the Spanish War of Independence (from France) and from the afterwar and subsequent absolutist regime. As a denunciation of the horrors of war these plates are unvaluable and unfortunately always current.

This is a "book" with no text, just the pictures (and their titles). It is possible that the reader inserts blank pages between pictures (the Cybook does).

I'm uploading two versions. The one named *_SmIm.mobi has smaller (in filesize) images, to comply with mobipocket limitations/specifications. The "large images" (and better quality) version works fine in the Cybook and in the Mobipocket Desktop Reader, though, so my advice is to use this if your reader supports it.

All kind of feedback is welcome.

EDIT (v2): Included thumbnails in the TOC and a gallery of miniatures.

EDIT (v3): New scans, better quality (though maybe not quite noticeable in e-ink readers). A new plate added (no. 83).

(Previous download count: 28 & 20)

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Goya, Francisco: Los disparates (Illustrated). v3 14 Feb 2009

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Francisco José de Goya y Lucientes (1746-1828) was a Spanish painter and printmaker. He was court painter but also painted popular scenes and events. Much of the image we have now of the 18th-19th century in Spain is in "Goyesque" style, as shown by his paintings and drawings. He has been regarded both as the last of the old masters and as the first of the moderns.

"Los disparates" (Follies, nonsense), also known as "Los proverbios" (Proverbs) is a series of 22 aquatint etchings (most probably unfinished) created in 1815-1823 and first published (posthumously) in 1864. They are oneiric, almost surrealist fantasies, with a satire of vice and customs... but they are in general quite difficult to interpret.

This is a "book" with no text, just the pictures (and their titles). It is possible that the reader inserts blank pages between pictures (the Cybook does).

I'm uploading two versions. The one named *_SmIm.mobi has smaller (in filesize) images, to comply with mobipocket limitations/specifications. The "large images" (and better quality) version works fine in the Cybook and in the Mobipocket Desktop Reader, though, so my advice is to use this if your reader supports it.

All kind of feedback is welcome.

EDIT (v2): Got the images from a different source, added titles, included thumbnails in the TOC and a gallery of miniatures.

EDIT (v3): Scanned the images from a paper edition. Improved quality (and increased filesize :D).

(Previous download count: 16 & 11)

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Grabo, Carl: The Cat in Grandfather's House. v1 10 Dec 2007

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From the publisher's note at the beginning of the book:

"Carl Grabo, with whose name "The Art of the Short Story" is at once associated, has written this whimsical and imaginative tale of Hortense and the Cat. Antique furniture, literally stuffed with personality, hurries about in the dim moonlight in order to help Hortense through a thrillingly strange campaign against a sinister Cat and a villainous Grater. The book offers rare humor, irresistible alike to grown-ups and children."

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Grahame, Kenneth: Dream Days. v2. 03 Dec 2015

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Dream Days by Kenneth Grahame (1859-1932)

First published 1898.

Version 2 revised December 2015 to remove illustrations still under copyright in “Life+70” countries. The text of this book is in the public domain in countries where copyright is “Life+80” or less, and in the USA.

By the author of [The Wind in the Willows, The Golden Age, Pagan Papers, The Headswoman.[/

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This collection of children’s fiction and reminiscences of childhood is a sequel to Grahame’s 1895 collection [The Golden Age[/, featuring the same family of five children. The book is best known for its inclusion of Grahame's classic story “The Reluctant Dragon,” which was adapted as a Disney film in 1941. In one modern estimation, both books “paint a convincingly unsentimental picture of childhood, with the adults in these sketches totally out of touch with the real concerns of the young people around them, including their griefs and rages.” (—Excerpted from Wikipedia.)

Grahame relates the imaginings of children with a deft touch, and the reader is caught up in those heartfelt and sometimes amusing worlds. The children are particularly fond of adventures with knights, princesses, and dragons. Read this, and recall the child you used to be.

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This collection is quite a bit more child-friendly than [The Golden Age[/, and The Reluctant Dragon is a must-read for all ages! (I think the wonderfully funny movie “Dragonheart” [Sean Connery, Dennis Quaid] owes its theme to this story.)
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Grahame, Kenneth: Pagan Papers (Essay Collection). v1. 03 Dec 2015

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Pagan Papers by Kenneth Grahame (1859-1932)

First publiished 1893. The text of this book is in the public domain in countries where copyright is “Life+80” or less, and in the USA.

By the author of [The Wind in the Willows[/, [The Golden Age[/, [Dream Days[/, [The Headswoman[/.

Grahame’s first book. These literary essays appeared in the St James's Gazette and the National Observer from 1888–1893. This collection serves up an array of witty, wryly humorous, and sometimes poetically lyrical examinations of the human condition. (Caveat emptor: the reader needs some fluency in Latin and French to enjoy the full flavor of myriad untranslated remarks and quotations).

These eighteen short pieces range from discussions of the mundane enjoyments of loafing, smoking, and book-collecting; to reflections on the author’s deeply-rooted love of the natural world, flavored with an occasional touch of mysticism. The style is quite unlike that of [The Wind in the Willows [/(1908), although you can glimpse some of the early roots of that children’s classic peeking through.

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All these essays are really short, so you can pick one up whenever you have 5 free minutes.

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Grahame, Kenneth: The Golden Age. v2. 03 Dec 2015

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GrannyGrump

The Golden Age by Kenneth Grahame (1859-1932)

First published 1895.

Version 2 of this book revised December 2015 to remove illustrations still under copyright in “Life+70” countries.
The text of this book is in the public domain in countries where copyright is “Life+80” or less, and in the USA.

By the author of [The Wind in the Willows, Dream Days, Pagan Papers, The Headswoman.[/
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In these pages, alive with memories of the author’s boyhood, a troupe of clever and imaginative youngsters carry out their pranks and adventures, evoking youth for every reader, and recalling emotions, if not actions. “Ah, now I remember…”
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[The Golden Age[/ is a collection of reminiscences of childhood. Written primarily for adults, many of these essays first appeared in the [National Observer[/. Widely praised upon its first appearance, the book has come to be regarded as a classic in its genre. Grahame’s reminiscences, in [The Golden Age [/and in the later [Dream Days [/(1898), were notable for their conception “of a world where children are locked in perpetual warfare with the adult ‘Olympians’ who have wholly forgotten how it feels to be young” — a theme later explored by J. M. Barrie and other authors. (—Adapted from Wikipedia.)

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This is often promoted as a children's book, although it wasn't really written for children--- you judge if youngsters you know might enjoy this book. (they might pick up some new tricks here!)
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Grahame, Kenneth: The Headswoman. v2. 06 Dec 2015

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The Headswoman by Kenneth Grahame (1859-1932)

By the author of “The Wind in the Willows,” “The Golden Age,” “Dream Days,” “Pagan Papers.”

First published 1898.
Version 2 revised December 2015 to remove illustrations still under copyright in “Life+70” countries.
The text of this book is in the public domain in countries where copyright is “Life+80” or less, and in the USA.

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This novella depicts a medieval village whose executioner—a beautiful woman—wins the hearts of those she must kill. Upon publication, Literary World deemed the book, "A delightful little tale with a tinge of satire in it. For gracefulness of style and charm in the telling of a story it is in the front rank, and that is saying a great deal.” (—Book jacket blurb)

The town’s executioner has died, and his eighteen-year-old daughter steps into the hereditary position — the situation is ripe for satire. A sly look at gender-based roles and social customs, this short humorous tale is a bit different from most of Grahame’s work, and readers expecting whimsey or nostalgia should perhaps seek elsewhere. When a medieval Seigneur speaks of “bloated capitalists,” you know you are in unusual territory.

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Text from Project Gutenberg. Formatted punctuation, restored italics and diacritics. Annotated translations of French and Latin phrases. Chapter heads are cross-linked to in-line Table of Contents. Embedded fonts for titling and caps
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Grahame, Kenneth: The Reluctant Dragon. v1. 30 Aug 2016

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GrannyGrump

THE RELUCTANT DRAGON
A short story BY Kenneth Grahame (1859-1932)
Author of [The Wind in the Willows[/

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First published in 1898 as Chapter 7 of [Dream Days.[/
The text of this book is in the public domain in countries where copyright is “Life+80” or less, and in the USA.

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A fractured fairy tale, giving the true details of a knock-down battle between St. George and a dragon who simply wants to read his books and write poetry.

A fun fast read. Enjoy!

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- The Reluctant Dragon - Kenneth Grahame.azw3 (Note: file extension not Kindle-compatible)

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Grahame, Kenneth: The Wind in the Willows (illus-Rackham). v1. 16 Mar 2020

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The Wind in the Willows by Kenneth Grahame (1859-1932)
Illustrated by Arthur Rackham (1867-1939)

When Mole rebels and abandons the spring cleaning of his burrow, he little knows what the future holds. He soon meets the steady and practical Water Rat, then the impulsive and boastful Mr. Toad, and wise old Badger. Many new adventures await, from travels on the open road, to getting lost in a snowstorm in the Wild Wood, to simply “messing about in boats.” Along the way, Toad lands in jail for stealing a motorcar, and the four friends must do battle to reclaim Toad Hall from the invading weasels and stoats.

This book is a testament to the enduring bond of friendship and the charm in homely pleasures, and can be enjoyed by the young and the young-at-heart.
(Recommended for ages 9 to 90.)

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[The Wind in the Willows[/, a classic of children’s literature, focuses on four animal characters in a pastoral version of Edwardian England. The novel is notable for its mixture of mysticism, adventure, morality, and camaraderie; and celebrated for its evocation of the nature of the Thames valley.

In 1908 Grahame retired from his position as secretary of the Bank of England … and spent his time by the River Thames “simply messing about in boats.” He wrote down the bed-time stories he had been telling his son. The wayward headstrong nature he saw in his little son he transformed into the swaggering Mr. Toad, one of the book’s four principal characters. The book is still enjoyed by adults and children today, while Toad remains one of the most celebrated and beloved characters. The book has seen numerous adaptations for stage, film, radio, and television; inspired a number of sequels by other authors, and has won several awards.
(—adapted from Wikipedia)

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Arthur Rackham, celebrated Grand Master of the “Golden Age of Illustration,” regretted that he had declined the opportunity to illustrate this book when it was first published. This was his last project before his death in 1939. The depiction of Pan, for the chapter “The Piper at the Gates of Dawn,” is considered by some to be his masterpiece.

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[The Wind in the Willows[/ was first published in 1908. The Rackham edition was first published in 1940. The text of this book is in the public domain in countries where copyright is “Life+80” or less, and in the USA. Illustrations are in the public domain where copyright is “Life+80” or less.

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If this is your first reading of the ORIGINAL [Wind in the Willows[/, you will love it. If you have read it before, you will still love it. If you are sharing it with a child, you have wonders awaiting you!
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Grahame, Kenneth: The Wind in the Willows. v2. 23 Nov 2015

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GrannyGrump

The Wind in the Willows
by Kenneth Grahame 1859-1932)
First published 1908.

Version 2 of this book revised November 2015 to remove illustrations still under copyright in “Life+70” countries.
The text of this book is in the public domain in countries where copyright is “Life+80” or less, and in the USA.

By the author of “The Golden Age,” “Dream Days,” “Pagan Papers,” “The Headswoman.”

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Finding the secret of the wind is hard enough without Mole wandering off into the Wild Wood and getting caught in a snowstorm or Toad stealing motorcars and landing in jail. With guidance from practical Water Rat and wise old Badger, the four of them manage, after many great adventures and much laughter, to settle down to a quiet roar with an understanding of the wind's song and the Wild Wood.

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“The Wind in the Willows” is a classic of children’s literature. It focuses on four animal characters in a pastoral version of England. The novel is notable for its mixture of mysticism, adventure, morality, and camaraderie; and celebrated for its evocation of the nature of the Thames valley. The book is still enjoyed by adults and children today, while Toad remains one of the most celebrated and beloved characters. The book has seen numerous adaptations for stage, film, radio, and television; spawned a number of sequels by other authors, and has won several awards.

If you (or your children) have never read the original “Wind in the Willows,” you owe it to yourself to indulge in a wonderful treat.

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Text obtained from Project Gutenberg (Ebook #289). Punctuation, diacritics, and italics have been formatted; OCR errors corrected. Chapter heads are cross-linked to in-line Table of Contents. Embedded fonts for titles and drop-caps.

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I brought this one back, since there is no epub or kindle version currently in the Library. Enjoy!
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Grandville, J.J.: Vie privée et publique des animaux (Illus.) (French) v2 3 July 2009

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Jellby

J.J. Grandville is the pseudonym of French caricaturist Jean Ignace Isidore Gérard (1803-1847). He met success in his time with drawings depicting human figures with animal faces. Well known are his illustrations for the fables of La Fontaine, Don Quixote, Gulliver's Travels, or Robinson Crusoe. His work is considered to have influenced other illustrators like Tenniel (Alice in Wonderland) and the surrealists.

"Vie privée et publique des animaux" (Private and Public Life of the Animals) was published in journal form between 1840 and 1842. It is a collection of short stories written by popular French writers of the time, and beautifully illustrated by Grandville. The stories have animals as their main characters and are mostly satirical. The contributors are:

H. de Balzac, Louis Baude, Émile de la Bédollière, P. Bernard, Gustave Droz, Benjamin Franklin, Jules Janin, Édouard Lemoine, Alfred de Musset, Paul de Musset, Mme Ménessier-Nodier, Charles Nodier, George Sand, P. J. Stahl, Louis Viardot.

The editor and leader of this project was Pierre-Joules Hetzel (1814-1886), and influential editor, writer and general cultural personality in the mid-19th century France. He was the editor of Balzac's "La comédie humaine", Baudelaire's "Les fleurs du mal", and many other important authors of the time, and notably he was the "discoverer" of Jules Verne whose complete works also published. In this book here, under the pseudonym "P. J. Stahl", he wrote the prologues and epilogues of both volumes, as well as many short stories inside. Together with Grandville as illustrator, Hetzel/Stahl gave consistency to this project as editor and writer.

I could not find the text online, but different editions are available from Google Books and Gallica as PDF scans. I based this ebook on the Gallica version (the "augmented" edition of 1880). The illustrations are cleaned up, and the text is re-typed and proofread, but it's likely that many mistakes remain (it would be great if some native French could check it, especially the accents...).

[strikDue to the length of the book and the amount of work involved, I've decided to publish now the first part (slightly more that 50%). When I finish the second part I'll publish the complete book.[/strik (It's complete now)

Any kind of feedback is welcome.

EDIT (v2): Full version published. Finally! :)

(previous download count: 82)

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Grant, Douglas: The Fifth Ace. V1. 14 Mar 2010

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Ostrander, Isabel, 1883-1924. She used the pen names Robert Orr Chipperfield, David Fox and Douglas Grant.

Excerpt
Kearn Thode mounted his pinto and rode out of the courtyard of the Baggott Hotel and down the Calle Rivera under a seething tropic sun. Limasito's principal street was well-nigh deserted in the lethargy of the noon-day siesta, but the flower-market was a riotous blaze of color in the glistening white plaza, from which radiated broad vistas of fantastically painted adobe and soberer concrete, ending in a soft green blur.

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Grant, Horatio N.: The Highland Fling and How to Teach it v1.0 2007-09-18

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Horatio N. Grant presents...
[The Highland Fling and How to Teach it[/

Another in our ongoing series of debatably useful self-help books.

[quot This short pamphlet is devoted to the Highland Fling, described as a popular fancy dance, especially appropriate for children. The author gives four exercises and descriptions for eleven steps, many with multiple parts.[/quot

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Grant, Robert et al,: The King's Men. V1. 30 Jan 2009

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Grant was a Boston native and 1873 Harvard University graduate, and received the first Ph.D. in English granted by Harvard. He published his first novel in 1884. His most successful book was Unleavened Bread, which was one of the best selling novels of 1900. His autobiography Fourscore was published in 1934.
Grant was also a probate court judge, appointed in 1893. After he left the bench, Massachusetts Governor Alvan T. Fuller appointed Grant to a commission to review the conviction of Sacco and Vanzetti. The commission recommended that the decision to execute both men be upheld.

Excerpt
There are few Americans who went to England before the late wars but will remember Ripon House. The curious student of history-a study, perhaps, too little in vogue with us-could find no better example of the palace of an old feudal lord. Dating almost from the time of the first George-and some even say it was built by the same Wren who designed that St. Paul's Cathedral whose ruins we may still see to the east of London-it frowned upon the miles of private park surrounding it, a marble memorial of feudal monopoly and man's selfish greed. The very land about it, to an extent of almost half a county, was owned by the owners of the castle, and by them rented out upon an annual payment to such farmers as they chose to favor with a chance to earn their bread.

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Grant, Robert: The Law-Breakers and Other Stories. V1. 31 Jan 2009

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Grant was a Boston native and 1873 Harvard University graduate, and received the first Ph.D. in English granted by Harvard. He published his first novel in 1884. His most successful book was Unleavened Bread, which was one of the best selling novels of 1900. His autobiography Fourscore was published in 1934.
Grant was also a probate court judge, appointed in 1893. After he left the bench, Massachusetts Governor Alvan T. Fuller appointed Grant to a commission to review the conviction of Sacco and Vanzetti. The commission recommended that the decision to execute both men be upheld.

The Law-Breakers
Against His Judgment
St. George and the Dragon
The Romance of a Soul
An Exchange of Courtesies
Across the Way
A Surrender

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Grant, Robert: The Opinions of a Philosopher. V1. 31 Jan 2009

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Grant was a Boston native and 1873 Harvard University graduate, and received the first Ph.D. in English granted by Harvard. He published his first novel in 1884. His most successful book was Unleavened Bread, which was one of the best selling novels of 1900. His autobiography Fourscore was published in 1934.
Grant was also a probate court judge, appointed in 1893. After he left the bench, Massachusetts Governor Alvan T. Fuller appointed Grant to a commission to review the conviction of Sacco and Vanzetti. The commission recommended that the decision to execute both men be upheld.

Excerpt
My wife Josephine declares that I have become a philosopher in my old age, and perhaps she is right. Now that I am forty, and a trifle less elastic in my movements, with patches of gray about my ears which give me a more venerable appearance, I certainly have a tendency to look at the world as through a glass. Yet not altogether darkly be it said. That is, I trust I am no cynic like that fellow Diogenes who set the fashion centuries ago of turning up the nose at everything. I have a natural sunniness of disposition which would, I believe, be proof against the sardonic fumes of contemplation even though I were a real philosopher.

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Grant, Robert: Unleavened Bread. v1. 26 Oct 07

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From Wikipedia: [Unleavened Bread[/ is a 1900 novel by American writer Robert Grant, which is said to be an example of the problem-novel. The selfish wife of a businessman forces her way into upper society.

I'll be posting the following ten best selling fiction books in the U.S. for the year 1900:

1. [To Have and To Hold[/, Mary Johnston
2. [Red Pottage[/, Mary Cholmondeley
3. [Unleavened Bread[/, Robert Grant
4. [The Reign of Law[/, James Lane Allen
5. [Eben Holden[/, Irving Bacheller
6. [Janice Meredith[/, Paul Leicester Ford
7. [The Redemption of David Corson[/, Charles Frederic Goss
8. [Richard Carvel[/, Winston Churchill
9. [When Knighthood Was in Flower[/, Charles Major
10. [Alice of Old Vincennes[/, Maurice Thompson

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Grant, Robert: Unleavened Bread. V1. 31 Jan 2009

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Grant was a Boston native and 1873 Harvard University graduate, and received the first Ph.D. in English granted by Harvard. He published his first novel in 1884. His most successful book was Unleavened Bread, which was one of the best selling novels of 1900. His autobiography Fourscore was published in 1934.
Grant was also a probate court judge, appointed in 1893. After he left the bench, Massachusetts Governor Alvan T. Fuller appointed Grant to a commission to review the conviction of Sacco and Vanzetti. The commission recommended that the decision to execute both men be upheld.

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Babcock and Selma White were among the last of the wedding guests to take their departure. It was a brilliant September night with a touch of autumn vigor in the atmosphere, which had not been without its effect on the company, who had driven off in gay spirits, most of them in hay-carts or other vehicles capable of carrying a party. Their songs and laughter floated back along the winding country road. Selma, comfortable in her wraps and well tucked about with a rug, leaned back contentedly in the chaise, after the goodbyes had been said, to enjoy the glamour of the full moon. They were seven miles from home and she was in no hurry to get there. Neither festivities nor the undisguised devotion of a city young man were common in her life. Consideration she had been used to from a child, and she knew herself to be tacitly acknowledged the smartest girl in Westfield, but perhaps for that very reason she had held aloof from manhood until now. At least no youth in her neighborhood had ever impressed her as her equal. Neither did Babcock so impress her; but he was different from the rest. He was not shy and unexpressive; he was buoyant and self-reliant, and yet he seemed to appreciate her quality none the less.

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Grant, Ulysses: State of the Union. v1.0, 13 October 2007

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Ulysses S. Grant, born Hiram Ulysses Grant (April 27, 1822 – July 23, 1885), was an American general and the eighteenth President of the United States (1869–1877).

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Gray, Arthur: The Little Tea Book. 18 Sept 07

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A little history of tea, a lot of poetry about tea, a few drawings here and there, and you have the 1903 USA equivalent of today's super market checkout line book.

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Graydon, William Murray: Among the Pathans v1 22 dec 2008

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Lots of bloodshed in this:
[QUOTWhen Jack Chetwynd dropped into the Bundar Cafe at Delhi one scorching afternoon in September of last year and informed me that we were ordered off to the Punjaub, I could have shouted for joy. I did not do it, though, for I well knew how scornfully Jack would regard any such demonstration. I merely nodded my head, lazily, and went on reading the Post with as much calmness as if such news was a mere every day affair.

"Yes, my boy," went on Jack, dropping into a chair and ordering a lemon squash, "we are going to have some fun. You know those rascally Pathans killed two or three of our fellows near the frontier station at Oghi some time ago, so an expedition is going up to give them a drubbing for it. It's a deuce of a country, they say, that Black Mountain region, and these Pathans are terrible fellows, too; fight like tigers. Plenty of chance for glory there, Charlie; so prepare yourself!"[/QUOT
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Graydon, William Murray: Banished to Saghalien v1 29 dec 2008

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This is a novelette by my man William Murray Graydon.

This is a story of a poor young man, ripped of his heritage by his uncle and a few other very bad men and sent innocently in Siberian ban. Of course, our hero, in the end, claims back his due and the bad man are punished. Saghalien is still one of the last surviving true wildernesses and the hero's adventure a joy to read.

I put a picture of Sakhalin (as it's spelled today) on the cover of this book.

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PS: Only one book today, sorry!

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Graydon, William Murray: Canoe Boys and Campfires v1 17 jan 2009

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Juvenile adventure story by WMG. A lot of fun.

[QUOTPine needles are treacherous things, even on level ground, and when Clay happened to step on a particularly thick bunch his foot slipped and he was thrown quickly on his side. Before he could realize his danger he slid to the verge of the precipice—where there was nothing to stop him—and vanished from sight.

Ned was horror stricken, and had to clutch the nearest tree for support. Half a dozen seconds passed, but the splash that he dreaded to hear did not come. Then he made his way cautiously to a rock that jutted from the cliff half a dozen-feet from where Clay had fallen. Ned threw himself flat on his breast and peered down.

Clay was twenty feet below him clinging to a bunch of stout bushes that grew in a crevice of the cliff. His feet rested on a tiny ledge no more than six inches wide, and below him was a clear drop of thirty feet to the dark surface of the creek.

Ned realized his utter inability to render aid, and his agony found vent in a sharp cry.

Clay turned a white, pitiful face upward.

"You can't help me," he gasped hoarsely. "The bushes are tearing loose. If the water is deep I stand a chance. Try to get—"

His feeble voice was smothered by a sharp ripping noise, and the next instant he plunged downward, attended by a shower of dirt and stones.[/QUOT

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Graydon, William Murray: Exiled to Siberia v2 4 jan 2009

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William Murray Graydon, (1864-1946): An extremely prolific American writer for the juvenile market, Graydon moved to England around 1898, where he continued to write for the British story papers. His Sexton Blake in the Congo (1907) is well regarded
He died in Cornwall after a long illness, April 5, 1946, aged 83.

[QUOT"Jump quick!" whispered Platoff, and all three sprang from the stockade together, landing heavily on the snowy crust below.

"Don't rise," said Platoff; "follow me on hands and knees." He crawled away into the darkness at a speed which the boys found difficult to equal, glancing to their right, they saw the sentry still motionless at his post; whether he was facing them or not, it was impossible to tell. Foot by foot they left the stockade behind, and still the silence was unbroken. Then on the night air rose a single loud cry. It was answered by a shout, and then another and another boom thundered the little cannon in the courtyard, and the echoes quivered through the valley

Platoff leaped to his feet. "The alarm gun," he exclaimed. "The whole settlement knows we are free. Run as you never ran before, and keep me always in sight."

With great strides he plunged forward over the snow. Close at his heels came Maurice and Phil, amazed at their own speed. The sentry. catching a fleeting glimpse of the fugitives, raised his rifle and fired. The bullet whistled overhead. He fired again and again, shooting aimlessly into the night.

Six times the rifle cracked, and the red flash blazed briefly athwart the darkness. Then came silence--an ominous, fateful calm, and the daring fugitives fleeing across the valley heard nothing but the rapid tramp of their own footsteps. In single file they sped over the deepening snow, facing the cutting blast and breathing quickly through closed teeth.

Platoff ran at the head, every muscle strained, his ear alert to catch the faintest sound. From time to time he uttered cheering words to his companions.

Before them and on both sides was darkness, but looking over their shoulders, they saw the twinkling lights of the prison still perilously close at hand.[/QUOT
Have (lots of) fun!

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Graydon, William Murray: Lost Cave v1 19 dec 2008

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William Murray Graydon's output was really tremendous, as he wrote for almost every publishing firm, using the new invention, the Dictaphone, for hours on end. A keen student of geography he could write authentically about any country in the world, and his tales about the Congo and Siberia were tremendously popular with readers who longed to know more about the mysterious countries that were so much in the news at that period. "Sexton Blake in the Congo", one of his earliest efforts, which ran as a serial in the green BOYS FRIEND for six months, is still considered a classic story by many collectors as, in it, W.M.G. also expressed his own strong political views on Belgium's treatment of the natives.

1940 saw him living down in Cornwall, where after his wife Pearl died during the early part of the last war, he became seriously ill. He recovered to some extent, and his daughter Rachel came and looked after him, but during the last two years of his life he practically never left his bed, where he eventually died on the 5th April 1946, aged 83.

Lost cave is a tale about youngsters lost in a cave having the strangest encounters:

[QUOTThe three boys were thoroughly frightened when they saw the ugly brute menacing them at such close quarters. Roger tried to keep a cool head on his shoulders, and stoutly resisted Clem's appeal to be allowed to use the gun.

"Look, how broken and split the root is above us." he said. "A concussion might bring the whole thing down on our heads. Besides, the gun is only loaded with small shot. It would make matters worse to merely cripple the animal."

The catamount was now crawling slowly toward the boys, screeching as he advanced.

They retreated to the other side of the fire, and then, at a word from Roger, all let fly their brands.[/QUOT
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Graydon, William Murray: Mr Menzies Baby Elephant v1 27 dec 2008

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Short story by Graydon.

A young infuriated elephant runs amok!

Much fun, but way too short! Short story.

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Graydon, William Murray: Robin Hood and Maid Marian v1 21 dec 2008

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Robin Hood and Maid Marian (1914)

Robin Hood and his followers aid the poor and oppressed from their hideout in Sherwood Forest, pursued by the Sheriff of Nottingham. Seems to be based on this movie:

As usual for Graydon, lots of action ensues.

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Graydon, William Murray: The Butcher of Cawnpore v1 3 jan 2009

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William Murray Graydon, (1864-1946): An extremely prolific American writer for the juvenile market, Graydon moved to England around 1898, where he continued to write for the British story papers. His Sexton Blake in the Congo (1907) is well regarded
He died in Cornwall after a long illness, April 5, 1946, aged 83.

[QUOTThe situation of the fugitives seemed now more hopeless than ever. It was impossible to prevent the flames from igniting the inflammable stuff within the temple, for if they stood up to rake the rubbish out of the way they would offer a deadly mark to the two Sepoys. And should they rush out it would be to court the same fate, since Namgy Paltu and his surviving comrade were doubtless ambushed in some near-by spot.

So Jewan and the lads crouched in helpless terror at their posts, while the heat grew almost unbearable, and the smoke rolled thickly around them. Guy and Bob were soon driven over to the Hindoo's position on the right, and at Jewan's summons Mary crept down the gallery and joined the three. The girl was outwardly composed, but the horror in her eyes was pitiable to see.

"Do you think we will be burned to death?" she asked of Bob, who was alongside of her.

"Yes, unless we make a rush," was the hoarse reply.

"And you won't let me be taken alive?"

She shuddered as she spoke.

"No, no," Bob muttered, not knowing what he was saying.

The flames had now actually entered the temple on the left side, and were licking up the dried grass and limbs.

"Sahibs, are we to die by fire or bullet?" exclaimed Jewan. "There is at least a chance----"

"Yes, let us rush out," cried Guy. "Bob and I will go first, and draw the fire of the Sepoys. Then you and the girl will be able to escape, Jewan."

"No, I shall be the first," declared the Hindoo. "Leave the mem-sahib till the last----"

He was interrupted by a frightful roar, and as the fugitives gazed in wonder through the opening they saw a strange thing. A huge black panther sprang from around the rear angle of the temple, where it had been lying all this time, until driven out by the flames. The beast crouched for a second, and then made a bound that carried it a dozen feet through the leafy jungle. Instantly a terrified cry was heard, and a pair of dusky arms were thrust out of the grass. The panther had lighted on top of one of the two Sepoys, who was lying there in ambush.[/QUOT
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Graydon, William Murray: The Camp in the Snow v1 23 dec 2008

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Another book by my new favorite author.

Novel published in 1894.

[QUOTAlready more than an hour had passed since they left the cabin. They advanced with redoubled caution, working two abreast, and patting the roof and sides of the tunnel to make them secure. The long and trying ordeal came to an end at last, and glorious was the reward.
The slab of bark, with which Jerry was digging, suddenly struck something hard. It proved to be a rock, and the boys cleared the space around it with frantic haste. A moment later they fairly tumbled into the triangular cavity between the two great boulders.
It was indeed the storehouse. With greedy hands they tore away the sled and clutched at the precious supplies lying underneath. The fear of bringing an avalanche down on their heads was all that kept them from bursting into hearty cheers.
“We are saved,” cried Hamp, as he got hold of the tin box of matches and struck a light.[/QUOT
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Graydon, William Murray: The Jungle Boy v1 26 dec 2008

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American-born writer of historical adventure and detective fiction who emigrated to England. Wrote more than 100 Sexton Blake Stories for the Union Jack and an equal number for the Sexton Blake Library in England; some of the former were later used as the basis for Nick Carter stories published by Street and Smith. Some of his Sexton Blake stories were rewritten and used in the Gordon Keith series in Brave and Bold. His American publications were in Munsey's Golden Argosy and Street and Smith's Army and Navy Weekly, Good News, Half Holiday, Medal and New Medal Library, and Round the World Library. Pseudonyms include Alfred Armitage, William Murray Gordon, William Murray, and Tom Olliver.

This was published 1905 in the UK in the magazine Union Jack (as the cover shows). It is a Sexton Blake story, but in a very exotic setting.

Very easy read, highly entertaining.

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Graydon, William Murray: The Mystery of Valentine Stanlock v1 21 dec 2008

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Boys go for a hunting holiday in the wilds of Pennsylvania. Val
Stanlock, the local schoolteacher with no past, shows up at the cabin
too. However, besides a catamount (wild cat) a number of nefarious
criminals are also in the woods and they have a completely
unsuspected hideout. Who is Val Stanlock, and why do both he and one
of the criminals want to retrieve a tin box hidden in the wilderness?

A light read with a lot of action.

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Graydon, William Murray: The Princess of the Purple Palace v1 8 feb 2009

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Pekin in 1900 is a dangerous place for a stranger. Alec Drury, a young American is stranded in this big city full of dangers.
[QUOTIt was May 31, 1900, and throughout the vast city of Pekin, with its million and more of souls, excitement ran high. Day by day had added fuel to the smoldering fires, yet of the alien inhabitants only a few saw beneath the surface, were able to read the ominous signs correctly. The clouds were thickening; the yellow storm was gathering fury and purpose: the hour was very near when a new and bloody chapter was to be inscribed on the tablets of history and civilization.

The society of Boxers, founded originally by the infamous Yu Hsien, a prefect of Shan Tung, had become a formidable power in that province. Their avowed object was the destruction of the foreigner and his religion, and but half-hearted attempts were made to suppress them.[/QUOT

How will our young hero handle this dreadful situation? Get on board and get ready for a bumpy ride.

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Graydon, William Murray: The River of Darkness v1 14 jan 2009

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An African adventure again coming from William Murray Graydon. A lot of action and not really politically correct, but hey, the man knew how to build and hold suspense.

A few illustrations inside.

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Graydon, William Murray: The White King of Africa v2 4 jan 2009

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William Murray Graydon, (1864-1946): An extremely prolific American writer for the juvenile market, Graydon moved to England around 1898, where he continued to write for the British story papers. His Sexton Blake in the Congo (1907) is well regarded
He died in Cornwall after a long illness, April 5, 1946, aged 83.

Looking for treasure the heroes travel to the Sudan, where they are captured by the Mahdi and held in Khartoum. They escape and after many adventures discover a lost race with a white king. This novel is said to have inspired ERB.

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Great, Nate the: A Kindle Experiment. v1 7 march 2011

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Open this file with K4PC. Read the instructions. Hopefully it will work for you.

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Green, Anna Katharine: 7 to 12 v. 1 31-1-16

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Anna Katharine Green (1846-1935) is very well-represented on Mobileread. One rare novel (really more of a novella) that has never been included in any anthology is [7 to 12[/ (1887).

[7 to 12[/ concerns a high-society family and a jewel heist. The subsequent investigation brings a great number of family secrets to the surface.

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Green, Anna Katharine: A Difficult Problem, v.1, 18 August 2008.

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Anna Katharine Green [Mrs Charles Rohlf (1846–1935)
A Difficult Problem (1900)

A short story.
A young woman receives an obituary notice for her husband. But it is a fake. However, he is actually dead. She consults a detective, who unravels a strange story…

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Green, Anna Katharine: A Difficult Problem. v1. 16 Feb 2016

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Anna Katharine Green (November 11, 1846 – April 11, 1935) was an American poet and novelist. She was one of the first writers of detective fiction in America and distinguished herself by writing well plotted, legally accurate stories. Green has been called "the mother of the detective novel".

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“I believe so, I hope so,” she earnestly assured me. “I—I am in great trouble. I have just lost my husband—but it is not that. It is the slip of paper I found on my dresser, and which—which——”

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Green, Anna Katharine: A Strange Disappearance, v.1, 22 August 2008.

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Anna Katharine Green [Mrs Charles Rohlf (1846–1935)
A Strange Disappearance (1880)

A mystery novel.
A housekeeper reports the disappearance of a sewing-maid from a wealthy household. She insists that the girl has been abducted. Mr Gryce and a young detective investigate. The missing young woman has a secret. But she is not the only one…

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Green, Anna Katharine: A Strange Disappearance. v1. 23 Feb 2016

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Anna Katharine Green (November 11, 1846 – April 11, 1935) was an American poet and novelist. She was one of the first writers of detective fiction in America and distinguished herself by writing well plotted, legally accurate stories. Green has been called "the mother of the detective novel".

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“Talking of sudden disappearances the one you mention of Hannah in that Leavenworth case of ours, is not the only remarkable one which has come under my direct notice. Indeed, I know of another that in some respects, at least, surpasses that in points of interest, and if you will promise not to inquire into the real names of the parties concerned, as the affair is a secret, I will relate you my experience regarding it.”

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Green, Anna Katharine: Agatha Webb. v1. 12 Sep 07

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In this elegant drama, Anna Katharine Green, one of the greatest mystery writers of all time, weaves a narrative with her usual consummate skill, and portrays her characters with exceptional sympathy. On the New England seacoast, not far from Boston, lies a staid, picturesque village called Sutherlandtown. In these tranquil surroundings, Agatha Webb and her servant are found murdered. The task of unraveling the mystery begins at once, and suspicion points to a number of persons. Agatha herself had a tragic and troubled past. She suffered the loss of six of her children who died in infancy; some of the people of the village suspected her of complicity in these deaths, while others looked upon her as a victim. Adding to the complexity of the situation, a wealthy local man is being blackmailed by someone who believes that he is guilty of Agatha's murder. The solution of the puzzle is uncovered in an intensely dramatic court scene.

In addition to the attraction of the mystery, there is a great love story. One of the detectives in the case, Caleb Sweetwater, was first introduced in a minor role in [A Strange Disappearance[/ (1880). Here, the details of his interesting life story are revealed, considerably fleshing out and developing his character. We learn that he was raised in Sutherland-town, maturing into a talented violinist, but constrained to supporting his mother with limited means. He relinquishes his musical career in order to become a detective. In this role he stands out as a trustworthy and conscientious young man, who volunteers his services to a patron in return for past consideration. Sweetwater becomes the hero by ultimately solving the crime in [Agatha Webb[/. He appears again in several other Green novels as Gryce's assistant in the New York Police Department.

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Green, Anna Katharine: Agatha Webb. v1. 13 Feb 2016

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Anna Katharine Green (November 11, 1846 – April 11, 1935) was an American poet and novelist. She was one of the first writers of detective fiction in America and distinguished herself by writing well plotted, legally accurate stories. Green has been called "the mother of the detective novel".

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“He wasn’t talking to you, or to me either, for that matter; but I have ears that can hear an eye wink. He said: ‘Thank God, this night of horror is over!’ Think of that! After such a dance and such a spread, he calls the night horrible and thanks God that it is over. I thought he was the very man to enjoy this kind of thing.”

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Green, Anna Katharine: Cynthia Wakeham's Money. v1. 15 Feb 2016

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Anna Katharine Green (November 11, 1846 – April 11, 1935) was an American poet and novelist. She was one of the first writers of detective fiction in America and distinguished herself by writing well plotted, legally accurate stories. Green has been called "the mother of the detective novel".

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It was verging towards seven o’clock. The train had just left Marston station, and two young men stood on the platform surveying with very different eyes the stretch of country landscape lying before them. Frank Etheridge wore an eager aspect, the aspect of the bright, hopeful, energetic lawyer which he was, and his quick searching gaze flashed rapidly from point to point as if in one of the scattered homes within his view he sought an answer to some problem at present agitating his mind. He was a stranger in Marston.

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Green, Anna Katharine: Cynthia Wakeham’s Money, v1, 9 September 2009.

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Anna Katharine Green [Mrs Charles Rohlf (1846–1935)
Cynthia Wakeham’s Money (1892)

A melodramatic mystery, in which a young lawyer is summoned to the house of a dying woman to draw up her will. In a search for her legitimate heirs, he encounters a beautiful woman with a mysterious scar. Events then take a very sinister turn…

As ever, with Anna Katherine Green, this early novel features love-struck young men; high-minded ladies with a propensity to faint, and whose reticence is essential to the plot; plus detailed legal knowledge. This one also has a particularly melodramatic villain.

The source was a scan at The Internet Archive, which I have restored, adding a TOC and cover.

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Green, Anna Katharine: Dark Hollow. v1. 15 Feb 2016

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Anna Katharine Green (November 11, 1846 – April 11, 1935) was an American poet and novelist. She was one of the first writers of detective fiction in America and distinguished herself by writing well plotted, legally accurate stories. Green has been called "the mother of the detective novel".

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Dead! BELA! Dead! and lying in his blood! The rest may have been no dream, but this was surely one, or his eyes, used to inner visions, were playing him false.

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Green, Anna Katharine: Dark Hollow. v1. 8 Oct 07

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The small town of Shelby is shaken by a brutal murder. In its remote outskirts, in a place called Dark Hollow, a man by the name of Etheridge was found beaten to death. John Scoville, a local inn-keeper, is convicted and executed for the crime. Many years later, "a woman in purple" shows up at the house of Ostrander, the respected judge who had sentenced Scoville to be executed. This mysterious woman turns out to be the wife of the convicted man, but she does not believe he was guilty. Deborah Scoville had to move away with her daughter and change her name to avoid the stigma of being the wife of a murderer. She visits the Judge, who is now a recluse, to challenge him on his verdict. He listens to her plea, but reaffirms his belief in Scoville's guilt. Having nowhere to go, Deborah is given the position of maid, which she secretly will use to obtain proof of her husband's innocence and the identity of the real killer. However, the initial evidence that Deborah collects points in troubling new directions. It forces disclosures about the Judge's errant and estranged son. More evidence emerges: peculiar marks on a walking stick, a knife, a tragic fire, mistaken identities, heated arguments between friends. All of this produces astonishing tension, culminating in bitter accusations and an exciting chase in upstate New York. Finally, all the circumstances of the crime are revealed. Judge Ostrander carries painful secrets from long ago, involving his son and his best friend, secrets that he hoped would never come to light. Dark Hollow is a compelling tale of hidden guilt, honor, and remorse.

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Green, Anna Katharine: Dr. Izard.V1.23 July 2012

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I knew this book existed but I couldn't find an ebook version for a long time. Some yrs back I picked up the pbook version at a thrift store for 25 cents (if I remember correctly) and it had a pub. date of 1895. The 2nd picture looks fuzzy because the pbook copy had a tissue paper barrier between the picture and the page opposite, something that was commonplace back then.

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Green, Anna Katharine: Hand and Ring, v.1, 3 November 2008.

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Anna Katharine Green [Mrs. Charles Rohlf (1846–1935)
HAND AND RING (1883)

A fairly wealthy widow is murdered in a small American town. Her dying words are “Hand! Ring!” Might this be a clue? There are too many suspects; then too many confessions; plus a pair of star-crossed lovers.

This was made from scans at The Internet Archive, and needed a lot of corrections.

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Green, Anna Katharine: Hand and Ring. v1. 19 Feb 2016

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Anna Katharine Green (November 11, 1846 – April 11, 1935) was an American poet and novelist. She was one of the first writers of detective fiction in America and distinguished herself by writing well plotted, legally accurate stories. Green has been called "the mother of the detective novel".

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THE town clock of Sibley had just struck twelve. Court had adjourned, and Judge Evans, with one or two of the leading lawyers of the county, stood in the door-way of the court-house discussing in a friendly way the eccentricities of criminals as developed in the case then before the court. Mr. Lord had just ventured the assertion that crime as a fine art was happily confined to France; to which District Attorney Ferris had replied:

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Green, Anna Katharine: Initials Only. v1. 1 Jun 2013

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Anna Katharine Green (November 11, 1846 – April 11, 1935) was an American poet and novelist. She was one of the first writers of detective fiction in America and distinguished herself by writing well plotted, legally accurate stories. Green has been called "the mother of the detective novel."

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"That's a case in point," he laughed, as he guided me through the crowd of theatre-goers which invariably block this part of Broadway at the hour of eight. "We shall never know whose eulogy we have just heard. 'A remarkable man!' There are not many of them."

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Green, Anna Katharine: Initials Only. v1. 20 Feb 2016t

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Anna Katharine Green (November 11, 1846 – April 11, 1935) was an American poet and novelist. She was one of the first writers of detective fiction in America and distinguished herself by writing well plotted, legally accurate stories. Green has been called "the mother of the detective novel".

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My husband stared, then uttered a low, “Rather.” The man ahead of us, presenting in every respect the appearance of a gentleman, had suddenly stooped to the kerb and was washing his hands in the snow, furtively, but with a vigour and purpose which could not fail to arouse the strangest conjectures in any chance onlooker.

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Green, Anna Katharine: Initials Only. v1. 9 Oct 07

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A beautiful millionairess is shot dead in public in a fashionable Broadway hotel. Detectives Gryce and Sweetwater investigate the baffling mystery.

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Green, Anna Katharine: Lost Man's Lane. v1. 21 Feb 2016

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Anna Katharine Green (November 11, 1846 – April 11, 1935) was an American poet and novelist. She was one of the first writers of detective fiction in America and distinguished herself by writing well plotted, legally accurate stories. Green has been called "the mother of the detective novel".

Excerpt
As a woman of inborn principle and strict Presbyterian training, I hate deception and cannot abide subterfuge. This is why, after a year or more of hesitation, I have felt myself constrained to put into words the true history of the events surrounding the solution of that great mystery which made Lost Man’s Lane the dread of the neighboring country. Feminine delicacy, and a natural shrinking from revealing to the world certain weaknesses on my part, inseparable from a true relation of this tale, led me to consent to the publication of that meagre and decidedly falsified account of the matter which has appeared in some of our leading papers.

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Green, Anna Katharine: Lost Man’s Lane, v.1, 29 August 2008.

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Anna Katharine Green [Mrs Charles Rohlf (1846–1935)
Lost Man’s Lane: A Second Episode in the Life of Amelia Butterworth
Copyright, 1898. First published, 1899.

A mystery novel. Miss Amelia Butterworth makes a second outing to help the New York detective, Mr Gryce.
In a remote village people keep disappearing while crossing ‘Dead Man’s Lane’. Miss Butterworth, a maiden lady with firm principles and considerable ingenuity, investigates with her usual adroitness. She arranges to stay with the children of a former schoolmate. But why are there mysterious noises and screams in the night? What is all this talk of a phantom coach? Has Miss Butterworth accidentally strayed into a Gothic novel?

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Green, Anna Katharine: Marked “Personal”, v1, 24 September 2009

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Anna Katharine Green [Mrs Charles Rohlf (1846–1935)
Marked “Personal” (1898)

A rich and powerful man dies of a gunshot wound on his wedding day. Is it murder, suicide, or accident? His son (from a first marriage) decides to investigate. A tale of revenge, multiple identities and greed is slowly uncovered.

Note: There is a race riot in the early part of the book, and some of the rioters use the “N” word several times.

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Green, Anna Katharine: Midnight in Beauchamp Row, v.1, 19 August 2008.

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Anna Katharine Green [Mrs Charles Rohlf (1846–1935)
Midnight in Beauchamp Row (1895)

A short story.
A lone woman is confronted by an intruder. Can she prevent him from making away with the $2000 that her absent husband has left in the house? Has a twist at the end.

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Green, Anna Katharine: Midnight In Beauchamp Row. v1. 21 Feb 2016

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Anna Katharine Green (November 11, 1846 – April 11, 1935) was an American poet and novelist. She was one of the first writers of detective fiction in America and distinguished herself by writing well plotted, legally accurate stories. Green has been called "the mother of the detective novel".

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Ned Chivers lived in it with his six months’ married bride, and as he was both a busy fellow and a gay one there were many evenings when pretty Letty Chivers sat alone until near midnight.

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Green, Anna Katharine: One of My Sons, v1, 7 August 2009.

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Anna Katharine Green [Mrs Charles Rohlf (1846–1935)
One of My Sons (1902)

A dying man accuses one of his sons of his murder. Can Mr. Gryce and Caleb Sweetwater get to the bottom of the mystery. A young lawyer, who witnesses the murder decides to help.

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Green, Anna Katharine: One of My Sons. v1. 2 Jun 2013

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Anna Katharine Green (November 11, 1846 – April 11, 1935) was an American poet and novelist. She was one of the first writers of detective fiction in America and distinguished herself by writing well plotted, legally accurate stories. Green has been called "the mother of the detective novel."

Excerpt
I was walking at a rapid pace up the avenue one raw, fall evening, when somewhere near the corner of Fifty——Street I was brought to a sudden stand-still by the sound of a child's voice accosting me from the stoop of one of the handsome houses I was thn passing.
"O sir!" it cried, "please come in. Please come to grandpa. He's sick and wants you."

NOTE: 20 Illustrations.

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Green, Anna Katharine: Room Number 3 and Other Detective Stories. v1. 23 Feb 2016

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Anna Katharine Green (November 11, 1846 – April 11, 1935) was an American poet and novelist. She was one of the first writers of detective fiction in America and distinguished herself by writing well plotted, legally accurate stories. Green has been called "the mother of the detective novel".

ROOM NUMBER 3
MIDNIGHT IN BEAUCHAMP ROW
THE RUBY AND THE CALDRON
THE LITTLE STEEL COILS
THE STAIRCASE AT HEART'S DELIGHT
THE AMETHYST BOX
THE GREY LADY
THE THIEF
THE HOUSE IN THE MIST

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Green, Anna Katharine: Room Number 3, v1, 9 August 2009.

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Anna Katharine Green [Mrs Charles Rohlf (1846–1935)
Room Number 3

A novelette with a nightmarish quality as deceit causes characters to wonder whether they are sane.
A young girl insists that both she and her mother had booked into an inn. But the inn-keeper swears that she arrived alone. Her mother is found dead in the nearby woods.

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Green, Anna Katharine: That Affair Next Door, v.1, 18 August 2008.

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Anna Katharine Green [Mrs Charles Rohlf (1846–1935)
That Affair Next Door (1897)

A novel.
A woman is found dead beneath a collapsed set of shelves full of bric-à-brac. However, it isn’t an accident. She has also been stabbed. Miss Amelia Butterworth and the professional detective, Mr. Gryce, compete to solve the case.

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Green, Anna Katharine: That Affair Next Door. v1. 25 Feb 2016

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Anna Katharine Green (November 11, 1846 – April 11, 1935) was an American poet and novelist. She was one of the first writers of detective fiction in America and distinguished herself by writing well plotted, legally accurate stories. Green has been called "the mother of the detective novel".

Excerpt
I am not an inquisitive woman, but when, in the middle of a certain warm night in September, I heard a carriage draw up at the adjoining house and stop, I could not resist the temptation of leaving my bed and taking a peep through the curtains of my window.
First: because the house was empty, or supposed to be so, the family still being, as I had every reason to believe, in Europe; and secondly: because, not being inquisitive, I often miss in my lonely and single life much that it would be both interesting and profitable for me to know.

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Green, Anna Katharine: The Amethyst Box, v.1, 31 August 2008.

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Anna Katharine Green [Mrs Charles Rohlf (1846–1935)
The Amethyst Box (1905)

A mystery novelette.
On the eve of his wedding, during a house-party, Mr Sinclair shows the ladies a small antique Venetian box, carved from a single amethyst. Inside is a vial, containing a drop of the deadliest poison known to Man. The box goes missing. Can it be that one of the ladies is either suicidal or murderous? The next morning a woman is found dead…

(There’s a moral here. Wash all your bottles. Hygiene saves a lot of trouble all round.)

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Green, Anna Katharine: The Amethyst Box. v1. 13 Feb 2016

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Anna Katharine Green (November 11, 1846 – April 11, 1935) was an American poet and novelist. She was one of the first writers of detective fiction in America and distinguished herself by writing well plotted, legally accurate stories. Green has been called "the mother of the detective novel".

THE AMETHYST BOX
THE HOUSE IN THE MIST
THE RUBY AND THE CALDRON

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Green, Anna Katharine: The Bronze Hand, v.1, 18 August 2008.

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Anna Katharine Green [Mrs Charles Rohlf (1846–1935)
The Bronze Hand (1897)

A novelette. A high-minded young woman tries to save a man from assassination by a secret society.

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Green, Anna Katharine: The Bronze Hand. v1, 13 Feb 2016

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Anna Katharine Green (November 11, 1846 – April 11, 1935) was an American poet and novelist. She was one of the first writers of detective fiction in America and distinguished herself by writing well plotted, legally accurate stories. Green has been called "the mother of the detective novel".

Excerpt
HER room was on the ground floor of the house we mutually inhabited, and mine directly above it, so that my opportunities for seeing her were limited to short glimpses of her auburn head as she leaned out of the window to close her shutters at night or open them in the morning. Yet our chance encounter in the hall or on the walk in front, had made so deep an impression upon my sensibilities that I was never without the vision of her pale face set off by the aureole of reddish brown hair, which, since my first meeting with her, had become for me the symbol of everything beautiful, incomprehensible and strange.

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Green, Anna Katharine: The Chief Legatee. v1. 14 Feb 2016

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Anna Katharine Green (November 11, 1846 – April 11, 1935) was an American poet and novelist. She was one of the first writers of detective fiction in America and distinguished herself by writing well plotted, legally accurate stories. Green has been called "the mother of the detective novel".

Excerpt
“You’re right. Married to-day in Grace Church. A great wedding; the papers are full of it. Well, she’s the lady. They registered here a few minutes before five o’clock and in ten minutes the bride was missing. It’s a queer story Mr. Ransom tells. You’d better hear it. Ah, there’s our man! Perhaps you’ll go up with him.”

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Green, Anna Katharine: The Chief Legatee. v1. 3 Oct 07

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1907 detective story by the prolific American author. I am, unfortunately, unable to discover any more information about this book, but if it's up to the usual standards of this author, it'll be an excellent read.

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Green, Anna Katharine: The Circular Study. v1. 14 Feb 2016

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Anna Katharine Green (November 11, 1846 – April 11, 1935) was an American poet and novelist. She was one of the first writers of detective fiction in America and distinguished herself by writing well plotted, legally accurate stories. Green has been called "the mother of the detective novel".

Excerpt
A strange crime! That word “strange” struck Mr. Gryce, and made him forget his years in wondering what it meant. Meanwhile the men about him exchanged remarks upon the house brought thus unexpectedly to their notice. As it was one of the few remaining landmarks of the preceding century, and had been made conspicuous moreover by the shops, club-houses, and restaurants pressing against it on either side, it had been a marked spot for years even to those who knew nothing of its history or traditions.

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Green, Anna Katharine: The Circular Study. v1. 4 Oct 07

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1900 detective mystery from the prolific American author:

[A room small and of circular shape, hung with strange tapestries relieved here and there by priceless curios, and lit, although it was still daylight, by a jet of rose-colored light concentrated, not on the rows and rows of books around the lower portion of the room, or on the one great picture which at another time might have drawn the eye and held the attention, but on the upturned face of a man lying on a bearskin rug with a dagger in his heart and on his breast a cross whose golden lines, sharply outlined against his long, dark, swathing garment, gave him the appearance of a saint prepared in some holy place for burial, save that the dagger spoke of violent death, and his face of an anguish for which Mr. Gryce, notwithstanding his lifelong experience, found no name, so little did it answer to a sensation of fear, pain, or surprise, or any of the emotions usually visible on the countenances of such as have fallen under the unexpected stroke of an assassin.[/

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Green, Anna Katharine: The Doctor, his Wife, and the Clock. v1. 16 Feb 2016

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Anna Katharine Green (November 11, 1846 – April 11, 1935) was an American poet and novelist. She was one of the first writers of detective fiction in America and distinguished herself by writing well plotted, legally accurate stories. Green has been called "the mother of the detective novel".

Excerpt
Mr. Hasbrouck, a well-known and highly respected citizen, was attacked in his room by an unknown assailant, and shot dead before assistance could reach him. His murderer escaped, and the problem offered to the police was, how to identify this person who, by some happy chance or by the exercise of the most remarkable forethought, had left no traces behind him, or any clue by which he could be followed.

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Green, Anna Katharine: The Doctor, his Wife, and the Clock_files. v1. 31 May 2013

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Anna Katharine Green (November 11, 1846 – April 11, 1935) was an American poet and novelist. She was one of the first writers of detective fiction in America and distinguished herself by writing well plotted, legally accurate stories. Green has been called "the mother of the detective novel."

Excerpt
Mr. Hasbrouck, a well-known and highly respected citizen, was attacked in his room by an unknown assailant, and shot dead before assistance could reach him. His murderer escaped, and the problem offered to the police was, how to identify this person who, by some happy chance or by theexercise of the most remarkable forethought, had left no traces behind him, or any clue by which he could be followed.

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Green, Anna Katharine: The Filigree Ball. v1. 17 Feb 2016t

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Anna Katharine Green (November 11, 1846 – April 11, 1935) was an American poet and novelist. She was one of the first writers of detective fiction in America and distinguished herself by writing well plotted, legally accurate stories. Green has been called "the mother of the detective novel".

Excerpt
For a detective whose talents, had not been recognized at headquarters, I possessed an ambition which, fortunately for my standing with the lieutenant of the precinct, had not yet been expressed in words. Though I had small reason for expecting great things of myself, I had always cherished the hope that if a big case came my way I should be found able to do something with it something more, that is, than I had seen accomplished by the police of the District of Columbia since I had had the honor of being one of their number. Therefore, when I found myself plunged, almost without my own volition, into the Jeffrey Moore affair, I believed that the opportunity had come whereby I might distinguish myself.

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Green, Anna Katharine: The Filigree Ball. v1. 8 Oct 07

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[For a detective whose talents, had not been recognized at headquarters, I possessed an ambition which, fortunately for my standing with the lieutenant of the precinct, had not yet been expressed in words. Though I had small reason for expecting great things of myself, I had always cherished the hope that if a big case came my way I should be found able to do something with it something more, that is, than I had seen accomplished by the police of the District of Columbia since I had had the honor of being one of their number. Therefore, when I found myself plunged, almost without my own volition, into the Jeffrey Moore affair, I believed that the opportunity had come whereby I might distinguish myself.

It had complications, this Jeffrey-Moore affair; greater ones than the public ever knew, keen as the interest in it ran both in and out of Washington. This is why I propose to tell the story of this great tragedy from my own standpoint, even if in so doing I risk the charge of attempting to exploit my own connection with this celebrated case...[/

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Green, Anna Katharine: The Forsaken Inn, v.1, 22 August 2008.

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Anna Katharine Green [Mrs Charles Rohlf (1846–1935)
The Forsaken Inn (1899)
Illustrated.

Anna Katherine Green attempts a historical mystery in this novel. It is set in an American inn in the late 18th century. A number of American gentry and émigré French aristocrats visit. The landlady gradually uncovers a tale of hidden passages, murder, deception, and general skulduggery.

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Green, Anna Katharine: The Forsaken Inn. v1. 18 Feb 2016

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Anna Katharine Green (November 11, 1846 – April 11, 1935) was an American poet and novelist. She was one of the first writers of detective fiction in America and distinguished herself by writing well plotted, legally accurate stories. Green has been called "the mother of the detective novel".

Excerpt
I WAS riding between Albany and Poughkeepsie. It was raining furiously, and my horse, already weary with long travel, gave unmistakable signs of discouragement. I was, therefore, greatly relieved when, in the most desolate part of the road, I espied rising before me the dim outlines of a house, and was correspondingly disappointed when, upon riding forward, I perceived that it was but a deserted ruin I was approaching, whose fallen chimneys and broken windows betrayed a dilapidation so great that I could scarcely hope to find so much as a temporary shelter therein.

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Green, Anna Katharine: The Golden Slipper. v1. 1 Jun 2013

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Anna Katharine Green (November 11, 1846 – April 11, 1935) was an American poet and novelist. She was one of the first writers of detective fiction in America and distinguished herself by writing well plotted, legally accurate stories. Green has been called "the mother of the detective novel."

PROBLEM I. THE GOLDEN SLIPPER
PROBLEM II. THE SECOND BULLET
PROBLEM III. AN INTANGIBLE CLUE
PROBLEM IV. THE GROTTO SPECTRE
PROBLEM V. THE DREAMING LADY
PROBLEM VI. THE HOUSE OF CLOCKS
PROBLEM VII. THE DOCTOR, HIS WIFE, AND THE CLOCK
PROBLEM VIII. MISSING: PAGE THIRTEEN
PROBLEM IX. VIOLET'S OWN

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Green, Anna Katharine: The Golden Slipper. v1. 18 Feb 2014

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Anna Katharine Green (November 11, 1846 – April 11, 1935) was an American poet and novelist. She was one of the first writers of detective fiction in America and distinguished herself by writing well plotted, legally accurate stories. Green has been called "the mother of the detective novel".

PROBLEM I—THE GOLDEN SLIPPER.
PROBLEM II—THE SECOND BULLET.
PROBLEM III—AN INTANGIBLE CLUE.
PROBLEM IV—THE GROTTO SPECTRE.
PROBLEM V—THE DREAMING LADY.
PROBLEM VI—THE HOUSE OF CLOCKS.
PROBLEM VII—THE DOCTOR, HIS WIFE, AND THE CLOCK.
PROBLEM VIII—MISSING: PAGE THIRTEEN.
PROBLEM IX—VIOLET’S OWN.

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Green, Anna Katharine: The Golden Slipper. v1. 8 Oct 07

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Full title: "The Golden Slipper and Other Problems For Violet Strange"

Collection of detective/mystery stories featuring the amateur detective Violet Strange - a sort of American version of "Miss Marple". The stories in the collection are:

I. The Golden Slipper
II. The Second Bullet
III. An Intangible Clue
IV. The Grotto Spectre
V. The Dreaming Lady
VI. The House of Clocks
VII. The Doctor, His Wife, And the Clock
VIII. Missing: Page Thirteen
IX. Violet's Own

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Green, Anna Katharine: The Gray Madam

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Anna Katharine Green (November 11, 1846 – April 11, 1935) was an American poet and novelist. She was one of the first writers of detective fiction in America and distinguished herself by writing well plotted, legally accurate stories. Green has been called "the mother of the detective novel".

Excerpt
WAS it a specter?

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Green, Anna Katharine: The Gray Madam, v.1, 18 August 2008.

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Anna Katharine Green [Mrs Charles Rohlf (1846–1935)
The Gray Madam (1899)

A short story. A young couple see a mysterious veiled woman in their lodgings. Is she a ghost? They make enquiries and a tragic story unfolds…

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Green, Anna Katharine: The Hermit Of —— Street, v.1, 19 August 2008.

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Anna Katharine Green [Mrs Charles Rohlf (1846–1935)
The Hermit Of —— Street (1898)

A short novelette.
A young girl marries a man with secret rooms in his mansion. When she discovers the reason for this mystery, she realises that she will have to act with adroitness …

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Green, Anna Katharine: The Hermit Of ——- Street. v1. 19 Feb 2016

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Anna Katharine Green (November 11, 1846 – April 11, 1935) was an American poet and novelist. She was one of the first writers of detective fiction in America and distinguished herself by writing well plotted, legally accurate stories. Green has been called "the mother of the detective novel".

Excerpt
I should have kept my eyes for the many brilliant and interesting sights constantly offered me. Another girl would have done so. I myself might have done so, had I been over eighteen, or, had I not come from the country, where my natural love of romance had been fostered by uncongenial surroundings and a repressed life under the eyes of a severe and unsympathetic maiden aunt

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Green, Anna Katharine: The House in the Mist

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Anna Katharine Green (November 11, 1846 – April 11, 1935) was an American poet and novelist. She was one of the first writers of detective fiction in America and distinguished herself by writing well plotted, legally accurate stories. Green has been called "the mother of the detective novel".

THE HOUSE IN THE MIST
THE RUBY AND THE CALDRON
THE HERMIT OF —— STREET

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Green, Anna Katharine: The House in the Mist. v1. 8 Oct 07

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Weary traveler Hugh Austin arrives, seeking food and lodging for the night. "Enter, sir; you are the first to arrive, but the others can not be far behind," he is told. "What others?" he wonders, gazing at a stern portrait hanging on the wall. He finds he has chanced upon the gathering of friends and relatives of the man in the portrait. An inheritance is to be divided, all concerned must be present by the appointed hour. And this inheritance is so substantial that violence, murder, and vengeance from beyond the grave all await among the heirs...

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Green, Anna Katharine: The House of the Whispering Pines. v1. 8 Oct 07

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[The moon rode high; but ominous clouds were rushing towards it-clouds heavy with snow. I watched these clouds as I drove recklessly, desperately, over the winter roads. I had just missed the desire of my life, the one precious treasure which I coveted with my whole undisciplined heart, and not being what you call a man of self-restraint, I was chafed by my defeat far beyond the bounds I have usually set for myself. The moon-with the wild skurry of clouds hastening to blot it out of sight-seemed to mirror the chaos threatening my better impulses; and, idly keeping it in view, I rode on, hardly conscious of my course till the rapid recurrence of several well-known landmarks warned me that I had taken the longest route home, and that in another moment I should be skirting the grounds of The Whispering Pines, our country clubhouse...[/

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Green, Anna Katharine: The Leavenworth Case. v1. 12 Sep 07

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Horatio Leavenworth is a New York merchant whose material wealth is matched by his eminence in the community and reputation for good works. He is also the guardian of two striking nieces who share his Fifth Avenue mansion. Mary, her uncle's favorite, is to inherit his fortune at his death. As this mystery opens, that lamentable event has just occurred. Leavenworth has been shot to death and circumstances point to one of his young wards...

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Green, Anna Katharine: The Leavenworth Case. v1. 20 Feb 2016

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Anna Katharine Green (November 11, 1846 – April 11, 1935) was an American poet and novelist. She was one of the first writers of detective fiction in America and distinguished herself by writing well plotted, legally accurate stories. Green has been called "the mother of the detective novel".

Excerpt
I had been a junior partner in the firm of Veeley, Carr & Raymond, attorneys and counsellors at law, for about a year, when one morning, in the temporary absence of both Mr. Veeley and Mr. Carr, there came into our office a young man whose whole appearance was so indicative of haste and agitation that I involuntarily rose at his approach and impetuously inquired:
“What is the matter? You have no bad news to tell, I hope.”

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Green, Anna Katharine: The Mayor's Wife. v1. 21 Feb 2016

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Anna Katharine Green (November 11, 1846 – April 11, 1935) was an American poet and novelist. She was one of the first writers of detective fiction in America and distinguished herself by writing well plotted, legally accurate stories. Green has been called "the mother of the detective novel".

Excerpt
“You are discreet, and you evidently desire a position. You will find a gentleman in my sitting-room. If you come to terms with him, well and good. If not, I shall expect you to forget all about him and his errand the moment you leave his presence. You understand me?”

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Green, Anna Katharine: The Mayor's Wife. v1. 9 Oct 07

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1907 mystery novel from the popular American author, Anna Katharine Green.

A young woman is employed as a companion to the ill wife of the local mayor. Mysterious events unfold...

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Green, Anna Katharine: The Mill Mystery

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Anna Katharine Green (November 11, 1846 – April 11, 1935) was an American poet and novelist. She was one of the first writers of detective fiction in America and distinguished herself by writing well plotted, legally accurate stories. Green has been called "the mother of the detective novel".

Excerpt
I overtook her at last; but where? Far out of town on that dark and dismal road, where the gaunt chimneys of the deserted mill rise from a growth of pine-trees. But I knew before I reached her what she would find; knew that her short dream of love was over, and that stretched amongst the weeds which choked the entrance to the old mill lay the dead form of the revered young minister, who, by his precept and example, had won not only the heart of this young maiden, but that of the whole community in which he lived and labored.

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Green, Anna Katharine: The Mill Mystery, v.1, 24 August 2008.

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Anna Katharine Green [Mrs Charles Rohlf (1846–1935)
The Mill Mystery (1886)

One of Anna Katharine Green’s most interesting mysteries, this explores the nature of moral weakness when confronted with violence.

A young clergyman is found dead in mysterious circumstances in a disused mill. The news is fatal to his fiancée. And an imperious matron on the other side of town also has a stroke on hearing the news. Why? And why are her two sons behaving in such a sinister manner?
The dying fiancée’s room-mate – a level-headed orphan – decides to investigate, takes a job nursing the sick woman, and helps to uncover a shocking tale of selfishness, greed and hypocrisy.

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Green, Anna Katharine: The Millionaire Baby, v.1, 24 August 2008.

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Anna Katharine Green [Mrs Charles Rohlf (1846–1935)
The Millionaire Baby (1905)

A mystery novel.
The eponymous baby girl has inherited several fortunes in infancy. At the age of six, she is abducted. Can a private detective find her alive?

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Green, Anna Katharine: The Millionaire Baby. v1. 22 Feb 2016

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Anna Katharine Green (November 11, 1846 – April 11, 1935) was an American poet and novelist. She was one of the first writers of detective fiction in America and distinguished herself by writing well plotted, legally accurate stories. Green has been called "the mother of the detective novel".

Excerpt
The morning of August eighteenth, 190-, was a memorable one to me. For two months I had had a run of bad luck. During that time I had failed to score in at least three affairs of unusual importance, and the result was a decided loss in repute as well as great financial embarrassment. As I had a mother and two sisters to support and knew but one way to do it, I was in a state of profound discouragement. This was before I took up the morning papers. After I had opened and read them, not a man in New York could boast of higher hopes or greater confidence in his power to rise by one bold stroke from threatened bankruptcy to immediate independence.

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Green, Anna Katharine: The Mystery of the Hasty Arrow. v1. 23 Feb 2016

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Anna Katharine Green (November 11, 1846 – April 11, 1935) was an American poet and novelist. She was one of the first writers of detective fiction in America and distinguished herself by writing well plotted, legally accurate stories. Green has been called "the mother of the detective novel".

Excerpt
The hour of noon had just struck, and the few visitors still lingering among the curiosities of the great museum were suddenly startled by the sight of one of the attendants running down the broad, central staircase, loudly shouting:
"Close the doors! Let no one out! An accident has occurred, and nobody's to leave the building."

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Green, Anna Katharine: The Mystery of the Hasty Arrow. v1. 3 Oct 07

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1917 detective novel by the prolific American author, Anna Katharine Green. Illustrated.

[The hour of noon had just struck, and the few visitors still lingering among the curiosities of the great museum were suddenly startled by the sight of one of the attendants running down the broad, central staircase, loudly shouting: "Close the doors! Let no one out! An accident has occurred, and nobody's to leave the building." There was but one person near either of the doors, and as he chanced to be a man closely connected with the museum,-being, in fact, one of its most active directors,-he immediately turned about and in obedience to a gesture made by the attendant, ran up the marble steps, followed by some dozen others. At the top they all turned, as by common consent, toward the left-hand gallery, where in the section marked II, a tableau greeted them which few of them will ever forget...[/

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Green, Anna Katharine: The Old Stone House and other stories (1891); v1; 18 Dec 2019

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A novella and four short stories by America's first queen of crime.

1: The Old Stone House (a novella)
2: A Memorable Night
3: The Black Cross
4: A Mysterious Case
5: Shall He Wed Her?

A very early collection. The cover is the best I could find. The smudge behind the title is actually a faded remnant of a line illustration.

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Green, Anna Katharine: The Old Stone House and Other Stories, v.1, 24 August 2008.

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Anna Katharine Green [Mrs Charles Rohlf (1846–1935)
The Old Stone House and Other Stories (1891)

A collection of five short stories.

1. The Old Stone House
A fickle woman causes chaos. Will one of her jilted lovers seek revenge?
2. A Memorable Night
A young doctor is kidnapped. Why?
3. The Black Cross
Can an assassination by the Ku Klux Klan be averted?
4. A Mysterious Case
A woman doctor investigates a mysterious poisoning in this locked-room mystery. (Miss Green follows the 19th-century practice of calling a typist a ‘typewriter’ in this story.)
5. Shall He Wed Her?
Fraud and theft in another locked room mystery.

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Green, Anna Katharine: The Old Stone House and Other Stories. v1. 23 Feb 2016

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Anna Katharine Green (November 11, 1846 – April 11, 1935) was an American poet and novelist. She was one of the first writers of detective fiction in America and distinguished herself by writing well plotted, legally accurate stories. Green has been called "the mother of the detective novel".

THE OLD STONE HOUSE.
A MEMORABLE NIGHT.
THE BLACK CROSS.
A MYSTERIOUS CASE.
SHALL HE WED HER?

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Green, Anna Katharine: The Staircase At The Hearts Delight. v1. 23 Feb 2016

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Anna Katharine Green (November 11, 1846 – April 11, 1935) was an American poet and novelist. She was one of the first writers of detective fiction in America and distinguished herself by writing well plotted, legally accurate stories. Green has been called "the mother of the detective novel".

Excerpt
“In the spring of 1840, the attention of the New York police was attracted by the many cases of well-known men found drowned in the various waters surrounding the lower portion of our great city. Among these may be mentioned the name of Elwood Henderson, the noted tea merchant, whose remains were washed ashore at Redhook Point; and of Christopher Bigelow, who was picked up off Governor’s Island after having been in the water for five days, and of another well-known millionaire whose name I cannot now recall, but who, I remember, was seen to walk towards the East River one March evening, and was not met with again till the 5th of April, when his body floated into one of the docks near Peck Slip.

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Green, Anna Katharine: The Staircase at the Heart’s Delight, v.1, 18 August 2008.

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Patricia

Anna Katharine Green [Mrs Charles Rohlf (1846–1935)
‘The Staircase at the Heart’s Delight: As Told By Mr Gryce.’ (1900)

A short story, in which the detective, Mr Gryce, recounts an anecdote about the start of his career. A number of prominent men have been found drowned. Mr Gryce is determined to work out how the foul deeds have been done.

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Green, Anna Katharine: The Sword of Damocles, v1, 25 March 2010.

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Patricia

Anna Katharine Green [Mrs Charles Rohlf [1846–1935]
The Sword of Damocles [1881]

A somewhat melodramatic mystery featuring dishonest bankers, theft, a wayward woman and a number of young people who cannot marry until their reputations are shown to be spotless. There are also a number of strong women, and a man who—like the late Edward Kennedy—has made a bad mistake in his youth and wonders if he can ever shake off its consequences. Mr. Gryce the detective also makes a brief appearance.

This was made from a scan at The Internet Archive. I have restored the original cover and silently corrected some obvious typos.

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Green, Anna Katharine: The Sword of Damocles, v1. 2 Jun 2013

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Anna Katharine Green (November 11, 1846 – April 11, 1935) was an American poet and novelist. She was one of the first writers of detective fiction in America and distinguished herself by writing well plotted, legally accurate stories. Green has been called "the mother of the detective novel."

Excerpt
She heard, started, and the charm was broken. "Love!" she echoed with a horrible laugh; "there is no love in heaven or on earth!"

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Green, Anna Katharine: The Sword of Damocles. v1. 24 Feb 2016

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Anna Katharine Green (November 11, 1846 – April 11, 1935) was an American poet and novelist. She was one of the first writers of detective fiction in America and distinguished herself by writing well plotted, legally accurate stories. Green has been called "the mother of the detective novel".

Excerpt
She was tall and fearful looking; her face, when the light struck it, was seared and desperate; gloom and desolation were written on all the lines of her rigid but wasted form, and when she shuddered under the gale, it was with that force and abandon to which passion lends its aid, and in which the soul proclaims its doom.

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Green, Anna Katharine: The Thief, v1, 7 August 2009.

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Anna Katharine Green [Mrs Charles Rohlf (1846–1935)
The Thief

A short story.
A valuable coin goes missing while being shown at a society dinner. Who is the thief? And why won’t a young man consent to be searched?

Made from a scan at The Internet Archive.

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Green, Anna Katharine: The Woman in the Alcove, v.1, 23 August 2008.

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Anna Katharine Green [Mrs Charles Rohlf (1846–1935)
The Woman in the Alcove (1906)

A mystery novel.
A young nurse gets engaged during the course of a ball in New York. Then a woman is found murdered and her diamonds stolen. The nurse investigates, in an effort to clear her fiancé’s name.

The source (a PG text file) contained a number of OCR errors, which I have corrected. Please PM me if you find any more, so that I can produce a revised version.

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Green, Anna Katharine: The Woman in the Alcove. v1. 25 Feb 2016

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Anna Katharine Green (November 11, 1846 – April 11, 1935) was an American poet and novelist. She was one of the first writers of detective fiction in America and distinguished herself by writing well plotted, legally accurate stories. Green has been called "the mother of the detective novel".

Excerpt
I was, perhaps, the plainest girl in the room that night. I was also the happiest—up to one o’clock. Then my whole world crumbled, or, at least, suffered an eclipse. Why and how, I am about to relate.
I was not made for love. This I had often said to myself; very often of late. In figure I am too diminutive, in face far too unbeautiful, for me to cherish expectations of this nature. Indeed, love had never entered into my plan of life, as was evinced by the nurse’s diploma I had just gained after three years of hard study and severe training.

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Green, Anna Katharine: The Works of Anna Katharine Green Vol 2.Version1.24 May 2012

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I decided to try making a multi volume collection of her works using the epub merge plug in. The books in this volume are:
A Difficult Problem
Eleven Possible Cases
The Doctor, His Wife, and the Clock
The Filigree Ball
The Forsaken Inn
The Golden Slipper
The Grey Madam

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Green, Anna Katharine: The Works of Anna Katharine Green Vol 5.Ver1.24 May 2012

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I decided to try making a
multi volume collection of her
works using the epub merge
plug in. The books in this
volume are:

A Strange Disappearance
That Affair Next Door
The Staircase At The Heart's
Delight
The Sword of Damocles
The Woman in the Alcove
Three Thousand Dollars
X Y Z

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Green, Anna Katharine: The Works of Anna Katharine Green Vol 1.Version 2.24 May 2012

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I decided to try making a multi volume collection of her works using the epub merge plug in. The books in this volume are:
Agatha Webb
The Amethyst box
The bronze hand
The chief legatee
The circular study
Cynthia Wakeham's money
Dark Hollow

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Green, Anna Katharine: The Works of Anna Katharine Green Vol 3.Ver1.24 May 2012

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I decided to try making a
multi volume collection of her
works using the epub merge
plug in. The books in this

volume are:
Initials Only
Lost Man's Lane
The Hermit of ____ Street
The House in the Mist
The House of the Whispering Pines
The Leavenworth Case
The Mayor's Wife

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Green, Anna Katharine: The Works of Anna Katharine Green Vol 4.Ver1. 24 May 2012

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I decided to try making a
multi volume collection of her
works using the epub merge
plug in. The books in this
volume are:
Midnight in Beauchamp Row
One of My Sons
Room Number 3
The Mill Mystery
The Millionaire Baby
The Mystery of the Hasty Arrow
The Old Stone House

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Green, Anna Katharine: Three Thousand Dollars, v.1, 29 August 2008.

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Anna Katharine Green [Mrs Charles Rohlf (1846–1935)
Three Thousand Dollars
Copyright, 1909. First Published, 1910.

A novelette, with twenty short chapters, totalling about 12,700 words.
An audacious robbery is planned. How will a young woman stenographer, in need of three thousand dollars, react? Will this be another triumph of feminism?

I made this up from scans at The Internet Archive. I have edited, reformatted and included a cover and a couple of pictures.

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Green, Anna Katharine: Three Thousand Dollars. v1. 25 Feb 2016

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Anna Katharine Green (November 11, 1846 – April 11, 1935) was an American poet and novelist. She was one of the first writers of detective fiction in America and distinguished herself by writing well plotted, legally accurate stories. Green has been called "the mother of the detective novel".

Excerpt
“NOW state your problem.”
The man who was thus addressed shifted uneasily on the long bench which he and his companion bestrode. He was facing the speaker, and though very little light sifted through the cobweb-covered window high over their heads, he realized that what there was fell on his features, and he was not sure of his features, or of what effect their expression might have on the other man.

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Green, Anna Katharine: Works of Anna Katharine Green Vol I of IV- V1, 4/11/2011

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This book contains:

The Leavenworth Case (1878)
A Strange Disappearance (1880)
the sword of damocles- 1881
Hand and Ring (1883)
XYZ - 1883
the mill mystery- 1888
Forsaken Inn (1890)
11 possible cases - 1891
the old stone house and others-1891
cynthia wakeham's money - 1892

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Green, Anna Katharine: X Y Z: A Detective Story, v1, 5 September 2009.

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Anna Katharine Green [Mrs Charles Rohlf (1846–1935)
X Y Z: A Detective Story (1883)

A mystery novelette, in which a young detective finds that more than money can be counterfeited. Faked identities, emotions and a troubled family past lead to murder.

The source was a scan at The Internet Archive.

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Green, Anna Katharine: XYZ A Detective Story. V1. 2 Jun 2013

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Anna Katharine Green (November 11, 1846 – April 11, 1935) was an American poet and novelist. She was one of the first writers of detective fiction in America and distinguished herself by writing well plotted, legally accurate stories. Green has been called "the mother of the detective novel."

"Sometimes in the course of his experience, a detective, while engaged in ferreting out the mystery of one crime, runs inadvertently upon the clue to another. But rarely has this been done in a manner more unexpected or with attendant circumstances of greater interest than in the instance I am now about to relate.

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Green, Anna Katharine: XYZ A Detective Story. v1. 26 Feb 2016

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Anna Katharine Green (November 11, 1846 – April 11, 1935) was an American poet and novelist. She was one of the first writers of detective fiction in America and distinguished herself by writing well plotted, legally accurate stories. Green has been called "the mother of the detective novel".

Excerpt
Sometimes in the course of his experience, a detective, while engaged in ferreting out the mystery of one crime, runs inadvertently upon the clue to another. But rarely has this been done in a manner more unexpected or with attendant circumstances of greater interest than in the instance I am now about to relate.

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Green, Anna Katherine: Masterpieces of Mystery (1912): v1; 17 Dec 2019

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Nine short stories of mystery and horror by America's first Queen of Crime:

1: Midnight in Beauchamp Row
2: Room Number 3
3: The Ruby and the Caldron
4: The Little Steel Coils
5: The Staircase at Heart’s Delight
6: The Amethyst Box
7: The Grey Lady
8: The Thief
9: The House in the Mist

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Green, Olive: How to Cook Fish, v.1, 13 April 2008

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Olive Green is the pseudonym used by Myrtle Reed (1874 - 1911), a prolific author whose most popular work was [Lavender and Old Lace[/ upon which [Arsenic and Old Lace[/ is based. She also wrote several cookbooks including this rather extensive one (it was nearly 500 pages). It includes sections entitled Fish in Season, Eleven Court Boullions, One Hundred Simple Fish Sauces, and many chapters like Forty-five Ways to Cook Eels or One Hundred and Thirty Ways to Cook Salmon. The recipes are often only a couple of sentences each but there seem to be thousands of them. I thought this would go nicely with Patricia's postings on cheese, soups, and....umbrellas. Anyway, if we only had some bread and wine to go with. Or beer! :drinks:

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Greenwood, James: In starange company. v1. 22 May 2017

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James Greenwood: Nationality: UK: Born : 1832: Died : 1929

THREE OF TEN THOUSAND.
A MISSION AMONG CITY SAVAGES.
AT A BLACK HOUSE.
A COW-CROSS TEA-PARTY.
AT A BLIND BEGGARS’ TEA PARTY.
AT SUPPER WITH A HUNDRED THIEVES.
BELLE-ISLE.
THE ORGAN-GRINDER.
AT AN AUCTION “KNOCK-OUT.”
A REVOLUTIONIST STRONGHOLD.
THE NORTH DEVON SAVAGES.
BONNETS IN LIMBO.
A “SLY HOUSE” ON SUNDAY.
THE HUMAN HAIR MARKET.
SUNDAY IN THE “DITCH.”
AT A NEWGATE FLOGGING.
A DAY WITH THE HOPPERS.
LONDON COURTS AND ALLEYS.
JACK ASHORE.
“DEPUTY” AT PUGMASTER’S.
THE ART AND MYSTERY OF SONG-BIRD TORTURE.
AN OPIUM SMOKE IN TIGER BAY.
AN AMATEUR COMIC SINGING MATCH.
A TRAMP TO THE “DERBY.”
OUR DAILY BREAD.
THE DELIGHTS OF BARNET.
A FLIGHT OF GAOL BIRDS.
IN THE BLACK COUNTRY.
A PAWNBROKER’S CHRISTMAS EVE.
THE ONION FAIR.
OUT WITH THE WAITS

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Greer, Travis Scott: E-Book Dreams and Spiderwebs. v1. 16 Dec 07

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Ok, so everyone was right. I admit it. All of the people that hate the Amazon Kindle because it surprised us [(did it really?)[/ by having a DRM structure, now can have proof of it's evil powers. Yes, maybe it does rot your brain. Just teasing everyone! :o

I know it's probably not an example of good manners to post this short story since I'm the one who wrote it, but I only wrote it for mobileread folks--no one else would really get it.

In fact, I want to apologize in advance for any errors. I tried having my girlfriend proofread it. She read the first paragraph and then asked me if I wrote it for the people on mobileread. I said yes, and she said "no thanks," and handed it back to me. What?! Hatin' on us mobileread folks?! Some people just don't understand...

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A strange string of suicides happen in motel room #9 and an unhappy loner decides that he may be the one to solve the mystery. Besides, it will give him plenty of time to read content on his brand new Amazon Kindle reader. What could possibly go wrong?

Don't be too cruel--I was writing as people were playing a very loud game of cards in the other room, so I may have lost a bit of my mind...

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Gregory, Jackson: Daughter of the Sun v1 15 jan 2009

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A tale of Aztec treasure-of American adventurers who seek it-of Zoraida, who hides it.

Entertaining from one cover to the other. Jackson Gregory (1882-1943) was a now almost forgotten, writer of adventure and western novels. This is a great example of his work. Cover made from original frontispiece.

Have fun!

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Gregory, Jackson: Judith of Blue Lake Ranch, v1. 21 Feb 2013

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Jackson Gregory (12 March 1882, Salinas, California, USA, 12 June 1943, Auburn, California). Western writer Jackson Gregory was born on 12 March 1882,in Salinas, California, the son of Judge Durrell Stokes and Amelia Hartnell Gregory. He spent much of his youth living on a ranch near Point Pinos Rancho (now Pacific Grove), where his father was part owner of a sawmill. The year after Jackson's birth, the governor of California appointed his father to fill a vacancy on the Superior Court of San Luis Obispo County. D.S. Gregory, who had been practicing law since he was 20, settled in California the year after the 1849 Gold Rush. In 1860 he was named a delegate from California to the Democratic National Convention at Charleston, South Carolina. He passed away on 12 June 1889, at San Luis Obispo, just a couple of days shy of his 64th birthday. Sometime after his father's death Jackson, along with his mother and two siblings, went to live with the family of Jackson Gregory Jr., an uncle who lived in Alisal, California. Amelia Gregory died in 1916 at Berkeley.

Excerpt
Bud Lee, horse foreman of the Blue Lake Ranch, sat upon the gate of the home corral, builded a cigarette with slow brown fingers, and stared across the broken fields of the upper valley to the rosy glow above the pine-timbered ridge where the sun was coming up. His customary gravity was unusually pronounced.

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Gregory, Jackson: Man To Man. v1. 20 Feb 2013

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Jackson Gregory (12 March 1882, Salinas, California, USA, 12 June 1943, Auburn, California). Western writer Jackson Gregory was born on 12 March 1882,in Salinas, California, the son of Judge Durrell Stokes and Amelia Hartnell Gregory. He spent much of his youth living on a ranch near Point Pinos Rancho (now Pacific Grove), where his father was part owner of a sawmill. The year after Jackson's birth, the governor of California appointed his father to fill a vacancy on the Superior Court of San Luis Obispo County. D.S. Gregory, who had been practicing law since he was 20, settled in California the year after the 1849 Gold Rush. In 1860 he was named a delegate from California to the Democratic National Convention at Charleston, South Carolina. He passed away on 12 June 1889, at San Luis Obispo, just a couple of days shy of his 64th birthday. Sometime after his father's death Jackson, along with his mother and two siblings, went to live with the family of Jackson Gregory Jr., an uncle who lived in Alisal, California. Amelia Gregory died in 1916 at Berkeley.

Excerpt
Steve Packard's pulses quickened and a bright eagerness came into his eyes as he rode deeper into the pine-timbered mountains. To-day he was on the last lap of a delectable journey. Three days ago he had ridden out of the sun-baked town of San Juan; three months had passed since he had sailed out of a South Sea port.
Far down there, foregathering with sailor men in a dirty water-front boarding-house, he had grown suddenly and even tenderly reminiscent of a cleaner land which he had roamed as a boy. He stared back across the departed years as many a man has looked from just some such resort as Black Jack's boarding-house, a little wistfully withal. Abruptly throwing down his unplayed hand and forfeiting his ante in a card game, he had gotten up and taken ship back across the Pacific. The house of Packard might have spelled its name with the seven letters of the word "impulse."

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Gregory, Jackson: Six Feet Four. v1. 20 Feb 2013

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Jackson Gregory (12 March 1882, Salinas, California, USA, 12 June 1943, Auburn, California). Western writer Jackson Gregory was born on 12 March 1882,in Salinas, California, the son of Judge Durrell Stokes and Amelia Hartnell Gregory. He spent much of his youth living on a ranch near Point Pinos Rancho (now Pacific Grove), where his father was part owner of a sawmill. The year after Jackson's birth, the governor of California appointed his father to fill a vacancy on the Superior Court of San Luis Obispo County. D.S. Gregory, who had been practicing law since he was 20, settled in California the year after the 1849 Gold Rush. In 1860 he was named a delegate from California to the Democratic National Convention at Charleston, South Carolina. He passed away on 12 June 1889, at San Luis Obispo, just a couple of days shy of his 64th birthday. Sometime after his father's death Jackson, along with his mother and two siblings, went to live with the family of Jackson Gregory Jr., an uncle who lived in Alisal, California. Amelia Gregory died in 1916 at Berkeley.

Excerpt
All day long, from an hour before the pale dawn until now after the thick dark, the storm had raged through the mountains. Before midday it had grown dark in the canons. In the driving blast of the wind many a tall pine had snapped, broken at last after long valiant years of victorious buffeting with the seasons, while countless tossing branches had been riven away from the parent boles and hurled far out in all directions. Through the narrow canons the wet wind went shrieking fearsomely, driving the slant rain like countless thin spears of glistening steel.

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Gregory, Jackson: The Bells of San Juan. v1. 18 Feb 2013

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Jackson Gregory (12 March 1882, Salinas, California, USA, 12 June 1943, Auburn, California). Western writer Jackson Gregory was born on 12 March 1882,in Salinas, California, the son of Judge Durrell Stokes and Amelia Hartnell Gregory. He spent much of his youth living on a ranch near Point Pinos Rancho (now Pacific Grove), where his father was part owner of a sawmill. The year after Jackson's birth, the governor of California appointed his father to fill a vacancy on the Superior Court of San Luis Obispo County. D.S. Gregory, who had been practicing law since he was 20, settled in California the year after the 1849 Gold Rush. In 1860 he was named a delegate from California to the Democratic National Convention at Charleston, South Carolina. He passed away on 12 June 1889, at San Luis Obispo, just a couple of days shy of his 64th birthday. Sometime after his father's death Jackson, along with his mother and two siblings, went to live with the family of Jackson Gregory Jr., an uncle who lived in Alisal, California. Amelia Gregory died in 1916 at Berkeley.

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Ignacio Chavez, Mexican that he styled himself, Indian that the community deemed him, or "breed" of badly mixed blood that he probably was, made his loitering way along the street toward the Mission. A thin, yellowish-brown cigarita dangling from his lips, his wide, dilapidated conical hat tilted to the left side of his head in a listless sort of concession to the westering sun, he was, as was customary with him, utterly at peace. Ten minutes ago he had had twenty cents; two minutes after the acquisition of his elusive wealth he had exchanged the two dimes for whiskey at the Casa Blanca; the remaining eight minutes of the ten he required to make his way, as he naively put it, "between hell and heaven."

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Gregory, Jackson: The Desert Valley. v1. 19 Feb 2013

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Jackson Gregory (12 March 1882, Salinas, California, USA, 12 June 1943, Auburn, California). Western writer Jackson Gregory was born on 12 March 1882,in Salinas, California, the son of Judge Durrell Stokes and Amelia Hartnell Gregory. He spent much of his youth living on a ranch near Point Pinos Rancho (now Pacific Grove), where his father was part owner of a sawmill. The year after Jackson's birth, the governor of California appointed his father to fill a vacancy on the Superior Court of San Luis Obispo County. D.S. Gregory, who had been practicing law since he was 20, settled in California the year after the 1849 Gold Rush. In 1860 he was named a delegate from California to the Democratic National Convention at Charleston, South Carolina. He passed away on 12 June 1889, at San Luis Obispo, just a couple of days shy of his 64th birthday. Sometime after his father's death Jackson, along with his mother and two siblings, went to live with the family of Jackson Gregory Jr., an uncle who lived in Alisal, California. Amelia Gregory died in 1916 at Berkeley.

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You see the bobbing ears of a pack-animal and the dusty hat and stoop shoulders of a man. They are symbols of mystery. They rise briefly against the skyline, they are gone into the grey distance. Something beckons or something drives. They are lost to human sight, perhaps to human memory, like a couple of chips drifting out into the ocean. Patient time may witness their return; it is still likely that soon another incarnation will have closed for man and beast, that they will have left to mark their passing a few glisteningly white bones, polished untiringly by tiny sand-chisels in the grip of the desert winds. They may find gold, but they may not come in time to water. The desert is equally conversant with the actions of men mad with gold and mad with thirst.

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Gregory, Jackson: The Everlasting Whisper. v1. 19 Feb 2012

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Jackson Gregory (12 March 1882, Salinas, California, USA, 12 June 1943, Auburn, California). Western writer Jackson Gregory was born on 12 March 1882,in Salinas, California, the son of Judge Durrell Stokes and Amelia Hartnell Gregory. He spent much of his youth living on a ranch near Point Pinos Rancho (now Pacific Grove), where his father was part owner of a sawmill. The year after Jackson's birth, the governor of California appointed his father to fill a vacancy on the Superior Court of San Luis Obispo County. D.S. Gregory, who had been practicing law since he was 20, settled in California the year after the 1849 Gold Rush. In 1860 he was named a delegate from California to the Democratic National Convention at Charleston, South Carolina. He passed away on 12 June 1889, at San Luis Obispo, just a couple of days shy of his 64th birthday. Sometime after his father's death Jackson, along with his mother and two siblings, went to live with the family of Jackson Gregory Jr., an uncle who lived in Alisal, California. Amelia Gregory died in 1916 at Berkeley.

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The man himself, as the birds had done before him, had the appearance of materializing spontaneously from some distilled essence of his environment. A moment ago the spaces between the wide-set cedar-trees were empty. Yet he had been there a long time. It was only because he had moved that he attracted attention even of the sharp-eyed forest folk who were returning to tree and thicket.

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Gregory, Jackson: The Short Cut. v1. 19 Feb 2013

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Jackson Gregory (12 March 1882, Salinas, California, USA, 12 June 1943, Auburn, California). Western writer Jackson Gregory was born on 12 March 1882,in Salinas, California, the son of Judge Durrell Stokes and Amelia Hartnell Gregory. He spent much of his youth living on a ranch near Point Pinos Rancho (now Pacific Grove), where his father was part owner of a sawmill. The year after Jackson's birth, the governor of California appointed his father to fill a vacancy on the Superior Court of San Luis Obispo County. D.S. Gregory, who had been practicing law since he was 20, settled in California the year after the 1849 Gold Rush. In 1860 he was named a delegate from California to the Democratic National Convention at Charleston, South Carolina. He passed away on 12 June 1889, at San Luis Obispo, just a couple of days shy of his 64th birthday. Sometime after his father's death Jackson, along with his mother and two siblings, went to live with the family of Jackson Gregory Jr., an uncle who lived in Alisal, California. Amelia Gregory died in 1916 at Berkeley.

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Surely the rider was just what the owner of the voice, half laughing, half crooning, tenderly lilting, must be. It seemed that only since the dawn of today had she become a woman having been a child until the dusk of yesterday. The wide grey eyes, looking out upon a gentle aspect of life, were inclined to be merry and musing at the same time, soft with maidenhood's day dreaming, tender with pleasant thoughts. A child of the outdoors, her skin sun-tinged to a warm golden brown, her hair sunburnt where it slipped out of the shadow of her big hat, her lips red with young health, her slender body in its easy, confident carriage showing how the muscles under the soft skin were strong and capable.

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Gregory, Jackson: Under Handicap. v1. 18 Feb 2013

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Jackson Gregory (12 March 1882, Salinas, California, USA, 12 June 1943, Auburn, California). Western writer Jackson Gregory was born on 12 March 1882,in Salinas, California, the son of Judge Durrell Stokes and Amelia Hartnell Gregory. He spent much of his youth living on a ranch near Point Pinos Rancho (now Pacific Grove), where his father was part owner of a sawmill. The year after Jackson's birth, the governor of California appointed his father to fill a vacancy on the Superior Court of San Luis Obispo County. D.S. Gregory, who had been practicing law since he was 20, settled in California the year after the 1849 Gold Rush. In 1860 he was named a delegate from California to the Democratic National Convention at Charleston, South Carolina. He passed away on 12 June 1889, at San Luis Obispo, just a couple of days shy of his 64th birthday. Sometime after his father's death Jackson, along with his mother and two siblings, went to live with the family of Jackson Gregory Jr., an uncle who lived in Alisal, California. Amelia Gregory died in 1916 at Berkeley.

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Outside there was shimmering heat and dry, thirsty sand, miles upon miles of it flashing by in a gray, barren blur. A flat, arid, monotonous land, vast, threatening, waterless, treeless. Its immensity awed, its bleakness depressed. Man's work here seemed but to accentuate the puny insignificance of man. Man had come upon the desert and had gone, leaving only a line of telegraph-poles with their glistening wires, two gleaming parallel rails of burning steel to mark his passing.

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Gregory, Jackson: Wolf Breed. v1. 17 Feb 2013

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Jackson Gregory (12 March 1882, Salinas, California, USA, 12 June 1943, Auburn, California). Western writer Jackson Gregory was born on 12 March 1882,in Salinas, California, the son of Judge Durrell Stokes and Amelia Hartnell Gregory. He spent much of his youth living on a ranch near Point Pinos Rancho (now Pacific Grove), where his father was part owner of a sawmill. The year after Jackson's birth, the governor of California appointed his father to fill a vacancy on the Superior Court of San Luis Obispo County. D.S. Gregory, who had been practicing law since he was 20, settled in California the year after the 1849 Gold Rush. In 1860 he was named a delegate from California to the Democratic National Convention at Charleston, South Carolina. He passed away on 12 June 1889, at San Luis Obispo, just a couple of days shy of his 64th birthday. Sometime after his father's death Jackson, along with his mother and two siblings, went to live with the family of Jackson Gregory Jr., an uncle who lived in Alisal, California. Amelia Gregory died in 1916 at Berkeley.

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"It is our anniversary, m'sieu'," he would say with an air of vast confidence to the first man he met upon the street. "To-night we keep open house here." He would wave his hand toward the long, low log building, clay chinked. "We will be proud of your presence and that of your frien's."
It had been remarked that the anniversary had come one year upon the twenty-sixth of May, another year as late as the last of June. Père Marquette had laughed softly and had shaken his head. "What matter?" he had demanded. "I, I marry myself with my beloved Mam'selle Jeanne the first fine day of spring. Voila."

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Gregory, James J.H.: Cabbages And Cauliflowers: How To Grow Them. v2. 21 Jan 09

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Dear MobileRead Downloaders:

I find it disturbing that in recent months members of this board have chosen to make fun of cabbages and cauliflowers – our lonely friends in the ground who need only water and manure to grow healthy and, (I hasten to add), wise in ways that we can barely begin to comprehend.

Rather than making fun of cabbages, we should embrace them and learn to understand their differences. True, they rarely speak to strangers, but this is only because strangers are loath to wander into a field full of manure.

There are many different varieties of cabbages and cauliflowers, just as there are varieties of differences between the way human beings look. The fact that we are ambulatory only adds to the degree of apprehension felt by cabbages and cauliflowers when they do spot clumsy humans trolling on the side of the road.

I urge you, my friends, to read this book and to learn more about our edible friends and the supreme act of sacrifice they undertake in their lonely existence before being summarily harvested for ingestion.

Like all the books I assemble on MobileRead, this too was assembled to reflect human intervention and artistic judgment.

I hope you enjoy it.

Don

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Gregory, Pope: The Life of Our Most Holy Father Saint Benedict, v1 28 Feb 2009

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The Life of Our Most Holy Father Saint Benedict
By Pope Saint Gregory the Great

The life of the saint who founded the Benedictine order, written by a later saint and Pope. The translation seems to be by an anonymous Benedictine nun, and was first printed in 1898.

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Grenfell, Anne and Katie Spalding: Le Petit Nord. V1. 5 Dec 2009

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Anne Elizabeth (MacClanahan) Grenfell, Lady, 1885-1938.
Sir Wilfred Thomason Grenfell, KCMG (February 28, 1865-October 9, 1940) was a medical missionary to Newfoundland and Labrador.
He was born at Parkgate, Wirral, England and married Anne Elizabeth Caldwell MacClanahan of Chicago, Illinois in 1909. She died in 1938. They had three children and retired to Vermont after his work in Newfoundland.

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The incidents told are all actual, but the name of every single person and place has been changed to afford any hypersensitive among the actors the protection which pseudonymity confers. We here who have been permitted a glimpse of these pages feel that we really owe the authors another debt beyond the love for the people to which they have testified by the more substantial offering of long and voluntary personal service.

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Grenfell, Wilfred Thomason: A Labrador Doctor. V1. 4 Dec 2009

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Sir Wilfred Thomason Grenfell, KCMG (February 28, 1865-October 9, 1940) was a medical missionary to Newfoundland and Labrador.
He was born at Parkgate, Wirral, England and married Anne Elizabeth Caldwell MacClanahan of Chicago, Illinois in 1909. She died in 1938. They had three children and retired to Vermont after his work in Newfoundland.

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Thirty-two years spent in work for deep-sea fishermen, twenty-seven of which years have been passed in Labrador and northern Newfoundland, have necessarily given me some experiences which may be helpful to others. I feel that this alone justifies the writing of this story.

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Grenfell, Wilfred Thomason: Adrift on an Ice-Pan. V1. 2 Dec 2009

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Sir Wilfred Thomason Grenfell, KCMG (February 28, 1865-October 9, 1940) was a medical missionary to Newfoundland and Labrador.
He was born at Parkgate, Wirral, England and married Anne Elizabeth Caldwell MacClanahan of Chicago, Illinois in 1909. She died in 1938. They had three children and retired to Vermont after his work in Newfoundland.

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"Most Noble Vice-Chancellor, and You, Eminent Proctors:
"A citizen of Britain is before you, once a student in this University, now better known to the people of the New World than to our own. This is the man who fifteen years ago went to the coast of Labrador, to succor with medical aid the solitary fishermen of the northern sea; in executing which service he despised the perils of the ocean, which are there most terrible, in order to bring comfort and light to the wretched and sorrowing. Thus, up to the measure of human ability, he seems to follow, if it is right to say it of any one, in the footsteps of Christ Himself, as a truly Christian man. Rightly then we praise him by whose praise not he alone, but our University also is honored. I present to you Wilfred Thomason Grenfell, that he may be admitted to the degree of Doctor in Medicine, HONORIS CAUSA ."

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Grenfell, Wilfred Thomason: Labrador Days. V1. 3 Dec 2009

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Sir Wilfred Thomason Grenfell, KCMG (February 28, 1865-October 9, 1940) was a medical missionary to Newfoundland and Labrador.
He was born at Parkgate, Wirral, England and married Anne Elizabeth Caldwell MacClanahan of Chicago, Illinois in 1909. She died in 1938. They had three children and retired to Vermont after his work in Newfoundland.

THERE'S TROUBLE ON THE SEA
NANCY
SALLY'S "TURNS"
THE DOCTOR'S BIG FEE
TWO CAT'S-PAWS
THE TRIPLE ALLIANCE
PORTLAND BILL
KAIACHOUOUK
TWO CHRISTMASES
THE LEADING LIGHT
THE RED ISLAND SHOALS

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Grenfell, Wilfred Thomason: What the Church Means to Me. V1. 5 Dec 2009

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Sir Wilfred Thomason Grenfell, KCMG (February 28, 1865-October 9, 1940) was a medical missionary to Newfoundland and Labrador.
He was born at Parkgate, Wirral, England and married Anne Elizabeth Caldwell MacClanahan of Chicago, Illinois in 1909. She died in 1938. They had three children and retired to Vermont after his work in Newfoundland.

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The Church to me means all who, consciously or unconsciously, are forwarding God's kingdom on earth. In the broad definition of the Master it means "all those who are not against us." The way in which men associate for worship, or in which they consider it most remunerative to invest their efforts to forward the kingdom, gives them no right to arrogate to themselves the title of God's Church. Any body of men saying, "We are the Church," seems to me ridiculous.

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Grey, Zane: 30,000 On The Hoof. V1. 11 Aug 2012

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Pearl Zane Grey (January 31, 1872 – October 23, 1939) was an American author best known for his popular adventure novels and stories that presented an idealized image of the Old West. Riders of the Purple Sage (1912) was his best-selling book. In addition to the success of his printed works, they later had second lives and continuing influence when adapted as films and TV productions. As of 2007, 110 films, one TV episode, and a series, Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theater, had been made that were based loosely on his novels and short stories.

"Logan Huett thought he knew the West. Once a scout with the Army, he was familiar with both the hardships and rewards of pioneer life. But not even Logan could foresee the challenges that lay ahead for him and his young wife Lucinda--raising a brood of headstrong children, struggling to achieve financial security in the wilderness, concealing a long-buried family secret, and, finally, surviving the tragedy dealt them by a devastating war."

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Grey, Zane: 30.000 on the Hoof v1 4 apr 2009

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Zane Grey (January 31, 1872 – October 23, 1939) was an American author best known for his popular adventure novels and stories that presented an idealized image of the rugged Old West. As of June 2007, the Internet Movie Database credits Grey with 110 films, one TV episode, and a series, Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theater based loosely on his novels and short stories.

This one of the posthumously published novels (in 1940).

[QUOT[General Crook and his regiment of the Western Division of the U.S. Army were cutting a road through the timber on the rim of the Mogollon Mesa above the Tonto Basin. They had as captives a number of Apache Indians, braves, squaws, and children, whom they were taking to be placed under guard on the reservation.

At sunset they made camp at the head of one of the canyons running away from the rim. It was a park-like oval, a little way down from the edge, rich with silver grass and watered by a crystal brook that wound under the giant pines. The noisy advent of the soldiers and their horses and pack-mules disturbed a troop of deer that trotted down the canyon to stop and look back, long ears erect.

Crook's campaign was about over and the soldiers were jubilant. They joked with the sombre-eyed Apaches, who sat huddled in a group under guard. Packs and saddles plopped to the grass, the ring of axes echoed through the forest, blue smoke curled up into sunset-flushed pines.

The general, never a stickler for customs of the service, sat with his captain and a sergeant, resting after the hard day, and waiting for supper.

"Wonder how old Geronimo is going to take this?" mused Crook.

"We haven't heard the last of thet redskin," replied Willis, emphatically. "He'll break out sooner or later, and then there'll be hell to pay."

"I'm glad we didn't have to kill any of these Apaches."

"We were lucky, General. I'll bet McKinney will burn powder before he stops thet Matazel an' his braves. Bad youngsters."

"Do you know Matazel, sergeant?" inquired Crook.

"I've seen him. Strappin' young buck. Only Indian I ever saw with grey eyes. He's said to be one of Geronimo's sons."[/[/QUOT

Grey's the Master!

This was already published by Dr. Drib in LRF.

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Grey, Zane: A Collection Vol I of II/ V2- 12/24/2014

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I decided to create a two volume collection of Zane Grey's books.
Those that I know are in PD anyway. The contents of this file are
as follows:

A Collection of Zane Grey Vol. I
1. Betty Zane
2. The Spirit of the Border
3. The Last Plainsmen
4. The Last Trail
5. The Heritage of the Desert
6. The Young Forester
7. The Young Pitcher
8. Riders of the Purple Sage
9. Desert Gold
10. The Light of Western Stars
11. The Lone Star Ranger
12. The Rainbow Trail

I have updated the book with a cover provided by Alanspace. Thanks Alan.
365 previous views. After I posted the updated copies Alan sent me copies of the cover in full color (which may show up better on Kindle Fire). Rather than delete the just updated I have posted both so the reader has a choice of which looks better for their reader.

Prev. 318

I have fixed the cluttered appearance of the TOC.

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Grey, Zane: A Collection Vol II of II/ V2. 12/24/2014

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I decided to create a two volume collection of Zane Grey's books.
Those that I know are in PD anyway. The contents of this file are
as follows:

A Collection of Zane Grey Vol. II

1. The Border Legion
2. Wildfire
3. The U.P. Trail
4. The Desert of Wheat
5. Tales of Fishes
6. The Man of the Forest
7. The Redheaded Outfielder and Other Baseball Stories
8. The Mysterious Rider
9. To The Last Man
10. The Day of the Beast
11. Tales of Lonely Trails
12. The Call of the Canyon

At least one book (Tales of Fishes)has pictures within it which leads to the size of the file.

I have updated the book with a cover provided by Alanspace. Thanks Alan. 191 previous views. After I posted the updated copies Alan sent me copies of the cover in full color (which may show up better on Kindle Fire). Rather than delete the just updated I have posted both so the reader has a choice of which looks better for their reader.

190 previous views. I have fixed the cluttered look of the Toc.

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Grey, Zane: Betty Zane. V1. 7 Aug 2012

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Pearl Zane Grey (January 31, 1872 – October 23, 1939) was an American author best known for his popular adventure novels and stories that presented an idealized image of the Old West. Riders of the Purple Sage (1912) was his best-selling book. In addition to the success of his printed works, they later had second lives and continuing influence when adapted as films and TV productions. As of 2007, 110 films, one TV episode, and a series, Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theater, had been made that were based loosely on his novels and short stories.

With an Indian attack looming on the horizon, the men, women, and children at Fort Henry wait for the conflagration and rely on the courage of Betty Zane.

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Grey, Zane: Desert Gold, ebook # 502, Sept. 13 2008

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I'm going to try to convert and upload all the Zane Grey ebooks that are legal to download in the U.S. There are only about 14 that aren't PD under U.S. Copyright law. They don't seem to have a version # attached.

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Grey, Zane: Ken Ward In The Jungle, V1. 13 Aug 2012

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Pearl Zane Grey (January 31, 1872 – October 23, 1939) was an American author best known for his popular adventure novels and stories that presented an idealized image of the Old West. Riders of the Purple Sage (1912) was his best-selling book. In addition to the success of his printed works, they later had second lives and continuing influence when adapted as films and TV productions. As of 2007, 110 films, one TV episode, and a series, Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theater, had been made that were based loosely on his novels and short stories.

Ken Ward and his younger brother Hal have many adventures as they try to follow the course of the Santa Rosa River through uncharted jungles in Mexico.

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Grey, Zane: Nevada. V1. 9 Aug 2012

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Pearl Zane Grey (January 31, 1872 – October 23, 1939) was an American author best known for his popular adventure novels and stories that presented an idealized image of the Old West. Riders of the Purple Sage (1912) was his best-selling book. In addition to the success of his printed works, they later had second lives and continuing influence when adapted as films and TV productions. As of 2007, 110 films, one TV episode, and a series, Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theater, had been made that were based loosely on his novels and short stories.

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As his goaded horse plunged into the road, Nevada looked back over his shoulder. The lane he had plowed through the crowd let him see back into the circle where the three men lay prostrate. The blue smoke from his gun was rising slowly, floating away. Ben Ide's face shone white and convulsed in the sunlight.

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Grey, Zane: Riders Of The Purple Sage. v1. 27 Sep 15

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Grey, Zane: Riders Of The Purple Sage. v1. 27 Sep 15

This was converted to mobi format from Dr. Drib's BBeB/LRF version.

[From Wikipedia:[/ "Riders of the Purple Sage is a Western novel by Zane Grey, first published by Harper & Brothers in 1912. Considered by many critics to have played a significant role in shaping the formula of the popular Western genre, the novel has been called 'the most popular western novel of all time.'"

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Grey, Zane: Robbers' Roost. V1. 10 Aug 2012

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Pearl Zane Grey (January 31, 1872 – October 23, 1939) was an American author best known for his popular adventure novels and stories that presented an idealized image of the Old West. Riders of the Purple Sage (1912) was his best-selling book. In addition to the success of his printed works, they later had second lives and continuing influence when adapted as films and TV productions. As of 2007, 110 films, one TV episode, and a series, Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theater, had been made that were based loosely on his novels and short stories.

A rancher having 6000 head of cattle to get to market hires two gangs that hate each other. He figures each gang will not let the other rustle the cattle. Tex arrives looking for the man that killed his wife and took his horses. Finding his horses he joins the gang that are now riding them. Caught in the battle between the gangs when one double-crosses the other, he now finds the man he is looking for.

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Grey, Zane: Selected Short Works. V1. 12 Aug 2012

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Pearl Zane Grey (January 31, 1872 – October 23, 1939) was an American author best known for his popular adventure novels and stories that presented an idealized image of the Old West. Riders of the Purple Sage (1912) was his best-selling book. In addition to the success of his printed works, they later had second lives and continuing influence when adapted as films and TV productions. As of 2007, 110 films, one TV episode, and a series, Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theater, had been made that were based loosely on his novels and short stories.

AMBER'S MIRAGE
BERNARDO'S REVENGE
CALIFORNIA RED
THE CAMP ROBBER
DEATH VALLEY
DON: THE STORY OF A LION DOG
THE GREAT SLAVE
LIGHTNING
LURE OF THE RIVER
A MISSOURI SCHOOLMARM
MONTY PRICE'S NIGHTINGALE
NONNEZOSHE—THE RAINBOW BRIDGE
THE RANGER
TAPPAN'S BURRO
THE WOLF TRACKER

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Grey, Zane: Spirit Of The Border. V1. 7 Aug 2012

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Pearl Zane Grey (January 31, 1872 – October 23, 1939) was an American author best known for his popular adventure novels and stories that presented an idealized image of the Old West. Riders of the Purple Sage (1912) was his best-selling book. In addition to the success of his printed works, they later had second lives and continuing influence when adapted as films and TV productions. As of 2007, 110 films, one TV episode, and a series, Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theater, had been made that were based loosely on his novels and short stories.

Wetzel, the Avenger, devotes his life to the defense of the settlers against the renegades who terrorize the frontier.

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Grey, Zane: Tappan's Burro and Other Stories. V1. 13 Aug 2012

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Pearl Zane Grey (January 31, 1872 – October 23, 1939) was an American author best known for his popular adventure novels and stories that presented an idealized image of the Old West. Riders of the Purple Sage (1912) was his best-selling book. In addition to the success of his printed works, they later had second lives and continuing influence when adapted as films and TV productions. As of 2007, 110 films, one TV episode, and a series, Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theater, had been made that were based loosely on his novels and short stories.

TAPPAN'S BURRO
THE GREAT SLAVE
YAQUI
TIGRE
THE RUBBER HUNTER

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Grey, Zane: The Border Legion. V1. 7 Aug 2012

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Pearl Zane Grey (January 31, 1872 – October 23, 1939) was an American author best known for his popular adventure novels and stories that presented an idealized image of the Old West. Riders of the Purple Sage (1912) was his best-selling book. In addition to the success of his printed works, they later had second lives and continuing influence when adapted as films and TV productions. As of 2007, 110 films, one TV episode, and a series, Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theater, had been made that were based loosely on his novels and short stories.

When Killer Kells and his infamous outlaw band, the Border Legion, set out to rob the helpless prospectors, only two people stand in his way--a member of his gang who secretly rides for the law and his beautiful captive.

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Grey, Zane: The Call of the Canyon v1 19 nov. 2008

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Zane Grey is one of the best known classical Western writers. This one is a romance, too.

Taken from PG, streamlined, added TOC and cover

Have fun!

PS: There are several other Zane Grey books freely available on MR

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Grey, Zane: The Day Of The Beast. V1. 8 Aug 2012

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Pearl Zane Grey (January 31, 1872 – October 23, 1939) was an American author best known for his popular adventure novels and stories that presented an idealized image of the Old West. Riders of the Purple Sage (1912) was his best-selling book. In addition to the success of his printed works, they later had second lives and continuing influence when adapted as films and TV productions. As of 2007, 110 films, one TV episode, and a series, Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theater, had been made that were based loosely on his novels and short stories.

Our ordeal is over -- the Hell is past and we must bury memory . . .

Lane, Maynard and Payson stand on deck as the ship glides toward New York, in the shadow of Liberty -- a war-weary trio of soldiers, home at last.

Time has marked them, and the battles of France have left them disabled . . . but what awaits them on land, beyond the empty dock? Who will be there for them, at home? And will they ever be able to lead a normal life?

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Grey, Zane: The Drift Fence. V1. 8 Aug 2012

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Pearl Zane Grey (January 31, 1872 – October 23, 1939) was an American author best known for his popular adventure novels and stories that presented an idealized image of the Old West. Riders of the Purple Sage (1912) was his best-selling book. In addition to the success of his printed works, they later had second lives and continuing influence when adapted as films and TV productions. As of 2007, 110 films, one TV episode, and a series, Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theater, had been made that were based loosely on his novels and short stories.

When the first drift fence is built across a free cattle range, anger overflows. Jim Traft, the tenderfoot in charge of building the fence, finds himself in deep trouble.

It takes all of his wits to stay alive, let alone complete the fence. But with courage and tenacity Traft finishes his work and lives to see it bring new order to the range.

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Grey, Zane: The Heritage Of The Desert. V1. 8 Aug 2012

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Pearl Zane Grey (January 31, 1872 – October 23, 1939) was an American author best known for his popular adventure novels and stories that presented an idealized image of the Old West. Riders of the Purple Sage (1912) was his best-selling book. In addition to the success of his printed works, they later had second lives and continuing influence when adapted as films and TV productions. As of 2007, 110 films, one TV episode, and a series, Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theater, had been made that were based loosely on his novels and short stories.

Amid the range wars and wild mustangs, Jack Hare found a land—and a woman—to fight for.

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Grey, Zane: The Last Of The Plainsmen. V1. 9 Aug 2012

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Pearl Zane Grey (January 31, 1872 – October 23, 1939) was an American author best known for his popular adventure novels and stories that presented an idealized image of the Old West. Riders of the Purple Sage (1912) was his best-selling book. In addition to the success of his printed works, they later had second lives and continuing influence when adapted as films and TV productions. As of 2007, 110 films, one TV episode, and a series, Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theater, had been made that were based loosely on his novels and short stories.

Illustrated
Buffalo Jones goes on his final mission in this rousing, classic western.

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Grey, Zane: The Last Trail. V1. 7 Aug 2012

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Pearl Zane Grey (January 31, 1872 – October 23, 1939) was an American author best known for his popular adventure novels and stories that presented an idealized image of the Old West. Riders of the Purple Sage (1912) was his best-selling book. In addition to the success of his printed works, they later had second lives and continuing influence when adapted as films and TV productions. As of 2007, 110 films, one TV episode, and a series, Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theater, had been made that were based loosely on his novels and short stories.

Born to the lonely wilderness trail, famed borderman Jonathan Zane roams the rugged Ohio frontier, fighting to protect his homestead from attack. Braving certain death against a gang of outlaws and savage Shawnees, Zane struggles to save the life of the woman he loves.

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Grey, Zane: The Light of Western Stars, ebook 1095, July 27 2008

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I'm going to try to convert and upload all the Zane Grey ebooks that are legal to download in the U.S. There are only about 14 that aren't PD under U.S. Copyright law. They don't seem to have a version # attached.

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Grey, Zane: The Lone Star Ranger, ebook 1027, July 27 2008

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Grey, Zane: The Man Of The Forest. V1. 9 Aug 2012

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Pearl Zane Grey (January 31, 1872 – October 23, 1939) was an American author best known for his popular adventure novels and stories that presented an idealized image of the Old West. Riders of the Purple Sage (1912) was his best-selling book. In addition to the success of his printed works, they later had second lives and continuing influence when adapted as films and TV productions. As of 2007, 110 films, one TV episode, and a series, Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theater, had been made that were based loosely on his novels and short stories.

In this 1920 Best-seller, Milt Dale, a lone camper, overhears a conversation that persuades him to leave his forest paradise to save a young woman from certain doom.

After narrowly escaping a kidnaping plot, Milt leads Helen and her kid sister deep into the perceived safety of the forest. The kidnappers are still on their trail to complete their mission but The Man of the Forest isn't about to let anyone kill Helen and take possession of her uncle's ranch.

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Grey, Zane: The Mysterious Rider. V1. 9 Aug 2012

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Pearl Zane Grey (January 31, 1872 – October 23, 1939) was an American author best known for his popular adventure novels and stories that presented an idealized image of the Old West. Riders of the Purple Sage (1912) was his best-selling book. In addition to the success of his printed works, they later had second lives and continuing influence when adapted as films and TV productions. As of 2007, 110 films, one TV episode, and a series, Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theater, had been made that were based loosely on his novels and short stories.

He comes to the Belllounds ranch the Mysterious Rider no one knows from where; a man of middle age, gentle, kindly, but so terrible a gun fighter that they call him Hell Bent Wade. He plays the part of fate in all their lives, and only when the inevitable tragedy come and the Mysterious Rider makes the great sacrifice, do they know. Then out of the shadow of this tragedy, Columbine comes into the sun shine of love. This is a novel written with that literary charm and beauty of which Zane Grey is master; swift-moving, full of the glamour of romance and adventure, and with the breath of Western plains and mountains in its pages.

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Grey, Zane: The Rainbow Trail. V1. 10 Aug 2012

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Pearl Zane Grey (January 31, 1872 – October 23, 1939) was an American author best known for his popular adventure novels and stories that presented an idealized image of the Old West. Riders of the Purple Sage (1912) was his best-selling book. In addition to the success of his printed works, they later had second lives and continuing influence when adapted as films and TV productions. As of 2007, 110 films, one TV episode, and a series, Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theater, had been made that were based loosely on his novels and short stories.

Sequel to Riders of the Purple Sage
Hidden beyond the Utah upland lay a wild canyon with a haunting secret. Three people were entrapped there--among them Fay Larkin, whom John Shefford longed to make his wife. But to reach them, Shefford would have to go through a Mormon village where trespassing meant death. And the way to the village was blocked by a treacherous outlaw and his murdering crew.

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Grey, Zane: The Redheaded Outfield & Other Stories, ebook 385 Sept 27 2008

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I'm going to try to convert and upload all the Zane Grey ebooks that are legal to download in the U.S. There are only about 14 that aren't PD under U.S. Copyright law. They don't seem to have a version # attached.

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Grey, Zane: The Rustlers of Pecos County v1.0 2007-10-22

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[The Rustlers of Pecos County[/ is a western from Zane Grey.

[quotTEXAS
They took the most contrary bunch of frontiersmen, ranchers, farmers, cowpokes, shiftless no-accounts, Tex-Mexicans, shootists, rascals, and politicians, jumbled them together, and somehow formed a state. They called it Texas, but for the defenseless women and children, it was hell.

TEXAS RANGERS
Although they were outnumbered a thousand to one, the Rangers fought a holding action against the complete breakdown of law and order, often paying for peace with their lives. But one county held out against attack after attack, a place so mean a saint would have turned bad. Into this valley of death rode Ranger Vaughn Steele, hungering for revenge and determined to wipe out... The Rustlers of Pecos County.[/quot

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Grey, Zane: The Shepherd Of Guadaloupe. V1. 11 Aug 2012

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Pearl Zane Grey (January 31, 1872 – October 23, 1939) was an American author best known for his popular adventure novels and stories that presented an idealized image of the Old West. Riders of the Purple Sage (1912) was his best-selling book. In addition to the success of his printed works, they later had second lives and continuing influence when adapted as films and TV productions. As of 2007, 110 films, one TV episode, and a series, Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theater, had been made that were based loosely on his novels and short stories.

Cliff Forest returns from the war to find that his parents' home has been taken over by the brutal Lundeen, whose own lovely daughter is terrified of him. To break the feud, save his parents, and win the woman who loves him, Cliff will have to defeat death itself.

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Grey, Zane: The Shortstop. V1. 12 Aug 2012

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Pearl Zane Grey (January 31, 1872 – October 23, 1939) was an American author best known for his popular adventure novels and stories that presented an idealized image of the Old West. Riders of the Purple Sage (1912) was his best-selling book. In addition to the success of his printed works, they later had second lives and continuing influence when adapted as films and TV productions. As of 2007, 110 films, one TV episode, and a series, Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theater, had been made that were based loosely on his novels and short stories.

Seventeen-year-old Chase relies on his talent and inner resources as he struggles to succeed as a professional baseball player.

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Grey, Zane: The U.P. Trail. V1. 11 Aug 2011

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Pearl Zane Grey (January 31, 1872 – October 23, 1939) was an American author best known for his popular adventure novels and stories that presented an idealized image of the Old West. Riders of the Purple Sage (1912) was his best-selling book. In addition to the success of his printed works, they later had second lives and continuing influence when adapted as films and TV productions. As of 2007, 110 films, one TV episode, and a series, Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theater, had been made that were based loosely on his novels and short stories.

Ignoring public scorn in their determination to build the Union Pacific Railroad across the Wyoming mountains, young civil engineer Warren Neale and his partner Larry Red King are further challenged when Neale's girlfriend is abducted.

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Grey, Zane: The Young Forester. V1. 13 Aug 2012

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Pearl Zane Grey (January 31, 1872 – October 23, 1939) was an American author best known for his popular adventure novels and stories that presented an idealized image of the Old West. Riders of the Purple Sage (1912) was his best-selling book. In addition to the success of his printed works, they later had second lives and continuing influence when adapted as films and TV productions. As of 2007, 110 films, one TV episode, and a series, Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theater, had been made that were based loosely on his novels and short stories.

Young Kenneth Ward travels west to visit a forest ranger friend in Arizonia, and encounters excitement and trouble when he uncovers a plot to steal lumber.

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Grey, Zane: The Young Lion Hunter. V1. 13 Aug 2012

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Pearl Zane Grey (January 31, 1872 – October 23, 1939) was an American author best known for his popular adventure novels and stories that presented an idealized image of the Old West. Riders of the Purple Sage (1912) was his best-selling book. In addition to the success of his printed works, they later had second lives and continuing influence when adapted as films and TV productions. As of 2007, 110 films, one TV episode, and a series, Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theater, had been made that were based loosely on his novels and short stories.

Excerpt
Jim and I were sitting on a box in front of a store in the little town of Kanab, Utah. The day before we had ridden in off Buckskin Mountain, having had Ken Ward's letter brought out to us by one of the forest rangers. We had a room in a cottage where we kept what traps and belongings we did not need out on the preserve; and here I had stored Ken's saddle, rifle, lasso, blanket—all the things he had used during his memorable sojourn with us on Penetier the year before. Also we had that morning sent out to one of the ranches for Ken's mustang, which was now in a near-by corral. We intended to surprise Ken, for it was not likely we would forget how much he cared for that mustang. So we waited, watching the cloud of dust roll down the ridge till we could see under it the old gray stage swaying from side to side.

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Grey, Zane: The Young Pitcher. V1. 12 Aug 2012

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Pearl Zane Grey (January 31, 1872 – October 23, 1939) was an American author best known for his popular adventure novels and stories that presented an idealized image of the Old West. Riders of the Purple Sage (1912) was his best-selling book. In addition to the success of his printed works, they later had second lives and continuing influence when adapted as films and TV productions. As of 2007, 110 films, one TV episode, and a series, Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theater, had been made that were based loosely on his novels and short stories.

As a new freshman at Wayne College, Ken Ward finds a way to win recognition through his pitching skills.

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Grey, Zane: To The Last Man. V1. 11 Aug 2012

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Pearl Zane Grey (January 31, 1872 – October 23, 1939) was an American author best known for his popular adventure novels and stories that presented an idealized image of the Old West. Riders of the Purple Sage (1912) was his best-selling book. In addition to the success of his printed works, they later had second lives and continuing influence when adapted as films and TV productions. As of 2007, 110 films, one TV episode, and a series, Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theater, had been made that were based loosely on his novels and short stories.

The bloody feud between the Jorth and Isbel families has been unrelenting, vicious, unforgiveable, and deadly. Save for the hearts of two impossible lovers, the feud might have killed all members of both families.

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Grey, Zane: Valley Of Wild Horses. V1. 12 Aug 2012

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Pearl Zane Grey (January 31, 1872 – October 23, 1939) was an American author best known for his popular adventure novels and stories that presented an idealized image of the Old West. Riders of the Purple Sage (1912) was his best-selling book. In addition to the success of his printed works, they later had second lives and continuing influence when adapted as films and TV productions. As of 2007, 110 films, one TV episode, and a series, Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theater, had been made that were based loosely on his novels and short stories.

The Panhandle was a lonely purple range land, unfenced and wind swept. Bill Smith, cattleman, threw up a cabin and looked at the future with hopeful eyes. One day while plowing almost out of sight of his little home - which that morning he had left apprehensively owing to an impending event - he espied his wife Margaret coming along the edge of the plowed field. She had brought his lunch this day, despite his order to the contrary. Bill dropped the loop of his driving reins over the plow handle and strode toward her. Presently she halted wearily and sat down where the dark rich overturned earth met the line of bleached grass. Bill meant to scold Margaret for bringing his lunch, but it developed she had brought him something more. A son!

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Grey, Zane: Wildfire v1 21 nov. 2008

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Zane Grey's Wildfire (published in 1917)

Horse hunter Lin Sloan never wanted anything more than the wild stallion he called Wildfire. Lucy Bostil found the horse and the unconscious man who had roped him. She saved both their lives and took Sloan's heart in the process. Now another man wants Lucy and the horse--and will stop at nothing short of killing to get them.

Coming from PG. streamlines, added TOC and (ugly) cover. Please send me a better copyrightfree cover anyone and I will put that up asap.

Have fun!

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Grieg, Nordahl: Skibet gaar videre [Norwegian]

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[Skibet gaar videre[/ er Nordahl Griegs første roman, utgitt i 1924. I likhet med diktsamlingen Rundt Kap det gode haab som han debuterte med to år tidligere er Skibet gaar videre delvis basert på hans egne opplevelser da han dro til sjøs etter artium.

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Grieg, Nordahl: Spansk sommer [Norwegian] v1 07.03.2014

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Sommeren 1037 var Nordahl Grieg i Spania, som krigskorrespondent under den spanske borgerkrigen. [Spansk sommer[/ er en reportasjebok fra denne reisen.
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Grieg, Nordahl: Ung må verden ennu være [Norwegian].v1. 01 May 2014

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En hyllest til den stålsatte sosialisme. Spenningen mellom troen på fremtiden og frykten for fortiden preger, og forårsaker en aksept for ekstreme virkemidler. Romanen foregår delvis i Stalins Moskva, delvis i borgerkrigstidens Spania.

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Grieg, Nordahl: Vår ære og vår makt [Norwegian].v1. 01 May 2014

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I dette skuespillet tar Nordahl Grieg et nådeløst oppgjør med den kyniske pengegriskheten som rådet i skipsnæringen under jobbetiden under første verdenskrig. Hans karikering av den bergenske redernæringen falt ikke i god jord i hans hjemby, men hans dramatiske virkemidler i oppsetningen ble anerkjent som nyskapende.

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Griffis, William Elliot: Welsh Fairy Tales, v.1, 1 March 2008.

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(1921)
A collection of Welsh fairy tales.

Today is St David’s day.

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Griffith, George: A Honeymoon In Space. V1. 13 Jul 2012

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George Griffith (1857 – 1906), full name George Chetwyn Griffith-Jones, was a prolific British science fiction writer and noted explorer who wrote during the late Victorian and Edwardian age. Many of his visionary tales appeared in magazines such as Pearson's Magazine and Pearson's Weekly before being published as novels. Griffith was extremely popular in the United Kingdom, though he failed to find similar acclaim in the United States, in part due to his revolutionary and socialist views. A journalist, rather than scientist, by background, what his stories lack in scientific rigour and literary grace they make up for in sheer exuberance of execution.

Excerpt
About eight o'clock on the morning of the 5th of November, 1900, those of the passengers and crew of the American liner St. Louis who happened, whether from causes of duty or of their own pleasure, to be on deck, had a very strange - in fact a quite unprecedented experience.

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Griffith, George: A Mayfair Magician. V1. 14 Jul 2012

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George Griffith (1857 – 1906), full name George Chetwyn Griffith-Jones, was a prolific British science fiction writer and noted explorer who wrote during the late Victorian and Edwardian age. Many of his visionary tales appeared in magazines such as Pearson's Magazine and Pearson's Weekly before being published as novels. Griffith was extremely popular in the United Kingdom, though he failed to find similar acclaim in the United States, in part due to his revolutionary and socialist views. A journalist, rather than scientist, by background, what his stories lack in scientific rigour and literary grace they make up for in sheer exuberance of execution.

Excerpt
Despite the venerable antiquity of the saying, it is not always true that "Out of evil cometh good," but certainly out of the apparent evil of the snow- burst which, on the morning of a Christmas Eve not many winters ago, suddenly buried H. M. Prison at Nether-moor from the sight of heaven and cut it off from all communication with the rest of earth, there came to me two good things in the shape of spontaneously offered and most generous hospitality, and one of the strangest stories of what I can only call inverted genius and diverted human power that it has ever been my good fortune to hear.

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Griffith, George: Knaves of Diamonds (1899); v1, 14 May 2021

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Tales of the diamond smugglers in the early days of the Kimberly diamond rush, as the IDBs (illicit diamond buyers) seek to outwit the might of De Beers own detectives. 8 stories, lavishly illustrated. The author, George Chetwynd Griffith-Jones (1857-1906) is best known for his tour of the solar system in "Honeymoon in Space" and others. The stories in this book first appeared in Pearson's Magazine in 1898.

1: The Diamond Dog
2: A Run To Freetown
3: The King's Rose Diamond
4: The Finding of Diamond Pan
5: Five Hundred Carats
6: The Border Gang
7: At The Sign of the "Golden Star"
8: Beauty in Camp

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Griffith, George: Olga Romanoff. V1. 11 Jul 2012

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George Griffith (1857 – 1906), full name George Chetwyn Griffith-Jones, was a prolific British science fiction writer and noted explorer who wrote during the late Victorian and Edwardian age. Many of his visionary tales appeared in magazines such as Pearson's Magazine and Pearson's Weekly before being published as novels. Griffith was extremely popular in the United Kingdom, though he failed to find similar acclaim in the United States, in part due to his revolutionary and socialist views. A journalist, rather than scientist, by background, what his stories lack in scientific rigour and literary grace they make up for in sheer exuberance of execution.

Excerpt
What! said Olga, her cheeks flushing and her eyes lighting up at the very idea of such an experience. "Do you really mean to say that you would permit a daughter of the earth, as I am told you call the women who have not the good fortune to be born in Aeria, to go on board one of those wonderful airships of yours, and taste the forbidden delights of spurning the earth and sharing, even for an hour, your Empire of the Air?"

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Griffith, George: Outlaws Of The Air, The. V1. 11 Jul 2012

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George Griffith (1857 – 1906), full name George Chetwyn Griffith-Jones, was a prolific British science fiction writer and noted explorer who wrote during the late Victorian and Edwardian age. Many of his visionary tales appeared in magazines such as Pearson's Magazine and Pearson's Weekly before being published as novels. Griffith was extremely popular in the United Kingdom, though he failed to find similar acclaim in the United States, in part due to his revolutionary and socialist views. A journalist, rather than scientist, by background, what his stories lack in scientific rigour and literary grace they make up for in sheer exuberance of execution.

Aerial future warfare and the setting up of a utopian colony in the Pacific; really a repeat performance of The Angel of the Revolution.

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Griffith, George: Short Fiction. V1. 9 Jul 2012

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George Griffith (1857 – 1906), full name George Chetwyn Griffith-Jones, was a prolific British science fiction writer and noted explorer who wrote during the late Victorian and Edwardian age. Many of his visionary tales appeared in magazines such as Pearson's Magazine and Pearson's Weekly before being published as novels. Griffith was extremely popular in the United Kingdom, though he failed to find similar acclaim in the United States, in part due to his revolutionary and socialist views. A journalist, rather than scientist, by background, what his stories lack in scientific rigour and literary grace they make up for in sheer exuberance of execution.

GAMBLES WITH DESTINY
A CORNER IN LIGHTNING
THE RAID OF LE VENGEUR
FROM POLE TO POLE

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Griffith, George: Stories Of Other Worlds. V1. 8 Jul 2012

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George Griffith (1857 – 1906), full name George Chetwyn Griffith-Jones, was a prolific British science fiction writer and noted explorer who wrote during the late Victorian and Edwardian age. Many of his visionary tales appeared in magazines such as Pearson's Magazine and Pearson's Weekly before being published as novels. Griffith was extremely popular in the United Kingdom, though he failed to find similar acclaim in the United States, in part due to his revolutionary and socialist views. A journalist, rather than scientist, by background, what his stories lack in scientific rigour and literary grace they make up for in sheer exuberance of execution.

A VISIT TO THE MOON
THE WORLD OF THE WAR GOD
A GLIMPSE OF THE SINLESS STAR
THE WORLD OF THE CRYSTAL CITIES
IN SATURN'S REALM
HOMEWARD BOUND

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Griffith, George: The Angel Of The Revolution. V1. 10 Jul 2012

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George Griffith (1857 – 1906), full name George Chetwyn Griffith-Jones, was a prolific British science fiction writer and noted explorer who wrote during the late Victorian and Edwardian age. Many of his visionary tales appeared in magazines such as Pearson's Magazine and Pearson's Weekly before being published as novels. Griffith was extremely popular in the United Kingdom, though he failed to find similar acclaim in the United States, in part due to his revolutionary and socialist views. A journalist, rather than scientist, by background, what his stories lack in scientific rigour and literary grace they make up for in sheer exuberance of execution.

Excerpt
"Victory! It flies! I am master of the Powers of the Air at last!"

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Griffith, George: The Missionary. V1. 14 Jul 2012

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George Griffith (1857 – 1906), full name George Chetwyn Griffith-Jones, was a prolific British science fiction writer and noted explorer who wrote during the late Victorian and Edwardian age. Many of his visionary tales appeared in magazines such as Pearson's Magazine and Pearson's Weekly before being published as novels. Griffith was extremely popular in the United Kingdom, though he failed to find similar acclaim in the United States, in part due to his revolutionary and socialist views. A journalist, rather than scientist, by background, what his stories lack in scientific rigour and literary grace they make up for in sheer exuberance of execution.

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But as the two lads closed, the blue-eyed, golden-haired little beauty only shrank back a little nearer to the after-wheelhouse of the homeward bound P. and O. liner whose deck was the scene of this first act of the tragedy of three lives. A bright flush came into her cheeks, and a new light began to dance in her eyes as the first look of fright died out of them. The breath came and went more quickly between the half-opened lips with a low sibilant sound. They were pretty, well-cut lips, the upper short and exquisitely curved, and the lower full with the promise of a sensuous maturity.

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Griffith, George: The Mummy And Miss Nitocris. V1. 14 Jul 2012

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George Griffith (1857 – 1906), full name George Chetwyn Griffith-Jones, was a prolific British science fiction writer and noted explorer who wrote during the late Victorian and Edwardian age. Many of his visionary tales appeared in magazines such as Pearson's Magazine and Pearson's Weekly before being published as novels. Griffith was extremely popular in the United Kingdom, though he failed to find similar acclaim in the United States, in part due to his revolutionary and socialist views. A journalist, rather than scientist, by background, what his stories lack in scientific rigour and literary grace they make up for in sheer exuberance of execution.

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Certain it should be that, beyond and about this World of Length, and Breadth, and Thickness, there is another World, or State of Existence, consisting of these and another dimension of which only those beings who are privileged to enter or dwell in it can have any conception. Now, if this postulate be granted, it follows that a dweller in this State would be freed from those conditions of Time and Space which bind those beings who are confined within the limits of Tri-Dimensional Space, or Existence. For example, he would be able to make himself visible or invisible to us at will by entering into or withdrawing himself from this State, and returning into that of Four Dimensions, whither our eyes could not follow him—even though he might be close to us in our sense of nearness. Moreover, he could be in two or more places at once, and cause two bodies to occupy the same space—which to us is inconceivable. Stranger still, he might be both alive and dead at the same time—since Past, Present, and Future would be all one to him; the world without beginning or end...

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Griffith, George: The Romance Of Golden Star. V1. 12 Jul 2012

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George Griffith (1857 – 1906), full name George Chetwyn Griffith-Jones, was a prolific British science fiction writer and noted explorer who wrote during the late Victorian and Edwardian age. Many of his visionary tales appeared in magazines such as Pearson's Magazine and Pearson's Weekly before being published as novels. Griffith was extremely popular in the United Kingdom, though he failed to find similar acclaim in the United States, in part due to his revolutionary and socialist views. A journalist, rather than scientist, by background, what his stories lack in scientific rigour and literary grace they make up for in sheer exuberance of execution.

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'Ah, what a thing it would be for us if his Inca Highness were really only asleep, as he looks to be! Just think what he could tell us—how easily he could re-create that lost wonderland of his for us, what riddles he could answer, what lies he could contradict. And then think of all the lost treasures that he could show us the way to. Upon my word, if Mephistopheles were to walk into this room just now, I think I should be tempted to make a bargain with him. Do you know, Djama, I believe I would give half the remainder of my own life, whatever that may be, to learn the secrets that were once locked up in that withered, desiccated brain of his.'

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Griffith, George: The World Masters. V1. 14 Jul 2012

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George Griffith (1857 – 1906), full name George Chetwyn Griffith-Jones, was a prolific British science fiction writer and noted explorer who wrote during the late Victorian and Edwardian age. Many of his visionary tales appeared in magazines such as Pearson's Magazine and Pearson's Weekly before being published as novels. Griffith was extremely popular in the United Kingdom, though he failed to find similar acclaim in the United States, in part due to his revolutionary and socialist views. A journalist, rather than scientist, by background, what his stories lack in scientific rigour and literary grace they make up for in sheer exuberance of execution.

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The room, practically destitute of ordinary furniture, was fitted up as a chemical and physical laboratory, and the man was Doctor Emil Fargeau, the most distinguished scientific investigator that the lost province of Alsace had produced—a tall, spare man of about sixty, with sloping, stooping shoulders and forward-thrown head, thinly covered with straggling iron-grey hair. It was plain that he was in the habit of shaving clean, but just now there was a short white stubble both on his upper lip and on the lean wrinkled cheeks which showed the nervous workings of the muscles so plainly. In fact, his whole appearance was that of a man too completely absorbed by an over- mastering idea to pay any attention to the small details of life.

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Griffith, George: The World Peril Of 1910. V1. 13 Jul 2012

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George Griffith (1857 – 1906), full name George Chetwyn Griffith-Jones, was a prolific British science fiction writer and noted explorer who wrote during the late Victorian and Edwardian age. Many of his visionary tales appeared in magazines such as Pearson's Magazine and Pearson's Weekly before being published as novels. Griffith was extremely popular in the United Kingdom, though he failed to find similar acclaim in the United States, in part due to his revolutionary and socialist views. A journalist, rather than scientist, by background, what his stories lack in scientific rigour and literary grace they make up for in sheer exuberance of execution.

"Can there be anything too horrible for the enemies of the Fatherland?" said the Kaiser to the pale Chancellor, with a glint in his eyes which no man in Germany cares to see.

"I must ask pardon," replied the Chancellor. "I was astonished, indeed, almost . . . frightened, if your Majesty will allow me to say so -- frightened for the sake of Humanity, if such an awful invention as that becomes realized!"

"And what is your opinion, Field Marshal?" asked the Kaiser.

"A most excellent invention, your Majesty," said the Field Marshal, "provided that it belongs only to the Fatherland."

Long before novels 2010, 2001, or 1984 riveted the world, George Griffith's The World Peril of 1910 thrilled readers with its all-too-credible depiction of the dangers and opportunities ahead.

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Griffiths, Arthur: The Passenger From Calais. v1. 21 Aug 07

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1906 detective story, from the same author as "The Rome Express". The villain of the piece is the evil "Lord Blackadder", beyond which I know nothing about it.

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Griffiths, Arthur: The Rome Express. v1. 21 Aug 07

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1907 detective story:

[A mysterious murder on a flying express train, a wily Italian, a charming woman caught in the meshes of circumstantial evidence, a chivalrous Englishman, and a police force with a keen nose for the wrong clue, are the ingredients from which Major Griffiths has concocted a clever, up-to-date detective story. The book is bright and spirited, with rapid action, and consistent development which brings the story to a logical and dramatic ending.[/

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Grillparzer, Franz: Das Kloster bei Sendomir german v1 13 May 2009

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Franz Grillparzer (* 15. Januar 1791 in Wien; † 21. Januar 1872 in Wien) war ein österreichischer Schriftsteller, der vor allem als Dramatiker hervorgetreten ist. Er studierte an der Universität Wien die Rechte. Nach dem Studienabschluss war er zunächst Privatlehrer, dann Beamter. 1832 wurde er Archivdirektor k. k. Hofkammer, dem späteren Finanzministerium.
Grillparzers poetische Anfänge wurden von der Romantik (die ihm die bleibende Vorliebe für die spanischen Dramatiker einprägte) und von der vorübergehenden Irrung der Schicksalstragik, der er in der „Ahnfrau“ sein Opfer brachte, beeinflusst. Wenn er sich von diesen Einflüssen verhältnismäßig rasch zu emanzipieren wusste, so gelang ihm dies mit denen seiner heimatlichen Verhältnisse und Bildungszustände nicht.

[(Quelle: Wikipedia)[/

Zwei deutsche Boten sind auf dem Weg nach Warschau, und finden am Abend im Kloster bei Sendomir Zuflucht. Einer der Mönche erzählt ihnen die Geschichte des erst kürzlich gebauten Klosters.

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Grillparzer, Franz: Der arme Spielmann german v1.1 13 May 2009

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Franz Grillparzer (* 15. Januar 1791 in Wien; † 21. Januar 1872 in Wien) war ein österreichischer Schriftsteller, der vor allem als Dramatiker hervorgetreten ist. Er studierte an der Universität Wien die Rechte. Nach dem Studienabschluss war er zunächst Privatlehrer, dann Beamter. 1832 wurde er Archivdirektor k. k. Hofkammer, dem späteren Finanzministerium.
Grillparzers poetische Anfänge wurden von der Romantik (die ihm die bleibende Vorliebe für die spanischen Dramatiker einprägte) und von der vorübergehenden Irrung der Schicksalstragik, der er in der „Ahnfrau“ sein Opfer brachte, beeinflusst. Wenn er sich von diesen Einflüssen verhältnismäßig rasch zu emanzipieren wusste, so gelang ihm dies mit denen seiner heimatlichen Verhältnisse und Bildungszustände nicht.

[(Quelle: Wikipedia)[/

Der arme Spielmann ist eine 1848 erschienene Rahmennovelle. Grillparzer beschäftigte sich seit 1831 mit dem Stoff, anfangs als Versuch eines autobiografischen Romans. Der Text wurde mehrfach überarbeitet und die Niederschrift immer wieder unterbrochen.
Der Erzähler mischt sich bei einer Kirchweih unter das Volk. Er begegnet einem alten Spielmann, der auf seiner Geige eine Art Katzenmusik spielt. Als er ihm eine Münze gibt, kommen sie kurz miteinander ins Gespräch. Dadurch wird der Erzähler neugierig auf dessen Schicksal und besucht ihn eines Morgens in seiner ärmlichen Behausung. Dort erzählt ihm der alte Musikant seine Lebensgeschichte.

[(Quelle: Wikipedia)[/

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Grimm, Brothers: Fairy Tales, v1, 8 October 2009.

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Jacob Grimm (1785-1863)
Wilhelm Grimm (1786-1859)
Fairy Tales
Translated by Edgar Taylor and Marian Edwardes

The text is based on translations from the Grimms’ Kinder und Hausmarchen by Edgar Taylor and Marian Edwardes. It contains 62 stories.

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Grimm, Brothers: Grimms’ Fairy Tales (English trans, illus). v1. 22 Feb 2017

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Grimms’ Fairy Tales:
Collected and edited by Jacob Grimm (1785–1863) and Wilhelm Grimm (1786–1869)

Presenting all 211 tales of the Grimms’ collection, translated from the German by Margaret Raine Hunt (1831–1912)
With 440 illustrations by Otto Ubbelohde (1867–1922)
Plus many alternate and additional tales
And an essay by Andrew Lang (1844–1912)

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Original text first published 1812 ~ 1857; this translation first published 1884. Illustrations first published 1906 ~ 1908.

The original German text, this translation, and the essay by Andrew Lang are in the public domain worldwide because the creators died more than 100 years ago, and they were published prior to 1923. The illustrations are in the public domain in countries where copyright is “Life+90” or less, and in the USA.

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The name “Grimm” has become synonymous with fairy-tales. Jacob and Wilhelm Grimm, university-trained philologists, also published scholarly works about mythology, linguistics, and medieval studies; but it is for their collection of folk- and fairy-tales that they are remembered.

As noted in Margaret Hunt’s Preface, the Grimms, in creating this extensive collection, “were not providing amusement for children, but storing up material for students of folklore.” They were not, of course, the authors of these stories, but rather collectors and editors of folk-tales, primarily from oral tradition, many passed down for generations, some possibly originating in antiquity.

The tales “have a core that is capable of appealing, across historical periods and national affiliations, to the deepest reaches of human experience” [David Blamires, [Telling Tales[/. Some of the stories are sweet morality tales, and many are comic in tone, but brutality, horror, and cruel death exist here in full measure. Unlike most English translations, which were often groomed for children, Hunt’s (still considered by many to be one of the most faithful translations) retains much of the grittiness of the original tales.

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This ebook was created in collaboration with doubleshuffle, to whom many thanks!

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So here you are: the quintessential fairy tale collection, with dozens of stories crying out “Remember me?” “Read ME!” “Betcha never heard of ME before!”

Enjoy!
:)

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Grimm, Brothers: Hansel & Grethel and Others (shorts, illus-Rackham). v1. 02 Jan 2018

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Hansel & Grethel and Other Tales by the Brothers Grimm
Translated from the German by Mrs. Edgar Lucas (1851-1935)
Illustrated by Arthur Rackham (1867–1939)

A collection of 30 tales taken from German folklore, immortalized by Jacob and Wilhelm Grimm. These stories remain perennially popular, still enjoyed, two centuries after their first publication, by readers young and old. The stories presented in this volume have been charmingly illustrated by the incomparable Arthur Rackham, with 22 color plates, 30 line drawings, and a number of chapter decorations.

Companion volumes available:

Snowdrop and Other Tales

Little Brother & Little Sister and Other Tales
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“The Fairy Tales of the Brothers Grimm,” illustrated by Rackham, was first published 1900.
The original German text is in the public domain worldwide because the creators died more than 100 years ago, and it was published prior to 1923. This translation and the illustrations are in the public domain in countries where copyright is “Life+70” or less, and in the USA.

Text and illustrations for this ebook were obtained from archive.org. OCR errors corrected; punctuation, italics and diacritics formatted; illustrations manually cleaned and enhanced. Embedded font for titling. “List of Stories and Illustrations” provides links to story titles and to images.

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Grimm, Brothers: Household Tales by the Brothers Grimm, v1, 8 October 2009.

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Jacob Grimm (1785-1863)
Wilhelm Grimm (1786-1859)
Translator: Margaret Hunt (1831-1912)
Household Tales by Brothers Grimm (1884)

From the PG transcriber’s notes:
These fairy tales by the brothers Grimm are based on the original 1884 translation “Household Tales” of Margaret Hunt. This text is based on the book “Grimm’s Household Tales with the Author’s Notes.” This text includes ALL Grimm’s fairy tales and 10 children’s legends. The Margaret Hunt translation is very true to the German original.

This contains 200 stories plus ten Children’s legends.

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Grimm, Brothers: Little Brother & Little Sister and Others (illus-Rackham). v1. 02 0J

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Little Brother & Little Sister and Other Tales by the Brothers Grimm
Translated from the German by Margaret Raine Hunt (1831–1912)
Illustrated by Arthur Rackham (1867–1939)

A collection of 40 tales taken from German folklore, immortalized by Jacob and Wilhelm Grimm. These stories remain perennially popular, still enjoyed, two centuries after their first publication, by readers young and old. The stories presented in this volume have been charmingly illustrated by the incomparable Arthur Rackham, with 17 full-page color plates, 40 line drawings, and a number of chapter decorations.

Companion volumes available:
Hansel & Grethel and Other Tales

Snowdrop and Other Tales

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This book was first published in 1917.
[The original German text and this translation are in the public domain worldwide because the creators died more than 100 years ago, and they were published prior to 1923. The illustrations are in the public domain in countries where copyright is “Life+70” or less, and in the USA.[/

Text and some illustrations for this ebook were obtained from ufdc.ufl.edu, University of Florida Digital Collections. Color plates courtesy of Pete Veilleux at flickr.com. Text manually transcribed; punctuation, italics and diacritics formatted; illustrations manually cleaned and enhanced. Embedded font for titling. “List of Stories and Illustrations” provides links to story titles and to images.

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Grimm, Brothers: Snowdrop and Other Tales (shorts, illus-Rackham). v1. 02 Jan 2018

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Snowdrop and Other Tales by the Brothers Grimm
Translated from the German by Mrs. Edgar Lucas (1851-1935)
Illustrated by Arthur Rackham (1867–1939)

A collection of 30 tales taken from German folklore, immortalized by Jacob and Wilhelm Grimm. These stories remain perennially popular, still enjoyed, two centuries after their first publication, by readers young and old. The stories presented in this volume have been charmingly illustrated by the incomparable Arthur Rackham, with 20 full-page color plates, 31 line drawings, and a number of chapter decorations.

Companion volumes available:
Hansel & Grethel and Other Tales

Little Brother & Little Sister and Other Tales

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“The Fairy Tales of the Brothers Grimm,” illustrated by Rackham, was first published in 1900.
The original German text is in the public domain worldwide because the creators died more than 100 years ago, and it was published prior to 1923. This translation and the illustrations are in the public domain in countries where copyright is “Life+70” or less, and in the USA.

Text and illustrations for this ebook were obtained from archive.org. OCR errors corrected; punctuation, italics and diacritics formatted; illustrations manually cleaned and enhanced. Embedded font for titling. “List of Stories and Illustrations” provides links to story titles and to images.

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Grimm, Jacob & Wilhelm: Deutsche Sagen (german) v1.0 Jun 2010

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Die Gebrüder Grimm, Jacob und Wilhelm Grimm, sind als Sprachwissenschaftler und Sammler von Märchen (Grimms Märchen) bekannt. Sie gelten gemeinsam mit Karl Lachmann und Georg Friedrich Benecke als „Gründungsväter“ der Deutschen Philologie bzw. Germanistik.

[(Quelle: Wikipedia)

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Deutsche Sagen ist das Ergebnis einer mehr als zehnjährigen Sammeltätigkeit der Gebrüder Grimm. Das Werk umfasst insgesamt fast 600 deutsche Sagen, wie zum Beispiel den "Rattenfänger von Hameln".

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Grimmelshausen: Der Abenteuerliche Simplicissimus Teutsch. v1.1 2 august 2009 german

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Hans Jakob Christoph von Grimmelshausen (* um 1622 in Gelnhausen; † 17. August 1676 in Renchen) war ein deutscher Schriftsteller.

"Der Abenteuerliche Simplicissimus Teutsch" wird gemeinhin als das wichtigste Werk seiner Art im 17. Jahrhundert betrachtet. Ferner gilt er als der erste deutschsprachige Abenteuerroman mit zudem stark autobiographischen Zügen, da er die Lebenswege von Autor und Held im Dreißigjährigen Krieg (1618–1648) teilweise zusammenführt, ohne sie freilich zur Deckungsgleichheit zu bringen.

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Grimshaw, Beatrice: The Forest of Lost Men and other stories, v1, 24 April 2026

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More stories of Papua New Guinea by Beatrice Grimshaw, who lived much of her adult life in Port Moresby and was a best-selling novelist in the 1930s.

1: Gold Is Where You Find It
2: The Cave
3: The Forest of Lost Men
4: Beautiful Death
5: The Long, Long Day
6: A Bag of Gold
7: If I Could Live Again
8: Red Fingers
9: The Outcasts of Diamond Flat
10: Lost Behind The Ranges
11: One Woman in Ten Thousand
12: Lady of the Cannibal Islands
13: Eyes of Pearl
14: The Golden Bean
15: House Enchanted
16: The Valley of Golden Silence

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Grimshaw, Beatrice: The Golden Crowns, v1, 22 Jan 2022

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Irish born Beatrice Grimshaw had an extraordinary life. Starting working for a London newspaper, she was given the task of travelling to the South Pacific and writing a series of travel articles; she criss-crossed the area, and eventually settled in Papua, near Port Moresby. She became, improbably, a best-selling romantic/adventure novelist, and a partner in copra and tobacco plantations. She supported herself very successfully all her life, and in the mid-1930s, when she was in her mid-60s, retired to New South Wales.

She published about 40 books, mostly novels, and four or five volumes of short stories. Of these, only one, "The Valley of Never-Come-Back", is readily available (free on MobileRead).

This collection is new, and was collected from the source given under each story title in the text. She favoured longer than average stories, 4-5,000 words.
Naturally there is no vintage cover; this one I created.

1: Maid of Niu-Niu
2: The Keys of Bluebeard
3: That Tall Girl Belle
4: Away From it All
5: Red Sunset Land
6: The Devil's Smithy
7: January Girl
8: Beyond the Last League
9: The Golden Crowns
10: Blue Jim Takes a Hand
11: The Flaming Sword
12: Sands of Coral
13: The Jasmine Balcony
14: Flowers For the Bride

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Grimshaw, Beatrice: The Valley of Never-Come-Back, 1923, v1, 4 Aug 2024

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Beatric Grimshaw, 1870-1953, was an Irish woman who became a journalist in London, then a travel writer reporting from the south seas, and then a short story writer and novelist living near Port Moresby in Papua for nearly 30 years before retiring to a property outside Bathurst in New South Wales.

Always single, supporting herself with her pen, she became a best selling novelist in the between-the-wars years, most stories set in the South Seas and New Guinea area. She became quite prosperous, partner in a copra plantation and later a tobacco plantation in New Guinea with her brother.

This one of her short-story collections:

1: The Valley of Never-Come-Back
2: Lost Wings
3: The Island Grave
4: Isles of Peace
5: Under The Shwe-Dagon
6: The Woman In The Cage
7: Peak of The Moon
8: Something Lost
9: The Long, Long Day
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Groner, Augusta: Joe Muller Detective Omnibus, v.1, 20 Feb 2008.

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‘Being the Account of Some Adventures in the Professional Experience of a Member of the Imperial Austrian Police.’

This detective observes human behaviour closely and absorbs atmosphere to draw his conclusions but is also capable of using disguise and subterfuge. There is some slight similarity with the detective novels of Friedrich Glauser and a distant resemblance to Simenon’s Maigret.

By Frau Augusta Groner, née Koppalik (1850-1929), who was a Viennese author who sometimes appeared under the more masculine pseudonym of August or Auguste Groner.
Frau Groner’s work has been translated and adapted by Grace Isabel Colbron (1869-1948). Her contribution seems to include removing every single umlaut from the text, including that in the detective’s surname.

I came across these titles in PG, thought that they looked interesting, so collected them in an omnibus because they are relatively short pieces. (They have also been published in print as an omnibus according to Google Books.) The PG text is rather faulty and I have made a number of corrections.

Contents:
Introduction
The Case of the Lamp That Went Out
The Case of the Registered Letter
The Case of the Pocket Diary Found In the Snow
The Case of the Pool of Blood in the Pastor’s Study
The Case of the Golden Bullet

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Groner, Augusta: The Case of the Golden Bullet. V1. 1 Dec 2009

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Groner, Augusta, 1850-1929: Author
Colbron, Grace Isabel, 1869-1948: Translator

Excerpt
Joseph Muller, Secret Service detective of the Imperial Austrian police, is one of the great experts in his profession. In personality he differs greatly from other famous detectives. He has neither the impressive authority of Sherlock Holmes, nor the keen brilliancy of Monsieur Lecoq. Muller is a small, slight, plain-looking man, of indefinite age, and of much humbleness of mien. A naturally retiring, modest disposition, and two external causes are the reasons for Muller's humbleness of manner, which is his chief characteristic.

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Groner, Auguste: The Case of the Golden Bullet (v1), 4 Oct 2020

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Auguste Groner (1850-1929) was a Viennese author who wrote a number of pioneering detective stories featuring Joe Muller. They are thought to be the earliest in the German language.

The five stories in this collection are the only known five translated into English and readily available. The translator was Grace Isabel Colbron (1869-1943).

A collection of her Joe Muller stories was published in Canada in 1910, credited to Colbron.

Introduction
1: The Case of the Golden Bullet
2: The Case of the Pocket Diary Found in the Snow
3: The Case of the Pool of Blood in the Pastor’s Study
4: The Case of the Registered Letter
5: The Case of the Lamp That Went Out (novelette)

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Grosser, E. A: E. A. Grosser Sampler. V1. 9 Oct 2012

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No biographical data found.

THE PSYCHOMORPH
THE BRAIN OF MANY BODIES
THE RADIANT AVENGER

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Grossmith, George & Weedon: The Diary of A Nobody (Illustrated), V. 1, 7/18/2011

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From Wikipedia:
[quot
The Diary of a Nobody, an English comic novel written by George Grossmith and his brother Weedon Grossmith with illustrations by Weedon, first appeared in the magazine Punch in 1888 – 89, and was first printed in book form in 1892. It is considered a classic work of humour and has never been out of print. [/quot

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Grunert, Karl: Die Maschine des Theodulos Energeios german v1 13 feb 2009

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Hinze, ein Freund des Ich-Erzählers, entdeckt ein altes, über hundert Jahre altes, griechisches Manuskript vom Gelehrten Theodulos Energeios bei einer Sichtung von wissenschaftlichen Hinterlassenschaften. In diesem Dokument wird eine Maschine beschrieben, eine Art „Perpetuum mobile“, die mit einem vermutetem radioaktiven Stoff, dem Dynamin, eine Universalmaschine ist und je nach Bedarf Wärme, Licht, Elektrizität oder chemische Arbeit liefert. Die beiden Freunde beschließen, die Maschine auszuprobieren. Allerdings ist Hinze beim Studium der Unterlagen des griechischem Gelehrten auf eine Warnung vor dem Betrieb der Maschine gestoßen...

Karl Grunert gehört zu den deutschen Pionieren auf dem Gebiet der Zukunftsliteratur. Er verfasste kurze Geschichten, in denen Ideen, Phantasien oder Überlegungen, meist technischer Natur, im Vordergrund stehen. Seine Zeit war vom positiven technischen Zukunftsglauben geprägt, jedoch ist die Geschichte vom Theodulos Energeios nicht von derartiger Überzeugung, sondern es steht das Risiko des unbedarften Umgangs mit unvollständig verstandenen Entdeckungen im Vordergrund. Ein Novum in dieser Zeit des Fortschrittsglaubens.

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Gull, C Ranger: The Soul Stealer (1906); v1; 15 Oct 2020

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The Thought Spectroscope was the wonder of the age; its creator Sir William Gouldesborough the greatest mind of the age.

But there was more to the Thought Spectroscope than the public could imagine, and that was Sir William's secret.

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Gurney, Lydia: Things Mother Used to Make, v.1, 28 Jan 2008.

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Lydia Maria Gurney : Things Mother Used To Make

‘A collection of old time recipes, some nearly one hundred years old and never published before.’ New York, 1914. (Found on PG.)

A cookery book, featuring traditional American recipes. The chapters are arranged in largely alphabetical order, and so are the recipes within each chapter. Some household hints and advice on frugality is also included.

NB The pint in this book is an American pint of 16 fluid ounces, not the British imperial pint of 20 fluid ounces. Similarly, an American quart is 32 fluid ounces.

I have tried some of the cakes and desserts with success, but cannot endorse the author’s recommendation that cabbage is to be boiled for one and a half hours.

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Guyon, Jeanne-Marie: Letters of Madam Guyon, v1, 4 October 2009.

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Jeanne-Marie Guyon
(Jeanne-Marie Bouvier de la Motte-Guyon) (1648–1717)
Letters of Madam [sic] Guyon
Being selections of her religious thoughts and experiences, translated and re-arranged from her private correspondence by P. L. Upham. (1858)

A selection of letters from the French mystic and Quietist, Madame Guyon. The source was Project Gutenberg.

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Guyon, Madame: The Way to God, v.1, 16 Jan 2008.

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More from this French mystic and quietist.

(Roy White and I have uploaded other works of hers.)

‘Concise View of the Way to God; And Of the State of Union’
By Madame Guyon
(Jeanne-Marie Bouvier de la Motte-Guyon)
(April 18, 1648 - June 9, 1717)

This English translation originally appeared in “Spiritual Progress or Instructions in the Divine Life of the Soul: from the French of Fénelon and Madame Guyon”; Printed in 1853; Edited by James W. Metcalf.

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Günderrode, Karoline von: Geschichte eines Braminen (German). v2. 20 May 2013

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Karoline von Günderrode (1780 - 1806) war eine deutsche Dichterin der Romantik, die in den 1970er Jahren von der Frauenbewegung wiederentdeckt wurde.

Die Kurzgeschichte "Geschichte eines Braminen" erschien erstmals 1805 unter dem Pseudonym "Tiann" im Buch "Herbsttage" der mit ihr befreundeten Schriftstellerin Sophie von La Roche.
Sie ähnelt thematisch ein wenig der über 100 Jahre später erschienenen Erzählung "Siddhartha" von Hermann Hesse.

[SIZE="1"]Für Freunde gebrochener Schriften (und Wörtern mit "th" und "ey") habe ich wieder eine einfache Frakturversion in Originalschreibweise erstellt.
Alle anderen können die Kurzgeschichte in moderner Schreibweise lesen. :)[/SIZ

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Habberton, John: All He Knew. v1. 20 Nov 2014

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John Habberton (1842–1921) was an American author. He spent nearly twenty years as the literary and drama critic for the New York Herald, but he is best known for his stories about early California life, many of which were collected in his 1880 book Romance of California Life: Illustrated by Pacific Slope Stories, Thrilling, Pathetic and Humorous (New York: Baker, Pratt & Co., 1880).

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The discharged prisoner consumed a great deal of time and distributed many furtive glances as he alighted, though he got off the train on the side opposite the little station. The train remained so long that when finally it started there was no one on the station platform but the agent, whose face was not familiar to the last passenger.

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Habberton, John: Caleb Wright. v1. 20 Nov 2014

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John Habberton (1842–1921) was an American author. He spent nearly twenty years as the literary and drama critic for the New York Herald, but he is best known for his stories about early California life, many of which were collected in his 1880 book Romance of California Life: Illustrated by Pacific Slope Stories, Thrilling, Pathetic and Humorous (New York: Baker, Pratt & Co., 1880).

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ALL people who have more taste than money are as one in the conviction that people with less money than taste suffer more keenly day by day, week by week, year by year, than any other class of human beings.
Of this kind of sufferer was Philip Somerton, a young man who had strayed from a far-western country town to New York to develop his individuality and make his fortune, but especially to enjoy the facilities which a great city offers (as every one knows, except the impecunious persons who have tried it) to all whose hearts hunger for whatever is beautiful, refining, and also enjoyable.

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Habberton, John: Helen's Babies. v1. 21 Nov 2014

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John Habberton (1842–1921) was an American author. He spent nearly twenty years as the literary and drama critic for the New York Herald, but he is best known for his stories about early California life, many of which were collected in his 1880 book Romance of California Life: Illustrated by Pacific Slope Stories, Thrilling, Pathetic and Humorous (New York: Baker, Pratt & Co., 1880).

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With some account of their ways, innocent, crafty, angelic, impish, witching and impulsive; also a partial record of their actions during ten days of their existence

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Habberton, John: Romance of California Life. 02 Sept 07

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Although he spent almost all of his adult life in New York City, Habberton's early years growing up in California provided the material -- through direct observation and hearing tall tales and other stories -- for this collection of short stories.

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Haggard, H Rider: Allan and the Ice Gods. V1. 6 Sep 2012

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Sir Henry Rider Haggard, KBE (22 June 1856 – 14 May 1925) was an English writer of adventure novels set in exotic locations, predominantly Africa, and a founder of the Lost World literary genre. He was also involved in agricultural reform around the British Empire. His stories, situated at the lighter end of Victorian literature, continue to be popular and influential.

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Had I the slightest qualification for the task, I, Allan Quatermain, would like to write an essay on Temptation.

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Haggard, H Rider: Child Of Storm. V1. 2 Sep 2012

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Sir Henry Rider Haggard, KBE (22 June 1856 – 14 May 1925) was an English writer of adventure novels set in exotic locations, predominantly Africa, and a founder of the Lost World literary genre. He was also involved in agricultural reform around the British Empire. His stories, situated at the lighter end of Victorian literature, continue to be popular and influential.

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Mr. Allan Quatermain's story of the wicked and fascinating Mameena, a kind of Zulu Helen, has, it should be stated, a broad foundation in historical fact. Leaving Mameena and her wiles on one side, the tale of the struggle between the Princes Cetewayo and Umbelazi for succession to the throne of Zululand is true.

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Haggard, H Rider: Finished. V1. 3 Sep 2012

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Sir Henry Rider Haggard, KBE (22 June 1856 – 14 May 1925) was an English writer of adventure novels set in exotic locations, predominantly Africa, and a founder of the Lost World literary genre. He was also involved in agricultural reform around the British Empire. His stories, situated at the lighter end of Victorian literature, continue to be popular and influential.

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You, my friend, into whose hand, if you live, I hope these scribblings of mine will pass one day, must well remember the 12th of April of the year 1877 at Pretoria. Sir Theophilus Shepstone, or Sompesu, for I prefer to call him by his native name, having investigated the affairs of the Transvaal for a couple of months or so, had made up his mind to annex that country to the British Crown. It so happened that I, Allan Quatermain, had been on a shooting and trading expedition at the back of the Lydenburg district where there was plenty of game to be killed in those times. Hearing that great events were toward I made up my mind, curiosity being one of my weaknesses, to come round by Pretoria, which after all was not very far out of my way, instead of striking straight back to Natal. As it chanced I reached the town about eleven o'clock on this very morning of the 12th of April and, trekking to the Church Square, proceeded to outspan there, as was usual in the Seventies. The place was full of people, English and Dutch together, and I noted that the former seemed very elated and were talking excitedly, while the latter for the most part appeared to be sullen and depressed.

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Haggard, H Rider: Heu-Heu, or the Monster. V1.7 Mar 2012

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Sir Henry Rider Haggard, KBE (22 June 1856 – 14 May 1925) was an English writer of adventure novels set in exotic locations, predominantly Africa, and a founder of the Lost World literary genre. He was also involved in agricultural reform around the British Empire. His stories, situated at the lighter end of Victorian literature, continue to be popular and influential.

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The author wishes to state that this tale was written in its present form some time before the discovery in Rhodesia of the fossilized and immeasurably ancient remains of the proto-human person who might well have been one of the Heuheua, the "Hairy Wood-Folk," of which it tells through the mouth of Allan Quatermain.

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Haggard, H Rider: Maiwa's Revenge. V1. 1 Sep 2012

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Sir Henry Rider Haggard, KBE (22 June 1856 – 14 May 1925) was an English writer of adventure novels set in exotic locations, predominantly Africa, and a founder of the Lost World literary genre. He was also involved in agricultural reform around the British Empire. His stories, situated at the lighter end of Victorian literature, continue to be popular and influential.

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About four o'clock, however, Gobo woke me up, and told me that the head man of one of Wambe's kraals had arrived to see me. I ordered him to be brought up, and presently he came, a little, wizened, talkative old man, with a waistcloth round his middle, and a greasy, frayed kaross made of the skins of rock rabbits over his shoulders.

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Haggard, H Rider: Marie. V1. 2 Sep 2012

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Sir Henry Rider Haggard, KBE (22 June 1856 – 14 May 1925) was an English writer of adventure novels set in exotic locations, predominantly Africa, and a founder of the Lost World literary genre. He was also involved in agricultural reform around the British Empire. His stories, situated at the lighter end of Victorian literature, continue to be popular and influential.

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Although in my old age I, Allan Quatermain, have taken to writing —after a fashion—never yet have I set down a single word of the tale of my first love and of the adventures that are grouped around her beautiful and tragic history. I suppose this is because it has always seemed to me too holy and far-off a matter—as holy and far-off as is that heaven which holds the splendid spirit of Marie Marais. But now, in my age, that which was far-off draws near again; and at night, in the depths between the stars, sometimes I seem to see the opening doors through which I must pass, and leaning earthwards across their threshold, with outstretched arms and dark and dewy eyes, a shadow long forgotten by all save me—the shadow of Marie Marais.

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Haggard, H Rider: She And Allan. V1. 6 Aug 2012

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Sir Henry Rider Haggard, KBE (22 June 1856 – 14 May 1925) was an English writer of adventure novels set in exotic locations, predominantly Africa, and a founder of the Lost World literary genre. He was also involved in agricultural reform around the British Empire. His stories, situated at the lighter end of Victorian literature, continue to be popular and influential.

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A long while ago I jotted down in it the history of the events that it details with more or less completeness. This I did for my own satisfaction. You will have noted how memory fails us as we advance in years; we recollect, with an almost painful exactitude, what we experienced and saw in our youth, but the happenings of our middle life slip away from us or become blurred, like a stretch of low-lying landscape overflowed by grey and nebulous mist. Far off the sun still seems to shine upon the plains and hills of adolescence and early manhood, as yet it shines about us in the fleeting hours of our age, that ground on which we stand to-day, but the valley between is filled with fog. Yes, even its prominences, which symbolise the more startling events of that past, often are lost in this confusing fog.

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Haggard, H Rider: The Allan Quatermain Short Stories. V1. 7 Sep 2012

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Sir Henry Rider Haggard, KBE (22 June 1856 – 14 May 1925) was an English writer of adventure novels set in exotic locations, predominantly Africa, and a founder of the Lost World literary genre. He was also involved in agricultural reform around the British Empire. His stories, situated at the lighter end of Victorian literature, continue to be popular and influential.

HUNTER QUATERMAIN'S STORY
A TALE OF THREE LIONS
LONG ODDS

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Haggard, H Rider: The Ancient Allan. V1. 5 Sep 2012

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Sir Henry Rider Haggard, KBE (22 June 1856 – 14 May 1925) was an English writer of adventure novels set in exotic locations, predominantly Africa, and a founder of the Lost World literary genre. He was also involved in agricultural reform around the British Empire. His stories, situated at the lighter end of Victorian literature, continue to be popular and influential.

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Now I, Allan Quatermain, come to the weirdest (with one or two exceptions perhaps) of all the experiences which it has amused me to employ my idle hours in recording here in a strange land, for after all England is strange to me. I grow elderly. I have, as I suppose, passed the period of enterprise and adventure and I should be well satisfied with the lot that Fate has given to my unworthy self.

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Haggard, H Rider: The Holy Flower. V1. 3 Sep 2012

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Sir Henry Rider Haggard, KBE (22 June 1856 – 14 May 1925) was an English writer of adventure novels set in exotic locations, predominantly Africa, and a founder of the Lost World literary genre. He was also involved in agricultural reform around the British Empire. His stories, situated at the lighter end of Victorian literature, continue to be popular and influential.

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I do not suppose that anyone who knows the name of Allan Quatermain would be likely to associate it with flowers, and especially with orchids. Yet as it happens it was once my lot to take part in an orchid hunt of so remarkable a character that I think its details should not be lost. At least I will set them down, and if in the after days anyone cares to publish them, well—he is at liberty to do so.

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Haggard, H Rider: The Ivory Child. V1. 5 Sep 2012

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Sir Henry Rider Haggard, KBE (22 June 1856 – 14 May 1925) was an English writer of adventure novels set in exotic locations, predominantly Africa, and a founder of the Lost World literary genre. He was also involved in agricultural reform around the British Empire. His stories, situated at the lighter end of Victorian literature, continue to be popular and influential.

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Now I, Allan Quatermain, come to the story of what was, perhaps, one of the strangest of all the adventures which have befallen me in the course of a life that so far can scarcely be called tame or humdrum.

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Haggard, H Rider: The Treasure of the Lake. V1. 6 Sep 2012

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There is a certain monastery in Natal where I have been made welcome from time to time, among whose brethren was a very learned monk, now "gone down", as the Zulus say, who, although our faiths were different, honoured me with his confidence upon many matters, and I think I may add with his friendship. Brother Ambrose, as he was called in religion—what his real name may have been I do not know—a Swede by birth, would have been an archaeologist, also an anthropologist pure and simple, had he not chanced to be a saint. As it was he managed to combine much knowledge of these sciences with his noted and singular holiness. For example, he was the greatest authority upon Bushmen's paintings that I have ever met, and knew more of the history, religions, customs, and habits of the inhabitants of Southern, Eastern, and South-central Africa—well, than I did myself. Thus it came about, our tastes being so similar on these and other subjects, that when we could not meet and talk, often we corresponded.

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Haggard, H Rider: Wisdom's Daughter. V1. 6 Mar 2012

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Sir Henry Rider Haggard, KBE (22 June 1856 – 14 May 1925) was an English writer of adventure novels set in exotic locations, predominantly Africa, and a founder of the Lost World literary genre. He was also involved in agricultural reform around the British Empire. His stories, situated at the lighter end of Victorian literature, continue to be popular and influential.

The Life and Love Story of She-Who-Must-Be-Obeyed

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Haggard, H. Rider: Haggard Anthology Vol 1. v10. 15th Aug 2010

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This is the first volume in a short series I plan to put together containing what are (IMHO) the best novels of the British Victorian adventure writer, Sir Henry Rider Haggard (who wrote under the name of "H. Rider Haggard"). With a couple of notable exceptions, his books are little read today, which is a great pity, because they are adventure stories on a par (again, IMHO) with the best "thriller" writers of today.

Many of his books are related, and should ideally be read in order. That order is, however, by no means obvious, so I hope to help people out by presenting his books in a suggested reading order in this series.

This volume contains four books, as follows:

1. King Solomon's Mines

This is the one book of Haggard's that everyone's heard of, and justifiably - it has been called one of the greatest adventure stories ever written. In it, hunter Allan Quatermain accompanies two Englishmen searching for lost diamond mines in Africa.

2. Allan Quatermain

The sequel to King Solomon's Mines. Allan, and the Zulu warrior, Umslopogaas, find a lost civilization in the heart of Africa.

3. Nada the Lily

A tie-in novel of sorts to Allan Quatermain, this is the story of the birth, childhood, and youth of Umslopogaas, who featured prominently in "Allan Quatermain". It is set against the background of the rise of the Zulu nation under their greatest (and cruelest) king, Chaka, and his nephew, Dingaan.

4. Allan's Wife

The story of Allan Quatermain's youth, and how he came to meet his wife, Stella.

More soon. Enjoy!

For those who have never read Haggard, I'd be very interested in hearing your opinion of his books.

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2. There were a number of instances of English currencies being prefixed with "L" instead of a "£" sign. Replaced with a "£" sign.

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Version 3 uploaded. Major reformatting and cleaning. Preservation of dashes; fixing of line breaks; proper formatting of verse and songs, etc.

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Version 4 uploaded. There were unlinked TOC entries in both "King Solomon's Mines" and "Allan Quatermain". Now fixed.

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MR user "Sparrow" has kindly reported a number of errors in "King Solomon's Mines". Corrected, and uploaded a new v8.

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Corrected some problems with the HTML which prevented a clean conversion to ePub format. Uploaded v9.

EDIT: 15 Aug 10.

A completely revision. I've painstakingly proof-read all four books against original page scans at Google books, and added all the missing formatting (accented letters, italics, the formatting of songs, etc.) as well as correcting a very large number of errors. For the latter three books in the volume, I've also added a total of 76 illustrations, which enormously enhance the book. The result of that, though, has been a drastic increase in the file size, but I think personally that the results are very well worthwhile. I now regard this book as "finished", so please tell me if you find even the smallest error in it. Uploaded v10.

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Haggard, H. Rider: Haggard Anthology Vol 10. v2. 11 Apr 2008

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Volume 10 of my H. Rider Haggard Anthology. This volume contains three novels:

"Dawn": Haggard's first novel. A gothic melodrama.

"Beatrice": I'm honestly not sure about this one. It appears to be a romance of some description.

"The World's Desire", co-written with Andrew Lang. A sequel to Homer's "Odyssey". A Heroic fantasy depicting Odysseus and Helen of Troy's further adventures in Egypt.

The volume also contains three short stories, all featuring Allan Quatermain:

"A Tale of Three Lions"
"Hunter Quatermain"
"Long Odds"

All are African hunting stories

Enjoy!

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Haggard, H. Rider: Haggard Anthology Vol 11. v2, 23 May 2008

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The 11th volume of my H. Rider Haggard Anthology contains the following four books:

Joan Haste: A romance (?).

Doctor Therne: A medical drama, based on the controversy about compulsory innoculation of children against smallpox.

Swallow: An African adventure fantasy, telling the story of the Great Trek of the Boers in South Africa.

Lysbeth: Historical romance, set in 16th century Holland.

Enjoy!

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Haggard, H. Rider: Haggard Anthology Vol 12. v2, 30 Sep 2008

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The 12th volume of my H. Rider Haggard Anthology, with the following books:

1. Pearl-Maiden: A fantasy adventure story set in Jerusalem at the time of its destruction by Rome in 70 AD.

2. Stella Fregelius: Supernatural love story, invention of a device that induces telepathy between sympathetic parties, and ultimately leads to communication with the dead. The characters emotional lives and turmoils parallel Rider's actual experiences, this being his most autobiographically inclined of all his novels, with many deeply personal passages.

3. The Brethren: A medieval supernatural romance of Saladin and the Crusades, one of Haggard's best stories, even though not as widely known or appreciated as his African fantasies

4. Fair Margaret (Illustrated!): A Swashbuckling romance of old Spain.

As always, enjoy!

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Haggard, H. Rider: Haggard Anthology Vol 13. v2, 1 Oct 2008

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This 13th volume of my H. Rider Haggard anthology contains the following books:

The Way of the Spirit

This is a painful, realistic love story, but with just enough "mystic" touches about undying, eternal love (i.e., love that survives the grave) to lend it a hint of supernatural interest. The plot was inspired during Rider's journey to Egypt.

The Ghost Kings

An African fantasy adventure with a lost race, occult powers, tree magic, and a divine maiden. Rudyard Kipling assisted with the plot.

The Yellow God

Fantasy adventure set in Africa and England. Magic mask and other weird fetish objects; lost race; reincarnation, plus a sort of vampirism by an immortal woman whose many husbands she has preserved as mummies.

The Lady of Blossholme

Historical novel set in 16th century England. Some fantasy content (witchcraft, etc).

Enjoy!

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Haggard, H. Rider: Haggard Anthology Vol 14. v2, 2 Oct 2008

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This 14th volume of my H. Rider Haggard anthology contains the following books:

Red Eve

An occult historical novel, in which the Black Plague is a personified presence with many magic powers. Originally serialized in [The Red Magazine[/ 1 December 1910 through 1 March 1911

The Mahatma and the Hare

Haggard had been an avid hunter until an encounter with the ghost of a beloved hound convinced him animals had souls and that their lives were as sacred as those of humanity. This wonderful fantasy novelette was the result of his conversion; he never hunted again.

The Wanderer's Necklace

Fantasy adventure; memories of former life in medieval Scandinavia.

Love Eternal

Love story with spiritualism, reincarnation and occult powers.

Enjoy!

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Haggard, H. Rider: Haggard Anthology Vol 15. v2, 2 Oct 2008

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This 15th volume of my H. Rider Haggard anthology contains the following books:

Moon of Israel

Biblical fantasy originally serialized in [The Cornhill Magazine[/ January through October 1918.

Smith and the Pharaohs and Other Tales

Collection of 6 short stories (or two novellas and four short stories, to be more accurate). Includes the Allan Quatermain story "Magepa the Buck".

The Virgin of the Sun

Serialized in [Hutchinson's Story Magazine[/ July 1919 through March 1920. This South American fantasy adventure is set in 14th Century Peru, when a shipwrecked sailor became the legendary white god of the Aztecs.

The Queen of the Dawn

Love story set in ancient Egypt and Babylon.

Enjoy!

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Haggard, H. Rider: Haggard Anthology Vol 16. v2, 3 Oct 2008

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HarryT

The 16th - and final - volume of my edition of the collected works of H. Rider Haggard. This volume contains Haggard's final two novels, plus an older non-fiction travel diary.

The books in this volume are:

Mary of Marion Isle

Shipwreck and adventure. Published posthumously following Haggard's death.

Belshezzar

Haggard's last novel, finished in 1924, published posthumously. A fantasy of ancient Babylon.

A Winter Pilgrimage

A travel diary of a 1901 journey Haggard made to Italy, Cyprus, and the Holy Land. A fascinating snapshot of the hazzards of travel at the turn of the 20th century.

That completes my publication of Haggard's works. We now have the complete works, with the exception of Haggard's autobiography (which I'll do as a separate book) and a number of minor and exceedingly uninteresting non-fiction works on such subjects as gardening and the Salvation Army.

Hope that people find these 16 volumes of Haggard's works enjoyable. He is a writer who is largely forgotten today but (IMHO) deserves greater exposure.

Enjoy!

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Haggard, H. Rider: Haggard Anthology Vol 2. v7. 7th Sep 2010

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HarryT

This second volume of my H. Rider Haggard anthology contains Haggard's other well known work (the other being "King Solomon's Mines"); namely "She", and its three sequels. All are a mixture of adventure story and supernatural fantasy (as are many of Haggard's other books).

The books in this volume are:

1. She

One of the greatest works of fantasy adventure ever written, this book tells the story of the quest to find the mysterious and tormented immortal African queen, "She Who Must Be Obeyed".

Note that one of the chapters of this book contains a number of illustrations of fragments of ancient Greek text. I've done the best I can to reproduce these graphically, but they don't come out wonderfully on the Reader. They don't affect the story line at all. Sorry for any problems with this, for those lovers of ancient Greek!

2. Ayesha

The sequel to "She" - continuing the story told in the original book.

3. She and Allan

A prequel to "She", telling the story of Allan Quatermain's encounter with "She".

4. Wisdom's Daughter

The early life and loves of "She", telling the story of how Ayesha became transformed into the immortal "She".

In case you were wondering, these books are indeed the original source of the expression "She Who Must Be Obeyed" :grin:.

More to come! Enjoy.

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I've finally been able to locate the correct Greek Unicode font to accurately transcribe (as graphics) the Greek textual fragments in "She". A minor point, but it's been bugging me ever since I first created this book! Uploaded v5.

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Cleaned up the HTML to remove problems that were preventing a clean conversion to ePub format. Replaced the cover image. Uploaded v6.

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Completely proof-read the first three books in the anthology against page scans, and fixed numerous errors, added missing accents, formatting, etc. I was unable to locate a page scan of "Wisdom's Daughter" - if anyone knows of one, or has a printed copy that they could lend me for a few weeks, I'd be very grateful. In the mean time, I've proof-read "Wisdom's Daughter" in isolation, and found and fixed a number of obvious errors. I've also replaced all the illustrations in "She" with new ones, and added several new ones, added 32 new illustrations to "Ayesha", and a frontispiece to "She and Allan". Uploaded v7.

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Haggard, H. Rider: Haggard Anthology Vol 3. v7. 5th Oct 2010

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The 3rd volume of my H. Rider Haggard Anthology contains a trilogy of books which tell the story of the revenge of the wizard Zikali against the Zulu royal family, and the ultimate fall of the Zulu nation. A mixture of African adventure and fantasy, and a great read. The three books are:

1. Marie
2. Child of Storm
3. Finished

These books follow on (loosely) from the story of "Nada the Lily", contained in Vol 1 of the Anthology.

Enjoy!

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Corrected HTML errors. Tidied up the formatting. Replaced the cover image. Uploaded v6.

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Thoroughly proof-read all three books in the volume against Google page scans. A number of errors corrected, and a great deal of missing formatting (eg. italics, accented letters, etc) added. I've also added a number of illustrations which do, I think, greatly enhance the book. I would now regard this as a "completed" eBook, so if you find even the smallest remaining error, please do let me know. Uploaded v7.

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Haggard, H. Rider: Haggard Anthology Vol 4. v5. 16th July 2011

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This 4th volume of my H. Rider Haggard Anthology contains 4 novels featuring Allan Quatermain, which form a "mini series". Haggard's usual mixture of adventure and fantasy. The books are as follows:

1. Allan and the Holy Flower

Allan Quatermain seeks out a fabulous gigantic orchid presided over by a White Goddess guarded by a monstrous ape.

2. The Ivory Child

Sequel to "Allan and the Holy Flower". Allan returns to Africa to aid a tribe at war with an enemy aided by a giant elephant which no man (except Allan, of course!) can kill.

3. The Ancient Allan

Sequel to "The Ivory Child". With the aid of a hallucenogenic drug, Allan re-lives a past life in ancient Egypt.

4. Allan and the Ice-Gods

Sequel to "The Ancient Allan". Allan re-lives another past life, this time as a prehistoric cave man in the era when the Ice Age was beginning. This was Haggard's last-published tale about Allan Quatermain. Rudyard Kipling had a small part in developing the plot.

Well - that's really it for the "series" books! There are three remaining Allan Quatermain novels which don't fit into any series; I'll do those in Vol 5, and then release the other many and varied non-Allan novels in subsequent volumes.

As always, enjoy!

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Thoroughly proof-read all the books in the volume: the first three against page scans from the Internet Archive; the last without any external reference, since I was unable to find a printed version. Corrected numerous errors as a result of this. I've also added some illustrations from the scanned versions: 12 to "Allan and the Holy Flower", 5 to "The Ivory Child", and one (a frontispiece) to "The Ancient Allan". Uploaded v5.

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Haggard, H. Rider: Haggard Anthology Vol 5. v5. 15th Aug 2011

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HarryT

Volume 5 of my H. Rider Haggard Anthology contains the remaining three "Allan Quatermain" novels not previously included, together with three short stories. These should ideally be read after the "series" of books included in previous volumes, but do not fit into these series in any particular place. These books are:

1. Maiwa's Revenge

Adventure fantasy. Maiwa is a woman on the road to revenge, and it's a doozy when she gets it!

2. Heu-Heu

African fantasy adventure, set before "King Solomon's Mines". More of Allan's fantastic adventures, and a lost race. Heu-Heu is a gorilla-monster who receives human sacrifices, the original of Robert E. Howard's similar creations.

3. The Treasure of the Lake

Allan returns in a very good fantasy adventure making use of themes of dream-magic, occult powers of varied sorts, treasure, and reincarnation. An excellent read!

This volume also includes three Allan Quatermain short stories: "Hunter Quatermain's Story", "A Tale of Three Lions", and "Long Odds", all of which describe hunting adventures.

That's all the "Allan Quatermain" stories now. I hope you enjoy them - Allan Quatermain is one of my very favourite fictional characters, and sadly forgotten today. In subsequent volumes of this anthology I'll start on some of Haggard's other works, many of which are terrific reads.

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Haggard, H. Rider: Haggard Anthology Vol 6. v4. 7th Mar 2010

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HarryT

H. Rider Haggard more or less single-handedly invented the genre of the "Lost Civilisation" fantasy novel, and this 6th volume of my anthology contains four very different examples of such novels - including a book which is my favourite Haggard novel and which would very definitely appear on my "top 10 books" list.

The books are:

1. The People of the Mist

A lost African civilisation and a monstrous crocodile god.

2. Heart of the World

A golden Mayan city under a lake and - you've guessed it - a lost civilisation.

3. Queen Sheba's Ring

Yet another lost civilisation in Africa, this time descended from ancient Abyssinian Jews.

4. When the World Shook

This is my favourite Haggard book - a wonderful fantasy which has it all. In this one, suspended animation brings into the present day a super-ancient Atlantean civilization. Spirit travel, reincarnation, occult powers, teleportation, subterranean city, elixir of life, etc etc.

Enjoy!

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Corrected HTML errors. Minor formatting improvements. Replaced the cover image. Uploaded v4.

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Haggard, H. Rider: Haggard Anthology Vol 7. v2, 31 Mar 2008

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HarryT

Volume 7 of my H. Rider Haggard Anthology contains four African stories, as follows:

1. Benita - An African Romance

A thoroughly enjoyable fantasy adventure with ghosts, possession, lost races, lost treasure, mesmerism -- among the best of his lesser-known fantasy adventures.

2. Black Heart and White Heart - A Zulu Idyll

A modern day (for Haggard, that is!) love story novella.

3. Elissa - The Doom of Zimbabwe

A historical romance, set in ancient Zimbabwe, which Haggard imagines (somewhat dubiously, it has to be said!) to have been an ancient Phoenician city. A good read.

4. The Wizard

The story of an English missionary's attempts to convert an African tribe who are under the sway of a powerful wizard. An excellent story.

Enjoy!

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Haggard, H. Rider: Haggard Anthology Vol 8. v2, 2 Apr 2008

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HarryT

Volume 8 of my H. Rider Haggard Anthology contains four books which illustrate another of Haggard's "specialities" - historical novels. The books are:

1. Cleopatra

The story of the love affair and downfall of Cleopatra and Mark Antony.

2. Eric Brighteyes

A Nordic heroic fantasy based on the old Icelandic sagas.

3. Montezuma's Daughter

The story of the collapse of the Aztec empire.

Morning Star

Supernatural romance set in ancient egypt.

Enjoy!

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Haggard, H. Rider: Haggard Anthology Vol 9. v2, 4 Apr 2008

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HarryT

The 9th volume in my H. Rider Haggard Anthology, containing the following books:

1. The Witch's Head

A supernatural tale of the evil influence of a witch-doctor's severed head. Spooky stuff!

2. Jess

An African tale of adventure and romance.

3. Mr. Meeson's Will

A crime/adventure story.

Colonel Quaritch, V.C.

A story of the "goings-on" in a quiet English country village.

Enjoy!

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Haggard, H. Rider: The Days of My Life. v3, 3 Oct 2008

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HarryT

The autobiography of Sir Henry Rider Haggard, author of "King Solomon's Mines", "She", and so many other notable books. An absolutely fascinating read.

The posting of this book concludes my posting of the (pretty much) complete works of Haggard. Hope that other people enjoy his books as much as I do.

Enjoy!

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Haggard, Henry Rider: Kong Salomons miner (Illustr) [Norwegian].v1. 15 May 2014

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SBT

Elefantjegeren Allan Quatermain blir med Henry Curtis for å søke etter hans bror, som forsvant da han dro ut for å finne de legendariske kong Salomo's gruver inne i det sørlige Afrikas villmark. Ekspedisjonen byr på mer fare og fantastiske opplevelser enn selv det den hardbarkede gamle jegeren hadde kunnet forestille seg.

En klassiker blant guttebøker. Første gang utgitt i 1885 er den blitt trykket i stadig nye opplag og er blitt filmatisert en rekke ganger. Denne eboken baserer seg på en noe forkortet utgave fra 1901. Oversettelsen har sin sjarme; oversetteren T. Vetlesen har anstrengt seg for å benytte så norske ord som mulig, noe som gir boken et lett saga-aktig preg.
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creator:author - Henry Rider Haggard (1856-1925)
contributor:translator - Thomas Vetlesen (1856-1933)
contributor:illustrator - Carl H.F. Schmidt (Unknown)[/SIZ

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Haggerty, Harry J: The Blue Lantern Murder (1933); v1; 14 Mar 2021

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Pulpmeister

Short novel in the Prohibition era, revolving around the notorious roadhouse/speakeasy The Blue Lantern, and the sudden deaths of several people.

The author was Henry John Hagerty, (1882-1950) a Masachussets doctor. The spelling of his name in the Dime Mystery Book Magazine of September 1933 with two 'g's was probably just a mis-print rather than a pseudonym. He also wrote the novelette "Murder at Holcombe Manor." Otherwise little is known of him.

The cover uses portion of the original magazine cover as a base.

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Hale, Edward Everett: How to Do It. 18 Sept 07

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RWood

Long before Nike coined the ad slogan "Just do it" There was Edward Everett Hale's [How to Do It.[/ Another entry in our on-going self-help series. All posted with your mind in mind.

A Victorian era view of how to conduct yourself, how to read and write, what to read ("you cannot read everything"), and even habits to develop for church.

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Halévy, Ludovic: Parisian Points of View, v.1, 19 July 2008.

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Patricia

Translated by Edith V.B. Matthews. With Introduction by Brander Matthews (1894).

Ludovic Halévy (1834-1908) wrote the libretto for Offenbach’s ‘Orpheus in the Underworld’ (the one with the can-can). This is a collection of Parisian sketches, which are good-humoured and yet ironic, and which may appeal to those who like Maupassant’s short stories.

Contents:
Introduction
Only a Waltz
The Dancing-Master
The Circus Charger
Blacky
The Most Beautiful Woman in Paris
The Story of a Ball-Dress
The Insurgent
The Chinese Ambassador
In The Express

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Haliburton, Thomas Chandler: The Attaché; or, Sam Slick in England. V1. 23 May 2009

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crutledge

Thomas Chandler Haliburton (December 17, 1796 – August 27, 1865) was one of the first major Canadian authors.
Haliburton was born in Windsor, Nova Scotia, the son of William Hersey Otis Haliburton and Lucy Chandler Grant. He attended University of King's College in Windsor and became a lawyer, opening a practice in Annapolis Royal. While in England, he met Louisa Neville, whom he married in 1816 and brought back to Nova Scotia. Louisa died in 1840.
Haliburton became noted local business man and a judge, but his great fame came from his writing. He wrote a diverse number of books on history, politics, and farm improvement. He rose to world wide fame with his Clockmaker serial that first appeared in the Novascotian and was later published in book form throughout the British Empire. The books recounted the humorous adventures of the character Sam Slick and became extremely popular light reading.

Excerpt
We left New York in the afternoon of —* day of May, 184-, and embarked on board of the good Packet ship “Tyler” for England. Our party consisted of the Reverend Mr. Hopewell, Samuel Slick, Esq., myself, and Jube Japan, a black servant of the Attache.

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Hall, Austin & Flint, Homer Eon: The Blind Spot:. v1, 22 Feb 2008

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Madam Broshkina

From fantasticfiction.co.uk:

[The Blind Spot[/ is surely the great classic novel of parallel worlds. It is one of the most enthralling science-fiction books ever written. At once a fantasy adventure, an exceptional mystery, it is a new concept that touches the very framework of reality. What was 'The Blind Spot?' A room in San Francisco where strange things happened -- or a doorway into another cosmos, a different world, or perhaps the key to the past or future? The fantastic events that follow from its deceptively simple opening are the sort of stuff from which Charles Fort wove his world-shaking books and A. Merritt wrought fabulous novels. The Blind Spot is an experience in science-fiction imagination not to be missed by anyone.

[The Blind Spot[/ was followed in 1932 by [The Spot of Life
[/.

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Hall, Charles W.: Adrift in the Ice-Fields. v1, 10 Jan 2008

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Madam Broshkina

From the PREFACE:

To open to the youth of America a knowledge of some of the winter sports of our neighbors of the maritime provinces, with their attendant pleasures, perils, successes, and reverses, the following tale has been written.

It does not claim to teach any great moral lesson, or even to be a guide to the young sportsman; but the habits of all birds and animals treated of here have been carefully studied, and, with the mode of their capture, have been truthfully described.

It attempts to chronicle the adventures and misadventures of a party of English gentlemen, during the early spring, while shooting sea-fowl on the sea-ice by day, together with the stories with which they whiled away the long evenings, each of which is intended to illustrate some peculiar dialect or curious feature of the social life of our colonial neighbors.

Later in the season the breaking up of the ice carries four hunters into involuntary wandering, amid the vast ice-pack which in winter fills the great Gulf of St. Lawrence. Their perils, the shifts to which they are driven to procure shelter, food, fire, medicine, and other necessaries, together with their devious drift and final rescue by a sealer, are used to give interest to what is believed to be a reliable description of the ice-fields of the Gulf, the habits of the seal, and life on board of a sealing steamer.[Pg 4]

It would seem that the world had been ransacked to provide stories of adventure for the boys of America; but within the region between the Straits of Canso and the shores of Hudson's Bay there still lie hundreds of leagues of land never trodden by the white man's foot; and the folk-lore and idiosyncrasies of the population of the Lower Provinces are almost as unknown to us, their near neighbors.

The descendants of emigrants from Bretagne, Picardy, Normandy, and Poitou, still retaining much of their ancient patois, costume, habits, and superstitions; the hardy Gael, still ignorant of any but the language of Ossian and his burr-tongued Lowland neighbors; the people of each of Ireland's many counties, clinging still to feud, fun, and their ancient Erse tongue, together with representatives from every English shire, and the remnants of Indian tribes and Esquimaux hordes,-offer an opportunity for study of the differences of race, full of picturesque interest, and scarcely to be met with elsewhere.

The century which has with us almost realized the apostolic announcement, "Old things are passed away; behold, all things have become new," with them has witnessed little more than the birth, existence, and death of so many generations, and the old feuds and prejudices of race and religion, little softened by the lapse of time, still remain with their appropriate developments, in the social life of the scattered peoples of these northern shores.

Regretting that the will to depict those life-pictures has not been better seconded by more skill in word-painting, the author lays down his pen, hoping that the pencil of the artist will atone, in some degree, for his own "many short-comings."

With illustrations to begin most chapters.

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Hall, Radclyffe: The Unlit Lamp v1 30 June 2019

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AlexBell

This novel was the first written by Radclyffe Hall, but it is so tragic that her second novel[ The Forge[/, a social comedy, was published first. [The Unlit Lamp[/ is the biography of the daughter of a cruel father and a very dependent mother who prevent their daughter's escape from a stultifying country town.

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Hall, Radclyffe: The Unlit Lamp, v.1, 8 Dec 2007.

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Patricia

The novel was first published in 1924 and was actually Hall’s first, though was not published until after ‘The Well of Loneliness’ (--already uploaded).

Set in the early 20th century, it is the story of Elizabeth Ogden, a bright and independent girl, who wishes to go to university and train as a doctor. However, she will have to overcome her parents’ objections. Her father is a blustering, retired military man and her mother is a neurotic, self-centred and manipulative snob. She repeatedly uses emotional blackmail to appeal to the girl’s sense of duty. Elizabeth eventually succumbs to the path of least resistance, and is finally abandoned by her supportive friends after numerous attempts to dissuade her from a misplaced sense of loyalty to her mother.

Yes, it is a bit earnest, if not actually grim. But those with emotionally demanding parents may well find it cathartic. (Anyway, I did.)

The text recently appeared on PG Australia. I have corrected a few typos against my paper copy (now destined for the charity shop) as well as adding a ToC, curly quotes and photograph of the author.

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Hall, Radclyffe: The Well of Loneliness, v.1, 31.Oct 2007.

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Patricia

Radcliffe Hall, The Well of Loneliness.
(1928)

A lesbian novel. Rather earnest.

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Hall, Radclyffe: The Well of Loneliness. v1 17 June 2019

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AlexBell

Marguerite Radclyffe-Hall, (1880-1943) was an English poet and author who wrote most of her works as Radclyffe Hall. She is best known for this novel, which was first published in 1928 with a foreword by Havelock Ellis. It was a groundbreaking work in lesbian literature, was banned in the United Kingdom soon after it appeared, and was not published there again until several years after her death.

Some parts of the novel seem semi-autobiographical, and some parts seem similar to a case study by Richard von Krafft-Ebing. Homosexuality is described as being a a natural, God-given state, though homosexuals are condemned and made to suffer by society. The author makes an explicit plea for the right to her existence.

The text was taken from the University of Adelaide ebook library, though many corrections were made after checking against the Penguin Modern Classics version.

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Halsey, Harlan Page (aka Old Sleuth): A Desperate Chance v1 1 dec 2008

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mtravellerh

Another One by Old Sleuth here:
A DESPERATE CHANCE
OR
THE WIZARD TRAMP'S REVELATION

A Treasure hunt, full of action and suspense:

[QUOTThe two men assisted Desmond to their shoulders.

He took the lantern and shoved his head through the opening, and then flashed the light around, and with a joyful shout exclaimed: "We've got it!"

"This beats me dead," said Creedon.

Both men were greatly excited, for it did appear that they had made a great find of hidden treasure. Meantime, Desmond managed to force himself up and disappeared in the cave. He glanced around and beheld a sight that filled him with varying emotions. The chamber was not more than four feet square, but on the floor in one corner was a shining heap. It shone under the ray of his lantern as he flashed the light upon it. He took a handful of the shining stuff and passed it down to Creedon, handing him the lantern at the same time, and he said: "You are a good judge; tell me what that is?"

"It's gold dust," cried Creedon; "how much is there of it?"

"Oh, barrels full, I should say."

"Great ginger! lad, you've struck it."[/QUOT
Source PG, treated by MTH, cover by MTH

Have fun!

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Halsey, Harlan Page (aka Old Sleuth): Cad Metti v1 24 nov 2008

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mtravellerh

This is the archetypal pulp fiction mystery text.

Full title:

CAD METTI,
The Female Detective Strategist;
OR,
DUDIE DUNNE AGAIN IN THE FIELD.
BY OLD SLEUTH
Author of all the Famous "Old Sleuth" Stories.

There you have it

Tag line:[TWO SKILLFUL YOUNG DETECTIVES OVERMATCH A BRACE OF VILLAINS AND PROVE WHAT NERVE AND COURAGE CAN DO.[/

And an ad for a book, that "Tells how to make the Eggs of Pharo's Serpents, from which, when lighted, though but the size of a pea, there issues from it a coiling, hissing serpent, wonderful in length and similarity to a genuine serpent."

I couldn't cut that out!

Got it from PG and gave it the MTH treatment. (Cover by MTH)

Have fun!

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Halsey, Harlan Page (aka Old Sleuth): The Dock Rats Of New York v1 25 nov 2008

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mtravellerh

Another one of Old Sleuth's pulp mysteries:
THE "DOCK RATS" OF NEW YORK OR THE SMUGGLER BAND'S LAST STAND BY "OLD SLEUTH"
[QUOT"Hold, Stranger!"

The words fell from beautiful lips under the most exciting circumstances.

A boat rocked upon the calm water that murmured along the shore, when a young man came down from the upper bank of white drift sand, and seized the tiller rope. He had the rope in his hand, his arm was upraised to draw the boat to his feet, when he was startled by hearing the words with which we open our narrative.

The young man turned toward the speaker, and encountered a sight that caused his handsome eyes to bulge with amazement.

It was a clear, cloudless night, and a half moon shed its diminished radiance on surrounding objects, and revealed to the astonished gaze of the young man the weird-appearing figure of a young girl.

One glance was sufficient to announce the fact that the girl was beautiful, but alas! in what questionable shape did she appear? She was attired in a loose gown tightened about the waist with a leathern belt, her feet were bare, and her long hair hung unkempt upon her shoulders.

As our old-time readers know, we are not heavy on the beauty-describing business, and we will merely declare that the girl was indeed a lovely creature, clad in rags; but she was beautiful, and Spencer Vance, the young man, discerned the fact at a glance, and his amazement was the greater because of the thrilling conditions under which re beheld so great loveliness.

The young man made no immediate answer to the girl's abrupt salutation, but merely stood and gazed at her without any attempt to conceal his utter astonishment.[/QUOT
The good guy (detective) chases the bad guys (smugglers) and, at the end, gets the girl. Nice, smooth reading.

Got this from PG, gave it the MTH treatment and added a cover (from manybooks)

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Halsey, Rena I: Blue Robin. v1. 31 Mar 2015

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Halsey, Rena I., 1860-1932

Excerpt
Nathalie came running up the steps of the veranda her brown eyes alight with excitement as she cried, “Oh, Mother, what do you think? Down in the old cedar-tree on the lawn is a nest of tiny blue robins—they’re just the cutest things—do come and see them!”

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Halsey, Rena I: The Liberty Girl. v1. 31 Mar 2015

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Halsey, Rena I., 1860-1932

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“Do? Why, I am a military chauffeur,” returned Grace patronizingly, “and in the business of war-relief work for the Government. At present I’m to act as chauffeur to one of our four lieutenants, Miss Gladys Merrill. Oh, she’s a dear! I have to drive her all over the city when she is engaged on some Government errand. You should see me studying the police maps, and then you would know what I do. Sometimes we are called to transport some of the army officers from the railroad station to the ferry, or to headquarters. Then we do errands for the Red Cross, too.

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Hamann, Johann Georg: Sokratische Denkwürdigkeiten [German] V2.0 09 Mar 2015

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Johann Georg Hamann (* 27. August 1730 in Königsberg; † 21. Juni 1788 in Münster) war ein deutscher Philosoph und Schriftsteller. Er wurde durch ein christliches Erweckungserlebnis entscheidend geprägt. Hamann ging vom sokratischen Nichtwissen aus und deutete dies als ein Plädoyer für den Glauben. Eine höhere Einheit könne nicht durch den trennenden Verstand erfasst werden. Er kritisierte die Aufklärung und betonte, dass es Vernunft vor Sprache und Geschichte nicht geben könne. Nach Hamann beruht die Fähigkeit zu denken auf Sprache. Er gilt als ein Wegbereiter des Sturm und Drang. Goethe nannte ihn einen der hellsten Köpfe seiner Zeit.

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Hamerton, Philip Gilbert: The Intellectual Life, v.1, 18 May 2009.

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Philip Gilbert Hamerton (1834-1894)
The Intellectual Life (1873)

A book on how to cultivate one’s intellectual potential; written as a series of letters.

The source was a scanned PDF from The Internet Archive. Polyglot27 kindly did virtually all the editing and proofreading. I have formatted his text, and transliterated a short Greek quotation.

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Hamilton, Jay, & Madison: The Federalist Papers. 07 Oct 07

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[The Federalist Papers[/ were written in 1787 and 1788 by Alexander Hamilton, John Jay, and James Madison in support of the proposed US Constitution. They were effective in their day in building support for the Constitution and a major reference today for insights as to what our founders intended the document to mean. (Parts of the papers were included in the [Harvard Classics[/, Volume 43.)

The original publication of the papers were without attribution and research (along with analysis of the writing) has fixed many of them to their original author. Some are still in dispute among the three.

Who are they? Alexander Hamilton after being an aide to George Washington in the war was a proponent for a strong central banking system (like the one the US has today) and was the first Secretary of the Treasury. He was killed in a duel with Aaron Burr. John Jay was the first Chief Justice of the Supreme Court. James Madison (husband of Dolly Madison) was US President in the War of 1812.

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Hammerton, J.A. & Mee, A., Ed: The World's Greatest Books-Vol1-Fiction. V2. 29-7-2009

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The Table of Contents is simplified and minor errors corrected.

Sir John Alexander Hammerton (born 27 February 1871 in Alexandria, Scotland; died 12 May 1949 in London) is described by the Dictionary of National Biography as 'the most successful creator of large-scale works of reference that Britain has known'.
Arthur Butler Phillips Mee (born Aberdeen, October 21, 1860-died Llanishen, January 15, 1926) was a Scottish-born newspaper journalist, editor and notable amateur astronomer.

An early version of Readers Digest
ABOUT, EDMOND: King of the Mountains
AINSWORTH, HARRISON: Tower of London
ANDERSEN, HANS: Improvisatore
APULEIUS: The Golden Ass
ARABIAN NIGHTS
AUCASSIN AND NICOLETTE
AUERBACH, BERTHOLD: On the Height
AUSTEN, JANE:: Sense and Sensibility; Pride and Prejudice; Northanger Abbey; Mansfield Park; Emma; Persuasion
BALZAC, HONORE DE: Eugenie Grandet; Old Goriot; Magic Skin; Quest of the Absolute
BECKFORD, WILLIAM: History of the Caliph Vathek
BEHN, APHRA: Oroonoko
BERGERAC, CYRANO DE: Voyage to the Moon
BJOERNSON, BJOERNSTJERNE: Arne; In God's Way
BLACK, WILLIAM: Daughter of Heth
BLACKMORE, R.D: Lorna Doone
BOCCACCIO: Decameron

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Hammerton, J.A. & Mee, A., Ed: The World's Greatest Books-Vol2-Fiction. V1. 29-7-2009

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Sir John Alexander Hammerton (born 27 February 1871 in Alexandria, Scotland; died 12 May 1949 in London) is described by the Dictionary of National Biography as 'the most successful creator of large-scale works of reference that Britain has known'.
Arthur Butler Phillips Mee (born Aberdeen, October 21, 1860-died Llanishen, January 15, 1926) was a Scottish-born newspaper journalist, editor and notable amateur astronomer.

Another early Readers Digest.
Borrow, George: Lavengro , Romany Rye
Braddon, M.E.: Lady Audley’s Secret
Bradley, Edward ("COTHBERT Bede”): Adventures of Mr. Verdant Green
Bronte, Charlotte: Jane Eyre, Shirley, Villette
Bronte, Emily: Wuthering Heights
Buchanan, Robert: Shadow of the Sword
Bunyan, John: Holy War, Pilgrim’s Progress
Burney, Fanny: Evelina
Carleton, William: The Black Prophet
Carroll, Lewis: Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland
Cervantes: Don Quixote
Chamisso, Adalbert von: Peter Schlemihl, the Shadowless Man
Chateaubriand, Francois René de: Atala
Cherbuliez, Charles victor: Samuel Brohl & Co.
Collins, Wilkie: No Name, The Woman in White
Conway, Hugh: Called Back
Cooper, Fenimore: Last of the Mohicans, The Spy
Craik, Mrs.: John Halifax, Gentleman
Croly, George: Salathiel, or Tarry Thou Till I Come
Dana, Richard Henry: Two Years before the Mast

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Hamsun, Knut: Growth of the Soil. V1. 16 June 2012

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Growth of the Soil
by Knut Hamsun (1917)

Knut Hamsun (August 4, 1859 – February 19, 1952) was a Norwegian author, who was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1920. He was praised by King Haakon VII of Norway as Norway's soul.

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[Growth of the Soil[/ describes the spirituality of simple, hardworking people being encroached by the secularity of consumerism and the desire for more money than is actually needed to sustain individuals. Conversely, the novel also conveys a sense of belonging and social cohesion. It is a history of man in microcosm, the story of patient strength and simplicity - the hard but loving alliance between man and Nature. Modern man, by contrast, faces Nature only by proxy, through others, so the intimacy is lost. The novel is set in Norway.

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Hamsun, Knut: Hunger. v1. 6 Nov 2007.

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from Wikipedia:

Hamsun first received wide acclaim with his 1890 novel Hunger (Sult). The semi-autobiographical work described a young and egocentric writer's descent into near madness as a result of hunger and poverty in the Norwegian capital of Kristiania. To many, the novel presaged the writings of Franz Kafka and other twentieth-century novelists with its internal monologue and bizarre logic.

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Hancock, H. Irving: Annapolis Omnibus. v5. 3rd Aug 2011

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An omnibus edition of the juvenile series "Dave Darrin at Annapolis" (originally published 1910-1911), following the adventures of Dave Darrin and Dan Dalzell during their four years at the US Naval Academy at Annapolis. This four-book series directly follows on from the "High School Boys" and "High School Boys Vacation" series posted previously, and is a "parallel" series to the "Dick Prescott at West Point" and "Young Engineers" omnibuses. Please refer to the description of the "High School Boys" series for more information about the series and the author.

The books in the omnibus are:

Book 1: "Dave Darrin's First Year at Annapolis" or "Two Plebe Midshipmen at the United States Naval Academy"

Book 2: "Dave Darrin's Second Year at Annapolis" or "Two Midshipmen as Naval Academy 'Youngsters'"

Book 3: "Dave Darrin's Third Year at Annapolis" or "Leaders of the Second Class Midshipmen"

Book 4: "Dave Darrin's Fourth Year at Annapolis" or "Headed for Graduation and the Big Cruise"

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Hancock, H. Irving: Dave Darrin Omnibus. v1, 25 Feb 2008

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Sequel to the "Dave Darrin at Annapolis" series, this is an omnibus edition of H. Irving Hancock's "Dave Darrin" juvenile series, narrating the adventures of Dave Darrin as a young naval officer in the U.S. Navy before and during the First World War. There are six books in the series:

1. Dave Darrin at Vera Cruz
2. Dave Darrin on Mediterranean Service
3. [Dave Darrin's South American Cruise[/ *
4. [Dave Darrin on the Asiatic Station[/ *
5. [Dave Darrin and the German Submarines[/ *
6. Dave Darrin Against the Mine Layers

* These books are not currently available and will added to the omnibus as and when they become available.

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Hancock, H. Irving: Grammar School Boys Omnibus (Illustrated). v3. 4th Aug 2011

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An omnibus edition of the juvenile "Grammar School Boys" series (currently missing one book). This is the earliest series to feature "Dick & Co.", whose subsequent adventures are narrated in the "High School Boys Omnibus", "High School Boys Summer Vacation Omnibus", "West Point Omnibus", "Annapolis Omnibus" and "Young Engineers Omnibus", all of which are available for download here.

The books in this omnibus are:

- The Grammar School Boys of Gridley

- The Grammar School Boys Snowbound

- [The Grammar School Boys in the Woods[/

- The Grammar School Boys in Summer Athletics

The third book in the series is not currently available as an e-Book; it will be added to the omnibus as and when it is released.

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Hancock, H. Irving: High School Boys Omnibus. v5. 3rd Aug 2011

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One of my great loves is turn of the 20th century "juvenile" literature, and this is an excellent example of the genre.

The four books of the "High School Boys" series tell the story of (to quote): "Dick Prescott, Dave Darrin, Greg Holmes, Dan Dalzell, Tom Reade and Harry Hazelton, six young chums who, back in their days in the Central Grammar School Gridley, had become fast friends, and had become known as Dick & Co.". Like all such books of the time, these books are intended to provide "wholesome" reading and to encourage "manly virtues" by setting proper moral examples. A real example from the blurb of one of the books:

[[This book] will be found to be a splendid story of real American boys who know how to get the most out of both work and play, and to make each year of life a preparation for a better year to come.[/

Who can fail to be morally uplifted by such sentiments?

Despite not understanding at all the sports which these books largely concern themselves with (baseball and American football) I find these to be a wonderful read - a snapshot of the simpler and more innocent world which existed prior to the First World War.

I should note that there are several "companion" series to this which I shall be posting in the near future. These include the "High School Boys Summer Vacation" series, which runs in parallel with this series and tells the stories of what "Dick & Co." got up to in their summer vacations, and series which tell the stories of what the characters involved did subsequent to leaving High School - at West Point Military Academy, Annapolis Naval Academy, and as "Young Engineers" respectively. All in all, these are wonderful books.

Finally, it's interesting to note that, unlike the vast majority of these juvenile books of the time, "H. Irving Hancock" is not a "house name" of a publisher, but a real person. Hancock, who lived from approximately 1866 (his birth date is uncertain) to 1922 was a chemist who produced his vast output of books writing at night.

Anyway, enough digression. The books in this series are:

Book 1: "The High School Freshmen" or "Dick & Co.'s First Year Pranks and Sports"

Book 2: "The High School Pitcher" or "Dick & Co. on the Gridley Diamond"

Book 3: "The High School Left End" or "Dick & Co. Grilling on the Football Gridiron"

Book 4: "The High School Captain of the Team" or "Dick & Co. Leading the Athletic Vanguard"

(Many books of this time had "alternate titles", in case you're wondering about the "or" bits)

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Hancock, H. Irving: High School Boys Vacation Omnibus. v4. 3rd Aug 2011

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More juvenile fiction from the early years of the 20th century.

A four book omnibus detailing the exciting adventures of "Dick & Co." during their summer vacations. Please see the description of "The High School Boys Omnibus" for more information; each book in this omnibus should be read [before[/ the corresponding book in "The High School Boys Omnibus".

The books in the omnibus are:

Book 1: "The High School Boys' Canoe Club" or "Dick & Co.'s Rivals on Lake Pleasant"

Book 2: "The High School Boys in Summer Camp" or "The Dick Prescott Six Training for the Gridley Eleven"

Book 3: "The High School Boys Fishing Trip" or "Dick & Co. in the Wilderness"

Book 4: "The High School Boys' Training Hike" or "Making Themselves 'Hard as Nails'"

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Hancock, H. Irving: West Point Omnibus. v5. 3rd Aug 2011

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An omnibus edition of the juvenile series "Dick Prescott at West Point" (originally published 1910-1911), following the adventures of Dick Prescott and Greg Holmes during their four years at West Point military academy. This four-book series directly follows on from the "High School Boys" and "High School Boys Vacation" series posted previously, and is a "parallel" series to the "Dave Darrin at Annapolis" and "Young Engineers" omnibuses. Please refer to the description of the "High School Boys" series for more information about the series and the author.

The books in this omnibus are:

Book 1: "Dick Prescott's First Year at West Point" or "Two Chums in the Cadet Gray"

Book 2: "Dick Prescott's Second Year at West Point" or "Finding the Glory of the Soldier's Life"

Book 3: "Dick Prescott's Third Year at West Point" or "Standing Firm for Flag and Honor"

Book 4: "Dick Prescotts's Fourth Year at West Point" or "Ready to Drop the Gray for Shoulder Straps"

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Hancock, H. Irving: Young Engineers Omnibus. v4. 4th Aug 2011

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An omnibus edition of the juvenile series "The Young Engineers" (originally published between 1912 and 1920), following the adventures of two young men, Harry Hazeltine and Tom Reade, working as civil engineers on railways, in mines, and other such exciting places.This five-book series directly follows on from the "High School Boys" and "High School Boys Vacation" series posted previously, and is a "parallel" series to the "Dick Prescott at West Point" and "Dave Darrin at Annapolis" omnibuses. Please refer to the description of the "High School Boys" series for more information about the series and the author.

The books in the omnibus are:

Book 1: "The Young Engineers in Colorado" or "At Railroad Building in Earnest"

Book 2: "The Young Engineers in Arizona" or "Laying Tracks on the Man-killer Quicksand"

Book 3: "The Young Engineers in Nevada" or "Seeking Fortune on the Turn of a Pick"

Book 4: "The Young Engineers in Mexico" or "Fighting the Mine Swindlers"

Book 5: "The Young Engineers on the Gulf" or "The Dread Mystery of the Million Dollar Breakwater"

Note that the final book in the series refers to a subsequent volume called "The Young Engineers in Lead". This is a "phantom title" - ie one which was never written - a thing very commonly encountered in these juvenile series books).

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Hankins, Arthur Preston: The She Boss. V1. 30 July 2009

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I found no information on the Arthur Preston Hankins. Several of his books were made into movies.

Excerpt
Spring was manifest in the vast big-timber country of Mendocino County. “Uncle” Sebastian Burris felt the moist warmth of it oozing from the slowly drying road as he trudged along. The smell of it emanated from the white, pale-yellow, and pink fungi that flourished on the soaked and ancient logs along the way. He heard the voice of it in the soft murmuring of the South Fork of the Eel, which went twinkling down Bear Valley through firs and redwoods straight as telegraph poles; in the caress of the soft south wind soughing in the tree-tops. Chipmunks and gray squirrels darted across his path.

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Hannan, Jeff: The 2080s. v1, 8 Mar 2008

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[The 2080s [/by Jeff Hannan is released with a Creative Commons license.

From Authors Web Site: http://the2080s.com/

Warning: This story contains videogame violence

[The 2080s[/ - eighty years from now, young Zak Carter dreams of becoming a professional games player despite the ridicule of his family.

When the family decide to emigrate to Mars, he makes a bold attempt to be free of them, but stumbles across a plot that threatens their lives.

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Hannay, James O: The Wisdom of the Desert, v.1, 5 June 2008.

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(1904) A selection, translation and commentary of the sayings of the Desert Fathers—the earliest Christian monks—as collected in the [Apophthegmata[/. ([Verba Seniorum[/).

Done in response to a request.

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Hansen, Maurits: Noveller [Norwegian].v1. 27 Apr 2014

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Nasjonalbiblioteket har gitt ut de første 35 av 100 planlagte epub-bøker. Bøkene er korrekturlest, men noen litt uvanlige valg med hensyn til oppsett ødelegger leseopplevelsen litt. F. eks. er sidetall/sideombrekning beholdt. Jeg har endret på layout for å gi, i mine øyne, en bedre leseopplevelse.

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Hanshew, Mary E.: The Riddle of the Frozen Flame. v1. 12 Sep 07

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Another detective story featuring Cleek, the former cat-burglar and master of disguise, turned Scotland Yard detective.

[Mr. Maverick Narkom, Superintendent of Scotland Yard, sat before the litter of papers upon his desk. His brow was puckered, his fat face red with anxiety, and there was about him the air of one who has reached the end of his tether. He faced the man opposite, and fairly ground his teeth upon his lower lip. "Dash it, Cleek!" he said for the thirty-third time, "I don't know what to make of it, I don't, indeed! The thing's at a deadlock. Hammond reports to me this morning that another bank in Hendon-a little one-horse affair-has been broken into. That makes the third this week, and as usual every piece of gold is gone. Not a bank note touched, not a bond even fingered. And the thief-or thieves-made as clean a get-away as you ever laid your eyes on! I tell you, man, it's enough to send an average person daft! The whole of Scotland Yard's been on the thing, and we haven't traced 'em yet![/

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Hanshew, Thomas W.: Cleek - The Man of the Forty Faces. v1. 21 Aug 07

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Cleek was once the cat burglar London knew as "the man of forty faces" due to his unusual gift for disguise. But, love soon traps Cleek in a way Scotland Yard never could, and he is reborn as a foe of evil doers, putting his vast knowledge of crime and the criminal world to use on cases that baffle the police.

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Hanshew, Thomas W: Cleek of Scotland Yard. V1. 10 Feb 2011

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Thomas W. Hanshew (1857 – 1914) was an American actor and writer, born in Brooklyn, N. Y. He went on the stage when only 16 years old, playing minor parts with Ellen Terry's company. Subsequently he played important roles with Clara Morris and Adelaide Neilson. Later he was associated with a publishing house in London, where he resided at the close of his life. He used, among others, the pen name "Charlotte May Kingsley," and wrote more than 150 novels.

Hanshew's best-known creation was the consulting detective Hamilton Cleek, known as "the man of the forty faces" for his incredible skill at disguise. The central figure in dozens of short stories that began to appear in 1910 and were subsequently collected in a series of books, Cleek is based in Clarges Street, London, where he is constantly consulted by Inspector Narcom of Scotland Yard. Hamilton Cleek is laughably unrealistic, at least to the modern reader, not only for his ability to impersonate anyone but for his physical derring-do and his frequent melodramatic encounters with Margot, "Queen of the Apaches", and her partner-in-crime Merode.

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Hanshew, Thomas W: Cleek's Government Cases. V3. 3 May 2012

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Thomas W. Hanshew (1857 – 1914) was an American actor and writer, born in Brooklyn, N. Y. He went on the stage when only 16 years old, playing minor parts with Ellen Terry's company. Subsequently he played important roles with Clara Morris and Adelaide Neilson. Later he was associated with a publishing house in London, where he resided at the close of his life. He used, among others, the pen name "Charlotte May Kingsley," and wrote more than 150 novels.

Hanshew's best-known creation was the consulting detective Hamilton Cleek, known as "the man of the forty faces" for his incredible skill at disguise. The central figure in dozens of short stories that began to appear in 1910 and were subsequently collected in a series of books, Cleek is based in Clarges Street, London, where he is constantly consulted by Inspector Narcom of Scotland Yard. Hamilton Cleek is laughably unrealistic, at least to the modern reader, not only for his ability to impersonate anyone but for his physical derring-do and his frequent melodramatic encounters with Margot, "Queen of the Apaches", and her partner-in-crime Merode.

NOTE: The hard work of proofing and correction of this book was done by Polyglot27.

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"Mademoiselle," he said suavely, "the move is mine. His life depends entirely upon his consent. Escape is impossible, and were it otherwise, your own life would pay the penalty. I do not war on women if I can avoid it. So, mademoiselle, I bid you adieu."

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Hanshew, Thomas W: Cleek, the Master Detective. V1. 31 July 2009

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Thomas W. Hanshew (1857 – 1914) was an American actor and writer, born in Brooklyn, N. Y. He went on the stage when only 16 years old, playing minor parts with Ellen Terry's company. Subsequently he played important roles with Clara Morris and Adelaide Neilson. Later he was associated with a publishing house in London, where he resided at the close of his life. He used, among others, the pen name "Charlotte May Kingsley," and wrote more than 150 novels.
Hanshew's best-known creation was the consulting detective Hamilton Cleek, known as "the man of the forty faces" for his incredible skill at disguise. The central figure in dozens of short stories that began to appear in 1910 and were subsequently collected in a series of books, Cleek is based in Clarges Street, London, where he is constantly consulted by Inspector Narcom of Scotland Yard. Hamilton Cleek is laughably unrealistic, at least to the modern reader, not only for his ability to impersonate anyone but for his physical derring-do and his frequent melodramatic encounters with Margot, "Queen of the Apaches", and her partner-in-crime Merode.

Excerpt
The thing wouldn’t have happened if any other constable than Collins had been put on point duty at Blackfriars Bridge that morning. For Collins was young, good-looking, and knew it. Nature had gifted him with a susceptible heart and a fond eye for the beauties of femininity. So when he looked round and saw the woman threading her way through the maze of vehicles at “Dead Man’s Corner,” with her skirt held up just enough to show two twinkling little feet in French shoes, and over them a graceful, willowy figure, and over that an enchanting, if rather too highly tinted, face, with almond eyes and a fluff of shining hair under the screen of a big Parisian hat—that did for him on the spot.

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Hanshew, Thomas W: Riddle of the Night, The. V1. 11 Feb 2011

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Thomas W. Hanshew (1857 – 1914) was an American actor and writer, born in Brooklyn, N. Y. He went on the stage when only 16 years old, playing minor parts with Ellen Terry's company. Subsequently he played important roles with Clara Morris and Adelaide Neilson. Later he was associated with a publishing house in London, where he resided at the close of his life. He used, among others, the pen name "Charlotte May Kingsley," and wrote more than 150 novels.

Hanshew's best-known creation was the consulting detective Hamilton Cleek, known as "the man of the forty faces" for his incredible skill at disguise. The central figure in dozens of short stories that began to appear in 1910 and were subsequently collected in a series of books, Cleek is based in Clarges Street, London, where he is constantly consulted by Inspector Narcom of Scotland Yard. Hamilton Cleek is laughably unrealistic, at least to the modern reader, not only for his ability to impersonate anyone but for his physical derring-do and his frequent melodramatic encounters with Margot, "Queen of the Apaches", and her partner-in-crime Merode.

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Hanshew, Thomas W: The Riddle of the Frozen Flame. V1. 31 July 2009

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Thomas W. Hanshew (1857 – 1914) was an American actor and writer, born in Brooklyn, N. Y. He went on the stage when only 16 years old, playing minor parts with Ellen Terry's company. Subsequently he played important roles with Clara Morris and Adelaide Neilson. Later he was associated with a publishing house in London, where he resided at the close of his life. He used, among others, the pen name "Charlotte May Kingsley," and wrote more than 150 novels.
Hanshew's best-known creation was the consulting detective Hamilton Cleek, known as "the man of the forty faces" for his incredible skill at disguise. The central figure in dozens of short stories that began to appear in 1910 and were subsequently collected in a series of books, Cleek is based in Clarges Street, London, where he is constantly consulted by Inspector Narcom of Scotland Yard. Hamilton Cleek is laughably unrealistic, at least to the modern reader, not only for his ability to impersonate anyone but for his physical derring-do and his frequent melodramatic encounters with Margot, "Queen of the Apaches", and her partner-in-crime Merode.

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Mr. Maverick Narkom, Superintendent of Scotland Yard, sat before the litter of papers upon his desk. His brow was puckered, his fat face red with anxiety, and there was about him the air of one who has reached the end of his tether.
He faced the man opposite, and fairly ground his teeth upon his lower lip.

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Hanshew, Thomas W: The Riddle of the Spinning Wheel. V1. 12 Feb 2011

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Thomas W. Hanshew (1857 – 1914) was an American actor and writer, born in Brooklyn, N. Y. He went on the stage when only 16 years old, playing minor parts with Ellen Terry's company. Subsequently he played important roles with Clara Morris and Adelaide Neilson. Later he was associated with a publishing house in London, where he resided at the close of his life. He used, among others, the pen name "Charlotte May Kingsley," and wrote more than 150 novels.

Hanshew's best-known creation was the consulting detective Hamilton Cleek, known as "the man of the forty faces" for his incredible skill at disguise. The central figure in dozens of short stories that began to appear in 1910 and were subsequently collected in a series of books, Cleek is based in Clarges Street, London, where he is constantly consulted by Inspector Narcom of Scotland Yard. Hamilton Cleek is laughably unrealistic, at least to the modern reader, not only for his ability to impersonate anyone but for his physical derring-do and his frequent melodramatic encounters with Margot, "Queen of the Apaches", and her partner-in-crime Merode.

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Hansteen, Aasta: Kvinden skabt i Guds billede [Norwegian].v1. 28 Apr 2014

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Nasjonalbiblioteket har gitt ut de første 35 av 100 planlagte epub-bøker. Bøkene er korrekturlest, men noen litt uvanlige valg med hensyn til oppsett ødelegger leseopplevelsen litt. F. eks. er sidetall/sideombrekning beholdt. Jeg har endret på layout for å gi, i mine øyne, en bedre leseopplevelse.

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Harben, Will N: Ailsa Paige. v1. 28 Jul 2013

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William Nathaniel Harben (1858-1919) Considered a minor author today, Will Harben was one of the most popular novelists in America during the first two decades of the twentieth century. Although in his thirty books and numerous short stories Harben portrays the mountaineers of his native north Georgia with authenticity and color, the sentimental romanticism demanded by readers of his day mars his novels, consequently diminishing his position in the world of letters. However, his sharp, sincere observations of the speech, manners, wisdom, and morality of north Georgia mountaineers are a significant contribution to the literature of the American South.

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Among the fifty-eight regiments of Zouaves and the seven regiments of Lancers enlisted in the service of the United States between 1861 and 1865 it will be useless for the reader to look for any record of the 3d Zouaves or of the 8th Lancers. The red breeches and red fezzes of the Zouaves clothed many a dead man on Southern battle-fields; the scarlet swallow-tailed pennon of the Lancers fluttered from many a lance-tip beyond the Potomac; the histories of these sixty-five regiments are known. But no history of the 3d Zouaves or of the 8th Lancers has ever been written save in this narrative; and historians and veterans would seek in vain for any records of these two regiments—regiments which might have been, but never were.

"It is best but a mixture of a little good with much evil ... the commonplace with the sublime"

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Harben, Will N: Ann Boyd. v1. 28 Jul 2013

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William Nathaniel Harben (1858-1919) Considered a minor author today, Will Harben was one of the most popular novelists in America during the first two decades of the twentieth century. Although in his thirty books and numerous short stories Harben portrays the mountaineers of his native north Georgia with authenticity and color, the sentimental romanticism demanded by readers of his day mars his novels, consequently diminishing his position in the world of letters. However, his sharp, sincere observations of the speech, manners, wisdom, and morality of north Georgia mountaineers are a significant contribution to the literature of the American South.

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Ann Boyd Stood at the open door of her corn-house, a square, one-storied hut made of the trunks of young pine-trees, the bark of which, being worm-eaten, was crumbling from the smooth hard-wood. She had a tin pail on her arm, and was selecting "nubbins" for her cow from the great heap of husked corn which, like a mound of golden nuggets, lay within. The strong-jawed animal could crunch the dwarfed ears, grain and corn together, when they were stirred into a mush made of wheat-bran and dish-water.

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Harben, Will N: Dixie Hart. v1. 29 Jul 201e3

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William Nathaniel Harben (1858-1919) Considered a minor author today, Will Harben was one of the most popular novelists in America during the first two decades of the twentieth century. Although in his thirty books and numerous short stories Harben portrays the mountaineers of his native north Georgia with authenticity and color, the sentimental romanticism demanded by readers of his day mars his novels, consequently diminishing his position in the world of letters. However, his sharp, sincere observations of the speech, manners, wisdom, and morality of north Georgia mountaineers are a significant contribution to the literature of the American South.

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For a moment Henley's eyes rested on the group, and he sighed deeply. "Yes, she's my wife," he said. "I owe her every duty, and, before God, I'll stick to my vows and do what's right by her, come what may! She was the only woman I thought I wanted, or ever could want. They say every cloud has a silvery lining, but my cloud was made out of lead—and not rubbed bright at that. I reckon, if the truth must be told, that the whole mistake was of my own making. Whatever the Creator does for good or ill, He don't seem to bother about hitching folks together; He leaves that job to the fools that are roped in. Well, I'm going to stick to the helm and guide my boat the best I can. I made my bed, and I'm as good a sleeper as the average."

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Harben, Will N: The Cottage of Delight. v1 28 Jul 2013

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William Nathaniel Harben (1858-1919) Considered a minor author today, Will Harben was one of the most popular novelists in America during the first two decades of the twentieth century. Although in his thirty books and numerous short stories Harben portrays the mountaineers of his native north Georgia with authenticity and color, the sentimental romanticism demanded by readers of his day mars his novels, consequently diminishing his position in the world of letters. However, his sharp, sincere observations of the speech, manners, wisdom, and morality of north Georgia mountaineers are a significant contribution to the literature of the American South.

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John Trott waked that morning at five o'clock. Whether it was due to the mere habit of a working-man or the blowing of the hoarse and mellow whistle at the great cotton-mills beyond the low, undulating hills half a mile away he did not know, but for several years the whistle had been his summons from a state of dead slumber to a day of toil. The morning was cloudy and dark, so he lighted a dingy oil-lamp with a cracked and smoked chimney, and in its dim glow drew on his coarse lime-and-mortar-splotched shirt and overalls. The cheap cotton socks he put on had holes at the heels and toes; his leather belt had broken and was tied with a piece of twine; his shoes were quite new and furnished an odd contrast to the rest of his attire.

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Harben, Will N: The Desired Woman. v1. 29 Jul 2013

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William Nathaniel Harben (1858-1919) Considered a minor author today, Will Harben was one of the most popular novelists in America during the first two decades of the twentieth century. Although in his thirty books and numerous short stories Harben portrays the mountaineers of his native north Georgia with authenticity and color, the sentimental romanticism demanded by readers of his day mars his novels, consequently diminishing his position in the world of letters. However, his sharp, sincere observations of the speech, manners, wisdom, and morality of north Georgia mountaineers are a significant contribution to the literature of the American South.

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Inside the bank that June morning the clerks and accountants on their high stools were bent over their ponderous ledgers, although it was several minutes before the opening hour. The gray-stone building was in Atlanta's most central part on a narrow street paved with asphalt which sloped down from one of the main thoroughfares to the section occupied by the old passenger depot, the railway warehouses, and hotels of various grades. Considerable noise, despite the closed windows and doors, came in from the outside. Locomotive bells slowly swung and clanged; steam was escaping; cabs, drays, and trucks rumbled and creaked along; there was a whir of a street-sweeping machine turning a corner and the shrill cries of newsboys selling the morning papers.

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Harben, Will N: The Hills of Refuge. v1. 30 Jul 2013

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William Nathaniel Harben (1858-1919) Considered a minor author today, Will Harben was one of the most popular novelists in America during the first two decades of the twentieth century. Although in his thirty books and numerous short stories Harben portrays the mountaineers of his native north Georgia with authenticity and color, the sentimental romanticism demanded by readers of his day mars his novels, consequently diminishing his position in the world of letters. However, his sharp, sincere observations of the speech, manners, wisdom, and morality of north Georgia mountaineers are a significant contribution to the literature of the American South.

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"A position like mine is full of responsibility," he said, doggedly. "Hundreds of things go wrong. Mistakes are made sometimes. We are handling other people's money. The directors are harsh, puritanical men, and they are very hard to please. They want me to do it all, and they think I am infallible, or ought to be."

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Harben, Will N: The Land of the Changing Sun. v1. 30 Jul 2013

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William Nathaniel Harben (1858-1919) Considered a minor author today, Will Harben was one of the most popular novelists in America during the first two decades of the twentieth century. Although in his thirty books and numerous short stories Harben portrays the mountaineers of his native north Georgia with authenticity and color, the sentimental romanticism demanded by readers of his day mars his novels, consequently diminishing his position in the world of letters. However, his sharp, sincere observations of the speech, manners, wisdom, and morality of north Georgia mountaineers are a significant contribution to the literature of the American South.

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The balloon seemed scarcely to move, though it was slowly sinking toward the ocean of white clouds which hung between it and the earth.

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Harben, Will N: Westerfelt. v1. 30 Jul 2013

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William Nathaniel Harben (1858-1919) Considered a minor author today, Will Harben was one of the most popular novelists in America during the first two decades of the twentieth century. Although in his thirty books and numerous short stories Harben portrays the mountaineers of his native north Georgia with authenticity and color, the sentimental romanticism demanded by readers of his day mars his novels, consequently diminishing his position in the world of letters. However, his sharp, sincere observations of the speech, manners, wisdom, and morality of north Georgia mountaineers are a significant contribution to the literature of the American South.

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Mrs. Slogan was a childless married woman of past sixty. Her sister, Mrs. Dawson, had the softer face of the two, which, perhaps, was due to her having suffered much and to the companionship of a daughter whom she loved. She was shorter than her sister by several inches, and had a small, wrinkled face, thin, gray hair, and a decided stoop. Some people said she had acquired the stoop in bending so constantly over her husband's bed during his last protracted illness. Others affirmed that her sister was slowly nagging the life out of her, and simply because she had been blessed with that which had been denied her—a daughter. Be this as it may, everybody who knew Mrs. Slogan knew that she never lost an opportunity to find fault with the girl, who was considered quite pretty and had really a gentle, lovable disposition.

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Harding, Warren: State of the Union. v1.0, 13 October 2007

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29th President of the USA. 1921-1923

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Hardy, Arthur Sherburne: 13, Rue du bon Diable; 1917, v1, 5 Sep 2021

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Arthur Sherburne Hardy was an American engineer, linguist, diplomat, and polymath who studied with the Sorbonne, the École des Beaux-Arts, and the Conservatoire National des Arts et Métiers in Paris; he wrote a half a dozen novels, and this 33,000 word novella was his last, published in 1917.

This is a crime story, set in Paris, and is as French as you please. There are many line illustrations, all uncredited, but clearly by two different illustrators. We know the killer right from the start; the question is, will he be caught, and if so, how?

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Hardy, Arthur Sherburne: Aurélie. v1. 10 Feb 2017

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Arthur Sherburne Hardy: Born : 1847 Aug 13: Died : 1930 Mar 13

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SOME months before her death the Countess Anne gave to Antoine, the child of Père Bigot, chief of the wood-cutters of Freyr, a wooden soldier. Antoine was far too young at that time to play with so brave a toy, and later, after the Countess’s death, it became far too sacred a relic of that lady of blessed memory to be put to any common use. And thus it happened that it stood year after year on the black shelf above Antoine’s bed, beside the blue-robed image of the Virgin, and in Antoine’s eyes, being thus enshrined within the halo of forbidden things, acquired a sanctity equal to that of the Holy Virgin herself. It was a very martial soldier, erect and resolute of mien, its musket, the butt of which rested beside one gaitered foot, pressed firmly against the right shoulder, and having to Antoine the appearance of being loaded and ready for action.

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Hardy, Arthur Sherburne: But Yet a Woman. v1. 12 Feb 2017

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Arthur Sherburne Hardy: Born : 1847 Aug 13: Died : 1930 Mar 13

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There are some men who reach the downward slope of life without succumbing to Penelope, Phyllis, or Phryne. Such men are rare; nevertheless they exist, for M. Michel was one. Not that any strange play of chances had made his life exceptional; in its outward circumstances it had not differed from that of most men. It was M. Michel himself who was exceptional. During the forty years that had elapsed since he left the Lycde Louis-le-Grand many women had crossed his path, of whose charms he was not ignorant and to whose influence he was a debtor. More than once they had softened his convictions and purified his ideals, for he was neither a hermit nor a scoffer. Of that little circle of friends in which he moved, which the years had narrowed only to render it more essential, they formed an altogether necessary part, whose banishment would have dismayed him.

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Hardy, Arthur Sherburne: Diane and Her Friends. v1. 16 Feb 2017

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Arthur Sherburne Hardy: Born : 1847 Aug 13: Died : 1930 Mar 13

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I AM a soldier’s wife and a soldier’s daughter.

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Hardy, Arthur Sherburne: Helen. v1. 18 Feb 2017

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Arthur Sherburne Hardy: Born : 1847 Aug 13: Died : 1930 Mar 13

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A little girl with bare brown feet and an orange- colored scarf tied about her head, was looking at him, from amid her sheep behind the hedge of agaves, with the dull curiosity of the peasant. What warmth of crimson color glowed under the olive skin! What soft depths there were in the wondering eyes! He thought of the shrivelled faces of the women he had seen bending over the washing-trough below the bridge over the Nervia. While there was yet time he would put a little joy into this one.

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Hardy, Arthur Sherburne: His Daughter First. v1. 19 Feb 2017

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Arthur Sherburne Hardy: Born : 1847 Aug 13: Died : 1930 Mar 13

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The train was late and the station was dark. A single employee with a lantern stood on the platform. There were no lights, nothing to indicate the presence of a village or even a house.

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Hardy, Arthur Sherburne: No. 13, rue du Bon Diable. v1. 20 Feb 2017

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Arthur Sherburne Hardy: Born : 1847 Aug 13: Died : 1930 Mar 13

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ON-the morning of Friday, the 9th of May, at twenty minutes past eleven, a messenger from the Crédit Lyonnais rang at No. 13, Rue du Bon Diable. Under his arm was one of those leather portfolios in which bank messengers are accustomed to carry drafts, bills of exchange, and like valuable papers. In this instance the portfolio contained thirty bank-notes of one thousand francs each, destined for M. Janvier. The occasion for the withdrawal of so large a sum was the birthday of his niece Corinne.

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Hardy, Arthur Sherburne: Passe Rose. v1. 22 Feb 201u7

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Arthur Sherburne Hardy: Born : 1847 Aug 13: Died : 1930 Mar 13

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It was well known to all the inmates of the abbey of St. Servais that the abbot was ill, and it was whispered under the arcades of the great cloister and around the wooden tables of the refectory that his illness was unto death, — whisperings which were repeated by the guests in the hospitium and their servants in the monastery stables. It was known also that the monk Hugo, physician to the brotherhood, had exhausted to no purpose the herbs in the physic garden adjoining the dispensary, and that the abbot, who felt himself rapidly failing, had determined, as a last resort and without further delay, to have recourse to the blessed relics of St. Servais.

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Hardy, Arthur Sherburne: Peter. V1. 23 feb 2017

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Arthur Sherburne Hardy: Born : 1847 Aug 13: Died : 1930 Mar 13

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WHAT are you thinking of, Peter?”
At the sound of the voice the tip of Peter’s tail moved slightly. Peter’s meditations were not to be disturbed by idle questions; they were too profound—far profounder than the speaker imagined. They had nothing to do with material things.

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Hardy, Arthur Sherburne: The Wind of Destiny. v1. 25 Feb 2017

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Arthur Sherburne Hardy: Born : 1847 Aug 13: Died : 1930 Mar 13

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Schonberg himself stood upon the edge of the bank, his legs wide apart, his pipe in one hand, the other thrust to the elbow in the capacious pocket of a dressing-gown of faded yellow, which hung to his heels. A fringe of white hair struggled from under the rim of his black skull-cap, and over his bright gray eyes pushed heavy eyebrows which, with the strong lines of his face, gave him a grim aspect. But these lines were singularly mobile, especially about the mouth, and could soften with his thought, even to solicitude

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Hardy, Thomas: A Changed Man and Other Tales. v1. 27 Feb 2014

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Thomas Hardy, (2 June 1840 – 11 January 1928) was an English novelist and poet. A Victorian realist in the tradition of George Eliot, he was influenced both in his novels and in his poetry by Romanticism, especially William Wordsworth. Charles Dickens was another important influence. Like Dickens, he was highly critical of much in Victorian society, though Hardy focused more on a declining rural society.

A CHANGED MAN
THE WAITING SUPPER
ALICIA’S DIARY
THE GRAVE BY THE HANDPOST
ENTER A DRAGOON
A TRYST AT AN ANCIENT EARTH WORK
WHAT THE SHEPHERD SAW: A TALE OF FOUR MOONLIGHT NIGHTS
SECOND NIGHT
THIRD NIGHT
FOURTH NIGHT
A COMMITTEE-MAN OF ‘THE TERROR’
MASTER JOHN HORSELEIGH, KNIGHT
THE DUKE’S REAPPEARANCE—A FAMILY TRADITION
A MERE INTERLUDE

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Hardy, Thomas: A Group of Noble Dames. v1, 5 Sep 2008

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1891 short story collection. As the title suggests, all the stories in the collection concern titled ladies.

The stories are as follows:

Part I—Before Dinner

The First Countess of Wessex
Barbara of the House of Grebe
The Marchioness of Stonehenge
Lady Mottisfont

Part II—After Dinner

The Lady Icenway
Squire Petrick’s Lady
Anna, Lady Baxby
The Lady Penelope
The Duchess of Hamptonshire
The Honourable Laura

The first story in the book is illustrated; the others are not.

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Hardy, Thomas: A Laodicean. v1. 28 Feb 2014

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Thomas Hardy, (2 June 1840 – 11 January 1928) was an English novelist and poet. A Victorian realist in the tradition of George Eliot, he was influenced both in his novels and in his poetry by Romanticism, especially William Wordsworth. Charles Dickens was another important influence. Like Dickens, he was highly critical of much in Victorian society, though Hardy focused more on a declining rural society.

Excerpt
The sun blazed down and down, till it was within half-an-hour of its setting; but the sketcher still lingered at his occupation of measuring and copying the chevroned doorway—a bold and quaint example of a transitional style of architecture, which formed the tower entrance to an English village church. The graveyard being quite open on its western side, the tweed-clad figure of the young draughtsman, and the tall mass of antique masonry which rose above him to a battlemented parapet, were fired to a great brightness by the solar rays, that crossed the neighbouring mead like a warp of gold threads, in whose mazes groups of equally lustrous gnats danced and wailed incessantly.

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Hardy, Thomas: A Pair of Blue Eyes (Illustrated). v1, 4 Sep 2008

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1873 novel by Thomas Hardy.

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The book describes the love triangle between a young woman, Elfride Swancourt, and her two suitors from very different backgrounds. Stephen Smith is a socially inferior but ambitious young man who adores her and with whom she shares a country background. Henry Knight is the respectable, established, older man who represents London society.

Elfride finds herself caught in a battle between her heart, her mind and the expectations of those around her - her parents and society. The novel is notable for the strong parallels to Hardy and his first wife Emma Gifford. When Elfride's father finds that his guest and candidate for his daughter's hand, architect's assistant Stephen Smith, is the son of a mason, he immediately orders him to leave.

This was the third of Hardy's novels to be published and the first to bear his name.

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Hardy, Thomas: Desperate Remedies. v1, 9 Sep 2008

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1871 novel by Thomas Hardy.

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Hardy described [Desperate Remedies[/ as a tale of 'mystery, entanglement, surprise and moral obliquity'. Cytherea has taken a position as lady's maid to the eccentric arch-intriguer Miss Aldclyffe. On discovering that the man she loves, Edward Springrove, is already engaged to his cousin, Cytherea comes under the influence of Miss Aldclyffe's fascinating, manipulative steward Manston. Blackmail, murder and romance are among the ingredients of Hardy's first published novel, and in it he draws blithely on the 'sensation novel' perfected by Wilkie Collins. Several perceptive critics praised the author as a novelist with a future when [Desperate Remedies[/ appeared anonymously in 1871. In its depiction of country life and insight into psychology and sexuality, it already bears the unmistakable imprint of Hardy's genius.

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Hardy, Thomas: Far From the Madding Crowd (Illustrated). v1, 28 Aug 2008

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The novel which first brought fame to Thomas Hardy.

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'I shall do one thing in this life - one thing for certain - that is, love you, and long for you, and keep wanting you till I die.' Gabriel Oak is only one of three suitors for the hand of the beautiful and spirited Bathsheba Everdene. He must compete with the dashing young soldier Sergeant Troy and respectable, middle-aged Farmer Boldwood. And while their fates depend upon the choice Bathsheba makes, she discovers the terrible consequences of an inconstant heart. [Far from the Madding Crowd[/ was the first of Hardy's novels to give the name of Wessex to the landscape of south-west England, and the first to gain him widespread popularity as a novelist. Set against the backdrop of the unchanging natural cycle of the year, the story both upholds and questions rural values with a startlingly modern sensibility.

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Hardy, Thomas: Far from the Madding Crowd, v1. 28 Feb 2014

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Thomas Hardy, (2 June 1840 – 11 January 1928) was an English novelist and poet. A Victorian realist in the tradition of George Eliot, he was influenced both in his novels and in his poetry by Romanticism, especially William Wordsworth. Charles Dickens was another important influence. Like Dickens, he was highly critical of much in Victorian society, though Hardy focused more on a declining rural society.

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His Christian name was Gabriel, and on working days he was a young man of sound judgment, easy motions, proper dress, and general good character. On Sundays he was a man of misty views, rather given to postponing, and hampered by his best clothes and umbrella: upon the whole, one who felt himself to occupy morally that vast middle space of Laodicean neutrality which lay between the Communion people of the parish and the drunken section,—that is, he went to church, but yawned privately by the time the congregation reached the Nicene creed, and thought of what there would be for dinner when he meant to be listening to the sermon. Or, to state his character as it stood in the scale of public opinion, when his friends and critics were in tantrums, he was considered rather a bad man; when they were pleased, he was rather a good man; when they were neither, he was a man whose moral colour was a kind of pepper-and-salt mixture.

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Hardy, Thomas: Jude the Obscure (Illustrated). v1, 3 Sep 2008

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[Jude the Obscure[/, is the last of Thomas Hardy's novels, begun as a magazine serial and first published in book form in 1895. The book was burnt publicly by the Bishop of Exeter in that same year. Its hero Jude Fawley is a lower-class young man who dreams of becoming a scholar. The two other main characters are his earthy wife, Arabella, and his cousin, Sue. Themes include class, scholarship, religion, marriage, and the modernisation of thought and society.

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Hardy, Thomas: Jude the Obscure V1.0 17 Sept 2007

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Hardy, Thomas: Life's Little Ironies. v1, 3 Sep 2008

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1894 short story collection by Thomas Hardy.

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The proverbial phrase 'life's little ironies' was coined by Hardy for his third volume of short stories. These tales and sketches possess all the power of his novels: the wealth of description, the realistic portrayal of the quaint lore of Wessex, the 'Chaucerian' humour and characterisation, the shrewd and critical psychology, the poignant estimate of human nature and the brooding sense of wonder at the essential mystery of life.The tales which make up "Life's Little Ironies" tenderly re-create a rapidly vanishing rural world and scrutinise the repressions of fin-de-siecle bourgeois life. They share the many concerns of Hardy's last great novels, such as the failure of modern marriage and the insidious effects of social ambition on the family and community life. Ranging widely in length and complexity, they are unified by Hardy's quintessential irony, which embraces both the farcical and the tragic aspects of human existence.

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Hardy, Thomas: Tess of the d'Urbervilles (Illustrated). v1, 27 Aug 2008

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Hardy's penultimate novel, first published in 1891.

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When Tess Durbeyfield is driven by family poverty to claim kinship with the wealthy D'Urbervilles and seek a portion of their family fortune, meeting her 'cousin' Alec proves to be her downfall. A very different man, Angel Clare, seems to offer her love and salvation, but Tess must choose whether to reveal her past or remain silent in the hope of a peaceful future. With its sensitive depiction of the wronged Tess and powerful criticism of social convention, Tess of the D'Urbervilles is one of the most moving and poetic of Hardy's novels.

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Hardy, Thomas: Tess of the d'Urbervilles. v1. 1 Mar 2014

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Thomas Hardy, (2 June 1840 – 11 January 1928) was an English novelist and poet. A Victorian realist in the tradition of George Eliot, he was influenced both in his novels and in his poetry by Romanticism, especially William Wordsworth. Charles Dickens was another important influence. Like Dickens, he was highly critical of much in Victorian society, though Hardy focused more on a declining rural society.

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“It was only my whim,” he said; and, after a moment’s hesitation: “It was on account of a discovery I made some little time ago, whilst I was hunting up pedigrees for the new county history. I am Parson Tringham, the antiquary, of Stagfoot Lane. Don’t you really know, Durbeyfield, that you are the lineal representative of the ancient and knightly family of the d’Urbervilles, who derive their descent from Sir Pagan d’Urberville, that renowned knight who came from Normandy with William the Conqueror, as appears by Battle Abbey Roll?”

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Hardy, Thomas: The Hand of Ethelberta (Illustrated). v1, 15 Sep 2008

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1876 comic novel by Thomas Hardy.

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Adventuress and opportunist, Ethelberta reinvents herself to disguise her humble origins, launching a brilliant career as a society poet in London with her family acting incognito as her servants. Turning the male-dominated literary world to her advantage, she happily exploits the attentions of four very different suitors. Will she bestow her hand upon the richest of them, or on the man she loves? Ethelberta Petherwin, alias Berta Chickerel, moves with easy grace between her multiple identities, cleverly managing a tissue of lies to aid her meteoric rise. In "The Hand of Ethelberta" (1876), Hardy drew on conventions of popular romances, illustrated weeklies, plays, fashion plates and even his wife's diary in this comic story of a woman in control of her destiny.

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Hardy, Thomas: The Mayor of Casterbridge (Illustrated). v2, 29 Aug 2008

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While drunk, Michael Henchard, a hay-trusser by trade, sells his wife Susan and their child Elizabeth-Jane to Newson, a sailor, for five guineas.

Years later, Susan, now a widow, arrives in Casterbridge to seek her legal husband. To their surprise, Henchard is now the Mayor of Casterbridge and following the sale of his wife, took a twenty-one-year vow not to drink, out of shame. Henchard remarries Susan and as Elizabeth-Jane believes herself to be Newson's daughter, he adopts her as his own. But he cannot evade his destiny by such measures, for his past refuses to be buried. Fate contrives for him to be punished for the recklessness of his younger days.

In this powerful depiction of a man who overreaches himself, Hardy once again show his acute psycological grasp and his deep-seated knowledge of mid-nineteenth century Dorset.

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Hardy, Thomas: The Return of the Native (Illustrated). v1, 28 Aug 2008

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1878 novel by Thomas Hardy.

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The passionate Eustacia Vye feels herself imprisoned in the wild, isolated Egdon Heath ("'Tis my cross...and will be my death"), and although she longs for a love that will free her from it, her marriage only serves to trap her deeper within it. Her husband, Clem Yeobright, is the native of the novel's title, returned from Paris with a scheme for educating the heath-folk. Though Hardy's story is one of fatally tangled relationships, the greatest effect upon the reader is made by Egdon Heath itself: "The storm was its lover, and the wind its friend."

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Hardy, Thomas: The Romantic Adventures of a Milkmaid. v1. 28 Feb 2014

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Thomas Hardy, (2 June 1840 – 11 January 1928) was an English novelist and poet. A Victorian realist in the tradition of George Eliot, he was influenced both in his novels and in his poetry by Romanticism, especially William Wordsworth. Charles Dickens was another important influence. Like Dickens, he was highly critical of much in Victorian society, though Hardy focused more on a declining rural society.

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Margery could hardly repress a scream. As for flushing and blushing, she had turned hot and turned pale so many times already during the evening, that there was really now nothing of that sort left for her to do; and she remained in complexion much as before. O, the mockery of it! That secret dream—that sweet word ‘Baroness!’—which had sustained her all the way along. Instead of a Baron there stood Jim, white-waistcoated, demure, every hair in place, and, if she mistook not, even a deedy spark in his eye.

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Hardy, Thomas: The Trumpet Major, v1, 9 Apr 2015

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Thomas Hardy was born in 1840, less than six months after his parents married. He was a sickly child and a short adult, and prone to become infatuated by young women throughout his life. He could not afford to go to university to become an Anglican minister, and worked as an architectural apprentice, draughtsman, or architect until his first accepted novel was published at his expense in 1871, followed by another thirteen novels and four collections of short stories.

The main themes in his fiction include the problems encountered when people of different social status fall in love and when two men compete with one another for for one woman, and the difficulties men and women have in understanding each other.

[The Trumpet Major[/ was his seventh novel, published in 1880 in a censored version in the [Good Words[/ magazine and as the full version by Smith, Elder. It is a historical story set in the Napoleonic Wars from the threatened invasion from Boulogne to the beginning of the Peninsular war, and deals with the relationships of three men and two women and how they are affected by their personalities. It is not as bleak as most of his work.

The source text cannot be named as I have corrected typos and replaced diacritics and italics after checking against the Sampson Low 1890 edition and the MacMillan and Co. 1915 edition of the [Wessex Novels[/. I have made changes to spelling, punctuation, and hyphenation using oxforddictionaries.com.

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Hardy, Thomas: The Trumpet-Major (Illustrated). v1, 4 Sep 2008

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1880 novel by Thomas Hardy.

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Anne Garland, who lives with her widowed mother in a mill owned by Miller Loveday, has three suitors: the local squire's nephew Festus and the miller's two sons, Robert and John. While Festus' aggressive pursuit deters the young woman from considering him as a husband, the indecisive Anne wavers between light-hearted Bob and gentle, steadfast John. But as their Wessex village prepares for possible invasion by Napoleon's fleet, all find their destinies increasingly tangled with the events of history. The Loveday brothers, one a sailor and one a soldier, must wrestle with their commitments to their country and their feelings for Anne. Lyrical and light-hearted, yet shot through with irony, [The Trumpet-Major[/ is one of Hardy's most unusual novels and a fascinating tale of love and desire.

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Hardy, Thomas: The Well-Beloved. v1, 8 Sep 2008

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1897 novel from Thomas Hardy.

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[The Well-Beloved[/ completes the cycle of Hardy's great novels, reiterating his favourite themes of man's eternal quest for perfection in both love and art, and the suffering that ensues. Jocelyn Pierston, celebrated sculptor, tries to create an image of his ideal woman - his imaginary "Well-Beloved" - in stone, just as he tries to find her in the flesh. Powerful symbolism marks this romantic fantasy that Hardy has grounded firmly in reality with a characteristically authentic rendering of location, the Isle of Slingers, or Portland as we know it. Overt exploration of the relationship between erotic fascination and creativity makes this novel a nineteenth-century landmark in the persistent debate about art, aesthetics and gender.

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Hardy, Thomas: The Woodlanders. v1, 31 Aug 2008

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1887 novel by Thomas Hardy.

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Educated beyond her station, Grace Melbury returns to the woodland village of Little Hintock and cannot marry her intended, Giles Winterborne. Her alternative choice proves disastrous, and in a moving tale that has vibrant characters, many humorous moments and genuine pathos coupled with tragic irony, Hardy eschews a happy ending. With characteristic derision, he exposes the cruel indifference of the archaic legal system off his day, and shows the tragic consequences of untimely adherence to futile social and religious proprieties.

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Hardy, Thomas: Two on a Tower, v1. 1 Mar 2014

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Thomas Hardy, (2 June 1840 – 11 January 1928) was an English novelist and poet. A Victorian realist in the tradition of George Eliot, he was influenced both in his novels and in his poetry by Romanticism, especially William Wordsworth. Charles Dickens was another important influence. Like Dickens, he was highly critical of much in Victorian society, though Hardy focused more on a declining rural society.

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The central feature of the middle distance, as they beheld it, was a circular isolated hill, of no great elevation, which placed itself in strong chromatic contrast with a wide acreage of surrounding arable by being covered with fir-trees. The trees were all of one size and age, so that their tips assumed the precise curve of the hill they grew upon. This pine-clad protuberance was yet further marked out from the general landscape by having on its summit a tower in the form of a classical column, which, though partly immersed in the plantation, rose above the tree-tops to a considerable height. Upon this object the eyes of lady and servant were bent.

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Hardy, Thomas: Two On a Tower. v1, 5 Sep 2008

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Published in 1882, his ninth novel, [Two on a Tower[/ is Hardy's most complete and daring treatment of the theme of love between characters of different classes and ages. Viviette, the married lady of the manor, is nine years older than Swithin St Cleve, the 20-year old `Adonis-astronomer', a `lad of striking beauty, scientific attainments, and cultivated bearing', the orphaned son of a curate who married the daughter of a family of farmers.

The story of their love, both complex and remarkable, involves adultery and accidental polygamy. On publication some reviewers considered the novel to be immoral, and one suggested that the treatment of the Bishop of Melchester might be regarded as a `studied and gratuitous insult aimed at the Church'. This sensational tale is informed throughout by the astronomical images and reflections which were preoccupying Hardy at the time of the book's composition.

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Hardy, Thomas: Under the Greenwood Tree (Illustrated). v1, 29 Aug 2008

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1872 novel by Thomas Hardy.

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[Under the Greenwood Tree[/ is Hardy's most bright, confident and optimistic novel. This delightful portrayal of a picturesque rural society, tinged with gentle humour and quiet irony, established Hardy as a writer. However, the novel is not merely a charming rural idyll. The double-plot, in which the love story of Dick Dewey and Fancy Day is inter-related with a tragic chapter in the history of Mellstock Choir, hints at the poignant disappearance of a long-lived and highly-valued traditional way of life.

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Hardy, Thomas: Wessex Tales. v1, 3 Sep 2008

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1888 short story collection by Thomas Hardy.

In this, his first collection of short stories, Hardy sought to record the legends, superstitions, local customs, and lore of a Wessex that was rapidly passing out of memory. But these tales also portray the social and economic stresses of 1880s Dorset, and reveal Hardy's growing scepticism about the possibility of achieving personal and sexual satisfaction in the modern world. By turns humorous, ironic, macabre, and elegiac, these stories show the range of Hardy's story-telling genius.

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Harland, Henry: Grey Roses. V1. 12 Feb 2011

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Henry Harland (March 1, 1861 – December 20, 1905) was an American novelist and editor.
Harland was born in New York City and attended City College but pretended to be Russian-born. His literary career falls into two distinct sections. During the first of these, writing under the pseudonym Sidney Luska, he produced a series of highly sensational novels, written with little regard to literary quality.
But in 1890 Harland moved to London and fell under the influence of the Aesthetic movement. He began writing under his own name and, in 1894, became the founding editor of The Yellow Book. The first novels of this new period, Mademoiselle Miss (1893), Grey Roses (1895), and Comedies and Errors (1898), were praised by critics but had little general popularity. He finally achieved a wide readership with The Cardinal's Snuff-box (1900), which was followed by The Lady Paramount (1901) and My Friend Prospero (1903).
Harland died at Sanremo, Italy, after a prolonged illness.

THE BOHEMIAN GIRL
MERCEDES
A BROKEN LOOKING-GLASS
THE REWARD OF VIRTUE
A RE-INCARNATION
FLOWER O' THE QUINCE
WHEN I AM KING
A RESPONSIBILITY
CASTLES NEAR SPAIN

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Harland, Henry: My Friend Prospero. V1. 14 Feb 2010

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Henry Harland (March 1, 1861 – December 20, 1905) was an American novelist and editor.
Harland was born in New York City and attended City College but pretended to be Russian-born. His literary career falls into two distinct sections. During the first of these, writing under the pseudonym Sidney Luska, he produced a series of highly sensational novels, written with little regard to literary quality.
But in 1890 Harland moved to London and fell under the influence of the Aesthetic movement. He began writing under his own name and, in 1894, became the founding editor of The Yellow Book. The first novels of this new period, Mademoiselle Miss (1893), Grey Roses (1895), and Comedies and Errors (1898), were praised by critics but had little general popularity. He finally achieved a wide readership with The Cardinal's Snuff-box (1900), which was followed by The Lady Paramount (1901) and My Friend Prospero (1903).
Harland died at Sanremo, Italy, after a prolonged illness.

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Seated alone in her great high-swung barouche, in the sweet April weather, Lady Blanchemain gave the interval that followed to a consideration of the landscape: first, sleeping in shadowy stillness, the formal Italian garden, its terraced lawns and metrical parterres, its straight dark avenues of ilex, its cypresses, fountains, statues, balustrades; and then, laughing in the breeze and the sun, the wild Italian valley, a forest of blossoming fruit-trees, with the river winding and glinting in its midst, with olive-clad hills blue-grey at either side, and beyond the hills, peering over their shoulders, the snow-peaks of mountains, crisp against the sky, and in the level distance the hazy shimmer of the lake.

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Harland, Henry: The Cardinal's Snuff-Box. V1. 12 Feb 2011

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Henry Harland (March 1, 1861 – December 20, 1905) was an American novelist and editor.
Harland was born in New York City and attended City College but pretended to be Russian-born. His literary career falls into two distinct sections. During the first of these, writing under the pseudonym Sidney Luska, he produced a series of highly sensational novels, written with little regard to literary quality.
But in 1890 Harland moved to London and fell under the influence of the Aesthetic movement. He began writing under his own name and, in 1894, became the founding editor of The Yellow Book. The first novels of this new period, Mademoiselle Miss (1893), Grey Roses (1895), and Comedies and Errors (1898), were praised by critics but had little general popularity. He finally achieved a wide readership with The Cardinal's Snuff-box (1900), which was followed by The Lady Paramount (1901) and My Friend Prospero (1903).
Harland died at Sanremo, Italy, after a prolonged illness.

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"I love her so that the bare imagination of being allowed to tell her of my love almost makes me faint with joy. But it is like the story of the poor squire who loved his queen. She is the greatest of great ladies. I am nobody. She is so beautiful, so splendid, and so high above me, it would be the maddest presumption for me to ask her for her love. To ask for the love of my Queen! And yet—Oh, I can say no more. God sees my heart. God knows how I love her."

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Harland, Henry: The Lady Paramount. V1. 14 Feb 2011

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Henry Harland (March 1, 1861 – December 20, 1905) was an American novelist and editor.
Harland was born in New York City and attended City College but pretended to be Russian-born. His literary career falls into two distinct sections. During the first of these, writing under the pseudonym Sidney Luska, he produced a series of highly sensational novels, written with little regard to literary quality.
But in 1890 Harland moved to London and fell under the influence of the Aesthetic movement. He began writing under his own name and, in 1894, became the founding editor of The Yellow Book. The first novels of this new period, Mademoiselle Miss (1893), Grey Roses (1895), and Comedies and Errors (1898), were praised by critics but had little general popularity. He finally achieved a wide readership with The Cardinal's Snuff-box (1900), which was followed by The Lady Paramount (1901) and My Friend Prospero (1903).
Harland died at Sanremo, Italy, after a prolonged illness.

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On the twenty-second anniversary of Susanna's birth, old Commendatore Fregi, her guardian, whose charge, by the provisions of her father's will, on that day terminated, gave a festa in her honour at his villa in Vallanza. Cannon had been fired in the morning: two-and-twenty salvoes, if you please, though Susanna had protested that this was false heraldry, and that it advertised her, into the bargain, for an old maid. In the afternoon there had been a regatta. Seven tiny sailing-boats, monotypes,—the entire fleet, indeed, of the Reale Yacht Club d'Ilaria—had described a triangle in the bay, with Vallanza, Presa, and Veno as its points; and I need n't tell anyone who knows the island of Sampaolo that the Marchese Baldo del Ponte's Mermaid, English name and all, had come home easily the first. Then, in the evening, there was a dinner, followed by a ball, and fire-works in the garden.

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Harper, Frances E W: Sowing and Reaping. V1. 17 Feb 2011

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Frances Ellen Watkins Harper (September 24, 1825 – February 22, 1911) was an African American abolitionist and poet. Born free in Baltimore, Maryland, she had a long and prolific career, publishing her first book of poetry at twenty and her first novel, the widely praised Iola Leroy, at age 67.

A Temperance Novel

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Harper, Frances E. W.: Iola Leroy. V1. 15 Feb 2011

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Frances Ellen Watkins Harper (September 24, 1825 – February 22, 1911) was an African American abolitionist and poet. Born free in Baltimore, Maryland, she had a long and prolific career, publishing her first book of poetry at twenty and her first novel, the widely praised Iola Leroy, at age 67.

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I confess when I first learned that Mrs. Harper was about to write "a story" on some features of the Anglo-African race, growing out of what was once popularly known as the "peculiar institution," I had my doubts about the matter. Indeed it was far from being easy for me to think that she was as fortunate as she might have been in selecting a subject which would afford her the best opportunity for bringing out a work of merit and lasting worth to the race—such a work as some of her personal friends have long desired to see from her graphic pen. However, after hearing a good portion of the manuscript read, and a general statement with regard to the object in view, I admit frankly that my partial indifference was soon swept away; at least I was willing to wait for further developments.

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Harper, Frances E. W: Minnie's Sacrifice. V1. 16 Feb 2011

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Frances Ellen Watkins Harper (September 24, 1825 – February 22, 1911) was an African American abolitionist and poet. Born free in Baltimore, Maryland, she had a long and prolific career, publishing her first book of poetry at twenty and her first novel, the widely praised Iola Leroy, at age 67.

This moving nineteenth century novel tells the story of Minnie and Louis, two priviledged mixed race young people, born under slavery and raised as white. They marry after learning of their true heritage, and subsequently dedicate their lives and fortune to the betterment of their beleaguered race in the hostile, post-war South. This idyllic, heroic couple mirror the struggle for emancipation fought through war, faith, education and voting rights. Through sadness and challenge the two consecrate themselves to self-sacrifice and to "the fiery crown of martyrdom" in order to encourage and ennoble their people.
Charlotte Mecklenburg Library

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Harper, Frances E. W: Poems. V1. 15 Feb 2011

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Frances Ellen Watkins Harper (September 24, 1825 – February 22, 1911) was an African American abolitionist and poet. Born free in Baltimore, Maryland, she had a long and prolific career, publishing her first book of poetry at twenty and her first novel, the widely praised Iola Leroy, at age 67.

Poetry

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Harper, Frances E. W: Trial and Triumph: V1. 16 Feb 2011

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Frances Ellen Watkins Harper (September 24, 1825 – February 22, 1911) was an African American abolitionist and poet. Born free in Baltimore, Maryland, she had a long and prolific career, publishing her first book of poetry at twenty and her first novel, the widely praised Iola Leroy, at age 67.

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"Oh, that child! She is the very torment of my life. I have been the mother of six children, and all of them put together, never gave me as much trouble as that girl. I don't know what will ever become of her."

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Harraden, Beatrice: A Bird of Passage and Other Stories. v1. 23 Nov 2014

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Beatrice Harraden (1864–1936) was a British writer and suffragette. Born in Hampstead, London on 24 January 1864, Harraden studied in Dresden, at Cheltenham

A BIRD OF PASSAGE.
AT THE GREEN DRAGON.
AN IDYLL OF LONDON.

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Harraden, Beatrice: Katharine Frensham. v1. 24 Nov 2014

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Beatrice Harraden (1864–1936) was a British writer and suffragette. Born in Hampstead, London on 24 January 1864, Harraden studied in Dresden, at Cheltenham

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Clifford Thornton looked at the boy whom he loved and whom he had wounded; and he recognised with a sharp pain of regret that Alan was still too young and too sensitive for the news which had been broken to him. Bitterly the man reproached himself for his selfishness. And yet he had waited for this moment for fifteen long years—more than that; for he and his wife had discovered at the onset that they were out of sympathy, each having an aura hostile to the other. Then the child had come, and these two naturally antipathetic people had thought: "We shall draw nearer to each other because of the child."

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Harraden, Beatrice: Ships That Pass In The Night. v1. 24 Nov 2014

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Beatrice Harraden (1864–1936) was a British writer and suffragette. Born in Hampstead, London on 24 January 1864, Harraden studied in Dresden, at Cheltenham

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A silence followed these words; the English community at that end of the table was struck with astonishment at hearing the Disagreeable Man speak. The few sentences he had spoken during the last four years at Petershof were on record; this was decidedly the longest of them all.

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Harris, Corra: A Circuit Rider's Widow. v1. 4 Mar 2015

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Corra Mae Harris (March 17, 1869 – February 7, 1935), was an American writer and journalist.

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I entertained a violent animosity toward this edifice. Having heard some criticism of Primitive Baptist doctrines, I associated the danger of infant damnation with it, also a scourge of frightfully cold water. Being still very young, I did not know if I should escape the fate of the unfortunate infants born to be damned. As a small child I remember standing dose to the friendly signpost and staring with horror and suspicion at the cavernous doors of Olive-Vine Church, which were always yawning wide open for me.

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Harris, Corra: A Circuit Rider's Wife. v1. 2 Mar 2016

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Corra Mae Harris (March 17, 1869 – February 7, 1935), was an American writer and journalist.
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But all was different in the church to which William belonged, and in which he had been brought up for three generations. The "best families" are never in the majority there. You will find, instead, besides a few "prominent members," the poor, the simple-minded, the ne'er-do-wells morally, who have always flocked to the Methodist fold for this pitying reason, because they find that, if fallen, it is easier to rise in grace according to the doctrines of that church.

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Harris, Corra: Eve's Second Husband. v1. 5 Mar 2016

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Corra Mae Harris (March 17, 1869 – February 7, 1935), was an American writer and journalist.

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WHAT I am about to write is not a story; it is the truth, set down with no more style in the telling than shows about the face of a middle-aged woman in an old-fashioned sunbonnet. There is a certain truthfulness in women, very remote, hard to find, harder to express, that never is modish enough for fiction and that does not even belong to their times, but to just them. It is homely, double-chinned, wears a sort of prayer-hood, walks softly before the Lord, keeps an Eve-eye upon man, and it outlasts mere styles and times, like the whiskers of Moses.

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Harris, Corra: Happily Married. v1. 6 Mar 2016

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Corra Mae Harris (March 17, 1869 – February 7, 1935), was an American writer and journalist.

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Sulgrave is a Southern town entirely surrounded by the world, as an island is surrounded by water, in it, but not of it; a kind old town with many voluminous mansions spreading themselves in wings and porticos over broad lawns, rich in ancient shrubbery and the best traditions, very wide at one end where all the streets reach out into the green land like sticks of a highly decorated fan, very narrow at the other end where the same streets draw together and fold into Washington Avenue. Here the mansions are larger, the lawns are wider, and the shade of the elm trees is deeper, as if greenness and whiteness and cleanness had reached the very “I am” of gentility.

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Harris, Corra: In Search Of A Husband. v1. 7 Mar 2016t

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Corra Mae Harris (March 17, 1869 – February 7, 1935), was an American writer and journalist.

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ONE year alter I had finished living it, this story was written — in a quiet place where thinking is a process of Nature, no more a labour of the mind than the springing of the grass was a labour of the earth in the morning and evening of the great Second Day. That grass — it was the Scriptures of the soil. And this story is also the Scriptures of a woman’s heart. The worth of it is not the goodness nor the badness of the woman, but the veracity of the record.

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Harris, Corra: Making Her His Wife. v1. 8 Mar 2016

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Corra Mae Harris (March 17, 1869 – February 7, 1935), was an American writer and journalist.

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IN 1845, when the South was a feudal civilisation which produced beautiful women, brilliant orators, and valuable slaves, and when the Southern Literary Messenger published continued poems of fifty thousand words which were eagerly read by the beautiful women and the brilliant orators, Colonel Phillip Arms, from Virginia, moved to Cherokee, Georgia, and established his dynasty there. He brought with him the proverbial hundred slaves. Shortly afterward other Virginians came with their retinues and wealth. They were in the nature of courtiers to Colonel Arms, and they were prevailed upon to follow him by the fact that the Colonel had discovered in the land iron ore which was even more valuable than Virginia cotton.

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Harris, Corra: The Co-Citizens. v1. 3 Mar 2016

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Corra Mae Harris (March 17, 1869 – February 7, 1935), was an American writer and journalist.
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When Sarah Hayden Mosely died, she did something.

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Harris, Frank: Eatin' Crow. V1. 17 Feb 2011

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Frank Harris (February 14, 1856 – August 27, 1931) was a British-born, naturalized-American author, editor, journalist and publisher, who was friendly with many well-known figures of his day. Though he attracted much attention during his life for his irascible, aggressive personality, editorship of famous periodicals, and friendship with the talented and famous, he is remembered mainly for his multiple-volume memoir My Life and Loves, which was banned in countries around the world for its sexual explicitness.

EATIN' CROW.
THE BEST MAN IN GAROTTE.

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Harris, Frank: Elder Conklin. V1. 17 Feb 2011

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Frank Harris (February 14, 1856 – August 27, 1931) was a British-born, naturalized-American author, editor, journalist and publisher, who was friendly with many well-known figures of his day. Though he attracted much attention during his life for his irascible, aggressive personality, editorship of famous periodicals, and friendship with the talented and famous, he is remembered mainly for his multiple-volume memoir My Life and Loves, which was banned in countries around the world for its sexual explicitness.

This was Harris' first book, generally well received by the critics of his day. It demonstrates his gift for story-telling, particularly in the title story: set in the Kansas that Harris had known some twenty years before, it tells of an old man, his daughter and their lodger. Each is wonderfully cussed in their own way, leading to a predictably unfortunate climax.
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ELDER CONKLIN.
THE SHERIFF AND HIS PARTNER.
A MODERN IDYLL.
EATIN' CROW
THE BEST MAN IN GAROTTE.
GULMORE, THE BOSS

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Harris, Joel C.: Little Mr. Thimblefinger and His Queer Country. v1. 22 Dec 2013

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Joel Chandler Harris (December 9, 1845 – July 3, 1908) was an American journalist, fiction writer, and folklorist best known for his collection of Uncle Remus stories. Harris was born in Eatonton, Georgia, where he served as an apprentice on a plantation during his teenage years. He spent the majority of his adult life in Atlanta working as an associate editor at the Atlanta Constitution.

THE GRANDMOTHER OF THE DOLLS.
MR. THIMBLEFINGER’S QUEER COUNTRY.
MR. THIMBLEFINGER’S FRIENDS.
TWO QUEER STORIES.
THE TALKING-SADDLE.
THE TALKING-SADDLE AND THE THIEF.
THE LADDER OF LIONS.
BROTHER TERRAPIN’S FIDDLE-STRING.
THE LOOKING-GLASS CHILDREN.
MR. RABBIT AS A RAIN-MAKER.
HOW BROTHER BEAR’S HAIR WAS COMBED.
A SINGING-MATCH.
THE STRAWBERRY-GIRL.
THE WITCH OF THE WELL.
THE BEWITCHED HUNTSMAN.
THE THREE IVORY BOBBINS.
"KEEN-POINT,” “COB-HANDLE,” AND “BUTCH.”
MRS. MEADOWS RESUMES HER STORY.
A STORY OF THE RIVER.

NOTE: 32 Illustrations

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Harris, Joel Chandler, Uncle Remus: His Songs and His Sayings, Version 11,

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Harris, Joel Chandler: A Little Union Scout. v1. 23 Dec 2013

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Joel Chandler Harris (December 9, 1845 – July 3, 1908) was an American journalist, fiction writer, and folklorist best known for his collection of Uncle Remus stories. Harris was born in Eatonton, Georgia, where he served as an apprentice on a plantation during his teenage years. He spent the majority of his adult life in Atlanta working as an associate editor at the Atlanta Constitution.

Excerpt
A young lady, just returned from college, was making a still-hunt in the house for old things—old furniture, old china, and old books. She had a craze for the antique, and the older things were the more precious they were in her eyes. Among other things she found an old scrap-book that her mother and I thought was safe under lock and key. She sat in a sunny place and read it page by page, and, when she had finished, her curiosity was aroused. The clippings in the old scrap-book were all about the adventures of a Union scout whose name was said to be Captain Frank Leroy. The newspaper clippings that had been preserved were queerly inconsistent. The Northern and Western papers praised the scout very highly, and some of them said that if there were more such men in the army the cause of the Union would progress more rapidly; whereas the Southern papers, though paying a high tribute to the dash and courage of the scout, were highly abusive. He was "one of Lincoln's hirelings" and as villanous as he was bold.

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Harris, Joel Chandler: Free Joe and Other Georgian Sketches. 21 Dec 2013

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Joel Chandler Harris (December 9, 1845 – July 3, 1908) was an American journalist, fiction writer, and folklorist best known for his collection of Uncle Remus stories. Harris was born in Eatonton, Georgia, where he served as an apprentice on a plantation during his teenage years. He spent the majority of his adult life in Atlanta working as an associate editor at the Atlanta Constitution.

FREE JOE AND THE REST OF THE WORLD
LITTLE COMPTON
AUNT FOUNTAIN'S PRISONER
TROUBLE ON LOST MOUNTAIN
AZALIA

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Harris, Joel Chandler: Gabriel Tolliver. v1. 21 Dec 2013

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Joel Chandler Harris (December 9, 1845 – July 3, 1908) was an American journalist, fiction writer, and folklorist best known for his collection of Uncle Remus stories. Harris was born in Eatonton, Georgia, where he served as an apprentice on a plantation during his teenage years. He spent the majority of his adult life in Atlanta working as an associate editor at the Atlanta Constitution.

Excerpt
The serene repose of Shady Dale no doubt stood for dulness and lack of progress in that day and time. In all ages of the world, and in all places, there are men of restless but superficial minds, who mistake repose and serenity for stagnation. No doubt then, as now, the most awful sentence to be passed on a community was to say that it was not progressive. But when you examine into the matter, what is called progress is nothing more nor less than the multiplication of the resources of those who, by means of dicker and barter, are trying all the time to overreach the public and their fellows, in one way and another. This sort of thing now has a double name; it is called civilisation, as well as progress, and those who take things as they find them in their morning newspaper, without going to the trouble to reflect for themselves, are no doubt duly impressed by terms that are large enough to fill both the ear and mouth at one and the same time.

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Harris, Joel Chandler: Mingo. v1. 23 Dec 2013

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Joel Chandler Harris (December 9, 1845 – July 3, 1908) was an American journalist, fiction writer, and folklorist best known for his collection of Uncle Remus stories. Harris was born in Eatonton, Georgia, where he served as an apprentice on a plantation during his teenage years. He spent the majority of his adult life in Atlanta working as an associate editor at the Atlanta Constitution.

MINGO: A SKETCH OF LIFE IN MIDDLE GEORGIA.
AT TEAGUE POTEET'S.
A PIECE OF LAND.
BLUE DAVE.

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Harris, Joel Chandler: Nights With Uncle Remus. v1. 24 Dec 2013

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Joel Chandler Harris (December 9, 1845 – July 3, 1908) was an American journalist, fiction writer, and folklorist best known for his collection of Uncle Remus stories. Harris was born in Eatonton, Georgia, where he served as an apprentice on a plantation during his teenage years. He spent the majority of his adult life in Atlanta working as an associate editor at the Atlanta Constitution.

Excerpt
Nights With Uncle Remus is a story-book dearly loved by children. Besides that, it is an important contribution to the study of Afro-American folk-lore, and through many years of popularity it has carried a long and learned Introduction, of great interest to students but rather forbidding in aspect to youthful readers. In this new edition, which has been prepared especially for children, and illustrated in colors by an artist who knows how to please them as well as their elders, the Introduction has been omitted, but the stories and their charming setting have been left intact.

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Harris, Joel Chandler: Stories Of Georgia. v1. 25 Dec 2013

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Joel Chandler Harris (December 9, 1845 – July 3, 1908) was an American journalist, fiction writer, and folklorist best known for his collection of Uncle Remus stories. Harris was born in Eatonton, Georgia, where he served as an apprentice on a plantation during his teenage years. He spent the majority of his adult life in Atlanta working as an associate editor at the Atlanta Constitution.

A SEARCH FOR TREASURE.
OGLETHORPE AND HIS GENTLE COLONY
THE EMPRESS OF GEORGIA
THE LIBERTY BOYS.
A GROUP OF CHARACTERS
AUNT NANCY HART.
TWO SOLDIERS OF THE REVOLUTION.
A WAR OF EXTERMINATION.
A NEGRO PATRIOT.
THE YAZOO FRAUD
GEORGE MATTHEWS AND JOHN CLARKE.
AFTER THE REVOLUTION.
THE COTTON GIN.
SOME GEORGIA INVENTIONS.
THE EARLY PROGRESS OF THE STATE.
THE CREEKS AND THE CREEK WAR
TWO FAMOUS INDIAN CHIEFS.
REMOVAL OF THE CHEROKEES.
THE BEGINNING OF PARTIES IN GEORGIA.
A QUEER CASE.
GEORGIA WIT AND HUMOR.
SLAVERY AND SECESSION.
THE FARMER BOY OF GADDISTOWN.
GEORGIA IN THE WAR.
A DARING ADVENTURE.
THE RECONSTRUCTION PERIOD.
"THE NEW SOUTH"

NOTE: 45 Illustrations

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Harris, Joel Chandler: The Bishop and the Boogerman. v1. 21 Dec 2013

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Joel Chandler Harris (December 9, 1845 – July 3, 1908) was an American journalist, fiction writer, and folklorist best known for his collection of Uncle Remus stories. Harris was born in Eatonton, Georgia, where he served as an apprentice on a plantation during his teenage years. He spent the majority of his adult life in Atlanta working as an associate editor at the Atlanta Constitution.

BEING THE STORY OF A LITTLE TRULY-GIRL, WHO GREW UP; HER MYSTERIOUS COMPANION; HER CRABBED OLD UNCLE; THE WHISH-WHISH WOODS; A VERY CIVIL ENGINEER, AND MR. BILLY SANDERS THE SAGE OF SHADY DALE.

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Harris, Joel Chandler: Uncle Remus and Brer Rabbit. v1. 25 Dec 2013

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Joel Chandler Harris (December 9, 1845 – July 3, 1908) was an American journalist, fiction writer, and folklorist best known for his collection of Uncle Remus stories. Harris was born in Eatonton, Georgia, where he served as an apprentice on a plantation during his teenage years. He spent the majority of his adult life in Atlanta working as an associate editor at the Atlanta Constitution.

THE CREETURS GO TO THE BARBECUE
BRER RABBIT’S FROLIC
BROTHER BEAR’S BIG HOUSE
BRER RABBIT TREATS THE CREETURS TO A RACE
BRER RABBIT’S FLYING TRIP
BRER RABBIT AND THE GOLD MINE
BRER RABBIT GETS BRER FOX A HOSS
BRER RABBIT FINDS THE MOON IN THE MILL POND
HOW MR. LION LOST HIS WOOL
HOW BRER RABBIT GOT A HOUSE
BRER RABBIT AND THE PARTRIDGE NEST

NOTE: 71 Illustrations

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Harrison, Henry Sydnor: Angela's Business. V1. 19 Feb 2011

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Henry Sydnor Harrison (1880-1930) was an American novelist, born in Sewanee, Tenn. He graduated from Columbia in 1900, and received an honorary A.M. from the same university in 1913. In 1914, he was elected a member of the National Institute of Arts and Letters. He wrote under the pen name "Henry Second," and made contributions to the Atlantic Monthly and other magazines. Novels written by him include Queed (1911) which was very well received. Other works include Angela's Business (1915), When I Come Back (1919), Saint Teresa (1922), and Marriage (1923), a volume of short stories. Harrison has also written a story, called "Miss Hinch", where a daring criminal and the lady after her make their way through New York City streets at midnight

Excerpt
We have a society organized on the agreeable assumption that every woman, at twenty-five or thereabouts, finds herself in possession of a home, a husband, and three darling little curly-headed children.

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Harrison, Henry Sydnor: Angela's Business. v1. 28 Feb 2017

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Henry Sydnor Harrison: Born : 1880 Feb 12 Sewanee, Tennessee, USA: Lived : New York City (Manhattan), New York, USA: Died : 1930

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BEING an author actually at work, and not an author being photographed at work by a lady admirer, he did not gaze large-eyed at a poppy in a crystal vase, one hand lightly touching his forehead, the other tossing off page after page in high godlike frenzy. On the contrary, the young man at the table yawned, lolled, sighed, scratched his ear, read snatches of Virginia Carter’s “ Letters to My Girl Friends” in the morning’s “Post,” read snatches of any printed matter that happened to be about, and even groaned. When he gazed, it was at no flower, but more probably at his clock, a stout alarm-clock well known to the trade as “Big Bill”; and the clock gazed back, since there was a matter between them this evening, and seemed to say, “Well, are you going to the Redmantle Club, or are you not? ” But that was precisely the point on which the young man at the table had not yet made up his mind.

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Harrison, Henry Sydnor: Captivating Mary Carstairs. v1. 1 Mar 2017

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Henry Sydnor Harrison: Born : 1880 Feb 12 Sewanee, Tennessee, USA: Lived : New York City (Manhattan), New York, USA: Died : 1930

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In a rear room of a quaint little house uptown, a great bronzed-faced man sat at a piano, a dead pipe between his teeth, and absently played the most difficult of Beethoven’s sonatas. Though he played it divinely, the three men who sat smoking and talking in a nearby corner paid not the least attention to him. The player, it seemed, did not expect them to: he paid very little attention himself.

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Harrison, Henry Sydnor: Captivating Mary Carstairs. V1. 19 Feb 2011

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Henry Sydnor Harrison (1880-1930) was an American novelist, born in Sewanee, Tenn. He graduated from Columbia in 1900, and received an honorary A.M. from the same university in 1913. In 1914, he was elected a member of the National Institute of Arts and Letters. He wrote under the pen name "Henry Second," and made contributions to the Atlantic Monthly and other magazines. Novels written by him include Queed (1911) which was very well received. Other works include Angela's Business (1915), When I Come Back (1919), Saint Teresa (1922), and Marriage (1923), a volume of short stories. Harrison has also written a story, called "Miss Hinch", where a daring criminal and the lady after her make their way through New York City streets at midnight

Excerpt
Lord Pembroke, who married a Philadelphian, is quoted as saying that the Curzon is the most democratic club in a too confoundedly democratic country. M. Arly, the editor, has told Paris that it is the most exclusive club in the world. Probably both were right. The electing board is the whole club, and a candidate is stone-dead at the first blackball; but no stigma attaches to him for that. Of course, it is a small club. Also, though money is the least of all passports there, it is a wealthy club. No stretch of the imagination could describe its dues as low. But through its sons of plutocracy, and their never-ending elation at finding themselves in, has arisen the Fund, by which poor but honest men can join, and do join, with never a thought of ways and means. Of these Herbert Horning, possibly the best-liked man in the club, who supported a large family off the funny department of a magazine, was one. He had spurned the suggestion when it was first made to him, and had reluctantly foregone his election; whereon Peter Maginnis had taken him aside, a dash of red in his ordinarily composed eye.

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Harrison, Henry Sydnor: Queed. V1. 19 Feb 2011

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Henry Sydnor Harrison (1880-1930) was an American novelist, born in Sewanee, Tenn. He graduated from Columbia in 1900, and received an honorary A.M. from the same university in 1913. In 1914, he was elected a member of the National Institute of Arts and Letters. He wrote under the pen name "Henry Second," and made contributions to the Atlantic Monthly and other magazines. Novels written by him include Queed (1911) which was very well received. Other works include Angela's Business (1915), When I Come Back (1919), Saint Teresa (1922), and Marriage (1923), a volume of short stories. Harrison has also written a story, called "Miss Hinch", where a daring criminal and the lady after her make their way through New York City streets at midnight

Excerpt
It was five of a November afternoon, crisp and sharp, and already running into dusk. Down the street came a girl and a dog, rather a small girl and quite a behemothian dog. If she had been a shade smaller, or he a shade more behemothian, the thing would have approached a parody on one's settled idea of a girl and a dog. She had enough height to save that, but it was the narrowest sort of squeak.

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Harrison, Henry Sydnor: Saint Teresa. v1. 4 Mar 2017

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Henry Sydnor Harrison: Born : 1880 Feb 12 Sewanee, Tennessee, USA: Lived : New York City (Manhattan), New York, USA: Died : 1930

Extract:
THOUGH the setting was as secular as need be, the suggestions of the scene itself were not a little devotional. It was Sunday, it was Easter Day, very early in the morning; the wonder of dawn was hardly gone from the skies, and nothing stirred the unearthly hush but the cheeping of birds in the ivy, and the liquid chimes from the great Cathedral, ceaselessly intoning. The bells called the faithful to worship and sinners to repentance, and the pose of the woman at the window, where the room’s dimness lightened to the new day, seemed wonderfully attuned to the solemn cadences. She was kneeling; her figure, maidenly and slim, was clothed in a straight white robe; and her pure gaze, turned upward, celestially lost itself in the auroral dome. The whole look of the colorless young face was rapt and ascetical. The hands met in the changeless attitude of the devout; the slender fingers moved, and it was as if she told her beads; the lips moved and surely she spoke her heavenly passion. In the instant, to the airs of that holy music, this woman might have been the virgin of tradition, Saint Teresa at her orisons. She looked the true figure of the Nun of the ages, classical and pale

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Harrison, Henry Sydnor: V. V.'s Eyes. V1. 20 Feb 2011

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Henry Sydnor Harrison (1880-1930) was an American novelist, born in Sewanee, Tenn. He graduated from Columbia in 1900, and received an honorary A.M. from the same university in 1913. In 1914, he was elected a member of the National Institute of Arts and Letters. He wrote under the pen name "Henry Second," and made contributions to the Atlantic Monthly and other magazines. Novels written by him include Queed (1911) which was very well received. Other works include Angela's Business (1915), When I Come Back (1919), Saint Teresa (1922), and Marriage (1923), a volume of short stories. Harrison has also written a story, called "Miss Hinch", where a daring criminal and the lady after her make their way through New York City streets at midnight

Excerpt
V. Vivian, M.D. by the paint upon his window, dwelt in the Dabney House; Mr. Heth--pronounced Heath if you value his wife's good opinion--dwelt in the House of his cognomen. Between the two lay a scant mile of city streets. But then this happened to be the particular mile which traversed, while of course it could not span, the Great Gulf fixed.

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Harrison, Henry Sydnor: When I Come Back. v1. 5 Mar 2017

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Henry Sydnor Harrison: Born : 1880 Feb 12 Sewanee, Tennessee, USA: Lived : New York City (Manhattan), New York, USA: Died : 1930

Extract:
One day in October, 1918, an American soldier sat in a “little pit ” in a wood, writing a letter home. The principal thesis of his letter was jam, cited as “one of the most vital topics about camp now.” There was also a good deal about a cup of apple sauce, lately given him by a princely comrade; the repairing of trousers with the aid of a housewife, also a recent gift; wool socks, rainy weather and the prospect of billets; something of small happenings at home. In concluding, the soldier apologized for the material thinness of his letter, saying: “Our days are uneventful, and there is nothing much to say.”

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Harrison, Jane Ellen: Ancient Art and Ritual, v1, 5 January 2010.

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Jane Ellen Harrison, LL.D., LITT.D. (1850–1928)
Ancient Art and Ritual
First published in 1913, and reprinted in 1918 (revised), 1919, 1927, 1935 and 1948.

Dr Harrison applies the theories of James Frazer’s “The Golden Bough” to explore the origins of Greek art and drama, and surmises that they are rooted in primitive magic.

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Harrison, Jane: Myths of Greece and Rome, v.1, 8 October 2008.

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Myths of Greece and Rome (1928)
By Jane Harrison, LL.D., LITT.D. (1850–1928)
Corresponding Member of the German Archaeological Institute, Sometime Fellow and Staff Lecturer of Newnham College, Cambridge

A short outline of Greek mythology from a noted classical scholar. The book shows how Greek mythology evolved. (Despite the mention of Roman mythology in the title, the focus is on the myths of Greece.)

Contents:
Introductory; The Gods of Homer’s Olympus; Zeus (Jove, Jupiter); Hera; Athena (Minerva); Aphrodite (Venus; )Artemis (Diana); Apollo (Phoebus); Ares (Mars); Hermes (Mercury); Poseidon (Neptune);
The Mother of the Gods; Demeter and Persephone (Ceres and Proserpine); Dionysos; Eros; Bibliography.

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Hart, Frances Noyes: Contact, and other stories (1923); v1; 23 Jun 2020

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American author Frances Noyes Hart was not prolific, but was very highly regarded in the 1920s and early 30s as a short story writer. She also wrote a courtroom novel, "The Bellamy Trial", also in this library, much celebrated.

Her two best known short stories are in this, the only collection of her short stories.

Contents
1: “Contact!”
2: There Was a Lady
3: Long Distance
4: Philip the Gay
5: Green Gardens
6: Delilah
7: Her Grace
8: The Honourable Tony

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Hart, Frances Noyes: The Bellamy Trial (1927); v1; 7 May 2020

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Frances Noyes Hart (1890-1943) attended a sensational early 1920s murder trial as a court reporter, and was inspired to write a courtroom novel.

The entire action takes place in an American courtroom, except for a brief scene at the end in the Judge's chambers. The eight-day trial is of Susan Ives and Stephen Bellamy for the murder of Bellamy's wife, a trial redolant of greath wealth and family intrigue. It is the earliest known courtroom dramas.

Published in 1927, it was a great success and filmed in 1929.

It is one of critic Howard Haycraft's "cornerstone" crime novels.

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Harte, Bret: New Burlesques. v1. 27 Nov 2014

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Francis Bret Harte (August 25, 1836 – May 5, 1902) was an American author and poet, best remembered for his short fiction featuring miners, gamblers, and other romantic figures of the California Gold Rush. In a career spanning more than four decades, he wrote poetry, fiction, plays, lectures, book reviews, editorials, and magazine sketches in addition to fiction. As he moved from California to the eastern U.S. to Europe, he incorporated new subjects and characters into his stories, but his Gold Rush tales have been most often reprinted, adapted, and admired.

Parodies, including: Rupert the Resembler, The Stolen Cigar Case, Golly and the Christian, The Adventures of John Longbowe, Don'l Borem, Stories Three, and "Zut-Ski" the Problem of a Wicked Feme Sole.

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Harte, Bret: A First Family of Tasajara. v1. 30 Nov 2014

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Francis Bret Harte (August 25, 1836 – May 5, 1902) was an American author and poet, best remembered for his short fiction featuring miners, gamblers, and other romantic figures of the California Gold Rush. In a career spanning more than four decades, he wrote poetry, fiction, plays, lectures, book reviews, editorials, and magazine sketches in addition to fiction. As he moved from California to the eastern U.S. to Europe, he incorporated new subjects and characters into his stories, but his Gold Rush tales have been most often reprinted, adapted, and admired.

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It blows, said Joe Wingate. As if to accent the words of the speaker a heavy gust of wind at that moment shook the long light wooden structure which served as the general store of Sidon settlement, in Contra Costa. Even after it had passed a prolonged whistle came through the keyhole, sides, and openings of the closed glass front doors, that served equally for windows, and filled the canvas ceiling which hid the roof above like a bellying sail.

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Harte, Bret: A Millionaire of Rough-and-Ready. 03 Sept 07

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Another Harte story set in the west with the starting position of a miner who finally struck gold.

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Harte, Bret: A Phyllis of the Sierras. v1. 29 Nov 2014

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Francis Bret Harte (August 25, 1836 – May 5, 1902) was an American author and poet, best remembered for his short fiction featuring miners, gamblers, and other romantic figures of the California Gold Rush. In a career spanning more than four decades, he wrote poetry, fiction, plays, lectures, book reviews, editorials, and magazine sketches in addition to fiction. As he moved from California to the eastern U.S. to Europe, he incorporated new subjects and characters into his stories, but his Gold Rush tales have been most often reprinted, adapted, and admired.

A DRIFT FROM REDWOOD CAMP
A PHYLLIS OF THE SIERRAS

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Harte, Bret: A Protegee of Jack Hamlin's. v1. 6 Dec 2014

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Francis Bret Harte (August 25, 1836 – May 5, 1902) was an American author and poet, best remembered for his short fiction featuring miners, gamblers, and other romantic figures of the California Gold Rush. In a career spanning more than four decades, he wrote poetry, fiction, plays, lectures, book reviews, editorials, and magazine sketches in addition to fiction. As he moved from California to the eastern U.S. to Europe, he incorporated new subjects and characters into his stories, but his Gold Rush tales have been most often reprinted, adapted, and admired.

A PROTEGEE OF JACK HAMLIN'S.
AN INGENUE OF THE SIERRAS.
THE REFORMATION OF JAMES REDDY.
THE HEIR OF THE McHULISHES.
AN EPISODE OF WEST WOODLANDS.
THE HOME-COMING OF JIM WILKES.

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Harte, Bret: A Sappho of Green Springs. v1. 9 Dec 2014

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Francis Bret Harte (August 25, 1836 – May 5, 1902) was an American author and poet, best remembered for his short fiction featuring miners, gamblers, and other romantic figures of the California Gold Rush. In a career spanning more than four decades, he wrote poetry, fiction, plays, lectures, book reviews, editorials, and magazine sketches in addition to fiction. As he moved from California to the eastern U.S. to Europe, he incorporated new subjects and characters into his stories, but his Gold Rush tales have been most often reprinted, adapted, and admired.

A Sappho of Green Springs is a collection of four longer tales, including "Sappho," the title story, "The Chatelaine of Burnt Ridge," "Through the Santa Clara Wheat," and "A Maecenas of the Pacific Slope."

"A Sappho of Green Springs" features a recurring Harte character, the gambler Jack Hamlin. A caller has come to the offices of the Excelsior magazine, seeking the identity of a writer. He's a lumberman from Mendocino, struck by the truth of a poem submitted by a writer known as White Violet, and hopes to meet her. The editor explains that he cannot give out identities, but will write to White Violet if desired, and if the author consents, provide an address. Jack reads the poem, agrees on its merits, and makes a bet with the editor that he can find the writer. Jack is a gambler, but this is a different sort of bet.

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Harte, Bret: A Waif of the Plains. v1. 3 Dec 2014

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Francis Bret Harte (August 25, 1836 – May 5, 1902) was an American author and poet, best remembered for his short fiction featuring miners, gamblers, and other romantic figures of the California Gold Rush. In a career spanning more than four decades, he wrote poetry, fiction, plays, lectures, book reviews, editorials, and magazine sketches in addition to fiction. As he moved from California to the eastern U.S. to Europe, he incorporated new subjects and characters into his stories, but his Gold Rush tales have been most often reprinted, adapted, and admired.

A WAIF OF THE PLAINS
IN THE CARQUINEZ WOODS
SNOW-BOUND AT EAGLE’S
A MILLIONAIRE OF ROUGH-AND-READY

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Harte, Bret: By Shore and Sedge. v1. 25 Nov 2014

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Francis Bret Harte (August 25, 1836 – May 5, 1902) was an American author and poet, best remembered for his short fiction featuring miners, gamblers, and other romantic figures of the California Gold Rush. In a career spanning more than four decades, he wrote poetry, fiction, plays, lectures, book reviews, editorials, and magazine sketches in addition to fiction. As he moved from California to the eastern U.S. to Europe, he incorporated new subjects and characters into his stories, but his Gold Rush tales have been most often reprinted, adapted, and admired.

AN APOSTLE OF THE TULES
SARAH WALKER
A SHIP OF ‘49

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Harte, Bret: Clarence. v1. 25 Nov 2014

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Francis Bret Harte (August 25, 1836 – May 5, 1902) was an American author and poet, best remembered for his short fiction featuring miners, gamblers, and other romantic figures of the California Gold Rush. In a career spanning more than four decades, he wrote poetry, fiction, plays, lectures, book reviews, editorials, and magazine sketches in addition to fiction. As he moved from California to the eastern U.S. to Europe, he incorporated new subjects and characters into his stories, but his Gold Rush tales have been most often reprinted, adapted, and admired.

Excerpt
As Clarence Brant, President of the Robles Land Company, and husband of the rich widow of John Peyton, of the Robles Ranche, mingled with the outgoing audience of the Cosmopolitan Theater, at San Francisco, he elicited the usual smiling nods and recognition due to his good looks and good fortune.

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Harte, Bret: Colonel Starbottle's Client. v1. 25 Nov 2014

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Francis Bret Harte (August 25, 1836 – May 5, 1902) was an American author and poet, best remembered for his short fiction featuring miners, gamblers, and other romantic figures of the California Gold Rush. In a career spanning more than four decades, he wrote poetry, fiction, plays, lectures, book reviews, editorials, and magazine sketches in addition to fiction. As he moved from California to the eastern U.S. to Europe, he incorporated new subjects and characters into his stories, but his Gold Rush tales have been most often reprinted, adapted, and admired.

Society has forgiven Jo Corbin for killing a man, but can he forgive himself? Will the Postmistress lose all in a bid to help a friend escape justice? Will the new teaching assistant's unorthodox ways tame the unruly pioneer children?
These are just three of the nine wonderful short stories from Bret Harte, set in wild and wooly 19th century California.It may be remembered that it was the habit of that gallant war- horse of the Calaveras democracy, Colonel Starbottle, at the close of a political campaign, to return to his original profession of the Law. Perhaps it could not be called a peaceful retirement. The same fiery-tongued eloquence and full-breasted chivalry which had in turns thrilled and overawed freemen at the polls were no less fervid and embattled before a jury.

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Harte, Bret: Condensed Novels. 03 Sept 07

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Once upon a time it was was popular to parody popular novels. This fad has come and gone many times in the past. Remember that in those days the US was not a member of any international copyright convention so almost anything was allowed.

In [Condensed Novels[/ Harte mimics many authors of the day including Charles Dickens, Victor Hugo, and Wilkie Collins. It is a good read, even better if you know the authors involved.

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Harte, Bret: Condensed Novels. v1. 27 Nov 2014

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Francis Bret Harte (August 25, 1836 – May 5, 1902) was an American author and poet, best remembered for his short fiction featuring miners, gamblers, and other romantic figures of the California Gold Rush. In a career spanning more than four decades, he wrote poetry, fiction, plays, lectures, book reviews, editorials, and magazine sketches in addition to fiction. As he moved from California to the eastern U.S. to Europe, he incorporated new subjects and characters into his stories, but his Gold Rush tales have been most often reprinted, adapted, and admired.

HANDSOME IS AS HANDSOME DOES.
BY CH—S R—DE.BY CH—S R—DE.

LOTHAW; OR,
THE ADVENTURES OF A YOUNG GENTLEMAN IN SEARCH OF A RELIGION.
BY MR. BENJAMINS.

MUCK-A-MUCK.

A MODERN INDIAN NOVEL.
AFTER COOPER.

TERENCE DENVILLE.
BY CH—L—S L—V—R.

SELINA SEDILIA.
BY MISS M. E. B—DD—N AND MRS. H—N—Y W—D.

THE NINETY-NINE GUARDSMEN.
BY AL—X—D—R D—M—S

THE DWELLER OF THE THRESHOLD.
BY SIR ED—D L—TT—N B—LW—R.

THE HAUNTED MAN.
A CHRISTMAS STORY.
BY CH—R—S D—CK—NS.

MISS MIX.
BY CH—L—TTE BR—NTE.

GUY HEAVYSTONE;
OR,
“ENTIRE.”
A MUSCULAR NOVEL.
BY THE AUTHOR of “SWORD AND GUN.”

MR. MIDSHIPMAN BREEZY.
A NAVAL OFFICER.
BY CAPTAIN M—RRY—T, R. N.

JOHN JENKINS;
OR,
THE SMOKER REFORMED.
BY T. S. A—TH—R.

NO TITLE.
By W—LK—E C—LL—NS.
PROLOGUE.

N N.
BEING A NOVEL IN THE FRENCH PARAGRAPHIC STYLE.

FANTINE.
AFTER THE FRENCH OF VICTOR HUGO.

“LA FEMME.”
AFTER THE FRENCH OF M. MICHELET.

MARY MCGILLUP.
A SOUTHERN NOVEL.
AFTER BELLE BOYD.
WITH AN INTRODUCTION BY G. A. S—LA.

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Harte, Bret: Cressy. v1. 27 Nov 2014

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Francis Bret Harte (August 25, 1836 – May 5, 1902) was an American author and poet, best remembered for his short fiction featuring miners, gamblers, and other romantic figures of the California Gold Rush. In a career spanning more than four decades, he wrote poetry, fiction, plays, lectures, book reviews, editorials, and magazine sketches in addition to fiction. As he moved from California to the eastern U.S. to Europe, he incorporated new subjects and characters into his stories, but his Gold Rush tales have been most often reprinted, adapted, and admired.

Excerpt
As the master of the Indian Spring school emerged from the pine woods into the little clearing before the schoolhouse, he stopped whistling, put his hat less jauntily on his head, threw away some wild flowers he had gathered on his way, and otherwise assumed the severe demeanor of his profession and his mature age - which was at least twenty. Not that he usually felt this an assumption; it was a firm conviction of his serious nature that he impressed others, as he did himself, with the blended austerity and ennui of deep and exhausted experience.

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Harte, Bret: Devil's Ford. v1, 23 Jan 2008

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From Wikipedia:

Francis Bret Harte (August 25, 1837 – May 6, 1902) was an American author and poet, best remembered for his accounts of pioneering life in California.

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A wondrous tale that evokes excitement and grabs attention. With tumbling mines and disastrous natural calamities, the narrative is full of action and thrill. It also relates love and emotions through intricately developed characters. Captivating!

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Harte, Bret: Drift from Two Shores. v1. 29 Nov 2014

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Francis Bret Harte (August 25, 1836 – May 5, 1902) was an American author and poet, best remembered for his short fiction featuring miners, gamblers, and other romantic figures of the California Gold Rush. In a career spanning more than four decades, he wrote poetry, fiction, plays, lectures, book reviews, editorials, and magazine sketches in addition to fiction. As he moved from California to the eastern U.S. to Europe, he incorporated new subjects and characters into his stories, but his Gold Rush tales have been most often reprinted, adapted, and admired.

THE MAN ON THE BEACH
TWO SAINTS OF THE FOOT-HILLS
"JINNY"
ROGER CATRON'S FRIEND
"WHO WAS MY QUIET FRIEND?"
A GHOST OF THE SIERRAS
THE HOODLUM BAND
THE MAN WHOSE YOKE WAS NOT EASY
MY FRIEND, THE TRAMP
THE MAN FROM SOLANO
THE OFFICE SEEKER
A SLEEPING-CAR EXPERIENCE
MORNING ON THE AVENUE
WITH THE ENTREES

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Harte, Bret: East and West-Poems. v1. 30 Nov 2014

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Francis Bret Harte (August 25, 1836 – May 5, 1902) was an American author and poet, best remembered for his short fiction featuring miners, gamblers, and other romantic figures of the California Gold Rush. In a career spanning more than four decades, he wrote poetry, fiction, plays, lectures, book reviews, editorials, and magazine sketches in addition to fiction. As he moved from California to the eastern U.S. to Europe, he incorporated new subjects and characters into his stories, but his Gold Rush tales have been most often reprinted, adapted, and admired.

A Greyport Legend.
A Newport Romance.
The Hawk’s Nest.
In the Mission Garden.
The Old Major Explains.
“Seventy-Nine”
His Answer to “Her Letter.”
Further Language from Truthful James.
The Wonderful Spring of San Joaquin.
On a Cone of the Big Trees.
A Sanitary Message.
The Copperhead.
On a Pen of Thomas Starr King.
Lone Mountain.
California’s Greeting to Seward.
The Two Ships.
The Goddess.
Address.
The Lost Galleon.
A Second Review of the Grand Army.

Before the Curtain.
The Stage-Driver’s Story.
Aspiring Miss de Laine.
California Madrigal.
St. Thomas.
The Ballad of Mr. Cooke.
The Legends of the Rhine.
Mrs. Judge Jenkins.
Avitor.
A White-Pine Ballad.
What the Wolf Really Said to Little Red Riding-Hood.
The Ritualist.
A Moral Vindicator.
Songs Without Sense.

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Harte, Bret: Excelsior. v1. 30 Nov 2014

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Francis Bret Harte (August 25, 1836 – May 5, 1902) was an American author and poet, best remembered for his short fiction featuring miners, gamblers, and other romantic figures of the California Gold Rush. In a career spanning more than four decades, he wrote poetry, fiction, plays, lectures, book reviews, editorials, and magazine sketches in addition to fiction. As he moved from California to the eastern U.S. to Europe, he incorporated new subjects and characters into his stories, but his Gold Rush tales have been most often reprinted, adapted, and admired.

Poems and images

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Harte, Bret: Flip. v1. 1 Dec 2014

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Francis Bret Harte (August 25, 1836 – May 5, 1902) was an American author and poet, best remembered for his short fiction featuring miners, gamblers, and other romantic figures of the California Gold Rush. In a career spanning more than four decades, he wrote poetry, fiction, plays, lectures, book reviews, editorials, and magazine sketches in addition to fiction. As he moved from California to the eastern U.S. to Europe, he incorporated new subjects and characters into his stories, but his Gold Rush tales have been most often reprinted, adapted, and admired.

FLIP
FOUND AT BLAZING STAR

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Harte, Bret: From Sand Hill to Pine. v1. 1 Dec 2014

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Francis Bret Harte (August 25, 1836 – May 5, 1902) was an American author and poet, best remembered for his short fiction featuring miners, gamblers, and other romantic figures of the California Gold Rush. In a career spanning more than four decades, he wrote poetry, fiction, plays, lectures, book reviews, editorials, and magazine sketches in addition to fiction. As he moved from California to the eastern U.S. to Europe, he incorporated new subjects and characters into his stories, but his Gold Rush tales have been most often reprinted, adapted, and admired.

A NIECE OF SNAPSHOT HARRY’S
A TREASURE OF THE REDWOODS
A BELLE OF CANADA CITY
WHAT HAPPENED AT THE FONDA
A JACK AND JILL OF THE SIERRAS
MR. BILSON’S HOUSEKEEPER

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Harte, Bret: Frontier Stories. v1. 1 Dec 2014

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Francis Bret Harte (August 25, 1836 – May 5, 1902) was an American author and poet, best remembered for his short fiction featuring miners, gamblers, and other romantic figures of the California Gold Rush. In a career spanning more than four decades, he wrote poetry, fiction, plays, lectures, book reviews, editorials, and magazine sketches in addition to fiction. As he moved from California to the eastern U.S. to Europe, he incorporated new subjects and characters into his stories, but his Gold Rush tales have been most often reprinted, adapted, and admired.

FLIP: A CALIFORNIA ROMANCE.
FOUND AT BLAZING STAR.
IN THE CARQUINEZ WOODS.
AT THE MISSION OF SAN CARMEL.
A BLUE-GRASS PENELOPE
LEFT OUT ON LONE STAR MOUNTAIN.
A SHIP OF ‘49.

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Harte, Bret: Gabriel Conroy. v1. 2 Dec 2014

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Francis Bret Harte (August 25, 1836 – May 5, 1902) was an American author and poet, best remembered for his short fiction featuring miners, gamblers, and other romantic figures of the California Gold Rush. In a career spanning more than four decades, he wrote poetry, fiction, plays, lectures, book reviews, editorials, and magazine sketches in addition to fiction. As he moved from California to the eastern U.S. to Europe, he incorporated new subjects and characters into his stories, but his Gold Rush tales have been most often reprinted, adapted, and admired.

Gabriel Conroy is divided into seven books titled: On the Threshold; After Five Years; The Lead; Drifting; The Vein; A Dip; and The Bed Rock.

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Harte, Bret: How Santa Claus Came to Simpson’s Bar, v.1, 12 December 2008.

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Bret Harte (1836–1902)
How Santa Claus Came to Simpson’s Bar (1870)

Bret Harte best remembered for his accounts of pioneering life in California. Here is a Christmas story.

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Harte, Bret: In a Hollow of the Hills. v1. 3 Dec 2014

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Francis Bret Harte (August 25, 1836 – May 5, 1902) was an American author and poet, best remembered for his short fiction featuring miners, gamblers, and other romantic figures of the California Gold Rush. In a career spanning more than four decades, he wrote poetry, fiction, plays, lectures, book reviews, editorials, and magazine sketches in addition to fiction. As he moved from California to the eastern U.S. to Europe, he incorporated new subjects and characters into his stories, but his Gold Rush tales have been most often reprinted, adapted, and admired.

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It was past midnight when he was awakened by the familiar clatter of boulders down the grade, the usual simulation of a wild rush from without that encompassed the whole mill, even to that heavy impact against the door, which he had heard once before. In this he recognized merely the ordinary phenomena of his experience, and only turned over to sleep again. But this time the door rudely fell in upon him, and a figure strode over his prostrate body, with a gun leveled at his head.

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Harte, Bret: Jeff Brigg's Love Story. 03 Sept 07

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From Wikipedia: [QUOTBorn in Albany, New York, Harte moved to California in 1853, later working there in a number of capacities, including miner, teacher, messenger, and journalist. He spent part of his life in the northern California coast town now known as Arcata, then just a mining camp on Humboldt Bay.

His first literary efforts, including poetry and prose, appeared in The Californian, an early literary journal edited by Charles Henry Webb. In 1868 he became editor of The Overland Monthly, another new literary magazine, but this one more in tune with the pioneering spirit of excitement in California. His story, "The Luck of Roaring Camp," appeared in the magazine's second edition, propelling Harte to nationwide fame.

When word of Dickens' death reached Bret Harte in July of 1870, he immediately sent a dispatch across the bay to San Francisco to hold back the forthcoming publication of his Overland Monthly for twenty-four hours, so that he could compose the poetic tribute, Dickens in Camp. This work is considered by many of Harte's admirers as his masterpiece of verse, for its evident sincerity, the depth of feeling it displays, and the unusual quality of its poetic expression.

Determined to pursue his literary career, in 1871 he and his family traveled back East, to New York and eventually to Boston, where he contracted with a publisher for an annual salary of $10,000, "an unprecedented sum at the time." His popularity waned, however, and by the end of 1872 he was without a publishing contract and increasingly desperate. He spent the next few years struggling to publish new work (or republish old), delivering lectures about the gold rush, and even selling an advertising jingle to a soap company.

In 1878 Harte was appointed to the position of United States Consul in the town of Krefeld, Germany and then to Glasgow in 1880. In 1885 he settled in London. During the thirty years he spent in Europe, he never abandoned writing, and maintained a prodigious output of stories that retained the freshness of his earlier work. He died in England in 1902 and is buried at Frimley. In 1987 he appeared on a $5 U.S. Postage stamp, as part of the "Great Americans" Series of issues.[/QUOT

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Harte, Bret: Jeff Briggs's Love Story. v1. 3 Dec 2014

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Francis Bret Harte (August 25, 1836 – May 5, 1902) was an American author and poet, best remembered for his short fiction featuring miners, gamblers, and other romantic figures of the California Gold Rush. In a career spanning more than four decades, he wrote poetry, fiction, plays, lectures, book reviews, editorials, and magazine sketches in addition to fiction. As he moved from California to the eastern U.S. to Europe, he incorporated new subjects and characters into his stories, but his Gold Rush tales have been most often reprinted, adapted, and admired.

Excerpt
It was raining and blowing at Eldridge's Crossing. From the stately pine-trees on the hill-tops, which were dignifiedly protesting through their rigid spines upward, to the hysterical willows in the hollow, that had whipped themselves into a maudlin fury, there was a general tumult. When the wind lulled, the rain kept up the distraction, firing long volleys across the road, letting loose miniature cataracts from the hill-sides to brawl in the ditches, and beating down the heavy heads of wild oats on the levels; when the rain ceased for a moment the wind charged over the already defeated field, ruffled the gullies, scattered the spray from the roadside pines, and added insult to injury. But both wind and rain concentrated their energies in a malevolent attempt to utterly disperse and scatter the "Half-way House," which seemed to have wholly lost its way, and strayed into the open, where, dazed and bewildered, unprepared and unprotected, it was exposed to the taunting fury of the blast. A loose, shambling, disjointed, hastily built structure-representing the worst features of Pioneer renaissance-it rattled its loose window-sashes like chattering teeth, banged its ill-hung shutters, and admitted so much of the invading storm, that it might have blown up or blown down with equal facility.

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Harte, Bret: Legends and Tales. v1. 4 Dec 2014

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Francis Bret Harte (August 25, 1836 – May 5, 1902) was an American author and poet, best remembered for his short fiction featuring miners, gamblers, and other romantic figures of the California Gold Rush. In a career spanning more than four decades, he wrote poetry, fiction, plays, lectures, book reviews, editorials, and magazine sketches in addition to fiction. As he moved from California to the eastern U.S. to Europe, he incorporated new subjects and characters into his stories, but his Gold Rush tales have been most often reprinted, adapted, and admired.

THE LEGEND OF MONTE DEL DIABLO.
THE ADVENTURE OF PADRE VINCENTIO
THE LEGEND OF DEVIL’S POINT.
THE DEVIL AND THE BROKER
THE OGRESS OF SILVER LAND;
THE RUINS OF SAN FRANCISCO
A NIGHT AT WINGDAM.

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Harte, Bret: Maruja. v1. 5 Dec 2014

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Francis Bret Harte (August 25, 1836 – May 5, 1902) was an American author and poet, best remembered for his short fiction featuring miners, gamblers, and other romantic figures of the California Gold Rush. In a career spanning more than four decades, he wrote poetry, fiction, plays, lectures, book reviews, editorials, and magazine sketches in addition to fiction. As he moved from California to the eastern U.S. to Europe, he incorporated new subjects and characters into his stories, but his Gold Rush tales have been most often reprinted, adapted, and admired.

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He did not have long to wait. The sound of voices, the opening of doors, and the trampling of feet indicated that the other party were being "shown over" that part of the building Carroll and his companion were approaching. "There's Jim and his gang now," said his cicerone; "I'll tell him you're here, and step out of this show business myself. So long! I reckon I'll see you at dinner."

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Harte, Bret: Mr. Jack Hamlin's Mediation. v1. 5 Dec 2014

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Francis Bret Harte (August 25, 1836 – May 5, 1902) was an American author and poet, best remembered for his short fiction featuring miners, gamblers, and other romantic figures of the California Gold Rush. In a career spanning more than four decades, he wrote poetry, fiction, plays, lectures, book reviews, editorials, and magazine sketches in addition to fiction. As he moved from California to the eastern U.S. to Europe, he incorporated new subjects and characters into his stories, but his Gold Rush tales have been most often reprinted, adapted, and admired.

MR. JACK HAMLIN’S MEDIATION
THE MAN AT THE SEMAPHORE
AN ESMERALDA OF ROCKY CANYON
DICK SPINDLER’S FAMILY CHRISTMAS
WHEN THE WATERS WERE UP AT “JULES’”
THE BOOM IN THE “CALAVERAS CLARION”
THE SECRET OF SOBRIENTE’S WELL
LIBERTY JONES’S DISCOVERY

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Harte, Bret: Mrs. Skaggs's Husbands. v1. 5 Dec 2014

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Francis Bret Harte (August 25, 1836 – May 5, 1902) was an American author and poet, best remembered for his short fiction featuring miners, gamblers, and other romantic figures of the California Gold Rush. In a career spanning more than four decades, he wrote poetry, fiction, plays, lectures, book reviews, editorials, and magazine sketches in addition to fiction. As he moved from California to the eastern U.S. to Europe, he incorporated new subjects and characters into his stories, but his Gold Rush tales have been most often reprinted, adapted, and admired.

MRS. SKAGGS’S HUSBANDS.
HOW SANTA CLAUS CAME TO SIMPSON’S BAR.
THE PRINCESS BOB AND HER FRIENDS.
THE ILIAD OF SANDY BAR.
MR THOMPSON’S PRODIGAL
THE ROMANCE OF MADRONO HOLLOW.
THE POET OF SIERRA FLAT.
THE CHRISTMAS GIFT THAT CAME TO RUPERT.

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Harte, Bret: Openings in the Old Trail. v1. 6 Dec 2014

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Francis Bret Harte (August 25, 1836 – May 5, 1902) was an American author and poet, best remembered for his short fiction featuring miners, gamblers, and other romantic figures of the California Gold Rush. In a career spanning more than four decades, he wrote poetry, fiction, plays, lectures, book reviews, editorials, and magazine sketches in addition to fiction. As he moved from California to the eastern U.S. to Europe, he incorporated new subjects and characters into his stories, but his Gold Rush tales have been most often reprinted, adapted, and admired.

A MERCURY OF THE FOOT-HILLS
COLONEL STARBOTTLE FOR THE PLAINTIFF
THE LANDLORD OF THE BIG FLUME HOTEL
A BUCKEYE HOLLOW INHERITANCE
THE REINCARNATION OF SMITH
LANTY FOSTER’S MISTAKE
AN ALI BABA OF THE SIERRAS
MISS PEGGY’S PROTEGES
THE GODDESS OF EXCELSIOR

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Harte, Bret: Sally Dows. v1. 8 Dec 2014

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Francis Bret Harte (August 25, 1836 – May 5, 1902) was an American author and poet, best remembered for his short fiction featuring miners, gamblers, and other romantic figures of the California Gold Rush. In a career spanning more than four decades, he wrote poetry, fiction, plays, lectures, book reviews, editorials, and magazine sketches in addition to fiction. As he moved from California to the eastern U.S. to Europe, he incorporated new subjects and characters into his stories, but his Gold Rush tales have been most often reprinted, adapted, and admired.

SALLY DOWS.
THE CONSPIRACY OF MRS. BUNKER.
THE TRANSFORMATION OF BUCKEYE CAMP
THEIR UNCLE FROM CALIFORNIA.

Note: 48 Illustrations

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Harte, Bret: Salomy Jane. v1. 8 Dec 2014

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Francis Bret Harte (August 25, 1836 – May 5, 1902) was an American author and poet, best remembered for his short fiction featuring miners, gamblers, and other romantic figures of the California Gold Rush. In a career spanning more than four decades, he wrote poetry, fiction, plays, lectures, book reviews, editorials, and magazine sketches in addition to fiction. As he moved from California to the eastern U.S. to Europe, he incorporated new subjects and characters into his stories, but his Gold Rush tales have been most often reprinted, adapted, and admired.

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And here I might, as a moral romancer, pause, leaving the guilty, passionate girl eloped with her disreputable lover, destined to lifelong shame and misery, misunderstood to the last by a criminal, fastidious parent. But I am confronted by certain facts, on which this romance is based. A month later a handbill was posted on one of the sentinel pines, announcing that the property would be sold by auction to the highest bidder by Mrs. John Dart, daughter of Madison Clay, Esq., and it was sold accordingly. Still later—by ten years—the chronicler of these pages visited a certain “stock” or “breeding farm,” in the “Blue Grass Country,” famous for the popular racers it has produced. He was told that the owner was the “best judge of horse-flesh in the country.” “Small wonder,” added his informant, “for they say as a young man out in California he was a horse-thief, and only saved himself by eloping with some rich farmer’s daughter. But he’s a straight-out and respectable man now, whose word about horses can’t be bought; and as for his wife, she‘s a beauty! To see her at the ‘Springs,’ rigged out in the latest fashion, you’d never think she had ever lived out of New York or wasn’t the wife of one of its millionaires.”

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Harte, Bret: Selected Stories. 02 Sept 07

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If you read only one of the Bret Harte books that I will be posting, this is the book to read. It is as close as it gets to a Greatest Hits collection.

His two most famous short stories are here -- "The Luck of Roaring Camp" and "The Outcasts of Poker Flat."

Think of this volume as a litmus test for Harte, if you don't like these stories you are not going to like the rest of his writings. If you do like these stories then enjoy the rest of the books that I will be posting.

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Harte, Bret: Snow-Bound at Eagle's. v1. 9 Dec 2014

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Francis Bret Harte (August 25, 1836 – May 5, 1902) was an American author and poet, best remembered for his short fiction featuring miners, gamblers, and other romantic figures of the California Gold Rush. In a career spanning more than four decades, he wrote poetry, fiction, plays, lectures, book reviews, editorials, and magazine sketches in addition to fiction. As he moved from California to the eastern U.S. to Europe, he incorporated new subjects and characters into his stories, but his Gold Rush tales have been most often reprinted, adapted, and admired.

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For some moments profound silence and darkness had accompanied a Sierran stage-coach towards the summit. The huge, dim bulk of the vehicle, swaying noiselessly on its straps, glided onward and upward as if obeying some myste-rious impulse from behind, so faint and indefinite appeared its relation to the viewless and silent horses ahead. The shadowy trunks of tall trees that seemed to approach the coach windows, look in, and then move hurriedly away, were the only distinguishable objects. Yet even these were so vague and unreal that they might have been the mere phantoms of some dream of the half-sleeping passengers; for the thickly-strewn needles of the pine, that choked the way and deadened all sound, yielded under the silently-crushing wheels a faint soporific odor that seemed to benumb their senses, already slipping back into unconsciousness during the long ascent. Suddenly the stage stopped. Three of the four passengers inside struggled at once into upright wakefulness. The fourth passenger, John Hale, had not been sleeping, and turned impatiently towards the window. It seemed to him that two of the moving trees had suddenly become motionless outside. One of them moved again, and the door opened quickly but quietly, as of itself.

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Harte, Bret: Stories in Light and Shadow. v1. 9 Dec 2014

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Francis Bret Harte (August 25, 1836 – May 5, 1902) was an American author and poet, best remembered for his short fiction featuring miners, gamblers, and other romantic figures of the California Gold Rush. In a career spanning more than four decades, he wrote poetry, fiction, plays, lectures, book reviews, editorials, and magazine sketches in addition to fiction. As he moved from California to the eastern U.S. to Europe, he incorporated new subjects and characters into his stories, but his Gold Rush tales have been most often reprinted, adapted, and admired.

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But Poker Jack of Shasta had hurriedly declared that he wanted to speak to a man who was passing, and had disappeared. The doctor walked to the door, mounted his horse, and rode away. I noticed, however, that there was a slight smile on his bronzed, impassive face. This led me to wonder if he was entirely ignorant of the purpose for which he had been questioned, and the effect of his information. I was confirmed in the belief by the remarkable circumstances that nothing more was said of it; the incident seemed to have terminated there, and the victims made no attempt to revenge themselves on See Yup.

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Harte, Bret: Susy, A Story of the Plains. v1. 10 Dec 2014

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Francis Bret Harte (August 25, 1836 – May 5, 1902) was an American author and poet, best remembered for his short fiction featuring miners, gamblers, and other romantic figures of the California Gold Rush. In a career spanning more than four decades, he wrote poetry, fiction, plays, lectures, book reviews, editorials, and magazine sketches in addition to fiction. As he moved from California to the eastern U.S. to Europe, he incorporated new subjects and characters into his stories, but his Gold Rush tales have been most often reprinted, adapted, and admired.

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Relieved of Clarence Brant's embarrassing presence, Jim Hooker did not, however, refuse to avail himself of that opportunity to expound to the farmer and his family the immense wealth, influence, and importance of the friend who had just left him. Although Clarence's plan had suggested reticence, Hooker could not forego the pleasure of informing them that "Clar" Brant had just offered to let him into an extensive land speculation. He had previously declined a large share or original location in a mine of Clarence's, now worth a million, because it was not "his style."

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Harte, Bret: Tales of the Argonauts. v1. 10 Dec 2014

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Francis Bret Harte (August 25, 1836 – May 5, 1902) was an American author and poet, best remembered for his short fiction featuring miners, gamblers, and other romantic figures of the California Gold Rush. In a career spanning more than four decades, he wrote poetry, fiction, plays, lectures, book reviews, editorials, and magazine sketches in addition to fiction. As he moved from California to the eastern U.S. to Europe, he incorporated new subjects and characters into his stories, but his Gold Rush tales have been most often reprinted, adapted, and admired.

THE ROSE OF TUOLUMNE
A PASSAGE IN THE LIFE OF MR. JOHN OAKHURST.
WAN LEE, THE PAGAN
HOW OLD MAN PLUNKETT WENT HOME
THE FOOL OF FIVE FORKS
BABY SYLVESTER.
AN EPISODE OF FIDDLETOWN.
A JERSEY CENTENARIAN

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Harte, Bret: Tales of Trail and Town. v1. 10 Dec 2014

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Francis Bret Harte (August 25, 1836 – May 5, 1902) was an American author and poet, best remembered for his short fiction featuring miners, gamblers, and other romantic figures of the California Gold Rush. In a career spanning more than four decades, he wrote poetry, fiction, plays, lectures, book reviews, editorials, and magazine sketches in addition to fiction. As he moved from California to the eastern U.S. to Europe, he incorporated new subjects and characters into his stories, but his Gold Rush tales have been most often reprinted, adapted, and admired.

THE ANCESTORS OF PETER ATHERLY
TWO AMERICANS
THE JUDGMENT OF BOLINAS PLAIN
THE STRANGE EXPERIENCE OF ALKALI DICK
A NIGHT ON THE DIVIDE
A TALE OF THREE TRUANTS

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Harte, Bret: Tennessee's Partner. v1. 11 Dec 2014

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Francis Bret Harte (August 25, 1836 – May 5, 1902) was an American author and poet, best remembered for his short fiction featuring miners, gamblers, and other romantic figures of the California Gold Rush. In a career spanning more than four decades, he wrote poetry, fiction, plays, lectures, book reviews, editorials, and magazine sketches in addition to fiction. As he moved from California to the eastern U.S. to Europe, he incorporated new subjects and characters into his stories, but his Gold Rush tales have been most often reprinted, adapted, and admired.

Bret Harte is best known for his stories about pioneering life in California. Harte moved to California in 1853 where he worked as a miner, journalist, teacher and messenger. His experiences in the mining camps gave him the inspiration for this tale, which was loosely based on a true story about a miner.

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Harte, Bret: Thankful Blossom. v1, 11 Dec 2014

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Francis Bret Harte (August 25, 1836 – May 5, 1902) was an American author and poet, best remembered for his short fiction featuring miners, gamblers, and other romantic figures of the California Gold Rush. In a career spanning more than four decades, he wrote poetry, fiction, plays, lectures, book reviews, editorials, and magazine sketches in addition to fiction. As he moved from California to the eastern U.S. to Europe, he incorporated new subjects and characters into his stories, but his Gold Rush tales have been most often reprinted, adapted, and admired.

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Can you look me in the face," said Mistress Schuyler mischievously, "and tell me that you don't know that in twenty-four hours her father will be cleared of these charges? Nonsense! Do you think I have no eyes in my head? Do you think I misread the general's face and your own?

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Harte, Bret: The Argonauts of North Liberty. v1. 24 Nov 2014

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Francis Bret Harte (August 25, 1836 – May 5, 1902) was an American author and poet, best remembered for his short fiction featuring miners, gamblers, and other romantic figures of the California Gold Rush. In a career spanning more than four decades, he wrote poetry, fiction, plays, lectures, book reviews, editorials, and magazine sketches in addition to fiction. As he moved from California to the eastern U.S. to Europe, he incorporated new subjects and characters into his stories, but his Gold Rush tales have been most often reprinted, adapted, and admired.

The Argonauts of North Liberty is a longer tale by Harte. Taking place in a staunchly reserved Presbyterian society, it illustrates in its heroine the revolt of an unruly and unregenerate nature against a Puritan society. North Liberty is a Connecticut town, and the "Argonauts" are a man and woman who migrate to California to begin life again, escaping the strictures of their earlier life, like the "Blue Law" setting of the opening. Once in California, Harte's feel for the time and setting can take full flower.

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Harte, Bret: The Bell-ringer of Angel's. v1. 25 Nov 2014

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Francis Bret Harte (August 25, 1836 – May 5, 1902) was an American author and poet, best remembered for his short fiction featuring miners, gamblers, and other romantic figures of the California Gold Rush. In a career spanning more than four decades, he wrote poetry, fiction, plays, lectures, book reviews, editorials, and magazine sketches in addition to fiction. As he moved from California to the eastern U.S. to Europe, he incorporated new subjects and characters into his stories, but his Gold Rush tales have been most often reprinted, adapted, and admired.

THE BELL-RINGER OF ANGEL’S.
JOHNNYBOY.
YOUNG ROBIN GRAY.
THE SHERIFF OF SISKYOU.
A ROSE OF GLENBOGIE.
THE MYSTERY OF THE HACIENDA.
CHU CHU.
MY FIRST BOOK.

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Harte, Bret: The Crusade of the Excelsior. v1. 28 Nov 2014

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Francis Bret Harte (August 25, 1836 – May 5, 1902) was an American author and poet, best remembered for his short fiction featuring miners, gamblers, and other romantic figures of the California Gold Rush. In a career spanning more than four decades, he wrote poetry, fiction, plays, lectures, book reviews, editorials, and magazine sketches in addition to fiction. As he moved from California to the eastern U.S. to Europe, he incorporated new subjects and characters into his stories, but his Gold Rush tales have been most often reprinted, adapted, and admired.

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It was the 4th of August, 1854, off Cape Corrientes. Morning was breaking over a heavy sea, and the closely-reefed topsails of a barque that ran before it bearing down upon the faint outline of the Mexican coast. Already the white peak of Colima showed, ghost-like, in the east; already the long sweep of the Pacific was gathering strength and volume as it swept uninterruptedly into the opening Gulf of California.

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Harte, Bret: The Luck of Roaring Camp. v1. 5 Dec 2014

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Francis Bret Harte (August 25, 1836 – May 5, 1902) was an American author and poet, best remembered for his short fiction featuring miners, gamblers, and other romantic figures of the California Gold Rush. In a career spanning more than four decades, he wrote poetry, fiction, plays, lectures, book reviews, editorials, and magazine sketches in addition to fiction. As he moved from California to the eastern U.S. to Europe, he incorporated new subjects and characters into his stories, but his Gold Rush tales have been most often reprinted, adapted, and admired.

THE LUCK OF ROARING CAMP
THE OUTCASTS OF POKER FLAT
MIGGLES
TENNESSEE’S PARTNER
THE IDYL OF BED GULCH
BROWN OF CALAVERAS
CONDENSED NOVELS
MUCK-A-MUCK
SELINA SEDILIA
THE NINETY-NINE GUARDSMEN
MISS MIX
MR. MIDSHIPMAN BEEEZY
GUY HEAVYSTONE
JOHN JENKINS
FANTINE
“LA FEMME”
THE DWELLER OF THE THRESHOLD
N N
HANDSOME IS AS HANDSOME DOES
LOTHAW
THE HAUNTED MAN
TERENCE DENVILLE
MARY McGILLUP
THE HOODLUM BAND
M’LISS
HIGH-WATER MARK
A LONELY RIDE
THE MAN OF NO ACCOUNT
NOTES BY FLOOD AND FIELD
WAITING FOR THE SHIP
A NIGHT AT WINGDAM
SPANISH AND AMERICAN LEGENDS
THE LEGEND OF MONTE DEL DIABLO
THE RIGHT EYE OF THE COMMANDER
THE LEGEND OF DEVIL’S POINT
THE ADVENTURE OF PADRE VICENTIO
THE DEVIL AND THE BROKER
THE OGRESS OF SILVER LAND
THE CHRISTMAS GIFT THAT CAME TO RUPERT

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Harte, Bret: The Queen of the Pirate Isle (illus), v1. 09 June 2015

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The Queen of the Pirate Isle by Bret Harte (1836–1902)
Illustrated by Kate Greenaway (1846–1901)

First published 1886.
The text and illustrations of this book are in the public domain worldwide, because the creators died more than 100 years ago.

This gently humorous short story describes a day in the life of an imaginative little girl, who lives near the mining camps of California during the gold rush of the mid-1800’s. 28 color illustrations by the incomparable Kate Greenaway add to the charm of the tale.

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Text and images were obtained from archive.org. I formatted punctuation, diacritics, and italics; manually cleaned and enhanced images. Cover design is my own adaptation of the cover for the British edition.

I couldn't decide whether to classify this for Children, Humor, or Short Fiction... You read it, and let me know what you think.

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Harte, Bret: The Queen of the Pirate Isle. 04 Sept 07

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A short story for children. A departure for Harte from his normal mining camp type of old west sagas, this one deals with a young girl and her adventures. A delightful read complete with wonderful illustrations by Kate Greenaway.

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Harte, Bret: The Story of a Mine. v1. 9 Dec 2014

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Francis Bret Harte (August 25, 1836 – May 5, 1902) was an American author and poet, best remembered for his short fiction featuring miners, gamblers, and other romantic figures of the California Gold Rush. In a career spanning more than four decades, he wrote poetry, fiction, plays, lectures, book reviews, editorials, and magazine sketches in addition to fiction. As he moved from California to the eastern U.S. to Europe, he incorporated new subjects and characters into his stories, but his Gold Rush tales have been most often reprinted, adapted, and admired.

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It was a steep trail leading over the Monterey Coast Range. Concho was very tired, Concho was very dusty, Concho was very much disgusted. To Concho's mind there was but one relief for these insurmountable difficulties, and that lay in a leathern bottle slung over the machillas of his saddle. Concho raised the bottle to his lips, took a long draught, made a wry face, and ejaculated: "Carajo!" It appeared that the bottle did not contain aguardiente, but had lately been filled in a tavern near Tres Pinos by an Irishman who sold had American whisky under that pleasing Castilian title. Nevertheless Concho had already nearly emptied the bottle, and it fell back against the saddle as yellow and flaccid as his own cheeks. Thus reinforced Concho turned to look at the valley behind him, from which he had climbed since noon. It was a sterile waste bordered here and there by arable fringes and valdas of meadow land, but in the main, dusty, dry, and forbidding.

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Harte, Bret: The Three Partners. v1. 11 Dec 2014

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Francis Bret Harte (August 25, 1836 – May 5, 1902) was an American author and poet, best remembered for his short fiction featuring miners, gamblers, and other romantic figures of the California Gold Rush. In a career spanning more than four decades, he wrote poetry, fiction, plays, lectures, book reviews, editorials, and magazine sketches in addition to fiction. As he moved from California to the eastern U.S. to Europe, he incorporated new subjects and characters into his stories, but his Gold Rush tales have been most often reprinted, adapted, and admired.

Bret Harte's witty, sometimes heart-rending tales of frontier California, earned him acclaim during the 1860s as the new prophet of American letters. His books, The Luck of Roaring Camp, The Outcasts of Poker Flat and M'liss, helped establish the foundations of western American fiction. An excerpt from the book reads: There was something in the speaker's tone which seemed to touch a common chord in their natures, and this was voiced by Barker with sudden and almost pathetic earnestness. I tell you what, boys, we ought to swear here tonight to always stand by each other.

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Harte, Bret: The Twins of Table Mountain. v1. 12 Dec 22014

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Francis Bret Harte (August 25, 1836 – May 5, 1902) was an American author and poet, best remembered for his short fiction featuring miners, gamblers, and other romantic figures of the California Gold Rush. In a career spanning more than four decades, he wrote poetry, fiction, plays, lectures, book reviews, editorials, and magazine sketches in addition to fiction. As he moved from California to the eastern U.S. to Europe, he incorporated new subjects and characters into his stories, but his Gold Rush tales have been most often reprinted, adapted, and admired.

The Twins of Table Mountain is another collection of longer tales, including the title story -- "The Twins of Table Mountain" -- as well as "An Heiress of Red Dog," "The Great Deadwood Mystery," "A Legend of Sammtstadt," and "Views from a German Spion." The Twins of Table Mountain are Rand and Ruth, sharing a cabin and working a mine. They are twins, not easily told apart, and a strain on the relationship occurs because of it. Ruth has been seeing Mornie, a local girl, the "daughter of a shyster and a drunk." Mornie has mistaken Rand for Ruth, and gone on about their meetings and their plans. Ruth is fond of Mornie, but Rand disapproves. Will brotherhood or love triumph?

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Harte, Bret: Trent's Trust. v1. 12 Dec 2014

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Francis Bret Harte (August 25, 1836 – May 5, 1902) was an American author and poet, best remembered for his short fiction featuring miners, gamblers, and other romantic figures of the California Gold Rush. In a career spanning more than four decades, he wrote poetry, fiction, plays, lectures, book reviews, editorials, and magazine sketches in addition to fiction. As he moved from California to the eastern U.S. to Europe, he incorporated new subjects and characters into his stories, but his Gold Rush tales have been most often reprinted, adapted, and admired.

The title story "Trent's Trust" concerns the adventures of Randolph Trent, who journeys to San Francisco from the mining districts, in search of work and sympathy: "Randolph Trent stepped from the Stockton boat on the San Francisco wharf, penniless, friendless, and unknown. Hunger might have been added to his trials, for, having paid his last coin in passage money, he had been a day and a half without food." A chance encounter with a stranger seems to signal a change in his fortune, but Randolph's trials are not over.

Other tales in this collection include "Mr. Macglowrie's Widow," "A Ward of Colonel Starbottle," "Prosper's 'Old Mother,'" "The Convalescence of Jack Hamlin," "A Pupil of Chestnut Ridge," and "Dick Boyle's Business Card."

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Harte, Bret: Under the Redwoods. v1. 12 Dec 2014

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Francis Bret Harte (August 25, 1836 – May 5, 1902) was an American author and poet, best remembered for his short fiction featuring miners, gamblers, and other romantic figures of the California Gold Rush. In a career spanning more than four decades, he wrote poetry, fiction, plays, lectures, book reviews, editorials, and magazine sketches in addition to fiction. As he moved from California to the eastern U.S. to Europe, he incorporated new subjects and characters into his stories, but his Gold Rush tales have been most often reprinted, adapted, and admired.

JIMMY’S BIG BROTHER FROM CALIFORNIA
THE YOUNGEST MISS PIPER
A WIDOW OF THE SANTA ANA VALLEY
THE MERMAID OF LIGHTHOUSE POINT
UNDER THE EAVES
HOW REUBEN ALLEN “SAW LIFE” IN SAN FRANCISCO
THREE VAGABONDS OF TRINIDAD
A VISION OF THE FOUNTAIN
A ROMANCE OF THE LINE
BOHEMIAN DAYS IN SAN FRANCISCO

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Harte, Bret: Urban Sketches. 03 Sept 07

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Slice of life sketches. One of my favorites is "Neighborhoods I Have Moved From"

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Hartland, Edwin Sidney: The Science of Fairy Tales, v.1, 9 November 2008.

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The Science of Fairy Tales: An Inquiry into Fairy Mythology
By Edwin Sidney Hartland, Fellow of the Society of Antiquaries.
1891.

From the Preface:
“The chief object of this volume is to exhibit, in a manner acceptable to readers who are not specialists, the application of the principles and methods which guide investigations into popular traditions to a few of the most remarkable stories embodying the Fairy superstitions of the Celtic and Teutonic peoples.”

The cover image is of Ludwig II of Bavaria’s castle at Neuschwanstein

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Bunce, John Thackray: Fairy Tales; Their Origin and Meaning. 17 May 2008.

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Harvard Classics 50 INTRODUCTION, READER'S GUIDE, INDEXES, V1 ,March 30 2011

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I did some work on the one Volume of the Harvard Classics that wasn't uploaded according to the list at http://wiki.mobileread.com/wiki/Harv..._at_MobileRead using the raw epub over at Internet Archive as its basis. I presume RWood always meant to convert and upload the last volume (I remember reading a post about it here somewhere) but alas with his passing he won't be able to complete his work on it. :sad:
So I thought I would upload a copy of what I did with the raw epub file to fill in the empty spot.

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Ficbot went through the file I originally posted and made a good number of corrections to the file that I had used. One change was the removal of some images which allowed the file to shrink in size a bit as well. Many thanks to Ficbot for the additional editing.

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Harvey, Harold: A Soldier's Sketches Under Fire, v.1, 17 July 2008

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[A Soldier's Sketches Under Fire[/ is a collection of about 45 annotated sketchbook drawings made by Private Harold Harvey, a British soldier in World War I, during his months of service early in the war. For some reason, I'm having difficulty confirming whether this is the same Harold Charles Francis Harvey who was an early 20th century British painter.

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Harvey, W. F.: Strange Stories (collected supernatural). v2. 07 Nov 2025

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William Fryer Harvey (1885 - 1937), known as W. F. Harvey, was an English writer of short stories, most notably in the macabre and horror genres. Among his best-known stories are “August Heat”(1910) and “The Beast with Five Fingers” (1919), described by horror historian Les Daniels as “minor masterpieces”. “Across the Moors” (1910) and “The Clock” (1928) are also frequently anthologized.

This unique collection contains only a fraction of Harvey’s work. (Free digital versions of Harvey’s writings, other than the four mentioned above, are very difficult to find.) A number of these stories are “non-genre”, but the majority have an other-worldly air, if only a feather-light breath, and some are truly macabre.

EDIT TO ADD: Uploaded version 2 --- additional story “The Ankardyne Pew”, which I just stumbled across last night.

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List of stories:
The Star
A Middle-class Tragedy
The Fern
After the Flower Show
The Desecrator
The Educationalist
Last of the Race
Deaf and Dumb
Unwinding
The Angel of Stone
Sarah Bennet’s Possession
Double Demon
Account Rendered
Full Circle
The Tool
The Tortoise
Midnight House
The Ankardyne Pew
August Heat
The Beast with Five Fingers
Sambo
Across the Moors
The Clock
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My own compilation, from multiple online sources.
[This ebook is in the public domain where copyright is “Life+70” or less.[/
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Harvey, W. F.: The Misadventures of Athelstan Digby. v1. 10 Nov 2025

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Our low-powered hero, Athelstan Digby, is an everyday person — a middle-aged bachelor, businessman, blanket manufacturer, alderman, art collector. He sometimes finds himself in unusual situations, and occasionally does some detective work, with varying degrees of success. The stories are light-hearted (and mostly “non-genre”), reflecting a sense of British wit and manners, with tea and a sense of sportsmanship playing a role.

William Fryer Harvey (1885 - 1937), known as W. F. Harvey, was an English writer of short stories, most notably in the macabre and horror genres. Among his best-known stories are “August Heat”(1910) and “The Beast with Five Fingers” (1919), described by horror historian Les Daniels as “minor masterpieces”. “Across the Moors” (1910) and “The Clock” (1928) are also frequently anthologized.
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List of stories:
The Schalcken Replica
The Home-coming of Philip
Two Strings to Their Bow
Lying Wires
The Incorrigible Mr. Bulmer
Oh, Opium!
The Panton Allotments
Dead Of Night
Genuine Constables
The Fourteenth Hole
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[This ebook is in the public domain where copyright is “Life+70” or less.[/
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Hau, Carl: Das Todesurteil [German]. v1. 04 Feb 2011

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Carl Hau (ursprünglich Karl Hau, 3. Februar 1881-5. Februar 1926)
Das Todesurteil. Die Geschichte meines Prozesses (1925)

Wikipedia-Eintrag:
Carl Hau war ein deutscher Jurist, der im Juli 1907 in Karlsruhe wegen Mordes an seiner Schwiegermutter Josefine Molitor zum Tode verurteilt wurde. Der Indizienprozess erregte große öffentliche Aufmerksamkeit. Hau wurde zu lebenslanger Zuchthausstrafe begnadigt und nach 17 Jahren Haft auf Bewährung freigelassen. Er verfasste danach zwei Bücher, in denen er den Prozess und die Haftzeit aus seiner Sicht schilderte. Die im Ullstein Verlag erschienenen Berichte wurden zu Bestsellern. Das badische Justizministerium widerrief 1925 unter anderem wegen dieser Veröffentlichungen die Aussetzung der Strafe. Es kam zu neuen Debatten in der Presse über den Fall und über die Meinungsfreiheit ehemaliger Häftlinge. Carl Hau beging auf der Flucht in Italien am 5. Februar 1926 Selbstmord.

Falls jemand eine Quelle zu dem Folgeband „Lebenslänglich. Erlebtes und Erlesenes” (Berlin 1925) kennt, würde ich mich freuen, wenn er mir Bescheid geben könnte. Danke!

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Haultain, Arnold: Hints for Lovers, v.1, 18 May 2008.

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Arnold Haultain (1857-1941)
Hints for Lovers (1909)

An intriguing title – though this turns out to be a collection of aphorisms, many of which are rather silly. There are people on this forum who could write either better or sillier aphorisms.

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Hawel, Rudolf: Im Reich der Homunkuliden german v1 23 feb 2009

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Professor Doktor Voraus ist ein brillianter Wissenschaftler. Sein jüngster Geniestreich, die Möglichkeit die Lebensfunktionen eines Menschen zum vorübergehenden Stillstand zu bringen und so eine Art Winterschlaf hervorzurufen, ist allerdings höchst brisant. Die ärmeren Schichten, welche der Herr Professor bis zum Eintritt besserer wirtschaftlicher Zeiten schlafen legen will, sind empört und laufen Sturm, während die Idee beim Bürgertum vollen Anklang findet. Enttäuscht, dass die Genialität seiner Erfindung nicht erkannt wird, beschließt Voraus sich selbst für 2000 Jahre schlafen zu legen. Sein Diener Lorenz will seinen Herrn nicht alleine in die ungewisse Zukunft reisen lassen und begleitet den Professor auf seiner ungewöhnlichen Reise. In der Zukunft werden sie wie Helden empfangen und die Welt erscheint friedlich und nahezu vollkommen. Doch schon bald merken die beiden Zeitreisenden, dass der Preis für Glück und Wohlstand möglicherweise zu hoch war.

Zeitreise, kabellose Elektrizität, Solarenergie, Klontechnologie - kaum zu glauben aber dieser Roman ist bereits fast 100 Jahre alt. 1910 schuf Rudolf Hawel diesen Diamant der frühen Science-Fiction und sagte einige Entwicklungen erstaunlich genau voraus. Einige Bestandteile seiner Zukunftsvision würden auch heute noch genug Stoff für einen guten Science-Fiction Roman bieten.

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Hawthorne, Hildegarde: Ghostly Tales. v1. 09 Sep 2025

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This small collection gathers the ghost stories of Hildegarde Hawthorne. The folks in these tales are going about their ordinary daily lives, when of a sudden — they are gently touched by visitors from beyond the veil.

This American poet and author was the granddaughter of Nathaniel Hawthorne and the daughter of Julian Hawthorne. A prolific writer, she produced more than two dozen books: biographies, travel narratives, and fiction; and dozens of short pieces. She considered her chief work to be her books for children. She is perhaps best known for her biography of Nathaniel Hawthorne, [Romantic Rebel[/ (1932).

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List of stories:
A Legend of Sonora
Perdita
There Shall Be No Misunderstanding
The Miniature
Unawares
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Texts were retrieved from magazine archives.
Contents were originally published 1891 ~ 1908.
[This book is in the public domain where copyright is “Life+70” or less, and in the USA.[/
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Hawthorne, Julian: Archibald Malmaison. V1. 23 Feb 2011

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Julian Hawthorne (June 22, 1846–July 21, 1934) was an American writer and journalist, the son of novelist Nathaniel Hawthorne and Sophia Peabody. He wrote numerous poems, novels, short stories, mystery/detective fiction, essays, travel books, biographies and histories. As a journalist he reported on the Indian Famine for Cosmopolitan magazine, and the Spanish-American War for the New York Journal.

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Archibald Malmaison was the second son of Sir Clarence Butt Malmaison, of Malmaison, Sussex. He had the odd distinction of being born on the 29th of February, 1800. His elder brother, Edward, born 1798, died before him, as will be hereinafter shown. There were no other brothers, but four girls appeared after Archibald, two of whom died in childhood of scarlet fever, while the other two grew up to be married. They have nothing to do with the story, and will not be mentioned again.

The Malmaisons, as their name denotes, were of French descent--Huguenots. Like many other emigrants, they yielded, in the course of a generation or two, to a barbarous mispronunciation of their patronymic, which came to be spoken of as if spelt "Malmsey."

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Hawthorne, Julian: Bressant. V1. 23 Feb 2011

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Julian Hawthorne (June 22, 1846–July 21, 1934) was an American writer and journalist, the son of novelist Nathaniel Hawthorne and Sophia Peabody. He wrote numerous poems, novels, short stories, mystery/detective fiction, essays, travel books, biographies and histories. As a journalist he reported on the Indian Famine for Cosmopolitan magazine, and the Spanish-American War for the New York Journal.

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A woman who loves thinks first of the man who has her heart; while he, as a general rule, is primarily concerned with himself. If Bressant wished Cornelia to be happy and loving, it was in order that he himself might thereby be incited to greater love and happiness; but, had her pleasure been, independent of his own, he would not have troubled himself about it. To her, on the other hand, Bressant's well-being would have been paramount to her own, and to be preserved, if need were, at its sacrifice.

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Hawthorne, Julian: Confessions and Criticisms. V1. 23 Feb 2011

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Julian Hawthorne (June 22, 1846–July 21, 1934) was an American writer and journalist, the son of novelist Nathaniel Hawthorne and Sophia Peabody. He wrote numerous poems, novels, short stories, mystery/detective fiction, essays, travel books, biographies and histories. As a journalist he reported on the Indian Famine for Cosmopolitan magazine, and the Spanish-American War for the New York Journal.

Essays
A PRELIMINARY CONFESSION.
NOVELS AND AGNOSTICISM.
AMERICANISM IN FICTION.
LITERATURE FOR CHILDREN.
THE MORAL AIM IN FICTION.
THE MAKER OF MANY BOOKS.
MR. MALLOCK'S MISSING SCIENCE.
THEODORE WINTHROP'S WRITINGS.
EMERSON AS AN AMERICAN.
MODERN MAGIC.
AMERICAN WILD ANIMALS IN ART.

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Hawthorne, Julian: David Poindexter's Disappearance. V1. 23 Feb 2011

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Julian Hawthorne (June 22, 1846–July 21, 1934) was an American writer and journalist, the son of novelist Nathaniel Hawthorne and Sophia Peabody. He wrote numerous poems, novels, short stories, mystery/detective fiction, essays, travel books, biographies and histories. As a journalist he reported on the Indian Famine for Cosmopolitan magazine, and the Spanish-American War for the New York Journal.

DAVID POINDEXTER'S DISAPPEARANCE.
KEN'S MYSTERY.
"WHEN HALF-GODS GO, THE GODS ARRIVE."
"SET NOT THY FOOT ON GRAVES."
MY FRIEND PATON.

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Hawthorne, Julian: Hawthorne and His Circle. V1. 24 Feb 2011

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Julian Hawthorne (June 22, 1846–July 21, 1934) was an American writer and journalist, the son of novelist Nathaniel Hawthorne and Sophia Peabody. He wrote numerous poems, novels, short stories, mystery/detective fiction, essays, travel books, biographies and histories. As a journalist he reported on the Indian Famine for Cosmopolitan magazine, and the Spanish-American War for the New York Journal.

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The best use we can make of good fortune is to share it with our fellows. Those to whom good things come by way of inheritance, however, are often among the latest to comprehend their own advantage; they suppose it to be the common condition. And no doubt I had nearly arrived at man's estate before it occurred to me that the lines of few fishers of men were cast in places so pleasant as mine.

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Hawthorne, Julian: Idolatry. V1. 24 Feb 2011

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Julian Hawthorne (June 22, 1846–July 21, 1934) was an American writer and journalist, the son of novelist Nathaniel Hawthorne and Sophia Peabody. He wrote numerous poems, novels, short stories, mystery/detective fiction, essays, travel books, biographies and histories. As a journalist he reported on the Indian Famine for Cosmopolitan magazine, and the Spanish-American War for the New York Journal.

Manetho's devotion to Helen seems unwavering; yet sometimes it is hard not to suspect a secret understanding between him and Salome. He has ceased to wear his diamond ring, and once we caught a diamond-sparkle from beneath the thick folds of lace which cover Helen's bosom; but, on the other hand, we fear his arm has been round the gypsy's graceful waist, and that she has learnt the secret of the private chamber. Is demure Manetho a flirt, or do his affections and his ambition run counter to each other? Helen would bring him the riches of this world,--but what should a clergyman care for such vanities?--while Salome is far the prettier, livelier, and more attractive woman of the two. Brother Hiero, whimsical and preoccupied, sees nothing of what is going on. He is an antiquary -- an Egyptologist -- and thereto his soul is wedded. He has no eyes nor ears for the loves of other people for one another.

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Hawthorne, Julian: The Golden Fleece. V1. 23 Feb 2011

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Julian Hawthorne (June 22, 1846–July 21, 1934) was an American writer and journalist, the son of novelist Nathaniel Hawthorne and Sophia Peabody. He wrote numerous poems, novels, short stories, mystery/detective fiction, essays, travel books, biographies and histories. As a journalist he reported on the Indian Famine for Cosmopolitan magazine, and the Spanish-American War for the New York Journal.

Excerpt
The gentleman thus indignantly addressed contemplated his questioner with the serenity of one conscious of freedom from geologic responsibility. He was a man of about the professor's age,—say, sixty years,—but not like him in appearance. His figure was stately and massive,—that of one who in his youth must have possessed vast physical strength, rigidly developed and disciplined. Well set upon his broad shoulders was a noble head, crowned with gray, wavy hair; the eyes and eyebrows were black and powerful, but the expression was kindly and humorous. His moustache and the Roman convexity of his chin would have confirmed your conviction that he was a retired warrior; in which you would have been correct, for General Trednoke always appeared what he was, both outwardly and inwardly. His great frame, clad in white linen, was comfortably disposed in a Japanese straw arm-chair; yet there was a soldierly poise in his attitude. He was smoking a large and excellent cigar; and a cup of coffee, with a tiny glass of cognac beside it, stood on a mahogany stand at his elbow.

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Hawthorne, Julian: The Subterranean Brotherhood. V1. 25 Feb 2011

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Julian Hawthorne (June 22, 1846–July 21, 1934) was an American writer and journalist, the son of novelist Nathaniel Hawthorne and Sophia Peabody. He wrote numerous poems, novels, short stories, mystery/detective fiction, essays, travel books, biographies and histories. As a journalist he reported on the Indian Famine for Cosmopolitan magazine, and the Spanish-American War for the New York Journal.

In 1908, Hawthorne's old Harvard friend William J. Morton (son of pioneer anesthesiologist William T.G. Morton) invited Hawthorne to join in promoting some newly created mining companies in Ontario, Canada. Hawthorne made his writing and his family name central to the stock-selling campaigns. After complaints from shareholders, both Morton and Hawthorne were tried in New York City for mail fraud, and convicted in 1913.[9] Hawthorne was able to sell some three and a half million shares of stock in a nonexistent silver mine and served one year in the Atlanta Federal Penitentiary.[10]
Upon his release from prison, he wrote The Subterranean Brotherhood (1914), a nonfiction work calling for an immediate end to incarceration of criminals. Hawthorne argued, based on his own experience, that incarceration was inhumane, and should be replaced by moral suasion. Of the fraud with which he was charged he always maintained his innocence.
Wikipedia

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Hawthorne, Julian; Ed.: Classic Mysteries and Detective Stories. V1. 25 Dec 2008

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CLASSIC MYSTERY AND DETECTIVE STORIES
EDITED BY JULIAN HAWTHORNE
MODERN ENGLISH

NEW YORK
THE REVIEW OF REVIEWS CO.
1909

Rudyard Kipling
A. Conan Doyle
Egerton Castle
Stanley J. Weyman
Wilkie Collins
Robert Louis Stevenson

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Hawthorne, Julian; Ed.: Library of the World's Best Mystery and .... V1. 25 Feb 2011

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Julian Hawthorne (June 22, 1846–July 21, 1934) was an American writer and journalist, the son of novelist Nathaniel Hawthorne and Sophia Peabody. He wrote numerous poems, novels, short stories, mystery/detective fiction, essays, travel books, biographies and histories. As a journalist he reported on the Indian Famine for Cosmopolitan magazine, and the Spanish-American War for the New York Journal.

Alarcón, Pedro Antonio de, 1833-1891
Apuleius, Lucius, 125?-180
Balzac, Honoré de, 1799-1850
Capuana, Luigi, 1839-1915
Erckmann-Chatrian
Maupassant, Guy de, 1850-1893
Mille, Pierre, 1864-1941
Pliny, the Younger, 62?-113
Villiers de L'Isle-Adam, Auguste, comte de, 1838-1889
Voltaire, 1694-1778

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Hawthorne, Nathaniel: A Bell's Biography. v1. 13 Dec 2014

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Nathaniel Hawthorne: (1804 - 1864) Father of Julian Hawthorne

Nathaniel Hawthorne was born in Salem, Massachusetts, where he wrote the bulk of his masterful tales of American colonial history. His career as a novelist began with The Scarlet Letter (1850) and also includes The house of the Seven Gables, The Blithedale Romance, and The Marble Faun. Nina Baym is Director of the School of Humanities and Professor of English at the University of Illinois. She has published widely on Hawthorne and other American writers.

Excerpt
Hearken to our neighbor with the iron tongue. While I sit musing over my sheet of foolscap, he emphatically tells the hour, in tones loud enough for all the town to hear, though doubtless intended only as a gentle hint to myself, that I may begin his biography before the evening shall be further wasted.

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Hawthorne, Nathaniel: A Wonder Book (illus-Rackham). v1. 03 Sep 2019

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A WONDER BOOK by Nathaniel Hawthorne (1804–1864)
Illustrated by Arthur Rackham (1867–1939)

[A Wonder Book[/ was first published in 1851; the “Rackham” edition in 1922. This ebook is in the public domain in countries where the copyright term is “Life+80” or less, and in the USA.

The re-telling of six classical myths, simplified and modernized for children. In the framing story of the book, college student Eustace Bright recounts these stories to a group of youngsters. The tales, set forth with a lightly humorous touch, are enhanced by twenty-four full-page illustrations by the incomparable Arthur Rackham.

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Nathaniel Hawthorne (né Hathorne; July 4, 1804 – May 19, 1864) was an American novelist, biographer, and short story writer. His fiction works are considered part of the Romantic movement and, more specifically, dark romanticism. Many of his works feature moral metaphors with an anti-Puritan inspiration, centering on the inherent evil and sin of humanity. Hawthorne’s best-known works include [The Scarlet Letter[/ and [The House of the Seven Gables[/.

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Story titles are cross-linked to interactive Table of Contents; List of Illustrations provides links to images. Embedded font for titling. Editing notes available in the book.
Versions available with Drop Caps, or Up Caps.

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Another book that entertains AND teaches. Share with a child for maximum enjoyment!
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Hawthorne, Nathaniel: A Wonder Book, v.1, 07 Dec 2007

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Nathaniel Hawthorne (born Nathaniel Hathorne; July 4, 1804 – May 19, 1864) was a 19th century American novelist and short story writer. He is seen as a key figure in the development of American literature for his tales of the nation's colonial history.
Hawthorne is best-known today for his many short stories (he called them "tales") and his four major romances written between 1850 and 1860: The Scarlet Letter (1850), The House of the Seven Gables (1851), The Blithedale Romance (1852) and The Marble Faun (1860).

[QUOTBook Description
Six legends of Greek mythology, retold for children. Included are The Gorgon’s Head, The Golden Touch, The Paradise of Children, The Three Golden Apples, The Miraculous Pitcher, and The Chimaera. In 1838, Hawthorne suggested to Henry Wadsworth Longfellow that they collaborate on a story for children based on the legend of the Pandora’s Box, but this never materialized. He wrote A Wonder Book between April and July 1851, adapting six legends most freely from Charles Anton’s A Classical Dictionary (1842). He set out deliberately to “modernize” the stories, freeing them from what he called “cold moonshine” and using a romantic, readable style that was criticized by adults but proved universally popular with children.[/QUOT

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Hawthorne, Nathaniel: Beneath an Umbrella. v1. 13 Dec 2014

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Nathaniel Hawthorne: (1804 - 1864) Father of Julian Hawthorne

Nathaniel Hawthorne was born in Salem, Massachusetts, where he wrote the bulk of his masterful tales of American colonial history. His career as a novelist began with The Scarlet Letter (1850) and also includes The house of the Seven Gables, The Blithedale Romance, and The Marble Faun. Nina Baym is Director of the School of Humanities and Professor of English at the University of Illinois. She has published widely on Hawthorne and other American writers.

Excerpt
Pleasant is a rainy winter’s day, within doors! The best study for such a day, or the best amusement,—call it which you will,—is a book of travels, describing scenes the most unlike that sombre one, which is mistily presented through the windows.

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Hawthorne, Nathaniel: Biographical Sketches. v1. 13 Dec 2014

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Nathaniel Hawthorne: (1804 - 1864) Father of Julian Hawthorne

Nathaniel Hawthorne was born in Salem, Massachusetts, where he wrote the bulk of his masterful tales of American colonial history. His career as a novelist began with The Scarlet Letter (1850) and also includes The house of the Seven Gables, The Blithedale Romance, and The Marble Faun. Nina Baym is Director of the School of Humanities and Professor of English at the University of Illinois. She has published widely on Hawthorne and other American writers.

MRS. HUTCHINSON.
SIR WILLIAM PHIPS.
SIR WILLIAM PEPPERELL.
THOMAS GREEN FESSENDEN.
JONATHAN CILLEY.

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Hawthorne, Nathaniel: Biographical Stories. v1. 13 Dec 2014

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Nathaniel Hawthorne: (1804 - 1864) Father of Julian Hawthorne

Nathaniel Hawthorne was born in Salem, Massachusetts, where he wrote the bulk of his masterful tales of American colonial history. His career as a novelist began with The Scarlet Letter (1850) and also includes The house of the Seven Gables, The Blithedale Romance, and The Marble Faun. Nina Baym is Director of the School of Humanities and Professor of English at the University of Illinois. She has published widely on Hawthorne and other American writers.

Excerpt
This small volume and others of a similar character, from the same hand, have not been composed without a deep sense of responsibility. The author regards children as sacred, and would not, for the world, cast anything into the fountain of a young heart that might imbitter and pollute its waters. And, even in point of the reputation to be aimed at, juvenile literature is as well worth cultivating as any other. The writer, if he succeed in pleasing his little readers, may hope to be remembered by them till their own old age,—a far longer period of literary existence than is generally attained by those who seek immortality from the judgments of full-grown men.

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Hawthorne, Nathaniel: Doctor Grimshawe's Secret. v1. 15 Dec 2014

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Nathaniel Hawthorne: (1804 - 1864) Father of Julian Hawthorne

Nathaniel Hawthorne was born in Salem, Massachusetts, where he wrote the bulk of his masterful tales of American colonial history. His career as a novelist began with The Scarlet Letter (1850) and also includes The house of the Seven Gables, The Blithedale Romance, and The Marble Faun

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A preface generally begins with a truism; and I may set out with the admission that it is not always expedient to bring to light the posthumous work of great writers. A man generally contrives to publish, during his lifetime, quite as much as the public has time or inclination to read; and his surviving friends are apt to show more zeal than discretion in dragging forth from his closed desk such undeveloped offspring of his mind as he himself had left to silence. Literature has never been redundant with authors who sincerely undervalue their own productions; and the sagacious critics who maintain that what of his own an author condemns must be doubly damnable, are, to say the least of it, as often likely to be right as wrong.

NOTE: The last 4 Notes in the Appendix [78-81] are not referenced anywhere in the main text.

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Hawthorne, Nathaniel: Fanshawe. v1. 16 Dec 2014

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Nathaniel Hawthorne: (1804 - 1864) Father of Julian Hawthorne

Nathaniel Hawthorne was born in Salem, Massachusetts, where he wrote the bulk of his masterful tales of American colonial history. His career as a novelist began with The Scarlet Letter (1850) and also includes The house of the Seven Gables, The Blithedale Romance, and The Marble Faun

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Doctor Melmoth, at the time when he is to be introduced to the reader, had borne the matrimonial yoke (and in his case it was no light burthen) nearly twenty years. The blessing of children, however, had been de- nied him, -- a circumstance which he was accustomed to consider as one of the sorest trials that chequered his path way; for he was a man of a kind and affectionate heart, that was continually seeking objects to rest itself upon.

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Hawthorne, Nathaniel: Grandfather’s Chair: The Whole History. v1. 16 Jan 2023

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Written with the goal of acquainting children with the nation’s colonial history and struggle for independence. In these interlinked stories, a chair that passes from one famous person to another serves as the vehicle for presenting information about important characters and events of early Massachusetts history. Entertaining and informative, this book can be enjoyed by children and adults.

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Nathaniel Hawthorne (né Hathorne; July 4, 1804 – May 19, 1864) was an American novelist, biographer, and short story writer. He is seen as a key figure in the development of American literature for his tales of the nation's colonial history. His fiction works are considered part of the Romantic movement and, more specifically, dark romanticism. Many of his works feature moral metaphors with an anti-Puritan inspiration, centering on the inherent evil and sin of humanity.

Hawthorne’s best-known works include [The Scarlet Letter[/ and [The House of the Seven Gables[/.

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This book is derived from the Houghton & Mifflin 1896 edition. Author’s Prefaces from the first editions have been added. The Appendices (added by the publisher for this edition) have been moved to the end of the book.
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The contents of this book were first published 1840 ~ 1842. Originally published in three parts, and as a single volume in 1851. [This book is in the public domain world-wide because the author died more than 100 years ago, and it was published prior to 1927.[/
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Hawthorne, Nathaniel: Mosses From An Old Manse, v.1, 09 Dec 2007

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Excellent collection of Hawthorne's short stories..
Check out the oft-anthologized "Young Goodman Brown", "Feathertop", "P.’s Correspondence" (which is one of the first alternate history tales), "Earth's Holocaust," "Rappaccini's Daughter," and just about any of the others.

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Hawthorne, Nathaniel: Mosses From an Old Manse. v1. 14 Jan 2023

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Many of the tales collected here are allegories, and, typical of Hawthorne, focus on the negative side of human nature. Once again, you will find many Hawthorne short story masterpieces (“The Birthmark,” “Young Goodman Brown,” “Rappaccini’s Daughter,” “The Artist of the Beautiful”), but many of the lesser-known pieces will certainly reward your attention.

This collection, published in 1846, revised in 1854, consists almost entirely of previously published short stories, and was named in honor of The Old Manse where Hawthorne and his wife lived for the first three years of their marriage.

Generally, most contemporary critics praised the collection and considered it better than Hawthorne’s earlier collection, [Twice-Told Tales[/. Herman Melville deemed Hawthorne to be the American Shakespeare, and Henry James wrote that his early tales possess “the element of simple genius, the quality of imagination. That is the real charm of Hawthorne’s writing — this purity and spontaneity and naturalness of fancy.”

The appendix presents the review “Hawthorne and His Mosses” by Herman Melville, one of the most probing commentaries on Hawthorne ever written.

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Nathaniel Hawthorne (né Hathorne; July 4, 1804 – May 19, 1864) was an American novelist, biographer, and short story writer. He is seen as a key figure in the development of American literature for his tales of the nation's colonial history. His fiction works are considered part of the Romantic movement and, more specifically, dark romanticism. Many of his works feature moral metaphors with an anti-Puritan inspiration, centering on the inherent evil and sin of humanity.

Hawthorne’s best-known works include [The Scarlet Letter[/ and [The House of the Seven Gables[/.

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The contents of this book were first published 1832 ~ 1852. [This book is in the public domain world-wide because the author died more than 100 years ago, and it was published prior to 1927.[/
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Hawthorne, Nathaniel: Mosses from an Old Manse. v1. 15 Dec 2014

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Nathaniel Hawthorne: (1804 - 1864) Father of Julian Hawthorne

Nathaniel Hawthorne was born in Salem, Massachusetts, where he wrote the bulk of his masterful tales of American colonial history. His career as a novelist began with The Scarlet Letter (1850) and also includes The house of the Seven Gables, The Blithedale Romance, and The Marble Faun

THE OLD MANSE.
A VIRTUOSO’S COLLECTION
BUDS AND BIRD VOICES
EARTH’S HOLOCAUST
FIRE WORSHIP
MONSIEUR DU MIROIR
THE NOTCH OF THE WHITE MOUNTAINS.
OUR EVENING PARTY AMONG THE MOUNTAINS.
THE CANAL-BOAT.
THE CHRISTMAS BANQUET
THE HALL OF FANTASY
THE INTELLIGENCE OFFICE
THE NEW ADAM AND EVE
THE OLD APPLE DEALER

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Hawthorne, Nathaniel: My Kinsman, Major Molineux. v1. 29 Jan 09

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What we have here is the first story I've started work on by Nathaniel Hawthorne, from what I'm calling,

The Nathaniel Hawthorne Collection
Assembled by Me

(Well, remove the "me" - hahaha)

Here's the plot, taken from the Wiki:

["In the days before the American Revolution, Robin, a youth, arrives by ferry in Boston seeking his kinsman. Major Molineux, an official in the British Colonial government, has promised him work. Yet no one in town tells him where the major is. A rich man threatens the youth with prison, and an innkeeper calls him a runaway bond-servant. At every turn he meets a man with a red-and-black face, who seems at the center of many evil things. Later, he runs into the man with the painted face again, after blocking his path with a cudgel, he finally gets the answer that his kinsman will soon pass by. He waits at the spot on the steps of a church where he is greeted by the first polite gentleman he has met all night. Soon, the two men hear the roar of an approaching mob. At its head is the man with the red and black face and in its midst is Major Molineux, tarred and feathered. Disillusioned, the youth asks the old gentleman the way back to the ferry. Yet the latter restrains him, saying that it is still possible for him to thrive without his kinsman's protection."[/

Like all the books I assemble on MobileRead, this too was assembled to reflect human intervention and artistic judgment.

I hope you enjoy it.

Don

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Hawthorne, Nathaniel: Tanglewood Tales (illus-Sterrett). v1. 03 Sep 2019

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TANGLEWOOD TALES by Nathaniel Hawthorne (1804–1864)
Illustrated by Virginia Sterrett (1900–1931)

[Tanglewood Tales[/ was first published in 1853; the “Sterrett” edition in 1921. This ebook is in the public domain in countries where the copyright term is “Life+90” or less, and in the USA.

[Tanglewood Tales[/, the sequel to [A Wonder Book for Girls and Boys[/, is a re-writing of six well-known Greek myths in a volume for children. Although Hawthorne informs us in the introduction that these stories were also told by Cousin Eustace, the frame stories of [A Wonder Book[/ have been abandoned. The delightful humorous touch, however, has not been forsaken.

An Art Deco flavor can be found in the line drawings and ten beautiful full-page color illustrations by Virginia Sterrett.

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Nathaniel Hawthorne (né Hathorne; July 4, 1804 – May 19, 1864) was an American novelist, biographer, and short story writer. His fiction works are considered part of the Romantic movement and, more specifically, dark romanticism. Many of his works feature moral metaphors with an anti-Puritan inspiration, centering on the inherent evil and sin of humanity. Hawthorne’s best-known works include [The Scarlet Letter[/ and [The House of the Seven Gables[/.

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Story titles are cross-linked to interactive Table of Contents; List of Illustrations provides links to images. Embedded font for titling. Editing notes available in the book.
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Readers interested in Ms. Sterrett’s art may enjoy other books she illustrated:
Arabian Nights
Old French Fairy Tales

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Yet another book that entertains and teaches. Share this with your kids, I think all generations can enjoy it.
:)

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Hawthorne, Nathaniel: The Blithedale Romance. v1. 14 Dec 2014

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Nathaniel Hawthorne: (1804 - 1864) Father of Julian Hawthorne

Nathaniel Hawthorne was born in Salem, Massachusetts, where he wrote the bulk of his masterful tales of American colonial history. His career as a novelist began with The Scarlet Letter (1850) and also includes The house of the Seven Gables, The Blithedale Romance, and The Marble Faun. Nina Baym is Director of the School of Humanities and Professor of English at the University of Illinois. She has published widely on Hawthorne and other American writers.

Based on Hawthorne's own experience of a Utopian socialist community outside Boston, The Blithedale Romance tells of the attempts of a like-minded group to begin reforming a dissipated America. However, rather than dropping bad habits and changing the world, Coverdale the prurient bachelor, Hollingsworth the furious philanthropist, Zenobia the voluptuous feminist, and Priscilla the vulnerable seamstress soon find themselves pursuing egotistical paths which must lead ultimately to tragedy. Evoking a bright rural idyll which fails to survive the ravages of lust and power, Hawthorne cynically undermines the fatuities of nineteenth-century American idealism.

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Hawthorne, Nathaniel: The Dolliver Romance and Other... v1. 14 Dec 2014

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Nathaniel Hawthorne: (1804 - 1864) Father of Julian Hawthorne

Nathaniel Hawthorne was born in Salem, Massachusetts, where he wrote the bulk of his masterful tales of American colonial history. His career as a novelist began with The Scarlet Letter (1850) and also includes The house of the Seven Gables, The Blithedale Romance, and The Marble Faun.

THE DOLLIVER ROMANCE.
A BOOK OF AUTOGRAPHS
AN OLD WOMAN'S TALE
"BROWNE'S FOLLY."
DR. BULLIVANT
MY VISIT TO NIAGARA.
THE ANTIQUE RING.
GRAVES AND GOBLINS.
TIME'S PORTRAITURE

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Hawthorne, Nathaniel: The Great Stone Face . v1. 16 Dec 2014

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Nathaniel Hawthorne: (1804 - 1864) Father of Julian Hawthorne

Nathaniel Hawthorne was born in Salem, Massachusetts, where he wrote the bulk of his masterful tales of American colonial history. His career as a novelist began with The Scarlet Letter (1850) and also includes The house of the Seven Gables, The Blithedale Romance, and The Marble Faun

THE GREAT STONE FACE
THE AMBITIOUS GUEST
THE GREAT CARBUNCLE
SKETCHES FROM MEMORY

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Hawthorne, Nathaniel: The Great Stone Face, v.1, 09 Dec 2007

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The Great Stone Face And Other Tales Of The White Mountains
Four Hawthorne stories that take place in the White Mountains of New Hampshire. The Great Stone Face is better known as the Old Man of the Mountain and appeared on the New Hampshire quarter before it collapsed in 2003.
I read this story in elementary school and wanted to re-read it.

[QUOTAs the years pass and his small village grows, Ethan watches for the fulfillment of the prophecy that someone born looking like the Great Stone Face up on the mountain will be the greatest, noblest person of his time.[/QUOT

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Hawthorne, Nathaniel: The House of the Seven Gables, v.1, 09 Dec 2007

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[QUOTGreed, treachery, mesmerism, and murder are just some of the bricks Hawthorne uses to build The House of the Seven Gables. Generations before the present story begins, wealthy Colonel Pyncheon covets Matthew Maule’s land. When Maule is hanged for witchcraft, he puts a curse on the Colonel—and all his descendants. Now the menacing Judge Pyncheon continues the family tradition of hiding cruelty under a dazzling smile, while his scowling niece, Hepzibah, and half-mad nephew, Clifford, are reduced to poverty by his machinations. But the younger generation, embodied in their distant cousin, Phoebe, becomes a ray of hope penetrating the dark house.

Though Hawthorne openly discusses his book’s “moral” in its preface, The House of the Seven Gables is no dry sermon. In fact, a strong stream of poetic fantasy runs through it, which the author acknowledges by calling it a “romance,” rather than a novel. Like his other great works, The House of the Seven Gables reflects Hawthorne’s rich understanding of complex motives, of individuals caught in the unending struggle between our highest aspirations and our basest desires.[/QUOT
Another Hawthorne classic.

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Hawthorne, Nathaniel: The House of the Seven Gables. v1. 17 Dec 2014

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Nathaniel Hawthorne: (1804 - 1864) Father of Julian Hawthorne

Nathaniel Hawthorne was born in Salem, Massachusetts, where he wrote the bulk of his masterful tales of American colonial history. His career as a novelist began with The Scarlet Letter (1850) and also includes The house of the Seven Gables, The Blithedale Romance, and The Marble Faun

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The ancient mansion of the story is cursed with a hidden secret. When its two frail and aged inhabitants Hepzibah and Clifford Pyncheon are joined by their vivacious young cousin Phoebe, the mystery looks set to be resolved.

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Hawthorne, Nathaniel: The Scarlet Letter, v.1, 09 Dec 2007

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[QUOTWhen it first appeared in 1850, The Scarlet Letter enjoyed scandalous success. New England critics condemned its passionate subject matter. One critic complained that Nathaniel Hawthorne invested adultery with all the fascination of genius, and all the charms of a highly polished style. My preliminary chapter, wryly noted the author, has caused the greatest uproar that has happened here since witch-times.

As she emerges from the prison of a Puritan New England town, Hester Prynne defies the dark gloom much as the rose blooms against the prison door. With her illegitimate baby, Pearl, clutched in her arms and the letter A—the mark of an adulteress—embroidered in scarlet thread on her breast, Hester holds her head high as she faces the malice and scorn of the townsfolk. Her powerful, bittersweet story is an American classic that continues to touch the hearts of modern readers with its timeless themes of guilt, passion and repentance.[/QUOT
Hawthorne's masterpiece.

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Hawthorne, Nathaniel: The Scarlet Letter. v2 13 Mar 2011

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Sorry, a few typographical problems sneaked by me, enough to annoy me into making a new version. :smack: If you downloaded my previous attempt, you'll probably want to replace it with this one.

Converted from Gutenberg #25344

Includes illustrations, table of contents.
Gutenberg HTML->hand-edited->Mobi by Calibre 0.7.49

Tested on Kindle v2 and Kindle PC

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Hawthorne, Nathaniel: The Snow Image & Other Twice-Told Tales. v1. 08 Jan 2023

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“Twice-Told Tales” is a series of short story collections by Nathaniel Hawthorne. The stories had all been previously published in magazines and annuals, hence the name. The first volume was published in 1837, a second volume in 1842. (The 2-volume set was published in 1851.) This, the third in the series, published in 1852, was the last such collection published during Hawthorne’s lifetime.

Many of these stories have the tone of fables or allegories, ranging from light-hearted to dark and sinister, with touches of the supernatural to add some chills.)

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Nathaniel Hawthorne (né Hathorne; July 4, 1804 – May 19, 1864) was an American novelist, biographer, and short story writer. He is seen as a key figure in the development of American literature for his tales of the nation's colonial history. His fiction works are considered part of the Romantic movement and, more specifically, dark romanticism. Many of his works feature moral metaphors with an anti-Puritan inspiration, centering on the inherent evil and sin of humanity.

Hawthorne’s best-known works include [The Scarlet Letter[/ and [The House of the Seven Gables[/.

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This book was first published in 1852. [This book is in the public domain world-wide because the author died more than 100 years ago, and it was published prior to 1927.[/
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Hawthorne, Nathaniel: Twice Told Tales. v1. 14 Dec 2014

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Nathaniel Hawthorne: (1804 - 1864) Father of Julian Hawthorne

Nathaniel Hawthorne was born in Salem, Massachusetts, where he wrote the bulk of his masterful tales of American colonial history. His career as a novelist began with The Scarlet Letter (1850) and also includes The house of the Seven Gables, The Blithedale Romance, and The Marble Faun. Nina Baym is Director of the School of Humanities and Professor of English at the University of Illinois. She has published widely on Hawthorne and other American writers.

Collects brief fictional works and legends by the nineteenth-century New England literary master.

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Hawthorne, Nathaniel: Twice-Told Tales Complete Collection. v2. 14 Jan 2023

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In these sketches and tales, Hawthorne shows us scenes of New England in colonial times, and in the nineteenth century, written in wonderfully descriptive prose. Many of these stories have the tone of fables or allegories, ranging from light-hearted to dark and sinister, with touches of the supernatural to add some chills.

The stories in the “Twice-Told Tales” series had all been previously published in magazines and annuals, hence the name. The first volume was published in 1837, a second volume in 1842. (The 2-volume set was published in 1851.) [The Snow Image and Other Twice-Told Tales[/, third in the series and published in 1852, was the last such collection published during Hawthorne’s lifetime.

This ebook includes the Prefaces written by Hawthorne in 1851, and the appendix presents reviews of [Twice-Told Tales[/ by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow and Edgar Allen Poe.)

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Nathaniel Hawthorne (né Hathorne; July 4, 1804 – May 19, 1864) was an American novelist, biographer, and short story writer. He is seen as a key figure in the development of American literature for his tales of the nation's colonial history. His fiction works are considered part of the Romantic movement and, more specifically, dark romanticism. Many of his works feature moral metaphors with an anti-Puritan inspiration, centering on the inherent evil and sin of humanity.

Hawthorne’s best-known works include [The Scarlet Letter[/ and [The House of the Seven Gables[/.

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The contents of this book were first published 1830 ~ 1850. [This book is in the public domain world-wide because the author died more than 100 years ago, and it was published prior to 1927.[/
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EDIT TO ADD: Uploaded updated book --- Corrected titling error, and made some minor tweaks while I was digging in there. Thanks to Thalassa for pointing out error. Previous downloads: 7

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Hawthorne. Nathaniel: Two Christmas Stories, v.1, 12 December 2008.

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Two Christmas Stories
By Nathaniel Hawthorne (1804–1864)

Contents:
The Christmas Banquet
Snow-Flakes

Two slightly lugubrious Christmas stories.

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Hay, L F: It Wasn't a Nightmare (1937); v1, 19 Sept 2019

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Lindsay Fitzgerald Hay wrote three secret service novels in the 1930s, of which this is the first.

He was extraordinary character, specially physically. He was just under 7 feet tall, the tallest soldier in the British army in WW1. Several photos exist showing him with fellow officers and soldiers, and he just towers over them. He joined the Black Watch almost immediately after the First War began, was twice wounded, and gained a DSO and other decorations. He served on the western front and also in the Balkans, including in the Battle of Doiran. He was then, and probably subsequently connected, with British Intelligence.

His later interests in life were Ming porcelain, and powerful motorcars.

In this book, a semi-retired Intelligence officer who has a suitable cover (being an adventure novelist) is re-activated to recover a stolen formula from an Armenian arms dealer named Babanian. His cover story is that he is holidaying, researching a new novel, and visiting his old battle grounds. His adventure takes him from a fishing trip on South Uist in the Hebrides, to the Basses Pyrenees beyond Pau, to Doiran Lake on the borders of Greece and Yugoslavia, and finally to a climax in Istanbul.

I have retained the 1930s spellings such as Istanboul, Salonika (today's Thessaloniki), and others. Many of the place names of the period have been changed since, often unrecognisably. I have corrected the numerous miss-spellings of the Duesenberg motor car which features in the tale.

For some unknown reason Chapter 26 alone had no title. I have made one up. The source is principally the Rockhampton Morning Bulletin serial, with cross-checks when needed against the Melbourne Argus version.

The cover I have used is from the MacMillan USA hardback, and is really bad.

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Hayens, Herbert: My Sword's My Fortune v1 25 nov 2008

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Now this is a swashbuckler reminiscent of Alexandre Dumas if I ever saw one.

Do not expect too much thinking and a lot of action. In this genre the book (published in 1904) does very well, thank you!

Got it from PG, gave it the MTH treatment and added a cover of my own facture. This book is slightly (3 fine illustrations) illustrated, too. This is one to really have fun, so:

Have fun!

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Hayes, Rutherford: State of the Union. v1.0, 13 October 2007

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19th President of the USA. 1877-1881

more info:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_us_presidents

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Haynes, Annie: The Abbey Court Murder. v1. 25 May 2017

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Annie Haynes: Born : 1864 Leicestershire, England: Lived : Bayswater, London, England (final):
Died : 1929 Mar 30 Bayswater, London, England

Excerpt
ST. PETER'S was rapidly becoming the church for fashionable weddings; but even St. Peter's had seldom been the centre of a larger or more fashionable crowd than was assembling this warm April afternoon to see Lady Geraldine Summerhouse married to the man of her choice. There was the usual gathering of loiterers round the door and on the steps of the church; while the traffic in the street was impeded by the long line of private carriages and motors setting down guests.

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Haynes, Annie: The Crime at Tattenham Corner, v1. 26 May 2017

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Annie Haynes: Born : 1864 Leicestershire, England: Lived : Bayswater, London, England (final):
Died : 1929 Mar 30 Bayswater, London, England

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The big clock outside struck 7.30. Early as it was, Inspector Stoddart was already in his room at Scotland Yard.
He looked up impatiently as his most trusted subordinate, Alfred Harbord, entered after a sharp preliminary tap.

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Haynes, Annie: The Crows Inn Tragedy (1927), v2

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This book is in the Epub library but not in the Kindle library, so I have added it.

A typical Haynes whodunnit with Insp. Furnival investigating a murder case which gets more complicated by the minute; although some commentators claim to have spotted the killer before the detective does.

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Haynes, Annie: The Crystal Beads Murder. v1. 26 May 2017

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Annie Haynes: Born : 1864 Leicestershire, England: Lived : Bayswater, London, England (final):
Died : 1929 Mar 30 Bayswater, London, England

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This, the last of twelve mystery stories writtesn by the late Annie Haynes—who died last year—was left unfinished. One of Miss Haynes's friends, also a popular writer of this type of fiction, offered to undertake the work of completion, and it says much for her skill that she has independently arrived at Miss Haynes's own solution of the mystery, which was known only to myself.

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Haynes, Annie: The House in Charlton Crescent. v1. 27 May 2017

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Annie Haynes: Born : 1864 Leicestershire, England: Lived : Bayswater, London, England (final):
Died : 1929 Mar 30 Bayswater, London, England

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Lady Anne Daventry was not a pleasant old lady. Her nearest and dearest found her difficult to get on with, her servants called her "cantankerous," and her contemporaries—those who remembered her in her far-off beautiful youth—said she had a good heart.

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Haynes, Annie: The Man with the Dark Beard. v1. 27 May 2017

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Annie Haynes: Born : 1864 Leicestershire, England: Lived : Bayswater, London, England (final):
Died : 1929 Mar 30 Bayswater, London, England

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"The fact of the matter is you want a holiday, old chap."
Felix Skrine lay back in his easy chair and puffed at his cigar.
"I don't need a holiday at all," his friend contradicted shortly. "It would do me no good. What I want is—"
"Physician, heal thyself," Skrine quoted lazily. "My dear John, you have been off colour for months. Why can't you take expert advice—Gordon Menzies, for instance? You sent old Wildman to him last session and he put him right in no time."

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Haynes, Annie: Who Killed Charmian Karslake. v1. 27 May 2017

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Annie Haynes: Born : 1864 Leicestershire, England: Lived : Bayswater, London, England (final):
Died : 1929 Mar 30 Bayswater, London, England

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"How can a chap look up to much when he has sat up to the small hours of the night before, dancing round with a lot of screaming young women, and eating all sorts of indigestible food?" Dicky questioned, taking another helping of kidney. "You don't look any great shakes yourself for that matter. We are neither of us in our first youth, Arthur, you must remember. Years will tell, you know."

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Heaney, Francis: Holy Tango of Literature. v1, 8 Mar 2008

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[Holy Tango of Literature[/ by Francis Heaney is released with a Creative Commons license.

http://www.yarnivore.com/francis/Holy_Tango.htm

Book Description

Holy Tango of Literature is a unique and captivating collection mimicking the great writers of literary history. This devilishly witty book has a twist: Each writer's name is rearranged as a title, creating the subject for a parody rendered in the author's style.

From the Publisher

Heaney’s work is whip-smart and laugh-out-loud funny. HOLY TANGO (that’s an anagram of "anthology"—see it now?) will send gullible readers scrambling for their old literature textbooks to hunt down ersatz classics.

[About the Author[/

Francis Heaney is a professional puzzle constructor as well as the composer and co-lyricist of the Off-Off Broadway musical We’re All Dead. His work has appeared in McSweeney’s, Games, Modern Humorist, Playboy, the New York Times, and Newsday.

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Hearn, Lafcadio: A Ghost Story and Others, v.1, 19 Feb 2008.

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Three short stories with supernatural elements.
Found at PG Australia.

Contents:
A Ghost Story
The Cedar Closet
Chin Chin Kobokama

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Hearn, Lafcadio: Chita :A Memory of Last Island:. v1, 9 Feb 2008

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From fantasticfiction.co.uk:

On 10 August 1856, the Gulf of Mexico reared up and hurled itself over Last Island, near New Orleans. The storm essentially split the island in half and swept much of it away, including its inhabitants, wealthy vacationers, and its resort hotel. There were few survivors.

Lafcadio Hearn used these basic historical facts to create [Chita.
[/

Originally published in 1889, this long out-of-print novella is a minor masterpiece that is by turns mysterious, mesmerizing, and tragic. In the aftermath of the storm, a Spanish fisherman wades into the Gulf to pick through debris. Among the bodies, he finds one that is yet alive, a small Creole girl. She remembers only her first name, Conchita. Her parents are presumed to have died in the storm. Raised by the fisherman's family, Chita grows into a strong, independent young woman. Her story is counterpointed by that of her lost father, a doctor who thinks that Chita is dead and, as a result, devotes himself to helping others in need. When he comes to Last Island to aid a man with heart disease, he encounters Chita. The consequences are devastating.

This beautifully lush, ornately styled tale of south Louisiana in the nineteenth century is a haunting novel that is both impressionistic in its evocation of nature and realistic in its characterizations and depictions of life in this region

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Hearn, Lafcadio: In Ghostly Japan:. v1, 9 Feb 2008

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From Barnesandnoble.com:

An American classic from the nineteenth century! [In Ghostly Japan[/ is an immersion into traditional Japanese folklore, spirituality and worldly outlook. Lafcadio Hearn takes you on a trip through nineteenth century Japan which will change you forever. Few are the names in Western literature which have managed to draw a line so thin between real and unreal, that you lose sight of it completely.

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Hearn, Lafcadio: Kokoro, v.1, 23 Jan 2008.

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Lafcadio Hearn: [Kokoro[/: Japanese Inner Life Hints
(1895)

A study of Japanese ways of thinking.

Author’s Note:
The papers composing this volume treat of the inner rather than of the outer life of Japan,--for which reason they have been grouped under the title [Kokoro [/(‘heart’). Written with the above character, this word signifies also mind, in the emotional sense; spirit; courage; resolve; sentiment; affection; and inner meaning,--just as we say in English, “the heart of things.”

From PG. Proofread, spellchecked, TOC added and 65 footnotes hyperlinked.

Soseki’s ‘[Kokoro’[/
Anyone who was hoping for a copy of Natsume Soseki’s novel, ‘[Kokoro’ [/[1914] may find a free English version in html, for personal use only, at:

http://www.eldritchpress.org/ns/soseki.html

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Hearn, Lafcadio: Kwaidan, v.1, 26 Jan 2008.

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Kwaidan: Stories and Studies of Strange Things (1904).

A collection of traditional Japanese stories, featuring a variety of supernatural elements.

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Heber, Sigvard: Da Bergensbanen blev til. v1. 28 Dec 2012

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Jernbaneingeniøren Sigvard Heber meldte seg til å delta i byggingen av høyfjells-strekningen av Bergensbanen. Denne boken er i stort omfang basert på hans dagboksnotater fra livet blandt fjellbønder og rallare mellom Haugastøl og Myrdal.

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Heer, Jakob Christoph: An heiligen Wassern [German] V. 01 Aug 2010

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Zum heutigen Nationalfeiertag der Schweiz.

Der Autor:
Jakob Christoph Heer (* 17. Juli 1859 in Winterthur-Töss; † 20. August 1925 in Zürich) war ein Schweizer Schriftsteller.
Jakob Christoph Heer wurde als Sohn von Jakob Christoph Heer und dessen Gattin Elisabeth geb. Leemann in Töss geboren. Nach Abschluss des Gymnasiums in Winterthur erwarb Heer 1879 am Seminar Küsnacht das Lehrerdiplom. Seit 1882 arbeitete er als Lehrer in Dürnten. 1892 übernahm er die Stelle eines Feuilletonredaktors der Neuen Zürcher Zeitung. Im Jahr darauf heiratete er Emma Karoline Gossweiler und wurde später (1899-1902) Mitarbeiter der Stuttgarter Redaktion der Zeitschrift Die Gartenlaube. Ab 1902 widmete er sich ganz dem Beruf eines freien Schriftstellers.
Heer verband die Stilmittel des Heimatromans mit Kritik an der modernen Technik und am Fremdenverkehr. Wie sein Roman "An heiligen Wassern" zeigt, sind diese Vorbehalte allerdings nicht grundsätzlicher Art, sondern zielen auf massvolle touristische Erschliessung und Erhaltung der Natur sowie der dörflichen Lebenskultur.
J. C. Heers bekannteste Romane wurden je zweimal verfilmt, "Der König der Bernina" 1929 (als "Eternal Love") und 1957, "An heiligen Wassern" 1932 und 1960.
Auf dem Brühlberg in Winterthur steht ein Gedenkstein, den ihm die Gemeinde Poschiavo für seinen Roman "Der König der Bernina" geschenkt hat. Der Stein ist genau auf sein Geburtshaus in Töss ausgerichtet. (Die Hauptfigur des Romans Markus Paltram ist inspiriert von dem Oberengadiner Jäger und Büchsenmacher Gian Marchet Colani).
Ein weiteres Memorial steht nahe der Berninapassstrasse (ca. 4 km nach Ortsende Pontresina) mit Blick auf den Piz Bernina.

Quelle: Wikipedia

Ein Roman aus dem schweizer Hochgebirge
Wasser bedeutet Leben für die Bergbauern, die das kostbare Nass in hölzernen Leitungen an den Gletschern anbringen. Doch dieser Lebensstrom fordert auch immer wieder seine Opfer, deshalb sprechen die Walliser ehrfürchtig vom "Heiligen Wasser". Wieder einmal droht die Lawine am Gletscherrand. Wenn sie kommt, zerschmettert sie unweigerlich die Leitungen, die das Wasser an den Wildwänden entlangführen. Und dann versiegen die Brunnen in St. Peter. Wieder findet sich ein Freiwilliger, der in die Wand geht, um die Dorfbewohner zu retten. Wieder spielt sich das Schicksal zwischen Abhängigkeit, Mißgunst, Eifer, Hass und Liebe ab. Wird die mutige Arbeit eines einzelnen eine Änderung bringen? Wird sein Werk schliesslich den unsinnigen Menschenopfern ein Ende machen? Und wird die geliebte Frau auf ihn warten?

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Heer, Jakob Christoph: Der Wetterwart [German] V. 01 Aug 2010

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Der Autor:
Jakob Christoph Heer (* 17. Juli 1859 in Winterthur-Töss; † 20. August 1925 in Zürich) war ein Schweizer Schriftsteller.
Jakob Christoph Heer wurde als Sohn von Jakob Christoph Heer und dessen Gattin Elisabeth geb. Leemann in Töss geboren. Nach Abschluss des Gymnasiums in Winterthur erwarb Heer 1879 am Seminar Küsnacht das Lehrerdiplom. Seit 1882 arbeitete er als Lehrer in Dürnten. 1892 übernahm er die Stelle eines Feuilletonredaktors der Neuen Zürcher Zeitung. Im Jahr darauf heiratete er Emma Karoline Gossweiler und wurde später (1899-1902) Mitarbeiter der Stuttgarter Redaktion der Zeitschrift Die Gartenlaube. Ab 1902 widmete er sich ganz dem Beruf eines freien Schriftstellers.
Heer verband die Stilmittel des Heimatromans mit Kritik an der modernen Technik und am Fremdenverkehr. Wie sein Roman "An heiligen Wassern" zeigt, sind diese Vorbehalte allerdings nicht grundsätzlicher Art, sondern zielen auf massvolle touristische Erschliessung und Erhaltung der Natur sowie der dörflichen Lebenskultur.
J. C. Heers bekannteste Romane wurden je zweimal verfilmt, "Der König der Bernina" 1929 (als "Eternal Love") und 1957, "An heiligen Wassern" 1932 und 1960.
Auf dem Brühlberg in Winterthur steht ein Gedenkstein, den ihm die Gemeinde Poschiavo für seinen Roman "Der König der Bernina" geschenkt hat. Der Stein ist genau auf sein Geburtshaus in Töss ausgerichtet. (Die Hauptfigur des Romans Markus Paltram ist inspiriert von dem Oberengadiner Jäger und Büchsenmacher Gian Marchet Colani).
Ein weiteres Memorial steht nahe der Berninapassstrasse (ca. 4 km nach Ortsende Pontresina) mit Blick auf den Piz Bernina.
(Wikipedia)

Extrakt:
Ich bin der Wetterwart vom Feuerstein und bedarf des Lebens der Tiefe nicht. Gehörte ich zu den Armseligen, die sich ohne Menschen langweilten, so wäre ich nicht zu Berg gestiegen. Von Menschenart und Menschenwesen aber habe ich mehr gesehen als andere, und in ihr Treiben verlangt mich nicht zurück. Die, denen ich diene, dürfen sicher sein, daß ihnen der Wetterwart nicht vom Feuerstein entläuft. An den Berg fesseln mich die übernommene Pflicht, die mir lieb ist, und der hinkende Fuß, den ich hasse.
Es sind nun sieben Jahre, daß ich mich mit dem noch nicht völlig geheilten Bein auf das Observatorium in die Verbannung schaffen ließ. Der Tag war nicht leicht und der Anfang meines Sonderlinglebens schwer. Aufbrüllen hätte ich manchmal mögen vor Weltheimweh, aufbrüllen wie ein Stier. Der Teufel versuchte mich. »Wirf dich hinab von deiner Spitze,« flüsterte er, »und ich trage dich in die Weltstädte, in denen Licht, Leben und Liebe wundersam erwallen, ein Wort, und du wandelst an der Via Toledo im Zauber neapolitanischer Nächte, ein Wort, und um dich flirtet Paris, und du wirst dich in Kairo wieder in den Kreisen der Paschas und Beis ergehen und von Frauen umgeben sein, die dir huldigen. ›Adler!‹ werden sie dir zulächeln, und für dein Lächeln werden sie schwach werden und einen Augenblick lang die Tugend vergessen.«

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Heer, Jakob Christoph: Felix Notvest [German] V. 01 Aug 2010

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Der Autor:
Jakob Christoph Heer (* 17. Juli 1859 in Winterthur-Töss; † 20. August 1925 in Zürich) war ein Schweizer Schriftsteller.
Jakob Christoph Heer wurde als Sohn von Jakob Christoph Heer und dessen Gattin Elisabeth geb. Leemann in Töss geboren. Nach Abschluss des Gymnasiums in Winterthur erwarb Heer 1879 am Seminar Küsnacht das Lehrerdiplom. Seit 1882 arbeitete er als Lehrer in Dürnten. 1892 übernahm er die Stelle eines Feuilletonredaktors der Neuen Zürcher Zeitung. Im Jahr darauf heiratete er Emma Karoline Gossweiler und wurde später (1899-1902) Mitarbeiter der Stuttgarter Redaktion der Zeitschrift Die Gartenlaube. Ab 1902 widmete er sich ganz dem Beruf eines freien Schriftstellers.
Heer verband die Stilmittel des Heimatromans mit Kritik an der modernen Technik und am Fremdenverkehr. Wie sein Roman "An heiligen Wassern" zeigt, sind diese Vorbehalte allerdings nicht grundsätzlicher Art, sondern zielen auf massvolle touristische Erschliessung und Erhaltung der Natur sowie der dörflichen Lebenskultur.
J. C. Heers bekannteste Romane wurden je zweimal verfilmt, "Der König der Bernina" 1929 (als "Eternal Love") und 1957, "An heiligen Wassern" 1932 und 1960.
Auf dem Brühlberg in Winterthur steht ein Gedenkstein, den ihm die Gemeinde Poschiavo für seinen Roman "Der König der Bernina" geschenkt hat. Der Stein ist genau auf sein Geburtshaus in Töss ausgerichtet. (Die Hauptfigur des Romans Markus Paltram ist inspiriert von dem Oberengadiner Jäger und Büchsenmacher Gian Marchet Colani).
Ein weiteres Memorial steht nahe der Berninapassstrasse (ca. 4 km nach Ortsende Pontresina) mit Blick auf den Piz Bernina.
(Wikipedia)

Extrakt:
Die Abtei Reifenwerd eine Fabrik!« Aus düsterem Brüten murmelt es der junge Pfarrer, der in seinem altertümlichen, holzgetäfelten Stübchen auf und nieder schreitet.
Einsam überlegt und kämpft der Mann, der fast noch ein Jüngling ist, während sich draußen vor seinem Fenster das Sonnengold des Abends auf breiten Linden wiegt und in ihrem Schatten die halbwüchsige Jugend des Dorfes sich im Armbrustschießen übt.
Nur dann und wann fällt der Blick des Rastlosen zerstreut auf das vergnügte junge Volk.
Er setzt sich an den schweren eichenen Studiertisch, fährt mit der Hand durch das dunkle Haar, schlägt das erste Blatt einer silberbeschlagenen Bibel auf, und seine Augen ruhen verträumt auf einem Eintrag von der zierlichen, doch festen Schrift seines Vaters, des Antistes.
»Felix Notvest heißest du, mein lieber Sohn, Felix, weil deine Eltern wünschen, daß du glücklich werdest, Notvest aber nach jenem Vorfahren, dem Gerbermeister Hans Denzeler, der in der bösen Schlacht am Jakobsthor das Banner der Stadt nicht hat fahren lassen, sondern das schon verlorene aus Feindeshand wieder errungen hat, wofür ihm und seinen Nachkommen Rat und Bürgerschaft unserer löblichen Stadt den Namen Notvest zu tragen gegeben haben, und das Geschlecht in das goldene Buch der Konstaffel [R1 Die Zunft der Notabeln.] gereiht worden ist. Fest sei in der Not, Felix, und wann alles um dich wankt und weicht, soll dir vor Menschenwitz nicht bangen, wenn du nur vor deinem Gott und dir selbst in Ehren bestehen magst!«

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Heer, Jakob Christoph: Laubgewind [German] V. 01 Aug 2010

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Der Autor:
Jakob Christoph Heer (* 17. Juli 1859 in Winterthur-Töss; † 20. August 1925 in Zürich) war ein Schweizer Schriftsteller.
Jakob Christoph Heer wurde als Sohn von Jakob Christoph Heer und dessen Gattin Elisabeth geb. Leemann in Töss geboren. Nach Abschluss des Gymnasiums in Winterthur erwarb Heer 1879 am Seminar Küsnacht das Lehrerdiplom. Seit 1882 arbeitete er als Lehrer in Dürnten. 1892 übernahm er die Stelle eines Feuilletonredaktors der Neuen Zürcher Zeitung. Im Jahr darauf heiratete er Emma Karoline Gossweiler und wurde später (1899-1902) Mitarbeiter der Stuttgarter Redaktion der Zeitschrift Die Gartenlaube. Ab 1902 widmete er sich ganz dem Beruf eines freien Schriftstellers.
Heer verband die Stilmittel des Heimatromans mit Kritik an der modernen Technik und am Fremdenverkehr. Wie sein Roman "An heiligen Wassern" zeigt, sind diese Vorbehalte allerdings nicht grundsätzlicher Art, sondern zielen auf massvolle touristische Erschliessung und Erhaltung der Natur sowie der dörflichen Lebenskultur.
J. C. Heers bekannteste Romane wurden je zweimal verfilmt, "Der König der Bernina" 1929 (als "Eternal Love") und 1957, "An heiligen Wassern" 1932 und 1960.
Auf dem Brühlberg in Winterthur steht ein Gedenkstein, den ihm die Gemeinde Poschiavo für seinen Roman "Der König der Bernina" geschenkt hat. Der Stein ist genau auf sein Geburtshaus in Töss ausgerichtet. (Die Hauptfigur des Romans Markus Paltram ist inspiriert von dem Oberengadiner Jäger und Büchsenmacher Gian Marchet Colani).
Ein weiteres Memorial steht nahe der Berninapassstrasse (ca. 4 km nach Ortsende Pontresina) mit Blick auf den Piz Bernina.
(Wikipedia)

Extrakt:
In München gab es so manchen hervorragenden Lehrer. Einem von ihnen, der eine Privatmalschule für junge Damen führte, war sie empfohlen. Zwei Jahre leidenschaftlich ernsten Studiums bei ihm – dann ständen ihre Skizzen und Bilder wie die anderer junger Künstler in den Auslagen, bescheiden erst und zu geringem Preis, aber doch mit ihrem Namen: Hilde Rebstein. Anfangs nur leise und obenhin, später mit Wohlwollen und Achtung sprächen die Bilderliebhaber und Kunstfreunde von dem jungen Talent. Und aus der großen Stadt klänge ihr Name bis in die ferne, liebe Schweizerheimat, bis nach St. Agathen, dem Ort ihrer Kindheit. Und die sie dort hatten aufwachsen sehen, sprächen: ›Ja, Hilde Rebstein, unsere hoffnungsvolle Künstlerin in München!‹ – Und der Glaube ihres künstlerisch veranlagten Vaters wäre gerechtfertigt!
Das war ihr Traum, ihr Ehrgeiz bei ihrer Ankunft in München gewesen. Heute vor drei Jahren! –

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Hegel, Georg Wilhelm Friedrich: Phenomenology of Mind, v1, 02 Sept 2007.

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Another philosophical classic, dating from 1807.

This is an account of the evolution of consciousness, from its beginnings until the culmination of the process, when the Absolute Spirit becomes conscious of itself (i.e. when Hegel completed the book).

It may appeal to Marxists (because Marx stole many of Hegel’s ideas); to process theologians (because Hegel invented process theology); and to those who enjoy philosophical classics.

Wikipedia comments:
Roughly taking the form of a Bildungsroman, it explores the nature and development of its protagonist--mind/spirit--showing how it evolves through a process of internal contradiction and development from the most primitive aspect of sense-perception through all of the forms of subjective and objective mind, including art, religion, and philosophy, to absolute knowledge that comprehends this entire developmental process as part of itself. Thus it also lays out an entire system of metaphysics, ethics, and political philosophy.

Oddly enough, Schopenhauer thought that the book was amusing:

If I were to say that the so-called philosophy of this fellow Hegel is a colossal piece of mystification which will yet provide posterity with an inexhaustible theme for laughter at our times, that it is a pseudo-philosophy paralyzing all mental powers, stifling all real thinking, and, by the most outrageous misuse of language, putting in its place the hollowest, most senseless, thoughtless, and, as is confirmed by its success, most stupefying verbiage, I should be quite right. Further, if I were to say that this summus philosophus [...] scribbled nonsense quite unlike any mortal before him, so that whoever could read his most eulogized work, the so-called Phenomenology of the Mind, without feeling as if he were in a madhouse, would qualify as an inmate for Bedlam, I should be no less right.
– Arthur Schopenhauer, On the Basis of Morality, pp 15-16

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Hegel, Georg Wilhelm Friedrich: Phänomenologie des Geistes

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Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel (* 27. August 1770 in Stuttgart; † 14. November 1831 in Berlin) war ein deutscher Philosoph, der als wichtigster Vertreter des Deutschen Idealismus gilt.

Hegels Philosophie erhebt den Anspruch, die gesamte Wirklichkeit in der Vielfalt ihrer Erscheinungsformen einschließlich ihrer geschichtlichen Entwicklung zusammenhängend, systematisch und definitiv zu deuten. Sein philosophisches Werk zählt zu den wirkmächtigsten der neueren Philosophiegeschichte.

Die Phänomenologie des Geistes ist das 1807 veröffentlichte erste Hauptwerk des Philosophen. Es stellt den Ersten Theil seines Systems der Wissenschaft dar. Der »Phänomenologie« sollte sich die Darstellung der »Realen Wissenschaften« anschließen - die »Philosophie der Natur« und die des »Geistes«.

Hegel entwickelt in dieser Wissenschaft von den Erscheinungsweisen des Geistes das Emporsteigen des Geistes von der einfachen, naiven Wahrnehmung über das Bewusstsein, das Selbstbewusstsein, die Vernunft, Geist und Geschichte, die Offenbarung bis hin zum absoluten Wissen des Weltgeistes. Dabei untersucht er [das Werden der Wissenschaft als Einheit von Inhalt und Methode[/ sowie die Erscheinungen des Geistes als Verwirklichung unseres Selbst, als Einheit von Sein und Nichts ebenso wie als absolute Ganzheit. Ort der Wahrheit ist dabei der Begriff im wissenschaftlichen System und nicht die Anschauung. Die Erkenntnis der Wahrheit liegt in der Einsicht, dass die Gegensätzlichkeit von Subjekt und Objekt dialektisch auf einem höheren Niveau aufgehoben wird, da das eine nicht ohne das andere existiert, beide also eine Einheit bilden.

Das Werk setzt sich sowohl mit erkenntnistheoretischen als auch ethischen und geschichtsphilosophischen Grundfragen auseinander. Von besonderer Bedeutung ist die Rezeption des Kapitels über das Selbstbewusstsein, das die dialektische Betrachtung von Herrschaft und Knechtschaft enthält.

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Heine, Heinrich: Deutschland - ein Wintermärchen [German] v1. 12-Dec-2010

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Christian Johann Heinrich Heine (* 13. Dezember 1797 als Harry Heine in Düsseldorf; † 17. Februar 1856 in Paris) war einer der bedeutendsten deutschen Dichter, Schriftsteller und Journalisten des 19. Jahrhunderts.
Heine gilt als „letzter Dichter der Romantik“ und gleichzeitig als ihr Überwinder. Er machte die Alltagssprache lyrikfähig, erhob das Feuilleton und den Reisebericht zur Kunstform und verlieh dem Deutschen eine zuvor nicht gekannte elegante Leichtigkeit. Die Werke kaum eines anderen Dichters deutscher Sprache wurden bis heute so häufig übersetzt und vertont. Als kritischer, politisch engagierter Journalist, Essayist, Satiriker und Polemiker war Heine ebenso bewundert wie gefürchtet. Wegen seiner jüdischen Herkunft und seiner politischen Einstellung wurde er immer wieder angefeindet und ausgegrenzt. Die Außenseiterrolle prägte sein Leben, sein Werk und dessen wechselvolle Rezeptionsgeschichte.

Unzufrieden mit den politischen Verhältnissen im Deutschland der Restaurationszeit, die ihm als getauftem Juden keine Möglichkeit für eine juristische Tätigkeit bot, und um der Zensur zu entgehen, emigrierte Heine 1831 nach Frankreich. 1835 verbot ein Beschluss des deutschen Bundestags seine Schriften zusammen mit den Veröffentlichungen der Dichter des Jungen Deutschland. Ende 1843 kehrt er noch einmal für wenige Wochen nach Deutschland zurück, um seine Mutter und seinen Verleger Julius Campe in Hamburg zu besuchen. Auf der Rückreise entstand der erste Entwurf zu „Deutschland. Ein Wintermärchen“.

Heines Versepos war bis in unsere Zeit hinein in Deutschland sehr umstritten. Vor allem im Jahrhundert seiner Entstehung betrachtete man das Werk als „Schandschrift“ eines Heimatlosen, eines „Vaterlandsverräters“, Miesmachers und Schandmauls. Diese Sichtweise von „Deutschland. ein Wintermärchen“ fand sich besonders in der Zeit des Nationalsozialismus bis ins dümmlich Groteske übersteigert.
Die moderne Zeit sieht in Heines Werk – möglicherweise aufgrund eines entspannteren Verhältnisses zu Nationalismus und Deutschtümelei vor dem Hintergrund der europäischen Integration – ein bedeutendes politisches Gedicht in deutscher Sprache: souverän in seinem Witz, stark in seinen Bildern, meisterlich in seiner Sprachbeherrschung. Heines Gestalten (wie zum Beispiel der „Liktor“) sind kraftvoll und einprägsam geschildert.
Ein Großteil des Reizes, den das Versepos heute ausübt, liegt darin begründet, dass seine Botschaft nicht eindimensional, sondern vieldeutig die Gegensätze in Heines Denken engagiert zum Ausdruck bringt. Der Dichter zeigt sich als Mensch, der seine Heimat liebt und außerhalb ihrer nur Gast und Besucher ist. So wie Antäus den Kontakt zur Erde braucht, so schöpft auch Heine seine Kraft und seine Gedankenfülle einzig aus dem intellektuellen Kontakt zum Heimatland.
Exemplarisch wird hier der Bruch sichtbar, den die Julirevolution für das intellektuelle Deutschland bedeutete: Der frische Wind der Freiheit erstickt in den reaktionären Bestrebungen der Restauration, der schon eingetretene „Frühling“ der Freiheit weicht einer neuen Frostperiode der Zensur, Unterdrückung, Verfolgung und Exilierung; der Traum von einem freien und demokratischen Deutschland ist auf ein ganzes Jahrhundert hinaus ausgeträumt.
„Deutschland. Ein Wintermärchen“ ist ein Höhepunkt der politischen Dichtung des Vormärz und gehört in Deutschland zum allgemeinen Bildungsgut. Galt das Werk Jahre und Jahrzehnte als antideutsches Pamphlet des „Wahlfranzosen“ Heine, so ist es heute für viele das bewegendste Gedicht, das ein Emigrant je geschrieben hat.

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Heine, Heinrich: Die romantische Schule [German] v1. 12-Dec-2010

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Christian Johann Heinrich Heine (* 13. Dezember 1797 als Harry Heine in Düsseldorf; † 17. Februar 1856 in Paris) war einer der bedeutendsten deutschen Dichter, Schriftsteller und Journalisten des 19. Jahrhunderts.
Heine gilt als „letzter Dichter der Romantik“ und gleichzeitig als ihr Überwinder. Er machte die Alltagssprache lyrikfähig, erhob das Feuilleton und den Reisebericht zur Kunstform und verlieh dem Deutschen eine zuvor nicht gekannte elegante Leichtigkeit. Die Werke kaum eines anderen Dichters deutscher Sprache wurden bis heute so häufig übersetzt und vertont. Als kritischer, politisch engagierter Journalist, Essayist, Satiriker und Polemiker war Heine ebenso bewundert wie gefürchtet. Wegen seiner jüdischen Herkunft und seiner politischen Einstellung wurde er immer wieder angefeindet und ausgegrenzt. Die Außenseiterrolle prägte sein Leben, sein Werk und dessen wechselvolle Rezeptionsgeschichte.

Heinrich Heine schrieb eine Reihe von Artikeln über die Geschichte und Protagonisten der deutschen Romantik für die französische Zeitschrift »Europe littéraire« . Diese wurden dann später in Buchform herausgegeben.

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Heine, Heinrich: Elementargeister [German] v1. 12-Dec-2010

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Christian Johann Heinrich Heine (* 13. Dezember 1797 als Harry Heine in Düsseldorf; † 17. Februar 1856 in Paris) war einer der bedeutendsten deutschen Dichter, Schriftsteller und Journalisten des 19. Jahrhunderts.
Heine gilt als „letzter Dichter der Romantik“ und gleichzeitig als ihr Überwinder. Er machte die Alltagssprache lyrikfähig, erhob das Feuilleton und den Reisebericht zur Kunstform und verlieh dem Deutschen eine zuvor nicht gekannte elegante Leichtigkeit. Die Werke kaum eines anderen Dichters deutscher Sprache wurden bis heute so häufig übersetzt und vertont. Als kritischer, politisch engagierter Journalist, Essayist, Satiriker und Polemiker war Heine ebenso bewundert wie gefürchtet. Wegen seiner jüdischen Herkunft und seiner politischen Einstellung wurde er immer wieder angefeindet und ausgegrenzt. Die Außenseiterrolle prägte sein Leben, sein Werk und dessen wechselvolle Rezeptionsgeschichte.

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Wie man behauptet, giebt es greise Menschen in Westphalen, die noch immer wissen wo die alten Götterbilder verborgen liegen; auf ihrem Sterbebette sagen sie es dem jüngsten Enkel, und der trägt dann das theure Geheimniß in dem verschwiegenen Sachsenherz. In Westphalen, dem ehemaligen Sachsen, ist nicht alles todt was begraben ist. Wenn man dort durch die alten Eichenhaine wandelt, hört man noch die Stimmen der Vorzeit, da hört man noch den Nachhall jener tiefsinnigen Zaubersprüche, worin mehr Lebensfülle quillt, als in der ganzen Literatur der Mark Brandenburg. Eine geheimnißvolle Ehrfurcht durchschauerte meine Seele, als ich einst, diese Waldungen durchwandernd, bey der uralten Siegburg vorbey kam. »Hier«, sagte mein Wegweiser, »hier wohnte einst König Wittekind« und er seufzte tief. Es war ein schlichter Holzhauer und er trug ein großes Beil.

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Heine, Heinrich: Romanzero [German] v1. 12-Dec-2010

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Christian Johann Heinrich Heine (* 13. Dezember 1797 als Harry Heine in Düsseldorf; † 17. Februar 1856 in Paris) war einer der bedeutendsten deutschen Dichter, Schriftsteller und Journalisten des 19. Jahrhunderts.
Heine gilt als „letzter Dichter der Romantik“ und gleichzeitig als ihr Überwinder. Er machte die Alltagssprache lyrikfähig, erhob das Feuilleton und den Reisebericht zur Kunstform und verlieh dem Deutschen eine zuvor nicht gekannte elegante Leichtigkeit. Die Werke kaum eines anderen Dichters deutscher Sprache wurden bis heute so häufig übersetzt und vertont. Als kritischer, politisch engagierter Journalist, Essayist, Satiriker und Polemiker war Heine ebenso bewundert wie gefürchtet. Wegen seiner jüdischen Herkunft und seiner politischen Einstellung wurde er immer wieder angefeindet und ausgegrenzt. Die Außenseiterrolle prägte sein Leben, sein Werk und dessen wechselvolle Rezeptionsgeschichte.

Der "Romanzero" ist Heinrich Heines letzter Gedichtband. Die Gedichte der Sammlung kreisen um das Motiv der Liebessehnsucht. Heine greift hier mit einem deutlichen Augenzwinkern auf das romantische Genre der Romanze zurück und erweist sich einmal mehr als ein Jongleur, der das Ernste spielerisch mit dem Ironischen vereint.

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Heine, Heinrich: Zur Geschichte der Religion und Philosophie [German] v1. 12-Dec-2010

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Christian Johann Heinrich Heine (* 13. Dezember 1797 als Harry Heine in Düsseldorf; † 17. Februar 1856 in Paris) war einer der bedeutendsten deutschen Dichter, Schriftsteller und Journalisten des 19. Jahrhunderts.
Heine gilt als „letzter Dichter der Romantik“ und gleichzeitig als ihr Überwinder. Er machte die Alltagssprache lyrikfähig, erhob das Feuilleton und den Reisebericht zur Kunstform und verlieh dem Deutschen eine zuvor nicht gekannte elegante Leichtigkeit. Die Werke kaum eines anderen Dichters deutscher Sprache wurden bis heute so häufig übersetzt und vertont. Als kritischer, politisch engagierter Journalist, Essayist, Satiriker und Polemiker war Heine ebenso bewundert wie gefürchtet. Wegen seiner jüdischen Herkunft und seiner politischen Einstellung wurde er immer wieder angefeindet und ausgegrenzt. Die Außenseiterrolle prägte sein Leben, sein Werk und dessen wechselvolle Rezeptionsgeschichte.

Vorwort:
Ich muß den deutschen Leser darauf besonders aufmerksam machen, daß diese Blätter ursprünglich für eine französische Zeitschrift, die »Revue des deux mondes«, und zu einem bestimmten Zeitzweck abgefaßt worden. Sie gehören nämlich zu einer Überschau deutscher Geistesvorgänge, wovon ich bereits früher dem französischen Publikum einige Teile vorgelegt, und die auch in deutscher Sprache als Beiträge »Zur Geschichte der neueren schönen Literatur in Deutschland« erschienen sind. Die Anforderungen der periodischen Presse, Übelstände in der Ökonomie derselben, Mangel an wissenschaftlichen Hülfsmitteln, französische Unzulänglichkeiten, ein neulich in Deutschland promulgiertes Gesetz über ausländische Drucke, welches nur auf mich seine Anwendung fand und dgl. Hemmungen mehr, erlaubten mir nicht, die verschiedenen Teile jener Überschau in chronologischer Reihenfolge und unter einem Gesamttitel mitzuteilen. Das gegenwärtige Buch, trotz seiner inneren Einheit und seiner äußerlichen Geschlossenheit, ist also nur das Fragment eines größeren Ganzen.
Ich grüße die Heimat mit dem freundlichsten Gruße. Geschrieben zu Paris, im Monat Dezember 1834.

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Heliodorus: The Aethiopica. v1, 29 April 2016

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[The Aethiopica[/ by Heliodorus, like [Daphnis and Chloe[/ by Longus and [Clitophon and Leucippe[/ by Achilles Tatius was written in the second or third century CE. They are among the first prose novels still to survive.

Very little is known about Heliodorus, and the story that he was bishop of Tricca who gave up his see rather than his book is thought to be apocryphal.

Book 1 opens on a scene in which a ship has been captured by pirates, and the only survivors are Theagenes and Chariclea. In the next two or three books their history (including how they fall in love at first sight) is given in conversations between people from their past. Theagenes is shown to be a nobleman from Thessaly, and Chariclea a princess of Ethiopia who was exposed at birth by her mother because she was white skinned. The remaining books tell how they travel to Persia and Ethiopia, how Chariclea is reunited with her parents, (the king and queen of Ethiopia), and marries Theagenes after he is saved from sacrifice.

The text was taken from the Internet Archive as noted on the title page. It is not a facsimile as I have silently omitted ligands and footnotes (including those changing the original Greek text), corrected typos, made changes to some paragraph structures, and changed some spelling, punctuation, and hyphenation using oxforddictionaries.com.

The cover is taken from a portrait of Chariclea in the Rijksmuseum.

5 July: Version 2 corrects several typos, brought to my attention by kalwisti for whose help I am most grateful.

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Hellinger, Mark: Mark Hellinger's Broadway 1930s

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Mark Hellinger (1903-1947), Broadway producer, columnist and later movie producer, died at the early age of 44. His Broadway newspaper columns, for many years appearing daily, were presented as short stories with a twist in the tale, in the manner of O Henry; indeed, the second Book collection of his columns was entitled "The Ten Million" (1934) in homage to O Henry's book "The Four Million."

Much of his staggering output can be found only in the files of the newspapers which published them: The New York Daily News and the New York Daily Mirror, and in syndication in, it has been reported, 174 other newspapers. Many of the syndicated stories appeared in Australian newspapers in the 1930s and 1940s.

From these Australian newspaper sources I have collected two volumes each of 100 stories, from the 1930s and 1940s respectively.

Mark Hellinger's work has been in the PD in Life +70 countries since January 1 2018, and in the PD in Life+50 countries since January 1 1998.

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Hellinger, Mark: Mark Hellinger's Broadway 1940s v2

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Mark Hellinger (1903-1947), Broadway producer, columnist and later movie producer, died at the early age of 44. His Broadway newspaper columns, for many years appearing daily, were presented as short stories with a twist in the tale, in the manner of O Henry; indeed, the second Book collection of his cloumns was entitled "The Ten Million" (1934) in homage to O Henry's book "The Four Million."

The first book collection of his stories is "Moon over Broadway" (1931), and it contains 55 his tales from the early 20s. I have not been able to find a usable original front cover, so the cover I have adopted is in fact the title page of the book.

Much of his staggering output can be found only in the files of the newspapers which published them: The New York Daily News and the New York Daily Mirror, and in synidcation in, it has been reported, 174 other newspapers. Many of the syndicated stories appeared in Australian newspapers in the 1930s and 1940s.

From these Australian newspaper sources I have collected two volumes each of 100 stories, from the 1930s and 1940s respectively.

Mark Hellinger's work has been in the PD in Life +70 countries since January 1 2018, and in the PD in Life+50 countries since January 1 1998.

*This is v2, with some bugs removed and a slightly improved cover.

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Hellinger, Mark: Moon Over Broadway V1, 22 June 2018

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Mark Hellinger (1903-1947), Broadway columnist and later movie producer, died at the early age of 44. His Broadway newspaper columns, for many years appearing daily, were presented as short stories with a twist in the tale, in the manner of O Henry; indeed, the second Book collection of his columns was entitled "The Ten Million" in homage to O Henry's book "The Four Million."

The first book collection of his stories is "Moon over Broadway" (1931), and it contains 55 his tales from the early 20s. I have not been able to find a usable original front cover, so the cover I have adopted is in fact the title page of the book.

Much of his staggering output can be found only in the files of the newspapers which published them: The New York Daily News and the New York Daily Mirror, and in synidcation in, it has been reported, 174 other newspapers. Many of the syndicated stories appeared in Australian newspapers in the 1930s and 1940s.

Mark Hellinger's work has been in the PD in Life +70 countries since January 1 2018, and in the PD in Life+50 countries since January 1 1998.

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Heming, Arthur: The Drama of the Forests. V1. 26 Feb 2011

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Arthur Henry Howard Heming (January 17, 1870 – October 30, 1940) was a Canadian painter and novelist known as the "chronicler of the North" for his paintings, sketches, essays and books about Canada's North.

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It was in childhood that the primitive spirit first came whispering to me. It was then that I had my first day-dreams of the Northland—of its forests, its rivers and lakes, its hunters and trappers and traders, its fur-runners and mounted police, its voyageurs and packeteers, its missionaries and Indians and prospectors, its animals, its birds and its fishes, its trees and its flowers, and its seasons.

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Heming, John Winton: Find the Man; (1942), v1, 26 Feb 2024

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A novelette by John Winton Heming, (1900-1953) whose considerable output seems to have vanished almost without trace.

Heming was a compulsive writer of plays, short stories, novels and non-fiction, and managed to make a rather sparse living at it in depression era Australia. During WW2, imports of all non-essentials ceased, and that included magazines and books. Heming, like a number of other Australian writers, filled this yawning gap by churning out hundreds of Western, Romance, Science Fiction, Crime, and other genre stories and novels under numerous pseudonyms. Westerns, for example, were by Tex Barton...

A crime story in which a movie publicity stunt goes wrong. Interesting in that it was published in January 1942, but is set in 1946, when the author assumed that WW2 would safely be over, thereby dodging all the WW2 restrictions that would have made the plot impossible.

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Heming, John Winton: The Duke Cleans Up (1936), v1, 26 Feb 2024

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John Winton Heming, 1900-1953

Heming was a compulsive writer of plays, short stories, novels and non-fiction, and managed to make a rather sparse living at it in depression era Australia. During WW2, imports of all non-essentials ceased, and that included magazines and books. Heming, like a number of other Australian writers, filled this yawning gap by churning out hundreds of Western, Romance, Science Fiction, Crime, and other genre stories and novels under numerous pseudonyms. Westerns, for example, were by Tex Barton....

This is one of two known crime novels featuring gentleman crook "The Duke" and his colorful enemies and friends in the underworld, and appeared as a magazine serial in 1936. The second is "The Duke Returns", similarly a serial, in 1938. Neither seems to have been published in book form.

I created the cover using a detail from an early 1930s smart clothing catalogue image.

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Heming, John Winton: The Duke Returns (1938), v1, 26 Feb 2024

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John Winton Heming, 1900-1953

Heming was a compulsive writer of plays, short stories, novels and non-fiction, and managed to make a rather sparse living at it in depression era Australia. During WW2, imports of all non-essentials ceased, and that included magazines and books. Heming, like a number of other Australian writers, filled this yawning gap by churning out hundreds of Western, Romance, Science Fiction, Crime, and other genre stories and novels under numerous pseudonyms. Westerns, for example, were by Tex Barton...

This is one of two known crime novels featuring gentleman crook "The Duke" and his colorful enemies and friends in the underworld, and appeared as a magazine serial in 1938. The other is "The Duke Cleans Up", similarly a serial, in 1936. Neither seems to have been published in book form.

I created the cover using a detail from an early 1930s smart clothing catalogue image.

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Hemyng, Bracebridge: JACK HARKAWAY Saga Volume 1. v1. 25 April 2020

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Bracebridge Hemyng (1841-1901). Originally published weekly in England from 1871, it was republished in many different forms in America over the next 50 years.

This collects the first part of the saga which was collected in 3 volumes in M.A. Donohue & Co Reprint Series (15 volumes).

1. JACK HARKAWAY'S SCHOOL DAYS -- M.A. Donohue & Co.
2. JACK HARKAWAY AFTER SCHOOL DAYS -- M.A. Donohue & Co.
3. JACK HARKAWAY AFLOAT AND ASHORE -- M.A. Donohue & Co.

Only scans of no. 2 and 3. seem to be available on line. The same material was also reprinting in the THE FIVE CENT WIDE AWAKE LIBRARY over 4 issues.
To cover JACK HARKAWAY'S SCHOOL DAYS, text was sourced from THE FIVE CENT WIDE AWAKE LIBRARY No. 1225 (All Chapters) and No. 76/1226. (Chapters 1 to 13).

{There was some damaged to the text in the available on-line scan of No 1225. Some corrections were made to Chapters 1 to 31 using a hard-copy of the first volume of the "FEDERAL BOOK COMPANY" Reprint series. A small amount missing text is indicated via in chapters 31 plus. It is also possible small amount of text was skipped in the THE FIVE CENT WIDE AWAKE LIBRARY typesetting from the original.}

Collected for the first time in digital (OCR) format.
OCR from existing online scans. Basic mobi/azw3 conversion using Calibre.

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Hennessey, John David: A Tail of Gold. V1. 3 Mar 2012

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John David Hennessey (1847 – 31 July 1935), also known as Rev. J. D. Hennessey and David Hennessey, journalist and author, was born in London and went to Australia in 1875. He lived in Queensland, New South Wales and Victoria.
Hennessey was a Methodist and Congregational minister and preached at the Wharf street Congregational Church in Brisbane and the Pitt street Congregational Church in Sydney. He founded the Australian Christian World in 1886 and edited it until 1891. In 1894 he edited the Australian Field, a weekly agricultural paper.
Hennessey retired from journalism when about seventy years old, however he continued his literary work until shortly before his death, which occurred after a brief illness. He was buried at the Dromana Cemetery.
As well as short stories in magazines in Australia and England, Hennessey published several novels. One, The Outlaw, was awarded second prize of £400 in a £1,000 novel competition.
Hennessey, John DavidJohn David Hennessey (1847 – 31 July 1935), also known as Rev. J. D. Hennessey and David Hennessey, journalist and author, was born in London and went to Australia in 1875. He lived in Queensland, New South Wales and Victoria.
Hennessey was a Methodist and Congregational minister and preached at the Wharf street Congregational Church in Brisbane and the Pitt street Congregational Church in Sydney. He founded the Australian Christian World in 1886 and edited it until 1891. In 1894 he edited the Australian Field, a weekly agricultural paper.
Hennessey retired from journalism when about seventy years old, however he continued his literary work until shortly before his death, which occurred after a brief illness. He was buried at the Dromana Cemetery.
As well as short stories in magazines in Australia and England, Hennessey published several novels. One, The Outlaw, was awarded second prize of £400 in a £1,000 novel competition.

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A man read from an old diary—'In the miner's dolly-pot it yielded a fair sample of what one might expect to get out of a bulk crushing from the gold-bearing reef of Humanity. Panned out in the prospecting dish, the sample showed a tail of gold, which, if not wholly satisfactory, gave encouragement to proceed...'
'But, Joe...'
'No buts, please. I'm just weary of the lure of life, and the lure of women, and the lure of gold. If people would only say what they positively think, and have actually seen, and really know; but they won't. So it's good for them, sometimes, to have the honest truth told in homely Saxon. If you think "damn" and mean "damn" write damn, and not D and a dash. I had a theory myself once; but it was a broken theory. Broken? Confound it, no!' he shouted. 'It was smashed to atoms...and by the hand of a woman.'
That was all we could get out of him, so I have called this story—which is largely his—'A Tail of Gold.'

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Hennessey, John David: An Australian Bush Track, V1. 3 Mar 2012

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John David Hennessey (1847 – 31 July 1935), also known as Rev. J. D. Hennessey and David Hennessey, journalist and author, was born in London and went to Australia in 1875. He lived in Queensland, New South Wales and Victoria.
Hennessey was a Methodist and Congregational minister and preached at the Wharf street Congregational Church in Brisbane and the Pitt street Congregational Church in Sydney. He founded the Australian Christian World in 1886 and edited it until 1891. In 1894 he edited the Australian Field, a weekly agricultural paper.
Hennessey retired from journalism when about seventy years old, however he continued his literary work until shortly before his death, which occurred after a brief illness. He was buried at the Dromana Cemetery.
As well as short stories in magazines in Australia and England, Hennessey published several novels. One, The Outlaw, was awarded second prize of £400 in a £1,000 novel competition.

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Hartley thought for a few minutes, and then proceeded. "I am going to take it for granted that we accept Cook's letter as genuine, and also the translation of the inscription on the boomerang. Now, that inscription must be very old, and in Captain Cook's time writing was evidently, to these people, a lost art.

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Hennessey, John David: Temptation on a Tower. V1. 4 Mar 2012

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John David Hennessey (1847 – 31 July 1935), also known as Rev. J. D. Hennessey and David Hennessey, journalist and author, was born in London and went to Australia in 1875. He lived in Queensland, New South Wales and Victoria.
Hennessey was a Methodist and Congregational minister and preached at the Wharf street Congregational Church in Brisbane and the Pitt street Congregational Church in Sydney. He founded the Australian Christian World in 1886 and edited it until 1891. In 1894 he edited the Australian Field, a weekly agricultural paper.
Hennessey retired from journalism when about seventy years old, however he continued his literary work until shortly before his death, which occurred after a brief illness. He was buried at the Dromana Cemetery.
As well as short stories in magazines in Australia and England, Hennessey published several novels. One, The Outlaw, was awarded second prize of £400 in a £1,000 novel competition.

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Needless to say that after this affair the cousins were on a very different footing. As Malcolm confessed afterward, too, he had fallen in love with his cousin over her book. But Alice would have it that the descent from the Tower had a good deal to do with Malcolm's prompt proposal and early marriage. "Why," she said, "I watched you both, and the way he held you in his arms told me that he loved you. I almost wished that I had gone down myself instead, and that Frank had been there ready to have caught me." However, in due time, either she caught Frank or Frank caught her, it does not much matter which.

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Hennessey, John David: The Bells of Sydney. V1. 4 Mar 2012

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John David Hennessey (1847 – 31 July 1935), also known as Rev. J. D. Hennessey and David Hennessey, journalist and author, was born in London and went to Australia in 1875. He lived in Queensland, New South Wales and Victoria.
Hennessey was a Methodist and Congregational minister and preached at the Wharf street Congregational Church in Brisbane and the Pitt street Congregational Church in Sydney. He founded the Australian Christian World in 1886 and edited it until 1891. In 1894 he edited the Australian Field, a weekly agricultural paper.
Hennessey retired from journalism when about seventy years old, however he continued his literary work until shortly before his death, which occurred after a brief illness. He was buried at the Dromana Cemetery.
As well as short stories in magazines in Australia and England, Hennessey published several novels. One, The Outlaw, was awarded second prize of £400 in a £1,000 novel competition.

Excerpt
The next day, after some inquiry, they interred the body. No one seemed to know anything about him. A few lines in the newspapers recorded a sudden death and lonely burial. And that might have been the end. But something happened. It was this. A fellow tenant of the chambers bought the old bookcase at a sale after Mark Gunnery's decease. Before making use of it, however, he had it thoroughly cleaned, and in doing so a secret drawer was discovered, It contained a closely-written manuscript.

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Hennessey, John David: The Caves of Shend. V1. 3 Mar 2012

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John David Hennessey (1847 – 31 July 1935), also known as Rev. J. D. Hennessey and David Hennessey, journalist and author, was born in London and went to Australia in 1875. He lived in Queensland, New South Wales and Victoria.
Hennessey was a Methodist and Congregational minister and preached at the Wharf street Congregational Church in Brisbane and the Pitt street Congregational Church in Sydney. He founded the Australian Christian World in 1886 and edited it until 1891. In 1894 he edited the Australian Field, a weekly agricultural paper.
Hennessey retired from journalism when about seventy years old, however he continued his literary work until shortly before his death, which occurred after a brief illness. He was buried at the Dromana Cemetery.
As well as short stories in magazines in Australia and England, Hennessey published several novels. One, The Outlaw, was awarded second prize of £400 in a £1,000 novel competition.

Excerpt
I AM a doctor of medicine, John Strong by name, and I write this story, in the year 18—, less with the thought of publication than for the comfort of mind which such occupation may chance to bring me. She whom I have loved more than other women has left Australia for ever. I am thankful to say under happy circumstances for her, but otherwise for me.

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Hennessey, John David: The Dis-Honourable. V1. 2 Mar 2012

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John David Hennessey (1847 – 31 July 1935), also known as Rev. J. D. Hennessey and David Hennessey, journalist and author, was born in London and went to Australia in 1875. He lived in Queensland, New South Wales and Victoria.
Hennessey was a Methodist and Congregational minister and preached at the Wharf street Congregational Church in Brisbane and the Pitt street Congregational Church in Sydney. He founded the Australian Christian World in 1886 and edited it until 1891. In 1894 he edited the Australian Field, a weekly agricultural paper.
Hennessey retired from journalism when about seventy years old, however he continued his literary work until shortly before his death, which occurred after a brief illness. He was buried at the Dromana Cemetery.
As well as short stories in magazines in Australia and England, Hennessey published several novels. One, The Outlaw, was awarded second prize of £400 in a £1,000 novel competition.

Excerpt
Whether it was death from natural causes, or unintentional manslaughter, or heartless murder, remains yet undecided. The death of the Hon. Constant McWatt must still continue—A mystery of the Brisbane floods.

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Hennessey, John David: The Outlaw. V1. 3 Mar 2012

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John David Hennessey (1847 – 31 July 1935), also known as Rev. J. D. Hennessey and David Hennessey, journalist and author, was born in London and went to Australia in 1875. He lived in Queensland, New South Wales and Victoria.
Hennessey was a Methodist and Congregational minister and preached at the Wharf street Congregational Church in Brisbane and the Pitt street Congregational Church in Sydney. He founded the Australian Christian World in 1886 and edited it until 1891. In 1894 he edited the Australian Field, a weekly agricultural paper.
Hennessey retired from journalism when about seventy years old, however he continued his literary work until shortly before his death, which occurred after a brief illness. He was buried at the Dromana Cemetery.
As well as short stories in magazines in Australia and England, Hennessey published several novels. One, The Outlaw, was awarded second prize of £400 in a £1,000 novel competition.

Excerpt
Unaccustomed tears filled Jack's eyes, but he smiled through them, as he pressed his young wife's hand, for he was his own man now, and free.
"Betsy," he said, "perhaps we will some day come back again; but it will be when the good times have come for Australia, and the dear old flag floats over a regenerated land."
"Yes," said Betsy, looking up into his face with eyes full of love; "we will come back again, Jack, 'when the day dawns, and the shadows flee away.'"

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Hennessey, John David: Wynnum White's Wickedness. V1. 2 Mar 2012

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John David Hennessey (1847 – 31 July 1935), also known as Rev. J. D. Hennessey and David Hennessey, journalist and author, was born in London and went to Australia in 1875. He lived in Queensland, New South Wales and Victoria.
Hennessey was a Methodist and Congregational minister and preached at the Wharf street Congregational Church in Brisbane and the Pitt street Congregational Church in Sydney. He founded the Australian Christian World in 1886 and edited it until 1891. In 1894 he edited the Australian Field, a weekly agricultural paper.
Hennessey retired from journalism when about seventy years old, however he continued his literary work until shortly before his death, which occurred after a brief illness. He was buried at the Dromana Cemetery.
As well as short stories in magazines in Australia and England, Hennessey published several novels. One, The Outlaw, was awarded second prize of £400 in a £1,000 novel competition.

Excerpt
And so Miriam and Wynn were married, and lived and loved in kindly fashion as do so many others. But there were times when Louie's words and face and presence became so real, that he longed to touch her hand, and listen to her voice, and see her face, as in the days of old. Then from a drawer, never opened save in secret, there would be brought forth a portrait painted on ivory. And Wynnum would gaze long and lovingly upon the face, and seem to hear again the rustle of silken robes, and feel the touch of a warm loving woman's hand.

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Henning, Max: Der Koran (German). v1. 21 Nov 2014

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Die deutsche Koran-Übersetzung von Max Henning (1861-1927) erschien erstmals 1901 und war bis zum Erscheinen der ersten wissenschaftlichen Übersetzung von Rudi Paret im Jahre 1966 eine der am häufigsten zitierten Übersetzungen.
Die hier vorliegende Fassung basiert auf der von Projekt Gutenberg erfassten Version. (Aus Copyright-Gründen sind das Vorwort von Annemarie Schimmel und die von ihr erheblich erweiterten Fußnoten leider nicht enthalten.)
Diese Ausgabe enthält außerdem das für diese Ausgabe erstmalig digital erfasste Vorwort und die Einleitung der Originalausgabe von 1901, dessen OCR-Erfassung mmat1 besorgte.
Da die von Max Henning verwendete Verszählung nicht mehr gebräuchlich ist, wurde die Verszählung auf die heute mehrheitlich verwendete kufische Verszählung mit 6236 Versen umgestellt. Die Originalverszählung ist jedoch weiterhin als verborgener Text im Buch enthalten und kann durch das Löschen eines Eintrags im Stylesheet wieder angezeigt werden. (Weitere Informationen dazu stehen als Kommentar im Stylesheet.)
Das Buch-Cover wurde von Rainer Zenz erstellt, der außerdem das Vorwort und die Einleitung noch einmal korrekturgelesen hat.

Hinweis: Da das Buch vor über 100 Jahren zum ersten Mal erschienen ist, reflektiert die Einleitung natürlich nicht den aktuellen Forschungsstand. Sie bietet aber trotz einiger Schwächen eine durchaus akzeptable Einführung in die Entstehungsgeschichte des Islam, die gleichzeitig auch viel über das Weltbild von Max Henning verrät. Wer sich näher mit dem Koran beschäftigen möchte, dem sei insbesondere das sowohl inhaltlich als auch gestalterisch sehr gelungene Buch "Der Koran: Erschlossen und kommentiert" von Adel Theodor Khoury empfohlen.

Außerdem gibt es übrigens bei MR noch eine moderne deutsche Koranübersetzung, die im deutschsprachigen Raum oft von der umstrittenen salafistischen Stiftung "Lies!" als Print-Ausgabe verteilt wird: (M. A. Rassoul: Der heilige Koran) sowie eine Kurzbiographie von Mohammed von Theodor Nöldeke: (Theodor Nöldeke: Das Leben Muhammed's).

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Henning, Max: Der Teufel (German). v1. 16 Mar 2013

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[quot"The greatest trick the devil ever pulled was convincing the world he did not exist."
The Usual Suspects, 1995[/quot

Nach der Lektüre von Max Hennings Buch kommt man wahrscheinlich eher zum Ergebnis, dass das Gegenteil zutrifft, denn die christlichen Teufelsvorstellungen und der daraus resultierende Hexenwahn hatten über Jahrhunderte hinweg fatale Folgen.

Max Henning (1861-1927) war ein deutscher Arabist, der insbesondere durch seine Koranübersetzung bekannt wurde, die bis zur Übersetzung von Rudi Paret als eine der genauesten Übersetzungen galt.

Sein Buch "Der Teufel – Sein Mythos und seine Geschichte im Christentum" erschien 1910.

[SIZE="1"]Leider konnte ich den von Projekt Gutenberg übernommenen Text nicht mit dem Original vergleichen, weil ich keine PDF-Kopien des Originals gefunden habe. Für Hinweise zu online verfügbaren PDF-Kopien wäre ich daher dankbar.[/SIZ

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Henry S. Whitehead: Thirty Two Uncanny Tales (2022), v1, 15 Oct 2022

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I have collected all the uncanny tales by Henry S. Whitehead that I can find, to make this special collection, unique to MobileRead. Whitehead spent several years in the American Virgin Islands (formerly Danish West Indies) not long after the colony was purchased from Denmark by the USA in 1917. The unique West Indian black culture and religion deeply impressed him, and are a recurring background. A number of these stories have already appeared in my Past Masters series.

Henry St. Clair Whitehead
1: The Door / Nov 1924
2: The Fireplace / Jan 1925
3: The Wonderful Thing / July 1925
4: Across The Gulf / May 1926.
5: Jumbee / Sep 1926
6: The Projection of Armand Dubois / Oct 1926
7: West India Lights / April 1927
8: The Left Eye / June 1927
9: The Shadows / Nov 1927
10: The Cult of the Skull / Dec 1928
11: The People of Pan / March 1929
12: Black Tancrède / June 1929
13: Sweet Grass / July 1929
14; The Lips / Sep 1929.
15: The Tabernacle / Jan 1930
16: The Shut Room / April 1930
17: Passing of a God / Jan 1931
18: The Tree-Man / Feb-March 1931
19: Black Terror / Oct 1931
20: Cassius / Nov 1931
21: The Moon-Dial / Jan 1932
22: The Trap / March 1932
23: Mrs. Lorriquer / April 1932
24: The Great Circle / June 1932
25: Seven Turns in a Hangman's Rope / 15 July 1932
26: No Eye-Witnesses / Aug 1932
27: The Napier Limousine/ Jan 1933
28: The Chadbourne Episode / Feb 1933
29: Bothon / Aug 1946
30: The Ravel Pavane / 1946
31: Scar-Tissue / 1946
32: "—In Case of Disaster Only" / 1946

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Henry, Matthew: Concise Commentary on the whole Bible (NT). v1. 4 Jan 2015

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Matthew Henry's famous commentary on the whole Bible was first published in 1706 in six volumes. The concise version is contained in a single volume and is still in print today.

This posting contains the commentary on the New Testament.

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Henry, O.: Cabbages & Kings. 22 Sept 07

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This collection contains some of his less well known stories and some of his best (although still a bit not known.)

Includes:

- The Proem

- “Fox-in-the-Morning”

- The Lotus and the Bottle

- Smith

- Caught

- Cupid’s Exile Number Two

- The Phonograph and the Graft

- Money Maze

- The Admiral

- The Flag Paramount

- The Shamrock and the Palm

- The Remnants of the Code

- Shoes

- Ships

- Masters of Arts

- Dicky

- Rouge et Noir

- Two Recalls

- The Vitagraphoscope

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Henry, O.: Heart of the West. 22 Sept 07

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Included in this volume:

- I. Hearts and Crosses

- II. The Ransom of Mack

- III. Telemachus, Friend

- IV. The Handbook of Hymen

- V. The Pimienta Pancakes

- VI. Seats of the Haughty

- VII. Hygeia at the Solito

- VIII. An Afternoon Miracle

- IX. The Higher Abdication

- X. Cupid a la Carte

- XI. The Caballero’s Way

- XII. The Sphinx Apple

- XIII. The Missing Chord

- XIV. A Call Loan

- XV. The Princess and the Puma

- XVI. The Indian Summer of Dry Valley Johnson

- XVII. Christmas by Injunction

- XVIII. A Chaparral Prince

- XIX. The Reformation of Calliope

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Henry, O.: Options. 22 Sept 07

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Included in this selection of short stories:

- “The Rose of Dixie”

- The Third Ingredient

- The Hiding of Black Bill

- Schools and Schools

- Thimble, Thimble

- Supply and Demand

- Buried Treasure

- To Him Who Waits

- He Also Serves

- The Moment of Victory

- The Head-Hunter

- No Story

- The Higher Pragmatism

- Best-Seller

- Rus in Urbe

- A Poor Rule

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Henry, O.: Roads of Destiny. 23 Sept 07

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Including:

- ROADS OF DESTINY

- THE GUARDIAN OF THE ACCOLADE

- THE DISCOUNTERS OF MONEY

- THE ENCHANTED PROFILE

- "NEXT TO READING MATTER"

- ART AND THE BRONCO

- PHŒBE

- A DOUBLE-DYED DECEIVER

- THE PASSING OF BLACK EAGLE

- A RETRIEVED REFORMATION

- CHERCHEZ LA FEMME

- FRIENDS IN SAN ROSARIO

- THE FOURTH IN SALVADOR

- THE EMANCIPATION OF BILLY

- THE ENCHANTED KISS

- A DEPARTMENTAL CASE

- THE RENAISSANCE AT CHARLEROI

- ON BEHALF OF THE MANAGEMENT

- WHISTLING DICK'S CHRISTMAS STOCKING

- THE HALBERDIER OF THE LITTLE RHEINSCHLOSS

- TWO RENEGADES

- THE LONESOME ROAD

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Henry, O.: Strictly Business. 22 Sept 07

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Included in this collection:

- I. STRICTLY BUSINESS

- II. THE GOLD THAT GLITTERED

- III. BABES IN THE JUNGLE

- IV. THE DAY RESURGENT

- V. THE FIFTH WHEEL

- VI. THE POET AND THE PEASANT

- VII. THE ROBE OF PEACE

- VIII. THE GIRL AND THE GRAFT

- IX. THE CALL OF THE TAME

- X. THE UNKNOWN QUANTITY

- XI. THE THING’S THE PLAY

- XII. A RAMBLE IN APHASIA

- XIII. A MUNICIPAL REPORT

- XIV. PSYCHE AND THE PSKYSCRAPER

- XV. A BIRD OF BAGDAD

- XVI. COMPLIMENTS OF THE SEASON

- XVII. A NIGHT IN NEW ARABIA

- XVIII. THE GIRL AND THE HABIT

- XIX. PROOF OF THE PUDDING

- XX. PAST ONE AT RODNEY’S

- XXI. THE VENTURERS

- XXII. THE DUEL

- XXIII. “WHAT YOU WANT”

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Henry, O.: The Four Million. 22 Sept 07

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A great collection of O. Henry stories including his most famous, "A Gift of the Magi"

This volume includes:

- TOBIN’S PALM

- THE GIFT OF THE MAGI

- A COSMOPOLITE IN A CAFE

- BETWEEN ROUNDS

- THE SKYLIGHT ROOM

- A SERVICE OF LOVE

- THE COMING-OUT OF MAGGIE

- MAN ABOUT TOWN

- THE COP AND THE ANTHEM

- AN ADJUSTMENT OF NATURE

- MEMOIRS OF A YELLOW DOG

- THE LOVE-PHILTRE OF IKEY SCHOENSTEIN

- MAMMON AND THE ARCHER

- SPRINGTIME A LA CARTE

- THE GREEN DOOR

- FROM THE CABBY’S SEAT

- AN UNFINISHED STORY

- THE CALIPH, CUPID AND THE CLOCK

- SISTERS OF THE GOLDEN CIRCLE

- THE ROMANCE OF A BUSY BROKER

- AFTER TWENTY YEARS

- LOST ON DRESS PARADE

- BY COURIER

- THE FURNISHED ROOM

- THE BRIEF DEBUT OF TILDY

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Henry, O.: The Gentle Grafter. 24 Sept 07

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This collection includes:

- I. The Octopus Marooned

- II. Jeff Peters as a Personal Magnet

- III. Modern Rural Sports

- IV. The Chair of Philanthromathematics

- V. The Hand That Riles the World

- VI. The Exact Science of Matrimony

- VII. A Midsummer Masquerade

- VIII. Shearing the Wolf

- IX. Innocents of Broadway

- X. Conscience in Art

- XI. The Man Higher Up

- XII. A Tempered Wind

- XIII. Hostages to Momus

- XIV. The Ethics of Pig

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Henry, O.: The Gentle Grafter. v1. 11 Apr 2026

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These fourteen short stories revolve around the schemes and misadventures of two charming con men, Jeff Peters and Andy Tucker, traveling across small-town America as they engage in a variety of con games and dubious enterprises, often with a light-hearted approach to their morally questionable activities.

The stories are known for their conversational tone, with Jeff reflecting on his adventures as a “friend of the people” who scams only those who are foolish or greedy. The stories blend wit, humor, and social satire, often highlighting human greed or irony. Many stories feature characteristic twist endings, where the con men sometimes get outsmarted or only succeed through clever manipulation.

Includes additional illustrations retrieved from magazine versions.

List of stories:
The Octopus Marooned
Jeff Peters as a Personal Magnet
Modern Rural Sports
The Chair of Philanthromathematics
The Hand That Riles the World
The Exact Science of Matrimony
A Midsummer Masquerade
Shearing the Wolf
Innocents of Broadway
Conscience in Art
The Man Higher Up
A Tempered Wind
Hostages to Momus
The Ethics of Pig
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American writer O. Henry is famous for his short stories. His tales romanticized the commonplace—in particular, the life of ordinary people in New York City. Plot twists and surprise endings became identified with his name. His best-known tales may arguably be “The Gift of the Magi” and “The Ransom of Red Chief”.

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[The text of this book is in the public domain worldwide; illustrations are public domain where copyright is “Life+70” or less, and in the USA.[/
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Henry, O.: The Gift of the Magi, v.1, 20 Dec 2008

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This is the classic Chirstmas short story by O. Henry, the pen name of American writer William Sydney Porter (1862 - 1910).

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Henry, O.: The Trimmed Lamp. 22 Sept 07

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Including:

- THE TRIMMED LAMP

- A MADISON SQUARE ARABIAN NIGHT

- THE RUBAIYAT OF A SCOTCH HIGHBALL

- THE PENDULUM

- TWO THANKSGIVING DAY GENTLEMEN

- THE ASSESSOR OF SUCCESS

- THE BUYER FROM CACTUS CITY

- THE BADGE OF POLICEMAN O’ROON

- BRICKDUST ROW

- THE MAKING OF A NEW YORKER

- VANITY AND SOME SABLES

- THE SOCIAL TRIANGLE

- THE PURPLE DRESS

- THE FOREIGN POLICY OF COMPANY 99

- THE LOST BLEND

- A HARLEM TRAGEDY

- “THE GUILTY PARTY”—¬AN EAST SIDE TRAGEDY

- ACCORDING TO THEIR LIGHTS

- A MIDSUMMER KNIGHT’S DREAM

- THE LAST LEAF

- THE COUNT AND THE WEDDING GUEST

- THE COUNTRY OF ELUSION

- THE FERRY OF UNFULFILMENT

- THE TALE OF A TAINTED TENNER

- ELSIE IN NEW YORK

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Henry, O.: The Voice of the City. 23 Sept 07

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Includes:

- I. THE VOICE OF THE CITY

- II. THE COMPLETE LIFE OF JOHN HOPKINS

- III. A LICKPENNY LOVER

- IV. DOUGHERTY'S EYE-OPENER

- V. "LITTLE SPECK IN GARNERED FRUIT"

- VI. THE HARBINGER

- VII. WHILE THE AUTO WAITS

- VIII. A COMEDY IN RUBBER

- IX. ONE THOUSAND DOLLARS

- X. THE DEFEAT OF THE CITY

- XI. THE SHOCKS OF DOOM

- XII. THE PLUTONIAN FIRE

- XIII. NEMESIS AND THE CANDY MAN

- XIV. SQUARING THE CIRCLE

- XV. ROSES, RUSES AND ROMANCE

- XVI. THE CITY OF DREADFUL NIGHT

- XVII. THE EASTER OF THE SOUL

- XVIII. THE FOOL-KILLER

- XIX. TRANSIENTS IN ARCADIA

- XX. THE RATHSKELLER AND THE ROSE

- XXI. THE CLARION CALL

- XXII. EXTRADITED FROM BOHEMIA

- XXIII. A PHILISTINE IN BOHEMIA

- XXIV. FROM EACH ACCORDING TO HIS ABILITY

- XXV. THE MEMENTO

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Henry, O.: Waifs & Strays. 22 Sept 07

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Listed as Part I (I have never found Part II) it is a mixed bag of stories from many times and places written over a period of years that just never fit into one of the other collections.

Including:

- The Red Roses of Tonia

- Round The Circle

- The Rubber Plant’s Story

- Out of Nazareth

- Confessions of a Humorist

- The Sparrows in Madison Square

- Hearts and Hands

- The Cactus

- The Detective Detector

- The Dog and the Playlet

- A Little Talk About Mobs

- The Snow Man

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Henry, O.: Whirligigs. 22 Sept 07

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Included in this volume of short stories:

- I. THE WORLD AND THE DOOR

- II. THE THEORY AND THE HOUND

- III. THE HYPOTHESES OF FAILURE

- IV. CALLOWAY’S CODE

- V. A MATTER OF MEAN ELEVATION

- VI. “GIRL”

- VII. SOCIOLOGY IN SERGE AND STRAW

- VIII. THE RANSOM OF RED CHIEF

- IX. THE MARRY MONTH OF MAY

- X. A TECHNICAL ERROR

- XI. SUITE HOMES AND THEIR ROMANCE

- XII. THE WHIRLIGIG OF LIFE

- XIII. A SACRIFICE HIT

- XIV. THE ROADS WE TAKE

- XV. A BLACKJACK BARGAINER

- XVI. THE SONG AND THE SERGEANT

- XVII. ONE DOLLAR’S WORTH

- XVIII. A NEWSPAPER STORY

- XIX. TOMMY’S BURGLAR

- XX. A CHAPARRAL CHRISTMAS

- XXI. A LITTLE LOCAL COLOUR

- XXII. GEORGIA’S RULING

- XXIII. BLIND MAN’S HOLIDAY

- XXIV. MADAME BO-PEEP, OF THE RANCHES

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Henshaw, Henry W.: Animal Carvings from Mounds of the Miss. Valley, v.1, 27 Dec 2008

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This is an 1883 Smithsonian Institute report which includes illustrations of carvings that were attributed to Mound Builder cultures.

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Henty, G. A. et al.: Yule Logs. v1. 17 Nov 2014

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George Alfred Henty (8 December 1832 – 16 November 1902), was a prolific English novelist and a special correspondent. He is best known for his historical adventure stories that were popular in the late 19th century. His works include The Dragon & The Raven (1886), For The Temple (1888), Under Drake's Flag (1883) and In Freedom's Cause (1885).

A FIGHTING MERMAID by KIRK MUNROE
THE VENTURE OF THE “BERTHA” WHALER by HENRY FRITH
“A FRENCHMAN’S GRATITUDE by LIEUT.-COL. PERCY-GROVES”
THE BADGE OF THE FOURTH FOOT by ROBERT LEIGHTON
A DANGEROUS GAME by G. MANVILLE FENN
“BY DEFAULT OF THE ENGINEER” by FRANKLIN FOX
THE KING OF SPAIN’S WILL by JOHN BLOUNDELLE-BURTON
A NEW ENGLAND RAID by E. F. POLLARD
SIR RICHARD’S SQUIRES by C. W. WHISTLER
THE SLAVER’S REVENGE by HARRY COLLINGWOOD
ON A MEXICAN RANCHE by G. A. HENTY

NOTE: 61 Illustrations

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Henty, G. A: A Chapter of Adventures. v1. 10 Oct 2014

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George Alfred Henty (8 December 1832 – 16 November 1902), was a prolific English novelist and a special correspondent. He is best known for his historical adventure stories that were popular in the late 19th century. His works include The Dragon & The Raven (1886), For The Temple (1888), Under Drake's Flag (1883) and In Freedom's Cause (1885).

A coast fishing lad, by an act of heroism, secures the interest of a ship owner, who places him as an apprentice on board one of his ships. In company with two of his fellow-apprentices he is left behind, at Alexandria, in the hands of the revolted Egyptian troops, and is present through the bombardment and the scenes of riot and blood-shed which accompanied it.

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Henty, G. A: A Final Reckoning. v1. 15 Oct 2014

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George Alfred Henty (8 December 1832 – 16 November 1902), was a prolific English novelist and a special correspondent. He is best known for his historical adventure stories that were popular in the late 19th century. His works include The Dragon & The Raven (1886), For The Temple (1888), Under Drake's Flag (1883) and In Freedom's Cause (1885).

The hero, a young English lad, after rather a stormy boyhood, emigrates to Australia and gets employment as an officer in the mounted police. A few years of active work on the frontier, where he has many a brush with both natives and bush-rangers, gain him promotion to a captaincy, and he eventually settles down to the peaceful life of a squatter.

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Henty, G. A: A Girl of the Commune. v1. 16 Oct 2014

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George Alfred Henty (8 December 1832 – 16 November 1902), was a prolific English novelist and a special correspondent. He is best known for his historical adventure stories that were popular in the late 19th century. His works include The Dragon & The Raven (1886), For The Temple (1888), Under Drake's Flag (1883) and In Freedom's Cause (1885).

The adventures of Mary Brander and Cuthbert Hartington in recovering a lost estate are set against the episode of the Commune in Paris. After many adventures, all ends well with the hero and heroine married and living in London.

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Henty, G. A: A Jacobite Exile. v1. 22 Oct 2014

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George Alfred Henty (8 December 1832 – 16 November 1902), was a prolific English novelist and a special correspondent. He is best known for his historical adventure stories that were popular in the late 19th century. His works include The Dragon & The Raven (1886), For The Temple (1888), Under Drake's Flag (1883) and In Freedom's Cause (1885).

Sir Marmaduke was, at that time, only a child, but he still remembered how the Roundhead soldiers had lorded it there, when his father was away fighting with the army of the king; how they had seated themselves at the board, and had ordered his mother about as if she had been a scullion, jeering her with cruel words as to what would have been the fate of her husband, if they had caught him there, until, though but eight years old, he had smitten one of the troopers, as he sat, with all his force.

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Henty, G. A: A Knight of the White Cross. v1. 23 Oct 2014

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George Alfred Henty (8 December 1832 – 16 November 1902), was a prolific English novelist and a special correspondent. He is best known for his historical adventure stories that were popular in the late 19th century. His works include The Dragon & The Raven (1886), For The Temple (1888), Under Drake's Flag (1883) and In Freedom's Cause (1885).

Young Gervaise Tresham leaves England and the turmoil of the Wars of the Roses to become a Knight of St. John. Starting as a page of the Grand Master, Gervaise quickly attains knighthood and defends Europe and Christendom against the anarchy of piracy in the Mediterranean at that time and the expansion of the Turkish empire. Sir Tresham is there to defend the fortress at Rhodes during the first siege of that city by Soleiman.

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Henty, G. A: A March on London. v1. 24 Oct 2014

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George Alfred Henty (8 December 1832 – 16 November 1902), was a prolific English novelist and a special correspondent. He is best known for his historical adventure stories that were popular in the late 19th century. His works include The Dragon & The Raven (1886), For The Temple (1888), Under Drake's Flag (1883) and In Freedom's Cause (1885).

The king is going to mass at Westminster, the knight said, and after that he will ride round the city. I shall go myself to Westminster with him, and you can both ride with me, for it may be that the king on his way may be met by the rabble, which is composed of the worst and most dangerous of all who have been out, for in addition to Tyler's own following, there will be the prisoners released from all of the jails and the scum of the city. We will ride in our armour. They say there are still 20,000 of them, but even if the worst happens we may be able to carry the king safely through them.

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Henty, G. A: A Roving Commission. v1. 29 Oct 2014

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George Alfred Henty (8 December 1832 – 16 November 1902), was a prolific English novelist and a special correspondent. He is best known for his historical adventure stories that were popular in the late 19th century. His works include The Dragon & The Raven (1886), For The Temple (1888), Under Drake's Flag (1883) and In Freedom's Cause (1885).

This is one of the most brilliant of Mr. Henty's books. A story of the sea, with all its life and action, it is also full of thrilling adventures on land. So it holds the keenest interest until the end. The scene is a new one to Mr. Henty' s readers, being laid at the time of the Great Revolt of the Blacks, by which Hayti became independent. Toussaint l'Overture appears, and an admirable picture is given of him and of his power.

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Henty, G. A: A Search For A Secret. v1. 30 Oct 2014

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George Alfred Henty (8 December 1832 – 16 November 1902), was a prolific English novelist and a special correspondent. He is best known for his historical adventure stories that were popular in the late 19th century. His works include The Dragon & The Raven (1886), For The Temple (1888), Under Drake's Flag (1883) and In Freedom's Cause (1885).

An Heiress Searches for a Hidden Will. Agnes Ashleigh inherits the estate of Gerald Harmer, but his two sisters conceal the secret of his lost will and determine to give the estate to the Catholic Church. Ultimately, after much intrigue and action, the will is found and the efforts of the sisters thwarted.

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Henty, G. A: Among Malay Pirates. v1. 27 Sep 2014

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George Alfred Henty (8 December 1832 – 16 November 1902), was a prolific English novelist and a special correspondent. He is best known for his historical adventure stories that were popular in the late 19th century. His works include The Dragon & The Raven (1886), For The Temple (1888), Under Drake's Flag (1883) and In Freedom's Cause (1885).

AMONG MALAY PIRATES
BEARS AND DACOITS. A TALE OF THE GHAUTS
THE PATERNOSTERS
A PIPE OF MYSTERY
WHITE FACED DICK: A STORY OF PINE TREE GULCH
A BRUSH WITH THE CHINESE

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Henty, G. A: At Aboukir and Acre. v1. 28 Sep 2014

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George Alfred Henty (8 December 1832 – 16 November 1902), was a prolific English novelist and a special correspondent. He is best known for his historical adventure stories that were popular in the late 19th century. His works include The Dragon & The Raven (1886), For The Temple (1888), Under Drake's Flag (1883) and In Freedom's Cause (1885).

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The hero, having saved the life of the son of an Arab chief, is taken into the tribe, has a part in the battle of the Pyramids and the revolt at Cairo. He is an eye-witness of the famous naval battle of Aboukir, and later is in the hardest of the defense of Acre.

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Henty, G. A: At Agincourt. v1. 29 Sep 2014

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George Alfred Henty (8 December 1832 – 16 November 1902), was a prolific English novelist and a special correspondent. He is best known for his historical adventure stories that were popular in the late 19th century. His works include The Dragon & The Raven (1886), For The Temple (1888), Under Drake's Flag (1883) and In Freedom's Cause (1885).

The story begins in a grim feudal castle in Normandie, on the old frontier between France and England, where the lad Guy Aylmer had gone to join his father's old friend Sir Eustace de Villeroy. The times were troublous and soon the French king compelled Lady Margaret de Villeroy with her children to go to Paris as hostages for Sir Eustace's loyalty. Guy Aylmer went with her as her page and body-guard. Paris was turbulent and the populace riotous. Soon the guild of the butchers, adopting white hoods as their uniform, seized the city, and besieged the house where our hero and his charges lived. After desperate fighting, the white hoods were beaten and our hero and his charges escaped from the city, and from France. He came back to share in the great battle of Agincourt, and when peace followed returned with honor to England.

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Henty, G. A: At the Point of the Bayonet. v1. 29 Sep 2014

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George Alfred Henty (8 December 1832 – 16 November 1902), was a prolific English novelist and a special correspondent. He is best known for his historical adventure stories that were popular in the late 19th century. His works include The Dragon & The Raven (1886), For The Temple (1888), Under Drake's Flag (1883) and In Freedom's Cause (1885).

One hundred years ago the rule of the British in India was only partly established. The powerful Mahrattas were unsubdued, and with their skill in intrigue, and great military power, they were exceedingly dangerous. The story of "At the Point of the Bayonet" begins with the attempt to conquer this powerful people. Harry Lindsay, an infant when his father and mother were killed, was saved by his Mahratta ayah, who carried him to her own people and brought him up as a native. She taught him as 'best she could, and, having told him his parentage, sent him to Bombay to be educated. At sixteen he obtained a commission in the English army, and his knowledge of the Mahrattatongue combined with his ability and bravery enabled him to render great service in the Mahratta War, and carried him, through many frightful perils by land and sea, to high rank.

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Henty, G. A: Beric the Briton. v1. 30 Sep 2014

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George Alfred Henty (8 December 1832 – 16 November 1902), was a prolific English novelist and a special correspondent. He is best known for his historical adventure stories that were popular in the late 19th century. His works include The Dragon & The Raven (1886), For The Temple (1888), Under Drake's Flag (1883) and In Freedom's Cause (1885).

The invasion of Britain by the Roman legionaries is the setting for this story. Beric, a boy-chief of a British tribe, takes a prominent part in the insurrection against Rome under Boadicea. These efforts are useless against the might Roman army. For a short time, Beric and his companions continue the fight but are ultimately defeated and taken prisoners to Rome.

Through the eyes of Beric, the reader will learn of life in Rome, the gladitorial schools, the great fire and life in Nero's court. This classic work by the masterful hand of G. A. Henty will shed light upon an event much neglected in history today.

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Henty, G. A: Bonnie Prince Charlie. v1. 30 Sep 2014

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George Alfred Henty (8 December 1832 – 16 November 1902), was a prolific English novelist and a special correspondent. He is best known for his historical adventure stories that were popular in the late 19th century. His works include The Dragon & The Raven (1886), For The Temple (1888), Under Drake's Flag (1883) and In Freedom's Cause (1885).

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It was a dull evening in the month of September 1728. The apprentices had closed and barred the shutters and the day's work was over. Supper was laid in the long room over the shop the viands were on the table and round it were standing Bailie Anderson and his wife his foreman John Gillespie and his two apprentices.

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Henty, G. A: Both Sides the Border. v1. 1 Oct 2014

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George Alfred Henty (8 December 1832 – 16 November 1902), was a prolific English novelist and a special correspondent. He is best known for his historical adventure stories that were popular in the late 19th century. His works include The Dragon & The Raven (1886), For The Temple (1888), Under Drake's Flag (1883) and In Freedom's Cause (1885).

This is a brilliant story of the stirring times of the beginning of the Wars of the Roses, when the Scotch, under Douglas, and the Welsh, under Owen Glendower, were attacking the English. The hero of the book lived near the Scotch border, and saw many a hard fight there. Entering the service of Lord Percy, he was sent to Wales, where he was knighted, and where he was captured. Being released, he returned home, and shared in the fatal battle of Shrewsbury.

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Henty, G. A: By Conduct and Courage. v1. 2 Oct 2014

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George Alfred Henty (8 December 1832 – 16 November 1902), was a prolific English novelist and a special correspondent. He is best known for his historical adventure stories that were popular in the late 19th century. His works include The Dragon & The Raven (1886), For The Temple (1888), Under Drake's Flag (1883) and In Freedom's Cause (1885).

This is a rattling story of the battle and the breeze in the glorious days of Parker and Nelson. The hero is brought up in a Yorkshire fishing village, and enters the navy as a ship's boy. In the course of a few months after joining he so distinguishes himself in action with French ships and Moorish pirates that he is raised to the dignity of midshipman. His ship is afterward sent to the West Indies. Here his services attract the attention of the Admiral, who gives him command of a small cutter. In this vessel he cruises about among the islands, chasing and capturing pirates, and even attacking their strongholds. He is a born leader of men, and his pluck, foresight, and resource win him success where men of greater experience might have failed. He is several times taken prisoner: by mutinous negroes in Cuba, by Moorish pirates who carry him as a slave to Algiers, and finally by the French. In this last case he escapes in time to take part in the battles of Cape St. Vincent and Camperdown. His adventures include a thrilling experience in Corsica with no less a companion than Nelson himself.

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Henty, G. A: By England's Aid. v1. 6 Oct 2014

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George Alfred Henty (8 December 1832 – 16 November 1902), was a prolific English novelist and a special correspondent. He is best known for his historical adventure stories that were popular in the late 19th century. His works include The Dragon & The Raven (1886), For The Temple (1888), Under Drake's Flag (1883) and In Freedom's Cause (1885).

The story, By England's Aid continues the account of the Dutch struggle for Independence first presented in By Pike and Dyke. Two English lads, brothers, experience the major conficts in the struggle meeting one of the greatest generals of the time, Sir Francis Vere. Their adventures include the Spanish Armada, the battle of Cadiz, life in Holland and Spain, the Battle of Ostend and more.

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Henty, G. A: By Pike and Dyke. v1. 8 Oct 2014

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George Alfred Henty (8 December 1832 – 16 November 1902), was a prolific English novelist and a special correspondent. He is best known for his historical adventure stories that were popular in the late 19th century. His works include The Dragon & The Raven (1886), For The Temple (1888), Under Drake's Flag (1883) and In Freedom's Cause (1885).

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In this story Mr. Henty traces the adventures and brave deeds of an English boy in the household of the ablest man of his age --- William the Silent, Edward Martin, the son of an English sea-captain, enters the service of the Prince as a volunteer, and is employed by him in many dangerous and responsible missions, in the discharge of which he passes through the great sieges of the time. He ultimately settles down as Sir Edward Martin.--- 12 illustrations, 4 maps.

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Henty, G. A: By Right of Conquest. v1. 8 Oct 2014

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George Alfred Henty (8 December 1832 – 16 November 1902), was a prolific English novelist and a special correspondent. He is best known for his historical adventure stories that were popular in the late 19th century. His works include The Dragon & The Raven (1886), For The Temple (1888), Under Drake's Flag (1883) and In Freedom's Cause (1885).

With the Conquest of Mexico as the ground-work of his story, Mr. Henty has interwoven the adventures of an English youth. He is beset by many perils among the natives, but by a ruse he obtains the protection of the Spaniards, and after the fall of Mexico he succeeds in regaining his native shore, with a fortune and a charming Aztec bride.

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Henty, G. A: By Sheer Pluck. v1. 9 Oct 2014

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George Alfred Henty (8 December 1832 – 16 November 1902), was a prolific English novelist and a special correspondent. He is best known for his historical adventure stories that were popular in the late 19th century. His works include The Dragon & The Raven (1886), For The Temple (1888), Under Drake's Flag (1883) and In Freedom's Cause (1885).

The author has woven, in a tale of thrilling interest, all the details of the Ashanti campaign, of which he was himself a witness. His hero, after many exciting adventures in the interior, is detained as a prisoner by the king just before the outbreak of the war, but escapes, and accompanies the English expedition on their march to Coomassie.

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Henty, G. A: Captain Bayley's Heir. v1. 9 Oct 2014

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George Alfred Henty (8 December 1832 – 16 November 1902), was a prolific English novelist and a special correspondent. He is best known for his historical adventure stories that were popular in the late 19th century. His works include The Dragon & The Raven (1886), For The Temple (1888), Under Drake's Flag (1883) and In Freedom's Cause (1885).

A frank, manly lad and his cousin are rivals in the heirship of a considerable property. The former falls into a trap laid by the latter, and while under a false accusation of theft foolishly leaves England for America. He works his passage before the mast, joins a small band of hunters, crosses a tract of country infested with Indians to the California gold diggings, and is successful both as digger and trader.

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Henty, G. A: Colonel Thorndyke's Secret. v1. 11 Oct 2014

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George Alfred Henty (8 December 1832 – 16 November 1902), was a prolific English novelist and a special correspondent. He is best known for his historical adventure stories that were popular in the late 19th century. His works include The Dragon & The Raven (1886), For The Temple (1888), Under Drake's Flag (1883) and In Freedom's Cause (1885).

Our hero, Mark Thorndyke, pursues his father's killer through England and English society. The apparent curse placed upon the possessor of a lost bracelet, first upon John Thomdyke and then upon his son, is finally unraveled, the "curse" is lifted, and Mark marries his intended cousin Millicent.

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Henty, G. A: Condemned as a Nihilist. v1. 11 Oct 2014

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George Alfred Henty (8 December 1832 – 16 November 1902), was a prolific English novelist and a special correspondent. He is best known for his historical adventure stories that were popular in the late 19th century. His works include The Dragon & The Raven (1886), For The Temple (1888), Under Drake's Flag (1883) and In Freedom's Cause (1885).

The hero of this story is an English boy resident in St. Petersburg. Through two student friends he becomes innocently involved in various political plots, resulting in his seizure by the Russian police and his exile to Siberia. He ultimately escapes, and, after many exciting adventures, he reaches Norway, and thence home, after a perilous journey which lasts nearly two years.

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Henty, G. A: Dorothy's Double. v1. v1. 13 Oct 2014

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George Alfred Henty (8 December 1832 – 16 November 1902), was a prolific English novelist and a special correspondent. He is best known for his historical adventure stories that were popular in the late 19th century. His works include The Dragon & The Raven (1886), For The Temple (1888), Under Drake's Flag (1883) and In Freedom's Cause (1885).

Dorothy Hawtrey's life is turned topsy turvy by a rogue enemy who cultivates a poor girl who resembles Dorothy and uses her to impersonate Dorothy. The tale expands to the California gold fields where the double and her captor are eventually discovered. The double turns out to be a long lost sister, the rogue is killed, and all ends well.

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Henty, G. A: Facing Death. v1. 14 Oct 2014

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George Alfred Henty (8 December 1832 – 16 November 1902), was a prolific English novelist and a special correspondent. He is best known for his historical adventure stories that were popular in the late 19th century. His works include The Dragon & The Raven (1886), For The Temple (1888), Under Drake's Flag (1883) and In Freedom's Cause (1885).

"Facing Death" is a story with a purpose. It is intended to show that a lad who makes up his mind firmly and resolutely that he will rise in life, and who is prepared to face toil and ridicule and hardship to carry out his determination, is sure to succeed. The hero of the story is a typical British boy, dogged, earnest, generous, and though "shame-faced" to a degree, is ready to face death in the discharge of duty.

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Henty, G. A: For Name and Fame. v1. 15 Oct 2014

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George Alfred Henty (8 December 1832 – 16 November 1902), was a prolific English novelist and a special correspondent. He is best known for his historical adventure stories that were popular in the late 19th century. His works include The Dragon & The Raven (1886), For The Temple (1888), Under Drake's Flag (1883) and In Freedom's Cause (1885).

An interesting story of the last war in Afghanistan [at G. A. Henty's tim. The hero, after being wrecked and going through many stirring adventures among the Malays, finds his way to Calcutta and enlists in a regiment proceeding to join the army at the Afghan passes. He accompanies the force under General Roberts to the Peiwar Kotal, is wounded, taken prisoner, carried to Cabul, whence he is transferred to Candahar, and takes part in the final defeat of the army of Ayoub Khan.

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Henty, G. A: For the Temple. v1. 16 Oct 2014

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George Alfred Henty (8 December 1832 – 16 November 1902), was a prolific English novelist and a special correspondent. He is best known for his historical adventure stories that were popular in the late 19th century. His works include The Dragon & The Raven (1886), For The Temple (1888), Under Drake's Flag (1883) and In Freedom's Cause (1885).

This tale follows the adventures of John of Gamala during the years of Roman occupation, political infighting, and lawlessness that resulted in the destruction of the Temple in AD 70. It puts the reader at the heart of the conflict between Rome and the greedy political groups and robber bands of Palestine. Although fighting a losing struggle, John keeps his integrity and honor intact, even overcoming slavery and eventually becoming a procurator after the struggle.

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Henty, G. A: Friends, though divided. v1. 16 Oct 2014

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George Alfred Henty (8 December 1832 – 16 November 1902), was a prolific English novelist and a special correspondent. He is best known for his historical adventure stories that were popular in the late 19th century. His works include The Dragon & The Raven (1886), For The Temple (1888), Under Drake's Flag (1883) and In Freedom's Cause (1885).

England is torn by a great conflict between the Cavaliers and the Roundheads. The two heroes, Harry Furness and Herbert Rippinghall, are on opposite sides of the struggle, with adventures that spread to Ireland and Bermuda and the efforts of Charles II to regain the throne.

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Henty, G. A: Held Fast For England. v1. 17 Oct 2014

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George Alfred Henty (8 December 1832 – 16 November 1902), was a prolific English novelist and a special correspondent. He is best known for his historical adventure stories that were popular in the late 19th century. His works include The Dragon & The Raven (1886), For The Temple (1888), Under Drake's Flag (1883) and In Freedom's Cause (1885).

This story deals with one of the most memorable sieges in history - the siege of Gibraltar in 1779-83 by the united forces of France and Spain. With land forces, fleets, and floating batteries, the combined resources of two great nations, this grim fortress was vainly besieged and bombarded. The hero of the tail, an English lad resident in Gibraltar, takes a brave and worthy part in the long defense, and it is through his varied experiences that we learn with what bravery, resource, and tenacity the Rock was held for England.

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Henty, G. A: In Freedom's Cause. v1. 17 Oct 2014

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George Alfred Henty (8 December 1832 – 16 November 1902), was a prolific English novelist and a special correspondent. He is best known for his historical adventure stories that were popular in the late 19th century. His works include The Dragon & The Raven (1886), For The Temple (1888), Under Drake's Flag (1883) and In Freedom's Cause (1885).

At the end of the 13th century, the oppressed people of Scotland rebelled under the leadership of William Wallace and Robert Bruce. Time has burnished the feats of these great heroes to mythic proportions, but Wallace and Bruce were real people. This gripping tale of courage, loyalty, and ingenuity recounts their deeds within an accurate historical context. Readers join their company alongside a fictional protagonist, young Archie Forbes, whose estates have been wrongfully confiscated. Archie forms a group of scouts for the Scottish army to fight alongside the legendary chieftains (who were memorably portrayed in the film Braveheart) for their country's independence.

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Henty, G. A: In Greek Waters. v1. 18 Oct 2014

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George Alfred Henty (8 December 1832 – 16 November 1902), was a prolific English novelist and a special correspondent. He is best known for his historical adventure stories that were popular in the late 19th century. His works include The Dragon & The Raven (1886), For The Temple (1888), Under Drake's Flag (1883) and In Freedom's Cause (1885).

Deals with the revolt of the Greeks in 1821 against Turkish oppression. Mr. Beveridge and his son Horace fit out a privateer, load it with military stores, and set sail for Greece. They rescue the Christians, relieve the captive Greeks, and fight the Turkish war vessels.

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Henty, G. A: In the Hands of the Cave-Dwellers. v1. 18 Oct 2014

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George Alfred Henty (8 December 1832 – 16 November 1902), was a prolific English novelist and a special correspondent. He is best known for his historical adventure stories that were popular in the late 19th century. His works include The Dragon & The Raven (1886), For The Temple (1888), Under Drake's Flag (1883) and In Freedom's Cause (1885).

The hero is an American sailor who saves a young Mexican from thugs. The story spreads to an Indian attack, the loss of the heroine to cave dwellers, her rescue, and the eventual happiness of hero and heroine who have overcome adversity.

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Henty, G. A: In the Hands of the Malays. v1. 18 Oct 2014

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George Alfred Henty (8 December 1832 – 16 November 1902), was a prolific English novelist and a special correspondent. He is best known for his historical adventure stories that were popular in the late 19th century. His works include The Dragon & The Raven (1886), For The Temple (1888), Under Drake's Flag (1883) and In Freedom's Cause (1885).

IN THE HANDS OF THE MALAYS
ON THE TRACK
A FRONTIER GIRL

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Henty, G. A: In the Heart of the Rockies. v1. 19 Oct 2014

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George Alfred Henty (8 December 1832 – 16 November 1902), was a prolific English novelist and a special correspondent. He is best known for his historical adventure stories that were popular in the late 19th century. His works include The Dragon & The Raven (1886), For The Temple (1888), Under Drake's Flag (1883) and In Freedom's Cause (1885).

The speaker was a lad of sixteen. He and his sister who was two years his senior were both dressed in deep mourning and were sitting on a bench near Southsea Castle looking across to Spithead and the Isle of Wight stretching away behind.

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Henty, G. A: In the Irish Brigade. v1. 19 Oct 2014

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George Alfred Henty (8 December 1832 – 16 November 1902), was a prolific English novelist and a special correspondent. He is best known for his historical adventure stories that were popular in the late 19th century. His works include The Dragon & The Raven (1886), For The Temple (1888), Under Drake's Flag (1883) and In Freedom's Cause (1885).

The evils arising from religious persecution, sectarian hatred, ill-government, and oppression were never more strongly illustrated than by the fact that for a century Ireland, which ha since that time furnished us with a large proportion of our best soldiers, should have been among our bitterest and most formidable foes, and her sons fought in the ranks of our greatest continental enemy. It vas not because they were adherents of the house of Stuart that Irishmen left their native country to take service abroad, but because life in Ireland was rendered well-nigh intolerable for Catholics on account of the nature and severity of the laws against them, and the bitterness with which those laws were carried into effect. An Irish Catholic had no prospects of employment or advancement at home. He could hold no civil appointment of any kind he could not serve as an officer, nor even enlist 8s a private, in the army he could not hold land he was subject to imprisonment, and even death, on the most trifling and frivolous accusations brought against him by the satellites of the Irish Government. Not only could he not sit in the parliament of Dublin, but he could not kven vote at elections...

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Henty, G. A: In the Reign of Terror. v1. 20 Oct 2014

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George Alfred Henty (8 December 1832 – 16 November 1902), was a prolific English novelist and a special correspondent. He is best known for his historical adventure stories that were popular in the late 19th century. His works include The Dragon & The Raven (1886), For The Temple (1888), Under Drake's Flag (1883) and In Freedom's Cause (1885).

Harry Sandwith, a Westminster boy, becomes a resident at the chateau of a French marquis, and after various adventures accompanies the family to Paris at the crisis of the Revolution. Imprisonment and death reduced their number, and the hero finds himself beset by perils with the three young daughters of the house in his charge. After hair-breadth escapes they reach Nantes. There the girls are condemned to death in the coffin ships, but are saved by the unfailing courage of their boy-protector.

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Henty, G. A: In Times of Peril. v1. 20 Oct 2014

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George Alfred Henty (8 December 1832 – 16 November 1902), was a prolific English novelist and a special correspondent. He is best known for his historical adventure stories that were popular in the late 19th century. His works include The Dragon & The Raven (1886), For The Temple (1888), Under Drake's Flag (1883) and In Freedom's Cause (1885).

Dick and Ned Warrender are the sons of an officer in the Indian Army at the time of the Indian Mutiny during the reign of Queen Victoria. The action includes the massacre of Cawnpore, the siege of Lucknow, and many adventures. The mutineers are beaten, and the heroes prevail and return with honor to England.

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Henty, G. A: Jack Archer. v1. 21 Oct 2014

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George Alfred Henty (8 December 1832 – 16 November 1902), was a prolific English novelist and a special correspondent. He is best known for his historical adventure stories that were popular in the late 19th century. His works include The Dragon & The Raven (1886), For The Temple (1888), Under Drake's Flag (1883) and In Freedom's Cause (1885).

The first day of term cannot be considered a cheerful occasion. As the boys arrive on the previous evening, they have so much to tell each other, are so full of what they have been doing, that the chatter and laughter are as great as upon the night preceding the breaking-up.

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Henty, G. A: Maori and Settler. v1. 23 Oct 2014

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George Alfred Henty (8 December 1832 – 16 November 1902), was a prolific English novelist and a special correspondent. He is best known for his historical adventure stories that were popular in the late 19th century. His works include The Dragon & The Raven (1886), For The Temple (1888), Under Drake's Flag (1883) and In Freedom's Cause (1885).

The Renshaws emigrate to New Zealand during the period of the war with the natives. Wilfrid, a strong, self-reliant, courageous lad, is the mainstay of the household. He has for his friend Mr. Atherton, a botanist and naturalist of herculean strength and unfailing nerve and humor. In the adventures among the Maoris, there are many breathless moments in which the odds seem hopelessly against the party, but they succeed in establishing themselves happily in one of the pleasant New Zealand valleys.

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Henty, G. A: March to Magdala. v1. 24 Oct 2014

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George Alfred Henty (8 December 1832 – 16 November 1902), was a prolific English novelist and a special correspondent. He is best known for his historical adventure stories that were popular in the late 19th century. His works include The Dragon & The Raven (1886), For The Temple (1888), Under Drake's Flag (1883) and In Freedom's Cause (1885).

As Special Correspondent for the Standard newspaper, Mr. Henty chronicles the March from Annesley Bay to Magdala. This 400 mile ordeal was a logistical nightmare during which the British emerged victorious over the terrain, the human enemy being a minor difficulty. With rich description of the country through which this March was made, this account is a brilliant, in depth description of the determination and endurance of the British Army and also of some of its foibles and weaknesses.

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Henty, G. A: No Surrender! v1. 25 Oct 2014

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George Alfred Henty (8 December 1832 – 16 November 1902), was a prolific English novelist and a special correspondent. He is best known for his historical adventure stories that were popular in the late 19th century. His works include The Dragon & The Raven (1886), For The Temple (1888), Under Drake's Flag (1883) and In Freedom's Cause (1885).

The revolt of La Vendde against the French Republic at the time of the Revolution forms the groundwork of this absorbing story. Leigh Stansfield, a young English lad, is drawn into the thickest of the conflict. Forming a company of boys as scouts for the Venddan Army, he greatly aids the peasants. He rescues his sister from the guillotine, and finally, after many thrilling experiences, when the cause of La Vendde is lost, he escapes to England.

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Henty, G. A: On the Irrawaddy. v1. 25 Oct 2014

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George Alfred Henty (8 December 1832 – 16 November 1902), was a prolific English novelist and a special correspondent. He is best known for his historical adventure stories that were popular in the late 19th century. His works include The Dragon & The Raven (1886), For The Temple (1888), Under Drake's Flag (1883) and In Freedom's Cause (1885).

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The story of the war in which the power of the great Mahratta confederacy was broken is one of the most stirring pages of the campaigns which, begun by Clive, ended in the firm establishment of our great empire in the Indian Peninsula. When the struggle began, the Mahrattas were masters of no small portion of India; their territory comprising the whole country between Bombay and Delhi, and stretching down from Rajputana to Allahabad; while in the south they were lords of the district of Cuttack, thereby separating Madras from Calcutta. The jealousies of the great Mahratta leaders, Holkar and Scindia, who were constantly at war with each other, or with the Peishwa at Poona, greatly facilitated our operations; and enabled us, although at the cost of much blood, to free a large portion of India from a race that was a scourge faithless, intriguing and crafty; cruel, and reckless of life. The Mahrattas, conquering race as they were, yet failed in the one virtue of courage. They could sweep the land with hordes of wild horsemen, could harry peaceful districts and tyrannize over the towns they conquered; but they were unable to make an effective stand against British bayonets and British sabres. They were a race of freebooters; and even the most sentimental humanitarian can feel no regret at the overthrow of a power that possessed no single claim to our admiration, and weighed like an incubus upon the peoples it oppressed. The history of the Mahrattas, as written by Grant Duff, whose account I have, throughout, followed, is one long record of perfidy, murder, and crime of all sorts.

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Henty, G. A: On the Pampas. v1. 26 Oct 2014

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George Alfred Henty (8 December 1832 – 16 November 1902), was a prolific English novelist and a special correspondent. He is best known for his historical adventure stories that were popular in the late 19th century. His works include The Dragon & The Raven (1886), For The Temple (1888), Under Drake's Flag (1883) and In Freedom's Cause (1885).

This is a tale of young Englishmen who go out to the Argentine with their family. They have many adventures at the time of the Mexican - American War including a raid by the Pampas Indians in which their sister is abducted. They rescue the girl, make peace with the Indians, and return prosperously to England.

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Henty, G. A: One of the 28th. v1. 25 Oct 2014

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George Alfred Henty (8 December 1832 – 16 November 1902), was a prolific English novelist and a special correspondent. He is best known for his historical adventure stories that were popular in the late 19th century. His works include The Dragon & The Raven (1886), For The Temple (1888), Under Drake's Flag (1883) and In Freedom's Cause (1885).

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So saying, without giving his sisters time to reply, he walked hastily to the door and went out. Miss Penfold and Miss Eleanor Penfold gazed at each other in speechless astonishment. So accustomed were they to settle everything that took place at Penfold Hall, that this sudden assumption of authority on the part of their brother fairly staggered them. Miss Penfold was the first to speak:

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Henty, G. A: Orange and Green. v1. 27 Oct 2014

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George Alfred Henty (8 December 1832 – 16 November 1902), was a prolific English novelist and a special correspondent. He is best known for his historical adventure stories that were popular in the late 19th century. His works include The Dragon & The Raven (1886), For The Temple (1888), Under Drake's Flag (1883) and In Freedom's Cause (1885).

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A few miles to the south of Bray Head, on the crest of a hill falling sharply down to the sea, stood Castle Davenant, a conspicuous landmark to mariners skirting the coast on their way from Cork or Waterford to Dublin Bay.

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Henty, G. A: Out with Garibaldi. v1. 26 Oct 2014

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George Alfred Henty (8 December 1832 – 16 November 1902), was a prolific English novelist and a special correspondent. He is best known for his historical adventure stories that were popular in the late 19th century. His works include The Dragon & The Raven (1886), For The Temple (1888), Under Drake's Flag (1883) and In Freedom's Cause (1885).

Garibaldi himself is the central figure of this brilliant story, and the little-known history of the struggle for Italian freedom is told here in the most thrilling way. From the time the hero, a young lad, son of an English father and an Italian mother, joins Garibaldi's band of 1,000 men in the first descent upon Sicily, which was garrisoned by one of the large Neapolitan armies, until the end, when all those armies are beaten, and the two Sicilys are conquered, we follow with the keenest interest the exciting adventures of the lad in scouting, in battle, and in freeing those in prison for liberty's sake.

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Henty, G. A: Redskin and Cow-Boy. v1. 28 Oct 2014

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George Alfred Henty (8 December 1832 – 16 November 1902), was a prolific English novelist and a special correspondent. He is best known for his historical adventure stories that were popular in the late 19th century. His works include The Dragon & The Raven (1886), For The Temple (1888), Under Drake's Flag (1883) and In Freedom's Cause (1885).

The central interest of this story is found in the many adventures of an English lad who seeks employment as a cowboy on a cattle ranch. His experiences during a "roundup" present in picturesque form the toilsome, exciting, adventurous life of a cowboy; while the perils of a frontier settlement are vividly set forth in an Indian raid, accompanied by pillage, capture, and recapture. The story is packed full of

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Henty, G. A: Rujub, the Juggler. v1. 29 Oct 2014

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George Alfred Henty (8 December 1832 – 16 November 1902), was a prolific English novelist and a special correspondent. He is best known for his historical adventure stories that were popular in the late 19th century. His works include The Dragon & The Raven (1886), For The Temple (1888), Under Drake's Flag (1883) and In Freedom's Cause (1885).

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The horse swerved at the sight, and reared high in the air as Bathurst drove his spurs into it. As its feet touched the ground again, Bathurst sprang off and rushed at the tiger, and brought down the heavy lash of his whip with all his force across its head. With a fierce snarl it sprang back two paces, but again and again the whip descended upon it, and bewildered and amazed at the attack it turned swiftly and sprang through the bushes.

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Henty, G. A: Saint Bartholomew's Eve. v1. 30 Oct 2014

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George Alfred Henty (8 December 1832 – 16 November 1902), was a prolific English novelist and a special correspondent. He is best known for his historical adventure stories that were popular in the late 19th century. His works include The Dragon & The Raven (1886), For The Temple (1888), Under Drake's Flag (1883) and In Freedom's Cause (1885).

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It is difficult, in these days of religious toleration, to understand why men should, three centuries ago, have flown at each others’ throats in the name of the Almighty; still less how, in cold blood, they could have perpetrated hideous massacres of men, women, and children. The Huguenot wars were, however, as much political as religious. Philip of Spain, at that time the most powerful potentate of Europe, desired to add France to the countries where his influence was all powerful; and in the ambitious house of Guise he found ready instruments.

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Henty, G. A: St. George for England. v1. 31 Oct 2014

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George Alfred Henty (8 December 1832 – 16 November 1902), was a prolific English novelist and a special correspondent. He is best known for his historical adventure stories that were popular in the late 19th century. His works include The Dragon & The Raven (1886), For The Temple (1888), Under Drake's Flag (1883) and In Freedom's Cause (1885).

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You may be told perhaps that there is no good to be obtained from tales of fighting and bloodshed—that there is no moral to be drawn from such histories. Believe it not. War has its lessons as well as Peace. You will learn from tales like this that determination and enthusiasm can accomplish marvels, that true courage is generally accompanied by magnanimity and gentleness, and that if not in itself the very highest of virtues, it is the parent of almost all the others, since but few of them can be practiced without it. The courage of our forefathers has created the greatest empire in the world around a small and in itself insignificant island; if this empire is ever lost, it will be by the cowardice of their descendants.

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Henty, G. A: Sturdy and Strong. v1. 31 Oct 2014

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George Alfred Henty (8 December 1832 – 16 November 1902), was a prolific English novelist and a special correspondent. He is best known for his historical adventure stories that were popular in the late 19th century. His works include The Dragon & The Raven (1886), For The Temple (1888), Under Drake's Flag (1883) and In Freedom's Cause (1885).

STURDY AND STRONG
DO YOUR DUTY.
SURLY JOE.
A FISH-WIFE’S DREAM.

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Henty, G. A: Tales of Daring and Danger. v1. 1 Nov 2014

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George Alfred Henty (8 December 1832 – 16 November 1902), was a prolific English novelist and a special correspondent. He is best known for his historical adventure stories that were popular in the late 19th century. His works include The Dragon & The Raven (1886), For The Temple (1888), Under Drake's Flag (1883) and In Freedom's Cause (1885).

BEARS AND DACOITS.
THE PATERNOSTERS.
A PIPE OF MYSTERY.
WHITE-FACED DICK
A BRUSH WITH THE CHINESE

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Henty, G. A: The Boy Knight. v1. 1 Oct 2014

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George Alfred Henty (8 December 1832 – 16 November 1902), was a prolific English novelist and a special correspondent. He is best known for his historical adventure stories that were popular in the late 19th century. His works include The Dragon & The Raven (1886), For The Temple (1888), Under Drake's Flag (1883) and In Freedom's Cause (1885).

It was a bright morning in the month of August, when a lad of some fifteen years of age, sitting on a low wall, watched party after party of armed men riding up to the castle of the Earl of Evesham. A casual observer glancing at his curling hair and bright open face, as also at the fashion of his dress, would at once have assigned to him a purely Saxon origin; but a keener eye would have detected signs that Norman blood ran also in his veins, for his figure was lither and lighter, his features more straightly and shapely cut, than was common among Saxons. His dress consisted of a tight-fitting jerkin, descending nearly to his knees. The material was a light-blue cloth, while over his shoulder hung a short cloak of a darker hue. His cap was of Saxon fashion, and he wore on one side a little plume of a heron. In a somewhat costly belt hung a light short sword, while across his knees lay a crossbow, in itself almost a sure sign of its bearer being of other than Saxon blood. The boy looked anxiously as party after party rode past toward the castle. "I would give something," he said, "to know what wind blows these knaves here. From every petty castle in the Earl's feu the retainers seem hurrying here. Is he bent, I wonder, on settling once and for all his quarrels with the Baron of Wortham? or can he be intending to make a clear sweep of the woods? Ah! here comes my gossip Hubert; he may tell me the meaning of this gathering."

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Henty, G. A: The Bravest of the Brave. v1. 2 Oct 2014

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George Alfred Henty (8 December 1832 – 16 November 1902), was a prolific English novelist and a special correspondent. He is best known for his historical adventure stories that were popular in the late 19th century. His works include The Dragon & The Raven (1886), For The Temple (1888), Under Drake's Flag (1883) and In Freedom's Cause (1885).

There are few great leaders whose lives and actions have so completely fallen into oblivion as those of the Earl of Peterborough. This is largely due to the fact that they were overshadowed by the glory and successes of Marlborough. His career as General extended over little more than a year, and yet, in that time, he showed a genius for warfare which has never been surpassed.

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Henty, G. A: The Cat of Bubastes. v1. 10 Oct 2014

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George Alfred Henty (8 December 1832 – 16 November 1902), was a prolific English novelist and a special correspondent. He is best known for his historical adventure stories that were popular in the late 19th century. His works include The Dragon & The Raven (1886), For The Temple (1888), Under Drake's Flag (1883) and In Freedom's Cause (1885).

Enslaved by a conquering army, the young prince Amuba finds friendship in the house of an Egyptian high priest, where he acts as a companion to the priest's son Chebron. The entire household plunges into peril when Chebron accidentally kills the sacred cat of the great temple at Bubastes--a riot ensues, and the boys are forced to flee. Set in 1250 b.c., the time of Moses, this thrilling adventure story offers an evocative look at the ancient Egyptian world. Skillfully interwoven in the narrative thread are fascinating, accurate details about Egyptian religion and geography, the methods by which the Nile was used for irrigation, and how the Egyptians made war and were prepared for burial.

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Henty, G. A: The Cornet of Horse. v1. 12 Oct 2014

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George Alfred Henty (8 December 1832 – 16 November 1902), was a prolific English novelist and a special correspondent. He is best known for his historical adventure stories that were popular in the late 19th century. His works include The Dragon & The Raven (1886), For The Temple (1888), Under Drake's Flag (1883) and In Freedom's Cause (1885).

Rupert Holiday flees England as a result of a fight with his stepbrother and joins Marlborough during his campaign in the Netherlands. Set during the battles of Blenheim, Ramillies, Oudenarde, and Malplaquet, Rupert has many successful adventures before marrying a French girl and settling down in England.

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Henty, G. A: The Curse of Carne's Hold. v1. 12 Oct 2014

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George Alfred Henty (8 December 1832 – 16 November 1902), was a prolific English novelist and a special correspondent. He is best known for his historical adventure stories that were popular in the late 19th century. His works include The Dragon & The Raven (1886), For The Temple (1888), Under Drake's Flag (1883) and In Freedom's Cause (1885).

Falsely accused of the murder of a relation in Devonshire, Ronald Mervyn emigrates to South Africa and participates in a Kaffir war. He rescues a family from death in Africa, who subsequently return to England and work to establish his innocence. All ends well, as another relative confesses to the crime.

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Henty, G. A: The Dash for Khartoum. v1. 13 Oct 2014

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George Alfred Henty (8 December 1832 – 16 November 1902), was a prolific English novelist and a special correspondent. He is best known for his historical adventure stories that were popular in the late 19th century. His works include The Dragon & The Raven (1886), For The Temple (1888), Under Drake's Flag (1883) and In Freedom's Cause (1885).

The book, The Dash for Khartoum, is the story of two English lads who accompany the expedition to rescue General Gordon from the besieged city of Khartoum. Here Mr. Henty has composed a story around an event which occurred during his lifetime, and of which he had significant personal knowledge as you will read in our special foreword by Mrs. Ann King.

Henty, Wolseley, and Gordon were contemporaries. Mr. Henty had been in the area twenty years prior to the event depicted in this story as a correspondent for the Standard. As an extra, PrestonSpeed Publications has included in this volume one of Mr. Henty's special despatches.

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Henty, G. A: The Dragon and the Raven. v1. 14 Oct 2014

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George Alfred Henty (8 December 1832 – 16 November 1902), was a prolific English novelist and a special correspondent. He is best known for his historical adventure stories that were popular in the late 19th century. His works include The Dragon & The Raven (1886), For The Temple (1888), Under Drake's Flag (1883) and In Freedom's Cause (1885).

In a time of chaos and Viking onslaught, Alfred the untested Saxon king, must fight to save his ravished land. The tale unfurls through the eyes of a young thane, Edmond, who becomes Alfred's friend and mightiest warrior. When Danes over run the land and the Saxons capitulate, this young knight trains and leads a devoted corps of pike-men to recapture the kingdom.
On his adventures Edmond is captured by the Pagan Danes, raises the siege of Paris, meets the Pope and still finds time to fall in love. Henty successfully weaves this plot of intrigue and suspense into the fabric of true history.

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Henty, G. A: The Golden Canyon. v1. 16 Oct 2014

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George Alfred Henty (8 December 1832 – 16 November 1902), was a prolific English novelist and a special correspondent. He is best known for his historical adventure stories that were popular in the late 19th century. His works include The Dragon & The Raven (1886), For The Temple (1888), Under Drake's Flag (1883) and In Freedom's Cause (1885).

The Golden Canyon
The Stone Chest
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Henty, G. A: The Lion of Saint Mark. v1. 23 Oct 2014

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George Alfred Henty (8 December 1832 – 16 November 1902), was a prolific English novelist and a special correspondent. He is best known for his historical adventure stories that were popular in the late 19th century. His works include The Dragon & The Raven (1886), For The Temple (1888), Under Drake's Flag (1883) and In Freedom's Cause (1885).

A story of Venice at a period when her strength and splendor were put to the severest tests. The hero displays a fine sense and manliness which carry him safely through an atmosphere of intrigue, crime, and bloodshed. He contributes largely to the victories of the Venetians at Porto d'Anzo and Chioggia, and finally wins the hand of the daughter of one of the chief men of Venice.

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Henty, G. A: The Lost Heir. v1. 23 Oct 2014

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George Alfred Henty (8 December 1832 – 16 November 1902), was a prolific English novelist and a special correspondent. He is best known for his historical adventure stories that were popular in the late 19th century. His works include The Dragon & The Raven (1886), For The Temple (1888), Under Drake's Flag (1883) and In Freedom's Cause (1885).

A child, the heir to the fortune of a wealthy Indian Army officer, disappears. The general has died leaving a will in favor of the child, but, in the case of the child's death, of the rogue, Sanderson who poses as John Simcoe. At length, after many intrigues and adventures, Sanderson is exposed as the murderer of the General and forger of his Will, and the child is found.

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Henty, G. A: The Queen's Cup. v1. 27 Oct 2014

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George Alfred Henty (8 December 1832 – 16 November 1902), was a prolific English novelist and a special correspondent. He is best known for his historical adventure stories that were popular in the late 19th century. His works include The Dragon & The Raven (1886), For The Temple (1888), Under Drake's Flag (1883) and In Freedom's Cause (1885).

A yachting adventure and romance involving a former British soldier turns into scenes of high adventure and peril with the heroine kidnapped and the action ranging from England to the West Indies. Ultimately, she is rescued by the hero, Frank Mallett.

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Henty, G. A: The Tiger of Mysore. v1. 2 Nov 2014

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George Alfred Henty (8 December 1832 – 16 November 1902), was a prolific English novelist and a special correspondent. He is best known for his historical adventure stories that were popular in the late 19th century. His works include The Dragon & The Raven (1886), For The Temple (1888), Under Drake's Flag (1883) and In Freedom's Cause (1885).

Dick Holland, whose father is supposed to be a captive of Tippoo Saib, goes to India to help him escape. He joins the army under Lord Cornwallis, and takes part in the campaign against Tippoo. Afterwards, he assumes a disguise, enters Seringapatam, the capital of Mysore, rescues Tippoo's harem from a tiger, and is appointed to high office by the tyrant. In this capacity Dick visits the hill fortresses, still in search of his father, and at last he discovers him in the great stronghold of Savandroog. The hazardous rescue through the enemy's country is at length accomplished, and the young fellow's dangerous mission is done.

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Henty, G. A: The Treasure of the Incas. v1. 3 Nov 2014

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George Alfred Henty (8 December 1832 – 16 November 1902), was a prolific English novelist and a special correspondent. He is best known for his historical adventure stories that were popular in the late 19th century. His works include The Dragon & The Raven (1886), For The Temple (1888), Under Drake's Flag (1883) and In Freedom's Cause (1885).

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"It was easy enough. After what we had heard of these brigands I made up my mind that I would not unsaddle the mules, nor take the packs off the two loaded ones. The burdens were not heavy, for we have little but our bedding and the tents left, and I thought they might as well stay where they were, and in the morning we could shift them on to the others. I told Jose to watch about half the night; but I was standing talking to him, and smoking my last cigarette, when he said suddenly, 'I can hear a noise at the other end of the village.'

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Henty, G. A: The Young Buglers. v1. 14 Nov 2014

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George Alfred Henty (8 December 1832 – 16 November 1902), was a prolific English novelist and a special correspondent. He is best known for his historical adventure stories that were popular in the late 19th century. His works include The Dragon & The Raven (1886), For The Temple (1888), Under Drake's Flag (1883) and In Freedom's Cause (1885).

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To my Young Readers. I remember that, as a boy, I regarded any attempt to mix instruction with amusement as being as objectionable a practice as the administration of powder in jam; but I think that this feeling arose from the fact that in those days books contained a very small share of amusement and a very large share of instruction. I have endeavored to avoid this, and I hope that the accounts of battles and sieges, illustrated as they are by maps, will be found as interesting as the lighter parts of the story. As in my tale, "The Young Franc-Tireurs," I gave the outline of the Franco-German war, so I have now endeavored to give the salient features of the great Peninsular struggle. The military facts, with the names of generals and regiments, the dates and places, are all strictly accurate, and any one who has read with care the story of "The Young Buglers" could pass an examination as to the leading events of the Peninsular war. Yours truly, THE AUTHOR.

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Henty, G. A: The Young Carthaginian. v1. 15 Nov 2014

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George Alfred Henty (8 December 1832 – 16 November 1902), was a prolific English novelist and a special correspondent. He is best known for his historical adventure stories that were popular in the late 19th century. His works include The Dragon & The Raven (1886), For The Temple (1888), Under Drake's Flag (1883) and In Freedom's Cause (1885).

There is no better field for romance-writers in the whole of history than the momentous struggle between the Romans and Carthaginians for the empire of the world. Mr. Henty has had the full advantage of much unexhausted picturesque and impressive material, and has thus been enabled to form a striking historic background to as exciting a story of adventure as the keenest appetite could wish.

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Henty, G. A: The Young Colonists. v1. 15 Nov 2014

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George Alfred Henty (8 December 1832 – 16 November 1902), was a prolific English novelist and a special correspondent. He is best known for his historical adventure stories that were popular in the late 19th century. His works include The Dragon & The Raven (1886), For The Temple (1888), Under Drake's Flag (1883) and In Freedom's Cause (1885).

An adventure of Dick Humphries whose family lives in Natal. He participates in British defeats and victories during the Zulu war and then becomes involved in the First Boer War.

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Henty, G. A: The Young Franc Tireurs. v1. 16 Nov 2014

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George Alfred Henty (8 December 1832 – 16 November 1902), was a prolific English novelist and a special correspondent. He is best known for his historical adventure stories that were popular in the late 19th century. His works include The Dragon & The Raven (1886), For The Temple (1888), Under Drake's Flag (1883) and In Freedom's Cause (1885).

The two heroes join the French forces during the Franco-Prussian War and have many escapades and adventures including especially their entry into Paris in disguise by swimming the Seine and their escape from Paris in a balloon.

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Henty, G. A: Through Russian Snows. v1. 1 Nov 2014

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George Alfred Henty (8 December 1832 – 16 November 1902), was a prolific English novelist and a special correspondent. He is best known for his historical adventure stories that were popular in the late 19th century. His works include The Dragon & The Raven (1886), For The Temple (1888), Under Drake's Flag (1883) and In Freedom's Cause (1885).

The hero, Julian Wyatt, after several adventures with smugglers, by whom he is handed over a prisoner to the French, regains his freedom and joins Napoleon's army in the Russian campaign, and reaches Moscow with the victorious Emperor. Then, when the terrible retreat begins, Julian finds himself in the rearguard of the French army, fighting desperately, league by league, against famine, snow-storms, wolves, and Russians. Ultimately he escapes out of the general disaster, after rescuing the daughter of a Russian Count, makes his way to St. Petersburg, and then returns to England. A story with an excellent plot, exciting adventures, and splendid historical interests.

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Henty, G. A: Through the Fray. v1. 2 Nov 2014

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George Alfred Henty (8 December 1832 – 16 November 1902), was a prolific English novelist and a special correspondent. He is best known for his historical adventure stories that were popular in the late 19th century. His works include The Dragon & The Raven (1886), For The Temple (1888), Under Drake's Flag (1883) and In Freedom's Cause (1885).

The beginning of the present century glorious as it was for British arms abroad was a dark time to those who lived by their daily labor at home.

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Henty, G. A: Through Three Campaigns. v1. 2 Nov 2014

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George Alfred Henty (8 December 1832 – 16 November 1902), was a prolific English novelist and a special correspondent. He is best known for his historical adventure stories that were popular in the late 19th century. His works include The Dragon & The Raven (1886), For The Temple (1888), Under Drake's Flag (1883) and In Freedom's Cause (1885).

The exciting story of a boy's adventures in the British army. Lisle Sullen, left an orphan, is to be sent home by the colonel of the regiment on the eve of the Chitral campaign. The boy's patriotism compels him, instead, to secretly join the regiment. He early distinguishes himself for conspicuous bravery. His disguise is discovered and his promotions follow rapidly.

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Henty, G. A: True to the Old Flag. v1. 4 Nov 2014

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George Alfred Henty (8 December 1832 – 16 November 1902), was a prolific English novelist and a special correspondent. He is best known for his historical adventure stories that were popular in the late 19th century. His works include The Dragon & The Raven (1886), For The Temple (1888), Under Drake's Flag (1883) and In Freedom's Cause (1885).

A graphic and vigorous story of the American Revolution, which paints the scenes with great power, and does full justice to the pluck and determination of the soldiers during the unfortunate struggle. [This description and this book are especially interesting because they are written from the British point of view of the Revolution.]

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Henty, G. A: Under Drake's Flag. v1. 4 Nov 2014

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George Alfred Henty (8 December 1832 – 16 November 1902), was a prolific English novelist and a special correspondent. He is best known for his historical adventure stories that were popular in the late 19th century. His works include The Dragon & The Raven (1886), For The Temple (1888), Under Drake's Flag (1883) and In Freedom's Cause (1885).

From the "Prince of Storytellers"— an exciting account of life on the high seas as seen through the eyes of young Ned Hearne. The brave 16th-century teen sails with Francis Drake, experiences a harsh seafaring life, visits strange, unexplored lands; and witnesses the great naval battle between the English fleet and the Spanish Armada.

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Henty, G. A: Under Wellington's Command

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George Alfred Henty (8 December 1832 – 16 November 1902), was a prolific English novelist and a special correspondent. He is best known for his historical adventure stories that were popular in the late 19th century. His works include The Dragon & The Raven (1886), For The Temple (1888), Under Drake's Flag (1883) and In Freedom's Cause (1885).

The dashing hero of this book, Terence O'Connor, was the hero of Mr. Henty's previous book, "With Moore at Corunna," to which this is really a sequel. He is still at the head of the "Minho" Portuguese regiment. Being detached on independent and guerilla duty with his regiment, he renders invaluable service in gaining information and in harassing the French. His command, being constantly on the edge of the army, is engaged in frequent skirmishes and some most important battles.

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Henty, G. A: When London Burned. v1. 5 Nov 2014

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George Alfred Henty (8 December 1832 – 16 November 1902), was a prolific English novelist and a special correspondent. He is best known for his historical adventure stories that were popular in the late 19th century. His works include The Dragon & The Raven (1886), For The Temple (1888), Under Drake's Flag (1883) and In Freedom's Cause (1885).

The hero of this story was the son of a nobleman who had lost his estates during the troublous times of the Commonwealth. Instead of hanging idly about the court seeking favors, Cyril Shenstone determined to maintain himself by honest work. During the Great Plague and the Great Fire, which visited London with such terrible results, Sir Cyril was prominent among those who brought help to the panic-stricken inhabitants. This tale has rich variety of interest, both national and personal, and in the hero you have an English lad of the noblest type wise, humane, and unselfish.

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Henty, G. A: Winning His Spurs. v1. 7 Nov 2014

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George Alfred Henty (8 December 1832 – 16 November 1902), was a prolific English novelist and a special correspondent. He is best known for his historical adventure stories that were popular in the late 19th century. His works include The Dragon & The Raven (1886), For The Temple (1888), Under Drake's Flag (1883) and In Freedom's Cause (1885).

It was a bright morning in the month of August, when a lad of some fifteen years of age, sitting on a low wall, watched party after party of armed men riding up to the castle of the Earl of Evesham. A casual observer glancing at his curling hair and bright open face, as also at the fashion of his dress, would at once have assigned to him a purely Saxon origin; but a keener eye would have detected signs that Norman blood ran also in his veins, for his figure was lither and lighter, his features more straightly and shapely cut, than was common among Saxons. His dress consisted of a tight-fitting jerkin, descending nearly to his knees. The material was a light-blue cloth, while over his shoulder hung a short cloak of a darker hue. His cap was of Saxon fashion, and he wore on one side a little plume of a heron. In a somewhat costly belt hung a light short sword, while across his knees lay a crossbow, in itself almost a sure sign of its bearer being of other than Saxon blood. The boy looked anxiously as party after party rode past toward the castle. "I would give something," he said, "to know what wind blows these knaves here. From every petty castle in the Earl's feu the retainers seem hurrying here. Is he bent, I wonder, on settling once and for all his quarrels with the Baron of Wortham? or can he be intending to make a clear sweep of the woods? Ah! here comes my gossip Hubert; he may tell me the meaning of this gathering."

NOTE: 100 Illustrations and Decorations

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Henty, G. A: With Buller in Natal. v1. 7 Nov 2014

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George Alfred Henty (8 December 1832 – 16 November 1902), was a prolific English novelist and a special correspondent. He is best known for his historical adventure stories that were popular in the late 19th century. His works include The Dragon & The Raven (1886), For The Temple (1888), Under Drake's Flag (1883) and In Freedom's Cause (1885).

The breaking out of the Boer War compelled Chris King, the hero of the story, to flee with his mother from Johannesburg to the sea coast. They were with many other Uitlanders, and all suffered much from the Boers. Reaching a place of safety for their families, Chris and twenty of his friends formed an independent company of scouts. In this service they were with Gen. Yule at Glencoe, then in Ladysmith, then with Buller. In each place they had many thrilling adventures. They were in the great battles and in the lonely fights on the Veldt; were taken prisoners and escaped; and they rendered most valuable service to the English forces. The story is a most interesting picture of the War in South Africa.

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Henty, G. A: With Clive in India. v1. 9 Nov 2014

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George Alfred Henty (8 December 1832 – 16 November 1902), was a prolific English novelist and a special correspondent. He is best known for his historical adventure stories that were popular in the late 19th century. His works include The Dragon & The Raven (1886), For The Temple (1888), Under Drake's Flag (1883) and In Freedom's Cause (1885).

The period between the landing of Clive as a young writer in India and the close of his career was critical and eventful in the extreme. At the commencement the English were traders existing on sufferance of the native princes. At its close they were masters of Bengal and of the greater part of southern India. The author has given a full and accurate account of the events of that stirring time, and battles and sieges follow each other in rapid succession, while he combines with his narrative a tale of daring and adventure, which gives a lifelike interest to the volume.

Starting in the 1750's, Clive was sent to pull out Britain's bacon in India, he was to avenge the so-called Black Hole of Calcutta, and his reworking of India was very British indeed until the modern uprisings of Gandhi and Nehru. The boys who read Henty never knew that Gandhi was on the horizon.

Written for young people, it is subtitled "Beginnings of an Empire", and gives a vivid picture of the events of the ten years which at their commencement saw English influence at the point of extinction in India, and which ended in the final triumph of the English both in Bengal and Madras.

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Henty, G. A: With Cochrane the Dauntless. v1. 9 Nov 2014

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George Alfred Henty (8 December 1832 – 16 November 1902), was a prolific English novelist and a special correspondent. He is best known for his historical adventure stories that were popular in the late 19th century. His works include The Dragon & The Raven (1886), For The Temple (1888), Under Drake's Flag (1883) and In Freedom's Cause (1885).

The hero of this story, an orphaned lad, accompanies Cochrane as midshipman, and serves in the war between Chili and Peru. He has many exciting adventures in battles by sea and land, is taken prisoner and condemned to death by the Inquisition, but escapes by a long and thrilling flight across South America and down the Amazon, piloted by two faithful Indians. His pluck and coolness prove him a fit companion to Chochrane the Dauntless, and his final success is well deserved.

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Henty, G. A: With Frederick the Great. v1. 10 Nov 2014

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George Alfred Henty (8 December 1832 – 16 November 1902), was a prolific English novelist and a special correspondent. He is best known for his historical adventure stories that were popular in the late 19th century. His works include The Dragon & The Raven (1886), For The Temple (1888), Under Drake's Flag (1883) and In Freedom's Cause (1885).

The Hero of this story while still a youth entered the service of Frederick the Great, and by a succession of fortunate circumstances and perilous adventures, rose to the rank of colonel. Attached to the staff of the king, he rendered distinguished services in many battles, in one of which he saved the king's life. Twice captured and imprisoned, he both times escaped from the Austrian fortresses. The story follows closely the historical lines, and no more vivid description of the memorable battles of Rossbach, Leuthen, Prague, Zorndorf, Hochkirch, and Torgan can be found anywhere than is here given. Woven in this there runs the record of the daring and hazardous adventures of the hero, and the whole narrative has thus, with historic accuracy, the utmost charm of romance.

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Henty, G. A: With Kitchener in the Soudan. v1. 10 Nov 2014

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George Alfred Henty (8 December 1832 – 16 November 1902), was a prolific English novelist and a special correspondent. He is best known for his historical adventure stories that were popular in the late 19th century. His works include The Dragon & The Raven (1886), For The Temple (1888), Under Drake's Flag (1883) and In Freedom's Cause (1885).

The reconquest of the Soudan will ever be mentioned as one of the most difficult, and at the same time the most successful, enterprises ever undertaken. The task of carrying an army hundreds of miles across a waterless desert; conveying it up a great river, bristling with obstacles; defeating an enormously superior force, unsurpassed in the world for courage; and, finally, killing the leader of the enemy and crushing out the last spark of opposition; was a stupendous one.

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Henty, G. A: With Lee in Virginia. v1. 11 Nov 2014

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George Alfred Henty (8 December 1832 – 16 November 1902), was a prolific English novelist and a special correspondent. He is best known for his historical adventure stories that were popular in the late 19th century. His works include The Dragon & The Raven (1886), For The Temple (1888), Under Drake's Flag (1883) and In Freedom's Cause (1885).

Vincent Wingfield returns home to Virginia after four years in England to find conditions unsettled. War breaks out and Vincent goes to fight for the South. Henty's gripping story weaves Vincent's fictional adventures with the real life events of the Civil War, giving a rare glimpse of this struggle from a Southern perspective. This book teaches history as it entertains and celebrates family loyalty, honor, bravery and determination.

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Henty, G. A: With Moore at Corunna. v1. 11 Nov 2014

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George Alfred Henty (8 December 1832 – 16 November 1902), was a prolific English novelist and a special correspondent. He is best known for his historical adventure stories that were popular in the late 19th century. His works include The Dragon & The Raven (1886), For The Temple (1888), Under Drake's Flag (1883) and In Freedom's Cause (1885).

He was a general favourite among the officers and men of the regiment though his tricks got him into frequent scrapes and more than one prophesied that his eventual fate was likely to be hanging.

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Henty, G. A: With the Allies to Pekin. v1. 12 Nov 2014

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George Alfred Henty (8 December 1832 – 16 November 1902), was a prolific English novelist and a special correspondent. He is best known for his historical adventure stories that were popular in the late 19th century. His works include The Dragon & The Raven (1886), For The Temple (1888), Under Drake's Flag (1883) and In Freedom's Cause (1885).

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The campaign which ended with the relief of the Pekin Legations is unique in its way, carried on as it was by an army made up of almost all the nationalities of Europe. The quarrel originated in the rising of a mob of ruffians who were known by us under the name of Boxers. The movement spread like wildfire, and soon developed into the wholesale massacre of the missionaries of Northern China. The Empress, seeing the formidable nature of the rising, and hoping to gain by it the expulsion of all foreigners from her dominions, allied herself with the Boxers, besieged the various Legations, and attacked Tientsin, which stands upon the river by which the trade with Pekin is carried on

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Henty, G. A: With Wolfe in Canada. v1. 12 Nov 2014

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George Alfred Henty (8 December 1832 – 16 November 1902), was a prolific English novelist and a special correspondent. He is best known for his historical adventure stories that were popular in the late 19th century. His works include The Dragon & The Raven (1886), For The Temple (1888), Under Drake's Flag (1883) and In Freedom's Cause (1885).

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On the issues of that struggle depended not only the destiny of Canada, but of the whole of North America and, to a large extent, that of the two mother countries. When the contest began, the chances of France becoming the great colonizing empire of the world were as good as those of England. Not only did she hold far larger territories in America than did England, but she had rich colonies in the West Indies, where the flag of England was at that time hardly represented, and her prospects in India were better than our own. At that time, too, she disputed with us on equal terms the empire of the sea.

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Henty, G. A: Won by the Sword. v1. 13 Nov 2014

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George Alfred Henty (8 December 1832 – 16 November 1902), was a prolific English novelist and a special correspondent. He is best known for his historical adventure stories that were popular in the late 19th century. His works include The Dragon & The Raven (1886), For The Temple (1888), Under Drake's Flag (1883) and In Freedom's Cause (1885).

The scene of this story is laid in France during latter part of the Thirty Years' War---the time of Richelieu, of Mazarin and Anne of Austria. The hero, Hector Campbell, is the orphaned son of a Scottish officer in the French Army.

Date: 1640
Location: Europe, Germany, France
Main Event: Thirty Years' War

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Henty, G. A: Wulf the Saxon. v1. 14 Nov 2014

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George Alfred Henty (8 December 1832 – 16 November 1902), was a prolific English novelist and a special correspondent. He is best known for his historical adventure stories that were popular in the late 19th century. His works include The Dragon & The Raven (1886), For The Temple (1888), Under Drake's Flag (1883) and In Freedom's Cause (1885).

The hero is a young thane who wins the favor of Earl Harold and becomes one of his retinue. When Harold becomes King of England Wulf assists in the Welsh wars, and takes part against the Norsemen at the Battle of Stamford Bridge. When William of Normandy invades England, Wulf is with the English host at Hastings, and stands by his King to the last in the mighty struggle. Altogether this is a noble tale. Wulf himself is a rare example of Saxon vigor, and the spacious background of stormful history lends itself admirably to heroic romance.

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Henty, G.A.: A Chapter of Adventures v1 2mar 2009

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It's my personal adventure day today, so here is another adventure novel, this time by G.A.Henty. Contrary to his ordinarily more didactic approach, this one is a pure action romp with lots of nice illustrations.

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Henty, G.A.: A Far Flung Empire.V1.12 June 2014

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A FAR FLUNG EMPIRE
Held Fast For England
On the Irrawaddy
For Name and Fame
Maori and Settler
A Final Reckoning

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Henty, G.A.: A Final Reckoning v1 25 jan 2009

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The hero, a young English lad, after rather a stormy boyhood, emigrates to Australia and gets employment as an officer in the mounted police. A few years of active work on the frontier, where he has many a brush with both natives and bush-rangers, gain him promotion to a captaincy, and he eventually settles down to the peaceful life of a squatter.

Here's the preface by Henty:
[QUOTIn this tale I have left the battlefields of history, and have written a story of adventure in Australia, in the early days when the bush rangers and the natives constituted a real and formidable danger to the settlers. I have done this, not with the intention of extending your knowledge, or even of pointing a moral, although the story is not without one; but simply for a change—a change both for you and myself, but frankly, more for myself than for you. You know the old story of the boy who bothered his brains with Euclid, until he came to dream regularly that he was an equilateral triangle enclosed in a circle. Well, I feel that unless I break away sometimes from history, I shall be haunted day and night by visions of men in armour, and soldiers of all ages and times.

If, when I am away on a holiday I come across the ruins of a castle, I find myself at once wondering how it could best have been attacked, and defended. If I stroll down to the Thames, I begin to plan schemes of crossing it in the face of an enemy; and if matters go on, who can say but that I may find myself, some day, arrested on the charge of surreptitiously entering the Tower of London, or effecting an escalade of the keep of Windsor Castle! To avoid such a misfortune—which would entail a total cessation of my stories, for a term of years—I have turned to a new subject, which I can only hope that you will find as interesting, if not as instructive, as the other books which I have written.[/QUOT

Have fun. Original cover, some illustrations, nice book

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Henty, G.A.: Ancient History.V1.12 June 2014

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ANCIENT HISTORY
The Cat of Bubastes
The Young Carthaginian
For the Temple
Beric the Briton
The Dragon and the Raven
Wulf the Saxon

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Henty, G.A.: At Aboukir and Acre v1 17 may 2009

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A Story of Napoleon's invasion of Egypt

Glorious historical fiction by one of the best, G.A. Henty:

[QUOTWith the general knowledge of geography now possessed we may well wonder at the wild notion entertained both by Bonaparte and the French authorities that it would be possible, after conquering Egypt, to march an army through Syria, Persia, and the wild countries of the northern borders of India, and to drive the British altogether from that country.[/QUOT

With illustrations and maps

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Henty, G.A.: In 17th Century Europe.V1.12 June 2014

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IN SEVENTEENTH CENTURY EUROPE
By Pike and Dyke
By England's Aid
Saint Bartholomew's Eve
The Lion of the North
Won By the Sword
Orange and Green

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Henty, G.A.: In 18th Century Europe.V1.12 June 2014

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IN EIGHTEENTH CENTURY EUROPE
The Cornet of Horse
A Jacobite Exile
The Bravest of the Brave
In the Irish Brigade
With Frederick the Great

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Henty, G.A.: In 19th Century Europe.V1.12 June 2014

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IN NINETEENTH CENTURY EUROPE
In Greek Waters
Out with Garibaldi
Jack Archer
Condemned as a Nihilist
The Young Franc Tireurs

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Henty, G.A.: In Freedom's Cause v1 19 jan 2009

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Freedom's Cause has a brilliant plot and a fictional character as the protaganist. He starts off as a teen and then grows up through the time of William Wallace and Robert the Bruce. The fictional protagonist interacts with historical characters from that period of Scottish History. The story is full of adventure, friendship, loyalty, honor, heroics, and history. Good values are presented. This book is great for anyone looking for something on Scottish history and which also is an outstanding novel.

This book is as excellent or better then any Nigel Tranter book I have read, like The Wallace and The Bruce Trilogy.

The accuracy of the historical period is superb and I have read much on this area of Scottish history. The persons discussed, the geography talked about, and the timeline presented is very accurate.

I highly recommend this and can't wait to read another Henty. (Scott McKenzie)

I love this book and recommend it to anyone interested in history.

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Henty, G.A.: In Imperial Africa.V1.12 June 2014

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IN IMPERIAL AFRICA
March to Magdala
The Dash for Khartoum
By Sheer Pluck
The Young Colonists
With Kitchener in the Soudan
With Buller in Natal

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Henty, G.A.: In Imperial India.V1.12 June 2014

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IN IMPERIAL INDIA
With Clive in India
The Tiger of Mysore
At the Point of the Bayonet
In Times of Peril
Rujub, the Juggler

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Henty, G.A.: In Medieval England.V1.12 June 2014

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IN MEDIEVAL ENGLAND
In Freedom's Cause
St. George for England
A March on London
Both Sides the Border
At Agincourt

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Henty, G.A.: In the Reign of Terror v1 21 may 2009

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George Alfred Henty (8 December 1832 - 16 November 1902), referred to as G.A. Henty, was a prolific English novelist, special correspondent and Imperialist. He is best known for his historical adventure stories that were popular in the late 19th century. His works include Out on the Pampas (1871), The Young Buglers (1880), With Clive in India (1884) and Wulf the Saxon (1895).

This one treats the French Revolution. Here, as usual, is his preface:
[QUOTMY DEAR LADS,
This time only a few words are needed, for the story speaks for itself. My object has been rather to tell you a tale of interest than to impart historical knowledge, for the facts of the dreadful time when "the terror" reigned supreme in France are well known to all educated lads. I need only say that such historical allusions as are necessary for the sequence of the story will be found correct, except that the Noyades at Nantes did not take place until a somewhat later period than is here assigned to them.
Yours sincerely,
G.A. HENTY.[/QUOT
Good read!

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Henty, G.A.: In The Seat of Empire.V1.12 June 2014

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IN THE SEAT OF EMPIRE
Friends, Though Divided
When London Burned
Bonnie Prince Charlie
Through the Fray
Sturdy and Strong
Facing Death

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Henty, G.A.: Knight of the White Cross v1 26 jan 2009

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George Alfred Henty was born in Trumpington, England, on December 8,1832. He studied at Cambridge, but left without his degree so he could volunteer for service in the Crimean War. After several failed attempts at careers, he decided in 1865 to become a writer, beginning as a correspondent for The Standard. He also wrote adult novels of mysteries and adventure, but turned to children's stories after contributing with success to Union Jack magazine.

In his World article, George Grant calls Mr. Henty a Victorian literary phenomenon whose 144 books and myriad short stories have long enthralled adults and children alike. His fiercely accurate narratives range across the whole spectrum of human achievement, highlighting the greatest characters and the most decisive moments in history.

George A. Henty died on November 16, 1902

Young Gervaise Tresham leaves England and the turmoil of the Wars of the Roses to become a Knight of St. John.

Starting as a page of the Grand Master, Gervaise quickly attains knighthood and defends Europe and Christendom against the anarchy of piracy in the Mediterranean and the expansion of the Turkish empire. Sir Tresham is there to defend the fortress at Rhodes during the first siege of that city by Soleiman.

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Henty, G.A.: Latin American Adventures.V1.12 June 2014

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LATIN AMERICAN ADVENTURES
By Right of Conquest
In the Hands of the Cave-Dwellers
A Roving Commission
With Cochrane the Dauntless
Out on the Pampas
The Treasure of the Incas

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Henty, G.A.: Mystery Stories.V1.12 June 2014

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MYSTERY STORIES
The Lost Heir
Dorothy's Double (three volumes)
A Search For A Secret (three volumes)
The Curse of Carne's Hold
Colonel Thorndyke's Secret

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Henty, G.A.: Nautical Yarns.V1.12 June 2014

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NAUTICAL YARNS
Under Drake's Flag
By Conduct and Courage
A Chapter of Adventures
Among Malay Pirates
The Queen's Cup

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Henty, G.A.: North American Adventures.V1.12 June 2014

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NORTH AMERICAN ADVENTURES
With Wolfe in Canada
True to the Old Flag
Redskin and Cow-Boy
In the Heart of the Rockies
Captain Bayley's Heir
With Lee in Virginia

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Henty, G.A.: On the Irrawaddy v1 25 mar 2009

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On the Irrawaddy, A Story of the First Burmese War (1897)
As usual, we let the author speak for himself:

[QUOTWith the exception of the terrible retreat from Afghanistan, none of England's many little wars have been so fatal—in proportion to the number of those engaged—as our first expedition to Burma. It was undertaken without any due comprehension of the difficulties to be encountered, from the effects of climate and the deficiency of transport; the power, and still more the obstinacy and arrogance of the court of Ava were altogether underrated; and it was considered that our possession of her ports would assuredly bring the enemy, who had wantonly forced the struggle upon us, to submission. Events, however, proved the completeness of the error. The Burman policy of carrying off every boat on the river, laying waste the whole country, and driving away the inhabitants and the herds, maintained our army as prisoners in Rangoon through the first wet season; and caused the loss of half the white officers and men first sent there. The subsequent campaign was no less fatal and, although large reinforcements had been sent, fifty percent of the whole died; so that less than two thousand fighting men remained in the ranks, when the expedition arrived within a short distance of Ava. Not until the last Burmese army had been scattered did the court of Ava submit to the by no means onerous terms we imposed.

Great, indeed, was the contrast presented by this first invasion of the country with the last war in 1885, which brought about the final annexation of Burma. Then a fleet of steamers conveyed the troops up the noble river; while in 1824 a solitary steamer was all that India could furnish, to aid the flotilla of rowboats. No worse government has ever existed than that of Burma when, with the boast that she intended to drive the British out of India, she began the war. No people were ever kept down by a more grinding tyranny, and the occupation of the country by the British has been an even greater blessing to the population than has that of India.[/QUOT

This novel is fully illustrated and a great read for fans of historical fiction.

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Henty, G.A.: Saint George for England v1 25 feb 2009

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One of Hentys famous prefaces:
[QUOTMY DEAR LADS, You may be told perhaps that there is no good to be obtained from tales of fighting and bloodshed,—that there is no moral to be drawn from such histories. Believe it not. War has its lessons as well as Peace. You will learn from tales like this that determination and enthusiasm can accomplish marvels, that true courage is generally accompanied by magnanimity and gentleness, and that if not in itself the very highest of virtues, it is the parent of almost all the others, since but few of them can be practised without it. The courage of our forefathers has created the greatest empire in the world around a small and in itself insignificant island; if this empire is ever lost, it will be by the cowardice of their descendants. At no period of her history did England stand so high in the eyes of Europe as in the time whose events are recorded in this volume. A chivalrous king and an even more chivalrous prince had infected the whole people with their martial spirit, and the result was that their armies were for a time invincible, and the most astonishing successes were gained against numbers which would appear overwhelming. The victories of Cressy and Poitiers may be to some extent accounted for by superior generalship and discipline on the part of the conquerors; but this will not account for the great naval victory over the Spanish fleet off the coast of Sussex, a victory even more surprising and won against greater odds than was that gained in the same waters centuries later over the Spanish Armada. The historical facts of the story are all drawn from Froissart and other contemporary historians, as collated and compared by Mr. James in his carefully written history. They may therefore be relied upon as accurate in every important particular.[/QUOT

It's not as serious as it sounds, though!

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Henty, G.A.: Story Collections.V1.12 June 2014

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STORY COLLECTIONS
In the Hands of the Malays
Through Three Campaigns
Tales of Daring and Danger
The Golden Canyon
Yule Logs

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Henty, G.A.: The Cat of Bubastes v1 21 jan 2009

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George Alfred Henty (8 December 1832 - 16 November 1902), referred to as G. A. Henty, was a prolific English novelist, special correspondent, and Imperialist born in Trumpington, Cambridgeshire, England. He is best known for his historical adventure stories that were popular in the late 19th century. His works include Out on the Pampas (1871), The Young Buglers (1880), With Clive in India (1884) and Wulf the Saxon (1895).

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Subtitled: A tale of Ancient Egypt

Enslaved by a conquering army, the young prince Amuba finds friendship in the house of an Egyptian high priest, where he acts as a companion to the priest's son Chebron. The entire household plunges into peril when Chebron accidentally kills the sacred cat of the great temple at Bubastes--a riot ensues, and the boys are forced to flee. Set in 1250 b.c., the time of Moses, this thrilling adventure story offers an evocative look at the ancient Egyptian world. Skillfully interwoven in the narrative thread are fascinating, accurate details about Egyptian religion and geography, the methods by which the Nile was used for irrigation, and how the Egyptians made war and were prepared for burial.

BTW: I tried a few things format wise with this (TOC is a table, chapters feature title of book ). Please let me know what you think and how it works out on your specific reader.

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Henty, G.A.: The Challenge of Napoleon.V1.12 June 2014

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THE CHALLENGE OF NAPOLEON
At Aboukir and Acre
With Moore at Corunna
The Young Buglers
Under Wellington's Command
Through Russian Snows
One of the 28th

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Henty, G.A.: The Tiger of Mysore v1 31 jan 2009

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Dick Holland, whose father is supposed to be a captive of Tippoo Saib, goes to India to help him escape. He joins the army under Lord Cornwallis, and takes part in the campaign against Tippoo. Afterwards, he assumes a disguise, enters Seringapatam, the capital of Mysore, rescues Tippoo's harem from a tiger, and is appointed to high office by the tyrant. In this capacity Dick visits the hill fortresses, still in search of his father, and at last he discovers him in the great stronghold of Savandroog. The hazardous rescue through the enemy's country is at length accomplished, and the young fellow's dangerous mission is done.

Original cover, original illustrations, fun overall.

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Henty, G.A.: Under Drake's Flag v1 1 apr 2009

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From the "Prince of Storytellers," an exciting account of life on the high seas as seen through the eyes of young Ned Hearne. The brave 16th-century teen sails with Francis Drake, experiences a harsh seafaring life, visits unexplored lands; and witnesses the great naval battle between the English fleet and the Spanish Armada.

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Henty, G.A.: With The Knights of Europe.V1.12 June 2014

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WITH THE KNIGHTS OF EUROPE
The Boy Knight
Winning His Spurs
The Lion of Saint Mark
A Knight of the White Cross

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Henty, George Alfred: A Girl of the Commune. V1. 2 May 2010

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George Alfred Henty (8 December 1832 – 16 November 1902), was a prolific English novelist and special correspondent. He is best known for his historical adventure stories that were popular in the late 19th century. His works include Out on the Pampas (1871), The Young Buglers (1880), With Clive in India (1884) and Wulf the Saxon (1895).

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Jeremiah Brander was one of the most prominent personages in the Cathedral town of Abchester. He inhabited an old-fashioned, red brick house near the end of the High Street. On either side was a high wall facing the street, and from this a garden, enclosing the house, stretched away to a little stream some two hundred yards in the rear; so that the house combined the advantage of a business residence in front, with those of seclusion, an excellent garden, and an uninterrupted view behind.

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Henty, George Alfred: A Jacobite Exile. V1. 4 May 2010

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George Alfred Henty (8 December 1832 – 16 November 1902), was a prolific English novelist and special correspondent. He is best known for his historical adventure stories that were popular in the late 19th century. His works include Out on the Pampas (1871), The Young Buglers (1880), With Clive in India (1884) and Wulf the Saxon (1895).

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Had I attempted to write you an account of the whole of the adventurous career of Charles the Twelfth of Sweden, it would, in itself, have filled a bulky volume, to the exclusion of all other matter; and a youth, who fought at Narva, would have been a middle-aged man at the death of that warlike monarch, before the walls of Frederickshall. I have, therefore, been obliged to confine myself to the first three years of his reign, in which he crushed the army of Russia at Narva, and laid the then powerful republic of Poland prostrate at his feet. In this way, only, could I obtain space for the private adventures and doings of Charlie Carstairs, the hero of the story.

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Henty, George Alfred: A March on London. V1. 6 May 2010

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George Alfred Henty (8 December 1832 – 16 November 1902), was a prolific English novelist and special correspondent. He is best known for his historical adventure stories that were popular in the late 19th century. His works include Out on the Pampas (1871), The Young Buglers (1880), With Clive in India (1884) and Wulf the Saxon (1895).

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The events that took place during the latter half of the fourteenth century and the first half of the fifteenth are known to us far better than those preceding or following them, owing to the fact that three great chroniclers, Froissart, Monstrelet, and Holinshed, have recounted the events with a fulness of detail that leaves nothing to be desired. The uprising of the Commons, as they called themselves—that is to say, chiefly the folk who were still kept in a state of serfdom in the reign of Richard II.—was in itself justifiable. Although serfdom in England was never carried to the extent that prevailed on the Continent, the serfs suffered from grievous disabilities. A certain portion of their time had to be devoted to the work of their feudal lord. They themselves were forbidden to buy or sell at public markets or fairs. They were bound to the soil, and could not, except under special circumstances, leave it.

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Henty, George Alfred: Among Malay Pirates. V1. 22 Apr 2010

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George Alfred Henty (8 December 1832 – 16 November 1902), was a prolific English novelist and special correspondent. He is best known for his historical adventure stories that were popular in the late 19th century. His works include Out on the Pampas (1871), The Young Buglers (1880), With Clive in India (1884) and Wulf the Saxon (1895).

AMONG MALAY PIRATES
BEARS AND DACOITS A TALE OF THE GHAUTS
THE PATERNOSTERS
A PIPE OF MYSTERY
WHITE FACED DICK: A STORY OF PINE TREE GULCH
A BRUSH WITH THE CHINESE

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Henty, George Alfred: At Agincourt. V1. 23 Apr 2010

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George Alfred Henty (8 December 1832 – 16 November 1902), was a prolific English novelist and special correspondent. He is best known for his historical adventure stories that were popular in the late 19th century. His works include Out on the Pampas (1871), The Young Buglers (1880), With Clive in India (1884) and Wulf the Saxon (1895).

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The long and bloody feud between the houses of Orleans and Burgundy—which for many years devastated France, caused a prodigious destruction of life and property, and was not even relaxed in the presence of a common enemy— is very fully recorded in the pages of Monstrellet and other contemporary historians. I have here only attempted to relate the events of the early portion of the struggle—from its commencement up to the astonishing victory of Agincourt, won by a handful of Englishmen over the chivalry of France. Here the two factions, with the exception of the Duke of Burgundy himself, laid aside their differences for the moment, only to renew them while France still lay prostrate at the feet of the English conqueror.

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Henty, George Alfred: At the Point of the Bayonet. V1. 24 Apr 2010

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George Alfred Henty (8 December 1832 – 16 November 1902), was a prolific English novelist and special correspondent. He is best known for his historical adventure stories that were popular in the late 19th century. His works include Out on the Pampas (1871), The Young Buglers (1880), With Clive in India (1884) and Wulf the Saxon (1895).

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The story of the war in which the power of the great Mahratta confederacy was broken is one of the most stirring pages of the campaigns which, begun by Clive, ended in the firm establishment of our great empire in the Indian Peninsula.

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Henty, George Alfred: Beric the Briton. V1. 24 Apr 2010

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George Alfred Henty (8 December 1832 – 16 November 1902), was a prolific English novelist and special correspondent. He is best known for his historical adventure stories that were popular in the late 19th century. His works include Out on the Pampas (1871), The Young Buglers (1880), With Clive in India (1884) and Wulf the Saxon (1895).

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My series of stories dealing with the wars of England would be altogether incomplete did it not include the period when the Romans were the masters of the country. The valour with which the natives of this island defended themselves was acknowledged by the Roman historians, and it was only the superior discipline of the invaders that enabled them finally to triumph over the bravery and the superior physical strength of the Britons.

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Henty, George Alfred: Bonnie Prince Charlie. V1. 25 Apr 2010

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George Alfred Henty (8 December 1832 – 16 November 1902), was a prolific English novelist and special correspondent. He is best known for his historical adventure stories that were popular in the late 19th century. His works include Out on the Pampas (1871), The Young Buglers (1880), With Clive in India (1884) and Wulf the Saxon (1895).

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It was a dull evening in the month of September, 1728. The apprentices had closed and barred the shutters and the day's work was over. Supper was laid in the long room over the shop, the viands were on the table, and round it were standing Bailie Anderson and his wife, his foreman John Gillespie, and his two apprentices. The latter were furtively eying the eatables, and wondering how much longer the grace which their master was delivering would be. Suddenly there was a knock at the door below. No one stirred until the bailie had finished his grace, before which time the knock had been twice repeated.

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Henty, George Alfred: Both Sides the Border. V1. 26 Apr 2010

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George Alfred Henty (8 December 1832 – 16 November 1902), was a prolific English novelist and special correspondent. He is best known for his historical adventure stories that were popular in the late 19th century. His works include Out on the Pampas (1871), The Young Buglers (1880), With Clive in India (1884) and Wulf the Saxon (1895).

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The four opening years of the fifteenth century were among the most stirring in the history of England. Owen Glendower carried fire and slaughter among the Welsh marches, captured most of the strong places held by the English, and foiled three invasions, led by the king himself. The northern borders were invaded by Douglas; who, after devastating a large portion of Northumberland, Cumberland, and Durham, was defeated and taken prisoner at the battle of Homildon, by the Earl of Northumberland, and his son Hotspur.

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Henty, George Alfred: By Conduct and Courage. V1. 20 Apr 2010

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George Alfred Henty (8 December 1832 – 16 November 1902), was a prolific English novelist and special correspondent. He is best known for his historical adventure stories that were popular in the late 19th century. His works include Out on the Pampas (1871), The Young Buglers (1880), With Clive in India (1884) and Wulf the Saxon (1895).

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A wandering musician was a rarity in the village of Scarcombe. In fact, such a thing had not been known in the memory of the oldest inhabitant. What could have brought him here? men and women asked themselves. There was surely nobody who could dance in the village, and the few coppers he would gain by performing on his violin would not repay him for his trouble. Moreover, Scarcombe was a bleak place, and the man looked sorely shaken with the storm of life. He seemed, indeed, almost unable to hold out much longer; his breath was short, and he had a hacking cough.

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Henty, George Alfred: By England's Aid. V1. 27 Apr 2010

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George Alfred Henty (8 December 1832 – 16 November 1902), was a prolific English novelist and special correspondent. He is best known for his historical adventure stories that were popular in the late 19th century. His works include Out on the Pampas (1871), The Young Buglers (1880), With Clive in India (1884) and Wulf the Saxon (1895).

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There are few great leaders whose lives and actions have so completely fallen into oblivion as those of the Earl of Peterborough. His career as a general was a brief one, extending only over little more than a year, and yet in that time he showed a genius for warfare which has never been surpassed, and performed feats of daring worthy of taking their place among those of the leaders of chivalry.

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Henty, George Alfred: By Pike and Dyke. 27 Apr 2010

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George Alfred Henty (8 December 1832 – 16 November 1902), was a prolific English novelist and special correspondent. He is best known for his historical adventure stories that were popular in the late 19th century. His works include Out on the Pampas (1871), The Young Buglers (1880), With Clive in India (1884) and Wulf the Saxon (1895).

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In all the pages of history there is no record of a struggle so unequal, so obstinately maintained, and so long contested as that by which the men of Holland and Zeeland won their right to worship God in their own way, and also — although this was but a secondary consideration with them — shook off the yoke of Spain and achieved their independence.

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Henty, George Alfred: By Right of Conquest. V1. 27 Apr 2010

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George Alfred Henty (8 December 1832 – 16 November 1902), was a prolific English novelist and special correspondent. He is best known for his historical adventure stories that were popular in the late 19th century. His works include Out on the Pampas (1871), The Young Buglers (1880), With Clive in India (1884) and Wulf the Saxon (1895).

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The conquest of Mexico, an extensive empire with a numerous and warlike population, by a mere handful of Spaniards, is one of the romances of history. Indeed, a writer of fiction would scarcely have dared to invent so improbable a story. Even the bravery of the Spaniards, and the advantage of superior arms would not have sufficed to give them the victory, had it not been that Mexico was ripe for disruption.

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Henty, George Alfred: By Sheer Pluck. V1. 28 Apr 2010

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George Alfred Henty (8 December 1832 – 16 November 1902), was a prolific English novelist and special correspondent. He is best known for his historical adventure stories that were popular in the late 19th century. His works include Out on the Pampas (1871), The Young Buglers (1880), With Clive in India (1884) and Wulf the Saxon (1895).

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"Now, Hargate, what a fellow you are! I've been looking for you everywhere. Don't you know it's the House against the Town boys. It's lucky that the Town have got the first innings; they began a quarter of an hour ago."
"How tiresome!" Frank Hargate said. "I was watching a most interesting thing here. Don't you see this little chaffinch nest in the bush, with a newly hatched brood.

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Henty, George Alfred: Captain Bayley's Heir. V1. 28 Apr 2010

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George Alfred Henty (8 December 1832 – 16 November 1902), was a prolific English novelist and special correspondent. He is best known for his historical adventure stories that were popular in the late 19th century. His works include Out on the Pampas (1871), The Young Buglers (1880), With Clive in India (1884) and Wulf the Saxon (1895).

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A CRIPPLE boy was sitting in a box on four low wheels, in a little room in a small street in Westminster; his age was some fifteen or sixteen years; his face was clear-cut and intelligent, and was altogether free from the expression either of discontent or of shrinking sadness so often seen in the face of those afflicted. Had he been sitting on a chair at a table, indeed, he would have been remarked as a handsome and well-grown young fellow; his shoulders were broad, his arms powerful, and his head erect. He had not been born a cripple, but had been disabled for life, when a tiny child, by a cart passing over his legs above the knees. He was talking to a lad a year or so younger than himself, while a strong, hearty-looking woman, somewhat past middle age, stood at a wash-tub.

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Henty, George Alfred: Colonel Thorndyke's Secret. V1. 29 Apr 2010

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George Alfred Henty (8 December 1832 – 16 November 1902), was a prolific English novelist and special correspondent. He is best known for his historical adventure stories that were popular in the late 19th century. His works include Out on the Pampas (1871), The Young Buglers (1880), With Clive in India (1884) and Wulf the Saxon (1895).

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The plot of the story hinges upon the possession of a valuable bracelet, of diamonds, stolen from a Hindoo idol by a British soldier in India. This bracelet falls into the possession of Colonel Thorndyke, who, shortly afterward, is sent home to England because of his wounds. The secret concerning the bracelet is told to the Colonel's brother, a country squire, and the treasure is left to younger members of the Thorndyke family.

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Henty, George Alfred: Facing Death. V1. 1 May 2010

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George Alfred Henty (8 December 1832 – 16 November 1902), was a prolific English novelist and special correspondent. He is best known for his historical adventure stories that were popular in the late 19th century. His works include Out on the Pampas (1871), The Young Buglers (1880), With Clive in India (1884) and Wulf the Saxon (1895).

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A row of brick-built houses with slate roofs, at the edge of a large mining village in Staffordshire. The houses are dingy and colourless, and without relief of any kind. So are those in the next row, so in the street beyond, and throughout the whole village. There is a dreary monotony about the place; and if some giant could come and pick up all the rows of houses, and change their places one with another, it is a question whether the men, now away at work, would notice any difference whatever until they entered the houses standing in the place of those which they had left in the morning.

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Henty, George Alfred: For Name and Fame. V1. 1 May 2010

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George Alfred Henty (8 December 1832 – 16 November 1902), was a prolific English novelist and special correspondent. He is best known for his historical adventure stories that were popular in the late 19th century. His works include Out on the Pampas (1871), The Young Buglers (1880), With Clive in India (1884) and Wulf the Saxon (1895).

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In following the hero of this story through the last Afghan war, you will be improving your acquaintance with a country which is of supreme importance to the British Empire and, at the same time, be able to trace the operations by which Lord Roberts made his great reputation as a general, and a leader of men. Afghanistan stands as a line between the two great empires of England and Russia; and is likely, sooner or later, to become the scene of a tremendous struggle between these nations. Happily, at the present time the Afghans are on our side. It is true that we have warred with, and beaten them; but our retirement, after victory, has at least shown them that we have no desire to take their country while, on the other hand, they know that for those races upon whom Russia has once laid her hand there is no escape.

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Henty, George Alfred: For the Temple. V1. 2 May 2010

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George Alfred Henty (8 December 1832 – 16 November 1902), was a prolific English novelist and special correspondent. He is best known for his historical adventure stories that were popular in the late 19th century. His works include Out on the Pampas (1871), The Young Buglers (1880), With Clive in India (1884) and Wulf the Saxon (1895).

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In all history, there is no drama of more terrible interest than that which terminated with the total destruction of Jerusalem. Had the whole Jewish nation joined in the desperate resistance made, by a section of it, to the overwhelming strength of Rome, the world would have had no record of truer patriotism than that displayed, by this small people, in their resistance to the forces of the mistress of the world.

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Henty, George Alfred: Friends, though divided. V1. 2 May 2010

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George Alfred Henty (8 December 1832 – 16 November 1902), was a prolific English novelist and special correspondent. He is best known for his historical adventure stories that were popular in the late 19th century. His works include Out on the Pampas (1871), The Young Buglers (1880), With Clive in India (1884) and Wulf the Saxon (1895).

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My dear lads: Although so long a time has elapsed since the great civil war in England, men are still almost as much divided as they were then as to the merits of the quarrel, almost as warm partisans of the one side or the other. Most of you will probably have formed an opinion as to the rights of the case, either from your own reading, or from hearing the views of your elders.

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Henty, George Alfred: Held Fast For England. V1. 3 May 2010

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George Alfred Henty (8 December 1832 – 16 November 1902), was a prolific English novelist and special correspondent. He is best known for his historical adventure stories that were popular in the late 19th century. His works include Out on the Pampas (1871), The Young Buglers (1880), With Clive in India (1884) and Wulf the Saxon (1895).

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The Siege of Gibraltar stands almost alone in the annals of warfare, alike in its duration and in the immense preparations made, by the united powers of France and Spain, for the capture of the fortress. A greater number of guns were employed than in any operation up to that time; although in number, and still more in calibre, the artillery then used have in, modern times, been thrown into the shade by the sieges of Sebastopol and Paris. Gibraltar differs, however, from these sieges, inasmuch as the defence was a successful one and, indeed, at no period of the investment was the fortress in any danger of capture, save by hunger.

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Henty, George Alfred: In the Heart of the Rockies. V1. 3 May 2010

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George Alfred Henty (8 December 1832 – 16 November 1902), was a prolific English novelist and special correspondent. He is best known for his historical adventure stories that were popular in the late 19th century. His works include Out on the Pampas (1871), The Young Buglers (1880), With Clive in India (1884) and Wulf the Saxon (1895).

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Until comparatively lately that portion of the United States in which I have laid this story was wholly unexplored. The marvellous cañons of the Colorado River extend through a country absolutely bare and waterless, and save the tales told by a few hunters or gold-seekers who, pressed by Indians, made the descent of some of them, but little was known regarding this region.

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Henty, George Alfred: In the Irish Brigade. V1. 4 May 2010

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George Alfred Henty (8 December 1832 – 16 November 1902), was a prolific English novelist and special correspondent. He is best known for his historical adventure stories that were popular in the late 19th century. His works include Out on the Pampas (1871), The Young Buglers (1880), With Clive in India (1884) and Wulf the Saxon (1895).

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The evils arising from religious persecution, sectarian hatred, ill government, and oppression were never more strongly illustrated than by the fact that, for a century, Ireland, which has since that time furnished us with a large proportion of our best soldiers, should have been among our bitterest and most formidable foes, and her sons fought in the ranks of our greatest continental enemy. It was not because they were adherents of the house of Stuart that Irishmen left their native country to take service abroad, but because life in Ireland was rendered well-nigh intolerable for Catholics, on account of the nature and severity of the laws against them, and the bitterness with which those laws were carried into effect.

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Henty, George Alfred: In Times of Peril. V1. 4 May 2010

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George Alfred Henty (8 December 1832 – 16 November 1902), was a prolific English novelist and special correspondent. He is best known for his historical adventure stories that were popular in the late 19th century. His works include Out on the Pampas (1871), The Young Buglers (1880), With Clive in India (1884) and Wulf the Saxon (1895).

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Very bright and pretty, in the early springtime of the year 1857, were the British cantonments of Sandynugghur. As in all other British garrisons in India, they stood quite apart from the town, forming a suburb of their own. They consisted of the barracks, and of a maidan, or, as in England it would be called, "a common," on which the troops drilled and exercised, and round which stood the bungalows of the military and civil officers of the station, of the chaplain, and of the one or two merchants who completed the white population of the place.

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Henty, George Alfred: Jack Archer. V1. 5 May 2010

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George Alfred Henty (8 December 1832 – 16 November 1902), was a prolific English novelist and special correspondent. He is best known for his historical adventure stories that were popular in the late 19th century. His works include Out on the Pampas (1871), The Young Buglers (1880), With Clive in India (1884) and Wulf the Saxon (1895).

A Tale of the Crimea

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Henty, George Alfred: No Surrender!. V1. 7 May 2010

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George Alfred Henty (8 December 1832 – 16 November 1902), was a prolific English novelist and special correspondent. He is best known for his historical adventure stories that were popular in the late 19th century. His works include Out on the Pampas (1871), The Young Buglers (1880), With Clive in India (1884) and Wulf the Saxon (1895).

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In the world's history, there is no more striking example of heroic bravery and firmness than that afforded by the people of the province of Poitou, and more especially of that portion of it known as La Vendee, in the defence of their religion and their rights as free men. At the commencement of the struggle they were almost unarmed, and the subsequent battles were fought by the aid of muskets and cannon wrested from the enemy.

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Henty, George Alfred: One of the 28th. V1. 9 May 2010

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George Alfred Henty (8 December 1832 – 16 November 1902), was a prolific English novelist and special correspondent. He is best known for his historical adventure stories that were popular in the late 19th century. His works include Out on the Pampas (1871), The Young Buglers (1880), With Clive in India (1884) and Wulf the Saxon (1895).

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Although in the present story a boy plays the principal part, and encounters many adventures by land and sea, a woman is the real heroine, and the part she played demanded an amount of nerve and courage fully equal to that necessary for those who take part in active warfare. Boys are rather apt to think, mistakenly, that their sex has a monopoly of courage, but I believe that in moments of great peril women are to the full as brave and as collected as men.

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Henty, George Alfred: Orange and Green. V1. 11 May 2010

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George Alfred Henty (8 December 1832 – 16 November 1902), was a prolific English novelist and special correspondent. He is best known for his historical adventure stories that were popular in the late 19th century. His works include Out on the Pampas (1871), The Young Buglers (1880), With Clive in India (1884) and Wulf the Saxon (1895).

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The subject of Ireland is one which has, for some years, been a very prominent one, and is likely, I fear, for some time yet to occupy a large share of public attention. The discontent, manifested in the troubles of recent years, has had its root in an old sense of grievance, for which there was, unhappily, only too abundant reason.

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Henty, George Alfred: Rujub, the Juggler. V1. 16 May 2010

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George Alfred Henty (8 December 1832 – 16 November 1902), was a prolific English novelist and special correspondent. He is best known for his historical adventure stories that were popular in the late 19th century. His works include Out on the Pampas (1871), The Young Buglers (1880), With Clive in India (1884) and Wulf the Saxon (1895).

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"Rujub, the Juggler," is mainly an historical tale for young and old, dealing with the Sepoy Mutiny, in India, during the years 1857 to 1859.
This famous mutiny occurred while the reins of British rule in India were in the hands of Lord Canning. Chupattees (cakes of flour and water) were circulated among the natives, placards protesting against British rule were posted at Delhi, and when the Enfield rifle with its greased cartridges was introduced among the Sepoy soldiers serving the Queen it was rumored that the cartridges were smeared with the forbidden pig's fat, so that the power of the Sepoys might forever be destroyed.

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Henty, George Alfred: Saint Bartholomew's Eve. V1. 17 May 2010

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George Alfred Henty (8 December 1832 – 16 November 1902), was a prolific English novelist and special correspondent. He is best known for his historical adventure stories that were popular in the late 19th century. His works include Out on the Pampas (1871), The Young Buglers (1880), With Clive in India (1884) and Wulf the Saxon (1895).

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It is difficult, in these days of religious toleration, to understand why men should, three centuries ago, have flown at each others' throats in the name of the Almighty; still less how, in cold blood, they could have perpetrated hideous massacres of men, women, and children. The Huguenot wars were, however, as much political as religious. Philip of Spain, at that time the most powerful potentate of Europe, desired to add France to the countries where his influence was all powerful; and in the ambitious house of Guise he found ready instruments.

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Henty, George Alfred: Saint George for England. V1. 18 May 2010

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George Alfred Henty (8 December 1832 – 16 November 1902), was a prolific English novelist and special correspondent. He is best known for his historical adventure stories that were popular in the late 19th century. His works include Out on the Pampas (1871), The Young Buglers (1880), With Clive in India (1884) and Wulf the Saxon (1895).

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You may be told perhaps that there is no good to be obtained from tales of fighting and bloodshed,—that there is no moral to be drawn from such histories. Believe it not. War has its lessons as well as Peace. You will learn from tales like this that determination and enthusiasm can accomplish marvels, that true courage is generally accompanied by magnanimity and gentleness, and that if not in itself the very highest of virtues, it is the parent of almost all the others, since but few of them can be practised without it. The courage of our forefathers has created the greatest empire in the world around a small and in itself insignificant island; if this empire is ever lost, it will be by the cowardice of their descendants.

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Henty, George Alfred: Tales of Daring and Danger. V1. 19 May 2010

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George Alfred Henty (8 December 1832 – 16 November 1902), was a prolific English novelist and special correspondent. He is best known for his historical adventure stories that were popular in the late 19th century. His works include Out on the Pampas (1871), The Young Buglers (1880), With Clive in India (1884) and Wulf the Saxon (1895).

BEARS AND DACOITS
THE PATERNOSTERS
A PIPE OF MYSTERY
WHITE-FACED DICK
A BRUSH WITH THE CHINESE

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Henty, George Alfred: The Boy Knight. V1. 26 Apr 2010

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George Alfred Henty (8 December 1832 – 16 November 1902), was a prolific English novelist and special correspondent. He is best known for his historical adventure stories that were popular in the late 19th century. His works include Out on the Pampas (1871), The Young Buglers (1880), With Clive in India (1884) and Wulf the Saxon (1895).

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It was a bright morning in the month of August, when a lad of some fifteen years of age, sitting on a low wall, watched party after party of armed men riding up to the castle of the Earl of Evesham. A casual observer glancing at his curling hair and bright open face, as also at the fashion of his dress, would at once have assigned to him a purely Saxon origin; but a keener eye would have detected signs that Norman blood ran also in his veins, for his figure was lither and lighter, his features more straightly and shapely cut, than was common among Saxons. His dress consisted of a tight-fitting jerkin, descending nearly to his knees. The material was a light-blue cloth, while over his shoulder hung a short cloak of a darker hue. His cap was of Saxon fashion, and he wore on one side a little plume of a heron. In a somewhat costly belt hung a light short sword, while across his knees lay a crossbow, in itself almost a sure sign of its bearer being of other than Saxon blood. The boy looked anxiously as party after party rode past toward the castle.

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Henty, George Alfred: The Bravest of the Brave. V1. 26 Apr 2010

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George Alfred Henty (8 December 1832 – 16 November 1902), was a prolific English novelist and special correspondent. He is best known for his historical adventure stories that were popular in the late 19th century. His works include Out on the Pampas (1871), The Young Buglers (1880), With Clive in India (1884) and Wulf the Saxon (1895).

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There are few great leaders whose lives and actions have so completely fallen into oblivion as those of the Earl of Peterborough. His career as a general was a brief one, extending only over little more than a year, and yet in that time he showed a genius for warfare which has never been surpassed, and performed feats of daring worthy of taking their place among those of the leaders of chivalry.

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Henty, George Alfred: The Cornet of Horse. V1. 29 Apr 2010

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George Alfred Henty (8 December 1832 – 16 November 1902), was a prolific English novelist and special correspondent. He is best known for his historical adventure stories that were popular in the late 19th century. His works include Out on the Pampas (1871), The Young Buglers (1880), With Clive in India (1884) and Wulf the Saxon (1895).

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"One, two, three, four, one, two, three, four—turn to your lady; one, two, three, four—now deep reverence. Now you take her hand; no, not her whole hand—the tips of her fingers; now you lead her to her seat; now a deep bow, so. That will do. You are improving, but you must be more light, more graceful, more courtly in your air; still you will do.
"Now run away, Mignon. to the garden; you have madam's permission to gather fruit.
"Now, Monsieur Rupert, we will take our lesson in fencing."
The above speech was in the French language, and the speaker was a tall, slightly-built man of about fifty years of age. The scene was a long low room, in a mansion situated some two miles from Derby. The month was January, 1702, and King William the Third sat upon the throne. In the room, in addition to the dancing master, were the lad he was teaching, an active, healthy-looking boy between fifteen and sixteen; his partner, a bright-faced French girl of some twelve years of age; and an old man, nearer eighty than seventy, but still erect and active, who sat in a large armchair, looking on.

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Henty, George Alfred: The Curse of Carne's Hold. V1.April 5 2012

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Henty, George Alfred: The Dash for Khartoum. V1. 29 Apr 2010

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George Alfred Henty (8 December 1832 – 16 November 1902), was a prolific English novelist and special correspondent. He is best known for his historical adventure stories that were popular in the late 19th century. His works include Out on the Pampas (1871), The Young Buglers (1880), With Clive in India (1884) and Wulf the Saxon (1895).

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The story of the Nile Expedition is so recent that no word of introduction is necessary to the historical portion of the tale. The moral, such as it is, of the story of the two lads brought up as brothers is—Never act in haste, for repentance is sure to follow. In this case great anxiety and unhappiness were caused through a lad acting as he believed for the best, but without consulting those who had every right to a voice in the matter.

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Henty, George Alfred: The Dragon and the Raven. V1. 30 Apr 2010

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George Alfred Henty (8 December 1832 – 16 November 1902), was a prolific English novelist and special correspondent. He is best known for his historical adventure stories that were popular in the late 19th century. His works include Out on the Pampas (1871), The Young Buglers (1880), With Clive in India (1884) and Wulf the Saxon (1895).

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Living in the present days of peace and tranquillity it is difficult to picture the life of our ancestors in the days of King Alfred, when the whole country was for years overrun by hordes of pagan barbarians, who slaughtered, plundered, and destroyed at will.

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Henty, George Alfred: The Golden Canyon. V1. 3 May 2010

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George Alfred Henty (8 December 1832 – 16 November 1902), was a prolific English novelist and special correspondent. He is best known for his historical adventure stories that were popular in the late 19th century. His works include Out on the Pampas (1871), The Young Buglers (1880), With Clive in India (1884) and Wulf the Saxon (1895).

THE GOLDEN CANYON.
THE STONE CHEST.

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Henty, George Alfred: The Lion of Saint Mark. V1. 5 May 2010

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George Alfred Henty (8 December 1832 – 16 November 1902), was a prolific English novelist and special correspondent. He is best known for his historical adventure stories that were popular in the late 19th century. His works include Out on the Pampas (1871), The Young Buglers (1880), With Clive in India (1884) and Wulf the Saxon (1895).

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Of all the chapters of history, there are few more interesting or wonderful than that which tells the story of the rise and progress of Venice. Built upon a few sandy islands in a shallow lagoon, and originally founded by fugitives from the mainland, Venice became one of the greatest and most respected powers of Europe

Built with Sigil.

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Henty, George Alfred: The Treasure of the Incas. V1. 22 May 2010

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George Alfred Henty (8 December 1832 – 16 November 1902), was a prolific English novelist and special correspondent. He is best known for his historical adventure stories that were popular in the late 19th century. His works include Out on the Pampas (1871), The Young Buglers (1880), With Clive in India (1884) and Wulf the Saxon (1895).

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The mysterious loss of a large portion of the treasure of the Incas has never been completely cleared up. By torturing the natives to whom the secret had been entrusted, the Spaniards made two or three discoveries, but there can be little doubt that these finds were only a small proportion of the total amount of the missing hoards, although for years after their occupation of the country the Spaniards spared no pains and hesitated at no cruelty to bring to light the hidden wealth

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Henty, George Alfred: The Young Buglers. V1. 29 May 2010

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I remember that, as a boy, I regarded any attempt to mix instruction with amusement as being as objectionable a practice as the administration of powder in jam; but I think that this feeling arose from the fact that in those days books contained a very small share of amusement and a very large share of instruction.

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Henty, George Alfred: The Young Carthaginian. V1. 30 May 2010

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George Alfred Henty (8 December 1832 – 16 November 1902), was a prolific English novelist and special correspondent. He is best known for his historical adventure stories that were popular in the late 19th century. His works include Out on the Pampas (1871), The Young Buglers (1880), With Clive in India (1884) and Wulf the Saxon (1895).

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When I was a boy at school, if I remember rightly, our sympathies were generally with the Carthaginians as against the Romans. Why they were so, except that one generally sympathizes with the unfortunate, I do not quite know; certainly we had but a hazy idea as to the merits of the struggle and knew but little of its events, for the Latin and Greek authors, which serve as the ordinary textbooks in schools, do not treat of the Punic wars. That it was a struggle for empire at first, and latterly one for existence on the part of Carthage, that Hannibal was a great and skilful general, that he defeated the Romans at Trebia, Lake Trasimenus, and Cannae, and all but took Rome, and that the Romans behaved with bad faith and great cruelty at the capture of Carthage, represents, I think, pretty nearly the sum total of our knowledge.

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Henty, George Alfred: The Young Franc Tireurs. V1. 30 May 2010

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George Alfred Henty (8 December 1832 – 16 November 1902), was a prolific English novelist and special correspondent. He is best known for his historical adventure stories that were popular in the late 19th century. His works include Out on the Pampas (1871), The Young Buglers (1880), With Clive in India (1884) and Wulf the Saxon (1895).

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The present story was written and published a few months, only, after the termination of the Franco-German war. At that time the plan--which I have since carried out in The Young Buglers, Cornet of Horse, and In Times of Peril, and which I hope to continue, in further volumes--of giving, under the guise of historical tales, full and accurate accounts of all the leading events of great wars, had not occurred to me. My object was only to represent one phase of the struggle--the action of the bodies of volunteer troops known as franc tireurs.

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Henty, George Alfred: Through the Fray. V1. 21 May 2010

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George Alfred Henty (8 December 1832 – 16 November 1902), was a prolific English novelist and special correspondent. He is best known for his historical adventure stories that were popular in the late 19th century. His works include Out on the Pampas (1871), The Young Buglers (1880), With Clive in India (1884) and Wulf the Saxon (1895).

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The beginning of the present century, glorious as it was for British arms abroad, was a dark time to those who lived by their daily labor at home. The heavy taxation entailed by the war, the injury to trade, and the enormous prices of food, all pressed heavily upon the working classes. The invention of improved machinery, vast as has been the increase of trade which it has brought about, at first pressed heavily upon the hand workers, who assigned all their distress to the new inventions. Hence a movement arose, which did much damage and for a time threatened to be extremely formidable. It had its ramifications through all the manufacturing districts of England, the object being the destruction of the machinery, and a return to the old methods of work.

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Henty, George Alfred: Through Three Campaigns. V1. 21 May 2010

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George Alfred Henty (8 December 1832 – 16 November 1902), was a prolific English novelist and special correspondent. He is best known for his historical adventure stories that were popular in the late 19th century. His works include Out on the Pampas (1871), The Young Buglers (1880), With Clive in India (1884) and Wulf the Saxon (1895).

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Our little wars attract far less attention among the people of this country than they deserve. They are frequently carried out in circumstances of the most adverse kind. Our enemies, although ignorant of military discipline are, as a rule, extremely brave; and are thoroughly capable of using the natural advantages of their country. Our men are called upon to bear enormous fatigue, and endure extremes in climate. The fighting is incessant, the peril constant. Nevertheless, they show a magnificent contempt for danger and difficulty; and fight with a valour and determination worthy of the highest praise.

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Henty, George Alfred: True to the Old Flag. V1. 22 May 2010

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George Alfred Henty (8 December 1832 – 16 November 1902), was a prolific English novelist and special correspondent. He is best known for his historical adventure stories that were popular in the late 19th century. His works include Out on the Pampas (1871), The Young Buglers (1880), With Clive in India (1884) and Wulf the Saxon (1895).

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You have probably been accustomed to regard the war between England and her colonies in America as one in which we were not only beaten but, to some extent, humiliated. Owing to the war having been an unsuccessful one for our arms, British writers have avoided the subject, and it has been left for American historians to describe.

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Henty, George Alfred: Under Wellington's Command. V1. 23 May 2010

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George Alfred Henty (8 December 1832 – 16 November 1902), was a prolific English novelist and special correspondent. He is best known for his historical adventure stories that were popular in the late 19th century. His works include Out on the Pampas (1871), The Young Buglers (1880), With Clive in India (1884) and Wulf the Saxon (1895).

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As many boys into whose hands the present volume may fall will not have read my last year's book, With Moore in Corunna, of which this is a continuation, it is necessary that a few words should be said, to enable them to take up the thread of the story. It was impossible, in the limits of one book, to give even an outline of the story of the Peninsular War, without devoting the whole space to the military operations. It would, in fact, have been a history rather than a tale; and it accordingly closed with the passage of the Douro, and the expulsion of the French from Portugal.

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Henty, George Alfred: When London Burned. V1. 23 May 2010

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George Alfred Henty (8 December 1832 – 16 November 1902), was a prolific English novelist and special correspondent. He is best known for his historical adventure stories that were popular in the late 19th century. His works include Out on the Pampas (1871), The Young Buglers (1880), With Clive in India (1884) and Wulf the Saxon (1895).

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We are accustomed to regard the Reign of Charles II. as one of the most inglorious periods of English History; but this was far from being the case. It is true that the extravagance and profligacy of the Court were carried to a point unknown before or since, forming,—by the indignation they excited among the people at large,—the main cause of the overthrow of the House of Stuart. But, on the other hand, the nation made extraordinary advances in commerce and wealth, while the valour of our sailors was as conspicuous under the Dukes of York and Albemarle, Prince Rupert and the Earl of Sandwich, as it had been under Blake himself, and their victories resulted in transferring the commercial as well as the naval supremacy of Holland to this country.

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Henty, George Alfred: When London Burned. V2. 23 May 2010

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George Alfred Henty (8 December 1832 – 16 November 1902), was a prolific English novelist and special correspondent. He is best known for his historical adventure stories that were popular in the late 19th century. His works include Out on the Pampas (1871), The Young Buglers (1880), With Clive in India (1884) and Wulf the Saxon (1895).

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We are accustomed to regard the Reign of Charles II. as one of the most inglorious periods of English History; but this was far from being the case. It is true that the extravagance and profligacy of the Court were carried to a point unknown before or since, forming,—by the indignation they excited among the people at large,—the main cause of the overthrow of the House of Stuart. But, on the other hand, the nation made extraordinary advances in commerce and wealth, while the valour of our sailors was as conspicuous under the Dukes of York and Albemarle, Prince Rupert and the Earl of Sandwich, as it had been under Blake himself, and their victories resulted in transferring the commercial as well as the naval supremacy of Holland to this country.

Edit: Fixed the TOC

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Henty, George Alfred: Winning His Spurs. V1. 24 May 2010

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George Alfred Henty (8 December 1832 – 16 November 1902), was a prolific English novelist and special correspondent. He is best known for his historical adventure stories that were popular in the late 19th century. His works include Out on the Pampas (1871), The Young Buglers (1880), With Clive in India (1884) and Wulf the Saxon (1895).

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It was a bright morning in the month of August, when a lad of some fifteen years of age, sitting on a low wall, watched party after party of armed men riding up to the castle of the Earl of Evesham. A casual observer glancing at his curling hair and bright open face, as also at the fashion of his dress, would at once have assigned to him a purely Saxon origin; but a keener eye would have detected signs that Norman blood ran also in his veins, for his figure was lither and lighter, his features more straightly and shapely cut, than was common among Saxons.

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Henty, George Alfred: With Buller in Natal. V1. 24 May 2010

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George Alfred Henty (8 December 1832 – 16 November 1902), was a prolific English novelist and special correspondent. He is best known for his historical adventure stories that were popular in the late 19th century. His works include Out on the Pampas (1871), The Young Buglers (1880), With Clive in India (1884) and Wulf the Saxon (1895).

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It will be a long time before the story of the late war can be written fully and impartially. Even among the narratives of those who witnessed the engagements there are many differences and discrepancies, as is necessarily the case when the men who write are in different parts of the field. Until, then, the very meagre military despatches are supplemented by much fuller details, anything like an accurate history of the war would be impossible.

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Henty, George Alfred: With Cochrane the Dauntless. V1. 5 July 2010

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George Alfred Henty (8 December 1832 – 16 November 1902), was a prolific English novelist and special correspondent. He is best known for his historical adventure stories that were popular in the late 19th century. His works include Out on the Pampas (1871), The Young Buglers (1880), With Clive in India (1884) and Wulf the Saxon (1895).

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In the annals of British sailors there is no name that should stand higher than that of Lord Cochrane. In some respects he resembled that daring leader and great military genius, the Earl of Peterborough. Both performed feats that most men would have regarded as impossible, both possessed extraordinary personal bravery and exceptional genius for war, and a love for adventure. Both accomplished marvels, and neither was appreciated at his full value by his countrymen, both having a touch of originality that amounted in the case of Peterborough to absolute eccentricity. In other respects they had little in common.

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Henty, George Alfred: With Frederick the Great. V1. 27 May 2010

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George Alfred Henty (8 December 1832 – 16 November 1902), was a prolific English novelist and special correspondent. He is best known for his historical adventure stories that were popular in the late 19th century. His works include Out on the Pampas (1871), The Young Buglers (1880), With Clive in India (1884) and Wulf the Saxon (1895).

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Among the great wars of history there are few, if any, instances of so long and successfully sustained a struggle, against enormous odds, as that of the Seven Years' War, maintained by Prussia--then a small and comparatively insignificant kingdom--against Russia, Austria, and France simultaneously, who were aided also by the forces of most of the minor principalities of Germany.

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Henty, George Alfred: With Kitchener in the Soudan. V1. 27 May 2010

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George Alfred Henty (8 December 1832 – 16 November 1902), was a prolific English novelist and special correspondent. He is best known for his historical adventure stories that were popular in the late 19th century. His works include Out on the Pampas (1871), The Young Buglers (1880), With Clive in India (1884) and Wulf the Saxon (1895).

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The reconquest of the Soudan will ever be mentioned as one of the most difficult, and at the same time the most successful, enterprises ever undertaken. The task of carrying an army hundreds of miles across a waterless desert; conveying it up a great river, bristling with obstacles; defeating an enormously superior force, unsurpassed in the world for courage; and, finally, killing the leader of the enemy and crushing out the last spark of opposition; was a stupendous one.

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Henty, George Alfred: With Lee in Virginia. V1. 27 May 2010

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George Alfred Henty (8 December 1832 – 16 November 1902), was a prolific English novelist and special correspondent. He is best known for his historical adventure stories that were popular in the late 19th century. His works include Out on the Pampas (1871), The Young Buglers (1880), With Clive in India (1884) and Wulf the Saxon (1895).

Excerpt
The Great War between the Northern and Southern States of America possesses a
peculiar interest for us, not only because it was a struggle between two sections of a people akin to us in race and language, but because of the heroic courage with which the weaker party, with ill-fed, ill-clad, ill-equipped regiments, for four years sustained the contest with an adversary not only
possessed of immense numerical superiority, but having the command of the sea, and being able to draw its arms and munitions of war from all the manufactories of Europe.

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Henty, George Alfred: With Moore at Corunna. V1. 28 May 2010

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George Alfred Henty (8 December 1832 – 16 November 1902), was a prolific English novelist and special correspondent. He is best known for his historical adventure stories that were popular in the late 19th century. His works include Out on the Pampas (1871), The Young Buglers (1880), With Clive in India (1884) and Wulf the Saxon (1895).

Excerpt
From the termination of the campaigns of Marlborough--at which time the British
army won for itself a reputation rivalled by that of no other in Europe--to the
year when the despatch of a small army under Sir Arthur Wellesley marked the
beginning of another series of British victories as brilliant and as unbroken as
those of that great commander, the opinion had gained ground in Europe that the
British had lost their military virtues, and that, although undoubtedly powerful
at sea, they could have henceforth but little influence in European affairs.

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Henty, George Alfred: With Wolfe in Canada. V1. 29 May 2010

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George Alfred Henty (8 December 1832 – 16 November 1902), was a prolific English novelist and special correspondent. He is best known for his historical adventure stories that were popular in the late 19th century. His works include Out on the Pampas (1871), The Young Buglers (1880), With Clive in India (1884) and Wulf the Saxon (1895).

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In the present volume I have endeavoured to give the details of the principal events in a struggle whose importance can hardly be overrated. At its commencement the English occupied a mere patch of land on the eastern seaboard of America, hemmed in on all sides by the French, who occupied not only Canada in the north and Louisiana in the south, but possessed a chain of posts connecting them, so cutting off the English from all access to the vast countries of the west.

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Henty, George Alfred: Won By the Sword. V1. 29 May 2010

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George Alfred Henty (8 December 1832 – 16 November 1902), was a prolific English novelist and special correspondent. He is best known for his historical adventure stories that were popular in the late 19th century. His works include Out on the Pampas (1871), The Young Buglers (1880), With Clive in India (1884) and Wulf the Saxon (1895).

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In my preface to the Lion of the North I expressed a hope that I might some day be able to continue the history of the Thirty Years' War. The deaths of Gustavus and his great rival Wallenstein and the crushing defeat of the Swedes and their allies at the battle of Nordlingen brought the first period of that war to a close.

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Herbert, Henry William: The Roman Traitor (Vol. 1 of 2). v1. 17 Jan 2014

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Henry William Herbert (April 3, 1807 – May 17, 1858), pen name Frank Forester, was an English novelist, poet, historian, illustrator, journalist and writer on sport. Starr writes that “as a classical scholar he had few equals in the United States . . . his knowledge of English history and literature was extensive; he was a pen-and-ink artist of marked ability; as a sportsman he was unsurpassed; his pupils idolized him.”

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This is one of the most powerful Roman stories in the English language, and is of itself sufficient to stamp the writer as a powerful man. The dark intrigues of the days which Cæsar, Sallust and Cicero made illustrious; when Cataline defied and almost defeated the Senate; when the plots which ultimately overthrew the Roman Republic were being formed, are described in a masterly manner. The book deserves a permanent position by the side of the great Bellum Catalinarium of Sallust, and if we mistake not will not fail to occupy a prominent place among those produced in America.

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Herbert, Henry William: The Roman Traitor (Vol. 2 of 2). v1. 17 Jan 2014

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Henry William Herbert (April 3, 1807 – May 17, 1858), pen name Frank Forester, was an English novelist, poet, historian, illustrator, journalist and writer on sport. Starr writes that “as a classical scholar he had few equals in the United States . . . his knowledge of English history and literature was extensive; he was a pen-and-ink artist of marked ability; as a sportsman he was unsurpassed; his pupils idolized him.”

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This is one of the most powerful Roman stories in the English language, and is of itself sufficient to stamp the writer as a powerful man. The dark intrigues of the days is of itself sufficient to stamp the writer as a powerful man. The dark intrigues of the days which Cæsar, Sallust and Cicero made illustrious; when Cataline defied and almost defeated the Senate; when the plots which ultimately overthrew the Roman Republic were being formed, are described in a masterly manner. The book deserves a permanent position by the side of the great Bellum Catalinarium of Sallust, and if we mistake not will not fail to occupy a prominent place among those produced in America.

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Herbert, Henry William: The Silent Rifleman. v11. 17 Nov 2014

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Frank Forester, was an English novelist, poet, historian, illustrator, journalist and writer on sport. Starr writes that "as a classical scholar he had few equals in the United States . . . his knowledge of English history and literature was extensive; he was a pen-and-ink artist of marked ability; as a sportsman he was unsurpassed; his pupils idolized him."

Excerpt
It wanted an hour or two of sunset on a lovely evening in the latter part of September, when a single horseman might have been seen making his way to the westward, across the high dry prairie land, which lies between the upper portion of the river Nueces and the Bravo del Norte.
He was a small, spare man, of no great personal power, but of a figure which gave promise of great agility and capability of enduring fatigue, the most remarkable feature of which was the extraordinary length of his arms.

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Herbert, Henry William: Wager of Battle. v1. 18 Nov 2014

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Frank Forester, was an English novelist, poet, historian, illustrator, journalist and writer on sport. Starr writes that "as a classical scholar he had few equals in the United States . . . his knowledge of English history and literature was extensive; he was a pen-and-ink artist of marked ability; as a sportsman he was unsurpassed; his pupils idolized him."

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In the latter part of the twelfth century—when, in the reign of Henry II., fourth successor of the Conqueror, and grandson of the first prince of that name, known as Beauclerc, the condition of the vanquished Saxons had begun in some sort to amend, though no fusion of the races had as yet commenced, and tranquillity was partially restored to England—the greater part of the northern counties, from the Trent to the mouths of Tyne and Solway, was little better than an unbroken chase or forest, with the exception of the fiefs of a few great barons, or the territories of a few cities and free borough towns; and thence, northward to the Scottish frontier, all was a rude and pathless desert of morasses, moors, and mountains, untrodden save by the foot of the persecuted Saxon outlaw.

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Hergesheimer, Joseph: Mountain Blood. V1. 31 May 2010

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Joseph Hergesheimer (February 15, 1880 – April 25, 1954) was a prominent American writer of the early 20th century known for his naturalistic novels of decadent life amongst the very wealthy.

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The fiery disk of the sun was just lifting above the shoulder of hills that held the city of Stenton when the Greenstream stage rolled briskly from its depot, a dingy frame tavern, and commenced the long journey to its high destination. The tavern was on the outskirts of town; beyond, a broad, level plain reached to a shimmering blue silhouette of mountains printed on a silvery sky; and the stage immediately left the paved street for the soft, dusty country road.

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Hergesheimer, Joseph: The Bright Shawl. V1. 30 May 2010

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Joseph Hergesheimer (February 15, 1880 – April 25, 1954) was a prominent American writer of the early 20th century known for his naturalistic novels of decadent life amongst the very wealthy.

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When Howard Gage had gone, his mother’s brother sat with his head bowed in frowning thought. The frown, however, was one of perplexity rather than disapproval: he was wholly unable to comprehend the younger man’s attitude toward his experiences in the late war. The truth was, Charles Abbott acknowledged, that he understood nothing, nothing at all, about the present young. Indeed, if it hadn’t been for the thoroughly absurd, the witless, things they constantly did, dispensing with their actual years he would have considered them the present aged. They were so—well, so gloomy.

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Hergesheimer, Joseph: The Happy End. V1. 31 May 2010

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Joseph Hergesheimer (February 15, 1880 – April 25, 1954) was a prominent American writer of the early 20th century known for his naturalistic novels of decadent life amongst the very wealthy.

Lonely Valleys
The Egyptian Chariot
The Flower of Spain
Tol'able David
Bread
Rosemary Roselle
The Thrush in the Hedge

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Hergesheimer, Joseph: The Three Black Pennys. V1. 1 Jun 2010

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Joseph Hergesheimer (February 15, 1880 – April 25, 1954) was a prominent American writer of the early 20th century known for his naturalistic novels of decadent life amongst the very wealthy.

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A twilight like blue dust sifted into the shallow fold of the thickly wooded hills. It was early October, but a crisping frost had already stamped the maple trees with gold, the Spanish oaks were hung with patches of wine red, the sumach was brilliant in the darkening underbrush. A pattern of wild geese, flying low and unconcerned above the hills, wavered against the serene, ashen evening. Howat Penny, standing in the comparative clearing of a road, decided that the shifting, regular flight would not come close enough for a shot. He dropped the butt of his gun to the ground. Then he raised it again, examining the hammer; the flint was loose, unsatisfactory. There was a probability that it would miss firing.

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Hergesheimer, Joseph: Wild Oranges. V1. 1 Jun 2010

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Joseph Hergesheimer (February 15, 1880 – April 25, 1954) was a prominent American writer of the early 20th century known for his naturalistic novels of decadent life amongst the very wealthy.

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THE ketch drifted into the serene inclosure of the bay as silently as the reflections moving over the mirrorlike surface of the water. Beyond a low arm of land that hid the sea the western sky was a single, clear yellow; farther on the left the pale, incalculably old limbs of cypress, their roots bare, were hung with gathering shadows as delicate as their own faint foliage. The stillness was emphasized by the ceaseless murmur of the waves breaking on the far, seaward bars.

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Hernández, José: Martín Fierro. (Spanish, Illustrated) v.1 02-May-2010

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José Hernández (1834-1886) was an Argentine journalist, poet, and politician. He's best known for his poem Martín Fierro.

"Martín Fierro" is an epic poem, published in two parts ("El gaucho Martín Fierro", 1872; "La vuelta de Martín Fierro", 1879). It tells the story, mainly in first person, of Martín Fierro, a gaucho (South-American "cowboy"), how he was drafted to defend the border and abused by the authorities, then he deserts and becomes an outlaw. It is written in the style of the Argentine rural ballads, and by its content it is clear that it is supposed to be sung. "Martín Fierro" is one of the touchstones of Argentine literature, and a motive of pride for the country.

A word of caution for Spanish learners: the text contains many dialect words, and the spelling is often altered to reflect the speech of the gauchos, so it's probably not an easy read.

I've included the only versions of the original illustrations I could find. If anyone can find better quality scans I'd be grateful. This mobi version is a (manual) conversion from the ePUB and has not really been tested, but I hope it works right.

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Heron, E & H: Real Ghost Stories: The Complete Flaxman Low (1899); v1, 27 Mar 2019

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Mother and son writing team "E and H Heron" produced this dozen ghost and horror stories in the 1890s, all published in Pearson's Magazine. Pearson's presented them as though true stories, to the authors' annoyance.

In 1899 the whole set of 12 stories was collected into a special issue of Pearsons, May 1899, with the heading "Real Ghost Stories". The magazine contained a couple of poems mainly as fillers for empty spaces, which have been omitted. There were a great many half-tone illustrations, which didn't survive the Google scanning process well, and have also been omitted.

The first story has been reprinted often, because it is one of the few to have a rational, ie non-occult, solution.

1: The Story of the Spaniards, Hammersmith
2: The Story Of Medhans Lea
3: The Story Of The Moor Road
4: The Story of Baelbrow
5: The Story of the Grey House
6: The Story of Yand Manor House

Second Series
1:The Story of Sevens Hall
2: The Story of Saddler's Croft
3: The Story of No. 1, Karma Crescent
4: The Story of Konnor Old House
5: The Story of Crowsedge
6: The Story of Mr. Flaxman Low.

The cover scan was poor, but rather than create an original cover, I have used it in a reduced size.

The authors names are:
Kate Pritchard 1851-1935
Hesketh Pritchard 1876-1922

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Heron, E and H: Flaxman Low, Occult Psychologist, Collected Stories. V1. 7 Mar 2012

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Major Hesketh Vernon Hesketh-Prichard, DSO, MC, FRGS, FZS (17 November 1876 – 14 June 1922) was an explorer, adventurer, big-game hunter and marksman who made a significant contribution to sniping practice within the British Army during the First World War. Concerned not only with improving the quality of marksmanship, the measures he introduced to counter the threat of German snipers were credited by a contemporary with saving the lives of over 3,500 Allied soldiers.
During his lifetime, he also explored territory never seen before, played cricket at first-class level, including on overseas tours, wrote short stories and novels (one of which was turned into a Douglas Fairbanks film) and was a successful newspaper correspondent and travel writer. His many activities brought him into the highest social and professional circles. Despite a lifetime's passion for shooting, he was an active campaigner for animal welfare and succeeded in seeing legal measures introduced for their protection.
He and his mother wrote together under the pseudonyms "H. Heron" and "E. Heron.

The Story of Saddler's Croft
The Story of Baelbrow
The Story of Yand Manor House
The Story of Konnor Old House
The Story of the Spaniards, Hammersmith
The Story of Sevens Hall

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Herrick, Robert Welch: Clark's Field. V1. 2 Jun 2010

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Robert Welch Herrick (21 April 1868 Cambridge, Massachusetts - 23 December 1938 Charlotte Amalie, St. Thomas, U.S. Virgin Islands) was a novelist who was part of a new generation of American realists. His novels deal with the turbulence of industrialized society and the turmoil it can create in sensitive, isolated people. He was also briefly acting-Governor of the United States Virgin Islands in 1935.

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The other day I happened to be in the town where I was born and not far from the commonplace house in the humbler quarter of the town where my parents were living at the time of my birth, half a century and more ago. I am not fond of my native town, although I lived in the place until I was seventeen or eighteen years old. It was never a distinguished spot and seems to have gained nothing as yet from having been my birthplace

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Herrick, Robert Welch: One Woman's Life. V1. 3 June 2010

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Robert Welch Herrick (21 April 1868 Cambridge, Massachusetts - 23 December 1938 Charlotte Amalie, St. Thomas, U.S. Virgin Islands) was a novelist who was part of a new generation of American realists. His novels deal with the turbulence of industrialized society and the turmoil it can create in sensitive, isolated people. He was also briefly acting-Governor of the United States Virgin Islands in 1935.

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"Is that the house!" Milly Ridge exclaimed disapprovingly.
Her father, a little man, with one knee bent against the unyielding, newly varnished front door, glanced up apprehensively at the figures painted on the glass transom above. In that block of little houses, all exactly alike, he might easily have made a mistake. Reassured he murmured over his shoulder,—"Yes—212—that's right!" and he turned the key again.

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Herrick, Robert Welch: The Man Who Wins.V1. 2 June 2010

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Robert Welch Herrick (21 April 1868 Cambridge, Massachusetts - 23 December 1938 Charlotte Amalie, St. Thomas, U.S. Virgin Islands) was a novelist who was part of a new generation of American realists. His novels deal with the turbulence of industrialized society and the turmoil it can create in sensitive, isolated people. He was also briefly acting-Governor of the United States Virgin Islands in 1935.

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The Four Corners in Middleton made a pleasant drive from the university town of Camberton. Many a time in the history of the house a party of young fellows had driven over the old turnpike that started where the arsenal used to stand in the sacred quarter of Camberton, and as the evening sun gilded the low, fresh-water marshes beyond Spring Pond, would trot on toward the rolling hills of Middleton. After dinner, or a dance, or, perhaps, mere chat over a late supper, they rode away at midnight singing as they whipped up their sleepy nags and otherwise disturbing the decorum of night in Middleton.

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Herrick, Robert Welch: The World Decision. V1. 4 June 2010

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Robert Welch Herrick (21 April 1868 Cambridge, Massachusetts - 23 December 1938 Charlotte Amalie, St. Thomas, U.S. Virgin Islands) was a novelist who was part of a new generation of American realists. His novels deal with the turbulence of industrialized society and the turmoil it can create in sensitive, isolated people. He was also briefly acting-Governor of the United States Virgin Islands in 1935.

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Last April, when I left New York for Europe, Italy was "on the verge" of entering the great war. According to the meager reports that a strict censorship permitted to reach the world, Italy had been hesitating for many months between a continuance of her precarious neutrality and joining with the Allies, with an intermittent war fever in her pulses. It was known that she was buying supplies for her ill-equipped army—boots and food and arms. Nevertheless, American opinion had come to the somewhat cynical belief that Italy would never get further than the verge of war; that her Austrian ally would be induced by the pressure of necessity to concede enough of those "national aspirations," of which we had heard much, to keep her southern neighbor at least lukewarmly neutral until the conclusion of the war. An American diplomat in Italy, with the best opportunity for close observation, said, as late as the middle of May: "I shall believe that Italy will go into the war only when I see it!"

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Herrick, Robert Welch: Together. V1. 3 June 2010

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Robert Welch Herrick (21 April 1868 Cambridge, Massachusetts - 23 December 1938 Charlotte Amalie, St. Thomas, U.S. Virgin Islands) was a novelist who was part of a new generation of American realists. His novels deal with the turbulence of industrialized society and the turmoil it can create in sensitive, isolated people. He was also briefly acting-Governor of the United States Virgin Islands in 1935.

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She stood before the minister who was to marry them, very tall and straight. With lips slightly parted she looked at him steadfastly, not at the man beside her who was about to become her husband. Her father, with a last gentle pressure of her arm, had taken his place behind her. In the hush that had fallen throughout the little chapel, all the restless movement of the people who had gathered there this warm June morning was stilled, in the expectation of those ancient words that would unite the two before the altar. Through the open window behind the altar a spray of young woodbine had thrust its juicy green leaves and swayed slowly in the air, which was heavy with earthy odors of all the riotous new growth that was pushing forward in the fields outside. And beyond the vine could be seen a bit of the cloudless, rain-washed sky.

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Herzl, Theodor: Der Judenstaat [German]. v1. 27 Feb 2011

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Theodor Herzl (1860-1904)
Der Judenstaat. Versuch einer modernen Lösung der Judenfrage (1896)

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„Der Judenstaat” ist ein Buch von Theodor Herzl. Es erschien 1896 in Leipzig und Wien in der M. Breitenstein's Verlags-Buchhandlung, nachdem Cronbach in Berlin und Duncker & Humblot eine Publikation abgelehnt hatten.
„Der Judenstaat” ist kein religiöses Werk, es hat vielmehr das moderne Judentum maßgeblich politisch beeinflusst, indem es das Fundament des politischen Zionismus legte. Für Herzl war ein jüdischer Staat einerseits wegen des weltweit vorhandenen Antisemitismus notwendig, andererseits weil die Religion durch die Folgen der Aufklärung und der Emanzipation ihren identitätsstiftenden und verbindenden Charakter für das Judentum verloren habe.
Herzl sah sein Werk nicht als Utopie sondern als pragmatisches Konzept zur Gründung und Bewahrung eines „Judenstaates”, wodurch die „Judenfrage” beantwortet sei.

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Hewlett, Maurice: The Spanish Jade v1 31 Jul 2009

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Maurice Henry Hewlett (1861-1923), was an English historical novelist, poet and essayist. He was born at Weybridge, the eldest son of Henry Gay Hewlett, of Shaw Hall, Addington, Kent. He was educated at the London International College, Spring Grove, Isleworth, and was called to the bar in 1891. He gave up the law after the success of Forest Lovers . From 1896 to 1901 he was Keeper of Lands, Revenues, Records and Enrolments, a government post as adviser on matters of medieval law.

Hewlett married Hilda Beatrice Herbert on 3 January 1888 in St. Peter's Church, Vauxhall, where her father was the incumbent vicar. The couple had two children, a daughter, Pia, and a son, Francis, but separated in 1914.

He settled at Broad Chalke, Wiltshire. His friends included Evelyn Underhill, and Ezra Pound, whom he met at the Poet's Club in London.

NY Times original review excerpt:

[QUOT"THE SPANISH JADE"
Latest Book by Maurice Hewlett Is a Romance in His Best Manner

Written Con Amore and with Subtle Understanding.

THE SOUL OF SPAIN REVEALED

Passion, Cruelty, and Bravery
Under the Hot Sky of a Laggard Land."[/QUOT

This is one book I fell spontanously in love with. Its filled to the brim with all the soul of Spain, it's warmth, it's beauty and it's cruelty. Not only is the story a bravado mix of adventure, romance and mystery and just oozes class and style, the illustrations in this book are quite breathtaking really. Do yourself a favor and download this one!

Contains original illustrations by William Henry Hyde. First published in 1908. Taken from the Gutenberg source files. I used an original illustration as cover.

Al Haines from Project Gutenberg made the most excellent source file.

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Heye, Dennie: The Obnoxiouis Librarian, v1.0 24 July 2009

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Hello,

attached is my book "the obnoxious librarian from hades", which contains the collection of satirical tales from my weblog

The stories are inspired by the humor of the b*stard operator from hell and Dilbert. The character is a librarian in a huge bureaucracy, trying to survive endless meetings, clueless managers and l-users (library users).

Below an abstracts:

"The one where Kevin ruins my day

It is Monday morning, 9 am in the library and the phone rings. This is a nuisance. I am just in the middle of re-writing the Dewey entry on Wikipedia (the entry now goes straight to an entry about an obscure American philosopher named John Dewey, but of course it should point straight to Melvil Dewey) and now I have completely lost my train of thought. I let the phone ring three times as I don’t want my “customers” (I am no longer allowed to call them lusers, which is short for library users) think I have nothing better to do than answering their endless, irrelevant questions.

“Library” (with the proper curt tone in my voice)
“Hello, this is Kevin from sales. I cannot get access to the Wall Street Journal Online”
“Yes?”
“Well, I need to look up some stats for a presentation by the vice president before 10, so I need you to restore my access quickly”.

I always hate it when people try to make their problem mine. To make sure our Wall Street Journal access is completely secure, I change the password every 3 days and then post it clearly on the intranet webpage for everyone to see. Well, if they know how to find the page, as it is actually not linked from anywhere. And I use a white font on a white background. But for a real motivated user that should not be a problem, I think."

- Dennie Heye

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Heyse, Paul: Andrea Delfin. V1. 12 Sep 2010

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Paul Johann Ludwig von Heyse (15 March 1830 - 2 April 1914) was a distinguished German author. Paul von Heyse was born in Berlin, Germany, the son of Karl Wilhelm Ludwig Heyse, a notable philologist, and Julie Saaling.

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In that Venetian alley which bears the friendly name of "Bella Cortesia", there was, in the middle of the past century, the simple, one-story house of a common family; over its low portal, framed by two wooden spiral columns and a baroque ledge, resided an image of the Madonna in a niche, and an eternal flame flickered humbly behind its red glass. Entering the lower corridor, one would have found oneself at the foot of a broad, steep staircase, which, without any bents, went straight up to the rooms upstairs.

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Heyse, Paul: Barbarossa german v1 26 feb 2009

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Paul Johann Ludwig von Heyse, geadelt 1910 (* 15. März 1830 in Berlin; † 2. April 1914 in München), war ein deutscher Schriftsteller.

Seine nach eigenem Modell geschriebenen Novellen machten ihn bekannt. 1910 wurde er als erster deutscher Autor belletristischer Werke mit dem Nobelpreis für Literatur ausgezeichnet.

Bewunderung erregten seine Novellen, die er als ein weniger ernst zu nehmendes Nebenprodukt seines Schaffens hinstellte. Heyse erkannte völlig richtig in dieser Gattung die innovative Leistung seiner Generation. „Denn auf dem Gebiet der Novelle hatten wir nicht wie auf anderen von unseren Vätern aus der klassischen Zeit ein reiches Erbe übernommen, das wir hätten ’erwerben müssen, um es zu besitzen’. […] Seitdem aber haben wir uns gemüht, an die Novelle höhere Forderungen zu stellen, als daß sie ein müßiges Unterhaltungsbedürfnis befriedige und durch eine Reihe bunter Abenteuer uns ergötze.“

Der Philologe Heyse nutzte die Wirkung der Worte. Er mied alles Oberflächliche und verzichtete auf langatmige Beschreibungen. Viele der jüngeren Autoren, von Thomas Mann bis Isolde Kurz gehörten zu seinen Lesern. Theodor Fontane lässt Marcell Wedderkopp in seinem Roman „Frau Jenny Treibel“ auf die Novelle „Unvergeßbare Worte“ Bezug nehmen. Der Konflikt Andrea Delfins, die Geschichte vom gerechten Rächer, der neues Unrecht schafft, reicht bis in die Gegenwart. Die Sehnsucht nach dem „letzten Centaur“ ist auch heute noch nicht gestillt.(Wikipedia)

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[QUOTDie Mädchen, die sich so wacker hielten, mochten sich mit Spinnen und Bortenwirken die Finger zuarbeiten und die Nachbarn das Ihre thun, wie sie nur konnten – die Alte vertrank Alles, und wenn sie nicht tobte und die Furie machte, lag sie am Herde und schlief und ließ ihre Töchter zusehen, wie sie zu einem Bissen für den Hunger und einem Fetzen für ihre Blöße kamen. Ich glaube, wenn der nächste Nachbar, der Feigenbaum, nicht so wacker seine Schuldigkeit gethan hätte, die Erminia und ihre Schwester Maddalena wären beide Hungers gestorben, da sie zu stolz waren zu betteln. Kleider konnte der Baum freilich nicht hergeben, da wir nicht mehr im Paradiese leben. Darum wunderte es Jeden, die armen Dinger doch immer anständig zur Kirche gehen zu sehen, um so mehr, da man ihnen nichts nachsagen konnte. Die jüngere freilich, die Maddalena, war gegen die Versuchungen des Bösen ziemlich geschützt, da sie häßlich war, wie der Teufel, ein kleines, wildes, klumpfüßiges Geschöpf mit langen Armen und kurzen Beinen, das im Gehen und Hocken einer Kröte glich und die Kinder auf der Straße fürchten machte, wenn sie unversehens vorbeikroch.[/QUOT

Ich kann Heyse nicht genug empfehlen!

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Heyse, Paul: Der letzte Zentaur german v1 14 mar 2009

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Der letzte Zentaur ist eine Novelle von Paul Heyse aus dem Jahre 1904

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Heyse, Paul: In Paradise Vol I. V1. 14 Sep 2010

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Paul Johann Ludwig von Heyse (15 March 1830 - 2 April 1914) was a distinguished German author. Paul von Heyse was born in Berlin, Germany, the son of Karl Wilhelm Ludwig Heyse, a notable philologist, and Julie Saaling.

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It was a Sunday in the midsummer of 1869.
The air, cleared by a thunderstorm the night before, was still tremulous with that soft, invigorating warmth which, farther south, makes breathing such an easy matter, but which, north of the Alps, seldom outlasts the early morning. And yet the bells, that sounded from the Munich Frauenkirche far across the Theresienwiese, and the field where stands the great statue of Bavaria, were already ringing for high mass

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Heyse, Paul: In Paradise Vol. II. V1. 14 Sep 2010

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Paul Johann Ludwig von Heyse (15 March 1830 - 2 April 1914) was a distinguished German author. Paul von Heyse was born in Berlin, Germany, the son of Karl Wilhelm Ludwig Heyse, a notable philologist, and Julie Saaling.

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A mile or two from Starnberg, on the shore of the beautiful lake, stands a plain country-house, whose chief ornament is a shady and rather wild little park of beeches and cedars. This stretches from the highway that connects Starnberg with the castle and fishermen's huts of Possenhofen, down to the lake--a narrow strip of woodland, separated only by picket fences from the neighboring gardens, so that a person wandering about in it is scarcely aware of its boundaries

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Heyse, Paul: L'Arrabiata and Other Tales. V1. 12 Sep 2010

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Paul Johann Ludwig von Heyse (15 March 1830 - 2 April 1914) was a distinguished German author. Paul von Heyse was born in Berlin, Germany, the son of Karl Wilhelm Ludwig Heyse, a notable philologist, and Julie Saaling.

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The day had scarcely dawned.--Over Vesuvius hung one broad grey stripe of mist; stretching across as far as Naples, and darkening all the small towns along the coast. The sea lay calm. But about the marina of the narrow creek, that lies beneath the Sorrento cliffs, fishermen and their wives were at work already, with giant cables drawing their boats to land, and the nets that had been cast the night before. Others were rigging their craft; trimming the sails, and fetching out oars and masts from the great grated vaults that have been built deep into the rocks for shelter to the tackle over night. Nowhere an idle hand; even the very aged, who had long given up going to sea, fell into the long chain of those who were hauling in the nets. Here and there, on some flat housetop, an old woman stood and span; or busied herself about her grandchildren, whom their mother had left to help her husband.

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Hichens, Robert Smythe: A Spirit in Prison Series. V1. 3 Mar 2009

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Robert Smythe Hichens (November 14, 1864 – July 20, 1950) was an English journalist and novelist.
Born in Speldhurst in Kent, he was educated at Clifton College, the Royal College of Music, and the London School of Journalism.
He wrote lyrics for music, stories, and collaborated in successful plays. He is best remembered now, perhaps, for his satire on Oscar Wilde, The Green Carnation (1894), his novels that were made into films — The Garden of Allah (pub. 1904) and The Paradine Case (pub. 1933) — and the story "How Love Came to Professor Guildea", which has been frequently anthologized. His novel "Felix" (1902) is an early fictional treatment of hypodermic morphine addiction.
Hichens' classic novel The Green Carnation has been republished as a hardcover volume in 2006.

The Call of the Blood

On a dreary afternoon of November, when London was closely wrapped in a yellow fog, Hermione Lester was sitting by the fire in her house in Eaton Place reading a bundle of letters, which she had just taken out of her writing-table drawer. She was expecting a visit from the writer of the letters, Emile Artois, who had wired to her on the previous day that he was coming over from Paris by the night train and boat.

A Spirit in Prison

Somewhere, not far off on the still sea that held the tiny islet in a warm embrace, a boy's voice was singing "Napoli Bella."
Vere heard the song as she sat in the sun with her face set towards Nisida and the distant peak of Ischia; and instinctively she shifted her position, and turned her head, looking towards the calm and untroubled water that stretched between her and Naples. For the voice that sang of the beautiful city was coming towards her from the beautiful city, hymning the siren it had left perhaps but two hours ago.

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Hichens, Robert Smythe: Bella Donna. V1. 3 Mar 2009

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Robert Smythe Hichens (November 14, 1864 – July 20, 1950) was an English journalist and novelist.
Born in Speldhurst in Kent, he was educated at Clifton College, the Royal College of Music, and the London School of Journalism.
He wrote lyrics for music, stories, and collaborated in successful plays. He is best remembered now, perhaps, for his satire on Oscar Wilde, The Green Carnation (1894), his novels that were made into films — The Garden of Allah (pub. 1904) and The Paradine Case (pub. 1933) — and the story "How Love Came to Professor Guildea", which has been frequently anthologized. His novel "Felix" (1902) is an early fictional treatment of hypodermic morphine addiction.
Hichens' classic novel The Green Carnation has been republished as a hardcover volume in 2006.

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Doctor Meyer Isaacson had got on as only a modern Jew whose home is London can get on, with a rapidity that was alarming. He seemed to have arrived as a bullet arrives in a body. He was not in the heart of success, and lo! he was in the heart of success. And no one had marked his journey. Suddenly every one was speaking of him—was talking of the cures he had made, was advising every one else to go to him. For some mysterious reason his name—a name not easily to be forgotten once it had been heard—began to pervade the conversations that were held in the smart drawing-rooms of London. Women who were well, but had not seen him, abruptly became sufficiently unwell to need a consultation. "Where does he live? In Harley Street, I suppose?" was a constant question.

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Hichens, Robert Smythe: December Love. V1. 3 Mar 2009

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Robert Smythe Hichens (November 14, 1864 – July 20, 1950) was an English journalist and novelist.
Born in Speldhurst in Kent, he was educated at Clifton College, the Royal College of Music, and the London School of Journalism.
He wrote lyrics for music, stories, and collaborated in successful plays. He is best remembered now, perhaps, for his satire on Oscar Wilde, The Green Carnation (1894), his novels that were made into films — The Garden of Allah (pub. 1904) and The Paradine Case (pub. 1933) — and the story "How Love Came to Professor Guildea", which has been frequently anthologized. His novel "Felix" (1902) is an early fictional treatment of hypodermic morphine addiction.
Hichens' classic novel The Green Carnation has been republished as a hardcover volume in 2006.

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Alick Craven, who was something in the Foreign Office, had been living in London, except for an interval of military service during the war, for several years, and had plenty of interesting friends and acquaintances, when one autumn day, in a club, Frances Braybrooke, who knew everybody, sat down beside him and began, as his way was, talking of people. Braybrooke talked well and was an exceedingly agreeable man, but he seldom discussed ideas. His main interest lay in the doings of the human race, the "human animal," to use a favorite phrase of his, in what the human race was "up to." People were his delight. He could not live away from the centre of their activities. He was never tired of meeting new faces, and would go to endless trouble to bring an interesting personality within the circle of his acquaintance. Craven's comparative indifference about society, his laziness in social matters, was a perpetual cause of surprise to Braybrooke, who nevertheless was always ready to do Craven a good turn, whether he wanted it done to him or not. Indeed, Craven was indebted to his kind old friend for various introductions which had led to pleasant times, and for these he was quite grateful. Braybrooke was much older than most people, though he seldom looked it, and decades older than Craven, and he had a genial way of taking those younger than himself in charge, always with a view to their social advancement. He was a very ancient hand at the social game; he loved to play it; and he wanted as many as possible to join in, provided, of course, that they were "suitable" for such a purpose. Perhaps he slightly resembled "the world's governess," as a witty woman had once called him. But he was really a capital fellow and a mine of worldly wisdom.

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Hichens, Robert Smythe: Desert Air. v1. 4 Mar 2009

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Robert Smythe Hichens (November 14, 1864 – July 20, 1950) was an English journalist and novelist.
Born in Speldhurst in Kent, he was educated at Clifton College, the Royal College of Music, and the London School of Journalism.
He wrote lyrics for music, stories, and collaborated in successful plays. He is best remembered now, perhaps, for his satire on Oscar Wilde, The Green Carnation (1894), his novels that were made into films — The Garden of Allah (pub. 1904) and The Paradine Case (pub. 1933) — and the story "How Love Came to Professor Guildea", which has been frequently anthologized. His novel "Felix" (1902) is an early fictional treatment of hypodermic morphine addiction.
Hichens' classic novel The Green Carnation has been republished as a hardcover volume in 2006.

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On an evening of last summer I was dining in London at the Carlton with two men. One of them was an excellent type of young England, strong, healthy, athletic, and straightforward. The other was a clever London doctor who was building up a great practice in the West End. At dessert the conversation turned upon a then recent tragedy in which a great reputation had gone down, and young England spoke rather contemptuously of the victim, with the superior surprise human beings generally express about the sin which does not happen to be theirs.
"I can't understand it!" was his conclusion. "It's beyond me."

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Hichens, Robert Smythe: Fin Tireur. V1. 4 Mar 2009

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Robert Smythe Hichens (November 14, 1864 – July 20, 1950) was an English journalist and novelist.
Born in Speldhurst in Kent, he was educated at Clifton College, the Royal College of Music, and the London School of Journalism.
He wrote lyrics for music, stories, and collaborated in successful plays. He is best remembered now, perhaps, for his satire on Oscar Wilde, The Green Carnation (1894), his novels that were made into films — The Garden of Allah (pub. 1904) and The Paradine Case (pub. 1933) — and the story "How Love Came to Professor Guildea", which has been frequently anthologized. His novel "Felix" (1902) is an early fictional treatment of hypodermic morphine addiction.
Hichens' classic novel The Green Carnation has been republished as a hardcover volume in 2006.

Excerpt
Two years ago I was travelling by diligence in the Sahara Desert on the great caravan route, which starts from Beni-Mora and ends, they say, at Tombouctou. For fourteen hours each day we were on the road, and each evening about nine o'clock we stopped at a Bordj, or Travellers' House, ate a hasty meal, threw ourselves down on our gaudy Arab rugs, and slept heavily till the hour before dawn, drugged by fatigue, and by the strong air of the desert. In the late afternoon of the third day of our journeying we drove into a sandstorm. A great wind arose, carrying with it innumerable multitudes of sand grains, which whirled about the diligence and the struggling horses, blotting out the desert as completely as a London fog blots out the street on a November day. The cold became intense, and very soon I began to long for the next halting-place.

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Hichens, Robert Smythe: Flames. V1. 4 Mar 2009

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Robert Smythe Hichens (November 14, 1864 – July 20, 1950) was an English journalist and novelist.
Born in Speldhurst in Kent, he was educated at Clifton College, the Royal College of Music, and the London School of Journalism.
He wrote lyrics for music, stories, and collaborated in successful plays. He is best remembered now, perhaps, for his satire on Oscar Wilde, The Green Carnation (1894), his novels that were made into films — The Garden of Allah (pub. 1904) and The Paradine Case (pub. 1933) — and the story "How Love Came to Professor Guildea", which has been frequently anthologized. His novel "Felix" (1902) is an early fictional treatment of hypodermic morphine addiction.
Hichens' classic novel The Green Carnation has been republished as a hardcover volume in 2006.

Excerpt
Refinement had more power over the soul of Valentine Cresswell than religion. It governed him with a curious ease of supremacy, and held him back without effort from most of the young man’s sins. Each age has its special sins. Each age passes them, like troops in review, before it decides what regiment it will join. Valentine had never decided to join any regiment. The trumpets of vice rang in his ears in vain, mingled with the more classical music of his life as the retreat from the barracks of Seville mingled with the click of Carmen’s castanets. But he heeded them not. If he listened to them sometimes, it was only to wonder at the harsh and blatant nature of their voices, only to pity the poor creatures who hastened to the prison, which youth thinks freedom and old age protection, at their shrieking summons.

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Hichens, Robert Smythe: Halima And The Scorpions. V1. 5 Mar 2009

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Robert Smythe Hichens (November 14, 1864 – July 20, 1950) was an English journalist and novelist.
Born in Speldhurst in Kent, he was educated at Clifton College, the Royal College of Music, and the London School of Journalism.
He wrote lyrics for music, stories, and collaborated in successful plays. He is best remembered now, perhaps, for his satire on Oscar Wilde, The Green Carnation (1894), his novels that were made into films — The Garden of Allah (pub. 1904) and The Paradine Case (pub. 1933) — and the story "How Love Came to Professor Guildea", which has been frequently anthologized. His novel "Felix" (1902) is an early fictional treatment of hypodermic morphine addiction.
Hichens' classic novel The Green Carnation has been republished as a hardcover volume in 2006.

Excerpt
In travelling about the world one collects a number of those trifles of all sorts, usually named "curiosities," many of them worthless if it were not for the memories they recall. The other day I was clearing out a bureau before going abroad, and in one of the drawers I came across a hedgehog's foot, set in silver, and hung upon a tarnished silver chain. I picked it up in the Sahara, and here is its history.

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Hichens, Robert Smythe: In the Wilderness. V1. 5 Mar 2009

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Robert Smythe Hichens (November 14, 1864 – July 20, 1950) was an English journalist and novelist.
Born in Speldhurst in Kent, he was educated at Clifton College, the Royal College of Music, and the London School of Journalism.
He wrote lyrics for music, stories, and collaborated in successful plays. He is best remembered now, perhaps, for his satire on Oscar Wilde, The Green Carnation (1894), his novels that were made into films — The Garden of Allah (pub. 1904) and The Paradine Case (pub. 1933) — and the story "How Love Came to Professor Guildea", which has been frequently anthologized. His novel "Felix" (1902) is an early fictional treatment of hypodermic morphine addiction.
Hichens' classic novel The Green Carnation has been republished as a hardcover volume in 2006.

Excerpt
Amedeo Dorini, the hall porter of the Hotel Cavour in Milan, stood on the pavement before the hotel one autumn afternoon in the year 1894, waiting for the omnibus, which had gone to the station, and which was now due to return, bearing—Amedeo hoped—a load of generously inclined travelers. During the years of his not unpleasant servitude Amedeo had become a student of human nature. He had learnt to judge shrewdly and soundly, to sum up quickly, to deliver verdicts which were not unjust. And now, as he saw the omnibus, with its two fat brown horses, coming slowly along by the cab rank, and turning into the Piazza that is presided over by Cavour's statue, he prepared almost mechanically to measure and weigh evidence, to criticize and come to a conclusion.

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Hichens, Robert Smythe: Smaïn; and Safti's Summer Day. V1. 6 Mar 2009

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Robert Smythe Hichens (November 14, 1864 – July 20, 1950) was an English journalist and novelist.
Born in Speldhurst in Kent, he was educated at Clifton College, the Royal College of Music, and the London School of Journalism.
He wrote lyrics for music, stories, and collaborated in successful plays. He is best remembered now, perhaps, for his satire on Oscar Wilde, The Green Carnation (1894), his novels that were made into films — The Garden of Allah (pub. 1904) and The Paradine Case (pub. 1933) — and the story "How Love Came to Professor Guildea", which has been frequently anthologized. His novel "Felix" (1902) is an early fictional treatment of hypodermic morphine addiction.
Hichens' classic novel The Green Carnation has been republished as a hardcover volume in 2006.

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Far away in the desert I heard the sound of a flute, pure sound in the pure air, delicate, sometimes almost comic with the comicality of a child who bends women to kisses and to nonsense-words. We had passed through the sandstorm, Safti and I, over the wastes of saltpetre, and come into a land of palm gardens where there was almost breathless calm. The feet of the camels paddled over the soft brown earth of the narrow alleys between the brown earth walls, and we looked down to right and left into the shady enclosed spaces, seamed with water rills, dotted with little pools of pale yellow water, and saw always giant palms, with wrinkled trunks and tufted, deep green foliage, brooding in their squadrons over the dimness they had made. The activity of man might be discerned here in the regularity of the artificial rills, the ordered placing of the trees, each of which, too, stood on its oval hump. But no man was seen; no flat-roofed huts appeared; no robe, pale blue or white, fluttered among the shadows; no dog blinked in the golden patches of the sun—only the sound of the flute came to us from some hidden place ceaselessly, wild and romantic, full of an odd coquetry, and of an absurdity that was both uncivilised and touching.

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Hichens, Robert Smythe: The Collaborators. V1. 6 Mar 2009

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Robert Smythe Hichens (November 14, 1864 – July 20, 1950) was an English journalist and novelist.
Born in Speldhurst in Kent, he was educated at Clifton College, the Royal College of Music, and the London School of Journalism.
He wrote lyrics for music, stories, and collaborated in successful plays. He is best remembered now, perhaps, for his satire on Oscar Wilde, The Green Carnation (1894), his novels that were made into films — The Garden of Allah (pub. 1904) and The Paradine Case (pub. 1933) — and the story "How Love Came to Professor Guildea", which has been frequently anthologized. His novel "Felix" (1902) is an early fictional treatment of hypodermic morphine addiction.
Hichens' classic novel The Green Carnation has been republished as a hardcover volume in 2006.

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"Why shouldn't we collaborate?" said Henley in his most matter-of-fact way, as Big Ben gave voice to the midnight hour. "Everybody does it nowadays. Two heads may be really better than one, although I seldom believe in the truth of accepted sayings. Your head is a deuced good one, Andrew; but—now don't get angry—you are too excitable and too intense to be left quite to yourself, even in book-writing, much less in the ordinary affairs of life. I think you were born to collaborate, and to collaborate with me. You can give me everything I lack, and I can give you a little of the sense of humour, and act as a drag upon the wheel."

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Hichens, Robert Smythe: The Desert Drum. V1. 7 Mar 2009

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Robert Smythe Hichens (November 14, 1864 – July 20, 1950) was an English journalist and novelist.
Born in Speldhurst in Kent, he was educated at Clifton College, the Royal College of Music, and the London School of Journalism.
He wrote lyrics for music, stories, and collaborated in successful plays. He is best remembered now, perhaps, for his satire on Oscar Wilde, The Green Carnation (1894), his novels that were made into films — The Garden of Allah (pub. 1904) and The Paradine Case (pub. 1933) — and the story "How Love Came to Professor Guildea", which has been frequently anthologized. His novel "Felix" (1902) is an early fictional treatment of hypodermic morphine addiction.
Hichens' classic novel The Green Carnation has been republished as a hardcover volume in 2006.

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I am not naturally superstitious. The Saharaman is. He has many strange beliefs. When one is at close quarters with him, sees him day by day in his home, the great desert, listens to his dramatic tales of desert lights, visions, sounds, one's common-sense is apt to be shaken on its throne. Perhaps it is the influence of the solitude and the wide spaces, of those far horizons of the Sahara where the blue deepens along the edge of the world, that turns even a European mind to an Eastern credulity. Who can tell? The truth is that in the Sahara one can believe what one cannot believe in London. And sometimes circumstances—chance if you like to call it so—steps in, and seems to say, "Your belief is well founded."

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Hichens, Robert Smythe: The Dweller on the Threshold. V1. 7 Mar 2009

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Robert Smythe Hichens (November 14, 1864 – July 20, 1950) was an English journalist and novelist.
Born in Speldhurst in Kent, he was educated at Clifton College, the Royal College of Music, and the London School of Journalism.
He wrote lyrics for music, stories, and collaborated in successful plays. He is best remembered now, perhaps, for his satire on Oscar Wilde, The Green Carnation (1894), his novels that were made into films — The Garden of Allah (pub. 1904) and The Paradine Case (pub. 1933) — and the story "How Love Came to Professor Guildea", which has been frequently anthologized. His novel "Felix" (1902) is an early fictional treatment of hypodermic morphine addiction.
Hichens' classic novel The Green Carnation has been republished as a hardcover volume in 2006.

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When Evelyn Malling, notorious because of his sustained interest in Psychical Research and his work for Professor Stepton, first met the Rev. Marcus Harding, that well-known clergyman was still in the full flow of his many activities. He had been translated from his labors in Liverpool to a West End church in London. There he had proved hitherto an astonishing success. On Hospital Sundays the total sums collected from his flock were by far the largest that came from the pockets of any congregation in London.

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Hichens, Robert Smythe: The Folly Of Eustace. V1. 7 Mar 2009

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Robert Smythe Hichens (November 14, 1864 – July 20, 1950) was an English journalist and novelist.
Born in Speldhurst in Kent, he was educated at Clifton College, the Royal College of Music, and the London School of Journalism.
He wrote lyrics for music, stories, and collaborated in successful plays. He is best remembered now, perhaps, for his satire on Oscar Wilde, The Green Carnation (1894), his novels that were made into films — The Garden of Allah (pub. 1904) and The Paradine Case (pub. 1933) — and the story "How Love Came to Professor Guildea", which has been frequently anthologized. His novel "Felix" (1902) is an early fictional treatment of hypodermic morphine addiction.
Hichens' classic novel The Green Carnation has been republished as a hardcover volume in 2006.

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Some men deliberately don a character in early youth as others don a mask before going to an opera ball. They select it not without some care, being guided in their choice by the opinion they have formed of the world's mind and manner of proceeding. In the privacy of the dressing-room, the candles being lighted and the mirror adjusted at the best angle for a view of self, they assume their character, and peacock to their reflection, meditating: Does it become me? Will it be generally liked? Will it advance me towards my heart's desire? Then they catch up their cloak, twist the mirror back to its usual position, puff out the candles, and steal forth into their career, shutting the door gently behind them. And, perhaps till they are laid out in the grave, the last four walls enclosing them, only the dressing-room could tell their secret. And it has no voice to speak. For, if they are wise, they do not keep a valet.

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Hichens, Robert Smythe: The Garden of Allah. V1. 8 Mar 2009

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Robert Smythe Hichens (November 14, 1864 – July 20, 1950) was an English journalist and novelist.
Born in Speldhurst in Kent, he was educated at Clifton College, the Royal College of Music, and the London School of Journalism.
He wrote lyrics for music, stories, and collaborated in successful plays. He is best remembered now, perhaps, for his satire on Oscar Wilde, The Green Carnation (1894), his novels that were made into films — The Garden of Allah (pub. 1904) and The Paradine Case (pub. 1933) — and the story "How Love Came to Professor Guildea", which has been frequently anthologized. His novel "Felix" (1902) is an early fictional treatment of hypodermic morphine addiction.
Hichens' classic novel The Green Carnation has been republished as a hardcover volume in 2006.

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The fatigue caused by a rough sea journey, and, perhaps, the consciousness that she would have to be dressed before dawn to catch the train for Beni-Mora, prevented Domini Enfilden from sleeping. There was deep silence in the Hotel de la Mer at Robertville. The French officers who took their pension there had long since ascended the hill of Addouna to the barracks. The cafes had closed their doors to the drinkers and domino players. The lounging Arab boys had deserted the sandy Place de la Marine. In their small and dusky bazaars the Israelites had reckoned up the takings of the day, and curled themselves up in gaudy quilts on their low divans to rest. Only two or three gendarmes were still about, and a few French and Spaniards at the Port, where, moored against the wharf, lay the steamer Le General Bertrand, in which Domini had arrived that evening from Marseilles.

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Hichens, Robert Smythe: The Green Carnation. V1. 8 Mar 2009

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Robert Smythe Hichens (November 14, 1864 – July 20, 1950) was an English journalist and novelist.
Born in Speldhurst in Kent, he was educated at Clifton College, the Royal College of Music, and the London School of Journalism.
He wrote lyrics for music, stories, and collaborated in successful plays. He is best remembered now, perhaps, for his satire on Oscar Wilde, The Green Carnation (1894), his novels that were made into films — The Garden of Allah (pub. 1904) and The Paradine Case (pub. 1933) — and the story "How Love Came to Professor Guildea", which has been frequently anthologized. His novel "Felix" (1902) is an early fictional treatment of hypodermic morphine addiction.
Hichens' classic novel The Green Carnation has been republished as a hardcover volume in 2006.

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He slipped a green carnation into his evening coat, fixed it in its place with a pin, and looked at himself in the glass, the long glass that stood near the window of his London bedroom. The summer evening was so bright that he could see his double clearly, even though it was just upon seven o'clock. There he stood in his favourite and most characteristic attitude, with his left knee slightly bent, and his arms hanging at his sides, gazing, as a woman gazes at herself before she starts for a party. The low and continuous murmur of Piccadilly, like the murmur of a flowing tide on a smooth beach, stole to his ears monotonously, and inclined him insensibly to a certain thoughtfulness. Floating through the curtained window the soft lemon light sparkled on the silver backs of the brushes that lay on the toilet-table, on the [Pg 2]dressing-gown of spun silk that hung from a hook behind the door, on the great mass of gloire de Dijon roses, that dreamed in an ivory-white bowl set on the writing-table of ruddy-brown wood. It caught the gilt of the boy's fair hair and turned it into brightest gold, until, despite the white weariness of his face, the pale fretfulness of his eyes, he looked like some angel in a church window designed by Burne-Jones, some angel a little blasé from the injudicious conduct of its life. He frankly admired himself as he watched his reflection, occasionally changing his pose, presenting himself to himself, now full face, now three-quarters face, leaning backward or forward, advancing one foot in its silk stocking and shining shoe, assuming a variety of interesting expressions. In his own opinion he was very beautiful, and he thought it right to appreciate his own qualities of mind and of body. He hated those fantastic creatures who are humble even in their self-communings, cowards who dare not acknowledge even to themselves how exquisite, how delicately fashioned they are. Quite frankly he told other people that he was very wonderful, quite frankly he avowed it to himself. There is a nobility in fearless truthfulness, is there not? and about the magic of his personality he could never be induced to tell a lie.

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Hichens, Robert Smythe: The Mission Of Mr. Eustace Greyne. V1. 9 Mar 2009

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Robert Smythe Hichens (November 14, 1864 – July 20, 1950) was an English journalist and novelist.
Born in Speldhurst in Kent, he was educated at Clifton College, the Royal College of Music, and the London School of Journalism.
He wrote lyrics for music, stories, and collaborated in successful plays. He is best remembered now, perhaps, for his satire on Oscar Wilde, The Green Carnation (1894), his novels that were made into films — The Garden of Allah (pub. 1904) and The Paradine Case (pub. 1933) — and the story "How Love Came to Professor Guildea", which has been frequently anthologized. His novel "Felix" (1902) is an early fictional treatment of hypodermic morphine addiction.
Hichens' classic novel The Green Carnation has been republished as a hardcover volume in 2006.

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Mrs. Eustace Greyne (pronounced Green) wrinkled her forehead-that noble, that startling forehead which had been written about in the newspapers of two hemispheres-laid down her American Squeezer pen, and sighed. It was an autumn day, nipping and melancholy, full of the rustle of dying leaves and the faint sound of muffin bells, and Belgrave Square looked sad even to the great female novelist who had written her way into a mansion there. Fog hung about with the policeman on the pavement. The passing motor cars were like shadows. Their stertorous pantings sounded to Mrs. Greyne's ears like the asthma of dying monsters. She sighed again, and murmured in a deep contralto voice: "It must be so." Then she got up, crossed the heavy Persian carpet which had been bought with the proceeds of a short story in her earlier days, and placed her forefinger upon an electric bell.

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Hichens, Robert Smythe: The Princess And The Jewel Doctor. V1. 9 Mar 2009

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Robert Smythe Hichens (November 14, 1864 – July 20, 1950) was an English journalist and novelist.
Born in Speldhurst in Kent, he was educated at Clifton College, the Royal College of Music, and the London School of Journalism.
He wrote lyrics for music, stories, and collaborated in successful plays. He is best remembered now, perhaps, for his satire on Oscar Wilde, The Green Carnation (1894), his novels that were made into films — The Garden of Allah (pub. 1904) and The Paradine Case (pub. 1933) — and the story "How Love Came to Professor Guildea", which has been frequently anthologized. His novel "Felix" (1902) is an early fictional treatment of hypodermic morphine addiction.
Hichens' classic novel The Green Carnation has been republished as a hardcover volume in 2006.

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In St. Petersburg society there may be met at the present time a certain Russian Princess, who is noted for her beauty, for an ugly defect—she has lost the forefinger of her left hand—and for her extraordinary attachment to the city of Tunis, where she has spent at least three months of each year since 1890—the year in which she suffered the accident that deprived her of a finger

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Hichens, Robert Smythe: The Prophet of Berkeley Square. V1. 10 Mar 2009

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Robert Smythe Hichens (November 14, 1864 – July 20, 1950) was an English journalist and novelist.
Born in Speldhurst in Kent, he was educated at Clifton College, the Royal College of Music, and the London School of Journalism.
He wrote lyrics for music, stories, and collaborated in successful plays. He is best remembered now, perhaps, for his satire on Oscar Wilde, The Green Carnation (1894), his novels that were made into films — The Garden of Allah (pub. 1904) and The Paradine Case (pub. 1933) — and the story "How Love Came to Professor Guildea", which has been frequently anthologized. His novel "Felix" (1902) is an early fictional treatment of hypodermic morphine addiction.
Hichens' classic novel The Green Carnation has been republished as a hardcover volume in 2006.

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The great telescope of the Prophet was carefully adjusted upon its lofty, brass-bound stand in the bow window of Number One Thousand Berkeley Square. It pointed towards the remarkably bright stars which twinkled in the December sky over frosty London, those guardian stars which always seemed to the Prophet to watch with peculiar solicitude over the most respectable neighbourhood in which he resided. The polestar had its eye even now upon the mansion of an adjacent ex-premier, the belt of Orion was not oblivious of a belted earl's cosy red-brick home just opposite, and the house of a certain famous actor and actress close by had been taken by the Great Bear under its special protection.

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Hichens, Robert Smythe: The Return Of The Soul. V1. 14 Mar 2009

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Robert Smythe Hichens (November 14, 1864 – July 20, 1950) was an English journalist and novelist.
Born in Speldhurst in Kent, he was educated at Clifton College, the Royal College of Music, and the London School of Journalism.
He wrote lyrics for music, stories, and collaborated in successful plays. He is best remembered now, perhaps, for his satire on Oscar Wilde, The Green Carnation (1894), his novels that were made into films — The Garden of Allah (pub. 1904) and The Paradine Case (pub. 1933) — and the story "How Love Came to Professor Guildea", which has been frequently anthologized. His novel "Felix" (1902) is an early fictional treatment of hypodermic morphine addiction.
Hichens' classic novel The Green Carnation has been republished as a hardcover volume in 2006.
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Theories! What is the good of theories? They are the scourges that lash our minds in modern days, lash them into confusion, perplexity, despair. I have never been troubled by them before. Why should I be troubled by them now? And the absurdity of Professor Black's is surely obvious. A child would laugh at it. Yes, a child! I have never been a diary writer. I have never been able to understand the amusement of sitting down late at night and scrawling minutely in some hidden book every paltry incident of one's paltry days. People say it is so interesting to read the entries years afterwards. To read, as a man, the menu that I ate through as a boy, the love-story that I was actor in, the tragedy that I brought about, the debt that I have never paid—how could it profit me? To keep a diary has always seemed to me merely an addition to the ills of life. Yet now I have a hidden book, like the rest of the world, and I am scrawling in it to-day. Yes, but for a reason.

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Hichens, Robert Smythe: The Spell of Egypt. V1. 15 Mar 2009

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Robert Smythe Hichens (November 14, 1864 – July 20, 1950) was an English journalist and novelist.
Born in Speldhurst in Kent, he was educated at Clifton College, the Royal College of Music, and the London School of Journalism.
He wrote lyrics for music, stories, and collaborated in successful plays. He is best remembered now, perhaps, for his satire on Oscar Wilde, The Green Carnation (1894), his novels that were made into films — The Garden of Allah (pub. 1904) and The Paradine Case (pub. 1933) — and the story "How Love Came to Professor Guildea", which has been frequently anthologized. His novel "Felix" (1902) is an early fictional treatment of hypodermic morphine addiction.
Hichens' classic novel The Green Carnation has been republished as a hardcover volume in 2006.

Excerpt
Why do you come to Egypt? Do you come to gain a dream, or to regain lost dreams of old; to gild your life with the drowsy gold of romance, to lose a creeping sorrow, to forget that too many of your hours are sullen, grey, bereft? What do you wish of Egypt?

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Hichens, Robert Smythe: The Spinster. V1. 15 Mar 2009

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Robert Smythe Hichens (November 14, 1864 – July 20, 1950) was an English journalist and novelist.
Born in Speldhurst in Kent, he was educated at Clifton College, the Royal College of Music, and the London School of Journalism.
He wrote lyrics for music, stories, and collaborated in successful plays. He is best remembered now, perhaps, for his satire on Oscar Wilde, The Green Carnation (1894), his novels that were made into films — The Garden of Allah (pub. 1904) and The Paradine Case (pub. 1933) — and the story "How Love Came to Professor Guildea", which has been frequently anthologized. His novel "Felix" (1902) is an early fictional treatment of hypodermic morphine addiction.
Hichens' classic novel The Green Carnation has been republished as a hardcover volume in 2006.

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I had arrived at Inley Abbey that afternoon, and was sitting at dinner with Inley and his pretty wife, whom I had not seen for five years, since the day I was his best man, when we all heard faintly the tolling of a church bell. Lady Inley shook her shoulders in a rather exaggerated shudder.
"Someone dead!" said her husband.

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Hichens, Robert Smythe: The Way of Ambition. V1. 17 Mar 2009

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Robert Smythe Hichens (November 14, 1864 – July 20, 1950) was an English journalist and novelist.
Born in Speldhurst in Kent, he was educated at Clifton College, the Royal College of Music, and the London School of Journalism.
He wrote lyrics for music, stories, and collaborated in successful plays. He is best remembered now, perhaps, for his satire on Oscar Wilde, The Green Carnation (1894), his novels that were made into films — The Garden of Allah (pub. 1904) and The Paradine Case (pub. 1933) — and the story "How Love Came to Professor Guildea", which has been frequently anthologized. His novel "Felix" (1902) is an early fictional treatment of hypodermic morphine addiction.
Hichens' classic novel The Green Carnation has been republished as a hardcover volume in 2006.

Excerpt
"We want a new note in English music," said Charmian, in her clear and slightly authoritative voice. "The Hallelujah Chorus era has gone at last to join all the Victorian relics. And the nation is drifting musically. Of course we have a few composers who are being silly in the attempt to be original, and a few others who still believe that all the people can stand in the way of home-grown products is a ballad or a Te Deum. But what we want is an English composer with a soul. I'm getting quite sick of heads. They are bearable in literature. But when it comes to music, one's whole being clamors for more."

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Hichens, Robert Smythe: The Woman with the Fan. V1. 17 Mar 2009

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Robert Smythe Hichens (November 14, 1864 – July 20, 1950) was an English journalist and novelist.
Born in Speldhurst in Kent, he was educated at Clifton College, the Royal College of Music, and the London School of Journalism.
He wrote lyrics for music, stories, and collaborated in successful plays. He is best remembered now, perhaps, for his satire on Oscar Wilde, The Green Carnation (1894), his novels that were made into films — The Garden of Allah (pub. 1904) and The Paradine Case (pub. 1933) — and the story "How Love Came to Professor Guildea", which has been frequently anthologized. His novel "Felix" (1902) is an early fictional treatment of hypodermic morphine addiction.
Hichens' classic novel The Green Carnation has been republished as a hardcover volume in 2006.

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In a large and cool drawing-room of London a few people were scattered about, listening to a soprano voice that was singing to the accompaniment of a piano. The sound of the voice came from an inner room, towards which most of these people were looking earnestly. Only one or two seemed indifferent to the fascination of the singer.

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Hichens, Robert Smythe: Tongues of Conscience. V1. 18 Mar 2009

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Robert Smythe Hichens (November 14, 1864 – July 20, 1950) was an English journalist and novelist.
Born in Speldhurst in Kent, he was educated at Clifton College, the Royal College of Music, and the London School of Journalism.
He wrote lyrics for music, stories, and collaborated in successful plays. He is best remembered now, perhaps, for his satire on Oscar Wilde, The Green Carnation (1894), his novels that were made into films — The Garden of Allah (pub. 1904) and The Paradine Case (pub. 1933) — and the story "How Love Came to Professor Guildea", which has been frequently anthologized. His novel "Felix" (1902) is an early fictional treatment of hypodermic morphine addiction.
Hichens' classic novel The Green Carnation has been republished as a hardcover volume in 2006.

Sea Change

"William Foster"

The Cry of the Child

How Love came to Professor Guildea

The Lady and the Beggar

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Higgin, L.: Handbook of Embroidery, v.1, 30 June 2008

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An illustrated volume from 1880:

CHAPTER I - Of Implements and Materials used in Modern Embroidery
CHAPTER II - Textile Fabrics used as Grounds for Embroidery
CHAPTER III - Stitches
CHAPTER IV - Frames and Framing
CHAPTER V - Stitches used in Frame Embroidery
APPENDIX [Sixteen Plates, containing 24 Design

It's a crewel world.

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Higginson, T. W.: Tales of the Enchanted Islands of the Atlantic. V1. 6 June 2010

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Thomas Wentworth Higginson (December 22, 1823 – May 9, 1911) was an American minister, author, abolitionist, and soldier. He was active in the American Abolitionism movement during the 1840s and 1850s, identifying himself with disunion and militant abolitionism. During the Civil War, he served as colonel of the 1st South Carolina Volunteers, the first federally authorized African-American regiment, from 1862-1864. Following the war, Higginson devoted much of the rest of his life to fighting for the rights of freed slaves, women and other disenfranchised peoples.

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The order of the tales in the present work follows roughly the order of development, giving first the legends which kept near the European shore, and then those which, like St. Brandan's or Antillia, were assigned to the open sea or, like Norumbega or the Isle of Demons, to the very coast of America.

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Higginson, Thomas Wentworth: Army Life in a Black Regiment. V1. 5 June 2010

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Thomas Wentworth Higginson (December 22, 1823 – May 9, 1911) was an American minister, author, abolitionist, and soldier. He was active in the American Abolitionism movement during the 1840s and 1850s, identifying himself with disunion and militant abolitionism. During the Civil War, he served as colonel of the 1st South Carolina Volunteers, the first federally authorized African-American regiment, from 1862-1864. Following the war, Higginson devoted much of the rest of his life to fighting for the rights of freed slaves, women and other disenfranchised peoples.

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These pages record some of the adventures of the First South Carolina Volunteers, the first slave regiment mustered into the service of the United States during the late civil war. It was, indeed, the first colored regiment of any kind so mustered, except a portion of the troops raised by Major-General Butler at New Orleans. These scarcely belonged to the same class, however, being recruited from the free colored population of that city, a comparatively self-reliant and educated race. "The darkest of them," said General Butler, "were about the complexion of the late Mr. Webster."

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Higginson, Thomas Wentworth: Black Rebellion. V1. 5 June 2010

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Thomas Wentworth Higginson (December 22, 1823 – May 9, 1911) was an American minister, author, abolitionist, and soldier. He was active in the American Abolitionism movement during the 1840s and 1850s, identifying himself with disunion and militant abolitionism. During the Civil War, he served as colonel of the 1st South Carolina Volunteers, the first federally authorized African-American regiment, from 1862-1864. Following the war, Higginson devoted much of the rest of his life to fighting for the rights of freed slaves, women and other disenfranchised peoples.

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The Maroons! it was a word of peril once; and terror spread along the skirts of the blue mountains of Jamaica when some fresh foray of those unconquered guerrillas swept down from the outlying plantations, startled the Assembly from its order, Gen. Williamson from his billiards, and Lord Balcarres from his diplomatic ease,—endangering, according to the official statement, "public credit," "civil rights," and "the prosperity, if not the very existence, of the country," until they were "persuaded to make peace" at last.

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Higginson, Thomas Wentworth: Malbone an Oldport Romance. V1. 5 June 2010

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Thomas Wentworth Higginson (December 22, 1823 – May 9, 1911) was an American minister, author, abolitionist, and soldier. He was active in the American Abolitionism movement during the 1840s and 1850s, identifying himself with disunion and militant abolitionism. During the Civil War, he served as colonel of the 1st South Carolina Volunteers, the first federally authorized African-American regiment, from 1862-1864. Following the war, Higginson devoted much of the rest of his life to fighting for the rights of freed slaves, women and other disenfranchised peoples.

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AS one wanders along this southwestern promontory of the Isle of Peace, and looks down upon the green translucent water which forever bathes the marble slopes of the Pirates' Cave, it is natural to think of the ten wrecks with which the past winter has strewn this shore. Though almost all trace of their presence is already gone, yet their mere memory lends to these cliffs a human interest. Where a stranded vessel lies, thither all steps converge, so long as one plank remains upon another. There centres the emotion. All else is but the setting, and the eye sweeps with indifference the line of unpeopled rocks. They are barren, till the imagination has tenanted them with possibilities of danger and dismay. The ocean provides the scenery and properties of a perpetual tragedy, but the interest arrives with the performers. Till then the shores remain vacant, like the great conventional armchairs of the French drama, that wait for Rachel to come and die.

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Higginson, Thomas Wentworth: Oldport Days. V1. 5 June 2010

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Thomas Wentworth Higginson (December 22, 1823 – May 9, 1911) was an American minister, author, abolitionist, and soldier. He was active in the American Abolitionism movement during the 1840s and 1850s, identifying himself with disunion and militant abolitionism. During the Civil War, he served as colonel of the 1st South Carolina Volunteers, the first federally authorized African-American regiment, from 1862-1864. Following the war, Higginson devoted much of the rest of his life to fighting for the rights of freed slaves, women and other disenfranchised peoples.

OLDPORT IN WINTER
OLDPORT WHARVES
THE HAUNTED WINDOW
A DRIFT-WOOD FIRE
AN ARTIST'S CREATION
IN A WHERRY
MADAM DELIA'S EXPECTATIONS
SUNSHINE AND PETRARCH
A SHADOW
FOOTPATHS

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Hill, Grace Livingston: A Voice in the Wilderness. V1. 11 June 2010

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Grace Livingston Hill (1865-1947) was born on April 16, 1865 to a Presbyterian Minister, Charles and a published author, Marcia, in Wellsville, New York. She was an early 20th century "Christian Romance" novelist. She was immensely popular in the time that she wrote, contributing hundreds of novels and short stories during her lifetime. Her characters were most often young female ingénues, frequently strong Christian women or those who become so within the confines of the story.

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With a lurch the train came to a dead stop and Margaret Earle, hastily gathering up her belongings, hurried down the aisle and got out into the night.
It occurred to her, as she swung her heavy suit-case down the rather long step to the ground, and then carefully swung herself after it, that it was strange that neither conductor, brakeman, nor porter had come to help her off the train, when all three had taken the trouble to tell her that hers was the next station; but she could hear voices up ahead. Perhaps something was the matter with the engine that detained them and they had forgotten her for the moment.

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Hill, Grace Livingston: Cloudy Jewel. V1. 7 June 2010

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Grace Livingston Hill (1865-1947) was born on April 16, 1865 to a Presbyterian Minister, Charles and a published author, Marcia, in Wellsville, New York. She was an early 20th century "Christian Romance" novelist. She was immensely popular in the time that she wrote, contributing hundreds of novels and short stories during her lifetime. Her characters were most often young female ingénues, frequently strong Christian women or those who become so within the confines of the story.

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“Well, all I’ve got to say, then, is, you’re a very foolish woman!”
Ellen Robinson buttoned her long cloak forcefully, and arose with a haughty air from the rocking-chair where she had pointed her remarks for the last half-hour by swaying noisily back and forth and touching the toes of her new high-heeled shoes with a click each time to the floor.

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Hill, Grace Livingston: Exit Betty. V1. 7 June 2010

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Grace Livingston Hill (1865-1947) was born on April 16, 1865 to a Presbyterian Minister, Charles and a published author, Marcia, in Wellsville, New York. She was an early 20th century "Christian Romance" novelist. She was immensely popular in the time that she wrote, contributing hundreds of novels and short stories during her lifetime. Her characters were most often young female ingénues, frequently strong Christian women or those who become so within the confines of the story.

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Betty, alone in the midst of her bridal finery, shrank back from the gaze of the curious onlookers, seeming very small like a thing of the air caught in a mesh of the earth. She had longed all day for this brief respite from everyone, but it had passed before she could concentrate her thoughts. She started forward, a flame of rose for an instant in her white cheeks, but gone as quickly. Her eyes reminded one of the stars among the far-away clouds on a night of fitful storm with only glimpses of their beauty in breaks of the overcast sky. Her small hands gripped one another excitedly, and the sweet lips were quivering.

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Hill, Grace Livingston: Lo, Michael!. V1. 8 June 2010

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Grace Livingston Hill (1865-1947) was born on April 16, 1865 to a Presbyterian Minister, Charles and a published author, Marcia, in Wellsville, New York. She was an early 20th century "Christian Romance" novelist. She was immensely popular in the time that she wrote, contributing hundreds of novels and short stories during her lifetime. Her characters were most often young female ingénues, frequently strong Christian women or those who become so within the confines of the story.

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It was an alert voice that called from a huddled group of urchins in the forefront of the crowd, but the child flashed past without heeding, straight up the stone steps where stood a beautiful baby smiling on the crowd. With his bundle of papers held high, and the late morning sunlight catching his tangle of golden hair, Mikky flung himself toward the little one. The sharp crack of a revolver from the opposite curbstone was simultaneous with their fall. Then all was confusion.

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Hill, Grace Livingston: Marcia Schuyler. V1. 9 June 2010

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Grace Livingston Hill (1865-1947) was born on April 16, 1865 to a Presbyterian Minister, Charles and a published author, Marcia, in Wellsville, New York. She was an early 20th century "Christian Romance" novelist. She was immensely popular in the time that she wrote, contributing hundreds of novels and short stories during her lifetime. Her characters were most often young female ingénues, frequently strong Christian women or those who become so within the confines of the story.

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The sun was already up and the grass blades were twinkling with sparkles of dew, as Marcia stepped from the kitchen door.
She wore a chocolate calico with little sprigs of red and white scattered over it, her hair was in smooth brown braids down her back, and there was a flush on her round cheeks that might have been but the reflection of the rosy light in the East.

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Hill, Grace Livingston: The City of Fire. V1. 6 June 2010

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Grace Livingston Hill (1865-1947) was born on April 16, 1865 to a Presbyterian Minister, Charles and a published author, Marcia, in Wellsville, New York. She was an early 20th century "Christian Romance" novelist. She was immensely popular in the time that she wrote, contributing hundreds of novels and short stories during her lifetime. Her characters were most often young female ingénues, frequently strong Christian women or those who become so within the confines of the story.

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Billy Gaston, two miles away and a few degrees up the mountain side, standing on the little station platform at Pleasant View, waiting for the morning train looked down upon the beauty at his feet and felt its loveliness blindly. A passing thrill of wonder and devotion fled through his fourteen-year-old soul as he regarded it idly. Down there was home and all his interests and loyalty. His eyes dwelt affectionately on the pointing spire and bell tower. He loved those bells, and the one who played them, and under their swelling tones had been awakened new thoughts and lofty purposes. He knew they were lofty. He was not yet altogether sure that they were his, but they were there in his mind for him to think about, nd there was a strange awesome lure about their contemplation.

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Hill, Grace Livingston: The Girl from Montana. V1. 7 June 2010

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Grace Livingston Hill (1865-1947) was born on April 16, 1865 to a Presbyterian Minister, Charles and a published author, Marcia, in Wellsville, New York. She was an early 20th century "Christian Romance" novelist. She was immensely popular in the time that she wrote, contributing hundreds of novels and short stories during her lifetime. Her characters were most often young female ingénues, frequently strong Christian women or those who become so within the confines of the story.

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The late afternoon sun was streaming in across the cabin floor as the girl stole around the corner and looked cautiously in at the door.
There was a kind of tremulous courage in her face. She had a duty to perform, and she was resolved to do it without delay. She shaded her eyes with her hand from the glare of the sun, set a firm foot upon the threshold, and, with one wild glance around to see whether all was as she had left it, entered her home and stood for a moment shuddering in the middle of the floor.

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Hill, Grace Livingston: The Man of the Desert. V1. 8 June 2010

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Grace Livingston Hill (1865-1947) was born on April 16, 1865 to a Presbyterian Minister, Charles and a published author, Marcia, in Wellsville, New York. She was an early 20th century "Christian Romance" novelist. She was immensely popular in the time that she wrote, contributing hundreds of novels and short stories during her lifetime. Her characters were most often young female ingénues, frequently strong Christian women or those who become so within the confines of the story.

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It was morning, high and clear as Arizona counts weather, and around the little railroad station were gathered a crowd of curious onlookers; seven Indians, three women from nearby shacks—drawn thither by the sight of the great private car that the night express had left on a side track—the usual number of loungers, a swarm of children, besides the station agent who had come out to watch proceedings.
All the morning the private car had been an object of deep interest to those who lived within sight, and that was everybody on the plateau; and many and various had been the errands and excuses to go to the station that perchance the occupants of that car might be seen, or a glimpse of the interior of the moving palace; but the silken curtains had remained drawn until after nine o'clock.

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Hill, Grace Livingston: The Mystery of Mary. V1. 10 June 2010

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Grace Livingston Hill (1865-1947) was born on April 16, 1865 to a Presbyterian Minister, Charles and a published author, Marcia, in Wellsville, New York. She was an early 20th century "Christian Romance" novelist. She was immensely popular in the time that she wrote, contributing hundreds of novels and short stories during her lifetime. Her characters were most often young female ingénues, frequently strong Christian women or those who become so within the confines of the story.

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He paused on the platform and glanced at his watch. The train on which he had just arrived was late. It hurried away from the station, and was swallowed up in the blackness of the tunnel, as if it knew its own shortcomings and wished to make up for them.
It was five minutes of six, and as the young man looked back at the long flight of steps that led to the bridge across the tracks, a delicate pencilling of electric light flashed into outline against the city's deepening dusk, emphasizing the lateness of the hour. He had a dinner engagement at seven, and it was yet some distance to his home, where a rapid toilet must be made if he were to arrive on time.

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Hill, Grace Livingston: The Search. V1. 10 June 2010

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Grace Livingston Hill (1865-1947) was born on April 16, 1865 to a Presbyterian Minister, Charles and a published author, Marcia, in Wellsville, New York. She was an early 20th century "Christian Romance" novelist. She was immensely popular in the time that she wrote, contributing hundreds of novels and short stories during her lifetime. Her characters were most often young female ingénues, frequently strong Christian women or those who become so within the confines of the story.

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Two young men in officers’ uniforms entered the smoker of a suburban train, and after the usual formalities of matches and cigarettes settled back to enjoy their ride out to Bryne Haven.

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Hill, Grace Livingston: The War Romance of the Salvation Army. V1. 12 June 2010

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Grace Livingston Hill (1865-1947) was born on April 16, 1865 to a Presbyterian Minister, Charles and a published author, Marcia, in Wellsville, New York. She was an early 20th century "Christian Romance" novelist. She was immensely popular in the time that she wrote, contributing hundreds of novels and short stories during her lifetime. Her characters were most often young female ingénues, frequently strong Christian women or those who become so within the confines of the story.

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In presenting the narrative of some of the doings of the Salvation Army during the world's great conflict for liberty, I am but answering the insistent call of a most generous and appreciative public.

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Hill, Grace Livingston: The Witness. V1. 12 June 2010

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Grace Livingston Hill (1865-1947) was born on April 16, 1865 to a Presbyterian Minister, Charles and a published author, Marcia, in Wellsville, New York. She was an early 20th century "Christian Romance" novelist. She was immensely popular in the time that she wrote, contributing hundreds of novels and short stories during her lifetime. Her characters were most often young female ingénues, frequently strong Christian women or those who become so within the confines of the story.

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Like a sudden cloudburst the dormitory had gone into a frenzy of sound. Doors slammed, feet trampled, hoarse voices reverberated, heavy bodies flung themselves along the corridor, the very electrics trembled with the cataclysm. One moment all was quiet with a contented after-dinner-peace-before-study hours; the next it was as if all the forces of the earth had broken forth.
Paul Courtland stepped to his door and threw it back.
"Come on, Court, see the fun!" called the football half-back, who was slopping along with two dripping fire-buckets of water.
"What's doing?"

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Hill, Headon: The Divinations of Kala Persad (1894); v1; 3 Sep 2020

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Headon Hill (Francis Edward Grainger, 1857-1924) wrote many novels and short stories, including a variety of rather oddball detective short stories.

This extremely rare collection, published in 1894, features the only 4 short stories of Kala Persad, a Hindu diviner who assists private detective Poignand with Delphic utterances; two tales about the author's best known detective, Sebastian Zambra, and a handful of other stories.

1: The Divination of the Afghan Kukhri
2: The Divination of the Zagury Capsules
3: The Divination of the Vagus Nerve
4: The Divination of the Kodak Films

Other stories
5. How The Baby Found The Clue
6: The Face in the Spoiled Negative
7: A Blind Clue
8: The Revelation of the Dark Slide
9. The Secret of the Envelope
10: The Red Lamp in Hoblyn's Alley

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Hill, Headon: The Solutions of Radford Shone (1907); v1; 2 Sep 2020

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An early spoof on Sherlock Holmes.

Radford Shone and his sycophantic biographer, of Gower Street, investigate a dozen cases; but they are not narrated by his "Watson", but rather by the various stolid police officers, metropolitan and provincial, who prove to be smarter than Radford Shone.

1: The Lion Lady
2: The Bullion-Room
3: The Missing Bomb
4: The Lost Heiress
5: The Granton Rubies
6: The Tenth Green
7: The Japanese Agent
8: The Eton Boy
9: The Thirsty Cat
10: The Bayswater Boarding-House
11: The Wireless Telegram
12: The Final Error

Out of print for many years, this collection first appeared in 1907. The text is from a dozen issues of The Adelaide Chronicle, 1907.

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Hill, J.H.: Astral Worship. v1, 5 Feb 2008

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Published in 1895 this little gem of a book gives a succinct overview of the evolution of religion from ancient worship of personified nature to Christianity today. It's a beautiful roadmap that puts all the pieces together.

With Illustrations.

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Hilton, James: And Now Good-bye. V1. 7 Sep 2012

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Born in Leigh, in Lancashire, England on 9 September 1900, he was the son of John Hilton, the headmaster of Chapel End School in Walthamstow. His father was one of the inspirations for the character of Mr. Chipping in Goodbye, Mr. Chips. (Hilton was born on Wilkinson Street in Leigh — there is a teacher in Goodbye, Mr. Chips called Mr Wilkinson.) The setting for Goodbye, Mr. Chips is believed to have been based on the Leys School, Cambridge, where James Hilton was a pupil. Chipping is also likely to have been based on W. H. Balgarnie, one of the masters of the school who was in charge of the Leys Fortnightly, where Hilton's first short stories and essays were published.
Hilton wrote his two most famous books, Lost Horizon and Goodbye, Mr Chips while living in a rather ordinary Semi-detached house on Oak Hill Gardens, Woodford Green. The house still stands, with a blue plaque marking Hilton's residence.
He was married and divorced twice, first to Alice Brown and later to Galina Kopineck. He died in Long Beach, California from liver cancer on December 20, 1954, aged 54.
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The Redford rail smash was a bad business. On that cold November morning, glittering with sunshine and a thin layer of snow on the fields, the London- Manchester express hit a wagon that had strayed on to the main line from a siding. Engine and two first coaches were derailed; scattered cinders set fire to the wreckage; and fourteen persons in the first coach lost their lives. Some, unfortunately, were not killed outright. A curious thing was that even when all the names of persons who could possibly have been travelling on that particular train on that particular morning, had been collected and investigated, there were still two charred bodies completely unaccounted for, and both of women.

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Hilton, James: And Now, Good-Bye. V1. 30 Oct 2010

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James Hilton (9 September 1900 – 20 December 1954) was an English novelist, and author of several best-sellers including Lost Horizon (which popularised the mythical Shangri-La) and Goodbye Mr. Chips.

From the Book:
The Reverend Howat Freemantle awoke about the usual time on Monday morning of that second week in November. From habit, as soon as he was completely conscious, he lit the bedside candle, glanced at his watch ticking loudly on the table, and then at his wife, whose huddled back and deep regular breathing presented a familiar picture close by. Seven-thirty. He reached out an arm to light the gas-ring under the kettle—a manoeuvre dexterously performed as a result of long practice. Then he leaned back to doze for those last and frequently most delightful minutes.
But this morning they were not particularly delightful. Parsons, he had often reflected, were not immune from the 'Monday morning' feeling—on the contrary, they were subject to a peculiarly distressing Monday morning feeling of their own. After Sunday, with its sermons and services, Monday came, not as the beginning of a six days' holiday, as so many lay persons imagined, but as a sudden drop to the bottom of a hill which had to be slowly and laboriously climbed over again.

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Hilton, James: Contango (Ill Wind). V1. 8 Sep 2012

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Born in Leigh, in Lancashire, England on 9 September 1900, he was the son of John Hilton, the headmaster of Chapel End School in Walthamstow. His father was one of the inspirations for the character of Mr. Chipping in Goodbye, Mr. Chips. (Hilton was born on Wilkinson Street in Leigh — there is a teacher in Goodbye, Mr. Chips called Mr Wilkinson.) The setting for Goodbye, Mr. Chips is believed to have been based on the Leys School, Cambridge, where James Hilton was a pupil. Chipping is also likely to have been based on W. H. Balgarnie, one of the masters of the school who was in charge of the Leys Fortnightly, where Hilton's first short stories and essays were published.
Hilton wrote his two most famous books, Lost Horizon and Goodbye, Mr Chips while living in a rather ordinary Semi-detached house on Oak Hill Gardens, Woodford Green. The house still stands, with a blue plaque marking Hilton's residence.
He was married and divorced twice, first to Alice Brown and later to Galina Kopineck. He died in Long Beach, California from liver cancer on December 20, 1954, aged 54.
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“Curious, the way things do jump out of nothing. This affair seems to have been begun by a hat blowing off.”

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Hilton, James: Good-bye, Mr. Chips, v.1, 13 Feb 2008.

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A very short old classic. Life at an English public-school, in the eyes of an old school-master.

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Hilton, James: Good-bye, Mr. Chips. V1. 22 Dec 2008

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Born in Leigh, in Lancashire, England on 9 September 1900, he was the son of John Hilton, the headmaster of Chapel End School in Walthamstow. His father was one of the inspirations for the character of Mr. Chipping in Goodbye, Mr. Chips. (Hilton was born on Wilkinson Street in Leigh — there is a teacher in Goodbye, Mr. Chips called Mr Wilkinson.) The setting for Goodbye, Mr. Chips is believed to have been based on the Leys School, Cambridge, where James Hilton was a pupil. Chipping is also likely to have been based on W. H. Balgarnie, one of the masters of the school who was in charge of the Leys Fortnightly, where Hilton's first short stories and essays were published.
Hilton wrote his two most famous books, Lost Horizon and Goodbye, Mr Chips while living in a rather ordinary Semi-detached house on Oak Hill Gardens, Woodford Green. The house still stands, with a blue plaque marking Hilton's residence.
He was married and divorced twice, first to Alice Brown and later to Galina Kopineck. He died in Long Beach, California from liver cancer on December 20, 1954, aged 54.
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The novel tells the story of a much-loved schoolteacher through the long years of his tenure at Brookfield, the fictional boys' public boarding school where he has taught. Arthur Chipping conquers his inability to connect with the boys at the school, as well as his initial shyness, when he marries Katherine, a young woman he meets on holiday who quickly picks up on calling him by his nickname, "Chips". Despite his own mediocre academic record, he goes on to have an illustrious career as an inspiring educator at Brookfield.
Although the book is unabashedly sentimental, it also depicts the sweeping social changes that Chips experiences throughout his life: he begins his tenure at Brookfield in 1870, as the Franco-Prussian War is breaking out, and lies on his deathbed shortly after Hitler's rise to power. At times, the book is rather ethnocentric. On numerous occasions, Chips ruminates on his faith in "English blood," and at one point makes a mildly anti-Semitic joke about a "boy named Isaacstein." (Later editions of the book eliminated the Jewish reference and simply said that Chips "made fun of a boy's name.") He is seen as an individual who is able to connect to anyone on a human level, beyond what he (by proxy of his former wife) views as petty politics, such as the strikers, the Boers, and a German friend.
Clearly discernible is a nostalgia for the Victorian social order that had faded rapidly after Queen Victoria's death in 1901 and whose remnants were fully destroyed by the First World War. Indeed, a recurring leitmotif throughout is the devastating impact of the war on British society. When the war breaks out, Chips, who had retired the year before at age sixty-five, agrees to come out of retirement to fill in for the various masters who have entered military service. Despite his being taken for a doddering fossil, it is Chips who keeps his wits about him during an air raid, averting mass panic and sustaining morale. Countless old boys and masters die on the battlefield, and much of the story involves Chips's response to the horrors unleashed by the war. At one point, he reads aloud a long roster of the school's fallen alumni, and, defying the modern world he sees as soulless and lacking transcendent values of honour and friendship, dares to include the name of an Austrian former master who has died fighting on the opposite side.
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Hilton, James: Knight Without Armour. V1. 30 Oct 2010

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James Hilton (9 September 1900 – 20 December 1954) was an English novelist, and author of several best-sellers including Lost Horizon (which popularised the mythical Shangri-La) and Goodbye Mr. Chips.

KNIGHT WITHOUT ARMOR was published in America six months after LOST HORIZON, yet before LOST HORIZON began to win popularity--thus it missed the wider appeal it might otherwise have had. Set in Russia, it is the story of Ainsely Fothergill, an Englishman who served as a British spy and was exiled to Siberia for eight years. The book reminds us that James Hilton was one of the best storytellers of our era, and that a good story never loses its appeal.

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Hilton, James: Knight Without Armour. V1. 9 Sep 2012

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Born in Leigh, in Lancashire, England on 9 September 1900, he was the son of John Hilton, the headmaster of Chapel End School in Walthamstow. His father was one of the inspirations for the character of Mr. Chipping in Goodbye, Mr. Chips. (Hilton was born on Wilkinson Street in Leigh — there is a teacher in Goodbye, Mr. Chips called Mr Wilkinson.) The setting for Goodbye, Mr. Chips is believed to have been based on the Leys School, Cambridge, where James Hilton was a pupil. Chipping is also likely to have been based on W. H. Balgarnie, one of the masters of the school who was in charge of the Leys Fortnightly, where Hilton's first short stories and essays were published.
Hilton wrote his two most famous books, Lost Horizon and Goodbye, Mr Chips while living in a rather ordinary Semi-detached house on Oak Hill Gardens, Woodford Green. The house still stands, with a blue plaque marking Hilton's residence.
He was married and divorced twice, first to Alice Brown and later to Galina Kopineck. He died in Long Beach, California from liver cancer on December 20, 1954, aged 54.
Wikipedia

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“There died on the 13th inst. at Roone’s Hotel, Carrigole, Co. Cork, where he had been staying for some time, Mr. Ainsley Jergwin Fothergill, in his forty-ninth year. Mr. Fothergill was the youngest son of the Reverend Wilson Fothergill, of Timperleigh, Leicestershire. Educated at Barrowhurst and at St. John’s College, Cambridge, he was for a time a journalist in London before seeking his fortune abroad. Since 1920 he had been closely associated with the plantation rubber industry, and was the author of a standard work upon that subject.”

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Hilton, James: Lost Horizon, v.1, 29 Oct 2007.

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A bestseller of 1933.

After an air crash, group of westerners find themselves marooned in the Himalayan valley of Shangri-La. There is a monastery where the peace-loving lamas do not seem to age and are intent on preserving the best of world civilisation. The visitors are invited to remain.
This utopian work was a very popular escapist novel in the thirties; and with the economic depression, the memories of the Great War, and the prospect of another war, they had good reason to like escapist literature.

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Hilton, James: Morning Journey, v.1, 17 Feb 2008.

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Another James Hilton novel from Gutenberg Australia.

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Hilton, James: Murder At School. V1. 8 Sep 2012

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Born in Leigh, in Lancashire, England on 9 September 1900, he was the son of John Hilton, the headmaster of Chapel End School in Walthamstow. His father was one of the inspirations for the character of Mr. Chipping in Goodbye, Mr. Chips. (Hilton was born on Wilkinson Street in Leigh — there is a teacher in Goodbye, Mr. Chips called Mr Wilkinson.) The setting for Goodbye, Mr. Chips is believed to have been based on the Leys School, Cambridge, where James Hilton was a pupil. Chipping is also likely to have been based on W. H. Balgarnie, one of the masters of the school who was in charge of the Leys Fortnightly, where Hilton's first short stories and essays were published.
Hilton wrote his two most famous books, Lost Horizon and Goodbye, Mr Chips while living in a rather ordinary Semi-detached house on Oak Hill Gardens, Woodford Green. The house still stands, with a blue plaque marking Hilton's residence.
He was married and divorced twice, first to Alice Brown and later to Galina Kopineck. He died in Long Beach, California from liver cancer on December 20, 1954, aged 54.
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Pilate might well have added: "What is youth?"—And so the modern father too may wonder, Faintly remembering his own, forsooth, But feeling it would be an awful blunder To tell his sons a tenth part of the truth About the sex-temptations HE came under. Therefore, in England now, on every hand, This proper study of mankind is banned.

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Hilton, James: Nothing So Strange. V1. 10 Sep 2012

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Born in Leigh, in Lancashire, England on 9 September 1900, he was the son of John Hilton, the headmaster of Chapel End School in Walthamstow. His father was one of the inspirations for the character of Mr. Chipping in Goodbye, Mr. Chips. (Hilton was born on Wilkinson Street in Leigh — there is a teacher in Goodbye, Mr. Chips called Mr Wilkinson.) The setting for Goodbye, Mr. Chips is believed to have been based on the Leys School, Cambridge, where James Hilton was a pupil. Chipping is also likely to have been based on W. H. Balgarnie, one of the masters of the school who was in charge of the Leys Fortnightly, where Hilton's first short stories and essays were published.
Hilton wrote his two most famous books, Lost Horizon and Goodbye, Mr Chips while living in a rather ordinary Semi-detached house on Oak Hill Gardens, Woodford Green. The house still stands, with a blue plaque marking Hilton's residence.
He was married and divorced twice, first to Alice Brown and later to Galina Kopineck. He died in Long Beach, California from liver cancer on December 20, 1954, aged 54.
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This is the story of two modern people—a young American who, both as a scientist and as a man, faced some of the biggest problems of our times; and the girl who gave him all her heart and brain.

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Hilton, James: Random Harvest, v.1, 11 Feb 2008.

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Set in the years between the two World Wars, James Hilton's "Random Harvest" tells the story of a shell-shocked soldier who loses his memory. The final denouement occurs only on the last page of the book!

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Hilton, James: So Well Remembered. V1. 10 Sep 2012

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Born in Leigh, in Lancashire, England on 9 September 1900, he was the son of John Hilton, the headmaster of Chapel End School in Walthamstow. His father was one of the inspirations for the character of Mr. Chipping in Goodbye, Mr. Chips. (Hilton was born on Wilkinson Street in Leigh — there is a teacher in Goodbye, Mr. Chips called Mr Wilkinson.) The setting for Goodbye, Mr. Chips is believed to have been based on the Leys School, Cambridge, where James Hilton was a pupil. Chipping is also likely to have been based on W. H. Balgarnie, one of the masters of the school who was in charge of the Leys Fortnightly, where Hilton's first short stories and essays were published.
Hilton wrote his two most famous books, Lost Horizon and Goodbye, Mr Chips while living in a rather ordinary Semi-detached house on Oak Hill Gardens, Woodford Green. The house still stands, with a blue plaque marking Hilton's residence.
He was married and divorced twice, first to Alice Brown and later to Galina Kopineck. He died in Long Beach, California from liver cancer on December 20, 1954, aged 54.
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That day so well remembered—a day, indeed, impossible to forget —was the First of September, 1921; on the morning of which George Boswell—then only Councillor Boswell, then sandy-brown-haired with not a trace of grey—woke before dawn, looked at his watch, and promptly slept again till Annie brought in the morning paper, a cup of tea, and some letters that had just arrived. Amongst them was a note from Lord Winslow's secretary, saying that his lordship would arrive at Browdley Station by the noon train, in good time for the foundation-stone-laying; and this made George very happy and proud, because Lord Winslow was not an ordinary kind of lord (a type which George, never having met any, imagined for himself and then proceeded to scorn on principle), but a special kind who had not only devoted a lifetime to public service but had also written several distinguished books.

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Hilton, James: The Story of Dr. Wassell. V1. 10 Sep 2012

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Born in Leigh, in Lancashire, England on 9 September 1900, he was the son of John Hilton, the headmaster of Chapel End School in Walthamstow. His father was one of the inspirations for the character of Mr. Chipping in Goodbye, Mr. Chips. (Hilton was born on Wilkinson Street in Leigh — there is a teacher in Goodbye, Mr. Chips called Mr Wilkinson.) The setting for Goodbye, Mr. Chips is believed to have been based on the Leys School, Cambridge, where James Hilton was a pupil. Chipping is also likely to have been based on W. H. Balgarnie, one of the masters of the school who was in charge of the Leys Fortnightly, where Hilton's first short stories and essays were published.
Hilton wrote his two most famous books, Lost Horizon and Goodbye, Mr Chips while living in a rather ordinary Semi-detached house on Oak Hill Gardens, Woodford Green. The house still stands, with a blue plaque marking Hilton's residence.
He was married and divorced twice, first to Alice Brown and later to Galina Kopineck. He died in Long Beach, California from liver cancer on December 20, 1954, aged 54.
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Hilton's only non-fiction work.
On May 26, 1942, President Franklin D. Roosevelt's "fireside chat" radio program. FDR's subject that night was a man named Corydon Wassell, an Arkansas doctor and Naval officer who had recently performed a heroic wartime act on the Pacific island of Java.

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Hilton, James: Time And Time Again. V1. 11 Sep 2012

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Born in Leigh, in Lancashire, England on 9 September 1900, he was the son of John Hilton, the headmaster of Chapel End School in Walthamstow. His father was one of the inspirations for the character of Mr. Chipping in Goodbye, Mr. Chips. (Hilton was born on Wilkinson Street in Leigh — there is a teacher in Goodbye, Mr. Chips called Mr Wilkinson.) The setting for Goodbye, Mr. Chips is believed to have been based on the Leys School, Cambridge, where James Hilton was a pupil. Chipping is also likely to have been based on W. H. Balgarnie, one of the masters of the school who was in charge of the Leys Fortnightly, where Hilton's first short stories and essays were published.
Hilton wrote his two most famous books, Lost Horizon and Goodbye, Mr Chips while living in a rather ordinary Semi-detached house on Oak Hill Gardens, Woodford Green. The house still stands, with a blue plaque marking Hilton's residence.
He was married and divorced twice, first to Alice Brown and later to Galina Kopineck. He died in Long Beach, California from liver cancer on December 20, 1954, aged 54.
Wikipedia

Towards midnight Charles Anderson finished some notes on a talk he had had with a newspaper editor at lunch—nothing very important, but he thought he ought to keep Bingay decently informed. The hour and the completion of the task seemed to call for a drink, so he went to the bathroom for some water and then to his suitcase for the silver flask that he always carried on these junkets and tried to keep replenished. He was not much of a whisky drinker (so he would say of himself when he ordered wine), but he liked a nightcap either in bed before turning out the light or during that last half-hour of dressing-gowned pottering when he would tidy up the affairs of the day both in his mind and on his desk. He was tidy by nature and years of experience had made him save, whenever possible, some small but relaxing job for a final one, even if it were only an entry in his diary or a jotting for the book he was one day going to write.

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Hilton, James: To You, Mr Chips!. V1. 9 Sep 2012

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Born in Leigh, in Lancashire, England on 9 September 1900, he was the son of John Hilton, the headmaster of Chapel End School in Walthamstow. His father was one of the inspirations for the character of Mr. Chipping in Goodbye, Mr. Chips. (Hilton was born on Wilkinson Street in Leigh — there is a teacher in Goodbye, Mr. Chips called Mr Wilkinson.) The setting for Goodbye, Mr. Chips is believed to have been based on the Leys School, Cambridge, where James Hilton was a pupil. Chipping is also likely to have been based on W. H. Balgarnie, one of the masters of the school who was in charge of the Leys Fortnightly, where Hilton's first short stories and essays were published.
Hilton wrote his two most famous books, Lost Horizon and Goodbye, Mr Chips while living in a rather ordinary Semi-detached house on Oak Hill Gardens, Woodford Green. The house still stands, with a blue plaque marking Hilton's residence.
He was married and divorced twice, first to Alice Brown and later to Galina Kopineck. He died in Long Beach, California from liver cancer on December 20, 1954, aged 54.
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Goodbye Mr Chips is only some 128 pages. In 1938 James Hilton published To You, Mr. Chips, which is twice as long. It begins as autobiography, but soon switches to Hilton’s vision of a better society via a more detailed biography of Chips and his “wise and sweetening influence” on the lives of schoolchildren. Neither book has lost its charm.

A CHAPTER OF AUTOBIOGRAPHY
GERALD AND THE CANDIDATE
YOUNG WAVENEY
MR. CHIPS TAKES A RISK
MR. CHIPS MEETS A SINNER
MR. CHIPS MEETS A STAR
MERRY CHRISTMAS, MR.CHIPS

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Hilton, James: Was it Murder?, v.1, 21 Feb 2008.

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Another James Hilton classic - set in the years between the World Wars, a suspicious death at a school.... and a protagonist prone to composing poems.

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Hilton, Walter: The Scale (or Ladder) of Perfection. 20-Nov-2010

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Walter Hilton (d. 1396) was an Augustinian mystic. His 'Scale of Perfection' is known as the first book of mysticism written in the English language. This work may be described as a guide-book for the journey to the spiritual Jerusalem, which is "contemplation in perfect love of God"

The text is from www.ccel.org

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Hinton, C.H.: An Episode of Flatland. v1. 10 Nov 2007

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I've not read this one, but I've been curious about it since I was in high school. I've watched print copies go for $300 or more and not found it in any of the libraries I've lived near. Fortunately, Marcus Rowland of Forgotten Futures uploaded a scan to his website, which is incidentally an excellent page for finding Victorian era adventure and fantasy e-texts of all sorts.

Hinton was of course inspired by Edwin A. Abbott's classic Romance of Many Dimensions (also available on mobile read), but was more interested in developing the mechanics of how a two dimensional world would operate. A. K. Dewdney's novel Planiverse was based on Hinton's model for a 2-D planet.

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Hippocrates: Collected Works, v.1, 26 June 2008.

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Hippocrates of Cos (ca. 460 BC – ca. 370 BC) Collected Works.
Translated by Dr. Francis Adams (1796–1861).

There are about 70 works in the Hippocratic corpus. Many of them are actually by his students. This translation, by a Scottish doctor collects the ones most likely to be by Hippocrates himself. It includes the Hippocratic Oath.

From the Aphorisms:
‘Life is short, and Art long; the crisis fleeting; experience perilous, and decision difficult. The physician must not only be prepared to do what is right himself, but also to make the patient, the attendants, and externals cooperate.’

Contents:
On Airs, Waters, and Places
On Ancient Medicine
Aphorisms
On the Articulations
The Book of Prognostics
On Fistulae
On Fractures
On Haemorrhoids
On Injuries of the Head
Instruments of Reduction
The Law
The Oath
Of the Epidemics
On Regimen in Acute Diseases
On the Sacred Disease
On the Surgery
On Ulcers

Disclaimer: Consult your medical practitioner if you need medical advice. Medicine has moved on since 400 BCE. I refuse to accept any responsibility if you are imprudent enough to try any of the remedies or procedures in this book.

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Hittell, Theodore H.: Adventures of James Capen "Grizzly" Adams. v1. 2 Dec 07

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The actual title is "The Adventures of James Capen Adams, Mountaineer and Grizzly Bear Hunter of California" but was too long for thread name.

James Capen "Grizzly" Adams was the real-life inspiration for the 1970's U.S. TV series "The Life and Times of Grizzly Adams." I loved it when I was a kid!

It turns out that the real life story is actually a bit more graphic than the sanitized TV version. The actual James Adams spent many years living in the mountain ranges of the U.S. west after having financial troubles in the mid-1800's. He befriended a bear cub named Ben (short for Benjamin Franklin) which actually became his pet for some time. While living in the mountains, he had several run-ins with Indians, was attacked by many different kinds of dangerous animals and generally had a rough time.

He basically made his living by hunting, trapping and capturing animals for circuses and zoos. When not in the mountains doing his mountain man thing, he would visit cities to earn money wrestling (!) his "pet" grizzly bears and other animals for fun and profit for his friend P.T. Barnum. These incidents didn't always go well however, and he often suffered severe injuries--a run-in with a cranky Bengal tiger scarred him pretty badly.

One thing that really stands out though is his love of nature and the environment--well that is if you don't count that he hunted and ate anything he could catch and made a living by sending animals to zoos. It's interesting reading his descriptions of the vast wilderness that existed before our cities and smog took everything over.

On his deathbed he was asked about his faith. He replied: "I have attended preaching every day, Sundays and all, for the last six years. Sometimes an old grizzly gave me the sermon, sometimes it was a panther; often it was the thunder and lightning, the tempest or the hurricane, on the peaks of the Sierra Nevada or in the gorges of the Rocky Mountains. But whatever preached to me, it always taught me the majesty of the Creator and revealed to me the undying and unchanging love of our kind Father in Heaven. Although I am a pretty rough customer, I fancy my heart is in about the right place, and look with confidence for that rest which I so much need, and which I have never enjoyed upon earth."

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Hocking, Joseph: The Birthright. V1. 13 June 2010

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Joseph Hocking (7 November 1860 – 4 March 1937) was an English novelist and Methodist minister. He was born at St Stephen-in-Brannel, Cornwall, to James Hocking, part owner of a tin mine, and his wife Elizabeth.

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I am writing this story at the wish of many friends, who tell me it is my duty so to do. Certain stories have been afloat, which are anything but true, and it has been urged upon me again and again to set down in plain terms the true history of events which have set people's tongues wagging. I must confess that, in spite of the pleasure I have in recalling the memories of past years, it is with great diffidence that I at last commence my work.

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Hocking, Joseph: All for a Scrap of Paper. V1. 12 June 2010

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Joseph Hocking (7 November 1860 – 4 March 1937) was an English novelist and Methodist minister. He was born at St Stephen-in-Brannel, Cornwall, to James Hocking, part owner of a tin mine, and his wife Elizabeth.

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"I then said that I should like to go and see the Chancellor. . . I found the Chancellor very agitated. His Excellency began a harangue which lasted about twenty minutes. He said that the step taken by His Majesty's Government was terrible to a degree; just for a word, 'neutrality'—a word which in war time had also often been disregarded—just for a scrap of paper.

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Hocking, Joseph: All for a scrap of paper.V1.2 July 2012

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From Wikipedia: [quot Joseph Hocking (7 November 1860 – 4 March 1937) was a Cornish novelist and Methodist minister. He was born at St Stephen-in-Brannel, Cornwall, to James Hocking, part owner of a tin mine, and his wife Elizabeth.

In 1884, he was ordained as a minister. Working in different parts of England over the next few years, he wrote his first novel, Harry Penhale - The Trial of his Faith, while in London in 1887. He regarded fiction as a highly effective medium for conveying his Christian message to the public, and combined his writing with his church duties, until ill health forced him to resign from the ministry in 1909.[/quot

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Hocking, Joseph: Roger Trewinion.V1.2 July 2012

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From Wikipedia: [quot Joseph Hocking (7 November 1860 – 4 March 1937) was a Cornish novelist and Methodist minister. He was born at St Stephen-in-Brannel, Cornwall, to James Hocking, part owner of a tin mine, and his wife Elizabeth.

In 1884, he was ordained as a minister. Working in different parts of England over the next few years, he wrote his first novel, Harry Penhale - The Trial of his Faith, while in London in 1887. He regarded fiction as a highly effective medium for conveying his Christian message to the public, and combined his writing with his church duties, until ill health forced him to resign from the ministry in 1909.[/quot

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Hocking, Joseph: The Birthright.V1.2 July 2012

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From Wikipedia: [quot Joseph Hocking (7 November 1860 – 4 March 1937) was a Cornish novelist and Methodist minister. He was born at St Stephen-in-Brannel, Cornwall, to James Hocking, part owner of a tin mine, and his wife Elizabeth.

In 1884, he was ordained as a minister. Working in different parts of England over the next few years, he wrote his first novel, Harry Penhale - The Trial of his Faith, while in London in 1887. He regarded fiction as a highly effective medium for conveying his Christian message to the public, and combined his writing with his church duties, until ill health forced him to resign from the ministry in 1909.[/quot

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Hocking, Joseph: The Day of Judgement.V1.2 July 2012

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From Wikipedia: [quot Joseph Hocking (7 November 1860 – 4 March 1937) was a Cornish novelist and Methodist minister. He was born at St Stephen-in-Brannel, Cornwall, to James Hocking, part owner of a tin mine, and his wife Elizabeth.

In 1884, he was ordained as a minister. Working in different parts of England over the next few years, he wrote his first novel, Harry Penhale - The Trial of his Faith, while in London in 1887. He regarded fiction as a highly effective medium for conveying his Christian message to the public, and combined his writing with his church duties, until ill health forced him to resign from the ministry in 1909.[/quot

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Hocking, Joseph: The Day of Judgment. V1. 14 June 2010

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Joseph Hocking (7 November 1860 – 4 March 1937) was an English novelist and Methodist minister. He was born at St Stephen-in-Brannel, Cornwall, to James Hocking, part owner of a tin mine, and his wife Elizabeth.

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Three young men sat in an old inn not far from the borderline which divides England from Scotland. They were out on a holiday, and for more than two weeks had been tramping northward. Beginning at the Windermere Lakes, they had been roaming amidst the wild mountainous scenery which is the pride and joy of all lovers of beauty who dwell in that district. For two of them the holiday had practically come to an end, and now, smoking their pipes after dinner in the old inn, they were reviewing their experiences.

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Hocking, Joseph: The Everlasting Arms.V1.2 July 2012

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From Wikipedia: [quot Joseph Hocking (7 November 1860 – 4 March 1937) was a Cornish novelist and Methodist minister. He was born at St Stephen-in-Brannel, Cornwall, to James Hocking, part owner of a tin mine, and his wife Elizabeth.

In 1884, he was ordained as a minister. Working in different parts of England over the next few years, he wrote his first novel, Harry Penhale - The Trial of his Faith, while in London in 1887. He regarded fiction as a highly effective medium for conveying his Christian message to the public, and combined his writing with his church duties, until ill health forced him to resign from the ministry in 1909.[/quot

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Hocking, Joseph: The Man who rose again.V1.2 July 2012

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From Wikipedia: [quot Joseph Hocking (7 November 1860 – 4 March 1937) was a Cornish novelist and Methodist minister. He was born at St Stephen-in-Brannel, Cornwall, to James Hocking, part owner of a tin mine, and his wife Elizabeth.

In 1884, he was ordained as a minister. Working in different parts of England over the next few years, he wrote his first novel, Harry Penhale - The Trial of his Faith, while in London in 1887. He regarded fiction as a highly effective medium for conveying his Christian message to the public, and combined his writing with his church duties, until ill health forced him to resign from the ministry in 1909.[/quot

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Hocking, Joseph: The passion for life.V1.2 July 2012

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From Wikipedia: [quot Joseph Hocking (7 November 1860 – 4 March 1937) was a Cornish novelist and Methodist minister. He was born at St Stephen-in-Brannel, Cornwall, to James Hocking, part owner of a tin mine, and his wife Elizabeth.

In 1884, he was ordained as a minister. Working in different parts of England over the next few years, he wrote his first novel, Harry Penhale - The Trial of his Faith, while in London in 1887. He regarded fiction as a highly effective medium for conveying his Christian message to the public, and combined his writing with his church duties, until ill health forced him to resign from the ministry in 1909.[/quot

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Hocking, Joseph: The Pomp of Yesterday. V1. 14 June 2010

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Joseph Hocking (7 November 1860 – 4 March 1937) was an English novelist and Methodist minister. He was born at St Stephen-in-Brannel, Cornwall, to James Hocking, part owner of a tin mine, and his wife Elizabeth.

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It is now fast approaching four years since our country at the call of duty, and for the world's welfare entered the great struggle which is still convulsing the nations of the earth. What this has cost us, and what it has meant to us, and to other countries, it is impossible to describe. Imagination reels before the thought. Still the ghastly struggle continues, daily comes the story of carnage, and suffering, and loss; and still the enemy who stands for all that is basest, and most degraded in life, stands firm, and proudly vaunts his prowess.
Why is Victory delayed?

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Hocking, Joseph: The Pomp of Yesterday.V1.2 July 2012

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From Wikipedia: [quot Joseph Hocking (7 November 1860 – 4 March 1937) was a Cornish novelist and Methodist minister. He was born at St Stephen-in-Brannel, Cornwall, to James Hocking, part owner of a tin mine, and his wife Elizabeth.

In 1884, he was ordained as a minister. Working in different parts of England over the next few years, he wrote his first novel, Harry Penhale - The Trial of his Faith, while in London in 1887. He regarded fiction as a highly effective medium for conveying his Christian message to the public, and combined his writing with his church duties, until ill health forced him to resign from the ministry in 1909.[/quot

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Hocking, Joseph: Tommy. V1. 16 June 2010

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Joseph Hocking (7 November 1860 – 4 March 1937) was an English novelist and Methodist minister. He was born at St Stephen-in-Brannel, Cornwall, to James Hocking, part owner of a tin mine, and his wife Elizabeth.

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My only qualification for writing this simple story of "Tommy" is that I have tried to know him, and that I greatly admire him. I met him before he joined the army, when for more than six months I addressed recruiting meetings. I have also been with him in training camps, and spent many hours talking with him. It was during those hours that he opened his heart to me and showed me the kind of man he is.

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Hocking, Joseph: Tommy.V1.2 July 2012

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From Wikipedia: [quot Joseph Hocking (7 November 1860 – 4 March 1937) was a Cornish novelist and Methodist minister. He was born at St Stephen-in-Brannel, Cornwall, to James Hocking, part owner of a tin mine, and his wife Elizabeth.

In 1884, he was ordained as a minister. Working in different parts of England over the next few years, he wrote his first novel, Harry Penhale - The Trial of his Faith, while in London in 1887. He regarded fiction as a highly effective medium for conveying his Christian message to the public, and combined his writing with his church duties, until ill health forced him to resign from the ministry in 1909.[/quot

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Hocking, Joseph: Weapons of Mystery. V1. 16 June 2010

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Joseph Hocking (7 November 1860 – 4 March 1937) was an English novelist and Methodist minister. He was born at St Stephen-in-Brannel, Cornwall, to James Hocking, part owner of a tin mine, and his wife Elizabeth.

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My story begins on the morning of December 18, 18—, while sitting at breakfast. Let it be understood before we go further that I was a bachelor living in lodgings. I had been left an orphan just before I came of age, and was thus cast upon the world at a time when it is extremely dangerous for young men to be alone.

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Hocking, Joseph: Weapons of Mystery.V1.2 July 2012

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From Wikipedia: [quot Joseph Hocking (7 November 1860 – 4 March 1937) was a Cornish novelist and Methodist minister. He was born at St Stephen-in-Brannel, Cornwall, to James Hocking, part owner of a tin mine, and his wife Elizabeth.

In 1884, he was ordained as a minister. Working in different parts of England over the next few years, he wrote his first novel, Harry Penhale - The Trial of his Faith, while in London in 1887. He regarded fiction as a highly effective medium for conveying his Christian message to the public, and combined his writing with his church duties, until ill health forced him to resign from the ministry in 1909.[/quot

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Hocking, Silas Kitto: A Modern Pharisee. v1. 14 Mar 2016

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Silas Kitto Hocking (24 March 1850 – 15 September 1935) was a Cornish novelist and Methodist preacher. He is known for his novel for youth called Her Benny (1879), which was a best-seller.
Extract
IT was unmistakably a cry for help, and instantly every eye was turned toward the sea, and faces became blanched in a moment with fear and anxiety.

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Hocking, Silas Kitto: Dick's Fairy. v1. 12 Mar 2016

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Silas Kitto Hocking (24 March 1850 – 15 September 1935) was a Cornish novelist and Methodist preacher. He is known for his novel for youth called Her Benny (1879), which was a best-seller.

DICK’S FAIRY.
HOSEA BEGG.
OUT OF TEMPTATION.
COUSIN FRANK.

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Hocking, Silas Kitto: For Such Is Life. v1. 13 Mar 2016

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Silas Kitto Hocking (24 March 1850 – 15 September 1935) was a Cornish novelist and Methodist preacher. He is known for his novel for youth called Her Benny (1879), which was a best-seller.
Extract
To anyone used to the roar and rush of city life, this Australian farmstead would have seemed oppressively quiet. Nothing stirred about the place. Not a bird fluttered in the trees. The servants lay about in the shadow, and panted or smoked, but no one was in the humour for speech.

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Hocking, Silas Kitto: Real Grit. v1. 16 Mar 2016

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Silas Kitto Hocking (24 March 1850 – 15 September 1935) was a Cornish novelist and Methodist preacher. He is known for his novel for youth called Her Benny (1879), which was a best-seller.
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WELL, Jack, and what have you been doing with yourself to-day?”
“Well, my most affectionate pater,” said the young man, with a drawl and a yawn, “I have been doing my level best, as the Yankees would say, to kill time.”

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Hocking, Silas Kitto: Rex Raynor, Artist. v1. 18 Mar 2016

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Silas Kitto Hocking (24 March 1850 – 15 September 1935) was a Cornish novelist and Methodist preacher. He is known for his novel for youth called Her Benny (1879), which was a best-seller.
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Never had right appeared so difficult before. Never had wrong seemed so full of promise as now. Indeed, to Jane Raynor’s darkened and bewildered sense, right and wrong might have changed places, and judgment and conscience dropped out of existence altogether. She had been in trying circumstances before—many times, in fact, and oft; for with an ailing family and a small and precarious income, life had not been all a bed of roses; a bed of thorns would, perhaps, more truly describe it. Still, in the past, right had always seemed right—had always commended itself to her judgment and conscience alike; while duty, however difficult, had ever lain clear and distinct before her.

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Hocking, Silas Kitto: Tregeagle's Head. v1. 19 Mar 2016

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Silas Kitto Hocking (24 March 1850 – 15 September 1935) was a Cornish novelist and Methodist preacher. He is known for his novel for youth called Her Benny (1879), which was a best-seller.
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Jack Dunstan and Harry Penryn went out together on Tregeagle’s Head. Several hours later Harry returned alone. He did not say what had become of his companion; indeed he appeared anxious to avoid all allusion to the subject. When he got home he shut himself up in his fathers study, and remained there till Farmer Dunstan came across to the Vicarage to know what had become of his son.

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Hodgson, William Hope: Captain Gault (1917), V.1.

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Although best known for his fantasy/horror novels "The House on the Borderland", "The Night Land" etc, William Hope Hodgson (1877-1918) was also a prolific author of short stories written in a quite different style.

This book contains 10 entertaining tales of Captain Gault, a ship's captain in the years just before World War 1. He supplements his modest wages with ingenious smuggling of high-duty goods such as jewels, cigars, and even, in one yarn, guns. They originally appeared in The London Magazine between 1914 and 1916.

For the cover I used an original dust-jacket image, but the text on it was too far gone and I therefore replaced it with new text in fonts as closely resembling the original as possible.

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Hodgson, William Hope: Carnacki the Ghost-Finder (1913); v2; 7 Jan 2020

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Carnacki the Ghost-Finder was first published in 1913 and contained six stories, all that had been written at that time. Some years later, at irregular intervals, Hodgson wrote three more Carnacki stories. No complete edition was brought out in his lifetime.

This is a Complete Edition containing all nine stories, and also uses the First Edition cover. I call it V2 because a six-story edition is already uploaded.

1: The Gateway of the Monster
2: The House Among the Laurels
3: The Whistling Room
4: The Horse of the Invisible
5: The Searcher of the End House
6: The Thing Invisible
7: The Haunted Jarvee
8: The Find
9: The Hog

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Hodgson, William Hope: Carnacki, the Ghost Finder. V1. 17 June 2010

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William Hope Hodgson (15 November 1877 – April 1918) was an English author. He produced a large body of work, consisting of essays, short fiction, and novels, spanning several overlapping genres including horror, fantastic fiction and science fiction. Early in his writing career he dedicated effort to poetry, although few of his poems were published during his lifetime. He also attracted some notice as a photographer and achieved some renown as a bodybuilder. He died in World War I at the age of 40.

THE GATEWAY OF THE MONSTER
THE HOUSE AMONG THE LAURELS
THE WHISTLING ROOM
THE HORSE OF THE INVISIBLE
THE SEARCHER OF THE END HOUSE
THE THING INVISIBLE

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Hodgson, William Hope: Men of the Deep Waters (1914) v.1.

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William Hope Hodgson: 1877-1918

Ten sea stories, most of them tending to creepy/horror, plus two poems (the first and last items in the contents.)

The Song of the Great Bull Whale
1: On The Bridge
2: The Sea Horses
3: The Derelict
4: My House Shall Be Called The House Of Prayer
5: From The Tideless Sea
6: The Captain Of The Onion Boat
7: The Voice In The Night
8: Through The Vortex Of A Cyclone
9: The Mystery Of The Derelict
10: The Shamraken Homeward-Bounder
Grey Seas Are Dreaming Of My Death

The cover is an original dust jacket.

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Hodgson, William Hope: The Boats of the "Glen-Carrig" (1907); v1

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"Being an account of their Adventures in the Strange places of the Earth, after the foundering of the good ship "Glen Carrig" through striking upon a hidden rock in the unknown seas to the Southward. As told by John Winterstraw, Gent., to his son James Winterstraw, in the year 1757, and by him committed very properly and legibly to manuscript."

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Hodgson, William Hope: The Boats of the Glen Carrig. V1. 17 June 2010

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William Hope Hodgson (15 November 1877 – April 1918) was an English author. He produced a large body of work, consisting of essays, short fiction, and novels, spanning several overlapping genres including horror, fantastic fiction and science fiction. Early in his writing career he dedicated effort to poetry, although few of his poems were published during his lifetime. He also attracted some notice as a photographer and achieved some renown as a bodybuilder. He died in World War I at the age of 40.

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Being an account of their Adventures in the Strange places of the Earth, after the foundering of the good ship Glen Carrig through striking upon a hidden rock in the unknown seas to the Southward. As told by John Winterstraw, Gent., to his son James Winterstraw, in the year 1757, and by him committed very properly and legibly to manuscript.

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Hodgson, William Hope: The Ghost Pirates (1909), V1

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William Hope Hodgson wrote:

THIS BOOK forms the last of three. The first published was “The Boats of the ‘Glen Carrig’”; the second, “The House on the Borderland”; this, the third, completes what, perhaps, may be termed a trilogy; for, though very different in scope, each of the three books deals with certain conceptions that have an elemental kinship. With this book, the author believes that he closes the door, so far as he is concerned, on a particular phase of constructive thought.

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Hodgson, William Hope: The Ghost Pirates. V1. 18 June 2010

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William Hope Hodgson (15 November 1877 – April 1918) was an English author. He produced a large body of work, consisting of essays, short fiction, and novels, spanning several overlapping genres including horror, fantastic fiction and science fiction. Early in his writing career he dedicated effort to poetry, although few of his poems were published during his lifetime. He also attracted some notice as a photographer and achieved some renown as a bodybuilder. He died in World War I at the age of 40.

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This book forms the last of three. The first published was "The Boats of the 'Glen Carrig'"; the second, "The House on the Borderland"; this, the third, completes what, perhaps, may be termed a trilogy; for, though very different in scope, each of the three books deals with certain conceptions that have an elemental kinship. With this book, the author believes that he closes the door, so far as he is concerned, on a particular phase of constructive thought.

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Hodgson, William Hope: The House on the Borderland. V1. 18 June 2010

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William Hope Hodgson (15 November 1877 – April 1918) was an English author. He produced a large body of work, consisting of essays, short fiction, and novels, spanning several overlapping genres including horror, fantastic fiction and science fiction. Early in his writing career he dedicated effort to poetry, although few of his poems were published during his lifetime. He also attracted some notice as a photographer and achieved some renown as a bodybuilder. He died in World War I at the age of 40.

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Many are the hours in which I have pondered upon the story that is set forth in the following pages. I trust that my instincts are not awry when they prompt me to leave the account, in simplicity, as it was handed to me.
And the MS. itself—You must picture me, when first it was given into my care, turning it over, curiously, and making a swift, jerky examination. A small book it is; but thick, and all, save the last few pages, filled with a quaint but legible handwriting, and writ very close. I have the queer, faint, pit-water smell of it in my nostrils now as I write, and my fingers have subconscious memories of the soft, "cloggy" feel of the long-damp pages.

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Hodgson, William Hope: The Night Land. V1. 19 June 2010

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William Hope Hodgson (15 November 1877 – April 1918) was an English author. He produced a large body of work, consisting of essays, short fiction, and novels, spanning several overlapping genres including horror, fantastic fiction and science fiction. Early in his writing career he dedicated effort to poetry, although few of his poems were published during his lifetime. He also attracted some notice as a photographer and achieved some renown as a bodybuilder. He died in World War I at the age of 40.

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"This to be Love, that your spirit to live in a natural holiness with the Beloved, and your bodies to be a sweet and natural delight that shall be never lost of a lovely mystery.... And shame to be unborn, and all things to go wholesome and proper, out of an utter greatness of understanding; and the Man to be an Hero and a Child before the Woman; and the Woman to be an Holy Light of the Spirit and an Utter Companion and in the same time a glad Possession unto the Man.... And this doth be Human Love...."

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Hodgson, William Hope: The Real Thing. V1. 16 Mar 2011

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William Hope Hodgson (November 15, 1877 – April 1918) was an English author. He produced a large body of work, consisting of essays, short fiction, and novels, spanning several overlapping genres including horror, fantastic fiction and science fiction. Early in his writing career he dedicated effort to poetry, although few of his poems were published during his lifetime. He also attracted some notice as a photographer and achieved some renown as a bodybuilder. He died in World War I at the age of 40.

Author of “The Albatross,” “Jack Grey, Second Mate,” etc.
Adventure, January 3, 1919

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Hodson, Thomas: Old Daniel. V1. 19 June 2010

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Thomas Hodson

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I can now, in my mind’s eye, see Chickka, the washerman, as if I had met him yesterday; and I can see the mud houses of Singonahully, the mud wall of the village, and the temple of Runga, as if they were all before me. Yet five and thirty years are passed and gone since the afternoon when, in quest of medical aid, I rode past the village, hoping yet to see it the abode of many follower’s of Christ, not knowing that I was never to see it more. At that time Chickka was still a heathen. He was then between forty and fifty years of age, a grey-headed, resolute, self-controlled looking man.

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Hoffman, E.T.A: Weird Tales, v1, 30 Dec 2018

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E.T.A Hoffmann (1776-1822) was a Prussian artist, author, caricaturist, composer, lawyer, musical director, and musician. He wrote very many short stories and novellas, though not many of them have been translated into English.

The translator for [Weird Tales[/ was J.T. Bealby (1858-1944). He provided a 'Biographical Notice' about Hoffmann in the book, and stated that 'the common characteristic running through the stories [i that he puts them before us more as individual pictures than as developments of character ... after the manner of a painter'

As well as the Biographical Notice Weird Tales contains eleven short stories or novellas: The Cremona Violin, The Fermata, Signor Formica, The Sandman, The Entail, Arthur's Hall, The Doge and Dogess, Master Martin the Cooper, Mademoiselle de Scudéri, Gambler's Luck, and Master Johannes Wacht.

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Hoffmann, E. T. A.: Die Elixiere des Teufels german v1 18 feb 2009

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Die in [Die Elixiere des Teufels[/ beschriebene Lebensgeschichte des Mönches Medardus beginnt mit seinem Aufwachsen in einem Kloster. Trotz des asketischen Umfelds hat der Junge bereits früh mit körperlichen Versuchungen zu kämpfen. Als ihm nach mehreren Jahren im Kloster die Aufsicht über die heilige Reliquienkammer des Klosters übergeben wird, erfährt er von dem Geheimnis eines wundersamen Elixiers, mit welchem der Teufel versucht haben soll, den heiligen Antoinius zu verführen. Medardus kann seiner Neugier nicht widerstehen und trinkt von dem Elixier. Es vernebelt ihm die Sinne und erweckt ein dunkles Verlangen in seinem Inneren. Als das Kloster ihn bald darauf mit einem Auftrag nach Rom entsendet nimmt die unglaubliche und schauerhafte Geschichte des abtrünnigen Mönches ihren Lauf.

Der Roman Die Elixiere des Teufels von E. T. A. Hoffmann erschien 1815/16. Hoffmann übernahm die Grundidee des Romans aus Matthew Gregory Lewis Roman „The Monk“, der auch im Text selber erwähnt wird.

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Hoffmann, E. T. A.: Meister Floh. german. v1. 21 mar 2009

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Ernst Theodor Amadeus Hoffmann (* 24. Januar 1776; † 25. Juni 1822) war ein Schriftsteller der Romantik, Jurist, Komponist, Kapellmeister, Musikkritiker, Zeichner und Karikaturist. Der nach ihm benannte Bamberger Literaturpreis wird alle zwei Jahre verliehen.

Das skurrile Märchen "Meister Floh" erschien 1822 und erzählt die Geschichte des frauenscheuen Träumers Peregrinus Tyß sowie dessen Begegnung mit dem weisen und gelehrten Meister der Flöhe. Am Weihnachtsabend bringt Peregrinus den Kindern eines armen Buchbinders Geschenke und trifft dort die schöne und geheimnisvolle Dörtje Elverdink, die ihn bittet, sie in sein Haus aufzunehmen. Dort besteht sie auf der Herausgabe eines Gefangenen, von dem Peregrinus allerdings gar nichts weiß.
Zur selben Zeit gastiert ein Flohbändiger und Mikroskopist in der Stadt, dem zunächst seine Flöhe und dann seine schöne Nichte Dörtje abhanden gekommen sind. Auch Georg Pepusch, eine Freud des Peregrinus Tyß, ist auf der Suche nach Dörtje, die er für die wieder zum Leben erweckte Prinzessin Gamaheh aus Famagusta hält.
Peregrinus macht die Bekanntschaft des Meister Flohs, der lange ein Gefangener des Flohbändigers war und Peregrinus nun um Schutz bittet. Die schöne Dörtje, die tatsächlich die Prinzessin Gamaheh ist, dürfe ihn um keinen Preis in ihre Gewalt bekommen, da sonst das ganze Volk der Flöhe wieder zur Sklaverei verurteilt sei. Obwohl Peregrinus von Dörtje bezaubert ist, verspricht er, dem Meister Floh zu helfen.

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Hoffmann, E. T. A.: Nachtstücke. german. v1. 7 mar 2009

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[Nachtstücke[/ ist ein Zyklus von Erzählungen des deutschen Autors E. T. A. Hoffmann. Sie erschienen in zwei Bänden 1816 und 1817 und erfreuten sich bei der Leserschaft großer Beliebtheit wegen des geheimnisumwitterten Geschehens und Ambientes, das sie vermitteln.

Enthalten sind die Erzählungen:

- Der Sandmann

- Ignaz Denner

- Die Jesuiterkirche in G.

- Das Sanctus

- Das öde Haus

- Das Majorat

- Das Gelübde

- Das steinerne Herz.

Die Anlehnung an das aus der Malerei geläufige Nachtstück kommt nicht von ungefähr: Scheinen solche Bilder durch Kerzen oder Mondlicht nur schlecht ausgeleuchtet, sind die Hoffmannschen Erzählungen entsprechend düster und verwirrend "ausgeleuchtet". Vielfach bleibt die Frage offen, ob das, was geschehen sein soll, Wirklichkeit oder bloß Wahnvorstellung ist.

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Hoffmann, E. T. A: The Devil's Elixir. v1. 19 Nov 2014

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Ernst Theodor Amadeus Hoffmann (24 January 1776 – 25 June 1822), better known as E. T. A. Hoffmann, was a German Romantic author of fantasy and horror, a jurist, composer, music critic, draftsman and caricaturist. His stories form the basis of Jacques Offenbach's famous opera The Tales of Hoffmann, in which Hoffman appears (heavily fictionalized) as the hero. He is also the author of the novella The Nutcracker and the Mouse King, on which the famous ballet The Nutcracker is based. The ballet Coppélia is based on two other stories that Hoffmann wrote, while Schumann's Kreisleriana is based on Hoffmann's character Johannes Kreisler.

The charismatic monk Medardus becomes implicated in a deadly mystery against his will. As he travels towards Rome he wrestles with the enigma of his own identity while pursued by his murderous doppelganger. The monk's only hope for salvation lies with the beautiful Aurelie; but in order to escape the curse which lies over his family, he must evade the sinister powers of the living and the dead. In this lively and disturbing gothic tale, Hoffmann combines elements of the fantastic and the sublime to analyse the seductive ambiguities of art and the deeply divided nature of the human imagination.

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Hoffmann, E.T.A.: Der Sandmann (german) v1 23 dec 2008

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Ok, das ist mein erster Buch-Upload. Ich hoffe ihr seit mit der Formatierung zufrieden.

Inhalt:
»Aber die gräßlichste Gestalt hätte mir nicht tieferes Entsetzen erregen können, als eben dieser Coppelius. Denke Dir einen großen breitschultrigen Mann mit einem unförmlich dicken Kopf, erdgelbem Gesicht, buschigten grauen Augenbrauen, unter denen ein paar grünliche Katzenaugen stechend hervorfunkeln, großer, starker über die Oberlippe gezogener Nase. Das schiefe Maul verzieht sich oft zum hämischen Lachen; dann werden auf den Backen ein paar dunkelrote Flecke sichtbar und ein seltsam zischender Ton fährt durch die zusammengekniffenen Zähne.«

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Hoffmann, E.T.A.: Hoffmann's Strange Stories. v1. 11 Feb 2019

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[Hoffmann's Strange Stories[/ was published in Boston, USA, by Burnham Brothers in 1855, and translated by Lafayette Burnham, 1826-1862. It contains a Life of Hoffmann, and twelve short stories, most of which are also found in [Weird Tales,[/ but with different titles and structures.

The stories in this ebook are: The Cooper of Nuremburg;, The Lost Reflection; Antonia's Song; The Walled-Up Door; Berthold, the Madman; Coppelius, the Sandman; Salvator Rosa; Cardillac, the Jeweller; The Faro Bank; Fascination; The Agate Heart; and The Mystery of the Deserted House.

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Hoffmann, E.T.A.: The Devil's Elixir. v1. 15 July 2013

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E.T.A. Hoffmann (1776 – 1822) was a German Romantic author of fantasy and horror novels, many of which were adapted for stage and screen.
The Devil's Elixir is a dark Gothic novel, inspired by Matthew Gregory Lewis's novel [The Mon[/k. It details the adventures of Medardus, a young Capuchin monk, whose life goes horribly wrong after drinking an elixir once left by the devil in the cell of Saint Anthony.

The German original is also available at MR.

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Hoffmann, E.T.A.: The Elementary Spirit. v1 12 Jan 2019

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E.T.A Hoffmann (1776-1822) was a Prussian artist, author, caricaturist, composer, lawyer, musical director, and musician. He wrote many short stories and novellas, though not all have been translated into English.

This translation of [The Elementary Spirit[/ is taken from [Tales from the German,[/ and translated by John Oxenford (1812-1877) for the Chapman and Hall 1844 edition.

The story is set in France soon after Waterloo, and deals with the interaction of an Irish officer and a French noblewoman who have links to the secret world, and a German officer who falls under their spells.

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Hoffmann, E.T.A.: The Golden Pot: v1, 7 Jan 2019

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E.T.A Hoffmann (1776-1822) was a Prussian artist, author, caricaturist, composer, lawyer, musical director, and musician. He wrote many short stories and novellas, though not all have been translated into English.

This translation of [The Golden Pot[/ is taken from volume 22 of The Works of Thomas Carlyle (1795-1881) edited by D.H. Trail (1842-1900), published by Chapman and Hall in 1898.

The plot is very complex, and moves to and fro between a student's life in Dresden, where he falls in love with an upper class young woman, and his life in Fairyland where he falls in love with a green-gold snake.

The text was taken from and checked against the version in the Internet Archive. I have silently corrected typos, and made changes to spelling, punctuation, and hyphenation using oxforddictionaries.com.

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Hoffmann, E.T.A.: The Jesuit's Church in G-, v1, 15 Jan 2019

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This version of [The Jesuits' Church in G-[/ is taken from [Tales from the German,[/ which contains 17 stories by several German authors translated by John Oxenford (1812-1877) and C.A. Feiling for the Chapman and Hall 1844 edition. Three of the stories were by E.T.A. Hoffman, and were translated by John Oxenford.

This story is told in the first person by the author, and tells of a man working at a Jesuit church who is blessed and tormented by his sense of the sublime, and his remarkable abilities as a landscape and historical painter.

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Hoffmann, E.T.A.: Weird Tales Vol.1.Ver.1.1/27/2012

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Ernst Theodor Wilhelm Hoffmann (24 January 1776 – 25 June 1822), better known by his pen name E.T.A. Hoffmann (Ernst Theodor Amadeus Hoffmann), was a German Romantic author of fantasy and horror, a jurist, composer, music critic, draftsman and caricaturist.[1] He is the subject and hero of Jacques Offenbach's famous but fictitious opera The Tales of Hoffmann, and the author of the novelette The Nutcracker and the Mouse King, on which the famous ballet The Nutcracker is based.

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Hoffmann, E.T.A.: Weird Tales Vol.2.Ver.1.1/27/2012

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Ernst Theodor Wilhelm Hoffmann (24 January 1776 – 25 June 1822), better known by his pen name E.T.A. Hoffmann (Ernst Theodor Amadeus Hoffmann), was a German Romantic author of fantasy and horror, a jurist, composer, music critic, draftsman and caricaturist.[1] He is the subject and hero of Jacques Offenbach's famous but fictitious opera The Tales of Hoffmann, and the author of the novelette The Nutcracker and the Mouse King, on which the famous ballet The Nutcracker is based.

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Hoffmann, Heinrich, et al: Slovenly Betsy (illus). v1. 16 Apr 2021

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[Slovenly Betsy: the American Struwwelpeter[/

Ten naughty little girls appear here, to entertain and instruct by bad example.

This collection of cautionary tales, set in humorous verse, is a “Struwwelpetriade”, a member of that sub-genre that grew out of the success of Heinrich Hoffmann’s [Struwwelpeter[/ / [Slovenly Peter[/.

One of the poems, “Pauline and the Matches,” is positively identified as by Hoffmann, taken from [Struwwelpeter[/. “The Dirty Child” and “The Little Glutton” appeared in [Slovenly Peter’s Little Story Book[/, attributed to Hoffmann. “Envious Minnie” was taken from [Slovenly Kate[/ (the translation of [Lachende Kinder[/) written by Adolph Glassbrenner. Some of the other poems may have been written by other unidentified authors.

[Slovenly Peter[/ is available here:
https://www.mobileread.com/forums/sh...d.php?t=316877

[Slovenly Kate[/ is available here:
https://www.mobileread.com/forums/sh...d.php?t=338732

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Heinrich Hoffmann (1809–1894), a 19th-century German physician, gained lasting fame for writing [Der Struwwelpeter[/, a darkly humorous compilation of cautionary tales about naughty children.

Adolf Glassbrenner (1810–1876) was a German humorist and satirist, considered part of the Young Germany Movement. As well as pictures and articles about Berlin life, he also wrote several children’s books.

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This book is reported to have been first published in 1911 by the Henry Altemus Company, with illustrations “based on designs by Walter Hayn” (no data found for Hayn). The translator is not identified.

[This book is assumed to be in the public domain where copyright is “Life+70” or less, and in the USA.[/

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Hoffmann, Heinrich: Struwwelpeter/Slovenly Peter (De,Fr,It,En,illus). v2. 29 Apr 2019

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Struwwelpeter / Slovenly Peter by Dr. Heinrich Hoffmann (1809–1894)
Presenting German, French, Italian, English, and bonus Mark Twain translation.
Lavishly illustrated in color.

SCARED STRAIGHT !!!

175 years after his appearance, The Struwwelpeter remains one of the most famous characters of children's literature. Generations of children remember the terrible punishments inflicted on Peter and the other naughty characters of this collection of cautionary tales in verse.

Modern readers might question the suitability of presenting such graphically violent tales to very young children, but in nineteenth-century Germany, such “cautionary tales” were seen as an effective means of imparting lessons of safety and social custom in a humorous fashion. (And consider also the violence found in many traditional fairy tales.) One commentator tells us that nineteenth-century children experienced “unadulterated glee” when looking at Hoffmann's figures, that they were able to recognize easily the exaggeration in the figures, and that therefore they did not read them as a serious threat.

Mark Twain wrote in the introduction to his translation: “It was Dr. Hoffmann’s opinion that the charm of the book lay not in the subjects or the pictures, but wholly in the jingle. That may be true, for rhymes that jingle felicitously are very dear to a child's ear.” And, we may add, to an adult’s ear as well.

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Heinrich Hoffmann (June 13, 1809 - September 20, 1894) was a German psychiatrist, poet, and author of children's books. He is most noted for writing [Der Struwwelpeter[/, an illustrated book portraying children misbehaving.

Struwwelpeter was created in reaction to the lack of desirable children's books. In 1844, disappointed in his intention to buy a picture book as a Christmas present for his three-year-old son, Hoffmann instead wrote and illustrated his own book. He was persuaded by friends to publish it, and in 1845 the six stories in rhyme appeared under the pseudonym “Reimerich Kinderlieb,” titled [Lustige Geschichten und drollige Bilder[/ mit 15 schön kolorierten Tafeln für Kinder von 3-6 Jahren (Funny Stories and Comical Pictures with 15 beautifully colored plates for children from 3 to 6 years old). Subsequent editions saw the addition of four stories, and the book’s title was changed to Der Struwwelpeter, under the author’s own name.

The book quickly became famous in Germany, and success spread to other countries. In England, the first translation appeared in 1848, and many other translations were to follow. Countless imitations and parodies were published in the following decades, to be eventually designated as the sub-genre “Struwwelpetriades.”

This compilation includes the following titles:

Der Struwwelpeter
Written and illustrated by Dr. Heinrich Hoffmann, 1845.

Pierre l'Ébouriffé
French translation 1860 by “Trim” (pseudonym of Louis Ratisbonne, 1827–1900).

Pierino Porcospino
Italian translation 1882 by Gaetano Negri (1838–1902).

The English Struwwelpeter
The traditional anonymous English translation from 1848.

Slovenly Peter
English translation, ca. 1850 by Annis Lee Furness Wister (1830–1908).
Note that Ms. Wister omitted the story of Little Suck-a-Thumb and the Scissors-Man.

Struwwelpeter
An anonymous English translation, ca. 1903.

Mark Twain’s Slovenly Peter
This 1891 translation by Samuel Clemens (1835–1910) was first published in 1935.

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Text and illustrations for this compilation were obtained from multiple online sources.

The contents of the German [Der Struwwelpeter[/ were first published 1845, 1846, 1850. Publication dates of the translations were as noted above. The text of this ebook is in the public domain worldwide, with the exception of Mark Twain’s [Slovenly Peter[/, which is not currently in the public domain in the USA.

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I must say, the text flow of this ebook is not optimal, and probably fixed-format or pdf would have been a better choice, but I hope you will enjoy it regardless. Uploaded in a zip-file to meet file-size limit.

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EDIT: Uploaded version 2 with text corrections. Many thanks to Doitsu for the eagle eyes! Previous downloads 17.
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Hogg, James: Brownie of Bodsbeck, and Other Tales (Vol_ 1 of 2). v1. 14 Oct 2013

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James Hogg (1770 – 21 November 1835) was a Scottish poet and novelist who wrote in both Scots and English. As a young man he worked as a shepherd and farmhand, and was largely self-educated through reading. He was a friend of many of the great writers of his day, including Sir Walter Scott, of whom he later wrote an unauthorized biography. He became widely known as the "Ettrick Shepherd", a nickname under which some of his works were published, and the character name he was given in the widely read series Noctes Ambrosianae, published in Blackwood's Magazine. He is best known today for his novel The Private Memoirs and Confessions of a Justified Sinner. His other works include the long poem The Queen's Wake (1813), his collection of songs Jacobite Reliques (1819), and his two novels The Three Perils of Man (1822), and The Three Perils of Woman (1823).

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“It will be a bloody night in Gemsop this,” said Walter of Chapelhope, as he sat one evening by the side of his little parlour fire, and wrung the rim of his wet bonnet into the grate. His wife sat by his side, airing a pair of clean hosen for her husband, to replace his wet ones. She looked stedfastly in his face, but uttered not a word;—it was one of those looks that cannot be described, but it bespoke the height of curiosity, mingled with a kind of indefinite terror. She loved and respected her husband, and sometimes was wont to teaze or cajole him from his purpose; but one glance of his eye, or scowl of his eyebrow, was a sufficient admonition to her when she ventured to use such freedom.

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Hogg, James: Collected Stories of James Hogg. V1. 8 Mar 2012

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James HOGG (1770-1835) Born in 1770 to a poor farming family, Hogg began to help with shepherding as a child. In the 1790s he was employed at Yarrow by Willie Laidlaw's father, and began to read and educate himself. A growing enthusiasm for Scottish poetry led to the publication of his dialect Scottish Pastorals in 1801, and to the friendship of Sir Walter Scott, whom he encountered over the Minstrelsy. In later years he published a number of volumes of verse, encouraged by Scott, and in 1824 his masterpiece, The private Memoirs and Confessions of a Justified Sinner. His popularity as a poet was due in part to his background as a shepherd, but this is his only professional treatise, about sheep, their care and diseases. It received a prize from the Highland Society.The surname of 'the Ettrick Shepherd' might be suppposed by English and American readers to have to do with pigs. In fact theword ' hog' in Scotland and parts of England, and as used in this book ('Of the Diseases of Hoggs, or young Sheep'), denotes a sheep older than a lamb but before its first shearing, and this probably reflects the ultimate derivation of the word (see OED).

The Expedition To Hell
Mary Burnet

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Hogg, James: The Brownie of Bodsbeck, and Other Tales, Vol II (of 2). v1. 14 Oct 2013

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James Hogg (1770 – 21 November 1835) was a Scottish poet and novelist who wrote in both Scots and English. As a young man he worked as a shepherd and farmhand, and was largely self-educated through reading. He was a friend of many of the great writers of his day, including Sir Walter Scott, of whom he later wrote an unauthorized biography. He became widely known as the "Ettrick Shepherd", a nickname under which some of his works were published, and the character name he was given in the widely read series Noctes Ambrosianae, published in Blackwood's Magazine. He is best known today for his novel The Private Memoirs and Confessions of a Justified Sinner. His other works include the long poem The Queen's Wake (1813), his collection of songs Jacobite Reliques (1819), and his two novels The Three Perils of Man (1822), and The Three Perils of Woman (1823).

THE BROWNIE OF BODSBECK. (cont.)
THE WOOL-GATHERER.
THE HUNT OF EILDON.

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Hogg, James: The Private Memoirs and Confessions ... Sinner: v1. 15 Oct 2013

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James Hogg (1770 – 21 November 1835) was a Scottish poet and novelist who wrote in both Scots and English. As a young man he worked as a shepherd and farmhand, and was largely self-educated through reading. He was a friend of many of the great writers of his day, including Sir Walter Scott, of whom he later wrote an unauthorized biography. He became widely known as the "Ettrick Shepherd", a nickname under which some of his works were published, and the character name he was given in the widely read series Noctes Ambrosianae, published in Blackwood's Magazine. He is best known today for his novel The Private Memoirs and Confessions of a Justified Sinner. His other works include the long poem The Queen's Wake (1813), his collection of songs Jacobite Reliques (1819), and his two novels The Three Perils of Man (1822), and The Three Perils of Woman (1823).

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My life has been a life of trouble and turmoil of change and vicissitude; of anger and exultation; of sorrow and of vengeance. My sorrows have all been for a slighted gospel, and my vengeance has been wreaked on its adversaries. Therefore, in the might of Heaven, I will sit down and write: I will let the wicked of this world know what I have done in the faith of the promises, and justification by grace, that they may read and tremble, and bless their gods of silver and gold that the minister of Heaven was removed from their sphere before their blood was mingled with their sacrifices.

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Hogg, James: The Shepherd's Calendar Volume I (of II). v1. 15 Oct 2013

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James Hogg (1770 – 21 November 1835) was a Scottish poet and novelist who wrote in both Scots and English. As a young man he worked as a shepherd and farmhand, and was largely self-educated through reading. He was a friend of many of the great writers of his day, including Sir Walter Scott, of whom he later wrote an unauthorized biography. He became widely known as the "Ettrick Shepherd", a nickname under which some of his works were published, and the character name he was given in the widely read series Noctes Ambrosianae, published in Blackwood's Magazine. He is best known today for his novel The Private Memoirs and Confessions of a Justified Sinner. His other works include the long poem The Queen's Wake (1813), his collection of songs Jacobite Reliques (1819), and his two novels The Three Perils of Man (1822), and The Three Perils of Woman (1823).

ROB DODDS.
MR ADAMSON OF LAVERHOPE.
THE PRODIGAL SON.
THE SCHOOL OF MISFORTUNE.
GEORGE DOBSON'S EXPEDITION TO HELL.
THE SOUTERS OF SELKIRK.
THE LAIRD OF CASSWAY.
TIBBY HYSLOP'S DREAM.
MARY BURNET.
THE BROWNIE OF THE BLACK HAGGS.
THE LAIRD OF WINEHOLM.

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Hogg, James: The Three Perils of Man, Vol. 1 (of 3). v1. 15 Oct 2013

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James Hogg (1770 – 21 November 1835) was a Scottish poet and novelist who wrote in both Scots and English. As a young man he worked as a shepherd and farmhand, and was largely self-educated through reading. He was a friend of many of the great writers of his day, including Sir Walter Scott, of whom he later wrote an unauthorized biography. He became widely known as the "Ettrick Shepherd", a nickname under which some of his works were published, and the character name he was given in the widely read series Noctes Ambrosianae, published in Blackwood's Magazine. He is best known today for his novel The Private Memoirs and Confessions of a Justified Sinner. His other works include the long poem The Queen's Wake (1813), his collection of songs Jacobite Reliques (1819), and his two novels The Three Perils of Man (1822), and The Three Perils of Woman (1823).

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The days of the Stuarts, kings of Scotland, were the days of chivalry and romance. The long and bloody contest that the nation maintained against the whole power of England, for the recovery of its independence,—of those rights which had been most unwarrantably wrested from our fathers by the greatest and most treacherous sovereign of that age, with the successfuland glorious issue of the war, laid the foundation for this spirit of heroism, which appears to have been at its zenith about the time that the Stuarts first acquired the sovereignty of the realm. The deeds of the Douglasses, the Randolphs, and other border barons of that day, are not to be equalled by any recorded in our annals; while the reprisals that they made upon the English, in retaliation for former injuries, enriched both them and their followers, and rendered their appearance splendid and imposing to a degree that would scarcely now gain credit. It was no uncommon thing for a Scottish earl then to visit the Court at the head of a thousand horsemen, all splendidly mounted in their military accoutrements; and many of these gentlemen of rank and family.

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Hogg, James: The Three Perils of Man, Vol. 2 (of 3). v1. 16 Oct 2013

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James Hogg (1770 – 21 November 1835) was a Scottish poet and novelist who wrote in both Scots and English. As a young man he worked as a shepherd and farmhand, and was largely self-educated through reading. He was a friend of many of the great writers of his day, including Sir Walter Scott, of whom he later wrote an unauthorized biography. He became widely known as the "Ettrick Shepherd", a nickname under which some of his works were published, and the character name he was given in the widely read series Noctes Ambrosianae, published in Blackwood's Magazine. He is best known today for his novel The Private Memoirs and Confessions of a Justified Sinner. His other works include the long poem The Queen's Wake (1813), his collection of songs Jacobite Reliques (1819), and his two novels The Three Perils of Man (1822), and The Three Perils of Woman (1823).

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"If thou art the lord of this mansion, draw near unto me, that I may tell thee of the deeds of thy servants, which eat thy bread, and stand at thy gate. Lo, have they not lifted up the hand against my life, who am a stranger, and a servant of him against whom thou hast rebelled and lifted up the heel? Go to; thou art a churl, and a derision, and a bye-word among thy kindred and people, and not worthy to be called by their name. I came unto thy gate in peace, on a message of peace, and the words of peace were in my mouth; and why hast thou suffered these children of the wicked one to maltreat and abuse me? Why dost thou not open thy mouth?"

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Hogg, James: The Three Perils of Man, Vol. 3 (of 3). v1. 16 Oct 2013

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James Hogg (1770 – 21 November 1835) was a Scottish poet and novelist who wrote in both Scots and English. As a young man he worked as a shepherd and farmhand, and was largely self-educated through reading. He was a friend of many of the great writers of his day, including Sir Walter Scott, of whom he later wrote an unauthorized biography. He became widely known as the "Ettrick Shepherd", a nickname under which some of his works were published, and the character name he was given in the widely read series Noctes Ambrosianae, published in Blackwood's Magazine. He is best known today for his novel The Private Memoirs and Confessions of a Justified Sinner. His other works include the long poem The Queen's Wake (1813), his collection of songs Jacobite Reliques (1819), and his two novels The Three Perils of Man (1822), and The Three Perils of Woman (1823).

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Charlie well knew the voice that hailed him. It was that of his friend and companion in arms, Dan Chisholm, whom the Warden had indeed despatched all the way from Northumberland to Aikwood, to see what was become of his embassy, with six-and-twenty chosen troopers. Charlie Scott's arm was a bulwark of strength, and his breast a tower of fidelity, the value of which Sir Ringan knew how to estimate, while his acts of kindness and regard made a deep impression on Charlie's honest unsophisticated heart; and before he would say a word about the situation of either himself or his associates, he caused Dan to inform him of the Warden's fortune and success in their absence. Being satisfied concerning these, he called out,

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Holberg, Ludvig: Den stundesløse [Norwegian].v1. 28 Apr 2014

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Nasjonalbiblioteket har gitt ut de første 35 av 100 planlagte epub-bøker. Bøkene er korrekturlest, men noen litt uvanlige valg med hensyn til oppsett ødelegger leseopplevelsen litt. F. eks. er sidetall/sideombrekning beholdt. Jeg har endret på layout for å gi, i mine øyne, en bedre leseopplevelse.

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Holberg, Ludvig: Niel's Klim's Journey under the ground. v1.20/2/2107

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From Wikipedia: [QUOTLudvig Holberg, Baron of Holberg (3 December 1684 – 28 January 1754) was a writer, essayist, philosopher, historian and playwright born in Bergen, Norway, during the time of the Dano-Norwegian double monarchy. He was influenced by Humanism, the Enlightenment and the Baroque. Holberg is considered the founder of modern Danish and Norwegian literature, and is best known for the comedies he wrote in 1722–1723 for the Lille Grønnegade Theatre in Copenhagen.[/QUOT

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Holbrook, Florence: The Book of Nature Myths (Illustrated):. v1, 8 Feb 2008

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Fifty-four nature myths from around the world, many from Native Americans, are collected and retold in this edition, originally published in 1902. The vocabulary is intended for young readers, with myths such as [The Story of the First Hummingbird [/and Why the [Aspen Leaves Tremble[/.

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Holcroft, Thomas: Anna St. Ives. V1. 20 June 2010

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Thomas Holcroft (10 December 1745 – 23 March 1809) was an English dramatist and miscellaneous writer.

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Anna Wenbourne St. Ives to Louisa Clifton
Wenbourne-Hill
Here are we, my dear girl, in the very height of preparation. We begin our journey southward at five tomorrow morning. We shall make a short stay in London, and then proceed to Paris. Expectation is on tiptoe: my busy fancy has pictured to itself Calais, Montreuil, Abbeville, in short every place which the book of post roads enumerates, and some of which the divine Sterne has rendered so famous.

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Holcroft, Thomas: The Adventures of Hugh Trevor. V1. 20 June 2010

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Thomas Holcroft (10 December 1745 – 23 March 1809) was an English dramatist and miscellaneous writer.

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Every man of determined inquiry, who will ask, without the dread of discovering more than he dares believe, what is divinity? what is law? what is physic? what is war? and what is trade? will have great reason to doubt at some times of the virtue, and at others of the utility, of each of these different employments. What profession should a man of principle, who is anxiously desirous to promote individual and general happiness, chuse for his son? The question has perplexed many parents, and certainly deserves a serious examination.

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Holliday, R. C.: Broome Street Straws (collect). v1. 07 Mar 2021

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Collected essays, sketches, and articles from various periodicals. Social and literary criticism, short fiction sketches, and a bit of humor for spice.

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Robert Cortes Holliday (July 18, 1880 – January 1, 1947) was an American writer and literary editor. He published fifteen books, most of which were collections of essays and sketches that had been published in various periodicals, as well as volumes on Booth Tarkington and poet Joyce Kilmer.

Christopher Morley wrote of Holliday: “[h has the genuine gift of the personal essay, mellow, fluent, and pleasantly eccentric.”

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Originally published 1919. This book is in the public domain where copyright is “Life+70” or less, and in the USA.

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Holliday, R. C.: In the Neighborhood of Murray Hill. v1. 08 Mar 2021

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Collected essays, sketches, and articles from various periodicals. Social and literary criticism, and a bit of humor for spice.

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Robert Cortes Holliday (July 18, 1880 – January 1, 1947) was an American writer and literary editor. He published fifteen books, most of which were collections of essays and sketches that had been published in various periodicals, as well as volumes on Booth Tarkington and poet Joyce Kilmer.

Christopher Morley wrote of Holliday: “[h has the genuine gift of the personal essay, mellow, fluent, and pleasantly eccentric.”

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Originally published 1923. This book is in the public domain where copyright is “Life+70” or less, and in the USA.

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Holliday, R. C.: Literary Lanes and Other Byways (collect). v1. 07 Mar 2021

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Collected essays, sketches, and articles from various periodicals. Social and literary criticism, short fiction sketches, and a bit of humor for spice.

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Robert Cortes Holliday (July 18, 1880 – January 1, 1947) was an American writer and literary editor. He published fifteen books, most of which were collections of essays and sketches that had been published in various periodicals, as well as volumes on Booth Tarkington and poet Joyce Kilmer.

Christopher Morley wrote of Holliday: “[h has the genuine gift of the personal essay, mellow, fluent, and pleasantly eccentric.”

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Originally published 1925. This book is in the public domain where copyright is “Life+70” or less, and in the USA.

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Holliday, R. C.: Peeps at People (collect). v1. 07 Mar 2021

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Collected essays, sketches, and articles from various periodicals. Social and literary criticism, short fiction sketches, and a bit of humor for spice.

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Robert Cortes Holliday (July 18, 1880 – January 1, 1947) was an American writer and literary editor. He published fifteen books, most of which were collections of essays and sketches that had been published in various periodicals, as well as volumes on Booth Tarkington and poet Joyce Kilmer.

Christopher Morley wrote of Holliday: “[h has the genuine gift of the personal essay, mellow, fluent, and pleasantly eccentric.”

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Originally published 1919. This book is in the public domain where copyright is “Life+70” or less, and in the USA.

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Holliday, R. C.: Turns about Town (collect). v1. 07 Mar 2021

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Collected essays, sketches, and articles from various periodicals. Social and literary criticism, short fiction sketches, and a bit of humor for spice.

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Robert Cortes Holliday (July 18, 1880 – January 1, 1947) was an American writer and literary editor. He published fifteen books, most of which were collections of essays and sketches that had been published in various periodicals, as well as volumes on Booth Tarkington and poet Joyce Kilmer.

Christopher Morley wrote of Holliday: “[h has the genuine gift of the personal essay, mellow, fluent, and pleasantly eccentric.”

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Originally published 1921. This book is in the public domain where copyright is “Life+70” or less, and in the USA.

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Holliday, R. C.: Walking-Stick Papers (collect). v1. 07 Mar 2021

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Collected essays, sketches, and articles from various periodicals. Social and literary criticism, short fiction sketches, and a bit of humor for spice.

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Robert Cortes Holliday (July 18, 1880 – January 1, 1947) was an American writer and literary editor. He published fifteen books, most of which were collections of essays and sketches that had been published in various periodicals, as well as volumes on Booth Tarkington and poet Joyce Kilmer.

Christopher Morley wrote of Holliday: “[h has the genuine gift of the personal essay, mellow, fluent, and pleasantly eccentric.”

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Originally published 1918. This book is in the public domain where copyright is “Life+70” or less, and in the USA.

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Holmes, Mary Jane: 'Lena Rivers. V1. 3 July 2010

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Mary Jane Hawes was born in Brookfield, Massachusetts in 1825. At age 13 she taught in a school. She married Daniel Holmes and they settled in Versailles, Kentucky. In 1854 she wrote her first novel, Tempest and Sunshine. The theme for most of her novels was domestic life. She died in 1907, at the age of 82, in Brockport, New York.

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If it be true, as some have said, that a secret is safer in a preface than elsewhere, it would be worse than folly for me to waste the "midnight oil," in the manufacture of an article which no one would read, and which would serve no purpose, save the adding of a page or so to a volume perhaps already too large. But I do not think so. I wot of a few who, with a horror of anything savoring of humbug, wade industriously through a preface, be it never so lengthy, hoping therein to find the moral, without which the story would, of course, be valueless. To such I would say, seek no further, for though I claim for "'Lena Rivers," a moral—yes, half a dozen morals, if you please—I shall not put them in the preface, as I prefer having them sought after, for what I have written I wish to have read.

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Holmes, Mary Jane: Aikenside. V1. 28 June 2010

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Mary Jane Holmes (April 5, 1825 – October 6, 1907) was an American author who wrote many popular novels.
Mary Jane Hawes was born in Brookfield, Massachusetts in 1825. At age 13 she taught in a school. She married Daniel Holmes and they settled in Versailles, Kentucky. In 1854 she wrote her first novel, Tempest and Sunshine. The theme for most of her novels was domestic life. She died in 1907, at the age of 82, in Brockport, New York.

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The good people of Devonshire were rather given to quarreling— sometimes about the minister's wife, meek, gentle Mrs. Tiverton, whose manner of housekeeping, and style of dress, did not exactly suit them; sometimes about the minister himself, good, patient Mr. Tiverton, who vainly imagined that if he preached three sermons a week, attended the Wednesday evening prayer-meeting, the Thursday evening sewing society, officiated at every funeral, visited all the sick, and gave to every beggar who called at his door, besides superintending the Sunday school, he was earning his salary of six hundred per year.

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Holmes, Mary Jane: Bad Hugh. V1. 28 June 2010

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Mary Jane Holmes (April 5, 1825 – October 6, 1907) was an American author who wrote many popular novels.
Mary Jane Hawes was born in Brookfield, Massachusetts in 1825. At age 13 she taught in a school. She married Daniel Holmes and they settled in Versailles, Kentucky. In 1854 she wrote her first novel, Tempest and Sunshine. The theme for most of her novels was domestic life. She died in 1907, at the age of 82, in Brockport, New York.

A large, old-fashioned, weird-looking wooden building, with strangely shaped bay windows and stranger gables projecting here and there from the slanting roof, where the green moss clung in patches to the moldy shingles, or formed a groundwork for the nests the swallows built year after year beneath the decaying eaves. Long, winding piazzas, turning sharp, sudden angles, and low, square porches, where the summer sunshine held many a fantastic dance, and where the winter storm piled up its drifts of snow, whistling merrily as it worked, and shaking the loosened casement as it went whirling by.

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Holmes, Mary Jane: Bessie's Fortune. V1. 29 June 2010

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Mary Jane Hawes was born in Brookfield, Massachusetts in 1825. At age 13 she taught in a school. She married Daniel Holmes and they settled in Versailles, Kentucky. In 1854 she wrote her first novel, Tempest and Sunshine. The theme for most of her novels was domestic life. She died in 1907, at the age of 82, in Brockport, New York.

Mrs. Geraldine Jerrold, of Boston, had in her girlhood been Miss Geraldine Grey, of Allington, one of those quiet, pretty little towns which so thickly dot the hills and valleys Of New England. Her father, who died before her marriage, had been a sea-captain, and a man of great wealth, and was looked upon as a kind of autocrat, whose opinion was a law and whose friendship was an honor. When a young lady, Miss Geraldine had chafed at the stupid town and the stupider people, as she designated the citizens of Allington, and had only been happy when the house at Grey's Park was full of guests after the manner of English houses, where hospitality is dispensed on a larger scale than is common in America. She had been abroad, and had spent some weeks in Derbyshire at the Peacock Inn, close to the park of Chatsworth, which she admired so much that on her return to Allington she never rested until the five acres of land, in the midst of which her father's house stood, were improved and fitted up as nearly as possible like the beautiful grounds across the sea

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Holmes, Mary Jane: Cousin Maude. V1. 29 June 2010

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Mary Jane Holmes (April 5, 1825 – October 6, 1907) was an American author who wrote many popular novels.
Mary Jane Hawes was born in Brookfield, Massachusetts in 1825. At age 13 she taught in a school. She married Daniel Holmes and they settled in Versailles, Kentucky. In 1854 she wrote her first novel, Tempest and Sunshine. The theme for most of her novels was domestic life. She died in 1907, at the age of 82, in Brockport, New York.

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"If you please, marm, the man from York State is comin' afoot. Too stingy to ride, I'll warrant," and Janet, the housekeeper, disappeared from the parlor, just as the sound of the gate was heard, and an unusually fine-looking middle-aged man was seen coming up the box-lined walk which led to the cottage door.
The person thus addressed was a lady, whose face, though young and handsome, wore a look which told of early sorrow. Matilda Remington had been a happy, loving wife, but the old churchyard in Vernon contained a grass-grown grave, where rested the noble heart which had won her girlish love. And she was a widow now, a fair-haired, blue-eyed widow, and the stranger who had so excited Janet's wrath by walking from the depot, a distance of three miles, would claim her as his bride ere the morrow's sun was midway in the heavens. How the engagement happened she could not exactly tell, but happened it had, and she was pledged to leave the vine-wreathed cottage which Harry had built for her, and go with one of whom she knew comparatively little.

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Holmes, Mary Jane: Darkness and Daylight. V1. 1 July 2010

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Mary Jane Holmes (April 5, 1825 – October 6, 1907) was an American author who wrote many popular novels.
Mary Jane Hawes was born in Brookfield, Massachusetts in 1825. At age 13 she taught in a school. She married Daniel Holmes and they settled in Versailles, Kentucky. In 1854 she wrote her first novel, Tempest and Sunshine. The theme for most of her novels was domestic life. She died in 1907, at the age of 82, in Brockport, New York.

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Collingwood was to have a tenant at last. For twelve long years its massive walls of dark grey stone had frowned in gloomy silence upon the passers-by, the terror of the superstitious ones, who had peopled its halls with ghosts and goblins, saying even that the snowy-haired old man, its owner, had more than once been seen there, moving restlessly from room to room and muttering of the darkness which came upon him when he lost his fair young wife and her beautiful baby Charlie. The old man was not dead, but for years he had been a stranger to his former home.

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Holmes, Mary Jane: Dora Deane. V1. 1 July 2010

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Mary Jane Hawes was born in Brookfield, Massachusetts in 1825. At age 13 she taught in a school. She married Daniel Holmes and they settled in Versailles, Kentucky. In 1854 she wrote her first novel, Tempest and Sunshine. The theme for most of her novels was domestic life. She died in 1907, at the age of 82, in Brockport, New York.

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Poor little Dora Deane! How utterly wretched and desolate she was, as she crouched before the scanty fire, and tried to warm the little bit of worn-out flannel, with which to wrap her mother's feet; and how hard she tried to force back the tears which would burst forth afresh whenever she looked upon that pale, sick mother, and thought how soon she would be gone!

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Holmes, Mary Jane: Ethelyn's Mistake. V1. 2 July 2010

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Mary Jane Hawes was born in Brookfield, Massachusetts in 1825. At age 13 she taught in a school. She married Daniel Holmes and they settled in Versailles, Kentucky. In 1854 she wrote her first novel, Tempest and Sunshine. The theme for most of her novels was domestic life. She died in 1907, at the age of 82, in Brockport, New York.

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There was a sweet odor of clover blossoms in the early morning air, and the dew stood in great drops upon the summer flowers, and dropped from the foliage of the elm trees which skirted the village common. There was a cloud of mist upon the meadows, and the windings of the river could be distinctly traced by the white fog which curled above it. But the fog and the mists were rolling away as the warm June sun came over the eastern hills, and here and there signs of life were visible in the little New England town of Chicopee, where our story opens.

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Holmes, Mary Jane: Homestead on the Hillside. V1. 3 July 2010

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Mary Jane Hawes was born in Brookfield, Massachusetts in 1825. At age 13 she taught in a school. She married Daniel Holmes and they settled in Versailles, Kentucky. In 1854 she wrote her first novel, Tempest and Sunshine. The theme for most of her novels was domestic life. She died in 1907, at the age of 82, in Brockport, New York.

The Homestead On The Hillside
Rice Corner
The Gilberts; Or, Rice Corner Number Two
The Thanksgiving Party And Its Consequences

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Holmes, Mary Jane: Maggie Miller. V1. 4 July 2010

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Mary Jane Hawes was born in Brookfield, Massachusetts in 1825. At age 13 she taught in a school. She married Daniel Holmes and they settled in Versailles, Kentucky. In 1854 she wrote her first novel, Tempest and Sunshine. The theme for most of her novels was domestic life. She died in 1907, at the age of 82, in Brockport, New York.

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'Mid the New England hills, and beneath the shadow of their dim old woods, is a running brook whose deep waters were not always as merry and frolicsome as now; for years before our story opens, pent up and impeded in their course, they dashed angrily against their prison walls, and turned the creaking wheel of an old sawmill with a sullen, rebellious roar. The mill has gone to decay, and the sturdy men who fed it with the giant oaks of the forest are sleeping quietly in the village graveyard.

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Holmes, Mary Jane: Miss McDonald. V1. 4 July 2010

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Mary Jane Hawes was born in Brookfield, Massachusetts in 1825. At age 13 she taught in a school. She married Daniel Holmes and they settled in Versailles, Kentucky. In 1854 she wrote her first novel, Tempest and Sunshine. The theme for most of her novels was domestic life. She died in 1907, at the age of 82, in Brockport, New York.

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EXTRACTS FROM MISS FRANCES THORNTON'S JOURNAL
ELMWOOD, June 15, 18—.
I have been out among my flowers all the morning, digging, weeding, and transplanting, and then stopping a little to rest. Such perfect successes as my roses are this year, while my white lilies are the wonder of the town, and yet my heart was not with them to-day, and it was nothing to me that those fine people staying at the Towers came into the grounds while I was at work, "just to see and admire," they said, adding that there was no place like Elmwood in all the town of Cuylerville. I know that, and Guy and I have been so happy here, and I loved him so much, and never dreamed what was in store for me until it came so suddenly and seemed like a heavy blow.

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Holmes, Mary Jane: Rosamond — or, the Youthful Error. V1. 5 July 2010

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Mary Jane Hawes was born in Brookfield, Massachusetts in 1825. At age 13 she taught in a school. She married Daniel Holmes and they settled in Versailles, Kentucky. In 1854 she wrote her first novel, Tempest and Sunshine. The theme for most of her novels was domestic life. She died in 1907, at the age of 82, in Brockport, New York.

ROSAMOND OR THE YOUTHFUL ERROR
DIAMONDS
BAD SPELLING
MAGGIE LEE
THE ANSWERED PRAYER

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Holmes, Mary Jane: Tempest and Sunshine. V1. 5 July 2010

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Mary Jane Hawes was born in Brookfield, Massachusetts in 1825. At age 13 she taught in a school. She married Daniel Holmes and they settled in Versailles, Kentucky. In 1854 she wrote her first novel, Tempest and Sunshine. The theme for most of her novels was domestic life. She died in 1907, at the age of 82, in Brockport, New York.

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It was the afternoon of a bright October day. The old town clock had just tolled the hour of four, when the Lexington and Frankfort daily stage was heard rattling over the stony pavement in the small town of V——, Kentucky. In a few moments the four panting steeds were reined up before the door of The Eagle, the principal hotel in the place. "Mine host," a middle-aged, pleasant-looking man, came hustling out to inspect the newcomers, and calculate how many would do justice to his beefsteaks, strong coffee, sweet potatoes and corn cakes, which were being prepared in the kitchen by Aunt Esther.

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Holmes, Mary Jane: The Cromptons. V1. 30 June 2010

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Mary Jane Holmes (April 5, 1825 – October 6, 1907) was an American author who wrote many popular novels.
Mary Jane Hawes was born in Brookfield, Massachusetts in 1825. At age 13 she taught in a school. She married Daniel Holmes and they settled in Versailles, Kentucky. In 1854 she wrote her first novel, Tempest and Sunshine. The theme for most of her novels was domestic life. She died in 1907, at the age of 82, in Brockport, New York.

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The steamer "Hatty" which plied between Jacksonville and Enterprise was late, and the people who had come down from the Brock House to the landing had waited half an hour before a puff of smoke in the distance told that she was coming. There had been many conjectures as to the cause of the delay, for she was usually on time, and those who had friends on the boat were growing nervous, fearing an accident, and all were getting tired, when she appeared in the distance, the puffs of smoke increasing in volume as she drew nearer, and the sound of her whistle echoing across the water, which at Enterprise spreads out into a lake. She had not met with an accident, but had been detained at Palatka waiting for a passenger of whom the captain had been apprised.

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Holmes, Mary Jane: The English Orphans. V1. 1 July 2010

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Mary Jane Hawes was born in Brookfield, Massachusetts in 1825. At age 13 she taught in a school. She married Daniel Holmes and they settled in Versailles, Kentucky. In 1854 she wrote her first novel, Tempest and Sunshine. The theme for most of her novels was domestic life. She died in 1907, at the age of 82, in Brockport, New York.

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"What makes you keep that big blue sun-bonnet drawn so closely over your face? are you afraid of having it seen?"
The person addressed was a pale, sickly-looking child about nine years of age, who, on the deck of the vessel Windermere, was gazing intently towards the distant shores of old England, which were fast receding from view. Near her a fine-looking boy of fourteen was standing, and trying in vain to gain a look at the features so securely shaded from view by the gingham bonnet.

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Holmes, Mary Jane: The Rector of St. Mark's. V1. 4 July 2010

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Mary Jane Hawes was born in Brookfield, Massachusetts in 1825. At age 13 she taught in a school. She married Daniel Holmes and they settled in Versailles, Kentucky. In 1854 she wrote her first novel, Tempest and Sunshine. The theme for most of her novels was domestic life. She died in 1907, at the age of 82, in Brockport, New York.

THE RECTOR OF ST. MARK'S
AUNT HENRIETTA'S MISTAKE
FALSE AND TRUE LOVE.
IN THE HOSPITAL.
EARNEST AND TRUE.
WHY HE WAS MERCIFUL.
MEMORABLE THANKSGIVING DAYS.
THE IRISH REFUGEE.

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Holmes, Mary Jane: Tracy Park. V1. 6 July 2010

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Mary Jane Hawes was born in Brookfield, Massachusetts in 1825. At age 13 she taught in a school. She married Daniel Holmes and they settled in Versailles, Kentucky. In 1854 she wrote her first novel, Tempest and Sunshine. The theme for most of her novels was domestic life. She died in 1907, at the age of 82, in Brockport, New York.

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Mr. Frank Tracy, who, since his election to the State Legislature for two successive terms, had done nothing except to attend political meetings and make speeches on all public occasions, had an office in town, where he usually spent his mornings, smoking, reading the papers and talking to Mr. Colvin, his business agent and lawyer, for, though born in one of the humblest of New England houses, where the slanting roof almost touched the ground in the rear, and he could scarcely stand upright in the chamber where he slept, Mr. Frank Tracy was a great man now, and as he dashed along the turnpike behind his blooded bays, with his driver beside him, people looked admiringly after him, and pointed him out to strangers as the Hon. Mr. Tracy, of Tracy Park, one of the finest places in the county. It is true it did not belong to him, but he had lived there so long that he had come to look upon it as his, while his neighbors, too, seemed to have forgotten that there was across the ocean a Mr. Arthur Tracy, who might at any time come home to claim his own, and demand an account of his brother's stewardship. And it was this very Arthur Tracy, whose telegram announcing his return from Europe was read by his brother with mingled feelings of surprise and consternation.

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Holmes, William H.: Form and Ornament in Ceramic Art, v.1, 30 Dec 2008

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The full title of this 1886 Smithsonian Institute report is [Origin And Development Of Form And Ornament In Ceramic Art[/.

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Holt, Emily Sarah: A Forgotten Hero. V1. 9 July 2010

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Emily Sarah Holt (1836-1893) was an English novelist.
She wrote about fifty books, mainly for children. Most of her work can be classified as historical novels. Her work has a Protestant religious theme.

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It will strike modern readers as odd if I say that Clarice and her mother knew very little of each other. She was her father’s heir, being an only child; and it was, therefore, considered the more necessary that she should not live at home. It was usual at that time to send all young girls of good family, not to school—there were no schools in those days—but to be brought up under some lady of rank, where they might receive a suitable education, and, on reaching the proper age, have a husband provided for them, the one being just as much a matter of course as the other. The consent of the parents was asked to the matrimonial selection of the mistress, but public opinion required some very strong reason to justify them in withholding it. The only exception to this arrangement was when girls were destined for the cloister, and in that case they received their education in a convent.

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Holt, Emily Sarah: All's Well. V1. 8 July 2010

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Emily Sarah Holt (1836-1893) was an English novelist.
She wrote about fifty books, mainly for children. Most of her work can be classified as historical novels. Her work has a Protestant religious theme.

This book is set in the sixteenth century, at the beginning of the Reformation. The action is in the Weald of Kent, a hugely forested area that extended as far as Hampshire. The family at the centre of the story had been converted to Protestantism, but still outwardly clung to Catholicism. This meant that the local priest, through hearing confessions, knew something of what was going on, and carried the information to the Bishop. One of the younger women of the family had been particularly advanced in her Protestant action and beliefs. She is taken before the Bishop, and is condemned to jail, where she is very badly treated, sleeping on straw, without change of clothing, and fed only on bread and water. The place where she was kept was changed for the better, after she had been brought for further interview before the Bishop. But this was only because she was to be burnt alive, in the manner of Holy Church of those days.

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Holt, Emily Sarah: Clare Avery. V1. 8 July

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Emily Sarah Holt (1836-1893) was an English novelist.
She wrote about fifty books, mainly for children. Most of her work can be classified as historical novels. Her work has a Protestant religious theme.

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“Cold!” said the carrier, blowing on his fingers to keep them warm.
“Cold, bully Penmore!” ejaculated Hal Dockett,—farrier, horse-leech, and cow-doctor in ordinary to the town of Bodmin and its neighbourhood... “Lack-a-daisy! thou that hast been carrier these thirty years, and thy father afore thee, and his father afore him, ever sith ‘old Dick Boar’ days, shouldst be as hard as a milestone by this time. ’Tis the end of March, fellow!”

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Holt, Emily Sarah: Earl Hubert's Daughter. V1. 9 July 2010

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Emily Sarah Holt (1836-1893) was an English novelist.
She wrote about fifty books, mainly for children. Most of her work can be classified as historical novels. Her work has a Protestant religious theme.

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The thirteenth century was one of rapid and terrible incidents, tumultuous politics, and in religious matters of low and degrading superstition. Transubstantiation had just been formally adopted as a dogma of the Church, accompanied as it always is by sacramental confession, and quickly followed by the elevation of the host and the invention of the pix. Various Orders of monks were flocking into England. The Pope was doing his best, aided by the Roman clergy, and to their shame be it said, by some of the English, to fix his iron yoke on the neck of the Church of England. The doctrine of human merit was at its highest pitch; the doctrine of justification by faith was absolutely unknown.

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Holt, Emily Sarah: For the Master's Sake. V1. 9 July 2010

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Emily Sarah Holt (1836-1893) was an English novelist.
She wrote about fifty books, mainly for children. Most of her work can be classified as historical novels. Her work has a Protestant religious theme.

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This is not a story which requires much preface. The tale speaks for itself. But it is only right to inform the reader, that the persons who play their parts in it (apart from the historical details given) are all fictitious, excepting John Laurence and Agnes Stone.

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Holt, Emily Sarah: In Convent Walls. V1. 10 July 2010

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Emily Sarah Holt (1836-1893) was an English novelist.
She wrote about fifty books, mainly for children. Most of her work can be classified as historical novels. Her work has a Protestant religious theme.

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The historical portion of this tale has been partially narrated in one of my previous volumes, “In All Time of our Tribulation,” in which the Despenser story is begun, and its end told from another point of view. That volume left Isabelle of France at the height of her ambition, in the place to reach which she had been plotting so long and so unscrupulously. Here we see the Nemesis come upon her and the chief partner of her guilt; the proof that there is a God that judgeth in the earth

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Holt, Emily Sarah: It Might Have Been. V1. 10 July 2010

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Emily Sarah Holt (1836-1893) was an English novelist.
She wrote about fifty books, mainly for children. Most of her work can be classified as historical novels. Her work has a Protestant religious theme.

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“There is a way that seemeth right unto a man, but the end there of are the ways of death.” That is one of the main lessons to be learned from the strange story of the Gunpowder Plot.
The narrative here given, so far as its historical portion is concerned, is taken chiefly from original and contemporaneous documents. It has been carefully kept to facts—in themselves more interesting than any fiction—and scarcely a speech or an incident has been admitted, however small, for which authority could not be adduced.
Those of my Readers who have made the acquaintance of Lettice Eden, and Joyce Morrell’s Harvest, will meet some old friends in this tale.

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Holt, Emily Sarah: Joyce Morrell's Harvest. V1. 11 July

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Emily Sarah Holt (1836-1893) was an English novelist.
She wrote about fifty books, mainly for children. Most of her work can be classified as historical novels. Her work has a Protestant religious theme.

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Those to whom “Lettice Eden” is an old friend will meet with many acquaintances in these pages. The lesson is partly of the same type—the difference between that which seems, and that which is; between the gold which will stand the fire, and the imitation which the flame will dissolve in a moment; between the true diamond, small though it be, which is worth a fortune, and the glittering paste which is worth little more than nothing.

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Holt, Emily Sarah: Mistress Margery. V1. 13 July 2010

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Emily Sarah Holt (1836-1893) was an English novelist.
She wrote about fifty books, mainly for children. Most of her work can be classified as historical novels. Her work has a Protestant religious theme.

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The sun was shining brightly on the battlements and casements of Lovell Tower. The season was spring, and the year 1395. Within the house, though it was barely seven o’clock in the morning, all was bustle and confusion, for Dame Lovell was superintending her handmaidens in the preparation of dinner. A buxom woman was Dame Lovell, neither tall nor short, but decidedly stout, with a round, good-natured face, which just then glowed and burned under the influence of the fire roaring on the large grateless hearth. She wore a black dress, heavily trimmed at the bottom with fur, and she carried on her head one of those remarkable elevations generally known as the Syrian or conical head-dress, made of black stiffened gauze, and spangled with golden stars

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Holt, Emily Sarah: One Snowy Night. V1. 13 July 2010

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Emily Sarah Holt (1836-1893) was an English novelist.
She wrote about fifty books, mainly for children. Most of her work can be classified as historical novels. Her work has a Protestant religious theme.

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The story of the following pages is one of the least known yet saddest episodes in English history—the first persecution of Christians by Christians in this land. When Boniface went forth from England to evangelise Germany, he was received with welcome, and regarded as a saint: when Gerhardt came from Germany to restore the pure Gospel to England, he was cast out of the vineyard and slain.

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Holt, Emily Sarah: Our Little Lady. V1. 14 July 2010

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Emily Sarah Holt (1836-1893) was an English novelist.
She wrote about fifty books, mainly for children. Most of her work can be classified as historical novels. Her work has a Protestant religious theme.

Excerpt
The afternoon service was over in Lincoln Cathedral, and the congregation were slowly filing out of the great west door. But that afternoon service was six hundred years ago, and both the Cathedral and the congregation would look very strange to us if we saw them now. Those days were well called the Dark Ages, and how dark they were we can scarcely realise in the present day. Let us fancy ourselves coming out of that west door, and try to picture what we should have seen there, six hundred years ago.

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Holt, Emily Sarah: Out in the Forty-Five. V1. 14 July 2010

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Emily Sarah Holt (1836-1893) was an English novelist.
She wrote about fifty books, mainly for children. Most of her work can be classified as historical novels. Her work has a Protestant religious theme.

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“Girls!” said my Aunt Kezia, looking round at us, “I should just like to know what is to come of the whole four of you!”
My Aunt Kezia has an awful way of looking round at us. She begins with Sophy—she is our eldest—then she goes to Fanny, then to Hatty, and ends up with me. As I am the youngest, I have to be ended up with. She generally lays down her work to do it, too; and sometimes she settles her spectacles first, and that makes it feel more awful than ever. However, when she has gone round, she always takes them off—spectacles, I mean—and wipes them, and gives little solemn shakes of her head while she is doing it, as if she thought we were all four going to ruin together, and had got very near the bottom.

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Holt, Emily Sarah: Robin Tremayne. V1. 15 July 2010

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Emily Sarah Holt (1836-1893) was an English novelist.
She wrote about fifty books, mainly for children. Most of her work can be classified as historical novels. Her work has a Protestant religious theme.

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More than three hundred years have rolled away since the events narrated in the following pages stirred the souls of men; since John Bradford sat down to his “merry supper with the Lord;” since Lawrence Saunders slept peacefully at the stake, lifted over the dark river in the arms of God; since Ridley and Latimer, on that autumn morning at Oxford, lighted that candle in England which they trusted by God’s grace should never be put out.

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Holt, Emily Sarah: The Gold that Glitters. V1. 10 July 2010

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Emily Sarah Holt (1836-1893) was an English novelist.
She wrote about fifty books, mainly for children. Most of her work can be classified as historical novels. Her work has a Protestant religious theme.

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“Jenny, my dear maid, thou wilt never fetch white meal out of a sack of sea-coal.” Jenny tossed her head. It would have been a nice little brown head, if it had not been quite so fond of tossing itself. But Jenny was just sixteen, and laboured under a delusion which besets young folks of that age—namely, that half the brains in the world had got into her head, and very few had been left in her grandmother’s.

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Holt, Emily Sarah: The King's Daughters. V1. 12 July 2010

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Emily Sarah Holt (1836-1893) was an English novelist.
She wrote about fifty books, mainly for children. Most of her work can be classified as historical novels. Her work has a Protestant religious theme.

Excerpt
“Give you good den, Master Clere!” said a rosy-faced countrywoman with a basket on her arm, as she came into one of the largest clothier’s shops in Colchester. It was an odd way of saying “Good Evening,” but this was the way in which they said it in 1556. The rosy-faced woman set down her basket on the counter, and looked round the shop in the leisurely way of somebody who was in no particular hurry. They did not dash and rush and scurry through their lives in those days, as we do in these. She was looking to see if any acquaintance of hers was there.

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Holt, Emily Sarah: The Maidens' Lodge. V1. 12 July 2010

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Emily Sarah Holt (1836-1893) was an English novelist.
She wrote about fifty books, mainly for children. Most of her work can be classified as historical novels. Her work has a Protestant religious theme.

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In the handsome parlour of Cressingham Abbey, commonly called White-Ladies, on a dull afternoon in January, 1712, sat Madam and her granddaughter, Rhoda, sipping tea.
Madam—and nothing else, her dependants would have thought it an impertinence to call her Mrs Furnival. Never was Empress of all the Russias more despotic in her wide domain than Madam in her narrow one.

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Holt, Emily Sarah: The Well in the Desert. V1. 16 July 2010

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Emily Sarah Holt (1836-1893) was an English novelist.
She wrote about fifty books, mainly for children. Most of her work can be classified as historical novels. Her work has a Protestant religious theme.

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It is said that only travellers in the arid lands of the East really know the value of water. To them the Well in the Desert is a treasure and a blessing: unspeakably so, when the water is pure and sweet; yet even though it be salt and brackish, it may still save life.
Was it less so, in a figurative sense, to the travellers through that great desert of the Middle Ages, wherein the wells were so few and far between? True, the water was brackish; man had denied the streams, and filled up the wells with stones; yet for all this it was God-given, and to those who came, and dug for the old spring, and drank, it was the water of eternal life. The cry was still sounding down the ages.

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Holt, Emily Sarah: The White Lady of Hazelwood. V1. 22 Apr 2010

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Emily Sarah Holt (1836-1893) was an English novelist.
She wrote about fifty books, mainly for children. Most of her work can be classified as historical novels. Her work has a Protestant religious theme.

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Marguerite of Flanders, Countess of Montfort, was the only daughter of Loys de Nevers, eldest surviving son of Robert the First, Count of Flanders (who predeceased his father), and of Marie or Jeanne, daughter of the Count de Rethel. She had one brother, Count Loys the First of Flanders, who fell at Crecy. Many modern writers call her Jeanne; but her name in the contemporary public records of England is invariably Margareta. Her birth probably took place about 1310, and it may have been about 1335 that she married Jean of Bretagne, Count de Montfort, a younger son of Duke Arthur the Second.

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Holt, Emily Sarah: The White Rose of Langley. V1. 16 July 2010

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Emily Sarah Holt (1836-1893) was an English novelist.
She wrote about fifty books, mainly for children. Most of her work can be classified as historical novels. Her work has a Protestant religious theme.

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“It is so cold, Mother!”
The woman addressed languidly roused herself from the half-sheltered nook of the forest in which she and her child had taken refuge. She was leaning with her back supported by a giant oak, and the child was in her arms. The age of the child was about eight. The mother, though still young in years, was old before her time, with hard work and exposure, and it might be also with sorrow. She sat up, and looked wearily over the winter scene before her. There was nothing of the querulous, complaining tone of the little girl’s voice in hers; only the dull, sullen apathy of hopeless endurance.

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Holt-White, William: The Crime Club (1910); v1; 28 Dec 2020

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Already reluctantly faced with inheriting a vast fortune, Sir Paul Westerham finds his life complicated further when he surprises a ruffian in the act of rummaging through his kit-bag. By a strange coincidence, the very same scoundrel also happens to be blackmailing the woman whose portrait Westerham has become enamoured of! Will the multi-millionaire manage to frustrate Captain Melun and the Crime Club's evil designs to save the fair lady from ignominious ruin?

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Homer: Ilias (german) v1.0 Jun 2010

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Homer gilt als Autor der Ilias und Odyssee und damit als erster Dichter des Abendlandes. In der Antike wurden ihm weitere Werke wie die Homerischen Hymnen zugeschrieben, während andererseits immer wieder bezweifelt wird, ob Ilias und Odyssee überhaupt von einer einzigen historischen Person namens Homer verfasst worden sind. Unbestritten ist die unermessliche, bis heute andauernde Wirkung Homers, der schon in der Antike als der Dichter schlechthin galt.

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Ilias: Schauplatz ist der bereits zehn Jahre währende Trojanische Krieg. Das Leitmotiv der Ilias ist der Zorn, der innerhalb ihres nur 51-tägigen Handlungsverlaufs immer weitere Kreise zieht und dabei Heroen wie Götter als unentrinnbares Schicksal ereilt. Den Anfang setzen die Entehrung des Gottes Apollon durch den Raub der Chryseïs und seine Rache an den Achaiern. Als deren Oberbefehlshaber Agamemnon für die schließlich dem Vater und Apollon-Priester zurückgegebene Tochter Ersatz fordert, gerät er darum mit Achilleus in Streit, der sich in der Folge ebenfalls entehrt sieht und aus den Kämpfen zurückzieht. Der „Zorn des Achilleus“ wird zur Klammer des Epos, erfährt zum Ende hin aber eine neue Ursache. So wendet Achilleus im Neunzehnten Gesang die endgültige Niederlage der Achaier durch die öffentliche Versöhnung mit Agamemnon und seinen Wiedereintritt ins Kampfgeschehen ab, um dafür nun dem Zorn auf Hektor nachzugeben, der zuvor seinen besten Freund und Kampfgefährten Patroklos getötet hat. Eine Mäßigung findet Achilleus’ Zorn erst im letzten bzw. Vierundzwanzigsten Gesang, als er Hektors Leichnam nach 12-tägiger Schändung seinem Vater Priamos zur Bestattung überlässt.

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Homer: Odyssee (german) v1.0 Jun 2010

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Homer gilt als Autor der Ilias und Odyssee und damit als erster Dichter des Abendlandes. In der Antike wurden ihm weitere Werke wie die Homerischen Hymnen zugeschrieben, während andererseits immer wieder bezweifelt wird, ob Ilias und Odyssee überhaupt von einer einzigen historischen Person namens Homer verfasst worden sind. Unbestritten ist die unermessliche, bis heute andauernde Wirkung Homers, der schon in der Antike als der Dichter schlechthin galt.

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Die Odyssee ist neben der Ilias das zweite dem griechischen Dichter Homer zugeschriebene Epos. Im späten 8. Jahrhundert v. Chr. niedergeschrieben, gehört die Odyssee zu den ältesten und einflussreichsten Werken der abendländischen Literatur. Sie schildert die Abenteuer des Königs Odysseus von Ithaka und seiner Gefährten auf der Heimkehr aus dem Trojanischen Krieg. In vielen Sprachen ist der Begriff „Odyssee“ zu einem Synonym für lange Irrfahrten geworden.

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Homer: Odyssey (Greek)

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Homer: Odyssey book 1 (Greek). v1. 20 Aug 2010

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The text comes from the Perseus Project. It's in ancient Greek, encoded with unicode; you'll need a font with support for polytonic Greek (such as Gentium).

I created it mainly to have something to use in testing the dictionary I'm working on. But it also has some small value as literature in its own right... ;)

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Homer: The Iliad - v1 22 June 07

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The epic saga of all time.

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Homer: The Works of Homer, V1, 4/5/2011

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This is an omnibus edition of Homer's two epics "The Iliad" and "The Odyssey." The Iliad is the illustrated version (which explains the file's size I guess. lol.) The cover page image is from the British museum's picture of a bust of Homer.
Many thanks to my fellow mobileread members who helped me figure out what I was doing wrong when converting the file to calibre.

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Homes Dudden, F.: Life and Times of St. Ambrose (abr.). V1.0. 18 Apr 2012

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Engagingly written and solidly researched, F. Homes Dudden’s [The Life and Times of St. Ambrose[/, published by the Clarendon Press in 1935, is still one of the best introductions to the eventful decades of the late fourth century. Despite the author’s Christian perspective, this is not hagiography: Ambrose is shown as what he was, a powerful, sometimes overbearing bishop capable of bringing emperors to their knees, even if it took adroit stage management and the convenient discovery of old bones. Though Ambrose is at the center of the narrative, Homes Dudden takes us on a wide-ranging tour of the empire in its last years of unity, showing us its daily life, its personalities, its political struggles, its religious rituals and controversies, ranging from the first executions for heresy in Gaul to the destruction of the great temple of Serapis in Alexandria.

This abridged e-book contains, in full, the first 500 of the 750-plus pages in the two original volumes, comprising the complete narrative and omitting only the three long chapters devoted to Ambrose’s ethics, theology, and writings — which would, I think, test the patience of the general reader as much as the endurance of the editor. The bibliographies and indexes are also omitted. Apart from correcting typographical errors, and augmenting a few bibliographical notes, I have left the remainder of the text as printed.

The author died in 1957; consequently the book entered the public domain in Canada in 2008 but remains in copyright in Britain until 2028. In the United States, it would appear to fall under the "publication date + 95 years" rule and therefore will not enter the public domain in that nation until 2031. I am not a lawyer and could be wrong about any of this; act accordingly.

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Hooker, Forrestine: Prince Jan, St. Bernard. v1. 6 Jul 2016

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Forrestine (nee)Cooper Hooker: Born : 1867: Died : 1932

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PRINCE JAN was a fuzzy, woolly puppy with clumsy paws and fat, round body covered with tawny hair. His brown eyes looked with loving good-will at everything and everybody.

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Hooker, Forrestine: Star; the Story of an Indian Pony. v1. 7 Jul 2016

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Forrestine (nee)Cooper Hooker: Born : 1867: Died : 1932

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The recording of historic facts and events in the romance of a story must he interesting and instructive to the readers; especially when the scenes occurred in a vast country, formerly occupied by an ancient and departed race and later by one now rapidly disappearing.

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Hooker, Forrestine: The Long Dim Trail. v1. 9 Jul 2016

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Forrestine (nee)Cooper Hooker: Born : 1867: Died : 1932

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“EVERYTHING all right, Limber!” asked Allan Traynor, boss of the Diamond H ranch, as a cowboy with jingling spurs reined his pony before the closed gates of the corral.

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Hoover, Herbert: State of the Union. v1.0, 13 October 2007

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31st President of the USA. 1929-1933

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State of the Union. v1.0, 13 October 2007

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Hope, Anthony, et. al.: Stories by English Authors England. V1. 25 June 2010

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Sir Anthony Hope Hawkins, better known as Anthony Hope (9 February 1863 – 8 July 1933), was an English novelist and playwright. Although he was a prolific writer, especially of adventure novels, he is remembered best for only two books: The Prisoner of Zenda (1894) and its sequel Rupert of Hentzau (1898). These works, "minor classics" of English literature,are set in the contemporaneous fictional country of Ruritania and spawned the genre known as Ruritanian romance. Zenda has inspired many adaptations, most notably the 1937 Hollywood movie of the same name.

THE BOX TUNNEL BY CHARLES READE
MINIONS OF THE MOON BY F. W. ROBINSON
THE FOUR-FIFTEEN EXPRESS BY AMELIA B. EDWARDS
THE WRONG BLACK BAG BY ANGELO LEWIS
THE THREE STRANGERS BY THOMAS HARDY
MR. LISMORE AND THE WIDOW BY WILKIE COLLINS
THE PHILOSOPHER IN THE APPLE ORCHARD BY ANTHONY HOPE

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Hope, Anthony: A Man of Mark. V1. 23 June 2010

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Sir Anthony Hope Hawkins, better known as Anthony Hope (9 February 1863 – 8 July 1933), was an English novelist and playwright. Although he was a prolific writer, especially of adventure novels, he is remembered best for only two books: The Prisoner of Zenda (1894) and its sequel Rupert of Hentzau (1898). These works, "minor classics" of English literature,are set in the contemporaneous fictional country of Ruritania and spawned the genre known as Ruritanian romance. Zenda has inspired many adaptations, most notably the 1937 Hollywood movie of the same name.

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In the year 1884 the Republic of Aureataland was certainly not in a flourishing condition. Although most happily situated (it lies on the coast of South America, rather to the north—I mustn't be more definite), and gifted with an extensive territory, nearly as big as Yorkshire, it had yet failed to make that material progress which had been hoped by its founders.

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Hope, Anthony: A Young Man's Year. v1. 17 Dec 2013

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Sir Anthony Hope Hawkins, better known as Anthony Hope (9 February 1863 – 8 July 1933), was an English novelist and playwright. Although he was a prolific writer, especially of adventure novels, he is remembered best for only two books: The Prisoner of Zenda (1894) and its sequel Rupert of Hentzau (1898). These works, "minor classics" of English literature,are set in the contemporaneous fictional country of Ruritania and spawned the genre known as Ruritanian romance. Zenda has inspired many adaptations, most notably the 1937 Hollywood movie of the same name.

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Henry the clerk (of whom Mr. Arthur Lisle owned an undivided fourth share) came into the room, carrying a bundle of papers tied with red tape. Turning round on the opening of the door, Arthur suddenly fell prey to an emotion of extraordinary strength and complexity; amazement, joy, excitement, fear, all in their highest expression, struggled for mastery over him. Had he got a Brief?

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Hope, Anthony: Beaumaroy Home from the Wars. v1. 12 Dec 2013

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Sir Anthony Hope Hawkins, better known as Anthony Hope (9 February 1863 – 8 July 1933), was an English novelist and playwright. Although he was a prolific writer, especially of adventure novels, he is remembered best for only two books: The Prisoner of Zenda (1894) and its sequel Rupert of Hentzau (1898). These works, "minor classics" of English literature,are set in the contemporaneous fictional country of Ruritania and spawned the genre known as Ruritanian romance. Zenda has inspired many adaptations, most notably the 1937 Hollywood movie of the same name.

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"Well, Eustace—Captain Cranster, I mean——Oh, I think he really must have had shell-shock, as he said, even though the doctor seemed to doubt it! He gave the Colonel as a reference in some shop, and—and the bank wouldn't pay the cheque. Other cheques turned up too; and in the end the police went through his papers, and found letters from—well, from her, you know. From Bogota. South America, isn't it? He'd lived there ten years, you know, growing something—beans, or coffee, or coffee-beans, or something—I don't know what. He tried to say the marriage wasn't binding, but the Colonel—wasn't it providential that the Colonel was home on leave? Mamma could never have grappled with it! The Colonel was sure it was, and so were the lawyers."

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Hope, Anthony: Captain Dieppe. V1. 21 June 2010

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Sir Anthony Hope Hawkins, better known as Anthony Hope (9 February 1863 – 8 July 1933),[1] was an English novelist and playwright. Although he was a prolific writer, especially of adventure novels, he is remembered best for only two books: The Prisoner of Zenda (1894) and its sequel Rupert of Hentzau (1898). These works, "minor classics" of English literature,[2] are set in the contemporaneous fictional country of Ruritania and spawned the genre known as Ruritanian romance. Zenda has inspired many adaptations, most notably the 1937 Hollywood movie of the same name.

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To the eye of an onlooker Captain Dieppe's circumstances afforded high spirits no opportunity, and made ordinary cheerfulness a virtue which a stoic would not have disdained to own. Fresh from the failure of important plans; if not exactly a fugitive, still a man to whom recognition would be inconvenient and perhaps dangerous; with fifty francs in his pocket, and his spare wardrobe in a knapsack on his back;

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Hope, Anthony: Comedies of Courtship. V1. 21 June 2010

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Sir Anthony Hope Hawkins, better known as Anthony Hope (9 February 1863 – 8 July 1933),[1] was an English novelist and playwright. Although he was a prolific writer, especially of adventure novels, he is remembered best for only two books: The Prisoner of Zenda (1894) and its sequel Rupert of Hentzau (1898). These works, "minor classics" of English literature,[2] are set in the contemporaneous fictional country of Ruritania and spawned the genre known as Ruritanian romance. Zenda has inspired many adaptations, most notably the 1937 Hollywood movie of the same name.

The Wheel of Love
The Lady of the Pool
The Curate of Poltons
A Three-Volume Novel
The Philosopher in the Apple Orchard
The Decree of Duke Deodonato

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Hope, Anthony: Dolly Dialogues. V1. 21 June 2010

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Sir Anthony Hope Hawkins, better known as Anthony Hope (9 February 1863 – 8 July 1933),[1] was an English novelist and playwright. Although he was a prolific writer, especially of adventure novels, he is remembered best for only two books: The Prisoner of Zenda (1894) and its sequel Rupert of Hentzau (1898). These works, "minor classics" of English literature,[2] are set in the contemporaneous fictional country of Ruritania and spawned the genre known as Ruritanian romance. Zenda has inspired many adaptations, most notably the 1937 Hollywood movie of the same name.

Excerpt
"There's ingratitude for you!" Miss Dolly Foster exclaimed suddenly.
"Where!" I asked, rousing myself from meditation.
She pointed to a young man who had just passed where we sat. He was dressed very smartly, and was walking with a lady attired in the height of the fashion.
"I made that man," said Dolly, "and now he cuts me dead before the whole of the Row! It's atrocious. Why, but for me, do you suppose he'd be at this moment engaged to three thousand a year and—and the plainest girl in London?"

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Hope, Anthony: Double Harness. v1. 13 Dec 2013

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Sir Anthony Hope Hawkins, better known as Anthony Hope (9 February 1863 – 8 July 1933), was an English novelist and playwright. Although he was a prolific writer, especially of adventure novels, he is remembered best for only two books: The Prisoner of Zenda (1894) and its sequel Rupert of Hentzau (1898). These works, "minor classics" of English literature,are set in the contemporaneous fictional country of Ruritania and spawned the genre known as Ruritanian romance. Zenda has inspired many adaptations, most notably the 1937 Hollywood movie of the same name.

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The house-a large, plain, white building with non architectural pretensions-stood on a high swell of the downs and looked across the valley in which Milldean village lay, and thence over rolling stretches of close turf, till the prospect ended in the gleam of waves and the silver-grey mist that lay over the sea. It was a fine, open, free view. The air was fresh, with a touch of salt in it, and made the heat of the sun more than endurable even welcome and nourishing. Tom Courtland, raising himself from the grass and sitting up straight, gave utterance to what his surroundings declared to be a very natural exclamation: What a bore to leave this and go back to town!

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Hope, Anthony: Father Stafford. V1. 21 June 2010

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Sir Anthony Hope Hawkins, better known as Anthony Hope (9 February 1863 – 8 July 1933),[1] was an English novelist and playwright. Although he was a prolific writer, especially of adventure novels, he is remembered best for only two books: The Prisoner of Zenda (1894) and its sequel Rupert of Hentzau (1898). These works, "minor classics" of English literature,[2] are set in the contemporaneous fictional country of Ruritania and spawned the genre known as Ruritanian romance. Zenda has inspired many adaptations, most notably the 1937 Hollywood movie of the same name.

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The world considered Eugene Lane a very fortunate young man; and if youth, health, social reputation, a seat in Parliament, a large income, and finally the promised hand of an acknowledged beauty can make a man happy, the world was right. It is true that Sir Roderick Ayre had been heard to pity the poor chap on the ground that his father had begun life in the workhouse; but everybody knew that Sir Roderick was bound to exalt the claims of birth, inasmuch as he had to rely solely upon them for a reputation, and discounted the value of his opinion accordingly.

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Hope, Anthony: Frivolous Cupid. V1. 22 June 2010

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Sir Anthony Hope Hawkins, better known as Anthony Hope (9 February 1863 – 8 July 1933), was an English novelist and playwright. Although he was a prolific writer, especially of adventure novels, he is remembered best for only two books: The Prisoner of Zenda (1894) and its sequel Rupert of Hentzau (1898). These works, "minor classics" of English literature, are set in the contemporaneous fictional country of Ruritania and spawned the genre known as Ruritanian romance. Zenda has inspired many adaptations, most notably the 1937 Hollywood movie of the same name.

RELUCTANCE
WHY MEN DON'T MARRY
A CHANGE OF HEART
A REPENTANT SINNER
'TWIXT WILL AND WILL NOT
WHICH SHALL IT BE?
MARRIAGE BY COMPULSION
ALL'S WELL THAT ENDS WELL

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Hope, Anthony: Half a Hero. V1. 22 July 2010

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Sir Anthony Hope Hawkins, better known as Anthony Hope (9 February 1863 – 8 July 1933), was an English novelist and playwright. Although he was a prolific writer, especially of adventure novels, he is remembered best for only two books: The Prisoner of Zenda (1894) and its sequel Rupert of Hentzau (1898). These works, "minor classics" of English literature,are set in the contemporaneous fictional country of Ruritania and spawned the genre known as Ruritanian romance. Zenda has inspired many adaptations, most notably the 1937 Hollywood movie of the same name.

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In the garden the question was settled without serious difference of opinion. If Sir Robert Perry really could not go on—and Lady Eynesford was by no means prepared to concede even that—then Mr. Puttock, bourgeois as he was, or Mr. Coxon, conceited and priggish though he might be, must come in.

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Hope, Anthony: Helena's Path. v1. 14 Dec 2013

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Sir Anthony Hope Hawkins, better known as Anthony Hope (9 February 1863 – 8 July 1933), was an English novelist and playwright. Although he was a prolific writer, especially of adventure novels, he is remembered best for only two books: The Prisoner of Zenda (1894) and its sequel Rupert of Hentzau (1898). These works, "minor classics" of English literature,are set in the contemporaneous fictional country of Ruritania and spawned the genre known as Ruritanian romance. Zenda has inspired many adaptations, most notably the 1937 Hollywood movie of the same name.

Excerpt
Common opinion said that Lord Lynborough ought never to have had a peerage and forty thousand a year; he ought to have had a pound a week and a back bedroom in Bloomsbury. Then he would have become an eminent man; as it was, he turned out only a singularly erratic individual.

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Hope, Anthony: Mr. Witt's Widow. v1. 15 Dec 2013

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Sir Anthony Hope Hawkins, better known as Anthony Hope (9 February 1863 – 8 July 1933), was an English novelist and playwright. Although he was a prolific writer, especially of adventure novels, he is remembered best for only two books: The Prisoner of Zenda (1894) and its sequel Rupert of Hentzau (1898). These works, "minor classics" of English literature,are set in the contemporaneous fictional country of Ruritania and spawned the genre known as Ruritanian romance. Zenda has inspired many adaptations, most notably the 1937 Hollywood movie of the same name.

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Mrs. Witt’s widowhood was only two years old, and she was at this time almost unknown to society. None of the party, except Gerald and his father, had seen her, and they all looked with interest to the door when the butler announced her name. She had put off her mourning altogether for the first time, and came in clothed in a gown of deep red, with a long train that gave her dignity, her golden hair massed low on her neck, and her pale, clear complexion just tinged with the suspicion of a blush as she instinctively glanced round for her lover.

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Hope, Anthony: Mrs. Maxon Protests. v1. 15 Dec 2013

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Sir Anthony Hope Hawkins, better known as Anthony Hope (9 February 1863 – 8 July 1933), was an English novelist and playwright. Although he was a prolific writer, especially of adventure novels, he is remembered best for only two books: The Prisoner of Zenda (1894) and its sequel Rupert of Hentzau (1898). These works, "minor classics" of English literature,are set in the contemporaneous fictional country of Ruritania and spawned the genre known as Ruritanian romance. Zenda has inspired many adaptations, most notably the 1937 Hollywood movie of the same name.

Excerpt
Inkpat! She shot out the word in a bitter playfulness, making it serve for the climax of her complaints. Hobart Gaynor repeated the world-if it could be called a word-after his companion in an interrogative tone. Yes, just hopeless inkpat, and there's an end of it! Mrs. Maxon leaned back as far as the unaccommodating angles of the office-chair allowed, looking at her friend and counselor with a faint yet rather mischievous smile on her pretty face. In the solicitor's big, high, bare room she seemed both small and very dainty. Her voice had trembled a little, but she made a brave effort at gayety as she explained her cryptic word.

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Hope, Anthony: Phroso. v1. 16 Dec 2013

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Sir Anthony Hope Hawkins, better known as Anthony Hope (9 February 1863 – 8 July 1933), was an English novelist and playwright. Although he was a prolific writer, especially of adventure novels, he is remembered best for only two books: The Prisoner of Zenda (1894) and its sequel Rupert of Hentzau (1898). These works, "minor classics" of English literature,are set in the contemporaneous fictional country of Ruritania and spawned the genre known as Ruritanian romance. Zenda has inspired many adaptations, most notably the 1937 Hollywood movie of the same name.

Excerpt
Quot homines tot sententiae: so many men, so many fancies. My fancy was for an island. Perhaps boyhood's glamour hung yet round sea-girt rocks, and fairy lands forlorn still beckoned me; perhaps I felt that London was too full, the Highlands rather fuller, the Swiss mountains most insufferably crowded of them all. Money can buy company, and it can buy retirement. The latter service I asked now of the moderate wealth with which my poor cousin Tom's death had endowed me. Everybody was good enough to suppose that I rejoiced at Tom's death, whereas I was particularly sorry for it, and was not consoled even by the prospect of the island. My friends understood this wish for an island as little as they appreciated my feelings about poor Tom.

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Hope, Anthony: Quisanté. V1. 24 June 2010

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Sir Anthony Hope Hawkins, better known as Anthony Hope (9 February 1863 – 8 July 1933), was an English novelist and playwright. Although he was a prolific writer, especially of adventure novels, he is remembered best for only two books: The Prisoner of Zenda (1894) and its sequel Rupert of Hentzau (1898). These works, "minor classics" of English literature,are set in the contemporaneous fictional country of Ruritania and spawned the genre known as Ruritanian romance. Zenda has inspired many adaptations, most notably the 1937 Hollywood movie of the same name.

Sandro Quisante has stirred comment among the gentile and proper -- for while he seems a bit ill-mannered and erratic, and certainly not wealthy of appearance, he has gained his toehold in the hallways of the mighty through the aid of Sir Richard Benyon -- for reasons inexplicable even to Lady Richard. And now he has gone wooing a woman decidedly above his standing, to her disgust.

As it happens, it is her friend May who receives the tentative, even clumsy attentions from the slender young man. The widowed Lady Attlebridge's slenderly dowered daughter, May does have a much more qualified suitor, Weston Marchmont -- who everyone thinks would be a superb match, being well above the ordinary run, well-educated and possessed with ample wealth and every prospect of a high career.

Yet a feeling stirs within May -- something almost like a sense of adventure unfulfilled by her everyday life -- that makes her not quite turn away when Quisante comes to call.

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Hope, Anthony: Rupert of Hentzau. V1. 24 June 2010

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Sir Anthony Hope Hawkins, better known as Anthony Hope (9 February 1863 – 8 July 1933), was an English novelist and playwright. Although he was a prolific writer, especially of adventure novels, he is remembered best for only two books: The Prisoner of Zenda (1894) and its sequel Rupert of Hentzau (1898). These works, "minor classics" of English literature,are set in the contemporaneous fictional country of Ruritania and spawned the genre known as Ruritanian romance. Zenda has inspired many adaptations, most notably the 1937 Hollywood movie of the same name.

A man who has lived in the world, marking how every act, although in itself perhaps light and insignificant, may become the source of consequences that spread far and wide, and flow for years or centuries, could scarcely feel secure in reckoning that with the death of the Duke of Strelsau and the restoration of King Rudolf to liberty and his throne, there would end, for good and all, the troubles born of Black Michael's daring conspiracy.

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Hope, Anthony: Ruritania Duology, v1, 11 Nov 2007

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Here is Anthony Hope's classic adventure novel The Prisoner of Zenda, together with its sequel, Rupert of Hentzau.

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Hope, Anthony: Second String. v1. 16 Dec 2-13

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Sir Anthony Hope Hawkins, better known as Anthony Hope (9 February 1863 – 8 July 1933), was an English novelist and playwright. Although he was a prolific writer, especially of adventure novels, he is remembered best for only two books: The Prisoner of Zenda (1894) and its sequel Rupert of Hentzau (1898). These works, "minor classics" of English literature,are set in the contemporaneous fictional country of Ruritania and spawned the genre known as Ruritanian romance. Zenda has inspired many adaptations, most notably the 1937 Hollywood movie of the same name.

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Jack Rock stood in his shop in High Street. He was not very often to be seen there nowadays; he bred and bought, but he no longer killed, and rarely sold, in person. These latter and lesser functions he left to his deputy, Simpson, for he had gradually developed a bye-trade which took up much of his time, and was no less profitable than his ostensible business. He bought horses, "made" them into hunters, and sold them again. He was a rare judge and a fine rider, and his heart was in this line of work.

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Hope, Anthony: Simon Dale. V1. 25 June 2010

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Sir Anthony Hope Hawkins, better known as Anthony Hope (9 February 1863 – 8 July 1933), was an English novelist and playwright. Although he was a prolific writer, especially of adventure novels, he is remembered best for only two books: The Prisoner of Zenda (1894) and its sequel Rupert of Hentzau (1898). These works, "minor classics" of English literature,are set in the contemporaneous fictional country of Ruritania and spawned the genre known as Ruritanian romance. Zenda has inspired many adaptations, most notably the 1937 Hollywood movie of the same name.

Her name was Nell Gwyn, the notorious mistress of the rake king of England, Charles II.
But was her heart set on our young hero, Simon Dale?
Find out through the steamy haze of Restoration passion and the flash of rapiers in this exciting historical adventure/romance by the author of The Prisoner of Zenda!

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Hope, Anthony: Sophy of Kravonia. v1. 17 Dec 2013

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Sir Anthony Hope Hawkins, better known as Anthony Hope (9 February 1863 – 8 July 1933), was an English novelist and playwright. Although he was a prolific writer, especially of adventure novels, he is remembered best for only two books: The Prisoner of Zenda (1894) and its sequel Rupert of Hentzau (1898). These works, "minor classics" of English literature,are set in the contemporaneous fictional country of Ruritania and spawned the genre known as Ruritanian romance. Zenda has inspired many adaptations, most notably the 1937 Hollywood movie of the same name.

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Grouch! That is the name—and in the interest of euphony it is impossible not to regret the fact. Some say it should be spelled "Groutch," which would not at all mend matters, though it makes the pronunciation clear beyond doubt—the word must rhyme with "crouch" and "couch." Well might Lady Meg Duddington swear it was the ugliest name she had ever heard in her life! Sophy was not of a very different opinion, as will be shown by-and-by. She was Grouch on both sides—unmixed and unredeemed

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Hope, Anthony: Sport Royal. v1. 17 Dec 2013

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Sir Anthony Hope Hawkins, better known as Anthony Hope (9 February 1863 – 8 July 1933), was an English novelist and playwright. Although he was a prolific writer, especially of adventure novels, he is remembered best for only two books: The Prisoner of Zenda (1894) and its sequel Rupert of Hentzau (1898). These works, "minor classics" of English literature,are set in the contemporaneous fictional country of Ruritania and spawned the genre known as Ruritanian romance. Zenda has inspired many adaptations, most notably the 1937 Hollywood movie of the same name.

SPORT ROYAL.
A TRAGEDY IN OUTLINE.
A MALAPROPOS PARENT.
HOW THEY STOPPED THE “RUN.”
A LITTLE JOKE.
A GUARDIAN OF MORALITY.
NOT A BAD DEAL.
MIDDLETON’S MODEL.
MY ASTRAL BODY.
THE NEBRASKA LOADSTONE.
A SUCCESSFUL REHEARSAL.

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Hope, Anthony: The Chronicles of Count Antonio. v1. 12 Dec 2013

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Sir Anthony Hope Hawkins, better known as Anthony Hope (9 February 1863 – 8 July 1933), was an English novelist and playwright. Although he was a prolific writer, especially of adventure novels, he is remembered best for only two books: The Prisoner of Zenda (1894) and its sequel Rupert of Hentzau (1898). These works, "minor classics" of English literature,are set in the contemporaneous fictional country of Ruritania and spawned the genre known as Ruritanian romance. Zenda has inspired many adaptations, most notably the 1937 Hollywood movie of the same name.

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Countless are the stories told of the sayings that Count Antonio spoke and of the deeds that he did when he dwelt an outlaw in the hills. For tales and legends gather round his name thick as the berries hang on a bush, and with the passage of every succeeding year it grows harder to discern where truth lies and where the love of wonder, working together with the sway of a great man's memory, has wrought the embroidery of its fancy on the plain robe of fact.

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Hope, Anthony: The God in the Car. v1. 13 Dec 2013

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Sir Anthony Hope Hawkins, better known as Anthony Hope (9 February 1863 – 8 July 1933), was an English novelist and playwright. Although he was a prolific writer, especially of adventure novels, he is remembered best for only two books: The Prisoner of Zenda (1894) and its sequel Rupert of Hentzau (1898). These works, "minor classics" of English literature,are set in the contemporaneous fictional country of Ruritania and spawned the genre known as Ruritanian romance. Zenda has inspired many adaptations, most notably the 1937 Hollywood movie of the same name.

An interesting novel; the theme is the influence on English society of the career of the empire builder Cecil Rhodes. Published the same year as the author's most famous book, The Prisoner of Zenda.

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Hope, Anthony: The Great Miss Driver. v1. 14 Dec 2013

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Sir Anthony Hope Hawkins, better known as Anthony Hope (9 February 1863 – 8 July 1933), was an English novelist and playwright. Although he was a prolific writer, especially of adventure novels, he is remembered best for only two books: The Prisoner of Zenda (1894) and its sequel Rupert of Hentzau (1898). These works, "minor classics" of English literature,are set in the contemporaneous fictional country of Ruritania and spawned the genre known as Ruritanian romance. Zenda has inspired many adaptations, most notably the 1937 Hollywood movie of the same name.

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"Perhaps you won't believe me," said I, "but till yesterday I never so much as heard of her existence."

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Hope, Anthony: The Heart of Princess Osra. v1. 14 Dec 2013

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Sir Anthony Hope Hawkins, better known as Anthony Hope (9 February 1863 – 8 July 1933), was an English novelist and playwright. Although he was a prolific writer, especially of adventure novels, he is remembered best for only two books: The Prisoner of Zenda (1894) and its sequel Rupert of Hentzau (1898). These works, "minor classics" of English literature,are set in the contemporaneous fictional country of Ruritania and spawned the genre known as Ruritanian romance. Zenda has inspired many adaptations, most notably the 1937 Hollywood movie of the same name.

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Stephen! Stephen! Stephen! The impatient cry was heard through all the narrow gloomy street, where the old richly-carved house-fronts bowed to meet one another and left for the eye's comfort only a bare glimpse of blue. It was, men said, the oldest street in Strelsau, even as the sign of the Silver Ship was the oldest sign known to exist in the city. For when Aaron Lazarus the Jew came there, seventy years before, he had been the tenth man in unbroken line that took up the business; and now Stephen Nados, his apprentice and successor, was the eleventh.

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Hope, Anthony: The Indiscretion of the Duchess. V1. 22 June 2010

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Sir Anthony Hope Hawkins, better known as Anthony Hope (9 February 1863 – 8 July 1933), was an English novelist and playwright. Although he was a prolific writer, especially of adventure novels, he is remembered best for only two books: The Prisoner of Zenda (1894) and its sequel Rupert of Hentzau (1898). These works, "minor classics" of English literature,are set in the contemporaneous fictional country of Ruritania and spawned the genre known as Ruritanian romance. Zenda has inspired many adaptations, most notably the 1937 Hollywood movie of the same name.

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In accordance with many most excellent precedents, I might begin by claiming the sympathy due o an orphan alone in the world. I might even summon my unguided childhood and the absence of parental training toexcuse my faults and extenuate my indiscretions. But the sympathy which I hould thus gain would be achieved, I fear, by something very like false pretenses. For my solitary state sat very lightly upon me--the sad events which caused it being softened by the influence of time and habit--and had the recommendation of leaving me, not only free to manage my own life as I pleased, but also possessed of a competence which added power to my freedom.

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Hope, Anthony: The King's Mirror. V1. 23 June 2010

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Sir Anthony Hope Hawkins, better known as Anthony Hope (9 February 1863 – 8 July 1933), was an English novelist and playwright. Although he was a prolific writer, especially of adventure novels, he is remembered best for only two books: The Prisoner of Zenda (1894) and its sequel Rupert of Hentzau (1898). These works, "minor classics" of English literature,are set in the contemporaneous fictional country of Ruritania and spawned the genre known as Ruritanian romance. Zenda has inspired many adaptations, most notably the 1937 Hollywood movie of the same name.

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Before my coronation there was no event in childhood that impressed itself on my memory with marked or singular distinction. My father's death, the result of a chill contracted during a hunting excursion, meant no more to me than a week of rooms gloomy and games forbidden; the decease of King Augustin, my uncle, appeared at the first instant of even less importance.

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Hope, Anthony: The Prisoner of Zenda. V1. 24 June 2010

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Sir Anthony Hope Hawkins, better known as Anthony Hope (9 February 1863 – 8 July 1933), was an English novelist and playwright. Although he was a prolific writer, especially of adventure novels, he is remembered best for only two books: The Prisoner of Zenda (1894) and its sequel Rupert of Hentzau (1898). These works, "minor classics" of English literature,are set in the contemporaneous fictional country of Ruritania and spawned the genre known as Ruritanian romance. Zenda has inspired many adaptations, most notably the 1937 Hollywood movie of the same name.

Five times made into film versions since its original publication in 1894, The Prisoner of Zenda is a perennially popular adventure and romance story. Hope's swashbuckling romance transports his English gentleman hero, Rudolf Rassendyll, from a comfortable life in London to fast-paced adventures in Ruritania, a mythical land steeped in political intrigue. Rassendyll must impersonate the rightful king in order to rescue him from the castle Zenda, all the while facing tests of honor with the beautiful Princess Flavia, and enduring tests of strength in his encounters with the villainous Black Michael and his handsome, debonair bodyguard, Rupert of Hentzau.

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Hope, Anthony: The Secret of the Tower. V1. 24 June 2010

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Sir Anthony Hope Hawkins, better known as Anthony Hope (9 February 1863 – 8 July 1933), was an English novelist and playwright. Although he was a prolific writer, especially of adventure novels, he is remembered best for only two books: The Prisoner of Zenda (1894) and its sequel Rupert of Hentzau (1898). These works, "minor classics" of English literature,are set in the contemporaneous fictional country of Ruritania and spawned the genre known as Ruritanian romance. Zenda has inspired many adaptations, most notably the 1937 Hollywood movie of the same name.

Excerpt
Mary shook her head. "No; you go, you two," she said. "I'm tired, and I want to think." She passed her hand across her eyes. She seemed to wipe away the mists of sleep. Her face suddenly grew animated and exultant. "No, I don't want to think! I know!" she exclaimed emphatically.

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Hope, Anthony: Tristram of Blent. V1. 25 June 2010

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Sir Anthony Hope Hawkins, better known as Anthony Hope (9 February 1863 – 8 July 1933), was an English novelist and playwright. Although he was a prolific writer, especially of adventure novels, he is remembered best for only two books: The Prisoner of Zenda (1894) and its sequel Rupert of Hentzau (1898). These works, "minor classics" of English literature,are set in the contemporaneous fictional country of Ruritania and spawned the genre known as Ruritanian romance. Zenda has inspired many adaptations, most notably the 1937 Hollywood movie of the same name.

Tristram of Blent is a departure from Hope's normal adventure story. Subtitled "An Episode in the Story of an Ancient House," the protagonist is a man who throughout boyhood thinks of nothing but owning the House of Blent.
This desire is beset on every side by family entanglements and complications, and provides Hope with the opportunity for a lively character study.

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Hope, Laura Lee: Six Little Bunkers at Garndpa Ford's. v1.0. 8 December 2008

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Laura Lee Hope is a pseudonym that was used by quite a few authors to write quite a few dozen children's books. Enjoy.

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Hope, Laura Lee: The Bobbsey Twins at Meadow Brook, v.1, 16 May 2009

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The Bobbsey Twins at Meadow Brook, first published in 1915

The Bobbseys again visit Uncle Daniel's farm known as Meadow Brook. The twins have a most glorious time with cousin Harry and even attend a circus.

This is the seventh book in the famous series produced in the early 1900s by the Stratemeyer Syndicate. Laura Lee Hope is a pseudonym used by the Stratemeyer Syndicate for many books for children. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Laura_Lee_Hope This volume and the next 22 were written by Lilian Garis. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bobbsey_Twins

Created from Project Gutenberg EText-No. 6576. I took the illustrations from the scanned page images at books.google.com and processed them with Paint Shop Pro to improve the contrast and resize.

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Hope, Laura Lee: The Bobbsey Twins at School, v.1, 14 June 2008

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The Bobbsey Twins at School, first published in 1913.

Summer vacation has come to an end and the Bobbsey Twins must return home to Lakeport and the next school year. Adventures await them -- a mysterious fire and even troubles at school -- but the Bobbseys prevail.

This is the fourth book in the famous series produced in the early 1900s by the Stratemeyer Syndicate. Laura Lee Hope is a pseudonym used by the Stratemeyer Syndicate for many books for children. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Laura_Lee_Hope This volume and the next 25 were written by Lilian Garis. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bobbsey_Twins

Created from Project Gutenberg EText-No. 6063. I took the illustrations from the scanned page images at books.google.com and processed them with Paint Shop Pro to improve the contrast and resize.

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Hope, Laura Lee: The Bobbsey Twins at Snow Lodge, v.1, 2008-09-03

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The Bobbsey Twins at Snow Lodge, first published in 1913.

Just a couple of weeks before Christmas, the Bobbsey twins meet Mr. Carford who owns nearby Snow Lodge. Although the lodge has been closed for several years, Mr. Carford offers to let the Bobbsey family spend their winter vacation at the lodge.

This is the fifth book in the famous series produced in the early 1900s by the Stratemeyer Syndicate. Laura Lee Hope is a pseudonym used by the Stratemeyer Syndicate for many books for children. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Laura_Lee_Hope This volume and the next 24 were written by Lilian Garis. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bobbsey_Twins

Created from Project Gutenberg EText-No. 5948.

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Hope, Laura Lee: The Bobbsey Twins at the Seashore, v.1, 13 June 2008

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The Bobbsey Twins at the Seashore, first published in 1907.

The summer vacation that began in [The Bobbsey Twins in the Country[/ concludes in [The Bobbsey Twins at the Seashore[/. The Bobbsey twins visit Ocean Cliff, the seaside home of their cousin Dorothy. While there they enter the water carnival, play on the beach, and witness a shipwreck.

This is the third book in the famous series produced in the early 1900s by the Stratemeyer Syndicate. Laura Lee Hope is a pseudonym used by the Stratemeyer Syndicate for many books for children. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Laura_Lee_Hope It is believed that this book was written by Lilian Garis, although authorship is disputed. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bobbsey_Twins

Created from Project Gutenberg EText-No 6950. I took the illustrations from the scanned page images at books.google.com and processed then with Paint Shop Pro to improve the contrast and resize.

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Hope, Laura Lee: The Bobbsey Twins in the Country, v1.1, 2008-06-12

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The Bobbsey Twins in the Country, first published in 1907.

The school year has ended and the twins are off to spend a month with Aunt Sarah, Uncle Daniel, and cousin Harry at Meadow Brook. The two sets of twins have fun and adventures on the train, at the farm, and in the woods surrounding the farm.

This is the second book in the famous series produced in the early 1900s by the Stratemeyer Syndicate. Laura Lee Hope is a pseudonym used by the Stratemeyer Syndicate for many books for children, not just the Bobbsey Twins. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Laura_Lee_Hope It is believed that this book was written by Lilian Garis, although authorship is disputed. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bobbsey_Twins

This book was produced from file 714 at Project Gutenberg.

2008-06-12: Replaced book after removing all references to Project Gutenberg from the book itself. Original was downloaded 13 times.

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Hope, Laura Lee: The Bobbsey Twins on a Houseboat, v.1, 16 May 2009

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The Bobbsey Twins on a Houseboat, first published in 1915

When Mr. Bobbsey purchases a houseboat named the Bluebird, the entire family goes on a long trip down Lake Metoka to Lemby Creek and through that to Lake Romano. Cousins Harry and Dorothy joined the Bobbseys and helped to solve a mystery -- finding out what made the queer noises.

This is the sixth book in the famous series produced in the early 1900s by the Stratemeyer Syndicate. Laura Lee Hope is a pseudonym used by the Stratemeyer Syndicate for many books for children. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Laura_Lee_Hope This volume and the next 23 were written by Lilian Garis. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bobbsey_Twins

Created from Project Gutenberg EText-No. 5948. I took the illustrations from the scanned page images at books.google.com and processed them with Paint Shop Pro to improve the contrast and resize.

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Hope, Laura Lee: The Bobbsey Twins, v1.1, 2008-06-12

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The Bobbsey Twins, or Merry Days Indoors and Out, first published in 1904.

The Bobbsey Twins are two sets of fraternal twins. Bert and Nan, age 8, had dark brown hair and brown eyes, while Flossie and Freddie at age four had light hair and blue eyes. They live with their father who owns a lumber store and their home-maker mother. The family employ a black couple, Sam and Dinah, to cook and care for the home and property.

This is the first book in the famous series produced in the early 1900s by the Stratemeyer Syndicate. Laura Lee Hope is a pseudonym used by the Stratemeyer Syndicate for many books for children. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Laura_Lee_Hope This first book was almost certainly written by Edward Stratemeyer, himself. Authorship of subsequent books in the series is disputed. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bobbsey_Twins

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Hope, Laura Lee: The Moving Picture Girls. v1. 4 Oct 2008

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The Moving Picture Girls, [or First Appearance in Photo Dramas[/, first published in 1914.

This is the first book in a series produced in the early 1900s by the Stratemeyer Syndicate. Laura Lee Hope is a pseudonym used by the Stratemeyer Syndicate for many books for children and young adults. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Laura_Lee_Hope

Actor Hosmer DeVere and his daughters Ruth and Alice struggle to make ends meet while Mr. DeVere is between theatrical engagements. Things look up when he wins a leading role in an upcoming play, but he is suddenly afflicted with hoarseness just before the play opens. When his voice does not improve, he loses his role in the play and must seek other work.

Russ Dalwood, a friend to Ruth and Alice, suggests that Mr. DeVere join his film company as an actor in the moving pictures. Considering the moving pictures to be vulgar and cheap, he refuses until the situation has become critical and the family is served with an eviction notice. Mr. DeVere gives in and accepts the job at the film company.

Over time, Alice and Ruth also gain positions with the film company where they experience many adventures and help Russ prevent thieves from stealing his newly invented film stabilizer from him.

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Hope, Laura Lee: The Story of a Stuffed Elephant. v1.0. 8 December 2008

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Hope, Laura Lee: The Story of the Nodding Donkey. v1.0. 8 December 2008

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Hopkins, Seward W: A Mystery of Roscoe Conkling Park (1916); v1, 26 June 2021

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Seward W Hopkins 1864-1919

The heist of all the wedding presents at a society wedding in the upstate New York town of Utica sends the town and its police into a tizzy; suspicion rests on two recent arrivals and guests of the bridal couple.

Published as a "full length novel" in the "Argosy" magazine of April 1916, and not, so far as I can tell, reprinted since. At 43,000 words it is close to full length novel length.

Intriguing picture of Utica in 1916, when trolley cars ran along Genesee Street and motor cars were still rare.

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Hopkins, William John: Concerning Sally. v1. 18 Dec 2014

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Hopkins, William John, 1863-1926

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Sally was not completely deprived of the society of other children, although her temperament made this question a rather difficult one. Her father did not bother himself about Sally’s goings and comings, which was quite what would have been expected. Indeed, he bothered himself very little about the doings of his family; as a general thing, he did not know what they did, nor did he care, so long as they refrained from interference with his own actions. They had learned to do that.

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Hopkins, William John: The Clammer and the Submarine. v1. 17 Dec 2014

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Hopkins, William John, 1863-1926

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As for submarines—submarines in that harbor, where they could not turn around without getting stuck in the mud! Or in the bay, where there is none too much water either, and ledges and rocks scattered around impartially and conveniently here and there! I know them well: one ledge in particular which has but one foot of water on it at low tide. And with a sea running—well, I could lead a submarine a pretty chase. I would if the submarine was bound for this harbor. It might choose to get stuck in the mud and sand of my clam beds, which would make them unproductive for years. Even as a civilian I will defend my own.

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Hopkins, William John: The Doers. v1. 18 Dec 2014

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Hopkins, William John, 1863-1926

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Once upon a time there was a little boy who was almost five years old. And his mother used to let him wander about the garden and in the road near the house, for there weren’t many horses going by, and the men who drove the horses that did go by knew the little boy and they were careful.

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Horler, Sydney: Chipstead of the Lone Hand. V1. 5 December 2012

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Sydney Horler (1888-1954) was the prolific author of around 100 novels, all very lightweight, and most of them "shockers" as they were once called in Britain, in the Edgar Wallace mode but (in all fairness) not quite as good.

Horler was prone to rampant xenophobia, but this book, the second entry in the Chipstead series, is unusually free of it: Chipstead likes France and the French, wants to retire to a villa in Provence, and is appalled at the behavior of the British abroad.

Very few Horler titles are in digital form; this is as good an entry into his world as you are likely to find. Chipstead, a wealthy young man about town with connections to the Secret Service, battles the sinister master criminal The Disguiser. The plot is gosammer thin, but it's all fairly harmless fun.

This edition was recovered from a very decrepit Hodder paperback from, I think, the 1930s, crumbling away before my eyes. The cover illustration was recovered using a lot of photoshopping to remove foxing, tears and whatnot.

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Horler, Sydney: The Black Heart. V1. 21 December 2012

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A typical 1920s Sydney Horler shocker, also very typical of British shockers the period, in which a young British adventure novelist gets caught up in a sinister international conspiracy. The action moves from gambling dens in Paris, to the streets of London, and climaxes in a sinister French chateau.

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Horn, Alfred Aloysius: Trader Horn, Being the Life and Works. v1. 2 Dec 07

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Trader Horn spent a wild youth as an ivory trader in Central Africa. In this true story of his life, the thrills, adventure and danger abound.

He writes about his journeys into jungles teaming with buffalo, gorillas, man-eating leopards, serpents and savages. Along the way, he frees slaves, meets Cecil Rhodes (founder of Rhodesia) and liberates a princess from captivity.

I found this book by accident while researching the "Mokèlé-mbèmbé"--a large creature reported to live in the lakes and swamps of the Congo River basin. Some think it's a kind of dinosaur, seemingly akin to the brontosaur. Hey! I didn't say I believed it, just that I was researching it.. :)

This book isn't about this creature, but it does have a brief passage of Horn describing tales told to him by natives and explorers about a fearsome creature given two different names: "jago-nini" and "amali." The creature is said to be very large (can easily kill a hippo), have a long neck and it leaves large, round, three-clawed footprints.

From what I have read so far, this Trader Horn dude was a wild character. I thought it would be an interesting book to add to our library.

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Hornung, E W: The Crime Doctor (1914); v1; 2 Oct 2021

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Eight short stories of crime and detection by the author of the "Raffles" stories.

1: The Physician Who Healed Himself
2: The Life-Preserver
3: A Hopeless Case
4: The Golden Key
5: A Schoolmaster Abroad
6: One Possessed
7: The Doctor's Assistant
8: The Second Murderer

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Hornung, E. W.: A. J. Raffles, Gentleman Thief. v1. 26 Nov 2022

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The complete collection of the Raffles stories, comprising twenty-six short stories and a novel. This entertaining collection of crime stories presents the adventures of one of fiction’s most enduring characters, the elegant A. J. Raffles, man-about-town, thief, and “finest slow bowler of his generation.” He indulges his passion for cricket and crime with the aid of his faithful sidekick Bunny Manders. (Yes, the pair are somewhat the obverse of Holmes and Dr. Watson…)

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Ernest William Hornung (7 Jun. 1866 – 22 Mar. 1921), brother-in-law to Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, is most famous for writing the A. J. Raffles series of stories about a gentleman thief in late 19th century London. He was a prolific writer of other fiction as well, publishing numerous books from 1890 on. Although much of Hornung’s work has fallen into obscurity, his Raffles stories continue to be popular, and have formed numerous film and television adaptations. …“critics have interpreted Raffles as a prototype of the antihero in modern crime fiction,” and he is seen as a literary “forerunner of The Saint, James Bond and other insouciant types.”

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I thought the library could use a spiffed-up Raffles collection, so quotes are curled, italics restored, etc. If you enjoy Raffles and Bunny, take a peek at these parodies by John Kendrick Bangs:
epub:
https://www.mobileread.com/forums/sh...d.php?t=315253
Kindle:
https://www.mobileread.com/forums/sh...d.php?t=315252

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[The Raffles stories were first published 1899 ~ 1909. This book is in the public domain worldwide, because the author died more than 100 years ago, and the contents were published prior to 1927.[/
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Hornung, E. W: A Bride from the Bush. v1. 20 Dec 2014

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Ernest William Hornung (7 June 1866 – 22 March 1921) was an English author and poet known for writing the A. J. Raffles series of stories about a gentleman thief in late 19th-century London. Hornung was educated at Uppingham School; as a result of poor health he left the school in December 1883 to travel to Sydney, where he stayed for two years. He drew on his Australian experiences as a background when he began writing, initially short stories and later novels.

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Granville did not often feel contrition, or remorse, or shame: but he felt all three just then. He knew rather too well the measure of his own kindness to Gladys. For the first time in his life—and not, perhaps, before it was time—he disliked himself heartily. He felt vaguely that, whatever had happened, he had had something to do with it. He had had more to do with it than he guessed. ‘I’ll do my best—I’ll do my best,’ he promised; and he meant his ‘best’ to be better than that of the smartest detective at Scotland Yard.

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Hornung, E. W: A Thief in the Night

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Ernest William Hornung (7 June 1866 – 22 March 1921) was an English author and poet known for writing the A. J. Raffles series of stories about a gentleman thief in late 19th-century London. Hornung was educated at Uppingham School; as a result of poor health he left the school in December 1883 to travel to Sydney, where he stayed for two years. He drew on his Australian experiences as a background when he began writing, initially short stories and later novels.

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Probably the most famous thief of all fiction, Raffles was a man-about-town and famous cricketer by day and a master burglar by night. When they were first issued at the turn of the century, these stories rivaled the popularity of Sherlock Holmes and established the prototype for The Saint, James Bond, and the other gentleman-rogue figures of popular fiction. Raffles has been called "the greatest cracksman in the literature of roguery" by the Encyclopedia of Mystery and Detection, while Ellery Queen has described Raffles as the "inspiration for the whole school of devil-may-care adventurers on the borderlines of the law, not least the eponymous James Bond."

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Hornung, E. W: At Large. v1. 19 Dec 2014

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Ernest William Hornung (7 June 1866 – 22 March 1921) was an English author and poet known for writing the A. J. Raffles series of stories about a gentleman thief in late 19th-century London. Hornung was educated at Uppingham School; as a result of poor health he left the school in December 1883 to travel to Sydney, where he stayed for two years. He drew on his Australian experiences as a background when he began writing, initially short stories and later novels.

Side by side, and motionless in the starlight, sat two shadowy forms on horseback, armed with rifles, and masked to the chin.
“Hands up,” cried one of them, “or we plug.”

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Hornung, E. W: Denis Dent. v1. 21 Dec 2014

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Ernest William Hornung (7 June 1866 – 22 March 1921) was an English author and poet known for writing the A. J. Raffles series of stories about a gentleman thief in late 19th-century London. Hornung was educated at Uppingham School; as a result of poor health he left the school in December 1883 to travel to Sydney, where he stayed for two years. He drew on his Australian experiences as a background when he began writing, initially short stories and later novels.

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“And Nan,” said he, “might have ten thousand pounds for her marriage portion. I don’t say she would, but for all you know she might have more. Her husband ought to bring at least as much into settlement, even as a self-respecting man, don’t you think? And yet you would make her a merchant skipper’s wife!”

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Hornung, E. W: Fathers of Men. v1. 21 Dec 2014

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Ernest William Hornung (7 June 1866 – 22 March 1921) was an English author and poet known for writing the A. J. Raffles series of stories about a gentleman thief in late 19th-century London. Hornung was educated at Uppingham School; as a result of poor health he left the school in December 1883 to travel to Sydney, where he stayed for two years. He drew on his Australian experiences as a background when he began writing, initially short stories and later novels.

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The two new boys in Heriot’s house had been suitably entertained at his table, and afterwards in his study with bound volumes of Punch. Incidentally they had been encouraged to talk, with the result that one boy had talked too much, while the other shut a stubborn mouth tighter than before. The babbler displayed an exuberant knowledge of contemporary cricket, a more conscious sense of humour, and other little qualities which told their tale. He opened the door for Miss Heriot after dinner, and even thanked her for the evening when it came to an end. His companion, on the other hand, after brooding over Leech and Tenniel with a sombre eye, beat a boorish retreat without a word.

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Hornung, E. W: Mr Justice Raffles. v1. 22 Dec 2014

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Ernest William Hornung (7 June 1866 – 22 March 1921) was an English author and poet known for writing the A. J. Raffles series of stories about a gentleman thief in late 19th-century London. Hornung was educated at Uppingham School; as a result of poor health he left the school in December 1883 to travel to Sydney, where he stayed for two years. He drew on his Australian experiences as a background when he began writing, initially short stories and later novels.

Hornung's gentleman thief made his first appearance in print in The Amateur Cracksman in 1899, a collection of tales succeeded by another short story series, The Black Mask, in 1901, and in 1905, a final series, A Thief in the Night. In the latter volume, Hornung, like several other authors before and since, decided to put an end to his own literary creation. He came closer to succeeding than Conan Doyle did with Sherlock Holmes, L. Frank Baum with the land of Oz, or Ian Fleming with James Bond. In the final Raffles short story, partly out of patriotism, partly in expiation for his life of crime, A. J. enlists along with Bunny as soldiers in the Boer War, and during a battle, Raffles is shot by enemy fire. But four years later, in 1909, Hornung brought back his shady pair in Mr. Justice Raffles, a novel that like Doyle's Hound of the Baskervilles is not a resurrection but a reminiscence, a postscript acknowledged as such in its final chapter.

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Hornung, E. W: My Lord Duke. v1. 22 Dec 2014

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Ernest William Hornung (7 June 1866 – 22 March 1921) was an English author and poet known for writing the A. J. Raffles series of stories about a gentleman thief in late 19th-century London. Hornung was educated at Uppingham School; as a result of poor health he left the school in December 1883 to travel to Sydney, where he stayed for two years. He drew on his Australian experiences as a background when he began writing, initially short stories and later novels.

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A shabby-looking vehicle stood in front of the porch; the man said that he had brought a gentleman from Devenholme, and was to wait. The Duke and Dalrymple mounted the steps together. The first person they encountered in the hall was Claude Lafont, looking strangely scared; but a new-comer was in the act of taking off his coat; and, as he turned his face, Dalrymple and Jack started simultaneously. Both knew the man. It was Cripps the lawyer. And he, too, looked pale, nervous, and alarmed.

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Hornung, E. W: No Hero. V1. 27 June 2010

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Ernest William Hornung (7 June 1866 – 22 March 1921), known as Willie, was an English author, most famous for writing the Raffles series of novels about a gentleman thief in late Victorian London.

An Eton boy, who has escaped from his mother's influence and has fallen in love with a woman who is believed to be an adventuress, is the central figure in Mr. Hornung's new story. The scene is laid in Switzerland, with a background of piquant hotel gossip, the narrative being in the words of a friend of the boy's mother who has undertaken the task of disillusioning the lad. The result is as unconventional as it is unexpected.

E. W. Hornung was friendly with Sir Arthur Conan Doyle and married his sister. He is best known for having taken his brother-in-law's detective pair, Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson, and reincarnated them on the wrong side of the law as Raffles and Bunny, who pursued the business of getting a living by the entirely logical method of stealing it.

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Hornung, E. W: Peccavi. v1. 22 Dec 2014

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Ernest William Hornung (7 June 1866 – 22 March 1921) was an English author and poet known for writing the A. J. Raffles series of stories about a gentleman thief in late 19th-century London. Hornung was educated at Uppingham School; as a result of poor health he left the school in December 1883 to travel to Sydney, where he stayed for two years. He drew on his Australian experiences as a background when he began writing, initially short stories and later novels.

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Near his handiwork hovered the sexton, a wizened being, twisted with rheumatism, leaning on his spade, and grinning as usual over the stupendous hallucination of his latter years. He had swallowed a rudimentary frog with some impure water. This frog had reached maturity in the sexton's body. Many believed it. The man himself could hear it croaking in his breast, where it commanded the pass to his stomach, and intercepted every morsel that he swallowed. Certainly the sexton was very lean, if not starving to death quite as fast as he declared; for he had become a tiresome egotist on the point, who, even now, must hobble to the schoolmaster with the last report of his unique ailment.

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Hornung, E. W: Raffles, Further Adventures of the Amateur Cracksman. V1. 27 June 2010

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Ernest William Hornung (7 June 1866 – 22 March 1921), known as Willie, was an English author, most famous for writing the Raffles series of novels about a gentleman thief in late Victorian London.

Probably the most famous thief of all fiction, Raffles was a man-about-town and famous cricketer by day and a master burglar by night. When they were first issued at the turn of the century, these stories rivaled the popularity of Sherlock Holmes and established the prototype for The Saint, James Bond, and the other gentleman-rogue figures of popular fiction. Raffles has been called "the greatest cracksman in the literature of roguery" by the Encyclopedia of Mystery and Detection, while Ellery Queen has described Raffles as the "inspiration for the whole school of devil-may-care adventurers on the borderlines of the law, not least the eponymous James Bond."

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Hornung, E. W: Some Persons Unknown. v1. 23 Dec 2014

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Ernest William Hornung (7 June 1866 – 22 March 1921) was an English author and poet known for writing the A. J. Raffles series of stories about a gentleman thief in late 19th-century London. Hornung was educated at Uppingham School; as a result of poor health he left the school in December 1883 to travel to Sydney, where he stayed for two years. He drew on his Australian experiences as a background when he began writing, initially short stories and later novels.

KENYON’S INNINGS
A LITERARY COINCIDENCE
“AUTHOR! AUTHOR!”
THE WIDOW OF PIPER’S POINT
AFTER THE FACT
THE VOICE OF GUNBAR
THE MAGIC CIGAR
THE GOVERNESS AT GREENBUSH
A FAREWELL PERFORMANCE
A SPIN OF THE COIN
THE STAR OF THE GRASMERE

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Hornung, E. W: The Amateur Cracksman, V1. 26 June 2010

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Ernest William Hornung (7 June 1866 – 22 March 1921), known as Willie, was an English author, most famous for writing the Raffles series of novels about a gentleman thief in late Victorian London.

This work tells the tale of A.J. Raffles. Undoubtedly a gentleman, he lives in Piccadilly, and is one of England's finest cricketers. Courted by the great, the rich and the fashionable and invited to their houses, he robs them at night.

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Hornung, E. W: The Boss of Taroomba. v1. 19 Dec 2014

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Ernest William Hornung (7 June 1866 – 22 March 1921) was an English author and poet known for writing the A. J. Raffles series of stories about a gentleman thief in late 19th-century London. Hornung was educated at Uppingham School; as a result of poor health he left the school in December 1883 to travel to Sydney, where he stayed for two years. He drew on his Australian experiences as a background when he began writing, initially short stories and later novels.

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He was a little bit of a fellow, with long dark hair and dark glowing eyes, and he swayed on the music-stool, as he played and sang, in a manner most new to the young men of Taroomba. He had not much voice, but the sensitive lips took such pains with each word, and the long, nervous fingers fell so lightly upon the old piano, that every one of the egregious lines travelled whole and unmistakable to the farthest corner of the room. And that was an additional pity, because the piano was so placed that the performer was forced to turn his back upon his audience; and behind it the young men of Taroomba were making great game of him all the time.

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Hornung, E. W: The Camera Fiend. V1. 26 June 2010

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Ernest William Hornung (7 June 1866 – 22 March 1921), known as Willie, was an English author, most famous for writing the Raffles series of novels about a gentleman thief in late Victorian London.

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Pocket Upton had come down late and panting, in spite of his daily exemption from first school, and the postcard on his plate had taken away his remaining modicum of breath. He could have wept over it in open hall, and would probably have done so in the subsequent seclusion of his own study, had not an obvious way out of his difficulty been bothering him by that time almost as much as the difficulty itself. For it was not a very honest way, and the unfortunate Pocket had been called "a conscientious ass" by some of the nicest fellows in his house. Perhaps he deserved the epithet for going even as straight as he did to his house-master, who was discovered correcting proses with a blue pencil and a briar pipe.

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Hornung, E. W: The Crime Doctor. v1. 21 Dec 2014

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Ernest William Hornung (7 June 1866 – 22 March 1921) was an English author and poet known for writing the A. J. Raffles series of stories about a gentleman thief in late 19th-century London. Hornung was educated at Uppingham School; as a result of poor health he left the school in December 1883 to travel to Sydney, where he stayed for two years. He drew on his Australian experiences as a background when he began writing, initially short stories and later novels.

THE PHYSICIAN WHO HEALED HIMSELF.
THE LIFE-PRESERVER.
A HOPELESS CASE.
THE GOLDEN KEY.
A SCHOOLMASTER ABROAD.
ONE POSSESSED.
THE DOCTOR’S ASSISTANT.
THE SECOND MURDERER.

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Hornung, E. W: The Shadow of a Man. v1. 23 Dec 2014

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Ernest William Hornung (7 June 1866 – 22 March 1921) was an English author and poet known for writing the A. J. Raffles series of stories about a gentleman thief in late 19th-century London. Hornung was educated at Uppingham School; as a result of poor health he left the school in December 1883 to travel to Sydney, where he stayed for two years. He drew on his Australian experiences as a background when he began writing, initially short stories and later novels.

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The girl withdrew her hand, and for a moment regarded Rigden critically, as he leant forward in his chair and she leant back in hers. She did not care for apologetic love-making, and she had met with more kinds than one in her day. Rigden had not apologised when he proposed to her the very week they met (last Cup-week), and, what was more to his credit, had refused to apologise to her rather formidable family for so doing. Whereupon they were engaged, and all her world wondered. No more Government House—no more parties and picnics—but “one long picnic instead,” as her brother Theodore had once remarked before Moya, with that brutal frankness which lent a certain piquancy to the family life of the Bethunes. And the mere thought of her brother accounted for so much in her mind, that Moya was leaning forward again in a moment, and her firm little hand was back in its place.

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Hornung, E. W: The Shadow of the Rope. V1. 27 June 2010

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Ernest William Hornung (7 June 1866 – 22 March 1921), known as Willie, was an English author, most famous for writing the Raffles series of novels about a gentleman thief in late Victorian London.

Accused of the murder of her own husband, Rachel Minchin is freed only to be rescued from a lynch mob by the enigmatic Steel, who lures her into a strange mockery of marriage and life on the fabulous estate. Rachel finds few...

E. W. Hornung was friendly with Sir Arthur Conan Doyle and married his sister. He is best known for having taken his brother-in-law's detective pair, Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson, and reincarnated them on the wrong side of the law as Raffles and Bunny, who pursued the business of getting a living by the entirely logical method of stealing it.

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Hornung, E. W: The Thousandth Woman. v1. 24 Dec 2014

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Ernest William Hornung (7 June 1866 – 22 March 1921) was an English author and poet known for writing the A. J. Raffles series of stories about a gentleman thief in late 19th-century London. Hornung was educated at Uppingham School; as a result of poor health he left the school in December 1883 to travel to Sydney, where he stayed for two years. He drew on his Australian experiences as a background when he began writing, initially short stories and later novels.

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Cazalet sat up so suddenly that his head hit the woodwork over the upper berth. His own voice still rang in his startled ears. He wondered how much he had said, and how far it could have carried above the throb of the liner’s screws and the mighty pounding of the water against her plates. Then his assembling senses coupled the light in the cabin with his own clear recollection of having switched it off before turning over. And then he remembered how he had been left behind at Naples, and rejoined the Kaiser Fritz at Genoa, only to find that he no longer had a cabin to himself.

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Hornung, E. W: Tiny Luttrell. v1. 25 Dec 2014

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Ernest William Hornung (7 June 1866 – 22 March 1921) was an English author and poet known for writing the A. J. Raffles series of stories about a gentleman thief in late 19th-century London. Hornung was educated at Uppingham School; as a result of poor health he left the school in December 1883 to travel to Sydney, where he stayed for two years. He drew on his Australian experiences as a background when he began writing, initially short stories and later novels.

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Her shoes made a daintier imprint in the sand than it had known for two whole years. She smiled as she gave her hand to Swift; it was small, too, and Swift had not touched a lady’s hand for many months. There was very little of her altogether, but the little was entirely pleasing. Embarrassed though he was, Swift was more than pleased to see the young girl again, and her smiles that struggled through the brown gauze like sunshine through a mist. She had not worn gauze veils two years ago; and two years ago she had been content with fare that would scarcely please her to-day, while naturally the living at the station was rougher now than in the days of the ladies. It was all very well for her to smile. She ought never to have come without a word of warning. Swift felt responsible and aggrieved.

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Hornung, E. W: Witching Hill. v1. 25 Dec 2014

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Ernest William Hornung (7 June 1866 – 22 March 1921) was an English author and poet known for writing the A. J. Raffles series of stories about a gentleman thief in late 19th-century London. Hornung was educated at Uppingham School; as a result of poor health he left the school in December 1883 to travel to Sydney, where he stayed for two years. He drew on his Australian experiences as a background when he began writing, initially short stories and later novels.

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"And you're quite sure the place doesn't choke you off?" "The place? Why, I'd marry you for it alone. It's just sweet!" Of course it was nothing of the kind. There was the usual galaxy of log huts; the biggest and best of them, the one with the verandah in which the pair were sitting, was far from meriting the name of house which courtesy extended to it. These huts had the inevitable roofs of galvanised iron; these roofs duly expanded in the heat, and made the little tin thunder that dwellers beneath them grow weary of hearing, the warm world over. There were a few pine-trees between the buildings, and the white palings of a well among the pines, and in the upper spaces a broken but persistent horizon of salt-bush plains burning into the blinding blue. In the Riverina you cannot escape these features: you may have more pine-trees and less salt-bush; you may even get blue-bush and cotton-bush, and an occasional mallee forest; but the plains will recur, and the pines will mitigate the plains, and the dazzle and the scent of them shall haunt you evermore, with that sound of the hot complaining roofs, and the taste of tea from a pannikin and water from a water-bag.

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Hornung, E. W: Young Blood. v1. 26 Dec 2014

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Ernest William Hornung (7 June 1866 – 22 March 1921) was an English author and poet known for writing the A. J. Raffles series of stories about a gentleman thief in late 19th-century London. Hornung was educated at Uppingham School; as a result of poor health he left the school in December 1883 to travel to Sydney, where he stayed for two years. He drew on his Australian experiences as a background when he began writing, initially short stories and later novels.

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He stole back along the road, a shower of new suspicions sticking like arrows in his soul. The very vagueness of his sensations added to their sickening effect. His brain heaved as though with wine, and when he clapped a hand to his head it came back dripping. He was at the corner of the road before he knew what he was going to do, and there he spent minutes hesitating and considering. Unable to make up his mind, he crossed over and returned to reconnoitre from the other side. To and fro walked Lowndes and Scrafton, on the gravel path in front of the lighted window opposite; and faster than their feet, but lower than their footfalls, went their tongues.

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Hornung, E.W.: Dead Men Tell No Tales. v1, 25 Sep 2008

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1897 mystery story by E.W. Hornung. Ernest William Hornung (1866-1921) was an excellent Victorian author who is now mainly remembered for his [Raffles[/ stories (if he is remembered at all). Before [Raffles[/, though, in 1897 Hornung wrote this wonderful story. This story is exciting, with a wonderful mixture of adventure and suspense that will leave you on the edge of your seat!

Mr. Cole's search for wealth in the 1851 gold rush in Australia leaves him dispirited and broke. Taking the next available ship back for England, the [Lady Jermyn[/, he falls in love with Eva Denison, a beauty traveling with her exotic Portuguese stepfather. Disaster strikes when the ship catches fire, and Cole finds himself the sole survivor. Bereft after the loss of his true love, Cole seeks anonymity in London. But something is very strange; is he going mad, or is someone following him? If so, what do they want? Before the story is over, Cole with uncover a ghastly conspiracy, and propel him on an adventure that may cost him that which he loves the most.

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Hornung, E.W.: No Hero. v1, 25 Sep 2008

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1903 adventure story from the popular British novelist, E.W. Horning, best known for his [Raffles[/ stories.

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An Eton boy, who has escaped from his mother's influence and has fallen in love with a woman who is believed to be an adventuress, is the central figure in Mr. Hornung's new story. The scene is laid in Switzerland, with a background of piquant hotel gossip, the narrative being in the words of a friend of the boy's mother who has undertaken the task of disillusioning the lad. The result is as unconventional as it is unexpected.

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Hornung, E.W.: No Hero. v1, 3 Feb 2008

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From fantasticfiction.co.uk:

An Eton boy, who has escaped from his mothers influence and has fallen in love with a woman who is believed to be an adventuress, is the central figure in No Hero. The scene is laid in Switzerland, with a background of piquant hotel gossip, the narrative being in the words of a friend of the boys mother who has undertaken the task of disillusioning the lad. The result is as unconventional as it is unexpected.

E. W. Hornung was friendly with Sir Arthur Conan Doyle and married his sister. He is best known for having taken his brother-in-laws detective pair, Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson, and reincarnated them on the wrong side of the law as Raffles and Bunny, who pursued the business of getting a living by the entirely logical method of stealing it.

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Hornung, E.W.: Raffles Omnibus. v7. 1st Jan 2011

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This omnibus edition contains the complete "Raffles" stories of E.W.Hornung, comprising three books of short stories, and a novel, as follows:

1. The Amateur Cracksman.
2. Further Adventures of the Amateur Cracksman (aka "The Black Mask").
3. A Thief in the Night
4. Mr. Justice Raffles.

A bit of background to the series, courtesy of Wikipedia [Warning: if you're not familiar with the stories, there are some minor "spoilers" here!]

A.J. Raffles is a character created in the 1890s by E. W. Hornung, a brother-in-law to Arthur Conan Doyle, the creator of Sherlock Holmes. Raffles is, in many ways, a deliberate inversion of Holmes — he is a "gentleman thief," living in "The Albany", a very upscale address in London, playing cricket for the "Gentlemen of England" and supporting himself by carrying out ingenious burglaries. He is called the "Amateur Cracksman," and often, at first, differentiates between himself and the "professors" — professional criminals from the lower classes.

As Holmes has Dr. Watson to chronicle his adventures, Raffles has Harry "Bunny" Manders — a former schoolmate saved from disgrace and suicide by Raffles, who persuaded him to accompany him on a burglary. While Raffles often takes advantage of Manders' relative innocence, and sometimes treats him with a certain amount of contempt, he knows that Manders' bravery and loyalty are utterly to be relied on. In several stories, Manders saves the day for the two of them after Raffles gets into situations he cannot get out of on his own.

One of the things that Raffles has in common with Holmes is a mastery of disguise — during his days as an ostensible man-about-town, he maintains a studio apartment in another name in which he keeps the components of various disguises, and he can imitate the regional speech of many parts of Britain flawlessly, despite his lack of skill at foreign languages.

The "Raffles" stories have two distinct phases. In the first phase, Raffles and Bunny are men-about-town who also commit burglaries. Raffles is a famous gentleman cricketer, a marvellous spin bowler who is often invited to social events that would be out of his reach otherwise. "I was asked about for my cricket," he comments after this period is over. It ends when they are caught and exposed on an ocean voyage while attempting another theft; Raffles dives overboard and is presumed drowned. These stories were collected in "The Amateur Cracksman". Other stories set in this period, written after Raffles had been "killed off," were collected in "A Thief in the Night".

The second phase begins some time later when Bunny - having served a prison sentence - is summoned to the house of a rich invalid. This turns out to be Raffles himself, back in England in disguise. Then begins their "professional" period, exiled from Society, in which they are straightforward thieves trying to earn a living while keeping Raffles's identity a secret. They finally volunteer for the Boer War, where Bunny is wounded and Raffles dies in battle after exposing an enemy spy. These stories were originally collected in "The Black Mask".

Like Sherlock Holmes after his disappearance into the Reichenbach Falls, Raffles was never quite the same after his reappearance. The 'classic' Raffles elements are all found in the first stories: cricket, high society, West End clubs, Bond Street jewellers... and two men in immaculate evening dress pulling-off impossible robberies.

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Hornung, E.W.: Stingaree (Illustrated). v1, 25 Sep 2008

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1905 novel by E.W. Hornung, best known for his [Raffles[/ stories.

This book describes the adventures of Stingaree, an outlaw in the Australian "outback". Hornung himself lived for a time in the parts of Australia described in the book, and knew the country well.

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Horváth, Ödön: Der ewige Spießer. v1 24 may 2009 german

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Ödön von Horváth

Der ewige Spießer

Edmund Josef von Horváth (bekannt als Ödön von Horváth; * 9. Dezember 1901 in Fiume, heute Rijeka; † 1. Juni 1938 in Paris) war ein bedeutender österreichisch-ungarischer Schriftsteller des 20. Jahrhunderts. Bekannt wurde er unter anderem durch seine Stücke Geschichten aus dem Wiener Wald, Glaube Liebe Hoffnung und Kasimir und Karoline sowie durch seine zeitkritischen Romane Jugend ohne Gott und Ein Kind unserer Zeit.

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Horváth, Ödön: Ein Kind unserer Zeit. v1 24 may 2009 german

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Ödön von Horváth

Ein Kind unserer Zeit

Ein Kind unserer Zeit ist ein Roman von Ödön von Horváth. Er erschien 1938, kurz nach dem Tod des Autors. Das Buch erzählt die Geschichte eines Soldaten in einem Land mit diktatorischen Führern.

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Horváth, Ödön: Jugend ohne Gott. v1.2 31 july 2009 german

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Ödön von Horváth

Jugend ohne Gott

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Jugend ohne Gott ist der dritte Roman (Sechsunddreißig Stunden, 1929; Der ewige Spießer, 1930; Jugend ohne Gott, 1937) des österreich-ungarischen Schriftstellers Ödön von Horváth. Er erschien im Jahr 1937 und wurde kurz danach, Anfang des Jahres 1938, in acht weitere Sprachen übersetzt.

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Horváth, Ödön: Sechsunddreißig Stunden. v1 24 may 2009 german

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Ödön von Horváth

Sechsunddreißig Stunden

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Edmund Josef von Horváth (bekannt als Ödön von Horváth; * 9. Dezember 1901 in Fiume, heute Rijeka; † 1. Juni 1938 in Paris) war ein bedeutender österreichisch-ungarischer Schriftsteller des 20. Jahrhunderts. Bekannt wurde er unter anderem durch seine Stücke Geschichten aus dem Wiener Wald, Glaube Liebe Hoffnung und Kasimir und Karoline sowie durch seine zeitkritischen Romane Jugend ohne Gott und Ein Kind unserer Zeit.

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Hossein, Rokheya Shekhawat: Sultana’s Dream, v.1, 9 November 2008.

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Sultana’s Dream (1905)
By Rokheya Shekhawat Hossein (1880–1932).

This short piece is an Indian feminist Utopia. The men retire to zenanas (the Indian purdah), while the ladies organise a state called Ladyland.

This version was transcribed from the Celebration of Women Writers website.

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Hough, Emerson: 54-40 or Fight. V1. 17 July 2010

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Hough, Emerson, 1857-1923
Hough was born in Newton, Iowa on June 28,1857. He was in the town high school's first graduating class of three in 1875. He graduated from the University of Iowa with a bachelor's degree in philosophy in 1880 and later studied law and was admitted to the bar in 1882. His first article, "Far From The Madding Crowd," was published in Forest and Stream in 1882
"Then you offer me no hope, Doctor?" The gray mane of Doctor Samuel Ward waved like a fighting crest as he made answer:
"Not the sort of hope you ask." A moment later he added: "John, I am ashamed of you."
The cynical smile of the man I called my chief still remained upon his lips, the same drawn look of suffering still remained upon his gaunt features; but in his blue eye I saw a glint which proved that the answer of his old friend had struck out some unused spark of vitality from the deep, cold flint of his heart.

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Hough, Emerson: Heart's Desire. V1. 18 July 2010

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Hough, Emerson, 1857-1923
Hough was born in Newton, Iowa on June 28,1857. He was in the town high school's first graduating class of three in 1875. He graduated from the University of Iowa with a bachelor's degree in philosophy in 1880 and later studied law and was admitted to the bar in 1882. His first article, "Far From The Madding Crowd," was published in Forest and Stream in 1882

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"It looks a long ways acrost from here to the States," said Curly, as we pulled up our horses at the top of the Capitan divide. We gazed out over a vast, rolling sea of red-brown earth which stretched far beyond and below the nearer foothills, black with their growth of stunted pines. This was a favorite pausing place of all travellers between the county-seat and Heart's Desire; partly because it was a summit reached only after a long climb from either side of the divide; partly, perhaps, because it was a notable view-point in a land full of noble views. Again, it may have been a customary tarrying point because of some vague feeling shared by most travellers who crossed this trail,—the same feeling which made Curly, hardened citizen as he was of the land west of the Pecos, turn a speculative eye eastward across the plains. We could not see even so far as the Pecos, though it seemed from our lofty situation that we looked quite to the ultimate, searching the utter ends of all the earth.

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Hough, Emerson: Maw's Vacation. V1. 22 July 2010

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Hough, Emerson, 1857-1923
Hough was born in Newton, Iowa on June 28,1857. He was in the town high school's first graduating class of three in 1875. He graduated from the University of Iowa with a bachelor's degree in philosophy in 1880 and later studied law and was admitted to the bar in 1882. His first article, "Far From The Madding Crowd," was published in Forest and Stream in 1882

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Times has changed, says Maw to herself, says she. Things ain't like what they used to be. Time was when I worked from sunup to sundown, and we didn't have no daylight-saving contraptions on the old clock, neither. The girls was too little then, and I done all the work myself—cooking, sweeping, washing and ironing, suchlike. I never got to church Sundays because I had to stay home and get the Sunday dinner. Like enough they'd bring the preacher home to dinner.

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Hough, Emerson: The Covered Wagon. V1. 17 July 2010

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Hough, Emerson, 1857-1923
Hough was born in Newton, Iowa on June 28,1857. He was in the town high school's first graduating class of three in 1875. He graduated from the University of Iowa with a bachelor's degree in philosophy in 1880 and later studied law and was admitted to the bar in 1882. His first article, "Far From The Madding Crowd," was published in Forest and Stream in 1882

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"Look at 'em come, Jesse! More and more! Must be forty or fifty families."
Molly Wingate, middle-aged, portly, dark browed and strong, stood at the door of the rude tent which for the time made her home. She was pointing down the road which lay like an écru ribbon thrown down across the prairie grass, bordered beyond by the timber-grown bluffs of the Missouri.

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Hough, Emerson: The Girl at the Halfway House. V1. 18 July 2010

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Hough, Emerson, 1857-1923
Hough was born in Newton, Iowa on June 28,1857. He was in the town high school's first graduating class of three in 1875. He graduated from the University of Iowa with a bachelor's degree in philosophy in 1880 and later studied law and was admitted to the bar in 1882. His first article, "Far From The Madding Crowd," was published in Forest and Stream in 1882

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The band major was a poet. His name is lost to history, but it deserves a place among the titles of the great. Only in the soul of a poet, a great man, could there have been conceived that thought by which the music of triumph should pass the little pinnacle of human exultation, and reach the higher plane of human sympathy.

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Hough, Emerson: The Lady and the Pirate. V1. 19 July 2010

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Hough, Emerson, 1857-1923
Hough was born in Newton, Iowa on June 28,1857. He was in the town high school's first graduating class of three in 1875. He graduated from the University of Iowa with a bachelor's degree in philosophy in 1880 and later studied law and was admitted to the bar in 1882. His first article, "Far From The Madding Crowd," was published in Forest and Stream in 1882

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I WAS sitting at one of my favorite spots engaged in looking through my fly-book for some lure that might, perhaps, mend my luck in the afternoon’s fishing. At least, I had within the moment been so engaged; although the truth is that the evening was so exceptionally fine, and the spot always so extraordinarily attractive to me—this particular angle of the stream, where the tall birches stand, being to my mind the most beautiful bit on my whole estate—that I had forgotten all about angling and was sitting with rod laid by upon the bank, the fly-book scarce noted in my hand. Moreover, a peculiarly fine specimen of Anopheles, (as I took it to be) was at that very moment hovering over my hand, and I was anxious to confirm my judgment as well as to enlarge my collection of mosquitoes.

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Hough, Emerson: The Law of the Land. V1. 20 July

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Hough, Emerson, 1857-1923
Hough was born in Newton, Iowa on June 28,1857. He was in the town high school's first graduating class of three in 1875. He graduated from the University of Iowa with a bachelor's degree in philosophy in 1880 and later studied law and was admitted to the bar in 1882. His first article, "Far From The Madding Crowd," was published in Forest and Stream in 1882

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Ah, but it was a sweet and wonderful thing to see Miss Lady dance, a strange and wondrous thing! She was so sweet, so strong, so full of grace, so like a bird in all her motions! Now here, now there, and back again, her feet scarce touching the floor, her loose skirt, held out between her dainty fingers, resembling wings, she swam through the air, up and down the room of the old plantation house, as though she were indeed the creature of an element wherein all was imponderable, light and free of hampering influences.

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Hough, Emerson: The Magnificent Adventure. V1. 21 July 2010

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Hough, Emerson, 1857-1923
Hough was born in Newton, Iowa on June 28,1857. He was in the town high school's first graduating class of three in 1875. He graduated from the University of Iowa with a bachelor's degree in philosophy in 1880 and later studied law and was admitted to the bar in 1882. His first article, "Far From The Madding Crowd," was published in Forest and Stream in 1882

A romance of the Lewis and Clark Expedition.

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Hough, Emerson: The Man Next Door. V1. 21 July 2010

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Hough, Emerson, 1857-1923
Hough was born in Newton, Iowa on June 28,1857. He was in the town high school's first graduating class of three in 1875. He graduated from the University of Iowa with a bachelor's degree in philosophy in 1880 and later studied law and was admitted to the bar in 1882. His first article, "Far From The Madding Crowd," was published in Forest and Stream in 1882

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Bonnie Bell was her real name—Bonnie Bell Wright. It sounds like a race horse or a yacht, but she was a girl. Like enough that name don't suit you exactly for a girl, but it suited her pa, Old Man Wright. I don't know as she ever was baptized by that name, or maybe baptized at all, for water was scarce in Wyoming; but it never would of been healthy to complain about that name before Old Man Wright or me, Curly. As far as that goes, she had other names too. Her ma called her Mary Isabel Wright; but her pa got to calling her Bonnie Bell some day when she was little, and it stuck, especial after her ma died.

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Hough, Emerson: The Mississippi Bubble. V1. 22 July 2010

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Hough, Emerson, 1857-1923
Hough was born in Newton, Iowa on June 28,1857. He was in the town high school's first graduating class of three in 1875. He graduated from the University of Iowa with a bachelor's degree in philosophy in 1880 and later studied law and was admitted to the bar in 1882. His first article, "Far From The Madding Crowd," was published in Forest and Stream in 1882

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"Gentlemen, this is America!"
The speaker cast upon the cloth-covered table a singular object, whose like none of those present had ever seen. They gathered about and bent over it curiously.
"This is that America," the speaker repeated. "Here you have it, barbaric, wonderful, abounding!"
With sudden gesture he swept his hand among the gold coin that lay on the gaming table. He thrust into the mouth of the object before him a handful of louis d'or and English sovereigns. "There is your America," said he. "It runs over with gold. No man may tell its richness. Its beauty you can not imagine."

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Hough, Emerson: The Passing of the Frontier. V1. 23 July 2010

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Hough, Emerson, 1857-1923
Hough was born in Newton, Iowa on June 28,1857. He was in the town high school's first graduating class of three in 1875. He graduated from the University of Iowa with a bachelor's degree in philosophy in 1880 and later studied law and was admitted to the bar in 1882. His first article, "Far From The Madding Crowd," was published in Forest and Stream in 1882

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The frontier! There is no word in the English language more stirring, more intimate, or more beloved. It has in it all the elan of the old French phrase, En avant! It carries all of the old Saxon command, Forward!! It means all that America ever meant. It means the old hope of a real personal liberty, and yet a real human advance in character and achievement. To a genuine American it is the dearest word in all the world.

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Hough, Emerson: The Purchase Price. V1. 23 July 2101

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Hough, Emerson, 1857-1923
Hough was born in Newton, Iowa on June 28,1857. He was in the town high school's first graduating class of three in 1875. He graduated from the University of Iowa with a bachelor's degree in philosophy in 1880 and later studied law and was admitted to the bar in 1882. His first article, "Far From The Madding Crowd," was published in Forest and Stream in 1882

Excerpt
"Madam, you are charming! You have not slept, and yet you smile. No man could ask a better prisoner."
She turned to him, smiling faintly.
"I thank you. At least we have had breakfast, and for such mercy I am grateful to my jailer. I admit I was famished. What now?"
With just the turn of a shoulder she indicated the water front, where, at the end of the dock on which they stood, lay the good ship, Mount Vernon, river packet, the black smoke already pouring from her stacks. In turn he smiled and also shrugged a shoulder.

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Hough, Emerson: The Sagebrusher. V1. 24 July 2010

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Hough, Emerson, 1857-1923
Hough was born in Newton, Iowa on June 28,1857. He was in the town high school's first graduating class of three in 1875. He graduated from the University of Iowa with a bachelor's degree in philosophy in 1880 and later studied law and was admitted to the bar in 1882. His first article, "Far From The Madding Crowd," was published in Forest and Stream in 1882

Excerpt
"Sim," said Wid Gardner, as he cast a frowning glance around him, "take it one way with another, and I expect this is a leetle the dirtiest place in the Two-Forks Valley."
The man accosted did no more than turn a mild blue eye toward the speaker and resume his whittling. He smiled faintly, with a sort of apology, as the other went on.
"I'll say more'n that, Sim. It's the blamedest, dirtiest hole in the whole state of Montany—yes, or in the whole wide world. Lookit!"
He swept a hand around, indicating the interior of the single-room log cabin in which they sat.

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Hough, Emerson: The Story of the Outlaw. V1. 25 July 2010

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Hough, Emerson, 1857-1923
Hough was born in Newton, Iowa on June 28,1857. He was in the town high school's first graduating class of three in 1875. He graduated from the University of Iowa with a bachelor's degree in philosophy in 1880 and later studied law and was admitted to the bar in 1882. His first article, "Far From The Madding Crowd," was published in Forest and Stream in 1882

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In offering this study of the American desperado, the author constitutes himself no apologist for the acts of any desperado; yet neither does he feel that apology is needed for the theme itself. The outlaw, the desperado—that somewhat distinct and easily recognizable figure generally known in the West as the "bad man"—is a character unique in our national history, and one whose like scarcely has been produced in any land other than this. It is not necessary to promote absurd and melodramatic impressions regarding a type properly to be called historic, and properly to be handled as such. The truth itself is thrilling enough, and difficult as that frequently has been of discovery, it is the truth which has been sought herein.

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Hough, Emerson: The Way of a Man. V1. 26 July 2010

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Hough, Emerson, 1857-1923
Hough was born in Newton, Iowa on June 28,1857. He was in the town high school's first graduating class of three in 1875. He graduated from the University of Iowa with a bachelor's degree in philosophy in 1880 and later studied law and was admitted to the bar in 1882. His first article, "Far From The Madding Crowd," was published in Forest and Stream in 1882

Excerpt
I admit I kissed her.
Perhaps I should not have done so. Perhaps I would not do so again. Had I known what was to come I could not have done so. Nevertheless I did.

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Hough, Emerson: The Young Alaskans in the Rockies. V1. 28 July 2010

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Hough, Emerson, 1857-1923
Hough was born in Newton, Iowa on June 28,1857. He was in the town high school's first graduating class of three in 1875. He graduated from the University of Iowa with a bachelor's degree in philosophy in 1880 and later studied law and was admitted to the bar in 1882. His first article, "Far From The Madding Crowd," was published in Forest and Stream in 1882

Excerpt
“Well, here we are, fellows,” said Jesse Wilcox, as he threw down an armful of wood at the side of the camp-fire. “For my part, I believe this is going to be about the best trip we ever had.”

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Hough, Emerson: The Young Alaskans on the Missouri. V1. 28 July 2010

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Hough, Emerson, 1857-1923
Hough was born in Newton, Iowa on June 28,1857. He was in the town high school's first graduating class of three in 1875. He graduated from the University of Iowa with a bachelor's degree in philosophy in 1880 and later studied law and was admitted to the bar in 1882. His first article, "Far From The Madding Crowd," was published in Forest and Stream in 1882

Excerpt
Well, sister,” said Uncle Dick, addressing that lady as she sat busy with her needlework at the window of a comfortable hotel in the city of St. Louis, “I’m getting restless, now that the war is over. Time to be starting out. Looks like I’d have to borrow those boys again and hit the trail. Time to be on our way!”

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Hough, Emerson: The Young Alaskans on the Trail. V1. 28 July 2010

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Hough, Emerson, 1857-1923
Hough was born in Newton, Iowa on June 28,1857. He was in the town high school's first graduating class of three in 1875. He graduated from the University of Iowa with a bachelor's degree in philosophy in 1880 and later studied law and was admitted to the bar in 1882. His first article, "Far From The Madding Crowd," was published in Forest and Stream in 1882

Excerpt
It was a wild and beautiful scene which lay about the little camp in the far-off mountains of the Northwest. The sun had sunk beyond the loftier ridges, although even now in the valley there remained considerable light. One could have seen many miles over the surrounding country had not, close at hand, where the little white tent stood, the forest of spruce been very dense and green. At no great distance beyond its edge was rough and broken country. Farther on, to the southward, stood white-topped peaks many miles distant, although from the camp these could not be seen.

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Hough, Emerson: The Young Alaskans. V1. 26 July 2010

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Hough, Emerson, 1857-1923
Hough was born in Newton, Iowa on June 28,1857. He was in the town high school's first graduating class of three in 1875. He graduated from the University of Iowa with a bachelor's degree in philosophy in 1880 and later studied law and was admitted to the bar in 1882. His first article, "Far From The Madding Crowd," was published in Forest and Stream in 1882

Excerpt
Steamboat! Steamboat!”
Rob McIntyre had been angling for codfish at the top of Valdez dock for the past half-hour. Now, hearing the hoarse boom of the ocean vessel’s whistle out in the fog-bank which covered the mouth of the harbor, he pulled in his fishing-line, hurriedly threw together his heap of flapping fish, and, turning, sent shoreward the cry always welcome to dwellers in Alaska coast towns.

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Hough, Emerson: Young Alaskans in the Far North. V1. 27 July 2010

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Hough, Emerson, 1857-1923
Hough was born in Newton, Iowa on June 28,1857. He was in the town high school's first graduating class of three in 1875. He graduated from the University of Iowa with a bachelor's degree in philosophy in 1880 and later studied law and was admitted to the bar in 1882. His first article, "Far From The Madding Crowd," was published in Forest and Stream in 1882

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Well, fellows,” said Jesse Wilcox, the youngest of the three boys who stood now at the ragged railway station of Athabasca Landing, where they had just disembarked, “here we are once more. For my part, I’m ready to start right now.”
He spoke somewhat pompously for a youth no more than fifteen years of age. John Hardy and Rob McIntyre, his two companions, somewhat older than himself, laughed at him as he sat now on his pack-bag, which had just been tossed off the baggage-car of the train that had brought them hither.

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Howard, Robert E.: Steve Harrison, Detective: Four Cases. v1. 15 Nov 2025

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Robert Ervin Howard (January 22, 1906 – June 11, 1936) was an American writer who wrote pulp fiction in a diverse range of genres. He created the iconic character Conan the Barbarian, and is regarded as the father of the sword and sorcery subgenre. He contributed to the Lovecraft mythos, often blending sword-and-sorcery action with cosmic horror themes.

As a seminal figure in the history of modern fantasy, Howard remains a highly read author, with his best work endlessly reprinted. He has been compared to other American masters of the weird, gloomy, and spectral, such as Nathaniel Hawthorne, Herman Melville, and Jack London.

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Stories and summaries:

Fangs of Gold
(People of the Serpent) A thrilling adventure that takes place in a dangerous, atmospheric setting. Steve Harrison tracks a criminal named Woon Shang into a menacing swamp. The narrative blends mystery, horror, and adventure as Harrison ventures into the bayou and encounters voodoo practitioners.
The Tomb’s Secret
(The Teeth of Doom) Harrison uncovers a conspiracy involving a chemical formula for a deadly gas hidden in a series of dental implants. He investigates a series of murders linked to a wealthy client and an underworld gang, uncovering that the secret formula was developed by the client and his deceased colleagues to safeguard it from a dangerous secret society, the Sons of Erlik Khan.
Names in The Black Book
Harrison investigates a series of murders orchestrated by his old enemy, the criminal mastermind Erlik Khan, the Last Emperor of the Mongols, who was thought long dead. Khan is targeting people on a list in his “black book,” and as the story progresses, Harrison and his ally Joan La Tour realize their own names are on the list. Elaborate death plots and shadowy conspiracies feature in this action-filled story.
Graveyard Rats
Harrison investigates a bizarre murder, which leads him to a family feud and a crypt infested with enormous rats. The story combines detective fiction, Western elements, and supernatural horror, as Harrison uncovers a dark conspiracy involving family secrets, a vengeful ghost, and swarms of rats that seem to be instruments of supernatural revenge. A prime example of Howard’s “weird menace” and “pulp horror”, focusing on themes of greed, madness, and the grotesque.
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Contents were first published 1934 ~ 1936.
[This book is in the public domain where copyright is “Life+80” or less.[/
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Howard, Robert E.: "She Devil" Plus Three: Newly Added Stories. v1. 29 Dec 08

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Dr. Drib

This is my title.

These are newly-added stories from Gutenburg, added last month. This compliments my almost 4,000 page omnibus of practically all of Howard's stort stories, novellas, and novelettes (with the exception of the Conan stories, which another assembler has made available here on MobileRead), that I assembled and made available here.

Here's the link to my omnibus collection, titled The Robert E. Howard Collection:

http://www.mobileread.com/forums/showthread.php?t=22321

This current collection contains these four stories:

1) She Devil
2) Old Garfield's Heart
3) Cupid VS Pollux
4) The Man On The Ground

This is a very minor set of tales, but they are enjoyable reads.

If you need a "Howard Fix," here's a complete listing of stories from my Robert E. Howard Collection. NOTE: This collection listed below is currently only available as an LRF (Sony) file:

WEIRD SOUTHWEST
Pigeons from Hell (1938)
The Horror From The Mound

WEIRD MENACE
Black Talons
Moon of Zambebwei
Skull-Face
Black Wind Blowing

JAMES ALLISON
The Valley of the Worm (1934)

WILD BILL CLANTON
The Purple Heart of Erlik (Nothing to Lose)

FANTASY ADVENTURE
Black Canaan
The House of Arabu
People of the Dark
The Voice of El-Lil
Spear and Fang

TERENCE VULMEA
Black Vulmea's Vengeance

STEVE HARRISON
Fangs of Gold
Graveyard Rats
Names in The Black Book

CTHULHU MYTHOS
The Black Stone
The Fire of Asshurbanipal
The Thing On the Roof

HORROR
The Cairn on the Headland
The Dream Snake
The Fearsome Touch of Death
The Hyena

FARING TOWN SAGA
Sea Curse

CONRAD AND KINROWAN
The Haunter of the Ring

BROCK ROLLINS
The Tomb's Secret

De MONTOUR
Wolfshead
In the Forest of Villefere

KULL
The Shadow Kingdom
The Mirrors of Tuzun Thune

KULL AND BRAN MAK MORN
Kings of the Night

BRAN MAK MORN
Worms of the Earth
The Lost Race

ACE JESSEL
Apparition In the Prize Ring

CONRAD AND KINROWAN
The Children of the Night

KIRBY O'DONNELL
The Treasures of Tartary

CORMAC FITZGEOFFREY
Hawks of Outremer
The Blood of Belshazzar

HISTORICAL ADVENTURE
Gates of Empire
Lord of Samarcand
The Lion of Tiberias
The Sowers of the Thunder

TURLOGH DUBH O'BRIEN
The Dark Man
The Gods of Bal-Sagoth

RED SONYA
The Shadow of the Vulture

WESTERN
Boot Hill Payoff
The Vultures of Whapeton

STEVE COSTIGAN
Blow the Chinks Down!
Breed of Battle
Dark Shanghai
The Pit of the Serpent
The Sign of the Snake
The TNT Punch

BRECKENRIDGE ELKINS
Evil Deeds at Red Cougar
A Gent From Bear Creek (Novella)
A Gent From Bear Creek (Short Story)
Cupid From Bear Creek
Guns of the Mountains
High Horse Rampage
Mountain Man
No Cowherders Wanted
Pilgrims To the Pecos
Texas John Alden
While Smoke Rolled
Pistol Politics
Sharp's Gun Serenade
The Apache Mountain War
The Conquerin' Hero of the Humbolts
The Feud Buster
The Haunted Mountain
The Riot at Cougar Paw
The Road to Bear Creek
The Scalp Hunter
War On Bear Creek

OTHER
Alleys of Darkness
Alleys of Peril
Champ of the Forecastle
Circus Fists
Fist and Fang
General Ironfist
Night of Battle
Sailors' Grudge
Sluggers on the Beach
Texas Fists
The Bull Dog Breed
The Slugger's Game
The Iron Man
Vikings of the Gloves
Waterfront Fists
Winner Take All
Almuric

Like all the books I assemble on MobileRead, this too was assembled to reflect human intervention and artistic judgment.

I hope you enjoy it.

Don

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Howard, Robert E.: Almuric. V2. 22 Nov 2008

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crutledge

Robert Ervin Howard (January 22, 1906 – June 11, 1936) was an American pulp writer of fantasy, horror, historical adventure, boxing, western, and detective fiction.

He created — in the pages of the Depression-era pulp magazine Weird Tales — Conan the Cimmerian, a.k.a. Conan the Barbarian, a character whose pop-culture imprint might be compared to such icons as Tarzan of the Apes, Count Dracula, Sherlock Holmes, and James Bond.

With Conan and his other heroes Howard created the genre now known as sword-and-sorcery in the late 1920s and early 1930s, spawning a wide swath of imitators and giving him an influence in the fantasy field rivaled only by J.R.R. Tolkien and Tolkien's similarly inspired creation of the modern genre of
High Fantasy.

Howard remains a highly read author, with his best work endlessly reprinted. He has been compared to other American masters of the weird, gloomy, and spectral, such as Nathaniel Hawthorne, Herman Melville, and Jack London.

Wikipedia

Sword and Sorcery in the finest Howard tradition.

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Howard, Robert E.: Breckenridge Elkins Tales, V1. 15 Feb 2012

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crutledge

Robert Ervin Howard (January 22, 1906 – June 11, 1936) was an American pulp writer of fantasy, horror, historical adventure, boxing, western, and detective fiction.

He created — in the pages of the Depression-era pulp magazine Weird Tales — Conan the Cimmerian, a.k.a. Conan the Barbarian, a character whose pop-culture imprint might be compared to such icons as Tarzan of the Apes, Count Dracula, Sherlock Holmes, and James Bond.

With Conan and his other heroes Howard created the genre now known as sword-and-sorcery in the late 1920s and early 1930s, spawning a wide swath of imitators and giving him an influence in the fantasy field rivaled only by J.R.R. Tolkien and Tolkien's similarly inspired creation of the modern genre of High Fantasy.

Howard remains a highly read author, with his best work endlessly reprinted. He has been compared to other American masters of the weird, gloomy, and spectral, such as Nathaniel
Hawthorne, Herman Melville, and Jack London.

Wikipedia

Evil Deeds at Red Cougar
A Gent From Bear Creek
Cupid From Bear Creek
Guns of the Mountains
High Horse Rampage
Mountain Man
No Cowherders Wanted
Pilgrims To the Pecos
Texas John Alden
While Smoke Rolled
Pistol Politics
Sharp's Gun Serenade
The Apache Mountain War
The Conquerin' Hero of the Humbolts
The Feud Buster
The Haunted Mountain
The Riot at Cougar Paw
The Road to Bear Creek
The Scalp Hunter
War On Bear Creek

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Howard, Robert E.: Conrad and Kirowan. V1. 20 Feb 2012

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Robert Ervin Howard (January 22, 1906 – June 11, 1936) was an American pulp writer of fantasy, horror, historical adventure, boxing, western, and detective fiction.

He created — in the pages of the Depression-era pulp magazine Weird Tales — Conan the Cimmerian, a.k.a. Conan the Barbarian, a character whose pop-culture imprint might be compared to such icons as Tarzan of the Apes, Count Dracula, Sherlock Holmes, and James Bond.

With Conan and his other heroes Howard created the genre now known as sword-and-sorcery in the late 1920s and early 1930s, spawning a wide swath of imitators and giving him an influence in the fantasy field rivaled only by J.R.R. Tolkien and Tolkien's similarly inspired creation of the modern genre of High Fantasy.

Howard remains a highly read author, with his best work endlessly reprinted. He has been compared to other American masters of the weird, gloomy, and spectral, such as Nathaniel
Hawthorne, Herman Melville, and Jack London.

Wikipedia

The Haunter of the Ring
The Children of the Night
The Dwellers Under the Tombs

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Howard, Robert E.: Cormac Fitzgeoffrey. V1. 21 Feb 2012

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Robert Ervin Howard (January 22, 1906 – June 11, 1936) was an American pulp writer of fantasy, horror, historical adventure, boxing, western, and detective fiction.

He created — in the pages of the Depression-era pulp magazine Weird Tales — Conan the Cimmerian, a.k.a. Conan the Barbarian, a character whose pop-culture imprint might be compared to such icons as Tarzan of the Apes, Count Dracula, Sherlock Holmes, and James Bond.

With Conan and his other heroes Howard created the genre now known as sword-and-sorcery in the late 1920s and early 1930s, spawning a wide swath of imitators and giving him an influence in the fantasy field rivaled only by J.R.R. Tolkien and Tolkien's similarly inspired creation of the modern genre of High Fantasy.

Howard remains a highly read author, with his best work endlessly reprinted. He has been compared to other American masters of the weird, gloomy, and spectral, such as Nathaniel
Hawthorne, Herman Melville, and Jack London.

Wikipedia

Hawks of Outremer
The Blood of Belshazzar

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Howard, Robert E.: Cthulhu Mythos. V1. 18 Nov 2008

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crutledge

Robert Ervin Howard (January 22, 1906 – June 11, 1936) was an
American pulp writer of fantasy, horror, historical adventure,
boxing, western, and detective fiction.

He created — in the pages of the Depression-era pulp magazine
Weird Tales — Conan the Cimmerian, a.k.a. Conan the Barbarian,
a character whose pop-culture imprint might be compared to
such icons as Tarzan of the Apes, Count Dracula,
Sherlock Holmes, and James Bond.

With Conan and his other heroes Howard created the genre now
known as sword-and-sorcery in the late 1920s and early 1930s,
spawning a wide swath of imitators and giving him an influence
in the fantasy field rivaled only by J.R.R. Tolkien and
Tolkien's similarly inspired creation of the modern genre of
High Fantasy.

Howard remains a highly read author, with his best work
endlessly reprinted. He has been compared to other American
masters of the weird, gloomy, and spectral, such as Nathaniel
Hawthorne, Herman Melville, and Jack London.

Wikipedia

I could just had to use the cover.

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Howard, Robert E.: De Montour. V1. 17 Feb 2012

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crutledge

Robert Ervin Howard (January 22, 1906 – June 11, 1936) was an American pulp writer of fantasy, horror, historical adventure, boxing, western, and detective fiction.

He created — in the pages of the Depression-era pulp magazine Weird Tales — Conan the Cimmerian, a.k.a. Conan the Barbarian, a character whose pop-culture imprint might be compared to such icons as Tarzan of the Apes, Count Dracula, Sherlock Holmes, and James Bond.

With Conan and his other heroes Howard created the genre now known as sword-and-sorcery in the late 1920s and early 1930s, spawning a wide swath of imitators and giving him an influence in the fantasy field rivaled only by J.R.R. Tolkien and Tolkien's similarly inspired creation of the modern genre of High Fantasy.

Howard remains a highly read author, with his best work endlessly reprinted. He has been compared to other American masters of the weird, gloomy, and spectral, such as Nathaniel Hawthorne, Herman Melville, and Jack London.

Wikipedia

In the Forest of Villefére
Wolfshead

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Howard, Robert E.: Fantasy Adventure. V1. 16 Feb 2012

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Robert Ervin Howard (January 22, 1906 – June 11, 1936) was an American pulp writer of fantasy, horror, historical adventure, boxing, western, and detective fiction.

He created — in the pages of the Depression-era pulp magazine Weird Tales — Conan the Cimmerian, a.k.a. Conan the Barbarian, a character whose pop-culture imprint might be compared to such icons as Tarzan of the Apes, Count Dracula, Sherlock Holmes, and James Bond.

With Conan and his other heroes Howard created the genre now known as sword-and-sorcery in the late 1920s and early 1930s, spawning a wide swath of imitators and giving him an influence in the fantasy field rivaled only by J.R.R. Tolkien and Tolkien's similarly inspired creation of the modern genre of High Fantasy.

Howard remains a highly read author, with his best work endlessly reprinted. He has been compared to other American masters of the weird, gloomy, and spectral, such as Nathaniel
Hawthorne, Herman Melville, and Jack London.

Wikipedia

Black Canaan
The House of Arabu
People of the Dark
The Voice of El-Lil
Spear and Fang

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Howard, Robert E.: Fantasy Adventure. V1. 18 Nov 2008

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crutledge

Robert Ervin Howard (January 22, 1906 – June 11, 1936) was an
American pulp writer of fantasy, horror, historical adventure,
boxing, western, and detective fiction.

He created — in the pages of the Depression-era pulp magazine
Weird Tales — Conan the Cimmerian, a.k.a. Conan the Barbarian,
a character whose pop-culture imprint might be compared to
such icons as Tarzan of the Apes, Count Dracula,
Sherlock Holmes, and James Bond.

With Conan and his other heroes Howard created the genre now
known as sword-and-sorcery in the late 1920s and early 1930s,
spawning a wide swath of imitators and giving him an influence
in the fantasy field rivaled only by J.R.R. Tolkien and
Tolkien's similarly inspired creation of the modern genre of
High Fantasy.

Howard remains a highly read author, with his best work
endlessly reprinted. He has been compared to other American
masters of the weird, gloomy, and spectral, such as Nathaniel
Hawthorne, Herman Melville, and Jack London.

Wikipedia

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Howard, Robert E.: Historical Adventure. V1. 17 Feb 2012

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crutledge

Robert Ervin Howard (January 22, 1906 – June 11, 1936) was an American pulp writer of fantasy, horror, historical adventure, boxing, western, and detective fiction.

He created — in the pages of the Depression-era pulp magazine Weird Tales — Conan the Cimmerian, a.k.a. Conan the Barbarian, a character whose pop-culture imprint might be compared to such icons as Tarzan of the Apes, Count Dracula, Sherlock Holmes, and James Bond.

With Conan and his other heroes Howard created the genre now known as sword-and-sorcery in the late 1920s and early 1930s, spawning a wide swath of imitators and giving him an influence in the fantasy field rivaled only by J.R.R. Tolkien and Tolkien's similarly inspired creation of the modern genre of High Fantasy.

Howard remains a highly read author, with his best work endlessly reprinted. He has been compared to other American masters of the weird, gloomy, and spectral, such as Nathaniel
Hawthorne, Herman Melville, and Jack London.

Wikipedia

GATES OF EMPIRE
LORD OF SAMARCAND
THE LION OF TIBERIAS
THE SOWERS OF THE THUNDER
RED BLADES OF BLACK CATHAY
THE KING'S SERVICE

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Howard, Robert E.: Horror. 19 Feb 2012

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Robert Ervin Howard (January 22, 1906 – June 11, 1936) was an American pulp writer of fantasy, horror, historical adventure, boxing, western, and detective fiction.

He created — in the pages of the Depression-era pulp magazine Weird Tales — Conan the Cimmerian, a.k.a. Conan the Barbarian, a character whose pop-culture imprint might be compared to such icons as Tarzan of the Apes, Count Dracula, Sherlock Holmes, and James Bond.

With Conan and his other heroes Howard created the genre now known as sword-and-sorcery in the late 1920s and early 1930s, spawning a wide swath of imitators and giving him an influence in the fantasy field rivaled only by J.R.R. Tolkien and Tolkien's similarly inspired creation of the modern genre of High Fantasy.

Howard remains a highly read author, with his best work endlessly reprinted. He has been compared to other American masters of the weird, gloomy, and spectral, such as Nathaniel
Hawthorne, Herman Melville, and Jack London.

Wikipedia

The Cairn on the Headland
The Dream Snake
The Fearsome Touch of Death

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Howard, Robert E.: James Allison. V1. 19 Feb 2012

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Robert Ervin Howard (January 22, 1906 – June 11, 1936) was an American pulp writer of fantasy, horror, historical adventure, boxing, western, and detective fiction.

He created — in the pages of the Depression-era pulp magazine Weird Tales — Conan the Cimmerian, a.k.a. Conan the Barbarian, a character whose pop-culture imprint might be compared to such icons as Tarzan of the Apes, Count Dracula, Sherlock Holmes, and James Bond.

With Conan and his other heroes Howard created the genre now known as sword-and-sorcery in the late 1920s and early 1930s, spawning a wide swath of imitators and giving him an influence in the fantasy field rivaled only by J.R.R. Tolkien and Tolkien's similarly inspired creation of the modern genre of High Fantasy.

Howard remains a highly read author, with his best work endlessly reprinted. He has been compared to other American masters of the weird, gloomy, and spectral, such as Nathaniel
Hawthorne, Herman Melville, and Jack London.

Wikipedia

THE VALLEY OF THE WORM
THE GARDEN OF FEAR

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Howard, Robert E.: Kull. V1. 22 Feb 2012

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crutledge

Robert Ervin Howard (January 22, 1906 – June 11, 1936) was an American pulp writer of fantasy, horror, historical adventure, boxing, western, and detective fiction.

He created — in the pages of the Depression-era pulp magazine Weird Tales — Conan the Cimmerian, a.k.a. Conan the Barbarian, a character whose pop-culture imprint might be compared to such icons as Tarzan of the Apes, Count Dracula, Sherlock Holmes, and James Bond.

With Conan and his other heroes Howard created the genre now known as sword-and-sorcery in the late 1920s and early 1930s, spawning a wide swath of imitators and giving him an influence in the fantasy field rivaled only by J.R.R. Tolkien and Tolkien's similarly inspired creation of the modern genre of High Fantasy.

Howard remains a highly read author, with his best work endlessly reprinted. He has been compared to other American masters of the weird, gloomy, and spectral, such as Nathaniel
Hawthorne, Herman Melville, and Jack London.

Wikipedia

THE SHADOW KINGDOM
THE MIRRORS OF TUZUN THUNE
KINGS OF THE NIGHT

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Howard, Robert E.: Pigeons From Hell. v1. 30 Oct 07

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Voodoo in the Deep South.
This was adapted for an episode of Boris Karloff's Thriller in the early sixties.

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Howard, Robert E.: Sailor Steven Costigan

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crutledge

Robert Ervin Howard (January 22, 1906 – June 11, 1936) was an American pulp writer of fantasy, horror, historical adventure, boxing, western, and detective fiction.

He created — in the pages of the Depression-era pulp magazine Weird Tales — Conan the Cimmerian, a.k.a. Conan the Barbarian, a character whose pop-culture imprint might be compared to such icons as Tarzan of the Apes, Count Dracula, Sherlock Holmes, and James Bond.

With Conan and his other heroes Howard created the genre now known as sword-and-sorcery in the late 1920s and early 1930s, spawning a wide swath of imitators and giving him an influence in the fantasy field rivaled only by J.R.R. Tolkien and Tolkien's similarly inspired creation of the modern genre of High Fantasy.

Howard remains a highly read author, with his best work endlessly reprinted. He has been compared to other American masters of the weird, gloomy, and spectral, such as Nathaniel
Hawthorne, Herman Melville, and Jack London.

Wikipedia

THE SIGN OF THE SNAKE
THE PIT OF THE SERPENT
THE IRON MAN
THE BULL DOG BREED
THE SLUGGER'S GAME
THE TNT PUNCH
WINNER TAKES ALL
WATERFRONT FISTS
VIKINGS OF THE GLOVES
TEXAS FISTS
SLUGGERS ON THE BEACH
CIRCUS FISTS
CHAMP OF THE FORECASTLE
BREED OF BATTLE
BLOW THE CHINKS DOWN!
DARK SHANGHAI
FIST AND FANG
SAILORS' GRUDGE
NIGHT OF BATTLE
GENERAL IRONFIST
ALLEYS OF PERIL

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Howard, Robert E.: Savage Stories of Conan, v 4, 26 Aug 2011

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Jellby

Robert Ervin Howard (1906-1936) was an American pulp writer of fantasy, horror, historical adventure, boxing, western, and detective fiction. His most known creation is probably the character of Conan the Cimmerian, which contributed establishing the genre of sword-and-sorcery fantasy.

I've created here a collection of all freely available original Conan stories by Howard. The stories are ordered by publication date, but I've also included a chronological (in-story time) list, and at the end of each story there is a link to the next one (if you want to read them in publication order, ignore the link and page forward).

Unfortunately, one of the stories, "The Vale of Lost Women", seems to be still under copyright in Canada (it was first published less than 50 years ago), but it is copyright-free in the US (it has apparently not been renewed). If you are in a country where all stories are copyright-free (as in most of the EU, I believe), you can download this last story from the US server (see readme.html).

At the end there is an essay about the Hyborian Age, the fictitious historical and geographical setting of the stories, and there is also a map (accessible through the "go to" menu in the Cybook, for instance).

I created this version because the previous one (v. 1) had some formatting problems and the original author seems to be inactive. The source for the texts is Project Gutenberg Australia. I've made some corrections and changes for consistency. The first four stories are proofread, the rest not yet.

As usual, all comments are welcome.

P.S. It would be perfect if someone could provide images (or links to images) I could use as cover for the book and for the individual stories...

EDIT (v3): After reading and correcting all the stories, this is the updated version. (It has a better cover, so update your thumbnails.)

EDIT (v4): Added the missing stories.

(previous download count: 825)

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Howard, Robert E.: Sea Curse. V1. 18 Nov 2008

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crutledge

Robert Ervin Howard (January 22, 1906 – June 11, 1936) was an
American pulp writer of fantasy, horror, historical adventure,
boxing, western, and detective fiction.

He created — in the pages of the Depression-era pulp magazine
Weird Tales — Conan the Cimmerian, a.k.a. Conan the Barbarian,
a character whose pop-culture imprint might be compared to
such icons as Tarzan of the Apes, Count Dracula,
Sherlock Holmes, and James Bond.

With Conan and his other heroes Howard created the genre now
known as sword-and-sorcery in the late 1920s and early 1930s,
spawning a wide swath of imitators and giving him an influence
in the fantasy field rivaled only by J.R.R. Tolkien and
Tolkien's similarly inspired creation of the modern genre of
High Fantasy.

Howard remains a highly read author, with his best work
endlessly reprinted. He has been compared to other American
masters of the weird, gloomy, and spectral, such as Nathaniel
Hawthorne, Herman Melville, and Jack London.

Wikipedia

Download:

- Sea Curse.prc

Howard, Robert E.: Solomon Kane Omnibus. v1. 24 Apr 07

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BenG

I've collected all of Howard's Solomon Kane stories at PG into one volume.

Solomon Kane was Howard's swashbuckling Puritan whose adventures were originally published in Weird Tales.

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Howard, Robert E.: Strange and Weird Crime Collection, V1, 3 March 2019

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Pulpmeister

Robert E Howard is famous for the enduring "Conan the Barbarian" series, but he was a prolific pulp writer in almost every pulp genre, including sport, horror, crime and adventure; these stories, collected from Project Gutenberg Australia's extensive library of Howard's short stories, are crime stories with horror, strange and/or weird elements.

Steve Harrison Cases
1: Fangs of Gold
2: Graveyard Rats
3: Names in the Black Book
Other Cases
4: Black Talons
5: The Grisly Horror
6: Black Wind Blowing
7: The Tomb's Secret
8: Black Hound of Death

This collection is original to this forum.

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Howard, Robert E.: Tales of Horror. V1. 18 Nov 2008

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Robert Ervin Howard (January 22, 1906 – June 11, 1936) was an
American pulp writer of fantasy, horror, historical adventure,
boxing, western, and detective fiction.

He created — in the pages of the Depression-era pulp magazine
Weird Tales — Conan the Cimmerian, a.k.a. Conan the Barbarian,
a character whose pop-culture imprint might be compared to
such icons as Tarzan of the Apes, Count Dracula,
Sherlock Holmes, and James Bond.

With Conan and his other heroes Howard created the genre now
known as sword-and-sorcery in the late 1920s and early 1930s,
spawning a wide swath of imitators and giving him an influence
in the fantasy field rivaled only by J.R.R. Tolkien and
Tolkien's similarly inspired creation of the modern genre of
High Fantasy.

Howard remains a highly read author, with his best work
endlessly reprinted. He has been compared to other American
masters of the weird, gloomy, and spectral, such as Nathaniel
Hawthorne, Herman Melville, and Jack London.

Wikipedia

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Howard, Robert E.: The Haunter of the Ring. V1. 18 Nov 2008

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Robert Ervin Howard (January 22, 1906 – June 11, 1936) was an
American pulp writer of fantasy, horror, historical adventure,
boxing, western, and detective fiction.

He created — in the pages of the Depression-era pulp magazine
Weird Tales — Conan the Cimmerian, a.k.a. Conan the Barbarian,
a character whose pop-culture imprint might be compared to
such icons as Tarzan of the Apes, Count Dracula,
Sherlock Holmes, and James Bond.

With Conan and his other heroes Howard created the genre now
known as sword-and-sorcery in the late 1920s and early 1930s,
spawning a wide swath of imitators and giving him an influence
in the fantasy field rivaled only by J.R.R. Tolkien and
Tolkien's similarly inspired creation of the modern genre of
High Fantasy.

Howard remains a highly read author, with his best work
endlessly reprinted. He has been compared to other American
masters of the weird, gloomy, and spectral, such as Nathaniel
Hawthorne, Herman Melville, and Jack London.

Wikipedia

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- The Haunter of the Ring.prc

Howard, Robert E.: The Mountain Man. V 1. 16 Nov. 2008

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Robert Ervin Howard (January 22, 1906 – June 11, 1936) was an
American pulp writer of fantasy, horror, historical adventure,
boxing, western, and detective fiction.

He created — in the pages of the Depression-era pulp magazine
Weird Tales — Conan the Cimmerian, a.k.a. Conan the Barbarian,
a character whose pop-culture imprint might be compared to
such icons as Tarzan of the Apes, Count Dracula,
Sherlock Holmes, and James Bond.

With Conan and his other heroes Howard created the genre now
known as sword-and-sorcery in the late 1920s and early 1930s,
spawning a wide swath of imitators and giving him an influence
in the fantasy field rivaled only by J.R.R. Tolkien and
Tolkien's similarly inspired creation of the modern genre of
High Fantasy.

Howard remains a highly read author, with his best work
endlessly reprinted. He has been compared to other American
masters of the weird, gloomy, and spectral, such as Nathaniel
Hawthorne, Herman Melville, and Jack London.

Wikipedia

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- Mountain Man.prc

Howard, Robert E.: The Stories of El Borak, V.2, 14 Nov.08

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El Borak, otherwise known as Francis Xavier Gordon, is a fictional character created by Robert E. Howard. Gordon was a Texan gunfighter from El Paso who had travelled the world and settled in Afghanistan. He is famous across Asia for his exploits in that continent.

The character was originally created when Howard was only ten years old but he did not see print until The Daughter of Erlik Khan in the December 1934 issue of Top-Notch. He is likely to have been inspired by real people such as Richard Francis Burton, John Nicholson, "Chinese" Gordon and Lawrence of Arabia as well as the fiction of Talbot Mundy.

Although Howard is most famous today for his fantasy fiction, the El Borak stories are straight adventure fiction and only Three-Bladed Doom contains a fantasy element.

Wikipedia

Westerns in Afganistan.

The book contains:
The Daughter of Erlik Kahn (1934)
Blood of the Gods (1935)
Hawk of the Hills (1935)
Son of the White Wolf (1936)
The Country of the Knife (1937)

Fixed some paragraph formating and better images.

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Howard, Robert E.: The Sword of Solomon Kane.V1.17 Nov 2008

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Robert Ervin Howard (January 22, 1906 – June 11, 1936) was an
American pulp writer of fantasy, horror, historical adventure,
boxing, western, and detective fiction.

He created — in the pages of the Depression-era pulp magazine
Weird Tales — Conan the Cimmerian, a.k.a. Conan the Barbarian,
a character whose pop-culture imprint might be compared to
such icons as Tarzan of the Apes, Count Dracula,
Sherlock Holmes, and James Bond.

With Conan and his other heroes Howard created the genre now
known as sword-and-sorcery in the late 1920s and early 1930s,
spawning a wide swath of imitators and giving him an influence
in the fantasy field rivaled only by J.R.R. Tolkien and
Tolkien's similarly inspired creation of the modern genre of
High Fantasy.

Howard remains a highly read author, with his best work
endlessly reprinted. He has been compared to other American
masters of the weird, gloomy, and spectral, such as Nathaniel
Hawthorne, Herman Melville, and Jack London.

Wikipedia

These stories were posted by BenG in 2007. I have updated with full table of contents, toc for each book, and my own cover.

Another sample of the prodigious output of Robert E. Howard.

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Howard, Robert E.: The Tomb's Secret. V1. 18 Nov 2008

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Robert Ervin Howard (January 22, 1906 – June 11, 1936) was an
American pulp writer of fantasy, horror, historical adventure,
boxing, western, and detective fiction.

He created — in the pages of the Depression-era pulp magazine
Weird Tales — Conan the Cimmerian, a.k.a. Conan the Barbarian,
a character whose pop-culture imprint might be compared to
such icons as Tarzan of the Apes, Count Dracula,
Sherlock Holmes, and James Bond.

With Conan and his other heroes Howard created the genre now
known as sword-and-sorcery in the late 1920s and early 1930s,
spawning a wide swath of imitators and giving him an influence
in the fantasy field rivaled only by J.R.R. Tolkien and
Tolkien's similarly inspired creation of the modern genre of
High Fantasy.

Howard remains a highly read author, with his best work
endlessly reprinted. He has been compared to other American
masters of the weird, gloomy, and spectral, such as Nathaniel
Hawthorne, Herman Melville, and Jack London.

Wikipedia

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- The Tomb's Secret.prc

Howard, Robert E.: Weird Menace. V1. 18 Nov 2008

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crutledge

Robert Ervin Howard (January 22, 1906 – June 11, 1936) was an
American pulp writer of fantasy, horror, historical adventure,
boxing, western, and detective fiction.

He created — in the pages of the Depression-era pulp magazine
Weird Tales — Conan the Cimmerian, a.k.a. Conan the Barbarian,
a character whose pop-culture imprint might be compared to
such icons as Tarzan of the Apes, Count Dracula,
Sherlock Holmes, and James Bond.

With Conan and his other heroes Howard created the genre now
known as sword-and-sorcery in the late 1920s and early 1930s,
spawning a wide swath of imitators and giving him an influence
in the fantasy field rivaled only by J.R.R. Tolkien and
Tolkien's similarly inspired creation of the modern genre of
High Fantasy.

Howard remains a highly read author, with his best work
endlessly reprinted. He has been compared to other American
masters of the weird, gloomy, and spectral, such as Nathaniel
Hawthorne, Herman Melville, and Jack London.

Wikipedia

More of the prodigious output of Robert E. Howard. He was amazing.

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Howard, Robert E.: Wolfshead. V1. 18 Nov 2008

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crutledge

Robert Ervin Howard (January 22, 1906 – June 11, 1936) was an
American pulp writer of fantasy, horror, historical adventure,
boxing, western, and detective fiction.

He created — in the pages of the Depression-era pulp magazine
Weird Tales — Conan the Cimmerian, a.k.a. Conan the Barbarian,
a character whose pop-culture imprint might be compared to
such icons as Tarzan of the Apes, Count Dracula,
Sherlock Holmes, and James Bond.

With Conan and his other heroes Howard created the genre now
known as sword-and-sorcery in the late 1920s and early 1930s,
spawning a wide swath of imitators and giving him an influence
in the fantasy field rivaled only by J.R.R. Tolkien and
Tolkien's similarly inspired creation of the modern genre of
High Fantasy.

Howard remains a highly read author, with his best work
endlessly reprinted. He has been compared to other American
masters of the weird, gloomy, and spectral, such as Nathaniel
Hawthorne, Herman Melville, and Jack London.

Wikipedia

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- Wolfshead.prc

Howard, Robert E: A Witch Shall Be Born. v1. 28 Dec 2014

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crutledge

Robert Ervin Howard (January 22, 1906 – June 11, 1936) was an American author who wrote pulp fiction in a diverse range of genres. He is well known for his character Conan the Barbarian and is regarded as the father of the sword and sorcery subgenre.

Excerpt
He gestured toward the vultures whose shadows swept across the sands as they wheeled overhead. From the lips of Constantius came an inhuman cry of despair and horror.

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Howard, Robert E: Beyond the Black River. v1. 26 Dec 2014

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Robert Ervin Howard (January 22, 1906 – June 11, 1936) was an American author who wrote pulp fiction in a diverse range of genres. He is well known for his character Conan the Barbarian and is regarded as the father of the sword and sorcery subgenre.

Conan Loses His Ax.
The Wizard of Gwawela.
The Crawlers in the Dark.
The Beasts of Zogar Sag.
The Children of Jhebbal Sag.
Red Axes of the Border.
The Devil in the Fire.
Conajohara No More.

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Howard, Robert E: Gods of the North. v1. 26 Dec 2014

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crutledge

Robert Ervin Howard (January 22, 1906 – June 11, 1936) was an American author who wrote pulp fiction in a diverse range of genres. He is well known for his character Conan the Barbarian and is regarded as the father of the sword and sorcery subgenre.

Excerpt
The clangor of the swords had died away, the shouting of the slaughter was hushed; silence lay on the red-stained snow. The pale bleak sun that glittered so blindingly from the ice-fields and the snow-covered plains struck sheens of silver from rent corselet and broken blade, where the dead lay in heaps. The nerveless hand yet gripped the broken hilt: helmeted heads, back-drawn in the death throes, tilted red beards and golden beards grimly upward, as if in last invocation to Ymir the frost-giant.

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Howard, Robert E: Jewels of Gwahlur. v1. 27 Dec 2014

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crutledge

Robert Ervin Howard (January 22, 1906 – June 11, 1936) was an American author who wrote pulp fiction in a diverse range of genres. He is well known for his character Conan the Barbarian and is regarded as the father of the sword and sorcery subgenre.

Paths of Intrigue.
A Goddess Awakens.
The Return of the Oracle.
The Teeth of Gwahlur.

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Howard, Robert E: Queen of the Black Coast. v1. 27 Dec 2014

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Robert Ervin Howard (January 22, 1906 – June 11, 1936) was an American author who wrote pulp fiction in a diverse range of genres. He is well known for his character Conan the Barbarian and is regarded as the father of the sword and sorcery subgenre.

Conan Joins the Pirates.
The Black Lotus.
The Horror in the Jungle.
The Attack from the Air.
The Funeral Pyre.

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Howard, Robert E: Red Nails. v1. 28 Dec 2014

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crutledge

Robert Ervin Howard (January 22, 1906 – June 11, 1936) was an American author who wrote pulp fiction in a diverse range of genres. He is well known for his character Conan the Barbarian and is regarded as the father of the sword and sorcery subgenre.

The Skull on the Crag.
By the Blaze of the Fire-Jewels.
The People of the Feud.
Scent of Black Lotus.
Twenty Red Nails.
The Eyes of Tascela.
He Comes from the Dark.

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Howard, Robert E: Savage Stories of Conan v1.00 May '08

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Spellbot 5000

Tsgreer did a great version of the collected Conan works from Robert E. Howard. I set out to create a Mobi version for those with a need for that format. Like Tsgreer, I grabbed the txt files of his works from Project Gutenberg Australia. This is my first eBook, so there may be some general errors in formatting or spelling.

Included stories are:

1.) The Phoenix on the Sword
2.) The Scarlet Citadel
3.) The Tower of the Elephant
4.) Black Colossus
5.) The Slithering Shadow
6.) The Pool Of The Black One
7.) Gods of the North
8.) Rogues in the House
9.) Shadows In The Moonlight
10.) Queen Of The Black Coast
11.) Conan - The Devil in Iron
12.) The People Of The Black Circle
13.) A Witch Shall Be Born
14.) Jewels of Gwahlur
15.) Conan - Beyond the Black River
16.) Shadows in Zamboula
17.) The Hour of the Dragon
18.) Red Nails
19.) The Hyborian Age

Much thanks to Tsgreer for inspiration!

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- Howard, Robert E - Savage Stories of Conan.mobi

Howard, Robert E: Shadows in the Moonlight. v1. 28 Dec 2014

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crutledge

Robert Ervin Howard (January 22, 1906 – June 11, 1936) was an American author who wrote pulp fiction in a diverse range of genres. He is well known for his character Conan the Barbarian and is regarded as the father of the sword and sorcery subgenre.

Excerpt
A swift crashing of horses through the tall reeds; a heavy fall, a despairing cry. From the dying steed there staggered up its rider, a slender girl in sandals and girdled tunic. Her dark hair fell over her white shoulders, her eyes were those of a trapped animal. She did not look at the jungle of reeds that hemmed in the little clearing, nor at the blue waters that lapped the low shore behind her. Her wide-eyed gaze was fixed in agonized intensity on the horseman who pushed through the reedy screen and dismounted before her.

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Howard, Robert E: Shadows in Zamboula. v1. 28 Dec 2014

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Robert Ervin Howard (January 22, 1906 – June 11, 1936) was an American author who wrote pulp fiction in a diverse range of genres. He is well known for his character Conan the Barbarian and is regarded as the father of the sword and sorcery subgenre.

Excerpt
‘Peril hides in the house of Aram Baksh!’

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Howard, Robert E: The Devil in Iron. v1. 26 Dec 2014

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Robert Ervin Howard (January 22, 1906 – June 11, 1936) was an American author who wrote pulp fiction in a diverse range of genres. He is well known for his character Conan the Barbarian and is regarded as the father of the sword and sorcery subgenre.

Excerpt
Suddenly the man rose and towered above him, menace in his every aspect. There was no room in the fisherman’s dull brain for fear, at least for such fear as might grip a man who has just seen the fundamental laws of nature defied. As the great hands fell to his shoulders, he drew his saw-edged knife and struck upward with the same motion. The blade splintered against the stranger’s corded belly as against a steel column, and then the fisherman’s thick neck broke like a rotten twig in the giant hands.

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Howard, Robert E: The Hour of the Dragon. v1. 27 Dec 2014

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Robert Ervin Howard (January 22, 1906 – June 11, 1936) was an American author who wrote pulp fiction in a diverse range of genres. He is well known for his character Conan the Barbarian and is regarded as the father of the sword and sorcery subgenre.

O Sleeper, Awake!.
A Black Wind Blows.
The Cliffs Reel.
‘From What Hell Have You Crawled?’
The Haunter of the Pits.
The Thrust of a Knife.
The Rending of the Veil.
Dying Embers.
‘It is the King or His Ghost!’.
A Coin from Acheron.
Swords of the South.
The Fang of the Dragon.
‘A Ghost Out of the Past’.
The Black Hand of Set.
The Return of the Corsair.
Black-Walled Khemi.
‘He Has Slain the Sacred Son of Set!’.
‘I Am the Woman Who Never Died’.
In the Hall of the Dead.
Out of the Dust Shall Acheron Arise.
Drums of Peril.
The Road to Acheron.

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Howard, Robert E: The Hyborian Age. v1. 27 Dec 2014

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Robert Ervin Howard (January 22, 1906 – June 11, 1936) was an American author who wrote pulp fiction in a diverse range of genres. He is well known for his character Conan the Barbarian and is regarded as the father of the sword and sorcery subgenre.

Excerpt
Of that epoch known by the Nemedian chroniclers as the Pre-Cataclysmic Age, little is known except the latter part, and that is veiled in the mists of legendry. Known history begins with the waning of the Pre-Cataclysmic civilization, dominated by the kingdoms of Kamelia, Valusia, Verulia, Grondar, Thule and Commoria. These peoples spoke a similar language, arguing a common origin. There were other kingdoms, equally civilized, but inhabited by different, and apparently older races.

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Howard, Robert E: The People of the Black Circle. v1.27 Dec 2014

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Robert Ervin Howard (January 22, 1906 – June 11, 1936) was an American author who wrote pulp fiction in a diverse range of genres. He is well known for his character Conan the Barbarian and is regarded as the father of the sword and sorcery subgenre.

Death Strikes a King.
A Barbarian from the Hills.
Khemsa Uses Magic.
An Encounter in the Pass.
The Black Stallion.
The Mountain of the Black Seers.
On to Yimsha.
Yasmina Knows Stark Terror.
The Castle of the Wizards.
Yasmina and Conan.

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Howard, Robert Ervin: Weird Southwest. V1. 11 Jan 2012

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Robert Ervin Howard (January 22, 1906 – June 11, 1936) was an American author who wrote pulp fiction in a diverse range of genres. He is probably best known for his character, Conan the Barbarian, he is regarded as the father of the sword and sorcery subgenre.

Pigeons from Hell

The Horror from the Mound

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Howdershelt, Ed: An Encounter in Atlanta. V1. 31 Mar 2009

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gwynevans

A Mandi Steele novel! Two terrorist attacks during a science fiction convention in Atlanta are foiled by a pair of rather unusual people - one distinctly human and one considerably more than human. Until that day, neither of them knew the other existed, but their encounter bonds them in ways neither could forsee.

By Ed Howdershelt - Abintra Press
Science Fiction & Semi-Fiction
http://www.AbintraPress.com

Converted from the RTF here, with permission of the Author here

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Howe, William and Hummel, Abraham: Danger! v1, 2 Mar 2008

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Madam Broshkina

Subtitled:
[
A TRUE HISTORY OF A GREAT
CITY'S WILES and TEMPTATIONS
THE VEIL LIFTED, AND LIGHT
THROWN ON CRIME AND ITS
CAUSES, AND CRIMINALS AND
THEIR HAUNTS. FACTS AND
DISCLOSURES[/

From the Preface:

It may not be amiss to remark, in explanation of the startling and sensational title chosen for this production, that logic has not yet succeeded in framing a title-page which shall clearly indicate the nature of a book. The greatest adepts have frequently taken refuge in some fortuitous word, which has served their purpose better than the best results of their analysis. So it was in the present case. "Danger!" is a thrilling and warning word, suggestive of the locomotive headlight, and especially applicable to the subject matter of the following pages, in which the crimes of a great city are dissected and exposed from the arcanum or confessional of what we may be pardoned for designating the best-known criminal law offices in America.
So much for the title. A few words as to the motif of the publication. Despite the efficiency of our police and the activity of our many admirable reforming and reclaiming systems, crime still abounds, while the great tide of social impurity continues to roll on with unabated velocity. Optimists and philanthropic dreamers in every age have pictured in glowing colors the gradual but sure approach of the millennium, yet we are, apparently, still as far from that elysium of purity and unselfishness as ever. Whenever the wolf and the lamb lie down together, the innocent bleater is invariably inside the other's ravenous maw. There may be—and we have reason to know that there is—a marked diminution in certain forms of crime, but there are others in which surprising fertility of resource and ingenuity of method but too plainly evince that the latest developments of science and skill are being successfully pressed into the service of the modern criminal. Increase of education and scientific skill not only confers superior facilities for the successful perpetration of crime, but also for its concealment. The revelations of the newspapers, from week to week, but too plainly indicate an undercurrent of vice and iniquity, whose depth and foulness defy all computation.
We are not in accord with those pessimists who speak of New York as a boiling caldron of crime, without any redeeming features or hopeful elements. But our practice in the courts and our association with criminals of every kind, and the knowledge consequently gained of their history and antecedents, have demonstrated that, in a great city like New York, the germs of evil in human life are developed into the rankest maturity. As the eloquent Dr. Guthrie, in his great work, "The City, its Sins and its Sorrows," remarks: "Great cities many have found to be great curses. It had been well for many an honest lad and unsuspecting country girl that hopes of higher wages and opportunities of fortune, that the gay attire and gilded story of some acquaintance, had never turned their steps cityward, nor turned them from the simplicity and safety of their country home. Many a foot that once lightly pressed the heather or brushed the dewy grass has wearily trodden in darkness, guilt and remorse, on these city pavements. Happy had it been for many had they never exchanged the starry skies for the lamps of the town, nor had left their quiet villages for the throng and roar of the big city's streets. Weil for them had they heard no roar but the river's, whose winter flood it had been safer to breast; no roar but ocean's, whose stormiest waves it had been safer to ride, than encounter the flood of city temptations, which has wrecked their virtue and swept them into ruin."
By hoisting the Danger signal at the mast-head, as it were, we have attempted to warn young men and young women—the future fathers and mothers of America—against the snares and pitfalls of the crime and the vice that await the unwary in New York. Our own long and extensive practice at the bar has furnished most of the facts; some, again, are on file in our criminal courts of record; and some, as has already been hinted, have been derived from the confidential revelations of our private office. With the desire that this book shall prove a useful warning and potent monitor to those for whose benefit and instruction it has been designed, and in the earnest hope that, by its influence, some few may be saved from prison, penitentiary, lunatic asylum, or suicides' purgatory, it is now submitted to the intelligent readers of America.

Note: This book was first published in 1886, the cover I have used is a fairly recent photograph of New York City. I do not want to suggest that any of the "Great City's Wiles and Temptations" were going on at the time the photo was taken.

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Howells, W.D.: A Hazard of New Fortunes. V1. 19-Apr-2013

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A Hazard of New Fortunes is a novel by William Dean Howells. Copyrighted in 1889 and first published in the U.S. by Harper & Bros. in 1890, the book was well-received for its portrayal of social injustice. Considered by many to be his best work, the novel was the first of three Howells wrote with Socialist and Utopian ideals in mind: The Quality of Mercy in 1892, and An Imperative Duty in 1893. In this novel, Howells discusses the American Civil War, while also dealing with issues of post-war, "Gilded Age" America, like labor disputes, the rise of the self-made millionaire, the growth of urban America, the influx of immigrants, and other industrial-era problems. A Hazard of New Fortunes is one of Howells' most important examples of American literary Realism. (Wikipedia)

About the Author
William Dean Howells (March 1, 1837 – May 11, 1920) was an American realist author and literary critic. Nicknamed "The Dean of American Letters", he was particularly known for his tenure as editor of the Atlantic Monthly as well as his own prolific writings, including the Christmas story "Christmas Every Day" and the novel The Rise of Silas Lapham.

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Howells, W.D.: Annie Kilburn. V1. 14-Apr-2013

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William Dean Howells (March 1, 1837 – May 11, 1920) was an American realist author and literary critic. Nicknamed "The Dean of American Letters", he was particularly known for his tenure as editor of the Atlantic Monthly as well as his own prolific writings, including the Christmas story "Christmas Every Day" and the novel The Rise of Silas Lapham

Mr. Howells has certainly never given us in one novel so many portraits of intrinsic interest. [Annie Kilburn [/herself is a masterpiece of quietly veracious art--the art which depends for its effect on unswerving fidelity to the truth of Nature.... It certainly seems to us the very best book that Mr. Howells has written.--Spectator, London.

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Howells, W.D.: April Hopes. V1. 13-Apr-2013

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William Dean Howells (March 1, 1837 – May 11, 1920) was an American realist author and literary critic. Nicknamed "The Dean of American Letters", he was particularly known for his tenure as editor of the Atlantic Monthly as well as his own prolific writings, including the Christmas story "Christmas Every Day" and the novel The Rise of Silas Lapham

About [April Hopes[/:
Mr. Howells never wrote a more bewitching book. It is useless to deny the rarity and worth of the skill that can report so perfectly and with such exquisite humor all the fugacious and manifold emotions of the modern maiden and her lover.--Philadelphia Press.

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Howells, W.D.: Ragged Lady, V1. 19-Apr-2013

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William Dean Howells (March 1, 1837 – May 11, 1920) was an American realist author and literary critic. Nicknamed "The Dean of American Letters", he was particularly known for his tenure as editor of the Atlantic Monthly as well as his own prolific writings, including the Christmas story "Christmas Every Day" and the novel [The Rise of Silas Lapham[/.

[QUOTIt was their first summer at Middlemount and the Landers did not know the roads. When they came to a place where they had a choice of two, she said that now he must get out of the carry-all and ask at the house standing a little back in the edge of the pine woods, which road they ought to take for South Middlemount. She alleged many cases in which they had met trouble through his perverse reluctance to find out where they were before he pushed rashly forward in their drives. Whilst she urged the facts she reached forward from the back seat where she sat, and held her hand upon the reins to prevent his starting the horse, which was impartially cropping first the sweet fern on one side and then the blueberry bushes on the other side of the narrow wheel-track. She declared at last that if he would not get out and ask she would do it herself, and at this the dry little man jerked the reins in spite of her, and the horse suddenly pulled the carry-all to the right, and seemed about to overset it.
“Oh, what are you doing, Albe’t?” Mrs. Lander lamented, falling helpless against the back of her seat. “Haven’t I always told you to speak to the hoss fust?”
“He wouldn’t have minded my speakin’,” said her husband. “I’m goin’ to take you up to the dooa so that you can ask for youaself without gettin’ out.” [/QUOT

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Howells, W.D.: The Landlord at Lion's Head. V1. 19-Apr-2013

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William Dean Howells (March 1, 1837 – May 11, 1920) was an American realist author and literary critic. Nicknamed "The Dean of American Letters", he was particularly known for his tenure as editor of the Atlantic Monthly as well as his own prolific writings, including the Christmas story "Christmas Every Day" and the novel [The Rise of Silas Lapham[/.

[QUOTIn those dim recesses of the consciousness where things have their beginning, if ever things have a beginning, I suppose the origin of this novel may be traced to a fact of a fortnight’s sojourn on the western shore of lake Champlain in the summer of 1891. Across the water in the State of Vermont I had constantly before my eyes a majestic mountain form which the earlier French pioneers had named “Le Lion Couchant,” but which their plainer-minded Yankee successors preferred to call “The Camel’s Hump.” It really looked like a sleeping lion; the head was especially definite; and when, in the course of some ten years, I found the scheme for a story about a summer hotel which I had long meant to write, this image suggested the name of ‘The Landlord at Lion’s Head.’ I gave the title to my unwritten novel at once and never wished to change it, but rejoiced in the certainty that, whatever the novel turned out to be, the title could not be better.
I began to write the story four years later, when we were settled for the winter in our flat on Central Park, and as I was a year in doing it, with other things, I must have taken the unfinished manuscript to and from Magnolia, Massachusetts, and Long Beach, Long Island, where I spent the following summer. It was first serialized in Harper’s Weekly and in the London Illustrated News, as well as in an Australian newspaper—I forget which one; and it was published as a completed book in 1896. [/QUOT

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Howells, W.D.: The Minister's Charge. V1. 19-Apr-2013

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William Dean Howells (March 1, 1837 – May 11, 1920) was an American realist author and literary critic. Nicknamed "The Dean of American Letters", he was particularly known for his tenure as editor of the Atlantic Monthly as well as his own prolific writings, including the Christmas story "Christmas Every Day" and the novel [The Rise of Silas Lapham[/.

[QUOTOn their way back to the farm-house where they were boarding, Sewell’s wife reproached him for what she called his recklessness. “You had no right,” she said, “to give the poor boy false hopes. You ought to have discouraged him—that would have been the most merciful way—if you knew the poetry was bad. Now, he will go on building all sorts of castles in the air on your praise, and sooner or later they will come tumbling about his ears—just to gratify your passion for saying pleasant things to people.”
“I wish you had a passion for saying pleasant things to me, my dear,” suggested her husband evasively.
“Oh, a nice time I should have!”
“I don’t know about your nice time, but I feel pretty certain of my own. How do you know—Oh, do get up, you implacable cripple!” he broke off to the lame mare he was driving, and pulled at the reins.
“Don’t saw her mouth!” cried Mrs. Sewell.
“Well, let her get up, then, and I won’t. I don’t like to saw her mouth; but I have to do something when you come down on me with your interminable consequences. I dare say the boy will never think of my praise again. And besides, as I was saying when this animal interrupted me with her ill-timed attempts at grazing, how do you know that I knew the poetry was bad?” [/QUOT

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Howells, W.D.: The Rise of Silas Lapham. V1. 14-Apr-2013

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William Dean Howells (March 1, 1837 – May 11, 1920) was an American realist author and literary critic. Nicknamed "The Dean of American Letters", he was particularly known for his tenure as editor of the Atlantic Monthly as well as his own prolific writings, including the Christmas story "Christmas Every Day" and the novel The Rise of Silas Lapham.

[The Rise of Silas Lapham[/ is a realistic novel by William Dean Howells published in 1885. The story follows the materialistic rise of Silas Lapham from rags to riches, and his ensuing moral susceptibility. Silas earns a fortune in the paint business, but he lacks social standards, which he tries to attain through his daughter's marriage into the aristocratic Corey family. Silas's morality does not fail him. He loses his money but makes the right moral decision when his partner proposes the unethical selling of the mills to English settlers.

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Howells, William Dean: Christmas Every Day, v.1, 16 December 2008.

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William Dean Howells (1837–1920)
Christmas Every Day

A Christmas short story suitable for children and adults.

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Howells, William Dean: Henry James, Jr. v.1, 16 March 2009.

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William Dean Howells (1837–1920)
Henry James, Jr.

An article about the novelist and his work.
The source was PG.

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Hudson, W. H.: Green Mansions v1. 9 Dec 07

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[Thanks goes to Mobileread member Starfish for introducing me to this book in the Sony Reader upload section. He had no plans for making a mobi/prc file out of it, so I decided to make one since I wanted it on my Kindle. Any formatting issues with this file will be my fault and not his.[/ :o

Green Mansions: A Romance of the Tropical Forest (1904) is an exotic romance by William Henry Hudson about a traveller to the Guyana jungle of southeastern Venezuela and his encounter with a forest dwelling woman named Rima. [Interesting note: Rima was also the subject of a short-lived marvel comic book.[/

Abel, a young man of wealth, fails at a revolution and flees Caracas into the uncharted forests of Guyana. Surviving fever and hostile Indian attacks, failing at journal-keeping and gold hunting, he settles in an Indian village to waste away his life: playing guitar for old Cla-Cla, hunting badly with Kua-Ko, telling stories to the children. After some exploring, Abel discovers an enchanting forest where he hears a strange bird-like singing. His Indian friends avoid the forest because of its evil spirit-protector, "the Daughter of the Didi." Persisting in the search, Abel finally finds Rima the Bird Girl. She has dark hair, a smock of spider webs, is barefoot, and can communicate with birds in an unknown tongue. When she shields a coral snake, Abel is bitten and falls unconscious.

Hudson based Rima and her lost tribe on persistent rumors about a tribe of white people who lived in the mountains. Temple paintings often showed light-skinned people, and Spanish Conquistadors were at first thought to be gods.

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Hughes, Dora Morrell: Thrift in the Household, v.1, 28 Nov 2007.

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Dora Morrell Hughes: Thrift in the Household

Lots of advice on domestic frugality, much of which is still relevant.

Published, March, 1918 by Lothrop, Lee & Shepard Co.
Norwood, Mass. U.S.A.

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Hughes, Thomas: Tom Brown's Schooldays. v1. 11 Sep 07

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Thomas Hughes' classic novel, first published in 1857, telling the story of Tom Brown at Rugby School. The story is heavily influenced by the author's own experiences at Rugby, and the character of Tom Brown is based on the author's brother, George Hughes.

[Tom Brown[/ was tremendously influential on the genre of British school novels, which began in the 19th century, and is one of the few still in print. A sequel, [Tom Brown at Oxford[/, was published in 1861 but is not as well known.

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Hugo, Victor: Claude Gueux. v1 12 June 2016

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Victor Hugo (1802-1885) was a French poet, dramatist, artist, and social activist who wrote many short stories and novels. He was a Royalist in early life and then a Republican, and spent many years in exile before his return to Paris. After his death his body was laid in state under the Arc de Triomphe and was buried in the Pantheon.

[Claude Gueux[/ was his fifth prose work, and was published in 1834. It contains a short story about a murder, followed by a passionate condemnation of the social injustices which led up to the murder. He later wrote that [Claude Gueux [/was a precursor to[ Les Misérables.[/

The source text was taken from Wikisource and checked against the Delphi Classics version. I have silently corrected typos, curled quotes, replaced italics, used British English, and made changes to spelling, punctuation, and hyphenation using oxfordictionaries.com.

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Hugo, Victor: Les Miserables (Illustrated). v1, 18 August 2008

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[Les Misérables[/ is an 1862 novel by French author Victor Hugo, and among the best-known novels of the 19th century. It follows the lives and interactions of several French characters over a twenty year period in the early 19th century that includes the Napoleonic wars and subsequent decades. Principally focusing on the struggles of the protagonist—ex-convict Jean Valjean—who seeks to redeem himself, the novel also examines the impact of Valjean's actions for the sake of social commentary. It examines the nature of good, evil, and the law, in a sweeping story that expounds upon the history of France, architecture of Paris, politics, moral philosophy, law, justice, religion, and the types and nature of romantic and familial love.

English translation by Isabel F. Hapgood.

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Hugo, Victor: Notre Dame de Paris [Hunchback of Notre Dame], v.2, 29 July 2008

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Victor Hugo (1802-1885)
Notre-Dame de Paris (1831)
[The Hunchback of Notre Dam
Translated by Isabel Florence Habgood. (1850-1928)
(With a few illustrations)

An epic story of tragic love, disability and Gothic architecture.

From Wikipedia:
“The novel is set in 1482 in Paris, in and around the cathedral of Notre Dame de Paris. The book tells the story of a poor Gypsy girl (La Esmeralda) and a misshapen bell-ringer (Quasimodo) who was raised by the archdeacon (Claude Frollo).
English translations of the book are often titled The Hunchback of Notre Dame, which have led some to believe that Quasimodo is the main character. Hugo never liked this title, preferring the original Notre-Dame de Paris. He gave this title because he considered the cathedral itself to be the main "character" of the story. The story takes place around and inside the church, and Hugo spent much time describing the building as well as decrying its abandonment after the abuse it suffered during the French Revolution; during the Revolution, the church had been viewed as a symbol of the old regime and was pillaged and vandalized by angry mobs.
The book portrays the Gothic era as one of extremes of architecture, passion, and religion.”

The PG text file was in a bad way, with OCR errors, inaccurate transliteration and inconsistent italic markers. I’ve made a number of corrections. If you find errors then please PM me so that I can make a revised version.

[QUOT23 November 2009
I'm uploading a new version.
The original was downloaded 323 times.[/QUOT

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Hugo, Victor: Notre-Dame de Paris. Annotated: v1, 31 August 2016

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Victor Hugo (1802-1885) was a French poet, dramatist, artist, and social activist who wrote many short stories and novels. He was a Royalist in early life and then a Republican, and spent many years in exile before his return to Paris. After his death his body was laid in state under the Arc de Triomphe and was buried in the Pantheon.

[Notre-Dame de Paris[/ was his third novel. It was published in French in 1831 and in several other languages, including one by Frederic Shoberl in 1833 as [The Hunchback of Notre Dame.[/ The translation used for this ebook was by Isabel F. Hapgood in the USA in 1888.

The story is complex, and involves many characters. They include Dom Claude, a learned archdeacon who adopted Quasimodo; Esmeralda, a young woman who had been stolen from her mother soon after birth by gypsies and who busked in the square before the Notre-Dame cathedral; and Quasimodo, a horribly deformed foundling.

The source text was taken from the University of Adelaide ebook collection. It has many footnotes which I have set as numbered endnotes. Some of the mediaeval Latin was translated in the source text as it occurs or soon after. I have added numbered annotations for much of the untranslated Latin, and checked them against the Oxford Classics and Signet Classics editions. I have silently corrected typos, used American English, and made changes to spelling and hyphenation using oxforddictionaries.com set to US English.

I am grateful to members of the MobileRead.com forums who helped with the portrayal of a wall carving in Greek and with translation of the mediaeval Latin.

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Hugo, Victor: The Last Day of a Condemned Man, v.1, 2 August 2008.

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Victor Hugo
(1802–1885)
The Last Day of a Condemned Man
(Le Dernier Jour d’un condamné)
Translated by Eugenia de B.
(Translated from the 4th French edition of 1832.)

An account of the last day of a prisoner condemned to the guillotine. The text also includes Hugo’s Preface to the fourth Edition, in which he argues strongly against capital punishment, and ‘A Comedy Apropos Of a Tragedy’: a short dialogue used as an Introduction to the fourth edition.

From Wikipedia:
“A man that has been fated to death writes down his cogitations, feelings and fears while he is waiting for his execution. He does not betray his name to the reader or what he has done, though he vaguely hints that he has killed someone. He describes his life in prison, everything from what his cell looks like to the personality of the prison priest. On the day he is to be executed he will see his three year old daughter for the first time…”

There are two translations freely availably on the web. One is heavily abridged. This is more complete but is actually a slight abridgement. The translator has mostly omitted passages to do with French legal procedure. This version is an improvement on the version at angelfire, which has a page missing.

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Hugo, Victor: The Last Day of a Condemned man, v1, 11 June 2016

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Victor Hugo (1802-1885) was a French poet, dramatist, artist, and social activist who wrote many short stories and novels. He was a Royalist in early life and then a Republican, and spent many years in exile before his return to Paris. After his death his body was laid in state under the Arc de Triomphe and was buried in the Pantheon.

[The Last Day of a Condemned Man[/ was his third prose book, and was first published in 1829. The first edition was composed of a short satirical play and a longer first person account of the last six weeks of a man sentenced to death by the guillotine. A passionate attack on the the use of the death penalty was added as a preface in the third (1832) edition, and an 1895 English edition omitted the play.

The text used for this ebook was taken from www.angelfire.com. As in the Delphi Classics version I have omitted the play and the words to a song. I have collected footnotes as end notes, silently corrected many typos, curled quotes, used British English, and made changes to spelling, punctuation, and hyphenation using oxforddictionaries.com. The cover and illustration were taken from Wikipedia.

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Hugo, Victor: The Man Who Laughs v.1.0 December 18, 2009

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Victor-Marie Hugo (1802-1885) wrote L'Homme Qui Rit (The Man Who Laughs) in 1869. One of the greatest French novelists, poets, playwrights and socio-political figures of his time, he is probably best known for having written Notre-Dame de Paris (The Hunchback of Notre Dame) (1831) and Les Misérables (1862), but The Man Who Laughs is a romantic masterpiece that deserves an equal measure of acclaim. The incredible love story of the man whose face has been disfigured into a laughing mask in childhood, the loyal blind girl who gives him her heart, and the cruelty of the privileged aristocracy whose laughingstock and savior he becomes, is remarkable in its emotional impact. But do not be deceived. The timeless trope of Beauty and the Beast is redefined here, for surfaces are misleading, and not everything is as it seems. The slow-paced, stately richness of descriptive detail is reward in itself for the reader looking for delicious immersion in the drama of history, but coupled with the depth of human insight, and the glimpse into a historical era and mindset, this is a timeless classic.

From GoodReads

With endnotes.

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Huizinga, Johan: Herfsttij der Middeleeuwen v1.0, 8 feb 2008

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"Johan Huizinga
[SIZE="1"]From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia[/SIZ

Johan Huizinga (December 7, 1872 - February 1, 1945), a Dutch historian, was one of the founders of modern cultural history. Born in Groningen, he started out as a student of Comparative linguistics, gaining a good command of Sanskrit. He wrote his doctoral thesis on the role of the jester in Indian drama in 1897. It was not until 1902 that his interest turned towards medieval and Renaissance history. He continued teaching as an Orientalist until he became a Professor of General and Dutch History at Groningen University in 1905. Then, in 1915, he was made Professor of General History at Leiden University, a post he held until 1942. From this point until his death in 1945 he was held in detention by the Nazis. He died in De Steeg in Gelderland, near Arnhem, and lies buried in the graveyard of the Reformed Church at 6 Haarlemmerstraatweg in Oegstgeest.

Huizinga had an aesthetic approach to history, where art and spectacle played an important part. His most famous work is Herfsttij der Middeleeuwen (1919), translated as The Waning of the Middle Ages (1924) and as The Autumn of the Middle Ages (1996). He here reinterprets the later Middle Ages as a period of pessimism and decadence rather than rebirth."
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This is the original Dutch text, based on the 5th edition of the book. I included hundreds of hyperlinks to translations of the numerous French, German and Latin texts which you'll find in the book. I also modernised the language as far as spelling goes... I did not change the writing style of course (!) but i merely made the text match the newer editions.

I realise most of you will not be able to read this specific book because it is written in Dutch. I wanted this book for myself however, and i thought i might as well share it with this community.
I strongly encourage you to find the English translation though, preferably the 1996 version. I know it's on the internet somewhere, at least the 1924 version is...This is a true Classic.

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Hull, Edith M: The Sheik. V1. 16 Janaury 2013

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I can't believe that his venerable old chestnut hasn't yet been posted here.

An enormous best-seller in its day (1921), it tells of a well-bred English girl who is abducted by an Arab Sheik. It was made into a spectacularly successful movie with the inimitable Rudolf Valentino as the Sheik.

It is also the subject of an S J Perelman piece in the New Yorker entitled "Into your Tent I'll Creep", one of his hilarious "Cloudland Revisited" series.

The text is based on the Gutenberg edition, with the addition of a TOC, and a cover (which incorporates part of the original hardback cover art).

Immortal lines:

"Why have I brought you here? You ask me [why[/? [Mon Dieu,[/ are you not woman enough to know?"

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Hume, David: A Treatise of Human Nature, v1, 31 Aug 2007.

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From Wikipedia:
“A Treatise of Human Nature is a book by Scottish enlightenment philosopher David Hume, published in 1739–1740.
Hume wrote A Treatise of Human Nature in France at the age of twenty-six. Although many scholars today consider the Treatise to be Hume's most important work and one of the most important books in the history of philosophy, the public in Britain did not at first agree. Hume himself described the (lack of) public reaction to the publication of the Treatise by writing that the book "fell dead-born from the press."

I have zipped up all 3 volumes, adding some pictures TOCs etc..

Book 1: "Of the Understanding"
Hume opens by arguing for empiricism: that we have no ideas that are not derived in some way from sense-experience or emotions. (Hence, we cannot have an idea of , say apples, without an experience of apples. And an idea of unicorns is a compound of horse plus horn). Then Hume examines the idea of causality; analyzing it as constant conjunction. Finally, scepticism is discussed.
Book 2: "Of the Passions"Hume discusses the origin of emotions..
Book 3: "Of Morals" Moral ideas, justice, obligations, benevolence.

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Hume, David: An Enquiry Concerning Human Understanding, v1, 19 Oct 2007.

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An Enquiry concerning Human Understanding (1748)
Contains reworking of the main points of the Treatise, Book 1, with the addition of material on free will (adapted from Book 2), miracles, the Design Argument, and mitigated scepticism.

Section X, ‘On Miracles’ has often been published separately and contains an interesting sceptical viewpoint.

Contents:

I. Of The Different Species Of Philosophy.
II . Of The Origin Of Ideas.
III. Of The Association Of Ideas.
IV. Sceptical Doubts Concerning The Operations Of The Understanding.
V. Sceptical Solution Of These Doubts.
VI. Of Probability.
VII. Of The Idea Of Necessary Connexion.
VIII. Of Liberty And Necessity.
IX. Of The Reason Of Animals.
X. Of Miracles.
XI. Of A Particular Providence And Of A Future State.
XII. Of The Academical Or Sceptical Philosophy.
Footnotes
Index

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Hume, David: Dialogues Concerning Natural Religion. 19 Oct 2008

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From Wikipedia:
[QUOTDavid Hume (26 April 1711 – 25 August 1776) was a Scottish philosopher, economist, historian and an important figure in Western philosophy and the Scottish Enlightenment. Together with John Locke, George Berkeley, and a handful of others, Hume is one of the principal early philosophers of empiricism.[/QUOT
[QUOTDialogues concerning Natural Religion is a philosophical work written by the Scottish philosopher David Hume. Through dialogue, three fictional characters named Demea, Philo, and Cleanthes debate the nature of God's existence. While all three agree that a god exists, they differ sharply in opinion on God's nature or attributes and how, or if, humankind can come to knowledge of a deity.

In the Dialogues, Hume's characters debate a number of arguments for the existence of God, and arguments whose proponents believe through which we may come to know the nature of God. Such topics debated include the argument from design -- for which Hume uses a house -- and whether there is more suffering or good in the world (argument from evil).

Hume started writing the Dialogues in 1750 but did not complete them until 1776, shortly before his death. They are based partly on Cicero's De Natura Deorum. The Dialogues were published posthumously in 1779, originally with neither the author's nor the publisher's name.[/QUOT

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Hume, David: My Own Life, v1, 12 October 2009.

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David Hume (1711–1776)
My Own Life (1776)

The Scottish Enlightenment philosopher and historian, David Hume, wrote this short autobiographical piece on his death-bed.

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Hume, David: Sanderson of Scotland Yard (2020), v1, 8 Oct 2020

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Why British author John Victor Turner (1900-1945) chose the name of the celebrated Scottish philosopher as his nom de plume is hard to say.

As an author he produced a number of novels and novellas, several of them featuring Sanderson of the Yard. All three are full of vigorous action.

This book collects three of them from the Australian weekly newspaper The Weekly Times (Melbourne). They were all published previously in "The Thriller" magazine.

1: Secret of the Strong Room
2: Call in the Yard
3: The Murder Trap

The three together make about 70,000 words.

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Hume, Fergus: A Coin of Edward VII, v1, 26 February 2010.

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Fergus Hume [1859–1932]
A Coin of Edward VII: A Detective Story [1903]

A rather hysterical young woman is found stabbed on her father’s grave. Her former fiancé is both relieved and upset. He must find out the truth because an innocent woman is being accused of the murder…

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Hume, Fergus: Aladdin in London. v1. 11 Jul 2016

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Fergus Hume: Born : 1859 Jul 8 England Lived : Thundersley, Essex, England: Died : 1932 Jul 12
Thundersley, Essex, England

Excerpt
“Egad, if you choose Dacre you’ll ruin mine,” rejoined his lordship easily. “We are as poor as Job, my dear girl, but hardly so patient. If you do not marry money, the Havard family, as represented by me, will become hopelessly insolvent.”

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Hume, Fergus: Coin of Edward VII., a detective story, A, v1. 10 Jul 2015

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Fergus Hume: Born : 1859 Jul 8 England Lived : Thundersley, Essex, England: Died : 1932 Jul 12
Thundersley, Essex, England

Excerpt
TWO old ladies sat in the comer of the drawing-room.
The younger—a colonial cousin of the elder—was listening eagerly to gossip which dealt with English society in general, and Rickwell society in particular. They presumably assisted in the entertainment of the children already gathered tumultuously round the Christmas tree, provided by Mr. Morley; but Mrs. Parry’s budget of scandal was too interesting to permit the relaxing of Mrs. McKail’s attention.

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Hume, Fergus: Hagar of the Pawn-Shop, v1, 21 February 2010.

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Patricia

Fergus Hume [1859–1932]
Hagar of the Pawn-Shop: The Gypsy Detective [1898]

Hagar is a beautiful and intelligent young Romany woman, who finds herself in charge of a London pawn-shop. She turns detective in this collection of linked short stories, in order to solve mysteries connected with the objects that her clients bring in to hock.

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Hume, Fergus: Madame Midas, v1, 19 February 2010.

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Fergus Hume [1859–1932]
Madame Midas [1888]

A melodramatic mystery, set in Melbourne and the Australian gold-mines. The evil anti-hero poisons people, ruins young girls and is generally despicable. But will he be unmasked? Or will an innocent young woman be found guilty of his crimes?

(The cover is a close-up of an Australian gold nugget.)

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Hume, Fergus: Red Money, v1, 20 February 2010.

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Fergus Hume [1859–1932]
Red Money [1911]

A house party visits a local gypsy encampment to have their fortunes told. Shortly afterwards, a murder is committed. Are the gypsies to blame? Or is it something more sinister?
The portrayal of the Romanies is romantic and stereotypical, but not unsympathetic. The cover image is Vincent van Gogh’s “Gypsy Encampment.”

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Hume, Fergus: The Bishop’s Secret, v1, 20 February 2010.

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Fergus Hume [1859–1932]
The Bishop’s Secret [1900]
(This novel has also been published under the title, “Bishop Pendle”)

Bishop Pendle comes to believe that he is not lawfully married, which is not good news for an Anglican bishop. And there is a local murder. On top of that, his son wants to marry a barmaid.
The novel is a sort of hybrid between a Victorian mystery and Anthony Trollope’s “Barchester Towers.”

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Hume, Fergus: The Crowned Skull, v1, 23 February 2010.

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Fergus Hume [1859–1932]
The Crowned Skull [1908]

Dericka is the daughter of a poor-ish county gentleman. When her father is suspected of murdering his wealthy tenant, she (and her fiancé) must help solve the crime. The secret lies in her father’s shady past in Africa.

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Hume, Fergus: The Dancer in Red, and other stories (1906), v1

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A collection of short stories of distinctly occult/ghostly orientation

1: The Dancer In Red
2: The Ghost In Brocade
3: The Red Star
4: The Professor’s Mummy
5: The Ghost’s Touch
6: A Spirit In My Feet
7: A Colonial Banshee
8: The Sand-Walker

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Hume, Fergus: The Dwarf's Chamber. v1.15 Jul 2016

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Fergus Hume: Born : 1859 Jul 8 England Lived : Thundersley, Essex, England: Died : 1932 Jul 12
Thundersley, Essex, England

THE DWARF’S CHAMBER
MISS JONATHAN
THE DEAD MAN’S DIAMONDS
‘THE TALE OF THE TURQUOISE SKULL’
THE GREEN-STONE GOD AND THE STOCKBROKER
THE JESUIT AND THE MEXICAN COIN
THE RAINBOW CAMELLIA.
THE IVORY LEG AND THE TWENTY-FOUR DIAMONDS
MY COUSIN FROM FRANCE

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Hume, Fergus: The Green Mummy, v1, 19 February 2010.

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Fergus Hume [1859–1932]
The Green Mummy [1908]

An Egyptologist imports a Peruvian mummy, so as compare the mummification methods of the Egyptians and the Incas. But when the packing-case arrives there is a fresh corpse inside…
Contains an outrageously stereotypical black person, who is from an allegedly cannibal tribe.

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Hume, Fergus: The Lady From Nowhere. v1. 17 Jul 2016

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Fergus Hume: Born : 1859 Jul 8 England Lived : Thundersley, Essex, England: Died : 1932 Jul 12
Thundersley, Essex, England

Excerpt
“Murder! ” shrieked the voice again; and then there came the sound of running feet, cries for help, and the quick panting of an exhausted creature. Before the policeman could decide in which direction to move, a dishevelled woman, screaming and gesticulating, came at full speed round the corner, and almost fell into his arms. Her face was pearly white in the moonlight, her eyes were filled with terror, and an almost continuous cry Issued from her open mouth without any motion of the lips.

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Hume, Fergus: The Lost Parchment: A Detective Story. v`. 18 Jul 2016

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Fergus Hume: Born : 1859 Jul 8 England Lived : Thundersley, Essex, England: Died : 1932 Jul 12
Thundersley, Essex, England

Excerpt
Carrington shrugged his shoulders and made a frank admission. “Oh, yes! Oxford was all right until my father died and left me without a sixpence. It was hard work, I can tell you, qualifying for the Bar on next to nothing. And I can’t say that I have made my fortune as a barrister. You, lucky dog, don’t need to bother about pounds, shillings, and pence.”

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Hume, Fergus: The Man With A Secret. v1. 20 Jul 2016

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Fergus Hume: Born : 1859 Jul 8 England Lived : Thundersley, Essex, England: Died : 1932 Jul 12
Thundersley, Essex, England

Excerpt
It was the high road to the village of Garsworth, wide, deeply rutted, and somewhat grass-grown, with a tall hedge of yellow-blossomed gorse on the one side, and on the other a ragged, broken fence, over which leaned a man absorbed in meditation, his eyes fixed upon the setting sun.

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Hume, Fergus: The Mandarins Fan. v1. 20 Jul 2016

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Fergus Hume: Born : 1859 Jul 8 England Lived : Thundersley, Essex, England: Died : 1932 Jul 12
Thundersley, Essex, England

Excerpt
One July evening in the first year of the present century, two gentlemen were seated on the terrace of the mansion known as Royabay. A small rosewood table was placed between the deep arm-chairs, and thereon appeared wine, coffee, and a box of cigars. The young host smoked a briar and sipped coffee, but his guest, very wisely, devoted himself to superlative port and a fragrant cigar. Major Tidman was a battered old soldier of fortune, who appreciated good quarters and made the most of civilized luxuries, when other people paid for them. He had done full justice to a dinner admirably cooked and served, while Ainsleigh, the master of the feast, had merely trifled with his food. Now, the wary Tidman gave himself up to the perfect enjoyment of wine, cigar and the quiet evening, while his host restlessly changed his position a dozen times in ten minutes and gloomed misanthropically at the beautiful surroundings.

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Hume, Fergus: The Millionaire Mystery. v1. 21 Jul 2016

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Fergus Hume: Born : 1859 Jul 8 England Lived : Thundersley, Essex, England: Died : 1932 Jul 12
Thundersley, Essex, England

Excerpt
For many hours the tramp had held on steadily in the pitiless glare of the mid-June sun, and now that he saw ahead of him the spire and house-roofs and encircling trees of the village whither he was bound, a sigh of relief burst from him.

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Hume, Fergus: The Mystery of a Hansom Cab, v1, 17 February 2010.

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Fergus Hume [1859–1932]
The Mystery of a Hansom Cab [1886]

A somewhat melodramatic mystery, set in Melbourne. One of the city’s leading young men is accused of murder. But he won’t defend himself if it brings a woman’s good name into question…

From Wikipedia:
Finding that the novels of Émile Gaboriau were then very popular in Melbourne, he obtained and read a set of them and determined to write a novel of a similar kind. The result was the self-published novel The Mystery of a Hansom Cab (1886), which became a great success. He based his descriptions of low life on his knowledge of Little Bourke Street. He sold the English and American rights to the novel for fifty pounds, and thus derived little benefit from its success. It eventually became the top selling mystery novel of the Victorian era, John Sutherland calling it the "most sensationally popular crime and detective novel of the century." This novel inspired Arthur Conan Doyle to write "A Study In Scarlet", which introduced the world to Sherlock Holmes. As Doyle remarked, "Hansom Cab was a slight tale, mostly sold by "puffing".
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fergus_Hume

There’s a readable article about the novel here:
http://www.australianliterarycompend...humeessay.html

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Hume, Fergus: The Mystery of the Shadow. v1. 22 Jul 2016

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Fergus Hume: Born : 1859 Jul 8 England Lived : Thundersley, Essex, England: Died : 1932 Jul 12
Thundersley, Essex, England

Excerpt
Extenally the marriage was a happy one, but Mrs. Ainseigh knew better, although she never imparted her knowledge to the world at large. It was not her nature to accuse the stars of her own foolishness. But at this moment she was alone, and the mask of self-possession had slipped a trifle. Therefore did she look grimly at the worldly goods with which, reversing the marriage service, she had endowed her husband, thinking bitterly at the same time of the many sorrows he had brought upon her.

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Hume, Fergus: The Mystery Queen, v1, 23 February 2010.

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Fergus Hume [1859–1932]
The Mystery Queen [1912]

Sir Charles Moon is a millionaire but his daughter wants to marry a penniless young aviator. Then Sir Charles is murdered, and a strange secret society led by the mysterious Queen Beelzebub is involved.

The cover shows a Bristol Boxkite (1911) flying low over Stonehenge.

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Hume, Fergus: The Opal Serpent, v1, 19 February 2010.

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Fergus Hume [1859–1932]
The Opal Serpent [1905]

A mystery concerned with murder, inheritance and questions about the legitimacy of the heiress. It is not a good idea to make a will leaving everything to “my daughter” when one has two daughters, only one of whom is the product of lawful wedlock.
(At the time the novel was written, illegitimate children had very few rights in English law.)

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Hume, Fergus: The Opal Serpent. v1, 7 Mar 2008

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Ferguson Wright Hume was born in England. At the age of three his father emigrated with his family to New Zealand. He attended high school in Dunedin and studied law at the University of Orago. Short after graduation he left for Melbourne where he obtained a post as a barrister's clerk. After the success of his first novel, Hume returned to England. He resided in London for few years and then he moved to the Essex countryside where he lived in Thundersley for thirty years.

In [The Opal Serpent[/ an old pawnbroker is strangled and found with his lips pinned together by a brooch of opals in the design of a serpent. The pawnbroker has a beautiful daughter, who attempts to solve the mystery encountering many complications on the way.

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Hume, Fergus: The Pagan's Cup. v1. 23 Jul 2016

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Fergus Hume: Born : 1859 Jul 8 England Lived : Thundersley, Essex, England: Died : 1932 Jul 12
Thundersley, Essex, England

Excerpt
Certain portions of England yet remain undiscovered by Americans and uncivilised by railways. Colester village above King’s-meadows, in a county which need not be named, is one of these unknown spots. No doubt before long the bicycle and the motor-car will enliven its somnolent neighbourhood, but at present it is free from the summer jaunts of tourists. With this neglect the Colester folk profess themselves satisfied. They have no wish to come into contact with the busy world. This prejudice against intrusion dates from mediaeval times, when strangers rarely came to the village with peaceful intentions. Even now a chance comer is looked upon with suspicion.

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Hume, Fergus: The Pagan’s Cup, v1, 26 February 2010.

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Fergus Hume [1859–1932]
The Pagan’s Cup [1902]

A stranger gives a chalice to a village church. Is it a Roman antiquity? Or the Holy Grail? It gets stolen and young Leo must clear his name and discover the truth about his origins, if he is to marry the girl he loves.

The cover image shows Catherine of Aragon as Mary Magdalene by Michael Sittow [c.1501].

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Hume, Fergus: The Rainbow Feather. v1. 24 Jul 2016

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Fergus Hume: Born : 1859 Jul 8 England Lived : Thundersley, Essex, England: Died : 1932 Jul 12
Thundersley, Essex, England

Excerpt
“The lef han,dearie, an' gowld for th’ charm. Aye, a bewtiful han’ for a bewtiful maid. I ’udn’t rade false for—eh, dear life, what is’t? Th’ lines goo criss an’ crass. Duyel, I be mortal feared to tell ’ee. Take tha han, Gran hes nought to spake for sich a mayden.”

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Hume, Fergus: The Red Window. v1. 25 Jul 2016

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Fergus Hume: Born : 1859 Jul 8 England Lived : Thundersley, Essex, England: Died : 1932 Jul 12
Thundersley, Essex, England

Excerpt
The young soldier stopped, started, colored with annoyance, and with a surprised expression turned to look on the other soldier who had addressed him. After a moment’s scrutiny of the stranger’s genial smile he extended his hand with pleased recognition. “Conniston,” said he, “I thought you were in America.”

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Hume, Fergus: The Sacred Herb. v1. 27 Jul 2016

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Fergus Hume: Born : 1859 Jul 8 England Lived : Thundersley, Essex, England: Died : 1932 Jul 12
Thundersley, Essex, England

Excerpt
Lord Prelice felt desperately bored. Like Xerces, he longed for some new pleasure, yet knew not where to look for one. This was the result of being surfeited with the sweets of extraordinary good fortune. Born to a title, endowed with passable good looks, gifted with abilities above the average, and possessed of admirable health, he should have been the happiest of men; the more especially as his income ran well into five figures, and he had the whole wide world to play with. Certainly he had played with it and with life, up to his present age of thirty-five years. Perhaps this was the reason of his acute boredom. If all work and no play makes Jack dull; all play and no work must necessarily make him blase.

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Hume, Fergus: The Sealed Message. v1. 29 Jul 2016

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Fergus Hume: Born : 1859 Jul 8 England Lived : Thundersley, Essex, England: Died : 1932 Jul 12
Thundersley, Essex, England

Excerpt
It was a sultry July afternoon, and in the azure arch of the firmament flamed an unclouded sun. The corn was ripening to a rich yellow in some meadows, and the newly mown hay in others was being piled on lumbering wains by perspiring laborers. The red earth of the sunken lanes was caked, and their blossoming hedges were burnt up by the merciless heat. Under spreading foliage, or kneedeep in rapidly drying pools, stood weary cattle, switching lazy tails to brush away the teasing flies. Honeybees, ostentatiously industrious, buzzed noisily from flower to flower, and the sleepy birds twittered faintly midst the grateful shade of leaves. The land was parched for want of rain, and the languid hours dragged on slowly to the wishedfor evening. On some such day, long ago, must Elijah have sent his servant up the mount to watch for the growing of the small black cloud.

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Hume, Fergus: The Secret Passage, v1, 21 February 2010.

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Fergus Hume [1859–1932]
The Secret Passage [1905]

A little old lady is found murdered in her country cottage. Her new maid’s father had been poisoned some years previously. And there’s a Spanish adventuress with a gambling den living nearby. These events are all connected. Life in rural England is clearly more exciting than one might expect.

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Hume, Fergus: The Secret Passage. v1. 31 Jul 2016

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Fergus Hume: Born : 1859 Jul 8 England Lived : Thundersley, Essex, England: Died : 1932 Jul 12
Thundersley, Essex, England

Excerpt
Miss Loach to herself. “Humph! Plain-looking, sallow skin, rather fine eyes and a slack mouth. Not badly dressed for a servant, and displays some taste. She might turn my old dresses at a pinch. Sad expression, as though she had something on her mind. Honest-looking, but I think a trifle inquisitive, seeing how she examined the room and is stealing glances at me. Talks sufficiently, but in a low voice. Fairly intelligent, but not too much so. Might be secretive. Humph!”

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Hume, Fergus: The Silent House, v1, 20 February 2010.

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Fergus Hume [1859–1932]
The Silent House [1907]
(This has also appeared under the title, “The Silent House in Pimlico.”)

A ‘locked room’ mystery, where a murder is committed in a house that has a reputation for being haunted. The first half of the book leads the reader to suppose that they know who did it. Then the second half is full of plot twists.
Contains a very stereotypical depiction of a Gipsy (Roma) woman.

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Hume, Fergus: The Silent House. v1. 1 Aug 2016

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Fergus Hume: Born : 1859 Jul 8 England Lived : Thundersley, Essex, England: Died : 1932 Jul 12
Thundersley, Essex, England

Excerpt
Lucian Denzil was a briefless barrister, who so far departed from the traditions of his brethren of the long robe as not to dwell within the purlieus of the Temple. For certain private reasons, not unconnected with economy, he occupied rooms in Geneva Square, Pimlico; and, for the purposes of his profession, repaired daily, from ten to four, to Serjeant’s Inn, where he shared an office with a friend equally briefless and poor.

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Hume, Fergus: The Solitary Farm. The Solitary Farm. v1. 2 Aug 2016

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Fergus Hume: Born : 1859 Jul 8 England Lived : Thundersley, Essex, England: Died : 1932 Jul 12
Thundersley, Essex, England

Excerpt
The young minister and the elderly skipper discussed the subject of marriage in a shabby antique room of small size, which had the appearance of having been used to more aristocratic cornpany. The ’dark-oak panelled walls, the grotesquely-carved Ceiling-beams, the Dutch-tiled fire-place, with its ungainly brass dogs, and the deep slanting embrasure of the lozenge-paned casement, suggested Georgian beaux and belles dancing buckram minutes, or at least hard-riding country squires plotting Jacobite restoration. But these happenings were in the long-ago, but this stately Essex manor-house had declined woefully from its high estate, and now sheltered a rough and ready mariner, who camped, rather than dwelt, under its roof.

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Hume, Ferguson Wright: A Woman's Burden. V1. 26 Feb 2012

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Fergusson Wright Hume, known as Fergus Hume was an English novelist. Hume was born in England, the second son of Dr James Hume. At the age of three his father emigrated with his family to New Zealand. He attended high school in Dunedin and studied law at the University of Otago, he was admitted to the New Zealand bar in 1885. Shortly after graduation he left for Melbourne, Australia where he obtained a post as a barristers' clerk. He began writing plays, but found it impossible to persuade the managers of the Melbourne theatres to accept or even read them. Hume was a capable writer of mystery stories, and may be looked upon as one of the precursors of the many writers of detective stories whose work was so popular in the twentieth century.

Excerpt:
That grasp meant murder, and he knew it. A hundred trivialities flitted through his mind, as he had always been told they did in face of death. He managed to look round, though choking and gasping as he was, he could not cry for help. And now it came, as all else had come, apparently from nowhere —unaccountably.

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Hume, Ferguson Wright: Son Of Perdition_ An Occult Romance, A. V1. 25 Feb 2012

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Fergusson Wright Hume, known as Fergus Hume was an English novelist. Hume was born in England, the second son of Dr James Hume. At the age of three his father emigrated with his family to New Zealand. He attended high school in Dunedin and studied law at the University of Otago, he was admitted to the New Zealand bar in 1885. Shortly after graduation he left for Melbourne, Australia where he obtained a post as a barristers' clerk. He began writing plays, but found it impossible to persuade the managers of the Melbourne theatres to accept or even read them. Hume was a capable writer of mystery stories, and may be looked upon as one of the precursors of the many writers of detective stories whose work was so popular in the twentieth century.

Excerpt:
" My father," interrupted the girl in a melancholy tone, " has no love for any one but himself. At times I think he hates me for causing the death of my mother by being born."

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Humphrey, Mabel: The Book of The Cat, v.1, 23 Nov 2008

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Cute Kitteh Pics!

This 1903 book for children contains 9 stories and poems and 13 beautiful illustrations by Elisabeth F. Bonsall.

Enjoy! (Arf!)

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Hunt, Violet: Tales of the Uneasy (collected ghosts). v1. 06 Jan 2021

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Nine disturbing tales of psychological and supernatural dread, “… in which the supernatural is used as a technical device to indicate ironies of fate and the intimate relationship of life and death.” [—E. F. Bleiler]

Not all partake of the supernatural, but the mood is always macabre.

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Isobel Violet Hunt (28 September 1862 – 16 January 1942) was a British author and literary hostess, and an active feminist. Her writings included short stories, novels, memoir, and biography. Her novel [White Rose of Weary Leaf[/ is regarded as her best work.

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This book was originally published in 1911. The text is in the public domain where copyright is “Life+70” or less, and in the USA.

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Hunter, Colonel William: Dollars and Sense, v.1, 13 March 2008.

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First published in 1906, this is the revised and enlarged 1908 edition.
It’s about how to mange money and have a successful career in business. Much of the advice is till relevant today.
I have generally left the author’s idiosyncratic spelling untouched.

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Hurlbut, Edward H.: Lanagan, Amateur Detective, v1, 14 Oct 2025

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A collection of newspaper crime reporter tales typical of USA in the teens of the 20th Century. 62.000 words, 10 stories.

First published 1913
Hurlbut: 1881-1954

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Hurll, Estelle M.: Rembrandt, v.1, 22 Dec 2008

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The full title of this 1899 publication is [Rembrandt: A Collection of Fifteen Pictures and a Portrait of the Painter[/. The images from the original book have been replaced with modern color images.

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Hurst, S.B.H.: S.B.H. Hurst Omnibus. V1. 25 Jan 2009

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Another Master of the Pulps. He wrote mostly of Oriental themes. Great stories.

The Ball of Fire
Hurst is in top form in this adventure of Bugs Sinnat, of the secret service, who made several appearances in Oriental Stories. In this tale, he travels from India to the wilds of Burma in search of a giant ruby, The Ball of Fire. A ripping yarn in the tradition of Kipling and Mundy.

The King of the Jerawahs
Danger, mystery, and exotic adventure in the serach for Alexander's tomb.

The People of the Fourth Dimension
A mysterious tale of mysterious India. At the behest of his young lover, an Englishman dares to stare into the saucer of ink, from which strange truths are revealed... Vague in style, but interesting.

The Spirit of France
A nice Burmese story by Hurst. A frequent contibutor to Adventure and Oriental Stories, he specialized in stories from the Asian sub-continent. (Reprinted from Adventure Trails, February 1929.)

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Hutcheson, John C: Afloat at Last. V1. 19 July 2009

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John Conroy Hutcheson (1840- 1897) was a British author of novels and short stories about life aboard ships at sea.
Hutcheson was born in Jersey, Channel Islands, in 1840, and died in Portsea Island, in late 1896 or early 1897.

Excerpt
This short book tells the adventures over just one voyage to Shanghai of the hero, Allan Graham, whose father is a country vicar. Allan is obtained a place as an apprentice aboard the Silver Queen, which he joins at Wapping Docks. An Irish bosun, Tim Rooney, takes a liking to the lad and helps him learn the ropes. Hutcheson nearly always has an Irish co-hero in his books. We get a good description of how the vessel is warped out of the dock, how she makes her way down river, assisted by a steam-tug, and then down the English Channel and into the wide Atlantic Ocean. Allan begins to learn a bit about navigation and ship-handling, when the movement of the vessel in the Bay of Biscay causes him to retire with sea-sickness. A stowaway is found on board, in the forepeak. Allan finds an ally in the Chinese cook, Ching Wang. On the other hand the Portuguese steward, Pedro, hates that cook.

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Hutcheson, John C: Bob Strong's Holidays. V1. 20 July 2009

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John Conroy Hutcheson (1840- 1897) was a British author of novels and short stories about life aboard ships at sea.
Hutcheson was born in Jersey, Channel Islands, in 1840, and died in Portsea Island, in late 1896 or early 1897.

Excerpt
Bob Strong and his sister Nellie are the children of a busybarrister, too busy to take them on holiday, and they are sentby train down to Portsmouth to spend the summer holidays withtheir aunt. The dog Rover travels in the guard’s van, and inthe same compartment of the train there is an elderly gentlemanwho turns out to be a retired sea-captain.

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Hutcheson, John C: Crown and Anchor. V1. 20 July 2009

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John Conroy Hutcheson (1840- 1897) was a British author of novels and short stories about life aboard ships at sea.
Hutcheson was born in Jersey, Channel Islands, in 1840, and died in Portsea Island, in late 1896 or early 1897.

Excerpt
This book is by a really good contemporary authority on how vessels ofthe Royal Navy were managed in the late nineteenth century, thereforeevery page rings true. Some of the best parts are quite early in thebook, when our hero and his ship go to investigate a sinking wreck inthe Bay of Biscay, which had been reported to them by a French warshipthey had encountered.
The vessel is sent on to other stations, and in particular to the China one, where several notable incidents occur. This book is a very good yarn, and it makes a very good audiobook.

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Hutcheson, John C: Fritz and Eric. V1. 21 July 2009

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John Conroy Hutcheson (1840- 1897) was a British author of novels and short stories about life aboard ships at sea.
Hutcheson was born in Jersey, Channel Islands, in 1840, and died in Portsea Island, in late 1896 or early 1897.

Excerpt
This is rather an extraordinary book, because it consists of tworather different eras in the lives of two brothers. In thefirst the brother Fritz takes part in the Franco-Prussian war of1870-71, and is severely wounded, but survives - just. He istended by a beauteous maiden, with whom he falls in love.
Meanwhile the brother Eric has gone to sea in what turns out to be a rotten old vessel, which sinks in southern waters. There are some survivors, but Eric is not among them, and is presumed dead.

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Hutcheson, John C: On Board the Esmeralda. V1.22 July 2009

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John Conroy Hutcheson (1840- 1897) was a British author of novels and short stories about life aboard ships at sea.
Hutcheson was born in Jersey, Channel Islands, in 1840, and died in Portsea Island, in late 1896 or early 1897.

Excerpt
The hero, Martin Leigh, is the son of a brave British Naval officer, who was killed in Africa when the boy is very young. The mother also dies, and Martin is left an orphan, to be brought up by his father’s brother. He has a horrible time in this family, and Aunt Matilda is his chief tormentor. Eventually he is sent to a cheap boarding school with a prospectus in no way matched by reality. Again he has a horrible time, for several years, but is befriended by another boy, Tom. One year, on Guy Fawkes’ Day, they perpetrate a misdemeanour far beyond what they should have done, and are sentenced to be expelled. They run away, and stow away in a little coaster. When they are discovered, the captain beats them even worse than the Headmaster of their school had done. So Martin, aged thirteen, has known nothing but hard times.

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Hutcheson, John C: Picked up at Sea. v1. 23 July 2009

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John Conroy Hutcheson (1840- 1897) was a British author of novels and short stories about life aboard ships at sea.
Hutcheson was born in Jersey, Channel Islands, in 1840, and died in Portsea Island, in late 1896 or early 1897.

Excerpt
This is good book, well written, and interesting throughout. It starts off at sea, aboard the Susan Jane, when a piece of floating wreckage is seen. A body is found on it, that of a boy of fifteen or so, badly injured, and struck dumb, and apparently unaware of what is going on. Yet when Seth, one of the men on board, is in danger, the boy springs to his aid. When they get to America it is time for the vessel to have a full refit, so some of the crew and the only passenger, Mr Rawlings, together with the boy, now known as Sailor Bill, go off to work a mine that Rawlings has bought.

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Hutcheson, John C: She and I, Volume 1. V1. 24 July 2009

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John Conroy Hutcheson (1840- 1897) was a British author of novels and short stories about life aboard ships at sea.
Hutcheson was born in Jersey, Channel Islands, in 1840, and died in Portsea Island, in late 1896 or early 1897.

Excerpt
I saw her first in church.
Do you happen to know a quaint, dreamy old region in the west of London, which bricks and mortar have not, as yet, overtaken, nor newfangled villas vulgarised?

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Hutcheson, John C: She and I, Volume 2. V1. 25 July 2009

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John Conroy Hutcheson (1840- 1897) was a British author of novels and short stories about life aboard ships at sea.
Hutcheson was born in Jersey, Channel Islands, in 1840, and died in Portsea Island, in late 1896 or early 1897.

Excerpt
In Volume Two we have much the same personnel as in Volume One; the vicar and his sister Miss Pimpernell; Lady Dasher and her two daughters;Miss Spight and Mawley the curate; Min and Mrs Clyde; Catch the dog. Having set the scene in Volume One, Hutcheson goes on to weave abeautiful story round the love-affair between the hero, Lorton, and Min,she with the admirable grey eyes. We will not tell you how it fared—you must find that out for yourself.
While I think the story was well-written, and it makes a very good audiobook to listen to, Hutcheson is still up to his tricks. Just to prove how brainy he is, he quotes extensively from French, German, Italian, Latin, and even in one place, Greek. In these days when our educations have been so dummed down, I find this unhelpful. To read a quotation from a good English poet is a joy and a pleasure, so why go elsewhere for a poetic quotation, except it be to show off.

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Hutcheson, John C: Teddy. V1. 25 July 2009

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John Conroy Hutcheson (1840- 1897) was a British author of novels and short stories about life aboard ships at sea.
Hutcheson was born in Jersey, Channel Islands, in 1840, and died in Portsea Island, in late 1896 or early 1897.

Excerpt
This short book is probably of more interest to ten or eleven year olds, rather than any other age group, for much of the book is taken up with describing sundry very juvenile misdemeanours.
It is well written, but my personal opinion is that it is quite inconsequential. Still, it was quite amusing to scan it, OCR it, and edit it. N.H.

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Hutcheson, John C: The Ghost Ship. V1. 21 July 2009

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John Conroy Hutcheson (1840- 1897) was a British author of novels and short stories about life aboard ships at sea.
Hutcheson was born in Jersey, Channel Islands, in 1840, and died in Portsea Island, in late 1896 or early 1897.

Excerpt
This book intentionally veers in and out of the supernatural, as thetitle implies. The officers get more and more bewildered as theywork out their position, and yet again encounter the same vesselgoing in an impossible direction.
Having warned you of this, I must say that it is a well-written book about life aboard an ocean-going steamer at about the end of the nineteenth century.
You will find it worth listening to, or reading, and I recommend it.
N.H.

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Hutcheson, John C: The Island Treasure. V1. 22 July 2009

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John Conroy Hutcheson (1840- 1897) was a British author of novels and short stories about life aboard ships at sea.
Hutcheson was born in Jersey, Channel Islands, in 1840, and died in Portsea Island, in late 1896 or early 1897.

Excerpt
Starting with excuses, this book was rather hard to transcribe to digital format. It was unevenly printed on a rather rough paper, so that many words were hard to read, even to the naked eye. Several of the characters in the book spoke in their own dialect or with a heavy foreign accent, so that many of the words in the book were not words in the English language. And if that were not all the copy used was somewhat spotted. But we seem to have come though those trials, and we present a very readable book.

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Hutcheson, John C: The Penang Pirate. V1. 22 July 2009

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John Conroy Hutcheson (1840- 1897) was a British author of novels and short stories about life aboard ships at sea.
Hutcheson was born in Jersey, Channel Islands, in 1840, and died in Portsea Island, in late 1896 or early 1897.

Excerpt
This is a fairly short book, consisting of two short stories.
The first of these, “The Penang Pirate”, describes how the Captain of the “Hankow Lin”, suspecting that there might be a piratical attack on his vessel on her return voyage from Canton to Australia, lays plans to spoil the pirates’ fun. As a result of this the attacking pirate vessel is soundly beaten, but there were some interesting events and confrontations before they actually met the pirate schooner.
The second story is “The Lost Pinnace”. HMS London is cruising the East Coast of Africa in search of any slaver dhows. One of these is met with and deleted, so the London, a midshipman with knowledge of the local language having overheard that there is a second slaver not far away, sets off in search of a further conquest.

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Hutcheson, John C: The White Squall. V1. 25 July 2009

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John Conroy Hutcheson (1840- 1897) was a British author of novels and short stories about life aboard ships at sea.
Hutcheson was born in Jersey, Channel Islands, in 1840, and died in Portsea Island, in late 1896 or early 1897.

Excerpt
Tom is a thirteen year-old whose father is a Naval Officer onthe half-pay list. This dates the events, for Tom has read twoof Captain Marryatt’s books, which were published in the 1830s,while his father would have been recalled to duty in time forthe Crimean War, so we’ll put the date down as the 1840s.
The action starts in the West Indies, where Tom’s father has bought a property. Tom has an accident on his way to meet his father on the way from a short visit to another island. Tom is to be sent to an English school, and on his recovery he is taken down to the harbour, and put in charge of a ship’s Captain. The journey back to England has every misadventure that can be thought of, including a White Squall, which we would probably today call a Line Squall. The vessel is capsized. How do they recover it?
Eventually they arrive in England. And that is the end of the story, which really is an introduction to ships for young persons of about thirteen years of age. It isn’t too long, and you’ll enjoy it.

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Hutcheson, John C: The Wreck of the Nancy Bell. V1. 26 July 2009

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John Conroy Hutcheson (1840- 1897) was a British author of novels and short stories about life aboard ships at sea.
Hutcheson was born in Jersey, Channel Islands, in 1840, and died in Portsea Island, in late 1896 or early 1897.

Excerpt
A well-written nautical novel by J.C. Hutcheson. The “Nancy Bell” appears to be a well-found ship, on its way out from the United Kingdom to New Zealand, but she is beset early on by a severe storm which leaves her rudderless and mastless. One of the passengers was an ex Royal Navy Commander who, for some reason, was travelling incognito. He had offered the Captain advice which was rejected as the Captain thought it came from a landsman. Very possibly, had he heeded that advice, the whole train of disasters might not have occurred.

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Hutcheson, John C: Tom Finch's Monkey. V1. 25 July 2009

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John Conroy Hutcheson (1840- 1897) was a British author of novels and short stories about life aboard ships at sea.
Hutcheson was born in Jersey, Channel Islands, in 1840, and died in Portsea Island, in late 1896 or early 1897.

Excerpt

This is quite a short book, containing five short late Victorian stories.
The first of these concerns a monkey on board ship, which was dressed up as an officer, and as such introduced to a visiting Admiral, who invites all the officers to dinner, stressing that he hoped to entertain the one who didn’t speak much.
The second story is an informative one about icebergs.
The third concerns a yachting cruise in the Aegean Sea, among the Greek Islands, in which they save the live of a Greek. There is an encounter with bandits, from which they are surprisingly released without further harm. Why would that be, I wonder.
The fourth concerns a “sighting of a sea-serpent of extraordinary dimensions”, by HMS Daedalus in 1848.
And the fifth is a story about the curious events at a cricket match.

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Hutcheson, John C: Young Tom Bowling. V1. 26 July 2009

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John Conroy Hutcheson (1840- 1897) was a British author of novels and short stories about life aboard ships at sea.
Hutcheson was born in Jersey, Channel Islands, in 1840, and died in Portsea Island, in late 1896 or early 1897.

Excerpt
This book fills a gap about just how boy seamen were trained at the endof the nineteenth century. From first to last it is very credible, andalso very readable. It was not very easy to transcribe, because theboys we meet come from a variety of country places, and hence have avariety of dialects. In particular one of the boys has a strong Irishbrogue, and another has an equally strong west Hampshire accent. It isthis boy, `Ugly’, that comes to a very sad and noble end.

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Hutcheson, John Conroy: Teddy - A Little Pickle v1 3 feb 2009

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This short book is probably of more interest to ten or eleven year olds, rather than any other age group, for much of the book is taken up with describing sundry very juvenile misdemeanours.

Some nice illustrations, great cover by ravenne

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Hutcheson, John Conroy: The Penang Pirate v1 26 jan 2009

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John C Hutcheson was born in St. Helier, Jersey, in mid 1840. He died in Portsea, Hampshire, England either at the end of 1896 or early in 1897. This information came from the Registers of Births, Deaths and Marriages.(Athelstane)

This is a fairly short book, consisting of two short stories. The first of these, "The Penang Pirate", describes how the Captain of tHe "Hankow Lin", suspecting that there might be a piratical attack on his vessel on her return voyage from Canton to Australia, lays plans to spoil the pirates' fun. As a result of this the attacking pirate vessel is soundly beaten, but there were some interesting events and confrontations before they actually met the pirate schooner.

The second story is "The Lost Pinnace". HMS London is cruising the East Coast of Africa in search of any slaver dhows. One of these is met with and deleted, so the London, a midshipman with knowledge of the local language having overheard that there is a second slaver not far away, sets off in search of a further conquest.

It was the custom at that time for a ship's pinnace to be left behind under the command of a junior officer whenever the warship left the station on a chase. No junior officer being available the pinnace is left with the bosun in command.

All is well for a time, but there is a severe storm, and the pinnace is lost, several miles from the Madagascar shore. Some of the crew are lost, but the remainder, including the bosun, who is telling the tale years later to a friend back in England, reach the shore. Their journey to the capital of Madagascar is very difficult and dangerous, but most of them get there in the end.

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Hutcheson, John: The Ghost Ship:. v1, 21 Feb 2008

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John Conroy Hutcheson (1840- 1897) was a British author of novels and short stories about life aboard ships at sea.

This book intentionally veers in and out of the supernatural, as the title implies. The officers get more and more bewildered as they work out their position, and yet again encounter the same vessel going in an impossible direction.

With illustrations.

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Hyne, Cutcliffe: A Master of Fortune (1899), v.1, 22 Jun 2019

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A dozen stories of that "truculent little ruffian" Captain Owen Kettle, this time commanding an riverboat on the Congo, salvaging a sinking German passenger liner in the Atlantic, and saving all the souls on board...

1: In Quarantine
2: The Little Wooden God with the Eyes
3: A Quick Way with Rebels
4: The New Republic
5: The Looting of the "Indian Sheriff"
6: The Wire-milkers
7: The Derelict
8: To Capture an Heiress
9: A Matter of Justice
10: Dago Divers
11: The Dear Insured
12: The Fire and the Farm

Source: US Edition, 1901, at Internet Archive, including cover and internal images.

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Hyne, Cutcliffe: Adventurers Three, and other stories (2020); v1; 3 Feb 2020

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J Cutcliffe Hyne has told stories of life in the fin-de-siecle tramp steamer business from the view of a captain (Kettle); an engineer (McTodd); and now from the points of view of three men from the stokehold: "Adventurers Three, Fairfield, Clydebank and Rakes." These very short stories were published in many newspapers of the time, but not, so far as I know, ever collected.

"And Other Stories" holds all the remaining Cutcliffe Hyne short stories I could find in Australian newspapers through the Australian National Library's on-line resource Trove.

This collection is unique to MobileRead Forums' Patricia Clarke Memorial Library. The cover I made up, as obviously no cover existed.

Adventurers Three
1: Yellow Jack House in Vera Cruz
2: The Roulette Lady in Hull.
3: Mrs. Davidson and P.P.I.
4: The Boiled Fishhouse In Marseilles
5: Crossing The Bar At Tampico
6: The Pirate Syndicate In New York
7: The Sandbaggers In Liverpool
8: The Squint-Eyed Crimp At Las Palmas
9: The Yacht Repairing Slip at Glasgow
10: The Matter Of The Half Camel in Mogador
11: The Trawler's Shell Chest in Fleetwood
12: The Bastinado in Algiers
13: The Lady in the Sack at Plymouth
14: The Stuffed Sunfish at Genoa

And Other Stories
15: The Gray Hair
16: Guaranteed Countess
17: In Memoriam
18: The Salvage Hunter
19: The King Diamond
20: Run Down
21: The Race
22: The Mine Layer
23: The Colonel
24: A Baptism Of Fire
25: The Holder of the Spoil
26: Christmas 1837 - 2037

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Hyne, Cutcliffe: Atoms of Empire (1904), v2, 18 July 2019

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Already in this part of the Library in 2008, but only as a .prc format file.

I have recreated the book and added the original cover, and uploaded in azw3 and mobi formats.

Sixteen short stories of action and adventure by the creator of Captain Kettle.

1: The Bait
2: Run Down
3: The Finger Of Hankin
4: The Cholera Ship
5: The Hermit
6: The Lizard
7: Held Up
8: Shot
9: The Consumptive
10: The Place Of The Sacred Bo-Tree
11: The Mummy Of Thompson-Pratt
12: The Lynchers
13: The Fascinating Mrs. Whitehead
14: The Fire
15: The Kid
16: The Renegade

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Hyne, Cutcliffe: Captain Kettle, KCB (1903); v.1 17.06.2019

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Subtitled "The Last Adventures of Captain Kettle", the "truculent little ruffian" Captain Owen Kettle does battle with Irish rebels and Morroccan sultans, seeks treasure in the ruins of ancient Carthage, salvages a burning ship, loses and leg, makes a fortune, and finally comes to rest in his beloved Wharfedale in Yorkshire.

1: A Diplomatic Exchange
2: The Carthaginian State Reserve
3: The Tail-Shaft
4: Shanghaied
5: The Submarine Boat
6: The Battle of the Bees
7: The Frying-pan
8: A Cup of Tea
9: The Command of the Sea
10: An Exchange of Legs
11: Limited Free Trade
12: The Last Adventure of Captain Kettle

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Hyne, Cutcliffe: Derelict (1901), v1, 22 Jun 2019

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A baker's dozen of short stories. The first few tell of the vissicitudes of the purser of a passenger ship on the North Atlantic run. Others include a feud between two Whitby trawlermen over a beautiful and flirtatious young woman engaged to both of them; a sinister dog of ill omen; and others.

1: The Derelict
2: The Eloping Princess
3: Diamond Cy
4: The Pirate
5: The Greatest Pianist
6: The Transfer
7: The Inventor
8: The Sole Survivor
9: A Western Ocean Christmas Box
10: The Personally Conducted Duel
11: The Blind Skipper
12: The Tow
13: The Ramming of the "Tom and Emily."

From a Google Books scan of a 1901 Scribner's new York edition, which also provided the cover. (Also as "Mr Horrocks, Purser", Methuen 1902.)

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Hyne, Cutcliffe: Honor of Thieves (1895); v.1., 21 Jun 2019

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A roving adventurer discovers an unmapped navigable channel which leads deep into the Florida everglades, and then finds a dubious ship owner who devises an clever insurance swindle. Load half a million British gold sovereigns, ostensibly for export to gold-hungry USA; sail it into the secret channel; and have it vanish, credibly lost in the Gulf of Mexico. Claim on the insurance; keep the gold.

Then they hire a down on his luck skipper, one Owen Kettle, as Captain, to carry it out.

What could possibly go wrong?

The first appearance of Captain Kettle, but not as the main character in this debut.

Essentially a "caper" novel. Text source Internet Archive.

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Hyne, Cutcliffe: McTodd (1903), V3, 20.06.2019

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McTodd, the son of a highland Scot free kirk preacher, is in his mid thirties, a second engineer constantly in search of work on steamships in the late 19th century. His career is somewhat blighted by his tendency to go on whisky benders when ashore.

Here are twelve amusing and entertaining tales of McTodd, several of them set in the arctic regions, to where Cutcliffe Hyne (died 1944) himself had travelled by sea.

1: The Chief of the Starry Head
2: The Pirating of the Shah
3: The Treasure Fishing
4: Lost with all Hands
5: The War of the Quah Ju-ju
6: The Cold-Water Prophet
7: A Deal in Bears
8: The Duel
9: The Late Esquimau Pout
10: The Illicit Sealer
11: The Widow and the Cannery
12: The Mammoth's Teeth

Source: Internet Archive txt file, checked against page images.

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Hyne, Cutcliffe: The Adventures of Captain Kettle, (1898) v1. 15.06.2019

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C J Cutcliffe Hyne (1866-1944) is principally remembered today for his creation Captain Kettle, that "truculent little ruffian" sea captain and his colourful adventures on the high seas in assorted rustbucket steam boats. Running guns to Cuba during the Spanish-American War, poaching pearlshell in Japanese-claimed waters, and being pursued by a love-crazed Chilean millionairess, are all part of the warp and woof of his precarious existence. His adventures are spread over several collections of short stories and episodic novels, and often involve the equally truculent steam engineer McTodd.

1: The Guns for Cuba
2: Crown and Garotte
3: The War Steamer of Donna Clotilde
4: The Pilgrim Ship
5: Fortunes Adrift
6: The Escape
7: The Pearl Poachers
8: The Liner and the Iceberg
9: The Raiding of Donna Clotilde
10: Mr. Gedge's Catspaw
11: The Salving of the Duncansby Head
12:The Wreck of the Cattle-Boat

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Hyne, Cutcliffe: The Escape Agents (1910); v1, 31 Jan 2020

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It is Napoleonic France, specifically 1810-11, and a motley group are engaged in the risky business of freeing French prisoners of war from Spanish camps.

Six connected short stories forming a short novel of some 45,000 words.

(For the unitiated, a vivandiere is a woman camp follower who operates a kitchen for soldiers; and Sallee is a town on the opposite bank of the river from Rabat in Morocco)

1: The New Commission
2: The First Fifty-Four
3: The Yellow Galley-Full
4: The Pirate
5: Two Duels
6: Slaves In Sallee

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Hyne, Cutcliffe: The Lost Continent (1900); V2; 18 July 2019

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The Atlantis theme has an endless fascination, and this is another novel on the subject. In this tale a modern researcher discovers an ancient manuscript, which when translated provides an eyewitness story of the destruction of the great city-state.

This is V2 because an early, 2008, .prc format edition exists within this part of the library. I have recreated the book, and added a retouched version of the original cover (the "by the author of..." text at the bottom was so tatty that I recreated it using the nearest type font I could find to the original) and prepared .azw3 and .mobi versions.

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Hyne, Cutcliffe: The Trials of Commander McTurk (1912); v1; 4 Feb 2020

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American naval officer Commander McTurk, on the inactive list for being too zealous, has a series of rambunctious adventures as he pursues being reinstated to the active list.

A faulty scan of two pages in Chapter 7 has meant the loss of a few lines of text; images of the fault are included in this edition. The scan was sourced from Internet Archive. The original Magazine publication dates of the stories are provided.

1. Annexed In Error
2. The Value Of A Steam Blockade
3. The Western Ocean Pirate
4. The Balance Of Power
5. Grey-Green Powder
6. The Sultana
7. Margherita Pearls
8. Taking Water
9. Manoa
10. The McMechie Submarine
11. Kidnapped
12. The Glorious Restoration

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Hyne, Cutcliffe: Thompson's Progress (1902); v1, 26 Aug 2019

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The rise of Tom Thompson from illiterate child pit labourer to wealth in 19th century Bradford during the heyday of the wool and weaving boom.

Told in twelve cheerful episodes, as the hero outwits both financial and social limitations and opponents, and marries the girl of his heart.

1: The Schoolmaster’s Fee
2: The Profitable Strike
3: The Philanthropist
4: The Might-have-been Mrs Thompson
5: Black Thursday
6: The Spanish Army Clothing Contract
7: That Craze for Mohair
8: Their Mr Bent
9: Cockpit Copper-mine
10: The Tenor and the Man
11: The New Groove
12: Treaty-makers

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Ibn-al-Muqaffa, Abdallah: Kalila wa-Dimna (Arabic). 24 December 2015

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This is an Arabic edition of Kalila and Dimna, a collection of animal fables based on the Panchantra translated and edited by ʿAbdallāh Ibn al-Muqaffaʿ (c. 720-756).
This ebook is based on the Wikisource etext of the 1937 Bulāq print edition (PDF).

Note that this ebook only contains the [Arabic[/ text, the [English[/ translation by Wyndham Knatchbull is here.
BTW, the last story, الحمامة والثعلب ومالك الحزين = The dove, the fox and the heron, is missing in the Knatchbull translation.

If you have a jail-broken Kindle, I'd strongly recommend installing NiLuJe's font hack. (To replace the default Arabic font, copy a suitable font to /linkfonts/fonts and select KUAL > Fonts Overrides > Fallback (Code2000) > Custom.)

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Ibsen, Henrik: Brand [Norwegian].v1. 24 Oct 2010

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Henrik Ibsen (1828-1906) antas å være verdens mest spilte dramatiker.

Fra Wikipedia:
[QUOTIbsens gjennombruddsverk som dramatisk forfatter var Brand fra 1866. Stykket handler om en rettlinjet prest, som stiller et problematisk hardt krav om konsekvens overfor seg selv og sine nærmeste. Dette kravet fører ham til slutt opp i en umulig situasjon, men som alltid hos Ibsen er slutten åpen, og den avsluttende replikken, «Han er Deus Caritatis [kjærlighetens gud]», kan tolkes på forskjellige vis.[/QUOT

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Ibsen, Henrik: Bygmester Solness [Norwegian].v1. 1 Nov 2010

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Henrik Ibsen (1828-1906) antas å være verdens mest spilte dramatiker.
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[QUOTByggmester Solness som kom i 1892, innledet en ny vending i Ibsens forfatterskap. Hovedpersonen er en gammel mann som har nådd toppen i sin karriere, men som oppdager at han ikke er tilfreds. Han synes at han egentlig ikke har oppnådd det han ville, hverken i kunsten eller i kjærligheten. Han frykter og undertrykker de som er yngre enn seg, men han lengter desperat etter ungdom, også. Den unge og forførende frekke Hilde Wangel (som også er med i Fruen fra havet) trenger inn i livet hans og tvinger ham til å se alt dette i øynene. [/QUOT

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Ibsen, Henrik: De unges forbund [Norwegian].v1. 11 Nov 2010

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[QUOTLystspillet er en politisk satire plassert på et storgods i nærheten av en østlands kjøpstad, der den unge, radikale Sagfører Steensgaard avsløres som en streber og opportunist, mens Kammerherre Bratsberg, som representerer de eldre, aristokratiske og høyreorienterte, ender som helten.[/QUOT
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Ibsen, Henrik: En folkefiende [Norwegian].v1. 27 Oct 2010

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[QUOTGjennom stykket ønsket Ibsen å ta et oppgjør med alle maktgrupperinger og politiske partier i sin samtid, og han stiller seg kritisk til flertallstyranniet på bekostning av individets rett til å tenke annerledes.[/QUOT

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Ibsen, Henrik: Et dukkehjem [Norwegian].v1. 2 Nov 2010

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[QUOTEt dukkehjem kom to år etter i 1879 og er Ibsens mest berømte stykke. Nora og Torvald lever i et tilsynelatende lykkelig ekteskap helt til Nora får demonstrert Torvalds kynisme og forlater ham og deres tre barn for å finne sin egen vei til modenhet. Torvald representerer den konservative borgermoralen, Nora den frie vilje og individets rettigheter.[/QUOT

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Ibsen, Henrik: Fru Inger til Østråt [Norwegian].v1. 14 Nov 2010

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Ibsen, Henrik: Fruen fra havet [Norwegian].v1. 30 Oct 2010

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[QUOTFruen fra havet (1888) ble Ibsens lyseste og vennligste stykke på 1880- og 1890-tallet. Historien er enda et ekteskapsdrama fra en småby, der en kvinne har giftet seg med en mann hun ikke elsker for å komme unna en vanskelig fortid. Nå lever de to tilsynelatende ganske lykkelig sammen med mannens to døtre fra et tidligere ekteskap. Men er hun så lykkelig under overflaten, egentlig? Dessuten drømmer hun om en gammel elsker, en finsk morder med kniv, og en natt kommer han tilbake fra sjøen, Skal hun gå, eller skal hun bli?[/QUOT

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Ibsen, Henrik: Gengangere [Norwegian].v1. 29 Oct 2010

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[QUOTGengangere fra 1881 rører ved en rekke kontroversielle og forbudte temaer som syfilis, incest, ekteskap som institusjon, barn utenfor ekteskap, sosiale konvensjoner som ødeleggere av frihet og et lykkelig liv, og ikke minst aktiv dødshjelp. Ibsen anvender en retrospektiv teknikk som på en meget effektiv måte utfordrer ikke bare stykkets karakterer og dets samtid, men også vår egen tid. [/QUOT

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Ibsen, Henrik: Hedda Gabler [Norwegian].v1. 31 Oct 2010

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[QUOTHedda Gabler er både et drama av Henrik Ibsen og et navn på en av rollene i stykket. Det ble først utgitt i 1890 og hadde premiere året etter i Tyskland men fikk negativ kritikk. Etterhvert har stykkets anseelse økt og det ansees idag som en klassiker innen realismen. I 1902 ble stykket satt opp på Broadway i New York, Minnie Maddern Fiske spilte Hedda og spilletiden ble forlenget grunnet stor interesse.

Rollefiguren Hedda Gabler er en av de store dramatiske rollene innen teateret, det kvinnelige motstykket til Hamlet og noen tolkninger har vært svært kontroversielle. Hedda har blitt fremstilt som en idealistisk heltinne i kamp mot samfunnet, et offer for sin samtid, en prototypisk feminist og en manipulerende skurk.[/QUOT

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Ibsen, Henrik: Hærmændene paa Helgeland [Norwegian].v1. 15 Nov 2010

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Ibsen, Henrik: John Gabriel Borkman [Norwegian].v1. 13 Nov 2010

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Ibsen, Henrik: Kejser og Galilæer [Norwegian].v1. 14 Dec 2010

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[QUOTDramaet er skrevet i to deler, og handler om keiser Julian «den frafalne» og hans eksistensielle vei bort fra kristendommen, og om hans økende selvbedrag. Diktverket regnes som svært krevende, men står i direkte sammenheng med Brand og Peer Gynt i Ibsens utvikling som dikter. Skal man forstå Ibsen kommer man i grunnen ikke utenom dette kjempeverket, som består av to skuespill: Cæsars frafald, og Kejser Julian.

Likevel er verket blant de dårligst kjente av hovedverkene til Ibsen. Få har lest det, og det blir nesten aldri spilt på scenen.[/QUOT

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Ibsen, Henrik: Kongs-emnerne [Norwegian].v1. 26 Nov 2010

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Henrik Ibsen (1828-1906) antas å være verdens mest spilte dramatiker.
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[QUOTKongs-Emnerne, som kom ut i oktober 1863 og hadde premiere 17. januar 1864, var Ibsens første store tragedie på 1860-tallet. Historien er fra første halvdel av 1200-tallet, der den tvisynte Hertug Skule kjemper om Norges trone med den unge kong Håkon Håkonsson, mens biskop Nikolas Arnesson intrigerer for å skape ondt blod mellom dem.[/QUOT
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Ibsen, Henrik: Kærlighedens komedie [Norwegian].v2. 30 Nov 2010

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Ibsen, Henrik: Lille Eyolf [Norwegian].v1. 12 Nov 2010

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Ibsen, Henrik: Olaf Liljekrans [Norwegian].v1. 1 Dec 2010

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Ibsen, Henrik: Peer Gynt [Norwegian].v1. 21 Sep 2010

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[QUOTNasjonaleposet Peer Gynt (1867) var en satirisk fantasi om en skryteglad egoist, den lettsindige og uansvarlige Peer, en figur fra norsk folklore. Peer dagdrømmer seg gjennom livet og unngår alle personlige, individuelle valg. Det som til syvende og sist blir Peers frelsesmulighet er Solveig og hennes valg og kjærlighet til ham. Men knappestøperen lar slutten stå åpen også her: «Ved siste korsvei vi møtes, Peer / og så får vi se om ... jeg sier ikke mer». Det er liten tvil om at tematikken skrev seg fra Ibsens desillusjonering og forakt for sine landsmenn, et ambivalent forhold som var avgjørende i hans diktning.[/QUOT

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Ibsen, Henrik: Rosmersholm [Norwegian].v1. 28 Oct 2010

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Ibsen, Henrik: Samfundets støtter [Norwegian].v1. 6 Nov 2010

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Henrik Ibsen (1828-1906) antas å være verdens mest spilte dramatiker.
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[QUOTSamfundets støtter fra 1877 tar for seg en velstående og hyklersk forretningsmann, hvis risikable kurs nesten tar livet av hans sønn. Kvinnefrigjøring og de unges kamp for å frigjøre seg fra de gamle er også sentrale temaer.[/QUOT

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Ingersoll, Ernest: The Ice Queen (illustrated). V1.March 24 2012

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wikipedia [quot
Ernest Ingersoll (March 13, 1852—November 13, 1946) was a renowned American naturalist, writer and explorer.[/quot

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Ingram, Eleanor M.: The Thing From the Lake. v1, 25 Feb 2008

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From lwcurrey.com:

Imaginative weird thriller concerning a composer engaged in mental conflict with powerful beings from another dimension whose doorway to our dimension is a farm in Connecticut. Some claim Lovecraft was influenced by this novel.

From the opening:

The house cried out to me for help.

In the after-knowledge I now possess of what was to happen there, that impression is not more clearly definite than it was at my first sight of the place. Let me at once set down that this is not the story of a haunted house. It is, or was, a beleaguered house; strangely besieged as was Prague in the old legend, when a midnight army of spectres unfurled pale banners and encamped around the city walls.

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Ingram, Eleanor M: A Man's Hearth. V1. 1 Nov 2011

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Ingram, Eleanor M. (Eleanor Marie), 1886-1921

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The girl turned towards him. Her eyes were as gray as the rain; heavily shadowed by their lashes, their expression had a misted aloofness suggesting thoughts hastily recalled from remote distances. He realized that he might have come, smoked, and gone without drawing her notice any more than a blowing leaf. She was not a beauty, but he liked the clearing frankness of the glance with which she judged him, and judged aright. He liked it, too, that she did not smile, and that her steadfast regard showed neither invitation nor hostility.

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Ingram, Eleanor M: From the Car Behind. V1. 31 Oct 2011

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Ingram, Eleanor M. (Eleanor Marie), 1886-1921

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She was so beautifully and expensively gowned as to draw even masculine notice of the fact, the veil that fell from her silk hood to the hem of her cloak would alone have purchased the motor costume of the average woman. Against this filmy drapery her intent face showed as a study in concentration; her dark-blue eyes wide behind their black lashes, her soft lips apart, she too was watching the pink racer. But there was no laughter in her expression, instead there was the most deep and earnest tenderness, a blending of the childish and the maternal that made Gerard catch his breath and glance enviously at the driver of the gaudy car.

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Ingram, Eleanor M: The Flying Mercury. V1. 31 Oct 2011

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Ingram, Eleanor M. (Eleanor Marie), 1886-1921

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"We are lost," she confessed hurriedly. "If you could set us right, I should be grateful. I—we must get home soon. I have been a guest at a house somewhere here, and started to return to New York this afternoon. The chauffeur does not know Long Island; we can not seem to find any place. And now we have lost a tire. I was afraid—"

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Ingram, Eleanor M: The Game and the Candle. V1. 31 Oct 2011

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Ingram, Eleanor M. (Eleanor Marie), 1886-1921

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"We must find not a little money, but a fortune, and we must find it in six months," John answered, his low voice just reaching his listener. "There is no way to earn it, we know. Inside the law there are ways to acquire it. Wall Street, for instance; a new popular song or two, an inexplicable conjuring trick, or a fresh breakfast food. But we have no such talents, you and I; we are just the ordinary gentlemen of leisure,—dilettanti. We are useless, within the limits set for us. Outside the limits, outside the law—"

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Ings, Simon: PainKillers. v1.0 19 March 2009

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[QUOTI remember them. Their mouths, and their needles. That is all. That, and their painted eyes. Their mouths. They never spoke...

So begins Adam's odyssey into a nightmare of corruption and violence, where it is only his forlorn hope that he is helping his autistic son Justin that offers any solace. As everything implodes around him, Adam risks everything – his marriage, his family, his life – to lay hands on the one thing that might save him. His way out. His grail. A small bakelite box with a dial.[/QUOT

http://www.simonings.net/homepages/s...gspainkil.html

Painkillers by Simon Ings is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-No Derivative Works 2.0 UK: England & Wales License.

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Inman, Henry: The Great Salt Lake Trail. V1. 24 Oct 2009

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Inman, Henry, 1837-1899

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There are seven historic trails crossing the great plains of the interior of the continent, all of which for a portion of their distance traverse the geographical limits of what is now the prosperous commonwealth of Kansas.
None of these primitive highways, however, with the exception of that oldest of all to far-off Santa Fe, has a more stirring story than that known as the Salt Lake Trail.
Over this historical highway the Mormons made their lonely Hegira to the valley of that vast inland sea. On its shores they established a city, marvellous in its conception, and a monument to the ability of man to overcome almost insuperable obstacles—the product of a faith equal to that which inspired the crusader to battle to the death for the possession of the Holy Sepulchre.

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International Dialling Code List

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International Telephone Dialling Codes.
Even I cannot claim this to be riveting reading, however it may prove a useful addition to your EBook reader. The "book" is built as a Mobipocket "dictionary" with two look-up indexes - one to convert Country names to their International Telephone Dialling Codes and the other to allow the look-up of a code to convert to a Country.

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Irving, H B: A Book of Remarkable Criminals, v1, 1 December 2009.

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H. B. Irving (Henry Brodribb Irving) (1870–1919)
A Book of Remarkable Criminals(1918)

H B Irving was the son of the actor, Sir Henry Irving. He trained as a lawyer, then joined his illustrious parent on the stage. During the First World War, he used his legal training to write this book.

Contents:
Introduction; The Life of Charles Peace; The Career of Robert Butler; M. Derues; Dr. Castaing; Professor Webster; The Mysterious Mr. Holmes; The Widow Gras; Vitalis and Marie Boyer; The Fenayrou Case; Eyraud and Bompard

We already have one version of this book in the MR library. Mine has curly quotes and emdashes. I have also restored accents and italics, linked the footnotes, and silently corrected some obvious typos.

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Irving, H.B.: A Book of Remarkable Criminals. v1, 3 Feb 2008

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"This is a book on some criminals that the author found interesting. It is a study of human nature. Each section is set up by telling of their life, the crimes and the fatal ending. It makes for an incredibly fascinating read.

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Irving, Washington: Knickerbocker's History of New York. 13 Oct 07

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I started formatting this back in August and one thing or another and it got pushed aside. I found it tonight when I was cleaning up and backing up the hard disk.

Dr. Drib has already posted Irving's other classic (and perfect for the coming Halloween period), [The Legend of Sleepy Hollow.[/

This is a story of the history of New York as told by Diedrich Knickerbocker in 1809. Originally published in two volumes, both volumes are included in this one ebook. It is a wonderfully funny and rich history that at times even gets something right.

When it was published it was a blockbuster. The name knickerbocker has stayed in use for almost 200 years and is still used today. The name of the NBA team from New York City is the Knickerbockers or Knics (or Nics) for short.

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Irving, Washington: Old Christmas, v.1, 14 Dec 2008

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The complete title is [Old Christmas: From the Sketch Book of Washington Irving[/. This 1886 edition contains five short stories with over a hundred illustrations by Randolph Caldecott.

From Wikipedia:

Washington Irving (April 3, 1783 – November 28, 1859) was an American author, essayist, biographer and historian of the early 19th century. He was best known for his short stories "The Legend of Sleepy Hollow" and "Rip Van Winkle", both of which appear in his book [The Sketch Book of Geoffrey Crayon, Gent[/.
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One of Irving's most lasting contributions to American culture is in the way Americans perceive and celebrate Christmas. In his 1812 revisions to [A History of New York[/, Irving inserted a dream sequence featuring St. Nicholas soaring over treetops in a flying wagon—a creation others would later dress up as Santa Claus [see Book II Chapter V here]. Later, in his five Christmas stories in [The Sketch Book[/ [this work], Irving portrayed an idealized celebration of old-fashioned Christmas customs at a quaint English manor, which directly contributed to the revival and reinterpretation of the Christmas holiday in the United States. Charles Dickens later credited Irving as a strong influence on his own Christmas writings, including the classic [A Christmas Carol[/.

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Irving, Washington: Rip Van Winkle (illus-Rackham). v1. 08 May 2017

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Rip Van Winkle by Washington Irving (1783–1859)
Illustrated by Arthur Rackham (1867–1939)

This short story was first published in 1819. The special edition of [Rip Van Winkle[/ illustrated by Arthur Rackham was first published in 1905.

Text is in the public domain worldwide because the creator died more than 100 years ago, and it was published before 1923. The illustrations are in the public domain in the USA, and in countries where copyright is “Life+70” or less.

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Washington Irving was an American short story writer, essayist, biographer, historian, and diplomat of the early 19th century. He is best known for his short stories “Rip Van Winkle” (1819) and “The Legend of Sleepy Hollow” (1820), both of which appear in his book [The Sketch Book of Geoffrey Crayon, Gent[/. His historical works include biographies of George Washington, Oliver Goldsmith, and Muhammad, and several histories of 15th-century Spain.

Irving perfected the American short story, and was the first American writer to place his stories firmly in the United States, even as he poached from European folklore. He is also generally credited as one of the first to write in the vernacular, and to write stories simply to entertain rather than to enlighten.

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The story's title character is a ne’er-do-well Dutch villager living before the time of the American Revolutionary War. While hunting in the Catskill mountains, Rip falls in with “a company of odd-looking persons playing at ninepins,” partakes of their liquor, and falls asleep. He awakens to discover shocking changes, and learns that he has slept for twenty years.

The story is similar to Johann Karl Christoph Nachtigal's German folktale, “Peter Klaus”, set in the Hartz Forest. (Interested readers can find “Peter the Goat-herd” in the MobileRead library: [Grimm's Fairy Tales[/, Volume II, Appendix B. epub . kindle)

Over the last two centuries, “Rip Van Winkle” has been adapted many times, for stage, film and television (live-action and animation), and music. Rip has, indeed, become a part of the American culture.

(—Extracted and adapted from Wikipedia.)

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Text and images were obtained from archive.org and various online sources. OCR errors were corrected; punctuation formatted; images manually cleaned and enhanced. Embedded font for titling. The List of Illustrations provides links to images.

This book is lavishly illustrated with Rackham’s full-page color images and a number of line drawings. Unfortunately, the full complement of the first edtition’s color illustrations was not available.

I am sorry to say the image quality is not consistent; sources and qualities were too diverse, and some are low resolution. Perhaps someday I will find a scan of the first edition.

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Now go read the story, and then indulge in a nice restful nap....
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Irving, Washington: Tales of a Traveller, v.1, 15 Dec 2008

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From Wikipedia:

Washington Irving (April 3, 1783 – November 28, 1859) was an American author, essayist, biographer and historian of the early 19th century. He was best known for his short stories "The Legend of Sleepy Hollow" and "Rip Van Winkle", both of which appear in his book [The Sketch Book of Geoffrey Crayon, Gent[/.
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In August 1824, Irving published the collection of essays [Tales of a Traveller[/—including the short story "The Devil and Tom Walker"—under his Geoffrey Crayon persona. "I think there are in it some of the best things I have ever written," Irving told his sister. But while the book sold respectably, [Traveller[/ largely bombed with critics, who panned both [Traveller[/ and its author. "The public have been led to expect better things," wrote the [United States Literary Gazette[/, while the [New-York Mirror[/ pronounced Irving "overrated." Hurt and depressed by the book's reception, Irving retreated to Paris where he spent the next year worrying about finances and scribbling down ideas for projects that never materialized
The work was written after Irving's visits to France and Germany.

Posted to fulfill a request.

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Irving, Washington: The Alhambra. v1 18 December 2013

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There really isn't a MobileRead category that suits this ebook - the tags I use in the metadata are travel, short stories, and history.

Washington Irving (1783-1859) was an American essayist, biographer, historian, and diplomat. He wrote biographies of Wash*ington, Gold*smith, Columbus, and others, histories of the Moors in Spain and the Alhambra, an account of a survey of the interior of the US, and many other books. He helped to promote international copyright, at least partly because many of his works were published without much benefit to him. He was a friend or respected colleague of Sir Walter Scott, Lord Byron, Charles Dickens, Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, and Herman Melville, and was perhaps the first American writer to become famous in England and Europe and to make a living from his writing.

[The Alhambra[/ (also known as [Tales of the Alhambra[/), 'A Series of Tales and Sketches of the Moors and Spaniards,' was written during a stay in Granada, and reflects his delight with the Granada and its people. It was published in 1832 with a revised edition in 1851. This version is the illustrated revised edition published by Thomas Y. Crowell in 1900, with the HTML source text from the University of Adelaide elibrary. I have corrected typos, modernised the punctuation and spelling, and added some scene breaks.

Edit: I have uploaded a file which corrects an error in the content.opf file. Do please let me know if other errors are found so I can correct them.

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Irving, Washington: The Legend of Sleepy Hollow (illus-Rackham). v1. 30 May 2017

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The Legend of Sleepy Hollow By Washington Irving (1783–1859)
Illustrated by Arthur Rackham (1867–1939)

This short story was first published in 1820. The special edition of [The Legend of Sleepy Hollow[/ illustrated by Arthur Rackham was first published in 1928.

The text is in the public domain worldwide because the creator died more than 100 years ago, and it was published before 1923. The illustrations are in the public domain in countries where copyright is “Life+70” or less.

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Washington Irving was an American short story writer, essayist, biographer, historian, and diplomat of the early 19th century. He is best known for his short stories “Rip Van Winkle” (1819) and “The Legend of Sleepy Hollow” (1820), both of which appear in his book The Sketch Book of Geoffrey Crayon, Gent. His historical works include biographies of George Washington, Oliver Goldsmith, and Muhammad; and several histories of 15th-century Spain.

Irving perfected the American short story, and was the first American writer to place his stories firmly in the United States, even as he poached from European folklore. He is also generally credited as one of the first to write in the vernacular, and to write stories simply to entertain rather than to enlighten.

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The story: a superstitious schoolmaster, who is in love with a wealthy farmer’s daughter, has a terrifying encounter with a headless horseman.

Along with Irving’s companion piece “Rip Van Winkle”, “The Legend of Sleepy Hollow” is among the earliest examples of American fiction with enduring popularity – especially during Halloween, because of a ghostly character, believed to be a Hessian soldier who lost his head to a cannonball in battle. Indeed, the story is often referred to as “The Headless Horseman.” This tale has been adapted countless times for stage, film, and television; and has had discernable impact on American culture, even to the extent of naming towns and streets after places and characters of the story.

This book is illustrated with 8 full-page color images and a number of line drawings by the Grand Master of “The Golden Age of Illustration”, Arthur Rackham. (Many of the original line drawings were unavailable.)

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Text and images were obtained from archive.org and various online sources. OCR errors were corrected; punctuation formatted; images manually cleaned and enhanced. Embedded font for titling. The List of Illustrations provides links to images.

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Enjoy the story! And use all due caution when traveling through the woods on autumn nights.
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Irving, Washington: The Sketch-Book of Geoffrey Crayon, Gent. v1 21 Oct 2013

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Washington Irving (1783-1859) was an American essayist, biographer, historian, and diplomat. He wrote biographies of Washington, Goldsmith, Columbus, and others, histories of the Moors in Spain and the Alhambra, and an account of a survey of the interior of the US.

He spent three years in Europe in his early life, and later seventeen years in England and Europe. He was a friend or respected colleague of Sir Walter Scott, Lord Byron, Charles Dickens, Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, and Herman Melville, and was perhaps the first American writer to become famous in England and Europe and to make a living from his writing.

[The Sketch-Book of Geoffrey Crayon, Gent.[/, commonly referred to as [The Sketch-Book[/, is a collection of 34 essays and short stories. It was first published in serial form through 1819 and 1820, and was often revised and published with slightly different contents by various publishers. This version is based on 'The Author's Revised Edition' of 1888.

The collection includes two of Irving's best-known stories: The[ Legend of Sleepy Hollow[/ and [Rip Van Winkle[/. Authors might also enjoy 'The Art of Book-Making,' 'The Mutability of Literature,' and 'L'Envoy.'

This edition corrects several typos, modernises 19th century punctuation and spelling, and adds some 'scene breaks.' The (often very long) footnotes have been collected together as end notes and numbered, and the extensive quotations have set off as blockquotes. Material within curly brackets has been added.

The text was taken from Project Gutenberg 2048-h.htm and checked against thesketchbook00irvirich.pdf from the Internet Archive. The images were taken from Google Images.

There is a mobi version already in the MobileRead Library. I hope my version can find a place since it contains both mobi and azw3 formats.

Edit: Version 2 corrects embarrassing mistakes on the cover and title page.

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Irving, Washington: The Sketch-Book of Geoffrey Crayon, Gent. v1. 03 Nov 2012

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Washington Irving (1783-1859) was one of the first US writers to find fame outside America. After the collapse of the family business in 1815 he moved to Europe, where he stayed for the next 17 years. [The Sketch-Book of Geoffrey Crayon, Gent.[/ is a selection of essays which he sent back to New York for publication during 1819-1820. Most of them are descriptions of English life, but among them are some classic tales, including [The Spectre Bridegroom, The Legend of Sleepy Hollow[/ and [Rip van Winkle[/.

The source for this version is Gutenberg, however Irving was very fond of footnotes and in the Gutenberg ebooks these appear scattered through the text as dictated by the scanning. I have moved them all to the end and grouped them by chapters, with hyperlinks forward and back.

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Isham, Frederic Stewart: A Man and His Money. V1. 27 Oct 2011

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Frederic Stewart Isham (1866–1922). American author and playwright. Born: March 29, 1865 in Detroit, Michigan, USA . Died: September 6, 1922 (age 57) in New York City, New York, USA,

Excerpt
"WELL? WHAT can I do for you?"
The speaker—a scrubby little man—wheeled in the rickety office chair to regard some one hesitating on his threshold. The tones were not agreeable; the proprietor of the diminutive, run-down establishment, "The St. Cecilia Music Emporium," was not, for certain well defined reasons, in an amiable mood that morning. He had been about to reach down for a little brown jug which reposed on the spot usually allotted to the waste paper basket when the shadow of the new-comer fell obtrusively, not to say offensively, upon him.

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Isham, Frederic Stewart: Half A Chance. V1. 26 Oct 2011

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Frederic Stewart Isham (1866–1922). American author and playwright. Born: March 29, 1865 in Detroit, Michigan, USA . Died: September 6, 1922 (age 57) in New York City, New York, USA,

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"That depends, m'lady,"—and the speaker, a man with official manners and ferret-like eyes, shifted from one foot to another,—"on what degree, or particular class of criminal your ladyship would be interested in," he added. "If in the ordinary category of skittle sharper or thimblerigger," with a suspicion of mild scorn, "then I do not imagine your ladyship would find much attraction in the present cargo. But, on the other hand," in a livelier tone, "if your ladyship has any curiosity, or shall we say, a psychological bent, regarding the real out-and-outer, the excursion should be to your liking. For," rubbing his hands, "a properer lot of cutthroats and bad magsmen, it has never been my privilege to escort across the equator; and this is my sixth trip to Australia!"

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Isham, Frederic Stewart: The Lady of the Mount. V1. 27 Oct 2011

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Frederic Stewart Isham (1866–1922). American author and playwright. Born: March 29, 1865 in Detroit, Michigan, USA . Died: September 6, 1922 (age 57) in New York City, New York, USA,

Excerpt
"DON'T YOU know, boy, you ought not to get in my way?"
The tide was at its ebb; the boats stranded afar, and the lad addressed had started, with a fish—his wage—in one hand, to walk to shore, when, passing into the shadow of the rampart of the Governor's Mount, from the opposite direction a white horse swung suddenly around a corner of the stone masonry and bore directly upon him. He had but time to step aside; as it was, the animal grazed his shoulder, and the boy, about to give utterance to a natural remonstrance, lifted his eyes to the offender. The words were not forthcoming; surprised, he gazed at a tiny girl, of about eleven, perched fairy-like on the broad back of the heavy steed.

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Isham, Frederic Stewart: The Strollers. V1. 27 Oct 2011

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Frederic Stewart Isham (1866–1922). American author and playwright. Born: March 29, 1865 in Detroit, Michigan, USA . Died: September 6, 1922 (age 57) in New York City, New York, USA,

Excerpt
OLD DRURY Lane rang with applause for the performance of Madame Carew. Of British-French parentage, she was a recognized peer among the favorite actresses on the English stage and a woman whose attractions of face and manner were of a high order. She came naturally by her talents, being a descendant of Madame de Panilnac, famed as an actress, confidante of Louise-Benedicte, Duchess du Maine, who originated the celebrated nuits blanches at Sceaux during the close of Louis XIV’s reign.

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Isham, Frederic Stewart: Under the Rose. V1. 28 Oct 2011

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Frederic Stewart Isham (1866–1922). American author and playwright. Born: March 29, 1865 in Detroit, Michigan, USA . Died: September 6, 1922 (age 57) in New York City, New York, USA,

Excerpt
A jingle of tinkling bells mingled with the squeak of a viola; the guffaws of a rompish company blended with the tuneless chanting of discordant minstrels, and the gray parrot in its golden cage, suspended from one of the oaken beams of the ceiling, shook its feathers for the twentieth time and screamed vindictively at the roguish band.

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Ives, Charles E: Essays Before a Sonata, v1, 5Feb2009

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The American composer Charles Ives, lived from 1874-1954.

In his Introduction, he writes: The following pages were written primarily as a preface or reason for the [writer' second Pianoforte Sonata--"Concord, Mass., 1845,"--a group of four pieces, called a sonata for want of a more exact name, as the form, perhaps substance, does not justify it. The music and prefaces were intended to be printed together, but as it was found that this would make a cumbersome volume they are separate. The whole is an attempt to present [one person' impression of the spirit of transcendentalism that is associated in the minds of many with Concord, Mass., of over a half-century ago.

The movements of the sonata correspond to the sections of this book:
I. Emerson
II. Hawthorne
III. The Alcotts
IV. Thoreau

Ives’ dedication reads: "These prefatory essays were written by the composer for those who can't stand his music--and the music for those who can't stand his essays; to those who can't stand either, the whole is respectfully dedicated."

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Jack, George: Wood-Carving Design and Workmanship, v.1, 28 June 2008

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From 1903, illustrated:

CHAPTER I - PREAMBLE
CHAPTER II - TOOLS
CHAPTER III - SHARPENING-STONES-MALLET AND BENCH
CHAPTER IV - WOODS USED FOR CARVING
CHAPTER V - SHARPENING THE TOOLS
CHAPTER VI - CHIP CARVING
CHAPTER VII - THE GRAIN OF THE WOOD
CHAPTER VIII - IMITATION OF NATURAL FORMS
CHAPTER IX - ROUNDED FORMS
CHAPTER X - THE PATTERNED BACKGROUND
CHAPTER XI - CONTOURS OF SURFACE
CHAPTER XII - ORIGINALITY
CHAPTER XIII - PIERCED PATTERNS
CHAPTER XIV - HARDWOOD CARVING
CHAPTER XV - THE SKETCH-BOOK
CHAPTER XVI - MUSEUMS
CHAPTER XVII - STUDIES FROM NATURE-FOLIAGE
CHAPTER XVIII - CARVING ON FURNITURE
CHAPTER XIX - THE GROTESQUE IN CARVING
CHAPTER XX - STUDIES FROM NATURE-BIRDS AND BEASTS
CHAPTER XXI - FORESHORTENING AS APPLIED TO WORK IN RELIEF
CHAPTER XXII - UNDERCUTTING AND "BUILT-UP" WORK
CHAPTER XXIII - PICTURE SUBJECTS AND PERSPECTIVE
CHAPTER XXIV - ARCHITECTURAL CARVING
CHAPTER XXV - SURFACE FINISH-TEXTURE
CHAPTER XXVI - CRAFT SCHOOLS, PAST AND PRESENT
CHAPTER XXVII - ON THE IMPORTANCE OF COOPERATION BETWEEN BUILDER AND CARVER

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Jackson, Andrew: State of the Union. v1.0, 13 October 2007

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7th President of the USA. 1829-1837

more info:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_us_presidents

State of the Union. v1.0, 13 October 2007

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Jackson, Helen Hunt: A Calendar of Sonnets. V1. 8 May 2009

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Helen Maria Hunt Jackson (October 18, 1830 – August 12, 1885) was an American writer best known as the author of Ramona, a novel about the ill treatment of Native Americans in southern California.

Excerpt
O winter! frozen pulse and heart of fire,
What loss is theirs who from thy kingdom turn
Dismayed, and think thy snow a sculptured urn
Of death! Far sooner in midsummer tire

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Jackson, Helen Hunt: Between Whiles. V1. 7 May 2009

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Helen Maria Hunt Jackson (October 18, 1830 – August 12, 1885) was an American writer best known as the author of Ramona, a novel about the ill treatment of Native Americans in southern California.

The Inn of the Golden Pear

The Mystery of Wilhelm Rütter

Little Bel's Supplement

The Captain of the "Heather Bell"

Dandy Steve

The Prince's Little Sweetheart

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Jackson, Helen Hunt: Bits about Home Matters. V1. 7 May 2009

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Helen Maria Hunt Jackson (October 18, 1830 – August 12, 1885) was an American writer best known as the author of Ramona, a novel about the ill treatment of Native Americans in southern California.

Anyone who thinks that all of our joys and sorrows unique to our age need only read this series of short, wonderful essays.
Excerpt
Not long ago a Presbyterian minister in Western New York whipped his three-year-old boy to death, for refusing to say his prayers. The little fingers were broken; the tender flesh was bruised and actually mangled; strong men wept when they looked on the body; and the reverend murderer, after having been set free on bail, was glad to return and take refuge within the walls of his prison, to escape summary punishment at the hands of an outraged community. At the bare mention of such cruelty, every heart grew sick and faint; men and women were dumb with horror: only tears and a hot demand for instant retaliation availed.

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Jackson, Helen Hunt: Letters from a Cat. v1. 25 Mar 2012

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Helen Hunt Jackson was a US writer best-known for her novel Ramona, which dramatized the federal government's mistreatment of Native Americans in Southern California.

"Letters from a cat" is a childrens' book about the fictional correspondence between a cat and her owner. It features several illustrations by Addie Ledyard.

Source: PG EBook #32069

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Jackson, Helen Hunt: Mercy Philbrick's Choice. V1. 9 May 2009

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Helen Maria Hunt Jackson (October 18, 1830 – August 12, 1885) was an American writer best known as the author of Ramona, a novel about the ill treatment of Native Americans in southern California.

Excerpt
Stephen White stood with his arms folded, leaning on the gate which shut off, but seemed in no wise to separate, the front yard of the house in which he lived from the public highway. There is something always pathetic in the attempt to enforce the idea of seclusion and privacy, by building a fence around houses only ten or twelve feet away from the public road, and only forty or fifty feet from each other. Rows of picketed palings and gates with latches and locks seem superfluous, when the passer-by can look, if he likes, into the very centre of your sitting-room, and your neighbors on the right hand and on the left can overhear every word you say on a summer night, where windows are open.

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Jackson, Helen Hunt: Ramona. V1. 9 May 2009

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Helen Maria Hunt Jackson (October 18, 1830 – August 12, 1885) was an American writer best known as the author of Ramona, a novel about the ill treatment of Native Americans in southern California.

Inspiration for the motion picture of the same title.
Excerpt
IT was sheep-shearing time in Southern California, but sheep-shearing was late at the Senora Moreno's. The Fates had seemed to combine to put it off. In the first place, Felipe Moreno had been ill. He was the Senora's eldest son, and since his father's death had been at the head of his mother's house. Without him, nothing could be done on the ranch, the Senora thought. It had been always, "Ask Senor Felipe," "Go to Senor Felipe," "Senor Felipe will attend to it," ever since Felipe had had the dawning of a beard on his handsome face.

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Jackson, Helen Hunt: Saxe Holm's Stories. V1. 10 May 2009

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Helen Maria Hunt Jackson (October 18, 1830 – August 12, 1885) was an American writer best known as the author of Ramona, a novel about the ill treatment of Native Americans in southern California.

Draxy Miller's Dowry

The Elder's Wife

Whose Wife Was She?

The One-Legged Dancers

How One Woman Kept Her Husband

Esther Wynn's Love-Letters

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Jackson, Helen Hunt: The Hunter Cats of Connorloa. V1. 8 May 2009

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Helen Maria Hunt Jackson (October 18, 1830 – August 12, 1885) was an American writer best known as the author of Ramona, a novel about the ill treatment of Native Americans in southern California.

Excerpt
Once on a time, there lived in California a gentleman whose name was Connor,—Mr. George Connor. He was an orphan, and had no brothers and only one sister. This sister was married to an Italian gentleman, one of the chamberlains to the King of Italy. She might almost as well have been dead, so far as her brother George's seeing her was concerned; for he, poor gentleman, was much too ill to cross the ocean to visit her;[Pg 10] and her husband could not be spared from his duties as chamberlain to the King, to come with her to America, and she would not leave him and come alone.

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Jackson, Sir Thomas Graham: Six Ghost Stories (collected ghosts). v1. 03 Nov 2020

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SIX GHOST STORIES
by: Thomas Graham Jackson

Presented here, six tales in the tradition of M. R. James. Like James, Jackson initially wrote his stories “for the amusement of the home circle,” and then made them available for the entertainment of the wider circle of the ghosts’ fandom.

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Sir Thomas Graham Jackson, 1st Baronet, RA (21 December 1835 – 7 November 1924) was one of the most distinguished English architects of his generation, and a prolific author of carefully researched works on architectural history. These supernatural stories, his only foray into fiction, were written in emulation of M. R. James, whom he admired.

[Six Ghost Stories was originally published in 1919. The text is in the public domain in countries where copyright is Life+90 or less, and in the USA.[/

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To entertain your inner antiquary...
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Jacobs, Joseph: Celtic Fairy Tales (Illustrated) V1.0 November 3, 2009

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Text obtained from Project Gutenberg - http://www.gutenberg.org/etext/7885
Illustrations obtained from the scanned book on Google Books - http://books.google.com/books?id=MPD...age&q=&f=false

I. CONNLA AND THE FAIRY MAIDEN
II. GULEESH
III. THE FIELD OF BOLIAUNS
IV. THE HORNED WOMEN
V. CONAL YELLOWCLAW
VI. HUDDEN AND DUDDEN AND DONALD O'NEARY
VII. THE SHEPHERD OF MYDDVAI
VIII. THE SPRIGHTLY TAILOR
IX. THE STORY OF DEIRDRE
X. MUNACHAR AND MANACHAR
XI. GOLD-TREE AND SILVER-TREE
XII. KING O'TOOLE AND HIS GOOSE
XIII. THE WOOING OF OLWEN
XIV. JACK AND HIS COMRADES
XV. THE SHEE AN GANNON AND THE GRUAGACH GAIRE
XVI. THE STORY-TELLER AT FAULT
XVII. THE SEA-MAIDEN
XVIII. A LEGEND OF KNOCKMANY
XIX. FAIR, BROWN, AND TREMBLING
XX. JACK AND HIS MASTER
XXI. BETH GELLERT
XXII. THE TALE OF IVAN
XXIII. ANDREW COFFEY
XXIV. THE BATTLE OF THE BIRDS
XXV. BREWERY OF EGGSHELLS
XXVI. THE LAD WITH THE GOAT-SKIN

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Jacobs, Joseph: Celtic Fairy Tales. 28 Dec 2007

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Another great collection of fairy tales. I still enjoy reading them and I hope they bring a smile to you as well. They are wonderful to read to the little ones (of all ages) and to share.

This collection contains the following stories:

- CONNLA AND THE FAIRY MAIDEN

- GULEESH

- THE FIELD OF BOLIAUNS

- THE HORNED WOMEN

- CONALL YELLOWCLAW

- HUDDEN AND DUDDEN AND DONALD O’NEARY

- THE SHEPHERD OF MYDDVAI

- THE SPRIGHTLY TAILOR

- THE STORY OF DEIRDRE

- MUNACHAR AND MANACHAR

- GOLD-TREE AND SILVER-TREE

- KING O’TOOLE AND HIS GOOSE

- THE WOOING OF OLWEN

- JACK AND HIS COMRADES

- THE SHEE AN GANNON AND THE GRUAGACH GAIRE

- THE STORY-TELLER AT FAULT

- THE SEA-MAIDEN

- A LEGEND OF KNOCKMANY

- FAIR, BROWN, AND TREMBLING

- JACK AND HIS MASTER

- BETH GELLERT

- THE TALE OF IVAN

- ANDREW COFFEY

- THE BATTLE OF THE BIRDS

- BREWERY OF EGGSHELLS

- THE LAD WITH THE GOAT-SKIN

[Many of them are new to me. Think of it as my second or third, or whatever childhood.[/

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Jacobs, Joseph: English Fairy Tales. 29 Dec 2007

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A collection of many I remember from my childhood. This group includes the following:

- TOM TIT TOT

- THE THREE SILLIES

- THE ROSE-TREE

- THE OLD WOMAN AND HER PIG

- HOW JACK WENT TO SEEK HIS FORTUNE

- MR. VINEGAR

- NIX NOUGHT NOTHING

- JACK HANNAFORD

- BINNORIE

- MOUSE AND MOUSER

- CAP O’ RUSHES

- TEENY-TINY

- JACK AND THE BEANSTALK

- THE STORY OF THE THREE LITTLE PIGS

- THE MASTER AND HIS PUPIL

- TITTY MOUSE AND TATTY MOUSE

- JACK AND HIS GOLDEN SNUFF-BOX

- THE STORY OF THE THREE BEARS

- JACK THE GIANT-KILLER

- HENNY-PENNY

- CHILDE ROWLAND

- MOLLY WHUPPIE

- THE RED ETTIN

- THE GOLDEN ARM

- THE HISTORY OF TOM THUMB

- MR. FOX

- LAZY JACK

- JOHNNY-CAKE

- EARL MAR’S DAUGHTER

- MR. MIACCA

- WHITTINGTON AND HIS CAT

- THE STRANGE VISITOR

- THE LAIDLY WORM OF SPINDLESTON HEUGH

- THE CAT AND THE MOUSE

- THE FISH AND THE RING

- THE MAGPIE’S NEST

- KATE CRACKERNUTS

- THE CAULD LAD OF HILTON

- THE ASS, THE TABLE, AND THE STICK

- FAIRY OINTMENT

- THE WELL OF THE WORLD’S END

- MASTER OF ALL MASTERS

- THE THREE HEADS OF THE WELL

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Jacobs, Joseph: European Folk & Fairy Tales. 14 Jan 2008

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You know them, you love them, you can't live without them.

In this volume:

- The Cinder Maid

- All Change

- The King of the Fishes

- Scissors

- Beauty and the Beast

- Reynard and Bruin

- The Dancing Water, Singing Apple, and Speaking Bird

- The Language of Animals

- The Three Soldiers

- A Dozen at One Blow

- The Earl of Cattenborough

- The Swan Maidens

- Androcles and the Lion

- Day Dreaming

- Keep Cool

- The Master Thief

- The Unseen Bridegroom

- The Master-Maid

- A Visitor From Paradise

- Inside Again

- John the True

- Johnnie and Grizzle

- The Clever Lass

- Thumbkin

- Snowwhite

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Jacobs, Joseph: Indian Fairy Tales. 29 Dec 2007

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A collection of all new to me fairy tales. Included in this offering are the following:

- THE LION AND THE CRANE

- HOW THE RAJA’S SON WON THE PRINCESS LABAM

- THE LAMBIKIN

- PUNCHKIN

- THE BROKEN POT

- THE MAGIC FIDDLE

- THE CRUEL CRANE OUTWITTED

- LOVING LAILI

- THE TIGER, THE BRAHMAN, AND THE JACKAL

- THE SOOTHSAYER’S SON

- HARISAMAN

- THE CHARMED RING

- THE TALKATIVE TORTOISE

- A LAC OF RUPEES FOR A BIT OF ADVICE

- THE GOLD-GIVING SERPENT

- THE SON OF SEVEN QUEENS

- A LESSON FOR KINGS

- PRIDE GOETH BEFORE A FALL

- RAJA RASALU

- THE ASS IN THE LION’S SKIN

- THE FARMER AND THE MONEY-LENDER

- THE BOY WHO HAD A MOON ON HIS FOREHEAD AND A STAR ON HIS CHIN

- THE PRINCE AND THE FAKIR

- WHY THE FISH LAUGHED

- THE DEMON WITH THE MATTED HAIR

- THE IVORYCITY AND ITS FAIRY PRINCESS

- HOW SUN, MOON, AND WIND WENT OUT TO DINNER

- HOW THE WICKED SONS WERE DUPED

- THE PIGEON AND THE CROW

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Jacobs, Joseph: More Celtic Fairy Tales. 29 Dec 2007

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In this group of fairy tales:

- The Fate of the Children of Lir

- Jack the Cunning Thief

- Powel, Prince of Dyfed

- Paddy O'Kelly and the Weasel

- The Black Horse

- The Vision of MacConglinney

- Dream of Owen O'Mulready

- Morraha

- The Story of the McAndrew Family

- The Farmer of Liddesdale

- The Greek Princess and the Young Gardener

- The Russet Dog

- Smallhead and the King's Sons

- The Legend of Knockgrafton

- Elidore

- The Leeching of Kayn's Leg

- How Fin went to the Kingdom of the Big Men

- How Cormac Mac Art went to Faery

- The Ridere of Riddles

- The Tail

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Jacobs, Joseph: More English Fairy Tales. 31 Dec 2007

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Remember [The Pied Piper[/? Its here along with a few more:

- THE PIED PIPER OF FRANCHVILLE

- HEREAFTERTHIS

- THE GOLDEN BALL

- MY OWN SELF

- THE BLACK BULL OF NORROWAY

- YALLERY BROWN

- THREE FEATHERS

- SIR GAMMER VANS

- TOM HICKATHRIFT

- THE HEDLEY KOW

- GOBBORN SEER

- LAWKAMERCYME

- TATTERCOATS

- THE WEE BANNOCK

- JOHNNY GLOKE

- COAT O' CLAY

- THE THREE COWS

- THE BLINDED GIANT

- SCRAPEFOOT

- THE PEDLAR OF SWAFFHAM

- THE OLD WITCH

- THE THREE WISHES

- THE BURIED MOON

- A SON OF ADAM

- THE CHILDREN IN THE WOOD

- THE HOBYAHS

- A POTTLE O' BRAINS

- THE KING OF ENGLAND AND HIS THREE SONS

- KING JOHN AND THE ABBOT OF CANTERBURY

- RUSHEN COATIE

- THE KING 'O THE CATS

- TAMLANE

- THE STARS IN THE SKY

- NEWS!

- PUDDOCK, MOUSIE AND RATTON

- THE LITTLE BULL-CALF

- THE WEE, WEE MANNIE

- HABETROT AND SCANTLIE MAB

- OLD MOTHER WIGGLE-WAGGLE

- CATSKIN

- STUPID'S CRIES

- THE LAMBTON WORM

- THE WISE MEN OF GOTHAM

- THE PRINCESS OF CANTERBURY

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Jacobs, Joseph: The Story of Geographical Discovery. 02 Jan 2008

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[The Story of Geographical Discovery[/ or "How the World Became Known" is a departure from Jacobs' more known fare of fairy stories. It is an impressive work for the era. It traces the full span of the development of exploration from the earliest recorded map to the last part of the 19th century. It is an interesting read that I almost missed as it was not another fairy story.

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Jacobs, W W: Deep Waters (1919); v1; 5 Aug 2020

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W W Jacobs is mostly remembered today for macabre short stories such as "The Monkey's Paw", and this was one of his lines; but he wrote many amusing, light short stories such as this collection.

12 short stories, mostly told by the night watchman at the London East End docks. Illustrated.

1: Shareholders
2: Paying Off
3: Made to Measure
4: Sam's Ghost
5: Bedridden
6: The Convert
7: Husbandry
8: Family Cares
9: The Winter Offensive
10: The Substitute
11: Striking Hard
12: Dirty Work

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Jacobs, W W: Light Freights (1911); v1; 6 Feb 2021

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Further humorous tales of the port night-watchman and others.

1: An Odd Freak
2: A Garden Plot
3: Private Clothes
4: The Bully of the “Cavendish”
5: The Resurrection of Mr. Wiggett
6: A Marked Man
7: To Have and to Hold
8: Brevet Rank
9: Twin Spirits
10: Sam's Boy
11: Jerry Bundler
12: False Colours

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Jacobs, W W: Night Watches (1911); v1; 6 Aug 2020

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A collection of 10 humorous short stories by W W Jacobs, set around the waterfront of London's East End, in the same manner as "Deep Waters", and illustrated by Stanley Davis (1892-1938)

1: Back To Back
2: Keeping Watch
3: The Understudy
4: The Weaker Vessel
5: Stepping Backwards
6: The Three Sisters
7: The Unknown
8: The Vigil
9: Easy Money
10: His Other Self

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Jacobs, W. W.: An Adulteration Act. v1. 20 Mar 2014

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William Wymark Jacobs (8 September 1863 – 1 September 1943), was an English author of short stories and novels. Although much of his work was humorous, he is most famous for his horror story The Monkey's Paw.

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Dr. Frank Carson had been dreaming tantalizing dreams of cooling, effervescent beverages. Over and over again in his dreams he had risen from his bed, and tripping lightly down to the surgery in his pajamas, mixed himself something long and cool and fizzy, without being able to bring the dream to a satisfactory termination.

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Jacobs, W. W: A Master Of Craft. v1. 7 Apr 2013

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William Wymark Jacobs (8 September 1863 – 1 September 1943), an English author of short stories and novels. Although much of his work was humorous, he is most famous for his horror story The Monkey's Paw.

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A pretty girl stood alone on the jetty of an old-fashioned wharf at Wapping, looking down upon the silent deck of a schooner below. No smoke issued from the soot-stained cowl of the galley, and the fore-scuttle and the companion were both inhospitably closed. The quiet of evening was over everything, broken only by the whirr of the paddles of a passenger steamer as it passed carefully up the centre of the river, or the plash of a lighterman's huge sweep as he piloted his unwieldy craft down on the last remnant of the ebb-tide. In shore, various craft sat lightly on the soft Thames mud: some sheeting a rigid uprightness, others with their decks at various angles of discomfort.

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Jacobs, W. W: At Sunwich Port. v1. 7 Apr 2013

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William Wymark Jacobs (8 September 1863 – 1 September 1943), an English author of short stories and novels. Although much of his work was humorous, he is most famous for his horror story The Monkey's Paw.

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The ancient port of Sunwich was basking in the sunshine of a July afternoon. A rattle of cranes and winches sounded from the shipping in the harbour, but the town itself was half asleep. Somnolent shopkeepers in dim back parlours coyly veiled their faces in red handkerchiefs from the too ardent flies, while small boys left in charge noticed listlessly the slow passing of time as recorded by the church clock.

NOTE: 73 Illustrations.

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Jacobs, W. W: Dialstone Lane. v1. 11 Apr 2013

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William Wymark Jacobs (8 September 1863 – 1 September 1943), an English author of short stories and novels. Although much of his work was humorous, he is most famous for his horror story The Monkey's Paw.

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Mr. Edward Tredgold sat in the private office of Tredgold and Son, land and estate agents, gazing through the prim wire blinds at the peaceful High Street of Binchester. Tredgold senior, who believed in work for the young, had left early. Tredgold junior, glad at an opportunity of sharing his father's views, had passed most of the work on to a clerk who had arrived in the world exactly three weeks after himself.

Note: 65 Illustrations

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Jacobs, W. W: Odd Craft. v1. 10 Apr 2013

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William Wymark Jacobs (8 September 1863 – 1 September 1943), an English author of short stories and novels. Although much of his work was humorous, he is most famous for his horror story The Monkey's Paw.

THE MONEY-BOX
THE CASTAWAY
BLUNDELL'S IMPROVEMENT
BILL'S LAPSE
LAWYER QUINCE
BREAKING A SPELL
ESTABLISHING RELATIONS
THE CHANGING NUMBERS
THE PERSECUTION OF BOB PRETTY
DIXON'S RETURN
A SPIRIT OF AVARICE
THE THIRD STRING
ODD CHARGES
ADMIRAL PETERS

NOTE: 71 Illustrations

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Jacobs, W. W: Odd Craft. v1. 19 Mar 2014

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William Wymark Jacobs (8 September 1863 – 1 September 1943), was an English author of short stories and novels. Although much of his work was humorous, he is most famous for his horror story The Monkey's Paw.

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Mr. George Burton, naval pensioner, sat at the door of his lodgings gazing in placid content at the sea. It was early summer, and the air was heavy with the scent of flowers; Mr. Burton’s pipe was cold and empty, and his pouch upstairs. He shook his head gently as he realised this, and, yielding to the drowsy quiet of his surroundings, laid aside the useless pipe and fell into a doze.

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Jacobs, W.W.: The Lady of the Barge (1902); v.2

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This book was posted a decade ago in the lrf library but not in the epub or kindle library. It includes stories of crime and horror, as well as humour. It's most famous story is "The Monkey's Paw", and "The Well" is also often reprinted in crime short story anthologies

1: The Lady Of The Barge
2: The Monkey's Paw
3: Bill's Paper Chase
4: The Well
5: Cupboard Love
6: In The Library
7: Captain Rogers
8: A Tiger's Skin
9: A Mixed Proposal
10: An Adulteration Act
11: A Golden Venture
12: Three At Table

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James, G. P. R.: Agincourt. v1. 8 Mar 2014

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George Payne Rainsford James (August 9, 1799 – June 9, 1860), was an English novelist and historical writer, the son of a physician in London. He was for many years British Consul at various places in the United States and on the Continent. He held the honorary office of British Historiographer Royal during the last years of William IV's reign.

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Thus, then, the traveller who there rode along, saluting the ear of night with scraps of old songs, sung in a low, but melodious voice, was as thoughtful, if not as sad, as it was in his nature to be; but yet, as that nature was a cheerful one and all his habits were gay, no sooner were the eyes of the spirit called to the consideration of deeper things, than custom exercised her sway over the animal part, and he gave voice, as we have said, to the old ballads which had cheered his boyhood and his youth.

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James, G. P. R.: Corse de Leon, Volume I (of 2)

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George Payne Rainsford James (August 9, 1799 – June 9, 1860), was an English novelist and historical writer, the son of a physician in London. He was for many years British Consul at various places in the United States and on the Continent. He held the honorary office of British Historiographer Royal during the last years of William IV's reign.

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There are a thousand small and apparently accidental circumstances, which, in our course through life, bring a temporary gloom upon us, render our expectations from the future fearful and cheerless, and diminish our confidence in all those things whereon man either rashly relies or builds his reasonable trusts. Strength, youth, wealth, power, the consciousness of rectitude, the providence of God: all these will occasionally lose their sustaining influence, even upon the most hopeful mind, from causes too slight to justify such an effect.

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James, G. P. R: Henry of Guise; (Vol. I of 3). v1. 9 Mar 2014

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George Payne Rainsford James (August 9, 1799 – June 9, 1860), was an English novelist and historical writer, the son of a physician in London. He was for many years British Consul at various places in the United States and on the Continent. He held the honorary office of British Historiographer Royal during the last years of William IV's reign.

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The features of this early wanderer in the woods were good, the expression of his countenance frank; and though poring so intently upon the ground as he passed, there was nevertheless an air of habitual cheerfulness in his countenance, which broke out in the frequent smile, either at something passing in his own thoughts, or at something he observed amongst the withered leaves. He was dressed in a plain suit of dark brownish grey, with a cap and feather on his head, a sword by his side, and an immense winding horn slung under his left arm; and though at the present moment he was without either horses or dogs, his whole dress and appearance bespoke him one of the huntsmen of some neighbouring lord.

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James, G. P. R: Henry of Guise; (Vol. II of 3). v1. 10 Mar 2014

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George Payne Rainsford James (August 9, 1799 – June 9, 1860), was an English novelist and historical writer, the son of a physician in London. He was for many years British Consul at various places in the United States and on the Continent. He held the honorary office of British Historiographer Royal during the last years of William IV's reign.

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All was bustle round the door of the little inn of Montigny; twenty or thirty horses employed the hands and attention of as many grooms and stable-boys; and while they put their heads together, and talked over the perfections or imperfections of the beasts they held, sixty or seventy respectable citizens, the great cloth merchant, and the wholesale dealer in millstones, the curé of the little town, the bailiff of the high-justiciary, the ironmonger, the grocer, and the butcher, stood in knots on the outside, discussing more important particulars than the appearance of the horses. The sign of the inn was the Croix de Lorraine, and the name of the Duke of Guise was frequently heard mingling in the conversation of the people round the door.

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James, G. P. R: Henry of Guise; (Vol. III of 3). v1. 10 Mar 2014

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George Payne Rainsford James (August 9, 1799 – June 9, 1860), was an English novelist and historical writer, the son of a physician in London. He was for many years British Consul at various places in the United States and on the Continent. He held the honorary office of British Historiographer Royal during the last years of William IV's reign.

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The convent of the Black Penitents was a very different building indeed, and a very different establishment altogether from that which the imagination of the reader may have raised up from the images furnished by dark and mysterious tales of Italian superstition. It was certainly intended to be, and was, in some degree, a place of voluntary penitence for women who conceived that they had led a peculiarly sinful life: but there were two classes of nuns confined there by their own good will,—one of which consisted of persons who had mingled long with the world, and really led an irregular life therein; while the other comprised a number of young women of high rank, who had never known any thing, either of the pleasures or the vices which the others now fled from, but who, either by a natural feeling of devotion, or the urgency of relations, had devoted themselves at an early period to the cloister.

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James, G. P. R: Lord Montagu's Page. v1. 12 Mar 2014

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George Payne Rainsford James (August 9, 1799 – June 9, 1860), was an English novelist and historical writer, the son of a physician in London. He was for many years British Consul at various places in the United States and on the Continent. He held the honorary office of British Historiographer Royal during the last years of William IV's reign.

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It was a dark and stormy night,—a very dark night indeed. No dog’s mouth, whether terrier, mastiff, or Newfoundland, was ever so dark as that night. The hatches had been battened down, and every aperture but one, by which any of the great, curly-pated, leaping waves could jump into the vessel, had been closed.

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James, G. P. R: Richelieu, A Tale Of France Vol. 2 of 3. v1. 13 Mar 2014

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George Payne Rainsford James (August 9, 1799 – June 9, 1860), was an English novelist and historical writer, the son of a physician in London. He was for many years British Consul at various places in the United States and on the Continent. He held the honorary office of British Historiographer Royal during the last years of William IV's reign.

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But the Devil of it is—(for I must use that homely but happy expression)—the Devil of it is, that the rebound of hope raises us as much above the level of truth, as the depression of fear sinks us below it: and De Blenau, striking his spurs into the sides of his horse, cantered off towards St. Germain as gaily as if all doubt and danger were over, and began to look upon bastilles, tortures, and racks, with all the other et-cetera of Richelieu’s government, as little better than chimeras of the imagination, with which he had nothing farther to do.

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James, G. P. R: Richelieu, A Tale Of France Vol. 3 of 3. v1. 13 Mar 2014

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George Payne Rainsford James (August 9, 1799 – June 9, 1860), was an English novelist and historical writer, the son of a physician in London. He was for many years British Consul at various places in the United States and on the Continent. He held the honorary office of British Historiographer Royal during the last years of William IV's reign.

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STRANGE to say, in the manuscript notes from which this true history is derived, there occurs the most extraordinary omission that perhaps ever appeared in the writings of any one pretending to accuracy; and most provoking of all, I have searched memoirs and annals, histories and letters, state papers and private memoranda, and have consulted all sorts of tradition, oral and written, without being enabled to supply from any other source the neglect of the original historian.

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James, G. P. R: Richelieu, A Tale Of France Vol. I of 3. 12 Mar 2014

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George Payne Rainsford James (August 9, 1799 – June 9, 1860), was an English novelist and historical writer, the son of a physician in London. He was for many years British Consul at various places in the United States and on the Continent. He held the honorary office of British Historiographer Royal during the last years of William IV's reign.

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THE vast Sylva Lida, which in the days of Charlemagne stretched far along the banks of the Seine, and formed a woody screen round the infant city of Paris, has now dwindled to a few thousand acres in the neighbourhood of St. Germain en Laye. Not so in the time of Louis the Thirteenth. It was then one of the most magnificent forests of France, and extending as far as the town of Mantes, took indifferently the name of the Wood of Mantes, or the Forest of Laye. That portion to the North of St. Germain has been long cut down: yet there were persons living, not many years since, who remembered some of the old trees still standing, bare, desolate, and alone, like parents who had seen the children of their hopes die around them in their prime.

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James, G. P. R: The Gipsy. v1. 9 Mar 2014

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George Payne Rainsford James (August 9, 1799 – June 9, 1860), was an English novelist and historical writer, the son of a physician in London. He was for many years British Consul at various places in the United States and on the Continent. He held the honorary office of British Historiographer Royal during the last years of William IV's reign.

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At that time in the world’s history when watches, in their decline from the fat comeliness of the turnip to the scanty meagerness of the half-crown, had arrived at the intermediate form of a biffin—when the last remnant of a chivalrous spirit instigated men to wear swords every day, and to take purses on horseback—when quadrupeds were preferred to steam, and sails were necessary to a ship—when Chatham and Blackstone appeared in the senate and at the bar, and Goldsmith, Johnson, and Burke, Cowper, Reynolds, Robertson Hume, and Smollett, were just beginning to cumber the highways of arts and sciences—at that period of the dark ages, the events which are about to be related undoubtedly took place, in a county which shall be nameless.

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James, G. P. R: The History of Chivalry. v1. 10 Mar 2014

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George Payne Rainsford James (August 9, 1799 – June 9, 1860), was an English novelist and historical writer, the son of a physician in London. He was for many years British Consul at various places in the United States and on the Continent. He held the honorary office of British Historiographer Royal during the last years of William IV's reign.

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The first principles of whatever subject we may attempt to trace in history are ever obscure, but few are so entirely buried in darkness as the origin of Chivalry. This seems the more extraordinary, as we find the institution itself suddenly accompanied by regular and established forms, to which we can assign no precise date, and which appear to have been generally acknowledged before they were reduced to any written code.

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James, G. P. R: The Huguenot. v1. 11 Mar 2014

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George Payne Rainsford James (August 9, 1799 – June 9, 1860), was an English novelist and historical writer, the son of a physician in London. He was for many years British Consul at various places in the United States and on the Continent. He held the honorary office of British Historiographer Royal during the last years of William IV's reign.

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Now the count was neither a cunning nor an ungenerous man; and the moment he saw that the advantage to be derived would be to himself, he determined to open the gate, and make the road at his own expense without subjecting the commune or the peasantry to corvée or fine. He told the inhabitants so at once, and they, as they well might be, were grateful to him in consequence. He made the road, and a handsome one it was; and he threw down a part of the wall, and erected a splendid gate in its place. He gave no name, indeed, to either; but the people immediately and universally bestowed a name on both, and called them the Count’s Gate, and the Count’s Road, so that the act was perpetuated by the grateful memory of those whom it benefited.

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James, G. P. R: The King's Highway. v1. 11 Mar 2014

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George Payne Rainsford James (August 9, 1799 – June 9, 1860), was an English novelist and historical writer, the son of a physician in London. He was for many years British Consul at various places in the United States and on the Continent. He held the honorary office of British Historiographer Royal during the last years of William IV's reign.

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He seemed, however, to be a personage perfectly well able to defend his own, being not much short of six feet in height; and though somewhat thin, extremely muscular, with long, bony arms, and a wide deep chest. His forehead was high and open, and his eye frank and clear, having withal some shrewdness in its quick twinkle. The countenance was a good one; the features handsome, though a little coarse; and if it was not altogether prepossessing, the abatement was made on account of a certain indescribable look of dissipation—not absolutely to say debauchery, but approaching it—which mingled with the expression of finer things, like nightshade filling up the broken masses of some ruined temple. His hair was somewhat prematurely grizzled; for he yet lacked several years of forty, and strong lines, not of thought, were marked upon his brow.

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James, G. P. R: The Smuggler. v1. 14 Mar 2014

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George Payne Rainsford James (August 9, 1799 – June 9, 1860), was an English novelist and historical writer, the son of a physician in London. He was for many years British Consul at various places in the United States and on the Continent. He held the honorary office of British Historiographer Royal during the last years of William IV's reign.

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In the times which I am about to depict, though feudal ages were gone, though no proud barons ruled the country round from castle and stronghold, though the tumultuous times of the great rebellion had also passed away, and men in buff and bandolier no longer preached, or fought, or robbed, or tyrannized under the name of law and liberty, though the times of the second Charles and the second James, William and Mary, and good Queen Anne, falling collars, and hats and plumes, and floating wigs and broad-tailed coats, were all gone—bundled away into the great lumber-room of the Past—still, dear reader, there was a good deal of the wooden clock about the mechanism of society.

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James, Hartwell: The Cat and The Mouse, v.1, 23 Dec 2008

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[The Cat and The Mouse - A Book of Persian Fairy Tales[/ was published in 1906 and contains four short stories. It also contains over 60 illustrations by John R. Neill who also made illustrations for many of the stories by L. Frank Baum and Ruth Plumly Thompson set in the [Land of Oz[/.

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James, Henry: A Bundle of Letters, v.1, 12 October 2008.

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Henry James (1843–1916)
A Bundle of Letters
(Macmillan and Co.1877)

A short work, told as a series of letters.
A naïve young American girl visits Paris in an attempt to improve her French. She claims, tellingly, that: “I assure you I am often surprised at my own fluency, and, when I get a little more practice in the genders and the idioms, I shall do very well in this respect.”
It is astonishing what six weeks of private lessons can achieve…

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James, Henry: A Day of Days, v.1, 6 January 2009.

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Henry James (1843–1916)
A Day of Days (1866, revised 1885)

An early story.
Young Miss Adela Moore lives alone in the countryside with her scientist brother. A visitor calls in his absence and she has a perfect afternoon with him. Will the relationship blossom and flourish?

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James, Henry: A Landscape Painter, v.1, 4 March 2009

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Henry James (1843–1916)
A Landscape Painter (1866)

First published in The Atlantic Magazine, 1866. This is the original version of this early story, which has a delightfully ironic conclusion. (James later revised and softened it.)
A painter whose engagement has been broken off, goes to a fishing village to recuperate and paint. There he meets a beautiful young music teacher…

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James, Henry: A London Life and Other Tales, v.1. 22 May 2008.

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Henry James (1843-1916)
‘A London Life and Other Tales’ (1889)

Contains the novella ‘A London Life,’ plus three short stories: ‘The Patagonia’, ‘The Liar’ and ‘Mrs. Temperly.’

From Wikipedia:
A London Life is a novella by Henry James, first published in Scribner's Magazine in 1888. The plot revolves around a crumbling marriage and its impact on many other people, especially Laura Wing, the sister of the soon-to-be-divorced wife. Laura is a classic Jamesian "central consciousness," whose reflections and emotions color the presentation of the storyline and the other characters. The tale is notable for its straightforward, even hard-edged approach to sexuality and divorce. This might reflect the influence of French naturalism on James during the 1880s.

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James, Henry: A New England Winter, v.1, 6 March 2009.

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Henry James (1843–1916)
A New England Winter (1884)

A tale, in which a Boston lady’s rather affected artist son is returning from a stay in Paris. She makes plans to keep him amused all winter. The results are not what she expects…

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James, Henry: A Passionate Pilgrim, v,1, 4 December 2008.

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A Passionate Pilgrim (1871)
By Henry James (1843–1916)

An elegiac novella.
A sick American gentleman, tired of his arid existence in the USA, visits England, where he has a tenuous claim on a country estate. Journeying with the narrator, he travels to the estate and falls for his distant cousin…
This early work of James’s has the most beautiful evocations of the English landscape. It also has an early treatment of the difference between Americans and Britons: a major theme in James’s later works.

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James, Henry: A Small Boy and Others, v1, 6 October 2009.

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Henry James (1843–1916)
A Small Boy and Others (1913)

The first volume of Henry James’ autobiography, in which he remembers a childhood spent in the USA and Paris.

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James, Henry: A Tragedy of Error, v1, 5 February 2010.

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Henry James [1843–1916]
A Tragedy of Error [1864]

A woman with a lover takes desperate steps when her husband is due to return from a prolonged absence. It’s a melodramatic story.

“A Tragedy of Error” is Henry James’s first known published short story. Written in four parts, it appeared without authorial attribution in the February 1864 issue of “The Continental Monthly.”

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James, Henry: An Animated Conversation, v1, 5 March 2010.

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Henry James [1843–1916]
An Animated Conversation [1889]
First published in Scribner’s Magazine, Volume 5 Issue 3 (March, 1889) pp. 371–386. Later collected in “Essays in London and Elsewhere” (1893).

A surprisingly topical story.
A bunch of rather precious people have a wide-ranging conversation about reading, copyright and piracy.

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James, Henry: An International Episode, v.1, 26 November 2008.

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Henry James (1843–1916)
An International Episode (1879)

A long short story, or short novella.

From the Librivox summary:
“Two men visiting the US from London meet a pair of charming women who return the visit the following year in London. Romantic intrigues, miscommunication and cultural faux pas abound in this short but delightful novel.”
(Summary written by Kristen McQuillin)
http://librivox.org/an-international...y-henry-james/

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James, Henry: Benvolio, v1, 21 March 2010.

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Henry James [1843–1916]
Benvolio [1875]

A fable about a poet who hesitates between a countess and a poor girl.

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James, Henry: Broken Wings, v.1, 18 January 2009.

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Henry James (1843–1916)
Broken Wings (1903)

A painter and a writer secretly admire each other. Each thinks that the other is too successful to approach. Will their love ever reveal itself?

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James, Henry: Brooksmith, v.1 6 January 2009.

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Henry James (1843–1916)
Brooksmith (1892)

The touching story of a sensitive butler.

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James, Henry: Collaboration, v1, 4 October 2009.

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Henry James (1843–1916)
Collaboration (1893)

A short story. Is it possible for an artistic collaboration between a Frenchman and a German to transcend anti-German prejudice?

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James, Henry: Confidence, v.1, 27 Jan 2008.

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Henry James, Confidence, (1879).

An early Henry James novel: a light comedy.. Two Americans in Europe – one an artist, the other a scientist – fall for the same girl. Many complications ensue.

The novel just might be wondering how far life and love can be conducted on rational, scientific lines. It might be intended as a light-hearted contrast between the outlook of Henry James (the artist) and his brother William (the scientist). But it’s largely light-hearted in tone.

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James, Henry: Confidence. v1. 15 Mar 2014

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Henry James, OM (15 April 1843 – 28 February 1916) was an American writer who spent the bulk of his career in Britain. He is regarded as one of the key figures of 19th-century literary realism. He was the son of Henry James, Sr. and the brother of philosopher and psychologist William James and diarist Alice James.

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Her features had a firmness which suggested tranquillity, and yet her expression was light and quick, a combination-- or a contradiction--which gave an original stamp to her beauty. Bernard remembered that he had thought it a trifle "bold"; but he now perceived that this had been but a vulgar misreading of her dark, direct, observant eye.

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James, Henry: Covering End, v.1, 6 January 2009.

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Henry James (1843–1916)
Covering End (1898)

A novella which shows that American and British ways can be reconciled.
A rich American widow tours and English country house and becomes a fairy godmother…

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James, Henry: Daisy Miller A Study. v1. 15 Mar 2014

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Henry James, OM (15 April 1843 – 28 February 1916) was an American writer who spent the bulk of his career in Britain. He is regarded as one of the key figures of 19th-century literary realism. He was the son of Henry James, Sr. and the brother of philosopher and psychologist William James and diarist Alice James.

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American, Daisy Miller, visits Europe with her mother and finds that her freshness and innocence are misinterpreted as immodesty and forwardness. This brings her into conflict with the differences in the two cultural traditions, inviting shock and disaster.

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James, Henry: Daisy Miller, v.1, 3 Dec 2007.

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Possibly the most accessible of Henry James’s works.

From Wikipedia:
Daisy Miller is an 1878 novella by Henry James. It portrays the confused courtship of the eponymous American girl by Winterbourne, a compatriot of hers with much more sophistication. His pursuit of her is hampered by her own flirtatiousness, which is frowned upon by the other expatriates they meet in Switzerland and Italy. Her lack of understanding of the social mores of the society she so desperately wishes to enter ultimately leads to tragedy.

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James, Henry: De Grey: A Romance, v1, 26 February 2010.

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Henry James [1843–1916]
De Grey: A Romance [1868]
First published in “The Atlantic Monthly,” Volume 22, Issue 129 (July 1868).

An early supernatural short story by Henry James.
The year is 1820. A young girl enters a widow’s household, falls in love with her son, and resolves to defy the family curse, even at the cost of her own life. However, there is a twist at the end of this Gothic tale.

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James, Henry: Embarrassments, v1, 13 July 2009.

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Henry James (1843–1916)
Embarrassments (1896)

A collection of novellas or long short stories.

Contents:
The Figure in the Carpet
Glasses
The Next Time
The Way It Came

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James, Henry: Eugene Pickering, v.1, 18 Jan 2008.

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A tale from 1874, set in the spas and casinos of Germany. A man finds himself torn between two women. Will he miss his chances with both of them?

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James, Henry: Europe, v.1, 6 December 2008.

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Europe (1899)
By Henry James (1843–1916)

A short story.
Chekhov’s Three Sisters wanted to go to Moscow. These three American sisters want to go to Europe, but their ancient mother mysteriously falls ill every time they plan to go. Will they find an exit strategy?

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James, Henry: Fordham Castle, v.1, 5 January 2009.

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Henry James (1843–1916)
Fordham Castle (1909)

A short story set in Geneva.
Abel F. Taker is an American in his middle years. His wife has exiled him to unfashionable Geneva while she attempts to establish herself in English high society. He meets a lady in a similar predicament…

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James, Henry: Four Meetings, v.1, 13 March 2008.

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(1885)
A short story.
A naive but kind young American girl wants to visit Europe but is repeatedly frustrated. Will she ever succeed? Her story is told through four meetings with the narrator.

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James, Henry: Gabrielle de Bergerac, v1, 25 December 2008.

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Henry James (1843–1916)
Gabrielle de Bergerac (1869)

First published in The Atlantic Monthly in July, August, and September 1869, this novella was never collected by James in book form.

Set in 18th century France, this is a tale of love across the class divide.

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James, Henry: Georgina’s Reasons, v.1, 13 May 2008.

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Henry James (1843-1916)
Georgina’s Reasons (1885)

A novella.
Georgina is a stubborn young woman. When her parents tell her to stop seeing a young naval officer she marries him in secret. This well have consequences, especially when she becomes pregnant…

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James, Henry: Glasses, v.1, 16 November 2008.

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Henry James (1843–1916)
Glasses (1896)

A novella, in 13 short chapters.
Flora is extraordinarily beautiful. Her oculist tells her that she must wear extremely ugly thick glasses, otherwise she may lose her sight. But what will her fiancé, Lord Iffield think of them? Flora is desparate and fears rejection. She hits on a plan…

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James, Henry: Greville Fane, v.1, 17 March 2009.

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Henry James (1843–1916)
Greville Fane (1892)

A short story. The children of a popular novelist despise her alleged vulgarity, yet accept her money.

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James, Henry: Guest’s Confession, v1, 26 December 2008.

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Henry James (1843–1916)
Guest’s Confession (1872)

A financier swindles the narrator’s step-brother, who exacts retribution. But is the narrator also writing a confession?

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James, Henry: Henry James: Ghost Stories. v1. 17-Jul-2021

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Gathered here, ten “literary” ghost stories of Henry James. Subtle and ambiguous and psychologically disturbing, these Gothic tales of spectral visitants and uncanny encounters can be interpreted in many ways.

“Ghost stories by Henry James are a true marvel. There are no creepy haunted houses, no bloody or headless apparitions, and yet his ghosts are more frightening than ever: they appear in daylight and most of them are born inside the characters themselves.”(—Goodreads review)

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Henry James (15 April 1843 – 28 February 1916) was an American author who relocated to Europe as a young man, eventually becoming a British citizen in 1915. He is regarded as a key transitional figure between literary realism and literary modernism, and is considered by many to be among the greatest novelists in the English language.

As well as fiction, James published articles and books of criticism, travel, biography, autobiography, and plays. He was nominated for the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1911, 1912, and 1916.

His novella “The Turn of the Screw” has garnered a reputation as the most analyzed and ambiguous ghost story in the English language, and remains his most widely adapted work in other media. He also wrote a number of other highly regarded ghost stories, and is considered one of the greatest masters of the field.

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Compiled from multiple sources (see notes at end of stories). Contents were first published 1868 ~ 1908. [This ebook is in the public domain worldwide.[/

Note that some punctuation and spelling have been modernized.
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James, Henry: In the Cage, v.1, 9 November 2008.

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Henry James (1843–1916)
In the Cage (1898).

From Wikipedia:
In the Cage is a novella by Henry James, first published as a book in 1898. This long story centers on an unnamed London telegraphist. She deciphers clues to her clients' personal lives from the often cryptic telegrams they submit to her as she sits in the "cage" at the post office. Sensitive and intelligent, the telegraphist eventually finds out more than she may want to know.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/In_the_Cage

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James, Henry: John Delavoy, v.1, 18 January 2009.

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Henry James (1843–1916)
John Delavoy (1900)

June Hee Chung’s summary:
‘The key conflict in “John Delavoy” (1898) is a popular magazine editor’s choice to reject an unnamed narrator’s critical review of a recently deceased “immense novelist,” John Delavoy , and instead to commemorate his life with a sketched picture and a biographical blurb by the deceased writer’s sister. Observing that the text serves “just to write round and round that portrait”, the narrator, turning an old proverb, grumbles, “I had always held that, like good wine, honest prose needed, as it were, no blush”’.
http://muse.jhu.edu/journals/henry_j...9.2.chung.html

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James, Henry: Julia Bride, v.1, 5 January 2009.

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Henry James (1843–1916)
Julia Bride (1909)

A short story.
Julia Bride is not a bride. Nor is she likely to be, on account of her mother’s divorces and her own previous broken engagements…

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James, Henry: Lady Barberina, v.1, 8 March 2009.

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Henry James (1843–1916)
Lady Barberina (1884)

Another of Henry James’s tales. It is relatively common for American girls to marry English lords. But Jackson Lemon, an American, finds that unexpected problems arise when he reverses the usual order of things by marrying into the British aristocracy.

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James, Henry: Louisa Pallant, v.1, 18 November 2008.

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Henry James (1843–1916)
Louisa Pallant (1887)

A short story about the difficulty in discerning a person’s motives.
While travelling in Europe with his nephew, the American narrator meets an old flame, Louisa Pallant, who is travelling with her daughter. The nephew and the daughter hit it off. Why is Louisa Pallant so reluctant to let romance blossom?

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James, Henry: Madame de Mauves, v.1, 13 March 2008.

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(1874)
A novella.
Tragedy results when puritanical American values and lax European ways collide. Madame de Mauves is a virtuous young American, married to a rakish French count. His family try to find a complaisant young man to distract her from her husband’s infidelity. Will she succumb?

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James, Henry: Master Eustace, v.1, 5 July 2009.

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Henry James (1843–1916)
Master Eustace (1885)

A widow spoils her young son. But how will he react to the prospect of a stepfather?

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James, Henry: Maud-Evelyn, v.1, 18 January 2009.

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Henry James (1843–1916)
Maud-Evelyn (1900)

A story about the construction of false memory; written long before false memory syndrome was acknowledged.
A man comes to believe that a fictional past life, in which he meets the dead Maud-Evelyn, is true. Then he embellishes the false recollection.

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James, Henry: Miss Gunton of Poughkeepsie, v.1, 3 March 2009.

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Henry James (1843–1916)
Miss Gunton of Poughkeepsie (1900)

A short story. Miss Gunton of Poughkeepsie is a wealthy heiress. On her European travels she becomes engaged to an Italian prince. However, can she meet his family’s expectations? And will he live up to hers?

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James, Henry: Mora Montravers, v.1, 5 January 2009.

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Henry James (1843–1916)
Mora Montravers (1910)

Why is the romantically-named Mora Montravers thinking about marrying someone with the prosaic name of Puddick?

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James, Henry: My Friend Bingham, v1, 9 March 2010.

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Henry James [1843–1916]
My Friend Bingham [1867]

A man is the accidental cause of a child’s death. What possible reparation can he make to the mother?

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James, Henry: Nona Vincent, v.1, 11 December 2008.

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Henry James (1843–1916)
Nona Vincent (1892)

A short story about a playwright and his leading lady and his patroness. He believes that only men have the ability to understand the “line and law” necessary to write. Women, with all their emotions, are only capable of acting. But perhaps the ladies will run rings round him…

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James, Henry: Osborne’s Revenge, v1, 8 February 2010.

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Henry James [1843–1916]
Osborne’s Revenge [1868]

An early short story. When his best friend commits suicide over an actress who breaks his heart, Mr Osborne is determined to seek revenge.

Made from a scan of the story. Includes an original illustration.

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James, Henry: Owen Wingrave, v.1, 14 Jan 2008.

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(1893)
A ghost story, later made into an opera by Benjamin Britten.

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James, Henry: Pandora, v.1, 18 November 2008.

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Henry James (1843–1916)
Pandora (1884)

A short story.
A young German diplomat, travelling to the USA for the first times, is bewildered by American ways. He is particularly bemused by the American Girl as personified by Miss Pandora Day. The result is an engaging comedy of manners.

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James, Henry: Paste, v.1, 4 December 2008.

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Henry James (1843–1916)
Paste (1899)

A short story, in which Henry James pays tribute to Guy de Maupassant by taking his famous short story, “The Necklace,” [“La Parure”] and giving it a new twist. Some jewellery is found among a dead woman’s possessions, to the surprise of her heirs…

(The original Maupassant short story has already been uploaded.)

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James, Henry: Poor Richard, v1, 13 July 2009.

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Henry James (1843–1916)
Poor Richard (1885)

Set in America during the Civil War, two soldiers and a young farmer compete for the attentions of a wealthy young lady.

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James, Henry: Professor Fargo, v1, 27 February 2010.

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Henry James [1843–1916]
Professor Fargo [1874]

A short story about a performing spiritualist/hypnotist and his mathematician companion.

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James, Henry: Roderick Hudson, v.1, 17 Jan 2007.

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This novel can be read as a prequel to the Princess Casamassima.

From Wikipedia:

Roderick Hudson is a novel by Henry James. Originally published in 1875 as a serial in The Atlantic Monthly, it is a bildungsroman that traces the development of the title character, a sculptor.

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James, Henry: Rose-Agathe, v.1, 9 March 2009.

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Henry James (1843–1916)
Rose-Agathe (1885)

A somewhat frivolous short story. The narrator’s artistic friend seems to have developed a passion for a fashionable hairdresser’s wife. Why else is he spending so much time there?

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James, Henry: Sir Dominick Ferrand, v.1, 14 December 2008.

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Henry James (1843–1916)
Sir Dominick Ferrand (1892)

A tale.
A young writer comes across a cache of discreditable letters and considers getting them published. Can a young woman prevent him?

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James, Henry: Sir Edmund Orme, v.1, 5 January 2009.

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Henry James (1843–1916)
Sir Edmund Orme (1892)

A ghost story.
The ghost of a jilted lover appears in order to prevent more inconstant behaviour.

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James, Henry: Some Short Stories. V.1. 27 April 2008.

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Five short stories about social climbing and social decline.

Contents:
Brooksmith
The Real Thing
The Story of It
Flickerbridge
Mrs. Medwin

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James, Henry: Terminations. v1 14 Oct 2017

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Henry James (1843–1916) was an American born author thought to be a key transitional figure between realism and modernism, and to be best known for novels and novellas on morals and alienation. He spent much of his adult life in Europe, settled in England, and became a British citizen.

The Ladders website at www.henryjames.org.uk/home.htm has a lot of information about Henry James and his writings, and texts.

[Terminations[/ was published in 1895 in the US and the UK, and contains four short stories (The Death of the Lion, The Coxon Fund, The Middle Years, and The Altar of the Dead). Each story has at least a mention of the process of writing. The text was extracted from a desktop reader edition from Wikisource, and checked against the 1895 Harper & Brothers edition in the Internet Archive. I have corrected typos, and made changes to hyphenation and spelling using oxforddictionaries.com.

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James, Henry: The Abasement of the Northmores, v.1, 5 January 2009.

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Henry James (1843–1916)
The Abasement of the Northmores (1900)

A writer’s widow is upset when she sees her late husband’s reputation eclipsed. Can she ensure that his literary remains get their just deserts?

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James, Henry: The Altar of the Dead, v.1, 15 Dec 2007.

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A novella from 1895.

How far should we try to preserve the memory of the dead?

From Wikipedia:

“The story explores how the protagonist tries to keep the remembrance of his dead friends, to save them from being forgotten entirely in the rush of everyday events. He meets a woman who shares his ideals, only to find that the past places what seems to be an impassable barrier between them. Although James was not religious in any conventional sense, the story shows a deep spirituality in its treatment of mortality and the transcendent power of unselfish love.”

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James, Henry: The Ambassadors, v1, 09Jan08

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From Wikipedia:

The Ambassadors is a dark comedy that follows the trip of Lewis Lambert Strether to Europe in pursuit of his widowed fiancée’s supposedly wayward son. Strether is to bring the young man back to the family business, but he encounters unexpected complications.”

2/25/09 - This new version provides corrected metadata information as well as links to the book's table of contents. The previous version was downloaded 95 times.

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James, Henry: The American Scene, v1, 10 January 2010.

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Henry James [1843–1916]
The American Scene [1907]
This version of The American Scene is based on that of Chapman & Hall, Ltd., London, 1907.

From Wikipedia:
“Without question the most controversial and critically discussed of James' travel books, The American Scene sharply attacked what James saw as the rampant materialism and frayed social structure of turn-of-the-century America. The book has generated controversy for its treatment of various ethnic groups and political issues. The book still has relevance to such current topics as immigration policy, environmental protection, economic growth, and racial tensions.”
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_American_Scene

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James, Henry: The American, v.1, 11 Dec 2007.

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First published in 1877.

Christopher Newman is the eponymous American: gentle, chivalrous and noble-spirited. Visiting Paris, he falls for a young widow, Madame de Cintré. Her [ancien régime [/family disapprove of their engagement and do their best to separate the pair, playing on Madame de Cintré’s sense of duty. But Newman discovers a powerful family secret ...

I have added a picture, ToC, and restored italics and accents. The spelling is American English.

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James, Henry: The American. v1. 14 Mar 2014

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Henry James, OM (15 April 1843 – 28 February 1916) was an American writer who spent the bulk of his career in Britain. He is regarded as one of the key figures of 19th-century literary realism. He was the son of Henry James, Sr. and the brother of philosopher and psychologist William James and diarist Alice James.

Excerpt
On a brilliant day in May, in the year 1868, a gentleman was reclining at his ease on the great circular divan which at that period occupied the centre of the Salon Carre, in the Museum of the Louvre. This commodious ottoman has since been removed, to the extreme regret of all weak-kneed lovers of the fine arts, but the gentleman in question had taken serene possession of its softest spot, and, with his head thrown back and his legs outstretched, was staring at Murillo’s beautiful moon-borne Madonna in profound enjoyment of his posture.

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James, Henry: The Awkward Age, v.1, 14 Jan 2008.

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Is it the young people who are at an awkward age? Or their elders who are awkward as they age? Or maybe it is the epoch? Decide for yourself.

From [Wikipedia[/:

“[The Awkward Age [/is a novel by Henry James, first published as a serial in [Harper's Weekly [/in 1898-1899 and then as a book later in 1899. Originally conceived as a brief, light story about the complications created in her family's social set by a young girl coming of age, the novel expanded into a general treatment of decadence and corruption in English fin de siècle life. James presents the novel almost entirely in dialogue, an experiment that adds to the immediacy of the scenes but also creates serious ambiguities about characters and their motives.”

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James, Henry: The Beast in the Jungle, v.1, 18 Jan 2008.

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From Wikipedia:
“The Beast in the Jungle” (1903) is almost universally considered one of James's finest short narratives, and has often been compared with The Ambassadors in its meditation on experience or the lack of it. The story also treats other universal themes: loneliness, fate, love and death. The parable of John Marcher and his peculiar destiny speaks to anyone who has speculated on the worth and meaning of human life.

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James, Henry: The Beldonald Holbein, v.1, 23 March 2008.

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A short story, written in 1899, first published in 1901. This is the 1903 edition.

The artistic eye causes havoc. The narrator, an artist, wants to paint Lady Beldonald. She always has an ugly paid companion as a foil for her beauty. But what will happen when he finds unsuspected beauties in her latest ugly old lady companion?

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James, Henry: The Bostonians Vol. II (of II). v1. 15 Mar 2014

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Henry James, OM (15 April 1843 – 28 February 1916) was an American writer who spent the bulk of his career in Britain. He is regarded as one of the key figures of 19th-century literary realism. He was the son of Henry James, Sr. and the brother of philosopher and psychologist William James and diarist Alice James.

Excerpt
His reminiscence of her had been very pretty; but now that she had developed and matured, the little prophetess was prettier still. Her splendid hair seemed to shine; her cheek and chin had a curve which struck him by its fineness; her eyes and lips were full of smiles and greetings. She had appeared to him before as a creature of brightness, but now she lighted up the place, she irradiated, she made everything that surrounded her of no consequence; dropping upon the shabby sofa with an effect as charming as if she had been a nymph sinking on a leopard-skin, and with the native sweetness of her voice forcing him to listen till she spoke again.

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James, Henry: The Bostonians, v.1, 30 Jan 2008.

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From Wikipedia:

[The Bostonians [/is a novel by Henry James, first published as a serial in The Century Magazine in 1885-1886 and then as a book in 1886. This bittersweet tragicomedy centers on an odd triangle of characters: Basil Ransom, an unbending political conservative from Mississippi; Olive Chancellor, Ransom's cousin and a zealous Boston feminist; and Verena Tarrant, a pretty protégée of Olive's in the feminist movement. The storyline concerns the contest between Ransom and Olive for Verena's allegiance and affection, though the novel also includes a wide panorama of political activists, newspaper people, and quirky eccentrics.
Unlike much of James' work, [The Bostonians [/deals with explicitly political themes: feminism and the general role of women in society. James was at best ambivalent about the feminist movement, and the early chapters harshly satirize Olive and her fellow ideologues. Another theme in the book, much discussed recently, is Olive's possible lesbian attraction to Verena. James is not explicit here, partially due to the conventions of the time. But this vagueness may actually enrich the novel because it creates possible ambiguity about Olive's motives.

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James, Henry: The Bostonians, Vol. I (of II). v1. 14 Mar 2014

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Henry James, OM (15 April 1843 – 28 February 1916) was an American writer who spent the bulk of his career in Britain. He is regarded as one of the key figures of 19th-century literary realism. He was the son of Henry James, Sr. and the brother of philosopher and psychologist William James and diarist Alice James.

Excerpt
"Olive will come down in about ten minutes; she told me to tell you that. About ten; that is exactly like Olive. Neither five nor fifteen, and yet not ten exactly, but either nine or eleven. She didn't tell me to say she was glad to see you, because she doesn't know whether she is or not, and she wouldn't for the world expose herself to telling a fib. She is very honest, is Olive Chancellor; she is full of rectitude. Nobody tells fibs in Boston; I don't know what to make of them all. Well, I am very glad to see you, at any rate."

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James, Henry: The Chaperon, v.1, 7 April 2008.

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A short story of 1893.
Rose Tramore is a young girl whose mother has disgraced herself many years before and is now ignored by London society. Rose has been brought up by her father and grandmother. On her father’s death she hits on a risky strategy to rehabilitate her mother. Will it work? Or will she too be condemned to social invisibility?

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James, Henry: The Coxon Fund, v.1, 3 December 2008.

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The Coxon Fund (1894)
By Henry James (1843–1916)

A novella.
An impoverished writer has a hard time, especially with his publishers.
Meanwhile, Lady Coxon's late husband has left her an Endowment of Research, the Coxon Fund, which she must pass on to someone financially hampered in their search for 'Moral Truth'.

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James, Henry: The Death of the Lion, v.1, 26 November 2008.

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Henry James (1843–1916)
The Death of the Lion (1894)

Journalists and fans circle round an ageing writer. When he dies, who will control the way he is remembered?

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James, Henry: The Diary of a Man of Fifty, v.1, 18 July 2008.

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Henry James (1843-1916)
The Diary of a Man of Fifty (1879)

A short story, set largely in Italy. An unmarried military man visits Florence; the scene of a love affair of his youth. He befriends a young man and finds that history is repeating itself. Or is it?

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James, Henry: The Europeans, v.1 8 Dec 2007.

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From Wikipedia:
The Europeans: A sketch is a short novel by Henry James, published in 1878. It is essentially a comedy contrasting the behaviour and attitudes of two visitors from Europe with those of their relatives living in the 'new' world of New England. The novel first appeared as a serial in The Atlantic Monthly for July-October, 1878. James made numerous minor revisions for the first book publication.
F.R. Leavis, the influential English literary critic, had a high opinion of this brief work, claiming:
"The Europeans, the visiting cousins, are there mainly to provide a foil for the American family, a study of the New England ethos being James's essential purpose.... Nevertheless James's irony is far from being unkind; he sees too much he admires in the ethos he criticizes to condemn it.... James is not condemning or endorsing either New England or Europe.... This small book, written so early in James's career, is a masterpiece of major quality."

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James, Henry: The Figure in the Carpet, v.1, 18 July 2008.

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Henry James (1843-1916)
The Figure in the Carpet (1896)

A novella. An author tantalises a group of young literary critics by claiming that there is a theme running through his work – a figure in the carpet – which no one has (so far) been able to discern.

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James, Henry: The Finer Grain, v.1, 4 January 2009.

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Henry James (1843–1916)
The Finer Grain (1910)

A collection of short stories.

Contents
“The Velvet Glove”
A Round of Visits
Crapy Cornelia
The Bench of Desolation

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James, Henry: The Friends of the Friends, v.1, 5 January 2009.

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Henry James (1843–1916)
The Friends of the Friends (1896)
Originally published in 1896 as ‘The Way It Came’.
This text is the New York Edition, 1896.

A ghost story. Or is it? We might have a deluded narrator, instead.
This dilemma also appears in the later tale, ‘The Turn of the Screw.’

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James, Henry: The Given Case, v.1, 18 January 2009.

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Henry James (1843–1916)
The Given Case (1900)

From Adrian Dover’s summary:
“The fate of two men, one in love with a separated but not divorced woman, and the other with an engaged girl, depend on their women friends’ view of the ‘givens’ in each case.”
http://www.henryjames.org.uk/givenc/intro_inframe.htm

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James, Henry: The Golden Bowl, v1, 09Jan08

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Prince Americo is in London to prepare for his marriage to Maggie Verver, daughter of a wealthy American financier. The Prince meets an inpoverished friend of Maggie's, Charlotte Stant, with whom he once had an affair, unbeknownst to Maggie, and who has come for the wedding. After the wedding, Maggie is afraid her father has become lonely and convinces him to marry Charlotte. The novel then focuses on the relationships between the four characters.

I've added accents and italics, and in one chapter, added a couple of paragraphs that were left out of the source document.

2/25/09 - This new version provides corrected metadata information as well as links to the book's table of contents. The previous version was downloaded 84 times.

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James, Henry: The Great Condition, v.1, 11 December 2008.

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Henry James (1843–1916)
The Great Condition (1900)

A novella about the double standard of behaviour expected from men and women. Two men circle round an attractive widow but wonder about her sexual history. The lady parries their curiosity with considerable adroitness…

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James, Henry: The Great Good Place, v.1, 14 December 2008.

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Henry James (1843–1916)
The Great Good Place (1900)
New York Edition, 1909.

A novella.
A famous writer is desperately tired and overwrought. The ‘Great, Good Place’ is his refuge. But what exactly is it?

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James, Henry: The Impressions of a Cousin, v.1, 16 March 2009.

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Henry James (1843–1916)
The Impressions of a Cousin (1884)

A tale by Henry James. The narrator is paying a visit to her rich cousin and discovers her secret.

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James, Henry: The Ivory Tower, v.1, 18 Jan 2008.

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An unfinished novel by Henry James. I have added his working notes, so that one can see how his mind was working. For me, the notes are interesting and show the mind of a great writer at work.

The novel was written in 1914, but not published until 1917, after James’s death. Here’s what Wikipedia says:

The Ivory Tower is an unfinished novel by Henry James, posthumously published in 1917. The novel is a brooding story of Gilded Age America. It centers on the riches earned by a pair of dying millionaires and ex-partners, Abel Gaw and Frank Betterman, and their possibly corrupting effect on the people around them. … James clearly meant this novel as an attack on the gigantic wealth of the Gilded Age plutocrats. He presents Abel Gaw with almost Gothic intensity as a predatory financier, "with his beak, which had pecked so many hearts out, visibly sharper than ever." James shows Betterman, as his name suggests, in a slightly more favorable light if only because he has repented somewhat for his past financial sins.
The younger people are just as reprehensible, with the possible exceptions of Rosanna and Gray. "We're all unspeakably corrupt," says Vint, and the reader won't have much trouble agreeing. Vint and his lover Cissy Foy seem much like Amerigo and Charlotte in The Golden Bowl in their love of wealth and pleasure.
According to James' notes Fielder eventually comes to recognize "the black and merciless things that are behind the great possessions" and how those possessions have been "so dishonored and stained and blackened at their very roots, that it seems...they carry their curse with them." Which is probably as definite a statement of the novel's import as can be found.

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James, Henry: The Jolly Corner, v.1, 5 November 2008.

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Henry James (1843–1916)
The Jolly Corner
First published in The English Review in December, 1908.
Transcribed from the 1918 Martin Secker edition by David Price.

A ghost story in which a man confronts his alter ego: the man he might have been.
The eponymous ‘jolly corner’ is his name for the old family home which is the scene of the encounter.

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James, Henry: The Last of the Valerii, v.1, 18 March 2009.

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Henry James (1843–1916)
The Last of the Valerii (1885)

A short story, with a twist on the Pygmalion legend. An American girl marries an Italian count. While having his villa restored, an antique Greek statue is unearthed…

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James, Henry: The Lesson of the Master, v.1, 24 Dec 2007.

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A novella, first published in 1892.

A young novelist meets a great one.
How far is marriage compatible with literary life and artistic greatness?

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James, Henry: The Liar, v.1, 18 December 2008.

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Henry James (1843–1916)
The Liar (1889)

An artist meets a woman to whom he had once proposed marriage. He then learns that her husband is an inveterate liar. He goes on to paint a truthful portrait of the man…

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James, Henry: The Logic of Marriage and Murder, v1, 26 February 2010.

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Henry James [1843–1916]
The Logic of Marriage and Murder
First published in “The Atlantic Monthly” (June 1870): pp.744–49.

In this essay Henry James argues that there is a problem with marriage in contemporary society:

“Society, as constituted by the family bond, has no regard for marriage on its spiritual or religious, nor indeed on its moral, but only on its economic, side. It does not care a jot for it in its subjective aspect, or as it bears upon the parties to it, but only in its objective aspect, or as it bears upon the family, and thence upon itself. So far, consequently, as our existing civilization is concerned, the married pair are free to live like cat and dog; it is only when their discord threatens society, by loosening the family bond, that the latter is moved to interfere.”

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James, Henry: The Madonna of the Future, v.1, 22 March 2008.

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A short story (1887).
A brilliant artist follows his muse and loses touch with reality. Is there a way back?

This little story is Henry James’s tribute to Balzac. It is a re-telling of Balzac’s ‘Le chef d’oeuvre inconnu’, set in 19th century Italy.
(Incidentally, the original Balzac story – translated as ‘The Hidden Masterpiece’ – has already been uploaded.)

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James, Henry: The Marriages, v.1, 22 October 2008.

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Henry James (1843–1916)
The Marriages
First published in The Atlantic Monthly (August 1891).

A short story.
A girl tries to prevent her widowed father from remarrying. But is she over-reacting? And why is her brother acting so oddly?

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James, Henry: The Middle Years, v.1, 11 December 2008.

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Henry James (1843–1916)
The Middle Years
First Published, 1893, in Scribner’s Magazine.
This is the text of the New York Edition, 1909.

A short story. A middle-aged and very sick writer has just finished a book called “The Middle Years.” He longs for a second chance to revise mistakes in his work and his life. Will it be forthcoming?

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James, Henry: The Modern Warning, v.1, 5 January 2009.

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An American woman marries an upper-class Briton, who dislikes America ways and wants to publish a tract against them, entitled, ‘The Modern Warning.’ This causes tension…

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James, Henry: The Next Time, v1, 2 February 2010.

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Henry James [1843–1916]
The Next Time [1895]

A writer finds it difficult to write badly enough to be popular. This is a problem because he needs an income in order to support a family.

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James, Henry: The Outcry, v.1, 15 Jan 2008.

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First published in 1911, this novel deals with the outcry caused by the export of art from aristoctatic British stately homes to the USA.

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James, Henry: The Patagonia, v.1, 3 December 2008.

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The Patagonia (1888)
By Henry James (1843–1916)

A short story.
A young woman, Grace Mavis is sent by her uncaring mother from the USA to England on the cruise liner, the Patagonia, in order to marry her slow-witted fiancé, whom she has not seen for seven years.
Is there any way that she can escape the marriage, which she is dreading?

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James, Henry: The Path of Duty, v.1, 20 November 2008.

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Henry James (1843–1916)
The Path of Duty (1885)

The heir to a baronetcy is told that it is his duty to marry. So he engages himself to a suitable young woman, despite his long-standing liaison with a married lady. Then the lady is unexpectedly widowed. His naïve American friend decides to keep him on the straight and narrow, with surprising results…

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James, Henry: The Point of View, v.1, 2 March 2009.

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Henry James (1843–1916)
The Point of View (1882)

A story told in a series of eight letters from several persons, concerning an American mother and daughter travelling in search of a husband for the latter.

The source was PG. I have restored the accents and italics. However, the PG file appears to have unsatisfactory paragraphing. I don’t have a text to correct this against.

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James, Henry: The Portrait of a Lady, v.1, 18 March 2008.

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A novel, first published in book form in 1881. This is James’s 1908 version, with his preface.

From Wikipedia:
“[The Portrait of a Lady [/is a novel by Henry James, first published as a serial in The Atlantic Monthly and Macmillan's Magazine in 1880-1881 and then as a book in 1881. It is the story of a spirited young American woman, Isabel Archer, who "affronts her destiny" and finds it overwhelming. She inherits a large amount of money and subsequently becomes the victim of Machiavellian scheming by two American expatriates. Like many of James' novels, it is set mostly in Europe, notably England and Italy. Generally regarded as the masterpiece of his early phase of writing, this novel reflects James's absorbing interest in the differences between the New World and the Old, often to the detriment of the former. It also treats in a profound way the themes of personal freedom, responsibility, betrayal, and sexuality.”

I have restored accents and italics, reformatted, and added a TOC.

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James, Henry: The Princess Casamassima, v.1, 14 Jan 2008.

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(1896)

From Wikipedia:

[The Princess Casamassima [/is a novel by Henry James, first published as a serial in [The Atlantic Monthly [/in 1885-1886 and then as a book in 1886. It is the story of an intelligent but confused young London bookbinder, Hyacinth Robinson, who becomes involved in radical politics and a terrorist assassination plot. The book is something of a lone sport in the Jamesian canon for dealing with such a violent political subject. But it is often paired with another novel published by James in the same year, [The Bostonians[/, which is also concerned with political issues, though in a much less tragic manner.

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James, Henry: The Pupil, v.1, 6 April 2008.

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A short story in eight chapters, first published in 1891. This is the 1916 edition.

From Wikipedia:
“[The Pupil [/is a short story by Henry James, first published in Longman's Magazine in 1891. It is the emotional story of a precocious young boy growing up in a mendacious and dishonorable family. He befriends his tutor, who is the only adult in his life that he can trust. James presents their relationship with sympathy and insight, and the story reaches what some would consider the status of classical tragedy.
“Critic Robert Gale flatly called [The Pupil [/‘one of the finest short stories ever written,’ and few commentators have disagreed. The brilliant and wise prose, the unforgettable portraits of Morgan, Pemberton and the entire Moreen family, and the genuine, deeply affecting tragedy of the conclusion all make this one of the world's most impressive short narratives. Mortimer Adler rightly included the story in his ‘Gateway to the Great Books’ series.”

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James, Henry: The Real Right Thing, v.1, 3 March 2009.

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Henry James (1843–1916)
The Real Right Thing (1900)

A short story. The ghost of a writer attempts to deter his widow and another writer from writing his biography.

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James, Henry: The Reverberator, v1, 4 August 2009.

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Henry James (1843–1916)
The Reverberator (1888)

from Wikipedia
The Reverberator is a short novel by Henry James, first published as a serial in Macmillan's Magazine in 1888 and then as a book later the same year. Accurately described by the leading web authority on Henry James as a "a delightful Parisian bonbon," this graceful comedy traces the complications that result when nasty but true stories about a Paris family get into the American scandal sheet of the novel's title.

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James, Henry: The Sacred Fount, v.1, 4 December 2008.

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The Sacred Fount (1901)
By Henry James (1843–1916)

From Wikipedia:
“The Sacred Fount is a novel by Henry James, first published in 1901. This strange, often baffling book concerns an unnamed narrator who attempts to discover the truth about the love lives of his fellow-guests at a weekend party in the English countryside. He spurns the "detective and keyhole" methods as ignoble, and instead tries to decipher these relationships purely from the behavior and appearance of each guest. He expends huge resources of energy and ingenuity on his theories, much to the bemusement of some people at the party.”

The narrator begins to theorize that two of the party are getting their vitality, vampire-like, from the "sacred fount" of their sexual partners' energy. But perhaps they have other, younger lovers? Or perhaps the narrator is an elaborate fantasist? Or do we all construct our reality from small – possibly inaccurate- clues?

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James, Henry: The Siege of London, v1, 5 February 2010.

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Henry James [1843–1916]
The Siege of London [1883]

A short novel.
A beautiful, rich, but much-divorced American woman is determined to make her way in Society and marry yet again. Her fiancé’s mother is not happy…

Made from a scan at The Internet Archive.

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James, Henry: The Solution, v.1, 5 January 2009.

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Henry James (1843–1916)
The Solution (1892)

A former diplomat remembers a practical joke played on a youthful member of the diplomatic service in Rome. It had unexpected repercussions.

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James, Henry: The Special Type, v.1, 6 July 2009.

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Henry James (1843–1916)
The Special Type (1903)

A short story. An artist tells how a woman selflessly agrees to help manufacture evidence for a divorce.

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James, Henry: The Spoils of Poynton, v.1, 13 Jan 2008.

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(1897)

A young woman, Fleda Vetch, meets Mrs Gereth, who has spent her married life filling her Jacobean house, Poynton, with beautiful things.She is now a widow and the house and its contents pass to her son who is planning to marry a philistine younng woman. Can the marriage be prevented? Will Mrs Gereth get to keep her beautiful things?

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James, Henry: The Story of a Year, v.1, 17 December 2008.

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The Story of a Year
By Henry James (1843–1916)

Appearing in The Atlantic Monthly in March, 1865, “The Story of a Year” was never collected by James in book form. It is his second published story.

A young couple get engaged just before his departure for military service in the American Civil War. A lot can happen in a year…

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James, Henry: The Suburbs of London, v.1, 6 December 2008

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Henry James (1843–1916)
The Suburbs of London (1877)

An article describing the London suburbs in 1877 and the ways of the Londoner. There are trips to Hyde Park, Bushey Park, Windsor, and Hampton court Palace.

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James, Henry: The Sweetheart of M. Briseux, v1, 23 February 2010.

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Henry James [1843–1916]
The Sweetheart of M. Briseux [1873]

A short story.
A young American woman travels in Europe with her fiancé, who fancies that he is a painter. But what will happen when she meets a real artist?

First published in “The Galaxy”. Vol. 15, no. 6. June, 1873. [New York]: Sheldon & Company. Made from a scan of the original publication.

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James, Henry: The Third Person, v.1, 5 January 2009.

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Henry James (1843–1916)
The Third Person (1900)

A light-hearted ghost story.
Two maiden ladies find themselves bothered by a ghost, and take steps to dispose it.

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James, Henry: The Tone Of Time, v.1, 28 February 2009.

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Henry James (1843–1916)
The Tone Of Time (1903)

A woman artist receives a commission from an unknown lady to paint a portrait with “the tone of time.” The result is surprising for both, and cathartic for one…

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James, Henry: The Tragic Muse, v.1, 14 Jan 2008.

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(1890)

From [Wikipedia[/:

[The Tragic Muse [/is a novel by Henry James, first published as a serial in [The Atlantic Monthly [/in 1889-1890 and then as a book in 1890. This wide, cheerful panorama of English life follows the fortunes of two would-be artists: Nick Dormer, who vacillates between a political career and his efforts to become a painter, and Miriam Rooth, an actress striving for artistic and commercial success. A huge cast of supporting characters help and hinder their pursuits.

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James, Henry: The Tree of Knowledge, v.1, 4 December 2008.

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Henry James (1843–1916)
The Tree of Knowledge (1900)

A short story.
The secret of a happy family is to ignore inconvenient truths about the husband: a professional sculptor. But for how long can this ignorance be preserved?

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James, Henry: The Turn of the Screw (illus). v1. 05-Jul-2021

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THE TURN OF THE SCREW

HENRY JAMES (1843–1916)

WITH A PREFACE BY THE AUTHOR

[SIZE="2"]ILLUSTRATIONS BY:
ERIC PAPE (1870–1938);
JOHN LA FARGE (1835–1910);
BIRKET FOSTER (1825–1899)[/SIZ

The Turn of the Screw is a haunting tale of suspected supernatural possession. A governess at a country house claims that Miles and Flora, two orphaned children in her care, are being controlled by spirits for some evil purpose. No one else can see the ghosts, and the children themselves are silent. Are they being dominated by spectral forces, or are they hiding something? Is the governess simply paranoid, or is something else going on?

(—Publisher’s blurb)

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Henry James (15 April 1843 – 28 February 1916) was an American author who relocated to Europe as a young man, eventually becoming a British citizen in 1915. He is regarded as a key transitional figure between literary realism and literary modernism, and is considered by many to be among the greatest novelists in the English language.

As well as fiction, James published articles and books of criticism, travel, biography, autobiography, and plays. He was nominated for the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1911, 1912, and 1916.

His novella [The Turn of the Screw[/ has garnered a reputation as the most analyzed and ambiguous ghost story in the English language, and remains his most widely adapted work in other media. He also wrote a number of other highly regarded ghost stories, and is considered one of the greatest masters of the field.

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[The Turn of the Screw[/ was first published in 1898. This ebook is in the public domain where copyright is “Life+80” or less, and in the USA.

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Although the library already contains Pynch’s excellent Complete Works of Henry James , I thought we could stand to have a stand-alone ebook of this iconic ghost (?) story. This includes the illustrations from the original serialization in “Colliers Weekly” magazine, and preface taken from [Novels and Tales of Henry James [/(1908).

So dive in, and revel in the chills afforded by this recounting of a terrifying experience by an unreliable narrator.
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James, Henry: The Turn of the Screw, v.1, 6 Dec 2007.

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First published in 1898.

A governess has sole responsibility for two children. Strange things happen and an atmosphere of menace builds up. Either this is a ghost story or the governess is mad. Decide for yourself.

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James, Henry: The Two Faces, v.1, 26 February 2009.

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Henry James (1843–1916)
The Two Faces (1903)

An English Lord marries an innocent young woman, then unwisely gets his discarded mistress to launch her into society. The jilted lady seeks a polite revenge…

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James, Henry: The Velvet Glove, v1, 9 February 2010.

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Henry James [1843–1916]
The Velvet Glove [1909]

An American novelist meets a beautiful woman in Paris. She asks a favour, but can he bring himself to grant it?
Some people have suggested that the woman is based on Edith Wharton.

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James, Henry: The Wheel of Time, v1, 22 March 2010.

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Henry James [1843–1916]
The Wheel of Time [1893]

A handsome man cannot bear to marry an eligible but plain woman. A generation later her handsome son debates whether to marry his plain daughter…

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James, Henry: The Wings of the Dove, v1, 09Jan08

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From Wikipedia:

"Kate Croy and Merton Densher are two engaged Londoners who desperately want to marry but have very little money. Kate is constantly put upon by family troubles, and is now living with her domineering aunt, Maud Lowder. Into their world comes Milly Theale, an enormously rich young American woman who had previously met and fallen in love with Densher, though she didn't reveal her feelings. Her travelling companion and confidante, Mrs. Stringham, is an old friend of Maud's. Kate and Aunt Maud welcome Milly to London, and the American heiress enjoys great social success. Milly becomes ill and Kate, suspecting that the illness is serious, develops a plan to have Densher marry Milly so that he can inherit her money which will then enable Kate and Densher to marry."

2/25/09 - This new version provides corrected metadata information as well as links to the book's table of contents. The previous version was downloaded 98 times.

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James, Henry: Two Ghost Stories, v.1, 18 Feb 2008.

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The Ghostly Rental (1876)
The Romance of Certain Old Clothes (1868)

Found at PG Australia.

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James, Henry: Washington Square, v.1, 5 Dec 2007.

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First published in 1880.

A wealthy but plain heiress falls for a fortune-hunter. Her father is not pleased.

From Wikipedia:

The novel is told from a third-person omniscient point of view. The narrator often offers his comments directly to the reader.
The novella begins at a distance from the characters, describing the background of the Sloper family. It then recounts in detail the story of Catherine's romance with Morris Townsend. When Morris jilts her, the focus shifts back to a long view. As James puts it: "Our story has hitherto moved with very short steps, but as it approaches its termination it must take a long stride." The final few chapters are taken once more in short steps, ending with the striking vignette of Catherine's refusal of Morris.
The bitterest irony in the story is that Dr. Sloper, a brilliant and successful physician, is exactly right about Morris Townsend, and yet shows complete cruelty to his defenseless and loving daughter. If the doctor was incorrect in his appraisal of the worthless Townsend, he would only be a stock villain. As it is, the doctor's head works perfectly but his heart has grown cold after the death of his beautiful and gifted wife.
Catherine gradually grows throughout the story into right judgment of her situation. As James puts it simply but memorably: "From her point of view the great facts of her career were that Morris Townsend had trifled with her affection, and that her father had broken its spring. Nothing could ever alter these facts; they were always there, like her name, her age, her plain face. Nothing could ever undo the wrong or cure the pain that Morris had inflicted on her, and nothing could ever make her feel towards her father as she felt in her younger years." Catherine will never be brilliant, but she learns to be clear-sighted.
"Everybody likes Washington Square, even the denigrators of Henry James," wrote critic Donald Hall, and most other commentators have echoed the sentiment. Although James himself regarded the novel with near contempt, readers have enjoyed its linear narrative technique, its straightforward prose (far removed from the convoluted language of James's later career), and the sharply etched portraits of the four main characters. Even the rusty plot revolving around "the will" has charmed many critics with its old-fashioned simplicity.
Catherine's slow but unmistakable development into independence and wisdom is a notable success for James and has been much appreciated by critics and readers in general.

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James, Henry: Watch and Ward, v1, 5 January 2010.

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Henry James [1843–1916]
Watch and Ward [1871]
This text is based on the original version of Watch and Ward as it appeared in The Atlantic Monthly from August to December of 1871. A book version was published (Houghton, Osgood and Company: Boston, 1878), for which James made hundreds of revisions. He later virtually disowned this melodramatic work, which was his first novel.

From Wikipedia:
Wealthy and leisured Roger Lawrence adopts twelve-year-old Nora Lambert after her father blows his brains out in the hotel room next to Lawrence's. Roger had refused financial assistance to the man, and he feels remorse. Nora is not a pretty child but she soon starts to develop, as does Roger's idea of eventually marrying her.
Unfortunately for Roger, once Nora matures into a beautiful young woman, she is attracted to two other men: worthless George Fenton and the somewhat hypocritical minister, Hubert Lawrence (Roger's cousin). After various adventures Nora winds up in the clutches of Fenton in New York…
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Watch_and_Ward

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James, Henry: What Maisie Knew, v.1, 3 Dec 2007.

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I’ve transcribed this because my paper copy is falling apart.

From Wikipedia:
What Maisie Knew is a novel by Henry James, first published as a serial in the Chap Book and (revised and abridged) in the New Review in 1897 and then as a book later in the same year. The story of the sensitive daughter of divorced and irresponsible parents, What Maisie Knew has great contemporary relevance as an unflinching account of a wildly dysfunctional family. The book is also a masterly technical achievement by James, as it follows the title character from earliest childhood to precocious maturity.
The novel is also a thoroughgoing condemnation of parents and guardians abandoning their responsibilities towards their children. James saw English society as becoming more corrupt and decadent, and What Maisie Knew is one of his harshest indictments of those who can't be bothered to live reasonably responsible lives.
It might seem that such a book would become almost unbearably grim. But James leavens the sorry doings with a generous dose of admittedly dark humor. For instance, the dumpy Mrs. Wix falls victim to an unintentionally hilarious infatuation with the handsome Sir Claude. And James often plays Maisie's lightweight father for laughs, as when he gets involved with a woman he tells Maisie is an American "countess."
The way James convincingly follows the growth of Maisie's consciousness from its first faint glimmerings of awareness to its final comprehensive understanding of her situation has usually earned great respect. Though a lifelong bachelor, James was good with children and this book shows his ability to enter into the trials, fears and joys of a child's existence.

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James, M R: A Thin Ghost and Others, v.1 18 March 2009.

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M. R. James (Montague Rhodes James), (1862–1936)
A Thin Ghost and Others (3rd edition, 1920)

A collection of ghost stories. The source was PG

Contents
The Residence at Whitminster
The Diary of Mr. Poynter
An Episode of Cathedral History
The Story of a Disappearance and an Appearance
Two Doctors

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James, M R: A Warning to the Curious and Other Ghost Stories, v1, 25 October 2009.

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M.R. James (Montague Rhodes James) 1862–1936
A Warning to the Curious and Other Ghost Stories (1925)

A member asked for this collection of ghost stories, which I have pieced together from various sources.

Contents
The Haunted Dolls’ House
The Uncommon Prayer-Book
A Neighbour’s Landmark
A View from a Hill
A Warning to the Curious
An Evening’s Entertainment

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James, M R: A Warning to the Curious, v.1, 18 March 2009.

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M. R. James (Montague Rhodes James), (1862–1936)
A Warning to the Curious

A short story about the dangers of the supernatural, set in East Anglia.

The source was PG Australia.

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James, M R: After Dark in the Playing Fields, v1, 18 January 2010.

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M. R. James [1862–1936]
After Dark in the Playing Fields

“After Dark in the Playing Fields” was first published in issue 10 of “College Days,” an Eton school journal, on June 28, 1924. It later appeared in “Collected Ghost Stories” (1931).

The story is set in the playing fields of Eton at Midsummer Night’s Eve. Spooky things happen.

I’ve now uploaded all the ghost stories published by M R James in his lifetime.

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James, M R: Collected Ghost Stories, v.1 21 March 2009.

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M. R. James (Montague Rhodes James) (1862–1936)
Collected Ghost Stories

A Project Gutenberg Australia compilation of six short stories.

Contents
1. The Uncommon Prayer-Book
2. A Neighbour’s Landmark
3. Rats
4. The Experiment
5. The Malice of Inanimate Objects
6. A Vignette
Appendix: M. R. James on Ghost Stories

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James, M R: Ghost Stories of an Antiquary, v.1, 21 March 2009.

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M. R. James (Montague Rhodes James) (1862–1936)
Ghost Stories of an Antiquary

A collection of eight classic ghost stories.

Contents:
Canon Alberic’s Scrap-Book
Lost Hearts
The Mezzotint
The Ash-Tree
Number 13
Count Magnus
‘Oh, Whistle, And I’ll Come To You, My Lad’
The Treasure of Abbot Thomas

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James, M R: More Ghost Stories of an Antiquary, 23 March 2009.

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M. R. James (Montague Rhodes James) (1862–1936)
More Ghost Stories of an Antiquary (1911)

Another collection of classic ghost stories.

Contents:
A School Story
The Rose Garden
The Tractate Middoth
Casting the Runes
The Stalls of Barchester Cathedral
Martin’s Close
Mr Humphreys and His Inheritance

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James, M R: Old Testament Legends, v1, 8 December 2009.

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M. R. James, (Montague Rhodes James) (1862–1936)
Old Testament Legends
Being Stories Out of Some of the Less-Known Apocryphal Books of the Old Testament (1913)

Contains the following stories:
Adam
The Death of Adam and Eve
Abraham
The Story of Aseneth, Joseph’s Wife
Job
Solomon and the Demons
The Story of Ebedmelech the Ethiopian, And of the Death of Jeremiah
Ahikar

The cover image is Dürer’s “Adam and Eve.”

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James, M R: The Five Jars, v.1, 16 March 2009.

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M. R. James (1862–1936)
The Five Jars (1922)

In this novella, either a man is recounting magical adventures or something much more sinister is going on.

The source was PG Canada.

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James, M R: There Was a Man Dwelt By a Churchyard, v1, 23 October 2009.

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M. R. James (Montague Rhodes James), (1862–1936)
There Was a Man Dwelt By a Churchyard (1924)

A short ghost story, found at Wikilivres.
James imagines what the ghost story told by Mamilius, in Shakespeare’s “A Winter’s Tale,” might have been.

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James, M R: Wailing Well, v.1, 21 March 2009.

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M. R. James (Montague Rhodes James) (1862–1936)
Wailing Well (1931)

A short story in which a reckless boy scout encounters the supernatural and gets his just deserts.

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James, M. R.: A Thin Ghost And Others, v.1, 15 Dec 2007

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This volume of M.R. James's classic ghostly fiction contains: "Preface," "The Residence at Whitminster," "The Diary of Mr. Poynter," "The Episode of Cathedral History, "The Story of a Disappearance and an appearance," and "Two Doctors."

About this volume, the author wrote: "I have had my doubts about the wisdom of publishing a third set of tales; sequels are, not only proverbially but actually, very hazardous things. However, the tales make no pretence but to amuse, and my friends have not seldom asked for the publication. So not a great deal is risked, perhaps, and perhaps also some one's Christmas may be the cheerfuller for a storybook which, I think, only once mentions the war.

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James, M. R.: Ghost Stories Of An Antiquary and More, v1.0, 2007-12-01

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This ebook includes James' Ghost Stories Of An Antiquary(1904) and More Ghost Stories Of An Antiquary(1911).
These two books contain some of James' finest stories including 'The Ash-Tree', 'Oh, Whistle and I'll Come to You, My Lad', 'Canon Alberic's Scrap-book', 'Casting the Runes' and others.

Montague Rhodes James, OM (August 1, 1862 – June 12, 1936), who published under the byline M. R. James, was a noted British mediaeval scholar and provost of King's College, Cambridge (1905–1918) and of Eton College (1918–1936). He is best remembered today for his ghost stories in the classic Victorian Yuletide vein, which are widely regarded as among the finest in English literature.

The BBC produced five of James' stories for their annual 'A Ghost Story for Christmas' series, but I've only seen the excellent ['Oh, Whistle and I'll Come to You, My Lad'[/ with Michael Hordern.

Also Fritz Lieber's Our Lady of Darkness was written as an homage to James.
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James, M. R.: Ghost Stories of M. R. James (complete collec,illus). v2. 31 May 2016

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Ghost Stories of M. R. James By Montague Rhodes James (1862–1936)
With four illustrations by James McBryde (?–1904), and five by Simon Vedder (1866–1937)

The contents of this book were first published 1898~1936.
This book is in the public domain in countries where copyright is “Life+70” or less.

Montague Rhodes James was a noted British mediaeval scholar and author. He was provost of King's College, Cambridge (1905–1918) and of Eton College (1918–1936). He is best remembered for his ghost stories, which are widely regarded as among the finest in English literature. One of James’ most important achievements was to redefine the ghost story for the new century by dispensing with many of the formal gothic trappings of his predecessors, and replacing them with more realistic contemporary settings.

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This collection includes all thirty-three of his ghost stories written for publication (posthumously published fragments are not included). The appendix presents a number of writings by James commenting on ghost stories and the supernatural.

Set in the early twentieth century, these stories are elegantly written with a restrained but powerful atmosphere of terror. Vengeful ghosts, evil demons, black-hearted men dabbling in the occult – these lurk in ordinary British locales, waiting to pounce. Without ever descending to nauseating grue and gore, James can make your hackles rise.

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The text for this ebook was obtained from [The Complete Complete Ghost Stories[/ MOBI ebook posted on MobileRead by contributor Mousewaffle. Illustrations were retrieved from archive.org

A number of transcript errors have been corrected; segments of misplaced text re-located; missing italics restored; punctuation and spelling for several stories Anglicized; some translations of Latin and French phrases annotated. Story titles are cross-linked to in-line Table of Contents.
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EDIT: Uploading version 1.1 --- The Special Edition of the Ghost Stories of M. R. James, with NEW cover by Mousewaffle, and a few format tweaks. Text remains the same.

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EDIT: Uploading version 2. The New Special Edition with additional illustrations, and a few more format tweaks. The text is still unchanged.
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James, M. R.: The Complete Complete Ghost Stories. v1. 27 Jun 2011

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The Forum has seen bits and pieces of The Master's work over the years. Here is (I believe) [all[/ of James' exquisite ghost stories gathered in one volume.

The stories are grouped by which published edition they made their first appearance in.

Turn the lights down low, pour yourself a reassuring beverage and prepare to have your spine thoroughly chilled.

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James, M. R.: The Five Jars (illus). v1. 24 May 2016

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The Five Jars by Montague Rhodes James (1862–1936)
Illustrated by Gilbert James (1865–1941)

First published 1922.
This book is in the public domain in countries where copyright is “Life+70” or less, and in the USA.

Montague Rhodes James was a noted British mediaeval scholar and author, but he is perhaps best remembered for his ghost stories, which are widely regarded as among the finest in English literature. One of James’ most important achievements was to redefine the ghost story for the new century by dispensing with many of the formal gothic trappings of his predecessors, and replacing them with more realistic contemporary settings.

He is famous for his ghost stories, but this tale (his only novel) is a fairy story for young readers. It was possibly composed for his godchild and legal ward, Jane.

“The Provost of Eton, who has written some of our best and most haunting ghost stories, is seen here in a lighter atmosphere. In [The Five Jars[/ he gives us a delightful fantasy of fairies and conversational animals. He relates his tale with such a convincing particularity of detail and such a clear simplicity of style that miracles seem the most natural thing in the world.”
—Review from the London [Spectator[/, 16 Dec. 1922.

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The text for this ebook was obtained from Project Gutenberg Canada, illustrations from archive.org. Embedded fonts for titles and small-caps.

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This book is already present in several formats in the Patricia Clark Memorial Library -- as a matter of fact, posted by Patricia herself. I'm posting this book in "new" Kindle / KF8 format, with illustrations added.

So here you go -- prepare to read and be enchanted.
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James, M.R.: A Warning to the Curious and Other Stories. v1. Feb 2012

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Looking for some MR James I stumbled across a problem with one of the stories in his collection "A Warning to the Curious".

Both versions available on the Forum (posted by Patricia and by Mousewaffle in his Complete Stories) have half a page transposed from the middle of "An Evening's Entertainment" to the beginning, with (as you may imagine) confusing results. Presumably they were both from the same source - just goes to show, you can't take Gutenberg as gospel.

I have corrected this in the attached version - otherwise it is Patricia's.

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James, M.R: Casting the Runes and Other Horror Stories: V1. 2 Dec 2012

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Montague Rhodes James OM, MA, FBA (1 August 1862 – 12 June 1936), who used the publication name M. R. James, was an English mediaeval scholar and provost of King's College, Cambridge (1905–1918), and of Eton College (1918–1936). He is best remembered for his ghost stories, which are regarded as among the best in the genre. James redefined the ghost story for the new century by abandoning many of the formal Gothic clichés of his predecessors and using more realistic contemporary settings. However, James's protagonists and plots tend to reflect his own antiquarian interests. Accordingly, he is known as the originator of the "antiquarian ghost story".

A SCHOOL STORY
THE ASH TREE
CANON ALBERIC'S SCRAPBOOK
CASTING THE RUNES
COUNT MAGNUS
LOST HEARTS
MEZZOTINT
OH, WHISTLE, AND I'LL COME TO YOU, MY LAD
NUMBER 13
RATS
THE TREASURE OF ABBOT THOMAS

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James, Will: Home Ranch. V1. 1 May 2011

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Will James (June 6, 1892 - September 3, 1942) was an artist and writer of the American West.
James was born Joseph Ernest Nephtali Dufault, in 1892 in Saint-Nazaire-d'Acton, Quebec, Canada. He started drawing at the age of four on the kitchen floor. James, a Canadian Francophone, settled in the new French-Saskatchewan settlement of Val Marie in 1910 and learned to be a western cowboy. Accused of cattle theft, he left three years later and traveled to the United States with a new name, William Roderick James

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This is the story of a regular ranch and cow outfit and of regular range folks and cowboys. It's of one ranch and holdings from the start of it when the range was free up till now in 1935 when the range land is still mighty open in parts but no longer free.
In this writing I might be doubted by some as to there being any more such ranches as I tell of, of the range men and women and honest to God cowboys that are in these pages. But them that do have a very narrow backyard or a well travelled route and never get out of it, and partly for that reason I have such people who invite themselves to this perticular ranch, and they find out a lot of things they didn't learn in their trips "abroad."

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James, Will: Lone Cowboy. V1. 30 Apr 2011

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Will James (June 6, 1892 - September 3, 1942) was an artist and writer of the American West.
James was born Joseph Ernest Nephtali Dufault, in 1892 in Saint-Nazaire-d'Acton, Quebec, Canada. He started drawing at the age of four on the kitchen floor. James, a Canadian Francophone, settled in the new French-Saskatchewan settlement of Val Marie in 1910 and learned to be a western cowboy. Accused of cattle theft, he left three years later and traveled to the United States with a new name, William Roderick James

1930. Illustrated by the author. The narrative of Lone Cowboy tells how a little boy, hardly more than a baby, becomes an orphan in the West; how an old French trapper, whom the boy calls Bopy, adopts him and takes him on his long, long hunts; how when he is hardly more than a little boy Bopy is lost in an icy river and the child, heartbroken, rides down into the prairie region alone-on his own. James gives a complete and varied idea of how a cowboy lives as he moves toward his remote objective-becoming an artist.

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James, Will: Smoky The Cowhorse. V1. 30 Apr 2011

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Will James (June 6, 1892 - September 3, 1942) was an artist and writer of the American West.
James was born Joseph Ernest Nephtali Dufault, in 1892 in Saint-Nazaire-d'Acton, Quebec, Canada. He started drawing at the age of four on the kitchen floor. James, a Canadian Francophone, settled in the new French-Saskatchewan settlement of Val Marie in 1910 and learned to be a western cowboy. Accused of cattle theft, he left three years later and traveled to the United States with a new name, William Roderick James

The story details the life of a horse in the western United States from his birth to his eventual decline. It takes place after the 1910s, during which the West dies away and there are cars. Smoky is born in the wild, but is captured and trained by a cowboy named Clint. Clint is taken by Smoky's intelligence and spirit, and uses him as his personal steed. Under his guidance, Smoky soon becomes known as the best cowhorse around. Unfortunately, Smoky is among a number of horses stolen by a horse thief. When Smoky refuses to allow the thief to ride him, being loyal only to Clint, he is beaten repeatidly in punishment. Developing an intense hatred for humans from this treatment, Smoky eventually attacks and kills the thief.

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James, William: A World of Pure Experience, v.1, 12 March 2009.

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William James (1842–1910)
A World of Pure Experience (1904)
First published in the Journal of Philosophy, Psychology, and Scientific Methods, 1, 533–543, 561–570.

An article defending radical empiricism.
The cover image is of Harvard Memorial Hall, which is referred to in the text.

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James, William: Are we Automata? v.1, 12 December 2008.

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William James (1842–1910)
Are We Automata?

An article. I won’t spoil the suspense by giving away the ending.

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James, William: Great Men, Great Thoughts, and the Environment, v1, 4 August 2009

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William James (1842–1910)
Great Men, Great Thoughts, and the Environment
Lecture delivered before the Harvard Natural History Society.
Published in the Atlantic Monthly, October, 1880.

How far are we the product of our environment?
This essay suggests that a crude determinism is not an answer.

The cover image is by Henri (Douanier) Rousseau.

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James, William: Human Immortality, v.1, 29 November 2008.

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Human Immortality: Two Supposed Objections to the Doctrine (1898)
By William James (1842–1910)

William James defends a notion of human immortality as coherent.

(William James the psychologist and philosopher was the brother of the novelist, Henry James.)

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James, William: Pragmatism, v.1, 3 December 2008.

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Pragmatism
A New Name for Some Old Ways of Thinking (1907)
By William James (1842–1910)

The book is composed of James’ lectures on Pragmatism.

I have reformatted, linked the notes and added an unusual cover picture. (The explanation is at the beginning of Lecture 2.)

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James, William: The Consciousness of Lost Limbs, v1, 9 March 2009.

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William James (1842–1910)
The Consciousness of Lost Limbs (1887)

First published in Proceedings of the American Society for Psychical Research, 1, 249-258.
An article about phantom limb sensation.

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James, William: The Hidden Self, v.1, 8 March 2009.

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William James (1842–1910)
The Hidden Self
First published in Scribner’s Magazine, Volume 7, Issue 3. March 1890.

William James discusses hysteria and multiple personality, and reports on the findings of researchers at the Salpêtrière hospital in Paris, and of Dr Janet at Nancy.

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James, William: The Meaning of Truth, v.1, 1 December 2008.

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The Meaning of Truth (1909)
By William James (1842–1910)

A defence of the pragmatic theory of truth.

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James, William: The Moral Philosopher and the Moral Life, v.1, 29 November 2008.

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William James (1842–1910)
The Moral Philosopher and the Moral Life
An address to the Yale Philosophical Club, published in the International Journal of Ethics, April 1891.

From the opening:
‘The main purpose of this paper is to show that there is no such thing possible as an ethical philosophy dogmatically made up in advance. We all help to determine the content of ethical philosophy so far as we contribute to the race’s moral life. In other words, there can be no final truth in ethics any more than in physics, until the last man has had his experience and said his say. In the one case as in the other, however, the hypotheses which we now make while waiting, and the acts to which they prompt us, are among the indispensable conditions which determine what that “say” shall be.’

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James, William: The Varieties of Religious Experience, v1, 18 Sept 2007.

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William James: The Varieties of Religious Experience: A Study in Human Nature.
Being the Gifford Lectures on Natural Religion Delivered at Edinburgh in 1901-1902

I was prompted to tackle this for several reasons.
1. Occasionally I use it for teaching, and enjoy reading it.
2. Some people here are interested in mysticism, and James has an interesting chapter on this topic.
3. Strether has been regaling us with the novels of William James’s younger brother, Henry, which reminded me of this book. Both brothers share a desire to describe complex and elusive emotions.

I have added a TOC, reformatted, and removed some spelling errors. There are 362 notes in the text. Both PG and the other online sources have left them at the end of the adjacent paragraph. I have done the same because I couldn’t face the thought of moving and hyperlinking them all.

From Wikipedia:
James did important work in philosophy of religion. In his Gifford Lectures at the University of Edinburgh he provided a wide-ranging account of The Varieties of Religious Experience (1902) and interpreted them according to his pragmatic leanings. Some of the important claims he makes in this regard:
• Religious genius (experience) should be the primary topic in the study of religion, rather than religious institutions—since institutions are merely the social descendant of genius.
• The intense, even pathological varieties of experience (religious or otherwise) should be sought by psychologists, because they represent the closest thing to a microscope of the mind—that is, they show us in drastically enlarged form the normal processes of things.
• In order to usefully interpret the realm of common, shared experience and history, we must each make certain "over-beliefs" in things which, while they cannot be proven on the basis of experience, help us to live fuller and better lives.
The investigation of mystical experience was constant throughout the life of James, leading him to experiment with chloral hydrate (1870), amyl nitrite (1875), nitrous oxide (1882), and even peyote (1896). James claimed that it was only when he was under the influence of nitrous oxide that he was able to understand Hegel. He concluded that while the revelations of the mystic hold true, they hold true only for the mystic; for others, they are certainly ideas to be considered, but can hold no claim to truth without personal experience of such.

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James, William: The Will to Believe, v.1, 29 November 2008.

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William James (1842–1910)
The Will to Believe (1897)

From Wikipedia:
"The Will to Believe" is a lecture by William James, published in 1897, which defended the adoption of beliefs as hypotheses and self-fulfilling prophecies even without prior evidence of their truth. Many philosophers would agree with James that we have a right to hypothesize and to adopt self-fulfilling beliefs without evidence; James, however, extends this idea to argue that, using this doctrine, adopting beliefs like God, freewill, possibility, and morality would cause evidence to come into existence, thus verifying beliefs that could not have been verified otherwise. James' rationale for this more controversial idea is in combining it with his pragmatic theory of truth, the idea that a belief is verified if it causes better interaction with the world. For example, while no evidence can justify the initial adoption of a belief in God, the adoption of such a belief as a hypothesis without evidence would cause one to succeed better in the world, thus verifying the belief. This does not entail that it will be verified for everyone, but rather, for many, that it would cause their lives to be better, thus making it true for them

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James, William: What is an Emotion? v.1, 6 December 2008

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What is an Emotion?
By William James (1842–1910)
First published in Mind, 9, pp.188–205.

James proposes an unusual thesis:
“Common sense says, we lose our fortune, are sorry and weep; we meet a bear, are frightened and run; we are insulted by a rival, are angry and strike. The hypothesis here to be defended says that this order of sequence is incorrect, that the one mental state is not immediately induced by the other, that the bodily manifestations must first be interposed between, and that the more rational statement is that we feel sorry because we cry, angry because we strike, afraid because we tremble…”

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James, William: What is an Instinct? v.1, 14 December 2008.

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William James (1842–1910)
What is an Instinct? (1887)

This paper discusses instincts in squirrels, hens, and other animals. It promotes the reflex-arc theory.

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Jameson, Malcolm: A Question of Salvage. v1 29 Jan 2020

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A short work from the 1940s by Malcolm Jameson that, although, it has a science fiction setting, is clearly informed by his experiences at sea. The text was sourced from a copy of the magazine it first appeared in from https://archive.org. Proofread and checked against the original. The illustrations have been digitally ‘dusted’. The story’s original title page has been colourised to form the cover.

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Jameson, Malcolm: Jameson Miscellany. v2 28 Feb 2020

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NOTE: Version 2. Two additional stories. [If You're Smart[/ (Source: gutenberg.org) and [Catalyst Poison[/ (source: archive.org).

THE stories and articles in this anthology were compiled from copies of the magazines in which they were originally published. The principle source being https://archive.org. One story, [Blind Alley,[/ was found elsewhere on the internet, in the form of a very poor pdf. All the stories have been proofread and formatted uniformly. The cover was created using an original from [Weird Tales[/, March 1941; which featured Jameson's story [The Man Who Loved Planks.[/ Four stories not contained in either, this anthology, or [The Big Book of Malcolm Jameson Stories[/ (available on this site – uploaded by Pulpmeister, 2019), are [Einstein in Reverse, Lotus Juice, If You’re smart[/ and [Catalyst Poison. [/I have un-OCRed copies of the latter two. I will transcribed them if I can find the time. However, if anyone would like to volunteer to undertake this please let me know!

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Jameson, Malcolm: The Big Book of Malcolm Jameson Stories (2019), v1

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Malcolm Jameson (1891-1945) had a brief 7-year career as pulp writer, and he contributed to [Amazing[/, [Unknown[/, [Weird Tales[/ and [Astounding[/. His major series was "Bullard of the Space Patrol", but he also created a short series about "Anachron, Inc", a company which traded goods back and forth through time (just the thing to give archaeologists serious headaches!) and wrote novels, too.

This anthology collects 28 of his lively and enjoyable stories.

The Anachron Stories
1: Anachron Inc.
2: Barrius, Imp.
3: When is When?
Bullard of the Space Patrol
4: Admiral's Inspection
5: White Mutiny
6: Blockade Runner
7: Slacker's Paradise
8: Devil's Powder
9: Bullard Reflects
10: Brimstone Bill
11: Orders
12: The Bureaucrat
And other Stories
13: Alien Envoy
14: The Anarch
15: Chariots of San Fernando
16: Children of the "Betsy B"
17: Doubled and Redoubled
18: The Giftie Gien
19: Joshua's Battering Ram
20: Murder in the Time World
21: Not According To Dante
22: Philtered Power
23: Pride
24: The Sorcerer's Apprentice
25: Stellar Showboat
26: Train For Flushing
27: Tricky Tonnage
28: Vengeance In Her Bones

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Jameson, Malcolm: Time Column. v1 29 Jan 2020

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A short novel from the SF author popular in the 1940s.The text was sourced from a copy of the magazine it first appeared in, from https://archive.org. Proofread and checked against the original. The illustrations have been digitally ‘dusted’.

Gunner54

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Janvier, Thomas A: A Border Ruffian. v1. 16 Mar 2014

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Thomas Allibone Janvier (July 16, 1849 – June 18, 1913) was an American story-writer and historian, born in Philadelphia of Provençal descent. His father in law was Philadelphia businessman and poet Francis De Haes Janvier. He received a public school education, then worked in Philadelphia for newspapers from 1870-81

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In a minute or two the train went on again, and as it started Grace was aroused and shocked by the appearance at the forward end of the car of the ruffianly character whom she had but half seen from the car window. For a moment she believed that the train-robbery, that she had been confidently expecting over since her departure from San Francisco, was about to take place. Her heart beat hard, and her breath came quickly. But before these symptoms had time to become alarming the desperado had passed harmlessly to the rear end of the car, and after him had come the porter carrying his valise and a Winchester rifle.

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Janvier, Thomas A: A Romance Of Tompkins Square. v1. 18 Mar 2014

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Thomas Allibone Janvier (July 16, 1849 – June 18, 1913) was an American story-writer and historian, born in Philadelphia of Provençal descent. His father in law was Philadelphia businessman and poet Francis De Haes Janvier. He received a public school education, then worked in Philadelphia for newspapers from 1870-81

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Whether the honey shall be brought to the boiling-point slowly or rapidly; whether it shall boil a long time or a short time; when and in what quantities the flour shall be added; how long the kneading shall last; in what size of earthen pot the dough shall be stored, and what manner of cover upon these pots best preserves the dough against the assaults of damp and mould; whether the pots shall be half-buried in the cool earth of the cellar or ranged on shelves to be freely exposed to the cool cellar air—all these several matters are enshrouded in a mystery that is penetrated only by the elect few of Nürnberg bakers by whom perfect lebkuchen is made. And the same is true of the Brunswick bakers, who call this rare compound honigkuchen, and of the makers of pferfferkuchen, as it is called by the bakers of Saxony.

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Janvier, Thomas A: An Idyl Of The East Side. v1. 17 Mar 2014

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Thomas Allibone Janvier (July 16, 1849 – June 18, 1913) was an American story-writer and historian, born in Philadelphia of Provençal descent. His father in law was Philadelphia businessman and poet Francis De Haes Janvier. He received a public school education, then worked in Philadelphia for newspapers from 1870-81

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“Do not make us sad to-day, dear father, by such gloomy words,” said Roschen, as she put her arms around his neck. “To-day a beautiful time of happiness has begun for us.”

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Janvier, Thomas A: For The Honor Of France. v1. 16 Mar 2014

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Thomas Allibone Janvier (July 16, 1849 – June 18, 1913) was an American story-writer and historian, born in Philadelphia of Provençal descent. His father in law was Philadelphia businessman and poet Francis De Haes Janvier. He received a public school education, then worked in Philadelphia for newspapers from 1870-81

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“But yes. Monsieur is very good. It is that my husband would smoke. He is an old soldier. He smokes all the time. Ciel! They are like chimneys, these old soldiers. This man of mine regrets that he cannot smoke when he is asleep!”

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Janvier, Thomas A: Henry Hudson. v1. 17 Mar 2014

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Thomas Allibone Janvier (July 16, 1849 – June 18, 1913) was an American story-writer and historian, born in Philadelphia of Provençal descent. His father in law was Philadelphia businessman and poet Francis De Haes Janvier. He received a public school education, then worked in Philadelphia for newspapers from 1870-81

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IF ever a compelling Fate set its grip upon a man and drove him to an accomplishment beside his purpose and outside his thought, it was when Henry Hudson—having headed his ship upon an ordered course northeastward—directly traversed his orders by fetching that compass to the southwestward which ended by bringing him into what now is Hudson's River, and which led on quickly to the founding of what now is New York.

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Janvier, Thomas A: In the Sargasso Sea A Novel. v1. 18 Mar 2014

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Thomas Allibone Janvier (July 16, 1849 – June 18, 1913) was an American story-writer and historian, born in Philadelphia of Provençal descent. His father in law was Philadelphia businessman and poet Francis De Haes Janvier. He received a public school education, then worked in Philadelphia for newspapers from 1870-81

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Captain Luke Chilton counted over the five-dollar notes with a greater care than I thought was necessary, considering that there were only ten of them; and cautiously examined each separate one, as though he feared that I might be trying to pay for my passage in bad money. His show of distrust set my back up, and I came near to damning him right out for his impudence—until I reflected that a West Coast trader must pretty well divide his time between cheating people and seeing to it that he isn’t cheated, and so held my tongue.

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Janvier, Thomas A: Our Pirate Hoard. v1. 18 Mar 2014

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Thomas Allibone Janvier (July 16, 1849 – June 18, 1913) was an American story-writer and historian, born in Philadelphia of Provençal descent. His father in law was Philadelphia businessman and poet Francis De Haes Janvier. He received a public school education, then worked in Philadelphia for newspapers from 1870-81

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My great-great-great-uncle was one of the many sturdy, honest, high-spirited men to whom the early years of the last century gave birth. He was a brave man and a ready fighter, yet was he ever controlled in his actions by so nice a regard for the feelings of others, and through the strong fibre of his hardy nature ran a strain of such almost womanly gentleness and tenderness, that throughout the rather exceptionally wide circle of his acquaintance he was very generally beloved.

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Janvier, Thomas A: Santa Fé's Partner. v1. 19 Mar 2014

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Thomas Allibone Janvier (July 16, 1849 – June 18, 1913) was an American story-writer and historian, born in Philadelphia of Provençal descent. His father in law was Philadelphia businessman and poet Francis De Haes Janvier. He received a public school education, then worked in Philadelphia for newspapers from 1870-81

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I’ve been around considerable in the Western Country—mostly some years back—and I’ve seen quite a little, one way and another, of the folks living there: but I can’t really and truly say I’ve often come up with them nature’s noblemen—all the time at it doing stunts in natural nobility—the story-books make out is the chief population of them parts. Like enough the young fellers from the East who write such sorts of books—having plenty of spare time for writing, while they’re giving their feet a rest to get the ache out—do come across ’em, same as they say they do; but I reckon the herd’s a small one—and, for a fact, if you could cross the book brand with the kind you mostly meet on the ranges the breed would be improved.

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Janvier, Thomas A: The Aztec Treasure-House. v1. 15 Mar 2014

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Thomas Allibone Janvier (July 16, 1849 – June 18, 1913) was an American story-writer and historian, born in Philadelphia of Provençal descent. His father in law was Philadelphia businessman and poet Francis De Haes Janvier. He received a public school education, then worked in Philadelphia for newspapers from 1870-81

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“God sends nuts to them who have no teeth:” which ancient Spanish proverb of contrariety comes strongly to mind as I set myself to this writing.

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Janvier, Thomas A: The Christmas Kalends of Provence. v1. 16 Mar 2014

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Thomas Allibone Janvier (July 16, 1849 – June 18, 1913) was an American story-writer and historian, born in Philadelphia of Provençal descent. His father in law was Philadelphia businessman and poet Francis De Haes Janvier. He received a public school education, then worked in Philadelphia for newspapers from 1870-81

The Christmas Kalends of Provence
A Feast-Day on the Rhône
The Comédie Française at Orange

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Jay, Harriett: A Marriage of Convenience. v1. 4 Aug 2016

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Harriett Jay (September 2, 1853 – December 21, 1932) was a British writer and playwright who often wrote under the pseudonym of Charles Marlowe. Several of her plays were turned into films. She is best known for her 1906 comedy play When Knights Were Bold

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I, SIR JOHN PRIESTLEY, Knight and M.D., of Berkeley Street, Mayfair, have been asked by one of the most charming of my patients to extract from the diary I have kept for many years certain portions which refer to a mysterious drama which took place in 1872, and in which I played a small but important part. Having satisfied myself that compliance will entail no breach of confidence, I have no hesitation in granting my fair patient’s request, paraphrasing rather than merely transcribing the contents of my note-book, and suppressing all medical technicalities, which would be interesting only to medical men.

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Jay, Harriett: My Connaught Cousins Vol 1. v1. 6 Aug 2016

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Harriett Jay (September 2, 1853 – December 21, 1932) was a British writer and playwright who often wrote under the pseudonym of Charles Marlowe. Several of her plays were turned into films. She is best known for her 1906 comedy play When Knights Were Bold

Excerpt
THE Authoress of My Connaught Cousins, smarting under a certain misconception, but thinking that polemics of any kind ill befit a lady’s pen, has asked me to write a few prefatory words explaining how this book and its predecessors came to be written, and how unjust is the charge, made in one influential quarter, that she is an enemy to Irish nationality.

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Jay, Harriett: My Connaught Cousins Vol 2. v1. 8 Aug 2016

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Harriett Jay (September 2, 1853 – December 21, 1932) was a British writer and playwright who often wrote under the pseudonym of Charles Marlowe. Several of her plays were turned into films. She is best known for her 1906 comedy play When Knights Were Bold

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IN order to see all that there was to he seen in Storport, I one evening accepted Shawn’s invitation to go with the boys to the herring fishing. We started at sunset, and were out all night; but as soon as the work was over, and the faint glimmering of dawn appeared in the east, we turned our boat’s bow towards the shore, and pulled swiftly homewards. There lay the group of curraghs, still upon the scene of their labour, loaded with phosphorescent fish and dripping nets, and manned with crews of shivering, weary men. The sea, which during the night had been throbbing convulsively, was calm and bright as a polished mirror, while the grey cliffs were faintly shadowed forth by the lustrous light of the moon

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Jay, Harriett: My Connaught Cousins Vol 3. v1. 11 Aug 2016

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Harriett Jay (September 2, 1853 – December 21, 1932) was a British writer and playwright who often wrote under the pseudonym of Charles Marlowe. Several of her plays were turned into films. She is best known for her 1906 comedy play When Knights Were Bold

Excerpt
“MUSHA, but this is a bad way we’re in, yer honor,” said Shawn, as he wiped the rain from his blinded eyes, and tried in vain to penetrate the darkness which lay like a cloud around us.

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Jean Paul: Vorschule der Ästhetik (german)

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pynch hat inzwischen seine Jean Paul Werkausgabe fertiggestellt. Ich würde darum bitten, dieser Version den Vorzug zu geben.

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Die Arbeit an der ›Vorschule‹ beschäftigte Jean Paul von den ersten Vorarbeiten (etwa 1794) an über einen sehr langen Zeitraum.

Selbst als 1813 die stark erweiterte zweite Fassung erschien, verfasste er bis zu seinem Tod weitere literaturtheoretische Texte, die schließlich 1825 in der ›Kleinen Nachschule zur ästhetischen Vorschule‹ veröffentlicht wurden.

Die vorliegende Sonderedition enhält neben den drei Abteilungen der ›Vorschule‹ in der Textgestalt der zweiten Auflage auch die gesamte ›Kleine Nachschule‹.

[quotNicht bloß ewige Kinder waren die Griechen, wie sie der ägyptische Priester schalt, sondern auch ewige Jünglinge. Wenn die spätern Dichter Geschöpfe der Zeit – ja die deutschen Geschöpfe der Zeiten – sind: so sind die griechischen zugleich Geschöpfe einer Morgenzeit und eines Morgenlandes. Eine poetische Wirklichkeit warf statt der Schatten nur Licht in ihren poetischen Widerschein. Ich erwäge das begeisternde, nicht berauschende Land mit der rechten Mitte zwischen armer Steppe und erdrückender Fülle so wie zwischen Glut und Frost und zwischen ewigen Wolken und einem leeren Himmel, eine Mitte, ohne welche kein Diogenes von Sinope leben konnte; – ein Land zugleich voll Gebirge, als Scheidemauer mannigfacher Stämme und als Schutz- und Treibmauern der Freiheit und Kraft, und zugleich voll Zaubertäler als weiche Wiegen der Dichter, von welchen ein leichtes Wehen und Wogen an das süße Ionien leitet, in den schaffenden Edengarten des Dichter-Adams Homer – Ferner die klimatisch mitgegebene Mitte der Phantasie zwischen einem Normann und einem Araber, gleichsam ein stilles Sonnenfeuer zwischen Mondschein und schnellem Erdenfeuer – Die Freiheit, wo zwar der Sklave zum Arbeitfleiß und zur Handwerks-Innung und zum Brotstudium verurteilt war (indes bei uns Dichter und Weise Sklaven sind, wie bei den Römern zuerst die Sklaven jenes waren), wodurch aber eben darum der freigelassene Bürger nur für Gymnastik und Musik, d.h. für Körper- und Seelenbildung zu leben hatte – Ferner die olympischen Siege des Körpers und die des Genius waren zugleich ausgestellt und gleichzeitig und Pindar nicht berühmter als sein Gegenstand – Die Philosophie war kein Brot-, sondern ein Lebensstudium, und der Schüler alterte in den Gärten der Lehrer – Ein junger Dichtsinn, welcher, indes der spätere anderer Länder sonst von der Vorherrschaft philosophischen Scharfsinns zerfasert und entseelt wurde, bestand unverletzt und feurig vor dem alles zerschneidenden Heere von Philosophen, welche in wenigen Olympiaden die ganze transzendente Welt umsegelten.. -[/quot

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Jefferies, Richard: After London. v1, 7 Jan 2008

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From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia:

After London (1885) is of the type that could be best described as "post-apocalyptic fiction"; after some sudden and unspecified catastrophe has depopulated England, the countryside reverts to nature, and the few survivors to a quasi-medieval way of life. The first chapters consist solely of a loving description of nature reclaiming England: fields becoming overrun by forest, domesticated animals running wild, roads and towns becoming overgrown, the hated London reverting to lake and poisonous swampland. The rest of the story is a straightforward adventure/quest set many years later in the wild landscape and society; but the opening chapters set an example for many later science fiction stories.

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Jefferies, Richard: Collected Essays. v1. 22 Oct 2020

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Richard Jefferies was and remains one of the most famous and best-loved writers about the English countryside. I looked in vain for his essays in the Patricia Clark Memorial Library, so I went to Project Gutenberg, downloaded all the published essays as text and formatted them into one volume. It comprises the following titles:

The Gamekeeper at Home (1878)
Wild Life in a Southern County (1879)
The Amateur Poacher (1879)
Hodge and His Masters (1880)
Round About a Great Estate (1880)
Nature Near London (1883)
The Life of the Fields (1884)
The Open Air (1885)
Field and Hedgerow (1889)
The Hills and the Vale (1889)
The Toilers of the Field (1892)

Putting them all into one ebook makes searching quick and efficient.

The Gutenberg texts are very clean and I have only corrected a few broken paragraphs and a couple of insignificant typos. I have left everything else intact, such as the convention of invariably putting a closing quote-mark after a full stop.

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Jefferson, Thomas: State of the Union. v1.0 13 October 2007

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Thomas Jefferson (13 April 1743 – 4 July 1826) was the third President of the United States (1801–1809), the principal author of the Declaration of Independence (1776), and one of the most influential Founding Fathers for his promotion of the ideals of Republicanism in the United States. Major events during his presidency include the Louisiana Purchase (1803) and the Lewis and Clark Expedition (1804–1806).

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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_Jefferson

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Jenkins, Herbert George: Malcolm Sage Detective v1 16 feb 2009

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Malcolm Sage
Created by Herbert Jenkins (1876-1923)

MALCOLM SAGE had been a hot shot intelligence agent for Britain's Division Z during the Great War, but when the fighting ceased, his thirst for action and adventure didn't. Fortunately, his old chief from division Z helped him set up the Malcolm Sage Detective Bureau, and much merry mayhem and more than a few ripping good yarns ensued.

This all sounds pretty much like Boy's Own-type adventures, but for his time, Sage was considered pretty high-tech, utilizing such nifty new-fangled gadgets as telephones, buzzers, and other such wonders of technology. Sage is serious, and even haughty, and has been known to chase away customers if he has too much business, or other matters on his mind. Fortunately he has a secretary (to make the tea, no doubt) and an office boy to put him in his place every now and then. The boy, a devout reader of detective fiction, in fact serves as a sort of welcome comic foil to the occasionally pompous master detective.

The Sage stories appeared in various British pulps of the time, and were also collected in several books. I'm not sure who Mr. Dene of Toronto is, but the name pops up several times. So there might even be some Canadian connection here...

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Jepson, Edgar: The Dead That Wept (2020)); v1; 20 July 2020

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Edgar Jepson wrote 70-odd novels and many short stories in his career, and this is a collection of short stories gathered from Australian newspapers, all of which were published in UK and/or United States magazines first. Wherever possible, I have given the details of the first publication.

The stories range from humour to the creepy, with several detours into romance.

1: The Humanising of the Bishop
2: The Wrong Man's Daughter
3: The Dead That Wept
4: The Burglar, The Twins, and Ernestine
5: The Carling Cure
6: The Rejuvenation of Bellamy Grist
7: Jerry Bilder's Mistake
8: The Thing in the Two-Pair Back
9: Daffy
10: Lady Drysdale's Theft
11: Priscilla's Poaching
12: The Tea-Leaf (with Robert Eustace)
13: Mr. Belton's Immunity (with Robert Eustace)
14: The Emerald Celt
15: The Bechut Mystery
16: A Criminal Freak

This is an original collection, so the cover was made by me.

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Jepson, Edgar: The Four Philanthropists (1907); v1; 28 Jan 2020

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Three idle members of the upper class form a Philanthropic Removal Company, with a view to removing living obstacles to other people's happiness. With a fourth unexpected recruit, they set about their programme with zest if vast ineptitude.

A comedy take on the "Four Just Men" theme, and very entertaining.

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Jepson, Edgar: The Garden at 19 (1910); v1, 24 Jun 2020

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Edgar Jepson, a prolific writer in a variety of genres, founded something of a literary dynasty; his son Selwyn was also a prolific author, and his grand-daughter Fay Weldon has also been very successful.

This book is sometimes described as fantasy, sometimes as a horror-thriller; in a quiet suburban street, someone is attempting to conjure the ancient Greek gods, notably Pan.

Atmospheric, with the wild ancient contrasted with modern suburban normality.

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Jepson, Edgar: The Gillingham Rubies (1912); v1; 19 July 2020

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Early Edgar Jepson, and a very early comic crime caper novel. A cast of eccentric peers and oddball detectives, a stately home/castle with a secret room containing a fortune in ruby jewellery, and a motley crew of thieves led by a notorious woman jewel thief and abetted by an African "explorer" of flexible morals.

Prepared from the 1912 serial as published in several Australian newspapers. Some chapters lack titles, a lack consistent across all the newspapers it was published in.

61,000 words.

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Jepson, Edgar: The Loudwater Mystery (1920); v1; 21 Jan 2020

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Edgar Jepson 1863-1938

The obnoxious Lord Loudwater is murdered; enter Flexen, the detective, who has to disentangle the discordant threads of the Loudwater menage to find the answer.

The cover is a re-creation of the original, of which only a poor copy can be found on the web.

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Jerome, Jerome K.: Diary of a Pilgrimage, v1 9 July 2008

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While it is beyond doubt that Jerome K. Jerome is most well known for his comic masterpiece Three Men in a Boat, the range of his other literary achievements is staggering. Journalist, playwright and author, a wealth of his writing has remained just beyond the public gaze. [Diary of a Pilgrimage[/ is one such work. The pilgrimage of the title is a journey to see the famous Passion Play at Oberammergau, which has been performed every ten years since 1634, the middle of the Thirty Years War. Diary is a typically witty account of this journey, part travelogue and part social commentary. It is also a work which has long deserved its place in the sun, outside of the benevolent shade of Jerome’s more famous writing.

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Jerome, Jerome K.: Three men in a Boat v1.0 2008-01-16

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[Three Men in a Boat (To Say Nothing of the Dog)[/, published in 1889, is a humorous account by Jerome K. Jerome of a boating holiday on the Thames between Kingston and Oxford.

The book was intended initially to be a serious travel guide, with accounts of local history of places along the route, but the humorous elements eventually took over, to the point where the serious and somewhat sentimental passages now seem like an unnecessary distraction to the essentially comic novel. One of the most praised things about Three Men in a Boat is how undated it appears to modern readers. The jokes seem fresh and witty even today.

The three men were based on (the un-named narrator), Jerome himself and two real-life friends, George Wingrave (who went on to become a senior manager in Barclays Bank) and Harris, who was in reality Carl Hentschel. The dog, Montmorency, however, was entirely fictional, but, as Jerome had remarked, "had much of me in it." The holiday was a typical boating holiday of the time, carried out in a Thames Camping Skiff.

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Jerome, Jerome K.: Three Men on the Bummel. 21 Aug 07

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The sequel to [Three Men in a Boat (To Say Nothing of the Dog)[/ is a delightful (although not as commercially successful) extension of the three fellows.

The alternative title for the book is [Three Men on Wheels[/. I rather favor the original.

Spelled brummel or bummel it is defined as:

[QUOT“A ‘Bummel’,” I explained, “I should describe as a journey, long or short, without an end; the only thing regulating it being the necessity of getting back within a given time to the point from which one started.[/QUOT

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Jerome, Jerome K: Passing of the Third Floor Back (1909); v1, 29 April 2020

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Slim volume (30,000 words) of short stories of the author of "Three Men in a Boat". The title story first appeared as a stage play in 1907, and was then published in prose before being collected by Dodd Mead in 1909.

1: Passing of the Third Floor Back
2: The Philosopher’s Joke
3: The Soul Of Nicholas Snyders, or The Miser of Zandam
4: Mrs. Korner Sins Her Mercies
5: The Cost of Kindness
6: The Love of Ulrich Nebendah

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Jerrold, Douglas: Mrs Caudle’s Curtain Lectures, v.1, 10 Nov 2007.

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If you liked ‘The Diary of a Nobody’ then you may enjoy this.

The synopsis from Amazon.co.uk:

First published in "Punch" in 1845, this book gives Mrs Caudle's incessant petty lectures to her unfortunate husband - enacted in the matrimonial bed at the close of each day when he is compelled to lie and listen. In Mrs Caudle's eyes he can do no right and she lays the blame for all their ills squarely at his feet. Mrs Caudle is adept at inconsistency and her melodramatic talent for turning molehills into mountains means her husband's most innocent acts - from eating out to lending an umbrella - are construed as monstrous deeds that will surely lead their whole family to death and damnation. The lectures are a war of attrition between the irresistible force of Mrs Caudle's tongue and the stamina of her poor husband's tortured ears. With no means of escape, the doomed Mr Caudle's only means of defence is to alternate mustering the odd rejoinder and attempting to feign sleep. Resistance, however, is always futile.

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Jewett, Sarah Orne: A Marsh Island. v1. 27 Nov 2021

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A young artist, wandering into the country in search of “material” for his sketches, is detained by accident in a farm-house on the Marsh Island. He nearly falls in love with Doris Owen, the farmer’s beautiful daughter. She already has a lover in Dan Lester, a young man of the neighborhood, whom she has always vaguely expected to marry; but Dick Dale’s culture and trained artistic mind, coming to her like a revelation from another world, almost win away her affection.
(—Contemporary review, 1885)

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Theodora Sarah Orne Jewett (September 3, 1849 – June 24, 1909) was an American novelist, short story writer and poet, best known for her local color works set along or near the southern coast of Maine. Jewett is recognized as an important practitioner of American literary regionalism.

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This novel was first published in 1885. [This ebook is in the public domain worldwide, because the author died more than 100 years ago, and contents were published prior to 1925.[/
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Jewett, Sarah Orne: A Native of Winby and Other Tales. v1. 25 Nov 2021

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There are nine clever stories in this book, seven of which are character sketches of New England life, often with women in the home as central figures, and the other two of Irish-American life.

“The real and the ideal are mingled; no story without its tone of pathos and few without their vein of humor. We find just such characters as might be met with in like places any day, and their very naturalness makes us wish that we might wander into some of her ‘country by-ways.’” (—Vassar Miscellany, Nov 1893)

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Theodora Sarah Orne Jewett (September 3, 1849 – June 24, 1909) was an American novelist, short story writer and poet, best known for her local color works set along or near the southern coast of Maine. Jewett is recognized as an important practitioner of American literary regionalism.

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This collection, first published in 1893, is in the public domain worldwide, because the author died more than 100 years ago, and contents were published prior to 1925.
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Jewett, Sarah Orne: A White Heron and Other Stories. v1. 23 Nov 2021

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A captivating collection of local color and characters in Maine. The title story is commonly regarded as Jewett’s finest single tale.

“There’s something magical about this book of short stories. It’s not a fancy, high-flying magic, nor a showy, complex magic. It’s a simpler magic — of things that are so normal and everyday, but that we have so swiftly forgotten, that it almost cannot be called magic at all. These stories were written, after all, [in the late 1880’. But that’s what makes them so easy to fall in love with: they’re of a time we’ve stepped away from, certainly, and there are very few occasions where any of us are able to again set foot into an understanding of what it’s like to live in the world that Sarah Orne Jewett described in these little ditties.”
(—Goodreads review)

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Theodora Sarah Orne Jewett (September 3, 1849 – June 24, 1909) was an American novelist, short story writer and poet, best known for her local color works set along or near the southern coast of Maine. Jewett is recognized as an important practitioner of American literary regionalism.

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Cover illustration taken from [A Popular Handbook of the Birds of Canada and the United States[/ (1891,1903)

This collection was first published in 1886. [This ebook is in the public domain worldwide, because the author died more than 100 years ago, and contents were published prior to 1925.[/
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Jewett, Sarah Orne: Betty Leicester's Christmas. v1. 13 Apr 2013

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Sarah Orne Jewett (September 3, 1849 – June 24, 1909) was an American novelist and short story writer, best known for her local color works set along or near the southern seacoast of Maine.

Excerpt
There was once a story-book girl named Betty Leicester, who lived in a small square book bound in scarlet and white. I, who know her better than any one else does, and who know my way about Tideshead, the story-book town, as well as she did, and who have not only made many a visit to her Aunt Barbara and Aunt Mary in their charming old country-house, but have even seen the house in London where she spent the winter: I, who confess to loving Betty a good deal, wish to write a little more about her in this Christmas story. The truth is, that ever since I wrote the first story I have been seeing girls who reminded me of Betty Leicester of Tideshead. Either they were about the same age or the same height, or they skipped gayly by me in a little gown like hers, or I saw a pleased look or a puzzled look in their eyes which seemed to bring Betty, my own story-book girl, right before me.

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Jewett, Sarah Orne: Betty Leicester. v1, 12 Apr 2013

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Sarah Orne Jewett (September 3, 1849 – June 24, 1909) was an American novelist and short story writer, best known for her local color works set along or near the southern seacoast of Maine.

Excerpt
Two persons sat at a small breakfast-table near an open window, high up in Young's Hotel in Boston. It was a pleasant June morning, just after eight o'clock, and they could see the white clouds blowing over; but the gray walls of the Court House were just opposite, so that one cannot say much of their view of the world. The room was pleasanter than most hotel rooms, and the persons at breakfast were a girl of fifteen, named Betty Leicester, and her father. Their friends thought them both good-looking, but it ought to be revealed in this story just what sort of good looks they had, since character makes the expression of people's faces. But this we can say, to begin with: they had eyes very much alike, very kind and frank and pleasant, and they had a good fresh color, as if they spent much time out-of-doors. In fact, they were just off the sea, having come in only two days before on the Catalonia from Liverpool; and the Catalonia, though very comfortable, had made a slower voyage than some steamers do in coming across.

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Jewett, Sarah Orne: Country By-Ways. v1. 26 Nov 2021

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A collection comprised mostly of sketches. The pieces “Andrew’s Fortune,” “Good Luck,” and “Miss Becky’s Pilgrimage” are stories.

“Miss Jewett is a sprightly, comforting writer. She is familiar with cattle and clover, green lanes and brooks. She makes common places attractive and common people interesting.”
(—Daily Picayune, 27 Nov. 1881)

“It is perhaps a little forced to call Miss Jewett’s sketches a book of travel, yet the reader will find their value to lie chiefly in the skill with which the writer has applied a traveler’s art to scenes which lay within easy reach of her own home.”
(—Atlantic Monthly, Mar. 1882)
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Theodora Sarah Orne Jewett (September 3, 1849 – June 24, 1909) was an American novelist, short story writer and poet, best known for her local color works set along or near the southern coast of Maine. Jewett is recognized as an important practitioner of American literary regionalism.

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Jewett, Sarah Orne: Deephaven and Selected Stories & Sketches. v1. 12 Apr 2013

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Sarah Orne Jewett (September 3, 1849 – June 24, 1909) was an American novelist and short story writer, best known for her local color works set along or near the southern seacoast of Maine.

Deephaven

[
Kate Lancaster's Plan
The Brandon House and the Lighthouse
My Lady Brandon and the Widow Jim
Deephaven Society
The Captains
Danny
Captain Sands
The Circus at Denby
Cunner-Fishing
Mrs. Bonny
In Shadow
Miss Chauncey
Last Days in Deephaven
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Selected Stories and Sketches

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An Autumn Holiday
From a Mournful Villager
An October Ride
Tom's Husband
Miss Debby's Neighbors
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Jewett, Sarah Orne: Old Friends and New. v1. 13 Apr 2013

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Sarah Orne Jewett (September 3, 1849 – June 24, 1909) was an American novelist and short story writer, best known for her local color works set along or near the southern seacoast of Maine.

A LOST LOVER
A SORROWFUL GUEST
A LATE SUPPER
MR. BRUCE
MISS SYDNEY'S FLOWERS
LADY FERRY
A BIT OF SHORE LIFE

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Jewett, Sarah Orne: Strangers and Wayfarers. v1. 11 Apr 2013

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Sarah Orne Jewett (September 3, 1849 – June 24, 1909) was an American novelist and short story writer, best known for her local color works set along or near the southern seacoast of Maine.

A WINTER COURTSHIP.
THE MISTRESS OF SYDENHAM PLANTATION.
THE TOWN POOR.
THE QUEST OF MR. TEABY.
THE LUCK OF THE BOGANS.
FAIR DAY.
GOING TO SHREWSBURY.
THE TAKING OF CAPTAIN BALL.
BY THE MORNING BOAT.
IN DARK NEW ENGLAND DAYS.
THE WHITE ROSE ROAD.

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Jewett, Sarah Orne: Tales of Christmas. v1. 26 Nov 2021

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A collection of charming stories celebrating the holiday spirit. While the first six in the sequence are targeted for juvenile readers, they can certainly be enjoyed by young and old alike.

My own compilation.

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Theodora Sarah Orne Jewett (September 3, 1849 – June 24, 1909) was an American novelist, short story writer and poet, best known for her local color works set along or near the southern coast of Maine. Jewett is recognized as an important practitioner of American literary regionalism.

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Contents were first published 1881 ~ 1895. [This ebook is in the public domain worldwide, because the author died more than 100 years ago, and contents were published prior to 1925.[/

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Well, now that Thanksgiving is past, I just had to post this for Christmas. Hope you enjoy it.
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Jewett, Sarah Orne: The Country of the Pointed Firs. v1. 11 Apr 2013

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Sarah Orne Jewett (September 3, 1849 – June 24, 1909) was an American novelist and short story writer, best known for her local color works set along or near the southern seacoast of Maine.

Excerpt
THERE WAS SOMETHING about the coast town of Dunnet which made it seem more attractive than other maritime villages of eastern Maine. Perhaps it was the simple fact of acquaintance with that neighborhood which made it so attaching, and gave such interest to the rocky shore and dark woods, and the few houses which seemed to be securely wedged and tree-nailed in among the ledges by the Landing. These houses made the most of their seaward view, and there was a gayety and determined floweriness in their bits of garden ground; the small-paned high windows in the peaks of their steep gables were like knowing eyes that watched the harbor and the far sea-line beyond, or looked northward all along the shore and its background of spruces and balsam firs. When one really knows a village like this and its surroundings, it is like becoming acquainted with a single person. The process of falling in love at first sight is as final as it is swift in such a case, but the growth of true friendship may be a lifelong affair.

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Jewett, Sarah Orne: The King of Folly Island and Other People. v1. 24 Nov 2021

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“Miss Jewett writes with delicate humour and pathos and a quiet charm of manner that is nowhere else to be met with outside the pages of Miss Mary E. Wilkins (Freeman). [……] ‘The King of Folly Island’ and the other seven stories in this book are made of such slight episodes that to reduce them to a bald outline would ruin them, yet they are told with such exquisite art as makes them more affecting and more effective than any rush and strength of plot could do. It is one of the few volumes that are worth reading and keeping to read again.”
(—The Bookman, London, Aug. 1903)

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Theodora Sarah Orne Jewett (September 3, 1849 – June 24, 1909) was an American novelist, short story writer and poet, best known for her local color works set along or near the southern coast of Maine. Jewett is recognized as an important practitioner of American literary regionalism.

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Cover illustration taken from [Harper’s Encyclopedia of United States History[/ (1912)

This collection was first published in 1888.[ This ebook is in the public domain worldwide, because the author died more than 100 years ago, and contents were published prior to 1925.[/
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Jewett, Sarah Orne: The Life of Nancy. v1. 13 Apr 2013

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Sarah Orne Jewett (September 3, 1849 – June 24, 1909) was an American novelist and short story writer, best known for her local color works set along or near the southern seacoast of Maine.

The Life of Nancy
Fame's Little Day.
A War Debt.
The Hiltons' Holiday.
The Only Rose.
A Second Spring.
Little French Mary.
The Guests of Mrs. Timms.
A Neighbor's Landmark.
All My Sad Captains.
A Winter Courtship.

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Jewett, Sarah Orne: The Mate of the Daylight and Friends Ashore. v1. 25 Nov 2021

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“Eight of Miss Jewett’s recent sketches make up this small volume. Besides the pretty idyl which gives the title, there are two others of her best pieces, delineating country ways and character, the men and women who figure in them being so true to life that one can almost point out their like in any rural neighborhood. Could anything be more real than the incidents and human nature in these two, ‘A Landless Farmer,’ and ‘An Only Son?’ In these, as in ‘Andrew’s Fortune’ in a former collection, the author is at her best. Equally good in its way is ‘Miss Debby’s Neighbors,’ a capital sketch, full of the genuine New England vernacular as it is actually talked, not made to order.”
(— Literary World, Jan. 12, 1884)

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Theodora Sarah Orne Jewett (September 3, 1849 – June 24, 1909) was an American novelist, short story writer and poet, best known for her local color works set along or near the southern coast of Maine. Jewett is recognized as an important practitioner of American literary regionalism.

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Cover illustration taken from The Elements of Physical Geography (1891).

This collection was first published in 1883. [This ebook is in the public domain worldwide, because the author died more than 100 years ago, and contents were published prior to 1925.[/
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Jewett, Sarah Orne: The Night Before Thanksgiving (short story). v1. 25 Nov 2021

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A heart-warming story for the holiday.

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Theodora Sarah Orne Jewett (September 3, 1849 – June 24, 1909) was an American novelist, short story writer and poet, best known for her local color works set along or near the southern coast of Maine. Jewett is recognized as an important practitioner of American literary regionalism.

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First published in 1895, this story is in the public domain worldwide, because the author died more than 100 years ago, and it was published prior to 1925.
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Jewett, Sarah Orne: The Pearl. v1. 12 Apr 2013

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Sarah Orne Jewett (September 3, 1849 – June 24, 1909) was an American novelist and short story writer, best known for her local color works set along or near the southern seacoast of Maine.

Excerpt
Among the treasures of the British Museum is a manuscript which contains four anonymous poems, apparently of common authorship: "The Pearl," "Cleanness," "Patience," "Sir Gawayne and the Green Knight." From the language of the writer, it seems clear that he was a native of some Northwestern district of England, and that he lived in the second half of the Fourteenth Century. He is quite unknown, save as his work reveals him, a man of aristocratic breeding, of religious and secular education, of a deeply emotional and spiritual nature, gifted with imagination and perception of beauty. He shows a liking for technique that leads him to adopt elaborate devices of rhyme, while retaining the alliteration characteristic of Northern Middle English verse. He wrote as was the fashion of his time, allegory, homily, lament, chivalric romance, but the distinction of his poetry is that of a finely accentuated individuality.

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Jewett, Sarah Orne: The Queen's Twin and Other Stories. v1. 11 Apr 2013

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Sarah Orne Jewett (September 3, 1849 – June 24, 1909) was an American novelist and short story writer, best known for her local color works set along or near the southern seacoast of Maine.

THE QUEEN'S TWIN.
A DUNNET SHEPHERDESS.
WHERE'S NORA?
BOLD WORDS AT THE BRIDGE.
MARTHA'S LADY.
THE COON DOG.
AUNT CYNTHY DALLETT.
THE NIGHT BEFORE THANKSGIVING.

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Jewett, Sarah: A Country Doctor and Selected Stories and Sketches. v1. 9 Apr 2013

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Sarah Orne Jewett (September 3, 1849 – June 24, 1909) was an American novelist and short story writer, best known for her local color works set along or near the southern seacoast of Maine.

A Country Doctor
A Winter Courtship
Going to Shrewsbury
The White Rose Road
The Town Poor
A Native of Winby
Looking Back on Girlhood
The Passing of Sister Barsett
Decoration Day
The Flight of Betsey Lane
The Gray Mills of Farley

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Jobson, A E: The Adventures of Russell Howard (1909), v1; 2 June 2020

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A dozen short stories featuring the Edwardian "adjuster', Russell Howard, and his colourful adventures. A cross between a private detective and an adventurer, Howard uses often dubious means to set things right.

Contents
1: The Hercules Cameo
2: The Seventh Burglary
3: The Removal of the Millionaire
4: The Case of Lord Ponderry
5: The Scheming Lady
6: The Two Wax Candles
7: The Lady with the Pince-Nez
8: The Modern Highwayman
9: The Prince's Letter
10: The Man Who Stole the Child
11: The Fire Insurance Matter
12: The Open Shaft

Stories sourced from various Australian newspapers published in 1909. The book edition, also dating from 1909, was by Bookstall, a pioneering paperback book publisher in Australia. A E Jobson (1875-1933) wrote a number of books, all of which are now extremely rare. This is the first e-book of "Russell Howard", unique to this Library

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Johnson, Andrew: State of the Union. v1.0 13 October 2007

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Andrew Johnson (December 29, 1808 – July 31, 1875) was the seventeenth President of the United States (1865–1869), succeeding to the presidency upon the assassination of Abraham Lincoln.

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Johnson, E. Pauline: The Moccasin Maker. V1. 19 Mar 2010

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Emily Pauline Johnson (Mohawk: Tekahionwake –pronounced: dageh-eeon-wageh, literally: 'double-life') (10 March 1861 – 7 March 1913), commonly known as E. Pauline Johnson or just Pauline Johnson, was a Canadian writer and performer popular in the late 19th century. Johnson was notable for her poems and performances that celebrated her First Nations heritage; she also had half English ancestry. One such poem is the frequently anthologized "The Song My Paddle Sings". Her poetry was published in Canada, the United States and Great Britain. Johnson was one of a generation of widely read writers who began to define a Canadian literature.

My Mother
Catharine of the "Crow's Nest"
A Red Girl's Reasoning
The Envoy Extraordinary
A Pagan in St. Paul's Cathedral
As It Was in the Beginning
The Legend of Lillooet Falls
Her Majesty's Guest
Mother o' the Men
The Nest Builder
The Tenas Klootchman
The Derelict

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Johnson, Lyndon: State of the Union. v1.0 19 October 2007

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Lyndon Baines Johnson (August 27, 1908 – January 22, 1973), often referred to as LBJ, was the thirty-sixth President of the United States (1963–1969). Johnson served a long career in the U.S. Congress, and in 1960 was selected by then-Presidential candidate John F. Kennedy to be his running-mate. Johnson became the thirty-seventh Vice President, and in 1963, he succeeded to the presidency following Kennedy's assassination. He was a major leader of the Democratic Party and as President was responsible for designing his Great Society, comprising liberal legislation including civil rights laws, Medicare (health care for the elderly), Medicaid (health care for the poor), aid to education, and a "War on Poverty". Simultaneously, he escalated the American involvement in the Vietnam War, from 16,000 American soldiers in 1963 to 550,000 in early 1968.

He was elected President in his own right in a landslide victory in 1964, but his popularity steadily declined after 1966 and his reelection bid in 1968 collapsed as a result of turmoil in his party. He withdrew from the race to concentrate on peacemaking. Johnson was renowned for his domineering personality and the "Johnson treatment," his arm-twisting of powerful politicians.

Johnson suffered a massive heart attack in 1973, the third in his lifetime. He died January 22, 1973.

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Johnson, Owen: Making Money. V1. 7 Nov 2011

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Owen McMahon Johnson (August 27, 1878 - January 27, 1952) was an American writer best remembered for his stories and novels cataloguing the educational and personal growth of the fictional character Dink Stover. The "Lawrenceville Stories" (The Prodigious Hickey, The Tennessee Shad, The Varmint, Skippy Bedelle, The Hummingbird), set in the well-known prep school, invite comparison with Kipling's Stalky and Co. A 1987 PBS mini-series was based on them.

Excerpt
TOWARD THE close of a pleasant September afternoon, in one of the years when the big stick of President Roosevelt was cudgeling the shoulders of malefactors of great wealth, the feverish home-bound masses which poured into upper Fifth Avenue with the awakening of the electric night were greeted by the strangest of all spectacles which can astound a metropolitan crowd harassed by the din of sounds, the fret and fury of the daily struggle which is the tyranny of New York. A very young man, of clean-cut limbs and boyish countenance, absolutely unhurried amidst the press, without a trace of preoccupation, worry, or painful mental concentration, was swinging easily up the Avenue as though he were striding among green fields, head up, shoulders squared like a grenadier, without a care in the world, so visibly delighted at the novelty of gay crowds, of towering buildings decked in electric garlands, of theatric shop-windows, that more than one perceiving this open enthusiasm smiled with a tolerant amusement.

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Johnson, Owen: Murder in Any Degree. V1. 7 Nov 2011

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Owen McMahon Johnson (August 27, 1878 - January 27, 1952) was an American writer best remembered for his stories and novels cataloguing the educational and personal growth of the fictional character Dink Stover. The "Lawrenceville Stories" (The Prodigious Hickey, The Tennessee Shad, The Varmint, Skippy Bedelle, The Hummingbird), set in the well-known prep school, invite comparison with Kipling's Stalky and Co. A 1987 PBS mini-series was based on them.

MURDER IN ANY DEGREE
ONE HUNDRED IN THE DARK
A COMEDY FOR WIVES
THE LIE
EVEN THREES
A MAN OF NO IMAGINATION
LARRY MOORE
MY WIFE'S WEDDING PRESENTS
THE SURPRISES OF THE LOTTERY

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Johnson, Owen: Skippy Bedelle. V1. 9 Nov 2011

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Owen McMahon Johnson (August 27, 1878 - January 27, 1952) was an American writer best remembered for his stories and novels cataloguing the educational and personal growth of the fictional character Dink Stover. The "Lawrenceville Stories" (The Prodigious Hickey, The Tennessee Shad, The Varmint, Skippy Bedelle, The Hummingbird), set in the well-known prep school, invite comparison with Kipling's Stalky and Co. A 1987 PBS mini-series was based on them.

Excerpt
His Sentimental Progress From the Urchin to the Complete Man of the World

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Johnson, Owen: The Salamander. V1. 8 Nov 2011

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Owen McMahon Johnson (August 27, 1878 - January 27, 1952) was an American writer best remembered for his stories and novels cataloguing the educational and personal growth of the fictional character Dink Stover. The "Lawrenceville Stories" (The Prodigious Hickey, The Tennessee Shad, The Varmint, Skippy Bedelle, The Hummingbird), set in the well-known prep school, invite comparison with Kipling's Stalky and Co. A 1987 PBS mini-series was based on them.

Excerpt
PRECARIOUS THE lot of the author who elects to show his public what it does not know, but doubly exposed he who in the indiscreet exploration of customs and manners publishes what the public knows but is unwilling to confess! In the first place incredulity tempers censure, in the second resentment is fanned by the necessity of self-recognition. For the public is like the defendant in matrimony, amused and tolerant when unconvinced of the justice of a complaint, but fiercely aroused when defending its errors.

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Johnson, Owen: The Varmit. V1. 9 Nov 2011

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Owen McMahon Johnson (August 27, 1878 - January 27, 1952) was an American writer best remembered for his stories and novels cataloguing the educational and personal growth of the fictional character Dink Stover. The "Lawrenceville Stories" (The Prodigious Hickey, The Tennessee Shad, The Varmint, Skippy Bedelle, The Hummingbird), set in the well-known prep school, invite comparison with Kipling's Stalky and Co. A 1987 PBS mini-series was based on them.

Excerpt
WHEN YOUNG Stover disembarked at the Trenton station on the fourth dayafter the opening of the spring term he had acquired in his brief journey so much of the Pennsylvania rolling stock as could be detached and concealed. Inserted between his nether and outer shirts were two gilt "Directions to Travelers" which clung like mustard plasters to his back, while a jagged tin sign, wrenched from the home terminal, embraced his stomach with the painful tenacity of the historic Spartan fox. In his pockets were objects—small objects but precious and dangerous to unscrew and acquire

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Johnson, Samuel: Rasselas, Prince of Abyssinia, v2, 23 November 2009.

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Samuel Johnson (1709–1784)
Rasselas, Prince of Abyssinia
First published 1759

The plot of this short novel has similarities with Voltaire’s “Candide:” an oriental prince and his friends travel in order to find out the secret of happiness. However, the tone is quietly melancholic, perhaps because Johnson had recently lost his mother.
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Johnston, Annie F.: Joel a boy of Galilee(illustrated).V1. March 24 2012

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Johnston, Annie F: Asa Holmes. v1. 6 Feb 2014

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Annie Fellows Johnston (1863–1931) was an American author of children's fiction who wrote the popular "Little Colonel" series, which was the basis for the 1935 Shirley Temple film The Little Colonel. She was born and grew up in McCutchanville, Indiana, a small unincorporated town near Evansville, Indiana.

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THERE is no place where men learn each other's little peculiarities more thoroughly than in the group usually to be found around the stove in a country store. Such acquaintance may be of slow growth, like the oak's, but it is just as sure. Each year is bound to add another ring to one's knowledge of his neighbours if he lounges with them, as man and boy, through the Saturday afternoons of a score of winters.

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Johnston, Annie F: Big Brother. v1. 7 Feb 2014

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Annie Fellows Johnston (1863–1931) was an American author of children's fiction who wrote the popular "Little Colonel" series, which was the basis for the 1935 Shirley Temple film The Little Colonel. She was born and grew up in McCutchanville, Indiana, a small unincorporated town near Evansville, Indiana.

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"Blackberries! blackberries!" called a shrill little voice on the platform. A barefoot girl, wearing a sunbonnet, passed under the car windows, holding up a basket full, that shone like great black beads. A gentleman who had just helped two ladies to alight from the stepsof a parlor car called to her and began to fumble in his pockets for the right change.

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Johnston, Annie F: Cicely and Other Stories. v1. 7 Feb 2014

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Annie Fellows Johnston (1863–1931) was an American author of children's fiction who wrote the popular "Little Colonel" series, which was the basis for the 1935 Shirley Temple film The Little Colonel. She was born and grew up in McCutchanville, Indiana, a small unincorporated town near Evansville, Indiana.

CICELY
ALIDA'S HOMELINESS
THE HAND OF DOUGLAS
ELSIE'S "PALMISTRY EVENING"
THEIR ANCESTRAL LATCH-STRING

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Johnston, Annie F: Flip's "Islands of Providence". v1. 8 Feb 2014

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Annie Fellows Johnston (1863–1931) was an American author of children's fiction who wrote the popular "Little Colonel" series, which was the basis for the 1935 Shirley Temple film The Little Colonel. She was born and grew up in McCutchanville, Indiana, a small unincorporated town near Evansville, Indiana.

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Carefully locking the door of his little gable bedroom, Alec Stoker put down the cup of hot water he carried, and peered into the mirror above his wash-stand. Then, although he had come up-stairs fully determined to attempt his first shave, he stood irresolute, stroking the almost imperceptible down on his boyish lip and chin.
"It does make me look older, that's a fact," he muttered to his reflection in the glass. "Maybe I'd better not cut it off until I've had my interview with the agent. The older I look, the more likely he'll be to trust me with a responsible position. Still," he continued, surveying himself critically, "I might make a more favourable impression if I had that 'well-groomed' look the papers lay so much stress on nowadays, and I could mention in a careless, offhand way something about having just shaved."

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Johnston, Annie F: Georgina of the Rainbows. v1. 9 Feb 2014

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Annie Fellows Johnston (1863–1931) was an American author of children's fiction who wrote the popular "Little Colonel" series, which was the basis for the 1935 Shirley Temple film The Little Colonel. She was born and grew up in McCutchanville, Indiana, a small unincorporated town near Evansville, Indiana.

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If old Jeremy Clapp had not sneezed his teeth into the fire that winter day this story might have had a more seemly beginning; but, being a true record, it must start with that sneeze, because it was the first happening in Georgina Huntingdon's life which she could remember distinctly.

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Johnston, Annie F: Georgina's Service Stars. v1. 9 Feb 2014

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Annie Fellows Johnston (1863–1931) was an American author of children's fiction who wrote the popular "Little Colonel" series, which was the basis for the 1935 Shirley Temple film The Little Colonel. She was born and grew up in McCutchanville, Indiana, a small unincorporated town near Evansville, Indiana.

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Up the crooked street which curves for three miles around the harbor comes the sound of the Towncrier's bell. It seems strange that he should happen along this morning, just as I've seated myself by this garret window to begin the story of my life, for it was the sound of his bell five years ago which first put it into my head to write it. And yet, it isn't so strange after all, when one remembers the part the dear old man has had in my past. "Uncle Darcy," as I've always called him, has been mixed up with most of its important happenings.

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Johnston, Annie F: In League with Israel. v1. 10 Feb 2014

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Annie Fellows Johnston (1863–1931) was an American author of children's fiction who wrote the popular "Little Colonel" series, which was the basis for the 1935 Shirley Temple film The Little Colonel. She was born and grew up in McCutchanville, Indiana, a small unincorporated town near Evansville, Indiana.

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IT was growing dark in the library, but the old rabbi took no notice of the fact. As the June twilight deepened, he unconsciously bent nearer the great volume on the table before him, till his white beard lay on the open page.
He was reading aloud in Hebrew, and his deep voice filled the room with its musical intonations: "Praise Him, ye heavens of heavens, and ye waters that be above the heavens."

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Johnston, Annie F: Joel: A Boy of Galilee. v1. 11 Feb 2014

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Annie Fellows Johnston (1863–1931) was an American author of children's fiction who wrote the popular "Little Colonel" series, which was the basis for the 1935 Shirley Temple film The Little Colonel. She was born and grew up in McCutchanville, Indiana, a small unincorporated town near Evansville, Indiana.

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In this volume, it has been the purpose of the author to present to children, through “Joel,” as accurate a picture of the times of the Christ as has been given to older readers through “Ben Hur.” With this in view, the customs of the private and public life of the Jews, the temple service with its sacerdotal rites, and the minute observances of the numerous holidays have been studied so carefully that the descriptions have passed the test of the most critical inspection. An eminent rabbi pronounces them correct in every detail.

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Johnston, Annie F: Keeping Tryst. v1. 11 Feb 2014

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Annie Fellows Johnston (1863–1931) was an American author of children's fiction who wrote the popular "Little Colonel" series, which was the basis for the 1935 Shirley Temple film The Little Colonel. She was born and grew up in McCutchanville, Indiana, a small unincorporated town near Evansville, Indiana.

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Then with his harp-strings tuned to echoes of the wind on winter moors, he sang of death and valour on the field, of love and fealty in the hall, till those who listened forgot all save his singing and the noble knights whereof he sang.

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Johnston, Annie F: Mary Ware in Texas. v1. 16 Feb 2014

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Annie Fellows Johnston (1863–1931) was an American author of children's fiction who wrote the popular "Little Colonel" series, which was the basis for the 1935 Shirley Temple film The Little Colonel. She was born and grew up in McCutchanville, Indiana, a small unincorporated town near Evansville, Indiana.

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The musicians were tuning their instruments somewhere behind the palms in the hotel courtyard. It was one of the older hotels of San Antonio, much sought by Northern tourists on account of that same inner garden, around which the big building stretched itself. The rooms opening on to it had vine-covered balconies, and, looking down from them into the tropical growth of palms and banana trees and roses, one felt that it was summer time, no matter what the calendar said.

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Johnston, Annie F: Mary Ware's Promised Land. v1. 16 Feb 2014q

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Annie Fellows Johnston (1863–1931) was an American author of children's fiction who wrote the popular "Little Colonel" series, which was the basis for the 1935 Shirley Temple film The Little Colonel. She was born and grew up in McCutchanville, Indiana, a small unincorporated town near Evansville, Indiana.

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When the Ware family boarded the train in San Antonio that September morning for their long journey back to Lone-Rock, every passenger on the Pullman straightened up with an appearance of interest. Somehow their arrival had the effect of a breath of fresh air blowing through the stuffy car. Even before their entrance some curiosity had been awakened by remarks which floated in from the rear platform, where they were bidding farewell to some friends who had come to see them off.
“Do write and tell us what your next adventures are, Mary,” exclaimed one clear voice. “Your family ought to be named Gulliver instead of Ware,for you are always travelling around to such queer, out-of-the-way places. I suppose you haven’t the faintest idea where you’ll be six months from now.”

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Johnston, Annie F: Mildred's Inheritance. v1. 17 Feb 2014

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Annie Fellows Johnston (1863–1931) was an American author of children's fiction who wrote the popular "Little Colonel" series, which was the basis for the 1935 Shirley Temple film The Little Colonel. She was born and grew up in McCutchanville, Indiana, a small unincorporated town near Evansville, Indiana.

MILDRED’S INHERITANCE
JUST HER WAY
ANN’S OWN WAY

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Johnston, Annie F: Miss Santa Claus of the Pullman. v1. 17 Feb 2014

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Annie Fellows Johnston (1863–1931) was an American author of children's fiction who wrote the popular "Little Colonel" series, which was the basis for the 1935 Shirley Temple film The Little Colonel. She was born and grew up in McCutchanville, Indiana, a small unincorporated town near Evansville, Indiana.

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THE last half hour had seemed endless to Will’m, almost as long as the whole four years of his life. With his stubby little shoes drawn up under him, and his soft bobbed hair flapping over his ears every time the rockers tilted forward, he sat all alone in the sitting-room behind the shop, waiting and rocking.

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Johnston, Annie F: Ole Mammy's Torment. v1. 18 Feb 2014

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Annie Fellows Johnston (1863–1931) was an American author of children's fiction who wrote the popular "Little Colonel" series, which was the basis for the 1935 Shirley Temple film The Little Colonel. She was born and grew up in McCutchanville, Indiana, a small unincorporated town near Evansville, Indiana.

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Uncle Billy rested his axe on the log he was chopping, and turned his grizzly old head to one side, listening intently. A confusion of sounds came from the little cabin across the road. It was a dilapidated negro cabin, with its roof awry and the weather-boarding off in great patches; still, it was a place of interest to Uncle Billy. His sister lived there with three orphan grandchildren.

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Johnston, Annie F: The Gate of the Giant Scissors. v1. 9 Feb 2014

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Annie Fellows Johnston (1863–1931) was an American author of children's fiction who wrote the popular "Little Colonel" series, which was the basis for the 1935 Shirley Temple film The Little Colonel. She was born and grew up in McCutchanville, Indiana, a small unincorporated town near Evansville, Indiana.

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Joyce was crying, up in old Monsieur Gréville's tallest pear-tree. She had gone down to the farthest corner of the garden, out of sight of the house, for she did not want any one to know that she was miserable enough to cry.

NOTE: 25 ILLUSTRATIONS AND DECORATIONS

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Johnston, Annie F: The Jester's Sword. v1. 10 Feb 2014

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Annie Fellows Johnston (1863–1931) was an American author of children's fiction who wrote the popular "Little Colonel" series, which was the basis for the 1935 Shirley Temple film The Little Colonel. She was born and grew up in McCutchanville, Indiana, a small unincorporated town near Evansville, Indiana.

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BECAUSE he was born in Mars' month, which is ruled by that red war-god, they gave him the name of a red star—Aldebaran; the red star that is the eye of Taurus. And because he was born in Mars' month, the bloodstone became his signet, sure token that undaunted courage would be the jewel of his soul.

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Johnston, Annie F: The Legend of the Bleeding-heart. v1. 11 Feb 2014

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Annie Fellows Johnston (1863–1931) was an American author of children's fiction who wrote the popular "Little Colonel" series, which was the basis for the 1935 Shirley Temple film The Little Colonel. She was born and grew up in McCutchanville, Indiana, a small unincorporated town near Evansville, Indiana.

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In days of old, when all things in the Wood had speech, there lived within its depths a lone Flax-spinner. She was a bent old creature, and ill to look upon, but all the tongues of all the forest leaves were ever kept a-wagging with the story of her kindly deeds. And even to this day they sometimes whisper low among themselves (because they fain would hold in mind so sweet a tale) the story of her kindness to the little orphan, Olga.

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Johnston, Annie F: The Little Colonel at Boarding-School. v1. 12 Feb 2014

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Annie Fellows Johnston (1863–1931) was an American author of children's fiction who wrote the popular "Little Colonel" series, which was the basis for the 1935 Shirley Temple film The Little Colonel. She was born and grew up in McCutchanville, Indiana, a small unincorporated town near Evansville, Indiana.

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Something unusual was happening at Locust. Although it was early in September, and the heat and dust of a Kentucky summer still lingered in every corner of Lloydsboro Valley, the great house with its vine-covered pillars was being hastily put in order for winter closing.
Rob Moore, swinging his tennis racket as he sauntered down the avenue under the arching locust-trees, stopped short with a whistle of surprise. The tennis net was down. He had come at the Little Colonel’s invitation for a farewell game, as they were both to start to school on the morrow, she in the Valley, and he in town. He could not understand the sudden removal of the net.

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Johnston, Annie F: The Little Colonel in Arizona. v1. 12 Feb 2014

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Annie Fellows Johnston (1863–1931) was an American author of children's fiction who wrote the popular "Little Colonel" series, which was the basis for the 1935 Shirley Temple film The Little Colonel. She was born and grew up in McCutchanville, Indiana, a small unincorporated town near Evansville, Indiana.

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“Joyce,” said Jack Ware, stopping beside his sister’s seat in the long, Western-bound train, “I wish you’d go back into the observation-car, and make Mary stop talking. She’s telling all she knows to a couple of strangers.”
“Why don’t you do it?” asked Joyce, looking up from her magazine with a teasing smile. “That dignified scowl of yours ought to frighten anything into silence.”

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Johnston, Annie F: The Little Colonel Maid of Honor. v1. 13 Feb 2014

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Annie Fellows Johnston (1863–1931) was an American author of children's fiction who wrote the popular "Little Colonel" series, which was the basis for the 1935 Shirley Temple film The Little Colonel. She was born and grew up in McCutchanville, Indiana, a small unincorporated town near Evansville, Indiana.

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As editor-in-chief of The Spinster, there was good reason why she should be excused from recitations now and then, to spend an afternoon in this retreat. This year’s souvenir volume bade fair to be the brightest and most creditable one ever issued by the school. The English professor not only openly said so, but was plainly so proud of Betty’s ability that the lower classes regarded her with awe, and adored her from a distance, as a real live genius.
Whether she was a genius or not, one thing is certain, she spent hours of patient, painstaking work to make her writing measure up to the standard she had set for it. It was work that she loved better than play, however, and to-day she sighed regretfully when the hunter’s horn, blowing on the upper terrace, summoned the school to its outdoor sports.

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Johnston, Annie F: The Little Colonel's Christmas Vacation. v1. 13 Feb 2014

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Annie Fellows Johnston (1863–1931) was an American author of children's fiction who wrote the popular "Little Colonel" series, which was the basis for the 1935 Shirley Temple film The Little Colonel. She was born and grew up in McCutchanville, Indiana, a small unincorporated town near Evansville, Indiana.

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Warwick Hall looked more like an old English castle than a modern boarding-school for girls. Gazing at its high towers and massive portal, one almost expected to see some velvet-clad page or lady-in-waiting come down the many flights of marble steps leading between stately terraces to the river. Even a knight with a gerfalcon on his wrist would not have seemed out of place, and if a slow-going barge had trailed by between the willow-fringed banks of the Potomac, it would have seemed more in keeping with the scene than the steamboats puffing past to Mount Vernon, with crowds of excursionists on deck.

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Johnston, Annie F: The Little Colonel's Chum Mary Ware. v1. 14 Feb 2014

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Annie Fellows Johnston (1863–1931) was an American author of children's fiction who wrote the popular "Little Colonel" series, which was the basis for the 1935 Shirley Temple film The Little Colonel. She was born and grew up in McCutchanville, Indiana, a small unincorporated town near Evansville, Indiana.

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The bus running between Warwick Hall Station and Warwick Hall school drew up at the door of the great castle-like building with as grand a flourish as if it carried the entire Senior class, and deposited one lone passenger upon the steps. As it was several days before the opening of the Fall term, no pupils were expected so soon, and but few of the teachers had returned. There was no one to see the imposing arrival of the little Freshman except the butler, who had been drawn to the front window by the sound of wheels. It devolved on him to answer the knocker this afternoon. In the general confusion of house-cleaning the man who attended the door had been sent up stairs to hang curtains.

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Johnston, Annie F: The Little Colonel's Holidays. v1. 14 Feb 2014

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Annie Fellows Johnston (1863–1931) was an American author of children's fiction who wrote the popular "Little Colonel" series, which was the basis for the 1935 Shirley Temple film The Little Colonel. She was born and grew up in McCutchanville, Indiana, a small unincorporated town near Evansville, Indiana.

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Once upon a time, so the story goes (you may read it for yourself in the dear old tales of Hans Christian Andersen), there was a prince who disguised himself as a swineherd. It was to gain admittance to a beautiful princess that he thus came in disguise to her father’s palace, and to attract her attention he made a magic caldron, hung around with strings of silver bells. Whenever the water in the caldron boiled and bubbled, the bells rang a little tune to remind her of him.

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Johnston, Annie F: The Little Colonel's House Party. v1. 15 Feb 2014

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Annie Fellows Johnston (1863–1931) was an American author of children's fiction who wrote the popular "Little Colonel" series, which was the basis for the 1935 Shirley Temple film The Little Colonel. She was born and grew up in McCutchanville, Indiana, a small unincorporated town near Evansville, Indiana.

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Down the long avenue that led from the house to the great entrance gate came the Little Colonel on her pony. It was a sweet, white way that morning, filled with the breath of the locusts; white overhead where the giant trees locked branches to make an arch of bloom nearly a quarter of a mile in length, and white underneath where the fallen blossoms lay like scattered snowflakes along the path.
Everybody, in Lloydsboro Valley knew Locust. “It is one of the prettiest places in all Kentucky,” they were fond of saying, and every visitor to the Valley was taken past the great entrance gate to admire the long rows of stately old trees, and the great stone house at the end, whose pillars gleamed white through the Virginia creeper that nearly covered it.

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Johnston, Annie F: The Little Colonel's Knight Comes Riding. v1. 15 Feb 2014

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Annie Fellows Johnston (1863–1931) was an American author of children's fiction who wrote the popular "Little Colonel" series, which was the basis for the 1935 Shirley Temple film The Little Colonel. She was born and grew up in McCutchanville, Indiana, a small unincorporated town near Evansville, Indiana.

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It was a June morning in Kentucky. The doctor’s nephew coming at a gallop down the pike into Lloydsboro Valley, reined his horse to a walk as he reached the railroad crossing, and leaning forward in his saddle, hesitated a moment between the two roads.

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Johnston, Annie F: The Little Colonel,. v1. 11 Feb 2014

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Annie Fellows Johnston (1863–1931) was an American author of children's fiction who wrote the popular "Little Colonel" series, which was the basis for the 1935 Shirley Temple film The Little Colonel. She was born and grew up in McCutchanville, Indiana, a small unincorporated town near Evansville, Indiana.

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At that very moment he had caught the rattle of wheels along the road, and had picked up his field-glass to see who was passing. It was only a coloured man jogging along in the heat and dust with a cart full of chicken-coops. The Colonel watched him drive up a lane that led to the back of the new hotel that had just been opened in this quiet country place. Then his glance fell on the two small strangers coming through his gate down the avenue toward him. One was the friskiest dog he had ever seen in his life. The other was a child he judged to be about five years old.

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Johnston, Annie F: The Quilt That Jack Built. v1. 18 Feb 2014

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Annie Fellows Johnston (1863–1931) was an American author of children's fiction who wrote the popular "Little Colonel" series, which was the basis for the 1935 Shirley Temple film The Little Colonel. She was born and grew up in McCutchanville, Indiana, a small unincorporated town near Evansville, Indiana.

THE QUILT THAT JACK BUILT
HOW HE WON THE BICYCLE

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Johnston, Annie F: The Story of Dago. v1. 19 Feb 2014

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Annie Fellows Johnston (1863–1931) was an American author of children's fiction who wrote the popular "Little Colonel" series, which was the basis for the 1935 Shirley Temple film The Little Colonel. She was born and grew up in McCutchanville, Indiana, a small unincorporated town near Evansville, Indiana.

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Here I am at last, Ring-tail! The boys have gone to school, thank fortune, and little Elsie has been taken to kindergarten. Everybody in the house thinks that I am safe up-stairs in the little prison of a room that they made for me in the attic. I suppose they never thought how easy it would be for me to swing out of the open window and climb down the lightning-rod. Wouldn’t Miss Patricia be surprised if she knew that I am down here now in the parlour, talking to you, and sitting up here among all these costly, breakable things!

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Johnston, Annie F: The Story of the Red Cross . . . v1. 19 Feb 2014

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Annie Fellows Johnston (1863–1931) was an American author of children's fiction who wrote the popular "Little Colonel" series, which was the basis for the 1935 Shirley Temple film The Little Colonel. She was born and grew up in McCutchanville, Indiana, a small unincorporated town near Evansville, Indiana.

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Far away in the distance she could see the shining snow crown of Mont Blanc, and it gave her an odd feeling, as if she were living in a geography lesson, to know that she was bounded on one side by the famous Alpine mountain, and on the other by the River Rhône, whose source she had often traced on the map. The sunshine, the music, and the gay crowds made it seem to Lloyd as if the whole world were out for a holiday, and she ate her melon and listened to the plans for the day with the sensation that something very delightful was about to happen.

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Johnston, Annie F: Travelers Five Along Life's Highway. v1. 20 Feb 2014

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Annie Fellows Johnston (1863–1931) was an American author of children's fiction who wrote the popular "Little Colonel" series, which was the basis for the 1935 Shirley Temple film The Little Colonel. She was born and grew up in McCutchanville, Indiana, a small unincorporated town near Evansville, Indiana.

Annie Fellows Johnston (1863–1931) was an American author of children's fiction who wrote the popular "Little Colonel" series, which was the basis for the 1935 Shirley Temple film The Little Colonel. She was born and grew up in McCutchanville, Indiana, a small unincorporated town near Evansville, Indiana.

The First Traveler: Jimmy—On The Trail of the Wise Men
The Second Traveler: Gid Wiggan—In the Wake of a Honeymoon
The Third Traveler: The Clown—Towards his Accolade
The Fourth Traveler: Wexley Snathers—By Way of an Inherited Circus
The Fifth Traveler: Bap. Sloan—To His Mount of Pisgah

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Johnston, Annie F: Two Little Knights of Kentucky. v1. 21 Feb 2014

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Annie Fellows Johnston (1863–1931) was an American author of children's fiction who wrote the popular "Little Colonel" series, which was the basis for the 1935 Shirley Temple film The Little Colonel. She was born and grew up in McCutchanville, Indiana, a small unincorporated town near Evansville, Indiana.

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Half an hour before the five o’clock train was due from the city, two boys came running up the railroad track with their skates in their hands. They were handsome, sturdy little fellows, so well buttoned up in their leather leggins and warm reefer overcoats that they scarcely felt the cold. Their cheeks were red as winter apples, from skating against the wind, and they were almost breathless after their long run up-hill to the depot. Racing across the platform, they bumped against the door at the same instant, burst it noisily open, and slammed it behind them with a bang that shook the entire building.

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Johnston, Charles: The Yoga Sutras of Pantanjali. V1. 01-Apr-2012

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Patañjali (Sanskrit: पतञ्जलि, IPA: [pət̪əɲɟəl; fl. 150 BCE[1] or 2nd c. BCE[2][3]) is the compiler of the Yoga Sūtras, an important collection of aphorisms on Yoga practice. According to tradition, the same Patañjali was also the author of the Mahābhāṣya, a commentary on Kātyāyana's vārttikas (short comments) on Pāṇini's Aṣṭādhyāyī as well as an unspecified work of medicine (āyurveda).
In recent decades the Yoga Sutra has become quite popular worldwide for the precepts regarding practice of Raja Yoga and its philosophical basis. "Yoga" in traditional Hinduism involves inner contemplation, a system of meditation practice and ethics.

From the Introduction:
The Yoga Sutras of Patañjali are in themselves exceedingly brief, less than ten pages of large type in the original. Yet they contain the essence of practical wisdom, set forth in admirable order and detail. The theme, if the present interpreter be right, is the great regeneration, the birth of the spiritual from the psychical man: the same theme which Paul so wisely and eloquently set forth in writing to his disciples in Corinth, the theme of all mystics in all lands.

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Johnston, M.A.B. & Yearsley, K.D.: Four-Fifty Miles to Freedom. v1. 11 Aug 2012

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An account of an escape from an Ottoman prisoner of war camp during the First World War.

I am new to this, so I'd appreciate criticism.

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Johnston, Mary: 1492. v1, 24 Feb 2014

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Mary Johnston (November 21, 1870 – May 9, 1936)[1] was an American novelist and women's rights advocate.

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THE morning was gray and I sat by the sea near Palos in a gray mood. I was Jayme de Marchena, and that was a good, old Christian name. But my grandmother was Jewess, and in corners they said that she never truly recanted, and I had been much with her as a child. She was dead, but still they talked of her. Jayme de Marchena, looking back from the hillside of forty-six, saw some service done for the Queen and the folk. This thing and that thing. Not demanding trumpets, but serviceable. It would be neither counted nor weighed beside and against that which Don Pedro and the Dominican found to say. What they found to say they made, not found. They took clay of misrepresentation, and in the field of falsehood sat them down, and consulting the parchment of malice, proceeded to create. But false as was all they set up, the time would cry it true.

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Johnston, Mary: 1492. V1. 19 Jan 2009

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Mary Johnston (November 21, 1870 – May 9, 1936) was an American novelist and women's rights advocate.
The daughter of an American Civil War soldier who became a successful lawyer, Mary Johnston was born in the small town of Buchanan, Virginia. A small and frail girl, she was educated at home by family and tutors. She grew up with a love of books and was financially independent enough to devote herself to writing.
Johnston wrote historical books and novels that often combined romance with history. Her first book Prisoners of Hope (1898) dealt with colonial times in Virginia as did her second novel To Have and to Hold (1900) and 1904's Sir Mortimer. The Goddess of Reason (1907) uses the theme of the French Revolution and in Lewis Rand (1908), the author portrayed political life at the dawn of the 19th century.
To Have and to Hold was serialized in the The Atlantic Monthly in 1899 and published in 1900 by Houghton Mifflin. The book proved enormously popular and according to the New York Times was the bestselling novel in the United States in 1900. Johnston's next work titled Audrey was the 5th bestselling book in the U.S. in 1902, as was Sir Mortimer in 1904. Beyond her native America, Johnston's novels were also very popular in Canada and in England.
Three of Johnston's books were adapted to film. Audrey was made into a silent film of the same name in 1916 and her blockbuster work To Have and to Hold was made into a silent film in 1918 and again in 1922. Pioneers of the Old South was adapted to film in 1923 under the title Jamestown.
During her long career, in addition to twenty-three novels, Johnston wrote a number of short stories, one drama, and two long narrative poems. She used her fame to advocate women's rights, strongly supporting the women's suffrage movement.
On her passing in 1936, Mary Johnston was interred in Hollywood Cemetery, Richmond, Virginia.

Excerpt
THE morning was gray and I sat by the sea near Palos in a gray mood. I was Jayme de Marchena, and that was a good, old Christian name. But my grandmother was Jewess, and in corners they said that she never truly recanted, and I had been much with her as a child. She was dead, but still they talked of her. Jayme de Marchena, looking back from the hillside of forty-six, saw some service done for the Queen and the folk. This thing and that thing. Not demanding trumpets, but serviceable. It would be neither counted nor weighed beside and against that which Don Pedro and the Dominican found to say. What they found to say they made, not found. They took clay of misrepresentation, and in the field of falsehood sat them down, and consulting the parchment of malice, proceeded to create. But false as was all they set up, the time would cry it true.

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Johnston, Mary: Audrey. V1. 19 Jan 2009

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Mary Johnston (November 21, 1870 – May 9, 1936) was an American novelist and women's rights advocate.
The daughter of an American Civil War soldier who became a successful lawyer, Mary Johnston was born in the small town of Buchanan, Virginia. A small and frail girl, she was educated at home by family and tutors. She grew up with a love of books and was financially independent enough to devote herself to writing.
Johnston wrote historical books and novels that often combined romance with history. Her first book Prisoners of Hope (1898) dealt with colonial times in Virginia as did her second novel To Have and to Hold (1900) and 1904's Sir Mortimer. The Goddess of Reason (1907) uses the theme of the French Revolution and in Lewis Rand (1908), the author portrayed political life at the dawn of the 19th century.
To Have and to Hold was serialized in the The Atlantic Monthly in 1899 and published in 1900 by Houghton Mifflin. The book proved enormously popular and according to the New York Times was the bestselling novel in the United States in 1900. Johnston's next work titled Audrey was the 5th bestselling book in the U.S. in 1902, as was Sir Mortimer in 1904. Beyond her native America, Johnston's novels were also very popular in Canada and in England.
Three of Johnston's books were adapted to film. Audrey was made into a silent film of the same name in 1916 and her blockbuster work To Have and to Hold was made into a silent film in 1918 and again in 1922. Pioneers of the Old South was adapted to film in 1923 under the title Jamestown.
During her long career, in addition to twenty-three novels, Johnston wrote a number of short stories, one drama, and two long narrative poems. She used her fame to advocate women's rights, strongly supporting the women's suffrage movement.
On her passing in 1936, Mary Johnston was interred in Hollywood Cemetery, Richmond, Virginia.

Excerpt
The valley lay like a ribbon thrown into the midst of the encompassing hills. The grass which grew there was soft and fine and abundant; the trees which sprang from its dark, rich mould were tall and great of girth. A bright stream flashed through it, and the sunshine fell warm upon the grass and changed the tassels of the maize into golden plumes. Above the valley, east and north and south, rose the hills, clad in living green, mantled with the purpling grape, wreathed morn and eve with trailing mist. To the westward were the mountains, and they dwelt apart in a blue haze. Only in the morning, if the mist were not there, the sunrise struck upon their long summits, and in the evening they stood out, high and black and fearful, against the splendid sky. The child who played beside the cabin door often watched them as the valley filled with shadows, and thought of them as a great wall between her and some land of the fairies which must needs lie beyond that barrier, beneath the splendor and the evening star. The Indians called them the Endless Mountains, and the child never doubted that they ran across the world and touched the floor of heaven.

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Johnston, Mary: Audrey. v1. 24 Feb 2014

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Mary Johnston (November 21, 1870 – May 9, 1936)[1] was an American novelist and women's rights advocate.

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In the hands of the woman who was spinning the thread broke and the song died in the white throat of the girl who stood in the doorway. For a moment the two gazed with widening eyes into the green September world without the cabin; then the woman sprang to her feet, tore from the wall a horn, and, running to the door, wound it lustily. The echoes from the hills had not died when a man and a boy, the one bearing a musket, the other an axe, burst from the shadow of the forest, and at a run crossed the greensward and the field of maize between them and the women. The child let fall her pine cones and pebbles, and fled to her mother, to cling to her skirts, and look with brown, frightened eyes for the wonder that should follow the winding of the horn. Only twice could she remember that clear summons for her father: once when it was winter and snow was on the ground, and a great wolf, gaunt and bold, had fallen upon their sheep; and once when a drunken trader from Germanna, with a Pamunkey who had tasted of the trader’s rum, had not waited for an invitation before entering the cabin. It was not winter now, and there was no sign of the red-faced trader or of the dreadful, capering Indian. There was only a sound in the air, a strange noise coming to them from the pass between the hills over which rose the sun.

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Johnston, Mary: Foes. V1. 20 Jan 2009

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Mary Johnston (November 21, 1870 – May 9, 1936) was an American novelist and women's rights advocate.
The daughter of an American Civil War soldier who became a successful lawyer, Mary Johnston was born in the small town of Buchanan, Virginia. A small and frail girl, she was educated at home by family and tutors. She grew up with a love of books and was financially independent enough to devote herself to writing.
Johnston wrote historical books and novels that often combined romance with history. Her first book Prisoners of Hope (1898) dealt with colonial times in Virginia as did her second novel To Have and to Hold (1900) and 1904's Sir Mortimer. The Goddess of Reason (1907) uses the theme of the French Revolution and in Lewis Rand (1908), the author portrayed political life at the dawn of the 19th century.
To Have and to Hold was serialized in the The Atlantic Monthly in 1899 and published in 1900 by Houghton Mifflin. The book proved enormously popular and according to the New York Times was the bestselling novel in the United States in 1900. Johnston's next work titled Audrey was the 5th bestselling book in the U.S. in 1902, as was Sir Mortimer in 1904. Beyond her native America, Johnston's novels were also very popular in Canada and in England.
Three of Johnston's books were adapted to film. Audrey was made into a silent film of the same name in 1916 and her blockbuster work To Have and to Hold was made into a silent film in 1918 and again in 1922. Pioneers of the Old South was adapted to film in 1923 under the title Jamestown.
During her long career, in addition to twenty-three novels, Johnston wrote a number of short stories, one drama, and two long narrative poems. She used her fame to advocate women's rights, strongly supporting the women's suffrage movement.
On her passing in 1936, Mary Johnston was interred in Hollywood Cemetery, Richmond, Virginia.

Excerpt
Said Mother Binning: "Whiles I spin and whiles I dream. A bonny day like this I look."
English Strickland, tutor at Glenfernie House, looked, too, at the feathery glen, vivid in June sunshine. The ash-tree before Mother Binning's cot overhung a pool of the little river. Below, the water brawled and leaped from ledge to ledge, but here at the head of the glen it ran smooth and still. A rose-bush grew by the door and a hen and her chicks crossed in the sun. English Strickland, who had been fishing, sat on the door-stone and talked to Mother Binning, sitting within with her wheel beside her.

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Johnston, Mary: Foes. v1. 24 Feb 2014

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Mary Johnston (November 21, 1870 – May 9, 1936) was an American novelist and women's rights advocate.

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Said Mother Binning: “Whiles I spin and whiles I dream. A bonny day like this I look.”
English Strickland, tutor at Glenfernie House, looked, too, at the feathery glen, vivid in June sunshine. The ash-tree before Mother Binning’s cot overhung a pool of the little river. Below, the water brawled and leaped from ledge to ledge, but here at the head of the glen it ran smooth and still. A rose-bush grew by the door and a hen and her chicks crossed in the sun. English Strickland, who had been fishing, sat on the door-stone and talked to Mother Binning, sitting within with her wheel beside her.

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Johnston, Mary: Lewis Rand. V1. 20 Jan 2009

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Mary Johnston (November 21, 1870 – May 9, 1936) was an American novelist and women's rights advocate.
The daughter of an American Civil War soldier who became a successful lawyer, Mary Johnston was born in the small town of Buchanan, Virginia. A small and frail girl, she was educated at home by family and tutors. She grew up with a love of books and was financially independent enough to devote herself to writing.
Johnston wrote historical books and novels that often combined romance with history. Her first book Prisoners of Hope (1898) dealt with colonial times in Virginia as did her second novel To Have and to Hold (1900) and 1904's Sir Mortimer. The Goddess of Reason (1907) uses the theme of the French Revolution and in Lewis Rand (1908), the author portrayed political life at the dawn of the 19th century.
To Have and to Hold was serialized in the The Atlantic Monthly in 1899 and published in 1900 by Houghton Mifflin. The book proved enormously popular and according to the New York Times was the bestselling novel in the United States in 1900. Johnston's next work titled Audrey was the 5th bestselling book in the U.S. in 1902, as was Sir Mortimer in 1904. Beyond her native America, Johnston's novels were also very popular in Canada and in England.
Three of Johnston's books were adapted to film. Audrey was made into a silent film of the same name in 1916 and her blockbuster work To Have and to Hold was made into a silent film in 1918 and again in 1922. Pioneers of the Old South was adapted to film in 1923 under the title Jamestown.
During her long career, in addition to twenty-three novels, Johnston wrote a number of short stories, one drama, and two long narrative poems. She used her fame to advocate women's rights, strongly supporting the women's suffrage movement.
On her passing in 1936, Mary Johnston was interred in Hollywood Cemetery, Richmond, Virginia.

Excerpt
The tobacco-roller and his son pitched their camp beneath a gum tree upon the edge of the wood. It was October, and the gum was the colour of blood. Behind it rolled the autumn forest; before it stretched a level of broom-sedge, bright ochre in the light of the setting sun. The road ran across this golden plain, and disappeared in a league-deep wood of pine. From an invisible clearing came a cawing of crows. The sky was cloudless, and the evening wind had not begun to blow. The small, shining leaves of the gum did not stir, and the flame of the camp-fire rose straight as a lance. The tobacco cask, transfixed by the trunk of a young oak and drawn by strong horses, had come to rest upon the turf by the roadside. Gideon Rand unharnessed the team, and from the platform built in the front of the cask took fodder for the horses, then tossed upon the grass a bag of meal, a piece of bacon, and a frying-pan. The boy collected the dry wood with which the earth was strewn, then struck flint and steel, guarded the spark within the tinder, fanned the flame, and with a sigh of satisfaction stood back from the leaping fire. His father tossed him a bucket, and with it swinging from his hand, he made through the wood towards a music of water. Goldenrod and farewell-summer and the red plumes of the sumach lined his path, while far overhead the hickories and maples reared a fretted, red-gold roof. Underfoot were moss and coloured leaves, and to the right and left the squirrels watched him with bright eyes. He found the stream where it rippled between banks of fern and mint. As he knelt to fill the pail, the red haw and the purple ironweed met above his head.

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Johnston, Mary: Lewis Rand. v1. 25 Feb 2014

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Mary Johnston (November 21, 1870 – May 9, 1936)[1] was an American novelist and women's rights advocate.

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The tobacco-roller and his son pitched their camp beneath a gum tree upon the edge of the wood.

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Johnston, Mary: Prisoners of Hope. V1. 21 Jan 2009

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Mary Johnston (November 21, 1870 – May 9, 1936) was an American novelist and women's rights advocate.
The daughter of an American Civil War soldier who became a successful lawyer, Mary Johnston was born in the small town of Buchanan, Virginia. A small and frail girl, she was educated at home by family and tutors. She grew up with a love of books and was financially independent enough to devote herself to writing.
Johnston wrote historical books and novels that often combined romance with history. Her first book Prisoners of Hope (1898) dealt with colonial times in Virginia as did her second novel To Have and to Hold (1900) and 1904's Sir Mortimer. The Goddess of Reason (1907) uses the theme of the French Revolution and in Lewis Rand (1908), the author portrayed political life at the dawn of the 19th century.
To Have and to Hold was serialized in the The Atlantic Monthly in 1899 and published in 1900 by Houghton Mifflin. The book proved enormously popular and according to the New York Times was the bestselling novel in the United States in 1900. Johnston's next work titled Audrey was the 5th bestselling book in the U.S. in 1902, as was Sir Mortimer in 1904. Beyond her native America, Johnston's novels were also very popular in Canada and in England.
Three of Johnston's books were adapted to film. Audrey was made into a silent film of the same name in 1916 and her blockbuster work To Have and to Hold was made into a silent film in 1918 and again in 1922. Pioneers of the Old South was adapted to film in 1923 under the title Jamestown.
During her long career, in addition to twenty-three novels, Johnston wrote a number of short stories, one drama, and two long narrative poems. She used her fame to advocate women's rights, strongly supporting the women's suffrage movement.
On her passing in 1936, Mary Johnston was interred in Hollywood Cemetery, Richmond, Virginia.

Excerpt
"She will reach the wharf in half an hour."
The speaker shaded her eyes with a great fan of carved ivory and painted silk. They were beautiful eyes; large, brown, perfect in shape and expression, and set in a lovely, imperious, laughing face. The divinity to whom they belonged was clad in a gown of green dimity, flowered with pink roses, and trimmed about the neck and half sleeves with a fall of yellow lace. The gown was made according to the latest Paris mode, as described in a year-old letter from the court of Charles the Second, and its wearer gazed from under her fan towards the waters of the great bay of Chesapeake, in his Majesty's most loyal and well beloved dominion of Virginia.

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Johnston, Mary: Prisoners of Hope. v1. 26 Feb 2014

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Mary Johnston (November 21, 1870 – May 9, 1936)[1] was an American novelist and women's rights advocate.

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The object of her attention was a large sloop that had left the bay and was sailing up a wide inlet or creek that pierced the land, cork-screw fashion, until it vanished from sight amidst innumerable green marshes. The channel, indicated by a deeper blue in the midst of an expanse of shoal water, was narrow, and wound like a gleaming snake in and out among the interminable succession of marsh islets. The vessel, following its curves, tacked continually, its great sail intensely white against the blue of inlet, bay and sky, and the shadeless green of the marshes, zigzagging from side to side with provoking leisureliness. The girl who had spoken watched it eagerly, a color in her cheeks, and one little foot in its square-toed, rosetted shoe tapping impatiently upon the floor of the wide porch in which she stood.

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Johnston, Mary: Sir Mortimer. V1. 22 Jan 2009

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Mary Johnston (November 21, 1870 – May 9, 1936) was an American novelist and women's rights advocate.
The daughter of an American Civil War soldier who became a successful lawyer, Mary Johnston was born in the small town of Buchanan, Virginia. A small and frail girl, she was educated at home by family and tutors. She grew up with a love of books and was financially independent enough to devote herself to writing.
Johnston wrote historical books and novels that often combined romance with history. Her first book Prisoners of Hope (1898) dealt with colonial times in Virginia as did her second novel To Have and to Hold (1900) and 1904's Sir Mortimer. The Goddess of Reason (1907) uses the theme of the French Revolution and in Lewis Rand (1908), the author portrayed political life at the dawn of the 19th century.
To Have and to Hold was serialized in the The Atlantic Monthly in 1899 and published in 1900 by Houghton Mifflin. The book proved enormously popular and according to the New York Times was the bestselling novel in the United States in 1900. Johnston's next work titled Audrey was the 5th bestselling book in the U.S. in 1902, as was Sir Mortimer in 1904. Beyond her native America, Johnston's novels were also very popular in Canada and in England.
Three of Johnston's books were adapted to film. Audrey was made into a silent film of the same name in 1916 and her blockbuster work To Have and to Hold was made into a silent film in 1918 and again in 1922. Pioneers of the Old South was adapted to film in 1923 under the title Jamestown.
During her long career, in addition to twenty-three novels, Johnston wrote a number of short stories, one drama, and two long narrative poems. She used her fame to advocate women's rights, strongly supporting the women's suffrage movement.
On her passing in 1936, Mary Johnston was interred in Hollywood Cemetery, Richmond, Virginia.

Excerpt
“But if we return not from our adventure,” ended Sir Mortimer, “if the sea claims us, and upon his sandy floor, amid his Armida gardens, the silver-singing mermaiden marvel at that wreckage which was once a tall ship and at those bones which once were animate,—*if strange islands know our resting-place, sunk for evermore in huge and most unkindly forests,—*if, being but pawns in a mighty game, we are lost or changed, happy, however, in that the white hand of our Queen hath touched us, giving thereby consecration to our else unworthiness,—*if we find no gold, nor take one ship of Spain, nor any city treasure-stored,—*if we suffer a myriad sort of sorrows and at the last we perish miserably—*”

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Johnston, Mary: Sir Mortimer. v1. 26 Feb 2014

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Mary Johnston (November 21, 1870 – May 9, 1936)[1] was an American novelist and women's rights advocate.

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But if we return not from our adventure,” ended Sir Mortimer, “if the sea claims us, and upon his sandy floor, amid his Armida gardens, the silver-singing mermaiden marvel at that wreckage which was once a tall ship and at those bones which once were animate,—if strange islands know our resting-place, sunk for evermore in huge and most unkindly forests,—if, being but pawns in a mighty game, we are lost or changed, happy, however, in that the white hand of our Queen hath touched us, giving thereby consecration to our else unworthiness,—if we find no gold, nor take one ship of Spain, nor any city treasure-stored,—if we suffer a myriad sort of sorrows and at the last we perish miserably—”

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Johnston, Mary: The Long Roll. V1. 22 Jan 2009

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Mary Johnston (November 21, 1870 – May 9, 1936) was an American novelist and women's rights advocate.
The daughter of an American Civil War soldier who became a successful lawyer, Mary Johnston was born in the small town of Buchanan, Virginia. A small and frail girl, she was educated at home by family and tutors. She grew up with a love of books and was financially independent enough to devote herself to writing.
Johnston wrote historical books and novels that often combined romance with history. Her first book Prisoners of Hope (1898) dealt with colonial times in Virginia as did her second novel To Have and to Hold (1900) and 1904's Sir Mortimer. The Goddess of Reason (1907) uses the theme of the French Revolution and in Lewis Rand (1908), the author portrayed political life at the dawn of the 19th century.
To Have and to Hold was serialized in the The Atlantic Monthly in 1899 and published in 1900 by Houghton Mifflin. The book proved enormously popular and according to the New York Times was the bestselling novel in the United States in 1900. Johnston's next work titled Audrey was the 5th bestselling book in the U.S. in 1902, as was Sir Mortimer in 1904. Beyond her native America, Johnston's novels were also very popular in Canada and in England.
Three of Johnston's books were adapted to film. Audrey was made into a silent film of the same name in 1916 and her blockbuster work To Have and to Hold was made into a silent film in 1918 and again in 1922. Pioneers of the Old South was adapted to film in 1923 under the title Jamestown.
During her long career, in addition to twenty-three novels, Johnston wrote a number of short stories, one drama, and two long narrative poems. She used her fame to advocate women's rights, strongly supporting the women's suffrage movement.
On her passing in 1936, Mary Johnston was interred in Hollywood Cemetery, Richmond, Virginia.

A novel of the War Between the States
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The people of Botetourt County, in general meeting assembled, believe it to be the duty of all the citizens of the Commonwealth, in the present alarming condition of our country, to give some expression of their opinion upon the threatening aspect of public affairs....
In the controversies with the mother country, growing out of the effort of the latter to tax the Colonies without their consent, it was Virginia who, by the resolution against the Stamp Act, gave the example of the first authoritative resistance by a legislative body to the British Government, and so imparted the first impulse to the Revolution.

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Johnston, Mary: The Long Roll. v1. 25 Feb 2014

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Mary Johnston (November 21, 1870 – May 9, 1936)[1] was an American novelist and women's rights advocate.

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To name the historians, biographers, memoir and narrative writers, diarists, and contributors of but a vivid page or two to the magazines of Historical Societies, to whom the writer of a story dealing with this period is indebted, would be to place below a very long list. In lieu of doing so, the author of this book will say here that many incidents which she has used were actual happenings, recorded by men and women writing of that through which they lived

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Johnston, Mary: To Have and to Hold. v1 26 Oct 07

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A romantic adventure set in 1600's colonial Virginia. There are a few illustrations included.

I'll be posting the following ten best selling fiction books in the U.S. for the year 1900 were:

1. [To Have and To Hold[/, Mary Johnston
2. [Red Pottage[/, Mary Cholmondeley
3. [Unleavened Bread[/, Robert Grant
4. [The Reign of Law[/, James Lane Allen
5. [Eben Holden[/, Irving Bacheller
6. [Janice Meredith[/, Paul Leicester Ford
7. [The Redemption of David Corson[/, Charles Frederic Goss
8. [Richard Carvel[/, Winston Churchill
9. [When Knighthood Was in Flower[/, Charles Major
10. [Alice of Old Vincennes[/, Maurice Thompson

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Johnston, Mary: To Have and to Hold. V1. 19 Jan 2009

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[SIZE="3"][/SIZStanart posted this book on 26 Oct 07. He obviously did not have access to the tools that we now have. The TOC is not centered and the imp file seems not to be fully implemented. This version was edited in Book Designer, compiled by MobiPocket Creator, converted to lrf with Calibre, and to imp with MOBI2IMP. All versions are now "prettied up." The new tools are fantastic. "BD ROCKS."

Mary Johnston (November 21, 1870 – May 9, 1936) was an American novelist and women's rights advocate.
The daughter of an American Civil War soldier who became a successful lawyer, Mary Johnston was born in the small town of Buchanan, Virginia. A small and frail girl, she was educated at home by family and tutors. She grew up with a love of books and was financially independent enough to devote herself to writing.
Johnston wrote historical books and novels that often combined romance with history. Her first book Prisoners of Hope (1898) dealt with colonial times in Virginia as did her second novel To Have and to Hold (1900) and 1904's Sir Mortimer. The Goddess of Reason (1907) uses the theme of the French Revolution and in Lewis Rand (1908), the author portrayed political life at the dawn of the 19th century.
To Have and to Hold was serialized in the The Atlantic Monthly in 1899 and published in 1900 by Houghton Mifflin. The book proved enormously popular and according to the New York Times was the bestselling novel in the United States in 1900. Johnston's next work titled Audrey was the 5th bestselling book in the U.S. in 1902, as was Sir Mortimer in 1904. Beyond her native America, Johnston's novels were also very popular in Canada and in England.
Three of Johnston's books were adapted to film. Audrey was made into a silent film of the same name in 1916 and her blockbuster work To Have and to Hold was made into a silent film in 1918 and again in 1922. Pioneers of the Old South was adapted to film in 1923 under the title Jamestown.
During her long career, in addition to twenty-three novels, Johnston wrote a number of short stories, one drama, and two long narrative poems. She used her fame to advocate women's rights, strongly supporting the women's suffrage movement.
On her passing in 1936, Mary Johnston was interred in Hollywood Cemetery, Richmond, Virginia.

Excerpt
THE work of the day being over, I sat down upon my doorstep, pipe in hand, to rest awhile in the cool of the evening. Death is not more still than is this Virginian land in the hour when the sun has sunk away, and it is black beneath the trees, and the stars brighten slowly and softly, one by one. The birds that sing all day have hushed, and the horned owls, the monster frogs, and that strange and ominous fowl (if fowl it be, and not, as some assert, a spirit damned) which we English call the whippoorwill, are yet silent. Later the wolf will howl and the panther scream, but now there is no sound. The winds are laid, and the restless leaves droop and are quiet. The low lap of the water among the reeds is like the breathing of one who sleeps in his watch beside the dead.

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Johnston, Mary: To Have and To Hold. v1. 26 Feb 2o14

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Mary Johnston (November 21, 1870 – May 9, 1936)[1] was an American novelist and women's rights advocate.

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THE work of the day being over, I sat down upon my doorstep, pipe in hand, to rest awhile in the cool of the evening. Death is not more still than is this Virginian land in the hour when the sun has sunk away, and it is black beneath the trees, and the stars brighten slowly and softly, one by one. The birds that sing all day have hushed, and the horned owls, the monster frogs, and that strange and ominous fowl (if fowl it be, and not, as some assert, a spirit damned) which we English call the whippoorwill, are yet silent. Later the wolf will howl and the panther scream, but now there is no sound. The winds are laid, and the restless leaves droop and are quiet. The low lap of the water among the reeds is like the breathing of one who sleeps in his watch beside the dead.

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Jókai, Maurus: Eyes Like the Sea. v1. 22 Jan 2014

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Bain, R. Nisbet (Robert Nisbet), 1854-1909 was a British historian and linguist who worked for the British Museum.
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The pessimistic tone of Continental fiction, and its pronounced preference for minute and morbid analysis, are quite revolutionizing the modern novel. Fiction is ceasing to be a branch of art, and fast becoming, instead, a branch of science. The aim of the novelist, apparently, is to lecture instead of to amuse his readers. Plot, incident, and description are being sacrificed more and more to the dissection of peculiar and abnormal types of character, and the story is too often lost in physiological details or psychological studies.

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Jókai, Maurus: The Day of Wrath. v1. 21 Jan 2014

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Robert Nisbet Bain (1854–1909) was a British historian and linguist who worked for the British Museum.

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"Szomorú Napok" was written in the darkest days of Maurus Jókai's life, and reflects the depression of a naturally generous and sanguine nature bowed down, for a time, beneath an almost unendurable load of unmerited misfortune. The story was written shortly after the collapse of the Magyar Revolution of 1848-49, when Hungary lay crushed and bleeding under the heel of triumphant Austria and her Russian ally; when, deprived of all her ancient political rights and liberties, she had been handed over to the domination of the stranger, and saw her best and noblest sons either voluntary exiles, or suspected rebels under police surveillance. Jókai also was in the category of the proscribed. He had played a conspicuous part in the Revolution; he had served his country with both pen and sword; and, now that the bloody struggle was over, and the last Honved army had surrendered to the Russians, Jókai,disillusioned and broken-hearted, was left to piece together again as best he might, the shattered fragments of a ruined career.

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Jókai, Mór: 'Midst the Wild Carpathians. v1. 25 Jan 2014

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Mór Jókai ([ˈmoːr ˈjoːkɒ, born Móric Jókay de Ásva; 18 February 1825 – 5 May 1904), outside Hungary also known as Maurus Jokai, was a Hungarian dramatist and novelist.

Bain, R. Nisbet (Robert Nisbet), 1854-1909 was a British historian and linguist who worked for the British Museum. Translator.

Hungarians regard Az Érdély arány kora as, on the whole, the best of Jokai's great historical romances, and, to judge from the numerous existing versions of it, foreigners are of the same opinion as Hungarians. Few of Jokai's other tales have been translated so often, and the book is as great a favourite in Poland as it is in Germany. And certainly it fully deserves its great reputation, for it displays to the best advantage the author's three characteristic qualities—his powers of description, especially of nature, his dramatic intensity, and his peculiar humour.

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Jókai, Mór: A Hungarian Nabob. v1. 24 Jan 2014

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Mór Jókai ([ˈmoːr ˈjoːkɒ, born Móric Jókay de Ásva; 18 February 1825 – 5 May 1904), outside Hungary also known as Maurus Jokai, was a Hungarian dramatist and novelist.

Bain, R. Nisbet (Robert Nisbet), 1854-1909 was a British historian and linguist who worked for the British Museum. Translator.

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This noble novel, now translated into English for the first time, was written nearly fifty years ago. On its first appearance, Hungarian critics of every school at once hailed it as a masterpiece. It has maintained its popularity ever since; and now, despite the manifold mutations of literary fashion, in Hungary as elsewhere, has reached the unassailable position of a national classic

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Jókai, Mór: Halil the Pedlar. v1. 24 Jan 2014

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Bain, R. Nisbet (Robert Nisbet), 1854-1909 was a British historian and linguist who worked for the British Museum.

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On September 28th, 1730, a rebellion burst forth in Stambul against Sultan Achmed III., whose cowardly hesitation to take the field against the advancing hosts of the victorious Persians had revolted both the army and the people. The rebellion began in the camp of the Janissaries, and the ringleader was one Halil Patrona, a poor Albanian sailor-man, who after plying for a time the trade of a petty huckster had been compelled, by crime or accident, to seek a refuge among the mercenary soldiery of the Empire. The rebellion was unexpectedly, amazingly successful. The Sultan, after vainly sacrificing his chief councillors to the fury of the mob, was himself dethroned by Halil, and Mahmud I. appointed Sultan in his stead. For the next six weeks the ex-costermonger held the destiny of the Ottoman Empire in his hands till, on November 25th, he and his chief associates were treacherously assassinated in full Divan by the secret command, and actually in the presence of, the very monarch whom he had drawn from obscurity to set upon the throne.

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Jókai, Mór: Pretty Michal. v1. 26 Jan 2014

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MAURUS JÓKAI([ˈmoːr ˈjoːkɒ, born Móric Jókay de Ásva; 18 February 1825 – 5 May 1904), outside Hungary also known as Maurus Jokai, was a Hungarian dramatist and novelist.

Bain, R. Nisbet (Robert Nisbet), 1854-1909 was a British historian and linguist who worked for the British Museum. Translator.
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In the days when the Turkish Sultan ruled in Hungary as far as Ersekujvar and Eger, the German Kaiser from Eger to the Zips country, and George Rakoczy, Prince of Transylvania, from Zips to the Szeklerland—all three of whom were perpetually fighting among themselves, sometimes two against one and sometimes all together indiscriminately, so that the inhabitants had a very lively time of it—in those days (somewhere about 1650) the learned and reverend Master David Fröhlich was the pride of the Keszmár Lyceum and Professor of Mathematics and Astronomy there. Master Fröhlich knew everything which could be reasonably expected of a man. He knew how to calculate solar and lunar eclipses. He knew how to take the old town-clock to pieces when it got out of order and put it together again. He could fix the weather for a whole year beforehand. He understood the aureus calculus and could cast a horoscope with any man living. He knew by heart which trades could be carried on best in each of the twelve months. He had at his fingers' ends the arcana and secret properties of all herbs and plants, could explain sympathies and antipathies, nay, he could be implicitly trusted in the manufacture of amulets.

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Jókai, Mór: Tales From Jókai. v1. 27 Jan 2014

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MAURUS JÓKAI([ˈmoːr ˈjoːkɒ, born Móric Jókay de Ásva; 18 February 1825 – 5 May 1904), outside Hungary also known as Maurus Jokai, was a Hungarian dramatist and novelist.

Bain, R. Nisbet (Robert Nisbet), 1854-1909 was a British historian and linguist who worked for the British Museum. Translator.

BIOGRAPHY OF JÓKAI MÓR
I—THE CELESTIAL SLINGERS
II—THE COMPULSORY DIVERSION—AN OLD BARON'S YARN
III—THE SHERIFF OF CASCHAU—A FRAGMENT OF AN OLD CHRONICLE
IV—THE JUSTICE OF SOLIMAN—A TURKISH STORY
V—LOVE AND THE LITTLE DOG
VI.—THE RED STAROSTA
VII—THE CITY OF THE BEAST—A CHAPTER FROM THE HISTORY OF A VANISHED CONTINENT
VIII—THE OSTILE SKULLS
IX—THE BAD OLD TIMES

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Jókai, Mór: The Lion of Janina. v1. 25 Jan 2014

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Mór Jókai ([ˈmoːr ˈjoːkɒ, born Móric Jókay de Ásva; 18 February 1825 – 5 May 1904), outside Hungary also known as Maurus Jokai, was a Hungarian dramatist and novelist.

Bain, R. Nisbet (Robert Nisbet), 1854-1909 was a British historian and linguist who worked for the British Museum. Translatdor.

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The first edition of Janicsárok végnapjai appeared forty-five years ago. It was immediately preceded by the great historical romance,Erdely aranykora (The Golden Age of Transylvania), and the still more famous novel of manners, Egy Magyar Nábob (A Hungarian Nabob), which Hungarians regard as, indisputably, Jókai's masterpiece, while only a few months separate it from Kárpáthy Zoltán (Sultan Karpathy), the brilliant sequel to the Nabob. Thus it belongs to the author's best literary period.

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Jókai, Mór: The Poor Plutocrats. v1. 26 Jan 2014

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MAURUS JÓKAMór JókaiI([ˈmoːr ˈjoːkɒ, born Móric Jókay de Ásva; 18 February 1825 – 5 May 1904), outside Hungary also known as Maurus Jokai, was a Hungarian dramatist and novelist.

Bain, R. Nisbet (Robert Nisbet), 1854-1909 was a British historian and linguist who worked for the British Museum. Translator.

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"Szegény Gazdagok" is, perhaps, the most widely known of all Maurus Jókai's masterpieces. It was first published at Budapest, in 1860, in four volumes, and has been repeatedly translated into German, while good Swedish, Danish, Dutch and Polish versions sufficiently testify to its popularity on the Continent. Essentially a tale of incident and adventure, it is one of the best novels of that inexhaustible type with which I am acquainted.

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Jókai, Mór: The Slaves of the Padishah. v1. 27 Jan 2014

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MAURUS JÓKAI([ˈmoːr ˈjoːkɒ, born Móric Jókay de Ásva; 18 February 1825 – 5 May 1904), outside Hungary also known as Maurus Jokai, was a Hungarian dramatist and novelist.

Bain, R. Nisbet (Robert Nisbet), 1854-1909 was a British historian and linguist who worked for the British Museum. Translator.

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"Török Világ Magyarországon," now englished for the first time, is a sequel to "Az Erdély arany kora," already published by Messrs. Jarrold, under the title of "'Midst the Wild Carpathians." The two tales, though quite distinct, form together one great historical romance, which centres round the weakly, good-natured Michael Apafi, the last independent Prince of Transylvania, his masterful and virtuous consort, Anna Bornemissza, and his machiavellian Minister, Michael Teleki, a sort of pocket-Richelieu, whose genius might have made a great and strong state greater and stronger still, but could not save a little state, already doomed to destruction as much from its geographical position as from its inherent weakness.

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Jolly, Emily: A wife's story Vol 1. v1. 16 Jan 2016

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Emily Jolly (1834–1917): Emily Jolly was born Margate, the elder daughter of Thomas Jolly, the one-time mayor of Bath. (Her brother William Cracknell Jolly also served a term as mayor.) As a young woman she began writing fiction, beginning with "A Wife's Story" first published in Dickens's Household Words in 1855. She followed with nearly a dozen novels. In the 1870s, Jolly gave up writing fiction. She never married and lived for twenty years with Emily Dobell, the widow of the poet Sydney Dobell (d. 1874). Jolly edited a life and letters of the poet in 1878. After Dobell's death in 1900, she moved to Dorset where she died in 1917.

LETTER I.
LETTER II.
LETTER III.
A WIFE’S STORY.
MY FIRST AND LAST NOVEL.
OUR NEW ORGANIST.
ANNIE AND HER MASTER.

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Jolly, Emily: A wife's story Vol 2. v1. 16 Jan 2015

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Emily Jolly (1834–1917): Emily Jolly was born Margate, the elder daughter of Thomas Jolly, the one-time mayor of Bath. (Her brother William Cracknell Jolly also served a term as mayor.) As a young woman she began writing fiction, beginning with "A Wife's Story" first published in Dickens's Household Words in 1855. She followed with nearly a dozen novels. In the 1870s, Jolly gave up writing fiction. She never married and lived for twenty years with Emily Dobell, the widow of the poet Sydney Dobell (d. 1874). Jolly edited a life and letters of the poet in 1878. After Dobell's death in 1900, she moved to Dorset where she died in 1917.

GURTHA
AN EXPERIENCE.

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Jolly, Emily: A wife's story Vol 3. v1. 17 Jan 2016t

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Emily Jolly (1834–1917): Emily Jolly was born Margate, the elder daughter of Thomas Jolly, the one-time mayor of Bath. (Her brother William Cracknell Jolly also served a term as mayor.) As a young woman she began writing fiction, beginning with "A Wife's Story" first published in Dickens's Household Words in 1855. She followed with nearly a dozen novels. In the 1870s, Jolly gave up writing fiction. She never married and lived for twenty years with Emily Dobell, the widow of the poet Sydney Dobell (d. 1874). Jolly edited a life and letters of the poet in 1878. After Dobell's death in 1900, she moved to Dorset where she died in 1917.

DAISY’S TRIALS
I DO NOT LOVE YOU

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Jolly, Emily: Bond and free Vol 1. v1. 18 Jan 2016

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Emily Jolly (1834–1917): Emily Jolly was born Margate, the elder daughter of Thomas Jolly, the one-time mayor of Bath. (Her brother William Cracknell Jolly also served a term as mayor.) As a young woman she began writing fiction, beginning with "A Wife's Story" first published in Dickens's Household Words in 1855. She followed with nearly a dozen novels. In the 1870s, Jolly gave up writing fiction. She never married and lived for twenty years with Emily Dobell, the widow of the poet Sydney Dobell (d. 1874). Jolly edited a life and letters of the poet in 1878. After Dobell's death in 1900, she moved to Dorset where she died in 1917.

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“Sir! why did you hate my father and mother? The time is come when I must know their history and my own name.”

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Jolly, Emily: Bond and free Vol 2. v1. 19 Jan 2016

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Emily Jolly (1834–1917): Emily Jolly was born Margate, the elder daughter of Thomas Jolly, the one-time mayor of Bath. (Her brother William Cracknell Jolly also served a term as mayor.) As a young woman she began writing fiction, beginning with "A Wife's Story" first published in Dickens's Household Words in 1855. She followed with nearly a dozen novels. In the 1870s, Jolly gave up writing fiction. She never married and lived for twenty years with Emily Dobell, the widow of the poet Sydney Dobell (d. 1874). Jolly edited a life and letters of the poet in 1878. After Dobell's death in 1900, she moved to Dorset where she died in 1917.

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Mr. Narpenth’s carriage drew up early one morning at the gate of the cabbage-ground, before the cottage in which Wilfred lodged.
It was a fine morning, late in October; it happened that Wilfred was standing in the narrow path of this same cabbage-ground—admiring the glistening, dew-laden gossamer webs, which had formed a silver net-work over the homely vegetables—when Mr. Narpenth’s footman swung open the gate and came up the path, a note in his hand.

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Jolly, Emily: Bond and free Vol 3. v1. 20 Jan 2016

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Emily Jolly (1834–1917): Emily Jolly was born Margate, the elder daughter of Thomas Jolly, the one-time mayor of Bath. (Her brother William Cracknell Jolly also served a term as mayor.) As a young woman she began writing fiction, beginning with "A Wife's Story" first published in Dickens's Household Words in 1855. She followed with nearly a dozen novels. In the 1870s, Jolly gave up writing fiction. She never married and lived for twenty years with Emily Dobell, the widow of the poet Sydney Dobell (d. 1874). Jolly edited a life and letters of the poet in 1878. After Dobell's death in 1900, she moved to Dorset where she died in 1917.

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Wilfred could in no way clear himself to himself. It is true that, on that fatal morning, he had been surprised by the temptation of sudden certainty of Felicia’s love for him—that his passions had then escaped from his control, and a kind of frenzy had possessed him; but he knew to how many minor temptations he had voluntarily yielded—how many voluntary steps had led up to the involuntary climax.
He had only become the slave of overmastering passion after repeated and voluntary submission to a resistible tyranny.

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Jolly, Emily: Entanglements. v1. 20 Jan 2016

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Emily Jolly (1834–1917): Emily Jolly was born Margate, the elder daughter of Thomas Jolly, the one-time mayor of Bath. (Her brother William Cracknell Jolly also served a term as mayor.) As a young woman she began writing fiction, beginning with "A Wife's Story" first published in Dickens's Household Words in 1855. She followed with nearly a dozen novels. In the 1870s, Jolly gave up writing fiction. She never married and lived for twenty years with Emily Dobell, the widow of the poet Sydney Dobell (d. 1874). Jolly edited a life and letters of the poet in 1878. After Dobell's death in 1900, she moved to Dorset where she died in 1917.

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After the mysterious death of the last of those Bramblebridges, the Hall stood empty long, and fell into disrepair.

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Jolly, Emily: Mr. Arle. v1. 21 Jan 2016

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Emily Jolly (1834–1917): Emily Jolly was born Margate, the elder daughter of Thomas Jolly, the one-time mayor of Bath. (Her brother William Cracknell Jolly also served a term as mayor.) As a young woman she began writing fiction, beginning with "A Wife's Story" first published in Dickens's Household Words in 1855. She followed with nearly a dozen novels. In the 1870s, Jolly gave up writing fiction. She never married and lived for twenty years with Emily Dobell, the widow of the poet Sydney Dobell (d. 1874). Jolly edited a life and letters of the poet in 1878. After Dobell's death in 1900, she moved to Dorset where she died in 1917.

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Drawing near an open window, by which she meant to enter, the sound of voices reached her, and she quietly retreated. A last look towards the moor showed her that nothing moved along its edge now. After a moment’s irresolute pause, she drew her shawl over her head, gipsey fashion, went through the shrubbery, out by a little gate into the lane.
She slowly followed the winding way for some distance, then drew back into the shadow of a group of firs in the hedge-row, and stood still.

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Jolly, Emily: The Cypresses Vol 1. v1. 22 Jan 2016

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Emily Jolly (1834–1917): Emily Jolly was born Margate, the elder daughter of Thomas Jolly, the one-time mayor of Bath. (Her brother William Cracknell Jolly also served a term as mayor.) As a young woman she began writing fiction, beginning with "A Wife's Story" first published in Dickens's Household Words in 1855. She followed with nearly a dozen novels. In the 1870s, Jolly gave up writing fiction. She never married and lived for twenty years with Emily Dobell, the widow of the poet Sydney Dobell (d. 1874). Jolly edited a life and letters of the poet in 1878. After Dobell's death in 1900, she moved to Dorset where she died in 1917.

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Miss Trevor was, for one so young, singularly alone in the world. To a cypress-sentinelled grave in that churchyard — a grave on which she had this afternoon laid a wreath of immortelles, purchased in the village as she came through it—had, not long since, been consigned the “earthly remains” of her last surviving relative, Madame de la Capéde, her mother’s aunt, a native of the south of France, and a woman who had richly possessed the vices considered to be most characteristic of the southern temperament, without the redeeming virtues. Indolent and fiercely passionate, coarse and sensual to brutality, it had been impossible that Miss Trevor should love or esteem her, and she made no pretence of regretting her loss. She had served her for five years, and now she was free and alone. She was three-and-twenty, and this was her birthday.

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Jolly, Emily: The Cypresses Vol 2. v1. 23 Jan 2016

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Emily Jolly (1834–1917): Emily Jolly was born Margate, the elder daughter of Thomas Jolly, the one-time mayor of Bath. (Her brother William Cracknell Jolly also served a term as mayor.) As a young woman she began writing fiction, beginning with "A Wife's Story" first published in Dickens's Household Words in 1855. She followed with nearly a dozen novels. In the 1870s, Jolly gave up writing fiction. She never married and lived for twenty years with Emily Dobell, the widow of the poet Sydney Dobell (d. 1874). Jolly edited a life and letters of the poet in 1878. After Dobell's death in 1900, she moved to Dorset where she died in 1917.

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They felt it difficult to believe—Gonda and her husband—that such bliss, such beauty, such rich happiness as that in which they lived and moved, had ever before been experienced by man and woman.

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Jones, Henry Festing: Diversions in Sicily, v1, 03 Feb 2009

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[q_index]Henry Festing Jones (1851-1928) was the friend and posthumous biographer of Samuel Butler. His biography of Butler, entitled Samuel Butler, Author of Erewhon (1835-1902) - A Memoir, won the inaugural James Tait Black Memorial Prize for biography in 1919.[/quot

[q_index]...so I took out a packet of cigarettes and offered them round. In those days there used to be in every packet of Italian cigarettes a loose piece of paper about the size of a postage stamp with a number on it. Boxes of biscuits in England sometimes have a similar paper to identify the person responsible for the packing should anything be found to be wrong. In my packet there happened to be two pieces of paper which fluttered out upon the table as I opened it. The brigadier instantly pounced upon them. There was silence in the room. Every one watched and waited. Each of my pieces of paper bore the number thirty-three. The brigadier did me the honour of cancelling all his previous orders to Angelo and of putting his money for next week’s lottery on thirty-three. The corporal and several of the men who had not intended to gamble changed their minds and gave similar instructions.[/quot

This book strikes a personal cord; my grandparents were born around this time near Trapani, Sicily.

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Jones, Susan Carleton: The La Chance Mine Mystery. v1. 2 Feb 2014

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Jones, Susan Morrow, 1864?-1926: Alternate names: S. Carleton Jones, S. Carleton, S. Carlton, Guy Carleton. Born into the prominent Stairs family, Susan Morrow (1865-1926) grew up in a stately family home along the banks of the Northwest Arm in Halifax, where she received her education. In 1899 she married her cousin and childhood neighbour, physician Colonel Guy Carleton Jones (1864-1950), whose career included posts as assistant quarantine officer in Halifax, principal medical officer for the Maritime provinces, and Director-General for the Canadian Medical service. He also served in the Boer War and World War I. Susan's writing career was varied and remains difficult to trace due to her use of several pseudonyms and to the historical fusion of Susan with her sister Helen Morrow Paske Duffus*, who used the pseudonym "Helen Milecete." They co-authored THE CAREER OF MRS. OSBORNE which appeared in SMART SET in 1901 (by S. Carleton and Helen Milecete), and later in book form under the name "Carleton-Milecete." Susan's cousins and sisters-in-law, Alice Jones* and Frances Jones Bannerman* were also writers. Under the name "S. Carleton" she wrote magazine fiction such as the gothic story "The Lame Priest", which appeared in the ATLANTIC MONTHLY in 1901, and in 1903 she won $200.00 from the NEW YORK HERALD for her short story, "The Corduroy Road."

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Jones, Susan Morrow: The La Chance Mine Mystery. V1. 2 Aug 2010

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Jones, Susan Morrow, 1864?-1926

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Hungry, dog-tired, cross with the crossness of a man in authority whose orders have been forgotten or disregarded, I drove Billy Jones's old canoe across Lac Tremblant on my way home to Dudley Wilbraham's gold mine at La Chance, after an absence of months. It was halfway to dark, and the bitter November wind blew dead in my teeth. Slaps of spray from flying wave-crests blinded me with gouts of lake water, that was oddly warm till the cutting wind froze it to a coating of solid ice on my bare hands and stinging face, that I had to keep dabbing on my paddling shoulder to get my eyes clear in order that I might stare in front of my leaky, borrowed canoe.

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Jonson, Ben: Cynthia's Revels. V1. 11 May 2009

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Benjamin Jonson (c. 11 June 1572 – 6 August 1637) was an English Renaissance dramatist, poet and actor. A contemporary of William Shakespeare, he is best known for his satirical plays, particularly Volpone, The Alchemist, and Bartholomew Fair, which are considered his best, and his lyric poems. A man of vast reading and a seemingly insatiable appetite for controversy, Jonson had an unparalleled breadth of influence on Jacobean and Caroline playwrights and poets.

Cynthia's Revels, or The Fountain of Self-Love is a late Elizabethan stage play, a satire written by Ben Jonson, The play was one element in the so-called Poetomachia or War of the Theatres between Jonson and rival playrwights John Marston and Thomas Dekker.

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Jonson, Ben: Discoveries and Some Poems. V1. 17 May 2009

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Benjamin Jonson (c. 11 June 1572 – 6 August 1637) was an English Renaissance dramatist, poet and actor. A contemporary of William Shakespeare, he is best known for his satirical plays, particularly Volpone, The Alchemist, and Bartholomew Fair, which are considered his best, and his lyric poems. A man of vast reading and a seemingly insatiable appetite for controversy, Jonson had an unparalleled breadth of influence on Jacobean and Caroline playwrights and poets.

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Ben Jonson’s “Discoveries” are, as he says in the few Latin words prefixed to them, “A wood - Sylva - of things and thoughts, in Greek “υλη” [which has for its first meaning material, but is also applied peculiarly to kinds of wood, and to a wood], “from the multiplicity and variety of the material contained in it. For, as we are commonly used to call the infinite mixed multitude of growing trees a wood, so the ancients gave the name of Sylvæ - Timber Trees - to books of theirs in which small works of various and diverse matter were promiscuously brought together.”

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Jonson, Ben: Epicoene or, the Silent Woman. V1. 18 May 2009

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Benjamin Jonson (c. 11 June 1572 – 6 August 1637) was an English Renaissance dramatist, poet and actor. A contemporary of William Shakespeare, he is best known for his satirical plays, particularly Volpone, The Alchemist, and Bartholomew Fair, which are considered his best, and his lyric poems. A man of vast reading and a seemingly insatiable appetite for controversy, Jonson had an unparalleled breadth of influence on Jacobean and Caroline playwrights and poets.

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The greatest of English dramatists except Shakespeare, the first literary dictator and poet-laureate, a writer of verse, prose, satire, and criticism who most potently of all the men of his time affected the subsequent course of English letters: such was Ben Jonson, and as such his strong personality assumes an interest to us almost unparalleled, at least in his age.

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Jonson, Ben: Every Man in His Humor. V1. 18 May 2009

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Benjamin Jonson (c. 11 June 1572 – 6 August 1637) was an English Renaissance dramatist, poet and actor. A contemporary of William Shakespeare, he is best known for his satirical plays, particularly Volpone, The Alchemist, and Bartholomew Fair, which are considered his best, and his lyric poems. A man of vast reading and a seemingly insatiable appetite for controversy, Jonson had an unparalleled breadth of influence on Jacobean and Caroline playwrights and poets.

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THE greatest of English dramatists except Shakespeare, the first literary dictator and poet-laureate, a writer of verse, prose, satire, and criticism who most potently of all the men of his time affected the subsequent course of English letters: such was Ben Jonson, and as such his strong personality assumes an interest to us almost unparalleled, at least in his age.

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Jonson, Ben: Sejanus: His Fall. V1. 20 May 2009

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Benjamin Jonson (c. 11 June 1572 – 6 August 1637) was an English Renaissance dramatist, poet and actor. A contemporary of William Shakespeare, he is best known for his satirical plays, particularly Volpone, The Alchemist, and Bartholomew Fair, which are considered his best, and his lyric poems. A man of vast reading and a seemingly insatiable appetite for controversy, Jonson had an unparalleled breadth of influence on Jacobean and Caroline playwrights and poets.

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THE greatest of English dramatists except Shakespeare, the first literary dictator and poet-laureate, a writer of verse, prose, satire, and criticism who most potently of all the men of his time affected the subsequent course of English letters: such was Ben Jonson, and as such his strong personality assumes an interest to us almost unparalleled, at least in his age.

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Jonson, Ben: The Alchemist. V1.10 May 2009

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Benjamin Jonson (c. 11 June 1572 – 6 August 1637) was an English Renaissance dramatist, poet and actor. A contemporary of William Shakespeare, he is best known for his satirical plays, particularly Volpone, The Alchemist, and Bartholomew Fair, which are considered his best, and his lyric poems. A man of vast reading and a seemingly insatiable appetite for controversy, Jonson had an unparalleled breadth of influence on Jacobean and Caroline playwrights and poets.

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The greatest of English dramatists except Shakespeare, the first literary dictator and poet-laureate, a writer of verse, prose, satire, and criticism who most potently of all the men of his time affected the subsequent course of English letters: such was Ben Jonson, and as such his strong personality assumes an interest to us almost unparalleled, at least in his age.

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Jonson, Ben: The Poetaster. V1. 19 May 2009

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Benjamin Jonson (c. 11 June 1572 – 6 August 1637) was an English Renaissance dramatist, poet and actor. A contemporary of William Shakespeare, he is best known for his satirical plays, particularly Volpone, The Alchemist, and Bartholomew Fair, which are considered his best, and his lyric poems. A man of vast reading and a seemingly insatiable appetite for controversy, Jonson had an unparalleled breadth of influence on Jacobean and Caroline playwrights and poets.

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The greatest of English dramatists except Shakespeare, the first literary dictator and poet-laureate, a writer of verse, prose, satire, and criticism who most potently of all the men of his time affected the subsequent course of English letters: such was Ben Jonson, and as such his strong personality assumes an interest to us almost unparalleled, at least in his age.

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Jordan, William George: The Majesty of Calmness, v.1, 31 August 2008.

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The Majesty of Calmness: Individual Problems and Possibilities…
(First published c.1900)
by
William George Jordan (1864–1928)[Author of “The Kingship of Self-Control”]

A little book of calm from a hundred years ago, and still relevant today.

Contents:
I. The Majesty of Calmness
II. Hurry, the Scourge of America
III. The Power of Personal Influence
IV. The Dignity of Self-Reliance
V. Failure as a Success
VI. Doing Our Best at All Times
VII. The Royal Road to Happiness

(It was mentioned with approval in the London Guardian of 30 August 2008, in the Magazine supplement, which inspired me to find and convert it.)

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Joyce, James: A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man. v2. 24 Feb 2013

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James Joyce's classic semi-autobiographical coming of age novel.

I have created this based on the earlier scan by bookbinder
http://www.mobileread.com/forums/showthread.php?t=12837

This new version has had many typos corrected, and the formatting amended. In particular, the formatting for speech and songs has been greatly improved. Corrections were verified against a 1969 Penguin Modern Classics edition, which was also the basis for the formatting and indent scheme used.

Formatting has been checked in a Kindle Paperwhite.

If you spot any remaining typos alert me in this thread.

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Joyce, James: Dubliners. v1, 12 Aug 2010

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From Wikipedia:
[QUOTDubliners is a collection of 15 short stories by James Joyce, first published in 1914. The fifteen stories were meant to be a naturalistic depiction of the Irish middle class life in and around Dublin in the early years of the 20th century.[/QUOT

Includes linked TOC and some typical formatting fixes.

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Joyce, James: Pomes Penyeach, v1, 17 February 2010.

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James Joyce [1882–1941]
Pomes Penyeach [1927]

Thirteen short poems.

From Wikipedia:
Pomes Penyeach is a collection of thirteen short poems. It was written over a twenty-year period from 1904 to 1924 by the novelist James Joyce and originally published on 7 July 1927 by Shakespeare and Co. for the price of one shilling (twelve pennies) or twelve francs. The title is a play on "poems" and “pommes” (the French word for apples) which are here offered at “a penny each” in either currency. It was the custom for Irish tradespeople of the time to offer their customers a “tilly” (in Irish, tuilleadh) or extra serving – just as English bakers had developed the tradition of the “Baker's dozen”, offering thirteen loaves instead of twelve. The first poem of Pomes Penyeach is entitled “Tilly” and represents the bonus offering of this penny-a-poem collection.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pomes_Penyeach

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Joyce, James: Ulysses v1. 26Dec2009

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Attachment 41969Previous e-book versions of this novel that I've looked at haven't given any indication that Joyce divided his novel into three books and 18 chapters. This follows Gutenburg's presentation of the book as just divided into three books. But as the following quote from Wikipedia indicates, the novel somewhat followed Homer's Odyssey:

"Structure
See also: Linati schema for Ulysses and Gilbert schema for Ulysses
Joyce divided Ulysses into eighteen chapters or "episodes". At first glance much of the book may appear unstructured and chaotic; Joyce once said that he had "put in so many enigmas and puzzles that it will keep the professors busy for centuries arguing over what I meant", which would earn the novel "immortality".[9] The two schemata which Stuart Gilbert and Herbert Gorman released after publication to defend Joyce from the obscenity accusations made the links to the Odyssey clear, and also explained the work's internal structure.

Every episode of Ulysses has a theme, technique, and correspondences between its characters and those of the Odyssey. The original text did not include these episode titles and the correspondences; instead, they originate from the Linati and Gilbert schema. Joyce referred to the episodes by their Homeric titles in his letters. He took the titles from Victor Bérard's two-volume Les Phéniciens et l’Odyssée which he consulted in 1918 in the Zentralbibliothek of Zürich. Bérard's book served as the source of Joyce's idiosyncratic rendering of some of the Homeric titles: 'Nausikaa', the 'Telemachia'."

Not having at least a break between chapters is very confusing and a lack of a complete toc makes it difficult to get around an ebook version of the novel. So I adopted the Linati and Gilbert Schema in naming each chapter and thus being able to provide a more user-friendly toc.

Jim

2/11/11-This new version tidies the book a bit. Italicized poetry tags are properly indented, I've made a jpeg out of the table in the Ithica chapter, and page numbering is supported in the Kindle 3 reader.

The previous version was downloaded 455 times.

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Joyner, Michael: Cherokee Lessons - Introductory Edition [KF8]. V2.58 Apr 2012

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[q_index]
Are you ready to learn how to speak, read, and write Cherokee? This Cherokee Language Lessons book is for those who want something beyond simple, limited, word lists. In this book you will learn basic pronunciation, introductory phrases, bound pronouns, simple sentence structure, and some of the requirements of word agreement. You will also learn to read and write the Cherokee Syllabary using the effective graduated interval dictation approach! The associated audio practice files and book updates are available from the book's website at no charge. What are you waiting for? Learn to speak Cherokee today!
[/quot

If you are interested in learning about the Cherokee language and writing systems, I am posting my beginning booklet here.

Kindle Format 8. (Required to display the Cherokee Language Syllabary writing font.)

License: Creative Commons Attribution Share-Alike

This booklet is also available from Amazon.com at:

http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00...SIN=B006YCIQY0

NOTE: As of March 2012, attempting to mail this MOBI to your device via your Kindle email address will result in it's mangling.

If you like this booklet, please let the world know and post a review at:

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Jølsen, Ragnhild: Ve's mor [Norwegian].v1. 30 Apr 2014

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Nasjonalbiblioteket har gitt ut de første 35 av 100 planlagte epub-bøker. Bøkene er korrekturlest, men noen litt uvanlige valg med hensyn til oppsett ødelegger leseopplevelsen litt. F. eks. er sidetall/sideombrekning beholdt. Jeg har endret på layout for å gi, i mine øyne, en bedre leseopplevelse.

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Kafka, Franz: Amerika; german; v1; may 23rd 2009

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Zu diesem Buch lasse ich einen Zeitgenossen Kafkas sprechen, den nicht ganz so bekannten Kurt Tucholsky:

[q_index][SIZE="3"]Franz Kafka, ›Amerika‹[/SIZ[/CENTER]

Zum Beispiel Banken. Und wenn die groß geworden sind, so groß, dass sie ein Land überschatten, dann heißt das Land Amerika, und nun wollen wir einmal ein Amerika-Buch begucken, das eigentlich gar keines ist und doch eines ist. Es ist von jenem großen Prosaiker Franz Kafka, auf den immer wieder hinzuweisen das schönste Verdienst Max Brods ist – das Buch heißt ›Amerika‹ (und ist bei Kurt Wolff in München erschienen). Das Werk stammt aus der Zeit vor dem Kriege, Brod sagt in seinem Nachwort, dass es schon viele zarte Lichter des Chaplinschen Humors enthält. Es ist etwas ganz und gar Wunderbares, an innerer Musik und dem Pianissimo der Töne nur noch mit Hamsun zu vergleichen.

Ich habe mich mit dem ›Schloß‹ Kafkas nicht im gleichen Maße befreunden können – es ist das ein Buch, in dem eine ›Deutung‹ der Vorgänge fast unumgänglich nötig erscheint, und weder hat mir die Deutung noch die Handlung gefallen. Hier in ›Amerika‹ aber ist jeder Vorgang Selbstzweck, dichterische Frucht und Blüte schmerzlicher Erkenntnis. Es läuft da ein Band vom Dostojewskischen Idioten über Schwejk zu der Hauptfigur des kleinen Karl – sie wehren sich gegen das Leben nicht, aber sie sind so allein und siegen noch in den Niederlagen. Was immer wieder an Kafkas Werk zur größten Bewunderung zwingt, ist die Unwiderruflichkeit der Szenen und ihre traumhafte Eindringlichkeit ... Da nimmt der Nicht-Held eine Stellung in einem Hotel an, wo man ihn in eine Liftjungenuniform preßt. »Beim Hotelschneider wurde ihm die Liftjungenuniform anprobiert, die äußerlich sehr prächtig mit Goldknöpfen und Goldschnüren ausgestattet war, bei deren Anziehen es Karl aber doch ein wenig schauderte, denn besonders unter den Achseln war das Röckchen kalt, hart und dabei unaustrockenbar naß von dem Schweiß der Liftjungen, die es vor ihm getragen hatten.« Dieser unerschütterliche Glaube an die Wahrheit des Geschilderten läßt nie fragen: »Woher wissen Sie das, Kafka?« – die Frage will nicht über die Lippen – es ist wie in der ›Schönsten Geschichte der Welt‹ bei Kipling, wo der Banklehrling eben im Innern fest und sicher weiß, wie die Galeerensklaven einmal gelebt haben ... er ist vielleicht in einem früheren Leben einer gewesen.

Es wimmelt von Formulierungen, die unvergeßlich sind. Von der Justiz: »Die ganze Geschichte konnte er hier nicht erzählen, und wenn es auch möglich gewesen wäre, so schien es doch aussichtslos, ein drohendes Unrecht durch Erzählung eines erlittenen Unrechts abzuwehren.« Oder: »›Und ohne Rock bist du entlassen worden?‹ fragte der Polizeimann. ›Nun ja‹, sagte Karl; also auch in Amerika gehörte es zur Art der Behörden, das, was sie sahen, noch eigens zu fragen.« So tausendmal.

Am schönsten an diesem großen Werk ist die tiefe Melancholie, die es durchzieht: hier ist der ganz seltene Fall, dass einer ›das Leben nicht verstehe‹ und recht hat. Niemals ist das, was da geschieht, ganz auszudeuten; schicksalhaft, wie im Traum, fallen die Bestimmungen, die Gesetze, die Gebräuche auf den Leidenden herunter, der auch nicht fragt; das machen die andern eben so – er also auch. Nie läßt sich der ganze Apparat völlig übersehen; in allen Büchern Kafkas gibt es solch einen ungeheuern, umständlichen, endlosen Apparat, der keine Allegorie ist, sondern Niederschlag des Lebens in einem sieghaft Wehrlosen. Daß Karl jemals den Hoteldirektor selbst erblicken könnte, ist unausdenkbar; es langt allenfalls bis zum Oberkellner, und das ist nun keineswegs komisch gedeutet, sondern tragisch: er weiß nicht ... Die leise, bescheidene Art, mit der er die Gesten der ernsten und werktätigen Menschen nachahmt, ohne eigentlich ihren Inhalt zu verstehen oder etwa zu bejahen, erinnert sehr stark an Chaplin; doch ist bei dem eine Ironie dabei, die hier fast ganz fehlt, und beide beschämen die Nachgeahmten, ›Amerika‹ ist eines der schönsten Bücher, die die deutsche Prosa aufzuweisen hat; ich bin mit Max Brod der festen Meinung, dass die Zeit dieses wahren Klassikers der deutschen Prosa noch einmal kommen wird.

Sie meinen, das Buch sei schon vor langer Zeit erschienen? Ich meine, dass es eine Albernheit ist, nur ›Neuerscheinungen‹ zu kaufen – als ob man der Literatur mit der Fixigkeit nahe käme! Wir wollen nicht das Neuste lesen – wir wollen das Beste, das Bunteste, das Amüsanteste lesen. Ja, also Amerika.[/QUOT

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Kafka, Franz: Blumfeld - ein älterer Junggeselle, german, v1, 23 Mar 2009

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Blumfeld, ein älterer Junggeselle ist eine Erzählung, die 1915 verfasst und postum veröffentlicht wurde. Sie handelt von den skurrilen Schwierigkeiten eines Junggesellen in seinem Privat- und Berufsleben - Kafka voller Ironie!

Franz Kafka wurde am 3. Juli 1883 als Sohn eines jüdischen Kaufmanns in Prag geboren. Von 1901 bis 1906 studierte er zuerst Germanistik, dann Jura. Nach der Promotion zum Dr. jur. absolvierte er eine einjährige "Rechtspraxis", trat dann 1907 in die "Assicurazioni Generali" ein und ging 1908 als Jurist zur "Arbeiter-Unfall-Versicherungs-Anstalt", wo er bis zu seiner Pensionierung im Jahre 1922 blieb. Ende 1917 erlitt Franz Kafka einen Blutsturz, es war der Beginn einer Tuberkulose, an der er einige Jahre später, am 3. Juni 1924, starb.

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Kafka, Franz: Brief an den Vater, german, v1, 23 Mar 2009

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Der Brief an den Vater ist ein 1919 verfasster, jedoch niemals abgeschickter Brief Franz Kafkas an seinen Vater. Er wurde postum 1952 in der Neuen Rundschau veröffentlicht und ist ein bevorzugter Text für psychoanalytische und biographische Studien über Kafka.

Nachdem Kafka im Januar 1919 bei einem Kuraufenthalt in Schelesen (Böhmen) Julie Wohryzeck kennen gelernt hatte und sich einige Monate später mit ihr verlobte, reagierte sein Vater ungehalten auf seine neuen und unstandesgemäßen Heiratspläne. Es wird angenommen, dass dies der Auslöser für die Verfassung des Briefes zwischen dem 10. und 13. November 1919 war. Die Hochzeit war ursprünglich für den November geplant, fand jedoch nicht statt. (wikipedia)

Franz Kafka wurde am 3. Juli 1883 als Sohn eines jüdischen Kaufmanns in Prag geboren. Von 1901 bis 1906 studierte er zuerst Germanistik, dann Jura. Nach der Promotion zum Dr. jur. absolvierte er eine einjährige "Rechtspraxis", trat dann 1907 in die "Assicurazioni Generali" ein und ging 1908 als Jurist zur "Arbeiter-Unfall-Versicherungs-Anstalt", wo er bis zu seiner Pensionierung im Jahre 1922 blieb. Ende 1917 erlitt Franz Kafka einen Blutsturz, es war der Beginn einer Tuberkulose, an der er einige Jahre später, am 3. Juni 1924, starb.

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Kafka, Franz: Das Schloß. v1 23 may 2009 german

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Franz Kafka

Das Schloß

Aus de.wikipedia.org:

Das Schloss ist neben Amerika und Der Process einer der drei unvollendeten Romane von Franz Kafka. Das 1922 entstandene Werk wurde 1926 von Max Brod postum veröffentlicht. Es schildert den vergeblichen Kampf des Landvermessers K. um Anerkennung seiner beruflichen und privaten Existenz durch ein geheimnisvolles Schloss und dessen Vertreter.

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Kafka, Franz: Das Schloß. [German]. V2. 15 Jan 2011

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Das Schloß ist neben Der Verschollene (auch bekannt unter Amerika) und Der Prozeß einer der drei unvollendeten Romane von Franz Kafka. Das 1922 entstandene Werk wurde 1926 von Max Brod postum veröffentlicht. Es schildert den vergeblichen Kampf des Landvermessers K. um Anerkennung seiner beruflichen und privaten Existenz durch ein geheimnisvolles Schloß und dessen Vertreter. (Wiki)

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Kafka, Franz: Das Urteil (german), v1, 08 Dec 2008

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Franz Kafka: Das Urteil (1912)
Diese Erzählung von Franz Kafka handelt von Georg Bendemann, dem Sohn eines Kaufmanns. Er ist verlobt und und korrespondiert mit einem bedauernswerten Freund in Petersburg. Um diesen zu schützen, verschweigt Georg in seinen Briefen viel von seinem eigenen erfolgreichen Leben. Doch schließlich möchte er ihm doch in einem Brief von seiner bevorstehenden Hochzeit erzählen. Als Georg mit dem Brief zu seinem Vater geht, kommt es zum Streit, in dessen Verlauf der Sohn erfährt, dass sein Vater schon lange mit dem Petersburger Freund in Verbindung steht und dieser von ihm alles erfährt. Der Vater macht Georg außerdem schwere Vorwürfe, die Leitung des Geschäftes an sich gerissen zu haben und eine nicht ehrenhafte Verlobte gewählt zu haben. Der Streit spitzt sich zu und gipfelt in den Worten des Vaters: „Ich verurteile dich jetzt zum Tode des Ertrinkens!“, die Georgs Selbstmord besiegeln.

Der Autor:
Franz Kafka wurde am 3. Juli 1883 als Sohn eines jüdischen Kaufmanns in Prag geboren. Von 1901 bis 1906 studierte er zuerst Germanistik, dann Jura. Nach der Promotion zum Dr. jur. absolvierte er eine einjährige "Rechtspraxis", trat dann 1907 in die "Assicurazioni Generali" ein und ging 1908 als Jurist zur "Arbeiter-Unfall-Versicherungs-Anstalt", wo er bis zu seiner Pensionierung im Jahre 1922 blieb. Ende 1917 erlitt Franz Kafka einen Blutsturz, es war der Beginn einer Tuberkulose, an der er einige Jahre später, am 3. Juni 1924, starb.

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Kafka, Franz: Der Bau, german, v1, 23 Mar 2009

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Der Bau ist eine 1923–1924 entstandene, unvollendete Erzählung von Franz Kafka. Sie beschreibt den verzweifelten Kampf eines Tieres um die Perfektionierung seines riesigen Erdbaus. Sein Ziel: der wirkungsvolle Schutz vor Feinden. Sein Schicksal: die Verstrickung im selbst geschaffenen Labyrinth, die zunehmende zur Paranoia führt.

Franz Kafka wurde am 3. Juli 1883 als Sohn eines jüdischen Kaufmanns in Prag geboren. Von 1901 bis 1906 studierte er zuerst Germanistik, dann Jura. Nach der Promotion zum Dr. jur. absolvierte er eine einjährige "Rechtspraxis", trat dann 1907 in die "Assicurazioni Generali" ein und ging 1908 als Jurist zur "Arbeiter-Unfall-Versicherungs-Anstalt", wo er bis zu seiner Pensionierung im Jahre 1922 blieb. Ende 1917 erlitt Franz Kafka einen Blutsturz, es war der Beginn einer Tuberkulose, an der er einige Jahre später, am 3. Juni 1924, starb.

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Kafka, Franz: Der Gruftwächter, german, v1, 23 Mar 2009

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Der Gruftwächter ist das einzige Drama von Franz Kafka. Er schrieb es zwischen 1916 und 1917, veröffentlicht wurde es allerdings erst postum.

Franz Kafka wurde am 3. Juli 1883 als Sohn eines jüdischen Kaufmanns in Prag geboren. Von 1901 bis 1906 studierte er zuerst Germanistik, dann Jura. Nach der Promotion zum Dr. jur. absolvierte er eine einjährige "Rechtspraxis", trat dann 1907 in die "Assicurazioni Generali" ein und ging 1908 als Jurist zur "Arbeiter-Unfall-Versicherungs-Anstalt", wo er bis zu seiner Pensionierung im Jahre 1922 blieb. Ende 1917 erlitt Franz Kafka einen Blutsturz, es war der Beginn einer Tuberkulose, an der er einige Jahre später, am 3. Juni 1924, starb.

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Kafka, Franz: Der Prozess (german), v1, 06 Dec 2008

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Franz Kafka: Der Prozess (1925)
"Jemand mußte Josef K. verleumdet haben, denn ohne daß er etwas Böses getan hätte, wurde er eines Morgens verhaftet." Mit diesen Worten beginnt Franz Kafka (1883 bis 1924) die alptraumhafte Geschichte des Josef K., dem an seinem 30. Geburtstag von einer fragwürdigen Behörde der Prozess gemacht werden soll. Alle Beteuerungen seiner Unschuld bleiben fruchtlos und K. versinkt sukzessive im Labyrinth undurchschaubarer Gesetze und surrealer Bürokratie. Schließlich muss K. erkennen, dass der "Sinn dieser großen Organisation, dieser korrupten Bande", der Sinn dieses geheimnisvollen Prozesses die Sinnlosigkeit selbst ist.
Der Prozess ist der erste Roman Franz Kafkas und entstand zwischen 1914 und 1915. Er wurde 1925 zum ersten Mal publiziert.

Der Autor:
Franz Kafka wurde am 3. Juli 1883 als Sohn eines jüdischen Kaufmanns in Prag geboren. Von 1901 bis 1906 studierte er zuerst Germanistik, dann Jura. Nach der Promotion zum Dr. jur. absolvierte er eine einjährige "Rechtspraxis", trat dann 1907 in die "Assicurazioni Generali" ein und ging 1908 als Jurist zur "Arbeiter-Unfall-Versicherungs-Anstalt", wo er bis zu seiner Pensionierung im Jahre 1922 blieb. Ende 1917 erlitt Franz Kafka einen Blutsturz, es war der Beginn einer Tuberkulose, an der er einige Jahre später, am 3. Juni 1924, starb.

Note:
Das ist mein erster eBook-Versuch. Verbesserungsvorschläge und Hinweise sind herzlich willkommen.
This is my first ebook. Any advice or suggestions for improvement are welcome.

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Kafka, Franz: Die Verwandlung (german), v1, 08 Dec 2008

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Franz Kafka: Die Verwandlung (1912)
"Als Gregor Samsa eines Morgens aus unruhigen Träumen erwachte, fand er sich in seinem Bett zu einem ungeheueren Ungeziefer verwandelt". So beginnt die Geschichte des jungen Handlungsreisenden Gregor Samsa, der unter seinem Beruf und der Lieblosigkeit seiner Umwelt leidet und sich über Nacht in ein riesiges Insekt verwandelt. Zur Arbeit kann er in diesem Zustand nicht. Und so taucht ob seines Fernbleibens schon bald ein erboster Prokurist auf. Gezwungenermaßen muss Gregor sich ihm und seiner Familie zeigen. Letztere ist angewidert, lässt ihn aber bei sich wohnen, bis sich die Situation zuspitzt und es für das Ungeziefer Gregor nur noch eine Lösung geben kann.

Der Autor:
Franz Kafka wurde am 3. Juli 1883 als Sohn eines jüdischen Kaufmanns in Prag geboren. Von 1901 bis 1906 studierte er zuerst Germanistik, dann Jura. Nach der Promotion zum Dr. jur. absolvierte er eine einjährige "Rechtspraxis", trat dann 1907 in die "Assicurazioni Generali" ein und ging 1908 als Jurist zur "Arbeiter-Unfall-Versicherungs-Anstalt", wo er bis zu seiner Pensionierung im Jahre 1922 blieb. Ende 1917 erlitt Franz Kafka einen Blutsturz, es war der Beginn einer Tuberkulose, an der er einige Jahre später, am 3. Juni 1924, starb.

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Kafka, Franz: Ein Landarzt, german, v1, 27 Mar 2009

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"Ein Landarzt" ist eine Sammlung kürzerer Erzählungen Kafkas.

Das Buch beinhaltet:

- Der neue Advokat
- Ein Landarzt
- Auf der Galerie
- Ein altes Blatt
- Vor dem Gesetz
- Schakale und Araber
- Ein Besuch im Bergwerk
- Das nächste Dorf
- Eine kaiserliche Botschaft
- Die Sorge des Hausvaters
- Elf Söhne
- Ein Brudermord
- Ein Traum
- Ein Bericht für eine Akademie

Franz Kafka wurde am 3. Juli 1883 als Sohn eines jüdischen Kaufmanns in Prag geboren. Von 1901 bis 1906 studierte er zuerst Germanistik, dann Jura. Nach der Promotion zum Dr. jur. absolvierte er eine einjährige "Rechtspraxis", trat dann 1907 in die "Assicurazioni Generali" ein und ging 1908 als Jurist zur "Arbeiter-Unfall-Versicherungs-Anstalt", wo er bis zu seiner Pensionierung im Jahre 1922 blieb. Ende 1917 erlitt Franz Kafka einen Blutsturz, es war der Beginn einer Tuberkulose, an der er einige Jahre später, am 3. Juni 1924, starb.

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Kafka, Franz: In der Strafkolonie, german, v1, 20 Feb 2009

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"In der Strafkolonie" ist eine Erzählung von Franz Kafka, die im Oktober 1914 entstand und 1919 veröffentlicht wurde. Einem Forschungsreisenden wird das Rechtssystem einer Strafkolonie demonstriert: Die Exekution dauert zwölf Stunden, dabei wird der Delinquent bäuchlings in eine Maschinerie eingespannt, die ihm das übertretene Gebot mit eisernen Nadeln in den Körper einschneidet, bis er verblutet.

Typisch Kafka: skurril, verstörend, gewaltig. Und durchaus als eine Art Forsetzung von "Der Prozess" zu verstehen.

Franz Kafka wurde am 3. Juli 1883 als Sohn eines jüdischen Kaufmanns in Prag geboren. Von 1901 bis 1906 studierte er zuerst Germanistik, dann Jura. Nach der Promotion zum Dr. jur. absolvierte er eine einjährige "Rechtspraxis", trat dann 1907 in die "Assicurazioni Generali" ein und ging 1908 als Jurist zur "Arbeiter-Unfall-Versicherungs-Anstalt", wo er bis zu seiner Pensionierung im Jahre 1922 blieb. Ende 1917 erlitt Franz Kafka einen Blutsturz, es war der Beginn einer Tuberkulose, an der er einige Jahre später, am 3. Juni 1924, starb.

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Kafka, Franz: In the Penal Colony, v1, 4 Oct 2007.

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Franz Kafka: In the Penal Colony, (In der Strafkolonie)
(1919)
(Translated from the German by Ian Johnston)

A short story of about 12,000 words.

Set in an un-named penal colony, this is at first sight very similar to Octave Mirbeau’s ‘The Torture Garden’. In both cases the torturer gets a taste of their own medicine.

But this is an incomparably greater work than Mirbeau’s (which I find merely nasty) because it is enigmatic and capable of many interpretations.

Some have seen it as a metaphor for Christianity: the Jehovah-like Commandant has devised a machine to implement retributive justice in a world where all are guilty. When the visitor points out that this system is unfair, the young Officer submits to the torture-machine in a Christ-like atonement. Or it may be a comment on the Great War. Or something else. Decide for yourself.

Copyright Statement (from http://www.kafka.org )
“This translation, which has been prepared by Ian Johnston of Malaspina University-College, Nanaimo, BC, Canada, is in the public domain and may be used by anyone, in whole or in part, without permission and without charge, provided the source is acknowledged. Released October 2003. ”

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Kafka, Franz: Metamorphosis, v1, 03 Oct 2007

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Franz Kafka: Metamorphosis
(1916)
Translated from the German by David Wyllie

A short novella.

Gregor Samsa wakes up one morning to find that he has been transformed into some sort of verminous insect.

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Kafka, Franz: Selected Shorter Writings, v1, 4 Oct 2007.

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Selected shorter writings, transl. by Ian Johnston (Before the Law, The Hunter Gracchus, Up in the Gallery, An Imperial Message, Jackals and Arabs)

Copyright Statement (from http://www.kafka.org )
“This translation, which has been prepared by Ian Johnston of Malaspina University-College, Nanaimo, BC, Canada, is in the public domain and may be used by anyone, in whole or in part, without permission and without charge, provided the source is acknowledged. Released October 2003. ”

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Kafka, Franz: The Trial, v.1, 11 Nov 2007.

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Franz Kafka: The Trial (Der Process)
(1925)

“Someone must have been telling lies about Josef K., he knew he had done nothing wrong but, one morning, he was arrested.” So begins Kafka’s nightmarish story.

Translated from the German by David Wyllie.
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Kaler, James Otis: A District Messenger Boy and a Necktie Party. v1. 20 Jun 2013

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James Otis Kaler (March 19, 1848 — December 11, 1912) was an American journalist and author of children’s literature. He used the pen name James Otis.

A DISTRICT MESSENGER BOY
A NECKTIE PARTY

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Kaler, James Otis: A Runaway Brig. v1. 29 Jun 2013

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James Otis Kaler (March 19, 1848 — December 11, 1912) was an American journalist and author of children’s literature. He used the pen name James Otis.

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"I'm going down to the beach to find Jim Libby. If you'll come along we'll have a prime sail; and most likely this is the last chance we shall have to go out with him, for his vessel leaves in the morning."
"How can I go when I've got to mind this young one all the forenoon just 'cause the nurse must go an' have a sick headache? I don't believe she feels half as bad as I do!" And Walter Morse looked mournfully out over the blue waters with but little care for his baby sister, who was already toddling dangerously near the long flight of steps leading from the veranda of the large summer hotel.

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Kaler, James Otis: An Amateur Fireman. v1. 18 Jun 2013

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James Otis Kaler (March 19, 1848 — December 11, 1912) was an American journalist and author of children’s literature. He used the pen name James Otis.

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"I ain't sayin' as how I could run a whole fire, same as some of the chiefs do; but when it comes to drivin' an engine, Dan Roberts, an' doin' it in time to get the first water, or layin' hose, I wouldn't knuckle down to the biggest man in the Department."

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Kaler, James Otis: Aunt Hannah and Seth. v1. 18 Jun 2013

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James Otis Kaler (March 19, 1848 — December 11, 1912) was an American journalist and author of children’s literature. He used the pen name James Otis.

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A small boy with a tiny white dog in his arms stood near the New York approach to the Brooklyn Bridge on a certain June morning not many years since, gazing doubtfully at the living tide which flowed past him, as if questioning whether it might be safe to venture across the street.

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Kaler, James Otis: Commodore Barney's Young Spies. v1. 19 Jun 2013

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James Otis Kaler (March 19, 1848 — December 11, 1912) was an American journalist and author of children’s literature. He used the pen name James Otis.

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"Evidently ashamed of the barbarism committed by British hands, Vice-Admiral Cochrane attempted to palliate it by a pitiful trick. After the destruction of the capital, and the invaders were safely back on their vessels in the Patuxent, Cochrane wrote a letter to Secretary Monroe, in which he said to him, 'Having been called upon by the Governor-General of the Canadas to aid him in carrying into effect measures of retaliation against the inhabitants of the United States for the wanton destruction committed by their army in Upper Canada, it has become imperiously my duty, conformably with the Governor-General's application, to issue to the naval force under my command an order to destroy and lay waste such towns and districts upon the coast as may be found assailable

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Kaler, James Otis: Corporal 'Lige's Recruit. v1. 19 Jun 2013

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James Otis Kaler (March 19, 1848 — December 11, 1912) was an American journalist and author of children’s literature. He used the pen name James Otis.

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There was great excitement among the citizens of the town of Pittsfield in the province of Massachusetts on the first day of May in the year 1775.
Master Edward Mott and Noah Phelps, forming a committee appointed by the Provincial Assembly of Connecticut, had arrived on the previous evening charged with an important commission, the making known of which had so aroused the inhabitants of the peaceful settlement that it was as if the reports of the muskets fired at Lexington and Concord were actually ringing in their ears.

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Kaler, James Otis: Defending the Island. v1. 20 Jun 2013

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James Otis Kaler (March 19, 1848 — December 11, 1912) was an American journalist and author of children’s literature. He used the pen name James Otis.

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In the year of grace 1758 there were two families living on that island which we of to-day call Mount Desert; but Champlain named Mons Deserts, because its thirteen high, rugged mountains could be seen from the seaward a distance of twenty leagues, making it the first landmark of the coast for seamen.
It is said, by those gentlemen who write down historical facts for us young people to study, that the "savages were much attached to the island; for in the mountains they hunted bears, wildcats, raccoons, foxes, and fowls; in the marshes and natural meadows, beaver, otter and musquash; and in the waters they took fin and shellfish."

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Kaler, James Otis: Down the Slope. v1. 21 Jun 2013

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James Otis Kaler (March 19, 1848 — December 11, 1912) was an American journalist and author of children’s literature. He used the pen name James Otis.

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"When a fellow is in debt to the company's store he can't afford to be independent, and it is about the same as selling yourself outright for enough to eat and drink."

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Kaler, James Otis: Jack the Hunchback. v1, 21 Jun 2013

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James Otis Kaler (March 19, 1848 — December 11, 1912) was an American journalist and author of children’s literature. He used the pen name James Otis.

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She was a much more valuable craft than Mr. Pratt had ever seen ashore on Scarborough beach, and yet he failed to calculate her value immediately, because as the bow grated on the sand the misshapen boy, from whose white lips not a word had escaped during all this time, suddenly lifted what at first appeared to be a bundle of cloth.

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Kaler, James Otis: Left Behind. v1. 22 Jun 2013

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James Otis Kaler (March 19, 1848 — December 11, 1912) was an American journalist and author of children’s literature. He used the pen name James Otis.

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When it became known among that portion of the mercantile world of which Ben and Johnny were members that Mopsey Dowd, the pea-nut merchant of Fulton Ferry, had connected himself with the theatrical enterprise about which so many comments had been made, the matter put on an entirely different aspect, and it was at once shrewdly guessed that he had put in the greater portion of the working capital.

NOTE: 23 Illustrations

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Kaler, James Otis: Messenger No 48. v1. 23 Jun 2013

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James Otis Kaler (March 19, 1848 — December 11, 1912) was an American journalist and author of children’s literature. He used the pen name James Otis.

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For a short time Jet thought more about financial matters than of his lesson. Mammy Showers charged him a dollar and a half per week for a small room hardly larger than a cupboard, and two meals each day. He would now, providing he did not indulge in too many luxuries while traveling around the city, be able to save two dollars and a half every seven days, and it seemed very much as if he had fairly started on the highway to fortune.

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Kaler, James Otis: Mr. Stubbs's Brother. v1, 25 Jun 2013

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James Otis Kaler (March 19, 1848 — December 11, 1912) was an American journalist and author of children’s literature. He used the pen name James Otis.

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"Why, we could start a circus jest as easy as a wink, Toby, 'cause you know all about one an' all you'd have to do would be to tell us fellers what to do, an' we'd 'tend to the rest."
"Yes; but you see we hain't got a tent, or bosses, or wagons, or nothin', an' I don't see how you could get a circus up that way;" and the speaker hugged his knees as he rocked himself to and fro in a musing way on the rather sharp point of a large rock, on which he had seated himself in order to hear what his companions had to say that was so important

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Kaler, James Otis: Neal, the Miller. v1. 26 Jun 2013

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James Otis Kaler (March 19, 1848 — December 11, 1912) was an American journalist and author of children’s literature. He used the pen name James Otis.

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"I fear you are undertaking too much, Neal. When a fellow lacks two years of his majority—"
"You forget that I have been my own master more than a year. Father gave me my time before he died, and that in the presence of Governor Wentworth himself."

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Kaler, James Otis: On the Kentucky Frontier. v1. 26 Jun 2013

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James Otis Kaler (March 19, 1848 — December 11, 1912) was an American journalist and author of children’s literature. He used the pen name James Otis.

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"Poor Simon Kenton experienced the bitter effects of wrong, ingratitude, and neglect. On account of some legal matters concerning his lands in Kentucky, he was imprisoned for twelve months upon the very spot where he built his cabin in 1775. In 1802, beggared by lawsuits and losses, he became landless. Yet he never murmured at the ingratitude which pressed him down, and in 1813 the veteran joined the Kentucky troops under Shelby, and was in the battle of the Thames. In 1824, then seventy years old, he journeyed to Frankfort, in tattered garments and upon a miserable horse, to ask the legislature of Kentucky to release the claims of the State upon some of his mountain lands. He was stared at by the boys, and shunned by the citizens, for none knew him. At length General Thomas Fletcher recognized him, gave him a new suit of clothes, and entertained him kindly. When it was known that Simon Kenton was in town, scores flocked to see the old hero. He was taken to the Capitol and seated in the Speaker's chair. His lands were released, and afterward Congress gave him a pension of two hundred and forty dollars a year. He died, at the age of eighty-one years, in 1836, at his residence at the head of Mad River, Logan County, Ohio, in sight of the place where, fifty-eight years before, the Indians were about to put him to death."

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Kaler, James Otis: Ralph Gurney's Oil Speculation. v1. 28 Jun 2013

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James Otis Kaler (March 19, 1848 — December 11, 1912) was an American journalist and author of children’s literature. He used the pen name James Otis.

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The puffing, panting engine that dragged the long train of heavy cars into the busy little city of Bradford, in the State of Pennsylvania, one day last summer, witnessed through its one white, staring eye, sometimes called the head-light, many happy meetings between waiting and coming friends; but none was more hearty than that between two college mates—one who had graduated the year previous, and the other who hoped to carry off the honors at the close of the next term.

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Kaler, James Otis: Richard of Jamestown. v1. 29 Jun 2013

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James Otis Kaler (March 19, 1848 — December 11, 1912) was an American journalist and author of children’s literature. He used the pen name James Otis.

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The purpose of this series of stories is to show the children, and even those who have already taken up the study of history, the home life of the colonists with whom they meet in their books. To this end every effort has been made to avoid anything savoring of romance, and to deal only with facts, so far as that is possible, while describing the daily life of those people who conquered the wilderness whether for conscience sake or for gain.

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Kaler, James Otis: Teddy and Carrots. v1. 30 Jun 2013

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James Otis Kaler (March 19, 1848 — December 11, 1912) was an American journalist and author of children’s literature. He used the pen name James Otis.

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The newcomer had taken from their newspaper wrappings a small cake of yellow soap, and a piece of cotton cloth.
Laying these on the iron edge of the fountain basin, he calmly proceeded to wash his face and hands, using a plentiful amount of soap; and then, to the intense astonishment of the spectators, applied the impromptu towel vigorously.

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Kaler, James Otis: The Adventures of a Country Boy at a Country Fair. v1. 17 Jun 2013

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James Otis Kaler (March 19, 1848 — December 11, 1912) was an American journalist and author of children’s literature. He used the pen name James Otis.

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Mrs. Fernald really appeared to be angry, and she really believed there was good cause why she should lose her temper. The thought that little Teddy—a "whiflet" she called him—should set up his opinion in such matters against his elders, and attempt to earn in one season an amount which Seth Hargreaves had never been able to repay during his thirty-six years of life, was so preposterous that the good lady looked upon the boy's assertion as positive proof that he was not only ready but willing to "fly in the face of Providence."

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Kaler, James Otis: The Club at Crow's Corner. v1, 18 Jun 2013

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James Otis Kaler (March 19, 1848 — December 11, 1912) was an American journalist and author of children’s literature. He used the pen name James Otis.

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Over in that portion of the big woods where the brook swings around a clump of alders in order to wind in and out among the trees is a very large and very old oak tree whose branches afford a roosting place for all the feathered inhabitants of that vicinity, and give shade on warm days to all who are forced to wear fur coats during the summer.

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Kaler, James Otis: The Light Keepers. v1. 23 Jun 2013

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James Otis Kaler (March 19, 1848 — December 11, 1912) was an American journalist and author of children’s literature. He used the pen name James Otis.

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"If that 'ere ain't a boat, Cap'n Eph, I'll agree to eat this buff-skin, an' wash it down with a pint of Uncle Sam's best oil," and Mr. Samuel Peters, first assistant of Carys' Ledge light, flattened his nose against the glass of the lantern as he peered out over the surging waters which surrounded the light-house on every hand.

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Kaler, James Otis: The Minute Boys of Boston. v1. 24 Jun 2013

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James Otis Kaler (March 19, 1848 — December 11, 1912) was an American journalist and author of children’s literature. He used the pen name James Otis.

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Archie Hemming is as straight-headed a boy as was ever raised in Boston town, and he insists that, while we are seemingly idling our time away here in the Cambridge camp, I ought to set down what small share we lads of Boston have had in beating the lobster backs, for certain it is we have done our share, and no less a man than General Israel Putnam has told us plainly that we have already been of great aid to the Cause.

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Kaler, James Otis: The Minute Boys of the Mohawk Valley. v1. 24 Jun 2013

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James Otis Kaler (March 19, 1848 — December 11, 1912) was an American journalist and author of children’s literature. He used the pen name James Otis.

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It sounds like an unreasonable tale, or something after the style of a fairy-story, to say that a party of lads, drilling with wooden guns, were able, without being conscious of the fact, to frighten from his bloody work such a murderous, powerful sachem as Thayendanega, or Joseph Brant, to use his English name, but such is the undisputed fact.

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Kaler, James Otis: The Minute Boys of York Town. v1. 27 Jun 2013

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James Otis Kaler (March 19, 1848 — December 11, 1912) was an American journalist and author of children’s literature. He used the pen name James Otis.

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There were a number of our people who would have been loyal to the king if Governor Dunmore had not written himself down such a consummate ass, and many even at this time whose sympathies were all with the struggling colonists, but who yet hoped matters could be settled without loss of honor to either side, meaning that the so-called rebels and his majesty might come together in friendship once more.

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Kaler, James Otis: The Princess and Joe Potter. v1. 28 Jun 23013

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James Otis Kaler (March 19, 1848 — December 11, 1912) was an American journalist and author of children’s literature. He used the pen name James Otis.

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Any other boy of Joe Potter's acquaintance would have been astonished at the great change which had come over him; but Plums was not given to excesses of any kind, save in the way of eating. That which would have excited an ordinary lad only served to arouse Plums in a mild degree, and perhaps it was this natural apathy which served to give Master Plummer such an accumulation of flesh. He was what might be called a very fat boy, and was never known to move with sufficient energy to reduce his weight.

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Kaler, James Otis: The Search for the Silver City. v1. 29 Jun 2013

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James Otis Kaler (March 19, 1848 — December 11, 1912) was an American journalist and author of children’s literature. He used the pen name James Otis.

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Three years ago last August, it is unnecessary to specify the exact date, Teddy Wright was not only a very lonely fellow, but considered himself abused by circumstances.
During the previous season he had studied very hard at the military school on the Hudson which he often referred to slightingly as "the barracks," and as a reward for the flattering reports sent home by his teachers, had been promised a long vacation in the Adirondacks with a schoolmate who lived in the northern portion of New York state.

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Kaler, James Otis: Toby Tyler. v1. 1 Jul 2013

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James Otis Kaler (March 19, 1848 — December 11, 1912) was an American journalist and author of children’s literature. He used the pen name James Otis.

Excerpt
"Couldn't you give more'n six pea-nuts for a cent?" was a question asked by a very small boy, with big, staring eyes, of a candy vender at a circus booth. And as he spoke he looked wistfully at the quantity of nuts piled high up on the basket, and then at the six, each of which now looked so small as he held them in his hand.

NOTE: 25 Illustrations

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Kaler, James Otis: Under the Liberty Tree. v1. 2 Jul 2013

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James Otis Kaler (March 19, 1848 — December 11, 1912) was an American journalist and author of children’s literature. He used the pen name James Otis.

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"Your Lordship must know that Liberty Tree is a large, old Elm in the High Street, upon which the effigies were hung in the time of the Stamp Act, and from whence the mobs at that time made their parades. It has since been adorned with an inscription, and has obtained the name of Liberty Tree, as the ground under it has that of Liberty Hall. In August last, just name of Liberty Tree, as the ground under it has that of Liberty Hall. In August last, just before the commencement of the present troubles, they erected a flagstaff, which went through the tree, and a good deal above the top of the tree. Upon this they hoist a flag as a signal for the Sons of Liberty, as they are called."

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Kant, Immanuel: An Answer to the Question: “What is Enlightenment?”. 11 Oct 2008

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For me this is a good touchstone to start or to restart in understanding Kant.

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[QUOT"Answering the Question: What is Enlightenment?" (German: "Beantwortung der Frage: Was ist Aufklärung?") is the title of a 1784 essay by the philosopher Immanuel Kant. In the December 1784 publication of the Berlinische Monatsschrift (Berlin Monthly), edited by Friedrich Gedike and Johann Erich Biester, Kant replied to the question posed a year earlier by the Reverend Johann Friedrich Zöllner, who was also an official in the Prussian government. Zöllner's question was addressed to a broad intellectual public, in reply to Biester's essay entitled: "Proposal, not to engage the clergy any longer when marriages are conducted" (April 1783) and a number of leading intellectuals replied with essays, of which Kant's is the most famous and has had the most impact. Kant's opening paragraph of the essay is a much-cited definition of a lack of Enlightenment as people's inability to think for themselves due not to their lack of intellect, but lack of courage.

Kant's essay also addressed the causes of a lack of enlightenment and the preconditions necessary to make it possible for people to enlighten themselves. He held it necessary that all church and state paternalism be abolished and people be given the freedom to use their own intellect. Kant praised Frederick II of Prussia for creating these preconditions. Kant focused on religious issues, saying that "our rulers" had less interest in telling citizens what to think in regard to artistic and scientific issues.[/QUOT

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Kant, Immanuel: Grundlegung zur Metaphysik der Sitten (German) V1. 2 Nov 2014

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Die Frage: »Was soll ich tun?« ist die grundlegende Frage der kantschen Ethik. Aber eine Antwort auf diese Frage war erst durch erkenntnistheoretische Untersuchungen in der »Kritik der reinen Vernunft« möglich, durch die Kant ein theoretisches Fundament für die praktische Philosophie geschaffen hatte.

Die Fragen nach der Grundlegung der Moralphilosophie, die in den Schlußkapiteln der »Kritik der reinen Vernunft« nur angedeutet sind, führt Kant 1785 in der »Grundlegung zur Metaphysik der Sitten« aus. Hier wird der kategorische Imperativ als grundlegendes Prinzip der Ethik entwickelt und die Idee der Freiheit, die in der ersten Kritik für die theoretische Vernunft nicht beweisbar war, wird nun als fundamentales und notwendiges Postulat der praktischen Vernunft gerechtfertigt. Nach der Überarbeitung einzelner Stücke der »Kritik der reinen Vernunft« für die zweite Auflage 1787 erscheint 1788 die »Kritik der praktischen Vernunft«, die den moralphilosophischen Ansatz der Grundlegung argumentativ teilweise revidiert und handlungstheoretisch weiter ausbaut.

In den beiden Schriften untersucht Kant die Voraussetzungen und die Möglichkeit moralisch verbindlicher Sollensaussagen. Nicht die Religion, gesunder Menschenverstand oder die empirische Praxis können diese Frage beantworten, sondern nur die praktische Vernunft. In Kants Überlegungen zur Ethik sind drei Elemente wesentlich: der Begriff eines guten Willens, die Annahme der Freiheit des Willens und die logische Form eines kategorischen Imperativs, die allein die Unbedingtheit einer moralischen Forderung garantieren kann.

Immanuel Kant (* 22. April 1724 in Königsberg, Preußen; † 12. Februar 1804 ebenda) war ein deutscher Philosoph der Aufklärung. Er zählt zu den bedeutendsten Vertretern der abendländischen Philosophie. Sein Werk »Kritik der reinen Vernunft« kennzeichnet einen Wendepunkt in der Philosophiegeschichte und den Beginn der modernen Philosophie.

Kant schuf eine neue, umfassende Perspektive in der Philosophie, die die Diskussion bis ins 21. Jahrhundert maßgeblich beeinflußt. Dazu gehört nicht nur sein Einfluß auf die Erkenntnistheorie mit der »Kritik der reinen Vernunft«, sondern auch auf die Ethik mit der »Kritik der praktischen Vernunft« und die Ästhetik mit der »Kritik der Urteilskraft«. Zudem verfaßte Kant bedeutende Schriften zur Religions-, Rechts- und Geschichtsphilosophie sowie Beiträge zu Astronomie und Geowissenschaften.

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Kant, Immanuel: Metaphysical Elements of Ethics. 13 Oct 2008

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I have one additional volume to complete, [The Critique of Pure Reason[/ and it is proving to be a bit of a bear to format correctly. I hope to complete it shortly. Until then, enjoy this rather interesting little gem.

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Kant, Immanuel: The Critique of Practical Reason. 12 Oct 2008

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[QUOTThe Critique of Practical Reason (Kritik der praktischen Vernunft in the original German) is the second of Immanuel Kant's three critiques, first published in 1788. It follows on from his Critique of Pure Reason and deals with his moral philosophy.

The second Critique exercised a decisive influence over the subsequent development of the field of ethics and moral philosophy, beginning with Fichte's Doctrine of Science and becoming, during the 20th century, the principal reference point for every moral philosophy of a deontological stamp.
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Kant, Immanuel; Kritik der praktischen Vernunft; german v1 10th July 2009

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Immanuel (ursp. Emanuel) Kant war ein deutscher Philosoph der Aufklärung und zählt zu den bedeutendsten deutschen Philosophen. Kant erstellte eine neue Philosophie in Bezug auf Recht, Religion und Geschichte, die die Geschichte der Philosophie weit über seine Zeit hinaus beeinflußte. Er formulierte den bekannten Satz „sapere aude“ (Habe Mut, dich deines eigenen Verstandes zu bedienen!) und deklarierte die Aufklärung als: „Ausgang des Menschen aus seiner selbst verschuldeten Unmündigkeit“. Auch weithin bekannt sind die vier „Kantischen Fragen“: Was kann ich wissen? Was soll ich tun? Was darf ich hoffen? Was ist der Mensch?

Die Kritik der praktischen Vernunft ist nach der Kritik der reinen Vernunft sein zweites Hauptwerk und wird manchmal auch als "zweite Kritik" bezeichnet. Sie wird nicht nur als eines der Hauptwerke Immanuel Kants sondern auch als eines der wichtigsten der Praktischen Philosophie. In diesem Buch formulierte Kant den Satz, der zu einem der bekanntesten aus seiner Feder geworden ist:

[QUOTHandle so, daß die Maxime deines Willens jederzeit zugleich als Prinzip einer allgemeinen Gesetzgebung gelten könne[/QUOT

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Kant, Immanuel; Kritik der reinen Vernunft; german v1.1 19th June 2009

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Immanuel (ursp. Emanuel) Kant war ein deutscher Philosoph der Aufklärung und zählt zu den bedeutendsten deutschen Philosophen. Kant erstellte eine neue Philosophie in Bezug auf Recht, Religion und Geschichte, die die Geschichte der Philosophie weit über seine Zeit hinaus beeinflußte. Er formulierte den bekannten Satz „sapere aude“ (Habe Mut, dich deines eigenen Verstandes zu bedienen!) und deklarierte die Aufklärung als: „Ausgang des Menschen aus seiner selbst verschuldeten Unmündigkeit“. Auch weithin bekannt sind die vier „Kantischen Fragen“: Was kann ich wissen? Was soll ich tun? Was darf ich hoffen? Was ist der Mensch?

In seinem Hauptwerk: „Kritik der reinen Vernunft“ setzt er sich mit den Bedingungen der Möglichkeit einer absoluten Erkenntnis auseinander. Er befasst sich mit den zwei Stämmen der Erkenntnis, der transzendentalen Ästhetik (Theorie der sinnlichen Wahrnehmung) und der transzendentalen Logik (Theorie der Verstandesleistungen). Die trans. Logik ist in die transzendentale Analytik (Theorie des Denkens) und der transzendentalen Dialektik. Die transzendentalen Methodenlehre befasst sich schlussendlich wie man mit den Erkenntnissen umzugehen ist und welche Bedeutung die Ideen der Philosophie für das praktische Leben des Menschen haben.

Neue Version. Vorher fehlte die transzendentale Logik, ich bitte um Entschuldigung.

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Kant, Immanuel; Kritik der Urteilskraft; german v 1.0; July 11th 2009

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Immanuel (ursp. Emanuel) Kant war ein deutscher Philosoph der Aufklärung und zählt zu den bedeutendsten deutschen Philosophen. Kant erstellte eine neue Philosophie in Bezug auf Recht, Religion und Geschichte, die die Geschichte der Philosophie weit über seine Zeit hinaus beeinflußte. Er formulierte den bekannten Satz „sapere aude“ (Habe Mut, dich deines eigenen Verstandes zu bedienen!) und deklarierte die Aufklärung als: „Ausgang des Menschen aus seiner selbst verschuldeten Unmündigkeit“. Auch weithin bekannt sind die vier „Kantischen Fragen“: Was kann ich wissen? Was soll ich tun? Was darf ich hoffen? Was ist der Mensch?

Die Kritik der Urteilskraft ist Kants drittes Hauptwerk nach der Kritik der reinen und der Kritik der praktischen Vernunft. Es besteht aus zwei Teilen, in denen sich Kant zum einen der Ästhetik zum Anderen der Teleologie widmet. Es wird zwischen dem Schönen und dem Erhabenen unterschieden, Letzteres unterteilt er noch in das mathematische und dynamische Erhabene.

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Kant: Fundamental Principles of the Metaphysic of Morals, v1, 04 Sep 2007.

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Fundamental Principles of the Metaphysic of Morals
(Grundlegung zur Metaphysik der Sitten)
(1785)
by
Immanuel Kant, (1724-1804)
Translated by Thomas Kingsmill Abbott.

This work has been translated under a number of titles, including ‘Groundwork for the Metaphysic of Morals’; ‘Grounding for the Metaphysic of Morals’; and (in the Paton translation, which is still under copyright) as ‘The Moral Law’.

A concise statement of Kant’s moral thinking. Ethics should be detached from thoughts about consequences. Instead it should be based on a priori reasoning, using the Categorical Imperative.

I have added a TOC, restored italics, and hyperlinked notes.

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Karrillon, Adam: Erlebnisse eines Erdenbummlers [German] V1. 12-Dec-2010

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Adam Karrillon (* 12. Mai 1853 in Wald-Michelbach; † 14. September 1938 in Wiesbaden) war ein deutscher Arzt und Schriftsteller, der durch Heimatromane aus dem Odenwald sowie Reiseerzählungen bekannt wurde. Er lebte lange Zeit in Weinheim an der Bergstraße, wo er 1923 Ehrenbürger wurde, und war im selben Jahr erster Träger des Georg-Büchner-Preises.

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Kavanagh, Julia: Daisy Burns (Volume 1 of 2). v1. 17 Dec 2013

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Julia Kavanagh (7 January 1824 – 28 October 1877) was an Irish novelist, born at Thurles in Tipperary, Ireland.

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Cornelius O'Reilly was the friend and countryman of my father, who had known him from his boyhood, and helped to rear and educate him. He came down every autumn to spend ten days or a fortnight at Rock Cottage. He never failed to bring me a present; but this did not render his visits more welcome to me. Whilst he was in the house, I was less petted, less indulged, and, above all, less noticed by my father. It was this I could not forgive the young man.

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Kavanagh, Julia: Daisy Burns (Volume 2 of 2). v1. 18 Dec 2013

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Julia Kavanagh (7 January 1824 – 28 October 1877) was an Irish novelist, born at Thurles in Tipperary, Ireland.

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There is a way of leaning back in an open carriage which only those accustomed to its use can attain—a sort of well-bred indolence—of riding over the world—of indifference to its concerns, which requires long and constant practice. Mrs. Brand possessed that art in the highest degree. Walking in the street, she would have seemed a thin, faded, insignificant woman; but, reclining in her carriage, with her ennuy? air, her carelessness, and her impertinence, she was stamped with aristocracy.

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Kavanagh, Julia: Rachel Gray. v1. 18 Dec 2013

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Julia Kavanagh (7 January 1824 – 28 October 1877) was an Irish novelist, born at Thurles in Tipperary, Ireland.

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By the fire an elderly woman of grave and stern aspect, but who had once been handsome, sat reading the newspaper. Near the window, two apprentices sewed, under the superintendence of Rachel Gray.

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Keane, J. F.: Six months in Meccah. v1. 12 Sep 2013

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John Fryer Thomas Keane (1854-1937), was a British adventurer who joined a group of pilgrims on their pilgrimage from India to Mecca and Medina in 1877. (He disguised himself as a pilgrim from Bombay, and when that disguise didn't work he claimed to be a recent convert.)
Keane not only describes the pilgrimage and Mecca, but also provides an interesting insight into the prevalent thought at the time. For example, in his "census" of Mecca pilgrims, he lumps together 5% of them as "A nondescript rabble from China, the West Coast of Africa or Russia, and wild Darwaysh-looking savages from God knows where."

Since Keane's Arabic apparently wasn't that great, I took the liberty to fix some spellings that were too much off-target.

If you find this book interesting and happen to speak German, you may want to also check out Heinrich von Maltzan's much more interesting German book [Meine Wallfahrt nach Mekka[/, which is also available at MR.

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Keary, A, & Keary, E: The Heroes of Asgard, v.1, 13 October 2008.

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The Heroes of Asgard: Tales From Scandinavian Mythology
By A. & E. Keary
London and New York: Macmillan and Co., 1891.
With Illustrations by Huard.

An illustrated collection of Scandinavian myths, concentrating on the gods of Asgard: Odin, Thor, Freyja, Baldur and Loki.

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Keats, John: Gedichte von einem... german v1 10 feb 2009

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Gedichte von einem, dessen Name in Wasser geschrieben wurde

John Keats. Was könnte man noch über diesen großartigen Poeten schreiben, das nicht bereits Generationen von inspirierten Dichtern, Philosophen und Künstlern unter dem Einfluß seiner wundervollen Wortmagie versuchten auszudrücken?
Pure, unglaublich schöne und doch auch traurige Romantik. Selbst dem Tod konnte er noch Poesie abringen:

[Here lies one whose name was writ in water.[/
[SIZE="1"](Hier liegt jemand, dessen Name in Wasser geschrieben wurde.)[/SIZ

Inschrift auf Keats Grabstein.

Diese Zusammenstellung beinhaltet 37 Dichtungen, einschließlich des unvollendeten und doch unsterblichen [Hyperion[/...

Vielen Dank an ravenne für die Auswahl dieses unglaublich passenden Coverbildes.

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Keller, Gottfried: Der Schmied seines Glücks german v1 11 apr 2009

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Gottfried Keller (* 19. Juli 1819 in Zürich; † 15. Juli 1890 ebenda) war ein Schweizer Dichter und Politiker. Keller begann eine Künstlerlaufbahn als Landschaftsmaler, wandte sich im Vormärz zur politischen Lyrik und beschloss sein Leben als einer der erfolgreichsten deutschsprachigen Schriftsteller des 19. Jahrhunderts. Von 1861 bis 1876 bekleidete er das Amt des Staatsschreibers der Republik Zürich. Seine bekanntesten Werke sind der Roman Der grüne Heinrich und der Novellenzyklus Die Leute von Seldwyla. Keller gilt als Meister der Novellendichtung und als einer der bedeutendsten Erzähler des bürgerlichen Realismus.

Der Selwyler Johann Kabis sucht schon sein Leben lang, das für in vorbestimmte Glück. Um sich für das Ungewöhnliche bzw. Glückhafte zuzubereiten ändert er schon mit jungen Jahren sein Namen Johannes in das englische John, damit er sich von den anderen Selwylern hervorhob. Weiters trägt er schon immer eine Ansammlung von Kleinoden, wie zum Beispiel eine vergoldete Brille, emailierten Hemdknöpfen oder einer goldenen Uhrkette mit sich, um auch damit seinen Glück etwas Nachhilfe zu geben.

Doch als das Glück nicht anbeißen will ändert er auch noch seinen Familiennamen von Kabis in Kabys, was nichts anderes als Weißkohl bedeutet.

Zynisch, ironisch oder ganz einfach Satire?

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Keller, Paul: Das letzte Märchen. german. v1. 3 may 2009

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Paul Keller (* 6. Juli 1873 in Arnsdorf, Kreis Schweidnitz; † 20. August 1932 in Breslau) war ein deutscher Schriftsteller und Publizist. Keller gehörte zu den meistgelesenen Autoren in der ersten Hälfte des 20. Jahrhunderts, was sich in einer Gesamtauflage seiner Bücher 1931 bei 5 Millionen widerspiegelt und wurde in 17 Sprachen übersetzt. Schriftsteller wie Wilhelm Raabe oder Peter Rosegger schätzten den Autor sehr. Die Sprache und Gestaltung von Kellers Werken ist ausgesprochen gemütvoll und zielt auf das Gefühl des Lesers ab.

Der 1905 erschiene Roman [Das letzte Märchen[/ ist ein Werk zwischen Märchen und Fantasy. Der Autor selbst nennt ihn ein "Idyll". Er sagt:
["In diesem Buch will ich alles retten, was in mir noch jung ist, nein, was in mir noch ein Kind ist. Kommt mit! Nicht alle! Nur die, die in ihres Lebens heimlichen Stunden in der Brust das alte Kinderherz noch einmal ein paar Schläge fühlen, die manchmal eine Sehnsucht haben, in die Heimat zu gehen und die Spielplätze neu aufzusuchen. Im letzten Märchen liegt der ersten Märchen Erfüllung."[/

Ein Journalist wird in ein unterirdisches Märchenreich eingeladen, um dort eine Zeitung aufzubauen. Schnell gerät er in dem wundersamen Land in Intrigen innerhalb des Königshauses. Er findet die Liebe, sucht Rübezahls Grab und andere "Märchenstätten" auf und muss die dunkelste Stunde des Märchenreiches miterleben.

Dieses eigenwillige Werk Kellers wird von einer ungeheueren Stimmung beherrscht. Wilhelm Raabe, der berühmte deutsche Vertreter des "Poetischen Realismus", zählte "Das letzte Märchen" zu seinen liebsten Büchern. Und wie sehr er es schätzte, besagt die Tatsache, daß der damals schon gealterte Raabe Bekannte auf der Straße anhielt und ihnen empfahl, in die Buchhandlung zu gehen und Das letzte Märchen zu kaufen.

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Kelly, Florence Finch: Emerson's Wife and Other Western Stories. v1. 2 Nov 2015

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Florence Finch Kelly (March 27, 1858 – December 17, 1939) was an American feminist, suffragist, journalist, and author of novels and short stories.

EMERSON’S WIFE
COLONEL KATE’S PROTÉGÉE
THE KID OF APACHE TEJU
A BLAZE ON PARD HUFF
HOW COLONEL KATE WON HER SPURS
HOLLYHOCKS
THE RISE, FALL, AND REDEMPTION OF JOHNSON SIDES
A PIECE OF WRECKAGE
THE STORY, OF A CHINEE KID
OUT OF SYMPATHY
AN OLD ROMAN OF MARIPOSA
OUT OF THE MOUTH OF BABES
POSEY
A CASE OF THE INNER IMPERATIVE

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Kelly, Florence Finch: Rhoda Of The Underground. v1. 3 Nov 2015

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Florence Finch Kelly (March 27, 1858 – December 17, 1939) was an American feminist, suffragist, journalist, and author of novels and short stories.

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The benediction of God was in the sunshine that lay still and bright upon green fields and blooming gardens. The town, marshaled along the river side, nestled quietly under the caressing warmth. Down by the steamboat landing it stirred into sudden noisy activity as the up-river boat drew in and made ready to discharge cargo and passengers. But farther back, where the streets, lined with maple and butternut trees and white-blossOmed locusts, climbed the long sloping hill, the May sunshine seemed to have kissed the earth into radiant peace. Here and there, from some white-painted cottage set in a grassy, tree-shaded yard, came the sound of a woman’s voice in speech or song, or the shrilly sweet accents of children at play floated out from porch or shady nook.

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Kelly, Florence Finch: The Delafield Affair. v1. 2 Nov 2015

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Florence Finch Kelly (March 27, 1858 – December 17, 1939) was an American feminist, suffragist, journalist, and author of novels and short stories.

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Curtis Conrad turned from superintending repairs on the adobe wall, and walked across the corral to the gate at the opposite side. As he filled his pipe he looked across the wide, greenish-gray New Mexican plateau stretching far to east and south and west. It was dotted here and there with little groups of grazing cattle, and he noted a straggling procession of the creatures, their figures wavering and distorted in the heat haze, coming down from the distant foot-hills. They were following a trail that cut across the plain in a straight line to the pond across the road from the house, beyond a grove of cottonwood trees.

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Kelly, Florence Finch: The Dixons. v1. 5 Nov 2015

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Florence Finch Kelly (March 27, 1858 – December 17, 1939) was an American feminist, suffragist, journalist, and author of novels and short stories.

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Already at Appomattox the doom of slavery and rebellion had been sealed and throughout the North people had gone wild with joy. Already, too, the great War President had gone to his martyrdom, and on the Dixon farm, as everywhere in the North, sadness and anxiety had followed close upon the heels of joy. But spring was making its insistent demands upon the busy hands of the farmer and its call to the heart of youth—and the world was going on its way.

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Kelly, Florence Finch: The Fate of Felix Brand. v1. 2 Nov 2015

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Florence Finch Kelly (March 27, 1858 – December 17, 1939) was an American feminist, suffragist, journalist, and author of novels and short stories.

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Felix Brand awoke with a start and looked about him with a puzzled stare. And yet there was nothing unfamiliar in what met his gaze. The bed wherein he lay and its luxurious appointments were of his own recent buying. He had himself designed the decorations of the room and selected its furnishings. As his eyes leaped from one object to another his bewildered glance seemed to slide unnotingly over the furniture, and the draperies, walls and pictures, indicative of a fastidious taste, that made up the interior of his bedroom.

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Kelly, Florence Finch: With Hoops of Steel v1 25 apr 2009

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I don't know anything about Florence Finch Kelly except that she was born 1858 and died in 1939

From the publisher's note:

[QUOTOwen Wister’s The Virginian and Florence Finch Kelly’s With Hoops of Steel were the first of the modern cow-boy novels. Twenty-five years have passed since Mrs. Kelly’s enthralling story first appeared—September, 1900. Most of the novels published then and since, are dead and forgotten. Not so With Hoops of Steel. It was in continuous demand from its first friendly welcome by the critics until the World War turned public attention to Europe. Even so its vitality persisted, justified this new edition, and seems to warrant the belief that the present generation will find its story interest as vivid and as exciting as did the past, and its value even greater, for it presents an authentic portrait of the old southwestern cattlemen and a fascinating picture of a phase of national development now passed into history.[/QUOT

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Kenealy, Arabella: Some Experiences of Lord Syfret. v1. 18 Aug 2025

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Lord Syfret — a gentleman of independent means, with health, wealth, and position; he alleviates boredom by investigating strange matters. He is an amateur sleuth, occasional occult detective, and habitual nosy parker and busybody — he often receives strange “impressions” that may lead to encounters with interesting people and human villains, but also sometimes unveil true horror.

Lord Syfret was one of the earlier occult detectives, and can be seen as a prototype for Flaxman Low and later occult detectives.

Be aware that Kenealy presents very demeaning stereotypes of Indian and Jewish characters.

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Arabella Kenealy (1859 – 1938) was a noted novelist and author of “New Woman” non-fiction.

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List of stories:
The Haunted Child
In a Terrible Grip
The Villa of Simpkins
The Wolf and the Stork
Stronheim’s Extremity
A Beautiful Vampire
Honaria’s Hero
Prince Ranjichatterjee’s Vengeance
The Metamorphosis of Peter Humby
The Beautiful Mrs Tompkyns
An Ogre In Tweeds

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This series of short stories appeared in “The Ludgate” magazine, June 1896~Apr 1897.
[This ebook is in the public domain where copyright is “Life+80” or less, and in the USA.[/
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Kepler, Johannes: Somnium – Traum vom Mond

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Nach über neun Jahren Vorarbeit erfolgte 1609 die Drucklegung von Keplers wissenschaftlichem Hauptwerk, der [Neuen Astronomie[/, in dem er eine Erklärung der Planetenbewegungen formulierte. In diesem Jahr schrieb Kepler auch den [Traum vom Mond[/, in dem er, eingebettet in eine märchenhafte Erzählung, das von ihm weiterentwickelte kopernikanische Weltbild veranschaulicht: Ein Geist berichtet dem träumenden Erzähler von der Reise zum Mond und von den dortigen Verhältnissen wie der Bewegung der Erde, Jahreszeiten, Sonnen- und »Erdfinsternissen«.

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Kernahan, Coulson: The Dumpling. v1. 7 Oct 2015

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Coulson Kernahan (1858–1943) was an English novelist, born at Ilfracombe, Devon, and educated privately by his father and at St Albans School. He was associated with Frederick Locker-Lampson on a new edition of Lyra Elegantiarum, contributed to many periodicals, wrote humorous verse, and gained wide popularity for his fiction, much of it orientated toward Christianity, and some of which has been translated into French, German, Dutch, Hungarian, and Chinese. He is also known for being the copy-editor of Oscar Wilde's 1891 version of The Picture of Dorian Gray.

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No matter how scorching the July sun, no matter how alluring the thought of paddling out to ascertain whether the richly wooded lake-side looked equally lovely from the water; no matter how cunningly old Satan had spread his snare of mischief “for idle hands to do,” by guiding me to the very spot where the little boat lay moored at the water’s edge; no matter with what sophistry these, and many other excuses which I pleaded to a pricking conscience, seemed to mitigate the offence, the fact remains that I acted in a way which was as impudent as it was unpardonable.

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Keynes, John Maynard: The Great Slump of 1930, v.1, 15 November 2008.

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John Maynard Keynes (1883–1946)
The Great Slump of 1930 (1930)
First published in The Nation & Athenaeum, issues of December 20 and December 27, 1930.

A short article on the causes of the recession of 1930. Could this be a case of ‘plus ça change, plus c’est la même chose’? Decide for yourself.

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Kielland, Alexander: Garman & Worse [Norwegian]. v1. Sep 2010

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Fra Wikipedia:
[Garman & Worse er Alexander Kiellands første roman, utgitt i 1880, og er av mange ansett som hans beste. Bokens handling er lagt til Kiellands hjemby, Stavanger i 1870-årene (selv om byens navn aldri nevnes), og skildrer en del av byens mange særpreg. Midtpunktet i romanen er handelshuset Sandgaard, som er basert på Kielland-familiens eget handelshus, «Jacob Kielland & søn». Rollefigurene er i stor grad basert på folk i hans egen familie og omgangskrets; både moren og faren, samt flere av hans forfedre, kan kjennes igjen i flere av karakterene i boken. Kielland utga i 1882 oppfølgerromanen Skipper Worse, som utspiller seg i det samme handelshuset og miljøet én generasjon tidligere, i 1840-årene.[/

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Kielland, Alexander: Jacob [Norwegian]. v1. 3. Nov 2012

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Bondegutten Tørres Snørtevold drar til Stavanger for å søke lykken som krambodgutt. Med sine evner slår han seg opp som byens store mann, men hans forsøk på klassereise spoleres av hans forbitrelse mot "de dannede", en kamp som kanskje koster både ham og hans motstandere mer enn den er verdt.

Første gang utgitt i 1891 har denne romanen dannet grunnlaget for en film i både Norge, Sverige, og Danmark, samt en musical. Den norske filmen kom ut i 1942 under tittelen "Tørris Snørtevold". Regissert av Tancred Ibsen hadde den Alfred Maurstad i tittelrollen, og en ung Wenche Foss i rollen som frk. Thorsen.

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Kielland, Alexander: Skipper Worse [Norwegian]. v1. Sep 2010

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[Romanen foregår i Stavanger, i og rundt handelshuset Sandgaard, som Kielland skapte med familiens eget handelshus, «Jacob Kielland & søn», som modell. Romanen er en oppfølger til Garman & Worse, som utkom i 1880. Men mens den første romanens handling er lagt til 1870-årene, foregår oppfølgeren en drøy generasjon tidligere, i 1840-årene.[/

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Kiesewetter, Karl: Der Occultismus des Altertums (German). v1. 24 July 2013

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Karl Kiesewetter (1854 - 1895) war ein deutscher Okkultist und Esoteriker.

„Der Occultismus des Altertum“ ist eine populärwissenschaftliche Darstellung okkulter Bräuche des Altertums ohne wissenschaftlichen Anspruch, die anscheinend in erster Linie für Esoteriker gedacht war.
Kiesewetter beschreibt auf über 900 Druckseiten (und fast ebenso vielen Fußnoten) auf leicht verdauliche Weise u.a. okkulte Bräuche der Babylonier, Perser, Ägypter, Hebräer, Griechen, Römer und Germanen.

[SIZE="1"]Dieses Buch basiert auf einer hervorragenden Vorlage von Project Gutenberg; ich habe nur einige kosmetische Änderungen vorgenommen (eingebettete griechische und hebräische Schriften, nachgestellte Umschrift in eckigen Klammern usw.).[/SIZ

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Kilmer, Joyce: An Omnibus of Joyce Kilmer. V1. March 4 2012

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From Wikipedia [quotAlfred Joyce Kilmer (December 6, 1886 – July 30, 1918) was an American journalist, poet, literary critic, lecturer, and editor. Though a prolific poet whose works celebrated the common beauty of the natural world as well as his religious faith, Kilmer is remembered most for a short poem titled "Trees" (1913), which was published in the collection Trees and Other Poems in 1914. [/quot
This book contains "Main Street and Other Poems" and "Trees and Other Poems."

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Kilner, Dorothy: THE LIFE AND PERAMBULATIONS OF A MOUSE (1783-1784). v1, 21 Jan 2008

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This very interesting and charming narrative chronicles the life of a mouse. All the animals have been invested with a unique persona. The work is made unique by the fact that the attitudes, feelings and thoughts of the animal are presented by an animal itself. Interspersed with moral lessons on how to treat the weak, this is a brilliant work.

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Kinck, Hans E.: Huldren [Norwegian].v1. 05 May 2014

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Hans Kincks debutroman fra 1892. En naturalistisk skildring fra en vestlandsbygd.

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Kinck, Hans E.: Sus [Norwegian].v1. 05 May 2014

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Kinck, Hans: Sneskavlen brast [Norwegian].v1. 26 Apr 2014

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Hele Hans E. Kincks romantrilogi.

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Kinck, Hans: Trækfugle [Norwegian].v1. 30 Apr 2014

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Nasjonalbiblioteket har gitt ut de første 35 av 100 planlagte epub-bøker. Bøkene er korrekturlest, men noen litt uvanlige valg med hensyn til oppsett ødelegger leseopplevelsen litt. F. eks. er sidetall/sideombrekning beholdt. Jeg har endret på layout for å gi, i mine øyne, en bedre leseopplevelse.

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King, Basil: High Heart, The. V1. 3 Nov 2011

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William Benjamin Basil King (1859–1928) was a Canadian-born clergyman who became a writer after retiring from the clergy. His novels and non-fiction were spiritually oriented.

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I COULD not have lived in the Brokenshire circle for nearly a year without recognizing the fact that in the eyes of his family J. Howard, as he was commonly called by the world, was the Great Dispenser; but my first intimation that he meant to act in that capacity toward me came from Larry Strangways, on a bright July morning during the summer of 1913, when we were at Newport.

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King, Basil: The Conquest of Fear. V1. 2 Nov 2011

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William Benjamin Basil King (1859–1928) was a Canadian-born clergyman who became a writer after retiring from the clergy. His novels and non-fiction were spiritually oriented.

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THERE ARE many books which give some help to many people. There are books which give a set of rules, or even one master rule, by which to meet the problems of life. This is not such a book. It suggests no simple recipe for the conquest of fear. Instead, it presents, what all too few of us to-day possess, a philosophy of life.
Moreover, in contrast to the dominant thinking of our age, which is materialistic, King's philosophy is spiritual and religious. Indeed, the ideas in this book are so profoundly different from the commonly accepted ideas of our times that they will come as a shock to many readers. One purpose of this introduction is to prepare the reader for such a shock.

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King, Basil: The Dust Flower. V1. 2 Nov 2011

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William Benjamin Basil King (1859–1928) was a Canadian-born clergyman who became a writer after retiring from the clergy. His novels and non-fiction were spiritually oriented.

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IT IS not often that you see a man tear his hair, but this is exactly what Rashleigh Allerton did. He tore it, first, because of being under the stress of great agitation, and second, because he had it to tear—a thick, black shock with a tendency to part in the middle, but brushed carefully to one side. Seated on the extreme edge of one of Miss Walbrook’s strong, slender armchairs, his elbows on his knees, he dug his fingers into the dark mass with every fresh taunt from his fiancée.

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King, Basil: The Empty Sack. V1. 3 Nov 2011

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William Benjamin Basil King (1859–1928) was a Canadian-born clergyman who became a writer after retiring from the clergy. His novels and non-fiction were spiritually oriented.

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The suspense was terrible. As the August Presence into which he had been ushered was engaged in examining the contents of a lower drawer of the flat-topped desk at which It was seated, It was only partly visible. All Josiah could see was the shoulder of a portly form, the edge of a pear-shaped pearl in a plum-colored tie, and a temple of grizzled hair. The clerk moved forward, coming to a halt midway between the door and the desk till the Presence should recognize his approach by raising Its head.

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King, Basil: The Inner Shrine. V1. 4 Nov 2011

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William Benjamin Basil King (1859–1928) was a Canadian-born clergyman who became a writer after retiring from the clergy. His novels and non-fiction were spiritually oriented.

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With the slip of paper in his hand the banker leaned back in the chair, and took a longer time than was necessary to scan the poor little list. In reality he was turning over in his mind the unexpected features of the case, venturing a peep at Diane as she sat meekly awaiting the end of his perusal.

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King, Basil: The Letter of the Contract. V1. 4 Nov 2011

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William Benjamin Basil King (1859–1928) was a Canadian-born clergyman who became a writer after retiring from the clergy. His novels and non-fiction were spiritually oriented.

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IT WAS strange to think that if, on finishing her coffee in her room, she had looked in on the children, as she generally did, instead of going down to the drawing-room to write a note, her whole life might have been different. "Why didn't I?" was the question she often asked herself in the succeeding years, only to follow it with the reflection: "But perhaps it would have happened in any case. Since the fact was there, I must have come to know it—in the long run."

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King, Basil: The Side Of The Angels. V1. 5 Nov 2011

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William Benjamin Basil King (1859–1928) was a Canadian-born clergyman who became a writer after retiring from the clergy. His novels and non-fiction were spiritually oriented.

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THE DIFFICULTY was, in the first place, one of date—not the date of a month or a year, but of a generation or a century. Had Thorley Masterman found himself in love with Rosie Fay in 1760, or even in 1860, there would have been little to adjust and nothing to gainsay. In 1860 the Fays were still as good as the Thorleys, and almost as good as the Mastermans. Going back as far as 1760, the Fays might have been considered better than the Thorleys had the village acknowledged standards of comparison, while there were no Mastermans at all. That is, in 1760 the Mastermans still kept their status as yeomen, clergymen, and country doctors among the hills of Derbyshire, untroubled as yet by that spirit of unrest for conscience' sake which had urged the Fays and the Thorleys out of the flat farmlands of East Anglia one hundred and thirty years before.

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King, Basil: The Street Called Straight. V1. 6 Nov 2011

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William Benjamin Basil King (1859–1928) was a Canadian-born clergyman who became a writer after retiring from the clergy. His novels and non-fiction were spiritually oriented.

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"Twice round the world since you were last in Boston? How interesting!" Then, as if she had said enough for courtesy, she continued across the lights and flowers to Mrs. Fane: "Drusilla, did you know Colonel Ashley had declined that post at Gibraltar? I'm so glad. I should hate the Gib."

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King, Basil: The Wild Olive. V1. 6 Nov 2011

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William Benjamin Basil King (1859–1928) was a Canadian-born clergyman who became a writer after retiring from the clergy. His novels and non-fiction were spiritually oriented.

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As far as he had yet been able to formulate a plan of flight, it was to seek his safety among the hills. The necessity of the instant was driving him toward the open country and the lake, but he hoped to double soon upon his tracks, finding his way back to the lumber camps, whose friendly spiriting from bunk-house to bunk-house would baffle pursuit. Once he had gained even a few hours' security, he would be able to some extent to pick and choose his way.

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King, Charles: A Daughter of the Sioux v1 23 dec 2008

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Charles King (October 12, 1844 in Albany, New York – March 17, 1933 in Milwaukee, Wisconsin) was a United States soldier and a distinguished writer.

1902.

Also illustrated by Edwin Willard Deming. While many of his books were written under the name Captain Charles King, for some he is listed as General. The literary novels of Charles King are ones of Victorian ideals, morals and views played out on western frontiers, the Civil War, and the Spanish Philippines. His often melodramatic stories are based on personal adventures and experiences with detailed observations and opinions arising from specific times and places. Publishing over 60 novels and numerous short stories, King was a popular author in his day, yet today is known mostly for one title, Campaigning With Crook. The book begins: [QUOT
The major commanding looked up from the morning report and surveyed the post adjutant with something of perturbation, if not annoyance, in his grim, gray eyes. For the fourth time that week had Lieutenant Field requested permission to be absent for several hours. The major knew just why the junior wished to go and where. The major knew just why he wished him not to go, but saw fit to name almost any other than the real reason when, with a certain awkward hesitancy he began: W-ell, is the post return ready?
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King, Charles: A Soldier's Trial. v1. 12 May 2013

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Charles King (October 12, 1844 in Albany, New York – March 17, 1933 in Milwaukee, Wisconsin) was a United States soldier and a distinguished writer.

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"Brig.-Gen. Frederick D. Grant, U.S.A., says: "It is distressing that the prosperity of the keepers of vile resorts is due to the activity of good and worthy though misguided citizens, who have succeeded in abolishing the canteen in the army."

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King, Charles: A Tame Surrender. v1. 13 May 2013

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Charles King (October 12, 1844 in Albany, New York – March 17, 1933 in Milwaukee, Wisconsin) was a United States soldier and a distinguished writer.

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She had met him the previous summer on the Rhine, and now "if they aren't engaged they might as well be," said her friends, "for he is her shadow wherever she goes." There was something characteristically inaccurate about that statement, for Miss Allison was rather undersized in one way and oversized in another; at least that, too, is what her friends said. She was not more than five feet in height nor less than five feet in breadth "measured from tip to tip of her wings," as her brother said. Miss Allison had wings, not because she was an angel, but because it was the fashion,—wings that sprouted at her fair, plump, shapely shoulders and billowed out like balloons.

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King, Charles: A Trooper Galahad. v1. 15 May 2013

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Charles King (October 12, 1844 in Albany, New York – March 17, 1933 in Milwaukee, Wisconsin) was a United States soldier and a distinguished writer.

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"Life is full of ups and downs," mused the colonel, as he laid on the littered desk before him an official communication just received from Department Head-Quarters, "especially army life,—and more especially army life in Texas."

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King, Charles: A War-Time Wooing. v1. 17 May 2013

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Charles King (October 12, 1844 in Albany, New York – March 17, 1933 in Milwaukee, Wisconsin) was a United States soldier and a distinguished writer.

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After months of disaster there had come authentic news of victory. All Union-loving men drew a long breath of relief when it was certain that Lee had given up the field and fallen back across the Potomac.

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King, Charles: A Wounded Name. v1. 17 May 2013

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Charles King (October 12, 1844 in Albany, New York – March 17, 1933 in Milwaukee, Wisconsin) was a United States soldier and a distinguished writer.

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The stage coach was invisible in a cloud of its own dust as it lurched and rolled along the alkali flats down the valley, and Sancho, the ranch-keeper, could not make out whether any passengers were on top or not. He had brought a fine binocular to bear just as soon as the shrill voice of Pedro, a swarthy little scamp of a half-breed, announced the dust-cloud sailing over the clump of willows below the bend.

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King, Charles: An Apache Princess v1 13 dec 2008

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Classic western novel.

According to Wikipedia:

"Charles King (October 12, 1844 in Albany, New York – 17 March 1933 in Milwaukee, Wisconsin) was a United States soldier and a distinguished writer. King was the son of Civil War general Rufus King, grandson of Columbia University president Charles King, and great grandson of Rufus King, one of the signers of the Declaration of Independence. He graduated from West Point in 1866 and served in the Army during the Indian Wars under George Crook. He was wounded in the arm forcing his retirement from the regular army. During this time he became acquainted with Buffalo Bill Cody.

King would later write scripts for several of Cody's silents films.... In 1898, he was appointed brigadier general of volunteers and sailed to the Philippines during the Spanish-American War. The fighting with Spain was over by the time he arrived, but he assisted in the surrender negotiations. During the following Philippine-American War, King was placed in command of the 1st Brigade in Henry W. Lawton's division. He led his brigade during the Battle of Manila and sailed for Santa Cruz with Lawton's division.

He was incapacitated by sickness during the Battle of Santa Cruz, but he returned to fight in the following Battle of Pagsanjan. He took part in the final major campaigns before the fighting turned primarily to guerilla warfare. He returned to the United States and was active in the Wisconsin National Guard and in training troops for World War I. He wrote and edited over 60 books and novels. Among his list of titles are Campaigning with Crook, Fort Frayne, Under Fire and Daughter of the Sioux."

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King, Charles: Campaigning with Crook and Stories of Army Life. v1. 9 May 2013

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Charles King (October 12, 1844 in Albany, New York – March 17, 1933 in Milwaukee, Wisconsin) was a United States soldier and a distinguished writer.

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Ten years ago, at the request of the editor of a paper at my old home, these sketches of the Sioux Campaign of 1876 were written and, finding favor with comrades to whom a few were sent, were published in pamphlet form. Now, reinforced by certain other sketches which have since appeared, they are given a new framework.

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King, Charles: From School to Battle-field. v1. 9 May 2013

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Charles King (October 12, 1844 in Albany, New York – March 17, 1933 in Milwaukee, Wisconsin) was a United States soldier and a distinguished writer.

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"If there's anything I hate more than a rainy Saturday, call me a tadpole!" said the taller of two boys who, with their chins on their arms and their arms on the top of the window-sash, were gazing gloomily out over a dripping world. It was the second day of an east wind, and every boy on Manhattan Island knows what an east wind brings to New York City, or used to in days before the war, and this was one of them.

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King, Charles: King, Warrior Gap. v1. 16 May 2013

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Charles King (October 12, 1844 in Albany, New York – March 17, 1933 in Milwaukee, Wisconsin) was a United States soldier and a distinguished writer.

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Riding at ease in the lazy afternoon sunshine a single troop of cavalry was threading its way in long column of twos through the bold and beautiful foothills of the Big Horn.

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King, Charles: Kitty's Conquest. v1. 10 May 2013

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Charles King (October 12, 1844 in Albany, New York – March 17, 1933 in Milwaukee, Wisconsin) was a United States soldier and a distinguished writer.

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It was just after Christmas, and discontentedly enough I had left my cosy surroundings in New Orleans, to take a business-trip through the counties on the border-line between Tennessee and northern Mississippi and Alabama. One sunny afternoon I found myself on the "freight and passenger" of what was termed "The Great Southern Mail Route." We had been trundling slowly, sleepily along ever since the conductor's "all aboard!" after dinner; had met the Mobile Express at Corinth when the shadows were already lengthening upon the ruddy, barren-looking landscape, and now, with Iuka just before us, and the warning whistle of the engine shrieking in our ears with a discordant pertinacity attained only on our Southern railroads, I took a last glance at the sun just disappearing behind the distant forest in our wake, drew the last breath of life, from my cigar, and then, taking advantage of the halt at the station, strolled back from the dinginess of the smoking-car to more comfortable quarters in the rear.

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King, Charles: Lanier of the Cavalry. v1. 11 May 2013

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Charles King (October 12, 1844 in Albany, New York – March 17, 1933 in Milwaukee, Wisconsin) was a United States soldier and a distinguished writer.

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The sun was sinking low beyond the ford of the foaming Platte. The distant bluffs commanding the broad valley of the Sweetwater stood sharp and clear against the westward skies. The smoke from the camp-fires along the stream rose in misty columns straight aloft, for not so much as a breath of breeze had wafted down from the far snow fields of Cloud Peak, or the sun-sheltered rifts of the Big Horn. The flag at the old fort, on the neighboring height, clung to the staff with scarcely a flutter, awaiting the evening salute of the trumpets and the roar of the sunset gun.

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King, Charles: Laramie. v1. 11 May 2013

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Charles King (October 12, 1844 in Albany, New York – March 17, 1933 in Milwaukee, Wisconsin) was a United States soldier and a distinguished writer.

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A good-hearted woman was Mrs. Miller, and very much did she like the doctor's sweet and pretty daughter, very much better than she fancied the doctor himself, although, had she been pressed for a reason for her distrust of the senior medical attendant of the garrison, Mrs. Miller might have found it hard to give satisfactory answer. He was a widower, and "that made him interesting to some people," was her analysis of the situation. She really knew nothing more detrimental to his character, and yet she wished he had not lost his wife, and her wishes on this point were not entirely because of Elinor's motherless state. It was the first year the girl had spent in garrison since the death of that loving mother nearly a decade before.

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King, Charles: Marion's Faith. v1. 11 May 2013

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Charles King (October 12, 1844 in Albany, New York – March 17, 1933 in Milwaukee, Wisconsin) was a United States soldier and a distinguished writer.

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"Ray, what would you do if some one were to leave you a fortune?"
"Humph! Pay for the clothes I have on, I suppose," is the answer, half humorous, half wistful, as the interrogated party, the younger of two officers, glances down at his well-worn regimentals. "That's one reason I'm praying we may be sent to reinforce Crook up in the Sioux country. No need of new duds when you're scouting for old 'Gray Fox,' you know."

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King, Charles: Ray's Daughter. v1. 12 May 2013

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Charles King (October 12, 1844 in Albany, New York – March 17, 1933 in Milwaukee, Wisconsin) was a United States soldier and a distinguished writer.

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The long June day was drawing to its close. Hot and strong the slanting sunbeams beat upon the grimy roofs of the train and threw distorted shadows over the sand and sage-brush that stretched to the far horizon. Dense and choking, from beneath the whirring wheels the dust-clouds rose in tawny billows that enveloped the rearmost coaches and, mingling with the black smoke of the "double-header" engines, rolled away in the dreary wake. East and west, north and south, far as the eye could reach, hemmed by low, dun-colored ridges or sharply outlined crests of remote mountain range, in lifeless desolation the landscape lay outspread to the view.

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King, Charles: Starlight Ranch v1 25 nov 2008

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GENERAL CHARLES KING
(October 12, 1844: Albany, NY ~ March 17, 1933: Milwaukee, Wisconsin)

King, who was credited with seventy years of active military service, was the only soldier in American history to serve in five American wars: The Civil War, Indian Wars, Spanish-American War, Phillipine Insurrection and World War I.

Novelist:Author of over 60 books and hundreds of articles and short stories

Historian:His novels, although they all follow virtually the same plot, draw from personal experience and are exciting narratives full of accurate, detailed descriptions of army life and Indian wars in the American West.

King was one of the biggest role models of ERB.

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King, Charles: Sunset Pass. v1. 13 May 2013

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Charles King (October 12, 1844 in Albany, New York – March 17, 1933 in Milwaukee, Wisconsin) was a United States soldier and a distinguished writer.

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"Better take my advice, sir. The road ahead is thick with the Patchies."

NOTE: 20 Illustrations.

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King, Charles: To The Front. v1, 14 May 2013

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Charles King (October 12, 1844 in Albany, New York – March 17, 1933 in Milwaukee, Wisconsin) was a United States soldier and a distinguished writer.

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It was graduation day at West Point, and there had been a remarkable scene at the morning ceremonies. In the presence of the Board of Visitors, the full-uniformed officers of the academic and military staff, the august professors and their many assistants, scores of daintily dressed women and dozens of sober-garbed civilians, the assembled Corps of Cadets, in their gray and white, had risen as one man and cheered to the echo a soldierly young fellow, their "first captain," as he received his diploma and then turned to rejoin them. It was an unusual incident. Every man preceding had been applauded, some of them vehemently. Every man after him, and they were many, received his meed of greeting and congratulation, but the portion accorded Cadet Captain "Geordie" Graham, like that of Little Benjamin, exceeded all others, and a prominent banker and business man, visiting the Point for the first time, was moved to inquire why.

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King, Charles: Tonio, Son of the Sierras. v1. 14 May 2013

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Charles King (October 12, 1844 in Albany, New York – March 17, 1933 in Milwaukee, Wisconsin) was a United States soldier and a distinguished writer.

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So the eyes of the six men turned to the indicated authority, an Apache of uncertain age. He looked to be forty and might be nearer sixty. He stood five feet ten in his tiptoed moccasins, and weighed less than little Harris, who could not touch the beam at five feet five. Harris was the light weight of the —th Cavalry, in physique, at least, and by no means proud of the distinction.

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King, Charles: Trumpeter Fred. v1. 15 May 2013

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Charles King (October 12, 1844 in Albany, New York – March 17, 1933 in Milwaukee, Wisconsin) was a United States soldier and a distinguished writer.

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THERE were only thirty in all that night when the troop reached the Niobrara and unsaddled along the grassy banks. Rather slim numbers for the duty to be performed, and with the captain away, too. Not that the men had lack of confidence in Lieutenant Blunt, but it was practically his first summer at Indian campaigning, and, however well a young soldier may have studied strategy and grand tactics at West Point, it is something very different that is needed in fighting these wild warriors of our prairies and mountains.

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King, Charles: Under Fire. v1. 8 May 2013

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Charles King (October 12, 1844 in Albany, New York – March 17, 1933 in Milwaukee, Wisconsin) was a United States soldier and a distinguished writer.

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It was the last day of Captain Wilbur Cranston's leave of absence. For three blissful months he had been visiting his old home in a bustling Western city, happy in the happiness of his charming wife in this her first long restoration to civilization since their marriage ten years before; happy in the pride and joy of his father and mother in having once more under their roof the soldier son who had won an honored name in his profession,

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King, Charles: Waring's Peril. v1. 16 May 2013

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Charles King (October 12, 1844 in Albany, New York – March 17, 1933 in Milwaukee, Wisconsin) was a United States soldier and a distinguished writer.

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What a merciful interposition of divine Providence it is that the African cannot blush! Captain Cram looked suspiciously at the earnest, unwinking, black face before him. Some memory of old college days flitted through his mind at the moment. "O Kunopes!" ("thou dog-faced one!") he caught himself muttering, but negro diplomacy was too much for him, and the innocence in the face of Ananias would have baffled a man far more suspicious. Cram was a fellow who loved his battery and his profession as few men loved before

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Kingsley, Charles: Hypatia, v.1 20 Nov 2007.

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First published in two volumes in 1853, this is the first historical novel of Charles Kingsley.

It is loosely based on the true story of the early 5th-century philosopher Hypatia of Alexandria. She was a noted mathematician and Neo-Platonic philosopher. Together with her father, she has been credited with the invention of the astrolabe and hydrometer.

She was massacred by a Christian mob. Bertrand Russell noted, “After this, Alexandria was no longer troubled by philosophers.” Wikipedia has a useful article on her life.

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Kingsley, Florence Morse. The Intellectual Miss Lamb. v1. 15 Dec 2015

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Florence Morse Kingsley (July 14, 1859 – November 7, 1937) was an American authoress of popular and religious fiction.

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MISS R. LAMB was pretty. This might be set down as merely an agreeable statement pertaining to Miss Lamb’s sentient bodily structure, had her prettiness been of the palely classic or even of the darkly severe order. But the sort of exuberantly youthful, kittenish beauty exhibited in Miss Lamb’s pink and white, curl-shaded, cherubic countenance was not far from being ridiculous when one perforce took into account the correlative fact that Miss Lamb was little more than a walking’. edition of the great-Great-head’s Psysiological Psychology.” Now, the merest tyro in, book-making would know better than to invest a profound treatise on the “Philosophy of Mind” with a rose-colored binding pranked out with a profusion of gold curlicues and illuminated text. And this simple illustration exactly fits Miss Lamb’s case: her binding, if one may use the term, was strikingly inappropriate.

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Kingsley, Florence Morse: An Alabaster Box. v1. 9 Dec 2015

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Florence Morse Kingsley (July 14, 1859 – November 7, 1937) was an American authoress of popular and religious fiction.

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“WE,” said Mrs. Solomon Black with weighty emphasis, “are going to get up a church fair and raise that money, and we are going to pay your salary. We can’t stand it another minute. We had better run in debt to the butcher and baker than to the Lord.”

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Kingsley, Florence Morse: And So They Were Married. v1. 10 Dec 2015

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Florence Morse Kingsley (July 14, 1859 – November 7, 1937) was an American authoress of popular and religious fiction.

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Dr. North’s wife, attired in her dressing-gown and slippers, noiselessly tilted the shutter of the old-fashioned inside blind and peered cautiously out. The moon was shining splendidly in the dark sky, and the empty street seemed almost as light as day. It had been snowing earlier in the evening, Mrs. North observed absentmindedly, and the clinging drifts weighed the dark evergreens on either side of the gate almost to the ground. A dog barked noisily from his kennel in a neighbouring yard, and a chorus of answering barks acknowledged the signal; some one was coming along the moonlit street. There were two figures, as Mrs. North had expected; she craned her plump neck anxiously forward as the gate clicked and a light girlish laugh floated up on the frosty air.

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Kingsley, Florence Morse: Prisoners Of The Sea. v1. 11 Dec 2015

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Florence Morse Kingsley (July 14, 1859 – November 7, 1937) was an American authoress of popular and religious fiction.

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“The Man with the Iron Mask” is the strangest figure in all history. The facts presented in the preceding narrative determine the identity of this sphinx-like apparition, and that without a shadow of doubt. The document containing these facts, as set down by the hand of Henri Baillot, Comte de Lantenac, was preserved for many years with other family papers in the very treasure-cask which figures in the story. When it lately fell into the hands of the author there seemed no longer any reason why the story should not be told.

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Kingsley, Florence Morse: Stephen, a Soldier of the Cross. v1. 12 Dec 2015

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Florence Morse Kingsley (July 14, 1859 – November 7, 1937) was an American authoress of popular and religious fiction.

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THERE are those who have asked me to write this book. There may be others who shall question me because I have written it. “Assuredly,” these will cry out, “It is justly forbidden to ascribe words and deeds of one’s own devising to them which have been set forever apart in the pages of the Book of books. The pen of inspiration has written of Stephen all that God wills us to know of him, therefore let us be content.”

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Kingsley, Florence Morse: The Heart Of Philura. v1. 15 Dec 2014

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Florence Morse Kingsley (July 14, 1859 – November 7, 1937) was an American authoress of popular and religious fiction.

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April came in on a Monday that year; and Monday being, as all the world knows, the minister’s Sabbath, the Reverend Silas Pettibone decided to celebrate it by going to Boston, with the avowed purpose of attending a missionary convention.

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Kingsley, Florence Morse: The Needle's Eye. v1. 16 Dec 2015

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Florence Morse Kingsley (July 14, 1859 – November 7, 1937) was an American authoress of popular and religious fiction.

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Erastus Winch emerged from his house into this mystery of cold and night, and stood for an instant, staring about him with the blank, unseeing eyes of one newly aroused from sleep. The wind hurled itself upon his heavy, stoop-shouldered figure, tearing savagely at his garments, which became on the instant all white and sparkling with the transfiguring snow crystals. He raised his smoky lantern that he might consult the black-avised thermometer, which rattled uneasily on its rusty nail beside the door. “Five below!” he ejaculated, scowling at the unoffending register of temperature. “Humph!”

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Kingsley, Florence Morse: The Princess And The Ploughman. v1. 17 Dec 2015

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Florence Morse Kingsley (July 14, 1859 – November 7, 1937) was an American authoress of popular and religious fiction.

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A WILD wind blowing in from the open sea came upon the softer spirit of earth brooding over bloom-ing gardens, burgeoning woods and low-lying meadows lush with grasses, and meeting thus the two clasped and mingled; then stooping to earth, rushed with soft clamor of shaken leaves through groves and thickets; ruffled into fretted silver the blue of pools and streams; snatched the breath of a million blossoms and bore it all living into the streets and alleys of the crowded town, pausing midway in prankish mischief to whirl a sheaf of white pages from the lap of a girl, who sat under the shelter of a wide-spreading tree.

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Kingsley, Florence Morse: The Resurrection Of Miss Cynthia. v1. 18 Dec 2015

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Florence Morse Kingsley (July 14, 1859 – November 7, 1937) was an American authoress of popular and religious fiction.

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The events in question appeared conspicuously important to Miss Cynthia. For one thing, she had visited her dressmaker and found the fit and finish of her new silk gown entirely unsatisfactory. This was a regular annual occurrence, and therefore quite to be expected, but Miss Cynthia had not found it the less irritating on that account. She had entered upon the customary discussion of remedial measures with Malvina Bennett with a suppressed exasperation which bordered upon vulgar ill humour. The stupidity and incompetence of Miss Bennett appeared almost criminal when considered in conjunction with the shining breadths of silk entrusted to her hands.

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Kingsley, Florence Morse: The Singular Miss Smith. v1. 20 Dec 2015

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Florence Morse Kingsley (July 14, 1859 – November 7, 1937) was an American authoress of popular and religious fiction.

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The president of the Ontological Club tapped for order, her eyes behind their gold-mounted glasses dwelling blandly on the animated scene before her. “Our dear women are manifesting a really unprecedented interest in this our first sociological study of the season,” she murmured in the ear of Dr. Aurilla Robinson-Cobb, who occupied the seat of honor at her right hand.

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Kingsley, Florence Morse: The Transfiguration Of Miss Philura. v1. 22 Dec 2015

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Florence Morse Kingsley (July 14, 1859 – November 7, 1937) was an American authoress of popular and religious fiction.

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MISS PHILURA RICE tied her faded bonnet-strings under her faded chin with hands that trembled little; then she leaned forward and gazed anxiously at the reflection which confronted her. A somewhat pinched and wistful face it was, with large, light-lashed blue eyes, arched over with a mere pretense at eyebrows. More than once in her twenties, Miss Philura had ventured to eke out this scanty provision of Nature with a modicum of burned .match stealthily applied in the privacy of her virgin chamber. But the twenties, with their attendant dreams and follies, were definitely past; just how long past no one knew exactly — Miss Philura never informed the curious on this point.

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Kingsley, Florence Morse: Tor, a Street Boy of Jerusalem. v1. 23 Dec 2015

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Florence Morse Kingsley (July 14, 1859 – November 7, 1937) was an American authoress of popular and religious fiction.

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TOR was hungry. Hunger was a common experience in Tor’s short life; he merely tightened the dingy rags about his middle and continued to stare at the group of sparrows quarreling noisily in the red dust of the street. It had occurred to Tor that the life of a sparrow must be vastly pleasanter than that of a boy. “They find plenty to eat,” he told himself enviously, as he hugged his lean little body. With a sudden impulse the child flung a pebble into the midst of the belligerents. The birds shook the dust from their ruffled feathers with noisy clamor of dismay, darted into the bright air, and disappeared far above the tops of the tallest houses.

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Kingsley, Henry: Ravenshoe. v1. 16 Sep 2013

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Henry Kingsley (2 January 1830 – 24 May 1876) was an English novelist, brother of the better-known Charles Kingsley. He was an early exponent of Muscular Christianity in his 1859 work The Recollections Of Geoffrey Hamlyn.

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When I say that the Ravenshoes have been engaged in every plot, rebellion, and civil war, from about a century or so before the Conquest to 1745, and that the history of the house was marked by cruelty and rapacity in old times, and in those more modern by political tergiversation of the blackest dye, the reader will understand why I hesitate to say too much in reference to a name which I especially honour

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Kingsley, Henry: The Lost Child. v1. 16 Sep 2013

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Henry Kingsley (2 January 1830 – 24 May 1876) was an English novelist, brother of the better-known Charles Kingsley. He was an early exponent of Muscular Christianity in his 1859 work The Recollections Of Geoffrey Hamlyn

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Remember? Yes, I remember well that time when the disagreement arose between Sam Buckley and Cecil, and how it was mended. You are wrong about one thing, General; no words ever passed between those two young men: death was between them before they had time to speak.

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Kingston, Charles: Murder in Piccadilly (1936): v.1

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(Charles Kingston: 1884-1944)

Bobbie Cheldon, related to a well-heeled family, has to make his own way in the world. He wants to marry a night-club dancing girl, but she won't marry unless he has a lot of money.

Bobbie Cheldon's uncle Massy has lots of money and landed estate, and Bobbie will be, ultimately, the heir. But Uncle Massy is both young, and in robust health...

Not so much a whodunit, as a "will he get away with it?". And it isn't all top hats and spats; there's the seedy side of the West End.

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Kingston, W. H. G.: Hurricane Hurry, v.1, 11 Sept 2008

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William Henry Giles Kingston (1814 - 1880) was a popular English novelist who wrote over 130 books over 30 years. These were primarily adventure books and many of them were set at sea. The son of a wine merchant, Kingston had spent much of his early life in Portugal and fell in love with seafaring.

[Hurricane Hurry[/, first published in 1873, is meant to be based on the journal of a Royal Naval officer participating in the American war of Independence including the surrender of Cornwallis.

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Kingston, W.H.G.: A True Hero.V1.13 January 2012

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William Henry Giles Kingston (28 February 1814 - 5 August 1880), writer of tales for boys, was born in London, but spent much of his youth in Oporto, where his father was a merchant.[/quot
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Kingston, W.H.G.: A Voyage Round the World.V1.13 January 2012

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William Henry Giles Kingston (28 February 1814 - 5 August 1880), writer of tales for boys, was born in London, but spent much of his youth in Oporto, where his father was a merchant.[/quot
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Kingston, W.H.G.: A Yacht voyage round England.V1.13 January 2012

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William Henry Giles Kingston (28 February 1814 - 5 August 1880), writer of tales for boys, was born in London, but spent much of his youth in Oporto, where his father was a merchant.[/quot
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Kingston, W.H.G.: Adrift in a boat.V1.13 January 2012

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William Henry Giles Kingston (28 February 1814 - 5 August 1880), writer of tales for boys, was born in London, but spent much of his youth in Oporto, where his father was a merchant.[/quot
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Kingston, W.H.G.: Adventures in Africa.V1.13 January 2012

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William Henry Giles Kingston (28 February 1814 - 5 August 1880), writer of tales for boys, was born in London, but spent much of his youth in Oporto, where his father was a merchant.[/quot
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Kingston, W.H.G.: Adventures in Australia.V1.13 January 2012

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William Henry Giles Kingston (28 February 1814 - 5 August 1880), writer of tales for boys, was born in London, but spent much of his youth in Oporto, where his father was a merchant.[/quot
I cleaned this book and the others up from the Gutenberg file and put a new cover image on. Some titles had to be shortened to fit on the cover properly but the full title is still in the file.

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Kingston, W.H.G.: Adventures in the Far West.V1.13 January 2012

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William Henry Giles Kingston (28 February 1814 - 5 August 1880), writer of tales for boys, was born in London, but spent much of his youth in Oporto, where his father was a merchant.[/quot
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Kingston, W.H.G.: Afar in the Forest v1 1 feb 2009

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This is not one of Kingston's naval stories, but it describes the adventures and daily life of early settlers of America. Fights with bears, wolves and natives are usual for a family of Brits.

This tale is quite PI, as "savages" are shot on sight and animals killed randomly. Please refrain from reading this book if such things affect you.

Apart from this warning, this action-based read is entertaining and features great illustrations and a great cover by ravenne.

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Kingston, W.H.G.: Afar in the forest.V1.13 January 2012

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William Henry Giles Kingston (28 February 1814 - 5 August 1880), writer of tales for boys, was born in London, but spent much of his youth in Oporto, where his father was a merchant.[/quot
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Kingston, W.H.G.: Alone on an Island.V1.13 January 2012

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William Henry Giles Kingston (28 February 1814 - 5 August 1880), writer of tales for boys, was born in London, but spent much of his youth in Oporto, where his father was a merchant.[/quot
I cleaned this book and the others up from the Gutenberg file and put a new cover image on. Some titles had to be shortened to fit on the cover properly but the full title is still in the file.

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Kingston, W.H.G.: Among the Red-skins.V1.13 January 2012

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William Henry Giles Kingston (28 February 1814 - 5 August 1880), writer of tales for boys, was born in London, but spent much of his youth in Oporto, where his father was a merchant.[/quot
I cleaned this book and the others up from the Gutenberg file and put a new cover image on. Some titles had to be shortened to fit on the cover properly but the full title is still in the file.

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Kingston, W.H.G.: Anthony Waymouth.V1.13 January 2012

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William Henry Giles Kingston (28 February 1814 - 5 August 1880), writer of tales for boys, was born in London, but spent much of his youth in Oporto, where his father was a merchant.[/quot
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Kingston, W.H.G.: Archibald Hughson.V1.13 January 2012

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William Henry Giles Kingston (28 February 1814 - 5 August 1880), writer of tales for boys, was born in London, but spent much of his youth in Oporto, where his father was a merchant.[/quot
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Kingston, W.H.G.: Ben Burton.V1.13 January 2012

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William Henry Giles Kingston (28 February 1814 - 5 August 1880), writer of tales for boys, was born in London, but spent much of his youth in Oporto, where his father was a merchant.[/quot
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Kingston, W.H.G.: Ben Hadden.V1.13 January 2012

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William Henry Giles Kingston (28 February 1814 - 5 August 1880), writer of tales for boys, was born in London, but spent much of his youth in Oporto, where his father was a merchant.[/quot
I cleaned this book and the others up from the Gutenberg file and put a new cover image on. Some titles had to be shortened to fit on the cover properly but the full title is still in the file.

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Kingston, W.H.G.: Captain Cook.V1.13 January 2012

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William Henry Giles Kingston (28 February 1814 - 5 August 1880), writer of tales for boys, was born in London, but spent much of his youth in Oporto, where his father was a merchant.[/quot
I cleaned this book and the others up from the Gutenberg file and put a new cover image on. Some titles had to be shortened to fit on the cover properly but the full title is still in the file.

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Kingston, W.H.G.: Captain Mugford.V1.13 January 2012

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William Henry Giles Kingston (28 February 1814 - 5 August 1880), writer of tales for boys, was born in London, but spent much of his youth in Oporto, where his father was a merchant.[/quot
I cleaned this book and the others up from the Gutenberg file and put a new cover image on. Some titles had to be shortened to fit on the cover properly but the full title is still in the file.

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Kingston, W.H.G.: Charley Laurel.V1.13 January 2012

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William Henry Giles Kingston (28 February 1814 - 5 August 1880), writer of tales for boys, was born in London, but spent much of his youth in Oporto, where his father was a merchant.[/quot
I cleaned this book and the others up from the Gutenberg file and put a new cover image on. Some titles had to be shortened to fit on the cover properly but the full title is still in the file.

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Kingston, W.H.G.: Clara Maynard.V1.13 January 2012

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William Henry Giles Kingston (28 February 1814 - 5 August 1880), writer of tales for boys, was born in London, but spent much of his youth in Oporto, where his father was a merchant.[/quot
I cleaned this book and the others up from the Gutenberg file and put a new cover image on. Some titles had to be shortened to fit on the cover properly but the full title is still in the file.

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Kingston, W.H.G.: Count Funnibos & Baron Stilkin.V1.13 January 2012

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[quot
William Henry Giles Kingston (28 February 1814 - 5 August 1880), writer of tales for boys, was born in London, but spent much of his youth in Oporto, where his father was a merchant.[/quot
I cleaned this book and the others up from the Gutenberg file and put a new cover image on. Some titles had to be shortened to fit on the cover properly but the full title is still in the file.

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Kingston, W.H.G.: Count Ulrich of Lindberg.V1.13 January 2012

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[quot
William Henry Giles Kingston (28 February 1814 - 5 August 1880), writer of tales for boys, was born in London, but spent much of his youth in Oporto, where his father was a merchant.[/quot
I cleaned this book and the others up from the Gutenberg file and put a new cover image on. Some titles had to be shortened to fit on the cover properly but the full title is still in the file.

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Kingston, W.H.G.: Dick Chaveley.V1.13 January 2012

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[quot
William Henry Giles Kingston (28 February 1814 - 5 August 1880), writer of tales for boys, was born in London, but spent much of his youth in Oporto, where his father was a merchant.[/quot
I cleaned this book and the others up from the Gutenberg file and put a new cover image on. Some titles had to be shortened to fit on the cover properly but the full title is still in the file.

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Kingston, W.H.G.: Dick Onslow.V1.13 January 2012

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[quot
William Henry Giles Kingston (28 February 1814 - 5 August 1880), writer of tales for boys, was born in London, but spent much of his youth in Oporto, where his father was a merchant.[/quot
I cleaned this book and the others up from the Gutenberg file and put a new cover image on. Some titles had to be shortened to fit on the cover properly but the full title is still in the file.

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Kingston, W.H.G.: Digby Heathcote.V1.13 January 2012

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[quot
William Henry Giles Kingston (28 February 1814 - 5 August 1880), writer of tales for boys, was born in London, but spent much of his youth in Oporto, where his father was a merchant.[/quot
I cleaned this book and the others up from the Gutenberg file and put a new cover image on. Some titles had to be shortened to fit on the cover properly but the full title is still in the file.

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Kingston, W.H.G.: Ernest Bracebridge.V1.13 January 2012

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[quot
William Henry Giles Kingston (28 February 1814 - 5 August 1880), writer of tales for boys, was born in London, but spent much of his youth in Oporto, where his father was a merchant.[/quot
I cleaned this book and the others up from the Gutenberg file and put a new cover image on. Some titles had to be shortened to fit on the cover properly but the full title is still in the file.

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Kingston, W.H.G.: Exilted for the Faith.V1.13 January 2012

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[quot
William Henry Giles Kingston (28 February 1814 - 5 August 1880), writer of tales for boys, was born in London, but spent much of his youth in Oporto, where his father was a merchant.[/quot
I cleaned this book and the others up from the Gutenberg file and put a new cover image on. Some titles had to be shortened to fit on the cover properly but the full title is still in the file.

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Kingston, W.H.G.: Fred Markham in Russia.V1.13 January 2012

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[quot
William Henry Giles Kingston (28 February 1814 - 5 August 1880), writer of tales for boys, was born in London, but spent much of his youth in Oporto, where his father was a merchant.[/quot
I cleaned this book and the others up from the Gutenberg file and put a new cover image on. Some titles had to be shortened to fit on the cover properly but the full title is still in the file.

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- Fred Markham in Russia - William Henry Giles Kingston.mobi

Kingston, W.H.G.: From Powder Monkey to Admiral.V1.13 January 2012

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[quot
William Henry Giles Kingston (28 February 1814 - 5 August 1880), writer of tales for boys, was born in London, but spent much of his youth in Oporto, where his father was a merchant.[/quot
I cleaned this book and the others up from the Gutenberg file and put a new cover image on. Some titles had to be shortened to fit on the cover properly but the full title is still in the file.

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Kingston, W.H.G.: Great African Travellers.V1.13 January 2012

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[quot
William Henry Giles Kingston (28 February 1814 - 5 August 1880), writer of tales for boys, was born in London, but spent much of his youth in Oporto, where his father was a merchant.[/quot
I cleaned this book and the others up from the Gutenberg file and put a new cover image on. Some titles had to be shortened to fit on the cover properly but the full title is still in the file.

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Kingston, W.H.G.: Happy Jack.V1.13 January 2012

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[quot
William Henry Giles Kingston (28 February 1814 - 5 August 1880), writer of tales for boys, was born in London, but spent much of his youth in Oporto, where his father was a merchant.[/quot
I cleaned this book and the others up from the Gutenberg file and put a new cover image on. Some titles had to be shortened to fit on the cover properly but the full title is still in the file.

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Kingston, W.H.G.: Harry Skipwith.V1.13 January 2012

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[quot
William Henry Giles Kingston (28 February 1814 - 5 August 1880), writer of tales for boys, was born in London, but spent much of his youth in Oporto, where his father was a merchant.[/quot
I cleaned this book and the others up from the Gutenberg file and put a new cover image on. Some titles had to be shortened to fit on the cover properly but the full title is still in the file.

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Kingston, W.H.G.: Hendricks the Hunter.V1.13 January 2012

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[quot
William Henry Giles Kingston (28 February 1814 - 5 August 1880), writer of tales for boys, was born in London, but spent much of his youth in Oporto, where his father was a merchant.[/quot
I cleaned this book and the others up from the Gutenberg file and put a new cover image on. Some titles had to be shortened to fit on the cover properly but the full title is still in the file.

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Kingston, W.H.G.: How Brittania Came to Rule the Waves.V1.13 January 2012

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[quot
William Henry Giles Kingston (28 February 1814 - 5 August 1880), writer of tales for boys, was born in London, but spent much of his youth in Oporto, where his father was a merchant.[/quot
I cleaned this book and the others up from the Gutenberg file and put a new cover image on. Some titles had to be shortened to fit on the cover properly but the full title is still in the file.

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- How Britannia Came to Rule - William Henry Giles Kingston.mobi

Kingston, W.H.G.: Hurricane Hurry.V1.13 January 2012

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[quot
William Henry Giles Kingston (28 February 1814 - 5 August 1880), writer of tales for boys, was born in London, but spent much of his youth in Oporto, where his father was a merchant.[/quot
I cleaned this book and the others up from the Gutenberg file and put a new cover image on. Some titles had to be shortened to fit on the cover properly but the full title is still in the file.

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Kingston, W.H.G.: In New Grenada.V1.13 January 2012

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[quot
William Henry Giles Kingston (28 February 1814 - 5 August 1880), writer of tales for boys, was born in London, but spent much of his youth in Oporto, where his father was a merchant.[/quot
I cleaned this book and the others up from the Gutenberg file and put a new cover image on. Some titles had to be shortened to fit on the cover properly but the full title is still in the file.

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- In New Granada - William Henry Giles Kingston.mobi

Kingston, W.H.G.: In the Eastern Seas v1 2mar 2009

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The book, quite a long one, is concerned with the adventures of a boy, Walter Heathfield, and of his sister Emily. They appear on the scene in chapter one, in rather a dramatic fashion, as they are rescued from a sinking ship, along with their dying father, moments before the ship finally vanishes. On reaching London their relations are traced, but none appear at all interested in them, except for Uncle Tom, who has but little money, and who unfortunately dies before the chapter is done, of a horse-riding accident.

As a result the ship's captain and his family decide to look after them.

The captain has a daughter, Grace, and a kindly wife. He asks them all to accompany him on the ship's next voyage, which is to the eastern seas. There is a passenger, a Mr. Nicholas Hooker, who is a naturalist, and who of course delivers himself of numerous speeches describing the animals and plants they see during the trip.

They have numerous adventures, including of course (as you would expect in a Kingston novel) the loss of the ship. Walter keeps a journal, though at times Emily has to write it for him. When they finally get back to Old England, the old relative, Lord Heatherly, who had refused to help them, dies, and it turns out Walter is his heir. So the fortunes of Walter and Emily are very much changed.

Illustrated adventures for the young (at heart)

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Kingston, W.H.G.: In the Eastern Seas.V1.13 January 2012

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[quot
William Henry Giles Kingston (28 February 1814 - 5 August 1880), writer of tales for boys, was born in London, but spent much of his youth in Oporto, where his father was a merchant.[/quot
I cleaned this book and the others up from the Gutenberg file and put a new cover image on. Some titles had to be shortened to fit on the cover properly but the full title is still in the file.

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Kingston, W.H.G.: In the Rocky Mountains.V1.13 January 2012

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[quot
William Henry Giles Kingston (28 February 1814 - 5 August 1880), writer of tales for boys, was born in London, but spent much of his youth in Oporto, where his father was a merchant.[/quot
I cleaned this book and the others up from the Gutenberg file and put a new cover image on. Some titles had to be shortened to fit on the cover properly but the full title is still in the file.

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- In the Rocky Mountains - William Henry Giles Kingston.mobi

Kingston, W.H.G.: In the Wilds of Africa.V1.13 January 2012

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[quot
William Henry Giles Kingston (28 February 1814 - 5 August 1880), writer of tales for boys, was born in London, but spent much of his youth in Oporto, where his father was a merchant.[/quot
I cleaned this book and the others up from the Gutenberg file and put a new cover image on. Some titles had to be shortened to fit on the cover properly but the full title is still in the file.

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- In the Wilds of Africa - William Henry Giles Kingston.mobi

Kingston, W.H.G.: In the Wilds of Florida v1 24 mar 2009

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The edition used is dated 1932. The publisher was Thomas Nelson & Sons Ltd.

In this book by Kingston we are introduced to Florida in the mid-19th century, when the tail-end of the wars between the Cherokee and Seminole Indians was still rumbling on, and the white man was still occasionally disturbed by attacks by Indians.

Large areas of the territory are swamp, water, and densely overgrown plains. All this is described in detail.

Our hero this time is a “school-leaver” from Ireland, whose father seems to have had just one too many sons for him to be able to provide for all of them. His estate is a little encumbered by debt: he is what was known as a squireen. While trying to make up his mind what to do the boy decides to visit relatives in the USA, and that is why he went to Florida.

It must be said that he appeared quite thankful to get back more or less in one piece! (www.athelstane.co.uk)

Glorious cover by ravenne

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Kingston, W.H.G.: In the Wilds of Florida.V1.13 January 2012

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[quot
William Henry Giles Kingston (28 February 1814 - 5 August 1880), writer of tales for boys, was born in London, but spent much of his youth in Oporto, where his father was a merchant.[/quot
I cleaned this book and the others up from the Gutenberg file and put a new cover image on. Some titles had to be shortened to fit on the cover properly but the full title is still in the file.

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Kingston, W.H.G.: James Braithwaite.V1.13 January 2012

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[quot
William Henry Giles Kingston (28 February 1814 - 5 August 1880), writer of tales for boys, was born in London, but spent much of his youth in Oporto, where his father was a merchant.[/quot
I cleaned this book and the others up from the Gutenberg file and put a new cover image on. Some titles had to be shortened to fit on the cover properly but the full title is still in the file.

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- James Braithwaite - William Henry Giles Kingston.mobi

Kingston, W.H.G.: Janet McLaren.V1.13 January 2012

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[quot
William Henry Giles Kingston (28 February 1814 - 5 August 1880), writer of tales for boys, was born in London, but spent much of his youth in Oporto, where his father was a merchant.[/quot
I cleaned this book and the others up from the Gutenberg file and put a new cover image on. Some titles had to be shortened to fit on the cover properly but the full title is still in the file.

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- Janet McLaren - William Henry Giles Kingston.mobi

Kingston, W.H.G.: John Deane of Nottingham.V1.13 January 2012

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[quot
William Henry Giles Kingston (28 February 1814 - 5 August 1880), writer of tales for boys, was born in London, but spent much of his youth in Oporto, where his father was a merchant.[/quot
I cleaned this book and the others up from the Gutenberg file and put a new cover image on. Some titles had to be shortened to fit on the cover properly but the full title is still in the file.

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- John Deane of Nottingham - William Henry Giles Kingston.mobi

Kingston, W.H.G.: Jovinian.V1.13 January 2012

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[quot
William Henry Giles Kingston (28 February 1814 - 5 August 1880), writer of tales for boys, was born in London, but spent much of his youth in Oporto, where his father was a merchant.[/quot
I cleaned this book and the others up from the Gutenberg file and put a new cover image on. Some titles had to be shortened to fit on the cover properly but the full title is still in the file.

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Kingston, W.H.G.: Kingston Omnibus Vol.1.V1.6 Dec. 2014

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VOL 1
adrift in a boat
adventures in africa
adventures in austalia
adventures in the far west
afar in the forest
the african trader
alone on an island
among the red skins

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Kingston, W.H.G.: Kingston Omnibus Vol.10.V1.6 Dec. 2014

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VOL 10
pwen hartley
paddy finn
paul gerrard
peter biddulph
peter the whaler
peter trawl
the pirate of the mediterranean
the prime minister

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Kingston, W.H.G.: Kingston Omnibus Vol.11.V1.6 Dec. 2014

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VOL 11
ralph clavering
the ranger & crusader
the rival crusoes
rob nixon
roger willoughby
ronald morton
salt water
saved from the sea

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Kingston, W.H.G.: Kingston Omnibus Vol.12.V1.6 Dec. 2014

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VOL 12
the settlers
seven champions of christendom
snow shoes and canoes
the south sea whaler
stories of animal sagacity
the story of nelson
sunshine bill
taking tales

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Kingston, W.H.G.: Kingston Omnibus Vol.13.V1.6 Dec. 2014

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VOL 13
tales of the sea
the three admirals
the three commanders
the three lieutenants
the three midshipmen
the trappers son
true blue
a true hero
twice lost

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Kingston, W.H.G.: Kingston Omnibus Vol.14.V1.6 Dec. 2014

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VOL 14
the two shipmates
the two supercargoes
the two whalers
villegagnon
the voyage of the steadfast
a voyage round the world
walhoura the maori girl
the wanderers
washed ashore

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Kingston, W.H.G.: Kingston Omnibus Vol.15.V1.6 Dec. 2014

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VOL 15
the western world
will weatherhelm
with axe and rifle
won from the waves
the woodcutter of gutech

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Kingston, W.H.G.: Kingston Omnibus Vol.16.V1.6 Dec. 2014

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VOL 16
a yacht voyage round england
the young berringtons
the yound llanero
the young rajah

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Kingston, W.H.G.: Kingston Omnibus Vol.2.V1.6 Dec. 2014

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VOL 2
antony waymouth
archibald hughson
ben burton
ben hadden
captain cook
captain mugford
charley laurel
the boy who sailed with blake

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Kingston, W.H.G.: Kingston Omnibus Vol.3.V1.6 Dec. 2014

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VOL 3
clara maynard
count funnibos & baron stilken
count ulrich of lindburg
dick cheverley
the circassian chief
the cruise of the dainty
the cruise of the frolic
the cruise of the mary rose

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Kingston, W.H.G.: Kingston Omnibus Vol.4.V1.6 Dec. 2014

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VOL 4
dick onslow
digby heathcote
ernest bracebridge
exiled for the faith
fred markham
from powder monkey to admiral
the ferryman of brill
the frontier fort

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Kingston, W.H.G.: Kingston Omnibus Vol.5.V1.6 Dec. 2014

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VOL 5
great african travellers
happy jack
harry skipworth
hendricks the hunter
How britannia came to rule the waves
the bilpins and their fortunes
the grateful indian
the heir of kilfinnan

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Kingston, W.H.G.: Kingston Omnibus Vol.6.V1.6 Dec. 2014

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VOL 6
hurricane hurry
in new granada
in the eastern seas
in the rocky mountains
in the wilds of africa
in the wilds of florida
james braithwaite
janet mclaren

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Kingston, W.H.G.: Kingston Omnibus Vol.7.V1.6 Dec. 2014

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VOL 7
jphn deane of nottingham
jovinian
little peter the ship boy
manco the peruvian chief
the last look
the lily of leyden
the log house by the lake
the loss of the royal george

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Kingston, W.H.G.: Kingston Omnibus Vol.8.V1.6 Dec. 2014

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VOL 8
mark seaworth
marmaduke merry
mary liddiard
michael perguyne
mountain moggy
the mate of the lily
the mines and the its wonders
the missing ship

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Kingston, W.H.G.: Kingston Omnibus Vol.9.V1.6 Dec. 2014

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VOL 9
my first voyage to southern seas
ned garth
norman vallery
notable voyages
old jack
on the banks of the amazon
our sailors
our soldiers

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Kingston, W.H.G.: Little Peter the ship boy.V1.13 January 2012

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[quot
William Henry Giles Kingston (28 February 1814 - 5 August 1880), writer of tales for boys, was born in London, but spent much of his youth in Oporto, where his father was a merchant.[/quot
I cleaned this book and the others up from the Gutenberg file and put a new cover image on. Some titles had to be shortened to fit on the cover properly but the full title is still in the file.

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Kingston, W.H.G.: Manco the Peruvian Chief.V1.13 January 2012

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[quot
William Henry Giles Kingston (28 February 1814 - 5 August 1880), writer of tales for boys, was born in London, but spent much of his youth in Oporto, where his father was a merchant.[/quot
I cleaned this book and the others up from the Gutenberg file and put a new cover image on. Some titles had to be shortened to fit on the cover properly but the full title is still in the file.

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Kingston, W.H.G.: Mark Seaworth.V1.13 January 2012

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[quot
William Henry Giles Kingston (28 February 1814 - 5 August 1880), writer of tales for boys, was born in London, but spent much of his youth in Oporto, where his father was a merchant.[/quot
I cleaned this book and the others up from the Gutenberg file and put a new cover image on. Some titles had to be shortened to fit on the cover properly but the full title is still in the file.

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Kingston, W.H.G.: Marmaduke Merry.V1.13 January 2012

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[quot
William Henry Giles Kingston (28 February 1814 - 5 August 1880), writer of tales for boys, was born in London, but spent much of his youth in Oporto, where his father was a merchant.[/quot
I cleaned this book and the others up from the Gutenberg file and put a new cover image on. Some titles had to be shortened to fit on the cover properly but the full title is still in the file.

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Kingston, W.H.G.: Mary Liddiard.V1.13 January 2012

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[quot
William Henry Giles Kingston (28 February 1814 - 5 August 1880), writer of tales for boys, was born in London, but spent much of his youth in Oporto, where his father was a merchant.[/quot
I cleaned this book and the others up from the Gutenberg file and put a new cover image on. Some titles had to be shortened to fit on the cover properly but the full title is still in the file.

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Kingston, W.H.G.: Michael Penguyne.V1.13 January 2012

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[quot
William Henry Giles Kingston (28 February 1814 - 5 August 1880), writer of tales for boys, was born in London, but spent much of his youth in Oporto, where his father was a merchant.[/quot
I cleaned this book and the others up from the Gutenberg file and put a new cover image on. Some titles had to be shortened to fit on the cover properly but the full title is still in the file.

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Kingston, W.H.G.: Mountain Moggy.V1.13 January 2012

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[quot
William Henry Giles Kingston (28 February 1814 - 5 August 1880), writer of tales for boys, was born in London, but spent much of his youth in Oporto, where his father was a merchant.[/quot
I cleaned this book and the others up from the Gutenberg file and put a new cover image on. Some titles had to be shortened to fit on the cover properly but the full title is still in the file.

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Kingston, W.H.G.: My 1st Voyage to Southern Seas.V1.13 January 2012

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[quot
William Henry Giles Kingston (28 February 1814 - 5 August 1880), writer of tales for boys, was born in London, but spent much of his youth in Oporto, where his father was a merchant.[/quot
I cleaned this book and the others up from the Gutenberg file and put a new cover image on. Some titles had to be shortened to fit on the cover properly but the full title is still in the file.

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Kingston, W.H.G.: Ned Garth.V1.13 January 2012

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[quot
William Henry Giles Kingston (28 February 1814 - 5 August 1880), writer of tales for boys, was born in London, but spent much of his youth in Oporto, where his father was a merchant.[/quot
I cleaned this book and the others up from the Gutenberg file and put a new cover image on. Some titles had to be shortened to fit on the cover properly but the full title is still in the file.

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Kingston, W.H.G.: Norman Vallery.V1.13 January 2012

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[quot
William Henry Giles Kingston (28 February 1814 - 5 August 1880), writer of tales for boys, was born in London, but spent much of his youth in Oporto, where his father was a merchant.[/quot
I cleaned this book and the others up from the Gutenberg file and put a new cover image on. Some titles had to be shortened to fit on the cover properly but the full title is still in the file.

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Kingston, W.H.G.: Notable Voyagers.V1.13 January 2012

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[quot
William Henry Giles Kingston (28 February 1814 - 5 August 1880), writer of tales for boys, was born in London, but spent much of his youth in Oporto, where his father was a merchant.[/quot
I cleaned this book and the others up from the Gutenberg file and put a new cover image on. Some titles had to be shortened to fit on the cover properly but the full title is still in the file.

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- Notable Voyagers - William Henry Giles Kingston & Henry Frith.mobi

Kingston, W.H.G.: Old Jack.V1.13 January 2012

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William Henry Giles Kingston (28 February 1814 - 5 August 1880), writer of tales for boys, was born in London, but spent much of his youth in Oporto, where his father was a merchant.[/quot
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Kingston, W.H.G.: On the Banks of the Amazon.V1.13 January 2012

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William Henry Giles Kingston (28 February 1814 - 5 August 1880), writer of tales for boys, was born in London, but spent much of his youth in Oporto, where his father was a merchant.[/quot
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Kingston, W.H.G.: On the Banks of the Amazonas v1 23 jan 2009

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This is a quite long book, very well written, about a trip down the Amazon. There is rather a lot of "Natural History", but not too much, because it has all been made easy to follow, and is very interesting. All sorts of interesting things happen on this voyage.(Athelstane)

Great cover by ravenne, some good illustrations inside. Entertaining!

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Kingston, W.H.G.: Our Sailors.V1.13 January 2012

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William Henry Giles Kingston (28 February 1814 - 5 August 1880), writer of tales for boys, was born in London, but spent much of his youth in Oporto, where his father was a merchant.[/quot
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Kingston, W.H.G.: Our Soldiers.V1.13 January 2012

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[quot
William Henry Giles Kingston (28 February 1814 - 5 August 1880), writer of tales for boys, was born in London, but spent much of his youth in Oporto, where his father was a merchant.[/quot
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Kingston, W.H.G.: Owen Hartley.V1.13 January 2012

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[quot
William Henry Giles Kingston (28 February 1814 - 5 August 1880), writer of tales for boys, was born in London, but spent much of his youth in Oporto, where his father was a merchant.[/quot
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- Owen Hartley - William Henry Giles Kingston.mobi

Kingston, W.H.G.: Paddy Finn.V1.13 January 2012

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[quot
William Henry Giles Kingston (28 February 1814 - 5 August 1880), writer of tales for boys, was born in London, but spent much of his youth in Oporto, where his father was a merchant.[/quot
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- Paddy Finn - William Henry Giles Kingston.mobi

Kingston, W.H.G.: Paul Gerrard.V1.13 January 2012

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[quot
William Henry Giles Kingston (28 February 1814 - 5 August 1880), writer of tales for boys, was born in London, but spent much of his youth in Oporto, where his father was a merchant.[/quot
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- Paul Gerrard - William Henry Giles Kingston.mobi

Kingston, W.H.G.: Peter Biddulph.V1.13 January 2012

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[quot
William Henry Giles Kingston (28 February 1814 - 5 August 1880), writer of tales for boys, was born in London, but spent much of his youth in Oporto, where his father was a merchant.[/quot
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- Peter Biddulph - William Henry Giles Kingston.mobi

Kingston, W.H.G.: Peter the Whaler v1 12 jan 2009

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eter’s father is a country vicar in Ireland, and Peter is a naughty teenager, who has got in with friends who encourage poaching, at that time a most serious offence. His father confiscates the gun, but one night Peter recovers the gun and has another coaching expedition, during which he is caught by the gamekeepers. The magistrate releases him to his father, who travels with him to Liverpool. For fifteen pounds Captain Swales of the Black Swan agrees to take him and to teach him the rudiments of seamanship on a return voyage to Canada. It turned out she was an ill-managed emigrant ship, and the emigrants were very badly treated. Captain Swales and his officers are as nasty as they come. There is a fire on board, and the people are rescued by the Mary, Captain Dean, who is a very different kind of man than the despicable Captain Swales. At Quebec Peter joins the Foam, Captain Hawk. There then follows a series of events, some good, and some bad, but all well-written.

It must be remembered that Peter the Whaler was probably the first seafaring book by Kingston, although he had written several books during the previous twenty years or so, The book was very well received by the public, and Kingston took up writing adventure novels for teenagers as a permanent occupation, until his death about thirty years later. (Athelstane)

Cover by Ravenne.Good read, one illustration only

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Kingston, W.H.G.: Peter the Whaler.V1.13 January 2012

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[quot
William Henry Giles Kingston (28 February 1814 - 5 August 1880), writer of tales for boys, was born in London, but spent much of his youth in Oporto, where his father was a merchant.[/quot
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Kingston, W.H.G.: Peter Trawl.V1.13 January 2012

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William Henry Giles Kingston (28 February 1814 - 5 August 1880), writer of tales for boys, was born in London, but spent much of his youth in Oporto, where his father was a merchant.[/quot
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Kingston, W.H.G.: Ralph Clavering.V1.13 January 2012

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William Henry Giles Kingston (28 February 1814 - 5 August 1880), writer of tales for boys, was born in London, but spent much of his youth in Oporto, where his father was a merchant.[/quot
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- Ralph Clavering - William Henry Giles Kingston.mobi

Kingston, W.H.G.: Rob Nixon.V1.13 January 2012

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[quot
William Henry Giles Kingston (28 February 1814 - 5 August 1880), writer of tales for boys, was born in London, but spent much of his youth in Oporto, where his father was a merchant.[/quot
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Kingston, W.H.G.: Roger Willoughby.V1.13 January 2012

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William Henry Giles Kingston (28 February 1814 - 5 August 1880), writer of tales for boys, was born in London, but spent much of his youth in Oporto, where his father was a merchant.[/quot
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- Roger Willoughby - William Henry Giles Kingston.mobi

Kingston, W.H.G.: Ron Morton v1 3 mar 2009

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This is quite a difficult book to get the gist of. It is a tale of inheritance. A family inhabiting a castle in Shetland, a group of islands to the north of Scotland, is also apparently entitled to a title and lands in Spain and elsewhere. But who of the Shetland family is the rightful heir? The Spanish usurpers are well aware that the true heir is in Shetland, and their agent is a priest who appears several times in the book.

Apart from all this there is a background of seamanship and sailing vessels, for the time is just after the Napoleonic War with France. This of course is the setting in which Kingston excels as an author.(S: www.athelstane.co.uk)

Cover by ravenne

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Kingston, W.H.G.: Ronald Morton.V1.13 January 2012

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[quot
William Henry Giles Kingston (28 February 1814 - 5 August 1880), writer of tales for boys, was born in London, but spent much of his youth in Oporto, where his father was a merchant.[/quot
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Kingston, W.H.G.: Salt Water.V1.13 January 2012

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[quot
William Henry Giles Kingston (28 February 1814 - 5 August 1880), writer of tales for boys, was born in London, but spent much of his youth in Oporto, where his father was a merchant.[/quot
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Kingston, W.H.G.: Saved from the Sea.V1.13 January 2012

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[quot
William Henry Giles Kingston (28 February 1814 - 5 August 1880), writer of tales for boys, was born in London, but spent much of his youth in Oporto, where his father was a merchant.[/quot
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- Saved from the Sea - William Henry Giles Kingston.mobi

Kingston, W.H.G.: Seven Champions of Christendom.V1.13 January 2012

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[quot
William Henry Giles Kingston (28 February 1814 - 5 August 1880), writer of tales for boys, was born in London, but spent much of his youth in Oporto, where his father was a merchant.[/quot
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- Seven Champions of Christendom - William Henry Giles Kingston.mobi

Kingston, W.H.G.: Snowshoes and Canoes.V1.13 January 2012

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[quot
William Henry Giles Kingston (28 February 1814 - 5 August 1880), writer of tales for boys, was born in London, but spent much of his youth in Oporto, where his father was a merchant.[/quot
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- Snow Shoes and Canoes - William Henry Giles Kingston.mobi

Kingston, W.H.G.: Stories of Animal Sagacity.V1.13 January 2012

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[quot
William Henry Giles Kingston (28 February 1814 - 5 August 1880), writer of tales for boys, was born in London, but spent much of his youth in Oporto, where his father was a merchant.[/quot
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- Stories of Animal Sagacity - William Henry Giles Kingston.mobi

Kingston, W.H.G.: Sunshine Bill v1 20 mar 2009

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Bill's father is a wherry-man in Portsmouth Harbour, who one day has an accident and is killed. Bill's mother is a seller of apples. The whole family are a happy, good-humoured lot. Bill is befriended by a Captain Trevelyan, who offers him a boy seaman's place in his ship, the Lilly. So Bill goes off to sea, knowing that it would be perhaps four years or more before he would see his family again.

His companions as boy seamen include Tommy Rebow, a somewhat weaker lad than Bill. The crew are all reasonably pleasant people, maybe grumbling
occasionally, but all getting on well together.

But all is not sunshine, for there are hurricanes, fallings overboard, and other serious mishaps resulting in some swimming. Some fighting with the French, some encounters with sharks, some days with little or no food and water. But they get through it all, giving heartfelt thanks to God for each release from their ordeals. They were taking a captured prize to Jamaica, when a lot of this occurred, and it was a considerable time before they found themselves back on board the Lilly, and homeward bound.

Kingston, William Henry Giles (1814-1880), English novelist, son of Lucy Henry Kingston, was born in London on the 28th of February 1814. Much of his youth was spent at Oporto, where his father was a merchant, but when he entered the business, he made his headquarters in London. He early wrote newspaper articles on Portuguese subjects. These were translated into Portuguese, and the author received a Portuguese order of knighthood and a pension for his services in the conclusion of the commercial treaty of 1842.

In 1844 his first book, The Circassian Chief, appeared, and in 1845 The Prime Minister, a Story of the Days of the Great Marquis of Pombal. The Lusitanian Sketches describe Kingston’s travels in Portugal.

In 1851 Peter the Whaler, his first book for boys, came out. These books proved so popular that Kingston retired from business, and devoted himself to the production of tales of adventure for boys. Within thirty years he wrote upwards of one hundred and thirty such books. He had a practical knowledge of seamanship, and his stories of the sea, full of thrilling adventures and hairbreadth escapes, exactly hit the taste of his boy readers.

Characteristic specimens of his work are The Three Midshipmen; The Three Lieutenants; The Three Commanders; and The Three Admirals. He also wrote popular accounts of famous travellers by land and sea, and translated some of the stories of Jules Verne.

In all philanthropic schemes Kingston took deep interest; he was the promoter of the mission to seamen; and he acted as secretary of a society for promoting an improved system of emigration. He was editor of the Colonist for a short time in 1844 and of the Colonial Magazine and East Indian Review from 1849 to 1851. He was a supporter of the volunteer movement in England from the first.

He died at Willesden on the 5th of August 1880.(www.athelstane.co.uk)

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Kingston, W.H.G.: Sunshine Bill.V1.13 January 2012

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[quot
William Henry Giles Kingston (28 February 1814 - 5 August 1880), writer of tales for boys, was born in London, but spent much of his youth in Oporto, where his father was a merchant.[/quot
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Kingston, W.H.G.: Taking Tales.V1.13 January 2012

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[quot
William Henry Giles Kingston (28 February 1814 - 5 August 1880), writer of tales for boys, was born in London, but spent much of his youth in Oporto, where his father was a merchant.[/quot
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- Taking Tales - William Henry Giles Kingston.mobi

Kingston, W.H.G.: Tales of the Sea.V1.13 January 2012

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[quot
William Henry Giles Kingston (28 February 1814 - 5 August 1880), writer of tales for boys, was born in London, but spent much of his youth in Oporto, where his father was a merchant.[/quot
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- Tales of the Sea - William Henry Giles Kingston.mobi

Kingston, W.H.G.: The African Trader.V1.13 January 2012

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[quot
William Henry Giles Kingston (28 February 1814 - 5 August 1880), writer of tales for boys, was born in London, but spent much of his youth in Oporto, where his father was a merchant.[/quot
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- African Trader, The - William Henry Giles Kingston.mobi

Kingston, W.H.G.: The boy who sailed with Blake.V1.13 January 2012

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[quot
William Henry Giles Kingston (28 February 1814 - 5 August 1880), writer of tales for boys, was born in London, but spent much of his youth in Oporto, where his father was a merchant.[/quot
I cleaned this book and the others up from the Gutenberg file and put a new cover image on. Some titles had to be shortened to fit on the cover properly but the full title is still in the file.

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- Boy who sailed with Blake, The - William Henry Giles Kingston.mobi

Kingston, W.H.G.: The Circassian Chief.V1.13 January 2012

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[quot
William Henry Giles Kingston (28 February 1814 - 5 August 1880), writer of tales for boys, was born in London, but spent much of his youth in Oporto, where his father was a merchant.[/quot
I cleaned this book and the others up from the Gutenberg file and put a new cover image on. Some titles had to be shortened to fit on the cover properly but the full title is still in the file.

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Kingston, W.H.G.: The Cruise of the Dainty.V1.13 January 2012

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[quot
William Henry Giles Kingston (28 February 1814 - 5 August 1880), writer of tales for boys, was born in London, but spent much of his youth in Oporto, where his father was a merchant.[/quot
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- Cruise of the Dainty, The - William Henry Giles Kingston.mobi

Kingston, W.H.G.: The Cruise of the Frolic.V1.13 January 2012

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[quot
William Henry Giles Kingston (28 February 1814 - 5 August 1880), writer of tales for boys, was born in London, but spent much of his youth in Oporto, where his father was a merchant.[/quot
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Kingston, W.H.G.: The Cruise of the Mary Rose.V1.13 January 2012

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[quot
William Henry Giles Kingston (28 February 1814 - 5 August 1880), writer of tales for boys, was born in London, but spent much of his youth in Oporto, where his father was a merchant.[/quot
I cleaned this book and the others up from the Gutenberg file and put a new cover image on. Some titles had to be shortened to fit on the cover properly but the full title is still in the file.

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Kingston, W.H.G.: The Ferryman of Brill.V1.13 January 2012

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[quot
William Henry Giles Kingston (28 February 1814 - 5 August 1880), writer of tales for boys, was born in London, but spent much of his youth in Oporto, where his father was a merchant.[/quot
I cleaned this book and the others up from the Gutenberg file and put a new cover image on. Some titles had to be shortened to fit on the cover properly but the full title is still in the file.

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Kingston, W.H.G.: The Frontier Fort.V1.13 January 2012

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[quot
William Henry Giles Kingston (28 February 1814 - 5 August 1880), writer of tales for boys, was born in London, but spent much of his youth in Oporto, where his father was a merchant.[/quot
I cleaned this book and the others up from the Gutenberg file and put a new cover image on. Some titles had to be shortened to fit on the cover properly but the full title is still in the file.

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Kingston, W.H.G.: The Gilpins and their fortunes.V1.13 January 2012

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[quot
William Henry Giles Kingston (28 February 1814 - 5 August 1880), writer of tales for boys, was born in London, but spent much of his youth in Oporto, where his father was a merchant.[/quot
I cleaned this book and the others up from the Gutenberg file and put a new cover image on. Some titles had to be shortened to fit on the cover properly but the full title is still in the file.

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- Gilpins and their Fortunes, The - William Henry Giles Kingston.mobi

Kingston, W.H.G.: The Grateful Indian.V1.13 January 2012

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[quot
William Henry Giles Kingston (28 February 1814 - 5 August 1880), writer of tales for boys, was born in London, but spent much of his youth in Oporto, where his father was a merchant.[/quot
I cleaned this book and the others up from the Gutenberg file and put a new cover image on. Some titles had to be shortened to fit on the cover properly but the full title is still in the file.

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Kingston, W.H.G.: The Heir of Kilfinnan.V1.13 January 2012

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[quot
William Henry Giles Kingston (28 February 1814 - 5 August 1880), writer of tales for boys, was born in London, but spent much of his youth in Oporto, where his father was a merchant.[/quot
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- Heir of Kilfinnan, The - William Henry Giles Kingston.mobi

Kingston, W.H.G.: The Last Look.V1.13 January 2012

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[quot
William Henry Giles Kingston (28 February 1814 - 5 August 1880), writer of tales for boys, was born in London, but spent much of his youth in Oporto, where his father was a merchant.[/quot
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Kingston, W.H.G.: The Lily of Leyden.V1.13 January 2012

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[quot
William Henry Giles Kingston (28 February 1814 - 5 August 1880), writer of tales for boys, was born in London, but spent much of his youth in Oporto, where his father was a merchant.[/quot
I cleaned this book and the others up from the Gutenberg file and put a new cover image on. Some titles had to be shortened to fit on the cover properly but the full title is still in the file.

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Kingston, W.H.G.: The Log house by the Lake.V1.13 January 2012

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[quot
William Henry Giles Kingston (28 February 1814 - 5 August 1880), writer of tales for boys, was born in London, but spent much of his youth in Oporto, where his father was a merchant.[/quot
I cleaned this book and the others up from the Gutenberg file and put a new cover image on. Some titles had to be shortened to fit on the cover properly but the full title is still in the file.

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Kingston, W.H.G.: The Loss of the Royal George.V1.13 January 2012

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[quot
William Henry Giles Kingston (28 February 1814 - 5 August 1880), writer of tales for boys, was born in London, but spent much of his youth in Oporto, where his father was a merchant.[/quot
I cleaned this book and the others up from the Gutenberg file and put a new cover image on. Some titles had to be shortened to fit on the cover properly but the full title is still in the file.

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Kingston, W.H.G.: The Mate of the Lily.V1.13 January 2012

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[quot
William Henry Giles Kingston (28 February 1814 - 5 August 1880), writer of tales for boys, was born in London, but spent much of his youth in Oporto, where his father was a merchant.[/quot
I cleaned this book and the others up from the Gutenberg file and put a new cover image on. Some titles had to be shortened to fit on the cover properly but the full title is still in the file.

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- Mate of the Lily, The - William Henry Giles Kingston.mobi

Kingston, W.H.G.: The Mines and its wonders.V1.13 January 2012

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[quot
William Henry Giles Kingston (28 February 1814 - 5 August 1880), writer of tales for boys, was born in London, but spent much of his youth in Oporto, where his father was a merchant.[/quot
I cleaned this book and the others up from the Gutenberg file and put a new cover image on. Some titles had to be shortened to fit on the cover properly but the full title is still in the file.

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- Mines and its Wonders, The - William Henry Giles Kingston.mobi

Kingston, W.H.G.: The Missing Ship.V1.13 January 2012

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[quot
William Henry Giles Kingston (28 February 1814 - 5 August 1880), writer of tales for boys, was born in London, but spent much of his youth in Oporto, where his father was a merchant.[/quot
I cleaned this book and the others up from the Gutenberg file and put a new cover image on. Some titles had to be shortened to fit on the cover properly but the full title is still in the file.

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- Missing Ship, The - William Henry Giles Kingston.mobi

Kingston, W.H.G.: The Pirate of the Medditerranean.V1.13 January 2012

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[quot
William Henry Giles Kingston (28 February 1814 - 5 August 1880), writer of tales for boys, was born in London, but spent much of his youth in Oporto, where his father was a merchant.[/quot
I cleaned this book and the others up from the Gutenberg file and put a new cover image on. Some titles had to be shortened to fit on the cover properly but the full title is still in the file.

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- Pirate of the Mediterranean, The - William Henry Giles Kingston.mobi

Kingston, W.H.G.: The Pirate of the Mediterranean v1 23 dec 2008

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Kingston, William Henry Giles (1814-1880), English novelist, son of Lucy Henry Kingston, was born in London on the 28th of February 1814. Much of his youth was spent at Oporto, where his father was a merchant, but when he entered the business, he made his headquarters in London. He early wrote newspaper articles on Portuguese subjects. These were translated into Portuguese, and the author received a Portuguese order of knighthood and a pension for his services in the conclusion of the commercial treaty of 1842.

A long book full of adventure and tense situations. I was a bit disappointed to find that the Pirate was a Greek who preyed mostly upon Italian, Greek and Turkish vessels in the Eastern Mediterranean, because I had hoped that Kingston would address himself to the problem in the previous century, where Barbary and Algerine pirates were harrying European craft, taking their passengers prisoner as slaves, whom they used to carry out the building works of their cities.

Great book. If you like pirate tales, this one's for you!

Have fun!

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Kingston, W.H.G.: The Prime Minister.V1.13 January 2012

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William Henry Giles Kingston (28 February 1814 - 5 August 1880), writer of tales for boys, was born in London, but spent much of his youth in Oporto, where his father was a merchant.[/quot
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Kingston, W.H.G.: The Ranger & Crusader.V1.13 January 2012

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William Henry Giles Kingston (28 February 1814 - 5 August 1880), writer of tales for boys, was born in London, but spent much of his youth in Oporto, where his father was a merchant.[/quot
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Kingston, W.H.G.: The Rival Crusoes.V1.13 January 2012

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William Henry Giles Kingston (28 February 1814 - 5 August 1880), writer of tales for boys, was born in London, but spent much of his youth in Oporto, where his father was a merchant.[/quot
I cleaned this book and the others up from the Gutenberg file and put a new cover image on. Some titles had to be shortened to fit on the cover properly but the full title is still in the file.

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Kingston, W.H.G.: The Settlers.V1.13 January 2012

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William Henry Giles Kingston (28 February 1814 - 5 August 1880), writer of tales for boys, was born in London, but spent much of his youth in Oporto, where his father was a merchant.[/quot
I cleaned this book and the others up from the Gutenberg file and put a new cover image on. Some titles had to be shortened to fit on the cover properly but the full title is still in the file.

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Kingston, W.H.G.: The South Sea Whaler.V1.13 January 2012

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William Henry Giles Kingston (28 February 1814 - 5 August 1880), writer of tales for boys, was born in London, but spent much of his youth in Oporto, where his father was a merchant.[/quot
I cleaned this book and the others up from the Gutenberg file and put a new cover image on. Some titles had to be shortened to fit on the cover properly but the full title is still in the file.

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Kingston, W.H.G.: The Story of Nelson.V1.13 January 2012

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William Henry Giles Kingston (28 February 1814 - 5 August 1880), writer of tales for boys, was born in London, but spent much of his youth in Oporto, where his father was a merchant.[/quot
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Kingston, W.H.G.: The Three Admirals.V1.13 January 2012

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William Henry Giles Kingston (28 February 1814 - 5 August 1880), writer of tales for boys, was born in London, but spent much of his youth in Oporto, where his father was a merchant.[/quot
I cleaned this book and the others up from the Gutenberg file and put a new cover image on. Some titles had to be shortened to fit on the cover properly but the full title is still in the file.

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Kingston, W.H.G.: The Three Commanders.V1.13 January 2012

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William Henry Giles Kingston (28 February 1814 - 5 August 1880), writer of tales for boys, was born in London, but spent much of his youth in Oporto, where his father was a merchant.[/quot
I cleaned this book and the others up from the Gutenberg file and put a new cover image on. Some titles had to be shortened to fit on the cover properly but the full title is still in the file.

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Kingston, W.H.G.: The Three Lieutenants.V1.13 January 2012

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William Henry Giles Kingston (28 February 1814 - 5 August 1880), writer of tales for boys, was born in London, but spent much of his youth in Oporto, where his father was a merchant.[/quot
I cleaned this book and the others up from the Gutenberg file and put a new cover image on. Some titles had to be shortened to fit on the cover properly but the full title is still in the file.

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Kingston, W.H.G.: The three Midshipmen v1 12 jan 2009

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The tale of the Three Midshipmen is carried on to the Three Lieutenants, the Three Commanders, and the Three Admirals. The book starts with the arrival of three new boys at a boarding school for young gentlemen. One boy is English, one is Scottish, and the third is Irish. Under the influence of various bullies and other schoolboy adversities the three lads learn to stick together, and to look after each other. They join the Navy, and get various postings by which from time to time they meet, usually under the most difficult circumstances. Of course they each survive bravely, though any of the boats’ crews that they have the honour to command are mowed down by the enemy. In other words, some of it is pretty tall stuff, but it was very good fare for the nineteenth century and early twentieth century English schoolboy.(Athelstane)

Fully illustrated, beautiful cover by ravenne.

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Kingston, W.H.G.: The Three Midshipmen.V1.13 January 2012

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William Henry Giles Kingston (28 February 1814 - 5 August 1880), writer of tales for boys, was born in London, but spent much of his youth in Oporto, where his father was a merchant.[/quot
I cleaned this book and the others up from the Gutenberg file and put a new cover image on. Some titles had to be shortened to fit on the cover properly but the full title is still in the file.

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Kingston, W.H.G.: The Trapper's Son.V1.13 January 2012

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William Henry Giles Kingston (28 February 1814 - 5 August 1880), writer of tales for boys, was born in London, but spent much of his youth in Oporto, where his father was a merchant.[/quot
I cleaned this book and the others up from the Gutenberg file and put a new cover image on. Some titles had to be shortened to fit on the cover properly but the full title is still in the file.

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Kingston, W.H.G.: The Two Shipmates v1 3 jan 2009

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This is only a short book, but it is beautifully written, and it packs a punch.

The two people designated as shipmates start off at the beginning of the book as reasonably close friends, but a weakness for alcohol causes Dick Bracewell to behave more and more badly, while the real hero, Ralph Michelmore, despite being taken by the Press-gang, behaves more and more nobly as the story progresses.

Ralph is already Mate of the Amity when pressed into the Royal Navy, but he had accidentally gone out that evening without his "Protection", a document attesting to his rank in the Merchant Navy. He had that very evening become engaged to Jessie, who waits for him for years.

With a couple of curious twists it all works out well in the end; Ralph is reunited with Jessie, and the wicked shipmate, Dick, meets a suitable doom.(Athelstane)

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Kingston, W.H.G.: The Two Shipmates.V1.13 January 2012

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William Henry Giles Kingston (28 February 1814 - 5 August 1880), writer of tales for boys, was born in London, but spent much of his youth in Oporto, where his father was a merchant.[/quot
I cleaned this book and the others up from the Gutenberg file and put a new cover image on. Some titles had to be shortened to fit on the cover properly but the full title is still in the file.

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Kingston, W.H.G.: The Two Supercargo's.V1.13 January 2012

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William Henry Giles Kingston (28 February 1814 - 5 August 1880), writer of tales for boys, was born in London, but spent much of his youth in Oporto, where his father was a merchant.[/quot
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Kingston, W.H.G.: The Two Whalers.V1.13 January 2012

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William Henry Giles Kingston (28 February 1814 - 5 August 1880), writer of tales for boys, was born in London, but spent much of his youth in Oporto, where his father was a merchant.[/quot
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Kingston, W.H.G.: The Voyage of the Steadfast.V1.13 January 2012

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William Henry Giles Kingston (28 February 1814 - 5 August 1880), writer of tales for boys, was born in London, but spent much of his youth in Oporto, where his father was a merchant.[/quot
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Kingston, W.H.G.: The Wanderers.V1.13 January 2012

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William Henry Giles Kingston (28 February 1814 - 5 August 1880), writer of tales for boys, was born in London, but spent much of his youth in Oporto, where his father was a merchant.[/quot
I cleaned this book and the others up from the Gutenberg file and put a new cover image on. Some titles had to be shortened to fit on the cover properly but the full title is still in the file.

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Kingston, W.H.G.: The Western World.V1.13 January 2012

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William Henry Giles Kingston (28 February 1814 - 5 August 1880), writer of tales for boys, was born in London, but spent much of his youth in Oporto, where his father was a merchant.[/quot
I cleaned this book and the others up from the Gutenberg file and put a new cover image on. Some titles had to be shortened to fit on the cover properly but the full title is still in the file.

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Kingston, W.H.G.: The Woodcutter of Gultech.V1.13 January 2012

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William Henry Giles Kingston (28 February 1814 - 5 August 1880), writer of tales for boys, was born in London, but spent much of his youth in Oporto, where his father was a merchant.[/quot
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Kingston, W.H.G.: The Young Barringtons.V1.13 January 2012

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William Henry Giles Kingston (28 February 1814 - 5 August 1880), writer of tales for boys, was born in London, but spent much of his youth in Oporto, where his father was a merchant.[/quot
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Kingston, W.H.G.: The Young Llanero v1 20 sep 2009

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WHG Kingston:
William Henry Giles Kingston (28 February 1814 - 5 August 1880), writer of tales for boys, was born in London, but spent much of his youth in Oporto, where his father was a merchant.
His first book, [The Circassian Chief[/, appeared in 1844. His first book for boys, [Peter the Whaler[/, was published in 1851, and had such success that he retired from business and devoted himself entirely to the production of this kind of literature, in which his popularity was deservedly great; and during 30 years he wrote upwards of 130 tales, including

- [The Three Midshipmen[/ (1862),

- [The Three Lieutenants[/ (1874),

- [The Three Commanders[/ (1875),

- [The Three Admirals[/ (1877),

- [Digby Heathcote[/, etc.

He also conducted various papers, including [The Colonist[/, and [Colonial Magazine and East India Review[/. He was also interested in emigration, volunteering, and various philanthropic schemes. For services in negotiating a commercial treaty with Portugal he received a Portuguese knighthood, and for his literary labours a Government pension.

The Young Llanero: [A Story of War and Wild Life in Venezuela[/ was first published in 1877 and targeted the older boys. The hero is the son of an Irish rebel that lifes now in Venezuela. The tale takes place during the South American war of independence and our young hero is involved in all kinds of adventures involving wild animals, Indians and Spaniards!

This book is quite heavily illustrated and therefore quite big.

Source: PG via Nick Hodson from Athelstane

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Kingston, W.H.G.: The Young Llanero.V1.13 January 2012

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William Henry Giles Kingston (28 February 1814 - 5 August 1880), writer of tales for boys, was born in London, but spent much of his youth in Oporto, where his father was a merchant.[/quot
I cleaned this book and the others up from the Gutenberg file and put a new cover image on. Some titles had to be shortened to fit on the cover properly but the full title is still in the file.

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Kingston, W.H.G.: The Young Rajah.V1.13 January 2012

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William Henry Giles Kingston (28 February 1814 - 5 August 1880), writer of tales for boys, was born in London, but spent much of his youth in Oporto, where his father was a merchant.[/quot
I cleaned this book and the others up from the Gutenberg file and put a new cover image on. Some titles had to be shortened to fit on the cover properly but the full title is still in the file.

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Kingston, W.H.G.: True Blue.V1.13 January 2012

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William Henry Giles Kingston (28 February 1814 - 5 August 1880), writer of tales for boys, was born in London, but spent much of his youth in Oporto, where his father was a merchant.[/quot
I cleaned this book and the others up from the Gutenberg file and put a new cover image on. Some titles had to be shortened to fit on the cover properly but the full title is still in the file.

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Kingston, W.H.G.: Twice Lost.V1.13 January 2012

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[quot
William Henry Giles Kingston (28 February 1814 - 5 August 1880), writer of tales for boys, was born in London, but spent much of his youth in Oporto, where his father was a merchant.[/quot
I cleaned this book and the others up from the Gutenberg file and put a new cover image on. Some titles had to be shortened to fit on the cover properly but the full title is still in the file.

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Kingston, W.H.G.: Villaqaqnon.V1.13 January 2012

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[quot
William Henry Giles Kingston (28 February 1814 - 5 August 1880), writer of tales for boys, was born in London, but spent much of his youth in Oporto, where his father was a merchant.[/quot
I cleaned this book and the others up from the Gutenberg file and put a new cover image on. Some titles had to be shortened to fit on the cover properly but the full title is still in the file.

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Kingston, W.H.G.: Waihoura the Maori Girl.V1.13 January 2012

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[quot
William Henry Giles Kingston (28 February 1814 - 5 August 1880), writer of tales for boys, was born in London, but spent much of his youth in Oporto, where his father was a merchant.[/quot
I cleaned this book and the others up from the Gutenberg file and put a new cover image on. Some titles had to be shortened to fit on the cover properly but the full title is still in the file.

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Kingston, W.H.G.: Washed Ashore.V1.13 January 2012

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[quot
William Henry Giles Kingston (28 February 1814 - 5 August 1880), writer of tales for boys, was born in London, but spent much of his youth in Oporto, where his father was a merchant.[/quot
I cleaned this book and the others up from the Gutenberg file and put a new cover image on. Some titles had to be shortened to fit on the cover properly but the full title is still in the file.

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Kingston, W.H.G.: Will Weatherhelm.V1.13 January 2012

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William Henry Giles Kingston (28 February 1814 - 5 August 1880), writer of tales for boys, was born in London, but spent much of his youth in Oporto, where his father was a merchant.[/quot
I cleaned this book and the others up from the Gutenberg file and put a new cover image on. Some titles had to be shortened to fit on the cover properly but the full title is still in the file.

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Kingston, W.H.G.: With Axe and Rifle.V1.13 January 2012

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[quot
William Henry Giles Kingston (28 February 1814 - 5 August 1880), writer of tales for boys, was born in London, but spent much of his youth in Oporto, where his father was a merchant.[/quot
I cleaned this book and the others up from the Gutenberg file and put a new cover image on. Some titles had to be shortened to fit on the cover properly but the full title is still in the file.

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Kingston, W.H.G.: Won from the Waves.V1.13 January 2012

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[quot
William Henry Giles Kingston (28 February 1814 - 5 August 1880), writer of tales for boys, was born in London, but spent much of his youth in Oporto, where his father was a merchant.[/quot
I cleaned this book and the others up from the Gutenberg file and put a new cover image on. Some titles had to be shortened to fit on the cover properly but the full title is still in the file.

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Kinkead, Thomas L.: Baltimore Catechism 4. V1. 16-Jun-2012

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Baltimore Catechism Four is a reference work and teacher's manual for the original Baltimore Catechisms. Since it can also be used as an advanced textbook, it is referred to as "Baltimore Catechism Four." Written by Fr. Thomas L. Kinkead as an aid for catechists teaching from Catechisms 1-3, it offers explanations in greater detail and serves as a more complete Statement of the Faith. For easy reference, the questions bear the same numbers as Catechisms One and Two.
The text is from Gutenberg for the 1921 edition.

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Kinross, Albert: An opera and Lady Grasmere. v1. 30 May 2017

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Albert Kinross (4 July 1870 – 19 March 1929) was an English journalist, magazine editor and writer of novels, stories and articles.

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HUTCHINSON does not know. Not only is he blandly ignorant of the deeps from which he extracted Merceron, but his own flagrant part in all that was to follow upon this eventful routing out, his consequent claim to public monuments, is equally undreamed of by this darkened Hutchinson. He is, indeed, aware of the conditions and circumstances under which Merceron and the Countess of Grasmere first became acquainted—nobody more so, in fact,—but, speaking broadly and with a disregard of irrelevant detail, Hutchinson does not know.

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Kipling, Rudyard: A Diversity of Creatures. V1. 30 Oct 2012

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Joseph Rudyard Kipling ( /ˈrʌdjəd ˈkɪplɪŋ/ RUD-yəd KIP-ling; 30 December 1865 – 18 January 1936) was an English short-story writer, poet, and novelist chiefly remembered for his tales and poems of British soldiers in India, and his tales for children. He received the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1907. He was born in Bombay, in the Bombay Presidency of British India, and was taken by his family to England when he was five years old. Kipling is best known for his works of fiction, including The Jungle Book (a collection of stories which includes "Rikki-Tikki-Tavi"), Just So Stories (1902) (1894), Kim (1901) (a tale of adventure), many short stories, including "The Man Who Would Be King" (1888) and his poems, including "Mandalay" (1890), "Gunga Din" (1890), "The White Man's Burden" (1899) and "If—" (1910). He is regarded as a major "innovator in the art of the short story"; his children's books are enduring classics of children's literature; and his best works are said to exhibit "a versatile and luminous narrative gift"

Juxtaposing stories and poems, introducing futuristic sky-travellers, Sussex peasants and would-be-Bloomsbury poseurs, this volume displays Kipling as a connoisseur of variety of life and art.

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Kipling, Rudyard: Actions and Reactions. V1. 27 Oct 2012

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Joseph Rudyard Kipling ( /ˈrʌdjəd ˈkɪplɪŋ/ RUD-yəd KIP-ling; 30 December 1865 – 18 January 1936) was an English short-story writer, poet, and novelist chiefly remembered for his tales and poems of British soldiers in India, and his tales for children. He received the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1907. He was born in Bombay, in the Bombay Presidency of British India, and was taken by his family to England when he was five years old. Kipling is best known for his works of fiction, including The Jungle Book (a collection of stories which includes "Rikki-Tikki-Tavi"), Just So Stories (1902) (1894), Kim (1901) (a tale of adventure), many short stories, including "The Man Who Would Be King" (1888) and his poems, including "Mandalay" (1890), "Gunga Din" (1890), "The White Man's Burden" (1899) and "If—" (1910). He is regarded as a major "innovator in the art of the short story"; his children's books are enduring classics of children's literature; and his best works are said to exhibit "a versatile and luminous narrative gift"

Imagine an alternate reality where the man who gave the world THE JUNGLE BOOK and "Gunga Din" and "The Phantom 'Rickshaw" was a science fiction writer -- generations before Hugo Gernsbeck and AMAZING; before the pulp SF that dominated the thirties; before intellectually prescient ASTOUNDING in the forties and sophisticated literary SF magazines like GALAXY and THE MAGAZINE OF FANTASY AND SCIENCE FICTION fifties. Think of it: a world where Rudyard Kipling was a science fiction writer, long before SF as we understand it was invented. Well (you could tell this is where I was going, couldn't you?) actually, he was. And the book you¿re holding in your hands -- ACTIONS AND REACTIONS -- is a wonderful example of it. It feels a lot like the sort of sophisticated SF -- literary without being precious -- we all remember from the Golden Age of GALAXY and THE MAGAZINE OF FANTASY AND SCIENCE FICTION. Imagine that. We live in an alternate universe.

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Kipling, Rudyard: American Notes. 27 Oct 2012

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Joseph Rudyard Kipling ( /ˈrʌdjəd ˈkɪplɪŋ/ RUD-yəd KIP-ling; 30 December 1865 – 18 January 1936) was an English short-story writer, poet, and novelist chiefly remembered for his tales and poems of British soldiers in India, and his tales for children. He received the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1907. He was born in Bombay, in the Bombay Presidency of British India, and was taken by his family to England when he was five years old. Kipling is best known for his works of fiction, including The Jungle Book (a collection of stories which includes "Rikki-Tikki-Tavi"), Just So Stories (1902) (1894), Kim (1901) (a tale of adventure), many short stories, including "The Man Who Would Be King" (1888) and his poems, including "Mandalay" (1890), "Gunga Din" (1890), "The White Man's Burden" (1899) and "If—" (1910). He is regarded as a major "innovator in the art of the short story"; his children's books are enduring classics of children's literature; and his best works are said to exhibit "a versatile and luminous narrative gift"

AT THE GOLDEN GATE
AMERICAN POLITICS
AMERICAN SALMON
THE YELLOWSTONE
CHICAGO
THE AMERICAN ARMY
AMERICA'S DEFENCELESS COASTS

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Kipling, Rudyard: Barrack-Room Ballads. V1. 28 Oct 2012

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RUDYARD KIPLING (1865-1936), English short-story writer, poet and novelist, the first English writer to win the Nobel Prize (1907). His worldwide popularity was (at one time) phenomenal. And still today, apart from the issue of imperialism, sophisticated readers recognize in Kipling an extraordinary ear for language, literary and vernacular, and a precise use of spare, vivid imagery.

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Kipling, Rudyard: Captains Courageous . v1, 1 Jan 2008

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From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia:

Captains Courageous is an 1897 novel, by Rudyard Kipling, that follows the adventures of fifteen year old Harvey Cheyne Jr., the arrogant and spoiled son of a railroad tycoon. Washed overboard from a transatlantic steamship and rescued by fishermen on the Grand Banks, Harvey cannot persuade them to take him ashore, nor convince them of his wealth. However, the Captain of the We're Here, Disko Troop, offers him a job as part of the crew until they return to port. With no other choice, Harvey accepts.

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Kipling, Rudyard: Captains Courageous. V1. 29 Oct 2012

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Joseph Rudyard Kipling ( /ˈrʌdjəd ˈkɪplɪŋ/ RUD-yəd KIP-ling; 30 December 1865 – 18 January 1936) was an English short-story writer, poet, and novelist chiefly remembered for his tales and poems of British soldiers in India, and his tales for children. He received the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1907. He was born in Bombay, in the Bombay Presidency of British India, and was taken by his family to England when he was five years old. Kipling is best known for his works of fiction, including The Jungle Book (a collection of stories which includes "Rikki-Tikki-Tavi"), Just So Stories (1902) (1894), Kim (1901) (a tale of adventure), many short stories, including "The Man Who Would Be King" (1888) and his poems, including "Mandalay" (1890), "Gunga Din" (1890), "The White Man's Burden" (1899) and "If—" (1910). He is regarded as a major "innovator in the art of the short story"; his children's books are enduring classics of children's literature; and his best works are said to exhibit "a versatile and luminous narrative gift"

The crew of a fishing schooner make a dramatic rescue of a young man, who turns out to be the pampered son of a rich millionaire, but the fishermen are unable to return him to shore until the end of the season. The story develops into an account of how he is changed by their treatment of him.

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Kipling, Rudyard: France At War. V1. 31 Oct 2012

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Joseph Rudyard Kipling ( /ˈrʌdjəd ˈkɪplɪŋ/ RUD-yəd KIP-ling; 30 December 1865 – 18 January 1936) was an English short-story writer, poet, and novelist chiefly remembered for his tales and poems of British soldiers in India, and his tales for children. He received the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1907. He was born in Bombay, in the Bombay Presidency of British India, and was taken by his family to England when he was five years old. Kipling is best known for his works of fiction, including The Jungle Book (a collection of stories which includes "Rikki-Tikki-Tavi"), Just So Stories (1902) (1894), Kim (1901) (a tale of adventure), many short stories, including "The Man Who Would Be King" (1888) and his poems, including "Mandalay" (1890), "Gunga Din" (1890), "The White Man's Burden" (1899) and "If—" (1910). He is regarded as a major "innovator in the art of the short story"; his children's books are enduring classics of children's literature; and his best works are said to exhibit "a versatile and luminous narrative gift"

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The guns in the woods began again. They seemed to have no relation to the regularly spaced bursts of smoke along a little smear in the desert earth two thousand yards away—no connection at all with the strong voices overhead coming and going. It was as impersonal as the drive of the sea along a breakwater.

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Kipling, Rudyard: From Sea to Sea. V1. 1 Nov 2012

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Joseph Rudyard Kipling ( /ˈrʌdjəd ˈkɪplɪŋ/ RUD-yəd KIP-ling; 30 December 1865 – 18 January 1936) was an English short-story writer, poet, and novelist chiefly remembered for his tales and poems of British soldiers in India, and his tales for children. He received the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1907. He was born in Bombay, in the Bombay Presidency of British India, and was taken by his family to England when he was five years old. Kipling is best known for his works of fiction, including The Jungle Book (a collection of stories which includes "Rikki-Tikki-Tavi"), Just So Stories (1902) (1894), Kim (1901) (a tale of adventure), many short stories, including "The Man Who Would Be King" (1888) and his poems, including "Mandalay" (1890), "Gunga Din" (1890), "The White Man's Burden" (1899) and "If—" (1910). He is regarded as a major "innovator in the art of the short story"; his children's books are enduring classics of children's literature; and his best works are said to exhibit "a versatile and luminous narrative gift"

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In these two volumes I have got together the bulk of the special correspondence and occasional articles written by me for the Civil and Military Gazette and the Pioneer between 1887-1889. I have been forced to this action by the enterprise of various publishers who, not content with disinterring old newspaper work from the decent seclusion of the office files, have in several instances seen fit to embellish it with additions and interpolations.

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Kipling, Rudyard: How Shakspere Came to Write the Tempest. V1. 1 Nov 2012

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Joseph Rudyard Kipling ( /ˈrʌdjəd ˈkɪplɪŋ/ RUD-yəd KIP-ling; 30 December 1865 – 18 January 1936) was an English short-story writer, poet, and novelist chiefly remembered for his tales and poems of British soldiers in India, and his tales for children. He received the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1907. He was born in Bombay, in the Bombay Presidency of British India, and was taken by his family to England when he was five years old. Kipling is best known for his works of fiction, including The Jungle Book (a collection of stories which includes "Rikki-Tikki-Tavi"), Just So Stories (1902) (1894), Kim (1901) (a tale of adventure), many short stories, including "The Man Who Would Be King" (1888) and his poems, including "Mandalay" (1890), "Gunga Din" (1890), "The White Man's Burden" (1899) and "If—" (1910). He is regarded as a major "innovator in the art of the short story"; his children's books are enduring classics of children's literature; and his best works are said to exhibit "a versatile and luminous narrative gift"

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Mr. Kipling’s brilliant reconstruction of the genesis of the ‘Tempest’may remind us how often that play has excited the creative fancy of its readers. It has given rise to many imitations, adaptations, and sequels. Fletcher copied its storm, its desert island, and its woman who had never seen a man. Suckling borrowed its spirits. Davenant and Dryden added a man who had never seen a woman, a husband for Sycorax, and a sister for Caliban. Mr. Percy Mackaye has used its scene, mythology, and persons for his tercentenary Shaksperian Masque. Its suggestiveness has extended beyond the drama, and aroused moral allegories and disquisitions. Caliban has been elaborated as the Missing Link, and in the philosophical drama of Renan as the spirit of Democracy, and in Browning’s poem as a satire on the anthropomorphic conception of Deity.

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Kipling, Rudyard: Indian Tales. V1. 3 Nov 2012

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Joseph Rudyard Kipling ( /ˈrʌdjəd ˈkɪplɪŋ/ RUD-yəd KIP-ling; 30 December 1865 – 18 January 1936) was an English short-story writer, poet, and novelist chiefly remembered for his tales and poems of British soldiers in India, and his tales for children. He received the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1907. He was born in Bombay, in the Bombay Presidency of British India, and was taken by his family to England when he was five years old. Kipling is best known for his works of fiction, including The Jungle Book (a collection of stories which includes "Rikki-Tikki-Tavi"), Just So Stories (1902) (1894), Kim (1901) (a tale of adventure), many short stories, including "The Man Who Would Be King" (1888) and his poems, including "Mandalay" (1890), "Gunga Din" (1890), "The White Man's Burden" (1899) and "If—" (1910). He is regarded as a major "innovator in the art of the short story"; his children's books are enduring classics of children's literature; and his best works are said to exhibit "a versatile and luminous narrative gift"

"THE FINEST STORY IN THE WORLD"
WITH THE MAIN GUARD
WEE WILLIE WINKIE
THE ROUT OF THE WHITE HUSSARS
AT TWENTY-TWO
THE COURTING OF DINAH SHADD
THE STORY OF MUHAMMAD DIN
IN FLOOD TIME
MY OWN TRUE GHOST STORY
THE BIG DRUNK DRAF'
BY WORD OF MOUTH
THE DRUMS OF THE FORE AND AFT
THE SENDING OF DANA DA
ON THE CITY WALL
THE BROKEN-LINK HANDICAP
ON GREENHOW HILL
TO BE FILED FOR REFERENCE
THE MAN WHO WOULD BE KING
THE GATE OF THE HUNDRED SORROWS
THE INCARNATION OF KRISHNA MULVANEY
HIS MAJESTY THE KING
THE STRANGE RIDE OF MORROWBIE JUKES
IN THE HOUSE OF SUDDHOO
BLACK JACK
THE TAKING OF LUNGTUNGPEN
THE PHANTOM RICKSHAW
ON THE STRENGTH OF A LIKENESS
PRIVATE LEAROYD'S STORY
WRESSLEY OF THE FOREIGN OFFICE
THE SOLID MULDOON
THE THREE MUSKETEERS
BEYOND THE PALE
THE GOD FROM THE MACHINE
THE DAUGHTER OF THE REGIMENT
THE MADNESS OF PRIVATE ORTHERIS
L'ENVOI

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Kipling, Rudyard: Just So Stories (Illustrated), v. 1, 17 Nov 2009

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Rudyard Kipling (1865-1936) was a British Author, born in India, and worldwide famous for works like "The Jungle Book", "Kim" or the poem "If". He was awarded the Nobel Prize in 1907, which made him the first English language writer to get it.

"Just So Stories" is a collection of 12 short stories for children first published in 1902. They are fantastic stories, with that magic/legend/myth atmosphere of fairy tales, explaining things like the origin of armadillos or how the alphabet was invented. All the stories have a great deal of humour too. I remember loving these stories as a kid, and I'm sure big and small people will like them today.

This edition is illustrated by the author, including drop caps (though they don't drop in this format). The illustrations' "captions" are delightful to read too :D

All feedback is welcome.

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Kipling, Rudyard: Just So Stories. V1. 6 Oct 2012

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Joseph Rudyard Kipling ( /ˈrʌdjəd ˈkɪplɪŋ/ RUD-yəd KIP-ling; 30 December 1865 – 18 January 1936) was an English short-story writer, poet, and novelist chiefly remembered for his tales and poems of British soldiers in India, and his tales for children. He received the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1907. He was born in Bombay, in the Bombay Presidency of British India, and was taken by his family to England when he was five years old. Kipling is best known for his works of fiction, including The Jungle Book (a collection of stories which includes "Rikki-Tikki-Tavi"), Just So Stories (1902) (1894), Kim (1901) (a tale of adventure), many short stories, including "The Man Who Would Be King" (1888) and his poems, including "Mandalay" (1890), "Gunga Din" (1890), "The White Man's Burden" (1899) and "If—" (1910). He is regarded as a major "innovator in the art of the short story"; his children's books are enduring classics of children's literature; and his best works are said to exhibit "a versatile and luminous narrative gift"

HOW THE WHALE GOT HIS THROAT
HOW THE CAMEL GOT HIS HUMP
HOW THE RHINOCEROS GOT HIS SKIN
HOW THE LEOPARD GOT HIS SPOTS
THE ELEPHANT'S CHILD
THE SING-SONG OF OLD MAN KANGAROO
THE BEGINNING OF THE ARMADILLOS
HOW THE FIRST LETTER WAS WRITTEN
HOW THE ALPHABET WAS MADE
THE CRAB THAT PLAYED WITH THE SEA
THE CAT THAT WALKED BY HIMSELF
THE BUTTERFLY THAT STAMPED

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Kipling, Rudyard: Kim (Illustrated), v.2.00, 30 April 2010

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The story of Kim, an English orphan boy in India in the late 1800s. Kim becomes involved in an old Lama's search for a sacred river, and in a British spy ring, playing the "Great Game".

This version has illustrations by John Lockwood Kipling, Rudyard Kipling's father, and an updated imitation of the title page from the 1912 Macmillan pocket edition. The cover and illustrations are 600x800, to display well on Bookeen Cybook, etc.

Illustrations and titlepage have been scanned from the 1912 Macmillan pocket edition, the text is multiple sources, and should include all original accents and italics.

The text in this version is much improved. The Project Gutenberg text has numerous errors which have now been corrected. The quotes, dashes and italics are as in the original editions. The text is based on the final authorised edition - the "Sussex" edition of 1937. The spellings are the British English spellings throughout.

There is a table of contents and a list of illustrations.

An enhanced edition of this text is available on Amazon and (shortly) various ePub resellers, that includes a hyperlinked glossary of Kipling's definitions, and numerous other definitions of foreign or unusual words.

This new version has been created with Kindlegen.

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Kipling, Rudyard: Kim. V1.0. 20 November 2007

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Here is my first attempt at an ebook.
Kim is one of the classics of not only spy fiction, but travel as well. Kipling paints a vivid picture of 19th century India and of the Great Game.
Feedback via PM or email is appreciated and encouraged.
Thanks
Bill

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Kipling, Rudyard: Life's Handicap. V1. 8 Oct 2012

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Joseph Rudyard Kipling ( /ˈrʌdjəd ˈkɪplɪŋ/ RUD-yəd KIP-ling; 30 December 1865 – 18 January 1936) was an English short-story writer, poet, and novelist chiefly remembered for his tales and poems of British soldiers in India, and his tales for children. He received the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1907. He was born in Bombay, in the Bombay Presidency of British India, and was taken by his family to England when he was five years old. Kipling is best known for his works of fiction, including The Jungle Book (a collection of stories which includes "Rikki-Tikki-Tavi"), Just So Stories (1902) (1894), Kim (1901) (a tale of adventure), many short stories, including "The Man Who Would Be King" (1888) and his poems, including "Mandalay" (1890), "Gunga Din" (1890), "The White Man's Burden" (1899) and "If—" (1910). He is regarded as a major "innovator in the art of the short story"; his children's books are enduring classics of children's literature; and his best works are said to exhibit "a versatile and luminous narrative gift"

THE LANG MEN O' LARUT
REINGELDER AND THE GERMAN FLAG
THE WANDERING JEW
THROUGH THE FIRE
THE FINANCES OF THE GODS
THE AMIR'S HOMILY
JEWS IN SHUSHAN
THE LIMITATIONS OF PAMBE SERANG
LITTLE TOBRAH
BUBBLING WELL ROAD
'THE CITY OF DREADFUL NIGHT'
GEORGIE PORGIE
NABOTH
THE DREAM OF DUNCAN PARRENNESS
THE INCARNATION OF KRISHNA MULVANEY
THE COURTING OF DINAH SHADD
ON GREENHOW HILL
THE MAN WHO WAS
THE HEAD OF THE DISTRICT
WITHOUT BENEFIT OF CLERGY
AT THE END OF THE PASSAGE
THE MUTINY OF THE MAVERICKS
THE MARK OF THE BEAST
THE RETURN OF IMRAY
NAMGAY DOOLA
BURTRAN AND BIMI
MOTI GUJ—MUTINEER

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Kipling, Rudyard: Plain Tales from the Hills. v1. Jan 2012

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[QUOTPlain Tales from the Hills (published 1888) is the first collection of short stories by Rudyard Kipling. Out of its 40 stories, "eight-and-twenty", according to Kipling's Preface, were initially published in the Civil and Military Gazette in Lahore, Punjab, British India, between November 1886 and June 1887. "The remaining tales are, more or less, new." (Kipling had worked as a journalist for the CMG - his first job - since 1882, when he was not quite 20.) -- Wikipedia[/QUOT
The source for this version is the Project Gutenberg text. I have made a few minor corrections and restored four missing stories.

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Kipling, Rudyard: Puck of Pook's Hill. v1.Jan 2012

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[QUOTPuck of Pook's Hill is a historical fantasy book by Rudyard Kipling, published in 1906, containing a series of short stories set in different periods of English history. The stories are all narrated to two children living near Burwash, in the area of Kipling's own house Bateman's, by people magically plucked out of history by the elf Puck, or told by Puck himself. (Puck, who refers to himself as "the oldest thing in England", is better known as a character in William Shakespeare's play A Midsummer Night's Dream.) The genres of particular stories range from authentic historical novella (A Centurion of the Thirtieth, On the Great Wall) to children's fantasy (Dymchurch Flit). Each story is bracketed by a poem which relates in some manner to the theme or subject of the story. -- Wikipedia[/QUOT

The source for this version is Project Gutenberg.

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Kipling, Rudyard: Soldiers Three. v1. Feb 2012

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[QUOTSoldiers Three (in the Indian Railway Library edition) was the second collection of short stories by Rudyard Kipling to be published, after Plain Tales from the Hills (in which the three soldiers of the title also appear). Like it, it was collected from some of the fiction he had published in journals; but while Plain Tales was mostly collected from the Civil and Military Gazette, this was reprinted in chief from The Week’s News, an Allahabad paper. -- Wikipedia[/QUOT

"Soldiers Three" was later combined with two other collections, "The Story of the Gadsbys", which is written in dramatic form, and "In Black and White", looking more at the native Indians than the British. The larger book was called "Soldiers Three and Other Stories" - which is the version here.

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Kipling, Rudyard: Stalky & Co. v1. Jan 2012

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[QUOTStalky & Co. by Rudyard Kipling was published as a book in 1899, following serialisation in the Windsor Magazine. It is a collection of linked short stories about adolescent boys at a British boarding school, with one about the charismatic Stalky character in later life. His friend Beetle is partly based on Kipling himself... The school is based on the United Services College in Devon which Kipling attended. The stories have elements of revenge, the macabre, bullying and violence, and hints about sex, making them far from childish or idealised. -- Wikipedia[/QUOT

The source for this version is Project Gutenberg. I have made some corrections.

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Kipling, Rudyard: The Bridge-builders. V1. 28 Oct 2012

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Joseph Rudyard Kipling ( /ˈrʌdjəd ˈkɪplɪŋ/ RUD-yəd KIP-ling; 30 December 1865 – 18 January 1936) was an English short-story writer, poet, and novelist chiefly remembered for his tales and poems of British soldiers in India, and his tales for children. He received the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1907. He was born in Bombay, in the Bombay Presidency of British India, and was taken by his family to England when he was five years old. Kipling is best known for his works of fiction, including The Jungle Book (a collection of stories which includes "Rikki-Tikki-Tavi"), Just So Stories (1902) (1894), Kim (1901) (a tale of adventure), many short stories, including "The Man Who Would Be King" (1888) and his poems, including "Mandalay" (1890), "Gunga Din" (1890), "The White Man's Burden" (1899) and "If—" (1910). He is regarded as a major "innovator in the art of the short story"; his children's books are enduring classics of children's literature; and his best works are said to exhibit "a versatile and luminous narrative gift"

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The least that Findlayson, of the Public Works Department, expected was a C.I.E.; he dreamed of a C.S.I. Indeed, his friends told him that he deserved more. For three years he had endured heat and cold, disappointment, discomfort, danger, and disease, with responsibility almost to top-heavy for one pair of shoulders; and day by day, through that time, the great Kashi Bridge over the Ganges had grown under his charge. Now, in less than three months, if all went well, his Excellency the Viceroy would open the bridge in state, an archbishop would bless it, and the first trainload of soldiers would come over it, and there would be speeches.

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Kipling, Rudyard: The Day's Work - Part I. V1. 29 Oct 2012

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Joseph Rudyard Kipling ( /ˈrʌdjəd ˈkɪplɪŋ/ RUD-yəd KIP-ling; 30 December 1865 – 18 January 1936) was an English short-story writer, poet, and novelist chiefly remembered for his tales and poems of British soldiers in India, and his tales for children. He received the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1907. He was born in Bombay, in the Bombay Presidency of British India, and was taken by his family to England when he was five years old. Kipling is best known for his works of fiction, including The Jungle Book (a collection of stories which includes "Rikki-Tikki-Tavi"), Just So Stories (1902) (1894), Kim (1901) (a tale of adventure), many short stories, including "The Man Who Would Be King" (1888) and his poems, including "Mandalay" (1890), "Gunga Din" (1890), "The White Man's Burden" (1899) and "If—" (1910). He is regarded as a major "innovator in the art of the short story"; his children's books are enduring classics of children's literature; and his best works are said to exhibit "a versatile and luminous narrative gift"

THE BRIDGE-BUILDERS
A WALKING DELEGATE
THE SHIP THAT FOUND HERSELF
THE TOMB OF HIS ANCESTORS
THE DEVIL AND THE DEEP SEA
WILLIAM THE CONQUEROR—PART I
WILLIAM THE CONQUERER—PART II
THE SON OF HIS FATHER

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Kipling, Rudyard: The Eyes of Asia. V1. 30 Oct 2012

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Joseph Rudyard Kipling ( /ˈrʌdjəd ˈkɪplɪŋ/ RUD-yəd KIP-ling; 30 December 1865 – 18 January 1936) was an English short-story writer, poet, and novelist chiefly remembered for his tales and poems of British soldiers in India, and his tales for children. He received the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1907. He was born in Bombay, in the Bombay Presidency of British India, and was taken by his family to England when he was five years old. Kipling is best known for his works of fiction, including The Jungle Book (a collection of stories which includes "Rikki-Tikki-Tavi"), Just So Stories (1902) (1894), Kim (1901) (a tale of adventure), many short stories, including "The Man Who Would Be King" (1888) and his poems, including "Mandalay" (1890), "Gunga Din" (1890), "The White Man's Burden" (1899) and "If—" (1910). He is regarded as a major "innovator in the art of the short story"; his children's books are enduring classics of children's literature; and his best works are said to exhibit "a versatile and luminous narrative gift"

A RETIRED GENTLEMAN
THE FUMES OF THE HEART
THE PRIVATE ACCOUNT
A TROOPER OF HORSE

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Kipling, Rudyard: The Jungle Book. V1. 4 Nov 2012

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Joseph Rudyard Kipling ( /ˈrʌdjəd ˈkɪplɪŋ/ RUD-yəd KIP-ling; 30 December 1865 – 18 January 1936) was an English short-story writer, poet, and novelist chiefly remembered for his tales and poems of British soldiers in India, and his tales for children. He received the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1907. He was born in Bombay, in the Bombay Presidency of British India, and was taken by his family to England when he was five years old. Kipling is best known for his works of fiction, including The Jungle Book (a collection of stories which includes "Rikki-Tikki-Tavi"), Just So Stories (1902) (1894), Kim (1901) (a tale of adventure), many short stories, including "The Man Who Would Be King" (1888) and his poems, including "Mandalay" (1890), "Gunga Din" (1890), "The White Man's Burden" (1899) and "If—" (1910). He is regarded as a major "innovator in the art of the short story"; his children's books are enduring classics of children's literature; and his best works are said to exhibit "a versatile and luminous narrative gift"

MOWGLI'S BROTHERS
KAA'S HUNTING
TIGER! TIGER!
THE WHITE SEAL
RIKKI-TIKKI-TAVI
TOOMAI OF THE ELEPHANTS
HER MAJESTY'S SERVANTS
PARADE-SONG OF THE CAMP ANIMALS

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Kipling, Rudyard: The Jungle Books, v1, 01Mar2011

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Charming children's tales of Mowgli, lost in the jungles of India as a child and adopted into a family of wolves. Mowgli is brought up on a diet of Jungle Law, loyalty, and fresh meat from the kill. There are tales of regular adventures with his friends and enemies among the Jungle People--cobras, panthers, bears, and tigers. Mowgli's story is interspersed with other tales. Among the animals whose tales are related in the work are Akela the wolf; Baloo the brown bear; Shere Khan, the boastful Bengal tiger who is Mowgli's enemy; Kaa the phython; Bagheera the panther; and Rikki-tikki-tavi the mongoose.

Contains both Book One and Book Two of the Jungle Books.

Jim

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Kipling, Rudyard: The Light That Failed. V1. 10 Nov 2012

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Joseph Rudyard Kipling ( /ˈrʌdjəd ˈkɪplɪŋ/ RUD-yəd KIP-ling; 30 December 1865 – 18 January 1936) was an English short-story writer, poet, and novelist chiefly remembered for his tales and poems of British soldiers in India, and his tales for children. He received the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1907. He was born in Bombay, in the Bombay Presidency of British India, and was taken by his family to England when he was five years old. Kipling is best known for his works of fiction, including The Jungle Book (a collection of stories which includes "Rikki-Tikki-Tavi"), Just So Stories (1902) (1894), Kim (1901) (a tale of adventure), many short stories, including "The Man Who Would Be King" (1888) and his poems, including "Mandalay" (1890), "Gunga Din" (1890), "The White Man's Burden" (1899) and "If—" (1910). He is regarded as a major "innovator in the art of the short story"; his children's books are enduring classics of children's literature; and his best works are said to exhibit "a versatile and luminous narrative gift"

Novel by Rudyard Kipling, published in 1890. The book, which includes autobiographical elements, describes the youth and manhood of Dick Heldar and traces his efforts as a war correspondent and artist whose sketches of British battles in the Sudan become popular. When he returns to London, he begins painting his masterpiece, racing against time because a battle wound has caused his eyesight to progressively fail. Kipling wrote two separate endings to The Light That Failed, a happy ending for the version published in Lippincott's Monthly Magazine in January 1890 and an unhappy ending for the version published in book form a few months later.

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Kipling, Rudyard: The Man Who Would Be King. V1. 28 Oct 2012

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Joseph Rudyard Kipling ( /ˈrʌdjəd ˈkɪplɪŋ/ RUD-yəd KIP-ling; 30 December 1865 – 18 January 1936) was an English short-story writer, poet, and novelist chiefly remembered for his tales and poems of British soldiers in India, and his tales for children. He received the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1907. He was born in Bombay, in the Bombay Presidency of British India, and was taken by his family to England when he was five years old. Kipling is best known for his works of fiction, including The Jungle Book (a collection of stories which includes "Rikki-Tikki-Tavi"), Just So Stories (1902) (1894), Kim (1901) (a tale of adventure), many short stories, including "The Man Who Would Be King" (1888) and his poems, including "Mandalay" (1890), "Gunga Din" (1890), "The White Man's Burden" (1899) and "If—" (1910). He is regarded as a major "innovator in the art of the short story"; his children's books are enduring classics of children's literature; and his best works are said to exhibit "a versatile and luminous narrative gift"

The Law, as quoted, lays down a fair conduct of life, and one not easy to follow. I have been fellow to a beggar again and again under circumstances which prevented either of us finding out whether the other was worthy. I have still to be brother to a Prince, though I once came near to kinship with what might have been a veritable King and was promised the reversion of a Kingdom— army, law-courts, revenue and policy all complete. But, to-day, I greatly fear that my King is dead, and if I want a crown I must go and hunt it for myself.

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Kipling, Rudyard: The Phantom Rickshaw and Other Ghost Stories. V1. 24 Nov 2012

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Joseph Rudyard Kipling ( /ˈrʌdjəd ˈkɪplɪŋ/ RUD-yəd KIP-ling; 30 December 1865 – 18 January 1936) was an English short-story writer, poet, and novelist chiefly remembered for his tales and poems of British soldiers in India, and his tales for children. He received the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1907. He was born in Bombay, in the Bombay Presidency of British India, and was taken by his family to England when he was five years old. Kipling is best known for his works of fiction, including The Jungle Book (a collection of stories which includes "Rikki-Tikki-Tavi"), Just So Stories (1902) (1894), Kim (1901) (a tale of adventure), many short stories, including "The Man Who Would Be King" (1888) and his poems, including "Mandalay" (1890), "Gunga Din" (1890), "The White Man's Burden" (1899) and "If—" (1910). He is regarded as a major "innovator in the art of the short story"; his children's books are enduring classics of children's literature; and his best works are said to exhibit "a versatile and luminous narrative gift"

THE PHANTOM 'RICKSHAW
MY OWN TRUE GHOST STORY
THE STRANGE RIDE OF MORROWBIE JUKES
THE MAN WHO WOULD BE KING

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Kipling, Rudyard: Wee Willie Winkie. V1. Feb 2012

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Kipling's third collection of short stories combined three smaller collections all published in pamphlet form in 1888 as part of the Indian Railway Library. They are "Under the Deodars", "The Phantom Rickshaw" and "Wee Willie Winkie".

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Kirkland, Winifred: The Joys of being a Woman, v.1, 5 May 2008.

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‘The Joys of Being a Woman and Other Papers’ (1918).
By Winifred (Margaretta) Kirkland (1872-1943).

It has come to my attention that some members of the forum are not women. They might like to know what they are missing.

‘Poor man is to be pitied not only for the crudity of his mental machinery and the creaking clumsiness of its movement, but for the dullness of the material in which he must work. The truth is that there would be no sex to do the unskilled labor of the world, if women ever once let men be tempted by their superior employments. The surest way of keeping man to his hod-carrying is to let him think that woman spends all her secret hours sobbing for bricks and mortar.’

Also contains essays on other topics.

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Klabund: Bracke german v1 4 feb 2009

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Klabund, eigentlich Alfred Henschke, war der Sohn eines Apothekers und dessen Frau Antonia. Im Alter von 16 Jahren erkrankte er an Tuberkulose; die Ärzte diagnostizieren anfangs allerdings fälschlich eine Lungenentzündung. Die Krankheit sollte Klabund sein kurzes Leben lang begleiten.

Nach dem Abitur, das er 1909 mit besten Noten am Humanistischen Friedrichsgymnasium in Frankfurt/Oder bestand, studierte er erst Chemie und Pharmazie in München, wechselte aber bald die Fächer und studierte dann Philosophie, Philologie und Theaterwissenschaften in München, Berlin und Lausanne. Bereits in München erhielt er durch den Theaterwissenschaftler Artur Kutscher Zugang zur Bohème und machte unter anderem die Bekanntschaft von Frank Wedekind. 1912 brach er das Studium ab und legte sich, nach ersten Veröffentlichungen, das Pseudonym Klabund zu. In Anlehnung an den verehrten Peter Hille gab er vor, ein vagabundierender Poet zu sein. Ein erster Band mit Gedichten erschien unter dem Titel Morgenrot! Klabund! Die Tage dämmern! Das Pseudonym Klabund geht auf einen in Nord- und Nordostdeutschland geläufigen Familiennamen zurück und wird von ihm unter anderem als eine Zusammensetzung aus den beiden Wörtern Klabautermann und Vagabund erklärt.

Bracke ist ein Eulenspiegelroman, wobei die Figur Eulenspiegel wörtlich genommen wird, das heisst, eine Eule hält einem einen Spiegel vor Augen:

[QUOT[Wer bist du?

Tritt näher, daß ich dir ins Gesicht sehe. Deine Wangen sind gefurcht, deine Augen verschleiert. Ahnungen hängen dir wie Fransen in die Stirn.

Wo ist dein Wissen? Dein Gewissen? Deine Wissenschaft?

Du weißt nichts.

Du weißt nicht einmal »nichts«. Du weißt nicht das Nichts und nicht das Etwas und nicht und nichts von dir. Heute ergeht der Ruf an dich: mir zu lauschen und mir zu folgen.

Es ist nicht das erstemal, daß ich dich rufe. Erinnerst du dich jener Gewitternacht, als du aus dem Schlafe schrakst und den Blitz aus deinem Auge fahren sahst? Übermüdet warst du: und also schliefest du wieder ein – und vergaßest – dich.

Als du am Grabe deines Weibes standest: einsam im hohen heißen Mittag: fuhr nicht ein Wind durch dich hindurch, als seist du ein Strauch? Und war der Wind nicht mild, und entzückte dich nicht sein Atem, und duftetest du nicht selbst wie eine Magnolie – schaukeltest Blüten und Äste?

Mein Freund, warum vergaßest du dich so sehr? Und warum vergaßest du meiner, der ich dir den Blitz und den Wind und heute das Wort sende?

Jede Stunde, jede Minute, jede Sekunde darfst du beginnen: den neuen Weg, der dich in alle Tiefen, auf alle Höhen führen wird. Gesegnet seist du und begnadet.

Die goldnen Schwestern warten des silbernen Bruders. Der Mammut hat sich aufgemacht, dir den Pfad durch den Urwald zu bahnen. Die Bambushecken knirschen unter seinem stampfenden Hufe.

Glaube meinem Wort.

Liebe die Schwestern.

Hoffe auf den Helfer.

Es ist ein Regen niedergegangen, der hat die Ähren gebeugt, aber sie werden sich wieder aufrichten und werden herrlicher reifen denn je.

Es haben sich Wolken zusammengeballt, die Sonne zu verdunkeln. Die Wolken werden zerreißen, und die Sonne wird strahlen: heller und heißer und holder denn je.[/[/QUOT

Wunderbarer, poetischer Stil und eine Moral wie ein kalter, klarer, tiefer Bergsee.

Unbedingt empfehlenswert.

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Klabund: Deutsche Literaturgeschichte in einer Stunde (German) V2. 20 Mar 2013

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Klabunds [Deutsche Literaturgeschichte[/ ist eine komprimierte und subjektive Reise vom Nibelungenlied bis in die Jahre nach dem ersten Weltkrieg.

Klabund (1890–1928) schrieb zahlreiche Erzählungen, Romane, Gedichte und Dramen. Daneben schuf er Nachdichtungen fernöstlicher Literatur. Er veröffentlichte in [Pan[/, [Simplicissimus[/, der [Jugend [/und der [Schaubühne [/(später [Weltbühne[/). Sein Werk steht zwischen Impressionismus und Expressionismus.

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Klabund: Deutsche Literaturgeschichte in einer Stunde german v1 22 feb 2009

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Klabund und Literaturgeschichte? Ja, so etwas gibt es. Seine kleine Literaturgeschichte ist subjektiv, äusserst lesenswert und kurzweilig. Da macht Literaturgeschichte Freude! Sicherlich blitzt schon mal der Klabundsche Schalk durch, ansonsten aber durchaus ernst zu nehmen und selbst ein schönes Stück Literatur.

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Klabund: Die Krankheit german v1 17 mar 2009

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Klabund und seine Version des "Zauberbergs. Bunter, anarchischer, komischer und, fast möchte ich es sagen stilvoller als Mann. Ein Lesegenuß:

[QUOT»Sie sind also nur deshalb hierhergekommen, um zu sterben?« sagte der junge Deutsche und lief, die Hände in den unteren Taschen seiner kamelhaarbraunen Sportweste, aufgeregt und hustend durch den Zigarettenqualm.

»Weshalb sonst?« sagte Sybil, die rauchend auf dem Bett lag, schlank und blond.

»Scharmant, scharmant«, wisperte der kleine Japaner, der oben im Sanatorium Beaurivage Assistentendienste versah, und hielt ein blaues Speiglas, auf dem eine sonderbare Tabelle angebracht war, gegen das Licht.

»Zehn Kubikzentimeter Auswurf«, lächelte er, von irgendeiner inneren Fröhlichkeit betroffen.[/QUOT

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Klabund: Romane der Leidenschaft (German) V2. 20 Mar 2013

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Romane der Leidenschaft vereint vier historische Kurzromane Klabunds: [Moreau[/, [Mohammed[/, [Pjotr [/und [Rasputin[/.

»Als Expressionist von Rang erweist sich Klabund […] mit seinen Kurzromanen, deren stärkste sich historischen Gestalten anverwandeln, die immer wie Zeitgenossen des Dichters wirken. Klabund behandelt Geschichte mit einer radikalen Subjektivität, die bis dahin in der deutschen Literatur nahezu beispiellos dasteht.« [Thomas Böhme[/

Klabund (1890–1928) schrieb zahlreiche Erzählungen, Romane, Gedichte und Dramen. Daneben schuf er Nachdichtungen fernöstlicher Literatur. Er veröffentlichte in [Pan[/, [Simplicissimus[/, der [Jugend [/und der [Schaubühne [/(später [Weltbühne[/). Sein Werk steht zwischen Impressionismus und Expressionismus. Nach anfänglicher Kriegsbegeisterung vertrat er pazifistisch-sozialistische Positionen. Bereits als Jugendlicher an Tuberkulose erkrankt, starb er mit 37 Jahren in Davos an den Folgen einer Lungenentzündung.

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Klein, Gerwin: JFlex User's Manual. v1.0. March 8 2009

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This is a quick and dirty conversion of the JFlex User's Manual that you can find here. This manual is from v1.4.3.

I converted it to Mobipocket for my own convenience; I waned to ahve it on my ebook readers. I decided to post it here for no other reason than becuase I'm a rather odd person.

The manual is released under GPL, so I can post it here.

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Kleiser, Grenville: Public Speaking. V1. 26-Mar-2013

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Grenville Kleiser was the author of a long list of inspirational books and guides to oratorical success and personal development. He was born in 1868 in Toronto, Canada and died in August, 1935 in New York City.

This ebook contains 3 of his books on Public Speaking:

- The Training of a Public Speaker

- Successful Methods of Public Speaking

- Model Speeches for Practise

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Kleiser, Grenville: Talks on Talking. V1. 16-Mar-2013

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Good conversation implies naturalness, spontaneity, and sincerity of utterance. It is not advisable, therefore, to lay down arbitrary rules to govern talking, but it is believed that the suggestions offered here will contribute to the general elevation and improvement of daily speech.
Considering the large number of persons who are obliged to talk in social, business, and public life, the subject of correct speech should receive more serious consideration than is usually given to it. It is earnestly hoped that this volume will be of practical value to those who are desirous of developing and improving their conversational powers.

Grenville Kleiser was the author of a long list of inspirational books and guides to oratorical success and personal development. He was born in 1868 in Toronto, Canada and died in August, 1935 in New York City.

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Kleist, Heinrich von: Amphitryon (german) v1.0 Jun 2010

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Bernd Heinrich Wilhelm von Kleist (* 18. Oktober, nach Kleists eigenen Angaben 10. Oktober 1777 in Frankfurt (Oder); † 21. November 1811 am Kleinen Wannsee in – damals bei – Berlin) war ein deutscher Dramatiker, Erzähler, Lyriker und Publizist. Kleist stand als „Außenseiter im literarischen Leben seiner Zeit […] jenseits der etablierten Lager“[1] und der Literaturepochen der Weimarer Klassik und der Romantik. Bekannt ist er vor allem für das „historische Ritterschauspiel“ Das Käthchen von Heilbronn, seine Lustspiele Der zerbrochne Krug und Amphitryon, das Trauerspiel Penthesilea sowie für seine Novellen Michael Kohlhaas und Die Marquise von O…

[(Quelle: Wikipedia)

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Amphitryon ist ein Tragikomödie in drei Akten von Heinrich von Kleist, das im Sommer 1803 in Dresden entstanden ist. Der Erstdruck erschien 1807 in Dresden. Die Uraufführung fand 1899 am Neuen Theater in Berlin statt.

[(Quelle: Wikipedia)[/

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Kleist, Heinrich von: Ausgewählte Schriften. v1. 07 Sep 2010

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[SIZE="5"]Ausgewählte Schriften[/SIZ

Heinrich von Kleist

Inhalt

Das Bettelweib von Locarno

Das Erdbeben in Chili

Der Findling

Der Zweikampf

Die heilige Cäcilie

Die Marquise von O...

Die Verlobung in St. Domingo

Geistererscheinung

Michael Kohlhaas

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Kleist, Heinrich von: Das Käthchen von Heilbronn (german) v1.0 Jun 2010

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Bernd Heinrich Wilhelm von Kleist (* 18. Oktober, nach Kleists eigenen Angaben 10. Oktober 1777 in Frankfurt (Oder); † 21. November 1811 am Kleinen Wannsee in – damals bei – Berlin) war ein deutscher Dramatiker, Erzähler, Lyriker und Publizist. Kleist stand als „Außenseiter im literarischen Leben seiner Zeit […] jenseits der etablierten Lager“[1] und der Literaturepochen der Weimarer Klassik und der Romantik. Bekannt ist er vor allem für das „historische Ritterschauspiel“ Das Käthchen von Heilbronn, seine Lustspiele Der zerbrochne Krug und Amphitryon, das Trauerspiel Penthesilea sowie für seine Novellen Michael Kohlhaas und Die Marquise von O…

[(Quelle: Wikipedia)[/

Das Käthchen von Heilbronn oder Die Feuerprobe (1807–08) ist ein großes historisches Ritterschauspiel in fünf Akten von Heinrich von Kleist. Es wurde am 17. März 1810 in Wien am Theater an der Wien uraufgeführt. Die Handlung spielt in Schwaben, u. a. auf der Schriesheimer Strahlenburg.

[(Quelle: Wikipedia)[/

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Kleist, Heinrich von: Der zerbrochne Krug (german) v1.0 Jun 2010

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Bernd Heinrich Wilhelm von Kleist (* 18. Oktober, nach Kleists eigenen Angaben 10. Oktober 1777 in Frankfurt (Oder); † 21. November 1811 am Kleinen Wannsee in – damals bei – Berlin) war ein deutscher Dramatiker, Erzähler, Lyriker und Publizist. Kleist stand als „Außenseiter im literarischen Leben seiner Zeit […] jenseits der etablierten Lager“[1] und der Literaturepochen der Weimarer Klassik und der Romantik. Bekannt ist er vor allem für das „historische Ritterschauspiel“ Das Käthchen von Heilbronn, seine Lustspiele Der zerbrochne Krug und Amphitryon, das Trauerspiel Penthesilea sowie für seine Novellen Michael Kohlhaas und Die Marquise von O…

[(Quelle: Wikipedia)[/

Der zerbrochne Krug ist ein Lustspiel aus dem Jahre 1806 von Heinrich von Kleist. Die Uraufführung 1808 in Weimar durch Johann Wolfgang von Goethe war nicht von Erfolg gekrönt.

[(Quelle: Wikipedia)[/

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Kleist, Heinrich von: Die Hermannsschlacht (german) v1.0 Jun 2010

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Bernd Heinrich Wilhelm von Kleist (* 18. Oktober, nach Kleists eigenen Angaben 10. Oktober 1777 in Frankfurt (Oder); † 21. November 1811 am Kleinen Wannsee in – damals bei – Berlin) war ein deutscher Dramatiker, Erzähler, Lyriker und Publizist. Kleist stand als „Außenseiter im literarischen Leben seiner Zeit […] jenseits der etablierten Lager“[1] und der Literaturepochen der Weimarer Klassik und der Romantik. Bekannt ist er vor allem für das „historische Ritterschauspiel“ Das Käthchen von Heilbronn, seine Lustspiele Der zerbrochne Krug und Amphitryon, das Trauerspiel Penthesilea sowie für seine Novellen Michael Kohlhaas und Die Marquise von O…

[(Quelle: Wikipedia)

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Die Hermannsschlacht ist ein Drama in fünf Akten von Heinrich von Kleist, das 1808 vor den preußischen Befreiungskriegen verfasst, erst 1860 uraufgeführt und dann im Verlauf seiner Wirkungsgeschichte bis 1945 zunehmend politisch missbraucht wurde.

[(Quelle: Wikipedia)[/

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Kleist, Heinrich von: Prinz Friedrich von Homburg (german) v1.0 Jun 2010

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Bernd Heinrich Wilhelm von Kleist (* 18. Oktober, nach Kleists eigenen Angaben 10. Oktober 1777 in Frankfurt (Oder); † 21. November 1811 am Kleinen Wannsee in – damals bei – Berlin) war ein deutscher Dramatiker, Erzähler, Lyriker und Publizist. Kleist stand als „Außenseiter im literarischen Leben seiner Zeit […] jenseits der etablierten Lager“[1] und der Literaturepochen der Weimarer Klassik und der Romantik. Bekannt ist er vor allem für das „historische Ritterschauspiel“ Das Käthchen von Heilbronn, seine Lustspiele Der zerbrochne Krug und Amphitryon, das Trauerspiel Penthesilea sowie für seine Novellen Michael Kohlhaas und Die Marquise von O…

[(Quelle: Wikipedia)[/

Prinz von Homburg ist ein 1809/1810 von Heinrich von Kleist verfasstes Drama, das erst nach dem Tod des Autors 1821 in Wien uraufgeführt werden konnte. Eine Aufführung zu Lebzeiten scheiterte, da Prinzessin Marianne von Preußen, eine geborene Hessen-Homburg (der Kleist das Werk mit Widmung überreichte), dadurch die Familienehre gekränkt sah.

[(Quelle: Wikipedia)[/

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Kline, Otis Adelbert: Five Tales (2016); v1, 31 Mar 2020

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Pulpmeister

A book I made for myself a few years ago and forgot about.

Five long short stories/novellas by the early sf writer Otis Albert Kline:

1: The Metal Monster
2: Spawn of the Comet
3: The Revenge of the Robot
4: Stranger from Smallness
5: The Thing That Walked in the Rain

The collection is unique to MobileRead; the cover is made from an illustration of an incident in "Spawn of the Comet", colorized and modified.

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Kline, Otis Adelbert: Jan of the Jungle. v1, 27 Feb 2008

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Classic pulp jungle adventure "inspired" by Edgar Rice Burroughs' "Tarzan".

Enjoy!

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Kline, Otis Adelbert: Jan Of The Jungle. V1. 17 Jul 2012

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crutledge

Otis Adelbert Kline (1891–1946) born in Chicago, Illinois, USA, was an adventure novelist and literary agent during the pulp era. Much of his work first appeared in the magazine Weird Tales. Kline was an amateur orientalist and a student of Arabic, like his friend and sometime collaborator, E. Hoffmann Price

Excerpt
As he closed the door behind his patient it seemed that a mask suddenly slipped from the doctor's face, so swift and horrible was the change that came over his features. He had been smiling and suave, but as be turned away from the door his demeanor was more like that of a frenzied madman. His teeth, bared like those of a jungle beast at bay, gleamed white and menacing against the iron-gray of his closely cropped vandyke. His small, deep-set eyes burned malevolently, madly.

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Kline, Otis Adelbert: Maza of the Moon. v1, 27 Feb 2007

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HarryT

Classic "pulp" SF, very much in the style of Edgar Rice Burroughs.

Following the impact of a projectile fired at the Moon from the Earth, the Earth is attacked by a previously-unknown lunar civilization.

Everything you'd expect from the genre; evil villains, beautiful princesses, hideous monsters, etc. Great stuff!

Enjoy!

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Kline, Otis Adelbert: Maza Of The Moon. V1. 18 Jul 2012

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crutledge

Otis Adelbert Kline (1891–1946) born in Chicago, Illinois, USA, was an adventure novelist and literary agent during the pulp era. Much of his work first appeared in the magazine Weird Tales. Kline was an amateur orientalist and a student of Arabic, like his friend and sometime collaborator, E. Hoffmann Price

Excerpt
"You fellows know," he said, "that science, having conquered the air, now wants to conquer interplanetary space. The first logical step is the shortest one. The nearest heavenly body being our moon, and that being far enough away to present a pretty tough problem, the princely reward of a million dollars has been offered the man who will first send a projectile or vehicle across this space and prove it to the satisfaction of the Associated Governments of the Earth.

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Kline, Otis Adelbert: Planet Of Peril. V1. 17 Jul 2012

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crutledge

Otis Adelbert Kline (1891–1946) born in Chicago, Illinois, USA, was an adventure novelist and literary agent during the pulp era. Much of his work first appeared in the magazine Weird Tales. Kline was an amateur orientalist and a student of Arabic, like his friend and sometime collaborator, E. Hoffmann Price

Excerpt
"You will feel an urge to go to a certain place tonight which you may or may not have been planning to go to, and you will want to get there around 8 p.m. Starting at 8:30 p.m., every half hour, I will send you a message. You may not hear it the first or second time, but you may feel distracted. If you are the man I want, it will seem as if a voice is speaking to you. It will be a voice in your mind; it will say `Doctor Morgan' and direct you to go to a particular spot. There a man will be waiting for you; he will ask you a question which I shall also tell you of when I communicate with you. Please give him a hearing before you decide."

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Kline, Otis Adelbert: The Man From The Moon. V1. 18 Jul 2012

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crutledge

Otis Adelbert Kline (1891–1946) born in Chicago, Illinois, USA, was an adventure novelist and literary agent during the pulp era. Much of his work first appeared in the magazine Weird Tales. Kline was an amateur orientalist and a student of Arabic, like his friend and sometime collaborator, E. Hoffmann Price

Excerpt
"You are standing on it," replied the professor. Then, seeing me look around in perplexity, he added: "Crater Mound is the only known Terrestrial formation that exactly resembles in shape the great ring mountains of the moon. If Crater Mound was caused by the impact of a gigantic meteorite with the earth, there is a strong probability that the numerous ringed craters of the moon were created in a like manner."

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Kline, Otis Adelbert: The Outlaws of Mars. v1, 27 Feb 2008

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HarryT

Classic pulp SF in the style of Edgar Rice Burroughs. This book is the sequel to an earlier book called "The Swordsman of Mars" (not currently available as an eBook), but is perfectly readable on its own.

All one can really say is that this is the typical Burroughs' "Barsoom" style book. Warriors, princesses, monsters, etc etc.

Enjoy!

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Kline, Otis Adelbert: The Outlaws Of Mars. V1. 18 Jul 2012

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crutledge

Otis Adelbert Kline (1891–1946) born in Chicago, Illinois, USA, was an adventure novelist and literary agent during the pulp era. Much of his work first appeared in the magazine Weird Tales. Kline was an amateur orientalist and a student of Arabic, like his friend and sometime collaborator, E. Hoffmann Price

Excerpt
"I started out trying to build a device which would pick up and amplify thought waves. This led to contact with a man on Mars who was experimenting in transmitting thought-waves—but not the Mars of today," he added, seeing the expression on Jerry's face. "Lal Vak, the Martian, spoke and still speaks to me from the Mars some millions of years ago, when a human civilization did exist there. We found that personalities could be exchanged between certain Martians and Earthmen who were nearly doubles physically, and whose brain- patterns were similar. Since that time, we established contact with a Venusian, Vorn Vangal who is contemporary with Lal Vak. I am presently in contact with both of these men who, to our niche in space-time have been dead for millions of years. I was able to send two Earthmen to Mars and two to Venus, through personality exchange. The two men on Venus are still alive, and in communication with me. Of the two I sent to Mars, only one remains; the other, who was a criminal, was slain by his fellow-Earthman. This leaves me with only one representative on Mars."

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Kline, Otis Adelbert: The Port Of Peril. V1. 17 Jul 2012

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crutledge

Otis Adelbert Kline (1891–1946) born in Chicago, Illinois, USA, was an adventure novelist and literary agent during the pulp era. Much of his work first appeared in the magazine Weird Tales. Kline was an amateur orientalist and a student of Arabic, like his friend and sometime collaborator, E. Hoffmann Price

Excerpt
Perhaps the furniture and decorations of the personal apartment of Robert Grandon would have appeared bizarre to earthly eyes. Its paneled walls were hung with strange weapons and still stranger trophies of the battlefield and chase—prized treasures of a soldier and a hunter. Skins of marmelots, fiercest cats of the Zorovian fern forests, and tremendous bear-like monsters known as ramphs, magnificent specimens all, were flung on the floor. Cloud- filtered sunlight entered through two immense windows that reached from floor to ceiling, opening on a private balcony which overlooked the palace gardens.

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Kline, Otis Adelbert: The Prince of Peril. V1. 17 Jul 2012

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crutledge

Otis Adelbert Kline (1891–1946) born in Chicago, Illinois, USA, was an adventure novelist and literary agent during the pulp era. Much of his work first appeared in the magazine Weird Tales. Kline was an amateur orientalist and a student of Arabic, like his friend and sometime collaborator, E. Hoffmann Price

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I opened my eyes and sat up abruptly with an inexplicable sense of impending danger. My first glimpse of my surroundings convinced me that I had indeed arrived on Venus. The magnificent riot of vegetation surrounding me —vegetation the like of which I had not seen on Mars, the red, barren planet of my birth, nor on Earth, the more recent planet of my adoption— was sufficient evidence.

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Kline, Otis Adelbert: Venus Omnibus. v1, 27 Feb 2008

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An omnibus edition of Otis Adelbert Kline's "Venus" series, consisting of the following books:

1. Planet of Peril

2. Prince of Peril

3. Port of Peril

These books have a very similar style of those of Edgar Rice Burroughs' "Barsoom" series; if you enjoy those you should enjoy these too.

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Klingemann, August: Die Nachtwachen des Bonaventura german v1 16 feb 2009

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Für Kreuzgang, den einsamen Beobachter seiner überschaubaren kleinen Stadt, ist die Welt ein Irrenhaus und die Gesellschaft verrückt. Nun lebt er abseits von ihr im Dunkel der Nacht, die Spießbürger nur störend, wenn er ihnen die Zeit verkündet. Als Nachtwächter muss sich die Gesellschaft nicht mit Kreuzgang beschäftigen und kann so den Kontakt zu ihm vermeiden. Kreuzgang selbst jedoch nimmt über die Beobachtung der erleuchteten Fenster Anteil an dem Leben seiner Mitbürger. Auf seinen nächtlichen Streifzügen unterhält er sich mit dem Teufel, Gott und sich selbst. Sein eigenes Leben betrachtend, bezweifelt Kreuzgang, "daß der Papst beim Beten andächtiger sein kann, als ich beim blasphemieren"...

Voller blasphemischer und nihilistischer Gedankenspiele beschreibt Klingemann mit rabenschwarzer Ironie und Sarkasmus das Treiben der Öffentlichkeit sowie die Puppenhaftigkeit der Welt.
[Die Nachtwachen des Bonaventura[/ erschien 1804 und die Urheberschaft konnte erst über 100 Jahre später eindeutig geklärt werden. Zuvor versuchte man das Werk u.a. Clemens Brentano, E.T.A. Hoffmann, Karl Friedrich Gottlob Wetzel und auch Caroline Schlegel zuzuschreiben.

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Knatchbull, Wyndham: Kalila and Dimna. v1. 8 Nov 2012

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Kalila and Dimna is a collection of ancient Indian animal fables, the Panchatantra, which was translated into Arabic in 750 CE by Persian scholar Abdullah Ibn al-Muqaffa.

According to many scholars, al-Muqaffa didn't merely translate the book, but also used it to express his own political views.

Unfortunately, this English translation of al-Muqaffa's translation is more than 200 years old and the Reverend Wyndham Knatchbull seems to have slightly bowdlerized some of the stories.

You might like this book if you like fables and metaphors*. For example:

[quotI therefore compared the human race to a man, who, flying from a furious elephant, goes down into a well; he suspends himself from two branches, which are at the brim of it, whilst his feet rest upon something projecting out of its sides, which proves to be the heads of four serpents appearing out of their holes; at the bottom he discovers a dragon with its mouth open ready to swallow him if he should fall; and raising his eye towards the two branches, he sees two rats, one white, and the other black, which are incessantly gnawing their stems ...[/quot

*Hopefully, I didn't mix up metaphors with metonyms or other rhetorical devices. :)

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Knibbs, Henry Herbert: Jim Waring of Sonora-Town. V1. 18 Dec 2009

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Knibbs, Henry Herbert, 1874-1945, wrote 13 novels and six books of poems.Rembered most for his Western Poetry.

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Waring picketed his horse in a dim angle of the Agua Fria Cañon, spread his saddle-blanket to dry in the afternoon sun, and, climbing to a narrow ledge, surveyed the Cañon from end to end with a pair of high-power glasses. He knew the men he sought would ride south. He was reasonably certain that they would not ride through the Cañon in daylight. The natural trail through the Agua Fria was along the western wall; a trail that he had avoided, working his toilsome way down the eastern side through a labyrinth of brush and rock that had concealed him from view. A few hundred yards below his hasty camp a sandy arroyo crossed the cañon’s mouth.

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Knibbs, Henry Herbert: Overland Red. V1. 18 Dec 2009

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Knibbs, Henry Herbert, 1874-1945, wrote 13 novels and six books of poems.Rembered most for his Western Poetry.

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Through the San Fernando Valley, toward the hills of Calabasas runs that old road, El Camino Real of the early Mission days.
And now replicas of old Mission bells, each suspended in solitary dignity from a rusted iron rod, mark intervals along the dusty way, once a narrow trail worn by the patient feet of that gentle and great padre, Junípero Serra,—a trail from the San Gabriel Valley to the shores of Monterey. A narrow trail then, but, even then, to him it was broad in its potential significance of the dawn of Grace upon the mountain shores of Heaven's lost garden, California.

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Knibbs, Henry Herbert: Partners of Chance. V1. 19 Dec 2009

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Knibbs, Henry Herbert, 1874-1945, wrote 13 novels and six books of poems.Rembered most for his Western Poetry.

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Little Jim knew that something strange had happened, because Big Jim, his father, had sold their few head of cattle, the work team, and the farm implements, keeping only the two saddle-horses and the pack-horse, Filaree. When Little Jim asked where his mother had gone, Big Jim told him that she had gone on a visit, and would be away a long time. Little Jim wanted to know if his mother would ever come back. When Big Jim said that she would not, Little Jim manfully suppressed his tears, and, being of that frontier stock that always has an eye to the main chance, he thrust out his hand. "Well, I'll stick with you, dad. I reckon we can make the grade."

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Knibbs, Henry herbert: The Ridin Kid v1 13 apr 2009

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Classic western published in 1919.

Richly illustrated. I couldn't get any info on the author, but this is a good read with a very realistic undertone. Here is an excerpt:

[QUOTWith the inevitable pinto or calico horse in his string the horse-trader drifted toward the distant town of Concho, accompanied by a lazy cloud of dust, a slat-ribbed dog, and a knock-kneed foal that insisted on getting in the way of the wagon team. Strung out behind this indolently moving aggregation of desert adventurers plodded an indifferent lot of cayuses, their heads lowered and their eyes filled with dust.

Young Pete, perched on a saddle much too large for him, hazed the tired horses with a professional "Hi! Yah! Git in there, you doggone, onnery, three-legged pole-cat you!" A gratuitous command, for the three-legged pole-cat referred to had no other ambition than to shuffle wearily along behind the wagon in the hope that somewhere ahead was good grazing, water, and chance shade.

The trader was lean, rat-eyed, and of a vicious temper. Comparatively, the worst horse in his string was a gentleman. Horse-trading and whiskey go arm-in-arm, accompanied by their copartners, profanity and tobacco-chewing. In the right hand of the horse-trader is guile and in his left hand is trickery. And this squalid, slovenly-booted, and sombrero'd gentleman of the outlands lived down to and even beneath all the vicarious traditions of his kind, a pariah of the waste places, tolerated in the environs of this or that desert town chiefly because of Young Pete, who was popular, despite the fact that he bartered profanely for chuck at the stores, picketed the horses in pasturage already preempted by the natives, watered the horses where water was scarce and for local consumption only, and lied eloquently as to the qualities of his master's caviayard when a trade was in progress. For these manful services Young Pete received scant rations and much abuse.

Pete had been picked up in the town of Enright, where no one seemed to have a definite record of his immediate ancestry. He was quite willing to go with the trader, his only stipulation being that he be allowed to bring along his dog, another denizen of Enright whose ancestry was as vague as were his chances of getting a square meal a day. Yet the dog, despite lean rations, suffered less than Young Pete, for the dog trusted no man. Consequently he was just out of reach when the trader wanted to kick something. Young Pete was not always so fortunate. But he was not altogether unhappy. He had responsibilities, especially when the trader was drunk and the horses needed attention. Pete learned much profanity without realizing its significance. He also learned to chew tobacco and realized its immediate significance. He mastered the art, however, and became in his own estimation a man grown—a twelve-year-old man who could swear, chew, and show horses to advantage when the trader could not, because the horses were not afraid of Young Pete.[/QUOT

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Knibbs, Henry Herbert: The Ridin' Kid from Powder River. V1. 19 Dec 2009

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Knibbs, Henry Herbert, 1874-1945, wrote 13 novels and six books of poems.Rembered most for his Western Poetry.

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With the inevitable pinto or calico horse in his string the horse-trader drifted toward the distant town of Concho, accompanied by a lazy cloud of dust, a slat-ribbed dog, and a knock-kneed foal that insisted on getting in the way of the wagon team. Strung out behind this indolently moving aggregation of desert adventurers plodded an indifferent lot of cayuses, their heads lowered and their eyes filled with dust.

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Knigge, Adolph Freiherr von: Über den Umgang mit Menschen [German]. V1. 13-12-2010

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Freiherr Adolph Franz Friedrich Ludwig Knigge (* 16. Oktober 1752 in Bredenbeck bei Hannover; † 6. Mai 1796 in Bremen) war ein deutscher Schriftsteller und Aufklärer. Bekannt wurde er vor allem durch seine Schrift Über den Umgang mit Menschen. Sein Name steht heute stellvertretend, aber irrtümlich für Benimmratgeber, die mit Knigges eher soziologisch ausgerichtetem Werk nichts gemein haben.
1788 erschien die erste Ausgabe seines wohl bekanntesten We[rkes Über den Umgang mit Menschen[/ (heute einfach kurz als „Knigge“ bekannt). Knigge beabsichtigte damit eine Aufklärungsschrift für Taktgefühl und Höflichkeit im Umgang mit den Generationen, Berufen, Charakteren, die einem auch Enttäuschungen ersparen sollte. Man kann seine durchdachten und weltkundigen Erläuterungen sehr wohl als angewandte Soziologie würdigen, was in den Abschnitten [Über den Umgang mit Kindern[/, [Über den Umgang mit Ärzten[/, [Über den Umgang mit Jähzornigen[/, [Über den Umgang mit Schurken[/ und nicht zuletzt Ü[ber den Umgang mit sich selbst[/ deutlich wird.
Irrtümlicherweise wurde dieses Buch späterhin als Benimmbuch missverstanden, oft nur nach Hörensagen. Dieses Missverständnis verstärkte bereits der Verlag, indem er nach dem Tode von Knigge das Werk um Benimmregeln erweiterte. Außerdem ist bekannt, dass etwa alle zehn Jahre eine neue Ausgabe herausgegeben wurde – hauptsächlich mit Kleiderregeln. Heute erwartet man von einem „Knigge“ meist Hinweise, wie man Rot- zu Weißweingläsern beim gedeckten Tisch zueinander gruppiert; derlei überging Knigge selbst jedoch völlig.
Quelle: Wikipedia

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Knight, Eric: Lassie Come-Home (1940), v1, 22 Nov 2019

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Famous novel by Eric Knight (1897-1943), filmed in 1943 with a young Roddy MacDowell as the boy, and a young Elizabeth Taylor in a supporting role. Lassie was portrayed by a male dog named Pal, but credited as "Lassie".

The superb illustrations by Marguerite Kirmse are still copyright and have been omitted.

A very hard-up Yorkshire family sells their beloved dog "Lassie" to help make ends meet, but Lassie won't say sold. Much of the story is of her travels home from the north of Scotland.

And the correct title is "Lassie Come-Home", with the hyphen.

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Knight, Eric: Sam Small Flies Again (1942); v1; 22 Nov 2011

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Ten tall (some very tall) tales of Yorkshireman Sam Small, who finds himself literally beside himself, then owner of a very unusual puppy dog who, on occasion, needs girls' clothes; a trans-Atlantic flight without benefit of aeroplane; and more.

Whimsy and fantasy.

1: All Yankees Are Liars
2: Strong in the Arms
3: Sam Small’s Better Half
4: The Flying Yorkshireman
5: Sam Small’s Tyke
6: Never Come Monday
7: Cockles for Tea
8: Mary Ann and the Duke
9: Constable Sam and the Ugly Tyke
10: The Truth About Rudolf Hess (or Sam Small Flies Again)

The cover is not the best, but it is the best I could find, and is from the US edition.

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Knight, Eric: You Play the Black and the Red Comes up; v1; 8 Mar 2021

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British author Eric Knight is best remembered as the author of "Lassie Come-Home", the best selling sentimental animal novel; he also wrote the whimsical fantasy "Sam Small Flies again". (Both are in this Library). This novel shows just how versatile he was: it's a hard-boiled "noir" novel of the USA depression, authentic in style and downbeat in tone, and he wrote it in 1938, BEFORE the other two. Knight died in WW2.

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Knortz, Karl: Hexen, Teufel und Blocksbergspuk (German). v1. 10 Apr 2013

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Karl Knortz (1841 – 1918) war ein deutsch-amerikanischer Schriftsteller, Übersetzer und Volkskundler, der in Deutschland insbesondere durch sein Buch "Märchen und Sagen der nordamerikanischen Indianer" bekannt wurde.

Sein Buch "Hexen, Teufel und Blocksbergspuk in Geschichte, Sage und Literatur", das er "Allen anmutigen Blocksberghexlein und munteren Teufelsbrüdern des Harzgebirges" gewidmet hat, ist eine unterhaltsame Zusammenstellung von Hexen- und Teufelssagen aus der ganzen Welt.

[SIZE="1"]Der Text dieser Ausgabe wurde weitestgehend von Wikisource übernommen.
Für das Titelbild wurde das Gemälde "Die Hexe auf dem Sabbath" des spanischen Malers Luis Ricardo Falero (1851 – 1896) verwendet.[/SIZ

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Knowles, Sir James: The Legends Of King Arthur And His Knights. v1. 3 Jul 2015

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Knowles, Sir James Birthplace: Reigate, Surrey, England, UK Birthdate: 13 October 1831 Deathdate: 13 February 1908

At those words Vortigern’s face grew white as ashes, and, rising in confusion and disorder, he sent for all the best artificers and craftsmen and mechanics, and commanded them vehemently to go and build him straightway in the furthest west of his lands a great and strong castle, where he might fly for refuge and escape the vengeance of his master’s sons—“and, moreover,” cried he, “let the work be done within a hundred days from now, or I will surely spare no life amongst you all.”

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Knudsen, Johannes: Den danske ishavsfarer Jens Munk (illustr.)[Danish].v1.20 Oct 2012

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Den dansk-norske sjøfarer Jens Munk er en av de glemte oppdagere. Han var blant de første som forsøkte å finne Nordvest-passasjen, men hans overvintring i Hudson-bukten ble tragisk: Bare tre av mannskapet på over seksti overlevde.

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Kobell, Franz von: Brandner-Kasper (German) V1. 21 Jul 2013

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»Die G’schicht von’ Brandner-Kasper« gehört zu den bekanntesten bayerischen Erzählungen. Eines Abends erscheint beim alten Brandner-Kasper, einem Handwerker und Jagdgehilfen, der Boanlkramer (der Tod) und will ihn mit sich nehmen. Durch Schnaps und Betrügereien beim Kartenspiel ergaunert er sich zusätzliche Lebensjahre.
Die Geschichte wurde mehrfach fürs Theater adaptiert und verfilmt. Die Inszenierung von Christian Stückl wird seit 2005 am Münchner Volkstheater aufgeführt, die bisher letzte Verfilmung (2008) stammt von Joseph Vilsmaier mit Franz Xaver Kroetz und Michael Bully Herbig in den Hauptrollen.

Franz von Kobell (1803–1882) war ein Münchner Mineraloge und Schriftsteller. Er erfand das Stauroskop, ein Gerät zur Beobachtung der Schwingungsrichtungen polarisierten Lichtes durch Kristalle, und arbeitete an galvanischen Vervielfältigungsmethoden. 1839 nahm er die ersten Daguerreotypien in Deutschland auf und führte später zur Fixierung von Lichtbildern Silberchlorid-Papiere ein.
Als Schriftsteller veröffentlichte er Gedichte im oberbayerischen Dialekt, sammelte bayerische Lieder und schrieb Erzählungen.

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Koren, Kristiane: Dagbøger 1808-1814 [Norwegian].v1. 02 May 2014

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Nasjonalbiblioteket har gitt ut de første 35 av 100 planlagte epub-bøker. Bøkene er korrekturlest, men noen litt uvanlige valg med hensyn til oppsett ødelegger leseopplevelsen litt. F. eks. er sidetall/sideombrekning beholdt. Jeg har endret på layout for å gi, i mine øyne, en bedre leseopplevelse.

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Kraft, Robert: Auf der Kommandobrücke V1.5 [German] 03.02.2021

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Robert Kraft wurde in Leipzig als Sohn eines Weinhändlers geboren. Die Eltern ließen sich früh scheiden, und der Sohn riss infolge der strengen Atmosphäre im Elternhaus oft aus. Vom Gymnasium wurde er infolge seiner Fehlstunden relegiert. Anschließend absolvierte er auf Anordnung seines Vaters eine Lehre als Schlosser und besuchte ab 1887 die Königliche Höhere Gewerbeschule in Chemnitz.

1889 stahl er seinem Vater eine Geldsumme und wurde kurze Zeit später dafür inhaftiert. In Hamburg heuerte er auf dem Schiff „Shakespeare“ an, das vor Grönland kenterte. Nach der Rettung aus See fuhr er auf weiteren Schiffen um die ganze Welt, um schließlich 1890 nach Ägypten zu gelangen, wo er mit Gelegenheitsarbeiten sein Leben fristete und mit einer einheimischen Frau in der Wüste zusammenlebte. Um nach Konstantinopel zu gelangen, fuhr er als blinder Passagier auf einem Schiff mit und erkrankte unterwegs an der Cholera.

Das deutsche Konsulat in Konstantinopel forderte ihn auf, möglichst bald seinen Wehrdienst abzuleisten. So kam er nach Wilhelmshaven und diente drei Jahre in der kaiserlichen Marine. Nach eigenen Angaben verbrachte er die meiste Zeit in einem Lager für ausgemusterte Bücher aus Schiffsbibliotheken und fand daneben genügend Zeit zum Lesen. Anschließend zog es ihn erneut nach Ägypten, um Wüstenjäger zu werden. Dort kam es in der libyschen Wüste zu Begegnungen mit Rifai-Derwischen, in deren Verlauf er sich intensiv mit übersinnlichen Phänomenen beschäftigte. Gleichzeitig musste er sich eingestehen, dass er für ein abenteuerliches Leben fern europäischer Annehmlichkeiten nicht geschaffen war.

Als in Deutschland die Aussöhnung mit seinem Vater scheiterte, zog er nach London und heiratete 1895 Johanna Rehbein. Das Paar hatte zwei Töchter. Durch deutsche Bekannte ergaben sich Kontakte zum Verlag Münchmeyer in Dresden, in dessen Auftrag er Kolportageromane verfertigen sollte. Die Zusage des Verlags führte 1896 zur Heimkehr nach Deutschland. Als später noch sein Vater starb, erbte er dessen beachtliches Vermögen. Mit seiner Familie reiste er 1902 nach Monte Carlo, anschließend nach London und brachte innerhalb eines Jahres sein gesamtes Vermögen wieder durch. Mittellos zog er erneut nach Deutschland, um Kolportage zu schreiben, lebte in Kleinzschachwitz bei Dresden, Friedrichshagen, Bad Schandau, Dresden und Hamburg.

Am 10. Mai 1916 starb Robert Kraft im Alter von 46 Jahren in Haffkrug an einem Magenleiden. Seine Ehefrau und seine beiden Töchter blieben mittellos zurück.

Auf der Kommandobrücke. Eine Erinnerung von Robert Kraft. Mit 2 Originalzeichnungen von E.Jensen.
(in)
ILLUSTRIERTER DEUTSCHER FLOTTENKALENDER FÜR 1913.

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Kraft, Robert: Das Seegespenst V1.5 [German] 03.02.2021

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Robert Kraft wurde in Leipzig als Sohn eines Weinhändlers geboren. Die Eltern ließen sich früh scheiden, und der Sohn riss infolge der strengen Atmosphäre im Elternhaus oft aus. Vom Gymnasium wurde er infolge seiner Fehlstunden relegiert. Anschließend absolvierte er auf Anordnung seines Vaters eine Lehre als Schlosser und besuchte ab 1887 die Königliche Höhere Gewerbeschule in Chemnitz.

1889 stahl er seinem Vater eine Geldsumme und wurde kurze Zeit später dafür inhaftiert. In Hamburg heuerte er auf dem Schiff „Shakespeare“ an, das vor Grönland kenterte. Nach der Rettung aus See fuhr er auf weiteren Schiffen um die ganze Welt, um schließlich 1890 nach Ägypten zu gelangen, wo er mit Gelegenheitsarbeiten sein Leben fristete und mit einer einheimischen Frau in der Wüste zusammenlebte. Um nach Konstantinopel zu gelangen, fuhr er als blinder Passagier auf einem Schiff mit und erkrankte unterwegs an der Cholera.

Das deutsche Konsulat in Konstantinopel forderte ihn auf, möglichst bald seinen Wehrdienst abzuleisten. So kam er nach Wilhelmshaven und diente drei Jahre in der kaiserlichen Marine. Nach eigenen Angaben verbrachte er die meiste Zeit in einem Lager für ausgemusterte Bücher aus Schiffsbibliotheken und fand daneben genügend Zeit zum Lesen. Anschließend zog es ihn erneut nach Ägypten, um Wüstenjäger zu werden. Dort kam es in der libyschen Wüste zu Begegnungen mit Rifai-Derwischen, in deren Verlauf er sich intensiv mit übersinnlichen Phänomenen beschäftigte. Gleichzeitig musste er sich eingestehen, dass er für ein abenteuerliches Leben fern europäischer Annehmlichkeiten nicht geschaffen war.

Als in Deutschland die Aussöhnung mit seinem Vater scheiterte, zog er nach London und heiratete 1895 Johanna Rehbein. Das Paar hatte zwei Töchter. Durch deutsche Bekannte ergaben sich Kontakte zum Verlag Münchmeyer in Dresden, in dessen Auftrag er Kolportageromane verfertigen sollte. Die Zusage des Verlags führte 1896 zur Heimkehr nach Deutschland. Als später noch sein Vater starb, erbte er dessen beachtliches Vermögen. Mit seiner Familie reiste er 1902 nach Monte Carlo, anschließend nach London und brachte innerhalb eines Jahres sein gesamtes Vermögen wieder durch. Mittellos zog er erneut nach Deutschland, um Kolportage zu schreiben, lebte in Kleinzschachwitz bei Dresden, Friedrichshagen, Bad Schandau, Dresden und Hamburg.

Am 10. Mai 1916 starb Robert Kraft im Alter von 46 Jahren in Haffkrug an einem Magenleiden. Seine Ehefrau und seine beiden Töchter blieben mittellos zurück.

Das Seegespenst Der Erstdruck erschien 1910 in DAS BUCH FÜR ALLE

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Kraft, Robert: Der Medizinmann V1.5 [German] 03.02.2021

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obert Kraft wurde in Leipzig als Sohn eines Weinhändlers geboren. Die Eltern ließen sich früh scheiden, und der Sohn riss infolge der strengen Atmosphäre im Elternhaus oft aus. Vom Gymnasium wurde er infolge seiner Fehlstunden relegiert. Anschließend absolvierte er auf Anordnung seines Vaters eine Lehre als Schlosser und besuchte ab 1887 die Königliche Höhere Gewerbeschule in Chemnitz.

1889 stahl er seinem Vater eine Geldsumme und wurde kurze Zeit später dafür inhaftiert. In Hamburg heuerte er auf dem Schiff „Shakespeare“ an, das vor Grönland kenterte. Nach der Rettung aus See fuhr er auf weiteren Schiffen um die ganze Welt, um schließlich 1890 nach Ägypten zu gelangen, wo er mit Gelegenheitsarbeiten sein Leben fristete und mit einer einheimischen Frau in der Wüste zusammenlebte. Um nach Konstantinopel zu gelangen, fuhr er als blinder Passagier auf einem Schiff mit und erkrankte unterwegs an der Cholera.

Das deutsche Konsulat in Konstantinopel forderte ihn auf, möglichst bald seinen Wehrdienst abzuleisten. So kam er nach Wilhelmshaven und diente drei Jahre in der kaiserlichen Marine. Nach eigenen Angaben verbrachte er die meiste Zeit in einem Lager für ausgemusterte Bücher aus Schiffsbibliotheken und fand daneben genügend Zeit zum Lesen. Anschließend zog es ihn erneut nach Ägypten, um Wüstenjäger zu werden. Dort kam es in der libyschen Wüste zu Begegnungen mit Rifai-Derwischen, in deren Verlauf er sich intensiv mit übersinnlichen Phänomenen beschäftigte. Gleichzeitig musste er sich eingestehen, dass er für ein abenteuerliches Leben fern europäischer Annehmlichkeiten nicht geschaffen war.

Als in Deutschland die Aussöhnung mit seinem Vater scheiterte, zog er nach London und heiratete 1895 Johanna Rehbein. Das Paar hatte zwei Töchter. Durch deutsche Bekannte ergaben sich Kontakte zum Verlag Münchmeyer in Dresden, in dessen Auftrag er Kolportageromane verfertigen sollte. Die Zusage des Verlags führte 1896 zur Heimkehr nach Deutschland. Als später noch sein Vater starb, erbte er dessen beachtliches Vermögen. Mit seiner Familie reiste er 1902 nach Monte Carlo, anschließend nach London und brachte innerhalb eines Jahres sein gesamtes Vermögen wieder durch. Mittellos zog er erneut nach Deutschland, um Kolportage zu schreiben, lebte in Kleinzschachwitz bei Dresden, Friedrichshagen, Bad Schandau, Dresden und Hamburg.

Am 10. Mai 1916 starb Robert Kraft im Alter von 46 Jahren in Haffkrug an einem Magenleiden. Seine Ehefrau und seine beiden Töchter blieben mittellos zurück.

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Eine phantastische, elektrische Erzählung im Wilden Westen.

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Robert Kraft

wurde am 3. Oktober 1869 als Sohn eines Weinhändlers in Leipzig geboren. Die Mutter verließ früh die Familie und der junge Robert wuchs in zerrütteten Familienverhältnissen auf. Mehrfach riss er von zu Hause aus und musste wegen häufiger Fehlzeiten das Gymnasium verlassen; danach absolvierte er eine Schlosserlehre, deren Abschluss ihm das Studium an der Königlichen Höheren Gewerbeschule in Chemnitz ermöglichte. Im August 1889 stahl er dem Vater einen größeren Geldbetrag und tauchte unter, wurde aber gefasst und saß für kurze Zeit im Gefängnis. Danach heuerte er in Hamburg auf einem Schiff an, der Shakespeare, mit der er auf seiner ersten Fahrt über den Atlantik Schiffbruch erlitt. Die nächste Reise führte ihn nach Ägypten, wo er sich mittellos durch das Land schlug, und eine Zeitlang mit einer jungen schwarzen Frau in der Wüste zusammenlebte. Um nach Konstantinopel zu gelangen, schlich Kraft sich als blinder Passagier auf ein Pilgerschiff, auf dem ein geldgieriger Schiffsagent die Trinkwassertanks verseucht hatte. Viele Passagiere starben, und auch Kraft erkrankte an der Cholera, wurde aber gerettet, und kehrte nach Deutschland zurück, um seinen Wehrdienst abzuleisten. Bald danach verschlug es ihn erneut nach Ägypten, wo er in der Libyschen Wüste Kontakt zur Sekte der Rufai-Derwische bekam.

In jener Zeit beschäftigte sich Kraft intensiv mit übersinnlichen Phänomenen, die später in erheblichem Umfang Eingang in sein schriftstellerisches Werk fanden. In den Ruinen eines alten Araberdorfes stieß Kraft beim Sturz in eine Grabkammer auf eine kleine antike Figur, eine Sphinx mit roten Augen, die später als ständiger Quell der Inspiration auf seinem Arbeitstisch stand, und die sich heute im Besitz des Karl-May-Verlags in Bamberg befinden soll. Von Ägypten aus ging Kraft nach London, wo er im Juni 1895 Johanna Mathilda Rehbein, eine Deutsch-Engländerin, heiratete, und wo auch die erste Tochter Emilie geboren wurde. Auf Anraten eines deutschstämmigen Bekannten nahm Kraft Kontakt mit dem Münchmeyer-Verlag in Dresden auf, für den er noch im gleichen Jahr »Kolportageliteratur« zu schreiben begann. Bald dar-auf kehrten die Krafts nach Deutschland zurück, wo es zu einer Normalisierung der angespannten Beziehung zum Vater kam. Als dieser starb, erbte Kraft ein größeres Vermögen, das ihn aber nur vorübergehend von der Last, durch ein enormes schrift-stellerisches Arbeitspensum das Familieneinkommen erwirtschaften zu müssen, befreite. Mitsamt seiner Familie reiste er ins europäische Spielerparadies Monte Carlo, um schriftstellerische Studien zu betreiben; war aber nach einem Jahr wieder so mittellos wie zuvor und – nach Deutschland zurückgekehrt – gezwungen, sich erneut der Fron der Kolportageschriftstellerei zu unterwerfen. Als Robert Kraft am 10. Mai 1916 plötzlich und unerwartet im Alter von nur 46 Jahren verstarb, ließ er seine Frau und die beiden Töchter in ärmlichsten Verhältnissen zurück.

Detektiv Nobody 1. Bd.

Im Auftrag von ›Worlds Magazine‹ nimmt Detektiv Nobody zusammen mit dem tollkühnen Kapitän Flederwisch, dem Japaner Keigo, den er vor dem Galgen gerettet hat, und anderen Getreuen den Kampf mit der Geheimorganisation des Gelben Drachen auf. Die Fahrt der Gefährten auf Nobodys Jacht, die sie in die chinesischen Gewässer führen soll, wird in Ägypten unterbrochen, wo Nobodys frühere Geliebte plant, ihn mit Hilfe ihrer Freunde in eine mörderische Falle zu locken. Nobody erfährt von den verbrecherischen Plänen und versucht, seinen Feinden zuvorzukommen, – da begegnet ihm mitten in der libyschen Wüste eine unbekannte blonde Schönheit, eine Wüstenräuberin, die ihn in ihre geheime unterirdische Felsenwohnung entführt. Doch süßem Liebesvergnügen folgt schon bald neue Gefahr. (Benu-Verlag)

Robert Kraft ist ein zu Unrecht in Vergessenheit geratener deutscher Abenteuerschriftsteller. Dabei war er so produktiv wie May und meiner Meinung nach stilistisch meilenweit überlegen, Dies ist der erste Band der Detektiv Nobody Abenteuer (noch weitere drei stehen als Text zur Verfügung)
Ich würde mich freuen, wenn ich Feedback zu diesem Buch bekommen würde, un zu wissen, ob ich diese Reihe fortsetzen soll.

PS:Als Kind seiner Zeit flicht Kraft zeitweise derbe antisemitische Seitenhiebe ein.

Ich habe zum Teil Korrektur gelesen und neu formatiert. Fehler können allerdings noch vorkommen, die ich auch noch zu tilgen gedenke. Bitte Fehlermeldungen an mich weitergeben.

Viel Spass mit diesem (in bestem Sinne) Groschenroman

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Der vierte Teil der Abenteuer von Detektiv Nobody. Hier sind leider wieder einige rassistische Ergüsse enthalten. Bitte einfach überlesen. Kraft ist ab und zu über alle Massen modern, all zu oft jedoch auch Kind seiner Zeit.

Trotzdem viel Spass.

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Lang hat's gedauert, ist aber (endlich) gut? Der fünfte Teil von Detektiv Nobody's Reiseabenteuern, ein Pracht beispiel früher deutscher Trivialliteratur (Kolportage), die sich in Anspruch und Qualität durchaus mit den englischsprachigen Zeitgenossen vergleichen lässt. Ursprünglich als Einzelgeschichten geschrieben, lässt sich dieser Band (wie die vorherigen auch) durchaus von Kapitel zu Kapitel lesen. Dieses eBook wurde aus einem digitalisierten Exemplar in Frakturschrift übertragen, daher bitte ich um Gnade bei Entdeckung etwaiger Fehler und, selbstverständlich, um Benachrichtigung!

Zu Robert Kraft:

Robert Kraft wurde in Leipzig als Sohn eines Weinhändlers geboren. Die Eltern ließen sich früh scheiden, und der Sohn riss infolge der strengen Atmosphäre im Elternhaus oft aus. Vom Gymnasium wurde er infolge seiner Fehlstunden relegiert. Anschließend absolvierte er auf Anordnung seines Vaters eine Lehre als Schlosser und besuchte ab 1887 die Königliche Höhere Gewerbeschule in Chemnitz.
1889 stahl er seinem Vater eine Geldsumme und wurde kurze Zeit später dafür inhaftiert. In Hamburg heuerte er auf dem Schiff "Shakespeare" an, das vor Grönland kenterte. Nach der Rettung aus See fuhr er auf weiteren Schiffen um die ganze Welt, um schließlich 1890 nach Ägypten zu gelangen, wo er mit Gelegenheitsarbeiten sein Leben fristete und mit einer eingeborenen Frau in der Wüste zusammenlebte. Um nach Konstantinopel zu gelangen, fuhr er als blinder Passagier auf einem Schiff mit und erkrankte unterwegs an der Cholera.
Das deutsche Konsulat in Konstantinopel forderte ihn auf, möglichst bald seinen Wehrdienst abzuleisten. So kam er nach Wilhelmshaven und diente drei Jahre in der kaiserlichen Marine. Nach eigenen Angaben verbrachte er die meiste Zeit in einem Lager für ausgemusterte Bücher aus Schiffsbibliotheken und fand daneben genügend Zeit zum Lesen. Anschließend zog es ihn erneut nach Ägypten, um Wüstenjäger zu werden. Dort kam es in der Libyschen Wüste zu Begegnungen mit Rifai-Derwischen, in deren Verlauf er sich intensiv mit übersinnlichen Phänomenen beschäftigte. Gleichzeitig musste er sich eingestehen, dass er für ein abenteuerliches Leben fern jeglicher Zivilisation nicht geschaffen war.
Als in Deutschland die Aussöhnung mit seinem Vater scheiterte, zog er nach London und heiratete 1895 Johanna Rehbein, die ihm in Folge zwei Töchter gebar. Durch deutsche Bekannte ergaben sich Kontakte zum Verlag Münchmeyer in Dresden, in dessen Auftrag er Kolportageromane verfertigen sollte. Die Zusage des Verlags führte 1896 zur Heimkehr nach Deutschland. Als später noch sein Vater starb, erbte er dessen beachtliches Vermögen. Mit seiner Familie reiste er 1902 nach Monte Carlo, anschließend nach London und brachte innerhalb eines Jahres sein gesamtes Vermögen wieder durch. Mittellos zog er erneut nach Deutschland, um Kolportage zu schreiben, lebte in Kleinzschachwitz bei Dresden, Berlin-Friedrichshagen, Bad Schandau, Dresden und Hamburg.
Am 10. Mai 1916 starb Robert Kraft im Alter von 46 Jahren in Haffkrug an einem Magenleiden. Seine Ehefrau und seine beiden Töchter blieben mittellos zurück.
Nach Krafts Tod erwarb der Karl-May-Verleger E. A. Schmid alle Rechte an Krafts Werken, um sie in dem ebenfalls zu diesem Zweck erworbenen Verlag Haupt & Hammon ab 1918 postum zu verlegen.(Wikipedia)

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Autor:
Emil Robert Kraft (* 3. Oktober 1869 in Leipzig; † 10. Mai 1916 in Haffkrug) war ein deutscher Schriftsteller.

Robert Kraft wurde in Leipzig als Sohn eines Weinhändlers geboren. Die Eltern ließen sich früh scheiden, und der Sohn riss infolge der strengen Atmosphäre im Elternhaus oft aus. Vom Gymnasium wurde er infolge seiner Fehlstunden relegiert. Anschließend absolvierte er auf Anordnung seines Vaters eine Lehre als Schlosser und besuchte ab 1887 die Königliche Höhere Gewerbeschule in Chemnitz.

1889 stahl er seinem Vater eine Geldsumme und wurde kurze Zeit später dafür inhaftiert. In Hamburg heuerte er auf dem Schiff "Shakespeare" an, das vor Grönland kenterte. Nach der Rettung aus See fuhr er auf weiteren Schiffen um die ganze Welt, um schließlich 1890 nach Ägypten zu gelangen, wo er mit Gelegenheitsarbeiten sein Leben fristete und mit einer eingeborenen Frau in der Wüste zusammenlebte. Um nach Konstantinopel zu gelangen, fuhr er als blinder Passagier auf einem Schiff mit und erkrankte unterwegs an der Cholera.

Das deutsche Konsulat in Konstantinopel forderte ihn auf, möglichst bald seinen Wehrdienst abzuleisten. So kam er nach Wilhelmshaven und diente drei Jahre in der kaiserlichen Marine. Nach eigenen Angaben verbrachte er die meiste Zeit in einem Lager für ausgemusterte Bücher aus Schiffsbibliotheken und fand daneben genügend Zeit zum Lesen. Anschließend zog es ihn erneut nach Ägypten, um Wüstenjäger zu werden. Dort kam es in der Libyschen Wüste zu Begegnungen mit Rifai-Derwischen, in deren Verlauf er sich intensiv mit übersinnlichen Phänomenen beschäftigte. Gleichzeitig musste er sich eingestehen, dass er für ein abenteuerliches Leben fern jeglicher Zivilisation nicht geschaffen war.

Als in Deutschland die Aussöhnung mit seinem Vater scheiterte, zog er nach London und heiratete 1895 Johanna Rehbein, die ihm in Folge zwei Töchter gebar. Durch deutsche Bekannte ergaben sich Kontakte zum Verlag Münchmeyer in Dresden, in dessen Auftrag er Kolportageromane verfertigen sollte. Die Zusage des Verlags führte 1896 zur Heimkehr nach Deutschland. Als später noch sein Vater starb, erbte er dessen beachtliches Vermögen. Mit seiner Familie reiste er 1902 nach Monte Carlo, anschließend nach London und brachte innerhalb eines Jahres sein gesamtes Vermögen wieder durch. Mittellos zog er erneut nach Deutschland, um Kolportage zu schreiben, lebte in Kleinzschachwitz bei Dresden, Berlin-Friedrichshagen, Bad Schandau, Dresden und Hamburg.

Am 10. Mai 1916 starb Robert Kraft im Alter von 46 Jahren in Haffkrug an einem Magenleiden. Seine Ehefrau und seine beiden Töchter blieben mittellos zurück.

Nach Krafts Tod erwarb der Karl-May-Verleger E. A. Schmid alle Rechte an Krafts Werken, um sie in dem ebenfalls zu diesem Zweck erworbenen Verlag Haupt & Hammon ab 1918 postum zu verlegen.(Wikipedia)

Buch

Detektiv Nobody reitet endlich wieder. Ob in Mexiko, im Wilden Westen oder in Russland, diese frühe Mischung aus Sherlock Holmes und Superman weiß alles und löst alle Rätsel. Viel Spaß beim Lesen! Dies ist der sechste Teil von Nobodys Abenteuern.

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Emil Robert Kraft (* 3. Oktober 1869 in Leipzig; † 10. Mai 1916 in Haffkrug) war ein deutscher Schriftsteller.

Robert Kraft wurde in Leipzig als Sohn eines Weinhändlers geboren. Die Eltern ließen sich früh scheiden, und der Sohn riss infolge der strengen Atmosphäre im Elternhaus oft aus. Vom Gymnasium wurde er infolge seiner Fehlstunden relegiert. Anschließend absolvierte er auf Anordnung seines Vaters eine Lehre als Schlosser und besuchte ab 1887 die Königliche Höhere Gewerbeschule in Chemnitz.

1889 stahl er seinem Vater eine Geldsumme und wurde kurze Zeit später dafür inhaftiert. In Hamburg heuerte er auf dem Schiff "Shakespeare" an, das vor Grönland kenterte. Nach der Rettung aus See fuhr er auf weiteren Schiffen um die ganze Welt, um schließlich 1890 nach Ägypten zu gelangen, wo er mit Gelegenheitsarbeiten sein Leben fristete und mit einer eingeborenen Frau in der Wüste zusammenlebte. Um nach Konstantinopel zu gelangen, fuhr er als blinder Passagier auf einem Schiff mit und erkrankte unterwegs an der Cholera.

Das deutsche Konsulat in Konstantinopel forderte ihn auf, möglichst bald seinen Wehrdienst abzuleisten. So kam er nach Wilhelmshaven und diente drei Jahre in der kaiserlichen Marine. Nach eigenen Angaben verbrachte er die meiste Zeit in einem Lager für ausgemusterte Bücher aus Schiffsbibliotheken und fand daneben genügend Zeit zum Lesen. Anschließend zog es ihn erneut nach Ägypten, um Wüstenjäger zu werden. Dort kam es in der Libyschen Wüste zu Begegnungen mit Rifai-Derwischen, in deren Verlauf er sich intensiv mit übersinnlichen Phänomenen beschäftigte. Gleichzeitig musste er sich eingestehen, dass er für ein abenteuerliches Leben fern jeglicher Zivilisation nicht geschaffen war.

Als in Deutschland die Aussöhnung mit seinem Vater scheiterte, zog er nach London und heiratete 1895 Johanna Rehbein, die ihm in Folge zwei Töchter gebar. Durch deutsche Bekannte ergaben sich Kontakte zum Verlag Münchmeyer in Dresden, in dessen Auftrag er Kolportageromane verfertigen sollte. Die Zusage des Verlags führte 1896 zur Heimkehr nach Deutschland. Als später noch sein Vater starb, erbte er dessen beachtliches Vermögen. Mit seiner Familie reiste er 1902 nach Monte Carlo, anschließend nach London und brachte innerhalb eines Jahres sein gesamtes Vermögen wieder durch. Mittellos zog er erneut nach Deutschland, um Kolportage zu schreiben, lebte in Kleinzschachwitz bei Dresden, Berlin-Friedrichshagen, Bad Schandau, Dresden und Hamburg.

Am 10. Mai 1916 starb Robert Kraft im Alter von 46 Jahren in Haffkrug an einem Magenleiden. Seine Ehefrau und seine beiden Töchter blieben mittellos zurück.

Nach Krafts Tod erwarb der Karl-May-Verleger E. A. Schmid alle Rechte an Krafts Werken, um sie in dem ebenfalls zu diesem Zweck erworbenen Verlag Haupt & Hammon ab 1918 postum zu verlegen.(Wikipedia)

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Detektiv Nobody legt sich einen neuen Erbfeind und einen übersinnlichen Mitstreiter zu. Übrigens ganz erstaunlich, wie zeitlos und spannend Krafts Stil bis heute geblieben ist. Dieser Band ist einer der besten der Reihe.

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Emil Robert Kraft (* 3. Oktober 1869 in Leipzig; † 10. Mai 1916 in Haffkrug) war ein deutscher Schriftsteller.

Robert Kraft wurde in Leipzig als Sohn eines Weinhändlers geboren. Die Eltern ließen sich früh scheiden, und der Sohn riss infolge der strengen Atmosphäre im Elternhaus oft aus. Vom Gymnasium wurde er infolge seiner Fehlstunden relegiert. Anschließend absolvierte er auf Anordnung seines Vaters eine Lehre als Schlosser und besuchte ab 1887 die Königliche Höhere Gewerbeschule in Chemnitz.

1889 stahl er seinem Vater eine Geldsumme und wurde kurze Zeit später dafür inhaftiert. In Hamburg heuerte er auf dem Schiff "Shakespeare" an, das vor Grönland kenterte. Nach der Rettung aus See fuhr er auf weiteren Schiffen um die ganze Welt, um schließlich 1890 nach Ägypten zu gelangen, wo er mit Gelegenheitsarbeiten sein Leben fristete und mit einer eingeborenen Frau in der Wüste zusammenlebte. Um nach Konstantinopel zu gelangen, fuhr er als blinder Passagier auf einem Schiff mit und erkrankte unterwegs an der Cholera.

Das deutsche Konsulat in Konstantinopel forderte ihn auf, möglichst bald seinen Wehrdienst abzuleisten. So kam er nach Wilhelmshaven und diente drei Jahre in der kaiserlichen Marine. Nach eigenen Angaben verbrachte er die meiste Zeit in einem Lager für ausgemusterte Bücher aus Schiffsbibliotheken und fand daneben genügend Zeit zum Lesen. Anschließend zog es ihn erneut nach Ägypten, um Wüstenjäger zu werden. Dort kam es in der Libyschen Wüste zu Begegnungen mit Rifai-Derwischen, in deren Verlauf er sich intensiv mit übersinnlichen Phänomenen beschäftigte. Gleichzeitig musste er sich eingestehen, dass er für ein abenteuerliches Leben fern jeglicher Zivilisation nicht geschaffen war.

Als in Deutschland die Aussöhnung mit seinem Vater scheiterte, zog er nach London und heiratete 1895 Johanna Rehbein, die ihm in Folge zwei Töchter gebar. Durch deutsche Bekannte ergaben sich Kontakte zum Verlag Münchmeyer in Dresden, in dessen Auftrag er Kolportageromane verfertigen sollte. Die Zusage des Verlags führte 1896 zur Heimkehr nach Deutschland. Als später noch sein Vater starb, erbte er dessen beachtliches Vermögen. Mit seiner Familie reiste er 1902 nach Monte Carlo, anschließend nach London und brachte innerhalb eines Jahres sein gesamtes Vermögen wieder durch. Mittellos zog er erneut nach Deutschland, um Kolportage zu schreiben, lebte in Kleinzschachwitz bei Dresden, Berlin-Friedrichshagen, Bad Schandau, Dresden und Hamburg.

Am 10. Mai 1916 starb Robert Kraft im Alter von 46 Jahren in Haffkrug an einem Magenleiden. Seine Ehefrau und seine beiden Töchter blieben mittellos zurück.

Buch:
Hier ist der achte Teil von Nobodys Abenteuern. Dieser Band ist nicht nur gewohnt spannend, sondern auch zeitweise echt witzig.
Ich habe den Text von einem Frakturscan ausgelesen und vorgecheckt, dann haben bruce welch und billi die Hauptkorrekturarbeit geleistet. Bitte bei noch vorhandenen Fehlern PM an mich, ich werde gern noch ausbessern.
Ich habe eine illustrierte und eine nicht illustrierte Ausgabe hochgeladen. Die Illustrationen stammen vom Original, genau wie das Cover.

Viel Spass und guten Rutsch!

PS: Ich habe noch Nobody 9 als Vorlage. Sollte jemand noch 10 und 11 (egal ob Papier oder digitalisiert) zur Verfügung stellen können, wäre ich sehr dankbar. Auch zusätzliche K-Leser für Kraft kann ich gut gebrauchen. Ebenfalls Vorlagen aller Art. Bitte PM.

Version 3: Dank Brucewelch eine neue Version. Viel schlanker als meine und fehlerbereinigt. Danke an bruce und viel Spass beim Lesen!

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Einen recht interessanten Artikel zu Robert Kraft findet Ihr hier

Titel:

Ich habe wohl selten so viel Schwierigkeiten gehabt, das Genre eines Buches festzulegen: Oberflächlich gesehen reist ein deutscher Gelehrter nach Petra, findet dort seine Liebe wieder und heiratet sie. Dabei erweist sich Kraft wieder einmal als profunder Kenner des Orients, lässt Dr.Tannert so manches wohl meist selbsterlebte Abenteuer nacherleben, auch humoristischer Art und entwirft auf knappen 240 Seiten ein flirrendes Kaleidoskop seiner Zeit. Das kürzere Format tut Kraft sichtlich gut. Eines seiner besseren Werke.

Technik:

Selbsteingescannt, per OCR eingelesen, selbstentworfenes Titelbild und Korrektur gelesen. Dies war ein kleines Zwischenprojekt, während ich auf die Endversionen von Vestalinnen 4 und Nobody 9 warte.

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Erst mal ein Geständnis: Ich habe die Vestalinnen nach Gutdünken aufgesplittert, damals eigentlich hauptsächlich aus Einsparungsgründen, da ich das mit der Grösse der Grafiken noch nicht richtig drauf hatte. Das ist inzwischen dank brucewelch und seinen magischen Eindampfungstechniken kein Problem mehr. Hier die Originalbände mit ihren fast 900 Seiten pro Band.

Daher erstmals die ersten drei Bänder der Vestalinnen in Neuauflage in Vorbereitung auf die restlichen zwei Bände, an denen wir fleissig feilen. Noch ein paar Tage Geduld, bitte! Danke nochmal an Bruce.

Autor: Robert Kraft ist den Meisten wohl kein Geheimnis mehr. Hier ein richtig gut recherchierter Artikel zu ihm.

Titel: Voll illustriert, mit Originalcover. Kolportageroman (5 Bände à zirka 900 Seiten). Nichts für Verzagte, da es schon mal blutig oder politisch unkorrekt (um es mal milde auszudrücken) werden kann. Dafür sind die Frauen als handelndes Element voll in die Handlug miteingebaut, ja sogar die namensgebenden Heldinnen.

Hier der erste Band. Viel Lesespass!

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Band 2 der Vestalinnen (war hier auf MR vorher Band 3 und 4)

Technik:Originalcover, Originalillus, Initialen
Inhalt: Blood , Sweat and Tears! Wohl mehr Blood, aber was soll's!

Hab heute die letzten Texte für Vestalinnen 4 an die K-Leser rausgeschickt! Fellball, I salute you! Gruss auch an bruce!

Wenn Ihr klassische, rechtsfreie Abenteuer- oder Krimiromane habt, egal ob in Papier oder schon gescannt, bitte PN!

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Band 3 der Vestalinnen (war hier auf MR vorher Band 5 und 6)

Technik:Originalcover, Originalillus, Initialen
Inhalt: Entführungen, Morde, Verbrechen und strahlende Heldinnen!

Bald dann Vestalinnen 4.

Wenn Ihr klassische, rechtsfreie Abenteuer- oder Krimiromane habt, egal ob in Papier oder schon gescannt, bitte PN!

Edit: v2 wegen Initialenfloatfehler. Ist jetzt viel schöner zu lesen.

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Autor:
Emil Robert Kraft (* 3. Oktober 1869 in Leipzig; † 10. Mai 1916 in Haffkrug) war ein deutscher Schriftsteller.

Robert Kraft wurde in Leipzig als Sohn eines Weinhändlers geboren. Die Eltern ließen sich früh scheiden, und der Sohn riss infolge der strengen Atmosphäre im Elternhaus oft aus. Vom Gymnasium wurde er infolge seiner Fehlstunden relegiert. Anschließend absolvierte er auf Anordnung seines Vaters eine Lehre als Schlosser und besuchte ab 1887 die Königliche Höhere Gewerbeschule in Chemnitz.

1889 stahl er seinem Vater eine Geldsumme und wurde kurze Zeit später dafür inhaftiert. In Hamburg heuerte er auf dem Schiff "Shakespeare" an, das vor Grönland kenterte. Nach der Rettung aus See fuhr er auf weiteren Schiffen um die ganze Welt, um schließlich 1890 nach Ägypten zu gelangen, wo er mit Gelegenheitsarbeiten sein Leben fristete und mit einer eingeborenen Frau in der Wüste zusammenlebte. Um nach Konstantinopel zu gelangen, fuhr er als blinder Passagier auf einem Schiff mit und erkrankte unterwegs an der Cholera.

Das deutsche Konsulat in Konstantinopel forderte ihn auf, möglichst bald seinen Wehrdienst abzuleisten. So kam er nach Wilhelmshaven und diente drei Jahre in der kaiserlichen Marine. Nach eigenen Angaben verbrachte er die meiste Zeit in einem Lager für ausgemusterte Bücher aus Schiffsbibliotheken und fand daneben genügend Zeit zum Lesen. Anschließend zog es ihn erneut nach Ägypten, um Wüstenjäger zu werden. Dort kam es in der Libyschen Wüste zu Begegnungen mit Rifai-Derwischen, in deren Verlauf er sich intensiv mit übersinnlichen Phänomenen beschäftigte. Gleichzeitig musste er sich eingestehen, dass er für ein abenteuerliches Leben fern jeglicher Zivilisation nicht geschaffen war.

Als in Deutschland die Aussöhnung mit seinem Vater scheiterte, zog er nach London und heiratete 1895 Johanna Rehbein, die ihm in Folge zwei Töchter gebar. Durch deutsche Bekannte ergaben sich Kontakte zum Verlag Münchmeyer in Dresden, in dessen Auftrag er Kolportageromane verfertigen sollte. Die Zusage des Verlags führte 1896 zur Heimkehr nach Deutschland. Als später noch sein Vater starb, erbte er dessen beachtliches Vermögen. Mit seiner Familie reiste er 1902 nach Monte Carlo, anschließend nach London und brachte innerhalb eines Jahres sein gesamtes Vermögen wieder durch. Mittellos zog er erneut nach Deutschland, um Kolportage zu schreiben, lebte in Kleinzschachwitz bei Dresden, Berlin-Friedrichshagen, Bad Schandau, Dresden und Hamburg.

Am 10. Mai 1916 starb Robert Kraft im Alter von 46 Jahren in Haffkrug an einem Magenleiden. Seine Ehefrau und seine beiden Töchter blieben mittellos zurück.

Nach Krafts Tod erwarb der Karl-May-Verleger E. A. Schmid alle Rechte an Krafts Werken, um sie in dem ebenfalls zu diesem Zweck erworbenen Verlag Haupt & Hammon ab 1918 postum zu verlegen.(Wikipedia)

Buch:

Die Vestalinnen, oder eine Reise um die Erde. Band 4 von 5. Zirka 900 Seiten.

Sehr viel Action in diesem Band, der vor dramatischen Ereignissen nur so strotzt. 900 Seiten pure Lesefreude, wobei man durchaus so manches Nugget aufschnappen kann.

Leider darf man nicht allzu pingelig sein, was Tatsachen angeht: Da gibt es doch tatsächlich noch blutrünstige Apachen im Regenwald (sic!) von Texas am Ende des 19. Jahrhunderts. Auch nicht schlecht die chilenischen Penchuenchen als Prärieindianer reinsten Wassers (wohlgemerkt in der chilenischen Pampa (sic!)). Aber was soll's, da stehen wir doch locker drüber und unsere Helden und Heldinnen ziehen uns in die Story und immer weiter mit. Das Ende der Welttour kommt in Sicht!

Technik

Diese ebook ist ein Gemeinschaftswerk allererster Güte. Erst einmal Dank an die K-Leser Fellball, Billi, brucewelch! Dann danke an das Projekt Gutenberg, mit dem wir bei diesem Titel (und wohl noch bei vielen anderen in Zukunft) zusammengearbeitet haben.

brucewelch hat das Buch wunderschön gestaltet!

Ach so, Cover und Illustrationen (über 100) kommen vom Original.

Viel Spass beim Lesen! Bei Fehlern, die Ihr entdeckt, bitte Rückmeldung per PN an mich.

Edit: v2 wegen Initialenfloatfehler. Ist jetzt viel schöner zu lesen.

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Das war's! Der Vestalinnenzyklus ist abgeschlossen.

Autor

Bestechendes Lesematerial zu dem Menschen und Schriftsteller Robert Kraft gibt es bei:
www.robert-kraft.de

Danke an die Herren Braatz und Mayrhofer für die Mithilfe!

Buch:

Leider müssen noch einige unserer Freunde ins Gras beissen, ehe sich alles in Wohlgefallen auflöst. Alles in allem sind wir bei etwa 3.600 Seiten voller Spannung angekommen.

Technik:
Ich muß mich bei Hella Reuters von Projekt Gutenberg bedanken. Dank GaGa konnten wir die Herausgabe dieses Buches weit vorziehen.
brucewelch hat wieder hervorragende Arbeit geleistet und die ganze Reihe erglänzt in schönem, illustriertem Layout.
Scan und OCR by me, K bei GaGa, Buch erstellt von brucewelch, Cover und Illustrationen der ersten Originalausgabe.

Viel Spass!

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Kraft, Robert: Die Vestalinnen Band 1 german v1 16 nov 2009

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Autor:
Emil Robert Kraft (* 3. Oktober 1869 in Leipzig; † 10. Mai 1916 in Haffkrug) war ein deutscher Schriftsteller.

Robert Kraft wurde in Leipzig als Sohn eines Weinhändlers geboren. Die Eltern ließen sich früh scheiden, und der Sohn riss infolge der strengen Atmosphäre im Elternhaus oft aus. Vom Gymnasium wurde er infolge seiner Fehlstunden relegiert. Anschließend absolvierte er auf Anordnung seines Vaters eine Lehre als Schlosser und besuchte ab 1887 die Königliche Höhere Gewerbeschule in Chemnitz.

1889 stahl er seinem Vater eine Geldsumme und wurde kurze Zeit später dafür inhaftiert. In Hamburg heuerte er auf dem Schiff "Shakespeare" an, das vor Grönland kenterte. Nach der Rettung aus See fuhr er auf weiteren Schiffen um die ganze Welt, um schließlich 1890 nach Ägypten zu gelangen, wo er mit Gelegenheitsarbeiten sein Leben fristete und mit einer eingeborenen Frau in der Wüste zusammenlebte. Um nach Konstantinopel zu gelangen, fuhr er als blinder Passagier auf einem Schiff mit und erkrankte unterwegs an der Cholera.

Das deutsche Konsulat in Konstantinopel forderte ihn auf, möglichst bald seinen Wehrdienst abzuleisten. So kam er nach Wilhelmshaven und diente drei Jahre in der kaiserlichen Marine. Nach eigenen Angaben verbrachte er die meiste Zeit in einem Lager für ausgemusterte Bücher aus Schiffsbibliotheken und fand daneben genügend Zeit zum Lesen. Anschließend zog es ihn erneut nach Ägypten, um Wüstenjäger zu werden. Dort kam es in der Libyschen Wüste zu Begegnungen mit Rifai-Derwischen, in deren Verlauf er sich intensiv mit übersinnlichen Phänomenen beschäftigte. Gleichzeitig musste er sich eingestehen, dass er für ein abenteuerliches Leben fern jeglicher Zivilisation nicht geschaffen war.

Als in Deutschland die Aussöhnung mit seinem Vater scheiterte, zog er nach London und heiratete 1895 Johanna Rehbein, die ihm in Folge zwei Töchter gebar. Durch deutsche Bekannte ergaben sich Kontakte zum Verlag Münchmeyer in Dresden, in dessen Auftrag er Kolportageromane verfertigen sollte. Die Zusage des Verlags führte 1896 zur Heimkehr nach Deutschland. Als später noch sein Vater starb, erbte er dessen beachtliches Vermögen. Mit seiner Familie reiste er 1902 nach Monte Carlo, anschließend nach London und brachte innerhalb eines Jahres sein gesamtes Vermögen wieder durch. Mittellos zog er erneut nach Deutschland, um Kolportage zu schreiben, lebte in Kleinzschachwitz bei Dresden, Berlin-Friedrichshagen, Bad Schandau, Dresden und Hamburg.

Am 10. Mai 1916 starb Robert Kraft im Alter von 46 Jahren in Haffkrug an einem Magenleiden. Seine Ehefrau und seine beiden Töchter blieben mittellos zurück.

Nach Krafts Tod erwarb der Karl-May-Verleger E. A. Schmid alle Rechte an Krafts Werken, um sie in dem ebenfalls zu diesem Zweck erworbenen Verlag Haupt & Hammon ab 1918 postum zu verlegen.(Wikipedia)

Buch:

Die Vestalinnen, oder eine Reise um die Erde.

Abenteuer zu Wasser und zu Lande.Erzählt nach eigenen Erlebnissen von Robert Kraft.
Kolportageroman bei Münchmeyer (103 Lieferungen mit je 40 Seiten)

Dies ist ein etwas ungewöhnlicher Kolportageroman (Vorgänger der Groschenromane) von Kraft. Ist von daher eigentümlich, dass in diesem Roman Frauen die Hauptrolle spielen und sowohl als Heldinnen als auch als Bösewichte aktiv werden. Dieser lange Roman wurde von mir in sechs Bände aufgeteilt.

Inhalt: [QUOT»Vor einem Jahre teilten wir mit, daß der Damenruderklub ›Ellen‹ sich plötzlich aufgelöst habe und alle seine Mitglieder spurlos verschwunden seien. Jetzt erst erfahren wir, daß sich die Damen auf eine einsame Insel an der Ostküste Nordamerikas zurückgezogen hatten, wo sie unter Leitung von bewährten Seeleuten Unterricht im Arbeiten in der Takelage eines Segelschiffes nahmen, als Matrosen in Sonnenschein und Sturm auf dem Ozean kreuzten und nebenbei nautische Wissenschaften trieben. Vorgestern kehrten die Damen nach New-York zurück, und allein elf von den vierundzwanzig Mitgliedern haben vor der Prüfungskommission das Steuermannsexamen für große Fahrt mit Auszeichnung bestanden, darunter die Vorsitzende des Klubs, Miß Ellen Petersen, von deren Siegen im Einzelboot wir schon früher öfters zu berichten hatten, und die das beste Examen ablegte. Weiter erfuhren wir, daß die Damen auf jenem neuen Segelschiffe eine Reise um die Erde zu unternehmen gedenken, und zwar als Matrosen, ohne Dienerinnen mitzunehmen oder männliche Hülfe sich zu sichern. Erst gestern wurde das Schiff mit großer Feierlichkeit von Miß Petersen auf den Namen ›Vesta‹ getauft. Die Ladies selbst nennen sich ›Vestalinnen‹. Leider wird jedem Mann ohne Ausnahme der Zutritt zum Schiff verweigert, sodaß wir über die innere Einrichtung desselben keine Auskunft geben können; doch soll sie, so weit man unter solchen Umständen darüber urteilen kann, großartig sein. Wann das Schiff mit seiner weiblichen Besatzung in See stechen soll, ist vorläufig noch völlig unbekannt.«[/QUOT

Dieser Damenklub ist zu einer Weltumrundung aufgebrochen und erlebt diverse haarsträubende Abenteuer. Viel Spass!

Erstmals erschienen: 1895
Cover von original Heften übernommen

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Kraft, Robert: Die Vestalinnen Band 2 german v1 17 nov 2009

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Autor:
Emil Robert Kraft (* 3. Oktober 1869 in Leipzig; † 10. Mai 1916 in Haffkrug) war ein deutscher Schriftsteller.

Robert Kraft wurde in Leipzig als Sohn eines Weinhändlers geboren. Die Eltern ließen sich früh scheiden, und der Sohn riss infolge der strengen Atmosphäre im Elternhaus oft aus. Vom Gymnasium wurde er infolge seiner Fehlstunden relegiert. Anschließend absolvierte er auf Anordnung seines Vaters eine Lehre als Schlosser und besuchte ab 1887 die Königliche Höhere Gewerbeschule in Chemnitz.

1889 stahl er seinem Vater eine Geldsumme und wurde kurze Zeit später dafür inhaftiert. In Hamburg heuerte er auf dem Schiff "Shakespeare" an, das vor Grönland kenterte. Nach der Rettung aus See fuhr er auf weiteren Schiffen um die ganze Welt, um schließlich 1890 nach Ägypten zu gelangen, wo er mit Gelegenheitsarbeiten sein Leben fristete und mit einer eingeborenen Frau in der Wüste zusammenlebte. Um nach Konstantinopel zu gelangen, fuhr er als blinder Passagier auf einem Schiff mit und erkrankte unterwegs an der Cholera.

Das deutsche Konsulat in Konstantinopel forderte ihn auf, möglichst bald seinen Wehrdienst abzuleisten. So kam er nach Wilhelmshaven und diente drei Jahre in der kaiserlichen Marine. Nach eigenen Angaben verbrachte er die meiste Zeit in einem Lager für ausgemusterte Bücher aus Schiffsbibliotheken und fand daneben genügend Zeit zum Lesen. Anschließend zog es ihn erneut nach Ägypten, um Wüstenjäger zu werden. Dort kam es in der Libyschen Wüste zu Begegnungen mit Rifai-Derwischen, in deren Verlauf er sich intensiv mit übersinnlichen Phänomenen beschäftigte. Gleichzeitig musste er sich eingestehen, dass er für ein abenteuerliches Leben fern jeglicher Zivilisation nicht geschaffen war.

Als in Deutschland die Aussöhnung mit seinem Vater scheiterte, zog er nach London und heiratete 1895 Johanna Rehbein, die ihm in Folge zwei Töchter gebar. Durch deutsche Bekannte ergaben sich Kontakte zum Verlag Münchmeyer in Dresden, in dessen Auftrag er Kolportageromane verfertigen sollte. Die Zusage des Verlags führte 1896 zur Heimkehr nach Deutschland. Als später noch sein Vater starb, erbte er dessen beachtliches Vermögen. Mit seiner Familie reiste er 1902 nach Monte Carlo, anschließend nach London und brachte innerhalb eines Jahres sein gesamtes Vermögen wieder durch. Mittellos zog er erneut nach Deutschland, um Kolportage zu schreiben, lebte in Kleinzschachwitz bei Dresden, Berlin-Friedrichshagen, Bad Schandau, Dresden und Hamburg.

Am 10. Mai 1916 starb Robert Kraft im Alter von 46 Jahren in Haffkrug an einem Magenleiden. Seine Ehefrau und seine beiden Töchter blieben mittellos zurück.

Nach Krafts Tod erwarb der Karl-May-Verleger E. A. Schmid alle Rechte an Krafts Werken, um sie in dem ebenfalls zu diesem Zweck erworbenen Verlag Haupt & Hammon ab 1918 postum zu verlegen.(Wikipedia)

Buch:

Die Vestalinnen, oder eine Reise um die Erde.

Abenteuer zu Wasser und zu Lande.Erzählt nach eigenen Erlebnissen von Robert Kraft.

Dies ist ein etwas ungewöhnlicher Kolportageroman (Vorgänger der Groschenromane) von Kraft. Ist von daher eigentümlich, dass in diesem Roman Frauen die Hauptrolle spielen und sowohl als Heldinnen als auch als Bösewichte aktiv werden. Dieser lange Roman wurde von mir in sechs Bände aufgeteilt. Dies ist Band 2!

Inhalt:
Zitat:
»Vor einem Jahre teilten wir mit, daß der Damenruderklub ›Ellen‹ sich plötzlich aufgelöst habe und alle seine Mitglieder spurlos verschwunden seien. Jetzt erst erfahren wir, daß sich die Damen auf eine einsame Insel an der Ostküste Nordamerikas zurückgezogen hatten, wo sie unter Leitung von bewährten Seeleuten Unterricht im Arbeiten in der Takelage eines Segelschiffes nahmen, als Matrosen in Sonnenschein und Sturm auf dem Ozean kreuzten und nebenbei nautische Wissenschaften trieben. Vorgestern kehrten die Damen nach New-York zurück, und allein elf von den vierundzwanzig Mitgliedern haben vor der Prüfungskommission das Steuermannsexamen für große Fahrt mit Auszeichnung bestanden, darunter die Vorsitzende des Klubs, Miß Ellen Petersen, von deren Siegen im Einzelboot wir schon früher öfters zu berichten hatten, und die das beste Examen ablegte. Weiter erfuhren wir, daß die Damen auf jenem neuen Segelschiffe eine Reise um die Erde zu unternehmen gedenken, und zwar als Matrosen, ohne Dienerinnen mitzunehmen oder männliche Hülfe sich zu sichern. Erst gestern wurde das Schiff mit großer Feierlichkeit von Miß Petersen auf den Namen ›Vesta‹ getauft. Die Ladies selbst nennen sich ›Vestalinnen‹. Leider wird jedem Mann ohne Ausnahme der Zutritt zum Schiff verweigert, sodaß wir über die innere Einrichtung desselben keine Auskunft geben können; doch soll sie, so weit man unter solchen Umständen darüber urteilen kann, großartig sein. Wann das Schiff mit seiner weiblichen Besatzung in See stechen soll, ist vorläufig noch völlig unbekannt.«
Dieser Damenklub ist zu einer Weltumrundung aufgebrochen und erlebt diverse haarsträubende Abenteuer. Viel Spass!

Erstmals erschienen: 1895
Cover von original Heften übernommen

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- Die Vestalinnen Band 2 - Robert Kraft.mobi

Kraft, Robert: Die Vestalinnen Band 3 german v1 25 nov 2009

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Autor:
Emil Robert Kraft (* 3. Oktober 1869 in Leipzig; † 10. Mai 1916 in Haffkrug) war ein deutscher Schriftsteller.

Robert Kraft wurde in Leipzig als Sohn eines Weinhändlers geboren. Die Eltern ließen sich früh scheiden, und der Sohn riss infolge der strengen Atmosphäre im Elternhaus oft aus. Vom Gymnasium wurde er infolge seiner Fehlstunden relegiert. Anschließend absolvierte er auf Anordnung seines Vaters eine Lehre als Schlosser und besuchte ab 1887 die Königliche Höhere Gewerbeschule in Chemnitz.

1889 stahl er seinem Vater eine Geldsumme und wurde kurze Zeit später dafür inhaftiert. In Hamburg heuerte er auf dem Schiff "Shakespeare" an, das vor Grönland kenterte. Nach der Rettung aus See fuhr er auf weiteren Schiffen um die ganze Welt, um schließlich 1890 nach Ägypten zu gelangen, wo er mit Gelegenheitsarbeiten sein Leben fristete und mit einer eingeborenen Frau in der Wüste zusammenlebte. Um nach Konstantinopel zu gelangen, fuhr er als blinder Passagier auf einem Schiff mit und erkrankte unterwegs an der Cholera.

Das deutsche Konsulat in Konstantinopel forderte ihn auf, möglichst bald seinen Wehrdienst abzuleisten. So kam er nach Wilhelmshaven und diente drei Jahre in der kaiserlichen Marine. Nach eigenen Angaben verbrachte er die meiste Zeit in einem Lager für ausgemusterte Bücher aus Schiffsbibliotheken und fand daneben genügend Zeit zum Lesen. Anschließend zog es ihn erneut nach Ägypten, um Wüstenjäger zu werden. Dort kam es in der Libyschen Wüste zu Begegnungen mit Rifai-Derwischen, in deren Verlauf er sich intensiv mit übersinnlichen Phänomenen beschäftigte. Gleichzeitig musste er sich eingestehen, dass er für ein abenteuerliches Leben fern jeglicher Zivilisation nicht geschaffen war.

Als in Deutschland die Aussöhnung mit seinem Vater scheiterte, zog er nach London und heiratete 1895 Johanna Rehbein, die ihm in Folge zwei Töchter gebar. Durch deutsche Bekannte ergaben sich Kontakte zum Verlag Münchmeyer in Dresden, in dessen Auftrag er Kolportageromane verfertigen sollte. Die Zusage des Verlags führte 1896 zur Heimkehr nach Deutschland. Als später noch sein Vater starb, erbte er dessen beachtliches Vermögen. Mit seiner Familie reiste er 1902 nach Monte Carlo, anschließend nach London und brachte innerhalb eines Jahres sein gesamtes Vermögen wieder durch. Mittellos zog er erneut nach Deutschland, um Kolportage zu schreiben, lebte in Kleinzschachwitz bei Dresden, Berlin-Friedrichshagen, Bad Schandau, Dresden und Hamburg.

Am 10. Mai 1916 starb Robert Kraft im Alter von 46 Jahren in Haffkrug an einem Magenleiden. Seine Ehefrau und seine beiden Töchter blieben mittellos zurück.

Nach Krafts Tod erwarb der Karl-May-Verleger E. A. Schmid alle Rechte an Krafts Werken, um sie in dem ebenfalls zu diesem Zweck erworbenen Verlag Haupt & Hammon ab 1918 postum zu verlegen.(Wikipedia)

Buch:

Die Vestalinnen, oder eine Reise um die Erde.

Abenteuer zu Wasser und zu Lande.Erzählt nach eigenen Erlebnissen von Robert Kraft.

Dies ist ein etwas ungewöhnlicher Kolportageroman (Vorgänger der Groschenromane) von Kraft. Ist von daher eigentümlich, dass in diesem Roman Frauen die Hauptrolle spielen und sowohl als Heldinnen als auch als Bösewichte aktiv werden. Dieser lange Roman wurde von mir in sechs Bände aufgeteilt. Dies ist Band 3!

Inhalt:
Zitat:
»Vor einem Jahre teilten wir mit, daß der Damenruderklub ›Ellen‹ sich plötzlich aufgelöst habe und alle seine Mitglieder spurlos verschwunden seien. Jetzt erst erfahren wir, daß sich die Damen auf eine einsame Insel an der Ostküste Nordamerikas zurückgezogen hatten, wo sie unter Leitung von bewährten Seeleuten Unterricht im Arbeiten in der Takelage eines Segelschiffes nahmen, als Matrosen in Sonnenschein und Sturm auf dem Ozean kreuzten und nebenbei nautische Wissenschaften trieben. Vorgestern kehrten die Damen nach New-York zurück, und allein elf von den vierundzwanzig Mitgliedern haben vor der Prüfungskommission das Steuermannsexamen für große Fahrt mit Auszeichnung bestanden, darunter die Vorsitzende des Klubs, Miß Ellen Petersen, von deren Siegen im Einzelboot wir schon früher öfters zu berichten hatten, und die das beste Examen ablegte. Weiter erfuhren wir, daß die Damen auf jenem neuen Segelschiffe eine Reise um die Erde zu unternehmen gedenken, und zwar als Matrosen, ohne Dienerinnen mitzunehmen oder männliche Hülfe sich zu sichern. Erst gestern wurde das Schiff mit großer Feierlichkeit von Miß Petersen auf den Namen ›Vesta‹ getauft. Die Ladies selbst nennen sich ›Vestalinnen‹. Leider wird jedem Mann ohne Ausnahme der Zutritt zum Schiff verweigert, sodaß wir über die innere Einrichtung desselben keine Auskunft geben können; doch soll sie, so weit man unter solchen Umständen darüber urteilen kann, großartig sein. Wann das Schiff mit seiner weiblichen Besatzung in See stechen soll, ist vorläufig noch völlig unbekannt.«
Dieser Damenklub ist zu einer Weltumrundung aufgebrochen und erlebt diverse haarsträubende Abenteuer. Viel Spass!

Erstmals erschienen: 1895
Cover von original Heften übernommen

Download:

- Die Vestalinnen Band 3 - Robert Kraft.mobi

Kraft, Robert: Die Vestalinnen Band 4 german v1 13 dec 2009

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mtravellerh

Autor:
Emil Robert Kraft (* 3. Oktober 1869 in Leipzig; † 10. Mai 1916 in Haffkrug) war ein deutscher Schriftsteller.

Robert Kraft wurde in Leipzig als Sohn eines Weinhändlers geboren. Die Eltern ließen sich früh scheiden, und der Sohn riss infolge der strengen Atmosphäre im Elternhaus oft aus. Vom Gymnasium wurde er infolge seiner Fehlstunden relegiert. Anschließend absolvierte er auf Anordnung seines Vaters eine Lehre als Schlosser und besuchte ab 1887 die Königliche Höhere Gewerbeschule in Chemnitz.

1889 stahl er seinem Vater eine Geldsumme und wurde kurze Zeit später dafür inhaftiert. In Hamburg heuerte er auf dem Schiff "Shakespeare" an, das vor Grönland kenterte. Nach der Rettung aus See fuhr er auf weiteren Schiffen um die ganze Welt, um schließlich 1890 nach Ägypten zu gelangen, wo er mit Gelegenheitsarbeiten sein Leben fristete und mit einer eingeborenen Frau in der Wüste zusammenlebte. Um nach Konstantinopel zu gelangen, fuhr er als blinder Passagier auf einem Schiff mit und erkrankte unterwegs an der Cholera.

Das deutsche Konsulat in Konstantinopel forderte ihn auf, möglichst bald seinen Wehrdienst abzuleisten. So kam er nach Wilhelmshaven und diente drei Jahre in der kaiserlichen Marine. Nach eigenen Angaben verbrachte er die meiste Zeit in einem Lager für ausgemusterte Bücher aus Schiffsbibliotheken und fand daneben genügend Zeit zum Lesen. Anschließend zog es ihn erneut nach Ägypten, um Wüstenjäger zu werden. Dort kam es in der Libyschen Wüste zu Begegnungen mit Rifai-Derwischen, in deren Verlauf er sich intensiv mit übersinnlichen Phänomenen beschäftigte. Gleichzeitig musste er sich eingestehen, dass er für ein abenteuerliches Leben fern jeglicher Zivilisation nicht geschaffen war.

Als in Deutschland die Aussöhnung mit seinem Vater scheiterte, zog er nach London und heiratete 1895 Johanna Rehbein, die ihm in Folge zwei Töchter gebar. Durch deutsche Bekannte ergaben sich Kontakte zum Verlag Münchmeyer in Dresden, in dessen Auftrag er Kolportageromane verfertigen sollte. Die Zusage des Verlags führte 1896 zur Heimkehr nach Deutschland. Als später noch sein Vater starb, erbte er dessen beachtliches Vermögen. Mit seiner Familie reiste er 1902 nach Monte Carlo, anschließend nach London und brachte innerhalb eines Jahres sein gesamtes Vermögen wieder durch. Mittellos zog er erneut nach Deutschland, um Kolportage zu schreiben, lebte in Kleinzschachwitz bei Dresden, Berlin-Friedrichshagen, Bad Schandau, Dresden und Hamburg.

Am 10. Mai 1916 starb Robert Kraft im Alter von 46 Jahren in Haffkrug an einem Magenleiden. Seine Ehefrau und seine beiden Töchter blieben mittellos zurück.

Nach Krafts Tod erwarb der Karl-May-Verleger E. A. Schmid alle Rechte an Krafts Werken, um sie in dem ebenfalls zu diesem Zweck erworbenen Verlag Haupt & Hammon ab 1918 postum zu verlegen.(Wikipedia)

Buch:

Die Vestalinnen, oder eine Reise um die Erde.

Abenteuer zu Wasser und zu Lande.Erzählt nach eigenen Erlebnissen von Robert Kraft.

Dies ist ein etwas ungewöhnlicher Kolportageroman (Vorgänger der Groschenromane) von Kraft. Ist von daher eigentümlich, dass in diesem Roman Frauen die Hauptrolle spielen und sowohl als Heldinnen als auch als Bösewichte aktiv werden. Dieser lange Roman wurde von mir in sechs Bände aufgeteilt. Dies ist Band 4!

Inhalt:
Zitat:
»Vor einem Jahre teilten wir mit, daß der Damenruderklub ›Ellen‹ sich plötzlich aufgelöst habe und alle seine Mitglieder spurlos verschwunden seien. Jetzt erst erfahren wir, daß sich die Damen auf eine einsame Insel an der Ostküste Nordamerikas zurückgezogen hatten, wo sie unter Leitung von bewährten Seeleuten Unterricht im Arbeiten in der Takelage eines Segelschiffes nahmen, als Matrosen in Sonnenschein und Sturm auf dem Ozean kreuzten und nebenbei nautische Wissenschaften trieben. Vorgestern kehrten die Damen nach New-York zurück, und allein elf von den vierundzwanzig Mitgliedern haben vor der Prüfungskommission das Steuermannsexamen für große Fahrt mit Auszeichnung bestanden, darunter die Vorsitzende des Klubs, Miß Ellen Petersen, von deren Siegen im Einzelboot wir schon früher öfters zu berichten hatten, und die das beste Examen ablegte. Weiter erfuhren wir, daß die Damen auf jenem neuen Segelschiffe eine Reise um die Erde zu unternehmen gedenken, und zwar als Matrosen, ohne Dienerinnen mitzunehmen oder männliche Hülfe sich zu sichern. Erst gestern wurde das Schiff mit großer Feierlichkeit von Miß Petersen auf den Namen ›Vesta‹ getauft. Die Ladies selbst nennen sich ›Vestalinnen‹. Leider wird jedem Mann ohne Ausnahme der Zutritt zum Schiff verweigert, sodaß wir über die innere Einrichtung desselben keine Auskunft geben können; doch soll sie, so weit man unter solchen Umständen darüber urteilen kann, großartig sein. Wann das Schiff mit seiner weiblichen Besatzung in See stechen soll, ist vorläufig noch völlig unbekannt.«
Dieser Damenklub ist zu einer Weltumrundung aufgebrochen und erlebt diverse haarsträubende Abenteuer. Viel Spass!

Erstmals erschienen: 1895
Cover von original Heften übernommen

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Kraft, Robert: Die Vestalinnen Band 5 v1 german 28 dec 2009

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Emil Robert Kraft (* 3. Oktober 1869 in Leipzig; † 10. Mai 1916 in Haffkrug) war ein deutscher Schriftsteller.

Robert Kraft wurde in Leipzig als Sohn eines Weinhändlers geboren. Die Eltern ließen sich früh scheiden, und der Sohn riss infolge der strengen Atmosphäre im Elternhaus oft aus. Vom Gymnasium wurde er infolge seiner Fehlstunden relegiert. Anschließend absolvierte er auf Anordnung seines Vaters eine Lehre als Schlosser und besuchte ab 1887 die Königliche Höhere Gewerbeschule in Chemnitz.

1889 stahl er seinem Vater eine Geldsumme und wurde kurze Zeit später dafür inhaftiert. In Hamburg heuerte er auf dem Schiff "Shakespeare" an, das vor Grönland kenterte. Nach der Rettung aus See fuhr er auf weiteren Schiffen um die ganze Welt, um schließlich 1890 nach Ägypten zu gelangen, wo er mit Gelegenheitsarbeiten sein Leben fristete und mit einer eingeborenen Frau in der Wüste zusammenlebte. Um nach Konstantinopel zu gelangen, fuhr er als blinder Passagier auf einem Schiff mit und erkrankte unterwegs an der Cholera.

Das deutsche Konsulat in Konstantinopel forderte ihn auf, möglichst bald seinen Wehrdienst abzuleisten. So kam er nach Wilhelmshaven und diente drei Jahre in der kaiserlichen Marine. Nach eigenen Angaben verbrachte er die meiste Zeit in einem Lager für ausgemusterte Bücher aus Schiffsbibliotheken und fand daneben genügend Zeit zum Lesen. Anschließend zog es ihn erneut nach Ägypten, um Wüstenjäger zu werden. Dort kam es in der Libyschen Wüste zu Begegnungen mit Rifai-Derwischen, in deren Verlauf er sich intensiv mit übersinnlichen Phänomenen beschäftigte. Gleichzeitig musste er sich eingestehen, dass er für ein abenteuerliches Leben fern jeglicher Zivilisation nicht geschaffen war.

Als in Deutschland die Aussöhnung mit seinem Vater scheiterte, zog er nach London und heiratete 1895 Johanna Rehbein, die ihm in Folge zwei Töchter gebar. Durch deutsche Bekannte ergaben sich Kontakte zum Verlag Münchmeyer in Dresden, in dessen Auftrag er Kolportageromane verfertigen sollte. Die Zusage des Verlags führte 1896 zur Heimkehr nach Deutschland. Als später noch sein Vater starb, erbte er dessen beachtliches Vermögen. Mit seiner Familie reiste er 1902 nach Monte Carlo, anschließend nach London und brachte innerhalb eines Jahres sein gesamtes Vermögen wieder durch. Mittellos zog er erneut nach Deutschland, um Kolportage zu schreiben, lebte in Kleinzschachwitz bei Dresden, Berlin-Friedrichshagen, Bad Schandau, Dresden und Hamburg.

Am 10. Mai 1916 starb Robert Kraft im Alter von 46 Jahren in Haffkrug an einem Magenleiden. Seine Ehefrau und seine beiden Töchter blieben mittellos zurück.

Nach Krafts Tod erwarb der Karl-May-Verleger E. A. Schmid alle Rechte an Krafts Werken, um sie in dem ebenfalls zu diesem Zweck erworbenen Verlag Haupt & Hammon ab 1918 postum zu verlegen.(Wikipedia)

Buch:

Die Vestalinnen, oder eine Reise um die Erde.

Abenteuer zu Wasser und zu Lande.Erzählt nach eigenen Erlebnissen von Robert Kraft.

Dies ist ein etwas ungewöhnlicher Kolportageroman (Vorgänger der Groschenromane) von Kraft. Ist von daher eigentümlich, dass in diesem Roman Frauen die Hauptrolle spielen und sowohl als Heldinnen als auch als Bösewichte aktiv werden. Dieser lange Roman wurde von mir in sechs Bände aufgeteilt. Dies ist Band 5!

Inhalt:
Zitat:
»Vor einem Jahre teilten wir mit, daß der Damenruderklub ›Ellen‹ sich plötzlich aufgelöst habe und alle seine Mitglieder spurlos verschwunden seien. Jetzt erst erfahren wir, daß sich die Damen auf eine einsame Insel an der Ostküste Nordamerikas zurückgezogen hatten, wo sie unter Leitung von bewährten Seeleuten Unterricht im Arbeiten in der Takelage eines Segelschiffes nahmen, als Matrosen in Sonnenschein und Sturm auf dem Ozean kreuzten und nebenbei nautische Wissenschaften trieben. Vorgestern kehrten die Damen nach New-York zurück, und allein elf von den vierundzwanzig Mitgliedern haben vor der Prüfungskommission das Steuermannsexamen für große Fahrt mit Auszeichnung bestanden, darunter die Vorsitzende des Klubs, Miß Ellen Petersen, von deren Siegen im Einzelboot wir schon früher öfters zu berichten hatten, und die das beste Examen ablegte. Weiter erfuhren wir, daß die Damen auf jenem neuen Segelschiffe eine Reise um die Erde zu unternehmen gedenken, und zwar als Matrosen, ohne Dienerinnen mitzunehmen oder männliche Hülfe sich zu sichern. Erst gestern wurde das Schiff mit großer Feierlichkeit von Miß Petersen auf den Namen ›Vesta‹ getauft. Die Ladies selbst nennen sich ›Vestalinnen‹. Leider wird jedem Mann ohne Ausnahme der Zutritt zum Schiff verweigert, sodaß wir über die innere Einrichtung desselben keine Auskunft geben können; doch soll sie, so weit man unter solchen Umständen darüber urteilen kann, großartig sein. Wann das Schiff mit seiner weiblichen Besatzung in See stechen soll, ist vorläufig noch völlig unbekannt.«
Dieser Damenklub ist zu einer Weltumrundung aufgebrochen und erlebt diverse haarsträubende Abenteuer. Viel Spaß!

Erstmals erschienen: 1895
Cover von original Heften übernommen

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Kraft, Robert: Die Wildschützen vom Kilimandscharo (german) v1 29 november 2011

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Robert Kraft (1869-1916), Sohn eines Leipziger Weinhändlers, zeitigt schon in der Jugend Symptome einer instabilen Persönlichkeit (zahlreiche Fehlstunden in der Schule, von der schließlich verwiesen wird; häufiges Ausreißen von zu Hause). Auf väterlichen Zwang hin macht er eine Schlosserlehre und besucht die Höhere Gewerbeschule, bestiehlt allerdings mit 20 J. seinen eigenen Vater und gerät in Haft. Es folgt ein abenteuerliches Leben mit Schiffsheuer, Kentern und Rettung, Schiffsreisen um die ganze Welt, bis er 1890 in Ägypten sein Leben mit Gelegenheitsarbeiten fristet und mit einer einheimischen Frau in der Wüste zusammenlebt. Als blinder Paassagier gelangt er nach Konstantinopel, erkrankt an Cholera und wird schließlich nach Wilhelmshaven gebracht, um 3 Jahre seinen Wehrdienst in der Marine abzuleisten. In dieser Zeit kann er in einem Lager für ausgemusterte Bücher aus Schiffsbibliotheken ausgiebig seiner Leselust frönen. Anschließend betätigt er sich in der libyschen Wüste als Jäger und beschäftigt sich nach Begegnungen mit Rifai-Derwischen dort intensiv mit übersinnlichen Phänomenen. Die Erkenntnis, dem Abenteuerleben doch nicht gewachsen zu sein, bringt ihn wieder nach Deutschland, wo die Aussöhnung mit dem Vater scheitert, so dass er nach London geht und 1895 Johanna Rehbein ehelicht; dies führt zu zwei Töchtern. Kontakte zum Verlag Münchmeyer in Dresden initiieren seine Kolportageroman-Produktion, die auch die Rückkehr nach Deutschland nach sich zieht. Nach dem Tode des Vaters erbt er dessen beträchtliches Vermögen, das er in Monte Carlo und London allerdings innerhalb nur eines Jahres durchbringt. Zurück in Deutschland geht es weiter mit der Kolportage-Schriftstellerei, um sich und die Familie, die er bei seinem Tod mit nur 46 Jahren aufgrund eines Magenleidens mittellos zurücklässt, notdürftig über Wasser zu halten. [auf der Basis von wikipedia]

Die Wildschützen vom Kilimandscharo ist ein abgedrehter Abenteuerroman, der Elemente von Heimatroman und Western mischt und noch eine Prise Zirkusatmosphäre dazu gibt. Eine Inhaltsangabe wäre wohl etwas verwirrend, aber es geht um Wilderei, ein oberbayrisches Dorf am Kilimandscharo, einen weißen Indianerhäuptling und Navajo-Wildhüter ....
Leichtes Lesevergnügen mit ein wenig Gore gemischt. Das Ende ist ein wenig an den Haaren herbeigezogen und kurzatmig, ansonsten unbedingt empfehlenswert.

Cover: Original von 1924

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Kraft, Robert: Im Panzerautomobil um die Erde v1 german 15.02.12

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Robert Kraft. Die beste Biographie gibt es hier. Wie bei den meisten Selbstbiographien aber mit Vorsicht zu geniessen, was den Wahrheitsghalt angeht.

Titel:

Im Panzerautomobil um die Erde ist ein SF-Roman à la Jules Verne, allerdings ohne die Vernetypische Salbaterei. Ein Erfinder hat ein Material erfunden, das quasi ein Perpetuum mobile ermöglicht. Flugs erfindet er noch ein fast unzerstörbares amphibisches Panzergefährt und segnet prompt das Zeitliche. Seine Tochter, ein heldenhafter Abenteurer und einige pittoreske Gestalten brechen darauf zur Erdumrundung auf, verfolgt von den obligatorischen Bösewichtern, die an die Erfindungen kommen wollen.

Es geht um 100 Millionen Dollar!

Robert Kraft liefert hier ein unterhaltsames Werk ab, das sehr leicht daher kommt und doch spannend bleibt!

Dies ist der erste Band eines zweibändigen Werkes, das bald mit dem "Aeroplan" fortgesetzt wird.

Technik:

Gescannt, ausgelesen, Korrektur gelesen, mit Originalillustrationen versehen, aber mit neuem Cover.

Scan, OCR, erste K, Illustrationen: Ich
K, Layout, Buchgestaltung: der unvergleichliche brucewelch! (Tusch)

Viel Spass bei der Lektüre!

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Kraft, Robert: Um die Indische Kaiserkrone 2 german v1 11 mar 2009

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"Das Mädchen aus der Fremde", Verfasser der Erzählung: "Die Vestalinnen" Roman; die spätere Überarbeitung ist unter dem Titel 1905/06 "Um die indische Kaiserkrone" Erlebnisse eines Deutschen im Lande der Wunder. erschienen. Dies ist der zweite von vier Bänden.

Dies ist ein Kolportageroman (also frühe Trivialliteratur), sehr gut geschrieben und mit einem kriminalistischen Einschlag, wie von Robert Kraft bevorzugt. Im Text sind die damals üblichen und anscheinend unumgänglichen rassistischen und antifeministischen Vorurteile zu finden, ansonsten ein fast modern anmutendes Lesevergnügen für (lange) Stunden.

Teil 3 und 4 folgen bald.

Quelle: PDF bei www.retcliffe.de.

Cover ist mal wieder von mir.

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Kraft, Robert: Um die indische Kaiserkrone 3 german v1 25 mar 2009

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Dieser Roman hieß ursprünglich "Das Mädchen aus der Fremde", vom Verfasser der Erzählung: "Die Vestalinnen" ; die spätere Überarbeitung ist unter dem Titel "Um die indische Kaiserkrone" Erlebnisse eines Deutschen im Lande der Wunder im Jahre 1905/1906 erschienen. Dies ist der dritte von vier Bänden.

Dies ist ein Kolportageroman (also frühe Trivialliteratur), sehr gut geschrieben und mit einem kriminalistischen Einschlag, wie von Robert Kraft bevorzugt. Im Text sind die damals üblichen und anscheinend unumgänglichen rassistischen und antifeministischen Vorurteile zu finden, ansonsten ein fast modern anmutendes Lesevergnügen für (lange) Stunden. In diesem dritten Band fließt das Blut überreichlich, also nix für zarte Gemüter.

Teil 4 folgt bald.

Quelle: PDF bei www.retcliffe.de.

Cover ist mal wieder von mir.

PS: Irgendwie ist dieser Teil schlecht gescannt worden. Ich hab schon Dutzende Fehler ausgemerzt und schlechte Anschlüsse repariert, aber trotzdem bitte ich um etwas Milde und sofortige Benachrichtigung bei Auffinden eines Fehlers.

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Kraft, Robert: Um die indische Kaiserkrone 4 german v1 8 apr 2009

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Dieser Roman hieß ursprünglich "Das Mädchen aus der Fremde", vom Verfasser der Erzählung: "Die Vestalinnen" ; die spätere Überarbeitung ist unter dem Titel "Um die indische Kaiserkrone" Erlebnisse eines Deutschen im Lande der Wunder im Jahre 1905/1906 erschienen. Dies ist der letzte von vier Bänden.

Dies ist ein Kolportageroman (also frühe Trivialliteratur), sehr gut geschrieben und mit einem kriminalistischen Einschlag, wie von Robert Kraft bevorzugt. Im Text sind die damals üblichen und anscheinend unumgänglichen rassistischen und antifeministischen Vorurteile zu finden, ansonsten ein fast modern anmutendes Lesevergnügen für (lange) Stunden. In diesem letzten Band löst sich genregemäss zu guter Letzt alles in Wohlgefallen auf.

Quelle: PDF bei www.retcliffe.de.

Cover ist mal wieder von mir.

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Kraft, Robert: Um die indische Kaiserkrone I german v1 1 mar 2009

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"Das Mädchen aus der Fremde", Verfasser der Erzählung: "Die Vestalinnen" Roman; die spätere Überarbeitung ist unter dem Titel 1905/06 "Um die indische Kaiserkrone" Erlebnisse eines Deutschen im Lande der Wunder. erschienen. Dies ist der erste von vier Bänden.

Dies is ist ein Kolportageroman (also frühe Trivialliteratur), sehr gut geschrieben und mit einem kriminalistsischen Einschlag, wie von Robert Kraft bevorzugt. Im Text sind die damals üblichen und anscheiend unumgänglichen rassistischen Vorurteile zu finden, ansonsten ein fast modern anmutendes Lesevergnügen für (lange) Stunden.

Teil 2-4 folgen bald.

Quelle: PDF bei www.retcliffe.de.

Cover ist mal wieder von mir.

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Kraft, Robert: Vestalinnen 6 (german) v1 4.12.2011

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Autor:
Emil Robert Kraft (* 3. Oktober 1869 in Leipzig; † 10. Mai 1916 in Haffkrug) war ein deutscher Schriftsteller.

Robert Kraft wurde in Leipzig als Sohn eines Weinhändlers geboren. Die Eltern ließen sich früh scheiden, und der Sohn riss infolge der strengen Atmosphäre im Elternhaus oft aus. Vom Gymnasium wurde er infolge seiner Fehlstunden relegiert. Anschließend absolvierte er auf Anordnung seines Vaters eine Lehre als Schlosser und besuchte ab 1887 die Königliche Höhere Gewerbeschule in Chemnitz.

1889 stahl er seinem Vater eine Geldsumme und wurde kurze Zeit später dafür inhaftiert. In Hamburg heuerte er auf dem Schiff "Shakespeare" an, das vor Grönland kenterte. Nach der Rettung aus See fuhr er auf weiteren Schiffen um die ganze Welt, um schließlich 1890 nach Ägypten zu gelangen, wo er mit Gelegenheitsarbeiten sein Leben fristete und mit einer eingeborenen Frau in der Wüste zusammenlebte. Um nach Konstantinopel zu gelangen, fuhr er als blinder Passagier auf einem Schiff mit und erkrankte unterwegs an der Cholera.

Das deutsche Konsulat in Konstantinopel forderte ihn auf, möglichst bald seinen Wehrdienst abzuleisten. So kam er nach Wilhelmshaven und diente drei Jahre in der kaiserlichen Marine. Nach eigenen Angaben verbrachte er die meiste Zeit in einem Lager für ausgemusterte Bücher aus Schiffsbibliotheken und fand daneben genügend Zeit zum Lesen. Anschließend zog es ihn erneut nach Ägypten, um Wüstenjäger zu werden. Dort kam es in der Libyschen Wüste zu Begegnungen mit Rifai-Derwischen, in deren Verlauf er sich intensiv mit übersinnlichen Phänomenen beschäftigte. Gleichzeitig musste er sich eingestehen, dass er für ein abenteuerliches Leben fern jeglicher Zivilisation nicht geschaffen war.

Als in Deutschland die Aussöhnung mit seinem Vater scheiterte, zog er nach London und heiratete 1895 Johanna Rehbein, die ihm in Folge zwei Töchter gebar. Durch deutsche Bekannte ergaben sich Kontakte zum Verlag Münchmeyer in Dresden, in dessen Auftrag er Kolportageromane verfertigen sollte. Die Zusage des Verlags führte 1896 zur Heimkehr nach Deutschland. Als später noch sein Vater starb, erbte er dessen beachtliches Vermögen. Mit seiner Familie reiste er 1902 nach Monte Carlo, anschließend nach London und brachte innerhalb eines Jahres sein gesamtes Vermögen wieder durch. Mittellos zog er erneut nach Deutschland, um Kolportage zu schreiben, lebte in Kleinzschachwitz bei Dresden, Berlin-Friedrichshagen, Bad Schandau, Dresden und Hamburg.

Am 10. Mai 1916 starb Robert Kraft im Alter von 46 Jahren in Haffkrug an einem Magenleiden. Seine Ehefrau und seine beiden Töchter blieben mittellos zurück.

Nach Krafts Tod erwarb der Karl-May-Verleger E. A. Schmid alle Rechte an Krafts Werken, um sie in dem ebenfalls zu diesem Zweck erworbenen Verlag Haupt & Hammon ab 1918 postum zu verlegen.(Wikipedia)

Buch:

Die Vestalinnen, oder eine Reise um die Erde.

Abenteuer zu Wasser und zu Lande.Erzählt nach eigenen Erlebnissen von Robert Kraft.

Dies ist ein etwas ungewöhnlicher Kolportageroman (Vorgänger der Groschenromane) von Kraft. Ist von daher eigentümlich, dass in diesem Roman Frauen die Hauptrolle spielen und sowohl als Heldinnen als auch als Bösewichte aktiv werden. Dieser lange Roman wurde von mir in sechs Bände aufgeteilt. Dies ist Band 6!

PS: Der Roman ist noch länger als ich dachte: Bände 7-10 sind in Arbeit.

Inhalt:
Zitat:
»Vor einem Jahre teilten wir mit, daß der Damenruderklub ›Ellen‹ sich plötzlich aufgelöst habe und alle seine Mitglieder spurlos verschwunden seien. Jetzt erst erfahren wir, daß sich die Damen auf eine einsame Insel an der Ostküste Nordamerikas zurückgezogen hatten, wo sie unter Leitung von bewährten Seeleuten Unterricht im Arbeiten in der Takelage eines Segelschiffes nahmen, als Matrosen in Sonnenschein und Sturm auf dem Ozean kreuzten und nebenbei nautische Wissenschaften trieben. Vorgestern kehrten die Damen nach New-York zurück, und allein elf von den vierundzwanzig Mitgliedern haben vor der Prüfungskommission das Steuermannsexamen für große Fahrt mit Auszeichnung bestanden, darunter die Vorsitzende des Klubs, Miß Ellen Petersen, von deren Siegen im Einzelboot wir schon früher öfters zu berichten hatten, und die das beste Examen ablegte. Weiter erfuhren wir, daß die Damen auf jenem neuen Segelschiffe eine Reise um die Erde zu unternehmen gedenken, und zwar als Matrosen, ohne Dienerinnen mitzunehmen oder männliche Hülfe sich zu sichern. Erst gestern wurde das Schiff mit großer Feierlichkeit von Miß Petersen auf den Namen ›Vesta‹ getauft. Die Ladies selbst nennen sich ›Vestalinnen‹. Leider wird jedem Mann ohne Ausnahme der Zutritt zum Schiff verweigert, sodaß wir über die innere Einrichtung desselben keine Auskunft geben können; doch soll sie, so weit man unter solchen Umständen darüber urteilen kann, großartig sein. Wann das Schiff mit seiner weiblichen Besatzung in See stechen soll, ist vorläufig noch völlig unbekannt.«
Dieser Damenklub ist zu einer Weltumrundung aufgebrochen und erlebt diverse haarsträubende Abenteuer. Viel Spaß!

Erstmals erschienen: 1895
Cover vom originalen Buch

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Krag, Vilhelm: Digte [Norwegian].v1. 6 May 2014

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Teksten er fra no.wikisource.org

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Kraszewski, Józef Ignacy: Count Bruhl. v1. 8 Aug 2014

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Józef Ignacy Kraszewski (28 July 1812 – 19 March 1887) was a Polish writer, historian and journalist who produced more than 200 novels and 150 novellas, short stories, and art reviews (including reviews of painters, e.g., ). He is best known for his epic series on the history of Poland, comprising twenty-nine novels in seventy-nine parts. As a novelist writing about Polish history, Kraszewski is generally regarded as second only to Henryk Sienkiewicz.

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The retinue of the lord came first; there were beautiful horses, and several lady riders with lovely faces. All were dressed as for a festival, for hunting was a favourite amusement with Augustus II, who at that time ruled more or less happily over Saxony and Poland.

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Kraszewski, Józef Ignacy: The Countess Cosel. v1. 9 Aug 2014

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Józef Ignacy Kraszewski (28 July 1812 – 19 March 1887) was a Polish writer, historian and journalist who produced more than 200 novels and 150 novellas, short stories, and art reviews (including reviews of painters, e.g., ). He is best known for his epic series on the history of Poland, comprising twenty-nine novels in seventy-nine parts. As a novelist writing about Polish history, Kraszewski is generally regarded as second only to Henryk Sienkiewicz.

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“I? Free?” said she. “What do I need freedom for now? The people have become strangers to me, and I am a stranger to them. Where can I go? I have nothing; they have robbed me of everything. You want to make me ridiculous; you wish that those who bowed down to me should now point the finger of scorn at me?”

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Krohg, Christian: Albertine [Norwegian] v1 11.02.2014

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Christian Kroghs [Albertine[/ ble utgitt i desember 1886 og var ment som et angrep på datidens offisielt organiserte prostitusjon. Boken ble beslaglagt og dømt som "usedelig", men debatten boken skapte førte til at den offentlige prostitusjonen ble avskaffet i løpet av 1887.
Denne eboken er basert på førsteutgaven fra 1886, og inkluderer Kroghs tegninger fra samme utgave.

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Kropotkin, Peter: The Conquest of Bread, v.1, 17 Nov 2007.

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A classic anarchist text, written by a man who started life as a Russian prince. The book recently appeared in PG.

From the original publisher’s blurb:
The Conquest of Bread is a revolutionary idyll, a beautiful outline sketch of a future society based on liberty, equality and fraternity. It is, in Kropotkin's own words, "a study of the needs of humanity, and of the economic means to satisfy them." Read in conjunction with the same author's "Fields, Factories and Workshops," it meets all the difficulties of the social inquirer who says: "The Anarchist ideal is alluring, but how could you work it out?"
About the Author.
Prince Peter Alexeivitch Kropotkin, (1842-1921): revolutionary and scientist, was descended from the old Russian nobility, but decided, at the age of thirty, to throw in his lot with the social rebels not only of his own country, but of the entire world. He became the intellectual leader of Anarchist-Communism; took part in the labor movement; wrote many books and pamphlets; established Le Révolté in Geneva and Freedom in London; contributed to the Encyclopedia Britannica; was twice imprisoned because of his radical activities; and twice visited America. After the Bolshevist revolution he returned to Russia, kept himself apart from Soviet activities, and died true to his ideals.

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Kummer, Frederic Arnold: The Blue Lights. v1. 5 Mar 2013

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Frederic Arnold Kumme (5 August 1873, Catonsville, Maryland, USA; 22 November 1943, Baltimore, Maryland, USA) American author, playwright and screen writer Frederic Arnold Kummer was born on 5 August, 1873 at Cantonsville, Maryland, to Arnold and Mary Morris Kummer. His father, who had emigrated from Germany in 1859 and had fought in the American Civil War, was part owner of Kummer & Becker, a banking and brokerage house in Baltimore that also acted as agents for the North German Lloyd Steamship Line.

Before Kummer turned to writing full time in 1907, he had been the chief engineer for the American Wood Preserving Company and later general manager of the Eastern Paving Block Company. Kummer was an 1894 graduate of Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, where he had earned a degree in civil engineering. In 1901 he was awarded the Collingwood prize by the American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE) for a paper he wrote on wood block paving techniques

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Grace had encouraged her husband in the plan of giving up, for a time at least, his warfare against crime, his pursuit of criminals of the higher and more dangerous type, and had persuaded him to buy the farm which had once belonged to his mother's people, and settle down to the life of a country gentleman.
His office was still maintained, under the able direction of one of his assistants, but Duvall gave little or no attention to its affairs. He was gladto withdraw, for the first time in over nine years, from active work, and devote his energies to early potatoes, prize dogs, hunters, and geranium plants—and, above all, to the peaceful enjoyment of his honeymoon, and the making of Grace the happiest woman in the world.

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Kummer, Frederic Arnold: The Brute. v1. 5 Mar 2013

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Frederic Arnold Kumme (5 August 1873, Catonsville, Maryland, USA; 22 November 1943, Baltimore, Maryland, USA) American author, playwright and screen writer Frederic Arnold Kummer was born on 5 August, 1873 at Cantonsville, Maryland, to Arnold and Mary Morris Kummer. His father, who had emigrated from Germany in 1859 and had fought in the American Civil War, was part owner of Kummer & Becker, a banking and brokerage house in Baltimore that also acted as agents for the North German Lloyd Steamship Line.
Before Kummer turned to writing full time in 1907, he had been the chief engineer for the American Wood Preserving Company and later general manager of the Eastern Paving Block Company. Kummer was an 1894 graduate of Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, where he had earned a degree in civil engineering. In 1901 he was awarded the Collingwood prize by the American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE) for a paper he wrote on wood block paving techniques

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Every evening, almost, Donald Rogers and his wife Edith sat in a plain little living-room in their apartment in Harlem, and worked until ten or eleven o'clock. By that time they were both ready to go to bed. It was not very exciting. Edith darned stockings or sewed; Donald toiled at his desk, writing letters—going over reports. Sometimes, very rarely, they went to the theater. They had done the same thing for nearly eight years, and to Edith, at least, it seemed a very long time.

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Kummer, Frederic Arnold: The Film of Fear. v1. 6 Mar 2013

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Frederic Arnold Kumme (5 August 1873, Catonsville, Maryland, USA; 22 November 1943, Baltimore, Maryland, USA) American author, playwright and screen writer Frederic Arnold Kummer was born on 5 August, 1873 at Cantonsville, Maryland, to Arnold and Mary Morris Kummer. His father, who had emigrated from Germany in 1859 and had fought in the American Civil War, was part owner of Kummer & Becker, a banking and brokerage house in Baltimore that also acted as agents for the North German Lloyd Steamship Line.
Before Kummer turned to writing full time in 1907, he had been the chief engineer for the American Wood Preserving Company and later general manager of the Eastern Paving Block Company. Kummer was an 1894 graduate of Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, where he had earned a degree in civil engineering. In 1901 he was awarded the Collingwood prize by the American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE) for a paper he wrote on wood block paving techniques

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Ruth Morton finished her cup of coffee, brushed a microscopic crumb from her embroidered silk kimono, pushed back her loosely arranged brown hair, and resumed the task of opening her mail.
It was in truth a task, and one that consumed an inordinate amount of her valuable time. And her time was extremely valuable. Computed upon the basis of her weekly salary of one thousand dollars, it figured out just $142.85 per day, or very nearly $6 per hour, or 10 cents per minute, for each minute and hour of the twenty-four. As a motion picture star, she had the satisfaction of knowing that she was paid a slightly larger salary than had been, until recently, received by the President of the United States.

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Kummer, Frederic Arnold: The Green God. v1. 6 Mar 2013

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Frederic Arnold Kumme (5 August 1873, Catonsville, Maryland, USA; 22 November 1943, Baltimore, Maryland, USA) American author, playwright and screen writer Frederic Arnold Kummer was born on 5 August, 1873 at Cantonsville, Maryland, to Arnold and Mary Morris Kummer. His father, who had emigrated from Germany in 1859 and had fought in the American Civil War, was part owner of Kummer & Becker, a banking and brokerage house in Baltimore that also acted as agents for the North German Lloyd Steamship Line.
Before Kummer turned to writing full time in 1907, he had been the chief engineer for the American Wood Preserving Company and later general manager of the Eastern Paving Block Company. Kummer was an 1894 graduate of Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, where he had earned a degree in civil engineering. In 1901 he was awarded the Collingwood prize by the American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE) for a paper he wrote on wood block paving techniques

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The dull October afternoon was rapidly drawing to a close as I passed through the village of Pinhoe, and set my steps rather wearily toward Exeter. I had conceived the idea, some time before, of walking from London to Torquay, partly because I felt the need of the exercise and fresh air, and partly because I wanted to do some sketching in the southwest counties. Perhaps had I realized, when I started out, what manner of adventure would befall me in the neighborhood of the town of Exeter, I should have given that place a wide berth.

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Kummer, Frederic Arnold: The Ivory Snuff Box. v1. 6 Mar 2013

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Frederic Arnold Kumme (5 August 1873, Catonsville, Maryland, USA; 22 November 1943, Baltimore, Maryland, USA) American author, playwright and screen writer Frederic Arnold Kummer was born on 5 August, 1873 at Cantonsville, Maryland, to Arnold and Mary Morris Kummer. His father, who had emigrated from Germany in 1859 and had fought in the American Civil War, was part owner of Kummer & Becker, a banking and brokerage house in Baltimore that also acted as agents for the North German Lloyd Steamship Line.
Before Kummer turned to writing full time in 1907, he had been the chief engineer for the American Wood Preserving Company and later general manager of the Eastern Paving Block Company. Kummer was an 1894 graduate of Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, where he had earned a degree in civil engineering. In 1901 he was awarded the Collingwood prize by the American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE) for a paper he wrote on wood block paving techniques

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The last thing that sounded in Richard Duvall's ears as he left the office of Monsieur Lefevre, Prefect of Police of Paris, were the latter's words, spoken in a voice of mingled confidence and alarm, "The fortunes of a nation may depend upon your faithfulness. Go, and God be with you." He entered the automobile which was drawn up alongside the curb, and accompanied by Vernet, one of the Prefect's assistants, was soon threading the torrent of traffic which pours through the Rue de Rivoli.

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Kyffin-Taylor, Bessie: From out of the Silence (collected ghosts). v2. 25 Jan 2021

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FROM OUT OF THE SILENCE

Seven strange tales
by: Bessie Kyffin-Taylor

Bessie Kyffin-Taylor (1880 – 1922), an English writer, also wrote [Rosemary (A duologue)[/ [1918].
[This book was originally published in 1920. The text is in the public domain worldwide.[/

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Eerie, atmospheric, with a few touches of melodrama --- echoes from the silence to disturb your peace of mind...

A writer assigned to a cursed room in a friend’s country house is horrified by seeing past murders…
A woman is haunted by the ghost of a child…
A recovering soldier has a terrible experience when he disregards his host’s injunction to stay indoors after dark…
A forest is haunted by an awful event…
Two twins share a terrible destiny…
An orphan who has been taken in by a band of gypsies learns of her strange past…
A brother and sister find their holiday disturbed when they engage rooms at a haunted inn…

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More goosebumps!
:eek:

EDIT TO ADD: Uploaded new version with corrected cover display. Previous downloads 58.

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Kügelgen, Wilhelm von: Jugenderinnerungen eines alten Mannes. german. v1. 9 Mar 2009

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Wilhelm (Georg Alexander) von Kügelgen (1802 - 1867), der als Maler und späterer Kammerherr des letzten Herzogs von Anhalt-Bernburg an dessen Hof in Ballenstedt wirkte, schrieb als Mitfünfziger mit seinen 'Jugenderinnerungen eines alten Mannes' ein Lieblingsbuch der Deutschen im Kaiserreich. Das postum 1870 veröffentlichte Buch führt in die 'gute alte Zeit' zurück, die bei näherer Betrachtung nicht so gut war: Im heutigen Estland, damals ein Teil von Rußland, gab es noch die Leibeigenschaft; Napoleon überzog Europa mit seinen Eroberungskriegen.
Vor diesem historischen Hintergrund schildert Kügelgen gemüt- und humorvoll seine Kindheit und Jugend im Elternhaus, das Treffpunkt von Künstlern und Persönlichkeiten der Frühromantik war. Sein Vater, der Porträtmaler Gerhard von Kügelgen, malte viele der großen Schriftsteller, Künstler und Wissenschaftler (z.B. Goethe, Schiller) seiner Zeit.
Die heiter-vergnügliche Erzählung, und die Jugend des Autors, enden mit dem gewaltsamen Tod des Vaters, der einem Raubmörder zum Opfer fiel.

Details zur Familie von Kügelgen gibt es auf dieser Seite:

http://www.von-kuegelgen.de/

Eine Ansicht des Dresdener Kügelgenhauses findet man hier:

http://www.kulturbox.de/museen/dresd..._id=_SAG04FC0K

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La Fayette, Madame de: La Princesse de Clèves [French/Français], v1, 18 October 2009.

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La Fayette, Madame de (Marie-Madeleine Pioche de La Vergne, comtesse de La Fayette), [1634-1693]
La Princesse de Clèves (1678)

Wikipedia:
L’action se déroule, entre octobre 1558 et novembre 1559, à la cour du roi Henri II.
Mademoiselle de Chartres, jeune fille de seize ans élevée par sa mère selon de rigoureuses règles de morale, paraît pour la première fois au Louvre. Le prince de Clèves, ébloui par sa beauté, la demande en mariage. Mademoiselle de Chartres accepte ce mariage de raison. Plus tard, la Princesse de Clèves rencontre M de Nemours, un coureur de jupons. Naît entre eux une passion immédiate et partagée, à laquelle sa mère, Madame de Chartres la conjure de renoncer : « Ne craignez point de prendre des partis trop rudes et trop difficiles, quelque affreux qu’ils vous paraissent d’abord : ils seront plus doux dans les suites que les malheurs d’une galanterie. »
http://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/La_Prin...de_Cl%C3%A8ves

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La Fayette, Madame de: The Princess of Cleves v.1, 14 August 2016

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Hey there, Mobileread, long time no see.

[The Princess of Cleves[/ was published anonymously in France in 1678, although it's thought to be the work of Madame de la Fayette.

According to Wikipedia:

"It is regarded by many as the beginning of the modern tradition of the psychological novel, and as a great classic work. The action takes place between October 1558 and November 1559 at the royal court of Henry II of France. The novel recreates that era with remarkable precision. Nearly every character – except the heroine – is a historical figure. Events and intrigues unfold with great faithfulness to documentary record."

This novel was originally published in French; I've made some effort to uncover who the (seemingly anonymous) translator of this particular version is with no luck (the original file came from Gutenberg). If anyone discovers that the translator died after 1945, please let me know and I'll remove the book.

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la Motte Fouque, Friedrich de: Sintram and His Companions. V1. 25 Dec 2009

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Friedrich Heinrich Karl de la Motte, Baron Fouqué (February 12, 1777 – January 23, 1843) was a German writer of the romantic movement.

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The author of these tales, as well as of many more, was Friedrich, Baron de la Motte Fouque, one of the foremost of the minstrels or tale-tellers of the realm of spiritual chivalry—the realm whither Arthur's knights departed when they "took the Sancgreal's holy quest,"—whence Spenser's Red Cross knight and his fellows came forth on their adventures, and in which the Knight of la Mancha believed, and endeavoured to exist.

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la Motte Fouque, Friedrich de: The Two Captains. V1. 25 Dec 2009

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Friedrich Heinrich Karl de la Motte, Baron Fouqué (February 12, 1777 – January 23, 1843) was a German writer of the romantic movement.

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A Mild summer evening was resting on the shores of Malaga, awakening the guitar of many a merry singer among the ships in the harbor, and in the city houses, and in many an ornamental garden villa. Emulating the voices of the birds, the melodious tones greeted the refreshing coolness, and floated like perfumed exhalations from meadow and water, over the enchanting region. Some troops of infantry who were on the shore, and who purposed to spend the night there, that they might be ready for embarkation early on the following morning, forgot amid the charms of the pleasant eventide that they ought to devote these last few hours on European soil to ease and slumber; they began to sing military songs, to drink to each other with their flasks filled to the brim with the rich wine of Xeres, toasting to the long life of the mighty Emperor Charles V., who was now besieging the pirate-nest Tunis, and to whose assistance they were about to sail. The merry soldiers were not all of one race.

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la Motte, Friedrich Heinrich Karl de: Aslauga's Knight. V1. 24 Dec 2009

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Friedrich Heinrich Karl de la Motte, Baron Fouqué (February 12, 1777 – January 23, 1843) was a German writer of the romantic movement.

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Many years ago there lived in the island of Fuhnen a noble knight, called Froda, the friend of the Skalds, who was so named because he not only offered free hospitality in his fair castle to every renowned and noble bard, but likewise strove with all his might to discover those ancient songs, and tales, and legends which, in Runic writings or elsewhere, were still to be found; he had even made some voyages to Iceland in search of them, and had fought many a hard battle with the pirates of those seas—for he was also a right valiant knight, and he followed his great ancestors not only in their love of song, but also in their bold deeds of arms. Although he was still scarcely beyond the prime of youth, yet all the other nobles in the island willingly submitted themselves to him, whether in council or in war; nay, his renown had even been carried ere now over the sea to the neighbouring land of Germany.

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Lafayette, Madame de: The Princess de Montpensier, v.1, 15 Feb 2008.

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Translated from the French with an Introduction by Oliver C. Colt.

Marie Madeleine Pioche de la Vergne, comtesse de Lafayette, (1634-1693).
[La princesse de Montpensier [/(1662).

An earlier short work from the author of ‘The Princess of Clèves’ (already uploaded).

Set in France at the time of the St Bartholomew’s day massacre, this is a tragic love story. In a court where women are property to be married off in political alliances, the Princess de Montpensier endeavours to reconcile the conflict between love and duty.

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Lafayette, Madame de: The Princess of Cleves, v1, 22 Dec2007

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Madame de Lafayette (Marie-Madeleine Pioche de la Vergne, comtesse de la Fayette): The Princess of Cleves
(La Princesse de Clèves)
Translator: Anonymous
(1678)

This is one of my favourite books, but I’m not sure whether anyone else will like it.

Madame de Lafayette was a close friend of the Duc de la Rochefoucauld (author of the Maxims)

The Princess of Clèves is the first French historical novel, and an early psychological novel. It is set in the pleasure-loving court of Henri II of France. The young Mademoiselle de Chartres is married off to the Prince de Clèves. She then meets the love of her life, the Duc de Nemours. The ensuing conflict between love and duty is portrayed in the most beautifully proportioned classical French prose.

Unfortunately, the anonymous translation does not convey the same exquisite style. It also contained numerous translation errors, which I have corrected. I’ve also had to supply all the missing accents.

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Lagerlöf, Selma: Die schönsten Geschichten von Selma Lagerlöf. german. v2. 23.01.2010

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Selma Ottilia Lovisa Lagerlöf (* 20. November 1858 auf Gut Mårbacka in der heutigen Gemeinde Sunne, Värmland, Schweden; † 16. März 1940 ebenda) war eine schwedische Schriftstellerin. Sie ist eine der bekanntesten Schriftstellerinnen des Landes und gehört zu den schwedischen Autoren, deren Werke zur Weltliteratur zählen. 1909 erhielt sie als erste Frau den Nobelpreis für Literatur.
Die Romane und Erzählungen von Selma Lagerlöf wirken auf den ersten Blick naiv und erwecken den Anschein, in einer uralten mündlichen Erzähltradition geschrieben zu sein. Ihre Romane bestehen aus einzelnen Kapiteln, die in sich jeweils abgeschlossene Episoden darstellen. Das Einleitungskapitel von Jerusalem I etwa, Ingmarssönerna („Die Ingmarssöhne“), fungierte ursprünglich sogar als selbstständige Novelle. Lagerlöf wurde aufgrund dieses Stils häufig als „sagotant“ (Märchentante) abgetan und Kritiker warfen ihr vor, zu sehr auf regionale Themen und Sujets beschränkt zu bleiben.
Die Literaturwissenschaft deckte erst im Laufe der Zeit auf, wie bewusst Selma Lagerlöf mit raffinierten erzähltechnischen Methoden arbeitete. Dies zeigt sich beispielsweise an der anspruchsvollen Konstruktion von Jerusalem, wo sie scheinbar zusammenhanglose Einzelkapitel zu einem komplexen Bau zusammensetzt, dessen Grundstruktur sich erst nach und nach erschließt, oder an dem geschickten Wechsel der Erzählperspektive in Der Kaiser von Portugallien.
Hinter der Verarbeitung von Sagenstoffen und dem Auftauchen übernatürlicher Mächte lässt sich der Versuch erkennen, die Vielschichtigkeit der menschlichen Psyche zu ergründen, was auf ein der Zeit Freuds durchaus gemäßes Menschenbild schließen lässt. In ihrem Subtext setzen sich viele Werke Lagerlöfs mit sozialen Umwälzungen auseinander und sind in ihrer Infragestellung des tradierten Geschlechterverhältnisses der zeitgenössischen gesellschaftlichen Realität voraus, so dass Lagerlöf heute zu den modernen Schriftstellern gezählt wird.[3]
In Gösta Berling schreibt Selma Lagerlöf in einem hochgestimmten, überschwänglichen, emphatischen Ton, häufig mit direkten Anrufen an den Leser (Beispiel: O sena tiders barn! – O Kinder späterer Zeiten!) In späteren Werken ändert sie ihren Stil und pflegt eine lakonische, schlichte, an die isländische Saga gemahnende Schreibart.
Ein Vergleich ihrer Literatur mit ihren privaten Äußerungen etwa in Briefen, in denen sie natürlich und zwanglos schreibt, zeigt, wie kunstvoll ihre Sprache ist. „Es strengt an, einfach zu sein“, schrieb sie einmal. Selma Lagerlöf gelang es, ohne Längen Spannung zu erzeugen und von der ersten bis zur letzten Seite durchzuhalten.
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Lake, Steven: The Dreamland Articles 1. v1. 3 Aug 2011

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Here's book 1 of my Dreamland Articles book series.

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Lake, Steven: The Dreamland Articles 2. v1. 3 Aug 2011

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Here's book 2 of my Dreamland Articles book series.

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Lake, Steven: The Tin Cup. v1. 22 Dec 2010

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Here's a fun little Christmas story I did for this year. Feel free to share it with anyone and everyone you know. :)

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Lamb, Charles & Mary: Tales from Shakespeare (Illustrated) v1, 6 Sept 2007.

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Charles and Mary Lamb: Tales from Shakespeare.
Illustrated by Arthur Rackham
This is a big file because of the illustrations.
Wikipedia says:
“Tales from Shakespeare was an English children's book written by Charles Lamb with his sister Mary Lamb in 1807. It was illustrated by Arthur Rackham in 1899 and 1909.
The book reduced the archaic English and complicated storyline of Shakespeare to a simple level that children could read and comprehend. However, as noted in the Author's Preface, "his words are used whenever it seemed possible to bring them in; and in whatever has been added to give them the regular form of a connected story, diligent care has been taken to select such words as might least interrupt the effect of the beautiful English tongue in which he wrote: therefore, words introduced into our language since his time have been as far as possible avoided."
Mary Lamb was responsible for most of the comedies, perhaps 14 of the 20.”

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Lane, E.W.: Arabian society in the Middle Ages. v1. 17 Jan 2013

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When Edward William Lane (1801-1876) translated the "1001 Nights" he often added long notes at the end of the stories. His grandnephew Stanley Lane-Poole (1854-1931) basically recycled these footnotes for this book. Of course he continued the family tradition by adding his own elaborate footnotes. :)

The title is somewhat misleading, because even though the book contains many quotes from medieval Arab writers, Lane often interspersed his notes with entertaining anecdotes from his years in Egypt.

The book contains 11 chapters: Religion, Demonology, Saints, Magic, Cosmography, Literature, Feasting and Merrymaking, Childhood and Education, Women, Slavery, Ceremonies of Death.

IMHO, it's a treasure trove of Arabian trivia. Not only will you find out about the prophet's favorite drink and fruit, you'll also learn about naked saints and why Muslims aren't supposed to pray in bath houses.

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Lane-Pool, Stanley: Saladin (Illustrated). v1 10 September 2013

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Stanley Lane-Poole (1854-1931) was a British orientalist, numismatist, historian, and archaeologist, and came from a family of orientalists. He worked from 1874 to 1892 in the British Museum, then in Egypt researching Egyptian archaeology, and then went to Sweden, Russia, and Turkey to study Islamic numismatics. From 1897 to 1904 he was the Professor of Arabic studies at Trinity College, Dublin University.

[Saladin and the Fall of the Kingdom of Jerusalem[/ was the first biography in English of Saladin, the Kurdish Moslem leader who regained Jerusalem and most of Palestine from the Crusaders, and who was renowned for his mercy and integrity.

When Roland of Aguilers helped to conquer Jerusalem in 1099 he celebrated the slaughter visited upon the city's Muslims: 'Crusaders rode in blood to the knees and bridles of their horses... Jerusalem was littered with bodies and stained with blood... A new day, new gladness... brought forth new words and songs for all.'

When Jerusalem was retaken from the Crusaders in 1187 there was virtually no bloodshed after the city surrendered, the people were treated kindly, and many were set free. Dr Lane-Poole wrote 'If the taking of Jersusalem were the only fact known about Saladin, it were enough to prove him the most chivalrous and great-hearted conqueror of his own, and perhaps of any age.' Would that the Christian European and American conquerors of Magdeburg, La Rochelle, Warsaw, Dresden, Hiroshima and Nagasaki, My Lai, Fallujah, and many other cities had learned from him.

The text is based on the 1906 edition published by G P Putnam's Sons. The spelling has been modernised and scene breaks have been added. The circular images on the Part tables of content were from painted on glass windows in the abbey of St Denys in the middle of the twelth century.

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Lane-Pool, Stanley: The Moors in Spain (Illustrated). v1 7 October 2013

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Stanley Lane-Poole (1854-1931) was a British orientalist, numismatist, histor*ian, and archaeol*ogist, and came from a family of orientalists. He worked from 1874 to 1892 in the British Museum, then in Egypt as an archaeologist, and then in Sweden, Russia, and Turkey studying Islamic numismatics. From 1897 to 1904 he was the Professor of Arabic studies at Trinity College, Dublin University.

Between 1875 and 1903 he published sixteen catalogues of arabic coins and about five hundred books on the life and history of the Muslim world, edited others including his great uncle Edward William Lanes translation of[ The Thousand and One Nights[/, wrote several biographies of other Englishmen associated with the East, and four books in the Story of the Nations series: [The Moors in Spain[/, [Turkey[/, [The Barbary Corsairs[/, and [Medieval India[/.

[The Moors in Spain[/ gives an account of the nearly eight centuries during which 'Spain set to all Europe a shining example of a civilized and enlightened State… Art, literature, and science prospered, as they then prospered nowhere else in Europe… Whatsoever makes an kingdom great and prosperous, whatsoever tends to refinement and civilisation, was found in Moslem Spain.'

I have omitted the index and the citations in the footnotes, but have retained the explanatory footnotes and made them end notes, have inserted some 'scene breaks', have slightly slightly altered the chronological table, and have modernised the spelling.

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Lang, Andrew: Adventures among Books V1. 25-Sep-2010

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Andrew Lang (31 March 1844 – 20 July 1912) was a Scots poet, novelist, and literary critic, and contributor to the field of anthropology. He is best known as a collector of folk and fairy tales. The Andrew Lang lectures at the University of St Andrews are named for him.

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In an age of reminiscences, is there room for the confessions of a veteran, who remembers a great deal about books and very little about people? I have often wondered that a Biographia Literaria has so seldom been attempted—a biography or autobiography of a man in his relations with other minds. Coleridge, to be sure, gave this name to a work of his, but he wandered from his apparent purpose into a world of alien disquisitions. The following pages are frankly bookish, and to the bookish only do they appeal. The habit of reading has been praised as a virtue, and has been denounced as a vice. In no case, if we except the perpetual study of newspapers (which cannot fairly be called reading), is the vice, or the virtue, common. [...]
In beginning an autobiographia literaria, an account of how, and in what order, books have appealed to a mind, which books have ever above all things delighted, the author must pray to be pardoned for the sin of egotism. There is no other mind, naturally, of which the author knows so much as of his own. On n'a que soi, as the poor girl says in one of M. Paul Bourget's novels. In literature, as in love, one can only speak for himself.

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Lang, Andrew: Adventures among Books. v1. 4 Aug 2013

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Andrew Lang (31 March 1844 – 20 July 1912) was a Scots poet, novelist, literary critic, and contributor to the field of anthropology. He is best known as a collector of folk and fairy tales. The Andrew Lang lectures at the University of St Andrews are named after him.

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Recollections of Robert Louis Stevenson. --Rab's friend.--Oliver Wendell Holmes.--Mr. Morris's poems.--Mrs. Radcliffe's novels.--A Scottish romanticist of 1830 [T.T. Stoddart.]--The Confessions of Saint Augustine.--Smollett.--Nathaniel Hawthorne.--The paradise of poets.--Paris and Helen.--Enchanted cigarettes.--Stories and story-telling.--The supernatural in fiction.--An old Scottish psychical researcher [G. Sinclair]--The boy

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Lang, Andrew: Essays in Little, v.1, 13 April 2008.

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(1891)
A set of essays.

Contents:
Alexandre Dumas
Mr. Stevenson’s Works
Thomas Haynes Bayly
Théodore De Banville
Homer and The Study Of Greek
The Last Fashionable Novel
The Last Fight of Four Hair-Brushes
Thackeray
Dickens
Adventures of Buccaneers
The Sagas
Charles Kingsley
Charles Lever: His Books, Adventures and Misfortunes
The Poems of Sir Walter Scott
John Bunyan
To A Young Journalist
Mr. Kipling’s Stories

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Lang, Andrew: He, v.1, 30 May 2008.

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Andrew Lang (1844-1912)
‘He’ (1887)

A companion to Rider Haggard’s ‘She’.

I have transliterated Greek expressions in this energetic little parody.

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Lang, Andrew: Helen of Troy, v.1, 27 April 2008.

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‘Helen of Troy, her life and translation. Done into rhyme from the Greek books.’
(1882)

Not content with translating Homer, Andrew Lang composed this epic poem on the life of Helen of Troy.

As a bonus, here’s a very short poem by Dorothy Parker:

Words of Comfort to Be Scratched on a Mirror
Helen of Troy had a wandering glance;
Sappho’s restriction was only the sky;
Ninon was ever the chatter of France;
But oh, what a good girl am I!

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Lang, Andrew: How to Fail in Literature, v.1, 7 May 2008.

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Andrew Lang (1844-1912)
How to Fail in Literature: A Lecture by Andrew Lang (1890).

The title is self-explanatory.

Source: PG.

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Lang, Andrew: The Blue Fairy Book. 27 Sept 07

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The first of many Fairy books edited by Andrew Lang, [The Blue Fairy Book[/ was published in 1889.

Lang collected stories from around the world for the series with many of the tales that were already well known included in the earlier volumes. He drew from many sources including Andersen and Grimm.

I hope to post all that I can find. So far I have found text for 11 of the 13 identified books. Still missing are [The Olive Fairy Book[/ (1907) and [The Rose Fairy Book[/ (1???.)

Included in this volume:

- THE BRONZE RING

- PRINCE HYACINTH AND THE DEAR LITTLE PRINCESS

- EAST OF THE SUN AND WEST OF THE MOON

- THE YELLOW DWARF

- LITTLE RED RIDING-HOOD

- THE SLEEPING BEAUTY IN THE WOOD

- CINDERELLA; OR, THE LITTLE GLASS SLIPPER

- ALADDIN AND THE WONDERFUL LAMP

- THE TALE OF A YOUTH WHO SET OUT TO LEARN WHAT FEAR WAS

- RUMPELSTILTZKIN

- BEAUTY AND THE BEAST

- THE MASTER-MAID

- WHY THE SEA IS SALT

- THE MASTER CAT; OR, PUSS IN BOOTS

- FELICIA AND THE POT OF PINKS

- THE WHITE CAT

- THE WATER-LILY. THE GOLD-SPINNERS

- THE TERRIBLE HEAD

- THE STORY OF PRETTY GOLDILOCKS

- THE HISTORY OF WHITTINGTON

- THE WONDERFUL SHEEP

- LITTLE THUMB

- THE FORTY THIEVES

- HANSEL AND GRETTEL

- SNOW-WHITE AND ROSE-RED

- THE GOOSE-GIRL

- TOADS AND DIAMONDS

- PRINCE DARLING

- BLUE BEARD

- TRUSTY JOHN

- THE BRAVE LITTLE TAILOR

- A VOYAGE TO LILLIPUT

- THE PRINCESS ON THE GLASS HILL

- THE STORY OF PRINCE AHMED AND THE FAIRY PARIBANOU

- THE HISTORY OF JACK THE GIANT-KILLER

- THE BLACK BULL OF NORROWAY

- THE RED ETIN

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Lang, Andrew: The Book of Dreams and Ghosts, v.1, 17 Nov 2007.

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Second Edition, 1899.

Winter is the season for supernatural stories, so here are some allegedly true stories collected by Andrew Lang, who sensibly debunks some of them.

Cross reference:
R Wood has already given us Andrew Lang’s complete fairy tale collections, and Harry T has included Lang’s collaborations with H Rider Haggard in his Rider Haggard collections.

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Lang, Andrew: The Brown Fairy Book. 28 Sept 07

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The ninth volume of the fairy stories, this one was first published in 1904.

It includes the wonderful "What the Rose did to the Cypress" from India. Also included are many tales from the US taken from the Native Americans (also called at times in Lang's writings "Red Men", Indians, or simply credited as "From Bureau of Ethnology."

My pick for this volume is "How Some Wild Animals became Tame Ones."

Included are the following stories:

- What the Rose did to the Cypress

- Ball-Carrier and the Bad One

- How Ball-Carrier finished his Task

- The Bunyip

- Father Grumbler

- The Story of the Yara

- The Cunning Hare

- The Turtle and his Bride

- How Geirald the Coward was Punished

- Habogi

- How the Little Brother set Free his Big Brothers

- The Sacred Milk of Koumongoe

- The Wicked Wolverine

- The Husband of the Rat's Daughter

- The Mermaid and the Boy

- Pivi and Kabo

- The Elf Maiden

- How Some Wild Animals became Tame Ones

- Fortune and the Wood-Cutter

- The Enchanted Head

- The Sister of the Sun

- The Prince and the Three Fates

- The Fox and the Lapp

- Kisa the Cat

- The Lion and the Cat

- Which was the Foolishest?

- Asmund and Signy

- Rubezahl

- Story of the King who would be Stronger then Fate

- Story of Wali Dad the Simple-hearted

- Tale of a Tortoise and of a Mischievous Monkey

- The Knights of the Fish

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Lang, Andrew: The Crimson Fairy Book. 28 Sept 07

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This 8th installment in the series is one that I had a child. It was given to me by a neighbor of my Grandfather whose own children had outgrown the book. He had picked it up in World War II when he was stationed in England with the US Army Air Corp.

For some reason the story that I remember best is the final one in the book, "The Magic Kettle" from Japan. (Perhaps it was because my own Father was stationed in Japan at the time.)

Enough of my memories. Go read the book and create some of your own memories.

- Lovely Ilonka

- Lucky Luck

- The Hairy Man

- To your Good Health!

- The Story of the Seven Simons

- The Language of Beasts

- The Boy who could keep a Secret

- The Prince and the Dragon

- Little Wildrose

- Tiidu the Piper

- Paperarello

- The Gifts of the Magician

- The Strong Prince

- The Treasure Seeker

- The Cottager and his Cat

- The Prince who would seek Immortality

- The Stone-cutter

- The Gold-bearded Man

- Tritill, Litill, and the Birds

- The Three Robes

- The Six Hungry Beasts

- How the Beggar Boy turned into Count Piro

- The Rogue and the Herdsman

- Eisenkopf

- The Death of Abu Nowas and of his Wife

- Motikatika

- Niels and the Giants

- Shepherd Paul

- How the wicked Tanuki was punished

- The Crab and the Monkey

- The Horse Gullfaxi and the Sword Gunnfoder

- The Story of the Sham Prince, or the Ambitious Tailor

- The Colony of Cats

- How to find out a True Friend

- Clever Maria

- The Magic Kettle

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Lang, Andrew: The Disentanglers (1901); V1; 28 Dec 2020

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Andrew Lang FBA (1844–1912) was a Scottish poet, novelist, literary critic, and contributor to the field of anthropology. He is best known as a collector of folk and fairy tales. He also wrote this larky episodic novel of a group of friends who set themselves up to "disentangle" people's problems.

1: The Great Idea
2: From the Highways and Hedges
3: Adventure of the First Clients
4: Adventure of the Rich Uncle
5: The Adventure of the Office Screen
6: A Lover In Cocky
7: The Adventure of the Exemplary Earl
8: The Adventure of the Lady Patroness
9: Adventure of the Lady Novelist and the Vaccinationist
10: Adventure of the Fair American
11: Adventure of the Miserly Marquis
12: Adventure of the Canadian Heiress

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Lang, Andrew: The Green Fairy Book. 27 Sept 07

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The 3rd volume was thought to be at the time it was published, 1892, to be the last volume in the set. It draws heavily on the tales by the Brothers Grimm but does include one from China and many more from European countries such as Italy.

It is somehow fitting that for the third volume there should be such stories as "The Three Little Pigs" (thus showing that housing problems are nothing new), "The Three Bears", and "The Three Dogs." There are more with a three theme.

Included in this volume are the following stories:

- The Blue Bird

- The Half-Chick

- The Story of Caliph Stork

- The Enchanted Watch

- Rosanella

- Sylvain and Jocosa

- Fairy Gifts

- Prince Narcissus and the Princess Potentilla

- Prince Featherhead and the Princess Celandine

- The Three Little Pigs

- Heart of Ice

- The Enchanted Ring

- The Snuff-box

- The Golden Blackbird

- The Little Soldier

- The Magic Swan

- The Dirty Shepherdess

- The Enchanted Snake

- The Biter Bit

- King Kojata

- Prince Fickle and Fair Helena

- Puddocky

- The Story of Hok Lee and the Dwarfs

- The Story of the Three Bears

- Prince Vivien and the Princess Placida

- Little One-eye, Little Two-eyes, and Little Three-eyes

- Jorinde and Joringel

- Allerleirauh; or, the Many-furred Creature

- The Twelve Huntsmen

- Spindle, Shuttle, and Needle

- The Crystal Coffin

- The Three Snake-leaves

- The Riddle

- Jack my Hedgehog

- The Golden Lads

- The White Snake

- The Story of a Clever Tailor

- The Golden Mermaid

- The War of the Wolf and the Fox

- The Story of the Fisherman and his Wife

- The Three Musicians

- The Three Dogs

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Lang, Andrew: The Grey Fairy Book. 27 Sept 07

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The 6th book in the series, [The Grey Fairy Book[/ was published in 1900.

The most famous story here is "Prunella" The stories come from around the world and include some from Africa.

Included in this volume:

- Donkey Skin

- The Goblin Pony

- An Impossible Enchantment

- The Story of Dschemil and Dachemila

- Janni and the Draken

- The Partnership of the Thief and the Liar

- Fortunatus and his Purse

- The Goat-faced Girl

- What came of picking Flowers

- The Story of Bensurdatu

- The Magician's Horse

- The Little Gray Man

- Herr Lazarus and the Draken

- The Story of the Queen of the Flowery Isles

- Udea and her Seven Brothers

- The White Wolf

- Mohammed with the Magic Finger

- Bobino

- The Dog and the Sparrow

- The Story of the Three Sons of Hali

- The Story of the Fair Circassians

- The Jackal and the Spring The Bear

- The Sunchild The Daughter of Buk Ettemsuch

- Laughing Eye and Weeping Eye, or the Limping Fox

- The Unlooked for Prince

- The Simpleton

- The Street Musicians

- The Twin Brothers

- Cannetella

- The Ogre

- A Fairy's Blunder

- Long, Broad, and Quickeye

- Prunella

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Lang, Andrew: The Lilac Fairy Book. 28 Sept 07

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Published in 1910, [The Lilac Fairy Book[/ is the 12th fairy book edited by Andrew Lang. The 11th was [The Olive Fairy Book[/ in 1907 that I have yet to find a source for and know only by a reference to his published works. Likewise, the 13th volume, [The Rose Fairy Book[/, has not been located and an exact publication date has not been found. If I find these I will add them to the series at that time. If anyone finds a source for either book, please PM me here at MobileRead.

Stories in this volume are:

- The Shifty Lad

- The False Prince and the True

- The Jogi's Punishment

- The Heart of a Monkey

- The Fairy Nurse

- A Lost Paradise

- How Brave Walter Hunted Wolves

- The Ring of the Waterfalls

- A French Puck

- The Three Crowns

- The Story of a Very Bad Boy

- The Brown Bear of Norway

- Little Lasse

- 'Moti'

- The Enchanted Deer

- A Fish Story

- The Wonderful Tune

- The Rich Brother and the Poor Brother

- The One-Handed Girl

- The Bones of Djulung

- The Sea Ring's Gift

- The Raspberry Worm

- The Stones of Plouhinec

- The Castle of Kerglas

- The Battle of the Birds

- The Lady of the Fountain

- The Four Gifts

- The Groac'h of the Isle of Lok

- The Escape of the Mouse

- The Believing. Husbands

- The Hoodie-Crow

- The Brownie of the Lake

- The Winning of Olwen

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Lang, Andrew: The Olive Fairy Book. 01 Oct 07

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This is the missing eleventh book from the "fairy stories of many colors" series. First published in 1907 it contains stories from all around the world with many from India. This book completes the series.

The remaining volume I mentioned in an earlier post, the rose book, is nothing more than a collection of stories drawn from other already posted books and therefore adds nothing new.

I wish to thank Patricia and Flogiston for pointing me toward sources for this volume. Thank you.

Stories included in this volume are as follows:

- Madschun

- The Blue Parrot

- Geirlug The King’s Daughter

- The Story of Little King Loc

- A Long-Bow Story

- Jackal or Tiger?

- The Comb and the Collar

- The Thanksgiving of the Wazir

- Samba the Coward

- Kupti and Imani

- The Strange Adventures of Little Maia

- Diamond Cut Diamond

- The Green Knight

- The Five Wise Words of the Guru

- The Golden-Headed Fish

- Dorani

- The Satin Surgeon

- The Billy Goat and the King

- The Story of Zoulvisia

- Grasp All, Lose All

- The Fate of the Turtle

- The Snake Prince

- The Prince and the Princess in the Forest

- The Clever Weaver

- The Boy Who Found Fear At Last

- He Wins Who Waits

- The Steel Cane

- The Punishment of the Fairy Gangana

- The Silent Princess

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Lang, Andrew: The Orange Fairy Book. 28 Sept 07

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Published in 1906, the 10th volume contains Hans Andersen's well loved "The Ugly Duckling." Other tales are drawn from Africa to the West Highlands from the German to the Celtic. A fine collection to enjoy.

Including:

- The Story of the Hero Makoma

- The Magic Mirror

- Story of the King who would see Paradise

- How Isuro the Rabbit tricked Gudu

- Ian, the Soldier's Son

- The Fox and the Wolf

- How Ian Direach got the Blue Falcon

- The Ugly Duckling

- The Two Caskets

- The Goldsmith's Fortune

- The Enchanted Wreath

- The Foolish Weaver

- The Clever Cat

- The Story of Manus Pinkel the Thief

- The Adventures of a Jackal

- The Adventures of the Jachal's Eldest Son

- The Adventures of the Younger Son of the Jackal

- The Three Treasures of the Giants

- The Rover of the Plain

- The White Doe

- The Girl Fish

- The Owl and the Eagle

- The Frog and the Lion Fairy

- The Adventures of Covan the Brown-haired

- The Princess Bella-Flor

- The Bird of Truth

- The Mink and the Wolf

- Adventures of an Indian Brave

- How the Stalos were Tricked

- Andras Baive

- The White Slipper

- The Magic Book

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Lang, Andrew: The Pink Fairy Book. 27 Sept 07

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The 5th fairy book is the most diverse one yet with stories from all around the world.

Includes:

- The Cat's Elopement

- How the Dragon was Tricked

- The Goblin and the Grocer

- The House in the Wood

- Uraschimataro and the Turtle

- The Slaying of the Tanuki

- The Flying Trunk

- The Snow Man

- The Shirt-Collar

- The Princess in the Chest

- The Three Brothers

- The Snow-queen

- The Fir-Tree

- Hans, the Mermaid's Son

- Peter Bull

- The Bird 'Grip'

- Snowflake

- I know what I have learned

- The Cunning Shoemaker

- The King who would have a Beautiful Wife

- Catherine and her Destiny

- How the Hermit helped to win the King's Daughter

- The Water of Life

- The Wounded Lion

- The Man without a Heart

- The Two Brothers

- Master and Pupil

- The Golden Lion

- The Sprig of Rosemary

- The White Dove

- The Troll's Daughter

- Esben and the Witch

- Princess Minon-Minette

- Maiden Bright-eye

- The Merry Wives

- King Lindorm

- The Jackal, the Dove, and the Panther

- The Little Hare

- The Sparrow with the Slit Tongue

- The Story of Ciccu

- Don Giovanni de la Fortuna

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Lang, Andrew: The Puzzle of Dickens’s Last Plot, v.1, 26 April 2008.

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(1905)
An analysis of ‘The Mystery of Edwin Drood’. This was incomplete at Dickens’s death. Lang examines various ways of solving the mystery of Drood’s disappearance.

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Lang, Andrew: The Red Fairy Book. 27 Sept 07

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This second collection is from 1890 and adds more stories from outside the British Isles -- France, Germany, and Russia among them.

Included are:

- The Twelve Dancing Princesses

- The Princess Mayblossom

- Soria Moria Castle

- The Death of Koschei the Deathless

- The Black Thief and Knight of the Glen

- The Master Thief

- Brother and Sister

- Princess Rosette

- The Enchanted Pig

- The Norka

- The Wonderful Birch

- Jack and the Beanstalk

- The Little Good Mouse

- Graciosa and Percinet

- The Three Princesses of Whiteland

- The Voice of Death

- The Six Sillies

- Kari Woodengown

- Drakestail

- The Ratcatcher

- The True History of Little Goldenhood

- The Golden Branch

- The Three Dwarfs

- Dapplegrim

- The Enchanted Canary

- The Twelve Brothers

- Rapunzel

- The Nettle Spinner

- Farmer Weatherbeard

- Mother Holle

- Minnikin

- Bushy Bride

- Snowdrop

- The Golden Goose

- The Seven Foals

- The Marvellous Musician

- The Story of Sigurd

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Lang, Andrew: The Red Romance Book. 03 June 2008

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Stories and tales for the bigger folk. Some are new to me, most I have read before in other forms. The full list:

- HOW WILLIAM OF PALERMO WAS CARRIED OFF BY THE WERWOLF

- THE DISENCHANTMENT OF THE WERWOLF

- THE SLAYING OF HALLGERDA’S HUSBANDS

- THE DEATH OF GUNNAR

- NJAL’S BURNING

- THE LADY OF SOLACE

- UNA AND THE LION

- HOW THE RED CROSS KNIGHT SLEW THE DRAGON

- AMYS AND AMYLE

- THE TALE OF THE CID

- THE KNIGHT OF THE SORROWFUL COUNTENANCE

- THE ADVENTURE OF THE TWO ARMIES WHO TURNED OUT TO BE FLOCKS OF SHEEP

- THE MEETING OF HUON AND OBERON, KING OF THE FAIRIES

- HOW OBERON SAVED HUON

- HAVELOK AND GOLDBOROUGH

- CUPID AND PSYCHE

- SIR BEVIS THE STRONG

- OGIER THE DANE

- HOW THE ASS BECAME A MAN AGAIN

- GUY OF WARWICK

- HOW BRADAMANTE CONQUERED THE WIZARD

- THE RING OF BRADAMANTE

- THE FULFILLING OF THE PROPHECY

- THE KNIGHT OF THE SUN

- HOW THE KNIGHT OF THE SUN RESCUED HIS FATHER

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Lang, Andrew: The Violet Fairy Book. 28 Sept 07

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The 7th in the series, this one was published in 1901.

From central Europe, Russia, Japan, the Swahili tribes of Africa, Scandinavia, along with the traditional German and English traditional tales; this volume extends the growing depth and breath of the fairy stories.

Included in this volume are the following stories:

- A Tale of the Tontlawald

- The finest Liar in the World

- The Story of three Wonderful Beggars

- Schippeitaro

- The Three Princes and their Beasts

- The Goat's Ears of the Emperor Trojan

- The Nine Pea-hens and the Golden Apples

- The Lute Player

- The Grateful Prince

- The Child who came from an Egg

- Stan Bolovan

- The Two Frogs

- The Story of a Gazelle

- How a Fish swam in the Air and a Hare in the Water

- Two in a Sack

- The Envious Neighbour

- The Fairy of the Dawn

- The Enchanted Knife

- Jesper who herded the Hares

- The Underground Workers

- The History of Dwarf Long Nose

- The Nunda, Eater of People

- The Story of Hassebu

- The Maiden with the Wooden Helmet

- The Monkey and the Jelly-fish

- The Headless Dwarfs

- The young Man who would have his Eyes opened

- The Boys with the Golden Stars

- The Frog

- The Princess who was hidden Underground

- The Girl who pretended to be a Boy

- The Story of Halfman

- The Prince who wanted to see the World

- Virgililus the Sorcerer

- Mogarzea and his Son

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Lang, Andrew: The Yellow Fairy Book. 27 Sept 07

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The 4th book written in 1894 marked Lang's return to fairy stories. Far from being finished with them, he had only started.

The most famous one in this collection has to be "Story of the Emperor's New Clothes" although many of the stories are very recognizable as plots for other films and books.

Includes:

- The Cat and the Mouse in Partnership

- The Six Swans

- The Dragon of the North

- Story of the Emperor's New Clothes

- The Golden Crab

- The Iron Stove

- The Dragon and his Grandmother

- The Donkey Cabbage

- The Little Green Frog

- The Seven-headed Serpent

- The Grateful Beasts

- The Giants and the Herd-boy

- The Invisible Prince

- The Crow

- How Six Men travelled through the Wide World

- The Wizard King

- The Nixy

- The Glass Mountain

- Alphege, or the Green Monkey

- Fairer-than-a-Fairy

- The Three Brothers

- The Boy and the Wolves, or the Broken Promise

- The Glass Axe

- The Dead Wife

- In the Land of Souls

- The White Duck

- The Witch and her Servants

- The Magic Ring

- The Flower Queen's Daughter

- The Flying Ship

- The Snow-daughter and the Fire-son

- The Story of King Frost

- The Death of the Sun-hero

- The Witch

- The Hazel-nut Child

- The Story of Big Klaus and Little Klaus

- Prince Ring

- The Swineherd

- How to tell a True Princess

- The Blue Mountains

- The Tinder-box

- The Witch in the Stone Boat

- Thumbelina

- The Nightingale

- Hermod and Hadvor

- The Steadfast Tin-soldier

- Blockhead Hans

- A Story about a Darning-needle

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Lange, Dietrich: The Lure Of The Black Hills. v1. 24 Oct 2015

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(Johann) Dietrich LANGE: Born : 1863 Jun 2: Died : 1940 Nov 19

Excerpt
Sam Benton and his family, consisting of the lively lad, Thomas; Jim, an adopted orphan; little Peter, and their mother, Sara; were never lonesome, although at the beginning of our story, in tlie spring of 1840, Fort Pierre was nothing but a big trading-post located in the heart of the buffalo and Indian country.

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Lange, Dietrich: The Shawnee's Warning. v1. 25 Oct 2015

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(Johann) Dietrich LANGE: Born : 1863 Jun 2: Died : 1940 Nov 19

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Both Howard and Dick Hamilton were having such a good time in the woods near Fort Leavenworth, in Kansas, that they did not care how much longer they would have to wait for Mark Stebbins, who was to be their guide and leader, when they joined the emigrants who, in the spring of 1843, started from Missouri, to the far-away valley of the Willamette in Oregon.

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Lange, Dietrich: The Silver Cache Of The Pawnee. v1. 26 Oct 2015

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(Johann) Dietrich LANGE: Born : 1863 Jun 2: Died : 1940 Nov 19

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This is an adventure story of the Old Santa Fe Trail.
The Old Trail ran from Independence, near Kansas City, to Santa Fe, across the buffalo country of the Great Plains, a distance about the same as that from New York to Chicago.

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Lange, Dietrich: The Threat Of Sitting Bull. v1. 29 Oct 2015

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(Johann) Dietrich LANGE: Born : 1863 Jun 2: Died : 1940 Nov 19

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The Sioux, or Dakotas, were the largest and most warlike nation of the northern Plains Indians.

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Lao-Tse: The Tao Teh King (Tr. Legge), v1, 16 Oct 2007.

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Lao-Tse: The Tao Teh King, or The Tao and its Characteristics

Translated by James Legge.

A translation of the great Taoist classic.
It takes the form of numbered aphorisms, some in verse.

(Because the Way of the Tao is notoriously difficult to translate, I shall also upload a different translation by Lionel Giles.)

From Wikipedia:
Laozi's work, the Tao Te Ching, is one of the most significant treatises in Chinese philosophy. It is his magnum opus, covering large areas of philosophy from individual spirituality and inter-personal dynamics to political techniques. According to esoteric adherents, the book contains specific instructions for Taoist adepts relating to qigong meditations, and in veiled preachings the way to revert to the primodial state, that supported the view Taoism was a religion in the quest of immortality. Two central concepts to the Tao Te Ching are the Dao (the "Way") and wu wei ("non-action").
The Tao Te Ching, often called simply the Laozi after its author, emphasizes the Dao. In the text, it is the source, and ideal, of all existence. It is unseen, but not transcendent, being the root of all things. According to the Tao Te Ching, humans have no special place within the Dao, being one of many things. People have desires and free will, able to alter their own nature. This leads to many acting "unnaturally", upsetting the natural balance of the Dao. The Tao Te Ching intends to lead students to a "return" to their natural state, in harmony with Dao. Ivanhoe & Van Norden state that the work presents a form of "philosophical therapy", rather than focusing on the coherent presentation of a theory. They say the arguments it makes are secondary to the paradoxes, images and poetic cadence, meant to move and challenge the reader.

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Lardner, Ring: Lardner on the Loose Omnibus (collected short fiction).v1. 21 Feb 2017

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Lardner on the Loose
A Collection of Short Fiction by Ringgold Wilmer Lardner (1885–1933)

First published 1914 ~ 1933.
The text of this book is in the public domain in countries where copyright is “Life+80” or less.

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Ring Lardner was an American sports columnist and short story writer best known for his satirical writings about sports, marriage, and the theatre. He was a contemporary of Ernest Hemingway, Virginia Woolf and F. Scott Fitzgerald, all of whom professed strong admiration for his writing.

In 1916, Lardner published his first successful book, [You Know Me Al[/, an epistolary novel written in the form of letters from “Jack Keefe”, a bush-league baseball player, to a friend back home. The letters made much use of the fictional author’s idiosyncratic vernacular, with semi-literate grammar and phonetic spelling. Like most of Lardner’s stories, [You Know Me Al [/employs satire, in this case to show the stupidity and avarice of a certain type of athlete. Until 1920, Lardner continued to write follow-up stories about Jack Keefe, some of which were collected in the books [Treat ‘Em Rough[/ and [The Real Dope[/, narrating Jack’s Army experiences in World War I.

Lardner later published such stories as “Haircut”, “Some Like Them Cold”, “The Golden Honeymoon”, “Alibi Ike”, “A Day with Conrad Green”, and dozens more. Sometimes narrated by a “wise boob”, with slyly satirical commentary on manners and morals ([The Big Town[/), sometimes taking a poignant view (“Now and Then”, “Old Folk’s Christmas”), sometimes sliding into sheer noir (“Champion”), always entertaining. His frequent use of vernacular influenced sports fiction writing for generations to come.
(—Extracted and adapted from Wikipedia.)

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This is my own compilation. Much of Lardner’s work after 1922 is not available in digital archives, so this collection is far from complete.

Text was obtained from Project Gutenberg, the Internet Archive, HathiTrust, the Library of Congress and the National Library of Australia.
Transcription and OCR errors were corrected; punctuation, italics, and diacritics formatted. Embedded fonts “Landsdowne” by Paul J. Lloyd and “Text Me One” by Julia Petretta used for titling.

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I was surprised to learn that none of Lardner's work had been uploaded here, so decided to fill the gap.

Do NOT try to read the two sections comprised of "Letters" straight through; you will wear yourself out deciphering phonetic spelling. Dip into those as snacks. Spelling and grammar in the other segments is mostly fairly normal. Sort of...
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Lardner, Ring: My Four Weeks in France (1918), v1, 23 Feb 2019

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When a newspaper sends its sports reporter (who is also a famous humourist) Ring Lardner to France in 1917 as a war correspondent, you don't expect a gritty tale of the trenches, and you don't get it. The chapter headings are the clue.

1: Dodging Submarines to Cover the Biggest Game of All
2: I Get to Paris and Encounter Some Strange Sights
3: I Try to Get to the American Camp— But Meet Disaster
4: Finally I Get to the American Camp; What I Find There
5: My Adventures at the British Front
6: How I Didn't Drive Major Blank's Car to Camp Such-and-Such
7: I Start Home, with a Stop-Over at London
8: Back in Old "O Say"; I Start Answering Questions

With original illustrations by Wallace Morgan (1875-1948)

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Lardner, Ring: Roundup (1929), v1: 25 June 2019

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The collected short stories of Ring W Lardner. This collection runs to 189,000 words. The cover is a recreation of the original, the only copy of which I could find was not of suitable quality.

Ring Lardner was primarily a famous sports journalist, but his ventures into fiction were welcomed by both the fans and the literary critics.

1: The Maysville Minstrel
2: I Can’t Breathe
3: Haircut
4: Alibi Ike
5: Liberty Hall
6: Zone of Quiet
7: Mr. Frisbie
8: Hurry Kane
9: Champion
10: Contract
11: Dinner
12: Women
13: A Day with Conrad Green
14: Old Folks’ Christmas
15: Harmony
16: The Love Nest
17: Ex Parte
18: The Golden Honeymoon
19: Now and Then
20: Horseshoes
21: There Are Smiles
22: Anniversary
23: Reunion
24: Travelogue
25: Who Dealt?
26: My Roomy
27: Rhythm
28: Some Like Them Cold
29: Nora
30: Man Not Overboard
31: Mr. and Mrs. Fix-It
32: A Caddy’s Diary
33: A Frame-Up
34: Sun Cured
35: The Facts

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Lardner, Ring: The Big Town (1921), v1

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The sub-title is: HOW I AND THE MRS. GO TO NEW YORK TO SEE LIFE AND GET KATIE A HUSBAND.

At the end of the First World War, the narrator's wealthy father-in-law dies and leaves his two daughters, one married and one still single, $75,000 each.

So husband, wife and sister-in-law up sticks from their home in South Bend, Indiana, and take the train to the Big Town: New York.

(Made from a reasonable Google OCR and a good page image scan. I could't find a first edition cover in reasonable condition so made one using a 1920 postcard of the Woolworth Building in NY).

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Lawrence, D. H.: The Woman Who Rode Away and Other Stories. v1. 06 May 2022

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By special request:
This ebook is adapted from the book posted by forum member evolutionary
(link) . I smartened punctuation, and added a Table of Contents (you will find it on the title page.)

Thirteen short stories, set in Europe and America and reflecting Lawrence’s experiences in the post-war period.

Goodreads reviewer Steven Ray comments:
“… his power of eloquent description was striking. Another aspect of these works that stood out was the frequency with which he wrote, or attempted to write, from a female perspective. A mystery of some sort always lurking round another page pulls the reader along. This combination of the mysterious and the mundane laid out in minute detail made this an interesting discovery.”

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David Herbert Richards Lawrence (11 September 1885 – 2 March 1930) was an English novelist, poet, playwright, essayist, literary critic and painter who published as D. H. Lawrence. His collected works represent an extended reflection upon the dehumanising effects of modernity and industrialisation. In them, Lawrence confronts issues relating to emotional health and vitality, spontaneity, and instinct.

His novels include [Sons and Lovers[/, [The Rainbow[/, [Women in Love[/, and (the notorious) [Lady Chatterley's Lover[/.

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This collection of short stories, by D. H. Lawrence (1885 – 1930), was first published in 1928. [This ebook is in the public domain where copyright is “Life+90” or less, and in the USA.[/
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Lawrence, D.H.: Sons and Lovers, v1 18 Dec 2010

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Published in 1913, Sons and Lovers was Lawrence's third novel. It was considered shocking at the time, and went through four drafts before he found one that a publisher would accept - even that was cut by about 80 pages. To modern eyes the passionate scenes may seem a bit laboured; the autobiographical sequences about his mother and his mining background are the freshest and most moving.

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Lawrence, D.H.: Studies in Classic American Literature v1 25Jan2011

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A discussion of American literature with essays on Franklin, Crèvecoeur, Cooper, Poe, Hawthorne, Dana, Melville and Whitman. This is not your usual book of criticism. Many words could perhaps be applied to these essays: unrestrained, outrageous, funny, controversial, annoying. But interesting and thought-provoking—with something in there to offend nearly everybody; and along the way, you learn a lot about Lawrence.

Jim

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Lawrence, D.H.: The Prussian Officer, v1 21 Dec 2010

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After his death in 1930 Lawrence was widely vilified. The Cambridge critic FR Leavis, however, argued that The Rainbow, Women in Love and the short stories were major works of art. Here is his best-known collection of stories The Prussian Officer.

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Lawrence, D.H.: The Rainbow, v1 18 Dec 2010

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It's quite hard to find a first edition of The Rainbow. It was published in the UK by Methuen in 1915, and out of the original 2,527 copies printed, 1,195 were destroyed after the book was banned under the Obscene Publications Act. It was unavailable in Britain for 11 years, although editions could be found in the US.

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Lawrence, D.H.: Women in Love, v1 21 Dec 2010

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Women in Love was first published in 1920. After the row surrounding the appearance of The Rainbow and the subsequent banning of that book in the UK, it was privately printed in New York by Thomas Seltzer. In 1922 this edition was also seized by the US authorities.

Women in Love is a sequel to The Rainbow, although Lawrence originally conceived the two as a single novel.

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Lawrence, George A: Border and Bastille. V1. 26 Dec 2009

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George Alfred Lawrence (March 25, 1827–September 23, 1876) was a British novelist and barrister.
He was educated at Rugby and at Balliol College, Oxford, and in 1851 married Mary Kirwan. He was called to the bar at the Inner Temple in 1852, but soon abandoned the law for literature.
In 1857 he published, anonymously, his first novel, Guy Livingstone, or Thorough. This gained a great popularity, and he went on to write more novels of a similar type. Lawrence may be regarded as the originator in English fiction of the beau sabreur type of hero, great in sport and love and war.
On the outbreak of the American Civil War he went to America with the intention of joining the Confederate Army, but was taken prisoner and only released on promising to return to England. He traveled much in later years and died in Edinburgh.

Excerpt
When, late in last autumn, I determined to start for the Confederate States as soon as necessary preparations could be completed, I had listened, not only to my own curiosity, impelling me at least to see one campaign of a war, the like of which this world has never known, but also to the suggestions of those who thought that I might find materials there for a book that would interest many here in England. My intention, from the first, was to serve as a volunteer-aide in the staff of the army in Virginia, so long as I should find either pen-work or handiwork to do. The South might easily have gained a more efficient recruit; but a more earnest adherent it would have been hard to find. I do not attempt to disguise the fact that my predilections were thoroughly settled long before I left England; indeed, it is the consciousness of a strong partisan spirit at my heart which has made me strive so hard, not only to state facts as accurately as possible, but to abstain from coloring them with involuntary prejudice.

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Lawrence, George A: Guy Livingstone. V1. 26 Dec 2009

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George Alfred Lawrence (March 25, 1827–September 23, 1876) was a British novelist and barrister.
He was educated at Rugby and at Balliol College, Oxford, and in 1851 married Mary Kirwan. He was called to the bar at the Inner Temple in 1852, but soon abandoned the law for literature.
In 1857 he published, anonymously, his first novel, Guy Livingstone, or Thorough. This gained a great popularity, and he went on to write more novels of a similar type. Lawrence may be regarded as the originator in English fiction of the beau sabreur type of hero, great in sport and love and war.
On the outbreak of the American Civil War he went to America with the intention of joining the Confederate Army, but was taken prisoner and only released on promising to return to England. He traveled much in later years and died in Edinburgh.

Excerpt
It is not a pleasant epoch in one's life, the first forty-eight hours at a large public school. I have known strong-minded men of mature age confess that they never thought of it without a shiver. I don't count the home-sickness, which perhaps only affects seriously the most innocent of débutants, but there are other thousand and one little annoyances which make up a great trouble. If there were nothing else, for instance, the unceasing query, "What's your name?" makes you feel the possession of a cognomen at all a serious burden and bar to advancement in life.

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Lawrence, George A: Sword and Gown. V1. 27 Dec 2009

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George Alfred Lawrence (March 25, 1827–September 23, 1876) was a British novelist and barrister.
He was educated at Rugby and at Balliol College, Oxford, and in 1851 married Mary Kirwan. He was called to the bar at the Inner Temple in 1852, but soon abandoned the law for literature.
In 1857 he published, anonymously, his first novel, Guy Livingstone, or Thorough. This gained a great popularity, and he went on to write more novels of a similar type. Lawrence may be regarded as the originator in English fiction of the beau sabreur type of hero, great in sport and love and war.
On the outbreak of the American Civil War he went to America with the intention of joining the Confederate Army, but was taken prisoner and only released on promising to return to England. He traveled much in later years and died in Edinburgh.

Excerpt
“There is something in this climate, after all. I suppose there are not many places where one could lie on the shore in December, and enjoy the air as much as I have done for the last two hours.”

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Lawrence, T.E.: Seven Pillars of Wisdom. v1. 2 September 2008

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T.E. Lawrence's account of his involvement in the Arab revolt against the Turks during WWI. If you've seen 'Lawrence of Arabia' this is the basis for the movie.

The source is a Project Gutenberg Australia HTML document dating from the mid-1920s book.

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Lawson, Henry: Children of the Bush. V1. 27 Dec 2009

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Henry Lawson (17 June 1867 – 2 September 1922) was an Australian writer and poet . Along with his contemporary Banjo Paterson, Lawson is among the best-known Australian poets and fiction writers of the colonial period, and is often called Australia's "greatest writer"

Excerpt
"Is it any harm to wake yer?"
It was about nine o'clock in the morning, and, though it was Sunday morning, it was no harm to wake me; but the shearer had mistaken me for a deaf jackaroo, who was staying at the shanty and was something like me, and had good-naturedly shouted almost at the top of his voice, and he woke the whole shanty.

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Lawson, Henry: Joe Wilson and His Mates. V1. 28 Dec 2009

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Henry Lawson (17 June 1867 – 2 September 1922) was an Australian writer and poet . Along with his contemporary Banjo Paterson, Lawson is among the best-known Australian poets and fiction writers of the colonial period, and is often called Australia's "greatest writer"

Excerpt
There are many times in this world when a healthy boy is happy. When he is put into knickerbockers, for instance, and 'comes a man to-day,' as my little Jim used to say. When they're cooking something at home that he likes. When the 'sandy-blight' or measles breaks out amongst the children, or the teacher or his wife falls dangerously ill—or dies, it doesn't matter which—'and there ain't no school.'

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Lawson, Henry: On the Track. V1. 29 Dec 2009

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Henry Lawson (17 June 1867 – 2 September 1922) was an Australian writer and poet . Along with his contemporary Banjo Paterson, Lawson is among the best-known Australian poets and fiction writers of the colonial period, and is often called Australia's "greatest writer"

Excerpt
On the diggings up to twenty odd years ago—and as far back as I can remember—on Lambing Flat, the Pipe Clays, Gulgong, Home Rule, and so through the roaring list; in bark huts, tents, public-houses, sly grog shanties, and—well, the most glorious voice of all belonged to a bad girl. We were only children and didn't know why she was bad, but we weren't allowed to play near or go near the hut she lived in, and we were trained to believe firmly that something awful would happen to us if we stayed to answer a word, and didn't run away as fast as our legs could carry us, if she attempted to speak to us.

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Lawson, Henry: Over the Sliprails. V1. 29 Dec 2009

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Henry Lawson (17 June 1867 – 2 September 1922) was an Australian writer and poet . Along with his contemporary Banjo Paterson, Lawson is among the best-known Australian poets and fiction writers of the colonial period, and is often called Australia's "greatest writer"

Excerpt
There were about a dozen of us jammed into the coach, on the box seat and hanging on to the roof and tailboard as best we could. We were shearers, bagmen, agents, a squatter, a cockatoo, the usual joker—and one or two professional spielers, perhaps. We were tired and stiff and nearly frozen—too cold to talk and too irritable to risk the inevitable argument which an interchange of ideas would have led up to. We had been looking forward for hours, it seemed, to the pub where we were to change horses. For the last hour or two all that our united efforts had been able to get out of the driver was a grunt to the effect that it was "'bout a couple o' miles." Then he said, or grunted, "'Tain't fur now," a couple of times, and refused to commit himself any further; he seemed grumpy about having committed himself that far.

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Lawton, Wilbur: The Ocean Wireless Boys and the Naval Code. v1, 7 Oct 2008

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First world war espionage and adventure, aimed at teenagers. Great fun.

Enjoy!

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Laßwitz, Kurd: Aspira. german. v1. 28 mar 2009

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Kurd Laßwitz, eigentlich Carl Theodor Victor Kurd Laßwitz, (* 20. April 1848 in Breslau; † 17. Oktober 1910 in Gotha) war ein deutscher Schriftsteller. Er publizierte auch unter dem Pseudonym L. Velatus und gilt als Begründer der deutschsprachigen Science Fiction.
In mehreren seiner Werke verarbeitete Laßwitz auch die Idee "der beseelten Natur" - so auch im 1905 veröffentlichten Roman [Aspira[/.

"Aspira. Der Roman einer Wolke" hat durchaus philosophische Züge. Es ist ein Versuch über die Art des Menschen vom Blick des völlig fremden Wesens aus zu berichten, vom Blick der Wolke Aspira. Aspira, die Tochter des Königs Migro, will nicht bei den Träumen und Spielen der Wolken bleiben. Die Sehnsucht hat sie gepackt, nach Erkenntnis. Die vermeintlichen Wirkungsmächte der Menschen haben es ihr angetan; denn sie könnten ja auch in ihr Leben greifen.
Aspira wählt einen gefährlichen Weg, sie zieht ein in einen Menschenkörper...

Für Laßwitz erstaunlich ist, dass die beseelten Elemente und insbesondere auch die vorwitzige und neugierige Wolke Aspira wesentlich tiefgründiger ausgearbeitet sind als die menschlichen Charaktere der Handlung.

Ich habe die Kategorie "Fantasy" gewählt, da die Einordnung dieser "modernen Märchen" wie Laßwitz selbst Werke wie "Homchen" und "Aspira" nannte, ziemlich schwierig ist.

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Laßwitz, Kurd: Auf der Seifenblase und andere Erzählungen. german. v1. 04 mar 2009

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Kurd Laßwitz, eigentlich Carl Theodor Victor Kurd Laßwitz, (* 20. April 1848 in Breslau; † 17. Oktober 1910 in Gotha) war ein deutscher Schriftsteller. Er publizierte auch unter dem Pseudonym L. Velatus und gilt als Begründer der deutschsprachigen Science Fiction.

Der nach ihm benannte Kurd-Laßwitz-Preis ist ein undotierter Preis nach dem Vorbild des amerikanischen Nebula Award, und wird jährlich von professionell im Bereich der Science Fiction arbeitenden, deutschsprachigen Personen vergeben. Mit Hilfe des Kurd-Laßwitz-Preises sollen herausragende Leistungen vor allem im Bereich der deutschsprachigen Science Fiction geehrt werden, um damit die Preisträger und die deutschsprachige Science Fiction zu unterstützen.

Diese Ausgabe enthält insgesamt fünf Kurzgeschichten:

- Die Universalbibliothek

- Die Fernschule

- Der Traumfabrikant

- Prinzessin Jaja!

- Auf der Seifenblase

Phantastische Zukunftserzählungen und moderne Märchen vom Großvater der deutschen Science Fiction...

PS: Dank an mtravellerh für die Beschaffung der Quellen für [Die Universalbibliothek[/ und [Die Fernschule[/.

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Laßwitz, Kurd: Auf zwei Planeten german v2 28 apr 2011

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Als die Polarforscher Grunthe, Saltner und Torm mit ihrem Ballon am Nordpol verunglücken, machen sie eine erstaunliche Entdeckung: Die Martier haben dort eine Außenstation errichtet, um die Erde zu erforschen. Auf Einladung der Marsregierung besucht einer der Forscher den Mars und lernt dort eine hochstehende Kultur kennen, gegen die der Militarismus und die Vielstaaterei der Erde als tiefste Barbarei erscheint.
Doch die fortschrittlichen Martier suchen nach besseren Lebensmöglichkeiten, als ihr karger Planet sie ihnen bietet und es kommt zu einem Konflikt zwischen den Planeten.

Kurd Laßwitz gilt als Pionier der modernen Science-Fiction. Sein Werk [Auf zwei Planeten[/ (1887) erschien sogar noch vor Herbert G. Wells [Krieg der Welten[/ (1888).

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Laßwitz, Kurd: Bis zum Nullpunkt des Seins german v1 13 feb 2009

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Wir schreiben das Jahr 2371. Die Menschheit lebt in riesigen Wolkenkratzern mit großen Dachgärten und nutzt "Luftdroschken" als Hauptverkehrsmittel. Aufgrund der Überbevölkerung wird jedes freiliegende Stückchen Land für die Nahrungsversorgung benötigt. Die Musik wird in jener Zeit für das Ohr unerträglich und die Kunst konzentriert sich auf das "Ododion", das Geruchklavier.

Oxygen, ein "Wetterfabrikant" gerät mit seiner Angebeteten, der Duftkünstlerin Aromasia, und seinem Nebenbuhler Magnet in einen Streit über die Bedeutung der "Ododistik" bei der Weiterenticklung der Zivilisation. Denn Oygen glaubt an die freie Entfaltungskraft des Menschen und nicht an den aktiven Beitrag der "Ododistik" oder anderer Kunstformen. Durch Oxygens Meinungsäußerung stark verärgert versuchen Aromasia und Magnet Oxygen öffentlich bloßzustellen. Der Angegriffene sinnt auf Rache und begeht einen furchtbaren Fehler...

Geniale Erzählung vom Großvater der Science Fiction. Eine wirklich ungewöhnliche Mischung aus Zukunftsvision, stillem Humor und Tragödie. Absolut lesenswert.

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Laßwitz, Kurd: Gegen das Weltgesetz german v1 13 feb 2009

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Die Menschheit im 39. Jahrhundert. Die Zivilisation - noch 800 Jahre zuvor durch Naturkatastrophen und den Einfall der vergleichsweise unzivilisierten "Arktiker" am Rande des Zerfalls - hat sich weiterentwickelt. Durch das Verständnis sämtlicher Gehirnfunktionen schwingt sich die Menschheit zu neuen Höhen auf und überwindet die Probleme der Vergangenheit.
Vor diesem Hintergrund erzählt uns Laßwitz von der Auseinandersetzung zwischen Kotyledo und seinem Widersacher Atom Schwingschwang um die Gunst der Emphatin Lyrika. Der geniale Ingenieur Atom bedient sich dabei aller Mittel um Kotyledo aus dem Rennen zu nehmen, selbst vor dem Versuch Lyrikas Gehirn zu beeinflussen schreckt er nicht zurück...

Noch eine absolut geniale Erzählung vom Großvater der Science Fiction. Länger und etwas weniger humorvoll wie [Bis zum Nullpunkt des Seins[/ dafür jedoch mit mehr Spannung und Tiefgang versehen.

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Laßwitz, Kurd: Homchen german v2 14 jul 2009

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Homchen ist ein früher Vorfahr des Menschen, der im ausgehenden Zeitalter der Dinosaurier lebt. In der Sippe der Kala ist das Beuteltier ein Außenseiter, weil es sich traut, den Schutz der sicheren Nacht zu verlassen und auch am Tage seine Possen zu treiben. Als Homchen dann einen der bösen Hohlschwänze tötet, sinnen die übrigen großen Echsen auf Rache und die Beuteltiere verstoßen Homchen aus der Sippe, weil er gegen die Gebote der großen roten Schlange verstoßen hat. Doch überzeugt davon, daß die rote Schlange Verständnis zeigen wird, begibt sich der kleine Held auf eine abenteuerliche und gefahrvolle Suche nach der großen Weltenschöpferin und setzt dabei Geschehnisse in Gang, welche die gesamte Welt verändern werden.

[Homchen - Ein Tiermärchen aus der oberen Kreide[/ ist wohl das schönste und rührendste Buch von Kurd Laßwitz. Liebevoll wird das gefährliche und entbehrungsreiche Leben in der Vorzeit des Menschen geschildert. Homchen ist ein Beuteltier der Vorzeit - und dennoch zittert und leidet man unweigerlich mit dem tapferen kleinen Helden mit.

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Laßwitz, Kurd: Sternentau - Die Pflanze vom Neptunsmond. german. v1. 6 mar 2009

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Kurd Laßwitz, eigentlich Carl Theodor Victor Kurd Laßwitz, (* 20. April 1848 in Breslau; † 17. Oktober 1910 in Gotha) war ein deutscher Schriftsteller. Er publizierte auch unter dem Pseudonym L. Velatus und gilt als Begründer der deutschsprachigen Science Fiction.
Der nach ihm benannte Kurd-Laßwitz-Preis ist ein undotierter Preis nach dem Vorbild des amerikanischen Nebula Award, und wird jährlich von professionell im Bereich der Science Fiction arbeitenden, deutschsprachigen Personen vergeben. Mit Hilfe des Kurd-Laßwitz-Preises sollen herausragende Leistungen vor allem im Bereich der deutschsprachigen Science Fiction geehrt werden, um damit die Preisträger und die deutschsprachige Science Fiction zu unterstützen.

Der Roman [Sternentau - Die Pflanze vom Neptunsmond[/ wurde 1909 veröffentlicht und thematisiert den "Besuch" von außerirdischen, pflanzengebunden Wesen, den [Idonen[/, auf der Erde.

Deutschland zur Kaiserzeit: Harda, eine heiratsfähige junge Fabrikantentochter, träumt von einem freien Leben und Selbstverwirklichung in einem Beruf. Auf einsamen Spaziergängen entdeckt sie eine Pflanze, die noch völlig unbekannt zu sein scheint. Gemeinsam mit einem jungen Arzt und Botaniker kommt sie Schritt für Schritt dem unfassbaren Geheimnis des Sternentaus auf die Spur: Die Spezies stammt nicht von unserer Erde. Und im Generationswechsel bringt sie Elfen hervor, intelligente Wesen von einem anderen Stern. Kommen sie als Freunde oder als Bedrohung?

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Le Fanu, J. Sheridan: In Dark Company (collected short fiction). v1. 10 Dec 2020

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In Dark Company
by Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu (1814–1873)

This extensive collection presents 46 short stories and novellas by Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu.

Here, from the dark universe of a premiere writer of Gothic tales, are unsettling stories of ghostly invasions and demonic encounters, betrayals and treacheries, madness and murder. Read them at night, alone in the dark – if you dare!

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Joseph Thomas Sheridan Le Fanu (28 August 1814 – 7 February 1873) was an Irish writer of Gothic tales, mystery novels, and horror fiction. He was a foremost ghost story writer of the nineteenth century, central to the development of the genre in the Victorian era. M. R. James described Le Fanu as “absolutely in the first rank as a writer of ghost stories”. Three of his best-known works are the locked-room mystery [Uncle Silas[/, the lesbian vampire novella [Carmilla[/, and the historical novel [The House by the Churchyard[/.

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My own compilation, gathered from multiple collections and magazine archives.

Note: stories from [A Stable for Nightmares[/ (1896) are not included here. That book collected eight uncredited stories taken from “Tinsley’s Magazine Christmas Number” 1868; plus “Dickon the Devil” by Le Fanu, “A Debt of Honor” by Sir Charles L. Young, and “What Was It?” by Fitz-James O’Brien. Somehow, [all[/ the titles in the [Stable[/ have come to be credited to Le Fanu, including the two identified here. I feel this casts doubt upon the other eight as well.

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Contents were first published 1838 ~ 1873. [This book is in the public domain worldwide[/.
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Le Fanu, Joseph Sheridan: A Stable for Nightmares v1 12 dec 2008

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Joseph Thomas Sheridan Le Fanu (28 August 1814 – 7 February 1873) was an Irish writer of Gothic tales and mystery novels. He was the premier ghost story writer of the nineteenth century and had a seminal influence on the development of this genre in the Victorian era.

This is a collection of short stories:

[QUOT I drove up a grass-grown avenue, under the boughs of these noble trees, whose foliage, dyed in autumnal red and yellow, returned the beams of the western sun gorgeously.

We drew up at the door. I got out, and had a good look at the front of the house; it was a large and melancholy mansion, with signs of long neglect upon it; great wooden shutters, in the old fashion, were barred, outside, across the windows; grass, and even nettles, were growing thick on the courtyard, and a thin moss streaked the timber beams; the plaster was discolored by time and weather, and bore great russet and yellow stains. The gloom was increased by several grand old trees that crowded close about the house.

I mounted the steps, and looked round; the dark lake lay near me now, a little to the left. It was not large; it may have covered some ten or twelve acres; but it added to the melancholy of the scene. Near the centre of it was a small island, with two old ash-trees, leaning toward each other, their pensive images reflected in the stirless water. The only cheery influence of this scene of antiquity, solitude, and neglect was that the house and landscape were warmed with the ruddy western beams. I knocked, and my summons resounded hollow and ungenial in my ear; and the bell, from far away, returned a deep-mouthed and surly ring, as if it resented being roused from a score years' slumber.[/QUOT
Le Fanu is one of the great masters of horror!

I added the original cover plus the frontispiece, both ripped from the archive org PDF.

Don't miss this and have a lot of fun!

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Le Fanu, Joseph Sheridan: Carmilla german v1 14 feb 2009

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Die junge Laura lebt gemeinsam mit ihrem Vater und ihrem Kindermädchen Madame Perrodon auf einem Schloss in der Steiermark. Wegen der abgeschiedenen Lage leidet Laura unter der Einsamkeit. Daher freut sich Laura über alle Maßen, als eine Kutsche in der Nähe der Burg einen Achsenbruch erleidet und die ältere Dame, die sich auf einer wichtigen Reise befindet, ihre Tochter Carmilla in die Obhut von Lauras Vater gibt. Carmilla ist ungefähr im selben Alter wie Laura und sehr kränklich und deswegen nicht den Anstrengungen einer weiten und strapaziösen Reise gewachsen. Tatsächlich werden Laura und Carmilla die besten Freundinnen, wenngleich die hübsche Carmilla einige seltsame Eigenheiten an den Tag legt. Unheimlich wird es jedoch, als in den umliegenden Dörfern mehr und mehr junge Frauen einer schrecklichen Krankheit anheim fallen und nach einer langen Zeit der Schwäche und des Siechtums versterben. Auch Laura beginnt mit der Zeit schwächer und schwächer zu werden und bekommt darüber hinaus schreckliche Visionen von einer riesigen schwarzen Katze und spitzen Nadeln, die sich in ihre Brust bohren.

Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu schuf mit „Carmilla“ eine der ersten klassischen Vampirgeschichten und war damit Bram Stoker weit voraus, der sich sogar von Le Fanus Geschichte inspirieren ließ. Die Geschichte, die bereits 1872 geschrieben wurde, liest sich noch heute sehr spannend und besitzt eine spürbare Atmosphäre, der man sich nicht entziehen kann. Die Titelfigur Carmilla gilt als der Prototyp einer langen Reihe weiblicher, auch lesbischer Vampire, auch wenn – den Gepflogenheiten der Zeit geschuldet – Le Fanu Sexualität nicht deutlich benennt.

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Le Fanu, Joseph Sheridan: Carmilla V1.0 2012-10-08

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Here is yet another Mobipocket edition of Carmilla by Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu. This version has been reformatted to be even more readable.

[quotWhen an accident occurs on a road near their castle, Laura and her father take in the stranded survivor. Carmilla and Laura both appear young, beautiful, and innocent. But one is an ageless vampire; the other, an unsuspecting victim. True to vampire rituals involving blood, fear of dying, and obsessive eroticism, Carmilla herself falls victim to the "rapture of cruelty that is love."[/quot

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Le Fanu, Joseph Sheridan: Carmilla V1.0 29 Oct 2009

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Carmilla is a novella about a female vampire and is believed to be one of the biggest influences for Bram Stoker while writing [Dracula[/. The 3 illustrations are from [The Dark Blue[/, the magazine in which [Carmilla[/ was first published.

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Le Fanu, Joseph Sheridan: Carmilla. v1. 27 Dec 07

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[Description from Wikipedia:[/
"Carmilla" is a Gothic novella by Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu. First published in 1872, it tells the story of a young woman's susceptibility to the attentions of a female vampire named Carmilla. "Carmilla" predates Bram Stoker's Dracula by twenty-five years, had a strong influence on Stoker's famous novel and has been adapted many times for cinema.

Carmilla, the title character, is the original prototype for a legion of female and lesbian vampires. Though Le Fanu portrays his vampire's sexuality with the circumspection that one would expect for his time, the reader can be pretty sure that lesbian attraction is the main dynamic between Carmilla and the narrator of the story.

Carmilla selected exclusively female victims, though only became emotionally involved with a few. Carmilla had nocturnal habits, but was not confined to the darkness. She had unearthly beauty and was able to change her form and to pass through solid walls. Her animal alter ego was a monstrous black cat, not a large dog as in Dracula. She did, however, sleep in a coffin.

[Don't let the subject matter scare you off though, this is beautifully written. Sheridan Le Fanu has a wonderful way of describing scenes and atmosphere.[/

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Le Fanu, Joseph Sheridan: Ghostly Tales, Vols. 1-5. 09 June 2008.

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J.S. Le Fanu's writing is clearly a product of its time, but his stories can often become quite genuinely spooky. Both LeFanu and Wilkie Collins were cited as influences by Dorothy Sayers. The character Harriet Vane worked on a study of Le Fanu in Sayer's Gaudy Night, and in her comments in The Art of the Mystery Story: A Collection of Critical Essays, Sayers states:

"that if the detective story was to live and develop it must get back to where it began in the hands of Collins and Le Fanu, and become once more a novel of manners instead of a pure crossword puzzle"

and

"he (Le Fanu) has the gist of investing the most mechanical of plots with an atmosphere of almost unbearable horror."

The zip file contains a separate file for each volume. The contents of the volumes are:

Vol. 1:

- Schalken the Painter(1851)

- An Account of Some Strange Disturbances in Aungier Street (1853)

Vol. 2:

- An Authentic Narrative of a Haunted House (1862)

- Ultor De Lacy: A Legend of Cappercullen (1861)

Vol. 3:

- The Haunted Baronet (1871)

Vol. 4:

- Ghost Stories of Chapelizod (1851)

- The Drunkard's Dream (1838)

- The Ghost and the Bone-setter (1838)

- The Mysterious Lodger (1850)

Vol. 5:

- Laura Silver Bell (1872)

- Wicked Captain Walshawe of Wauling (1869)

- The Child that Went with the Fairies (1870)

- Stories of Lough Guir (1870)

- The Magician Earl

- Moll Rial's Adventure

- The Banshee

- The Governess's Dream

- The Earl's Hall

- The Vision of Tom Chuff (1870)

- Dickon the Devil (1872)

Feel free to post/PM me with corrections (of course), but I'll be away from a computer for a few weeks, so it may take me a while to get back to you.

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Le Fanu, Joseph Sheridan: Ghostly Tales, Volume 1, V1. 31 Dec 2009

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Joseph Thomas Sheridan Le Fanu (28 August 1814 – 7 February 1873) was an Irish writer of Gothic tales and mystery novels. He was the premier ghost story writer of the nineteenth century and had a seminal influence on the development of this genre in the Victorian era.

Schalken the Painter

An Account of Some Strange Disturbances in Aungier Street

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Le Fanu, Joseph Sheridan: Ghostly Tales, Volume 2. V1. 1 Jan 2010

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Joseph Thomas Sheridan Le Fanu (28 August 1814 – 7 February 1873) was an Irish writer of Gothic tales and mystery novels. He was the premier ghost story writer of the nineteenth century and had a seminal influence on the development of this genre in the Victorian era.

An Authentic Narrative of a Haunted House
Ultor De Lacy: A Legend of Cappercullen

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Le Fanu, Joseph Sheridan: Ghostly Tales, Volume 3. V1. 1 Jan 2010

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Joseph Thomas Sheridan Le Fanu (28 August 1814 – 7 February 1873) was an Irish writer of Gothic tales and mystery novels. He was the premier ghost story writer of the nineteenth century and had a seminal influence on the development of this genre in the Victorian era.

The Haunted Baronet

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Le Fanu, Joseph Sheridan: Ghostly Tales, Volume 4. V1. 1 Jan 2010

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Joseph Thomas Sheridan Le Fanu (28 August 1814 – 7 February 1873) was an Irish writer of Gothic tales and mystery novels. He was the premier ghost story writer of the nineteenth century and had a seminal influence on the development of this genre in the Victorian era.

Ghost Stories of Chapelizod (1851)
The Drunkard's Dream (1838)
The Ghost and the Bone-setter (1838)
The Mysterious Lodger (1850)

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Le Fanu, Joseph Sheridan: Ghostly Tales, Volume 5. V1. 2 Jan 2010

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Joseph Thomas Sheridan Le Fanu (28 August 1814 – 7 February 1873) was an Irish writer of Gothic tales and mystery novels. He was the premier ghost story writer of the nineteenth century and had a seminal influence on the development of this genre in the Victorian era.

LAURA SILVER BELL, (1872)
WICKED CAPTAIN WALSHAWE, OF WAULING, (1869)
THE CHILD THAT WENT WITH THE FAIRIES, (1870)
STORIES OF LOUGH GUIR, (1870)
The Magician Earl
Moll Rial's Adventure
The Banshee
The Governess's Dream
The Earl's Hall
THE VISION OF TOM CHUFF, (1870)
DICKON THE DEVIL, (1872)

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Le Fanu, Joseph Sheridan: Green Tea, v1, 2 November 2009.

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J. Sheridan Le Fanu (1814–1873)
Green Tea (1872)

A man is haunted by a malevolent black monkey.

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Le Fanu, Joseph Sheridan: Green Tea; Mr. Justice Harbottle. V1. 30 Dec 2009

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Joseph Thomas Sheridan Le Fanu (28 August 1814 – 7 February 1873) was an Irish writer of Gothic tales and mystery novels. He was the premier ghost story writer of the nineteenth century and had a seminal influence on the development of this genre in the Victorian era.

Green Tea
Mr. Justice Harbottle

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Le Fanu, Joseph Sheridan: In a Glass Darkly. V1. 12 May 2011

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Joseph Thomas Sheridan Le Fanu (28 August 1814 – 7 February 1873) was an Irish writer of Gothic tales and mystery novels. He was the premier ghost story writer of the nineteenth century and had a seminal influence on the development of this genre in the Victorian era.

Excerpt
These five stories are told by Dr Hesselius, a "metaphysical" doctor, the forerunner of the modern psychiatrist, who is willing to consider ghosts both as real and as hallucinatory obsessions. Le Fanu drew on the Gothic tradition, Irish folklore and on contemporary social and political anxieties.

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Le Fanu, Joseph Sheridan: Madam Crowl's Ghost ....V1. 2 Jan 2010

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Joseph Thomas Sheridan Le Fanu (28 August 1814 – 7 February 1873) was an Irish writer of Gothic tales and mystery novels. He was the premier ghost story writer of the nineteenth century and had a seminal influence on the development of this genre in the Victorian era.

Madam Crowl's Ghost
The Dead Sexton

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Le Fanu, Joseph Sheridan: Madam Crowl’s Ghost etc, v.1, 19 February 2009

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Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu
(1814–1873)
Madam Crowl’s Ghost and Other Tales of Mystery
Collected and Edited By M. R. James (1862–1936)
London: G. Bell and Sons, Ltd. 1923.

A collection of spooky stories.

Contents:
1. Madam Crowl’s Ghost
2. Squire Toby’s Will
3. Dickon the Devil
4. The Child That Went With the Fairies
5. The White Cat of Drumgunniol
6. An Account of Some Strange Disturbances in Aungier Street
7. Ghost Stories of Chapelizod
8. Wicked Captain Walshawe, Of Wauling
9. Sir Dominick’s Bargain
10. Ultor De Lacy
11. The Vision of Tom Chuff
12. Stories of Lough Guir

The source was PG Canada.

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Le Fanu, Joseph Sheridan: Mrs Crowl's Ghost (1923); v1; 9 Mar 2020

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Early and previously uncollected le Fanu stories, collected and edited by M R James:

1: Madam Crowl's Ghost
2: Squire Toby's Will: A Ghost Story
3: Dickon The Devil
4: The Child That Went With the Fairies
5: The White Cat of Drumgunniol
6: An Account of Some Strange
Disturbances in Aungier Street
7: Ghost Stories of Chapelizod
8: Wicked Captain Walshawe, of Wauling
9: Sir Dominick's Bargain:
A Legend of Dunoran
10: Ultor De Lacy:
A Legend of Cappercullen
11: The Vision of Tom Chuff
12: Stories of Lough Guir

With an introduction and bibliography by M R James.

The cover is a recreation of the 1st edition cover, as it is a very rare book and available images are of poor quality.

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Le Fanu, Joseph Sheridan: The Evil Guest. V1. 30 Dec 2009

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Joseph Thomas Sheridan Le Fanu (28 August 1814 – 7 February 1873) was an Irish writer of Gothic tales and mystery novels. He was the premier ghost story writer of the nineteenth century and had a seminal influence on the development of this genre in the Victorian era.

Excerpt
“When Lust hath conceived, it bringeth forth Sin: and Sin, when it is finished, bringeth forth Death.”

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Le Fanu, Joseph Sheridan: The Familiar. V1. 10 May 2011

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Joseph Thomas Sheridan Le Fanu (28 August 1814 – 7 February 1873) was an Irish writer of Gothic tales and mystery novels. He was the premier ghost story writer of the nineteenth century and had a seminal influence on the development of this genre in the Victorian era.

Excerpt
"In point of conscience, no more unexceptionable narrator than the venerable Irish Clergyman who has given me this paper, on Mr. Barton's case, could have been chosen. The statement is, however, medically imperfect. The report of an intelligent physician, who had marked its progress, and attended the patient, from its earlier stages to its close, would have supplied what is wanting to enable me to pronounce with confidence. I should have been acquainted with Mr. Barton's probable hereditary predispositions; I should have known, possibly by very early indicators, something of a remoter origin of the disease than can now be ascertained.

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Le Fanu, Joseph Sheridan: The House by the Church-Yard. V1. 31 Dec 2009

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Joseph Thomas Sheridan Le Fanu (28 August 1814 – 7 February 1873) was an Irish writer of Gothic tales and mystery novels. He was the premier ghost story writer of the nineteenth century and had a seminal influence on the development of this genre in the Victorian era.

Excerpt
We are going to talk, if you please, in the ensuing chapters, of what was going on in Chapelizod about a hundred years ago. A hundred years, to be sure, is a good while; but though fashions have changed, some old phrases dropped out, and new ones come in; and snuff and hair-powder, and sacques and solitaires quite passed away—yet men and women were men and women all the same—as elderly fellows, like your humble servant, who have seen and talked with rearward stragglers of that generation—now all and long marched off—can testify, if they will.

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Le Fanu, Joseph Sheridan: The Purcell Papers. V1. 2 Jan 2010

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Joseph Thomas Sheridan Le Fanu (28 August 1814 – 7 February 1873) was an Irish writer of Gothic tales and mystery novels. He was the premier ghost story writer of the nineteenth century and had a seminal influence on the development of this genre in the Victorian era.

VOLUME I.
MEMOIR OF JOSEPH SHERIDAN LE FANU.
THE GHOST AND THE BONE SETTER.
THE FORTUNES OF SIR ROBERT ARDAGH.
THE LAST HEIR OF CASTLE CONNOR.
THE DRUNKARD'S DREAM.

VOLUME II.
PASSAGE IN THE SECRET HISTORY OF AN IRISH COUNTESS.
THE BRIDAL OF CARRIGVARAH.
STRANGE EVENT IN THE LIFE OF SCHALKEN THE PAINTER.
SCRAPS OF HIBERNIAN BALLADS.

VOLUME III.
JIM SULIVAN'S ADVENTURES IN THE GREAT SNOW.
A CHAPTER IN THE HISTORY OF A TYRONE FAMILY
AN ADVENTURE OF HARDRESS FITZGERALD, A ROYALIST CAPTAIN.
'THE QUARE GANDER.'
BILLY MALOWNEY'S TASTE OF LOVE AND GLORY.

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Le Fanu, Joseph Sheridan: The Room in the Dragon Volant. V1. 3 Jan 2010

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Joseph Thomas Sheridan Le Fanu (28 August 1814 – 7 February 1873) was an Irish writer of Gothic tales and mystery novels. He was the premier ghost story writer of the nineteenth century and had a seminal influence on the development of this genre in the Victorian era.

Excerpt
The curious case which I am about to place before you, is referred to, very pointedly, and more than once, in the extraordinary Essay upon the Drug of the Dark and the Middle Ages, from the pen of Doctor Hesselius .

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Le Fanu, Joseph Sheridan: The Wyvern Mystery. V1. 13 May 2011

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Joseph Thomas Sheridan Le Fanu (28 August 1814 – 7 February 1873) was an Irish writer of Gothic tales and mystery novels. He was the premier ghost story writer of the nineteenth century and had a seminal influence on the development of this genre in the Victorian era.

As genteel Miss Alice Maybell enters the Vale of Carwell, she notices, in a passing carriage, a tall, mysterious female who stirs in her a chilling sense of foreboding. Alice is plunged into a tale of rural terror, centred on Carwell Grange, the place where Alice spent her orphaned childhood.

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Le Fanu, Joseph Sheridan: Uncle Silas. V1. 12 May 2011

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Joseph Thomas Sheridan Le Fanu (28 August 1814 – 7 February 1873) was an Irish writer of Gothic tales and mystery novels. He was the premier ghost story writer of the nineteenth century and had a seminal influence on the development of this genre in the Victorian era.

Maud Ruthyn and her father are haunted by premonitions of death during their sojourn in a gloomy old mansion.

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Le Fanu, Joseph Sheridan: Wylder's Hand. V1. 13 May 2010

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Joseph Thomas Sheridan Le Fanu (28 August 1814 – 7 February 1873) was an Irish writer of Gothic tales and mystery novels. He was the premier ghost story writer of the nineteenth century and had a seminal influence on the development of this genre in the Victorian era.

Excerpt
I was looking towards the stair-head. The passage was empty and ended in utter darkness. I glanced the other way, and thought I saw--though not distinctly--in the distance a white figure, not gliding in the conventional way, but limping off, with a sort of jerky motion, and, in a second or two, quite lost in darkness.

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Le Feuvre, Amy: 'Me and Nobbles'. v1. 6 Mar 2014

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Amelia Sophia Le Feuvre (1861-1929) was born in Blackheath, London, England. She dedicated her life to writing and wrote many books and stories that are filled with Biblical principles, for magazines like Sunday at Home and Quiver. Her publishers included Revell in Chicago, Dodd Mead in New York, Religious Tract Society in London, and Hodder and Stoughton in London. She died at Exeter, Devonshire after 68 fruitful years

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‘When Vera went abroad with her husband her child was only a few months old, and very delicate, so she was advised to leave him behind. She sent him here at once, without first asking mother’s permission to do so, and mother did not like it. We do not care for children; but he is no trouble. Mother visits the nurseries every morning and sees to his comfort and health. When poor Vera died she determined to keep him for good and all. His father never writes to us, or shows the slightest interest in his child. We don’t know in which quarter of the globe he is. Of course a child in a house is rather a nuisance, but in another year or two mother means to send him to a boarding-school.

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Le Feuvre, Amy: Bulbs and Blossoms. v1. 4 Mar 2014

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Amelia Sophia Le Feuvre (1861-1929) was born in Blackheath, London, England. She dedicated her life to writing and wrote many books and stories that are filled with Biblical principles, for magazines like Sunday at Home and Quiver. Her publishers included Revell in Chicago, Dodd Mead in New York, Religious Tract Society in London, and Hodder and Stoughton in London. She died at Exeter, Devonshire after 68 fruitful years

Excerpt
IT was five o’clock in the afternoon. Miss Hunter, a tall, dignified-looking woman, was presiding at the afternoon tea-table in the drawing-room of Chatts Chase. Miss Amabel Hunter stood at the window in a rather muddy riding-habit, and she was speaking in her sharp, short tones to her twin sister Hester, who lay back in the depths of a large armchair, a novel open in her lap. Sitting by the cheery wood fire was the youngest of the sisters, a frail and delicate invalid. She was turning her face anxiously towards the speaker, and now put in her word very gently.

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Le Feuvre, Amy: Dwell Deep, or Hilda Thorn's Life Story. v1. 4 Mar 2014

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Amelia Sophia Le Feuvre (1861-1929) was born in Blackheath, London, England. She dedicated her life to writing and wrote many books and stories that are filled with Biblical principles, for magazines like Sunday at Home and Quiver. Her publishers included Revell in Chicago, Dodd Mead in New York, Religious Tract Society in London, and Hodder and Stoughton in London. She died at Exeter, Devonshire after 68 fruitful years

Excerpt
A golden cornfield in the still sunshine of a warm August afternoon. In one corner of it, bordering a green lane, a group of shady elms, and under their shadow a figure of a young girl, who, gazing dreamily before her, sat leaning her head against an old gnarled trunk in quiet content. A small-shaped head, with dark curly hair, and a pair of blue-grey eyes with black curved lashes, these were perhaps her chief characteristics; more I cannot say, for it is difficult to describe oneself, and it was I, Hilda Thorn, who was seated there.

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Le Feuvre, Amy: His Big Opportunity. v1. 5 Mar 2014

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Amelia Sophia Le Feuvre (1861-1929) was born in Blackheath, London, England. She dedicated her life to writing and wrote many books and stories that are filled with Biblical principles, for magazines like Sunday at Home and Quiver. Her publishers included Revell in Chicago, Dodd Mead in New York, Religious Tract Society in London, and Hodder and Stoughton in London. She died at Exeter, Devonshire after 68 fruitful years

Excerpt
They were sitting astride on the top of the old garden wall. Below them on the one side stretched a sweet old-fashioned English garden lying in the blaze of an August sun. In the distance, peeping from behind a wealth of creepers and ivy was the old stone house. It was at an hour in the afternoon when everything seemed to be at a standstill: two or three dogs lay on the soft green lawn fast asleep, an old gardener smoking his pipe and sitting on the edge of a wheelbarrow seemed following their example; and birds and insects only kept up a monotonous and drowsy dirge.

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Le Feuvre, Amy: Jill's Red Bag. v1. 5 Mar 2014

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Amelia Sophia Le Feuvre (1861-1929) was born in Blackheath, London, England. She dedicated her life to writing and wrote many books and stories that are filled with Biblical principles, for magazines like Sunday at Home and Quiver. Her publishers included Revell in Chicago, Dodd Mead in New York, Religious Tract Society in London, and Hodder and Stoughton in London. She died at Exeter, Devonshire after 68 fruitful years

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Six-year-old Winnie, or Bumps, as she was called, was always a ready subject for her brother’s ingenious mischief. She worshipped the ground he trod upon, and would promise to be all that he desired, until the experience of it proved too much for her endurance. She was at present gagged and bound with bedroom towels, antimacassars, and pocket-handkerchiefs combined. She had been rolled over and over on the floor, with Jack on the top of her, and now he announced in an offhand tone—
“She’s going to be put into a sack and thrown into the river, and that will be the end of an early Christian.”

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Le Feuvre, Amy: Odd. v1. 6 Mar 2014

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Amelia Sophia Le Feuvre (1861-1929) was born in Blackheath, London, England. She dedicated her life to writing and wrote many books and stories that are filled with Biblical principles, for magazines like Sunday at Home and Quiver. Her publishers included Revell in Chicago, Dodd Mead in New York, Religious Tract Society in London, and Hodder and Stoughton in London. She died at Exeter, Devonshire after 68 fruitful years

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It was just four o’clock on a dull grey winter afternoon. The little Stuarts’ nursery looked the picture of cosiness and comfort with the blazing fire that threw flickering lights over the bright-coloured pictures on the walls, the warm carpet under foot, and the fair fresh faces of the children gathered there.
Five of them there were, and they were alone, for the old nurse who had brought them all up from their infancy was at present absent from the room.

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Le Feuvre, Amy: Probable Sons. v1. 6 Mar 2014

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Amelia Sophia Le Feuvre (1861-1929) was born in Blackheath, London, England. She dedicated her life to writing and wrote many books and stories that are filled with Biblical principles, for magazines like Sunday at Home and Quiver. Her publishers included Revell in Chicago, Dodd Mead in New York, Religious Tract Society in London, and Hodder and Stoughton in London. She died at Exeter, Devonshire after 68 fruitful years

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“Children! They are a nuisance to everyone—my abomination, as you know, Jack. Why on earth they can not be kept out of sight altogether till they reach a sensible age is what puzzles me! And I suppose if anything could make the matter worse, it is that this is a girl.”

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Le Feuvre, Amy: Teddy's Button. v1. 7 Mar 2014

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Amelia Sophia Le Feuvre (1861-1929) was born in Blackheath, London, England. She dedicated her life to writing and wrote many books and stories that are filled with Biblical principles, for magazines like Sunday at Home and Quiver. Her publishers included Revell in Chicago, Dodd Mead in New York, Religious Tract Society in London, and Hodder and Stoughton in London. She died at Exeter, Devonshire after 68 fruitful years

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‘My father he rushed forward—“Come on, men; we’ll save the old colours!” And they shouted “Hurrah!” as they made after him. There were guns going, and shells flying, and swords flashing and hacking away, and the enemy poured on with fiery red faces and gnashing teeth! My father drew his sword—and no one could stand against him, no one! He cut and he slashed, and heads and arms and legs rolled off as quick as lightning, one after the other. He got up to the colours, and with a shout he plunged his sword right through the enemy’s body that had stolen them! The enemy fell stone dead. My father seized the colours and looked round. He was alone! The other soldiers had been beaten back. But was he in a funk? No; he gave a loud “Hurrah!” picked up his sword, and fought his way back, the enemy hard after him. It was a race for life, and he ran backwards the whole way; he wasn’t going to turn his back to the enemy. He pressed on, shouting “Hurrah!” till he got to his own side again, and then he reached his colonel.

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Le Feuvre, Amy: The Carved Cupboard. V1. 4 Mar 2014

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Amelia Sophia Le Feuvre (1861-1929) was born in Blackheath, London, England. She dedicated her life to writing and wrote many books and stories that are filled with Biblical principles, for magazines like Sunday at Home and Quiver. Her publishers included Revell in Chicago, Dodd Mead in New York, Religious Tract Society in London, and Hodder and Stoughton in London. She died at Exeter, Devonshire after 68 fruitful years

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‘But I don’t understand,’ she said, a little impatiently. ‘How does Cousin James happen to be here at all? Aunt Mildred never cared for him. She said last year when I was home that he was a regular screw, and that he only came on a visit to save his housekeeping bills. Now I come back and find dear Aunt Mildred gone, and he in full possession of our home, ready to turn us out to-morrow, you say! Aunt Mildred always told us we should never want after her death.’

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Le Queux, William T.: The Czar's Spy: The Mystery of a Silent Love. v1, 19 Jan 2008

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From Wikipedia:

William Tufnell Le Queux (July 2, 1864 London - October 13, 1927) was a British journalist and writer. He was also a diplomat (honorary consul for San Marino), a traveller (in Europe, the Balkans and North Africa), a flying buff who officiated at the first British air meeting at Doncaster in 1909, and a wireless pioneer who broadcast music from his own station long before radio was generally available; his claims regarding his own abilities and exploits, however, were usually exaggerated.

He wrote in the genres of mystery, thriller, and espionage, particularly in the years leading up to World War I, when his partnership with British publishing magnate Lord Northcliffe led to the serialised publication and intensive publicising (including actors dressed as German soldiers walking along Regent Street) of pulp-fiction spy stories such as The Invasion of 1910, The Poisoned Bullet, and Spies of the Kaiser. These works were examples of invasion literature, a common phenomenon in pre-WWI Europe involving fictionalised stories of possible invasion or infiltration by foreign powers; Le Queux's specialty, much appreciated by Northcliffe, was the German invasion of Britain. He was also the original editor of Northcliffe's War of the Nations.

[The Czar's Spy: The Mystery of a Silent Love [/is considered by some to be the greatest spy novel of all time.

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Le Queux, William: Bela Kiss v1 30 nov 2008

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Bela Kiss was a real person. William LeQueux used Kiss for a suspenseful horror story.

Have fun!

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Le Queux, William: Béla Kiss, v.1, 18 January 2009.

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William Le Queux (1864–1927)
Béla Kiss

A true crime story about a Hungarian serial killer.

Here’s the Wikipedia entry on Béla Kiss:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/B%C3%A9la_Kiss

Note:
Mtravellerh has already uploaded a very serviceable version of this story. Mine differs from his in having curly quotes, restored accents and a picture of the murderer. But if you prefer a cleaner text then you may well like his version better.

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Le Queux, William: Hushed Up! v.1, 17 March 2009.

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William Le Queux (1864–1927)
Hushed Up! A Mystery of London (1911)

A young man falls for an attractive young woman with a mysterious background. Then she suddenly vanishes…

The source was PG.

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Le Queux, William: Mademoiselle of Monte Carlo, v.1, 21 December 2008.

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William Le Queux (1864–1927)
Mademoiselle of Monte Carlo (1921)

A young man wants to find out the truth about his father’s mysterious death. A mysterious woman may be able to give some information, but is shot while speaking to him. After that, things begin to get really complicated for him, as the police are after him. Fortunately, the mysterious Sparrow is there to help…

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Le Queux, William: Number 70, Berlin: A Story of Britain’s Peril, 20 Nov 2009.

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William Le Queux (1864–1927)
Number 70, Berlin: A Story of Britain’s Peril (1916)

Written and set during the First World War, this sensational story is clearly also a propaganda piece. A young man believes he has discovered a German spy; his closest friend - a spycatcher - dies in mysterious circumstances; and then he enters a world of nightmarish allegations. Will the mystery ever be solved?

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Le Queux, William: Sant of the Secret Service v 1.0 26 nov 2008

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William Le Queux is the precursor of the spy thriller writers.

This one is a neat, nicely delivered spy thriller that still holds his own after all these years.

Took it from PG, gave it the MTH treatment, added a cover from Manybooks.

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Le Queux, William: Sant of the Secret Service, v1, 23 November 2009.

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William Le Queux
(1864–1927)
Sant of the Secret Service
Some Revelations of Spies and Spying
(1918)

This set of linked short stories purports to be the adventurous memoirs of a spy for the allied forces during the First World War.

We already have a serviceable version by mtravellerh. Mine has curly quotes, emdashes, and I have restored the accents and italics (plus some missing dashes) by comparing the text with a scan at The Internet Archive.

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Le Queux, William: The Count's Chauffeur (1909), v1

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In 1909, if you wanted a high-performance high quality luxury car, the go-to make was Napier, which produced limousines of the highest quality, and also went racing in stripped, lightened versions, with vast success.

This collection of short stories tells of a young Englishman who, after a short successful career racing in England and on the Continent, is taken on by an Italian count as his chauffeur— or, more accurately, his getaway driver, for the Count is a high-class crook! And the car is the "car of cars"
of that year: the 40-HP Napier.

1: A Move on the "Forty"
2: A Sentimental Swindle
3: The Story of a Secret
4: A Run With Rosalie
5: The Six New Novels
6: The Gentleman From London
7: The Lady of the Great North Road
8: The Red Rooster
9: Concerning the Other Fellow
10: The Lady in a Hurry
11: The Peril Of Pierrette

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Le Queux, William: The Count’s Chauffeur, v.1, 18 January 2009.

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William Le Queux (1864–1927)
The Count’s Chauffeur
(First published in Cassell’s Magazine, 1906)

A set of connected short stories. A young man takes employment as a chauffeur to an Italian count, then discovers that things are not as they seem. These are his confessions.

1. A Move on the “Forty”
2. A Sentimental Swindle
3. The Story of a Secret
4. A Run with Rosalie
5. The Six New Novels

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Le Queux, William: The Crimes Club (1927): v1; 9 Sep 2020

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Twelve short tales from the master of crime and secret service, William Le Queux, an author who flourished in the late 19th and early 20th century.

A group of 10 crime specialists: a crime reporter, a medico-legal professor, a toxicologist and others, team up to resolve enigmatic cases.

1: The Golden Grasshopper
2: The Purple Death
3: The Man With The Squint
4: The Rogue Of The Rue Royale
5: The Crooked Sou
6: The Cloche Hat
7: The Affair Of The Orange
8: The House Of Evil
9: A Secret Of The Underworld
10: The Elusive Clue
11: The Guinea Pig's Tail
12: The Great Thames Mystery

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Le Queux, William: The Doctor of Pimlico, v.1, 21 December 2008.

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William Le Queux (1864–1927)
The Doctor of Pimlico
Being the Disclosure of a Great Crime
(1920)

Who is the mysterious doctor of Pimlico, and what is the strange hold that he has over people? A writer of mysteries is determined to get to the bottom of the matter, especially as his girlfriend is implicated.

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Le Queux, William: The Four Faces, v.1, 23 December 2008.

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William Le Queux (1864–1927)
The Four Faces: A Mystery (1922)

Arson, robbery, murder and secret codes all feature in this mystery, in which a bewildered man tries to make sense of strange happenings and defend the girl he loves.

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Le Queux, William: The Golden Face, v.1, 14 January 2009.

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William Le Queux (1864–1927)
The Golden Face: A Great ‘Crook’ Romance (1922)

The fictional confessions of an international jewel thief.

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Le Queux, William: The Great White Queen, v.1, 8 January 2009.

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William Le Queux (1864–1927)
The Great White Queen: A Tale of Treasure and Treason (1897)

A novel of action and adventure, with some similarities to Rider Haggard’s “She”. Both feature lost African kingdoms with imperious queens.
In this tale, the narrator is a young Englishman whose best friend at school turns out to be an African prince, who must return and reclaim his kingdom from the usurping Great White Queen.

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Le Queux, William: The House of Whispers, v.1, 20 December 2008.

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William Le Queux (1864–1927)
The House of Whispers (1910)

A mystery. There are strange goings-on in a Scottish castle. A young woman hears mysterious whispers. Locals claim this is a presage of death. Her blind father is up to something strange. And there are ramifications for European finance.

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Le Queux, William: The Intriguers, v.1, 14 January 2009.

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William Le Queux (1864–1927)
The Intriguers (1921)

A young violinist finds success in London, then finds action, adventure and conspiracy in 19th-century St Petersburg.

The source contained a number of OCR errors. I hope that I have managed to correct them.

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Le Queux, William: The minister of Evil [Rasputin], v.1, 20 December 2008.

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William Le Queux (1864–1927) [corrrected from 1727]
The Minister of Evil: The Secret History of Rasputin’s Betrayal of Russia (1918)

An account of Rasputin’s deplorable behaviour; allegedly derived from his secretary’s notes.

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Le Queux, William: The Mysterious Three, v.1, 15 January 2009.

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William Le Queux (1864–1927)
The Mysterious Three (1915)

A tale of mystery and adventure. It is London in 1911. Dick Ashton is worried. Someone is threatening his beloved Vera. Then she goes missing…

“But where was Vera? Ah! I felt beside myself in anxiety—a breathless, burning longing, to know how fared the one woman in all the world who held me in her hands for life, or for death.
She loved me, truly and well—of that I was convinced. And yet she existed in that mysterious hateful bondage—a bondage which, alas! she dared not attempt to break.
What could be the truth? Why were her lips closed?—Aye, why indeed? I dreaded to think.”

The source was Manybooks and the file was full of OCR errors. I hope that I have managed to correct them all. The cover image is the casino at Monte Carlo.

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Le Queux, William: The Mystery of the Green Ray. v1, 17 Sep 2008

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1915 mystery story set against a background of espionage in the early days of the First World War. A fun read!

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Le Queux, William: The Secret of the Fox Hunter, v.1, 18 January 2009.

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William Le Queux (1864–1927)
The Secret of the Fox Hunter (1903)

A tale of mystery, espionage and murder. A British spy is puzzled by the behaviour of a pretty girl at a country house weekend…

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Le Queux, William: The Seven Secrets v1 18 dec 2008

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William Tufnell Le Queux (July 2, 1864 London - October 13, 1927 Knocke, Belgium) was an Anglo-French journalist and writer. He was also a diplomat (honorary consul for San Marino), a traveller (in Europe, the Balkans and North Africa), a flying buff who officiated at the first British air meeting at Doncaster in 1909, and a wireless pioneer who broadcast music from his own station long before radio was generally available; his claims regarding his own abilities and exploits, however, were usually exaggerated. His best-known works are the anti-German invasion fantasies The Great War in England in 1897 (1894) and The Invasion of 1910 (1906), the latter of which was a phenomenal bestseller.

This is a mystery thriller with a good dosis of humor mixed in:

[QUOT“Ah! You don’t take the matter at all seriously!” I observed, a trifle annoyed.

“Why should I?” asked my friend, Ambler Jevons, with a deep pull at his well-coloured briar. “What you’ve told me shows quite plainly that you have in the first place viewed one little circumstance with suspicion, then brooded over it until it has become magnified and now occupies your whole mind. Take my advice, old chap, and think nothing more about it. Why should you make yourself miserable for no earthly reason? You’re a rising man—hard up like most of us—but under old Eyton’s wing you’ve got a brilliant future before you. Unlike myself, a mere nobody, struggling against the tide of adversity, you’re already a long way up the medical ladder. If you climb straight you’ll end with an appointment of Physician-in-Ordinary and a knighthood thrown in as makeweight. Old Macalister used to prophesy it, you remember, when we were up at Edinburgh. Therefore, I can’t, for the life of me, discover any cause why you should allow yourself to have these touches of the blues—unless it’s liver, or some other internal organ about which you know a lot more than I do. Why, man, you’ve got the whole world before you, and as for Ethelwynn——”

“Ethelwynn!” I ejaculated, starting up from my chair. “Leave her out of the question! We need not discuss her,” and I walked to the mantelshelf to light a fresh cigarette.

“As you wish, my dear fellow,” said my merry, easy-going friend. “I merely wish to point out the utter folly of all this suspicion.”[/QUOT
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Le Queux, William: The Seven Secrets, v.1, 19 December 2008.

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The Seven Secrets (1903)
(Second Edition, 1907)
By William Le Queux (1864–1927)

A mystery set in fin de siècle London. An elderly man is murdered and suspicion falls on his young widow. But then things get very complicated and lies and clues abound…

I’ve just noticed that mtravellerh has also uploaded a copy yesterday. But we have made some different formatting decisions, so there’s now a choice.

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Le Queux, William: The Sign of Silence, v1, 17 November 2009.

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William Le Queux (1864–1927)
The Sign of Silence (1917)

A young man finds that he needs to get to the bottom of a sinister conspiracy, when an imposter impersonates a vanished friend; and his fiancée is suspected of murder.

Found at Project Gutenberg.

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Le Queux, William: The Stretton Street Affair v 1.0 Nov 5 2008

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The Stretton Street Affair
(1922)
A novel by
William le Queux

The Strange Story Of Hugh Garfield Related By Himself And Set Down By William Le Queux:

[QUOT"In all innocence, and certainly without any desire to achieve that ephemeral notoriety which accrues from having one's portrait in the pictorial press and being besieged by interviewers in search of a “story,” I found myself, without seeking adventure, one of the chief actors in a drama which was perhaps one of the strangest and most astounding of this our twentieth century."[/QUOT
Taken from manybooks, added TOC and cover, did a reformatting.

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Le Queux, William: The Stretton Street Affair, v.1, 23 December 2008.

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William Le Queux (1864–1927)
The Stretton Street Affair (1922)

A man is duped into signing a death certificate in London, and then feels unwell. He wakes up in a clinic in St. Malo. People tell him that he has been in a car aciident and is suffering from amnesia. Weeks have passed. He is determined to get to the bottom of the mystery.

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Le Queux, William: The White Lie, v.1, 28 June 2009.

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William Le Queux (1864–1927)
The White Lie (1915)

An honest girl unwittingly marries a scoundrel who is part of a criminal gang. Eventually she learns the truth. But how can she avoid bringing dishonour on her second husband?
There’s a sub-plot with German spies, a bunch of burglars and con-men, and some romance in this tightly-plotted story.

The source was Project Gutenberg.

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Leacock, Stephen: Arcadian Adventures With the Idle Rich. v1, 16 Jan 2008

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From Amazon.com:

Of the many books by Canada’s most celebrated humorist, none has received more acclaim than his brilliant, caustic treatment of the glittering rich who gather at the Mausoleum Club on Plutoria Avenue.

Today, Leacock’s pointed satire of the privileged class, and their social abuses and pretences, retains every ounce of its freshness and bite. An undisputed comic masterpiece, Arcadian Adventures with the Idle Rich reveals a depth of compassionate criticism rare in Leacock’s writings.

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Leacock, Stephen: Frenzied Fiction. v1, 16 Jan 2008

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More hilarity from Stephen Leacock considered the Canadian "Mark Twain." An example from the first story My Revelations as a Spy:

In many people the very name "Spy" excites a shudder of apprehension; we Spies, in fact, get quite used to being shuddered at. None of us Spies mind it at all. Whenever I enter a hotel and register myself as a Spy I am quite accustomed to see a thrill of fear run round the clerks, or clerk, behind the desk.

Us Spies or We Spies-for we call ourselves both-are thus a race apart. None know us. All fear us. Where do we live? Nowhere. Where are we? Everywhere. Frequently we don't know ourselves where we are. The secret orders that we receive come from so high up that it is often forbidden to us even to ask where we are. A friend of mine, or at least a Fellow Spy-us Spies have no friends -one of the most brilliant men in the Hungarian Secret Service, once spent a month in New York under the impression that he was in Winnipeg. If this happened to the most brilliant, think of the others.

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Leacock, Stephen: Literary Lapses. v1, 16 Jan 2008

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From Amazon.com:

The humour, irony, and wit of Stephen Leacock have never been shown to better advantage than in Literary Lapses, his first collection of comic writings. Within its pages are such classic stories as the man who is seized by fear as he opens a bank account; the awful case of the young man who dies because he cannot tell a lie; the astonishing tale of the baby who ate thirteen Christmas dinners, and many other tales that have become part of the world's comic literature.

When Literary Lapses first appeared in 1910, it was an instant critical and popular success. Within a few years of its publication, Leacock was acknowledged as the English-speaking world’s most beloved humourist.

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Leacock, Stephen: Nonsense Novels. v1, 15 Jan 2008

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From Amazon.com:

Nonsense Novels sends up the silliest conventions of the ghost story, the detective story, the rags-to-riches story, the adventure story, the shipwreck story, and, of course, the story itself. Among other things. Here the close cultivation of cliché yields a bumper crop of absurdity and the utterly ludicrous turns up at every new twist of the tale.

This is a satirical masterpiece. Stephen Leacock was a genius.

With illustrations by John Kettelwell.

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Leacock, Stephen: Northern Light (collected works). v1. 17 Apr 2017

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NORTHERN LIGHT
A Collection of the Humorous Writings of
Stephen Butler Leacock (1869-1944)
With a Bibliography and Index of Story Titles

Contents first published 1895 ~ 1946.
The text of this book is in the public domain in countries where copyright is “Life+70” or less.

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Stephen Leacock was a Canadian educator, political scientist, writer, and humorist. Between 1911 and 1925 he was so well-known as the world’s greatest humorist that it was said more people had heard of Stephen Leacock than had heard of Canada.

Perhaps his most famous books were “Sunshine Sketches of a Little Town” and “Arcadian Adventures with the Idle Rich”, two of his many books of humor. He also wrote non-fiction, including books on political science, economics, history, literary criticism, and biographies of Charles Dickens and Mark Twain.

This omnibus, comprised of 25 books, brings you more than 550 stories, essays, and poems from the talented pen of “...Leacock the essentially Canadian humorist, dry and droll, half-clown, half-satirist, whose irony reflects no anger, whose wit is sharp but leaves no sting.” (—J. B. Priestley, Introduction to “The Bodley Head Leacock”.)

Book Titles:
Literary Lapses
Nonsense Novels
Sunshine Sketches of a Little Town
Behind the Beyond
Arcadian Adventures with the Idle Rich
Moonbeams from the Larger Lunacy
Further Foolishness
Frenzied Fiction
The Hohenzollerns in America
Winsome Winnie and Other New Nonsense Novels
My Discovery of England
College Days
Over the Footlights
The Garden of Folly
Winnowed Wisdom
Short Circuits
The Iron Man and the Tin Woman
The Dry Pickwick
Afternoons in Utopia
Hellements of Hickonomics
Model Memoirs
Too Much College
My Remarkable Uncle
Happy Stories
Serendipity — a compilation by the bookmaker

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This compilation was created in collaboration with Grumbles and Mousewaffle, fellow MobileRead members. Many, many thanks!

If you have read Leacock before, come and say “Howdy” to some old friends. If you have not, the time is ripe to make some new acquaintances.
Either way, giggles and grins are guaranteed!
:)

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Leadbeater, C.W.: The Astral Plane. v1, 5 Feb 2008

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From Amazon.com:

With the knowledge of the forces of nature which the resources of the astral plane place at the command of its inhabitants the production of what are called "spirit lights" is a very easy matter... -from [The Astral Plane[/ An engrossing document of the public fascination with the paranormal at the turn of the 20th century, this 1895 volume explains one aspect of theosophy, the metaphysical doctrine that seeks to find the unified truth buried in all of humanity's religions. On this guided tour of one of the "various planes of the universe," you'll meet black magicians, vampires, werewolves, elemental essences, fairies, and angels. You'll encounter phenomena including churchyard ghosts, mysterious bell ringing, clairvoyance, second sight, spirit photographs, slate writing, and levitation. And you'll learn why darkness is absolutely required at a seance. Don't leave this plane of existence without it.

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Lear, Edward: Nonsense books.v1.20 june 2015

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[QUOTEdward Lear was an English artist, illustrator, musician, author and poet, and is known now mostly for his literary nonsense in poetry and prose and especially his limericks, a form he popularised[/QUOT This omnibus contains 4 of his books.

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Leblanc, Maurice: 813 (1910): v.1

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The fourth entry in the Arsene Lupin saga-- a new adventure involving Kaiser Wilhelm II!

The cover is a recreation of the original English language edition published by none other than Mills and Boon, who were general publishers for years before specialising in romance.

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Leblanc, Maurice: 813. V1. 4 Dec 2008

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Maurice-Marie-Émile Leblanc (11 November 1864 - 6 November 1941) was a French novelist and writer of short stories, known primarily as the creator of the fictional gentleman thief and detective Arsène Lupin, often described as a French counterpart to Conan Doyle's creation Sherlock Holmes.
Maurice LeBlanc became famous for the creation of Arsene Lupin, a gentleman thief and master of disguise. LeBlanc was born to a wealthy family, studied law, worked as a police reporter for a time, then found his career as a fiction writer. His first Lupin novel was hugely popular and set the pattern for his career. While LeBlanc wrote much other fiction, it was the Lupin series which made him internationally famous, the French equivalent of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle.

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Leblanc, Maurice: Arsene Lupin in Prison. V1. 4 Dec 2008

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Maurice-Marie-Émile Leblanc (11 November 1864 - 6 November 1941) was a French novelist and writer of short stories, known primarily as the creator of the fictional gentleman thief and detective Arsène Lupin, often described as a French counterpart to Conan Doyle's creation Sherlock Holmes.
Maurice LeBlanc became famous for the creation of Arsene Lupin, a gentleman thief and master of disguise. LeBlanc was born to a wealthy family, studied law, worked as a police reporter for a time, then found his career as a fiction writer. His first Lupin novel was hugely popular and set the pattern for his career. While LeBlanc wrote much other fiction, it was the Lupin series which made him internationally famous, the French equivalent of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle.

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Leblanc, Maurice: Arsene Lupin vs Herlock Sholmes, the Blonde Lady. V1. 5 Dec 2008

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Maurice-Marie-Émile Leblanc (11 November 1864 - 6 November 1941) was a French novelist and writer of short stories, known primarily as the creator of the fictional gentleman thief and detective Arsène Lupin, often described as a French counterpart to Conan Doyle's creation Sherlock Holmes.
Maurice LeBlanc became famous for the creation of Arsene Lupin, a gentleman thief and master of disguise. LeBlanc was born to a wealthy family, studied law, worked as a police reporter for a time, then found his career as a fiction writer. His first Lupin novel was hugely popular and set the pattern for his career. While LeBlanc wrote much other fiction, it was the Lupin series which made him internationally famous, the French equivalent of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle.

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Leblanc, Maurice: Arsene Lupin, Super Sleuth (1927); v1, 11 Sep 2024

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Melodramatic in the French style: Arsene Lupin, super criminal and super sleuth, under yet another alias, in an improbable but entertaining adventure. Translator unknown.

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LeBlanc, Maurice: Arsene Lupin. 20 Dec 2007

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A good story of the French gentleman-burglar translated from the original French. As posted on Project Gutenberg.

It takes a bit of reading (for me at least) to get the meat of what is going on as I am distracted by the language. I suspect that it is the translation and the translator since I have almost no problems with most native English writers of this period. The story is good, just give it time and do not let the language get in your way.

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Leblanc, Maurice: The Confessions of Arsène Lupin. V1. 17 Feb 2009

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Maurice-Marie-Émile Leblanc (11 November 1864 - 6 November 1941) was a French novelist and writer of short stories, known primarily as the creator of the fictional gentleman thief and detective Arsène Lupin, often described as a French counterpart to Conan Doyle's creation Sherlock Holmes.
Maurice LeBlanc became famous for the creation of Arsene Lupin, a gentleman thief and master of disguise. LeBlanc was born to a wealthy family, studied law, worked as a police reporter for a time, then found his career as a fiction writer. His first Lupin novel was hugely popular and set the pattern for his career. While LeBlanc wrote much other fiction, it was the Lupin series which made him internationally famous, the French equivalent of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle.

A collection of stories.

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Leblanc, Maurice: the Crystal Stopper (1912), v1

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The fifth entry in the Lupin saga.

When one of his men is sentenced to death by the guillotine, Lupin sets in train a desperate scheme to rescue him. It all hinges on a deeply incriminating document concealed in a crystal decanter stopper.

Which, somehow, has disappeared without trace.

The cover is from the French first edition, modified.

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LeBlanc, Maurice: The Crystal Stopper. 20 Dec 2007

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Another of the French detective.

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Leblanc, Maurice: The Eight Strokes of the Clock (1923): v.1

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"Author's Note

THESE adventures were told to me in the old days by Arsène Lupin, as though they had happened to a friend of his, named Prince Rénine. As for me, considering the way in which they were conducted, the actions, the behaviour and the very character of the hero, I find it very difficult not to identify the two friends as one and the same person. Arsène Lupin is gifted with a powerful imagination and is quite capable of attributing to himself adventures which are not his at all and of disowning those which are really his. The reader will judge for himself.
M. L."

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LeBlanc, Maurice: The Eight Strokes of the Clock. 20 Dec 2007

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This is the sixth (6th) and final book of the Arsene Lupin series available through Project Gutenberg.

Leblanc wrote about 20 Lupin books in the first part of the 20th century. Originally in French these are translations made when the books were first published. This is both a blessing and a curse. It is a blessing because any unique French turn of phrase has been rendered into English with its meaning preserved as it was used then and a curse in that they translation style of the period was to over-embellish the English rendering the English translation awkward and dense to our ears almost a century later.

Once you get past the language, the stories and characters are fantastic.

I hope you enjoy them. I have found them very entertaining.

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Leblanc, Maurice: The Extraordinary Adv of Arsene Lupin, GB. 20 Dec 07

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The Extraordinary Adventures of Arsene Lupin, Gentleman-Burglar

Another installment in the series. Still more of them to come. We seem to be on a French wave today. And yes, even Sherlock Holmes shows up in this one (but he arrives too late.)

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LeBlanc, Maurice: The Frontier v.1.0 July 4, 2009

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Maurice LeBlanc: The Frontier (1912)

"The Frontier" is not at all the sort of novel that the engaging audacities Of Arsene Lupin have taught us to expect from its author. It has the sure dramatic instinct, the logical evolution of facts and incidents, the deft manipulation which binds them into a compact whole, the brilliant execution which have distinguished the Arsene stories. But at bottom it is concerned with an idea rather than with the telling of a tale. Its idea is, once more, that old. old idea of the conflict between the old and the new, between fathers and sons, between the intense convictions of yesterday and to-morrow. The form in which M. Le Blanc recreates it is that of the conflict between devotion to country and de*votion to that latest ideal, world-wide Peace. The father is a rugged old French patriot who fought in the war with Germany, whose heart is still bitter, and whose hate flames quickly at the thought of Alsace and Lorraine. The son is a professor of history whose studies have taught him how vain are bloodshed and violence. The scene is at the father's home, on the frontier, and he himself precipitates the war between France and Germany that comes crashing along in the last few chapters like a thunderstorm out of a Summer sky. Woven in with this intense and agonizing emotional drama that goes on between father and son. and woven so cleverly that the very doing of it excites one's admiration, Is one of those fateful outbursts of elemental human passion which French novelists are accustomed to present as matters of course.

From The New York Times Review, Published: June 9, 1912

*****
I took the text from ManyBooks.com and re-formatted it a bit.

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Leblanc, Maurice: The Golden Triangle (1917); v1

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Also known as "The Return of Arsène Lupin".

The master cracksman and master of disguises is back for another characteristic adventure.

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Leblanc, Maurice: The Hollow Needle (1909): v.2

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This book is already in the Library, but lacks a cover and the crucial original images within the text. It also retains the Gutenberg headers and footers.

I have removed superfluous headers and footers, added the missing images, and provided a cover by using the original 1909 French cover with the English title added in brackets. I also added the accent to Lupin's first name.

The Hollow Needle is not a reference to drugs, but rather a hidden French treasure-house cryptically known as the Hollow Needle. Arsene Lupin is the hare, while amongst the hounds is English consulting detective Holmlock Shears of Baker Street. There is a rousing climax within the Needle itself.

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Leblanc, Maurice: The Hollow Needle: Further Adv of Arsene Lupin. 20 Dec 2007

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More Lupin for all French detective fiction fans.

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LeBlanc, Maurice: The Mélamare Mystery (1929), v1

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Master criminal, master of disguises, Arsène Lupin returns, incognito, digging deep into the mysteries of the House of Mélamare, and the great diamond robberies.

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Leblanc, Maurice: The Mysterious Railway Passenger. V1. 5 Dec 2008

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Maurice-Marie-Émile Leblanc (11 November 1864 - 6 November 1941) was a French novelist and writer of short stories, known primarily as the creator of the fictional gentleman thief and detective Arsène Lupin, often described as a French counterpart to Conan Doyle's creation Sherlock Holmes.
Maurice LeBlanc became famous for the creation of Arsene Lupin, a gentleman thief and master of disguise. LeBlanc was born to a wealthy family, studied law, worked as a police reporter for a time, then found his career as a fiction writer. His first Lupin novel was hugely popular and set the pattern for his career. While LeBlanc wrote much other fiction, it was the Lupin series which made him internationally famous, the French equivalent of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle.

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LeBlanc, Maurice: The Secret of Sarek

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Maurice LeBlanc: The Secret of Sarek

Another one from the Arsene Lupin series.

*****
The text is from ManyBooks, reformatted.

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LeBlanc, Maurice: the Secret of Sarek (1920); v1; 17 Mar 2020

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While watching a film, Véronique d’Hergemont spots her childhood signature mysteriously written on the side of a hut in the background of a scene. Her visit to the location of the film shoot deepens the mystery, but also provides further clues that point her towards long-lost relations and a great secret from ancient history: a secret that will require the services of a particular man to unravel.

Don Luis Perenna, whose personal names anagram to Arsene Lupin, is nearby, in his personal submarine "The Crystal Stopper".

Darker in tone than the pre-WW1 novels, this verges on a horror story.

First Ed 1919
English Translation 1st Ed 1920

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Leblanc, Maurice: The Sign of the Shadow. V1. 5 Dec 2008

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Maurice-Marie-Émile Leblanc (11 November 1864 - 6 November 1941) was a French novelist and writer of short stories, known primarily as the creator of the fictional gentleman thief and detective Arsène Lupin, often described as a French counterpart to Conan Doyle's creation Sherlock Holmes.
Maurice LeBlanc became famous for the creation of Arsene Lupin, a gentleman thief and master of disguise. LeBlanc was born to a wealthy family, studied law, worked as a police reporter for a time, then found his career as a fiction writer. His first Lupin novel was hugely popular and set the pattern for his career. While LeBlanc wrote much other fiction, it was the Lupin series which made him internationally famous, the French equivalent of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle.

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LeBlanc, Maurice: The Teeth of the Tiger (1914); v1; 17 Mar 2020

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This story has to do with the final Will of a man named Mornington, who, in the year 1900, left behind the sum of $400 million francs. Of that, three-fourths went to his adopted country - which left $100 million francs to be distributed to his heirs. The executor of the estate was Mornington's friend, Don Luis Perenna (AKA Arsene Lupin). The problem, however, was that no one knew where (or even who) some of the heirs were. If no heirs were to be found within 3 months, the entire $100 million francs would go to Perenna. And Perenna/Lupin had a reputation as being something of a rogue. It is definitely a race against time, as the heirs seem to be turning up dead at an alarming rate. (google)

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LeBlanc, Maurice: The Teeth of the Tiger. 20 Dec 2007

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Another one for you Lupin fans, and you know who you are. The French gentleman-burglar is back for more adventure. This time from 1914.

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Leblanc, Maurice: The Teeth of the Tiger. V1. 5 Dec 2008

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Maurice-Marie-Émile Leblanc (11 November 1864 - 6 November 1941) was a French novelist and writer of short stories, known primarily as the creator of the fictional gentleman thief and detective Arsène Lupin, often described as a French counterpart to Conan Doyle's creation Sherlock Holmes.
Maurice LeBlanc became famous for the creation of Arsene Lupin, a gentleman thief and master of disguise. LeBlanc was born to a wealthy family, studied law, worked as a police reporter for a time, then found his career as a fiction writer. His first Lupin novel was hugely popular and set the pattern for his career. While LeBlanc wrote much other fiction, it was the Lupin series which made him internationally famous, the French equivalent of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle.

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LeBlanc, Maurice: The Three Eyes (1919); v2; 29 Dec 2019

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I've tagged this book as science fiction, because it contains science-fiction elements. It has been in the Library for some years, but this is an improved edition, and with the original cover. I downloaded it thinking it was an Arsene Lupin book, due to the familiar image of Lupin on the supplied cover. Not so.

Strange projections of images are seen, baffling the inhabitants of Meudon. The explanations, and the nature of the images, defy all solution, although there is some suggestion that they originate from Venus.

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Leblanc, Maurice: The Three Eyes. V1. 5 Dec 2008

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Maurice-Marie-Émile Leblanc (11 November 1864 - 6 November 1941) was a French novelist and writer of short stories, known primarily as the creator of the fictional gentleman thief and detective Arsène Lupin, often described as a French counterpart to Conan Doyle's creation Sherlock Holmes.
Maurice LeBlanc became famous for the creation of Arsene Lupin, a gentleman thief and master of disguise. LeBlanc was born to a wealthy family, studied law, worked as a police reporter for a time, then found his career as a fiction writer. His first Lupin novel was hugely popular and set the pattern for his career. While LeBlanc wrote much other fiction, it was the Lupin series which made him internationally famous, the French equivalent of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle.

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Leblanc, Maurice: The Tremendous Event. V1. 5 Dec 2008

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Maurice-Marie-Émile Leblanc (11 November 1864 - 6 November 1941) was a French novelist and writer of short stories, known primarily as the creator of the fictional gentleman thief and detective Arsène Lupin, often described as a French counterpart to Conan Doyle's creation Sherlock Holmes.
Maurice LeBlanc became famous for the creation of Arsene Lupin, a gentleman thief and master of disguise. LeBlanc was born to a wealthy family, studied law, worked as a police reporter for a time, then found his career as a fiction writer. His first Lupin novel was hugely popular and set the pattern for his career. While LeBlanc wrote much other fiction, it was the Lupin series which made him internationally famous, the French equivalent of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle.

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Leblanc, Maurice: The Wedding-Ring. V1. 5 Dec 2008

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Maurice-Marie-Émile Leblanc (11 November 1864 - 6 November 1941) was a French novelist and writer of short stories, known primarily as the creator of the fictional gentleman thief and detective Arsène Lupin, often described as a French counterpart to Conan Doyle's creation Sherlock Holmes.
Maurice LeBlanc became famous for the creation of Arsene Lupin, a gentleman thief and master of disguise. LeBlanc was born to a wealthy family, studied law, worked as a police reporter for a time, then found his career as a fiction writer. His first Lupin novel was hugely popular and set the pattern for his career. While LeBlanc wrote much other fiction, it was the Lupin series which made him internationally famous, the French equivalent of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle.

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LeBlanc, Maurice: The Woman With Two Smiles v.1.0 July 8, 2009

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Mystery novel featuring Arsene Lupin, published in French in 1932 and in English in 1933 (UK title: "The Double Smile.")

It is the story of an unsolved crime and the secret of a mysterious girl.

The text I used includes an "unofficial" Appendix, listing some of the differences between the French original and the 1933 English translation (due either to certain passages deemed too "risque" for English-speaking audiences, or simply to bad translation.)

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Leblanc, Maurice: Woman of Mystery (1916): v.1

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Set in the earliest days of World War 1, before it settled into trench warfare. Spies, secret tunnels, last-minute rescues, and Clausewitzean "beastliness".

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Lee, Vernon: Hauntings -- Fantastic Stories (ghosts). v1. 12 Nov 2020

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HAUNTINGS – Fantastic Stories

[Hauntings was originally published in 1890. The text is in the public domain in countries where copyright is “Life+80” or less, and in the USA.[/

Four stories by Vernon Lee (Violet Paget),full of atmosphere and menace.

Each tale (making allowances for a little inversion) is about a “belle dame sans merci.” The fateful woman takes various forms: a prideful, bloody Renaissance princess; a six-year-old proto-Venus literally thrust forth by the sea; the fey mistress of a Jacobean country house who looks like her mysterious ancestor; and the voice of a famous castrato calling to a young Wagnerian composer across the centuries. (—[Goodreads[/)

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Vernon Lee was the pseudonym of British writer Violet Paget (14 October 1856 – 13 February 1935). She is remembered today primarily for her supernatural fiction and her work on aesthetics. An early follower of Walter Pater, she wrote over a dozen volumes of essays on art, music, and travel.

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Not suited for casual reading — these challenging stories demand time, thought, and attention.
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Lee, Vernon: Pope Jacynth and Other Fantastic Tales (collect). v1. 17 Nov 2020

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POPE JACYNTH and Other Fantastic Tales

[This book was first published in 1904. The text is in the public domain in countries where copyright is “Life+80” or less, and in the USA.[/

A collection of tales in a mood of myth and legend and folklore, spiced with flavors of the supernatural.

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Vernon Lee was the pseudonym of British writer Violet Paget (14 October 1856 – 13 February 1935). She is remembered today primarily for her supernatural fiction and her work on aesthetics. An early follower of Walter Pater, she wrote over a dozen volumes of essays on art, music, and travel.

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Stories to spice up your imagination...

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Lee, Vernon: The Countess of Albany, v1, 2 February 2010.

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Vernon Lee [Violet Paget] (1856-1935)
The Countess of Albany (1910 edition; originally published in 1884)

This is a biography of the Countess of Albany (1752-1824), born Princess Louise of Stolberg-Gedern, wife of Charles Edward Stuart, “Bonnie Prince Charlie.” They were married when she was twenty and he was fifty-two. He turned out to be a drunkard, prone to fits of domestic violence.
Includes three illustrations.

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Lee, Vernon: The Hidden Door and Other Strange Stories (ghosts). v1. 24 Nov 2020

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THE HIDDEN DOOR and Other Strange Stories

More unsettling tales of the fantastic by the incomparable Vernon Lee; some laced with a wee bit of ironical humor.

A secret chamber in the tower of old Hotspur Hall is opened…
A young artist becomes obsessed by a century-old aria and its singer…
A bric-a-brac collector is captivated by a life-size doll, the portrait of an old count’s dead wife…
A sinful, lustful cavalier ventures to make a pact to obtain salvation from eternal damnation…
…And more……

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Vernon Lee was the pseudonym of British writer Violet Paget (14 October 1856 – 13 February 1935). She is remembered today primarily for her supernatural fiction and her work on aesthetics. An early follower of Walter Pater, she wrote over a dozen volumes of essays on art, music, and travel.

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[My own compilation. Contents were first published 1881 ~ 1913. The text is in the public domain in countries where copyright is “Life+80” or less, and in the USA.[/

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Lefevre, Edwin: Reminiscences Of A Stock Operator. V1. 15 January 2012

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The Reminiscences Of A Stock Operator is a famous book on the history of stock market in the late 1890's thru 1922. It was published in March of 1923. It details the stock trading of Jesse Livermore, slightly fictionalized, one of the most famous and colorful professional stock traders. As Livermore stated in the book, "there is nothing new under the sun in this game of speculation". It's still useful and entertaining reading today.

Edwin Lefevre (1871-1943) was a journalist and writer, dealing mainly with Wall Street.
Jesse Livermore (1877-1940) was a famous speculator of stocks and commodities from the late 1890's through the early 1930's

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Leibniz, Gottfried Wilhelm: The Monadology, v.1, 12 October 2008.

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The Monadology ( Monadologie ) (1714)
By Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz (1646–1716)
Translated from the original French by Robert Latta (1865–1932)

A short treatise of ninety numbered points. Leibniz argues that the basic elements of reality are not physical atoms but soul-like, non-physical entities called monads (from the Greek word for unity). These follow a pre-established harmony, laid down by God, who has made this, the best of all possible worlds.

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Leighton, Robert: Dogs and All About Them, v.1, 25 Oct 2008

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I created the figures for this 1910 edition from illustrations in a PDF at the Internet Archive. Contents:

Chapter 1. General History of the Dog
Chapter 2. The English Mastiff
Chapter 3. The Bulldog
Chapter 4. The St. Bernard
Chapter 5. The Newfoundland
Chapter 6. The Great Dane
Chapter 7. The Dalmatian
Chapter 8. The Collie
Chapter 9. The Old English Sheepdog
Chapter 10. The Chow Chow
Chapter 11. The Poodle
Chapter 12. The Schipperke
Chapter 13. The Bloodhound
Chapter 14. The Otterhound
Chapter 15. The Irish Wolfhound
Chapter 16. The Deerhound
Chapter 17. The Borzoi, or Russian Wolfhound
Chapter 18. The Greyhound
Chapter 19. The Whippet
Chapter 20. The Foxhound
Chapter 21. The Harrier and the Beagle
Chapter 22. The Pointer
Chapter 23. The Setters
Chapter 24. The Retrievers
Chapter 25. The Sporting Spaniel
Chapter 26. The Basset-Hound
Chapter 27. The Dachshund
Chapter 28. The Old Working Terrier
Chapter 29. The White English Terrier
Chapter 30. The Black and Tan Terrier
Chapter 31. The Bull-Terrier
Chapter 32. The Smooth Fox-Terrier
Chapter 33. The Wire-Hair Fox-Terrier
Chapter 34. The Airedale Terrier
Chapter 35. The Bedlington Terrier
Chapter 36. The Irish Terrier
Chapter 37. The Welsh Terrier
Chapter 38. The Scottish Terrier
Chapter 39. The West Highland White Terrier
Chapter 40. The Dandie Dinmont
Chapter 41. The Skye and Clydesdale Terriers
Chapter 42. The Yorkshire Terrier
Chapter 43. The Pomeranian
Chapter 44. The King Charles Spaniels
Chapter 45. The Pekinese and Japanese
Chapter 46. The Maltese Dog and the Pug
Chapter 47. The Brussels Griffon
Chapter 48. The Miniature Breeds
Chapter 49. Practical Management
Chapter 50. Breeding and Whelping
Chapter 51. Some Common Ailments of the Dog and their Treatment
Chapter 52. The Dog and the Law

A long overdue addition to our library. Arf! Arf, arf! :doggiewagstail:

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Leighton, Robert: Kiddie the Scout. v1. 2 Apr 2015

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Leighton, Robert, 1859-1934

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Old Man Birkenshaw was peering searchingly through the dim light of the early dawn, expecting at any moment to see the feathered head of a stealthy Indian warrior moving among the deep shadows. From where he lay on the dewy grass beside the crowded horse-corral, with his repeating rifle across his arm, he searched into the darkness of the larch woods and down the misty slopes to the thick line of bushes bordering the hidden creek.

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Leighton, Robert: Olaf the Glorious. v1. 2 Mar 2015

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Leighton, Robert, 1859-1934

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The following narrative is not so much a story as a biography. My hero is not an imaginary one; he was a real flesh and blood man who reigned as King of Norway just nine centuries ago. The main facts of his adventurous career—his boyhood of slavery in Esthonia, his life at the court of King Valdemar, his wanderings as a viking, the many battles he fought, his conversion to Christianity in England, and his ultimate return to his native land—are set forth in the various Icelandic sagas dealing with the period in which he lived. I have made free use of these old time records, and have added only such probable incidents as were necessary to give a continuous thread of interest to the narrative. These sagas, like the epics of Homer, were handed down from generation to generation by word of mouth, and they were not committed to writing until a long time after Olaf Triggvison’s death, so that it is not easy to discriminate between the actual facts as they occurred and the mere exaggerated traditions which must surely have been added to the story of his life as it was told by the old saga men at their winter firesides. But in most instances the records corroborate each other very exactly, and it may be taken that the leading incidents of the story are historically true.

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Leighton, Robert: Sergeant Silk, v1. 3 Apr 2015

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Leighton, Robert, 1859-1934

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“It wasn’t an Indian who did it,” he decided. “No Indian would have left so valuable a weapon behind. An Indian would have robbed his victim of everything that was worth stealing, and would probably have taken his scalp. He would almost certainly have appropriated the poor chap’s horse. No; it wasn’t an Indian.”

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Leighton, Robert: The Golden Galleon. v1. 1 Apr 2015

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Leighton, Robert, 1859-1934
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In this present amphibious story I have tried to represent some of the conditions of life ashore and afloat in the glorious days of Queen Elizabeth; but I must state, to begin with, that the only portion of the narrative that is actually based upon historical fact is the account of Lord Thomas Howard’s expedition against the West Indian treasure-ships. In this part of the story I have closely followed the original report of the last fight of The Revenge, as it was written by Sir Walter Raleigh some few weeks after the battle.

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Leighton, Robert: The Pilots of Pomona. v1. 2 Apr 2015

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Leighton, Robert, 1859-1934

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On a certain bright morning in the month of May, 1843, the little port of Stromness wore an aspect of unwonted commotion. The great whaling fleet that every year sailed from this place for the Greenland fisheries was busily preparing for sea. The sun was shining over the brown hills of Orphir, and casting a golden sheen over the calm bay. Out beyond the Holms the whaling ships lay at anchor, the Blue Peter flying at each forepeak, and between them and the town many boats were passing to and fro.

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Leighton, Robert: The Thirsty Sword. v1. 4 Apr 2015

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Leighton, Robert, 1859-1934

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Then Kenric went with her to the stream’s bank, and as he stood there his keen eyes saw something move across the short grass at the water’s edge. Promptly he put an arrow to his bowstring and took deft aim. The shaft sped quickly to its mark, plunged into the body of a stoat, and pinned the animal to the soft turf.

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Lermontov, Michail Jurjevic: Ein Held unserer Zeit. [German]. V1. 15 Jan 2011

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In dem Roman Ein Held unserer Zeit (1840) wird die Tragödie der gebildeten und freiheitlich denkenden Jugend seiner Zeit geschildert, welche mit gesellschaftlichem Stillstand unzufrieden war, sich vereinsamt fühlte und das Leben als nichtig ansah. Mit diesem Werk schuf er wichtige Voraussetzungen für die Entwicklung eines psychologischen Romans in Rußland als Genre und gilt damit als Begründer des russischen Realismus. (Wiki)

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Lermontov, Mikhail: A Hero of Our Time. 15 Oct 07

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Largely unknown in the west due to poor translations (and this one is not much better.)

Wikipedia says:
[QUOTFor his only novel, Lermontov deserves to be regarded as one of the founding fathers of Russian prose. A Hero of Our Time is actually a tightly knitted collection of short stories revolving around a single character, Pechorin. The short stories comprising this work are intricately connected, and the reader moves from a superficial glimpse of the character's actions to an understanding of his philosophy and of the secret springs of his seemingly mysterious behavior. The innovative structure of the novel is very modern, and has inspired several imitations, notably by Vladimir Nabokov in his novel Pnin (1955).[/QUOT

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Leroux, Gaston: Balaoo. V1. 16 May 2011

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Gaston Louis Alfred Leroux (6 May 1868[1] – 15 April 1927) was a French journalist and author of detective fiction.
In the English-speaking world, he is best known for writing the novel The Phantom of the Opera (Le Fantôme de l'Opéra, 1910), which has been made into several film and stage productions of the same name, such as the 1925 film starring Lon Chaney; and Andrew Lloyd Webber's 1986 musical.

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People no longer dared linger an the roads, where well-to-do peasants returning from the big markets of Châteldon and Thiers had been attacked by masked highwaymen and obliged to part with all their money in order to save their lives. A number of burglaries marked by extraordinary boldness and perpetrated under the very noses of the victims, who did not dare protest, had formed the basis of police enquiries which were slackly conducted and led to no serious result. The public prosecutor's staff received very little information, was confronted on every side by affrighted silence and did not think it necessary to display more zeal in hunting down the malefactors than was shown by the sufferers themselves in assisting the authorities to perform a duty intended to restore the sense of public security.

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Leroux, Gaston: Le mystère de la chambre jaune. (French) v1 1 Jan 2009

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Gaston Leroux (1868-1927) was a French journalist and detective fiction author. His contribution to French detective fiction is considered a parallel to Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's in the United Kingdom and Edgar Allan Poe's in America. He's the author, among others of "The Phantom of the Opera"

"Le mystère de la chambre jaune" (The Mystery of the Yellow Room), published in 1907, is the first novel starring the journalist detective Joseph Rouletabille (although in the very first publication it was "Boitabille"). A woman has been attacked, almost killed in a locked room, with just a barred window, no chimney, and a single locked door... but there no trace of the "murderer" is found when the door is finally opened. From here we see how the young Rouletabille discovers by simple reasoning what's happening, while the rest of the characters struggle to understand how can people disappear or be in two places at the same time, how can dead a body be transformed into someone else... A classic of mystery literature.

There are several movies based on this book and, apparently, the original manuscript has been recently found.

The text comes from Wikisource, but it has been proofread, corrected and formatted. Two maps have been re-drawn following as closely as possible the original (the quality of the scans was too poor to keep them).

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Leroux, Gaston: Le parfum de la dame en noir. (French) v1 25 Apr 2009

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Gaston Leroux (1868-1927) was a French journalist and detective fiction author. His contribution to French detective fiction is considered a parallel to Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's in the United Kingdom and Edgar Allan Poe's in America. He's the author, among others of "The Phantom of the Opera"

"Le parfum de la dame en noir" (The Perfume of the Lady in Black), published in 1908, is the second novel starring the journalist detective Joseph Rouletabille, after "Le mystère de la chambre jaune". The same characters meet again, the events of the previous book are revived, a new crime takes place but the story develops further yet. As usual with mystery books, I cannot say much more. If you liked "Le mystère de la chambe jaune", you'll probably like this one too, though I must say it doesn't reach the same level

The text comes from Ebooks libres et gratuits, but it has been proofread, corrected and formatted (though the initial state was quite good already). Three maps have been re-drawn following as closely as possible the original (the quality of the scans was too poor to keep them).

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Leroux, Gaston: The Bride of the Sun. v1. 08 Nov 2021

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This book sets forth the tale of Dick Montgomery as he travels to Peru in hopes of marrying his fiancé, Maria-Teresa de la Torre, the daughter of a Spanish marquis. Unfortunately, his Maria is kidnapped by a secret cult devoted to sacrificing a virgin the sun god.
(—Publisher’s blurb)

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Gaston Louis Alfred Leroux (6 May 1868 – 15 April 1927) was a French journalist and author of detective fiction. In the English-speaking world, he is best known for writing the novel [The Phantom of the Opera[/ ([Le Fantôme de l’Opéra[/, 1910), which has been made into several film and stage productions of the same name, notably the 1925 film starring Lon Chaney, Andrew Lloyd Webber’s 1986 musical, and Joel Schumacher’s 2004 film based on the musical. Leroux’s 1907 novel [The Mystery of the Yellow Room[/ is one of the most celebrated locked room mysteries; and his contribution to French detective fiction is considered a parallel to those of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle in the United Kingdom and Edgar Allan Poe in the United States.

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[L’Épouse du Soleil[/ was first published in 1912; the anonymous English translation [The Bride of the Sun[/ was published in 1915. This book is in the public domain where copyright is “Life+90” or less, and in the USA.

Cover image adapted from the French first edition dust-jacket.
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Leroux, Gaston: The Man With the Black Feather (1909); v1; 21 Jan 2020

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Translated by Edgar Jepson in 1912 from the 1909 novel "La double vie de Théophraste Longuet")

Theophrastus Longuet, a mild-mannered manufacturer of rubber stamps, tours the former Paris "Conciergerie", prison, where he appears to become possessed, recalling a previous life nearly 200 years before, in the 1700s.

Then he was "Cartouche", the notorious Parisian criminal, and soon Longuet's life is spinning out of control.

A very early Leroux, possibly his second novel. Leroux of course went on to write "The Phantom of the Opera" as well as many crime novels.

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Leroux, Gaston: The Mystery of the Yellow Room (illus). v1. 31 Oct 2021

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The first of the adventures of young reporter and amateur sleuth Joseph Rouletabille (his nickname means literally roule ta bille, or “Roll your marble”; French slang for “Globetrotter,” one who has been around and seen it all). The mystery concerns a complex, and seemingly impossible, crime. Mlle. Stangerson is viciously attacked in her bedchamber, and the criminal has vanished from the locked room. Rouletabille and his friend M. Sainclair set out to solve the puzzle. Leroux provides detailed diagrams illustrating the crime scene to aid the reader in the intellectual challenge.

One of the first locked-room mystery novels, it was first published serially in France in the periodical [L’Illustration[/ in 1907, then in book form in 1908. It has been hailed as one of the top locked-room mysteries of all time, and garnered praise from top mystery writers such as John Dickson Carr and Agatha Christie.

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Gaston Louis Alfred Leroux (6 May 1868 – 15 April 1927) was a French journalist and author of detective fiction. In the English-speaking world, he is best known for writing the novel [The Phantom of the Opera[/ ([Le Fantôme de l’Opéra[/, 1910), which has been made into several film and stage productions of the same name, notably the 1925 film starring Lon Chaney, Andrew Lloyd Webber’s 1986 musical, and Joel Schumacher’s 2004 film based on the musical. Leroux’s 1907 novel [The Mystery of the Yellow Room[/ is one of the most celebrated locked room mysteries. Leroux's contribution to French detective fiction is considered a parallel to those of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle in the United Kingdom and Edgar Allan Poe in the United States.

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Leroux, Gaston: The Mystery of the Yellow Room. V1. 16 May 2011

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Gaston Louis Alfred Leroux (6 May 1868[1] – 15 April 1927) was a French journalist and author of detective fiction.
In the English-speaking world, he is best known for writing the novel The Phantom of the Opera (Le Fantôme de l'Opéra, 1910), which has been made into several film and stage productions of the same name, such as the 1925 film starring Lon Chaney; and Andrew Lloyd Webber's 1986 musical.

This novel - the classic French detective story - was written in 1907 by Gaston Leroux, once a reporter who covered the famous trials of his time. (He also wrote THE PHANTOM OF THE OPERA.) Match your wits with his rival detectives - one amateur, one professional - as they try to crack the mystery. Mademoiselle Stangerson retires to bed in the Yellow Room. Suddenly revolver shots echo through the house and she screams for help. Her father and a servant run to the locked room where they find the wounded girl - alone. The only other exit, a window - barred. How had the assailant escaped?

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Leroux, Gaston: The Perfume of the Lady in Black (illus). v1. 01 Nov 2021

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Joseph Rouletabille, the young journalist turned detective, is once more pitted against his arch-enemy, Frederic Larsan. The mysterious crime committed in the Square Tower tests even Rouletabille’s powers of logic and deduction.

[The Perfume of the Lady in Black[/ ([Le parfum de la dame en noir[/), first published in 1908, is the second in the series of books featuring the fictional detective Joseph Rouletabille. It has been adapted for film several times over the decades.

Because this book reunites several of its characters from its predecessor, [The Mystery of the Yellow Room[/, and references much of the material from that book, it is recommended to read the “Yellow Room” first.

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Gaston Louis Alfred Leroux (6 May 1868 – 15 April 1927) was a French journalist and author of detective fiction. In the English-speaking world, he is best known for writing the novel [The Phantom of the Opera[/ ([Le Fantôme de l’Opéra[/, 1910), which has been made into several film and stage productions of the same name, notably the 1925 film starring Lon Chaney, Andrew Lloyd Webber’s 1986 musical, and Joel Schumacher’s 2004 film based on the musical.

Leroux’s 1907 novel [The Mystery of the Yellow Room[/ is one of the most celebrated locked room mysteries; and his contribution to French detective fiction is considered a parallel to those of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle in the United Kingdom and Edgar Allan Poe in the United States.

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Leroux, Gaston: The Phantom of the Opera (illus). v1. 23 Oct 2021

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By Gaston Leroux (1868–1927)
Translation by Alexander Teixeira de Mattos (1865–1921)
Illustrations by André Castaigne (1861–1929)

This dark Gothic romance is framed as a mystery novel, narrated by a detective uncovering the mystery of the Phantom who lurks in the opera house, seemingly appearing in places out of nowhere as if by magic. A beautiful and talented young soprano becomes the obsession of this disfigured and murderous musical genius, and Christine is drawn to him because she sees him as her Angel of Music, and she pities his existence of loneliness and darkness.

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Gaston Louis Alfred Leroux (6 May 1868 – 15 April 1927) was a French journalist and author of detective fiction. In the English-speaking world, he is best known for writing the novel [The Phantom of the Opera[/ ([Le Fantôme de l’Opéra[/, 1910), which has been made into several film and stage productions of the same name, notably the 1925 film starring Lon Chaney, Andrew Lloyd Webber’s 1986 musical, and Joel Schumacher’s 2004 film based on the musical. Leroux’s 1907 novel [The Mystery of the Yellow Room[/ is one of the most celebrated locked room mysteries.

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[The Phantom of the Opera [/was serialized 1909~1910, and published in book form in 1910. [This book is in the public domain where copyright is “Life+90” or less, and in the USA.[/

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Leroux, Gaston: The Phantom of the Opera v1 2016-02-22

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This classic novel was published in 1909-1910. It has since been adapted many times into film and stage productions. The adaptations have been quite faithful to the original story, actually.

[quot[From Goodreads:[/

First published in French as a serial in 1909, "The Phantom of the Opera" is a riveting story that revolves around the young, Swedish Christine Daaé. Her father, a famous musician, dies, and she is raised in the Paris Opera House with his dying promise of a protective angel of music to guide her. After a time at the opera house, she begins hearing a voice, who eventually teaches her how to sing beautifully. All goes well until Christine's childhood friend Raoul comes to visit his parents, who are patrons of the opera, and he sees Christine when she begins successfully singing on the stage. The voice, who is the deformed, murderous 'ghost' of the opera house named Erik, however, grows violent in his terrible jealousy, until Christine suddenly disappears. The phantom is in love, but it can only spell disaster. Leroux's work, with characters ranging from the spoiled prima donna Carlotta to the mysterious Persian from Erik's past, has been immortalized by memorable adaptations. Despite this, it remains a remarkable piece of Gothic horror literature in and of itself, deeper and darker than any version that follows.[/quot

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Leroux, Gaston: The Secret of the Night (illus). v1. 06 Nov 2021

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A story of revolution, murder, and suspense from one of history’s finest detective novelists. In 1905, Joseph Rouletabille is employed by Czar Nicholas II of Russia to watch over one of his Generals whose life has been threatened by revolutionaries. Will the detective discover the identity of the double agent in time to foil the nefarious scheme?

This is the third in Leroux’s series of books about Rouletabille.

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Gaston Louis Alfred Leroux (6 May 1868 – 15 April 1927) was a French journalist and author of detective fiction. In the English-speaking world, he is best known for writing the novel [The Phantom of the Opera[/ ([Le Fantôme de l’Opéra[/, 1910), which has been made into several film and stage productions of the same name, notably the 1925 film starring Lon Chaney, Andrew Lloyd Webber’s 1986 musical, and Joel Schumacher’s 2004 film based on the musical.

Leroux’s 1907 novel [The Mystery of the Yellow Room[/ is one of the most celebrated locked room mysteries; and his contribution to French detective fiction is considered a parallel to those of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle in the United Kingdom and Edgar Allan Poe in the United States.

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[Rouletabille chez le Tsar[/ (Rouletabille and the Tsar) was first published in 1913; the English translation [The Secret of the Night[/ in 1914. This book is in the public domain where copyright is “Life+70” or less, and in the USA.
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Leroux, Gaston: The Secret of the Night. V1. 16 May 2011

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Gaston Louis Alfred Leroux (6 May 1868[1] – 15 April 1927) was a French journalist and author of detective fiction.
In the English-speaking world, he is best known for writing the novel The Phantom of the Opera (Le Fantôme de l'Opéra, 1910), which has been made into several film and stage productions of the same name, such as the 1925 film starring Lon Chaney; and Andrew Lloyd Webber's 1986 musical.

The surviving Nihilists have condemned the Russian General Trebassof to death for the crimes he and his troops committed against the revolution. Three attempts on his life have failed, but the Czar is determined to keep him alive. The Czar assigns the redoubtable, French detective reporter, Rouletabille to the case. It quickly becomes apparent that one of the General's own retinue is in league with the assassins! Why?

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Leroy, Amélie Claire: How They Were Caught In A Trap. v1. 25 Mar 2016

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Amélie Claire Leroy: Born : 1851 or 1860 Lived : Winchester, Hampshire, England (final): Died : 1934 Mar 12

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I MUST begin my story by introducing you to a sad family party who are now assembled in the sitting-room of an old Parsonage house, just outside the ancient Cathedral town of Paston. The wintry sun is shining in through the small panes of the casement, and the golden light falls on the old oak panelling, and gleams in and out amongst the group now sitting round the fire, for the weather is chilly, and there is much wood on the glebe, so that those huge logs may be had for nothing. The room is long, narrow, and wainscotted throughout, and would delight the eyes of a modem painter; but the present occupants know only that they are at home, and have never considered further of its various merits.

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Leroy, Amélie Claire: Miss Fenwick's Failures. v1. 27 Mar 2016

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Amélie Claire Leroy: Born : 1851 or 1860 Lived : Winchester, Hampshire, England (final): Died : 1934 Mar 12

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NUMBER 13 Warcote Square,” said a young but very decided voice from the inside of a “Four-wheeler” in answer to the question of an aged cabman, who looked in again upon his fare, having failed to understand the footman who had ceremoniously called out the address to him.

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Lerrigo, Charles Henry: The Boy Scout Treasure Hunters. v1. 24 Sep 07

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American juvenile fiction from 1917 - the title says it all.

To quote from the publisher's blurb:

[In the boys' world of story books, none better than those about boy scouts arrest and grip attention. In a most alluring way, the stories in the BOY SCOUT LIFE SERIES tell of the glorious good times and wonderful adventures of boy scouts.

All the books were written by authors possessed of an intimate knowledge of this greatest of all movements organized for the welfare of boys, and are published with the approval of the National Headquarters of the Boy Scouts of America.

The Chief Scout Librarian, Mr. F. K. Mathiews, writes concerning them: "It is a bully bunch of books. I hope you will sell 100,000 copies of each one, for these stories are the sort that will help instead of hurt our movement."[/

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Leslie, Eliza: The Ladies' Guide to True Politeness. V1. 13-Apr-2013

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Eliza Leslie [frequently referred to as Miss Lesli (November 15, 1787 – January 1, 1858) was an American author of popular cookbooks during the nineteenth century. She gained popularity for her books on etiquette as well.

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[QUOTAn amusing writer of the last century, justly complains of the want of definite words to express, distinctly and unmistakably, the different degrees of visits, with reference to their length. Whether the stay of the guest comprises ten minutes, an hour, an evening, a day, a week, or a month, still it goes under the vague and general term of a visit.

We propose, humourously, that if the stay of the guest exceeds a week, it should be called “a visitation.” If it includes a dining, or a tea-drinking, or evening-spending, it may be termed “a visit;” while a mere call can be mentioned as “a vis.”

The idea is a very convenient one, and we should like to see it carried out by general adoption. Meanwhile, we must, for the present, be contented with the old uncertain practice of saying only “visit” and “visiter.” We think it our duty to explain that this chapter is designed for the benefit of such inexperienced females as may be about to engage in what we should like to call “a visitation.”

To begin at the beginning:—

Do not volunteer a visit to a friend in the country, or in another town, unless you have had what is called “a standing invitation,” with every reason to believe that it was sincerely and cordially given. Many invitations are mere “words of course,” without meaning or motive, designed only to make a show of politeness, and not intended to be taken literally, or ever acted upon. Even when convinced that your friend is really your friend, that she truly loves you, has invited you in all sincerity, and will be happy in your society, still, it is best to apprize her, duly, of the exact day and hour when she may expect you; always with the proviso that it is convenient to herself to receive you at that time, and desiring her to let you know, candidly, if it is not. [/QUOT

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Lessig, Lawrence: The Future of Ideas. v1. 18 January 2008

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I've been trying to read the various incarnations of this Creative Commons-licensed ebook for a couple of days, and got tired of fighting bad PDF conversions, and bad MOBI conversions (the Mobipocket version on Munsey's has the entire body of text underlined).

I downloaded the MS Lit version, converted it to a text file, cleaned up the text, and then used BookDesigner 4.0 to re-convert it back to a Mobipocket-format book, fixing the table of contents somewhat and prettifying the contents.

I'm sure there's a table or two that need some formatting work, and the footnotes need 'fixing' so they actually work as expected on the Kindle. If you find a footnote you like, you'll have to go find it in the 'Notes' at the end of the book. If, as I read the book, I find these problems to be annoying, I'll fix them and re-post.

Thanks to Mr. Lessig for allowing the use of his ebook for free.

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Level, Maurice: Tales of Mystery and Horror. v1. 27 Mar 2021

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Tales of Mystery and Horror

By Maurice Level (1875–1926)
Translated from the French by
Alys Eyre Macklin (ca. 1875–1929)

Twenty-six (thirteen doubled!) very short stories of obsession and violence, characterized by gratuitous acts of brutality and surprise endings, which one reviewer calls “slice of death” stories. Because there are some similarities between some stories, these are probably best read in small doses.

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Maurice Level (29 August 1875 – 15 April 1926) was a French writer of fiction and drama who specialized in short stories of the macabre which were printed regularly in the columns of Paris newspapers and sometimes staged by [le Théâtre du Grand-Guignol,[/ the repertory company in Paris’s Pigalle district devoted to melodramatic productions which emphasized grue and gore. H. P. Lovecraft observed of Level’s fiction in his essay Supernatural Horror in Literature (1927): “This type, however, is less a part of the weird tradition than a class peculiar to itself — the so-called [conte cruel[/, in which the wrenching of the emotions is accomplished through dramatic tantalizations, frustrations and gruesome physical horrors”.

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[Originally published 1920. This book is in the public domain where copyright is “Life+90” or less, and in the USA.[/

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Lever, Charles James: Arthur O'Leary. v1. 26 Sep 2013

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Charles James Lever (31 August 1806 - 1 June 1872) was an Irish novelist.

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The worthy traveller had wandered away to "pastures new," heaven knows where! and, notwithstanding repeated little paragraphs in the second advertizing column of the "Times" newspaper, assuring, "A. O'L. that if he would inform his friends where a letter would reach, all would be forgiven," &c. the mystery of his whereabouts remained unsolved, save by the chance mention of a north-west passage traveller, who speaks of a Mr. O'Leary as having presided at a grand bottle-nosed whale dinner in Behring's Straits, some time in the autumn of 1840; and an allusion, in the second volume of the Chevalier de Bertonville's Discoveries in Central Africa, to an "Irlandais bien original," who acted as sponsor to the son and heir of King Bullanullaboo, in the Chieckhow territory. That either, or indeed, both, these individuals resolved themselves into our respected friend, we entertained no doubt whatever; nor did the information cause us any surprise, far less unquestionably, than had we heard of his ordering his boots from Hoby, or his coat from Stultz.

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Lever, Charles James: Barrington Volume II (of II). v1. 27 Sep 2013

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Charles James Lever (31 August 1806 - 1 June 1872) was an Irish novelist.

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"Oh, by the powers, ye're welcome home, your honor's reverence, and the mistresses!" cried Darby, as he fumbled at the lock, and then failing in all his efforts,—not very wonderful, seeing that he had taken a wrong key,—he seized a huge stone, and, smashing the padlock at a blow, threw wide the gate to admit them.

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Lever, Charles James: Charles O'Malley, The Irish Dragoon, Vol 1. v1. 28 Sep 2013

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Charles James Lever (31 August 1806 - 1 June 1872) was an Irish novelist.

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The rain was dashing in torrents against the window-panes, and the wind sweeping in heavy and fitful gusts along the dreary and deserted streets, as a party of three persons sat over their wine, in that stately old pile which once formed the resort of the Irish Members, in College Green, Dublin, and went by the name of Daly's Club-House. The clatter of falling tiles and chimney-pots, the jarring of the window-frames, and howling of the storm without seemed little to affect the spirits of those within as they drew closer to a blazing fire before which stood a small table covered with the remains of a dessert, and an abundant supply of bottles, whose characteristic length of neck indicated the rarest wines of France and Germany; while the portly magnum of claret—the wine par excellence of every Irish gentleman of the day—passed rapidly from hand to hand, the conversation did not languish, and many a deep and hearty laugh followed the stories which every now and then were told, as some reminiscence of early days was recalled, or some trait of a former companion remembered.

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Lever, Charles James: Charles O'Malley, The Irish Dragoon, Vol 2. v1. 19 Sep 2013

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Charles James Lever (31 August 1806 - 1 June 1872) was an Irish novelist.

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"It is now some fifteen years since—if it wasn't for O'Shaughnessy's wrinkles, I could not believe it five—we were quartered in Loughrea. There were, besides our regiment, the Fiftieth and the Seventy-third, and a troop or two of horse artillery, and the whole town was literally a barrack, and as you may suppose, the pleasantest place imaginable. All the young ladies, and indeed all those that had got their brevet some years before, came flocking into the town, not knowing but the Devil might persuade a raw ensign or so to marry some of them.

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Lever, Charles James: Lever, Barrington Volume I (of II). v1. 26 Sep 2913

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Charles James Lever (31 August 1806 - 1 June 1872) was an Irish novelist.

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It was a very unpretending hostel, something wherein cottage and farmhouse were blended, and only recognizable as a place of entertainment by a tin trout suspended over the doorway, with the modest inscription underneath,—"Fisherman's Home." Very seldom is it, indeed, that hotel pledges are as honestly fulfilled as they were in this simple announcement. The house was, in all that quiet comfort and unostentatious excellence can make, a veritable Home! Standing in a fine old orchard of pear and damson trees, it was only approachable by a path which led from the highroad, about two miles off, or by the river, which wound round the little grassy promontory beneath the cottage. On the opposite side of the stream arose cliffs of considerable height, their terraced sides covered with larch and ash, around whose stems the holly, the laurel, and arbutus grew in a wild and rich profusion. A high mountain, rugged with rock and precipice, shut in the picture, and gave to the river all the semblance of a narrow lake.

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Lever, Charles James: The Bramleighs Of Bishop's Folly. v1. 27 Sep 2013

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Charles James Lever (31 August 1806 - 1 June 1872) was an Irish novelist.

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Towards the close of the last century there was a very remarkable man, Bishop of Down, in Ireland: a Liberal in politics, in an age when Liberalism lay close on the confines of disloyalty; splendidly hospitable, at a period when hospitality verged on utter recklessness; he carried all his opinions to extremes. He had great taste, which had been cultivated by foreign travel, and having an ample fortune, was able to indulge in many whims and caprices, by which some were led to doubt of his sanity; but others, who judged him better, ascribed them to the self-indulgence of a man out of harmony with his time, and comtemptuously indifferent to what the world might say of him.

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Leverage, Henry: The White Cipher, (1919) v1, 23 Oct 2022

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"Henry Leverage" was the alias of American pulp writer David Carroll Henry, (later simplified to Carl Henry), born in Kansas in 1879, whose life story is almost buried under the myths and legends he invented about himself. He was a cardsharp and "professional crook" (as he described himself to a judge). He did three years in Sing Sing prison during which he wrote his first big seller, Whispering Wires, made into a movie while he was still inside. Once out, he churned out 15 novels and 114 short stories under three names, became a celebrity, and died in New York in 1931
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(One of his many myths about himself was that he was born in UK, and served in the Air Force against Germany in WW1).

This fanciful adventure yarn shows his lively imagination at work.

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Leverson, Ada: Bird of Paradise, v.1, 26 November 2008.

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Bird Of Paradise (1914)
By Ada Leverson (1862–1933)

Set in 1913, the heroine, Bertha Kellynch, is pretty and intelligent. She loves her rather complacent husband. A former suitor, who rejected her and his jealous wife seem intent on disturbing her marital peace.

The author was a close friend of Oscar Wilde and a wit in her own right. Her friends would have appreciated the dedication of this novel about marriage “To Ernest”—her former husband.

We have other novels by Ada Leverson.

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Leverson, Ada: Love at Second sight, v.1, 24 Feb 2008.

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A Novel of 1916.
(The third in The Litle Ottleys series, but can be read on its own.)

Edith Ottley is still torn between her iritating husband and a faithful friend in this wartime novel.

Ada Leverson was a close friend of Oscar Wilde and, in places, her writings have a similar wit and sparkle. Her novels also reflect on the position of married women in Edwardian society.

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Leverson, Ada: Love’s Shadow, v.1, 24 Feb 2008.

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A novel of 1908.
(The first in The Litle Ottleys series, but can be read on its own.)

There are two threads in this novel. The central story is that of a young married woman who finds that her husband’s earlier infatuation for someone else throws a shadow on their marriage. The other thread is the story of how her friend, Edith Ottley, adroitly copes with her pompous and irritable husband. (In later novels Edith becomes the central figure.)

Ada Leverson was a close friend of Oscar Wilde and, in places, her writings have a similar wit and sparkle. Her novels also reflect on the position of married women in Edwardian society.

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Leverson, Ada: Tenterhooks, v.1, 24 Feb 2008.

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A novel of 1912.
(The second in The Litle Ottleys series, but can be read on its own.)

Edith Ottley needs all her wits in order to keep her irritable husband happy.

A memorable typo in the PG text: ‘He felt a little emu’. Corrected to ‘He felt a little ennui.’

Ada Leverson was a close friend of Oscar Wilde and, in places, her writings have a similar wit and sparkle. Her novels also reflect on the position of married women in Edwardian society.

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Leverson, Ada: The Limit, v1.2, 26 October 2009.

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Ada Leverson (1862–1933)
The Limit (1911)

Ada Leverson was a close fiend of Oscar Wilde, and wrote witty society novels which contain both acute observation and bon mots.
In this novel, a young married woman must choose how far to permit the attentions of a man friend. Meanwhile, her husband must set the limit of his toleration.

We now have all of Mrs. Leverson’s novels in the MR library.

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Leverson, Ada: The Twelfth Hour, v.1, 3 March 2009.

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Ada Leverson (1862–1933)
The Twelfth Hour (1907)

A good-humoured and witty look at love and marriage in Edwardian society, written by a woman who was a close friend of Oscar Wilde.
Lady Chetwode’s husband doesn’t come home often, and has the portrait of an unknown woman hidden in a velvet case. Her younger sister, Sylvia, loves her father’s secretary. However, her father wants her to marry a rich Greek banker, who is badly smitten by her. Their brother, Savile, is a precocious schoolboy with a crush on the singer, Adelina Patti. And their friend Vera is on the look-out for an adventure. Complications ensue. Will they be happily sorted out by the end of the book?

The source was the Celebration of Women Writers website.

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Levinrew, Will; Death Points a Finger. v1.1 27 July 2009

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A group of very old civil war veterans are gathered together at a summer cabin in Canada. They have the common link of all being part of an insurance policy in which the last survivor receives all the benefits of the policy. Only a few of the veterans are left and now someone is killing the survivors.

The revised version 1.1 has added toc and start reading links, also slightly changed the cover image size. The cover is the front of the dust jacket of the 1933 1st edition. Note that the price of the book was 50 cents!

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Lewis & Clark: The Journals of Lewis and Clark, v1, 27 Jan 2009

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The journals chronicling the transcontinental-U.S. expedition.

The Note prefacing the journals says: "The Journals are from May 14, 1804, the day the expedition left the Mississippi River, to September 26, 1806, a day or two after they arrived back in St. Louis. It includes all possible Journal entries of Lewis and Clark. Most of the "courses and distances" and "celestial Observations" have been omitted. The notes and most of the corrections of past editors have been removed. There are a few OCR errors, but most of the misspellings are almost 200 years old. The dates with the names in the brackets are a little redundent (sic). They are included to provde the correct date in a consistent format."

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Lewis & Short: An Elementary Latin Dictionary. v0.5. 26 Feb 2011

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This is a very basic attempt to transform the [url=http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopperPerseus Project's[/url] XML Lewis and Short Elementary Latin dictionary into a mobi/Kindle format. You may rather be interested in the smaller but more coherent Latin dictionary based on Whitaker's Words.

There is a development .tar.bz2 file for anyone looking to continue working on the XSLT transformation, and a mobi file for anyone who wants to see how functional the dictionary is at the moment.

Note: this dictionary is very rough! Please feel free to improve the XSLT file! If you're a beginner learning Latin, the alternative dictionary based on Whitaker's Words will be more useful.

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Lewis, Alfred Henry: Faro Nell and Her Friends. v1. 28 Jan 2014

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Alfred Henry Lewis (January 20, 1855 – December 23, 1914) was an American investigative journalist, lawyer, novelist, editor, and short story writer.

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"This yere Dead Shot has a wife. Thar's women you don't want to see ontil you're tired, an' women you don't want to see ontil you're rested, an' women you don't want to see no how––don't want to see at all. This wife of Dead Shot's belongs with the latter bunch.

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Lewis, Alfred Henry: How The Raven Died. v1. 28 Jan 2014

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Alfred Henry Lewis (January 20, 1855 – December 23, 1914) was an American investigative journalist, lawyer, novelist, editor, and short story writer.

Excerpt
"Which 'f you-all is out to hear of Injuns, son," observed the Old Cattleman, doubtfully, "the best I can do is shet my eyes an' push along regyardless, like a cayouse in a storm of snow. But I don't guarantee no facts; none whatever; I never does bend myse'f to severe study of savages, an' what notions I packs concernin' 'em is the casual frootes of what I accidental hears an' what I sees. It's only now an' then, as I observes former, that Injuns invades Wolfville; an' when they does, we-all scowls 'em outen camp-sort o' makes a sour front, so as to break 'em early of habits of visitin' us. We shore don't hone none to have 'em hankerin' 'round.

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Lewis, Alfred Henry: The President. v1, 29 Jan 2014

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Alfred Henry Lewis (January 20, 1855 – December 23, 1914) was an American investigative journalist, lawyer, novelist, editor, and short story writer.

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The apartment in which Richard lounged, and the rooms to the rear belonging with it, were richly appointed. A fortune had been spilled to produce those effects in velvets and plushes and pictures and bronzes and crystals and chinas and lamps and Russia leathers and laces and brocades and silks, and as you walked the thick rugs you made no more noise than a ghost. It was Richard's caprice to have his environment the very lap of splendor, being as given to luxury as a woman.

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Lewis, Alfred Henry: The Sunset Trail. v1. 29 Jan 2014

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Alfred Henry Lewis (January 20, 1855 – December 23, 1914) was an American investigative journalist, lawyer, novelist, editor, and short story writer.

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His baptismal name was William Barclay, but before the corn-coloured pencilling on his upper lip had foretold the coming of a moustache, he was known throughout that wide-flung region lying between the Platte and the Rio Grande, the Missouri and the Mountains, as Bat. This honour fell to the boyish share of Mr. Masterson because his quick eye, steady hand, and stealthy foot rendered him invincible against bears and buffaloes and other animals, ferae naturae, and gray oldsters of the plains were thereby reminded of a Batiste Brown who had been celebrated as a hunter in the faraway heroic days of Chouteau, Sublette, Bridger, and St. Vrain.

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Lewis, Alfred Henry: Wolfville Days. v1. 30 Jan 2014

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Alfred Henry Lewis (January 20, 1855 – December 23, 1914) was an American investigative journalist, lawyer, novelist, editor, and short story writer.

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"No, sir, even onder spur an' quirt, my mem'ry can only canter back to one uprisin' of labor in Wolfville; that was printers."
At this the Old Cattleman looked unduly sagacious, refreshed himself with a puff or two at his pipe, and all with the air of one who might, did he see fit, consider the grave questions of capital and labor with an ability equal to their solution. His remark was growth of the strike story of some mill workmen, told glaringly in the newspaper he held in his hands

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Lewis, Alfred Henry: Wolfville Nights. v1. 30 Jan 2014

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Alfred Henry Lewis (January 20, 1855 – December 23, 1914) was an American investigative journalist, lawyer, novelist, editor, and short story writer.

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"His name, complete, is 'Silver City Philip.' In them social observances of the Southwest wherein haste is a feacher an' brev'ty the bull's eye aimed at, said cognomen gets shortened to 'Silver Phil.'"
The Old Cattleman looked thoughtfully into his glass, as if by that method he collected the scattered elements of a story. There was a pause; then he lifted the glass to his lips as one who being now evenly equipped of information, proposed that it arrive hand in hand with the inspiration which should build a tale from it.

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Lewis, Alfred Henry: Wolfville. v1. 30 Jan 2014

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Alfred Henry Lewis (January 20, 1855 – December 23, 1914) was an American investigative journalist, lawyer, novelist, editor, and short story writer.

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"These yere obsequies which I'm about mentionin'," observed the Old Cattleman, "is the first real funeral Wolfville has."
The old fellow had lighted a cob pipe and tilted his chair back in a fashion which proclaimed a plan to be comfortable. He had begun to tolerate—even encourage—my society, although it was clear that as a tenderfoot he regarded me with a species of gentle disdain.

NOTE: 18 Illustrationss by Frederic Remington

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Lewis, Joseph Robert. To Reign in Heaven. v1. 03 Dec 2010

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Hello readers,

"To Reign in Heaven" is a short story tie-in to the novel Heirs of Mars.

Summary: India is a synthetic woman in love, passing a blissful year studying Venus while reveling in a shared dreamspace with her silksteel lover. But when her Mother chooses to sacrifice her children, India’s memories of love will be her only weapon to save her brothers and sisters.

Enjoy!

_____________________________
Joseph Robert Lewis

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Lewis, Joseph Robert. To Serve in Hell. v1. 03 Dec 2010

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Hello readers,

"To Serve in Hell" is a short story tie-in to the novel Heirs of Mars.

Summary: Neil is just a hard-working man struggling to get through another day on Mars: lousy food, cramped quarters, and a child who doesn’t understand why he can’t have a puppy. But when a cloner arrives, Neil has a chance to take control of something for once in his life, and to avenge the death of his parents.

Enjoy!

_____________________________
Joseph Robert Lewis

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Lewis, Joseph: The Lost Airship. v1. 22 Oct 2011

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Omar Bakhoum joined the airship expedition to the glaciers of Europa to find a rare metal and to learn about the aether mist that reveals the souls of the dead. Howling storms, rampaging beasts, and a deadly samurai stand between him and his goal. But when Omar is accused of murdering two members of the airship crew over the north sea, his quest for answers may end in a watery grave.

Series: This novella is part of The Other Earth series and takes place four years before the Halcyon Trilogy.

Features: Map | The complete first chapter of The Burning Sky

Genre: fantasy | adventure | steampunk | alternate history | Morocco | Europe

Length: 22,000 words | 88 pages

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Lewis, Matthew Gregory: The Monk, v.1, 7 March 2008.

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(1796)
A Gothic horror novel, considered extremely shocking in the late 18th century. It contains sex, violence and supernatural elements.

From Manybooks.net:
“Ambrosio, celebrated preacher of Madrid, is a monk with no time for human errors. Entirely devoted to his faith, he knows no sin or vice, and is widely admired until his vocation is tested by Mathilda. A devotee of perversion, and a sorceress lacking the slightest morality, she will initiate poor Ambrosio into all that he has previously condemned...”

I have left the original spelling and unusual capitalization intact, apart from correcting a few obvous typos and have restored italics.

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Lewis, Sinclair: Arrowsmith. V1. 4 May 2011

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Harry Sinclair Lewis (February 7, 1885 – January 10, 1951) was an American novelist, short-story writer, and playwright. In 1930, he became the first writer from the United States to be awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature, "for his vigorous and graphic art of description and his ability to create, with wit and humor, new types of characters." His works are known for their insightful and critical views of American society and capitalist values, as well as for their strong characterizations of modern working women.

Written at the height of his powers in the 1920s, the three novels in this volume continue the vigorous unmasking of American middle-class life begun by Sinclair Lewis in Main Street and Babbitt. In Arrowsmith (1925) Lewis portrays the medical career of Martin Arrowsmith, a physician who finds his commitment to the ideals of his profession tested by the cynicism and opportunism he encounters in private practice, public health work, and scientific research. The novel reaches its climax as its hero faces his greatest challenges amid a deadly outbreak of plague on a Caribbean island.

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Lewis, Sinclair: Babbitt. v1, 2 Jan 2008

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From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia:

Babbitt, first published in 1922, is a novel by the American novelist, short-story writer, and playwright Sinclair Lewis. It is a satire about American values, and its main theme is the power of conformity and the vacuity of American life.

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Lewis, Sinclair: Bethel Merriday. V1. 9 May 2011

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Harry Sinclair Lewis (February 7, 1885 – January 10, 1951) was an American novelist, short-story writer, and playwright. In 1930, he became the first writer from the United States to be awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature, "for his vigorous and graphic art of description and his ability to create, with wit and humor, new types of characters." His works are known for their insightful and critical views of American society and capitalist values, as well as for their strong characterizations of modern working women.

Excerpt
That was the first time that anyone ever called her an actress—June 1st, 1922, Bethel's sixth birthday. There was no spotlight, no incidental music, and her only audience were her mother and a small dog looking regretfully through the window of a boarding-house. But she was sensational.

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Lewis, Sinclair: Cass Timberlane. V1. 6 May 2011

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Harry Sinclair Lewis (February 7, 1885 – January 10, 1951) was an American novelist, short-story writer, and playwright. In 1930, he became the first writer from the United States to be awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature, "for his vigorous and graphic art of description and his ability to create, with wit and humor, new types of characters." His works are known for their insightful and critical views of American society and capitalist values, as well as for their strong characterizations of modern working women.

Excerpt
The scene of this story, the small city of Grand Republic in Central Minnesota, is entirely imaginary, as are all the characters. But I know the characters will be "identified," each of them with several different real people in each of the Minnesota cities in which I have happily lingered: in Minneapolis St. Paul, Winona, St. Cloud, Mankato, Fergus Falls and particularly, since it is only a little larger than "Grand Republic" and since I live there, in the radiant, sea-frothing, hillside city of Duluth...

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Lewis, Sinclair: Dodsworth. V1. 4 May 2011

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Harry Sinclair Lewis (February 7, 1885 – January 10, 1951) was an American novelist, short-story writer, and playwright. In 1930, he became the first writer from the United States to be awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature, "for his vigorous and graphic art of description and his ability to create, with wit and humor, new types of characters." His works are known for their insightful and critical views of American society and capitalist values, as well as for their strong characterizations of modern working women.

Touring Europe with his beautiful but spoiled wife Fran, millionaire Sam Dodsworth, known as the American Captain of Industry, witnesses the clash of American and English cultures at the same time his marriage falls apart.

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Lewis, Sinclair: Elmer Gantry. V1. 7 May 2011

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Harry Sinclair Lewis (February 7, 1885 – January 10, 1951) was an American novelist, short-story writer, and playwright. In 1930, he became the first writer from the United States to be awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature, "for his vigorous and graphic art of description and his ability to create, with wit and humor, new types of characters." His works are known for their insightful and critical views of American society and capitalist values, as well as for their strong characterizations of modern working women.

The portrait of an evangelist who rises to power within his church.

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Lewis, Sinclair: Free Air. V1. 9 May 2011

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Harry Sinclair Lewis (February 7, 1885 – January 10, 1951) was an American novelist, short-story writer, and playwright. In 1930, he became the first writer from the United States to be awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature, "for his vigorous and graphic art of description and his ability to create, with wit and humor, new types of characters." His works are known for their insightful and critical views of American society and capitalist values, as well as for their strong characterizations of modern working women.

Excerpt
When the windshield was closed it became so filmed with rain that Claire fancied she was piloting a drowned car in dim spaces under the sea. When it was open, drops jabbed into her eyes and chilled her cheeks. She was excited and thoroughly miserable. She realized that these Minnesota country roads had no respect for her polite experience on Long Island parkways. She felt like a woman, not like a driver.
But the Gomez-Dep roadster had seventy horsepower, and sang songs. Since she had left Minneapolis nothing had passed her. Back yonder a truck had tried to crowd her, and she had dropped into a ditch, climbed a bank, returned to the road, and after that the truck was not. Now she was regarding a view more splendid than mountains above a garden by the sea—a stretch of good road. To her passenger, her father, Claire chanted:
"Heavenly! There's some gravel. We can make time. We'll hustle on to the next town and get dry."

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Lewis, Sinclair: Gideon Planish. V1. 6 May 2011

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Harry Sinclair Lewis (February 7, 1885 – January 10, 1951) was an American novelist, short-story writer, and playwright. In 1930, he became the first writer from the United States to be awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature, "for his vigorous and graphic art of description and his ability to create, with wit and humor, new types of characters." His works are known for their insightful and critical views of American society and capitalist values, as well as for their strong characterizations of modern working women.

GIDEON PLANISH is a tale of ordinary Americans, scattered with surprisingly good nuggets, flashes of Lewis's old scorn of hypocrisy and greed along with a sad cameo farewell to an aging Reverend Doctor ELMER GANTRY, a rogue first seen in 1927.

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Lewis, Sinclair: It Can't Happen Here. V1. 7 May 2011

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Harry Sinclair Lewis (February 7, 1885 – January 10, 1951) was an American novelist, short-story writer, and playwright. In 1930, he became the first writer from the United States to be awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature, "for his vigorous and graphic art of description and his ability to create, with wit and humor, new types of characters." His works are known for their insightful and critical views of American society and capitalist values, as well as for their strong characterizations of modern working women.

It is 1936. America has just elected Berzelius Windrip to the presidency-and his fascist policies turn the U.S. into a totalitarian state.

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Lewis, Sinclair: Kingsblood Royal. V1. 6 May 2011

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Harry Sinclair Lewis (February 7, 1885 – January 10, 1951) was an American novelist, short-story writer, and playwright. In 1930, he became the first writer from the United States to be awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature, "for his vigorous and graphic art of description and his ability to create, with wit and humor, new types of characters." His works are known for their insightful and critical views of American society and capitalist values, as well as for their strong characterizations of modern working women.

A neglected tour de force by the first American to win the Nobel Prize in literature, Kingsblood Royal is a stirring and wickedly funny portrait of a man who resigns from the white race. When Neil Kingsblood a typical middle-American banker with a comfortable life makes the shocking discovery that he has African-American blood, the odyssey that ensues creates an unforgettable portrayal of two Americas, one black, one white.

As timely as when it was first published in 1947, one need only open today's newspaper to see the same issues passionately being discussed between blacks and whites that we find in Kingsblood Royal, says Charles Johnson. Perhaps only now can we fully appreciate Sinclair Lewis's astonishing achievement.

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Lewis, Sinclair: Main Street. v1, 1 Jan 2008

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Madam Broshkina

From Amazon.com:

Main Street is the climax of civilization," Sinclair Lewis declared with a typical blend of seriousness and irony. "That this Ford car might stand in front of the Bon Ton Store, Hannibal invaded Rome and Erasmus wrote in Oxford cloisters." Main Street, the story of an idealistic young woman's attempts to reform her small town, brought Lewis immediate acclaim when it was published in 1920. It remains one of the essential texts of the American scene. Lewis Mumford observed: "In Main Street an American had at last written of our life with something of the intellectual rigor and critical detachment that had seemed so cruel and unjustified [in Charles Dickens and Matthew Arnold]. Young people had grown up in this environment, suffocated, stultified, helpless, but unable to find any reason for their spiritual discomfort. Mr. Lewis released them."

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Lewis, Sinclair: Our Mr. Wrenn. V1. 10 May 2011

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Harry Sinclair Lewis (February 7, 1885 – January 10, 1951) was an American novelist, short-story writer, and playwright. In 1930, he became the first writer from the United States to be awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature, "for his vigorous and graphic art of description and his ability to create, with wit and humor, new types of characters." His works are known for their insightful and critical views of American society and capitalist values, as well as for their strong characterizations of modern working women.

He stands out in the correspondence of the Souvenir and Art Novelty Company as "Our Mr. Wrenn," who would be writing you directly and explaining everything most satisfactorily. At thirty-four Mr. Wrenn was the sales-entry clerk of the Souvenir Company.

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Lewis, Sinclair: Selected Short Stories. V1. 8 May 2011

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Harry Sinclair Lewis (February 7, 1885 – January 10, 1951) was an American novelist, short-story writer, and playwright. In 1930, he became the first writer from the United States to be awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature, "for his vigorous and graphic art of description and his ability to create, with wit and humor, new types of characters." His works are known for their insightful and critical views of American society and capitalist values, as well as for their strong characterizations of modern working women.

Thirteen stories selected by Lewis himself which illustrate the wide range of his art and interests.

LET'S PLAY KING
THE WILLOW WALK—(Saturday Evening Post, 1918)
THE CAT OF THE STARS—(Saturday Evening Post, 1919)
LAND—(Saturday Evening Post, 1931)
A LETTER FROM THE QUEEN—(Cosmopolitan, 1929)
THE GHOST PATROL—(Redbook, 1917)
THINGS—(Saturday Evening Post, 1919)
YOUNG MAN AXELBROD—(Century, 1917)
SPEED—(Redbook, 1919)
THE KIDNAPED MEMORIAL—(Pictorial Review, 1919)
MOTHS IN THE ARC LIGHT—(Saturday Evening Post, 1919)
THE HACK DRIVER—(Nation, 1923)

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Lewis, Sinclair: The Innocents. V1. 9 May 2011

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Harry Sinclair Lewis (February 7, 1885 – January 10, 1951) was an American novelist, short-story writer, and playwright. In 1930, he became the first writer from the United States to be awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature, "for his vigorous and graphic art of description and his ability to create, with wit and humor, new types of characters." His works are known for their insightful and critical views of American society and capitalist values, as well as for their strong characterizations of modern working women.

The Innocents: A Story for Lovers is an expanded version of a serial story that originally appeared in Woman's Home Companion.

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Lewis, Sinclair: The Job. V1. 9 May 2011

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Harry Sinclair Lewis (February 7, 1885 – January 10, 1951) was an American novelist, short-story writer, and playwright. In 1930, he became the first writer from the United States to be awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature, "for his vigorous and graphic art of description and his ability to create, with wit and humor, new types of characters." His works are known for their insightful and critical views of American society and capitalist values, as well as for their strong characterizations of modern working women.

The Job begins: Captain Lew Golden would have saved any foreign observer a great deal of trouble in studying America. He was an almost perfect type of the petty small-town middle-class lawyer. He lived in Panama, Pennsylvania. He had never been captain of anything except the Crescent Volunteer Fire Company, but he owned the title because he collected rents, wrote insurance, and meddled with lawsuits.

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Lewis, Sinclair: The Prodigal Parents. V1. 7 May 2011

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Harry Sinclair Lewis (February 7, 1885 – January 10, 1951) was an American novelist, short-story writer, and playwright. In 1930, he became the first writer from the United States to be awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature, "for his vigorous and graphic art of description and his ability to create, with wit and humor, new types of characters." His works are known for their insightful and critical views of American society and capitalist values, as well as for their strong characterizations of modern working women.

Revolt of the Parents Against the Revolt of Youth

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Lewis, Sinclair: The Trail of the Hawk. V1. 10 May 2011

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Harry Sinclair Lewis (February 7, 1885 – January 10, 1951) was an American novelist, short-story writer, and playwright. In 1930, he became the first writer from the United States to be awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature, "for his vigorous and graphic art of description and his ability to create, with wit and humor, new types of characters." His works are known for their insightful and critical views of American society and capitalist values, as well as for their strong characterizations of modern working women.

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"Oh, say, bles-sed! I forgot to look in the directory before we left New York to see if there wasn't a Society for the Spread of Madness among the Respectable. It might have sent us out as missionaries.... There's a flying-fish; and to-morrow I won't have to watch clerks punch a time-clock; and you can hear a sailor shifting the ventilators; and there's a little star perched on the fore-mast; singing; but the big thing is that you're here beside me, and we'regoing. How bully it is to be living, if you don't have to give up living in order to make a living."

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Lewis, Sinclair: Work of Art. V1. 8 May 2011

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Harry Sinclair Lewis (February 7, 1885 – January 10, 1951) was an American novelist, short-story writer, and playwright. In 1930, he became the first writer from the United States to be awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature, "for his vigorous and graphic art of description and his ability to create, with wit and humor, new types of characters." His works are known for their insightful and critical views of American society and capitalist values, as well as for their strong characterizations of modern working women.

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But on the red tin roof above these burghers, a young poet was dancing; child of the skies, rejoicing in youth and morning and his new-found power of song. He was alone, except for Lancelot, the hotel dog, and unashamed he saluted the sun-god who was his brother. Whistling 'There'll be a Hot Time in the Old Town To-night', he strode up and down, his hands swinging as though he were leading a military band, his feet making little intricate patterns, his whole body lurching, his head bobbing from one side to the other in the exhilaration of youth and his own genius. Lancelot barked in appreciation—the first, this, of the applause the Master was some day to know.

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Lewis, Sinclair: World So Wide. V1. 8 May 2011

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Harry Sinclair Lewis (February 7, 1885 – January 10, 1951) was an American novelist, short-story writer, and playwright. In 1930, he became the first writer from the United States to be awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature, "for his vigorous and graphic art of description and his ability to create, with wit and humor, new types of characters." His works are known for their insightful and critical views of American society and capitalist values, as well as for their strong characterizations of modern working women.

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The traffic policemen and the two detectives from the homicide squad examined the tracks of the car and were convinced that a soft shoulder of the road had given way.
They had been returning from Bison Park, after midnight but quite sober. Hayden Chart was driving the convertible and hating his wife, Caprice, and hating himself for hating her. He was not given to grudges and, despite her glitter of pale-green dinner dress and her glitter of derisive gossip, Caprice was a simpleton who no more deserved hatred than did a noisy child. But she did chatter so. It wore Hayden down like a telephone bell ringing incessantly in an empty house.

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Libbey, Laura Jean: Daisy Brooks. V1. 3 Jan 2010

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Laura Jean Libbey (March 22, 1862 - October 25, 1924), was an American writer.The highly popular author of fiction, her works were what became known as dime novels. Today they would be categorised as formulaic romance novels. In 1898, at the age of 36, she married a lawyer. They did not have children. On her passing in 1924, she was buried in the Green-Wood Cemetery in Brooklyn, New York. In the 1920s some of her novels were filmed.

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A warm day in the southern part of West Virginia was fast drawing to a close; the heat during the day had been almost intolerable under the rays of the piercing sun, and the night was coming on in sullen sultriness. No breath of cooling air stirred the leafy branches of the trees; the stillness was broken only by the chirping of the crickets, and the fire-flies twinkled for a moment, and were then lost to sight in the long grasses.

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Libbey, Laura Jean: Jolly Sally Pendleton. V1. 4 Jan 2010

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Laura Jean Libbey (March 22, 1862 - October 25, 1924), was an American writer.The highly popular author of fiction, her works were what became known as dime novels. Today they would be categorised as formulaic romance novels. In 1898, at the age of 36, she married a lawyer. They did not have children. On her passing in 1924, she was buried in the Green-Wood Cemetery in Brooklyn, New York. In the 1920s some of her novels were filmed.

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BOTH GIRLS WERE SO STUNNINGLY PRETTY, AND WORE SUCH ODD, BEWITCHING COSTUMES ON THEIR TANDEM, THAT THE PEOPLE WHO STOPPED TO WATCH THE BEAUTIES AS THEY WHIRLED BY NICKNAMED THEM "THE HEAVENLY TWINS."

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Libbey, Laura Jean: Mischievous Maid Faynie. V1. 5 Jan 2010

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Laura Jean Libbey (March 22, 1862 - October 25, 1924), was an American writer.The highly popular author of fiction, her works were what became known as dime novels. Today they would be categorised as formulaic romance novels. In 1898, at the age of 36, she married a lawyer. They did not have children. On her passing in 1924, she was buried in the Green-Wood Cemetery in Brooklyn, New York. In the 1920s some of her novels were filmed.

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It was five o'clock on a raw, gusty February afternoon. All that day and all the night before it had been snowing hard. New York lay buried beneath over two feet of its cold white mantle, and with the gathering dusk a fierce hurricane set in, proclaiming the approach of the terrible blizzard which had been predicted.

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Libbey, Laura Jean: Pretty Madcap Dorothy. V1. 5 Jan 2010

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Laura Jean Libbey (March 22, 1862 - October 25, 1924), was an American writer.The highly popular author of fiction, her works were what became known as dime novels. Today they would be categorised as formulaic romance novels. In 1898, at the age of 36, she married a lawyer. They did not have children. On her passing in 1924, she was buried in the Green-Wood Cemetery in Brooklyn, New York. In the 1920s some of her novels were filmed.

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"It's so hard for working-girls to get acquainted. They never meet a rich young man, and they don't want a poor one. It seems to me that a girl who has to commence early to work for her living might just as well give up forever all hopes of a lover and of marrying," declared Nadine Holt, one of the prettiest girls in the immense book-bindery, to the group of companions who were gathered about her. "It's get up at daylight, swallow your breakfast, and hurry to work; and it's dark before you are out on the street again. How can we ever expect to meet a marriageable fellow?"

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Liddell & Scott: An Intermediate Greek-English Lexicon (1889). v0.1 20 Aug 2010

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This is a dictionary for ancient Greek. I downloaded it from the Perseus Project (here), and added lots of inflections so that many words can be looked up directly from a text. It's still a work in progress, but I'm posting it now because I'd like to know whether it functions on anyone's device. It works for me in Mobipocket Reader for PC, but not on my Cybook (I can browse, but searching doesn't work).

Greek is encoded as unicode, and you'll need a font with support for polytonic Greek (such as Gentium).

Update (23 Feb 2015): I'm posting my sourcefile in case someone else wants to make improvements. I don't have a Kindle or anything else to use this with. For a version suitable for use on smartphones and tablets (Stardict and BGL formats), see this thread.

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Lie, Bernt: Guttedager [Norwegian]. v1. 16 Aug 2012

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Nok en samling skolehistorier med Bernt Lies persongalleri fra et lett forkledd Tromsø rundt 1900. En kjent og kjær klassiker, gitt ut på nytt mange ganger.

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Lie, Bernt: Mot Overmagt [Norwegian]. v1. 01 Dec 2014

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Bernt Lie (1868-1916) er mest kjent for sine guttebøker (Svend Bidevind, Peter Napoleon m.fl.), men han forfattet også en rekke bøker for det voksne publikum. Denne romanen, om en nyutdannet prests møte med det nordnorske folkeliv, regnes blant hans beste.

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Basert på Nasjonalbibliotekets epub-utgave.

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Lie, Bernt: Peter Napoleon [Norwegian]. v1. 30 Apr 2014

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Nasjonalbiblioteket har gitt ut de første 35 av 100 planlagte epub-bøker. Bøkene er korrekturlest, men noen litt uvanlige valg med hensyn til oppsett ødelegger leseopplevelsen litt. F. eks. er sidetall/sideombrekning beholdt. Jeg har endret på layout for å gi, i mine øyne, en bedre leseopplevelse

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Lie, Bernt: Sorte Ørn [Norwegian]. v1. 14 Jun 2012

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Fra "Aschehougs utvalte for gutter" kommer denne samlingen sjarmerende, kun lett aldersstegne historier fra Tromsø og omegn. Forfatteren var nevø av Jonas Lie, og bringer ingen skam over sin farbror - skildringene av nord-norsk folkeliv er fargerike og engasjerende.

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Lie, Bernt: Svend Bidevind [Norwegian]. v2. 03 May 2014

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En klassiker innenfor sjangeren skolehistorier, gitt ut på nytt mange ganger. Bernt Lie var nevø av Jonas Lie.

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creator:author - Bernt Lie (1868-1916)
contributor:illustrator - Jacob K. Sømme (1862-1940)

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Lie, Jonas: Den Fremsynte. [Norwegian]. v1. 17 Sep 2010

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Jonas Lie (1833-1908) regnes blandt de fire store innenfor 1800-tallets norske litteratur.

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[Den fremsynte; eller Billeder fra Nordland er en roman fra 1870 av den norske forfatteren Jonas Lie. Romanen var Lies debutroman (han hadde utgitt en diktsamling i 1866), og har blitt karakterisert som en «Nordlands-roman», med sterke innslag av landsdelens geografi, næringsliv, myter og sagn.
Hovedpersonen David Holst er en handelsmannssønn, preget av arvelig sinnsykdom, melankoli og kjærligheten til Suzanne som ender med hennes død. Handlingen veksler mellom Lofoten og Davids hybel i Christiania.[/

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Lie, Jonas: Et Samliv. [Norwegian]. v1. Sep 2010

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Fra Norsk Biografisk Leksikon:
[Et Samliv (1887) er konsentrert om det hverdagslige i et gjennomsnittsekteskap – fra forelskelsens første rus på åpningssidene til sluttreplikken, etter sølvbryllupsfesten: “Vi har det – elendig!”
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Lie, Jonas: Fortællinger og Skildringer fra Norge [Norwegian]. v1. 20 Sep 2010

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Jonas Lie (1833-1908) regnes blant de fire store i norsk 1800-talls litteratur.
Fortællinger og Skildringer fra Norge, første gang utgitt 1872, tilhører den tidlige del av hans forfatterskap.

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Lie, Jonas: Kommandørens døtre. [Norwegian]. v1. Sep 2010

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[Romanen skildrer en familie ved Fredriksvern i Vestfold og den behandler kvinners stilling i et embetsmannmiljø. Tittelen henspiller på Camilla Colletts Amtmandens Døtre og kan ses på som tematisk oppfølger til Colletts hovedverk.[/

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Lie, Jonas: Lodsen og hans hustru [Norwegian]. v1. 19 Sep 2010

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Jonas Lie (1833-1908) regnes blandt de fire store innenfor 1800-tallets norske litteratur.

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[Romanen regnes som den første sjøroman og den første ekteskapsroman i norsk litteratur. Hovedpersonen er losen Salve Kristiansen og hans hustru Elisabeth. De to er barn av henholdsvis en fraktemann og en fyrvokter. Salves temperament og sjalusi slites av at hustruen tidligere hadde vært forlovet med en sosialt høyestestående sjøoffiser. Sjalusi, tvil og kvernende mistanker er ved å fortære losen inntil Elisabeth tvinger ham ut av tvangstankene. Skildringen av Elisabeth og hennes initiativkraft for å redde mannen og forholdet, gjorde at Lie ble hyllet av Camilla Collett som «den første ridder i vår litteratur for den våknende menneskeverdighet i kvinnen».[/

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Liljencrantz, Ottilie A: The Thrall of Leif the Lucky. V1. 6 Jan 2010

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Liljencrantz, Ottilie A. (Ottilia Adelina), 1876-1910

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THE Anglo-Saxon race was in its boyhood in the days when the Vikings lived. Youth's fresh fires burned in men's blood; the unchastened turbulence of youth prompted their crimes, and their good deeds were inspired by the purity and whole-heartedness and divine simplicity of youth. For every heroic vice, the Vikings laid upon the opposite scale an heroic virtue. If they plundered and robbed, as most men did in the times when Might made Right, yet the heaven-sent instinct of hospitality was as the marrow of their bones.

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Liljencrantz, Ottilie A: The Ward of King Canute. V1. 7 Jan 2010

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Liljencrantz, Ottilie A. (Ottilia Adelina), 1876-1910

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There is an old myth of a hero who renewed his strength each time he touched the earth, and finally was overcome by being raised in the air and crushed. Whether or not the Angles risked a like fate as they raised themselves away from the primitive virtues that had been their life and strength, no one can tell; but it has been well said that when Northern blood mingled with English blood at the time of the Danish Conquest, the Anglo-Saxon race touched the earth again.

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Lillibridge, Will: A Breath of Prairie. V1. 8 Jan 2010

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Lillibridge, Will, 1878-1909

A BREATH OF PRAIRIE
THE DOMINANT IMPULSE
THE STUFF OF HEROES
ARCADIA IN AVERNUS
JOURNEY’S END
A PRAIRIE IDYL
THE MADNESS OF WHISTLING WINGS
A FRONTIER ROMANCE: A TALE OF JUMEL MANSION
THE CUP THAT O’ERFLOWED: AN OUTLINE
UNJUDGED
THE TOUCH HUMAN
A DARK HORSE
THE WORTH OF THE PRICE

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Lillibridge, Will: Ben Blair. V1. 7 Jan 2010

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Lillibridge, Will, 1878-1909

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Even in a community where unsavory reputations were the rule, Mick Kennedy's saloon was of evil repute. In a land new and wild, his establishment was the wildest, partook most of the unsubdued, unevolved character of its surroundings. There, as irresistibly as gravitation calls the falling apple, came from afar and near—mainly from afar—the malcontent, the restless, the reckless, seeking—instinctively gregarious—the crowd, the excitement of the green-covered table, the temporary oblivion following the gulping of fiery red liquor.

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Lillibridge, Will: The Dominant Dollar. V1. 8 Jan 2010

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Lillibridge, Will, 1878-1909

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“You’re cold-blooded as a fish, Roberts, colder. You’re—There is no adequate simile.”
The man addressed said nothing.
“You degrade every consideration in life, emotional and other, to a dollar-and-cents basis. Sentiment, ambition, common judgment of right and wrong, all gravitate to the same level. You have a single standard of measurement that you apply to all alike, which alike condemns or justifies. Summer and Winter, morning, noon, and night—it’s the same. Your little yardstick is always in evidence, measuring, measuring—You, confound you, drive me to distraction with your eternal ‘does it pay.’”

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Lillibridge, Will: Where the Trail Divides. V1. 8 Jan 2010

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Lillibridge, Will, 1878-1909

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The man was short and fat, and greasy above the dark beard line. In addition, he was bowlegged as a greyhound, and just now he moved with a limp as though very footsore. His coarse blue flannel shirt, open at the throat, exposed a broad hairy chest that rose and fell mightily with the effort he was making.

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Lincoln, Abraham: State of the Union. v1.0 13 October 2007

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Abraham Lincoln (February 12, 1809 – April 15, 1865) was the sixteenth President of the United States, serving from March 4, 1861 until his death on April 15, 1865. As an outspoken opponent of the expansion of slavery, he won the Republican Party nomination in 1860 and was elected president later that year. During his term, he helped preserve the United States by leading the defeat of the secessionist Confederate States of America in the American Civil War. He introduced measures that resulted in the abolition of slavery, issuing his Emancipation Proclamation in 1863 and promoting the passage of the Thirteenth Amendment to the Constitution in 1865.

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Lincoln, Abraham: The Trailor Murder Mystery. V2. 4-July-2021

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Abraham Lincoln's only work of fiction. A fictionalised account of the William Trailor murder trial.

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Removed cover link from both contents pages.

EDIT: 23rd May 2025

Complete rebuild, and proof read against physical copy.

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Lincoln, Natalie Sumner: I Spy. V1. 9 Jan 2010

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Lincoln, Natalie Sumner, 1881-1935

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The allied forces, English and French, had been bent backward day by day, until it seemed as if Paris was fairly within the Germans’ grasp. Bent indeed, but never broken, and with the turning of the tide the Allied line had rushed forward, and France breathed again.

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Lincoln, Natalie Sumner: The Lost Despatch. V1. 9 Jan 2010

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Lincoln, Natalie Sumner, 1881-1935

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It was bitterly cold that December night, 1864, and the wind sighed dismally through the Maryland woods. The moon, temporarily obscured by heavy clouds, gave some light now and then, which but served to make the succeeding darkness more intense. Suddenly the silence was broken by the clatter of galloping hoofs, and two riders, leaving the highway, rode into the woods on their left. The shorter of the two men muttered an oath as his horse stumbled over the uneven ground.

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Lincoln, Natalie Sumner: The Red Seal. V1. 9 Jan 2010

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Lincoln, Natalie Sumner, 1881-1935

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The Assistant District Attorney glanced down at the papers in his hand and then up at the well-dressed, stockily built man occupying the witness stand. His manner was conciliatory.
"According to your testimony, Mr. Clymer, the prisoner, John Sylvester, was honest and reliable, and faithfully performed his duties as confidential clerk," he stated. "Just when was Sylvester in your employ?"

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Lindlahr, Henry: Nature Cure. v1. 30 Jan 2013

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Henry Lindlahr's 1922 classic on health and hygiene — "[Nature Cure: Philosophy & Practice Based on the Unity of Disease & Cure[/". This book influenced the [Nature Cure[/ and the [Natural Hygiene[/ movements. This public domain book is already available online at Project Gutenberg as well as various website. This version has been created with a linked table of contents, pictures, formatting changes and typos corrected.

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Lindsay, David: A Voyage to Arcturus v1 6 apr 2009

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[QUOT"A book which is difficult if not impossible to lay down once one has entered the observator tower where the journey starts and glimpsed the dread blue sun which revolves by far-off Tormance." [/QUOT--Loren Eiseley

A user on www.manybooks.net: [QUOTThis book is literally fantastic. I have read it several times, and I will read it again. It is one of the few science fictions books I like. No wonder C. S. Lewis liked it so much. He was a good enough writer to appreciate the art in such a book that is overlooked by people that only like an easy style. Here something so important is being said that the artist doesn't stop to polish the details — like Michangelo's "Men Tearing Themselves out of Rocks" — the roughness of the texture adds to the final quality of the reality presented.

Absolutely superb.[/QUOT

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Lindsay, David: The Haunted Woman (1922);v1; 24 Nov 2019

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Isbel lives with her elderly aunt, and she and Marshall want to find somewhere for the aunt to live so they can marry. Fate takes them to a strange old house called Runhill Court, and its owner Henry Judge. The house proves stranger than Isbel could have imagined, with a staircase that appears and disappears, and leads to mysterious rooms that somehow lead both Isbel and Judge to understand what they truly want.

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Lindsey, Vachel: The Art of the Moving Picture. 15 Oct 07

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Published in 1922, The Art of the Moving Picture is generally considered the first book of film criticism.

An interesting read even today.

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Link, Kelly: Stranger Things Happen v1.0 2007-09-19

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I bring you another creative commons release... [Stranger Things Happen[/ by Kelly Link.

[quotThis first collection by award-winning author Kelly Link, takes fairy tales and cautionary tales, dictators and extraterrestrials, amnesiacs and honeymooners, revenants and readers alike, on a voyage into new, strange, and wonderful territory. The girl detective must go to the underworld to solve the case of the tap-dancing bank robbers. A librarian falls in love with a girl whose father collects artificial noses. A dead man posts letters home to his estranged wife. Two women named Louise begin a series of consecutive love affairs with a string of cellists. A newly married couple become participants in an apocalyptic beauty pageant. Sexy blond aliens invade New York City. A young girl learns how to make herself disappear.

These eleven extraordinary stories are quirky, spooky, and smart. They all have happy endings. Every story contains a secret prize. Each story was written especially for you.

Stories from [Stranger Things Happen[/ have won the Nebula, Tiptree, and World Fantasy Award. [Stranger Things Happen[/ was a Salon Book of the Year, one of the Village Voice's 25 Favorite Books of 2001, and was nominated for the Firecracker Alternative Book Award.[/quot

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Linskill, William Thomas: St Andrews Ghost Stories. v1. 26 Jun 2018

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St Andrews Ghost Stories by William Thomas Linskill (1855 – 1929)

The Scots city of St Andrews is renowned for its ecclesiastical ruins, ancient university, and proud distinction as “the home of golf”. Some say the town deserves far more recognition for its paranormal activity…

William T. Linskill, formerly Dean of Guild* of St Andrews, was an avid collector of supernatural tales. In this book, he shares with us seventeen ghost stories centered around the ruined medieval cathedral of Saint Andrew. These recountings may be fictionalized, but sightings of the spectres have been reported by many witnesses over the decades. One of the popular local tourist attractions is a “Ghost Walk,” which visits the ghostly habitats of “one of Scotland’s most haunted locations”.

[* One of a group of town magistrates who, in later years, had the care of buildings. —Wikipedia]

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[St Andrews Ghost Stories[/ was first published in 1911. The text of this book is in the public domain in countries where copyright is “Life+80” or less, and in the USA.

This ebook is based on a scan of the 1921 edition obtained from archive.org. OCR errors have been corrected; punctuation and italics formatted. Embedded font used for titling. Story title decorations are cross-linked to dynamic Table of Contents.

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Psssst! Get your daily ghost fix, right here!
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Lisieux, Thérèse of, Saint: Story of a Soul, v1,28 Sept 2007.

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St. Thérèse of Lisieux (Thérèse Martin)
The Story of a Soul
(L’Histoire d’une Âme)
The Autobiography of St. Thérèse of Lisieux

A French nun who entered a Carmelite convent at 16 and was dead at 24 years old. Canonised in record time, she has also been made a Doctor of the Church – one of only three women to be so honoured.

The ‘Little Way’ of St Thérèse is said to help one to develop the virtue of patience. Very useful.

However, you have to get past her cloying and saccharine prose to benefit.

From Wikipedia:

St. Thérèse is known today because of her spiritual memoir, L'histoire d'une âme ("The Story of a Soul"), which she wrote upon the orders of two prioresses of her monastery. She began the work in 1895 as a memoir of her childhood, under orders from her sister Pauline, known in religion as Mother Agnes of Jesus. Mother Agnes gave the order after being prompted by their eldest sister, Sister Marie of the Sacred Heart. While Thérèse was on retreat in September 1896, she wrote the second part, a letter to Sister Marie of the Sacred Heart. In June 1897 Mother Agnes became aware of how sick Thérèse was; she immediately asked Mother Marie de Gonzague, who had succeeded her as prioress, to allow Thérèse to write another memoir with more details of her religious life. It was published posthumously, and was heavily edited by her sister Pauline. (Aside from considerations of style, Mother Marie de Gonzague had ordered Pauline to alter the first two sections of the manuscript to make them appear as if they were addressed to Mother Marie as well.) It became the religious best-seller of the 20th century. Since 1973, two centenary editions of Thérèse's writings, including "Story of a Soul," her letters, poems, prayers, and the plays she wrote for the monastery recreations have been published.

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Livingstone, David: Last Journals in Central Africa, Vol I. 24 Oct 2007

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[The Last Journals of David Livingstone, in Central Africa, from 1865 to His Death, Volume I, 1866-1868[/ published in 1874 a year after his death in 1873 chronicles his final journeys throughout the African Central Forest Plateau.

He was a remarkable man by all accounts. His quest for the headwaters of the Nile led him throughout Central Africa. When he was out of touch for six (6) with his backers and the rest of the civilized world the [New York Herald[/ dispatched H.M. Stanley in 1869 as a publicity stunt to find Livingstone. When he did finally find him in 1871 he uttered the now famous words, "Dr Livingstone, I presume?"

In his 60 years Livingstone achieved many firsts and helped open Africa. He was the first Englishman to see Victoria Falls where a stature of him now stands with his motto, "Christianity, Commerce and Civilisation."

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Livingstone, David: Last Journals in Central Africa, Vol II. 24 Oct 2007

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[The Last Journals of David Livingstone, in Central Africa, from 1865 to His Death, Volume II, 1869-1873[/ published in 1874 a year after his death in 1873 chronicles his final journeys throughout the African Central Forest Plateau.

He was a remarkable man by all accounts. His quest for the headwaters of the Nile led him throughout Central Africa. When he was out of touch for six (6) with his backers and the rest of the civilized world the [New York Herald[/ dispatched H.M. Stanley in 1869 as a publicity stunt to find Livingstone. When he did finally find him in 1871 he uttered the now famous words, "Dr Livingstone, I presume?"

In his 60 years Livingstone achieved many firsts and helped open Africa. He was the first Englishman to see Victoria Falls where a stature of him now stands with his motto, "Christianity, Commerce and Civilisation."

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Loan, Charles Emmett van: Charles Emmett van Loan assorted stories. V1.1. 9 Aug 2019

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Charles Emmett van Loan (1876 – 1919) was a popular American writer of sports and humor short stories. He was born in San Jose, California.

These are from wikisource.org and Project Gutenberg.

According to the Count Pages Calibre plugin it is 850 pages.

It should work on any Kindle since it's a dual MOBI file (produced by KindleGen) which contains both the AZW3/KF8 format as well as the ancient MOBI format.

I haven't proofread all of it yet; feel free to send me any errors or typos you may find.

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Locke, John: An Essay Concerning Humane Understanding. 16 Oct 2008

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From Wikipedia:
[QUOTJohn Locke (29 August 1632 – 28 October 1704) was an English philosopher. Locke is considered the first of the British Empiricists, but is equally important to social contract theory. His ideas had enormous influence on the development of epistemology and political philosophy, and he is widely regarded as one of the most influential Enlightenment thinkers, classical republicans, and contributors to liberal theory. His writings influenced Voltaire and Rousseau, many Scottish Enlightenment thinkers, as well as the American revolutionaries. This influence is reflected in the American Declaration of Independence.[/QUOT
[QUOT
[An Essay Concerning Human Understanding[/ is one of John Locke's two most famous works, the other being his [Second Treatise on Civil Government[/. First appearing in 1690, the essay concerns the foundation of human knowledge and understanding. He describes the mind at birth as a blank slate (tabula rasa, although he did not use those actual words) filled later through experience. The essay was one of the principal sources of empiricism in modern philosophy, and influenced many enlightenment philosophers, such as David Hume and Bishop Berkeley.

Book II of the Essay sets out Locke's theory of ideas, including his distinction between passively acquired simple ideas, such as "red," "sweet," "round," etc., and actively built complex ideas, such as numbers, causes and effects, abstract ideas, ideas of substances, identity, and diversity. Locke also distinguishes between the truly existing primary qualities of bodies, like shape, motion and the arrangement of minute particles, and the secondary qualities that are "powers to produce various sensations in us" such as "red" and "sweet." These secondary qualities, Locke claims, are dependent on the primary qualities. He also offers a theory of personal identity, offering a largely psychological criterion. Book III is concerned with language, and Book IV with knowledge, including intuition, mathematics, moral philosophy, natural philosophy ("science"), faith, and opinion.[/QUOT

All four books are presented in this ebook. I am working on [Second Treatise on Civil Government[/ and hope to post it shortly.

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Locke, John: Two Treatises of Government. 19 Oct 2008

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From Wikipedia:
[QUOTJohn Locke (29 August 1632 – 28 October 1704) was an English philosopher. Locke is considered the first of the British Empiricists, but is equally important to social contract theory. His ideas had enormous influence on the development of epistemology and political philosophy, and he is widely regarded as one of the most influential Enlightenment thinkers, classical republicans, and contributors to liberal theory. His writings influenced Voltaire and Rousseau, many Scottish Enlightenment thinkers, as well as the American revolutionaries. This influence is reflected in the American Declaration of Independence.[/QUOT

Also known as [Second Treatise on Civil Government[/, this is the second John Locke that I have found and posted. The is his other great work. It was published upon his return from exile in the Netherlands.

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Locke, Richard Adams: The Great Moon Hoax of 1835.V1. 25 July 2016

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From Wikipedia [QUOT"The Great Moon Hoax" refers to a series of six articles that were published in The Sun, a New York newspaper, beginning on August 25, 1835, about the supposed discovery of life and even civilization on the Moon. The discoveries were falsely attributed to Sir John Herschel, one of the best-known astronomers of his time.

The story was advertised on August 21, 1835, as an upcoming feature allegedly reprinted from The Edinburgh Courant. The first in a series of six was published four days later on August 25.[/QUOT

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Locke, Sumner: The Painted Wooden Soldier, v1, 5 Jan 2024

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HELENA SUMNER LOCKE was born in Sandgate, now a northen beach suburb of Brisbane, Queensland, in 1881. It was then a seaside village, some miles from the capital. In 1888 the Locke family moved to Melbourne.
She began publishing short stories in The Bulletin and The Native Companion. By 1906, she branched out into plays and novels. She had published 3 plays and 4 novels as well as over 100 short stories by her early death in 1917.
She married Henry Elliott in January 1917, two weeks before he was posted to the front. She died after giving birth to son Sumner Locke Elliott in October 1917. The son subsequently embarked on his own considerable career as an author and dramatist.

1: White Hills and the Silences
2: Home for Christmas
3: "Potatoes and Diamonds"
4: That Horse
5: The Green Cat
6: A House of Mountain Ash
7: One Man from the West
8: Paper Ladies
9: Ragtime
10: A Question of Rights
11: At the Pitch of the Scrap
12: The Case of Camelia
13: The Painted Wooden Soldier
14: Mobilising Johnnie
15: What Luck
16: The Water Finders
17: Blue Wattles
18: As One British Subject to Another
19: A Lonely Man
20: When Dawson Died
21: The Life Sentence
22: The Eternal Softness
23: A Miss in the Mails
24: Hoofs and Horns and Hyacinths
25: The Claim on Emily Crow
26: An Office Derelict

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Locke, William John: A Christmas Mystery. V1. 10 Jan 2010

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William John Locke (March 20, 1863 - May 15, 1930) was a novelist, short story writer, and playwright born in Demerara, in what is now Guyana. Educated in Trinidad and at Cambridge, he entered on a career as a teacher in 1890, but disliked it; in 1897 he became secretary of the Royal Institute of British Architects, a post he held for a decade. In 1894 he published his first novel, At the Gate of Samaria, but he did not achieve real success for another decade, with The Morals of Marcus Ordeyne (1905) and The Beloved Vagabond (1906). Chambers Biographical Dictionary wrote of his "long series of novels and plays which with their charmingly written sentimental themes had such a success during his life in both Britain and America... His plays, some of which were dramatized versions of his novels, were all produced with success on the London Stage" (p. 836).

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Three men who had gained great fame and honour throughout the world met unexpectedly in front of the bookstall at Paddington Station. Like most of the great ones of the earth they were personally acquainted, and they exchanged surprised greetings.

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Locke, William John: A Study in Shadows. v1. 23 Mar 2017

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William John Locke: Born : 1863 Mar 20: Died : 1930 May 15

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Felicia Graves was puzzled. The six weeks she had spent at the Pension Boccard had confused many of her conceptions and brought things before her judgment for which her standards were inadequate. Not that a girl who had passed the few years of her young womanhood in the bubbling life of a garrison town could be as unsophisticated as village innocence in the play; but her fresh, virginal experience had been limited to what was seemly, orthodox, and comfortable. She was shrewd enough in the appreciation of superficial vanities, rightly esteeming their value as permanent elements; but the baser follies of human nature had not been reached by her young eyes. Her whole philosophy of life had been bound up in well-ordered family systems, in which the men were honest and well-bred, and the women either comfortable matrons or fresh-minded, companionable girls like herself. She knew vaguely that sorrows and bitterness and broken lives existed in the world, but hitherto she had never reokoned upon coming into contact with them. They all lay in the dim sphere where crime and immorality held sway, whose internal upheavals affected her as little as dynastie commotions in China. The lives and habits and opinions therefore of the six lonely women who, with one old gentleman, formed her sole daily companions in the Pension Boccard, were a subject of much puzzled and half-frightened speculation on the part of the young English girl.

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Locke, William John: Derelicts. v1. 9 Mar 2017

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William John Locke: Born : 1863 Mar 20: Died : 1930 May 15

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It was on the pavement opposite that he had been arrested. He had tripped down the steps in evening dress, his ears buzzing with the laughter within, in spite of tremulous throb· bings of his heart, and had walked into the arms of the two quiet officers in plain clothes who had been patiently awaiting his exit. From that moment onward his life had been one pain and horror. Regained freedom had brought him little joy—had brought him in fact increased despair. During the last few months of his imprisonment he had yearned sickeningly for the day of release. It had come. Sometimes he regretted the benumbed hours of that mid-time in gaol, when pain had been lost in apathy. He had been free for five months. In all probability he would be free for the rest of his life. Sometimes he shuddered at the prospect.

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Locke, William John: Jaffery. V1. 11 Jan 2010

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William John Locke (March 20, 1863 - May 15, 1930) was a novelist, short story writer, and playwright born in Demerara, in what is now Guyana. Educated in Trinidad and at Cambridge, he entered on a career as a teacher in 1890, but disliked it; in 1897 he became secretary of the Royal Institute of British Architects, a post he held for a decade. In 1894 he published his first novel, At the Gate of Samaria, but he did not achieve real success for another decade, with The Morals of Marcus Ordeyne (1905) and The Beloved Vagabond (1906). Chambers Biographical Dictionary wrote of his "long series of novels and plays which with their charmingly written sentimental themes had such a success during his life in both Britain and America... His plays, some of which were dramatized versions of his novels, were all produced with success on the London Stage" (p. 836).

Excerpt
I received a letter the day before yesterday from my old friend, Jaffery Chayne, which has inspired me to write the following account of that dear, bull-headed, Pantagruelian being. I must say that I have been egged on to do so by my wife, of whom hereafter. A man of my somewhat urbane and dilettante temperament does not do these things without being worried into them. I had the inspiration, however.

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Locke, William John: Septimus. V1. 13 Jan 2010

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William John Locke (March 20, 1863 - May 15, 1930) was a novelist, short story writer, and playwright born in Demerara, in what is now Guyana. Educated in Trinidad and at Cambridge, he entered on a career as a teacher in 1890, but disliked it; in 1897 he became secretary of the Royal Institute of British Architects, a post he held for a decade. In 1894 he published his first novel, At the Gate of Samaria, but he did not achieve real success for another decade, with The Morals of Marcus Ordeyne (1905) and The Beloved Vagabond (1906). Chambers Biographical Dictionary wrote of his "long series of novels and plays which with their charmingly written sentimental themes had such a success during his life in both Britain and America... His plays, some of which were dramatized versions of his novels, were all produced with success on the London Stage" (p. 836).

Excerpt
"I love Nunsmere," said the Literary Man from London. "It is a spot where faded lives are laid away in lavender."
"I'm not a faded life, and I'm not going to be laid away in lavender," retorted Zora Middlemist.
She turned from him and handed cakes to the Vicar. She had no desire to pet the Vicar, but he was less unbearable than the Literary Man from London whom he had brought to call on his parishioners. Zora disliked to be called a parishioner. She disliked many things in Nunsmere. Her mother, Mrs. Oldrieve, however, loved Nunsmere, adored the Vicar, and found awe-inspiring in his cleverness the Literary Man from London.

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Locke, William John: Septimus. v1. 14 Mar 2017

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William John Locke: Born : 1863 Mar 20: Died : 1930 May 15

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She turned from him and handed cakes to the Vicar. She had no desire to pet the Vicar, but he was less unbearable than the Literary Man from London whom he had brought to call on his parishioners. Zora disliked to be called a parishioner. She disliked many things in Nunsmere. Her mother, Mrs. Oldrieve, however, loved Nunsmere, adored the Vicar, and found awe-inspiring in his cleverness the Literary Man from London.

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Locke, William John: Simon the Jester. V1. 13 Jan 2010

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William John Locke (March 20, 1863 - May 15, 1930) was a novelist, short story writer, and playwright born in Demerara, in what is now Guyana. Educated in Trinidad and at Cambridge, he entered on a career as a teacher in 1890, but disliked it; in 1897 he became secretary of the Royal Institute of British Architects, a post he held for a decade. In 1894 he published his first novel, At the Gate of Samaria, but he did not achieve real success for another decade, with The Morals of Marcus Ordeyne (1905) and The Beloved Vagabond (1906). Chambers Biographical Dictionary wrote of his "long series of novels and plays which with their charmingly written sentimental themes had such a success during his life in both Britain and America... His plays, some of which were dramatized versions of his novels, were all produced with success on the London Stage" (p. 836).

Excerpt
I met Renniker the other day at the club. He is a man who knows everything—from the method of trimming a puppy's tail for a dog-show, without being disqualified, to the innermost workings of the mind of every European potentate. If I want information on any subject under heaven I ask Renniker.
"Can you tell me," said I, "the most God-forsaken spot in England?"

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Locke, William John: The Belovéd Vagabond. V1. 10 Jan 2010

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William John Locke (March 20, 1863 - May 15, 1930) was a novelist, short story writer, and playwright born in Demerara, in what is now Guyana. Educated in Trinidad and at Cambridge, he entered on a career as a teacher in 1890, but disliked it; in 1897 he became secretary of the Royal Institute of British Architects, a post he held for a decade. In 1894 he published his first novel, At the Gate of Samaria, but he did not achieve real success for another decade, with The Morals of Marcus Ordeyne (1905) and The Beloved Vagabond (1906). Chambers Biographical Dictionary wrote of his "long series of novels and plays which with their charmingly written sentimental themes had such a success during his life in both Britain and America... His plays, some of which were dramatized versions of his novels, were all produced with success on the London Stage" (p. 836).

Excerpt
This is not a story about myself. Like Canning's organ-grinder I have none to tell. It is the story of Paragot, the belovéd vagabond—please pronounce his name French-fashion—and if I obtrude myself on your notice it is because I was so much involved in the medley of farce and tragedy which made up some years of his life, that I don't know how to tell the story otherwise. To Paragot I owe everything.

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Locke, William John: The Demagogue and Lady Phayre. v1. 18 Mar 2017

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William John Locke: Born : 1863 Mar 20: Died : 1930 May 15

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Goddard was above the middle height, squarely built, deep-chested, large-limbed; his decent workman's clothes hung loosely upon him. His features were dark and massive, chin and forehead square, nose somewhat fleshy, mouth shutting stubbornly with folds at the sides; the lip, on which, like the rest of his face, no hair grew, rather long; altogether it was a powerful face, showing a nature capable of strong passions both for good and evil. The accident of straight black hair generally falling across his forehead, and a humorous setting of his eyes, relieved the face of harshness. At the present moment it was alive with the frankness of youth, and flushed with the success that had attended his lecture.

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Locke, William John: The Fortunate Youth. V1. 10 Jan 2010

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William John Locke (March 20, 1863 - May 15, 1930) was a novelist, short story writer, and playwright born in Demerara, in what is now Guyana. Educated in Trinidad and at Cambridge, he entered on a career as a teacher in 1890, but disliked it; in 1897 he became secretary of the Royal Institute of British Architects, a post he held for a decade. In 1894 he published his first novel, At the Gate of Samaria, but he did not achieve real success for another decade, with The Morals of Marcus Ordeyne (1905) and The Beloved Vagabond (1906). Chambers Biographical Dictionary wrote of his "long series of novels and plays which with their charmingly written sentimental themes had such a success during his life in both Britain and America... His plays, some of which were dramatized versions of his novels, were all produced with success on the London Stage" (p. 836).

Excerpt
PAUL KEGWORTHY lived with his mother, Mrs. Button, his stepfather, Mr. Button, and six little Buttons, his half brothers and sisters. His was not an ideal home; it consisted in a bedroom, a kitchen and a scullery in a grimy little house in a grimy street made up of rows of exactly similar grimy little houses, and forming one of a hundred similar streets in a northern manufacturing town. Mr. and Mrs. Button worked in a factory and took in as lodgers grimy single men who also worked in factories.

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Locke, William John: The fortunate youth. v1. 21 Mar 2017

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William John Locke: Born : 1863 Mar 20: Died : 1930 May 15

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PAUL KEGWORTHY lived with his mother, Mrs. Button, his stepfather, Mr. Button, and six little Buttons, his half brothers and sisters. His was not an ideal home; it consisted in a bedroom, a kitchen and a scullery in a grimy little house in a grimy street made up of rows of exactly similar grimy little houses, and forming one of a hundred similar streets in a northern manufacturing town. Mr. and Mrs. Button worked in a factory and took in as lodgers grimy single men who also worked in factories. They Avere not a model couple; they were rather, in fact, the scandal of Budge Street, which did not itself enjoy, in Bludston, a reputation for holiness. Neither was good to look upon. Mr. Button, who was Lancashire bred and born, divided the yearnings of his spirit between strong drink and dog-fights. Mrs. Button, a viperous Londoner, yearned for noise. When Mr. Button came home drunk he punched his wife about the head and kicked her about the body, while they both exhausted the vocabulary of vituperation of North and South, to the horror and edification of the neighbourhood. When Mr. Button was sober Mrs. Button chastised little Paul. She would have done so when Mr. Button was drunk, but she had not the time. The periods, therefore, of his mother’s martyrdom were those of Paul’s enfranchisement. If he saw his stepfather come down the street with steady gait, he fled in terror; if he saw him reeling homeward he lingered about with light and joyous heart

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Locke, William John: The Glory of Clementina. v1. 26 Mar 2017

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William John Locke: Born : 1863 Mar 20: Died : 1930 May 15

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From such a gallery did Tommy Burgrave, one November afternoon, look down into the studio of Clementina Wing. She was not alone, as he had expected; for in front of an easel carrying a nearly finished portrait stood the original, a pretty, dainty girl accompanied by a well-dressed, well-fed, bulletheaded, bull - necked, commonplace young man. Clementina, on hearing footsteps, looked up.

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Locke, William John: The House of Baltazar. v1. 29 Mar 2017

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William John Locke: Born : 1863 Mar 20: Died : 1930 May 15

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THE early story of Baltazar is not the easiest one to tell. It is episodic. It obeys not the Unities of Time, Place and Action. The only unity to be found in it is the oneness of character in that absurd and accomplished man. The fact of his being lustily alive at the present moment does not matter. To get him in perspective, one must regard him as belonging to the past. Now the past is a relative conception. Save to the academic student of History, Charlemagne is as remote as Sesostrie. To the world emerging from the stupor of the great war, Mone is as distant as Balaclava. Time is really reckoned by the heart-throbs of individuals or nations. Yester-year is infinitely far away. . . .

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Locke, William John: The Joyous Adventures of Aristide Pujol. 1 Apr 2017

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William John Locke: Born : 1863 Mar 20: Died : 1930 May 15

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IN narrating these few episodes in the undulaory, nozzt to say switchback, career of my friend Aristide Pujol, I can pretend to no chronological sequence. Some occurred before he (almost literally) crossed my path for the first time, some afterwards. They have been related to me haphazard at odd times, together with a hundred other incidents, just as a chance tag of association recalled them to his swift and picturesque memory. He would, indeed, make a show of fixing dates by reference to his temporary profession; but so Protean seem to have been his changes of fortune in their number and rapidity that I could never keep count of them or their order. Nor does it matter. The man’s life was as disconnected as a pack of cards.

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Locke, William John: The Joyous Adventures of Aristide Pujol. V1. 11 Jan 2010

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William John Locke (March 20, 1863 - May 15, 1930) was a novelist, short story writer, and playwright born in Demerara, in what is now Guyana. Educated in Trinidad and at Cambridge, he entered on a career as a teacher in 1890, but disliked it; in 1897 he became secretary of the Royal Institute of British Architects, a post he held for a decade. In 1894 he published his first novel, At the Gate of Samaria, but he did not achieve real success for another decade, with The Morals of Marcus Ordeyne (1905) and The Beloved Vagabond (1906). Chambers Biographical Dictionary wrote of his "long series of novels and plays which with their charmingly written sentimental themes had such a success during his life in both Britain and America... His plays, some of which were dramatized versions of his novels, were all produced with success on the London Stage" (p. 836).

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In narrating these few episodes in the undulatory, not to say switchback, career of my friend Aristide Pujol, I can pretend to no chronological sequence. Some occurred before he (almost literally) crossed my path for the first time, some afterwards. They have been related to me haphazard at odd times, together with a hundred other incidents, just as a chance tag of association recalled them to his swift and picturesque memory. He would, indeed, make a show of fixing dates by reference to his temporary profession; but so Protean seem to have been his changes of fortune in their number and rapidity that I could never keep count of them or their order. Nor does it matter. The man’s life was as disconnected as a pack of cards.

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Locke, William John: The Mountebank. V1. 12 Jan 2010

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William John Locke (March 20, 1863 - May 15, 1930) was a novelist, short story writer, and playwright born in Demerara, in what is now Guyana. Educated in Trinidad and at Cambridge, he entered on a career as a teacher in 1890, but disliked it; in 1897 he became secretary of the Royal Institute of British Architects, a post he held for a decade. In 1894 he published his first novel, At the Gate of Samaria, but he did not achieve real success for another decade, with The Morals of Marcus Ordeyne (1905) and The Beloved Vagabond (1906). Chambers Biographical Dictionary wrote of his "long series of novels and plays which with their charmingly written sentimental themes had such a success during his life in both Britain and America... His plays, some of which were dramatized versions of his novels, were all produced with success on the London Stage" (p. 836).

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In the month of June, 1919, I received a long letter from Brigadier-General Andrew Lackaday together with a bulky manuscript.

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Locke, William John: The Red Planet. V1. 12 Jan 2010

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William John Locke (March 20, 1863 - May 15, 1930) was a novelist, short story writer, and playwright born in Demerara, in what is now Guyana. Educated in Trinidad and at Cambridge, he entered on a career as a teacher in 1890, but disliked it; in 1897 he became secretary of the Royal Institute of British Architects, a post he held for a decade. In 1894 he published his first novel, At the Gate of Samaria, but he did not achieve real success for another decade, with The Morals of Marcus Ordeyne (1905) and The Beloved Vagabond (1906). Chambers Biographical Dictionary wrote of his "long series of novels and plays which with their charmingly written sentimental themes had such a success during his life in both Britain and America... His plays, some of which were dramatized versions of his novels, were all produced with success on the London Stage" (p. 836).

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"Lady Fenimore's compliments, sir, and will you be so kind as to step round to Sir Anthony at once?"
Heaven knows that never another step shall I take in this world again; but Sergeant Marigold has always ignored the fact. That is one of the many things I admire about Marigold. He does not throw my poor paralysed legs, so to speak, in my face. He accepts them as the normal equipment of an employer. I don't know what I should do without Marigold.... You see we were old comrades in the South African War, where we both got badly knocked to pieces.

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Locke, William John: The Rough Road. V1. 12 Jan 2010

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William John Locke (March 20, 1863 - May 15, 1930) was a novelist, short story writer, and playwright born in Demerara, in what is now Guyana. Educated in Trinidad and at Cambridge, he entered on a career as a teacher in 1890, but disliked it; in 1897 he became secretary of the Royal Institute of British Architects, a post he held for a decade. In 1894 he published his first novel, At the Gate of Samaria, but he did not achieve real success for another decade, with The Morals of Marcus Ordeyne (1905) and The Beloved Vagabond (1906). Chambers Biographical Dictionary wrote of his "long series of novels and plays which with their charmingly written sentimental themes had such a success during his life in both Britain and America... His plays, some of which were dramatized versions of his novels, were all produced with success on the London Stage" (p. 836).

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This is the story of Doggie Trevor. It tells of his doings and of a girl in England and a girl in France. Chiefly it is concerned with the influences that enabled him to win through the war. Doggie Trevor did not get the Victoria Cross. He got no cross or distinction whatever. He did not even attain the sorrowful glory of a little white cross above his grave on the Western Front. Doggie was no hero of romance, ancient or modern. But he went through with it and is alive to tell the tale.

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Locke, William John: Viviette. V1. 13 Jan 2010

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William John Locke (March 20, 1863 - May 15, 1930) was a novelist, short story writer, and playwright born in Demerara, in what is now Guyana. Educated in Trinidad and at Cambridge, he entered on a career as a teacher in 1890, but disliked it; in 1897 he became secretary of the Royal Institute of British Architects, a post he held for a decade. In 1894 he published his first novel, At the Gate of Samaria, but he did not achieve real success for another decade, with The Morals of Marcus Ordeyne (1905) and The Beloved Vagabond (1906). Chambers Biographical Dictionary wrote of his "long series of novels and plays which with their charmingly written sentimental themes had such a success during his life in both Britain and America... His plays, some of which were dramatized versions of his novels, were all produced with success on the London Stage" (p. 836).

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"Dick," said Viviette, "ought to go about in skins like a primitive man."
Katherine Holroyd looked up from her needlework. She was a gentle, fair-haired woman of thirty, with demure blue eyes, which regarded the girl with a mingling of pity, protection, and amusement.

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Loder, Vernon: The Mystery at Stowe (1928); v1, 22 Sep 2020

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When a guest at Stowe House is found dead, killed by a lethal dart, suspicion naturally falls on the resident collector of poisoned weapons from tribes in South America. With the entire house party as potential suspects, what part did the woman explorer play in this sinister tragedy? The local police are baffled, and call on the help of an amateur, whose recent assignment working with bushmen in Africa brings new insight into an increasingly unconventional investigation. (Amazon review)

The first novel by John George Haslette Vahey's "Vernon Loder" pseudonym after a number of titles under his own name.

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Loder, Vernon: The Shop Window Murders (1930); v1; 21 Sep 2020

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Vernon Loder (John George Haslette Vahey, 1881-1938) was one of the many industrious writers of detective fiction in the period between the Wars.

Under about 5 pseudonyms he produced about 30 novels, but most were under the Vernon Loder name.

This novel is set in a giant store not unlike Harrods or Selfridges, and the characters have some rather curious surnames.

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Lofting, Hugh: Doctor Dolittle and the Secret Lake (illus). v1. 03 May 2018

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Doctor Dolittle and the Secret Lake --- Told and Illustrated by Hugh Lofting (1886 – 1947)

This book was first published in 1948. Text and illustrations are in the public domain in countries where copyright is “Life+70” or less.

His search to find the secret of everlasting life is failing, so Doctor Dolittle decides to consult his friend Mudface, the ancient turtle who lives in the Secret Lake in Africa, and who was a passenger on Noah’s Ark. When the Doctor learns that Mudface has been buried during an earthquake, the journey becomes an emergency rescue mission. We will finally hear Mudface’s tale of the Great Flood, and learn about his rescue of two young humans – a good deed with far-reaching consequences.

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British author Hugh John Lofting (14 January 1886 – 26 September 1947) created the character of Doctor Dolittle, one of the classics of children’s literature. The Doctor first appeared in Lofting’s illustrated letters to his children, written from the trenches while he was serving in the British Army during World War I. The stories (a series of twelve books, the final two completed, edited, and published posthumously) are set in early Victorian England. The second in the series, [The Voyages of Doctor Dolittle[/ (1922), won Lofting the prestigious Newbery Medal.

Despite the author’s obviously benign posture, the books became a target of controversy in the 1960’s amid accusations of racism and attitudes of colonialism, and went out of print in the USA for some time. Later editions in the 1980’s were bowdlerized to remove offending content and illustrations. The Doctor and the tales of his adventures are better known today through movie and television adaptations.
(—Extracted and adapted from Wikipedia.)

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[[[ DOCTOR DOLITTLE AND THE GREEN CANARY ]]]
Cannot be posted on MobileRead. The book was completed and edited posthumously by Lofting’s sister-in-law Olga Michael/Olga Fricker (no biographical data found). This book expands and continues the story of Pippinella, star of [Doctor Dolittle’s Caravan[/. It is available to borrow at OpenLibrary.org: https://openlibrary.org/works/OL1449...e_Green_Canary

THE “VOYAGES” SEQUENCE:

THE VOYAGES OF DOCTOR DOLITTLE --
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DOCTOR DOLITTLE’S ZOO --
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DOCTOR DOLITTLE’S GARDEN --
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DOCTOR DOLITTLE IN THE MOON --
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DOCTOR DOLITTLE AND THE SECRET LAKE --
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Lofting, Hugh: Doctor Dolittle in the Moon (illus). v2. 03 May 2018

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Doctor Dolittle in the Moon --- Told and Illustrated by Hugh Lofting (1886 – 1947)

This book was first published in 1928. Text and illustrations are in the public domain in countries where copyright is “Life+70” or less.

The giant moth has brought the Doctor, Tommy Stubbins, Chee-Chee, and Polynesia to the Moon. As they explore this strange new world, the Doctor soon discovers how to communicate with the intelligent plants. But mystery lies all around – why were they brought here? – who is watching them? – who is the owner of the giant footprints they encounter? And how will they ever get back to Earth?

* * * * *
British author Hugh John Lofting (14 January 1886 – 26 September 1947) created the character of Doctor Dolittle, one of the classics of children’s literature. The Doctor first appeared in Lofting’s illustrated letters to his children, written from the trenches while he was serving in the British Army during World War I. The stories (a series of twelve books, the final two completed and published posthumously) are set in early Victorian England. The second in the series, [The Voyages of Doctor Dolittle [/(1922), won Lofting the prestigious Newbery Medal.

Despite the author’s obviously benign posture, the books became a target of controversy in the 1960’s amid accusations of racism and attitudes of colonialism, and went out of print in the USA for some time. Later editions in the 1980’s were bowdlerized to remove offending content and illustrations. The Doctor and the tales of his adventures are better known today through movie and television adaptations.
(—Extracted and adapted from Wikipedia.)

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This ebook is based on text and illustrations from a scan of an unexpurgated US edition (1956 ?). Images of vintage cover, endpapers, and frontispiece from other sources have been added. OCR errors were corrected; punctuation, italics and diacritics formatted; illustrations manually cleaned and enhanced. To provide consistency throughout this series of ten books, punctuation and spelling were standardized. Embedded font used for titling.

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LINKS TO THE DOCTOR DOLITTLE BOOKS:

THE “SHOW BIZ” SEQUENCE:

THE STORY OF DOCTOR DOLITTLE --
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DOCTOR DOLITTLE’S POST OFFICE --
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DOCTOR DOLITTLE’S CIRCUS --
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DOCTOR DOLITTLE’S CARAVAN --
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[[[ DOCTOR DOLITTLE AND THE GREEN CANARY ]]]
Is not eligible to be posted to the MobileRead Library. The book was completed and edited posthumously by Lofting’s sister-in-law Olga Michael/Olga Fricker (no biographical data found). This book expands and continues the story of Pippinella, star of [Doctor Dolittle’s Caravan[/. It is available to borrow at OpenLibrary.org: https://openlibrary.org/works/OL1449...e_Green_Canary

THE “VOYAGES” SEQUENCE:

THE VOYAGES OF DOCTOR DOLITTLE --
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DOCTOR DOLITTLE’S ZOO --
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DOCTOR DOLITTLE’S GARDEN --
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DOCTOR DOLITTLE IN THE MOON --
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DOCTOR DOLITTLE’S RETURN --
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DOCTOR DOLITTLE AND THE SECRET LAKE --
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:)

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Lofting, Hugh: Doctor Dolittle's Circus (illus). v2. 03 May 2018

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This book was first published in 1924. The text and illustrations are in the public domain in countries where copyright is “Life+70” or less.

The Doctor needs money to pay back the sailor for the boat he borrowed for his voyage to Africa to cure the monkey epidemic ([The Story of Doctor Dolittle[/). So he and his animal friends, along with the Cat’s-Meat-Man, Matthew Mugg, join a circus to show off the Pushmi-pullyu. They soon become involved in a series of adventures when the Doctor crusades for animal rights on the behalf of the circus animals.

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British author Hugh John Lofting (14 January 1886 – 26 September 1947) created the character of Doctor Dolittle, one of the classics of children’s literature. The Doctor first appeared in Lofting’s illustrated letters to his children, written from the trenches while he was serving in the British Army during World War I. The stories (a series of twelve books, the final two edited and published posthumously) are set in early Victorian England. The second in the series, The Voyages of Doctor Dolittle (1922), won Lofting the prestigious Newbery Medal.

Despite the author’s obviously benign posture, the books became a target of controversy in the 1960’s amid accusations of racism and attitudes of colonialism, and went out of print in the USA for some time. Later editions in the 1980’s were bowdlerized to remove offending content and illustrations. The Doctor and the tales of his adventures are better known today through movie and television adaptations.
(—Extracted and adapted from Wikipedia.)

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This ebook is based on text obtained from Project Gutenberg Australia. Transcription errors were corrected; punctuation, italics and diacritics formatted; illustrations manually cleaned and enhanced. Embedded font for titling. Images of Vintage Cover and End Papers are included. To provide consistency throughout this series of ten books, some punctuation was modernized and spelling standardized.

The text was proofed against a scan of an edition printed in the 1950's. Whether this edition has been bowdlerized is not known.

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LINKS TO THE DOCTOR DOLITTLE BOOKS:

THE “SHOW BIZ” SEQUENCE:

THE STORY OF DOCTOR DOLITTLE --
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DOCTOR DOLITTLE’S POST OFFICE --
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DOCTOR DOLITTLE’S CIRCUS --
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DOCTOR DOLITTLE’S CARAVAN --
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[[[ DOCTOR DOLITTLE AND THE GREEN CANARY ]]]
Is not eligible to be posted to the MobileRead Library. The book was completed and edited posthumously by Lofting’s sister-in-law Olga Michael/Olga Fricker (1902–1997). This book expands and continues the story of Pippinella, star of [Doctor Dolittle’s Caravan[/. It is available to borrow at OpenLibrary.org: https://openlibrary.org/works/OL1449...e_Green_Canary

THE “VOYAGES” SEQUENCE:

THE VOYAGES OF DOCTOR DOLITTLE --
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DOCTOR DOLITTLE’S ZOO --
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DOCTOR DOLITTLE’S GARDEN --
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DOCTOR DOLITTLE IN THE MOON --
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DOCTOR DOLITTLE’S RETURN --
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DOCTOR DOLITTLE AND THE SECRET LAKE --
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:)

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Lofting, Hugh: Doctor Dolittle's Return (illus). v2. 03 May 2018

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Doctor Dolittle's Return --- Told and Illustrated by Hugh Lofting (1886 – 1947)

This book was first published in 1933. Text and illustrations are in the public domain in countries where copyright is “Life+70” or less.

The Dolittle household have been anxiously hoping for a year for the Doctor to return from the Moon, and it seems he will never come. What excitement when he does finally arrive, and what dramatic tales he has to tell! But now he is eager to write a book about the moon and his experiences, and in a quest for peace and quiet, attempts to have himself put in jail....

* * * * *
British author Hugh John Lofting (14 January 1886 – 26 September 1947) created the character of Doctor Dolittle, one of the classics of children’s literature. The Doctor first appeared in Lofting’s illustrated letters to his children, written from the trenches while he was serving in the British Army during World War I. The stories (a series of twelve books, the final two completed and published posthumously) are set in early Victorian England. The second in the series, [The Voyages of Doctor Dolittle [/(1922), won Lofting the prestigious Newbery Medal.

Despite the author’s obviously benign posture, the books became a target of controversy in the 1960’s amid accusations of racism and attitudes of colonialism, and went out of print in the USA for some time. Later editions in the 1980’s were bowdlerized to remove offending content and illustrations. The Doctor and the tales of his adventures are better known today through movie and television adaptations.
(—Extracted and adapted from Wikipedia.)

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This ebook is based on text and illustrations obtained from a scan of a US edition (1961 ?), believed to be unexpurgated. Images of vintage cover, endpapers, and frontispiece from other sources have been added. OCR errors were corrected; punctuation, italics and diacritics formatted; illustrations manually cleaned and enhanced. To provide consistency throughout this series of ten books, punctuation and spelling were standardized. Embedded font used for titling.

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LINKS TO THE DOCTOR DOLITTLE BOOKS:

THE “SHOW BIZ” SEQUENCE:

THE STORY OF DOCTOR DOLITTLE --
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DOCTOR DOLITTLE’S POST OFFICE --
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DOCTOR DOLITTLE’S CIRCUS --
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DOCTOR DOLITTLE’S CARAVAN --
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[[[ DOCTOR DOLITTLE AND THE GREEN CANARY ]]]
Is not eligible to be posted to the MobileRead Library. The book was completed and edited posthumously by Lofting’s sister-in-law Olga Michael/Olga Fricker (no biographical data found). This book expands and continues the story of Pippinella, star of [Doctor Dolittle’s Caravan[/. It is available to borrow at OpenLibrary.org: https://openlibrary.org/works/OL1449...e_Green_Canary

THE “VOYAGES” SEQUENCE:

THE VOYAGES OF DOCTOR DOLITTLE --
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DOCTOR DOLITTLE’S ZOO --
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DOCTOR DOLITTLE’S GARDEN --
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DOCTOR DOLITTLE IN THE MOON --
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DOCTOR DOLITTLE’S RETURN --
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DOCTOR DOLITTLE AND THE SECRET LAKE --
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Lofting, Hugh: Doctor Dolittle’s Caravan (illus). v2. 03 May 2018

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Doctor Dolittle’s Caravan --- Told and Illustrated by Hugh Lofting (1886 – 1947)

This book was first published in 1926. Text and illustrations are in the public domain in countries where copyright is “Life+70” or less.

The Dolittle Circus has been invited to perform in London, and the Doctor wants to present something special. His discovery of Pippinella, a green canary with the most beautiful voice he’s ever heard, inspires him to stage “The Canary Opera,” which tells the adventures of her life.

* * * * *
British author Hugh John Lofting (14 January 1886 – 26 September 1947) created the character of Doctor Dolittle, one of the classics of children’s literature. The Doctor first appeared in Lofting’s illustrated letters to his children, written from the trenches while he was serving in the British Army during World War I. The stories (a series of twelve books, the final two completed and published posthumously) are set in early Victorian England. The second in the series, [The Voyages of Doctor Dolittle [/(1922), won Lofting the prestigious Newbery Medal.

Despite the author’s obviously benign posture, the books became a target of controversy in the 1960’s amid accusations of racism and attitudes of colonialism, and went out of print in the USA for some time. Later editions in the 1980’s were bowdlerized to remove offending content and illustrations. The Doctor and the tales of his adventures are better known today through movie and television adaptations.
(—Extracted and adapted from Wikipedia.)

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This ebook is based on text and illustrations obtained from a scan of the unexpurgated 1929 UK edition. Included are nine additional illustrations from the sequel, [Doctor Dolittle and the Green Canary[/ (1950, completed and edited posthumously); and images of vintage cover, titlepage, and endpapers. OCR errors were corrected; punctuation, italics and diacritics formatted; illustrations manually cleaned and enhanced. Embedded font for titling. To provide consistency throughout this series of ten books, some punctuation was modernized and spelling standardized.

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THE STORY OF DOCTOR DOLITTLE --
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DOCTOR DOLITTLE’S POST OFFICE --
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DOCTOR DOLITTLE’S CIRCUS --
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DOCTOR DOLITTLE’S CARAVAN --
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[[[ DOCTOR DOLITTLE AND THE GREEN CANARY ]]]
Is not eligible to be posted to the MobileRead Library. The book was completed and edited posthumously by Lofting’s sister-in-law Olga Michael/Olga Fricker (1902–1997). This book expands and continues the story of Pippinella, star of [Doctor Dolittle’s Caravan[/. It is available to borrow at OpenLibrary.org: https://openlibrary.org/works/OL1449...e_Green_Canary

THE “VOYAGES” SEQUENCE:

THE VOYAGES OF DOCTOR DOLITTLE --
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DOCTOR DOLITTLE’S ZOO --
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DOCTOR DOLITTLE’S GARDEN --
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DOCTOR DOLITTLE IN THE MOON --
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DOCTOR DOLITTLE’S RETURN --
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DOCTOR DOLITTLE AND THE SECRET LAKE --
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Lofting, Hugh: Doctor Dolittle’s Garden (illus). v2. 03 May 2018

edited and uploaded by
GrannyGrump

Doctor Dolittle’s Garden --- Told and Illustrated by Hugh Lofting (1886 – 1947)

This book was first published in 1927. Text and illustrations are in the public domain in countries where copyright is “Life+70” or less.

More adventures of the eccentric country physician with a bent for natural history and a great love of animals. Doctor Dolittle's garden is teeming with insects, so he is determined to learn the insect languages, and soon hears some fascinating stories. None is more intriguing than the tale of the giant moths, and he decides to seek them out. But before he can set out, he is amazed when one arrives in his garden – on a mission to bring the Doctor to the Moon!

* * * * *
British author Hugh John Lofting (14 January 1886 – 26 September 1947) created the character of Doctor Dolittle, one of the classics of children’s literature. The Doctor first appeared in Lofting’s illustrated letters to his children, written from the trenches while he was serving in the British Army during World War I. The stories (a series of twelve books, the final two completed and published posthumously) are set in early Victorian England. The second in the series, [The Voyages of Doctor Dolittle [/(1922), won Lofting the prestigious Newbery Medal.

Despite the author’s obviously benign posture, the books became a target of controversy in the 1960’s amid accusations of racism and attitudes of colonialism, and went out of print in the USA for some time. Later editions in the 1980’s were bowdlerized to remove offending content and illustrations. The Doctor and the tales of his adventures are better known today through movie and television adaptations.
(—Extracted and adapted from Wikipedia.)

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This ebook is based on a transcription obtained from Project Gutenberg Australia. No scan of the physical book is available. Images of vintage cover, titlepage, and endpapers have been included. Embedded font for titling. To provide consistency throughout this series of ten books, some punctuation and spelling was standardized.

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THE “SHOW BIZ” SEQUENCE:

THE STORY OF DOCTOR DOLITTLE --
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DOCTOR DOLITTLE’S POST OFFICE --
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DOCTOR DOLITTLE’S CIRCUS --
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DOCTOR DOLITTLE’S CARAVAN --
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[[[ DOCTOR DOLITTLE AND THE GREEN CANARY ]]]
Is not eligible to be posted to the MobileRead Library. The book was completed and edited posthumously by Lofting’s sister-in-law Olga Michael/Olga Fricker (no biographical data found). This book expands and continues the story of Pippinella, star of [Doctor Dolittle’s Caravan[/. It is available to borrow at OpenLibrary.org: https://openlibrary.org/works/OL1449...e_Green_Canary

THE “VOYAGES” SEQUENCE:

THE VOYAGES OF DOCTOR DOLITTLE --
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DOCTOR DOLITTLE’S ZOO --
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DOCTOR DOLITTLE’S GARDEN --
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DOCTOR DOLITTLE IN THE MOON --
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DOCTOR DOLITTLE’S RETURN --
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DOCTOR DOLITTLE AND THE SECRET LAKE --
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Lofting, Hugh: Doctor Dolittle’s Post Office (illus). v2. 03 May 2018

edited and uploaded by
GrannyGrump

This book was first published in 1923. The text and illustrations are in the public domain in countries where copyright is “Life+70” or less.

When he discovers that animals from all over the world want to communicate with each other, Doctor Dolittle has the wonderful idea of setting up the Swallow Mail, the fastest postal service ever.

* * * * *
British author Hugh John Lofting (14 January 1886 – 26 September 1947) created the character of Doctor Dolittle, one of the classics of children’s literature. The Doctor first appeared in Lofting’s illustrated letters to his children, written from the trenches while he was serving in the British Army during World War I. The stories (a series of twelve books, the final two completed and published posthumously) are set in early Victorian England. The second in the series, The Voyages of Doctor Dolittle (1922), won Lofting the prestigious Newbery Medal.

Despite the author’s obviously benign posture, the books became a target of controversy in the 1960’s amid accusations of racism and attitudes of colonialism, and went out of print in the USA for some time. Later editions in the 1980’s were bowdlerized to remove offending content and illustrations. The Doctor and the tales of his adventures are better known today through movie and television adaptations.
(—Extracted and adapted from Wikipedia.)

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This ebook is based on text from an archive.org scan of an early unexpurgated UK edition. OCR errors were corrected; punctuation, italics and diacritics formatted; illustrations manually cleaned and enhanced. Embedded font for titling. Images of Vintage Cover and End Papers are included. To provide consistency throughout this series of ten books, some punctuation was modernized and spelling standardized.

Note that this is an “unsanitized” version.

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THE “SHOW BIZ” SEQUENCE:

THE STORY OF DOCTOR DOLITTLE --
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DOCTOR DOLITTLE’S POST OFFICE --
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DOCTOR DOLITTLE’S CIRCUS --
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DOCTOR DOLITTLE’S CARAVAN --
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KINDLE AZW3 format: https://www.mobileread.com/forums/sh...d.php?t=295870

[[[ DOCTOR DOLITTLE AND THE GREEN CANARY ]]]
Is not eligible to be posted to the MobileRead Library. The book was completed and edited posthumously by Lofting’s sister-in-law Olga Michael/Olga Fricker (1902–1997). This book expands and continues the story of Pippinella, star of [Doctor Dolittle’s Caravan[/. It is available to borrow at OpenLibrary.org: https://openlibrary.org/works/OL1449...e_Green_Canary

THE “VOYAGES” SEQUENCE:

THE VOYAGES OF DOCTOR DOLITTLE --
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DOCTOR DOLITTLE’S ZOO --
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DOCTOR DOLITTLE’S GARDEN --
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DOCTOR DOLITTLE IN THE MOON --
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DOCTOR DOLITTLE’S RETURN --
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DOCTOR DOLITTLE AND THE SECRET LAKE --
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Lofting, Hugh: Doctor Dolittle’s Zoo (illus). v2. 03 May 2018

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Doctor Dolittle’s Zoo --- Told and Illustrated by Hugh Lofting (1886 – 1947)

This book was first published in 1925. Text and illustrations are in the public domain in countries where copyright is “Life+70” or less.

The giant sea-snail has brought Doctor Dolittle and his companions home to England after their three-year voyage ([The Voyages of Doctor Dolittle[/). The Doctor sets his Puddleby garden to rights and makes it the site of an animal-run zoo – an animal home, not an animal prison. Then with the help of his friends, he tackles a mystery at nearby Moorsden Manor.

* * * * *
British author Hugh John Lofting (14 January 1886 – 26 September 1947) created the character of Doctor Dolittle, one of the classics of children’s literature. The Doctor first appeared in Lofting’s illustrated letters to his children, written from the trenches while he was serving in the British Army during World War I. The stories (a series of twelve books, the final two completed and published posthumously) are set in early Victorian England. The second in the series, [The Voyages of Doctor Dolittle [/(1922), won Lofting the prestigious Newbery Medal.

Despite the author’s obviously benign posture, the books became a target of controversy in the 1960’s amid accusations of racism and attitudes of colonialism, and went out of print in the USA for some time. Later editions in the 1980’s were bowdlerized to remove offending content and illustrations. The Doctor and the tales of his adventures are better known today through movie and television adaptations.
(—Extracted and adapted from Wikipedia.)

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This ebook is based on transcription of an unexpurgated edition (1953 ?), obtained from FadedPage.com. Uncharacteristically, the last six chapters lack any illustrations. No scan of physical book is available. Images of vintage cover, titlepage, and endpapers have been added. Embedded font for titling. To provide consistency throughout this series of ten books, some spelling was Anglicized and standardized.

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THE “SHOW BIZ” SEQUENCE:

THE STORY OF DOCTOR DOLITTLE --
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DOCTOR DOLITTLE’S POST OFFICE --
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DOCTOR DOLITTLE’S CIRCUS --
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DOCTOR DOLITTLE’S CARAVAN --
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[[[ DOCTOR DOLITTLE AND THE GREEN CANARY ]]]
Is not eligible to be posted to the MobileRead Library. The book was completed and edited posthumously by Lofting’s sister-in-law Olga Michael/Olga Fricker (1902–1997). This book expands and continues the story of Pippinella, star of [Doctor Dolittle’s Caravan[/. It is available to borrow at OpenLibrary.org: https://openlibrary.org/works/OL1449...e_Green_Canary

THE “VOYAGES” SEQUENCE:

THE VOYAGES OF DOCTOR DOLITTLE --
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DOCTOR DOLITTLE’S ZOO --
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DOCTOR DOLITTLE’S GARDEN --
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DOCTOR DOLITTLE IN THE MOON --
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DOCTOR DOLITTLE’S RETURN --
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DOCTOR DOLITTLE AND THE SECRET LAKE --
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Lofting, Hugh: The Book of Doctor Dolittle ~ Omnibus. v1. 29 May 2018

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The Book of Doctor Dolittle Omnibus by Hugh Lofting (1886 – 1947)

Contents of this collection first published 1920 ~ 1948. Text and illustrations are in the public domain in countries where copyright is “Life+70” or less.

Meet Doctor Dolittle, that quirky, loveable doctor and naturalist, who has the wonderful ability to speak with animals. Join him and his crew of animal friends as they journey to strange and distant lands, join a circus, stage a Canary Opera, establish a zoo run by the animals who live there, and even travel to the Moon!

This omnibus contains the first ten Doctor Dolittle books, using the original unexpurgated text of early editions. Due to copyright restrictions, [Doctor Dolittle and the Green Canary[/ and [Puddleby Adventures[/ have been omitted, because they were completed posthumously by other writers. Illustrations have been omitted due to file-size considerations.

* * * * *
British author Hugh John Lofting (14 January 1886 – 26 September 1947) created the character of Doctor Dolittle, one of the classics of children’s literature. The Doctor first appeared in Lofting’s illustrated letters to his children, written from the trenches while he was serving in the British Army during World War I. The stories (a series of twelve books, the final two completed and published posthumously) are set in early Victorian England. The second in the series, [The Voyages of Doctor Dolittle[/ (1922), won Lofting the prestigious Newbery Medal.

Despite the author’s obviously benign posture, the books became a target of controversy in the 1960’s amid accusations of racism and attitudes of colonialism, and went out of print in the USA for some time. Later editions in the 1980’s were bowdlerized to remove offending content and illustrations. The Doctor and the tales of his adventures are better known today through movie and television adaptations.
(—Extracted and adapted from Wikipedia.)

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This collection is based on transcriptions and scans found at Project Gutenberg, Gutenberg Australia, Faded Page, and the Internet Archive. OCR and typographical errors were corrected; punctuation, italics and diacritics formatted; spelling and punctuation regularized to provide consistency. Embedded font used for titling.
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DOCTOR DOLITTLE’S POST OFFICE --
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DOCTOR DOLITTLE’S CIRCUS --
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DOCTOR DOLITTLE’S CARAVAN --
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KINDLE AZW3 format: https://www.mobileread.com/forums/sh...d.php?t=295870

[[[ DOCTOR DOLITTLE AND THE GREEN CANARY ]]]
Is not eligible to be posted to the MobileRead Library. The book was completed and edited posthumously by Lofting’s sister-in-law Olga Michael/Olga Fricker (no biographical data found). This book expands and continues the story of Pippinella, star of [Doctor Dolittle’s Caravan[/. It is available to borrow at OpenLibrary.org: https://openlibrary.org/works/OL1449...e_Green_Canary

THE “VOYAGES” SEQUENCE:

THE VOYAGES OF DOCTOR DOLITTLE --
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DOCTOR DOLITTLE’S ZOO --
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DOCTOR DOLITTLE’S GARDEN --
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DOCTOR DOLITTLE IN THE MOON --
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DOCTOR DOLITTLE’S RETURN --
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DOCTOR DOLITTLE AND THE SECRET LAKE --
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Lofting, Hugh: The Story of Doctor Dolittle (illus). v2. 03 May 2018

edited and uploaded by
GrannyGrump

The Story of Doctor Dolittle told and illustrated by Hugh Lofting (1886 – 1947)
With an introduction by Hugh Walpole (1884 – 1941)

This book was first published in 1920. The text and illustrations of this book are in the public domain in countries where copyright is “Life+70” or less, and in the USA.

[The Story of Doctor Dolittle[/ introduces us to this respected physician and naturalist, whose love of animals and growing household menagerie leads to him learning the secret of speaking to animals from his parrot Polynesia, and then taking up veterinary practice. His fame in the animal kingdom spreads throughout the world, and he receives a desperate plea to go to Africa to cure a terrible monkey epidemic. So begins the first voyage of the Doctor and his animal companions.
* * * * *

British author Hugh John Lofting (14 January 1886 – 26 September 1947) created the character of Doctor Dolittle, one of the classics of children’s literature. The Doctor first appeared in Lofting’s illustrated letters to his children, written from the trenches while he was serving in the British Army during World War I. The stories (a series of twelve books, the final two completed, edited, and published posthumously) are set in early Victorian England. The second in the series, [The Voyages of Doctor Dolittle[/ (1922), won Lofting the prestigious Newbery Medal.

Despite the author’s obviously benign posture, the books became a target of controversy in the 1960’s amid accusations of racism and attitudes of colonialism, and went out of print for some time. Later editions in the 1980’s were bowdlerized to remove offending content and illustrations. The Doctor and the tales of his adventures are better known today through movie and television adaptations.
(—Extracted and adapted from Wikipedia.)

This ebook is based on text from gutenberg.org, from an early unexpurgated edition. Transcription errors were corrected; punctuation, italics and diacritics formatted; illustrations manually cleaned and enhanced. Embedded font for titling. To provide consistency throughout this series of ten books, some punctuation was modernized and spelling Anglicized and standardized.

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This “unsanitized” version gives you a chance to take a stroll down memory lane, and perhaps take the opportunity to discuss those controversial passages with your children.
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[[[ DOCTOR DOLITTLE AND THE GREEN CANARY ]]]
Cannot be posted on MobileRead. The book was completed and edited posthumously by Lofting’s sister-in-law Olga Michael/Olga Fricker (1902–1997). This book expands and continues the story of Pippinella, star of [Doctor Dolittle’s Caravan[/. It is available to borrow at OpenLibrary.org: https://openlibrary.org/works/OL1449...e_Green_Canary

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Lofting, Hugh: The Story of Doctor Dolittle V1.5 2007-06-23

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[SIZE="4"]The Story of Doctor Dolittle[/SIZ
(Doctor Dolittle)
(The first book in the Doctor Dolittle series)
(1920)
A novel by
Hugh Lofting[/SIZ

[quotThe adventures of a kind-hearted doctor, who is fond of animals and understands their language, as he travels to Africa with some of his favorite pets to cure the monkeys of a terrible sickness.[/quot

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Lofting, Hugh: The Twilight of Magic. v1. 25 Feb 2019

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THE TWILIGHT OF MAGIC
By Hugh Lofting (1886–1947)

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[The Twilight of Magic[/ was first published in 1930. It is the only one of Lofting’s books to be illustrated by another person. Illustrations and cover image by Lois Lenski (1893–1974) have been omitted due to copyright restrictions. The text of this book is in the public domain in countries where the copyright term is “Life+70” or less.

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[Were no more wonders worked since sprites and fairies left the haunts of Man? Was it the Twilight of Magic? Perhaps. But only today’s. Magic could never die while the sun had the power to rise again and Man had the wish to seek.[/
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This fantasy for young readers, set in an age when belief in magic is dying and science is beginning, is really two books in one. The first features nine-year-old twins Giles and Anne, who enlist the aid of an old apple-seller (who may or may not be a witch). She provides them with a magic Whispering Shell to help save their parents from crushing debt, and to save the kingdom from traitors. Book Two focuses on Giles from age ten to nineteen in service to the king as his “finder,” and ends with a riff on the Tristan and Isolde tale.
[—“Carmine,” Goodreads review]

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British author Hugh John Lofting (14 January 1886 – 26 September 1947) is best known for creating the character of Doctor Dolittle, one of the classics of children’s literature. The Doctor first appeared in Lofting’s illustrated letters to his children, written from the trenches while he was serving in the British Army during World War I. The stories (a series of twelve books, the final two completed and published posthumously) are set in early Victorian England. The second in the series, [The Voyages of Doctor Dolittle[/ (1922), won Lofting the prestigious Newbery Medal.

The first ten Doctor Dolittle books are available from the MobileRead Library.

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Text was obtained from fadedpage.com. Embedded font used for titling. Textual errors were silently corrected; punctuation, diacritics, and italics have been formatted; some spelling and punctuation normalized for consistency. Chapter headers are cross-linked to Table of Contents.

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Something quite different from the Doctor Dolittle books.
Give it a try.
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Lofting, Hugh: The Voyages of Doctor Dolittle (illus). v2. 03 May 2018

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The Voyages of Doctor Dolittle, told and illustrated by Hugh Lofting (1886 – 1947)

This book was first published in 1922. The text and illustrations of this book are in the public domain in countries where copyright is “Life+70” or less, and in the USA.

This second outing of kind-hearted, quirky, animal rights activist Doctor Dolittle is narrated by Tommy Stubbins, now a very old man, who became the Doctor’s assistant when he was nine years old. Tommy finds himself accompanying the good doctor and his crew of animal companions on an exciting, hazardous voyage to find Long Arrow, a native American and the son of Golden Arrow, who is reputed to be the greatest living naturalist in the world. Their travels range from the Mediterranean to South America to the bottom of the sea, and with the help of his animal friends, the Doctor brings solutions to every crisis.

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British author Hugh John Lofting (14 January 1886 – 26 September 1947) created the character of Doctor Dolittle, one of the classics of children’s literature. The Doctor first appeared in Lofting’s illustrated letters to his children, written from the trenches while he was serving in the British Army during World War I. The stories (a series of twelve books, the final two completed and published posthumously) are set in early Victorian England. The second in the series, [The Voyages of Doctor Dolittle[/ (1922), won Lofting the prestigious Newbery Medal.

Despite the author’s obviously benign posture, the books became a target of controversy in the 1960’s amid accusations of racism and attitudes of colonialism, and went out of print for some time. Later editions in the 1980’s were bowdlerized to remove offending content and illustrations. The Doctor and the tales of his adventures are better known today through movie and television adaptations.
(—Extracted and adapted from Wikipedia.)

This ebook is based on text from gutenberg.org, from an early unexpurgated edition. Transcription errors were corrected; punctuation, italics and diacritics formatted; illustrations manually cleaned and enhanced. Embedded font for titling. To provide consistency throughout this series of ten books, some punctuation was modernized and spelling Anglicized and standardized.

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This “unsanitized” version gives you a chance to take a stroll down memory lane, and perhaps take the opportunity to discuss those controversial passages with your children.
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[[[ DOCTOR DOLITTLE AND THE GREEN CANARY ]]]
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London, Jack: A Daughter of the Snows (illus). v1. 28 Oct 2022

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[A Daughter of the Snows[/ is Jack London’s first novel. Set in the Yukon, it tells the story of Frona Welse, “a Stanford graduate and physical Valkyrie” who takes to the trail after upsetting her wealthy father’s community by her forthright manner and befriending the town’s prostitute. She is also torn between love for two suitors: Gregory St Vincent, a local man who turns out to be cowardly and treacherous; and Vance Corliss, a Yale-trained mining engineer.

The novel is noteworthy for its strong and self-reliant heroine, one of many who would people his fiction. Her name echoes that of his mother, Flora Wellman, though her inspiration has also been said to include London’s friend Anna Strunsky.

Modern commentators have criticized the novel for its approval of the main character’s view that Anglo-Saxons are racially superior.
(—Wikipedia)

An interesting read for London fans who would like to compare how his talent developed in later writings.

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John Griffith Chaney (January 12, 1876 – November 22, 1916), better known as Jack London, was an American novelist, journalist, and activist. A pioneer of commercial fiction and American magazines, he was one of the first American authors to become an international celebrity and earn a large fortune from writing.

His most famous works are adventure stories set in in Alaska and the Yukon during the Klondike Gold Rush, such as [The Call of the Wild[/, [White Fang[/, “To Build a Fire”, “An Odyssey of the North”, and “Love of Life”. He also wrote about the South Pacific and about adventures at sea. He was also an innovator in the genre that would later become known as science fiction, and wrote tales of fantasy and mystery & suspense.

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[A Daughter of the Snows[/, by Jack London (1876–1916); illustrated by Frederick C. Yohn (1875–1933) was first published in 1902. This book is in the public domain where copyright is “Life+80” or less and in the USA.
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London, Jack: A Daughter of the Snows. 25 Nov 2008

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From Wikipedia:
[QUOT[A Daughter of the Snows[/ (1902) is Jack London's first novel. Set in the Yukon, it tells the story of Frona Welse, "a Stanford graduate and physical Valkyrie"[1] who takes to the trail after upsetting her wealthy father's community by her forthright manner and befriending the town's prostitute. She is also torn between love for two suitors: Gregory St Vincent, a local man who turns out to be cowardly and treacherous; and Vance Corliss, a Yale-trained mining engineer.

Little read today, it is notable for its strong and self-reliant heroine, one of many who would people his fiction. Her name echoes that of his mother, Flora Wellman, though her inspiration has also been said to include London's friend Anna Strunsky.

It is also notable for a racist sensibility which is also detectable in some of his other work. Welse says at one point: "We are a race of doers and fighters, of globe-encirclers and zone-conquerors... All that the other races are not, the Anglo-Saxon, or Teuton if you please, is." Such sentiments were common currency in Jack London's time and he places them in the mouths of characters, not the narrator.[/QUOT

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London, Jack: Adventure. 14 Feb 2009

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Set in the South Seas, far away from the bitter cold of the Klondike, [Adventure[/ was panned by the [New Your Times[/ when it was first published. (Here is a link to the original review.)

I agree with the review. Aside from the more famous novels, Jack London was his best as a short story writer. It is sad that more of these short stories have not become as well known.

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London, Jack: Before Adam (illus). v1. 17 Oct 2022

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[Before Adam[/ is the story of a man who dreams he lives the life of an early hominid. The story offers a view of early human evolution. The majority of the story is told through the eyes of “Big-Tooth”, the man’s hominid alter ego, one of the Cave People. In addition to the Cave People, there are the more advanced Fire People, and the more animal-like Tree People.

Later scholars have noted strong eugenic themes in [Before Adam[/.

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John Griffith Chaney (January 12, 1876 – November 22, 1916), better known as Jack London, was an American novelist, journalist, and activist. A pioneer of commercial fiction and American magazines, he was one of the first American authors to become an international celebrity and earn a large fortune from writing.

His most famous works are adventure stories set in in Alaska and the Yukon during the Klondike Gold Rush, such as [The Call of the Wild[/, [White Fang[/, “To Build a Fire”, “An Odyssey of the North”, and “Love of Life”. He also wrote about the South Pacific and about adventures at sea. He was also an innovator in the genre that would later become known as science fiction, and wrote tales of fantasy and mystery & suspense.

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Before Adam, [by Jack London[/ ([1876–1916[/); [illustrated by Charles Livingston Bull[/ ([1874–1932[/) [was originally published in 1906. This book is in the public domain where copyright is “Life+90” or less, and in the USA.[/
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London, Jack: Before Adam. 26 Nov 2008

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Written just after [White Fang, Before Adam[/ delves into prehistoric peoples and dreams. Fiction? A quest for the roots of man through one's own dreams?

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London, Jack: Burning Daylight. v1, 6 Jan 2008

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From Amazon.com:

An action-filled story of the Yukon Territory in 1893, the surging novel of the men who gambled their lives and opened the vast Canadian North in their lust for gold, Burning Daylight was Jack London's best selling book during his lifetime.

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London, Jack: Children of the Frost. 25 Nov 2008

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His second collection of short stories, [Children of the Frost[/ contains the following stories:

- IN THE FORESTS OF THE NORTH

- THE LAW OF LIFE

- NAM-BOK THE UNVERACIOUS

- THE MASTER OF MYSTERY

- THE SUNLANDERS

- THE SICKNESS OF LONE CHIEF

- KEESH, THE SON OF KEESH

- THE DEATH OF LIGOUN

- LI WAN, THE FAIR

- THE LEAGUE OF THE OLD MEN

It is a good read and very enjoyable. Many of the stories touch on themes that are explored in greater depth in his other works.

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London, Jack: Collected Klondike Tales. v1. 19 Sep 2022

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This ebook is based on a compilation created by MobileRead member Roy White in 2007. I have added several pieces, and tweaked spelling and punctuation.

Here is what Roy had to say:

If you’ve never read these I HIGHLY! recommend. Very fun stories full of the silence of ice and hunger of the Wolf set against the iron will of Men determined to dream and suffer their way to find that Eldorado Gold strike making them rich beyond their dreams. These stories are full of irony and rich in humor.

Jack London spent a few years mining for Gold in the Klondike, and when he finally called it quits returned home with four bucks 50 cents in his pocket… And the true treasure of this Genre he created himself.

(White Fang and Call of the Wild are not part of this collection, nor any of his other Klondike Novels.)

I love these. The descriptions make me feel as if I’m in the Klondike, my pulse pounding and back breaking, sure that my next shovelful of ice and mud will show that elusive color.
Enjoy! And strike it big.

— Roy

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John Griffith Chaney (January 12, 1876 – November 22, 1916), better known as Jack London, was an American novelist, journalist, and activist. A pioneer of commercial fiction and American magazines, he was one of the first American authors to become an international celebrity and earn a large fortune from writing.

His most famous works are adventure stories set in in Alaska and the Yukon during the Klondike Gold Rush, such as [The Call of the Wild[/, [White Fang[/, “To Build a Fire”, “An Odyssey of the North”, and “Love of Life”. He also wrote about the South Pacific and about adventures at sea. He was also an innovator in the genre that would later become known as science fiction, and wrote tales of fantasy and mystery & suspense.
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London, Jack: Dutch Courage & Other Stories. 19 Nov 2008

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Stories in this 1924 collection of his short stories contains the following:

- DUTCH COURAGE

- TYPHOON OFF THE COAST OF JAPAN

- THE LOST POACHER

- THE BANKS OF THE SACRAMENTO

- CHRIS FARRINGTON: ABLE SEAMAN

- TO REPEL BOARDERS

- AN ADVENTURE IN THE UPPER SEA

- BALD-FACE

- IN YEDDO BAY

- WHOSE BUSINESS IS TO LIVE

London was one of the first writers in the US to earn a full time living completely from his writing. His untimely death at age 40 left a lot of his work available only in magazines. This collection was the result of one of the efforts to correct this.

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London, Jack: Faith of Men. 10 Feb 2009

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A fantastic collection of Jack London stories including:

- A Relic of the Pliocene

- A Hyperborean Brew

- The Faith of Men

- Too Much Gold

- The One Thousand Dozen

- The Marriage of Lit-lit

- Batard

- The Story of Jees Uck

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London, Jack: Hearts of Three. 19 Nov 2008

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Published in 1918 or 1920 (either 2 or 4 years after his death), [Hearts of Three[/ is a novelization by Jack London (1876-1916) of a movie script by Charles Goddard.

Far from his best known work, [Hearts of Three[/ is very much like the modern day versions of Star Trek of Buffy stories that are created from movies or television.

While interesting and at times wonderful, I found the book to be uneven and working against itself. If you want London at his best, read [The Call of the Wild[/, [White Fang[/, or [The Sea Wolf[/.

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London, Jack: Island Tales. 14 Feb 2009

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A short story collection also known as [On the Makaloa Mat[/ containing:

- ON THE MAKALOA MAT

- THE BONES OF KAHEKILI

- WHEN ALICE TOLD HER SOUL

- SHIN-BONES

- THE WATER BABY

- GLEN ELLEN.

- THE TEARS OF AH KIM

- THE KANAKA SURF

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London, Jack: John Barleycorn. 10 Feb 2009

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Published in 1913 (three years before he died), [John Barleycorn[/ is an autobiography of Jack London. It is more honest than most autobiographies I have read.

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London, Jack: Lost Face. 10 Feb 2009

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Another great London short story collection. This one includes:

- LOST FACE

- TRUST

- TO BUILD A FIRE

- THAT SPOT

- FLUSH OF GOLD

- THE PASSING OF MARCUS O’BRIEN

- THE WIT OF PORPORTUK

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London, Jack: Love of Life & Other Stories. 10 Feb 2009

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Another great collection of Jack London short stories including:

- LOVE OF LIFE

- A DAY’S LODGING

- THE WHITE MAN’S WAY

- THE STORY OF KEESH

- THE UNEXPECTED

- BROWN WOLF

- THE SUN-DOG TRAIL

- NEGORE, THE COWARD

[Prior downloads = 11[/

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London, Jack: Martin Eden. v1, 4 Jan 2008

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From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia:

Martin Eden (1909) is a novel by American author Jack London, about a struggling young writer.

This book is a favorite among writers, who relate to Martin Eden's speculation that when he mailed off a manuscript, 'there was no human editor at the other end, but a mere cunning arrangement of cogs that changed the manuscript from one envelope to another and stuck on the stamps,' returning it automatically with a rejection slip.

While some readers believe there is some resemblance between them, an important difference between Jack London and Martin Eden is that Martin Eden rejects socialism (attacking it as 'slave morality'), and relies on a Nietzschean individualism. In a note to Upton Sinclair, Jack London wrote 'One of my motifs, in this book, was an attack on individualism (in the person of the hero). I must have bungled, for not a single reviewer has discovered it.'

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London, Jack: Moon-Face & Other Stories. 26 Nov 2008

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A wonderful little collection of short stories containing the following:

- MOON-FACE

- THE LEOPARD MAN’S STORY

- LOCAL COLOR

- AMATEUR NIGHT

- THE MINIONS OF MIDAS

- THE SHADOW AND THE FLASH

- ALL GOLDCANYON

- PLANCHETTE

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London, Jack: Moon-Face and Other Stories. v1. 13 Aug 2022

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Narrated in London’s inimitable style, [Moon-Face and Other Stories[/ offers a collection of deeply insightful stories. You will find tales of adventure, mystery and suspense, science fiction, the supernatural… sometimes in a dark and macabre mood.

A list of the titles:
Moon-Face

The Leopard Man’s Story

Local Color

Amateur Night

The Minions of Midas

The Shadow and the Flash

All Gold Canyon

Planchette
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John Griffith Chaney (January 12, 1876 – November 22, 1916), better known as Jack London, was an American novelist, journalist, and activist. A pioneer of commercial fiction and American magazines, he was one of the first American authors to become an international celebrity and earn a large fortune from writing.

His most famous works are adventure stories set in in Alaska and the Yukon during the Klondike Gold Rush, such as [The Call of the Wild[/, [White Fang[/, “To Build a Fire”, “An Odyssey of the North”, and “Love of Life”. He also wrote about the South Pacific and about adventures at sea. He was also an innovator in the genre that would later become known as science fiction, and wrote tales of fantasy and mystery & suspense.

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This book was originally published in 1906. It is in the public domain worldwide because the author died more than 100 years ago, and it was published prior to 1927.
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London, Jack: Night Born & Other Stories. 10 Feb 2009

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A great collection of London stories.

- THE NIGHT-BORN

- THE MADNESS OF JOHN HARNED

- WHEN THE WORLD WAS YOUNG

- THE BENEFIT OF THE DOUBT

- WINGED BLACKMAIL

- BUNCHES OF KNUCKLES

- WAR

- UNDER THE DECK AWNINGS

- TO KILL A MAN

- THE MEXICAN

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London, Jack: Revolution and Other Essays. 14 Feb 2009

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Although best known for his adult fiction, Jack London wrote in almost every corner available from verse to first person investigations of the plight of the poor to biographies to essays. A self proclaimed socialist, London was very consistent in his viewpoints unlike many of his fellow writers. This is one of his least well received collections of writing and perhaps one of his best.

- REVOLUTION

- THE SOMNAMBULISTS

- THE DIGNITY OF DOLLARS

- GOLIAH

- THE GOLDEN POPPY

- THE SHRINKAGE OF THE PLANET

- THE HOUSE BEAUTIFUL

- THE GOLD HUNTERS OF THE NORTH

- FOMA GORDYEEFF

- THESE BONES SHALL RISE AGAIN

- THE OTHER ANIMALS

- THE YELLOW PERIL

- WHAT LIFE MEANS TO ME

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London, Jack: Smoke Bellew. 14 Feb 2009

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An interesting period piece on how a person changes and how their name changes over their life. What changes first, the name or the person? Does one cause or reflect the other?

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London, Jack: South Sea Tales. 12 Feb 2009

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Tales of the South Seas:

- THE HOUSE OF MAPUHI

- THE WHALE TOOTH

- MAUKI

- “ Yah ! Yah ! Yah !”

- THE HEATHEN

- THE TERRIBLE SOLOMONS

- THE INEVITABLE WHITE MAN

- THE SEED OF McCOY

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London, Jack: Stories of Ships and the Sea. 14 Feb 2009

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RWood

Another great short story collection from Jack London.

- CHRIS FARRINGTON: ABLE SEAMAN

- TYPHOON OFF THE COAST OF JAPAN

- THE LOST POACHER

- THE BANKS OF THE SACRAMENTO

- IN YEDDO BAY

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London, Jack: Tales of the Fish Patrol. 14 Feb 2009

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RWood

I have always found it amazing that stories about commercial fishing differ so little over time. There are changes in technology, scale, and availability of fish (or lack of availability.) Melville's [Moby Dick[/ has remained a favorite for years. The key I think is that they are not just about the act of fishing, they are about the people that fish. Here is [Tales of the Fish Patrol[/, a collection of Jack London stories that include:

- WHITE AND YELLOW

- THE KING OF THE GREEKS

- A RAID ON THE OYSTER PIRATES

- THE SIEGE OF THE “LANCASHIRE QUEEN”

- CHARLEY’S COUP

- DEMETRIOS CONTOS

- YELLOW HANDKERCHIEF

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- Tales of the Fish Patrol.prc

London, Jack: The Call of the Wild. v1, 2 Jan 2008

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Madam Broshkina

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia:

The Call of the Wild is a novel by American writer Jack London. The plot concerns a previously domesticated and even somewhat pampered dog named Buck whose primordial instincts return after a series of events finds him serving as a sled dog in the treacherous, frigid Yukon during the days of the 19th century Gold Rushes.

Published in 1903, The Call of the Wild is one of London's most read books and it is generally considered one of his best. Because the protagonist is a dog, it is sometimes classified as a juvenile novel, suitable for children, but it is dark in tone and contains numerous scenes of cruelty and violence.

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London, Jack: The Cruise of the Dazzler. 10 Feb 2009

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RWood

One of the few Jack London books written expressly for children -- well, let's say teenagers. A very enjoyable reading experience even today.

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London, Jack: The God of His Fathers. v1. 6 Aug 2015

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crutledge

John Griffith "Jack" London (born John Griffith Chaney, January 12, 1876 – November 22, 1916) was an American author, journalist, and social activist. A pioneer in the then-burgeoning world of commercial magazine fiction, he was one of the first fiction writers to obtain worldwide celebrity and a large fortune from his fiction alone.

THE GOD OF HIS FATHERS
THE GREAT INTERROGATION
WHICH MAKE MEN REMEMBER
SIWASH
THE MAN WITH THE GASH
JAN, THE UNREPENTANT
GRIT OF WOMEN
WHERE THE TRAIL FORKS
A DAUGHTER OF THE AURORA
AT THE RAINBOW'S END
THE SCORN OF WOMEN

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London, Jack: The House of Pride. 10 Feb 2009

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RWood

A short story collection including:

- THE HOUSE OF PRIDE

- KOOLAU THE LEPER

- GOOD-BYE, JACK

- ALOHA OE

- CHUN AH CHUN

- THE SHERIFF OF KONA

- JACK LONDON BY HIMSELF

The last is a mini-biography of Jack London by Jack London.

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London, Jack: The Iron Heel. 19 Nov 2008

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RWood

In the past I have posted several utopian novels (Augustine, Gillette, and others.) This is another. One person's utopia may be another's hell. Published in 1908, [The Iron Heel[/ was a departure from London's writings about what he knew and ventures into what he thought. Many critics have noted that this is the first exposition of London's socialist views coming several years before the Russian revolution (see Ten Days That Shook the World by John Reed.)

It predates [1984[/ by decades and describes how the world got to the state that [1984[/ describes. There are also many parallels to Gilette's work and to the current political situation in the US.

Wikipedia has an article on this book that you can read for more detail on the book.

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London, Jack: The Iron Heel. v1. 29 Sep 2022

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GrannyGrump

[The Iron Heel[/ is a pioneer in the dystopian genre and is credited with influencing Orwell when he came to write his great masterpiece [1984[/. Indeed, by the time you’ve finished reading it you’ll be seeing its influence everywhere — from H.G. Wells’ [The Shape of Things to Come[/ (1933) to Margaret Atwood’s superb dystopian creation [The Handmaid’s Tale[/ (1985).

The novel purports to be the lost manuscript of one Avis Evehard, wife to a socialist revolutionary called Ernest Evehard. The manuscript itself has been lost to the world for several centuries, and upon its rediscovery in a more enlightened era it has been edited, abridged and heavily annotated by an academic called Anthony Meredith.
It chronicles the rise of an all-powerful Oligarchy of robber barons in America, who in the first few decades of the twentieth century gradually consolidate their economic and political hold over the country. The middle classes are squeezed into a new form of economic serfdom and the agricultural population into an altogether older form. Meanwhile the workers are set up to fight against one another and brutally repressed if they challenge the new order.

But challenge they do, through both the ballot box and the organisation of labour. Revolution breaks out and the Oligarchs resolve to ruthlessly crush all resistance to their rule, both foreign and domestic. The brutal nature of this repression leads to their dictatorship being characterised as “The Iron Heel”.

—Alfred Searls, Goodreads

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John Griffith Chaney (January 12, 1876 – November 22, 1916), better known as Jack London, was an American novelist, journalist, and activist. A pioneer of commercial fiction and American magazines, he was one of the first American authors to become an international celebrity and earn a large fortune from writing.

His most famous works are adventure stories set in in Alaska and the Yukon during the Klondike Gold Rush, such as [The Call of the Wild[/, [White Fang[/, “To Build a Fire”, “An Odyssey of the North”, and “Love of Life”. He also wrote about the South Pacific and about adventures at sea. He was also an innovator in the genre that would later become known as science fiction, and wrote tales of fantasy and mystery & suspense.

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[The Iron Heel[/ was originally published in 1908. This book is in the public domain worldwide, because the author died more than 100 years ago, and it was published prior to 1927.
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London, Jack: The People of the Abyss. 10 Feb 2009

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RWood

From Wikipedia:
[QUOTThe People of the Abyss (1903) is a book by Jack London about life in the East End of London in 1902. He wrote this first-hand account by living in the East End (including the Whitechapel District) for several months, sometimes staying in workhouses or sleeping on the streets. The conditions he experienced and wrote about were the same as those endured by an estimated 500,000 of the contemporary London poor.[/QUOT

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London, Jack: The Red One (Short Stories). v1. 23 Aug 2022

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>> The Red One:
A scientist collecting butterflies in the jungle encounters a giant red sphere from another world worshiped by savage cannibal head-hunters performing human sacrifices.

>> The Hussy:
A man goes to Ecuador to work on the railway, and ultimately seek a huge nugget of gold, guided by a beautiful, enigmatic Indian maiden.

>> Like Argus of the Ancient Times:
Grandfather Tarwater, viewed as doddering and senile by his family, takes off for the rigors of the Klondike goldfields to seek his fortune. A charming and humorous story.

>> The Princess:
Three hobos brag about how each left a privileged upbringing, lost an arm in the South Seas, and married a princess.

Arthur C. Clarke said in a note to his 1983 short story collection [The Sentinel[/ that:

“Some time after ‘The Sentinel’ was published (1948), I was asked if I had ever read Jack London’s ‘The Red One.’ As I’d never even heard of it, I hastened to do so, and was deeply impressed by his thirty-year-earlier tale of the ‘Star-Born,’ an enormous sphere lying for ages in the jungles of Guadalcanal. I wonder if this is the first treatment of a theme which has suddenly become topical, now that the focus of the SETI debate has changed from ‘Where’s Everyone?’ to the even more puzzling ‘Where Are Their Artifacts?’”

(Note that “The Sentinal,” together with several other stories by Clarke, inspired the epic film “2001: A Space Odyssey.”)

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John Griffith Chaney (January 12, 1876 – November 22, 1916), better known as Jack London, was an American novelist, journalist, and activist. A pioneer of commercial fiction and American magazines, he was one of the first American authors to become an international celebrity and earn a large fortune from writing.

His most famous works are adventure stories set in in Alaska and the Yukon during the Klondike Gold Rush, such as [The Call of the Wild[/, [White Fang[/, “To Build a Fire”, “An Odyssey of the North”, and “Love of Life”. He also wrote about the South Pacific and about adventures at sea. He was also an innovator in the genre that would later become known as science fiction, and wrote tales of fantasy and mystery & suspense.

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The collection [The Red One[/ by Jack London (1876–1916) was first published in 1918. This ebook is in the public domain worldwide, because the author died more than 100 years ago, and it was published before 1927.
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London, Jack: The Red One. 12 Feb 2009

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RWood

A short story collection containing:

- THE RED ONE

- THE HUSSY

- LIKE ARGUS OF THE ANCIENT TIMES

- THE PRINCESS

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- The Red One.prc

London, Jack: The Road. 13 Feb 2009

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RWood

Short story collection featuring:

- CONFESSION

- HOLDING HER DOWN

- PICTURES

- “PINCHED”

- THE PEN

- HOBOES THAT PASS IN THE NIGHT

- ROAD-KIDS AND GAY-CATS

- TWO THOUSAND STIFFS

- BULLS

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London, Jack: The Scarlet Plague. v1. 22 Sep 2022

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In 2073, sixty years after an uncontrollable epidemic has depopulated the planet, James Smith recounts the story of his life before the plague, when he was an English professor. In 2013, the year after “Morgan the Fifth was appointed President of the United States by the Board of Magnates”, the disease came about and spread rapidly.

Smith worries that he is the last to remember the times before the plague. He reminisces about the quality of food, social classes, his job, and technology. As he realizes his time grows short, he tries to impart the value of knowledge and wisdom to his grandsons. His efforts are in vain, however, as the children ridicule his recollections of the past, which sound totally unbelievable to them.

London was inspired in part by Edgar Allan Poe’s 1842 short story “The Masque of the Red Death”. Both Poe’s story and London’s fall into a genre of apocalyptic fiction featuring a universal plague that nearly wipes out humanity. The book was noted in 2020 as having been very similar to the COVID-19 pandemic, especially given that London wrote it at a time when the world was not as quickly connected by travel as it is today.

(—from Wikipedia)

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John Griffith Chaney (January 12, 1876 – November 22, 1916), better known as Jack London, was an American novelist, journalist, and activist. A pioneer of commercial fiction and American magazines, he was one of the first American authors to become an international celebrity and earn a large fortune from writing.

His most famous works are adventure stories set in in Alaska and the Yukon during the Klondike Gold Rush, such as [The Call of the Wild[/, [White Fang[/, “To Build a Fire”, “An Odyssey of the North”, and “Love of Life”. He also wrote about the South Pacific and about adventures at sea. He was also an innovator in the genre that would later become known as science fiction, and wrote tales of fantasy and mystery & suspense.

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Originally published in “London Magazine” in 1912, and in book form in 1915. This book is in the public domain worldwide because the author died more than 100 years ago, and it was published prior to 1927.
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London, Jack: The Sea Wolf. v1, 2 Jan 2008

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Madam Broshkina

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia:

The Sea-Wolf is a novel written in Germany in 1904 by American author Jack London. Of it, Ambrose Bierce wrote: "the great thing—and it is among the greatest of things—is that tremendous creation, Wolf Larsen... the hewing out and setting up of such a figure is enough for a man to do in one lifetime." But he also noted that "The love element, with its absurd suppressions, and impossible proprieties, is awful." An immediate bestseller, the first printing of forty thousand copies was sold out before publication.

Like The Call of the Wild, The Sea Wolf tells the story of a soft, domesticated lad, an intellectual named Humphrey van Weyden, forced to become tough and self-reliant by exposure to cruelty and brutality. Onboard a San Francisco ferry, which collides with a ship in the fog and sinks, he is picked up ("rescued" is not the right word) by Wolf Larsen. Larsen is the captain of the seal-hunting schooner Ghost. Brutal and cynical, yet also highly intelligent and intellectual (though highly biased in his opinions as he was self-taught), he rules over his ship and terrorizes the crew with the aid of his exceptionally great physical strength. Van Weyden adequately describes him as an individualist, a hedonist, and a materialist. As Larsen does not believe in the immortality of the soul he finds no meaning in his life and has come to despise all human life and deny its value. Being interested in someone capable of intellectual disputes he somewhat takes care of "Hump" while forcing him to become a cabin boy, do menial work, and learn to fight to protect himself from a brutal crew. Later, another castaway is picked up, Maud Brewster, a famous woman poet, with whom Hump soon falls in love. After an attempt to escape from the Ghost, Maud and Hump are cast away on "Endeavor Island." In inhospitable conditions they are forced to learn to provide for themselves beyond every human civilization.

One of the themes of the story is to show the eventual triumph of good over evil.

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London, Jack: The Son of the Wolf. 10 Feb 2009

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RWood

I have formatted a number of London books and just now I am taking them to ebook format. I get caught up in reading them. This is another fine collection of short stories. His writings were published in [Cosmo, The Saturday Evening Post, Harper's Weekly, Red Book[/, and many more. These stories include:

- The White Silence

- The Son of the Wolf

- The Men of Forty Mile

- In a Far Country

- To the Man on the Trail

- The Priestly Prerogative

- The Wisdom of the Trail

- The Wife of a King

- An Odyssey of the North

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London, Jack: The Star Rover (The Jacket. v1. 20 Sep 2022

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GrannyGrump

This science fiction novel involves both mysticism and reincarnation.

A framing story is told in the first person by Darrell Standing, a university professor serving life imprisonment in San Quentin for murder. Prison officials try to break his spirit by means of a torture device called “the jacket,” a canvas jacket which can be tightly laced so as to compress the whole body, inducing angina. ([The jacket was actually used at San Quentin at the time; Jack London’s descriptions of it were based on interviews with a former convict.[/) Standing discovers how to withstand the torture by entering a kind of trance state, in which he walks among the stars and experiences portions of past lives.
(—Wikipedia)

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John Griffith Chaney (January 12, 1876 – November 22, 1916), better known as Jack London, was an American novelist, journalist, and activist. A pioneer of commercial fiction and American magazines, he was one of the first American authors to become an international celebrity and earn a large fortune from writing.

His most famous works are adventure stories set in in Alaska and the Yukon during the Klondike Gold Rush, such as [The Call of the Wild[/, [White Fang[/, “To Build a Fire”, “An Odyssey of the North”, and “Love of Life”. He also wrote about the South Pacific and about adventures at sea. He was also an innovator in the genre that would later become known as science fiction, and wrote tales of fantasy and mystery & suspense.

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[The Star Rover[/ was originally published in 1915. (published as [The Jacket[/ in the UK.) This book is in the public domain worldwide, because the author died more than 100 years ago, and it was published prior to 1927.
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London, Jack: The Strength of the Strong. 12 Feb 2009

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RWood

Another fine collection of Jack London short stories including:

- THE STRENGTH OF THE STRONG

- SOUTH OF THE SLOT

- THE UNPARALLELED INVASION

- THE ENEMY OF ALL THE WORLD

- THE DREAM OF DEBS

- THE SEA-FARMER

- SAMUEL

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London, Jack: The Turtles of Tasman. 14 Feb 2009

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Short stories and a poem including:

- BY THE TURTLES OF TASMAN

- THE ETERNITY OF FORMS

- TOLD IN THE DROOLING WARD

- THE HOBO AND THE FAIRY

- THE PRODIGAL FATHER

- THE FIRST POET

- FINIS

- THE END OF THE STORY

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London, Jack: The Valley of the Moon. 10 Fed 2009

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RWood

Valley of the Moon is another name for the wine growing region known as the Sonoma Valley, California, USA. From Wikipedia about [The Valley of the Moon[/:

[QUOTThe novel Valley of the Moon is a story of a working-class couple, Billy and Saxon Roberts, struggling laborers in Oakland at the Turn-of-the-Century, who left the city life behind and searched Central and Northern California for a suitable farmland to own. The book is notable for the scenes in which the proletarian hero enjoys fellowship with the artists' colony in Carmel, and he settles in the Valley of the Moon.[/QUOT

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London, Jack: War of the Classes. 10 Feb 2009

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One of Jack London's most overlooked writings. This post 1904 book explains why he became (or rather always was) a socialist. In the early days of the US 20th century the socialists were one of the most hated political groups. The sections include:

- The Class Struggle

- The Tramp

- The Scab

- The Question of the Maximum

- A Review

- Wanted: A New Land of Development

- How I Became a Socialist

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London, Jack: When God Laughs & Other Stories. 12 Feb 2009

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RWood

More short stories from Jack London. This time:

- WHEN GOD LAUGHS

- THE APOSTATE

- A WICKED WOMAN

- JUST MEAT

- CREATED HE THEM

- THE CHINAGO

- MAKE WESTING

- SEMPER IDEM

- A NOSE FOR THE KING

- THE “FRANCIS SPAIGHT”

- A CURIOUS FRAGMENT

- A PIECE OF STEAK

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London, Jack: White Fang. v1, 14 Jan 2008

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cathyWeeks

There was already a nice version of White Fang available, but it wasn't designed for some of the features in the Kindle. This one differs:

1. Metadata, so the author and title will show up properly on the Kindle
2. Uses Kindle Navigation for Beginning, TOC, and Cover.
3. A bigger cover image.
4. No justification set, so your device can select full or left justification
5. Minor formatting differences (everyone has their preferences :-)

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London, Jack: White Fang. v1, 2 Jan 2008

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Madam Broshkina

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia:

White Fang (1906) is the title of a novel by American author Jack London. The novel was first serialized in The Outing Magazine in May through October of 1906.

White Fang is the story of a wild wolf-dog hybrid's journey toward becoming civilized in the Canadian territory of Yukon during the Klondike Gold Rush, at the end of the 19th Century. White Fang is a companion novel (and a thematic mirror) to London's best-known work, The Call of the Wild, which concerns a kidnapped civilized dog turning into a wild animal.

The book is characteristic of London's precise prose style and his innovative use of voice and perspective. Much of the novel is written from the view-point of the animals, allowing London to explore how animals view their world, and how they view humans. White Fang examines (sometimes graphically) the violent world of wild animals, and the equally violent world of supposedly-civilized humans. The book also explores complex themes including morality and redemption.

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Long, William J.: English Literature. v1, 13 Jan 2008

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From the Preface:

This book, which presents the whole splendid history of English literature from Anglo-Saxon times to the close of the Victorian Era, has three specific aims. The first is to create or to encourage in every student the desire to read the best books, and to know literature itself rather than what has been written about literature. The second is to interpret literature both personally and historically, that is, to show how a great book generally reflects not only the author's life and thought but also the spirit of the age and the ideals of the nation's history. The third aim is to show, by a study of each successive period, how our literature has steadily developed from its first simple songs and stories to its present complexity in prose and poetry.
To carry out these aims we have introduced the following features:
(1) A brief, accurate summary of historical events and social conditions in each period, and a consideration of the ideals which stirred the whole nation, as in the days of Elizabeth, before they found expression in literature.
(2) A study of the various literary epochs in turn, showing what each gained from the epoch preceding, and how each aided in the development of a national literature.
(3) A readable biography of every important writer, showing how he lived and worked, how he met success or failure, how he influenced his age, and how his age influenced him.
(4) A study and analysis of every author's best works, and of many of the books required for college-entrance examinations.
(5) Selections enough-especially from earlier writers, and from writers not likely to be found in the home or school library-to indicate the spirit of each author's work; and directions as to the best works to read, and where such works may be found in inexpensive editions.
(6) A frank, untechnical discussion of each great writer's work as a whole, and a critical estimate of his relative place and influence in our literature.
(7) A series of helps to students and teachers at the end of each chapter, including summaries, selections for reading, bibliographies, a list of suggestive questions, and a chronological table of important events in the history and literature of each period.
(8) Throughout this book we have remembered Roger Ascham's suggestion, made over three centuries ago and still pertinent, that "'tis a poor way to make a child love study by beginning with the things which he naturally dislikes." We have laid emphasis upon the delights of literature; we have treated books not as mere instruments of research-which is the danger in most of our studies-but rather as instruments of enjoyment and of inspiration; and by making our study as attractive as possible we have sought to encourage the student to read widely for himself, to choose the best books, and to form his own judgment about what our first Anglo-Saxon writers called "the things worthy to be remembered."

Note: I have only included portraits of the Authors and Poets from the original work.

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Longfellow, Henry W.: The Song of Hiawatha. v3, 23 Aug 2008

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HarryT

Longfellow's epic poem "The Song of Hiawatha", originally published in 1855, and based on the legends of the Ojibway North American Indians, has been one of my favourite things to read since I was a teenager. Here it is for MobiPocket.

Enjoy!

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Longfellow, Henry: Birds of Passage, v.1, 30 Jan 2008.

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Patricia

A collection of poems, first published in 1858.

Includes ‘The Children’s Hour.’

Done in response to a request.

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Longus: Daphnis and Chloe. v1 29 Apr 2016

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Daphnis and Chloe is a story from 2nd or 3rd Century CE Greece about two babies who were exposed at birth, suckled by a goat or a sheep, and adopted by peasant slaves. They grew up to fall in love with each other but did not realise that they were in love, or know what to do about it. After various adventures they were re-united with their rich parents, married, and found out.

London in the 19th century had several Athenian Societies, including one which privately published Greek literature in numbered limited editions with the original Greek on the verso pages and an English translation on the recto pages.

The English text of this ebook is taken from Copy 35, found on the Internet Archive. Page 102 is missing or illegible, and the text was replaced from the same edition in Wikisource.

I have included part of the Athenian Society's Introduction, and silently corrected typos and hyphenation using oxforddictionaries.com. The cover is adapted from Wikimedia.

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Looney, J. Thomas: Shakespeare Identified. v1. 10 Feb 2015

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Araucaria

This is Thomas Looney's seminal work, arguing that the seventeenth Earl of Oxford, Edward de Vere, was the author of most of the works attributed to William Shakespeare.

Looney was the first person to suggest the "Oxfordian" authorship.

Other works - conjecturally dated by Looney to a time after the death of the Earl, in 1604 (Shakespeare died in 1616) - such as [The Tempest[/ and [Cymbeline[/, he suggests are not Shakespearean at all.

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Loring, F G: The Tomb of Sarah, v1, 9 December 2009.

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Patricia

F. G. Loring
(Frederick George Loring) (1869–1951)
The Tomb of Sarah (1900)
First published in Pall Mall Magazine, December 1900.

A vampire story. A church restorer has to move a decaying tomb. Then sinister things happen…

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Loti, Pierre: An Iceland Fisherman, v.1, 21 April 2008.

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Patricia

An Iceland Fisherman (Pêcheur d’Islande)
(1886)
Translated by M. Jules Cambon

A story of tragic love, set in the Breton village of Paimpol. In the 19th century, most of the young men joined the cod-fishing fleets, which spent several months each year in Icelandic waters. There was a high risk of mortality.

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Loti, Pierre: Egypt (The Death of Philae) , v.1, 19 June 2008.

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Patricia

Pierre Loti (pseudonym of Louis Marie-Julien Vaud) 1850-1923.
Egypt [La Morte de Phila (1908)
Translated from the French by W P Baines

A travel book. The novelist Pierre loti visited Egypt in 1907 and this is his account of the trip. He is very sympathetic to Islam and generally hostile to the British, who were the colonial power. The book culminates with a description of the temple of Isis on the island of Philae, which was regularly submerged after the British built the Aswan dam.

(The temple complex has now been saved and moved to another island.)

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Loti, Pierre: Madame Chrysanthème, v.1, 18 June 2008.

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Patricia

Pierre Loti (pseudonym of Louis Marie-Julien Vaud) 1850-1923.
Madame Chrysanthème [Japan] (1888)
Translated from the French by Laura Esnor, 1916.

This novel was immensely popular when first published. It was (indirectly) one of the inspirations for Puccini’s opera, ‘Madame Butterfly.’ However, far from being a tragic love-story, one might see it as a story of child sex trafficking.

Pierre Loti was a French naval officer, whose ship was berthed in Japan for six months in 1885. So Loti went to a marriage-broker and bought a temporary Japanese wife. So did several of the other sailors. The girls were between twelve and fifteen years old. This novel is a semi-fictionalised account of Loti’s temporary marriage and his impressions of Japan. He doesn’t like either very much. The girl is described as being like an insect, or a monkey. And it is not until quite late in the book that he gradually begins reluctantly to acknowledge that there may be something in Japanese aesthetic standards. However, Japan is always seen as ‘other’, ‘little’ and ‘feminine.’

Today, the book is often seen as exemplifying the sort of Orientalist discourse criticised by Edward Said.

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Louÿs, Pierre: Aphrodite, v.1 29 Feb 2008.

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Patricia

An erotic novel.

Pierre Louys: Aphrodite: Moeurs Antiques (1896)
Translated from the French by Willis L. Parker.

From Sacred-texts.com:
“Pierre Louys published his first novel, Aphrodite (Mœurs Antiques) in 1896. It was a bestseller, selling 350,000 copies, sealing Louys’ reputation as a popular author of erotic literature.
Set in Ptolemaic Alexandria, … Aphrodite is as much a love story as a crime story. Louys’ decadent, sensual vision of Egypt in classical times is a jeweled setting for a story of transgressive love. The sculptor Demetrios, the favorite of Queen Berenice, falls for a well-to-do courtesan, Chrysis. Much of the story is set in the world of the courtesans, a realm of beauty, luxury, sapphic indulgence, and some dark shadows as well.”

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Lovecraft, H.P.: (possibly) All collected stories in 4 volumes, v1.1

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I have made a 4 volume collection of the stories of HP Lovecraft in chronological order. These were all found on the HP Lovecraft Library (on the internet) and i far as i can tell they are all in the public domain.

As this is my first try ever doing something with eBooks, any feedback is appreciated.

V1.1:
I Fixed the title formatting after a jump to a story from the TOC.

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- Lovecraft's Fiction Volume I, 1905-1925_v1.1.prc

- Lovecraft's Fiction Volume II, 1926-1928_v1.1.prc

- Lovecraft's Fiction Volume III, 1928-1931_v1.1.prc

- Lovecraft's Fiction Volume IV, 1932-1936_v1.1.prc

Lovecraft, H.P.: Almost Complete Works of HPL with TOC V3.0 July 29th, 2008

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Complete works of HPL with TOC, excluding poetry and fragment stories (mostly)

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Lovecraft, H.P.: Call of Cthulhu, v.1 November 2008

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"The Call of Cthulhu" is a story wakening of one of the "Old ones"

Excerpt

"They were not composed altogether of flesh and blood. They had shape...but that shape was not made of matter. When the stars were right, They could plunge from world to world through the sky; but when the stars were wrong, They could not live. But although They no longer lived, They would never really die. They all lay in stone houses in Their great city of R'lyeh, preserved by the spells of mighty Cthulhu for a glorious resurrection when the stars and the earth might once more be ready for Them"
--Source from Wiki

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Lovecraft, H.P.: Fungi From Yuggoth. V1. 3 Jul 2012

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Howard Phillips Lovecraft (August 20, 1890 – March 15, 1937) — known as H. P. Lovecraft — was an American author of horror, fantasy and science fiction, especially the subgenre known as weird fiction.

Poetry

THE BOOK
PURSUIT
THE KEY
RECOGNITION
HOMECOMING
THE LAMP
ZAMAN'S HILL
THE PORT
THE COURTYARD
THE PIGEON-FLYERS
THE WELL
THE HOWLER
HESPERIA
STAR-WINDS
ANTARKTOS
THE WINDOW
A MEMORY
THE GARDENS OF YIN
THE BELLS
NIGHT-GAUNTS
NYARLATHOTEP
AZATHOTH
MIRAGE
THE CANAL
ST. TOAD'S
THE FAMILIARS
THE ELDER PHAROS
EXPECTANCY
NOSTALGIA
BACKGROUND
THE DWELLER
ALIENATION
HARBOUR WHISTLES
RECAPTURE
EVENING STAR
CONTINUITY

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Lovecraft, H.P.: Herbert West Reanimator and Other Horror Stories. V1. 15 Dec 2012

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Howard Phillips Lovecraft (August 20, 1890 – March 15, 1937) — known as H. P. Lovecraft — was an American author of horror, fantasy and science fiction, especially the subgenre known as weird fiction.

HERBERT WEST: REANIMATOR
HYPNOS
THE LURKING FEAR
MEMORY
MUSIC OF ERICH ZANN
THE NAMELESS CITY
NYARLATHOTEP
THE PICTURE IN THE HOUSE
POETRY AND THE GODS
POLARIS

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Lovecraft, H.P.: Selected Essays. V1. 3 Jul 2012

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Howard Phillips Lovecraft (August 20, 1890 – March 15, 1937) — known as H. P. Lovecraft — was an American author of horror, fantasy and science fiction, especially the subgenre known as weird fiction.

SUPERNATURAL HORROR IN LITERATURE
NOTES ON WRITING WEIRD FICTION
A HISTORY OF THE NECRONOMICON
METRICAL REGULARITY
THE ALLOWABLE RHYME
THE DESPISED PASTORAL
AT THE ROOT
CATS AND DOGS

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Lovecraft, H.P.: Supernatural Horror in Literature. v1, 5 Jan 2008

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"Supernatural Horror in Literature" is a non-fiction survey of the field of horror fiction by the famed horror writer H. P. Lovecraft, written between November 1925 and May 1927, and revised in 1933-1934. It was first published in 1927 in the one-shot magazine The Recluse.

Lovecraft examines the roots of weird fiction in the gothic novel (relying heavily on Edith Birkhead's 1921 survey The Tale of Terror), and traces its development through such writers as Nathaniel Hawthorne, Edgar Allan Poe (who merits his own chapter), and Ambrose Bierce. Lovecraft names as the four "modern masters" of horror Arthur Machen, Lord Dunsany, Algernon Blackwood and M. R. James.

An H. P. Lovecraft Encyclopedia calls the work "HPL's most significant literary essay and one of the finest historical analyses of horror literature." Upon reading the essay, M. R. James proclaimed Lovecraft's style "most offensive."

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Lovecraft, H.P.: The Alchemist and Other Horror Stories: V1. 15 Dec 2012

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Howard Phillips Lovecraft (August 20, 1890 – March 15, 1937) — known as H. P. Lovecraft — was an American author of horror, fantasy and science fiction, especially the subgenre known as weird fiction.

THE ALCHEMIST
THE BEAST IN THE CAVE
BEYOND THE WALL OF SLEEP
THE CATS OF ULTHAR
CELEPHAIS
THE CRAWLING CHAOS
DAGON
EX OBLIVIONE
FACTS CONCERNING THE LATE ARTHUR JERMYN AND HIS FAMILY

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Lovecraft, H.P.: The Cthulhu Mythos. V1. 28 Jun 2012

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Howard Phillips Lovecraft (August 20, 1890 – March 15, 1937) — known as H. P. Lovecraft — was an American author of horror, fantasy and science fiction, especially the subgenre known as weird fiction.

NYARLATHOTEP
THE NAMELESS CITY
THE FESTIVAL
THE COLOUR OUT OF SPACE
THE CALL OF CTHULHU
THE DUNWICH HORROR
THE WHISPERER IN DARKNESS
THE DREAMS IN THE WITCH-HOUSE
AT THE MOUNTAINS OF MADNESS
THE SHADOW OVER INNSMOUTH
THE SHADOW OUT OF TIME
THE HAUNTER OF THE DARK
THE THING ON THE DOORSTEP
THE CASE OF CHARLES DEXTER WARD

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Lovecraft, H.P.: The Dream Cycle. V1. 30 Jun 2012

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Howard Phillips Lovecraft (August 20, 1890 – March 15, 1937) — known as H. P. Lovecraft — was an American author of horror, fantasy and science fiction, especially the subgenre known as weird fiction.

POLARIS
BEYOND THE WALL OF SLEEP
THE WHITE SHIP
THE DOOM THAT CAME TO SARNATH
THE STATEMENT OF RANDOLPH CARTER
THE CATS OF ULTHAR
NYARLATHOTEP
CELEPHAÏS
FROM BEYOND
THE NAMELESS CITY
THE OTHER GODS
THE QUEST OF IRANON
AZATHOTH
HYPNOS
WHAT THE MOON BRINGS
THE HOUND
PICKMAN'S MODEL
THE SILVER KEY
THROUGH THE GATES OF THE SILVER KEY
THE DESCENDANT
THE DREAM QUEST OF UNKNOWN KADATH
THE DREAMS IN THE WITCH-HOUSE
THE THING IN THE MOONLIGHT

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Lovecraft, H.P.: The Randolph Carter Stories. V1. 29 Jun 2012

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Howard Phillips Lovecraft (August 20, 1890 – March 15, 1937) — known as H. P. Lovecraft — was an American author of horror, fantasy and science fiction, especially the subgenre known as weird fiction.

THE DREAM QUEST OF UNKNOWN KADATH
THE STATEMENT OF RANDOLPH CARTER
THE UNNAMABLE
THE SILVER KEY
THROUGH THE GATES OF THE SILVER KEY
OUT OF THE AEONS

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Lovecraft, H.P.: Twenty-Nine Tales. V1. 2 Jul 2012

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Howard Phillips Lovecraft (August 20, 1890 – March 15, 1937) — known as H. P. Lovecraft — was an American author of horror, fantasy and science fiction, especially the subgenre known as weird fiction.

THE TOMB
DAGON
A REMINISCENCE OF DR. SAMUEL JOHNSON
SWEET ERMENGARDE—OR THE HEART OF A COUNTRY GIRL
MEMORY
OLD BUGS
THE TRANSITION OF JUAN ROMERO
THE TERRIBLE OLD MAN
FACTS CONCERNING—THE LATE ARTHUR JERMYN—AND HIS FAMILY
THE TREE
THE PICTURE IN THE HOUSE
THE STREET
THE TEMPLE
HERBERT WEST—REANIMATOR
THE OUTSIDER
THE MOON-BOG
THE MUSIC OF ERICH ZANN
THE LURKING FEAR
THE RATS IN THE WALLS
UNDER THE PYRAMIDS
THE SHUNNED HOUSE
HE
IN THE VAULT
THE HORROR AT RED HOOK
COOL AIR
THE VERY OLD FOLK
IBID
THE EVIL CLERGYMAN
THE BOOK

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Lower, Lennie: Here's Luck! V1. 26 November 2012

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Leonard Waldemar Lower (1903-1947) was an newspaper columnist who was rated as "Australia's Funniest Man". a prolific columnist--as many as eight columns a week!-- who published a single novel: Here's Luck! in 1930.

It is the classic story of a minor domestic crisis escalating out of control, until the hero and his teenage son are being pursued all over Sydney (and out into the country) by bookies, police, girls, wives, and mothers-in-law, culminating in the beer party to end all beer parties back in the family terrace house in Sydney.

This edition is based on the Gutenberg Australia text-file edition, with added table of contents and a cover. I have been able to find only one photographic portrait of Lower, a single-column image from a newspaper! His good friend cartoonist "Wep", (William E Pidgeon) who illustrated many of his columns, drew a splendid caricature which is, however, not in the public domain.

"Here's Luck!" is an Australian comedy classic.

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Lowndes, Marie Belloc: From out the Vasty Deep. V1. 17 Jan 2009

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Marie Adelaide Lowndes née Belloc (1868 - 1947). Mrs. Belloc Lowndes, was an English novelist, born in Marylebone, London, the only daughter of French barrister Louis Belloc and Bessie Parkes, and sister of Hilaire Belloc. Her paternal grandfather was the French painter Jean-Hilaire Belloc and her maternal great-grandfather was Joseph Priestley. In 1896 she married Frederic Sawrey Lowndes.
Mrs. Lowndes established her reputation as a teller of stories combining exciting incident with psychological interest. Her first novel The Heart of Penelope was published in 1904. From then on novels, reminiscences and plays came from her quill at the rate of one per year until 1946.

Excerpt
"I always thought that you, Pegler, were such a very sensible woman."
The words were said in a good-natured, though slightly vexed tone; and a curious kind of smile flitted over the rather grim face of the person to whom they were addressed.
"I've never troubled you before in this exact way, have I, ma'am?"
"No, Pegler. That you certainly have not."

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Lowndes, Marie Belloc: Good Old Anna. V1. 18 Jan 2010

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Marie Adelaide Lowndes née Belloc (1868 - 1947). Mrs. Belloc Lowndes, was an English novelist, born in Marylebone, London, the only daughter of French barrister Louis Belloc and Bessie Parkes, and sister of Hilaire Belloc. Her paternal grandfather was the French painter Jean-Hilaire Belloc and her maternal great-grandfather was Joseph Priestley. In 1896 she married Frederic Sawrey Lowndes.
Mrs. Lowndes established her reputation as a teller of stories combining exciting incident with psychological interest. Her first novel The Heart of Penelope was published in 1904. From then on novels, reminiscences and plays came from her quill at the rate of one per year until 1946.

Excerpt
“And now,” asked Miss Forsyth thoughtfully, “and now, my dear Mary, what, may I ask, are you going to do about your good old Anna?”
“Do about Anna?” repeated the other. “I don’t quite understand what you mean.”
In her heart Mrs. Otway thought she understood very well what her old friend, Miss Forsyth, meant by the question. For it was Wednesday, the 5th of August, 1914. England had just declared war on Germany, and Anna was Mrs. Otway’s faithful, highly valued German servant.

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Lowndes, Marie Belloc: Studies in love and in terror. V1. 18 Jan 2010

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Marie Adelaide Lowndes née Belloc (1868 - 1947). Mrs. Belloc Lowndes, was an English novelist, born in Marylebone, London, the only daughter of French barrister Louis Belloc and Bessie Parkes, and sister of Hilaire Belloc. Her paternal grandfather was the French painter Jean-Hilaire Belloc and her maternal great-grandfather was Joseph Priestley. In 1896 she married Frederic Sawrey Lowndes.
Mrs. Lowndes established her reputation as a teller of stories combining exciting incident with psychological interest. Her first novel The Heart of Penelope was published in 1904. From then on novels, reminiscences and plays came from her quill at the rate of one per year until 1946.

Price of Admiralty
The Child
St. Catherine's Eve
The Woman from Purgatory
Why They Married

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Lowndes, Marie Belloc: The Chink in the Armour. V1. 16 Jan 2010

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Marie Adelaide Lowndes née Belloc (1868 - 1947). Mrs. Belloc Lowndes, was an English novelist, born in Marylebone, London, the only daughter of French barrister Louis Belloc and Bessie Parkes, and sister of Hilaire Belloc. Her paternal grandfather was the French painter Jean-Hilaire Belloc and her maternal great-grandfather was Joseph Priestley. In 1896 she married Frederic Sawrey Lowndes.
Mrs. Lowndes established her reputation as a teller of stories combining exciting incident with psychological interest. Her first novel The Heart of Penelope was published in 1904. From then on novels, reminiscences and plays came from her quill at the rate of one per year until 1946.

Excerpt
"But there is one chink in the chain armour of civilized communities. Society is conducted on the assumption that murder will not be committed."—
The Spectator.

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Lowndes, Marie Belloc: The End of Her Honeymoon. V1. 17 Jan 2010

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Marie Adelaide Lowndes née Belloc (1868 - 1947). Mrs. Belloc Lowndes, was an English novelist, born in Marylebone, London, the only daughter of French barrister Louis Belloc and Bessie Parkes, and sister of Hilaire Belloc. Her paternal grandfather was the French painter Jean-Hilaire Belloc and her maternal great-grandfather was Joseph Priestley. In 1896 she married Frederic Sawrey Lowndes.
Mrs. Lowndes established her reputation as a teller of stories combining exciting incident with psychological interest. Her first novel The Heart of Penelope was published in 1904. From then on novels, reminiscences and plays came from her quill at the rate of one per year until 1946.

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All the world was let into the secret, said the Prefect regretfully, "for the family had confided, from the first, in the Press. They thought--what did they not think, poor, foolish people? Among other things they actually believed that the Count had been murdered for political reasons. But no, the explanation was far more simple. That high-minded man, that Christian gentleman, this father of charming children whom he apparently adored, had gone off under a false name, leaving everything that was dear to him, including his large fortune, to throw in his lot with the governess!"

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Lowndes, Marie Belloc: The Lodger, v.1, 15 Jan 2008.

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Marie Belloc Lowndes was an English novelist, the only daughter of French barrister Louis Belloc, and sister of Hilaire Belloc. She established her reputation as a teller of stories combining exciting incident with psychological interest.

In 1913 she published the highly successful novel, The Lodger. The fictionalized story about Jack the Ripper sold more than a million copies and was made into a film three or four times, the most famous being the 1927 silent film by Alfred Hitchcock.

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Lowndes, Marie Belloc: The Lodger. V1. 14 June 2105

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[QUOTMarie Adelaide Elizabeth Rayner Lowndes, née Belloc, was a prolific English novelist. Active from 1898 until her death, she had a literary reputation for combining exciting incident with psychological interest[/QUOT Hitchcock made two movies versions of this novel.

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Lowndes, Marie Belloc: The Uttermost Farthing. V1. 19 Jan 2010

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Marie Adelaide Lowndes née Belloc (1868 - 1947). Mrs. Belloc Lowndes, was an English novelist, born in Marylebone, London, the only daughter of French barrister Louis Belloc and Bessie Parkes, and sister of Hilaire Belloc. Her paternal grandfather was the French painter Jean-Hilaire Belloc and her maternal great-grandfather was Joseph Priestley. In 1896 she married Frederic Sawrey Lowndes.
Mrs. Lowndes established her reputation as a teller of stories combining exciting incident with psychological interest. Her first novel The Heart of Penelope was published in 1904. From then on novels, reminiscences and plays came from her quill at the rate of one per year until 1946.

Excerpt
Laurence Vanderlyn, unpaid attaché at the American Embassy in Paris, strode down the long grey platform marked No. 5, of the Gare de Lyon. It was seven o'clock, the hour at which Paris is dining or is about to dine, and the huge station was almost deserted.
The train de luxe had gone more than an hour ago, the Riviera rapide would not start till ten, but one of those trains bound for the South, curiously named demi-rapides, was timed to leave in twenty minutes.

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Lowndes, Marie Belloc: What Timmy Did. V1. 19 Jan 2010

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Marie Adelaide Lowndes née Belloc (1868 - 1947). Mrs. Belloc Lowndes, was an English novelist, born in Marylebone, London, the only daughter of French barrister Louis Belloc and Bessie Parkes, and sister of Hilaire Belloc. Her paternal grandfather was the French painter Jean-Hilaire Belloc and her maternal great-grandfather was Joseph Priestley. In 1896 she married Frederic Sawrey Lowndes.
Mrs. Lowndes established her reputation as a teller of stories combining exciting incident with psychological interest. Her first novel The Heart of Penelope was published in 1904. From then on novels, reminiscences and plays came from her quill at the rate of one per year until 1946.

Excerpt
The telephone bell rang sharply in the sunlit and charming, if shabby, hall of Old Place.
To John Tosswill there was always something incongruous, and recurringly strange, in this queer link between a little country parish mentioned in Domesday Book and the big bustling modern world.

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Loyola, Saint Ignatius of: Autobiography, v.1, 8 Feb 2008.

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Illustrated.
Edited by John Francis Xavier O’Conor, S.J.
(New York, 1900)

The founder of the Jesuits dictated his memoirs to Fr Louis Gonzalez, and this is an English version which has recently appeared on PG.

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Loyola, St Ignatius: The Spiritual Exercises, v.1 22 March 2008.

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Written c1558. Translated by Father Elder Mullan S.J. and published 1914.

Contains a programme of meditations and examinations.

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Lucas, E. V: A Boswell of Baghdad. v1. 4 May 2015

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Edward Verrall Lucas, (11/12 June 1868 – 26 June 1938) was a famous English humorist, essayist, playwright, biographer, publisher, poet, novelist, short story writer and editor.

A BOSWELL OF BAGHDAD
DIVERSIONS
ON BELLONA’S HEM

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Lucas, E. V: Adventures and Enthusiasms. v1. 3 May 2015

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Edward Verrall Lucas, (11/12 June 1868 – 26 June 1938) was a famous English humorist, essayist, playwright, biographer, publisher, poet, novelist, short story writer and editor.

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There are certain qualities that we all claim. We are probably wrong, of course, but we deceive ourselves into believing that, short as we may fall in other ways, we really can do this or that superlatively well. “I’ll say this for myself,” we remark, with an approving glance in the mirror, “at any rate I’m a good listener”; or, “Whatever I may not be, I’m a good host.” These are things that may be asserted of oneself, by oneself, without undue conceit. “I pride myself on being a wit,” a man may not say; or “I am not ashamed of being the handsomest man in London;” but no one resents the tone of those other arrogations, even if their truth is denied.

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Lucas, E. V: Forgotten Tales of Long Ago. v1. 5 Apr 2015

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Edward Verrall Lucas, (11/12 June 1868 – 26 June 1938) was a famous English humorist, essayist, playwright, biographer, publisher, poet, novelist, short story writer and editor.

Dicky Random
The Months
Jemima Placid
Two Trials
Prince Life
The Farm-Yard Journal
The Fruits of Disobedience
The Rose’s Breakfast
The Three Cakes
Amendment
Scourhill’s Adventures
The Journal
Ellen and George
Waste Not, Want Not
The Bunch of Cherries
The Fugitive
The Butcher’s Tournament
Malleville’s Night of Adventure
The Life and Adventures of Lady Anne
Captain Murderer

Note: 22 Illustrarions

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Lucas, E. V: The Flamp. v1. 4 May 2015

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Edward Verrall Lucas, (11/12 June 1868 – 26 June 1938) was a famous English humorist, essayist, playwright, biographer, publisher, poet, novelist, short story writer and editor.

THE FLAMP
THE AMELIORATOR
THE SCHOOLBOY’S APPRENTICE

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Lucian: True History or Trips to the Moon V1 4 June 2011

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Believed to be one of the first science fiction stories ever written.

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Lucretius: Of the Nature of Things, v1, 07 Sept 2007.

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Lucretius (Titus Lucretius Carus) (c.99-55BCE.)
Of The Nature of Things
(De Rerum Natura)

A Metrical Translation by William Ellery Leonard

A Roman classic from an Epicurean philosopher who wanted to free people from superstition and the fear of death. Little is known about the life of Lucretius but this epic poem has miraculously survived.

Wikipedia says:
‘On the Nature of Things (Latin: De rerum natura) is a first century BC epic poem by the Roman poet and philosopher Lucretius that grandly proclaims the reality of man's role in a universe without a god to help him along. It is a statement of personal responsibility in a world in which everyone is driven by hungers and passions with which they were born and do not understand.
Literally, the title translates as On the Nature of Things. The title is sometimes translated as On the Nature of the Universe, perhaps in order to reflect the scale of its subject matter. Lucretius' view is austere, but nevertheless he points out that a few enlightened individuals can escape periodically from their own hungers and passions and look down with compassion on poor humanity, including themselves, who are on average ignorant, unhappy, and yearning for something better than what they see around them. Personal responsibility then consists of speaking and living personal truth.
Accordingly, On the Nature of Things is Lucretius' personal statement of truth to an ignorant audience. He hopes that someone will hear, understand, and pass on a seed of truth to help improve the world.
The poem consists of the following main arguments.
Substance is eternal.
Atoms move in an infinite void.
The universe is all atoms and void, nothing else. (Hence, Lucretius' view is labeled as atomism.)
The human soul consists of minute atoms that dissipate into smoke when a person dies.
Gods exist, but they did not start the universe, and they have no concern for men.
Likely there are other worlds in the universe much like this one, likewise composed of changing combinations of atoms.
Being mere shifting combinations of atoms, this world and the other worlds are not eternal.
The other worlds out there are not controlled by gods any more than this one.
The forms of life in this world and in the other worlds change, increasing in power for a time and then losing power to other forms.
Humankind went through a savage beginning, and there has been noticeable improvement in skill and ability, but even this world will pass away.
Humankind know by either the senses or by reason.
Senses are dependable.
Reason infers underlying explanations, but reason can reach false inferences. Hence, inferences must be continually verified against the senses.
(Compare to Plato, who believed that senses could be fooled and reason was reliable.)
The senses perceive the macroscopic collisions and interactions of bodies.
But reason infers the atoms and the void to explain what the senses perceive.
Humankind avoid pain and seek what gives them pleasure.
The average person then is driven to maximize pleasure while avoiding pain.
People are born with two big vulnerabilities for hurt, the fear of gods and the fear of death.
But the gods will not hurt you, and death is easy when life is gone.
When you are gone, the atoms in your soul and the atoms in your body will still be here making up something else, a rock, a lake, or a flower.’

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Luther, Martin: An Open Letter on Translating. V1. March 22 2012

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From Wikipedia:[quotMartin Luther (10 November 1483 – 18 February 1546) was a German monk, priest, professor of theology and iconic figure of the Protestant Reformation.[/quot

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Luther, Martin: Commentary on the Epistle to the Galatians.V1.March 22 2012

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From Wikipedia:[quotMartin Luther (10 November 1483 – 18 February 1546) was a German monk, priest, professor of theology and iconic figure of the Protestant Reformation.[/quot

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Luther, Martin: Concerning Christian Liberty.V1.March 22 2012

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From Wikipedia:[quotMartin Luther (10 November 1483 – 18 February 1546) was a German monk, priest, professor of theology and iconic figure of the Protestant Reformation.[/quot

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Luther, Martin: Epistle Sermons Vol. II. V1. March 22 2012

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From Wikipedia:[quotMartin Luther (10 November 1483 – 18 February 1546) was a German monk, priest, professor of theology and iconic figure of the Protestant Reformation.[/quot

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Luther, Martin: Epistle Sermons Vol. III. V1. March 22 2012

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From Wikipedia:[quotMartin Luther (10 November 1483 – 18 February 1546) was a German monk, priest, professor of theology and iconic figure of the Protestant Reformation.[/quot

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Luther, Martin: Epistles of St. Peter & St. Jude.V1. March 22 2012

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From Wikipedia:[quotMartin Luther (10 November 1483 – 18 February 1546) was a German monk, priest, professor of theology and iconic figure of the Protestant Reformation.[/quot

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Luther, Martin: Kleiner & Grosser Katechismus [German]. V1. 17 JUL 2010

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Der Große Katechismus des Martin Luther mit dem Titel "Deudsch Catechismus" (Wittenberg 1529) - für den Unterricht der Kinder und Einfältigen – behandelt in der Form lehrstückhafter Darstellung die fünf Hauptstücke: Dekalog, Symbolum, Vaterunser, Taufe und Abendmahl (mit Beichte).

Der Kleine Katechismus des Martin Luther mit dem Titel "Enchiridion. Der kleine Catechismus für die gemeine Pfarrherrn und Prediger" (Wittenberg 1529) – bringt in 44 nichtnumerierten Fragen und Antworten ebenfalls die fünf Hauptstücke: Dekalog, Symbolum, Vaterunser, Taufsakrament mit Beichte und Altarssakrament.

Quelle: Wikipedia

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Luther, Martin: Large Catechism.V1.March 22 2012

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From Wikipedia:[quotMartin Luther (10 November 1483 – 18 February 1546) was a German monk, priest, professor of theology and iconic figure of the Protestant Reformation.[/quot

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Luther, Martin: Selections from the Table Talk of Martin Luther.V1. March 22 2012

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From Wikipedia:[quotMartin Luther (10 November 1483 – 18 February 1546) was a German monk, priest, professor of theology and iconic figure of the Protestant Reformation.[/quot

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Luther, Martin: Small Catechism.V1.March 22 2012

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From Wikipedia:[quotMartin Luther (10 November 1483 – 18 February 1546) was a German monk, priest, professor of theology and iconic figure of the Protestant Reformation.[/quot

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Luther, Martin: The Smalcald Articles.V1. March 22 2012

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From Wikipedia:[quotMartin Luther (10 November 1483 – 18 February 1546) was a German monk, priest, professor of theology and iconic figure of the Protestant Reformation.[/quot

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Lynch, Lawrence L.: The Diamond Coterie v1 2 feb 2009

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A startling new detective story by the author of Shadowed by Three.(1882)

[QUOTSo, The Diamond Coterie was kind of awesome, and shall henceforth be enshrined in my heart, but it’s hard to know what to say about it, because there was a lot going on. There were a lot of characters, any of whom might turn out to be a detective in disguise, and a number of intertwined plots, although it was hard to say how many because the reader is never given the full confidence of any character.[/QUOT

Self ironic detective tale with a pulpy touch, lots of illustrations and a beautiful original cover.

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Lynch, Lawrence L: Against Odds. v1. 22 Apr 2015

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LYNCH, LAWRENCE L. Pseudonym of Emma Murdoch Van Deventer: 1853-1914.

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Dave Brainerd and I, both professional detectives, ‘man-hunters,’ if you will, were sent to this White City on a twofold mission.

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Lynch, Lawrence L: Dangerous Ground. v1. 24 Apr 2015

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LYNCH, LAWRENCE L. Pseudonym of Emma Murdoch Van Deventer: 1853-1914.

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“Boys, I believe that the assassin is among us; but I have not the faintest suspicion as to his identity. We are ten men brought together by circumstances. We three have known each other back there in the mining camps. The others are acquaintances of the road; good fellows so far as we know them: but nine of us ten are innocent men; one is a murderer! Come, now, and let me prove what I am saying.”

NOTE: 47 Illustrations.

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Lynch, Lawrence L: Madeline Payne. v1. 25 Apr 2015

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LYNCH, LAWRENCE L. Pseudonym of Emma Murdoch Van Deventer: 1853-1914.

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“Then don’t let me go away from you, beauty. Don’t stay here to make dismal meditations among the gloomy trees. Don’t pass all the weary Winter with Curmudgeon, who will marry you to an old bag of gold. Come with me; come to the city and be happy. You shall see all the glories and beauties of the gay, bright world. You shall put dull care far behind you. You shall be my little Queen of Hearts, to love and care for always. Sweetheart, will you come?”

NOTE: 45 Illustrations

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Lynch, Lawrence L: Out of a Labyrinth. v1. 27 Apr 2015

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LYNCH, LAWRENCE L. Pseudonym of Emma Murdoch Van Deventer: 1853-1914.

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I had taken every precaution to conceal my identity, and believed myself in a fair way to unveil the mystery that had brought grief and consternation into the midst of those comfortable, easy-going farmers; and I had been spotted at the very outset! I had been first warned, in a gentlemanly but anonymous fashion, to leave the neighborhood, and then, because I did not avail myself of the very first opportunity to decamp, had been shot from behind a hedge!

NOTE: 37 Illustrations

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Lynch, Lawrence L: The Last Stroke. v1. 24 Apr 2015

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LYNCH, LAWRENCE L. Pseudonym of Emma Murdoch Van Deventer: 1853-1914.

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“Miss Grant,” he cried, excitedly, “he wa’n’t there, nor haint been; an’ Mr. Doran’s startin’ right out, with two or three other men, to hunt him. He says there’s somethin’ wrong about it.”

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Lynde, Francis: A Fool for Love. V1. 20 Jan 2010

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Lynde, Francis, 1856-1930

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Engine Number 206, narrow gauge, was pushing, or rather failing to push, the old-fashioned box-plow through the crusted drifts on the uptilted shoulder of Plug Mountain, at altitude ten thousand feet, with the mercury at twelve below zero. There was a wind—the winter day above timber-line without its wind is as rare as a thawing Christmas—and it cut like knives through any garmenting lighter than fur or leather. The cab of the 206 was old and weather-shaken, and Ford pulled the collar of his buffalo coat about his ears when the grunting of the exhaust and the shrilling of the wheels on the snow-shod rails stopped abruptly.
Lynde, Francis: Empire Builders. V1. 19 Jan 2010
It was a December morning,—the Missouri December of mild temperatures and saturated skies,—and the Chicago and Alton's fast train, dripping from the rush through the wet night, had steamed briskly to its terminal track in the Union Station at Kansas City.
Two men, one smoking a short pipe and the other snapping the ash from a scented cigarette, stood aloof from the hurrying throngs on the platform, looking on with the measured interest of those who are in a melee but not of it.

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Lynde, Francis: Branded v1 23 nov 2008

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This western that in fact is more of a mystery case does not have the most original plot in the world, but is very readable and keeps up the rhythm. Here is how the book begins:
[QUOTIt was not until the evening when old John Runnels, who had been the town marshal in my school days, and was now chief of police under the new city charter, came into the dingy little private banking room to arrest me that I began to realize, though only in a sort of dumb and dazed fashion, how much my promise to Agatha Geddis might be going to cost me.

But even if the full meaning of the promise had been grasped at the time when my word was given, it is an open question if the earlier recognition of the possible consequences would have made any difference. Before we go any farther, let it be clearly understood that there was no sentiment involved; at least, no sentimental sentiment. Years before, I, like most of the other town boys of my age, had taken my turn as Agatha's fetcher and carrier; but that was only a passing spasm—a gust of the calf-love which stirs up momentary whirlwinds in youthful hearts. The real reason for the promise-making lay deeper. Abel Geddis had been crabbedly kind to me, helping me through my final year in the High School after my father died, and taking me into his private bank the week after I was graduated. And Agatha was Abel Geddis's daughter. [/QUOT
It's "Cherchez la femme"-time again, folks!

I found this book by accident browsing PG and was quite intrigued. It was published in 1918.

Apart from his vital stats (1856-1930), I didn't find any info about Francis Lynde.

As always streamlined, added a TOC and a cover.

Have fun

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Lynde, Francis: Empire Builders. V1. 19 Jan 2010

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Lynde, Francis, 1856-1930

Excerpt
Engine Number 206, narrow gauge, was pushing, or rather failing to push, the old-fashioned box-plow through the crusted drifts on the uptilted shoulder of Plug Mountain, at altitude ten thousand feet, with the mercury at twelve below zero. There was a wind—the winter day above timber-line without its wind is as rare as a thawing Christmas—and it cut like knives through any garmenting lighter than fur or leather. The cab of the 206 was old and weather-shaken, and Ford pulled the collar of his buffalo coat about his ears when the grunting of the exhaust and the shrilling of the wheels on the snow-shod rails stopped abruptly.

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Lynde, Francis: The Grafters. V1. 20 Jan 2010

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Lynde, Francis, 1856-1930

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Later, one Jethro Simsby, a Mormon deserter, set up his rod and staff on the banks of the creek, home-steaded a quarter-section of the sage-brush plain, and in due time came to be known as the Dry Creek cattle king. And the cow-camp was still Simsby's when the locating engineers of the Western Pacific, searching for tank stations in a land where water was scarce and hard to come by, drove their stakes along the north line of the quarter-section; and having named their last station Alphonse, christened this one Gaston.

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Lynde, Francis: The Honorable Senator Sage-Brush. V1. 21 Jan 2010

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Lynde, Francis, 1856-1930

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Some one was giving a dinner dance at the country club, and Blount, who was a week-end guest of the Beverleys, was ill-natured enough to be resentful. What right had a gay and frivolous world to come and thrust its light-hearted happiness upon him when Patricia had said "No"? It was like bullying a cripple, he told himself morosely, and when he had read the single telegram which had come while he was at dinner he begged Mrs. Beverley's indulgence and went out to find a chair in a corner of the veranda where the frivolities had not as yet intruded.

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Lynde, Francis: The Master of Appleby. V1. 21 Jan 2010

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Lynde, Francis, 1856-1930

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The summer day was all but spent when Richard Jennifer, riding express, brought me Captain Falconnet's challenge.
'Twas a dayfall to be marked with a white stone, even in our Carolina calendar. The sun, reaching down to the mountain-girt horizon in the west, filled all the upper air with the glory of its departing, and the higher leaf plumes of the great maples before my cabin door wrought lustrous patterns in gilded green upon a zenith background of turquoise shot with crimson, like the figurings of some rich old tapestries I had once seen in my field-marshal's castle in the Mark of Moravia.

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Lynde, Francis: The Price. V1. 22 Jan 2010

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Lynde, Francis, 1856-1930

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In the days when New Orleans still claimed distinction as the only American city without trolleys, sky-scrapers, or fast trains—was it yesterday? or the day before?—there was a dingy, cobwebbed café in an arcade off Camp Street which was well-beloved of newspaperdom; particularly of that wing of the force whose activities begin late and end in the small hours.

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Lynde, Francis: The Quickening. V1. 22 Jan 2009

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Lynde, Francis, 1856-1930

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The revival in Paradise Valley, conducted by the Reverend Silas Crafts, of South Tredegar, was in the middle of its second week, and the field—to use Brother Crafts' own word—was white to the harvest.
Little Zoar, the square, weather-tinged wooden church at the head of the valley, built upon land donated to the denomination in times long past by an impenitent but generous Major Dabney, stood a little way back from the pike in a grove of young pines. By half-past six of the June evening the revivalist's congregation had begun to assemble.

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Lynde, Francis: The Taming of Red Butte Western. V1. 22 Jan 2010

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Lynde, Francis, 1856-1930

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The windows of the division head-quarters of the Pacific Southwestern at Copah look northward over bald, brown mesas, and across the Pannikin to the eroded cliffs of the Uintah Hills. The prospect, lacking vegetation, artistic atmosphere, and color, is crude and rather harshly aggressive; and to Lidgerwood, glooming thoughtfully out upon it through the weather-worn panes scratched and bedimmed by many desert sandstorms, it was peculiarly depressing.

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Løland, Rasmus: Det store nashorne [Norwegian].v1. 29 Apr 2014

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Nasjonalbiblioteket har gitt ut de første 35 av 100 planlagte epub-bøker. Bøkene er korrekturlest, men noen litt uvanlige valg med hensyn til oppsett ødelegger leseopplevelsen litt. F. eks. er sidetall/sideombrekning beholdt. Jeg har endret på layout for å gi, i mine øyne, en bedre leseopplevelse.

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Løland, Rasmus: Kvitebjørnen [Norwegian] (Illustrated).v1. 29 Apr 2014

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Nasjonalbiblioteket har gitt ut de første 35 av 100 planlagte epub-bøker. Bøkene er korrekturlest, men noen litt uvanlige valg med hensyn til oppsett ødelegger leseopplevelsen litt. F. eks. er sidetall/sideombrekning beholdt. Jeg har endret på layout for å gi, i mine øyne, en bedre leseopplevelse.

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M'Govan, James: The Edinburgh Detective, 1883, v1, 12 Nov 2021

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Pioneer regional crime stories, with a lot of Edinburgh working class dialect. This edition from the American reprint in the "Old Cap Collier" Library. Thirteen short crime stories.

1: The Chinese Chessmen
2: The Broken Cairngorm
3: Billy's Bite
4: The Captain's Chronometer
5: The Changed Diamond Brooch
6: Betty's Bracelet
7: The White Waistcoat
8: The Berwick Burr
9: The Torn Tartan Shawl
10: A White Savage
11: A Dream of Murder
12: The Wrong Umbrella
13: The Family Bible

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Macaulay, Baron T.B.: Lays of Ancient Rome. V1 24/8/2018

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The book was referenced in a movie I watched last night. Oblivion (2013) and I just had to look it up.

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Macchiavelli, Niccolò: The Prince (1532), v1

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Short (32,000 words) treatise on the role of the Prince (ie ruler), not published until after the author's death. I have endeavoured to give a slightly renaissance flavour to this edition, although I am fairly sure, in the absence of an Italian first edition to check against, that there was no table of contents in 1532.

Gave us the adjective "machiavellian".

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MacDonald, George: Lilith. v1. 27 Sept 14

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MacDonald, George: Lilith. v1. 27 Sept 14

This is a conversion to mobi format of Dr. Drib's 2007 LRF upload of [Lilith[/ by George MacDonald.

MacDonald was a Christian Universalist who believed that all people would ultimately be saved, and although his theology was far removed from the theology of C.S. Lewis, his writings had a profound influence on the historian. In this story, the protagonist, Mr. Vane, after following a mysterious librarian through a mirror to a parallel dimension, has many adventures in that strange realm and meets Adam's first wife, Lilith.

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MacDonald, George: Sir Gibbie. v1. 14 Jun 2014

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I was surprised this book was not already here. A good friend described it as "a book full of goodness."

Here's Sir Gibbie, from the epub version at Guttenberg.org, cleaned up in Sigil and processed via Calibre.

share and enjoy!
:book2:

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MacDonald, George: The Portent and Other Stories. v1. 10 Jan 2026

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George MacDonald (1824–1905) is considered a father of modern fantasy, influencing writers like C.S. Lewis and J.R.R. Tolkien. His works explore deep themes of faith, the soul, and the human condition through allegorical and imaginative storytelling.

This collection of supernatural tales features the title story about a young man in the Scottish Highlands who experiences "second sight." (It is MacDonald’s only novel that can be classified as horror.) The stories blend realism with fantasy, mystery, and spiritual themes like fate, redemption, and the battle between good and evil. The collection is known for its eerie atmosphere, vivid imagery, and exploration of profound moral and philosophical questions through its fantastical elements, making it a bridge between fantasy and realistic fiction.

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List of stories:
The Portent (novella)
The Cruel Painter
The Castle
The Wow o’ Riven
The Broken Swords
The Gray Wolf
Uncle Cornelius, His Story
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[Contents were first published 1854 ~ 1871; the collection first published 1909. This book is in the public domain worldwide, because the author died more than 100 years ago, and it was published prior to 1930.[/
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Macdonell, A G: Autobiography of a Cad (1938), v1 5 March 2019

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Outrageously funny novel by A G Macdonell, author of "England, Their Engand"; a literary ancestor of the Flashman stories.

Edward Percival Fox-Ingleby (b 1889) traces his rise in wealth and prominence from early days at Eton and Oxford, shameless toadying, war profiteering, and money-making schemes such as building a bungalow housing development on an area of outstanding natural beauty, to devious manipulation of markets and even his own wife and child.

The tale ends specifically in 1926, and leaves the reader hoping that the crash of 1929 ruined him, but with the uneasy feeling that, like Joe Kennedy, he would somehow make a fortune out of that, too.

Text source Faded Page; cover re-created from 1st Ed dust jacket. (Original cover scan was too grotty!)

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Macdonell, A G: How Like an Angel (1934), v1: 1 April 2019

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How a young and naive Englishmen, brought up in isolation in the South Seas, is mistaken for the celebrated movie star Michael Seeley, and what follows.

Young Hugo Smith finds himself in thrall to the movie company, because the real Michael Seeley has gone AWOL at the beginning of a huge publicity swing through Britain. The bewildered Hugo finds himself "married" to Seeley's tempestuous film star wife, and dragged through a wild assortment of publicity stunts such as parachuting into Welsh Harp (the lake, not the pub), finding Britain, the land of his birth, a bizarre and confusing place.

Macdonell takes a satirical swing at many British institutions from Test Cricket to gentlemen's Clubs, as Hugo frantically tried to find a way to escape.

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Macdonell, A. G.: England, Their England v1.0 2017-09-23

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Here we have a hand crafted edition of [England, Their England[/ by A.G. Macdonell. There is no Mobi version.

[quotBanished from his native Scotland by a curious clause in his father’s will, Donald Cameron moves to London and decides to conduct a study of the English people; a strange race who, he is told, have built an entire national identity around a reverence for team spirit and the memory of Lord Nelson . . .

What follows is one of the funniest social satires ever written. Whether Cameron is haplessly participating in a village cricket match, being shown around an exclusive golf course, or trying to watch a rugby match in the thick London fog, his affectionately bemused portrait of his new countrymen is a joy to read.[/quot

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Macdonell, A. G.: The Factory on the Cliff (1928); v1

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A G Macdonell, 1895-1941

Best known for his gently humourous "England, Their England", already in this Library, Macdonnell also wrote six crime novels under the name "Neil Gordon". This is one of them.

What is the secret of the factory on the cliff, the strange scientist who operates it, and his beautiful daughter?

The original title was apparently "Professor's Poison".

(The cover is my own, using one of my own photos, of a derelict factory in London, as the background.)

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Macdonell, A. G.: The Shakespeare Murders (1933), v1

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A G Macdonell, 1895-1941

Best known for his gently humorous "England, Their England", already in this Library, Macdonnell also wrote six crime novels under the name "Neil Gordon". This is one of them.

The tale involves a famous (or rather infamous) crook known as The Duke, a very dodgy art dealer, and what just may be an entire page, in Shakespeare's own hand, of one of his plays.

(I created the cover, with one of my own photos taken in England so long ago it's on Kodak film. No prizes for identifying the location.)

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MacGrath, Harold: A Splendid Hazard. V1. 14 Feb 2009

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Harold MacGrath (September 4, 1871 - October 30, 1932) was a bestselling American novelist, short story writer, and screenwriter.
Also known occasionally as Harold McGrath, he was born in Syracuse, New York. As a young man, he worked as a reporter and columnist on the Syracuse Herald newspaper until the late 1890s when he published his first novel, a romance titled "Arms and the Woman." According to the New York Times, his next book, "The Puppet Crown," was the No.7 bestselling book in the United States for all of 1901. From that point on, MacGrath never looked back, writing novels for the mass market about love, adventure, mystery, spies, and the like at an average rate of more than one a year. He would have three more of his books that were among the top ten bestselling books of the year. At the same time, he penned a number of short stories for major American magazines such as The Saturday Evening Post, Ladies Home Journal, and Red Book magazine. Several of MacGrath's novels were serialized in these magazines and contributing to them was something he would continue to do until his death in 1932.

Excerpt
A blurring rain fell upon Paris that day; a rain so fine and cold that it penetrated the soles of men’s shoes and their hearts alike, a dispiriting drizzle through which the pale, acrid smoke of innumerable wood fires faltered upward from the clustering chimney-pots, only to be rent into fragments and beaten down upon the glistening tiles of the mansard roofs. The wide asphalts reflected the horses and carriages and trains and pedestrians in forms grotesque, zigzagging, flitting, amusing, like a shadow-play upon a wrinkled, wind-blown curtain. The sixteenth of June. To Fitzgerald there was something electric in the date, a tingle of that ecstasy which frequently comes into the blood of a man to whom the romance of a great battle is more than its history or its effect upon the destinies of human beings. Many years before, this date had marked the end to a certain hundred days, the eclipse of a sun more dazzling than Rome, in the heyday of her august Caesars, had ever known: Waterloo. A little corporal of artillery; from a cocked hat to a crown, from Corsica to St. Helena: Napoleon.

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MacGrath, Harold: Arms and the Woman. V1. 14 Feb 2009

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Harold MacGrath (September 4, 1871 - October 30, 1932) was a bestselling American novelist, short story writer, and screenwriter.
Also known occasionally as Harold McGrath, he was born in Syracuse, New York. As a young man, he worked as a reporter and columnist on the Syracuse Herald newspaper until the late 1890s when he published his first novel, a romance titled "Arms and the Woman." According to the New York Times, his next book, "The Puppet Crown," was the No.7 bestselling book in the United States for all of 1901. From that point on, MacGrath never looked back, writing novels for the mass market about love, adventure, mystery, spies, and the like at an average rate of more than one a year. He would have three more of his books that were among the top ten bestselling books of the year. At the same time, he penned a number of short stories for major American magazines such as The Saturday Evening Post, Ladies Home Journal, and Red Book magazine. Several of MacGrath's novels were serialized in these magazines and contributing to them was something he would continue to do until his death in 1932.

Excerpt
The first time I met her I was a reporter in the embryonic state and she was a girl in short dresses. It was in a garden, surrounded by high red brick walls which were half hidden by clusters of green vines, and at the base of which nestled earth-beds, radiant with roses and poppies and peonies and bushes of lavender lilacs, all spilling their delicate ambrosia on the mild air of passing May. I stood, straw hat in hand, wondering if I had not stumbled into some sweet prison of flowers which, having run disobedient ways in the past, had been placed here by Flora, and forever denied their native meadows and wildernesses. And this vision of fresh youth in my path, perhaps she was some guardian nymph. I was only twenty-two-a most impressionable age. Her hair was like that rare October brown, half dun, half gold; her eyes were cool and restful, like the brown pools one sees in the heart of the forests, and her lips and cheeks cozened the warm vermilion of the rose which lay ever so lightly on the bosom of her white dress. Close at hand was a table upon which stood a pitcher of lemonade. She was holding in her hand an empty glass. As my eyes encountered her calm, inquiring gaze, my courage fled precipitately, likewise the object of my errand. There was a pause; diffidence and embarrassment on my side, placidity on hers.

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MacGrath, Harold: Drums of Jeopardy. V1. 15 Feb 2009

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Harold MacGrath (September 4, 1871 - October 30, 1932) was a bestselling American novelist, short story writer, and screenwriter.
Also known occasionally as Harold McGrath, he was born in Syracuse, New York. As a young man, he worked as a reporter and columnist on the Syracuse Herald newspaper until the late 1890s when he published his first novel, a romance titled "Arms and the Woman." According to the New York Times, his next book, "The Puppet Crown," was the No.7 bestselling book in the United States for all of 1901. From that point on, MacGrath never looked back, writing novels for the mass market about love, adventure, mystery, spies, and the like at an average rate of more than one a year. He would have three more of his books that were among the top ten bestselling books of the year. At the same time, he penned a number of short stories for major American magazines such as The Saturday Evening Post, Ladies Home Journal, and Red Book magazine. Several of MacGrath's novels were serialized in these magazines and contributing to them was something he would continue to do until his death in 1932.

Excerpt
A fast train drew into Albany, on the New York Central, from the West. It was three-thirty of a chill March morning in the first year of peace. A pall of fog lay over the world so heavy that it beaded the face and hands and deposited a fairy diamond dust upon wool. The station lights had the visibility of stars, and like the stars were without refulgence—a pale golden aureola, perhaps three feet in diameter, and beyond, nothing. The few passengers who alighted and the train itself had the same nebulosity of drab fish in a dim aquarium.
Among the passengers to detrain was a man in a long black coat. The high collar was up. The man wore a derby hat, well down upon his head, after the English mode. An English kitbag, battered and scarred, swung heavily from his hand. He immediately strode for the station wall and stood with his back to it. He was almost invisible. He remained motionless until the other detrained passengers swam past, until the red tail lights of the last coach vanished into the deeps; then he rushed for the exit to the street.

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MacGrath, Harold: Half a Rogue. V1. 15 Feb 2009

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Harold MacGrath (September 4, 1871 - October 30, 1932) was a bestselling American novelist, short story writer, and screenwriter.
Also known occasionally as Harold McGrath, he was born in Syracuse, New York. As a young man, he worked as a reporter and columnist on the Syracuse Herald newspaper until the late 1890s when he published his first novel, a romance titled "Arms and the Woman." According to the New York Times, his next book, "The Puppet Crown," was the No.7 bestselling book in the United States for all of 1901. From that point on, MacGrath never looked back, writing novels for the mass market about love, adventure, mystery, spies, and the like at an average rate of more than one a year. He would have three more of his books that were among the top ten bestselling books of the year. At the same time, he penned a number of short stories for major American magazines such as The Saturday Evening Post, Ladies Home Journal, and Red Book magazine. Several of MacGrath's novels were serialized in these magazines and contributing to them was something he would continue to do until his death in 1932.

Excerpt
It was Warrington’s invariable habit-when no business or social engagement pressed him to go elsewhere-to drop into a certain quaint little restaurant just off Broadway for his dinners. It was out of the way; the throb and rattle of the great commercial artery became like the far-off murmur of the sea, restful rather than annoying. He always made it a point to dine alone, undisturbed. The proprietor nor his silent-footed waiters had the slightest idea who Warrington was. To them he was simply a profitable customer who signified that he dined there in order to be alone His table was up stairs. Below, there was always the usual dinner crowd till theater time; and the music had the faculty of luring his thoughts astray, being, as he was, fonder of music than of work. As a matter of fact, it was in this little restaurant that he winnowed the day’s ideas, revamped scenes, trimmed the rough edges of his climaxes, revised this epigram or rejected this or that line; all on the backs of envelopes and on the margins of newspapers. In his den at his bachelor apartments, he worked; but here he dreamed, usually behind the soothing, opalescent veil of Madame Nicotine.

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MacGrath, Harold: Hearts and Masks. V1. 15 Feb 2009

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Harold MacGrath (September 4, 1871 - October 30, 1932) was a bestselling American novelist, short story writer, and screenwriter.
Also known occasionally as Harold McGrath, he was born in Syracuse, New York. As a young man, he worked as a reporter and columnist on the Syracuse Herald newspaper until the late 1890s when he published his first novel, a romance titled "Arms and the Woman." According to the New York Times, his next book, "The Puppet Crown," was the No.7 bestselling book in the United States for all of 1901. From that point on, MacGrath never looked back, writing novels for the mass market about love, adventure, mystery, spies, and the like at an average rate of more than one a year. He would have three more of his books that were among the top ten bestselling books of the year. At the same time, he penned a number of short stories for major American magazines such as The Saturday Evening Post, Ladies Home Journal, and Red Book magazine. Several of MacGrath's novels were serialized in these magazines and contributing to them was something he would continue to do until his death in 1932.

Excerpt
It all depends upon the manner of your entrance to the Castle of Adventure. One does not have to scale its beetling parapets or assault its scarps and frowning bastions; neither is one obliged to force with clamor and blaring trumpets and glittering gorgets the drawbridge and portcullis. Rather the pathway lies through one of those many little doors, obscure, yet easily accessible, latchless and boltless, to which the average person gives no particular attention, and yet which invariably lead to the very heart of this Castle Delectable. The whimsical chatelaine of this enchanted keep is a shy goddess. Circumspection has no part in her affairs, nor caution, nor practicality; nor does her eye linger upon the dullard and the blunderer. Imagination solves the secret riddle, and wit is the guide that leads the seeker through the winding, bewildering labyrinths.

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MacGrath, Harold: Pagan Madonna v1 4 dec 2008

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Harold MacGrath (September 4, 1871 - October 30, 1932) was a bestselling American novelist, short story writer, and screenwriter.(Wikipedia)

Pagan Madonna is a classical action-adventure tale (with some romance mixed in):
[QUOTAnd yet every move you make is governed by Chance — the Blind Madonna of the Pagan, as that great adventurer, Stevenson, called it. You never stop to consider that it is only by chance that you leave home and arrive at the office alive — millions and millions of you — poor old stick-in-the-muds! Because this or that hasn’t happened to you, you can’t be made to believe that it might have happened to someone else. What’s a wood fire to you but a shin warmer? And how you hate to walk alone! So sheer off — this is not for you.

But to you, fenced in by circumstance, walls of breathless brick and stone, suffocating with longing, you whose thought springs ever toward the gorgeous sunset and the ends of rainbows; who fly in dreams across the golden south seas to the far countries, you whose imagination transforms every ratty old square-rigger that pokes down the bay into a Spanish galleon — come with me.

[For to admire an’ for to see,
For to be’old this world so wide.[/

First off, Ling Foo, of Woosung Road, perhaps the most bewildered Chinaman in all Shanghai last April. The Blind Madonna flung him into a great game and immediately cast him out of it, giving him never an inkling of what the game was about and leaving him buffeted by the four winds of wonder.

A drama — he was sure of that — had rolled up, touched him icily if slightly, and receded, like a wave on the beach, without his knowing in the least what had energized it in his direction. During lulls, for years to come, Ling Foo’s consciousness would strive to press behind the wall for a key to the riddle; for years to come he would be searching the International Bund, Nanking Road, Broadway and Bubbling Well roads for the young woman with the wonderful ruddy hair and the man who walked with the sluing lurch.[/QUOT
Nice beginning, isn't it?

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MacGrath, Harold: Parrot & Co. V1. 16 Feb 2009

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Harold MacGrath (September 4, 1871 - October 30, 1932) was a bestselling American novelist, short story writer, and screenwriter.
Also known occasionally as Harold McGrath, he was born in Syracuse, New York. As a young man, he worked as a reporter and columnist on the Syracuse Herald newspaper until the late 1890s when he published his first novel, a romance titled "Arms and the Woman." According to the New York Times, his next book, "The Puppet Crown," was the No.7 bestselling book in the United States for all of 1901. From that point on, MacGrath never looked back, writing novels for the mass market about love, adventure, mystery, spies, and the like at an average rate of more than one a year. He would have three more of his books that were among the top ten bestselling books of the year. At the same time, he penned a number of short stories for major American magazines such as The Saturday Evening Post, Ladies Home Journal, and Red Book magazine. Several of MacGrath's novels were serialized in these magazines and contributing to them was something he would continue to do until his death in 1932.

Excerpt
It began somewhere in the middle of the world, between London which is the beginning and New York which is the end, where all things are east of the one and west of the other. To be precise, a forlorn landing on the west bank of the muddy turbulent Irrawaddy, remembered by man only so often as it was necessary for the flotilla boat to call for paddy, a visiting commissioner anxious to get away, or a family homeward-bound. Somewhere in the northeast was Mandalay, but lately known in romance, verse and song; somewhere in the southeast lay Prome, known only in guide-books and time-tables; and farther south, Rangoon, sister to Singapore, the half-way house of the derelicts of the world. On the east side of the river, over there, was a semblance of civilization. That is to say, men wore white linen, avoided murder, and frequently paid their gambling debts. But on this west side stood wilderness, not the kind one reads about as being eventually conquered by white men; no, the real grim desolation, where the ax cuts but leaves no blaze, where the pioneer disappears and few or none follow. The pioneer has always been a successful pugilist, but in this part of Burma fate, out of pure admiration for the pygmy's gameness, decided to call the battle a draw. It was not the wilderness of the desert, of the jungle; rather the tragic hopeless state of a settlement that neither progressed, retarded, nor stood still.

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MacGrath, Harold: The Adventures of Kathlyn. V1. 16 Feb 2009

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Harold MacGrath (September 4, 1871 - October 30, 1932) was a bestselling American novelist, short story writer, and screenwriter.
Also known occasionally as Harold McGrath, he was born in Syracuse, New York. As a young man, he worked as a reporter and columnist on the Syracuse Herald newspaper until the late 1890s when he published his first novel, a romance titled "Arms and the Woman." According to the New York Times, his next book, "The Puppet Crown," was the No.7 bestselling book in the United States for all of 1901. From that point on, MacGrath never looked back, writing novels for the mass market about love, adventure, mystery, spies, and the like at an average rate of more than one a year. He would have three more of his books that were among the top ten bestselling books of the year. At the same time, he penned a number of short stories for major American magazines such as The Saturday Evening Post, Ladies Home Journal, and Red Book magazine. Several of MacGrath's novels were serialized in these magazines and contributing to them was something he would continue to do until his death in 1932.

Excerpt
Under a canopied platform stood a young girl, modeling in clay. The glare of the California sunshine, filtering through the canvas, became mellowed, warm and golden. Above the girl's head—yellow like the stalk of wheat—there hovered a kind of aureola, as if there had risen above it a haze of impalpable gold dust.

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MacGrath, Harold: The Blue Rajah Murder, v1, (1929), 10 Aug 2024

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Prolific novelist of lively, light action/romance/crime thrillers, and writer of numerous silent movies of the same genre. Quite a few of his other novels can already be found in the Kindle section of the MobileRead Library.

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MacGrath, Harold: The Goose Girl. V1. 16 Feb 2009

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Harold MacGrath (September 4, 1871 - October 30, 1932) was a bestselling American novelist, short story writer, and screenwriter.
Also known occasionally as Harold McGrath, he was born in Syracuse, New York. As a young man, he worked as a reporter and columnist on the Syracuse Herald newspaper until the late 1890s when he published his first novel, a romance titled "Arms and the Woman." According to the New York Times, his next book, "The Puppet Crown," was the No.7 bestselling book in the United States for all of 1901. From that point on, MacGrath never looked back, writing novels for the mass market about love, adventure, mystery, spies, and the like at an average rate of more than one a year. He would have three more of his books that were among the top ten bestselling books of the year. At the same time, he penned a number of short stories for major American magazines such as The Saturday Evening Post, Ladies Home Journal, and Red Book magazine. Several of MacGrath's novels were serialized in these magazines and contributing to them was something he would continue to do until his death in 1932.

Excerpt
An old man, clothed in picturesque patches and tatters, paused and leaned on his stout oak staff. He was tired. He drew off his rusty felt hat, swept a sleeve across his forehead, and sighed. He had walked many miles that day, and even now the journey's end, near as it really was, seemed far away. Ah, but he would sleep soundly that night, whether the bed were of earth or of straw. His peasant garb rather enhanced his fine head. His eyes were blue and clear and far-seeing, the eyes of a hunter or a woodsman, of a man who watches the shadows in the forest at night or the dim, wavering lines on the horizon at daytime; things near or far or roundabout. His brow was high, his nose large and bridged; a face of more angles than contours, bristling with gray spikes, like one who has gone unshaven several days. His hands, folded over the round, polished knuckle of his staff, were tanned and soiled, but they were long and slender, and the callouses were pink, a certain indication that they were fresh.

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MacGrath, Harold: The Grey Cloak. V1. 17 Feb 2009

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Harold MacGrath (September 4, 1871 - October 30, 1932) was a bestselling American novelist, short story writer, and screenwriter.
Also known occasionally as Harold McGrath, he was born in Syracuse, New York. As a young man, he worked as a reporter and columnist on the Syracuse Herald newspaper until the late 1890s when he published his first novel, a romance titled "Arms and the Woman." According to the New York Times, his next book, "The Puppet Crown," was the No.7 bestselling book in the United States for all of 1901. From that point on, MacGrath never looked back, writing novels for the mass market about love, adventure, mystery, spies, and the like at an average rate of more than one a year. He would have three more of his books that were among the top ten bestselling books of the year. At the same time, he penned a number of short stories for major American magazines such as The Saturday Evening Post, Ladies Home Journal, and Red Book magazine. Several of MacGrath's novels were serialized in these magazines and contributing to them was something he would continue to do until his death in 1932.

Excerpt
A man enveloped in a handsome grey cloak groped through a dark alley which led into the fashionable district of the Rue de Béthisy. From time to time he paused, with a hand to his ear, as if listening. Satisfied that the alley was deserted save for his own presence, he would proceed, hugging the walls. The cobbles were icy, and scarce a moment passed in which he did not have to struggle to maintain his balance.

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MacGrath, Harold: The Lure of the Mask. V1. 17 Feb 2009

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Harold MacGrath (September 4, 1871 - October 30, 1932) was a bestselling American novelist, short story writer, and screenwriter.
Also known occasionally as Harold McGrath, he was born in Syracuse, New York. As a young man, he worked as a reporter and columnist on the Syracuse Herald newspaper until the late 1890s when he published his first novel, a romance titled "Arms and the Woman." According to the New York Times, his next book, "The Puppet Crown," was the No.7 bestselling book in the United States for all of 1901. From that point on, MacGrath never looked back, writing novels for the mass market about love, adventure, mystery, spies, and the like at an average rate of more than one a year. He would have three more of his books that were among the top ten bestselling books of the year. At the same time, he penned a number of short stories for major American magazines such as The Saturday Evening Post, Ladies Home Journal, and Red Book magazine. Several of MacGrath's novels were serialized in these magazines and contributing to them was something he would continue to do until his death in 1932.

Excerpt
Out of the unromantic night, out of the somber blurring January fog, came a voice lifted in song, a soprano, rich, full and round, young, yet matured, sweet and mysterious as a night-bird's, haunting and elusive as the murmur of the sea in a shell: a lilt from La Fille de Madame Angot, a light opera long since forgotten in New York. Hillard, genuinely astonished, lowered his pipe and listened. To sit dreaming by an open window, even in this unlovely first month of the year, in that grim unhandsome city which boasts of its riches and still accepts with smug content its rows upon rows of ugly architecture, to sit dreaming, then, of red-tiled roofs, of cloud-caressed hills, of terraced vineyards, of cypresses in their dark aloofness, is not out of the natural order of things; but that into this idle and pleasant dream there should enter so divine a voice, living, feeling, pulsing, this was not ordinary at all.

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MacGrath, Harold: The Man on the Box. V1. 18 Feb 2009

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Harold MacGrath (September 4, 1871 - October 30, 1932) was a bestselling American novelist, short story writer, and screenwriter.
Also known occasionally as Harold McGrath, he was born in Syracuse, New York. As a young man, he worked as a reporter and columnist on the Syracuse Herald newspaper until the late 1890s when he published his first novel, a romance titled "Arms and the Woman." According to the New York Times, his next book, "The Puppet Crown," was the No.7 bestselling book in the United States for all of 1901. From that point on, MacGrath never looked back, writing novels for the mass market about love, adventure, mystery, spies, and the like at an average rate of more than one a year. He would have three more of his books that were among the top ten bestselling books of the year. At the same time, he penned a number of short stories for major American magazines such as The Saturday Evening Post, Ladies Home Journal, and Red Book magazine. Several of MacGrath's novels were serialized in these magazines and contributing to them was something he would continue to do until his death in 1932.

Excerpt
If you will carefully observe any map of the world that is divided into inches at so many miles to the inch, you will be surprised as you calculate the distance between that enchanting Paris of France and the third-precinct police-station of Washington, D. C, which is not enchanting. It is several thousand miles. Again, if you will take the pains to run your glance, no doubt discerning, over the police-blotter at the court (and frankly, I refuse to tell you the exact date of this whimsical adventure), you will note with even greater surprise that all this hubbub was caused by no crime against the commonwealth of the Republic or against the person of any of its conglomerate people. The blotter reads, in heavy simple fist, “disorderly conduct,” a phrase which is almost as embracing as the word diplomacy, or society, or respectability.

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MacGrath, Harold: The Place of Honeymoons. V1. 18 Feb 2009

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Harold MacGrath (September 4, 1871 - October 30, 1932) was a bestselling American novelist, short story writer, and screenwriter.
Also known occasionally as Harold McGrath, he was born in Syracuse, New York. As a young man, he worked as a reporter and columnist on the Syracuse Herald newspaper until the late 1890s when he published his first novel, a romance titled "Arms and the Woman." According to the New York Times, his next book, "The Puppet Crown," was the No.7 bestselling book in the United States for all of 1901. From that point on, MacGrath never looked back, writing novels for the mass market about love, adventure, mystery, spies, and the like at an average rate of more than one a year. He would have three more of his books that were among the top ten bestselling books of the year. At the same time, he penned a number of short stories for major American magazines such as The Saturday Evening Post, Ladies Home Journal, and Red Book magazine. Several of MacGrath's novels were serialized in these magazines and contributing to them was something he would continue to do until his death in 1932.

Excerpt
Courtlandt sat perfectly straight; his ample shoulders did not touch the back of his chair; and his arms were folded tightly across his chest. The characteristic of his attitude was tenseness. The nostrils were well defined, as in one who sets the upper jaw hard upon the nether. His brown eyes—their gaze directed toward the stage whence came the voice of the prima donna—epitomized the tension, expressed the whole as in a word.

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MacGrath, Harold: The Princess Elopes. V1. 18 Feb 2009

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Harold MacGrath (September 4, 1871 - October 30, 1932) was a bestselling American novelist, short story writer, and screenwriter.
Also known occasionally as Harold McGrath, he was born in Syracuse, New York. As a young man, he worked as a reporter and columnist on the Syracuse Herald newspaper until the late 1890s when he published his first novel, a romance titled "Arms and the Woman." According to the New York Times, his next book, "The Puppet Crown," was the No.7 bestselling book in the United States for all of 1901. From that point on, MacGrath never looked back, writing novels for the mass market about love, adventure, mystery, spies, and the like at an average rate of more than one a year. He would have three more of his books that were among the top ten bestselling books of the year. At the same time, he penned a number of short stories for major American magazines such as The Saturday Evening Post, Ladies Home Journal, and Red Book magazine. Several of MacGrath's novels were serialized in these magazines and contributing to them was something he would continue to do until his death in 1932.

Excerpt
It is rather difficult in these days for a man who takes such scant interest in foreign affairs—trust a whilom diplomat for that!—to follow the continual geographical disturbances of European surfaces. Thus, I can not distinctly recall the exact location of the Grand Duchy of Barscheit or of the neighboring principality of Doppelkinn. It meets my needs and purposes, however, to say that Berlin and Vienna were easily accessible, and that a three hours' journey would bring you under the shadow of the Carpathian Range, where, in my diplomatic days, I used often to hunt the "bear that walks like a man."

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MacGrath, Harold: The Puppet Crown. V1. 19 Feb 2009

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Harold MacGrath (September 4, 1871 - October 30, 1932) was a bestselling American novelist, short story writer, and screenwriter. Also known occasionally as Harold McGrath, he was born in Syracuse, New York. As a young man, he worked as a reporter and columnist on the Syracuse Herald newspaper until the late 1890s when he published his first novel, a romance titled "Arms and the Woman." According to the New York Times, his next book, "The Puppet Crown," was the No.7 bestselling book in the United States for all of 1901. From that point on, MacGrath never looked back, writing novels for the mass market about love, adventure, mystery, spies, and the like at an average rate of more than one a year. He would have three more of his books that were among the top ten bestselling books of the year. At the same time, he penned a number of short stories for major American magazines such as The Saturday Evening Post, Ladies Home Journal, and Red Book magazine. Several of MacGrath's novels were serialized in these magazines and contributing to them was something he would continue to do until his death in 1932.

Excerpt
To be weary is the lot of kings, it is a part of their royal prerogative; but it is only a great king who can be weary gracefully. And Leopold was not a great king; indeed, he was many inches short of the ideal; but he was philosophical, and by the process of reason he escaped the pitfalls which lurk in the path of peevishness.

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MacGrath, Harold: The Ragged Edge. V1. 19 Feb 2009

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Harold MacGrath (September 4, 1871 - October 30, 1932) was a bestselling American novelist, short story writer, and screenwriter.
Also known occasionally as Harold McGrath, he was born in Syracuse, New York. As a young man, he worked as a reporter and columnist on the Syracuse Herald newspaper until the late 1890s when he published his first novel, a romance titled "Arms and the Woman." According to the New York Times, his next book, "The Puppet Crown," was the No.7 bestselling book in the United States for all of 1901. From that point on, MacGrath never looked back, writing novels for the mass market about love, adventure, mystery, spies, and the like at an average rate of more than one a year. He would have three more of his books that were among the top ten bestselling books of the year. At the same time, he penned a number of short stories for major American magazines such as The Saturday Evening Post, Ladies Home Journal, and Red Book magazine. Several of MacGrath's novels were serialized in these magazines and contributing to them was something he would continue to do until his death in 1932.

Excerpt
The Master is inordinately fond of young fools. That is why they are permitted to rush in where angels fear to tread—*and survive their daring! This supreme protection, this unwritten warranty to disregard all laws, occult or apparent, divine or earthly, may be attributed to the fact that none but young fools dream gloriously. For such of us as pretend to be wise—*and we are but fools in a lesser degree—*we know that humanity moves onward only by the impellant of fine dreams. Sometimes these dreams are simple and tender; sometimes they are magnificent.

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MacGrath, Harold: The Voice in the Fog. V1. 19 Feb 2009

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Harold MacGrath (September 4, 1871 - October 30, 1932) was a bestselling American novelist, short story writer, and screenwriter.
Also known occasionally as Harold McGrath, he was born in Syracuse, New York. As a young man, he worked as a reporter and columnist on the Syracuse Herald newspaper until the late 1890s when he published his first novel, a romance titled "Arms and the Woman." According to the New York Times, his next book, "The Puppet Crown," was the No.7 bestselling book in the United States for all of 1901. From that point on, MacGrath never looked back, writing novels for the mass market about love, adventure, mystery, spies, and the like at an average rate of more than one a year. He would have three more of his books that were among the top ten bestselling books of the year. At the same time, he penned a number of short stories for major American magazines such as The Saturday Evening Post, Ladies Home Journal, and Red Book magazine. Several of MacGrath's novels were serialized in these magazines and contributing to them was something he would continue to do until his death in 1932.

Excerpt
Fog.
A London fog, solid, substantial, yellow as an old dog's tooth or a jaundiced eye. You could not look through it, nor yet gaze up and down it, nor over it; and you only thought you saw it. The eye became impotent, untrustworthy; all senses lay fallow except that of touch; the skin alone conveyed to you with promptness and no incertitude that this thing had substance. You could feel it; you could open and shut your hands and sense it on your palms, and it penetrated your clothes and beaded your spectacles and rings and bracelets and shoe-buckles. It was nightmare, bereft of its pillows, grown somnambulistic; and London became the antechamber to Hades, lackeyed by idle dreams and peopled by mistakes.

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Machado de Assis, Joaquim Maria: 3 Portuguese novels. v1. 25 Sep 2011

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The zip file contains the following 3 Portuguese novels by famous Brasilian novelist Joaquim Maria Machado de Assis:

Dom Casmurro (1899)
Esaú e Jacó (1904)
Memorial de Aires (1908)

Source (see link)

Please note that these are the Portuguese originals.

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Machado de Assis, Joaquim Maria: Esaú e Jacó (Portuguese). v1. 26 Mar 2011

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Another one from the excellent site http://www.dominiopublico.gov.br

HTML -> hand edit -> Calibre -> MOBI

Hand-edited to add chapters and table of contents.

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Machado de Assis, Joaquim Maria: Histórias Sem Data (Portuguese). V1. 23 Mar 2011

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From http://www.dominiopublico.gov.br

I felt like reading some Machado on my native language, so I took the beautiful text from the site above, fixed navigation and generated a table of contents. Perhaps someone else who can read Portuguese will also enjoy this.

HTML -> hand edited -> Calibre -> MOBI

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Machado de Assis, Joaquim Maria: Memorial de Aires (Portuguese). v1. 04 Jun 2011

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From http://machado.mec.gov.br/

Added table of contents and simplified formatting.

Tested on Kindle v2 and Kindle for PC

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Machado de Assis, Joaquim Maria: Quincas Borba (Portuguese). v1. 14 Oct 2012

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http://machado.mec.gov.br/ -> HTML -> hand-edited -> Calibre ePub ->
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Machen, Arthur: 7B Coney Court, v.1, 8 January 2009.

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Arthur Machen (1863–1947)
7B Coney Court

A very short story. Whoever heard of a ghost that paid rent? And a ghost who complains when repairs are neglected?

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Machen, Arthur: A Double Return, v.1, 7 January 2009.

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Arthur Machen (1863–1947)
A Double Return (1890)

A sinister short story. Identity theft could ruin a person’s life.

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Machen, Arthur: A Fragment of Life, v.1, 9 January 2009.

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Arthur Machen (1863–1947)
A Fragment of Life

A novella.
By day a young man and his wife lead a prosaic life in London. By night, he dreams of a mysterious wood. But which is the true reality?

The Machen Society webpage comments:
“Around the end of the 1890s Machen began to be interested in the healing potential of a more orthodox mysticism. His novella "A Fragment of Life" chronicles the life of Edward Darnell, who begins the tale as a suburb-dwelling clerk but makes an inward and outward journey towards mysticism and the land of his birth, Wales.”
http://www.machensoc.demon.co.uk/machwork.html

Or just read it as Narnia for adults.

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Machen, Arthur: A New Christmas Carol, v.1, 9 January 2009.

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Arthur Machen (1863–1947)
A New Christmas Carol (1920)

A short story with a new twist on Scrooge’s further adventures.

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Machen, Arthur: Change, v.1, 10 January 2009.

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Arthur Machen (1863–1947)
Change

A family holiday in Wales takes a sinister turn, after the visitors scoff at the supernatural…

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Machen, Arthur: Change. v1. 10 Mar 2013

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Arthur Machen : 3 March 1863 – 15 December 1947) was a Welsh author and mystic of the 1890s and early 20th century. He is best known for his influential supernatural, fantasy, and horror fiction. His novella The Great God Pan (1890; 1894) has garnered a reputation as a classic of horror. (Stephen King called it "Maybe the best [horror story] in the English language".) He also is well known for his leading role in creating the legend of the Angels of Mons.

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He drew a sheet of paper out of the dark place where it had been hidden, and handed it to Reynolds, his curious guest. The oddity was an ordinary sheet of notepaper, of a sort which has long been popular; a bluish grey with slight flecks and streaks of a darker blue embedded in its substance. It had yellowed a little with age at the edges. The outer page was blank; Reynolds laid it open, and spread it out on the table beside his chair

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Machen, Arthur: Dog and Duck, v.1, 19 January 2009.

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Arthur Machen (1863–1947)
Dog and Duck: A London Calendar (1924)

This is a collection of articles from “The Lyons Mail”, which was apparently a magazine published and sold by the famous Lyons corner teashops.
Some of the articles are about folklore, ancient customs or seasonal events.

Contents:
Dog and Duck; Why New Year?; On Valentines and Other Things; On Simnel Cakes; ‘April Fool!’; The Merry Month of May; A Midsummer Night’s Dream; July Sport; ‘A Thorough Change’; Roast Goose; Where Are the Fogs of Yesteryears?; Martinmas; Christmas Mumming; A Talk for Twelfth Night; Some February Stars; March and A Moral; St. George and the Dragon; The Poor Victorians; Stuff—And Science; On Holidays; Six Dozen of Port; The Custom of the Manor; The Vice of Collecting; Splendour; How to Spend Christmas; Adelphi: Farewell!; The Art of Unbelief.

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Machen, Arthur: Dr Duthoit’s Vision, v.1, 8 January 2009.

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Arthur Machen (1863–1947)
Dr Duthoit’s Vision

A cleric sees a vision of war in his back garden…

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Machen, Arthur: Dreads and Drolls, v.1, 13 January 2009.

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Arthur Machen (1863–1947)
Dreads and Drolls (1926)

A collection of short pieces, originally published in “The Graphic.” They seem to be mostly light-hearted explorations of historical mysteries and puzzles.

Contents:
The Man With The Silver Staff; The Adventure Of The Long-Lost Brother; 7B Coney Court; The Strange Case Of Emily Weston; The Highbury Mystery; The Little People; Madame Rachel; Sir Benjamin The “Baron”; The Campden Wonder; The Man From Nowhere; Morduck The Witch; “Characters”; “Doubles” In Crime; How Clubs Began; Polite Correspondence; Casanova In London; Mr. Lutterloh; Before Wembley; The Ingenious Mr. Blee; The Gay Victorians; Chivalry; How The Rich Live; A Lament For London’s Lost Inns; More Inns; Deadly Nevergreen; Ceremony On The Scaffold; Old Dr. Mounsey; The Euston Square Mystery; The Power Of Jargon.

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Machen, Arthur: Eleusinia, v.1, 15 January 2009.

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Arthur Machen (1863–1947)
Eleusinia (1881)

Arthur Machen’s first published work was this classical poem in praise of the mysteries of Eleusis.

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Machen, Arthur: Far Off Things, v.1, 12 January 2009

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Arthur Machen (1863–1947)
Far Off Things (1922)

Written in 1915 and first published in book form, 1922, this is an autobiography, in which Arthur Machen covers his childhood in South Wales and his early literary career in London. He shows how the landscape of Gwent deeply influenced his later writings. (e.g. “As soon as I saw anything I saw Twyn Barlwm, that mystic tumulus, the memorial of peoples that dwelt in that region before the Celts left the Land of Summer.”)

I made it from scans at the Internet Archive and added a cover picture of Twm Barlwm (which Machen spells as ‘Twyn Barlwm’), the mysterious, breast-shaped mountain that is a feature of the Gwent landscape. I actually walk along the canal path depicted quite often (though there is a motorway alongside parts of it now) and know most of the locations mentioned.

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Machen, Arthur: Far Off Things. v1. 10 Mar 2012

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Arthur Machen : 3 March 1863 – 15 December 1947) was a Welsh author and mystic of the 1890s and early 20th century. He is best known for his influential supernatural, fantasy, and horror fiction. His novella The Great God Pan (1890; 1894) has garnered a reputation as a classic of horror. (Stephen King called it "Maybe the best [horror story] in the English language".) He also is well known for his leading role in creating the legend of the Angels of Mons.

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One night a year or so ago I was the guest of a famous literary society. This society, or club, it is well known, believes in celebrating literature—and all sorts of other things—in a thoroughly agreeable and human fashion. It meets not in any gloomy hall or lecture room, it has no gritty apparatus of blackboard, chalk, and bleared water-bottle. It summons its members and its guests to a well-known restaurant of the West End, it gives them red and white roses for their button-holes, and sets them down to an excellent dinner and good red wine at a gaily decked table, flower garlanded, luminous with many starry lamps.

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Machen, Arthur: Hieroglyphics, v.1, 26 January 2009.

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Arthur Machen (1863–1947)
Hieroglyphics (1923)

A study of ecstasy in literature.
Machen argues that fine literature has an ecstatic quality not present in other books, however interesting they may be. Dickens’s Pickwick Papers, Rabelais and Cervantes’s Don Quixote have this quality. Voltaire, Jane Austen and Thackeray do not.

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Machen, Arthur: Holy Terrors, v.1, 14 January 2009.

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Arthur Machen (1863–1947)
Holy Terrors (1946)

A collection of some of Machen’s earlier works. This was the last of Machen’s books published in his lifetime,

Contents:
The Bright Boy
The Tree of Life
Opening the Door
The Marriage of Panurge
The Holy Things
Psychology
The Turanians
The Rose Garden
The Ceremony
The Soldiers’ Rest
The Happy Children
The Cosy Room
Munitions of War
The Great Return

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Machen, Arthur: N, v.1, 9 January 2009.

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Arthur Machen (1863–1947)
N

Probably the shortest title in the MR library. This is a short story about a window to another world opening in the dull London suburb of Stoke Newington.

The Machen Society webpage comments:
“The enigmatically titled "N", which Machen wrote when he was over seventy, is a kind of psychedelic fable which concerns the discovery of an alternate reality existing in the context of a humble, grey north London suburb. Machen's greatest power is thus, to bring together banal familiarity and impossible strangeness, to the great enhancement of both.”
http://www.machensoc.demon.co.uk/machwork.html

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Machen, Arthur: Out of the Earth, v.1, 8 January 2009.

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Arthur Machen (1863–1947)
Out of the Earth

In this short piece, Machen explores the development of the angel of Mons legend, and sets about examining--or creating--another one. Mysterious children appear at Welsh watering-places…

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Machen, Arthur: Strange Roads & With the Gods in Spring (illustrated), v.1, 16 Jan 20

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Arthur Machen(1863–1947)
Strange Roads (Sketches by Joseph Simpson, R.B.A.)
And
With the Gods in Spring (Sketches by H. R. Millar)
Limited Edition, (1923).

Two stories with a common theme: that landscape can affect our sensibility; and that ancient landscape can evoke a sense of the numinous.

I found the text and the illustrations by working on a pdf from The Internet Archive.

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Machen, Arthur: Tales of Dread & Wonder Omnibus. v1. 03 Aug 2018

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Tales of Dread and Wonder
A collection of the writings of Arthur Machen (1863–1947)

Come along – explore the mystical worlds of Arthur Machen. Look – down each road, around every corner, behind each door – terrors and shudders, horrors and frights, wonders and mysteries await…

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Arthur Machen (born Arthur Llewelyn Jones) was a Welsh author and mystic, best known for his influential supernatural, fantasy, and horror fiction. His novella [The Great God Pan[/ has garnered a reputation as a classic of horror, with Stephen King describing it as “Maybe the best [horror story] in the English language.” He also extensively explored themes of religious mysticism, and is known for his role in (inadvertently) creating the legend of the Angels of Mons during World War I.

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The contents of this book were first published 1890 ~ 1936. Text is in the public domain in countries where the copyright term is “Life+70”or less.

Texts were obtained from MobileRead.com, Gutenberg Canada, Gutenberg Australia, and the Internet Archive. Errors were silently corrected; spelling and punctuation were regularized for consistency. Some paragraph breaks have been added for more comfortable reading (version with original layout is also available). Titles are cross-linked to dynamic Tables of Contents; alphabetical indexes provide links to fiction and essay titles.

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This is my own compilation.
Contents of this omnibus collection:
THE NOVELS
The Hill of Dreams
The Secret Glory
The Terror
The Green Round

THE NOVELLAS
The Great God Pan
The White People
A Fragment of Life
The Great Return
—— [The Dyson Chronicles:[/
The Inmost Light
The Three Impostors
The Red Hand
The Shining Pyramid

SHORT FICTION COLLECTIONS
The Angels of Mons
Children of the Pool
The Cosy Room
——[Tales from:[/
The Shining Pyramid (and other stories)
The Glorious Mystery
Ornaments in Jade

ESSAYS AND POEMS
Introductions (to “The House of Souls” collection)
Strange Roads
The Secret of the Sangraal
Dog and Duck (Collection)
Dreads and Drolls (Collection)
[Poetry[/

Enjoy the shivers!
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Machen, Arthur: Tales of Horror and the Supernatural. v1. 9 Mar 2013

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Arthur Machen : 3 March 1863 – 15 December 1947) was a Welsh author and mystic of the 1890s and early 20th century. He is best known for his influential supernatural, fantasy, and horror fiction. His novella The Great God Pan (1890; 1894) has garnered a reputation as a classic of horror. (Stephen King called it "Maybe the best [horror story] in the English language".) He also is well known for his leading role in creating the legend of the Angels of Mons.

THE NOVEL OF THE BLACK SEAL
THE NOVEL OF THE WHITE POWDER
THE GREAT GOD PAN
THE WHITE PEOPLE
THE INMOST LIGHT
THE SHINING PYRAMID
THE BOWMEN
THE GREAT RETURN
THE HAPPY CHILDREN
THE BRIGHT BOY
OUT OF THE EARTH
CHILDREN OF THE POOL

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Machen, Arthur: The Angels of Mons, The Bowmen etc, v.1, 13 January 2009.

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Arthur Machen (1863–1947)
The Angels of Mons: The Bowmen and Other Legends of the War (1915)

A collection of short stories which gave rise to the “Angels of Mons” legend.

Contents:
Introduction; The Bowmen; The Soldiers’ Rest; The Monstrance; The Dazzling Light; The Bowmen and Other Noble Ghosts; Postscript.

Roy White has already produced an LRF version of this collection, done in the days when we were all less familiar with Book Designer. Mine has emdashes and curly quotes.

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Machen, Arthur: The Children of the Pool, v.1, 15 January 2009.

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Arthur Machen (1863–1947)
The Children of the Pool (1936)

On holiday in Wales, a man investigates a murky pond. Guilty memories emerge from the pool in the form of ghostly accusers.

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Machen, Arthur: The Great Return, v.1, 8 January 2009.

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Arthur Machen (1863–1947)
The Great Return

Suppose that the Holy Grail were to return to Wales. Perhaps it already has…

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Machen, Arthur: The Happy Children, v.1, 12 January 2009.

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Arthur Machen (1863–1947)
The Happy Children

A short story.
It is Christmas 1915, and a journalist travels to the north of England to examine rumours of a German invasion. He finds something utterly outside his experience…

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Machen, Arthur: The Hill of Dreams. v1. 9 Mar 2013

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Arthur Machen : 3 March 1863 – 15 December 1947) was a Welsh author and mystic of the 1890s and early 20th century. He is best known for his influential supernatural, fantasy, and horror fiction. His novella The Great God Pan (1890; 1894) has garnered a reputation as a classic of horror. (Stephen King called it "Maybe the best [horror story] in the English language".) He also is well known for his leading role in creating the legend of the Angels of Mons.

Excerpt
The wind blew wildly, and it came up through the woods with a noise like a scream, and a great oak by the roadside ground its boughs together with a dismal grating jar. As the red gained in the sky, the earth and all upon it glowed, even the grey winter fields and the bare hillsides crimsoned, the waterpools were cisterns of molten brass, and the very road glittered. He was wonder-struck, almost aghast, before the scarlet magic of the afterglow. The old Roman fort was invested with fire; flames from heaven were smitten about its walls, and above there was a dark floating cloud, like fume of smoke, and every haggard writhing tree showed as black as midnight against the black of the furnace.

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Machen, Arthur: The House of Souls. v1. 9 Mar 2013

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Arthur Machen : 3 March 1863 – 15 December 1947) was a Welsh author and mystic of the 1890s and early 20th century. He is best known for his influential supernatural, fantasy, and horror fiction. His novella The Great God Pan (1890; 1894) has garnered a reputation as a classic of horror. (Stephen King called it "Maybe the best [horror story] in the English language".) He also is well known for his leading role in creating the legend of the Angels of Mons.

A Fragment of Life
The White People
The Great God Pan
The Inmost Light

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Machen, Arthur: The Inmost Light, v.1, 8 January 2009.

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Arthur Machen (1863–1947)
The Inmost Light (1894)

Has a scientist murdered his young and beautiful wife?
Dyson investigates and finds that the truth fills him with horror.

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Machen, Arthur: The Islington Mystery, v.1, 6 January 2009.

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A short story.
Has a London taxidermist murdered his wife?

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Machen, Arthur: The Lost Club, v1, 8 November 2009.

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Arthur Machen (1863–1947)
The Lost Club

A short story about sinister goings-on in a London Gentlemen’s’ club.
The cover image is a painting by Grimshaw of Victorian Piccadilly.

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Machen, Arthur: The Novel of the Black Seal. v1. 8 Mar 2013

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Arthur Machen : 3 March 1863 – 15 December 1947) was a Welsh author and mystic of the 1890s and early 20th century. He is best known for his influential supernatural, fantasy, and horror fiction. His novella The Great God Pan (1890; 1894) has garnered a reputation as a classic of horror. (Stephen King called it "Maybe the best [horror story] in the English language".) He also is well known for his leading role in creating the legend of the Angels of Mons.

Excerpt
'I see you are a determined rationalist,' said the lady. 'Did you not hear me say that I have had experiences even more terrible? I too was once a sceptic, but after what I have known I can no longer affect to doubt.'

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Machen, Arthur: The Red Hand, v.1, 8 January 2009.

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Arthur Machen (1863–1947)
The Red Hand (1895)

A doctor is murdered with a prehistoric flint implement. A red hand is chalked nearby. Dyson uncovers a story of ancient and modern horror.

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Machen, Arthur: The Secret Glory, v.1, 12 January 2009.

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Arthur Machen (1863–1947)
The Secret Glory (1922)

A novel, written between 1899 and 1908, but not published until 1922. A young man, marooned in a horrible school finds solace and strength in the Grail legends, giving him the courage to find his own path.

The Machen Society website comments:
“A novel of schoolboy rebellion and the quest of the holy grail. Ambrose, the young hero, survives his appallingly materialistic and sadistic public school to become a mystic in the Celtic tradition of his forefathers. A book much beloved of John Betjeman.”
http://www.machensoc.demon.co.uk/machwork.html

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Machen, Arthur: The Shining Pyramid, v.1, 9 January 2009.

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Arthur Machen (1863–1947)
The Shining Pyramid (1895)

Arthur Machen (1863–1947)

Strange arrangements of stones appear at the edge of a young man's property. He and a friend attempt to decipher their meaning before it is too late...

Arthur Machen was born in Caerleon, whose Roman amphitheatre may have inspired the location at the end of the story. At the time of his youth it had not yet been excavated, and the curving shape must have looked very mysterious.

I have friends in the village and people still find fragments of Roman and Celtic pottery (and other artefacts) when digging their gardens.

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Machen, Arthur: The Soldier’s Rest, v.1, 9 January 2009.

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Arthur Machen (1863–1947)
The Soldiers’ Rest (1915)

A short story set in the First World War. The Age of chivalry is not dead…

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Machen, Arthur: The Terror, v.1, 10 January 2009.

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Arthur Machen (1863–1947)
The Terror (1917)

A novella, or short novel, set in Wales in the early years of the First World War. People die in mysterious ways. Wartime censorship means that the truth is not going to emerge easily. Dr Lewis investigates. Are the deaths due to accident, a German death-ray, covert German forces, or something much more sinister?

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Machen, Arthur: The Terror. v1. 8 Mar 2013

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Arthur Machen : 3 March 1863 – 15 December 1947) was a Welsh author and mystic of the 1890s and early 20th century. He is best known for his influential supernatural, fantasy, and horror fiction. His novella The Great God Pan (1890; 1894) has garnered a reputation as a classic of horror. (Stephen King called it "Maybe the best [horror story] in the English language".) He also is well known for his leading role in creating the legend of the Angels of Mons.

Excerpt
After two years we are turning once more to the morning's news with a sense of appetite and glad expectation. There were thrills at the beginning of the war: the thrill of horror and of a doom that seemed at once incredible and certain; this was when Namur fell and the German host swelled like a flood over the French fields, and drew very near to the walls of Paris. Then we felt the thrill of exultation when the good news came that the awful tide had been turned back, that Paris and the world were safe; for awhile at all events.

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Machen, Arthur: The Three Impostors. V1. 18 May 2011

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Arthur Machen : 3 March 1863 – 15 December 1947) was a Welsh author and mystic of the 1890s and early 20th century. He is best known for his influential supernatural, fantasy, and horror fiction. His novella The Great God Pan (1890; 1894) has garnered a reputation as a classic of horror. (Stephen King called it "Maybe the best [horror story] in the English language".) He also is well known for his leading role in creating the legend of the Angels of Mons.

H.P. Lovecraft declared Arthur Machen (1863-1947) to be a modern master who could create 'cosmic fear raised to it's most artistic pitch'. This initial volume of his work contains two short stories, the novella 'The Great God Pan', and an episodic novel, 'The Three Impostors'. In form something like a puzzle box, 'Impostors' cryptic connections and revelations were sometimes abridged. It's text here is complete. In these eerie and once-shocking stories, supernatural horror is a transmuting force powered by the core of life. To resist it requires great will from the living, for civilisation is only a new way to behave, and not one instinctive to life. Decency prevents discussion about such pressures, so each person must face such things alone. The comforts and hopes of civilisation are threatened and undermined by these ecstatic nightmares that haunt the living. This is nowhere more deftly suggested than through Machen's extraordinary prose, where the textures and dreams of the Old Ways are never far removed.

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Machen, Arthur: The White People, v.1, 7 January 2009.

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Arthur Machen (1863–1947)
The White People
Written, 1899
Published, 1904

A very spooky short story, admired by Lovecraft..

From Wikipedia:
A discussion of two men on the nature of Evil leads one of them to reveal a mysterious Green Book he possesses. It is a young girl's diary which outlines in strange and evocative writing her day to day life, and conversations with her nurse. Her book makes curious allusions to nymphs," Dols," voolas," "white, green, and scarlet ceremonies," "Aklo letters," the "Xu" and "Chian" languages, "Mao games," and an (actual) game called "Troy Town".among other things. The girl's tale gradually develops a mounting atmosphere of suspense with suggestions of witchcraft.
Some of the strange words and names are actual occult terms, but most were invented by Machen for the story; some were picked up by other authors of the weird in later years, notably Aklo which was used by Lovecraft in connection with the "Sabaoth" invocation in The Dunwich Horror.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_White_People

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Mack, Ben: Poker Without Cards: A Consciousness Thriller, v1, 3 Nov 2008

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Poker without Cards (Amazon Link) PDF link

The book is in form of a dialog that occurs between a psychologist and a friend of an admitted patient. In the dialog the psychologist is trying to understand the events that led to the mental breakdown of “Bucky”, who prior to the breakdown was an intellect. Bucky’s friend Howard Campbell, in the dialog, uncovers Bucky’s life and ideas to the psychologist.

The other has provide this under a Creative Commons license. See the blog for more info on this book

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Mackay, Charles: Memoirs of Extraordinary Popular Delusions, v.1, 15 May 2008.

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‘Memoirs of Extraordinary Popular Delusions and the Madness of Crowds.’
(1841) Three Volumes. (This has also been published under the shorter title, ‘Extraordinary Popular Delusions.’)

A history of popular folly. The opening sections, on economic bubbles have (allegedly) been used to train stockbrokers. No doubt Mackay would include the sub-prime mortgage market if he were writing today. As it is, his chapter on Tulipomania describes a period when tulips were (briefly) more expensive than gold and there was a lively futures market in them.
There is also an interesting chapter on beards.

Contents:
National Delusions, The Mississippi Scheme, The South Sea Bubble, The Tulipomania, Relics, Modern Prophecies, Popular Admiration for Great Thieves, Influence of Politics and Religion on the Hair and Beard, Duels and Ordeals, The Love of the Marvellous and the Disbelief of the True, Popular Follies in Great Cities, The O.P. Mania, The Thugs, or Phansigars, The Crusades, The Witch Mania, The Slow Poisoners, Haunted Houses, Philosophical Delusions,
The Alchymists, Fortune Telling, The Magnetisers.

Editorial Decisions
There are a lot of incomplete copies of this work online. Most contain only Volume 1; others are abridgements. This is the complete three-volume version. I have restored accents and italics, using my paper copy as a guide. I have largely left the author’s idiosyncratic spelling alone. The footnotes are often informative and I have left them in the text in square brackets [like thi.

Is there is a competition for the greatest number of tags?

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Mackenzie, W.C.: Simon Fraser, Lord Lovat: v.1: 11 Oct 2012

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This is a biography, with b/w illustrations, of Simon Fraser, Lord Lovat, a Jacobite, known as the "Old Fox". He was the last man to be publicly beheaded in England, for his part in the [Forty-Five[/, Bonnie Prince Charlie's attempt on the thrones of England and Scotland.
Mackenzie's book was first published in 1908, and this is a re-formatted version of the very messy files available elsewhere, which appear to be sourced directly from the scanned PDFs held by the University of California, and at Harvard.

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Mackie, John: The Devil's Playground. v1. 5 Nov 2015

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Mackie, John: Born : 1862 (or 1858) Jul 28: Died : 1939 Jun 12

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“The greatest mistake a man can make,” philosophised the Sage, “is to fall in love with a married woman.”

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Mackie, John: The Heart Of The Prairie. v1. 6 Nov 2015

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Mackie, John: Born : 1862 (or 1858) Jul 28: Died : 1939 Jun 12

Excerpt
I can, at least, claim truthfulness of detail for this story, as I lived for some years in that wild and fascinating portion of “The Great Lone Land,” described in these pages, as a mounted police officer in charge of that part of the frontier So, the cowboys, the mounted policemen, the Indians, and even the bears and the smugglers, are all old friends of mine.

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Mackie, John: The Treasure Hunters. v1. 7 Nov 2015

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Mackie, John: Born : 1862 (or 1858) Jul 28: Died : 1939 Jun 12

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As a mere child I must have knocked around quite a bit, for i was born near Suva, in the Fiji Islands, and when things went all wrong there with the planting, and my dear old dad thought it necessary to shift camp, we came to Australia. There for several years we followed the usual nomadic life that most families live whose head has got to pick up a living somehow. It is unlikely that my father would have minded these vicissitudes of fortune much, had it not been for my mother, myself—the eldest of the family— and my two sisters.

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MacLane, Mary: I, Mary MacLane. v1. 22 Jun 2015

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Mary MacLane (May 1, 1881 — c. 6 August 1929) was a controversial Canadian-born American writer whose frank memoirs helped usher in the confessional style of autobiographical writing. MacLane was known as the "Wild Woman of Butte".

A Diary of Human Days

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MacLane, Mary: My Friend Annabel Lee. v1. 22 Jun 2015

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Mary MacLane (May 1, 1881 — c. 6 August 1929) was a controversial Canadian-born American writer whose frank memoirs helped usher in the confessional style of autobiographical writing. MacLane was known as the "Wild Woman of Butte".

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BUT the only person in Boston town who has given me of the treasure of her heart, and the treasure of her mind, and the touch of her fair hand in friendship, is Annabel Lee.
Since I looked for no friendship whatsoever in Boston town, this friendship comes to me with the gentleness of sunshowers mingled with cherry-blossoms, and there is a human quality in the air that rises from the bitter salt sea.

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MacLane, Mary: Story of Mary MacLane, The. v1. 23 Jun 2015

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Mary MacLane (May 1, 1881 — c. 6 August 1929) was a controversial Canadian-born American writer whose frank memoirs helped usher in the confessional style of autobiographical writing. MacLane was known as the "Wild Woman of Butte".

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Oh, with it all, I am a coward! I shrink and cringe before the pain of the dazzling lights. Yet I am waiting—longing for the most dazzling light of all: the coming of the Devil

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Maclaren, Ian: A Doctor of the Old School, Part 1. v1. 25 Jun 2015

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Ian Maclaren (pseudonym of Rev. John Watson; 3 November 1850 – 6 May 1907) was a Scottish author and theologian.

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Drumtochty was accustomed to break every law of health, except wholesome food and fresh air, and yet had reduced the Psalmist’s farthest limit to an average life-rate. Our men made no difference in their clothes for summer or winter, Drumsheugh and one or two of the larger farmers condescending to a topcoat on Sabbath, as a penalty of their position, and without regard to temperature. They wore their blacks at a funeral, refusing to cover them with anything, out of respect to the deceased, and standing longest in the kirkyard when the north wind was blowing across a hundred miles of snow. If the rain was pouring at the Junction, then Drumtochty stood two minutes longer through sheer native dourness till each man had a cascade from the tail of his coat, and hazarded the suggestion, halfway to Kildrummie, that it had been “a bit scrowie,” a “scrowie” being as far short of a “shoor” as a “shoor” fell below “weet.”

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Maclaren, Ian: A Doctor of the Old School, Part 2. v1. 26 Jun 2015

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Ian Maclaren (pseudonym of Rev. John Watson; 3 November 1850 – 6 May 1907) was a Scottish author and theologian.

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Was there ever any doctor so self-forgetful and so utterly Christian as William MacLure? To which I am proud to reply, on my conscience: Not one man, but many in Scotland and in the South country. I will dare prophecy also across the sea.

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Maclaren, Ian: A Doctor of the Old School, Part 3. v1. 26 Jun 2015

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Ian Maclaren (pseudonym of Rev. John Watson; 3 November 1850 – 6 May 1907) was a Scottish author and theologian.

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When Drumsheugh’s grieve was brought to the gates of death by fever, caught, as was supposed, on an adventurous visit to Glasgow, the London doctor at Lord Kilspindie’s shooting lodge looked in on his way from the moor, and declared it impossible for Saunders to live through the night.

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Maclaren, Ian: A Doctor of the Old School, Part 4. v1. 26 Jun 2015

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Ian Maclaren (pseudonym of Rev. John Watson; 3 November 1850 – 6 May 1907) was a Scottish author and theologian.

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Drumtochty had a vivid recollection of the winter when Dr. MacLure was laid up for two months with a broken leg, and the Glen was dependent on the dubious ministrations of the Kildrummie doctor. Mrs. Macfayden also pretended to recall a “whup” of some kind or other he had in the fifties, but this was considered to be rather a pyrotechnic display of Elspeth’s superior memory than a serious statement of fact. MacLure could not have ridden through the snow of forty winters without suffering, yet no one ever heard him complain, and he never pled illness to any messenger by night or day.

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Maclaren, Ian: A Doctor of the Old School, Part 5. v1. 27 Jun 2015

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Ian Maclaren (pseudonym of Rev. John Watson; 3 November 1850 – 6 May 1907) was a Scottish author and theologian.

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Dr. MacLure was buried during the great snowstorm which is still spoken of, and will remain the standard of snowfall in Drumtochty for the century. The snow was deep on the Monday, and the men that gave notice of his funeral had hard work to reach the doctor’s distant patients. On Tuesday morning it began to fall again in heavy, fleecy flakes, and continued till Thursday, and then on Thursday the north wind rose and swept the snow into the hollows of the roads that went to the upland farms, and built it into a huge bank at the mouth of Glen Urtach, and laid it across our main roads in drifts of every size and the most lovely shapes, and filled up crevices in the hills to the depth of fifty feet.

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Maclaren, Ian: Afterwards. v1. 23 Jun 2015

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Ian Maclaren (pseudonym of Rev. John Watson; 3 November 1850 – 6 May 1907) was a Scottish author and theologian.

AFTERWARDS
THE MINISTER OF ST. BEDE’S
AN IMPOSSIBLE MAN
RIGHTEOUS OVER MUCH
A PROBATIONER
A GOVERNMENT OFFICIAL
THE RIGHT HAND OF SAMUEL DODSON
SAVED BY FAITH
THE LAST SACRIFICE
AN EVANGELIST
THE COLLECTOR’S INCONSISTENCY
FATHER JINKS
THE PASSING OF DOMSIE
DR. DAVIDSON’S LAST CHRISTMAS

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Maclaren, Ian: Beside the Bonnie Brier Bush. v1. 24 Jun 2015

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Ian Maclaren (pseudonym of Rev. John Watson; 3 November 1850 – 6 May 1907) was a Scottish author and theologian.

DOMSIE
A HIGHLAND MYSTIC
HIS MOTHER’S SERMON
THE TRANSFORMATION OF LACHLAN CAMPBELL
THE CUNNING SPEECH OF DRUMTOCHTY
A WISE WOMAN
A DOCTOR OF THE OLD SCHOOL

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Maclaren, Ian: Books and Bookmen, v1. 24 Jun 2015

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Ian Maclaren (pseudonym of Rev. John Watson; 3 November 1850 – 6 May 1907) was a Scottish author and theologian.

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They cannot be separated any more than sheep and a shepherd, but I am minded to speak of the bookman rather than of his books, and so it will be best at the outset to define the tribe.

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Maclaren, Ian: Graham of Claverhouse. v1. 27 Jun 2015

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Ian Maclaren (pseudonym of Rev. John Watson; 3 November 1850 – 6 May 1907) was a Scottish author and theologian.

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That afternoon a strange thing had happened to the camp of the Prince of Orange, which was pitched near Nivelle in Brabant, for the Prince was then challenging Condé, who stuck behind his trenches at Charleroi and would not come out to fight

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Maclaren, Ian: His Majesty Baby. v1. 27 Jun 2015

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Ian Maclaren (pseudonym of Rev. John Watson; 3 November 1850 – 6 May 1907) was a Scottish author and theologian.

HIS MAJESTY BABY
NEWS OF A FAMOUS VICTORY
A MODEST SCHOLAR
MY FRIEND THE TRAMP
OUR BOY
A RESIDUARY
A RACONTEUR
WITH UNLEAVENED BREAD
OUR FOREIGN MANNERS
NILE VIEWS
THE RESTLESS AMERICAN
SCOT INDEED
HIS CROWNING DAY
DINNA FORGET SPURGEON”
THEIR FULL RIGHTS
AN EXPERT IN HERESY
THE SCOT AT AN ARGUMENT
UPON THE LECTURE PLATFORM
FOR THE SAKE OF A HORSE
NO RELEVANT OBJECTION
WHAT MIGHT HAVE BEEN
THE VISION OF THE SOUL

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Maclaren, Ian: Kate Carnegie and Those Ministers. v1. 28 Jun 2015

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Ian Maclaren (pseudonym of Rev. John Watson; 3 November 1850 – 6 May 1907) was a Scottish author and theologian.

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It was the morning before the Twelfth, years ago, and nothing like unto Muirtown Station could have been found in all the travelling world. For Muirtown, as everybody knows, is the centre which receives the southern immigrants in autumn, and distributes them, with all their belongings of servants, horses, dogs, and luggage, over the north country from Athole to Sutherland. All night, express trains, whose ordinary formation had been reinforced by horse boxes, carriage trucks, saloons and luggage vans, drawn by two engines, and pushed up inclines by a third, had been careering along the three iron trunk roads that run from London to the North. Four hours ago they had forced the border, that used to be more jealously guarded, and had begun to converge on their terminus. Passengers, awakened by the caller air and looking out still half asleep, miss the undisciplined hedgerows and many-shaped patches of pasture, the warm brick homesteads and shaded ponds of the south.

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Maclaren, Ian: Rabbi Saunderson. v1. 29 Jun 2015

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Ian Maclaren (pseudonym of Rev. John Watson; 3 November 1850 – 6 May 1907) was a Scottish author and theologian.

A SUPRA-LAPSARIAN
KILBOGIE MANSE
THE RABBI AS CONFESSOR
THE FEAR OF GOD
THE WOUNDS OF A FRIEND
LIGHT AT EVENTIDE

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Maclaren, Ian: The Days of Auld Lang Syne. v1. 24 Jun 2015

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Ian Maclaren (pseudonym of Rev. John Watson; 3 November 1850 – 6 May 1907) was a Scottish author and theologian.

A TRIUMPH IN DIPLOMACY
FOR CONSCIENCE SAKE
A MANIFEST JUDGMENT
DRUMSHEUGH’S LOVE STORY
PAST REDEMPTION
GOOD NEWS FROM A FAR COUNTRY
JAMIE
SERVANT LASS
OOR LANG HAME

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MacLeod, Fiona: The Sin-Eater. v1. 22 Nov 2021

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In an ancient ritual (which actually existed well into the 19th century), sin eaters eat and take on the sins of others confessed on their death beds, allowing them to enter the kingdom of heaven, whilst the sin eater carries the burden of sin silently to their grave. This dark tale relates the story of just such a ritual meal and its outcome.

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William Sharp (12 September 1855 – 12 December 1905) was a Scottish writer, of poetry and literary biography in particular, who from 1893 wrote also as Fiona Macleod, a pseudonym kept almost entirely secret during his lifetime. Although perhaps best known for his poetry, under the MacLeod pseudonym he wrote a substantial number of stories and novels grounded in Celtic folklore and touched with the supernatural.

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This novella was first published in 1895. [This ebook is in the public domain worldwide,[/ because the author died more than 100 years ago, and contents were published prior to 1925.
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Madison, James: State of the Union. v1.0 20 October 2007

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James Madison (March 16, 1751 – June 28, 1836), was an American politician and the fourth President of the United States (1809–1817), and one of the Founding Fathers of the United States. Considered to be the "Father of the Constitution", he was the principal author of the document. In 1788, he wrote over a third of the Federalist Papers, still the most influential commentary on the Constitution. As a leader in the first Congresses, he drafted many basic laws and was responsible for the first ten amendments to the Constitution, and thus is also known as the "Father of the Bill of Rights". As a political theorist, Madison's most distinctive belief was that the new republic needed checks and balances to limit the powers of special interests, which Madison called factions. He believed very strongly that the new nation should fight against aristocracy and corruption (especially of British origin), and was deeply committed to creating mechanisms that would ensure republicanism in the United States.

As leader in the House of Representatives, Madison worked closely with President George Washington to organize the new federal government. Breaking with Treasury Secretary Alexander Hamilton in 1791, Madison and Thomas Jefferson organized what they called the republican party (later called the Democratic-Republican Party) in opposition to key policies of the Federalists, especially the national bank and the Jay Treaty. He secretly co-authored, along with Thomas Jefferson, the Kentucky and Virginia Resolutions in 1798 to protest the Alien and Sedition Laws.

As Jefferson's Secretary of State (1801-1809), Madison supervised the Louisiana Purchase, doubling the nation's size, and sponsored the ill-fated Embargo Act of 1807. As president, he led the nation into the War of 1812 against Great Britain in order to protect the United States' economic rights. That conflict began poorly as Americans suffered defeat after defeat by smaller forces, but ended on a high note in 1815, after which a new spirit of nationalism swept the country. During and after the war, Madison reversed many of his positions. By 1815, he supported the creation of the second National Bank, a strong military, and a high tariff to protect the new factories opened during the war.

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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_madison

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Madison, Lucy Foster: A Daughter of the Union. v1. 2 Jun 2015

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Lucy Foster Madison (April 8, 1865 – March 16, 1932) was an American novelist and teacher.

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“Well, I wouldn’t mind it so much if there was anything I could do,” remarked Jeanne who seemed to be the leader. “But when Dick is in the army, father in government service, and mother at work all day in the Relief Association, it is pretty hard not to be able to do anything but hem handkerchiefs and make socks.”

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Madison, Lucy Foster: A Maid at King Alfred’s Court. v1. 4 Jun 2015

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Lucy Foster Madison (April 8, 1865 – March 16, 1932) was an American novelist and teacher.

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They moved slowly, the maiden accommodating her steps to those of her companion. Though not really old, for he was not much more than sixty, both the man’s countenance and carriage indicated age. His complexion was fair and his cheeks ruddy; but his visage was deeply furrowed, and his long hair, which escaped from under his bonnet, was white as snow, as was also his large and forked beard. His dark blue woolen mantle was clasped on the shoulder by a broad ouche, or brooch; his leggins were also of blue woolen, cross-gartered by strips of leather. Blue, too, was the under tunic. His right arm encircled a harp.
The girl who accompanied him was somewhere about the age of fourteen. Her form was enveloped in a mantle of scarlet wool, to which was attached a hood of the same material. The face under the hood was wondrously lovely, and had already gained her the appellation of “The Fair.”

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Madison, Lucy Foster: Bee and Butterfly. v1. 2 Jun 2015

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Lucy Foster Madison (April 8, 1865 – March 16, 1932) was an American novelist and teacher.

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The wonderful evolution of a caterpillar, or grub, into a beautifully winged creature must inspire admiration in every one. More marvellous still is the growth of the human soul which in many respects resembles the development of the butterfly. It is this thought which has induced the author to attempt to depict the transformation of a careless maiden into noble womanhood.

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Madison, Lucy Foster: In Doublet and Hose. v1. 3 Jun 2015

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Lucy Foster Madison (April 8, 1865 – March 16, 1932) was an American novelist and teacher.

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Before the wounded animal could turn to charge this new assailant an answering twang sounded from among the trees and a second arrow, sent with unerring precision, imbedded itself in the deer’s body. As the stag fell, a lad of some sixteen years, clad in the dress of a forester, ran hastily forward and reached the animal at the same moment that Francis did.

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Madison, Lucy Foster: Joan of Arc. v1. 4 Jun 2015

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Lucy Foster Madison (April 8, 1865 – March 16, 1932) was an American novelist and teacher.

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In presenting this story for the young the writer has endeavored to give a vivid and accurate life of Jeanne D’Arc (Joan of Arc) as simply told as possible. There has been no pretence toward keeping to the speech of the Fifteenth Century, which is too archaic to be rendered literally for young readers, although for the most part the words of the Maid have been given verbatim.

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Madison, Lucy Foster: Peggy Owen and Liberty. v1. 5 Jun 2015

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Lucy Foster Madison (April 8, 1865 – March 16, 1932) was an American novelist and teacher.

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In “Peggy Owen,” the first book of this series, is related the story of a little Quaker maid who lived across from the State House in Philadelphia, and who, neutral at first on account of her religion, became at length an active patriot. The vicissitudes and annoyances to which she and her mother are subjected by one William Owen, an officer in the English army and a kinsman of her father’s, are also given.

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Madison, Lucy Foster: Peggy Owen at Yorktown. v1. 6 Jun 2015

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Lucy Foster Madison (April 8, 1865 – March 16, 1932) was an American novelist and teacher.

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Peggy made no answer. She had spoken more hopefully than she felt. In common with other patriots she was appalled at the dark outlook with which 1781, the sixth year of the war, had opened. It was in truth a very dark hour. The American Revolution was in sore straits. It was dragging and grounding on the shoals of broken finances and a helpless government. The country had not yet recovered from the depression caused by Arnold’s treason. True, the plot had failed, but there was nothing inspiriting in a baffled treason, and there had been no fighting and no victories to help the people and the army to bear the season of waiting which lay before them. General Washington lay helpless with his army along the Hudson River, unable to strike a blow for the lack of men and supplies. The Revolution seemed to be going down in mere inaction through the utter helplessness of what passed for a central government.

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Madison, Lucy Foster: Peggy Owen Patriot. v1. 7 Jun 2015

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Lucy Foster Madison (April 8, 1865 – March 16, 1932) was an American novelist and teacher.

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They succeed in having him released on parole, and take him into their home, where he requites their kindness by selfishness and arrogance, even killing Peggy’s pet dog, Pilot. He is exchanged at length, but before leaving he brings one James Molesworth to the house, claiming that he does not like to leave them unprotected. This man Peggy discovers to be a spy.

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Maeterlinck, Maurice: Życie pszczół [Polish]. v1. 7 Jul 2012

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Tytuł oryginału francuskiego: La vie des abeilles.
Przekład autoryzowany: Franciszek Mirandola.

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Maeterlinck, Maurice: The Massacre of the Innocents, v.1 22 December 2008.

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Maurice Maeterlinck (1862–1949)
The Massacre of the Innocents (1886)
Translated (1916) by Alexander Teixeira de Mattos (1865–1921)

This short story was Maeterlinck’s first published work. (He went on to win the Nobel prize for literature in 1911.) It is inspired by Pieter Bruegel’s painting, “The Massacre of the Innocents” and is (unfortunately) as relevant today as ever.

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Maginnis, Charles D.: Pen Drawing - An Illustrated Treatise, v.1, 18 July 2008

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Charles Maginnis, according to a Wikipedia entry, is considered the father of American Gothic architecture. This book was first published in 1921 and contains 72 illustrations. You may wish to have a closer look at some of the illustrations at Project Gutenberg: http://www.gutenberg.org/etext/17502

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Magnay, Sir William: The Hunt Ball Mystery, (1918) v1, 14 May 2023

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The last novel by baronet Sir William Magnay, 1858-1917, published posthumously.

The title pretty well sums it up; a conventional murder mystery , country estates, the Hunt Ball...

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Mahan, A.T.: The Life of Nelson Vol. 1. V1. 9 Oct 2014

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From Wikipedia: [quotHoratio Nelson, 1st Viscount Nelson, KB (29 September 1758 – 21 October 1805) was a British flag officer famous for his service in the Royal Navy, particularly during the Napoleonic Wars. He was noted for his inspirational leadership and superb grasp of strategy and unconventional tactics, which resulted in a number of decisive naval victories. He was wounded several times in combat, losing one arm in the unsuccessful attempt to conquer Santa Cruz de Tenerife and the sight in one eye in Corsica. Of his several victories, the best known and most notable was the Battle of Trafalgar in 1805, during which he was shot and killed.[/quot

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Mahan, A.T.: The Life of Nelson Vol. 2. V1. 9 Oct 2014

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From Wikipedia: [quotHoratio Nelson, 1st Viscount Nelson, KB (29 September 1758 – 21 October 1805) was a British flag officer famous for his service in the Royal Navy, particularly during the Napoleonic Wars. He was noted for his inspirational leadership and superb grasp of strategy and unconventional tactics, which resulted in a number of decisive naval victories. He was wounded several times in combat, losing one arm in the unsuccessful attempt to conquer Santa Cruz de Tenerife and the sight in one eye in Corsica. Of his several victories, the best known and most notable was the Battle of Trafalgar in 1805, during which he was shot and killed.[/quot

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Maimonides, Moses: The Guide for the Perplexed. V1. 04-Aug-2014

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From Wikipedia: The Guide for the Perplexed (Hebrew: מורה נבוכים, Moreh Nevukhim; Arabic: دلالة الحائرين, dalālatul ḥā’irīn, דלאל̈ה אלחאירין) is one of the major works of Rabbi Moshe ben Maimon, better known as Maimonides or "the Rambam". It was written in the 12th century in the form of a three-volume letter to his student, Rabbi Joseph ben Judah of Ceuta, the son of Rabbi Judah, and is the main source of the Rambam's philosophical views, as opposed to his opinions on Jewish law.

Since many of the philosophical concepts, such as his view of theodicy and the relationship between philosophy and religion, are relevant beyond strictly Jewish theology, it has been the work most commonly associated with Maimonides in the non-Jewish world and it is known to have influenced several major non-Jewish philosophers. Following its publication, "almost every philosophic work for the remainder of the Middle Ages cited, commented on, or criticized Maimonides' views." Within Judaism, the Guide became widely popular, with many Jewish communities requesting copies of the manuscript, but also quite controversial, with some communities limiting its study or banning it altogether.

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Maitland, James A: The Cabin Boy's Story. v1. 29 Apr 2016

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James A Maitland: Died 1933

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The Cabin Boy, in this narrative has told his own story, very little varnished, or exaggerated ; he has had little occasion to do so; for to use a hackneyed yet veritable phrase, “Truth is strange—stranger than fiction.”

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Maitland, James A: The Wanderer. v1. 1 May 2016

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James A Maitland: Died 1933

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It was the 22d day of February, 18—; the guns were firing a salute from the Battery, which was shortly afterwards returned from the broadside of a man-of-war which lay at anchor in the stream, with the stars and stripes bravely flaunting in the wind from her mizzengaff end, while a pop-gun sort of crossfire was kept up from the guns of several other vessels in the harbor. The streets were lively with the gay uniforms of the militia, the volunteer companies, and the members of the various civic societies, and the air was filled with music from the bands attached to each company that formed the brilliant procession. Out of doors all was joyousness and gaiety in the city, and within doors, too, many kept holiday in honor of the great day of national rejoicing: but to the poverty-stricken, the sick and suffering, the sounds of revelry without, afforded no delight, and those who wept o’er sorrows all their own, heeded little the anniversary of Washington’s birthday.

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Major, Charles: A Forest Hearth. v1. 19 May 2013

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Charles Major (July 25, 1856 – February 13, 1913) was an American lawyer and novelist.

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One woman of that sort, I knew,—Mrs. Margarita Bays. To her face, or in the presence of those who might repeat my words, I of course called her "Mrs. Bays"; but when I felt safe in so doing, I called her the "Chief Justice"—a title conferred by my friend, Billy Little. Later happenings in her life caused Little to christen her "my Lady Jeffreys," a sobriquet bestowed upon her because of the manner in which she treated her daughter, whose name was also Margarita.

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Major, Charles: Dorothy Vernon of Haddon Hall. v1. 18 May 2013

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Charles Major (July 25, 1856 – February 13, 1913) was an American lawyer and novelist.

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My father, being a younger brother, sought adventure in the land of France, where his handsome person and engaging manner won the smiles of Dame Fortune and my mother at one and the same cast. In due time I was born, and upon the day following that great event my father died. On the day of his burial my poor mother, unable to find in me either compensation or consolation for the loss of her child's father, also died, of a broken heart, it was said. But God was right, as usual, in taking my parents; for I should have brought them no happiness, unless perchance they could have moulded my life to a better form than it has had—a doubtful chance, since our great virtues and our chief faults are born and die with us. My faults, alas! have been many and great. In my youth I knew but one virtue: to love my friend; and that was strong within me. How fortunate for us it would be if we could begin our life in wisdom and end it in simplicity, instead of the reverse which now obtains!

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Major, Charles: The Touchstone of Fortune. v1. 19 May 2013

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Charles Major (July 25, 1856 – February 13, 1913) was an American lawyer and novelist.

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Goddess Fortune seems to delight in smiling on a man who risks his all, including life, perhaps, on a desperate chance of, say one to one hundred. If her Ladyship frowns and he loses, his friends call him a fool; if he wins, they say he is a lucky devil and are pleased to share his prosperity if he happens to be of a giving disposition. Lucky? No! He has simply minted his courage.

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Major, Charles: When Knighthood Was in Flower. v1. 26 Oct 07

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Per Wikipedia: "[When Knighthood Was in Flower[/ is the debut novel of American author Charles Major written under the pseudonym, Edwin Caskoden. It was first published by Grosset & Dunlap in 1898 and proved an enormous success. According to the [New York Times[/, in its third year on the market the book was still selling so well that it was #9 on the list of bestselling novels in the United States for 1900. The book spawned an entire industry of historical romantic novels and films. In 1901, playwright Paul Kester wrote the Broadway play and by 1907 [When Knighthood Was in Flower[/ was still being printed by Grosset & Dunlap when the film rights were sold to Biograph Studios.

Set during the Tudor period of English history, When Knighthood Was in Flower tells the tribulations of Mary Tudor, a younger sister of Henry VIII of England who has fallen in love with a commoner. However, for political reasons, King Henry has arranged for her to wed the King Louis XII of France and demands his sister put the House of Tudor first, threatening, "[You will marry France and I will give you a wedding present – Charles Brandon's head![/""

I'll be posting the following ten best selling fiction books in the U.S. for the year 1900:

1. [To Have and To Hold[/, Mary Johnston
2. [Red Pottage[/, Mary Cholmondeley
3. [Unleavened Bread[/, Robert Grant
4. [The Reign of Law[/, James Lane Allen
5. [Eben Holden[/, Irving Bacheller
6. [Janice Meredith[/, Paul Leicester Ford
7. [The Redemption of David Corson[/, Charles Frederic Goss
8. [Richard Carvel[/, Winston Churchill
9. [When Knighthood Was in Flower[/, Charles Major
10. [Alice of Old Vincennes[/, Maurice Thompson

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Major, Charles: Yolanda: Maid of Burgundy. v1. 19 May 23013

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Charles Major (July 25, 1856 – February 13, 1913) was an American lawyer and novelist.

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Like the Israelites of old, mankind is prone to worship false gods, and persistently sets up the brazen image of a sham hero, as its idol. I should like to write the history of the world, if for no other reason than to assist several well-established heroes down from their pedestals. Great Charlemagne might come to earth's level, his patriarchal, flowing beard might drop from his face, and we might see him as he really was—a plucked and toothless old savage, with no more Christianity than Jacob, and with all of Jacob's greed. Richard of England, styled by hero-worshippers "The Lion-hearted," might be re-christened "The Wolf-hearted," and the famous Du Guesclin might seem to us a half-brutish vagabond. But Charles of Burgundy, dubbed by this prone world "The Bold" and "The Rash," would take the greatest fall. Of him and his fair daughter I shall speak in this history.

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Makin, William J.: Some Short Fiction of William J Makin (2019); v1; 28 October 2019

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William J Makin (1893-1944) saw active duty during WW1, and turned to writing fiction in 1920. He had a prolific output and a wide scope, from pulp adventure to fantasy and sf to crime and detective.

One of his continuing characters was Paul Rodgers, "the Red Wolf of Arabia", who had many adventures between the wars; another was Isaac Heron, the Gypsy detective.

This collection contains an assortment of his short fiction from magazine sources.

Strange / Weird
1: The Black Laugh
2: Anatomy Lesson
3: Man Killer

Isaac Heron
4: The Houseboat of Missing Men
5: The Tattooed Man

The Red Wolf of Arabia
6: The Woman of Antioch
7: The Dhow That Sailed to Nowhere
8: Miracle in the Desert
9: The Garden of T. N. T.
10: The Drums of Omdurman
11: The Queen of Sheba
12: Orient Express
13: London Blackout

(The original filename which became this book is "Isaac Heron"; the collection is original to this Library.)

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Makin, William J: Pirates of Piccadilly (1935); v1, 28 Jun 2019

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William J Makin (1893-1944) was a British journalist and author of popular adventure stories, many published in Pearson's Magazine.

Rousing tale of a young English gentleman, broke to the wide, who is inveigled into impersonating a middle-European King-in-exile to facilitate his return to power, and his many adventures. There is of course a beautiful girl.

Prepared from the version published in The Australian Women's Weekly 7 September 1935. It is likely that it is somewhat condensed, as it is only 45,000 words.

No cover could be found, so I concocted one using part of a 1920s travel poster.

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Makin, William J: The Silver Assassin (1937); v.1, 28 Jun 2019

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What is the connection between the moon-worshipping cult in London's West End, and he mysterious deaths of moon astronomers in Germany, the USA, Greenwich, and Wales?

How an an astronomer die while observing the moon through a telescope, and be left with an eerily silvered skin?

A brisk novel by British pulp author William J Makin (1893-1944)

No original cover can be found. This edition's cover is concocted by me from a 1920s photograph.

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Malden, Richard Henry: Nine Ghosts. V1. 9 Mar 2012

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R.H. Malden (1879-1951

A COLLECTOR'S COMPANY
THE DINING-ROOM FIREPLACE
STIVINGHOE BANK
THE SUNDIAL
BETWEEN SUNSET AND MOONRISE
THE BLANK LEAVES
THE THIRTEENTH TREE
THE COXSWAIN OF THE LIFEBOAT
THE PRIEST'S BRASS

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Malet, Lucas: Deadham Hard. v1. 18 Jan 2014

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Lucas Malet was the pseudonym of Mary St Leger Kingsley (4 June 1852 - 1931), a Victorian novelist. She was born in Eversley, Hampshire, the daughter of Charles Kingsley (author of The Water Babies). In 1876, she married William Harrison, Minor Canon of Westminster, and Priest-in-Ordinary to the Queen.

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Hence the unsavoury reputation of the place. For not only did it supply a convenient receiving house for smuggled goods, but a convenient rendezvous for the more lawless characters of the neighbourhood—a back-of-beyond and No Man's Land where the devil could, with impunity, have things very much his own way. In the intervals of more serious business, the vaults and cellars of Tandy's frequently resounded to the agonies and brutal hilarities of cock-fights, dog-fights, and other repulsive sports and pastimes common to the English—both gentle and simple—of that virile but singularly gross and callous age. Nevertheless to Thomas Clarkson Verity, man of peace and of ideas, Tandy's represented—and continued to represent through over half a century—rescue, security, an awakening in something little short of paradise from a long-drawn nightmare of hell. He paid an extortionate price for the property at the outset, and spent a small fortune on the enlargement of the house and improvement of the grounds, yet never regretted his bargain.

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Malet, Lucas: The Carissima (ghost). v1. 16 Mar 2021

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“I needn't go into details, Hammond,” Leversedge said. “That camp was dead. Even in the night, which decently hides a good deal, it was a ghastly place. I suppose they’d all died of thirst, they and the oxen. And I had fever on me. I shall never know quite all I did see. But in one of the wagons I made out a dead woman. Underneath it a dog was tied, a small, yellowish cur, the only thing left alive, and it yapped. And – and – there had been a child in the wagon, a little baby-child – and I suppose it had lived longer than the rest. And it must have crawled out over the tail of the wagon, and fallen close to the dog.…”

The horrible image of that dog came to haunt Leversedge – and in the end, when he was married (and happy, he thought), it came to rule his life. In the end, it would destroy him.

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Mary St Leger [Kingsley] Harrison (1852-1931), daughter of Charles Kingsley (author of The Water Babies), wrote highly acclaimed fiction from the 1880s through the 1920s under the pseudonym “Lucas Malet.” Some of her novels received even more favorable critical notice in London literary circles than those of her friends Thomas Hardy, Henry James, and Mrs. Humphry Ward. [The Wages of Sin[/ (1891) and The History of Sir Richard Calmady (1901) were especially popular. She published three novels of the supernatural: [The Carissima[/, [The Gateless Barrier[/, and [The Tall Villa[/.

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[Originally published 1896. This book is in the public domain where copyright is “Life+80” or less, and in the USA.[/
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Malet, Lucas: The Far Horizon. v1. 18 Jan 2014

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Lucas Malet was the pseudonym of Mary St Leger Kingsley (4 June 1852 - 1931), a Victorian novelist. She was born in Eversley, Hampshire, the daughter of Charles Kingsley (author of The Water Babies). In 1876, she married William Harrison, Minor Canon of Westminster, and Priest-in-Ordinary to the Queen.

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"The good man is the bad man's teacher; the bad man is the material upon which the good man works. If the one does not value his teacher, if the other does not love his material, then despite their sagacity they must go far astray. This is a mystery of great import."—FROM THE SAYINGS OF LAO-TZU.

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Malet, Lucas: The Gateless Barrier. v1. 19 Jan 2014

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Lucas Malet was the pseudonym of Mary St Leger Kingsley (4 June 1852 - 1931), a Victorian novelist. She was born in Eversley, Hampshire, the daughter of Charles Kingsley (author of The Water Babies). In 1876, she married William Harrison, Minor Canon of Westminster, and Priest-in-Ordinary to the Queen.

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"According to the Japanese pronunciation of the Chinese characters of the title, we call it Mu-Mon-Kwan, which means 'The Gateless Barrier.' It is one of the books especially studied by the Zen sect, or the sect of Dhyâna. A peculiarity of some of the Dhyâna texts—this (story) being a good example—is that they are not explanatory. They only suggest. Questions are put, but the student must think out the answers for himself. He must think them out but not write them. You know that Dhyâna represents human effort to reach, through meditation, zones of thought beyond the range of verbal expression; and any thought narrowed into utterance loses all Dhyâna quality.... Well, this story is supposed to be true; but it is used only for a Dhyâna question...."

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Malet, Lucas: The History of Sir Richard Calmady. v1. 19 Jan 2014

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Lucas Malet was the pseudonym of Mary St Leger Kingsley (4 June 1852 - 1931), a Victorian novelist. She was born in Eversley, Hampshire, the daughter of Charles Kingsley (author of The Water Babies). In 1876, she married William Harrison, Minor Canon of Westminster, and Priest-in-Ordinary to the Queen.

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Commencing his labours at Brockhurst during the closing years of the reign of Queen Elizabeth, Denzil Calmady completed them in 1611 with a royal house-warming. For the space of a week, during the autumn of that year,—the last autumn, as it unhappily proved, that graceful and scholarly prince was fated to see,—Henry, Prince of Wales, condescended to be his guest. He was entertained at Brockhurst—as contemporary records inform the curious—with "much feastinge and many joyous masques and gallant pastimes," including "a great slayinge of deer and divers beastes and fowl in the woods and coverts thereunto adjacent." It is added, with unconscious irony, that his host, being a "true lover of all wild creatures, had caused a fine bear-pit to be digged beyond the outer garden wall to the west." And that, on the Sunday afternoon of the Prince's visit, there "was held a most mighty baitinge," to witness which "many noble gentlemen of the neighbourhood did visit Brockhurst and lay there two nights."

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Malet, Lucas: The Tall Villa (ghost). v1. 15 Mar 2021

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In [The Tall Villa[/, Malet constructs a psychologically complex story of a ghostly tortured hero. This spirit, a suicide for unrequited love, restlessly roams the tall villa for a century, finally finding love in the shape of a long-suffering and abandoned wife of another man.

A late Victorian Gothic ghost story, not horrific, which explores some of the issues women faced in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries.

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Mary St Leger [Kingsley] Harrison (1852-1931), daughter of Charles Kingsley (author of [The Water Babies[/), wrote highly acclaimed fiction from the 1880s through the 1920s under the pseudonym “Lucas Malet.” Some of her novels received even more favorable critical notice in London literary circles than those of her friends Thomas Hardy, Henry James, and Mrs. Humphry Ward. [The Wages of Sin[/ (1891) and [The History of Sir Richard Calmady[/ (1901) were especially popular.

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[Originally published 1920. This book is in the public domain where copyright is “Life+80” or less, and in the USA.[/
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Malory, Sir Thomas: Le Morte d'Arthur, v.1, 18 Nov 2007.

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[QUOTThe Noble and Joyous Book entitled:
LE MORTE D'ARTHUR
Notwithstanding it treateth of the birth, life, and acts of the said King Arthur, of his noble Knights of the round table, their marvelous inquests, and adventures, the achieving of the sangreal, and in the end, the dolorous and departing out of this world of them all, which book, reduced to English by:
Sir Thomas Malory Knight[/QUOT
The Arthurian Legend which today towers above all others is enshrined in Le Morte d'Arthur written by Sir Thomas Malory and completed in 1470. This epic story, culminating with the death of King Arthur, is based on Geoffrey of Monmouth's much earlier one, but Malory introduces elements already popularised by the Romance-writers, and brings in other Arthur-related stories from elsewhere on the continent. So for the first time, 'The Sword in the Stone', 'The Round Table', 'The Quest of the Holy Grail', the adultery of Lancelot and Guinevere, and the tale of Tristram and Iseult (the most romantic of all that Malory tells, and a prelude to the final tragedy of King Arthur), are all brought into one more-or-less coherent single narrative.

Thomas Malory was, by all accounts, a rogue, as well as a (now) distinguished author. His rampant criminality (cattle rustling, ambush with intent to murder, robbery, extortion, rape, insulting an Abbot, etc) is why he spent significant parts of his life in prison, and were it not for the length of his final prison term we may not have Le Morte d'Arthur at all, because it was then, in prison, that he wrote its 507 chapters and more than 300,000 words.

"Le Morte d'Arthur" is Middle French for "la mort d'Arthur": the death of Arthur. It was first published in 1485 by William Caxton.
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Malory, Sir Thomas: Le Morte D'Arthur.V2.23 Sept. 2013

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From Wikipedia:
[QUOTLe Morte d'Arthur (originally spelled Le Morte Darthur, Middle French for "the death of Arthur") is a compilation by Sir Thomas Malory of Romance tales about the legendary King Arthur, Guinevere, Lancelot, and the Knights of the Round Table. Malory interprets existing French and English stories about these figures and adds original material (the Gareth story). First published in 1485 by William Caxton, Le Morte d'Arthur is today perhaps the best-known work of Arthurian literature in English. Many modern Arthurian writers have used Malory as their principal source, including T. H. White in his popular The Once and Future King and Tennyson in The Idylls of the King.[/QUOT
I went back to the two volume epubs at Gutenberg and spliced them together in Calibre and found the cover image through Wikipedia. It's from a painting by James Archer (1823–1904). I also put in a chaptered TOC.
10 Previous views. I corrected a few errors in the TOC and reformatted the TOC to be easier to read.

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Malory, Sir Thomas: The Romance of King Arthur (illus-Rackham). v1. 16 Jan 2020

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The romance of King Arthur and his knights of the Round Table

From “Le Morte d’Arthur” by Sir Thomas Malory (c. 1415–1471)

Abridged and edited by Alfred W. Pollard (1859–1944)
Illustrated by Arthur Rackham (1867–1939)
With a glossary provided by Alfred Pollard

Here are tales from legendary times: the stories of King Arthur and his knights, of Merlin, of Tristram and Isoud, of Launcelot and Guenever, of Sir Galahad and the Holy Grail. Ah… names to conjure thoughts of conflict, chivalry, and romance.

This book is not an easy read: it is presented in the original archaic language (although Pollard does include a glossary to help the reader along). The wonderful Arthur Rackham illustrations are a joy, and all by themselves would make this a worthy addition to your library.

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Arthur Pendragon was a legendary British leader who, according to medieval histories and romances, led the defense of Britain against Saxon invaders in the late 5th and early 6th centuries. The details of Arthur’s story are mainly composed of folklore and literary invention, and modern historians generally agree that he is not historical.

In the 1460’s, Sir Thomas Malory compiled, translated, and edited Arthurian tales and legends from earlier sources. His book, [Le Morte d’Arthur[/, published in 1485, is the basis for the vast literature concerning the Arthurian legend. (Malory’s identity has never been confirmed, but the likeliest candidate is Sir Thomas Malory of Newbold Revel in Warwickshire: country gentleman, soldier, and professional criminal. For some more information, see the British Library article: http://www.bl.uk/onlinegallery/onlineex/englit/malory/

To create [The Romance of King Arthur[/, Alfred W. Pollard, English bibliographer and scholar, abridged and edited Malory’s work to “clear away some of the underwood that the great trees may be better seen, and though I know that I have cleared away some small timber that is fine stuff in itself, if the great trees stand out the better, the experiment may be forgiven.”

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Malory’s [Le Morte d’Arthur[/ was first published in 1485. [The Romance of King Arthur[/, the abridgement by Alfred Pollard with illustrations by Arthur Rackham, was first published in 1917.
This ebook is in the public domain where copyright is “Life+70” or less, and in the USA.
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Malory, Thomas, Sir, et al.: Chronicle and Romance. v1. 30 Jun 2015

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Sir Thomas Malory (died 14 March 1471) was an English writer, the author or compiler of Le Morte d'Arthur. Since the late nineteenth century he has generally been identified as Sir Thomas Malory of Newbold Revel in Warwickshire, a knight, land-owner and Member of Parliament. Previously, it was suggested by the antiquary John Leland, as well as John Bale, that he was Welsh (identifying "Malory" with "Maelor"). Occasionally, other candidates are put forward for authorship of Le Morte d'Arthur, but the supporting evidence for their claim has been described as "no more than circumstantial".

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Froissart’s wandering life points to one of the most prominent of his characteristics as a historian. Uncritical and often inconsistent as he is, his mistakes are not due to partisanship, for he is extraordinarily cosmopolitan. The Germans he dislikes as unchivalrous; but though his life lay in the period of the Hundred Years’ War between England and France, and though he describes many of the events of that war, he is as friendly to England as to France.

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Malory, Thomas, Sir, et al.: Historic Tales, Vol 14 (of 15). v1. 2 Jul 2015

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Sir Thomas Malory (died 14 March 1471) was an English writer, the author or compiler of Le Morte d'Arthur. Since the late nineteenth century he has generally been identified as Sir Thomas Malory of Newbold Revel in Warwickshire, a knight, land-owner and Member of Parliament. Previously, it was suggested by the antiquary John Leland, as well as John Bale, that he was Welsh (identifying "Malory" with "Maelor"). Occasionally, other candidates are put forward for authorship of Le Morte d'Arthur, but the supporting evidence for their claim has been described as "no more than circumstantial".

Morris, Charles, 1833-1922

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The story of Tristram’s valorous deeds, and of the high honor in which he was held at Camelot, in good time came to Cornwall, where it filled King Mark’s soul with revengeful fury, and stirred the heart of La Belle Isolde to the warmest love. The coward king, indeed, in his jealous hatred of his nephew, set out in disguise for England, with murderous designs against Tristram should an opportunity occur.

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Malory, Thomas, Sir, et al.: Historic Tales, Vol. XIII (of 15). v1. 1 Jul 2015

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Sir Thomas Malory (died 14 March 1471) was an English writer, the author or compiler of Le Morte d'Arthur. Since the late nineteenth century he has generally been identified as Sir Thomas Malory of Newbold Revel in Warwickshire, a knight, land-owner and Member of Parliament. Previously, it was suggested by the antiquary John Leland, as well as John Bale, that he was Welsh (identifying "Malory" with "Maelor"). Occasionally, other candidates are put forward for authorship of Le Morte d'Arthur, but the supporting evidence for their claim has been described as "no more than circumstantial".

Morris, Charles, 1833-1922

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To such we offer this work, which we have simply sought to make easy reading, with little further liberty with Malory’s quaint prose than to put it into a modern dress, and with the hope that no such complete divorce exists between the world of the present and that of the past as to render the exploits of King Arthur and his Round Table Knights dull, wearisome, and profitless reading, void of the human interest which they once possessed in such large and satisfying measure.

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Malory, Thomas, Sir: Le Morte Darthur. v1. 3 Jul 2015

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Sir Thomas Malory (died 14 March 1471) was an English writer, the author or compiler of Le Morte d'Arthur. Since the late nineteenth century he has generally been identified as Sir Thomas Malory of Newbold Revel in Warwickshire, a knight, land-owner and Member of Parliament. Previously, it was suggested by the antiquary John Leland, as well as John Bale, that he was Welsh (identifying "Malory" with "Maelor"). Occasionally, other candidates are put forward for authorship of Le Morte d'Arthur, but the supporting evidence for their claim has been described as "no more than circumstantial".

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It befell in the days of Uther Pendragon, when he was king of all England, and so reigned, that there was a mighty duke in Cornwall that held war against him long time. And the duke was named the duke of Tintagil. And so by means king Uther sent for this duke, charging him to bring his wife with him, for she was called a fair lady, and a passing wise, and her name was called Igraine. So when the duke and his wife were come unto the king, by the means of great lords they were accorded both: the king liked and loved this lady well, and he made them great cheer out of measure, and desired to have had her love.

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Malot, Hector: Conscience. French. v1, 21 Feb 2008

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Hector-HENRI Malot, the son of a notary public, was born at La Brouille (Seine-Inferieure), March 20, 1830. He studied law, intending to devote himself also to the Notariat, but toward 1853 or 1854 commenced writing for various small journals. Somewhat later he assisted in compiling the ‘Biographie Generale’ of Firmin Didot, and was also a contributor to some reviews. Under the generic title of ‘Les Victimes d’Amour,’ he made his debut with the following three family-romances: ’Les Amants (1859), Les Epoux (1865), and Les Enfants (1866).’ About the same period he published a book, ‘La Vie Moderne en Angleterre.’ Malot has written quite a number of novels, of which the greatest is [Conscience[/, crowned by the French Academy in 1878.

[Conscience[/ is a love story from beginning to end but so stained with blood and crime by the hero, Victor Saniel, as to be revolting on the one hand, while it is beautiful and rendered holy on the other, by the pure and lovely young creature Phillis Cormier, whom he had betrayed into matrimony and whose life and happiness he had ruined forever.

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Malot, Hector: Conscience:. v1, 21 Feb 2008

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Hector-HENRI Malot, the son of a notary public, was born at La Brouille (Seine-Inferieure), March 20, 1830. He studied law, intending to devote himself also to the Notariat, but toward 1853 or 1854 commenced writing for various small journals. Somewhat later he assisted in compiling the ‘Biographie Generale’ of Firmin Didot, and was also a contributor to some reviews. Under the generic title of ‘Les Victimes d’Amour,’ he made his debut with the following three family-romances: ’Les Amants (1859), Les Epoux (1865), and Les Enfants (1866).’ About the same period he published a book, ‘La Vie Moderne en Angleterre.’ Malot has written quite a number of novels, of which the greatest is [Conscience[/, crowned by the French Academy in 1878.

[Conscience[/ is a love story from beginning to end but so stained with blood and crime by the hero, Victor Saniel, as to be revolting on the one hand, while it is beautiful and rendered holy on the other, by the pure and lovely young creature Phillis Cormier, whom he had betrayed into matrimony and whose life and happiness he had ruined forever.

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Mamatas, Nick: Move Underground. v1, 8 Mar 2008

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[Move Underground[/ by Nick Mamatas is released with a Creative Commons license.

http://www.moveunderground.org/

Publisher Comments:

The year is nineteen-sixty-something, and after endless millennia of watery sleep, the stars are finally right. Old R'lyeh rises out of the Pacific, ready to cast its damned shadow over the primitive human world.

The first to see its peaks: an alcoholic, paranoid, and frightened Jack Kerouac, who had been drinking off a nervous breakdown up in Big Sur. Now Jack must get back on the road to find Neal Cassady, the holy fool whose rambling letters hint of a world brought to its knees in worship of the Elder God Cthulhu.

Together with pistol-packin' junkie William S. Burroughs, Jack and Neal make their way across the continent to face down the murderous Lovecraftian cult that has spread its darkness to the heart of the American Dream. But is Neal along for the ride to help save the world, or does he want to destroy it just so that he'll have an ending for his book?

Review:

"The American dream reveals itself to be a Lovecraftian nightmare in Mamatas's audacious first novel, set in the early 1960s, which goes on the road with Kerouac, Cassaday and Cthulhu. Jack Kerouac is in California when he receives cryptic letters from soulmate and muse Neal Cassaday, whose hallucinatory ramblings evoke 'the Dark Dreamer' (aka Cthulhu), the Lovecraftian deity of cosmic entropy whom Jack blames for the era's stultifying forces of conformity, commercialism and complacency. After Jack rescues Neal from his new life as a gas station owner in Nevada, the two reverse the steps of their earlier westward trek, fighting skirmishes with 'the Cult of Utter Normalcy' that serves the god, en route to a climactic showdown in New York City. The book has no more plot than Kerouac's On the Road, but the author makes Jack and Neal's surreal adventures in middle America seem the perfect expression of Lovecraft's mind-blasting horrors. He gives quaint cameos to Allen Ginsburg as a sewer-trolling prophet and William S. Burroughs as a god-swatting exterminator extraordinaire. He also manages a credible pastiche of Kerouac's visionary prose, as in this description of Manhattan: 'The heart of the world, concrete and fleshy, green money pouring in and out from every corner of earth through arteries of commerce and culture, all choked up and poisoned with the madness of dead gods' dreams.' Though Lovecraft reduxes are common in horror, few show the wit and energy of this original effort." Publishers Weekly (Copyright Reed Business Information, Inc.)

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Maniates, Belle Kanaris: Penny of Top Hill Trail v.1 Nov 6 2008

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This seems to be some sort of romantic western:

[QUOTOn an afternoon in early spring a man lounged against the wall of the station waiting for the express from the east. Slender of waist and hip, stalwart of shoulder, some seventy-two inches of sinewy height, he was the figure of the typical cattleman. His eyes were deep-set and far-seeing; his lean, brown face, roughened by outdoor life, was austere and resolute in expression.[/QUOT

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Mann, Jack: Gees' First Case (1936); v1

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Jack Mann is a pseudonym used by British fantasy author Charles Henry Cannell (1882-1947) for a series of novels featuring "Gees", an occult private detective, of which this is the first, first published in 1936. The novels are:

1 Gees' First Case 1936
2 Grey Shapes 1937
3 Nightmare Farm 1937
4 The Kleinart Case 1938
5 Maker of Shadows 1938
6 The Ninth Life 1939
7 The Glass Too Many 1940
8 Her Ways are Death 1940

Cannell's best-known pseudonym is E. Charles Vivian, under which name he published many fantasy novels and stories between 1907 and his death in 1947. He also wrote westerns as by Barry Lynd, and is believed to have published under several other, now lost, pseudonyms.

More conventional than subsequent novels in the series, we meet Gees for the first time, and find him becoming fighting a violent terrorist campaign.

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Mann, Jack: Grey Shapes (1937), v1

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Jack Mann is a pseudonym used by British fantasy author Charles Henry Cannell (1882-1947) for a series of novels featuring "Gees", an occult private detective, of which this is the 2nd, first published in 1937. The novels are:

1 Gees' First Case 1936
2 Grey Shapes 1937
3 Nightmare Farm 1937
4 The Kleinart Case 1938
5 Maker of Shadows 1938
6 The Ninth Life 1939
7 The Glass Too Many 1940
8 Her Ways are Death 1940

Cannell's best-known pseudonym is E. Charles Vivian, under which name he published many fantasy novels and stories between 1907 and his death in 1947. He also wrote westerns as by Barry Lynd, and is believed to have published under several other, now lost, pseudonyms.

The cover of the book gives the game away: sheep are being mutilated on a farm, and there are worrying legends that lycanathropy is afoot in the region.

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Mann, Jack: Her Ways are Death (1940), v1

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Jack Mann is a pseudonym used by British fantasy author Charles Henry Cannell (1882-1947) for a series of novels featuring "Gees", an occult private detective, of which this is the 8th and last, first published in 1940. The novels are:

1 Gees' First Case 1936
2 Grey Shapes 1937
3 Nightmare Farm 1937
4 The Kleinart Case 1938
5 Maker of Shadows 1938
6 The Ninth Life 1939
7 The Glass Too Many 1940
8 Her Ways are Death 1940

Cannell's best-known pseudonym is E. Charles Vivian, under which name he published many fantasy novels and stories between 1907 and his death in 1947. He also wrote westerns as by Barry Lynd, and is believed to have published under several other, now lost, pseudonyms.

Gregory George Gordon Green, known as "Gees" from his initials, is summoned to the west country by a local squire, who unfolds a strange tale of his descent from the mythological Norse Volsung clan; and a feud with a neighbouring beautiful young witch, a fued many centuries old.

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Mann, Jack: Maker of Shadows (1938), v1

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Jack Mann is a pseudonym used by British fantasy author Charles Henry Cannell (1882-1947) for a series of novels featuring "Gees", an occult private detective, of which this is the 5th, first published in 1938. The novels are:

1 Gees' First Case 1936
2 Grey Shapes 1937
3 Nightmare Farm 1937
4 The Kleinert Case 1938
5 Maker of Shadows 1938
6 The Ninth Life 1939
7 The Glass Too Many 1940
8 Her Ways are Death 1940

Cannell's best-known pseudonym is E. Charles Vivian, under which name he published many fantasy novels and stories between 1907 and his death in 1947. He also wrote westerns as by Barry Lynd, and is believed to have published under several other, now lost, pseudonyms.

This is set in Scotland, somewhere north of the Clyde, and the heart of the plot is a sinister stone circle with occult properties.

Text source: Roy Glashan's Library.

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Mann, Jack: Nightmare Farm (1937), v1

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Jack Mann is a pseudonym used by British fantasy author Charles Henry Cannell (1882-1947) for a series of novels featuring "Gees", an occult private detective, of which this is the 3rd, first published in 1937. The novels are:

1 Gees' First Case 1936
2 Grey Shapes 1937
3 Nightmare Farm 1937
4 The Kleinart Case 1938
5 Maker of Shadows 1938
6 The Ninth Life 1939
7 The Glass Too Many 1940
8 Her Ways are Death 1940

Cannell's best-known pseudonym is E. Charles Vivian, under which name he published many fantasy novels and stories between 1907 and his death in 1947. He also wrote westerns as by Barry Lynd, and is believed to have published under several other, now lost, pseudonyms.

Knights Mere Farm, now known locally as Nightmare Farm, shows every sign of being haunted, and occult detective Gees is consulted. There is much more to it than meets the eye, and tragedy follows.

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Mann, Jack: The Glass Too Many (1940), v1

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Jack Mann is a pseudonym used by British fantasy author Charles Henry Cannell (1882-1947) for a series of novels featuring "Gees", an occult private detective, of which this is the 5th, first published in 1938. The novels are:

1 Gees' First Case 1936
2 Grey Shapes 1937
3 Nightmare Farm 1937
4 The Kleinert Case 1938
5 Maker of Shadows 1938
6 The Ninth Life 1939
7 The Glass Too Many 1940
8 Her Ways are Death 1940

All 8 are now in this library. This book completes the set.

Cannell's best-known pseudonym is E. Charles Vivian, under which name he published many fantasy novels and stories between 1907 and his death in 1947. He also wrote westerns as by Barry Lynd, and is believed to have published under several other, now lost, pseudonyms.

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Mann, Jack: the Kleinert Case (1938); v1

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The fourth and last Gees case, less supernatural than usual. Kleinert, a frightened inventor, comes to Gees agency claiming to be haunted. But only in the dark, and in fog.

Gees undertakes to stay with him (in what proves to be a shabby hovel) for a month, and doing so unearths a mystery and a murder.

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Mann, Jack: The Ninth Life (1939), v1

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Jack Mann is a pseudonym used by British fantasy author Charles Henry Cannell (1882-1947) for a series of novels featuring "Gees", an occult private detective, of which this is the 6th, first published in 1939. The novels are:

1 Gees' First Case 1936
2 Grey Shapes 1937
3 Nightmare Farm 1937
4 The Kleinart Case 1938
5 Maker of Shadows 1938
6 The Ninth Life 1939
7 The Glass Too Many 1940
8 Her Ways are Death 1940

Cannell's best-known pseudonym is E. Charles Vivian, under which name he published many fantasy novels and stories between 1907 and his death in 1947. He also wrote westerns as by Barry Lynd, and is believed to have published under several other, now lost, pseudonyms.

Cleo Kefra, young, beautiful, mysterious, arrives in England, and a series of tragedies involving large feral cats brings occult detective Gees onto the case.

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Mann, Thomas: Der Tod in Venedig (German)

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Die [Tragödie einer Entwürdigung[/ hat Thomas Mann den [«Tod in Venedig»[/ 1930 im [«Lebensabriss»[/ genannt. Sprachlich erreichen Entschiedenheit und persönliche Prägnanz des Tonfalls hier eine Vollendung, die von Thomas Mann nicht wieder überboten worden ist. Die mythologische Tiefenperspektive, die Unterteilung in fünf Kapitel analog den fünf Akten des klassischen Dramas, der zeitweilig antikisierende Sprachrhythmus geben der Novelle das Gepräge von Klassizität. Die Novelle zählt zur bedeutendsten deutschen Prosa, die im zwanzigsten Jahrhundert geschrieben worden ist.

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Mann, Thomas: Der Tod in Venedig (german), v1, 12 Dec 2008

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Thomas Mann: Der Tod in Venedig (1912)

Die Novelle, die Thomas Mann wie ein klassisches Drama in fünf Abschnitte gegliedert hat, handelt von Gustav von Aschenbach.

Aschenbach ist 50, lebt in München und befindet sich auf der Höhe seines öffentlichen Ruhms. Von plötzlichem Fernweh erfasst bricht er nach Venedig auf, wo der sonst so disziplinierte und korrekte Mann in sinnliche Zuneigung zu einem jungen Polen namens Tadzio entflammt. Venedig wird von Cholerafällen heimgesucht und auch Tadzio infiziert sich.

Viel Spaß beim Lesen

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Manning, Anne: Jacques Bonneval. v1. 10 Jun 2015

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Anne Manning (February 17, 1807 – September 14, 1879) was a British novelist. Born in London, England, Manning was an active writer during the Victorian age, having 51 works to her credit. Her writings have much literary charm, and show a delicate historical imagination

Huguenots

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Manning, Anne: Mary Powell & Deborah's Diary. v1. 10 Jun 2015

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Anne Manning (February 17, 1807 – September 14, 1879) was a British novelist. Born in London, England, Manning was an active writer during the Victorian age, having 51 works to her credit. Her writings have much literary charm, and show a delicate historical imagination

Milton, Mary Powell, d. 1652
Milton, John, 1608-1674

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Manning, Anne: The Duchess of Trajetto. v1. 8 Jun 2015

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Anne Manning (February 17, 1807 – September 14, 1879) was a British novelist. Born in London, England, Manning was an active writer during the Victorian age, having 51 works to her credit. Her writings have much literary charm, and show a delicate historical imagination

Excerpt
“What could induce Isabella to write me that disagreeable letter? I fancy the Prince of Sulmona had a hand in it. It is very hard, after the Pope’s substantiating my rights as he has done, and bringing me through with a high hand, that I should be assailed in a fresh quarter. How sorry Rodomonte would have been! Poor fellow, he loved us both so dearly! And if ever a step-mother did her duty by a step-daughter, I did mine by Isabella. But there was too little difference in our ages. She presumed on my forbearance, and tried to domineer over me. I dare say many people fancy the life of a rich young widow must needs be very happy. Some were even stupid enough to think my dear Duke and I could not be as happy as we seemed. Oh, yes, we were!—though he was forty and I but thirteen.

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Manning, Anne: The Household of Sir Thomas More. v1. 9 Jun 2015

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Anne Manning (February 17, 1807 – September 14, 1879) was a British novelist. Born in London, England, Manning was an active writer during the Victorian age, having 51 works to her credit. Her writings have much literary charm, and show a delicate historical imagination

Excerpt
It is not always from the closest and most accurate historian that we receive the truest picture of an age or of a character. The artist gives a more real picture than the photographer; and it needs imagination and sympathy, as well as labour and research, to make a hero of old time live again to-day. The minutest investigation will hardly better the vivid reality of Scott’s James I. or Charles II., or portray more truly than Mr. Shorthouse has done the fragile yet fascinating personality of Charles I. Yet to say this is not toundervalue history or to contemn the labour of true students. Rather, without their aid we cannot rightly see the past at all: it comes to us only with the distortions of our own prejudice and our narrow modern outlook. We need both the work of the scholar and the imagination of the artist. Without the first we could not behold the past, without the second we could not understand it.

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Manning, Frederic: The Middle Paths of Fortune, v1 7 January 2015

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Frederic Manning was born in Sydney in 1882 to a wealthy family. He was a sickly child, and was educated almost entirely by tutors. From age sixteen he lived with one of them in England (apart from occasional visits to his family) where he pursued a literary career before and after the war until his death from pneumonia in 1935.

He joined the King's Shropshire Light Infantry as a private in 1914. [The Middle Parts of Fortune: Somme and Ancre, 1916[/ was published anonymously in a limited edition by Piazza Press in 1929 - 'the events described in it actually happened; the characters are fictitious' - using the language of his fellow rankers, including their accents and obscenities. A sanitised version was printed and reprinted as Her Privates We in 1930, and the original version was reprinted in 1977. The book was described by Ernest Hemingway as 'Probably the greatest book of men at war ever written,' and by Ezra Pound as 'One of the finest books ever written about the horror of warfare on the Western Front'.

The source text was Project Gutenberg Australia 0200261.txt, checked against a pdf version (which has its own typos and inconsistencies) of the 1929 edition from the University of Sydney Library. I have silently corrected typos, curled quotes, and replaced italics, diacritics, and scene breaks.

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Manrique, Jorge: Coplas por la muerte de su padre (Spanish/English) v1 20 Dec 2008

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"Coplas por la muerte de su padre" (Stanzas on His Father's Death) is one of the most acclaimed pieces of Spanish poetry. It was composed by Jorge Manrique (c. 1440-1479) after 1476 (the year of his father's death), but probably some of the stanzas are of earlier date.

It is an elegy dedicated to the memory of his father, Rodrigo Manrique, with some originalities for its time. Most importantly, it is written in a plain, direct, sincere language, away from the affected poems typical of those centuries, without flowery metaphors or complicated figures. This has allowed the poem to be perfectly understandable nowadays (apart from a few old-fashioned words and constructions). It talks of life and death, on the worth of some actions and the worthlessness of others, and also on the virtues of his father (of course), and it certainly touches the heart in some passages.

Included here is an English translation (1833) by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow (1807-1882), which I've seen described as a work of art on its own. Trying to create a bilingual edition, I've put links between the two versions at every stanza. I have also found mentions to French and Italian translations, but I couldn't find any out-of-copyright one. If anyone knows of an existing translation to any other language, please tell me, and I'll include it here.

All feedback is welcome.

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Mansfield, Katherine: Bliss and Other Stories, v.1, 26 May 2008.

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Katherine Mansfield (1888-1923)
Bliss and Other Stories (1920)

A short story collection.
Contents:
Prelude
Je Ne Parle Pas Français
Bliss
The Wind Blows
Psychology
Pictures
The Man without a Temperament
Mr. Reginald Peacock’s Day
Sun and Moon
Feuille D’Album
A Dill Pickle
The Little Governess
Revelations
The Escape

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Mansfield, Katherine: Bliss and Other Stories. v1. 16 Jan 2017

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Katherine Mansfield was born near Wellington, New Zealand, in 1888, the third of four surving daughters of middle class parents. Her only brother was eight years younger. In 1901 she began the first of many relationships with men and women, and made the first of several visits to England and Europe in 1903. During the later visits she became known to D.H. Lawrence, Bertrand Russell, Lytton Strachey, and Virgina Woolf. In 1918 she was diagnosed with TB, and died near Fontainbleau in France in 1923. There are longer and more detailed biographies available online through the Katherine Mansfield Society.

[Bliss and Other Stories[/ was published as a collection in 1923, and contains fourteen stories: Prelude, Je Ne Parle Pas Français, Bliss, The Wind Blows, Psychology, Pictures, The Man Without a Temperament, Mr Reginald Peacock's Day, Sun and Moon, Feuille d'Album, A Dill Pickle, the Little Governess, Revelations, and The Escape.

The source text was taken from the University of Adelaide ebook library and was checked against [Collected Stories of Katherine Mansfield,[/ first published by Constable in 1945. I have silently corrected typos, curled quotes, replaced italics, used British English, and made changes to spelling and hyphenation using oxforddictionaries.com. Letters and other documents are set out as blockquotes.

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Mansfield, Katherine: In a German Pension, v.1, 26 May 2008.

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Katherine Mansfield (1888-1923)
In a German Pension (1911)

A short story collection.
Contents:
1. Germans at Meat
2. The Baron
3. The Sister of the Baroness
4. Frau Fischer
5. Frau Brechenmacher Attends a Wedding
6. The Modern Soul
7. At Lehmann’s
8. The Luft Bad
9. A Birthday
10. The Child-Who-Was-Tired
11. The Advanced Lady
12. The Swing of the Pendulum
13. A Blaze

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Mansfield, Katherine: Something Childish and Other Stories, v.1, 3 June 2008.

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Katherine Mansfield (1888-1923)
Something Childish and Other Stories (1924).

A collection of 25 short stories and sketches, published posthumously.

The source was PG Australia.

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Mansfield, Katherine: Something Childish and Other Stories. v1 30 Jan 2017

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Katherine Mansfield was born near Wellington, New Zealand, in 1888, the third of four surving daughters of middle class parents. Her only brother was eight years younger. In 1901 she began the first of many relationships with men and women, and made the first of several visits to England and Europe in 1903. During the later visits she met D.H. Lawrence, Bertrand Russell, Lytton Strachey, and Virgina Woolf. In 1918 she was diagnosed with TB, and died near Fontainbleau in France in 1923.

There are longer and more detailed biographies available online through the Katherine Mansfield Society.

[Something Childish, and Other Stories[/ was published in 1924, and contains 25 short stories in order of writing from 1908 to 1921. They include The Tiredness of Rosabel, How Pearl Button was Kidnapped, The Journey to Bruges, A Truthful Adventure, New Dresses, The Woman at the Store, Ole Underwood, The Little Girl, Millie, Pension Séguin, Violet, Bains Turcs, Something Childish but Very Natural, An Indiscreet Journey, Spring Pictures, Late at Night, Two Tuppeny Ones Please, The Black Cap, A Suburban Fairy Tale, Carnation, See-Saw, The Flower, The Wrong House, Sixpence, and Poison.

The source text was taken from The New Zealand Electronic Text Collection, and was checked against [Collected Stories of Katherine Mansfield,[/ first published by Constable in 1945. I have silently corrected typos, curled quotes, replaced italics and diacritics, used British English, and made changes to spelling and hyphenation using oxforddictionaries.com. Letters and other documents are set out as blockquotes.

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Mansfield, Katherine: The Dove's Nest and Other Stories

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Katherine Mansfield was born near Wellington, New Zealand, in 1888, the third of four surviving daughters of middle class parents. Her only brother was eight years younger. In 1901 she began the first of many relationships with men and women, and made the first of several visits to England and Europe in 1903. During the later visits she met D.H. Lawrence, Bertrand Russell, Lytton Strachey, and Virgina Woolf. In 1918 she was diagnosed with TB, and died near Fontainbleau in France in 1923.

[The Doves' Nest and Other Stories[/ was published in 1923, and contains six completed and 15 uncompleted short stories. They include The Doll's House, Honeymoon, A Cup of Tea, Taking the Veil, The Fly, The Canary, A Married Man's Story, The Dove's Nest, Six Years After, Daphne, Father and the Girls, All Serene, A Bad Idea, A Man and His Dog, Such a Sweet Old Lady, Honesty, Susannah, Second Violin, Mr and Mrs Williams, Weak Heart, and Widowed.

The source text was taken from The New Zealand Electronic Text Collection, and was checked against the 1923 Alfred A Knopf edition at https://archive.org/details/dovesnestotherst00mans. I have silently corrected typos, curled quotes, replaced italics and diacritics, used British English, and made changes to spelling and hyphenation using oxforddictionaries.com.

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Mansfield, Katherine: The Garden Party and Other Stories, v.1, 26 May 2008.

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Katherine Mansfield (1888-1923)
The Garden Party and Other Stories (1922)

A short story collection.
Contents:
At The Bay
The Garden-Party
The Daughters Of The Late Colonel
Mr. And Mrs. Dove
The Young Girl
Life Of Ma Parker
Marriage À La Mode
The Voyage
Miss Brill
Her First Ball
The Singing Lesson
The Stranger
Bank Holiday
An Ideal Family
The Lady’s Maid

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Mansford, C J: Shafts from an Eastern Quiver: (1893); v1; 21 Dec 2019

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Two British adventurers, with the wily Arab Hassan as their guide and companion, set out on a long and adventurous journey to the Far East. From Arabia, they find adventure in Persia, Afghanistan, India, Ceylon, Burma, Laos, Formosa, and Siberia.

The 12 stories are all as published in Strand Magazine; the cover is from the Newnes book edition; and an image from Strand Magazine has been used as a Frontispiece.

This is not a reproduction of the book, but, if you like, a slightly different edition (copies of the 1st edition book itself are rare and expensive).

The first 8 stories are from Roy Glashan's Library, who have issued them complete with all original illustrations from Strand Magazine, and at the time of this uploading are still working on the last four. Those I took from the on-line editions of Strand Magazine at Internet Archive.

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Mansford, Charles J: Gleams from the Dark Continent (1896); v1; 8 June 2022

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A follow-on from his earlier series, "Shafts from an Eastern Quiver", sees his two imperturbable British heroes and their guide, the wily (and in my view a lot smarter) Hassan working there way across north Africa from one pitfall to the next. Nine stories in all. I couldn't find any book edition, much less a cover, so I made my own cover.

1: The Veiled Idol of Kor
2: The Wizard of Swazi Swamp
3: The Hidden Egyptian Shield
4: The Dervish of the Nile Pyramid
5: The Lost Fetish of Walai
6: The Great Dial of the Gold-Finders
7: The Brigand of Kairouin the Holy
8: The City of the Scarlet Scarabæus
9: The Wolves of the Atlas

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Manwell, M.B.: The Captain's Bunk v1 29 jan 2009

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Nautical adventure for the younger audience. Quite entertaining. Nice cover (original):

[QUOTOf a suddent he clawed away the victuals and bolted them; then there was a shriek from poor Frenchy, and we all saw as the bear had him in a grim death-hug. I tell you it took a few Northbourne men to separate them two, and when 'twas done, I don't forget the sorry sight the unfortunit' man was. There warn't no hospitals nor nothin' in them days, and the doctor he had a tough job to bring the poor furriner to, and patch him up, I tell you!'

'And the bear?' struck in Geoff. 'Did they do anything to the bear?'

'Only shot him dead; nothin' else. 'Twas the doctor hisself as shot him; we didn't want no savage wild beasts round Northbourne woods. But, as I was sayin', there's no nice feelin' about bears, and I make no doubt 'twas owin' to one of them Polar beasts as Jerry lost his arm, but we'll hear about that from hisself. Poor lad, he wasn't a bad sort, Jerry. You could always take his word for whatever 'twas.[/QUOT

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Marchant, Bessie: A Canadian Farm Mystery. v1. 4 Apr 2015

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Bessie Marchant (1862–1941) was a prolific English writer of adventure novels featuring young female heroines. Marchant was born in Kent, and despite never leaving England herself, she wrote over 150 novels set in locations around the world. She wrote in the style of the Victorian adventure novel (even being called "the girls' Henty"), but challenged established gender roles by putting strong female characters in what was seen as a boys' genre.

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The broken door of the shack was half-open. The dog was close to it now, creeping and creeping, as if ready for a spring. The purring sound had dropped to silence, and a minute passed which seemed to Pam as long as hours. Then came an awful, ear-splitting yell, as a lithe grey creature hurled itself out from the shattered door like an arrow from a bow straight at the dog. Pam heard a shriek of pure terror, yet had no idea that it was herself who had screamed. The dog swerved, the lithe grey thing hit the ground beside it, and then dog and the unknown fury were rolling over in the deadliest of combats.

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Marchant, Bessie: A Countess from Canada. v1. 5 Apr 2015

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Bessie Marchant (1862–1941) was a prolific English writer of adventure novels featuring young female heroines. Marchant was born in Kent, and despite never leaving England herself, she wrote over 150 novels set in locations around the world. She wrote in the style of the Victorian adventure novel (even being called "the girls' Henty"), but challenged established gender roles by putting strong female characters in what was seen as a boys' genre.

Excerpt
Although houses were so scarce, there was no lack of trade for the lonely store in the woods. All through the summer there was a procession of birchbark canoes, filled with red men and white, coming down the river to the bay, laden with skins of wolf, fox, beaver, wolverine, squirrel, and skunk, the harvest of the winter’s trapping. Then in winter the cove and the river were often crowded with boats, driven to anchorage there by the ice, and to escape the fearful storms sweeping over the bay. The river was more favoured as an anchorage than the cove, because it was more sheltered, and also because there was open water at the foot of the rapids even in the severest winter, and had been so long as anyone could remember.

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Marchant, Bessie: Daughters of the Dominion. v1. 5 Apr 2015

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Bessie Marchant (1862–1941) was a prolific English writer of adventure novels featuring young female heroines. Marchant was born in Kent, and despite never leaving England herself, she wrote over 150 novels set in locations around the world. She wrote in the style of the Victorian adventure novel (even being called "the girls' Henty"), but challenged established gender roles by putting strong female characters in what was seen as a boys' genre.

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No one would have called Nell, otherwise Eleanor Hamblyn, at this period of her life, a pretty girl. Two good points, however, she possessed: one a sweet, low voice, that excellent thing in woman; the other a pair of beautiful luminous eyes, which made those who saw them forget the defects of her face and figure.

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Marchant, Bessie: The Adventurous Seven. v1. 4 Apr 2015

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Bessie Marchant (1862–1941) was a prolific English writer of adventure novels featuring young female heroines. Marchant was born in Kent, and despite never leaving England herself, she wrote over 150 novels set in locations around the world. She wrote in the style of the Victorian adventure novel (even being called "the girls' Henty"), but challenged established gender roles by putting strong female characters in what was seen as a boys' genre.

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If you don’t believe what I say,” concluded the lecturer, “just come out to New South Wales and see for yourselves if I have not told you the plain, unvarnished truth; and I repeat what I have said before, that although it is no place for the idle rich, for the man or the woman who wants to work it is not to be beaten.”

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Marchmont, Arthur W: A Dash .. .. .. For a Throne. v1. 13 Jun 2015

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Marchmont, Arthur W. (1852-1923) was a popular British author who wrote several best-selling novels around the turn of the century. Unfortunately, biographical details are scarce. A New York Times obit merely states that upon leaving Oxford he engaged in journalism, which field he left in 1894 to devote his time to fiction. Marchmont's 1897 novel By Right of Sword remained on the Grosset & Dunlap best-seller list for over a decade after its initial publication, and in 1904 was made into a successful Broadway production, which ran several seasons. It was often remarked that Marchmont's novels sold better in the U.S. than in his own country. Marchmont specialized in the genre of "Imperial Intrigue." His tales are filled with romance, action, duels, and narrow escapes. He also wrote several excellent mystery novels which have yet to be rediscovered. A peculiarity of the Edwardian era, and especially for a 'man's man' writer, many of his novels are written from a woman's point of view.

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“To a man who has been dead nearly five years everything would be forgiven, probably—except his resurrection.”

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Marchmont, Arthur W: An Imperial Marriage. v1. 15 Jun 2015

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Marchmont, Arthur W. (1852-1923) was a popular British author who wrote several best-selling novels around the turn of the century. Unfortunately, biographical details are scarce. A New York Times obit merely states that upon leaving Oxford he engaged in journalism, which field he left in 1894 to devote his time to fiction. Marchmont's 1897 novel By Right of Sword remained on the Grosset & Dunlap best-seller list for over a decade after its initial publication, and in 1904 was made into a successful Broadway production, which ran several seasons. It was often remarked that Marchmont's novels sold better in the U.S. than in his own country. Marchmont specialized in the genre of "Imperial Intrigue." His tales are filled with romance, action, duels, and narrow escapes. He also wrote several excellent mystery novels which have yet to be rediscovered. A peculiarity of the Edwardian era, and especially for a 'man's man' writer, many of his novels are written from a woman's point of view.

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When the Kaiser planned the marriage between his kinswoman, the Princess von Altenvelt, and his handsome favourite, the Prince von Graven—the “Imperial Marriage,” as the Court gossips styled it—there did not appear to be even the remotest possibility that it could ever be any concern of mine.

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Marchmont, Arthur W: By Right of Sword. v1. 11 Jun 2015

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Marchmont, Arthur W. (1852-1923) was a popular British author who wrote several best-selling novels around the turn of the century. Unfortunately, biographical details are scarce. A New York Times obit merely states that upon leaving Oxford he engaged in journalism, which field he left in 1894 to devote his time to fiction. Marchmont's 1897 novel By Right of Sword remained on the Grosset & Dunlap best-seller list for over a decade after its initial publication, and in 1904 was made into a successful Broadway production, which ran several seasons. It was often remarked that Marchmont's novels sold better in the U.S. than in his own country. Marchmont specialized in the genre of "Imperial Intrigue." His tales are filled with romance, action, duels, and narrow escapes. He also wrote several excellent mystery novels which have yet to be rediscovered. A peculiarity of the Edwardian era, and especially for a 'man's man' writer, many of his novels are written from a woman's point of view.

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It is not my business, however, to describe here the scenes that followed the most daring, most secret, most thrilling, and save one, most terrible assassination that ever convulsed Russia. The murder of the Czar stirred the surface of the world more, because it had more of the pageantry of crime about it; but the death of the Chief of the Secret Police caused a much deeper sense of insecurity, and spread a far greater dread of the secret power of Nihilism.

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Marchmont, Arthur W: By Wit of Woman. v1. 11 Jun 2015

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Marchmont, Arthur W. (1852-1923) was a popular British author who wrote several best-selling novels around the turn of the century. Unfortunately, biographical details are scarce. A New York Times obit merely states that upon leaving Oxford he engaged in journalism, which field he left in 1894 to devote his time to fiction. Marchmont's 1897 novel By Right of Sword remained on the Grosset & Dunlap best-seller list for over a decade after its initial publication, and in 1904 was made into a successful Broadway production, which ran several seasons. It was often remarked that Marchmont's novels sold better in the U.S. than in his own country. Marchmont specialized in the genre of "Imperial Intrigue." His tales are filled with romance, action, duels, and narrow escapes. He also wrote several excellent mystery novels which have yet to be rediscovered. A peculiarity of the Edwardian era, and especially for a 'man's man' writer, many of his novels are written from a woman's point of view.

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My uncle Gilmore was a man who had made his own “pile,” and had “raised” me, as they say in the South, pretty much as he would have “raised” a boy had I been of that sex. His wife died almost directly after I was taken to Jefferson City; but not before my sharp young eyes had seen that the two were on the worst of terms. His nature was that rare combination of dogged will and kind heart; and his wife perpetually crossed him in small matters and was a veritable shrew of shrews. He was “taking no more risks with females,” he told me often enough, with special reference to matrimony; and at first was almost disposed to send me back to Pesth because of my sex. That inclination soon changed, however; and all the love that was in his big heart was devoted to my small self.

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Marchmont, Arthur W: For Love or Crown. v1. 12 Jun 2015

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Marchmont, Arthur W. (1852-1923) was a popular British author who wrote several best-selling novels around the turn of the century. Unfortunately, biographical details are scarce. A New York Times obit merely states that upon leaving Oxford he engaged in journalism, which field he left in 1894 to devote his time to fiction. Marchmont's 1897 novel By Right of Sword remained on the Grosset & Dunlap best-seller list for over a decade after its initial publication, and in 1904 was made into a successful Broadway production, which ran several seasons. It was often remarked that Marchmont's novels sold better in the U.S. than in his own country. Marchmont specialized in the genre of "Imperial Intrigue." His tales are filled with romance, action, duels, and narrow escapes. He also wrote several excellent mystery novels which have yet to be rediscovered. A peculiarity of the Edwardian era, and especially for a 'man's man' writer, many of his novels are written from a woman's point of view.

Excerpt
Love laughs at locks and bolts and bars and every other kind of obstacle, and so Celia and I were sitting hand-locked on a bit of rock on Moreby Point, watching the waves as they dashed against the cliffs below us, and churned themselves into foam on which the thin April sunlight danced and sparkled brilliantly.
There were no bolts, or bars, or locks in our case, but there were plenty of other obstacles, and the fact that we had evaded them made the meeting all the sweeter for the spice of defiance to all our authorities that flavoured it.

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Marchmont, Arthur W: The Greatest Gift. v1. 14 Jun 2015

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Marchmont, Arthur W. (1852-1923) was a popular British author who wrote several best-selling novels around the turn of the century. Unfortunately, biographical details are scarce. A New York Times obit merely states that upon leaving Oxford he engaged in journalism, which field he left in 1894 to devote his time to fiction. Marchmont's 1897 novel By Right of Sword remained on the Grosset & Dunlap best-seller list for over a decade after its initial publication, and in 1904 was made into a successful Broadway production, which ran several seasons. It was often remarked that Marchmont's novels sold better in the U.S. than in his own country. Marchmont specialized in the genre of "Imperial Intrigue." His tales are filled with romance, action, duels, and narrow escapes. He also wrote several excellent mystery novels which have yet to be rediscovered. A peculiarity of the Edwardian era, and especially for a 'man's man' writer, many of his novels are written from a woman's point of view.

Excerpt
“Six thousand a year, and probably ten! Phew!” and he whistled as if to relieve his feelings.“It almost takes a man’s breath away especially when the man’s had bother enough to make as many hundreds. How the lassie’s eyes will dance at the news! God bless her! And what a light there’ll be on her face dear heart! It’s good to have a wife to tell news like this to. Six thousand probably ten! I must read the letter again.”

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Marchmont, Arthur W: The Man Without a Memory. v1. 16 Jun 2015

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Marchmont, Arthur W. (1852-1923) was a popular British author who wrote several best-selling novels around the turn of the century. Unfortunately, biographical details are scarce. A New York Times obit merely states that upon leaving Oxford he engaged in journalism, which field he left in 1894 to devote his time to fiction. Marchmont's 1897 novel By Right of Sword remained on the Grosset & Dunlap best-seller list for over a decade after its initial publication, and in 1904 was made into a successful Broadway production, which ran several seasons. It was often remarked that Marchmont's novels sold better in the U.S. than in his own country. Marchmont specialized in the genre of "Imperial Intrigue." His tales are filled with romance, action, duels, and narrow escapes. He also wrote several excellent mystery novels which have yet to be rediscovered. A peculiarity of the Edwardian era, and especially for a 'man's man' writer, many of his novels are written from a woman's point of view.

Excerpt
We were about 6,000 feet up and a mile or so inside the German lines when their two machines came out to drive us away.
“We’ll take ‘em on, Jack,” shouted Dick, chortling like the rare old sport he was, and we began our usual manœuvre for position. Our dodge was to let them believe we were novices at the game, and I messed about with the old bus as if we were undecided and in a deuce of a funk.

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Marden, Orison Swett: How to Succeed v1. 16 Dec 07

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"How To Succeed; Or Stepping-Stones to Fame and Fortune" was written by Orison Swett Marden who was inspired by the works of Samuel Smiles [(I posted Smiles' first book to the forum earlier)[/.

Marden graduated from Boston University in 1871. He later graduated from Harvard with a M.D. in 1881 and an LL.B. degree in 1882. He had a great deal of experience overcoming hardships. He based his life on the idea of good old-fashioned hard work to get what you want, regardless of your circumstances. He also went on to found "Success Magazine."

This is actually Marden's second book, but I'm posting it because I read it first and it's a really great read. I think it's a little better than Samuel Smiles work, but both authors are really great about inspiring you to do your best. I highly recommend these books if you feel the need to focus your life a little bit. The basic idea here is to stop crying and get to work and keep at it--if you can't find a way, make a way. He goes into examples of successful people who have done just that. Awesome stuff.

[Please note that there is also a Sony Reader .lrf file of this book that I posted a couple of months ago[/.

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Marie: Stadier [Norwegian].v1. 01 May 2014

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Nasjonalbiblioteket har gitt ut de første 35 av 100 planlagte epub-bøker. Bøkene er korrekturlest, men noen litt uvanlige valg med hensyn til oppsett ødelegger leseopplevelsen litt. F. eks. er sidetall/sideombrekning beholdt. Jeg har endret på layout for å gi, i mine øyne, en bedre leseopplevelse.

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Marlowe, Amy Bell: The Girls of Hillcrest Farm. v1. 27 Mar 2014

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Amy Bel Marlowe: Pseudonym for the Stratemeyer Syndicate
The Stratemeyer Syndicate was founded by Edward Stratemeyer and is best known for producing the Bobbsey Twins, Hardy Boys, Nancy Drew, Rover Boys, and Tom Swift series. The Syndicate produced these and many other series in assembly-line fashion: one person wrote the outline for a story or series of stories, another wrote the story itself, and often still another edited the work. Most Syndicate books were published under pseudonyms. The authors named in this list are those credited as having written the series; in most cases, the names are fictitious.
Edward L. Stratemeyer (October 4, 1862 – May 10, 1930) was an American publisher and writer of children's fiction.

Excerpt
Whenever she heard the siren of the ladder-truck, as it swung out of its station on the neighboring street, Lydia Bray ran to the single window of the flat that looked out on Trimble Avenue.
They were four flights up. There were twenty-three other families in this “double-decker.”A fire in the house was the oldest Bray girl’s nightmare by night and haunting spectre by day.
Lydia just couldn’t get used to these quarters, and they had been here now three months. The old, quiet home on the edge of town had been so different. To it she had returned from college so short a time ago to see her mother die and find their affairs in a state of chaos.

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Marlowe, Amy Bell: A Little Miss Nobody. v1. 27 Mar 2014

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Amy Bel Marlowe: Pseudonym for the Stratemeyer Syndicate
The Stratemeyer Syndicate was founded by Edward Stratemeyer and is best known for producing the Bobbsey Twins, Hardy Boys, Nancy Drew, Rover Boys, and Tom Swift series. The Syndicate produced these and many other series in assembly-line fashion: one person wrote the outline for a story or series of stories, another wrote the story itself, and often still another edited the work. Most Syndicate books were published under pseudonyms. The authors named in this list are those credited as having written the series; in most cases, the names are fictitious.
Edward L. Stratemeyer (October 4, 1862 – May 10, 1930) was an American publisher and writer of children's fiction.

Excerpt
Miss Prentice, the principal, never seemed to be interested in Nancy. The latter had nobody to “write home to,” either good or bad about the school—so the principal did not have to worry about her. And it didn’t matter whether Nancy’s reports showed “improvement” or not—there was nobody to read them.

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Marlowe, Amy Bell: Frances of the Ranges. v1. 26 Mar 2014

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Amy Bel Marlowe: Pseudonym for the Stratemeyer Syndicate
The Stratemeyer Syndicate was founded by Edward Stratemeyer and is best known for producing the Bobbsey Twins, Hardy Boys, Nancy Drew, Rover Boys, and Tom Swift series. The Syndicate produced these and many other series in assembly-line fashion: one person wrote the outline for a story or series of stories, another wrote the story itself, and often still another edited the work. Most Syndicate books were published under pseudonyms. The authors named in this list are those credited as having written the series; in most cases, the names are fictitious.
Edward L. Stratemeyer (October 4, 1862 – May 10, 1930) was an American publisher and writer of children's fiction.

Excerpt
When the girl came near Pete leaped up, seized her by the wrists, jerked her toward him, and held her firmly with one hand while he produced a soiled bandanna, with which he quickly knotted her wrists together

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Marlowe, Amy Bell: The Girl from Sunset Ranch. v1. 26 Mar 2014

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Amy Bel Marlowe: Pseudonym for the Stratemeyer Syndicate
The Stratemeyer Syndicate was founded by Edward Stratemeyer and is best known for producing the Bobbsey Twins, Hardy Boys, Nancy Drew, Rover Boys, and Tom Swift series. The Syndicate produced these and many other series in assembly-line fashion: one person wrote the outline for a story or series of stories, another wrote the story itself, and often still another edited the work. Most Syndicate books were published under pseudonyms. The authors named in this list are those credited as having written the series; in most cases, the names are fictitious.
Edward L. Stratemeyer (October 4, 1862 – May 10, 1930) was an American publisher and writer of children's fiction.

Excerpt
She walked composedly enough out of the building; but it was hard work to keep back the tears. It did seem such a great task for a mere girl to attempt! And nobody would help her. She had nobody in whom to confide—nobody with whom she might discuss the mystery.

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Marlowe, Amy Bell: Wyn's Camping Days. v1. 28 Mar 2014

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Amy Bel Marlowe: Pseudonym for the Stratemeyer Syndicate
The Stratemeyer Syndicate was founded by Edward Stratemeyer and is best known for producing the Bobbsey Twins, Hardy Boys, Nancy Drew, Rover Boys, and Tom Swift series. The Syndicate produced these and many other series in assembly-line fashion: one person wrote the outline for a story or series of stories, another wrote the story itself, and often still another edited the work. Most Syndicate books were published under pseudonyms. The authors named in this list are those credited as having written the series; in most cases, the names are fictitious.
Edward L. Stratemeyer (October 4, 1862 – May 10, 1930) was an American publisher and writer of children's fiction.

Excerpt
“Oh, girls! such news!” cried Wynifred Mallory, banging open the door of Canoe Lodge, and bringing into the living room a big breath of the cool May air, which drew out of the open fireplace a sudden balloon of smoke, setting the other members of the Go-Ahead Club there assembled coughing.

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Marquis, Don: Archy & Mehitabel, v1, Oct 2012

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Don Marquis (1878-1937) was a newspaper columnist, satirist and novelist whose best-loved creation was the cockroach archy, who was a vers libre poet in a former life, and who leaves poems on Don Marquis's typewriter, typed by diving head first onto the keys. Many of the poems cover the misadventures of mehitabel, the battle-scarred alley cat who was, she claims, Cleopatra in an earlier life.

This edition has about half the poems culled from existing sources, the rest scanned from a 1950s UK edition by myself, and the content matched to that edition. I am hoping that the content of this digital edition is a match to the 1927 US edition, which unfortunately I don't have.

Even if it doesn't, it is still a wonderful collection of favorites.

The cover is my own.

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Marquis, Don: Carter and Other People, v1, 23 Oct 2025

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Don Marquis, 1878-1937, American journalist, author and poet.

One of the Author's several short story collections; this one includes a one act play. Published in 1921.

1: Carter
2: Old Man Murtrie
3: Never Say Die
4: McDermott
5: Looney the Mutt
6: Kale
7: Bubbles
8: The Chances of the Street
9: The Professor's Awakening
10: The Penitent
11: The Locked Box
12: Behind the Curtain
13: Words and Thoughts (one act play)

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Marquis, Don: Danny's Own Story. V1. March 5 2012

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From Wikipedia: [quotDonald Robert Perry Marquis (pronounced /ˈmɑrkwɪs/ MAR-kwis; July 28, 1878, in Walnut, Illinois – June 16, 1937, in New York City) was a humorist, journalist, and author. He was variously a novelist, poet, newspaper columnist, and playwright. He is remembered best for creating the characters "Archy" and "Mehitabel", supposed authors of humorous verse.[/quot

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Marquis, Don: Dreams and Dust.V1.March 5 2012

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From Wikipedia: [quotDonald Robert Perry Marquis (pronounced /ˈmɑrkwɪs/ MAR-kwis; July 28, 1878, in Walnut, Illinois – June 16, 1937, in New York City) was a humorist, journalist, and author. He was variously a novelist, poet, newspaper columnist, and playwright. He is remembered best for creating the characters "Archy" and "Mehitabel", supposed authors of humorous verse.[/quot

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Marquis, Don: Hermione. V1. March 5 2012

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From Wikipedia: [quotDonald Robert Perry Marquis (pronounced /ˈmɑrkwɪs/ MAR-kwis; July 28, 1878, in Walnut, Illinois – June 16, 1937, in New York City) was a humorist, journalist, and author. He was variously a novelist, poet, newspaper columnist, and playwright. He is remembered best for creating the characters "Archy" and "Mehitabel", supposed authors of humorous verse.[/quot

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Marquis, Don: The Cruise of the Jasper B. V1. March 5 2012

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From Wikipedia: [quotDonald Robert Perry Marquis (pronounced /ˈmɑrkwɪs/ MAR-kwis; July 28, 1878, in Walnut, Illinois – June 16, 1937, in New York City) was a humorist, journalist, and author. He was variously a novelist, poet, newspaper columnist, and playwright. He is remembered best for creating the characters "Archy" and "Mehitabel", supposed authors of humorous verse.[/quot

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Marriott Watson, H. B.: The Devil of the Marsh. v1. 9 Dec 07

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H.B. Marriott Watson was an author and journalist, writing more than forty books, including seventeen short story collections and a collection of essays. He specialised in adventures and historical romances, but he also wrote mystery, fantasy and some supernatural fiction.

Though not a prolific writer of supernatural fiction, a couple of his stories, notably [“The Devil of the Marsh”[/ and [“The Stone Chamber”[/ are regarded as classics of their kind. I'll post more of his stuff (I'm working on The Stone Chamber next) as I find it. I really enjoy his vivid descriptions--great atmosphere in this short story.

[About this short story:[/

The narrator keeps his late night tryst with the beautiful lady of the marsh. Through the mist, he glimpses things that make him wonder if this is a good choice. Still he wants her.

But wait, it turns out that there were others that walked down this same path...

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Marryat, Captain Frederick: The Phantom Ship. v1. 18 March 08

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A relic of the Holy Cross, a haunted ship and even a werewolf are all characters in this epic gothic tale by Captain Frederick Marryat. This classic book explores the legend of [The Flying Dutchman.[/ (Not the SpongeBob SquarePants version; this is the scary version.)

Philip Vanderdecken travels the seas while trying to save his father. Philip's father has been doomed to sail for eternity as captain of a phantom ship, after he yelled an oath to God and then killed a crew member while attempting to sail around the Cape of Good Hope. Legend tells that the Flying Dutchman brings doom to all who encounter her. This is a fast-paced, exciting tale of terror on the high seas!

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Marryat, Florence: A Moment of Madness and Other Stories. v2. 06 Apr. 2023

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Sixteen short stories/novelettes and four essays.

You will find romance, suspense, mystery, touches of the supernatural, and little twinkles of humor (would you patronize the law firm of Quibble & Lye?)

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Florence Marryat (9 July 1833 – 27 October 1899) was a British author and actress. The daughter of author Captain Frederick Marryat, she was particularly known for her sensational novels and her involvement with several celebrated spiritual mediums of the late 19th century. She was a prolific writer, producing around 70 books, as well as newspaper and magazine articles, short stories, and works for the stage.

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Originally published in three volumes in 1883. Sequence of contents has been re-arranged, and three additional stories included (“The Box with the Iron Clamps” [1868], “In This World or the Next” [1896], “Three Ghosts” [1870]).

[This ebook is in the public domain worldwide because the author died more than 100 years ago, and contents were published prior to 1928.[/
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EDIT TO ADD: Upload of version 2 --- two additional stories.
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Marryat, Florence: The Blood of the Vampire. v1. 24 Jul 2021

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Harriet Brandt is the daughter of a mad scientist and a mixed-race voodoo priestess, who were killed when their slaves revolted. The story follows Harriet’s career in Europe after she leaves the Jamaican convent where she grew up, and her ill-fated attempts to integrate with Victorian society. Although everyone is initially attracted to Harriet, people who get close to her seem to sicken and die.

This Gothic novel entertains such key debates as race, heredity, women’s rights, and the occult. Critics frequently compare it to both Bram Stoker’s [Dracula [/(1897) and Sheridan Le Fanu’s [Carmilla [/(1872).
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Florence Marryat (9 July 1833 – 27 October 1899) was a British author and actress. The daughter of author Capt. Frederick Marryat, she was particularly known for her sensational novels and her involvement with several celebrated spiritual mediums of the late 19th century. She was a prolific author, writing around 70 books, as well as newspaper and magazine articles, short stories and works for the stage.

From 1876 to 1890, she had a performing career in dramas, comedies, and comic opera; and also appeared as a lecturer, dramatic reader and public entertainer.

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The Blood of the Vampire [was first published in 1897. This ebook is in the public domain worldwide.[/
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Marryat, Frederick: Snarleyyow. v1. 19 Apr 19 Apr 2013

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Captain Frederick Marryat (10 July 1792 – 9 August 1848) was an English Royal Navy officer, novelist, and a contemporary and acquaintance of Charles Dickens, noted today as an early pioneer of the sea story. He is now known particularly for the semi-autobiographical novel Mr Midshipman Easy and his children's novel The Children of the New Forest, and for a widely used system of maritime flag signalling, known as Marryat's Code.

Excerpt
It was in the month of January, 1699, that a one-masted vessel, with black sides, was running along the coast near Beachy Head, at the rate of about five miles per hour. The wind was from the northward and blew keenly, the vessel was under easy sail, and the water was smooth. It was now broad daylight, and the sun rose clear of clouds and vapour; but he threw out light without heat. The upper parts of the spars, the hammock rails, and the small iron guns which were mounted on the vessel's decks, were covered with a white frost. The man at the helm stood muffled up in a thick pea-jacket and mittens, which made his hands appear as large as his feet. His nose was a pug of an intense bluish red, one tint arising from the present cold, and the other from the preventive checks which he had been so long accustomed to take to drive out such an unpleasant intruder. His grizzled hair waved its locks gently to the wind, and his face was distorted with an immoderate quid of tobacco which protruded his right cheek. This personage was second officer and steersman on board of the vessel, and his name was Obadiah Coble. He had been baptised Obadiah about sixty years before; that is to say if he had been baptised at all. He stood so motionless at the helm, that you might have imagined him to have been frozen there as he stood, were it not that his eyes occasionally wandered from the compass on the binnacle to the bows of the vessel, and that the breath from his mouth, when it was thrown out into the clear frosty air, formed a smoke like to that from the spout of a half-boiling tea-kettle.

Note: 40 Illustrations

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Marryat, Frederick: Frank Mildmay. v1. 14 Apr 2013

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Captain Frederick Marryat (10 July 1792 – 9 August 1848) was an English Royal Navy officer, novelist, and a contemporary and acquaintance of Charles Dickens, noted today as an early pioneer of the sea story. He is now known particularly for the semi-autobiographical novel Mr Midshipman Easy and his children's novel The Children of the New Forest, and for a widely used system of maritime flag signalling, known as Marryat's Code.

Excerpt
My father was a gentleman, and a man of considerable property. In my infancy and childhood I was weak and sickly, but the favourite of my parents beyond all my brothers and sisters, because they saw that my mind was far superior to my sickly frame, and feared they should never raise me to manhood; contrary, however, to their expectations, I surmounted all these untoward appearances, and attracted much notice from my liveliness, quickness of repartee, and impudence: qualities which have been of much use to me through life.

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Marryat, Frederick: Jacob Faithful. v1. 14 Apr 2013

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Captain Frederick Marryat (10 July 1792 – 9 August 1848) was an English Royal Navy officer, novelist, and a contemporary and acquaintance of Charles Dickens, noted today as an early pioneer of the sea story. He is now known particularly for the semi-autobiographical novel Mr Midshipman Easy and his children's novel The Children of the New Forest, and for a widely used system of maritime flag signalling, known as Marryat's Code.

Excerpt
Gentle reader, I was born upon the water—not upon the salt and angry ocean, but upon the fresh and rapid-flowing river. It was in a floating sort of box, called a lighter, and upon the river Thames, at low water, when I first smelt the mud. This lighter was manned (an expression amounting to bullism, if not construed kind-ly) by my father, my mother, and your humble servant. My father had the sole charge—he was monarch of the deck: my mother, of course, was queen, and I was the heir-apparent.

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Marryat, Frederick: Japhet in Search of a Father. v1. 15 Apr 2013

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Captain Frederick Marryat (10 July 1792 – 9 August 1848) was an English Royal Navy officer, novelist, and a contemporary and acquaintance of Charles Dickens, noted today as an early pioneer of the sea story. He is now known particularly for the semi-autobiographical novel Mr Midshipman Easy and his children's novel The Children of the New Forest, and for a widely used system of maritime flag signalling, known as Marryat's Code.

Excerpt
Those who may be pleased to honour these pages with a perusal, will not be detained with a long introductory history of my birth, parentage, and education. The very title implies that, at this period of my memoirs, I was ignorant of the two first; and it will be necessary for the due development of my narrative, that I allow them to remain in the same state of bliss; for in the perusal of a tale, as well as in the pilgrimage of life, ignorance of the future may truly be considered as the greatest source of happiness.

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Marryat, Frederick: Kaperkapteinen [Norwegian].v1.20 Jun 2012

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Den britiske marineoffiseren Frederick Marryat (1792-1848) ble en meget populær forfatter av sjøromaner og bøker for barn. Hans mest kjente bøker er 'Peter Simple' og 'Barna i Nyskogen'

Teksten til denne boken er opprinnelig skrevet inn av Kjell Nedrelid.

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Marryat, Frederick: Masterman Ready v1 8 jan 2009

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This book is one of the most well known in English literature, having been written by Marryat in his later phase, when he wrote mostly for children.

The Seagrave family (how aptly named) are on a stout ship en route for Australia. In a storm the ship is struck by lightning, set on fire, and dismasted. The crew make off in the ship's boats. and the family are abandoned on board the sinking ship, along with an elderly seaman, Masterman Ready. But she doesn't sink, instead drifting to the shelter of an uninhabited island, where they scramble ashore, and set up a habitation. How they get on, what ordeals they have to endure, and how they are eventually rescued, is the substance of the book.

This book has already been uploaded in LRF, so I won't upload that format again. My version is illustrated, has a beautiful cover by Ravenne and will be available in Mobi, Imp and Epub.

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Marryat, Frederick: Masterman Ready. v1. 15 Apr 2013

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crutledge

Captain Frederick Marryat (10 July 1792 – 9 August 1848) was an English Royal Navy officer, novelist, and a contemporary and acquaintance of Charles Dickens, noted today as an early pioneer of the sea story. He is now known particularly for the semi-autobiographical novel Mr Midshipman Easy and his children's novel The Children of the New Forest, and for a widely used system of maritime flag signalling, known as Marryat's Code.

Excerpt
It was in the month of October, 18—, that the Pacific, a large ship, was running before a heavy gale of wind in the middle of the vast Atlantic Ocean. She had but little sail, for the wind was so strong, that the canvas would have been split into pieces by the furious blasts before which she was driven through the waves, which were very high, and following her almost as fast as she darted through their boiling waters; sometimes heaving up her stern and sinking her bows down so deep into the hollow of the sea, that it appeared as if she would have dived down underneath the waves; but she was a fine vessel, and the captain was a good seaman, who did what he considered best for the safety of his vessel, and then put his trust in that Providence who is ever watchful over us.

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Marryat, Frederick: Midshipman Easy v 1 1 jan 2009

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Captain Frederick Marryat (July 10, 1792 – August 9, 1848) was an English novelist, a contemporary and acquaintance of Charles Dickens, noted today as an early pioneer of the sea story. He is now known particularly for the semi-autobiographical novel Mr Midshipman Easy and his children's novel The Children of the New Forest.

This is probably the most polished of Marryat's books about the lives of young naval officers in the early nineteenth century. As in all of his books riotously amusing incidents follow one another without pause.

Has been uploaded by Harry T. in LRF format. This is a completely new version, though, beautifully illustrated and with original cover.

Have fun!

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Marryat, Frederick: Monsieur Violet v1 23 jan 2009

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THE TRAVELS AND ADVENTURES OF MONSIEUR VIOLET IN
California, Sonora, and Western Texas

This book was written by Marryat after his visit to North America, during which he wrote his "Diary in America". It shows an enormous and deep knowledge of the more southern States, and of the Indian tribes that lived therein. The rush of detail presented to the reader continues unabated to the very end.

This book combines great adventure with a deep interest for the indigenous population of western North America. Some of the information may not be completely up to date, but if you are interested in the subject, this is one to get!

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Marryat, Frederick: Newton Forster, v1. 16 Apr 2013

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crutledge

Captain Frederick Marryat (10 July 1792 – 9 August 1848) was an English Royal Navy officer, novelist, and a contemporary and acquaintance of Charles Dickens, noted today as an early pioneer of the sea story. He is now known particularly for the semi-autobiographical novel Mr Midshipman Easy and his children's novel The Children of the New Forest, and for a widely used system of maritime flag signalling, known as Marryat's Code.

Excerpt
"And what is this new book the whole world makes such a rout about? ——Oh! 'tis out of all plumb, my lord,——quite an irregular thing; not one of the angles at the four corners was a right angle. I had my rule and compasses, my lord, in my pocket——Excellent critic!

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Marryat, Frederick: Nyskogborni [Norwegian].v1. 15 May 2014

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25 May 2013
Under den engelske innbyrdeskrigen vert borna hjå overst Beverly båe foreldrelause og heimlause. Den gamle, trufaste skogvoktaren Armitage tek seg av dei, men det vert harde kår for dei unge når han døyr, og dei må klare seg sjølve. Men vener kan finnast óg der kor ein ikkje trur dei skulle kunne vere...

Ein klassikar for born og ungdomar som framleis vert utgjeve i nye utgåve. Ein noko gamaldags nynorsk umsetjing, som gjev forteljinga ein ekstra sjarme.

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Marryat, Frederick: Percival Keene. v1. 16 Apr 2013

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Captain Frederick Marryat (10 July 1792 – 9 August 1848) was an English Royal Navy officer, novelist, and a contemporary and acquaintance of Charles Dickens, noted today as an early pioneer of the sea story. He is now known particularly for the semi-autobiographical novel Mr Midshipman Easy and his children's novel The Children of the New Forest, and for a widely used system of maritime flag signalling, known as Marryat's Code.

Excerpt
A few miles from the town of Southampton there is an old mansion-house, which has been for centuries known as Madeline Hall, in the possession of the de Versely family. It is a handsome building, surrounded by a finely timbered park of some extent, and, what is more important, by about 12,000 acres of land, which also appertain to it. At the period in which I commence this history, there resided in this mansion an elderly spinster of rank, named the Honourable Miss Delmar, sister of the late Lord de Versely and aunt to the present earl, and an Honourable Captain Delmar, who was the second son of the deceased nobleman. This property belonged to the Honourable Miss Delmar, and was at her entire disposal upon her decease.

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Marryat, Frederick: Peter Simple. v1. 17 Apr 2013

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Captain Frederick Marryat (10 July 1792 – 9 August 1848) was an English Royal Navy officer, novelist, and a contemporary and acquaintance of Charles Dickens, noted today as an early pioneer of the sea story. He is now known particularly for the semi-autobiographical novel Mr Midshipman Easy and his children's novel The Children of the New Forest, and for a widely used system of maritime flag signalling, known as Marryat's Code.

Excerpt
If I cannot narrate a life of adventurous and daring exploits, fortunately I have no heavy crimes to confess: and, if I do not rise in the estimation of the reader for acts of gallantry and devotion in my country’s cause, at least I may claim the merit of zealous and persevering continuance in my vocation. We are all of us variously gifted from Above, and he who is content to walk, instead of to run, on his allotted path through life, although he may not so rapidly attain the goal, has the advantage of not being out of breath upon his arrival.

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Marryat, Frederick: Poor Jack. v1, 18 Apr 2013

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Captain Frederick Marryat (10 July 1792 – 9 August 1848) was an English Royal Navy officer, novelist, and a contemporary and acquaintance of Charles Dickens, noted today as an early pioneer of the sea story. He is now known particularly for the semi-autobiographical novel Mr Midshipman Easy and his children's novel The Children of the New Forest, and for a widely used system of maritime flag signalling, known as Marryat's Code.

Excerpt
I have every reason to believe that I was born in the year of our Lord 1786, for more than once I put the question to my father, and he invariably made the same reply: "Why, Jack, you were launched a few months before the Druids were turned over to the Melpomene."

NOTE: 68 Illustrations and decorations

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Marryat, Frederick: Rattlin the Reefer v1 25 mar 2009

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This is a bit different from Marryat's usual books as he was "only" the editor, not the proper author. Marryat edited this book for his friend Edward Howard, also a senior naval officer. But the style is nothing like Marryat's, much more flowery, and uses unusual long words. It has always been included with Marryat's works, though.

It's the usual naval fare and quite a long read.

The cover was made by ravenne.

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Marryat, Frederick: Snarleyyow v1 7 jan 2009

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"Snarley-yow", or "The Dog Fiend" was published in 1837, the eleventh book to flow from Marryat's pen.

This book contains some extremely funny moments. Most of the characters, including the dog, are very exaggerated, but drawn with the exquisite pen of one of Britain's greatest authors. The dog is more than a bit of a nuisance and numerous attempts are made to get rid of him or even to terminate him. All to no avail: he always just turns up again, no matter how dire the treatment he has just received. It takes place at a time when the Dutch exercised great control in English affairs.

Have fun. Ravenne's cover's great as ever!

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Marryat, Frederick: The Children of the New Forest v1 17 dec 2008

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mtravellerh

Captain Frederick Marryat (July 10, 1792 – August 9, 1848) was an English novelist, a contemporary and acquaintance of Charles Dickens, noted today as an early pioneer of the sea story. He is now known particularly for the semi-autobiographical novel Mr Midshipman Easy and his children's novel The Children of the New Forest.

The children of Colonel Beverley, a Cavalier officer killed at the Battle of Naseby are believed to have died in the flames when their house, Arnwood, is burned by Roundhead soldiers. However, they escape and are raised by Jacob Armitage, a gamekeeper in his cottage in the New Forest. The story describes how the children adapt from an aristocratic lifestyle to that of simple foresters. The children are concealed as the grandchildren of Armitage.

Eventually after Armitage's death, Edward Beverley leaves and works as a secretary for the sympathetic Puritan placed in charge of the Royal land in the New Forest. He then joins the army of the future King Charles II and after the Royalist defeat at the Battle of Worcester, he escapes to France and lives in exile until the Restoration.

His brother and siblings continue to live in the New Forest and they are reunited on the King's return.

Features original cover and a few illustrations. Still a great read!

Have fun!

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Marryat, Frederick: The Children of the New Forest. v1. 20 Apr 2013

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crutledge

Captain Frederick Marryat (10 July 1792 – 9 August 1848) was an English Royal Navy officer, novelist, and a contemporary and acquaintance of Charles Dickens, noted today as an early pioneer of the sea story. He is now known particularly for the semi-autobiographical novel Mr Midshipman Easy and his children's novel The Children of the New Forest, and for a widely used system of maritime flag signalling, known as Marryat's Code.

Excerpt
The circumstances which I am about to relate to my juvenile readers took place in the year 1647. By referring to the history of England of that date they will find that King Charles the First, against whom the Commons of England had rebelled, after a civil war of nearly five years, had been defeated, and was confined as a prisoner at Hampton Court. The Cavaliers, or the party who fought for King Charles, had all been dispersed, and the Parliamentary army under the command of Cromwell were beginning to control the Commons.

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Marryat, Frederick: The King's Own v1 31 dec 2008

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Captain Frederick Marryat (July 10, 1792 – August 9, 1848) was an English novelist, a contemporary and acquaintance of Charles Dickens, noted today as an early pioneer of the sea story. He is now known particularly for the semi-autobiographical novel Mr Midshipman Easy and his children's novel The Children of the New Forest.(Wikipedia)

In this nautical book Marryat leads us much more closely into the horrors of naval warfare. The story opens with the hanging of a man who had been a ring-leader in the Mutiny of the Nore, which had affected practically all of the fleet. The way in which the prisoner is tortured before the hanging is pretty gruesome.

Later on, we are taken into the cock-pit during a battle, the place where the ship's surgeon performed amputations of severely wounded limbs, with no anaesthetic, of course; and we peep over the side where a shark is so gorged with human flesh that it can scarcely move.

Yet the hanged man, whose wife's soul also fled at the moment of the hanging, left a child on board the ship. This child was branded with the same mark as are all the King's articles aboard a ship, a broad anchor. Now we are let into a secret: the hanged man had been the estranged son of a very highly born gentleman. For the rest of the book we, the readers, know about this, but it takes a long time for the true facts to become apparent to the old seaman who was bringing the boy up. In fact the only person to catch on is the vicar of the noble lord's home parish. This is surely a very unusual situation, yet throughout, the mark of the brand on the young boy, later a fully-grown young man, is what distinguishes him so that people can be sure that he is indeed the son of the hanged man. (Athelstane)

Nicely illustrated, dramatic, good inside view of a seaman's life.

Have fun!

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Marryat, Frederick: The King's Own. v1. 20 Apr 2013

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crutledge

Captain Frederick Marryat (10 July 1792 – 9 August 1848) was an English Royal Navy officer, novelist, and a contemporary and acquaintance of Charles Dickens, noted today as an early pioneer of the sea story. He is now known particularly for the semi-autobiographical novel Mr Midshipman Easy and his children's novel The Children of the New Forest, and for a widely used system of maritime flag signalling, known as Marryat's Code.

In this nautical book Marryat leads us much more closely into the horrors of naval warfare. The story opens with the hanging of a man who had been a ring-leader in the Mutiny of the Nore, which had affected practically all of the fleet. The way in which the prisoner is tortured before the hanging is pretty gruesome.

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Marryat, Frederick: The Little Savage v1 22 dec 2008

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Captain Frederick Marryat was born July 10 1792, and died August 8 1848. He retired from the British navy in 1828 in order to devote himself to writing. In the following 20 years he wrote 26 books, many of which are among the very best of English literature, and some of which are still in print.

Marryat had an extraordinary gift for the invention of episodes in his stories. He says somewhere that when he sat down for the day’s work, he never knew what he was going to write. He certainly was a literary genius.

“The Little Savage” was published in 1848, the twenty-sixth book to flow from Marryat’s pen. It was completed after his death by a member of his family. It is intended for children, and its religious overtones are in contrast to Marryat’s other works. He was far from irreligious, but this book is definitely in a different style.

This e-book was transcribed by Nick Hodson.

Have fun!

PS: I have used the cover of a Classics Illustrated Comicbook for this one!

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Marryat, Frederick: The Little Savage. v1. 21 Apr 2013

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crutledge

Captain Frederick Marryat (10 July 1792 – 9 August 1848) was an English Royal Navy officer, novelist, and a contemporary and acquaintance of Charles Dickens, noted today as an early pioneer of the sea story. He is now known particularly for the semi-autobiographical novel Mr Midshipman Easy and his children's novel The Children of the New Forest, and for a widely used system of maritime flag signalling, known as Marryat's Code.

This remarkable book is one of those on which Marryat was working during his last few months. It was finished by his son. A young boy and a rather nasty old man have been marooned on a remote tropical island. The man is very unkind to the boy, and treats him like a slave. But the man is struck blind by lightning, just at the very moment when it appeared likely that they were to be rescued. The boy is able to force the man to behave better, and learns to read, using the letters in the Prayer Book, starting with the Our Father. Eventually, after a false start, rescue does occur, and the boy meets his own relatives.

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Marryat, Frederick: The Mission v1 14 dec 2008

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mtravellerh

Captain Frederick Marryat (July 10, 1792 – August 9, 1848) was an English novelist, a contemporary and acquaintance of Charles Dickens, noted today as an early pioneer of the sea story. He is now known particularly for the semi-autobiographical novel Mr Midshipman Easy and his children's novel The Children of the New Forest.

Some of his works have been posted here already.

This is a fast moving adventure tale describing an expedition to South Africa. Very good!

From PG, have added own cover, lightly illustrated

Have fun!

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Marryat, Frederick: The Mission. v1. 21 Apr 2013

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crutledge

Captain Frederick Marryat (10 July 1792 – 9 August 1848) was an English Royal Navy officer, novelist, and a contemporary and acquaintance of Charles Dickens, noted today as an early pioneer of the sea story. He is now known particularly for the semi-autobiographical novel Mr Midshipman Easy and his children's novel The Children of the New Forest, and for a widely used system of maritime flag signalling, known as Marryat's Code.

Excerpt
It was in the autumn of the year 1828, that an elderly and infirm gentleman was slowly pacing up and down in a large dining-room. He had apparently finished his dinner, although it was not yet five o'clock, and the descending sun shone bright and warm through the windows, which were level with the ground, and from which there was a view of a spacious park, highly ornamented with old timber. He held a newspaper in one hand, and had the other behind his back, as if for support, for he was bent forward, and looked very feeble and emaciated.

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Marryat, Frederick: The Pacha of Many Tales. v1. 22 Apr 2013

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Captain Frederick Marryat (10 July 1792 – 9 August 1848) was an English Royal Navy officer, novelist, and a contemporary and acquaintance of Charles Dickens, noted today as an early pioneer of the sea story. He is now known particularly for the semi-autobiographical novel Mr Midshipman Easy and his children's novel The Children of the New Forest, and for a widely used system of maritime flag signalling, known as Marryat's Code.

Excerpt
Every one acquainted with the manners and customs of the East must be aware that there is no situation of eminence more unstable, or more dangerous to its possessor, than that of a pacha. Nothing, perhaps, affords us more convincing proof of the risk which men will incur, to obtain a temporary authority over their fellow-creatures, than the avidity with which this office is accepted from the sultan who, within the memory of the new occupant, has consigned scores of his predecessors to the bow-string. It would almost appear, as if the despot but elevated a head from the crowd, that he might obtain a more fair and uninterrupted sweep for his scimitar, when he cut it off; only exceeded in his peculiar taste by the king of Dahomy, who is said to ornament the steps of his palace with heads, fresh severed, each returning sun, as we renew the decoration of our apartments from our gay parterres. I make these observations, that I may not be accused of a disregard to chronology, in not precisely stating the year, or rather the months, during which flourished one of a race, who, like the flowers of the cistus, one morning in all their splendour, on the next, are strewed lifeless on the ground to make room for their successors. Speaking of such ephemeral creations, it will be quite sufficient to say, “There was a Pacha.

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Marryat, Frederick: The Phantom Ship v1 30 dec 2008

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mtravellerh

Harry T made a (cool) version of this book before: LRF and later Mobi. These versions are really good.

I wanted to post my own version because
1. there is no IMP version yet
2. my look and feel is quite different from Harry's version
3. I post an epub version, too (Thanks to Kovid. His Calibre epub conversion works really good now)

So here it is:

[QUOTIf this story is about a ghost ship, it certainly is a haunting one. So much happens in the book that just does not normally happen in books, such as a burning at the stake in an auto-da-fe. Uncanny characters keep turning up, in the form of a strange-eyed pilot, a local priest far from the diocese in which he should be working, and of course the Phantom Ship itself, each of its appearances presaging some fresh disaster. I have had people write to me to complain that this book is not suitable for children, which most of Marryat's books certainly are, so make up your own mind before letting your children see this book.[/QUOT

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Have fun!

PS: As for Ballantyne, I will try to post Marryat's work in its entirety, which is a lot easier than Ballantynes (only 27 novels)

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Marryat, Frederick: The Phantom Ship. v1. 22 Apr 2013

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Captain Frederick Marryat (10 July 1792 – 9 August 1848) was an English Royal Navy officer, novelist, and a contemporary and acquaintance of Charles Dickens, noted today as an early pioneer of the sea story. He is now known particularly for the semi-autobiographical novel Mr Midshipman Easy and his children's novel The Children of the New Forest, and for a widely used system of maritime flag signalling, known as Marryat's Code.

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About the middle of the seventeenth century, in the outskirts of the small but fortified town of Terneuse, situated on the right bank of the Scheldt, and nearly opposite to the island of Walcheren, there was to be seen in advance of a few other even more humble tenements, a small but neat cottage, built according to the prevailing taste of the time. The outside front had, some years back, been painted of a deep orange, the windows and shutters of a vivid green. To about three feet above the surface of the earth, it was faced alternately with blue and white tiles. A small garden, of about two rods of our measure of land, surrounded the edifice; and this little plot was flanked by a low hedge of privet, and encircled by a moat full of water, too wide to be leaped with ease. Over that part of the moat which was in front of the cottage-door was a small and narrow bridge, with ornamented iron handrails, for the security of the passenger. But the colours, originally so bright, with which the cottage had been decorated, had now faded; symptoms of rapid decay were evident in the window-sills, the door-jambs, and other wooden parts of the tenement and many of the white and blue tiles had fallen down and had not been replaced. That much care had once been bestowed upon this little tenement, was as evident as that latterly it had been equally neglected.

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Marryat, Frederick: The Pirate and the Three Cutters. v1. 24 Apr 2013

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Captain Frederick Marryat (10 July 1792 – 9 August 1848) was an English Royal Navy officer, novelist, and a contemporary and acquaintance of Charles Dickens, noted today as an early pioneer of the sea story. He is now known particularly for the semi-autobiographical novel Mr Midshipman Easy and his children's novel The Children of the New Forest, and for a widely used system of maritime flag signalling, known as Marryat's Code.

The Pirate
The Three Cutters

NOTE: 40 Illustrations

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Marryat, Frederick: The Pirate v1 5 jan 2009

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(born July 10, 1792, London, Eng. — died Aug. 9, 1848, Langham, Norfolk) English naval officer and novelist. He served in the Royal Navy from age 14 until he retired in 1830 as a captain. He then began a series of adventure novels — including The King's Own (1830), Peter Simple (1834), and Poor Jack (1840) — marked by a lucid, direct narrative style, humour, and incidents drawn from his varied experience at sea. His Children of the New Forest (1847), set during the English Civil Wars, is a classic of children's literature.

This is a shorter but highly amusing work by Captain Marryat: Fantastic cover by Ravenne. Thanks again to her. She rocks!

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Marryat, Frederick: The Poacher v1 5 mar 2009

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This book from the pen of a famous nautical writer is quite land-based. Young Joseph Rushbrook has to "take the can" for a poaching accident in which his father had shot a man dead. The boy leaves his home and makes his way to London, where various misadventures and adventures befall him. There is a lurking devil throughout the story, the former schoolmaster, long discredited, of Joey's village, who recognises the boy wanted for murder. It is a good story, with all sorts of twists and turns, even including a very exciting carriage ride through a snowy forest in Russia, pursued by a pack of wolves. As always, the final outcome of the story is rather unexpected. (Nick Hodson - Athelstane)

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Marryat, Frederick: The Privateer's-Man. v1. 24 Apr 2013

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Captain Frederick Marryat (10 July 1792 – 9 August 1848) was an English Royal Navy officer, novelist, and a contemporary and acquaintance of Charles Dickens, noted today as an early pioneer of the sea story. He is now known particularly for the semi-autobiographical novel Mr Midshipman Easy and his children's novel The Children of the New Forest, and for a widely used system of maritime flag signalling, known as Marryat's Code.

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In compliance with your request I shall now transcribe from the journal of my younger days some portions of my adventurous life. When I wrote, I painted the feelings of my heart without reserve, and I shall not alter one word, as I know you wish to learn what my feelings were then, and not what my thoughts may be now. They say that in every man's life, however obscure his position may be, there would be a moral found, were it truly told. I think, Madam, when you have perused what I am about to write, you will agree with me, that, from my history, both old and young may gather profit, and, I trust, if ever it should be made public, that, by divine permission, such may be the result. Without further preface, I shall commence with a narrative of my cruise off Hispaniola, in the Revenge privateer.

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Marryat, Frederick: The Privateersman v1 13 jan 2009

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This gripping sea-story by the master of English literature is set in about 1730. A privateer is a vessel that takes the side of the nation whose flag it flies, but which is not an official warship. It is however not a pirate, though to ships of the other side it might as well be one, For the most part it acts on its own, financing activities by the prize money derived from its captures.(Athelstane)

Cover by ravenne. This is a great story!

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Marryat, Frederick: The Settlers in Canada v1 27 jan 2009

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“The Settlers in Canada” was published in 1844, the twenty-first book to flow from Marryat’s pen. Marryat’s later books were written for a juvenile readership. This book is notable because it is not in Marryat’s earlier style, in that the narrative flows forward in a steady style, without the introduction of the usual asides which make his nautical books so readable. The subject material, set in the Canadian wilderness, is very well treated: in fact one might almost say that he had read the works of the later masters of Canadian wilderness writing, Ballantyne or Egerton Ryerson Young. Another feature which is unusual for him is the shortness and evenness of the chapters; nor are there any of the long paragraphs normal for his earlier works. This helps to make the book so suitable as a children’s book.

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Marryat, Frederick: Valerie v1 6 jan 2009

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“Valerie” was published in 1848, the twenty-sixth, and last, book to flow from Marryat’s pen. It was completed by a member of his family. It is somewhat out of Marryat’s usual style, the hero being a young lady, and the subject matter somewhat refined, instead of the usual strong manly characters of Marryat’s books in general. One is led to suppose that it may in fact have been largely written by his wife, who was, in fact, quite a competent author. All this doesn’t stop it from being a good book.

Two (2!) covers by ravenne, source Athelstane

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Marsh, Richard: A Drama of the Telephone and Other Adventures. v1. 22-Jun-2021

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Tales of mystery and suspense, murder and theft, romance and redemption — and as a bonus, a pair of boys’ adventure stories (anticipating Booth Tarkington’s humorous Penrod by a bit).

Other than the pdf available from the Oxford Bodleian Libraries, this ebook is currently the only digital version extant.
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Richard Marsh (12 October 1857 – 9 August 1915) was the pseudonym of English author Richard Bernard Heldmann. One of the most popular and prolific authors of the late-Victorian and Edwardian periods, he is best known now for his supernatural thriller novel [The Beetle[/, which for a time outsold Bram Stoker’s [Dracula[/. Marsh produced nearly 80 volumes of fiction and numerous short stories, in genres including horror, crime, romance and humor.

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This book, first published in 1910, is in the public domain worldwide.
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Marsh, Richard: A Duel. v1. 7 Apr 2014

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Richard Marsh (12 October 1857 – 9 August 1915) was the pseudonym of the British author born Richard Bernard Heldmann. A best-selling and prolific author of the late 19th century and the Edwardian period, Marsh is best known now for his supernatural thriller novel The Beetle, which was published the same year as Bram Stoker's Dracula (1897), and was initially even more popular. The Beetle remained in print until 1960. Marsh produced nearly 80 volumes of fiction and numerous short stories, in genres including horror, crime, romance and humour. Many of these have been republished recently, beginning with The Beetle during 2004. Marsh's grandson Robert Aickman was a notable writer of short "strange stories".

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Susan Lamb! That was his mother, the mother of the man she had married. So the truth was out at last. His mother kept a shop; he had been sponging on her for the money he had scattered broadcast. There was neither address nor date upon the letter, but the postmark on the envelope was Islington. Islington! His mother was a small shopkeeper in that haunt of the needy clerk! And she had believed him when he had posed before her as a “swell”—an aristocrat; when he had talked about his “coin” and his “gees”. He had jockeyed her into supposing that money was a matter of complete indifference to him; that, as she boasted to her friends and rivals, “he rolled in it”. So successfully had he hoodwinked her that she married him within a month of their first meeting—she, Belle Burney, the queen of song and dance! Had thrown up all her engagements to do it, too; and she was beginning to get some engagements which were not to be despised.

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Marsh, Richard: A Hero of Romance. v1. 7 Apr 2014

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Richard Marsh (12 October 1857 – 9 August 1915) was the pseudonym of the British author born Richard Bernard Heldmann. A best-selling and prolific author of the late 19th century and the Edwardian period, Marsh is best known now for his supernatural thriller novel The Beetle, which was published the same year as Bram Stoker's Dracula (1897), and was initially even more popular. The Beetle remained in print until 1960. Marsh produced nearly 80 volumes of fiction and numerous short stories, in genres including horror, crime, romance and humour. Many of these have been republished recently, beginning with The Beetle during 2004. Marsh's grandson Robert Aickman was a notable writer of short "strange stories".

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Had Dick Ellis and his friend deliberately planned to do as much mischief as possible in the shortest possible space of time, they could scarcely have succeeded better. Three or four of the bottles were broken to pieces, and in their fall they had fallen on a little glass case, the chief pride and ornament of Mrs. Huffham’s shop, which was divided into compartments, in one of which were cigars, in another reels of cotton and hanks of thread, and in a third such trifles as packets of hair-pins, pots of pomade, note-paper and envelopes, and a variety of articles which might be classified under the generic name of “fancy goods.” The glass in this case was damaged beyond repair; the sweets from the broken bottles had got inside, and had become mixed with the cigars, and the paper, and the hair-pins, and the pomade, and the rest of the varied contents.

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Marsh, Richard: A Master of Deception. v1. 8 Apr 2014

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Richard Marsh (12 October 1857 – 9 August 1915) was the pseudonym of the British author born Richard Bernard Heldmann. A best-selling and prolific author of the late 19th century and the Edwardian period, Marsh is best known now for his supernatural thriller novel The Beetle, which was published the same year as Bram Stoker's Dracula (1897), and was initially even more popular. The Beetle remained in print until 1960. Marsh produced nearly 80 volumes of fiction and numerous short stories, in genres including horror, crime, romance and humour. Many of these have been republished recently, beginning with The Beetle during 2004. Marsh's grandson Robert Aickman was a notable writer of short "strange stories".

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There are few worse half-hours in life than that in which a man finds that the one person whom he has liked, and respected, and trusted, and believed in before all others, is a scamp, a liar, and a cur.

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Marsh, Richard: A Second Coming. v1. 9 Apr 2014

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Richard Marsh (12 October 1857 – 9 August 1915) was the pseudonym of the British author born Richard Bernard Heldmann. A best-selling and prolific author of the late 19th century and the Edwardian period, Marsh is best known now for his supernatural thriller novel The Beetle, which was published the same year as Bram Stoker's Dracula (1897), and was initially even more popular. The Beetle remained in print until 1960. Marsh produced nearly 80 volumes of fiction and numerous short stories, in genres including horror, crime, romance and humour. Many of these have been republished recently, beginning with The Beetle during 2004. Marsh's grandson Robert Aickman was a notable writer of short "strange stories".

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In A Second Coming, Marsh imagines what would happen if the long-awaited second coming of Christ took place in present-day London. How would he be received in a modern, industrialized world that had begun to question the relevance of his teachings and had tacitly given up hope of his return? Surprising and thought-provoking, Marsh's novel and the questions it raises are perhaps as relevant as ever.

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Marsh, Richard: A Spoiler of Men. v1. 13-Jun-2021

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A bizarre thriller involving chemical zombification ...

If with a touch, say, of a hypodermic needle, it were possible to so transform a person that the person touched should become as clay in the hands of the wielder of the needle, what a power would be usurped by the individual who knew just how to direct that needle! — what a danger he would be to society; to every man, woman, child — every living thing — with whom he came into contact! According to Professor Chrenberg, of Heidelberg, the thing is scientifically possible, has actually been done: and “A Spoiler of Men” is the story of the man who did it.

(—First edition blurb)

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Richard Marsh (12 October 1857 – 9 August 1915) was the pseudonym of English author Richard Bernard Heldmann. One of the most popular and prolific authors of the late-Victorian and Edwardian periods, he is best known now for his supernatural thriller novel [The Beetle[/, which for a time outsold Bram Stoker’s [Dracula[/. Marsh produced nearly 80 volumes of fiction and numerous short stories, in genres including horror, crime, romance and humor.

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[This book, first published in 1905, is in the public domain worldwide.[/
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Marsh, Richard: A Woman Perfected. v1. 10 Apr 2014

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Richard Marsh (12 October 1857 – 9 August 1915) was the pseudonym of the British author born Richard Bernard Heldmann. A best-selling and prolific author of the late 19th century and the Edwardian period, Marsh is best known now for his supernatural thriller novel The Beetle, which was published the same year as Bram Stoker's Dracula (1897), and was initially even more popular. The Beetle remained in print until 1960. Marsh produced nearly 80 volumes of fiction and numerous short stories, in genres including horror, crime, romance and humour. Many of these have been republished recently, beginning with The Beetle during 2004. Marsh's grandson Robert Aickman was a notable writer of short "strange stories".

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Donald Lindsay was prostrated by a stroke of apoplexy on Thursday, April 3. It was surmised that the immediate cause was mental. He arrived home apparently physically well, but in a state of what, for him, was a state of unusual agitation. As a rule he was a dour man; much given to silence; self-contained. At that time there was staying at Cloverlea, with his daughter Nora, a school-friend, Elaine Harding. During lunch both girls were struck by his unusual talkativeness. Often during a meal he would hardly open his lips for any other purpose except eating and drinking. That morning he talked volubly to both girls on all sorts of subjects. After lunch Nora said laughingly to Elaine—

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Marsh, Richard: Amusement Only. v1. 4 Apr 2014

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Richard Marsh (12 October 1857 – 9 August 1915) was the pseudonym of the British author born Richard Bernard Heldmann. A best-selling and prolific author of the late 19th century and the Edwardian period, Marsh is best known now for his supernatural thriller novel The Beetle, which was published the same year as Bram Stoker's Dracula (1897), and was initially even more popular.[1] The Beetle remained in print until 1960. Marsh produced nearly 80 volumes of fiction and numerous short stories, in genres including horror, crime, romance and humour. Many of these have been republished recently, beginning with The Beetle during 2004. Marsh's grandson Robert Aickman was a notable writer of short "strange stories".

THE LOST DUCHESS
THE STRANGE OCCURRENCES IN CANTERSTONE JAIL
TWINS
A VISION OF THE NIGHT
THE WAY OF A MAID WITH A MAN
AUNT JANE'S JALAP
WILLYUM
HIS FIRST EXPERIMENT
AN OLD-FASHIONED CHRISTMAS
BY DEPUTY
MR. WHITING AND MARY ANN
A SUBSTITUTE

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Marsh, Richard: Between the Dark and the Daylight. v1. 06 Jun 2021

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An entertaining collection of twelve of Marsh’s cleverest stories.

A thieving ghost, a conflicted juror, a cross-dressing servant, an anti-everything crusader, a clerical plagiarist, a murderous woman scorned, a timid old maid wooed – what do any of these characters have in common?

[…] Certainly the question of identity looms large in these stories: identity lost, stolen, faked, confused, mistaken or brazenly maintained after death. Hypocrites, fraudsters and murderers are unmasked. Courage and genuine goodness are rewarded. And no one is quite exempt from the sting of Marsh’s satire.
(—Amazon review)

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Richard Marsh (12 October 1857 – 9 August 1915) was the pseudonym of English author Richard Bernard Heldmann. One of the most popular and prolific authors of the late-Victorian and Edwardian periods, he is best known now for his supernatural thriller novel [The Beetle[/. Marsh produced nearly 80 volumes of fiction and numerous short stories, in genres including horror, crime, romance and humor.

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[This book, first published in 1902, is in the public domain worldwide.[/
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This one is a mixed bag of crime and mystery, romance, and a few touches of the supernatural. Hope you enjoy it!

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Marsh, Richard: Between the Dark and the Daylight. v1. 4 Apr 2014

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Richard Marsh (12 October 1857 – 9 August 1915) was the pseudonym of the British author born Richard Bernard Heldmann. A best-selling and prolific author of the late 19th century and the Edwardian period, Marsh is best known now for his supernatural thriller novel The Beetle, which was published the same year as Bram Stoker's Dracula (1897), and was initially even more popular. The Beetle remained in print until 1960. Marsh produced nearly 80 volumes of fiction and numerous short stories, in genres including horror, crime, romance and humour. Many of these have been republished recently, beginning with The Beetle during 2004. Marsh's grandson Robert Aickman was a notable writer of short "strange stories".

My Aunt’s Excursion
The Irregularity of the Juryman
Mitwaterstraand
Exchange is Robbery
The Haunted Chair
Nelly
La Haute Finance
Mrs. Riddle’s Daughter
Miss Donne’s Great Gamble
“Skittles”
“Em”
A Relic of the Borgias

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Marsh, Richard: Both Sides of the Veil. v1. 06 Jun 2021

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In the darkly comic highlight of this collection, a bit of amateur magic seems to have turned Mrs. Macrecham into a cat. In other uncanny tales, a chess fanatic can’t stop playing even after death; a cameo ring that belonged to Lucrezia Borgia may still be working its deadly design; a ghost squares off in court to prevent his daughters from being cheated out of their inheritance. Several stories are non-genre and showcase some of Marsh’s humorous writing.

Note: The only available public domain digital version of this book that I could locate (courtesy of the Oxford Bodleian Libraries) is missing pages. See the appendix for the two truncated stories, and note that a third story is entirely missing.

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Richard Marsh (12 October 1857 – 9 August 1915) was the pseudonym of English author Richard Bernard Heldmann. One of the most popular and prolific authors of the late-Victorian and Edwardian periods, he is best known now for his supernatural thriller novel [The Beetle[/. Marsh produced nearly 80 volumes of fiction and numerous short stories, in genres including horror, crime, romance and humor.

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[This book, first published in 1901, is in the public domain worldwide.[/
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Marsh, Richard: Confessions of a Young Lady. v1. 5 Apr 2014

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Richard Marsh (12 October 1857 – 9 August 1915) was the pseudonym of the British author born Richard Bernard Heldmann. A best-selling and prolific author of the late 19th century and the Edwardian period, Marsh is best known now for his supernatural thriller novel The Beetle, which was published the same year as Bram Stoker's Dracula (1897), and was initially even more popular. The Beetle remained in print until 1960. Marsh produced nearly 80 volumes of fiction and numerous short stories, in genres including horror, crime, romance and humour. Many of these have been republished recently, beginning with The Beetle during 2004. Marsh's grandson Robert Aickman was a notable writer of short "strange stories".

I—A WONDERFUL GIRL
II—CUPID’S MESSENGER
III—THE OGRE
IV—THE HANDWRITING
V—THE PEOPLE’S STOCK EXCHANGE
VI—BREAKING THE ICE
VII—A GIRL WHO COULDN’T
VIII—THE PRINCESS MARGARETTA
IX—THE END OF HIS HOLIDAY
X—THE GIRL AND THE BOY
XI—A MUTUAL AFFINITY
XII—MAGICAL MUSIC
XIII—A RUNAWAY WIFE

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Marsh, Richard: Frivolities. v1. 7 Apr 2014

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Richard Marsh (12 October 1857 – 9 August 1915) was the pseudonym of the British author born Richard Bernard Heldmann. A best-selling and prolific author of the late 19th century and the Edwardian period, Marsh is best known now for his supernatural thriller novel The Beetle, which was published the same year as Bram Stoker's Dracula (1897), and was initially even more popular. The Beetle remained in print until 1960. Marsh produced nearly 80 volumes of fiction and numerous short stories, in genres including horror, crime, romance and humour. Many of these have been republished recently, beginning with The Beetle during 2004. Marsh's grandson Robert Aickman was a notable writer of short "strange stories".

THE PURSE WHICH WAS FOUND
FOR ONE NIGHT ONLY
RETURNING A VERDICT
THE CHANCELLOR’S WARD
A HONEYMOON TRIP
THE BURGLAR’S BLUNDER
NINEPENCE!
A BATTLEFIELD UP-TO-DATE
MR. HARLAND’S PUPILS
A BURGLAR ALARM
A LESSON IN SCULLING
OUTSIDE!

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Marsh, Richard: Judith Lee: Pages From Her Life. v1. 09-Jun-2021

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Judith Lee is unique among early fictional investigators. She’s not a detective at all, but rather an eavesdropper, busybody, and do-gooder with a secret super-power: she can read lips in several languages. Miss Lee is a renowned expert in teaching the deaf and dumb. She’s discovered that people are amazingly ready to discuss intimate matters in public places. A great frequenter of restaurants, cafés, and teashops, she’s prone to perceive whispered conversations. Now and then they touch on crime, leading to some astonishing adventures.

(—Amazon review)

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Richard Marsh (12 October 1857 – 9 August 1915) was the pseudonym of English author Richard Bernard Heldmann. One of the most popular and prolific authors of the late-Victorian and Edwardian periods, he is best known now for his supernatural thriller novel [The Beetle[/, which for a time outsold Bram Stoker’s [Dracula[/. Marsh produced nearly 80 volumes of fiction and numerous short stories, in genres including horror, crime, romance and humor.

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[This book, first published in 1912, is in the public domain worldwide.[/
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Marsh, Richard: Live Men’s Shoes. v1. 02-Jul-2021

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The story begins with a jolt — literally: Our hero is awakened in the dead of night by a terrific earthquake in Sicily, resulting in his dramatic rescue of a rather mysterious young lady. As events unfold, we learn of a most unusual inheritance; we meet strange and sinister characters; and always, we encounter the question of identity: identities ambiguous, mistaken, exchanged, assumed. Is there a key to unlock the puzzles? A twisty tale of mystery and suspense, with a thread of romance.

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Richard Marsh (12 October 1857 – 9 August 1915) was the pseudonym of English author Richard Bernard Heldmann. One of the most popular and prolific authors of the late-Victorian and Edwardian periods, he is best known now for his supernatural thriller novel The Beetle, which for a time outsold Bram Stoker’s Dracula. Marsh produced nearly 80 volumes of fiction and numerous short stories, in genres including horror, crime, romance and humor.

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[This book, first published in 1910, is in the public domain worldwide.[/
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Marsh, Richard: Marvels and Mysteries. v1. 04 Jun 2021

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Hailed by some fans as the Stephen King of the early twentieth century, Richard Marsh produced a prodigious body of work in the horror, mystery, and supernatural genres before turning to action-adventure later in life. The collection [Between the Dark and the Daylight[/ brings together some of Marsh’s best work, ranging from mysteries to romances to gothic terror. (—WorldCat).

Uncanny people and bizarre encounters, strange crimes and mysterious murders — stories of suspense and of the occult, with some occasional light touches of humor.

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Richard Marsh (12 October 1857 – 9 August 1915) was the pseudonym of the English author born Richard Bernard Heldmann. One of the most popular and prolific authors of the late-Victorian and Edwardian periods, he is best known now for his supernatural thriller novel [The Beetle[/. Marsh produced nearly 80 volumes of fiction and numerous short stories, in genres including horror, crime, romance and humor.

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[This book, first published in 1900, is in the public domain worldwide.[/
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Marsh, Richard: Miss Arnott's Marriage. v1. 8 Apr 2014

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Richard Marsh (12 October 1857 – 9 August 1915) was the pseudonym of the British author born Richard Bernard Heldmann. A best-selling and prolific author of the late 19th century and the Edwardian period, Marsh is best known now for his supernatural thriller novel The Beetle, which was published the same year as Bram Stoker's Dracula (1897), and was initially even more popular. The Beetle remained in print until 1960. Marsh produced nearly 80 volumes of fiction and numerous short stories, in genres including horror, crime, romance and humour. Many of these have been republished recently, beginning with The Beetle during 2004. Marsh's grandson Robert Aickman was a notable writer of short "strange stories".

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During the days and weeks which followed it was as though she were the chief personage in a strange, continuous dream. Always she expected an awakening—of a kind of which she did not dare to think. But the dream continued. All at once her path was strewn with roses; up to then she had seemed to have to pick her way, barefooted, amid stones and thistles. No obstacle of any kind arose. Everything was smooth and easy. Her claim to be her uncle’s niece was admitted as soon as it was made. Under her uncle’s will Mr Stacey was the sole trustee. To all intents and purposes his trusteeship was at an end when she was found. She was of age; the property was hers to do with exactly as she would. By no conditions was she bound. She was her own mistress; in sole control of that great fortune. It was a singular position for a young girl to find herself suddenly occupying.

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Marsh, Richard: The Adventures of Judith Lee. v1. 09-Jun-2021

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Again we delve into the life of Judith Lee. She is a strong and independent young woman with an unusual gift: she can read lips at a distance as well as she can hear the person next to her. Somewhat of a Miss Marple busy-body, she can’t resist helping people in distress, and foils murderers, robbers, kidnappers, and villains of all kinds.

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Richard Marsh (12 October 1857 – 9 August 1915) was the pseudonym of English author Richard Bernard Heldmann. One of the most popular and prolific authors of the late-Victorian and Edwardian periods, he is best known now for his supernatural thriller novel [The Beetle,[/ which for a time outsold Bram Stoker’s [Dracula[/. Marsh produced nearly 80 volumes of fiction and numerous short stories, in genres including horror, crime, romance and humor.

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[This book, first published in 1916, is in the public domain worldwide.[/
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Marsh, Richard: The Beetle. v1, 7 Feb 2008

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From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia:

Richard Marsh (1857-1915) was the pseudonym of the British author born Richard Bernard Heldman. He is best known for his supernatural thriller The Beetle, published in the same year as Bram Stoker's Dracula and initially even more popular. The Beetle remained in print until 1960. Heldman was educated at Eton and Oxford University. He began to publish short stories, mostly adventure tales, as "Bernard Heldmann," before adopting the name "Richard Marsh" in 1893. Several of the prolific Marsh's novels were published posthumously.

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The Beetle (1897) tells the story of a fantastical creature, "born of neither god nor man," with supernatural and hypnotic powers, who stalks British politician Paul Lessingham through fin de siecle London in search of vengeance for the defilement of a sacred tomb in Egypt. In imitation of various popular fiction genres of the late nineteenth century, Marsh unfolds a tale of terror, late imperial fears, and the "return of the repressed," through which the crisis of late imperial Englishness is revealed.

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Marsh, Richard: The Beetle. v1. 6 Apr 2014

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Richard Marsh (12 October 1857 – 9 August 1915) was the pseudonym of the British author born Richard Bernard Heldmann. A best-selling and prolific author of the late 19th century and the Edwardian period, Marsh is best known now for his supernatural thriller novel The Beetle, which was published the same year as Bram Stoker's Dracula (1897), and was initially even more popular. The Beetle remained in print until 1960. Marsh produced nearly 80 volumes of fiction and numerous short stories, in genres including horror, crime, romance and humour. Many of these have been republished recently, beginning with The Beetle during 2004. Marsh's grandson Robert Aickman was a notable writer of short "strange stories".

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The Beetle (1897) tells the story of a fantastical creature, "born of neither god nor man," with supernatural and hypnotic powers, who stalks British politician Paul Lessingham through fin de siecle London in search of vengeance for the defilement of a sacred tomb in Egypt. In imitation of various popular fiction genres of the late nineteenth century, Marsh unfolds a tale of terror, late imperial fears, and the "return of the repressed," through which the crisis of late imperial Englishness is revealed.

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Marsh, Richard: The Beetle: A Mystery. v1. 28-Jun-2021

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A classic tale of supernatural horror, told from the points of view of four narrators. A monstrous fantastic creature, a polymorphous Ancient Egyptian entity “born of neither god nor man,” hypnotic and supernatural, seeks revenge on a British Member of Parliament, stalking him through fin de siecle London. A mixture of gothic horror and mystery, with touches of satiric humor.

This initially outsold Bram Stoker’s [Dracula[/, a similar horror story which was published in the same year, by a multiple of six.

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Richard Marsh (12 October 1857 – 9 August 1915) was the pseudonym of English author Richard Bernard Heldmann. One of the most popular and prolific authors of the late-Victorian and Edwardian periods, he is best known now for his supernatural thriller novel [The Beetle[/. Marsh produced nearly 80 volumes of fiction and numerous short stories, in genres including horror, crime, romance and humor.

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This book, first published in 1897, is in the public domain worldwide.
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Marsh, Richard: The Chase of the Ruby. v1. 5 Apr 2014

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Richard Marsh (12 October 1857 – 9 August 1915) was the pseudonym of the British author born Richard Bernard Heldmann. A best-selling and prolific author of the late 19th century and the Edwardian period, Marsh is best known now for his supernatural thriller novel The Beetle, which was published the same year as Bram Stoker's Dracula (1897), and was initially even more popular. The Beetle remained in print until 1960. Marsh produced nearly 80 volumes of fiction and numerous short stories, in genres including horror, crime, romance and humour. Many of these have been republished recently, beginning with The Beetle during 2004. Marsh's grandson Robert Aickman was a notable writer of short "strange stories".

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‘I wonder if I saw him die?’ Mr Holland knit his brows as he asked himself the question. ‘How could I, when I was in Mashonaland and he was in Nice? Absurd!’

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Marsh, Richard: The Coward Behind the Curtain. v1. 5 Apr 2014

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Richard Marsh (12 October 1857 – 9 August 1915) was the pseudonym of the British author born Richard Bernard Heldmann. A best-selling and prolific author of the late 19th century and the Edwardian period, Marsh is best known now for his supernatural thriller novel The Beetle, which was published the same year as Bram Stoker's Dracula (1897), and was initially even more popular. The Beetle remained in print until 1960. Marsh produced nearly 80 volumes of fiction and numerous short stories, in genres including horror, crime, romance and humour. Many of these have been republished recently, beginning with The Beetle during 2004. Marsh's grandson Robert Aickman was a notable writer of short "strange stories".

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The girls were in the convent garden, when word came that Dorothy Gilbert was wanted. Dorothy was walking with Frances Vernon. Ever since she could remember her world had been that garden, with its shaded walks and its high walls; never before had a visitor come to her. The moment she was told that someone desired her presence she turned to Frances, exclaiming:
“It is he!”

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Marsh, Richard: The Crime and the Criminal. v1. 6 Apr 2014

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Richard Marsh (12 October 1857 – 9 August 1915) was the pseudonym of the British author born Richard Bernard Heldmann. A best-selling and prolific author of the late 19th century and the Edwardian period, Marsh is best known now for his supernatural thriller novel The Beetle, which was published the same year as Bram Stoker's Dracula (1897), and was initially even more popular. The Beetle remained in print until 1960. Marsh produced nearly 80 volumes of fiction and numerous short stories, in genres including horror, crime, romance and humour. Many of these have been republished recently, beginning with The Beetle during 2004. Marsh's grandson Robert Aickman was a notable writer of short "strange stories".

This tale starts with a struggle on a train and an assumed death of a passenger. Told in parts, each part by a different character. Another good read from Mr. Marsh!

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Marsh, Richard: The Datchet Diamonds. v1. 6 Apr 2014

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Richard Marsh (12 October 1857 – 9 August 1915) was the pseudonym of the British author born Richard Bernard Heldmann. A best-selling and prolific author of the late 19th century and the Edwardian period, Marsh is best known now for his supernatural thriller novel The Beetle, which was published the same year as Bram Stoker's Dracula (1897), and was initially even more popular. The Beetle remained in print until 1960. Marsh produced nearly 80 volumes of fiction and numerous short stories, in genres including horror, crime, romance and humour. Many of these have been republished recently, beginning with The Beetle during 2004. Marsh's grandson Robert Aickman was a notable writer of short "strange stories".

Things aren't looking so good for Cyril Paxton. Hoping to earn enough money to finally marry his true love, Daisy Strong, Cyril invests his savings in the stock market, and loses it all. Ruined and on the brink of emigrating to flee his creditors, he reads with amusement a newspaper story telling of the brazen robbery of the Duchess of Datchet's diamonds, worth half a million pounds. But who can imagine his surprise when he returns home and finds, thanks to a luggage mix-up on the train, that he is in possession of the jewels!

Cyril is at first elated at his change of fortune, but he may not be so lucky as it seems. Inspector John Ireland of Scotland Yard is hot on his trail, suspecting him of being the thief. And worse yet, the real thieves are after him as well. And when Paxton falls into their clutches, he'll face a difficult choice: give up the jewels, or risk brutal torture and certain death!

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Marsh, Richard: The Death Whistle. v1. 12-Jun-2021

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As the story opens in Canterstone Jail, George Edney, a dying convict, leaves all his ill-gotten goods to Andrew Bruce, a “good-conduct” man whose term of two years is nearly at an end. After Bruce obtains his freedom, he locates the “buried treasure” Edney had hidden, and tries to find answers to the questions it raises. A story with a bit of something for everyone: a handsome hero, a beautiful heroine, many dastardly villains. Crime, mystery, romance, a touch of weird science, a taste of the supernatural too. A bit over the top, but great fun.

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Richard Marsh (12 October 1857 – 9 August 1915) was the pseudonym of English author Richard Bernard Heldmann. One of the most popular and prolific authors of the late-Victorian and Edwardian periods, he is best known now for his supernatural thriller novel [The Beetle[/, which for a time outsold Bram Stoker’s [Dracula[/. Marsh produced nearly 80 volumes of fiction and numerous short stories, in genres including horror, crime, romance and humor.

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[This book, first published in 1903, is in the public domain worldwide.[/
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Marsh, Richard: The Devil’s Diamond. v1. 18-Jun-2021

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“The Devil’s Diamond Plays the Devil’s Own Games!”

Richard Marsh’s first novel. Catalogued as “a whimsical novel” by the publisher of the first edition, this is a comic-gothic tale of a cursed jewel which brings ruin and death to anyone who owns it. Samuel Hookham inherits the fabulously valuable Devil’s Diamond from his estranged brother, and finds himself in one predicament after another, culminating in an indictment for murder. An entertaining story that blends the mystery of the supernatural with episodes of farcical humour.

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Richard Marsh (12 October 1857 – 9 August 1915) was the pseudonym of English author Richard Bernard Heldmann. One of the most popular and prolific authors of the late-Victorian and Edwardian periods, he is best known now for his supernatural thriller novel The Beetle, which for a time outsold Bram Stoker’s Dracula. Marsh produced nearly 80 volumes of fiction and numerous short stories, in genres including horror, crime, romance and humor.

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This book, first published in 1893, is in the public domain worldwide.
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Marsh, Richard: The Garden of Mystery. v1. 03-Jul-2021

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Sir Philip Ford is intrigued by a beautiful girl in Monte Carlo — until she nearly stabs him, mistaking him for someone else. He returns to England to discover his friend Alan has married this wicked character with the extremely shady past. Eveleen initiates a conspiracy to murder her new husband, planning to throw the blame on the innocent Doris (Sir Philip’s love interest). A suspenseful story, with an under-current of romance.

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Richard Marsh (12 October 1857 – 9 August 1915) was the pseudonym of English author Richard Bernard Heldmann. One of the most popular and prolific authors of the late-Victorian and Edwardian periods, he is best known now for his supernatural thriller novel The Beetle, which for a time outsold Bram Stoker’s Dracula. Marsh produced nearly 80 volumes of fiction and numerous short stories, in genres including horror, crime, romance and humor.

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[This book, first published in 1906, is in the public domain worldwide.[/
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Marsh, Richard: The Goddess: A Demon. v1. 29 May 2021

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A Gothic mystery, set in foggy West-End London in winter, the story revolves around solving the violent murder of profligate Edwin Lawrence. Late at night, Lawrence’s friend, John Ferguson, who shares his lodgings, sees Lawrence being savaged by an unidentifiable monster, but is unsure whether he has dreamed Lawrence’s murder or actually witnessed it. The reader is kept guessing as to whether the murderer is Ferguson himself (a person who may be mentally unstable); Lawrence’s brother Philip; Bessie Moore, an actress suffering from amnesia who appears in Lawrence’s room; or a supernatural demon in the form of an Indian goddess.
(— Goodreads review)

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Richard Marsh (12 October 1857 – 9 August 1915) was the pseudonym of the English author born Richard Bernard Heldmann. One of the most popular and prolific authors of the late-Victorian and Edwardian periods, he is best known now for his supernatural thriller novel [The Beetle[/. Marsh produced nearly 80 volumes of fiction and numerous short stories, in genres including horror, crime, romance and humour.

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This book, first published in 1900, is in the public domain worldwide.
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Marsh, Richard: The Haunted Pipe and Other Mysteries. v1. 26-Jun-2021

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Ranging from mystery and suspense to farcical comedy, this collection includes several tales of articles acquired by rival collectors Pugh and Tress: a poisoned pipe that seems to come to life when smoked, a mysterious box puzzle, a 14th century severed hand bent on murder, a deadly ring fashioned by Lucrezia Borgia. (The first three were collected in [Curios[/, 1898.) In other stories, you will encounter an actor who is said to be on his deathbed many miles away, kidnappers, a gentleman burglar, and a truly unique escaped convict.

Collection compiled from magazine and newspaper archives found online.

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Richard Marsh (12 October 1857 – 9 August 1915) was the pseudonym of English author Richard Bernard Heldmann. One of the most popular and prolific authors of the late-Victorian and Edwardian periods, he is best known now for his supernatural thriller novel [The Beetle[/, which for a time outsold Bram Stoker’s [Dracula[/. Marsh produced nearly 80 volumes of fiction and numerous short stories, in genres including horror, crime, romance and humor.

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The contents of this book were first published 1891 ~ 1916. This ebook is in the public domain worldwide.
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Marsh, Richard: The Joss: A Reversion. v1. 23 May 2021

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Mary Blyth, a sales clerk who is robbed, nearly murdered, and then fired from her job, thinks her luck has changed when she inherits a dilapidated old house from a distant uncle, Benjamin Batters. But the rats, and the spirits that seem to haunt the house, are not her only concerns: a trio of grotesque and ruthless thugs will stop at nothing to gain entrance to the house and its secrets. A more frightening question arises: Is Benjamin Batters playing a murderous game from beyond the grave, or is he still alive?

[The Joss[/ can be read as a companion volume to Marsh’s most famous novel, [The Beetle [/(1897), which in its time outsold even Bram Stoker’s [Dracula [/(1897).

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Richard Marsh (12 October 1857 – 9 August 1915) was the pseudonym of the English author born Richard Bernard Heldmann. One of the most popular and prolific authors of the late-Victorian and Edwardian periods, he is best known now for his supernatural thriller novel [The Beetle[/. Marsh produced nearly 80 volumes of fiction and numerous short stories, in genres including horror, crime, romance and humour.

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This book, first published in 1901, is in the public domain worldwide.
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Marsh, Richard: The Mahatma’s Pupil. v1. 16-Jun-2021

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One of Marsh’s earliest novels takes a heartily humorous look at the practice of magic.

Genteel John Redford is accosted by a seedy fellow who begs for the price of a meal. His name is Mr. Pye and he claims he’s a magician. […] It seems that an ancient spirit, a Mahatma, made a serious error of judgment: summoned by a Theosophist, the Mahatma chose to appear instead to the man’s servant. He then instructed the lowly Mr. Pye in the basics of wizardry. Unfortunately Mr. Pye makes a thoroughly muddled magician. His spells go wrong every time.

[…] The plot is pure comedy, if not downright slapstick, with lots of witty dialog and a dash of romance. Mr. Pye is thoroughly engaging as a luckless illusionist.

(—“Patto”, Amazon review)

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Richard Marsh (12 October 1857 – 9 August 1915) was the pseudonym of English author Richard Bernard Heldmann. One of the most popular and prolific authors of the late-Victorian and Edwardian periods, he is best known now for his supernatural thriller novel [The Beetle[/, which for a time outsold Bram Stoker’s [Dracula[/. Marsh produced nearly 80 volumes of fiction and numerous short stories, in genres including horror, crime, romance and humor.

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This book, first published in 1893, is in the public domain worldwide.
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Marsh, Richard: The Mystery of Philip Bennion’s Death. v1. 15-Jun-2021

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The story begins with a late-night discussion between the narrator, Mr. Otway, and his friend Philip Bennion, over [Thomas De Quincey’s essay] “Murder Considered as One of the Fine Arts.” […] Otway finds himself in a position to examine this theory when, the next morning, Bennion is found dead on the floor of his apartment, seemingly of natural causes. In light of the previous night’s odd discussion, Otway is not so sure, and begins to investigate.

… there is a large list of suspects: Raymond Clinton, the no-good nephew of Bennion; Nina Macrae, Bennion’s ward; and her fiancé Ralph Hardwicke. Most surprising of all is that Otway cannot rule himself off the list of suspects: he is a somnabulist, and recalls a singular dream in which he watches Bennion die!

(—skullsinthestars review)

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Richard Marsh (12 October 1857 – 9 August 1915) was the pseudonym of English author Richard Bernard Heldmann. One of the most popular and prolific authors of the late-Victorian and Edwardian periods, he is best known now for his supernatural thriller novel [The Beetle[/, which for a time outsold Bram Stoker’s [Dracula[/. Marsh produced nearly 80 volumes of fiction and numerous short stories, in genres including horror, crime, romance and humor.

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[This book, first published in 1897, is in the public domain worldwide.[/
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Marsh, Richard: The Seen and the Unseen. v1. 05 Jun 2021

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In “A Psychological Experiment,” a man returns from the dead to exact a horrible vengeance on his killer. In “The Photographs,” the officials at a jail discover ghostly images of a mysterious woman every time they attempt to photograph a certain prisoner. And in “The Houseboat,” a married couple hires a houseboat for a romantic holiday cruise, but they get more than they bargained for when they see a brutal murder re-enacted before their very eyes. Nine other tales of mystery, murder, the supernatural, and the occult round out this thrilling volume.

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Richard Marsh (12 October 1857 – 9 August 1915) was the pseudonym of English author Richard Bernard Heldmann. One of the most popular and prolific authors of the late-Victorian and Edwardian periods, he is best known now for his supernatural thriller novel [The Beetle.[/ Marsh produced nearly 80 volumes of fiction and numerous short stories, in genres including horror, crime, romance and humor.

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[This book, first published in 1900, is in the public domain worldwide.[/
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Marsh, Richard: The Twickenham Peerage. v1. 9 Apr 2014

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Richard Marsh (12 October 1857 – 9 August 1915) was the pseudonym of the British author born Richard Bernard Heldmann. A best-selling and prolific author of the late 19th century and the Edwardian period, Marsh is best known now for his supernatural thriller novel The Beetle, which was published the same year as Bram Stoker's Dracula (1897), and was initially even more popular. The Beetle remained in print until 1960. Marsh produced nearly 80 volumes of fiction and numerous short stories, in genres including horror, crime, romance and humour. Many of these have been republished recently, beginning with The Beetle during 2004. Marsh's grandson Robert Aickman was a notable writer of short "strange stories".

Excerpt
‘You and I can never marry.’
Edith’s words had been in my thoughts ever since she had uttered them. All night; all the morning; now that in the afternoon I had come out to take the air. I was strolling from the club to George Douglas’s rooms in Ashley Gardens. More for the sake of the exercise than in the desire of seeing him. As I was passing the Abbey I glanced at the Aquarium on my right. My eye was caught by the words on a board which ran right across the front of the building, ‘At No Place In The World Can So Many Sights Be Seen.’ I hesitated. It was years since I had been in the place. One might as well spend half an hour beneath its roof as with George Douglas. I crossed the road and entered.

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Marsh, Richard: The Woman with One Hand (and) Mr_ Ely's Marriage. v1. 11 Apr 2014

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Richard Marsh (12 October 1857 – 9 August 1915) was the pseudonym of the British author born Richard Bernard Heldmann. A best-selling and prolific author of the late 19th century and the Edwardian period, Marsh is best known now for his supernatural thriller novel The Beetle, which was published the same year as Bram Stoker's Dracula (1897), and was initially even more popular. The Beetle remained in print until 1960. Marsh produced nearly 80 volumes of fiction and numerous short stories, in genres including horror, crime, romance and humour. Many of these have been republished recently, beginning with The Beetle during 2004. Marsh's grandson Robert Aickman was a notable writer of short "strange stories".

THE WOMAN WITH ONE HAND
MR. ELY’S ENGAGEMENT

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Marsh, Richard: Tom Ossington's Ghost. v1. 9 Apr 2014

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Richard Marsh (12 October 1857 – 9 August 1915) was the pseudonym of the British author born Richard Bernard Heldmann. A best-selling and prolific author of the late 19th century and the Edwardian period, Marsh is best known now for his supernatural thriller novel The Beetle, which was published the same year as Bram Stoker's Dracula (1897), and was initially even more popular. The Beetle remained in print until 1960. Marsh produced nearly 80 volumes of fiction and numerous short stories, in genres including horror, crime, romance and humour. Many of these have been republished recently, beginning with The Beetle during 2004. Marsh's grandson Robert Aickman was a notable writer of short "strange stories".

Excerpt
"'Listen! Can't you hear him crying now? Can't you see the ghost?'"

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Marsh, Richard: Under One Flag. v1. 10 Apr 2014

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Richard Marsh (12 October 1857 – 9 August 1915) was the pseudonym of the British author born Richard Bernard Heldmann. A best-selling and prolific author of the late 19th century and the Edwardian period, Marsh is best known now for his supernatural thriller novel The Beetle, which was published the same year as Bram Stoker's Dracula (1897), and was initially even more popular. The Beetle remained in print until 1960. Marsh produced nearly 80 volumes of fiction and numerous short stories, in genres including horror, crime, romance and humour. Many of these have been republished recently, beginning with The Beetle during 2004. Marsh's grandson Robert Aickman was a notable writer of short "strange stories".

A PET OF THE BALLET
A CHRISTMAS MIRACLE
OUR MUSICAL COMEDY
STAGGERS
MY WEDDING DAY
TWO OF A TRADE
REWARDED
ON THE RIVER—AN IDYLL OF A BEANFEAST
A MEMBER OF THE ANTI-TOBACCO LEAGUE
THAT FOURSOME
AN EPISCOPAL SCANDAL
MR BLOXAM AND THE BRITISH CONSTITUTION
FOR DEBT
THE THIRTEEN CLUB

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Marsh, Richard: Violet Forster's Lover. 10 Apr 2014

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Richard Marsh (12 October 1857 – 9 August 1915) was the pseudonym of the British author born Richard Bernard Heldmann. A best-selling and prolific author of the late 19th century and the Edwardian period, Marsh is best known now for his supernatural thriller novel The Beetle, which was published the same year as Bram Stoker's Dracula (1897), and was initially even more popular. The Beetle remained in print until 1960. Marsh produced nearly 80 volumes of fiction and numerous short stories, in genres including horror, crime, romance and humour. Many of these have been republished recently, beginning with The Beetle during 2004. Marsh's grandson Robert Aickman was a notable writer of short "strange stories".

Excerpt
“I’m insinuating nothing. You are the dealer; there’s a pack close to your hand; you gave yourself three cards; I saw you glance at them, then drop one on to the floor, and take another off the top of the pack—in the hope, I presume, that it was a better one. It clearly was; the card you dropped was the nine of spades; the hand you have shown there consists of three aces and a pair of knaves; I can’t say which was the card you took from the top of the pack, but it was one of them, and it certainly gave you the full.”

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Marshall, Archibald: Abington Abbey. v1. 28 Mar 2014

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Arthur Hammond Marshall (6 September 1866 – 29 September 1934), better known by his pen name Archibald Marshall, was an English author, publisher and journalist whose novels were particularly popular in the United States. He published over 50 books and was recognized as a realist in his writing style, and was considered by some as a successor to Anthony Trollope. Educated at Cambridge University, he was later (in 1921) made an honorary Doctor of Letters by Yale University. He travelled widely and made numerous notable acquaintances.

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The Dragon was Miss Waterhouse, who had come to the house in Cadogan Place to teach Caroline fifteen years before, and had remained there ever since. She was the mildest, softest-hearted, most devoted and affectionate creature that was ever put into a position of authority; and the least authoritative. Yet her word ‘went’ through all the household.

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Marshall, Archibald: Peter Binney. v1. 30 Mar 2014

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Arthur Hammond Marshall (6 September 1866 – 29 September 1934), better known by his pen name Archibald Marshall, was an English author, publisher and journalist whose novels were particularly popular in the United States. He published over 50 books and was recognized as a realist in his writing style, and was considered by some as a successor to Anthony Trollope. Educated at Cambridge University, he was later (in 1921) made an honorary Doctor of Letters by Yale University. He travelled widely and made numerous notable acquaintances.

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Every one has heard of Binney’s Food for Poultry. Indeed it would be quite impossible for anybody who is able to read to be unaware of its existence, for its fame is blazoned on every hoarding in the United Kingdom. It was Peter Binney who first conceived the idea of advancing the cause of art and advertising his wares at the same time. In the early days, when the future world-famed business was just emerging from its chrysalis state of a little cornchandler’s shop in the neighbourhood of the East India Docks, he was content to publish a picture of a simpering young woman in a quilted satin petticoat and dancing shoes, feeding a number of plethoric hens in a very clean farmyard. But when the shop became a factory and Mr. Binney’s keen business capacity began to tell, he issued his celebrated series of “Raphael’s Cartoons for the Home,” across the sky of each of which ran the inscription, “Binney’s Food for Poultry.” After a little time he published an edition of the “Plays of Shakespeare,” in which all the passages that Mr. Bowdler would have omitted were ingeniously converted by Mr. Binney into eulogies on his Food for Poultry. Poultry and taste were alike fed by Mr. Binney, and his business flourished accordingly. At the age of forty-five he found himself a rich man, with a house in Russell Square, a family tomb in Kensal Green Cemetery (tenanted at present only by his wife), and a son who was being educated at Eton.

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Marshall, Archibald: The Eldest Son. v1. 28 Mars 2014

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Arthur Hammond Marshall (6 September 1866 – 29 September 1934), better known by his pen name Archibald Marshall, was an English author, publisher and journalist whose novels were particularly popular in the United States. He published over 50 books and was recognized as a realist in his writing style, and was considered by some as a successor to Anthony Trollope. Educated at Cambridge University, he was later (in 1921) made an honorary Doctor of Letters by Yale University. He travelled widely and made numerous notable acquaintances.

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“Nina,” said the Squire, “I’m most infernally worried.” He was sitting in his wife’s morning-room, in a low chair by the fire. In front of him was a table set for tea for one—himself. There were buttered toast and dry toast and preserves, a massive silver teapot, milk jug, cream jug, and sugar basin, a breakfast cup of China tea, and two boiled eggs, one of which he was attacking, sitting forward in his chair with his legs bent. He had come in from hunting a few minutes before, at about six o’clock, and it was his habit thus to consume viands which most men of his age and bulk might have been afraid of, as likely to spoil their dinner. But he was an active man, in spite of his fifty-nine years and his tendency to put on flesh, and it would have taken more than a tea that was almost a meal to reduce his appetite for dinner at eight, after a day in the saddle and a lunch off sandwiches and a flask of sherry. When his tea was over he would indulge himself in half an hour’s nap, with the Times open at the leader page on his knee, and go up to dress, feeling every inch of him a sportsman and an English country gentleman.

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Marshall, Archibald: The Graftons. v1. 29 Mar 2014

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Arthur Hammond Marshall (6 September 1866 – 29 September 1934), better known by his pen name Archibald Marshall, was an English author, publisher and journalist whose novels were particularly popular in the United States. He published over 50 books and was recognized as a realist in his writing style, and was considered by some as a successor to Anthony Trollope. Educated at Cambridge University, he was later (in 1921) made an honorary Doctor of Letters by Yale University. He travelled widely and made numerous notable acquaintances.

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The old man lay dying at last. He had lingered on for months, now getting a little better and giving hope that the end might be deferred for a time, now sinking, so that it seemed as if it had come; but with all the alterations in his state moving onwards slowly and surely towards his rest. Now there was no longer any hope, even for a few days more. His two daughters and his son sat by his bedside, waiting. There was nothing to do but to wait, and to think.

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Marshall, Archibald: The Hall and the Grange. v1. 29 Mar 2014

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Arthur Hammond Marshall (6 September 1866 – 29 September 1934), better known by his pen name Archibald Marshall, was an English author, publisher and journalist whose novels were particularly popular in the United States. He published over 50 books and was recognized as a realist in his writing style, and was considered by some as a successor to Anthony Trollope. Educated at Cambridge University, he was later (in 1921) made an honorary Doctor of Letters by Yale University. He travelled widely and made numerous notable acquaintances.

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Colonel Eldridge was enjoying an afternoon doze, or a series of dozes, in the Sabbath peace of his garden. His enjoyment was positive, for he had a prejudice against sleeping in the day-time, and sat upright in his basket chair with no support to his head; so that when sleep began to overtake him he nodded heavily and woke up again. If he had provided himself with a cushion from one of the chairs or lounges by his side, he would have slumbered blissfully, but would have been lost to the charm of his surroundings.

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Marshall, Archibald: The Honour of the Clintons. v1. 29 Mar 2014

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Arthur Hammond Marshall (6 September 1866 – 29 September 1934), better known by his pen name Archibald Marshall, was an English author, publisher and journalist whose novels were particularly popular in the United States. He published over 50 books and was recognized as a realist in his writing style, and was considered by some as a successor to Anthony Trollope. Educated at Cambridge University, he was later (in 1921) made an honorary Doctor of Letters by Yale University. He travelled widely and made numerous notable acquaintances.

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Out of the smiling peace of the country-side came puffing the busy little branch-line train. It came to and fro half a dozen times a day, making a rare contact between the outside world and this sunny placid corner of meadow and brook and woodland. Here all life that one could see was so quiet and so contented that the train seemed to lose its character as it crept across the bright levels, and to be less a noisy determined machine of progress than a trail of white steam, floating out over the grazing cattle and the willows by the brookside, as much in keeping with the scene as the wisps of cloud that made delicate the blue of the fresh spring sky.

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Marshall, Archibald: The Squire's Daughter. v1. 30 Mar 2014

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Arthur Hammond Marshall (6 September 1866 – 29 September 1934), better known by his pen name Archibald Marshall, was an English author, publisher and journalist whose novels were particularly popular in the United States. He published over 50 books and was recognized as a realist in his writing style, and was considered by some as a successor to Anthony Trollope. Educated at Cambridge University, he was later (in 1921) made an honorary Doctor of Letters by Yale University. He travelled widely and made numerous notable acquaintances.

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“I recollect the time,” said the Squire, “when two women going to a ball were a big enough load for any carriage. You may say what you like about crinolines, but I’ve seen some very pretty women in them in my time.”

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Marshall, Archibald: Upsidonia. v1. 30 Mar 2014

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Arthur Hammond Marshall (6 September 1866 – 29 September 1934), better known by his pen name Archibald Marshall, was an English author, publisher and journalist whose novels were particularly popular in the United States. He published over 50 books and was recognized as a realist in his writing style, and was considered by some as a successor to Anthony Trollope. Educated at Cambridge University, he was later (in 1921) made an honorary Doctor of Letters by Yale University. He travelled widely and made numerous notable acquaintances.

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For anything but a cave, I should have done my best to shake him off, but I have a great love of caves, especially of those which go mysteriously back into the bowels of the earth, and no one knows their ending. They are full of romance, and call up all sorts of delightful visions. From Eastern tales of magic and treasure to brisk tales of smugglers, the entrance to a cave has always been the entrance to regions of mystery, in which anything may happen. So I immediately accepted the invitation to visit these caves, which were only a few hundred yards away from the main road.

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Marshall, Emma: A Flight with the Swallows v1. 1 Apr 2014

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Emma Marshall (1830–1899) was an English children's author who wrote more than 200 novels.Emma Marshall (as immensely prolific and popular in her own times, especially as a children's author;

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In a deep window seat, hidden by crimson curtains from the room beyond, a little girl was curled up, looking out upon a trim garden, where the first autumn leaves were falling one September afternoon. The view was bounded by a high wall, and above the wall, the east end of Coldchester Cathedral stood up a dark mass against the pale-blue sky. Every now and then a swallow darted past the window, with its forked tail and whitish breast; then there was a twittering and chirping in the nests above, as the swallows talked to each other of their coming flight. Little Dorothy was an only child; she had no brothers and sisters to play with; thus she made playmates of her two fluffy kittens, who were lying at her feet; and she made friends of the twittering swallows and the chattering jackdaws, as they flew in and out from the cathedral tower, and lived in a world of her own.

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Marshall, Emma: Bristol Bells. v1. 31 Mar 2014

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Emma Marshall (1830–1899) was an English children's author who wrote more than 200 novels.Emma Marshall (as immensely prolific and popular in her own times, especially as a children's author;

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‘Relation! that’s very pretty, when she has taken no heed of you for years. No, no; stay at home, Biddy, and put such silly stuff out of your head. Goody Lambert may find somebody else—not my granddaughter. Come! it’s about supper-time. Where’s Bet? She doesn’t want to gad about; she knows when she is well off.’

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Marshall, Emma: Her Season in Bath. v1. 1 Apr 2014

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Emma Marshall (1830–1899) was an English children's author who wrote more than 200 novels.Emma Marshall (as immensely prolific and popular in her own times, especially as a children's author;

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It was the height of the Bath season in 1779, and there was scarcely any part of the city which did not feel the effect of the great tide of amusement and pleasure, which set in year by year with ever-increasing force, and made the streets, and parades, and terraces alive with gaily-dressed fashionable ladies and their attendant beaux.

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Marshall, Emma: Little Miss Joy. v1. 1 Apr 2014

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Emma Marshall (1830–1899) was an English children's author who wrote more than 200 novels.Emma Marshall (as immensely prolific and popular in her own times, especially as a children's author;

Excerpt
Perhaps the pale woman standing by the door of a small shop, the shutters of which were not yet taken down, was a fair specimen of her neighbours. She was tall, but drooped so much that her real height was lost. She had a sad face, where lines of care and anxiety had made a network perhaps earlier in life than wrinkles had any right to appear, if they should be traced by time rather than by sorrow. For Patience Harrison was not an old woman, and had scarcely entered her thirty-sixth year.

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Marshall, Emma: Penshurst Castle. v1. 2 Apr 2014

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Emma Marshall (1830–1899) was an English children's author who wrote more than 200 novels.Emma Marshall (as immensely prolific and popular in her own times, especially as a children's author;

Excerpt
‘Have a care, dear child, nor let your wild fancies run away with your discretion. Am I not one who has a right to caution you? I who have come back as a widow to my old home, bereft and lonely.’
‘Because you married a bad man, and rued the day, it is no reason that I should do the same. Trust me, good sister. I may be young, but I have my wits about me, and no soft speeches catch me in a net.’

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Marshall, Emma: Salome. v1. 2 Apr 2014

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Emma Marshall (1830–1899) was an English children's author who wrote more than 200 novels.Emma Marshall (as immensely prolific and popular in her own times, especially as a children's author;

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Salome was the elder of two sisters, and she had one brother older than herself and three younger. Sorrow or change had as yet never come near Maplestone. The days went on in that serene happiness of which we are none of us conscious till it is over. When we hear the rustle of the angels’ wings, then we know they are leaving us for ever, and when with us we had not discerned their presence.

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Marshall, Emma: Under the Mendips. v1. 3 Apr 2014

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Emma Marshall (1830–1899) was an English children's author who wrote more than 200 novels.Emma Marshall (as immensely prolific and popular in her own times, especially as a children's author;

Excerpt
The Bristol Riots were over, but the day of reckoning came; and for many weeks there was nothing thought of but the restoration of lost property, the finding of dead bodies hid in the ruins of Queen’s Square, and the apprehension of the ringleaders in the rebellion.

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Marshall, H.E.: This Country of Ours. V1. 28-Mar-2013

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"This Country of Ours" is a well-known children's history book of the United States by the best-selling British author, Henrietta Marshall. This classic book tells the story of America from the start of the settlements to 1912, ending with the presidency of Woodrow Wilson.

About the Author

Henrietta Elizabeth (H.E.) Marshall is famous for her 1905 children's history of England, Our Island Story: A History of England for Boys and Girls, illustrated by A.S. Forrest. In the USA the book was entitled An Island Story. The book was a bestseller, was printed in numerous editions, and for fifty years was the standard and much-loved book by which children learned the history of England.

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Marshall, John: The Life of George Washington (Vol 1 of 5). 26 Nov 2008

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The story of the "Father of the Country" written by the longest serving Chief Justice of the US Supreme Court, John Marshall. Compiled from original papers of George Washington's it is perhaps the first of many great works written about GW. Written at a time when GW had already passed from flesh to legend and was turning into myth. In many ways this book provided the roadmap for many later scholars to start their studies of GW and helps us today to understand that he was a person standing at a crossroads of history.

Written by one Virginian about another Virginian (and I too am a Virginian, by birth and by choice), the book is a labor of love by a man who cared greatly for his newly founded nation. Many did not expect this "American Experiment" to succeed and at times it almost did not succeed.

Now over 200 years later we still face many of the same issues that they grappled with then -- What are the duties of a national government? How much power should a central government have and how much power should be reserved for the state and local governments? How do we protect the rights of each citizen?

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Marshall, Logan: Wonder book of Bible Stories (illustrated). V1. March 31 2012

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Mr. Marshall is the editor.

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Martin, A. E.: Common People, v1, 11 Jan 2026

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Strange but gripping murder story set in a country side-show and carnival, in which a member of the "freak show" is murdered while fasting in a glass room; the promoter, and his friends in the show, seek the solution, as does a dubious police detective.

The "freaks" are, apart from their physical variations from the norm (bearded lady, armless woman, tom thumb etc) all come over as ordinary people, dealing with life as as best they can in mid-20th century Australia. Hence the title, "Common People".

The author was himself a promoter of side show exhibits, circuses and the like in Europe and Australia for many years, and took to writing when he was 50. This novel won the "Australian Woman's Weekly" prize of a thousand pounds in 1943 (a vast sum in the 1940s); was subsequently published in book form, and also in the USA, (although the USA version mutilated the text and even changed the murderer!)

It was made into a Hammer movie called "The Glass Cage" in 1955. Hammer were famous for horror movies at the time...

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Martin, A. E.: Death in the Limelight, 1946, v1, 2 Jan 2025

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A. E. Martin (1885-1955) was an Australian showman who worked in vaudeville and theatre as well as co-producing the weekly newspaper The Gadfly, for which he wrote a number of short stories in the early 1900s. In the post World War 2 years he turned to crime novels.

This novel shows his familiarity with show business. An impossible crime, a murder live on stage during a performance, and none saw how it happened.

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Martin, A. E.: Old Sinners Never Die, v1, 12 Jan 2026

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A tour de force of suspense fiction, a book that has as its lead character a loathsome blackmailing postmaster who uncovers a plot even more villainous than his odious hobby.

(Review From "mysteryfile.com".)

Set in a small south Australian outback town where postmasters were persons of importance and power, around the beginning of the 20th century. Published in USA with the title "Sinners Never Die".

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Martineau, Harriet: Biographical Sketches. v1, 31 Jan 2016

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Harriet Martineau was born in 1802, the sixth of eight children, to a Unitarian family of Huguenot background. Despite being deaf for most of her life she was a prolific author and traveller, abolitionist, feminist, sociologist, and political commentator, and one of the first woman journalists. Her clear and simple style, ability to explain complicated issues, and ability to present her ideas in the form of stories gave her a wide readership and made her wealthy; her first major series outsold Charles Dickens' books. She was incapacitated by illness from 1839-44, and became very ill again in 1855 and wrote her Autobiography. It was not published until her death in 1876 after she had written many of her major works.

[Biographical Sketches[/ consists of 46 memoirs of famous people (including Charlotte Brontë) written as articles in the Daily News from 1852 to the 1860s. They give a fascinating picture of life and opinions in that time, with some contrasts and similarities to those in our own time.

The text source was the djvu.txt version of the American 1869 Author's edition from the Internet Archive, checked against the pdf version. This ebook is not a facsimile of the original edition: it does not contain the original edition's
- wide margins on each page into which is inserted brief statements identifiying the accompanying text,
- spaces to the right of left double quotes and left of right double quotes etcetera,
- blank pages or pages containing only headings between sections, and
- many advertisements of other books.

Footnotes are numbered and collected together as end notes, with one annotation identified by a letter and square brackets. A link back to the table of contents has been placed after each sketch.

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Martineau, Harriet: Deerbrook. v1. 13 Apr 2014

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Harriet Martineau (12 June 1802 – 27 June 1876) was an English social theorist and Whig writer, often cited as the first female sociologist.

Excerpt
Every town-bred person who travels in a rich country region, knows what it is to see a neat white house planted in a pretty situation,—in a shrubbery, or commanding a sunny common, or nestling between two hills,—and to say to himself, as the carriage sweeps past its gate, “I should like to live there,”—“I could be very happy in that pretty place.” Transient visions pass before his mind’s eye of dewy summer mornings, when the shadows are long on the grass, and of bright autumn afternoons, when it would be luxury to saunter in the neighbouring lanes; and of frosty winter days, when the sun shines in over the laurustinus at the window, while the fire burns with a different light from that which it gives in the dull parlours of a city.

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Martineau, Harriet: Demerara, v1 19 July 2016

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Harriet Martineau was born in 1802, the sixth of eight children, to a Unitarian family of Huguenot background. Despite being deaf for most of her life she was a prolific author and traveller, abolitionist, feminist, sociologist, and political commentator, and one of the first woman journalists. Her clear and simple style and her ability to explain complicated issues and to present her ideas in the form of stories gave her a wide readership and made her famous and wealthy; her first major series outsold Charles Dickens' books.

She was incapacitated by illness from 1839-44, became very ill again in 1855 and wrote her Autobiography - though it was not published until her death in 1876.

In the early 1830s she published [Illustrations of Political Economy,[/ which made her rich and famous. [Demerara[/ was included in the second of nine volumes, is rather didactic, is set in the British West Indies, and tells of negro slaves and their white masters and the effects slavery has on each.

In 1834 she made a two year visit to the United States, and in [Retrospect of Western Travel[/ recorded that a plantation owner she met had read [Demerara[/ and knew of her opinions of slavery.

The source text was taken from the Online Library of Freedom site, and checked against the Google Play Books version. I have corrected many typos, and made changes to spelling, punctuation, and hyphenation using oxforddictionaries.com.

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Martineau, Harriet: Feats on the Fiord. v1. 13 Apr 2014

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Harriet Martineau (12 June 1802 – 27 June 1876) was an English social theorist and Whig writer, often cited as the first female sociologist.

Excerpt
Every one who has looked at the map of Norway must have been struck with the singular character of its coast. On the map it looks so jagged; a strange mixture of land and sea. On the spot, however, this coast is very sublime. The long straggling promontories are mountainous, towering ridges of rock, springing up in precipices from the water; while the bays between them, instead of being rounded with shelving sandy shores, on which the sea tumbles its waves, as in bays of our coast, are, in fact, long narrow valleys, filled with sea, instead of being laid out in fields and meadows. The high rocky banks shelter these deep bays (called fiords) from almost every wind; so that their waters are usually as still as those of a lake. For days and weeks together, they reflect each separate tree-top of the pine-forests which clothe the mountain sides, the mirror being broken only by the leap of some sportive fish, or the oars of the boatman as he goes to inspect the sea-fowl from islet to islet of the fiord, or carries out his nets or his rod to catch the sea-trout, or char, or cod, or herrings, which abound, in their seasons, on the coast of Norway.

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Martineau, Harriet: Harriet Martineau in Household Words. v2 29 July 2015

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Harriet Martineau was born in 1802, the sixth of eight children, to a Unitarian family of Huegenot background. Despite being deaf for most of her life she was a prolific author and traveller, an abolitionist, feminist, and sociologist, and one of the first woman journalists. After her father's death in 1829 she became the main financial support for her mother and sisters, and became well known. Her clear and simple style and her ability to explain complicated issues and to present many of her ideas in the form of stories gave her a wide readership, and made her wealthy. She was severely ill from 1839-44, and again from 1855 when she wrote her Autobiography -- though it was not published till her death in 1876.

At the end of March 1850 Charles Dickens started [Household Words[/, a weekly journal which contained both fiction and non-fiction. Much of the content dealt with the social issues of the time. This ebook contains twenty contributions Harriet Martineau made to [Household Words[/ from May 1850 to the 1851 Christmas issue. The first few were fiction, and later articles were about industries. They give a fascinating picture of life and thought in her time.

The source material was the text files from the Dickens Journals Online site, checked against the images of the original pages. I have silently corrected typos and inconsistencies, simplified punctuation, and made changes to spelling and hyphenation using oxforddictionaries.com. In the 19th century 'receipt' meant 'recipe', and I have silently changed the words.

The cover was adapted from an image provided by the National Portrait Gallery, and the author's image was adapted from an image provided by the HistorysHeroes site.

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Martineau, Harriet: Life in the Sick-Room. v1 26 Mar 2016

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Harriet Martineau was born in 1802, the sixth of eight children, to a Unitarian family of Huguenot asylum seeker background. Despite being deaf for most of her life she was a prolific author, traveller, abolitionist, feminist, sociologist, and political commentator, and one of the first woman journalists. Her clear and simple style and her ability to explain complicated issues and to present her ideas in the form of stories gave her a wide readership and made her famous and wealthy; her first major series outsold Charles Dickens' books.

In 1836-7 at the height of her fame and wealth she visited America, and on her return wrote [Society in America[/ and [Retrospect of Western Travel.[/

She was incapacitated by illness from 1839-44, became very ill again in 1855 and wrote her [Autobiography[/ - though it was not published until her death in 1876 after she had written many of her major works.

In 1846 she visited Egypt, Palestine, and Syria, and wrote [Eastern Life, Present and Past.[/

[Life in the Sick-Room[/ was published anonymously in London in 1844. A later American version attributed the book to Harriet Martineau, omitted the opening French quotation, and included an extensive foreword.

This ebook contains the English version taken from the ePub version on the Internet Archive, supplies a cover, redesigns the title page and the lead in quotations to each essay, corrects typos, reinstates diacritics and italics, simplifies hyphenation according to Oxford Dictionary online, uses the modern spelling for Shakespeare and Goethe, and adds two translations and two annotations.

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Martineau, Harriet: Principle and Practice. v1. 14 Apr 2014

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Harriet Martineau (12 June 1802 – 27 June 1876) was an English social theorist and Whig writer, often cited as the first female sociologist.

Excerpt
Let none sit down to read this little tale, whose interest can only be excited by the relation of uncommon circumstances, of romantic adventures, of poetical perplexities, or of picturesque difficulties. No beauties of this kind will be here found. I propose to give a plain, unaffected narrative of the exertions made by a family of young persons, to render themselves and each other happy and useful in the world. The circumstances in which they are placed are so common, that we see persons similarly situated every day: they meet with no adventures, and their difficulties, and the remedies they procure for them, are of so homely a description, as to exclude every exertion of poetical talent in their illustration, and to promise to excite interest in those readers only, who can sympathise with the earnest desires of well-disposed and industrious young persons striving after usefulness, honourable independence, and individual and mutual improvement, amidst real, and not imaginary, discouragements, and substantial, not sentimental, difficulties. I proceed at once to my narrative.

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Martineau, Harriet: Retrospect of Western Travel, v1, 9 Jul 2016

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Harriet Martineau was born in 1802, the sixth of eight children, to a Unitarian family of Huguenot background. Despite being deaf for most of her life she was a prolific author and traveller, abolitionist, feminist, sociologist, and political commentator, and one of the first woman journalists. Her clear and simple style and her ability to explain complicated issues and to present her ideas in the form of stories gave her a wide readership and made her famous and wealthy; her first major series outsold Charles Dickens' books.

She was incapacitated by illness from 1839-44, became very ill again in 1855 and wrote her Autobiography - though it was not published until her death in 1876.

In the early 1830s she published a series of stories on political economy which made her rich and famous.

In 1834, (about 50 years after the American Revolutionary War, around the time of the acquisition of Florida and Texas, and about 25 years before the beginning of the American Civil War) she made a two year visit to the United States. In 1837 she wrote [Society in America[/, which gave an account with many statistics of her travels throughout America, her contacts with many and varied people, her generally favourable opinions of America, and her detestation of slavery. The book ran through several editions in two and three volume forms. [Retrospect of Western Travel[/ was published the following year 'to communicate more of my personal narrative, ... the lighter characteristics of men, and incidents of travel.'

The text was taken from the Online Library of Freedom site, and checked against the three volume Saunders and Otley edition in the Internet Archive and from the HathiTrust.org site. I have italicised the names of ships and books, set letters and documents off as blockquotes, and made changes to spelling, punctuation, and hyphenation using oxforddictionaries.com.

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Martineau, Harriet: Society in America, v1, 18 Feb 2016

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Harriet Martineau was born in 1802, the sixth of eight children, to a Unitarian family of Huguenot background. Despite being deaf for most of her life she was a prolific author and traveller, abolitionist, feminist, sociologist, and political commentator, and one of the first woman journalists. Her clear and simple style and her ability to explain complicated issues and to present her ideas in the form of stories gave her a wide readership and made her famous and wealthy; her first major series outsold Charles Dickens'; books.

She was incapacitated by illness from 1839-44, became very ill again in 1855 and wrote her Autobiography though it was not published until her death in 1876 after she had written many of her major works.

Society in America was published in 1838, after a two year visit to America which took place about 50 years after the American Revolutionary War, about the same time as the acquisition of Florida and Texas, and about 25 years before the beginning of the American Civil War. It gives an account of her travels throughout America, her contacts with many and varied people, her generally favourable opinions of America, and her detestation of slavery. The book ran through several editions in two and three volume forms.

The text was taken from the html texts on the Dead Sociologists Site at Pfeiffer University, and checked against the two volume Saunders and Otley edition. I have set letters and documents off as blockquotes, simplified the wording of data spreadsheets, and made changes to spelling, punctuation, and hyphenation using oxforddictionaries.com.

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Martineau, Harriet: The Billow and the Rock v1 12 dec 2008

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Harriet Martineau (June 12, 1802 – June 27, 1876) was an English writer and philosopher, renowned in her day as a controversial journalist, political economist, abolitionist and life-long feminist.

About the book:

It is the time of the 1745 Rebellion, when the adherents of Prince Charles, the Pretender to the Throne, landed in Scotland, and started to march towards London.

Lord Carse, and his friend Lord Lovat, are fearful that Lady Carse, who has some knowledge and evidence of their political beliefs, may betray them. So they abduct her from her home in Edinburgh and have her taken away to a remote island in the Outer Hebrides. She was at first a most unwilling prisoner, but gradually an instinct for survival let her eat and drink, and ride pillion, and so survive the journey.

The Edinburgh newspapers are fed a story of her illness, then of her death, and finally of her burial. So there is no hue and cry.

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Martineau, Harriet: The Billow and the Rock. v1. 12 Apr 2014

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Harriet Martineau (12 June 1802 – 27 June 1876) was an English social theorist and Whig writer, often cited as the first female sociologist.

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Scotland was a strange and uncomfortable country to live in a hundred years ago. Strange beyond measure its state of society appears to us when we consider, not only that it was called a Christian country, but that the people had shown that they really did care very much for their religion, and were bent upon worshipping God according to their conscience and true belief.

NOTE: 24 Illustrations

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Martineau, Harriet: The Crofton Boys. v1. 13 Apr 2014

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Harriet Martineau (12 June 1802 – 27 June 1876) was an English social theorist and Whig writer, often cited as the first female sociologist.

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Mr. Proctor, the chemist and druggist, kept his shop, and lived in the Strand, London. His children thought that there was never anything pleasanter than the way they lived. Their house was warm in winter, and such a little distance from the church, that they had no difficulty in getting to church and back again, in the worst weather, before their shoes were wet.

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Martineau, Harriet: The Hour and the Man. v1. 13 Apr 2014

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Harriet Martineau (12 June 1802 – 27 June 1876) was an English social theorist and Whig writer, often cited as the first female sociologist.

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The nights of August are in Saint Domingo the hottest of the year. The winds then cease to befriend the panting inhabitants; and while the thermometer stands at 90 degrees, there is no steady breeze, as during the preceding months of summer. Light puffs of wind now and then fan the brow of the negro, and relieve for an instant the oppression of the European settler; but they are gone as soon as come, and seem only to have left the heat more intolerable than before.

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Martineau, Harriet: The Peasant and the Prince. v1. 14 Apr 2014

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Harriet Martineau (12 June 1802 – 27 June 1876) was an English social theorist and Whig writer, often cited as the first female sociologist.

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One fine afternoon in April, 1770, there was a good deal of bustle in the neighbourhood of the village of Saint Menehould, in the province of Champagne, in France. The bride of the Dauphin of France,—the lady who was to be queen when the present elderly king should die—was on her journey from Germany, and was to pass through Saint Menehould to Paris, with her splendid train of nobles and gentry; and the whole country was alive with preparations to greet her loyally as she passed. The houses of the village were cleaned and adorned; and gangs of labourers were at work repairing the roads of the district;—not hired labourers, but peasants, who were obliged by law to quit the work of their own fields or kilns, when called upon, to repair the roads, for a certain number of days. These road-menders were not likely to be among the most hearty welcomers of the Dauphiness; for they had been called off, some from their field-work, just at the time when the loss of a few days would probably cause great damage to the crops;—and others from the charcoal works, when their families could ill spare the small wages they gained at the kilns. These forced labourers would willingly have given up their sight of the Dauphiness, if she would have gone to Paris by another route, so that this road-mending might have been left to a more convenient season.

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Martineau, Harriet: The Settlers at Home. v1. 15 Apr 2014

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Harriet Martineau (12 June 1802 – 27 June 1876) was an English social theorist and Whig writer, often cited as the first female sociologist.

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Two hundred years ago, the Isle of Axholme was one of the most remarkable places in England. It is not an island in the sea. It is a part of Lincolnshire—a piece of land hilly in the middle, and surrounded by rivers. The Trent runs on the east side of it; and some smaller rivers formerly flowed round the rest of it, joining the Humber to the north. These rivers carried down a great deal of mud with them to the Humber, and the tides of the Humber washed up a great deal of sea-sand into the mouths of the rivers; so that the waters could not for some time flow freely, and were at last prevented from flowing away at all: they sank into the ground, and made a swamp of it—a swamp of many miles round the hilly part of the Isle of Axholme.

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Martinez, Brian: A Good Clean, A Harsh Clean. v1. 13th Dec 2010

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This is a short story of mine about two men meeting in a bar who share an unknown connection. You might like it if you like Noir or Crime stories. Hope you enjoy.

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Martorell, Joanot: Tirant Lo Blanc v1. 16 Jan 2009

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I have not found this book here, and find it hard to believe somebody has not already uploaded by now. I've looked under "The white knight", the "White Tyrant", "Tyrant lo Blanc", "Tirant lo Blanc" and "Tirant lo Blanch" and have not found it. So here is an excellent piece to add to the MobileRead collection

Wikipage http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tirant_Lo_Blanc

From the WIKI
Tirant lo Blanc is an epic romance written by the Valencian knight Joanot Martorell, supposedly finished by Martí Joan de Galba and published in Valencia in 1490. It is one of the best known medieval works of literature in Catalan, and played an important role in the evolution of the Western novel because of its influence on the author Miguel de Cervantes.

Tirant lo Blanc; a literal English translation of the title would be [The White Knight [/or [Tirant the White[/, (the name of the main character of the romance).

[Tirant lo Blanc[/ is one of the most important books of Catalan literature. Written by Joanot Martorell in the 15th century, the "Tirant" is a chivalric novel that also appears to have a strong autobiographic component. It tells the feats and adventures of Knight Tirant lo Blanch from Brittany. At times, it parallels the life and adventures of admiral Roger de Flor, a Templar Knight and participant in the last crusade, leader of the Almogavar (Catalonian and Aragonese) "Catalan Company". This historical resemblance is also evident in the description of events occurring around Constantinople and the defeat of Sultan Mehmed II "the conqueror," and ultimately leading to the fall of Constantinople in 1453.

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Marx, Karl & Engels, Friedrich: Das Manifest der komm. Partei; german v1; Aug 21th 09

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Karl Marx ist einer der bekanntesten deutschen Philosophen und der vielleicht einflussreichster Denker des Kommunismus und des Sozialismus, dessen Thesen bis - und eben gerade wieder - heute immer wieder zur Diskussion stehen. Seine Kritik am Kapitalismus prägte die Arbeiterbewegung nicht nur in Form der KPD und SPD (deren Revisionismusstreit Marx im Mittelpunkt sah), sondern weltweit. Sein bekanntestes Werk stellt wahrscheinlich das umfangreich Werk "Das Kapital" dar.

Friedrich Engels war ein weiterer wichtiger Theoretiker des Kommunismus, jedoch heutzutage weit weniger bekannt als sein Kollege Karl Marx, mit dem er den Dialektischen und den Historischen Materialismus, sowie den Wissenschaftlichen Sozialismus, heute als Marxismus bekannt, begründete. Engels war entscheidend für die Veröffentlichung von Marx' Schriften, da er ihn finanzierte und Band 2 und 3 des Kapitals nach dessen Tod veröffentlichte.

Das Manifest der kommunistischen Partei ist nach "Heidis Lehr- und Wanderjahre" und "Das Parfüm" gleichauf mit "Mein Kampf" das dritt meist verkaufte deutsche Buch mit einer Auflage von zehn Millionen. Marx und Engels schrieben es im Auftrag des Bundes der Kommunisten. Es enthielt bereits Teile des später formulierten Marxismus und hatte große Einflüße auf die Entwicklung des Kommunismus wie auch auf die Arbeiterbewegung.

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Marx, Karl & Engels, Friedrich: Manifesto of the Communist Party. v.1.2 20 Dec 2007

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A political classic of 1848. However, this is the 1888 edition, edited by Engels.
I've added some pictures and a TOC, plus some reformatting.

'The history of all hitherto existing societies is the history of class struggles.'
Eventually, as industrial society develops, capital becomes more concentrated and two opposing classes arise: the proletariat and the bourgeoisie. Working men of all countries should unite and break their chains.

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Mason, A E W: Dilemmas (1934); v1

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Thirteen short stories, not all crime:

1: The Strange Case Of Joan Winterbourne
2: The Wounded God
3: The Chronometer
4: Sixteen Bells
5: The Reverend Bernard Simmons, B.D.
6: A Flaw In The Organization
7: The Law Of Flight
8: The Key
9: Tasmanian Jim's Specialities
10: The Italian
11: Magic
12: The Duchess And Lady Torrent
13: War Notes

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Mason, A E W: Musk and Amber (1942); v1; 26 Nov 2019

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"Too many there be to whom a dead Enemy smells well, and who find Musk and Amber in Revenge."--[Christian Morals[/, by Sir Thomas Browne

Julian, youthful heir to a great name, a great fortune and a house in 18th century England, is cheated of his birthright by a jealous half-sister and her cousin-paramour. But Julian survives, accepts the identity foisted upon him, as child of Italian fisherfolk, and— while taking advantage of the opportunity for a musical career which a glorious voice affords him— secretly dedicates his life to a pattern of revenge.

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Mason, A E W: No Other Tiger (1927): v2

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I uploaded this to the Kindle library some time ago. This is an improved edition with better cover, and an active table of contents. Hence v2.

Major Strickland, a fortyish bachelor, returns from the east with beautiful sapphire he bought for the woman he wishes to marry, Ariadne Ferne; but Ariadne, he discovered, is betrothed to another, a rising politician. And she has become innocently involved with Corinne, the beautiful but frivolous dancer and her dubious boyfriend.

None but Corinne know that her former criminal man friend is serving life in a French colonial prison; and Corinne has mindlessly frittered away the entire fortune that the man friend entrusted to her to look after for him.

And now the former man friend has escaped and is closing in....

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Mason, A E W: The Four Corners of the World (1917); v1

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A baker's dozen short stories, including an Inspector Hanaud detective short.

1: The Clock
2: Green Paint
3: North of the Tropic of Capricorn
4: One of Them
5: Raymond Byatt
6: The Crystal Trench
7: The House of Terror
8: The Brown Book
9: The Refuge
10: Peiffer
11: The Ebony Box
12: The Affair at the Semiramis Hotel
13: Under Bignor Hill

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Mason, A E W: The Sapphire (1933); v1

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Set in Burma and Britain, a sort of "green eye of the little yellow god" plot, with appearances by Inspector Hanaud no less.

An unlucky Burmese sapphire leaves a trail of trouble.

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Mason, A.E.W. & Lang, Andrew: Parson Kelly. v1. 12 Aug 2013

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Alfred Edward Woodley Mason (7 May 1865 Dulwich, London - 22 November 1948 London) was a British author and politician. He is best remembered for his 1902 novel The Four Feathers.

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"What mighty quarrels rise from trivial things!"

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Mason, A.E.W.: At the Villa Rose. V1. 25 Jan 2010

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Alfred Edward Woodley Mason (7 May 1865 Dulwich, London - 22 November 1948 London) was a British author and politician. He is best remembered for his 1902 novel The Four Feathers.

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Inspector Hanaud is assigned to investigate the murder of a wealthy widow and the theft of her priceless jewels.

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Mason, A.E.W.: Clementina. V1. 25 Jan 2010

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Alfred Edward Woodley Mason (7 May 1865 Dulwich, London - 22 November 1948 London) was a British author and politician. He is best remembered for his 1902 novel The Four Feathers.

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The landlord, the lady, and Mr. Charles Wogan were all three, it seemed, in luck's way that September morning of the year 1719. Wogan was not surprised, his luck for the moment was altogether in, so that even when his horse stumbled and went lame at a desolate part of the road from Florence to Bologna, he had no doubt but that somehow fortune would serve him. His horse stepped gingerly on for a few yards, stopped, and looked round at his master. Wogan and his horse were on the best of terms. "Is it so bad as that?" said he, and dismounting he gently felt the strained leg. Then he took the bridle in his hand and walked forward, whistling as he walked.

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Mason, A.E.W.: Ensign Knightley and Other Stories. V1. 26 Jan 2010

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Alfred Edward Woodley Mason (7 May 1865 Dulwich, London - 22 November 1948 London) was a British author and politician. He is best remembered for his 1902 novel The Four Feathers.

ENSIGN KNIGHTLEY
THE MAN OF WHEELS
MR. MITCHELBOURNE'S LAST ESCAPADE
THE COWARD
THE DESERTER
THE CROSSED GLOVES
THE SHUTTERED HOUSE
KEEPER OF THE BISHOP
THE CRUISE OF THE "WILLING MIND"
HOW BARRINGTON RETURNED TO JOHANNESBURG
HATTERAS
THE PRINCESS JOCELIANDE
A LIBERAL EDUCATION
THE TWENTY-KRONER STORY
THE FIFTH PICTURE

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Mason, A.E.W.: Lawrence Clavering. v1. 11 Aug 2013

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Alfred Edward Woodley Mason (7 May 1865 Dulwich, London - 22 November 1948 London) was a British author and politician. He is best remembered for his 1902 novel The Four Feathers.

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The picture hangs at my lodgings here at Avignon, a stone's throw from the Porte de la Ligne, and within the shadow of Notre Dame des Doms, though its intended housing-place was the great gallery of Blackladies. But it never did hang there, nor ever will; nor do I care that it should—no, not the scrape of a fiddle. I have heard men circumstanced like myself tell how, as they fell into years, more and more their thoughts flew homewards like so many carrier-pigeons, each with its message of longing. But Blackladies, though it was the only home I ever knew in England, did not of right belong to me, and the period during which I was master there was so populous with troubles, so chequered with the impertinent follies of an inexperienced youth raised of a sudden above his station, that even now, after all these years, I look back on it with a burning shame. And if one day, perchance, as I walk in the alleys here beyond the city walls, the wind in the branches will whisper to me of the house and the brown hills about it—it is only because I was in England while I lived there. And if, again, as I happen to stand upon the banks of the Rhone, I see unexpectedly reflected in the broken mirror of its waters, the terraces, the gardens, the long row of windows, and am touched for the moment to a foolish melancholy by the native aspect of its gables—why, it is only because I look out here across a country of tourelles.

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Mason, A.E.W.: Miranda of the Balcony. v1. 11 Aug 2013

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Alfred Edward Woodley Mason (7 May 1865 Dulwich, London - 22 November 1948 London) was a British author and politician. He is best remembered for his 1902 novel The Four Feathers.

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The discovery made a great stir amongst the islands, and particularly at St. Mary's. In the square space before the Customs' House, on the little stone jetty, among the paths through the gorse of the Garrison, it became the staple subject of gossip, until another ship came ashore and other lives were lost. For quit2e apart from its odd circumstances, a certain mystery lent importance to Ralph Warriner. It transpired that nearly two years before, when on service at Gibraltar, Captain Warriner of the Artillery had slipped out of harbour one dark night in his yacht, and had straightway disappeared; it was proved that subsequently he had been dismissed from the service; and the coroner of St. Mary's in a moment of indiscretion let slip the information that the Home Office had requested him to furnish it with a detailed history of the facts. The facts occurred in this sequence.

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Mason, A.E.W.: No Other Tiger. 13 March 2013

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Best known for "The Four Feathers" (filmed many times) and the Hanaud detective novels, A E W Mason wrote many novels. This novel begins in Burma, where the protagonist is shopping for an emerald and is recruited to deal with a man-eating tiger terrorising the village, moves to London and the Bright Young Things of the 20s, almost Evelyn Waugh "Vile Bodies", and climaxes bloodily in a dark house in Avignon.

(It includes a guest appearance from Hanaud and Ricardo in one chapter, which in itself became a short story.)

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Mason, A.E.W.: Running Water. V1. 27 Jan 2010

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Alfred Edward Woodley Mason (7 May 1865 Dulwich, London - 22 November 1948 London) was a British author and politician. He is best remembered for his 1902 novel The Four Feathers.

Excerpt
Pierre Delouvain hesitated. Here it seemed to him was certain death. But if he climbed down the ice-arête, the snow-slopes, and the rocks below, if the snow-bridges held upon the glacier, there would be life for one of the three. Pierre Delouvain had little in common with that loyal race of Alpine guides who hold it as their most sacred tradition not to return home without their patrons.

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Mason, A.E.W.: The Courtship of Morrice Buckler. V1. 20 May 2011

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Alfred Edward Woodley Mason (7 May 1865 Dulwich, London - 22 November 1948 London) was a British author and politician. He is best remembered for his 1902 novel The Four Feathers.

Excerpt
It chanced that as I was shifting the volumes in my library this morning, more from sheer fatigue of idleness than with any set intention—for, alas this long time since I have lost the savour of books—a little Elzevir copy of Horace fell from the back of a shelf between my hands. It lay in my palm, soiled and faded with the dust of twenty years; and as I swept clean its cover and the edges of the leaves, the look and feel of it unlocked my mind to such an inrush of glistening memories that I seemed to be sweeping those years and the overlay of their experience from off my consciousness. I lived again in that brief but eventful period which laid upon the unaccustomed shoulders of a bookish student a heavy burden of deeds, but gave him in compensation wherewith to reckon the burden light.

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Mason, A.E.W.: The Affair at the Semiramis Hotel. v1, 11 Aug 2013

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Alfred Edward Woodley Mason (7 May 1865 Dulwich, London - 22 November 1948 London) was a British author and politician. He is best remembered for his 1902 novel The Four Feathers.

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Mr. Ricardo, when the excitements of the Villa Rose were done with, returned to Grosvenor Square and resumed the busy, unnecessary life of an amateur. But the studios had lost their savour, artists their attractiveness, and even the Russian opera seemed a trifle flat. Life was altogether a disappointment; Fate, like an actress at a restaurant, had taken the wooden pestle in her hand and stirred all the sparkle out of the champagne; Mr. Ricardo languished—until one unforgettable morning.

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Mason, A.E.W.: The Broken Road. V1.25 Jan 2010

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Alfred Edward Woodley Mason (7 May 1865 Dulwich, London - 22 November 1948 London) was a British author and politician. He is best remembered for his 1902 novel The Four Feathers.

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It was the Road which caused the trouble. It usually is the road. That and a reigning prince who was declared by his uncle secretly to have sold his country to the British, and a half-crazed priest from out beyond the borders of Afghanistan, who sat on a slab of stone by the river-bank and preached a djehad. But above all it was the road - Linforth's road. It came winding down from the passes, over slopes of shale; it was built with wooden galleries along the precipitous sides of cliffs; it snaked treacherously further and further across the rich valley of Chiltistan towards the Hindu Kush, until the people of that valley could endure it no longer.

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Mason, A.E.W.: The Four Feathers. V1. 26 Jan 2010

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Alfred Edward Woodley Mason (7 May 1865 Dulwich, London - 22 November 1948 London) was a British author and politician. He is best remembered for his 1902 novel The Four Feathers.

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Just before sailing off to war in the Sudan, British guardsman Harry Feversham quits his regiment. He immediately receives four white feathers-symbols of cowardice-one each from his three best friends and his fiance. To disprove this grave dishonor, Harry dons an Arabian disguise and leaves for the Sudan, where he anonymously comes to the aid of his three friends, saving each of their lives. Having proved his bravery, Harry returns to England, hoping to regain the love and respect of his fiance. This suspenseful tale movingly depicts a distinctive code of honor that was deeply valued and strongly promoted by the British during the height of their imperial power.

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Mason, A.E.W.: The House in Lordship Lane. V1. 20 May 2011

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Alfred Edward Woodley Mason (7 May 1865 Dulwich, London - 22 November 1948 London) was a British author and politician. He is best remembered for his 1902 novel The Four Feathers.

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MR. RICARDO sat on an iron chair at an iron table outside a bar and drank with his coffee a sweet and heady liqueur. Yet he was exhilarated "Nobody would believe it," he said with a little giggle. But it was Brittany and summer time. "Browsing with Browning in Brittany," he alliterated wittily, "and so far I have been fortunate enough not to meet James Lee's wife." Mr. Ricardo was quite alone. He had sent his luggage home from Aix and with his suit-case, his fine big Rolls-Royce and his chauffeur was making a roundabout tour through Brittany to Cherbourg; whence by a transatlantic liner what was to him a preferable entry to England could be achieved. But the car had lurched and something had broken. For three days he must stay in this little town with the uncommon name. But his liner wasn't due at Cherbourg for four days--and it was Brittany and summer time.

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Mason, A.E.W.: The House of the Arrow. V1. 19 May 2011

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Alfred Edward Woodley Mason (7 May 1865 Dulwich, London - 22 November 1948 London) was a British author and politician. He is best remembered for his 1902 novel The Four Feathers.

When Jeanne-Marie Harlowe is poisoned and her adopted daughter is accused of murder, Inspector Hanaud is called in to investigate.

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Mason, A.E.W.: The Philanderers. V1. 27 Jan 2010

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Alfred Edward Woodley Mason (7 May 1865 Dulwich, London - 22 November 1948 London) was a British author and politician. He is best remembered for his 1902 novel The Four Feathers.

Excerpt
Five Englishmen were watching a camp fire in the centre of a forest clearing in mid-Africa. They did not speak, but sat propped against logs, smoking. One of the five knocked out the ashes of his pipe upon the ground; a second, roused by the movement, picked up a fresh billet of wood with a shiver and threw it on to the fire, and the light for a moment flung a steady glow upon faces which were set with anxiety.

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Mason, A.E.W.: The Prisoner in the Opal. V1. 20 May 2011

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Alfred Edward Woodley Mason (7 May 1865 Dulwich, London - 22 November 1948 London) was a British author and politician. He is best remembered for his 1902 novel The Four Feathers.

Inspector Hanaud of the French Surete attempts to solve the murder of an English woman and the disappearance of an American girl before there is another killing.

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Mason, A.E.W.: The Schoolmaster and Felicia. V1. 21 May 2011

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Alfred Edward Woodley Mason (7 May 1865 Dulwich, London - 22 November 1948 London) was a British author and politician. He is best remembered for his 1902 novel The Four Feathers.

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"You will call at the Villa Pontignard at noon to-morrow. The Duchess will herself receive you," said the butler, with a superb condescension, and he paced away up the narrow winding streets of Roquebrune, wondering, with perhaps a little contempt for the incomprehensible eccentricities of rank, what in the world the Duchess of Pontignard could have in common with a little village schoolmaster that she should be at the pains to command his presence.

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Mason, A.E.W.: The Summons. V1. 27 Jan 2010

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Alfred Edward Woodley Mason (7 May 1865 Dulwich, London - 22 November 1948 London) was a British author and politician. He is best remembered for his 1902 novel The Four Feathers.

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The destruction of shipping by German submarines in this western section of the Mediterranean had an intermittent regularity. There would be ten successive days—hardly ever more than ten days—during which ships were sunk. Thereafter for three weeks, steamships and sailing ships would follow the course upon which they were ordered, without hurt or loss. After three weeks, the murderous business would begin again. There was but one explanation in Hillyard's opinion.

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Mason, A.E.W.: They Wouldn't be Chessmen. V1. 13 March 2013

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This is the fourth of five Inspector Hanaud detective novels, generally accepted as not up to the standard of the first three. It is fairly rare.

It is in some respects a "caper" novel with detective elements.

The Hanaud detective novels, in order, are;

1910: At the Villa Rose
1924: The House of the Arrow
1928: The Prisoner in the Opal
1932: They Wouldn't be Chessmen
1946: The House in Lordship Lane

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Mason, A.E.W.: Witness for the Defense. V1. 28 Jan 2010

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Alfred Edward Woodley Mason (7 May 1865 Dulwich, London - 22 November 1948 London) was a British author and politician. He is best remembered for his 1902 novel The Four Feathers.

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Thresk’s fears were justified. Sympathy for Stella Ballantyne had already begun to wane. The fact that Ballantyne had been found outside the door of the tent was already assuming a sinister importance. Mrs. Ballantyne’s counsel slid discreetly over that awkward incident. Very fortunately, as it was now to prove, he did not cross-examine the doctor from Ajmere at all.

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Maspero, Gaston: Manual Of Egyptian Archaeology And ... In Egypt. V1. 13 Mar 2010

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MANUAL OF EGYPTIAN ARCHAEOLOGY AND
Guide to the Study of Antiquities in Egypt.

FOR THE USE OF STUDENTS AND TRAVELLERS.

BY G. MASPERO, D.C.L. OXON.
MEMBER OF THE INSTITUTE OF FRANCE;
PROFESSOR AT THE COLLÈGE DE FRANCE;
EX-DIRECTOR GENERAL OF EGYPTIAN MUSEUMS.

TRANSLATED BY AMELIA B. EDWARDS.

NEW EDITION, REVISED AND ENLARGED BY THE AUTHOR.
With Three Hundred and Nine Illustrations.
1895.

[Excerpt:[/
[quotPREFACE TO THE FOURTH AND REVISED EDITION.

Notwithstanding the fact that Egyptology is now recognised as a science, an exact and communicable knowledge of whose existence and scope it behoves all modern culture to take cognisance, this work of M. Maspero still remains the Handbook of Egyptian Archaeology. But Egyptology is as yet in its infancy; whatever their age, Egyptologists will long die young. Every year, almost every month, fresh material for the study is found, fresh light is thrown upon it by the progress of excavation, exploration, and research. Hence it follows that, in the course of a few years, the standard text-books require considerable addition and modification if they are to be of the greatest value to students, who must always start from the foremost vantage-ground.

The increasing demand for the Egyptian Archaeology by English and American tourists, as well as students, decided the English publishers to issue a new edition in as light and portable a form as possible. This edition is carefully corrected, and contains the enlarged letterpress and many fresh illustrations necessary for incorporating within the book adequate accounts of the main archaeological results of recent Egyptian excavations. M. Maspero has himself revised the work, indicated all the numerous additions, and qualified the expression of any views which he has seen reason to modify in the course of his researches during the past eight years. By the headings of the pages, the descriptive titles of the illustrations, and a minute revision of the index, much has been done to facilitate the use of the volume as a book of reference. In that capacity it will be needed by the student long after he first makes acquaintance with its instructive and abundant illustrations and its luminous condensation of the archaeological facts and conclusions which have been elucidated by Egyptology through the devotion of many an arduous lifetime during the present century, and, not least, by the unremitting labours of M. Maspero.

April, 1895.[/quot

Source: PG EText-No. 14400 as retrieved by Gutebook and tweaked.

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Masterman, Walter S: The Wrong Letter (1926); v1, 13 June 2023

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Walter S Masterman (1876-1946) was the author of more than 30 novels in various genres, including the classic British whodunit. As is the case with most authors, after he died, his novels faded away. This one comes with a foreword by G K Chesterton (1874-1936)

It is a country house / locked room mystery, with the typical combination of a well-connected amateur detective and an astute Scotland Yard man.

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Masters, Edgar Lee: Spoon River Anthology. v1. 20 July 07

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I was surprised that this had not been posted before and I am glad to correct this oversight of one of the greatest books from the Chicago school -- other members would be Carl Sandburg, Studs Turkel, Shel Silverstein, Steve Goodman, and Bob Gibson. (The first three are writers and the last three are musicians with the same views. Yes, one is in both groups.)

This is not a story in the traditional sense as the article from [Wikipedia[/ notes:
[QUOTSpoon River Anthology (1915), by Edgar Lee Masters, is a collection of unusual, short, free-form poems that collectively describe the life of the fictional small town of Spoon River, named after the real Spoon River that ran near Masters' hometown. The collection includes two hundred and twelve separate characters, all providing two-hundred forty-four soliloquies.

Each poem is an epitaph of a dead citizen, delivered by the dead themselves. They speak about the sorts of things one might expect. Some recite their histories and turning points, others make observations of life from the outside, and petty ones complain of the treatment of their graves, while few tell how they really died. Speaking without reason to lie or fear the consequences, they construct a picture of life in their town that is shorn of all facades. The interplay of various villagers — e.g. a bright and successful man crediting his parents for all he's accomplished, and an old woman weeping because he is secretly her illegitimate child — forms a gripping, if not pretty, whole.

The subject of afterlife receives only the occasional brief mention, and even those seem to be contradictory.[/QUOT

Some of the stories are short, less than a page. I have formatted the book the way I would like to see it with each entry starting on its own page. I feel it adds to the enjoyment of the book.

From the song [Spoon River[/ sung by Bob Gibson:
[QUOTAll of our lives are entwined to begin with here in Spoon River.[/QUOT

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Mathews, W.S.B.: A Popular History of the Art of Music, v.1, 5 July 2008

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The illustrated [A Popular History of the Art of Music From the Earliest Times Until the Present[/ was over 500 pages long and first published in 1891. The Project Gutenberg HTML includes MIDI files of 25 pieces referenced in the work and a modern transcription (in PDF) of one piece. You may also find it easier to view a few of the illustrations there that are pretty small in this ebook.

PREFACE
CHRONOLOGY OF THE GREATEST COMPOSERS
CHRONOLOGY OF PRINCIPAL ITALIAN COMPOSERS
CHRONOLOGICAL CHART OF THE MORE IMPORTANT GERMAN COMPOSERS
CHRONOLOGICAL SUCCESSION OF PIANISTS AND COMPOSERS FOR THE PIANOFORTE
INTRODUCTION

BOOK FIRST - MUSIC OF THE ANCIENT WORLD

CHAPTER I - MUSIC AMONG THE ANCIENT EGYPTIANS
CHAPTER II - MUSIC AMONG THE HEBREWS AND ASSYRIANS
CHAPTER III - MUSIC AMONG THE ANCIENT GREEKS
CHAPTER IV - MUSIC IN INDIA, CHINA AND JAPAN

BOOK SECOND - THE APPRENTICE PERIOD OF MODERN MUSIC

CHAPTER V - THE NATURE OF THE TRANSFORMATION, AND THE AGENCIES EFFECTING IT
CHAPTER VI - THE MINSTRELS OF THE NORTH
CHAPTER VII - THE ARABS OR SARACENS
CHAPTER VIII - ORIGIN OF THE GREAT FRENCH EPICS
CHAPTER IX - THE TROUBADOURS, TROUVÈRES AND MINNESINGERS
CHAPTER X - THE INFLUENCE OF THE CHRISTIAN CHURCH
CHAPTER XI - THE DIDACTIC OF MUSIC FROM THE FIFTH CENTURY TO THE FOURTEENTH
CHAPTER XII - THE RISE OF POLYPHONY. OLD FRENCH AND GALLO-BELGIC SCHOOLS
CHAPTER XIII - THE SCHOOLS OF THE NETHERLANDS
CHAPTER XIV - POLYPHONIC SCHOOLS OF ITALY
CHAPTER XV - THE CHANGES IN MUSICAL NOTATION
CHAPTER XVI - MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS. THE VIOLIN, ORGAN, ETC.

BOOK THIRD - THE DAWN OF MODERN MUSIC

CHAPTER XVII - CONDITION OF MUSIC AT THE BEGINNING OF THE SEVENTEENTH CENTURY
CHAPTER XVIII - FIRST CENTURY OF ITALIAN OPERA AND DRAMATIC SONG
CHAPTER XIX - BEGINNINGS OF OPERA IN FRANCE AND GERMANY
CHAPTER XX - THE PROGRESS OF ORATORIO
CHAPTER XXI - BEGINNINGS OF INSTRUMENTAL MUSIC

BOOK FOURTH - THE FLOWERING TIME OF MODERN MUSIC

CHAPTER XXII - GENERAL VIEW OF MUSIC IN THE EIGHTEENTH CENTURY
CHAPTER XXIII - JOHN SEBASTIAN BACH
CHAPTER XXIV - GEO. FREDERICK HÅNDEL
CHAPTER XXV - EMANUEL BACH; HAYDN; THE SONATA
CHAPTER XXVI - MOZART AND HIS GENIUS
CHAPTER XXVII - BEETHOVEN AND HIS WORKS
CHAPTER XXVIII - HAYDN, MOZART AND BEETHOVEN COMPARED
CHAPTER XXIX - OPERA IN THE EIGHTEENTH CENTURY
CHAPTER XXX - PIANO PLAYING AND VIRTUOSI; THE VIOLIN; TARTINI AND SPOHR

BOOK FIFTH - THE PERIOD OF THE ROMANTIC

CHAPTER XXXI - THE NINETEENTH CENTURY, THE ROMANTIC; MUSIC OF THE FUTURE
CHAPTER XXXII - SCHUBERT AND THE ROMANTIC
CHAPTER XXXIII - THE STORY OF THE PIANOFORTE
CHAPTER XXXIV - GERMAN OPERA; WEBER, MEYERBEER AND WAGNER
CHAPTER XXXV - VIRTUOSITY IN THE NINETEENTH CENTURY; PAGANINI; BERLIOZ; CHOPIN; LISZT
CHAPTER XXXVI - MENDELSSOHN AND SCHUMANN
CHAPTER XXXVII - ITALIAN OPERA DURING THE NINETEENTH CENTURY
CHAPTER XXXVIII - FRENCH OPERATIC COMPOSERS OF THE NINETEENTH CENTURY
CHAPTER XXXIX - LATER COMPOSERS AND PERFORMERS

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Matthews, Brander: A Family Tree and Other Stories. v1. 14 Nov 2021

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Clever stories, rich in incident and effective in plot. Pathos and humor are side by side in these stories, just as they are in life.
(—the “Public Opinion” contemporary review 1889)

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James Brander Matthews (February 21, 1852 – March 31, 1929) was an American writer and educator. He was the first full-time professor of dramatic literature at an American university and played a significant role in establishing theater as a subject worthy of formal study in the academic world. He was a prolific writer of fiction and non-fiction, with over thirty books published.

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This collection was first published in 1889. [This ebook is in the public domain where copyright is “Life+90” or less, and in the USA.[/
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Matthews, Brander: Four Tales. v1. 20 Nov 2021

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Short stories, from Harper’s and Century magazines.

A love story with an unexpected ending…

John comes to take possession of the family home — where a fire on the hearth has been kept kindled since it was lit by a brand from the burning of a witch 200 years ago…

A young man secretly marries a beautiful and thoroughly selfish woman…

A group of ghosts are inadvertantly invited to attend a society dinner…

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James Brander Matthews (February 21, 1852 – March 31, 1929) was an American writer and educator. He was the first full-time professor of dramatic literature at an American university and played a significant role in establishing theater as a subject worthy of formal study in the academic world. He was a prolific writer of fiction and non-fiction, with over thirty books published.

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Contents were first published 1885 ~ 1886. [This ebook is in the public domain where copyright is “Life+90” or less, and in the USA.[/
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Matthews, Brander: In the Vestibule Limited. v1. 20 Nov 2021

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A rejected suitor renews his courtship after discovering he and his (ex)fiancée both occupy the same transcontinental train.

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James Brander Matthews (February 21, 1852 – March 31, 1929) was an American writer and educator. He was the first full-time professor of dramatic literature at an American university and played a significant role in establishing theater as a subject worthy of formal study in the academic world. He was a prolific writer of fiction and non-fiction, with over thirty books published.

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This novella was first published in 1892. [This ebook is in the public domain where copyright is “Life+90” or less, and in the USA.[/
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Matthews, Brander: Outlines in Local Color. v1. 18 Nov 2021

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… “incontestably the life here mirrored was quieter than ours and, being ‘slower,’ was correspondingly fuller. People had time to devote to living.”
(—W. C. Brownell, from introduction to the 1921 edition.)

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James Brander Matthews (February 21, 1852 – March 31, 1929) was an American writer and educator. He was the first full-time professor of dramatic literature at an American university and played a significant role in establishing theater as a subject worthy of formal study in the academic world. He was a prolific writer of fiction and non-fiction, with over thirty books published.

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This collection was first published in 1898. [This ebook is in the public domain where copyright is “Life+90” or less, and in the USA.[/
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Matthews, Brander: Tales of Fantasy and Fact. v1. 11 Feb 2008

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This is a collection of short stories by Brander Matthews. From Wikipedia:

James Brander Matthews (born February 21, 1852 in New Orleans; died March 31, 1929 in New York City), was a U.S. writer and educator. Matthews was the first U.S. professor of dramatic literature. He graduated from Columbia College in 1871 and from Columbia Law School in 1873, but turned to a literary career. From 1892 to 1900 he was professor of literature at Columbia, and thereafter held the chair of dramatic literature. His influence was such that a popular pun claimed that an entire generation had been "bandered by the same Matthews".

The stories included in this book are:
A PRIMER OF IMAGINARY GEOGRAPHY
THE KINETOSCOPE OF TIME
THE DREAM-GOWN OF THE JAPANESE AMBASSADOR
THE RIVAL GHOSTS
SIXTEEN YEARS WITHOUT A BIRTHDAY
THE TWINKLING OF AN EYE

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Matthews, Brander: Tales of Fantasy and Fact. v1. 11 Nov 2021

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Six elegantly told tales, in the best of which various sources from history and myth supply the “facts” and the imagination of the writer supplies the “fantasy” — and some amusement as well. “The Dream Gown” and “The Rival Ghosts” have been frequently anthologized.

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James Brander Matthews (February 21, 1852 – March 31, 1929) was an American writer and educator. He was the first full-time professor of dramatic literature at an American university and played a significant role in establishing theater as a subject worthy of formal study in the academic world. He was a prolific writer of fiction and non-fiction, with over thirty books published.

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This collection was first published in 1896. [This ebook is in the public domain where copyright is “Life+90” or less, and in the USA.[/
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Matthews, Brander: The Story of a Story and Other Stories. v1. 15 Nov 2021

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Five engaging stories, including:

The “biography” of a story, relating its impact on various lives…

Two letters, describing and rebutting a tale of a frightful jungle adventure…

“Fireside tales” of a man who seems to have died more than once…

Discussions about a beautiful woman, a talented singer, who appears to be in two places simultaneously…

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James Brander Matthews (February 21, 1852 – March 31, 1929) was an American writer and educator. He was the first full-time professor of dramatic literature at an American university and played a significant role in establishing theater as a subject worthy of formal study in the academic world. He was a prolific writer of fiction and non-fiction, with over thirty books published.

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This collection was first published in 1893. [This ebook is in the public domain where copyright is “Life+90” or less, and in the USA.[/
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Matthews, Brander: Vignettes of Manhattan. v1. 18 Nov 2021

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… “the collection constitutes a dramatic panorama of the metropolis a generation ago of great variety and point.”
(—W. C. Brownell, from introduction to the 1921 edition.)

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James Brander Matthews (February 21, 1852 – March 31, 1929) was an American writer and educator. He was the first full-time professor of dramatic literature at an American university and played a significant role in establishing theater as a subject worthy of formal study in the academic world. He was a prolific writer of fiction and non-fiction, with over thirty books published.

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This collection was first published in 1894. [This ebook is in the public domain where copyright is “Life+90” or less, and in the USA.[/
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Matthews, Brander: Vistas of New York. v1. 18 Nov 2021

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“Episodes and incidents of the urban panorama…”

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James Brander Matthews (February 21, 1852 – March 31, 1929) was an American writer and educator. He was the first full-time professor of dramatic literature at an American university and played a significant role in establishing theater as a subject worthy of formal study in the academic world. He was a prolific writer of fiction and nonfiction, with over thirty books published.

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This collection was first published in 1912. [This ebook is in the public domain where copyright is “Life+90” or less, and in the USA.[/
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Matthews, Brander; et al: With My Friends. v1. 14 Nov 2021

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A collection of six stories, written in collaboration with four other authors, with an introductory essay on “The Art and Mystery of Collaboration.” There are tales about the ups and downs of romance; a pair of stories looking askance at magic and magicians; and the final tale (with F. Anstey), about two schoolboys attempting to summon a djinn, is rather reminiscent of Edith Nesbit’s work.

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James Brander Matthews (February 21, 1852 – March 31, 1929) was an American writer and educator. He was the first full-time professor of dramatic literature at an American university and played a significant role in establishing theater as a subject worthy of formal study in the academic world. He was a prolific writer of fiction and non-fiction, with over thirty books published.

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A list of the titles:
The Documents in the Case
with Henry Cuyler Bunner
(1855-1896)
Seven Conversations of Dear Jones and Baby Van Rensselaer
with Henry Cuyler Bunner
Edged Tools
with Walter Herries Pollock
(1850-1926)
Mated by Magic
with Walter Herries Pollock
One Story Is Good Till Another Is Told
with George H. Jessop
(1852-1915)
Three Wishes
with F. Anstey
(1856-1937)
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[This collection was first published in 1891. This ebook is in the public domain where copyright is “Life+80” or less, and in the USA.[/
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Matthews, Washington: Navajo Silversmiths, v.1, 28 Dec 2008

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This is a short 1883 Smithsonian Institute report about the tools, techniques, and art of silversmithing in the Navajo culture.

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Matthews, Washington: Navajo Weavers, v.1, 28 Dec 2008

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This is an 1884 Smithsonian Institute report about the tools, techniques, and art of weaving in the Navajo culture.

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Maupassant, Guy de: Bel Ami (Abridged), v1, 30 June 2015

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Henri Rene Albert Guy de Maupassant was born in Normandy in 1850. After serving in the Franco-Prussian war he became a civil servant, and in 1878 became a contributing editor to several newspapers. After the publication of [Boule de Suif [/in 1880 he became a full time writer. Over the next eleven years he wrote about 300 short stories, 200 newspaper articles, eight novels, three travel books, a collection of poetry, and some plays. He was diagnosed with syphilis late in the decade, attempted suicide in 1892, was admitted to an asylum, and died of tertiary syphilis in 1893.

[Bel Ami[/ was his second novel, and was published in 1885. The first English translation in 1903 was subtitled 'The History of a Scoundrel'. The book tells the story of a poverty-stricken ex-soldier who becomes a journalist and rises to a position of riches and power through relationships with a series of wealthy and influential mistresses. The last scene of the story describes him wearing his Legion of Honour, leaving the altar with his bride and passing the bride's mother whom he had seduced some months before, and setting up a meeting with a previous mistress.

The text source was files from Wikimedia and the University of Adelaide ebook centre. I have not been able to identify the original source nor the name of the translator. The source files were checked against a French language version from the Edition du groupe and the Oxford Classics translation, and it is clear that they form an abridged and somewhat sanitised version of the original book.

I have curled quotation marks, silently corrected typos and mistranslations, italicised newspaper and book names, replaced diacritics in French words, set off documents and letters as blockquotes, used British English, and made changes to hyphenation and spelling according to ww.oxforddictionaries.com.

There are two .prc versions of the abridged version of [Bel Ami[/ in the library, both dated 2008. I hope this version will find a place as it is the dual mobi version.

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Maupassant, Guy de: Bel Ami, v.1, 4 August 2008.

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Guy de Maupassant (1850–1893)
Bel Ami or The History of a Scoundrel: A Novel
(1885)
With two illustrations from the first edition of 1885 (Paris: Ollendorf): drawings by Ferdinand Bac, engraved by G. Lemoine.

Georges Duroy, a former non-commissioned officer in the French army in Algeria, endeavours to become a successful Parisian journalist by manipulating a succession of mistresses.

NB Madam Broshkina has uploaded a version of this novel, but we have made some different formatting decisions. The Madam has preferred straight quotes, no accents and US English. I have restored accents, italics and curly quotes, and used UK English. So there is a choice.

We have used the same anonymous translation. Unfortunately, it is heavily abridged (though this is not mentioned by the translator). If a better one becomes available I will replace this one.

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Maupassant, Guy de: Bel Ami. v1, 26 Jan 2008

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From Amazon.com:

Bel Ami, published in 1885, was French author Guy de Maupassant's second novel. It is the story of journalist Georges Duroy.

The story chronicles Georges Duroy's corrupt rise to power from a poor ex-NCO to one of the most successful men in Paris, most of which he achieves by manipulating a series of powerful, intelligent, and wealthy mistresses.

For those of you who would like to read the novel in the original French you can get it at Feedbooks.com.

http://beta.feedbooks.com/discover/book/16

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Maupassant, Guy de: Complete Original Short Stories. V1. 13 Oct 2016

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The cover picture is from the Wikipedia article about the author.

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Maupassant, Guy de: Fort comme la mort [en Français], v.1, 3 August 2008.

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Guy De Maupassant (1850–1893)
(Fort comme la mort)
(1889)

Wikipedia:
http://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fort_co...rt_(Maupassant)
« Fort comme la mort est avant tout une fine analyse psychologique sur l'amour et le vieillissement. Le roman privilégie la description des sentiments des personnages et du milieu mondain parisien dans lequel ils vivent à l'action. Il évoque cette période de l'âge mûr, où la fuite du temps fait doucement s'éloigner la jeunesse qu'on ne retrouvera jamais tandis que les désirs et les passions, eux, ne vieillissent pas. Cette prise de conscience crée, chez les héros du roman, ce sentiment d'injustice face à la fatalité du vieillissement contre lequel on ne peut rien et les plonge dans le désespoir. »

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Maupassant, Guy de: Pierre and Jean. v1, 26 Jan 2008

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Title in French: Pierre et Jean

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'Monsieur de Maupassant has never before been so clever.' Henry James. Henry James's admiration for 'this masterly little novel' has been echoed throughout the twentieth century by readers of Pierre et Jean. It marked a turning-point in the development of French fiction, situated as it is between traditional social realism and the psychological novel. It is recognized as a classic study of filial jealousy, triggered by one of the two brothers of its title finding himself the sole inheritor of the fortune of his mother's former lover. Pierre et Jean is set in Le Havre in the 1880s and is notable for its evocation of the Normandy coastline captured by the Impressionists. But Maupassant's achievement is to have woven from this simple plot in a maritime context a brilliantly crafted exploration of the complexities at the heart of family life.

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Maupassant, Guy de: Pierre et Jean. French v1, 26 Jan 2008

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'Monsieur de Maupassant has never before been so clever.' Henry James. Henry James's admiration for 'this masterly little novel' has been echoed throughout the twentieth century by readers of Pierre et Jean. It marked a turning-point in the development of French fiction, situated as it is between traditional social realism and the psychological novel. It is recognized as a classic study of filial jealousy, triggered by one of the two brothers of its title finding himself the sole inheritor of the fortune of his mother's former lover. Pierre et Jean is set in Le Havre in the 1880s and is notable for its evocation of the Normandy coastline captured by the Impressionists. But Maupassant's achievement is to have woven from this simple plot in a maritime context a brilliantly crafted exploration of the complexities at the heart of family life.

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Maupassant, Guy de: Short Stories 1, v1, 7 Nov 2007.

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Boule de Suif and Other Stories
Title: The Works of Guy de Maupassant, Volume 1

Maupassant was a master of the short story. His themes include ironic depictions of married life; sympathetic studies of marginalised women; the horrors of the Franco-Prussian war and a ghost story.

Contents:
INTRODUCTION
BOULE DE SUIF
MISS HARRIET
FRANCESCA AND CARLOTTA RONDOLI
CHÂLI
THE UMBRELLA
MY UNCLE SOSTHENES
HE?
A PHILOSOPHER
ALWAYS LOCK THE DOOR!
A MEETING
THE LITTLE CASK
HOW HE GOT THE LEGION OF HONOR
THE ACCURSED BREAD
WHAT WAS REALLY THE MATTER WITH ANDREW
MY LANDLADY
THE HORLA, OR MODERN GHOSTS
LOVE.
THE HOLE
SAVED
BELLFLOWER
THE MARQUIS DE FUMEROL
THE SIGNAL
THE DEVIL
EPIPHANY
IN THE WOOD
A FAMILY
JOSEPH
THE INN
UGLY

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Maupassant, Guy de: Short Stories 2, v1, 7 Nov 2007.

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Monsieur Parent And Other Stories
Title: The Works of Guy de Maupassant, Volume 2

More wry tales from the master of the French short Story.

Contents
Monsieur Parent -- The Father -- A Vagabond -- Useless Beauty -- Fly -- The Mad Woman -- That Pig of a Morin -- The Wooden Shoes -- A Normandy Joke -- A Cock Crowed -- Julot's Opinion -- Mademoiselle -- The Mountebanks -- The Sequel to a Divorce -- The Man with the Dogs -- The Clown -- Babette -- Sympathy -- The Debt -- An Artist -- Mademoiselle Fifi -- The Story of a Farm Girl -- Mamma Stirling -- Lilie Lala -- Madame Tellier's Establishment -- The Bandmaster's Sister -- False Alarm -- Wife and Mistress -- Mad -- An Unfortunate Likeness -- The New Sensation

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Maupassant, Guy de: Short Stories 3, v1, 7 Nov 2007.

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The Works of Guy de Maupassant
The Viaticum And Other Stories
The Works of Guy de Maupassant, Volume 3

Yet more short stories.

Contents:
The Viaticum -- The Relics -- The Thief -- A Rupture -- A Useful House -- The Accent -- Ghosts -- Crash -- An Honest Ideal -- Stable Perfume -- The Ill-Omened Groom -- An Exotic Prince -- Virtue in the Ballet -- In His Sweetheart’s Livery -- Delila -- A Mesalliance -- Bertha -- Abandoned -- A Night in Whitechapel -- Countess Satan -- Kind Girls -- Profitable Business -- Violated -- Jeroboam -- The Log -- Margot’s Tapers -- Caught in the Very Act -- The Confession -- Was It a Dream -- The Last Step -- The Will -- A Country Excursion -- The Lancer’s Wife -- The Colonel’s Ideas -- One Evening -- The Hermaphrodite -- Marroca -- An Artifice -- The Assignation -- An Adventure -- The Double Pins -- Under the Yoke -- The Real One and the Other -- The Upstart -- The Carter’s Wench -- The Marquis -- The Bed -- An Adventure in Paris -- Madame Baptiste – Happiness

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Maupassant, Guy de: Short Stories 4, v1, 7 Nov 2007.

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The Old Maid And Other Stories
The Works of Guy de Maupassant, Volume 4

A further collection of short stories.

Contents:
The Old Maid -- The Awakening -- In the Spring -- The Jennet -- Rust -- The Substitute -- The Relic -- The Man with the Blue Eyes -- Allouma -- A Family Affair -- The Odalisque of Senichou -- A Good Match -- A Fashionable Woman -- The Carnival of Love -- A Deer Park in the Provinces -- The White Lady -- Caught -- Christmas Eve -- Words of Love -- A Divorce Case -- Who Knows? -- Simon's Papa -- Paul's Mistress -- The Rabbit -- The Twenty-Five Francs of the Mother Superior -- The Venus of Braniza -- La Morillonne -- Waiter, A "Bock" -- Regret -- The Port -- The Hermit -- The Orderly -- Duchoux -- Old Amable -- Magnetism

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Maupassant, Guy de: Short Stories by Guy de Maupassant: V1. 13 Sep 2012

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Henri René Albert Guy de Maupassant: 5 August 1850 – 6 July 1893) was a popular 19th-century French writer, considered one of the fathers of the modern short story and one of the form's finest exponents.

A GHOST
A PIECE OF STRING
ABANDONED
AN UNCOMFORTABLE BED
BOULE DE SUIF
FEAR
GHOSTS
MADEMOISELLE FIFI
MAISON TELLIER
MISS HARRIET
MY UNCLE JULES
THE CONFESSION
THE DEVIL
THE HORLA
THE INN
THE MAN WITH THE PALE EYES
THE NECKLACE

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Maupassant, Guy de: Strong as Death, v.1, 3 August 2008.

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Guy De Maupassant (1850–1893)
Strong as Death
(Fort comme la mort)
(1889)
Anonymous translation.

A novel concerned with love and the ageing process.
If you are a woman who has spent twelve years in a liaison with an artist, then don’t let him meet your newly nubile daughter, especially if she resembles you in your youth. It only leads to trouble all round.

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Maupassant, Guy de: Tales of Madness & Mystery. v1. 11 Jul 2021

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Tales of Madness & Mystery by Guy de Maupassant (1850–1893)

TRANSLATIONS: (No Biographical Data Found)
Albert M. C. McMaster
A. E. Henderson
Louise Quesada
Fanny Rousseau-Wallach
Charles Henry White
“And Others”

Madness, murder, suicide, revenge, regret — all these are examined as Maupassant explores the darkest corners of the human mind and heart. Some stories seem to be touched with the supernatural, but might those phenomena be hallucination or imagination? The reader must decide that answer.

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Henri René Albert Guy de Maupassant (5 August 1850 – 6 July 1893) was a 19th-century French author, remembered as a master of the short story form, and as a representative of the Naturalist school, who depicted human lives and destinies and social forces in disillusioned and often pessimistic terms.

Maupassant was a protégé of Gustave Flaubert and his stories are characterized by economy of style and efficient, seemingly effortless dénouements.He wrote 300 short stories, six novels, three travel books, and one volume of verse. His first published story, “Boule de Suif” (“The Dumpling”, 1880), is often considered his masterpiece.

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Compiled from multiple collections, which were published 1903 ~ 1917. The original French stories were first published 1875 ~ 1890.
[This ebook is assumed to be in the public domain where copyright is “Life+70” or less, and in the USA.[/
.

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Maupassant, Guy de: The Necklace, v.1, 3 August 2008.

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Guy de Maupassant (1850–1893)
The Necklace (Also translated as ‘The Diamond Necklace’)
(La Parure)
(1884)
Anonymous translation.

In this short story a young married woman longs for luxury. Then she is invited to a ball…
She’s a bit like Flaubert’s Madame Bovary but there’s a sting in the tail.

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Maupassant, Guy de: Two Friends, v.1, 2 August 2008.

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Guy de Maupassant (1850–1893)
Two Friends (Deux Amis)
(1882)
Anonymous translation.

A short story set during the siege of Paris. Two friends get an urge to go fishing…

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Maupassant, Guy de: Yvette, v.1, 19 June 2008.

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A novella of 1884. A courtesan’s daughter longs to lead a respectable life. She hits on an audacious plan …

No translator was named. The source was PG. I have restored accents and italics also correcting some stupid scanning errors. Much of the action takes place near Paris. Rueil appeared as ‘Ruril’ and Chatou as ‘Chaton’ in the PG version. I’ve added a cover and TOC.

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Maurier, George du: Peter Ibbetson. v1. 27 July 2019

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First published in 1889. Peter was born in England, and taken to live in Paris as a child. He meets an English girl there, meets her again in England some years after the deaths of their parents from cholera, and develops with her the ability to share "a double dream, a dream common to us both" and the ability to travel together through time and space while dreaming.

The book could be classified as Historical Fiction or Fantastic Fiction as much as Romance.

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Mauthner, Fritz: Beiträge zu einer Kritik der Sprache. v1. 16 Sep 2009

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Aus Rudolf Eisler (1876-1927) "Philosophen-Lexikon. Leben, Werke und Lehren der Denker", 1912:

Mauthner, Fritz, geb. 1849 in Horitz (Böhmen), bekannter Romanschriftsteller und Kritiker, lebt jetzt in Freiburg i. B. [† 29. Juni 1923 in Meersburg]

Mauthner vertritt einen sprachkritischen Skeptizismus (vgl. Gorgias, Nietzsche u. a.) verbunden mit einer evolutionistischen Auffassung des Erkennens und Seelenlebens. Die Sprache ist wohl ein sozial brauchbares Mitteilungsmittel und ein Mittel des künstlerischen Ausdrucks, aber nicht ein Erkenntnismittel. Vielmehr verfälscht sie die Erkenntnis durch das Anthropomorphe und Metaphorische der Worte und Begriffe, und durch die Hypostasierung abstrakter Begriffsinhalte zu Realitäten. Die Sprache bewirkt in den Wissenschaften einen »Wortfetischismus«. Die Worte sind »unbrauchbare Werkzeuge«. Die Abstrakta der Sprache haben keine Wirklichkeit, die letzten Wirklichkeiten sind Individualitäten, Empfindungen, Anschauungsinhalte. Das Denken ist, aber ohne Sprache nicht möglich, es gibt nur Denken plus Lautzeichen. Begriff und Wort sind so gut wie identisch, nämlich das »Gedächtnis assimilierter Wahrnehmungen«, die »Erinnerung oder die Bereitschaft einer Nervenbahn, einer ähnlichen Vorstellung zu dienen«. Eine Metaphysik ist unmöglich, Philosophie kann nichts weiter sein als »kritische Aufmerksamkeit auf die Sprache«. Das höchste Ziel wäre Befreiung von der Sprache, reine Schauung der Wirklichkeit. Unsere Erkenntnis ist subjektiv und relativ, sie dient biologischen Zwecken, nicht der adäquaten Erfassung der Dinge; unsere Sinne sind »Zufallssinne«. - Von Mauthner beeinflußt ist G. Landauer.

Schriften:
- Beiträge zu einer Kritik der Sprache, 3 Bde., 1901 ff.; I, 2. A. 1909.
- Aristoteles, 1904.
- Wörterbuch der Philosophie, 1909 f.
- Spinoza, 1906.
- Die Sprache, 1907,
u. a.

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Texte von http://www.textlog.de/mauthner.html

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Maxwell, William Babington: A Little More. v1. 16 Nov 2015

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William Babington Maxwell (1866–1938) was a British novelist. Born on June 4, 1866, he was the third surviving child and second eldest son of novelist Mary Elizabeth Braddon.

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Mr. Welby was a big healthy man of sixty-three. Habitually he had a jovial self-reliant manner, and spoke as though his words were not without importance, and as though he expected people to listen to them; but no observant person watching him as he handed round the soup plates and beamed upon the company could have failed to understand that he was by nature simple, honest, and kindly.

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Maxwell, William Babington: Fabulous Fancies. v 1. 17 Nov 2015

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William Babington Maxwell (1866–1938) was a British novelist. Born on June 4, 1866, he was the third surviving child and second eldest son of novelist Mary Elizabeth Braddon.

MENTONE MARY
THE SINGING IN HIS HEAD
OLD TIME-ENOUGH
UGLY FACE
THE FOOLISH ACTOR AND SOCIETY
STOLEN KISSES
THE FAIRY HELIOTROPE
THE TAME CAT
“DO LOOK AT ME”
THE TENDER-HEARTED FAMILY
BRUNO, JONAS AND THE CRITICS
THE MASTER MIND
A CHANCE FOR ALL OF US
THE BLUE CARD
SHADOW AND SUNSHINE
THE HOT-TEMPERED WOMAN
THE SAVING HABIT
THE DIVINING ROD
THE BLOOMING OP THE ALOE
PARKER’S FOLLY
THE SPINSTER AUNT
THE CLUB-BORE
IN THE BLACK FOREST COUNTRY

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Maxwell, William Babington: For Better, For Worse. v1. 20 Nov 2015

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William Babington Maxwell (1866–1938) was a British novelist. Born on June 4, 1866, he was the third surviving child and second eldest son of novelist Mary Elizabeth Braddon.

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IT has become a trite observation that you cannot have a home in London. You live in London, but your real home is somewhere else, or you have not one at all. In this sense Mrs. Gilmour and her family had always been homeless.

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Maxwell, William Babington: General Mallock's Shadow. v1. 21 Nov 2015

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William Babington Maxwell (1866–1938) was a British novelist. Born on June 4, 1866, he was the third surviving child and second eldest son of novelist Mary Elizabeth Braddon.

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A DULL grey afternoon in March, heavy clouds driving low, cold wind sighing as it swept over the heather; and not a glint of sunshine, not a sign of life, to relieve the widespread desolation of the Yorkshire moorland. For mile after mile the empty road rises, dips, curves, and there is no roof or chimney to cheer the eye, until on the high ledge of Redchurch. Down one comes to the first outpost of civilisation.

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Maxwell, William Babington: Glamour. v1. 22 Nov 2015

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William Babington Maxwell (1866–1938) was a British novelist. Born on June 4, 1866, he was the third surviving child and second eldest son of novelist Mary Elizabeth Braddon.

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THE time before the war has already become so vague, so difficult to recall, that one is compelled to examine old files of illustrated newspapers, political reviews, and literary magazines in order to find out what people looked like, what they were doing, and what they were thinking. It was said that they thought too much about their food; but that seems absurd. For they had food. They were too sceptical and cynical; but that seems equally absurd. For they trusted Germany’s good faith. They were quarrelling and ready to fight about Ireland; and that really seems most absurd of all—as though two oarsmen were rolling about in the bottom of a small boat, clawing each other and calling each other names, just before the boat slid over Niagara Falls.

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Maxwell, William Babington: Hill Rise. v1. 23 Nov 2015

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William Babington Maxwell (1866–1938) was a British novelist. Born on June 4, 1866, he was the third surviving child and second eldest son of novelist Mary Elizabeth Braddon.

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THE earliest recollections of Lizzie Crunden were full of Hill Rise—as something spacious and awe-productive, opening out before you, leading you upward to thoughts of grandeur and mystery.

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Maxwell, William Babington: Life Can Never Be The Same. v1. 23 Nov 2015

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William Babington Maxwell (1866–1938) was a British novelist. Born on June 4, 1866, he was the third surviving child and second eldest son of novelist Mary Elizabeth Braddon.

A GERMAN IN THE VILLAGE
RATHER LATE
CHRISTMAS IS CHRISTMAS
THE STRAIN OF IT
‘THE CHATEAU
THE WOMAN’S PORTION
A WIDOW
THE SHORT CUT
WHAT EDIE REGRETTED
THE WRONG DIRECTION
THE STRAIN OF IT
JOAN OF ARC

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Maxwell, William Babington: Mrs. Thompson. v1. 24 Nov 2015

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William Babington Maxwell (1866–1938) was a British novelist. Born on June 4, 1866, he was the third surviving child and second eldest son of novelist Mary Elizabeth Braddon.

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Mrs. Thompson, the sole proprietress, emerging from internal offices and passing through her prosperous realm, cast an attentive eye hither and thither; and, wherever she glanced, saw all things right, and nothing wrong. System, method, practised control visible in each department. Carpets, Bedding, Curtains, House Furnishings, all as they should be—no disturbing note, no hint of a dangerous element in the well-ordered working scheme of Thompson’s.

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Maxwell, William Babington: Odd Lengths. v1. 26 Nov 2015

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William Babington Maxwell (1866–1938) was a British novelist. Born on June 4, 1866, he was the third surviving child and second eldest son of novelist Mary Elizabeth Braddon.

THREE—FOUR—FIVE!
RIPE
THE SQUIRE AND THE PARSON
ILLUSIONS
AN AMATEUR
GRANGE AND SON
THE FERRYMANS DOG
THE VULGAR MAN
SOMETHING IN HIS FACE
A SLOW MATCH
THE LOCK-KEEPER
LADY WRAGFORD’S MIRACLE
AT THE SIBYLLINE PRICE

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Maxwell, William Babington: Seymour Charlton. v1. 28 Nov 2015

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William Babington Maxwell (1866–1938) was a British novelist. Born on June 4, 1866, he was the third surviving child and second eldest son of novelist Mary Elizabeth Braddon.

Excerpt
On a May evening, sixty or seventy men had gathered together for dinner in a London picture gallery. It was the inauguration of a new dining club. The club had been founded for the purpose of meeting at dinner from time to time, and for the entertaining at dinner of distinguished visitors when opportunity offered. Speech-making had now begun, and all the speakers dwelt upon this truly British dinner-idea as though there lay hidden in it something of novelty and grace.

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Maxwell, William Babington: The Devils Garden. v1. 29 Nov 2015

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William Babington Maxwell (1866–1938) was a British novelist. Born on June 4, 1866, he was the third surviving child and second eldest son of novelist Mary Elizabeth Braddon.

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THE village postmaster stood staring at an official envelope that had just been shaken out of a mail-bag upon the sorting-table. It was addressed to himself; and for a few moments his heart beat quicker, with sharp, clean percussions, as if it were trying to imitate the sounds made by the two clerks as they plied their stampers on the blocks. Perhaps this envelope contained his fate.

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Maxwell, William Babington: The Guarded Flame. v1. 30 Nov 2015

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William Babington Maxwell (1866–1938) was a British novelist. Born on June 4, 1866, he was the third surviving child and second eldest son of novelist Mary Elizabeth Braddon.

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The last house on the cliff by the fishing village of White-bridge is named Cliff Lodge. Tyndall, in one of his lectures, has spoken of it with these words: “I like to think of the necessary isolation of great minds. I like to think of that cliff tower above our southern sea, from which the flame of truth has shed, amid the darkness of so many years, its steady radiance. I call that house the Lighthouse.”

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Maxwell, William Babington: The Mirror And The Lamp. v1. 2 Dec 2015

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William Babington Maxwell (1866–1938) was a British novelist. Born on June 4, 1866, he was the third surviving child and second eldest son of novelist Mary Elizabeth Braddon.

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Rome resembled Athens, Brussels was just a smaller Paris, one country town is very like another; but St Dunstan’s is like nothing except itself.

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Maxwell, William Babington: The Ragged Messenger. v1. 3 Dec 2015

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William Babington Maxwell (1866–1938) was a British novelist. Born on June 4, 1866, he was the third surviving child and second eldest son of novelist Mary Elizabeth Braddon.

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This book is an attempt to display the contrast between wealth and poverty under the conditions of civilization at this late time of day. It is nearly two thousand years since the Great Teacher startled the world by His doctrine of absolute equality, but although commonly we of the western hemisphere accept that doctrine as a fundamental truth, we are either willing or forced to see it abrogated in every hour of our lives.

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May, Karl: Abdahn Effendi german v1 9 feb 2009

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Die Erzählung "Abdahn Effendi" wurde im Spätsommer 1907 geschrieben und erstmals 1908 im "Grazer Volksblatt" veröffentlicht. Weitere Abdrucke in verschiedenen Zeitschriften folgten: 1908 in der "Mülheimer Volkszeitung" und 1909 in der "Gardasee-Post" und dem "Bamberger Volksblatt". Ebenfalls 1909 erfolgte die erste Buchausgabe in Band 3/4 der "Bibliothek Saturn".

Abdahn Effendi ist ein Schmuggler an der persisch-türkischen Grenze, in einem Tal der imaginären Landschaft "Dschan". Dort betreibt er, unterstützt von den türkischen Grenzwächtern Achmed Agha und Selim Agha und ihren persischen Namensvettern, sein einträgliches verbrecherisches Geschäft und drangsaliert Ben Adl, den Sohn des abgesetzten persischen Grenzkommandanten, und seine Frau, die Tochter des ebenfalls abgesetzten türkischen Grenzkommandanten.

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May, Karl: Am Jenseits german v1 28 jan 2009

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Der Band "Am Jenseits" ist ein Werk des Übergangs von den späten Reiseerzählungen Karl Mays hin zum Spätwerk des Autors.

Die von Karl May geplante Fortsetzung unter dem Titel "Im Jenseits" wurde nie geschrieben.

Auf Anfragen seiner Leser antwortete Karl May stets unverbindlich, so am 17. April 1907 an den späteren Mitgründer des Karl-May-Verlages, Dr. Euchar Albrecht Schmid: "Der zweite Band von 'Am Jenseits' wird unter dem Titel 'Im Jenseits' sofort erscheinen, wenn ich sehe, daß der erste Band verstanden worden ist...."

Vielmehr schrieb Franz Kandolf, ein enger Mitarbeiter des Karl-May-Verlages, 1923 eine Fortsetzung unter dem Titel "In Mekka".

Cover by ravenne.

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May, Karl: Am Rio de la Plata (german) v1 7 dec 2008

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Am Rio de la Plata ist der erste von zwei zusammenhängenden Südamerika-Romanen (der zweite heißt "In den Kordilleren"), die Karl May in den Jahren 1888 - 1890 schrieb. Ursprünglich wurden beide Teile 1889 - 1891 unter dem Titel El Sendador in der Zeitschrift "Deutscher Hausschatz" veröffentlicht, April 1894 erfolgte die erste Buchausgabe. Die Unterschiede zwischen Zeitschriften- und Buchfassung sind nur geringfügig.

Danke an ravenne für das phantastische Cover!

Have fun!

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May, Karl: Am Stillen Ozean german v1 13 mar 2009

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Der Band 11 der "Gesammelten Reiseerzählungen" erschien im April 1894 und ist ein Sammelband, der verschiedene Einzelerzählungen Karl Mays beinhaltet, die zum großen Teil bereits zuvor an anderer Stelle veröffentlicht wurden. Lediglich die letzte Erzählung, "An der Tigerbrücke", wurde von May unmittelbar für diesen Band geschrieben.

Inhalt

* Der Ehri
* Der Kiang-lu
* Der Brodnik
* Der Girl-Robber
* An der Tigerbrücke

(Aus Karl May Wiki)

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May, Karl: Das Hamaïl german v1 9 feb 2009

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Mays kurze Erzählung "Das Hamail" wurde vermutlich 1887 geschrieben und im Mai 1887 in "Der gute Kamerad. Spemanns Illustrirte Knaben-Zeitung." anonym veröffentlicht.

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May, Karl: Das Vermächtnis des Inka german v1 11 feb 2009

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Karl May schrieb die Erzählung "Das Vermächtnis des Inka" in der Zeit von Januar 1891 bis vermutlich April 1891 für die Zeitschrift "Der Gute Kamerad", in der sie vom Oktober 1891 bis zum September 1892 erstmals veröffentlicht wurde.

1895 wurde die Erzählung von der Union Deutsche Verlagsgesellschaft, Stuttgart, Berlin, Leipzig, in Buchform veröffentlicht. Für die Buchausgabe wurden einige Änderungen vorgenommen. Bis heute konnte nicht eindeutig geklärt werden, ob sie vom Verleger W. Spemann oder von Karl May durchgeführt wurden.

Der Deutsche Karl Hammer, genannt "Vater Jaguar", übernimmt in Buenos Aires den Auftrag, den jungen Anton Engelhardt zu seinem Vater nach Lima zu bringen. Da noch weitere Personen die Anden überqueren wollen, wächst die Reisegesellschaft - teilweise ohne Erlaubnis des Reiseleiters - schnell an. Unter den Reisenden sind auch der Paläontologe Dr. Morgenstern samt seinem Diener Fritz Kiesewetter und der Chirurg Don Parmesan. Dr. Morgenstern sieht einem Oberst Glotino so ähnlich, dass sich auch verschiedene Feinde des Oberst sich dem Trupp an die Fersen heften.

Zufällig entdecken die Wissenschaftler ein geheimes Waffenlager und werden von dessen Besitzern (Antonio Perillo und Benito Pajaro) gefangen genommen. Don Parmesan gelingt es, den Vater Jaguar zu benachrichtigen, der Dr. Morgenstern und Fritz Kiesewetter befreien kann. Auch später geraten sie immer wieder in Gefahr und müssen gerettet werden.

Zu der Gruppe stoßen auch ein junger Indianer namens Haukaropora und sein alter Begleiter Anciano. Auch sie wollen in die Anden, um einen riesigen Schatz zu heben - das Vermächtnis des Inka. Mit Hilfe dieses Schatzes soll Hauka, der letzte Inka, das untergegangene Reich wieder errichten.

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May, Karl: Der Africander german v1 3 mar 2009

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Die Erzählung "Der Africander" wurde 1877/78 geschrieben und erstmals in der Zeitschrift "Frohe Stunden" veröffentlicht. Bald darauf erschien er als Der Boer van het Roer. Ein Abenteuer aus dem Kaffernlande von Karl May im Deutschen Hausschatz, 6. Jahrgang, Nrn. 8-12 (Nov. - Dez. 1879). 1894 wurde der Text dann unter dem Titel "Ein Abenteuer in Südafrika" in die Bände "Der Karawanenwürger" und "Aus fernen Zonen" des Verlags von H. Liebau aufgenommen.

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May, Karl: Der beiden Quitzows letzte Fahrten german v1 22 mar 2009

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Historischer Roman aus der Jugendzeit des Hauses Hohenzollern von Karl May" erschien von November 1876 bis Juni 1877 in der Zeitschrift "Feierstunden am häuslichen Heerde" und war die Fortsetzung des von Friedrich Axmann geschriebenen Romans "Fürst und Junker". Allerdings wurde nur ein Teil des Romans von May selbst verfasst, nach dem Ende seiner Tätigkeit als Redakteur für den Verlag Münchmeyer wurden die verbleibenden Lieferungen von seinem Nachfolger Dr. Heinrich Goldmann geschrieben und dies durch den Zusatz "begonnen von Karl May, fortgesetzt von Dr. Goldmann" den Abonnenten und Lesern mitgeteilt. (Da Heinrich Goldmann vor Abschluss des Romans starb, wurde der eigentliche Schluss von einem unbekannt gebliebenen Schriftsteller oder Redakteur ergänzt. Der Roman hat also drei Autoren.) (Karl May Wiki)

PS: Dies war eine der übelsten Quellen, die ich je hatte. Ich habe, glaub ich zumindest, die gröbsten Fehler ausgemerzt. Bitte bei Auffinden eines Fehlers unbedingt trozdem Bescheid sagen

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May, Karl: Der blaurote Methusalem german v1 3 jan 2009

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Die dritte Jugenderzählung Mays wurde erstmals Oktober 1888 bis September 1889 unter dem Titel "Kong-Kheou, das Ehrenwort" in der Zeitschrift "Der Gute Kamerad" veröffentlicht. 1892 wurde der Text dann - bearbeitet - unter dem Titel "Der blaurote Methusalem" als Buchausgabe der "Union Deutsche Verlagsgesellschaft" veröffentlicht.

Der "ewige Verbindungsstudent" Fritz Degenfeld ("Methusalem" ist sein Rufname, das 'blaurot' bezieht sich auf die Farbe seiner Nase) unternimmt mit dem jungen Richard Stein eine abenteuerliche Reise nach und durch China, um dessen kranken Onkel und die verschollene Familie des nach Deutschland emigrierten chinesischen Teehändlers Ye-Kin-Li samt Familienschatz zu suchen. Begleitet werden sie von Degenfelds Faktotum Gottfried von Bouillon und einem riesigen Neufundländer, der immer Degenfelds Bierglas in der Schnauze trägt. Auf der Reise schließen sich ihnen auch der dicke Holländer Mijnheer Willem van Aardappelenbosch und der Kapitän Heimdall Turnerstick an, der behauptet, er könne perfekt chinesisch sprechen, indem er an alle Worte einfach die Endungen -eng, -ing, -ong, -ung anhängt und sich wundert, dass er nicht verstanden wird. Nach vielerlei Abenteuern (Piratenüberfall, Aufdeckung eines Tempelraubes und mehr) wendet sich alles zum Guten und der Blaurote Methusalem hält zusammen mit seinen Freunden, dem inzwischen gesundeten Onkel, der verschollenen Familie des Teehändlers und deren Schatz triumphalen Einzug in die Heimatstadt.

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May, Karl: Der Fürst der Bleichgesichter 1 DHDH4 german v1 30 jun 2009

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Der vierte Teil von May's Mammutwerk Deutsche Herzen deutsche Helden. Diese Ausgabe ist neu editiert, korrekturgelesen und in Kapitel aufgeteilt. Der Fürst der Bleichgesichter spielt in Nordamerika. Diese Ausgabe ist mit den Originalillustrationen versehen und hat ein einheitliches Titelbild.

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May, Karl: Der Fürst der Bleichgesichter 2 DHDH 5 german v1 18 nov 2009

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Karl Friedrich May (* 25. Februar 1842 in Ernstthal; † 30. März 1912 in Radebeul; eigentlich Carl Friedrich May) war ein deutscher Schriftsteller. Karl May war einer der produktivsten Abenteuerschriftsteller und zählte jahrzehntelang zu den meistgelesenen Schriftstellern Deutschlands. Bekannt wurde er vor allem durch seine so genannten Reiseerzählungen, die vorwiegend im Orient, in den Vereinigten Staaten und Mexiko angesiedelt sind. Viele seiner Werke wurden verfilmt, für die Bühne adaptiert, zu Hörspielen verarbeitet oder als Comics umgesetzt. (Wikipedia)

Buch:

Deutsche Herzen - Deutsche Helden ist ein populärer deutscher Fortsetzungsroman des 19. Jahrhunderts und der vierte von fünf großen Lieferungs- bzw. Kolportageromanen, die Karl May für den Verlag H. G. Münchmeyer verfasste. Auf ganzen 2.610 Seiten in insgesamt 109 Lieferungen à durchschnittlich 24 Seiten bot der Autor seinen Lesern von Dezember 1885 bis Januar 1888 "atemlose Spannung".

Zusammen mit dem schrulligen Lord Eagle-nest und dem geheimnisvollem Helden Oskar Steinbach macht sich der junge Hermann von Adlerhorst daran, die verschiedenen Mitglieder seiner Familie zu suchen, die durch eine Tragödie zwanzig Jahre zuvor in alle Welt verstreut wurden. Ihre Spuren finden sich im Orient, im Wilden Westen und in Sibirien.

* 1. Capitel und 2. Kapitel (Türkei und Afrika) : 816 Seiten
* Zweite Abtheilung (Amerika) : 762 Seiten
* Dritte Abtheilung, I und Zweites Kapitel (Sibirien) : 724 Seiten
* Dritte Abtheilung. Zum guten Schlusse (Wiesenstein) : 307 Seiten
(Karl-May-Wiki)

Dies ist der zweite Teil der Amerikaabteilung (Fürst der Bleichgesichter).
Eine original Illustration ist als Cover verarbeitet worden und die Kapitel sind nach den Lieferungen aufgeteilt worden!

Ich bitte um Entschuldigung für die lange Pause! (private Gründe)

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May, Karl: Der Geist des Llano Estacado (german) v1 6 dec 2008

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Zu Karl May, siehe Wikipedia.

Diese Erzählung erschien von Januar 1888 bis September 1888 im zweiten Jahrgang der Zeitschrift »Der Gute Kamerad. Spemanns Illustrie Knaben-Zeitung. Für die Buchfassung wurden geringfügige Änderungen vorgenommen, von denen nicht bekannt ist, ob sie Karl May oder der Verleger durchgeführt haben. Der vorliegende Text richtet sich nach der Zeitschriftenfassung von 1888.

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May, Karl: Der Oelprinz (german) v1 29 nov 2008

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Karl May schrieb diese Erzählung in der Zeit von August 1892 bis Anfang 1893 für die Zeitschrift "Der Gute Kamerad. Spemanns Illustrierte Knaben-Zeitung. Stuttgart. Verlag von W. Spemann." Sie erschien von Oktober 1893 bis September 1894 im achten, 52 Hefte umfassenden, Jahrgang dieser Zeitschrift.

1897 wurde diese Erzählung von der Union Deutsche Verlagsgesellschaft, Stuttgart, Berlin, Leipzig als Buchausgabe veröffentlicht.

Für die Buchausgabe wurden einige Änderungen vorgenommen. Bis heute konnte nicht eindeutig geklärt werden, ob Sie vom Verleger W. Spemann oder von Karl May durchgeführt wurden.

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PS: Nur ein Buch heute. Bin todmüde, da drei Nachtschichten hintereinander (und noch zwei zu schaffen)
PS: Only one book today. I went through 3 nightshifts and 2 more to go. Dog tired.

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May, Karl: Der Pfahlmann german v1 14 feb 2009

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"Der Pfahlmann" erschien zuerst als "Zweite Abtheilung" in dem Band "Die Rose von Kairwan". Dessen erster und dritter Teil sind "Ein Kaper" und "Eine Befreiung".

Bei allen drei Erzählungen handelt es sich um von Karl May mehr (im Fall von "Eine Befreiung" und "Der Pfahlmann") oder weniger ("Ein Kaper") bearbeitete ältere Arbeiten. Die Erstfassung von "Der Pfahlmann" trägt den Titel "Ein Dichter". Sie hat neben Änderungen im laufenden Text ein ganzes Kapitel weniger.

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May, Karl: Der Schatz im Silbersee (german)v1 30 nov 2008

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In diesem Roman, der ca. 1870 im Wilden Westen spielt, schildert Karl May die Reise einer Gruppe von Trappern, bei Karl May als Westmänner bezeichnet, zu dem in den Rocky Mountains gelegenen Silbersee. Die Handlung setzt an Bord eines Raddampfers auf dem Arkansas ein. Hauptpersonen sind die Westmänner Old Firehand und Tante Droll sowie der Schurke Cornel Brinkley, der wegen seiner roten Haare auch der „rote Cornel“ genannt wird. Cornel Brinkley ist Anführer einer großen Bande von Tramps, die nicht davor zurückschrecken, Städte, Farmen und Züge zu überfallen und auszurauben. „Cornel“ ist eine Verballhornung des militärischen Ranges „Colonel“ (dt. Oberst).

Old Firehand hat vor Beginn der eigentlichen Handlung am Silbersee eine Silberader entdeckt und kehrt nun an den Silbersee zurück, um den Fund von einem Ingenieur namens Patterson begutachten zu lassen und die Silberader anschließend auszubeuten. Auf der Reise zum Silbersee begegnen Old Firehand und Tante Droll allerlei skurrile Figuren wie der wettbesessene Lord Castlepool, der stets in Reimen sprechende Westmann Gunstick-Uncle und sein buckliger Gefährte Humply-Bill, die sich von Old Firehand überreden lassen, ihn zu begleiten um ihm bei der Ausbeutung der Silberader zu helfen.

Der rote Cornel ist mit seinen Tramps ebenfalls zum Silbersee unterwegs. Er will dort einen Schatz heben, der im Silbersee liegen soll. Cornel Brinkley besitzt eine Schatzkarte, die er vor Jahren ihrem ursprünglichen Besitzer geraubt hat. Tante Droll ist als Detektiv auf der Jagd nach dem roten Cornel. Dabei tarnt er sich durch seine hohe Stimme und seine lustige Erscheinung, sein Anzug erinnert an eine alte Frau mit Nachthemd und Schlafmütze.

Cornel Brinkley trifft an Bord des Raddampfers zum ersten Mal auf Old Firehand und Tante Droll. An Bord des Raddampfers raubt Brinkley einen größeren Geldbetrag, den der Ingenieur Patterson mit sich führt, und entkommt, indem er das Schiff anbohrt. Auf ihrer Reise zum Silbersee überfallen die Tramps eine Gruppe von Holzfällern und eine Farm, außerdem versuchen sie, einen Zug auszurauben. Cornel Brinkleys verbrecherische Pläne werden jedoch stets von Old Firehand und Tante Droll durchkreuzt. Die Holzfäller, deren Blockhaus die Tramps anzünden, schließen sich Old Firehand auf der Reise zum Silbersee an.

Karl Mays bekannteste Romanfiguren, Winnetou und Old Shatterhand, treten erst in der zweiten Hälfte des Buches auf. Dann müssen sich die Westmänner nicht mehr mit Cornel Brinkley und seinen Tramps sondern mit Indianern vom Stamme der Utahs und ihrem verschlagenen Häuptling „Großer Wolf“ auseinandersetzen, die die Westmänner gefangennehmen und zu Tode martern wollen. (Wikipedia)

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May, Karl: Der Schut (german) v 2 12 Nov. 2008

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Über den Autor
Karl May wurde am 25.2.1842 in Hohenstein-Ernstthal als Sohn eines armen Webers geboren und war bis zum 5. Lebensjahr blind. Als Volksschullehrer wurde May wegen Diebstahls entlassen und verbrachte insgesamt 7 1/2 Jahre wegen Eigentumsvergehen und Betrügereien aus finanzieller Notlage im Gefängnis. Zunächst schrieb er erzgebirgische Dorfgeschichten und Humoresken für Zeitschriften in Dresden, später Kolportageromane. Mit seinen Reiseerzählungen, die in Nordamerika oder im Orient spielten, wurde May berühmt. Karl May starb am 30.3.1912 in Radebeul bei Dresden.

Der Orientzyklus
Der Orientzyklus entstand mit größeren Unterbrechungen zwischen 1881 und 1888 und wurde in der Zeitschrift »Deutscher Hausschatz in Wort und Bild« als Fortsetzungsroman bei Friedrich Pustet in Regensburg publiziert. Ab 1892 brachte der Freiburger Verleger Friedrich Ernst Fehsenfeld eine Buchreihe mit Mays Reiseerzählungen heraus, wovon der Orientzyklus die ersten sechs Bände ausmachte. Karl May überarbeitete dazu die Texte. Weitere Überarbeitungen führte der Karl-May-Verlag, Radebul in den Buchausgaben ab 1913 und nach dem zweiten Weltkrieg durch. In der hier vorliegenden »Ausgabe letzter Hand«, welche 1908/1909 erschien, wurden gegenüber der Fehsenfeld-Buchreihe lediglich eindeutige Druckfehler korrigiert.

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Der 6. und letzte Band des Orientzyklus.
Nächstes Wochenende: Winnetou 1 - 4

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May, Karl: Der schwarze Mustang (german) v1 21 dec 2008

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Bei der Erzählung geht es um die Bedrohung eines Eisenbahnercamps durch Comanchen unter der Führung des Häuptlings Tokvi-kava („Schwarzer Mustang“) und dem Enkel Tokvi-kavas, Ik Senanda („Böse Schlange“). Winnetou und Old Shatterhand müssen eingreifen um das Schlimmste zu verhindern, doch zu allem Unglück werden ihnen ihre berühmten Gewehre Henrystutzen, Bärentöter und Silberbüchse gestohlen. Gemeinsam mit den beiden Vettern Has und Kas Timpe müssen die Helden erst ihre Gewehre zurückholen und danach den Überfall verhindern. Dabei werden sie von Hobble-Frank und Tante Droll unterstützt, die zufällig in der Nähe sind. Sie stellen den Indianern mit Hilfe der Bahnarbeiter eine Falle und besiegen diese. Entehrt werden Tokvi-kava, Ik Senanda und ihre Gefährten aus dem Stamm ausgestoßen. Bei dem Versuch, unglaublich naiven, goldgierigen Weißen Waffen und Pferde abzunehmen, werden sie erneut von Old Shatterhand und Winnetou gestellt, verprügelt und anschließend in Freiheit entlassen.

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May, Karl: Der Scout german v1 16 mar 2009

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"Der Scout" erschien erstmals Dezember 1888 bis August 1889 im "Deutschen Hausschatz" im Verlag Pustet. Der Text wurde später (1893) - stark bearbeitet - von May für den Anfang von "Winnetou II" verwendet.

Der Ich-Erzähler, ein Greenhorn, arbeitet als Mitglied des bekannten Privatdetective-Corps von Josy Tailor in New York und verfolgt von dort aus einen Verbrecher namens Gibson, der den geistig verwirrten Sohn des bekannten Bankiers Ohlert entführt hat, um an dessen Vermögen zu kommen. Diese Verfolgung führt ihn, zusammen mit dem bekannten Westmann Old Death, von La Grange über Texas und Mexiko nach Chihuahua. Auf diesem Weg geraten sie zwischen die Fronten des Sezessionskriegs, erleben Abenteuer u.a. mit Mitgliedern des Ku-Klux-Klan, treffen Winnetou (der den Ich-Erzähler noch nicht kennt), retten einen alten Apatschen-Häuptling und geraten in die Auseinandersetzungen zwischen den Komantschen und den Apatschen Winnetous.( Karl May Wiki)

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May, Karl: Der Sohn des Baerenjaegers (german) v1 30 nov 2008

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Den beiden Westmännern Davy und Jemmy gelingt es, einen gefangenen Indianerjungen namens Wokadeh zu befreien. Dieser befindet sich auf dem Weg zu Martin Baumann, um ihm mitzuteilen, dass sein Vater von den Sioux-Oglala gefangen genommen wurde, um am Grab eines Häuptlings im Yellowstone-Nationalpark zu Tode gemartert zu werden. Martin Baumann beschließt, ihn zu retten. Davy und Jemmy schließen sich ihm ohne Zögern an; ebenso der im Haushalt lebende Hobble-Frank und der schwarze Diener Bob.

Unterwegs schließen sich ihnen noch Old Shatterhand und Winnetou an, die einige der Mitglieder der Gruppe aus den Händen der Schoschonen befreien. Nachdem man sich mit den Indianern ausgesöhnt hat, begleiten diese die Truppe. Kurz darauf findet man Verstärkung bei einigen Upsarokas, denen von den Sioux-Oglala die Medizinbeutel gestohlen worden sind. Um ihre Ehre wiederherzustellen, schließen auch sie sich der Gesellschaft an.

Im Yellowstone-Nationalpark kommt es zum großen Finale. Die Gefangenen können gerettet werden und der Anführer der Sioux-Oglala wird grausam für seine Taten bestraft.(Wikipedia)

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May, Karl: Die Both Shatters german v1 15 feb 2009

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1882 erschien die Erzählung Die Both-Shatters unter dem Pseudonym Karl Hohenthal in der Zeitschrift "Für alle Welt". Zu Lebzeiten Karl Mays blieb dies die einzige Veröffentlichung, der Text wurde nicht für eine Buchausgabe wieder verwendet. In der Forschung wird angenommen, dass die Erzählung sehr viel eher, möglicherweise bereits um 1876 entstanden sein könnte und vielleicht 1877 bereits veröffentlicht worden sei. Einen Nachweis gibt es dafür bisher nicht.

Der deutsche Ich-Erzähler ist mit einer "Gesellschaft" am Yellowstone-River unterwegs und trifft dort Sam Thick und Sam Thin, die von Sioux verfolgt werden. Er rettet sie und sie bringen ihn zu ihrem Hide-Spot; einem Versteck, in dem sich auch Josias Parker und sein Sohn (die Titelhelden) aufhalten.(Karl May Wiki)

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May, Karl: Die Juweleninsel german v1 12 feb 2009

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"Die Juweleninsel" ist der zweite Teil eines Doppelromans ("Scepter und Hammer" / "Die Juweleninsel") und wurde August 1880 bis Mai 1882 in der Zeitschrift "Für alle Welt" erstmals veröffentlicht.
Der Vorgängerroman war abgeschlossen und zu der Fortsetzung wurde May offenbar von der Redaktion der Zeitschrift gedrängt. Da er ab Ende 1880 mit dem Orientzyklus begann, wurde die "Juweleninsel" nur sehr zögerlich beendet, was dem Verlag flüchtende Abonnenten und der Geschäftsleitung schlechte Laune einbrachte.

Noch in bedeutend größerem Ausmaß als beim ersten Teil ("Scepter und Hammer") gilt hier, dass die Handlung kaum nacherzählt werden kann. Die Geschichte beginnt im fiktiven Staat Norland und breitet sich von daher über die ganze Welt aus. Nur die namengebende "Juweleninsel" fristet ein Mauerblümchendasein in der Geschichte. Im Zentrum stehen äußerst verwickelte bösartige Intrigen des Prinzen Hugo von Süderland.

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May, Karl: Die Königin der Wüste 1 DHDH2 german v1 16 jun 2009

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Karl Friedrich May (geboren am 25. Februar 1842 in Ernstthal, gestorben am 30. März 1912 in Radebeul bei Dresden) war ein deutscher Schriftsteller. Ihm ist dieses Wiki gewidmet.

Deutsche Herzen - Deutsche Helden ist ein populärer deutscher Fortsetzungsroman des 19. Jahrhunderts und der vierte von fünf großen Lieferungs- bzw. Kolportageromanen, die Karl May für den Verlag H. G. Münchmeyer verfasste. Auf ganzen 2.610 Seiten in insgesamt 109 Lieferungen à durchschnittlich 24 Seiten bot der Autor seinen Lesern von Dezember 1885 bis Januar 1888 "atemlose Spannung".

Dies ist der zweite Teil: Die Königin der Wüste 1. Diese Ausgabe ist der Originalausgabe so gut wie möglich nachempfunden, die einzelnen Lieferungen sind als Kapitel enthalten. Ebenfalls enthalten sind Originalillustrationen. Da diese Ausgabe recht abeitsintensiv ist, werde ich die einzelnen Bände in gewissem Abstand einstellen. Viel Spass!

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May, Karl: Die Königin der Wüste 2 DHDH3 german v1 18 jun 2009

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Karl Friedrich May (geboren am 25. Februar 1842 in Ernstthal, gestorben am 30. März 1912 in Radebeul bei Dresden) war ein deutscher Schriftsteller.

Deutsche Herzen - Deutsche Helden ist ein populärer deutscher Fortsetzungsroman des 19. Jahrhunderts und der vierte von fünf großen Lieferungs- bzw. Kolportageromanen, die Karl May für den Verlag H. G. Münchmeyer verfasste. Auf ganzen 2.610 Seiten in insgesamt 109 Lieferungen à durchschnittlich 24 Seiten bot der Autor seinen Lesern von Dezember 1885 bis Januar 1888 "atemlose Spannung".

Dies ist der dritte Teil: Die Königin der Wüste 2.

Diese Ausgabe ist der Originalausgabe so gut wie möglich nachempfunden, die einzelnen Lieferungen sind als Kapitel enthalten. Ebenfalls enthalten sind Originalillustrationen. Da diese Ausgabe recht abeitsintensiv ist, werde ich die einzelnen Bände in gewissem Abstand einstellen. Viel Spass!

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May, Karl: Die Rache des Mormonen german v1 10 mar 2009

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Mays kurze Erzählung "Die Rache des Mormonen" wurde vermutlich 1889 geschrieben und im November 1890 unter dem Pseudonym D. Jam in "Illustrirte Romane aller Nationen. Unterhaltungsblätter für Jedermann" (Deutsche Verlags-Anstalt) erstmals veröffentlicht.

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May, Karl: Durch das Land der Skipetaren german v3 12Nov 2008

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Die Buchausgabe der "Gesammelten Reiseromane" Mays begann 1892 mit einer sechsbändigen Ausgabe des Orientzyklus.

Durch das Land der Skipetaren ist der fünfte Band dieser Buchausgabe.

Kurzfassung

Auf dem Balkan folgen Kara Ben Nemsi und seine Gefährten den Spuren der Verbrecher. Dabei begegnen sie unversehens den beiden gefürchteten "Aladschy", gelangen zur "Schluchthütte", die ihnen zur Falle werden soll, und erleben eine ebenso dramatische wie lustige Episode im "Turm der alten Mutter".

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May, Karl: Durch die Schluchten des Balkan german v3 12 Nov 2008

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Die Buchausgabe der "Gesammelten Reiseromane" Mays begann 1892 mit einer sechsbändigen Ausgabe des Orientzyklus.

In den Schluchten des Balkan ist der vierte Band dieser Buchausgabe.

Kurzfassung

Von Edirne aus reitet Kara Ben Nemsi mit Halef, Osko und Omar Ben Sadek neuen Gefahren entgegen. Abenteuer mit Schmugglern und Halefs groteskes Erlebnis in einem Taubenschlag stehen im Mittelpunkt des Geschehens. In Ostromdscha treffen die Freunde auf den "heiligen" Mübarek. Sie erfahren zum ersten Mal vom Schut.

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May, Karl: Durch die Wüste german v3 12 Nov 2008

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Die Buchausgabe der "Gesammelten Reiseromane" Mays begann mit einer sechsbändigen Ausgabe des Orientzyklus.

"Durch die Wüste" (in den ersten drei Auflagen "Durch Wüste und Harem") ist der erste Band dieser Buchausgabe. Er erschien 1892. Das angeblich von Fehsenfeld stammende Vorwort wurde von Karl May selbst geschrieben.

Kurzfassung

Durch die nordafrikanische Wüste reiten Kara Ben Nemsi und Hadschi Halef Omar. Der Fund einer Leiche am Schott Dscherid wird zum Ausgangspunkt eines langen Abenteuers. Sie befreien eine Gefangene aus einem Harem, werden von Piraten überfallen, gelangen nach Mekka, lernen Sir David Lindsay kennen, lenken ein Araberheer im "Tal der Stufen" und befinden sich schließlich auf einer Rettungsmission.

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May, Karl: Durchs wilde Kurdistan german v3 12 Nov 2008

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Die Buchausgabe der "Gesammelten Reiseromane" Mays begann 1892 mit einer sechsbändigen Ausgabe des Orientzyklus.

Durchs wilde Kurdistan erschien 1892 als zweiter Band dieser Buchausgabe.

Kurzfassung

Bei den allseits verachteten "Teufelsanbetern" wird Kara Ben Nemsi mit seinen Begleitern freundlich aufgenommen. Amad el Ghandur, der Sohn von Scheik Mohammed Emin, ihrem Gastfreund aus dem ersten Band, wird aus einer Festung in Amadijah befreit. Und Kara Ben Nemsi lernt Marah Durimeh kennen - und einen geheimnisvollen Höhlengeist.

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May, Karl: Ein Kaper german v2 14 feb 2009

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"Robert Surcouf – Ein Seemannsbild von Ernst von Linden" in DEUTSCHER HAUSSCHATZ, VIII. Jahrgang, Nr.50-52, Verlag Fr. Pustet, Regensburg September 1882. [Reprint in: Karl May: Kleinere Hausschatz-Erzählungen. Regensburg 1982.]

"Erste Abtheilung. Ein Kaper" in Karl May: "Die Rose von Kaïrwan. Erzählung aus drei Erdtheilen." Osnabrück 1894. [Reprint Bamberg 1974 und Hildesheim 1974.] Die "zweite Abtheilung" trägt den Titel "Der Pfahlmann", die dritte lautet "Eine Befreiung".

"Eine Befreiung" folgt morgen

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May, Karl: Ein Self-man german v1 22 feb 2009

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Die Erzählung "Ein self-man" wurde erstmals 1877/78 in der Zeitschrift "Frohe Stunden" veröffentlicht.

Der Trapper Tim Summerland trifft auf einen Holzfäller und Flößer namens Abraham Lincoln, der Fenzstangen in den Süden schaffen will. Beide tun sich zusammen. Die Fahrt mit dem Floß führt sie an Fort Gibson vorbei, das von Komanchen überfallen und geplündert wurde. Vom Ufer aus beschossen, entdecken sie einen Weißen, der, wie sich herausstellt, der Anstifter der Indianer gewesen ist. Er wird von Tim und Lincoln niedergeschossen, Lincoln erkennt in ihm den berüchtigten Falschspieler Kanada-Bill. Sie lassen ihn für tot liegen, aber im zweiten Teil der Erzählung stellt sich heraus, daß er doch mit dem Leben davongekommen ist. In diesem zweiten Teil trifft Tim in Vicksburg seine Jugendliebe Betty Kroner wieder, eine freigegebene Sklavin, die ihn seinerzeit ausschlug und einen anderen heiratete. Doch ihr Mann starb früh, und nun während einer Reise verlor sie auch ihre vier Kinder, die von einem Sklavenhändler geraubt wurden. Tim hilft ihr und trifft auf der Suche nach den Kindern seinen alten Kumpanen Lincoln wieder, der es inzwischen vom Holzfäller zum Anwalt gebracht hat und einem Kassenräuber auf der Spur ist.

Eine längere Erzählung von Karl May. Eine der besseren Geschichten von Karl May, durchaus auch mit einem Schuss Ironie zu lesen.

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Die Orientgeschichte "Eine Befreiung" erschien zuerst 1894 als "Dritte Abtheilung" im Band "Die Rose von Kairwan" und wurde bereits von May selbst stark bearbeitet, indem er Thema und Personal der frühen Erzählung "Die Rose von Sokna" nutzte und durch Erweiterungen auf fast den vierfachen Umfang brachte.

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May, Karl: Eine deutsche Sultana DHDH1 german v1 15 jun 2009

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Karl Friedrich May (geboren am 25. Februar 1842 in Ernstthal, gestorben am 30. März 1912 in Radebeul bei Dresden) war ein deutscher Schriftsteller. Ihm ist dieses Wiki gewidmet.

Deutsche Herzen - Deutsche Helden ist ein populärer deutscher Fortsetzungsroman des 19. Jahrhunderts und der vierte von fünf großen Lieferungs- bzw. Kolportageromanen, die Karl May für den Verlag H. G. Münchmeyer verfasste. Auf ganzen 2.610 Seiten in insgesamt 109 Lieferungen à durchschnittlich 24 Seiten bot der Autor seinen Lesern von Dezember 1885 bis Januar 1888 "atemlose Spannung".

Dies ist der erste Teil: Eine deutsche Sultana. Diese Ausgabe ist der Originalausgabe so gut wie möglich nachempfunden, die einzelnen Lieferungen sind als Kapitel enthalten. Ebenfalls enthalten sind Originalillustrationen. Da diese Ausgabe recht abeitsintensiv ist, werde ich die einzelnen Bände in gewissem Abstand einstellen. Viel Spass!

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May, Karl: Eine Seehundjagd german v1 9 feb 2009

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Eine Seehundjagd schildert die Seehundjagd um die letzte Jahrhundertwende aus der Sicht eines jungen Deutschen. Dies längere Kurzgeschichte ist auch illustriert, leider ist die Qualität der Illustrationen jedoch nicht all zu gut.

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May, Karl: El Gitano german v1 31 jan 2009

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Eine kleine Kurzgeschichte von Karl May:

Der Gitano. Ein Abenteuer unter den Carlisten von Karl May. (Als eine Probe der unter dem Titel »Aus der Mappe eines Vielgereisten« in unserem »deutschen Familienblatte« veröffentlichten Abenteuer und Characterschilderungen.). In: Der Beobachter an der Elbe: Unterhaltungsblätter für Jedermann.(Karl-May-Gesellschaft)

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May, Karl: Im Lande des Mahdi 1 (german) v1 27 dec 2008

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Der (noch namenlose) Ich-Erzähler lernt in Kairo den reichen Händler Murad Nassyr kennen. Sie freunden sich an, als der Erzähler dem Kaufmann bei einem "Spuk" und einem medizinischen Problem behilflich sein kann. Da er es aber ablehnt, Murad Nassyrs Schwester zu heiraten, trübt sich das Verhältnis leicht ein. Trotzdem erklärt er sich bereit, den Kaufmann nach Khartum zu begleiten. Der Spuk wurde von Mitgliedern der Heiligen Kadirine veranstaltet, die sich natürlich keineswegs erfreut darüber zeigen, dass sich der Erzähler einmischt. Da er auch noch zwei versklavte Kinder befreit, hat er sich hartnäckige Feinde gemacht.

Im Auftrag Murad Nassyrs fährt der Erzähler nach Siut vor. Auf dem Schiff kann er einen Anschlag auf sich vereiteln. Dabei trifft er auf den Reis Effendina, einen hohen Beamten, der Jagd auf Sklavenjäger macht.

In Siut wird er von einem scheinbaren Fakir in eine Falle gelockt. Der Erzähler kann sich und einen anderen Gefangenen namens Ben Nil befreien und erfährt, dass der Fakir niemand anderes ist als der berüchtigte Sklavenjäger Abd Asl. Ben Nil schließt sich dem Deutschen an.

Murad Nassyr gibt bald nach seinem Eintreffen in Siut zu, ein Sklavenhändler zu sein und bietet dem Erzähler eine Beteiligung an. Natürlich erfolglos. Auf der nächsten Station trennen sich der Erzähler, Ben Nil und Selim von dem Türken.

Stattdessen schlägt er sich nun endgültig auf die Seite des Reis Effendina und macht sich auf den Weg, um Ibn Asl zu jagen, der Frauen des Fessarah-Stammes geraubt hat. Die Befreiung gelingt, doch Ibn Asl entflieht.

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May, Karl: Im Lande des Mahdi 1-3 (german) v1 28 dec 2008

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Hier der Sammelband

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May, Karl: Im Lande des Mahdi 2 (german) v1 28 dec 2008

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Der Ich-Erzähler wird auf dem Weg nach Faschodah von Abd Asl überfallen, kann diesen aber besiegen und gefangen nehmen. Zu der Gruppe kommt Mohammed Achmed, ein Prediger, der sich mit dem Ich-Erzähler über den Mahdi-Glauben unterhält. Da er gleichzeitig auch ein Freund der Sklavenjäger ist, wird er ebenfalls festgesetzt.

Beim Belauschen seiner Gefangenen erfährt der Ich-Erzähler, dass der Reis Effendina in eine Falle gelockt werden soll. Das muss natürlich verhindert werden und so verlässt er gemeinsam mit Ben Nil die Gefährten, die nun allein die Gefangenen abtransportieren, und sucht das Lager von Ibn Asl auf. Dort gelingt es ihnen knapp, den Anschlag auf den Reis Effendina zu vereiteln.

Eine "Gegenfalle" wird Ibn Asl nun am Dschebel Arasch Kol gelegt und seine Leute tappen hinein. Abd Asl wird den Krokodilen vorgeworfen und der zukünftige Mahdi ausgepeitscht. Ibn Asl ist allerdings entkommen. Der Ich-Erzähler und Ben Nil verfolgen ihn nach Faschodah. Dort regiert der Mudir, der "Vater der Fünfhundert" genannt wird, da er jedem Sklavenhändler und Sklavenjäger 500 Peitschenhiebe verordnet. Der Anführer seiner Soldaten gehört allerdings zu den Sklavenjägern; er nimmt den Ich-Erzähler gefangen und liefert ihn Murad Nassyr aus. Mit Hilfe der Schwester Nassyrs kann er jedoch fliehen und den Anführer der Arnauten überführen, der vom Mudir streng bestraft wird.

Um Ibn Asl an einem weiteren Raubzug zu hindern, sucht der Ich-Erzähler nach dessen geheimem Stützpunkt, der Seribah Aliab zu finden. Das gelingt zwar und die Seribah wird gestürmt, aber Ibn Asl ist mit den meisten seiner Männer bereits unterwegs.

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Bei der Verfolgung der Sklavenjäger trifft Kara Ben Nemsi (noch immer namenlos) Abd el Barak und den Muza'bir, die für Ibn Asl organisatorische und logistische Aufgaben wahrnehmen. Er nimmt sie gefangen und der Reis Effendina macht kurzen Prozess.

In Begleitung der Bor-Neger ziehen die Verfolger nach Wagunda, wohin auch Ibn Asl will. Der Reis Effendina reagiert zunehmend eifersüchtig auf die Beliebtheit des Deutschen, sodass dieer beschließt, die Gruppe zu verlassen und mit Ben Nil und Selim auf eigene Faust Ibn Asl zu jagen. Leider wird er dabei von diesem gefangen genommen, in eine Schebah gesteckt und muss einen Überfall auf das Dorf Foguda hilflos mit ansehen. Glücklicherweise kann er sich aber befreien, bevor der Überfall auf Wagunda beginnt. Er bringt die von Ibn Asl angeheuerten Guehr-Neger dazu, sich gegen Ibn Asl zu wenden und kann mit ihrer Hilfe endlich den Oberschurken überwältigen.

Für die Buchausgabe ergänzte May noch zwei Kapitel: Kara Ben Nemsi (erstmals wird dieser Name genannt!) und Hadschi Halef Omar werden - viele Jahre vorher - von einem Bebbehkurden namens Ssali Ben Aqil angegriffen. Kara Ben Nemsi überlebt das Attentat und verzeiht dem Bebbeh. Wenig später wird Rih von Kelhur-Kurden gestohlen, die auch Ssali Ben Aqil und dessen Vater gefangen haben und töten wollen. Kara Ben nemsi und Halef verfolgen die Strolche, befreien Rih und die beiden bebbeh-Kurden und stiften Frieden zwischen den beiden Kurdenstämmen.

Nun wieder zurück am Nil berichtet der Ich-Erzähler, wie er mit Hilfe Ben Nils eine Sklavenkarwane befreit und von einer großen Niederlassung der Sklavenjäger erfährt. Als der Reis Effendina davon erfährt, eskaliert die Situation und der Beamte greift Kara Ben Nemsi an. Dieser bleibt gelassen, übernimmt die Leitung und erobert erfolgreich El Michbaja. Unter den Befreiten ist auch Ssali Ben Aqil, womit sich der Kreis schließt. Kara Ben Nemsi begleitet den Kurden nach Palästina und kehrt von dort aus nach Hause zurück.

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May, Karl: Im Reiche des silbernen Löwen 1 german 4 jan 2009

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Die Handlung beginnt unmittelbar nach dem Tod Winnetous. Old Shatterhand - noch arg durch den Wind - trifft auf seinem Weg zu den Apachen auf die Snuffles; ein Westmannszwillingspaar, das ihn nicht erkennt, ihm nicht glaubt und ihn sogar verspottet. Sie begegnen einem Mann, der ein prächtiges, persisch aufgezäumtes Pferd reitet. Der Mann gibt zu, dass er einem Überfall entkommen sei, bei dem der Besitzer des Pferdes von Comanchen unter Führung von To-kei-chun gefangen genommen worden sei. Old Shatterhand gelingt es nach viel Hickhack, Dschafar Mirza zu befreien, der in ihm Kara Ben Nemsi erkennt. Zum Dank für die Rettung schenkt er Old Shatterhand einen kostbaren Dolch.

Orient: Kara Ben Nemsi überredet Halef, ihn nach Persien zu begleiten. Vorher unternehmen sie einen Ausflug in die Schammarberge, wo sie auf Scherarat-Beduinen treffen, die mit den Haddedihn eine Blutrache haben. Bei der Auseinandersetzung kommen der feindliche Zauberer und dessen Sohn ums Leben.

Nun brechen Halef und Kara Ben Nemsi nach Persien auf. Sie treffen auf drei Männer, die offenbar zu einem Schmugglerbund, den Sillan, gehören. Der Anführer der Gruppe nennt sich Pädär-i-Baharat, Vater der Gewürze und droht Kara Ben Nemsi wüste Rache an, als dieser einen Anschlag auf sich vereiteln kann.

In Bagdad wohnen Kara Ben Nemsi und Halef bei dem türkischen Polen Dozorca und seinem Diener Kepek. Kara Ben Nemsi erfährt, dass der Pole seine gesamte Familie verloren hat, und dass er einst einer Schmugglerbande auf der Spur war, die ihr Quartier am Turm zu Babel hatte.

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Kara Ben Nemsi und Halef sind auf dem Weg nach Babylon. In einem Gasthof entdecken sie zwei Männer, die die Ringe der Sillan tragen. Kara Ben Nemsi steckt einen der Ringe an, die er im vorigen Band dem Pädär und dessen Begleitern abgenommen hat, und spricht mit den Leuten, die ihn tatsächlich für den erwarteten Pädär-i-Baharat halten, und ihm erzählen, dass die Karawane eines persischen Kammerherrn überfallen werden soll.

Als in Hilleh ihre Pferde gestohlen werden sollen, wehren sich dieselben und die Diebe werden schwer verletzt. Der Wirt des Gasthofs will Kara Ben Nemsi und Halef festhalten, aber die beiden reiten einfach davon.

Am Turm zu Babel stoßen sie tatsächlich auf die Schmuggler, die die Todeskarawanen zum Schmuggel nutzen. Plötzlich trifft ein Trupp Soldaten ein, die der Wirt hinter ihnen her geschickt hat. Mit Hilfe seines Schutzbriefes kann Kara Ben Nemsi eine Verhaftung vermeiden, aber er stimmt zu, sich einem ordentlichen Gericht zu stellen. Die Gerichtsverhandlung ist eine Farce. Der Anführer der Schmuggler, der Säfir, ist der Ankläger - und Kara Ben Nemsi zieht es vor, den Ort ohne Umschweife zu verlassen. Als sich der Kammerherr, der überfallen werden soll, nicht warnen lassen will, drehen ihm Kara Ben Nemsi und Halef wieder den Rücken und kehren zum Turm zurück. Dort werden sie durch ein Missgeschick gefangen genommen und mitsamt dem überfallenen Kammernherrn eingesperrt.

Kara Ben Nemsi kann sich und den Kammerherrn befreien und reitet mit ihm wieder nach Hilleh, wo er mit Hilfe Omar Paschas den korrupten Richter und den Pädär verhaften lässt. daraufhin kehrt er zu dem Turm zurück, schleicht sich wieder in seine Gefängniszelle, wo er - da seine Flucht nicht entdeckt worden ist - als scheinbar noch Gefangener auf den Säfir wartet. Als dieser erscheint, wird der Spieß umgedreht; der Säfir gefangen und alle Schätze besichtigt. In einem Versteck findet Kara Ben Nemsi ein Doppelporträt, das auf der einen Seite eine wunderschöne Frau, die Gul-i-Schiras, und auf der anderen seinen alten Bekannten Dschafar Mirza zeigt. Das Medaillon nimmt Kara Ben Nemsi an sich. Der alte Bimbaschi Dozorca, der das Schmugglerversteck zuerst entdeckt hatte, bekommt eine reiche Belohnung; der Säfir erhängt sich.

Das letzte Kapitel setzt wieder völlig neu ein: Halef will für Hanneh unbedingt die berühmte Salbe der Schönheit erwerben. Dazu müssen sie nach Kurdistan, nach Kirmanschah. Dort geraten sie wieder zwischen Streitigkeiten zwischen verschiedenen Kurdenstämmen und erfahren, dass eine Gefangene in einem Turm steckt. Mit Hilfe von Ingdscha und Madana, die sie dort unversehens treffen, gelingt ihnen die Befreiung der Gefangenen. Es ist Marah Durimeh, die Kara Ben Nemsi erneut ein Amulett gibt. (Karl May Wiki)

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May, Karl: Im Reiche des silbernen Löwen 3 german 4 jan 2009

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In Basra begegnen Kara Ben Nemsi und Halef überraschenderweise Sir David Lindsay. Sie beschließen, gemeinsam nach Schiras zu reisen, werden aber versehentlich getrennt.

Halef erhält - durch einen Irrtum des Boten - einen Brief, der für den Sill "Ghulam el Multasim" bestimmt ist. Er nimmt den Brief an sich und die beiden verlassen Basra.

Auf ihrem Weg werden sie nachts überfallen und all ihrer Waffen und Pferde beraubt. Während der Verfolgung der Schurken treffen sie auf eine Reitertruppe, die ihnen wieder zu ihrem Eigentum verhilft. Zum Dank sollen Kara und Halef, der langsam krank wird, sich an einem Feldzug gegen den Stamm der Dschamikun beteiligen. Beide stimmen zu.

Bei der Verfolgung eines rätselhaften Fakirs stellt sich heraus, dass dieser der Scheik der Dschamikun ist und sich selbst "Pedehr" nennt. Er informiert Kara und Halef, dass sowohl der Raub als auch die Wiederbeschaffung ihrer Waffen und Pferde inszeniert waren, um sich ihrer Dankbarkeit und Mithilfe zu versichern. Kara und Halef beschließen daraufhin, ihre "Gefährten" in einen Hinterhalt der Schamikun zu locken. Das gelingt, aber Halef bricht schwerkrank zusammen. Auch Kara ist schwer typhuskrank.

Beide werden in das Tal der Dschamikun gebracht und dort von Schakara gepflegt. Schakara ist eine Urenkelin von Marah Durimeh und wurde einst (siehe "Durchs wilde Kurdistan") von Kara Ben Nemsi gerettet. Während Kara sich allmählich erholt, kämpft Halef noch immer um sein Leben. Um seine Lebensgeister zu wecken, werden Hanneh und Kara Ben Halef geholt.

Der genesende Kara lernt Pekala und Tifl kennen und unternimmt mit letzterem einen Ritt in die Umgebung. Dort treffen sie auf Scheik Hafis Aram und dessen Frau, die wegen Mordes von persischen Soldaten verfolgt werden. Sie bringen die beiden ins Tal der Dschamikun. Als auch die Verfolger dort eintreffen, wird deren Anführer - ein Sill - gefangen genommen. Er droht mit Blutrache. Der Sohn des Ermordeten, der Bluträcher, ist Ghulam el Multasim. Auch Ahriman Mirza kommt zu den Dschamikun und kündigt deren Ende an.

Geplant ist ein großes Wettrennen, bei dem die besten Pferde gegeneinander antreten sollen. Der Wettstreit soll alles entscheiden.

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Leider habe ich zum vierten Band keine Zusammenfassung oder Besprechung gefunden. Diese dürfte auch schwierig zu verfassen sein, da May sich in diesem Band sehr der inneren Einkehr widmet.

Ständig spürt man die Belastung, die May in seinen Auseinandersetzungen und Prozessen zu tragen hat. Sie schlagen sich alle nieder in der Symbolik des Romans. Die Diskussion Mays mit dem Meister gibt die Antwort auf viele Fragen in der Persönlichkeit des Autors. Das ist mit Sicherheit kein einfaches Buch, kein Roman, den man zur Entspannung liest.

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May, Karl: In den Kordilleren (german) v1 7 dec 2008

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In den Cordilleren ist der zweite von zwei zusammenhängenden Südamerika-Romanen (der erste heißt "Am Rio de la Plata"), die Karl May in den Jahren 1888 - 1890 schrieb.

Ursprünglich wurden beide Teile 1889 - 1891 unter dem Titel El Sendador in der Zeitschrift "Deutscher Hausschatz" veröffentlicht. Im Juni 1894 erfolgte die erste Buchausgabe.

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May, Karl: Leïlet german v1 9 feb 2009

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Die Orient-Erzählung "Leïlet" wurde 1876 erstmals unter dem Pseudonym M. Gisela in "Feierstunden am häuslichen Heerde" veröffentlicht. Ein Jahr später erfolgte die Veröffentlichung unter dem neuem Titel "Die Rose von Kahira" in der Zeitschrift "Heimgarten". 1879 ein weiterer Nachdruck, diesmal mit dem Titel "Am Nil" in "Sonntagsruhe" und 1881 in "Für alle Welt" unter dem Titel "Entführt".

Eine Neufassung der Erzählung wurde, ebenfalls 1881, von May für das Nilabenteuer in "Giölgeda padishanün" (später "Durch Wüste und Harem"/"Durch die Wüste") verwendet.

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May, Karl: Mein Leben und Streben [German] V1. 05 SEP 2010

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Karl Mays Autobiographie aus dem Jahr 1910.

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May, Karl: Old Firehand german v1 25 feb 2009

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Die Erzählung "Old Firehand" wurde 1875 erstmals im "Deutschen Familienblatt" veröffentlicht. 1879 bearbeitete May den Text für die erste Buchausgabe eines seiner Texte, das Jugendbuch "Im fernen Westen. Zwei Erzählungen aus dem Indianerleben für die Jugend von Carl May und Fr. C. von Wickede".

Im Zuge dieser Bearbeitung wurde aus dem jungen Mädchen Ellen, in das sich der Ich-Erzähler (hier noch nicht Old Shatterhand) verliebt, der Knabe Harry, jünger als Ellen. Allerdings gelang es May nicht, alle Hinweise auf die Liebesgeschichte auszumerzen, weshalb die bearbeitete Fassung stellenweise etwas befremdlich wirkt. Auch Winnetous Gestalt wird weniger barbarisch dargestellt. In der Originalfassung skalpiert er bedenkenlos seine toten Feinde und isst den Stummel der zu Ende gerauchten Zigarre auf.

1893 nahm May diese bearbeitete Fassung als Old Firehand-Abenteuer in die Buchausgabe von Winnetou II auf.

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Über den Autor

Karl May wurde am 25.2.1842 in Hohenstein-Ernstthal als Sohn eines armen Webers geboren und war bis zum 5. Lebensjahr blind. Als Volksschullehrer wurde May wegen Diebstahls entlassen und verbrachte insgesamt 7 1/2 Jahre wegen Eigentumsvergehen und Betrügereien aus finanzieller Notlage im Gefängnis. Zunächst schrieb er erzgebirgische Dorfgeschichten und Humoresken für Zeitschriften in Dresden, später Kolportageromane. Mit seinen Reiseerzählungen, die in Nordamerika oder im Orient spielten, wurde May berühmt. Karl May starb am 30.3.1912 in Radebeul bei Dresden.

Entstehungsgeschichte

Ab 1892 brachte der Freiburger Verleger Friedrich Ernst Fehsenfeld eine Buchreihe mit Mays Reiseerzählungen heraus. Nach dem großen Erfolg des Orientzyklus (Band 1 bis 6) kamen weitere Bände hinzu. Die Bände 1 und 3 von »Old Surehand« wurden extra für diese Buchreihe geschrieben. Im ersten Band wurden nur zwei kleinere, bereits vorhandene Erzählungen eingeflochten, während Band III bis auf das Schlußkapitel und die Rahmenhandlung aus vielen älteren Erzählungen besteht. Die hier vorliegenden Texte entsprechen den Erstauflagen von 1894 (Band I), 1895 (Band II) und 1896 (Band III). Abweichend von den ursprünglichen Fehsenfeld-Ausgaben, wurde nach dem Tode Mays die Kapitelaufteilung geändert und Band 19 als »Kapitain Kaiman« herausgegeben. Zu den heute käuflichen Old Surehand-Ausgaben gibt es also erhebliche Abweichungen.

Hier der erste Band von Old Surehand.

Wieder mal ein wundervolles Cover von ravenne
Einführungstext von Karl-May-Gesellschaft

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May, Karl: Old Surehand 2 (german) v1 15 nov 2008

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Über den Autor

Karl May wurde am 25.2.1842 in Hohenstein-Ernstthal als Sohn eines armen Webers geboren und war bis zum 5. Lebensjahr blind. Als Volksschullehrer wurde May wegen Diebstahls entlassen und verbrachte insgesamt 7 1/2 Jahre wegen Eigentumsvergehen und Betrügereien aus finanzieller Notlage im Gefängnis. Zunächst schrieb er erzgebirgische Dorfgeschichten und Humoresken für Zeitschriften in Dresden, später Kolportageromane. Mit seinen Reiseerzählungen, die in Nordamerika oder im Orient spielten, wurde May berühmt. Karl May starb am 30.3.1912 in Radebeul bei Dresden.

Entstehungsgeschichte

Ab 1892 brachte der Freiburger Verleger Friedrich Ernst Fehsenfeld eine Buchreihe mit Mays Reiseerzählungen heraus. Nach dem großen Erfolg des Orientzyklus (Band 1 bis 6) kamen weitere Bände hinzu. Die Bände 1 und 3 von »Old Surehand« wurden extra für diese Buchreihe geschrieben. Im ersten Band wurden nur zwei kleinere, bereits vorhandene Erzählungen eingeflochten, während Band III bis auf das Schlußkapitel und die Rahmenhandlung aus vielen älteren Erzählungen besteht. Die hier vorliegenden Texte entsprechen den Erstauflagen von 1894 (Band I), 1895 (Band II) und 1896 (Band III). Abweichend von den ursprünglichen Fehsenfeld-Ausgaben, wurde nach dem Tode Mays die Kapitelaufteilung geändert und Band 19 als »Kapitain Kaiman« herausgegeben. Zu den heute käuflichen Old Surehand-Ausgaben gibt es also erhebliche Abweichungen.

Hier Band 2

Wie immer Cover von ravenne
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May, Karl: Old Surehand 3 (german) v1 15 nov 2008

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Über den Autor

Karl May wurde am 25.2.1842 in Hohenstein-Ernstthal als Sohn eines armen Webers geboren und war bis zum 5. Lebensjahr blind. Als Volksschullehrer wurde May wegen Diebstahls entlassen und verbrachte insgesamt 7 1/2 Jahre wegen Eigentumsvergehen und Betrügereien aus finanzieller Notlage im Gefängnis. Zunächst schrieb er erzgebirgische Dorfgeschichten und Humoresken für Zeitschriften in Dresden, später Kolportageromane. Mit seinen Reiseerzählungen, die in Nordamerika oder im Orient spielten, wurde May berühmt. Karl May starb am 30.3.1912 in Radebeul bei Dresden.

Entstehungsgeschichte

Ab 1892 brachte der Freiburger Verleger Friedrich Ernst Fehsenfeld eine Buchreihe mit Mays Reiseerzählungen heraus. Nach dem großen Erfolg des Orientzyklus (Band 1 bis 6) kamen weitere Bände hinzu. Die Bände 1 und 3 von »Old Surehand« wurden extra für diese Buchreihe geschrieben. Im ersten Band wurden nur zwei kleinere, bereits vorhandene Erzählungen eingeflochten, während Band III bis auf das Schlußkapitel und die Rahmenhandlung aus vielen älteren Erzählungen besteht. Die hier vorliegenden Texte entsprechen den Erstauflagen von 1894 (Band I), 1895 (Band II) und 1896 (Band III). Abweichend von den ursprünglichen Fehsenfeld-Ausgaben, wurde nach dem Tode Mays die Kapitelaufteilung geändert und Band 19 als »Kapitain Kaiman« herausgegeben. Zu den heute käuflichen Old Surehand-Ausgaben gibt es also erhebliche Abweichungen.

Hier Band 3

Wie immer Cover von ravenne
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May, Karl: Old Surehand Sammelband v1 15 nov 2008

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Über den Autor

Karl May wurde am 25.2.1842 in Hohenstein-Ernstthal als Sohn eines armen Webers geboren und war bis zum 5. Lebensjahr blind. Als Volksschullehrer wurde May wegen Diebstahls entlassen und verbrachte insgesamt 7 1/2 Jahre wegen Eigentumsvergehen und Betrügereien aus finanzieller Notlage im Gefängnis. Zunächst schrieb er erzgebirgische Dorfgeschichten und Humoresken für Zeitschriften in Dresden, später Kolportageromane. Mit seinen Reiseerzählungen, die in Nordamerika oder im Orient spielten, wurde May berühmt. Karl May starb am 30.3.1912 in Radebeul bei Dresden.

Entstehungsgeschichte

Ab 1892 brachte der Freiburger Verleger Friedrich Ernst Fehsenfeld eine Buchreihe mit Mays Reiseerzählungen heraus. Nach dem großen Erfolg des Orientzyklus (Band 1 bis 6) kamen weitere Bände hinzu. Die Bände 1 und 3 von »Old Surehand« wurden extra für diese Buchreihe geschrieben. Im ersten Band wurden nur zwei kleinere, bereits vorhandene Erzählungen eingeflochten, während Band III bis auf das Schlußkapitel und die Rahmenhandlung aus vielen älteren Erzählungen besteht. Die hier vorliegenden Texte entsprechen den Erstauflagen von 1894 (Band I), 1895 (Band II) und 1896 (Band III). Abweichend von den ursprünglichen Fehsenfeld-Ausgaben, wurde nach dem Tode Mays die Kapitelaufteilung geändert und Band 19 als »Kapitain Kaiman« herausgegeben. Zu den heute käuflichen Old Surehand-Ausgaben gibt es also erhebliche Abweichungen.

Hier Band 1-3 als Sammelband

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May, Karl: Orangen und Datteln german v1 3 jan 2009

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Diese "Reisefrüchte aus dem Oriente" (Untertitel) erschienen 1893 als Band 10 der "Gesammelten Reiseerzählungen".

Es handelt sich dabei um einen Sammelband, der acht Einzelerzählungen zusammenfasst, die bereits zuvor an anderer Stelle veröffentlicht worden waren.

Inhalt

* Die Gum
* Christus oder Muhammed
* Der Krumir
* Eine Ghasuah
* Nûr es Semâ - Himmelslicht
* Christi Blut und Gerechtigkeit
* Mater dolorosa
* Der Verfluchte
(Karl-May-Wiki)

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May, Karl: Satan und Ischariot 1 (german) 21 Nov 2008

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Über den Autor

Karl May wurde am 25.2.1842 in Hohenstein-Ernstthal als Sohn eines armen Webers geboren und war bis zum 5. Lebensjahr blind. Als Volksschullehrer wurde May wegen Diebstahls entlassen und verbrachte insgesamt 7 1/2 Jahre wegen Eigentumsvergehen und Betrügereien aus finanzieller Notlage im Gefängnis. Zunächst schrieb er erzgebirgische Dorfgeschichten und Humoresken für Zeitschriften in Dresden, später Kolportageromane. Mit seinen Reiseerzählungen, die in Nordamerika oder im Orient spielten, wurde May berühmt. Karl May starb am 30.3.1912 in Radebeul bei Dresden.

Entstehungsgeschichte

Ab 1892 brachte der Freiburger Verleger Friedrich Ernst Fehsenfeld eine Buchreihe mit Mays Reiseerzählungen heraus. Nach dem großen Erfolg des Orientzyklus (Band 1 bis 6) kamen weitere Bände hinzu. »Satan und Ischariot« erschien zunächst ohne Obertitel in der Wochenzeitschrift »Deutscher Hausschatz in Wort und Bild« und wurde später als Band 20 bis 21 veröffentlicht. Ein gestrichener Manuskriptteil wurde sehr viel später vom Karl-May-Verlag in Band 79 aufgenommen.

Ich mag die Satan und Ischariot-Trilogie persönlich am liebsten von allen Werken Karl Mays.

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Unnachahmlich geniale Cover: ravenne
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May, Karl: Satan und Ischariot 2 (german) v1 22 Nov 2008

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Über den Autor

Karl May wurde am 25.2.1842 in Hohenstein-Ernstthal als Sohn eines armen Webers geboren und war bis zum 5. Lebensjahr blind. Als Volksschullehrer wurde May wegen Diebstahls entlassen und verbrachte insgesamt 7 1/2 Jahre wegen Eigentumsvergehen und Betrügereien aus finanzieller Notlage im Gefängnis. Zunächst schrieb er erzgebirgische Dorfgeschichten und Humoresken für Zeitschriften in Dresden, später Kolportageromane. Mit seinen Reiseerzählungen, die in Nordamerika oder im Orient spielten, wurde May berühmt. Karl May starb am 30.3.1912 in Radebeul bei Dresden.

Entstehungsgeschichte

Ab 1892 brachte der Freiburger Verleger Friedrich Ernst Fehsenfeld eine Buchreihe mit Mays Reiseerzählungen heraus. Nach dem großen Erfolg des Orientzyklus (Band 1 bis 6) kamen weitere Bände hinzu. »Satan und Ischariot« erschien zunächst ohne Obertitel in der Wochenzeitschrift »Deutscher Hausschatz in Wort und Bild« und wurde später als Band 20 bis 21 veröffentlicht. Ein gestrichener Manuskriptteil wurde sehr viel später vom Karl-May-Verlag in Band 79 aufgenommen.

Ich mag die Satan und Ischariot-Trilogie persönlich am liebsten von allen Werken Karl Mays.

Quelle des Einführungstextes: Karl May gesellschaft
Unnachahmlich geniale Cover: ravenne
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May, Karl: Satan und Ischariot 3 (german) v1 23 Nov 2008

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Über den Autor

Karl May wurde am 25.2.1842 in Hohenstein-Ernstthal als Sohn eines armen Webers geboren und war bis zum 5. Lebensjahr blind. Als Volksschullehrer wurde May wegen Diebstahls entlassen und verbrachte insgesamt 7 1/2 Jahre wegen Eigentumsvergehen und Betrügereien aus finanzieller Notlage im Gefängnis. Zunächst schrieb er erzgebirgische Dorfgeschichten und Humoresken für Zeitschriften in Dresden, später Kolportageromane. Mit seinen Reiseerzählungen, die in Nordamerika oder im Orient spielten, wurde May berühmt. Karl May starb am 30.3.1912 in Radebeul bei Dresden.

Entstehungsgeschichte

Ab 1892 brachte der Freiburger Verleger Friedrich Ernst Fehsenfeld eine Buchreihe mit Mays Reiseerzählungen heraus. Nach dem großen Erfolg des Orientzyklus (Band 1 bis 6) kamen weitere Bände hinzu. »Satan und Ischariot« erschien zunächst ohne Obertitel in der Wochenzeitschrift »Deutscher Hausschatz in Wort und Bild« und wurde später als Band 20 bis 21 veröffentlicht. Ein gestrichener Manuskriptteil wurde sehr viel später vom Karl-May-Verlag in Band 79 aufgenommen.

Ich mag die Satan und Ischariot-Trilogie persönlich am liebsten von allen Werken Karl Mays.

Quelle des Einführungstextes: Karl May gesellschaft
Unnachahmlich geniale Cover: ravenne
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May, Karl: Satan und Ischariot Sammelband (german) v1 23 Nov 2008

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Über den Autor

Karl May wurde am 25.2.1842 in Hohenstein-Ernstthal als Sohn eines armen Webers geboren und war bis zum 5. Lebensjahr blind. Als Volksschullehrer wurde May wegen Diebstahls entlassen und verbrachte insgesamt 7 1/2 Jahre wegen Eigentumsvergehen und Betrügereien aus finanzieller Notlage im Gefängnis. Zunächst schrieb er erzgebirgische Dorfgeschichten und Humoresken für Zeitschriften in Dresden, später Kolportageromane. Mit seinen Reiseerzählungen, die in Nordamerika oder im Orient spielten, wurde May berühmt. Karl May starb am 30.3.1912 in Radebeul bei Dresden.

Entstehungsgeschichte

Ab 1892 brachte der Freiburger Verleger Friedrich Ernst Fehsenfeld eine Buchreihe mit Mays Reiseerzählungen heraus. Nach dem großen Erfolg des Orientzyklus (Band 1 bis 6) kamen weitere Bände hinzu. »Satan und Ischariot« erschien zunächst ohne Obertitel in der Wochenzeitschrift »Deutscher Hausschatz in Wort und Bild« und wurde später als Band 20 bis 21 veröffentlicht. Ein gestrichener Manuskriptteil wurde sehr viel später vom Karl-May-Verlag in Band 79 aufgenommen.

Ich mag die Satan und Ischariot-Trilogie persönlich am liebsten von allen Werken Karl Mays.

Quelle des Einführungstextes: Karl May gesellschaft
Unnachahmlich geniale Cover: ravenne
Bisschen Formatierung und Konvertierung: MTH

Dies sind die 3 Bände in einem.

PS in eigener Sache: Dies ist Buch 100 (gepostet in unter einem Monat)
This the 100. book I've posted (in one month of activity for MR)

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May, Karl: Scepter und Hammer german v1 12 feb 2009

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"Scepter und Hammer" wurde 1879/1880 im 4. Jahrgang der Zeitschrift "Für alle Welt" erstmals veröffentlicht.

Den Inhalt nachzuerzählen ist fast unmöglich, da sich eine verwirrende Fülle von Neben- und Randhandlungen sowie nach und nach entdeckten Vorgeschichten und Rückblenden auftut.

Hauptheld ist jedoch Max Brandauer, Sohn des norländischen Hofschmieds, der die Verbrechen des Herzogs von Raumburg, der mit süderländischer Hilfe einen Aufstand plant, zu vereiteln sucht. Nebenbei stellt sich heraus, dass es einen Kinder-Ringtausch gegeben hat, so dass Max Brandauer eigentlich der Sohn des Königs ist und darum - da von hohem Adel - die Prinzessin Asta von Süderland, seine große Liebe, heiraten kann.

In einem längeren Einschub wird erzählt, wie der Zigeuner Katombo in Ägypten zum Großadmiral des Khediven wird. Mit seiner Hilfe wird eine süderländische Invasion in Norland verhindert und der Frieden durch die Hochzeit zwischen Max und Asta gesichert.

Der Roman ist abgeschlossen, obwohl er mit der "Juweleninsel" eine Einheit bildet.

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May, Karl: Schamah german v1 10 feb 2009

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Die Erzählung "Schamah. Reiseerzählung aus dem gelobten Lande von Karl May." wurde erstmals 1907/08 in "Efeuranken. Illustrirte Jugendzeitschrift" veröffentlicht. 1908 und 1909 wurde der Text in zwei weiteren Zeitschriften nachgedruckt, der Donau-Zeitung und dem Bamberger Volksblatt. 1910 erschien die Erzählung als Buchausgabe in der Bibliothek Saturn.
Karl May ist als Ich-Erzähler in Jerusalem bei Mustafa Bustani zu Gast, mit dem er sich angefreundet hat, und erfährt dort dessen Familiengeschichte: Vor Jahren wurde dessen Bruder, Achmed Bustani, von seiner Familie verstoßen, da er zum Christentum konvertiert war. Mustafa lebt nun verwitwet mit seinem Söhnchen Thar allein.

Bei einem späteren Besuch in Jerusalem (der Erzähler hat seine Frau dabei; es ist also eine Reflektion auf seine Orientreise) ist Mustafa bereits auf der Suche nach seinem verschollen Bruder, von unruhigen Träumen geplagt und voll unerklärbarer Erwartung.

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May, Karl: Tui-Fanua german v1 24 feb 2009

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Die Erzählung "Die Rache des Ehri" wurde 1878 erstmals in der Zeitschrift "Frohe Stunden" unter dem Pseudonym Emma Pollmer veröffentlicht.

1879 überarbeitet May den Text und ergänzte ein weiteres Kapitel. Unter dem Titel "Der Ehri. Ein Abenteuer auf den Gesellschaftsinseln von Karl May" wurde sie dann Anfang 1880 im "Deutschen Hausschatz" veröffentlicht und später (1894) in den Band "Am Stillen Ozean" der Gesammelten Reiseerzählungen übernommen.

1880 wurde die Erzählung unter dem Titel "Tui Fanua. Ein Abenteuer auf den Samoa-Inseln von Prinz Muhamêl Latréaumont" (Pseudonym: Prinz Muhamêl Latréaumont) ein weiteres Mal veröffentlicht, diesmal in der Zeitschrift "Für alle Welt".

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May, Karl: Und Friede auf Erden german v1 9 feb 2009

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"Et in terra pax" wurde ursprünglich als Beitrag zu Kürschners großem China-Band (erschienen 1901) geschrieben. Später wurde der Text von May selbst erweitert und als Band 30 unter dem Titel "Und Friede auf Erden!" in die "Gesammelte Reiseerzählungen" aufgenommen.

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May, Karl: Vom Tode erstanden german v1 8 apr 2009

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Karl Mays Erzählung "Vom Tode erstanden" erschien erstmals 1878 unter dem Pseudonym Emma Pollmer in der Zeitschrift "Frohe Stunden". In Old Surehand II wurde sie 1894 eingearbeitet als eine der Geschichten, die sich die bei Mutter Thick anwesenden Gentlemen zur Unterhaltung erzählen.

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May, Karl: Von Bagdad nach Stambul german v3 12 Nov 2008

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Die Buchausgabe der "Gesammelten Reiseromane" Mays begann 1892 mit einer sechsbändigen Ausgabe des Orientzyklus.

Von Bagdad nach Stambul ist der dritte Band dieser Buchausgabe.

Kurzfassung

Scheik Mohammed Emin stirbt bei einem Kurden-Überfall, sein Sohn trennt sich von den Reisegefährten, um die Täter zu verfolgen. Im Pesthauch der Todeskarawane werden Kara Ben Nemsi und Halef von schwerer Krankheit befallen und erreichen Damaskus. Bei den Ruinen von Baalbek begegnen sie einem alten Widersacher.

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May, Karl: Waldroeschen 1 german v1 11 jan 2009

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Den Kolportageroman "Waldröschen oder die Rächerjagd rund um die Erde" veröffentlichte Karl May unter dem Pseudonym Capitain Ramon Diaz de la Escosura im Verlag H. G. Münchmeyer in Dresden. Der Untertitel war „Großer Enthüllungsroman über die Geheimnisse der menschlichen Gesellschaft“. Der Roman erschien in 109 Fortsetzungen von Dezember 1882 bis August 1884 und umfasste 2.612 Seiten.

Dies ist ein Kolportageroman, gehört daher nicht zu Mays Schriften für die Jugend. Das merkt man auch: Zum Teil ist dieser Roman weit blutrünstiger und sicherlich auch "erotischer" als das, was man sonst so von May gewöhnt ist.

Dies entspricht NICHT den Ausgaben des Karl May Verlages, sondern dem Originaltext, ehe er auseinandergepflückt wurde. Diesem Band folgen noch zwei weitere. Diese Ausgabe ist zudem sehr reich bebildert (mit Originalillustrationen) und einem herrlichen Cover von ravenne. Ich habe diesen Text komplett editieren müssen und habe zum Teil auch Korrektur gelesen, die Edition war also sehr zeit- und arbeitsaufwändig. Falls noch Fehler stehen geblieben sein sollten (alte Rechtschreibung ist durchaus beabsichtigt und wird auch nicht verbessert), bitte an mich wenden.

Leider ist dieser Band sehr umfangreich geraten. Das Buch ist jedoch schöner Lesestoff und durchaus spannend zu lesen.

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May, Karl: Waldroeschen 2 german v1 17 jan 2009

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Den Kolportageroman "Waldröschen oder die Rächerjagd rund um die Erde" veröffentlichte Karl May unter dem Pseudonym Capitain Ramon Diaz de la Escosura im Verlag H. G. Münchmeyer in Dresden. Der Untertitel war „Großer Enthüllungsroman über die Geheimnisse der menschlichen Gesellschaft“. Der Roman erschien in 109 Fortsetzungen von Dezember 1882 bis August 1884 und umfasste 2.612 Seiten.

Dies ist ein Kolportageroman, gehört daher nicht zu Mays Schriften für die Jugend. Das merkt man auch: Zum Teil ist dieser Roman weit blutrünstiger und sicherlich auch "erotischer" als das, was man sonst so von May gewöhnt ist.

Dies entspricht NICHT den Ausgaben des Karl May Verlages, sondern dem Originaltext, ehe er auseinandergepflückt wurde. Diesem Band folgen noch zwei weitere. Diese Ausgabe ist zudem sehr reich bebildert (mit 32 Originalillustrationen) und einem herrlichen Cover von ravenne. Ich habe diesen Text komplett editieren müssen und habe zum Teil auch Korrektur gelesen, die Edition war also sehr zeit- und arbeitsaufwändig. Falls noch Fehler stehen geblieben sein sollten (alte Rechtschreibung ist durchaus beabsichtigt und wird auch nicht verbessert), bitte an mich wenden.

Dies ist der zweite von drei Teilen.

Leider ist dieser Band sehr umfangreich geraten. Das Buch ist jedoch schöner Lesestoff und durchaus spannend zu lesen.

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May, Karl: Waldroeschen 3 german v1 26 jan 2009

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Den Kolportageroman "Waldröschen oder die Rächerjagd rund um die Erde" veröffentlichte Karl May unter dem Pseudonym Capitain Ramon Diaz de la Escosura im Verlag H. G. Münchmeyer in Dresden. Der Untertitel war „Großer Enthüllungsroman über die Geheimnisse der menschlichen Gesellschaft“. Der Roman erschien in 109 Fortsetzungen von Dezember 1882 bis August 1884 und umfasste 2.612 Seiten.

Dies ist ein Kolportageroman, gehört daher nicht zu Mays Schriften für die Jugend. Das merkt man auch: Zum Teil ist dieser Roman weit blutrünstiger und sicherlich auch "erotischer" als das, was man sonst so von May gewöhnt ist.

Dies entspricht NICHT den Ausgaben des Karl May Verlages, sondern dem Originaltext, ehe er auseinandergepflückt wurde. Diesem Band folgen noch zwei weitere. Diese Ausgabe ist zudem sehr reich bebildert (mit 32 Originalillustrationen) und einem herrlichen Cover von ravenne. Ich habe diesen Text komplett editieren müssen und habe zum Teil auch Korrektur gelesen, die Edition war also sehr zeit- und arbeitsaufwändig. Falls noch Fehler stehen geblieben sein sollten (alte Rechtschreibung ist durchaus beabsichtigt und wird auch nicht verbessert), bitte an mich wenden.

Dies ist der letzte Teil

Leider ist dieser Band sehr umfangreich geraten. Das Buch ist jedoch schöner Lesestoff und durchaus spannend zu lesen. Viele Illustrationen und tolles Cover von Ravenne.

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May, Karl: Weihnacht! (german) v1 20 dec 2008

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Auf einer Winterreise lernen der Ich-Erzähler, Sappho genannt, und sein Freund Carpio, zwei Gymnasiasten, im böhmischen Falkenau die Auswandererfamilie Hiller kennen und helfen ihr in einer Notlage.

Viele Jahre später trifft Sappho, längst zum berühmten Old Shatterhand geworden, in Amerika Frau Hiller wieder, die mit einem Pelztierjäger verheiratet ist. Ihr Mann ist verschollen und sie bittet Old Shatterhand, ihn zu suchen. Zusammen mit seinem Blutsbruder Winnetou macht er sich auf den Weg ins Felsengebirge. Dort geraten die beiden nicht nur an eine Gaunerbande, sondern finden auch den alten Freund Carpio, der in Amerika sein Glück zu machen hoffte, nun aber todkrank den Schurken ausgeliefert scheint.

Weihnachtsgeschichte von Karl May.

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May, Karl: Winnetou 1-3 (german) v1 Nov 9 2008

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So, hier sind also die 3 Winnetoubücher. Ich habe sie einzeln hier reingestellt und als Kollektion, also alle 3 Bände in einem Buch. Konversion zu LRF erfolgt morgen. Epub erwäge ich fallen zu lassen, da die Resultate meiner Meinung nach suboptimal sind. Ich lass mich aber gern etwas Besseren belehren.

Wie immer vielen Dank an ravenne für die Cover.

Winnetou 4 gehört eigentlich nicht zur Trilogie, sondern ist nur ein Nachklatsch, der Jahrzehnte später spielt und in dem Winnetou überhaupt keine Rolle spielt. Dennoch werde ich den Band hochladen, wenn ich ihn auch nicht in die Kollektion aufgenommen habe.

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May, Karl: Winnetou 4 (german) v 1 13 nov 2008

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Hier also nun der vierte Band der Winnetou- Reihe. Leider war die Quelle voller Rechtschreibfehler, so dass ich das Ganze noch einmal k-lesen musste.

Dies ist ein Alterswerk von Karl May, das man nur als Ergänzung zu den drei Hauptbänden sehen kann

Vielen Dank an ravenne für das tolle Cover.

Ansonsten

Have fun!
Viel Spass!

Sollte sich noch der eine oder andere Fehler finden, bitte PM an mich.

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May, Sophie: Fairy Book v1 26 nov 2008

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Rebecca Sophia Clarke (1833-1906), also known as Sophie May, was an American author of children's fiction. Using her nieces and nephews as inspiration, she wrote realistic stories about children. She wrote 45 books between 1860 and 1903. The most popular being the Little Prudy books. She lived most of her life in her native town of Norridgewock, Maine, where she lived out her life with her sister, who was also a successful author.

These are fairy tales for children and people who are young at heart. Let our children speak about those tales:

[QUOT“And ‘Wild Robin,’” said Grace, instructively, “is the only one that has a moral for you, Horace. When our soldiers are starving so, it is really dreadful to see how you dislike corned beef and despise vegetables! Such a dainty boy as you needs to be stolen a while by the fairies.” “Well, Gracie, I reckon you’d run double-quick to pull me off the milk-white steed. couldn’t get along without me two days.

Look here! what story has a moral for you, miss? It’s the ‘Water-kelpie.’ You are like the man that married Moneta: you’re always wanting money.” “But it’s for the soldiers, Horace,” said Grace, with a smile of forbearance toward her brother. “I’m willing to give all my pocket-money; and I mean the other girls shall. If we’re stingy to our country these days, we ought to be shot! ‘Princess Hilda’s’ the best story in the book. I wish Isa Harrington could read it! She wouldn’t make any more mischief between Cassy and me!”

“I like ‘The Lost Sylphid’ the best,” said Prudy; “but was she a great butterfly, do you s’pose? The stories are all just as nice; just like book stories. I shouldn’t think anybody made ’em up. Aunt ’Ria can write as good as the big girls to the grammar-school. I promised not to believe a single word; and I sha’n’t. I’m glad she called it my Fairy Book.”[/QUOT
Fairy tales with some illustrations and a Christmas theme.

Got it from PG, gave it the MTH treatment and added a cover by MTH ;)

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Mayer, Brantz; Canot, Theodore: Captain Canot v1 5 feb 2009

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Captain Canot, or, Twenty Years of an African Slaver: Being an Account of His Career and Adventures on the Coast, in the Interior, on Shipboard, and in the West Indies.

Highly interesting insider's view on the slave trading. Published 1854

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McCarter, Margaret Hill: A Master's Degree. V1. 29 Jan 2010

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McCarter, Margaret Hill, 1860-1938. Topeka author Margaret Hill McCarter became well known during the early 20th century for her novels set against a background of the Kansas Prairies. Such works as The Price of the Prairie, which dealt with settlers in post Civil War Kansas and A Wall of Man, which portrayed the struggle between free-state and pro-slavery factions, appealed to readers who appreciated her detailed descriptions of the landscape and events.
Kansas Historical Society

Excerpt
IT happened by mere chance that the September day on which Professor Vincent Burgess, A.B., from Boston, first entered Sunrise College as instructor in Greek, was the same day on which Vic Burleigh, overgrown country boy from a Kansas claim out beyond the Walnut River, signed up with the secretary of the College Board and paid the entrance fee for his freshman year.

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McCarter, Margaret Hill: Vanguards of the Plains. V1. 29 Jan 2010

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McCarter, Margaret Hill, 1860-1938. Topeka author Margaret Hill McCarter became well known during the early 20th century for her novels set against a background of the Kansas Prairies. Such works as The Price of the Prairie, which dealt with settlers in post Civil War Kansas and A Wall of Man, which portrayed the struggle between free-state and pro-slavery factions, appealed to readers who appreciated her detailed descriptions of the landscape and events.
Kansas Historical Society

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It might have been but yesterday that I saw it all: the glinting sunlight on the yellow Missouri boiling endlessly along at the foot of the bluff; the flood-washed sands across the river; the tangle of tall, coarse weeds fringing them, edged by the scrubby underbrush. And beyond that the big trees of the Missouri woodland, so level against the eastern horizon that I used to wonder if I might not walk upon their solid-looking tops if I could only reach them. I wondered, too, why the trees on our side of the river should vary so in height when those in the eastern distance were so evenly grown.

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McCarter, Margaret Hill: Winning the Wilderness. V1. 30 Jan 2010

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McCarter, Margaret Hill, 1860-1938. Topeka author Margaret Hill McCarter became well known during the early 20th century for her novels set against a background of the Kansas Prairies. Such works as The Price of the Prairie, which dealt with settlers in post Civil War Kansas and A Wall of Man, which portrayed the struggle between free-state and pro-slavery factions, appealed to readers who appreciated her detailed descriptions of the landscape and events.
Kansas Historical Society

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So over countless forms they hurried to the river’s brink for water. Thaine and Tasker and Boehringer were accustomed to muddy streams, for the prairie waters are never clear. But Goodrich from Boston had a memory of mountain brooks. The Pennsylvania man, McLearn, the cold springs of the Alleghanies, and for Binford there was old Broad Ripple out beyond Indianapolis. All these men came down with dry canteens to the Peiho by Yang-Tsun. The river was choked with dead Chinamen and dead dogs and horses. They must push aside the bodies to find room to dip in their canteens.

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McCormack, Mary A: Spool Knitting. v1. 11 Jan 2009

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McCormack, Mary A: Spool Knitting. v1. 11 Jan 2009

Mary A. McCormack
Spool Knitting
1909

This is a Juvenile Crafts book.

"Few elementary exercises have aroused more interest in the child than the toy knitting; due, perhaps, to its simplicity and his power to do it easily and well.

To some keen observer the little orb-weaving spider may have suggested this form of occupation. Be this as it may, the child who is a lover of nature will be quick to perceive the strong resemblance he bears to this little insect while at work with his toy knitter, going from post to post just as the insect worked its net in spiral form on his framework of radiating lines."

[Note: I reordered the page titles and images to make them flow better, as in the original book the pictures were on the opposing page to the text so one could refer to it. In the online copy the images come before the page titles which would have looked sloppy on a reader not to mention made producing a TOC more difficult. I also relettered two illustration pictures because the original handwritten letters were not visible on the smaller screen. On photographs I added a thin border for aesthetics against the blank background. [/

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McCrae, John: In Flanders Fields, v1 6 Jul 2008

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[In Flanders Fields[/ is one of the most famous poems about World War I, and has been called "the most popular poem" produced by the war. It is written in the form of a French rondeau. Canadian physician and Lieutenant Colonel John McCrae wrote it on May 3, 1915, after he witnessed the death of his friend, Lieutenant Alexis Helmer, the day before. The poem was first published on December 8, that year in Punch magazine.

Includes the following poems:

[In Flanders Fields
The Anxious Dead
The Warrior
Isandlwana
The Unconquered Dead
The Captain
The Song of the Derelict
Quebec
Then and Now
Unsolved
The Hope of My Heart
Penance
Slumber Songs
The Oldest Drama
Recompense
Mine Host
Equality
Anarchy
Disarmament
The Dead Master
The Harvest of the Sea
The Dying of Pere Pierre
Eventide
A Song of Comfort
The Pilgrims
The Shadow of the Cross
The Night Cometh
In Due Season[/

With an [Essay in Character[/ by Sir Andrew Macphail

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McCutcheon, George Barr: A Fool and His Money. V1. 3 Apr 2009

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George Barr McCutcheon (July 26, 1866–1928) was an American popular novelist and playwright. His best known works include the series of novels set in Graustark, a fictional East European country, Brewster's Millions, a play and several films.
Born in Tippecanoe County, Indiana, McCutcheon's father, despite not receiving formal education, stressed the value of literature and encouraged his sons to write. During McCutcheon's childhood, his father had a number of jobs that required travel around the county in Indiana. McCutcheon studied at Purdue University and was a roommate of future humorist George Ade. During his college years, he was editor of the Lafayette Daily Courier and wrote a serial novel of satire about Wabash River life.
Although McCutcheon became famous for the Graustark series (the first novel was published in 1901), he hated the characterization of being a Romantic and preferred to be identified with his playwriting.
He was the older brother of noted cartoonist John T. McCutcheon.

Excerpt
I am quite sure it was my Uncle Rilas who said that I was a fool. If memory serves me well he relieved himself of that conviction in the presence of my mother—*whose brother he was—*at a time when I was least competent to acknowledge his wisdom and most arrogant in asserting my own. I was a freshman in college: a fact—*or condition, perhaps,—*which should serve as an excuse for both of us. I possessed another uncle, incidentally, and while I am now convinced that he must have felt as Uncle Rilas did about it, he was one of those who suffer in silence. The nearest he ever got to openly resenting me as a freshman was when he admitted, as if it were a crime, that he too had been in college and knew less when he came out than when he entered. Which was a mild way of putting it, I am sure, considering the fact that he remained there for twenty-three years as a distinguished member of the faculty.

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McCutcheon, George Barr: Anderson Crow Detective v1 4 mar 2009

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George Barr McCutcheon (July 26, 1866–1928) was an American popular novelist and playwright. His best known works include the series of novels set in Graustark, a fictional East European country, Brewster's Millions, a play and several films.

Born in Tippecanoe County, Indiana, McCutcheon's father, despite not receiving formal education, stressed the value of literature and encouraged his sons to write. During McCutcheon's childhood, his father had a number of jobs that required travel around the county in Indiana. McCutcheon studied at Purdue University and was a roommate of future humorist George Ade. During his college years, he was editor of the Lafayette Daily Courier and wrote a serial novel of satire about Wabash River life.

Although McCutcheon became famous for the Graustark series (the first novel was published in 1901), he hated the characterization of being a Romantic and preferred to be identified with his playwriting.

He was the older brother of noted cartoonist John T. McCutcheon.(Wikipedia):

[QUOTTwo events of great importance took place in Tinkletown on the night of May 6, 1918. The first, occurring at half-past ten o'clock, was of sufficient consequence to rouse the entire population out of bed—thereby creating a situation, almost unique, which allowed every one in town to participate in all the thrills of the second. When the history of Tinkletown is written,—and it is said to be well under way at the hands of that estimable authoress, Miss Sue Becker, some fifty years a resident of the town and the great-granddaughter of one of its founders,—when this history is written, the night of May 6, 1918, will assert itself with something of the same insistence that causes the world to refresh its memory occasionally by looking into the encyclopedia to determine the exact date of the Fall of the Bastile. The fire-bell atop the town hall heralded the first event, and two small boys gave notice of the second.

Smock's grain-elevator, on the outskirts of the town, was in flames, and with a high wind blowing from the west, the Congregational and Baptist churches, the high school, Pratt's photograph gallery and the two motion-picture houses were threatened with destruction. As Anderson Crow, now deputy marshal of the town, declared the instant he arrived at the scene of the conflagration, nothing but the most heroic and indefatigable efforts on the part of the volunteer fire-department could save the town—only he put it in this way: "We'll have another Chicago fire here, sure as you're born, unless it rains or the wind changes mighty all-fired sudden; so we got to fight hard, boys."

Mr. Crow, also deputy superintendent of the fire-department, was late in getting to the engine-house back of the town hall—so late that the hand-engine and hose-reel, manned by volunteers who had waited as long as advisable, were belabouring the fire with water some time before he reached the engine-house. This irritated Mr. Crow considerably. He was out of breath when he got to the elevator, or some one would have heard from him. Another cause of annoyance was the fact that his rubber coat and helmet went with the hose-reel and were by this time adorning the person of an energetic fire-fighter who had no official right to them. After a diligent search Mr. Crow located his regalia and commanded the wearer, one Patrick Murphy, to hand 'em over at once. [/QUOT

This is a richly illustrated mystery novel with an ironical undertone.

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McCutcheon, George Barr: Anderson Crow, Detective. v1. 21 Nov 2013

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George Barr McCutcheon (July 26, 1866–1928) was an American popular novelist and playwright. His best known works include the series of novels set in Graustark, a fictional East European country, Brewster's Millions, a play and several films.
Born in Tippecanoe County, Indiana, McCutcheon's father, despite not receiving formal education, stressed the value of literature and encouraged his sons to write. During McCutcheon's childhood, his father had a number of jobs that required travel around the county in Indiana. McCutcheon studied at Purdue University and was a roommate of future humorist George Ade. During his college years, he was editor of the Lafayette Daily Courier and wrote a serial novel of satire about Wabash River life.
Although McCutcheon became famous for the Graustark series (the first novel was published in 1901), he hated the characterization of being a Romantic and preferred to be identified with his playwriting.
He was the older brother of noted cartoonist John T. McCutcheon.

A NIGHT TO BE REMEMBERED
"YOU ARE INVITED TO BE PRESENT"
THE PERFECT END OF A DAY
THE BEST MAN WINS!
VICIOUS LUCIUS
THE VEILED LADY AND THE SHADOW
THE ASTONISHING ACTS OF ANNA
NO QUESTIONS ANSWERED
SHADES OF THE GARDEN OF EDEN!
"JAKE MILLER HANGS HIMSELF"

NOTE: 24 Illustrations

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McCutcheon, George Barr: Beverly of Graustark. V1. 30 Mar 2009

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George Barr McCutcheon (July 26, 1866–1928) was an American popular novelist and playwright. His best known works include the series of novels set in Graustark, a fictional East European country, Brewster's Millions, a play and several films.
Born in Tippecanoe County, Indiana, McCutcheon's father, despite not receiving formal education, stressed the value of literature and encouraged his sons to write. During McCutcheon's childhood, his father had a number of jobs that required travel around the county in Indiana. McCutcheon studied at Purdue University and was a roommate of future humorist George Ade. During his college years, he was editor of the Lafayette Daily Courier and wrote a serial novel of satire about Wabash River life.
Although McCutcheon became famous for the Graustark series (the first novel was published in 1901), he hated the characterization of being a Romantic and preferred to be identified with his playwriting.
He was the older brother of noted cartoonist John T. McCutcheon.

Excerpt
Far off in the mountain lands, somewhere to the east of the setting sun, lies the principality of Graustark, serene relic of rare old feudal days. The traveler reaches the little domain after an arduous, sometimes perilous journey from the great European capitals, whether they be north or south or west—*never east. He crosses great rivers and wide plains; he winds through fertile valleys and over barren plateaus; he twists and turns and climbs among sombre gorges and rugged mountains; he touches the cold clouds in one day and the placid warmth of the valley in the next. One does not go to Graustark for a pleasure jaunt. It is too far from the rest of the world and the ways are often dangerous because of the strife among the tribes of the intervening mountains. If one hungers for excitement and peril he finds it in the journey from the north or the south into the land of the Graustarkians. From Vienna and other places almost directly west the way is not so full of thrills, for the railroad skirts the darkest of the dangerlands.

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McCutcheon, George Barr: Brewster's Millions. v1, 15 Jan 2008

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From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia:

Brewster's Millions is a novel written by George Barr McCutcheon in 1902, originally under the pseudonym of Richard Greaves. It was adapted into a play in 1906, which opened at the Globe Theatre (now called the Gielgud Theatre), and the novel or play has been made into a movie nine times (including twice in India). The 1985 version starring Richard Pryor and John Candy is perhaps the best known.

For those of you who are not familar with the book or the films here is a brief synopsis:

Montgomery Brewster is a poor man, until he inherits a large sum of money. However, the inheritance comes with a catch: he has to spend every penny of his new fortune within 30 days! Success means he'll gain an even larger sum, but should he fail he remains penniless -- and the lawyers get the estate...

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McCutcheon, George Barr: Castle Craneycrow. V1. 31 Mar 2009

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George Barr McCutcheon (July 26, 1866–1928) was an American popular novelist and playwright. His best known works include the series of novels set in Graustark, a fictional East European country, Brewster's Millions, a play and several films.
Born in Tippecanoe County, Indiana, McCutcheon's father, despite not receiving formal education, stressed the value of literature and encouraged his sons to write. During McCutcheon's childhood, his father had a number of jobs that required travel around the county in Indiana. McCutcheon studied at Purdue University and was a roommate of future humorist George Ade. During his college years, he was editor of the Lafayette Daily Courier and wrote a serial novel of satire about Wabash River life.
Although McCutcheon became famous for the Graustark series (the first novel was published in 1901), he hated the characterization of being a Romantic and preferred to be identified with his playwriting.
He was the older brother of noted cartoonist John T. McCutcheon.

Excerpt
It was characteristic of Mr. Philip Quentin that he first lectured his servant on the superiority of mind over matter and then took him cheerfully by the throat and threw him into a far corner of the room. As the servant was not more than half the size of the master, his opposition was merely vocal, but it was nevertheless unmistakable. His early career had increased his vocabulary and his language was more picturesque than pretty. Yet of his loyalty and faithfulness, there could be no doubt. During the seven years of his service, he had been obliged to forget that he possessed such a name as Turkington or even James. He had been Turk from the beginning, and Turk he remained—*and, in spite of occasional out breaks, he had proved his devotion to the young gentleman whose goods and chattels he guarded with more assiduity than he did his own soul or—*what meant more to him—*his personal comfort. His employment came about in an unusual way. Mr. Quentin had an apartment in a smart building uptown. One night he was awakened by a noise in his room. In the darkness he saw a man fumbling among his things, and in an instant he had seized his revolver from the stand at his bedside and covered the intruder. Then he calmly demanded: “Now, what are you doing here?”

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McCutcheon, George Barr: From the Housetops. V1. 3 Apr 2009

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George Barr McCutcheon (July 26, 1866–1928) was an American popular novelist and playwright. His best known works include the series of novels set in Graustark, a fictional East European country, Brewster's Millions, a play and several films.
Born in Tippecanoe County, Indiana, McCutcheon's father, despite not receiving formal education, stressed the value of literature and encouraged his sons to write. During McCutcheon's childhood, his father had a number of jobs that required travel around the county in Indiana. McCutcheon studied at Purdue University and was a roommate of future humorist George Ade. During his college years, he was editor of the Lafayette Daily Courier and wrote a serial novel of satire about Wabash River life.
Although McCutcheon became famous for the Graustark series (the first novel was published in 1901), he hated the characterization of being a Romantic and preferred to be identified with his playwriting.
He was the older brother of noted cartoonist John T. McCutcheon.

Excerpt
Mr. Templeton Thorpe was soon to be married for the second time. Back in 1860 he married a girl of twenty-two, and now in the year 1912 he was taking unto himself another girl of twenty-two. In the interim he had achieved a grandson whose years were twenty-nine. In his seventy-seventh year he was worth a great many millions of dollars, and for that and no other reason perhaps, one of the newspapers, in commenting on the approaching nuptials, declared that nobody could now deny that he was a philanthropist.

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McCutcheon, George Barr: Graustark. V1. 5 Apr 2009

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George Barr McCutcheon (July 26, 1866–1928) was an American popular novelist and playwright. His best known works include the series of novels set in Graustark, a fictional East European country, Brewster's Millions, a play and several films.
Born in Tippecanoe County, Indiana, McCutcheon's father, despite not receiving formal education, stressed the value of literature and encouraged his sons to write. During McCutcheon's childhood, his father had a number of jobs that required travel around the county in Indiana. McCutcheon studied at Purdue University and was a roommate of future humorist George Ade. During his college years, he was editor of the Lafayette Daily Courier and wrote a serial novel of satire about Wabash River life.
Although McCutcheon became famous for the Graustark series (the first novel was published in 1901), he hated the characterization of being a Romantic and preferred to be identified with his playwriting.
He was the older brother of noted cartoonist John T. McCutcheon.

Excerpt
Mr. Grenfall Lorry boarded the east-bound express at Denver with all the air of a martyr. He had traveled pretty much all over the world, and he was not without resources, but the prospect of a twenty-five hundred mile journey alone filled him with dismay. The country he knew; the scenery had long since lost its attractions for him; countless newsboys had failed to tempt him with the literature they thrust in his face, and as for his fellow-passengers—well, he preferred to be alone. And so it was that he gloomily motioned the porter to his boxes and mounted the steps with weariness.

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McCutcheon, George Barr: Green Fancy. V1. 5 Apr 2009

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George Barr McCutcheon (July 26, 1866–1928) was an American popular novelist and playwright. His best known works include the series of novels set in Graustark, a fictional East European country, Brewster's Millions, a play and several films.
Born in Tippecanoe County, Indiana, McCutcheon's father, despite not receiving formal education, stressed the value of literature and encouraged his sons to write. During McCutcheon's childhood, his father had a number of jobs that required travel around the county in Indiana. McCutcheon studied at Purdue University and was a roommate of future humorist George Ade. During his college years, he was editor of the Lafayette Daily Courier and wrote a serial novel of satire about Wabash River life.
Although McCutcheon became famous for the Graustark series (the first novel was published in 1901), he hated the characterization of being a Romantic and preferred to be identified with his playwriting.
He was the older brother of noted cartoonist John T. McCutcheon.

Excerpt
A solitary figure trudged along the narrow road that wound its serpentinous way through the dismal, forbidding depths of the forest: a man who, though weary and footsore, lagged not in his swift, resolute advance. Night was coming on, and with it the no uncertain prospects of storm. Through the foliage that overhung the wretched road, his ever-lifting and apprehensive eye caught sight of the thunder-black, low-lying clouds that swept over the mountain and bore down upon the green, whistling tops of the trees. At a cross-road below he had encountered a small girl driving homeward the cows. She was afraid of the big, strange man with the bundle on his back and the stout walking stick in his hand: to her a remarkable creature who wore “knee pants” and stockings like a boy on Sunday, and hob-nail shoes, and a funny coat with “pleats” and a belt, and a green hat with a feather sticking up from the band. His agreeable voice and his amiable smile had no charm for her. He merely wanted to know how far it was to the nearest village, but she stared in alarm and edged away as if preparing to break into mad flight the instant she was safely past him with a clear way ahead.

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McCutcheon, George Barr: Her Weight in Gold. V1. 6 Apr 2009

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George Barr McCutcheon (July 26, 1866–1928) was an American popular novelist and playwright. His best known works include the series of novels set in Graustark, a fictional East European country, Brewster's Millions, a play and several films.
Born in Tippecanoe County, Indiana, McCutcheon's father, despite not receiving formal education, stressed the value of literature and encouraged his sons to write. During McCutcheon's childhood, his father had a number of jobs that required travel around the county in Indiana. McCutcheon studied at Purdue University and was a roommate of future humorist George Ade. During his college years, he was editor of the Lafayette Daily Courier and wrote a serial novel of satire about Wabash River life.
Although McCutcheon became famous for the Graustark series (the first novel was published in 1901), he hated the characterization of being a Romantic and preferred to be identified with his playwriting.
He was the older brother of noted cartoonist John T. McCutcheon.

HER WEIGHT IN GOLD

THE MAID AND THE BLADE

MR. HAMSHAW’S LOVE AFFAIR

THE GREEN RUBY

THE GLOAMING GHOSTS

WHEN GIRL MEETS GIRL

QUIDDLERS THREE

THE LATE MR. TAYLOR

THE TEN DOLLAR BILL

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McCutcheon, George Barr: Jane Cable. V1. 7 Apr 2009

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George Barr McCutcheon (July 26, 1866–1928) was an American popular novelist and playwright. His best known works include the series of novels set in Graustark, a fictional East European country, Brewster's Millions, a play and several films.
Born in Tippecanoe County, Indiana, McCutcheon's father, despite not receiving formal education, stressed the value of literature and encouraged his sons to write. During McCutcheon's childhood, his father had a number of jobs that required travel around the county in Indiana. McCutcheon studied at Purdue University and was a roommate of future humorist George Ade. During his college years, he was editor of the Lafayette Daily Courier and wrote a serial novel of satire about Wabash River life.
Although McCutcheon became famous for the Graustark series (the first novel was published in 1901), he hated the characterization of being a Romantic and preferred to be identified with his playwriting.
He was the older brother of noted cartoonist John T. McCutcheon.

Excerpt
It was a bright, clear afternoon in the late fall that pretty Miss Cable drove up in her trap and waited at the curb for her father to come forth from his office in one of Chicago’s tallest buildings. The crisp, caressing wind that came up the street from the lake put the pink into her smooth cheeks, but it did not disturb the brown hair that crowned her head. Well-groomed and graceful, she sat straight and sure upon the box, her gloved hand grasping the yellow reins firmly and confidently. Miss Cable looked neither to right nor to left, but at the tips of her thoroughbred’s ears. Slender and tall and very aristocratic she appeared, her profile alone visible to the passers-by.

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McCutcheon, George Barr: Mr. Bingle. V1. 10 Apr 2009

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George Barr McCutcheon (July 26, 1866–1928) was an American popular novelist and playwright. His best known works include the series of novels set in Graustark, a fictional East European country, Brewster's Millions, a play and several films.
Born in Tippecanoe County, Indiana, McCutcheon's father, despite not receiving formal education, stressed the value of literature and encouraged his sons to write. During McCutcheon's childhood, his father had a number of jobs that required travel around the county in Indiana. McCutcheon studied at Purdue University and was a roommate of future humorist George Ade. During his college years, he was editor of the Lafayette Daily Courier and wrote a serial novel of satire about Wabash River life.
Although McCutcheon became famous for the Graustark series (the first novel was published in 1901), he hated the characterization of being a Romantic and preferred to be identified with his playwriting.
He was the older brother of noted cartoonist John T. McCutcheon.

Excerpt
A coal fire crackled cheerily in the little open grate that supplied warmth to the steam-heated living-room in the modest apartment of Mr. Thomas S. Bingle, lower New York, somewhere to the west of Fifth Avenue and not far removed from Washington Square—*in the wrong direction, however, if one must be precise in the matter of emphasizing the social independence of the Bingle family—*and be it here recorded that without the genial aid of that grate of coals the living-room would have been a cheerless place indeed. Mr. Bingle had spent most of the evening in trying to coax heat from the lower regions into the pipes of the seventh heaven wherein he dwelt, and without the slightest sign of success. The frigid coils in the corner of the room remained obdurate. If they indicated the slightest symptom of warmth during the evening, it was due entirely to the expansive generosity of the humble grate and not because they were moved by inward remorse. They were able, however, to supply the odour of far-off steam, as of an abandoned laundry; and sometimes they chortled meanly, revealing signs of an energy that in anything but a steam pipe might have been mistaken for a promise to do better.

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McCutcheon, George Barr: Nedra. V1. 10 Apr 2009

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George Barr McCutcheon (July 26, 1866–1928) was an American popular novelist and playwright. His best known works include the series of novels set in Graustark, a fictional East European country, Brewster's Millions, a play and several films.
Born in Tippecanoe County, Indiana, McCutcheon's father, despite not receiving formal education, stressed the value of literature and encouraged his sons to write. During McCutcheon's childhood, his father had a number of jobs that required travel around the county in Indiana. McCutcheon studied at Purdue University and was a roommate of future humorist George Ade. During his college years, he was editor of the Lafayette Daily Courier and wrote a serial novel of satire about Wabash River life.
Although McCutcheon became famous for the Graustark series (the first novel was published in 1901), he hated the characterization of being a Romantic and preferred to be identified with his playwriting.
He was the older brother of noted cartoonist John T. McCutcheon.

Excerpt
A tall young man sped swiftly up the wide stone steps leading to the doorway of a mansion in one of Chicago’s most fashionable avenues. After pushing the button sharply he jerked out his watch and guessed at the time by the dull red light from the panel in the door. Then he hastily brushed from the sleeve of his coat the telltale billiard chalk, whose presence reminded him that a general survey might be a wise precaution. He was rubbing a white streak from his trousers’ leg when the door flew open and the butler admitted him to the hallway. This personage relieved him of his hat, coat and stick and announced:
“Miss Vernon is w’itin’ for you, sir.”

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McCutcheon, George Barr: Quill's Window. V1. 12 Apr 2009

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George Barr McCutcheon (July 26, 1866–1928) was an American popular novelist and playwright. His best known works include the series of novels set in Graustark, a fictional East European country, Brewster's Millions, a play and several films.
Born in Tippecanoe County, Indiana, McCutcheon's father, despite not receiving formal education, stressed the value of literature and encouraged his sons to write. During McCutcheon's childhood, his father had a number of jobs that required travel around the county in Indiana. McCutcheon studied at Purdue University and was a roommate of future humorist George Ade. During his college years, he was editor of the Lafayette Daily Courier and wrote a serial novel of satire about Wabash River life.
Although McCutcheon became famous for the Graustark series (the first novel was published in 1901), he hated the characterization of being a Romantic and preferred to be identified with his playwriting.
He was the older brother of noted cartoonist John T. McCutcheon.

Excerpt
A young man and an old one sat in the shade of the willows beside the wide, still river. The glare of a hot August sun failed to penetrate the shelter in which they idled; out upon the slow-gliding river it beat relentlessly, creating a pale, thin vapour that clung close to the shimmering surface and dazzled the eye with an ever-shifting glaze. The air was lifeless, sultry, stifling; not a leaf, not a twig in the tall, drooping willows moved unless stirred by the passage of some vagrant bird.

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McCutcheon, George Barr: The Alternative. v1. 20 Nov 2013

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George Barr McCutcheon (July 26, 1866–1928) was an American popular novelist and playwright. His best known works include the series of novels set in Graustark, a fictional East European country, Brewster's Millions, a play and several films.
Born in Tippecanoe County, Indiana, McCutcheon's father, despite not receiving formal education, stressed the value of literature and encouraged his sons to write. During McCutcheon's childhood, his father had a number of jobs that required travel around the county in Indiana. McCutcheon studied at Purdue University and was a roommate of future humorist George Ade. During his college years, he was editor of the Lafayette Daily Courier and wrote a serial novel of satire about Wabash River life.
Although McCutcheon became famous for the Graustark series (the first novel was published in 1901), he hated the characterization of being a Romantic and preferred to be identified with his playwriting.
He was the older brother of noted cartoonist John T. McCutcheon.

Excerpt
"Fourteen years is a long time, Bosworth, dear, for two people to love each other without knowing it," she said, ever so softly, freeing one hand only that it might be slipped up to his cheek and then to his hair.

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McCutcheon, George Barr: The City of Masks. v1. 22 Nov 2013

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George Barr McCutcheon (July 26, 1866–1928) was an American popular novelist and playwright. His best known works include the series of novels set in Graustark, a fictional East European country, Brewster's Millions, a play and several films.
Born in Tippecanoe County, Indiana, McCutcheon's father, despite not receiving formal education, stressed the value of literature and encouraged his sons to write. During McCutcheon's childhood, his father had a number of jobs that required travel around the county in Indiana. McCutcheon studied at Purdue University and was a roommate of future humorist George Ade. During his college years, he was editor of the Lafayette Daily Courier and wrote a serial novel of satire about Wabash River life.
Although McCutcheon became famous for the Graustark series (the first novel was published in 1901), he hated the characterization of being a Romantic and preferred to be identified with his playwriting.
He was the older brother of noted cartoonist John T. McCutcheon.

Excerpt
In other words, if one really wanted to purchase any article of furniture or decoration in the singularly impressive apartment of the Marchioness, all one had to do was to signify the desire, produce a check or its equivalent, and give an address to the competent-looking young woman who would put in an appearance with singular promptness in response to a couple of punches at an electric button just outside the door, any time between nine and five o'clock, Sundays included.

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McCutcheon, George Barr: The Daughter of Anderson Crow. V1. 1 Apr 2009

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George Barr McCutcheon (July 26, 1866–1928) was an American popular novelist and playwright. His best known works include the series of novels set in Graustark, a fictional East European country, Brewster's Millions, a play and several films.
Born in Tippecanoe County, Indiana, McCutcheon's father, despite not receiving formal education, stressed the value of literature and encouraged his sons to write. During McCutcheon's childhood, his father had a number of jobs that required travel around the county in Indiana. McCutcheon studied at Purdue University and was a roommate of future humorist George Ade. During his college years, he was editor of the Lafayette Daily Courier and wrote a serial novel of satire about Wabash River life.
Although McCutcheon became famous for the Graustark series (the first novel was published in 1901), he hated the characterization of being a Romantic and preferred to be identified with his playwriting.
He was the older brother of noted cartoonist John T. McCutcheon.

Excerpt
He was imposing, even in his pensiveness. There was no denying the fact that he was an important personage in Tinkletown, and to the residents of Tinkletown that meant a great deal, for was not their village a perpetual monument to the American Revolution? Even the most generalising of historians were compelled to devote at least a paragraph to the battle of Tinkletown, while some of the more enlightened gave a whole page and a picture of the conflict that brought glory to the sleepy inhabitants whose ancestors were enterprising enough to annihilate a whole company of British redcoats, once on a time.

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McCutcheon, George Barr: The Day of the Dog. V1. 2 Apr 2009

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George Barr McCutcheon (July 26, 1866–1928) was an American popular novelist and playwright. His best known works include the series of novels set in Graustark, a fictional East European country, Brewster's Millions, a play and several films.
Born in Tippecanoe County, Indiana, McCutcheon's father, despite not receiving formal education, stressed the value of literature and encouraged his sons to write. During McCutcheon's childhood, his father had a number of jobs that required travel around the county in Indiana. McCutcheon studied at Purdue University and was a roommate of future humorist George Ade. During his college years, he was editor of the Lafayette Daily Courier and wrote a serial novel of satire about Wabash River life.
Although McCutcheon became famous for the Graustark series (the first novel was published in 1901), he hated the characterization of being a Romantic and preferred to be identified with his playwriting.
He was the older brother of noted cartoonist John T. McCutcheon.

Excerpt
“I’ll catch the first train back this evening, Graves. Wouldn’t go down
there if it were not absolutely necessary; but I have just heard that
Mrs. Delancy is to leave for New York to-night, and if I don’t see her
to-day there will be a pack of troublesome complications. Tell Mrs.
Graves she can count me in on the box party to-night.”
“We’ll need you, Crosby. Don’t miss the train.”

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McCutcheon, George Barr: The Flyers. V1. 2 Apr 2009

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George Barr McCutcheon (July 26, 1866–1928) was an American popular novelist and playwright. His best known works include the series of novels set in Graustark, a fictional East European country, Brewster's Millions, a play and several films.
Born in Tippecanoe County, Indiana, McCutcheon's father, despite not receiving formal education, stressed the value of literature and encouraged his sons to write. During McCutcheon's childhood, his father had a number of jobs that required travel around the county in Indiana. McCutcheon studied at Purdue University and was a roommate of future humorist George Ade. During his college years, he was editor of the Lafayette Daily Courier and wrote a serial novel of satire about Wabash River life.
Although McCutcheon became famous for the Graustark series (the first novel was published in 1901), he hated the characterization of being a Romantic and preferred to be identified with his playwriting.
He was the older brother of noted cartoonist John T. McCutcheon.

Excerpt
A cold, thick drizzle, blown by a biting wind that sent chills to the marrow, marred the early spring night, and kept indoors the few hardy members who had haunted the clubhouse since the season’s opening a week before. Not more than a dozen loyal devotees to the sports of the open air lounged about the big clubhouse. Three or four rangy young women in sweaters and jackets strove bravely to dispel the gloom of the night as it settled down upon the growling masculine majority. The club steward hovered near, anxiously directing the movements of a silent and as yet undrilled corps of servants who flitted from group to group with decanters and checks, taking and mistaking orders with the usual abandon. A huge fireplace threw out heat sufficient to make the big lounging room comfortable. Now and then a spiteful gust of wind swept the rain against the western window-panes with a menace that set the teeth on edge.

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McCutcheon, George Barr: The Hollow of Her Hand. V1. 6 Apr 2009

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George Barr McCutcheon (July 26, 1866–1928) was an American popular novelist and playwright. His best known works include the series of novels set in Graustark, a fictional East European country, Brewster's Millions, a play and several films.
Born in Tippecanoe County, Indiana, McCutcheon's father, despite not receiving formal education, stressed the value of literature and encouraged his sons to write. During McCutcheon's childhood, his father had a number of jobs that required travel around the county in Indiana. McCutcheon studied at Purdue University and was a roommate of future humorist George Ade. During his college years, he was editor of the Lafayette Daily Courier and wrote a serial novel of satire about Wabash River life.
Although McCutcheon became famous for the Graustark series (the first novel was published in 1901), he hated the characterization of being a Romantic and preferred to be identified with his playwriting.
He was the older brother of noted cartoonist John T. McCutcheon.

Excerpt
The train, which had roared through a withering gale of sleet all the way up from New York, came to a standstill, with many an ear-splitting sigh, alongside the little station, and a reluctant porter opened his vestibule door to descend to the snow-swept platform: a solitary passenger had reached the journey’s end. The swirl of snow and sleet screaming out of the blackness at the end of the station-building enveloped the porter in an instant, and cut his ears and neck with stinging force as he turned his back against the gale. A pair of lonely, half-obscured platform lights gleamed fatuously at the top of their icy posts at each end of the station; two or three frost-encrusted windows glowed dully in the side of the building, while one shone brightly where the operator sat waiting for the passing of No. 33.

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McCutcheon, George Barr: The Husbands of Edith. V1. 7 Apr 2009

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George Barr McCutcheon (July 26, 1866–1928) was an American popular novelist and playwright. His best known works include the series of novels set in Graustark, a fictional East European country, Brewster's Millions, a play and several films.
Born in Tippecanoe County, Indiana, McCutcheon's father, despite not receiving formal education, stressed the value of literature and encouraged his sons to write. During McCutcheon's childhood, his father had a number of jobs that required travel around the county in Indiana. McCutcheon studied at Purdue University and was a roommate of future humorist George Ade. During his college years, he was editor of the Lafayette Daily Courier and wrote a serial novel of satire about Wabash River life.
Although McCutcheon became famous for the Graustark series (the first novel was published in 1901), he hated the characterization of being a Romantic and preferred to be identified with his playwriting.
He was the older brother of noted cartoonist John T. McCutcheon.

Excerpt
Brock was breakfasting out-of-doors in the cheerful little garden of the Hôtel Chatham. The sun streamed warmly upon the concrete floor of the court just beyond the row of palms and oleanders that fringed the rail against which his Herald rested, that he might read as he ran, so to speak. He was the only person having déjeuner on the "terrace," as he named it to the obsequious waiter who always attended him. Charles was the magnet that drew Brock to the Chatham (that excellent French hotel with the excellent English name). It is beside the question to remark that one is obliged to reverse the English when directing a cocher to the Chatham. The Paris cabman looks blank and more than usually unintelligent when directed to drive to the Chatham, but his face radiates with joy when his fare is inspired to substitute Sha-t'am, with distinct emphasis on the final syllable. Then he cracks his whip and lashes his sorry nag, with passive appreciation of his own astuteness, all the way to the Rue Daunou. The street is so short that he almost invariably takes one to it instead of to the hotel itself. But one must say Sha-t'am!

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McCutcheon, George Barr: The Man from Brodney's. V1. 9 Apr 2009

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George Barr McCutcheon (July 26, 1866–1928) was an American popular novelist and playwright. His best known works include the series of novels set in Graustark, a fictional East European country, Brewster's Millions, a play and several films.
Born in Tippecanoe County, Indiana, McCutcheon's father, despite not receiving formal education, stressed the value of literature and encouraged his sons to write. During McCutcheon's childhood, his father had a number of jobs that required travel around the county in Indiana. McCutcheon studied at Purdue University and was a roommate of future humorist George Ade. During his college years, he was editor of the Lafayette Daily Courier and wrote a serial novel of satire about Wabash River life.
Although McCutcheon became famous for the Graustark series (the first novel was published in 1901), he hated the characterization of being a Romantic and preferred to be identified with his playwriting.
He was the older brother of noted cartoonist John T. McCutcheon.

Excerpt
The death of Taswell Skaggs was stimulating, to say the least, inapplicable though the expression may seem.
He attained the end of a hale old age by tumbling aimlessly into the mouth of a crater on the island of Japat, somewhere in the mysterious South Seas. The volcano was not a large one and the crater, though somewhat threatening at times, was correspondingly minute, which explains—*in apology—*to some extent, his unfortunate misstep.
Moreover, there is but one volcano on the surface of Japat; it seems all the more unique that he, who had lived for thirty years or more on the island, should have stepped into it in broad daylight, especially as it was he who had tacked up warning placards along every avenue of approach.

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McCutcheon, George Barr: The Prince of Graustark. V1. 10 Apr 2009:

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George Barr McCutcheon (July 26, 1866–1928) was an American popular novelist and playwright. His best known works include the series of novels set in Graustark, a fictional East European country, Brewster's Millions, a play and several films.
Born in Tippecanoe County, Indiana, McCutcheon's father, despite not receiving formal education, stressed the value of literature and encouraged his sons to write. During McCutcheon's childhood, his father had a number of jobs that required travel around the county in Indiana. McCutcheon studied at Purdue University and was a roommate of future humorist George Ade. During his college years, he was editor of the Lafayette Daily Courier and wrote a serial novel of satire about Wabash River life.
Although McCutcheon became famous for the Graustark series (the first novel was published in 1901), he hated the characterization of being a Romantic and preferred to be identified with his playwriting.
He was the older brother of noted cartoonist John T. McCutcheon.

Excerpt
“My dear,” said Mr. Blithers, with decision,” you can’t tell me.”
“I know I can’t,” said his wife, quite as positively. She knew when she could tell him a thing and when she couldn’t.
It was quite impossible to impart information to Mr. Blithers when he had the tips of two resolute fingers embedded in his ears. That happened to be his customary and rather unfair method of conquering her when an argument was going against him, not for want of logic on his part, but because it was easier to express himself with his ears closed than with them open. By this means he effectually shut out the voice of opposition and had the discussion all to himself. Of course, it would have been more convincing if he had been permitted to hear the sound of his own eloquence; still, it was effective.

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McCutcheon, George Barr: The Purple Parasol. V1. 11 Apr 2009

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George Barr McCutcheon (July 26, 1866–1928) was an American popular novelist and playwright. His best known works include the series of novels set in Graustark, a fictional East European country, Brewster's Millions, a play and several films.
Born in Tippecanoe County, Indiana, McCutcheon's father, despite not receiving formal education, stressed the value of literature and encouraged his sons to write. During McCutcheon's childhood, his father had a number of jobs that required travel around the county in Indiana. McCutcheon studied at Purdue University and was a roommate of future humorist George Ade. During his college years, he was editor of the Lafayette Daily Courier and wrote a serial novel of satire about Wabash River life.
Although McCutcheon became famous for the Graustark series (the first novel was published in 1901), he hated the characterization of being a Romantic and preferred to be identified with his playwriting.
He was the older brother of noted cartoonist John T. McCutcheon.

Excerpt
Young Rossiter did not like the task. The more he thought of it as he whirled northward on the Empire State Express the more distasteful it seemed to grow.
“Hang it all,” he thought, throwing down his magazine in disgust, “it’s like police work. And heaven knows I haven’t wanted to be a cop since we lived in Newark twenty years ago. Why the dickens did old Wharton marry her? He’s an old ass, and he’s getting just what he might have expected. She’s twenty-five and beautiful; he’s seventy and a sight. I’ve a notion to chuck the whole affair and go back to the simple but virtuous Tenderloin. It’s not my sort, that’s all, and I was an idiot for mixing in it. The firm served me a shabby trick when it sent me out to work up this case for Wharton. It’s a regular Peeping Tom Job, and I don’t like it.”

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McCutcheon, George Barr: The Rose in the Ring. V1. 12 Apr 2009

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George Barr McCutcheon (July 26, 1866–1928) was an American popular novelist and playwright. His best known works include the series of novels set in Graustark, a fictional East European country, Brewster's Millions, a play and several films.
Born in Tippecanoe County, Indiana, McCutcheon's father, despite not receiving formal education, stressed the value of literature and encouraged his sons to write. During McCutcheon's childhood, his father had a number of jobs that required travel around the county in Indiana. McCutcheon studied at Purdue University and was a roommate of future humorist George Ade. During his college years, he was editor of the Lafayette Daily Courier and wrote a serial novel of satire about Wabash River life.
Although McCutcheon became famous for the Graustark series (the first novel was published in 1901), he hated the characterization of being a Romantic and preferred to be identified with his playwriting.
He was the older brother of noted cartoonist John T. McCutcheon.

Excerpt
The gaunt man led the way. At his heels, doggedly, came the two short ones, fagged, yet uncomplaining; all of them drenched to the skin by the chill rain that swirled through the Gap, down into the night-ridden valley below. Sky was never so black. Days of incessant storm had left it impenetrably overcast.
These men trudged—*or stumbled—*along the slippery road which skirted the mountain’s base. Soggy, unseen farm lands and gardens to their left, Stygian forests above and to their right. Ahead, the far-distant will-o-the-wisp flicker of many lights, blinking in the foggy shroud. Three or four miles lay between the sullen travelers and the town that cradled itself in the lower end of the valley.

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McCutcheon, George Barr: The Sherrods. v1. 22 Nov 2013

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George Barr McCutcheon (July 26, 1866–1928) was an American popular novelist and playwright. His best known works include the series of novels set in Graustark, a fictional East European country, Brewster's Millions, a play and several films.
Born in Tippecanoe County, Indiana, McCutcheon's father, despite not receiving formal education, stressed the value of literature and encouraged his sons to write. During McCutcheon's childhood, his father had a number of jobs that required travel around the county in Indiana. McCutcheon studied at Purdue University and was a roommate of future humorist George Ade. During his college years, he was editor of the Lafayette Daily Courier and wrote a serial novel of satire about Wabash River life.
Although McCutcheon became famous for the Graustark series (the first novel was published in 1901), he hated the characterization of being a Romantic and preferred to be identified with his playwriting.
He was the older brother of noted cartoonist John T. McCutcheon.

Excerpt
"Damn you, Jud Sherrod, I keer as much fer her as you do. I'd die fer her, if she'd let me. You took her from me an' we've got to have it out now. You kin kill me, but you cain't make me say I don't love her!"

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McCutcheon, George Barr: Truxton King. V1. 13 Apr 2009

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George Barr McCutcheon (July 26, 1866–1928) was an American popular novelist and playwright. His best known works include the series of novels set in Graustark, a fictional East European country, Brewster's Millions, a play and several films.
Born in Tippecanoe County, Indiana, McCutcheon's father, despite not receiving formal education, stressed the value of literature and encouraged his sons to write. During McCutcheon's childhood, his father had a number of jobs that required travel around the county in Indiana. McCutcheon studied at Purdue University and was a roommate of future humorist George Ade. During his college years, he was editor of the Lafayette Daily Courier and wrote a serial novel of satire about Wabash River life.
Although McCutcheon became famous for the Graustark series (the first novel was published in 1901), he hated the characterization of being a Romantic and preferred to be identified with his playwriting.
He was the older brother of noted cartoonist John T. McCutcheon.

Excerpt
He was a tall, rawboned, rangy young fellow with a face so tanned by wind and sun you had the impression that his skin would feel like leather if you could affect the impertinence to test it by the sense of touch. Not that you would like to encourage this bit of impudence after a look into his devil-may-care eyes; but you might easily imagine something much stronger than brown wrapping paper and not quite so passive as burnt clay. His clothes fit him loosely and yet were graciously devoid of the bagginess which characterises the appearance of extremely young men whose frames are not fully set and whose joints are still parading through the last stages of college development. This fellow, you could tell by looking at him, had been out of college from two to five years; you could also tell, beyond doubt or contradiction, that he had been in college for his full allotted time and had not escaped the usual number of "conditions" that dismay but do not discourage the happy-go-lucky undergraduate who makes two or three teams with comparative ease, but who has a great deal of difficulty with physics or whatever else he actually is supposed to acquire between the close of the football season and the opening of baseball practice.

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McCutcheon, George Barr: Viola Gwyn. V1. 13 Apr 2009

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George Barr McCutcheon (July 26, 1866–1928) was an American popular novelist and playwright. His best known works include the series of novels set in Graustark, a fictional East European country, Brewster's Millions, a play and several films.
Born in Tippecanoe County, Indiana, McCutcheon's father, despite not receiving formal education, stressed the value of literature and encouraged his sons to write. During McCutcheon's childhood, his father had a number of jobs that required travel around the county in Indiana. McCutcheon studied at Purdue University and was a roommate of future humorist George Ade. During his college years, he was editor of the Lafayette Daily Courier and wrote a serial novel of satire about Wabash River life.
Although McCutcheon became famous for the Graustark series (the first novel was published in 1901), he hated the characterization of being a Romantic and preferred to be identified with his playwriting.
He was the older brother of noted cartoonist John T. McCutcheon.

Excerpt
Kenneth Gwynne was five years old when his father ran away with Rachel Carter, a widow. This was in the spring of 1812, and in the fall his mother died. His grandparents brought him up to hate Rachel Carter, an evil woman.
She was his mother’s friend and she had slain her with the viper’s tooth. From the day that his questioning intelligence seized upon the truth that had been so carefully withheld from him by his broken-hearted mother and those who spoke behind the hand when he was near,—*from that day he hated Rachel Carter with all his hot and outraged heart. He came to think of her as the embodiment of all that was evil,—*for those were the days when there was no middle-ground for sin and women were either white or scarlet.

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McCutcheon, George Barr: West Wind Drift. V1. 14 Apr 2009

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George Barr McCutcheon (July 26, 1866–1928) was an American popular novelist and playwright. His best known works include the series of novels set in Graustark, a fictional East European country, Brewster's Millions, a play and several films.
Born in Tippecanoe County, Indiana, McCutcheon's father, despite not receiving formal education, stressed the value of literature and encouraged his sons to write. During McCutcheon's childhood, his father had a number of jobs that required travel around the county in Indiana. McCutcheon studied at Purdue University and was a roommate of future humorist George Ade. During his college years, he was editor of the Lafayette Daily Courier and wrote a serial novel of satire about Wabash River life.
Although McCutcheon became famous for the Graustark series (the first novel was published in 1901), he hated the characterization of being a Romantic and preferred to be identified with his playwriting.
He was the older brother of noted cartoonist John T. McCutcheon.

Excerpt
On a bright, still morning in October, the Doraine sailed from a South American port and turned her glistening nose to the northeast. All told, there were some seven hundred and fifty souls on board; and there were stores that filled her holds from end to end,—*grain, foodstuffs, metals, chemicals, rubber and certain sinister things of war. Her passenger list contained the names of men who had achieved distinction in world affairs,—*in finance, in business, in diplomacy, in war, besides that less subtle pursuit, adventure: men from both hemispheres, from all continents. It was a cosmopolitan company that sailed out to sea that placid day, bound for a port six thousand miles away.

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McCutcheon, George Barr: What's-His-Name. V1. 14 Apr 2009

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George Barr McCutcheon (July 26, 1866–1928) was an American popular novelist and playwright. His best known works include the series of novels set in Graustark, a fictional East European country, Brewster's Millions, a play and several films.
Born in Tippecanoe County, Indiana, McCutcheon's father, despite not receiving formal education, stressed the value of literature and encouraged his sons to write. During McCutcheon's childhood, his father had a number of jobs that required travel around the county in Indiana. McCutcheon studied at Purdue University and was a roommate of future humorist George Ade. During his college years, he was editor of the Lafayette Daily Courier and wrote a serial novel of satire about Wabash River life.
Although McCutcheon became famous for the Graustark series (the first novel was published in 1901), he hated the characterization of being a Romantic and preferred to be identified with his playwriting.
He was the older brother of noted cartoonist John T. McCutcheon.

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Two men were standing in front of the Empire Theatre on Broadway, at the outer edge of the sidewalk, amiably discussing themselves in the first person singular. It was late in September and somewhat early in the day for actors to be abroad, a circumstance which invites speculation. Attention to their conversation, which was marked by the habitual humility, would have convinced the listener (who is always welcome) that both had enjoyed a successful season on the road, although closing somewhat prematurely on account of miserable booking, and that both had received splendid “notices” in every town visited.

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McCutcheon, George Barr: Yollop. v1. 22 Nov 2013

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George Barr McCutcheon (July 26, 1866–1928) was an American popular novelist and playwright. His best known works include the series of novels set in Graustark, a fictional East European country, Brewster's Millions, a play and several films.
Born in Tippecanoe County, Indiana, McCutcheon's father, despite not receiving formal education, stressed the value of literature and encouraged his sons to write. During McCutcheon's childhood, his father had a number of jobs that required travel around the county in Indiana. McCutcheon studied at Purdue University and was a roommate of future humorist George Ade. During his college years, he was editor of the Lafayette Daily Courier and wrote a serial novel of satire about Wabash River life.
Although McCutcheon became famous for the Graustark series (the first novel was published in 1901), he hated the characterization of being a Romantic and preferred to be identified with his playwriting.
He was the older brother of noted cartoonist John T. McCutcheon.

Excerpt
The case of the State vs. Cassius Smilk, charged with burglary, was finally set for trial the second week in February, just one year, one month and eleven days after his arrest in the apartment of Crittenden Yollop. There had been, it appears, a slight delay in getting 'round to his case. The dockets in all Parts of General Sessions were more or less clogged by the efforts of ex-convicts to get back into the penitentiary. Also, there were a great many murder cases that kept bobbing up every now and then for continuance on one plea or another to the disgust of the harassed judges; to say nothing of the re-trials made necessary by the jurors who listened more attentively to the lawyers who "summed up" than they did to the witnesses who were under oath to tell nothing but the truth.

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McDonald, Steven E.: The Janus Syndrome , v1 28 Jun 2008

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"A freewheeling intergalactic agent trained to troubleshoot the hot spots of space... wild escapades that find him fending off the advances of a bevy of extraterrestrial beauties, fighting shoulder to tentacle with a madcap collection of alien companions... leading to an all out war against the deadliest beings in the universe -- a race known only as The Enemy."

(c)1981, 2007 by Steven E. McDonald
Originally published by Bantam Books, 1981

Made available under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs 3.0 Unported License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/)

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McDougall, John: Forest, lake, and prairie. v1. 8 Aug 2015

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McDougall, John, 1842-1917

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My parents were pioneers. I was born on the banks of the Sydenham River in a log-house, one of the first dwellings, a very few of which made up the frontier village of Owen Sound. This was in the year 1842.
My earliest recollections are of stumps, log heaps, great forests, corduroy roads, Indians, log and birch-bark canoes, bateaux, Mackinaw boats, etc. I have also a very vivid recollection of deep snow in winter, and very hot weather and myriad mosquitoes in summer.

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McDougall, John: In the days of the Red River rebellion. v1. 12 Aug

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McDougall, John, 1842-1917

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During the autumn of 1868, and on the last page of “Pathfinding on Plain and Prairie,” I bade my kind reader adieu, with the promise that if opportunity came -I would sometime resume my narrative of life and adventure in the far West. As yet but little change had come upon the scene; primeval conditions still largely obtained throughout that great region.

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McDougall, John: On western trails in the early seventies. v1. 9 Aug 2015

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McDougall, John, 1842-1917

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A genuine Canadian winter controlled the situation, especially from the Red Deer River northward and eastward. For this western country the snow was deep, and trails, when made, were easily filled and gone. As yet the population was small and hardly felt in the bigness of this immense area. The plainsmen tribes, among the Crees and Salteaux, were bunched in lots at the last points of timber, stretching out into Canada’s big, treeless plain. The buffalo kept out beyond them, and, notwithstanding the stress and storm of the rigorous winter, refused to come into the northern pastures on the Battle and Saskatchewan Rivers. With these Indians times were hard.

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McDougall, John: Pathfinding on Plain and Prairie. v1. 11 Aug 2015

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McDougall, John, 1842-1917

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In our lodge, which was one of the best, with ordinary travelling costume on, a blanket or a robe over our shoulders, and a brisk fire in the centre of the tent, we were passably cosy; but even then we had to turn around every little while and “warm the other side.” Great bright, brisk fires were kept up in those “thin leather homes” of our Indian people, entailing a vast amount of work upon the women and girls of the camps. Gradually, by example, perhaps, more than precept, we brought about a lessening of the labor of the women; but in the meantime, during the cold winter months, the furnishing of wood to keep those huge fires going gave them constant employment. It must be said, however, they accepted the labor and drudgery with cheerful alacrity, and could be seen at all hours of the day stringing over the hills and across the plains with dogs and horses and travois, their own backs loaded to the utmost carrying capacity with wood.

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McDougall, John: Saddle, sled and snowshoe. v1. 14 Aug 2015

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McDougall, John, 1842-1917

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In my previous volume, "Forest, Lake and Prairie,” which closed with the last days of 1862, I left my readers at Fort Edmonton. At that time this Hudson’s Bay post was the chief place of interest in the great country known as the Saskatchewan Valley. To this point was tributary a vast region fully six hundred miles square, distinguished by grand ranges of mountains, tremendous foot hills, immense stretches of plain, and great forests. Intersecting it were many mighty rivers, and a great number of smaller streams. Lakes, both fresh and alkaline, dotted its broad surface.

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McElroy, John: Andersonville. v1, 26 Jan 2008

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John McElroy (1846-1929), author and journalist is best known for his memoir Andersonville: A Story of Rebel Military Prisons (1879), where he spent almost fourteen months as a prisoner.

Andersonville was the notorious Sumter County, Georgia State prison camp used during the Civil War where thousands of Union soldiers died by the neglect of their Rebel captors. It soon became known as "Andersonville", named for the nearby train station. The appalling conditions of filth, exposure, and starvation horrified McElroy, and he wrote a journal of his time spent there 1864-1865. His keen journalistic mind for observation and attention to committing details to memory served him well.

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McEwen, Judie: The Lost Egg. V1. 19 july 2012

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A story about a lost egg. The wise old owl wonders, whose egg this can be. A few animals claim the egg to be theirs but the owl knows better.

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McFadden, Tony: October Moon, 24 Feb, 2012

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An Eamonn Shute Short (Kindle version)

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McFadden, Tony: The Whack Job, v1, 24 Feb 2012

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An Eamonn Shute Short (Kindle version)

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McGarvey, J. W.: The FourFold Gospel, V1, 10 August 2009

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THE FOURFOLD GOSPEL or A Harmony of the Four Gospels Resulting in a complete chronological life of Christ, divided into titled sections and sub-divisions, with comments injected in the text; especially designed for the use of Sunday-school teachers and advanced pupils.

The book presents every verse (word) in the 4 Gospels in chronological order and embeds comments within the text. It is based on the ASV version of the Bible. This book has internal links.

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McNeile, H. C. (Sapper): Ask for Ronald Standish, v2, (1936), 15 Apr 2020

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V2: some OCR errors and broken paragraphs fixed.

The second collection of Ronald Standish detective short stories:

1: Partial Salvage
2: The Silent Victim
3: The Missing Valve
4: The Paper Stamp
5: The Mystery At Styles Court
6: The Man In The Saloon Car
7: The Fourth Bottle
8: The Music-Room
9: The End Justifies...
10: The Tenth Earl
11: The Footprints On The Stairs
12: Mr. Marbury's Hands

From the .pdf file provided to me by Roy Glashan.

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McNeile, H. C. (Sapper): Ronald Standish, v1, (1933), 15 Apr 2020

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The first collection of Ronald Standish detective short stories:

1: The Creaking Door
2: The Missing Chauffeur
3: The Haunted Rectory
4: A Matter of Tar
5: The House with the Kennels
6: The Third Message
7: Mystery of the Slip Coach
8: The Second Dog
9: The Man in Yellow
10: The Man With Samples
11: The Empty House
12: The Tidal River

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McNeile, H. C. (Sapper): The Final Count (1928); v1; 31 March 2020

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The fourth and final round between master criminal (and master of disguise) Carl Petersen, and the tenacious Bull-Dog Drummond.

A missing scientist, Robin Gaunt, and a missing extremely deadly poison, propel Drummond and his crew into another turbulent action story.

Although the first three adventures are stand-alone books in this Library, this novel is found here only in an omnibus. I have extracted it to stand beside the other three.

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McNeile, Herman Cyril: Bulldog Drummond at Bay.htm. v1. 1 Jab 2016

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Herman Cyril McNeile, MC (28 September 1888 – 14 August 1937), commonly known as Cyril McNeile and publishing under the name H. C. McNeile or the pseudonym Sapper, was a British soldier and author. Drawing on his experiences in the trenches during the First World War, he started writing short stories and getting them published in the Daily Mail. As serving officers in the British Army were not permitted to publish under their own names, he was given the pen name "Sapper" by Lord Northcliffe, the owner of the Daily Mail; the nickname was based on that of his corps, the Royal Engineers.

Excerpt
In it was seated a very large young man. Between his knees he held a gun, whilst on the table in front of him lay the usual cleaning materials, flanked on the left by a large hunk of bread and cheese, and on the right by a tankard of ale. Behind him, on the hearth-rug, a spaniel lay curled up asleep. In front of him, and close to the door which communicated with the kitchen, a bulldog in a basket snored majestically: also in front of him, and close to the door which led into the diminutive hall, a wire-haired terrier hunted ecstatically in his dreams.

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McNeile, Herman Cyril: Bulldog Drummond. v1. 29 Dec 2015

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Herman Cyril McNeile, MC (28 September 1888 – 14 August 1937), commonly known as Cyril McNeile and publishing under the name H. C. McNeile or the pseudonym Sapper, was a British soldier and author. Drawing on his experiences in the trenches during the First World War, he started writing short stories and getting them published in the Daily Mail. As serving officers in the British Army were not permitted to publish under their own names, he was given the pen name "Sapper" by Lord Northcliffe, the owner of the Daily Mail; the nickname was based on that of his corps, the Royal Engineers.

Excerpt
In the month of December, 1918, and on the very day that a British Cavalry Division marched into Cologne, with flags flying and bands playing as the conquerors of a beaten nation, the manager of the Hotel Nationale in Berne received a letter. Its contents appeared to puzzle him somewhat, for having read it twice he rang the bell on his desk to summon his secretary. Almost immediately the door opened, and a young French girl came into the room.

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McNeile, Herman Cyril: Challenge. v1. 1 Jan 2016

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Herman Cyril McNeile, MC (28 September 1888 – 14 August 1937), commonly known as Cyril McNeile and publishing under the name H. C. McNeile or the pseudonym Sapper, was a British soldier and author. Drawing on his experiences in the trenches during the First World War, he started writing short stories and getting them published in the Daily Mail. As serving officers in the British Army were not permitted to publish under their own names, he was given the pen name "Sapper" by Lord Northcliffe, the owner of the Daily Mail; the nickname was based on that of his corps, the Royal Engineers.

Excerpt
"Last night, about ten o'clock, I got a call through here to my flat from Paris. Jimmy was at the other end. He told me he was on the biggest thing he'd ever handled—so big that he could hardly believe it himself. He was catching the eight-fifty-seven from the St. Lazare Station and crossing via Newhaven. It arrives at Victoria at six o'clock in the morning, and he was coming direct to me here. Couldn't even wait till I got to the office

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McNeile, Herman Cyril: Jim Brent. v1. 3 Dec 2016

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Herman Cyril McNeile, MC (28 September 1888 – 14 August 1937), commonly known as Cyril McNeile and publishing under the name H. C. McNeile or the pseudonym Sapper, was a British soldier and author. Drawing on his experiences in the trenches during the First World War, he started writing short stories and getting them published in the Daily Mail. As serving officers in the British Army were not permitted to publish under their own names, he was given the pen name "Sapper" by Lord Northcliffe, the owner of the Daily Mail; the nickname was based on that of his corps, the Royal Engineers.

Excerpt
This collection of Sapper's war stories offers the reader a selection of tales previously published in the books Men, Women and Guns >Sergeant Michael Cassidy, R.E. , and <i>No-Man's Land

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McNeile, Herman Cyril: John Walters. v1. 3 Dec 2016

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Herman Cyril McNeile, MC (28 September 1888 – 14 August 1937), commonly known as Cyril McNeile and publishing under the name H. C. McNeile or the pseudonym Sapper, was a British soldier and author. Drawing on his experiences in the trenches during the First World War, he started writing short stories and getting them published in the Daily Mail. As serving officers in the British Army were not permitted to publish under their own names, he was given the pen name "Sapper" by Lord Northcliffe, the owner of the Daily Mail; the nickname was based on that of his corps, the Royal Engineers.

THE AWAKENING OF JOHN WALTERS
A POINT OF DETAIL
MY LADY OF THE JASMINE
THE MAN-TRAP
EBENEEZER THE GOAT
THE PEPNOTISED MILK
DRIVER ROBERT BROWN
THE END OF "WIPERS"
THE BLACK SHEEP
THE SIXTH DRUNK
THE COWARD
"WILL YOU TAKE OVER HIS HORSE, SIR?"
MORPHIA
THE BOOBY-TRAP
THE PASSING OF THE SEASICK COW

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McNeile, Herman Cyril: Knock-Out. v1. 31 Dec 2015

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Herman Cyril McNeile, MC (28 September 1888 – 14 August 1937), commonly known as Cyril McNeile and publishing under the name H. C. McNeile or the pseudonym Sapper, was a British soldier and author. Drawing on his experiences in the trenches during the First World War, he started writing short stories and getting them published in the Daily Mail. As serving officers in the British Army were not permitted to publish under their own names, he was given the pen name "Sapper" by Lord Northcliffe, the owner of the Daily Mail; the nickname was based on that of his corps, the Royal Engineers.

Excerpt
Had he chosen to take up the art of detection seriously there is no doubt that he would have attained a world-wide reputation. He had an uncanny knack of sorting out the relevant from a mass of irrelevant facts, and refusing to be diverted by even the most ingenious red herring. But as he worked for fun and not because he had to, his ability was known to a comparatively small coterie only.

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McNeile, Herman Cyril: Men, Women and Guns. v1. 1 Jan 2016

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Herman Cyril McNeile, MC (28 September 1888 – 14 August 1937), commonly known as Cyril McNeile and publishing under the name H. C. McNeile or the pseudonym Sapper, was a British soldier and author. Drawing on his experiences in the trenches during the First World War, he started writing short stories and getting them published in the Daily Mail. As serving officers in the British Army were not permitted to publish under their own names, he was given the pen name "Sapper" by Lord Northcliffe, the owner of the Daily Mail; the nickname was based on that of his corps, the Royal Engineers.

Excerpt
Two days ago a dear old aunt of mine asked me to describe to her what shrapnel was like.
"What does it feel like to be shelled?" she demanded. "Explain it to me."
Under the influence of my deceased uncle's most excellent port I did so. Soothed and in that expansive frame of mind induced by the old and bold, I drew her a picture—vivid, startling, wonderful. And when I had finished, the dear old lady looked at me.

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McNeile, Herman Cyril: Michael Cassidy, Sergeant. v1. 26 Dec 2015

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Herman Cyril McNeile, MC (28 September 1888 – 14 August 1937), commonly known as Cyril McNeile and publishing under the name H. C. McNeile or the pseudonym Sapper, was a British soldier and author. Drawing on his experiences in the trenches during the First World War, he started writing short stories and getting them published in the Daily Mail. As serving officers in the British Army were not permitted to publish under their own names, he was given the pen name "Sapper" by Lord Northcliffe, the owner of the Daily Mail; the nickname was based on that of his corps, the Royal Engineers.

Excerpt
Michael Cassidy is sergeant in His Majesty’s Corps of Royal Engineers, to which I also have the honour to belong in the humble capacity of officer. I say humble advisedly; for there are sergeants of many sorts and kinds, and there is Michael Cassidy, and in his presence even Director Generals have trembled.

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McNeile, Herman Cyril: Mufti. v1. 27 Dec 2015

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Herman Cyril McNeile, MC (28 September 1888 – 14 August 1937), commonly known as Cyril McNeile and publishing under the name H. C. McNeile or the pseudonym Sapper, was a British soldier and author. Drawing on his experiences in the trenches during the First World War, he started writing short stories and getting them published in the Daily Mail. As serving officers in the British Army were not permitted to publish under their own names, he was given the pen name "Sapper" by Lord Northcliffe, the owner of the Daily Mail; the nickname was based on that of his corps, the Royal Engineers.

Excerpt
To anyone fresh from England who desired to see War the scene would have been disappointing. There were no signs of troops swinging down a road, singing blithely, with a cheery smile of confidence on their faces and demanding to be led back forthwith to battle with the Huns. There were no guns belching forth: the grim Panoply of War, whatever it may mean, was conspicuous by its absence. Only a very fat quartermaster-sergeant lay asleep in the sun and snored, while an ancient and dissolute old warrior, near by, was engaged in clearing out a drain as part of his Field Punishment, and had just discovered a dead dog in it. He was not singing blithely: he had no cheery smile of confidence on his face: he was just talking—gently to himself.

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McNeile, Herman Cyril: No Man's Land. v1. 28 Dec 2015

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Herman Cyril McNeile, MC (28 September 1888 – 14 August 1937), commonly known as Cyril McNeile and publishing under the name H. C. McNeile or the pseudonym Sapper, was a British soldier and author. Drawing on his experiences in the trenches during the First World War, he started writing short stories and getting them published in the Daily Mail. As serving officers in the British Army were not permitted to publish under their own names, he was given the pen name "Sapper" by Lord Northcliffe, the owner of the Daily Mail; the nickname was based on that of his corps, the Royal Engineers.

Excerpt
During the first few days of November, 1914, Messines was lost—in silence; during the first few days of June, 1917, Messines was regained—and the noise of its capture was heard in London. And during the two and a half years between these two events the game over the water has been going on.

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McNeile, Herman Cyril: Out of the Blue. v1. 2 Dec 2016

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Herman Cyril McNeile, MC (28 September 1888 – 14 August 1937), commonly known as Cyril McNeile and publishing under the name H. C. McNeile or the pseudonym Sapper, was a British soldier and author. Drawing on his experiences in the trenches during the First World War, he started writing short stories and getting them published in the Daily Mail. As serving officers in the British Army were not permitted to publish under their own names, he was given the pen name "Sapper" by Lord Northcliffe, the owner of the Daily Mail; the nickname was based on that of his corps, the Royal Engineers.

OUT OF THE BLUE
THE STRANGE PASSING OF PIERRE
THE FILM THAT WAS NEVER SHOWN
A FUNNY LITTLE MAN
THE DOWNFALL OF YOUNG THOMPSON
THE VALLEY OF THE SHADOW
UNCLE JAMES'S GOLF MATCH
MARK DANVER'S SIN
THE MISSING LINE
STUBBY
BULTON'S REVENGE
COINCIDENCE
THE PORTERHOUSE STEAK

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McNeile, Herman Cyril: Ronald Standish. v1. 5 Jan 2016

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Herman Cyril McNeile, MC (28 September 1888 – 14 August 1937), commonly known as Cyril McNeile and publishing under the name H. C. McNeile or the pseudonym Sapper, was a British soldier and author. Drawing on his experiences in the trenches during the First World War, he started writing short stories and getting them published in the Daily Mail. As serving officers in the British Army were not permitted to publish under their own names, he was given the pen name "Sapper" by Lord Northcliffe, the owner of the Daily Mail; the nickname was based on that of his corps, the Royal Engineers.

THE CREAKING DOOR
THE MISSING CHAUFFER
THE HAUNTED RECTORY
A MATTER OF TAR
THE HOUSE WITH THE KENNELS
THE THIRD MESSAGE
MYSTERY OF THE SLIP COACH
THE SECOND DOG
THE MAN IN YELLOW
THE MAN WITH SAMPLES
THE EMPTY HOUSE

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McNeile, Herman Cyril: Shorty Bill. v1. 3 Dec 2016

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Herman Cyril McNeile, MC (28 September 1888 – 14 August 1937), commonly known as Cyril McNeile and publishing under the name H. C. McNeile or the pseudonym Sapper, was a British soldier and author. Drawing on his experiences in the trenches during the First World War, he started writing short stories and getting them published in the Daily Mail. As serving officers in the British Army were not permitted to publish under their own names, he was given the pen name "Sapper" by Lord Northcliffe, the owner of the Daily Mail; the nickname was based on that of his corps, the Royal Engineers.

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Books on the war are no longer popular, but I cannot help thinking, from remarks that have been made to me, that there are still some people who would like to be reminded, and others, of a younger generation, who would like to learn.

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McNeile, Herman Cyril: Temple Tower. v1. 31 Dec 2015

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Herman Cyril McNeile, MC (28 September 1888 – 14 August 1937), commonly known as Cyril McNeile and publishing under the name H. C. McNeile or the pseudonym Sapper, was a British soldier and author. Drawing on his experiences in the trenches during the First World War, he started writing short stories and getting them published in the Daily Mail. As serving officers in the British Army were not permitted to publish under their own names, he was given the pen name "Sapper" by Lord Northcliffe, the owner of the Daily Mail; the nickname was based on that of his corps, the Royal Engineers.

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His voice was coming closer, and Hugh signed to us to move back under cover. And then quite suddenly there came a shrill scream of terror, followed by a horrible choking noise. The calls for Nero ceased abruptly: and after a moment or two the choking noise ceased too. The same thought was in all our minds: what was happening in the darkness close by? What had caused that sudden scream of mortal fear?

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McNeile, Herman Cyril: The Black Gang. v1. 29 Dec 2015

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Herman Cyril McNeile, MC (28 September 1888 – 14 August 1937), commonly known as Cyril McNeile and publishing under the name H. C. McNeile or the pseudonym Sapper, was a British soldier and author. Drawing on his experiences in the trenches during the First World War, he started writing short stories and getting them published in the Daily Mail. As serving officers in the British Army were not permitted to publish under their own names, he was given the pen name "Sapper" by Lord Northcliffe, the owner of the Daily Mail; the nickname was based on that of his corps, the Royal Engineers.

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"Admirable," he remarked, as he paused for a moment at the entrance of the weed-grown drive. "Quite admirable, my friend. A house situated as this one is, is an acquisition, and when it is haunted in addition it becomes a godsend."

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McNeile, Herman Cyril: The Dinner Club. v1. 2 Jan 2016

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Herman Cyril McNeile, MC (28 September 1888 – 14 August 1937), commonly known as Cyril McNeile and publishing under the name H. C. McNeile or the pseudonym Sapper, was a British soldier and author. Drawing on his experiences in the trenches during the First World War, he started writing short stories and getting them published in the Daily Mail. As serving officers in the British Army were not permitted to publish under their own names, he was given the pen name "Sapper" by Lord Northcliffe, the owner of the Daily Mail; the nickname was based on that of his corps, the Royal Engineers.

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On a certain day in the year of grace 1920, there came into being a special and very select club. There was no entrance fee and no subscription, in which respect it differed from all other clubs. Its membership was limited to six: the Actor, the Barrister, the Doctor, the Ordinary Man, the Soldier, and the Writer.

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McNeile, Herman Cyril: The Female of the Species. v1. 30 Dec 2015

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Herman Cyril McNeile, MC (28 September 1888 – 14 August 1937), commonly known as Cyril McNeile and publishing under the name H. C. McNeile or the pseudonym Sapper, was a British soldier and author. Drawing on his experiences in the trenches during the First World War, he started writing short stories and getting them published in the Daily Mail. As serving officers in the British Army were not permitted to publish under their own names, he was given the pen name "Sapper" by Lord Northcliffe, the owner of the Daily Mail; the nickname was based on that of his corps, the Royal Engineers.

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No it was no dream: no jest. It was grim, stern reality played for a stake sufficient to crack the nerve of the principal player on our side had he been possessed of nerves to crack. A game played against time: a game where one mistake might have proved fatal.

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McNeile, Herman Cyril: The Finger of Fate. v1. 4 Jan 2016

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Herman Cyril McNeile, MC (28 September 1888 – 14 August 1937), commonly known as Cyril McNeile and publishing under the name H. C. McNeile or the pseudonym Sapper, was a British soldier and author. Drawing on his experiences in the trenches during the First World War, he started writing short stories and getting them published in the Daily Mail. As serving officers in the British Army were not permitted to publish under their own names, he was given the pen name "Sapper" by Lord Northcliffe, the owner of the Daily Mail; the nickname was based on that of his corps, the Royal Engineers.

THE FINGER OF FATE
THE DIAMOND HAIR-SLIDE
THE BLACK MONK.
THE HIDDEN WITNESS
THE TWO-WAY SWITCH
WILL YOU WALK INTO MY PARLOUR?
A HOPELESS CASE
THE UNDOING OF MRS. CRANSBY
A QUESTION OF MUD
THAT BULLET HOLE HAS A HISTORY
THE IDOL'S EYE
A QUESTION OF IDENTITY
FER DE LANCE
THE GREEN DEATH

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McNeile, Herman Cyril: The Human Touch. v1. 29 Dec 2015

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Herman Cyril McNeile, MC (28 September 1888 – 14 August 1937), commonly known as Cyril McNeile and publishing under the name H. C. McNeile or the pseudonym Sapper, was a British soldier and author. Drawing on his experiences in the trenches during the First World War, he started writing short stories and getting them published in the Daily Mail. As serving officers in the British Army were not permitted to publish under their own names, he was given the pen name "Sapper" by Lord Northcliffe, the owner of the Daily Mail; the nickname was based on that of his corps, the Royal Engineers.

I—THE HUMAN TOUCH
II—THE TRUCE OF THE BEAR
III—THE AWAKENING OF JOHN WALTERS
IV—THE PASSING OF THE SEASICK COW
V—GALLERY NO. 31
VI—THE BOOBY-TRAP
VII—THE BRIDGE
VIII—THE ONLY WAY
IX—THE EDUCATION OF BUNNY SMITH

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McNeile, Herman Cyril: The Island of Terror

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Herman Cyril McNeile, MC (28 September 1888 – 14 August 1937), commonly known as Cyril McNeile and publishing under the name H. C. McNeile or the pseudonym Sapper, was a British soldier and author. Drawing on his experiences in the trenches during the First World War, he started writing short stories and getting them published in the Daily Mail. As serving officers in the British Army were not permitted to publish under their own names, he was given the pen name "Sapper" by Lord Northcliffe, the owner of the Daily Mail; the nickname was based on that of his corps, the Royal Engineers.

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That he was a sort of legendary hero in the club, was a fact of which Jim was completely ignorant. And had anyone hinted at it he would either have been annoyed or else roared with laughter. To him a journey to the interior of Turkestan came as naturally as one to Brighton comes to the ordinary man. He had been born with wanderlust in his bones; and being sufficiently endowed with this world's goods to avoid the necessity of working for a living, he had followed his bent ever since he left Oxford.

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McNeile, Herman Cyril: The Lieutenant and Others. v1. 2 Jan 2016

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Herman Cyril McNeile, MC (28 September 1888 – 14 August 1937), commonly known as Cyril McNeile and publishing under the name H. C. McNeile or the pseudonym Sapper, was a British soldier and author. Drawing on his experiences in the trenches during the First World War, he started writing short stories and getting them published in the Daily Mail. As serving officers in the British Army were not permitted to publish under their own names, he was given the pen name "Sapper" by Lord Northcliffe, the owner of the Daily Mail; the nickname was based on that of his corps, the Royal Engineers.

THE LIEUTENANT
THE END OF "WIPERS
THE BLACK SHEEP
JAMES AND THE LAND MINE
THE SIXTH DRUNK
THE MINE
DRIVER ROBERT BROWN
THE COWARD
EBENEEZER THE GOAT
THE PEPNOTISED MILK
WILL YOU TAKE OVER HIS HORSE, SIR?
THE AFTERMATH

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McNeile, Herman Cyril: The Return of Bulldog Drummond. v1. 31 Dec 2015

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Herman Cyril McNeile, MC (28 September 1888 – 14 August 1937), commonly known as Cyril McNeile and publishing under the name H. C. McNeile or the pseudonym Sapper, was a British soldier and author. Drawing on his experiences in the trenches during the First World War, he started writing short stories and getting them published in the Daily Mail. As serving officers in the British Army were not permitted to publish under their own names, he was given the pen name "Sapper" by Lord Northcliffe, the owner of the Daily Mail; the nickname was based on that of his corps, the Royal Engineers.

Excerpt
He gave a hoarse, choking cry and tried to get up. And as he moved he felt his neck held in a vice-like grip. He struggled feebly, staring into the cruel, relentless eyes of his assailant. And then there came a roaring in his ears: the room spun round until at length everything grew black.

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McNeile, Herman Cyril: The Saving Clause. v1. 4 Jan 2016

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Herman Cyril McNeile, MC (28 September 1888 – 14 August 1937), commonly known as Cyril McNeile and publishing under the name H. C. McNeile or the pseudonym Sapper, was a British soldier and author. Drawing on his experiences in the trenches during the First World War, he started writing short stories and getting them published in the Daily Mail. As serving officers in the British Army were not permitted to publish under their own names, he was given the pen name "Sapper" by Lord Northcliffe, the owner of the Daily Mail; the nickname was based on that of his corps, the Royal Engineers.

THE SAVING CLAUSE
BILLIE FINDS THE ANSWER
THE RUBBER STRAP
ROUT OF THE OLIVER SAMUELSONS
THE HORROR AT STAVELEY GRANGE
CYNTHIA DELMORTON'S MISTAKE
THE ELEVENTH HOUR
THREE OF A KIND
THE IMPASSIVE FOOTMAN

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McNeile, Herman Cyril: The Third Round. v1. 30 Dec 2015

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Herman Cyril McNeile, MC (28 September 1888 – 14 August 1937), commonly known as Cyril McNeile and publishing under the name H. C. McNeile or the pseudonym Sapper, was a British soldier and author. Drawing on his experiences in the trenches during the First World War, he started writing short stories and getting them published in the Daily Mail. As serving officers in the British Army were not permitted to publish under their own names, he was given the pen name "Sapper" by Lord Northcliffe, the owner of the Daily Mail; the nickname was based on that of his corps, the Royal Engineers.

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"Take Drakshoff: that man controls three of the principal Governments of Europe. The general public don't know it; the Governments themselves won't admit it: but it's true for all that. As you know, that little job I carried out for him in Germany averted a second revolution. He didn't want one at the time; and so he called me in. And it cost him in all five million pounds. What was that to him?" He shrugged his shoulders contemptuously. "A mere flea-bite—a bagatelle. Why, with that man an odd million or two one way or the other wouldn't be noticed in his pass-book."

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McNeile, Herman Cyril: The Third Round. v1. 30 Dec 2015

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Herman Cyril McNeile, MC (28 September 1888 – 14 August 1937), commonly known as Cyril McNeile and publishing under the name H. C. McNeile or the pseudonym Sapper, was a British soldier and author. Drawing on his experiences in the trenches during the First World War, he started writing short stories and getting them published in the Daily Mail. As serving officers in the British Army were not permitted to publish under their own names, he was given the pen name "Sapper" by Lord Northcliffe, the owner of the Daily Mail; the nickname was based on that of his corps, the Royal Engineers.

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In endeavouring to put before the public for the first time the truth concerning the amazing happenings of the summer of 1927, I feel myself to be at a disadvantage. In the first place I am no storyteller: so maybe my presentation of the facts will fail to carry conviction. Nay, further: it is more than likely that what I am about to write down will be regarded as a tissue of preposterous lies. And yet to those who condemn me offhand I would say one thing. Take the facts as you know them, and as they appeared in the newspapers, and try to account for them in any other way. You may say that in order to write a book—gain, perhaps, a little cheap notoriety—I have taken the ravings of a madman around which to build a fantastic and ridiculous story. You are welcome to your opinion. I can do no more than tell you what I know: I cannot make you believe me.

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McNeile, Herman Cyril: Tiny Carteret. v1. 4 Jan 2016

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Herman Cyril McNeile, MC (28 September 1888 – 14 August 1937), commonly known as Cyril McNeile and publishing under the name H. C. McNeile or the pseudonym Sapper, was a British soldier and author. Drawing on his experiences in the trenches during the First World War, he started writing short stories and getting them published in the Daily Mail. As serving officers in the British Army were not permitted to publish under their own names, he was given the pen name "Sapper" by Lord Northcliffe, the owner of the Daily Mail; the nickname was based on that of his corps, the Royal Engineers.

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The nickname Tiny was of course an obvious one to give a man who had been capped fifteen times for England playing in the scrum. But though he was extraordinarily bigly made, he was at the same time marvellously agile, as men who played him at squash found to their cost. He could run a much lighter man off his feet, without turning a hair himself. The last half of the war had found him in the Coldstream: then, bored with peace-time soldiering he had sent in his papers and taken to sport of every description, which, fortunately for him, the possession of five thousand a year enabled him to do with some ease.

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McNeile, Herman Cyril: Word of Honour. v1. 3 Dec 2016

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Herman Cyril McNeile, MC (28 September 1888 – 14 August 1937), commonly known as Cyril McNeile and publishing under the name H. C. McNeile or the pseudonym Sapper, was a British soldier and author. Drawing on his experiences in the trenches during the First World War, he started writing short stories and getting them published in the Daily Mail. As serving officers in the British Army were not permitted to publish under their own names, he was given the pen name "Sapper" by Lord Northcliffe, the owner of the Daily Mail; the nickname was based on that of his corps, the Royal Engineers.

WORD OF HONOUR
THE MESSAGE
TWO PHOTOGRAPHS
A MATTER OF VOICE
A NATIVE SUPERSTITION
BLACKMAIL
MRS. PETER SKEFFINGTON’S REVENGE
MARIE
THE KING OF HEARTS
THE OTHER SIDE OF THE WALL
THE HAUNTING OF JACK BURNHAM
THE PROFESSOR’S CHRISTMAS PARTY

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Meade, L T & Halifax, Clifford: Diary of a Doctor, Series 2, v1, 10 Jun 2022

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Full title: Stories from the Diary of a Doctor, Series 2 (1896)

The second series of medico-detective stories by L T Meade ( Elizabeth Thomasina Meade Smith, 1844-1914) and Clifford Halifax (Dr Edgar Beaumont, 1860-1921).

1: Creating a Mind
2. The Seventh Step
3: The Silent Tongue
4: The Hooded Death
5: The Red Bracelet
6: Little Sir Noel
7: A Doctor’s Dilemma
8: On a Charge of Forgery
9: The Strange Case of Captain Gascoigne
10: With the Eternal Fires
11: The Small House on Steven’s Heath
12: “To Every One His Own Fear”

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Meade, L T and Eustace, Robert: The Brotherhood of the Seven Kings (1898); v2

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Already in the epub library, but not here in the Kindle library. This is based on the one uploaded by crutledge seven years ago, but with an original cover.

Mme Koluchy is a potent female "Moriarty", outwitting the law and running rings around amateur pursuers until the final denoument. Original a ten-part serial in the [Strand Magazine[/, this can be read as a series of short stories, or as an episodic novel.

1: At The Edge Of The Crater
2: The Winged Assassin
3: The Swing Of The Pendulum
4: The Luck Of Pitsey Hall
5: Twenty Degrees
6: The Star Shaped Marks
7: The Iron Circlet
8: The Mystery Of The Strong Room
9: The Bloodhound
10: The Doom

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Meade, L T, and Clifford Halifax: The Diary of a Doctor (1894), v1, 16 Oct 2020

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Full Title: "Stories from the Diary of a Doctor"

Twelve cases, including the much-anthologized "The Horror of Studley Grange".

Very Victorian in tone.

1: My First Patient
2: My Hypnotic Patient
3: Very Far West
4: The Heir of Chartlepool
5: A Death Certificate
6: The Wrong Prescription
7: The Horror of Studley Grange
8: “Ten Years’ Oblivion”
9: An Oak Coffin
10: Without Witnesses
11: Trapped
12: The Ponsonby Diamonds

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Meade, L T, and Robert Eustace: A Master of Mysteries (1898), v2, 17 Sep 2020

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John Bell, master of Mysteries, appeared in six stories in Cassells Magazine under the general heading John Bell, Ghost Exposer, in 1897-8, which were then collected as "A Master of Mysteries".

This book was already in the Library, but only in PRC format. I have remade it, with a first-edition cover, for epub, azw3 and mobi formats. Hence V2.

1: The Mystery of the Circular Chamber
2: The Warder of the Door
3: The Mystery of the Felwyn Tunnel
4: The Eight-Mile Lock
5: How Siva Spoke
6: To Prove an Alibi

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Meade, L T, and Robert Eustace: The Lost Square (1902); v1; 14 Sep 2020

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Episodic short novel, of some 45,000 words. Six events in a duel of wits between the narrator, Rupert Phenays, and a ruthless and unscupulous secret service ageent of a foreign power, at the time of the leadup to the Boer War.

1: Mademoiselle Delacourt
2: A Little Smoke
3: The Tiger's Claw
4: A Conjuring Trick
5: A Gallop With the Storm
6: The Lost Square

The main text is Wikisource; however, two pages were missing from the scan od episode 2, which i recovered elsewhere.

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Meade, L T, and Robert Eustace: The Sorceress of the Strand (1903); v1; 11 Sep 2020

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The murderous femme fatale of the Strand, the enigmatic Madame Sara, and the efforts of Messers Druce and Vanderleur to foil her; six long stories from the Strand Magazine, 1902-3.

1: Madame Sara
2: The Blood-Red Cross
3: The Face of the Abbot
4: The Talk of the Town
5: The Bloodstone
6:The Teeth of the Wolf

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Meade, L. T. & Eustace, Robert: A Master of Mysteries (Illustrated) v1. 10 Aug 07

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An book of excellent mystery stories about the adventures of a "ghost debunker". From the introduction:

[It so happened that the circumstances of fate allowed me to follow my own bent in the choice of a profession. From my earliest youth the weird, the mysterious had an irresistible fascination for me. Having private means, I resolved to follow my unique inclinations, and I am now well known to all my friends as a professional exposer of ghosts, and one who can clear away the mysteries of most haunted houses. ... To explain, by the application of science, phenomena attributed to spiritual agencies has been the work of my life. I have, naturally, gone through strange difficulties in accomplishing my mission. I propose in these pages to relate the histories of certain queer events, enveloped at first in mystery, and apparently dark with portent, but, nevertheless, when grappled with in the true spirit of science, capable of explanation.[/

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Meade, L. T. & Eustace, Robert: Followed. V1. 17 Mar 2011

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Robert Eustace was the pen name of Eustace Robert Barton (1854-1943), an English doctor and author of mystery and crime fiction with a theme of scientific innovation. He also wrote as Eustace Robert Rawlings. Eustace often collaborated with other writers, producing a number of works with the author L. T. Meade and others. He is credited as co-author with Dorothy L. Sayers of the novel The Documents in the Case, for which he supplied the main plot idea and supporting medical and scientific details.

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I AM David Ross's wife. I was married to him a month ago. I have lived through the peril and escaped the danger. What I have lived through, how it happened, and why it happened, this story tells.

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Meade, L. T. & Eustace, Robert: Madam Sara. V1. 19 Mar 2011

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Robert Eustace was the pen name of Eustace Robert Barton (1854-1943), an English doctor and author of mystery and crime fiction with a theme of scientific innovation. He also wrote as Eustace Robert Rawlings. Eustace often collaborated with other writers, producing a number of works with the author L. T. Meade and others. He is credited as co-author with Dorothy L. Sayers of the novel The Documents in the Case, for which he supplied the main plot idea and supporting medical and scientific details.
L. T. Meade was the pseudonym of Elizabeth Thomasina Meade Smith (1854-1914), a prolific writer of girls' stories. She was born in Bandon, County Cork, Ireland, daughter of Rev. R. T. Meade, of Nohoval, County Cork.

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Everyone in trade and a good many who are not have heard of Werner's Agency, the Solvency Inquiry Agency for all British trade. Its business is to know the financial condition of all wholesale and retail firms, from Rothschild's to the smallest sweetstuff shop in Whitechapel. I do not say that every firm figures on its books, but by methods of secret inquiry it can discover the status of any firm or individual. It is the great safeguard to British trade and prevents much fraudulent dealing.

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Meade, L. T. & Eustace, Robert: The Blood-red Cross. V1. 19 Mar 2011

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Robert Eustace was the pen name of Eustace Robert Barton (1854-1943), an English doctor and author of mystery and crime fiction with a theme of scientific innovation. He also wrote as Eustace Robert Rawlings. Eustace often collaborated with other writers, producing a number of works with the author L. T. Meade and others. He is credited as co-author with Dorothy L. Sayers of the novel The Documents in the Case, for which he supplied the main plot idea and supporting medical and scientific details.
L. T. Meade was the pseudonym of Elizabeth Thomasina Meade Smith (1854-1914), a prolific writer of girls' stories. She was born in Bandon, County Cork, Ireland, daughter of Rev. R. T. Meade, of Nohoval, County Cork.

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This was a pearl necklace of almost fabulous value. It had been secured as booty by a certain Geoffrey Rowland at the time of the Battle of Agincourt, had originally been the property of one of the Dukes of Genoa, and had even for a short time been in the keeping of the Pope. From the moment that Geoffrey Rowland took possession of the necklace there had been several attempts made to deprive him of it. Sword, fire, water, poison, had all been used, but ineffectually.

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Meade, L. T. & Eustace, Robert: The Brotherhood of the Seven Kings. V1. 19 Mar 2011

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Robert Eustace was the pen name of Eustace Robert Barton (1854-1943), an English doctor and author of mystery and crime fiction with a theme of scientific innovation. He also wrote as Eustace Robert Rawlings. Eustace often collaborated with other writers, producing a number of works with the author L. T. Meade and others. He is credited as co-author with Dorothy L. Sayers of the novel The Documents in the Case, for which he supplied the main plot idea and supporting medical and scientific details.

L. T. Meade was the pseudonym of Elizabeth Thomasina Meade Smith (1854-1914), a prolific writer of girls' stories. She was born in Bandon, County Cork, Ireland, daughter of Rev. R. T. Meade, of Nohoval, County Cork.

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THAT a secret society, based upon the lines of similar institutions so notorious on the Continent during the last century, could ever have existed in the London of our day may seem impossible. Such a society, however, not only did exist, but through the instrumentality of a woman of unparalleled capacity and genius, obtained a firm footing. A century ago the Brotherhood of the Seven Kings was a name hardly whispered without horror and fear in Italy, and now, by the fascinations and influence of one woman, it began to accomplish fresh deeds of unparalleled daring and subtlety in London. By the wide extent of its scientific resources, and the impregnable secrecy of its organisations, it threatened to become, a formidable menace to society, as well as a source of serious anxiety to the authorities of the law. It is to the courtesy of Mr. Norman Head that we are indebted for the subject-matter of the following hitherto unpublished revelations.

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Meade, L. T. & Eustace, Robert: The Face of the Abbot. V1. 20 Mar 2011

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Robert Eustace was the pen name of Eustace Robert Barton (1854-1943), an English doctor and author of mystery and crime fiction with a theme of scientific innovation. He also wrote as Eustace Robert Rawlings. Eustace often collaborated with other writers, producing a number of works with the author L. T. Meade and others. He is credited as co-author with Dorothy L. Sayers of the novel The Documents in the Case, for which he supplied the main plot idea and supporting medical and scientific details.
L. T. Meade was the pseudonym of Elizabeth Thomasina Meade Smith (1854-1914), a prolific writer of girls' stories. She was born in Bandon, County Cork, Ireland, daughter of Rev. R. T. Meade, of Nohoval, County Cork.

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If Madame Sara had one prerogative more than another it was that of taking people unawares. When least expected she would spring a mine at your feet, engulf you in a most horrible danger, stab you in the dark, or injure you through your best friend; in short, this dangerous woman was likely to become the terror of London if steps were not soon taken to place her in such confinement that her genius could no longer assert itself.

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Meade, L. T. & Eustace, Robert: The Secret of Emu Plain. V1. 19 Mar 2011

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Robert Eustace was the pen name of Eustace Robert Barton (1854-1943), an English doctor and author of mystery and crime fiction with a theme of scientific innovation. He also wrote as Eustace Robert Rawlings. Eustace often collaborated with other writers, producing a number of works with the author L. T. Meade and others. He is credited as co-author with Dorothy L. Sayers of the novel The Documents in the Case, for which he supplied the main plot idea and supporting medical and scientific details.

L. T. Meade was the pseudonym of Elizabeth Thomasina Meade Smith (1854-1914), a prolific writer of girls' stories. She was born in Bandon, County Cork, Ireland, daughter of Rev. R. T. Meade, of Nohoval, County Cork.

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THIS exceedingly clever story is the sequel to the adventures of John Bell, the ghost exposer, related for us by Mrs. Meade last year, under the title of "A MASTER OF MYSTERIES". Some of our readers will remember that Mrs. Meade spoke then of one mystery which John Bell had not been able to fathom. The above story of Emu Plain is the mystery in question. That which John Bell could not explain is, however, known to the authors of the adventure. We suggest that our readers attempt to solve the mystery themselves, and we will award Ten Prizes of One Guinea each to the ten solutions which, in Mrs. Meade's opinion, are the best sent to us. These solutions, marked "STORY PRIZE," and addressed to the Editor of CASSELL'S MAGAZINE, La Belle Sauvage, London, E.G., must reach us on or before February 15th. We shall publish Mrs. Meade's explanation of the mystery in our April Number. No person may send more than one solution of the story, and no solution must exceed 300 words in length.

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Meade, L. T: Hollyhock. V1. 20 Apr 2010

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L. T. Meade was the pseudonym of Elizabeth Thomasina Meade Smith (1854-1914), a prolific writer of girls' stories. She was born in Bandon, County Cork, Ireland.
She began writing at 17 and produced over 300 books in her lifetime. Her most famous book was A World of Girls, published in 1886. She was also the editor of a popular girls' magazine, Atalanta.
She also co-authored a number of notable mystery novels. With Robert Eustace, she wrote The Brotherhood of the Seven Kings, which featured a gang headed by a female criminal mastermind, Madame Koluchy. Also with Eustace, she wrote The Sorceress of the Strand, which had another female criminal, Madame Sara. With Clifford Halifax, M.D., she wrote Stories from the Diary of a Doctor.

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There was, of course, the Lower Glen, which consisted of boggy places and endless mists in winter, and a small uninteresting village, where the barest necessaries of life could be bought, and where the folks were all of the humbler class, well-meaning, hard-working, but, alas! poor of the poor. When all was said and done, the Lower Glen was a poor place, meant for poor people.

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Mee, Huan: A Diplomatic Woman (1900); v1; 13 Feb 2022

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Historian Barbara Tuchman described the world before World War One as "The Proud Tower". When governments were controlled by the aristocracy and the wealthy, when most of Europe's countries were Kingdoms... This slim volume of six stories (some 30,000 words) is set in this period.

(Huan Mee is the pseudonym of two British authors.)

1: The Russian Cipher
2: Le Diable
3: The Abducted Ambassador
4: Prince Ferdinand's Entanglement
5: A Deal with China
6: Monsieur Roché's Defeat

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Melville, Herman: Bartleby the Scrivener: A Story of Wall Street. v1, 2 Jan 2008

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From Amazon.com

Short story by Herman Melville, published anonymously in 1853 in Putnam's Monthly Magazine. It was collected in his 1856 volume The Piazza Tales. Melville wrote "Bartleby" at a time when his career seemed to be in ruins, and the story reflects his pessimism. The narrator, a successful Wall Street lawyer, hires a scrivener named Bartleby to copy legal documents. Though Bartleby is initially a hard worker, one day, when asked to proofread, he responds, "I would prefer not to." As time progresses, Bartleby increasingly "prefers not to" do anything asked of him.

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Melville, Herman: Billy Budd (German) V1. 16 Dec 2013

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»Billy Budd« ist Herman Melvilles letzter Roman, geschrieben zwischen 1886 und 1891. Das Manuskript war lange Zeit verschollen, es wurde erst 1924 wiederentdeckt und veröffentlicht. Der Roman konnte offensichtlich von Melville nicht mehr vollendet werden.

Der junge, beliebte Matrose Billy Budd wird 1797 für die britische Kiregsflotte zwangsrekrutiert. Der Bootsmann Claggart versucht, ihn in eine Falle zu locken, indem er ihn durch einen Komplizen zur Teilnahme an einer vermeintlichen Meuterei anstacheln will. Als Billy nicht darauf eingeht, wendet sich Claggart direkt an den Kapitän Vere und beschuldigt Billy der Anstiftung zur Meuterei. Vere, der von der Unschuld Billys überzeugt ist, ordnet eine Gegenüberstellung der beiden an. Als Billy die Anschuldigung Claggarts hört, reagiert er völlig verstört. Ein Sprachfehler hindert ihn daran zu antworten, doch mit seiner rechten Faust schlägt er Claggart nieder*– der herbeigeholte Schiffsarzt stellt den Tod Claggarts fest. Kapitän Vere sieht sich gezwungen, Billy Budd vor ein Militärgericht zu stellen.

Melville hat bei den verschiedenen Bearbeitungen des Romans den Kapitän immer stärker in den Mittelpunkt gerückt, und vielleicht ist er die eigentlich tragische Figur des Romans, denn Vere glaubt, gegen seine Gefühle Billy Budd verurteilen zu müssen. Am Ende wirkt er verstört und wie ein Mensch, der am moralischen Konflikt zwischen menschlicher Sympathie und den Erfordernissen der militärischen Disziplin zerbricht. [An Wikipedia angelehnt]

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Melville, Herman: Moby Dick. 08 Sept 07

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Posted for HappyMartin to enjoy on his new iLiad.

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Melville, Herman: Moby Dick. v1. 20Jan2011

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This novel was one of my reading goals for this year, but looking at the free ebook copies of the novel that are available on the web and being to some extent dissatisfied with all of them, I've formatted my own version, and taken some pains with it.

After the book was published, Melville corrected a dozen or so errors in the novel and added a new footnote. These have all been incorporated in this version.

Jim

2/11/11--This new version supports waypoints as well as the page numbering system for Kindle 3 readers.

The previous version was downloaded 101 times.

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Melville, Herman: Moby-Dick. v1. 1 Aug 2011

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On the theory that you can't have too many versions of [Moby-Dick[/...

Actually, this is part of an ongoing experiment of mine to see how much you can do with graphics in things like title pages, covers, and chapter headings within the strictures and structures that the .mobi format imposes.

Down the road, I'm working on some Twain.

Enjoy...

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Melville, Herman: Omoo, v.1, 25 Nov 2008

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Besides being an important word to know for solving crossword puzzles, [Omoo[/ is Herman Melville's autobiographical adventure sequel to [Typee[/, which Madam Broshkina posted here a few days ago. From the Wikipedia:

After leaving Nuku Hiva, the main character ships aboard a whaling vessel which makes its way to Tahiti, after which there is a mutiny and the majority of the crew are imprisoned on Tahiti. The book follows the actions of the narrator as he explores Tahiti and remarks on their customs and way of life.

Many sources incorrectly assert that Omoo is based on Melville's stay in the Marquesas—the novel is, in fact, exclusively based on his experiences in the Society Islands.

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Melville, Herman: Typee. v1. 11 Aug, 2010

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From Wikipedia
[QUOTTypee (1846; in full: Typee: A Peep at Polynesian Life) is American writer Herman Melville's first book, partly based on his actual experiences as a captive on Nuku Hiva (which Melville spelled as Nukuheva) in the South Pacific Marquesas Islands. The title comes from the name of a valley there called Tai Pi Vai. It was Melville's most popular work during his lifetime.[/QUOT

This is my first attempt at creating a nicely formatted ebook, so please let me know what you do/don't like about it. I included a fully linked TOC as well as linked endnotes. I also went through and tried to catch all formatting errors and missing italicization, but could easily have missed some.

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Mendelssohn, Erich von: Phantasten german v1 12 feb 2009

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Auf der Rückreise von einer missglückten Expedition in Australien entdeckt der deutsche Forscher Paul Seebeck eine noch unbekannte - durch vulkanische Aktivität "wieder aufgetauchte" - Insel. Er nimmt sie im Namen seines Herkunftslandes in Besitz und läßt sich vom Kolonialamt als verwaltender Komissar bestätigen.
Mit Freunden und weiteren Gleichgesinnten beginnt er kurz darauf den Traum von einem neuen freiheitlichen Staatswesen auf der Insel zu verwirklichen. Doch trotz großer Erfolge und regem Zulauf zeigen sich schnell die Probleme des neuen Inselstaats. Nach der Entdeckung wertvoller Schwefelvorkommen streckt die heimatliche Kolonialmacht ihre Finger nach der Insel aus und auch im neuen Staat selbst belasten Unstimmigkeiten über die Machtverteilung die weitere Entwicklung.

Der utopische Roman [Phantasten[/ erschien erstmalig 1912 und läßt im Gegensatz zu den meisten vergleichbaren russischen und französischen Werken dieser Zeit keine Neigung zu extremen politischen Gedanken erkennen - der literarische Versuch Utopia im Kleinen zu entwickeln ohne revolutionäre Feuer zu schüren.

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Mercer, Harold: A Very Gentlemanly Murder, and other stories v1, 14 April 2024

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Pulpmeister

This is the fourth and final collection of short stories by Harold Mercer (1882-1952), an Australian journalist and short story writer to be uploaded here. There are 50 stories, and they were all collected from The Bulletin, the Australian weekly news magazine which ran from 1880 to 2008. They are mostly humour, although "Who was Peter Gourlay?" would not be out of place is "Weird Tales" magazine. Some stories involve the reminscences of the fictional Mrs Parsley, the landlady of a Sydney boarding house in the years between WW1 and WW2, and her often stranger tenants. Mercer knew all about living in Sydney boarding houses in that period, from first-hand experience.

The four collections are:
1: The Manor Chamber Mystery, and other stories
2: Locksley is Out, and other stories
3: The Grave of Pierre Lamont, and other stories
4: A Very Gentlemanly Murder, and other stories.

This 50-story collection is roughly 125,000 words.

He also published a single novel, "Amazon Island", a "lost civilisation" tale, which is already uploaded in the MobileRead Library along with the first three collections mentioned above.

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Mercer, Harold: Amazon Island (1933); v1, 1 Jan 2023

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Harold Mercer (1882-1952) was primarily a short story writer, publishing more than one hundred. This is his only novel, on the theme of a legendary civilisation of Amazons on a south seas island, descended mainly from 17th and 18th century pirates and the women they kidnapped. A group of modern-day adventurers find the island, and the legend is true: women are the rulers, dominate the men, and are the warrior caste as well. There is a cataclysmic climax as the adventurers struggle to escape while the island's volcano bursts into life again. Originally published by Bookstall NSW in 1933, this edition is taken from the serial published in weekly parts in "The Land", a NSW weekly farmer orientated newspaper.

I made the cover from part of an old travel poster.

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Mercer, Harold: Locksley is Out, v1, 1 Jan 2023

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Twenty-eight short stories by Australian novelist, poet, journalist Harold Mercer, 1882-1952. No collection of Mercer's short stories has yet been published in print form. The stories were all first published in Australian newspapers.

They are collected in order of first publication.

1: Fear
2: An Enemy of the People
3: The Manor Chamber Mystery
4: The Fangs Of Fate
5: Guilty Conscience
6: The Clock Hands of Fate
7: How Random Won The Cup
8: The Wastrel Son
9: Murder At Moberley Flats
10: Defeating The Favorite
11: The Sound of the Bugle
12: Fingerprints
13: Cargo from China
14: The Load of the Stalwart
15: The Servicetown Mystery
16: The Minute That Mattered
17: Just a Quiet Xmas
18: Fate at the Shrine
19: The Last Day
20: Bad Blood
21: The First Violin
22: The Curse of Scarletti
23: Betrayal
24: Circumstantial Evidence
25: Chance
26: Keeping Killick Killed
27: Getting Rid of Pongo
28: Stonker Badley, Parson

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Mercer, Harold: The Foolish Gondola and other stories, v1, 10 June 2024

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This is the fifth and final collection of short fiction by Harold Mercer. containing some 40 short stories, including several from the "Mrs Parsely" series set in a Sydney boarding house in the 20s and 30s. It includes the first short story he ever had published, as long ago as 1900.

I know I said the 4th volume was the last, but diligent search of newspapers and magazines turned up this collection. Sometime in the 30s or 40s he wrote his own obituary, really reminiscences of his life and times, and it is included here as the final story.

And at this very late stage I have just noticed that 2 of the stories have appeared before. [C'est la vie![/

1: "The Flowers That Boom in the Spring"
2: Planchette
3: The Glory of France
4: Blue Blood
5: The Blessed Baby
6: Grievance
7: The Hold-Up
8: Stranded
9: Not Unwarranted
10: Sentimentalists
11: Clothes
12: Her Ruin
13: The Mind of Ah Foo.
14: The Nursery Handicap
15: The Foolish Gondola
16: The Gay Lottery
17: The Pretenders
18: The Search for the Bonzer Tart
19: Costs
20: Ingratitude.
21: Picking-up
22: The Release
23: Dr. Jenkins and Mr. 'Ides
24: Necessity After The Fact
25: The Barrackers
26: Twin Souls
27: The Dogs of War
28: The Infernal Triangle
29: The Immigration of Souls
30: Limited Debility
31: Artistic Expression
32: At the Cross-Roads
332: Vortical Language
34: Dirty Pieces of Silver
35: Human Nature Is Not Inflammable
36: The Panthon Cat
37: A Fatal Vaccination
38: The Mailed Fish
39: A Regular Punch-Us Pirate
40: The Illimitation Contest
41: “With Self-Clipped Wings"

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Mercer, Harold: The Grave of Pierre Lamont, v1, 31 July 2023

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Thirty three short stories and an autobiographic article by Harold Mercer, (1882-1952), an Australian freelance journalist and humorist. He served in WW1 on the Somme and other theatres of the Western Front, and achieved the remarkable feat of making a living during the depression of the 1930s on his free-lance writing. It wasn't until the manpower shortage of WW2 that he took a full-time wages job, working at the Australian General Post Office, presumably as a censor, After the war he continued working full time, now with an industrial company. He was still working at age 70, when he was killed accidentally after being hit by a car while crossing a road.

1: Doing the Right Thing
2: The Honor of the Family
3: Checkmate
4: The Work of Brother Petherick
5: The Romance of Ginger Mick
6: The Tango With the Stars (verse)
7: A Bit of 'Bacca
8: Reardon’s Rhapsodies.
9: The Good Samaritan
10: The Grave of Pierre Lamont
11: The Fairy Godmother
12: Grigson With the Wind Up
13: The Tragerigal Bobgetts
14: Old Maudie
15: The Melbourne Cup Mystery
16: Biggar in a New Suit
17: Glubson— Realist (verse)
18: Disembowelled Spirits
19: Cutting a Long Story Short
20: The Fakir
21: The Climax
22: The Confession
23: Unleashing The Lease
24: The Lottery Ticket
25: Everybody Dies
26: The Man With Hair Like Mine
27: A Memory of Morbecque
28: Non-Union Ghost
29: The Crabbiness of Miss Cripps
30: Honor Among Thieves
31: Biggar and Better Times
32: Uncle Bill Comes to Light
33: Marketing our Bridge
34: “With Self-Clipped Wings"

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Mercer, Harold: The Manor Chamber Mystery, v1, 1 Jan 2023

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Twenty-eight short stories by Australian novelist, poet, journalist Harold Mercer, 1882-1952. No collection of Mercer's short stories has yet been published in print form. As in "Lockley is Out", the stories are in order of first publication.

1: Fear
2: An Enemy of the People
3: The Manor Chamber Mystery
4: The Fangs Of Fate
5: Guilty Conscience
6: The Clock Hands of Fate
7: How Random Won The Cup
8: The Wastrel Son
9: Murder At Moberley Flats
10: Defeating The Favorite
11: The Sound of the Bugle
12: Fingerprints
13: Cargo from China
14: The Load of the Stalwart
15: The Servicetown Mystery
16: The Minute That Mattered
17: Just a Quiet Xmas
18: Fate at the Shrine
19: The Last Day
20: Bad Blood
21: The First Violin
22: The Curse of Scarletti
23: Betrayal
24: Circumstantial Evidence
25: Chance
26: Keeping Killick Killed
27: Getting Rid of Pongo
28: Stonker Badley, Parson

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Meredith, George: Beauchamp's Career. V1. 1 Feb 2010

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George Meredith, OM (12 February 1828 – 18 May 1909) was an English novelist and poet during the Victorian era. His first home was in Portsmouth, where his father was a tailor. When George was only five years old, his mother died. His childhood after her death was not happy. In 1842, when George Meredith was 15, he attended the Moravian school at Neuwied on the Rhine. Although he was there for less than two years, Meredith was to refer to this period as the only real education he had. The school stimulated his intellect and taught him to respect rationality, self-respect, sincerity and courage. The time spent there also left him with a love of German music, poetry and the German countryside. It marked the end of his formal schooling.

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Beauchamp's Career (1875) is a novel which portrays life and love in upper-class Radical circles and satirises the Conservative establishment. Meredith himself was inclined to think it his best novel, and the character Renée de Croisnel was his favourite of his creations. The Penguin Companion to Literature calls it "One of the finest political novels in English."
Wikipedia

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Meredith, George: Celt and Saxon. V1. 2 Feb 2010

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George Meredith, OM (12 February 1828 – 18 May 1909) was an English novelist and poet during the Victorian era. His first home was in Portsmouth, where his father was a tailor. When George was only five years old, his mother died. His childhood after her death was not happy. In 1842, when George Meredith was 15, he attended the Moravian school at Neuwied on the Rhine. Although he was there for less than two years, Meredith was to refer to this period as the only real education he had. The school stimulated his intellect and taught him to respect rationality, self-respect, sincerity and courage. The time spent there also left him with a love of German music, poetry and the German countryside. It marked the end of his formal schooling.

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The much-suffering lord of Earlsfont stretched forth his open hand, palm upward, for a testifying instrument to the plain truth of his catalogue of charges. He closed it tight and smote the table. 'Like mother—and grandmother too—like daughter!' he said, and generalised again to preserve his dignity: 'They're aflame in an instant. You may see them quiet for years, but it smoulders. You dropped the spark, and they time the explosion.'

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Meredith, George: Diana of the Crossways. V1. 3 Feb 2010

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George Meredith, OM (12 February 1828 – 18 May 1909) was an English novelist and poet during the Victorian era. His first home was in Portsmouth, where his father was a tailor. When George was only five years old, his mother died. His childhood after her death was not happy. In 1842, when George Meredith was 15, he attended the Moravian school at Neuwied on the Rhine. Although he was there for less than two years, Meredith was to refer to this period as the only real education he had. The school stimulated his intellect and taught him to respect rationality, self-respect, sincerity and courage. The time spent there also left him with a love of German music, poetry and the German countryside. It marked the end of his formal schooling.

Excerpt
A lady of high distinction for wit and beauty, the daughter of an illustrious Irish House, came under the shadow of a calumny. It has latterly been examined and exposed as baseless. The story of Diana of the Crossways is to be read as fiction.

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Meredith, George: Evan Harrington. V1. 3 Feb 2010

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George Meredith, OM (12 February 1828 – 18 May 1909) was an English novelist and poet during the Victorian era. His first home was in Portsmouth, where his father was a tailor. When George was only five years old, his mother died. His childhood after her death was not happy. In 1842, when George Meredith was 15, he attended the Moravian school at Neuwied on the Rhine. Although he was there for less than two years, Meredith was to refer to this period as the only real education he had. The school stimulated his intellect and taught him to respect rationality, self-respect, sincerity and courage. The time spent there also left him with a love of German music, poetry and the German countryside. It marked the end of his formal schooling.

Excerpt
Long after the hours when tradesmen are in the habit of commencing business, the shutters of a certain shop in the town of Lymport-on-the-Sea remained significantly closed, and it became known that death had taken Mr. Melchisedec Harrington, and struck one off the list of living tailors. The demise of a respectable member of this class does not ordinarily create a profound sensation. He dies, and his equals debate who is to be his successor: while the rest of them who have come in contact with him, very probably hear nothing of his great launch and final adieu till the winding up of cash-accounts; on which occasions we may augur that he is not often blessed by one or other of the two great parties who subdivide this universe. In the case of Mr. Melchisedec it was otherwise.

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Meredith, George: Farina. V1. 4 Feb 2010

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George Meredith, OM (12 February 1828 – 18 May 1909) was an English novelist and poet during the Victorian era. His first home was in Portsmouth, where his father was a tailor. When George was only five years old, his mother died. His childhood after her death was not happy. In 1842, when George Meredith was 15, he attended the Moravian school at Neuwied on the Rhine. Although he was there for less than two years, Meredith was to refer to this period as the only real education he had. The school stimulated his intellect and taught him to respect rationality, self-respect, sincerity and courage. The time spent there also left him with a love of German music, poetry and the German countryside. It marked the end of his formal schooling.

Excerpt
In those lusty ages when the Kaisers lifted high the golden goblet of Aachen, and drank, elbow upward, the green-eyed wine of old romance, there lived, a bow-shot from the bones of the Eleven Thousand Virgins and the Three Holy Kings, a prosperous Rhinelander, by name Gottlieb Groschen, or, as it was sometimes ennobled, Gottlieb von Groschen; than whom no wealthier merchant bartered for the glory of his ancient mother-city, nor more honoured burgess swallowed impartially red juice and white under the shadow of his own fig-tree.

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Meredith, George: One of Our Conquerors, v.1, 22/2/16

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[One of Our Conquerors[/ was written in 1891 by George Meredith (1828-1909).

A later work, it is often described as "difficult," with the Encyclopedia Britannica going so far as to say that it "is probably the most difficult of his novels because of the indirect and cryptic style, metaphor, and long passages of interior monologue." It's still pretty funny, though.

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Meredith, George: The Amazing Marriage. V1. 1 Feb 2010

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crutledge

George Meredith, OM (12 February 1828 – 18 May 1909) was an English novelist and poet during the Victorian era. His first home was in Portsmouth, where his father was a tailor. When George was only five years old, his mother died. His childhood after her death was not happy. In 1842, when George Meredith was 15, he attended the Moravian school at Neuwied on the Rhine. Although he was there for less than two years, Meredith was to refer to this period as the only real education he had. The school stimulated his intellect and taught him to respect rationality, self-respect, sincerity and courage. The time spent there also left him with a love of German music, poetry and the German countryside. It marked the end of his formal schooling.

Excerpt
Everybody has heard of the beautiful Countess of Cressett, who was one of the lights of this country at the time when crowned heads were running over Europe, crying out for charity's sake to be amused after their tiresome work of slaughter: and you know what a dread they have of moping.

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Meredith, George: The Case of General Ople. V1. 2 Feb 2010

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George Meredith, OM (12 February 1828 – 18 May 1909) was an English novelist and poet during the Victorian era. His first home was in Portsmouth, where his father was a tailor. When George was only five years old, his mother died. His childhood after her death was not happy. In 1842, when George Meredith was 15, he attended the Moravian school at Neuwied on the Rhine. Although he was there for less than two years, Meredith was to refer to this period as the only real education he had. The school stimulated his intellect and taught him to respect rationality, self-respect, sincerity and courage. The time spent there also left him with a love of German music, poetry and the German countryside. It marked the end of his formal schooling.

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There was a lamentable susceptibility to ladies’ charms. On the other hand, for the protection of the sex, a remainder of shyness kept him from active enterprise and in the state of suffering, so long as indications of encouragement were wanting. He had killed the soft ones, who came to him, attracted by the softness in him, to be killed: but clever women alarmed and paralyzed him. Their aptness to question and require immediate sparkling answers; their demand for fresh wit, of a kind that is not furnished by publications which strike it into heads with a hammer, and supply it wholesale; their various reading; their power of ridicule too; made them awful in his contemplation.

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Meredith, George: The Egoist, v.1, 10/2/16

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The Egoist (1879) is a comic romantic tragedy by George Meredith (1828-1909). The plot centers around marital shenanigans in Victorian England. Wikipedia says that it "dramatizes the difficulty contingent upon being a woman in Victorian society, when women's bodies and minds are trafficked between fathers and husbands to cement male bonds" and describes it as "the turning point in Meredith's career." Even the chapter titles are pretty amusing.

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Meredith, George: The House on the Beach. V1. 4 Feb 2010

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George Meredith, OM (12 February 1828 – 18 May 1909) was an English novelist and poet during the Victorian era. His first home was in Portsmouth, where his father was a tailor. When George was only five years old, his mother died. His childhood after her death was not happy. In 1842, when George Meredith was 15, he attended the Moravian school at Neuwied on the Rhine. Although he was there for less than two years, Meredith was to refer to this period as the only real education he had. The school stimulated his intellect and taught him to respect rationality, self-respect, sincerity and courage. The time spent there also left him with a love of German music, poetry and the German countryside. It marked the end of his formal schooling.

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The experience of great officials who have laid down their dignities before death, or have had the philosophic mind to review themselves while still wielding the deputy sceptre, teaches them that in the exercise of authority over men an eccentric behaviour in trifles has most exposed them to hostile criticism and gone farthest to jeopardize their popularity. It is their Achilles’ heel; the place where their mother Nature holds them as she dips them in our waters. The eccentricity of common persons is the entertainment of the multitude, and the maternal hand is perceived for a cherishing and endearing sign upon them; but rarely can this be found suitable for the august in station; only, indeed, when their sceptre is no more fearful than a grandmother’s birch; and these must learn from it sooner or later that they are uncomfortably mortal.

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Merelo, J. J.: La cuarta taifa (Spanish) v1 26 Sep 2009

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"La cuarta taifa" (The fourth taifa), is the first novel written by J. J. Merelo, and published under a Creative Commons license. It presents a plausible near future where more and more small independent states appear throughout Europe. In this context the city of Granada, in Southern Spain, proclaims its independence, and some politicians propose to reduce the legal coming of age to 14 years so teenagers can vote. The corruption, conflicting interests and personal lives of the characters are developed in the story. A fun original read.

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Mérimée, Prosper: Carmen, v.1, 10 June 2008.

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Prosper Mérimée (1803-1870)
Carmen (1845)
Translated from the French by Lady Mary Loyd.
(Mary Sophia Hely-Hutchinson; 1853-1936)

A novella set in Spain, in which a young soldier falls for a faithless gipsy, with tragic results.
In 1875 Bizet used part of the plot for his opera of the same name.

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Merriman, Henry Seton: Barlasch of the Guard. V1. 17 Aug 2009

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Hugh Stowell Scott (1863? - 1903) was a novelist (under the pseudonym of Henry Seton Merriman). He was an underwriter in Lloyd's, but having a strong literary bent, latterly devoted himself to writing novels, many of which had great popularity. They include The Slave of the Lamp (1892), The Sowers (generally considered his best) (1896), In Kedar's Tents (1897), Roden's Corner (1898), Isle of Unrest (1900), The Velvet Glove (1901), The Vultures (1902), and Barlasch of the Guard (1903). He worked with great care, and his best books hold a high place in modern fiction. He was unusually modest and retiring in character.

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A few children had congregated on the steps of the Marienkirche at Dantzig, because the door stood open. The verger, old Peter Koch—on week days a locksmith—had told them that nothing was going to happen; had been indiscreet enough to bid them go away. So they stayed, for they were little girls.
A wedding was in point of fact in progress within the towering walls of the Marienkirche—a cathedral built of red brick in the great days of the Hanseatic League.

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Merriman, Henry Seton: Dross. V1. 18 Aug 2009

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Hugh Stowell Scott (1863? - 1903) was a novelist (under the pseudonym of Henry Seton Merriman). He was an underwriter in Lloyd's, but having a strong literary bent, latterly devoted himself to writing novels, many of which had great popularity. They include The Slave of the Lamp (1892), The Sowers (generally considered his best) (1896), In Kedar's Tents (1897), Roden's Corner (1898), Isle of Unrest (1900), The Velvet Glove (1901), The Vultures (1902), and Barlasch of the Guard (1903). He worked with great care, and his best books hold a high place in modern fiction. He was unusually modest and retiring in character.

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Under a glorious sky, in the year 1869, Paris gathered to rejoice in the centenary of the birth of the First Napoleon. A gathering this of mushroom nobility, soldiery and diplomacy, to celebrate the hundredth anniversary of the greatest mushroom that ever sprang to life in the hotbed of internecine strife.
“Adventurers all,” said John Turner, the great Paris banker, with whom I was in the Church of the Invalides; “and yonder,” he added, indicating the Third Napoleon, “is the cleverest.”
We had pushed our way into the gorgeous church, and now rubbed elbows with some that wore épaulettes on peaceful shoulders. There were ladies present, too. Did not the fair beings contribute to the rise and fall of that marvellous Second Empire? Representatives of almost every European power paid homage that day to the memory of a little Corsican officer of artillery

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Merriman, Henry Seton: From One Generation to Another. V1. 18 Aug 2009

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Hugh Stowell Scott (1863? - 1903) was a novelist (under the pseudonym of Henry Seton Merriman). He was an underwriter in Lloyd's, but having a strong literary bent, latterly devoted himself to writing novels, many of which had great popularity. They include The Slave of the Lamp (1892), The Sowers (generally considered his best) (1896), In Kedar's Tents (1897), Roden's Corner (1898), Isle of Unrest (1900), The Velvet Glove (1901), The Vultures (1902), and Barlasch of the Guard (1903). He worked with great care, and his best books hold a high place in modern fiction. He was unusually modest and retiring in character.

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“Dearest Anna,—I see from the newspaper before me of March 13, that I am reported dead. Before attempting to investigate the origin of this mistake, I hasten to write to you, knowing, dearest, what a shock this must have been to you. It is true that I was in the Makar Akool affair, and was slightly wounded—a mere scratch in the arm—but nothing more. I have not written to you for some months past because I have been turning something over in my mind. Anna, dearest, there is no chance of my being in a position to marry for some years yet, and I feel it incumbent upon me ...”

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Merriman, Henry Seton: In Kedar's Tents. V1. 19 Aug 2009

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Hugh Stowell Scott (1863? - 1903) was a novelist (under the pseudonym of Henry Seton Merriman). He was an underwriter in Lloyd's, but having a strong literary bent, latterly devoted himself to writing novels, many of which had great popularity. They include The Slave of the Lamp (1892), The Sowers (generally considered his best) (1896), In Kedar's Tents (1897), Roden's Corner (1898), Isle of Unrest (1900), The Velvet Glove (1901), The Vultures (1902), and Barlasch of the Guard (1903). He worked with great care, and his best books hold a high place in modern fiction. He was unusually modest and retiring in character.

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It is in the staging of her comedies that fate shows herself superior to mere human invention. While we, with careful regard to scenery, place our conventional puppets on the stage and bid them play their old old parts in a manner as ancient, she rings up the curtain and starts a tragedy on a scene that has obviously been set by the carpenter for a farce. She deals out the parts with a fine inconsistency, and the jolly-faced little man is cast to play Romeo, while the poetic youth with lantern jaw and an impaired digestion finds no Juliet to match his love.

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Merriman, Henry Seton: Roden's Corner. V1. 21 Aug 2009

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Hugh Stowell Scott (1863? - 1903) was a novelist (under the pseudonym of Henry Seton Merriman). He was an underwriter in Lloyd's, but having a strong literary bent, latterly devoted himself to writing novels, many of which had great popularity. They include The Slave of the Lamp (1892), The Sowers (generally considered his best) (1896), In Kedar's Tents (1897), Roden's Corner (1898), Isle of Unrest (1900), The Velvet Glove (1901), The Vultures (1902), and Barlasch of the Guard (1903). He worked with great care, and his best books hold a high place in modern fiction. He was unusually modest and retiring in character.

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“It is the Professor von Holzen,” said a stout woman who still keeps the egg and butter shop at the corner of St. Jacob Straat in The Hague; she is a Jewess, as, indeed, are most of the denizens of St. Jacob Straat and its neighbour, Bezem Straat, where the fruit-sellers live—“it is the Professor von Holzen, who passes this way once or twice a week. He is a good man.”
“His coat is of a good cloth,” answered her customer, a young man with a melancholy dark eye and a racial appreciation of the material things of this world.

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Merriman, Henry Seton: The Grey Lady. V1. 19 Aug 2009

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Hugh Stowell Scott (1863? - 1903) was a novelist (under the pseudonym of Henry Seton Merriman). He was an underwriter in Lloyd's, but having a strong literary bent, latterly devoted himself to writing novels, many of which had great popularity. They include The Slave of the Lamp (1892), The Sowers (generally considered his best) (1896), In Kedar's Tents (1897), Roden's Corner (1898), Isle of Unrest (1900), The Velvet Glove (1901), The Vultures (1902), and Barlasch of the Guard (1903). He worked with great care, and his best books hold a high place in modern fiction. He was unusually modest and retiring in character.

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The train technically known as the “Flying Dutchman,” tearing through the plains of Taunton, and in a first-class carriage by themselves, facing each other, two boys.
One of these boys remembers the moment to this day. A journey accomplished with Care for a travelling companion usually adheres to the wheels of memory until those wheels are still. Grim Care was with these boys in the railway carriage. A great catastrophe had come to them. A FitzHenry had failed to pass into her Majesty’s Navy. Back and back through the generations - back to the days when England had no navy - she had always been served at sea by a FitzHenry. Moreover, there had always been a Henry of that name on the books. Henry, the son of Henry, had, as a matter of course, gone down to the sea in a ship, had done his country’s business in the great waters.

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Merriman, Henry Seton: The Isle of Unrest. V1. 20 August 2009

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Hugh Stowell Scott (1863? - 1903) was a novelist (under the pseudonym of Henry Seton Merriman). He was an underwriter in Lloyd's, but having a strong literary bent, latterly devoted himself to writing novels, many of which had great popularity. They include The Slave of the Lamp (1892), The Sowers (generally considered his best) (1896), In Kedar's Tents (1897), Roden's Corner (1898), Isle of Unrest (1900), The Velvet Glove (1901), The Vultures (1902), and Barlasch of the Guard (1903). He worked with great care, and his best books hold a high place in modern fiction. He was unusually modest and retiring in character.

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The afternoon sun was lowering towards a heavy bank of clouds hanging still and sullen over the Mediterranean. A mistral was blowing. The last yellow rays shone fiercely upon the towering coast of Corsica, and the windows of the village of Olmeta glittered like gold.
There are two Olmetas in Corsica, both in the north, both on the west coast, both perched high like an eagle’s nest, both looking down upon those lashed waters of the Mediterranean, which are not the waters that poets sing of, for they are as often white as they are blue; they are seldom glassy except in the height of summer and sailors tell that they are as treacherous as any waters of the earth. Neither aneroid nor weather-wisdom may, as a matter of fact, tell when a mistral will arise, how it will blow, how veer, how drop and rise, and drop again. For it will blow one day beneath a cloudless sky, lashing the whole sea white like milk, and blow harder to-morrow under racing clouds.

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Merriman, Henry Seton: The Last Hope. V1. 20 Aug 2009

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Hugh Stowell Scott (1863? - 1903) was a novelist (under the pseudonym of Henry Seton Merriman). He was an underwriter in Lloyd's, but having a strong literary bent, latterly devoted himself to writing novels, many of which had great popularity. They include The Slave of the Lamp (1892), The Sowers (generally considered his best) (1896), In Kedar's Tents (1897), Roden's Corner (1898), Isle of Unrest (1900), The Velvet Glove (1901), The Vultures (1902), and Barlasch of the Guard (1903). He worked with great care, and his best books hold a high place in modern fiction. He was unusually modest and retiring in character.

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"There; that's it. That's where they buried Frenchman," said Andrew—known as River Andrew. For there was another Andrew who earned his living on the sea.
River Andrew had conducted the two gentlemen from "The Black Sailor" to the churchyard by their own request. A message had been sent to him in the morning that this service would be required of him, to which he had returned the answer that they would have to wait until the evening. It was his day to go round Marshford way with dried fish, he said; but in the evening they could see the church if they still set their minds on it.

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Merriman, Henry Seton: The Slave of the Lamp. V1. 21 Aug 2009

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Hugh Stowell Scott (1863? - 1903) was a novelist (under the pseudonym of Henry Seton Merriman). He was an underwriter in Lloyd's, but having a strong literary bent, latterly devoted himself to writing novels, many of which had great popularity. They include The Slave of the Lamp (1892), The Sowers (generally considered his best) (1896), In Kedar's Tents (1897), Roden's Corner (1898), Isle of Unrest (1900), The Velvet Glove (1901), The Vultures (1902), and Barlasch of the Guard (1903). He worked with great care, and his best books hold a high place in modern fiction. He was unusually modest and retiring in character.

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Henry Seton Merriman published his first novel, “Young Mistley,” in 1888, when he was twenty-six years old. Messrs. Bentley’s reader, in his critique on the book, spoke of its “powerful situations” and unconventionality of treatment: and, while dwelling at much greater length on its failings, declared, in effect, its faults to be the right faults, and added that, if “Young Mistley” was not in itself a good novel, its author was one who might hereafter certainly write good novels.

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Merriman, Henry Seton: The Sowers. V1. 21 Aug 2009

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Hugh Stowell Scott (1863? - 1903) was a novelist (under the pseudonym of Henry Seton Merriman). He was an underwriter in Lloyd's, but having a strong literary bent, latterly devoted himself to writing novels, many of which had great popularity. They include The Slave of the Lamp (1892), The Sowers (generally considered his best) (1896), In Kedar's Tents (1897), Roden's Corner (1898), Isle of Unrest (1900), The Velvet Glove (1901), The Vultures (1902), and Barlasch of the Guard (1903). He worked with great care, and his best books hold a high place in modern fiction. He was unusually modest and retiring in character.

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The speaker finished his remark with a short laugh. He was a big, stout man; his name was Karl Steinmetz, and it is a name well known in the Government of Tver to this day. He spoke jerkily, as stout men do when they ride, and when he had laughed his good-natured, half-cynical laugh, he closed his lips beneath a huge gray mustache. So far as one could judge from the action of a square and deeply indented chin, his mouth was expressive at that time—and possibly at all times—of a humorous resignation. No reply was vouchsafed to him, and Karl Steinmetz bumped along on his little Cossack horse, which was stretched out at a gallop.

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Merriman, Henry Seton: The Velvet Glove. V1. 22 Aug 2009

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Hugh Stowell Scott (1863? - 1903) was a novelist (under the pseudonym of Henry Seton Merriman). He was an underwriter in Lloyd's, but having a strong literary bent, latterly devoted himself to writing novels, many of which had great popularity. They include The Slave of the Lamp (1892), The Sowers (generally considered his best) (1896), In Kedar's Tents (1897), Roden's Corner (1898), Isle of Unrest (1900), The Velvet Glove (1901), The Vultures (1902), and Barlasch of the Guard (1903). He worked with great care, and his best books hold a high place in modern fiction. He was unusually modest and retiring in character.

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The Ebro, as all the world knows—or will pretend to know, being an ignorant and vain world—runs through the city of Saragossa. It is a river, moreover, which should be accorded the sympathy of this generation, for it is at once rapid and shallow.
On one side it is bordered by the wall of the city. The left bank is low and sandy, liable to flood; a haunt of lizards in the summer, of frogs in winter-time. The lower bank is bordered by poplar trees, and here and there plots of land have been recovered from the riverbed for tillage and the growth of that harsh red wine which seems to harden and thicken the men of Aragon.

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Merriman, Henry Seton: The Vultures. V1. 23 Aug 2009

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Hugh Stowell Scott (1863? - 1903) was a novelist (under the pseudonym of Henry Seton Merriman). He was an underwriter in Lloyd's, but having a strong literary bent, latterly devoted himself to writing novels, many of which had great popularity. They include The Slave of the Lamp (1892), The Sowers (generally considered his best) (1896), In Kedar's Tents (1897), Roden's Corner (1898), Isle of Unrest (1900), The Velvet Glove (1901), The Vultures (1902), and Barlasch of the Guard (1903). He worked with great care, and his best books hold a high place in modern fiction. He was unusually modest and retiring in character.

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Mr. Joseph P. Mangles, at his ease in a deck-chair on the broad Atlantic, was smoking a most excellent cigar. Mr. Mangles was a tall, thin man, who carried his head in the manner curtly known at a girls' school as "poking." He was a clean-shaven man, with bony forehead, sunken cheeks, and an underhung mouth. His attitude towards the world was one of patient disgust. He had the air of pushing his way, chin first, doggedly through life. The weather had been bad, and was now moderating. But Mr. Mangles had not suffered from sea-sickness. He was a dry, hard person, who had suffered from nothing but chronic dyspepsia—had suffered from it for fifty years or so.

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Merriman, Henry Seton: Tomaso's Fortune and Other Stories. V1. 22 Aug 2009

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Hugh Stowell Scott (1863? - 1903) was a novelist (under the pseudonym of Henry Seton Merriman). He was an underwriter in Lloyd's, but having a strong literary bent, latterly devoted himself to writing novels, many of which had great popularity. They include The Slave of the Lamp (1892), The Sowers (generally considered his best) (1896), In Kedar's Tents (1897), Roden's Corner (1898), Isle of Unrest (1900), The Velvet Glove (1901), The Vultures (1902), and Barlasch of the Guard (1903). He worked with great care, and his best books hold a high place in modern fiction. He was unusually modest and retiring in character.

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It does not matter where it was. I do not want other people - that is to say, those who were around us - to recognize Sister or myself. It is not likely that she will see this, and I am not sure that she knows my name. Of course, some one may draw her attention to this paper, and she may remember that the name affixed to it is that which I signed at the foot of a document we made out together - namely, a return of deaths. At the foot of this paper our names stood one beneath the other - stand there still, perhaps, in some forgotten bundle of papers at the War Office.

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Merriman, Henry Seton: With Edged Tools. V1. 23 Aug 2009

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Hugh Stowell Scott (1863? - 1903) was a novelist (under the pseudonym of Henry Seton Merriman). He was an underwriter in Lloyd's, but having a strong literary bent, latterly devoted himself to writing novels, many of which had great popularity. They include The Slave of the Lamp (1892), The Sowers (generally considered his best) (1896), In Kedar's Tents (1897), Roden's Corner (1898), Isle of Unrest (1900), The Velvet Glove (1901), The Vultures (1902), and Barlasch of the Guard (1903). He worked with great care, and his best books hold a high place in modern fiction. He was unusually modest and retiring in character.

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"My dear—Madam—what you call heart does not come into the question at all."
Sir John Meredith was sitting slightly behind Lady Cantourne, leaning towards her with a somewhat stiffened replica of his former grace. But he was not looking at her—and she knew it.
They were both watching a group at the other side of the great ballroom.
"Sir John Meredith on Heart," said the old lady, with a depth of significance in her voice.
"And why not?"
"Yes, indeed. Why not?"

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Merritt, A.: A. Merritt: Collected Works. v1. 18 Aug 2021

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This book collects all the classic speculative fiction of Abraham Merritt: 18 novels and short stories, plus three of the novels as they originally appeared in magazine publication.

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Abraham Grace Merritt (January 20, 1884 – August 21, 1943) – known by his byline, A. Merritt – was an American Sunday magazine editor and a writer of fantastic fiction.

His writings were heavily influenced by H. Rider Haggard, Robert W. Chambers, Helena Blavatsky, and Gertrude Barrows Bennett (writing as Francis Stevens). In turn, Merritt was a major influence on H. P. Lovecraft and Richard Shaver, and was highly esteemed by Michael Moorcock and Robert Bloch.

His stories generally revolve around conventional pulp magazine themes, but his writing is set apart from typical pulp tales by his lush, florid prose style.

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[Contents were originally published 1917 ~ 1946. This ebook is in the public domain where copyright is “Life+70” or less.[/

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[The Moon Pool[/ was the first science fiction book I ever read when I was 10 years old, and it turned me into a sci fi fan for life. Hope you can visit some fond memories here too.
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Merritt, A.: The Moon Pool. v 1.1, 26 July 2009

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This is a reformat of DaleDe Moon Pool, with his permission. Converted the LRF using ABC Amber SonyConverter, reformated the all caps into italics, included a cover image from the hard back paper edition, and added blank lines between paragraphs. It's a great classic, but I found the lack of space between paragraphs a bit difficult to read for such a long ebook.

The new version v 1.1 has toc and start reading links. The cover image is by Joseph Clement Coll (1881 – 1921), who illustrated many Sax Rohmer books. It is the frontispiece of the original 1919 hard cover edition by Putnam and Sons.

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Merritt, Abraham: Abraham Merritt Omnibus. V1. 11 Mar 201

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Author of 15 science-fiction and fantasy novels, Abraham Merritt (1884-1943) was the most popular genre writer of his time. His talent for fantasy and science fiction writing was first recognized when the novelette version of this story appeared in a 1918 issue of All-Story Weekly.

THE DRONE
DWELLERS IN THE MIRAGE
THE FACE IN THE ABYSS
THE FOX WOMAN
THE PEOPLE OF THE PIT
THE POOL OF THE STONE GOD
SEVEN FOOTPRINTS TO SATAN
THE SHIP OF ISHTAR
THREE LINES OF OLD FRENCH
THROUGH THE DRAGON GLASS
THE WOMEN OF THE WOOD

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Merritt, Abraham: Burn, Witch, Burn!. V1. 10 Mar 2010

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Author of 15 science-fiction and fantasy novels, Abraham Merritt (1884-1943) was the most popular genre writer of his time. His talent for fantasy and science fiction writing was first recognized when the novelette version of this story appeared in a 1918 issue of All-Story Weekly.

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I am a medical man specializing in neurology and diseases of the brain. My peculiar field is abnormal psychology, and in it I am recognized as an expert. I am closely connected with two of the foremost hospitals in New York, and have received many honors in this country and abroad. I set this down, risking identification, not through egotism but because I desire to show that I was competent to observe, and competent to bring practiced scientific judgment upon, the singular events I am about to relate.

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Merwin, Samuel; The Road to Frontenac. v1. 20 Oct 2009

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Merwin, Samuel, 1874-1936

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Captain Daniel Menard leaned against the parapet at the outer edge of the citadel balcony. The sun was high, the air clear and still. Beneath him, at the foot of the cliff, nestled the Lower Town, a strip of shops and houses, hemmed in by the palisades and the lower battery. The St. Lawrence flowed by, hardly stirred by the light breeze. Out in the channel, beyond the merchantmen, lay three ships of war, Le Fourgon, Le Profond, and La Perle, each with a cluster of supply boats at her side; and the stir and rattle of tackle and chain coming faintly over the water from Le Fourgon told that she would sail for France on the morrow, if God should choose to send the wind.

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Meyer, C. F.: Das Amulett [German]. V1. 17 JUL 2010

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Der Autor:
Conrad Ferdinand Meyer (* 11. Oktober 1825 in Zürich; † 28. November 1898 in Kilchberg bei Zürich) war ein Schweizer Dichter des Realismus, der (insbesondere historische) Novellen, Romane und lyrische Gedichte geschaffen hat. Er gehört mit [Gottfried Keller[/ und [Jeremias Gotthelf[/ zu den bedeutendsten deutschsprachigen Schweizer Dichtern des 19. Jahrhunderts.

Die Geschichte:
Hans Schadau, ein reformierter Deutsch-Schweizer, schreibt im Rückblick auf seine Jugend die Geschichte seiner Jugendfreundschaft mit dem Katholiken Wilhelm Boccard nieder, mit dem der zusammen die Schrecken der Pariser Hugenottenverfolgung und der Bartholomäusnacht 1572 durchlebt hat. Dabei rettet ihm Boccard zweimal das Leben, zunächst durch sein Amulett, das er dem Freund heimlich ins Wams steckt, als dieser in einem Duell bestehen muss. Während der Wirren der Bartholomäusnacht hilft Boccard dem Freund und dessen junger Frau Gasparde, aus Paris zu entkommen; er selbst, Träger des Amuletts und Verehrer der Jungfrau von Einsiedeln, findet dabei den Tod.

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Meyer, C. F.: Das Leiden eines Knaben [German]. V1. 17 JUL 2010

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Der Autor
Conrad Ferdinand Meyer (* 11. Oktober 1825 in Zürich; † 28. November 1898 in Kilchberg bei Zürich) war ein Schweizer Dichter des Realismus, der (insbesondere historische) Novellen, Romane und lyrische Gedichte geschaffen hat. Er gehört mit Gottfried Keller und Jeremias Gotthelf zu den bedeutendsten deutschsprachigen Schweizer Dichtern des 19. Jahrhunderts.

Die Geschichte:
Meyers Erzählung Die Leiden eines Knaben geht auf eine Episode zurück, die Saint-Simon in seinen berühmten Memoiren mitteilt: In einem Jesuitenkollegium habe der Sohn des Marschalls Boufflers zusammen mit zwei Söhnen des Polizeipräfekten d' Argensoll einen nicht näher umschriebenen Schülerstreich ausgeführt, sei ausgepeitscht worden, und infolge seiner Verzweiflung habe ihn innerhalb von vier Tagen ein Fieber dahingerafft.

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Meyer, C. F.: Der Heilige [German]. V1. 17 JUL 2010

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Der Autor:
Conrad Ferdinand Meyer (* 11. Oktober 1825 in Zürich; † 28. November 1898 in Kilchberg bei Zürich) war ein Schweizer Dichter des Realismus, der (insbesondere historische) Novellen, Romane und lyrische Gedichte geschaffen hat. Er gehört mit Gottfried Keller und Jeremias Gotthelf zu den bedeutendsten deutschsprachigen Schweizer Dichtern des 19. Jahrhunderts.

Die Geschichte:
Die Novelle des Heiligen handelt von der eigentümlichen Beziehung Thomas Beckets und Heinrich II. von England. Meyer hat sich hier, wie meistens in seinen Novellen, sehr an die historischen Begebenheiten gehalten. Die Rahmenhandlung bildet Hans der Armbruster, der im Rückblick die Geschichte des Thomas Becket erzählt.

Thomas Becket, auch bekannt als Thomas von Canterbury oder Thomas Beckett, (* 21. Dezember 1118 in London; † 29. Dezember 1170 in Canterbury) war englischer Lordkanzler und von 1162 bis 1170 Erzbischof von Canterbury. Er wurde 1170 in der Kathedrale von Canterbury ermordet und am 21 Februar 1173 heilig gesprochen.

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Meyer, C. F.: Der Schuss von der Kanzel [German]. V1. 17 JUL 2010

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Der Autor
Conrad Ferdinand Meyer (* 11. Oktober 1825 in Zürich; † 28. November 1898 in Kilchberg bei Zürich) war ein Schweizer Dichter des Realismus, der (insbesondere historische) Novellen, Romane und lyrische Gedichte geschaffen hat. Er gehört mit Gottfried Keller und Jeremias Gotthelf zu den bedeutendsten deutschsprachigen Schweizer Dichtern des 19. Jahrhunderts.

Die Geschichte:
Der Schuß von der Kanzel ist eine humoristische Novelle von Conrad Ferdinand Meyer (1825–1898), die vom Werk Gottfried Kellers beeinflusst ist und zwischen Mai und August 1877 entstanden ist. Sie wurde erstmals im Zürcher Taschenbuch auf das Jahr 1878 veröffentlicht.

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Meyer, C. F.: Die Hochzeit des Mönchs [German]. V1. 17 JUL 2010

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Der Autor:
Conrad Ferdinand Meyer (* 11. Oktober 1825 in Zürich; † 28. November 1898 in Kilchberg bei Zürich) war ein Schweizer Dichter des Realismus, der (insbesondere historische) Novellen, Romane und lyrische Gedichte geschaffen hat. Er gehört mit Gottfried Keller und Jeremias Gotthelf zu den bedeutendsten deutschsprachigen Schweizer Dichtern des 19. Jahrhunderts.

Die Geschichte:
Der aus seiner Heimatstadt verbannte Dichter Dante, der vom Fürsten von Verona aufgenommen worden ist, tritt an einem kalten Winterabend in den Kreis der Höflinge, die sich um den Fürsten am Kamin versammelt haben. Auf Bitten seines Gastgebers erzählt er die Geschichte vom Mönch Astorre, der unter dem Druck seines sterbenden Vaters die Kutte ablegt und, um das Aussterben seines Geschlechts zu verhindern, sich mit Diana, der Frau seines verunglückten Bruders, verlobt. Einmal vom Korsett seines Gelübdes entbunden, begeht Astorre einen zweiten Treuebruch: er veliebt sich in die junge Antiope und verbindet sich mit ihr. Bei der Hochzeit tötet die zutiefst gekränkte Diana ihre Nebenbuhlerin Antiope; Astorre ersticht daraufhin in blinder Wut seinen Jugendfreund Germano, den Bruder Dianas, und wird vom Schwert des Sterbenden erschlagen.

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Meyer, C. F.: Die Richterin [German]. V1. 17 JUL 2010

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Der Autor:
Conrad Ferdinand Meyer (* 11. Oktober 1825 in Zürich; † 28. November 1898 in Kilchberg bei Zürich) war ein Schweizer Dichter des Realismus, der (insbesondere historische) Novellen, Romane und lyrische Gedichte geschaffen hat. Er gehört mit Gottfried Keller und Jeremias Gotthelf zu den bedeutendsten deutschsprachigen Schweizer Dichtern des 19. Jahrhunderts.

Die Geschichte:
In seiner 1885 erschienenen Novelle Die Richterin gestaltet Conrad Ferdinand Meyer am Stoff einer in karolingischer Zeit angesiedelten, analytischen Kriminalerzählung das Problem von Schuld und Sühne.

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Meyer, C. F.: Die Versuchung des Pescara [German]. V1. 17 JUL 2010

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Der Autor
Conrad Ferdinand Meyer (* 11. Oktober 1825 in Zürich; † 28. November 1898 in Kilchberg bei Zürich) war ein Schweizer Dichter des Realismus, der (insbesondere historische) Novellen, Romane und lyrische Gedichte geschaffen hat. Er gehört mit Gottfried Keller und Jeremias Gotthelf zu den bedeutendsten deutschsprachigen Schweizer Dichtern des 19. Jahrhunderts.

Die Geschichte:
Die Erzählung spielt im Italien des frühen 16. Jahrhunderts (1525). In dieser Zeit ist Italien politisch in Stadtstaaten und diverse Fürstentümer im Norden, den Kirchenstaat im Zentrum und das spanisch beherrschte Neapel im Süden zersplittert. Aufgrund des relativen Reichtums der italienischen Stadtstaaten kam es seit 1495 immer wieder zu Krieg über den Besitz Nord- und Süditaliens, mit häufig wechselnden Allianzen, die Verrat zu einem Merkmal der Epoche machen. Den wichtigsten politischen Machtblock zu der Zeit bildet das Reich Karls des V., der Spanien, Neapel und Österreich regiert und Kaiser des Heiligen Römischen Reiches Deutscher Nation ist. Ihm steht eine Allianz zwischen Frankreich, England, Mailand, Florenz, dem Kirchenstaat und Venedig gegenüber. Eben jene Allianz versuchen die Verschwörer in dieser Novelle zu bilden.

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Meyer, C. F.: Engelberg [German]. V1. 17 JUL 2010

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Der Autor
Conrad Ferdinand Meyer (* 11. Oktober 1825 in Zürich; † 28. November 1898 in Kilchberg bei Zürich) war ein Schweizer Dichter des Realismus, der (insbesondere historische) Novellen, Romane und lyrische Gedichte geschaffen hat. Er gehört mit Gottfried Keller und Jeremias Gotthelf zu den bedeutendsten deutschsprachigen Schweizer Dichtern des 19. Jahrhunderts.

Das Versepos Engelberg ist 1872 entstanden.

Hier die Einleitung:
Ein firnbeglänztes Alpental,
Durchstreift in meiner Jugendzeit,
Stieg vor mir auf mit einemmal
In seiner herben Lieblichkeit,
Mit seinem Himmel tief und rein,
Um düster schroffes Felsgestein,
Mit seinem Himmel tief und rein,
Mit seinen hellen Wasserstürzen -
Ich atmete die Kräuterwürzen!
Was ohne Kunst ich dir erzähle,
Hab ich, o Leser, nicht ersonnen,
Es ist des Alpentales Seele,
Die hier von selbst Gestalt gewonnen.

Frühjahr 1872

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Meyer, C. F.: Gustav Adolfs Page [German]. V1. 17 JUL 2010

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Der Autor:
Conrad Ferdinand Meyer (* 11. Oktober 1825 in Zürich; † 28. November 1898 in Kilchberg bei Zürich) war ein Schweizer Dichter des Realismus, der (insbesondere historische) Novellen, Romane und lyrische Gedichte geschaffen hat. Er gehört mit Gottfried Keller und Jeremias Gotthelf zu den bedeutendsten deutschsprachigen Schweizer Dichtern des 19. Jahrhunderts.

Die Geschichte:
Auguste Leubelfing, eine glühende Verehrerin Gustav II Adolfs, nimmt die Identität ihres Cousins August an, um dem Schwedenkönig als Page zu dienen. Sie wird in der Schlacht von Lützen (November 1632), in der auch Gustav Adolf starb, tödlich verwundet. Die Novelle erzählt in 5 Episoden von ihrem Leben und Sterben.

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Meyer, C. F.: Huttens letzte Tage [German]. V1. 17 JUL 2010

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Conrad Ferdinand Meyer (* 11. Oktober 1825 in Zürich; † 28. November 1898 in Kilchberg bei Zürich) war ein Schweizer Dichter des Realismus, der (insbesondere historische) Novellen, Romane und lyrische Gedichte geschaffen hat. Er gehört mit [Gottfried Keller [/und [Jeremias Gotthelf[/ zu den bedeutendsten deutschsprachigen Schweizer Dichtern des 19. Jahrhunderts.

Ulrich von Hutten (* 21. April 1488 auf Burg Steckelberg; † 29. August 1523 auf der Ufenau) war Humanist, er wird auch als erster Reichsritter bezeichnet.

Er war ein scharfer Kritiker des Papstums und verfasste Aufrufe an die deutsche „Nation“, sich dem Kampf gegen die so genannten „Kurtisanen“, also die Profiteure der säkularen Herrschaft der Kurie, anzuschließen. Von den Zeitgenossen wurde er deshalb, trotz inhaltlicher Differenzen, an die Seite Luthers gestellt. Die Wendung an eine breitere Öffentlichkeit bedingte auch die Übertragung von Huttens Schriften ins Deutsche – späterhin verfasste er direkt in deutscher Sprache.

Auf Grund seiner politischen Aktivitäten wurde die Reichsacht gegen ihn verhängt. Er floh vor der Exekution und zog sich schließlich in die Schweiz zurück, wo er von Zwingli aufgenommen wurde. Am 29. August 1523 erlag Ulrich von Hutten auf der Insel Ufenau im Zürichsee seiner schweren Syphiliserkrankung.

Quelle: Wikipedia

In diesem Versepos zieht Ulrich von Hutten kurz vor seinem Tod die Bilanz seines Lebens.

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Meyer, C. F.: Sämtliche Gedichte [German]. V1. 18 JUL 2010

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Conrad Ferdinand Meyer (* 11. Oktober 1825 in Zürich; † 28. November 1898 in Kilchberg bei Zürich) war ein Schweizer Dichter des Realismus, der (insbesondere historische) Novellen, Romane und lyrische Gedichte geschaffen hat. Er gehört mit Gottfried Keller und Jeremias Gotthelf zu den bedeutendsten deutschsprachigen Schweizer Dichtern des 19. Jahrhunderts.

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Meyer, Conrad Ferdinand: Angela Borgia (german) v1 19 dec 2008

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Conrad Ferdinand Meyer (* 11. Oktober 1825 in Zürich; † 28. November 1898 in Kilchberg bei Zürich) war ein Schweizer Dichter des Realismus, der insbesondere historische Novellen, Romane und Lyrik verfasst hat. Er gehört mit Gottfried Keller und Jeremias Gotthelf zu den bedeutendsten deutschsprachigen Schweizer Dichtern des 19. Jahrhunderts.

Die Tochter von Lukrezia Borgia versucht ein neues, besseres Leben zu beginnen.

Mit Porträt von Angela Borgia als Cover.

Have fun!

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Meyrink, Gustav: Das grüne Gesicht. german. v1. 16 mar 2009

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Gustav Meyrink (eigentlich Gustav Meyer, manchmal auch als G. Meyrinck aufgeführt, * 19. Januar 1868 in Wien; † 4. Dezember 1932 in Starnberg), war ein österreichischer Schriftsteller. Die Zentren seines literarischen Schaffens waren Prag und München, zu beiden pflegte er zeitlebens eine innige Hassliebe.

[Das grüne Gesicht[/, "ein okkulter Schlüsselroman" erschien 1916 und gilt neben [Der Golem[/ als Meyrinks bedeutendster phantastischer Roman.

Das dunkle und verwinkelte alte Amsterdam dient Gustav Meyrink als Kulisse für die mystischen und unheimlichen Bilder dieses Romans, in dessen Zentrum ein Liebespaar steht, das Zugang zu einer mystischen Gruppe findet. Immer wieder erscheint ihnen ein grünes Gesicht, das beklemmende Visionen weckt. Als irgendwann eine rätselhafte Tagebuchrolle auftaucht, nimmt das Phantom Gestalt an. Durch zahlreiche innere und äußere Kämpfe erleben die Figuren einen Reifeprozeß: einen Stufenweg der Entwicklung vom dreidimensionalen Zustand bloßen Daseins in den mehrdimensionalen psychischen Grenzzustand des Wachseins. Der spannende Roman zählt zu den Klassikern der phantastischen Literatur.

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Meyrink, Gustav: Der Golem german v1 01 feb 2009

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Frühes 20. Jahrhundert: Der anonyme Erzähler der Geschichte, zu Besuch in Prag, hat vor dem Zu-Bett-Gehen in einem Buch über das Leben Buddha Gotamas gelesen und fällt in einen unruhigen Halbschlaf, der ihn in eine Traumwelt gleiten lässt, in der er Ereignisse, die sich vor mehr als 30 Jahren im Prager Judenviertel zugetragen haben, erneut durchlebt.

In diesem Zustand nimmt er die Identität des Gemmenschneiders und Ausbesserers von Antiquitäten Athanasius Pernath an, der um 1890/1891 im Prager Ghetto lebt und nach und nach Zugang zu seiner eigenen Vergangenheit, seinem Innern, erhält, an deren Ende die Begegnung mit sich selbst steht.

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Meyrink, Gustav: Der weiße Dominikaner. german. v1. 28 mar 2009

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Gustav Meyrink (eigtl. Meyer), wurde 1868 in Wien geboren. Nach einer gescheiterten Bankierskarriere in Prag von 1889 - 1902 lebte er ab 1905 als freier Schriftsteller in München. Er gilt mit seinen Veröffentlichungen (in die mystische und kabbalistische Elemente einflossen) als Klassiker der phantastischen Literatur. 1927 konvertierte er zum Buddhismus. Meyrink verstarb 1932 in Starnberg.

[Der weiße Dominikaner - Aus dem Tagebuch eines Unsichtbaren[/ erschien 1921 und ist ein Klassiker der phantastischen Literatur.

Christopher Taubenschlag, Waise und Ziehkind eines in esoterischen Lehren beschlagenen Barons, besitzt die Fähigkeit, im Traum zwischen den Welten der Lebenden und der Toten zu wandeln. Die Entdeckung seiner wahren Herkunft und die Liebe zu der unglücklichen Ophelia treiben ihn immer tiefer in die Mysterien von Tod und Visionen. Nach Ophelias Selbstmord kennt Christopher nur noch ein Ziel: Er muß das Rätsel um das ewige Leben lüften, um für immer an der Seite seiner toten Geliebten weilen zu können. Welche Rolle wird dabei das geheimnisvolle Erbe seiner Ahnen spielen?

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Michelet, Jules: La Sorcière: The Witch of the Middle Ages, v1, 3 March 2010.

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Jules Michelet [1798-1874]
La Sorcière: The Witch of the Middle Ages [1862]
Translated by L J Trotter, 1863.

A history of witchcraft from medieval times to the 17th century.
This has also been published (with a different translator) as, “Satanism and Witchcraft a Study in Medieval Superstition.”
Cover image by Goya.

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Middleton, Richard: Phantasms and Fantasies (ghosts). v1. 24 Nov 2020

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PHANTASMS AND FANTASIES

Tales of visitations by ghosts and fairies and other supernatural beings. Most are in a gentle mood, with a few rather grim entries, but the “Ghost-Ship” is a rollicking romp.

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Richard Barham Middleton (28 October 1882 – 1 December 1911) was an English poet and author, who is remembered mostly for his short ghost stories, in particular “The Ghost Ship.” Suffering from severe depression, he committed suicide in 1911. His works in book form were published posthumously.

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This collection is comprised of selected stories taken from [The Ghost Ship and Other Stories[/ (1912). [The text is in the public domain worldwide.[/

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Middleton, Richard: The Day Before Yesterday (essays). v1. 24 Nov 2020

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THE DAY BEFORE YESTERDAY

These essays, often about the author’s childhood memories, contemplate the richness of past experiences, and the wisdom of clinging to a certain childlike attitude toward life.

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Richard Barham Middleton (28 October 1882 – 1 December 1911) was an English poet and author, who is remembered mostly for his short ghost stories, in particular “The Ghost Ship.” Suffering from severe depression, he committed suicide in 1911. His works in book form were published posthumously.

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[This book was first published in 1912. The text is in the public domain worldwide.[/

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Middleton, Richard: The Ghost Ship and other Stories, v2, 28 May 2024

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Richard Middleton (1882-1911) was a British poet and author, who suffered from severe depression (then called melancholia) and took his own life in 1911.

Shortly after his death, 3 volumes of poems, a volume of essays, and a volume of short stories appeared, (The Ghost Ship and other stories; with a preface by Arthur Machen; the title story has been reprinted many times). Some years later a further short story collection and a novel appeared.

V2 now uploaded: v1 faulty.

In this volume:
1: The Ghost-Ship
2: A Drama of Youth
3: The New Boy
4: On the Brighton Road
5: A Tragedy in Little
6: Shepherd's Boy
7: The Passing of Edward
8: The Story of a Book
9: The Bird in The Garden
10: Children of The Moon
11: The Coffin Merchant
12: The Soul of a Policeman
13: The Conjurer
14: The Poet's Allegory
15: And Who Shall Say—?
16: The Biography of a Superman
17: Blue Blood
18: Fate And The Artist
19: The Great Man
20: A Wet Day

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Middleton, Richard: The New Boy & Other Tales of Childhood (shorts). v1. 24 Nov 2020

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THE NEW BOY and Other Tales of Childhood

No sweet memories or yearning for the past will be found here. These are stories of pains and sorrows and tragedies suffered in childhood.

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Richard Barham Middleton (28 October 1882 – 1 December 1911) was an English poet and author, who is remembered mostly for his short ghost stories, in particular “The Ghost Ship.” Suffering from severe depression, he committed suicide in 1911. His works in book form were published posthumously.

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This collection is comprised of selected stories taken from [The Ghost Ship and Other Stories[/ (1912). [The text is in the public domain worldwide.[/

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Miles, George Henry: The Truce of God. V1. 08-Sep-2012

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“The Truce of God” by American novelist and dramatist, George Henry Miles, is the story of a young knight at the time of the conflict between emperor Henry IV and pope Gregory VII. in the 11th century.

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Mill, John Stuart: On Liberty, v.1, 22 May 2008.

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On Liberty is a philosophical work in the English language by 19th century philosopher John Stuart Mill, first published in 1859. Composed just after the death of his wife, it is the culmination of part of a plan to record their entire philosophical conclusion. To the Victorian readers of the time it was a radical work, advocating moral and economic freedom of individuals from the state. Mill was not opposed to government intervention in economic affairs; as a liberal, he believed that while property owners' rights needed to be protected, the state also had a role to play in the redistribution of wealth.

— Excerpted from On Liberty on Wikipedia, the free online encyclopedia.

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Mill, John Stuart: Utilitarianism, v1, 29 Aug 2007.

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A philosophical classic.

Wikipedia notes:
The canonical statement of Mill's Utilitarianism can be found in Utilitarianism. This philosophy has a long tradition, although Mill's account is primarily influenced by Jeremy Bentham, and Mill's father James Mill. Mill’s famous formulation of Utilitarianism is known as the "greatest happiness principle." It holds that one must always act so as to produce the greatest happiness for the greatest number of people. One of Mill's major contributions to Utilitarianism is his argument for the qualitative separation of pleasures. Bentham treats all forms of happiness as equal, whereas Mill argues that intellectual and moral pleasures are superior to more physical forms of pleasure. Mill distinguishes between "happiness" and "contentment," claiming that the former is of higher value than the latter, a belief wittily encapsulated in his statement that it is better to be Socrates dissatisfied than a fool satisfied.

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Millay, Edna St. Vincent: A Few Figs From Thistles, v.1, 18 Feb 2008

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Edna St. Vincent Millay (February 22, 1892 – October 19, 1950) was an American lyrical poet and playwright and the first woman to receive the Pulitzer Prize for Poetry. She was also known for her unconventional, bohemian lifestyle and her many love affairs. She used the pseudonym Nancy Boyd for her prose work.

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Millay, Edna St. Vincent: Renascence and Other Poems, v.1, 21 Feb 2008

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Edna St. Vincent Millay (February 22, 1892 – October 19, 1950) was an American lyrical poet and playwright and the first woman to receive the Pulitzer Prize for Poetry. She was also known for her unconventional, bohemian lifestyle and her many love affairs. She used the pseudonym Nancy Boyd for her prose work.

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Miller, Alice Duer: Are Women People? (poetry). v1. 28 Dec 2021

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A slim collection of satrical poems mocking common anti-feminist and anti-suffragist thought and arguments. Pointed and hilarious, like an early Dorothy Parker. [Many] poem[s ar accompanied by a quote of a recent legal decision or editorial that provides context for the piece.

Despite being more than 100 years old, the poems are witty and fresh. Some seem still relevant today, some are fascinating for their historical context.
(— adapted from Goodreads)

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Alice Duer Miller (July 28, 1874 – August 22, 1942) was an American writer whose poetry actively influenced political opinion. Her feminist verses impacted on the women’s suffrage issue, while her verse-play [The White Cliffs[/ encouraged U.S. entry into World War II. She also wrote novels and screenplays. Her first book, [The Modern Obstacle[/, was published 1903, but she scored her first major success with [Come Out of the Kitchen[/ in 1916. That story was made into a play and later the 1948 film [Spring in Park Lane[/.
(—from Wikipedia)

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[Are Women People?[/, by Alice Duer Miller (1874–1942), was first published in 1915. [This ebook is in the public domain where copyright is “Life+75” or less, and in the USA.[/
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Miller, Alice Duer: Come Out of the Kitchen!. v1. 26 Jul 2016

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COME OUT OF THE KITCHEN! By Alice Duer Miller (1874–1942)

First published 1916. This book is in the public domain in countries where copyright is “Life+70” or less, and in the USA.
Due to copyright restrictions, the illustrations by Paul Meylan (1882–1962) have been omitted from this MobileRead edition.

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Alice Duer Miller was an American writer whose poetry actively influenced political opinion. Her feminist verses impacted on the women’s suffrage issue, while her verse-play [The White Cliffs [/encouraged U.S. entry into World War II. She also wrote novels and screenplays. Her first book, [The Modern Obstacle[/, was published 1903, but she scored her first major success with [Come Out of the Kitchen [/in 1916. The story was made into a play and later the 1948 film [Spring in Park Lane[/. [—from Wikipedia]

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Burton Crane rents a house for the summer in a small southern town, and is compelled to hire a staff of local servants – a butler, cook, maid, and a “Useful Boy.” Jane-Ellen, the young and beautiful cook, will be a center of attention in the story that unfolds.

This book may be read as simply a light frothy romance, but its wry wit provides a satiric look at class distinctions and perceptions.

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Text was obtained from gutenberg.org; cover image from hathitrust.org. Some transcription errors were corrected; punctuation, italics and diacritics formatted; some punctuation and spelling standardized; chapter heads cross-linked to Table of Contents.

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A social comedy, a good prescription if you need a pick-me-up.

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Miller, Alice Duer: Forsaking All Others (poetry). v1. 29 Dec 2021

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This novel (novella, actually) in verse is considered by many to be Miller’s greatest work. Describing a tragic extramarital love affair, it seems to reflect her own married life, which endured to the end of her life, but was not entirely tranquil.

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Alice Duer Miller (July 28, 1874 – August 22, 1942) was an American writer whose poetry actively influenced political opinion. Her feminist verses impacted on the women’s suffrage issue, while her verse-play [The White Cliffs[/ encouraged U.S. entry into World War II. She also wrote novels and screenplays. Her first book, [The Modern Obstacle[/, was published 1903, but she scored her first major success with [Come Out of the Kitchen[/ in 1916. That story was made into a play and later the 1948 film [Spring in Park Lane[/.
(—from Wikipedia)

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[Forsaking All Others[/, by Alice Duer Miller (1874–1942), was first published in 1931. [This ebook is in the public domain where copyright is “Life+75” or less, and in the USA.[/
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Miller, Alice Duer: Ladies Must Live. V1. 4 Oct 2009

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Alice Duer Miller (July 28, 1874 - August 22, 1942) was an American writer and poet.

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Mrs. Ussher was having a small house party in the country over New Year’s Day. This is equivalent to saying that the half dozen most fashionable people in New York were out of town.
Certain human beings are admitted to have a genius for discrimination in such matters as objects of art, pigs or stocks. Mrs. Ussher had this same instinct in regard to fashion, especially where fashions in people were concerned. She turned toward hidden social availability very much as the douser’s hazel wand turns toward the hidden spring. When she crossed the room to speak to some woman after dinner, whatever that woman’s social position might formerly have been, you could be sure that at present she was on the upward wing. When Mrs. Ussher discovered extraordinary qualities of mind and sympathy in some hitherto impossible man, you might be certain it was time to begin to book him in advance.

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Miller, Alice Duer: Manslaughter. v1. 26 Dec 2021

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Early 20th Century social satire in the Edith Wharton vein.

[Our heroine Lydia Thorne,] “who has always taken unfair advantage of her wealth, beauty, and social position, is convicted in a hit-and-run case like any other common criminal. … Miller does not skirt around the ugly, and the result is surprisingly successful. [Manslaughter [/is a complex novel inhabited by characters capable of depth.”
(— encyclopedia.com)

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Alice Duer Miller (July 28, 1874 – August 22, 1942) was an American writer whose poetry actively influenced political opinion. Her feminist verses impacted on the women’s suffrage issue, while her verse-play [The White Cliffs[/ encouraged U.S. entry into World War II. She also wrote novels and screenplays. Her first book, [The Modern Obstacle[/, was published 1903, but she scored her first major success with [Come Out of the Kitchen[/ in 1916. That story was made into a play and later the 1948 film [Spring in Park Lane[/.
(—from Wikipedia)

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[Manslaughter[/, by Alice Duer Miller (1874–1942), was first published in 1921. Illustrations by F. R. Gruger (1871–1953) were omitted due to copyright restrictions. [This ebook is in the public domain where copyright is “Life+75” or less, and in the USA.[/
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Miller, Alice Duer: The Beauty and the Bolshevist. V1. 4 Oct 2009

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Alice Duer Miller (July 28, 1874 - August 22, 1942) was an American writer and poet.

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The editor of that much-abused New York daily, Liberty, pushed back his editorial typewriter and opened one letter in the pile which the office-boy—no respecter of persons—had just laid upon the desk while whistling a piercing tune between his teeth.

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Miller, Alice Duer: The Burglar and the Blizzard. v1. 18 Dec 2018

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The Burglar and the Blizzard by Alice Duer Miller (1874–1942)

A young millionaire falls in love with the sister of the man whom he catches burgling his house. Subtitled “A Christmas Story,” this novella is, in truth, a humorous story of romance. A certain degree of improbability will require the reader to go with the flow – are you up to the challenge?

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Alice Duer Miller (July 28, 1874 – August 22, 1942) was an American writer whose poetry actively influenced political opinion. Her feminist verses impacted on the women’s suffrage issue, while her verse-play [The White Cliffs[/ encouraged U.S. entry into World War II. She also wrote novels and screenplays. Her first book, [The Modern Obstacle[/, was published 1903, but she scored her first major success with [Come Out of the Kitchen[/ in 1916. The story was made into a play and later the 1948 film [Spring in Park Lane[/. [—from Wikipedia].

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This book was first published in 1914. Text is in the public domain in countries where the copyright term is “Life+70” or less, and in the USA.

Text was obtained from from the MobileRead Patricia Clarke Memorial Library (ebook posted by MobileRead member Dr. Drib)
File format was converted; layout and markup adapted; punctuation and diacritics formatted; hyphenation normalized. Embedded font used for decorations.

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A light and entertaining read while you wait for Santa...
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Miller, Alice Duer: The Charm School (illus). v1. 31 Dec 2021

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“[A romantic] comedy, bordering on farce at some points, sprinkled with coincidence, misunderstandings, mysterious behaviour, and a missing Last Will and Testament that has unpredictable consequences.

“The main characters include an incredibly handsome, self-confident, and resourceful young man of business (a car-salesman); his long-time school friend (completing his Law studies); middle-aged parents; elderly grandparents; adolescent school girls; and a young woman who might be romantically connected to the handsome young man if it were not for her bossy mother, her familial obedience, and the lofty social aspirations of the day.

… “Did I mention that it is funny? And a romantic comedy?”
(—John Gough: “The Charm School — Celebrating a Centenary!”)

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Alice Duer Miller (July 28, 1874 – August 22, 1942) was an American writer whose poetry actively influenced political opinion. Her feminist verses impacted on the women’s suffrage issue, while her verse-play [The White Cliffs[/ encouraged U.S. entry into World War II. She also wrote novels and screenplays. Her first book, [The Modern Obstacle[/, was published 1903, but she scored her first major success with [Come Out of the Kitchen[/ in 1916. That story was made into a play and later the 1948 film [Spring in Park Lane[/.
(—Wikipedia)

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[The Charm School[/, by Alice Duer Miller (1874–1942), was first published in 1919. Illustrations by May Wilson Preston (1873–1949). [This ebook is in the public domain where copyright is “Life+70” or less, and in the USA.[/
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Miller, Alice Duer: The Happiest Time of Their Lives. v1. 30 Dec 2021

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A romance that offers food for thought.

The main story involves the hoped-for marriage of Mathilde, a young woman of means, to Pete, a young man without the breeding and resources her family expects. Along the way, the relationship of the young couple and the foundation of their love for each other is contrasted with her mother’s and her grandfather’s romances.

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Alice Duer Miller (July 28, 1874 – August 22, 1942) was an American writer whose poetry actively influenced political opinion. Her feminist verses impacted on the women’s suffrage issue, while her verse-play [The White Cliffs[/ encouraged U.S. entry into World War II. She also wrote novels and screenplays. Her first book, [The Modern Obstacle[/, was published 1903, but she scored her first major success with [Come Out of the Kitchen[/ in 1916. That story was made into a play and later the 1948 film [Spring in Park Lane[/.
(—from Wikipedia)

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[The Happiest Time of Their Lives[/, by Alice Duer Miller (1874–1942), was first published in 1918. Illustrations by Paul Meylan (1882–1962) were omitted due to copyright restrictions. [This ebook is in the public domain where copyright is “Life+75” or less, and in the USA.[/
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Miller, Alice Duer: The Happiest Time of Their Lives. V1. 4 Oct 2009

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Alice Duer Miller (July 28, 1874 - August 22, 1942) was an American writer and poet.

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Little Miss Severance sat with her hands as cold as ice. The stage of her coming adventure was beautifully set—the conventional stage for the adventure of a young girl, her mother’s drawing-room. Her mother had the art of setting stages. The room was not large,—a New York brownstone front in the upper Sixties even though altered as to entrance, and allowed to sprawl backward over yards not originally intended for its use, is not a palace,—but it was a room and not a corridor; you had the comfortable sense of four walls about you when its one small door was once shut. It was filled, perhaps a little too much filled, with objects which seemed to have nothing in common except beauty; but propinquity, propinquity of older date than the house in which they now were, had given them harmony. Nothing in the room was modern except some uncommonly comfortable sofas and chairs, and the pink and yellow roses that stood about in Chinese bowls.

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Miller, Alice Duer: The Priceless Pearl, 1924: v1; 17 Jan 2020

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Originally a short serial in the Saturday Evening Post in 1923, a romantic novella of some 36,000 words set in New York and the Hamptons, involving impersonation and missing pearls... and a girl "too beautiful" named Pearl...

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Miller, Alice Duer: The White Cliffs (poetry). v1. 26 Dec 2021

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A lovely and loving narrative poem about true love and loss.

The story concerns a young American girl of good Yankee stock, who marries an upper-class Englishman, loses him in the Great War, bears his son, and finds herself facing, with her indomitable mother-in-low, the new peril of World War II.

This book was made into the 1944 film “The White Cliffs of Dover.”

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Alice Duer Miller (July 28, 1874 – August 22, 1942) was an American writer whose poetry actively influenced political opinion. Her feminist verses impacted on the women’s suffrage issue, while her verse-play [The White Cliffs[/ encouraged U.S. entry into World War II. She also wrote novels and screenplays. Her first book, [The Modern Obstacle[/, was published 1903, but she scored her first major success with [Come Out of the Kitchen[/ in 1916. That story was made into a play and later the 1948 film [Spring in Park Lane[/.
(—from Wikipedia)

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[The White Cliffs[/, by Alice Duer Miller (1874–1942), was first published in 1940. [This ebook is in the public domain where copyright is “Life+75” or less, and in the USA.[
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Miller, Alice Duer: Women Are People! (poetry). v1. 28 Dec 2021

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Another collection of lively rhymes for suffrage times by “the poet laureate of the suffrage cause.”

In 1917, this followed Miller’s sublime, satirical poetry collection Are Women People?. Again, it’s a funny and angry read, still bittersweet a century on. This collection in particular has some shining stuff about activism.
(— adapted from Goodreads)

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Alice Duer Miller (July 28, 1874 – August 22, 1942) was an American writer whose poetry actively influenced political opinion. Her feminist verses impacted on the women’s suffrage issue, while her verse-play [The White Cliffs[/ encouraged U.S. entry into World War II. She also wrote novels and screenplays. Her first book, [The Modern Obstacle[/, was published 1903, but she scored her first major success with [Come Out of the Kitchen[/ in 1916. That story was made into a play and later the 1948 film [Spring in Park Lane[/.
(—from Wikipedia)

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[Women Are People![/, by Alice Duer Miller (1874–1942), was first published in 1917. [This ebook is in the public domain where copyright is “Life+75” or less, and in the USA.[/
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Miller, Claude H.: Outdoor Sports and Games, v.1, 24 Oct 2008

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An illustrated book from 1911 intended for young men and women. Contents:

I. Introductory
II. The Boy Scouts of America
III. Camps and Camping
IV. Camp Cooking
V. Woodcraft
VI. Use of Fire-arms
VII. Fishing
VIII. Nature Study
IX. Water Life
X. The Care of Pets
XI. The Care of Chickens
XII. Winter Sports
XIII. Horsemanship
XIV. How to Swim and to Canoe
XV. Baseball
XVI. How to Play Football
XVII. Lawn Tennis
XVIII. Photography
XIX. Outdoor Sports for Girls
XX. One Hundred Outdoor Games

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Mirandola, Franciszek: Tropy [Polish]. v1. 9 Sep 2011

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Zbiór nowel autora doskonałych przekładów (m.in. "Colas Breugnon" R.Rolland). Za wiki: "Ponadczasową wartość zdradzają [...] nowele fantastyczne Mirandoli zebrane w tomie Tropy (1919). Prozę tę zwykło się zaliczać do początków polskiego ekspresjonizmu, choć Mirandola posłużył się również elementami symbolizmu, groteski, baśni, oniryzmu i horroru. Dzięki temu Tropy są niejako prekursorskie względem powstałego później surrealizmu. Na wykreowanie osobliwego świata prozy Mirandoli wielki wpływ odegrała filozofia Wschodu, pisma Nietzschego i psychoanalityczne teorie Junga. Tropy stawiają zatem Mirandolę w szeregu takich pionierów niesamowitości w literaturze polskiej jak: Bogusław Adamowicz, Antoni Lange, Stanisław Baliński czy Stefan Grabiński" (http://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Franciszek_Mirandola).
Tekst na podstawie udostępnionego w Polskiej Bibliotece Internetowej: http://www.pbi.edu.pl/book_reader.php?p=42387&s=1

***** Tekst w języku polskim **** Polish language *******

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Mirbeau, Octave: Der Garten der Qualen german v1 21 feb 2009

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[Der Garten der Qualen[/ (frz. Originaltitel : [Le Jardin des supplices[/) ist ein im Jahr 1899 erschienener Roman des französischen Schriftstellers Octave Mirbeau. Die deutsche Ausgabe erschien im Jahr 1901 und wurde aufgrund des von sadistischen Darstellungen geprägten Inhaltes bereits kurz nach der Veröffentlichung verboten. Mirbeau selbst betrachtete sein Werk als satirische Darstellung der Welt. Selbst wenn viele von Mirbeaus Übertreibungen heute nicht mehr so stark schockieren können wie damals, bleibt [Der Garten der Qualen[/ ein kontroverses Werk zwischen Erotik, Sadismus und sarkastischer Kulturkritik.

Der Ich-Erzähler, ein rechter Lebemann, flieht nach gescheiterter Karriere als Politiker aus dem krisengeschüttelten Paris, gerät in den Bann einer jungen Engländerin und folgt ihr nach China. Clara, seine Begleiterin, entpuppt sich bald als exzentrisch und grausam-lüstern und führt ihn Stufe um Stufe in den Garten der Qualen ein. Umgeben von einem übersteigerten Kult um Blumen und Schönheit lernt der Ich-Erzähler schlimmste Folterpraktiken kennen und wird immer mehr von seinen Eindrücken überwältigt.

[Den Priestern, Soldaten, Richtern,
den Menschen, die Menschen erziehen, leiten und beherrschen,
widme ich diese Blätter, voll von Mord und Blut.

Octave Mirbeau[/

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Mitchell, Edward Page: The Weird Fiction of Edward Page Mitchell. v1. 07 Jan 2023

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Mitchell introduced many technological and social predictions which were daring for the time, prior to similar predictions by famous authors.

These tales segue from science fiction and weird science (faster-than-light travel, matter transmission, cybernetics, cryogenic preservation, time travel); through fantasy (hollow Earth, a future war, devils and demons); to the supernatural (ghosts, haunted and possessed ships, mind transfer, twins’ psychic connection). Sometimes the borders overlap considerably.

The reader will be well entertained along the way by substantial helpings of humor and satire.)

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Edward Page Mitchell (1852–1927) was an American editorial and short story writer for the New York [Sun[/ newspaper, later becoming its chief editor.

Mitchell was recognized as a major figure in the early development of the science fiction genre. According to Sam Moskowitz, respected writer, critic, and historian of science fiction, (and editor of Mitchell’s [The Crystal Man[/ collection, 1973), who must be given credit for re-discovering him, Mitchell was the missing link in American science fiction, the man who bridged the gap between Jules Verne and H. G. Wells, and probably influenced the latter.

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These stories first appeared in the New York [Sun[/ newspaper 1874 ~ 1886, with the exception of “The Tachypomp,” which appeared in [Scribner’s Magazine[/ Apr. 1874. [This book is in the public domain where copyright is “Life+90” or less, and in the USA.[/
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Mitchell, J. A.: The Last American, v.1, 4 July 2008

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An apocalyptic sci fi tale set in 2951, this short work was first published in 1889 and is a commentary about American society that probably mirrors the opinions of many today. Taken with a hefty grain of salt, I enjoyed it for its sarcasm and many puns (e.g., Dimph-yoo-chur, Ad-el-pate, Nofuhl).

[strikI apologize for the poor formatting. The PRC version is notably ugly. BD is being particularly unkind today and won't even let me define a book author without destroying the formatting elsewhere.[/strik

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Mitchell, James Leslie: Spartacus (1933), v1, 15 Aug 2019

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James Leslie Mitchell (pen name of Lewis Grassic Gibbon), 1901-1935

The first English language novel of Spartacus, leader of the 1st century BC Roman slave revolt (published in 1933), later also covered by Arthur Koestler in 1939, and Howard Fast (1951). The classic 1960 movie was based on the Howard Fast book.

A Thracian slave, once a legionary, leads a revolt and becomes the head of a 70,000 strong army which took several years for Rome to bring down.

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Mitchell, Margaret: Gone With the Wind (1939), v1. 9 Jan 2020

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What can I say? 442,000 words, 63 Chapters, Scarlett O'Hara, Rhett Butler....

Text source University of Adelaide.

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Mitchell, Richard: Less Than Words Can Say. v1, 22 Aug 2008

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In [Less Than Words Can Say[/, Richard Mitchell lets rip the most devastating expose to date of our rampant misuse of English. A Don Quixote - Savonarola might be more apt - of language, he wages war on its perverters, from teachers and deans to politicians and bureaucrats, whose consistently overblown prose offers us inanity in the guise of wisdom.
Mitchell's cantankerous crusade indicts government agency "chairs'' for the intimidating and obfuscating "legalese'' of their profession, obsequious grantseekers who supplicate foundations in time-honored cant, and aspiring academics who speak in the Divine Passive.

This work has been released into the Public Domain.

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Mitchell, Richard: The Gift of Fire. v1, 23 Aug 2008

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The Underground Grammarian is back with the most important book of his career. Richard Mitchell, author of the classics [Less Than Words Can Say[/, [The Graves of Academe[/, and [The Leaning Tower of Babel[/, delivers in [The Gift of Fire[/ a series of fiercely witty, brilliantly considered "sermons'' on an issue as old as Socrates but still controversial today: What is the role of morality in education, and therefore in our daily responsibilities? And how do we decide what morality should be taught, and why?

This work has been released into the Public Domain.

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Mitchell, Richard: The Graves of Academe. v1, 23 Aug 2008

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Praised by critics across the nation, [The Graves of Academe [/is Richard Mitchell's angry and brilliant tour through America's bloated public school system--whose mangled, self-serving language and policies would make Orwell wince. Stamped with vintage Mitchell wit and laced with stinging examples from The Underground Grammarian, The Graves of Academe pinpoints the historic sources of the mind-boggling "educationist" bureaucracy and reveals why today's schools are riddled not only with illiterate students but with illiterate teachers and administrators as well.

This work has been released into the Public Domain.

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Mitford, Bertram: 'Tween Snow and Fire. v 1. 6 Nov 2013

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Bertram Mitford (13 June 1855 - 4 October 1914) was a colonial writer, novelist, essayist and cultural critic who wrote forty-four books, most of which are set in South Africa. He was a contemporary of H Rider Haggard. A member of the Mitford family, he was the third son of Edward Ledwich Osbaldeston Mitford (1811–1912). The latter became the 31st Lord of the Manor of Mitford in 1895 (following the death of his brother Colonel John Philip Osbaldeston Mitford) and died at Mitford Hall, Northumberland, in 1912

A Tale of the Last Kafir War

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Mitford, Bertram: A Frontier Mystery. v1. 1 Nov 2013

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Bertram Mitford (13 June 1855 - 4 October 1914) was a colonial writer, novelist, essayist and cultural critic who wrote forty-four books, most of which are set in South Africa. He was a contemporary of H Rider Haggard. A member of the Mitford family, he was the third son of Edward Ledwich Osbaldeston Mitford (1811–1912). The latter became the 31st Lord of the Manor of Mitford in 1895 (following the death of his brother Colonel John Philip Osbaldeston Mitford) and died at Mitford Hall, Northumberland, in 1912

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“No, he shall die. Out of our way, white man!”
None but a white man—or their own chief—could have restrained these hot bloods at such a moment, yet this one was determined to do it, although the process was not much safer than that of attempting to snatch a bone from a hungry mastiff.
“You are boys, therefore foolish,” he cried. “If you slay the son of a chief how long will it be before the English carry the word to the Great Great One’s ears? Then—good-night!”

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Mitford, Bertram: A Secret of the Lebombo. v1. 4 Nov 2013

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Bertram Mitford (13 June 1855 - 4 October 1914) was a colonial writer, novelist, essayist and cultural critic who wrote forty-four books, most of which are set in South Africa. He was a contemporary of H Rider Haggard. A member of the Mitford family, he was the third son of Edward Ledwich Osbaldeston Mitford (1811–1912). The latter became the 31st Lord of the Manor of Mitford in 1895 (following the death of his brother Colonel John Philip Osbaldeston Mitford) and died at Mitford Hall, Northumberland, in 1912

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Wyvern stood there cogitating as to his line of action. The Kafirs, utterly unsuspicious of his presence, went on with their cutting and quartering, chattering gleefully in their deep-toned voices, as to what good condition the meat was in, and what a succulent feast they would have when the darkness of night should enable them to fetch it away to the huts from this remote and unsuspected hiding-place. One was clad in a pair of greasy moleskin trousers, hitched up to his shoulders by a pair of filthy braces, largely repaired with string; the other was clad in nothing at all, unless a string of blue beads round his neck counted for anything. In the trouser-wearing savage Wyvern recognised one of his own herds, whose absence from the flock under his charge had led to the present discovery. The other, a tall, powerful, desperate-looking scoundrel with a deeply pock-marked countenance, he did not recognise at all

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Mitford, Bertram: A Veldt Official. v1. 6 Nov 2013

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Bertram Mitford (13 June 1855 - 4 October 1914) was a colonial writer, novelist, essayist and cultural critic who wrote forty-four books, most of which are set in South Africa. He was a contemporary of H Rider Haggard. A member of the Mitford family, he was the third son of Edward Ledwich Osbaldeston Mitford (1811–1912). The latter became the 31st Lord of the Manor of Mitford in 1895 (following the death of his brother Colonel John Philip Osbaldeston Mitford) and died at Mitford Hall, Northumberland, in 1912

A Novel of Circumstance

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Mitford, Bertram: Aletta. v1. 30 Oct 2013

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Bertram Mitford (13 June 1855 - 4 October 1914) was a colonial writer, novelist, essayist and cultural critic who wrote forty-four books, most of which are set in South Africa. He was a contemporary of H Rider Haggard. A member of the Mitford family, he was the third son of Edward Ledwich Osbaldeston Mitford (1811–1912). The latter became the 31st Lord of the Manor of Mitford in 1895 (following the death of his brother Colonel John Philip Osbaldeston Mitford) and died at Mitford Hall, Northumberland, in 1912

A Tale of the Boer Invasion

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Mitford, Bertram: Dorrien of Cranston. v1. 31 Oct 2013

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Bertram Mitford (13 June 1855 - 4 October 1914) was a colonial writer, novelist, essayist and cultural critic who wrote forty-four books, most of which are set in South Africa. He was a contemporary of H Rider Haggard. A member of the Mitford family, he was the third son of Edward Ledwich Osbaldeston Mitford (1811–1912). The latter became the 31st Lord of the Manor of Mitford in 1895 (following the death of his brother Colonel John Philip Osbaldeston Mitford) and died at Mitford Hall, Northumberland, in 1912

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But in this case not so. Roland Dorrien and his father had parted in bitter anger. Faults on both sides, of course. The former wild, reckless and imprudent, as youth too strictly and needlessly restrained is almost sure to prove; the latter merciless and unbending. Resentful feelings and hot, hasty temper, met by additional severity and cold scorn—thus they had parted, and save two or three curt communications on money matters had held no intercourse since. And the son, sharing largely in the paternal force of will, has made no attempt at apology or conciliation during his exile; and now he is coming home.

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Mitford, Bertram: Fordham's Feud. v1. 31 Oct 2013

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Bertram Mitford (13 June 1855 - 4 October 1914) was a colonial writer, novelist, essayist and cultural critic who wrote forty-four books, most of which are set in South Africa. He was a contemporary of H Rider Haggard. A member of the Mitford family, he was the third son of Edward Ledwich Osbaldeston Mitford (1811–1912). The latter became the 31st Lord of the Manor of Mitford in 1895 (following the death of his brother Colonel John Philip Osbaldeston Mitford) and died at Mitford Hall, Northumberland, in 1912

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The steamer Mont Blanc was sweeping round the rather dangerous promontory just beyond La Tour de Peilz.
The fine vessel was a brave sight as she sped arrowlike over the turquoise breast of Lake Léman, her straight stem shearing up a great scintillating blade of water on either side, her powerful paddles lashing up a long line of creaming rollers, hissing and curving away in her wake. From stem to stern she was gay with bunting, for this was but her second trip after being laid up through the winter season, and there was a spick-and-span newness about everything, from the whiteness of her commodious hurricane deck to the dazzling glass and luxurious lounges of her airy and spacious saloon.

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Mitford, Bertram: Forging the Blades. v1. 1 Nov 2013

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Bertram Mitford (13 June 1855 - 4 October 1914) was a colonial writer, novelist, essayist and cultural critic who wrote forty-four books, most of which are set in South Africa. He was a contemporary of H Rider Haggard. A member of the Mitford family, he was the third son of Edward Ledwich Osbaldeston Mitford (1811–1912). The latter became the 31st Lord of the Manor of Mitford in 1895 (following the death of his brother Colonel John Philip Osbaldeston Mitford) and died at Mitford Hall, Northumberland, in 1912

A Tale of the Zulu Rebellion

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Mitford, Bertram: Golden Face. v1. 1 Nov 2013

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Bertram Mitford (13 June 1855 - 4 October 1914) was a colonial writer, novelist, essayist and cultural critic who wrote forty-four books, most of which are set in South Africa. He was a contemporary of H Rider Haggard. A member of the Mitford family, he was the third son of Edward Ledwich Osbaldeston Mitford (1811–1912). The latter became the 31st Lord of the Manor of Mitford in 1895 (following the death of his brother Colonel John Philip Osbaldeston Mitford) and died at Mitford Hall, Northumberland, in 1912

A Tale of the Wild West

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Mitford, Bertram: Harley Greenoak's Charge. v1. 2 Nov 2013

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Bertram Mitford (13 June 1855 - 4 October 1914) was a colonial writer, novelist, essayist and cultural critic who wrote forty-four books, most of which are set in South Africa. He was a contemporary of H Rider Haggard. A member of the Mitford family, he was the third son of Edward Ledwich Osbaldeston Mitford (1811–1912). The latter became the 31st Lord of the Manor of Mitford in 1895 (following the death of his brother Colonel John Philip Osbaldeston Mitford) and died at Mitford Hall, Northumberland, in 1912

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Thus two men on the deck of a ship. One was silver-haired, elderly, spare and very refined looking. The other, of medium height, broadly built, and middle-aged, was, in his way, of striking appearance. His strong face, lined and sun-tanned, was half hidden in a full, iron-grey beard, and the keen blue eyes with their straight glance, were of that kind which would be deadly looking at you from behind the sights of a rifle. His hands, rough and hard, were like his face, burnt almost to a mahogany brown, the result of forty-five years’ exposure—man and boy—to the varying climates of the southern section of the African continent. And the first speaker was Sir Anson Selmes, Bart., and the second was Harley Greenoak, hunter, prospector, native trader, native fighter, stock farmer, transport rider, and other things—all in turn. And as he plays an important part in some strange adventures which are to befall, we have dwelt somewhat at length upon his personal aspect. His character you shall discover for yourself.

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Mitford, Bertram: Haviland's Chum. v1, 2 Nov 2013

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Bertram Mitford (13 June 1855 - 4 October 1914) was a colonial writer, novelist, essayist and cultural critic who wrote forty-four books, most of which are set in South Africa. He was a contemporary of H Rider Haggard. A member of the Mitford family, he was the third son of Edward Ledwich Osbaldeston Mitford (1811–1912). The latter became the 31st Lord of the Manor of Mitford in 1895 (following the death of his brother Colonel John Philip Osbaldeston Mitford) and died at Mitford Hall, Northumberland, in 1912

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The Zulu boy, coming of a race which is intensely susceptible to superstitious fears, shook his head, and muttered something in his own tongue. The drear and dismal aspect of the place and its gruesome legend impressed him. He did not like it at all, but would not own as much. If Haviland, to whom he looked up as something of a god, was not afraid, why should he be? Haviland, moved by some spirit of mischief, went on, sinking his voice to a still more impressive whisper:
“Supposing we were to see the ghost now, Cetchy, looking just as they say it walks—black in the face, and with its eyes and tongue all bulging out of its head, and the bit of rope dangling from its neck! Think we should get in a beastly funk, eh? There, just coming out from under those dark firs—can’t you imagine it?”

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Mitford, Bertram: In the Whirl of the Rising. v1, 2 Nov 2013

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Bertram Mitford (13 June 1855 - 4 October 1914) was a colonial writer, novelist, essayist and cultural critic who wrote forty-four books, most of which are set in South Africa. He was a contemporary of H Rider Haggard. A member of the Mitford family, he was the third son of Edward Ledwich Osbaldeston Mitford (1811–1912). The latter became the 31st Lord of the Manor of Mitford in 1895 (following the death of his brother Colonel John Philip Osbaldeston Mitford) and died at Mitford Hall, Northumberland, in 1912

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“You coward!”
The word cut crisply and sharp through the clear frosty air, lashing and keen as the wind that stirred the crystal-spangled pines, and the musical ring of skate-blades upon the ice-bound surface of the mere. She who uttered it stood, her flower-like face and deep blue eyes all a-quiver with contemptuous disgust. He to whom it was addressed, started, blenched ever so slightly, his countenance immediately resuming its mask of bronze impassibility. Those who heard it echoed it, secretly or in deep and angry mutter, the while proceeding with their task—to wit, the restoring of animation to a very nearly drowned human being, rescued, at infinite risk, from the treacherous spring hole which had let him through the surface of the ice.

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Mitford, Bertram: John Ames, Native Commissioner. v1. 3 Nov 2013

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Bertram Mitford (13 June 1855 - 4 October 1914) was a colonial writer, novelist, essayist and cultural critic who wrote forty-four books, most of which are set in South Africa. He was a contemporary of H Rider Haggard. A member of the Mitford family, he was the third son of Edward Ledwich Osbaldeston Mitford (1811–1912). The latter became the 31st Lord of the Manor of Mitford in 1895 (following the death of his brother Colonel John Philip Osbaldeston Mitford) and died at Mitford Hall, Northumberland, in 1912

A Romance of the Matabele Rising

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Mitford, Bertram: Renshaw Fanning's Quest. v1. 4 Nov 2013|

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Bertram Mitford (13 June 1855 - 4 October 1914) was a colonial writer, novelist, essayist and cultural critic who wrote forty-four books, most of which are set in South Africa. He was a contemporary of H Rider Haggard. A member of the Mitford family, he was the third son of Edward Ledwich Osbaldeston Mitford (1811–1912). The latter became the 31st Lord of the Manor of Mitford in 1895 (following the death of his brother Colonel John Philip Osbaldeston Mitford) and died at Mitford Hall, Northumberland, in 1912

A Tale of the High Veldt

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Mitford, Bertram: The Fire Trumpet. v1. 31 Oct 2013

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Bertram Mitford (13 June 1855 - 4 October 1914) was a colonial writer, novelist, essayist and cultural critic who wrote forty-four books, most of which are set in South Africa. He was a contemporary of H Rider Haggard. A member of the Mitford family, he was the third son of Edward Ledwich Osbaldeston Mitford (1811–1912). The latter became the 31st Lord of the Manor of Mitford in 1895 (following the death of his brother Colonel John Philip Osbaldeston Mitford) and died at Mitford Hall, Northumberland, in 1912

"A Romance of the Cape Frontier"

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Mitford, Bertram: The Heath Hover Mystery. v1. 2 Nov 2013

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Bertram Mitford (13 June 1855 - 4 October 1914) was a colonial writer, novelist, essayist and cultural critic who wrote forty-four books, most of which are set in South Africa. He was a contemporary of H Rider Haggard. A member of the Mitford family, he was the third son of Edward Ledwich Osbaldeston Mitford (1811–1912). The latter became the 31st Lord of the Manor of Mitford in 1895 (following the death of his brother Colonel John Philip Osbaldeston Mitford) and died at Mitford Hall, Northumberland, in 1912

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John Seward Mervyn was a man who prided himself on being an absolute and cynical sceptic with regard to the supernatural, and he was poor. Dreadful tales were afloat with regard to this particular tenement, but at such he laughed. Nobody had been able to inhabit it even for weeks. Several had made the attempt, allured by the inducement of rent free. They had remained just long enough to begin to congratulate themselves upon such a find—and then—out they had gone, bag and baggage, without so much as a day’s notice. Several in succession; and what they had seen—or heard—somehow or other none had been willing—or able—to disclose. But the present occupant had been in possession for some months, to the marvel of the neighbourhood.

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Mitford, Bertram: The Induna's Wife. v1. 2 Nov 2013

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Bertram Mitford (13 June 1855 - 4 October 1914) was a colonial writer, novelist, essayist and cultural critic who wrote forty-four books, most of which are set in South Africa. He was a contemporary of H Rider Haggard. A member of the Mitford family, he was the third son of Edward Ledwich Osbaldeston Mitford (1811–1912). The latter became the 31st Lord of the Manor of Mitford in 1895 (following the death of his brother Colonel John Philip Osbaldeston Mitford) and died at Mitford Hall, Northumberland, in 1912

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The waggon stood outspanned in the tall grass, which, waist high, was about as pleasant to stand in as the drift of a river. Just above, the conical ridge, once crested with fort and waggon laagers, and swarming with busy life, and the stir and hum of troops on hard active service, now desolate and abandoned—the site, indeed, still discernible if only by ancient tins, and much fragmentary residue of the ubiquitous British bottle. Below, several dark patches in the grass marked the resting-place of hundreds of Zulu dead—fiery, intrepid warriors—mown down in foil and sweeping rush, with lips still framing the war cry of their king, fierce resolute hands still gripping the deadly charging spear. Now a silent and spectral peace rested upon this erewhile scene of fierce and furious war, a peace that in the gathering gloom had in it something that was weird, boding, oppressive. Even my natives, usually prone to laughter and cheery spirits, seemed subdued, as though loth to pass the night upon this actual site of vast and tolerably recent bloodshed; and the waggon leader, a smart but unimaginative lad, showed a suspicious alacrity in driving back the span from drinking at the adjacent water-hole. Yes! It is going to be a detestable night.

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Mitford, Bertram: The King's Assegai. v1. 3 Nov 2013

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Bertram Mitford (13 June 1855 - 4 October 1914) was a colonial writer, novelist, essayist and cultural critic who wrote forty-four books, most of which are set in South Africa. He was a contemporary of H Rider Haggard. A member of the Mitford family, he was the third son of Edward Ledwich Osbaldeston Mitford (1811–1912). The latter became the 31st Lord of the Manor of Mitford in 1895 (following the death of his brother Colonel John Philip Osbaldeston Mitford) and died at Mitford Hall, Northumberland, in 1912

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“You were astonished when I refused your piece of gold, Nkose. But were you to offer me your waggon loaded up with just such shining gold pieces, even that would not coax this broad spear out of my possession.”

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Mitford, Bertram: The Luck of Gerard Ridgeley. v1. 3 Nov 2013

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Bertram Mitford (13 June 1855 - 4 October 1914) was a colonial writer, novelist, essayist and cultural critic who wrote forty-four books, most of which are set in South Africa. He was a contemporary of H Rider Haggard. A member of the Mitford family, he was the third son of Edward Ledwich Osbaldeston Mitford (1811–1912). The latter became the 31st Lord of the Manor of Mitford in 1895 (following the death of his brother Colonel John Philip Osbaldeston Mitford) and died at Mitford Hall, Northumberland, in 1912

A Tale of the Zulu Border

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Mitford, Bertram: The Red Derelict. v1. 4 Nov 2013

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Bertram Mitford (13 June 1855 - 4 October 1914) was a colonial writer, novelist, essayist and cultural critic who wrote forty-four books, most of which are set in South Africa. He was a contemporary of H Rider Haggard. A member of the Mitford family, he was the third son of Edward Ledwich Osbaldeston Mitford (1811–1912). The latter became the 31st Lord of the Manor of Mitford in 1895 (following the death of his brother Colonel John Philip Osbaldeston Mitford) and died at Mitford Hall, Northumberland, in 1912

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Wagram opened a gate noiselessly, and with equally noiseless tread moved along one of the “rides” of a wood. On his shoulder was a rabbit rifle—one of some power and driving capacity—with which he was wont to practise long shots at outlying but uncommonly suspicious and wideawake Bunny. Things rustled in the undergrowth and brambles on either side, as though stealthily creeping away. A slight stirring of the grass caught his eye, and, as he bent over it, an adder contracted itself into a letter S, with its heart-shaped head somewhat lifted, alert, defensive. He raised the rifle so as to bring down the butt upon the snake—then seemed to think better of it.

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Mitford, Bertram: The Ruby Sword. v1. 4 Now 2013

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Bertram Mitford (13 June 1855 - 4 October 1914) was a colonial writer, novelist, essayist and cultural critic who wrote forty-four books, most of which are set in South Africa. He was a contemporary of H Rider Haggard. A member of the Mitford family, he was the third son of Edward Ledwich Osbaldeston Mitford (1811–1912). The latter became the 31st Lord of the Manor of Mitford in 1895 (following the death of his brother Colonel John Philip Osbaldeston Mitford) and died at Mitford Hall, Northumberland, in 1912

A Romance of Baluchistan

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Mitford, Bertram: The Sign of the Spider v1 24 feb 2009

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[QUOTIt’s hard to find out information about author Bertram Mitford (1855-1914). Even Wikipedia doesn’t have information about him, instead redirecting to another Bertram Mitford who wrote about Japan. He was, like H. Rider Haggard, a writer of adventure stories set in the wilds of Africa, though certainly not as well known (Haggard wrote King Solomon’s Mines and She, the latter of which I’ve blogged about before). Valancourt Books, which has not led me wrong yet, has been valiantly reprinting much of Mitford’s work. I decided to give The Sign of the Spider (1896) a read:
I was, quite frankly, blown away. According to the book notes, Mitford has been dismissed as an imitator of Haggard. I found The Sign of the Spider to be a much more compelling, and even deep, read than any of the Haggard work I’ve read so far. A summary and some observations follow.

The Sign of the Spider breaks rather dramatically with other adventure stories of the era in that its main character is decidedly an anti-hero. At the start of the novel, (anti)hero Laurence Stanninghame leaves home and his unhappy marriage to earn his fortune in South Africa. The problem with the marriage? The first lines sum up the problem, and the tone for the entire book:

She was talking at him.

This was a thing she frequently did, and she had two ways of doing it. One was to talk at him through a third party when they two were not alone together; the other to convey moralisings and innuendo for his edification when they were — as in the present case.

It is not as terribly sexist as it sounds, however; as noted soon after,

Yet Laurence Stanninghame’s partner in life was by no means a bad sort of woman. She had plenty of redeeming qualities in that she was good-hearted at bottom and well-meaning, and withal a most devoted mother… Furthermore, she owned a will. When two wills come into contact the weakest goes under, and that soon. Then there may be peace. In this case neither went under, because, presumably, evenly balanced. Result — warfare, incessant, chronic.

The problem, however, lies in large part with Laurence himself, and his luck in life,

He was one of those men who seem born never to succeed. With everything in his favour apparently, Laurence Stanninghame never did succeed. Everything he touched seemed to go wrong. If he speculated, whether it was a half-crown bet or a thousand-pound investment, smash went the concern.

Running low on funds in England, and tired of his marriage, Laurence heads to South Africa to try and make his fortune in speculating on the gold market, which is undergoing a boom. On the cruise to South Africa, he meets the beautiful and intelligent Lilith Ormskirk, and Laurence is haunted by her as he continues his efforts.

Unfortunately, the gold market goes belly up, in a manner that might have been written to describe financial events of recent weeks:

He, infected with the gambler’s fever of speculation, had not thought it worth while to “hedge.” It was to be all or nothing. The old story — a fictitious market, bolstered up by fictitious and inflated prices; a sudden “slump,” and then — everybody with one mind eager to dispose of scrip, barely worth the paper of which it consisted — in fact, unsaleable. King Scrip had landed his devoted subjects in a pretty hole.

Faced with financial ruin, Laurence seriously contemplates suicide. Instead, he meets with a feared member of the Johannesburg community, known as “Pirate” Hazon, and joins him on a mysterious journey into the wilds of Africa. This happens nearly halfway through the book, and here the adventure really begins, as well as the unadmirable behavior of Stanninghame: Hazon is a slave trader, and he and Laurence spend several years raiding savage villages for slaves to be sold at massive profit.

The book does not shy from or glamorize the slave trade. Mitford softens it somewhat, and allows us to keep some shred of sympathy for the characters, by highlighting the murderous cannibalism of the victimized tribes, but in the end it is undeniable that the ‘hero’ has become quite a bad person — and he knows it.

The action picks up as Laurence fights with hostile tribes, gets captured, escapes, does battle with his compatriots against the most fearsome and mysterious tribe of the region, the Ba-gcatya, and gets captured again. He insinuates himself into the tribe, but it is ultimately for naught: he eventually faces the most horrifying fate of all: to be sacrificed to the monstrous spider-god of the tribe!

I won’t spoil the encounter with the spider-god by describing it in detail. It is a wonderfully suspenseful and dramatic scene, and comparable to other arachnid encounters in fantasy fiction — many of which came well after Mitford!

The encounter is the culmination of a journey which might be compared to Conrad’s Heart of Darkness. Like Marlow, Stanninghame’s morality and civilized nature are degraded as he ventures further into the jungle.

Stanninghame is very complex for a character in what is ostensibly a simple adventure story. The reader will see him do terrible things but will also see his views change before the tale ends. In one of the penultimate scenes, he in fact makes an incredible sacrifice on behalf of another, a feat we have evidence earlier in the novel that he is incapable of making. Will he, in the end, earn his heart’s desire? The reader will find that the answer to that question is a complicated one.

I can recommend The Sign of the Spider as both an excellent adventure novel and a good horror novel, with some unexpected and sometimes even moving depth as a bonus.[/QUOT(Skulls in the Stars) I couldn't put it any better. Great book of high adventure and horror. Get this!

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Mitford, Bertram: The Sign of the Spider. v1. 5 Nov 2013

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Bertram Mitford (13 June 1855 - 4 October 1914) was a colonial writer, novelist, essayist and cultural critic who wrote forty-four books, most of which are set in South Africa. He was a contemporary of H Rider Haggard. A member of the Mitford family, he was the third son of Edward Ledwich Osbaldeston Mitford (1811–1912). The latter became the 31st Lord of the Manor of Mitford in 1895 (following the death of his brother Colonel John Philip Osbaldeston Mitford) and died at Mitford Hall, Northumberland, in 1912

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He was accustomed to being thus talked at. He ought to be, seeing he had known about thirteen years of it, on and off. But he did not like it any the better from force of habit. We doubt if anybody ever does. However, he had long ceased to take any notice, in the way of retort, no matter how acrid the tone, how biting the innuendo. Now, pushing back his chair from the breakfast-table, he got up, and, turning to the mantelpiece, proceeded to fill a pipe. His spouse, exasperated by his silence, continued to talk at—his back.

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Mitford, Bertram: The Sirdar's Oath. v1. 5 Nov 2013

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Bertram Mitford (13 June 1855 - 4 October 1914) was a colonial writer, novelist, essayist and cultural critic who wrote forty-four books, most of which are set in South Africa. He was a contemporary of H Rider Haggard. A member of the Mitford family, he was the third son of Edward Ledwich Osbaldeston Mitford (1811–1912). The latter became the 31st Lord of the Manor of Mitford in 1895 (following the death of his brother Colonel John Philip Osbaldeston Mitford) and died at Mitford Hall, Northumberland, in 1912

A Tale of the North-West Frontier

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Mitford, Bertram: The Triumph of Hilary Blachland. v1. 6 Nov 2013

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Bertram Mitford (13 June 1855 - 4 October 1914) was a colonial writer, novelist, essayist and cultural critic who wrote forty-four books, most of which are set in South Africa. He was a contemporary of H Rider Haggard. A member of the Mitford family, he was the third son of Edward Ledwich Osbaldeston Mitford (1811–1912). The latter became the 31st Lord of the Manor of Mitford in 1895 (following the death of his brother Colonel John Philip Osbaldeston Mitford) and died at Mitford Hall, Northumberland, in 1912

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“Go over and have a look at it?” he echoed. “Why we’d all be cut to bits before we got within half a mile. It’s holy ground, man; guarded, picketed by armed majara, rigidly watched, day and night. You couldn’t get near it, no, not at any price.”

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Mitford, Bertram: The White Hand and the Black, by Bertram Mitford. v1, 7 Nov 2013

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Bertram Mitford (13 June 1855 - 4 October 1914) was a colonial writer, novelist, essayist and cultural critic who wrote forty-four books, most of which are set in South Africa. He was a contemporary of H Rider Haggard. A member of the Mitford family, he was the third son of Edward Ledwich Osbaldeston Mitford (1811–1912). The latter became the 31st Lord of the Manor of Mitford in 1895 (following the death of his brother Colonel John Philip Osbaldeston Mitford) and died at Mitford Hall, Northumberland, in 1912

A Story of the Natal Rising

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Mitford, Bertram: The White Shield. v1. 7 Nov 2013

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Bertram Mitford (13 June 1855 - 4 October 1914) was a colonial writer, novelist, essayist and cultural critic who wrote forty-four books, most of which are set in South Africa. He was a contemporary of H Rider Haggard. A member of the Mitford family, he was the third son of Edward Ledwich Osbaldeston Mitford (1811–1912). The latter became the 31st Lord of the Manor of Mitford in 1895 (following the death of his brother Colonel John Philip Osbaldeston Mitford) and died at Mitford Hall, Northumberland, in 1912

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We were talking about Rorke’s Drift and of Kambúla, in the battles fought at which places these two warriors had borne arms. They were fine, tall, martial-looking Zulus, and both head-ringed. They carried small shields, and a perfect arsenal of assegais—beautifully-made weapons for the most part. With none of these, however, could they be induced to part.
“What should you white people want with our poor weapons?” said one. “Have you not much better ones of your own? Where is your gun, Umlúngu?”

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Mitford, Mary Russell: Our Village, v.1, 13 Feb 2008.

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A series of villages sketches, first published in the Lady's Magazine, 1824–1832.Mary Mitford eventually published five volumes of ‘Our Village’. This version comes from PG and is less complete than my Everyman’s Library edition, but I couldn’t find a better version. It does have a long introduction by Anne Thackeray Ritchie with a lot of biographical information.
I have restored the original dedication and have left Miss Mitford’s occasionally idiosyncratic spelling untouched.

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Mary Russell Mitford (16 December 1787 - 10 January 1855), was an English novelist and dramatist.
The only daughter of Dr George Mitford, or Midford, she was born at Alresford, Hampshire. Her place in English literature is as the author of Our Village. This series of sketches of village scenes and vividly drawn characters was based upon life in Three Mile Cross, a hamlet in the parish of Shinfield, near Reading in Berkshire, where she lived. Her father spent his wife's fortune in a few years. Then he spent the greater part of £20,000, which in 1797 his daughter, then aged ten, drew as a prize in a lottery. The family lived in large properties in Reading and then Grazeley (in Sulhamstead Abbots parish), but, when the money was all gone, they lived on a small remnant of the doctor's lost fortune and the proceeds of his daughter's literary career.

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Mobileread.com: Smilie List, v1, 13 Feb 2009

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A bit of jocularity to add to all those serious ebooks you may have. And a Reference, of sorts!

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Molesworth, Mrs.: The Cuckoo Clock v1 28 apr 2009

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[QUOTAlice, Peter, Dorothy, the Wardrobe, half-magic . . . all on quests in magical places. But this one is the best and the most meaningful. Alone, Griselda is be-friended by magical creatures--not unlike imaginary friends--until she finds strength within herself and her real world. This old book never gained the notariety of others, but is far more enchanting, well-written, and touching than those that became more fashionable. It is a book that many readers claim changed their lives. It entertains and touches the hearts of young and old.[/QUOT Amazon.com

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Monroe, James: State of the Union. v1.0 20 October 2007

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James Monroe (April 28, 1758 – July 4, 1831) was the fifth President of the United States (1817-1825), and the fourth Virginian to hold the office. Monroe, a close ally of Thomas Jefferson, was a diplomat who supported the French Revolution. He played a leading role in the War of 1812 as secretary of war and secretary of state under James Madison. Elected in 1816, his administration was marked by the acquisition of Florida (1819); the Missouri Compromise (1820), in which Missouri was declared a slave state; and the profession of the Monroe Doctrine (1823), declaring U.S. opposition to European interference. Although a long-time Democratic-Republican, Monroe deemphasized partisanship during his presidency, which became known as the Era of Good Feelings.

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Montanye, C S: Moons in Gold (1936); v1; 7 Jan 2021

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Montanye's only known full length novel. The text used is from the Australian Women's Weekly, which published it as a supplement in a single installment of some 50,000 words.

A gentleman crook travels the world looking for the artefacts of the title.

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Montanye, C S: This Murder's On Me (and other stories); v1; 17 Dec 2020

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Thirty-three short stories and novelettes by prolific 1920s-1930s-1940s pulp writer Charles Stevens Montanye.

He wrote for virtually every pulp genre including romance, but the bulk of his output was aimed at titles such as "Thrilling Detective" and "Black Mask".

Like all but a few pulp writers he had several series running: Jim McLain, homicide cop; Johnny Castle, reporter; "A Broadway Decamaron Nights", and others.

A handful of these stories appeared in editions of "Past Masters", my short stories series. I have gathered those in with many others to form this BIG collection (200,000 words).

1: It Was a Sight!
2: Are Chorus Girls on the Square?
3: How Did He Know That?
4: The Puzzle Girl
5: Under Sparkling Lights
6: The Lady-Killer
7: Slight Touch of Satan
8: Sue as in Suicide
9: Fog is Necessary
10: Death With Music
11: Merry Month of Mayhem
12: Come Back to Aaron
13: A Shock for the Countess
14: This Will Kill You
15: Ink
16: Ivan’s Foe
17: Murder In Red
18: A Thousand Berries a Week
19: Publicity For The Corpse
20: Crepe For Suzette
21: Five minutes from the Grave
22: The Man Who Never Forgot
23: At 9.30 Precisely
24: Nobody's Business
25: Quick Money
26: Open and Shut
27: Twenty-Four Hours to Leave Town
28: Shoulder Straps
29: The Perfect Crime
30: Little Pieces
31: Don’t Meddle With Murder
32: This Murder’s on Me
33: Broadway Bait (a play)

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Montegiorgio, Ugolino: The Little Flowers of Saint Francis, v1, 26 Sept 2007.

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Patricia

Brother Ugolino of Montegiorgio: ‘The Little Flowers of Saint Francis of Assisi’.
(Fioretti di Santo Francesco d’ Ascesi)

In The first English Translation, revised by Dom Roger Hudleston.
With an Introduction by Arthur Livingston.

An early collection of tales about the life and works of St Francis and his followers.

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Montgomery, L M: Anne of Avonlea, v1, 25 Oct 2007.

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Patricia

Dr Drib has already uploaded beautiful lrf versions of the first and last novels in the Anne of Green Gables series. I thought that it would be a good idea to fill the gaps.

Here is the reading order (the novels were not written in chronological order).
• 1908 - Anne of Green Gables Dr Drib has already uploaded an excellent version.
• 1909 - Anne of Avonlea (sequel to Anne of Green Gables – Anne becomes a young teacher.)
• 1915 - Anne of the Island (sequel to Anne of Avonlea) Anne goes to College.
• 1936 - Anne of Windy Poplars (sequel to Anne of the Island) Anne is a head teacher and engaged to Gilbert. In the UK this was called ‘Anne of Windy Willows’.
• 1917 - Anne's House of Dreams (sequel to Anne of Windy Poplars)The early years of Anne’s married life.
• 1939 - Anne of Ingleside (sequel to Anne's House of Dreams) Dr Drib has already uploaded this.
(After Anne of Ingleside there are two novels about Anne’s child, Rilla: ‘Rainbow Valley’ and ‘Rilla of Ingeside’. There are also two short story collections: ‘Chronicles of Avonlea’ and ‘Further Chronicles of Avonlea’. I may upload these at some point.)

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Montgomery, L M: Anne of Ingleside v.1, 16 May 2009

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Anne of Ingleside (1939)
By L. M. Montgomery (1874–1942).

Although this book was written last, it is sixth in the series about Anne of Green Gables, based on Anne's age. It appears that it was intended to fill the gap between "Anne's House of Dreams" and "Rainbow Valley".

As the book begins, Anne and Gilbert now have five young children. Much of the story revolved around a visit by Gilbert's disagreeable, oversensitive aunt Mary Maria Blythe, whose visit was only supposed to last two weeks but stretches on for months. This book contains the birth of Anne and Gilbert's youngest child named Bertha Marilla Blythe. Nicknamed 'Rilla', her own adventures are contained in the eighth book of the series, "Rilla of Ingleside".

Text obtained from Project Gutenberg Australia. Conversion done in response to a request.

Note that this book is still under copyright in the USA and perhaps in other countries.

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Montgomery, L M: Anne of the Island, v1, 25 Oct 2007.

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Patricia

Dr Drib has already uploaded beautiful lrf versions of the first and last novels in the Anne of Green Gables series. I thought that it would be a good idea to fill the gaps.

Here is the reading order (the novels were not written in chronological order).
• 1908 - Anne of Green Gables Dr Drib has already uploaded an excellent version.
• 1909 - Anne of Avonlea (sequel to Anne of Green Gables – Anne becomes a young teacher.)
• 1915 - Anne of the Island (sequel to Anne of Avonlea) Anne goes to College.
• 1936 - Anne of Windy Poplars (sequel to Anne of the Island) Anne is a head teacher and engaged to Gilbert. In the UK this was called ‘Anne of Windy Willows’.
• 1917 - Anne's House of Dreams (sequel to Anne of Windy Poplars)The early years of Anne’s married life.
• 1939 - Anne of Ingleside (sequel to Anne's House of Dreams) Dr Drib has already uploaded this.

(After Anne of Ingleside there are two novels about Anne’s child, Rilla: ‘Rainbow Valley’ and ‘Rilla of Ingeside’. There are also two short story collections: ‘Chronicles of Avonlea’ and ‘Further Chronicles of Avonlea’. I may upload these at some point.)

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Montgomery, L M: Anne of Windy Poplars, v1, 25 Oct 2007.

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Patricia

Dr Drib has already uploaded beautiful lrf versions of the first and last novels in the Anne of Green Gables series. I thought that it would be a good idea to fill the gaps.

Here is the reading order (the novels were not written in chronological order).
• 1908 - Anne of Green Gables Dr Drib has already uploaded an excellent version.
• 1909 - Anne of Avonlea (sequel to Anne of Green Gables – Anne becomes a young teacher.)
• 1915 - Anne of the Island (sequel to Anne of Avonlea) Anne goes to College.
• 1936 - Anne of Windy Poplars (sequel to Anne of the Island) Anne is a head teacher and engaged to Gilbert. In the UK this was called ‘Anne of Windy Willows’.
• 1917 - Anne's House of Dreams (sequel to Anne of Windy Poplars)The early years of Anne’s married life.
• 1939 - Anne of Ingleside (sequel to Anne's House of Dreams) Dr Drib has already uploaded this.

(After Anne of Ingleside there are two novels about Anne’s child, Rilla: ‘Rainbow Valley’ and ‘Rilla of Ingeside’. There are also two short story collections: ‘Chronicles of Avonlea’ and ‘Further Chronicles of Avonlea’. I may upload these at some point.)

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Montgomery, L M: Anne’s House of Dreams, v1, 25 Oct 2007.

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Patricia

Dr Drib has already uploaded beautiful lrf versions of the first and last novels in the Anne of Green Gables series. I thought that it would be a good idea to fill the gaps.

Here is the reading order (the novels were not written in chronological order).
• 1908 - Anne of Green Gables Dr Drib has already uploaded an excellent version.
• 1909 - Anne of Avonlea (sequel to Anne of Green Gables – Anne becomes a young teacher.)
• 1915 - Anne of the Island (sequel to Anne of Avonlea) Anne goes to College.
• 1936 - Anne of Windy Poplars (sequel to Anne of the Island) Anne is a head teacher and engaged to Gilbert. In the UK this was called ‘Anne of Windy Willows’.
• 1917 - Anne's House of Dreams (sequel to Anne of Windy Poplars)The early years of Anne’s married life.
• 1939 - Anne of Ingleside (sequel to Anne's House of Dreams) Dr Drib has already uploaded this.

(After Anne of Ingleside there are two novels about Anne’s child, Rilla: ‘Rainbow Valley’ and ‘Rilla of Ingeside’. There are also two short story collections: ‘Chronicles of Avonlea’ and ‘Further Chronicles of Avonlea’. I may upload these at some point.)

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Montgomery, L M: Rainbow Valley, v.1, 11 May 2008.

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Rainbow Valley (1919)
By L. M. Montgomery (1874–1942).

From Wikipedia:
Rainbow Valley (1919) is the seventh book in the Anne of Green Gables series by Lucy Maud Montgomery. In this book Anne Shirley is married with six children, but the book focuses more on her new neighbor, the new Presbyterian minister John Meredith, as well as the interactions between Anne's and John Meredith's children.

Done in response to a request. I expect to post the sequel, Rilla of Ingleside later this evening.

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Montgomery, L M: Rilla of Ingleside, v.1, 11 May 2008.

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Patricia

Rilla of Ingleside (1921)
By L. M. Montgomery (1874–1942).

From Wikipedia:
“Rilla of Ingleside (1921) is the final book in the Anne of Green Gables series by Lucy Maud Montgomery, but was the sixth of the eight "Anne" novels she wrote. This book draws the focus back onto a single character, Anne and Gilbert's youngest daughter Bertha Marilla "Rilla" Blythe. It has a more serious tone, as it takes place during World War I and the three Blythe boys - Jem, Walter, and Shirley - end up fighting in Europe.
The book is dedicated: "To the memory of FREDERICA CAMPBELL MACFARLANE who went away from me when the dawn broke on January 25, 1919–a true friend, a rare personality, a loyal and courageous soul."
It is interesting to note that Rilla of Ingleside is the only Canadian novel written from a women's perspective about the First World War by a contemporary.”

Done in response to a request.

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Montgomery, L M: Short Stories, 1896 to 1901, v.1, 23 February 2009.

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Patricia

Lucy Maud Montgomery, 1874-1942.
Short Stories, 1896 to 1901

Contents:
A Case of Trespass
A Christmas Inspiration
A Christmas Mistake
A Strayed Allegiance
An Invitation Given on Impulse
Detected by the Camera
In Spite of Myself
Kismet
Lilian’s Business Venture
Miriam’s Lover
Miss Calista’s Peppermint Bottle
The Jest That Failed
The Penningtons’ Girl
The Red Room
The Setness of Theodosia
The Story of an Invitation
The Touch of Fate
The Waking of Helen
The Way of the Winning of Anne
Young Si

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Montgomery, L M: Short Stories, 1902 to 1903, v.1, 23 February 2009.

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Patricia

Lucy Maud Montgomery, 1874-1942.
Short Stories, 1902 to 1903

Contents:
A Patent Medicine Testimonial
A Sandshore Wooing
After Many Days
An Unconventional Confidence
Aunt Cyrilla’s Christmas Basket
Davenport’s Story
Emily’s Husband
Min
Miss Cordelia’s Accommodation
Ned’s Stroke of Business
Our Runaway Kite
The Bride Roses
The Josephs’ Christmas
The Magical Bond of the Sea
The Martyrdom of Estella
The Old Chest at Wyther Grange
The Osbornes’ Christmas
The Romance of Aunt Beatrice
The Running Away of Chester
The Strike at Putney
The Unhappiness of Miss Farquhar
Why Mr. Cropper Changed His Mind

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Montgomery, L M: Short Stories, 1904, v.1, 25 February 2009.

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Patricia

Lucy Maud Montgomery (1874-1942)
Short Stories, 1904.

Contents:
A Fortunate Mistake
An Unpremeditated Ceremony
At the Bay Shore Farm
Elizabeth’s Child
Freda’s Adopted Grave
How Don Was Saved
Miss Madeline’s Proposal
Miss Sally’s Company
Mrs. March’s Revenge
Nan
Natty of Blue Point
Penelope’s Party Waist
The Girl and The Wild Race
The Promise of Lucy Ellen
The Pursuit of the Ideal
The Softening of Miss Cynthia
Them Notorious Pigs
Why Not Ask Miss Price?

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Montgomery, L M: Short Stories, 1905 to 1906, v.1, 25 February 2009.

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Patricia

Lucy Maud Montgomery (1874-1942)
Short Stories, 1905 to 1906.

Contents:
A Correspondence and A Climax
An Adventure on Island Rock
At Five O’Clock in the Morning
Aunt Susanna’s Birthday Celebration
Bertie’s New Year
Between the Hill and the Valley
Clorinda’s Gifts
Cyrilla’s Inspiration
Dorinda’s Desperate Deed
Her Own People
Ida’s New Year Cake
In the Old Valley
Jane Lavinia
Mackereling Out in the Gulf
Millicent’s Double
The Blue North Room
The Christmas Surprise at Enderly Road
The Dissipation of Miss Ponsonby
The Falsoms’ Christmas Dinner
The Fraser Scholarship
The Girl at the Gate
The Light on the Big Dipper
The Prodigal Brother
The Redemption of John Churchill
The Schoolmaster’s Letters
The Story of Uncle Dick
The Understanding of Sister Sara
The Unforgotten One
The Wooing of Bessy
Their Girl Josie
When Jack and Jill Took a Hand

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Montgomery, L M: Short Stories, 1907 to 1908, v.1, 25 February 2009.

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Patricia

Lucy Maud Montgomery (1874-1942)
Short Stories, 1907 to 1908.

Contents:
A Millionaire’s Proposal
A Substitute Journalist
Anna’s Love Letters
Aunt Caroline’s Silk Dress
Aunt Susanna’s Thanksgiving Dinner
By Grace of Julius Caesar
By the Rule of Contrary
Fair Exchange and No Robbery
Four Winds
Marcella’s Reward
Margaret’s Patient
Matthew Insists on Puffed Sleeves
Missy’s Room
Ted’s Afternoon Off
The Doctor’s Sweetheart
The End of the Young Family Feud
The Genesis of the Doughnut Club
The Girl Who Drove the Cows
The Growing Up of Cornelia
The Old Fellow’s Letter
The Parting of The Ways
The Promissory Note
The Revolt of Mary Isabel
The Twins and a Wedding

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Montgomery, L M: Short Stories, 1909 to 1922, v.1, 25 February 2009.

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Patricia

Lucy Maud Montgomery (1874-1942)
Short Stories, 1909 to 1922.

Contents:
A Golden Wedding
A Redeeming Sacrifice
A Soul That Was Not at Home
Abel and His Great Adventure
Akin To Love
Aunt Philippa and the Men
Bessie’s Doll
Charlotte’s Ladies
Christmas at Red Butte
How We Went to the Wedding
Jessamine
Miss Sally’s Letter
My Lady Jane
Robert Turner’s Revenge
The Fillmore Elderberries
The Finished Story
The Garden of Spices
The Girl and the Photograph
The Gossip of Valley View
The Letters
The Life-Book of Uncle Jesse
The Little Black Doll
The Man on the Train
The Romance of Jedediah
The Tryst of the White Lady
Uncle Richard’s New Year’s Dinner
White Magic

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Montgomery, L M: The Alpine Path, v.1, 27 February 2009.

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Lucy Maud Montgomery (1874–1942)
The Alpine Path: The Story of My Career.
Originally published in installments in Everywoman’s World, 1917.

An article of c25,000words, in which L M Montgomery describes her early life and development as a writer.

Found at the Celebration of Women Writers website.

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Montgomery, L. M.: A Tangled Web, v1, 22 May 2008

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A Tangled Web is one of the few books L.M. Montgomery published which was written mainly for adults.

Over the years sixty members of the Dark family and sixty Penhallows have married one another--but not without their share of fighting and feuding. Now Aunt Becky, the eccentric old matriarch of the clan, has bequeathed her prized possession: a legendary heirloom jug. But the name of the jug's new owner will not be revealed for one year. In the next twelve months beautiful Gay Penhallow's handsome fiance Noel Gibson leaves her for sly and seductive Nan Penhallow; reckless Peter Penhallow and lovely Donna Dark, who have hated each other since childhood, are inexplicably brought together by the jug; Hugh and Joscelyn Dark, separated on their wedding night ten years ago for reasons never revealed, find a second chance--all watched over by the mysterious Moon Man, who has the gift of second sight. Then comes the night when Aunt Becky's wishes will be revealed...and the family is in for the biggest surprise of all.

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Montgomery, L. M.: Anne of Avonlea. v1. 20 Feb 2026

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In this sequel to [Anne of Green Gables[/ 16-year-old Anne Shirley takes her place among the “important” and “grown up” people of Avonlea society, as its only schoolteacher, and must balance her imaginative teaching methods with newfound responsibilities. She is also a founding member of the Avonlea Village Improvement Society (A.V.I.S.), which tries to improve (with questionable results) the Avonlea landscape. Now an independent young woman with a knack for trouble and misadventures, Anne gains new insights about love, friendship, and the ways of the world.

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Lucy Maud Montgomery (1874–1942) was a prolific Canadian author, best known for a series of novels beginning with [Anne of Green Gables[/, published in 1908. The title character, orphan Anne Shirley, made Montgomery famous in her lifetime and gave her an international following. Her writing is often classified as “juvenile fiction”, but adults remain faithful readers. Virtually all her writings remain in print today.

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[This book was first published in 1909, and is in the public domain where copyright is “Life+70” or less, and in the USA.[/
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Montgomery, L. M.: Anne of Green Gables, v.1, 13 June 2008

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From Wikipedia:

Lucy Maud Montgomery, (always called "Maud" by family and friends) and publicly known as L. M. Montgomery, (November 30, 1874–April 24, 1942) was a Canadian author, best known for a series of novels beginning with [Anne of Green Gables[/, published in 1908.

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Montgomery, L. M.: Anne of Green Gables. v1. 20 Feb 2026

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GrannyGrump

Canadian author Lucy Maud Montgomery (1874–1942) is most known for the 8-novel series that starts with [Anne of Green Gables[/ (1908). Montgomery gained international recognition during her lifetime as a result of her portrayal of the title character, orphan Anne Shirley. A prolific writer, she published 20 novels, 30 short stories, 500 poems, and 30 essays,. Although her work is frequently categorized as "juvenile fiction," adults remain devoted readers. Virtually all her writings remain in print today.

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Here we begin the “Anne of Green Gables” series.
Anne is an eleven-year-old orphan who has hung on determinedly to an optimistic spirit and a wildly creative imagination through her early deprivations. She erupts into the lives of aging brother and sister Matthew and Marilla Cuthbert, a girl instead of the boy they had sent for. Thus begins a story of transformation for all three; indeed the whole rural community of Avonlea comes under Anne’s influence in some way. We see her grow from a girl to a young woman of sixteen, making her mistakes, and not always learning from them. Intelligent, hot-headed as her own red hair, unwilling to take a moral truth as read until she works it out for herself, she must also face grief and loss and learn the true meaning of love.

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I felt like the library needed Anne Shirley in a newer format, I hope you agree.

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[This book is in the public domain where copyright is “Life+70” or less, and in the USA.[/
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Montgomery, L. M.: Anne of Ingleside. v1. 20 Feb 2026

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GrannyGrump

The grown-up life of Anne Shirley…

Here we see the transition of our protagonist to a rather less prominent role, as the focus shifts to the next generation in the town of Glen St. Mary. Anne Blythe, now a mother of five (soon to be six) children, manages the daily (often comedic) drama and “sweet married romance” in her busy household at Ingleside. The novel features a series of vignettes focusing on the imaginative, sometimes troublesome, adventures of her children, with a subplot wherein Anne worries that her marriage has lost its spark, only to be reassured of Gilbert’s love.

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Canadian author Lucy Maud Montgomery (1874–1942) is best known for a series of novels beginning with [Anne of Green Gables[/ (1908). Montgomery gained international recognition during her lifetime as a result of her portrayal of the title character, orphan Anne Shirley. A prolific writer, she published 30 essays, 500 poems, 530 short stories, and 20 novels. Almost all of her works remain in print today. Although her work is frequently categorized as "juvenile fiction," adults continue to be devoted readers.

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[This book was first published in 1939, and is in the public domain where copyright is “Life+70” or less.[/
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Montgomery, L. M.: Anne of the Island. v1. 20 Feb 2026

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Chronologically the third of the “Anne” books. Eighteen-year-old Anne Shirley leaves Green Gables and her work as a teacher in Avonlea to pursue her original dream (which she gave up in [Anne of Green Gables[/) of taking further education at Redmond College in Nova Scotia. Some of her classmates are going with her, including her childhood enemy turned friend Gilbert Blythe, while others stay in Avonlea to work, get married, and start families. Over the next four years, she earns her B.A., shares a cozy house called Patty’s Place with friends, experiences romance, and ultimately realizes her love for Gilbert. The story focuses on the female relationships and emotional growth of the characters.

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Canadian author Lucy Maud Montgomery (1874–1942) is best known for a series of novels beginning with [Anne of Green Gables[/ (1908). Montgomery gained international recognition during her lifetime as a result of her portrayal of the title character, orphan Anne Shirley. A prolific writer, she published 30 essays, 500 poems, 530 short stories, and 20 novels. Almost all of her works remain in print today. Although her work is frequently categorized as "juvenile fiction," adults continue to be devoted readers. .

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[This book was first published in 1915, and is in the public domain where copyright is “Life+70” or less, and in the USA.[/
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Montgomery, L. M.: Anne of Windy Willows. v1. 20 Feb 2026

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The fourth book in the “Anne of Green Gables” series centers on Anne Shirley’s experiences as a young adult. Now age twenty-two, she takes a three-year position as principal of Summerside High School while her fiancé Gilbert Blythe completes medical school. Living in a “tower room” at Windy Willows with two widows and their sharp-tongued housekeeper, Rebecca Dew, Anne navigates a new town, wins over the snobbish Pringle clan, and befriends her lonely young neighbor, Elizabeth Grayson.

(This is the unabridged UK version. The book was published first in the US in a slightly abridged form as [Anne of Windy Poplars[/ (because the publisher felt it would be confused with Kenneth Grahame’s [The Wind in the Willows[/). Eleven of the “Tomgallon tragedies” were cut by the US publisher as being too gruesome.)

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Canadian author Lucy Maud Montgomery (1874–1942) is best known for a series of novels beginning with [Anne of Green Gables[/ (1908). Montgomery gained international recognition during her lifetime as a result of her portrayal of the title character, orphan Anne Shirley. A prolific writer, she published 30 essays, 500 poems, 530 short stories, and 20 novels. Almost all of her works remain in print today. Although her work is frequently categorized as "juvenile fiction," adults continue to be devoted readers.

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[This book was first published in 1936, and is in the public domain where copyright is “Life+70” or less.[/
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Montgomery, L. M.: Anne’s House of Dreams. v1. 20 Feb 2026

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25-year-old Anne Shirley has just married (Doctor!) Gilbert Blythe and settled into a lovely house in Four Winds. They soon become acquainted with their new neighbors: Captain Jim, who keeps the lighthouse; Miss Cornelia Bryant, who speaks her mind; and Leslie Moore, into whose troubled life Anne and Gilbert intervene. There are moments heart-breaking as well as heart-warming, marking a transition into adult responsibilities.

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Canadian author Lucy Maud Montgomery (1874–1942) is best known for a series of novels beginning with [Anne of Green Gables[/ (1908). Montgomery gained international recognition during her lifetime as a result of her portrayal of the title character, orphan Anne Shirley. A prolific writer, she published 30 essays, 500 poems, 530 short stories, and 20 novels. Almost all of her works remain in print today. Although her work is frequently categorized as "juvenile fiction," adults continue to be devoted readers.

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[This book was first published in 1917, and is in the public domain where copyright is “Life+70” or less, and in the USA.[/
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Montgomery, L. M.: Chronicles of Avonlea, v1, 10 May 2008

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Chronicles of Avonlea is a collection of short stories by L. M. Montgomery, related to the Anne of Green Gables series. It features a number of stories relating to the fictional Canadian village of Avonlea, and was first published in 1912.

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Montgomery, L. M.: Chronicles of Avonlea. v1. 22 Feb 2026

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A companion volume to the Anne of Green Gables series.
Set in the fictional Canadian village of Avonlea, these twelve tales explore the lives of various townspeople, their courtships, feuds, and second chances. While it is sometimes marketed as [part[/ of the “Anne of Green Gables” series, Anne Shirley appears only briefly: she has a supporting role in “The Courting of Prissy Strong” and stars in “The Hurrying of Ludovic”. Most stories feature other Avonlea residents as they navigate love, family conflicts, and unexpected encounters that transform their lives in this intimate community portrait.

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Canadian author Lucy Maud Montgomery (1874–1942) is best known for a series of novels beginning with [Anne of Green Gables[/ (1908). Montgomery gained international recognition during her lifetime as a result of her portrayal of the title character, orphan Anne Shirley. A prolific writer, she published 30 essays, 500 poems, 530 short stories, and 20 novels. Almost all of her works remain in print today. Although her work is frequently categorized as "juvenile fiction," adults continue to be devoted readers.

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[This book was first published in 1912, and is in the public domain where copyright is “Life+70” or less, and in the USA.[/
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Montgomery, L. M.: Emily Climbs. v1. 04 May 2008

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Emily Climbs is the second book in the Emily Trilogy. I have added a Cover page, a TOC, and corrected some fomatting. Please let me know if you find anything that needs correcting.

From Wikipedia:
[QuotThe three Emily novels are Emily of New Moon (1923), Emily Climbs (1925) and Emily's Quest (1927). The series follows Emily through her school years and her climb up the symbolic "Alpine Path" of becoming a successful author (the Alpine Path is a phrase from a poem which was inspirational to her from a young age). The later books also follow Emily through several romances. Emily is a heroine with a love for the beauty in nature and art, loyalty to her friends, a thirst for knowledge, and a passionate dedication to her writing.[/Quot

Original File was from Project Gutenberg Australia.

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Montgomery, L. M.: Emily Climbs. v1. 10 Mar 2026

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The second novel in the “Emily” trilogy follows 14-year-old Emily Starr as she leaves New Moon Farm to attend high school in Shrewsbury, under two conditions. She must board with her strict Aunt Ruth, and worse—she must not write a word of fiction during her high-school education (because, of course, “fiction” is equivalent to “lies”).

Shrewsbury brings new friends, new enemies, and new adventures; and the town is scandalized by some of Emily’s exploits. She channels her creativity into poetry and non-fiction, beginning her climb to success

(Includes first edition frontispiece.)

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Lucy Maud Montgomery was a prolific Canadian author, best known for a series of eight novels beginning with “Anne of Green Gables”, published in 1908. The title character, orphan Anne Shirley, made Montgomery famous in her lifetime and gave her an international following. Virtually all her writings remain in print today. Her writing is often categorized as “juvenile fiction”, but adults remain faithful readers.

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[This book was first published in 1925, and is in the public domain where copyright is “Life+70” or less, and in the USA.[/
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Montgomery, L. M.: Emily of New Moon. v1. 04 May 2008

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Emily of New Moon is the first book in the Emily Trilogy. I have added a Cover page, a TOC, and corrected some fomatting. Please let me know if you find anything that needs correcting.

From Wikipedia:
[QuotThe three Emily novels are Emily of New Moon (1923), Emily Climbs (1925) and Emily's Quest (1927). The series follows Emily through her school years and her climb up the symbolic "Alpine Path" of becoming a successful author (the Alpine Path is a phrase from a poem which was inspirational to her from a young age). The later books also follow Emily through several romances. Emily is a heroine with a love for the beauty in nature and art, loyalty to her friends, a thirst for knowledge, and a passionate dedication to her writing.[/Quot

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Montgomery, L. M.: Emily of New Moon. v1. 10 Mar 2026

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The “Emily” series focuses on Emily Byrd Starr through her school days and her climb up the symbolic "Alpine Path" to becoming a successful author. She is a heroine with a love for the beauty in nature and art, loyalty to her friends, a thirst for knowledge, and a passionate dedication to her writing.

This coming-of-age tale begins as Emily, an imaginative young orphan, is sent to live with her strict maternal relatives at New Moon Farm in Prince Edward Island. Emily deals with strict discipline, finds true friends (Teddy, Ilse, and Perry), and pursues her passion for writing in spite of obstacles, meanwhile coping with the death of her father.

(Includes first edition frontispiece.)

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Lucy Maud Montgomery was a prolific Canadian author, best known for a series of eight novels beginning with “Anne of Green Gables”, published in 1908. The title character, orphan Anne Shirley, made Montgomery famous in her lifetime and gave her an international following. Virtually all her writings remain in print today. Her writing is often categorized as “juvenile fiction”, but adults remain faithful readers.

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[This book was first published in 1923, and is in the public domain where copyright is “Life+70” or less, and in the USA.[/
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[This book was first published in 1923, and is in the public domain where copyright is “Life+70” or less, and in the USA.[/
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Montgomery, L. M.: Emily's Quest. v1. 05 May 2008

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Emily's Quest is the last book in the Emily Trilogy. I have added a Cover page, a TOC, and corrected some fomatting. Please let me know if you find anything that needs correcting.

From Wikipedia:
[QuotThe three Emily novels are Emily of New Moon (1923), Emily Climbs (1925) and Emily's Quest (1927). The series follows Emily through her school years and her climb up the symbolic "Alpine Path" of becoming a successful author (the Alpine Path is a phrase from a poem which was inspirational to her from a young age). The later books also follow Emily through several romances. Emily is a heroine with a love for the beauty in nature and art, loyalty to her friends, a thirst for knowledge, and a passionate dedication to her writing.[/Quot

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Montgomery, L. M.: Emily’s Quest. v1. 10 Mar 2026

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In this final installment of the “Emily” trilogy, the narrative centers on Emily Starr in her late teens and early twenties as she navigates adulthood, success as a professional writer, and personal heartbreak while her friends depart for other parts of the world. Struggling with distance from her sweetheart, Teddy Kent, and a failed, rejected manuscript, a lonely Emily nearly marries Dean Priest. The story focuses on her quest to discover her true voice and identity, ultimately deciding to pursue writing and making amends with Teddy, her true love.

(Includes first edition frontispiece.)

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Lucy Maud Montgomery was a prolific Canadian author, best known for a series of eight novels beginning with “Anne of Green Gables”, published in 1908. The title character, orphan Anne Shirley, made Montgomery famous in her lifetime and gave her an international following. Virtually all her writings remain in print today. Her writing is often categorized as “juvenile fiction”, but adults remain faithful readers.

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[This book was first published in 1927, and is in the public domain where copyright is “Life+70” or less, and in the USA.[/
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Montgomery, L. M.: Further Chronicles of Avonlea, v1, 10 May 2008

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Further Chronicles of Avonlea is a collection of short stories by L. M. Montgomery and is a sequel to Chronicles of Avonlea. Published in 1920, it includes a number of stories relating to the inhabitants of the fictional Canadian village of Avonlea and its region, located on Prince Edward Island.

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Montgomery, L. M.: Further Chronicles of Avonlea. v1. 22 Feb 2026

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A companion volume to the Anne of Green Gables series.

It presents fifteen tales about inhabitants of the fictional village of Avonlea on Prince Edward Island. Though sometimes marketed as [part[/ of the Anne Shirley series, Anne appears in only one story. The collection features stories of family feuds, secret romances, mysterious children, and social scandals—all unfolding in Montgomery’s beloved Canadian setting. Notably, the book was published without Montgomery’s permission, leading to a lengthy legal battle.

This anthology is favored by fans for its nostalgic, cozy, and often sentimental portrayal of early 20th-century small-town life.

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Canadian author Lucy Maud Montgomery (1874–1942) is best known for a series of novels beginning with [Anne of Green Gables[/ (1908). Montgomery gained international recognition during her lifetime as a result of her portrayal of the title character, orphan Anne Shirley. A prolific writer, she published 30 essays, 500 poems, 530 short stories, and 20 novels. Almost all of her works remain in print today. Although her work is frequently categorized as "juvenile fiction," adults continue to be devoted readers.

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Montgomery, L. M.: Jane of Lantern Hill, v1, 21 May 2008

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For as long as she could remember, Jane Stuart and her mother lived with her grandmother in a dreary mansion in Toronto. Jane always believed her father was dead--until she accidentally learned he was alive and well and living on Prince Edward Island. When Jane spends the summer at his cottage on Lantern Hill, doing all the wonderful things Grandmother deems unladylike, she dares to dream that there could be such a house back in Toronto...a house where she, Mother, and Father could live together without Grandmother directing their lives--a house that could be called home.

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Montgomery, L. M.: Kilmeny of the Orchard, v1, 22 May 2008

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When twenty-four-year-old Eric Marshall arrives on Prince Edward Island to become a substitute schoolmaster, he has a bright future in his wealthy family's business. Eric has taken the two-month teaching post only as a favor to a friend -- but fate throws in his path a beautiful, mysterious girl named Kilmeny Gordon. With jet black hair and sea blue eyes, Kilmeny immediately captures Eric's heart. But Kilmeny cannot speak, and Eric is concerned for and bewitched by this shy, sensitive mute girl. For the first time in his life Eric must work hard for something he wants badly. And there is nothing he wants more than for Kilmeny to retum his love.

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Montgomery, L. M.: Magic for Marigold, v1, 22 May 2008

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The eccentric Lesley family could not agree on what to name Lorraine's new baby girl even after four months. Lorraine secretly liked the name Marigold, but who would ever agree to such a fanciful name as that? When the baby falls ill and gentle Dr. M. Woodruff Richards saves her life, the family decides to name the child after the good doctor. But a girl named Woodruff? How fortunate that Dr. Richards's seldom-used first name turns out to be . . . Marigold! A child with such an unusual name is destined for adventure. It all begins the day Marigold meets a girl in a beautiful green dress who claims to be a real-life princess. . . .

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Montgomery, L. M.: Mistress Pat. v1. 20 Mar 2026

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[Mistress Pat[/, the sequel to [Pat of Silver Bush[/, follows Patricia Gardiner from age 20 to 31 as she strives to maintain her beloved Silver Bush farm. She hates change as much as ever, and finds in Silver Bush a refuge where she is somewhat shielded from it, but changes happen nevertheless. In the course of eleven years, new servants, new neighbors, and new lovers come and go. She faces loss, heartbreak, and growing loneliness while navigating adulthood, ultimately finding love with her long-term friend, Hilary Gordon, after a period of personal crisis.

The novel has a darker, more melancholic tone than many of Montgomery's other works, reflecting the author’s own life stresses at the time.

(Includes several dust jacket examples.)

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L.M. Montgomery (1874–1942) was a celebrated Canadian author best known for her 1908 international bestseller [Anne of Green Gables[/. Raised in rural Prince Edward Island by strict grandparents, she drew on her lonely childhood to create rich, imaginative worlds. A former teacher and journalist, she wrote 20 novels, hundreds of short stories, and poems. Today she is remembered as a central figure in Canadian literature. Her writings explore themes of the creativity and inner life of young women; family and belonging; and connections to the natural world.

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Montgomery, L. M.: Pat of Silver Bush & Mistress Pat. v2. 18 May 2008

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This a compilation of the 2 "Pat" books written by L.M. Montgomery. I added a cover image, table of contents (for both books), and corrected formating.

Pat of Silver Bush (1933) portrays a girl named Patricia Gardiner, who hates changes of any kind and loves her home, Silver Bush, more than anything else in the world. She is very devoted to her family: her father and mother, her brothers Joe and Sid, and her sisters Winnie and Rachel(Cuddles). The book begins when Pat is 7 years old and ends when she is 18.

Mistress Pat (1935) is the sequel to Pat of Silver Bush, and describes Patricia Gardiner's life in her twenties and early thirties, during which she remained single and took care of her beloved home, Silver Bush. Pat hated changes as much as ever, and found in Silver Bush a refuge where she was shielded from them, but changes happen nevertheless. In the course of eleven years, new servants, new neighbors and new lovers came and went, her brothers and sisters all got married, and life at Silver Bush was no longer as pleasant as before, but Pat clung to her love of it desperately. It was only in the face of horrible disasters that Pat found where her heart belonged for the rest of her life.

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Montgomery, L. M.: Pat of Silver Bush. v1. 20 Mar 2026

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[Pat of Silver Bush[/ is a nostalgic novel focusing on a simpler time, intense devotion to home, domesticity, and the joys and heartbreaks of rural family life.

The story follows Patricia "Pat" Gardiner from age 7 to 18 at her beloved home, Silver Bush Farm on Prince Edward Island. Unlike most other Montgomery heroines, Pat’s defining trait is an intense, almost obsessive desire for her home life to remain exactly as it is. She is a deeply sentimental, home-loving girl who treasures her family and home above all, sometimes with near-obsessive intensity. She struggles against change, but learns to cope with the inevitability of growing up, family departures, and the shifting seasons of life, all while being mentored by the housekeeper, Judy Plum.

(Includes several dust jacket examples.)

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L.M. Montgomery (1874–1942) was a celebrated Canadian author best known for her 1908 international bestseller [Anne of Green Gables[/. Raised in rural Prince Edward Island by strict grandparents, she drew on her lonely childhood to create rich, imaginative worlds. A former teacher and journalist, she wrote 20 novels, hundreds of short stories, and poems. Today she is remembered as a central figure in Canadian literature. Her writings explore themes of the creativity and inner life of young women; family and belonging; and connections to the natural world.

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Montgomery, L. M.: Rainbow Valley. v1. 20 Feb 2026

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Ah, the younger generation …

The seventh of the Anne Shirley books follows the six Blythe children as they befriend the four wild, motherless children of Anne’s new neighbour, the widowed and often absent-minded Presbyterian minister John Meredith. The Meredith children are neglected by their well-meaning but distracted father, leading them to constantly scandalize the town with their antics. The “Ingleside children” and the “Manse children” share adventures in a hidden valley, rescue a runaway named Mary Vance, and and try to find a new wife for Mr. Meredith who will properly care for his children. .

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Canadian author Lucy Maud Montgomery (1874–1942) is best known for a series of novels beginning with [Anne of Green Gables[/ (1908). Montgomery gained international recognition during her lifetime as a result of her portrayal of the title character, orphan Anne Shirley. A prolific writer, she published 30 essays, 500 poems, 530 short stories, and 20 novels. Almost all of her works remain in print today. Although her work is frequently categorized as "juvenile fiction," adults continue to be devoted readers. [/B]

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Montgomery, L. M.: Rilla of Ingleside. v1. 20 Feb 2026

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The final novel in the “Anne of Green Gables” series centers on Rilla, Anne Blythe’s youngest daughter, during World War I. The fifteen-year-old transforms from a shallow, carefree girl into a responsible adult who manages the home front, adopts an orphaned baby, and supports the war effort. As her brothers and friends leave for Europe to fight, Rilla, who at first only cares about dances and boys, quickly grows up. With an emphasis on the tension, sacrifice, and terror felt by those left behind, the book offers a unique and striking portrayal of Canadian life during World War I. Reflecting the anxieties of the time, the story tackles themes of love, loss, bravery, and patriotism.

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Canadian author Lucy Maud Montgomery (1874–1942) is best known for a series of novels beginning with [Anne of Green Gables[/ (1908). Montgomery gained international recognition during her lifetime as a result of her portrayal of the title character, orphan Anne Shirley. A prolific writer, she published 30 essays, 500 poems, 530 short stories, and 20 novels. Almost all of her works remain in print today. Although her work is frequently categorized as "juvenile fiction," adults continue to be devoted readers.

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Montgomery, L. M.: Shadows and Whispers. v1. 13 Jan 2026

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Here are ten clever tales of strange and supernatural episodes of hauntings, premonitions, jealousy, revenge, and reconciliation. This collection will appeal to fans of L.M. Montgomery who also enjoy a light dose of spookiness.

Lucy Maud Montgomery (1874–1942) was a Canadian author, best known for a series of novels beginning with [Anne of Green Gables[/, published in 1908. The title character, orphan Anne Shirley, made Montgomery famous in her lifetime and gave her an international following. She published 20 novels as well as 530 short stories, 500 poems, and 30 essays. Her writing is often classified as “juvenile fiction“, but adults remain faithful readers. Virtually all her writings remain in print today.

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List of stories:
The Red Room
A melodramatic gothic story of an unhappy marriage, a faithless wife, and a murder — all as witnessed by a young girl…

Miriam’s Lover
A mystical/spiritual connection between Miriam and her fiancé culminates in a vision of his tragic death.

Davenport’s Story
A ghostly visitation prevents a tragedy,

The Old Chest at Wyther Grange
A mysterious locked chest in a grandmother’s attic holds mementos of a past, tragic romance and a secret betrothal.

The Girl at the Gate
A dying man’s dead wife returns to fulfill a promise at his deathbed.

The Tryst of the White Lady
A young man believes he has fallen in love with a ghost.

From Out the Silence
A woman grieves after a trivial quarrel with her best friend who dies unexpectedly, leaving her burdened with regret.

The Closed Door
A group of children solve the mystery of a missing family jewel when they come upon a house that none of them has ever seen before.

The House Party at Smoky Island
A ghost appears during a gathering to reveal a murder.

Some Fools and a Saint
(novella) —A young minister boards with a local family whose home is being haunted by a destructive presence.
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Montgomery, L. M.: The Blue Castle, v1, 22 May 2008

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This novel is considered one of L.M. Montgomery's few adult works of fiction, along with A Tangled Web, and is the only book she wrote that is entirely set outside of Prince Edward Island.

A twenty nine Valancy had never been in love, and it seemed romance had passed her by. Living with her overbearing mother and meddlesome aunt, she found her only consolations in the "forbidden" books of John Foster and her daydreams of the Blue Castle. Then a letter arrived from Dr. Tent and Valancy decided to throw caution to the winds. For the first time in her life Valancy did and said exactly what she wanted. Soon she discovered a surprising new world, full of love and adventures far beyond her most secret dreams.

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Montgomery, L. M.: The Golden Road, v1. 06 May 2008

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From Confederation Centre Art Gallery:
[QuotThe Golden Road (1913) A sequel to The Story Girl, and the first novel to be written in Ontario, the story continues about the King children, Sara Stanley, the hired boy, and the people in their rural PEI community. Told as an adult's reminiscence, the book is filled with nostalgia for by-gone days and childhood.[/Quot

I have added a cover page, added a TOC, and fixed formatting.

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Montgomery, L. M.: The Story Girl, v1. 06 May 2008

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From Confederation Centre Art Gallery:
[QuotThe Story Girl (1911) This is the last of Montgomery's novels to be written while she lived on Prince Edward Island. Told by a boy who lives for a time with relatives on the King farm on Prince Edward Island, it focuses on Sara Stanley, who tells the many stories that punctuate and advance the narrative. The novel inspired the popular television series, The Road to Avonlea.[/Quot

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Montgomery, L. M: Anne Of Avonlea. V1. 5 Feb 2010

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Lucy Maud Montgomery CBE, (always called "Maud" by family and friends) and publicly known as L.M. Montgomery, (30 November 1874–24 April 1942) was a Canadian author, best known for a series of novels beginning with Anne of Green Gables, published in 1908.

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A tall, slim girl, "half-past sixteen," with serious gray eyes and hair which her friends called auburn, had sat down on the broad red sandstone doorstep of a Prince Edward Island farmhouse one ripe afternoon in August, firmly resolved to construe so many lines of Virgil.

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Montrésor, Frances Frederica: False Coin Or True. v1. 29 Mar 2016

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Frances Frederica Montrésor: Born : 1862 Eastry, Kent, England: Lived : Chelsea, London, England (final): Died : 1934 Oct 17 Sheffield, Yorkshire, England

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Linda (she did not possess a surname) was born in a workhouse. When she had attained fourteen years she was sent as “general,” which means maid-of-all-work, to Mrs. Swainson, who kept a second-rate lodging-house in a back street in Bristol. Linda was undersized for her age, and rather childish, and Mrs. Swainson pronounced her a simpleton.

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Montrésor, Frances Frederica: Into The Highways & Hedges. v1. 31 Mar 2016

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Frances Frederica Montrésor: Born : 1862 Eastry, Kent, England: Lived : Chelsea, London, England (final): Died : 1934 Oct 17 Sheffield, Yorkshire, England

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This is not meant to be a controversial novel. I by no means agree with all Barnabas Thorpe’s opinions. Nevertheless I believe that the men who fight for their ideals have been, and always will be, the saving element in a world which happily has never yet been left without them.

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Montrésor, Frances Frederica: The One who Looked on. v1. 2 Apr 2016

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Frances Frederica Montrésor: Born : 1862 Eastry, Kent, England: Lived : Chelsea, London, England (final): Died : 1934 Oct 17 Sheffield, Yorkshire, England

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This story, if it can be called a story, was not told connectedly as it is written down in these pages, but in fragments and at various times.

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Montrésor, Frances Frederica: Worth While. v1. 3 Apr 2016

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Frances Frederica Montrésor: Born : 1862 Eastry, Kent, England: Lived : Chelsea, London, England (final): Died : 1934 Oct 17 Sheffield, Yorkshire, England

WORTH WHILE
LADY JANE

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Moodie, Susanna: The World Before Them (Vols 1-3). V1. 16-Mar-2013

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Susanna Moodie, born Strickland (6 December 1803 – 8 April 1885), was an English-born Canadian author who wrote about her experiences as a settler in Canada, which was a British colony at the time.

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“But, Dolly! father will never give his consent, you know that;” said a male voice behind the hawthorn hedge, that skirted the deep, sandy lane that led to Heath Farm. The tone, reproachful and irritating, in which this was spoken, was answered in a sweet, calm voice.
“Until he gives his consent, his frank, free consent, Gilbert, I cannot, and will not be your wife.”
“You are just as obstinate as the old man.”
“Ay, and as proud. But don’t think for a moment, Gilbert, that I blame your father. Were I in his place, I might think just as he thinks. If he has higher views for his son than a marriage with a nameless girl like me, his son should be the last to find fault. Don’t let love blind you to facts. Look them boldly in the face, as I do. I cannot forget what I am, and what I owe to your father. The happy life I have led here from a child, made me forgetful of the great debt until”—and here the calm voice faltered—“the reproaches of last night brought it all fresh to my mind, and I saw how ungrateful I had been to my benefactor, in giving the least encouragement to you.”
“Yes, I shall not soon forget the cruel insult he put upon you. It was mean and cowardly, to say the least of it. He might be proud to call you his daughter, and his daughter you shall be, in spite of him.”

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Moore, Clement C.: The Night Before Christmas (illus-Rackham). v1. 14 Dec 2016

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The Night Before Christmas, by Clement C. Moore (1779-1863)
illustrated by Arthur Rackham (1867-1939)

Here is that favorite old poem, “The Night Before Christmas.” First published in 1823, it is nearly 200 years old and still going strong. It has been translated into many many languages, and is familiar to folks around the world.

This special edition featuring the work of artist Arthur Rackham was first published in 1931. It includes 4 full-page color illustrations, and many line drawings and decorations.

Have a happy holiday season!
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Moore, Clement C: A Visit from Saint Nicholas (Illustrated), v.1, 3 Dec 2007.

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A Christmas poem.
Illustrations by F O C Darley.

Twas the night before Christmas, when all through the house
Not a creature was stirring, not even a mouse;
The stockings were hung by the chimney with care,
In hopes that St. Nicholas soon would be there;
The children were nestled all snug in their beds,
While visions of sugar-plums danced in their heads;
And mamma in her kerchief, and I in my cap,
Had just settled our brains for a long winter’s nap--

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Moore, F. Frankfort: The Other World. v1. 03 Jul 2022

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From the Edwardian era, a tasty collection of stories telling of encounters with the other-worldly.

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Frank Frankfort Moore (15 May 1855–11 May 1931) was an Irish journalist, novelist (publishing more than 80 novels), dramatist, and poet. He was a Belfast Protestant and a unionist, but his historical fiction during the years of Home Rule agitation did not shy from themes of Irish-Catholic dispossession. Some of his work contains supernatural elements. (A note of possible interest: He was Bram Stoker’s brother-in-law.)

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[The Other World[/, by .F. Frankfort Moore (1855-1931), was first published in 1904. This ebook is in the public domain where copyright is “Life+70” or less, and in the USA.
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Moore, F. Frankfort: The Other World. v1. 03 Jul 2022

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From the Edwardian era, a tasty collection of stories telling of encounters with the other-worldly.

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Frank Frankfort Moore (15 May 1855–11 May 1931) was an Irish journalist, novelist (publishing more than 80 novels), dramatist, and poet. He was a Belfast Protestant and a unionist, but his historical fiction during the years of Home Rule agitation did not shy from themes of Irish-Catholic dispossession. Some of his work contains supernatural elements. (A note of possible interest: He was Bram Stoker’s brother-in-law.)

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[The Other World[/, by .F. Frankfort Moore (1855-1931), was first published in 1904. This ebook is in the public domain where copyright is “Life+70” or less, and in the USA.
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Moore, F. Frankfort: The Secret of the Court. v1. 05 Jul 2022

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(another which is not really [horror [/— rather, it is “supernatural” or “weird” fiction.)

A vast underground complex is discovered beneath contemporary Egypt, home of the remnants of an ancient lost race whose high technology is now lost, though the secret of reviving the dead appears to be a viable process.

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Frank Frankfort Moore (15 May 1855–11 May 1931) was an Irish journalist, novelist (publishing more than 80 novels), dramatist, and poet. He was a Belfast Protestant and a unionist, but his historical fiction during the years of Home Rule agitation did not shy from themes of Irish-Catholic dispossession. Some of his work contains supernatural elements. (A note of possible interest: He was Bram Stoker’s brother-in-law.)

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[The Secret of the Court[/, by .F. Frankfort Moore (1855-1931), was first published in 1895. This ebook is in the public domain where copyright is “Life+90” or less, and in the USA.
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Moore, Frank Frankfort: A Garden of Peace. v1. 27 Oct 2016

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Dorothy frowns slightly, but slightingly, at the title; but when challenged to put her frown into words she has nothing worse to say about it than that it has a certain catchpenny click—the world is talking about The Peace and she has an impression that to introduce the word even without the very definite article is an attempt to derive profit from a topic of the hour— something like backing a horse with a trusty friend for a race which you have secret information it has won five minutes earlier—a method of amassing wealth resorted to every day, I am told by some one who has tried it more than once, but always just five minutes too late.

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Moore, Frank Frankfort: A Georgian Pageant, v1. 30 Oct 2016

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THE MONARCH OF THE PAGEANT
A COMEDY IN ST. MARTIN'S STREET
TRAGEDY IN THE HAYMARKET
THE FATAL GIFT
THE FÊTE-CHAMPÊTRE
THE PLOT OF A LADY NOVELIST
TRAGEDY WITH A TWINKLE
THE BEST COMEDY OF THE CENTURY
THE JESSAMY BRIDE
THE AMAZING ELOPEMENT
THE AMAZING DUELS
A MELODRAMA AT COVENT GARDEN
THE COMEDY AT DOWNING STREET

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Moore, Frank Frankfort: A Nest Of Linnets. v1. 4 Nov 2016

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“This will never do, Betsy,” said Mr. Linley, shaking his head. “Sir Joshua calls you Saint Cecilia, but ’twere a misnomer if you do not sing the phrase better than you have just sung it. ‘ She drew an angel down ’: let that be in your mind, my dear. There is no celestial being that would move a pinion to help a maiden who implored its aid in so half-hearted a way. Let us try again. One, two, three—”

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Moore, Frank Frankfort: According to Plato. v1. 5 Nov 2016

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"NO one who has not been bankrupt at least twice could afford to be so careful about his dress as Mr. Richmond is,’' said Josephine.

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Moore, Frank Frankfort: Daireen. v1. 8 Nov 2016

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““My son,” said The Macnamara with an air of grandeur, “my son, you’ve forgotten what’s due”— he pronounced it “jew”—to yourself, what’s due to your father, what's due to your forefathers that bled,” and The Macnamara waved his hand gracefully; then, taking advantage of its proximity to the edge of the table, he made a powerful but ineffectual attempt to pull himself to his feet. Finding himself baffled by the peculiar formation of his chair, and not having a reserve of breath to draw upon for another exertion, he concealed his defeat under a pretence of feeling indifferent on the matter of rising, and continued fingering the table-edge as if endeavouring to read the initials which had been carved pretty deeply upon the oak by a humorous guest just where his hand rested. “Yes, my son, you’ve forgotten the blood of your ancient sires. You forget, my son, that you’re the offspring of the Macnamaras and the O’Dermots, kings of Munster in the days when there were kings, and when the Geralds were walking about in blue paint in the woods of the adjacent barbarous island of Britain” —|the Macnamara said “barbarious”.

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Moore, Frank Frankfort: Fanny's First Novel. v1. 10 Nov 2016

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INDEED, I am not quite assured in my mind that the influence of Mr. Garrick upon such a family as ours is healthy,” said Mrs. Burney, when the breakfast cups had been removed and the maid had left the room in the little house in St. Martin’s Street, off Leicester Fields. Dr. Burney, the music-master, had not to hurry away this day: his first lesson did not begin until noon; it was to be given at the mansion of Mr. Thrale, the brewer, at Streatham, and the carriage was not to call for him for another hour. He was glancing at the Advertiser in unaccustomed indolence, but when his wife had spoken he glanced up from the paper and an expression of amused surprise was upon his face. His daughter Fanny glanced up from the work-basket which her mother had placed ready for her the moment that the breakfast-table had been cleared, and the expression upon little Miss Burney’s face was one that had something of fright in it. She was too short-sighted to see the wink which her brother James, lieutenant in His Majesty's navy, gave her, for their stepmother had her back turned to him. But Mrs. Burney, without seeing him, knew that, as he himself would phrase it, he had tipped Fanny a wink. She turned quickly round upon him, and if she had previously any doubt on this point, it was at once dispelled by the solemnity of his face.

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Moore, Frank Frankfort: I Forbid the Banns!. v1. 12 Nov 2016

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MY dear Charlton, I say ‘Bismillah! Allah ilia Allah! kismet! ’ and so forth.”
“Quite so; and these dark phrases being interpreted into the language of the accursed Giaour mean that——”
“That when a thief’s hour is come he may be captured, even by a policeman.”

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Moore, Frank Frankfort: Nell Gwyn. v1. 13 Nov 2016

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“’Tis not over yet,” exclaimed Mrs. Gwyn, when she had hurried sufficiently far up Drury Lane to catch a glimpse of the King’s Playhouse. The hour was five in the afternoon and the month was November, so that it might reasonably have been expected that the play would be over. The oil-lamps about the playhouse had been lighted for some time, and a few link-boys had also lighted their torches so as to be quite ready for the escort of any of the playgoers who had to pass to their homes through such regions as were outside the bounds of the New Police.

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Moore, Frank Frankfort: Phyllis of Philistia. v1. 20 Nov 2016

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“ After all," said Mr. Ayrton, “ what is marriage? "

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Moore, Frank Frankfort: Sojourners Together. v1. 23 Nov 2016

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The hotel is of course crowded during the time of the migration of tourists, but at the season at which this story begins it was not at all well filled; so when one evening the diligence arrived with six passengers outside and two inside, the maîre d’hôtel gave his hands the slightest possible rub together.

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Moore, Frank Frankfort: The 'Great Orion'. v1. 18 Nov 2016

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I HAVE been induced to undertake the narrative of the adventures I met with during the eleven months that I was absent from England, and I hope that I shall succeed in interesting even those boys who have never heard either my name or the name of the good ship aboard which I spent so many pleasant and—it must be confessed—extremely unpleasant days. To be sure, a fuss was made about this same ship, the ‘ Great Orion,’ and her voyage; but as more than two years have passed since the newspapers published their paragraphs respecting our adventures, I dare say much of what I may write about will be quite new to English boys, who as a rule, unlike their fathers, can manage to eat hearty breakfasts without having first read the morning paper.

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Moore, Frank Frankfort: The Conscience of Coralie. v1. 26 Nov 2016

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“Politics,” said the Minister of the Annexation Department, “politics is to patriotism what a pedlar is to—to—well, to the Chancellor of the Exchequer. That’s the Chancellor of the Exchequer who has just come through the door on the right, and is congratulating Miss Roberts upon the success of her mother’s tableaux last night.’’

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Moore, Frank Frankfort: The Fate of the Black Swan. v1. 27 Nov 2016

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“IT’S a sin and a shame, Master Tom— maybe you expect to be ‘ Mister Tom’d’ now that you say you have done with school.”

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Moore, Frank Frankfort: The Impudent Comedian. v1. 1 Dec 2016

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Frank Frankfort Moore: Nationality: UK: Born : 1855 May 15 : Died : 1931 May 11

THE IMPUDENT COMEDIAN
KITTY CLIVE, ACTRESS
A QUESTION OF ART
THE MUSE OF TRAGEDY
THE WAY TO KEEP HIM
THE CAPTURE OF THE DUKE

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Moore, Frank Frankfort: The Love that Prevailed. v1. 5 Dec 2016

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“ Tne old church ways be good enough for me,” said Miller Pendelly as he placed on the table a capacious jug of cider, laying a friendly left hand on the shoulder of Jake Pullsford, the carrier, as he bent across the side of the settee with the high back.

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Moore, Frank Frankfort: The Original Woman. v1. 8 Dec 2016

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“The Castle, ma’am?” said the man with the car, when the second portmanteau had been artfully tied to the elementary ironwork of the driver’s seat by the aid of the ravellings of the lash of his whip: all the cordage in his possession had been previously used up in making secure —moderately secure—the two trunks which he had built up on the foundation of the “well” of his car, so that he had been compelled to tie on the whipcord of the lash to the depending strands to meet the emergency of the unstable portmanteau on the footboard. “The Castle, ma’am, were you saying?”

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Moore, Frank Frankfort: The Other World. v1. 9 Dec 2016

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Frank Frankfort Moore: Nationality: UK: Born : 1855 May 15 : Died : 1931 May 11

A PROVIDENTIAL ESCAPE.
MAGIC IN THE WEB OF IT.”
THE BASELESS FABRIC.
BLACK AS HE IS PAINTED.
THE GHOST OE BARMOUTH MANOR.
THE BLOOD ORANGES
THE STRANGE STORY OF NORTHAVON PRIORY.

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Moore, Frank Frankfort: The Romance of a Red Cross Hospital. v1. 12 Dec 2016

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Frank Frankfort Moore: Nationality: UK: Born : 1855 May 15 : Died : 1931 May 11

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THE appalling news which appeared in all the morning papers had fortunately not interfered with the attendance at Mrs. Morrison’s concert in the Herbert Memorial School-house, Churlington. War—War—War—that was the word that thundered from headline to headline in every paper. To glance at the headlines on any page of any paper was enough to bring before one’s eyes, as in a panoramic picture, the lurid details of a campaign. The large black capitals, three words to a line, had surely the semblance of a battery of heavy guns, and the tall thin letters a little lower down in the array of headlines had all the precision of a troop of light horse carrying lances erect but looking wickedly ready to be lowered for the charge. Anyone reading between the lines—the serried ranks of the suggestive headlines—would have perceived the many details of an army corps above the marching myriads of infantry in even columns of “ long primer ” or “ brevier.”

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Moore, George: A Mere Accident. V1. 29 Aug 2009

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George Augustus Moore (24 February 1852 – 21 January 1933) was an Irish novelist, short-story writer, poet, art critic, memoirist and dramatist. Moore came from a Roman Catholic landed family. He originally wanted to be a painter, and studied art in Paris during the 1870s. There, he befriended many of the leading French artists and writers of the day.
As a naturalistic writer, he was amongst the first English-language authors to absorb the lessons of the French realists, and was particularly influenced by the works of Émile Zola. His writings influenced James Joyce, according to the literary critic and biographer Richard Ellmann, and, although Moore's work is sometimes seen as outside the mainstream of both Irish and British literature, he is as often regarded as the first great modern Irish novelist.

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Three hundred yards of smooth, broad, white road leading from Henfield, a small town in Sussex. The grasses are lush, and the hedges are tall and luxuriant. Restless boys scramble to and fro, quiet nursemaids loiter, and a vagrant has sat down to rest though the bank is dripping with autumn rain. How fair a prospect of southern England! Land of exquisite homeliness and order; land of town that is country, of country that is town; land of a hundred classes all deftly interwoven and all waxing to one class—England. Land encrowned with the gifts of peaceful days—days that live in thy face and the faces of thy children.

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Moore, George: A Mummer's Wife. V1. 31 Aug 2009

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George Augustus Moore (24 February 1852 – 21 January 1933) was an Irish novelist, short-story writer, poet, art critic, memoirist and dramatist. Moore came from a Roman Catholic landed family. He originally wanted to be a painter, and studied art in Paris during the 1870s. There, he befriended many of the leading French artists and writers of the day.
As a naturalistic writer, he was amongst the first English-language authors to absorb the lessons of the French realists, and was particularly influenced by the works of Émile Zola. His writings influenced James Joyce, according to the literary critic and biographer Richard Ellmann, and, although Moore's work is sometimes seen as outside the mainstream of both Irish and British literature, he is as often regarded as the first great modern Irish novelist.

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In default of a screen, a gown and a red petticoat had been thrown over a clothes-horse, and these shaded the glare of the lamp from the eyes of the sick man. In the pale obscurity of the room, his bearded cheeks could be seen buried in a heap of tossed pillows. By his bedside sat a young woman. As she dozed, her face drooped until her features were hidden, and the lamp-light made the curious curves of a beautiful ear look like a piece of illuminated porcelain. Her hands lay upon her lap, her needlework slipped from them; and as it fell to the ground she awoke.

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Moore, George: Celibates. V1. 24 Aug 2009

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George Augustus Moore (24 February 1852 – 21 January 1933) was an Irish novelist, short-story writer, poet, art critic, memoirist and dramatist. Moore came from a Roman Catholic landed family. He originally wanted to be a painter, and studied art in Paris during the 1870s. There, he befriended many of the leading French artists and writers of the day.
As a naturalistic writer, he was amongst the first English-language authors to absorb the lessons of the French realists, and was particularly influenced by the works of Émile Zola. His writings influenced James Joyce, according to the literary critic and biographer Richard Ellmann, and, although Moore's work is sometimes seen as outside the mainstream of both Irish and British literature, he is as often regarded as the first great modern Irish novelist.

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“Celibates” consists of three stories—two of women and one of a man. Mildred Lawson and John Norton are celibates by nature. Agnes Lahens is a celibate from environment and circumstance. Each of the three is utterly different from the other, and yet all are alike in that they are the products of a modern civilization. Mildred and John are without that compulsive force which is known as the sexual passion. If they have it at all, it has been diluted by tradition and so-called culture into a mere sensation. Agnes’s passion is an arrested one, so that what there is of it is easily diverted into an expression of religious aspiration.

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Moore, George: Confessions of a Young Man. V1. 26 Aug 2009

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George Augustus Moore (24 February 1852 – 21 January 1933) was an Irish novelist, short-story writer, poet, art critic, memoirist and dramatist. Moore came from a Roman Catholic landed family. He originally wanted to be a painter, and studied art in Paris during the 1870s. There, he befriended many of the leading French artists and writers of the day.
As a naturalistic writer, he was amongst the first English-language authors to absorb the lessons of the French realists, and was particularly influenced by the works of Émile Zola. His writings influenced James Joyce, according to the literary critic and biographer Richard Ellmann, and, although Moore's work is sometimes seen as outside the mainstream of both Irish and British literature, he is as often regarded as the first great modern Irish novelist.

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Dear little book, what shall I say about thee? Belated offspring of mine, out of print for twenty years, what shall I say in praise of thee? For twenty years I have only seen thee in French, and in this English text thou comest to me like an old love, at once a surprise and a recollection. Dear little book, I would say nothing about thee if I could help it, but a publisher pleads, and "No" is a churlish word. So for him I will say that I like thy prattle; that while travelling in a railway carriage on my way to the country of "Esther Waters," I passed my station by, and had to hire a carriage and drive across the downs.

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Moore, George: Esther Waters. V1. 25 Aug 2009

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George Augustus Moore (24 February 1852 – 21 January 1933) was an Irish novelist, short-story writer, poet, art critic, memoirist and dramatist. Moore came from a Roman Catholic landed family. He originally wanted to be a painter, and studied art in Paris during the 1870s. There, he befriended many of the leading French artists and writers of the day.
As a naturalistic writer, he was amongst the first English-language authors to absorb the lessons of the French realists, and was particularly influenced by the works of Émile Zola. His writings influenced James Joyce, according to the literary critic and biographer Richard Ellmann, and, although Moore's work is sometimes seen as outside the mainstream of both Irish and British literature, he is as often regarded as the first great modern Irish novelist.

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She stood on the platform watching the receding train. A few bushes hid the curve of the line; the white vapour rose above them, evaporating in the pale evening. A moment more and the last carriage would pass out of sight. The white gates swung forward slowly and closed over the line.
An oblong box painted reddish brown and tied with a rough rope lay on the seat beside her. The movement of her back and shoulders showed that the bundle she carried was a heavy one, the sharp bulging of the grey linen cloth that the weight was dead. She wore a faded yellow dress and a black jacket too warm for the day. A girl of twenty, short, strongly built, with short, strong arms. Her neck was plump, and her hair of so ordinary a brown that it passed unnoticed. The nose was too thick, but the nostrils were well formed. The eyes were grey, luminous, and veiled with dark lashes. But it was only when she laughed that her face lost its habitual expression, which was somewhat sullen; then it flowed with bright humour. She laughed now, showing a white line of almond-shaped teeth. The porter had asked her if she were afraid to leave her bundle with her box. Both, he said, would go up together in the donkey-cart. The donkey-cart came down every evening to fetch parcels.... That was the way to Woodview, right up the lane. She could not miss it. She would find the lodge gate in that clump of trees. The man lingered, for she was an attractive girl, but the station-master called him away to remove some luggage.

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Moore, George: Evelyn Innes. V1. 26 Aug 2009

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George Augustus Moore (24 February 1852 – 21 January 1933) was an Irish novelist, short-story writer, poet, art critic, memoirist and dramatist. Moore came from a Roman Catholic landed family. He originally wanted to be a painter, and studied art in Paris during the 1870s. There, he befriended many of the leading French artists and writers of the day.
As a naturalistic writer, he was amongst the first English-language authors to absorb the lessons of the French realists, and was particularly influenced by the works of Émile Zola. His writings influenced James Joyce, according to the literary critic and biographer Richard Ellmann, and, although Moore's work is sometimes seen as outside the mainstream of both Irish and British literature, he is as often regarded as the first great modern Irish novelist.

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The thin winter day had died early, and at four o'clock it was dark night in the long room in which Mr. Innes gave his concerts of early music. An Elizabethan virginal had come to him to be repaired, and he had worked all the afternoon, and when overtaken by the dusk, he had impatiently sought a candle end, lit it, and placed it so that its light fell upon the jacks.... Only one more remained to be adjusted. He picked it up, touched the quill and dropped it into its place, rapidly tuned the instrument, and ran his fingers over the keys.

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Moore, George: Memoirs of My Dead Life. V1. 28 Aug 2009

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George Augustus Moore (24 February 1852 – 21 January 1933) was an Irish novelist, short-story writer, poet, art critic, memoirist and dramatist. Moore came from a Roman Catholic landed family. He originally wanted to be a painter, and studied art in Paris during the 1870s. There, he befriended many of the leading French artists and writers of the day.
As a naturalistic writer, he was amongst the first English-language authors to absorb the lessons of the French realists, and was particularly influenced by the works of Émile Zola. His writings influenced James Joyce, according to the literary critic and biographer Richard Ellmann, and, although Moore's work is sometimes seen as outside the mainstream of both Irish and British literature, he is as often regarded as the first great modern Irish novelist.

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Last month the post brought me two interesting letters, and the reader will understand how interesting they were to me when I tell him that one was from Mr. Sears, of the firm of Appleton, who not knowing me personally had written to Messrs. Heinemann to tell them that the firm he represented could not publish the “Memoirs” unless two stories were omitted; “The Lovers of Orelay,” and “In the Luxembourg Gardens,” —Messrs. Heinemann had forwarded the letter to me; my interest in the other letter was less direct, but the reader will understand that it was not less interesting when I tell that it came from the secretary of a certain charitable institution who had been reading the book in question, and now wrote to consult me on many points of life and conduct. He had been compelled to do so, for the reading of the “Memoirs” had disturbed his mind. The reader will agree with me that disturbed is probably the right word to use. To say that the book had undermined his convictions or altered his outlook on life would be an exaggeration. “Outlook on life” and “standard of conduct” are phrases from his own vocabulary, and they depict him.

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Moore, George: Mike Fletcher. V1. 30 Aug 2009

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George Augustus Moore (24 February 1852 – 21 January 1933) was an Irish novelist, short-story writer, poet, art critic, memoirist and dramatist. Moore came from a Roman Catholic landed family. He originally wanted to be a painter, and studied art in Paris during the 1870s. There, he befriended many of the leading French artists and writers of the day.
As a naturalistic writer, he was amongst the first English-language authors to absorb the lessons of the French realists, and was particularly influenced by the works of Émile Zola. His writings influenced James Joyce, according to the literary critic and biographer Richard Ellmann, and, although Moore's work is sometimes seen as outside the mainstream of both Irish and British literature, he is as often regarded as the first great modern Irish novelist.

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Oaths, vociférations, and the slamming of cab-doors. The darkness was decorated by the pink of a silk skirt, the crimson of an opera-cloak vivid in the light of a carriage-lamp, with women’s faces, necks, and hair. The women sprang gaily from hansoms and pushed through the swing-doors. It was Lubini’s famous restaurant.

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Moore, George: Modern Painting. V1. 30 Aug 2009

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George Augustus Moore (24 February 1852 – 21 January 1933) was an Irish novelist, short-story writer, poet, art critic, memoirist and dramatist. Moore came from a Roman Catholic landed family. He originally wanted to be a painter, and studied art in Paris during the 1870s. There, he befriended many of the leading French artists and writers of the day.
As a naturalistic writer, he was amongst the first English-language authors to absorb the lessons of the French realists, and was particularly influenced by the works of Émile Zola. His writings influenced James Joyce, according to the literary critic and biographer Richard Ellmann, and, although Moore's work is sometimes seen as outside the mainstream of both Irish and British literature, he is as often regarded as the first great modern Irish novelist.

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I have studied Mr. Whistler and thought about him this many a year. His character was for a long time incomprehensible to me; it contained elements apparently so antagonistic, so mutually destructive, that I had to confess my inability to bring him within any imaginable psychological laws, and classed him as one of the enigmas of life. But Nature is never illogical; she only seems so, because our sight is not sufficient to see into her intentions; and with study my psychological difficulties dwindled, and now the man stands before me exquisitely understood, a perfect piece of logic. All that seemed discordant and discrepant in his nature has now become harmonious and inevitable; the strangest and most erratic actions of his life now seem natural and consequential (I use the word in its grammatical sense) contradictions are reconciled, and looking at the man I see the pictures, and looking at the pictures I see the man

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Moore, George: Muslin. V1. 31 Aug 2009

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George Augustus Moore (24 February 1852 – 21 January 1933) was an Irish novelist, short-story writer, poet, art critic, memoirist and dramatist. Moore came from a Roman Catholic landed family. He originally wanted to be a painter, and studied art in Paris during the 1870s. There, he befriended many of the leading French artists and writers of the day.
As a naturalistic writer, he was amongst the first English-language authors to absorb the lessons of the French realists, and was particularly influenced by the works of Émile Zola. His writings influenced James Joyce, according to the literary critic and biographer Richard Ellmann, and, although Moore's work is sometimes seen as outside the mainstream of both Irish and British literature, he is as often regarded as the first great modern Irish novelist.

Excerpt
The convent was situated on a hilltop, and through the green garden the white dresses of the schoolgirls fluttered like the snowy plumage of a hundred doves. Obeying a sudden impulse, a flock of little ones would race through a deluge of leaf-entangled rays towards a pet companion standing at the end of a gravel-walk examining the flower she has just picked, the sunlight glancing along her little white legs proudly and charmingly advanced. The elder girls in their longer skirts were more dignified, but when they caught sight of a favourite sister, they too ran forward, and then retreated timidly, as if afraid of committing an indiscretion.

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Moore, George: Sister Teresa. V1. 1 Sep 2009

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George Augustus Moore (24 February 1852 – 21 January 1933) was an Irish novelist, short-story writer, poet, art critic, memoirist and dramatist. Moore came from a Roman Catholic landed family. He originally wanted to be a painter, and studied art in Paris during the 1870s. There, he befriended many of the leading French artists and writers of the day.
As a naturalistic writer, he was amongst the first English-language authors to absorb the lessons of the French realists, and was particularly influenced by the works of Émile Zola. His writings influenced James Joyce, according to the literary critic and biographer Richard Ellmann, and, although Moore's work is sometimes seen as outside the mainstream of both Irish and British literature, he is as often regarded as the first great modern Irish novelist.

Excerpt
As soon as Mother Philippa came into the parlour Evelyn guessed there must be serious trouble in the convent.
“But what is the matter, Mother Philippa?”
“Well, my dear, to tell you the truth, we have no money at all.”
“None at all! You must have some money.”
“As a matter of fact we have none, and Mother Prioress won’t let us order anything from the tradespeople.”
“Why not?”

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Moore, George: Spring Days. V1. 1 Sep 2009

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George Augustus Moore (24 February 1852 – 21 January 1933) was an Irish novelist, short-story writer, poet, art critic, memoirist and dramatist. Moore came from a Roman Catholic landed family. He originally wanted to be a painter, and studied art in Paris during the 1870s. There, he befriended many of the leading French artists and writers of the day.
As a naturalistic writer, he was amongst the first English-language authors to absorb the lessons of the French realists, and was particularly influenced by the works of Émile Zola. His writings influenced James Joyce, according to the literary critic and biographer Richard Ellmann, and, although Moore's work is sometimes seen as outside the mainstream of both Irish and British literature, he is as often regarded as the first great modern Irish novelist.

Excerpt
“Miss, I’ll have his blood; I will, miss, I will.”
“For goodness’ sake, cook, go back to your kitchen; put that dreadful pair of boots under your apron.”
“No, miss; I’ll be revenged. He has insulted me.”
“You can’t be revenged now, cook; you see he has shut himself in; you had better go back to your kitchen.”
The groom, who was washing the carriage, stood, mop in hand, grinning, appreciating the discomfiture of the coachman, who was paying the penalty of his joke.

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Moore, George: The Brook Kerith. V1. 24 Aug 2009

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George Augustus Moore (24 February 1852 – 21 January 1933) was an Irish novelist, short-story writer, poet, art critic, memoirist and dramatist. Moore came from a Roman Catholic landed family. He originally wanted to be a painter, and studied art in Paris during the 1870s. There, he befriended many of the leading French artists and writers of the day.
As a naturalistic writer, he was amongst the first English-language authors to absorb the lessons of the French realists, and was particularly influenced by the works of Émile Zola. His writings influenced James Joyce, according to the literary critic and biographer Richard Ellmann, and, although Moore's work is sometimes seen as outside the mainstream of both Irish and British literature, he is as often regarded as the first great modern Irish novelist.

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It was at the end of a summer evening, long after his usual bedtime, that Joseph, sitting on his grandmother's knee, heard her tell that Kish having lost his asses sent Saul, his son, to seek them in the land of the Benjamites and the land of Shalisha, whither they might have strayed. But they were not in these lands, Son, she continued, nor in Zulp, whither Saul went afterwards, and being then tired out with looking for them he said to the servant: we shall do well to forget the asses, lest my father should ask what has become of us. But the servant, being of a mind that Kish would not care to see them without the asses, said to young Saul: let us go up into yon city, for a great seer lives there and he will be able to put us in the right way to come upon the asses. But we have little in our wallet to recompense him, Saul answered, only half a loaf and a little wine at the end of the bottle. We have more than that, the servant replied, and opening his hand he showed a quarter of a shekel of silver to Saul, who said: he will take that in payment.

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Moore, George: The Lake. V1. 27 Aug 2009

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George Augustus Moore (24 February 1852 – 21 January 1933) was an Irish novelist, short-story writer, poet, art critic, memoirist and dramatist. Moore came from a Roman Catholic landed family. He originally wanted to be a painter, and studied art in Paris during the 1870s. There, he befriended many of the leading French artists and writers of the day.
As a naturalistic writer, he was amongst the first English-language authors to absorb the lessons of the French realists, and was particularly influenced by the works of Émile Zola. His writings influenced James Joyce, according to the literary critic and biographer Richard Ellmann, and, although Moore's work is sometimes seen as outside the mainstream of both Irish and British literature, he is as often regarded as the first great modern Irish novelist.

Excerpt
It was one of those enticing days at the beginning of May when white clouds are drawn about the earth like curtains. The lake lay like a mirror that somebody had breathed upon, the brown islands showing through the mist faintly, with gray shadows falling into the water, blurred at the edges. The ducks were talking in the reeds, the reeds themselves were talking, and the water lapping softly about the smooth limestone shingle. But there was an impulse in the gentle day, and, turning from the sandy spit, Father Oliver walked to and fro along the disused cart-track about the edge of the wood, asking himself if he were going home, knowing very well that he could not bring himself to interview his parishioners that morning.

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Moore, George: The Untilled Field. V1. 2 Sep 2009

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George Augustus Moore (24 February 1852 – 21 January 1933) was an Irish novelist, short-story writer, poet, art critic, memoirist and dramatist. Moore came from a Roman Catholic landed family. He originally wanted to be a painter, and studied art in Paris during the 1870s. There, he befriended many of the leading French artists and writers of the day.
As a naturalistic writer, he was amongst the first English-language authors to absorb the lessons of the French realists, and was particularly influenced by the works of Émile Zola. His writings influenced James Joyce, according to the literary critic and biographer Richard Ellmann, and, although Moore's work is sometimes seen as outside the mainstream of both Irish and British literature, he is as often regarded as the first great modern Irish novelist.

Excerpt
It was a beautiful summer morning, and Rodney was out of his bed at six o'clock. He usually went for a walk before going to his studio, and this morning his walk had been a very pleasant one, for yesterday's work had gone well with him. But as he turned into the mews in which his studio was situated he saw the woman whom he employed to light his fire standing in the middle of the roadway. He had never seen her standing in the middle of the roadway before and his doors wide open, and he instantly divined a misfortune, and thought of the Virgin and Child he had just finished. There was nothing else in his studio that he, cared much about. A few busts, done long ago, and a few sketches; no work of importance, nothing that he cared about or that could not be replaced if it were broken.

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Moore, George: Vain Fortune. V1. 2 Sep 2009

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George Augustus Moore (24 February 1852 – 21 January 1933) was an Irish novelist, short-story writer, poet, art critic, memoirist and dramatist. Moore came from a Roman Catholic landed family. He originally wanted to be a painter, and studied art in Paris during the 1870s. There, he befriended many of the leading French artists and writers of the day.
As a naturalistic writer, he was amongst the first English-language authors to absorb the lessons of the French realists, and was particularly influenced by the works of Émile Zola. His writings influenced James Joyce, according to the literary critic and biographer Richard Ellmann, and, although Moore's work is sometimes seen as outside the mainstream of both Irish and British literature, he is as often regarded as the first great modern Irish novelist.

Excerpt
The lamp had not been wiped, and the room smelt slightly of paraffin. The old window-curtains, whose harsh green age had not softened, were drawn. The mahogany sideboard, the threadbare carpet, the small horsehair sofa, the gilt mirror, standing on a white marble chimney-piece, said clearly, ‘Furnished apartments in a house built about a hundred years ago.’ There were piles of newspapers, there were books on the mahogany sideboard and on the horsehair sofa, and on the table there were various manuscripts,—The Gipsy, Act I.; The Gipsy, Act iii., Scenes iii. and iv.

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More, Thomas: Utopia. v1, 9 Apr 2009

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An English translation of Sir Thomas More's seminal work about an "ideal" society, originally published in Latin in 1516. The book is both a scathing attack on the problems of society in Tudor England, and a proposal for how an "ideal" society might be structured. The title of the book (which is a Greek pun - the name literally meaning "nowhere") has since entered the English language as the name given to any "perfect" place. The work was very heavily influenced by Plato's "Republic".

The book takes the form of a conversation between More himself and several travellers whom he has met while living in Antwerp, most notably the explorer "Raphael Hythloday", who tells him about the island archipelago of Utopia which he encountered while travelling with Amerigo Vespucci.

Not easy reading, but well worth the effort. Enjoy!

Note that a version of this book was uploaded in 2007 for the Sony Reader only. This version is better formatted than the earlier version, and includes a couple of illustrations - the title page and map from More's original work.

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Morgan, Amanda A.: Paquimé: a visitor's companion. v1. 21 November 2011

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A brief introduction to the prehistoric ruins at Paquime/Casas Grandes, Chihuahua, Mexico. This small desert city met a mysterious end less than a century before the first Spanish expedition to the area. Its inhabitants followed an intriguing mix of Mesoamerican and Puebloan cultural practices.

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Morley, John: Voltaire, A Biographical Critique, v.1, 5 Nov 2007.

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A study of Voltaire’s life and work by John, Viscount Morley.
First published in 1872, this is from the1885 edition.

Picture, ToC and linked footnotes added.

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Morris, Hugh: The Art of Kissing, v.1, 8 March 2008.

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(1936)
A description of various techniques.

Thoroughly silly. Some of the advice (e.g. to ignore a woman’s protests) may lead to assault charges.

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Morris, William: Kunde von Nirgendwo. german. v1. 28 feb 2009

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[Kunde von Nirgendwo[/ von William Morris erschien erstmalig 1890 und gilt als Klassiker der utopischen Romane.

Morris entwirft eine ganzheitliche und soziale Gesellschaft in der nachindustriellen Zukunft. Die bestehende Ordnung ist untergegangen und einer neuen Gesellschaftsform gewichen, die den sinnlichen Fähigkeiten und den ästhetischen Bedürfnissen der Menschen Raum gibt.

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Morris, William: News from Nowhere, v1, 17 Oct 2007.

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William Morris:
News from Nowhere or an epoch of rest
being some chapters from A Utopian Romance

A Utopia where, after a socialist revolution, society is organised as a mixture of medieval and socialist elements.

From Wikipedia:
“News from Nowhere (1890) is a classic work of utopian romantic science fiction written by the artist, designer and socialist pioneer William Morris. In the book, the narrator falls asleep after returning from a meeting of the Socialist League and awakes to find himself in a future society based on common ownership and democratic control of the means of production. The remainder of the book explores a number of aspects of this society, including its organisation and the relationships which it engenders between people. The book offers Morris' answers to a number of frequent objections to socialism, and underlines his belief that socialism will entail not only the abolishment of private property but also of the divisions between art, life, and work.
In the novel, Morris tackles one of the most common criticisms of socialism; the supposed lack of incentive to work in a communist society. Morris' response is that all work should be creative and pleasurable. This differs from the majority of Socialist thinkers, who tend to assume that while work is a necessary evil, a well-planned equal society can reduce the amount of work needed to be done by each worker.”

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Morrison, Arthur: A Child of the Jago. v1. 12 Mar 2013

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Arthur George Morrison (November 1, 1863 London - December 4, 1945) was an English author and journalist, known for his realistic novels about London's East End and for his detective stories.

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It was past the mid of a summer night in the Old Jago. The narrow street was all the blacker for the lurid sky; for there was a fire in a farther part of Shoreditch, and the welkin was an infernal coppery glare. Below, the hot, heavy air lay, a rank oppression, on the contorted forms of those who made for sleep on the pavement: and in it, and through it all, there rose from the foul earth and the grimed walls a close, mingled stink—the odour of the Jago.

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Morrison, Arthur: Adventures of Martin Hewitt. v1. 23 Apr 2019

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The third series of Martin Hewitt stories. Text is the 1896 book version, thoroughly proofed. Includes pictures.

The only other ebook version of this work I have found has many OCR errors and, worse, uses a shortened, Americanized edit of the "Flitterbat Lancers" (possibly taken from [Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine, [/which published the story in the 1950s.)

Anyone is of course welcome to incorporate this text into the existing "omnibus" ebooks.

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Morrison, Arthur: Chronicles of Martin Hewitt. v1. 11 Mar 2013

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Arthur George Morrison (November 1, 1863 London - December 4, 1945) was an English author and journalist, known for his realistic novels about London's East End and for his detective stories.

THE IVY COTTAGE MYSTERY.
THE NICOBAR BULLION CASE.
THE HOLFORD WILL CASE.
THE CASE OF THE MISSING HAND.
THE CASE OF LAKER, ABSCONDED.
THE CASE OF THE LOST FOREIGNER
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Morrison, Arthur: Detective Stories. v1. 11 Mar 2013

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Arthur George Morrison (November 1, 1863 London - December 4, 1945) was an English author and journalist, known for his realistic novels about London's East End and for his detective stories.

The Case Of The Ward Lane Tabernacle
The Ivy Cottage Mystery
The Nicobar Bullion Case
The Flitterbat Lancers
The Narrative Of Mr. James Rigby
The Case Of Janissary
The Affair Of The "Avalanche Bicycle & Tyre Co., Ltd"

Note: I could not find the illustrations referenced in the text.

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Morrison, Arthur: Martin Hewitt Omnibus. v1, 19 Feb 2009

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An omnibus edition of the "Martin Hewitt" detective stories of the English journalist and author, Arthur Morrison (1863-1945). His detective stories featuring the investigator Martin Hewitt, although virtually unknown today, were enormously popular during the late 1890s and early 1900s; at one time he was second in popularity only to Conan Doyle's Sherlock Holmes stories.

This volume contains the stories from three of his "Martin Hewitt" collections:

- Martin Hewitt, Investigator

- Collected Detective Stories

- The Red Triangle

This is still far from complete; there are at least two more "Martin Hewitt" short story collections which are not currently available as eBooks. I will add them to this omnibus if they become available in the future.

These are excellent stories, and deserve to be better known. Enjoy!

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Morrison, Arthur: Martin Hewitt, Investigator. V1. 4 Sep 2009

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Arthur George Morrison (November 1, 1863 London - December 4, 1945) was an English author and journalist, known for his realistic novels about London's East End and for his detective stories.

Excerpt
Those who retain any memory of the great law cases of fifteen or twenty years back will remember, at least, the title of that extraordinary will case, “Bartley v. Bartley and others,” which occupied the Probate Court for some weeks on end, and caused an amount of public interest rarely accorded to any but the cases considered in the other division of the same court. The case itself was noted for the large quantity of remarkable and unusual evidence presented by the plaintiff’s side—evidence that took the other party completely by surprise, and overthrew their case like a house of cards. The affair will, perhaps, be more readily recalled as the occasion of the sudden rise to eminence in their profession of Messrs. Crellan, Hunt & Crellan, solicitors for the plaintiff—a result due entirely to the wonderful ability shown in this case of building up, apparently out of nothing, a smashing weight of irresistible evidence.

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Morrison, Arthur: Tales of Mean Streets. v1. 10 Mar 2013

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Arthur George Morrison (November 1, 1863 London - December 4, 1945) was an English author and journalist, known for his realistic novels about London's East End and for his detective stories.

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After a quarter of a century these, brief and searching tales of Arthur Morrison's still keep the breath of life in them—modest but precious salvages from the high washings and roarings of the eighteen-nineties. The decade—the last of the Victorian age, as of the century—was so fecund that some Englishman has spread out its record to the proportions of a book.

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Morrison, Arthur: The Case of the Ward Lane Tabernacle. v1. 12 Mar 2013

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Arthur George Morrison (November 1, 1863 London - December 4, 1945) was an English author and journalist, known for his realistic novels about London's East End and for his detective stories.

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Among the few personal friendships that Martin Hewitt has allowed himself to make there is one for an eccentric but very excellent old lady named Mrs. Mallett. She must be more than seventy now, but she is of robust and active, not to say masculine, habits, and her relations with Hewitt are irregular and curious. He may not see her for many weeks, perhaps for months, until one day she will appear in the office, push Kerrett (who knows better than to attempt to stop her) into the inner room, and salute Hewitt with a shake of the hand and a savage glare of the eye which would appal a stranger, but which is quite amiably meant. As for myself, it was long ere I could find any resource but instant retreat before her gaze, though we are on terms of moderate toleration now.

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Morrison, Arthur: The Green Eye of Goona, 1904, v1, 2 March 2019

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The fabulous Green Eye of Goona, a very rare and valuable green-tinted diamond an inch and a half long, sensationally vanishes from its Indian palace during the 1902 Royal Durbar.

And a case of 80-year old Imperial Tokay magnums travels from India to Britain, where the bottles are sold at auction, much to the shock and horror of the man who stole the diamond and secreted it in one of the bottles!

The search is on! Good fun.

Text from Project Gutenberg Australia.

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Morrison, Arthur: The Red Triangle. V1. 4 Sep 2009

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Arthur George Morrison (November 1, 1863 London - December 4, 1945) was an English author and journalist, known for his realistic novels about London's East End and for his detective stories.

Excerpt
I have already recorded many of the adventures of my friend Martin Hewitt, but among them there have been more of a certain few which were discovered to be related together in a very extraordinary manner; and it is to these that I am now at liberty to address myself. There may have been others—cases which gave no indication of their connection with these; some of them indeed I may have told without a suspicion of their connection with the Red Triangle; but the first in which that singular accompaniment became apparent was the matter of Samuel’s diamonds. The case exhibited many interesting features, and I was very anxious to report it, with perhaps even less delay than I had thought judicious in other cases; but Hewitt restrained me.

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Morrow, Honoré Willsie: Judith of the Godless Valley. v1. 1 Feb 2014

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Honoré Willsie Morrow: Novelist 1880-1940
Honore Willsie Morrow loved history and did not mind painstaking research.

Excerpt
"A guy that don't rustle cattle when the rustling is good, is a fool."
—Scott Parsons.

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Morrow, Honoré Willsie: Lydia of the Pines. v1. 1 Feb 2014

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Honoré Willsie Morrow: Novelist 1880-1940
Honore Willsie Morrow loved history and did not mind painstaking research.

Excerpt
There is a State in the North Mississippi Valley unexcelled for its quiet beauty. To the casual traveler there may be a certain monotony in the unending miles of rolling green hills, stretching on and on into distant, pale skies. But the native of the State knows that the monotony is only seeming.

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Morrow, Honoré Willsie: Still Jim. v1. 1 Feb 2014

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Honoré Willsie Morrow: Novelist 1880-1940
Honore Willsie Morrow loved history and did not mind painstaking research.

Excerpt
Little Jim sat at the quarry edge and dangled his legs over the derrick pit. The derrick was out of commission because once more the lift cable had parted. Big Jim Manning, Little Jim's father, was down in the pit with Tomasso, his Italian helper, disentangling the cables, working silently, efficiently, as was his custom.
Little Jim bit his fingers and watched and scowled in a worried way. He and his mother hated to have Big Jim work in the quarry. It seemed to them that Big Jim was too good for such work. Little Jim wanted to leave school and be a water boy and his father's helper. Big Jim never seemed to hear the boy's request and Little Jim kept on at school.

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Morrow, Honoré Willsie: The Enchanted Canyon. v1. 31 Jan 2014

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Honoré Willsie Morrow: Novelist 1880-1940
Honore Willsie Morrow loved history and did not mind painstaking research.

Excerpt
"A boy at fourteen needs a mother or the memory of a mother as he does at no other period of his life."—Enoch's Diary.

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Morrow, Honoré Willsie: The Forbidden Trail. v1. 31 Jan 2014

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Honoré Willsie Morrow: Novelist 1880-1940
Honore Willsie Morrow loved history and did not mind painstaking research.

Excerpt
Charlotte was five. She was tall for her age too. In fact at five she was nearly as tall as Roger. But she was not as thin as he. She had large brown eyes of astounding depth and softness and bronze brown hair that was short and curly. There were lovely curves in her scarlet, drooping lips and a fine arch to her head above the ears. There was a dimple in her round chin. She sat in front of Roger who was astride one end of a great plank that was up-ended on a barrel.

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Morrow, Honoré Willsie: The Heart of the Desert. v1. 31 Jan 2014

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Honoré Willsie Morrow: Novelist 1880-1940
Honore Willsie Morrow loved history and did not mind painstaking research.

Excerpt
Rhoda hobbled through the sand to the nearest rock. On this she sank with a groan, clasped her slender foot with both hands and looked about her helplessly.
She felt very small, very much alone. The infinite wastes of yellow desert danced in heat waves against the bronze-blue sky. The girl saw no sign of living thing save a buzzard that swept lazily across the zenith. She turned dizzily from contemplating the vast emptiness about her to a close scrutiny of her injured foot. She drew off her thin satin house slipper painfully and dropped it unheedingly into a bunch of yucca that crowded against the rock. Her silk stocking followed. Then she sat in helpless misery, eying her blue-veined foot.

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Morrow, W. C.: The Ape, The Idiot and Other People, 1897, v1, 4 May 2026

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The author is an American writer (1854-1923) now noted mainly for his short stories of horror and suspense. He is probably best known for the much-anthologised story "His Unconquerable Enemy" which is included in this 1897 collection.

1: The Resurrection of Little Wang Ta
2: The Hero of the Plague
3: His Unconquerable Enemy
4: The Permanent Stiletto
5: Over an Absinthe Bottle
6: The Inmate of the Dungeon
7: A Game of Honor
8: Treacherous Velasco
9: An Uncommon View of It
10: A Story Told by the Sea
11: The Monster-Maker
12: An Original Revenge
13: Two Singular Men
14: The Faithful Amulet

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Morrow, W. C.: A Night with Death and Other Tales of the Macabre. v1. 21 Feb 2021

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An extensive collection of stories from a dark imagination… A few are touched with the supernatural, some cross into weird fiction, but even the non-genre tales are imbued with grisly ghastliness to make your flesh creep.

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William Chambers Morrow (7 July 1854 – 3 April 1923) was an American writer, now noted mainly for his short stories of horror and suspense. He is probably best known for the much-anthologized story “His Unconquerable Enemy” (1889), about the implacable revenge of a servant whose limbs have been amputated on the orders of a cruel rajah. Ambrose Bierce was an enthusiast of Morrow’s stories.

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My own compilation. Contents were originally published 1879 ~ 1906. This book is in the public domain where copyright is ‘Life+90’ or less, and in the USA.

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Moszkowski, Alexander: Das Geheimnis der Sprache [German] V1. 12-Dec-2010

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Alexander Moszkowski (* 15. Januar 1851 in Pilica; † 26. September 1934 in Berlin) war ein deutscher Schriftsteller und Satiriker polnisch-jüdischer Abstammung. Er ist der Bruder des Komponisten und Pianisten Moritz Moszkowski.
Moszkowski wurde am 15. Januar 1851 in Pilica (eine Ortschaft nördlich von Krakau, die damals zu Kongresspolen bzw. ab 1831 zu Russland gehörte) in einer reichen polnischen Familie geboren, wuchs jedoch in Breslau (damals Preußen) auf. Später zog er nach Berlin, wo ihn Julius Stettenheim von 1877 bis 1886 für seine Satirezeitung Berliner Wespen engagierte.
Nach Differenzen mit Stettenheim gründete er seine eigene Zeitschrift „Lustige Blätter“, die während der Weimarer Republik hohe Auflagen erreichte.
Moszkowski gehörte seit 1892 zu den Mitgliedern der Gesellschaft der Freunde. Er war eine Persönlichkeit der Berliner Gesellschaft und mit Berühmtheiten wie Albert Einstein bekannt. Moszkowski war einer der ersten, die die Relativitätstheorie einem breiten Publikum populärwissenschaftlich zugänglich machten.

Das Geheimnis der Sprache (1923) - [Aus Höhen und Tiefen der Ausdrucksformen[/

Extrakt: Es handelt von unserer Sprache und ihren Erlebnissen in neuerer Zeit, also von unendlichen Dingen. Die Sprache erlebt an einem Tage mehr, als zehn dicke Bücher beschreiben können, und nichts anderes kann die einzelne Sprachschrift unternehmen, als den Blick des Leser auf diese Geschehnisse einzustellen; in einer Zeit, da das Erleben der Sprache Eines ist mit dem Erleben des Volkes, da wir aus Sprach-Not und Sprach-Hoffnung unser eigenes Schicksal deuten. Denn hinter allen Betrachtungen steht ungeschrieben, aber stets mitgedacht das große, in die Zukunft weisende Signal von der deutschen Weltsprache, die uns mit geistiger Notwendigkeit zurückerobern wird, was uns die politische Notwendigkeit verlieren ließ.

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Moszkowski, Alexander: Das Panorama meines Lebens [German] V1. 12-Dec-2010

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Alexander Moszkowski (* 15. Januar 1851 in Pilica; † 26. September 1934 in Berlin) war ein deutscher Schriftsteller und Satiriker polnisch-jüdischer Abstammung. Er ist der Bruder des Komponisten und Pianisten Moritz Moszkowski.
Moszkowski wurde am 15. Januar 1851 in Pilica (eine Ortschaft nördlich von Krakau, die damals zu Kongresspolen bzw. ab 1831 zu Russland gehörte) in einer reichen polnischen Familie geboren, wuchs jedoch in Breslau (damals Preußen) auf. Später zog er nach Berlin, wo ihn Julius Stettenheim von 1877 bis 1886 für seine Satirezeitung Berliner Wespen engagierte.
Nach Differenzen mit Stettenheim gründete er seine eigene Zeitschrift „Lustige Blätter“, die während der Weimarer Republik hohe Auflagen erreichte.
Moszkowski gehörte seit 1892 zu den Mitgliedern der Gesellschaft der Freunde. Er war eine Persönlichkeit der Berliner Gesellschaft und mit Berühmtheiten wie Albert Einstein bekannt. Moszkowski war einer der ersten, die die Relativitätstheorie einem breiten Publikum populärwissenschaftlich zugänglich machten.

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Moszkowski, Alexander: Die Inseln der Weisheit. german. v1. 15 apr 2009

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Alexander Moszkowski (* 15. Januar 1851 in Pilica; † 26. September 1934 in Berlin) war ein deutscher Schriftsteller und Satiriker polnisch-jüdischer Abstammung. Er ist der Bruder des Komponisten und Pianisten Moritz Moszkowski. Neben seinen satirischen Arbeiten umfasst das Werk Moszkowskis zahlreiche populärwissenschaftliche Bücher vor allem über Sprache und Philosophie.

Sein bis heute interessantestes Werk ist der Utopische Roman [Die Inseln der Weisheit[/ von 1922. Dieses in der Tradition von Daniel Defoe und Jonathan Swift stehende Werk nutzt die Rahmenhandlung einer Expedition zu unbekannten, aber teils hochtechnisierten Inseln, um verschiedene Geistesströmungen seiner Zeit mittels Gesellschaften auf den verschiedenen Inseln zu schildern. Diese Gesellschaften führen jeweils eine Idee ins Extrem und damit ad absurdum.
Dabei erfindet Moszkowski unter anderem das Mobiltelefon und schildert prophetisch die Beschleunigung der modernen hochtechnisierten Informationsgesellschaft. Es wird u. a. eine Art Holodeck, also ein Virtueller Raum beschrieben, in dem ein dreidimensionaler Film über den Aufstieg der Maschinen und die Versklavung der Menschheit gezeigt wird.

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Moszkowski, Alexander: Einstein – Einblicke in seine Gedanke [German] V1. 12-Dec-2010

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Alexander Moszkowski (* 15. Januar 1851 in Pilica; † 26. September 1934 in Berlin) war ein deutscher Schriftsteller und Satiriker polnisch-jüdischer Abstammung. Er ist der Bruder des Komponisten und Pianisten Moritz Moszkowski.
Moszkowski wurde am 15. Januar 1851 in Pilica (eine Ortschaft nördlich von Krakau, die damals zu Kongresspolen bzw. ab 1831 zu Russland gehörte) in einer reichen polnischen Familie geboren, wuchs jedoch in Breslau (damals Preußen) auf. Später zog er nach Berlin, wo ihn Julius Stettenheim von 1877 bis 1886 für seine Satirezeitung Berliner Wespen engagierte.
Nach Differenzen mit Stettenheim gründete er seine eigene Zeitschrift „Lustige Blätter“, die während der Weimarer Republik hohe Auflagen erreichte.
Moszkowski gehörte seit 1892 zu den Mitgliedern der Gesellschaft der Freunde. Er war eine Persönlichkeit der Berliner Gesellschaft und mit Berühmtheiten wie Albert Einstein bekannt. Moszkowski war einer der ersten, die die Relativitätstheorie einem breiten Publikum populärwissenschaftlich zugänglich machten.

Einstein – Einblicke in seine Gedankenwelt (1922)

Gemeinverständliche Betrachtungen über die Relativitätstheorie und ein neues Weltsystem, entwickelt aus Gesprächen mit Einstein.
1922

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Mulholland, Rosa: Ghostly Tales. v1. 14 Feb 2021

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Tales of dark maledictions and ghostly apparitions and visitants out of time. (Some narratives in an Irish brogue may prove challenging.)

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Rosa Mulholland (also known as Lady Gilbert, 1841 – 21 April 1921) was an Irish novelist, poet and playwright. Many of her stories are based in rural Ireland.

Under the personal encouragement of Charles Dickens, she contributed regularly to his magazine “All the Year Round”, including short stories and serializations of several novels. During the 1870’s she began a productive career as a children’s writer, and these books are her most collectable and sought after today. Sadly, all of her best-selling novels went out-of-print, and she was largely forgotten, although modern re-prints are bringing new recognition.

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Contents were originally published 1866 ~ 1901. This book is in the public domain where copyright is “Life+90” or less, and in the USA.

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Mumford, Ethel Watts: In Cold Blood. v1. 23 Aug 2033

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Here we have a story of romance, with touches of melodrama and murder.
21-year-old Linda determines to bypass the debutante scene by becoming a wealthy divorcée, and sets her cap for a certain disreputable bachelor — but life takes some different twists than she ever intended.

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Ethel Watts Mumford (1876/1878 – 1940) was an American author from New York City. She was a heavy producer of plays, vaudeville sketches, novels, short stories, joke collections, songs, poems, and articles. She also painted and illustrated books.

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This novella is taken from [Ainslee’s[/ magazine, January 1922.
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Mumford, Ethel Watts: Out of the Ashes. V1. 8 Oct 2009

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Ethel Watts Mumford (1876 or 78? - 1940) was a U.S. author, a New Yorker. "Mumford" came from her first husband (married 1894-1901). She remarried in 1906 and for a time wrote under the name "Ethel Watts Mumford Grant," adding her second husband's name, but eventually reverted to "Ethel Watts Mumford" as a byline.

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Marcus Gard sat at his library table apparently in rapt contemplation of a pair of sixteenth century bronze inkwells, strange twisted shapes, half man, half beast, bearing in their breasts twin black pools. But his thoughts were far from their grotesque beauty—centered on vast schemes of destruction and reconstruction. The room was still, so quiet, in spite of its proximity to the crowded life of Fifth Avenue, that one divined its steel construction and the doubled and trebled casing of its many windows. The walls, hung with green Genoese velvet, met a carved and coffered ceiling, and touched the upper shelf of the breast-high bookcases that lined the walls. No picture broke the simple unity of color. Here and there a Donatello bronze silhouetted a slim shape, or a Florentine portrait bust smiled with veiled meaning from the quiet shadows. The shelves were rich in books in splendid bindings, gems of ancient workmanship or modern luxury, for the Great Man had the instinct of the masterpiece.

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Mumford, Ethel Watts: Phantom Perfumes and Other Mysteries. v1. 23 Aug 2033

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Tales to tantalize with mysteries, of this world — and the next.
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The contents of this book were first published in various periodicals 1918 ~ 1927.

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Ethel Watts Mumford (1876/1878 – 1940) was an American author from New York City. She was a heavy producer of plays, vaudeville sketches, novels, short stories, joke collections, songs, poems, and articles. She also painted and illustrated books.

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Mumford, Ethel Watts: The Fear Motif and Other Stories. v1. 23 Aug 2033

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Unsettling tales swirling with currents of the mysterious and the uncanny.
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The contents of this book were first published in various periodicals 1900 ~ 1909.

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Ethel Watts Mumford (1876/1878 – 1940) was an American author from New York City. She was a heavy producer of plays, vaudeville sketches, novels, short stories, joke collections, songs, poems, and articles. She also painted and illustrated books.

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Mundy, Talbot: Affair in Araby. V1. 19 Feb 2010

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Talbot Mundy (born William Lancaster Gribbon) (April 23, 1879 – August 5, 1940) was an English writer. He also wrote under the pseudonym Walter Galt. Born in London, at age 16 he ran away from home and began an odyssey in India, Africa, and other parts of the Near and Far East. By age 29, he had begun using the name Talbot Mundy, and a year later arrived in the United States, starting his writing career in 1911. His first published work was the short story "Pig-Sticking in India", which describes a popular, though now outlawed, sport practiced by British forces.

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Whoever invented chess understood the world’s works as some men know clocks and watches. He recognized a fact and based a game on it, with the result that his game endures. And what he clearly recognized was this: That no king matters much as long as your side is playing a winning game. You can leave your king in his corner then to amuse himself in dignified unimportance. But the minute you begin to lose, your king becomes a source of anxiety.

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Mundy, Talbot: Black Light. V1. 11 Mar 2012

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Talbot Mundy (born William Lancaster Gribbon) (April 23, 1879 – August 5, 1940) was an English writer. He also wrote under the pseudonym Walter Galt. Born in London, at age 16 he ran away from home and began an odyssey in India, Africa, and other parts of the Near and Far East. By age 29, he had begun using the name Talbot Mundy, and a year later arrived in the United States, starting his writing career in 1911. His first published work was the short story "Pig-Sticking in India", which describes a popular, though now outlawed, sport practiced by British forces.

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"Come and try!" he remarked to himself, and retired again into the shadow, muttering: "I'd like to have some one try to buy me—just once."
No purchasers appeared, and he did not appear to expect any among the bearers of lanterns, like fireflies, who came unhurrying from the city—decent enough citizens—silversmiths and sandal makers, weavers, tradesmen not so virtuous, nor yet so mean that they might not glean a little comfort at a day's end, from the same hymn men have sung for centuries, until its words mean less than the mood it makes. They took no notice, or appeared to take none, of Joe Beddington, who left his horse amid the trees three hundred yards away and strode by himself, so to speak, in the stream.

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Mundy, Talbot: C.I.D. V1. 12 Mar 2012

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Talbot Mundy (born William Lancaster Gribbon) (April 23, 1879 – August 5, 1940) was an English writer. He also wrote under the pseudonym Walter Galt. Born in London, at age 16 he ran away from home and began an odyssey in India, Africa, and other parts of the Near and Far East. By age 29, he had begun using the name Talbot Mundy, and a year later arrived in the United States, starting his writing career in 1911. His first published work was the short story "Pig-Sticking in India", which describes a popular, though now outlawed, sport practiced by British forces.

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It was typical south-west monsoon weather, about as bad as Noah's deluge. Due to choked drains and innumerable other troubles, some parts of the single track lay two feet under water; and it was next thing to impossible to see through the driving rain, so the "up mixed" reached the terminus three hours late. It crawled dejectedly and grumbled to a standstill in Naraha Station, with curtains of water drooling from its eaves. The drum of the rain on the iron station roof seemed to add to the gloom of the lamp -lit platform. Stanley Copeland stuck his head out through a first-class compartment window and received not less than a gallon of water on the back of his neck. Cursing all things Indian, he opened the door then and jumped for comparative shelter—simultaneously with a very obese Bengali babu, who was traveling second and apparently possessed no other luggage than a black umbrella.

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Mundy, Talbot: Caesar Dies. V1. 20 Feb 2010

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Talbot Mundy (born William Lancaster Gribbon) (April 23, 1879 – August 5, 1940) was an English writer. He also wrote under the pseudonym Walter Galt. Born in London, at age 16 he ran away from home and began an odyssey in India, Africa, and other parts of the Near and Far East. By age 29, he had begun using the name Talbot Mundy, and a year later arrived in the United States, starting his writing career in 1911. His first published work was the short story "Pig-Sticking in India", which describes a popular, though now outlawed, sport practiced by British forces.

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Golden Antioch lay like a jewel at a mountain's throat. Wide, intersecting streets, each nearly four miles long, granite-paved, and marble-colonnaded, swarmed with fashionable loiterers. The gay Antiochenes, whom nothing except frequent earthquakes interrupted from pursuit of pleasure, were taking the air in chariots, in litters, and on foot; their linen clothes were as riotously picturesque as was the fruit displayed in open shop-fronts under the colonnades, or as the blossom on the trees in public gardens, which made of the city, as seen from the height of the citadel, a mosaic of green and white.

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Mundy, Talbot: Caves of Terror. V1. 20 Feb 2010

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Talbot Mundy (born William Lancaster Gribbon) (April 23, 1879 – August 5, 1940) was an English writer. He also wrote under the pseudonym Walter Galt. Born in London, at age 16 he ran away from home and began an odyssey in India, Africa, and other parts of the Near and Far East. By age 29, he had begun using the name Talbot Mundy, and a year later arrived in the United States, starting his writing career in 1911. His first published work was the short story "Pig-Sticking in India", which describes a popular, though now outlawed, sport practiced by British forces.

Excerpt
British agent Athelstan King and American Greg Ramsden match wits with a Hindu mahatma and Yasmini, a mysterious princess, as King and Ramsden try to block a plot to free India from British rule. Their pursuit of the conspiracy takes them into underground caves populated by underfed crocodiles and panthers, as well as Hindu holy men conducting incredible experiments in telepathy, clairvoyance, and much more! A thrilling novel.

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Mundy, Talbot: Guns of the Gods. V1. 22 Feb 2010

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Talbot Mundy (born William Lancaster Gribbon) (April 23, 1879 – August 5, 1940) was an English writer. He also wrote under the pseudonym Walter Galt. Born in London, at age 16 he ran away from home and began an odyssey in India, Africa, and other parts of the Near and Far East. By age 29, he had begun using the name Talbot Mundy, and a year later arrived in the United States, starting his writing career in 1911. His first published work was the short story "Pig-Sticking in India", which describes a popular, though now outlawed, sport practiced by British forces.

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The why and wherefore of my privilege to write a true account of the Princess Yasmini’s early youth is a story in itself too long to tell here; but it came about through no peculiar wisdom. I fell in a sort of way in love with her, and that led to opportunity.

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Mundy, Talbot: Her Reputation. V1. 13 Mar 201

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Talbot Mundy (born William Lancaster Gribbon) (April 23, 1879 – August 5, 1940) was an English writer. He also wrote under the pseudonym Walter Galt. Born in London, at age 16 he ran away from home and began an odyssey in India, Africa, and other parts of the Near and Far East. By age 29, he had begun using the name Talbot Mundy, and a year later arrived in the United States, starting his writing career in 1911. His first published work was the short story "Pig-Sticking in India", which describes a popular, though now outlawed, sport practiced by British forces.

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An oddity from the mystical adventure writer Mundy. He first wrote the story at the behest of producer Thomas Ince. The film, while melodramatic, featured death, romance, intrigue and yellow journalism. Not a year later, Ince dies, mysteriously, on the yacht of William Randolph Hearst. Whispers abound, speculating that Ince got a little too close to Marion Davies. This book is our only account of the lost movie.

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Mundy, Talbot: Hira Singh. V1. 22 Feb 2010

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Talbot Mundy (born William Lancaster Gribbon) (April 23, 1879 – August 5, 1940) was an English writer. He also wrote under the pseudonym Walter Galt. Born in London, at age 16 he ran away from home and began an odyssey in India, Africa, and other parts of the Near and Far East. By age 29, he had begun using the name Talbot Mundy, and a year later arrived in the United States, starting his writing career in 1911. His first published work was the short story "Pig-Sticking in India", which describes a popular, though now outlawed, sport practiced by British forces.

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I said no more because I knew he was right. If he should shoot Gooja Singh the troopers would ascribe it to nothing else than fear. A British officer might do it and they would say, "Behold how he scorns to shirk responsibility!" Yet of Ranjoor Singh they would have said, "He fears us, and behold the butchery begins! Who shall be next?" Nevertheless, had I stood in his shoes, I would have shot and buried Gooja Singh to forestall trouble. I would have shot Gooja Singh and the Turk and Tugendheim all three with one volley. And the Turk's forty men would have met a like fate at the first excuse.

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Mundy, Talbot: Jimgrim and Allah's Peace. V1. 24 Feb 2010

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Talbot Mundy (born William Lancaster Gribbon) (April 23, 1879 – August 5, 1940) was an English writer. He also wrote under the pseudonym Walter Galt. Born in London, at age 16 he ran away from home and began an odyssey in India, Africa, and other parts of the Near and Far East. By age 29, he had begun using the name Talbot Mundy, and a year later arrived in the United States, starting his writing career in 1911. His first published work was the short story "Pig-Sticking in India", which describes a popular, though now outlawed, sport practiced by British forces.

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I am no man of iron. I haven't iron nerves. Not one second of that descent was less than hell. I could hear the thunder of some kind of battering-ram on the door at the foot of the stair. I could imagine the rope chafing against the sharp edge of the parapet as they paid it out hand over hand. The only thing that made me keep my head at all was knowledge that Abdul Ali had had to do the trip feet-upward, with his head in a bag. When they let go too fast it was rather like the half-way stage of taking chloroform. When they slowed up, there was the agonizing dread of pursuit. And through it all there burned the torturing suggestion that the rope might break.

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Mundy, Talbot: Jimgrim. V1. 15 Mar 2012

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Talbot Mundy (born William Lancaster Gribbon) (April 23, 1879 – August 5, 1940) was an English writer. He also wrote under the pseudonym Walter Galt. Born in London, at age 16 he ran away from home and began an odyssey in India, Africa, and other parts of the Near and Far East. By age 29, he had begun using the name Talbot Mundy, and a year later arrived in the United States, starting his writing career in 1911. His first published work was the short story "Pig-Sticking in India", which describes a popular, though now outlawed, sport practiced by British forces.

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I am no man of iron. I haven't iron nerves. Not one second of that descent was less than hell. I could hear the thunder of some kind of battering-ram on the door at the foot of the stair. I could imagine the rope chafing against the sharp edge of the parapet as they paid it out hand over hand. The only thing that made me keep my head at all was knowledge that Abdul Ali had had to do the trip feet-upward, with his head in a bag. When they let go too fast it was rather like the half-way stage of taking chloroform. When they slowed up, there was the agonizing dread of pursuit. And through it all there burned the torturing suggestion that the rope might break.

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Mundy, Talbot: Jungle Jest. V1. 15 Mar 2012

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Talbot Mundy (born William Lancaster Gribbon) (April 23, 1879 – August 5, 1940) was an English writer. He also wrote under the pseudonym Walter Galt. Born in London, at age 16 he ran away from home and began an odyssey in India, Africa, and other parts of the Near and Far East. By age 29, he had begun using the name Talbot Mundy, and a year later arrived in the United States, starting his writing career in 1911. His first published work was the short story "Pig-Sticking in India", which describes a popular, though now outlawed, sport practiced by British forces.

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Governments are like earthquakes. They sleep for protracted periods and then wake suddenly. Waking, they blunder expensively and—cui bono?
The easiest way to wake a Government is to cut the railway and the telegraph. The Moplahs did not mean that, naturally. Being simple sons of stream and forest, their idea had been, as usual once in a generation, to convert a few hundred thousand Hindus by fear, to make a horrible example of as many conscientious objectors as could be caught, and to keep the detested British Government afar off by severing communications.

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Mundy, Talbot: King of the Khyber Rifles. V1. 24 Feb 2010

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Talbot Mundy (born William Lancaster Gribbon) (April 23, 1879 – August 5, 1940) was an English writer. He also wrote under the pseudonym Walter Galt. Born in London, at age 16 he ran away from home and began an odyssey in India, Africa, and other parts of the Near and Far East. By age 29, he had begun using the name Talbot Mundy, and a year later arrived in the United States, starting his writing career in 1911. His first published work was the short story "Pig-Sticking in India", which describes a popular, though now outlawed, sport practiced by British forces.

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The men who govern India—more power to them and her!—are few. Those who stand in their way and pretend to help them with a flood of words are a host. And from the host goes up an endless cry that India is the home of thugs, and of three hundred million hungry ones.

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Mundy, Talbot: Old Ugly Face. V1. 20 Mar 2012

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Talbot Mundy (born William Lancaster Gribbon) (April 23, 1879 – August 5, 1940) was an English writer. He also wrote under the pseudonym Walter Galt. Born in London, at age 16 he ran away from home and began an odyssey in India, Africa, and other parts of the Near and Far East. By age 29, he had begun using the name Talbot Mundy, and a year later arrived in the United States, starting his writing career in 1911. His first published work was the short story "Pig-Sticking in India", which describes a popular, though now outlawed, sport practiced by British forces.

Old Ugly Face is the nickname of a Tibetan lama, the Ringding Gelong Lama Lopsang Pun, an ascetic with an infectious laugh, a penchant for flogging sin out of wayward monks, and the power to overcome all obstacles in his way. This is the second novel dealing with Old Ugly Face s effort to protect Tibetan religious traditions from Russian, Japanese, and Chinese intrigue just prior to World War II, a sequel to the novel The Thunder Dragon Gate.

It also continues the story of Elsa Burbage and her husband Tom Grayne, whom she left behind in a Tibe-tan cave to return to Darjeeling to have their child. The child was born, however, at 17,000 feet in the Himalayas during a blizzard, yet made it through that ordeal only to die after arriving safely in India. Elsa wishes to return to Tom, and persuades the American adventurer Andrew Gunning the man who brought her out of Tibet to let her join him in his clandestine journey back to Tom.

This fast-paced adventure novel by Talbot Mundy is one of the greatest novels ever written of the rigors and tests of the spiritual path. It is Mundy at his best.

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Mundy, Talbot: Old Ugly-Face V1. 15-AUG-2010

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Talbot Mundy (born William Lancaster Gribbon) (April 23, 1879 – August 5, 1940) was an English writer. He also wrote under the pseudonym Walter Galt.
Born in London, at age 16 he ran away from home and began an odyssey in India, Africa, and other parts of the Near and Far East. By age 29, he had begun using the name Talbot Mundy, and a year later arrived in the United States, starting his writing career in 1911.
His first published work was the short story "Pig-Sticking in India", which describes a popular, though now outlawed, sport practiced by British forces. Many of his novels, including his first novel Rung Ho!, and his most famous work King of the Khyber Rifles, are set in India under British Occupation in which the loyal British officers encounter ancient Indian mysticism. The novels portray the citizens of Imperial India as enigmatic, romantic and powerful. His British characters have many encounters with the mysterious Thugee Cults. The long buildup to the introduction of his Indian Princess Yasmini and the scenes among the outlaws in the Khinjan Caves clearly influenced fantasy writers Robert E. Howard and Leigh Brackett. Other science-fiction and fantasy writers who cited Mundy as an influence included Robert A. Heinlein, E. Hoffmann Price, Fritz Leiber, Andre Norton, H. Warner Munn, Marion Zimmer Bradley and Daniel Easterman. James Hilton's novel Lost Horizon was partly inspired by Mundy's work.
His related Jim Grim series, which has mystical overtones and part of which is available over the web from theosophical sites, ran in Adventure magazine before book publication. Mundy was associated with Theosophy's movement, a friend of Katherine Tingley.
Beginning in the late 1920s Mundy wrote a number of stories about Tros of Samothrace, a Greek freedom fighter who aided Britons and Druids in their fight against Julius Caesar.
Source: Wikipedia

Mundy's last novel. Sequel to Thunder Dragon Gate. A Nazi plot in Tibet is undermined by American and British agents, with the support of old Ugly-face himself, a wizened mystic and powerful figure.

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Mundy, Talbot: OM: the Secret of Ahbor Valley V1. 22-AUG-2010

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Talbot Mundy (born William Lancaster Gribbon) (April 23, 1879 – August 5, 1940) was an English writer. He also wrote under the pseudonym Walter Galt.
Born in London, at age 16 he ran away from home and began an odyssey in India, Africa, and other parts of the Near and Far East. By age 29, he had begun using the name Talbot Mundy, and a year later arrived in the United States, starting his writing career in 1911.
His first published work was the short story "Pig-Sticking in India", which describes a popular, though now outlawed, sport practiced by British forces. Many of his novels, including his first novel Rung Ho!, and his most famous work King of the Khyber Rifles, are set in India under British Occupation in which the loyal British officers encounter ancient Indian mysticism. The novels portray the citizens of Imperial India as enigmatic, romantic and powerful. His British characters have many encounters with the mysterious Thugee Cults. The long buildup to the introduction of his Indian Princess Yasmini and the scenes among the outlaws in the Khinjan Caves clearly influenced fantasy writers Robert E. Howard and Leigh Brackett. Other science-fiction and fantasy writers who cited Mundy as an influence included Robert A. Heinlein, E. Hoffmann Price, Fritz Leiber, Andre Norton, H. Warner Munn, Marion Zimmer Bradley and Daniel Easterman. James Hilton's novel Lost Horizon was partly inspired by Mundy's work.
His related Jim Grim series, which has mystical overtones and part of which is available over the web from theosophical sites, ran in Adventure magazine before book publication. Mundy was associated with Theosophy's movement, a friend of Katherine Tingley.
Beginning in the late 1920s Mundy wrote a number of stories about Tros of Samothrace, a Greek freedom fighter who aided Britons and Druids in their fight against Julius Caesar.
Source: Wikipedia

Excerpt:
If you want views about the world's news, read what Cottswold Ommony calls the views papers; there is plenty in them that thoroughly zealous people believe. But remember the wise old ambassador's word of caution to his new subordinate—"And above all, no zeal!" If you want raw facts devoid of any zeal whatever try the cafes and the clubs; but you must sort the facts and correlate them for yourself, and whether or not that process shall leave you capable of thought of any kind must depend entirely on your own ability. Thereafter, though you may never again believe a newspaper, you will understand them and if you are reasonably human sympathize.

Ommony is travelling from India to Tibet to uncover the secrets of a Tibetan Lama and to find out what happened to his sister and brother in law some 20 years before. The story has an interesting cast of characters, some of them are showing up in several of Mundy's Novels.

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Mundy, Talbot: Purple Pirate. v1. 28 Aug 2013

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Talbot Mundy (born William Lancaster Gribbon) (April 23, 1879 – August 5, 1940) was an English writer. He also wrote under the pseudonym Walter Galt. Born in London, at age 16 he ran away from home and began an odyssey in India, Africa, and other parts of the Near and Far East. By age 29, he had begun using the name Talbot Mundy, and a year later arrived in the United States, starting his writing career in 1911. His first published work was the short story "Pig-Sticking in India", which describes a popular, though now outlawed, sport practiced by British forces.

Excerpt

There was a murmur of voices from the huge throne-room; it sounded as distant as the murmur of the sea through the open window. Charmion and Iras, Cleopatra's confidants, had been dismissed an hour ago. Olympus, the court astrologer remained, hugging his horoscopes in a corner. Tros, in his gold-embroidered purple cloak, stood staring through the window at his great trireme anchored in the harbor. Two deaf mutes, one by each doorpost, watched him; they were as motionless as mummies.

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Mundy, Talbot: Rung Ho!. V1. 25 Feb 2010

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Talbot Mundy (born William Lancaster Gribbon) (April 23, 1879 – August 5, 1940) was an English writer. He also wrote under the pseudonym Walter Galt. Born in London, at age 16 he ran away from home and began an odyssey in India, Africa, and other parts of the Near and Far East. By age 29, he had begun using the name Talbot Mundy, and a year later arrived in the United States, starting his writing career in 1911. His first published work was the short story "Pig-Sticking in India", which describes a popular, though now outlawed, sport practiced by British forces.

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THAT was no time or place for any girl of twenty to be wandering unprotected. Rosemary McClean knew it; the old woman, of the sweeper caste, that is no caste at all,—the hag with the flat breasts and wrinkled skin, who followed her dogwise, and was no more protection than a toothless dog,—knew it well, and growled about it in incessant undertones that met with neither comment nor response.

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Mundy, Talbot: The Eye of Zeitoon. V1. 21 Feb 2010

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Talbot Mundy (born William Lancaster Gribbon) (April 23, 1879 – August 5, 1940) was an English writer. He also wrote under the pseudonym Walter Galt. Born in London, at age 16 he ran away from home and began an odyssey in India, Africa, and other parts of the Near and Far East. By age 29, he had begun using the name Talbot Mundy, and a year later arrived in the United States, starting his writing career in 1911. His first published work was the short story "Pig-Sticking in India", which describes a popular, though now outlawed, sport practiced by British forces.

Excerpt
It is written with authority of Tarsus that once it was no mean city, but that is a tale of nineteen centuries ago. The Turko-Italian War had not been fought when Fred Oakes took the fever of the place, although the stage was pretty nearly set for it and most of the leading actors were waiting for their cue. No more history was needed than to grind away forgotten loveliness.

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Mundy, Talbot: The Hundred Days. V1. 14 Mar 2012

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Talbot Mundy (born William Lancaster Gribbon) (April 23, 1879 – August 5, 1940) was an English writer. He also wrote under the pseudonym Walter Galt. Born in London, at age 16 he ran away from home and began an odyssey in India, Africa, and other parts of the Near and Far East. By age 29, he had begun using the name Talbot Mundy, and a year later arrived in the United States, starting his writing career in 1911. His first published work was the short story "Pig-Sticking in India", which describes a popular, though now outlawed, sport practiced by British forces.

Excerpt

They kept this out of the papers at the time, there being a fine-meshed censorship in force. Enough months have elapsed since, and enough events have happened to smoke-screen this one as effectually as if Julius Caesar and the Gauls had played the leading parts. The Prince went home alive. India resumed worrying about the price of homespun cotton, the next monsoon, and whether rupee-paper was likely to rise or fall. The Pioneer found front-page space for an account of spooks in a planter's bungalow. And all was well again.

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Mundy, Talbot: The Lady and The Lord. V1. 18 Mar 2012

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Talbot Mundy (born William Lancaster Gribbon) (April 23, 1879 – August 5, 1940) was an English writer. He also wrote under the pseudonym Walter Galt. Born in London, at age 16 he ran away from home and began an odyssey in India, Africa, and other parts of the Near and Far East. By age 29, he had begun using the name Talbot Mundy, and a year later arrived in the United States, starting his writing career in 1911. His first published work was the short story "Pig-Sticking in India", which describes a popular, though now outlawed, sport practiced by British forces.

Excerpt

"Well, good night, Kitty. I've come to the conclusion that you're a better actress off the stage than on it!"

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Mundy, Talbot: The Lion of Petra. V1. 24 Feb 2010

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Talbot Mundy (born William Lancaster Gribbon) (April 23, 1879 – August 5, 1940) was an English writer. He also wrote under the pseudonym Walter Galt. Born in London, at age 16 he ran away from home and began an odyssey in India, Africa, and other parts of the Near and Far East. By age 29, he had begun using the name Talbot Mundy, and a year later arrived in the United States, starting his writing career in 1911. His first published work was the short story "Pig-Sticking in India", which describes a popular, though now outlawed, sport practiced by British forces.

Excerpt
This isn’t an animal story. No lions live at Petra nowadays, at any rate, no four-legged ones; none could have survived competition with the biped. Unquestionably there were tamer, gentler, less assertive lions there once, real yellow cats with no worse inconveniences for the casual stranger than teeth, claws, and appetites.
The Assyrian kings used to come and hunt near Petra, and brag about it afterward; after you have well discounted the lies they made their sculptors tell on huge stone monoliths when they got back home, they remain a pretty peppery line of potentates. But for imagination, self-esteem, ambition, gall, and picturesque depravity they were children—mere chickens—compared to the modern gentleman whom Grim and I met up with A.D. 1920.

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Mundy, Talbot: The Mystery of Khufu's Tomb. V1. 18 Mar 2012

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Talbot Mundy (born William Lancaster Gribbon) (April 23, 1879 – August 5, 1940) was an English writer. He also wrote under the pseudonym Walter Galt. Born in London, at age 16 he ran away from home and began an odyssey in India, Africa, and other parts of the Near and Far East. By age 29, he had begun using the name Talbot Mundy, and a year later arrived in the United States, starting his writing career in 1911. His first published work was the short story "Pig-Sticking in India", which describes a popular, though now outlawed, sport practiced by British forces.

Excerpt

We Americans are ostriches. We stick well meaning heads into the political sands of these United States, swear—probably correctly—they are better than all other sands, and accordingly declare ourselves free for ever from entangling alliances. "Struthio camelus," whose plumes are plucked for market while his head, stowed snugly in a stocking, "sees no evil, hears no evil, speaks no evil," and who then struts about asserting that a plucked and smarting rump is fashionable, ought to be our national bird, not the all-seeing eagle.

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Mundy, Talbot: The Mystery of Kufu's Tomb V1. 22-AUG-2010

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Talbot Mundy (born William Lancaster Gribbon) (April 23, 1879 – August 5, 1940) was an English writer. He also wrote under the pseudonym Walter Galt.
Born in London, at age 16 he ran away from home and began an odyssey in India, Africa, and other parts of the Near and Far East. By age 29, he had begun using the name Talbot Mundy, and a year later arrived in the United States, starting his writing career in 1911.
His first published work was the short story "Pig-Sticking in India", which describes a popular, though now outlawed, sport practiced by British forces. Many of his novels, including his first novel Rung Ho!, and his most famous work King of the Khyber Rifles, are set in India under British Occupation in which the loyal British officers encounter ancient Indian mysticism. The novels portray the citizens of Imperial India as enigmatic, romantic and powerful. His British characters have many encounters with the mysterious Thugee Cults. The long buildup to the introduction of his Indian Princess Yasmini and the scenes among the outlaws in the Khinjan Caves clearly influenced fantasy writers Robert E. Howard and Leigh Brackett. Other science-fiction and fantasy writers who cited Mundy as an influence included Robert A. Heinlein, E. Hoffmann Price, Fritz Leiber, Andre Norton, H. Warner Munn, Marion Zimmer Bradley and Daniel Easterman. James Hilton's novel Lost Horizon was partly inspired by Mundy's work.

Beginning in the late 1920s Mundy wrote a number of stories about Tros of Samothrace, a Greek freedom fighter who aided Britons and Druids in their fight against Julius Caesar.
Source: Wikipedia

Excerpt:

Khufu was king of Upper and Lower Egypt in those days. Cash dividends did not trouble him much, for he had the taxes to draw on and auditors passed his vouchers without comment. Consequently the man in the street of to-day might be paying higher taxes on account of old Khufu, if Joan Angela Leich hadn't just contrived to miss me with her Ford one dark night on the Geiger Trail; which sounds incredible.
But so is Joan Angela incredible; I'm coming to her presently. Everybody knows her who isn't fenced in by apartment-house blocks. If she had pushed me over the edge of the Geiger that night, you, who read this, would be paying for more armaments.
But it was Khufu who started the trouble. He is better known to fame as Cheops, and we know pretty well what he looked like.

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Mundy, Talbot: The Nine Unknown V1. 15-AUG-2010

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The Autor:
Talbot Mundy (born William Lancaster Gribbon) (April 23, 1879 – August 5, 1940) was an English writer. He also wrote under the pseudonym Walter Galt.
Born in London, at age 16 he ran away from home and began an odyssey in India, Africa, and other parts of the Near and Far East. By age 29, he had begun using the name Talbot Mundy, and a year later arrived in the United States, starting his writing career in 1911.
His first published work was the short story "Pig-Sticking in India", which describes a popular, though now outlawed, sport practiced by British forces. Many of his novels, including his first novel Rung Ho!, and his most famous work King of the Khyber Rifles, are set in India under British Occupation in which the loyal British officers encounter ancient Indian mysticism. The novels portray the citizens of Imperial India as enigmatic, romantic and powerful. His British characters have many encounters with the mysterious Thugee Cults. The long buildup to the introduction of his Indian Princess Yasmini and the scenes among the outlaws in the Khinjan Caves clearly influenced fantasy writers Robert E. Howard and Leigh Brackett. Other science-fiction and fantasy writers who cited Mundy as an influence included Robert A. Heinlein, E. Hoffmann Price, Fritz Leiber, Andre Norton, H. Warner Munn, Marion Zimmer Bradley and Daniel Easterman. James Hilton's novel Lost Horizon was partly inspired by Mundy's work.
His related Jim Grim series, which has mystical overtones and part of which is available over the web from theosophical sites, ran in Adventure magazine before book publication. Mundy was associated with Theosophy's movement, a friend of Katherine Tingley.
Beginning in the late 1920s Mundy wrote a number of stories about Tros of Samothrace, a Greek freedom fighter who aided Britons and Druids in their fight against Julius Caesar.

The Book:

The "Nine Unknown Men" are a fictional secret society founded by the Mauryan Emperor Asoka around 270 BC to preserve and develop knowledge that would be dangerous to humanity if it fell into the wrong hands.

The nine men are embodiment of good and face up against nine Kali worshippers, who sow confusion and masquerade as the true sages. The story surrounds a priest called Father Cyprian who is in possession of the books but who wants to destroy them out of Christian piety, and a number of other characters who are interested in learning their contents.

The nine books entrusted to the Nine Unknown contain information on (1) Propaganda and Psychological warfare, (2) Physiology, including secrets concerning the "touch of death", (3) Microbiology, (4) Alchemy, (5) Communication, including communication with extraterrestrials, (6) Gravity, and anti-gravity devices (Vimanas, mythological flying machines of ancient India), (7) Cosmology, including hyperspace and time-travel, (8) Light, and a technology capable of modifying the speed of light and (9) Sociology, including rules predicting the rise and fall of empires.

Source: [Wikipedia[/

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Mundy, Talbot: The Nine Unknown. V1. 19 Mar 2012

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Talbot Mundy (born William Lancaster Gribbon) (April 23, 1879 – August 5, 1940) was an English writer. He also wrote under the pseudonym Walter Galt. Born in London, at age 16 he ran away from home and began an odyssey in India, Africa, and other parts of the Near and Far East. By age 29, he had begun using the name Talbot Mundy, and a year later arrived in the United States, starting his writing career in 1911. His first published work was the short story "Pig-Sticking in India", which describes a popular, though now outlawed, sport practiced by British forces.

Excerpt
The heroes of Mundy's Indian novels (Jimgrim, Ramsden, Chullunder Ghose, Narayan Singh & Athelstan King, of the Kyber Rifles) join together to confront mankind's secret rulers (the Nine Who Rule).

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Mundy, Talbot: The Secret of Ahbor Valley. V1. 21 Mar 2012

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Talbot Mundy (born William Lancaster Gribbon) (April 23, 1879 – August 5, 1940) was an English writer. He also wrote under the pseudonym Walter Galt. Born in London, at age 16 he ran away from home and began an odyssey in India, Africa, and other parts of the Near and Far East. By age 29, he had begun using the name Talbot Mundy, and a year later arrived in the United States, starting his writing career in 1911. His first published work was the short story "Pig-Sticking in India", which describes a popular, though now outlawed, sport practiced by British forces.

An expedition in 1920s India searches for a lost tribe, a holy Lama, and a piece of jade that possesses supernatural powers

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Mundy, Talbot: The Winds of the World. V1. 22 Feb 2010

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Talbot Mundy (born William Lancaster Gribbon) (April 23, 1879 – August 5, 1940) was an English writer. He also wrote under the pseudonym Walter Galt. Born in London, at age 16 he ran away from home and began an odyssey in India, Africa, and other parts of the Near and Far East. By age 29, he had begun using the name Talbot Mundy, and a year later arrived in the United States, starting his writing career in 1911. His first published work was the short story "Pig-Sticking in India", which describes a popular, though now outlawed, sport practiced by British forces.

Excerpt
A watery July sun was hurrying toward a Punjab sky-line, as if weary of squandering his strength on men who did not mind, and resentful of the unexplainable—a rainy-weather field-day. The cold steel and khaki of native Indian cavalry at attention gleamed motionless between British infantry and two batteries of horse artillery. The only noticeable sound was the voice of a general officer, that rose and fell explaining and asserting pride in his command, but saying nothing as to the why of exercises in the mud. Nor did he mention why the censorship was in full force. He did not say a word of Germany, or Belgium.

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Mundy, Talbot: The Woman Ayisha V1. 15-AUG-2010

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The Autor:
Talbot Mundy (born William Lancaster Gribbon) (April 23, 1879 – August 5, 1940) was an English writer. He also wrote under the pseudonym Walter Galt.
Born in London, at age 16 he ran away from home and began an odyssey in India, Africa, and other parts of the Near and Far East. By age 29, he had begun using the name Talbot Mundy, and a year later arrived in the United States, starting his writing career in 1911.
His first published work was the short story "Pig-Sticking in India", which describes a popular, though now outlawed, sport practiced by British forces. Many of his novels, including his first novel Rung Ho!, and his most famous work King of the Khyber Rifles, are set in India under British Occupation in which the loyal British officers encounter ancient Indian mysticism. The novels portray the citizens of Imperial India as enigmatic, romantic and powerful. His British characters have many encounters with the mysterious Thugee Cults. The long buildup to the introduction of his Indian Princess Yasmini and the scenes among the outlaws in the Khinjan Caves clearly influenced fantasy writers Robert E. Howard and Leigh Brackett. Other science-fiction and fantasy writers who cited Mundy as an influence included Robert A. Heinlein, E. Hoffmann Price, Fritz Leiber, Andre Norton, H. Warner Munn, Marion Zimmer Bradley and Daniel Easterman. James Hilton's novel Lost Horizon was partly inspired by Mundy's work.
His related Jim Grim series, which has mystical overtones and part of which is available over the web from theosophical sites, ran in Adventure magazine before book publication. Mundy was associated with Theosophy's movement, a friend of Katherine Tingley.
Beginning in the late 1920s Mundy wrote a number of stories about Tros of Samothrace, a Greek freedom fighter who aided Britons and Druids in their fight against Julius Caesar.

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James Schuyler Grim, better known as Jimgrim, is an American secret service agent employed by the British and stationed in the Mid-East. His adventures, protecting British interests against the French and other countries meddling in the region following World War I, comprise one of the most interesting creations from the pulp magazines of the early 20th century.

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Mundy, Talbot: Told in the East. V1. 25 Feb 2010

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Talbot Mundy (born William Lancaster Gribbon) (April 23, 1879 – August 5, 1940) was an English writer. He also wrote under the pseudonym Walter Galt. Born in London, at age 16 he ran away from home and began an odyssey in India, Africa, and other parts of the Near and Far East. By age 29, he had begun using the name Talbot Mundy, and a year later arrived in the United States, starting his writing career in 1911. His first published work was the short story "Pig-Sticking in India", which describes a popular, though now outlawed, sport practiced by British forces.

HOOKUM HAI
FOR THE SALT HE HAD EATEN
MACHASSAN AH

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Mundy, Talbot: Tros of Samothrace. V1. 21 Mar 2012

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Talbot Mundy (born William Lancaster Gribbon) (April 23, 1879 – August 5, 1940) was an English writer. He also wrote under the pseudonym Walter Galt. Born in London, at age 16 he ran away from home and began an odyssey in India, Africa, and other parts of the Near and Far East. By age 29, he had begun using the name Talbot Mundy, and a year later arrived in the United States, starting his writing career in 1911. His first published work was the short story "Pig-Sticking in India", which describes a popular, though now outlawed, sport practiced by British forces.

"Perhaps his most lasting contribution to the genre is his series of historical fantasies about Tros of Samothrace and his exploits at the time of Caesar." - Ashley, Who's Who in Horror and Fantasy Fiction
NOTE: 91 Chapters; 100 Endnotes.

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Mundy, Talbot; The Devil's Guard. V1. 12 Mar 2012

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Talbot Mundy (born William Lancaster Gribbon) (April 23, 1879 – August 5, 1940) was an English writer. He also wrote under the pseudonym Walter Galt. Born in London, at age 16 he ran away from home and began an odyssey in India, Africa, and other parts of the Near and Far East. By age 29, he had begun using the name Talbot Mundy, and a year later arrived in the United States, starting his writing career in 1911. His first published work was the short story "Pig-Sticking in India", which describes a popular, though now outlawed, sport practiced by British forces.

Excerpt
Supernatural adventure novel set in Tibet. Jimgrim, Ramsden, Chullunder Ghose and Narayan Singh battle the Black Circle, an organization of evil Tibetan adepts.

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Munger, Dell H: The Wind Before the Dawn. V1. 5 Sep 2009

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The unclouded sun of a burning August day had driven bird and beast to shelter wherever a bit of shade could be found. The Kansas prairie afforded little refuge from sun or wind. The long stretches of low rolling hills were mostly covered with short grass, now dry from a protracted season of drought. Occasionally a group of stunted cottonwood trees surrounded an equally stunted looking hut, or dugout, but the blazing sunshine had browned all to a monotonous tone in keeping with the monotonous life it represented. The only corn to be seen was of the variety called sod-corn, which, unwashed by rain for a full month now, had failed to mature, such stalks as had tasselled at all being as barren as the rest because the tender silks had dried too rapidly and could furnish no fertilizing moisture to the pollen which sifted down from the scanty bloom above.

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Munthe, Axel: The Story of San Michele. V1. 30 Nov 2012

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The life of the Swedish physician Axel Munthe (1857-1949) in his own words, portrayed in a series of not always chronological stories, but always with the central theme of his beloved Roman villa on the isle of Capri.
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version 2: User Araucaria has proofread and corrected ~100 errors.

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Murfree, Mary Noailles: Charles Egbert Craddock Omnibus. V1. 26 Feb 2010

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Mary Noailles Murfree (January 24, 1850 – July 31, 1922) was an American fiction writer of novels and short stories who wrote under the pen name Charles Egbert Craddock. She is considered by many to be Appalachia's first significant female writer and her work a necessity for the study of Appalachian literature, although a number of characters in her work reinforce negative stereotypes about the region. She has been favorably compared to Bret Harte and Sarah Orne Jewett, creating post-Civil War American local-color literature.

A Chilhowee Lily
His Unquiet Ghost
The Christmas Miracle
The Crucial Moment
The Lost Guidon
The Phantom Of Bogue Holauba
The Raid Of The Guerilla
Una Of The Hill Country
'way Down In Lonesome Cove
Who Crosses Storm Mountain
Wolf's Head

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Murfree, Mary Noailles: Down the Ravine. V1. 26 Feb 2010

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Mary Noailles Murfree (January 24, 1850 – July 31, 1922) was an American fiction writer of novels and short stories who wrote under the pen name Charles Egbert Craddock. She is considered by many to be Appalachia's first significant female writer and her work a necessity for the study of Appalachian literature, although a number of characters in her work reinforce negative stereotypes about the region. She has been favorably compared to Bret Harte and Sarah Orne Jewett, creating post-Civil War American local-color literature.

Excerpt
The new moon, a gleaming scimitar, cleft the gauzy mists above a rugged spur of the Cumberland Mountains. The sky, still crimson and amber, stretched vast and lonely above the vast and lonely landscape. A fox was barking in the laurel.
This was an imprudent proceeding on the part of the fox, considering the value of his head-gear. A young mountaineer down the ravine was reminded, by the sharp, abrupt sound, of a premium offered by the State of Tennessee for the scalp and ears of the pestiferous red fox.

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Murfree, Mary Noailles: His Day In Court. V1. 27 Feb 2010

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Mary Noailles Murfree (January 24, 1850 – July 31, 1922) was an American fiction writer of novels and short stories who wrote under the pen name Charles Egbert Craddock. She is considered by many to be Appalachia's first significant female writer and her work a necessity for the study of Appalachian literature, although a number of characters in her work reinforce negative stereotypes about the region. She has been favorably compared to Bret Harte and Sarah Orne Jewett, creating post-Civil War American local-color literature.

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The interior, contrary to the customary aspect of the humble homes of the region, was in great disarray. Cooking utensils stood uncleaned about the hearth; dishes and bowls of earthen-ware were assembled upon the table in such numbers as to suggest that several meals had been eaten without the ceremony of laying the cloth anew, and that in default of washing the crockery it had been re-enforced from the shelf so far as the limited store might admit. Saddles and spinning-wheels, an ox-yoke and trace-chains, reels and wash-tubs, were incongruously pushed together in the corners.

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Murfree, Mary Noailles: The Frontiersmen. V1. 26 Feb 2010

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Mary Noailles Murfree (January 24, 1850 – July 31, 1922) was an American fiction writer of novels and short stories who wrote under the pen name Charles Egbert Craddock. She is considered by many to be Appalachia's first significant female writer and her work a necessity for the study of Appalachian literature, although a number of characters in her work reinforce negative stereotypes about the region. She has been favorably compared to Bret Harte and Sarah Orne Jewett, creating post-Civil War American local-color literature.

THE LINGUISTER
A VICTOR AT CHUNGKE
THE CAPTIVE OF THE ADA-WEHI
THE FATE OF THE CHEERA-TAGHE
THE BEWITCHED BALL-STICKS
THE VISIT OF THE TURBULENT GRANDFATHER

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Murfree, Mary Noailles: The Mystery of Witch-Face Mountain. V1. 27 Feb 2010

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Mary Noailles Murfree (January 24, 1850 – July 31, 1922) was an American fiction writer of novels and short stories who wrote under the pen name Charles Egbert Craddock. She is considered by many to be Appalachia's first significant female writer and her work a necessity for the study of Appalachian literature, although a number of characters in her work reinforce negative stereotypes about the region. She has been favorably compared to Bret Harte and Sarah Orne Jewett, creating post-Civil War American local-color literature.

THE MYSTERY OF WITCH-FACE MOUNTAIN
TAKING THE BLUE RIBBON AT THE COUNTY FAIR
THE CASTING VOTE

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Murfree, Mary Noailles: The Ordeal. V1 27 Feb 2010

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Mary Noailles Murfree (January 24, 1850 – July 31, 1922) was an American fiction writer of novels and short stories who wrote under the pen name Charles Egbert Craddock. She is considered by many to be Appalachia's first significant female writer and her work a necessity for the study of Appalachian literature, although a number of characters in her work reinforce negative stereotypes about the region. She has been favorably compared to Bret Harte and Sarah Orne Jewett, creating post-Civil War American local-color literature.

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Nowhere could the idea of peace be more serenely, more majestically, expressed. The lofty purple mountains limited the horizon, and in their multitude and imposing symmetry bespoke the vast intentions of beneficent creation. The valley, glooming low, harbored all the shadows. The air was still, the sky as pellucid as crystal, and where a crag projected boldly from the forests, the growths of balsam fir extending almost to the brink, it seemed as if the myriad fibres of the summit-line of foliage might be counted, so finely drawn, so individual, was each against the azure. Below the boughs the road swept along the crest of the crag and thence curved inward, and one surveying the scene from the windows of a bungalow at no great distance could look straight beyond the point of the precipice and into the heart of the sunset, still aflare about the west.

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Murfree, Mary Noailles: The Phantoms Of The Foot-Bridge. V1. 28 Feb 2010

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Mary Noailles Murfree (January 24, 1850 – July 31, 1922) was an American fiction writer of novels and short stories who wrote under the pen name Charles Egbert Craddock. She is considered by many to be Appalachia's first significant female writer and her work a necessity for the study of Appalachian literature, although a number of characters in her work reinforce negative stereotypes about the region. She has been favorably compared to Bret Harte and Sarah Orne Jewett, creating post-Civil War American local-color literature.

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Across the narrow gorge the little foot-bridge stretched-a brace of logs, the upper surface hewn, and a slight hand-rail formed of a cedar pole. A flimsy structure, one might think, looking down at the dark and rocky depths beneath, through which flowed the mountain stream, swift and strong, but it was doubtless substantial enough for all ordinary usage, and certainly sufficient for the imponderable and elusive travellers who by common report frequented it.

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Murfree, Mary Noailles: The Young Mountaineers. V1. 28 Feb 2010

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Mary Noailles Murfree (January 24, 1850 – July 31, 1922) was an American fiction writer of novels and short stories who wrote under the pen name Charles Egbert Craddock. She is considered by many to be Appalachia's first significant female writer and her work a necessity for the study of Appalachian literature, although a number of characters in her work reinforce negative stereotypes about the region. She has been favorably compared to Bret Harte and Sarah Orne Jewett, creating post-Civil War American local-color literature.

THE MYSTERY OF OLD DADDY'S WINDOW
'WAY DOWN IN POOR VALLEY
A MOUNTAIN STORM
BORROWING A HAMMER
THE CONSCRIPTS' HOLLOW
A WARNING
AMONG THE CLIFFS
IN THE "CHINKING"
ON A HIGHER LEVEL
CHRISTMAS DAY ON OLD WINDY MOUNTAIN

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Murger, Henry: Bohemians of the Latin Quarter, v1, 09 Sept 2007.

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Henry Murger
Bohemians of the Latin Quarter
(Scènes de la vie de Bohême)
(1888)

The translator is not named but, since the book was published by Vizetelly, there is a good chance that Ernest Vizetelly did it, (as well as his extremely pedestrian Zola translations).

This is the story of poor artists in the Latin Quarter of Paris. You almost certainly know it already: Puccini used the plot for his opera ‘La Bohème’; it was used for the musical, ‘Rent’; and, in a more diluted form, the film ‘Moulin Rouge’ is derived from this novel.

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Murray, David Christie: Aunt Rachel. v1. 9 Nov 2013

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David Christie Murray (13 April 1847 – 1 August 1907) was an English journalist and writer. Born in High Street, West Bromwich, Staffordshire, one of six sons and five daughters of William Murray and Mary Withers, he was educated in West Bromwich and Spon Lane. At the age of twelve he entered his fathers printing business. At eighteen he was sent to London for further training in the printing business, but, following a failed attempt at romance, he instead joined the army.he became a private with the 4th Royal Irish Dragoon Guards. After being bought out of the service by a Great Aunt, he became a journalist. Initially he wrote leaders for the Wednesbury Advertiser, then worked for the Birmingham Morning News reporting on police cases. In 1871 he was married to Sophie Harris, with whom he had a daughter that died young. He had four children out of wedlock.

A Rustic Sentimental Comedy.

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Murray, David Christie: Bulldog and Butterfly. v1. 9 Nov 2013

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David Christie Murray (13 April 1847 – 1 August 1907) was an English journalist and writer. Born in High Street, West Bromwich, Staffordshire, one of six sons and five daughters of William Murray and Mary Withers, he was educated in West Bromwich and Spon Lane. At the age of twelve he entered his fathers printing business. At eighteen he was sent to London for further training in the printing business, but, following a failed attempt at romance, he instead joined the army.he became a private with the 4th Royal Irish Dragoon Guards. After being bought out of the service by a Great Aunt, he became a journalist. Initially he wrote leaders for the Wednesbury Advertiser, then worked for the Birmingham Morning News reporting on police cases. In 1871 he was married to Sophie Harris, with whom he had a daughter that died young. He had four children out of wedlock.

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Bertha, unless looked at through the eyes of susceptible young manhood, would by no means be pronounced formidable. She was country-bred and quite rustic; but there are refinements of rusticity; and for Beacon Hargate, Bertha was a lady. She would have been a lady anywhere according to her chances; for she was naturally sensitive to refining influences, and of a nature which, remembering how strong it was, was curiously tender.

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Murray, David Christie: Cruel Barbara Allen. v1. 9 Nov 2013

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David Christie Murray (13 April 1847 – 1 August 1907) was an English journalist and writer. Born in High Street, West Bromwich, Staffordshire, one of six sons and five daughters of William Murray and Mary Withers, he was educated in West Bromwich and Spon Lane. At the age of twelve he entered his fathers printing business. At eighteen he was sent to London for further training in the printing business, but, following a failed attempt at romance, he instead joined the army.he became a private with the 4th Royal Irish Dragoon Guards. After being bought out of the service by a Great Aunt, he became a journalist. Initially he wrote leaders for the Wednesbury Advertiser, then worked for the Birmingham Morning News reporting on police cases. In 1871 he was married to Sophie Harris, with whom he had a daughter that died young. He had four children out of wedlock.

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Christopher was a fiddler and a man of genius. Educated people do not deny the possibility of such a combination; but it was Christopher“s misfortune to live amongst a dull and bovine-seeming race, who had little sympathy with art and no knowledge of an artist”s longings.

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Murray, David Christie: Despair's Last Journey. v1. 10 Nov 2013

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David Christie Murray (13 April 1847 – 1 August 1907) was an English journalist and writer. Born in High Street, West Bromwich, Staffordshire, one of six sons and five daughters of William Murray and Mary Withers, he was educated in West Bromwich and Spon Lane. At the age of twelve he entered his fathers printing business. At eighteen he was sent to London for further training in the printing business, but, following a failed attempt at romance, he instead joined the army.he became a private with the 4th Royal Irish Dragoon Guards. After being bought out of the service by a Great Aunt, he became a journalist. Initially he wrote leaders for the Wednesbury Advertiser, then worked for the Birmingham Morning News reporting on police cases. In 1871 he was married to Sophie Harris, with whom he had a daughter that died young. He had four children out of wedlock.

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The first hint of memory showed a hearth, a fire, and a woman sitting in a chair with an outstretched finger. An invisible hand bunched his petticoats behind, and at his feet was a rug made of looped fragments of cloth of various colours. He lurched across the rug and caught the finger with a sense of adventure and triumph. Somebody clapped hands and laughed. Memory gave no more.

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Murray, David Christie: Die Jagd nach Millionen. german. v1. 19 apr 2009

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David Christie Murray (1847-1907) war als Schriftsteller und Journalist u.a. für "The Times" und "The Scotsman" in Großbritannien, Belgien und Frankreich tätig. Er schrieb annähernd 30 Novellen und Romane, viele davon im Stil eines Journalisten.

[Die Jagd nach Millionen[/ ist ein abenteuerlicher Kriminalroman bei dem natürlich auch die zentrale, charismatische Detektivfigur - typisch für Kriminalromane jener Zeit - nicht fehlt:

Die findige Marie Harcourt und der charismatische Inspektor Prickett (seit Kurzem im Ruhestand) versuchen in einer abenteuerlichen Ermittlung dem Geheimnis zweier alter Silbermünzen, die angeblich den Weg zu einem Goldschatz im Wert von 2 Millionen Pfund Sterling weisen, auf die Spur zu kommen. Ihr Gegenspieler ist der umtriebige Verbrecher "Engel" mit seinen Gehilfen, der mit aller Macht und allen Mitteln versucht in den Besitz des Schatzes zu gelangen...

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Murray, David Christie: In Direst Peril. v1. 10 Nov 2013

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David Christie Murray (13 April 1847 – 1 August 1907) was an English journalist and writer. Born in High Street, West Bromwich, Staffordshire, one of six sons and five daughters of William Murray and Mary Withers, he was educated in West Bromwich and Spon Lane. At the age of twelve he entered his fathers printing business. At eighteen he was sent to London for further training in the printing business, but, following a failed attempt at romance, he instead joined the army.he became a private with the 4th Royal Irish Dragoon Guards. After being bought out of the service by a Great Aunt, he became a journalist. Initially he wrote leaders for the Wednesbury Advertiser, then worked for the Birmingham Morning News reporting on police cases. In 1871 he was married to Sophie Harris, with whom he had a daughter that died young. He had four children out of wedlock.

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It is not often that an honorable man commits a theft and yet leaves no stain upon his honor. It can happen still less often that a man of honor robs the lady he loves and honors above all womankind, and wins her hand in marriage by the act. Yet before we were married I robbed my wife of forty thousand pounds, breaking into her house to steal it; and here-now that we are both old-she is still so proud of me for having done that, that she must needs make me tell the story. A better writer would have done it better, but my wife has polished my rough phrases; and, at any rate, the plain truth about the strangest things which have happened in my knowledge is here set plainly down.

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Murray, David Christie: Julia And Her Romeo. v1. 11 Nov 2013

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David Christie Murray (13 April 1847 – 1 August 1907) was an English journalist and writer. Born in High Street, West Bromwich, Staffordshire, one of six sons and five daughters of William Murray and Mary Withers, he was educated in West Bromwich and Spon Lane. At the age of twelve he entered his fathers printing business. At eighteen he was sent to London for further training in the printing business, but, following a failed attempt at romance, he instead joined the army.he became a private with the 4th Royal Irish Dragoon Guards. After being bought out of the service by a Great Aunt, he became a journalist. Initially he wrote leaders for the Wednesbury Advertiser, then worked for the Birmingham Morning News reporting on police cases. In 1871 he was married to Sophie Harris, with whom he had a daughter that died young. He had four children out of wedlock.

A Chronicle of Castle Barfield

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Murray, David Christie: The Making Of A Novelist. v1. 11 Nov 2013

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David Christie Murray (13 April 1847 – 1 August 1907) was an English journalist and writer. Born in High Street, West Bromwich, Staffordshire, one of six sons and five daughters of William Murray and Mary Withers, he was educated in West Bromwich and Spon Lane. At the age of twelve he entered his fathers printing business. At eighteen he was sent to London for further training in the printing business, but, following a failed attempt at romance, he instead joined the army.he became a private with the 4th Royal Irish Dragoon Guards. After being bought out of the service by a Great Aunt, he became a journalist. Initially he wrote leaders for the Wednesbury Advertiser, then worked for the Birmingham Morning News reporting on police cases. In 1871 he was married to Sophie Harris, with whom he had a daughter that died young. He had four children out of wedlock.

An Experiment In Autobiography

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Murrey, Thomas J: Fifty Soups, v.1, 8 April 2008.

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Contains recipes for 50 soups.

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Musick, John R: A Century Too Soon. v1. 18 Jun 2015

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John Roy Musick (February 28, 1849 – April 14, 1901) was an American historical author and poet best known for his Columbian Historical Novels.

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Sir William Berkeley, a bigoted churchman, a lover of royalty, and one who despised republicanism and personal liberty so heartily that he could “thank God that there were neither printing-presses nor public schools in Virginia,” was appointed by Charles II. governor of Virginia. Berkeley, whose early career was bright with promise, seems in his old age to have become filled with hatred and avarice. He was too stubborn to listen to the counsel even of friends. Being engaged in a profitable traffic with the Indians, he preferred to let them slaughter the people on the frontier, rather than to allow his business to be interfered with. Berkeley’s tyranny was carried to such an extreme, that rebellion was the natural consequence. Rebellion always follows some injury or misplaced confidence in the powers of the government. This rebellion came a “century too soon,” being just one hundred years before the great revolution, which set at liberty all the colonies of North America.

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Musick, John R: Brother Against Brother. v1. 17 Jun 2015

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John Roy Musick (February 28, 1849 – April 14, 1901) was an American historical author and poet best known for his Columbian Historical Novels.

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Forty years ago a Virginia planter was a king, his broad acres his kingdom, his wife his queen, his children heirs to his throne, and his slaves his subjects. True, it was a petty kingdom and he but a petty monarch; but, as a rule, petty monarchs are tyrannical, and the Southern planter was not always an exception. In those days men were measured, not by moral worth, mental power, or physical stature, but by the number of acres and slaves they owned. The South has never possessed that sturdy class of yeomanry that has achieved wonders in the North. Before the war labor was performed by slaves, now it is done by hired help, the farmer himself there seldom cultivating his soil.

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Musick, John R: Sustained honor. v1. 20 Jun 2015

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John Roy Musick (February 28, 1849 – April 14, 1901) was an American historical author and poet best known for his Columbian Historical Novels.

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The war of 1812 has been properly termed by some historians the second war for independence; for, in truth, the independence of the United States of America was not established until after that event. Great Britain across the ocean and the horde of Tories still in America had not abandoned all hope of yet making the United States a dependency of the country from which she had fought seven long years to free herself. The war of 1812 was never fought to a finish. In some respects it was a drawn fight. Its results were not satisfactory to the patriotic American, and certainly were not to Great Britain. The contemptible “Peace Faction” continually crippled the administration all through the contest of nearly three years

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Musick, John R: The Witch of Salem. v1. 21 Jun 2015

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John Roy Musick (February 28, 1849 – April 14, 1901) was an American historical author and poet best known for his Columbian Historical Novels.

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The “Witch of Salem” is designed to cover twenty years in the history of the United States, or from the year 1680 to 1700, including all the principal features of this period. Charles Stevens of Salem, with Cora Waters, the daughter of an indented slave, whose father was captured at the time of the overthrow of the Duke of Monmouth, are the principal characters. Samuel Parris, the chief actor in the Salem tragedy, is a serious study, and has been painted, after a careful research, according to the conception formed of him. No greater villain ever lived in any age. He had scarce a redeeming feature. His religion was hypocrisy, superstition, revenge and bigotry. His ambition led him to deeds of atrocity unsurpassed. Having drawn the information on which this story is founded from what seem the most reliable sources, and woven the story in a way which it is hoped will be pleasing and instructive, we send this volume forth to speak for itself.

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Mühlbach, Louise: Andreas Hofer. V1. 6 Feb 2010

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"Luise Muhlbach was the pen name of Clara Mundt (1814-1873), a German writer best known for her works of historical fiction."

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The year 1809 had come; but the war against France, so intensely longed for by all Austria, had not yet broken out, and the people and the army were vainly waiting for the war-cry of their sovereign, the Emperor Francis. It is true, not a few great things bad been accomplished in the course of the past year: Austria had armed, organized the militia, strengthened her fortresses, and filled her magazines; but the emperor still hesitated to take the last and most decisive step by crowning his military preparations with a formal declaration of war.

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Mühlbach, Louise: Berlin and Sans-Souci. V1. 9 Feb 2010

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The garden was quiet and solitary, and the closed shutters of the castle proved that not only the king, but the entire household, from the dignified and important chamberlain to the frisky garden-boy, still slept. Suddenly the silence was broken by the sound of hasty steps.

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Mühlbach, Louise: Frederick the Great and His Court. V1. 10 Feb 2010

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The king was ill, the gout chained him to his chamber, and during the last few sleepless nights a presentiment weighed upon the spirit of the ruler of Prussia. He felt that the reign of Frederick the First would soon be at an end; that the doors of his royal vault would soon open to receive a kingly corpse, and a new king would mount the throne of Prussia.

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Mühlbach, Louise: Frederick the Great and His Family. V1. 11 Feb 2919

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The king laid his flute aside, and with his hands folded behind his back, walked thoughtfully up and down his room in Sans-Souci. His countenance was now tranquil, his brow cloudless; with the aid of music he had harmonized his soul, and the anger and displeasure he had so shortly before felt were soothed by the melodious notes of his flute.

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Mühlbach, Louise: Henry VIII and His Court. V1. 12 Feb 2010

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"Luise Muhlbach was the pen name of Clara Mundt (1814-1873), a German writer best known for her works of historical fiction."

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It was in the year 1543. King Henry the Eighth of England that day once more pronounced himself the happiest and most enviable man in his kingdom, for to-day he was once more a bridegroom, and Catharine Parr, the youthful widow of Baron Latimer, had the perilous happiness of being selected as the king's sixth consort.

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Mühlbach, Louise: Joseph II and His Court. V1. 13 Feb 2010

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In the council-chamber of the Empress Maria Theresa, the six lords, who composed her cabinet council, awaited the entrance of their imperial mistress to open the sitting.
At this sitting, a great political question was to be discussed and its gravity seemed to be reflected in the faces of the lords, as, in low tones, they whispered together in the dim, spacious apartment, whose antiquated furniture of dark velvet tapestry corresponded well with the anxious looks of its occupants.
[Note; 176 Chapters in 7 Parts with 287 Endnotes.]

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Mühlbach, Louise: Louisa of Prussia and Her Times. V1. 14 Feb 2010

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The population of Vienna was paralyzed with terror; a heavy gloom weighed down all minds, and the strength of the stoutest hearts seemed broken. Couriers had arrived today from the camp of the army, and brought the dreadful tidings of an overwhelming defeat of the Austrian forces. Bonaparte, the young general of the French Republic, who, in the course of one year (1796), had won as many battles and as much glory as many a great and illustrious warrior during the whole course of an eventful life—Bonaparte had crossed the Italian Alps with the serried columns of his army, and the most trusted military leaders of Austria were fleeing before him in dismay. The hero of Lodi and Arcole had won new victories, and these victories constantly diminished the distance between his army and the menaced capital of Austria.

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Mühlbach, Louise: Marie Antoinette and Her Son. V1. 14 Feb 2010

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Madame de Campan hastily closed the door, drew the great bolt, and then sprang through the antechamber into the waiting-room, and bolted its door too. Then, after she had done that—after she had raised this double wall between the sleeping queen and the raging mob—she sank upon her knees like one who was utterly crushed, and raised her folded hands to heaven.

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Mühlbach, Louise: Mohammed Ali and His House. V1. 15 Feb 2010

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"Luise Muhlbach was the pen name of Clara Mundt (1814-1873), a German writer best known for her works of historical fiction."

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“He will not return,” said one of them, with a shake of the head and a sad look.
“He is lost!” sighed another.
“And you boys are to blame for it!” cries a third, turning to the group who stood near the men, closely wrapped in their brown cloaks, the hoods pulled down over their eyes.

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Mühlbach, Louise: Napoleon and Blucher. V1. 16 Feb 2010

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"Luise Muhlbach was the pen name of Clara Mundt (1814-1873), a German writer best known for her works of historical fiction."

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It was a fine, warm day in May, 1812. The world was groaning under the yoke of Napoleon's tyranny. As a consolation for the hopeless year, came the laughing spring. Fields, forests, and meadows, were clad in beautiful verdure; flowers were blooming, and birds were singing everywhere”even at Charlottenburg, which King Frederick William formerly delighted to call his "pleasure palace," but which now was his house of mourning. At Charlottenburg, Frederick William had spent many and happy spring days with Queen Louisa; and when she was with him at this country-seat, it was indeed a pleasure palace.

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Mühlbach, Louise: Old Fritz and the New Era. V1.17 Feb 2010

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"Well, so let it be!" said the king, sighing, as he rose from his arm-chair; "I must go forth to the strife, and these old limbs must again submit to the fatigue of war. But what matters it? The life of princes is passed in the fulfilment of duties and responsibilities, and rarely is it gladdened with the sunny rays of joy and peace! Let us submit!

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Mühlbach, Louise: Prince Eugene and His Times. V1. 18 Feb 2010

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"Luise Muhlbach was the pen name of Clara Mundt (1814-1873), a German writer best known for her works of historical fiction."

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"Is that your last word, madame?" said Louvois, in a tone so emphatic as to be almost threatening.
"My last word," replied the countess, haughtily. "My daughter is too young to marry, and were she older, I would not impose a husband upon her who was not the man of her choice. She shall bestow her hand and heart together."

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Mühlbach, Louise: Queen Hortense. V1. 19 Feb 2010

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"Luise Muhlbach was the pen name of Clara Mundt (1814-1873), a German writer best known for her works of historical fiction."

Excerpt
A touchingly-beautiful figure amid the drama of the Napoleonic days was this gentle and yet high-spirited queen, who, when she had descended from the throne and had ceased to be a sovereign, exhausted and weary of life, found refuge at length in the grave, yet still survived among us as a queen—no longer, indeed, a queen of nations, but the Queen of Flowers.

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Mühlbach, Louise: The Daughter of an Empress. V1. 10 Feb 2010

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"Luise Muhlbach was the pen name of Clara Mundt (1814-1873), a German writer best known for her works of historical fiction."

Excerpt
"No, Natalie, weep no more! Quick, dry your tears. Let not my executioner see that we can feel pain or weep for sorrow!"
Drying her tears, she attempted a smile, but it was an unnatural, painful smile.
"Ivan," said she, "we will forget, forget all, excepting that we love each other, and thus only can I become cheerful.

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Mühlbach, Louise: The Empress Josephine. V1. 9 Feb 2010

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"Luise Muhlbach was the pen name of Clara Mundt (1814-1873), a German writer best known for her works of historical fiction."

Excerpt
“I win the battles, Josephine wins me the hearts.” These words of Napoleon are the most beautiful epitaph of the Empress Josephine, the much-loved, the much-regretted, and the much-slandered one.

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Mühlbach, Louise: The Merchant of Berlin. V1. 15 Feb 2010

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"Luise Muhlbach was the pen name of Clara Mundt (1814-1873), a German writer best known for her works of historical fiction."

Excerpt
The sufferings of the long war still continued; still stood Frederick the Great with his army in the field; the tremendous struggle between Prussia and Austria was yet undecided, and Silesia was still the apple of discord for which Maria Theresa and Frederick II. had been striving for years, and for which, in so many battles, the blood of German brothers had been spilt.
Everywhere joy seemed extinguished; the light jest was hushed; each one looked silently into the future, and none could tell in whose favor this great contest would finally be decided, whether Austria or Prussia would be victorious.

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Mühlbach, Louise: The Youth of the Great Elector. V1. 19 Feb 2010

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"Luise Muhlbach was the pen name of Clara Mundt (1814-1873), a German writer best known for her works of historical fiction."

Excerpt
With hasty strides George William, the Elector, paced to and fro the length of his cabinet. His features wore a dark, agitated expression, his blue eyes flashed with indignation and wrath; his hands were folded behind his back, as if he would shut out from sight the paper they held with so firm a grasp, and which he had crumpled within his fist, until it bore greater resemblance to a ball than a letter. Yet he must look at it once more—that unfortunate epistle, which had stirred within him such a tempest of fury; he must withdraw his hands from his back, and again unfold the paper, for nothing else would satisfy his rage.

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Möllhausen, Balduin: Das Mormonenmädchen 1 (german) v1 19 dec 2008

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HEINRICH BALDUIN
MÖLLHAUSEN
(1825-1905)

Balduin Möllhausen war Forschungsreisender - Begleiter von Herzog Paul Wilhelm von Württemberg auf einer Tour in die südlichen Rocky Mountains und Mitglied bei zwei amerikanischen Regierungsexpeditionen - und er war Zeichner und Maler. Er malte Pflanzen, Tiere, Indianer und Landschaften, ein Werk von Hunderten von Zeichnungen und Aquarellen.
Allein dies alles hätte Balduin Möllhausen bleibende Bedeutung gesichert, denn seine Reiseberichte und Bilder sind mit der Geschichte der Erforschung des amerikanischen Westens untrennbar verknüpft.
Aber Balduin Möllhausen war auch einer der meistgelesenen Schriftsteller seiner Zeit. Zusammen mit Charles Sealsfield, Friedrich Gerstäcker und Karl May gehört Balduin Möllhausen zu den bedeutendsten Autoren des deutschen ethnographischen Abenteuerromans im 19.Jahrhundert.

Das Mormonenmädchen.
Eine Erzählung aus der Zeit des Kriegszuges der Vereinigten Staaten gegen die Heiligen der Letzten Tage im Jahre 1857 - 1858.

Hochinteressante und spannende Lektüre.

Have fun!

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Möllhausen, Balduin: Das Mormonenmädchen 2 (german) v1 22 dec 2008

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HEINRICH BALDUIN
MÖLLHAUSEN
(1825-1905)

Balduin Möllhausen war Forschungsreisender - Begleiter von Herzog Paul Wilhelm von Württemberg auf einer Tour in die südlichen Rocky Mountains und Mitglied bei zwei amerikanischen Regierungsexpeditionen - und er war Zeichner und Maler. Er malte Pflanzen, Tiere, Indianer und Landschaften, ein Werk von Hunderten von Zeichnungen und Aquarellen.
Allein dies alles hätte Balduin Möllhausen bleibende Bedeutung gesichert, denn seine Reiseberichte und Bilder sind mit der Geschichte der Erforschung des amerikanischen Westens untrennbar verknüpft.
Aber Balduin Möllhausen war auch einer der meistgelesenen Schriftsteller seiner Zeit. Zusammen mit Charles Sealsfield, Friedrich Gerstäcker und Karl May gehört Balduin Möllhausen zu den bedeutendsten Autoren des deutschen ethnographischen Abenteuerromans im 19.Jahrhundert.

Das Mormonenmädchen.
Eine Erzählung aus der Zeit des Kriegszuges der Vereinigten Staaten gegen die Heiligen der Letzten Tage im Jahre 1857 - 1858. Band 2

Hochinteressante und spannende Lektüre.

Have fun!

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Möllhausen, Balduin: Erzählung aus meinem Jagdleben in Illinois german v1 26 feb 2009

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Balduin Möllhausen war Forschungsreisender - Begleiter von Herzog Paul Wilhelm von Württemberg auf einer Tour in die südlichen Rocky Mountains und Mitglied bei zwei amerikanischen Regierungsexpeditionen - und er war Zeichner und Maler. Er malte Pflanzen, Tiere, Indianer und Landschaften, ein Werk von Hunderten von Zeichnungen und Aquarellen.
Allein dies alles hätte Balduin Möllhausen bleibende Bedeutung gesichert, denn seine Reiseberichte und Bilder sind mit der Geschichte der Erforschung des amerikanischen Westens untrennbar verknüpft.
Aber Balduin Möllhausen war auch einer der meistgelesenen Schriftsteller seiner Zeit. Zusammen mit Charles Sealsfield, Friedrich Gerstäcker und Karl May gehört Balduin Möllhausen zu den bedeutendsten Autoren des deutschen ethnographischen Abenteuerromans im 19.Jahrhundert. (Ablit.de)

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Nansen, Fridtjof: Eskimoliv (Ill.) [Norwegian]. V2. 04 Nov 2011

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SBT

Fridtjof Nansen (1861-1930) er mest kjent for sine polarekspedisjoner, hvorav den første var kryssingen av den grønlandske innlandsisen. Etter å ha kommet velberget frem til vestkysten, måtte ekspedisjonen overvintre i Godthaab da den siste båten til Danmark det året hadde gått. Denne boken er en beskrivelse av grønlendernes levevis slik han erfarte det i denne perioden.

Teksten og bildene er hentet fra http://www.wikisource.no.

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V2: fikset innoldsfortegnelse, krympet fil.

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Nansen, Fridtjof: Paa ski over Grønland (1890) (Ill.). [Norwegian]. v1. 04 May 2014

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"Paa ski over Grønland" er Fridtjof Nansens beskrivelse av den første ekspedisjon til å krysse Grønlands innlandsis. Det er en klassiker innenfor polarlitteraturen, og den forårsaket en stor interesse både for skiløping og polarforskning da den kom ut i 1890.

Den kommer stadig ut i nye opplag, men da basert på Nansens sterkt avkortete utgave fra 1928. Her gjengis den opprinnelige utgaven. Mens enkelte kapitler med historiske oversikter og vitenskapelige resultater nok er mindre spennende, er det til gjengjeld med en rekke kapitler om livet de levde i Godthaab etter at de kom ned fra isen; beretninger som er fulle av sjarme og interesse for den moderne leser.

Denne versjonen er basert på en utgave fra 1890, og er hentet fra Project Runeberg, http://runeberg.org/, som igjen har hentet den fra Nasjonalbibliotekets inskannede PDF (http://www.nb.no)
Boken er rikt illustrert.

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Nansen, Fridtjof: Paa ski over Grønland (1928) [Norwegian].v1. 27 Apr 2014

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Nasjonalbiblioteket har gitt ut de første 35 av 100 planlagte epub-bøker. Bøkene er korrekturlest, men noen litt uvanlige valg med hensyn til oppsett ødelegger leseopplevelsen litt. F. eks. er sidetall/sideombrekning beholdt. Jeg har endret på layout for å gi, i mine øyne, en bedre leseopplevelse.

Dette er Nansens sterkt avkortede utgave fra 1928.

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NASA: Chariots for Apollo_A History of Manned Lunar Spacecraft. v1. 24 April 2011

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Chariots for Apollo: A History of Manned Lunar Spacecraft
[By Courtney G. Brooks, James M. Grimwood and Loyd S. Swenson, Jr.[/

[The NASA History Series[/
NASA SP-4205
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Scientific and Technical Information Office
Washington, DC
Published 1979

I had originally "scrapped" this ebook from the NASA website in July 2009 when doing some other NASA ebooks. I never did get around to converting it, but due to a recent request for same, I "took the plunge".

In all, about three hours of time invested to "clean up" small website errors and irregularities when using the source for ebook generation.

Enjoy!

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NASA: Surveyor & Lunar Orbiter. PRC v1.0 12 July 2009

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Nate the great

This is a short but interesting study of 2 NASA space probes.

The Lunar Orbiter was a series of 5 probes that orbited the moon in 1966-1967. The 7 Surveyor probes were the first US spacecraft to not use lithobraking to land on the moon.

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Nation, Carry: The Use and Need of the Life of Carry A. Nation. 08 Nov 2007

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RWood

[SIZE="6"]Temperance[/SIZ

In the US this word is most closely associated with one person, Carry Nation. She led the drive against alcohol and tobacco for many years. Some loved her as a saint and others (like my Grandmother) cursed her as a demon.

She cloaked her hatred in the words of the [Bible[/ and twisted everything and everyone that came hear her.

Her efforts resulted in a Constitutional Amendment prohibiting the manufacture, distribution, and sale of alcohol in the US. This provided a major source of funds for organized crime and a breakdown in respect for the law that still continues to this day. Many if not most people ignored the law, all looked away, speakeasies flourished. (There was even a bootlegger operating from an office in the US Capital building.) When it was repealed tremendous damage had been done to both the economy and the spirit of the country.

Perhaps with a hundred years between the acts and now she can be viewed as a tragic figure worthy of pity. I do not think so.

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Naville, Ernest: The Heavenly Father. V1. 16-Jun-2012

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Ernest Naville (13-Sep-1816 – 3-May-1909)
THE HEAVENLY FATHER. [Lectures on Modern Atheism.[/

The lectures were held in 1865 in Geneva and Lausanne

From the Introduction:
Religion (I take this term in its most general acceptation) is not, as many say that it is, either dead or dying. I want no other proof of this than the pains which so many people are taking to kill it. It is often those who say that it is dead, or falling rapidly into dissolution, who apply themselves to this work. They are too generous, no doubt, to make a violent attack upon a corpse; and it is easy to understand, judging by the intensity of their exertions, that in their own opinion they have something else to do than to give a finishing stroke to the dying.

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Naylor, James Ball: The Little Green Goblin (illus). v1. 06 Jan 2021

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GrannyGrump

The Little Green Goblin
By James Ball Naylor (1860-1945)
Illustrated by Harry L. Miller (No data found.)

Ten year old Bob Taylor was miserable: bored with school, tired of chores at home. He fell asleep feeling grumpy and irritable. Hearing his name called, he awakes to find a green goblin in his room. Fitz Mee invites him to visit Goblinland, so off he goes to the land where you do as you please.

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James Ball Naylor (1860-1945), one of the most well-known authors in America at the turn of the twentieth century, wrote poetry, novels, short stories, and children’s books. A country doctor in Ohio, he was also a political force, as a candidate as well as a newspaper columnist and speaker.

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First published in 1907. This book is in the public domain in countries where copyright is “Life+70” or less, and in the USA.

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Naylor, James Ball: Witch Crow and Barney Bylow (illus). v1. 06 Jan 2021

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Witch Crow and Barney Bylow
By James Ball Naylor (1860-1945)
Illustrated by Carll B. Williams (1881–1928)

Young Barney Bylow, a farmer’s son, feeling ill-used and over-worked, decides to run away to the city where he can be rich. On the way he meets a peculiar old lady (or is she really that odd crow he saw earlier?) who gives him an enchanted penny — “You’ll never have more, you’ll never have less…” Ah! Now some strange adventures await!

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James Ball Naylor (1860-1945), one of the most well-known authors in America at the turn of the twentieth century, wrote poetry, novels, short stories, and children’s books. A country doctor in Ohio, he was also a political force, as a candidate as well as a newspaper columnist and speaker.

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First published in 1906. This book is in the public domain in countries where copyright is “Life+70” or less, and in the USA.

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Naylor: Charles W.: Heart Talks. V1. 16-Jun-2012

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Naylor, Charles Wesley, 1874-1950

Excerpt (Talk One): Throughout the Bible we are exhorted again and again to trust in the Lord. We are warned against trusting in princes, in riches, or in ourselves; for all such trust is vain. Trusting in the Lord is represented as being safe, as blessed, and as producing very desirable results. In it is our hope, our strength, our safety, and our help.
But what does trust mean? It does not mean carelessness or indifference. Just to let things go and say, “Oh, I guess it will come out all right,” is not trusting. Just drifting heedlessly with the tide is not trust. Neglect is not trust. Trust is something positive. It is a real something, not a mere happen-so or maybe-so. It is a definite attitude of soul and mind, a realization of our own need and of God’s sufficiency. It is the reaching out and anchoring of ourselves in God.

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Nearing, Scott: Civilization & Beyond. 08 Nov 2007

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Written in 1975, toward the end of his life, [Civilization & Beyond[/ is Nearing's master work. Through it he recasts the entire scope of human civilization and offers solutions for the future. You may not agree with all he has written; however, the book will make you think.

He was for all his life a [fire brand[/. But he was far more than an common variety left winger. He was one of the first in the back to nature movement and taught self-reliance before many had even heard the term. He called it practical living.

Nearing died in 1983 at age 100.

[This book is not copyrighted. It may be reproduced by anybody and distributed in any quantity as a whole. It should not be summarized, abbreviated, garbled or chopped into out-of-context fragments.[/

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Nefzaoui, Sheikh (Tr. Burton): The Perfumed Garden, v.1, 20 Jan 2008.

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Sheikh Nefzaoui: The Perfumed Garden for the Soul’s Recreation

Translated by Sir Richard Burton [1886]
Complete and Unexpurgated.

No one has uploaded a sex manual so far, so here’s a 16th century Arab one, which is both explicit and very flowery.

Sir Richard Burton’s justification for the translation:

“What can be more important, in fact, than the study of the principles upon which rest the happiness of man and woman, by reason of their mutual relations; relations which are themselves dependent upon character, health, temperament and the constitution, all of which it is the duty of philosophers to study?”

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Neill, John R.: Lucky Bucky in Oz. v1. 23 Dec 2020

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LUCKY BUCKY IN OZ
“Founded on and continuing the famous Oz stories by L. Frank Baum.”
By John R. Neill (1877–1943)

Bucky Jones is aboard a tugboat in New York Harbor when the boiler blows up. He is soon blown into the Nonestic Ocean where he meets Davy Jones, a wooden whale. The pair travel to the Emerald City, and have many watery adventures along the way.

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John Rea Neill (November 12, 1877 – September 19, 1943) was a magazine and children’s book illustrator primarily known for illustrating more than forty stories set in the Land of Oz, including L. Frank Baum’s, Ruth Plumly Thompson’s, and three of his own. His pen-and-ink drawings have become identified almost exclusively with the Oz series. He also did a great deal of illustration work for other children’s books and magazines and newspapers, which is not as well known today.

[The Wonder City of Oz[/, [The Scalawagons of Oz[/, and [Lucky Bucky in Oz[/, which debuted each year from 1940 to 1942, are considered part of the “Famous Forty.” Neill’s vision of Oz is more manic than Thompson or Baum’s. Houses often get up and do battle, and everything can be alive. His entries take Oz’s color scheme (blue for Munchkin Country, red for Quadling Country, etc.) to an extreme, extending to sky and skin colors.

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First published in 1942. [The text is in the public domain in countries where copyright is “Life+70” or less.[/
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Neill, John R.: The Scalawagons of Oz. v1. 23 Dec 2020

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THE SCALAWAGONS OF OZ
“Founded on and continuing the famous Oz stories by L. Frank Baum.”
By John R. Neill (1877–1943)

The Wizard creates Scalawagons, intelligent cars that can also fly. He makes Tik-Tok superintendent of the Scalawagons Factory, but the mechanical man runs down. Bell-Snickle, a mysterious creature, takes advantage of Tik-Tok’s condition by filling the scalawagons with “flabber-gas” and the Wizard nearly loses his scalawagons.

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John Rea Neill (November 12, 1877 – September 19, 1943) was a magazine and children’s book illustrator primarily known for illustrating more than forty stories set in the Land of Oz, including L. Frank Baum’s, Ruth Plumly Thompson’s, and three of his own. His pen-and-ink drawings have become identified almost exclusively with the Oz series. He also did a great deal of illustration work for other children’s books and magazines and newspapers, which is not as well known today.

[The Wonder City of Oz[/, [The Scalawagons of Oz[/, and [Lucky Bucky in Oz[/, which debuted each year from 1940 to 1942, are considered part of the “Famous Forty.” Neill’s vision of Oz is more manic than Thompson or Baum’s. Houses often get up and do battle, and everything can be alive. His entries take Oz’s color scheme (blue for Munchkin Country, red for Quadling Country, etc.) to an extreme, extending to sky and skin colors.

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First published in 1941. [The text is in the public domain in countries where copyright is “Life+70” or less.[/
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Neill, John R.: The Wonder City of Oz. v1. 23 Dec 2020

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THE WONDER CITY OF OZ
“Founded on and continuing the famous Oz stories by L. Frank Baum.”
By John R. Neill (1877–1943)

Jenny Jump captures a leprechaun and forces him to make her into a fairy, but he only does half the job before escaping. Jenny accidentally jumps to Oz using her half-fairy gifts. She soon sets up a fashionable Style Shop with a magic turn-style which will give anyone high style; and then challenges Ozma to an ozlection to become ruler of the Land of Oz.

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John Rea Neill (November 12, 1877 – September 19, 1943) was a magazine and children’s book illustrator primarily known for illustrating more than forty stories set in the Land of Oz, including L. Frank Baum’s, Ruth Plumly Thompson’s, and three of his own. His pen-and-ink drawings have become identified almost exclusively with the Oz series. He also did a great deal of illustration work for other children’s books and magazines and newspapers, which is not as well known today.

[The Wonder City of Oz[/, [The Scalawagons of Oz[/, and [Lucky Bucky in Oz[/, which debuted each year from 1940 to 1942, are considered part of the “Famous Forty.” Neill’s vision of Oz is more manic than Thompson or Baum’s. Houses often get up and do battle, and everything can be alive. His entries take Oz’s color scheme (blue for Munchkin Country, red for Quadling Country, etc.) to an extreme, extending to sky and skin colors.

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First published in 1940. [The text is in the public domain in countries where copyright is “Life+70” or less.[/
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Neilson, William Allan (editor): Shelf of Fiction Vol 1-2. Ver 2. 27 Dec 2013

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When Charles W. Eliot completed the Harvard Classics it was mentioned that he had slighted the Novel as medium for the books in the 5 foot shelf. He acknowledge this and set about to rectify the omission with 20 volumes of Classic Novels called the Harvard Classics shelf of fiction. While Doctor Eliot picked the 20 volumes an associate William Allan Neilson actually assembled the content, wrote the commentary, and obtained the critical reviews. The Shelf of Fiction volumes were published in 1917.

The first story in the 20 volume set was "The History of Tom Jones, a foundling" by Henry Fielding. It was originally published in England in 1749 and represents the first of the modern genre of novels. The story is a long one which covers the first two volumes along with a few introductory notes about Novels and the purpose of the Shelf of Fiction. Here is an introduction from Wikipedia:

The History of Tom Jones, a Foundling, often known simply as Tom Jones, is a comic novel by the English playwright and novelist Henry Fielding. The novel is both a Bildungsroman and Picaresque novel. First published on 28 February 1749, Tom Jones is among the earliest English prose works describable as a novel, and is the earliest novel mentioned by Somerset Maugham in his 1948 book "Great Novelists and Their Novels" among the ten best novels of the world. [2] Totaling 346,747 words, it is divided into 18 smaller books, each preceded by a discursive chapter, often on topics totally unrelated to the book itself.

There is a wiki page in our wiki on this subject. http://wiki.mobileread.com/wiki/Shelf_of_Fiction

I have decided to collect the two volumes into a single eBook so that it can be read as a full story. The break between the volumes is indicated in the TOC. Let me know if there are any errors but be aware that this is British 18th century spelling throughout except that the introductions are early 20th century American. In the mobi version of this eBook I used KindleGen to create the mobi file from an ePub, thus this version has both a mobi and a KF8 version inside. I stripped out the source to reduce the size but it is still very big. I am not sure why but likely the formatting for the old mobi has more duplicates as there is no CSS support. Enjoy.

Version 1 had 27 downloads.
Be sure and remove the .zip extension from the .azk iOS version. Do not unzip!

Dale

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Neilson, William Allan (editor): Shelf of Fiction Vol 3 Ver 1. 9 Jan 2014

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DaleDe

HARVARD CLASSICS SHELF OF FICTION, VOLUME III includes 2 Novels.

The first is A Sentimental Journey through France and Italy By: Laurence Sterne was first published in Ireland 1768. It is among the very first travelog fiction books and as such it legitimized this whole genre. It was very popular in its time and follows a real travel by the author.

As an 18th century story this book has considerable spelling differences that have been maintained in this edition.

The second Novel is the well known Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen. This book was first published in 1813 in London. The spelling is much closer to the words we use today but there are still several differences both due to 19th century and to British differences. The source had punctuation differences in that all but a comma and a period were preceded with a space. I have modernized this so that eBook readers will deal with it better. It just looked strange to me. In the original letters and other included documents were a smaller font with the same margins. In the interest of eBook reading I left the font the same size and indented the paragraphs to use the modern blockquote method.

This is the original 1917 edition of the Shelf of Fiction Vol 3 and includes biographies, reviews and criticisms of the stories. Spelling is U.S. for this section. Please let me know of any errors you find. More information on these novels are available in wikipedia.

As there are two books and the travelog used exceptionally short chapters intended to appear on 1 or 2 pages most of the time and even Jane Austen made many very short chapters, I have elected to make the chapters in both books appear without starting a new page. In my opinion this displays better on the various size eBooks available to minimize nearly empty pages and lots of page turns. Occasionally in Pride and Prejudice the eBook version forced a new file on a chapter boundary if the size of the files were getting too big. This effort was done in Atlantis Word Processor and converted to ePub and then to Amazon formats. AWP automatically broke the files to conform with the standard. There are all h2 headings and the CSS could be modified easily if you prefer to force each chapter to a new page.

There are two uploaded versions. The mobi file includes both KF8 and KF7 versions of the book for all Kindle readers and other mobi readers. The source was stripped to minimize the size. The second is an AZK file specifically for iOS devices. It has an extra .zip extension to make it a legal upload. Rename it to remove the zip extension. DO NOT unzip it. To get this file to your iOS device you will need to side load it via iTunes to the Kindle reader.

Enjoy.
Dale

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Neilson, William Allan (editor): Shelf of Fiction Vol 4 Ver 1. 30 Jan 2014

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Vol 4 of the Shelf of Fiction contains: Guy Mannering, written by Sir Walter Scott.

Plot from wikipedia.
Guy Mannering is set in the 1760s to 1780s, mostly in the Galloway area of southwest Scotland, but with episodes in Cumberland, Holland, and India. It tells the story of Harry Bertram, the son of the Laird of Ellangowan, who is kidnapped at the age of five by smugglers after witnessing the murder of a customs officer. It follows the fortunes and adventures of Harry and his family in subsequent years, and the struggle over the inheritance of Ellangowan. The novel also depicts the lawlessness that existed at the time, when smugglers operated along the coast and thieves frequented the country roads.

This book was published in 1917 from an original dating back to 1815. It was so popular in 1815 that the entire printing was sold out in the first day.

This book includes comments and commentary from William Neilson and others. It has extra notes in the back by the author (with links) to expand of some of the topics and provide some anecdotes. There is also a glossary in the back for distinct Scottish words, also by the author. Let me know of any errors you find.

The mobi file contains both KF8 and KF7 versions with the source removed to minimize the size. The .zip file is an .azk file specifically for iOS. Do not unzip it, just rename it to remove the .zip extension. It provides KF8 like functionality for Apple devices. To get this file to your iOS device you will need to side load it via iTunes to the Kindle reader.

Enjoy,
Dale

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Neruda, Jan: Vampire, v.1, 26 November 2008.

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Jan Neruda (1835–1909)
Vampire (First published in English, 1919)

A very short story, found on PG Australia, which has a new slant on the vampire myth.
Unfortunately, I have not been able to find any other works by the same author.

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Nesbit, E: Five Children and It. V1. 18 Jan 2009

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Edith Nesbit (married name Edith Bland; 15 August 1858 - 4 May 1924) was an English author and poet whose children's works were published under the name of E. Nesbit. She wrote or collaborated on over 60 books of fiction for children, several of which have been adapted for film and television. She was also a political activist and co-founded the Fabian Society, a precursor to the modern Labour Party.

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The house was three miles from the station, but, before the dusty hired hack had rattled along for five minutes, the children began to put their heads out of the carriage window and say, "Aren't we nearly there?" And every time they passed a house, which was not very often, they all said, "Oh, _is_ this it?" But it never was, till they reached the very top of the hill, just past the chalk-quarry and before you come to the gravel-pit. And then there was a white house with a green garden and an orchard beyond, and mother said, "Here we are!"

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Nesbit, Edith: 5 Children/Psammead Trilogy (Omnibus, Illus.). v1. 13 July 2015

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The Saga of the Five Children
( The Psammead Trilogy )
by Edith Nesbit (1858–1924)
Illustrated by Harold R. Millar (1869–1940)

First published in 1902, 1904, 1906.
The text and illustrations of this book are in the public domain in countries where copyright is “Life+70” or less, and in the USA.

Edith Nesbit Bland, English author and poet, published approximately 40 books for children under the name of E. Nesbit. She created an innovative body of work that combined realistic, contemporary children in real-world settings with magical objects and adventures. Nesbit gently subverts the Romantic stereotype of children as innocent little angels: her characters can be cranky, conceited, selfish – but also courageous, kind, and generous. When they find themselves in magical realms, they are not dealing with super-powers, or pure Good and pure Evil and the fate of the world, but with unexpected situations, and have to somehow muddle through.

Book synopses:
Five Children and It
“It” is a Psammead (pronounced “Sammy-ad”), an ancient, ugly and irritable sand fairy the children find one day in a gravel pit – and It grants them a wish a day, lasting until sunset. But they soon learn it is very hard to think of really sensible wishes, and each one gets them into unexpected difficulties. Magic, the children find, can be as awkward as it is enticing.

The Phoenix and the Carpet
It’s startling enough to have a Phoenix hatch in your house, but even more startling when it reveals you have a magic wishing carpet on the floor. Conceited it may be, but the Phoenix is also good-hearted and obligingly accompanies the children on their adventures through time and space – which, magic being what it is, rarely turn out as they were meant…

The Story of the Amulet
The five children often stumble into marvelous adventures. So it is no surprise when they come across their old friend the Psammead, the wish-granting sand fairy, in the middle of London. “The strongest charm in the world,” it tells them, is in a junk shop, waiting for the children to buy it. So they do. Then they find there’s a catch: it turns out they have bought only half the charm. With the missing half, the charm has the power to give them their heart’s desire. But to find it, they must travel to the past, thousands of years ago. How can four children go back in time?

(Story synopses taken from book-jacket blurbs.)

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Texts were obtained from gutenberg.org; illustrations were obtained from gutenberg.org, archive.org, and MobileRead.com (some first-edition images were not available). Punctuation, diacritics, and italics have been formatted; punctuation and some spelling were Anglicized and standardized.

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These children’s classics have never been out of print. Enjoy the magic, free of charge!

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Nesbit, Edith: ALL the Dragons (Collection, Illus). v2. 12 Sep 2016

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ALL the Dragons
by Edith Nesbit (1858–1924)
With ALL the original illustrations by Harold R. Millar (1869–1940)
AND with a glossary for young readers.

First published in 1899, 1905, 1912, 1925.
The text and illustrations of this book are in the public domain in countries where copyright is “Life+70” or less. Additional material and cover design are released under the Creative Commons Attribution NonCommercial ShareAlike 4.0 License.

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Edith Nesbit Bland, English author and poet, published approximately 40 books for children under the name of E. Nesbit. Her innovative body of work combined realistic, contemporary children in real-world settings with magical objects and adventures; and influenced many subsequent fantasy writers.

Here is an entertaining collection of Nesbit stories about dragons — those fascinating creatures of myth and legend. The people of these stories – whether they are timid or adventurous, clever or inept, well-meaning or evil, or simply curious – all find themselves caught up in unexpected adventures when they actually meet Real Live Dragons!

Contents:
(The first eight stories comprise [The Book of Dragons[/, 1900)
1- The Book of Beasts
2- Uncle James
3- The Deliverers of Their Country
4- The Ice Dragon
5- The Isle of the Nine Whirlpools
6- The Dragon Tamers
7- The Fiery Dragon
8- Kind Little Edmund
9- Billy the King -- (from [Oswald Bastable and Others[/, 1905)
10- Justnowland -- (from [The Magic World[/, 1912)
11- The Last of the Dragons -- (from Wikisource, no original source given, initial publication date given as 1925.)

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Text and images obtained from several sources (see editing notes in the book). Punctuation has been formatted; missing italics and some text fragments recovered. A glossary has been added, annotating some terms no longer in general use, or in use primarily in the UK. Chapter heads are cross-linked to dynamic Table of Contents; image captions cross-linked to List of Illustrations. Embedded fonts for titling, etc. (hope you like my custom font for dragon decorations). Images are mid-resolution. And the cover is very... [green.[/

Have fun chasing dragons!

EDIT: Uploaded version 2, with 25 additional illustrations from the magazine publications, and expanded glossary. Previous downloads: 40.
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Nesbit, Edith: Beautiful Stories from Shakespeare (illus). v1. 30 Jun 2019

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BEAUTIFUL STORIES FROM SHAKESPEARE
Retold by Edith Nesbit (1858–1924).
Illustrated by Frances Brundage (1854–1937) and Max Bihn (1869–1923).
With “A Brief Life of Shakespeare” by noted philologist F. J. Furnivall (1825–1910).

[The Children’s Shakespeare[/, comprised of twelve stories, was first published in 1897; [Twenty Beautiful Stories from Shakespeare[/ was published in 1907. The text and illustrations of this book are in the public domain in countries where the copyright term is “Life+80” or less, and in the USA.

Esteemed children’s author Edith Nesbit recounts twenty of the greatest of Shakespeare’s plays in concise and charming prose simple enough for children to understand and enjoy. This book provides a wonderful introduction to the characters and stories of these often complicated plays, useful even for adult readers.

Lavishly illustrated, with most of the characters portrayed as children or young adolescents. Brundage’s expressive full-page color illustrations are delightful. The section “Quotations from Shakespeare” presents a tasty selection of the rich and satisfying language and wisdom of the Bard of Avon.

Recommended for ages eight and up, and for any beginning student of Shakespeare.

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Edith Nesbit Bland, English author and poet, published approximately 40 books for children under the name of E. Nesbit. Her innovative body of work combined realistic, contemporary children in real-world settings with magical objects and adventures; and influenced many subsequent fantasy writers. She also published over two dozen novels and story collections for adults. Some of her best known books are [Five Children and It[/ (from the Psammead series), [The Story of the Treasure Seekers[/ (from the Bastables series), and [The Railway Children[/.

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The book includes interactive in-line Table of Contents, embedded font. Editing notes are available inside the book.

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If you or young people you know want to learn some basic Shakespeare, these brief prose stories are a fantastic starting point. Highly recommended.
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Nesbit, Edith: Daphne in Fitzroy Street. v1. 23 Oct. 2015

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DAPHNE IN FITZROY STREET
by Edith Nesbit (1858–1924)

First published 1909. The text of this book is in the public domain in countries where copyright is “Life+70” or less, and in the USA.

Edith Nesbit Bland, English author and poet, is best known for her innovative writing for children. Later in her career she also wrote for adults, publishing several novels and numerous short stories.
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This is perhaps Nesbit’s most autobiographical story, basing the character of Mr. Henry on her long-time friend and probable lover, writer George Bernard Shaw; and including scenes based on her experiences with Russian émigrés.

Daphne and her small sister, ensconced for some years in a French boarding school, are called home to England upon their father’s death, and placed in custody of uncaring aunts and uncles. Daphne, an assertive and independent soul, takes her sister and flees to the artists’ quarter in London. Although she has very little money and is almost entirely unsuited for work available for women in that era, thanks to new-found friends our heroine never encounters the seamiest side of poverty and privation. Would-be bohemian Daphne has, of course, several attractive men falling at her feet, but she becomes enamored of the prickly, self-centered artist Henry.

This book gives us a look at a young woman’s quest for freedom and autonomy – or might it be that she only wants a fairy-tale love story after all?

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Text was obtained from archive.org. Due to copyright restrictions, frontispiece by F. Graham Cootes (1879–1960) was omitted. OCR errors corrected; punctuation, diacritics, and italics formatted; some spelling and punctuation modernized / standardized. Embedded fonts for titles and small-caps.

I had some problems using the in-line Table of Contents when using Kindle Previewer --- please let me know if you have trouble with it on your device, and I will try to find how to fix that.
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Do you think you know how this story will end? Give it a read and find out.
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Nesbit, Edith: Dormant (aka Rose Royal). v1. 26 Oct 2015

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DORMANT (aka Rose Royal)
by Edith Nesbit (1858–1924)
First published 1911. The text of this book is in the public domain in countries where copyright is “Life+70” or less, and in the USA.

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Edith Nesbit Bland, English author and poet, is best known for her innovative fantasy writing. She published over 40 childrens’ books, including such classics as The Railway Children and the Psammead trilogy. Later in her career she also wrote for adults, publishing several novels and numerous short stories.

[Dormant[/: A romance wreathed in mystery and Weird Science; the Frankenstein motif interwoven with the Sleeping Beauty motif.

Rose believes she is in love with Anthony, Anthony thinks he loves Rose, and they become engaged. Will wishing make love real for them? The old bookseller, Mr. Abrahamson, reads Rose’s fortune, and sees a dark and puzzling outcome. Then Anthony inherits a title and an estate, and falls in love with a woman discovered in a deathlike trance in a secret chamber.

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Text was obtained from hathitrust.org,Punctuation, diacritics, and italics have been formatted; OCR errors corrected; some spelling and punctuation modernized / standardized. Embedded font for titles.

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This is another rarely seen Nesbit -- hope you enjoy it!
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Nesbit, Edith: Five of Us – and Madeline. v1. 15 Nov 2015

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Five of Us – and Madeline
By Edith Nesbit 1858–1924)
With a glossary for young readers.

Some contents first published ca. 1907~1912. Published in book form 1925. The text of this book is in the public domain in countries where copyright is “Life+90” or less.

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Edith Nesbit Bland, English author and poet, published approximately 40 books for children under the name of E. Nesbit. Her innovative body of work influenced many subsequent fantasy writers. She also wrote for adults, publishing about a dozen novels and countless short stories.

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This is Nesbit’s final book, edited and published the year after her death. It is highly reminiscent of the Bastable series – we again have a rather self-important boy, Clifford, narrating the adventures and misadventures of himself, his four siblings, and the detested Cousin Madeline. Young readers who loved Oswald Bastable, and who have less critical demands about story arcs and consistency, will enjoy this book.

“Five of Us” is considered by many critics to be Nesbit’s weakest work. But perhaps it should be considered as a collection of short stories or vignettes, rather than a novel.

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Notes of possible interest: Several episodes can be found in magazine archives. Stories that became Chapters 6, 8, 9, 10 appeared in [Pall Mall Magazine[/ 1907 ~ 1909; and in late 1912 [The Strand Magazine[/ published “The Sleuth Worm” (see Chapter 5), which was not a “Clifford” story (the hero was “Leonard Surtees”). The style of Chapter 3 makes it seem likely that it also was not born as a “Clifford” story. That those stories were allowed to languish for more than a decade could indicate that Nesbit had no intention of publishing them as a book.

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Italics, punctuation, and diacritics formatted; some spelling and punctuation modernized and standardized. A glossary for young readers has been added, annotating some terms no longer in general use, or in use primarily in the UK. Embedded fonts for drop-caps and small-caps. Due to copyright restrictions, illustrations were omitted.

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Not one of the best Nesbits, and not recommended as a first-time read if you've never read any of her work before. But any Nesbit is not to be sneezed at -- there are plenty of chuckles and chortles to be found here
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Nesbit, Edith: In Homespun (Short Story Collection). v1. 06 October 2015

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In Homespun
by Edith Nesbit (1858–1924)
First published 1896.

The text of this book is in the public domain in countries where copyright is “Life+70” or less, and in the USA.

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Edith Nesbit Bland, English author and poet, published approximately 40 books for children under the name of E. Nesbit. Her innovative body of work influenced many subsequent fantasy writers. Nesbit’s reputation rests almost exclusively on her work for children, but she also wrote for adults. In addition to about a dozen novels for adults, she published many short stories.

One of Nesbit’s early collections of short stories for adults, this book presents ten little slices of life, describing incidents that have far-reaching consequences. Each of these tales is narrated in the first person, with an engagingly rustic turn of phrase that brings the characters to life.

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Text was obtained from the Victorian Women Writers Project at indiana.edu. Punctuation, diacritics, and italics have been formatted; some spelling and punctuation modernized/standardized. Chapter heads are cross-linked to in-line Table of Contents. Embedded fonts for titling and drop-caps.

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Hope you enjoy these.

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Nesbit, Edith: In The Dark. V1. 31 May 2012

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Edith Nesbit (married name Edith Bland; 15 August 1858 - 4 May 1924) was an English author and poet whose children's works were published under the name of E. Nesbit. She wrote or collaborated on over 60 books of fiction for children, several of which have been adapted for film and television. She was also a political activist and co-founded the Fabian Society, a precursor to the modern Labour Party.

Evcerpt
It may have been a form of madness. Or it may be that he really was what is called haunted. Or it may-though I don't pretend to understand how-have been the development, through intense suffering, of a sixth sense in a very nervous, highly strung nature. Something certainly led him where They were. And to him They were all one.
He told me the first part of the story, and the last part of it I saw with my own eyes.

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Nesbit, Edith: John Charrington's Wedding. V1. 30 May 2012

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Edith Nesbit (married name Edith Bland; 15 August 1858 - 4 May 1924) was an English author and poet whose children's works were published under the name of E. Nesbit. She wrote or collaborated on over 60 books of fiction for children, several of which have been adapted for film and television. She was also a political activist and co-founded the Fabian Society, a precursor to the modern Labour Party.

Excerpt
No one ever thought that May Forster would marry John Charrington; but he thought differently, and things which John Charrington intended had a queer way of coming to pass. He asked her to marry him before he went up to Oxford. She laughed and refused him. He asked her again next time he came home. Again she laughed, tossed her dainty blonde head and again refused. A third time he asked her; she said it was becoming a confirmed bad habit, and laughed at him more than ever.

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Nesbit, Edith: Man and Maid (Short Story collection). v1. 06 October 2015

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Man and Maid
by Edith Nesbit(1858–1924)
First published 1906.

The text of this book is in the public domain in countries where copyright is “Life+70” or less, and in the USA.

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Edith Nesbit Bland, English author and poet, published approximately 40 books for children under the name of E. Nesbit. Her reputation rests almost exclusively on her work for children, but she also wrote for adults. In addition to about a dozen novels for adults, she published many short stories.
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“Man and Maid” brings you thirteen short stories for adults, featuring various scares, surprises and twists of fate, all involving the waxing and waning fortunes of lovers. (—excerpted from Goodreads review.)

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Text was obtained from gutenberg.org Ebook 33028, transcription of the 1906 first edition. Punctuation, diacritics, and italics have been formatted; some spelling and punctuation modernized/standardized. Chapter heads are cross-linked to in-line Table of Contents. Embedded fonts for titling and drop-caps.

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These are NOT mushy gushy romance stories. Give 'em a try, why don't you?

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Nesbit, Edith: Man Size in Marble. V1. 30 May 2012

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Edith Nesbit (married name Edith Bland; 15 August 1858 - 4 May 1924) was an English author and poet whose children's works were published under the name of E. Nesbit. She wrote or collaborated on over 60 books of fiction for children, several of which have been adapted for film and television. She was also a political activist and co-founded the Fabian Society, a precursor to the modern Labour Party.

Edith Nesbit (married name Edith Bland; 15 August 1858 - 4 May 1924) was an English author and poet whose children's works were published under the name of E. Nesbit. She wrote or collaborated on over 60 books of fiction for children, several of which have been adapted for film and television. She was also a political activist and co-founded the Fabian Society, a precursor to the modern Labour Party.

Edith Nesbit (married name Edith Bland; 15 August 1858 - 4 May 1924) was an English author and poet whose children's works were published under the name of E. Nesbit. She wrote or collaborated on over 60 books of fiction for children, several of which have been adapted for film and television. She was also a political activist and co-founded the Fabian Society, a precursor to the modern Labour Party.

Excerpt
Although every word of this story is as true as despair, I do not expect people to believe it. Nowadays a "rational explanation" is required before belief is possible. Let me then, at once, offer the "rational explanation" which finds most favour among those who have heard the tale of my life's tragedy. It is held that we were "under a delusion," Laura and I, on that 31st of October; and that this supposition places the whole matter on a satisfactory and believable basis. The reader can judge, when he, too, has heard my story, how far this is an "explanation," and in what sense it is "rational." There were three who took part in this: Laura and I and another man. The other man still lives, and can speak to the truth of the least credible part of my story.

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Nesbit, Edith: Melisande. V1. 22 Jan 2013

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English writer Edith Nesbit (1858 – 1924) put a satirical spin on the Rapunzel story in her short story Melisande, which was first published in 1900 in The Strand magazine.

Melisande was also featured in the latest Selected Shorts podcast; it was read by American actress and comedienne Jane Curtin.

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Nesbit, Edith: Mouldiwarp Chronicles/House of Arden(Omnibus, Illus). v1. 22 July 2015

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THE MOULDIWARP CHRONICLES:
“The House of Arden” & “Harding’s Luck”
by Edith Nesbit (1858–1924)
Illustrated by Harold R. Millar (1869–1940)

First published in 1908 and 1909.
The text and illustrations of this book are in the public domain in countries where copyright is “Life+70” or less, and in the USA.

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Edith Nesbit Bland, English author and poet, published approximately 40 books for children under the name of E. Nesbit. She created an innovative body of work that combined realistic, contemporary children in real-world settings with magical objects and adventures.

Book synopses:
The House of Arden
It had been a great house once, but the Arden family has fallen on hard times. The orphaned Edred and Elfrida Arden live with their aunt Edith, who keeps a boarding-house. Just before his tenth birthday, Edred inherits the title of Lord Arden and the crumbling family castle, where they find an ancient spell that conjures up the Mouldiwarp, a magical white mole. With his help, they travel back in time in search of the lost Arden Treasure.

Harding’s Luck
Born into poverty, lame young Dickie Harding leads a pathetic life with the uncaring woman who raised him, until he's lured away by a seemingly kind tramp into doubtful, even criminal, adventures. While trying to do the right thing, Dickie discovers a kind of magic, and learns to travel through time. Ultimately, he meets Edred and Elfrida, for whom he performs deeds of selflessness. This is not a sequel, but rather a companion volume to [The House of Arden[/, and Dickie’s story runs concurrently with that of Edred and Elfrida.

These two books are perhaps not as well-known, nor as well-received, as some of Nesbit’s other works, but many, including Gore Vidal, declare them to be favorites. Nesbit fans will delight in these tales of fantastical, magical time-travel and adventure.

Younger readers may have a bit of a hard slog with some obscure historical references, and also with the extensive use of “cockney” dialect dropped [h[/’s in [Harding’s Luck[/ (thousands of apostrophes) – for the kids’ best enjoyment, that one is a prime candidate for read-aloud.

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Texts and illustrations were obtained from upenn.edu, gutenberg.org, and archive.org. Punctuation, diacritics, and italics have been formatted; punctuation and some spelling were Anglicized and standardized.Images are mid-resolution, based on 800x1100 px. ### Embedded decorative fonts for titling and drop-caps. --- Doitsu reports a bug on Kindle PW --- with embedded fonts existing in the book, the body text appears in sans-serif. This can be overcome by removing the embedded fonts, or by converting to epub, setting the CSS to "serif", and back to azw3.
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Just to let you know, you have here a rare bird indeed – in extensive on-line search, I found only one (ONE!) free version of the illustrated “House of Arden” (at upenn.edu). So now there are two.
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Nesbit, Edith: My School Days (Memoir). v1. 11 Nov 2015

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My School Days -- A Memoir by Edith Nesbit (1858–1924)

Contents first published 1896-97. The text of this book is in the public domain in countries where copyright is “Life+70” or less, and in the USA.

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Edith Nesbit Bland, English author and poet, published approximately 40 books for children under the name of E. Nesbit. Her innovative body of work influenced many subsequent fantasy writers. She also wrote for adults, publishing about a dozen novels and countless short stories.

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This brief memoir was originally serialized in a magazine for young adolescents, “The Girl’s Own Paper,” from October 1896 to September 1897, when Nesbit was 38 years old.

She narrates scenes and emotions from her childhood with clarity and candor, giving young readers a sense of fellowship, and adults an opportunity to understand the inner world of young children. Those who have read and enjoyed her children’s books will recognize the seeds of inspiration rooted in her own childhood experiences.

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Text transcription was obtained from ForgottenFutures.co.uk. No scan of original source publication is freely available. Punctuation and diacritics formatted; transcription errors corrected, some spelling and punctuation modernized and standardized. I added subtitles to chapter heads 6, 11, and 12 for layout consistency. Chapter heads are cross-linked to in-line Table of Contents. Embedded fonts for drop-caps and small-caps.

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Interesting to see the childhood experiences that evolved into stories and novels later in her life. Hope you enjoy it.
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Nesbit, Edith: New Treasure Seekers (Illus). v2. 19 Oct 2016

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New Treasure Seekers by Edith Nesbit (1858–1924)
With thirty-one illustrations by Gordon Browne (1858–1932)

First published in 1904.
The text and illustrations of this book are in the public domain in countries where copyright is “Life+70” or less, and in the USA.

Edith Nesbit Bland, English author and poet, published approximately 40 books for children under the name of E. Nesbit. She created an innovative body of work that combined realistic, contemporary children in real-world settings with magical objects and adventures and sometimes travel to fantastic worlds. In doing so, she was a direct or indirect influence on many subsequent writers, including P. L. Travers (author of “Mary Poppins”), Edward Eager (author of the “Magic” series), Diana Wynne Jones (“Chrestomanci”), J. K. Rowling (“Harry Potter”), and C. S. Lewis (“Narnia”). (—Excerpted from Wikipedia.)

The Bastable adventures continue in “New Treasure Seekers”. The six Bastable children fill their free time with entertainments that don't always turn out as they plan. But whether telling fortunes at a fair (unwittingly assisting an elopement), reforming their nasty cousin Archibald, or even getting arrested, it is all good fun, and usually for a good cause. (—Goodreads review.)

“The Conscience-Pudding” is the pick of the litter in this volume, but there are countless chuckles to be found throughout.

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Text and illustrations were obtained from upenn.edu (illustrated HTML). Due to copyright restrictions, I excluded two illustrations by Lewis Baumer (1870–1963). Images were manually cleaned and enhanced. I formatted punctuation, diacritics, and italics. Chapter heads are cross-linked to in-line Table of Contents; image captions cross-linked to List of Illustrations. Embedded redistributable fonts are used for titles, chapter-heads and small caps.

Hope you enjoy this; I certainly did.

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Nesbit, Edith: Nine Unlikely Tales (Illus). v2. 19 September 2016

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NINE UNLIKELY TALES
by Edith Nesbit (1858–1924)
With the original illustrations by
Harold R. Millar (1869–1940)
and Claude A. Shepperson (1867–1921)
Annotated

First published in 1901.
The text of this book and Shepperson's illustrations are in the public domain in countries where copyright is “Life+90” or less, Millar's illustrations where copyright is "Life+70" or less. All are public domain in the USA. Additional material and cover art are released under the Creative Commons Attribution NonCommercial ShareAlike 4.0 License.

Edith Nesbit Bland, English author and poet, published approximately 40 books for children under the name of E. Nesbit. Her innovative body of work combined realistic, contemporary children in real-world settings with magical objects and adventures; and influenced many subsequent fantasy writers.

This collection of fairy tales serves up a delicious banquet of fantastical magical adventures, well-seasoned with naughty children, bewildered Kings, an Arithmetic Fairy, a talking bouncing rubber ball, and other wonderful characters. Sprinkles of wry wit and humor, enjoyable by young and old, add spice to the recipe.

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I had been searching for this book for a long time, and it was posted at archive.org only three weeks ago, so we may have stolen a march on other free libraries. I hope you enjoy it as much as I do.
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Nesbit, Edith: Oddments (Short Story Collection). v1. 08 Nov 2015

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Selected short stories by Edith Nesbit (1858–1924)

Contents first published 1884 ~ 1918. The text of this book is in the public domain in countries where copyright is “Life+70” or less, and in the USA.

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Edith Nesbit Bland, English author and poet, published approximately 40 books for children under the name of E. Nesbit. Her innovative body of work influenced many subsequent fantasy writers. Nesbit’s reputation rests almost exclusively on her work for children, but she also wrote for adults. In addition to about a dozen novels for adults, she published many short stories (often under the name E. Bland).

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The word “oddments” can be defined as “remnants,” but also as “rarities.” The twenty-five stories presented here were found in various magazine archives. Some were published in Nesbit’s collections Something Wrong (1893), Thirteen Ways Home (1901), and To the Adventurous (1923); those collections are not currently available in digital form – indeed, they are exceedingly rare even on paper.

Here you will encounter fairy-tale wonder, melancholy tragedy, farcical comedy, sugar-sweet romance, tart social commentary. Some of these tales may not show the author at her very best, but even mediocre Nesbit is garnished with nuggets of gold.

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Texts were obtained from magazine archives found at archive.org and hathitrust.org.
Embedded fonts for titling and drop-caps. Punctuation, diacritics, and italics have been formatted; OCR errors corrected, some spelling and punctuation modernized and standardized. Chapter heads are cross-linked to in-line Table of Contents. Stories are arranged chronologically by publication date, and annotated with their source.

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This is my own compilation. There are even more short stories out there *somewhere* --- many magazine archives are missing from my go-to links. If anyone has other good magazine sources, give me a shout. Meanwhile, I hope you enjoy these.

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Nesbit, Edith: Oswald Bastable and Others (Illus). v2. 19 Oct 2016

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Oswald Bastable and Others by Edith Nesbit (1858–1924)
With twenty-two illustrations by Charles E. Brock (1870–1938) and Harold R. Millar (1869–1940)

First published in 1905.
The text and illustrations of this book are in the public domain in countries where copyright is “Life+70” or less, and in the USA.

Edith Nesbit Bland, English author and poet, published approximately 40 books for children under the name of E. Nesbit. She created an innovative body of work that combined realistic, contemporary children in real-world settings with magical objects and adventures and sometimes travel to fantastic worlds. In doing so, she was a direct or indirect influence on many subsequent writers, including P. L. Travers (author of “Mary Poppins”), Edward Eager (author of the “Magic” series), Diana Wynne Jones (“Chrestomanci”), J. K. Rowling (“Harry Potter”), and C. S. Lewis (“Narnia”). (—Excerpted from Wikipedia.)

“Oswald Bastable and Others” is a short-story collection, with only four episodes about the Bastables. The other eleven stories are examples of Nesbit in her best element of fantasy and fairy-tale. Some are humorous, and some will tug your heart-strings. All can be thoroughly enjoyed by adults and children. (Be prepared to answer questions, the kids are sure to quiz you!)

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Text and illustrations were obtained from hathitrust.org. Images were manually cleaned and enhanced. I formatted punctuation, diacritics, and italics. Chapter heads are cross-linked to in-line Table of Contents; image captions cross-linked to List of Illustrations. Embedded redistributable fonts are used for titles, chapter-heads and small caps.

Aw, go ahead and download --- it is perfectly ok for adults to enjoy children’s literature!
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Nesbit, Edith: Pussycat and Doggy Tales. v1. 03 September 2015

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PUSSYCAT AND DOGGY TALES
by Edith Nesbit (1858–1924)

First published 1895.
The text of this book is in the public domain in countries where copyright is “Life+70” or less, and in the USA. Additional material and cover design are released under the Creative Commons Attribution NonCommercial ShareAlike 4.0 License.

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Edith Nesbit Bland, English author and poet, published approximately 40 books for children under the name of E. Nesbit. Her innovative body of work combined realistic, contemporary children in real-world settings with magical objects and adventures; and influenced many subsequent fantasy writers.

This is a collection of charming short stories, told by cats and dogs. These creatures are not “cute” or “adorable.” They are funny, crotchety, vain, selfish, good-hearted, silly, clever – why, they’re just like people!

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Notes on the text:
The meanings of some words have evolved over the past century: some words, which were completely innocent then, have changed to more vulgar usage.

The "Unedited" version leaves the original text intact, with the exception of the edited book title, which I kept to prevent confusion.

The Child-safe version has been edited for young readers.
Characters in this version are herein referred to as Pussycat, Kitty, or Cat. Individual edits are not footnoted, as I believe this kind of attention would negate the purpose of the editing.
Edits were made to the book title and titles of stories 5 and 6. Edits were made in Story 2, para. 3, 4; Story 5, last para.; Story 7, para. 39, 44, 49; Story 8, para. 3.

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Several glossary annotations were added. Punctuation and italics have been formatted. Chapter heads are cross-linked to dynamic Table of Contents. Due to copyright restrictions, the illustrations by Lucie Kemp-Welch (1869–1958) were omitted. Embedded fonts are used for titles and drop-caps, and for decorations.

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Give these stories a try -- I'll bet you didn't know what your pets are really thinking...

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Nesbit, Edith: Royal Children of English History (illus). v2. 31 Jul 2019

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ROYAL CHILDREN OF ENGLISH HISTORY BY Edith Nesbit (1858–1924)
Illustrated by Frances Brundage (1854–1937)

This is version 2 of this ebook. Illustrations by M. Bowley have been removed, as they may still be under copyright.
[Royal Children of English History[/ was first published in 1897 in two volumes. NB: It seems that most, if not all, of the freely available editions online (Gutenberg version) only contain the 6 stories from "Book I" of the original publication. The version presented here contains all 12 stories.

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Written by children’s author extraordinaire Edith Nesbit in the heydey of Victoria’s reign, this short volume features notable English kings and queens, beginning with Alfred the Great and ending with Victoria Regina, with a nice sprinkling of history, folk tales, mentions of Shakespeare, and gentle didactic intended to encourage piety and to stiffen the young British spine.

Worth reading for the stories themselves, which are interestingly told, and for the style of the times.
(—Goodreads review)

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Edith Nesbit Bland, English author and poet, published approximately 40 books for children under the name of E. Nesbit. Her innovative body of work combined realistic, contemporary children in real-world settings with magical objects and adventures, and influenced many subsequent fantasy writers. She also published over two dozen novels and story collections for adults. Some of her best known books are [Five Children and It[/ (from the Psammead series), [The Story of the Treasure Seekers[/ (from the Bastables series), and [The Railway Children[/.

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Table of Contents and List of Illustrations have one-way links to content. Embedded fonts. Editing notes are available inside the book.

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Recommended for young readers (and their adults) as a simple overview of some of the highlights of British history. Note that some folk-tales, Shakespearean scenes, and poetic dialog are sometimes not differentiated as fiction, and do need an adult to explain the difference.
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Nesbit, Edith: Salome and the Head. v1. 20 Oct 2015

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SALOME AND THE HEAD
A Modern Melodrama
aka The House With No Address
by Edith Nesbit (1858–1924)

First published 1909. The text of this book is in the public domain in countries where copyright is “Life+70” or less, and in the USA.

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Edith Nesbit Bland, English author and poet, is best known for her innovative writing for children. Later in her career she also wrote for adults, publishing several novels and numerous short stories.

Young Alexandra becomes a celebrated professional dancer in London, and hides away from her public in a secret house, together with her old nurse and a devoted childhood friend. She meets and falls in love with Edmund, but their plans are put awry by the reappearance of her husband (from an unconsummated “mock” marriage in her adolescence), demanding money for his silence. Then comes a performance in which she dances Salome – not with a prop “head” of John the Baptist, but the severed head of her murdered husband.

“Sandra/Sylvia” is loosely based on Maud Allan (1873–1956), an interpretive dancer famed for her perfomance of Salome (based on the play by Oscare Wilde).

Subtitled “A Modern Melodrama,” this macabre tale is indeed almost outrageously dramatic in some aspects – but the wry authorial commentary throughout keeps the pot at a lively simmer, without letting it (quite) boil over.

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Text obtained from archive.org. Due to copyright restrictions, the illustrations by Spenser Pryse (1882–1956) were omitted. Punctuation, diacritics, and italics have been formatted; some spelling and punctuation modernized / standardized. Punctuation in this version is quite different to "The House With No Address." Embedded fonts for titling and small-caps.

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If you've only read Nesbit's childrens books, you are in for a surprise.
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Nesbit, Edith: Tales of Darkness (Collection) v1. 19 September 2015

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Tales of Darkness
by Edith Nesbit (1858–1924)

First published 1888 ~ 1918. The text of this book is in the public domain in countries where copyright is “Life+70” or less, and in the USA.

Edith Nesbit Bland, English author and poet, published approximately 40 books for children under the name of E. Nesbit. Her innovative body of work influenced many subsequent fantasy writers. Nesbit’s reputation rests almost exclusively on her work for children, but she also wrote for adults. In addition to about a dozen novels for adults, she published many short stories (often under the name E. Bland).

Presented here, from the darker side of Edith Nesbit, [STRIKtwenty-one[/STRIK twenty-three elegant tales of mystery, murder, and the supernatural. Come along and explore the realms of dread: Passion, obsession, and madness; death most mysterious and murder most foul; ghoulies and ghosties and long-legged beasties and things that go bump in the night. Have you the mettle to read alone at night by candlelight?

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This is my own compilation, taken from several sources. Text was obtained from gutenberg.org, archive.org, hathitrust.org. Punctuation, diacritics, and italics have been formatted; spelling and punctuation modernized/standardized. Chapter heads are cross-linked to in-line Table of Contents. Embedded fonts for titles, dropcaps.

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There are still several stories I have been unable to find anywhere as etext or pdf (The Violet Car, The Shadow, The Detective).
At least half of the stories included in this collection are not available as etext anywhere except in the magazine archives, although many of them have been published in anthologies in the late twentieth century (But I bet you can't find "The New Samson" in any of those collections!)

So, settle back, and enjoy some prime Victorian-era horror fiction.
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Nesbit, Edith: The Book of Dragons (Illustrated). v1, 26 Feb 2008

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From Amazon.com

Magic turns up in the most unexpected places in E. Nesbit's madcap fairy tales--and so do dragons: One flies out of the pages of an enchanted book and eats an entire soccer team.... Two children try to wake St. George when a plague of dragons descends on modern England.... Wicked Prince Tiresome sets forth to hunt a fiery dragon with a pack of trained hippopotamuses.... One hundred years after its first publication, this collection of 8 of Nesbit's most delightful fantasy stories returns and is still every bit as fun as when it was first published.

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Nesbit, Edith: The Dragon Tamers. V1. 1 Jun 2012

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Edith Nesbit (married name Edith Bland; 15 August 1858 - 4 May 1924) was an English author and poet whose children's works were published under the name of E. Nesbit. She wrote or collaborated on over 60 books of fiction for children, several of which have been adapted for film and television. She was also a political activist and co-founded the Fabian Society, a precursor to the modern Labour Party.

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There was once an old, old castle--it was so old that its I walls and towers and turrets and gateways and arches had crumbled to ruins, and of all its old splendour there were only two little rooms left; and it was here that John the blacksmith had set up his forge.

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Nesbit, Edith: The Ebony Frame. V1. 1 Jun 2012

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Edith Nesbit (married name Edith Bland; 15 August 1858 - 4 May 1924) was an English author and poet whose children's works were published under the name of E. Nesbit. She wrote or collaborated on over 60 books of fiction for children, several of which have been adapted for film and television. She was also a political activist and co-founded the Fabian Society, a precursor to the modern Labour Party.

To be rich is a luxurious sensation, the more so when you have plumbed the depths of hard-up-ness as a Fleet Street hack, a picker-up of unconsidered pars, a reporter, an unappreciated journalist; all callings utterly inconsistent with one's family feeling and one's direct descent from the Dukes of Picardy.

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Nesbit, Edith: The Incomplete Amorist (Illus.). v1. 13 Oct 2015

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THE INCOMPLETE AMORIST
by Edith Nesbit 1858–1924)
Illustrated by Clarence F. Underwood (1871–1929)

First published 1906.
The text of this book is in the public domain in countries where copyright is “Life+70” or less, and in the USA.

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Edith Nesbit Bland, English author and poet, is best known for her innovative fantasy writing for children. Later in her career she also wrote for adults, publishing several novels and numerous short stories.

One of Nesbit’s early novels for adults, “The Incomplete Amorist” takes a different direction from her previous adult short stories, and from her writing for children. Through an unusual series of events, young Betty Desmond finds herself alone in Paris at one corner of a love quartet (much more complex than a triangle!).

Superficially a typical romance of the early twentieth century, this exploration of Edwardian-era social conventions and sexual mores shows how manners could control relationships. Contemporary readers may find the soap-opera situations unlikely, and the characters sometimes unlikely [and[/ annoying, but the author’s sharp wit provides a brisk breeze to freshen the atmosphere.

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Text and illustrations obtained from archive.org. Punctuation, diacritics, and italics have been formatted; some spelling and punctuation modernized/standardized. Chapter heads are cross-linked to in-line Table of Contents. Embedded fonts for titling and small caps. Mid-resolution illustrations.

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Something for the library of the Nesbit completist.
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Nesbit, Edith: The Incredible Honeymoon. v1. 31 Oct 2015

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The Incredible Honeymoon
by Edith Nesbit (1858–1924)

First published 1916. The text of this book is in the public domain in countries where copyright is “Life+70” or less, and in the USA.

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Edith Nesbit Bland, prolific English author and poet, is best known for her large body of innovative fantasy writings for and about children, such as the Psammead trilogy, "The Enchanted Castle," and "The Railway Children." She also wrote for adults, publishing more than a dozen novels and numerous short stories.
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Edward feels that nothing ever happens to him, and that adventures are things in story books. Then he inherits some money, and decides to leave his conventional life. He sets out to tramp about, spending his money as he chooses to make other people happy. Then a chance encounter sends him on an adventure with a lovely young woman that changes both their lives.

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Text was obtained from gutenberg.org. Punctuation, diacritics, and italics have been formatted; transcription errors corrected; some spelling and punctuation modernized / standardized. Embedded fonts for titles and small-caps.

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This book might be just the thing when you need a break from Reality TV, Jackass movies, and the nightly news. Enjoy!

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Nesbit, Edith: The Lark. v1. 02 Nov 2015

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The Lark by Edith Nesbit 1858–1924)

First published 1922. The text of this book is in the public domain in countries where copyright is “Life+70” or less, and in the USA.

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Edith Nesbit Bland, prolific English author and poet, is best known for her large body of innovative fantasy writings for and about children, such as the Psammead trilogy, "The Enchanted Castle," and "The Railway Children." She also wrote for adults, publishing more than a dozen novels and numerous short stories.

"The Lark," Nesbit’s final novel, tells of two young unmarried women struggling to maintain their financial independence by operating a boarding house. This lighthearted story is said to be inspired by Nesbit’s own attempts to make her large old house pay its own way. Although it is not "realistic" (unlikely coincidences abound), this is an amusing tale, populated with entertaining characters. As Jane frequently informs Lucilla, “This is going to be a lark.”

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Text was obtained from archive.org scan of the 1922 first edition from Hutchinson & Co., London. Punctuation, diacritics, and italics are formatted; OCR errors (mostly?) corrected; some spelling and punctuation modernized / standardized. Chapter heads are cross-linked to in-line Table of Contents. Embedded fonts for drop-caps and small-caps.

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Something to cheer you up on a dreary November evening
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Nesbit, Edith: The Literary Sense (Short Story Collection). v1. 06 October 2015

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The Literary Sense
by Edith Nesbit (1858–1924)
First published 1903.

The text of this book is in the public domain in countries where copyright is “Life+70” or less, and in the USA.

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Edith Nesbit Bland, English author and poet, published approximately 40 books for children under the name of E. Nesbit. Her innovative body of work influenced many subsequent fantasy writers. Nesbit’s reputation rests almost exclusively on her work for children, but she also wrote for adults. In addition to about a dozen novels for adults, she published many short stories.
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This collection presents eighteen clever and ironic stories based on the premise that some people possess a “literary sense,” which impels them to act, think, and even feel as though they were characters in a book or play they have seen. If the people around them fail to react in a likewise literary manner, the outcome may be unexpected.

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Text was obtained from archive.org scan of the 1903 first edition. Punctuation, diacritics, and italics have been formatted; some spelling and punctuation modernized/standardized. Chapter heads are cross-linked to in-line Table of Contents. Embedded fonts for titling and drop-caps.

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Hmmm. Interesting....
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Nesbit, Edith: The Magic City (Illus).v1. 03 September 2015

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THE MAGIC CITY
by Edith Nesbit (1858–1924)
With all 27 original illustrations by Harold R. Millar (1869–1940)

First published in 1910. The text and illustrations of this book are in the public domain in countries where copyright is “Life+70” or less, and in the USA. Additional material and cover design are released under the Creative Commons Attribution NonCommercial ShareAlike 4.0 License.

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Edith Nesbit Bland, English author and poet, published approximately 40 books for children under the name of E. Nesbit. Her innovative body of work combined realistic, contemporary children in real-world settings with magical objects and adventures; and influenced many subsequent fantasy writers.
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When young Philip Haldane and his new step-sister Lucy (whom he resents) are magically transported to a magic city (created by Philip from odds and ends from about the house), they find themselves on an incredible enchanted adventure complete with talking dogs, winged horses, ancient buildings and magic islands. How Philip and Lucy come to forge a friendship and work together to save the Magic City from impending disaster makes for a riveting, entrancing story.

The Magic City is more fanciful and dreamlike than her earlier books about children and magic, rather like the Oz universe, with toys that come to life, imaginary creatures, talking animals, and an adult guide (Mr. Noah from the Noah’s Ark playset) to advise and aid the children in their seven great deeds. Recommended for ages 7–14, but great fun for readers of all ages.

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Notes on the text:
I have added a glossary for some terms which are rather obscure, or in use primarily in Great Britain. Some definitions are simplified for children’s comprehension.
Caveat: The meanings of slang and idiomatic terms have evolved over the past century: some words, which were completely innocent then, have changed to more vulgar usage.

See the spoiler below for definitions of terms that may be of concern to some parents:
Gay:
Bright and pleasant; colorful.

Pecker:
British usage: Old slang for a (hungry) mouth. To "peck" is to eat.

Keep your pecker up:
A common British phrase: one’s pecker is one’s nose. Equivalent to “keep your chin up,” “be brave.”
[—explanation courtesy of Paul Durrant]
The “child-safe” version has been edited for young readers. Due to changes in meaning in different times and locations, a problematic word has been changed. (Thanks for editing assistance from GMcG, MobileRead forum member.) Individual edits are not footnoted, as I believe this kind of attention would negate the purpose of the editing. If you feel that this editing damages the book, you may download the unedited version.

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Text and images obtained from gutenberg.org. Images were very small, so low-res illustrations again this time. Embedded fonts for titling and drop-caps. Dynamic cross-linked Table Of Contents and List Of Illustrations.

This is yet another rare book --- I only found the Gutenberg edition (and its clones) available anywhere for free download. So, grab this one --- “While supplies last!”
Happy reading!
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Nesbit, Edith: The Magic World. V1. 31 May 2012

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Edith Nesbit (married name Edith Bland; 15 August 1858 - 4 May 1924) was an English author and poet whose children's works were published under the name of E. Nesbit. She wrote or collaborated on over 60 books of fiction for children, several of which have been adapted for film and television. She was also a political activist and co-founded the Fabian Society, a precursor to the modern Labour Party.

THE CAT-HOOD OF MAURICE
THE MIXED MINE
ACCIDENTAL MAGIC;—OR DON'T TELL ALL YOU KNOW
THE PRINCESS AND THE HEDGE-PIG
SEPTIMUS SEPTIMUSSON
THE WHITE CAT
BELINDA AND BELLAMANT;—OR THE BELLS OF CARRILLON-LAND
JUSTNOWLAND
THE RELATED MUFF
THE AUNT AND AMABEL
KENNETH AND THE CARP
THE MAGICIAN'S HEART

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Nesbit, Edith: The Mystery of the Semi-Detached. V1. 1 Jun 1 Jun 2011

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Edith Nesbit (married name Edith Bland; 15 August 1858 - 4 May 1924) was an English author and poet whose children's works were published under the name of E. Nesbit. She wrote or collaborated on over 60 books of fiction for children, several of which have been adapted for film and television. She was also a political activist and co-founded the Fabian Society, a precursor to the modern Labour Party.

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When he goes upstairs and lights a candle, he sees his fiancee wearing a gown, lying on her bed, her throat slashed. The narrator runs out of the house in hysterics and is picked up by the police for public drunkenness.

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Nesbit, Edith: The Power of Darkness. V1. 1 Jun 2011

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Edith Nesbit (married name Edith Bland; 15 August 1858 - 4 May 1924) was an English author and poet whose children's works were published under the name of E. Nesbit. She wrote or collaborated on over 60 books of fiction for children, several of which have been adapted for film and television. She was also a political activist and co-founded the Fabian Society, a precursor to the modern Labour Party.

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He led the way down some clumsy steps to the cellars which the genius of a great artist has transformed into the exact semblance of the old Catacombs at Rome. The same rough hewing of rock, the same sacred tokens engraved strongly and simply; and among the arches of these subterranean burrowings the life of the early Christians, their sacraments, their joys, their sorrows-all expressed in groups of waxwork as like life as death is.

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Nesbit, Edith: The Railway Children (illus). v2. 30 Aug 2016

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THE RAILWAY CHILDREN
by Edith Nesbit (1858–1924)
With 20 illustrations by Charles E. Brock (1870–1938)

First published in 1905
The text and illustrations of this book are in the public domain in countries where copyright is “Life+70” or less, and in the USA.

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Edith Nesbit Bland, English author and poet, published approximately 40 books about and for children. This book, The Railway Children, is perhaps her best-known work, and has never been out of print. It was serialized in The London Magazine in 1905, and published in book form in 1906. It has been adapted for a BBC radio dramatization, and adapted four times for BBC television series; it was brought to film and the stage several times as well.

This is a story about real-life children and situations, and does not involve magic, fantasy, or fairy tales. When Father mysteriously leaves home, Mother and the three children must leave their upper-middleclass London life to live in a simple country cottage near a train station. While Mother supports the family by writing stories, the children become fascinated with the trains, and make friends with the stationmaster, the porter, and a very important passenger. Their good hearts and wish to help others lead them into many unexpected adventures. But always the mystery remains – where is Father? Will they ever see him again?

A lovely portrait of family and child life in Edwardian times.

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Text was obtained from gutenberg.org; punctuation, diacritics, and italics have been formatted; some punctuation and spelling Anglicized and standardized. Embedded fonts for titling and drop-caps in the AZW3 / KF8 version.

illustrations were retrieved from GoogleImages. Sorry, half of them were really poor, tiny, and jpeg-crushed, so illustrations are in low-resolution this time.

I have added a glossary for young readers, explaining some terms no longer in general use, or in use primarily in the UK.

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Nesbit, Edith: The Red House (Illustrated). v1. 01 July 2015

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THE RED HOUSE
by Edith Nesbit (1858–1924)
illustrated by Arthur Ignatius Keller (1867–1924)

First published in 1902.

The text and illustrations of this book are in the public domain in countries where copyright is “Life+70” or less, and in the USA.

Edith Nesbit, English author and poet, is primariy regarded as a writer of children’s books. However, she also wrote over two dozen novels and story collections for adults.

[The Red House[/ is a light-hearted tale about the first year of marriage of a happy young couple. Len inherits a huge old white elephant of a mansion, and Chloe insists on living in the Red House, although they really can't afford it.

Those who read Nesbit’s books about the Bastable children may recall in [New Treasure Seekers[/ the episode of “The Young Antiquaries,” and the first introduction of “Mr. and Mrs. Red House.” This book brings the opportunity to learn about that adventure from the adults’ perspective.

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Text is from the 1916 eighth edition from Methuen & Co.; it includes dozens of text fragments (more than 4,000 words) which are not present in the Harper & Bros. first edition. Illustrations are from the first edition.

Punctuation, diacritics, and italics have been formatted. Chapter heads are cross-linked to in-line Table of Contents; List of Illustrations provides links to images. Decorative fonts for titling, dividers, etc.

Converted from Sigil-created epub with Calibre.

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It's a fun, fast read, and surprisingly undated (references to Victorian-era clothing and transportation don't count). Hope you enjoy it!

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Nesbit, Edith: The Story of the Treasure Seekers (Illus). v2. 19 Oct 2016

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The Story of the Treasure Seekers by Edith Nesbit (1858–1924)
With fifteen illustrations by Gordon Browne (1858–1932)

First published in 1899.
The text and illustrations of this book are in the public domain in countries where copyright is “Life+70” or less, and in the USA.

Edith Nesbit Bland, English author and poet, published approximately 40 books for children under the name of E. Nesbit. She created an innovative body of work that combined realistic, contemporary children in real-world settings with magical objects and adventures and sometimes travel to fantastic worlds. In doing so, she was a direct or indirect influence on many subsequent writers, including P. L. Travers (author of “Mary Poppins”), Edward Eager (author of the “Magic” series), Diana Wynne Jones (“Chrestomanci”), J. K. Rowling (“Harry Potter”), and C. S. Lewis (“Narnia”). (—Excerpted from Wikipedia.)

“The Treasure Seekers” is Nesbit’s first book, and the first in a series of three books about the six Bastable children. When their father's business fails, the children decide to restore the fortunes of “the ancient House of Bastable.” But although they think of many ingenious ways to do so, their well-meant efforts are either more fun than profitable, or lead to trouble. As with all the books in this series, many of the chapters first appeared as magazine short stories, and thus are episodic and self-contained. This fact, and the subtle touches of humor clearly aimed at the adult reader, make them ideal for bed-time read-aloud by the local grown-up.

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Text and illustrations were obtained from archive.org. Due to copyright restrictions, I excluded two first-edition illustrations by Lewis Baumer (1870–1963). Images were manually cleaned and enhanced. I formatted punctuation, diacritics, and italics. Chapter heads are cross-linked to in-line Table of Contents; image captions cross-linked to List of Illustrations. Embedded redistributable fonts are used for titles, chapter-heads and small caps.

I only learned about Edith Nesbit a short while ago, and find her books for both adults and children to be delightful. I hope you do too.

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Nesbit, Edith: The Wonderful Garden (Illus) v1. 28 September 2015

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THE WONDERFUL GARDEN by Edith Nesbit (1858–1924)
With all 48 original illustrations by Harold R. Millar (1869–1940)
With a glossary for young readers

First published in 1911.
The text and illustrations of this book are in the public domain in countries where copyright is “Life+70” or less, and in the USA. Additional material and cover design released under the Creative Commons Attribution NonCommercial ShareAlike 4.0 License.

This edition is [The Wonderful Garden[/ as it was serialized in [The Strand Magazine[/ Jan–Nov 1911. The serial is somewhat abridged from the book. I believe this is the very first time this story is offered as a formatted and annotated ebook for legitimate free download.

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Edith Nesbit Bland, English author and poet, published approximately 40 books for children under the name of E. Nesbit. Her innovative body of work influenced many subsequent fantasy writers.

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It all begins with the gift of a book, “The Language of Flowers,” which explains the deep meanings of flowers…

The three Stanmore children go to spend the summer holidays with Great-Uncle Charles in his beautiful old house. Then they learn they have a witch for an ancestor, find her hidden books of magic, and begin to use flowers and herbs in spells and charms as good influences on those around them. Is it only coincidence that the spells seem to be working?

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Text and illustrations were obtained from archive.org scans of [The Strand Magazine[/. Punctuation formatted and Anglicized; some spelling modernized and standardized. Embedded fonts for titles, drop-caps, and text inserts.

A glossary has been added for young readers, annotating some terms no longer in general use, or in use primarily in the UK.

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I really enjoyed building this book. I hope it finds a happy home with you.

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Nesbit, Edith: The Wouldbegoods (Illus). v2. 19 Oct 2016

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The Wouldbegoods by Edith Nesbit (1858–1924)
With sixteen illustrations by Reginald B. Birch (1856–1943)

First published in 1901.
The text and illustrations of this book are in the public domain in countries where copyright is “Life+70” or less, and in the USA.

Edith Nesbit Bland, English author and poet, published approximately 40 books for children under the name of E. Nesbit. She created an innovative body of work that combined realistic, contemporary children in real-world settings with magical objects and adventures and sometimes travel to fantastic worlds. In doing so, she was a direct or indirect influence on many subsequent writers, including P. L. Travers (author of “Mary Poppins”), Edward Eager (author of the “Magic” series), Diana Wynne Jones (“Chrestomanci”), J. K. Rowling (“Harry Potter”), and C. S. Lewis (“Narnia”). (—Excerpted from Wikipedia.)

This is the second in the series about the six Bastables. Sent away to the country after a particularly unruly episode, the well-meaning but rambunctious Bastable children solemnly vow to reform their behavior, and form the Society of Wouldbegoods. But their grand schemes for great and virtuous deeds lead to just as much mayhem as their ordinary games, and sometimes more. (—Adapted from Goodreads review.)

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Text and illustrations were obtained from archive.org. Images were manually cleaned and enhanced. I formatted punctuation, diacritics, and italics. Chapter heads are cross-linked to in-line Table of Contents; image captions cross-linked to List of Illustrations. Embedded redistributable fonts are used for titles, chapter-heads and small caps.

This book is full of laugh. Take a big helping!

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Nesbit, Edith: These Little Ones (Short Story Collection). v1. 06 October 2015

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These Little Ones
by Edith Nesbit (1858–1924)
First published 1909.

The text of this book is in the public domain in countries where copyright is “Life+70” or less, and in the USA.

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Edith Nesbit Bland, English author and poet, published approximately 40 books for children under the name of E. Nesbit. Her reputation rests almost exclusively on her work for children, but she also wrote for adults. In addition to about a dozen novels for adults, she published many short stories.
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“These Little Ones” is a poignant and sometimes bittersweet collection of tales about the tragedies of childhood. Nesbit’s son had died some years earlier at age fifteen, and some of the writing here feels painfully personal.

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Text was obtained from the Victorian Women Writers Project at indiana.edu, transcripton of the 1909 first edition. Punctuation, diacritics, and italics have been formatted; some spelling and punctuation modernized/standardized. Chapter heads are cross-linked to in-line Table of Contents. Embedded fonts for titling and drop-caps.

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If you don't drop a tear or two over some of these stories, I feel sorry for you.
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Neufeld, Charles: A prisoner of the Khaleefa. v1. 12 Aug 2012

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The author's (a German merchant) account of his own captivity in the Sudan between 1887 and 1899. Not for the fainthearted.

It has been cleaned up from an OCR-ed version that is full of errors, and no doubt there are plenty left. However it is (at worst) readable.

There are one or two illustrations that are missing, particularly the sketch map accompanying the account (in an Appendix) of the death of General Gordon.

I haven't tried to clean up the index as it refers to pages that cannot be located in an e-book as crude as this one.

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Newman, John Henry: Apologia pro vita sua. V1. 08-Sep-2012

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John Henry Newman, C.O. (21 February 1801 – 11 August 1890), also referred to as Cardinal Newman and Blessed John Henry Newman, was an important figure in the religious history of England in the 19th century.

Apologia Pro Vita Sua (Latin: A defense of one's life) is the classic defense by John Henry Newman of his religious opinions, published in 1864 in response to what he saw as an unwarranted attack on him, the Catholic priesthood, and Roman Catholic doctrine by Charles Kingsley. The work quickly became a bestseller and has remained in print to this day. The work was tremendously influential in turning public opinion for Newman, and in establishing him as one of the foremost exponents of Catholicism in England.
After a brief and unsatisfactory correspondence with Kingsley, Newman began work on the Apologia. A revised version, with many passages re-written and some parts omitted, was published in 1865.

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Newman, John Henry: Callista, v1, 23 December 2009.

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Cardinal John Henry Newman (1801-1890)
Callista; A Tale of the Third Century
[First published, 1855]

A story of Christians and pagans, set in Roman North Africa in the third century. A young woman, Callista arrives from Greece with her brother. She finds herself strangely drawn towards Christianity, despite a wave of persecution.

Wikipedia comments:
“The novel was commissioned as a sort of "prequel" to Fabiola by Cardinal Nicholas Wiseman, published a year earlier. It draws both from the parallels between ancient Roman society and the still lingering persecution of and prejudices against Roman Catholics in the Britain of the time and from Newman's own experiences as a convert. The novel also deals with questions of integrity and determination, even in the face of death. Most of its characters are at the same time ambiguous and troubled ones, who have to make a choice for or against the Christian faith in the course of the story.”
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Callista_(novel)

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Newton, Douglas: I, Savaran (1937); v1, 1 Jan 2022

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Full title: I, Savaran! Prince of Adventurers (1937)

Author: Wilfrid Bernard Michael Newton, (1884-1951) who wrote as Wilfrid Douglas Newton and Douglas Newton.

A collection of 12 short stories featuring the colourful adventurer Savaran (no other name), who has made Africa has stamping ground; getting in and out of incredible scrapes, in a lighthearted and wildly politically incorrect series of escapades.

The hardcover original included 14 stories; however, the book is incredibly rare, and this edition has been assembled from 12 stories published in The Australian Women's Weekly during 1937. They are presented here in the AWW's order, which is not the same as they first appeared in The Passing Show magazine in 1936.

I was unable to find the missing two stories anywhere, not even their titles. (There was a sequel, "Savaran and the Great Sand.") There is some clues that they may have been non-Savaran stories.

I created the cover using the only image of the first edition dust jacket I could find, which was small, distorted, and only partial.

1: Moonbeam of Pearl
2: Blade of the Spear
3: Proud Beauty
4: Pawn to Check a Queen
5: Song Of The Siren
6: Wandering Gentile
7: Power of the Eyes
8: Lily of Deceit
9: Delilah's Daughter
10: The Young Lion
11: The Lady Jasmine
12: Riddle of the Devoted Sphinx

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Newton, Douglas: Savaran and the Great Sand; v1, 1 Jan 2022

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The longest Savaran tale, at 35,000 words almost a novel.

Savaran, the legendary adventurer and troublemaker notorious and feared "from Tunis to Table Mountain", joins a secretive expedition in search of a lost city and a treasure in the vast sand dunes of the Sahara. Naturally, with Savaran involved, chaos ensues.

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Newton, Douglas: The Eighth Buddha, v1, 1 Jan 2022

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Douglas Newton and W Douglas Newton were working names of Irish author Wilfrid Bernard Michael Newton (1884-1951), who wrote a wide variety of fiction, short stories and novels, including the occult, the supernatural, thrillers and sf. His short fiction appeared in British and other magazines and newspapers from around 1907. His novels were often serialised. He also used the pseudonyms Bernard Birmingham, W N Douglas, John Halstead, John How and Ian Irons.

1: Handsome Is...
2: A Serious Ambition
3: The Sportsman in Pajamas
4: The Sporting Finish
5: The Wedding Group
6: The Eighth Buddha
7: What a Guest Desires
8: Watch Your Step!
9: Just Ordinary Human
10: The Thing of Brass
11: The Novena
12: Sylvia is Freed
13: The Magic Detector
14: Spools of Peril
15: Murderer at Large
16: His Guiding Star
17: State Papers
18: Mr. Sugars Remembers
19: The Parson
20: Headlong
21: The Pen
22: Take Your Choice
23: Crying Baby
24: Too Brave to Love
25: Mr. Cuckoo, Home from Home
26: A Bird Limey

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Newton, Douglas; Double Crossed (1922), v1, 1 Mar 2022

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A 1922 action novel: an heiress, crooks, good guys, and a chase across Canada on the Canadian Pacific Railway...

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Newton, John: Thoughts Upon the African Slave Trade, v.1, 29 March 2011

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John Henry Newton (July 24, 1725 – December 21, 1807) was an English sailor and Anglican clergyman. Starting his career on the sea at a young age, he became involved with the slave trade for a few years. After experiencing a religious conversion, he became a minister, hymn-writer, and later a prominent supporter of the abolition of slavery. He was the author of many hymns, including "Amazing Grace" and "Glorious Things of Thee are Spoken."

In 1788, 34 years after he had retired from the slave trade, Newton broke a long silence on the subject with the publication of a forceful pamphlet "Thoughts Upon the Slave Trade", in which he described the horrific conditions of the slave ships during the Middle Passage, and apologized for "a confession, which... comes too late....It will always be a subject of humiliating reflection to me, that I was once an active instrument in a business at which my heart now shudders." A copy of the pamphlet was sent to every MP, and sold so well that it swiftly required reprinting.

From Wikipedia

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Nicholson, Joseph Shield: Thoth. v1, 14 Mar 2009

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'Thoth: a romance' (1888) by Joseph Shield Nicholson
["One of the major science-fiction novels of the nineteenth-century" [/- Everett F. Bleiler
Daphne is rescued by a mysterious man from a plague in ancient Athens, and transported to a city somewhere in Africa which he rules. The city is full of technological wonders far beyond those of Daphne's Greece, and she is invited by him to become his queen. However, Daphne soon discovers that dark secrets lie behind the marvels she has seen; and her powerful stranger is secretly plotting the destruction of all mankind!

Joseph Shield Nicholson (1850-1927) was a highly regarded British economist, political theorist and academic. The author of many books and articles on economic theory, he published 'Thoth' anonymously.
The Preface explains the author's intentions, and dispels the idea that it was inspired by Rider Haggard's 'She'.
The book has, as an Appendix, the final chapter of the original version.

This etext was created from a PDF file found in the Internet Archive.
It has been proof read to eliminate many transcription errors; and I would be grateful to know if any more are found.

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Nicholson, Meredith: A Hoosier Chronicle. V1. 23 Jan 2009

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Meredith Nicholson (9 December 1866 – 22 December 1947) was a best-selling author from Indiana, United States, a politician, and a diplomat.
Nicholson was born on 9 December 1866 in Crawfordsville, Indiana, to Edward Willis Nicholson and the former Emily Meredith. Largely self-taught, Nicholson began a newspaper career in 1884 at the Indianapolis Sentinel. He moved to the Indianapolis News the following year, where he remained until 1897.
He wrote Short Flights in 1891, and continued to publish extensively, both poetry and prose until 1928. During the first quarter of the 20th century, Nicholson, along with Booth Tarkington, George Ade, and James Whitcomb Riley helped to create a Golden Age of literature in Indiana. Three of his books from that era were national best sellers:
The House of a Thousand Candles (#4 in 1906)
The Port of Missing Men (#3 in 1907)
A Hoosier Chronicle (#5 in 1912)
In 1928, Nicholson entered Democratic party politics, and served for two years as a city councilman in Indianapolis. He rose through the ranks of the Democratic party and was rewarded with appointments as Envoy to Paraguay, Venezuela, and Nicaragua.
Nicholson died on 22 December 1947 in Indianapolis, aged 81, and is buried in the Crown Hill Cemetery.

Considered by many to be his best work, the novel examines Indiana society and politics at the turn of the century. The book begins: Sylvia was reading in her grandfather's library when the bell tinkled. Professor Kelton had few callers, and as there was never any certainty that the maid-of-all-work would trouble herself to answer, Sylvia put down her book and went to the door. Very likely it was a student or a member of the faculty, and as her grandfather was not at home Sylvia was quite sure that the interruption would be the briefest.

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Nicholson, Meredith: A Reversible Santa Claus. V1. 23 Jan 2009

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Meredith Nicholson (9 December 1866 – 22 December 1947) was a best-selling author from Indiana, United States, a politician, and a diplomat.
Nicholson was born on 9 December 1866 in Crawfordsville, Indiana, to Edward Willis Nicholson and the former Emily Meredith. Largely self-taught, Nicholson began a newspaper career in 1884 at the Indianapolis Sentinel. He moved to the Indianapolis News the following year, where he remained until 1897.
He wrote Short Flights in 1891, and continued to publish extensively, both poetry and prose until 1928. During the first quarter of the 20th century, Nicholson, along with Booth Tarkington, George Ade, and James Whitcomb Riley helped to create a Golden Age of literature in Indiana. Three of his books from that era were national best sellers:
The House of a Thousand Candles (#4 in 1906)
The Port of Missing Men (#3 in 1907)
A Hoosier Chronicle (#5 in 1912)
In 1928, Nicholson entered Democratic party politics, and served for two years as a city councilman in Indianapolis. He rose through the ranks of the Democratic party and was rewarded with appointments as Envoy to Paraguay, Venezuela, and Nicaragua.
Nicholson died on 22 December 1947 in Indianapolis, aged 81, and is buried in the Crown Hill Cemetery.

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Mr. William B. Aikins, alias "Softy" Hubbard, alias Billy The Hopper, paused for breath behind a hedge that bordered a quiet lane and peered out into the highway at a roadster whose tail light advertised its presence to his felonious gaze. It was Christmas Eve, and after a day of unseasonable warmth a slow, drizzling rain was whimsically changing to snow.

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Nicholson, Meredith: Blacksheep! Blacksheep!. V1. 24 Jan 2009

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Meredith Nicholson (9 December 1866 – 22 December 1947) was a best-selling author from Indiana, United States, a politician, and a diplomat.
Nicholson was born on 9 December 1866 in Crawfordsville, Indiana, to Edward Willis Nicholson and the former Emily Meredith. Largely self-taught, Nicholson began a newspaper career in 1884 at the Indianapolis Sentinel. He moved to the Indianapolis News the following year, where he remained until 1897.
He wrote Short Flights in 1891, and continued to publish extensively, both poetry and prose until 1928. During the first quarter of the 20th century, Nicholson, along with Booth Tarkington, George Ade, and James Whitcomb Riley helped to create a Golden Age of literature in Indiana. Three of his books from that era were national best sellers:
The House of a Thousand Candles (#4 in 1906)
The Port of Missing Men (#3 in 1907)
A Hoosier Chronicle (#5 in 1912)
In 1928, Nicholson entered Democratic party politics, and served for two years as a city councilman in Indianapolis. He rose through the ranks of the Democratic party and was rewarded with appointments as Envoy to Paraguay, Venezuela, and Nicaragua.
Nicholson died on 22 December 1947 in Indianapolis, aged 81, and is buried in the Crown Hill Cemetery.

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Mrs. Howard Featherstone spent much time thinking up things for her brother Archibald Bennett to do, and as Archie was the ideal bachelor brother, always remembering the children's birthdays and turning up dutifully for Christmas dinners, he accepted her commissions in the most amiable spirit and his services were unfailingly satisfactory. He knew perfectly well that most of the jobs she imposed upon him had been politely but firmly declined by her busy husband, but this made no difference to Archie, who had all the time in the world, and infinite patience, and he rather enjoyed tracing express packages and matching ribbons.

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Nicholson, Meredith: Lady Larkspur. V1. 24 Jan 2009

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Meredith Nicholson (9 December 1866 – 22 December 1947) was a best-selling author from Indiana, United States, a politician, and a diplomat.
Nicholson was born on 9 December 1866 in Crawfordsville, Indiana, to Edward Willis Nicholson and the former Emily Meredith. Largely self-taught, Nicholson began a newspaper career in 1884 at the Indianapolis Sentinel. He moved to the Indianapolis News the following year, where he remained until 1897.
He wrote Short Flights in 1891, and continued to publish extensively, both poetry and prose until 1928. During the first quarter of the 20th century, Nicholson, along with Booth Tarkington, George Ade, and James Whitcomb Riley helped to create a Golden Age of literature in Indiana. Three of his books from that era were national best sellers:
The House of a Thousand Candles (#4 in 1906)
The Port of Missing Men (#3 in 1907)
A Hoosier Chronicle (#5 in 1912)
In 1928, Nicholson entered Democratic party politics, and served for two years as a city councilman in Indianapolis. He rose through the ranks of the Democratic party and was rewarded with appointments as Envoy to Paraguay, Venezuela, and Nicaragua.
Nicholson died on 22 December 1947 in Indianapolis, aged 81, and is buried in the Crown Hill Cemetery.

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"It was hard luck," said Searles, "that I should spend a year writing a play for a woman only to find that she had vanished—jumped off the earth into nowhere. This was my highest flight, Singleton, the best writing I ever did, and after the vast pains I took with the thing, the only woman I ever saw who could possibly act it is unavailable; worse than that, absolutely undiscoverable! Nobody knows I have this script; I've kept quiet about it simply because I'm not going to be forced into accepting a star I don't want. I have a feeling about this play that I never had about my other things. That girl was its inspiration. The public has been so kind to my small offerings that I'm trying to lead 'em on to the best I can do; something a little finer and more imaginative, with a touch of poetry, if you please. And now——"2

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Nicholson, Meredith: Rosalind at Red Gate. V1. 24 Oct 2011

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Meredith Nicholson (9 December 1866 – 22 December 1947) was a best-selling author from Indiana, United States, a politician, and a diplomat.
Nicholson was born on 9 December 1866 in Crawfordsville, Indiana, to Edward Willis Nicholson and the former Emily Meredith. Largely self-taught, Nicholson began a newspaper career in 1884 at the Indianapolis Sentinel. He moved to the Indianapolis News the following year, where he remained until 1897.
He wrote Short Flights in 1891, and continued to publish extensively, both poetry and prose until 1928. During the first quarter of the 20th century, Nicholson, along with Booth Tarkington, George Ade, and James Whitcomb Riley helped to create a Golden Age of literature in Indiana. Three of his books from that era were national best sellers:
The House of a Thousand Candles (#4 in 1906)
The Port of Missing Men (#3 in 1907)
A Hoosier Chronicle (#5 in 1912)
In 1928, Nicholson entered Democratic party politics, and served for two years as a city councilman in Indianapolis. He rose through the ranks of the Democratic party and was rewarded with appointments as Envoy to Paraguay, Venezuela, and Nicaragua.
Nicholson died on 22 December 1947 in Indianapolis, aged 81, and is buried in the Crown Hill Cemetery.

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STODDARD'S telegram was brought to me on the Glenarm pier at four o'clock Tuesday afternoon, the fifth of June. I am thus explicit, for all the matters hereinafter described turn upon the receipt of Stoddard's message, which was, to be sure, harmless enough in itself, but, like many other scraps of paper that blow about the world, the forerunner of confusion and trouble.

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Nicholson, Meredith: The House of a Thousand Candles. V1. 24 Jan 2009

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aMeredith Nicholson (9 December 1866 – 22 December 1947) was a best-selling author from Indiana, United States, a politician, and a diplomat.
Nicholson was born on 9 December 1866 in Crawfordsville, Indiana, to Edward Willis Nicholson and the former Emily Meredith. Largely self-taught, Nicholson began a newspaper career in 1884 at the Indianapolis Sentinel. He moved to the Indianapolis News the following year, where he remained until 1897.
He wrote Short Flights in 1891, and continued to publish extensively, both poetry and prose until 1928. During the first quarter of the 20th century, Nicholson, along with Booth Tarkington, George Ade, and James Whitcomb Riley helped to create a Golden Age of literature in Indiana. Three of his books from that era were national best sellers:
The House of a Thousand Candles (#4 in 1906)
The Port of Missing Men (#3 in 1907)
A Hoosier Chronicle (#5 in 1912)
In 1928, Nicholson entered Democratic party politics, and served for two years as a city councilman in Indianapolis. He rose through the ranks of the Democratic party and was rewarded with appointments as Envoy to Paraguay, Venezuela, and Nicaragua.
Nicholson died on 22 December 1947 in Indianapolis, aged 81, and is buried in the Crown Hill Cemetery.

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Pickering’s letter bringing news of my grandfather’s death found me at Naples early in October. John Marshall Glenarm had died in June. He had left a will which gave me his property conditionally, Pickering wrote, and it was necessary for me to return immediately to qualify as legatee. It was the merest luck that the letter came to my hands at all, for it had been sent to Constantinople, in care of the consul-general instead of my banker there. It was not Pickering’s fault that the consul was a friend of mine who kept track of my wanderings and was able to hurry the executor’s letter after me to Italy, where I had gone to meet an English financier who had, I was advised, unlimited money to spend on African railways. I am an engineer, a graduate of an American institution familiarly known as “Tech,” and as my funds were running low, I naturally turned to my profession for employment.

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Nicholson, Meredith: The Port of Missing Men. V1. 25 Jan 2009

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Meredith Nicholson (9 December 1866 – 22 December 1947) was a best-selling author from Indiana, United States, a politician, and a diplomat.
Nicholson was born on 9 December 1866 in Crawfordsville, Indiana, to Edward Willis Nicholson and the former Emily Meredith. Largely self-taught, Nicholson began a newspaper career in 1884 at the Indianapolis Sentinel. He moved to the Indianapolis News the following year, where he remained until 1897.
He wrote Short Flights in 1891, and continued to publish extensively, both poetry and prose until 1928. During the first quarter of the 20th century, Nicholson, along with Booth Tarkington, George Ade, and James Whitcomb Riley helped to create a Golden Age of literature in Indiana. Three of his books from that era were national best sellers:
The House of a Thousand Candles (#4 in 1906)
The Port of Missing Men (#3 in 1907)
A Hoosier Chronicle (#5 in 1912)
In 1928, Nicholson entered Democratic party politics, and served for two years as a city councilman in Indianapolis. He rose through the ranks of the Democratic party and was rewarded with appointments as Envoy to Paraguay, Venezuela, and Nicaragua.
Nicholson died on 22 December 1947 in Indianapolis, aged 81, and is buried in the Crown Hill Cemetery.

There is romance of love, mystery, plot, and fighting, and a breathless dash and go about the telling which makes one quite forget about the improbabilities of the story; and it all ends in the old-fashioned healthy American way. Shirley is a sweet, courageous heroine whose shining eyes lure from page to page.

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Nicholson, Meredith: The Siege of the Seven Suitors. V1. 25 Oct 2011

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Meredith Nicholson (9 December 1866 – 22 December 1947) was a best-selling author from Indiana, United States, a politician, and a diplomat.
Nicholson was born on 9 December 1866 in Crawfordsville, Indiana, to Edward Willis Nicholson and the former Emily Meredith. Largely self-taught, Nicholson began a newspaper career in 1884 at the Indianapolis Sentinel. He moved to the Indianapolis News the following year, where he remained until 1897.
He wrote Short Flights in 1891, and continued to publish extensively, both poetry and prose until 1928. During the first quarter of the 20th century, Nicholson, along with Booth Tarkington, George Ade, and James Whitcomb Riley helped to create a Golden Age of literature in Indiana. Three of his books from that era were national best sellers:
The House of a Thousand Candles (#4 in 1906)
The Port of Missing Men (#3 in 1907)
A Hoosier Chronicle (#5 in 1912)
In 1928, Nicholson entered Democratic party politics, and served for two years as a city councilman in Indianapolis. He rose through the ranks of the Democratic party and was rewarded with appointments as Envoy to Paraguay, Venezuela, and Nicaragua.
Nicholson died on 22 December 1947 in Indianapolis, aged 81, and is buried in the Crown Hill Cemetery.

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MY DEAR GOVERNOR:—It was ordered by the franchises of destiny that you become the chief executive of a state in which the telling of tales brightened the hunter's camp-fire and cheered the lonely pioneer's cabin before our people learned the uses of ink; and the supreme fitness of this lies in the fact that you are yourself the best of story-tellers and entitled, for your excellence in this particular, as well as for weightier reasons, to sit at the head of the table in that commonwealth to which we are both bound by many and dear ties.

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Nicoll, Maurice: The Blue Germ. V1. 1 Mar 2010

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Maurice Nicoll (19 July 1884–30 August 1953) was a British psychiatrist and noted Fourth Way teacher. He is best known for his Psychological Commentaries on the Teaching of Gurdjieff and Ouspensky, a multi-volume collection of talks he gave to his study groups.
He wrote under then pen name of MARTIN SWAYNE.

I had just finished breakfast, and deeply perplexed had risen from the table in order to get a box of matches to light a cigarette, when my black cat got between my feet and tripped me up.
I fell forwards, making a clutch at the table-cloth. My forehead struck the corner of the fender and the last thing I remembered was a crash of falling crockery. Then all became darkness. My parlour-maid found me lying face downwards on the hearth-rug ten minutes later. My cat was sitting near my head, blinking contentedly at the fire. A little blood was oozing from a wound above my left eye.

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Niemann, August: The Coming Conquest of England. v1, 2 July 2008

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[The Coming Conquest of England [/is a classic utopian novel that displayed the German lust for world domination long before either of the two world wars.

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Nietzsche, Friedrich: Also sprach Zarathustra (german), v1, 11 Jan 2009

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Friedrich Nietzsche (1844-1900) stammte aus einer evangelischen Pfarrersfamilie, besuchte die renommierte Landesschule in Pforta bei Naumburg, studierte in Bonn und Leipzig und wurde mit 25 Jahren Professor der klassischen Philologie in Basel. Er war ein genialer Denker, Meister der Sprache und begabter Musiker und Komponist. Sein Leben war bestimmt von problematischen Beziehungen, etwa zu Richard Wagner oder Lou Andreas-Salomé, und endete in der bedrückenden Einsamkeit des Wahnsinns.

Durch den "Umsturz aller Werte" sollte, so Nietzsche, ein neues Menschentum entstehen. In seinem 1883 veröffentlichten Hauptwerk "Also sprach Zarathustra" wird Philosophie zur Dichtung.

Nietzsche selbst bezeichnete "Also sprach Zarathustra" als "das tiefste Buch, das die Menschheit besitzt". In ihm finden sich wichtige Motive der Philosophie Nietzsches: der "Tod Gottes", der schon in der Fröhlichen Wissenschaft verkündet wurde sowie zum ersten Mal der „Übermensch“ und der „Wille zur Macht“. Nietzsche zufolge ist der Hauptgedanke des Zarathustra aber die Lehre der ewigen Wiederkunft, nach der alles Geschehen sich schon unendlich oft wiederholt hat und noch unendlich oft wiederholen wird.

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Nietzsche, Friedrich: Beyond Good and Evil, v.1, 6 July 2008.

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Friedrich Nietzsche: [Beyond Good and Evil[/.
[Jenseits von Gut und Bös
First published 1886.
Translated from the German by Helen Zimmern. Originally published in The Complete Works of Friedrich Nietzsche (1909–1913).

From Wikipedia:
“It takes up and expands on the ideas of his previous work, Thus Spoke Zarathustra, replacing that work's sunny and life-affirming character with a highly critical, polemical approach.
“In Beyond Good and Evil, Nietzsche attacks past philosophers for their alleged lack of critical sense and their blind acceptance of Christian premises in their consideration of morality. The work moves into the realm "beyond good and evil" in the sense of leaving behind the traditional morality which Nietzsche subjects to a destructive critique in favour of what he regards as an affirmative approach that fearlessly confronts the perspectival nature of knowledge and the perilous condition of the modern individual.”
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beyond_Good_and_Evil

I have restored accents and italics, added curly quotes, a TOC, etc.

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Nietzsche, Friedrich: Der Antichrist, german v1 23 may 2009

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Nietzsche, Friedrich: Der Antichrist
Friedrich Wilhelm Nietzsche (* 15. Oktober 1844 in Röcken bei Lützen; † 25. August 1900 in Weimar) war ein deutscher Philosoph, Dichter und klassischer Philologe.

Der Antichrist

Der "Versuch einer Kritik am Christentum" stellt Nietzsches schärfsten Angriff auf das Christentum dar.

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Nietzsche, Friedrich: Der Wanderer und sein Schatten. v1 23 may 2009 german

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Fridrich Nietzsche

Der Wanderer und sein Schatten.

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Nietzsche, Friedrich: Die fröhliche Wissenschaft. v1 23 may 2009 german

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Friedrich Nietzsche

Die fröhliche Wissenschaft

Aus de.wikipedia.org:

Die fröhliche Wissenschaft (später mit dem Untertitel „la gaya scienza“) ist ein zuerst 1882 erschienenes, 1887 ergänztes Werk Friedrich Nietzsches. Das Buch enthält Gedanken zu unterschiedlichsten Themen in fast 400 Abschnitten verschiedener Länge. Es gilt als abschließendes Werk der «freigeistigen» Periode Nietzsches, das gleichzeitig die neue Stimmung des nachfolgenden "Also sprach Zarathustra" ankündigt.

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Nietzsche, Friedrich: Die Geburt der Tragödie. v1 23 may 2009 german

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Friedrich Nietzsche

Die Geburt der Tragödie

Aus de.wikipedia.org:

Die Geburt der Tragödie aus dem Geiste der Musik ist ein Buch von Friedrich Nietzsche, das er zuerst Anfang 1872 veröffentlichte. Es war das erste bedeutende Werk Nietzsches, mit dem sich der damals 27jährige Philologieprofessor zugleich von der wissenschaftlichen Philologie distanzierte. Auf etwa 100 Buchseiten und in 25 knappen Kapiteln entwickelt der Siebenundzwanzigjährige aus seinen Studien des Griechentums, seiner Liebe zur Musik und der Wertschätzung Schopenhauers und Wagners sein kulturelles Weltbild und präsentiert seine Theorien von der Entstehung und dem Niedergang der griechischen Tragödie und darüber hinaus allgemeine kulturphilosophische und ästhetische Betrachtungen, die auch im 20. Jahrhundert rezipiert wurden. Es enthielt ein Vorwort an Richard Wagner, dem die Schrift auch gewidmet war und in dem Nietzsche damals den möglichen Neubegründer einer der griechischen vergleichbaren Kunst und Kultur sah.
1886 ließ Nietzsche eine zweite Ausgabe unter dem Titel Die Geburt der Tragödie. Oder: Griechenthum und Pessimismus erscheinen, wobei dem Buch der „Versuch einer Selbstkritik“ vorangestellt wurde.

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Nietzsche, Friedrich: Ecce homo. Wie man wird, was man ist ist. v1 23 may 2009 german

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Friedrich Nietzsche

Ecce homo. Wie man wird, was man ist ist

Aus de.wikipedia.org:

Ecce homo. Wie man wird, was man ist ist eine autobiographische Schrift des Philosophen Friedrich Nietzsche. Nietzsche arbeitete von Oktober 1888 bis zu seinem Zusammenbruch Anfang 1889 an dem Werk, das zum ersten Mal 1908 im Auftrag des Nietzsche-Archivs veröffentlicht wurde. Es ist nicht vollständig überliefert und in seiner heute anerkannten Form erst seit den 1970ern bekannt.
In Ecce homo gibt Nietzsche rückblickend Deutungen seiner philosophischen Schriften und präsentiert sich selbst und seine Erkenntnisse als schicksalhafte Ereignisse von weltbewegender Größe. Dabei stehen die Themen seines Spätwerks, besonders die Kritik am Christentum und die angekündigte „Umwertung aller Werte“, im Vordergrund.
Es gibt unterschiedliche Ansichten darüber, wie glaubwürdig Nietzsches Darstellungen sind und wie sehr die Schrift bereits von seiner Geisteskrankheit beeinflusst ist. Dennoch sind Nietzsches Selbstdeutungen in Ecce homo oft als Ausgangspunkt für weitere biographische und philosophische Deutungen seines Werks genommen worden. Als letztes größeres Werk Nietzsches – die gleichzeitig entstandenen, kleineren Werke Nietzsche contra Wagner und Dionysos-Dithyramben sind im Wesentlichen aus älterem Material kompiliert – nimmt es in der Nietzsche-Rezeption eine Sonderstellung ein.

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Nietzsche, Friedrich: Götzen-Dämmerung. v1 23 may 2009 german

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Friedrich Nietzsche

Götzen-Dämmerung

oder

Wie man mit dem Hammer philosophiert.

Zitat aus www.nietzsche.at:

Nietzsche hat in diesem Buch die Hauptbestandteile seiner Philosophie, ohne störenden Balast zusammengefasst, trotzdem ist es leicht verständlich, und erfreut einen mit der Schönheit Nietzsches Sprache.

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Nietzsche, Friedrich: Homer and Classical Philology, v.1, 10 Feb 2008.

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This is Nietzsche’s inaugural lecture, delivered at Basel University on the 28th May 1869.
Who wrote the works of Homer? Are they the work of a single person?

This lecture was taken from Volume III of The Complete Works of Friedrich Nietzsche, Dr. Oscar Levy, Ed., J. M. Kennedy, Translator, 1910.

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Nietzsche, Friedrich: Jenseits von Gut und Böse. v1 23 may 2009 german

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Friedrich Nietzsche

Jenseits von Gut und Böse

Vorspiel einer Philosophie der Zukunft

Wie der Titel bereits verrät, ist es ein Werk über die wichtigsten Moralbegriffe.

Zitat aus dem Werk:

"Es gibt gar keine moralischen Phänomene, sondern nur eine moralische Ausdeutung von Phänomenen."

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Nietzsche, Friedrich: Morgenröte. v1 23 may 2009 german

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Friedrich Nietzsche

Morgenröte

Gedanken über die moralischen Vorurteile.

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Nietzsche, Friedrich: On the Future of Our Educational Institutions, v1, 6 March 2009

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Friedrich Nietzsche (1844–1900)
On the Future of Our Educational Institutions
Translated, With Introduction, By J.M. Kennedy
1910

A set of lectures. The source was PG.

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Nietzsche, Friedrich: The Birth of Tragedy, v.1, 16 Dec 2007.

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Friedrich Nietzsche :[The Birth of Tragedy: Hellenism and Pessimism[/
or
[The Birth of Tragedy Out of the Spirit of Music[/
and
[Attempt at a Self-Criticism[/

Anonymous translator.

On the conflict between Dionysian and Apollonian elements in art and life.

A quotation:

“Listen first to what the Greeks themselves have to say of this life, which spreads itself before you with such puzzling serenity. An old legend has it that King Midas hunted a long time in the woods for the wise Silenus, companion of Dionysus, without being able to catch him. When he had finally caught him the king asked him what he considered man’s greatest good. The daemon remained sullen and uncommunicative until finally, forced by the king, he broke into a shrill laugh and spoke: “Ephemeral wretch, begotten by accident and toil, why do you force me to tell you what it would be your greatest boon not to hear? What would be best for you is quite beyond your reach: not to have been born, not to be, to be nothing. But the second best is to die soon.”

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Nietzsche, Friedrich: The Use and Abuse of History for Life, v.1, 21 June 2008

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Friedrich Nietzsche (1844–1900),
The Use and Abuse of History for Life (1873)
Translated by Ian Johnston.

From Wikipedia:
“On the Use and Abuse of History for Life, (Vom Nutzen und Nachtheil der Historie für das Leben) offers—instead of the prevailing view of "knowledge as an end in itself"—an alternative way of reading history, one where living life becomes the primary concern; along with a description of how this might improve the health of a society. It also introduced an attack against the basic precepts of classic humanism. In this essay, Nietzsche attacks both the historicism of man (the idea that man is created through history) and the idea that one can possibly have an objective concept of man, since a major aspect of man resides in his subjectivity. Nietzsche expands the idea that the essence of man dwells not inside of him, but rather above him.”

The translation has certain copyright restrictions. For information please use the following link:
http://records.viu.ca/~johnstoi/copyright.htm
Commercial use is prohibited.

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Nietzsche, Friedrich: Thus Spake Zarathustra, v1, 22 Sept 2007.

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Friedrich Nietzsche: Thus Spake Zarathustra
(Also Sprach Zarathustra)
Translator: Thomas Common

Using the prophet Zarathustra as his mouthpiece, Nietzsche argues that God is dead, using pseudo-biblical language.

This also contains the thought-experiment of the Eternal Return. (Suppose that you had to re-live your life repeatedly, forever. Would the prospect be blissful or dreadful? If the latter, why aren’t you doing something more interesting?)

This has an introduction by Nietzsche’s appallingly unpleasant sister, plus some notes in an appendix. It was taken from a PG text file, so I reformatted and restored the italics, adding a TOC and two pictures. Because this contains Nietzsche’s famous line that women should be threatened with a whip, I have used the photograph of Lou Andreas-Salome threatening to flog Nietzsche.

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Nightingale, Florence: Notes on Nursing, v1, 17 Oct 2007.

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Florence Nightingale: Notes on Nursing: What It Is, And What It Is Not.
First published 1859. This edition is from 1898.

A practical little book with nursing and sanitary advice that is still relevant today, from a pioneer in nursing theory.

At the time of writing there was a conflict between the miasma theory of disease (in which disease is caused by pockets of foul air) and the theory of infection (now the prevailing theory). Interestingly, Miss Nightingale subscribes to the miasma theory and advises ventilation and hygiene so as to avoid miasma. The theory may be wrong but the advice is good, given that some illness is caused by pollutants, dust-mites or other allergens.

I have added a ToC and picture, and have renumbered and hyperlinked the footnotes. I also converted two tables in the Appendix to text. The main problem with this text was that there were a large number of side-notes which summarised the key points of the text. I tried making them subheadings, but they cluttered the text to unreadability, as did putting them in parentheses. In the end I just cut them out. They can be found in the PG source if anyone wants them.

Cross-Reference
Strether has already uploaded Lytton Strachey’s ‘Eminent Victorians’ in lrf format. This contains a life of Florence Nightingale.

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Nilsen, Rudolf: På gjensyn [Norwegian].v1. 01 May 2014

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Nasjonalbiblioteket har gitt ut de første 35 av 100 planlagte epub-bøker. Bøkene er korrekturlest, men noen litt uvanlige valg med hensyn til oppsett ødelegger leseopplevelsen litt. F. eks. er sidetall/sideombrekning beholdt. Jeg har endret på layout for å gi, i mine øyne, en bedre leseopplevelse.

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Nilsen, Rudolf: Samlede dikt [Norwegian].v1. 04 May 2014

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Rudolf Nilsen er blandt de aller mest kjente dikterne fra mellomkrigstiden. Hans glødende, radikale, politiske engasjement gjennomsyrer hans verk.

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Nisbet, Hume: A Hume Nisbet Sampler. V1. 5 Jan 2009

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James Hume Nisbet (8 August 1849 - 4 June 1923) was a Scottish-Australian author and artist.
Nisbet was born at Stirling, Scotland. At 16 years of age he came to Australia and stayed about seven years, during which he travelled widely. On returning to Scotland he was for eight years art master in the Watt College and the old school of arts. He travelled in Australia and New Guinea again during 1886, and paid another visit to Australia in 1895. He had studied painting under Sam Bough, R.S.A., but does not appear to have had any success; in a volume called Where Art Begins, published by him in 1892, he speaks with bitterness on the chances of success in painting.
He gave most of his time to writing and published many volumes of verse, books on art and fiction. Several of his novels are coloured by his Australian experiences and appear to have had some success. Miller in his Australian Literature lists about 40 novels published between 1888 and 1905. During the next 10 years he published a few more books including Hathor and Other Poems, which appeared as the first volume of his poetic and dramatic works in 1905. There was another edition in 1908.
Wikipedia

The Swampers
The Demon Spell
The Vampire Maid

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Nisbet, Hume: Elements of Fear. v1. 19 Jul 2022

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Chills and thrills and spookiness in the shadowy corners…

My own compilation. This small collection gathers Nisbet’s most frequently anthologized supernatural short stories. (The great majority of his short stories are not freely available online.)

A list of the titles:

The Vampire Maid

The Old Portrait

The Odic Touch

The Phantom Model

The Demon Spell

The Haunted Station
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James Hume Nisbet (8 August 1849 – 4 June 1923) was a Scottish actor, painter, teacher and author. Though he spent most of his life in England, he was intermittently in Australia from 1865, where much of his non-fantastic fiction is set. He wrote at least forty-five novels, some of which are fantasy or science fiction.

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Contents of this collection were first published 1890 ~ 1894. This ebook is in the public domain worldwide, because the author died more than 100 years ago, and contents were published before 1927.
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Nisbet, Hume: The Haunted Station, and other stories, V1, 1894, 2 Sep 2024

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A dozen short stories ranging from a tale of the Spanish Armada, artists in bohemian London, the jungles of New Guinea, to an abandoned homestead.

Hume Nisbet, 1849-1922

1: The Haunted Station
2: The Odic Touch
3: An Ocean Dream
4: A Queensland Iliad
5: The Demon Spell
6: A Face at the Window
7: The Phantom Model
8: Marie St Pierre
9 Through the Gap
10: A Deadly Voyage
11: Delphine
12: Humphrey Bolin's Account of the Spanish Armada Invasion

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Nisbet, Hume: The Land of the Hibiscus Blossom. V1. 5 Jan 2009

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James Hume Nisbet (8 August 1849 - 4 June 1923) was a Scottish-Australian author and artist.
Nisbet was born at Stirling, Scotland. At 16 years of age he came to Australia and stayed about seven years, during which he travelled widely. On returning to Scotland he was for eight years art master in the Watt College and the old school of arts. He travelled in Australia and New Guinea again during 1886, and paid another visit to Australia in 1895. He had studied painting under Sam Bough, R.S.A., but does not appear to have had any success; in a volume called Where Art Begins, published by him in 1892, he speaks with bitterness on the chances of success in painting.
He gave most of his time to writing and published many volumes of verse, books on art and fiction. Several of his novels are coloured by his Australian experiences and appear to have had some success. Miller in his Australian Literature lists about 40 novels published between 1888 and 1905. During the next 10 years he published a few more books including Hathor and Other Poems, which appeared as the first volume of his poetic and dramatic works in 1905. There was another edition in 1908.
Wikipedia

"LAST year, while travelling over Australasia collecting material for a work then being prepared, I thought to score a point for my firm while up in Northern Queensland by visiting that as yet considerably dark island, New Guinea".

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Nitobe, Inazō: Bushido: The Soul of Japan, v.1, 23 Jan 2008.

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Inazo Nitobé A.M., Ph.D.
Bushido: The Soul of Japan
Revised and Enlarged 13th Edition, 1908.

An outline of Bushido: the Samurai code of honour.

From PG. I have proofread, added a TOC, and hyperlinked the notes.

If the file won't open on your reader then try renaming it without the accent on the author's name.

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Nixon. Richard: State of the Union. v1.0 20 October 2007

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Richard Milhous Nixon (January 9, 1913 – April 22, 1994) was the thirty-seventh President of the United States, and was the only U.S. President to resign the office. Elected twice to the presidency, he served from 1969 to 1974. He was also the thirty-sixth Vice President of the United States, serving in the administration of Dwight D. Eisenhower (1953–1961). During the Second World War, he served as a Navy lieutenant commander in the Pacific, before being elected to the Congress, and later serving as Vice President. After an unsuccessful presidential run in 1960, Nixon was elected in 1968.

Under President Nixon, the United States followed a foreign policy marked by détente with the Soviet Union and by the opening of diplomatic relations with the People's Republic of China. His centrist domestic policies combined conservative rhetoric and liberal action in civil rights, environmental and economic initiatives. As a result of the Watergate scandal, Nixon resigned the presidency in the face of likely impeachment by the United States House of Representatives. His successor, Gerald Ford, issued a controversial pardon for any federal crimes Nixon may have committed.

Nixon experienced a stroke on April 18, 1994 and died four days later at the age of 81.

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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_Nixon

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Nordahl, Bernhard: Framgutterne [Norwegian].v1. 13 May 2014

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Fridtjof Nansen hadde strenge klausuler i mannskapskontraktene på “Fram” som hindret folkene i å gi ut egne beretninger om ferden. Én mann, elektrikeren Bernard Nordahl, trosset bestemmelsen, og ga ut en “uautorisert” beretning om ekspedisjonen. Den gir et ytterligere innblikk i hvorledes det var å befinne seg ombord i en og samme skute i drivisen i tre år, utover de “godkjente” beskrivelsene til Nansen, Sverdrup, og Johansen.
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Nordau, Max Simon: How Women Love. 17 Sept 07

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While not part of our on-going "How to" or self-help series, maybe it should be. (Its a novel.) Originally published in German in 1888 and in English in 1901.

Edit: Thanks to Patricia for noticing the cover said "Woman" rather than "Women" The first posting was downloaded 4 times.

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Nordhoff, Charles Bernard: The Pearl Lagoon (1924); v1; 2 Dec 2021

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Early novel by Charles Nordhoff, who collaborated for many years with Normal Hall, notably on "The Bounty" trilogy. However, he also wrote a number of solo novels.

Nordhoff (1887-1947) was a pilot with the Lafayette Corps and the US Air Service in WW1, later met Hall, and both had a deep love for the South Pacific.

This novel, for a younger readership, follows the adventures of a young man from California who voyages to the south seas with his uncle in search of pearls.

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Norris, Frank: A Deal in Wheat. v1. 24 Sep 2013

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Benjamin Franklin Norris, Jr. (March 5, 1870 – October 25, 1902) was an American novelist, during the Progressive Era, writing predominantly in the naturalist genre. His notable works include McTeague (1899), The Octopus: A Story of California (1901), and The Pit (1903).

A DEAL IN WHEAT
THE WIFE OF CHINO
A BARGAIN WITH PEG-LEG
THE PASSING OF COCK-EYE BLACKLOCK
A MEMORANDUM OF SUDDEN DEATH
TWO HEARTS THAT BEAT AS ONE
THE DUAL PERSONALITY OF SLICK DICK NICKERSON
THE SHIP THAT SAW A GHOST
THE GHOST IN THE CROSSTREES
THE RIDING OF FELIPE

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Norris, Frank: Blix. v1. 24 Sep 2013

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Benjamin Franklin Norris, Jr. (March 5, 1870 – October 25, 1902) was an American novelist, during the Progressive Era, writing predominantly in the naturalist genre. His notable works include McTeague (1899), The Octopus: A Story of California (1901), and The Pit (1903).

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Bessemer was one of those men who seem entirely disassociated from their families. Only on rare and intense occasions did his paternal spirit or instincts assert themselves. At table he talked but little. Though devotedly fond of his eldest daughter, she was a puzzle and a stranger to him. His interests and hers were absolutely dissimilar. The children he seldom spoke to but to reprove; while Howard, the son, the ten-year-old and terrible infant of the household, he always referred to as "that boy."

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Norris, Frank: Moran of the Lady Letty . v1. 24 Sep2013

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Benjamin Franklin Norris, Jr. (March 5, 1870 – October 25, 1902) was an American novelist, during the Progressive Era, writing predominantly in the naturalist genre. His notable works include McTeague (1899), The Octopus: A Story of California (1901), and The Pit (1903).

Excerpt
This is to be a story of a battle, at least one murder, and several sudden deaths. For that reason it begins with a pink tea and among the mingled odors of many delicate perfumes and the hale, frank smell of Caroline Testout roses.

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Norris, Frank: The Pit. v1. 25 Sep 2013

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Benjamin Franklin Norris, Jr. (March 5, 1870 – October 25, 1902) was an American novelist, during the Progressive Era, writing predominantly in the naturalist genre. His notable works include McTeague (1899), The Octopus: A Story of California (1901), and The Pit (1903).

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At eight o'clock in the inner vestibule of the Auditorium Theatre by the window of the box office, Laura Dearborn, her younger sister Page, and their aunt €”Aunt Wess' €”were still waiting for the rest of the theatre-party to appear. A great, slow-moving press of men and women in evening dress filled the vestibule from one wall to another. A confused murmur of talk and the shuffling of many feet arose on all sides, while from time to time, when the outside and inside doors of the entrance chanced to be open simultaneously, a sudden draught of air gushed in, damp, glacial, and edged with the penetrating keenness of a Chicago evening at the end of February.

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Norris, Frank: The Surrender of Santiago. v1. 25 Sep 2013

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Benjamin Franklin Norris, Jr. (March 5, 1870 – October 25, 1902) was an American novelist, during the Progressive Era, writing predominantly in the naturalist genre. His notable works include McTeague (1899), The Octopus: A Story of California (1901), and The Pit (1903).

Excerpt

PUBLISHED FOR THE BENEFIT
OF THE RED CROSS FUNDS

The Surrender of Santiago, a thrilling account of an historic event, was graphically set down by the late Frank Morris, and first published by Otis F. Wood, in the Sun, New York, through whose courtesy it is now reprinted in booklet form. Issued by Paul Elder & Company at their Tomoye Press, under the direction of Ricardo J. Orozco, in May, nineteen seventeen.

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Norris, Frank: Vandover and the Brute. v1. 25 Sep 2013

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Benjamin Franklin Norris, Jr. (March 5, 1870 – October 25, 1902) was an American novelist, during the Progressive Era, writing predominantly in the naturalist genre. His notable works include McTeague (1899), The Octopus: A Story of California (1901), and The Pit (1903).

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It was always a matter of wonder to Vandover that he was able to recall so little of his past life. With the exception of the most recent events he could remember nothing connectedly. What he at first imagined to be the story of his life, on closer inspection turned out to be but a few disconnected incidents that his memory had preserved with the greatest capriciousness, absolutely independent of their importance. One of these incidents might be a great sorrow, a tragedy, a death in his family; and another, recalled with the same vividness, the same accuracy of detail, might be a matter of the least moment.

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Northcote, Amyas: In Ghostly Company (collected ghosts). v1. 29 Oct 2020

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IN GHOSTLY COMPANY

Tales of the supernatural
by: Amyas Northcote

A collection of thirteen strange and disturbing tales from the golden age of ghost stories.

Brickett Bottom, an unnerving haunted house story, is probably the best known, and is anthologized frequently.

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Amyas Northcote (1864 – 1923) was an English justice of the peace. This collection of ghost stories, written in a style akin to M. R. James, is his only known work.
[In Ghostly Company was originally published in 1922. The text is in the public domain in countries where copyright is Life + 90 or less, and in the USA.[/

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Are you in the Halloween spirit?
:eek:

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Northup, Solomon: Twelve Years A Slave. V1. 21 Jan 2014

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BobC

With the present publicity for the film this book which was published in 1853 appears to have been overlooked as a candidate for ebook conversion.

[QUOTSolomon Northup (July 1808 - after 1857) was a free-born African American from Saratoga Springs, New York. He is noted for having been kidnapped in 1841 when enticed with a job offer. When he accompanied his supposed employers to Washington, DC, they drugged him and sold him into slavery. From Washington, DC, he was transported to New Orleans where he was sold to a plantation owner from Rapides Parish, Louisiana. After 12 years in bondage, he regained his freedom in January 1853.[/QUOT

BobC

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Norton, Brayton: El Diablo v1 10 feb 2009

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mtravellerh

This book is a pure adventure novel, published in 1921, but sounding very modern in style and theme. Trading, smuggling, fishing between the States and Mexico.

Breathtaking read, beautiful illustrations.

I have put this on the US server as I am not sure about Mister Norton's biography.

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Norwich, Julian of, Dame: Revelations of Divine Love

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Julian of Norwich (c. November 8, 1342 – c. 1416) is thought of as one of the greatest English mystics. Little is known of her life aside from her writings. In fact, it is not even known exactly when she died. She was last known to be alive in 1416 when she was 73 years old. Even her name is uncertain, the name "Julian" coming from the Church of St Julian in Norwich, where she was an anchoress (a type of hermit living in a cell attached to the church, engaged in contemplative prayer). At the age of 30, suffering from a severe illness and believing she was on her deathbed, Julian had a series of intense visions of Jesus Christ. (They ended by the time she overcame her illness on May 13, 1373.) She recorded these visions soon after having them, and then again twenty years later. The first version, called The Short Text, is more of a narration of her visions. The Long Text was written twenty years after the visions, and contains more theological commentary on the meaning of the visions. These visions are the source of her major work, called Sixteen Revelations of Divine Love (circa 1393). This is believed to be the first book written by a woman in the English language.
Source: Wikipedia

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Notovitch, Nicolas: The Unknown Life of Jesus Christ. 17 Jan 2009

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RWood

When first published in the late 19th century, this book caused major problems for many organized religions. It was denounced from many and banned in some countries. This is a copy of the 1890 US edition that was translated from Russian to French to English.

For those of you that have gone through the two volumes of reigion texts in the [Harvard Classics[/ I posted some time back, you may have noticed a pattern between the teachings of Hindi, Budda, and Christ.

One of the great unknowns in Christianity is what happened to Jesus for the eighteen or so years -- the missing years -- between ages 13 and 30/31. If the accounts in this book are to be believed, he went to the India and Nepal region.

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Novalis: Blüthenstaub · Blumen · Glauben und Liebe (german)

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Novalis (* 2. Mai 1772 auf Schloss Oberwiederstedt; † 25. März 1801 in Weißenfels), eigentlich Georg Philipp Friedrich Freiherr von Hardenberg, war ein deutscher Schriftsteller der Frühromantik; Philosoph und Bergbauingenieur.

Blüthenstaub ist der Titel eines philosophischen Werks von Novalis. Es erschien 1798 in der frühromantischen Zeitschrift [Äthenäum[/ von Friedrich Schlegel.

Das Werk besteht aus 114 Aphorismen und Kurz-Essays, wie sie in der Romantik üblicherweise als Fragmente bezeichnet wurden. Vier Fragmente können Friedrich Schlegel zugeordnet werden. Der Umfang der einzelnen Fragmente reicht von einem Satz bis zu Ausführungen über mehrere Seiten. Der Stil der Fragmente variiert stark, von lakonisch pointierten Aphorismen über theoretische Ausführungen bis hin zu poetischen, schwärmerischen und mystisch anmutenden Passagen.

[quotWir träumen von Reisen durch das Weltall: ist denn das Weltall nicht in uns? Die Tiefen unsers Geistes kennen wir nicht. – Nach Innen geht der geheimnißvolle Weg. In uns, oder nirgends ist die Ewigkeit mit ihren Welten, die Vergangenheit und Zukunft. Die Außenwelt ist die Schattenwelt, sie wirft ihren Schatten in das Lichtreich.[/quot

Der Text folgt dem Erstdruck von 1798 und wurde mit der Werkausgabe der Wissenschaftlichen Buchgesellschaft (Darmstadt 1999) kollationiert.

Weiterhin finden sich die als ›Blumen‹, ›Glauben und Liebe‹ und ›Politische Aphorismen‹ bekannten Textsammlungen in dieser Ausgabe.

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Novalis: Europa (Die Christenheit oder Europa) (german)

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Novalis (* 2. Mai 1772 auf Schloss Oberwiederstedt; † 25. März 1801 in Weißenfels), eigentlich Georg Philipp Friedrich Freiherr von Hardenberg, war ein deutscher Schriftsteller der Frühromantik, Philosoph und Bergbauingenieur.

Den Kern seines literarischen Schaffens machen das Streben nach der »Romantisierung der Welt« und die Suche nach der Verbindung von Wissenschaft und Poesie aus. Das Ergebnis sollte eine »progressive Universalpoesie« sein. Hardenberg war weiterhin davon überzeugt, dass die Philosophie und die ihr übergeordnete Dichtung in einem engen Verhältnis der ständigen Wechselbeziehung stehen müssen.

[quotNur Geduld, sie wird, sie muß kommen die heilige Zeit des ewigen Friedens, wo das neue Jerusalem die Hauptstadt der Welt seyn wird; und bis dahin seyd heiter und muthig in den Gefahren der Zeit, Genossen meines Glaubens, verkündigt mit Wort und That das göttliche Evangelium, und bleibt dem wahrhaften, unendlichen Glauben treu bis in den Tod.[/quot

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Nowlan, Philip Francis: Armageddon 2419 AD (1928); v1; 25 Apr 2020

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Armageddon 2149 AD and The Warlords of Han

The two linked novelettes mark the debut of the famous Buck Rogers. In the stories, he is still Anthony Rogers, a 20th century man waking in the 25th century when America is mostly occupied by the all-powerful Han, and Americans live in remote gangs occasionally raided by the Han.

Author Nowlan was swiftly snapped up by the then lucrative comic book industry, and with Anthony nicknamed Buck, a comic book and movie serial legend was born.

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Nowlan, Philip Francis: The Prince of Mars Returns (1940), v1, 26 Apr 2020

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Novelette (25,000 words), a return to the Mars of fantasy, with empires, a beautiful princess, and conflict.

Published in 1940, it is the last story of Philip Francis Nolan, who at this period was almost exclusively working on scripting the Buck Rogers comic strips and who died that year.

I made the cover using a vignette from a 1950s full-page magazine illustration of an adventure set in north Africa.

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Nye, Bill: Comic History of England. v1, 8 Jan 2008

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Bill Nye's (Not the science guy) Comic History of England - A humorous presentation of England's history from the invasion of Caesar to the wedding of Henry VIII to Anne Boleyn. Mr. Nye completed eighteen chapters before succumbing to a fatal illness.

Note: File is large due to illustrations at the beginning of each chapter.

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Nye, Bill: Comic History of the United States. v1, 8 Jan 2008

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Bill Nye's Comic history of the United States with illustrations to begin each chapter.

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Nöldeke, Theodor: Das Leben Muhammed's (German). v1. 16 Feb 2014

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Doitsu

Theodor Nöldeke (1836 - 1930) war ein bekannter deutscher Orientalist, der inbesondere durch seine Studien zur Entstehungsgeschichte des Korans bekannt wurde.

Sein 1862 erschienenes Buch "Das Leben Muhammed's" ist eine kurze Biographie des Religionsstifters des Islam, die sich auf die wichtigsten Ereignisse in seinem Leben konzentriert. (Die Schreibweise entspricht der Originalausgabe; lediglich einige offensichtliche Druckfehler wurden korrigiert.)

Nöldeke charakterisiert Muhammed im Nachwort u. a. wie folgt:
[quotMuhammed’s Charakter hat viel Räthselhaftes. Bei vielen bedeutenden Männern finden sich scheinbar einander widersprechende Charakterzüge, aber selten in solchem Grade, wie bei ihm. Je nachdem man die eine, oder die andere Seite seines Wesens mehr betrachtet, wird die Beurtheilung daher verschieden ausfallen, auch wo diese nicht durch Voreingenommenheit irgend einer Art bestimmt wird. [...]
Aber, wie schlimm auch die Folgen des Islâms für die ganze Menschheit gewesen sein mögen: wir müssen immer bedenken, daß die Fehler Muhammed’s, auf welche dieselben zurückgehn, zum großen Theil die seiner ganzen Zeit und seines Volkes waren, daß er daneben die edelsten Züge zeigt, und daß er selbst fest von seinem Beruf überzeugt war, seine Mitmenschen durch Bekehrung zum wahren Glauben vor ewiger Strafe zu retten und der himmlischen Freuden theilhaftig zu machen.[/quot

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O'Brien, David Wright: The Floating Robot and other novelettes; v1

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David Wright O'Brien (1918-1944) published the first of many sf and fantasy short stories and novelettes in 1940 at the age of 22. He was so prolific he used several pseudonyms: Duncan Farnsworth, John York Cabot, Richard Vardon and Clee Garson. He enlisted in the USAAF in WW2 and died during a bombing raid over Berlin in 1944.

This e-book contains five of his novelettes. He is not known to have written any full-length novels. It is an original to this Library. This collection was compiled in December 2018 from the texts of individual stories prepared by Matthias Kaether and Roy Glashan for Roy Glashan's Library, a publisher of free ebooks in the Australian Public Domain.

1: The Floating Robot
2: Secret Of The Lost Planet
3: Squadron Of The Damned
4: Lord Of The Crystal Bow
5: The Living Manikins

I had a dilly of a cover which used part of the original magazine cover for the first story, but then I discovered that the artist died in 1977, so....

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O'Brien, Edward J: The Forgotten Threshold. V1. 7 Mar 2010

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Edward Joseph Harrington O'Brien (1890 - 1941) was a U.S. author, poet, editor and anthologist.He was noted for compiling an annual collection of short stories by U.S. authors.

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Before Arthur Middleton died he gave me this record among others in the belief that it would help to tell me what he had always known in the silences, yet could never in life transmute into the friendly counters of speech.

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O'Brien, Fitz-James: A Fitz James O'Brien Collection. v1, 5 Jan 2008

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Fantastic Fiction (Fantasticfiction.co.uk) has this to say about Fitz James O'Brien:

Fitz-James O'Brien lived only 33 years -- from 1828 till 1862 -- but in his brief life he left a mark that endures today. O'Brien endures because he was a remarkable writer. Remarkable indeed! He had a way of blending of hard fact with almost-fanciful fantasy, juxtaposing technology and mysticism, creating convincing and "scientific" settings that play against the otherworldly romance. For all the weird fancifulness -- these days O'Brien is read mostly as a successor to Edgar Allan Poe -- his work has qualities we now associate with science fiction.

This collection(Compiled from Project Gutenberg) includes the following short stories:

The Diamond Lens
The Golden Ingot
My Wife's Temptress
What Was It?

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O'Brien, Fitz-James: My Wife's Tempter. V1. 22 May 2011

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Fitz James O'Brien (also spelled Fitz-James; December 31, 1828 - April 6, 1862) was an Irish-born American writer, some of whose work is often considered one of the forerunners of today's science fiction.

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Elsie and I were to be married in less than a week. It was rather a strange match, and I knew that some of our neighbors shook their heads over it and said that no good would come. The way it came to pass was thus.
I loved Elsie Burns for two years, during which time she refused me three times.

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O'Brien, Fitz-James: Strange Company (collected weird fiction). v1. 18 Dec 2020

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Strange Company collection by Fitz-James O’Brien (1828–1862)

Presented here, fantastical stories of quirky imagination, telling of dreams and nightmares and extraordinary events. O’Brien relates tales of the macabre and the surreal, and these are often darkly disturbing; but you will also find whimsy and humor and even an occasional light touch of romance.

Note: The final three stories are non-genre.

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Fitz-James O’Brien (25 October 1826 – 6 April 1862) was an Irish American Civil War soldier, writer, and poet often cited as an early writer of science fiction. He emigrated to the United States in 1852 and set out to be a writer, with some success, contributing numerous poems and short stories to many periodicals, until his untimely death after being wounded in the Civil War.

His work was influential not only on subsequent fantastical and speculative fiction but also on the development of the short story. His best-known works are “The Diamond Lens,” “The Wondersmith,” and “What Was It?”

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This is my own compilation, gathered from multiple collections and magazine archives found online.
[Contents were first published 1851 ~ 1864. This book is in the public domain worldwide.[/

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Hope you enjoy the read. Feedback is always welcome!
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O'Ferrall, Ernest; The Lobster and the Lioness, v1, 27 April 2024

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The author was a journalist, poet and writer of humorous tales for The Bulletin weekly magazine and its stabelmate literary monthly The Lone Hand. He was most active in the years between 1907 and 1920, and he died of tuberculosis in 1925 at the age of 44.
Quite a few of his tales are set in boarding houses, a form of habitation he knew very well, and often border on farce. This collection is new, and contains 36 stories. He had one collection published in his lifetime: Bodgers and the Boarders, 1921. A book of poetry and another short story collection were published posthumously.
All of these stories were originally published as by "Kodak", which was his nickname.

1: Brown And The Monster
2: "The Giggle" Newspaper Company
3: The Escaped Hero
4: The Dance Amongst the Roses
5: The Policeman Who Was Kissed
6: Brown’s Inflammable Card Party
7: The Undertaker’s Hat
8: A Flood of Trouble
9: The Prophet in the Dock
10: The Lobster and the Lioness
11: When Smith Was King
12: The Eye-Witness
13: The Lost Bishop
14: The Boarder’s Revolver
15: Louis XIV and the Lodger
16: The Opium Eaters
17: The Reincarnated Cabman
18: The Eighteen-Footer
19: A Set of Furs
20: Balloons and Sausages
21: The Prompter
22: A House of Flames
23: Gold In His Teeth
24: Doing Good
25: The McSozzle Ministry
26: The Four Organists
27: The Sympathy Bureau
28: The Brothers of Mount Rest
29: A Ruined Tragedy
30: Mr. Bodger’s Joy Ride
31: Your Respected Uncle
32: "Opperashuns"
33: The Bishop and the Merry-go-Round
34: Seen in Passing
35: How The War Ended
36: A Duke in Business

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O'Reilly, John Boyle: Moondyne. v1. 22 December 2011

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Adapted from Gutenberg, with toc, cover, and numerous OCR errors fixed, eg, ni/m, b/h etc.

John Boyle O'Reilly was a 19th century Irish rebel or "Fenian" convicted by the British and sent to the then Penal Colony of Western Australia on the last ever convict ship, the Hougomont. He worked on a road gang in the Vasse district, and subsequently engineered his escape. In Boston he became a greatly respected journalist and writer.

This book is clearly based on his own experiences, but is entirely fiction. The title Moondyne comes from a real, near-legendary figure in Western Australian convict history, Moondyne Joe, real name Joseph Bolitho Johns, who achieved fame by a series of daring escapes. There is no resemblance between the Moondyne Joe of the novel and the real one; just the name.The real Moondyne eventually served out his time, and is said to have died in the late 1930s in the Sunset Home in Dalkeith.

The story incorporates a lengthy plea for prison reform.

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Obama, Barack: Acceptance speech of the Democratic Nomination , V1, 28 Aug 2008

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Acceptance speech of the Democratic Nomination for President of The United States of America by Barack Obama.

August 28th, 2008

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Obama, Barack: Inaugural Speech 20 Jan 2009

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I haven't had the chance to review the whole thing, but here it is and I'll update if there are errors.
In prc and if anyone could convert to others, I'd appreciate it.

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Obama, Barack: State of the Union 2010, V1 27 Jan 2010

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Obama, Barack: State of the Union 2010, V1 27 Jan 2010

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Oemler, Marie Conway: A Women Named Smith. v1, 4 Mar 2008

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When Sophy Smith inherits a house from her Great-Aunt Sophronisba Scarlett, there is one condition. She must live in it. If she tried to sell it or rent it, she would forfeit all rights to the entire estate. So with great trepidation, Sophy Smith, along with her dear friend, Alicia, moves from the busy New York life to the slow drawn out days of South Carolina. Despite hearing music when there was no musician and suggestions that the house was haunted, they were both determined to stay at the Hyndes House. But when the house servants find an old statue buried beneath a tree, the mysterious life of the old witchy Sophronisba Scarlett begins to unfold.

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Offenbach, Jacques: The Tales of Hoffmann(English & French).Ver.1.1/27/2012

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Jacques Offenbach (20 June 1819 – 5 October 1880) was a German-born French composer, cellist and impresario. He is remembered for his nearly 100 operettas of the 1850s–1870s and his uncompleted opera The Tales of Hoffmann. He was a powerful influence on later composers of the operetta genre, particularly Johann Strauss, Jr. and Arthur Sullivan. His best-known works were continually revived during the 20th century, and many of his operettas continue to be staged in the 21st. The Tales of Hoffman remains part of the standard opera repertory.

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Ohiyesa (Charles Eastman): Indian Boyhood. 17 Oct 2007

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Ohiyesa (Charles Eastman, February 19, 1858 - January 8, 1939) was a a Native American author, physician and reformer. He was active in politics and helped found the Boy Scouts of America.

This volume is an autobiography of the first 15 years of his life.

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Ohiyesa (Charles Eastman): Indian Heroes & Great Chieftains. 17 Oct 2007

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Ohiyesa (Charles Eastman, February 19, 1858 - January 8, 1939) was a a Native American author, physician and reformer. He was active in politics and helped found the Boy Scouts of America.

[Indian Heroes & Great Chieftains[/ is about legends and heroes (yes, that does seem to be an under theme to many of my posts.) Included here are stories about:

1. Red Cloud
2. Spotted Tail
3. Little Crow
4. Tamahay
5. Gall
6. Crazy Horse
7. Sitting Bull
8. Rain-In-The-Face
9. Two Strike
10. American Horse
11. Dull Knife
12. Roman Nose
13. Chief Joseph
14. Little Wolf
15. Hole-In-The-Day

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Ohiyesa (Charles Eastman): Old Indian Days. 17 Oct 2007

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Ohiyesa (Charles Eastman, February 19, 1858 - January 8, 1939) was a a Native American author, physician and reformer. He was active in politics and helped found the Boy Scouts of America.

Old Indian Days is in two parts -- the first is about the warriors and the second is about the women. It is a wonderful insight to the ways of the Indian from their perspective.

[(Of the four Ohiyesa books, this was the hardest to format.)[/

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Ohiyesa (Charles Eastman): The Soul of the Indian. 17 Oct 2007

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Ohiyesa (Charles Eastman, February 19, 1858 - January 8, 1939) was a a Native American author, physician and reformer. He was active in politics and helped found the Boy Scouts of America.

From the Preface to [The Soul of the Indian[/:
[QUOT“We also have a religion which was given to our forefathers, and has been handed down to us their children. It teaches us to be thankful, to be united, and to love one another! We never quarrel about religion.”
Thus spoke the great Seneca orator, Red Jacket, in his superb reply to Missionary Cram more than a century ago, and I have often heard the same thought expressed by my countrymen.
I have attempted to paint the religious life of the typical American Indian as it was before he knew the white man. I have long wished to do this, because I cannot find that it has ever been seriously, adequately, and sincerely done. The religion of the Indian is the last thing about him that the man of another race will ever understand.
First, the Indian does not speak of these deep matters so long as he believes in them, and when he has ceased to believe he speaks inaccurately and slightingly.
Second, even if he can be induced to speak, the racial and religious prejudice of the other stands in the way of his sympathetic comprehension.
Third, practically all existing studies on this subject have been made during the transition period, when the original beliefs and philosophy of the native American were already undergoing rapid disintegration.
There are to be found here and there superficial accounts of strange customs and ceremonies, of which the symbolism or inner meaning was largely hidden from the observer; and there has been a great deal of material collected in recent years which is without value because it is modern and hybrid, inextricably mixed with Biblical legend and Caucasian philosophy. Some of it has even been invented for commercial purposes. Give a reservation Indian a present, and he will possibly provide you with sacred songs, a mythology, and folk-lore to order!
My little book does not pretend to be a scientific treatise. It is as true as I can make it to my childhood teaching and ancestral ideals, but from the human, not the ethnological standpoint. I have not cared to pile up more dry bones, but to clothe them with flesh and blood. So much as has been written by strangers of our ancient faith and worship treats it chiefly as matter of curiosity. I should like to emphasize its universal quality, its personal appeal![/QUOT

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Ohnet, Georges: Serge Panine. V1. 10 Mar 2010

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Georges Ohnet (3 April 1848 in Paris – 1918) was a French novelist and man of letters.

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The firm of Desvarennes has been in an ancient mansion in the Rue Saint Dominique since 1875; it is one of the best known and most important in French industry. The counting-houses are in the wings of the building looking upon the courtyard, which were occupied by the servants when the family whose coat-of-arms has been effaced from above the gate-way were still owners of the estate.

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Okakura, Kakuzo, The Book of Tea, v1, 18 Sept 2007

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Kakuzo Okakura: The Book of Tea (1906)

A brief history of tea, used a vehicle to explain Japanese aesthetics.

Wikipedia says:
The Book of Tea was written by Okakura in the early 20th century. It was first published in 1906, and has since been republished many times.
In the book, Kakuzo introduces the term Teaism and how Tea has affected nearly every aspect of Japanese culture, thought, and life. The book is accessibile to Western audiences because Kakuzo was taught at a young age to speak English; and spoke it all his life, becoming proficient at communicating his thoughts to the Western Mind. In his book, he discusses such topics as Zen and Taoism, but also the secular aspects of Tea and Japanese life. The book emphasises how Teaism taught the Japanese many things; most importantly, simplicity. Kakuzo argues that this tea-induced simplicity affected art and architecture, and he was a long-time student of the visual arts. He ends the book with a chapter on Tea Masters, and spends some time talking about Sen no Rikyu and his contribution to the Japanese Tea Ceremony.

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Okakura, Kakuzo: The Ideals of the East, v1, 16 Oct 2007.

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The Ideals of the East, with Special Reference to the Art of Japan
by Kakuzo Okakura
[1904]

This is a short but very concise introduction to Asian art by the author of ‘The Book of Tea.’ (- Already uploaded.) Written from a Japanese perspective, and focusing on Japanese art, one of the major themes is the relationship between spirituality, particularly Buddhism, and the evolution of Asian art.

Copyright:
scanned at sacred-texts.com, April 2004. John Bruno Hare, redactor. This text is in the public domain. These files may be used for any non-commercial purpose, provided this notice of attribution is left intact.

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Okkenhaug, Sigrun: Den vene skåla [Norwegian].v1. 01 May 2014

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Nasjonalbiblioteket har gitt ut de første 35 av 100 planlagte epub-bøker. Bøkene er korrekturlest, men noen litt uvanlige valg med hensyn til oppsett ødelegger leseopplevelsen litt. F. eks. er sidetall/sideombrekning beholdt. Jeg har endret på layout for å gi, i mine øyne, en bedre leseopplevelse.

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Olcott, Henry S: The Buddhist Catechism, v1, 2 November 2009.

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Colonel Henry Steel Olcott (1832–1907)
The Buddhist Catechism
(44th Edition, 1915)

383 questions and answers outlining the tenets of Buddhism.

The source was a very inconsistently-formatted Project Gutenberg file. I have tried to bring some consistency and to improve the layout. Unfortunately, Book Designer does not support macrons, so I’ve replaced them with circumflexes.

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Oliphant, Margaret: A Beleaguered City. V1. 10 Mar 2010

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Margaret Oliphant Oliphant (nee Margaret Oliphant Wilson) (4 April 1828 - 25 June 1897), was a Scottish novelist and historical writer, and daughter of Francis Wilson. She was born at Wallyford, near Musselburgh, East Lothian.

Excerpt
I, Martin Dupin (de la Clairière), had the honour of holding the office of Maire in the town of Semur, in the Haute Bourgogne, at the time when the following events occurred. It will be perceived, therefore, that no one could have more complete knowledge of the facts—at once from my official position, and from the place of eminence in the affairs of the district generally which my family has held for many generations—by what citizen-like virtues and unblemished integrity I will not be vain enough to specify.

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Oliphant, Margaret: A Country Gentleman and his Family. V1. 10 Mar 2010

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Margaret Oliphant Oliphant (nee Margaret Oliphant Wilson) (4 April 1828 - 25 June 1897), was a Scottish novelist and historical writer, and daughter of Francis Wilson. She was born at Wallyford, near Musselburgh, East Lothian.

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Theodore Warrender was still at Oxford when his father died. He was a youth who had come up from his school with the highest hopes of what he was to do at the university. It had indeed been laid out for him by an admiring tutor with anticipations which were almost certainties: "If you will only work as well as you have done these last two years!"

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Oliphant, Margaret: A Little Pilgrim. V1. 11 Mar 2010

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Margaret Oliphant Oliphant (nee Margaret Oliphant Wilson) (4 April 1828 - 25 June 1897), was a Scottish novelist and historical writer, and daughter of Francis Wilson. She was born at Wallyford, near Musselburgh, East Lothian.

A LITTLE PILGRIM IN THE UNSEEN
THE LITTLE PILGRIM GOES UP HIGHER.

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Oliphant, Margaret: A Widow's Tale and Other Stories. v1. 12 Sep 2013

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Margaret Oliphant Oliphant (nee Margaret Oliphant Wilson) (4 April 1828 - 25 June 1897), was a Scottish novelist and historical writer, and daughter of Francis Wilson. She was born at Wallyford, near Musselburgh, East Lothian.

A WIDOW'S TALE.
QUEEN ELEANOR AND FAIR ROSAMOND.
MADEMOISELLE.
THE LILY AND THE THORN.
THE STRANGE ADVENTURES OF JOHN PERCIVAL.
A STORY OF A WEDDING-TOUR.
JOHN.
THE WHIRL OF YOUTH.
THE HEIRS OF KELLIE.

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Oliphant, Margaret: Autobiography and Letters. v1. 14 Sept 2009

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Margaret Oliphant (1828-1897) was a prolific, and popular Victorian author. However, her life was a continual struggle personally, professionally and financially. By the final years of her life, when she undertook her autobiography, she had been widowed for decades and her children were all dead. Heartbroken, and alone, the vivacity and wit that gave her novels such warmth had all but deserted her; she was left full of self-doubt, wondering if she had achieved anything with her life, and longing for the death she fervently hoped would reunite her with the people she had loved and lost.
This tragic story provides an illuminating insight into the Victorian publishing industry, and the life of a special writer whose reputation lives on. Despite her fears, her work has continued to give pleasure to the generations that came after her, providing a literary legacy she would have been happy to know was still appreciated.
As well as the Autobiography, this text contains a selection of letters predominately covering Oliphant's final years, a list of published works, and a further list of her articles for 'Blackwood's Magazine' with which she had a long relationship. (The magazine is generally referred to by it's nickname 'Maga'.)
This text originated with a public domain PDF text. It has been proofread, but I would be grateful to hear of any errors that remain.

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Oliphant, Margaret: Diana Trelawny, v1. 13 Aug 2009

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Margaret Oliphant (1828-1897) was a popular Scottish writer. A widow who became the bread winner for her extended family, she was very prolific and wrote in a wide variety of genres.

'Diana Trelawny' is one of Oliphant's shortest novels. The heroine is a wealthy land owner, devoting her life to generous acts to her less fortunate neighbours. Her active life and strong-minded outlook inclines her to consider marriage as undesirable. However, when she follows her friends to Italy for a holiday, she encounters a handsome Count who stirs memories of a passion from her earlier life. Will she succumb to this new influence?

The source was a public domain PDF file at the Internet Archive.
It has been read through to correct OCR errors, please let me know if any further errors are spotted.

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Oliphant, Margaret: He That Will Not When He May, v1. 10 Jul 2009

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Margaret Oliphant (1828-1897) was a popular Scottish writer. A widow who became the bread winner for her extended family, she was very prolific and wrote in a wide variety of genres.

In 'He That Will Not When He May', Oliphant explores the rise of working-class movements, and issues of inheritance. Told from the perspective of the upper classes, it is a rather reactionary narrative; but told in an engaging and informative way. There are some delightful characters and scenes that make this a entertaining read, as well as a thought provoking one.
The author also revisits a traditional theme in her work - the roles that society assigns to men and women. Her subtle expressions of frustration hint at a support for some (limited) social realignment between the sexes, if not between the classes.

The source was a PDF file at the Internet Archive.
It has been read through to correct OCR errors, please let me know if any further errors are spotted.

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Oliphant, Margaret: Jeanne D'Arc, v.1, 8 June 2008

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Mrs. Margaret Oliphant was a Scottish novelist and historical writer. This work, Jeanne D'Arc (or Joan of Arc), was first published in 1896 about the early 15th century virgin saint and national heroine of France. I have added an image of a late 15th century painting of her.

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Oliphant, Margaret: Jeanne d'Arc. v1. 8 Sep 2013

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Margaret Oliphant Oliphant (nee Margaret Oliphant Wilson) (4 April 1828 - 25 June 1897), was a Scottish novelist and historical writer, and daughter of Francis Wilson. She was born at Wallyford, near Musselburgh, East Lothian.

Excerpt

When Charles VII. of France began, nominally, his reign, his uncles and cousins, his nearest kinsmen, were as determinedly his opponents, as was Henry V. of England, whose frank object was to take the crown from his head. The country was torn in pieces with different causes and cries. The English were but little farther off from the Parisian than was the Burgundian, and the English king was only a trifle less French than were the members of the royal family of France. These circumstances are little taken into consideration in face of the general history, in which a careless reader sees nothing but the two nations pitted against each other as they might be now, the French united in one strong and distinct nationality, the three kingdoms of Great Britain all welded into one. In the beginning of the fifteenth century the Scots fought on the French side, against their intimate enemy of England, and if there had been any unity in Ireland, the Irish would have done the same. The advantages and disadvantages of subdivision were in full play. The Scots fought furiously against the English—and when the latter won, as was usually the case, the Scots contingent, whatever bounty might be shown to the French, was always exterminated. On the other side the Burgundians, the Armagnacs, and Royalists met each other almost more fiercely than the latter encountered the English. Each country was convulsed by struggles of its own, and fiercely sought its kindred foes in the ranks of its more honest and natural enemy.

NOTE: 23 Illustrations

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Oliphant, Margaret: Jeanne d’Arc, v1, 4 December 2009.

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Margaret Oliphant (1828–1897)
Jeanne d’Arc: Her Life and Death (1896)

A life of Joan of Arc.

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Oliphant, Margaret: Madonna Mary, v3. 27 Jun 2009

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Margaret Oliphant (1828-1897) was a popular Scottish writer. A widow who became the bread winner for her extended family, she was very prolific and wrote in a wide variety of genres.
In the spectrum of 19th century literature, she is generally seen as occupying the space between Jane Austen and Anthony Trollope. Like Austen, she often exhibits a delightful wit; and like Trollope, the social mores of the time were a source of much inspiration.
'Madonna Mary' tells the story of a young widow and her three sons, as they struggle to come to terms with the ramifications of her somewhat unusual marriage.

The source was a PDF file at the Internet Archive. It has been read through to correct OCR errors, please let me know if any further errors are spotted.

v2 - the original cover of v1 had an incorrect title, v2 corrects it.
v3 - added missing link in Table of Contents (thanks to nrapallo)

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Oliphant, Margaret: Miss Marjoribanks. v1. 23 July 2009

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Miss Marjoribanks is an 1866 novel by Margaret Oliphant. It follows the exploits of its heroine, Lucilla Marjoribanks, as she schemes to improve the social life of the provincial English town of Carlingford.

The English literary critic Q. D. Leavis declared Lucilla to be the 'missing link' in Victorian literature between Jane Austen's Emma and George Eliot's Dorothea Brooke, and 'more entertaining, more impressive and more likeable than either'. Many readers have also seen Lucilla Marjoribanks as a literary precursor to E. F. Benson's comic creation Emmeline Lucas (Lucia).

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Oliphant, Margaret: Miss Marjoribanks. v1. 9 Sep 2013

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Margaret Oliphant Oliphant (nee Margaret Oliphant Wilson) (4 April 1828 - 25 June 1897), was a Scottish novelist and historical writer, and daughter of Francis Wilson. She was born at Wallyford, near Musselburgh, East Lothian.

Excerpt

Miss Marjoribanks lost her mother when she was only fifteen, and when, to add to the misfortune, she was absent at school, and could not have it in her power to soothe her dear mamma's last moments, as she herself said. Words are sometimes very poor exponents of such an event: but it happens now and then, on the other hand, that a plain intimation expresses too much, and suggests emotion and suffering which, in reality, have but little, if any, existence. Mrs Marjoribanks, poor lady, had been an invalid for many years; she had grown a little peevish in her loneliness, not feeling herself of much account in this world. There are some rare natures that are content to acquiesce in the general neglect, and forget themselves when they find themselves forgotten; but it is unfortunately much more usual to take the plan adopted by Mrs Marjoribanks, who devoted all her powers, during the last ten years of her life, to the solacement and care of that poor self which other people neglected.

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Oliphant, Margaret: Old Lady Mary, v1, 8 November 2009.

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Margaret Oliphant (Margaret Oliphant Wilson) (1828–1897)
Old Lady Mary: A Story of the Seen and the Unseen

A novella, featuring a ghost and a very stubborn old lady, who comes to repent her obstinacy. But is it too late to make amends?

The text was from Project Gutenberg. The cover image is a portrait of the author.

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Oliphant, Margaret: Old Lady Mary. v1. 10 Sep 2013

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Margaret Oliphant Oliphant (nee Margaret Oliphant Wilson) (4 April 1828 - 25 June 1897), was a Scottish novelist and historical writer, and daughter of Francis Wilson. She was born at Wallyford, near Musselburgh, East Lothian.

Excerpt

She was very old, and therefore it was very hard for her to make up her mind to die.

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Oliphant, Margaret: Phoebe, Junior. v1. 10 Sep 2013

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Margaret Oliphant Oliphant (nee Margaret Oliphant Wilson) (4 April 1828 - 25 June 1897), was a Scottish novelist and historical writer, and daughter of Francis Wilson. She was born at Wallyford, near Musselburgh, East Lothian.

Excerpt

Mr. Copperhead, to whom so much allusion has been made, was a well-known man in other regions besides that of the Crescent Chapel. His name, indeed, may be said to have gone to the ends of the earth, from whence he had conducted lines of railway, and where he had left docks, bridges, and light-houses to make him illustrious. He was one of the greatest contractors for railways and other public works in England, and, by consequence, in the world.

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Oliphant, Margaret: Salem Chapel, Vol 2. v1. 11 Sep 2013

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Margaret Oliphant Oliphant (nee Margaret Oliphant Wilson) (4 April 1828 - 25 June 1897), was a Scottish novelist and historical writer, and daughter of Francis Wilson. She was born at Wallyford, near Musselburgh, East Lothian.

Excerpt

MRS. VINCENT rose from the uneasy bed, where she had not slept, upon that dreadful Sunday morning, with feelings which it would be vain to attempt any description of. Snatches of momentary sleep more dreadful than wakefulness had fallen upon her during the awful night—moments of unconsciousness which plunged her into a deeper horror still, and from which she started thinking she heard Susan call. Had Susan called, had Susan come, in any dreadful plight of misery, her mother thought she could have borne it; but she could not, yet did, bear this, with the mingled passion and patience of a woman; one moment rising up against the intolerable, the next sitting down dumb and steadfast before that terrible necessity which could not be resisted.

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Oliphant, Margaret: Salem Chapel,Vol 1. v1. 11 Sep 2013

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Margaret Oliphant Oliphant (nee Margaret Oliphant Wilson) (4 April 1828 - 25 June 1897), was a Scottish novelist and historical writer, and daughter of Francis Wilson. She was born at Wallyford, near Musselburgh, East Lothian.

Excerpt

TOWARDS the west end of Grove Street, in Carlingford, on the shabby side of the street, stood a red brick building, presenting a pinched gable terminated by a curious little belfry, not intended for any bell, and looking not unlike a handle to lift up the edifice by to the public observation. This was Salem Chapel, the only Dissenting place of worship in Carlingford.

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Oliphant, Margaret: Salem Chapel. V1 15 Feb 2011

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This is my first ebook post here (other than doing "smartquote-correcting" of HarryT's Mapp & Lucia Omnibus) so please don't hesitate to point out any errors in protocol or other such matters ;)

["Salem Chapel"[/ is part of a larger body of work entitled [The Chronicles of Carlingford[/, a series of cyclical novels written partly in imitation of Anthony Trollope’s Barchester series set against the background of her other remarkable books in the same series.

Compared favorably with Trollope by many Victorian novel critics, Margaret Oliphant (1828 - 1897) was a Scottish novelist and historical writer, and daughter of Francis Wilson. She was born at Wallyford, near Musselburgh, East Lothian.

Oliphant is an underrated figure in the history of the Victorian novel. She was an incredibly prolific writer of novels, biographies and history. Virago Press have republished a number of her best novels, including the [Chronicles[/. This helped bring about a mini revival, but due to their limited distribution, it hasn't done the scope of her finest books due justice.

The Chronicles of Carlingford first appeared in Blackwood's Magazine (1862 -1865) and republished separately as:

* The Rector (1863)
* Doctor's Family (1863)
* Salem Chapel (1863)
* The Perpetual Curate (1864)
* Miss Marjoribanks (1866)
* Phoebe Junior (1876)

All but ["Salem Chapel"[/ are available in ebook formats on Project Gutenberg.

The ["Salem Chapel"[/ ebook presented here for your enjoyment was totally reformatted and corrected from a digitized OCR of an 1870 edition on Open Library. I know of no other usable ebook version of it, free or retail.

To re-quote [Sparrow[/, a valuable contributor here: ["The English literary critic Q. D. Leavis declared Lucilla to be the 'missing link' in Victorian literature between Jane Austen's Emma and George Eliot's Dorothea Brooke, and 'more entertaining, more impressive and more likeable than either'. Many readers have also seen Lucilla Marjoribanks as a literary precursor to E. F. Benson's comic creation Emmeline Lucas (Lucia)."[/

I couldn't agree more!

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Oliphant, Margaret: Sir Tom. v1, 11 Sep 2013

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Margaret Oliphant Oliphant (nee Margaret Oliphant Wilson) (4 April 1828 - 25 June 1897), was a Scottish novelist and historical writer, and daughter of Francis Wilson. She was born at Wallyford, near Musselburgh, East Lothian.

Excerpt

Sir Thomas Randolph had lived a somewhat stormy life during the earliest half of his career. He had gone through what the French called ajeunesse orageuse; nothing very bad had ever been laid to his charge; but he had been adventurous, unsettled, a roamer about the world even after the period at which youthful extravagances cease. Nobody ever knew when or where he might appear. He set off to the farthest parts of the earth at a day's notice, sometimes on pretext of sport, sometimes on no pretext at all, and re-appeared again as unexpectedly as he had gone away. He had run out his fortune by these and other extravagances, and was at forty in one of the most uncomfortable positions in which a man can find himself, with the external appearance of large estates and an established and important position, but in reality with scarcely any income at all, just enough to satisfy the mortgagees, and leave himself a pittance not much more than the wages of a gamekeeper.

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Oliphant, Margaret: Sir Tom. v1. 9 Aug 2009

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In round figures, Margaret Oliphant wrote 100 novels between 1850-1900. From 1860 onwards, scarcely a year went by when she didn't figure in the annual bestseller lists, often having more than one book in the top half dozen.

'Sir Tom' made the bestseller list in 1884, having previously been serialised in the Bolton Weekly Journal, 20 January-14 July 1883.
Sir Tom and Lucy, his young wife, have an idyllic marriage until the arrival of an Italian Contessa and her young ward threaten to resurrect ghosts from his past. The reader is taken on an enthralling journey through the lives of these characters showing, as Oliphant writes, that "life is a horrible sort of pleasure".
This undeservedly neglected novel is highly recommended for anyone who enjoys Victorian literature.

The source was a public domain PDF file. It has been read through to correct OCR errors, please let me know if any further errors are spotted.
Note: One of the characters, Mr. Derwentwater, is a schoolmaster and is also referred to as 'MTutor' throughout the text, this unusual naming is not a typo.

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Oliphant, Margaret: The Curate in Charge. v1. 7 Sep 2013

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Margaret Oliphant Oliphant (nee Margaret Oliphant Wilson) (4 April 1828 - 25 June 1897), was a Scottish novelist and historical writer, and daughter of Francis Wilson. She was born at Wallyford, near Musselburgh, East Lothian.

Excerpt

This Mr. St. John was a man of great tranquillity of mind, and with little energy of disposition. Where he was set down there he remained, taking all that Providence sent him very dutifully, without any effort to change what might be objectionable or amend what was faulty; nobody could be more accomplished than he was in the art of “putting up with” whatsoever befell him.

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Oliphant, Margaret: The Days of My Life. v1. 28 Aug 2009

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"The Days of My Life" (1857) is an early novel by Margaret Oliphant; and is unusual in being written in the first person (I haven't yet seen another example in her other works). The novel relates the story of Hester Southcote over several years, from girl to wife and motherhood. Each chapter covers a particular day, providing snapshots of her story as it unfolds.

"[Margaret Oliphant] is the perfect example of that well-known literary puzzle, the writer highly rated and immensely successful in their own time who becomes relegated by posterity to a position only just above obscurity. ...Mrs Oliphant is valuable not only for the integrity of her stories and the grace and fluency with which she tells them, but for the unusual prominence she gives to domestic lives and female friendships. She was a thoroughly professional writer who supported her family entirely through her own labours, without neglecting them one iota. She should, perhaps, become the patron saint of all harassed women writers with demanding families." Margaret Forster, Times Literary Supplement (10 March 1995).

The source was a public domain PDF file at the Internet Archive.
It has been read through to correct OCR errors, please let me know if any further errors are spotted.

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Oliphant, Margaret: The Days of My Life. v1. 8 Sep 2013

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Margaret Oliphant Oliphant (nee Margaret Oliphant Wilson) (4 April 1828 - 25 June 1897), was a Scottish novelist and historical writer, and daughter of Francis Wilson. She was born at Wallyford, near Musselburgh, East Lothian.

Excerpt

And I was passing along, as I always did, quickly and, perhaps, with a firmer and a steadier step than was usual to girls of my years, swinging in my hand a bit of briony, which, for the sake of its beautiful berries, I was carrying home, but which stood a good chance of being destroyed before we got there—not taking leisure to look much about me, thinking of nothing particular, with a little air of the superior, the lady of the manor, in my independent carriage—a little pride of proprietorship in my firm footstep.

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Oliphant, Margaret: The Doctor's Family. V1. 11 Mar 2010

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Margaret Oliphant Oliphant (nee Margaret Oliphant Wilson) (4 April 1828 - 25 June 1897), was a Scottish novelist and historical writer, and daughter of Francis Wilson. She was born at Wallyford, near Musselburgh, East Lothian.

Excerpt
Young Dr Rider lived in the new quarter of Carlingford: had he aimed at a reputation in society, he could not possibly have done a more foolish thing; but such was not his leading motive. The young man, being but young, aimed at a practice. He was not particular in the mean time as to the streets in which his patients dwelt.

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Oliphant, Margaret: The Library Window, v1, 1 November 2009.

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Margaret Oliphant (Margaret Oliphant Wilson) (1828–1897)
The Library Window: A Story of the Seen and the Unseen (1896)

A ghost story. A young girl looks out of her aunt’s window, to the college library opposite, where there is a mysterious window…

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Oliphant, Margaret: The Little Pilgrim. V1. 11 Mar 2010

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Margaret Oliphant Oliphant (nee Margaret Oliphant Wilson) (4 April 1828 - 25 June 1897), was a Scottish novelist and historical writer, and daughter of Francis Wilson. She was born at Wallyford, near Musselburgh, East Lothian.

Excerpt
The little Pilgrim, whose story has been told in another place, and who had arrived but lately on the other side, among those who know trouble and sorrow no more, was one whose heart was always full of pity for the suffering. And after the first rapture of her arrival, and of the blessed work which had been given to her to do, and all the wonderful things she had learned of the new life, there returned to her in the midst of her happiness so many questions and longing thoughts that They were touched by them who have the care of the younger brethren, the simple ones of heaven.

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Oliphant, Margaret: The Marriage of Elinor, v.1, 3 July 2009.

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Margaret Oliphant (Margaret Oliphant Wilson) (1828–1897)
The Marriage of Elinor (1892)

From the Corner in the Library blog:
“Elinor Dennistoun is engaged to the Honorable Phil Compton or, as her second cousin John Tatham thinks of him, the dis-Honorable Phil Compton. Elinor has been told of Compton's reputation, but in her naïveté she cannot see the truth, even when he persuades her to provide him with an alibi for a time when certain financial records disappeared from a business with which he was involved.”

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Oliphant, Margaret: The Marriage of Elinor. v1. 9 Sep 2013

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Margaret Oliphant Oliphant (nee Margaret Oliphant Wilson) (4 April 1828 - 25 June 1897), was a Scottish novelist and historical writer, and daughter of Francis Wilson. She was born at Wallyford, near Musselburgh, East Lothian.

Excerpt

Mr. Tatham was a well-built and vigorous man of five-and-thirty, with health, good behaviour, and well-being in every line of his cheerful countenance and every close curl of his brown hair. His hair was very curly, and helped to give him the cheerful look which was one of his chief characteristics. Nevertheless, when these innocent seeming words, "Do you know the man?" which was more certainly demonstrative of certain facts than had those facts been stated in the fullest detail, met his eye, Mr. Tatham paused and laid down the letter with a start. His ruddy colour paled for the moment, and he felt something which was like the push or poke of a blunt but heavy weapon somewhere in the regions of the heart. For the moment he felt that he could not read any more. "Do you know the man?" He did not even ask what man in the momentary sickness of his heart. Then he said to himself, almost angrily, "Well!" and took up the letter again and read to the end.

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Oliphant, Margaret: The Open Door, and the Portrait. v1. 10 Sep 2013

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Margaret Oliphant Oliphant (nee Margaret Oliphant Wilson) (4 April 1828 - 25 June 1897), was a Scottish novelist and historical writer, and daughter of Francis Wilson. She was born at Wallyford, near Musselburgh, East Lothian.

THE OPEN DOOR.
THE PORTRAIT

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STORIES OF THE SEEN AND THE UNSEEN
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Oliphant, Margaret: The Open Door, v1, 1 November 2009.

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Margaret Oliphant (Margaret Oliphant Wilson) (1828–1897)
The Open Door (1889 edition)

A ghost story. Who, or what, is wailing piteously among the ruins of the old park? The narrator must find out because his son is in danger…

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Oliphant, Margaret: The Perpetual Curate, v1. 16 Feb 2009

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Margaret Oliphant (1828-1897) was a popular Scottish writer. A widow who became the bread winner for her extended family, she was very prolific and wrote in a wide variety of genres.

'The Perpetual Curate' is one of her Chronicles of Carlingford series. A perpetual curate was the lowest order of Anglican clergy; and unlike rectors and vicars, not entitled to tithe income. The consequent lack of financial means meant perpetual curates could not easily support a family; and would generally seek promotion before getting married.
This entertaining novel centres on the struggles of Frank Wentworth, the perpetual curate of the title, as he struggles with his high-church ideals (which militate against his advancement), and his romantic attachment to Lucy Wodehouse.
What makes the story such an enjoyable read is Oliphant's ability to encompass a wide range of characters, and weave several strands together into a compelling narrative. There are also flashes of humour throughout, which give a tantalising glimpse of an author with a mischievous personality.

This is the Project Gutenberg text with a few minor corrections, please let me know if any further errors are spotted.

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Oliphant, Margaret: The Perpetual Curate. v1. 10 Sep 2013

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Margaret Oliphant Oliphant (nee Margaret Oliphant Wilson) (4 April 1828 - 25 June 1897), was a Scottish novelist and historical writer, and daughter of Francis Wilson. She was born at Wallyford, near Musselburgh, East Lothian.

Excerpt

But that position was one full of difficulties, as any one acquainted with the real state of affairs must see in a moment. Mr Wentworth's circumstances were, on the whole, as delicate and critical as can be imagined, both as respected his standing in Carlingford and the place he held in his own family—not to speak of certain other personal matters which were still more troublesome and vexatious. These last of course were of his own bringing on; for if a young man chooses to fall in love when he has next to nothing to live upon, trouble is sure to follow.

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Oliphant, Margaret: The Portrait, v1, 1 November 2009.

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Margaret Oliphant (Margaret Oliphant Wilson) (1828–1897)
The Portrait (1894)

A ghost story. The arrival of an old family portrait has unsettling consequences…

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Oliphant, Margaret: The Rector. v1. 11 Sep 2013

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Margaret Oliphant Oliphant (nee Margaret Oliphant Wilson) (4 April 1828 - 25 June 1897), was a Scottish novelist and historical writer, and daughter of Francis Wilson. She was born at Wallyford, near Musselburgh, East Lothian.

Excerpt

It is natural to suppose that the arrival of the new Rector was a rather exciting event for Carlingford. It is a considerable town, it is true, nowadays, but then there are no alien activities to disturb the place—no manufactures, and not much trade. And there is a very respectable amount of very good society at Carlingford. To begin with, it is a pretty place—mild, sheltered, not far from town; and naturally its very reputation for good society increases the amount of that much-prized article. The advantages of the town in this respect have already put five per cent upon the house-rents; but this, of course, only refers to the realtown, where you can go through an entire street of high garden-walls, with houses inside full of the retired exclusive comforts, the dainty economical refinement peculiar to such places; and where the good people consider their own society as a warrant of gentility less splendid, but not less assured, than the favour of Majesty itself. Naturally there are no Dissenters in Carlingford—that is to say, none above the rank of a greengrocer or milkman; and in bosoms devoted to the Church it may be well imagined that the advent of the new Rector was an event full of importance, and even of excitement.

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Oliphant, Margaret: The Secret Chamber, v1, 28 October 2009.

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Margaret Oliphant (Margaret Oliphant Wilson) (1828–1897)
The Secret Chamber (1876)

A ghost story.
What is in the secret room, hidden in a Scottish castle?

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Oliphant, Margaret: The Seen and the Unseen (collected ghosts). v1. 25 Sep 2018

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The contents of this book were first published 1857 ~ 1897. Text is in the public domain worldwide, because the author died more than 100 years ago, and the works were published prior to 1923.

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In these collected tales, the writer takes us on chilling excursions to the borderland between the natural and the supernatural; with stories of the attempts of the dead to contact the living and moving accounts of what might lie ahead in the afterlife.

The “grand master” M. R. James admired Oliphant's supernatural fiction, concluding that “the religious ghost story, as it may be called, was never done better than by Mrs. Oliphant in ‘The Open Door’ and ‘A Beleaguered City’”.

The short story “The Library Window” is, quite simply, a little masterpiece.

(This collection presents all of Oliphant’s “Stories of the Seen and Unseen”.)

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Margaret Oliphant Wilson Oliphant (born Margaret Oliphant Wilson) (4 April 1828 – 20 June 1897), was a Scottish novelist and historical writer. Her fictional works encompass “domestic realism, the historical novel and tales of the supernatural”. Highly prolific, she wrote more than 120 works, including novels, books of travel and description, histories, biographies, and volumes of literary criticism. Although interest in Oliphant’s work declined after her death, a revival has been apparent since the 1980’s. Her best novels, in particular the Carlingford series, have been compared to the work of Jane Austen and Anthony Trollope.

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This is my own compilation. Transcripts were obtained from gutenberg.org, gutenberg.net.au, fadedpage.com, and archive.org. PDF scans of early editions were obtained from archive.org.
Story titles are cross-linked to table of contents.
Embedded font used for titling. Editing notes are available at end of the book.

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I classified this book as "Fantasy" rather than "Horror" because the stories are eerie and unsettling, but not horrifying.
I hope you enjoy it.
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Oliver, Frederick S (Phylos the Thibetan): A Dweller in Two Planets. v1, 7 Feb 2008

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From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia:

[A Dweller in Two Planets or The Dividing of the Way[/ is a book by Frederick S. Oliver, completed in 1866, although it was not published until 1905, six years after Oliver's death.

The book is considered fantasy by many, concerning itself with the Atlantis, which it portrays as a culture which has reached a high level of technological and scientific advancement, including such things as antigravity and voice-operated typewriters.

In its introduction, Oliver claims that the book had been channeled through him by a spirit calling itself Phylos the Thibetan, who revealed the story to him over a period of three years, beginning in 1883.

The book is the source for many new age beliefs concerning Atlantis, especially those of the I AM movement and the Lemurian Fellowship.

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Oppenheim, E Phillips: A Pulpit in the Grill Room (1938); v1

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Ten short stories set in the grill room of the Milan Hotel in London.

The first nine stories in this collection were "syndicated", and published during the 1930s in British, American, Australian and other magazines. The tenth story was probably written specifically to complete this book collection, and was not published in a magazine until as late as 1967. A sequel, "The Milan Grill Room", was published in 1940.

The two books star Louis, the disabled Maitre d', and Charles Lyson, ex-intelligence agent and now freelance journalist.

1: The Mayor of Ballydaghan
2: Tragedy Dined With Lord Blunt
3: A Rough-House at Elstree
4: The Third Shot
5: The Hour of Reckoning
6: Murder at the Milan
7: Julie Joins the Force
8: The Three Strangers
9: Bunglers at the Game
10: The Flower of Death

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Oppenheim, E Phillips: Advice Limited (1936), v1

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Clara, Baroness Linz, a young Englishwoman lately widowed by the death of her Austrian aristocrat husband, sets up in London as ADVICE LIMITED, resolving family and other difficulties. Eleven cases.

1: Thirty-Nine Wooden Boxes
2: An Olympian Debacle
3: Broken Engagements
4: Too Many Dukes
5: The Ritz Hotel Conference
6: Between The 8th Green And The 9th Tee
7: Help For Mr. Goldman
8: The Lonely Man
9: A Family Misunderstanding
10: The Listening Lady
11: A Gift From The Gods

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Oppenheim, E Phillips: Ambrose Lavendale, Diplomat (1920), v1

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An episodic novel of WW1, written as a serial in 1916 when the USA was yet to enter the War, and subsequently published as a book in 1920.

Ambrose Lavendale is a US diplomat in London in 1916, heading off German spy threats to the USA as well as helping Britain as much as diplomatic convention will allow.

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Oppenheim, E Phillips: Anna the Adventuress (1904); v2, 20 March 2020

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Early Oppenheim, still Victorian in sensibility, but starts with a car crash (1904!).

Twins Anna and Annabel, role-swapping, assorted hopeful swains, shooting...

Already in the library, in prc format, uploaded in 2008. Now remade, with US first edition cover and frontispiece, as mobi, azw3, and epub.

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Oppenheim, E Phillips: Crooks in the Sunshine (1932), v1

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An American gang relocates to Antibes on the Riviera, with their leader establishing himself as a genial good type among the expatriate community there.

Ten tales of predation and conflict, in the underbelly of the Riviera.

1: The Salvation of Mr. Timothy Ryan
2: The Table Under The Tree
3: Fifty-Fifty
4: No Red Ribbon For The Commodore
5: The Obstinate Duke
6: The Seven Taverns of Marseilles
7: Commodore Jasen Watches His Step
8: The Ghosts of Suicide Corner
9: Lord Dratten's Land Deal
10: The Commodore's Last Cigar

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Oppenheim, E Phillips: General Besserley's Puzzle Box (1935), v1

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General Besserley, USA, former Secret Service, Ret'd, but still with important connections at high level back home, has settled down on the Riviera, where he has a number of adventures and puzzles.

1. The Man Who Thought He Was a Pauper
2. The Lady in the Grey Wig
3. The Man Who Harnessed the Laws of Chance
4. The Phantom Fleet
5. The Devil's Wind
6. The Mysterious Pirandettis
7. The Butterfly in the Death Chamber
8. Giants in the Countinghouse
9. The Bride of the Shining Hour

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Oppenheim, E Phillips: General Besserley's Second Puzzle Box (1939), v1

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General Besserley, USA, former Secret Service, Ret'd, but still with important connections at high level back home, has settled down on the Riviera, where he has a number of adventures and puzzles.

This is the second (and last) collection of his adventures.

1: The Duchess Gave a Party
2: Business for Father
3: General Besserley Runs the Gauntlet
4: The Unprepossessing Danseuse
5: The Husband of O-Nan-Sen
6: The Trifling Lapse of the Mayor of St. Marac
7: Fifty Thousand Francs and a Marriage Licence for Marie Louise
8: The Sphinx Whispered
9: A Wet Day's Tragedy for Andrew Mason
10: The Drama on the Sixth Tee
11: The Stranger at the Bar
12: Tresillian Found a Cure

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Oppenheim, E Phillips: Jeremiah and the Princess (1933): V.1.

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Ruritanian romance and thriller, with an American millionaire's son (a diplomat) intervening in the affairs of a tiny Central European kingdom poised to turn Bolshie.

There's a beautiful princess, too.

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Oppenheim, E Phillips: Michael's Evil Deeds (1923), v1

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Originally published as a series of connected short stories, in Red Book Magazine in 1921, this is a typical episodic novel which involves a prolonged duel between Michael Sayers, crook, and Norman Greyes, policeman. The narrative makes use of multiple narrators: Sayers, Greyes or another as each story requires. (The fact that there are only a small number of chapters tells an alert reader that these are essentially short stories, as a typical Oppenheim novel runs to 25-35 chapters.)

1. The Undiscovered Murderer
2. The Kiss Of Judas
3. The Menwood Road Bank Robbery
4. The Honour Of Monsieur Lutarde
5. The Three Malefactors
6. The Winds Of Death
7. Seven Boxes Of Gold
8. The Unfamiliar Triangle
9. Michael's Wedding Gift
10. The Mystery Advertisement
11. The Great Elusion

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Oppenheim, E Phillips: Miss Brown of X Y O (1927); v1

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Inspired by the General Strike of 1926, this novel follows the adventures of young Miss Brown, typiste, who inadvertantly gets caught up in a struggle between a subversive group led by Russians who are trying to explode a similar confrontation into a violent revolution, and a tiny Scotland Yard unit attempting to frustrate the Russians.

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Oppenheim, E Phillips: Nicholas Goade, Detective (1927); v1

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Ten linked short stories featuring Scotland Yard man Nicholas Goade, holidaying in the south-west of England and being drawn into various cases.

1: The Coroner's Dilemma
2: The Two Spinsters
3: The Salving of Mr. Stanley Witt
4: The Temporary Insanity of Nicholas Goade
5: Wild Man's Logic
6: The Dean's Daughter
7: The Honourable Murderer
8: Jezebel of Valley Farm
9: The Beautiful Sisters of Wryde
10: The Passing of John the Hermit

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Oppenheim, E Phillips: Sinners Beware (1931), v1

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Ten slick short stories set in and around Monaco and La Turbie.

1: .The Café Régal, the Mistral and the Lady
2: Anon, £1,000
3: The Quarrel
4: The Tiger on the Mountains
5: Paddy Collins Flaps His Wings
6: The Imperfect Crime
7: What Sir Stephen Forgot
8: Going, Going, Gone!
9: The Luckiest Young Man in the World
10: Mademoiselle Anna Disappears

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Oppenheim, E Phillips: Slane's Long Shots (1930); v1

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Originally published as a series of short stories in Collier's Weekly. I could find no decent cover so made one of my own using my imaginary imprint "Black Museum" and one of the superb Colliers illustrations from 1930.

A collection of stories featuring Slane, the aristocratic amateur detective.

1: Who Killed Montague Brest?
2: The Little Marquis
3: Mariote's Hour of Agony
4: The Thirteenth Card
5: The Man Without a Tie
6: Neap-Tide Madness
7: Not Slane's Star Turn
8: Gentleman Bill
9: The Troublesome Kingdom of Selm
10: The Golden Bird Of Mallory

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Oppenheim, E Phillips: Stolen Idols (1925), v.1.

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The theft of two valuable idols from a Chinese temple has consequences across the world, even in rural England. (Oppenheim never visited China.)

The cover is from a 1920s dust-jacket, cleaned up and retouched.

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Oppenheim, E Phillips: The Adventures of Mr Joseph P Cray (1925); v.1.

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One of the many short story collections which used Oppenheim's favourite format: a series of short stories featuring the same characters, which taken together have an overall narrative arc.

The lead characters in many of these collections are American, because Oppenheim sold the stories individually to glossy high-paying US magazines first, and then issued them in book form.

Joseph P Cray is a middle-aged American, footloose on the Riviera, where he falls into various adventures.

The cover was fabricated from a 1925 magazine illustration of one of the stories.

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Oppenheim, E Phillips: The Channay Syndicate (1927), v1

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This is a variation on the "Monte Cristo" theme, a man unjustly jailed by the machinations of others, who returns from jail to seek personal justice. It is told in 10 chapters, an introductory, followed by a chapter each for the syndicate members, and a wrap-up. Could be read as a novel, or as a short story collection, a technique much used by Oppenheim, and by Edgar Wallace too.

1: Gilbert Channay Takes The Air
2: Mark Levy Pays
3: Lord Isham's Gamble
4: Martin Fogg Persists
5: The Inquisitive Shareholder
6: The Drama of the Marshes
7: The Amazing Banquet
8: The Great Abduction
9: Channay The Deliverer
10: Eric Rodes Has His Chance

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Oppenheim, E Phillips: The Colossus of Arcadia (1938); v1

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Classic Oppenheim novel: the setting is Monte Carlo, and in the late 1930s with Europe's peace becoming more precarious by the day, there are spies and counterspies, well-heeled refugees. In short, there is trouble in Arcadia.

I couldn't find a good original cover so I made this one from a part of 1930s Monaco travel poster

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Oppenheim, E Phillips: The Exploits of Pudgy Pete and Co (1927), v1

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Peter Bragg and the Hon George Vincent Angus run an enquiry business---

A typical, but light-hearted, Oppenheim confection of investigations by the two.

1: The Pedagogue of Bellevue Mansions
2: Drama in yhe Dolls' House
3: Lady Katherine's Better Nature
4: A Comedy in Divorce
5: Three to Four
6: The Ninety-Ninth Thread
7: The Disappearance of William King
8: Ada Malcolm's Dot
9: Kenmar's Golden Day
10: Working Backwards

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Oppenheim, E Phillips: The Lion and the Lamb (v.1)

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E Phillips Oppenheim (1866-1946) was a vastly prolific British author in a number of genres, but is best remembered as a writer of crime and adventure yarns, often set on the Riviera. Many of his novels were uploaded here back in 2012, and then, when the Library changed to Life +70, tucked away until 2017, when they entered the Life+70 PD and were re-instated.

This novel, a crime novel set in London, is an addition to the existing Oppenheim collection. (The Lion and the Lamb is a fictional London pub).

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Oppenheim, E Phillips: The Milan Grill Room (1940), v1

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Ten short stories set in the grill room of the Milan Hotel in London. The second of two books starring Louis, the disabled Maitre d', and Charles Lyson, ex-intelligence agent and now freelance journalist.

1: Marie Louise Will Be There
2: The Kidnapping of Mr. Peter Jardine
3: The Calais Gun
4: The Third Key
5: The Shadow Man
6: £100,000 Risk
7: The Knaves' Messenger
8: A Broken Sabbath
9: The Man in the Grey Suede Gloves
10: Mrs. Masters and Her Playboy

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Oppenheim, E Phillips: The Terrible Hobby of Sir Joseph Londe Bt, v1, 4 April 2019

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Another addition to the large E Phillips Oppenheim collection:

Originally a 10-part serial in a Hearst Magazine in 1923, then a book in 1924. An episodic novel of the pursuit of a serial killer:

1: The Scarlet Patch
2: The Terror Of Elton Lodge
3: The House On Salisbury Plain
4: The Shaftesbury Avenue Murder
5: The Tenant Of The Lighthouse
6: A Young Man's Kiss
7: The Avenue Of Death
8: Madmen's Luck
9: The Borgia Touch
10: The Dead Man's Tale

Text source: Project Gutenberg Aust

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Oppenheim, E Phillips: The Yellow Crayon (1903); v2

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Effectively a sequel to "Mysterious Mr Sabin", 1898. Mr Sabin becomes involved with the organisation "The Yellow Crayon", which is purportedly similar to Britain's "Primrose League", but which has a deeper, darker purpose.

This novel was uploaded here a decade ago, but essentially as a Project Gutenberg file complete with PG headers and footers. I have removed the headers and footers, added an active table of contents, a cover, the 1903 frontispiece illustration, and corrected a number of typos and the like.

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Oppenheim, E. Phillips: A Lost Leader v1 9 apr 2009

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I was a bit torn here as far as the genre is concerned. This is is, in fact, a romancey thriller or something.
[QUOTBorrowdean dropped his eyeglass, and swung it deliberately by its black ribbon. He looked steadily at Berenice, but his eyes seemed to travel past her.

"My dear Duchess," he said, quietly, "the game of life is a great one to play, and we who would keep our hands upon the board must of necessity make sacrifices. It is your duty to disregard in this instance your feelings towards Mannering. You must consider only his feelings towards you. They are such, I believe, as to give you a hold over him. You must make use of that hold for the sake of a great cause."

Berenice raised her eyebrows.

"Indeed! You seem to forget, Sir Leslie, that my share in this game, as you call it, must always be a passive one. I have no office to gain, no rewards to reap. Why should I commit myself to an unpleasant task for the sake of you and your friends?"

"It is your party," he protested. "Your party as much as ours."

"Granted," she answered. "Yet who are the responsible members of it? You know my opinion of Mannering as a politician. I would sooner follow him blindfold than all the others with my eyes open. Whatever he may lack, he is the most honest and right-seeing politician who ever entered the House."

"He lacks but one thing," Borrowdean said, "the mechanical adjustment of the born politician to party matters. There was never a time when absolute unity and absolute force were so necessary. If he is going to play the intelligent inquirer, if he falters for one moment in his wholesale condemnation of this scheme, he loses the day for himself and for us. The one thing which the political public never forgives is the man who stops to think."

"What do you want me to do?" Berenice asked.

"To go to him and find out what he means, what influences have been at work, what is underneath it all. Warn him of the danger of even appearing doubtful, or for a moment lukewarm. The one person whom the public will not have in politics is the trifler. Think how many there have been, brilliant men, too, who have lost their places through a single false step, a single year, a month of dilettantism. Remind him of them. The man who moves in a great cause may move slowly, if you will, but he must move all the time. Remind him, too, that he is risking the one great chance of his life!"[/QUOT

Original cover on this one! Richly illustrated.

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Oppenheim, E. Phillips: A Maker of History. V1. 31 Aug 2011

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Edward Phillips Oppenheim (October 22, 1866 – February 3, 1946), was an English novelist, in his lifetime a major and successful writer of genre fiction including thrillers .A best-selling author of novels, short stories, magazine articles, translations, and plays, Oppenheim published over 150 books. He is considered one of the originators of the thriller genre, his novels also range from spy thrillers to romance, but all have an undertone of intrigue.

Excerpt
THE boy sat up and rubbed his eyes. He was stiff, footsore, and a little chilly. There was no man-servant arranging his bath and clothes, no pleasant smell of coffee—none of the small luxuries to which he was accustomed. On the contrary, he had slept all night upon a bed of bracken, with no other covering than the stiff pine needles from the tall black trees, whose rustling music had lulled him to sleep.

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Oppenheim, E. Phillips: A Millionaire of Yesterday v1 5 dec 2008

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Now I do not have to present you the self-titled Prince of Storytellers, Mister Oppenheim himself, do I?

This book has action, suspense, a lot of humor and one very talkative chap:
[QUOT"Filth," grunted Trent—"ugh! I tell you what it is, my venerable friend—I have seen some dirty cabins in the west of Ireland and some vile holes in East London. I've been in some places which I can't think of even now without feeling sick. I'm not a particular chap, wasn't brought up to it—no, nor squeamish either, but this is a bit thicker than anything I've ever knocked up against. If Francis doesn't hurry we'll have to chuck it! We shall never stand it out, Monty!"

The older man, gaunt, blear-eyed, ragged, turned over on his side. His appearance was little short of repulsive. His voice when he spoke was, curiously enough, the voice of a gentleman, thick and a trifle rough though it sounded.

"My young friend," he said, "I agree with you—in effect—most heartily. The place is filthy, the surroundings are repulsive, not to add degrading. The society is—er—not congenial—I allude of course to our hosts—and the attentions of these unwashed, and I am afraid I must say unclothed, ladies of dusky complexion is to say the least of it embarrassing."

"Dusky complexion!" Trent interrupted scornfully, "they're coal black!"[/QUOT
The usual: PG, MTH-treated, added TOC and original cover.

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Oppenheim, E. Phillips: A Monk of Cruta. V1. 2 Sep 2011

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Edward Phillips Oppenheim (October 22, 1866 – February 3, 1946), was an English novelist, in his lifetime a major and successful writer of genre fiction including thrillers .A best-selling author of novels, short stories, magazine articles, translations, and plays, Oppenheim published over 150 books. He is considered one of the originators of the thriller genre, his novels also range from spy thrillers to romance, but all have an undertone of intrigue.

Excerpt
The tall, gaunt young priest drew nearer to the bedside, and shook his head with a slow, pitying gesture.
"The time was short—short indeed. Yet, why should you fear? Your confession has been made! I myself have pronounced your absolution; the holy Church has granted to you her most holy sacrament.

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Oppenheim, E. Phillips: A People's Man. V1. 4 Sep 2011

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Edward Phillips Oppenheim (October 22, 1866 – February 3, 1946), was an English novelist, in his lifetime a major and successful writer of genre fiction including thrillers .A best-selling author of novels, short stories, magazine articles, translations, and plays, Oppenheim published over 150 books. He is considered one of the originators of the thriller genre, his novels also range from spy thrillers to romance, but all have an undertone of intrigue.

Excerpt
Across Soho threading his way with devilish ingenuity through mazes of narrow streets scattering with his hooter little groups of gibbering swarthy foreigners Aaron Thurnbrein bent double over his ancient bicycle sped on his way towards the Commercial Road and eastwards. '

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Oppenheim, E. Phillips: A Prince of Sinners. V1. 6 Sep 2011

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Edward Phillips Oppenheim (October 22, 1866 – February 3, 1946), was an English novelist, in his lifetime a major and successful writer of genre fiction including thrillers .A best-selling author of novels, short stories, magazine articles, translations, and plays, Oppenheim published over 150 books. He is considered one of the originators of the thriller genre, his novels also range from spy thrillers to romance, but all have an undertone of intrigue.

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The candidate went out to his carriage and the others followed in twos and threes. A young man pale with nervous mouth strongly-marked features and clear dark eyes looked up from a sheaf of letters which he was busy sorting.

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Oppenheim, E. Phillips: An Amiable Charlatan v1 27 dec 2008

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Another one by the "Prince of Storytellers":

An excerpt:

[QUOTI was, in fact, halfway through dinner when, without a word of warning, a
man who seemed to enter with a lightfooted speed that, considering his
size, was almost incredible, drew a chair toward him and took the vacant
place at my table. My glass of wine and my plate were moved with smooth
and marvelous haste to his vicinity. Under cover of the tablecloth a
packet--I could not tell what it contained--was thrust into my hand.

"Sir," he said, raising my glass of wine to his lips, "I am forced to take
somewhat of a liberty. You can render me the service of a lifetime! Kindly
accept the situation."

I stared at him for a moment quite blankly. Then I recognized him; and,
transferring at once the packet to my trousers pocket, I drew another
glass toward me and poured out the remainder of my half-bottle of hock. So
much, at any rate, I felt I had saved!

"I shall offer you presently," my self-invited guest continued, with his
mouth full of my chicken, "the fullest explanation. I shall also ask you
to do me the honor of dining with me. I think I am right in saying that we
are not altogether strangers?" [/QUOT
Quite a lot of fun to have with this one!

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Oppenheim, E. Phillips: An Amiable Charlatan. V1. 19 Aug 2011

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Edward Phillips Oppenheim (October 22, 1866 – February 3, 1946), was an English novelist, in his lifetime a major and successful writer of genre fiction including thrillers.

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But please remember, sir," he begged apologetically, "that I had never seen the lady. I sent the cables, confidently anticipating that she would disclaim all knowledge of Mr. Bundercombe. When she arrived, and I realized that she was actually his wife, I forgave him freely for all the small annoyances he had caused me: my visit to you this morning, in fact, is entirely in his interests.

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Oppenheim, E. Phillips: Anna the Adventuress v1 22 dec 2008

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Another one by "The Prince of Storytellers":

Anna and Annabel are twin sisters. Anna is the shy art-student, Annabel the famous parisian dancer. Annabel's husband disappears after an accident on their honeymoon. She believes him dead, poses as her sister, flirts with her sister's boy-friend and marries a wealthy magnate. Her husband reappears, of course...

There was even a (rather unsuccessful) movie by the same name.

Have fun!

PS: Please do not jump directly to chapter One, I included two alternative covers
PPS: The man is spelled Phillips. I will correct the other posts accordingly.

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Oppenheim, E. Phillips: Berenice. V1. 21 Aug 2011

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Edward Phillips Oppenheim (October 22, 1866 – February 3, 1946), was an English novelist, in his lifetime a major and successful writer of genre fiction including thrillers .A best-selling author of novels, short stories, magazine articles, translations, and plays, Oppenheim published over 150 books. He is considered one of the originators of the thriller genre, his novels also range from spy thrillers to romance, but all have an undertone of intrigue.

Excerpt
“These gentlemen will bear me witness that you did say so?” Matravers interrupted calmly. “I regret to have to use unpleasant language, Mr. Thorndyke, but I am compelled to tell you, and these gentlemen, that your statement is a lie!”
Thorndyke was a florid and a puffy man. The veins upon his temples stood out like whipcord. He was not a pleasant sight to look upon.

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Oppenheim, E. Phillips: Enoch Strone. V1. 23 Jul 2012

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ccEdward Phillips Oppenheim (October 22, 1866 – February 3, 1946), was an English novelist, in his lifetime a major and successful writer of genre fiction including thrillers .A best-selling author of novels, short stories, magazine articles, translations, and plays, Oppenheim published over 150 books. He is considered one of the originators of the thriller genre, his novels also range from spy thrillers to romance, but all have an undertone of intrigue.

Excerpt
"I am afraid that you have wasted your time," he said, shortly, "if you have come out here purposely to see me. I am not a Christian, and nothing would induce me to set foot in a church. I have no money to give away, and I get very bad-tempered when I am intruded upon. You will find a more direct path into the road by that gate," he added, pointing downwards.

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Oppenheim, E. Phillips: Envoy Extraordinary. V1. 20 Jul 2012

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ccEdward Phillips Oppenheim (October 22, 1866 – February 3, 1946), was an English novelist, in his lifetime a major and successful writer of genre fiction including thrillers .A best-selling author of novels, short stories, magazine articles, translations, and plays, Oppenheim published over 150 books. He is considered one of the originators of the thriller genre, his novels also range from spy thrillers to romance, but all have an undertone of intrigue.

Excerpt
Through the windy darkness of the late winter evening, along a muddy country lane which was little better than a cart track with a high hedge on one side and a wood on the other, a man, half shuffling, half running, was making such progress as was possible over the sodden, slippery surface. What appearance he might have presented when he had started upon his wild expedition it was impossible to say, for he was covered now with mud from head to foot, a driving rain beating in his face. His dark coat was soaked, his collar and tie simply pulp. He was hatless and his black hair, streaked with grey, was plastered about his face. He ran not as an athlete but with long uneven strides, and he was evidently completely out of condition for such an exploit. He was breathing heavily. The drops of sweat were mingled with the rain which was pouring down his cheeks. He seemed unable to keep a straight course and he blundered from one side of the narrow way to the other, scratching his face against the hedge only to recoil and slip about in the low wire-protected ditch on the other side. His physical strength was already exhausted but he continued to stumble on as though inspired with some desperate sense of urgency. The only parts of him which seemed still alive were his eyes, and in their fixed stare there was all the dogged fear of a man seeking to escape from something worse than death.

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Oppenheim, E. Phillips: Exit a Dictator. V1. 23 Jul 2012

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ccEdward Phillips Oppenheim (October 22, 1866 – February 3, 1946), was an English novelist, in his lifetime a major and successful writer of genre fiction including thrillers .A best-selling author of novels, short stories, magazine articles, translations, and plays, Oppenheim published over 150 books. He is considered one of the originators of the thriller genre, his novels also range from spy thrillers to romance, but all have an undertone of intrigue.

Excerpt
On her first night out, the boat steamed full into the tail- end of a storm, and there was no doubt about it that she developed a very marked and uncomfortable roll. Neither was there any doubt about the result of this unusual motion upon Nicolas Grodin, occupying Suite de Luxe Number Seven. He became very violently seasick, to his own great discomfort and to the mild annoyance of his fellow-traveller, Joseph Likinski, who acted frequently as his secretary and at all times as his political confidant. Nicolas Grodin, although he may have been a brave man under ordinary circumstances, bore this affliction badly. He lay upon his bed uttering moans of agony interspersed with outpourings of blasphemy in a language which no one but his companion understood.

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Oppenheim, E. Phillips: Expiation. V1. 23 Jul 2012

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ccEdward Phillips Oppenheim (October 22, 1866 – February 3, 1946), was an English novelist, in his lifetime a major and successful writer of genre fiction including thrillers .A best-selling author of novels, short stories, magazine articles, translations, and plays, Oppenheim published over 150 books. He is considered one of the originators of the thriller genre, his novels also range from spy thrillers to romance, but all have an undertone of intrigue.

Excerpt
A solitary cabin stood far away in the backwoods of Canada, outside all tracks of civilization, in a region which only the native Indians and a few daring trappers cared to penetrate. Rudely built of pine logs, it was ill-calculated to withstand the piercing cold and frost which, for nine months out of the twelve, holds this region in an iron grip. Around it, a small clearing had been effected, but the ground was many feet thick in snow, which, save where in front of the door it had been cut away, surrounded the frail little building, and reached up to the rude window.

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Oppenheim, E. Phillips: Gabriel Samara. V1. 24 Jul 2012

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ccEdward Phillips Oppenheim (October 22, 1866 – February 3, 1946), was an English novelist, in his lifetime a major and successful writer of genre fiction including thrillers .A best-selling author of novels, short stories, magazine articles, translations, and plays, Oppenheim published over 150 books. He is considered one of the originators of the thriller genre, his novels also range from spy thrillers to romance, but all have an undertone of intrigue.

Excerpt
Miss Sadie Loyes, the manageress of the Hotel Weltmore Typewriting and Secretarial Bureau, set down the receiver of the telephone which had its place upon her desk and studied thoughtfully the eleven young ladies who comprised her present staff. She stood there, an angular, untidy-looking person, tapping a pencil against her teeth, unconscious arbitress, not only of the fate of two very interesting people, but also of the fate of a great nation. Portentous events depended upon her decision. A man's life in this teeming city of New York was a small enough matter of itself. The life of this prospective client of hers, however, waiting now in his suite on the eleventh floor for the help which he had summoned, was hung about with destiny. Meanwhile, Miss Sadie Loyes continued to tap her teeth with the pencil, and reflect. Which should it be?

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Oppenheim, E. Phillips: Havoc. V1. 26 Aug 2011

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Edward Phillips Oppenheim (October 22, 1866 – February 3, 1946), was an English novelist, in his lifetime a major and successful writer of genre fiction including thrillers .A best-selling author of novels, short stories, magazine articles, translations, and plays, Oppenheim published over 150 books. He is considered one of the originators of the thriller genre, his novels also range from spy thrillers to romance, but all have an undertone of intrigue.

Excerpt
BELLAMY, KING'S Spy, and Dorward, journalist, known to fame in every English-speaking country, stood before the double window of their spacious sitting-room, looking down upon the thoroughfare beneath. Both men were laboring under a bitter sense of failure. Bellamy's face was dark with forebodings; Dorward was irritated and nervous. Failure was a new thing to him—a thing which those behind the great journals which he represented understood less, even, than he. Bellamy loved his country, and fear was gnawing at his heart.

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Oppenheim, E. Phillips: Jacob's Ladder. V1. 28 Aug 2011

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Edward Phillips Oppenheim (October 22, 1866 – February 3, 1946), was an English novelist, in his lifetime a major and successful writer of genre fiction including thrillers .A best-selling author of novels, short stories, magazine articles, translations, and plays, Oppenheim published over 150 books. He is considered one of the originators of the thriller genre, his novels also range from spy thrillers to romance, but all have an undertone of intrigue.

Excerpt
SEATED at breakfast on that memorable July morning, Jacob Pratt presented all the appearance of a disconsolate man. His little country sitting-room was as neat and tidy as the capable hands of the inimitable Mrs. Harris could make it. His coffee was hot and his eggs were perfectly boiled. Through the open windows stretched a little vista of the many rows of standard roses which had been the joy of his life. Yet blank misery dwelt in the soul of this erstwhile cheerful little man, and the spirit of degradation hung like a gloomy pall over his thoughts and being. Only the day before he had filed his petition in bankruptcy.

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Oppenheim, E. Phillips: Jeanne of the Marshes. V1. 29 Aug 2011

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Edward Phillips Oppenheim (October 22, 1866 – February 3, 1946), was an English novelist, in his lifetime a major and successful writer of genre fiction including thrillers .A best-selling author of novels, short stories, magazine articles, translations, and plays, Oppenheim published over 150 books. He is considered one of the originators of the thriller genre, his novels also range from spy thrillers to romance, but all have an undertone of intrigue.

Excerpt
"Ah!" he said. "I am a man whom it is not easy to deceive. I have seen very much of the world, and I know the ways of women. A woman who wants money, my dear Princess, is very, very clever, and not too honest."

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Oppenheim, E. Phillips: Jennerton and Co Ltd (1929); v1

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Jennerton and his son form Jennerton and Co, Ltd, a private detection agency in London. Ten stories of their adventures.

1: Three Birds with One Stone
2: Judgment Postponed
3: The Tax Collector
4: The Lion’s Den
5: The Yankeedoodle Kid
6: Waiting for Tonks
7: Numbers One and Seven
8: Tawsitter’s Millions
9: The Man with Two Bags
10: The Great Bear

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Oppenheim, E. Phillips: Kingdom of the Blind v1 28 jan 2009

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Classical spy thriller by the early master of suspense.

Get thrilled!

Cover made with original frontispiece.

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Oppenheim, E. Phillips: Last Train Out. V1. 25 Jul 2012

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Edward Phillips Oppenheim (October 22, 1866 – February 3, 1946), was an English novelist, in his lifetime a major and successful writer of genre fiction including thrillers .A best-selling author of novels, short stories, magazine articles, translations, and plays, Oppenheim published over 150 books. He is considered one of the originators of the thriller genre, his novels also range from spy thrillers to romance, but all have an undertone of intrigue.

Excerpt
Mr. Schlesser, who was an insignificant-looking person, seemed to expand and grow almost into dignity as he bowed low to the tall, thin man who was passing by. Mr. Leopold Benjamin did not in the least resemble his cashier. No one would have imagined them to belong to the same race, a race which in those days stood in hourly peril of its life. His smile was scarcely cheerful, but pleasant enough in its way as he half paused to return his employee's greeting. His eyes looked enquiringly at the stranger. The cashier slipped open the wire partition which separated him from the outside world.

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Oppenheim, E. Phillips: Mr. Grex of Monte Carlo. V1, 3 Sep 2011

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Edward Phillips Oppenheim (October 22, 1866 – February 3, 1946), was an English novelist, in his lifetime a major and successful writer of genre fiction including thrillers .A best-selling author of novels, short stories, magazine articles, translations, and plays, Oppenheim published over 150 books. He is considered one of the originators of the thriller genre, his novels also range from spy thrillers to romance, but all have an undertone of intrigue.

Excerpt
He read it over, letter by letter, word by word. Then at last he looked up. His voice sounded, even to himself, unnatural.
"You were quite right," he said. "This order is a forgery."

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Oppenheim, E. Phillips: Mr. Marx's Secret. V1. 19 Jul 2012

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ccEdward Phillips Oppenheim (October 22, 1866 – February 3, 1946), was an English novelist, in his lifetime a major and successful writer of genre fiction including thrillers .A best-selling author of novels, short stories, magazine articles, translations, and plays, Oppenheim published over 150 books. He is considered one of the originators of the thriller genre, his novels also range from spy thrillers to romance, but all have an undertone of intrigue.

Excerpt
I was a trespasser, of course; but I was the son of Farmer Morton, an old tenant on the estate, and much in favour with the keepers, by reason of a famous brew which he was ever ready to offer a thirsty man, or to drink himself. So "Morton's young 'un" was unmolested; and, save for an occasional good-humoured warning from Crooks, the head-gamekeeper, during breeding-time, I had the run of the place.

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Oppenheim, E. Phillips: Murder At Monte Carlo. V1. 27 Jun 2012

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Edward Phillips Oppenheim (October 22, 1866 – February 3, 1946), was an English novelist, in his lifetime a major and successful writer of genre fiction including thrillers .A best-selling author of novels, short stories, magazine articles, translations, and plays, Oppenheim published over 150 books. He is considered one of the originators of the thriller genre, his novels also range from spy thrillers to romance, but all have an undertone of intrigue.

Excerpt
Paul Viotti tapped with the tips of his finger nails the five cards which lay face downwards before him upon the green baize table. His four companions took the hint and prepared to listen. This was no ordinary card room in which the five men had met. It was the Holy of Holies in the most famous gambling club of New York. He would be a brave man who sought entrance there while a séance was being held.

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Oppenheim, E. Phillips: Mysterious Mr. Sabin. V1. 3 Sep 2011

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Edward Phillips Oppenheim (October 22, 1866 – February 3, 1946), was an English novelist, in his lifetime a major and successful writer of genre fiction including thrillers .A best-selling author of novels, short stories, magazine articles, translations, and plays, Oppenheim published over 150 books. He is considered one of the originators of the thriller genre, his novels also range from spy thrillers to romance, but all have an undertone of intrigue.

Excerpt
“A young lady called here about an hour ago, and asked for you. Johnson informed her that you might be home shortly, and she said she would wait. Johnson, perhaps imprudently, admitted her, and she is in the study, my lord.”
“A young lady in my study at this time of night!” Wolfenden exclaimed, incredulously. “Who is she, and what is she, and why has she come at all? Have you gone mad, Selby?”

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Oppenheim, E. Phillips: Nobody's Man. V1. 4 Sep 2011

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Edward Phillips Oppenheim (October 22, 1866 – February 3, 1946), was an English novelist, in his lifetime a major and successful writer of genre fiction including thrillers .A best-selling author of novels, short stories, magazine articles, translations, and plays, Oppenheim published over 150 books. He is considered one of the originators of the thriller genre, his novels also range from spy thrillers to romance, but all have an undertone of intrigue.

Excerpt
ANDREW TALLENTE stepped out of the quaint little train on to the flower-bedecked platform of this Devonshire hamlet amongst the hills, to receive a surprise so immeasurable that for a moment he could do nothing but gaze silently at the tall, ungainly figure whose unpleasant smile betrayed the fact that this meeting was not altogether accidental so far as he was concerned.

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Oppenheim, E. Phillips: Peter Ruff and the Double Four. V1. 5 Sep 2011

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Edward Phillips Oppenheim (October 22, 1866 – February 3, 1946), was an English novelist, in his lifetime a major and successful writer of genre fiction including thrillers .A best-selling author of novels, short stories, magazine articles, translations, and plays, Oppenheim published over 150 books. He is considered one of the originators of the thriller genre, his novels also range from spy thrillers to romance, but all have an undertone of intrigue.

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THERE WAS nothing about the supper party on that particular Sunday evening in November at Daisy Villa, Green Street, Streatham, which seemed to indicate in any way that one of the most interesting careers connected with the world history of crime was to owe its very existence to the disaster which befell that little gathering.

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Oppenheim, E. Phillips: The Avenger. V1. 20 Aug 2011

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Edward Phillips Oppenheim (October 22, 1866 – February 3, 1946), was an English novelist, in his lifetime a major and successful writer of genre fiction including thrillers .A best-selling author of novels, short stories, magazine articles, translations, and plays, Oppenheim published over 150 books. He is considered one of the originators of the thriller genre, his novels also range from spy thrillers to romance, but all have an undertone of intrigue.

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The man and the woman stood facing one another, although in the uncertain firelight which alone illumi-nated the room neither could see much save the outline of the other's form. The woman stood at the further end of the apartment by the side of the desk - his desk. The slim trembling fingers of one hand rested lightly upon it, the other was hanging by her side, nervously crumpling up the glove which she had only taken off a few minutes before. The man stood with his back to the door through which he had just entered. He was in evening dress; he carried an overcoat over his arm, and his hat was slightly on the back of his head. A cigarette was still burning between his lips, the key by means of which he had entered was swinging from his little finger. So far no words had passed between them. Both were apparently stupefied for the moment by the other's unexpected presence.

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Oppenheim, E. Phillips: The Battle Of Basinghall Street. V1. 19 Jul 2012

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Edward Phillips Oppenheim (October 22, 1866 – February 3, 1946), was an English novelist, in his lifetime a major and successful writer of genre fiction including thrillers .A best-selling author of novels, short stories, magazine articles, translations, and plays, Oppenheim published over 150 books. He is considered one of the originators of the thriller genre, his novels also range from spy thrillers to romance, but all have an undertone of intrigue.

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They were a strange-looking company, these warriors of commerce who were following him, not one of them bearing in gait or features any suggestion of gentle birth. There were big men and small men, some dark-haired and some fair-complexioned, differing in many respects, but every one of them with the hard mouth and keen eyes of the successful man. That they had met with success was a proven thing, for each one was a member of the board of the celebrated Woolito Company. Their cheeks were a trifle flushed with wine. Most of them were smoking large and very wonderful cigars. They trooped rather noisily into the room and, as each arrived, he was shown to his seat by a pale-faced, bespectacled young man in morning clothes, Andrew Crooks, Lord Marsom's private secretary.

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Oppenheim, E. Phillips: The Betrayal. V1. 21 Aug 2011

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Edward Phillips Oppenheim (October 22, 1866 – February 3, 1946), was an English novelist, in his lifetime a major and successful writer of genre fiction including thrillers .A best-selling author of novels, short stories, magazine articles, translations, and plays, Oppenheim published over 150 books. He is considered one of the originators of the thriller genre, his novels also range from spy thrillers to romance, but all have an undertone of intrigue.

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The Duke waved his hand as though in salute, and turned apparently with the object of coming to meet us. But at that moment, without any apparent cause, he lurched over towards the cliff side, and we saw him fall. Lady Angela's cry of frenzied horror was the most awful thing I had ever heard. Lord Chelsford took her into his arms.
"Climb down, Ducaine," he gasped. "I'm done!"
I found the Duke on the shingles, curiously unmangled. He had the appearance of a man who had found death restful.

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Oppenheim, E. Phillips: The Bird of Paradise (Floating Peril). V1. 19 Jul 2012

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Edward Phillips Oppenheim (October 22, 1866 – February 3, 1946), was an English novelist, in his lifetime a major and successful writer of genre fiction including thrillers .A best-selling author of novels, short stories, magazine articles, translations, and plays, Oppenheim published over 150 books. He is considered one of the originators of the thriller genre, his novels also range from spy thrillers to romance, but all have an undertone of intrigue.

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A young American on his yacht, the Bird of Paradise in the harbour at Antibes, is puzzled by the desire he finds in visitors coming aboard at different times to buy the vessel from him. His first mysterious experience is when he finds a girl in full evening dress swimming alongside. The next is when a man occupying an important position in the French Cabinet, who is accompanied by a well-known banker, calls with a demand for sale at a high price. A French gunboat slips into the harbour and drops anchor close to the yacht and remains there. A fascinating danseuse is a visitor. And so on, and with the material of conspiracies, French politics, love and adventure the story is woven around the yacht with that peculiar polish in dialogue and fascinating colouring characteristic of the popular author. The reader early gets an inkling of what is afoot but the air of mystery never lapses and the necessity for finding out what the ingenuity of the writer is leading up to will be found to continue and grow right through to the end.

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Oppenheim, E. Phillips: The Black Box v1 7 jan 2009

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This was a very hard ebook to assemble, There are lots of photos in this and quite a lot of different styles and layouts. I guess it was worth it, though.

The Black Box is a very early example of a novelized movie, with photos of the actual movie. The pics seem quite funny today, especially the obvious over-acting of early movies shining through in every still.

The story (or stories) feature a super detective hero called Quest (no, really, I am serious).

All in all, this book may have lost some of it's mystery novel touch but makes it all up with it's funny appeal.

This is one to get, obviously. You will love it!

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Oppenheim, E. Phillips: The Black Box. V1. 22 Jul 2012

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ccEdward Phillips Oppenheim (October 22, 1866 – February 3, 1946), was an English novelist, in his lifetime a major and successful writer of genre fiction including thrillers .A best-selling author of novels, short stories, magazine articles, translations, and plays, Oppenheim published over 150 books. He is considered one of the originators of the thriller genre, his novels also range from spy thrillers to romance, but all have an undertone of intrigue.

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“Sanford Quest,” he pronounced at last, “is the greatest master in criminology the world has ever known. He is a magician, a scientist, the Pierpont Morgan of his profession.”

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Oppenheim, E. Phillips: The Box with Broken Seals v1 26 apr 2009

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From the blurb:[QUOT This is a story of intrigue, unfolding in the author's best style: a thrilling narrative of Jocelyn Thew and the English Service.

The reader follows with avidity the daring moves of Thew from the time he sails from New York on the "City of Boston", accompanied by a dying man and a special nurse in the person of Katherine Beverley, a society girl who is under obligations to Thew.

The eventful trip across the Atlantic and the attempts of an agent to outwit his enemies in England lead to the climax which will surprise even the inveterate Oppenheim reader.[/QUOT

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Oppenheim, E. Phillips: The Cinema Murder. V1. 21 Aug 2011

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Edward Phillips Oppenheim (October 22, 1866 – February 3, 1946), was an English novelist, in his lifetime a major and successful writer of genre fiction including thrillers .A best-selling author of novels, short stories, magazine articles, translations, and plays, Oppenheim published over 150 books. He is considered one of the originators of the thriller genre, his novels also range from spy thrillers to romance, but all have an undertone of intrigue.

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"Listen," she cried passionately, "I don't care what you think! I tell you that if you were really a man, if you had a man's heart in your body, you'd have sinned yourself before now—robbed some one, murdered them, torn the things that make life from the fate that refuses to give them. What is it they pay you," she went on contemptuously, "at that miserable art school of yours? Sixty pounds a year! How much do you get to eat and drink out of that? What sort of clothes have you to wear? Are you content? Yet even you have been better off than I. You have always your chance. Your play may be accepted or your stories published. I haven't even had that forlorn hope. But even you, Philip, may wait too long. There are too many laws, nowadays, for life to be lived naturally. If I were a man, a man like you, I'd break them."

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Oppenheim, E. Phillips: The Curious Quest. V1. 22 Jul 2012

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ccEdward Phillips Oppenheim (October 22, 1866 – February 3, 1946), was an English novelist, in his lifetime a major and successful writer of genre fiction including thrillers .A best-selling author of novels, short stories, magazine articles, translations, and plays, Oppenheim published over 150 books. He is considered one of the originators of the thriller genre, his novels also range from spy thrillers to romance, but all have an undertone of intrigue.

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Bliss seated himself disconsolately in an easy-chair and resigned himself to wait with an ill grace which he took no particular pains to conceal. He was a very spoilt young man, and he was inclined to resent this treatment from a physician whom he was proposing to honour by his patronage. Each time the butler entered the room he half rose, expecting to hear his name called—and each time he was disappointed. It was not until his turn arrived that he was shown into the presence of the physician.

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Oppenheim, E. Phillips: The Devil's Paw v1 16 dec 2008

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A new one from our "Prince of Storytellers".

[QUOTthe stem of his wineglass. "Who knows?" Furley grunted. "The newspapers must have their daily sensation." "I have a theory that it is being engineered."
"Bolo business, eh?" Julian Orden moved in his place a little uneasily. His long, nervous fingers played with the stick which stood always by the side of his chair.
"You don't believe in it, do you?" he asked quietly. Furley looked straight ahead of him. His eyes seemed caught by the glitter of the lamplight upon the cut-glass decanter.
"You know my opinion of war, Julian," he said. "It's a filthy, intolerable heritage from generations of autocratic government. No democracy ever wanted war. Every democracy needs and desires peace."
"One moment," Julian interrupted. "You must remember that a democracy seldom possesses the imperialistic spirit, and a great empire can scarcely survive without it."
"Arrant nonsense!" was the vigorous reply. "A great empire, from hemisphere to hemisphere, can be kept together a good deal better by democratic control. Force is always the arriere pensee of the individual and the autocrat."[/QUOT
So there you go.

Source PG, found original cover

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Oppenheim, E. Phillips: The Double Four v1 16 feb 2009

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The Double Four is some kind of secret society spying for the Enemy. Our hero is called Peter Ruff and he is hot on the heels of the impersonated bad.

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Oppenheim, E. Phillips: The Double Four. V1. 22 Aug 2011

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Edward Phillips Oppenheim (October 22, 1866 – February 3, 1946), was an English novelist, in his lifetime a major and successful writer of genre fiction including thrillers .A best-selling author of novels, short stories, magazine articles, translations, and plays, Oppenheim published over 150 books. He is considered one of the originators of the thriller genre, his novels also range from spy thrillers to romance, but all have an undertone of intrigue.

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["It is the desire of Madame!"[/
Peter Ruff clenched his fists as he read the words once more. It was a message from a world every memory of which had been deliberately crushed—a world, indeed, in which he had seemed no longer to hold any place. He was Peter Ruff, Esquire, of Aynesford Manor, in the County of Somerset. It could not be for him, this strange summons.

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Oppenheim, E. Phillips: The Double Life Of Mr. Alfred Burton. V1. 22 Aug 2011

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Edward Phillips Oppenheim (October 22, 1866 – February 3, 1946), was an English novelist, in his lifetime a major and successful writer of genre fiction including thrillers .A best-selling author of novels, short stories, magazine articles, translations, and plays, Oppenheim published over 150 books. He is considered one of the originators of the thriller genre, his novels also range from spy thrillers to romance, but all have an undertone of intrigue.

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MR. ALFRED Burton, although he was blissfully and completely ignorant of the fact, stood at the door of Fate. He was a little out of breath and his silk hat was reclining at the back of his head. In his mouth was a large cigar which he felt certain was going to disagree with him, but he smoked it because it had been presented to him a few minutes ago by the client upon whom he was in attendance. He had rather deep-set blue eyes, which might have been attractive but for a certain keenness in their outlook, which was in a sense indicative of the methods and character of the young man himself; a pale, characterless face, a straggling, sandy moustache, and an earnest, not to say convincing, manner. He was dressed in such garments as the head-clerk of Messrs. Waddington & Forbes, third-rate auctioneers and house agents, might have been expected to select. He dangled a bunch of keys in his hand.

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Oppenheim, E. Phillips: The Double Traitor. V1. 23 Aug 2011

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Edward Phillips Oppenheim (October 22, 1866 – February 3, 1946), was an English novelist, in his lifetime a major and successful writer of genre fiction including thrillers .A best-selling author of novels, short stories, magazine articles, translations, and plays, Oppenheim published over 150 books. He is considered one of the originators of the thriller genre, his novels also range from spy thrillers to romance, but all have an undertone of intrigue.

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"My friend," she said, "when we first met—I am ashamed, considering that I dine alone with you to-night, to reflect how short a time ago—you spoke of your removal here from Paris very much as though it were a veritable exile. I told you then that there might be surprises in store for you. This restaurant, for instance! We both know our Paris, yet do we lack anything here which you find at the Ritz or Giro's?"

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Oppenheim, E. Phillips: The Evil Shepherd. V1. 24 Aug 2011

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Edward Phillips Oppenheim (October 22, 1866 – February 3, 1946), was an English novelist, in his lifetime a major and successful writer of genre fiction including thrillers .A best-selling author of novels, short stories, magazine articles, translations, and plays, Oppenheim published over 150 books. He is considered one of the originators of the thriller genre, his novels also range from spy thrillers to romance, but all have an undertone of intrigue.

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Ledsam sat up and looked around him. He was a little dazed. He had almost the feeling of a man recovering from the influence of some anaesthetic. Before his eyes were still passing visions of terrible deeds, of naked, ugly passion, of man's unscrupulous savagery. During those few minutes he had been transported to New York and Paris, London and Rome. Crimes had been spoken of which made the murder for which Oliver Hilditch had just been tried seem like a trifling indiscretion. Hard though his mentality, sternly matter-of-fact as was his outlook, he was still unable to fully believe in himself, his surroundings, or in this woman who had just dropped a veil over her ashen cheeks. Reason persisted in asserting itself.
"But if you knew all this," he demanded, "why on earth didn't you come forward and give evidence?"
"Because," she answered calmly, as she rose to her feet, "my evidence would not have been admissible. I am Oliver Hilditch's wife."

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Oppenheim, E. Phillips: The Golden Web. V1. 24 Aug 2011

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Edward Phillips Oppenheim (October 22, 1866 – February 3, 1946), was an English novelist, in his lifetime a major and successful writer of genre fiction including thrillers .A best-selling author of novels, short stories, magazine articles, translations, and plays, Oppenheim published over 150 books. He is considered one of the originators of the thriller genre, his novels also range from spy thrillers to romance, but all have an undertone of intrigue.

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THE CONTRAST in personal appearance between the two men, having regard to their relative positions, was a significant thing. The caller, who had just been summoned from the waiting-room, and was standing before the other's table, hat in hand, a little shabby, with ill-brushed hair and doubtful collar, bore in his countenance many traces of the wild and irregular life which had reduced him at this moment to the position of suppliant. His complexion was pale almost to ghastliness, and in his deep-set, sunken eyes there was more than a suggestion of recklessness. He was so nervous that his face twitched as he stood there waiting, and the fingers which held his hat trembled. His lips were a little parted, his breathing was scarcely healthy. There was something about his whole appearance indicative of failure. The writing upon his forehead was the writing of despair.

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Oppenheim, E. Phillips: The Governors. V1. 25 Aug 2011

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Edward Phillips Oppenheim (October 22, 1866 – February 3, 1946), was an English novelist, in his lifetime a major and successful writer of genre fiction including thrillers .A best-selling author of novels, short stories, magazine articles, translations, and plays, Oppenheim published over 150 books. He is considered one of the originators of the thriller genre, his novels also range from spy thrillers to romance, but all have an undertone of intrigue.

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VIRGINIA, when she had torn herself away from the bosom of her sorrowing but excited family, and boarded the car which passed only once a day through the tiny village in Massachusetts, where all her life had been spent, had felt herself, notwithstanding her nineteen years, a person of consequence and dignity. Virginia, when four hours later she followed a tall footman in wonderful livery through a stately suite of reception rooms in one of the finest of Fifth Avenue mansions, felt herself suddenly a very insignificant person. The roar and bustle of New York were still in her ears. Bewildered as she had been by this first contact with all the distracting influences of a great city, she was even more distraught by the wonder and magnificence of these, her more immediate surroundings. She, who had lived all her life in a simple farmhouse, where every one worked, and a single servant was regarded as a luxury, found herself suddenly in the palace of a millionaire, a palace made perfect by the despoilment of more than one of the most ancient homes in Europe.

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Oppenheim, E. Phillips: The Great Impersonation. v1, 19 Jan 2008

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E. Phillips Oppenheim (1866-1946), was an English novelist, in his lifetime a major and successful writer of genre fiction including thrillers. Featured on the cover of Time magazine in 1918, he was the self-styled "prince of storytellers." [The Great Impersonation[/ (1920) a classic spy novel is one of his best.

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Oppenheim, E. Phillips: The Great Prince Shan. V1. 25 Aug 2011

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Edward Phillips Oppenheim (October 22, 1866 – February 3, 1946), was an English novelist, in his lifetime a major and successful writer of genre fiction including thrillers .A best-selling author of novels, short stories, magazine articles, translations, and plays, Oppenheim published over 150 books. He is considered one of the originators of the thriller genre, his novels also range from spy thrillers to romance, but all have an undertone of intrigue.

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"A CLUB for diplomats and gentlemen," Prince Karschoff remarked, looking lazily through a little cloud of tobacco smoke around the spacious but almost deserted card room. "The classification seems comprehensive enough, yet it seems impossible to get even a decent rubber of bridge."

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Oppenheim, E. Phillips: The Great Secret. V1. 26 Aug 2011

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Edward Phillips Oppenheim (October 22, 1866 – February 3, 1946), was an English novelist, in his lifetime a major and successful writer of genre fiction including thrillers .A best-selling author of novels, short stories, magazine articles, translations, and plays, Oppenheim published over 150 books. He is considered one of the originators of the thriller genre, his novels also range from spy thrillers to romance, but all have an undertone of intrigue.

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"May I ask to what I am indebted for the pleasure of this unexpected visit?" I inquired.
The man took out a handkerchief and mopped his forehead. He was short and stout, with a bushy brown beard, and eyes which blinked at me in amazement from behind his gold-rimmed spectacles. He wore a grey tweed travelling suit, and brown boots. He had exactly the air of a prosperous middle-class tradesman from the provinces.
"I am afraid, sir," he said, "that we have made a mistake—in which case we shall owe you a thousand apologies. We are in search of a friend whom we certainly believed that we had seen enter your room."
Now all the time he was talking his eyes were never still. Every inch of my room that was visible they ransacked. His companion, too, was engaged in the same task. There were no traces of my visitor to be seen.

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Oppenheim, E. Phillips: The Hillman. V1. 27 Aug 2011

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Edward Phillips Oppenheim (October 22, 1866 – February 3, 1946), was an English novelist, in his lifetime a major and successful writer of genre fiction including thrillers .A best-selling author of novels, short stories, magazine articles, translations, and plays, Oppenheim published over 150 books. He is considered one of the originators of the thriller genre, his novels also range from spy thrillers to romance, but all have an undertone of intrigue.

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What followed came like a thunder-clap. The prince reeled back, his hand to his mouth, blood dropping upon the tablecloth from his lips, where John had struck him. He made a sudden spring at his assailant. Sophy, shrieking, leaped to her feet. Every one else in the place seemed paralyzed with wonder.

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Oppenheim, E. Phillips: The Illustrious Prince v1 20 feb 2009

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This is one of the pulpier efforts of the prince of story tellers, featuring a japanese prince, a murder, Inspector Jacks and a lot of mayhem.

This novel was so successful in its time that it was turned into a movie.

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Oppenheim, E. Phillips: The Light Beyond. V1. 26 Jul 2012

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Edward Phillips Oppenheim (October 22, 1866 – February 3, 1946), was an English novelist, in his lifetime a major and successful writer of genre fiction including thrillers .A best-selling author of novels, short stories, magazine articles, translations, and plays, Oppenheim published over 150 books. He is considered one of the originators of the thriller genre, his novels also range from spy thrillers to romance, but all have an undertone of intrigue.

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Of the three men who lunched together at the corner table at the Ritz, Raoul de Fontanay was perhaps the most distinguished in appearance, Henry Dorchester the best-looking, and Van Stratton the most attractive. In their outlook upon life, as well as in their personal tastes, they were so far removed from one another that their friendship was an easy thing. Not one of the three was in the least disputative, and controversy merely added an appetite to discussion. They even ventured, on this particular May morning, to speak of the other sex.

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Oppenheim, E. Phillips: The Lighted Way v1 8 apr 2009

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[QUOTTo see into the room at all, Arnold had been compelled to step down from the grass on to a narrow, tiled path about half a yard wide, which led to the back door. Standing on this and peering through the chink in the boards, he gained at last a view of the interior of the house. From the first, he had entered upon this search with a certain presentiment. He looked into the room and shivered. It was apparently the kitchen, and was unfurnished save for half a dozen rickety chairs, and a deal table in the middle of the room. Upon this was stretched the body of a motionless man. There were three others in the room. One, who appeared to have some knowledge of medicine, had taken off his coat and was listening with his ear against the senseless man's heart. A brandy bottle stood upon the table. They had evidently been doing what they could to restore him to consciousness. Terrible though the sight was, Arnold found something else in that little room to kindle his emotion. Two of the men were unknown to him—dark-complexioned, ordinary middle-class people; but the third he recognized with a start. It was Isaac who stood there, a little aloof, waiting somberly for what his companion's verdict might be.

Apparently, after a time, they gave up all hope of the still motionless man. They talked together, glancing now and then towards his body. The window was open at the top and Arnold could sometimes hear a word. With great difficulty, he gathered that they were proposing to remove him, and that they were taking the back way. Presently he saw them lift the body down and wrap it in an overcoat. Then Arnold stole away across the lawn toward a gate in the wall. It was locked, but it was easy for him to climb over. He had barely done so when he saw the three men come out of the back of the house, carrying their wounded comrade. He waited till he was sure they were coming, and then looked around for a hiding-place. He was now in a sort of lane, ending in a cul de sac at the back of Mr. Weatherley's house. There were gardens on one side, parallel with the one through which he had just passed, and opposite were stables, motor sheds and tool houses. He slipped a little way down the lane and concealed himself behind a load of wood. About forty yards away was a street, for which he imagined that they would probably make. He held his breath and waited.

In a few minutes he saw the door in the wall open. One of the men slipped out and looked up and down. He apparently signaled that the coast was clear, and soon the others followed him. They came down the lane, walking very slowly—a weird and uncanny little procession. Arnold caught a glimpse of them as they passed. The two larger men were supporting their fallen companion between them, each with an arm under his armpits, so that the fact that he was really being carried was barely noticeable. Isaac came behind, his hands thrust deep into his overcoat pocket, a cloth cap drawn over his features. So they went on to the end of the lane. As soon as they had reached it, Arnold followed them swiftly. When he gained the street, they were about twenty yards to the right, looking around them. It was a fairly populous neighborhood, with a row of villas on the other side of the road, and a few shops lower down. They stood there, having carefully chosen a place remote from the gas lamps, until at last a taxicab came crawling by. They hailed it, and Isaac engaged the driver's attention apparently with some complicated direction, while the others lifted their burden into the taxicab. One man got in with him. Isaac and the other, with ordinary good-nights, strode away. The taxicab turned around and headed westward. Arnold, with a long breath, watched them all disappear. Then he, too, turned homewards. [/QUOT

Murder, mayhem and money in this pulpy mystery by bestseller writer E. Phillips Oppenheim.

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Oppenheim, E. Phillips: The Lighted Way. V1. 30 Aug 2011

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Edward Phillips Oppenheim (October 22, 1866 – February 3, 1946), was an English novelist, in his lifetime a major and successful writer of genre fiction including thrillers .A best-selling author of novels, short stories, magazine articles, translations, and plays, Oppenheim published over 150 books. He is considered one of the originators of the thriller genre, his novels also range from spy thrillers to romance, but all have an undertone of intrigue.

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Very slowly he retraced his steps until he stood outside the glass-enclosed cage where twelve of the hardest-worked clerks in London bent over their ledgers and invoicing.

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Oppenheim, E. Phillips: The Lost Ambassador. V1. 31 Aug 2011

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Edward Phillips Oppenheim (October 22, 1866 – February 3, 1946), was an English novelist, in his lifetime a major and successful writer of genre fiction including thrillers .A best-selling author of novels, short stories, magazine articles, translations, and plays, Oppenheim published over 150 books. He is considered one of the originators of the thriller genre, his novels also range from spy thrillers to romance, but all have an undertone of intrigue.

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There was no particular reason why, after having left the Opera House, I should have retraced my steps and taken my place once more amongst the throng of people who stood about in the entresol, exchanging greetings and waiting for their carriages. A backward glance as I had been about to turn into the Place de l'Opera had arrested my somewhat hurried departure. The night was young, and where else was such a sight to be seen? Besides, was it not amongst some such throng as this that the end of my search might come?

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Oppenheim, E. Phillips: The Malefactor. V1. 1 Sep 2011

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Edward Phillips Oppenheim (October 22, 1866 – February 3, 1946), was an English novelist, in his lifetime a major and successful writer of genre fiction including thrillers .A best-selling author of novels, short stories, magazine articles, translations, and plays, Oppenheim published over 150 books. He is considered one of the originators of the thriller genre, his novels also range from spy thrillers to romance, but all have an undertone of intrigue.

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Tall and burly, with features and skin hardened by exposure to the sun and winds of many climates, he looked like a man ready to face all hardships, equal to any emergency. Already one seemed to see the clothes and habits of civilization falling away from him, the former to be replaced by the stern, unlovely outfit of the war correspondent who plays the game. They crowded around him in the club smoking room, for these were his last few minutes. They had dined him, toasted him, and the club loving cup had been drained to his success and his safe return. For Lovell was a popular member of the very Bohemian gathering, and he was going to the Far East, at a few hours' notice, to represent one of the greatest of English dailies.

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Oppenheim, E. Phillips: The Man and His Kingdom. V1. 26 Jul 2012

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Edward Phillips Oppenheim (October 22, 1866 – February 3, 1946), was an English novelist, in his lifetime a major and successful writer of genre fiction including thrillers .A best-selling author of novels, short stories, magazine articles, translations, and plays, Oppenheim published over 150 books. He is considered one of the originators of the thriller genre, his novels also range from spy thrillers to romance, but all have an undertone of intrigue.

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Gregory Dene rose slowly to his feet and walked away to the rail of the little steamer; For some little time he remained with his back to her, thinking. The thing was so incomprehensible that the more he thought the more bewildered he became. It was one of the furthermost corners of the world for which he was bound, a tiny little Republic without history or any possible attraction for travellers or chance visitors. The girl who had been his fellow-traveller from England had not mentioned her destination to him until they had left the great Ocean Liner at Buenos Ayres, only to meet again on the little tramp steamer in which they were completing their journey. His surprise at seeing her had been great. Of all places in the world San Martina was one of the most impossible for a woman of her age and looks, to arrive at alone and without powerful friends. Had she been deceived in any way—misled? Her voice broke in upon his wondering.

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Oppenheim, E. Phillips: The Master Mummer v1 25 feb 2009

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A master story told by the prince of story tellers about a ... writer who , while looking for a story, stumbles in horrific adventures full of murder and mayhem.
Typical Oppenheim story with a large measure of pulp thrown in.

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Oppenheim, E. Phillips: The Mischief Maker. V1. 1 Sep 2011

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Edward Phillips Oppenheim (October 22, 1866 – February 3, 1946), was an English novelist, in his lifetime a major and successful writer of genre fiction including thrillers .A best-selling author of novels, short stories, magazine articles, translations, and plays, Oppenheim published over 150 books. He is considered one of the originators of the thriller genre, his novels also range from spy thrillers to romance, but all have an undertone of intrigue.

Excerpt
THE GIRL who was dying lay in an invalid chair piled up with cushions in a sheltered corner of the lawn. The woman who had come to visit her had deliberately turned away her head with a murmured word about the sunshine and the field of buttercups. Behind them was the little sanitarium, a gray stone villa built in the style of a château, overgrown with creepers, and with terraced lawns stretching down to the sunny corner to which the girl had been carried earlier in the day. There were flowers everywhere—beds of hyacinths, and borders of purple and yellow crocuses. A lilac tree was bursting into blossom, the breeze was soft and full of life. Below, beyond the yellow-starred field of which the woman had spoken, flowed the Seine, and in the distance one could see the outskirts of Paris.

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Oppenheim, E. Phillips: The Missioner. V1. 1 Sep 2011

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Edward Phillips Oppenheim (October 22, 1866 – February 3, 1946), was an English novelist, in his lifetime a major and successful writer of genre fiction including thrillers .A best-selling author of novels, short stories, magazine articles, translations, and plays, Oppenheim published over 150 books. He is considered one of the originators of the thriller genre, his novels also range from spy thrillers to romance, but all have an undertone of intrigue.

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Jean le Roi sprang at him like a cat, his legs off the ground, one arm around the other’s neck, and something gleaming in his right hand. Nothing but Macheson’s superb strength saved him. He risked being throttled, and caught Jean le Roi’s right arm in such a grip that he swung him half round the room. The bone snapped, and the knife fell from the nerveless fingers. But Macheson let go a second too soon. Jean le Roi had all the courage and the insensibility to pain of a brute animal. He stretched out his foot, and with a trick of his old days, tripped Macheson so that he fell heavily. Jean le Roi bent over him on his knees, breathing heavily, and with murder in his eyes. Macheson scarcely breathed! He lay perfectly still. Jean le Roi staggered to his feet and turned towards Wilhelmina.

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Oppenheim, E. Phillips: The Moving Finger. V1. 2 Sep 2011

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Edward Phillips Oppenheim (October 22, 1866 – February 3, 1946), was an English novelist, in his lifetime a major and successful writer of genre fiction including thrillers .A best-selling author of novels, short stories, magazine articles, translations, and plays, Oppenheim published over 150 books. He is considered one of the originators of the thriller genre, his novels also range from spy thrillers to romance, but all have an undertone of intrigue.

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The boy, when he had settled down to his vigil, had been alone. From over the brow of the hill, however, had come a few minutes ago a man, dressed in loose shooting clothes, and with a gun under his arm. He came to a standstill by the side of the boy, and stood there watching him for several moments, with a certain faintly amused curiosity shining out of his somewhat supercilious gray eyes. The newcomer was obviously a person of breeding and culture—the sort of person who assumes without question the title of “Gentleman.” The boy wore ready-made clothes and hobnailed boots. They remained within a few feet of one another for several moments, without speech.

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Oppenheim, E. Phillips: The new tenant v1 7 feb 2009

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Turmoil over Thurlow House. The new tenant of the garden house has barely moved in when a grisly murder happens. Is Mister Brown, the new tenant guilty? Who is he, anyway? His past is shrouded in mystery and nobody seems to know anything about him other than that he is wealthy? Strange things continue to happen.

Devious mystery by "the prince of storytellers". If you like British style mysteries, this one's for you!

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Oppenheim, E. Phillips: The Ostrekoff Jewels. V2. 8 June 2012

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The Ostrekoff Jewels
by E. Phillips Oppenheim (1932)

Edward Phillips Oppenheim (October 22, 1866 – February 3, 1946), was an English novelist, in his lifetime a major and successful writer of genre fiction including thrillers.

Synopsis
"..countless adventures while crossing the Russian frontier and in Poland...custodian of the priceless Ostrekoff jewels, take flight bye aeroplane across warring Europe...latest thriller...those days of terror - those days in 1917 that shook Russia and the whole world as well..." - Excerpted from jacket information.

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Reformatted for readability (fonts, headers, chapter breaks, TOC, etc) and converted to mobi for the Kindle 3. Conversion done via Calibre.

EDIT (8 June):

Html code and .css file cleaned up (all the MS Word garbage removed).
Redid the TOC and various tags.

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Oppenheim, E. Phillips: The Pawns Count. V1. 4 Sep 2011

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Edward Phillips Oppenheim (October 22, 1866 – February 3, 1946), was an English novelist, in his lifetime a major and successful writer of genre fiction including thrillers .A best-selling author of novels, short stories, magazine articles, translations, and plays, Oppenheim published over 150 books. He is considered one of the originators of the thriller genre, his novels also range from spy thrillers to romance, but all have an undertone of intrigue.

Excerpt
"I AM for England and England only," John Lutchester, the Englishman, asserted.
"I am for Japan and Japan only," Nikasti, the Jap, insisted.
"I am for Germany first and America afterwards," Oscar Fischer, the German-American pronounced.
"I am for America first, America only, America always," Pamela Van Teyl, the American girl, declared.
They were all right except the German-American.

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Oppenheim, E. Phillips: The Peer and the Woman. V1. 27 Jul 2012

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Edward Phillips Oppenheim (October 22, 1866 – February 3, 1946), was an English novelist, in his lifetime a major and successful writer of genre fiction including thrillers .A best-selling author of novels, short stories, magazine articles, translations, and plays, Oppenheim published over 150 books. He is considered one of the originators of the thriller genre, his novels also range from spy thrillers to romance, but all have an undertone of intrigue.

Excerpt
Side by side with his dignified, handsome wife, Lord Bernard Clanavon, Earl of Alceston, stood receiving his guests in the spacious corridor which led into the brilliantly-lit ball-room of his town mansion. It was getting on toward midnight, but the stream of arrivals was scarcely yet lessened, and the broad marble staircase, lined with banks of palms and sweet-smelling exotics, was still thronged with graceful women in marvellous costumes and flashing jewelry, and tall, distinguished-looking men, some in gorgeous uniforms, with crosses and orders glistening upon their breasts, a few in court dress, and fewer still in the ordinary evening garb of civilians. For it was the first function of any social importance of a season which promised to be an exceptionally brilliant one, and nobody who was anybody at all in the charmed circle of London society would have thought of missing it. And so they trooped up the crimson-druggeted stairs in incongruous array—statesmen and peers, learned men and poets, men of the world and men of letters, the former with, the latter in most cases without, their womenkind; and very few indeed passed on into the ball-room without receiving some graceful little speech of welcome from their courteous host or charming hostess.

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Oppenheim, E. Phillips: The Postmaster of Deignton. V1. 28 Jul 2012

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Edward Phillips Oppenheim (October 22, 1866 – February 3, 1946), was an English novelist, in his lifetime a major and successful writer of genre fiction including thrillers .A best-selling author of novels, short stories, magazine articles, translations, and plays, Oppenheim published over 150 books. He is considered one of the originators of the thriller genre, his novels also range from spy thrillers to romance, but all have an undertone of intrigue.

Excerpt
The assistant withdraws, and the physician returns to his labours. Four more patients in turn occupy that low easy-chair, drawn so that the light from the high windows shall fall as far as possible upon their faces. The physician who listens to the recital of their symptoms, checking them but rarely to ask a few terse questions, sits back in the shadows, his perfectly impassive features and tone thrown into strong relief by the nervousness of the men and women who have come to consult him. In one or two cases he makes a brief examination, and notes the result with a few careless dashes of his pen.

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Oppenheim, E. Phillips: The Profiteers. V1. 6 Sep 2011

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Edward Phillips Oppenheim (October 22, 1866 – February 3, 1946), was an English novelist, in his lifetime a major and successful writer of genre fiction including thrillers .A best-selling author of novels, short stories, magazine articles, translations, and plays, Oppenheim published over 150 books. He is considered one of the originators of the thriller genre, his novels also range from spy thrillers to romance, but all have an undertone of intrigue.

Excerpt
Wingate, notwithstanding his iron nerve, awoke with a start, in the grey of the following morning, to find his heart pounding against his ribs and a chill sense of horror stealing into his brain. Nothing had happened or was happening except that one cry,--the low, awful cry of a man in agony. He sat up, switched on the electric light by his side and gazed at the round table, his fingers clenched around the butt of his pistol. Dredlinton, from whom had come the sound, had fallen with his head and shoulders upon the table. His face was invisible, only there crept from his hidden lips a faint repetition of the cry,--the hideous sob, it might have been, as of a spirit descending into hell.

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Oppenheim, E. Phillips: The Spy Paramount. V1. 28 Jul 2012

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Edward Phillips Oppenheim (October 22, 1866 – February 3, 1946), was an English novelist, in his lifetime a major and successful writer of genre fiction including thrillers .A best-selling author of novels, short stories, magazine articles, translations, and plays, Oppenheim published over 150 books. He is considered one of the originators of the thriller genre, his novels also range from spy thrillers to romance, but all have an undertone of intrigue.

Excerpt
Martin Fawley glanced irritably at the man stretched flat in the chair he coveted—the man whose cheeks were partly concealed by lather and whose mass of dark hair was wildly disarranged. One of his hands—delicate white hands they were, although the fingers were long and forceful—reposed in a silver bowl of hot water. The other one was being treated by the manicurist seated on a stool by his side, the young woman whose services Fawley also coveted. He had entered the establishment a little abruptly and he stood with his watch in his hand. Even Fawley's friends did not claim for him that he was a good-tempered person.

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Oppenheim, E. Phillips: The Strange Boarders of Palace Crescent. V1. 29 Jul 2012

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Edward Phillips Oppenheim (October 22, 1866 – February 3, 1946), was an English novelist, in his lifetime a major and successful writer of genre fiction including thrillers .A best-selling author of novels, short stories, magazine articles, translations, and plays, Oppenheim published over 150 books. He is considered one of the originators of the thriller genre, his novels also range from spy thrillers to romance, but all have an undertone of intrigue.

Excerpt
Neither the day upon which Roger Ferrison, a tall sturdy young man of sufficiently pleasing appearance, presented himself at Mrs. Dewar's Palace Crescent Boarding House, situated within a stone's throw of the Hammersmith Road, nor the manner of his initiation presented any unusual incident. He stepped off a bus at the corner of the shabby but pretentious looking thoroughfare and, carrying a large kit bag in his hand, walked slowly along, scrutinising the numbers until he had found the one of which he was in search. He rang the bell of Number Fourteen, was peered at from the area below and, after a not unreasonable delay, was admitted by an elderly manservant of somewhat impressive appearance. He was thin but tall, and of athletic build. His striped jacket and carefully brushed black trousers conformed to type. He threw open the door hospitably and regarded the visitor's bag with interest.
Oppenheim, E. Phillips: The Strange Boarders of Palace Crescent. V1. 29 Jul 2012

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Oppenheim, E. Phillips: The Strangers' Gate, V1. 29 Jul 2012

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Edward Phillips Oppenheim (October 22, 1866 – February 3, 1946), was an English novelist, in his lifetime a major and successful writer of genre fiction including thrillers .A best-selling author of novels, short stories, magazine articles, translations, and plays, Oppenheim published over 150 books. He is considered one of the originators of the thriller genre, his novels also range from spy thrillers to romance, but all have an undertone of intrigue.

Excerpt
"I have had an interview with Mr. Patterson, our lawyer," Portington continued. "I am only a junior director of the company, of course, but upon the strength of what the young lady told me I felt it to be my duty. I have examined a copy of the charter, Nigel. It is as I supposed. The concession refers only to the mine at Klast. If any other deposit of bauxite has been discovered in the kingdom, it does not come within the scope of our activities. The Government of the country or the King himself, if the bauxite is upon Crown Lands, could grant another concession, and down would go the price and another country, possibly an enemy one, would be able to turn out the same stuff."

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Oppenheim, E. Phillips: The Survivor. V1. 6 Sep 2011

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Edward Phillips Oppenheim (October 22, 1866 – February 3, 1946), was an English novelist, in his lifetime a major and successful writer of genre fiction including thrillers .A best-selling author of novels, short stories, magazine articles, translations, and plays, Oppenheim published over 150 books. He is considered one of the originators of the thriller genre, his novels also range from spy thrillers to romance, but all have an undertone of intrigue.

Excerpt
"My visitor," she said, "was a detective—from Scotland Yard. He came to know if I could give him any information about my fellow—passenger from Accreton on February 10th."
"Why? Why did he want to know?"
"There was a murder, he said—a Cumberland farmer, and a young man named Douglas Guest was missing."

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Oppenheim, E. Phillips: The Tempting of Tavernake. V1. 7 Sep 2011

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Edward Phillips Oppenheim (October 22, 1866 – February 3, 1946), was an English novelist, in his lifetime a major and successful writer of genre fiction including thrillers .A best-selling author of novels, short stories, magazine articles, translations, and plays, Oppenheim published over 150 books. He is considered one of the originators of the thriller genre, his novels also range from spy thrillers to romance, but all have an undertone of intrigue.

Excerpt
"That is just like Elizabeth", she declared. "You must have made her very angry. When she wants anything, she wants it very badly indeed, and she will never believe that every person has not his price. Money means everything to her. If she had it, she would buy, buy, buy all the time."

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Oppenheim, E. Phillips: The Traitors. V1. 7 Aug 2011

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Edward Phillips Oppenheim (October 22, 1866 – February 3, 1946), was an English novelist, in his lifetime a major and successful writer of genre fiction including thrillers .A best-selling author of novels, short stories, magazine articles, translations, and plays, Oppenheim published over 150 books. He is considered one of the originators of the thriller genre, his novels also range from spy thrillers to romance, but all have an undertone of intrigue.

Excerpt
Down with the traitors! Down with the Russian spies! Down with Metzger! Above the roaring of the north wind rose the clamor of voices, the cries of hate and disgust, the deep groaning sobs of fierce and militant anger. The man and the woman exchanged quick glances.

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Oppenheim, E. Phillips: The Vanished Messenger. V1. 8 Sep 2011

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Edward Phillips Oppenheim (October 22, 1866 – February 3, 1946), was an English novelist, in his lifetime a major and successful writer of genre fiction including thrillers .A best-selling author of novels, short stories, magazine articles, translations, and plays, Oppenheim published over 150 books. He is considered one of the originators of the thriller genre, his novels also range from spy thrillers to romance, but all have an undertone of intrigue.

Excerpt
There were very few people upon Platform Number Twenty-one of Liverpool Street Station at a quarter to nine on the evening of April 2 - possibly because the platform in question is one of the most remote and least used in the great terminus. The station-master, however, was there himself, with an inspector in attendance.

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Oppenheim, E. Phillips: The Wicked Marquis. V1. 8 Sep 2011

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Edward Phillips Oppenheim (October 22, 1866 – February 3, 1946), was an English novelist, in his lifetime a major and successful writer of genre fiction including thrillers .A best-selling author of novels, short stories, magazine articles, translations, and plays, Oppenheim published over 150 books. He is considered one of the originators of the thriller genre, his novels also range from spy thrillers to romance, but all have an undertone of intrigue.

Excerpt
REGINALD PHILIP Graham Thursford, Baron Travers, Marquis of Mandeleys, issued, one May morning, from the gloomy precincts of the Law Courts without haste, yet with certain evidences of a definite desire to leave the place behind him. He crossed first the pavement and then the street, piloted here and there by his somewhat obsequious companion, and turned along the Strand, westwards. Then, in that democratic thoroughfare, for the first time since the calamity had happened, his lips were unlocked in somewhat singular fashion.

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Oppenheim, E. Phillips: The Wrath To Come. V1. 31 Jul 2012

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Edward Phillips Oppenheim (October 22, 1866 – February 3, 1946), was an English novelist, in his lifetime a major and successful writer of genre fiction including thrillers .A best-selling author of novels, short stories, magazine articles, translations, and plays, Oppenheim published over 150 books. He is considered one of the originators of the thriller genre, his novels also range from spy thrillers to romance, but all have an undertone of intrigue.

Excerpt
It was of America that Lord Yeovil, who had once been an exceedingly popular Ambassador at Washington, was thinking as he smoked his disreputable pipe, lounging in an easy-chair, his feet upon the fender. He had a profound respect for Grant Slattery, whose handling of various intricate matters, whilst First Secretary in London, had won his unqualified approval. The young man had seemed at that time assured of an ambassadorship, and his complete withdrawal from the Diplomatic Service had been a mystery even to his intimates. Lord Yeovil knew the reason for that withdrawal and was day by day growing more thoroughly to appreciate it. He was thinking of it now as he smoked his meditative pipe, wondering exactly how much real information Grant had picked up in Berlin, wondering, too, whether that small cloud which had already appeared on the political horizon was destined to seriously disturb the thirty years of peace.

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Oppenheim, E. Phillips: To Win the Love He Sought. V1. 7 Sep 2011

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Edward Phillips Oppenheim (October 22, 1866 – February 3, 1946), was an English novelist, in his lifetime a major and successful writer of genre fiction including thrillers .A best-selling author of novels, short stories, magazine articles, translations, and plays, Oppenheim published over 150 books. He is considered one of the originators of the thriller genre, his novels also range from spy thrillers to romance, but all have an undertone of intrigue.

Excerpt
One was of an order and race easily to be distinguished in any quarter of the globe—an English country gentleman. There was no possibility of any mistake about him. Saxon was written in his face, in the cut of his clothes; even his attitude betrayed it. He was tall and handsome, and young enough not to have outlived enthusiasm, for he was looking out upon the gay scene with keen interest. His features were well cut, his eyes were blue, and his bronze face was smooth, save for a slight, well-formed moustache. He wore a brown tweed coat and waistcoat, flannel trousers, a straw hat tilted over his eyes, and he was smoking a briar pipe, with his hands in his pockets, and his feet resting upon the stone work.

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Oppenheim, E. Phillips: Yellow Crayon v 1 27 nov 2008

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Here you go. Throwing in a second Oppenheim book for today, first cause I like the guy's style and second cause I'll be on one of these damn nightshifts again and need LOTS of reading stuff myself.

E. Phillips Oppenheim was a very prolific writer and this is another of his pulpier oeuvres.

Like some excerpt? Here ya go:
[QUOT"Duson!"

"Your Grace!"

"The Duc de Souspennier remains here—or at the bottom of the lake—what matters! It is Mr. Sabin who travels to New York, and for whom you engage rooms at the Holland House. Mr. Sabin is a cosmopolitan of English proclivities."

"Very good, sir!"

"Lock this door. Bring my coat and hat five minutes before the carriage starts. Let the servants be well paid. Let none of them attempt to see me."

The man bowed and disappeared. Left to himself, Mr. Sabin rose from his chair, and pushing open the windows, stood upon the verandah. He leaned heavily upon his stick with both hands, holding it before him. Slowly his eyes traveled over the landscape.

It was a very beautiful home which he was leaving. Before him stretched the gardens—Italian in design, brilliant with flowers, with here and there a dark cedar-tree drooping low upon the lawn. A yew hedge bordered the rose-garden, a fountain was playing in the middle of a lake. A wooden fence encircled the grounds, and beyond was a smooth rolling park, with little belts of pine plantations and a few larger trees here and there. In the far distance the red flag was waving on one of the putting greens. Archie Green was strolling up the hillside,—his pipe in his mouth, and his driver under his arm. Mr. Sabin watched, and the lines in his face grew deeper and deeper.

"I am an old man," he said softly, "but I will live to see them suffer who have done this evil thing." [/QUOT
And off we go!

Source PG, gave it the MTH treatment and added a cover

Have fun!

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Oppenheim, E. Phillips: Zeppelin's Passenger v 1 27 nov 2008

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While William LeQueux was the father of the espionage novel, E. Phillips Oppenheim made the genre his own. Like LeQueux, Edgar Wallace, and many other mystery novelists of his generation, E. Phillips Oppenheim was a prolific writer. The author of more than 150 books, Oppenheim produced only one truly classic mystery novel, The Great Impersonation (1920) over the course of a career that spanned fifty-eight productive years.

The so-called Prince of Storytellers, Edward Phillips Oppenheim was born in London on 22 October 1866, to Edward John and Henrietta Susannah Budd Oppenheim. Oppenheim's father, a leather merchant, later took his family to live in Leicester, where the future novelist attended Wyggeston Grammar School, leaving in December 1882 to go to work for his father. Although he continued his connection with the leather business until he was forty, he began writing early, in his spare time. His first novel Expiation (1887), with its publication partly subsidized by his parents, sufficiently impressed the editors of the Sheffield Weekly Telegraph that he was given a contract to write six stories for serialization in that newspaper. Having begun his long career as a published writer, Oppenheim married Elsie Clara Hopkins in 1891; they had one daughter, and, when Oppenheim left the leather business, they went to live in Norfolk. After serving in the British Ministry of Information during World War I, Oppenheim established a winter home in 1922 on the French Riviera, where royalties from his books enabled him to live the life of an aristocrat. The outbreak of World War II forced him to leave France in 1940. Later, when the Germans invaded the Channel Islands, they made his house on Guernsey the local Luftwaffe headquarters. In October 1945 Oppenheim was able to return to Guernsey, where he died on 3 February 1946.

Here is a typical work by Oppenheim: Cleverly told and gripping till the end. This puts some modern thrillers to shame. Characters seem to be a bit shallow, though.

The usual: Got it from PG, gave it the MTH treatment, added a cover of mine (ouch, I know)

Have fun!

PS: I was quite astonished that this novel has never been uploaded to MR before. If it's been done before, I couldn't find it in the search. Here's the list of Oppenheim's work already on MR.

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Optic, Oliver: A lieutenant at eighteen v1 2.2.2009

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William Taylor Adams (July 30, 1822 – March 27, 1897) was a noted academic, author, and Massachusetts state legislator. He was born in Medway, Massachusetts in 1822 to Captain Laban Adams and Catherine Johnson Adams.

He became a teacher in the Boston, Massachusetts public schools in 1845, and remained in that capacity through 1865. In 1846, he married Sarah Jenkins, with whom he had two children. He served as a member of the School Board of Dorchester, Massachusetts, for 14 years. In 1869, he became a member of the Massachusetts General Court. He died in Dorchester in 1897.

He wrote many books of fiction for boys under the pseudonym "Oliver Optic", including:

* Hatchie, the Guardian Slave (1853)
* Indoors and Out (1855)
* The Boat Club (1855)

and others, including novels about Civil War

This one is a Civil War novel, too and describes the adventures of the Lyon clan, including the Battle of Mill Springs.

I am quite ambivalent concerning this book, as the war is described as a jolly adventure suitable for youths. This is against all my deepest convictions and leaves me with a deep disgust. On the other hand, this is a good adventure book and I trust my readers to be mature enough to make their own choices.

A few illustrations inside.

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Optic, Oliver: Watch and Wait v1 14 feb 2009

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The preface of this book speaks for itself:

[QUOTHowever much the author of "Watch and Wait" may sympathize with that portion of the population of our country to which the principal characters of the story belong, he is forced to acknowledge that his book was not written in the interests of the anti-slavery cause. His young friends require stirring incidents of him, and the inviting field of adventure presented by the topic he has chosen was the moving spring which brought the work into existence; and if the story shall kindle any new emotion of sympathy for the oppressed and enslaved, it will have more than answered the purpose for which it was intended, and the writer will be all the more thankful for this happy influence.

As a story of exciting adventure, the writer hopes it will satisfy all his young readers; that they will love the gentle Lily, respect the manly independence of Dan, and smile at the oddities of Cyd; and that the book will confirm and increase their love of liberty and their hatred of tyranny. If the young fugitives were resolute, even to shedding the blood of the slave-hunter, they had forgiving and Christian hearts, in which there was neither malice nor revenge; and in this respect, if in no other, they are worthy exemplars for the young and the old.

With this explanation, I give the third volume of the Woodville Stories into the hands of my young friends, bespeaking for it the same favor which has been bestowed upon its predecessors.

WILLIAM T. ADAMS.

Dorchester, August 15, 1864.
[/QUOT

Richly illustrated, nice read.

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Orczy, Baroness Emmuska: Marivosa (1930), v1: 25 June 2019

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Pulpmeister

Prolific writer Baroness Orczy is best know for her "Scarlet Pimpernel" series, and to a lesser extent for "The Old Man in the Corner" detective short stories. This is a non-series adventure/action/romance novel.

Timothy O'Clerigh is cheated out of his inheritance by an unscrupulous woman. His work to regain it leads him to South America and a mysterious cult leader. He meets and falls in love with the cultist's daughter....

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- Marivosa - Baroness Emma Orczy.azw3 (Note: file extension not Kindle-compatible)

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Orczy, Baroness: Castles in the Air (1921); v1; 2 Nov 2019

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Pulpmeister

Ratichon, the unscrupulous opportunist, scuffling to make a dubious living in the Restoration Bourbon France of 1816-7, tells these entertaining tales in his own words...

1: A Roland for His Oliver
2: A Fool's Paradise
3: On the Brink
4: Carissimo
5: The Toys
6: Honour Among―
7: An Over-Sensitive Heart

"In very truth my good friend Ratichon is an unblushing liar, thief, a forger— anything you will; his vanity is past belief, his scruples are non-existent. How he escaped a convict settlement it is difficult to imagine..."
Baroness Orczy.

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Orczy, Baroness: I Will Repay (1906); v1; 25 Nov 2019

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The second Pimpernel book.

Juliette de Marny has finally managed to acquire an invitation to the house of Paul Déroulede. She now has the chance to destroy the man who ten years ago killed her brother in a duel. But once inside Déroulede’s home, Juliette learns that all may not be what she thought it was. Will she discover the truth in time to save an innocent man?

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Orczy, Baroness: Lady Molly of Scotland Yard. v5. 4th Mar 2010

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HarryT

Best known as the creator of the daring [Scarlet Pimpernel[/, The Baroness Orczy ought also to be remembered for bringing to life a trailblazing pair of detectives. One was the cranky [Old Man in the Corner[/ (available as a separate download in this forum), an early "armchair" sleuth. The other isn't at all sedentary (and is a lot more likable) - Lady Molly of Scotland Yard. Feisty, brilliant, and beautiful; precursor of the sleuth who relies on brains rather than brawn, Lady Molly, and her faithful sidekick and admiring chronicler Mary, began appearing in Orczy's entertaining stories years before the first Englishwoman did in fact become an officer of the law.

Enjoy!

EDIT: 3 Jan 08

Replaced "--" with proper dashes. Created a MobiPocket version with full-sized cover image, library information, working table of contents link, etc. Uploaded v4.

EDIT: 4 Mar 10

Fixed HTML errors. Improved formatting. Corrected a number of errors. Added a new cover picture. Uploaded v5.

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Orczy, Baroness: Lord Tony's Wife (1917); v1; 15 Jan 2020

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Pulpmeister

The return of the Scarlet Pimpernel. Sir Percy Blakeny sets out for Nantes to rescue the French aristocrat bride of his colleague Lord Tony Dewhurst, abducted by a deadly enemy of her family who wants her father's and her head to roll from the guillotine.

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Orczy, Baroness: Old Hungarian Fairy Tales. 28 Dec 2007

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RWood

She was one of the sources cited by Lang in his [Fairy Stories of Many Colors[/ series and she wrote a number of books already posted here including [Lady Molly of Scotland Yard[/ and [The Scarlet Pimpernel.[/

Here are the stories:

- Uletka and the White Lizard

- The Suitors of the Princess Fire-Fly

- The Twin Hunchbacks

- Mr. Cuttlefish's Love Story

- Forget-me-not

- The Enchanted Cat

- The Wishing Skin

- "That's Not True"

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Orczy, Baroness: Skin o' My Tooth (1928); v1; 13 Nov 2019

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Pulpmeister

A dozen cases from the files of Patrick Mulligan, the sharp lawyer known as "Skin o' my Tooth".

1: The Murder in Saltashe Woods
2: The Case of the Sicilian Prince
3: The Duffield Peerage Case
4: The Kazan Pearls
5: The Case of Major Gibson
6: The Inverted Five
7: The Turquoise Stud
8: Overwhelming Evidence
9: The Case of Mrs. Norris
10: The Murton-Braby Murder
11: A Shot in the Night
12: The Hungarian Landowner

The text is from Gutenberg Australia; the cover is the first edition, Hodder and Stoughton 1928.

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Orczy, Baroness: The Case of Miss Elliott (1905) v1, 1 Nov 2019

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Pulpmeister

The Old Man in the Corner short stories first appeared in "Royal Magazine" in 1901, and continued regularly for a number of years. The first collection, "The Case of Miss Elliott", appeared in 1905, and contained only the most recent batch of stories, ignoring the first three years.

"The Old Man in the Corner", 1908, contained the earliest stories (1901-1904), and the final collection, "Unravelled Knots", came much later.

The reason for this out-of-sequence book publication is that from 1904, in the "Royal Magazine," the lady reporter's name was changed to Miss Polly Burton, and the stories were from then on in the third person.

The earliest stories were then re-written for book publication, to match the format of later ones.

I have now posted all three volumes of Miss Orczy's "Old Man in the Corner" stories. (The author's name is pronounced "Ortsy".)

1: The Case of Miss Elliott
2: The Hocussing of Cigarette
3: The Tragedy in Dartmoor Terrace
4: Who Stole the Black Diamonds?
5: The Murder of Miss Pebmarsh
6: The Lisson Grove Mystery
7: The Tremarn Case
8: The Fate of the Artemis
9: The Disappearance of Count Collini
10: The Ayrsham Mystery
11: The Affair at the Novelty Theatre
12: The Tragedy of Barnsdale Manor

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Orczy, Baroness: The Elusive Pimpernel (1908); v1, 25 Nov 2019

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Pulpmeister

The Third Pimpernel novel.

This follows on immediately after "I Will Repay". Sir Percy Blakeny and his wife Marguerite are lured across the channel and into a trap.

But as always with the Pimpernel, the trap might be, so to speak, on the other ankle.

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Orczy, Baroness: The League of the Scarlet Pimpernel (1919); v1, 20 Nov 2019

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A collection of short stories of the Scarlet Pimpernel and his merry band.

1: Sir Percy Explains
2: A Question of Passports
3: Two Good Patriots
4: The Old Scarecrow
5: A Fine Bit of Work
6: How Jean Pierre Met the Scarlet Pimpernel
7: Out of the Jaws of Death
8: The Traitor
9: The Cabaret de La Liberté
10: "Needs Must—"
11: A Battle of Wits

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Orczy, Baroness: The Man in Grey (1918); v1; 2 Nov 2019

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Set in the era of emperor Napoleon Bonaparte, a period when there is a persistent underground movement to restore the Bourbon Monarchy. The Man in Grey, whose name is given only as "Fernand", is an agent of the Minister of Justice, whose task it is to discover and suppress such tendencies.

Here are five longish short stories of the exploits of the Man in Grey, which together form an episodic novel.

1: Silver-Leg
2: The Spaniard
3: The Mystery Of Marie Vaillant
4: The Emeralds Of Mademoiselle Philippa
5: The Bourbon Prince

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Orczy, Baroness: The Old Man in the Corner. v4. 4th Mar 2010

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HarryT

This book, published in 1908, is the original of a whole class of detective fiction - that of the "armchair detective"; in this case "the old man in the corner", who habitually occupies a corner seat in a tea-shop.

The Old Man relies mostly upon sensationalistic "penny dreadful" newspaper accounts, occasionally visiting a courtroom for extra details. He narrates all this information (while tying complicated knots in a piece of string) to a Lady Journalist who frequents the same tea-shop.

They enjoy an antagonistic relationship, as the Journalist attempts to cut the Old Man's ego down to size and the Old Man trumps her every time.

The mysteries themselves are pretty typical of Edwardian crime fiction, resting on a solid foundation of unhappy marriages and the inequitable division of family property. Other aspects of the time are illustrated by a murder in the London underground system; murder of a female doctor; and two cases involving artists living in "bohemian" lodgings.

Another new and noteworthy feature of these cases: no one is ever brought to justice, and in fact most of the villains cannot be proven guilty beyond a reasonable doubt.

This is an absolutely wonderful book - a real classic of crime fiction.

Enjoy!

EDIT: 3 Jan 08

Created a proper MobiPocket version of the book with full-size pictures, library information, working table of contents link, etc. Uploaded v3.

EDIT: 4 Mar 10

Corrected errors in the HTML. Improved the formatting. Added a new cover picture. Uploaded v4.

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Orczy, Baroness: The Scarlet Pimpernel (1905); v1; 13 Nov 2019

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Pulpmeister

The Scarlet Pimpernel needs no introduction: the ancestor of all the secret-identity heroes from Zorro to Batman and Spiderman-- and who can forget Daffy Duck as "The Scarlet Pumpernickel"?

I was surprised to find so few Orczy books in the Library, so I created this, the first Pimpernel novel, from an excellent HTML file at Gutenberg Australia, along with the decorative cover of the 1905 first edition. I couldn't find a decent first edition dust jacket, unfortunately

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Orczy, Baroness: Unravelled Knots (1925): v1

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Pulpmeister

The third and final collection of "The Old Man in the Corner" short stories, containing:

1: The Mystery Of The Khaki Tunic
2: The Mystery Of The Ingres Masterpiece
3: The Mystery Of The Pearl Necklace
4: The Mystery Of The Russian Prince
5: The Mysterious Tragedy In Bishop's Road
6: The Mystery Of The Dog's Tooth Cliff
7:The Tytherton Case
8: The Mystery Of Brudenell Court
9: The Mystery Of The White Carnation
10: The Mystery Of The Montmartre Hat
11: The Miser Of Maida Vale
12: The Fulton Gardens Mystery
13:A Moorland Tragedy

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Orr, Lyndon: Famous Affinities of History. V1. 11 Mar 2010

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crutledge

No biography is available for Lyndon Orr

THE ROMANCE OF DEVOTION

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Orwell, George: 1984 - v1 - 22 June 07

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RWood

Classic, what more need be said.

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Orwell, George: 50 Essays - v1 22 June 07

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RWood

One of my favorite Orwell collections. "Shooting an Elephant" is among his best.

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Orwell, George: A Clergyman's Daughter. 17 Aug 07

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RWood

See Sony BBeB/LRF listing for details.

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Orwell, George: Animal Farm - v1 - 22 June 07

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RWood

Alex was nice enough to add PRC as a valid extension so here is one of his favorite novels. Turnabout is fair play, right?

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Orwell, George: Burmese Days. 17 Aug 07

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RWood

See Sony BBeB/LRF listing for details.

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Orwell, George: Collected Essays, v1, 25Apr2010

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Strether

These essays, covering a broad range of topics mostly in the areas of politics and literature, were written in the period 1931-1949. The essays on literature and language are all interesting and I’ve found that even though written in a earlier time, the political essays are full of insights and add perspective to our own political climate.

Edited, with italics, accents, and footnotes provided.

Jim

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Orwell, George: Coming Up For Air. 17 Aug 07

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RWood

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Orwell, George: Down & Out in Paris & London. 17 Aug 07

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RWood

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Orwell, George: Down and Out in Paris and London, v1, 28Apr2010

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Strether

The recounting of a hard-up Englishman’s adventures while experiencing poverty; first as a [plongeur[/ in a restaurant in Paris, and then subsequently as a tramp in and around London.

Wikipedia calls it a semiautobiographical novel, but it reads like a non-fictional memoir, with critical commentary added.

Edited, with italics, accents, and footnotes provided.

Jim

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Orwell, George: Homage to Catalonia. 17 Aug 07

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Orwell, George: Keep the Aspidistra Flying. 17 Aug 07

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Orwell, George: The Road to Wigan Pier. 17 Aug 07

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Orzeszkowa, Eliza: An Obscure Apostle. V1. 12 Mar 2010

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crutledge

Eliza Orzeszkowa (1841-1910), Polish novelist, was born near Hrodna (now Belarus), to the noble Pawłowski family. In her sixteenth year she married Piotr Orzeszko, a Polish nobleman, who was exiled to Siberia after the January 1863 Uprising.

Excerpt
This is Szybow, a town inhabited by Israelites, almost exclusively, with the exception of a small street at the end of the place in which, in a few houses, live a few very poor burghers and very quiet old retired officials.

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Orzeszkowa, Eliza: An Obscure Apostle. V1. 9 Aug 2014

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crutledge

Eliza Orzeszkowa (June 6, 1841 – May 18, 1910) was a Polish novelist and a leading writer of the Positivism in Poland during foreign Partitions. In 1905, together with Henryk Sienkiewicz she was nominated for the Nobel Prize in Literature.

Excerpt
This is Szybow, a town inhabited by Israelites, almost exclusively, with the exception of a small street at the end of the place in which, in a few houses, live a few very poor burghers and very quiet old retired officials.

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Orzeszkowa, Eliza: The Argonauts. V1. 11 Mar 2010

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crutledge

Eliza Orzeszkowa (1841-1910), Polish novelist, was born near Hrodna (now Belarus), to the noble Pawłowski family. In her sixteenth year she married Piotr Orzeszko, a Polish nobleman, who was exiled to Siberia after the January 1863 Uprising.

Excerpt
Aloysius Darvid, the owner of this mansion, had not inherited his millions; he had won them with his own iron labor, and he toiled continually to increase them. His industry, inventiveness, and energy were inexhaustible. To him business seemed to be what water is to a fish: the element which gives delight and freedom.

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Osborne, Duffield: The Secret of the Crater (1900); v2; 8 Nov 2019

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Pulpmeister

Published in 1900, this Lost World adventure has been lurking in the Other Books Library at MR since 2008, so I have recreated it for epub and kindle, adding a first edition cover. (hence v2)

The attraction of the once popular Lost World sub-genre seems to have been in the exploration of the strange world and its society rather than the sometimes perfunctory plots.

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Osborne, Duffield: The Secret of the Crater, v.1, 7 Feb 2008.

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BenG

In the tradition of Burroughs and Haggard this is a lost race novel in which an American sailing vessel finds an island settled by ancient Phoenicians. One sailor falls in love with the woman about to be sacrificed to the volcano.
There was only a PDF online, so I'm posting it in an HTML version also.

I converted the PDF using the Finereader OCR and spell-check and then proofread the finished document.

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Osborne, Rick: Trust Network. v1. 22 Mar 2009

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Rick Osborne

This is a book that I'm currently working on selling, but have decided to liberate until I get a contract that makes me take it down. I wrote it, and thus own the copyright. I grant you the right to read and enjoy, but not to change nor any other unspecified rights.

Based on a short description of the book on Slashdot, erayd asked me to post this here, so here I am. If I've managed to screw it up, please let me know.

Synopsis:

Xochitl Green is a contemporary web programmer. She's faced with the issues of any techno-savvy person today, primary among them being the ethical implications of the arms race between content producing industries trying to protect their producers' rights and consumers who just want to get at that content and not be hassled with copy protection and other invasive technologies. Her friend Brian has an idea: take all of the online social interaction that we are building and turn it into a model of trust for our computers. Instead of thinking about firewalls and Internet privacy and protection at a software level, think of it at a social level. Xochitl takes the idea and writes the program, calling it "Alfred". Alfred turns out to be quite popular, and attracts both good and bad attention.
In addition to this MOBI format you can also download the free PDF from Lulu or read it for free online at Scribd.

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Osborne, William Hamilton: The Blue Buckle. v1. 27 Sep 2015

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crutledge

Osborne, William Hamilton, 1873-1942

Excerpt
It was a woman’s voice—the voice that was wafted down the wind.
“Nowhere are they safe—nowhere, do you understand?”
Craig Rutherford, idling in the shadow, with his elbow on the steamer rail, gazing dreamily at the glory of a moonlit sea at midnight in midocean, heard this remark—but could not tell whence it came. In fact, he heard without heeding. Later he recalled the tone, the words—but now. . . .

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Osborne, William Hamilton: The Catspaw. v1. 28 Sep 2015

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crutledge

Osborne, William Hamilton, 1873-1942

Excerpt
It would be absurd to say—though some did— that it never could have happened anywhere else; nor was it a question of keeping eyes and ears open; it was nothing more nor less than a peculiarly obstinate refusal, at least on the part of her admirers, to see the woman as she really was. Had her antecedent existence not been shrouded in mystery, then, of course, it is probable. . . . But for the better understanding of the remarkable career of Roxane Bellairs—for as such the good people of M- will ever remember her—it is necessary to begin at the beginning, or, to be more exact, with her advent upon the arena of events on the 13th of May, 190—.

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Osborne, William Hamilton: The Red Mouse. v1. 26 Sep 2015

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Osborne, William Hamilton, 1873-1942

Excerpt
For years—the best years of her life, for that matter, as she often reflected in lonely moments—Miriam Challoner had been trying to prove to her own satisfaction that her husband was no worse than the majority of young men married to rich women, but she could never find the arguments whereby she might arrive at the desired conclusion. It is not to be wondered at, then, that eventually there came a day when the information was brought to her that even in the gay and ultra-fashionable world in which they moved people spoke of him as “that mad Challoner,” and were saying that he was going a pace that was rapidly carrying him far beyond the horizon of anything like respectability—going to the dogs, in truth, as fast as her money could take him there.

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Osborne, William Hamilton: The Running Fight. v1. 29 Sep 2015

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Osborne, William Hamilton, 1873-1942

Excerpt
Once, twice, thrice,—failing miserably in his attempt to appear unconcerned, Ilingsworth paced back and forth in front of Peter V. Wilkinson’s big house in Riverside Drive. There it stood: a massive, forbidding, modern pile of limestone, wholly unlike anything in its vicinity. And yet, now that the time had come, Ilingsworthis face wore a confused, half-fearful look, a sense of uncertainty possessed him, which was all the more maddening because so far, at least, there had been no obstacles or delays in this brief, turbulent journey of his; on the contrary, all had gone well with him, and like a falcon in pursuit of its prey he had sped on the straightest of straight lines towards a person of the name of Leslie Wilkinson, and this person, so Ilingsworth assured himself, would soon feel his claws.

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Osbourne, Lloyd: Love, the Fiddler. V1. 12 Mar 2010

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Samuel Lloyd Osbourne (April 7, 1868 – May 22, 1947) was an American author and the stepson of Scottish author Robert Louis Stevenson with whom he would co-author three books and provide input and ideas on others.

THE CHIEF ENGINEER,
FFRENCHES FIRST,
THE GOLDEN CASTAWAYS,
THE AWAKENING OF GEORGE RAYMOND,
THE MASCOT OF BATTERY B,

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Osbourne, Lloyd: The Motormaniacs. V1. 12 Mar 2010

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crutledge

Samuel Lloyd Osbourne (April 7, 1868 – May 22, 1947) was an American author and the stepson of Scottish author Robert Louis Stevenson with whom he would co-author three books and provide input and ideas on others.

THE MOTORMANIACS
THE GREAT BUBBLE SYNDICATE
COAL OIL JOHNNY
JONES

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Osbourne, Lloyd: Wild Justice. V1. 13 Mar 2010

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crutledge

Samuel Lloyd Osbourne (April 7, 1868 – May 22, 1947) was an American author and the stepson of Scottish author Robert Louis Stevenson with whom he would co-author three books and provide input and ideas on others.

THE RENEGADE
THE SECURITY OF THE HIGH SEAS
FORTY YEARS BETWEEN
O'S HEAD
PROFESSOR NO NO
CAPTAIN ELIJAH COE
MR. BOB
OLD DIBS
THE LABOR CAPTAIN
A SON OF EMPIRE
CLOUD OF BUTTERFLIES
BEN

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OSS: Simple Sabotage Field Manual, v.1, 5 August 2008.

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Patricia

SIMPLE SABOTAGE FIELD MANUAL
Strategic Services
(Provisional)
Prepared under direction of The Director of Strategic Services
OSS REPRODUCTION BRANCH
STRATEGIC SERVICES FIELD MANUAL No. 3
Office of Strategic Services
Washington, D. C.
17 January 1944

A recent appearance on PG, this is an interesting historical document, dating from 1944. It is an OSS pamphlet promoting the training and use of civilian sabotage in occupied France during the Second World War.

From the opening:
“This Simple Sabotage Field Manual Strategic Services (Provisional) is published for the information and guidance of all concerned and will be used as the basic doctrine for Strategic Services training for this subject.
The contents of this Manual should be carefully controlled and should not be allowed to come into unauthorized hands.
The instructions may be placed in separate pamphlets or leaflets according to categories of operations but should be distributed with care and not broadly. They should be used as a basis of radio broadcasts only for local and special cases and as directed by the theater commander.
AR 380-5, pertaining to handling of secret documents, will be complied with in the handling of this Manual.”

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Ossendowski, Ferdynand Antoni: Lenin [Polish]. v2. 21 Feb 2016

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slawek

"Lenin − powieść biograficzna z 1930 polskiego pisarza Ferdynanda Ossendowskiego o współzałożycielu i liderze partii bolszewickiej Włodzimierzu Leninie."
za http://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lenin_%...endowskiego%29

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Ostrander, Isabel: Anything Once. V1. 14 Mar 2010

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Ostrander, Isabel, 1883-1924. She used the pen names Robert Orr Chipperfield, David Fox and Douglas Grant.

Excerpt
The white dust, which lay thick upon the wide road between rolling fields of ripened grain, rose in little spirals from beneath the heavy feet of the plodding farm-horses drawing the empty hay-wagon, and had scarcely settled again upon the browning goldenrod and fuzzy milkweed which bordered the rail fences on either side when Ebb Fischel’s itinerant butcher-jitney rattled past. Ebb Fischel’s eyes were usually as sharp as the bargains he drove, but the dust must have obscured his vision. Otherwise he would have seen the man lying motionless beside the road, with his cap in the ditch and the pitiless sun of harvest-time caking the blood which had streamed from an ugly cut upon his temple.

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Ottolengui, Rodrigues: A Conflict of Evidence (1893), v1

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Rodrigues Ottolengui (1861-1937) was a New York dentist who pioneered the use of dental X-rays, and in a burst of creative energy wrote four crime novels and numerous short stories in the period 1892-1901.

1 An Artist in Crime 1892
2 A Conflict of Evidence 1893
3 A Modern Wizard 1894
4 The Crime of the Century 1896

Final Proof (short stories) 1898

Detective Jack Barnes was his leading character. In this, the second novel, Barnes investigates a complex crime, with its roots in the past, at a country house in New Hampshire.

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Ottolengui, Rodrigues: A Modern Wizard (1894), v1

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Rodrigues Ottolengui (1861-1937) was a New York dentist who pioneered the use of dental X-rays, and in a burst of creative energy wrote four crime novels and numerous short stories in the period 1892-1901.

1 An Artist in Crime 1892
2 A Conflict of Evidence 1893
3 A Modern Wizard 1894
4 The Crime of the Century 1896

Final Proof (short stories) 1898

Detective Jack Barnes was his leading character.

The third, and most fantastic, of Ottolengui's four sensational detective novels, involving hypnosis, morphine, glandular experiments, deliberately induced insanity, and an Aztec temple underneath New York City.

"Crime and the Napoleonic scientist, also fantastic history... A curious work. At times melodramatic in the worst way, yet at other times intellectually rigorous." ―Bleiler, Science-Fiction: The Early Years

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Ottolengui, Rodrigues: An Artist in Crime (1892), v1

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Rodrigues Ottolengui (1861-1937) was a New York dentist who pioneered the use of dental X-rays, and in a burst of creative energy wrote four crime novels and numerous short stories in the period 1892-1901.

1 An Artist in Crime 1892
2 A Conflict of Evidence 1893
3 A Modern Wizard 1894
4 The Crime of the Century 1896

Final Proof (short stories) 1898

Detective Jack Barnes was his leading character. In this, the first novel Barnes and sometimes opponent sometimes ally Mitchel resolve an artisitic murder and a jewel theft.

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Ottolengui, Rodrigues: Final Proof (1898): v1

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Rodrigues Ottolengui (1861-1937) was an American dentist of some note who also wrote crime fiction. He was author of a small number of detective novels around the turn of the 20th century, and two volumes of short stories. This volume, "Final Proof" is listed in "Queen's Quorum" of important detective books.

1: The Phœnix of Crime
2: The Missing Link
3: The Nameless Man
4: The Montezuma Emerald
5: A Singular Abduction
6: The Aztec Opal
7: The Duplicate Harlequin
8: The Pearls of Isis
9: A Promissory Note
10: A Novel Forgery
11: A Frosty Morning
12: A Shadow of Proof

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Ottolengui, Rodrigues: The Crime of the Century (1896); v1

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Rodrigues Ottolengui (1861-1937) was a New York dentist who pioneered the use of dental X-rays, and in a burst of creative energy wrote four crime novels and numerous short stories in the period 1892-1901.

1 An Artist in Crime 1892
2 A Conflict of Evidence 1893
3 A Modern Wizard 1894
4 The Crime of the Century 1896

Final Proof (short stories) 1898

Detective Jack Barnes was his leading character.

The fourth and last novel, with Barnes and his old sparring partner Mitchel from the first novel once again at cross-purposes. Mitchel, looking into the discovery of a baby girl abandoned in a churchyard, follows a parth that leads him into the sweatshops and slums and even the underworld of 1890s New York, while Barnes is in pursuit of the man who brutally murdered a millionaire. Slowly their paths converge...

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Ouida: A dog of Flanders (Illustrated). v1, 17 Jan 2008

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Beloved classic recounts the haunting, sentimental tale of Nello, a young boy who aspires to be a painter, and his beloved Patrasche, a Belgian work dog—both of whom endure poverty, hunger, cruelty and rejection up to their tragic, bittersweet end. It was written by Marie Louise de la Ramée under the pseudonym Ouida in 1872.

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Ouida: Beatrice Boville and Other Stories, v1. 10 Jun 2013

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Ouida (1 January 1839 – 25 January 1908) was the pseudonym of the English novelist Maria Louise Ramé (although she preferred to be known as Marie Louise de la Ramée).

BEATRICE BOVILLE.
A LINE IN THE "DAILY.
HOLLY WREATHS AND ROSE CHAINS.
SILVER CHIMES AND GOLDEN FETTERS.
SLANDER AND SILLERY.
SIR GALAHAD'S RAID.
REDEEMED.
OUR WAGER
OUR COUNTRY QUARTERS.

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Ouida: Bebee. v1. 10 Jun 2013

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Ouida (1 January 1839 – 25 January 1908) was the pseudonym of the English novelist Maria Louise Ramé (although she preferred to be known as Marie Louise de la Ramée).

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Bébée sprang out of bed at daybreak. She was sixteen.
It seemed a very wonderful thing to be as much as that—sixteen—a woman quite.
A cock was crowing under her lattice. He said how old you are!—how old you are! every time that he sounded his clarion.
She opened the lattice and wished him good day, with a laugh. It was so pleasant to be woke by him, and to think that no one in all the world could ever call one a child any more.

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Ouida: Bimbi.v1. 11 Jun 2013

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Ouida (1 January 1839 – 25 January 1908) was the pseudonym of the English novelist Maria Louise Ramé (although she preferred to be known as Marie Louise de la Ramée).

[SIZE="5"]STORIES FOR CHILDREN[/SIZ

THE NURNBERG STOVE
THE AMBITIOUS ROSE TREE
LAMPBLACK
THE CHILD OF URBINO
FINDELKIND

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Ovid: Metamorphosen (german) v1.0 Jun 2010

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Publius Ovidius Naso, Ovid genannt, (* 20. März 43 v. Chr. in Sulmo; † wohl 17 n. Chr.[1] in Tomis) war ein römischer Dichter.

[(Quelle: Wikipedia)[/

Die Metamorphosen des römischen Dichters Ovid, geschrieben vermutlich ab dem Jahr 1 oder 3 n. Chr. bis um 8 n. Chr., sind ein in Hexametern verfasstes mythologisches Werk über Metamorphosen („Verwandlungen“). Die Metamorphosen bestehen aus 15 Büchern von je etwa 700 - 900 Versen und beschreiben die Entstehung und Geschichte der Welt in den Begriffen der römischen und griechischen Mythologie. Dabei wurden etwa 250 Sagen verarbeitet. Seit seinem Erscheinen war es stets eines der populärsten mythologischen Werke überhaupt und sicherlich das den mittelalterlichen Schriftstellern und Poeten am besten bekannte. Somit hatte dieses Werk einen enormen Einfluss auf die Literatur des Mittelalters sowie auf die bildende Kunst vom Mittelalter bis zum Barock. Ovid wählt sich die in Mythen so häufig anzutreffenden Verwandlungsgeschichten zum Thema, in denen meist ein Mensch oder ein niederer Gott in eine Pflanze, ein Tier oder ein Sternbild (Katasterismos) verwandelt wird. Das Werk beginnt mit der Entstehung der Welt aus dem Chaos und einer großen Flut, die nur ein Menschenpaar (Deukalion und Pyrrha) überlebt, und es endet mit der Verwandlung von Caesars Seele in einen Stern. Ovid bewegt sich von einem Beispiel zum anderen, indem er sich durch die Mythologie arbeitet; häufig springt er dabei auf scheinbar beliebige Weise von einer Verwandlungsgeschichte zur nächsten. In Wahrheit sind die Übergänge zwischen den einzelnen Verwandlungssagen jedoch äußerst kunstvoll. Dabei mischt er zentrale Szenen der griechischen Mythologie mit eher abgelegenen Mythen.

[(Quelle: Wikipedia)[/

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Ovid: The Metamorphoses (trans. A.S. Kline). v1. 22 Oct 2007

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This prose translation is available at http://www.tonykline.co.uk/klineasovid.htm. The translator expressly gives permission to distribute the text freely. I started with the html file and massaged it a bit in BookDesigner.

Description from Wikipedia:

"The Metamorphoses by the Roman poet Ovid is a narrative poem in fifteen books that describes the creation and history of the world, drawing from Greek and Roman mythological traditions. Probably written between 2 and 8 CE, it has remained one of the most popular works of mythology, being the Classical work best known to medieval writers and thus having a great deal of influence on medieval poetry."

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Owen, Wilfred: Poems. v1, 15 Aug 2008

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Description from Wikipedia:

[Wilfred Edward Salter Owen MC (March 18, 1893 – November 4, 1918) was an English poet and soldier, regarded by many as the leading poet of the First World War. His shocking, realistic war poetry on the horrors of trench and gas warfare was heavily influenced by his friend Siegfried Sassoon and sat in stark contrast to both the public perception of war at the time, and to the confidently patriotic verse written earlier by war poets such as Rupert Brooke. Some of his best-known works—most of which were published posthumously—include Dulce Et Decorum Est, Insensibility, Anthem for Doomed Youth, Futility and Strange Meeting. [/

[He is perhaps just as well-known for having been killed in action at the Battle of the Sambre just a week before the war ended, causing news of his death to reach home as the town's church bells declared peace.[/

This is not an easy read, but I defy anyone to read it without a tear coming to their eye. It truly portrays the horror of trench warfare in the First World War.

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Owen, Wilfred: Poems. V1. 6 Nov 2010

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[q_index]Wilfred Edward Salter Owen MC (18 March 1893 – 4 November 1918) was a British poet and soldier, one of the leading poets of the First World War. His shocking, realistic war poetry on the horrors of trenches and gas warfare was heavily influenced by his friend Siegfried Sassoon and sat in stark contrast to both the public perception of war at the time, and to the confidently patriotic verse written earlier by war poets such as Rupert Brooke. Some of his best-known works—most of which were published posthumously—include "Dulce et Decorum Est", "Insensibility", "Anthem for Doomed Youth", "Futility" and "Strange Meeting". His preface intended for a book of poems to be published in 1919 contains numerous well-known phrases, especially "War, and the pity of War", and "the Poetry is in the pity".

He was killed in action at the Battle of the Sambre a week before the war ended. Ironically, the telegram from the War Office announcing his death was delivered to his mother's home as her town's church bells were ringing in celebration of the Armistice when the war ended.[/QUOT

It's Remembrance Day this week and I urge everyone to read this. It depicts the war so vividly that you'll find it hard to hold back the tears. Please post here if you see any formatting errors, mistakes or would just like me to tweak a bit!

With thanks to:
Harry T - For creating the foundation of this upload, which you can find here
The First World War Poetry Digital Archive - For providing the text necessary for the corrections to the above

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Oxenham, John: A Maid of the Silver Sea. v1. 13 Jun 2013

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William Arthur Dunkerley (12 November 1852 - 23 January 1941) was a prolific English journalist, novelist and poet. He was born in Manchester, spent a short time after his marriage in America before moving to Ealing, west London, where he served as dea*con and teach*er at the Ealing Con*gre*ga*tion*al Church from the 1880s, and he then moved to Worthing in Sussex in 1922, where he became the town's mayor.
He wrote under his own name, and also as John Oxenham for his poetry, hymn-writing, and novels. His poetry includes Bees in Amber: a little book of thoughtful verse (1913) which became a bestseller. He also wrote the poem Greatheart. He used another pseudonym, Julian Ross, for journalism. Dunkerley was a major contributor to Jerome K. Jerome's The Idler magazine.

Excerpt
A girl and a boy lay in a cubby-hole in the north side of the cliff overlooking Port Gorey, and watched the goings-on down below.
The sun was tending towards Guernsey and the gulf was filled witn golden light. A small brig, unkempt and dirty, was nosing towards the rough wooden landing-stage clamped to the opposite rocks, as though doubtful of the advisability of attempting its closer acquaintance.

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Oxenham, John: Carette of Sarkov. v1. 12 Jun 2013

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William Arthur Dunkerley (12 November 1852 - 23 January 1941) was a prolific English journalist, novelist and poet. He was born in Manchester, spent a short time after his marriage in America before moving to Ealing, west London, where he served as dea*con and teach*er at the Ealing Con*gre*ga*tion*al Church from the 1880s, and he then moved to Worthing in Sussex in 1922, where he became the town's mayor.
He wrote under his own name, and also as John Oxenham for his poetry, hymn-writing, and novels. His poetry includes Bees in Amber: a little book of thoughtful verse (1913) which became a bestseller. He also wrote the poem Greatheart. He used another pseudonym, Julian Ross, for journalism. Dunkerley was a major contributor to Jerome K. Jerome's The Idler magazine.

Excerpt
Sercq is a small exclusive land where the forty farm holdings to-day are almost identical with those fixed by Helier de Carteret in the time of Queen Elizabeth; where feudal observances which date back to the time of Rollo, Duke of Normandy, are still the law of the land; and where family names and records in some cases run back unbroken for very many generations.

NOTE: 17 Illustrations.

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Oxenham, John: Maid of the Mist. v1. 13 Jun 2013

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William Arthur Dunkerley (12 November 1852 - 23 January 1941) was a prolific English journalist, novelist and poet. He was born in Manchester, spent a short time after his marriage in America before moving to Ealing, west London, where he served as dea*con and teach*er at the Ealing Con*gre*ga*tion*al Church from the 1880s, and he then moved to Worthing in Sussex in 1922, where he became the town's mayor.
He wrote under his own name, and also as John Oxenham for his poetry, hymn-writing, and novels. His poetry includes Bees in Amber: a little book of thoughtful verse (1913) which became a bestseller. He also wrote the poem Greatheart. He used another pseudonym, Julian Ross, for journalism. Dunkerley was a major contributor to Jerome K. Jerome's The Idler magazine.

Excerpt
At sight of where the chase was leading, most of the riders reined in their panting horses and sat watching those in front with anxious faces.
The Old Roman Road—so called, though with possibly somewhat doubtful claim to antiquity so remote—had an evil reputation. At best of times it was dangerous. More than one of them had sacrificed a horse to it at some time or other. Some had come near to sacrificing more.

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Oxenham, John: Pearl of Pearl Island. v1. 14 Jun 2013

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William Arthur Dunkerley (12 November 1852 - 23 January 1941) was a prolific English journalist, novelist and poet. He was born in Manchester, spent a short time after his marriage in America before moving to Ealing, west London, where he served as dea*con and teach*er at the Ealing Con*gre*ga*tion*al Church from the 1880s, and he then moved to Worthing in Sussex in 1922, where he became the town's mayor.
He wrote under his own name, and also as John Oxenham for his poetry, hymn-writing, and novels. His poetry includes Bees in Amber: a little book of thoughtful verse (1913) which became a bestseller. He also wrote the poem Greatheart. He used another pseudonym, Julian Ross, for journalism. Dunkerley was a major contributor to Jerome K. Jerome's The Idler magazine.

Excerpt
If you want murders, mysteries, or mud—pass on! This is a simple, straightforward love-story.

NOTE: 18 Illustrations

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Oxenham, John: White Fire. v1. 15 Jun 2013

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William Arthur Dunkerley (12 November 1852 - 23 January 1941) was a prolific English journalist, novelist and poet. He was born in Manchester, spent a short time after his marriage in America before moving to Ealing, west London, where he served as deacon and teacher at the Ealing Congregational Church from the 1880s, and he then moved to Worthing in Sussex in 1922, where he became the town's mayor.
He wrote under his own name, and also as John Oxenham for his poetry, hymn-writing, and novels. His poetry includes Bees in Amber: a little book of thoughtful verse (1913) which became a bestseller. He also wrote the poem Greatheart. He used another pseudonym, Julian Ross, for journalism. Dunkerley was a major contributor to Jerome K. Jerome's The Idler magazine.

Excerpt
She was so dainty a little figure that the bare-armed women in the doors of the lands and closes turned and looked after her with enjoyment untinged even with envy. They scratched their elbows and commented on her points with complacent understanding.

NOTE: 15 Illustrations

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Oxley, J. Macdonald: Bert Lloyd's Boyhood. v1. 5 Apr 2015

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Oxley, J. Macdonald (James Macdonald), 1855-1907

Excerpt
And yet, after all, there would seem to be but two things necessary to be said:—Firstly, that in attempting a picture of boy life in Nova Scotia a fifth of a century ago, the writer had simply to fall back upon the recollections of his own school-days, and that in so doing he has striven to depart as slightly as possible from what came within the range of personal experience; and, Secondly, while it is no doubt to be regretted that Canada has not yet attained that stage of development which would enable her to support a literature of her own, it certainly is no small consolation for her children, however ardent their patriotism, who would fain enter the literary arena, that not only across the Border, but beyond the ocean in the Motherland, there are doors of opportunity standing open through which they may find their way before the greatest and kindliest audience in the world.

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Oxley, J. Macdonald: Donalblane of Darien. v1. 6 Apr 2015

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Oxley, J. Macdonald (James Macdonald), 1855-1907

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Little wonder, then, that the Spaniards wanted to keep the isthmus to themselves, and always did their very best to make it particularly unpleasant for anybody who sought to share its advantages with them; and in fine contrast to their dog-in-the-manger policy—for they really made little use of their splendid opportunities—was the spirit in which William Paterson conceived his great Darien project, and with characteristic energy proceeded to carry it into effect. It was in the year 1695 that he obtained from the Scottish Parliament an Act for the incorporation of “the Company of Scotland trading to Africa and the Indies,” which thenceforth became popularly known as “the Darien Company.”

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Oxley, J. Macdonald: In Paths of Peril. v1. 6 Apr 2015

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Oxley, J. Macdonald (James Macdonald), 1855-1907

Excerpt
The defence of the city of La Rochelle by the Huguenots, when for more than a year they defied the whole power of France under the leadership of Cardinal Richelieu, must ever remain one of the most heroic and soul-stirring chapters in history.
For the sake of their faith these noble people endured the pangs of hunger, the perils of battle, and the blight of pestilence, until at last, their fighting men being reduced to a mere handful, with broken hearts they were compelled to surrender. It was a terrible time for the weak and the young. Nearly one-half of the population of the city died during the siege, and those who survived formed a gaunt, haggard, miserable band, more like scarecrows than human beings.

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Oxley, J. Macdonald: Terry's Trials and Triumphs. v1. 7 Apr 2015

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Oxley, J. Macdonald (James Macdonald), 1855-1907

Excerpt
“Give it to him, Terry—that’s the style!” “Punch his head!” “Hit him in the face, Mike!” “Good for you, Terry—that was a daisy!” “Stick to him, me hearty; ye’ll lick him yet!”
The shouts came from a ring of ragged, dirty youngsters, who were watching with intense excitement a hand-to-hand and foot-to-foot fight between two of their own kind—a rough-and-tumble affair of the most disorderly sort.
They were not well-matched combatants, the one called Terry being much inferior in size and weight to the other; but he evidently had the sympathy of the majority of the spectators, and he displayed an amount of vigour and agility that went far to make up for his deficiencies in other respects.

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Oxley, J. Macdonald: The Wreckers of Sable Island. v1. 8 Apr 2015

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Oxley, J. Macdonald (James Macdonald), 1855-1907

Excerpt
The squire, be it observed, held very vague notions about Nova Scotia, and indeed the American continent generally, in spite of his son’s endeavours to enlighten him. He still firmly believed that there were as many wigwams as houses in New York, and that Indians in full war-paint and plumes were every day seen on the streets of Philadelphia; while as for poor little Nova Scotia, it was more than his mind could take in how the Duke of Kent could ever bring himself to spend a week in such an outlandish place, not to speak of a number of years.

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Oxley, J. Macdonald: The Young Woodsman. v1. 8 Apr 2015

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Oxley, J. Macdonald (James Macdonald), 1855-1907

Excerpt
The march of civilization on a great continent means loss as well as gain. The opening up of the country for settlement, the increase and spread of population, the making of the wilderness to blossom as the rose, compel the gradual retreat and disappearance of interesting features that can never be replaced. The buffalo, the beaver, and the elk have gone; the bear, the Indian, and the forest in which they are both most at home, are fast following.

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Oxley, J. Macdonald: Ti-Ti-Pu. v1. 7 Apr 2015

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Oxley, J. Macdonald (James Macdonald), 1855-1907

Excerpt
This is how it befell. Thomas Douglas, Earl of Selkirk, thought that a flourishing colony right in the midst of the rich hunting-grounds of the Hudson’s Bay Company, in which he was interested, would prove no less a benefit to the natives than an excellent thing for the colonists. Accordingly, he busied himself in persuading a number of his fellow-countrymen to leave their hillside farms, and, with their families, voyage to the unknown wilds of the New World.

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Ozaki, Yei Theodora: Japanese Fairy Tales:. v1, 9 Feb 2008

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From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia:

Yei Theodora Ozaki was an early 20th century translator of Japanese short stories and fairy tales. Her translations were fairly liberal but have been popular, and were reprinted several times after her death.
According to "A Biographical Sketch" by Mrs. Hugh Fraser, included in the introductory material to Warriors of old Japan, and other stories, she came from an unusual background. She was the daughter of Baron Ozaki, one of the first Japanese men to study in the West, and Bathia Catherine Morrison, daughter of William Morrison, one of their teachers. Her parents separated after five years of marriage, and her mother retained custody of their three daughters until they became teenagers. At that time, Yei was sent to live in Japan with her father, which she enjoyed. Later she refused an arranged marriage, left her father's house, and became a teacher and secretary to earn money. Over the years, she traveled back and forth between Japan and Europe, as her employment and family duties took her, and lived in places as diverse as Italy and the drafty upper floor of a Buddhist temple.
All this time, her letters were frequently misdelivered to the unrelated Japanese politician Yukio Ozaki, and his to her. In 1904, they finally met, and soon married.

[Japanese Fairy Tales[/ includes: My Lord Bag Of Rice, The Tongue-Cut Sparrow, The Story Of Urashima Taro, The Fisher Lad, The Farmer And The Badger, The "Shinansha," Or The South Pointing Carriage, The Adventures Of Kintaro, The Golden Boy, The Story Of Princess Hase, The Story Of The Man Who Did Not Wish To Die, The Bamboo-Cutter And The Moon-Child, The Mirror Of Matsuyama, The Goblin Of Adachigahara, The Sagacious Monkey And The Boar, The Happy Hunter And The Skillful Fisher, The Story Of The Old Man Who Made Withered Trees To Flower, The Jelly Fish And The Monkey, The Quarrel Of The Monkey And The Crab, The White Hare And The Crocodiles, The Story Of Prince Yamato Take, Momotaro, Or The Story Of The Son Of A Peach.

Illustrated.

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O’Connor, John: Father Brown on Chesterton, v1, 1 November 2009.

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Father John O’Connor (1870–1952)
Father Brown on Chesterton (1937)

This is written by the priest who received Chesterton into the Catholic Church, and who was supposed to be the model for Chesterton’s “Father Brown” detective stories.
The source was Project Gutenberg Canada. The cover image is a photograph of Chesterton and his wife.

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O’Duffy, Eimar: The Bird Cage, v1, 4 October 2009.

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Eimar O’Duffy (1893–1935)
The Bird Cage (1932)

This is the first American edition of a mystery novel by an Irish writer, living in London, with the text from Project Gutenberg Canada.

A murdered man is discovered in a bedroom at the Grand Hotel in Spurn Cove, an English seaside resort…

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O’Sullivan, Vincent: When I Was Dead and Other Tales of the Macabre. v1. 09 Feb 2021

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Tales of visitations by the dead and the demonic; tales of obsession, madness, and murder — 13 tales to disturb your peace of mind.

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Vincent O’Sullivan (November 28, 1868 – July 18, 1940) was an American-born author, poet, and critic who lived and wrote in London and in Paris. He was a friend of Oscar Wilde, Aubrey Beardsley, and other fin-de-siècle figures. His works dealt with the morbid and decadent.

The O’Sullivan family was ruined financially in 1909; Vincent was destitute for the remaining years of his life, and ended in a pauper’s grave in Paris.

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[My own compilation. Contents were originally published 1896 ~ 1921. This book is in the public domain where copyright is “Life+80” or less, and in the USA.[/

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Packard, Frank L.: Return of The Gray Seal. v1. 9 Dec 07

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He's a wealthy heir by day, but at night, Jimmie Dale enjoys breaking into businesses and homes to crack their safes for "the sheer deviltry of it." He doesn't actually steal anything--he does it because he can. He leaves a diamond-shaped gray paper seal at the scene of his crimes and becomes known in the press as The Gray Seal.

His real identity stays secret until he gets caught in the act by a woman (oh those fiendish dames!) who chooses to blackmail him into using his unique talents to help others. Before long he is taking on organized crime and various bad guys with names like "Spider Jack" and "Larry the Bat." All the while, he is trying to stay ahead of the police and avoid being discovered by the press. Being a wealthy playboy by day and a costumed crime-fighter by night is a lot to work! I guess I'll keep my day job.

The stories are often credited with influencing later pulp and comic book heros like The Green Hornet, The Shadow and of course Batman. The Gray Seal even has a version of the Batcave--he calls his secret hideout The Sanctuary.

This book is actually a compilation of the first two books featuring Jimmie Dale/The Gray Seal: T[he Adventures of Jimmie Dale[/ and [The Further Adventures of Jimmie Dale.[/ There is a third story out there somewhere in the public domain, but it's proving difficult to adapt to e-text because it's on google books and it's just scanned images. I'll post it when I can.

Even though this story influenced later pulps, the writing in this is really top-notch. I was pleasantly surprised at how well written it is, so please give it a try if you get in the mood for some crime-fighting action with a little romance mixed in.

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Packard, Frank L.: The Red Ledger (1926): v1

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An addition to the Frank L Packard Collection.

An old man, now wealthy, sets out to reward those who helped him long ago when he was down and out; and punish those who used him badly.

The cover is from the Doran first edition, 1926.

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Packard, Frank L: On the Iron at Big Cloud. V1. 23 May 2011

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Frank Lucius Packard (February 2, 1877 - February 17, 1942) was a Canadian novelist. He was born in Montreal, Quebec and as a young man went to work as a civil engineer for the Canadian Pacific Railway. His experiences working on the railroad led to his writing a series of mystery novels, the most famous of which featured a character called Jimmie Dale. Frank Packard died in 1942 in Lachine, Quebec and was buried in the Mount Royal Cemetery in Montreal.

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The General Manager of the Transcontinental System glared at the young man who stood facing him across the office desk. "Why, you wouldn't last three months!" he snapped.
"I'd like to try, uncle."
"Humph!"
"I'm qualified for the position," young Holman went on. "I've done my stint with the construction gangs and I've spent four years in the Eastern shops. You promised me that if I'd stick I'd have my chance."

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Packard, Frank L: Pawned. V1. 24 May 2011

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Frank Lucius Packard (February 2, 1877 - February 17, 1942) was a Canadian novelist. He was born in Montreal, Quebec and as a young man went to work as a civil engineer for the Canadian Pacific Railway. His experiences working on the railroad led to his writing a series of mystery novels, the most famous of which featured a character called Jimmie Dale. Frank Packard died in 1942 in Lachine, Quebec and was buried in the Mount Royal Cemetery in Montreal.

HER STORY
HIS STORY
THEIR STORY

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Packard, Frank L: The Night Operator. V1. 24 May 2011

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Frank Lucius Packard (February 2, 1877 - February 17, 1942) was a Canadian novelist. He was born in Montreal, Quebec and as a young man went to work as a civil engineer for the Canadian Pacific Railway. His experiences working on the railroad led to his writing a series of mystery novels, the most famous of which featured a character called Jimmie Dale. Frank Packard died in 1942 in Lachine, Quebec and was buried in the Mount Royal Cemetery in Montreal.

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Bad! Hawkeye brought his elbow sharply around to focus his lamp on the coin; then he leaned over and rang it on the window sill -- only it wouldn't ring. It was indubitably bad. Hawkeye, however, was dealing with a drunk -- and Hawkeye always did have a mean streak in him.

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Packard, Frank L: The Sin that was His. V1. 23 May 2011

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Frank Lucius Packard (February 2, 1877 - February 17, 1942) was a Canadian novelist. He was born in Montreal, Quebec and as a young man went to work as a civil engineer for the Canadian Pacific Railway. His experiences working on the railroad led to his writing a series of mystery novels, the most famous of which featured a character called Jimmie Dale. Frank Packard died in 1942 in Lachine, Quebec and was buried in the Mount Royal Cemetery in Montreal.

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Of Arthur Leroy, commonly known throughout the Yukon as Three-Ace Artie, Ton-Nugget Camp knew a good deal—and equally knew very little. He had drifted in casually one day, and, evidently finding the environment remuneratively to his liking, had stayed. He was a bird of passage—tarrying perhaps for the spring clean-up.

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Packard, Frank Lucius: Doors of the Night. v1. 15 Sep 2015

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Frank Lucius Packard (February 2, 1877 - February 17, 1942) was a Canadian novelist.

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Billy Kane paused for an instant in the doorway of the room before him, as his dark, steady eyes travelled over the appointments in a sort of measured approval such as a connoisseur who knew his art might bestow upon a canvas in which he found no flaw. The apartment was quite in keeping with everything else that pertained to the palatial residence in that upper Fifth Avenue section of New York. The indirect lighting fell soft and mellow upon the priceless Oriental rug, the massive desk of dark, carved wood, the wide, inviting leather-upholstered chairs, the heavy portières that filled the window spaces and hung before the doors, the bookshelves that lined the walls almost ceiling high and that were of the same dark, polished wood as the desk and chairs. There was luxury here, and wealth; but it was luxury without ostentation, and wealth that typified only good taste and refinement.

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Packard, Frank Lucius: Four Stragglers, The . v1. 18 Sep 2015

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Frank Lucius Packard (February 2, 1877 - February 17, 1942) was a Canadian novelist.

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THE crash of guns. A flare across the heavens. Battle. Dismay. Death. A night of chaos. And four men in a thicket.

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Packard, Frank Lucius: Greater Love Hath No Man. v1. 20 Sep 2015

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Frank Lucius Packard (February 2, 1877 - February 17, 1942) was a Canadian novelist.

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A faint, indeterminate, far-away sound. The sleep er’s eyes opened, and, as calmly, as naturally as he had lain asleep, he lay now alert. There was neither alarm nor shock in the transition. There had been a sound foreign to the serene silence of the peaceful, sleeping household; a sound too low to rouse a slumberer from repose by its mere volume, too low almost to be heard; a sound so low as to obtrude itself only upon the most super-sensitive sub-consciousness—Varge lay awake.

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Packard, Frank Lucius: Jimmie Dale And The Phantom Clue. v1. 21 Sep 2015

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Frank Lucius Packard (February 2, 1877 - February 17, 1942) was a Canadian novelist.

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A grim smile touched Jimmie Dale’s lips. Inside that shed the secret service men had found their quarry—dead. They were there now. In their hands lay the evidence that solved the murder of Jathan Lane; and in their hands, too, was the murderer himself—only Wizard Marre had taken the easier way, and was dead.

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Packard, Frank Lucius: On The Iron At Big Cloud. v1. 21 Sep 2015

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Frank Lucius Packard (February 2, 1877 - February 17, 1942) was a Canadian novelist.

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“I’m qualified for the position,” young Holman went on. “I’ve done my stint with the construction gangs and I’ve spent four years in the Eastern shops. You promised me that if I’d stick I’d have my chance.” “Well, if I did, I didn’t promise to put you in the way of making a fool of yourself and a laughing-stock of me, did I? You may be qualified technically, I don’t say you’re not. In fact, I’ve been rather pleased with you; that’s one reason why you’re not going out there to tackle something you can’t handle. If men like Rawson and Williams can’t hold down the job, what do you expect to do?”

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Packard, Frank Lucius: Pawned, v1. 22 Sep 2015

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Frank Lucius Packard (February 2, 1877 - February 17, 1942) was a Canadian novelist.

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“She died an hour ago,” said the cabman, in the same monotonous voice. “I thought mabbe you’d look after the baby girl for a bit, Mrs. Veniza—you and Paul.”

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Packard, Frank Lucius: Sin That Was His,The. v1. 23 Sep 2o15

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Frank Lucius Packard (February 2, 1877 - February 17, 1942) was a Canadian novelist.

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OF Arthur Leroy, commonly known throughout the Yukon as Three-Ace Artie, Ton-Nugget Camp knew a good deal—and equally knew very little. He had drifted in casually one day, and, evidently finding the environment remuneratively to his liking, had stayed. He was a bird of passage—tarrying perhaps for the spring clean-up.

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Packard, Frank Lucius: The Beloved Traitor. v1. 14 Sep 2015

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Frank Lucius Packard (February 2, 1877 - February 17, 1942) was a Canadian novelist.

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IT was a wilder gust than any that had gone before. It tore along the beach with maniacal fury; and, shrieking in a high, devilishly-gleeful falsetto, while the joints of the little inn, rheumatic with age, squeaked in its embrace, shook the Taveme du Bas Rhone much after the fashion of a terrier shaking a rat. And with that gust, loosening the dilapidated fastening on the casement, a window crashed inward, shattering the pane against the wall.

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Packard, Frank Lucius: The Adventures of Jimmie Dale. v1. 15 Sep 2015

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Frank Lucius Packard (February 2, 1877 - February 17, 1942) was a Canadian novelist.

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Could there be any doubt that Jimmie Dale was innately a gentleman?

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Packard, Frank Lucius: The Further Adventures of Jimmie Dale. v1. 16 Sep 2015

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Frank Lucius Packard (February 2, 1877 - February 17, 1942) was a Canadian novelist.

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A diminutive gas-jet’s sickly, yellow flame illuminated the room with poverty-stricken inadequacy; high up on the wall, bordering the ceiling, the moonlight, as though contemptuous of its artificial competitor, streamed in through a small, square window, and laid a white, flickering path to the door across a filthy and disreputable rag of carpet; also, through a rent in the roller shade, which was drawn over a sort of antiquated French window that opened on a level with the floor and in line with the top-light, the moonlight disclosed a narrow and squalid courtyard without.

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Packard, Frank Lucius: The Miracle Man. v1. 16 Sep 2015

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Frank Lucius Packard (February 2, 1877 - February 17, 1942) was a Canadian novelist.

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He was a misshapen thing, bulking a black blotch in the night at the entrance of the dark alleyway—like some lurking creature in its lair. He neither stood, nor kneeled, nor sat—no single word would describe his posture—he combined all three in a sort of repulsive, formless heap.
Packard, Frank Lucius: The Miracle Man. v1. 16 Sep 2015

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Packard, Frank Lucius: The Night Operator. v1. 16 Sep 2015

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Frank Lucius Packard (February 2, 1877 - February 17, 1942) was a Canadian novelist.

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Summed up short, the Hill Division is a vicious piece of track; also, it is a classic in its profound contempt for the stereotyped equations and formulae of engineering. And it is that way for the very simple reason that it could not be any other way. The mountains objected, and objected strenuously, to the process of manhandling. They were there first, the mountains, that was all, and their surrender was a bitter matter.

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Packard, Frank Lucius: The White Moll. v1. 17 Sep 2015

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Frank Lucius Packard (February 2, 1877 - February 17, 1942) was a Canadian novelist.

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It was like some shadowy pantomime: The dark mouth of an alleyway thrown into murky relief by the rays of a distant street lamp…the swift, forward leap of a skulking figure…a girl’s form swaying and struggling in the man’s embrace. Then, a pantomime no longer, there came a half threatening, half triumphant oath; and then the girl’s voice, quiet, strangely contained, almost imperious:
“Now, give me back that purse, please. Instantly!” The man, already retreating into the alleyway, paused to fling back a jeering laugh.

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Packard, Frank Lucius: The Wire Devils. v1. 25 Sep 2015

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Frank Lucius Packard (February 2, 1877 - February 17, 1942) was a Canadian novelist.

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TWO switch lights twinkled; one at the east, and one at the west end of the siding. For the rest all was blackness. Half way between the switch lights, snuggled dose against the single-tracked main line, the station, little more than a shanty and too insignificant to boast a night operator, loomed up shadowy and indistinct. Away to the westward, like jagged points sticking up into the night and standing out in relief against the skyline, the Rockies reared their peaks. And the spell of the brooding mountains seemed to lie over all the desolate, butte-broken surrounding country—for all was utter silence.

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Page, Gertrude: Paddy-The-Next-Best-Thing. v1. 21 Apr 2014

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Gertrude Eliza Page (1872, Erdington - 1 April 1922, Mazoe District, Southern Rhodesia) was an Anglo-Rhodesian novelist.

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Paddy Adair, the “next-best-thing,” as she was fond of calling herself, and the reason for which will appear hereafter, sat at the table, and spread all around her were little square books of “patterns for blouses,” from which she was vainly endeavouring to make a selection. Meanwhile she kept up a running conversation with the only other occupant of the room, a girl with dreamy eyes of true Irish blue, who sat in the window, motionless, gazing across the Loch at the distant mountains. She heard no word of all her sister was saying, but that did not appear to trouble Paddy in the least, so doubtless it was not an unusual state of affairs.

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Page, Gertrude: The Rhodesian. v1. 21 APR 2014

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Gertrude Eliza Page (1872, Erdington - 1 April 1922, Mazoe District, Southern Rhodesia) was an Anglo-Rhodesian novelist.

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The velvety darkness of a southern night, with its sense of rich, luscious, breathing intensity, lay over that romantic spot in Southern Rhodesia where the grey walls of the Zimbabwe ruins, with a sublime, imperturbable indifference, continue to baffle the ingenuity and ravish the curiosity of all who would read their story. Scientists, archæologists, tourists come and go, but the stern old walls, guarded by the sentinel hills, give back no answer to eager questioning, eager delving, eager surmise.

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Page, Gertrude: Winding Paths. v1. 22 Apr 2014

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Gertrude Eliza Page (1872, Erdington - 1 April 1922, Mazoe District, Southern Rhodesia) was an Anglo-Rhodesian novelist.

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There were several interesting points about Hal Pritchard and Lorraine Vivian, but perhaps the most striking was their friendship for each other. From two wide-apart extremes they had somehow gravitated together, and commenced at boarding-school a friendship which only deepened and strengthened after their exit from the wise supervision of the Misses Walton, and their entrance as “finished” young women into the wide area of the world at large.

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Page, Thomas Nelson: A Captured Santa Claus. v1. 23 Apr 2014

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Thomas Nelson Page (April 23, 1853 – November 1, 1922) was a lawyer and American writer. He also served as the U.S. ambassador to Italy during the administration of President Woodrow Wilson, including the important period of World War I.

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Holly Hill was a place for Christmas! Holly Hill, the old rambling Stratford homestead in Virginia, on its high hill, looking down the long slope and across the wide fields to the far woods rimming the sky. From Bob, the veteran, within a month of his teens, down to brown-eyed Evelyn, with her golden hair floating all around her, when Christmas came everyone hung up a stocking, and the visit of Santa Claus was the event of the year.

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Page, Thomas Nelson: Bred In The Bone. v1. 22 Apr 2014

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Thomas Nelson Page (April 23, 1853 – November 1, 1922) was a lawyer and American writer. He also served as the U.S. ambassador to Italy during the administration of President Woodrow Wilson, including the important period of World War I.

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It was the afternoon before the closing day of the spring meeting of the old Jockey Club that so many people know. The next day was to be the greatest ever known on that course; the Spring Meeting was to go out in a blaze of glory. As to this everybody in sight this spring afternoon was agreed; and the motley crowd that a little before sunset stood clustered within the big white-painted gate of the grounds about the Jockey Club race-stables rarely agreed as to anything. From the existence of the Deity to the effect of a blister on a windgall, through the whole range of stable-thought and horse-talk, there was no subject, speaking generally, on which that mongrel population agreed, except, of course, on one thing—the universal desirability of whiskey. On this one subject they all agreed, always.

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Page, Thomas Nelson: Elsket. v1. 24 Apr 2014

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Thomas Nelson Page (April 23, 1853 – November 1, 1922) was a lawyer and American writer. He also served as the U.S. ambassador to Italy during the administration of President Woodrow Wilson, including the important period of World War I.

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“Who is Elsket?” I asked.
“A daughter of the Vikings, poor thing,” he said.

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Page, Thomas Nelson: George Washington's Last Duel. v1. 24 Apr 2014

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Thomas Nelson Page (April 23, 1853 – November 1, 1922) was a lawyer and American writer. He also served as the U.S. ambassador to Italy during the administration of President Woodrow Wilson, including the important period of World War I.

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Of all the places in the county “The Towers” was the favorite with the young people. There even before Margaret was installed the Major kept open house with his major domo and factotum “George Washington”; and when Margaret came from school, of course it was popular. Only one class of persons was excluded.

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Page, Thomas Nelson: Gordon Keith. v1. 24 Apr 2014

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Thomas Nelson Page (April 23, 1853 – November 1, 1922) was a lawyer and American writer. He also served as the U.S. ambassador to Italy during the administration of President Woodrow Wilson, including the important period of World War I.

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Gordon Keith was the son of a gentleman. And this fact, like the cat the honest miller left to his youngest son, was his only patrimony. As in that case also, it stood to the possessor in the place of a good many other things. It helped him over many rough places. He carried it with him as a devoted Romanist wears a sacred scapulary next to the heart.

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Page, Thomas Nelson: John Marvel. V1. 25 Apr 2014

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Thomas Nelson Page (April 23, 1853 – November 1, 1922) was a lawyer and American writer. He also served as the U.S. ambassador to Italy during the administration of President Woodrow Wilson, including the important period of World War I.

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I shall feel at liberty to tell my story in my own way; rambling along at my own gait; now going from point to point; now tearing ahead; now stopping to rest or to ruminate, and even straying from the path whenever I think a digression will be for my own enjoyment.

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Page, Thomas Nelson: Mam' Lyddy's Recognition. v1. 25 Apr 2014

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Thomas Nelson Page (April 23, 1853 – November 1, 1922) was a lawyer and American writer. He also served as the U.S. ambassador to Italy during the administration of President Woodrow Wilson, including the important period of World War I.

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When Cabell Graeme was courting pretty Betty French up at the Château place, though he had many rivals and not a few obstacles to overcome, he had the good fortune to secure one valuable ally, whose friendship stood him in good stead. She was of a rich chocolate tint, with good features, and long hair, possibly inherited from some Arab ancestor, bead-like black eyes, and a voice like a harp, but which on occasion could become a flame. Her figure was short and stocky; but more dignity was never compressed within the same number of cubic inches.

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Page, Thomas Nelson: Old Jabe's Marital Experiments. v1. 25 Apr 2014

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Thomas Nelson Page (April 23, 1853 – November 1, 1922) was a lawyer and American writer. He also served as the U.S. ambassador to Italy during the administration of President Woodrow Wilson, including the important period of World War I.

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Old Jabe belonged to the Meriwethers, a fact which he never forgot or allowed anyone else to forget; and on this he traded as a capital, which paid him many dividends of one kind or another, among them being a dividend in wives. How many wives he had had no one knew; and Jabe’s own account was incredible. It would have eclipsed Henry VIII and Bluebeard. But making all due allowance for his arithmetic, he must have run these worthies a close second. He had not been a specially good “hand” before the war, and was generally on unfriendly terms with the overseers. They used to say that he was a “slick-tongued loafer,” and “the laziest nigger on the place.” But Jabe declared, in defiance, that he had been on the plantation before any overseer ever put his foot there, and he would outstay the last one of them all, which, indeed, proved to be true. The overseers disappeared with the end of Slavery, but Jabe remained “slick-tongued,” oily, and humorous, as before.

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Page, Thomas Nelson: Santa Claus’s Partner (illus). v1. 22 Dec 2018

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SANTA CLAUS’S PARTNER ~
By Thomas Nelson Page (1853–1922)
Eight full-page color illustrations
by William Glackens (1870–1938)

In the tradition of Dickens’ [A Christmas Carol[/, a chilly-hearted man of wealth finds his way back to the holiday spirit of sharing and joy, through the offices of a small girl.

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[Santa Claus’s Partner[/ was first published in 1899. This book is in the public domain in countries where the copyright term is “Life+80” or less, and in the USA.

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Thomas Nelson Page (April 23, 1853 – November 1, 1922) was an American lawyer and writer. He also served as the U.S. ambassador to Italy under the administration of President Woodrow Wilson during World War I, and the president referred to him as a “national ornament.”

Page was one of the best-known writers of his day, with more than thirty novels and story collections published. He popularized the plantation tradition genre of Southern writing, which told of an idealized version of life before the Civil War, with contented slaves working for beloved masters and their families.
(—Adapted from Wikipedia)

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Text and illustrations were obtained from the Internet Archive.
OCR and printer’s errors were silently corrected; punctuation, diacritics, and italics formatted. Spelling was Americanized; hyphenation and punctuation modernized. Illustrations manually cleaned and enhanced.
Embedded font used for decorations.

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:xmas:

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Page, Thomas Nelson: The Burial of the Guns. v1. 23 Apr 2014

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Thomas Nelson Page (April 23, 1853 – November 1, 1922) was a lawyer and American writer. He also served as the U.S. ambassador to Italy during the administration of President Woodrow Wilson, including the important period of World War I.

MY COUSIN FANNY
THE BURIAL OF THE GUNS
THE GRAY JACKET OF “NO. 4”
MISS DANGERLIE’S ROSES
HOW THE CAPTAIN MADE CHRISTMAS
LITTLE DARBY

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Page, Thomas Nelson: The Christmas Peace. v1. 23 Apr 2014

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Thomas Nelson Page (April 23, 1853 – November 1, 1922) was a lawyer and American writer. He also served as the U.S. ambassador to Italy during the administration of President Woodrow Wilson, including the important period of World War I.

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They had lived within a mile of each other for fifty-odd years, old Judge Hampden and old Colonel Drayton; that is, all their lives, for they had been born on adjoining plantations within a month of each other. But though they had thus lived and were accounted generally good men and good neighbors, to each other they had never been neighbors any more than the Lévite was neighbor to him who went down to Jericho.

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Page, Thomas Nelson: The Long Hillside. v1. 25 Apr 2014

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Thomas Nelson Page (April 23, 1853 – November 1, 1922) was a lawyer and American writer. He also served as the U.S. ambassador to Italy during the administration of President Woodrow Wilson, including the important period of World War I.

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There do not seem to be as many hares now as there used to be when I was a boy. Then the “old fields” and branch-bottoms used to be full of them. They were peculiarly our game; I mean we used to consider that they belonged to us boys. They were rather scorned by the “gentlemen,” by which was meant the grown-up gentlemen, who shot partridges over the pointers, and only picked up a hare when she got in their way. And the negroes used to catch them in traps or “gums,” which were traps made of hollow gum-tree logs. But we boys were the hare-hunters. They were our property from our childhood; just as much, we considered, as “Bruno” and “Don,” the beautiful “crack” pointers, with their brown eyes and satiny ears and coats, were “the gentlemen’s.”

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Pain, Barry: An Exchange of Souls. v1. 02 Jan 2023

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Barry Pain departs from his typical [humorou themes with [An Exchange of Souls[/. In this novel, respected doctor Daniel Myas is a scientist who has developed a machine which allows for the exchange of his “personality”' with that of another. However when his attempt at “exchanging souls” occurs with an individual very close to him, only a form of horror can be the result, and the reader is led down a path of deterioration and fear. Undoubtedly, this novel, published in 1911, influenced H.P. Lovecraft’s tale of personality exchange across gender lines in “The Thing on the Doorstep”, published in 1937.
(—Summary by Roger Melin at Librivox)

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Barry Eric Odell Pain (28 Sep. 1864 – 05 May 1928) was an English journalist, poet, humorist and writer. During his lifetime, he was perhaps best known as a writer of parody and lightly humorous stories, but now is also noted for his tales touched with fantasy, horror, and the supernatural. He also wrote stories of mystery and suspense. His humor has been characterized by some modern critics as “a surreal forerunner to Monty Python.”

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[An Exchange of Souls[/ was first published in 1911. [This book is in the public domain where copyright is “Life+90” or less, and in the USA.[/
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Pain, Barry: City Chronicles. v1. 18 Dec 2022

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A collection of short stories, concerning Financial Dealings of the Double-Dealing kind — shaky speculations, scams, swindles, and devious hijinks abound. But sometimes the underdog [can[/ come out on top.

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Barry Eric Odell Pain (28 Sep. 1864 – 05 May 1928) was an English journalist, poet, humorist and writer. During his lifetime, he was perhaps best known as a writer of parody and lightly humorous stories, but now is also noted for his tales touched with fantasy, horror, and the supernatural. He also wrote stories of mystery and suspense. His humor has been characterized by some modern critics as “a surreal forerunner to Monty Python.”

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The contents of this book first appeared in the Windsor Magazine Dec. 1900 – Nov. 1901. [This book is in the public domain where copyright is “Life+90” or less, and in the USA.[/
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Pain, Barry: Cynthia’s Love Affairs (illus). v1. 31 Dec 2022

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In this sequence of stories, written early in Barry Pain’s career, Cynthia recounts her experiences with the opposite sex, beginning when she was a child with a recipe for licorice-water.

She is self-aware and straight-forward (not a stereotypical Victorian “lady”), and touches of humor and pathos season her tales.

Available with or without illustrations.

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Barry Eric Odell Pain (28 Sep. 1864 – 05 May 1928) was an English journalist, poet, humorist and writer. During his lifetime, he was perhaps best known as a writer of parody and lightly humorous stories, but now is also noted for his tales touched with fantasy, horror, and the supernatural. He also wrote stories of mystery and suspense. His humor has been characterized by some modern critics as “a surreal forerunner to Monty Python.”

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These stories by Barry Pain (1864–1928), illustrated by Gordon Browne (1858–1932) and William Douglas Almond (1868–1916), first appeared in [The English Illustrated Magazine[/ Dec. 1893 – May 1894. [This book is in the public domain where copyright is “Life+90” or less, and in the USA.[/
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Pain, Barry: Detection Without Crime. v1. 19 Nov 2022

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Puzzle stories from the collection [One Kind and Another[/ (1914); presented as “From the Notebook of the Late Horace Fish,” a retired gentleman of insatiable curiosity. Horace, an amateur investigator of life’s little puzzles, follows clues to solve mysteries lacking crimes.

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Barry Eric Odell Pain (28 Sep. 1864 – 05 May 1928) was an English journalist, poet, humorist and writer. During his lifetime, he was perhaps best known as a writer of parody and lightly humorous stories, but now is also noted for his tales touched with fantasy, horror, and the supernatural. He also wrote stories of mystery and suspense. His humor has been characterized by some modern critics as “a surreal forerunner to Monty Python.”

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[This collection, first published in 1914, is in the public domain where copyright is “Life+90” or less, and in the USA.[/
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Pain, Barry: Dumphry. v1. 01 Jan 2023

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“Mr. Barry Pain excels in the delineation of humourous types, and ‘Dumphry’ is in his best manner. Mr. Ernest Dumphry is a worthy citizen, who is in business as a chartered accountant in the City, and dwells in a pleasant London suburban village. He firmly believes that he is master in the home, but Mrs. Dumphry and his daughters could — although they do not — tell him a different story. He is not one to be driven, but can be led with a minimum of guile. Mr. Dumphry is a man of wide, if sometimes misdirected, interests. […] Many of his enterprises lead to disillusionment, but he bears it with philosophic resignation, and the story of them makes capital reading.”
(—<i>Sydney Morning Herald</i>, 5 Nov 1927)

Luckily enough, quite a number of Dumphry’s ventures, although not ending as he had planned, fall into the “all’s well that ends well” category, so that he becomes the hero of the hour.

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Barry Eric Odell Pain (28 Sep. 1864 – 05 May 1928) was an English journalist, poet, humorist and writer. During his lifetime, he was perhaps best known as a writer of parody and lightly humorous stories, but now is also noted for his tales touched with fantasy, horror, and the supernatural. He also wrote stories of mystery and suspense. His humor has been characterized by some modern critics as “a surreal forerunner to Monty Python.”

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The Dumphry stories by Barry Pain (1864–1928) were first published in the [Windsor Magazine[/, Apr. 1926 – Aug. 1927, produced in hardback in 1927. Illustrations by Warwick William Lendon (1883–1971) have been omitted due to copyright restrictions. [This book is in the public domain where copyright is “Life+90” or less, and in the USA.[/
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Pain, Barry: Eliza (Illustrated). v1, 20 Feb 2008

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Eliza is long-suffering and intelligent, her husband a pompous prig and a self-regarding idiot. In "some of the funniest stories in the English language" their life together is described through everyday incidents by the never-named husband, who, like Pooter, reveals his own extraordinary foolishness and pomposity quite unwittingly. The Eliza stories are as fresh and funny today as when they were written and they offer a fascinating glimpse of life at the beginning of the last century. The stories were great commercial successes in the years before the First World War, but typically for humorous writing, they were treated with disdain by the literary establishment. Sir Alfred Noyes complained in 1927 that Barry Pain, their author, wasted his genius on railway bookstalls, but that even then his work "had more genius in it than ninety per cent of the solemn 'Art' of the day." In Eliza's husband, Terry Jones writes, Pain created a character of the same calibre as John Cleese's Basil Fawlty - "as exasperating and infuriating as he is funny." Keith Waterhouse called the Eliza books "the missing link between Diary of a Nobody and Diary of a Provincial Lady.

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Pain, Barry: Eliza (short fiction). v1. 24 Nov 2022

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Eliza is long-suffering and intelligent, her husband is a pompous prig and a self-regarding idiot, in “some of the funniest stories in the English language” …

“A gentle, yet deliciously humourous series of brief anecdotes, that follow the mundane, though surprisingly hazard-strewn lives of our rather pompous main character, and his long-suffering wife, Eliza.”
(— Nigel Boydell at Librivox)

Barry Pain’s comedic “Eliza” stories are perhaps his best-known works. The sequence is comprised of the collections [Eliza, Eliza’s Husband, Eliza Getting On, Exit Eliza,[/ and [Eliza’s Son[/. These stories are often compared to the Weedon brothers’ [Diary of a Nobody[/ (1888-89) [praised by Evelyn Waugh as “the funniest book in the world.”]

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Barry Eric Odell Pain (28 Sep. 1864 – 05 May 1928) was an English journalist, poet, humorist and writer. During his lifetime, he was perhaps best known as a writer of parody and lightly humorous stories, but now is also noted for his tales touched with fantasy, horror, and the supernatural. He also wrote stories of mystery and suspense. His humor has been characterized by some modern critics as “a surreal forerunner to Monty Python.”

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[SIZE="4"]Eliza[/SIZ, [first published in 1900, is in the public domain where copyright is “Life+90” or less, and in the USA.[/
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Pain, Barry: Eliza Getting On (short fiction). v1. 24 Nov 2022

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Eliza is long-suffering and intelligent, her husband is a pompous prig and a self-regarding idiot, in “some of the funniest stories in the English language” …

“A gentle, yet deliciously humourous series of brief anecdotes, that follow the mundane, though surprisingly hazard-strewn lives of our rather pompous main character, and his long-suffering wife, Eliza.”
(— Nigel Boydell at Librivox)

Barry Pain’s comedic “Eliza” stories are perhaps his best-known works. The sequence is comprised of the collections [Eliza, Eliza’s Husband, Eliza Getting On, Exit Eliza,[/ and [Eliza’s Son[/. These stories are often compared to the Weedon brothers’ [Diary of a Nobody[/ (1888-89) [praised by Evelyn Waugh as “the funniest book in the world.”]

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Barry Eric Odell Pain (28 Sep. 1864 – 05 May 1928) was an English journalist, poet, humorist and writer. During his lifetime, he was perhaps best known as a writer of parody and lightly humorous stories, but now is also noted for his tales touched with fantasy, horror, and the supernatural. He also wrote stories of mystery and suspense. His humor has been characterized by some modern critics as “a surreal forerunner to Monty Python.”

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[SIZE="4"]Eliza Getting On[/SIZ, [first published in 1911, is in the public domain where copyright is “Life+90” or less, and in the USA.[/
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Pain, Barry: Eliza’s Husband (short fiction). v1. 24 Nov 2022

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Eliza is long-suffering and intelligent, her husband is a pompous prig and a self-regarding idiot, in “some of the funniest stories in the English language” …

“A gentle, yet deliciously humourous series of brief anecdotes, that follow the mundane, though surprisingly hazard-strewn lives of our rather pompous main character, and his long-suffering wife, Eliza.”
(— Nigel Boydell at Librivox)

Barry Pain’s comedic “Eliza” stories are perhaps his best-known works. The sequence is comprised of the collections [Eliza, Eliza’s Husband, Eliza Getting On, Exit Eliza,[/ and [Eliza’s Son[/. These stories are often compared to the Weedon brothers’ [Diary of a Nobody[/ (1888-89) [praised by Evelyn Waugh as “the funniest book in the world.”]

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Barry Eric Odell Pain (28 Sep. 1864 – 05 May 1928) was an English journalist, poet, humorist and writer. During his lifetime, he was perhaps best known as a writer of parody and lightly humorous stories, but now is also noted for his tales touched with fantasy, horror, and the supernatural. He also wrote stories of mystery and suspense. His humor has been characterized by some modern critics as “a surreal forerunner to Monty Python.”

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[SIZE="4"]Eliza’s Husband[/SIZ, [first published in 1903, is in the public domain where copyright is “Life+90” or less, and in the USA.[/
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Pain, Barry: Eliza, v.1, 27 April 2008.

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A comic novel about the tribulations of domestic life. (1904).

Barry Pain was also known as a humorous writer. The plot is rather similar to the Grossmiths’ ‘Diary of a Nobody’ [already uploaded] but the satire is more pointed.

(The source was Project Gutenberg.)

[Madam Broshkina has already uploaded an illustrated version. This doesn't have illustrations, so is slimmer, but does have curly quotes.]

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Pain, Barry: Eliza’s Son (short fiction). v1. 24 Nov 2022

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Eliza is long-suffering and intelligent, her husband is a pompous prig and a self-regarding idiot, in “some of the funniest stories in the English language” …

“A gentle, yet deliciously humourous series of brief anecdotes, that follow the mundane, though surprisingly hazard-strewn lives of our rather pompous main character, and his long-suffering wife, Eliza.”
(— Nigel Boydell at Librivox)

This final collection in the “Eliza” series is narrated by young Ernest Junior, who seems to be very much his father’s son.

Barry Pain’s comedic “Eliza” stories are perhaps his best-known works. The sequence is comprised of the collections [Eliza, Eliza’s Husband, Eliza Getting On, Exit Eliza,[/ and [Eliza’s Son[/. These stories are often compared to the Weedon brothers’ [Diary of a Nobody[/ (1888-89) [praised by Evelyn Waugh as “the funniest book in the world.”]

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Barry Eric Odell Pain (28 Sep. 1864 – 05 May 1928) was an English journalist, poet, humorist and writer. During his lifetime, he was perhaps best known as a writer of parody and lightly humorous stories, but now is also noted for his tales touched with fantasy, horror, and the supernatural. He also wrote stories of mystery and suspense. His humor has been characterized by some modern critics as “a surreal forerunner to Monty Python.”

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[SIZE="4"]Eliza’s Son[/SIZ, [first published in 1913, is in the public domain where copyright is “Life+90” or less, and in the USA.[/
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Pain, Barry: Exit Eliza (short fiction). v1. 24 Nov 2022

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Eliza is long-suffering and intelligent, her husband is a pompous prig and a self-regarding idiot, in “some of the funniest stories in the English language” …

“A gentle, yet deliciously humourous series of brief anecdotes, that follow the mundane, though surprisingly hazard-strewn lives of our rather pompous main character, and his long-suffering wife, Eliza.”
(— Nigel Boydell at Librivox)

Barry Pain’s comedic “Eliza” stories are perhaps his best-known works. The sequence is comprised of the collections [Eliza, Eliza’s Husband, Eliza Getting On, Exit Eliza,[/ and [Eliza’s Son[/. These stories are often compared to the Weedon brothers’ [Diary of a Nobody[/ (1888-89) [praised by Evelyn Waugh as “the funniest book in the world.”]

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Barry Eric Odell Pain (28 Sep. 1864 – 05 May 1928) was an English journalist, poet, humorist and writer. During his lifetime, he was perhaps best known as a writer of parody and lightly humorous stories, but now is also noted for his tales touched with fantasy, horror, and the supernatural. He also wrote stories of mystery and suspense. His humor has been characterized by some modern critics as “a surreal forerunner to Monty Python.”

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[SIZE="4"]Exit Eliza[/SIZ, [was first published in 1912. The bonus story [/[SIZE="4"]“Eliza and the Special”[/SIZ[ was first published in 1915. This collection is in the public domain where copyright is “Life+90” or less, and in the USA.[/
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Pain, Barry: Here and Hereafter. v1. 17 Nov 2022

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An intriguing collection of stories, including “The Four-Fingered Hand” and “The Unfinished Game”. You will encounter hauntings and visitations of unusual sorts, grim events that seem to have a rational explanation (but not quite), glimpses into the darker corners of the human heart — but also some tales in a lighter mood, including the fable-like “Girl with the Beautiful Hair”.

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Barry Eric Odell Pain (28 Sep. 1864 – 05 May 1928) was an English journalist, poet, humorist and writer. During his lifetime, he was perhaps best known as a writer of parody and lightly humorous stories, but now is also noted for his tales touched with fantasy, horror, and the supernatural. He also wrote stories of mystery and suspense. His humor has been characterized by some modern critics as “a surreal forerunner to Monty Python.”

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This book, first published in 1911, is in the public domain where copyright is “Life+90” or less, and in the USA.
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Pain, Barry: In a Canadian Canoe and Other Stories. v1. 11 Nov 2022

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Barry Eric Odell Pain (28 Sep. 1864 – 05 May 1928) was an English journalist, poet, humorist and writer. During his lifetime, he was perhaps best known as a writer of parody and lightly humorous stories, but now is also noted for his tales touched with fantasy, horror, and the supernatural. He also wrote stories of mystery and suspense. His humor has been characterized by some modern critics as “a surreal forerunner to Monty Python.”

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Presented here, another collection of Barry Pain’s early short stories.

Two story sequences, “In a Canadian Canoe” and “The Nine Muses Minus One”, have occasional touches of the fantastic.
In “The Celestial Grocery”, a fantasy in the mode of F. Anstey, a shop sells abstract concepts rather than material goods — for example, ‘Requited Love’, ‘Political Success’, and ‘Personal Charm’.
“The Girl and the Beetle” is a moral fable and satire on Victorian attitudes toward death.

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This book, first published in 1891, is in the public domain where copyright is “Life+90” or less, and in the USA.
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Pain, Barry: Marge Askinforit. v1. 15 Dec 2022

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A rollicking parody of [Margot Asquith: An Autobiography[/ (1920), in which Pain’s character, Marge (short for Margerine), beguiles us with the most personal details of her dysfunctional family, and delights in relating every cringing, if not wholly accurate, minutiae of her exciting private life.
(—Nigel Boydell at Librivox)

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Barry Eric Odell Pain (28 Sep. 1864 – 05 May 1928) was an English journalist, poet, humorist and writer. During his lifetime, he was perhaps best known as a writer of parody and lightly humorous stories, but now is also noted for his tales touched with fantasy, horror, and the supernatural. He also wrote stories of mystery and suspense. His humor has been characterized by some modern critics as “a surreal forerunner to Monty Python.”

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Marge Askinforit [ was first published in 1920. This book is in the public domain where copyright is “Life+90” or less, and in the USA.[/
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Pain, Barry: Mrs. Murphy (illus). v2. 01 Jan 2023

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Something to make you smile …

Mrs. Murphy is a genial old charwoman and the very soul of wit. She gives her views on the “things that matter” with a delightful frankness, simplicity, sound sense, and shrewd humor.

These pieces are taken from archives of [Pearson’s Magazine[/. This delicious quote from the first installment certainly whets the appetite:

Mrs Murphy on honesty: “Use it with discretion, same as I have done, and don’t make too much of a hobby of it, and you won’t go far wrong.”

Available with or without illustrations.

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Barry Eric Odell Pain (28 Sep. 1864 – 05 May 1928) was an English journalist, poet, humorist and writer. During his lifetime, he was perhaps best known as a writer of parody and lightly humorous stories, but now is also noted for his tales touched with fantasy, horror, and the supernatural. He also wrote stories of mystery and suspense. His humor has been characterized by some modern critics as “a surreal forerunner to Monty Python.”

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These pieces by Barry Pain (1864–1928), illustrated by Reginald F. Smith (1855–1925), first appeared in Pearson’s Magazine Jun. 1912 – May 1913. [This book is in the public domain where copyright is “Life+90” or less, and in the USA.[/
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EDIT TO ADD: Uploaded version 2 with missing story added. I found “ON HONESTY” in the Bodleian online library. :)
Previous downloads 7.

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Pain, Barry: Nature’s Next Moves. v1. 17 Dec 2022

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Purportedly by “Archibald Damstruther,” the fictional creation of Pain, who is himself credited as “editor” of these pieces, this is a six-part set of loosely connected fantasies, cousin to the wacky invention story popular at the time.

Pain’s variation on the theme is to speculate about fantastic (and funny) directions in which biological evolution might steer plants and animals—and people—to produce new improved versions of existing species (e.g., a third arm for people, or a writing tree that helps authors. As one might expect, the writing is droll and amusing.

I don’t think these have ever been collected before. Hope you enjoy them!

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Barry Eric Odell Pain (28 Sep. 1864 – 05 May 1928) was an English journalist, poet, humorist and writer. During his lifetime, he was perhaps best known as a writer of parody and lightly humorous stories, but now is also noted for his tales touched with fantasy, horror, and the supernatural. He also wrote stories of mystery and suspense. His humor has been characterized by some modern critics as “a surreal forerunner to Monty Python.”

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The contents of this collection were first serialized in Pearson’s Magazine, January through June, 1900. [This book is in the public domain where copyright is “Life+90” or less, and in the USA.[/
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Pain, Barry: Playthings and Parodies. v1. 13 Nov 2022

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Barry Eric Odell Pain (28 Sep. 1864 – 05 May 1928) was an English journalist, poet, humorist and writer. During his lifetime, he was perhaps best known as a writer of parody and lightly humorous stories, but now is also noted for his tales touched with fantasy, horror, and the supernatural. He also wrote stories of mystery and suspense. His humor has been characterized by some modern critics as “a surreal forerunner to Monty Python.”

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Presented here, a collection of essays, sketches, and parodied poetry

A number of the “Sketches in London” simply describe Pain’s observations of life in the city. But the majority of this collection provides many chuckles, offering humor ranging from subtle and sly to broad and twisty. If your taste runs to twisty, be sure to visit the final section, “Home Pets” — these pieces are bizarre indeed.

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This book, first published in 1892, is in the public domain where copyright is “Life+90” or less, and in the USA.
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Pain, Barry: Robinson Crusoe’s Return. v1. 25 Dec 2022

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A comic re-imagining of the sequel to “Robinson Crusoe.” In this novelette, we learn how Crusoe, who was born in 1632 and has discovered the secret of Eternal Middle Age, sails from his desert island on a raft of his own fashioning and is cast upon the south coast of twentieth-century England; and how he experiences remarkable adventures and falls into many scrapes through ignorance of modern manners.
(—Adapted from unidentified newspaper cutting contemporary to first edition.)

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[SIZE="2"](One short quotation. I can’t resist)[/SIZ

… after much seeking, I lighted on three eggs. Two of these were real duck’s eggs, and of the third I cannot speak more particularly, as I found, on tasting it, that the copyright had expired.

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Barry Eric Odell Pain (28 Sep. 1864 – 05 May 1928) was an English journalist, poet, humorist and writer. During his lifetime, he was perhaps best known as a writer of parody and lightly humorous stories, but now is also noted for his tales touched with fantasy, horror, and the supernatural. He also wrote stories of mystery and suspense. His humor has been characterized by some modern critics as “a surreal forerunner to Monty Python.”

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[Robinson Crusoe’s Return[/ by Barry Pain (1864–1928) was serialized in [Pearson’s Weekly Magazine[/ 15 Mar.–26 Apr. 1906; published in hardback in 1906. Illustrations by George F. Kerr (1870–1953) have been omitted due to copyright restrictions. [This book is in the public domain where copyright is “Life+90” or less, and in the USA.[/
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Pain, Barry: Stories and Interludes. v1. 09 Nov 2022

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An early collection of Barry Pain’s short stories, including fantasies “The Glass of Supreme Moments” and “Exchange.” Morbid, bittersweet pieces, more fin de siecle than his later work. Some pieces are reminiscent of Victorian fables. Six poems are presented in the “interludes.”

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Barry Eric Odell Pain (28 Sep. 1864 – 05 May 1928) was an English journalist, poet, humorist and writer. During his lifetime, he was perhaps best known as a writer of parody and lightly humorous stories, but now is also noted for his tales touched with fantasy, horror, and the supernatural. He also wrote stories of mystery and suspense.

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This book, first published in 1891, is in the public domain where copyright is “Life+90” or less, and in the USA.
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Pain, Barry: Stories in Grey. v1. 15 Nov 2022

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Many moods may be found herein: stories with a macabre flavor, tales touched by the supernatural, light humor, sly satire, a ghost or two, even some romance. This collection includes the often anthologized stories “Smeath” and “Rose Rose,” but others deserve the reader’s careful attention as well.
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Barry Eric Odell Pain (28 Sep. 1864 – 05 May 1928) was an English journalist, poet, humorist and writer. During his lifetime, he was perhaps best known as a writer of parody and lightly humorous stories, but now is also noted for his tales touched with fantasy, horror, and the supernatural. He also wrote stories of mystery and suspense. His humor has been characterized by some modern critics as “a surreal forerunner to Monty Python.”

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This book, first published in 1911, is in the public domain where copyright is “Life+90” or less, and in the USA.
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Pain, Barry: Stories in the Dark (1901); v1; 5 March 2020

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Barry Pain (1964-1928) was primarily a humourist, but also turned his hand very successfully to horror and supernatural.

This very rare slim volume (28,000 words) contains ten such stories:

1: The Diary of a God
2: This is All
3: The Moon-Slave
4: The Green Light
5: The Magnet
6: The Case of Vincent Pyrwhit
7: The Bottom of the Gulf
8: The End of a Show
9: The Undying Thing
10: The Gray Cat

"The End of a Show" was selected by Dorothy L Sayers for her first "Omnibus of Crime" collection in 1928.

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Pain, Barry: Stories in the Dark, v.1, 28 April 2008.

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(1901)
A collection of stories with supernatural or horror elements.

Contents:

The Diary of a God
This is All
The Moon-Slave
The Green Light
The Magnet
The Case of Vincent Pyrwhit
The Bottom of the Gulf
The End of a Show
The Undying Thing
The Gray Cat

Found at Munsey’s
Also available in PDF at:
http://www.horrormasters.com/SS_Col_Pain1.htm
This site also has two other of Pain’s short stories, ‘Rose Rose’ and ‘The Four-Fingered Hand.’ These are all in secure PDF, so I can’t convert them.

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Pain, Barry: Stories Without Tears. v1. 18 Nov 2022

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A fine collection of chuckles and grins, ranging from subtle dark humor to rollicking burlesque. Have some laughs courtesy of Mr. Pain.

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Barry Eric Odell Pain (28 Sep. 1864 – 05 May 1928) was an English journalist, poet, humorist and writer. During his lifetime, he was perhaps best known as a writer of parody and lightly humorous stories, but now is also noted for his tales touched with fantasy, horror, and the supernatural. He also wrote stories of mystery and suspense. His humor has been characterized by some modern critics as “a surreal forerunner to Monty Python.”

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Pain, Barry: The Diary of a Baby. v1. 18 Dec 2022

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“This alleged diary is set down as being ‘a free record of the unconscious thought of Rosalys Ysolde Smith, aged one year.’ … the narrative is warranted to kill any attack of the blues …” (a review contemporary to the first edition)

Miss Rosalys is, of course, a naive infant, becoming acquainted with her new world, but completely capable of pronouncements worthy of a snobbish middle-aged socialite. You might never look at a toddler in the same way again.

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Barry Eric Odell Pain (28 Sep. 1864 – 05 May 1928) was an English journalist, poet, humorist and writer. During his lifetime, he was perhaps best known as a writer of parody and lightly humorous stories, but now is also noted for his tales touched with fantasy, horror, and the supernatural. He also wrote stories of mystery and suspense. His humor has been characterized by some modern critics as “a surreal forerunner to Monty Python.”

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“The Diary of a Baby” was first serialized in The Delineator magazine Sep. – Dec. 1906; published in hardback in 1907. [This book is in the public domain where copyright is “Life+90” or less, and in the USA.[/
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Pain, Barry: The Exiles of Faloo. v1. 28 Nov 2022

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A comic picture of a South Sea island where a body of genteel swindlers and other fugitives from London society have settled and established a club; the satire particularly neat and unobtrusive, the characters adroitly combined so as to bring out each other's foibles.
(—Adelham, Internet Archive review)

… this is a satire on colonialism. And it’s the best thing of Pain’s that I’ve read, a genuine lost masterpiece. There’s a romantic subplot, there are good action sequences with an insurrection against the Club, and there’s a subtle political satire that has aged remarkably well.
(—Alwyn Turner, Lion & Unicorn blog)

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Barry Eric Odell Pain (28 Sep. 1864 – 05 May 1928) was an English journalist, poet, humorist and writer. During his lifetime, he was perhaps best known as a writer of parody and lightly humorous stories, but now is also noted for his tales touched with fantasy, horror, and the supernatural. He also wrote stories of mystery and suspense. His humor has been characterized by some modern critics as “a surreal forerunner to Monty Python.”

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The Exiles of Faloo, [first published in 1910, is in the public domain where copyright is “Life+90” or less, and in the USA.[/
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Pain, Barry: The Memoirs of Constantine Dix. v1. 24 Nov 2022

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Constantine Dix, like A. J. Raffles, has two very separate identities. He is a model English clergyman. Fine, upstanding, of moderate habits and fully committed to helping society’s least fortunate. He is also one of the most talented thieves in England.

“I am a good preacher,” as he puts it, “but I am a very good thief. Theft happens to be the thing I do best. I have studied it, and I am fond of it. It gives me great satisfaction to note the blunders that lead less intelligent criminals to their destruction, and the way in which I avoid those blunders.”

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Barry Eric Odell Pain (28 Sep. 1864 – 05 May 1928) was an English journalist, poet, humorist and writer. During his lifetime, he was perhaps best known as a writer of parody and lightly humorous stories, but now is also noted for his tales touched with fantasy, horror, and the supernatural. He also wrote stories of mystery and suspense. His humor has been characterized by some modern critics as “a surreal forerunner to Monty Python.”

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Pain, Barry: The New Gulliver, and other stories (1913), v1, 16 Sep 2020

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Barry Pain 1864-1928

Barry Eric Odell Pain was an English journalist, poet and writer. He became a prominent contributor to The Granta. He was known as a writer of parody and lightly humourous stories.

1: The New Gulliver
2: In A London Garden
3: Zero
4: When I Was King
5: The Satyr
6: The Choice
7: The Piano-Tuner
8: The Pearls And The Swine

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Pain, Barry: The Octave of Claudius. v1. 13 Dec 2022

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Claudius Sandell, a young unpublished novelist, is rendered penniless and homeless when his father disowns him. The mysterious surgeon Dr. Lamb gives Claudius £8,000 to spend as he sees fit, and an octave (eight days) in which to spend it…on condition that Dr. Lamb now “owns” him, and that Claudius must afterward submit to an experiment that will “benefit mankind.” He soon learns that this mysterious experiment will result in his death.

… Decades after its publication, [The Octave of Claudius[/ was praised by George Orwell as “a brilliant exercise in the macabre.”

(—F. Gwynplaine MacIntyre,
Fantasy & Science Fiction,
www.sfsite.com)

(There are also many bits of sly, dry humor to be found here. —grannyG)

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Barry Eric Odell Pain (28 Sep. 1864 – 05 May 1928) was an English journalist, poet, humorist and writer. During his lifetime, he was perhaps best known as a writer of parody and lightly humorous stories, but now is also noted for his tales touched with fantasy, horror, and the supernatural. He also wrote stories of mystery and suspense. His humor has been characterized by some modern critics as “a surreal forerunner to Monty Python.”

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The Octave of Claudius [ was first published in 1897. This book is in the public domain where copyright is “Life+90” or less, and in the USA.[/
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Pain, Barry: The One Before (illus). v1. 07 Dec 2022

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A humorous fantasy, featuring personality types interacting on a quest plot. The motivating object is the Sahib-i-dírína, a magical ring from the Orient. It has the property of causing the wearer to assume the emotional structure (but not the personality or memory) of the previous wearer. It happens to be in the hands of an eccentric traveller and savant, Nathaniel Brookes, and it is eagerly sought after by Oriental religionists and their commercial agents in England.

Interesting, not for the somewhat slight plot line, but for the amusing character grotesques, outstanding of whom are a pair of gossiping young housemaids.
(— Everett F. Bleiler, “The Guide to Supernatural Fiction”)

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**** Available with or without the 87 illustrations by Tom Browne.

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Barry Eric Odell Pain (28 Sep. 1864 – 05 May 1928) was an English journalist, poet, humorist and writer. During his lifetime, he was perhaps best known as a writer of parody and lightly humorous stories, but now is also noted for his tales touched with fantasy, horror, and the supernatural. He also wrote stories of mystery and suspense. His humor has been characterized by some modern critics as “a surreal forerunner to Monty Python.”

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The One Before, [by Barry Pain (1864–1928), illustrated by Tom Browne (1870–1910), was first published in 1902. This book is in the public domain where copyright is “Life+90” or less, and in the USA.[/
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Pain, Barry: The Problem Club. v1. 19 Nov 2022

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PUZZLE STORIES!

The Problem Club is an infamous London Club which meets once a month to discuss a given problem. The problems have nothing to do with mathematics, but are social problems, in the broadest possible sense of the word. For instance, how does one manage to kiss ten young ladies on the cheek within the space of one hour without offending any of them? Would you be able to solve this problem? Watch the members of the Problem Club compete and find out how it is done.[
— Summary by Carolin at Librivox)

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Barry Eric Odell Pain (28 Sep. 1864 – 05 May 1928) was an English journalist, poet, humorist and writer. During his lifetime, he was perhaps best known as a writer of parody and lightly humorous stories, but now is also noted for his tales touched with fantasy, horror, and the supernatural. He also wrote stories of mystery and suspense. His humor has been characterized by some modern critics as “a surreal forerunner to Monty Python.”

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Pain, Barry: Wilhelmina in London. v1. 26 Dec 2022

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This was first serialized in [The Grand Magazine[/ in 1905 as “The Lone Hand.”

“Each chapter relates an adventure in the career of a penniless but brave and resourceful girl with no one to depend upon but herself. On the death of her father, a clever but shiftless literary ne’er-do-weel, she collects all the little property that is available and boldly sets forth to seek her fortune in London.”
( — Grand Magazine summary)

Wilhelmina tries her hand at many things to make a penny. Among other ventures, she is hired to impersonate a dying woman’s daughter, offers advice to the lovelorn for a fee, gets involved with spiritualism as a medium, learns to be an automobile mechanic and driver…

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Barry Eric Odell Pain (28 Sep. 1864 – 05 May 1928) was an English journalist, poet, humorist and writer. During his lifetime, he was perhaps best known as a writer of parody and lightly humorous stories, but now is also noted for his tales touched with fantasy, horror, and the supernatural. He also wrote stories of mystery and suspense. His humor has been characterized by some modern critics as “a surreal forerunner to Monty Python.”

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[Wilhelmina in London[/ by Barry Pain (1864–1928) was serialized in [The Grand Magazine[/ Mar.–May 1905; published in hardback in 1906. [This book is in the public domain where copyright is “Life+90” or less, and in the USA.[/
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Pain, Barry: Wilmay and Other Stories of Women. v1. 28 Nov 2022

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A small collection of “slice of life” stories about human relationships. Love and friendship, sorrows and joys, with here and there a subtle ironic twist — are you paying attention?

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Barry Eric Odell Pain (28 Sep. 1864 – 05 May 1928) was an English journalist, poet, humorist and writer. During his lifetime, he was perhaps best known as a writer of parody and lightly humorous stories, but now is also noted for his tales touched with fantasy, horror, and the supernatural. He also wrote stories of mystery and suspense. His humor has been characterized by some modern critics as “a surreal forerunner to Monty Python.”

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Wilmay and Other Stories of Women, [first published in 1898, is in the public domain where copyright is “Life+90” or less, and in the USA.[/
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Paine, Albert B.: From Van-Dweller to Commuter (illus). v1. 31 May 2016

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From Van Dweller to Commuter
By Albert Bigelow Paine (1861–1935)
Illustrated (unattributed)

First published 1901 ([The Van Dwellers[/), 1904 ([The Commuters[/), 1907 (this combined book).
This book is in the public domain in countries where copyright is “Life+70” or less, and in the USA

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Albert Bigelow Paine was an American author and biographer best known for his work with Mark Twain. He wrote in several genres, including fiction, humor, and verse, for children and adults. His most notable work was a three-volume biography of Mark Twain.

Subtitled “The Story of a Strenuous Quest for a Home and a Little Hearth and Garden”, this humorous “memoir” narrates the misadventures of a young family in New York City on an endless search for the ideal nesting place. Persons constantly on the move were said to live out of the moving van, thus: The Van Dwellers. Upon finally settling in suburbia, they become The Commuters. If the reader transposes incidental dated references (to gas lights, wood cook-stoves, horse-drawn wagons, and goodness, such prices!) to their modern counterparts, it can be plainly seen that such adventures can still occur today. Cramped apartments, slovenly janitors, stingy landlords, tardy delivery-men, lolly-gagging carpenters and painters – why, it might have been written last week!

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Text and images from archive.org. OCR errors were corrected; punctuation, italics and diacritics formatted; illustrations manually cleaned and enhanced. Chapter titles are cross-linked to Table of Contents. Embedded font for titling. I have re-inserted three chapters from the original Van Dwellers; those titles are marked with asterisks.

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Paine, Albert Bigelow: Dwellers in Arcady (illus). v1. 22 Jun 2016

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Dwellers in Arcady: The Story of an Abandoned Farm By Albert Bigelow Paine (1861–1935)
Illustrated by Thomas Fogarty (1873–1938)

Dwellers in Arcady was first published in 1919. This book is in the public domain in countries where copyright is “Life+70” or less, and in the USA.

Text and illustrations were obtained from archive.org. OCR errors were corrected; punctuation, italics and diacritics formatted; some punctuation modernized; illustrations manually cleaned and enhanced.

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Albert Bigelow Paine was an American author and biographer best known for his work with Mark Twain. He wrote in several genres, including fiction, humor, and verse, for children and adults. His most notable work was a three-volume biography of Mark Twain.

In 1905, Paine, with his wife Dora and their three young daughters, acquired a farm near Redding, Connecticut, and lived there for the next twelve years. This book could be considered as a sequel to [From Van-Dweller to Commuter[/, and is written in the same style. The collection of gently humorous semi-autobiographical vignettes describes their experiences as they rescued and restored the house and land from years of neglect, reveled in the treasures found in odd corners, and fell under the spell of country life

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EXCERPT (it's a long one)
We had acquired Mis’ Cow a few weeks before William’s arrival. It was partly on account of the milk that we wanted her, partly because there was an empty stall next to Old Beek’s [Lord Beaconsfield, their hors and we thought she would be company for him, partly because we wanted a cow in the landscape – a moving picture of her in the green pasture across the road – finally (and I believe principally) because we have a mania for restoring things and Mis’ Cow looked as if she needed to be restored.

She was owned by a man who was moving away – moving because he had not made a success of chicken-farming by book, and still less of Mis’ Cow. He was not her first owner, nor her second, nor her third. I don’t know what his number was on her list of owners, but I know if he had kept her much longer he would have been her last one. More than once we had bought the mere frame of a haircloth couch, and taken an esthetic pleasure in having it polished and upholstered, and made into a thing of beauty and service. It was with this view that we acquired Mis’ Cow, who at the moment was a mere frame with a patchy Holstein covering and a feebly hanging tail. We gave thirty-five dollars for her, and the man who was moving because he had not made a success of chickens threw in a single buggy that broke down the week after he left.

We consulted Westbury on the matter of Mis’ Cow’s past history, and it was the only time I ever knew W. C. Westbury to be inexact as to the age and habits of any animal in Brook Ridge. He said he had always known her as a good milker, but that she had been unfortunate of late years in her owners. He couldn’t remember her age, but he didn’t think it was enough to hurt her. My opinion is that he could have given her exact birthday and record had he really tried, but that kindness of heart prompted him to encourage a trade that might improve her fortunes. I suspect that they had played together in childhood.

We managed to get Mis’ Cow up the hill and into her stall, where we could provide her with upholstery material. The little pasture across the road was getting green and she presently had the full run of it. The restoring progress began, as it were, overnight. If ever an article of furniture paid a quick return in the matter of looks, she did. She could never be a very fat Mis’ Cow – she was not of that build. But a few days of good food and plenty of it certainly worked wonders. She filled out several of the most alarming hollows around her hips and along her ridge-pole, she seemingly took on height and length. She grew smooth, even glossy; her tail no longer hung on her like a bell-cord, but became a lithe weapon of defense that could swat a fly with fatal precision on any given spot of her black-and-white area. It was only a little while until we were really proud to have her in the landscape, and the picture she made grazing against the green or standing in the apple shade was really gratifying. When the trees were pink and white with bloom and Mis’ Cow rested under them, chewing in time to her long reflections, we often called one another out to admire the pastoral scene. A visiting friend of Scotch ancestry was moved to exclaim, “Ah, the bonny cow!”

Then there was the matter of milk – she certainly justified Westbury’s reputation in that respect. From a quart or two of thin, pale unusable fluid her daily dividend grew into gallons of foaming richness that became pitchers of cream and pounds of butter; for Elizabeth, like myself, had known farming in an earlier day, and rows of milk-pans and a churn went with her idea of the simple life. All day Mis’ Cow munched the new grass, and night and morning yielded a brimming pail. She was a noble worker, I will say that.

But there was another side to Mis’ Cow – a side which Westbury forgot to mention. Mis’ Cow was an acrobat. When she had been on bran mash and clover for a few weeks she showed a decided tendency to be gay – to caper and kick up her heels – to break away into the woods or down the road, if one was not watching. But this was not all – this was mere ordinary cow nature, which is more foolish and contrary than any other kind of nature except that which goes with a human being or a hen. I was not surprised at these things – they were only a sign that she was getting tolerably restored, according to specifications. But when one day I saw her going down the road, soon after I had turned her into the pasture and carefully put up the bars, I realized that she had special gifts. Stone walls did not a prison make – not for her. Elizabeth and I rounded her up and got her back into the pasture, and from concealment I watched her. She fed peacefully enough, for some time, then, doubtless believing herself unobserved, she took a brief promenade along the wall until she came to what looked like a promising place, and simply walked over it, like a goat.

We herded her into the barn, and I engaged a man to put a string of wire above the wall. That was effective as long as it was in repair. But it was Mis’ Cow’s business to see that it did not remain in repair permanently. She would examine it during idle moments, pick out a weak spot in the entanglement, and pull it flat with her horns. Or where the wall was broad enough at the top, she would climb up and walk it, just for exercise, stepping over when she got ready. If she could have been persuaded to do those things to order I could have sold her to a circus.

I found this amusing; hope you do too.
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Paine, Albert Bigelow: Elsie and the Arkansaw Bear (illus). v1. 14 Jun 2016

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Elsie and the Arkansaw Bear by Albert Bigelow Paine (1861–1935)
Illustrations by Frank Ver Beck (1858–1933)
First published in 1909. This book is in the public domain in countries where copyright is “Life+70” or less, and in the USA.
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Albert Bigelow Paine was an American author and biographer best known for his work with Mark Twain. He wrote in several genres, including fiction, humor, and verse, for children and adults. His most notable work was a three-volume biography of Mark Twain.

This sequel to [The Arkansaw Bear[/ brings more humorous tales about Horatio, the fiddle-playing bear. Orphan Elsie, a young girl running away from her abusive Uncle Hennegar, meets Horatio, and sets out with him to return to the Bear Colony in the Big Swamp Wood.

Perhaps because these stories were targeted to girls, the adventures are of a gentler nature than those endured by Bosephus in the first book. The song “The Arkansaw Traveller” dominates, but is not the only melody sung by Orphan Elsie.

Recommended for age ten and up.

EXCERPT:
Elsie didn’t dance Johnnie Bear up and down after that verse, or set him on Horatio’s shoulder, or on his head, or his arm. She was about to do all of these things, and then, suddenly, she dropped him — dropped her dear Johnnie Bear on the ground in the dirt — for there, standing right in front of her, his face so full of vinegar that it would have turned milk sour just to look at it — if milk [could[/ look at it — stood Uncle Hennegar himself!

Then Elsie gave a scream, and fell back against Horatio, who fell back against the Watson boys, who fell back against the crowd behind them, who fell back against some horses, who were hitched to a rack along the street; and the horses snorted and kicked, and some of them broke loose, and one team ran off and upset a wagon loaded with barrels, and the barrels went rolling all over the street in every direction and scared a lot of chickens and geese that were pecking in the common, and these ran hissing and cackling, and one barrel frightened another horse that was hitched to a tin-peddler’s wagon, and the horse backed suddenly and upset all the tinware with a terrible racket, and by that time everybody was talking back to some body else, till nobody could tell what had happened or who was to blame. Uncle Hennegar had never raised such a commotion before in all his life.

He didn’t seem to mind it much, though, or to be proud of it. He just walked straight up to Elsie and took her by the arm.

“So this is what you’re a-doin’, is it?” he said; “travelin’ around and givin’ shows an’ makin’ money fer other people. Well, we’ll jest stop that. I’m yer only kin, and you an’ yer b’ar can jest come along an’ give shows an’ make money fer yer Uncle Hennegar. D’ye hear?”

Elsie struggled to get away.

“I won’t!” she said. “I won’t go with you again. You’re not my uncle. You’re just a wicked man that married my aunt, and abused her until she died. And you have abused me. I hate you!”

Elsie knew that it was very impolite to say that she hated anyone, but she was excited, and besides, it was the truth. By this time the crowd had gathered and the Watson boys had come up close.

“Look yere,” said Pod Watson to Uncle Hennegar, “you take yer hands off that little girl! She says you ain’t her uncle, an’ she ran away because you was mean to her. An’ you ain’t got no claim on the b’ar, neither. We tuck thet b’ar out of the woods, runnin’ wild!”

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Paine, Albert Bigelow: Hollow Tree and Deep Woods Book(collec,illus). v1. 14 May 2016

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The Hollow Tree and Deep Woods Book
By Albert Bigelow Paine (1861–1935)
Illustrated by James M. Condé (?–1918?)

First published 1898~1900. This book is in the public domain in countries where copyright is “Life+70” or less, and in the USA.

Albert Bigelow Paine was an American author and biographer best known for his work with Mark Twain. He wrote fiction, humor, and verse, for children and adults. His most notable work was a three-volume biography of Mark Twain.

James M. Condé illustrated many children’s books, his work appearing from the 1890’s until 1918. No biographical data is available.

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“Once upon a time, in the far depths of the Big Deep Woods, there was a Big Hollow Tree with three hollow branches. In one of these there lived a ’Coon, in another a ’Possum, and in the third a Big Black Crow.” Thus the Story Teller begins spinning the tales for the Little Lady. He narrates the adventures of a circle of animal friends, with the central characters – Mr. Crow, Mr. ’Coon, and Mr. ’Possum – sharing the spotlight with other delightful folks such as Mr. Turtle, Mr. Rabbit, and Mr. Dog. These fellows go on picnics and fishing trips, tend their gardens, indulge in chicken and dumplings, and sit around the fireplace after supper smoking their pipes, reminiscing and telling tales (not unlike many of us, I daresay).

These stories were created for children, but certainly can be appreciated by adults – written with an easy down-home humor (but no dialect here!), they often have a Twainian twang that dares the reader to keep a straight face. Share the laughter with children you know, and see which of you has more fun.

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EXCERPT from “Mr. Rabbit’s Unwelcome Visitor”
…you see Mr. Polecat is so queer in some of his ways that people even don’t talk about him a great deal. He is really quite a nice gentleman, though, when he doesn’t get excited. But when he does he loses friends.

The trouble is with the sort of perfumery he uses when he gets excited, just as some people use a smelling bottle, and nobody seems to like the sort Mr. Polecat uses except himself. I suppose he must like it or he wouldn’t be so free with it. But other people go away when he uses it – mostly in the direction the wind’s blowing from – and in a hurry, as if they were afraid they’d miss a train. Even Mr. Dog doesn’t stop to argue with Mr. Polecat. Nobody does, and all the other deep woods people do their best to make him happy and to keep him in a good humor whenever he comes about, and give him their nicest things to eat and a lot to carry home with him, so he’ll start just as soon as possible.

But more than anything they try to keep him from saying anything about Mr. Dog or hinting or even thinking about Mr. Dog, for when he does any of these things he’s apt to get excited, and then sometimes he opens up that perfume of his and his friends fall over each other to get out of reach. They’re never very happy to see him coming, and they’re always glad to see him go, even when he’s had a quiet visit and goes pretty soon, which is just what didn’t happen one time when he came to call on Jack Rabbit, and it’s that time I’m going to tell about.

Mr. Rabbit looked out his door one morning and there was Mr. Polecat, all dressed up, coming to see him. He wasn’t very far off, either, and Mr. Rabbit hardly had time to jerk down a crayon picture of Mr. Dog that he’d made the day before, just for practice. He pushed it under the bed quick, and when Mr. Polecat came up he bowed and smiled, and said what a nice day it was, and that he’d bring a chair outside if Mr. Polecat would like to sit there instead of coming in where it wasn’t so pleasant.

But Mr. Polecat said he guessed he’d come in, as it was a little chilly and he didn’t feel very well anyway. So he came inside, and Jack Rabbit gave him his best chair and brought out a little table and put a lot of nice things on it that Mr. Polecat likes, and began right away to pack a basket for him to take home.

But Mr. Polecat didn’t seem to be in any hurry to go. He ate some of the nice things, and then leaned back to talk and smoke, and told Mr. Rabbit all the news he’d heard as he came along, and Mr. Rabbit got more and more worried, for he knew that just as likely as not Mr. Polecat had heard something about Mr. Dog and would begin to tell it pretty soon, and then no knowing what would happen. So Jack Rabbit just said “Yes” and “No” and began to talk about Mr. Robin, because Mr. Robin was a good friend of everybody and nobody could get excited just talking about Mr. Robin. But Mr. Polecat says: – “Oh, yes, I saw Mr. Robin as I came along, and he called to me that Mr. Dog—” And then Jack Rabbit changed the subject as quick as he could and spoke about Mr. Squirrel, and Mr. Polecat says: – “Oh, did you hear how Mr. Squirrel went over to Mr. Man’s house and saw Mr. Dog there—” And then poor Mr. Rabbit had to think quick and change the subject again to the Hollow Tree people, and Mr. Polecat said: – “Oh, yes. I stopped by that way as I came along, and they called out to me from up stairs how you were practising drawing, and that you gave Mr. Dog some dancing lessons the other day, and then made a fine picture of him just as he looked when he danced into the hot coals, so I hurried right over here for just to see that picture.”

Poor Mr. Rabbit! He didn’t know what to do. He knew right away that the Hollow Tree people had told about the picture to get rid of Mr. Polecat, and he made up his mind that he’d get even with them some day for getting him in such a fix. But some day was a long ways off and Mr. Polecat was right there under his nose, so Mr. Rabbit said, just as quick as he could say it, that the Hollow Tree people were always making jokes, and that the picture was just as poor as it could be, and that he’d be ashamed to show it to anybody, much more to a talented gentleman like Mr. Polecat. But that made Mr. Polecat all the more anxious to see it, for he was sure Mr. Rabbit was only modest, and pretty soon he happened to spy the edge of the picture frame under Mr. Rabbit’s bed, and just reached under and pulled it out, before Mr. Rabbit could help himself.

Well, he picked up that picture and looked at it a minute, and Jack Rabbit began to back off toward the door and say a few soothing words, when all at once Mr. Polecat leaned back and commenced to laugh and laugh at the funny picture Mr. Dog made where Mr. Rabbit called to him, “Dance! Mr. Dog, dance!” And then, of course, Mr. Rabbit felt better, for if his company thought it was funny and laughed there wasn’t so much danger.

“Why,” said Mr. Polecat, “it’s the best thing I ever saw! You could almost imagine that Mr. Dog himself was right here, howling and barking and dancing.”

“Oh, no, hardly that,” said Mr. Rabbit. “Of course I suppose it is a little like him, but it’s not at all as if he were here, you know – not at all – and he’s ever so far off, I’m sure, and won’t come again for a long time. You know, he’s—”

“Oh, yes, it is!” declared Mr. Polecat. “It’s just as if he were right here. And I can just hear him howl and bark, and—”

And right there Mr. Polecat stopped and Mr. Rabbit stopped, and both of them held their breath and listened, for sure enough they did hear Mr. Dog howling and barking and coming toward the house as straight as he could come.
You know what’s coming next, don’t you.

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Paine, Albert Bigelow: Hollow Tree Nights and Days (collect,illus). v1. 14 May 2016

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Hollow Tree Nights and Days
By Albert Bigelow Paine (1861–1935)
Illustrated by James M. Condé (?–1918?)

First published 1915. This book is in the public domain in countries where copyright is “Life+70” or less, and in the USA.

Albert Bigelow Paine was an American author and biographer best known for his work with Mark Twain. He wrote fiction, humor, and verse, for children and adults. His most notable work was a three-volume biography of Mark Twain.

James M. Condé illustrated many children’s books, his work appearing from the 1890’s until 1918. No biographical data is available.

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“Once upon a time, in the far depths of the Big Deep Woods, there was a Big Hollow Tree with three hollow branches. In one of these there lived a ’Coon, in another a ’Possum, and in the third a Big Black Crow.” Thus the Story Teller begins spinning the tales for the Little Lady. He narrates the adventures of a circle of animal friends, with the central characters – Mr. Crow, Mr. ’Coon, and Mr. ’Possum – sharing the spotlight with other delightful folks such as Mr. Turtle, Mr. Rabbit, and Mr. Dog. These fellows go on picnics and fishing trips, tend their gardens, indulge in chicken and dumplings, and sit around the fireplace after supper smoking their pipes, reminiscing and telling tales (not unlike many of us, I daresay).

These stories were created for children, but certainly can be appreciated by adults – written with an easy down-home humor (but no dialect here!), they often have a Twainian twang that dares the reader to keep a straight face. Share the laughter with children you know, and see which of you has more fun.

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EXCERPT from “Mr. Possum’s Sick Spell”
Once upon a time, said the Story Teller, something very sad nearly happened in the Hollow Tree. It was Mr. ’Possum’s turn, one night, to go out and borrow a chicken from Mr. Man’s roost, and coming home he fell into an old well and lost his chicken. He nearly lost himself, too, for the water was icy cold and Mr. ’Possum thought he would freeze to death before he could climb out, because the rocks were slippery and he fell back several times.

As it was, he got home almost dead, and next morning was sicker than he had ever been before in his life. He had pains in his chest and other places, and was all stuffed up in his throat and very scared. The ’Coon and the Crow who lived in the Hollow Tree with him were scared, too. They put him to bed in the big room down-stairs, and said they thought they ought to send for somebody, and Mr. Crow said that Mr. Owl was a good hand with sick folks, because he looked so wise and didn’t say much, which always made the patient think he knew something.

So Mr. Crow hurried over and brought Mr. Owl, who put on his glasses and looked at Mr. ’Possum’s tongue, and felt of his pulse, and listened to his breathing, and said that the cold water seemed to have struck in and that the only thing to do was for Mr. ’Possum to stay in bed and drink hot herb tea and not eat anything, which was a very sad prescription for Mr. ’Possum, because he hated herb tea and was very partial to eating. He groaned when he heard it and said he didn’t suppose he’d ever live to enjoy himself again, and that he might just as well have stayed in the well with the chicken, which was a great loss and doing no good to anybody. Then Mr. Owl went away, and told the Crow outside that Mr. ’Possum was a very sick man, and that at his time of life and in his state of flesh his trouble might go hard with him.

So Mr. Crow went back into the kitchen and made up a lot of herb tea and kept it hot on the stove, and Mr. ’Coon sat by Mr. ’Possum’s bed and made him drink it almost constantly, which Mr. ’Possum said might cure him if he didn’t die of it before the curing commenced.
He said if he just had that chicken, made up with a good platter of dumplings, he believed it would do him more good than anything, and he begged the ’Coon to go and fish it out, or to catch another one, and try it on him, and then if he did die he would at least have fewer regrets.

But the Crow and the ’Coon said they must do as Mr. Owl ordered, unless Mr. ’Possum wanted to change doctors, which was not a good plan until the case became hopeless, and that would probably not be before some time in the night. Mr. ’Coon said, though, there was no reason why that nice chicken should be wasted, and as it would still be fresh, he would rig up a hook and line and see if he couldn’t save it. So he got out his fishing things and made a grab hook and left Mr. Crow to sit by Mr. ’Possum until he came back. He could follow Mr. ’Possum’s track to the place, and in a little while he had the fine, fat chicken, and came home with it and showed it to the patient, who had a sinking spell when he looked at it, and turned his face to the wall and said he seemed to have lived in vain.

Mr. Crow, who always did the cooking, said he’d better put the chicken on right away, under the circumstances, and then he remembered a bottle of medicine he had once seen sitting on Mr. Man’s window-sill outside, and he said while the chicken was cooking he’d just step over and get it, as it might do the patient good, and it didn’t seem as if anything now could do him any harm.

So the Crow dressed the nice chicken and put it in the pot with the dumplings, and while Mr. ’Coon dosed Mr. ’Possum with the hot herb tea Mr. Crow slipped over to Mr. Man’s house and watched a good chance when the folks were at dinner, and got the bottle and came back with it and found Mr. ’Possum taking a nap and the ’Coon setting the table; for the dinner was about done and there was a delicious smell of dumplings and chicken, which made Mr. ’Possum begin talking in his sleep about starving to death in the midst of plenty. Then he woke up and seemed to suffer a good deal, and the Crow gave him a dose of Mr. Man’s medicine, and said that if Mr. ’Possum was still with them next morning they’d send for another doctor.

Mr. ’Possum took the medicine and choked on it, and when he could speak said he wouldn’t be with them. He could tell by his feelings, he said, that he would never get through this day of torture, and he wanted to say some last words. Then he said that he wanted the ’Coon to have his Sunday suit, which was getting a little tight for him and would just about fit Mr. ’Coon, and that he wanted the Crow to have his pipe and toilet articles, to remember him by. He said he had tried to do well by them since they had all lived together in the Hollow Tree, and he supposed it would be hard for them to get along without him, but that they would have to do the best they could. Then he guessed he’d try to sleep a little, and closed his eyes. Mr. ’Coon looked at Mr. Crow and shook his head, and they didn’t feel like sitting down to dinner right away, and pretty soon when they thought Mr. ’Possum was asleep they slipped softly up to his room to see how sad it would seem without him.

Well, they had only been gone a minute when Mr. ’Possum woke up, for the smell of that chicken and dumpling coming in from Mr. Crow’s kitchen was too much for him. When he opened his eyes and found that Mr. ’Coon and Mr. Crow were not there, and that he felt a little better – perhaps because of Mr. Man’s medicine – he thought he might as well step out and take one last look at chicken and dumpling, anyway.

It was quite warm, but, being all in a sweat, he put the bed-sheet around him to protect him from the drafts and went out to the stove and looked into the pot, and when he saw how good it looked he thought he might as well taste of it to see if it was done. So he did, and it tasted so good and seemed so done that he got out a little piece of dumpling on a fork, and blew on it to cool it, and ate it, and then another piece, and then the whole dumpling, which he sopped around in the gravy after each bite. Then when the dumpling was gone he fished up a chicken leg and ate that, and then a wing, and then the gizzard, and felt better all the time, and pretty soon poured out a cup of coffee and drank that, all before he remembered that he was sick abed and not expected to recover. Then he happened to think, and started back to bed, but on the way there he heard Mr. ’Coon and Mr. Crow talking softly in his room and he forgot again that he was so sick and went up to see about it.
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Paine, Albert Bigelow: Hollow Tree Snowed-In Book (collect, illus). v1. 14 May 2016

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The Hollow Tree Snowed-In Book
By Albert Bigelow Paine (1861–1935)
Illustrated by James M. Condé (?–1918?)

First published 1910. This book is in the public domain in countries where copyright is “Life+70” or less, and in the USA.

Albert Bigelow Paine was an American author and biographer best known for his work with Mark Twain. He wrote fiction, humor, and verse, for children and adults. His most notable work was a three-volume biography of Mark Twain.

James M. Condé illustrated many children’s books, his work appearing from the 1890’s until 1918. No biographical data is available.

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“Once upon a time, in the far depths of the Big Deep Woods, there was a Big Hollow Tree with three hollow branches. In one of these there lived a ’Coon, in another a ’Possum, and in the third a Big Black Crow.” Thus the Story Teller begins spinning the tales for the Little Lady. He narrates the adventures of a circle of animal friends, with the central characters – Mr. Crow, Mr. ’Coon, and Mr. ’Possum – sharing the spotlight with other delightful folks such as Mr. Turtle, Mr. Rabbit, and Mr. Dog. These fellows go on picnics and fishing trips, tend their gardens, indulge in chicken and dumplings, and sit around the fireplace after supper smoking their pipes, reminiscing and telling tales (not unlike many of us, I daresay).

These stories were created for children, but certainly can be appreciated by adults – written with an easy down-home humor (but no dialect here!), they often have a Twainian twang that dares the reader to keep a straight face. Share the laughter with children you know, and see which of you has more fun.

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EXCERPT from “Mr. Dog at the Circus”
I know all about menageries, on the outside and the inside too, for I have been to one. I went once with Mr. Man, though I wasn’t really invited to go. In fact, Mr. Man invited me to stay at home, and tried to slip off from me; but I watched which way he went, and took long roundin’s on him, and slipped in behind him when he went into the tent. He didn’t know for a while that I was there, and I wasn’t there so very long. But it was plenty long enough – a good deal longer than I’d ever stay again, unless I was tied.

I never saw so many wild, fierce-looking creatures in my life as there were in that menagerie, and they were just as wild and fierce as they looked. They had a lot of cages full of them and they had some outside of cages, though I don’t know why they should leave any of those dangerous animals around where they could damage folks that happened to come in reach, as I did. Those animals outside didn’t look as wild and fierce as those in the cages, but they were.

I kept in the crowd, close behind Mr. Man at first, and nobody knew I was there, but by-and-by he climbed up into a seat to watch some people all dressed up in fancy clothes ride around a ring on horses, which I didn’t care much about, so I slipped away, and went over to where there were some things that I wanted to take my time to and see quietly.

There was an animal about my size and style tied over in one corner of the tent, behind a rope, with a sign in front of him which said, ‘The Only Tame Hyena in the World.’ He looked smiling and good-natured, and I went over to ask him some questions.

But that sign wasn’t true. He wasn’t the least bit tame, and I’m sure now that he wasn’t smiling. He grabbed me before I had a chance to say a word, and when I jerked loose, which I did right away, for I didn’t want to stir up any fuss there, I left quite a piece of my ear with the tame hyena, and tripped backward over the rope and rolled right in front of a creature called an elephant, about as big as a house and not as useful.

I suppose they thought he was tame, too, but he must have been tamed by the same man, for he grabbed me with a kind of a tail that grew on the end of his nose – a thing a good deal like Mr. ’Possum’s tail, only about a million times as big – and I could hear my ribs crack as he waved me up and down.

Of course, as I say, I didn’t want to stir up any fuss, but I couldn’t keep still under such treatment as that, and I called right out to Mr. Man, where he sat looking at the fancy people riding, and told him that I had had enough of the show, and if he wanted to take any of me home he ought not to wait very long, but come over that way and see if he couldn’t get the tame elephant to practise that performance on the hyena or the next dog, because I had had plenty, and was willing to go home just as I was, all in one piece, even if not very lively.

Mr. Man came, too, and so did a lot of the others. They seemed to think that I was more to look at than those riding people; and some of them laughed, though what there was happening that was funny I have never been able to guess to this day. I kept right on telling Mr. Man what I wanted him to do, and mebbe I made a good deal of noise about it, for it seemed to stir up those other animals. There was a cage full of lions that started the most awful roaring you can think of, and a cage of crazy-looking things they called monkeys that screeched and howled and swung back and forth in rings and held on to the bars, and all the other things joined in, until I couldn’t tell whether I was still saying anything or not. I suppose they were all jealous of the elephant because of the fun he was having, and howling to be let out so they could get hold of me too.

Well, you never heard of such a time. It nearly broke up the show. Everybody ran over to look, and even the riding people stopped their horses to enjoy it, too. If it only hadn’t been so dangerous and unpleasant I should have been proud of the way they came to see me perform.

But Mr. Man didn’t seem to like it much. I heard him tell somebody, as loud as he could, that I would be killed, and that I was the best dog he ever had, and that if I was killed he’d sue the show.

That made me proud, too, but I wished he wouldn’t wait to sue the show, but would do something right away, and just then a man with a fancy dress on and a stick with a sharp iron hook on it came running up and said something I didn’t understand and hit the elephant with the hook end of the stick, and he gave me an extra big swing and crack and flung me half-way across the tent, where I landed on a bunch of hay right in front of a long-necked thing called a camel – another terrible tame creature, I suppose – who had me about half eaten up with his old long under lip, before Mr. Man could get over there.

When Mr. Man did get hold of me, he said that I’d better take what was left of me home, for they were going to feed the animals pretty soon, and that I would likely get mixed up with the bill of fare.

After that he took me to the entrance and pushed me outside, and I heard all those fierce creatures in the cages growl and roar louder than ever, as if they had expected to sample me and were sorry to see me go.

That’s what a menagerie is – it’s a place where they have all the kinds of animals and things in the world, for show, and a good many birds, and maybe turtles, too, but they don’t have any fine clear pond. They have just a big tent, like the one Mr. Crow saw, and a lot of cages inside. They keep most of the animals in cages, and they ought to keep them all there, and I don’t think they feed them very much, nor the best things, or they wouldn’t look so fierce and hungry.

They just keep them for Mr. Man and his friends to look at and talk about, and if Mr. Turtle will take my advice he will keep out of a menagerie and live in the Wide Blue Water where he was born. I wouldn’t have gone there again unless I had been tied and dragged there, or unless they had put those tame animals into cages with the others. No doubt there are some very fine, strong animals in a menagerie, but they wouldn’t be there if they could help it, and if anybody ever invites any of you to join a menagerie, take my advice and don’t do it.
Wise advice indeed.

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Paine, Albert Bigelow: Strange Tales. v1. 25 Jul 2016

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Strange Tales by Albert Bigelow Paine (1861–1937)

This book is in the public domain in countries where copyright is “Life+70” or less, and in the USA.

Albert Bigelow Paine was an American author and biographer best known for his work with Mark Twain. He wrote in several genres, including fiction, humor, and verse, for children and adults. His most notable work was a three-volume biography of Mark Twain.

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This is my own compilation.

In 1886 Robert Louis Stevenson wrote what is perhaps the definitive fictional story about split personalities,[ The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde[/. 1894 saw publication of Paine’s treatment of the theme in the novella [The Mystery of Evelin Delorme[/. A talented young artist is fascinated and beguiled by two beautiful young women, one spiritually pure and gentle, the other a seductive woman of the world.

“The Black Hands” concerns a white man who, through treatment of injury from a train wreck, becomes “as black a negro who walks the earth to-day!” A statement about race in the age of Jim Crow.

In “The Elixir of Youth”, an aging man’s wish to “live life over” raises intriguing questions.

In the oddly humorous but eerie “The Evening Spirit,” two friends are haunted by a ghostly newspaper.

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[The Mystery of Evelin Delorme[/ was first published in 1894. “The Black Hands” first appeared in [Pearson’s Magazine[/ Aug. 1903; “The Elixir of Youth” in Th[e Century Magazine[/ May 1913; “The Evening Spirit” in [The Black Cat[/ magazine Feb. 1898. Text for [The Mystery of Evelin Delorme [/was obtained from gutenberg.org; text for the short stories from hathitrust.org magazine archives.

OCR and transcription errors were corrected; punctuation, italics and diacritics formatted; story titles cross-linked to Table of Contents.

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We need a genre prefix for Weird Fiction, or Paranormal Fiction! Fantasy doesn't quite cover these, nor horror.
Evelin Delorme may seem a bit creaky in the knees, since the subject has been covered many times in the last century, and the “science” in The Black Hands is ludicrously incorrect, but these stories are all interesting in their own way, and all make for a fast read.
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Paine, Albert Bigelow: The Arkansaw Bear (illus). v1. 14 Jun 2016

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The Arkansaw Bear by Albert Bigelow Paine (1861–1935)
Illustrations by Frank Ver Beck (1858–1933)
First published in 1898. This book is in the public domain in countries where copyright is “Life+70” or less, and in the USA.
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Text and illustrations from archive.org. Illustrations are tinted with water-color wash. Embedded font for titling.

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Albert Bigelow Paine was an American author and biographer best known for his work with Mark Twain. He wrote in several genres, including fiction, humor, and verse, for children and adults. His most notable work was a three-volume biography of Mark Twain.

These humorous tall tales for children can be appreciated by adults as well.

Bosephus, a young runaway boy, takes up with Horatio, a talking, fiddle-playing bear. They embark on a journey as performers for tips, trying to earn money in order to realize Horatio's dream of establishing a bear colony in the Big Swamp Wood. The theme of the song “The Arkansaw Traveller” runs through the book.

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Editor’s advisory:

Recommended for readers age ten and up.
Several times, Horatio humorously implies he ate some villainous person – note that before the story’s end, the bear swears off this anti-social behavior.
Some racially derogatory language and caricature images are found in chapters 5, 6, and 7.

EXCERPT:
“And now, Bosephus, let me tell you something. The bears owned that field long before old Zack Todd was ever thought of. We’re just renting it to him on shares. This is rent day. We don’t need to wake Zack up. You get over the fence and hand me a few of the best ears [of corn] you can get quick and handy, and you might bring one of those watermelons I see in the corn there, and we’ll find a quiet place that I know of and eat it.”

Bo hopped lightly over the rail fence, and, gathering an armful of green corn, handed it to Horatio. Then he turned to select a melon.

“Has Zack Todd got a gun, Bosephus?” asked the Bear.

“Yes, sir-ee. The best gun in Arkansaw, and he’s a dead shot with it.”

“Oh, he is. Well, maybe you better not be quite so slow picking out that melon. Just take the first big one you see and come on.”

“Why, Zack wouldn’t care for us collecting rent, would he?”

“Well, I don’t know. You see, some folks are peculiar that way. Zack might forget it was rent day, and a man with a bad memory and a good gun can’t be trusted. Especially when he’s a dead shot. There, that one will do. Never mind about his receipt — we’ll mail it to him.”

Bo scrambled back over the fence with the melon and hastened as fast as he could after Horatio, who was already moving across the clearing with his violin under one arm and the green ears under the other.

“Wait, Ratio,” called the little boy. “This melon is heavy.”

“Is that a long range gun, Bo?” called back the Bear.

“Carries a mile and a half.”

“Can’t you move up a little faster, Bo? I’m afraid, after all, that melon is bigger than we needed.”

If you ever loved a toy teddy-bear, you'll have fun with this book.

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Paine, Albert Bigelow: The Beacon Prize Medals and Others. v1. 25 Jul 2016

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The Beacon Prize Medals and Other Stories by Albert Bigelow Paine (1861–1937)

[The Beacon Prize Medals [/was first published in 1899.
This book is in the public domain in countries where copyright is “Life+70” or less, and in the USA.

Albert Bigelow Paine was an American author and biographer best known for his work with Mark Twain. He wrote in several genres, including fiction, humor, and verse, for children and adults. His most notable work was a three-volume biography of Mark Twain.
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This collection of short stories written for young teens centers on a theme of courage and heroism. The young heroes of these stories sometimes display physical bravery, but most often, they have moral courage – they make the difficult choice to “do the right thing.” Touches of fantasy and generous helpings of humor keep the tone light-hearted, rather than moralistic.

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Paine, Albert Bigelow: The Bread Line. v1. 06 Jul 2016

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The Bread Line By Albert Bigelow Paine (1861–1935)

The Bread Line was first published in 1900.
This book is in the public domain in countries where copyright is “Life+70” or less, and in the USA.

Albert Bigelow Paine was an American author and biographer best known for his work with Mark Twain. He wrote in several genres, including fiction, humor, and verse, for children and adults. His most notable work was a three-volume biography of Mark Twain.

Here is a humorous story of life in New York in the late 1890’s, and of the attempt of four young writers and artists to start a weekly paper. They strike upon a wonderful scheme that will earn millions, but the road to success is full of speed bumps and pot holes. Based on the experiences of Paine and three friends, when they founded a weekly literary magazine which failed in three weeks.

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This is the story of a year, beginning on New Year’s eve.

In the main it is the story of four – two artists and two writers – and of a paper which these four started. Three of them – the artists and one of the writers – toiled and dwelt together in rooms near Union Square, and earned a good deal of money sometimes, when matters went well. The fourth – the other writer – did something in an editorial way, and thus had a fixed income; that is, he fixed it every Saturday in such manner that it sometimes lasted until Wednesday of the following week. Now and then he sold a story or a poem “outside” and was briefly affluent, but these instances were unplentiful. Most of his spare time he spent in dreaming vague and hopeless dreams. His dreams he believed in, and, being possessed of a mesmeric personality, Barrifield sometimes persuaded others to believe also.

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“Did any of – you – fellows,” he began, puffing the smoke into the air and following it with his eyes, “ever hear of a man named Frisby? Did you, Perny? Did you, Stony?” dropping his eyes from one to the other.

“I have,” said Van Dorn. “Runs a paper called the ‘Voice of Light,’ with prize packages and the worst illustrations in the world.”

“That’s the man!” assented Barrifield. “Old friend of mine. Yankee by birth, and one of the keenest publishers in the country. That paper, the ‘Voice of Light,’ has a circulation of nearly [one half-million copies![/”

“He ought to get better pictures, then,” grunted Van Dorn.

“Exactly!” nodded Barrifield. “And that’s one place we’ll improve on Frisby’s scheme.”

“I didn’t suppose religious papers ever had schemes,” observed Livingstone.
Barrifield grinned.

“Did you ever see a copy of the ‘Voice’?” he asked.

“I have,” said Perner. “It offers twenty-five dollars’ worth of books and a trip to the Holy Land for one year’s subscription.”

“That’s it! That’s the paper!” laughed Barrifield.

“But our paper won’t be a religious paper, will it, old man?” asked Livingstone, anxiously.

“Not in the sense of being ecclesiastic. It will be pure in morals and tone, of course, and, at the same time, artistic and beautiful – such a paper as the ‘Youth’s Friend,’ only larger in its scope. It will, as I have said before, appeal to the whole family, young and old, and that is another improvement we’ll make on Frisby’s scheme.”

“What’s the price of Frisby’s paper?” asked Perner.

“Two dollars a year. Poor matter, poor pictures, poor paper, poor printing, poor prizes, and two dollars a year. We’ll give them high-class matter, high-class pictures, fine printing, beautiful paper, splendid prizes, all for one dollar a year; and that’s where we’ll make the third and great improvement on Frisby’s scheme.”

“But how’ll you do it without money, Barry? That’s the improvement we want,” laughed Livingstone.

“That,” said Barrifield, letting his voice become a whisper once more – “that isn’t an improvement. [That’s Frisby’s scheme![/”

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Paine, Albert Bigelow: The Car That Went Abroad (illus). v1. 05 Jul 2016

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The Car that Went Abroad By Albert Bigelow Paine (1861–1935)
Illustrations by Walter S. Hale (1869–1917)

First published in 1921. This book is in the public domain in countries where copyright is “Life+70” or less, and in the USA.

Albert Bigelow Paine was an American author and biographer best known for his work with Mark Twain. He wrote in several genres, including fiction, humor, and verse, for children and adults. His most notable work was a three-volume biography of Mark Twain.

In 1913, in that Golden Age before World War I began, Paine, his wife, and two younger daughters went wandering by automobile through France and Switzerland for a year. This narration of their travels entertains and educates the reader, with descriptions of the towns and countryside, discussion of historical events, and tales of encounters with the local inhabitants.

The setting for this book is now a century in the past, so many small details have become dated, but this account is no less enjoyable for all of that.

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We were at the outskirts, presently, and when we saw a military-looking gentleman standing before a little house marked “[L’Octroi[/” we stopped. I had learned enough French to know that [l’octroi[/ means a local custom house, and it is not considered good form to pass one of them unnoticed. It hurts the [l’octroi[/ man’s feelings, and he is backed by the [gendarmerie[/ of France. He will let you pass, and then in his sorrow he will telephone to the police station, just ahead. There you will be stopped with a bayonet, or a club, or something, and brought back to the [l’octroi[/, where you will pay an [amend[/ of six francs; also costs; also for the revenue stamp attached to your bill of particulars; also for any little thing which you may happen to have upon which duty may be levied; also for other things; and you will stand facing a half-open cell at the end of the corridor while your account is being made up – all of which things happened to a friend of mine who thought that because an [octroi[/ man looked sleepy he was partly dead. Being warned in this way, we said we would stop for an [octroi[/ man even if he were entirely dead; so we pulled up and nodded politely, and smiled, and said, “Bon joor, messoor,” and awaited his pleasure.

You never saw a politer man. He made a sweeping salute and said – well, it doesn’t matter just what he said – I took it to be complimentary and Narcissa thought it was something about vegetables. Whatever it was, we all smiled again, while he merely glanced in the car fore and aft, gave another fine salute and said, “[Allay[/” whereupon we understood, and [allayed[/, with counter-salutes and further smiles – all of which seemed pleasanter than to be brought back by a [gendarme[/ and stood up in front of a cell during the reckoning process.

EXCERPT Nbr. 2 (Paine in a sardonic mood):
[discussing the arena at Arles, Franc
… Down near the ringside was the pit, or [podium[/, and that was the choice place. Some of the seats there were owned, and bore the owners’ names. The upper seats are wide stone steps, but comfortable enough, and solid enough to stand till judgment day. They have ranged wooden benches along some of them now, I do not see why, for they are very ugly and certainly not luxurious. They are for the entertainments – mainly bull fights – of the present; for strange, almost unbelievable as it seems, the old arena has become no mere landmark, a tradition, a monument of barbaric tastes and morals, but continues in active service today, its purpose the same, its morals not largely improved.

It was built about the end of the first century, and in the beginning stags and wild boars were chased and put to death there. But then Roman taste improved. These were tame affairs, after all. So the arena became a prize ring in which the combatants handled one another without gloves – that is to say, with short swords – and were hacked into a mince instead of mauled into a pulp in our more refined modern way. To vary the games lions and tigers were imported and matched against the gladiators, with pleasing effect. Public taste went on improving and demanding fresh novelties. Rome was engaged just then in exterminating Christians, and the happy thought occurred to make spectacles of them by having them fight the gladiators and the wild beasts, thus combining business and pleasure in a manner which would seem to have been highly satisfactory to the public who thronged the seats and applauded and laughed, and had refreshments served, and said what a great thing Christianity was and how they hoped its converts would increase. Sometimes, when the captures were numerous and the managers could afford it, Christians on crosses were planted around the entire arena, covered with straw and pitch and converted into torches. These were night exhibitions, when the torches would be more showy; and the canvas dome was taken away so that the smoke and shrieks could go climbing to the stars. Attractions like that would always jam an amphitheater. This one at Arles has held twenty-five thousand on one of those special occasions. Centuries later, when the Christians themselves came into power, they showed a spirit of liberality which shines by contrast. They burned their heretics in the public squares, free.

Only bulls and worn-out, cheap horses are tortured here today. It seems a pretty tame sport after those great circuses of the past. But art is long and taste is fleeting. Art will keep up with taste, and all that we know of the latter is that it will change. Because today we are satisfied with prize fights and bull fights is no sign that those who follow us will not demand sword fights and wild beasts and living torches. These old benches will last through the ages. They have always been familiar with the sport of torture of one sort or another. They await quite serenely for what the centuries may bring.
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Paine, Albert Bigelow: The Great White Way (illus). v1. 11 Jul 2016

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The Great White Way By Albert Bigelow Paine (1861–1935)
Illustrations by Bernard J. Rosenmeyer (1869–?) Latest work found: 1928

The Great White Way was first published in 1901.
This book is in the public domain in countries where copyright is “Life+80” or less, and in the USA.

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Albert Bigelow Paine was an American author and biographer best known for his work with Mark Twain. He wrote in several genres, including fiction, humor, and verse, for children and adults. His most notable work was a three-volume biography of Mark Twain.
This fantasy-adventure novel (with roots in Jules Verne) entertains the reader with much light humor, and no boring “science.”

Nicholas Chase has a theory that a sub-tropical land exists in the center of the continent of Antarctica. Upon hearing Nick expound his dream, wealthy real-estate man Chauncey Gale finances and equips an expedition of exploration. His beautiful daughter Edith joins the merry crew, and they all set out for the South Pole. Such adventure lies ahead!

EXCERPT:
Mr. Emory was talking to Captain Biffer when I came in.

“They refuse to obey orders,” he was saying, “unless we turn around and put into Montevideo. They claim they need more clothing for the cold weather south. The sky looks rather queer, and I set them to reefing down so’s to be ready for one of those Pampeiros that Mr. Larkins says come up in a minute down here. When they got about half through, Frenchy stopped them. They’re out forward, now.”

“Did you tell them we had plenty of warm clothing aboard?” asked Gale.

“I told them. It isn’t the clothing. They simply want to desert the ship.”

“Is Mr. Larkins on the bridge?” asked Captain Biffer.

“He comes on at eight bells – in about five minutes, now.”

“Very well; go back to the bridge, Mr. Emory. I’ll deal with this situation.” Then to Edith Gale “Don’t be alarmed, ma’am.”

I risked a remark.

“Is this your first strike, Captain?” I ventured.

His eye fixed me grimly.

“We don’t call it that at sea,” he said, “we call it mutiny!”

The word rather startled me, but I followed him out on deck, as did the others. No one could remain in the cabin with a thing like that going on outside. The men were about as we had left them – the bosun, Frenchy, somewhat in front of the others. He was a villain and a traitor, but he was not without bravado.

“We haf not been well treat!” he began, “we haf been deceive. We—”

He paused. The Captain had drawn a bead on him with the eye he most frequently used on me. With the other he took aim at the group behind, and every man of them felt himself singled out, and quailed. I could see them beginning to shrink and wither even before he said a word. He began by gently reminding them of the usual lightness of their employment and the continued excellence of their bill-of-fare; then in good sooth he opened up.

It was like the breaking loose at Manila. I had known that Biffer had a way with his English, but I never realized until that moment what he could do when he tried. They didn’t need any warm clothes, now. Everything he called them was red hot and fitted as if they had grown to it. Why, they fairly shriveled, and whenever anything he said hit the deck it smoked.

A cloud of what appeared to be genuine smoke came drifting across our bows just then, and the air had grown strangely hot, but nobody seemed to notice it. I think we unconsciously attributed these things to the Captain’s artillery. The men were huddled and Frenchy alone was still defiant. His case was desperate and he was a desperate man. He made a step forward – perhaps he thought the men would follow him – a movement that a second later would have been a spring at the Captain’s throat. One hand he held close to his side, and in it something gleamed.

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Paine, Albert Bigelow: The Lucky Piece. v1. 22 Jul 2016

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The Lucky Piece by Albert Bigelow Paine (1861–1937)

First published in 1906.
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Albert Bigelow Paine was an American author and biographer best known for his work with Mark Twain. He wrote in several genres, including fiction, humor, and verse, for children and adults. His most notable work was a three-volume biography of Mark Twain.
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While returning to the city at summer’s end, young Frank gives his lucky piece as payment to a girl selling berries by the roadside. Years pass, and a story unfolds involving two young women and two young men. A taste of adventure, a bit of romance, a touch of mystery, a soupçon of melodrama – there are many flavors to be found in this novel of the early 1900’s. There’s even a pinch of mycology (that’s the study of mushrooms, to you and me).

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Paine, Albert Bigelow: The Ship Dwellers (illus). v1. 02 Jul 2016

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The Ship Dwellers By Albert Bigelow Paine (1861–1935)
Illustrations by Thomas Fogarty (1873–1938)

First published in 1910. This book is in the public domain in countries where copyright is “Life+70” or less, and in the USA.

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Albert Bigelow Paine was an American author and biographer best known for his work with Mark Twain. He wrote in several genres, including fiction, humor, and verse, for children and adults. His most notable work was a three-volume biography of Mark Twain.

As a child, Paine became acquainted with Mark Twain’s Innocents Abroad, and dreamed of someday following in the footsteps of the Quaker City “Pilgrims.” Four decades later, he found himself boarding an ocean liner bound for the Mediterranean, determined to visit the Holy Land and other points of interest.

This travelogue, while an homage to the Innocents, has a scope and personality of its own. Join the author as he describes his experiences in Algiers, Greece, Turkey, Syria, Israel, and the land that impressed him more than any other, Egypt. An entertaining read, with a sufficiency of educational interludes, moments of sweet nostalgia, and liberal helpings of wit and humor.

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I began to read advertisements. I found that a good many ship-loads of “Pilgrims” had followed that first little band to the Orient – that the first “ocean picnic” steamer, which set sail in June forty-two years before, had started a fashion in sea excursioning which had changed only in details. Ocean picnics to the Mediterranean were made in winter now, and the vessels used for them were fully eight times as big as the old Quaker City, which had been a side-wheel steamer, and grand, no doubt, for her period, with a register proudly advertised at eighteen hundred tons! Itineraries, too, varied more or less, but Greece, Egypt, and the Holy Land were still names to conjure with. Advertisements of cruises were plentiful, and literature on the subject was luminous and exciting. A small table by my bed became gorgeous with prospectuses in blue and gold and crimson sunset dyes. The Sphinx, the Pyramids, and prows of stately vessels looked out from many covers and became backgrounds for lofty, dark-blue camels and dusky men of fantastic dress. Often I woke in the night and lit my lamp and consulted these things. When I went to the city I made the lives of various agents miserable with my inquiries. It was hard – it was nerve-racking to decide. But on one of these occasions I overheard the casual remark that the S. S. Grosser Kurfürst would set out on her cruise to the Orient with two tons of dressed chicken and four thousand bottles of champagne.

I hesitated no longer. Dear me, my dream had changed, then, after all! Such things had not in the least concerned the boy who had looked into the open fire, and pictured a pilgrimage to Damascus and Jerusalem, and a camp on the borders of the Nile.

My remembrance of the next few days is hazy – that is, it is kaleidoscopic. I recall doing a good many things in a hurry and receiving a good deal of advice. Also the impression that everybody in the world except myself had been everywhere in the world, and that presently they were all going again, and that I should find them, no doubt, strewn all the way from Gibraltar to Jerusalem, when I had been persuading myself that in the places I had intended to visit I should meet only the fantastic stranger. Suddenly it was two days before sailing. Then it was the day before sailing. Then it was sailing day!

Perhaps it was the hurry and stress of those last days; perhaps it is the feeling natural to such a proximity. I do not know. But I do know that during those final flying hours, when I was looking across the very threshold of realization, the old fascination faded, and if somebody had only suggested a good reason for my staying at home, I would have stayed there, and I would have given that person something valuable, besides. But nobody did it. Not a soul was thoughtful enough to hint that I was either needed or desired in my native land, and I was too modest to mention it myself.

There had been rain, but it was bright enough that February morning of departure – just a bit squally along the west. What a gay crowd there was at the pier and on the vessel! I thought all of New York must be going. That was a mistake – they were mostly visitors, as I discovered later. It would average three visitors to one passenger, I should think. I had more than that – twice as many. I am not boasting – they came mainly to be sure that I got aboard and stayed there, and to see that I didn’t lose most of my things. They knew me and what I would be likely to do, alone. They wanted to steer me to the right state-room and distribute my traps. Then they could put me in charge of Providence and the deck-steward, and wash their hands of me, and feel that whatever happened they had done their duty and were not to blame.

So I had six, as I say, and we worked our way through, among the passengers and visitors, who seemed all to be talking and laughing at once or pawing over mail and packages heaped upon the cabin table. I didn’t feel like laughing and talking, and I wasn’t interested in the mail. Almost everybody in the world that meant anything to me was in my crowd, and they were going away, presently, to leave me on this big ship, among strangers, bound for the strange lands. My long dream of the Orient dwindled to a decrepit thing.

But presently we found my state-room, and it was gratifying. I was impressed with its regal furnishings. After all, there were compensations in a habitation like that. Besides, there were always the two tons of dressed chicken and those thousands of champagne. I became more cheerful.

Only, I wish the ship people wouldn’t find it necessary to blow their whistle so loud and suddenly to send one’s friends ashore. There is no chance to carry off somebody – somebody you would enjoy having along. They blow that thing until it shivers the very marrow of one’s soul.

How the visitors do crowd ashore! A word – a last kiss – a “God bless you” – your own are gone presently – you are left merely standing there, abandoned, marooned, deserted – feeling somehow that it’s all wrong, and that something ought to be done about it. Why don’t those people hurry? You want to get away now; you want it over with.

A familiar figure fights its way up the gang-plank, breasting the shoreward tide. Your pulse jumps – they are going to take you home, after all. But no, he only comes to tell you that your six will be at a certain place near the end of the dock, where you can see them, and wave to them.

You push to the ship’s side for a place at the rail. The last visitors are straggling off now, even to the final official. Then somewhere somebody does something that slackens the cables, the remaining gang-plank is dragged away. That whistle again, and then a band – our band – turns loose a perfect storm of music.

We are going! We are going! We have dropped away from the pier and are gliding past the rows of upturned faces, the lines of frantic handkerchiefs. Yes, oh yes, we are going – there is no turning back now, no changing of one’s mind again. All the cares of work, the claims of home – they cannot reach us any more. Those waiting at the pier’s end to wave as we pass – whatever life holds for me is centered there, and I am leaving it all behind. There they are, now! Wave! Wave! Oh, I did not know it would be like this! I did not suppose that I might – need another handkerchief!
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Paine, Albert Bigelow: The Tent Dwellers (illus). v1. 27 Jun 2016

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The Tent Dwellers By Albert Bigelow Paine (1861–1935)
Illustrated by Henry Sumner Watson (1868–1933)

First published in 1908. This book is in the public domain in countries where copyright is “Life+70” or less, and in the USA.

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Albert Bigelow Paine was an American author and biographer best known for his work with Mark Twain. He wrote in several genres, including fiction, humor, and verse, for children and adults. His most notable work was a three-volume biography of Mark Twain.

This book chronicles a three-week fishing trip through central Nova Scotia in the early 1900’s. It is an excellent account of the unspoiled Nova Scotia wilderness that existed at the time, which has been largely diminished since. The group encounters moose (which Eddie tries to capture and bring back alive), beaver, and numerous trout, the first of which is now very scarce in the region; and legions of mosquitos, moose flies, black flies, no-see-ums, and midges, all of which are regrettably abundant to this day.<br />
(—Adapted from Wikipedia.)

Even (or perhaps especially) persons who care for the outdoor life in only the most miniscule of doses will find much entertainment herein (we probably have the most compassion for the travails of the often overwhelmed narrator).

EXCERPT:
I will dwell for a moment on this matter of washing. Fishing and camping, though fairly clean recreations, will be found not altogether free from soiling and grimy tendencies, and when one does not or cannot thoroughly remove the evidences several times a day, they begin to tell on his general appearance. Gradually our hands lost everything original except their shape. Then I found that to shave took off a good deal of valuable ointment each time, and I approved of Eddie’s ideas in this direction to the extent of following his example. I believe, though, that I washed myself longer than he did – that is, at stated intervals. Of course we never gave up the habit altogether. It would break out sporadically and at unexpected moments, but I do not recall that these lapses ever became dangerous or offensive. My recollection is that Eddie gave up washing as a mania, that morning at the foot of Irving Lake and that I held out until the next sunrise. Or it may have been only until that evening – it does not matter. Washing is a good deal a question of pride, anyway, and pride did not count any more. Even self-respect had lost its charm.

In the matter of clothing, however, I wish to record that I never did put on my nightdress for an undergarment. I was tempted to do so, daily, but down within me a still small voice urged the rashness of such a deed and each night I was thankful for that caution. If one’s things are well smoked and scorched and scalded and put on hot in the morning, he can forget presently that they are not also dry, and there is a chance that they may become so before night; but to face the prospect of getting into a wet garment to sleep, that would have a tendency to destroy the rare charm and flavor of camp life. In time I clung to my dry nightshirt as to a life-belt. I wrapped it up mornings as a jewel, buried it deep in the bottom of my bag, and I locked the bag. Not that Eddie did not have one of his own – it may be that he had a variety of such things – and as for the guides, I have a notion that they prefer wet clothes. But though this was a wild country, where it was unlikely that we should meet any living soul, there was always the possibility of a stray prospector or a hunter, and a dry garment in a wet time is a temptation which should not be put in any man’s way. Neither that nor the liquor supply. When we left our camp – as we did, often – our guns, our tackle, even our purses and watches, were likely to be scattered about in plain view; but we never failed to hide the whisky. Whisky is fair loot, and the woodsman who would scorn to steal even a dry shirt would carry off whisky and revel in his shame.
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Paine, Thomas: Writings 1: 1774-1779. 04 Feb 2008

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The first of four (4) volumes of the collected writings of Thomas Paine. Best remembered for [Common Sense[/ (in this volume), Paine perhaps more than any other person helped the colonists to understand that they could defy the King and that they had a right to defy the King. There was far more to Paine than just one pamphlet, many of his newspaper articles built on and amplified the basic themes brought forth in [Common Sense.[/

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Paine, Thomas: Writings II: 1779-1792. 07 Feb 2008

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The 2nd volume of this great patriot. His writings influenced not only the US revolution but also the French revolution.

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Paine, Thomas: Writings III: 1791-1804. 10 Feb 2008

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Paine, Thomas: Writings IV: The Age of Reason &c. 10 Feb 2008

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The 4th and final volume of Thomas Paine writings. In addition to [The Age of Reason[/ it also contains assorted writings including his will.

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Panizza, Oskar: Das Verbrechen in Tavistock-Square. german. v1. 12 mar 2009

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Leopold Hermann Oskar Panizza (* 12. November 1853 in Kissingen; † 28. September 1921 in Bayreuth) war ein deutscher Schriftsteller, Satiriker und Publizist. In seinen Schriften attackierte Panizza den wilhelminischen Obrigkeitsstaat, die katholische Kirche, sexuelle Tabus und bürgerliche Moralvorstellungen. Seine Themen waren häufig autobiografisch geprägt und dienten ausdrücklich auch der Selbsttherapie des psychisch labilen Autors.

Die Erzählung [Das Verbrechen in Tavistock-Square[/, ein ironischer Protest gegen die übertrieben prüde Sexualmoral gegen Ende des 19. Jahrhunderts, steuerte Panizza für den Almanach Modernes Leben bei, welcher wenig später von der Staatsanwaltschaft konfisziert wurde. Gegen Panizza wurde eine Anklage wegen Vergehens gegen die Sittlichkeit erhoben, die allerdings bald fallengelassen wurde.

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Pansy: Divers Women. v1. 26 Apr 2014

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Isabella Macdonald Alden (November 3, 1841 – August 5, 1930) was an American author, writing under the pseudonym of Pansy.

SUNDAY FRACTURES
NEW NERVES
WHERE HE SPENT CHRISTMAS
VIDA
HOW A WOMAN WAS CONVERTED TO MISSIONS
MRS. LEWIS’ BOOK
BUCKWHEAT CAKES
FAITH AND GASOLINE
BENJAMIN’S WIFE

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Pansy: Ester Ried Yet Speaking. v1. 27 Apr 2014

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Isabella Macdonald Alden (November 3, 1841 – August 5, 1930) was an American author, writing under the pseudonym of Pansy.

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It was raining drearily, and but few people were abroad—that is, few, comparatively speaking, though the streets seemed full of hurrying, dripping mortals. In the large dry-goods store business was by no means so brisk as on sunny days, and one of the younger clerks, whose station was near a window looking out upon the thoroughfare, had time to stand gazing at the passers-by.

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Pansy: Ester Ried. v1. 27 Apr 2014

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Isabella Macdonald Alden (November 3, 1841 – August 5, 1930) was an American author, writing under the pseudonym of Pansy.

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She did not look very much as if she were asleep, nor acted as though she expected to get a chance to be very soon. There was no end to the things which she had to do, for the kitchen was long and wide, and took many steps to set it in order, and it was drawing toward tea-time of a Tuesday evening, and there were fifteen boarders who were, most of them, punctual to a minute.

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Pansy: The Chautauqua Girls At Home. v1. 26 Apr 2014

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Isabella Macdonald Alden (November 3, 1841 – August 5, 1930) was an American author, writing under the pseudonym of Pansy.

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THAT last Sabbath of August was a lovely day; it was the first Sabbath that our girls had spent at home since the revelation of Chautauqua. It seemed lovely to them. “The world looks as though it was made over new in the night,” Eurie had said, as she threw open her blinds, and drew in whiffs of the sweet, soft air. And the church, whither these girls had so often betaken themselves on summer mornings, just like this one—how could two or three weeks have changed it? They could not feel that it was the same building.

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Paramananda, Swami: The Upanishads. V1. 01-Apr-2012

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The Upanishads are philosophical texts considered to be an early source of Hindu religion. Traditionally, these texts are considered to be authorless, and are categorized as Sruti. The Upanishads are found mostly the concluding part of the Brahmanas and in the Aranyakas. All Upanishads have been passed down in oral tradition.
Historians believe the chief Upanishads were composed over a wide period ranging from the Pre-Buddhist period to the early centuries BCE, though minor Upanishads were still being composed in the medieval and early modern period. The Upanishads were collectively considered amongst the 100 Most Influential Books Ever Written by the British poet Martin Seymour-Smith. Their significance has been recognized by writers and scholars such as Kant, Schopenhauer, Emerson and Thoreau, among others.

This book includes the Isa, Katha and Kena upanishads with explanations by the author to make them understandable for wersterners.

From the Preface:
So far as was consistent with a faithful rendering of the Sanskrit text, the Swami throughout his translation has sought to eliminate all that might seem obscure and confusing to the modern mind. While retaining in remarkable measure the rhythm and archaic force of the lines, he has tried not to sacrifice directness and simplicity of style. Where he has been obliged to use the Sanskrit term for lack of an exact English equivalent, he has invariably interpreted it by a familiar English word in brackets; and everything has been done to remove the sense of strangeness in order that the Occidental reader may not feel himself an alien in the new regions of thought opened to him.

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Park, Ted: Harvard Classics, Author Index. 11 June 2008

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From Ted's original introduction to the RTF version.

[QUOTSince I got my first Electric Book and have been haunting this site, I have become most enamored with the Harvard Classics. But one of the problems for me has been the lack of an organized list of authors and entries.

This upload is a correction for that problem. It is an author-ordered list of every entry in the 49 volumes. For each entry it shows the volume number. Too bad I can't link directly to the volume or the article, but this at least gives a place to start. I did not include all the (nearly 1000) poems by name - that would have made this list too long and unwieldy - but I have included all the authors of the poems and have simply designated their entries as "Poems".

This isn't the most dramatic actual book making - just a simple RTF file - but it represents a bit of research and a great deal of hand-work. I hope somebody besides me finds it useful.

Finally, I have intermediate DOC and XLS files that I made in the process of condensing things to a format suitable for a reader. They may be of some use to anyone who wishes to slice and dice things differently than I have done.[/QUOT
I find it a wonderful addition to the series as my own work on Volume L (50) is far, far from finished. I have converted it to the normal formats that the rest of the [Harvard Classics[/ are posted in with Ted's kind permission.

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Parker, Gilbert & Bryan, Claude G.: Old Quebec. V1. 24 Mar 2010

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Sir Horatio Gilbert George Parker, 1st Baronet PC (November 23, 1862[citation needed] – September 6, 1932), known as Gilbert Parker, Canadian novelist and British politician, was born at Camden East, Addington, Ontario, the son of Captain J. Parker, R.A.
He was educated at Ottawa and at University of Trinity College. Parker started as a teacher at the Ontario School for the deaf and dumb (in Belleville, Ontario). From there he went on to lecture at Trinity College. In 1886 he went to Australia, and for a while became associate editor of the Sydney Morning Herald. He also traveled extensively in the Pacific, Europe, Asia, Egypt, the South Sea Islands and subsequently in northern Canada. In the early nineties he began to gain a growing reputation in London as a writer of romantic fiction

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The student of the history of the ancient capital of Canada is embarrassed, not by the dearth but by the abundance of material at his disposal.

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Parker, Gilbert: At The Sign Of The Eagle. v1. 27 Apr 2014

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Sir Horatio Gilbert George Parker, 1st Baronet PC ( 23 November 1862 – 6 September 1932),[1] known as Gilbert Parker, Canadian novelist and British politician, was born at Camden East, Addington, Ontario, the son of Captain J. Parker, R.A.

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“The little man is affected, gauche, and servile. The big one picturesque and superior in a raw kind of way. He wishes to be rude to some one, and is disappointed because, just at the moment, Lord Hampstead is too polite to give him his cue. A dangerous person in a drawing-room, I should think; but interesting. You are a bold man to bring them here, Duke. Is it not awkward for our host?”

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Parker, Gilbert: A Lover's Diary. V1. 18 Mar 2010

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Sir Horatio Gilbert George Parker, 1st Baronet PC (November 23, 1862[citation needed] – September 6, 1932), known as Gilbert Parker, Canadian novelist and British politician, was born at Camden East, Addington, Ontario, the son of Captain J. Parker, R.A.
He was educated at Ottawa and at University of Trinity College. Parker started as a teacher at the Ontario School for the deaf and dumb (in Belleville, Ontario). From there he went on to lecture at Trinity College. In 1886 he went to Australia, and for a while became associate editor of the Sydney Morning Herald. He also traveled extensively in the Pacific, Europe, Asia, Egypt, the South Sea Islands and subsequently in northern Canada. In the early nineties he began to gain a growing reputation in London as a writer of romantic fiction.

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The sonnet which begins the book and particularly that which ends the book have been very widely quoted, and 'Envoy' has been set to music by more than one celebrated musician. Whatever the monotony of a sonnet sequence (and it is a form which I should not have chosen if I had been older and wiser) there has been a continuous, if limited, demand for the little book.

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Parker, Gilbert: An Unpardonable Liar. V1. 1 Apr 2010

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Sir Horatio Gilbert George Parker, 1st Baronet PC (November 23, 1862 – September 6, 1932), known as Gilbert Parker, Canadian novelist and British politician, was born at Camden East, Addington, Ontario, the son of Captain J. Parker, R.A.
He was educated at Ottawa and at University of Trinity College. Parker started as a teacher at the Ontario School for the deaf and dumb (in Belleville, Ontario). From there he went on to lecture at Trinity College. In 1886 he went to Australia, and for a while became associate editor of the Sydney Morning Herald. He also traveled extensively in the Pacific, Europe, Asia, Egypt, the South Sea Islands and subsequently in northern Canada. In the early nineties he began to gain a growing reputation in London as a writer of romantic fiction.

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With a plaintive quirk of the voice the singer paused, gayly flicked the strings of the banjo, then put her hand flat upon them to stop the vibration and smiled round on her admirers. The group were applauding heartily. A chorus said, "Another verse, please, Mrs. Detlor."
"Oh, that's all I know, I'm afraid," was the reply. "I haven't sung it for years and years, and I should have to think too hard—no, no, believe me, I can't remember any more. I wish I could, really."

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Parker, Gilbert: Carnac's Folly. V1. 15 Mar 2010

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Sir Horatio Gilbert George Parker, 1st Baronet PC (November 23, 1862[citation needed] – September 6, 1932), known as Gilbert Parker, Canadian novelist and British politician, was born at Camden East, Addington, Ontario, the son of Captain J. Parker, R.A.
He was educated at Ottawa and at University of Trinity College. Parker started as a teacher at the Ontario School for the deaf and dumb (in Belleville, Ontario). From there he went on to lecture at Trinity College. In 1886 he went to Australia, and for a while became associate editor of the Sydney Morning Herald. He also traveled extensively in the Pacific, Europe, Asia, Egypt, the South Sea Islands and subsequently in northern Canada. In the early nineties he began to gain a growing reputation in London as a writer of romantic fiction.

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"Carnac! Carnac! Come and catch me, Carnac!" It was a day of perfect summer and hope and happiness in the sweet, wild world behind the near woods and the far circle of sky and pine and hemlock. The voice that called was young and vibrant, and had in it the simple, true soul of things. It had the clearness of a bugle-call, ample and full of life and all life's possibilities. It laughed; it challenged; it decoyed.

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Parker, Gilbert: Cumner's Son and Other South Sea Folk. V1. 16 Mar 2010

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Sir Horatio Gilbert George Parker, 1st Baronet PC (November 23, 1862[citation needed] – September 6, 1932), known as Gilbert Parker, Canadian novelist and British politician, was born at Camden East, Addington, Ontario, the son of Captain J. Parker, R.A.
He was educated at Ottawa and at University of Trinity College. Parker started as a teacher at the Ontario School for the deaf and dumb (in Belleville, Ontario). From there he went on to lecture at Trinity College. In 1886 he went to Australia, and for a while became associate editor of the Sydney Morning Herald. He also traveled extensively in the Pacific, Europe, Asia, Egypt, the South Sea Islands and subsequently in northern Canada. In the early nineties he began to gain a growing reputation in London as a writer of romantic fiction.

CUMNER'S SON
THE HIGH COURT OF BUDGERY-GAR
AN EPIC IN YELLOW
DIBBS, R.N.
A LITTLE MASQUERADE
DERELICT
OLD ROSES
MY WIFE'S LOVERS
THE STRANGERS' HUT
THE PLANTER'S WIFE
BARBARA GOLDING
THE LONE CORVETTE
A SABLE SPARTAN
A VULGAR FRACTION
HOW PANGO WANGO WAS ANNEXED
AN AMIABLE REVENGE
THE BLIND BEGGAR AND THE LITTLE RED PEG
A FRIEND OF THE COMMUNE
A PAGAN OF THE SOUTH

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Parker, Gilbert: Donovan Pasha v1 15 mar 2009

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This is one of my favorite books of all time.

This is what B&N says:

[QUOTBesides an utter lack of fear, Dicky Donovan has the keenest desire to know all things, good or evil -- and he follows his curiosity wherever it leads.

This is why Donovan -- twenty-five and no moustache, pink-cheeked and rosy-hearted, and "no white spots on his liver" -- heads straight, this particular night, to the house of the chief dancing-girl of Beni Hassan. From her he has learned to dance the dance of the Ghawazee. He has learned it so that, with his insatiable curiosity, he should be able to compare it with the Nautch dance of India, the Hula-Hula of the Sandwich Islanders, and the Siva of the Samoans.

Half an hour later two dancing-girls issue from the house of the ghdzeeyeh, dressed in shintiydn and muslin tarah, anklets and bracelets, with gold coins about the forehead -- and one is Dicky Donovan!

Novelist Sir Gilbert Parker (1862-1932) wrote stories and novels of life not only in his native Canada but in countries across the globe -- in Australia, in his early short stories; in the Isle of Jersey in The Battle of the Strong; and in Egypt, in the colorful tales filling Donovan Pasha and Some People of Egypt. [/QUOT

Do yourself a favor, download this book and ENJOY!

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Parker, Gilbert: Donovan Pasha, and Some People of Egypt. V1. 16 Mar 2010

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Sir Horatio Gilbert George Parker, 1st Baronet PC (November 23, 1862[citation needed] – September 6, 1932), known as Gilbert Parker, Canadian novelist and British politician, was born at Camden East, Addington, Ontario, the son of Captain J. Parker, R.A.
He was educated at Ottawa and at University of Trinity College. Parker started as a teacher at the Ontario School for the deaf and dumb (in Belleville, Ontario). From there he went on to lecture at Trinity College. In 1886 he went to Australia, and for a while became associate editor of the Sydney Morning Herald. He also traveled extensively in the Pacific, Europe, Asia, Egypt, the South Sea Islands and subsequently in northern Canada. In the early nineties he began to gain a growing reputation in London as a writer of romantic fiction.

WHILE THE LAMP HOLDS OUT TO BURN
THE PRICE OF THE GRINDSTONE—AND THE DRUM
THE DESERTION OF MAHOMMED SELIM
ON THE REEF OF NORMAN'S WOE
FIELDING HAD AN ORDERLY
THE EYE OF THE NEEDLE
A TREATY OF PEACE
AT THE MERCY OF TIBERIUS
ALL THE WORLD'S MAD
THE MAN AT THE WHEEL
A TYRANT AND A LADY
A YOUNG LION OF DEDAN
HE WOULD NOT BE DENIED
THE FLOWER OF THE FLOCK
THE LIGHT OF OTHER DAYS

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Parker, Gilbert: John Enderby. V1. 17 Mar 2010

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Sir Horatio Gilbert George Parker, 1st Baronet PC (November 23, 1862[citation needed] – September 6, 1932), known as Gilbert Parker, Canadian novelist and British politician, was born at Camden East, Addington, Ontario, the son of Captain J. Parker, R.A.
He was educated at Ottawa and at University of Trinity College. Parker started as a teacher at the Ontario School for the deaf and dumb (in Belleville, Ontario). From there he went on to lecture at Trinity College. In 1886 he went to Australia, and for a while became associate editor of the Sydney Morning Herald. He also traveled extensively in the Pacific, Europe, Asia, Egypt, the South Sea Islands and subsequently in northern Canada. In the early nineties he began to gain a growing reputation in London as a writer of romantic fiction.

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Of all the good men that Lincolnshire gave to England to make her proud, strong and handsome, none was stronger, prouder and more handsome than John Enderby, whom King Charles made a knight against his will.

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Parker, Gilbert: Michel and Angele. V1. 19 Mar 2010

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Sir Horatio Gilbert George Parker, 1st Baronet PC (November 23, 1862[citation needed] – September 6, 1932), known as Gilbert Parker, Canadian novelist and British politician, was born at Camden East, Addington, Ontario, the son of Captain J. Parker, R.A.
He was educated at Ottawa and at University of Trinity College. Parker started as a teacher at the Ontario School for the deaf and dumb (in Belleville, Ontario). From there he went on to lecture at Trinity College. In 1886 he went to Australia, and for a while became associate editor of the Sydney Morning Herald. He also traveled extensively in the Pacific, Europe, Asia, Egypt, the South Sea Islands and subsequently in northern Canada. In the early nineties he began to gain a growing reputation in London as a writer of romantic fiction.

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If it does not seem too childish a candour to say so, 'Michel and Angele' always seems to me like some old letter lifted out of an ancient cabinet with the faint perfume of bygone days upon it. Perhaps that is because the story itself had its origin in a true but brief record of some good Huguenots who fled from France and took refuge in England, to be found, as the book declares, at the Walloon Church, in Southampton.

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Parker, Gilbert: Mrs. Falchion. V1. 20 Mar 2010

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Sir Horatio Gilbert George Parker, 1st Baronet PC (November 23, 1862[citation needed] – September 6, 1932), known as Gilbert Parker, Canadian novelist and British politician, was born at Camden East, Addington, Ontario, the son of Captain J. Parker, R.A.
He was educated at Ottawa and at University of Trinity College. Parker started as a teacher at the Ontario School for the deaf and dumb (in Belleville, Ontario). From there he went on to lecture at Trinity College. In 1886 he went to Australia, and for a while became associate editor of the Sydney Morning Herald. He also traveled extensively in the Pacific, Europe, Asia, Egypt, the South Sea Islands and subsequently in northern Canada. In the early nineties he began to gain a growing reputation in London as a writer of romantic fiction.

Excerpt
The part I played in Mrs. Falchion's career was not very noble, but I shall set it forth plainly here, else I could not have the boldness to write of her faults or those of others. Of my own history little need be said in preface. Soon after graduating with honours as a physician, I was offered a professional post in a college of medicine in Canada. It was difficult to establish a practice in medicine without some capital, else I had remained in London; and, being in need of instant means, I gladly accepted the offer. But six months were to intervene before the beginning of my duties—how to fill that time profitably was the question.

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Parker, Gilbert: No Defense. V1. 20 Mar 2010

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Sir Horatio Gilbert George Parker, 1st Baronet PC (November 23, 1862[citation needed] – September 6, 1932), known as Gilbert Parker, Canadian novelist and British politician, was born at Camden East, Addington, Ontario, the son of Captain J. Parker, R.A.
He was educated at Ottawa and at University of Trinity College. Parker started as a teacher at the Ontario School for the deaf and dumb (in Belleville, Ontario). From there he went on to lecture at Trinity College. In 1886 he went to Australia, and for a while became associate editor of the Sydney Morning Herald. He also traveled extensively in the Pacific, Europe, Asia, Egypt, the South Sea Islands and subsequently in northern Canada. In the early nineties he began to gain a growing reputation in London as a writer of romantic fiction.

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Influenced by no traditions or customs, under control of no stern records of society, Calhoun had caused some trouble in his time by the harmless deeds of a scapegrace, but morally—that is, in all relations of life affected by the ten commandments—he was above reproach. Yet he was of the sort who, in days of agitation, then common in Ireland, might possibly commit some act which would bring him to the sessions or the assizes. There never was in Ireland a cheerier, braver, handsomer fellow, nor one with such variety of mind and complexity of purpose.

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Parker, Gilbert: Northern Lights. V1. 21 Mar 2010

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Sir Horatio Gilbert George Parker, 1st Baronet PC (November 23, 1862[citation needed] – September 6, 1932), known as Gilbert Parker, Canadian novelist and British politician, was born at Camden East, Addington, Ontario, the son of Captain J. Parker, R.A.
He was educated at Ottawa and at University of Trinity College. Parker started as a teacher at the Ontario School for the deaf and dumb (in Belleville, Ontario). From there he went on to lecture at Trinity College. In 1886 he went to Australia, and for a while became associate editor of the Sydney Morning Herald. He also traveled extensively in the Pacific, Europe, Asia, Egypt, the South Sea Islands and subsequently in northern Canada. In the early nineties he began to gain a growing reputation in London as a writer of romantic fiction.

A LODGE IN THE WILDERNESS
ONCE AT RED MAN'S RIVER
THE STROBE OF THE HOUR
BUCKMASTER'S BOY
TO-MORROW
QU'APPELLE
THE STAKE AND THE PLUMB-LINE
WHEN THE SWALLOWS HOMEWARD FLY
GEORGE'S WIFE
MARCILE
A MAN, A FAMINE, AND A HEATHEN BOY
THE HEALING SPRINGS AND THE PIONEERS
THE LITTLE WIDOW OF JANSEN
WATCHING THE RISE OF ORION
THE ERROR OF THE DAY
THE WHISPERER
AS DEEP AS THE SEA

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Parker, Gilbert: Parables of a Province. V1. 25 Mar 2010

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Sir Horatio Gilbert George Parker, 1st Baronet PC (November 23, 1862[citation needed] – September 6, 1932), known as Gilbert Parker, Canadian novelist and British politician, was born at Camden East, Addington, Ontario, the son of Captain J. Parker, R.A.
He was educated at Ottawa and at University of Trinity College. Parker started as a teacher at the Ontario School for the deaf and dumb (in Belleville, Ontario). From there he went on to lecture at Trinity College. In 1886 he went to Australia, and for a while became associate editor of the Sydney Morning Herald. He also traveled extensively in the Pacific, Europe, Asia, Egypt, the South Sea Islands and subsequently in northern Canada. In the early nineties he began to gain a growing reputation in London as a writer of romantic fiction.

Excerpt
They hung all bronzed and shining, on the side of Margath Mountain—the tall and perfect pipes of the organ which was played by some son of God when the world was young. At least Hepnon the cripple said this was so, when he was but a child, and when he got older he said that even now a golden music came from the pipes at sunrise and sunset.

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Parker, Gilbert: Pierre and His People,. V1. 26 Mar 2010

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Sir Horatio Gilbert George Parker, 1st Baronet PC (November 23, 1862 – September 6, 1932), known as Gilbert Parker, Canadian novelist and British politician, was born at Camden East, Addington, Ontario, the son of Captain J. Parker, R.A.
He was educated at Ottawa and at University of Trinity College. Parker started as a teacher at the Ontario School for the deaf and dumb (in Belleville, Ontario). From there he went on to lecture at Trinity College. In 1886 he went to Australia, and for a while became associate editor of the Sydney Morning Herald. He also traveled extensively in the Pacific, Europe, Asia, Egypt, the South Sea Islands and subsequently in northern Canada. In the early nineties he began to gain a growing reputation in London as a writer of romantic fiction.

THE PATROL OF THE CYPRESS HILLS
GOD'S GARRISON
A HAZARD OF THE NORTH
A PRAIRIE VAGABOND
SHE OF THE TRIPLE CHEVRON
THREE OUTLAWS
SHON McGANN'S TOBOGAN RIDE
PERE CHAMPAGNE
THE SCARLET HUNTER
THE STONE
THE TALL MASTER
THE CRIMSON FLAG
THE FLOOD
IN PIPI VALLEY
ANTOINE AND ANGELIQUE
THE CIPHER
A TRAGEDY OF NOBODIES
A SANCTUARY OF THE PLAINS

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Parker, Gilbert: Romany of the Snows. V1. 29 Mar 2010

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Sir Horatio Gilbert George Parker, 1st Baronet PC (November 23, 1862 – September 6, 1932), known as Gilbert Parker, Canadian novelist and British politician, was born at Camden East, Addington, Ontario, the son of Captain J. Parker, R.A.
He was educated at Ottawa and at University of Trinity College. Parker started as a teacher at the Ontario School for the deaf and dumb (in Belleville, Ontario). From there he went on to lecture at Trinity College. In 1886 he went to Australia, and for a while became associate editor of the Sydney Morning Herald. He also traveled extensively in the Pacific, Europe, Asia, Egypt, the South Sea Islands and subsequently in northern Canada. In the early nineties he began to gain a growing reputation in London as a writer of romantic fiction.

ACROSS THE JUMPING SANDHILLS
A LOVELY BULLY
THE FILIBUSTER
THE GIFT OF THE SIMPLE KING
MALACHI
THE LAKE OF THE GREAT SLAVE
THE RED PATROL
THE GOING OF THE WHITE SWAN
AT BAMBER'S BOOM
THE BRIDGE HOUSE
THE EPAULETTES
THE HOUSE WITH THE BROKEN SHUTTER
THE FINDING OF FINGALL
THREE COMMANDMENTS IN THE VULGAR TONGUE
LITTLE BABICHE
AT POINT O' BUGLES
THE SPOIL OF THE PUMA
THE TRAIL OF THE SUN DOGS
THE PILOT OF BELLE AMOUR
THE CRUISE OF THE "NINETY-NINE"
ROMANY OF THE SNOWS
THE PLUNDERER

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Parker, Gilbert: The Battle of the Strong. V1. 15 Mar 2010

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Sir Horatio Gilbert George Parker, 1st Baronet PC (November 23, 1862[citation needed] – September 6, 1932), known as Gilbert Parker, Canadian novelist and British politician, was born at Camden East, Addington, Ontario, the son of Captain J. Parker, R.A.
He was educated at Ottawa and at University of Trinity College. Parker started as a teacher at the Ontario School for the deaf and dumb (in Belleville, Ontario). From there he went on to lecture at Trinity College. In 1886 he went to Australia, and for a while became associate editor of the Sydney Morning Herald. He also traveled extensively in the Pacific, Europe, Asia, Egypt, the South Sea Islands and subsequently in northern Canada. In the early nineties he began to gain a growing reputation in London as a writer of romantic fiction.

Excerpt
"A moment, monsieur le duc."
The Duke turned at the door, and looked with listless inquiry into the face of the Minister of Marine, who, picking up an official paper from his table, ran an eye down it, marked a point with the sharp corner of his snuff-box, and handed it over to his visitor, saying:
"Our roster of English prisoners taken in the action off Brest."

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Parker, Gilbert: The Going of the White Swan. V1. 16 Mar 2010

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Sir Horatio Gilbert George Parker, 1st Baronet PC (November 23, 1862[citation needed] – September 6, 1932), known as Gilbert Parker, Canadian novelist and British politician, was born at Camden East, Addington, Ontario, the son of Captain J. Parker, R.A.
He was educated at Ottawa and at University of Trinity College. Parker started as a teacher at the Ontario School for the deaf and dumb (in Belleville, Ontario). From there he went on to lecture at Trinity College. In 1886 he went to Australia, and for a while became associate editor of the Sydney Morning Herald. He also traveled extensively in the Pacific, Europe, Asia, Egypt, the South Sea Islands and subsequently in northern Canada. In the early nineties he began to gain a growing reputation in London as a writer of romantic fiction.

Excerpt
"Why don't she come back, father?"
The man shook his head, his hand fumbled with the wolfskin robe covering the child, and he made no reply. "She'd come if she knew I was hurted, wouldn't she?"
The father nodded, and then turned restlessly toward the door, as though expecting some one. The look was troubled, and the pipe he held was not alight, though he made a pretense of smoking. "Suppose the wildcat had got me, she'd be sorry when she comes, wouldn't she?"

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Parker, Gilbert: The Judgment House. V1. 17 Mar 2010

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Sir Horatio Gilbert George Parker, 1st Baronet PC (November 23, 1862[citation needed] – September 6, 1932), known as Gilbert Parker, Canadian novelist and British politician, was born at Camden East, Addington, Ontario, the son of Captain J. Parker, R.A.
He was educated at Ottawa and at University of Trinity College. Parker started as a teacher at the Ontario School for the deaf and dumb (in Belleville, Ontario). From there he went on to lecture at Trinity College. In 1886 he went to Australia, and for a while became associate editor of the Sydney Morning Herald. He also traveled extensively in the Pacific, Europe, Asia, Egypt, the South Sea Islands and subsequently in northern Canada. In the early nineties he began to gain a growing reputation in London as a writer of romantic fiction.

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The music throbbed in a voice of singular and delicate power; the air was resonant with melody, love and pain. The meanest Italian in the gallery far up beneath the ceiling, the most exalted of the land in the boxes and the stalls, leaned indulgently forward, to be swept by this sweet storm of song. They yielded themselves utterly to the power of the triumphant debutante who was making "Manassa" the musical feast of the year, renewing to Covent Garden a reputation which recent lack of enterprise had somewhat forfeited.

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Parker, Gilbert: The Lane That Had No Turning. V1. 18 Mar 2010

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Sir Horatio Gilbert George Parker, 1st Baronet PC (November 23, 1862[citation needed] – September 6, 1932), known as Gilbert Parker, Canadian novelist and British politician, was born at Camden East, Addington, Ontario, the son of Captain J. Parker, R.A.
He was educated at Ottawa and at University of Trinity College. Parker started as a teacher at the Ontario School for the deaf and dumb (in Belleville, Ontario). From there he went on to lecture at Trinity College. In 1886 he went to Australia, and for a while became associate editor of the Sydney Morning Herald. He also traveled extensively in the Pacific, Europe, Asia, Egypt, the South Sea Islands and subsequently in northern Canada. In the early nineties he began to gain a growing reputation in London as a writer of romantic fiction.

THE LANE THAT HAD NO TURNING
THE ABSURD ROMANCE OF P'TITE LOUISON
THE LITTLE BELL OF HONOUR
A SON OF THE WILDERNESS
A WORKER IN STONE
THE TRAGIC COMEDY OF ANNETTE
THE MARRIAGE OF THE MILLER
MATHURIN
THE STORY OF THE LIME-BURNER
THE WOODSMAN'S STORY OF THE GREAT WHITE CHIEF
UNCLE JIM
THE HOUSE WITH THE TALL PORCH
PARPON THE DWARF
TIMES WERE HARD IN PONTIAC
MEDALLION'S WHIM
THE PRISONER
AN UPSET PRICE
A FRAGMENT OF LIVES
THE MAN THAT DIED AT ALMA
THE BARON OF BEAUGARD
THE TUNE McGILVERAY PLAYED

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Parker, Gilbert: The March of the White Guard. V1. 19 Mar 2010

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Sir Horatio Gilbert George Parker, 1st Baronet PC (November 23, 1862[citation needed] – September 6, 1932), known as Gilbert Parker, Canadian novelist and British politician, was born at Camden East, Addington, Ontario, the son of Captain J. Parker, R.A.
He was educated at Ottawa and at University of Trinity College. Parker started as a teacher at the Ontario School for the deaf and dumb (in Belleville, Ontario). From there he went on to lecture at Trinity College. In 1886 he went to Australia, and for a while became associate editor of the Sydney Morning Herald. He also traveled extensively in the Pacific, Europe, Asia, Egypt, the South Sea Islands and subsequently in northern Canada. In the early nineties he began to gain a growing reputation in London as a writer of romantic fiction.

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"Ask Mr. Hume to come here for a moment, Gosse," said Field, the chief factor, as he turned from the frosty window of his office at Fort Providence, one of the Hudson's Bay Company's posts. The servant, or more properly, Orderly-Sergeant Gosse, late of the Scots Guards, departed on his errand, glancing curiously at his master's face as he did so.

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Parker, Gilbert: The Money Master. V1. 19 Mar 2010

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Sir Horatio Gilbert George Parker, 1st Baronet PC (November 23, 1862[citation needed] – September 6, 1932), known as Gilbert Parker, Canadian novelist and British politician, was born at Camden East, Addington, Ontario, the son of Captain J. Parker, R.A.
He was educated at Ottawa and at University of Trinity College. Parker started as a teacher at the Ontario School for the deaf and dumb (in Belleville, Ontario). From there he went on to lecture at Trinity College. In 1886 he went to Australia, and for a while became associate editor of the Sydney Morning Herald. He also traveled extensively in the Pacific, Europe, Asia, Egypt, the South Sea Islands and subsequently in northern Canada. In the early nineties he began to gain a growing reputation in London as a writer of romantic fiction.

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There is no man so simply sincere, or so extraordinarily prejudiced as the French Canadian. He is at once modest and vain; he is even lyrical in his enthusiasms; he is a child in the intrigues and inventions of life; but he has imagination, he has a heart, he has a love of tradition, and is the slave of legend.

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Parker, Gilbert: The Pomp of the Lavilettes. V1. 26 Mar 2010

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Sir Horatio Gilbert George Parker, 1st Baronet PC (November 23, 1862 – September 6, 1932), known as Gilbert Parker, Canadian novelist and British politician, was born at Camden East, Addington, Ontario, the son of Captain J. Parker, R.A.
He was educated at Ottawa and at University of Trinity College. Parker started as a teacher at the Ontario School for the deaf and dumb (in Belleville, Ontario). From there he went on to lecture at Trinity College. In 1886 he went to Australia, and for a while became associate editor of the Sydney Morning Herald. He also traveled extensively in the Pacific, Europe, Asia, Egypt, the South Sea Islands and subsequently in northern Canada. In the early nineties he began to gain a growing reputation in London as a writer of romantic fiction.

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You could not call the place a village, nor yet could it be called a town. Viewed from the bluff, on the English side of the river, it was a long stretch of small farmhouses—some painted red, with green shutters, some painted white, with red shutters—set upon long strips of land, green, yellow, and brown, as it chanced to be pasture land, fields of grain, or "plough-land."

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Parker, Gilbert: The Right of Way. V1. 28 Mar 2010

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Sir Horatio Gilbert George Parker, 1st Baronet PC (November 23, 1862 – September 6, 1932), known as Gilbert Parker, Canadian novelist and British politician, was born at Camden East, Addington, Ontario, the son of Captain J. Parker, R.A.
He was educated at Ottawa and at University of Trinity College. Parker started as a teacher at the Ontario School for the deaf and dumb (in Belleville, Ontario). From there he went on to lecture at Trinity College. In 1886 he went to Australia, and for a while became associate editor of the Sydney Morning Herald. He also traveled extensively in the Pacific, Europe, Asia, Egypt, the South Sea Islands and subsequently in northern Canada. In the early nineties he began to gain a growing reputation in London as a writer of romantic fiction.

Excerpt
"Not guilty, your Honour!"
A hundred atmospheres had seemed pressing down on the fretted people in the crowded court-room. As the discordant treble of the huge foreman of the jury squeaked over the mass of gaping humanity, which had twitched at skirts, drawn purposeless hands across prickling faces, and kept nervous legs at a gallop, the smothering weights of elastic air lifted suddenly, a great suspiration of relief swept through the place like a breeze, and in a far corner of the gallery a woman laughed outright.

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Parker, Gilbert: The Seats of the Mighty. V1. 30 Mar 2010

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Sir Horatio Gilbert George Parker, 1st Baronet PC (November 23, 1862 – September 6, 1932), known as Gilbert Parker, Canadian novelist and British politician, was born at Camden East, Addington, Ontario, the son of Captain J. Parker, R.A.
He was educated at Ottawa and at University of Trinity College. Parker started as a teacher at the Ontario School for the deaf and dumb (in Belleville, Ontario). From there he went on to lecture at Trinity College. In 1886 he went to Australia, and for a while became associate editor of the Sydney Morning Herald. He also traveled extensively in the Pacific, Europe, Asia, Egypt, the South Sea Islands and subsequently in northern Canada. In the early nineties he began to gain a growing reputation in London as a writer of romantic fiction.

Excerpt
When Monsieur Doltaire entered the salon, and, dropping lazily into a chair beside Madame Duvarney and her daughter, drawled out, "England's Braddock—fool and general—has gone to heaven, Captain Moray, and your papers send you there also," I did not shift a jot, but looked over at him gravely—for, God knows, I was startled—and I said,
"The General is dead?"

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Parker, Gilbert: The Trail of the Sword. V1. 31 Mar 2010

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Sir Horatio Gilbert George Parker, 1st Baronet PC (November 23, 1862 – September 6, 1932), known as Gilbert Parker, Canadian novelist and British politician, was born at Camden East, Addington, Ontario, the son of Captain J. Parker, R.A.
He was educated at Ottawa and at University of Trinity College. Parker started as a teacher at the Ontario School for the deaf and dumb (in Belleville, Ontario). From there he went on to lecture at Trinity College. In 1886 he went to Australia, and for a while became associate editor of the Sydney Morning Herald. He also traveled extensively in the Pacific, Europe, Asia, Egypt, the South Sea Islands and subsequently in northern Canada. In the early nineties he began to gain a growing reputation in London as a writer of romantic fiction.

Excerpt
One summer afternoon a tall, good-looking stripling stopped in the midst of the town of New York, and asked his way to the governor's house. He attracted not a little attention, and he created as much astonishment when he came into the presence of the governor. He had been announced as an envoy from Quebec.

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Parker, Gilbert: The Translation of a Savage. V1. 31 Mar 2010

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Sir Horatio Gilbert George Parker, 1st Baronet PC (November 23, 1862 – September 6, 1932), known as Gilbert Parker, Canadian novelist and British politician, was born at Camden East, Addington, Ontario, the son of Captain J. Parker, R.A.
He was educated at Ottawa and at University of Trinity College. Parker started as a teacher at the Ontario School for the deaf and dumb (in Belleville, Ontario). From there he went on to lecture at Trinity College. In 1886 he went to Australia, and for a while became associate editor of the Sydney Morning Herald. He also traveled extensively in the Pacific, Europe, Asia, Egypt, the South Sea Islands and subsequently in northern Canada. In the early nineties he began to gain a growing reputation in London as a writer of romantic fiction.

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It appeared that Armour had made the great mistake of his life. When people came to know, they said that to have done it when sober had shown him possessed of a kind of maliciousness and cynicism almost pardonable, but to do it when tipsy proved him merely weak and foolish. But the fact is, he was less tipsy at the time than was imagined; and he could have answered to more malice and cynicism than was credited to him.

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Parker, Gilbert: The Trespasser. V1. 1 Apr 2010

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Sir Horatio Gilbert George Parker, 1st Baronet PC (November 23, 1862 – September 6, 1932), known as Gilbert Parker, Canadian novelist and British politician, was born at Camden East, Addington, Ontario, the son of Captain J. Parker, R.A.
He was educated at Ottawa and at University of Trinity College. Parker started as a teacher at the Ontario School for the deaf and dumb (in Belleville, Ontario). From there he went on to lecture at Trinity College. In 1886 he went to Australia, and for a while became associate editor of the Sydney Morning Herald. He also traveled extensively in the Pacific, Europe, Asia, Egypt, the South Sea Islands and subsequently in northern Canada. In the early nineties he began to gain a growing reputation in London as a writer of romantic fiction.

Excerpt
Why Gaston Belward left the wholesome North to journey afar, Jacques Brillon asked often in the brawling streets of New York, and oftener in the fog of London as they made ready to ride to Ridley Court. There was a railway station two miles from the Court, but Belward had had enough of railways. He had brought his own horse Saracen, and Jacques's broncho also, at foolish expense, across the sea, and at a hotel near Euston Station master and man mounted and set forth, having seen their worldly goods bestowed by staring porters, to go on by rail.

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Parker, Gilbert: The Weavers. V1. 2 Apr 2010

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Sir Horatio Gilbert George Parker, 1st Baronet PC (November 23, 1862 – September 6, 1932), known as Gilbert Parker, Canadian novelist and British politician, was born at Camden East, Addington, Ontario, the son of Captain J. Parker, R.A.
He was educated at Ottawa and at University of Trinity College. Parker started as a teacher at the Ontario School for the deaf and dumb (in Belleville, Ontario). From there he went on to lecture at Trinity College. In 1886 he went to Australia, and for a while became associate editor of the Sydney Morning Herald. He also traveled extensively in the Pacific, Europe, Asia, Egypt, the South Sea Islands and subsequently in northern Canada. In the early nineties he began to gain a growing reputation in London as a writer of romantic fiction.

Excerpt
The village lay in a valley which had been the bed of a great river in the far-off days when Ireland, Wales and Brittany were joined together and the Thames flowed into the Seine. The place had never known turmoil or stir. For generations it had lived serenely.

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Parker, Gilbert: The World for Sale. V1. 4 Apr 2010

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Sir Horatio Gilbert George Parker, 1st Baronet PC (November 23, 1862 – September 6, 1932), known as Gilbert Parker, Canadian novelist and British politician, was born at Camden East, Addington, Ontario, the son of Captain J. Parker, R.A.
He was educated at Ottawa and at University of Trinity College. Parker started as a teacher at the Ontario School for the deaf and dumb (in Belleville, Ontario). From there he went on to lecture at Trinity College. In 1886 he went to Australia, and for a while became associate editor of the Sydney Morning Herald. He also traveled extensively in the Pacific, Europe, Asia, Egypt, the South Sea Islands and subsequently in northern Canada. In the early nineties he began to gain a growing reputation in London as a writer of romantic fiction.

Excerpt
Harvest-time was almost come, and the great new land was resting under coverlets of gold. From the rise above the town of Lebanon, there stretched out ungarnered wheat in the ear as far as sight could reach, and the place itself and the neighbouring town of Manitou on the other side of the Sagalac River were like islands washed by a topaz sea.

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Parker, Gilbert: There Is Sorrow on the Sea. V1. 30 Mar 2010

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Sir Horatio Gilbert George Parker, 1st Baronet PC (November 23, 1862 – September 6, 1932), known as Gilbert Parker, Canadian novelist and British politician, was born at Camden East, Addington, Ontario, the son of Captain J. Parker, R.A.
He was educated at Ottawa and at University of Trinity College. Parker started as a teacher at the Ontario School for the deaf and dumb (in Belleville, Ontario). From there he went on to lecture at Trinity College. In 1886 he went to Australia, and for a while became associate editor of the Sydney Morning Herald. He also traveled extensively in the Pacific, Europe, Asia, Egypt, the South Sea Islands and subsequently in northern Canada. In the early nineties he began to gain a growing reputation in London as a writer of romantic fiction.

Excerpt
"'Twas a bad night's work that, Cousin Fanny, and maybe I wish it undone, and maybe I don't; but a devil gets into the heart of a man when he has to fly from the lass he loves, while the friends of his youth go hunting him with muskets, and he has to steal out of the backdoor of his own country and shelter himself, like a cold sparrow, up in the eaves of the world.

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Parker, Gilbert: When Valmond Came to Pontiac. V1. 3 Apr 2010

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Sir Horatio Gilbert George Parker, 1st Baronet PC (November 23, 1862 – September 6, 1932), known as Gilbert Parker, Canadian novelist and British politician, was born at Camden East, Addington, Ontario, the son of Captain J. Parker, R.A.
He was educated at Ottawa and at University of Trinity College. Parker started as a teacher at the Ontario School for the deaf and dumb (in Belleville, Ontario). From there he went on to lecture at Trinity College. In 1886 he went to Australia, and for a while became associate editor of the Sydney Morning Herald. He also traveled extensively in the Pacific, Europe, Asia, Egypt, the South Sea Islands and subsequently in northern Canada. In the early nineties he began to gain a growing reputation in London as a writer of romantic fiction.

Excerpt
On one corner stood the house of Monsieur Garon the avocat; on another, the shop of the Little Chemist; on another, the office of Medallion the auctioneer; and on the last, the Hotel Louis Quinze. The chief characteristics of Monsieur Garon's house were its brass door-knobs, and the verdant vines that climbed its sides; of the Little Chemist's shop, the perfect whiteness of the building, the rolls of sober wall-paper, and the bottles of coloured water in the shop windows; of Medallion's, the stoop that surrounded three sides of the building, and the notices of sales tacked up, pasted up, on the front; of the Hotel Louis Quinze, the deep dormer windows, the solid timbers, and the veranda that gave its front distinction—for this veranda had been the pride of several generations of landlords, and its heavy carving and bulky grace were worth even more admiration than Pontiac gave to it.

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Parker, Gilbert: Wild Youth. V1. 3 Apr 2010

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Sir Horatio Gilbert George Parker, 1st Baronet PC (November 23, 1862 – September 6, 1932), known as Gilbert Parker, Canadian novelist and British politician, was born at Camden East, Addington, Ontario, the son of Captain J. Parker, R.A.
He was educated at Ottawa and at University of Trinity College. Parker started as a teacher at the Ontario School for the deaf and dumb (in Belleville, Ontario). From there he went on to lecture at Trinity College. In 1886 he went to Australia, and for a while became associate editor of the Sydney Morning Herald. He also traveled extensively in the Pacific, Europe, Asia, Egypt, the South Sea Islands and subsequently in northern Canada. In the early nineties he began to gain a growing reputation in London as a writer of romantic fiction.

Excerpt
From the beginning, Askatoon had had more character and idiosyncrasy than any other town in the West. Perhaps that was because many of its citizens had marked personality, while some were distinctly original—a few so original as to be almost bizarre. The general intelligence was high, and this made the place alert for the new observer. It slept with one eye open; it waked with both eyes wide—as wide as the windows of the world.

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Parker, Gilbert: You Never Know Your Luck. V1. 4 Apr 2010

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Sir Horatio Gilbert George Parker, 1st Baronet PC (November 23, 1862 – September 6, 1932), known as Gilbert Parker, Canadian novelist and British politician, was born at Camden East, Addington, Ontario, the son of Captain J. Parker, R.A.
He was educated at Ottawa and at University of Trinity College. Parker started as a teacher at the Ontario School for the deaf and dumb (in Belleville, Ontario). From there he went on to lecture at Trinity College. In 1886 he went to Australia, and for a while became associate editor of the Sydney Morning Herald. He also traveled extensively in the Pacific, Europe, Asia, Egypt, the South Sea Islands and subsequently in northern Canada. In the early nineties he began to gain a growing reputation in London as a writer of romantic fiction.

Excerpt
Have you ever seen it in reaping-time? A sea of gold it is, with gentle billows telling of sleep and not of storm, which, like regiments afoot, salute the reaper and say, "All is fulfilled in the light of the sun and the way of the earth; let the sharp knife fall." The countless million heads are heavy with fruition, and sun glorifies and breeze cradles them to the hour of harvest. The air-like the tingle of water from a mountain-spring in the throat of the worn wayfarer, bringing a sense of the dust of the world flushed away.

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Parker, Sir Gilbert: At the Sign of the Eagle v1 20 mar 2009

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Sir Horatio Gilbert George Parker, 1st Baronet PC (November 23, 1862 – September 6, 1932), known as Gilbert Parker, Canadian novelist and British politician, was born at Camden East, Addington, Ontario, the son of Captain J. Parker, R.A.
He was educated at Ottawa and at University of Trinity College. Parker started as a teacher at the Ontario School for the deaf and dumb (in Belleville, Ontario). From there he went on to lecture at Trinity College. In 1886 he went to Australia, and became for a while associate editor of the Sydney Morning Herald. He also traveled extensively in the Pacific, Europe, Asia, Egypt, the South Sea Islands and subsequently in northern Canada. In the early nineties he began to make a growing reputation in London as a writer of romantic fiction. The best of his novels are those in which he first took for his subject the history and life of the French Canadians; and his permanent literary reputation rests on the fine quality, descriptive and dramatic, of his Canadian stories. Pierre and his People (1892) was followed by Mrs. Falchion (1893), The Trail of the Sword (1894), When Valmond came to Pontiac (1895), An Adventurer of Icy North (1895), and The Seats of the Mighty (1896, dramatized in 1897). The Seats of the Mighty was a historical novel depicting the English conquest of Quebec with James Wolfe and the Marquis de Montcalm as two of the characters. The Lane that had no Turning (1900) contains some of his best work. In The Battle of the Strong (1898) he broke new ground, laying his scene in the Channel Islands. His chief later books were The Right of Way (1901), Donovan Pasha (1902), The Ladder of Swords (1904), The Weavers (1907), Northern Lights (1909) and The Judgment House (1913). Parker had three that made it into the top 10 on the annual list of bestselling novels in the United States two of which were on it for two years in a row. In 1895 he married Miss Amy VanTine of New York, a wealthy heiress, daughter of Ashley VanTine. His Canadian connection and his experience in Australia and elsewhere had made him a strong Imperialist in politics, and from that time he began to devote himself in large measure to a political career. He still kept up his literary work, but some of the books last mentioned cannot compare with those by which he made his name. He was elected to the British House of Commons as a Conservative member for Gravesend and remained MP until 1918. He was knighted in 1902 for his service to Canadian literature, and in succeeding years continually strengthened his position in the party, particularly by his energetic work on behalf of Tariff Reform and Imperial Preference. During World War I he organized British publicity toward the United States. He was created a baronet on 21 June 1915 and appointed as a Privy Councillor in 1916. In May of 1905, Parker publicly claimed to have seen a "vision" of fellow house member, Sir Frederick Rasch, despite the fact that Rasch had passed on, of an illness at his home. On September 26, 1932 he was buried in Belleville, Ontario. One of the honorary pallbearers was then Prime Minister of Canada, Richard Bedford Bennett.

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Parlette, Ralph: The University of Hard Knocks. v1, 15 Jan 2008

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The "Hard Knocks" Ralph Parlette talks about are also termed "bumps" in this collection of lessons life presents us. He says that when life bumps up against us and we learn the lesson, we do not have to endure it again. We move past it and use the experience as our teacher from which we expand our conscious appraisal of the situations we encounter. Because we are independent negotiators of the events that occur, we are often tempted by other attractive paths that lead us into ease and pleasure. If we move upwardly in our way of thinking about the future and do not succumb to instant gratification, we can change unhappiness to happiness, weakness to strength, anxiety to moral conviction, and ignorance to awareness. As we begin to understand things by our own sacrifice and travail, we discover immeasurable distances above us that we can include in our journey. We are able to rise over any obstacle or setback because we learn to truly see and hear. Parlette reminds us that it is not possible to purchase education or security. We cannot buy a prodigious intelligence. Our mind is only able to become great when it is a subordinate to more important issues in our life. As we develop more helpful attributes, our worries grow smaller. We have stationed ourselves to see from a different, more encompassing perspective. And even though we continue to do our best, out of nowhere a calamity descends upon us and breaks our heart. Our plans and schemes are ruined, and there is nothing to live for. But after this personal demolition and the psychological trash is swept away, honorable purposes are suddenly visible, and we are capable of more instruction and schooling in The University of Hard Knocks, the only college worth this excellent endorsement.

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Parrish, Randall: Beth Norvell. V1. 5 Apr 2010

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Randall Parrish (1858-1923) was an American author of dime novels.

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There were nine altogether in the party registering. This number included the manager, who, both on and off the stage, quite successfully impersonated the villain—a rather heavy-jawed, middle-aged fellow, of foreign appearance, with coarse, gruff voice; three representatives of the gentler sex; a child of eight, exact species unknown, wrapped up like a mummy; and four males. Beyond doubt the most notable member of the troupe was the comedian "star," Mr. T. Macready Lane, whose well-known cognomen must even now awaken happy histrionic memories throughout the western circuit.

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Parrish, Randall: Beyond the Frontier. V1. 5 Apr 2010

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Randall Parrish (1858-1923) was an American author of dime novels.

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It was early autumn, for the clusters of grapes above me were already purple, and the forest leaves were tinged with red. And yet the air was soft, and the golden bars of sun flickered down on the work in my lap through the laced branches of the trellis. The work was but a pretense, for I had fled the house to escape the voice of Monsieur Cassion who was still urging my uncle to accompany him on his journey into the wilderness.

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Parrish, Randall: Bob Hampton of Placer. V1. 6 Apr 2010

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Randall Parrish (1858-1923) was an American author of dime novels.

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However daring the pen, it cannot but falter when attempting to picture the events of those hours of victorious defeat. Out from the scene of carnage there crept forth no white survivor to recount the heroic deeds of the Seventh Cavalry. No voice can ever repeat the story in its fulness, no eye penetrate into the heart of its mystery.

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Parrish, Randall: Gordon Craig, Soldier of Fortune. V1. 6 Apr 2010

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Randall Parrish (1858-1923) was an American author of dime novels.

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I had placed the lumber inside the yard as directed, and was already rehitching the traces, when the man crossed the street slowly, switching his light cane carelessly in the air. I had noticed him before standing there in the doorway of the drug store, my attention attracted by the fashionable cut of his clothes, and the manner in which he watched me work. Now, as he rounded the heads of the mules, I straightened up, observing him more closely.

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Parrish, Randall: Keith of the Border. V1. 7 Apr 2010

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Randall Parrish (1858-1923) was an American author of dime novels.

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The man was riding just below the summit of the ridge, occasionally uplifting his head so as to gaze across the crest, shading his eyes with one hand to thus better concentrate his vision. Both horse and rider plainly exhibited signs of weariness, but every movement of the latter showed ceaseless vigilance, his glance roaming the barren ridges, a brown Winchester lying cocked across the saddle pommel, his left hand taut on the rein. Yet the horse he bestrode scarcely required restraint, advancing slowly, with head hanging low, and only occasionally breaking into a brief trot under the impetus of the spur.

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Parrish, Randall: Love under Fire. V1. 7 Apr 2010

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Randall Parrish (1858-1923) was an American author of dime novels.

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I had drifted slowly across the river, clinging with one arm thrown over a log, expecting each moment the musket of some startled picket would spit red through the dark, and scarcely daring to guide my unwieldy support by the slightest movement of hand in the water. The splash of motion might mean death in an instant, for keen eyes, sharpened by long night vigils, were on the stream, and those who had ventured the deed before me had failed utterly. Yet the southern bank remained silent, so black I could scarcely discern its vaguest outlines, while, by good fortune, the sweep of the current served me almost as well as a pair of oars. Thus, trusting to luck, and without exerting a muscle, I finally came to a full stop on a narrow spit of sand, so far out in the stream I could scarcely touch bottom, until the sweep of the current drifted my log inward, and thus left me flat on the wet sand facing the bank, the wood-covered crest, as revealed dimly against the slightly lighter sky, appearing almost to overhang the water.

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Parrish, Randall: Molly McDonald. V1. 8 Apr 2010

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Randall Parrish (1858-1923) was an American author of dime novels.

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When, late in May, 1868, Major Daniel McDonald, Sixth Infantry, was first assigned to command the new three company post established southwest of Fort Dodge, designed to protect the newly discovered Cimarron trail leading to Santa Fé across the desert, and, purely by courtesy, officially termed Fort Devere, he naturally considered it perfectly safe to invite his only daughter to join him there for her summer vacation. Indeed, at that time, there was apparently no valid reason why he should deny himself this pleasure. Except for certain vague rumors regarding uneasiness among the Sioux warriors north of the Platte, the various tribes of the Plains were causing no unusual trouble to military authorities, although, of course, there was no time in the history of that country utterly devoid of peril from young raiders, usually aided and abetted by outcast whites. However, the Santa Fé route, by this date, had become a well-travelled trail, protected by scattered posts along its entire route, frequently patrolled by troops, and merely considered dangerous for small parties, south of the Cimarron, where roving Comanches in bad humor might be encountered.

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Parrish, Randall: My Lady of Doubt. V1. 8 Apr 2010

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Randall Parrish (1858-1923) was an American author of dime novels.

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Several of us had remained rather late that evening about the cheerful fire in front of my hut,—for the nights were still chilly, although it was May, and the dreadful winter passed,—discussing the improved condition of our troops, the rigid discipline of Baron de Steuben, and speculating on what would probably be attempted now that Sir Henry Clinton had succeeded to the command of the forces opposing us. I remember Maxwell joined us, together with Knox of the artillery, each man with a different theory of campaign, but alike agreeing that, in spite of all we had endured during those months of suffering and privation at Valley Forge, the time to strike once again was near at hand, although our numbers were barely half that of the enemy.

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Parrish, Randall: My Lady of the North. V1. 9 Apr 2010

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Randall Parrish (1858-1923) was an American author of dime novels.

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It was a bare, plain interior,—the low table at which he sat an unplaned board, his seat a box, made softer by a folded blanket. His only companions were two aides, standing silent beside the closed entrance, anxious to anticipate his slightest need.
He will abide in my memory forever as I saw him then,—although we were destined to meet often afterwards,—that old gray hero, whose masterly strategy held at bay for so long those mighty forces hurled on our constantly thinning lines of defence. To me the history of war has never contained his equal, and while I live I shall love and revere him as I can love and revere no other man.
"General Lee," said one of the aides, as I passed the single sentry and drew aside the flap to step within, "this is Captain Wayne."

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Parrish, Randall: Prisoners of Chance. V1. 9 Apr 2010

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Randall Parrish (1858-1923) was an American author of dime novels.

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I am Geoffrey Benteen, Gentleman Adventurer, with much experience upon the border, where I have passed my life. My father was that Robert Benteen, merchant in furs, the first of the English race to make permanent settlement in New Orleans. Here he established a highly profitable trade with the Indians, his bateaux voyaging as far northward as the falls of the Ohio, while his influence among the tribesmen extended to the eastern mountains. My mother was of Spanish blood, a native of Saint Augustine, so I grew up fairly proficient in three languages, and to them I later added an odd medley of tribal tongues which often stood me in excellent stead amid the vicissitudes of the frontier.

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Parrish, Randall: The Case and the Girl. V1. 6 Apr 2010

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Randall Parrish (1858-1923) was an American author of dime novels.

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West, still attired in khaki uniform, but wearing the red chevron of honourable discharge on his left sleeve, sat in the Club writing room, his feet comfortably elevated, endeavouring to extract some entertainment from the evening paper. The news was not particularly interesting, however, and finally, obsessed with the feeling that it would soon be time for him to seriously contemplate the procuring of suitable employment, the young man turned the sheet about rather idly, and ran his eyes down the columns devoted to classified advertising.

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Parrish, Randall: The Devil's Own. V1. 6 Apr 2010

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Randall Parrish (1858-1923) was an American author of dime novels.

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I was barely twenty then, a strong, almost headstrong boy, and the far wilderness was still very new to me, although for two years past I had held army commission and been assigned to duty in frontier forts. Yet never previously had I been stationed at quite so isolated an outpost of civilization as was this combination of rock and log defense erected at the southern extremity of Rock Island, fairly marooned amid the sweep of the great river, with Indian-haunted land stretching for leagues on every side.

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Parrish, Randall: The Strange Case of Cavendish. V1. 10 Apr 2010

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Randall Parrish (1858-1923) was an American author of dime novels.

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The early light of dawn stealing in faintly through the spider-web of the fire-escape ladder, found a partially open window on the third floor of the Waldron apartments, and began slowly to brighten the walls of the room within. There were no curtains on this window as upon the others, and the growing radiance streamed in revealing the whole interior. It was a large apartment, furnished soberly and in excellent taste as either lounging-room or library, the carpet a dark green, the walls delicately tinted, bearing a few rare prints rather sombrely framed, and containing a few upholstered chairs; a massive sofa, and a library table bearing upon it a stack of magazines.

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Parrish, Randall: When Wilderness Was King. V1. 10 Apr 2010

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Randall Parrish (1858-1923) was an American author of dime novels.

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Surely it was no longer ago than yesterday. I had left the scythe lying at the edge of the long grass, and gone up through the rows of nodding Indian corn to the house, seeking a draught of cool water from the spring. It was hot in the July sunshine; the thick forest on every side intercepted the breeze, and I had been at work for some hours. How pleasant and inviting the little river looked in the shade of the great trees, while, as I paused a moment bending over the high bank, I could see a lazy pike nosing about among the twisted roots below.

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Parrish, Randall: Wolves of the Sea. V1. 10 Apr 2010

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Randall Parrish (1858-1923) was an American author of dime novels.

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Knowing this to be a narrative of unusual adventure, and one which may never even be read until long after I have departed from this world, when it will be difficult to convince readers that such times as are herein depicted could ever have been reality, I shall endeavor to narrate each incident in the simplest manner possible. My only purpose is truth, and my only witness history. Yet, even now lately as this all happened it is more like the recollections of a dream, dimly remembered at awakening, and, perchance, might remain so, but for the scars upon my body, and the constant memory of a woman's face. These alone combine to bring back in vividness those days that were—days of youth and daring, of desperate, lawless war, of wide ocean peril, and the outstretched hands of love. So that here, where I am writing it all down, here amid quietness and peace, and forgetful of the past, I wander again along a deserted shore, and sail among those isles of a southern sea, the home for many a century of crime and unspeakable cruelty. I will recall the truth, and can do no more.

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Parsons, Eliza: The Castle of Wolfenbach:. v1.1, 5 Feb 2008

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[The Castle of Wolfenbach [/(1793) is the most famous novel written by the English Gothic novelist Eliza Parsons. First published in two volumes during 1793, it was one of the seven "horrid novels" recommended by the character Isabella Thorpe in Jane Austen's novel Northanger Abbey.

[QUOT“Dear creature! How much I am obliged to you; and when you have finished Udolpho, we will read the Italian together; and I have made out a list of ten or twelve more of the same kind for you.”
“Have you, indeed! How glad I am! What are they all?”
“I will read you their names directly; here they are, in my pocketbook. [Castle of Wolfenbach, Clermont, Mysterious Warnings, Necromancer of the Black Forest, Midnight Bell, Orphan of the Rhine and Horrid Mysteries.[/ Those will last us some time.”
“Yes, pretty well; but are they all horrid, are you sure they are all horrid?” – Northanger Abbey, ch. 6. [/QUOT

It helped establish the gothic tropes of the blameless young woman in peril, the centrality of a huge, gloomy, ancient building to the plot, the discovery of scandalous family secrets and a final confrontation between the forces of good and evil. Its resolutely anti-French Roman Catholic, pro-English Protestant sentiment is also a feature of the genre.

The novel details the adventures of Matilda Weimar, who escapes the clutches of her lecherous uncle to find sanctuary in the imposing German castle of the title. Exploring its eerie chambers she discovers a terrible secret regarding the disappearance of the Countess of the estate.

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Pascal, Blaise: The Provincial Letters, v1, 2 February 2010.

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Blaise Pascal [1623-1662]
The Provincial Letters [Lettres provinciale 1656-1657
Translated by Thomas M’Crie [1797-1875]
1856

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In these letters, Pascal humorously attacked casuistry, a rhetorical method often used by Jesuit theologians, and accused Jesuits of moral laxity. Being quickly forced underground while writing the Provincial Letters, Pascal pretended they were reports from a Parisian to a friend in the provinces, on the moral and theological issues then exciting the intellectual and religious circles in the capital. In the letters, Pascal's tone combines the fervor of a convert with the wit and polish of a man of the world. Their style meant that, quite apart from their religious influence, the Provincial Letters were popular as a literary work. Adding to that popularity was Pascal's use of humor, mockery, and satire in his arguments. The letters also influenced the prose of later French writers like Voltaire and Jean-Jacques Rousseau.
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Past Masters Cumulative Index 1-250, v1, 16 Feb 2026

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Cumulative Index in author name order, of PAST MASTERS to number 250.

The book also includes a second part, 88 original collections of short stories by individual authors, also arranged by authors' names.

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Pastor, A: The Pearl Box.V1.30 Jan 2012

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It's a collection of tales for Children with a moral attached that is based in Christian belief. Some of the content may seem a bit old fashioned but it was published in 1851.

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Patchin, Frank Gee: The Battleship Boys at Sea. v1. 28 Apr 2014

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Frank Gee Patchin (1861-1925), was an American author who wrote many series of juvenile fiction books, including The Pony Rider Boys, and The Battleship Boys.

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Sam Hickey nodded and started after his companion across the street. A moment later the lads stood before the picture that had attracted their attention. In the foreground of the picture stood a sailor clad in the uniform of a seaman in Uncle Sam’s Navy, while on beyond him, in the distant background, lay a white battleship, the Stars and Stripes floating from her after staff, a line of signal flags fluttering from the signal halyard just aft of the battleship’s navigating bridge. Palm trees and similar foliage showed it to be a tropical scene.

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Patchin, Frank Gee: The Battleship Boys in Foreign Service. v1. 28 Apr 2014

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Frank Gee Patchin (1861-1925), was an American author who wrote many series of juvenile fiction books, including The Pony Rider Boys, and The Battleship Boys.

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That night Dan Davis climbed into his hammock for the last time. On the following night he would take possession of a real berth in the chief petty officers’ quarters.

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Patchin, Frank Gee: The Battleship Boys' First Step Upward. v1. 28 Apr 2014

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Frank Gee Patchin (1861-1925), was an American author who wrote many series of juvenile fiction books, including The Pony Rider Boys, and The Battleship Boys.

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The watch officer gazed through his night glass in the direction indicated, but was unable to pick up a light of any sort. The “Long Island” was plunging through a great gale, which she was taking head on. White-tipped seas, backed by solid walls of water were sweeping the bridge more than forty feet above the level of the sea. Even the red-haired boy clinging to the rail far above the bridge was now and again nearly swept from his feet by the rush of water that enveloped him.

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Patchin, Frank Gee: The Pony Rider Boys in Alaska. v1. 28 Apr 2014

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Frank Gee Patchin (1861-1925), was an American author who wrote many series of juvenile fiction books, including The Pony Rider Boys, and The Battleship Boys.

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“Captain, who are the four silent men leaning over the rail on the other side of the boat?” asked Tad Butler. “I have been wondering about them almost ever since we left Vancouver. They don’t seem to speak to a person, and seldom to each other, though somehow they appear to be traveling in company. They act as if they were afraid someone would recognize them. I am sure they aren’t bad characters.”

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Patchin, Frank Gee: The Pony Rider Boys in Louisiana. v1. 29 Apr 2014

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Frank Gee Patchin (1861-1925), was an American author who wrote many series of juvenile fiction books, including The Pony Rider Boys, and The Battleship Boys.

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“Major Clowney, sah, at your service,” answered the tall, gray-haired, distinguished-looking southerner who had greeted the Professor at the railway station in Jackson. Four clean-cut, clear-eyed young men, who had left the train with the Professor, stepped up at that juncture and were introduced to the southerner as Thaddeus Butler, Ned Rector, Stacy Brown and Walter Perkins, known as the Pony Rider Boys.

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Patchin, Frank Gee: The Pony Rider Boys in Montana. v1. 29 Apr 2014

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Frank Gee Patchin (1861-1925), was an American author who wrote many series of juvenile fiction books, including The Pony Rider Boys, and The Battleship Boys.

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The Northern Pacific train on which they were riding, came to a slow, noisy stop. From it, alighted the four boys, sun-burned, clear-eyed and springy of step. They were clad in the regulation suits of the cowboy, the faded garments giving evidence of long service on the open plains.

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Patchin, Frank Gee: The Pony Rider Boys in New England. v1. 20 Apr 2014

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Frank Gee Patchin (1861-1925), was an American author who wrote many series of juvenile fiction books, including The Pony Rider Boys, and The Battleship Boys.

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“Come quickly. I’m in jail in ‘Ugamook.”

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Patchin, Frank Gee: The Pony Rider Boys in New Mexico. v1. 30 Apr 2014

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Frank Gee Patchin (1861-1925), was an American author who wrote many series of juvenile fiction books, including The Pony Rider Boys, and The Battleship Boys.

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“Don’t you be too sure about that. I’ve heard about those kids. Heard about ‘em over in Nevada. There’s four of them. They call themselves the Pony Rider Boys; and they’re no tenderfeet, if all I hear is true. They have done some pretty lively stunts.”

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Patchin, Frank Gee: The Pony Rider Boys in Texas. v1. 30 May 2014

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Frank Gee Patchin (1861-1925), was an American author who wrote many series of juvenile fiction books, including The Pony Rider Boys, and The Battleship Boys.

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The freckle-faced boy, sitting on his pony with easy confidence, answered his companion’s questions absently. After a careless glance up the street, he turned to resume his study of the noisy crowds that were surging back and forth along the main street of San Diego, Texas.

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Patchin, Frank Gee: The Pony Rider Boys in the Alkali. v1. 30 Apr 2014

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Frank Gee Patchin (1861-1925), was an American author who wrote many series of juvenile fiction books, including The Pony Rider Boys, and The Battleship Boys.

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“You are not the first ones who have felt that way, young man. ‘The call of the desert,’ as you put it, has lured many a poor victim to his death. Water is the all important thing when on a journey of this kind, and we shall have to be vigilant that we do not allow ourselves to be without it.”

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Patchin, Frank Gee: The Pony Rider Boys in the Grand Canyon. v1. 1 May 2014

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Frank Gee Patchin (1861-1925), was an American author who wrote many series of juvenile fiction books, including The Pony Rider Boys, and The Battleship Boys.

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“The Grand Canyon of the Colorado?” repeated Tad, his eyes sparkling. “Isn’t that fine? Do you know, I have always wanted to go there, but I hardly thought we should get that far away from home again. But what plans has Mr. Perkins made?”

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Patchin, Frank Gee: The Pony Rider Boys in the Ozarks. v1. 1 May 2014

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Frank Gee Patchin (1861-1925), was an American author who wrote many series of juvenile fiction books, including The Pony Rider Boys, and The Battleship Boys.

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There was no response, so the Professor, gripping his gun resolutely, crept along toward the opposite side of the camp where the noise had seemed to come from. So quietly had he moved that he made scarcely a sound, until suddenly there came a commotion that more than made up for the noise he had so successfully avoided before.

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Patchin, Frank Gee: The Pony Rider Boys in the Rockies. v1. 1 May 2014

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Frank Gee Patchin (1861-1925), was an American author who wrote many series of juvenile fiction books, including The Pony Rider Boys, and The Battleship Boys.

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Tad Butler needed no second invitation to try out his companion’s pony. With the agility of a cowboy, he leaped into the saddle without so much as touching a foot to the stirrup. In another second, with a slight pressure on the rein, he had wheeled the animal sharply on its haunches, and was jogging off up the street at an easy gallop, both boy and pony rising and falling in graceful, rhythmic movements, as if in reality each were a part of the other. Tad seemed born to stirrup and saddle.

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Patchin, Frank Gee: The Pony Rider Boys with the Texas Rangers. v1. 1 May 2014

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Frank Gee Patchin (1861-1925), was an American author who wrote many series of juvenile fiction books, including The Pony Rider Boys, and The Battleship Boys.

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“No, a fellow doesn’t go till his time’s come,” answered the Ranger with emphasis. “So what’s the use in dodging? Why, if my time had come and I had quit and gone to the city to live I’d most likely be run over by a trolley car or something of that nature. I’d a sight rather die in a gun fight with a real man than to get bucked over by a hunk of wood and iron and lightning, called a trolley car. No, I’ll take my medicine, as I always have and—-But let’s go back.”

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Paterson, Andrew Barton: The Man from Snowy River. V1. 11 Apr 2010

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Andrew Barton "Banjo" Paterson (17 February 1864 – 5 February 1941) was a famous Australian bush poet, journalist and author. He wrote many ballads and poems about Australian life, focusing particularly on the rural and outback areas, including the district around Binalong, New South Wales where he spent much of his childhood. Paterson's more notable poems include "Waltzing Matilda", "The Man from Snowy River" and "Clancy of the Overflow".

GLASGOW HERALD: "These ballads... are full of such go that the mere reading of them make the blood tingle.... But there are other things in Mr. Paterson's book besides mere racing and chasing, and each piece bears the mark of special local knowledge, feeling, and colour. The poet has also a note of pathos, which is always wholesome."

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Patterson, J.H.: The Man eaters of Tsavo. V1. 21/2/2019

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This is the true story behind the movie "The ghost and the Darkness." I've seen the lions themselves at the Natural History museum in Chicago Illinois.

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Peacock, Thomas Love: Crotchet Castle. v1. 4 Feb 2014

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Thomas Love Peacock (18 October 1785 – 23 January 1866) was an English novelist, poet, and official of the East India Company. He was a close friend of Percy Bysshe Shelley and they influenced each other's work. Peacock wrote satirical novels, each with the same basic setting — characters at a table discussing and criticising the philosophical opinions of the day.

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From this eventful night, young Crotchet was seen no more on English mould. Whither he had vanished was a question that could no more be answered in his case than in that of King Arthur after the battle of Camlan. The great firm of Catchflat and Company figured in the Gazette, and paid sixpence in the pound; and it was clear that he had shrunk from exhibiting himself on the scene of his former greatness, shorn of the beams of his paper prosperity. Some supposed him to be sleeping among the undiscoverable secrets of some barbel-pool in the Thames; but those who knew him best were more inclined to the opinion that he had gone across the Atlantic, with his pockets full of surplus capital, to join his old acquaintance, Mr. Touchandgo, in the bank of Dotandcarryonetown.

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Peard, Frances Mary: An Interloper. v1. 2 May 2014

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Frances Mary Peard: (1835–1923). Born in Exminster, Devon, she was the daughter of a naval officer. Frances Mary Peard published more than forty books between 1867 and 1909, mostly domestic novels and short-story volumes. Much of her fiction is historical and much is set abroad; some is specifically aimed at younger readers. Many of her letters, like her exotic fiction, have the qualities of good travel writing. She wrote poetry only during her adolescence, except on a few private occasions.

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Monsieur Raoul, in his carriage, was making the round of the estates. To a certain extent, this was a frequent custom, but there were times when it was attended by a more deliberate ceremony and purpose, and such was the case this morning. The carriage went slowly, as if on a tour of inspection. When it passed men, they gave a ready “Good-day.” Where the white-capped women were not at work, they came smiling to their doorways on hearing the familiar noise of wheels, sometimes holding up their children that they, too, might look at M. Raoul. Evidently he was a great personage, although you might not have guessed it.

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Peard, Frances Mary: Cartouche. v1. 2 May 2014

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Frances Mary Peard: (1835–1923). Born in Exminster, Devon, she was the daughter of a naval officer. Frances Mary Peard published more than forty books between 1867 and 1909, mostly domestic novels and short-story volumes. Much of her fiction is historical and much is set abroad; some is specifically aimed at younger readers. Many of her letters, like her exotic fiction, have the qualities of good travel writing. She wrote poetry only during her adolescence, except on a few private occasions.

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Only a dog. Other people said this afterwards, but not one of those who stood by the river, looking sadly where he had been carried away. Only a dog, indeed, and yet without his aid three of their number might never have been given back to those who loved them.

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Peard, Frances Mary: Donna Teresa. v1. 2 May 2014

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Frances Mary Peard: (1835–1923). Born in Exminster, Devon, she was the daughter of a naval officer. Frances Mary Peard published more than forty books between 1867 and 1909, mostly domestic novels and short-story volumes. Much of her fiction is historical and much is set abroad; some is specifically aimed at younger readers. Many of her letters, like her exotic fiction, have the qualities of good travel writing. She wrote poetry only during her adolescence, except on a few private occasions.

Excerpt
The shot, which might have missed Wilbraham, had struck her full in the heart. Probably, in her black dress, undistinguishable in the darkness, she had been altogether unseen. There had not been time for a cry, a quiver. The life had gone out of her before she dropped.

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Peard, Frances Mary: Prentice Hugh. v1. 3 May 2014

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Frances Mary Peard: (1835–1923). Born in Exminster, Devon, she was the daughter of a naval officer. Frances Mary Peard published more than forty books between 1867 and 1909, mostly domestic novels and short-story volumes. Much of her fiction is historical and much is set abroad; some is specifically aimed at younger readers. Many of her letters, like her exotic fiction, have the qualities of good travel writing. She wrote poetry only during her adolescence, except on a few private occasions.

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There are differences of opinion as to Bishop Bitton’s share in the transforming of Exeter Cathedral, and I have followed that expressed by Archdeacon Freeman, who, after speaking of the prevalent idea that the present choir was the work of Stapledon, states that, from the evidence of the Fabric Rolls, it was done by Bitton, whose episcopate lasted from 1292 to 1307. After noticing the facts which point to this conclusion, Archdeacon Freeman adds: “We thus establish, as I conceive, with absolute certainty, the date of the completion of the eastern half of the choir, a point entirely misconceived hitherto. To Bitton and not to Stapledon it must be ascribed. And we shall see reason presently for ascribing to him all the substantial features of the remainder, and the vaulting of the whole.”

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Peard, Frances Mary: The Career of Claudia. v1. 2 May 2014

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Frances Mary Peard: (1835–1923). Born in Exminster, Devon, she was the daughter of a naval officer. Frances Mary Peard published more than forty books between 1867 and 1909, mostly domestic novels and short-story volumes. Much of her fiction is historical and much is set abroad; some is specifically aimed at younger readers. Many of her letters, like her exotic fiction, have the qualities of good travel writing. She wrote poetry only during her adolescence, except on a few private occasions.

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She was, it must be owned, rather surprised that no one had come to meet her at the station. Certainly she had assured them in her last letter that it was unnecessary, and that she could manage very well by herself; but, in spite of assurances, she had hardly expected to be taken at her word, and when the train stopped, looked questioningly up and down the platform for the faces of her cousins. No one, however, whom she had ever seen before, presented herself, and Claudia found that she was thrust upon her own resources.

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Peard, Frances Mary: The Swing of the Pendulum. v1. 3 May 2014

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Frances Mary Peard: (1835–1923). Born in Exminster, Devon, she was the daughter of a naval officer. Frances Mary Peard published more than forty books between 1867 and 1909, mostly domestic novels and short-story volumes. Much of her fiction is historical and much is set abroad; some is specifically aimed at younger readers. Many of her letters, like her exotic fiction, have the qualities of good travel writing. She wrote poetry only during her adolescence, except on a few private occasions.

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The shallow North Sea had been fretted by a northerly gale, and the voyage from Hull even more than usually unpleasant, when the passengers on board the Eldorado struggled up to see the low-lying land which forms the entrance to Stavanger. The vessel was crowded, but hardly any one had appeared at meals, and the groups on deck had been too much occupied with their own discomforts to do more than take a languid interest in each other. Now that the worst was over, this interest quickened.

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Peard, Frances Mary: Thorpe Regis. v1. 3 May 2014

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Frances Mary Peard: (1835–1923). Born in Exminster, Devon, she was the daughter of a naval officer. Frances Mary Peard published more than forty books between 1867 and 1909, mostly domestic novels and short-story volumes. Much of her fiction is historical and much is set abroad; some is specifically aimed at younger readers. Many of her letters, like her exotic fiction, have the qualities of good travel writing. She wrote poetry only during her adolescence, except on a few private occasions.

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Nowadays the word “change,” when applied to a place, seems so naturally to carry in itself the ideas of growth, enlargement, and progress, that we find a certain difficulty in adopting the word in its retrograde sense, or of recognising other steps than those which we are in the habit of looking upon as advancement. And yet, if it be true that, under the pressure of an ever-increasing population, hamlets have become towns and fishing-villages seaports, it is no less certain that the great march leaves behind it, or pushes out of its way, many stragglers too sick, too feeble, or too weary for its ranks.

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Peard, Frances Mary: Two Studios. v1. 3 May 2014

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Frances Mary Peard: (1835–1923). Born in Exminster, Devon, she was the daughter of a naval officer. Frances Mary Peard published more than forty books between 1867 and 1909, mostly domestic novels and short-story volumes. Much of her fiction is historical and much is set abroad; some is specifically aimed at younger readers. Many of her letters, like her exotic fiction, have the qualities of good travel writing. She wrote poetry only during her adolescence, except on a few private occasions.

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Art, in London, has many unexpected hiding-places. In the great palace-like houses of her successful followers she makes, it is true, at times an imposing show; but other votaries, less successful or more indifferent to outward glitter, find curious homes in which to plant their easels or model their clay.

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Peard, Frances Mary: Unawares. v1. 4 May 2014

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Frances Mary Peard: (1835–1923). Born in Exminster, Devon, she was the daughter of a naval officer. Frances Mary Peard published more than forty books between 1867 and 1909, mostly domestic novels and short-story volumes. Much of her fiction is historical and much is set abroad; some is specifically aimed at younger readers. Many of her letters, like her exotic fiction, have the qualities of good travel writing. She wrote poetry only during her adolescence, except on a few private occasions.

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The individual upon whom this volley of shrill questions was directed was a small, thin, pungent-faced Frenchwoman, who had just filled her pitcher at the fountain, and stood with hands clasped over her waist, and with ineffable satisfaction in her twinkling black eyes, looking upon the excited questioners who crowded round her. It is not given to everybody to know more than their neighbours, nor, as Veuve Angelin shrewdly reflected, is it a privilege to be lightly parted with. There was something very enchanting in the eager attention with which her information was awaited, and she looked round upon them all with a patronising benignity, which was, to say the least, irritating.

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Peattie, Elia W.: The Shape of Fear (ghosts). v1. 02 Feb 2021

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A collection of 13 ghost stories; not horrifying, but rather gentle in tone. There are some light touches of humor as well.

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Elia Wilkinson Peattie (January 15, 1862 – July 12, 1935) was an American author, journalist, editor, and critic. She worked for the [Chicago Tribune[/, the [Chicago Daily News[/, the [Omaha World-Herald[/.
She also wrote for many national magazines, such as [Century[/, [Cosmopolitan[/, and [Harper’s Weekly[/.

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Originally published in 1898. This book is in the public domain where copyright is “Life+80” or less, and in the USA.

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Peattie, Elia W: The Shape of Fear and other ghostly tales (1898); v1; 27 Nov 2019

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Thirteen ghost stories by Elia W Peattie (1862-1935), a pioneering woman journalist and reformer who wrote many hundreds of articles and stories, and among them several collections of ghost stories.

This slim volume (just 28,000 words) contains:

1: The Shape Of Fear
2: On The Northern Ice
3: Their Dear Little Ghost
4: A Spectral Collie
5: The House That Was Not
6: Story Of An Obstinate Corpse
7: A Child Of The Rain
8: The Room Of The Evil Thought
9: Story Of The Vanishing Patient
10: The Piano Next Door
11: An Astral Onion
12: From The Loom Of The Dead
13: A Grammatical Ghost

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Peattie, Elia Wilkinson: A Michigan Man. v1. 4 May 2014

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Elia Wilkinson Peattie (January 15, 1862[1]-July 12, 1935) was an American author, journalist and critic.

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When the dust had cleared away, the men at the log on the outside of the clearing could not see Luther. They ran to the spot, and found him lying on the ground with his chest crushed in. His fearful eyes had not rightly calculated the distance from the stump to the top of the pine, nor rightly weighed the power of the massed branches, and so, standing spell-bound, watching the descending trunk as one might watch his Nemesis, the rebound came and left him lying worse than dead.

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Peattie, Elia Wilkinson: A Mountain Woman and Others. v1. 4 May 2014

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Elia Wilkinson Peattie (January 15, 1862[1]-July 12, 1935) was an American author, journalist and critic.

A MOUNTAIN WOMAN
JIM LANCY’S WATERLOO
A RESUSCITATION
TWO PIONEERS
UP THE GULCH
A MICHIGAN MAN
A LADY OF YESTERDAY

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Peattie, Elia Wilkinson: Painted Windows. v1, 4 May 2014

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Elia Wilkinson Peattie (January 15, 1862[1]-July 12, 1935) was an American author, journalist and critic.

I. NIGHT
II. SOLITUDE
III. FRIENDSHIP
IV. FAME
V. REMORSE
VI. TRAVEL

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Pemberton, Max: Aladdin v1 20 mar 2009

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Sir Max Pemberton (1863-1950) was a popular British novelist, working mainly in the adventure and mystery genres. He was educated at St Albans School, Merchant Taylors' School, and Caius College, Cambridge. A clubman, journalist and dandy (Lord Northcliffe admired his 'fancy vests'), he frequented both Fleet Street and The Savage Club.

Pemberton was the editor of boys' magazine Chums during its heyday. Between 1896 and 1906, he also edited Cassell's Magazine, in which capacity he published the early works of Austin Freeman, William Le Queux and Bertram Fletcher Robinson.

His most famous work The Iron Pirate was a bestseller during the early 1890s and it launched his prolific writing career (see below). It was the story of a great gas-driven iron-clad, which could outpace the navies of the world and terrorized the Atlantic Ocean. Other notable works included The Wheels of Anarchy (1908) and Captain Black (1911).

In 1920, Pemberton founded the London School of Journalism, wrote a biography about Alfred Harmsworth, 1st Viscount Northcliffe and was knighted.

Aladdin of London or Lodestar was first published in 1907. It's a thriller containing quite a bit of action and suspense. It is no surprise this book was a big bestseller.

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Pemberton, Max: The Iron Pirate v1 17 mar 2009

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Sir Max Pemberton (1863-1950) was a popular British novelist, working mainly in the adventure and mystery genres. He was educated at St Albans School, Merchant Taylors' School, and Caius College, Cambridge. A clubman, journalist and dandy (Lord Northcliffe admired his 'fancy vests'), he frequented both Fleet Street and The Savage Club.

Pemberton was the editor of boys' magazine Chums during its heyday. Between 1896 and 1906, he also edited Cassell's Magazine, in which capacity he published the early works of Austin Freeman, William Le Queux and Bertram Fletcher Robinson.

His most famous work The Iron Pirate was a bestseller during the early 1890s and it launched his prolific writing career (see below). It was the story of a great gas-driven iron-clad, which could outpace the navies of the world and terrorized the Atlantic Ocean. Other notable works included The Wheels of Anarchy (1908) and Captain Black (1911).

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Pemberton, Max: The Jewel Mysteries (1894); v1; 2 Jan 2021

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Ten mystery/adventures in the jewellery trade in fine late Victorian style.

1: The Opal of Carmalovitch
2: The Necklace of Green Diamonds
3: The Comedy of the Jewelled Links
4: Treasure of White Creek
5: The Accursed Gems
6: The Watch and the Scimitar
7: The Seven Emeralds
8: The Pursuit of the Topaz
9: The Ripening Rubies
10: My Lady of the Sapphire

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Pemberton, Max: The Man who Drove the Car v1 24 apr 2009

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Sir Max Pemberton (1863-1950) was a popular British novelist, working mainly in the adventure and mystery genres. He was educated at St Albans School, Merchant Taylors' School, and Caius College, Cambridge. A clubman, journalist and dandy (Lord Northcliffe admired his 'fancy vests'), he frequented both Fleet Street and The Savage Club.

Pemberton was the editor of boys' magazine Chums during its heyday. Between 1896 and 1906, he also edited Cassell's Magazine, in which capacity he published the early works of Austin Freeman, William Le Queux and Bertram Fletcher Robinson.

His most famous work The Iron Pirate was a bestseller during the early 1890s and it launched his prolific writing career. It was the story of a great gas-driven iron-clad, which could outpace the navies of the world and terrorized the Atlantic Ocean. Other notable works included The Wheels of Anarchy (1908) and Captain Black (1911).

In 1920, Pemberton founded the London School of Journalism, wrote a biography about Alfred Harmsworth, 1st Viscount Northcliffe and was knighted.

[QUOTThey say that every man should have a master, but, for my part, I prefer a mistress. Give me a nice young woman with plenty of money in her pocket, and a bit of taste for seeing life, and I'll leave you all the prying "amatoors" that ever sniffed about a gear-box without knowing what was inside that same.

I have driven plenty of pretty girls in my life; but I don't know that the prettiest wasn't Fauny Dartel, of the Apollo. This story isn't about her—except in a way—so it doesn't much matter; but when I first knew Fauny she was getting thirty bob a week in "The Boys of Boulogne," and, as she paid me three pound ten every Saturday, and the car cost her some four hundred per annum to run, she must have been of a saving disposition. Certainly a better mistress no man wants—not Lal Britten, which is yours truly. I drove her for five months, and never had a word with her. Then a man, who said he was a bailiff, came and took her car away, and there was no money for me on the Saturday. So I suppose she married into the peerage.

My story isn't about Fauny Dartel, though it's got to do with her. It's about a man who didn't know who he was—at least, he said so—and couldn't tell you why he did it. We picked him up outside the Carlton Hotel, Fauny and me, three nights before "The Boys of Boulogne" went into the country, and "The Girls" from some other shop took their place. She was going to sup with her brother, I remember—astonishing how many brothers she had, too—and I was to return to the mews off Lancaster Gate, when, just as I had set her down and was about to drive away, up comes a jolly-looking man in a fine fur coat and an opera hat, and asks me if I was a taxi. Lord, how I stared at him!

"Taxi yourself," says I, "and what asylum have you escaped out of?"

"Oh, come, come," says he, "don't be huffy. I only wanted to go as far as Portman Square."

"Then call a furniture van," says I, "and perhaps they'll get you aboard." [/QUOT

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Pendarves, G. G.: The Eighth Green Man (2021); v1, 1 Jul 2021

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GLADYS Gordon Trenery was born in England in 1885, and was an author and musician. She wrote as G. G. Pendarves, and to a lesser extent as Marjory E. Lambe. Her work was published in Weird Tales, Argosy, Magic Carpet, and Oriental Stories. She died in 1938.
As well as horror and supernatural stories (often involving Sir Donald Fremling as a sort of occult investigator / ghost buster) she also wrote a number of supernatural and semi-supernatural tales set in a mystical version of North Africa.
This original collection contains 17 of her stories, collected from magazines and other sources.

1: The Dark Star
2: Passport to the Desert
3: The Eighth Green Man
4: The Doomed Treveans
5: From the Dark Halls of Hell
6: The Laughing Thing
7: The Power of the Dog
8: The Lord of the Tarn
9: The Devil's Graveyard
10: The Return
11: The [Djinnee[/ of El Sheyb
12: The Whistling Corpse
13: El Hamel, the Lost One
14: Werewolf of the Sahara
15: The Altar of Melek Taos
16: The Secret Trail
17: Thirty Pieces of Silver

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Penn, Mary E.: Shadows from Beyond (collected ghosts). v1. 19 Oct 2018

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In these eight atmospheric Victorian tales, ghosts of love thwarted, innocence betrayed, or duties unfulfilled return from the shadowy borders of beyond to engage with the living. Penn’s ghosts are poignant rather than malevolent; they do not conjure terror, but instead a sense of the uncanny strangeness of the supernatural.

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This writer of supernatural and crime stories was a regular contributor to the British periodical [The Argosy[/ beginning in the mid-1870s. After Penn’s last attributed story appeared in 1897, the author vanished from the literary world.

Nothing is known about Mary Elizabeth Penn. Scholars have been unable to find any details, including birth and death dates, or even gender. Alastair Gunn, in the introduction to [The Ghost Stories of Mary E. Penn[/ (2017), advances a theory that this may have been one of the many pen-names of noted Victorian author Ellen (Mrs. Henry) Wood (1814-1887). [See:
http://synfinity.blogspot.com/2017/11/who-was-ghost-story-writer-mary-e-penn.html ]

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The contents of this book were first published 1876 ~ 1893 in [The Argosy[/.

This is my own compilation. Texts were obtained from magazine archives at the Internet Archive and HathiTrust. OCR errors were corrected; punctuation, diacritics, and italics formatted. Story titles are cross-linked to table of contents. Embedded font used for titling.

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A gentle segue into Halloween...
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Penn, Mary E.: Something Wicked (collected mysteries). v1. 19 Oct 2018

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Sixteen stories of crime and mystery and romance in the best Victorian tradition, featuring sinister villains, stalwart heroes, and comely heroines; with a goodly portion of loving endings for happy couples. These stories from [The Argosy[/ magazine have never before been collected.

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This writer of supernatural and crime stories was a regular contributor to the British periodical [The Argosy[/ beginning in the mid-1870s. After Penn’s last attributed story appeared in 1897, the author vanished from the literary world.

Nothing is known about Mary Elizabeth Penn. Scholars have been unable to find any details, including birth and death dates, or even gender. Alastair Gunn, in the introduction to [The Ghost Stories of Mary E. Penn[/ (2017), advances a theory that this may have been one of the many pen-names of noted Victorian author Ellen (Mrs. Henry) Wood (1814-1887). [See:
http://synfinity.blogspot.com/2017/11/who-was-ghost-story-writer-mary-e-penn.html ]

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The contents of this book were first published 1879 ~ 1897 in [The Argosy[/.

This is my own compilation. Texts were obtained from magazine archives at the Internet Archive and HathiTrust. OCR errors were corrected; punctuation, diacritics, and italics formatted. Story titles are cross-linked to table of contents. Embedded font used for titling.

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Cozy Victorian mysteries, to read snuggled up in a comforter with a hot beverage for company.
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Penty, Arthur J: Post-Industrialism, v1, 9 April 2010.

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Arthur J. Penty [1875–1937]
Post-Industrialism [1922]

Another distributivist text, with a Preface by G. K. Chesterton.
Converted at the request of a member, from a scan at The Internet Archive. I have gathered the footnotes to the end of the text, renumbered, and linked them.

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Penty, Arthur J: The Restoration of the Gild System, [sic] v1, 9 April 2010.

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Arthur J. Penty
[1875–1937]
The Restoration of the Gild System [sic] 1906

A short work by a distributivist thinker, made from a scan at The Internet Archive. I have included the original title page as a cover, so as to demonstrate that the archaic spelling of “Guild” was intentional.

Converted at the request of a member.

While converting this text it began to dawn on me that it was ironic to be using a computer to convert a book whose author disapproves of all mass production, including—presumably—consumer electronics. He cheerfully announces:
“[T]he engineering trades will shrink immeasurably in the future. The growth of the engineering trades corresponds with the growth of artificial conditions of life, and as life in the future will be lived under simpler conditions, they will shrink proportionately.” [Footnote 9]

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Perrin, Alice: Idolatry. v1. 5 Apr 2016

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Alice Perrin: Born : 1867 Jul Lived : La Tour de Peilz, Vaud, Switzerland (final): Died : 1934 Feb 13 Vevey, Vaud, Switzerland

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Sir Richard held a document in his hand. It was the last will and testament of his mother, Georgiana Lady Crivener, who, yesterday afternoon at two o’clock, had been borne away beneath a mound of white flowers, behind a pair of black horses, never to return.

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Perrin, Alice: In the Next Room and Other Ghostly Tales. v1. 25 Jan 2021

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IN THE NEXT ROOM and Other Ghostly Tales
By Alice Perrin (1867 — 1934)

Stories touched with the uncanny; set in British colonial India during the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries.

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Alice Perrin (née Robinson, 15 July 1867 – 13 February 1934) was a British novelist who wrote about the British in colonial India. She became successful after the publication of her short ghost story collection East of Suez. Her writing has sometimes been compared to that of Rudyard Kipling.

My own compilation, from hathitrust magazine archives and india.vardill.org. Contents originally published 1892 ~ 1917. This book is in the public domain where copyright is “Life+80” or less, and in the USA.

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Perrin, Alice: Star Of India. v1. 6 Apr 2016

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Alice Perrin: Born : 1867 Jul Lived : La Tour de Peilz, Vaud, Switzerland (final): Died : 1934 Feb 13 Vevey, Vaud, Switzerland

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The rustic portion of the congregation shouted the familiar hymn with laborious goodwill, overpowering the more cultivated voices that rose from the chancel and the front pews—almost defeating the harsh notes wrung from the harmonium by the village schoolmistress, who also led the singing in a piercing key, supported raucously by her pupils gathered about the unmusical instrument. Even in the early ’nineties nothing so ambitious as an organ or a surpliced choir had as yet been attempted in this remote west-country parish, though with the advent of the new vicar innovations had begun; actually, of late, the high oak pews had been removed to make way for shining pitch-pine seats that in the little Norman church produced much the same effect as a garish oleograph set in an antique frame. Most of the parishioners approved the change; certainly it had the advantage of permitting everyone to observe at leisure who came to church, what they wore, and how they behaved during the sermon, even if those who were somnolently inclined found the publicity disconcerting.

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Perrin, Alice: Tales That Are Told. v1. 7 Apr 2016

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Alice Perrin: Born : 1867 Jul Lived : La Tour de Peilz, Vaud, Switzerland (final): Died : 1934 Feb 13 Vevey, Vaud, Switzerland

I—GIFT OF GOD.
II—“THIRTY ACRES.”
III—THE IMPRESS.
IV—BUFFALO.
V—THE MINIATURE.
VI—THE ADMIRAL’S DOG.
VII—OLD AYAH.
VIII—MY UNCLE'S VISIT.
IX—THE PALACE OF SNAKES.
X—MARY JONES.

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Perrin, Alice: The Anglo-Indians. v1. 8 Apr 2016

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Alice Perrin: Born : 1867 Jul Lived : La Tour de Peilz, Vaud, Switzerland (final): Died : 1934 Feb 13 Vevey, Vaud, Switzerland

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THE bedroom door creaked with the irritating perversity peculiar to inanimate objects, and Fay Fleetwood said something angry under her breath. Being a door in an old-fashioned Indian bungalow— albeit the bungalow was one in a popular hill-station— it had no lock, only long bolts at the top and the bottom, and the lower bolt scraped on the floor in defiant accompaniment to the squeak of the hinges.

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Perrin, Alice: The Vow Of Silence. v1. 9 Apr 2016

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Alice Perrin: Born : 1867 Jul Lived : La Tour de Peilz, Vaud, Switzerland (final): Died : 1934 Feb 13 Vevey, Vaud, Switzerland

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The village schoolroom was packed. Combined odours of heavy-breathing humanity, hair oil, and ill-trimmed lamps thickened the dusty atmosphere; not only was the village well represented among the audience, but contingents were present from outlying parishes and hamlets. The roadway was blocked with various vehicles, from a couple of motor-cars down to donkey-carts; bicycles were propped against the building, and in the porch was a collection of lanterns, umbrellas and goloshes, the property of those who had arrived on foot from any distance, seeing that, though midsummer, the night was threatening and dark.

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Perrin, Alice: The Waters Of Destruction. v1. 10 Apr 2016

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Alice Perrin: Born : 1867 Jul Lived : La Tour de Peilz, Vaud, Switzerland (final): Died : 1934 Feb 13 Vevey, Vaud, Switzerland

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Dare was an Irrigation Officer of three years’ standing—three years that, until lately, had passed with such pleasant smoothness and congeniality that India had impressed him as a most desirable quarter of the globe. But then Dare had been unusually fortunate, seeing that his first sub-division, or portion of canal of which he was given charge, had lain within easy reach of his headquarters—a large military station. Much of his time had of necessity to be spent on the canal banks moving from one inspection-house to another, but he had seldom been so far distant as to prevent his riding into the station for dinners, dances, and other entertainments. He had shared a bungalow with another young engineer, and in moderation had contrived to play polo, tennis, cards, hunt with the bobbery pack, and, to quote his own opinion, have a rattling good time.’

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Perrin, Alice: The Woman In The Bazaar. v1. 11 Apr 2016

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Alice Perrin: Born : 1867 Jul Lived : La Tour de Peilz, Vaud, Switzerland (final): Died : 1934 Feb 13 Vevey, Vaud, Switzerland

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Summer-time at Under-edge compensated, in a measure, for the trials and severities of winter— for winter could be grim and cruel in the isolated little Cotswold village approached by roads that were almost perpendicular. Why such a spot should ever have been fixed upon for human habitation seemed difficult to comprehend, save that in old and dangerous days its very inaccessibility may have been its chief attraction; most of the villagers were descendants of gypsies, outlaws, and highwaymen. Now, at the close of the nineteenth century, no one, unless held by custom and tradition, or by lack of means, remained permanently at Under-edge; for communication with the world in the valley below was still conducted by carrier, postal arrangements were awkward and uncertain, water very often scarce, and existence during winter-time a long-drawn period of bleak and hard monotony.

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Perry, David R.: Dr. Lewis B. Turndevelt's Big Book of Forewords. v1, 7 Mar 2008

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[Dr. Lewis B. Turndevelt's Big Book of Forewords[/ by David R. Perry is released with a Creative Commons license.

[Dr. Lewis B. Turndevelt's Big Book of Forewords[/ is a fictitious collection of fictitious forewords written by this fictitious guy, Dr. Turndevelt."

This book is really funny here is an example from the foreword for [Images of Cutesy: Vol. 6 Fuzzy Puppies and Northeaster Wildflowers:[/

Let me set the scene for you: It's late on a Tuesday evening, and you've just finished watching Schindler's List after reading Old Yeller, all the while fielding phone calls from telemarketers trying to talk you into life insurance in case you or anyone in your family bites the big one. So emotionally you're a wreck. And to top it off, you don't even have any comfort food lying around - namely chocolate-mocha-fudge-espresso-cookie-dough ice cream - to help ease the gnawing sensation that eats away at the pit of your stomach.
If any part of the above scenario describes you, go ahead and throw in the towel because that's just pathetic. However, if you are free from that concentrated amount of depression, but can still identify with the overall sentiment, then this latest volume in the Images of Cutesy series is for you.
For years, the Cutesy series was the last-ditch, fail-safe measure used in sanitariums to keep some of the more dangerous inmates safely in their padded rooms, instead of out roaming around the cafeteria in a desperate search for sharp eating utensils. But now that same prescription-strength level of visual comfort can be yours, all in convenient hardback form. So settle in underneath a cheap blanket and tighten the straps, because you're in for a great ride!

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Petronius: The Satyricon, v1, 24 November 2009.

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Petronius: The Satyricon
(Translated by Alfred R. Allinson. (1854–?)
The Panurge Press, New York. (1930)

Written in the first century, this is possibly the first novel to be written (depending on one’s definition of a novel). It is sexually explicit. The hero has offended the God, Priapus, and suffers in the appropriate parts.

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“The surviving portions of the text detail the misadventures of the narrator, Encolpius, and his lover, a handsome sixteen-year-old boy named Giton. Throughout the novel, Encolpius has a hard time keeping his lover faithful to him as he is constantly being enticed away by others. Encolpius' friend Ascyltus (who seems to have previously been in a relationship with Encolpius) is another major character. It is a rare example of a Roman novel, the only other surviving example (quite different in style and plot) being Metamorphoses written by Lucius Apuleius. It is also extremely important evidence for the reconstruction of what everyday life must have been like for the lower classes during the early Roman Empire.”
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Satyricon

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Petzold, Alfons: Der Totschläger, Der Kesselflicker, german, v1, 27 Mar 2009

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Das Buch beinhaltet zwei kürzere Erzählungen Alfons Petzolds:

- Der Totschläger
- Der Kesselflicker

Alfons Petzold (Pseudonym: De Profundis, * 24. September 1882 in Wien; † 25. Januar 1923 in Kitzbühel) war ein österreichischer Schriftsteller.

Petzold galt mit seinem Werk zu Lebzeiten als bedeutender Arbeiterdichter. Seine Autobiografie wurde nach seinem Tod durch Eingriffe und Kürzungen im nationalistischen Sinne verfälscht; daher war er während des Dritten Reiches als eine Art österreichischer Heimatdichter geduldet und wurde neu aufgelegt. Nach 1945 ist Petzold weitgehend in Vergessenheit geraten. (wikipedia)

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Phelps, Elizabeth Stuart: A Chariot of Fire. v1. 5 May 2014

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Elizabeth Stuart Phelps Ward (1844–1911) was an early feminist American author and intellectual who challenged traditional Christian beliefs of the afterlife, challenged women's traditional roles in marriage and family, and advocated clothing reform for women.

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A middle-aged man—a plain fellow, who was one of the Beverly passengers—stood for a moment staring at the tracks. The danger-light from the rear of the onrushing train wavered before his eyes, and looked like a splash of blood that was slowly wiped out by the night. It was foggy, and the atmosphere clung like a sponge.

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Phelps, Elizabeth Stuart: Avery. v1. 5 May 2014

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Elizabeth Stuart Phelps Ward (1844–1911) was an early feminist American author and intellectual who challenged traditional Christian beliefs of the afterlife, challenged women's traditional roles in marriage and family, and advocated clothing reform for women.

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“Molly, take the baby. Couldn’t you amuse him, somehow? Perhaps, if you tried hard, you could keep him still. When he screams so, it seems to hit me—here. It makes it harder to breathe. He cried ‘most all night.

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Phelps, Elizabeth Stuart: Comrades. v1. 6 May 2014

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Elizabeth Stuart Phelps Ward (1844–1911) was an early feminist American author and intellectual who challenged traditional Christian beliefs of the afterlife, challenged women's traditional roles in marriage and family, and advocated clothing reform for women.

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Her poor boy, being one-and-eighty, and having always had health and her, took his disappointment like a boy. He felt more outraged that he could not march with the other boys to decorate the graves to-morrow than he had been, or had felt that he was, by some of the important troubles of his long and, on the whole, comfortable life. He took it unreasonably; she could not deny that. But she went on saying “Poor boy!” as she usually did when he was unreasonable. When he stopped thrashing and swore no more she smiled at him brilliantly. He had not said anything worse than damn! But he was a good Baptist, and the lapse was memorable.

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Phelps, Elizabeth Stuart: Gypsy's Cousin Joy. v1. 8 May 2014

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Elizabeth Stuart Phelps Ward (1844–1911) was an early feminist American author and intellectual who challenged traditional Christian beliefs of the afterlife, challenged women's traditional roles in marriage and family, and advocated clothing reform for women.

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The girls stopped whispering, and Gypsy, in nowise reassured by their sympathy, hurried out to put on her things. With her hat thrown on one side of her head, the strings hanging down into her eyes, her sack rolled up in a bundle under her arm, and her rubbers in her pocket, she started for home on the full run. Yorkbury was pretty well used to Gypsy, but everybody stopped and stared at her that morning; what with her burning cheeks, and those rubbers sticking out of her pocket, and the hat-strings flying, and the brambles catching her dress, and the mud splashing up under her swift feet, it was no wonder.

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Phelps, Elizabeth Stuart: Men, Women, and Ghosts. v1. 8 May 2014

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Elizabeth Stuart Phelps Ward (1844–1911) was an early feminist American author and intellectual who challenged traditional Christian beliefs of the afterlife, challenged women's traditional roles in marriage and family, and advocated clothing reform for women.

No News.
The Tenth of January.
Night-Watches.
The Day of My Death
“Little Tommy Tucker.”
One of the Elect.
What Was the Matter?
In the Gray Goth.
Calico.
Kentucky’s Ghost.

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Phelps, Elizabeth Stuart: The Gates Between. v1. 6 May 2014

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Elizabeth Stuart Phelps Ward (1844–1911) was an early feminist American author and intellectual who challenged traditional Christian beliefs of the afterlife, challenged women's traditional roles in marriage and family, and advocated clothing reform for women.

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Like others of my calling, I had seen the best and the worst and the most of women. The pathological view of that complex subject is the most unfortunate which a man can well have. The habit of classifying a woman as neuralgic, hysteric, dyspeptic, instead of unselfish, intellectual, high-minded, is not a wholesome one for the classifier. Something of the abnormal condition of the clientèle extends to the adviser. A physician who has a healthy and natural view of women has the making of a great man in him.

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Phelps, Elizabeth Stuart: The Supply at Saint Agatha's. v1. 9 May 2014

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Elizabeth Stuart Phelps Ward (1844–1911) was an early feminist American author and intellectual who challenged traditional Christian beliefs of the afterlife, challenged women's traditional roles in marriage and family, and advocated clothing reform for women.

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At the crossing of the old avenue with the stream of present traffic, in a city which, for obvious reasons, will not be identified by the writer of these pages, there stood—and still stands—the Church of Saint Agatha’s.

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Phillips, David Graham: Susan Lenox: Her Fall and Rise. 31 Aug 07

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[QUOTFollowing Phillips' death, his sister Carolyn organized his final manuscript for posthumous publication as [Susan Lenox: Her Fall and Rise[/. In 1931, that book would be made into an MGM motion picture of the same name starring Greta Garbo and Clark Gable.
[/QUOT

Originally published in two volumes, both are contained in this MobileRead ebook.

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Phillips, David Graham: The Conflict. v1. 16 Oct 2013

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David Graham Phillips (October 31, 1867 – January 24, 1911) was an American novelist and journalist of the muckraker tradition.

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Four years at Wellesley; two years about equally divided among Paris, Dresden and Florence. And now Jane Hastings was at home again. At home in the unchanged house—spacious, old-fashioned—looking down from its steeply sloping lawns and terraced gardens upon the sooty, smoky activities of Remsen City, looking out upon a charming panorama of hills and valleys in the heart of South Central Indiana. Six years of striving in the East and abroad to satisfy the restless energy she inherited from her father; and here she was, as restless as ever—yet with everything done that a woman could do in the way of an active career. She looked back upon her years of elaborate preparation; she looked forward upon—nothing. That is, nothing but marriage—dropping her name, dropping her personality, disappearing in the personality of another. She had never seen a man for whom she would make such a sacrifice; she did not believe that such a man existed.

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Phillips, David Graham: The Conflict: A Novel. 31 Aug 07

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[QUOT
Phillips was born in Madison, Indiana. After graduating high school Phillips entered Asbury College following which he degreed from College of New Jersey in 1887.

After completing his education, Phillips worked as a newspaper reporter in Cincinnati, Ohio before moving on to New York City where he was employed as a columnist and editor with the New York World until 1902. In his spare time, he wrote a novel, The Great God Success that was published in 1901. The book sold well enough that his royalty income was sufficient enough to allow him to work as a freelance journalist while dedicating himself to writing fiction. Writing articles for various prominent magazines, he began to develop a reputation as a competent investigative journalist. Considered a progressive, Phillips' novels often commented on social issues of the day and frequently chronicled events based on his real-life journalistic experiences.

Phillips wrote an article in Cosmopolitan in April 1906, called "The Treason of the Senate", exposing campaign contributors being rewarded by certain members of the Senate. The story launched a scathing attack on Rhode Island senator Nelson W. Aldrich, and brought Phillips a great deal of national exposure. This and other similar articles led to the creation of the 17th Amendment.

However, Phillips' reputation as a muckraker cost him his life when, in January 1911, he was shot and killed outside the Princeton Club in New York City. His assassin was a deranged musician who believed that Phillips' novel, The Fashionable Adventures of Joshua Craig, had cast literary aspersions on his family. A 1992 novel by Daniel D. Victor, "The Seventh Bullet," imagines an investigation into Phillips' murder by Sherlock Holmes.

Following Phillips' death, his sister Carolyn organized his final manuscript for posthumous publication as Susan Lenox: Her Fall and Rise. In 1931, that book would be made into an MGM motion picture of the same name starring Greta Garbo and Clark Gable.

He is interred in the Kensico Cemetery in Valhalla, New York.[/QUOT

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Phillips, David Graham: The Cost. 31 Aug 07

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From Wikipedia:
[QUOT
Phillips was born in Madison, Indiana. After graduating high school Phillips entered Asbury College following which he degreed from College of New Jersey in 1887.

After completing his education, Phillips worked as a newspaper reporter in Cincinnati, Ohio before moving on to New York City where he was employed as a columnist and editor with the New York World until 1902. In his spare time, he wrote a novel, The Great God Success that was published in 1901. The book sold well enough that his royalty income was sufficient enough to allow him to work as a freelance journalist while dedicating himself to writing fiction. Writing articles for various prominent magazines, he began to develop a reputation as a competent investigative journalist. Considered a progressive, Phillips' novels often commented on social issues of the day and frequently chronicled events based on his real-life journalistic experiences.

Phillips wrote an article in Cosmopolitan in April 1906, called "The Treason of the Senate", exposing campaign contributors being rewarded by certain members of the Senate. The story launched a scathing attack on Rhode Island senator Nelson W. Aldrich, and brought Phillips a great deal of national exposure. This and other similar articles led to the creation of the 17th Amendment.

However, Phillips' reputation as a muckraker cost him his life when, in January 1911, he was shot and killed outside the Princeton Club in New York City. His assassin was a deranged musician who believed that Phillips' novel, The Fashionable Adventures of Joshua Craig, had cast literary aspersions on his family. A 1992 novel by Daniel D. Victor, "The Seventh Bullet," imagines an investigation into Phillips' murder by Sherlock Holmes.

Following Phillips' death, his sister Carolyn organized his final manuscript for posthumous publication as Susan Lenox: Her Fall and Rise. In 1931, that book would be made into an MGM motion picture of the same name starring Greta Garbo and Clark Gable.

He is interred in the Kensico Cemetery in Valhalla, New York.[/QUOT

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Phillips, David Graham: The Cost. v1. 17 Oct 2013

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David Graham Phillips (October 31, 1867 – January 24, 1911) was an American novelist and journalist of the muckraker tradition.

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We knew well the enchanted house where she lived—stately, retreated far into large grounds in Jefferson Street; a high brick wall all round, and on top of the wall broken glass set in cement. Behind that impassable barrier which so teased our young audacity were flower-beds and "shrub" bushes, whose blossoms were wonderfully sweet if held a while in the closed hand; grape arbors and shade and fruit trees, haunted by bees; winding walks strewn fresh each spring with tan-bark that has such a clean, strong odor, especially just after a rain, and that is at once firm and soft beneath the feet. And in the midst stood the only apricot tree in Saint X. As few of us had tasted apricots, and as those few pronounced them better far than oranges or even bananas, that tree was the climax of tantalization.

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Phillips, David Graham: The Deluge. 31 Aug 07

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Wall Street as it was, is now, and perhaps always shall be.

From Wikipedia:
[QUOT
Phillips was born in Madison, Indiana. After graduating high school Phillips entered Asbury College following which he degreed from College of New Jersey in 1887.

After completing his education, Phillips worked as a newspaper reporter in Cincinnati, Ohio before moving on to New York City where he was employed as a columnist and editor with the New York World until 1902. In his spare time, he wrote a novel, The Great God Success that was published in 1901. The book sold well enough that his royalty income was sufficient enough to allow him to work as a freelance journalist while dedicating himself to writing fiction. Writing articles for various prominent magazines, he began to develop a reputation as a competent investigative journalist. Considered a progressive, Phillips' novels often commented on social issues of the day and frequently chronicled events based on his real-life journalistic experiences.

Phillips wrote an article in Cosmopolitan in April 1906, called "The Treason of the Senate", exposing campaign contributors being rewarded by certain members of the Senate. The story launched a scathing attack on Rhode Island senator Nelson W. Aldrich, and brought Phillips a great deal of national exposure. This and other similar articles led to the creation of the 17th Amendment.

However, Phillips' reputation as a muckraker cost him his life when, in January 1911, he was shot and killed outside the Princeton Club in New York City. His assassin was a deranged musician who believed that Phillips' novel, The Fashionable Adventures of Joshua Craig, had cast literary aspersions on his family. A 1992 novel by Daniel D. Victor, "The Seventh Bullet," imagines an investigation into Phillips' murder by Sherlock Holmes.

Following Phillips' death, his sister Carolyn organized his final manuscript for posthumous publication as Susan Lenox: Her Fall and Rise. In 1931, that book would be made into an MGM motion picture of the same name starring Greta Garbo and Clark Gable.

He is interred in the Kensico Cemetery in Valhalla, New York.[/QUOT

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Phillips, David Graham: The Deluge; Illustrated. v1. 18 Oct 2-13

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David Graham Phillips (October 31, 1867 – January 24, 1911) was an American novelist and journalist of the muckraker tradition.

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I was born Blacklock, and christened Matthew; and my hair's being very black and growing so that a lock of it often falls down the middle of my forehead is a coincidence. The malicious and insinuating story that I used to go under another name arose, no doubt, from my having been a bootblack in my early days, and having let my customers shorten my name into Matt Black. But, as soon as I graduated from manual labor, I resumed my rightful name and have borne it—I think I may say without vanity—in honor to honor.

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Phillips, David Graham: The Fashionable Adventures of Joshua Craig. 29 Aug 07

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A muckraker of the first order from the early 20th century, Phillips was killed in 1911 outside the Princton Club in New York City by a deranged musician who believed that Phillips' 1909 novel, [The Fashionable Adventures of Joshua Craig[/, had cast literary aspersions on his family.

As you read the novel it just goes to prove that nothing much changes in Washington, DC.

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Phillips, David Graham: The Fortune Hunter. 31 Aug 07

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From Wikipedia:
[QUOT
Phillips was born in Madison, Indiana. After graduating high school Phillips entered Asbury College following which he degreed from College of New Jersey in 1887.

After completing his education, Phillips worked as a newspaper reporter in Cincinnati, Ohio before moving on to New York City where he was employed as a columnist and editor with the New York World until 1902. In his spare time, he wrote a novel, The Great God Success that was published in 1901. The book sold well enough that his royalty income was sufficient enough to allow him to work as a freelance journalist while dedicating himself to writing fiction. Writing articles for various prominent magazines, he began to develop a reputation as a competent investigative journalist. Considered a progressive, Phillips' novels often commented on social issues of the day and frequently chronicled events based on his real-life journalistic experiences.

Phillips wrote an article in Cosmopolitan in April 1906, called "The Treason of the Senate", exposing campaign contributors being rewarded by certain members of the Senate. The story launched a scathing attack on Rhode Island senator Nelson W. Aldrich, and brought Phillips a great deal of national exposure. This and other similar articles led to the creation of the 17th Amendment.

However, Phillips' reputation as a muckraker cost him his life when, in January 1911, he was shot and killed outside the Princeton Club in New York City. His assassin was a deranged musician who believed that Phillips' novel, The Fashionable Adventures of Joshua Craig, had cast literary aspersions on his family. A 1992 novel by Daniel D. Victor, "The Seventh Bullet," imagines an investigation into Phillips' murder by Sherlock Holmes.

Following Phillips' death, his sister Carolyn organized his final manuscript for posthumous publication as Susan Lenox: Her Fall and Rise. In 1931, that book would be made into an MGM motion picture of the same name starring Greta Garbo and Clark Gable.

He is interred in the Kensico Cemetery in Valhalla, New York.[/QUOT

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Phillips, David Graham: The Grain of Dust. 31 Aug 07

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From Wikipedia:
[QUOT
Phillips was born in Madison, Indiana. After graduating high school Phillips entered Asbury College following which he degreed from College of New Jersey in 1887.

After completing his education, Phillips worked as a newspaper reporter in Cincinnati, Ohio before moving on to New York City where he was employed as a columnist and editor with the New York World until 1902. In his spare time, he wrote a novel, The Great God Success that was published in 1901. The book sold well enough that his royalty income was sufficient enough to allow him to work as a freelance journalist while dedicating himself to writing fiction. Writing articles for various prominent magazines, he began to develop a reputation as a competent investigative journalist. Considered a progressive, Phillips' novels often commented on social issues of the day and frequently chronicled events based on his real-life journalistic experiences.

Phillips wrote an article in Cosmopolitan in April 1906, called "The Treason of the Senate", exposing campaign contributors being rewarded by certain members of the Senate. The story launched a scathing attack on Rhode Island senator Nelson W. Aldrich, and brought Phillips a great deal of national exposure. This and other similar articles led to the creation of the 17th Amendment.

However, Phillips' reputation as a muckraker cost him his life when, in January 1911, he was shot and killed outside the Princeton Club in New York City. His assassin was a deranged musician who believed that Phillips' novel, The Fashionable Adventures of Joshua Craig, had cast literary aspersions on his family. A 1992 novel by Daniel D. Victor, "The Seventh Bullet," imagines an investigation into Phillips' murder by Sherlock Holmes.

Following Phillips' death, his sister Carolyn organized his final manuscript for posthumous publication as Susan Lenox: Her Fall and Rise. In 1931, that book would be made into an MGM motion picture of the same name starring Greta Garbo and Clark Gable.

He is interred in the Kensico Cemetery in Valhalla, New York.[/QUOT

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Phillips, David Graham: The Great God Success. 30 Aug 07

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Published in 1901, [The Great God Success[/ was Phillips first novel. Set in his own environment of a newspaper it proved enough of a success that he was able to quit his day-to-day job and concentrate on freelance writing and novels.

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Phillips, David Graham: The Plum Tree. 1 Sept 07

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This is the eleventh and last book I have been able to find by Phillips. Again, it is set in US politics, a subject he knew very well.

I read some of his work when I was a college student as part of a "History of Journalism" class. I always wanted to read more and now I have been aforded that chance. I hope you enjoy his writings as well.

From Wikipedia:
[QUOT
Phillips was born in Madison, Indiana. After graduating high school Phillips entered Asbury College following which he degreed from College of New Jersey in 1887.

After completing his education, Phillips worked as a newspaper reporter in Cincinnati, Ohio before moving on to New York City where he was employed as a columnist and editor with the New York World until 1902. In his spare time, he wrote a novel, The Great God Success that was published in 1901. The book sold well enough that his royalty income was sufficient enough to allow him to work as a freelance journalist while dedicating himself to writing fiction. Writing articles for various prominent magazines, he began to develop a reputation as a competent investigative journalist. Considered a progressive, Phillips' novels often commented on social issues of the day and frequently chronicled events based on his real-life journalistic experiences.

Phillips wrote an article in Cosmopolitan in April 1906, called "The Treason of the Senate", exposing campaign contributors being rewarded by certain members of the Senate. The story launched a scathing attack on Rhode Island senator Nelson W. Aldrich, and brought Phillips a great deal of national exposure. This and other similar articles led to the creation of the 17th Amendment.

However, Phillips' reputation as a muckraker cost him his life when, in January 1911, he was shot and killed outside the Princeton Club in New York City. His assassin was a deranged musician who believed that Phillips' novel, The Fashionable Adventures of Joshua Craig, had cast literary aspersions on his family. A 1992 novel by Daniel D. Victor, "The Seventh Bullet," imagines an investigation into Phillips' murder by Sherlock Holmes.

Following Phillips' death, his sister Carolyn organized his final manuscript for posthumous publication as Susan Lenox: Her Fall and Rise. In 1931, that book would be made into an MGM motion picture of the same name starring Greta Garbo and Clark Gable.

He is interred in the Kensico Cemetery in Valhalla, New York.[/QUOT

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Phillips, David Graham: The Price She Paid. 31 Aug 07

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From Wikipedia:
[QUOT
Phillips was born in Madison, Indiana. After graduating high school Phillips entered Asbury College following which he degreed from College of New Jersey in 1887.

After completing his education, Phillips worked as a newspaper reporter in Cincinnati, Ohio before moving on to New York City where he was employed as a columnist and editor with the New York World until 1902. In his spare time, he wrote a novel, The Great God Success that was published in 1901. The book sold well enough that his royalty income was sufficient enough to allow him to work as a freelance journalist while dedicating himself to writing fiction. Writing articles for various prominent magazines, he began to develop a reputation as a competent investigative journalist. Considered a progressive, Phillips' novels often commented on social issues of the day and frequently chronicled events based on his real-life journalistic experiences.

Phillips wrote an article in Cosmopolitan in April 1906, called "The Treason of the Senate", exposing campaign contributors being rewarded by certain members of the Senate. The story launched a scathing attack on Rhode Island senator Nelson W. Aldrich, and brought Phillips a great deal of national exposure. This and other similar articles led to the creation of the 17th Amendment.

However, Phillips' reputation as a muckraker cost him his life when, in January 1911, he was shot and killed outside the Princeton Club in New York City. His assassin was a deranged musician who believed that Phillips' novel, The Fashionable Adventures of Joshua Craig, had cast literary aspersions on his family. A 1992 novel by Daniel D. Victor, "The Seventh Bullet," imagines an investigation into Phillips' murder by Sherlock Holmes.

Following Phillips' death, his sister Carolyn organized his final manuscript for posthumous publication as Susan Lenox: Her Fall and Rise. In 1931, that book would be made into an MGM motion picture of the same name starring Greta Garbo and Clark Gable.

He is interred in the Kensico Cemetery in Valhalla, New York.[/QUOT

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Phillips, David Graham: The Second Generation. 31 Aug 07

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From Wikipedia:
[QUOT
Phillips was born in Madison, Indiana. After graduating high school Phillips entered Asbury College following which he degreed from College of New Jersey in 1887.

After completing his education, Phillips worked as a newspaper reporter in Cincinnati, Ohio before moving on to New York City where he was employed as a columnist and editor with the New York World until 1902. In his spare time, he wrote a novel, The Great God Success that was published in 1901. The book sold well enough that his royalty income was sufficient enough to allow him to work as a freelance journalist while dedicating himself to writing fiction. Writing articles for various prominent magazines, he began to develop a reputation as a competent investigative journalist. Considered a progressive, Phillips' novels often commented on social issues of the day and frequently chronicled events based on his real-life journalistic experiences.

Phillips wrote an article in Cosmopolitan in April 1906, called "The Treason of the Senate", exposing campaign contributors being rewarded by certain members of the Senate. The story launched a scathing attack on Rhode Island senator Nelson W. Aldrich, and brought Phillips a great deal of national exposure. This and other similar articles led to the creation of the 17th Amendment.

However, Phillips' reputation as a muckraker cost him his life when, in January 1911, he was shot and killed outside the Princeton Club in New York City. His assassin was a deranged musician who believed that Phillips' novel, The Fashionable Adventures of Joshua Craig, had cast literary aspersions on his family. A 1992 novel by Daniel D. Victor, "The Seventh Bullet," imagines an investigation into Phillips' murder by Sherlock Holmes.

Following Phillips' death, his sister Carolyn organized his final manuscript for posthumous publication as Susan Lenox: Her Fall and Rise. In 1931, that book would be made into an MGM motion picture of the same name starring Greta Garbo and Clark Gable.

He is interred in the Kensico Cemetery in Valhalla, New York.[/QUOT

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Pickthall, M, M: The Quran Translated, V1, [ENGLISH] 16 December 2018

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The Quran Translated is an edited version of the classic translation of the Meaning of the Glorious Qur'an by Muhammad Marmaduke Pickthall (1875-1936), edited by ICSFP, the Book is available to the public for free.

Pickthall an Englishman who embraced Islam in 1917 traveled widely in the Muslim World. He worked for 15 years with Muslims in the Indian subcontinent as editor of Islamic Culture. Later he served as imam of the London Mosque (Notting Hill).

ICSFP (International Committee for the Support of the Final Prophet) made a committee that revised the whole translation, simplified the style according to modern usage, and replaced words like thou, thy, thine, hast, etc., with their counterparts in use today. Some amendments were also made where considered necessary to reproduce the nearest possible meanings of the Arabic verses. Moreover, the translation of the verse was grouped together subject wise to promote the understanding of the message. To distinguish this translation, after the changes it got through, it is produced by the name The Quran Translated.

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Pickthall, M.M: The Meaning Of The Glorious Quran ENGLISH. V1 21 Nov 2018

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This is Muhammad Marmaduke Pickthall (1875-1936) classic translation of the Meaning of the Glorious Qur'an. Pickthall, an Englishman who embraced Islam in 1917 traveled widely in the Muslim World. He worked for 15 years with Muslims in the Indian subcontinent as editor of Islamic Culture. Later he served as imam of the London Mosque (Notting Hill).

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Pinkerton, Allan: Bucholz and the Detectives. v1. 16 Apr 2014

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Allan Pinkerton (25 August 1819 – 1 July 1884) was a Scottish American detective and spy, best known for creating the Pinkerton National Detective Agency.

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Again we will visit the prison and look within the narrow cell where William Bucholz is confined. After a long struggle, fate has overtaken him. The dark shadows of night have gathered over the gloomy walls of the structure, and William Bucholz is now alone—the pale, thin face and the sunken eyes tell the agonizing story of unending anxiety and those sleepless vigils attendant upon the terrible state of uncertainty through which he has passed, and the doom which he is now to suffer.

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Pinkerton, Allan: Mississippi Outlaws and the Detectives. v1. 19 Apr 2014

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Allan Pinkerton (25 August 1819 – 1 July 1884) was a Scottish American detective and spy, best known for creating the Pinkerton National Detective Agency.

Excerpt

THE MISSISSIPPI OUTLAWS AND THE DETECTIVES.
DON PEDRO AND THE DETECTIVES.
THE POISONER AND DETECTIVES.

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Pinkerton, Allan: The Burglar's Fate And The Detectives. v1. 17 Apr 2014

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Allan Pinkerton (25 August 1819 – 1 July 1884) was a Scottish American detective and spy, best known for creating the Pinkerton National Detective Agency.

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In the pages which follow I have narrated a story of actual occurrence. No touch of fiction obscures the truthful recital. The crime which is here detailed was actually committed, and under the circumstances which I have related. The four young men, whose real names are clothed with the charitable mantle of fiction, deliberately perpetrated the deed for which they suffered and to-day are inmates of a prison

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Pinkerton, Allan: The Expressman and the Detective. v1. 18 Apr 2014

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Allan Pinkerton (25 August 1819 – 1 July 1884) was a Scottish American detective and spy, best known for creating the Pinkerton National Detective Agency.

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During the greater portion of a very busy life, I have been actively engaged in the profession of a Detective, and hence have been brought in contact with many men, and have been an interested participant in many exciting occurrences.

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Pinkerton, Allan: The Somnambulist and the Detective. v1. 19 Apr 2014

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Allan Pinkerton (25 August 1819 – 1 July 1884) was a Scottish American detective and spy, best known for creating the Pinkerton National Detective Agency.

THE DETECTIVE AND THE SOMNAMBULIST.
THE MURDERER AND THE FORTUNE TELLER.

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Pinkerton, Allan: The Spiritualists and the Detectives. v1. 20 Apr 2014

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Allan Pinkerton (25 August 1819 – 1 July 1884) was a Scottish American detective and spy, best known for creating the Pinkerton National Detective Agency.

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So far as there being anything about Spiritualism to compel awe or attract any but weak-minded or “weak-moraled” people, the assumption is simply absurd; for the few illustrations given in the following pages will show how utterly preposterous the claim of supernatural power is, as applied to the cause of these “manifestations,” which are not, in themselves, first-class tricks, but which, when made mysterious and enshrouded with the element of superstitious fear—which all of us in some measure possess—lead crowds of inconsiderate people into unusual eccentricities, if not eventually into insane asylums, as in some painful instances of which the public are already well aware.

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Pinkerton, Allan: The Spy of the Rebellion. v1. 21 Apr 2014

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Allan Pinkerton (25 August 1819 – 1 July 1884) was a Scottish American detective and spy, best known for creating the Pinkerton National Detective Agency.

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In the twilight of my days I have been tempted to the recitals which follow, and in relating my experiences as the Chief of the Secret Service of the Government during the Rebellion.

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Pinkerton, Frank: Dyke Darrell, Railroad Detective (1886); v1; 11 May 2020

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An entertaining example of the 1880s dime novel, written by the son of the founder of Pinkerton's detective agency. Melodramatic in the extreme, it tells of the search for a gang that robbed a train between Chicago and St Louis, killing one of the crew.

Dyke Darrel, celebrated Pinkertons agent, is called in, and the sort of actions you see in a Saturday movie serial of the 1930s ensues before it is all wrapped up. Cops and crooks wear disguises by which even their closest friends can't recognise them (although from the description they are no more impenetrable than Clark Kent's spectacles), trapdoors, ambushes...

All good fun, specially the improbable dialogue.

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Pirandello, Luigi: Six Characters in Search of an Author, v.1, 21 Feb 2008

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From the Wikipedia:

Luigi Pirandello (June 28, 1867 – December 10, 1936), an Italian dramatist, novelist, and short story writer awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1934.

In 1921, the Compagnia di Dario Niccomedi staged, at the Valle di Roma, the play, Sei Personaggi in Cerca d'Autore, [Six Characters in Search of an Author[/. It was a clamorous failure. The public split up into supporters and adversaries, the latter of whom shouted: "Asylum, asylum!" The author, who was present at the representation with his daughter Lietta, was forced to almost literally run out of the theatre through a side exit in order to avoid the crowd of enemies. The same drama, however, was a great success when presented at Milan.

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Piratenpartei Deutschland: Bundestagswahlprogramm; german v1; August 8th 2009

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Die Piratenpartei Deutschland hat sich vor Allem nach dem Vorbild der schwedischen Piratenpartei gegründet, die nicht nur als erste entstanden ist, sondern auch als erste Piratenpartei ins Europaparlament zog. Piratenparteien sind sehr spezialisiert auf Themen wie tiegreifende Änderungen des Urheber- und Patentrechts, Open Access, Datenschutz, Informationsfreiheit und Überwachung.

In ihrem Bundestagswahlprogramm legen Sie ihre Ziele für die Legislaturperiode von 2009 bis 2013 fest. Inhalt und Cover sind von der Piratenpartei Deutschland erstellt und unterliegen der Regeln derCreative Commons.

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Piratenpartei Deutschland: Grundsatzprogramm; german v1; August 10th 200

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Die Piratenpartei Deutschland hat sich vor Allem nach dem Vorbild der schwedischen Piratenpartei gegründet, die nicht nur als erste entstanden ist, sondern auch als erste Piratenpartei ins Europaparlament zog. Piratenparteien sind sehr spezialisiert auf Themen wie tiegreifende Änderungen des Urheber- und Patentrechts, Open Access, Datenschutz, Informationsfreiheit und Überwachung.

Inhalt und Logo sind von der Piratenpartei Deutschland erstellt und unterliegen der Regeln derCreative Commons.

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Pirkis, C L: Loveday Brooke, Private Detective (1894), v2, 21 Aug 2020

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Just about the earliest lady detective, in the wake of the Sherlock Holmes tidal wave. Seven short stories of detection, in which Loveday Brooke is an operative of a London private detective agency.

Catherine Louisa Pirkis 1839-1910. The full, long, title is: "The Experiences of Loveday Brooke, Lady Detective."

1: The Black Bag Left on a Door-Step
2: The Murder at Troyte's Hill
3: The Redhill Sisterhood
4: A Princess's Vengeance
5: Drawn Daggers
6: The Ghost of Fountain Lane
7: Missing!

The cover is of the first edition. I had to restore the text on the visiting card on the cover, as it was barely legible on the original. Happily, I had the same font on my PC: Edwardian Script.

There is a .prc format edition in the Kindle library, none in the epub library,so I recreated the book with an original cover and in epub, mobi and azw3 formats.

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Pirkis, Catherine Louisa: Loveday Brooke, Lady Detective, v.1, 27 Feb 2008.

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‘The Experiences of Loveday Brooke, Lady Detective.’

The last part of the 19th century was the age when the private detective came into prominence as a new character in fiction. And lady detectives arrived shortly afterwards. Miss Brooke is a very competent lady sleuth.
I first came across Loveday Brooke when BBC Radio 4 dramatised some of the stories a couple of years ago. Then I found these on the ‘Celebration of Women Writers’ website and thought that other people might also like them.

These stories were first published in The Ludgate Monthly, London, February-July 1893, with the exception of “Missing”, which was first published in book form as part of The Experiences of Loveday Brooke, Lady Detective, London: Hutchinson & Co., 1894.

Contents:
The Black Bag Left on a Door-Step
The Murder at Troyte’s Hill
The Redhill Sisterhood
A Princess’s Vengeance
Drawn Daggers
The Ghost of Fountain Lane
Missing!

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Plato: The Republic. v1.4 Nov. 2014

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I thought I'd post one of Plato's best known books as a stand alone.

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Pocock, Roger: A Man in the Open. v1. 31 May 2015

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Roger Pocock, 1865-1941

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The characters wish me to tell you that they are all Imaginary Persons, and therefore very sensitive. The persons of a drama are protected by footlights, by the stage doorkeeper, not to mention grease paint and scalps by an eminent artiste; but the characters in a novel are thrust defenseless into a rude world, with many reporters about. In a page fright, worse even than stage fright, their only comfort is that absence of body which is their alternative to your great gift,—presence of mind.

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Pocock, Roger: Curly. v1. 31 May 2015

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Roger Pocock, 1865-1941

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Back in Old Texas, ‘twixt supper and sleep time, the boys in camp would sit around the fire and tell lies. They talked about the Ocean which was bigger than all the plains, and I began to feel worried because I’d never seen what the world was like beyond the far edge of the grass. Life was a failure until I could get to that Ocean to smell and see for myself. After that I would be able to tell lies about it when I got back home again to the cow-camps. When I was old enough to grow a little small fur on my upper lip I loaded my pack pony, saddled my horse, and hit the trail, butting along day after day towards the sunset, expecting every time I climbed a ridge of hills to see the end of the yellow grass and the whole Pacific Ocean shining beyond, with big ships riding herd like cowboys around the grazing whales.

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Pocock, Roger: Following The Frontier. v1. 1 Jun 2014

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Roger Pocock, 1865-1941

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In the next stages of the Road to Ruin, I traveled by train across Ontario, and by steamer through Lake Huron and Lake Superior, until at the end of a further voyage in a steam-launch I came to my first camp on the great Frontier.

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Poe, Edgar Allan: An Omnibus of Edgar Allen Poe,V2.5, 1 march 2013

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This omnibus is built from the 5 Volume collection of Edgar Allen Poe's writing. The poems may need some adjustment to read with unbroken words (depending on settings) but other than that it seems to read well in Kindle.

Edit: I did some work to try to correct how the poems are presented. Rather than having them seem to try to scrunch to one side. The corrected version is just a little smaller than the original as well for some reason.

132 downloads of the old copy.
Did a complete rebuild of the book. 304 previous views. 48 views.

I made some additional corrections to the text that makes the poetry read a lot better as well as some TOC work.

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Poe, Edgar Allan: Bon-Bon german v2 7 feb 2009

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Die Kurzgeschichte [Bon-Bon[/ wurde erstmals 1835 veröffentlicht. Es ist Poes eigene Neufassung seiner 1832 im [Philadelphia Saturday Courier[/ veröffentlichen Kurzgeschichte [The Bargain Lost[/.
[The Bargain Lost[/ war einer von fünf Beiträgen, die Poe für einen Schreibwettbewerb einsandte. Keiner der Beiträge gewann den Preis aber der [Courier[/ veröffentlichte Poes Kurzgeschichten trotzdem - angeblich ohne Poe dafür zu entlohnen.

Humorististische und teilweise satirische Kurzgeschichte, in welcher Pierre Bon-Bon, Wirt, selbsternannter Philosoph, Metaphysiker und Genius, eine verbale Auseinandersetzung mit dem Teufel führt. Bon-Bon erhofft sich vom Teufel einige herausragende philosophische Ideen, die er dann veröffentlichen könnte, um selbst zu Ruhm und Ansehen zu gelangen.

Voller satirischer Seitenhiebe auf große Philosophen der Vergangenheit - von denen der Teufel behauptet ihre Seelen verschlungen zu haben - entspannt sich eine surrealistische Debatte zwischen dem zunehmend trunkenen Wirt und seinem unheimlichen Gesprächspartner.

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Poe, Edgar Allan: Complete Works | v.2.1 | 23 Apr 2017

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Moderator Notice
Moved from Pynch's ePub version

This is really useful, Pynch. I expanded the TOC in Sigil and went ahead and used Calibre to make a Kindle readable MOBI.:bookworm:

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Poe, Edgar Allan: Das Geheimnis der Marie Rogêt german v1 15 feb 2009

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Das Geheimnis der Marie Rogêt ist eine Detektivgeschichte von Edgar Allan Poe, die erstmals im Jahr 1842 veröffentlicht wurde.

Wenige Tage nach ihrem mysteriösen Verschwinden wird in der Seine die Leiche der 22-jährigen Marie Rogêt aufgefunden. Trotz aller Bemühungen der Pariser Polizei fehlt auch nach wochenlangen Ermittlungen jegliche Spur vom Täter. Schließlich wendet man sich an den bekannten Detektiv Auguste Dupin, der einige Ungereimtheiten entdeckt...

Es handelt sich bei dieser Erzählung um die zweite von insgesamt drei Erzählungen, in denen Detektiv Dupin eine Hauptrolle spielt. Die anderen beiden sind [Der Doppelmord in der Rue Morgue[/ und [Der entwendete Brief[/.

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Poe, Edgar Allan: Das Manuskript in der Flasche german v1 7 feb 2009

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[Das Manuskript in der Flasche[/ ist Edgar Allan Poes zweite Kurzgeschichte und die erste, mit der er Geld verdiente: Er gewann mit ihr 1833 die ausgelobten 50 Dollar eines Wettbewerbs des [Baltimore Saturday Visitor[/.

Der namenlose Ich-Erzähler beschreibt den Aufbruch zu einer Seereise, die ihn auf einem Lastensegler von Batavia auf der Insel Java zum Sunda-Archipel führen soll. Unterwegs gerät das Schiff zuerst in eine Windstille, dann in einen furchtbaren Sturm; Die erste Welle bricht mit der Plötzlichkeit eines Tsunamis über das Schiff herein, zerstört Masten und Takelage und hält grausame Ernte unter der Mannschaft.

Als der Sturm abklingt, wird das Wrack ständig weiter nach Süden getrieben, bis es in die südliche Polarnacht gerät und in dieser mit einem riesigen Schiff zusammenprallt, auf das der Erzähler hinübergeschleudert wird. Er versteckt sich vor der Mannschaft im Schiffsbauch, entdeckt dann aber, dass die uralten und gebrechlichen Seeleute ihn weder bemerken noch bemerken wollen. Er kann sich gefahrlos unter ihnen bewegen, kann sich auch Schreibzeug besorgen und so das Manuskript fortsetzen, das er als Flaschenpost absetzen will...

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Poe, Edgar Allan: Das Stelldichein german v1 7 feb 2009

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[Das Stelldichein[/ (gelegentlich auch mit [Die Verabredung[/ betitelt) wurde 1834 veröffentlicht und gehört zu den frühen Erzählungen von Edgar Allan Poe. Die Kurzgeschichte zeigt besonders deutlich wie stark Poe von den spätromatischen Werken Lord Byrons beeinflußt wurde.

Der Marchesa Afrodite di Mentoni ist das Kind entglitten und in den Canale Grande gefallen. Verschiedene Schwimmer versuchen vergeblich, es zu retten. Aber dann tritt ein Unbekannter aus dem Schatten, taucht das Kind herauf und will es in die Arme der errötenden Mutter legen – aber da hat Mentoni, der Vater, es ihm schon entrissen und in den Dogenpalast bringen lassen.

Die Marchesa raunt dem Unbekannten zu: „Du hast gesiegt. Eine Stunde nach Sonnenaufgang werden wir uns wiedersehen. So lass es sein!“. Der Fremde steigt darufhin zum Ich-Erzähler in dessen Gondel und bittet ihn, am nächsten Morgen in aller Frühe zu ihm zu kommen...

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Poe, Edgar Allan: Der Doppelmord in der Rue Morgue german v1 11 feb 2009

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Zusammen mit einem Partner untersucht Detektiv C. Auguste Dupin unerklärliche Morde an zwei Pariser Frauen. Diese wurden im vierten Stockwerk ihres ansonsten leer stehenden Hauses auf bestialische Weise ermordet. Doch der Fall ist zunächst nicht aufklärbar: Alle Türen und Fenster sind verriegelt, und daher ist es der Polizei ein Rätsel, wie der oder die Mörder vom Tatort flüchten konnten.

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Poe, Edgar Allan: Der entwendete Brief german v1 15 feb 2009

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Der entwendete Brief ist eine Detektivgeschichte von Edgar Allan Poe, die erstmals im Jahr 1844 veröffentlicht wurde.

Dektetiv Dupin wird vom Pariser Polizeipräfekten um Hilfe bei der Suche nach einem Brief gebeten, der einer adligen Dame in erpresserischer Absicht gestohlen wurde. Der Täter ist zwar bekannt, trotzdem kann er nicht verhaftet werden, da eine Veröffentlichung oder Vernichtung des Dokuments großen Schaden anrichten würde. Eine Hausdurchsuchung der Polizei bleibt ohne Erfolg. Dupin erstellt eine Charakteranalyse des Täters und kommt zu einem überraschenden Ergebnis.

Es handelt sich bei dieser Erzählung um die dritte von insgesamt drei Erzählungen, in denen Detektiv Dupin eine Hauptrolle spielt. Die anderen beiden sind [Der Doppelmord in der Rue Morgue[/ und [Das Geheimnis der Marie Rogêt[/.

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Poe, Edgar Allan: Der Mann in der Menge german v1 11 feb 2009

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[Der Mann in der Menge[/ ist eine Erzählung Edgar Allan Poes, die das literarische Motiv des verfluchten Wanderers benutzt. Sie wurde 1840 im Burton’s Gentleman’s Magazine erstmalig veröffentlicht.

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Poe, Edgar Allan: Der Untergang des Hauses Usher german v1 9 feb 2009

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Aufgewühlt durch den dringlichen Brief des Jugendfreundes Roderick Usher reitet der namenlose Ich-Erzähler zu dessen Anwesen, dem Hause Usher, das durch seine gespenstische Umgebung, insbesondere den Teich, aus dem es sich erhebt, sowie durch einen Riss, der sich durch das Gemäuer zieht, einen beunruhigenden und schreckenerregenden Eindruck erweckt.
Dort trifft der Erzähler den anscheinend an einer Geisteskrankheit leidenden Hausherrn, den letzten Spross eines degenerierten Adelsgeschlechtes. Der Hausherr, Roderick Usher, bittet seinen Besucher, ihm einige Zeit Gesellschaft zu leisten. Kurz darauf stirbt die Zwillingsschwester des Gastgebers, Lady Madeline, und wird im Keller des Hauses aufgebahrt und begraben.
Während einer Sturmnacht einige Tage später liest der Ich-Erzähler dem nervlich stark angegriffenen und ebenfalls schlaflosen Roderick eine vermeintlich aufheiternde Rittergeschichte vor, die jedoch das Gegenteil bewirkt; dem Ich-Erzähler offenbart sich das Grauen des Hauses Usher...

Die 1839 im [Burton's Gentleman's Magazine[/ erstmals veröffentlichte Kurzgeschichte wurde mehrfach verfilmt und ist eine der berühmtesten Erzählungen Poes.

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Poe, Edgar Allan: Die Erlebnisse des Arthur Gordon Pym. german. v1. 28 apr 2009

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Edgar Allan Poe (* 19. Januar 1809 in Boston, Massachusetts, USA; † 7. Oktober 1849 in Baltimore, Maryland) war ein US-amerikanischer Schriftsteller. Er prägte entscheidend die Genres der Kriminalliteratur, der Science Fiction und der Horrorstory. Seine Poesie wurde zum Fundament des Symbolismus und damit der modernen Dichtung.

Der Bericht des Arthur Gordon Pym (Originaltitel: The Narrative of Arthur Gordon Pym of Nantucket) auch veröffentlich als "Die Erlebnisse des Arthur Gordon Pym" sowie "Die denkwürdigen Erlebnisse des Arthur Gordon Pym" ist der einzige Roman von Edgar Allan Poe. Das Werk wurde im Jahre 1838 erstmals publiziert. Es beschreibt das Leben des A. G. Pym, der von seiner Jugend an Abenteuer auf See sucht und überlebt, die allmählich seine Einstellung zum Leben verändern. Die Art der Abenteuer sind zum Teil realistisch (Schiffbruch und Meuterei), zum Teil phantastisch (heiße Strömungen und Stromschnellen im Ozean des Südens). Der Roman ist das längste Prosawerk Poes und gilt als eine seiner rätselhaftesten Arbeiten.

[Die denkwürdigen Erlebnisse des Arthur Gordon Pym[/ kommt als Tatsachenbericht daher, ist aber so haarsträubend, dass man schon schmunzeln muss, wenn man bedenkt, dass Poes Zeitgenossen vieles darin für bare Münze genommen haben. Der Held Arthur Gordon Pym, dessen Name wohl nicht zufällig so ähnlich wie Poes klingt, ist ein waghalsiger Abenteurer, der sich als blinder Passagier auf einen Walfänger schleusen lässt. Er verbringt mehrere Wochen quasi lebendig begraben im Bauch des Schiffes, während an Bord eine Meuterei ausbricht und ein scheußliches Gemetzel tobt. Pym gelingt es zwar, mit ein paar Getreuen das Schiff zurückzuerobern, aber ein entsetzlicher Sturm droht ihr Schicksal zu besiegeln. Erneut werden sie knapp gerettet – und schon folgt die nächste Katastrophe. Getreu dem Muster vieler Abenteuergeschichten stürzt der Held von einem unerhörten Ereignis ins nächste. Am Schluss dringt er sogar bis zum Südpol vor, und Poes Geschichte wandelt sich zur Offenbarung mystischer Geheimnisse.

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Poe, Edgar Allan: Die Maske des roten Todes german v1 14 feb 2009

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Ungeachtet der Tatsache, dass eine Krankheit - der rote Tod - die Hälfte der Untertanen dahinrafft, gibt Prinz Prospero, der sich auf sein Schloss zurückgezogen hat und sich in Sicherheit wiegt, einen pompösen Maskenball. Die Veranstaltung findet in sieben Räumen statt, von denen nie mehr als einer vollständig gesehen werden kann.

Während das ausschweifende Fest stattfindet, schlägt jede volle Stunde eine Uhr, deren Ton auch den Ausgelassensten und Verrücktesten erschreckt. Nach dem Glockenschlag gibt es in der Festgesellschaft jedes Mal erleichtertes Gelächter. Doch dann rückt Mitternacht immer näher und schließlich schlägt die Uhr zur zwölften Stunde...

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Poe, Edgar Allan: Eureka: A Prose Poem. 15 Feb 2009

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One of the aspects of going to high school in Baltimore is that you read a lot of Menckin and Poe -- a very large amount of Poe.

Poe felt that [Eureka: A Prose Poem[/ was his masterwork.Long before scientists developed the "big bang" theory of the origin of the universe, Poe wrote about it. (About 80 years before.)

This is not The Raven, The Bells, or even Murder on the .... It stands alone as a unique offering from a gifted writer. A final offering completed and published shortly before his death.

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Poe, Edgar Allan: Hinab in den Maelström german v1 14 feb 2009

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Die Geschichte des Fischers und des gewaltigen Meeresstrudels von über einer Meile Durchmesser, der im Rhythmus von Ebbe und Flut entsteht und vergeht. Zur rechten Zeit kann man den Ort gefahrlos passieren, aber jedes Schiff wird unweigerlich vom Sog ergriffen, hinabgerissen und zerfetzt, das sich zu spät in der Nähe des erwachenden Wirbels aufhält...

PS: Ja, in der Originalübersetzung heißt es wirklich "Maelström" mit [ae[/ und [ö[/...

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Poe, Edgar Allan: König Pest german v1 11 feb 2009

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Es ist Pestzeit im London des 14. Jahrhunderts. Der lange dürre Legs und der untersetzte dicke Hugh Tarpaulin, Seeleute alle beide, prellen in einer Londoner Kaschemme die Zeche, flüchten vor dem Wirt und retten sich in ihrer Angst und Trunkenheit in den verbotenen Sperrbezirk, in dem die Pest herrscht. Dort geraten sie in den über einem großen Weinkeller gelegenen Saal eines Bestatters, in dem eine merkwürdige Gesellschaft um ein mächtiges Punschgefäß versammelt ist und eine noch makabere Zeremonie abhält.

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Poe, Edgar Allan: Ligeia german v1 7 feb 2009

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Der namenlose Ich-Erzähler hat in einer [alten, verfallenen Stadt am Rhein[/ Ligeia kennen- und lieben gelernt. Ligeia wird als kluge, übermäßig gebildete und gleichsam sinnliche wie mysteriöse Frau beschrieben. Der Ich-Erzähler wird zu ihrem Schüler und überlässt sich ihrer Führung durch alle Gebiete des Geistigen. Ligeia ist fasziniert von der Idee, dass alles Leben Wille und der Mensch [lediglich aus Willensschwäche[/ sterblich sei.

Der Ich-Erzähler ehelicht Ligeia und lässt sich mit kindlichem Vertrauen von Ihr durch die chaotische Welt der Erforschung des Übersinnlichen leiten.
Doch dann erkrankt Ligeia schwer...

Poe verbindet in dieser 1838 veröffentlichten Erzählung Bacons Empirimus (Bacon wird sogar mehrfach mit seinem Adelstitel [Lord Verulam[/ erwähnt) mit dem Übersinnlichen. Ob das Bacon, der allen mysteriösen gestaltenden Kräften wie Platons [Weltseele[/ ablehnend gegenüberstand, gefallen hätte? ;)

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Poe, Edgar Allan: The Raven (ill) by Dore. v1. 22 Jan 2009

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Daithi

mtravellerh has produced an illustrated copy of The Raven but it isn't the complete original book and the illustrations exhibit a lot of moire patterns. I used the illustrations from the Library of Congress and they look really nice. I also sized the illustrations so that they would take up the maximum screen size without the Kindle having to do any resizing (to display images faster).

The Library of Congress scanned in a copy of The Raven by Edgar Allan Poe that was illustrated by Gustave Dore and my version is an exact copy of their book. I did add a table of contents (so readers can skip the long Comment on the Poem which was in the original book), and I make it clear in the ebook that this one page is added (Ok, so it's almost an exact copy).

I used the same formatting as the original book wherever possible. Sometimes this was impossible, e.g. the commentary was in two columns but I made it one. I did my best to stick with Poe's formatting of the actual poem even when it doesn't look great on the Kindle. Some lines of the poem are longer than the Kindle can display on one line so they wrap to the next line -- even when using the Kindle's smallest font.

This is the first ebook I've created, so I hope everyone likes it.

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Poe, Edgar Allan: The Raven (ill.) v1 28 nov 2008

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mtravellerh

This is The Raven, illustrated by Gustave Doré. I worked a lot on this but it is not quite yet where I wanted it to be.

I know this has been uploaded here before, but I have put the graphics in the text, right where I think they belong.

Please let me know what you think or what you would do differently.

PS: Please read till the end, I have integrated a back cover

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Poe, Edgar Allan: The Raven. v0.9 13 October 2007

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I do not know how this will look on the Iliad. I suspect that it will not look good on most PDAs.

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Poe, Edgar Allan: Wassergrube und Pendel german v1 14 feb 2009

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Wassergube und Pendel erzählt vom Leiden eines Verurteilten in den Händen der Inquisition. Verzweifelt kämpft er tief im Dunkel, eingeschlossen in einer gruftartigen Kammer, gegen den drohenden Tod.

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Poe, Edgar Allan: William Wilson german v1 11 feb 2009

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[William Wilson[/ ist eine stark autobiografisch gefärbte Erzählung Edgar Allan Poes aus dem Jahr 1839, die das literarische Motiv des Doppelgängers benutzt, um den Widerspruch zwischen tatsächlichem Handeln und Gewissen zu dramatisieren.

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Polidori, John William: Der Vampyr german v1 15 feb 2009

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Der junge englische Aristokrat Aubrey bereist mit dem geheimnisvollen Lord Ruthven die Welt. Als der Lord bei einem Überfall durch die Kugel eines Räubers stirbt, gibt Aubrey ihm das Versprechen, ein Jahr und einen Tag lang niemandem von ihm oder seinem Tod zu erzählen. Als Aubrey zu seiner Schwester nach England zurückkehrt, stellt er fest, dass diese inzwischen mit dem scheinbar wieder auferstandenen Lord Ruthven verlobt ist...

Der Vampyr ist eine 1816 entstandene Kurzgeschichte des englischen Schriftstellers John William Polidori. Mit dieser Geschichte schuf Polidori die erste Vampirerzählung der Weltliteratur und begründete gleichsam mit der Hauptfigur des Lord Ruthven den Typus des modernen Vampirs - obwohl die Grundidee der Erzählung ursprünglich von Lord Byron stammte. Die Geschichte wurde demzufolge lange Zeit nicht Polidori, sondern Lord Byron zugeschrieben. Obwohl Byron sich aus Protest gegen den Ideenklau aufs heftigste gegen die Urheberschaft des Werkes verwahrte, trug [Der Vampyr[/ stark zu Byrons Bekanntheitsgrad bei. Polidori hingegen starb verbittert und hoch verschuldet kurz vor seinem 26. Geburtstag im Jahr 1821 durch Selbstmord.

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Polidori, John William: The Vampyre. v1, 27 Dec 2007

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["The Vampyre"[/ is a short story written by John William Polidori. Many consider this to be the story that started the romantic vampire genre of fantasy fiction. The story was an immediate popular success.

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In the early 1800's, an elegant nobleman, named Lord Ruthven, appears in London and becomes the talk of high society. His cool demeanor, smooth pale skin and grey eyes make him stand out. As a result, the ladies start to notice. Several of them become infatuated with him. (Damn my blue eyes!)

Later, a young gentleman named Aubrey decides to tag along with Lord Ruthven, hoping to learn more about him.

It seems that our good Lord Ruthven isn't all that he's cracked up to be. He has some pretty interesting habits that he isn't too keen on the public knowing.

Various undead shenanigans, brief romances and plenty of flowing blood made this little gem an influence on almost all future vampire stories.
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Interesting to note that this story was the result of the same little "let's tell a spooky story" party that spawned Mary Shelley's [Frankenstein[/. The guests were stuck in the house due to rain, and everyone had to tell/write a story to entertain the others. Houseguest Lord Byron came up with the fragments of this while brainstorming.

Polidori, who was Lord Byron's physician, took those initial ideas and wrote this story. In fact, at the time of publication, the general public thought that Lord Byron was the one who wrote it. But alas, no, it was just his physician stealing his idea. :)

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Pollard, Percival: Lingo Dan (1903); v1; 28 Oct 2020

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Tales of two crooks, loquacious and educated Lingo Dan, and his monosyllabic sidekick Billy.

Unusual book; 10 tales, 37,000 words, The edition whose scan I used was from author Vincent Starret's own library, and I have included his bookplate in this ebook.

Pollard (1869-1911) leaned to aestheticism and impressionism as an author, rather than naturalism or realism. He published a dozen or so books, but his "day job" was a literary critic.

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poohbear_nc: A Winter Murder Mystery. v1.1 8 Jan 2013

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Agatha Chicken

For your off-line reading pleasure, the Winter 2012/2013 competition story has been compiled into an ebook. The competition closed on 7 January 2013.

Now at version 1.1: Added in a One More Thing… chapter thanks to 5thWiggle.

Anyone is free to download the ebook from the MobileRead Library, but if you wish to redistribute it, please ask for permission, by sending a PM to Alexander Turcic.

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- A Winter Murder Mystery.mobi

Poole, Ernest: His Family. v1, 2 Jan 2008

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Madam Broshkina

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia:

His Family is a Pulitzer Prize-winning novel by Ernest Poole. It was published in 1917.

His Family tells the story of a middle class family in 1910s New York City. The family's patriarch, widower Roger Gale, struggles to deal with the way his children and grandchildren respond to the changing society.

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Poole, John: Little Pedlington and the Pedlingtonians. 2018-05-24

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Pulpmeister

Published originally in 2 volumes (1835 and 1839), written by John Poole (1786-1872), a successful 19th century playwright of comic melodrama, a category her more or less owned in his heyday. His most famous play is "Paul Pry".

It tells of a Londoner, a world traveller who has been everywhere, seen everything, and is enchanted by a small "Guide to Little Pedlington", which enthusiastically sets out the town's wonders, and its notable inhabitants.

He sets of to Little Pedlington, and his encounters with the wonders, and the notables, makes the first volume. In the second volume, he returns a few years later to join in the opening of Little Pedlington's new Theatre Royal, enjoys "The Hatchet of Horror, or the Massacred Milkmaid", and read a new Annual by the town's publishing and lending library enterpreneur, and the scandalous biography of a late town notable, Pomponius Nix, which has "all Little Pedlington in a pucker."

Although dating from the 1830s, it is still funny, as you met so many easily recognisable small-town types, and compare the wonders and notables of Little Pedlington with the reality.

I could't find a usable original cover, so made a generic text cover. The OCR is ex-Google Books, and was atrocious; there exists a couple of good scans from which to make corrections and proof against.

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Pope, Alexander: An Essay on Man, v.1, 17 Dec 2007.

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Patricia

‘Know, then, thyself, presume not God to scan;
The proper study of mankind is man.’

Also contains several verse epistles (including the Epistle to Arbuthnot), the Universal Prayer and some satires.

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Pope, Alexander: Eloisa To Abelard, v1, 1 February 2010.

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Patricia

Alexander Pope [1688-1744]
Eloisa To Abelard [1717]

A poem in which Pope imagines Heloise’s feelings about Abelard, in the form of a letter from her convent.

One line from the poem became a film title:

“How happy is the blameless Vestal’s lot!
The world forgetting, by the world forgot:
Eternal sunshine of the spotless mind!
Each prayer accepted, and each wish resign’d”

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Porter, Eleanor H.: Just David. v1, 16 Jan 2008

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Madam Broshkina

Eleanor H. Porter is most famous for Pollyanna but this is one of my favorites of hers.

Just David is the story of an orphan who is left in an isolated mountain village when his father, a once-great musician who later hid himself and his identity from the world, dies. The boy has nothing but two violins (which turn out to be an Amati and a Stradivarius) and his ability to create music. He is taken in by an elderly couple, out of duty, and he softens them. At the same time he and his music prove to be the innocent means of bringing estranged lovers together.

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Porter, Eleanor H.: Pollyanna. v1, 16 Jan 2008

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From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia:

Pollyanna is a best-selling 1913 novel by Eleanor H. Porter that is now considered a classic of children's literature. The book was such a success that Porter soon produced a sequel, Pollyanna Grows Up (1915). Eleven more Pollyanna sequels, known as "Glad Books", were later published, most of them written by Elizabeth Borton or Harriet Lummis Smith. Further sequels followed, the most recent of which, Pollyanna Plays the Game by Colleen L. Reece, appeared as recently as the mid-1990s.

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Porter, Eleanor H: Across the Years. v1. 9 May 2014

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Eleanor H Porter: (1868 - 1920) orn in Littleton, New Hampshire, Eleanor Hodgman was trained as a singer but later turned to writing. In 1892, she married John Lyman Porter and moved to Massachusetts. Porter mainly wrote children's literature.

Excerpt

WHEN FATHER AND MOTHER REBELLED
JUPITER ANN
THE AXMINSTER PATH
PHINEAS AND THE MOTOR CAR
THE MOST WONDERFUL WOMAN
THE PRICE OF A PAIR OF SHOES
THE LONG ROAD
A COUPLE OF CAPITALISTS
IN THE FOOTSTEPS OF KATY
THE BRIDGE ACROSS THE YEARS
FOR JIMMY
A SUMMONS HOME
THE BLACK SILK GOWNS
A BELATED HONEYMOON
WHEN AUNT ABBY WAKED UP
WRISTERS FOR THREE
THE GIVING THANKS OF CYRUS AND HULDAH
A NEW ENGLAND IDOL

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Porter, Eleanor H: Dawn. v1. 10 May 2014

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Eleanor H Porter: (1868 - 1920) orn in Littleton, New Hampshire, Eleanor Hodgman was trained as a singer but later turned to writing. In 1892, she married John Lyman Porter and moved to Massachusetts. Porter mainly wrote children's literature.

Excerpt
It was on his fourteenth birthday that Keith Burton discovered the Great Terror, though he did not know it by that name until some days afterward. He knew only, to his surprise and distress, that the “Treasure Island,” given to him by his father for a birthday present, was printed in type so blurred and poor that he could scarcely read it.

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Porter, Eleanor H: Just David. v1. 10 May 2014

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Eleanor H Porter: (1868 - 1920) born in Littleton, New Hampshire, Eleanor Hodgman was trained as a singer but later turned to writing. In 1892, she married John Lyman Porter and moved to Massachusetts. Porter mainly wrote children's literature.

Excerpt
But at the right the mountain fell away again and disclosed to view the picture David loved the best of all: the far-reaching valley; the silver pool of the lake with its ribbon of a river flung far out...

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Porter, Eleanor H: Mary Marie. v1. 11 May 2014

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Eleanor H Porter: (1868 - 1920) orn in Littleton, New Hampshire, Eleanor Hodgman was trained as a singer but later turned to writing. In 1892, she married John Lyman Porter and moved to Massachusetts. Porter mainly wrote children's literature.

Excerpt
I’m thirteen years old, and I’m a cross-current and a contradiction. That is, Sarah says I’m that. (Sarah is my old nurse.) She says she read it once—that the children of unlikes were always a cross-current and a contradiction. And my father and mother are unlikes, and I’m the children. That is, I’m the child. I’m all there is. And now I’m going to be a bigger cross-current and contradiction than ever, for I’m going to live half the time with Mother and the other half with Father. Mother will go to Boston to live, and Father will stay here—a divorce, you know.

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Porter, Eleanor H: Miss Billy Married. v1. 11 May 2014

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crutledge

Eleanor H Porter: (1868 - 1920) orn in Littleton, New Hampshire, Eleanor Hodgman was trained as a singer but later turned to writing. In 1892, she married John Lyman Porter and moved to Massachusetts. Porter mainly wrote children's literature.

Excerpt
''I, Bertram, take thee, Billy,'' chanted the white-robed clergyman. '''I, Bertram, take thee, Billy,' ''echoed the tall young ridegroom, his eyes gravely tender. ''To my wedded wife.'' '''To my wedded wife.''' The bridegroom's voice shook a little. ''To have and to hold from this day forward.'' ''To have and to hold from this day forward.'' Now the young voice rang with triumph. It had grown strong and steady. ''For better for worse.'' ''For better for worse.'' ''For richer for poorer,'' droned the clergyman, with the weariness of uncounted repetitions.

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- Miss Billy Married.mobi

Porter, Eleanor H: Miss Billy's Decision. v1. 11 May 2014

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Eleanor H Porter: (1868 - 1920) born in Littleton, New Hampshire, Eleanor Hodgman was trained as a singer but later turned to writing. In 1892, she married John Lyman Porter and moved to Massachusetts. Porter mainly wrote children's literature.

Excerpt
Billy turned and cast searching eyes about the room--Billy always kept shawls everywhere for Aunt Hannah's shoulders and feet. Bertram had been known to say, indeed, that a room, according to Aunt Hannah, was not fully furnished unless it contained from one to four shawls, assorted as to size and warmth.

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Porter, Eleanor H: Miss Billy. v1. 11 May 2014

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crutledge

Eleanor H Porter: (1868 - 1920) orn in Littleton, New Hampshire, Eleanor Hodgman was trained as a singer but later turned to writing. In 1892, she married John Lyman Porter and moved to Massachusetts. Porter mainly wrote children's literature.

Excerpt
Billy Neilson was eighteen years old when the aunt, who had brought her up from babyhood, died. Miss Benton’s death left Billy quite alone in the world—alone, and peculiarly forlorn. To Mr. James Harding, of Harding & Harding, who had charge of Billy’s not inconsiderable property, the girl poured out her heart in all its loneliness two days after the funeral.

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Porter, Eleanor H: Oh, Money! Money!, v1. 12 May 2014

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Eleanor H Porter: (1868 - 1920) born in Littleton, New Hampshire, Eleanor Hodgman was trained as a singer but later turned to writing. In 1892, she married John Lyman Porter and moved to Massachusetts. Porter mainly wrote children's literature.

Excerpt
There was a thoughtful frown on the face of the man who was the possessor of twenty million dollars. He was a tall, spare man, with a fringe of reddish-brown hair encircling a bald spot. His blue eyes, fixed just now in a steady gaze upon a row of ponderous law books across the room, were friendly and benevolent in direct contradiction to the bulldog, never-let-go fighting qualities of the square jaw below the firm, rather thin lips.

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Porter, Eleanor H: Pollyanna Grows Up. v1. 12 May 2014

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Eleanor H Porter: (1868 - 1920) born in Littleton, New Hampshire, Eleanor Hodgman was trained as a singer but later turned to writing. In 1892, she married John Lyman Porter and moved to Massachusetts. Porter mainly wrote children's literature.

Excerpt
Della Wetherby tripped up the somewhat imposing steps of her sister’s Commonwealth Avenue home and pressed an energetic finger against the electric-bell button. From the tip of her wing-trimmed hat to the toe of her low-heeled shoe she radiated health, capability, and alert decision. Even her voice, as she greeted the maid that opened the door, vibrated with the joy of living.

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Porter, Eleanor H: Pollyanna. v1. 12 May 2014

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Eleanor H Porter: (1868 - 1920) born in Littleton, New Hampshire, Eleanor Hodgman was trained as a singer but later turned to writing. In 1892, she married John Lyman Porter and moved to Massachusetts. Porter mainly wrote children's literature.

Excerpt
Pollyanna Whittier, is a young orphan who goes to live in Beldingsville, Vermont, with her wealthy but stern Aunt Polly. Pollyanna's philosophy of life centers on what she calls "The Glad Game", an optimistic attitude she learned from her father. The game consists of finding something to be glad about in every situation.

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Porter, Eleanor H: The Road to Understanding. v1. 13 May 2014

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Eleanor H Porter: (1868 - 1920) born in Littleton, New Hampshire, Eleanor Hodgman was trained as a singer but later turned to writing. In 1892, she married John Lyman Porter and moved to Massachusetts. Porter mainly wrote children's literature.

Excerpt
If Burke Denby had not been given all the frosted cakes and toy shotguns he wanted at the age of ten, it might not have been so difficult to convince him at the age of twenty that he did not want to marry Helen Barnet.

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Porter, Eleanor H: The Sunbridge Girls at Six Star Ranch. v1. 14 May 2014

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Eleanor H Porter: (1868 - 1920) born in Littleton, New Hampshire, Eleanor Hodgman was trained as a singer but later turned to writing. In 1892, she married John Lyman Porter and moved to Massachusetts. Porter mainly wrote children's literature.

Excerpt
“For pity’s sake, Mary, what is this I hear?” she demanded. “Edith insists that her cousin, Cordelia, is going to Texas next week—to Texas!—Cordelia!”

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Porter, Eleanor H: The Tangled Threads. v1. 14 May 2014

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Eleanor H Porter: (1868 - 1920) born in Littleton, New Hampshire, Eleanor Hodgman was trained as a singer but later turned to writing. In 1892, she married John Lyman Porter and moved to Massachusetts. Porter mainly wrote children's literature.

A Delayed Heritage
The Folly of Wisdom
Crumbs
A Four-Footed Faith and a Two
A Matter of System
Angelus
The Apple of Her Eye
A Mushroom of Collingsville
That Angel Boy
The Lady in Black
The Saving of Dad
Millionaire Mike’s Thanksgiving
When Mother Fell Ill
The Glory and the Sacrifice
The Daltons and the Legacy
The Letter
The Indivisible Five
The Elephant’s Board and Keep
A Patron of Art
When Polly Ann Played Santa Claus

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- Tangled Threads, The.mobi

Porter, Eleanor H: The Turn of the Tide. v1. 15 May 2014

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Eleanor H Porter: (1868 - 1920) born in Littleton, New Hampshire, Eleanor Hodgman was trained as a singer but later turned to writing. In 1892, she married John Lyman Porter and moved to Massachusetts. Porter mainly wrote children's literature.

Excerpt
“No, dear. We traveled about for almost a year. You were five when I lost you.” Mrs. Kendall’s voice shook. Unconsciously she drew Margaret into a closer embrace. Even now she was scarcely sure that it was Margaret—this little maid who had stepped so suddenly out of the great silence that had closed about her four long years before.

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Porter, Henry: Taken in by America, v1, 1 April 2009

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HenryP

Hello,
My April Fools' Day launch of the ebook 'Taken in by America' continues apace.
Thanks to all who sought to point me here, especially Patricia for persevering to the stage of my arrival.

'Taken in by America' is an outsider's view of how the USA came to be as it is, of what makes the American tick.

I will upload Part One, here. It is also available for download from the website 'www.takeninbyamerica.com'.

The .mobi version I'm uploading, here, works fine on my Mobipocket Reader and I hope it does on yours, too. If it doesn't, please contact me though this forum or via the website.

I hope those of you who start reading the story will enjoy it but if not I hope you'll tell me where the non-fiction work falls down.

Henry

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Porter, William Sidney: O Henry Omnibus. PRC v1.1. 21 June 2009

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Nate the great

O Henry was the pen name of William Sidney Porter, a prolific American author who died around the turn of the century. He is widely regarded as being a great author.

This omnibus consists of his 13 collections in chronological order. Three were published posthumously, so there may be some duplication.

I'm sorry about the size; a number of the collections are illustrated.

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- Sidney, Porter, William - O. Henry Omnibus.prc

Post, Melville Davisson: Monsieur Jonquelle (1923); v1; 31 Oct 2019

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Pulpmeister

Long out of print, this Melville Davisson Post collection has recently been revived. Monsieur Jonquelle, the impeturbable Parisian Prefect of Police, appears in these 12 stories:

1: The Great Cipher
2: Found in the Fog
3: The Alien Corn
4: The Ruined Eye
5: The Haunted Door
6: Blücher’s March
7: The Woman on the Terrace
8: The Triangular Hypothesis
9: The Problem of the Five Marks
10: The Man With Steel Fingers
11: The Mottled Butterfly
12: The Girl With the Ruby

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- Monsieur Jonquelle - Melville Davisson Post.azw3 (Note: file extension not Kindle-compatible)

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Post, Melville Davisson: The Bradmoor Murder (1922), v1

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Further stories of Sir Henry Marquis of Scotland Yard:

1: The Bradmoor Murder
2: The Blackmailer
3: The Cuneiform Inscription
4: The Hole in the Glass
5: The Phantom Woman
6: The Stolen Treasure
7: The Garden In Asia

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- The Bradmoor Murders - Melville Davisson Post.azw3 (Note: file extension not Kindle-compatible)

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Post, Melville Davisson: The Miller of Ostend (2019), v1

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Pulpmeister

A collection of Melville Davisson Post short stories, gathered from newspaper files, original to this Library.

1: Ruined Eye
2: The Haunted Door
3: Lord Winton's Adventure
4: The Girl With The Ruby
5: The Man From America.
6: No Defense
7: The Baron Starkheim
8: The Great Symbol
9: The Diamond
10: The Miller Of Ostend

The cover was created from 19th C postcard of a Belgian windmill similar to that which appears in the title story.

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- The Miller of Ostend - Melville Davisson Post.azw3 (Note: file extension not Kindle-compatible)

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Post, Melville Davisson: The Sleuth of St. James's Square. v2, 24 Aug 2008

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HarryT

The game's afoot in the 1920s exploits of Sir Henry Marquis, Chief of the Criminal Investigation Department of Scotland Yard (C.I.D.), known as "the Sleuth of St. James's Square". A middle-aged Englishman with short cropped grey hair, Marquis seems more like a typical outdoorsman than a policeman. Although a Londoner, he directs secret service operations in Asia, and many of his cases take place in distant countries, including the U.S.

These stories carefully combine ratiocination with dramatic flare.

So there you have it (at least you do if you know what "ratiocination" means :) ).

Enjoy!

EDIT: 24 Aug 08

Recreated the book with improved formatting, preserved dash and paragraph breaks, etc. Uploaded v2.

Previous download count: 65

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- The Sleuth of St James Square.prc

Post, Melville Davisson: Uncle Abner, Master of Mysteries. v1, 24 Aug 2008

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HarryT

Uncle Abner, created by Melville Davisson Post, is a mighty figure. He solved the mysteries that confronted him in a backwoods Virginia community, of which he was squire, in the first years of the nineteenth century before the infant American nation had any proper police system. He had two great attributes for his self-imposed task: a profound knowledge and love of the Bible, and keen observation of human actions. Post modelled the figure of Uncle Abner on Abraham Lincoln.

These stories were originally published between 1913 and 1918.

Enjoy!

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- Uncle Abner Master of Mysteries.prc

Post, Melville Davisson: Walker of the Secret Service (1924); v1; 24 July 2020

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Published in 1924, this is a collection of short stories published between 1920 and 1924 featuring Walker of the Secret Service.

1: The Outlaw
2: The Holdup
3: The Bloodhounds
4: The Secret Agent
5: The Big Haul
6: The Passing of Mooney
7: The Diamond
8: The Expert Detective
9: The “Mysterious Stranger” Defense
10: The Inspiration
11: The Girl in the Picture
12: The Menace
13: The Symbol

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- Walker of the Secret Service - Melville Davisson Post.azw3 (Note: file extension not Kindle-compatible)

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Potter, Beatrix: The 24 Tales of Beatrix Potter (collection, illus) v2, 02 June 2015

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The 24 Tales of Beatrix Potter (1866–1943)
First published 1902 ~ 1930.

This collection presents all of Potter’s children’s stories, and includes all 740 illustrations. The text and illustrations of this book are in the public domain in countries where copyright is “Life+70” or less. All but the last two stories in vol. 6 are in the public domain in the U.S.

THE OTHER POTTER...

Rabbits and kittens and squirrels, oh my! And piglings, and ducklets, and rats, and mice, not to mention guinea pigs and hedgehogs. Miss Potter’s pictures are beguiling, her stories are charming, and her humor can be appreciated even by adults. These classic children’s stories are beloved by readers of all ages. Read these to your children, read them to your grandchildren, or simply read them to yourself for a lovely nostalgic stroll down memory lane.

Note: for best enjoyment, please view these in color.
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List of Contents:
VOL. I
The Tale of Peter Rabbit (1902)
The Tale of Squirrel Nutkin (1903)
The Tailor of Gloucester (1903)
The Tale of Benjamin Bunny (1904)

VOL. II
The Tale of Two Bad Mice (1904)
The Tale of Mrs. Tiggy-Winkle (1905)
The Tale of the Pie and the Patty-Pan (1905)
The Tale of Mr. Jeremy Fisher (1906)

VOL. III
The Story of A Fierce Bad Rabbit (1906)
The Story of Miss Moppet (1906)
The Tale of Tom Kitten (1907)
The Tale of Jemima Puddle-Duck (1908)
The Tale of Samuel Whiskers or, The Roly-Poly Pudding (1908)

VOL. IV
The Tale of the Flopsy Bunnies (1909)
The Tale of Ginger and Pickles (1909)
The Tale of Mrs. Tittlemouse (1910)
The Tale of Timmy Tiptoes (1911)

VOL. V
The Tale of Mr. Tod (1912)
The Tale of Pigling Bland (1913)
The Tale of Johnny Town-Mouse (1918)

VOL. VI
Appley Dapply's Nursery Rhymes (1917)
Cecily Parsley's Nursery Rhymes (1922)
The Tale of Little Pig Robinson (1930)
The Fairy Caravan (1929)
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Due to file size, this collection is presented in six volumes. Images are mid-resolution, based on 800 x 1100 px. Text and illustrations were obtained from gutenberg.org; archive.org; hathitrust.org; wikisource.org; and fadedpage.org. Embedded font used for titling and drop-caps.

My first expedition into Kindle Country. Converted with Calibre from epub to AZW3 format. Zipped to get some files below the 20mb upload limit. Please do let me know if there are any problems.

Many thanks to Pynch, for obtaining my missing stories!

May this book bring back enjoyable memories for you.

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EDIT: Upload version 2, corrected metadata.
Previous downloads: 11 for the set

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Potter, Beatrix: The Peter Rabbit Stories (Collection, Illustrated). v1 10 Oct 2008

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Jellby

Helen Beatrix Potter (1866-1943) was an English writer, illustrator and mycologist, she is best known for her illustrated children stories with animal characters.

In this book I've included the stories which, according to Wikipedia, feature Peter Rabbit as a main character. These are:

The Tale of Peter Rabbit (1902)
The Tale of Benjamin Bunny (1904)
The Tale of the Flopsy Bunnies (1909)
The Tale of Mr. Tod (1912)

I've taken the PG texts but, for the first two stories, I've included the illustrations from other sources (which had a better quality). I think I've also improved the formatting and all that.

Any kind of feedback is welcome.

Download:

- The Peter Rabbit Stories.mobi

Potter, Beatrix: The Story of Miss Moppet. v1, 16 May 2008

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bob_ninja

The Story of Miss Moppet by Beatrix Potter

This is a quick conversion from Gutenberg's HTML format, so not
sure about quality. Should include the illustrations though. For
the author see:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beatrix_Potter

In short, these are short stories for children revolving around animals.

P.S.: Oh boy, tough crowd to please ;)

Download:

- The Story of Miss Mopet.prc

Potter, Beatrix: The Tailor of Gloucester. v1, 16 May 2008

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bob_ninja

The Tailor of Gloucester by Beatrix Potter

This is a quick conversion from Gutenberg's HTML format, so not
sure about quality. Should include the illustrations though. For
the author see:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beatrix_Potter

In short, these are short stories for children revolving around animals.

Download:

- The Tailor of Gloucester.prc

Potter, Beatrix: The Tale of Benjamin Bunny. v1, 16 May 2008

edited and uploaded by
bob_ninja

The Tale of Benjamin Bunny by Beatrix Potter

This is a quick conversion from Gutenberg's HTML format, so not
sure about quality. Should include the illustrations though. For
the author see:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beatrix_Potter

In short, these are short stories for children revolving around animals.

Download:

- The Tale of Benjamin Bunny.prc

Potter, Beatrix: The Tale of Ginger and Pickles. v1, 16 May 2008

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bob_ninja

The Tale of Ginger and Pickles by Beatrix Potter

This is a quick conversion from Gutenberg's HTML format, so not
sure about quality. Should include the illustrations though. For
the author see:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beatrix_Potter

In short, these are short stories for children revolving around animals.

Download:

- The Tale of Ginger and Pickles.prc

Potter, Beatrix: The Tale of Jemima Puddle-Duck. v1, 16 May 2008

edited and uploaded by
bob_ninja

The Tale of Jemima Puddle-Duck by Beatrix Potter

This is a quick conversion from Gutenberg's HTML format, so not
sure about quality. Should include the illustrations though. For
the author see:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beatrix_Potter

In short, these are short stories for children revolving around animals.

Download:

- The Tale of Jemima Puddle-Duck.prc

Potter, Beatrix: The Tale of Johnny Town-Mouse. v1, 16 May 2008

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bob_ninja

The Tale of Johnny Town-Mouse by Beatrix Potter

This is a quick conversion from Gutenberg's HTML format, so not
sure about quality. Should include the illustrations though. For
the author see:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beatrix_Potter

In short, these are short stories for children revolving around animals.

Download:

- The Tale of Johnny Town-Mouse.prc

Potter, Beatrix: The Tale of Mr. Jeremy Fisher. v1, 16 May 2008

edited and uploaded by
bob_ninja

The Tale of Mr. Jeremy Fisher by Beatrix Potter

This is a quick conversion from Gutenberg's HTML format, so not
sure about quality. Should include the illustrations though. For
the author see:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beatrix_Potter

In short, these are short stories for children revolving around animals.

Download:

- The Tale of Mr. Jeremy Fisher.prc

Potter, Beatrix: The Tale of Mr. Tod. v1, 16 May 2008

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bob_ninja

The Tale of Mr. Tod by Beatrix Potter

This is a quick conversion from Gutenberg's HTML format, so not
sure about quality. Should include the illustrations though. For
the author see:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beatrix_Potter

In short, these are short stories for children revolving around animals.

Download:

- The Tale of Mr. Tod.prc

Potter, Beatrix: The Tale of Mrs. Tiggy-Winkle. v1, 16 May 2008

edited and uploaded by
bob_ninja

The Tale of Mrs. Tiggy-Winkle by Beatrix Potter

This is a quick conversion from Gutenberg's HTML format, so not
sure about quality. Should include the illustrations though. For
the author see:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beatrix_Potter

In short, these are short stories for children revolving around animals.

P.S.: Next time I'll read stickies 1st :)

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- The Tale of Mrs. Tiggy-Winkle.prc

Potter, Beatrix: The Tale of Mrs. Tittlemouse. v1, 16 May 2008

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bob_ninja

The Tale of Mrs. Tittlemouse by Beatrix Potter

This is a quick conversion from Gutenberg's HTML format, so not
sure about quality. Should include the illustrations though. For
the author see:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beatrix_Potter

In short, these are short stories for children revolving around animals.

Download:

- The Tale of Mrs. Tittlemouse.prc

Potter, Beatrix: The Tale of peter Rabbit (Illustrated) v1.0 2007-09-15

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JSWolf

Here is [The Tale of Peter Rabbit[/ (Illustrated) by Beatrix Potter

[quotPeter Rabbit and his three sisters (Flopsy, Mopsy, and Cotton-tail) live with their mother under the roots of a large fir tree. Peter, who is an adventurous young bunny, invades the garden of Mr. McGregor. This is the same garden where his father had met with an unfortunate accident and was made into a pie. After Peter has helped himself to some of the garden's vegetables and wanders about to find some parsley to settle his full belly, he is chased by the angry farmer. As he runs, he loses his shoes among the vegetables, and then gets caught up in the netting that protects a group of gooseberry bushes. Peter escapes just in time after a group of helpful birds encourage him to try to loose himself one more time. He loses his jacket as he wiggles free just before Mr. McGregor can trap him with a sieve. He then ducks into a gardening shed and hides in a watering can, but gives himself away when he can't help but sneeze. After three more close calls (avoiding a cat and eluding Mr. McGregor twice), he finally makes it safely out of the garden and returns home, to collapse on the floor of his home. Mr. McGregor makes a scarecrow of the clothing Peter leaves behind. Peter's sisters enjoy a bread and blackberry dinner, but Peter finds he is still not feeling well (after having eaten too much and then spent time in the wet watering can) and is sent to bed by his mother with only a bit of chamomile tea for his meal.

The character of Mr. McGregor is thought to be based on a local resident of the village of Dalguise in Perthshire, where Potter holidayed as a child.[/quot

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Potter, Beatrix: The Tale of Samuel Whiskers. v1, 16 May 2008

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bob_ninja

The Tale of Samuel Whiskers by Beatrix Potter

This is a quick conversion from Gutenberg's HTML format, so not
sure about quality. Should include the illustrations though. For
the author see:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beatrix_Potter

In short, these are short stories for children revolving around animals.

Download:

- The Tale of Samuel Whiskers.prc

Potter, Beatrix: The Tale of Squirrel Nutkin. v1, 16 May 2008

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bob_ninja

The Tale of Squirrel Nutkin by Beatrix Potter

This is a quick conversion from Gutenberg's HTML format, so not
sure about quality. Should include the illustrations though. For
the author see:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beatrix_Potter

In short, these are short stories for children revolving around animals.

Download:

- The Tale of Squirrel Nutkin.prc

Potter, Beatrix: The Tale of the Flopsy Bunnies. v1, 16 May 2008

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bob_ninja

The Tale of the Flopsy Bunnies by Beatrix Potter

This is a quick conversion from Gutenberg's HTML format, so not
sure about quality. Should include the illustrations though. For
the author see:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beatrix_Potter

In short, these are short stories for children revolving around animals.

Download:

- The Tale of the Flopsy Bunnies.prc

Potter, Beatrix: The Tale of the Pie and the Patty Pan. v1, 16 May 2008

edited and uploaded by
bob_ninja

The Tale of the Pie and the Patty Pan by Potter, Beatrix

This is a quick conversion from Gutenberg's HTML format, so not
sure about quality. Should include the illustrations though. For
the author see:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beatrix_Potter

In short, these are short stories for children revolving around animals.

Download:

- The Tale of the Pie and the Patty Pan.prc

Potter, Beatrix: The Tale of Timmy Tiptoes. v1, 16 May 2008

edited and uploaded by
bob_ninja

The Tale of Timmy Tiptoes by Potter, Beatrix

This is a quick conversion from Gutenberg's HTML format, so not
sure about quality. Should include the illustrations though. For
the author see:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beatrix_Potter

In short, these are short stories for children revolving around animals.

Download:

- The Tale of Timmy Tiptoes.prc

Potter, Beatrix: The Tale of Tom Kitten. v1, 16 May 2008

edited and uploaded by
bob_ninja

The Tale of Tom Kitten by Potter, Beatrix

This is a quick conversion from Gutenberg's HTML format, so not
sure about quality. Should include the illustrations though. For
the author see:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beatrix_Potter

In short, these are short stories for children revolving around animals.

P.S.: Uuuh, a lot of work. Just glad I could contribute something myself :) enjoy

Download:

- The Tale of Tom Kitten.prc

Pozzuoli, H G: The War of the Wenuses, v.1, 10 April 2008.

edited and uploaded by
Patricia

A parody of a well-known SF work.
London is invaded by lady aliens in giant crinolines. They are after haberdashery, tea and men. Can British ladies save their husbands from these sirens?

The opening paragraph:

“No one would have believed in the first years of the twentieth century that men and modistes on this planet were being watched by intelligences greater than woman’s and yet as ambitious as her own. With infinite complacency maids and matrons went to and fro over London, serene in the assurance of their empire over man. It is possible that the mysticetus does the same. Not one of them gave a thought to Wenus as a source of danger, or thought of it only to dismiss the idea of active rivalry upon it as impossible or improbable. Yet across the gulf of space astral women, with eyes that are to the eyes of English women as diamonds are to boot-buttons, astral women, with hearts vast and warm and sympathetic, were regarding Butterick’s with envy, Peter Robinson’s with jealousy, and Whiteley’s with insatiable yearning, and slowly and surely maturing their plans for a grand inter-stellar campaign.”

First published in 1898. H G Pozzuoli is a pseudonym for C L Graves (1856-1944) and E V Lucas. (1868-1938).

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- Pozzuoli_War of the Wenuses.prc

Pozzuoli, H G: War of the Wenuses, 1898

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Pulpmeister

H G Puzzuoili is the pseudonym of the "translators" C L Graves (1856-1944) and E V Lucas (1868-1938).

A wild and woolly parody of H G Wells' [War of the Worlds[/, satirising everything from "The Times" to the suffragette movement.

It was originally transcribed by Patricia Clark in 2008 into prc and lrf formats. I have now remade the book, which is really of short story length, in mobi, epub, and azw3 formats. I had added the cover.

Downloads:

- The War of the Wenuses (1898) - H G Puzzuoili.azw3 (Note: file extension not Kindle-compatible)

- The War of the Wenuses (1898) - H G Puzzuoili.mobi

Praed, Rosa. The Romance of a Station. V1. 23 Jun 2012

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crutledge

Rosa Campbell Praed (1851 - 1935), often credited as Mrs Campbell Praed (and also known as Rosa Caroline Praed), was an Australian novelist in the 19th and early 20th centuries. Her large bibliography covered multiple genres, and books for children as well as adults. She has been described as the first Australian novelist to achieve a significant international reputation.

Excerpt
"THE Romance of a Station" begins on the solid earth of experience, and wanders across the border-line into the misty cloud-region of Fancy and Fiction.
The opening chapters picture faithfully enough the scene of one of my own early homes, and describe life on an island which may be found marked on any map of Australia. Almost all the incidents are real, and even the most romantic of the episodes have their foundation in fact.
R. M. PRAED

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- The Romance of a Station.mobi

Praed, Rosa: Fugitive Anne. V1. 23 Jun 2012

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crutledge

Rosa Campbell Praed (1851 - 1935), often credited as Mrs Campbell Praed (and also known as Rosa Caroline Praed), was an Australian novelist in the 19th and early 20th centuries. Her large bibliography covered multiple genres, and books for children as well as adults. She has been described as the first Australian novelist to achieve a significant international reputation.

Excerpt
Three men stood close to her cabin door. These were Captain Cass, the captain of the Leichardt; the ship's doctor, and Mr Elias Bedo, the lady's husband. Just behind these three, leaning on the back of a chair which was fixed to the cabin table, stood another man evidently interested in the matter, but as evidently, having no official claim to such interest. This man was a big Dane, tall, muscular, and determined-looking, with a short fair beard and moustache, high cheek-bones, and extremely clear, brilliant, blue eyes. Eric Hansen was his name, and he was also a first-class passenger. Further, he was a scientist, bound on a mission of exploration in regard to Australian fauna, on which he had been dispatched by a learned society in his own country.

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- thumbnail.jpg (Note: file extension not Kindle-compatible)

- Fugitive Anne, A Romance of the Unexplored Bush.mobi

Praed, Rosa: The Insane Root. V1. 21 Jun 2012

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crutledge

Rosa Campbell Praed (1851 - 1935), often credited as Mrs Campbell Praed (and also known as Rosa Caroline Praed), was an Australian novelist in the 19th and early 20th centuries. Her large bibliography covered multiple genres, and books for children as well as adults. She has been described as the first Australian novelist to achieve a significant international reputation.

Excerpt
In the Abarian Embassy in London, Isàdas Pacha lay sick unto death. He was an old man, and upon several previous occasions when he had been stricken by illness it was thought that he could not recover. Nevertheless, when newspapers and Cabinets were speculating upon his probable successor, he had invariably risen up from his bed and had again handled the reins, continuing to transact the duties of Ambassador to the Court of St James's entrusted to him by his Imperial master.

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- The Insane Root.mobi

Pratt, Ambrose: First Person Paramount: v.1

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Pulpmeister

Ambrose Pratt (1874-1944) was an Australian journalist and novelist, author of some 30 novels and perhaps as many non-fiction titles.

An unsuccessful actor, placing his own interests above all, ("first person paramount" is his motto) sets out on a new path, cheating and swindling his way in the world, until he encounters a victim-to-be who is even more implacable than himself, and his latest swindle goes badly awry.

Downloads:

- First Person Paramount (1907) - Ambrose Pratt.azw3 (Note: file extension not Kindle-compatible)

- First Person Paramount (1907) - Ambrose Pratt.mobi

Pratt, Ambrose: Franks: Duellist (1901), V1

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Pulpmeister

Ambrose Pratt (1874-1944) was an Australian journalist and novelist, author of some 30 novels and perhaps as many non-fiction titles.

This, his second novel, is a swashbuckler set in the midst of the Napoleonic Wars, with scapegrace Caryl Franks in trouble on both sides of the channel, Bonaparte and the Earl of Chatham, and Tallyrand as well, appearing as themselves as Franks deceives, and duels, his way out.

Sabatini territory, i'faith.

The text is Google Books, corrected against a good scan. The cover is my own, as no known dust jacket image exists. PD in L+50, L+70, and the USA (published before 1923).

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- Franks_ Duellist (1901) - Ambrose Pratt.azw3 (Note: file extension not Kindle-compatible)

- Franks_ Duellist (1901) - Ambrose Pratt.mobi

Pratt, Ambrose: The Living Mummy (1910); v.1

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Pulpmeister

Ambrose Pratt (1874-1944) was an Australian journalist and novelist, author of some 30 novels and perhaps as many non-fiction titles.

This novel hovers between science fiction and fantasy, with themes such as invisibility, a living (or perhaps not living) mummy, and clairvoyance (all of which can be found in sf literature).

A wealth British Egyptologist unearths the mummy of Ptahmes, a 14th dynasty priest, and many strange events follow as the mummy is removed to the UK.

With four art nouveau illustrations by Louis D Fancher (1884-1944).

The text source is US Library of Congress, and was verified against an excellent PDF which also provided the images. I have located the illustrations as close as possible to their location in the book.

It should be noted that the leading characters have a very British Empire attitude to other cultures.

In the PD in L+50, L+70 and the USA (published before 1923).

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- The Living Mummy (1910) - Ambrose Pratt.azw3 (Note: file extension not Kindle-compatible)

- The Living Mummy (1910) - Ambrose Pratt.mobi

Pratt, Ambrose: The Necklace of the Nine Gems, and other stories, v1, 27 Feb 2025,

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Pulpmeister

Ambrose Pratt (1874-1944) was an Australian journalist, novelist, and world traveller, who produced some 30 novels and 20 or so non-fiction books. He also wrote a small number of short stories; this 2025 collection is the first time they've been assembled into book form. They amount to just 38,000 words in all, not enough for a profitable printed book, which is probably why they were not collected before. I made the cover, as obviously none existed before.

The stories are arranged in order of first publication.

1: A Question of Respect
2: A Perverted Punishment
3: The Punishment of Life
4: The Story of a Wrong
5 Saintin's "Madame"
6: An Idyll of the Stalls
7: Scum of the Earth: No Liability
8: A King's Word
9: The Sonata Appassionata
10: Poetic Justice
11: The Iron Hand
12: The Necklace of the Nine Gems
13: A Compound Felony

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- The Necklace of the Nine Gems a - Ambrose Pratt.mobi

- The Necklace of the Nine Gems a - Ambrose Pratt.azw3 (Note: file extension not Kindle-compatible)

- cover.jpg (Note: file extension not Kindle-compatible)

Pratt, Ambrose: Vigorous Daunt, Billionaire (1905); v1, 10 Sep 2019

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Pulpmeister

Nine short stories featuring the extraordinary adventures of Vigorous Daunt, Billionaire, as narrated by his secretary Captain Rupert Granville:

1: Adventure the First
2: The Ruby and the Cat
3: The King Who Was Made to eat Humble Pie
4: The Banker of Milan
5: The Undoing of the Bread Trust
6: An Experiment With Poverty
7: At The Court of Cupid
8: "His Brilliancy."
9: He Talks With a Turk

These stories were first published in The London Magazine, commencing August 1902. The texts here are taken from the original Magazine page images, rather than the hardback book published by Ward Lock in 1905.

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- The Doings of Vigorous Daunt, B - Ambrose Pratt.azw3 (Note: file extension not Kindle-compatible)

- The Doings of Vigorous Daunt, B - Ambrose Pratt.mobi

- cover.jpg (Note: file extension not Kindle-compatible)

Prentiss, Elizabeth: Stepping Heavenward. v1. 2 Apr 2012

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Agama

Stepping Heavenward

Taking the form of a personal diary, this story chronicles the journey of 16-year old Kate into womanhood and her growth into spiritual maturity during the 1800's. As Kate experiences the ups-and-downs of life she shares her inmost thoughts, and we cannnot help but laugh with her, as we recognise ourselves, and cry with her, when tragedy strikes.
First published as a book in 1869, it sold nearly 70,000 copies in America alone and was also popular in Europe.

Elizabeth Prentiss

was born on October 26, 1818 in Portland, Maine, (United States), the daughter of Pastor Edward Payson and his wife Louisa. Elizabeth was deeply impacted by the death of her father, who had suffered from tuberculosis for over a year, on October 22, 1827. The family moved to New York City in 1831, and in May of that year, Elizabeth made a public profession of faith in Christ.
Elizabeth was well educated and possessed a gift for writing.

Book Source: Project Gutenberg (OCR scan required over 700 corrections - and I have probably missed some!).

(Converted from ePub version using calibre.)

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- StepHvnw.mobi

Prest, Thomas Preskett: Varney the Vampyre. V1. 22 Feb 2013

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crich70

Varney the Vampire; or, the Feast of Blood was a Victorian era serialized gothic horror story by James Malcolm Rymer (alternatively attributed to Thomas Preskett Prest). It first appeared in 1845–47 as a series of cheap pamphlets of the kind then known as "penny dreadfuls". The story was published in book form in 1847. It is of epic length: the original edition ran to 876 double-columned pages divided into 220 chapters. Altogether it totals nearly 667,000 words. Despite its inconsistencies, Varney the Vampire is more or less a cohesive whole. It introduced many of the tropes present in vampire fiction recognizable to modern audiences to this day.

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- Varney, The Vampyre, or The Feast of Blood - Thomas Preskett Prest.mobi

- Varney, The Vampyre, or The Feast of Blood - Thomas Preskett Prest.jpg (Note: file extension not Kindle-compatible)

Preuschen, Hermione von: Yoshiwara, german, v1, 24 Apr 2009

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ravenne

Hermione von Preuschen (* 7. August 1854 in Darmstadt; † 12. Dezember 1918 in Lichtenrade bei Berlin; eigentlich Hermine von Preuschen) war eine deutsche Malerin und Dichterin.

Nach ihrer Ausbildung an der Karlsruher Malerakademie unternahm Hermione von Preuschen viele Reisen nach Sizilien, Rom, Paris, später auch nach Birma, Japan und Indien. Bekannt wurde sie v.a. durch den Skandal um ihr Bild Mors Imperator, einer Persiflage auf den altersschwachen Wilhelm I. Das Gemälde wurde 1887 von der Berliner Kunstausstellung zurückgewiesen und brachte ihr eine Anklage wegen Mäjestätsbeleidigung ein.

Auch einige ihrer Gedichte und Romane waren durchaus skandalträchtig. Dazu gehört auch ihr Roman Yoshiwara, in dem Preuschen die Entwicklung eines deutschen Mädchens aus guten aber eher ärmlichen Verhältnissen zur Edelhetäre beschreibt.

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- Yoshiwara.prc

Prévost, Abbé: Manon Lescaut [German]. v1. 16 Jan 2011

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Billi

Antoine-François Prévost d'Exiles (1697-1763)
Manon Lescaut

[Wikipedia]
Abbé Prévost publizierte 1731 in Holland die [L'Histoire du chevalier des Grieux et de Manon Lescaut[/, einen Roman, der sichtlich seine eigene, offenbar so leidenschaftliche wie frustrierende und Schuldgefühle auslösende Liebe zu der Haager Edelkurtisane Lenki Eckhardt verarbeitet, die er kurz zuvor kennengelernt hatte.
1753 veröffentlichte er eine leicht überarbeitete und moralisierte Fassung des Romans Manon Lescaut, der heute als sein Meisterwerk gilt. Es ist die Geschichte des jungen Kleinadeligen Des Grieux, der vor dem Beginn seines geplanten Theologiestudiums der hübschen, ihrerseits fürs Kloster bestimmten Manon Lescaut begegnet, gemeinsam mit ihr nach Paris durchbrennt und aus Liebe zu ihr (die viel Geld verbraucht) nach und nach alle seine Vorstellungen von Anstand und Ehre über Bord werfen muss, bis er schließlich, nach Manons tragischem Tod in ihrem gemeinsamen amerikanischen Exil, von seinem alten Freund Tiberge wiedergefunden und nach Frankreich zu einem sittlicheren Leben (in der Urversion von 1731 sogar zum Priestertum) zurückgeleitet wird.

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Prichard, K and Hesketh: Don Q in the Sierras (1906); v1, 8 Oct 2021

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Pulpmeister

Katherine and Hesketh Prichard (1851–1935; 1876–1922), a mother and son team who also wrote as E and F Heron, produced two volumes of "Don Q" stories plus a "Don Q" novel. This is the second volume of short stories.
This American edition had a comewhat curious method of dealing with the dozen short stories. It showed the 12 stories in the Contents page, but the stories were broken up into 3 or 4 numbered chapters each within the text, up to Chapter 26, as though it were a novel. I have restored the text to 12 stories to match the Contents page.

Don Q is a bandit of aristocratic birth, hiding out in the rugged Sierras of Andalusia with his band, holding unsuspecting wayfarers to ransom, righting wrongs, and ruthlessly administering justice where needed.

1:How Don Q. Came Back
2: How Don Q. Dealt with a Famous Cricketer.
3: How Don Q. Dealt with a Thief
4: How Don Q. Had Need of a Surgeon
5: How Don Q. Fought for the Valderejos
6: How Don Q. Dealt with Professor Japsley, F.R.S., Ph.D
7: How Don Q. Kept Christmas
8: How Don Q. was Asked in Marriage
9: How Don Q. Became a Squire of Dames
10: How Don Q. Attended a Bull-Fight
11: How Don Q. Played Substitute
12: How the End Came

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Prichard, K and Hesketh: The Chronicles of Don Q (1904); v1, 23 Oct 2021

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The first volume of "Don Q" short stories by this mother and son writing team. One dozen short stories of the noble-born but exiled "sequestradore" (kidnapper for ransom) hiding out in the rugged sierra range in Andalusia.

1: The Parole of Gevil-Hay
2: How Don Q. Dealt with Don Luis
3: How Don Q.'s Sword was Drawn for the Queen
4: The Ears of the Governor
5: The Dark Brothers of the Civil Guard
6: A Three-cornered Game
7: A King of Finance
8: How M. Bluport Painted for his Right Hand
9: How Don Q. Paid for his Cigarettes
10: How Don Q. had Dealings with a Usurer
11: How Don Q. Fought for his Name
12: How Don Q. Stood at Bay

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Procopius: The Secret History, v.1, 7 October 2008.

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Procopius of Caesarea:
The Secret History (written c550 CE).
Translated by Richard Atwater (1892-1948)
With an Introduction by Paul Halsall.

A racy history of the Byzantine Emperor Justinian and his wife, the former courtesan and actress, Theodora. Learn how he is a devil in human form, responsible for a trillion deaths. Also how the lady’s theatrical performances involved imaginative depravity with poultry.

I suspect that the author may not always be entirely accurate.

Copyright
“This text is part of the Internet Medieval Source Book. The Sourcebook is a collection of public domain and copy-permitted texts related to medieval and Byzantine history. Unless otherwise indicated the specific electronic form of the document is copyright. Permission is granted for electronic copying, distribution in print form for educational purposes and personal use. If you do reduplicate the document, indicate the source. No permission is granted for commercial use.”

The cover image is Empress Theodora and an attendant, from a mosaic in San Vitale, Ravenna, dating from the first half of the 6th century.

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Proust, Marcel: Swann's Way, v.1.5, 24 Dec 2007

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[Swann's Way [/is the first novel in Proust's 'Remembrance of Things Past' - one of the classics of world literature.
This is the C K Scott Moncrieff Translation.

I am posting a completely new version. This corrects a number of typos, and has accents restored, emdashes, curly quotes and better italics.
Please pm me if you find anything else that needs correcting.

I have transcribed the first two volumes of this series and hope to do the rest before long. In the meantime, try the versions at feedbooks for the rest.

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Proust, Marcel: The Remembrance of Things Past

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[Note: I previously posted this in ePub format. This is a Calibre conversion from ePub to Mobi for MR users viewing books posted here with Kindles or Kindle apps. ePub generally converts readily to Mobi, and this appears to be a decent conversion.)[/

You may blame me for this.

I'm extravagantly fond of the collected editions MR user pynch has been creating. (His collected works of James Joyce is a read-in-progress on my tablet.) I consider his contributions prime examples of the eBook maker's art.

He previously created a collected volume of the writings of French author Marcel Proust, whose seven volume [À la Recherche du temps perdu[/ (Remembrance of Things Past) is one of the classic works of literature.

Pynch's collected Proust includes À la Recherche du temps perdu. But while I took French, Spanish, and Latin long ago, I had no cause to use them and remember almost none. I am not up to reading Proust in the original French.

I asked Pynch in a PM if he'd consider doing a companion volume with an English translation. The University of Adelaide [url=https://ebooks.adelaide.edu.au/p/proust/marcelhas the works in the Scott Moncrieff translation and available as ePubs[/url], and I have the set, but I lusted after an omnibus edition.

Pynch was not enthusiastic: he thinks of translations as bastard children, and prefers to produce only electronic versions of the originals. But he then stated that the University of Adelaide did decently formatted works, and he could do a quick-and-dirty omnibus package with a cover and internal links, which he could send to me. I could upload it to MR, and it would be my bastard child, not his.

That was what I'd hoped for when I made the request, and I agreed enthusiastically.

So credit goes to the University of Adelaide for the original eBooks collected here, and to pynch for the superb packaging.

Blame goes to me as the instigator.

Meanwhile, I'm delighted to have this, and I hope you will be too.

Thanks, pynch!
______
Dennis

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Proust, Marcel: Within a Budding Grove, v.1.5, 24 Dec 2007

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Here's Proust's [Within a Budding Grove [/- the second volume of 'Remembrance of Things Past' in the C K Scott Moncrieff translation.

Plot
Swann has (surprisingly) married Odette and we see their home life. They have a daughter, Gilberte, who becomes a friend of the young narrator. He visits the theatre and sees Berma in Racine's 'Phèdre'. He also spend the summer at the seaside in Brittany with his grandmother. Here he makes the acquaintance of the Baron Charlus, Robert de Saint-Loup and a band of young girls. He is particularly taken with Albertine and attempts to kiss her. All these people will become important to him in later life.

I am posting a completely new version. This corrects a number of typos, and has accents restored, emdashes, curly quotes and better italics.
Please pm me if you find anything else that needs correcting.

I have transcribed the first two volumes of this series and hope to do the rest before long. In the meantime, try the version at feedbooks for the rest.

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Pryce, D. Hugh: Goddesses Three Vol 1. v1. 30 Sep 2015

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D. Hugh Pryce: Born : 1864 Boulogne-sur-Mer, Pas-de-Calais, France: Lived : Belgravia, London, England (final): Died : 1942 May 30 Chelsea, London, England

Excerpt
The summer night was perfectly still; not a breath of air was stirring in the pine-branches, and the silence was absolute; but it was broken suddenly—suddenly and terribly. From the castle on the height there came the sound of a shot—the short, sharp crack of a pistol-shot — and the instant afterwards, a window high up in one of the turrets was thrown open, a light shone out, and a woman’s agonized cry pierced far into the dead silence of the night.

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Pryce, D. Hugh: Goddesses Three Vol 2. v1. 1 Oct 2015

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D. Hugh Pryce: Born : 1864 Boulogne-sur-Mer, Pas-de-Calais, France: Lived : Belgravia, London, England (final): Died : 1942 May 30 Chelsea, London, England

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The worst of persistency in following one’s own way in opposition to the advice of soberer and wiser persons is that there is usually a penalty to be paid for it afterwards; and the penalty that Evangela had to pay for that evening’s dissipation was one that she w~as destined to feel the weight of for many a long day. She was one of those people with an immense fund of pluck and endurance, who can hold out for a long time against physical pain, and she was inclined to consider real enjoyment well worth a little suffering; but the strain that she had undergone had been no trifling one, and, with all her fortitude, she hardly knew how to brace herself up to the effort that was necessary to hide her prostration on the day after the dance.

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Pryce, D. Hugh: The Quiet Mrs. Fleming. v1. 2 Oct 2015

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D. Hugh Pryce: Born : 1864 Boulogne-sur-Mer, Pas-de-Calais, France: Lived : Belgravia, London, England (final): Died : 1942 May 30 Chelsea, London, England

Excerpt
Mrs. Smith said her hair was dyed.
“It’s a yellow that is never natural,” she said. “Look at Emma, she has real golden hair, but it ain’t a bit like that. I had a good look at her and her hair is dyed.”

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Pryce, D. Hugh: The Statue In The Wood. v1. 2 Oct 2015

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D. Hugh Pryce: Born : 1864 Boulogne-sur-Mer, Pas-de-Calais, France: Lived : Belgravia, London, England (final): Died : 1942 May 30 Chelsea, London, England

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The statue stood in the exact centre of the clearing, which was a circle. From this circle four paths, cut in the wood, radiated like the spokes of a wheel. Three of them she found later were dummies—blind alleys leading nowhither. The fourth led into the bridle path which she had passed upon her way. This fourth, faced by the statue which looked down the long, narrow length of it, was the approach proper to the circle, and on each side of it was a stone seat. In the mouth of each of the other three, using it, indeed, as the niche which in point of fact it was, stood a terminal.

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pshrynk and llounge llamas: Harv and Vera's Mexico Vacation. V2. 28 Jul 2009

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The latest saga, with a Thousande Elephants! If anyone wants to make this into something other than prc, I'll be glad to e-mail you the html and cover art. Or you can nab the cover art from my home page. Just look for a message from Zelda

28/07/09 : v2 uploaded. previous downloads : 47

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pshrynk and llounge llamas: Harv and Vera's Panama Adventures. V1. 28 Nov 2008

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Well, here is the e-book of the thread. Following in the grand tradtion of our verry own Steve Jordan, I have edited the Harv and Vera story found here. My first book upload!

There is no actual copyright, since we just made it up as we went along. With a wonderful cover art by Queen Zee!

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Pulpmeister: Index to Past Masters 1-30 v1, 15 June 2021

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When I began collecting stray short stories in the Life + 70 Public Domain and producing anthologies, I had no idea there would be so many issues. The sheer size of the Cumulative Index at the back of each issue is becoming a little unwieldy, so I have divided the Index into two parts: Past Masters One to Past Masters 30; and Past Masters 31 Up.

The cumulative Index from Past Masters 31 Up will be found as usual at the back of each issue of Past Masters from now on (until, perhaps, it too becomes unwieldy and a Part 3 appears at around maybe Past Masters 60… who knows?)

I have also added a related list of original collections created by me of stories by single authors gathered from the same sources as the Past Masters stories and closely related in concept. Perhaps I should have given these a Past Masters title and Number, but it's too late now. This is arranged by author, then title of original collection, then a list of contents. Not a true index, but speeds up checking having all this in one place.

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Pulpmeister: Index to Past Masters 1-60, v1, 28 Jan 2022

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THIS index replaces an earlier index of Past Masters anthologies 1-30, now covering all 60 anthologies produced and uploaded here before 1 Feb 2022.

It also contains the contents of the single-author collections I have uploaded before 1 February 2022.

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Pulpmeister: Index to Past Masters Series of Anthologies V2, 6 Oct 2020

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The PAST MASTERS series began as a one-off; to my surprise, I found some more stories, which became MORE PAST MASTERS; since then the number of PAST MASTERS anthologies has kept rising.

This index of authors is to help me avoid duplication (although it has already happened) and to help any future searchers after PD L+70 short stories not otherwise easily found. I have chosen to use common pseudonyms (eg Sapper, Saki) rather than formal names if they are better known, and if it starts with "de" or "le" it is a "D" or "L" in the index, eg de Brune, le Queux. Conan Doyle is under C (the surname was legally double-barrelled, but without a hyphen.) If there is more than one story, the stories are in alphabetical order ignoring "a" or "the".

If the number keeps growing, I'll update the Index from time to time.

―Pulpmeister

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Pulpmeister: Past Masters Cumulative Index to #100, v1, 7 Oct 2022

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More than 100 pages of A4 size and 14 pt type, so getting definitely unwieldy!

This Index cover Past Masters from the beginning to No 100, and is arranged, as before, in alphabetical order of authors.

A second part covers those single-author collections I created myself. Many authors (and stories) are common to both.

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Pushkin, Alexander: Marie, v1, 18 January 2010.

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Alexander Pushkin [1799–1837]
Marie: A Story of Russian Love
Translated by Marie H. de Zielinska [1876]

A story of love and adventure, set in the reign of Catherine the Great.

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Pushkin, Alexander: The Queen of Spades, v1, 20 January 2010.

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Alexander Pushkin [1799–1837]
The Queen of Spades
Translated by H. Twitchell
1901

A classic story of the supernatural. Can an elderly countess be induced to reveal a secret of winning at cards?
From Project Gutenberg.

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Pushkin, Alexander: The Queen of Spades. v1, 28 May 2016

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Alexander Pushkin (1799-1837) was a Russian poet and author who some consider to be the founder of modern Russian literature. His first published poem was in 1814, and his perhaps most famous poem was 'To ***', addressed to a married lover in 1825. Much of his work was censored, especially as he had some contact with the leaders of the Decembrist uprising.

In his verse novel [Eugene Onegin,[/ 1825, there is a duel in which one of the main characters is killed. Pushkin married in 1830, and in 1837 died after a duel forced on him by allegations that a man was having an affair with his wife.

The [Queen of Spades[/ was published in 1834, and tells of pathological gambling, an old countess who knows the secret of a sequence of cards, her return after death, and her revenge. The text is taken from the Wikisource version of [Best Russian Short Stories[/ edited and published by Thomas Seltzer in 1919.

Thomas Seltzer was born in Russia, but moved to the United States as a child. He was fluent in several languages, worked as a journalist, and set up his own publishing firm in 1919. He published several controversial authors including D.H. Lawrence, and was forced into bankruptcy after charges of publishing 'unclean books'.

The cover is taken from Wikimedia.

I have silently corrected typos, curled quotes, and made changes to spelling, punctuation, and hyphenation using oxforddictionaries.com.

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Pushkin, Alexander: The Shot, v1, 2 February 2010.

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Alexander Pushkin [1799–1837]
The Shot [1831]
Translated by T. Keane [1916]

A short story about revenge postponed until the moment when it hurts most.

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Pushkin, Alexander: The Snowstorm, v1, 26 February 2010.

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Alexander Pushkin [1799–1837]
The Snowstorm [1830]
[From “The Prose Tales of Alexander Poushkin,” translated from the Russian by T. Keane, London: George Bell and Sons, 1895]

A short story. Star-crossed lovers are separated by a snowstorm. Will things ever come right for them?

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Pyle, Howard: Men of Iron. v1. 7 May 2013

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Howard Pyle (March 5, 1853 – November 9, 1911) was an American illustrator and author, primarily of books for young people. A native of Wilmington, Delaware, he spent the last year of his life in Florence, Italy.

Excerpt
Myles Falworth was but eight years of age at that time, and it was only afterwards, and when he grew old enough to know more of the ins and outs of the matter, that he could remember by bits and pieces the things that afterwards happened; how one evening a knight came clattering into the court-yard upon a horse, red-nostrilled and smeared with the sweat and foam of a desperate ride—Sir John Dale, a dear friend of the blind Lord.

NOTE: 16 Illustrations by the author.

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Pyle, Howard: Otto of the Silver Hand. v1. 6 May 201

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Howard Pyle (March 5, 1853 – November 9, 1911) was an American illustrator and author, primarily of books for young people. A native of Wilmington, Delaware, he spent the last year of his life in Florence, Italy.

Excerpt
Up from the gray rocks, rising sheer and bold and bare, stood the walls and towers of Castle Drachenhausen. A great gate-way, with a heavy iron-pointed portcullis hanging suspended in the dim arch above, yawned blackly upon the bascule or falling drawbridge that spanned a chasm between the blank stone walls and the roadway that winding down the steep rocky slope to the little valley just beneath. There in the lap of the hills around stood the wretched straw-thatched huts of the peasants belonging to the castle—miserable serfs who, half timid, half fierce, tilled their poor patches of ground, wrenching from the hard soil barely enough to keep body and soul together. Among those vile hovels played the little children like foxes about their dens, their wild, fierce eyes peering out from under a mat of tangled yellow hair.

NOTE: 61 Illustrations and Decorations by the author.

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Pyle, Katharine: Careless Jane and Other Tales. v1. 15 May 2014

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Katharine Pyle (November 23, 1863 – February 19, 1938) was an American artist, poet, and children's author.

CARELESS JANE
BOISTEROUS ANN
THE BROTHER AND SISTER
GEORGIE LIE-A-BED
UNTIDY AMANDA
THE CHILD WHO WOULD NOT GO TO BED
THE BEET
THE ROBBER RAT
GRANDFATHER STORK
OLD MOTHER WEBTOES
THE RABBIT WITCH
PETER AND THE OGRESS

NOTE: 108 Illustrations and Decorations

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Pyle, Katharine: Tales of Folk and Fairies. v1. 16 May 2014

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Katharine Pyle (November 23, 1863 – February 19, 1938) was an American artist, poet, and children's author.

THE MEESTER STOORWORM—A STORY FROM SCOTLAND
JEAN MALIN AND THE BULL-MAN—A LOUISIANA TALE
THE WIDOW’S SON—A SCANDINAVIAN TALE
THE WISE GIRL—A SERBIAN STORY
THE HISTORY OF ALI COGIA—FROM THE ARABIAN NIGHTS
OH!—A COSSACK STORY
THE TALKING EGGS—A STORY FROM LOUISIANA
THE FROG PRINCESS—A RUSSIAN STORY
THE MAGIC TURBAN, THE MAGIC SWORD AND THE MAGIC CARPET—A PERSIAN STORY
THE THREE SILVER CITRONS—A PERSIAN STORY
THE MAGIC PIPE—A NORSE TALE
THE TRIUMPH OF TRUTH—A HINDU STORY
LIFE’S SECRET—A STORY OF BENGAL
DAME PRIDGETT AND THE FAIRIES

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Pyle, Katharine: The Counterpane Fairy. v1. 16 May 2014

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Katharine Pyle (November 23, 1863 – February 19, 1938) was an American artist, poet, and children's author.

Excerpt
TEDDY was all alone, for his mother had been up with him so much the night before that at about four o’clock in the afternoon she said that she was going to lie down for a little while.
The room where Teddy lay was very pleasant, with two big windows, and the furniture covered with gay old-fashioned India calico. His mother had set a glass of milk on the table beside his bed, and left the stair door ajar so that he could call Hannah, the cook, if he wanted anything, and then she had gone over to her own room.

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Queirós, José Maria de Eça de: A Reliquia (Portuguese), v.1, 31 Dec 2008

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From Wikipedia:

José Maria de Eça de Queirós (November 25, 1845 - August 16, 1900) is generally considered to be the greatest Portuguese writer in the realist style. Zola considered him to be far greater than Flaubert. Others rank him with Dickens, Balzac and Tolstoy. Eça never officially rejected Catholicism, but was very critical of the Catholic Church of his time, as is evident in his novels.
[A Reliquia[/ (The Relic) was published in 1887, nearly twenty years after the majority of it was written during his travels to Egypt.

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Queirós, José Maria de Eça de: O Crime do Padre Amaro (Portuguese), v.1, 31 Dec 2008

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From Wikipedia:

José Maria de Eça de Queirós (November 25, 1845 - August 16, 1900) is generally considered to be the greatest Portuguese writer in the realist style. Zola considered him to be far greater than Flaubert. Others rank him with Dickens, Balzac and Tolstoy. Eça never officially rejected Catholicism, but was very critical of the Catholic Church of his time, as is evident in his novels.
[O Crime do Padre Amaro[/ (The Sin of Father Amaro) was his first realist novel and was published in 1875.

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Queirós, José Maria de Eça de: O Primo Basílio (Portuguese), v.1, 31 Dec 2008

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From Wikipedia:

José Maria de Eça de Queirós (November 25, 1845 - August 16, 1900) is generally considered to be the greatest Portuguese writer in the realist style. Zola considered him to be far greater than Flaubert. Others rank him with Dickens, Balzac and Tolstoy. Eça never officially rejected Catholicism, but was very critical of the Catholic Church of his time, as is evident in his novels.
[O Primo Basílio[/ (Cousin Basílio) was published in 1878.

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Queirós, José Maria de Eça de: Os Maias (Portuguese), v.1, 31 Dec 2008

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From Wikipedia:

José Maria de Eça de Queirós (November 25, 1845 - August 16, 1900) is generally considered to be the greatest Portuguese writer in the realist style. Zola considered him to be far greater than Flaubert. Others rank him with Dickens, Balzac and Tolstoy. Eça never officially rejected Catholicism, but was very critical of the Catholic Church of his time, as is evident in his novels.
[Os Maias[/ (The Maias) was published in 1888 and is generally considered to be his masterpiece.

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Queirós, José Maria Eça de: Cartas de Inglaterra (Portuguese), v.1, 31 Dec 2008

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From Wikipedia:

José Maria de Eça de Queiroz or Queirós (November 25, 1845 - August 16, 1900) is generally considered to be the greatest Portuguese writer in the realist style. Zola considered him to be far greater than Flaubert. Others rank him with Dickens, Balzac and Tolstoy. Eça never officially rejected Catholicism, but was very critical of the Catholic Church of his time, as is evident in his novels.
and

[Cartas de Inglaterra[/ ("Letters from England") is a collection of journalism by the 19th century Portuguese novelist Eça de Queiroz. He worked in the Portuguese consular service and was stationed at Newcastle upon Tyne from late 1874 until April 1879; from then until 1888 he was at Bristol. During this period he published [O Primo Basílio[/ ("Cousin Basílio") and [Os Maias[/ ("The Maias"), but he was also writing occasional London letters for the Lisbon daily newspaper Diário de Notícias. Some of these afterwards appeared in book form as [Cartas de Inglaterra[/.

I can't read any of this and apologize if I've made any glaring errors. I will gladly post other works by the author if someone can tell me if this ebook renders properly on your ebook reader and I've not made any major mistakes.

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Querini, Pietro: Et skibbrudd på Røst i 1432 [Norwegian]. v1. 1 Nov 2012

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["Fra tredje februar til den 14. Mai 1432 befant vi oss i paradisets første krets, til skam og skjensel for Italias riker." [/
Adelsmannen Pietro Querini la ut med sitt handelsskip fra Kreta med kurs for Flandern. En vinterstorm drev dem ut i Atlanteren, og i desember vaklet 29 mann av den opprinnelig 64 mann store besetningen i land fra den ene livbåten til en ubebodd øy utenfor Røst. Til slutt ble de reddet av lokalbefolkningen, hvis liv skildres i beundrende, men allikevel nøkterne vendinger av den bereiste herren. Et viktig kildeskrift om Nord-Norge i middelalderen, men i seg selv en levende og dramatisk beretning.

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Quigley, Dorothy: 'What Dress Makes of Us (1897), v.1, 21 Dec 2007

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An oddity I found while PG-surfing.
Fashion advice from 1897, for women and a chapter for men, especially on what not to wear. Makes one glad to live in 2007.

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Quigley, E J: The Divine Office, v.1, 6 Feb 2008.

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A study of the Roman Breviary.

This may complement the Liturgia Horarum,, already uploaded by Beartard.

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Quiller-Couch, Arthur: Old Fires and Profitable Ghosts (1900); v1; 5 March 2020

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Fifteen short stories, often on the theme of ghosts, supernatural and horror:

1: Oceanus
2: The Seventh Man
3: The Room of Mirrors
4: A Pair of Hands
5: The Lady of the Ship
6: Frozen Margit
7: The Singular Adventure of a Small Free-Trader
8: The Mystery of Joseph Laquedem
9: Prisoners of War
10: A Town's Memory
11: The Lady of the Red Admirals
12: The Penance of John Emmet
13: Elisha
14: "Once Aboard the Lugger"
15: Which?

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Quiller-Couch, Sir Arthur: Q's Mystery Stories (1937), v1

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Arthur Quiller-Couch, 1863-1944, was a professor of English at Cambridge, a prolific author, and originator of the expression "murder your darlings":

"If you here require a practical rule of me, I will present you with this: ‘Whenever you feel an impulse to perpetrate a piece of exceptionally fine writing, obey it—whole-heartedly—and delete it before sending your manuscript to press. Murder your darlings."

Twenty tales of mystery (in the broad sense) and the uncanny.

1: The Roll-Call Of The Reef
2: The Bend Of The Road
3: The Laird’s Luck
4: A Pair Of Hands
5: The Seventh Man
6: The Two Householders
7: Captain Knot
8: Sindbad On Burrator
9: The Room Of Mirrors
10: The Miracle Of The ‘White Wolf’
11: The Affair Of Bleakirk-On-Sands
12: Shakespeare’s Christmas
13: Mutual Exchange, Limited
14: Phoebus On Halzaphron
15: Step O’ One Side
16: Lieutenant Lapenotière
17: Not Here, O Apollo!
18: My Christmas Burglary
19: Oceanus
20: Which?

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Quiller-Couch, Sir Arthur: Q's Shorter Stories (1944); v1

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Q's last book, published the year he died.

Stories:
1.The Spinster’s Maying
2.The Conspiracy Aboard The ‘Midas’
3.Pipes In Arcady
4.The Paupers
5.Old Aeson
6.The Small People
7.Fortunio
8.The Mayor Of Gantick
9.Psyche
10.Beside The Bee-Hives
11.These-An’-That’s Wife
12.The Gifts Of Feodor Himkoff
13.The Drawn Blind
14.Three Photographs
15.School Friends
16.A Town’s Memory
17.Cuckoo Valley Railway
18.The Mourner’s Horse
19.Monsieur Benest

Fantasias:
20.When The Sap Rose
21.The Bridals Of Ysselmonde
22.The Czarina’s Violet
23.Silhouettes
24.St. Piran And The Visitation
25.The Magic Shadow
26.Our Lady Of Gwithian

Drolls:
27.Widdershins
28.My Grandfather, Hendry Watty

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Quince, James: Casual Slaughters. v1. 12 Aug 2033

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The story opens with the members of the Parochial Church Council meeting to discuss the sorry condition of the churchyard, “a wilderness of nettles varied by cheap marble monuments.” Upon beginning to rehabilitate the graveyard, a murdered body is found — and then a second! What is going on?

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“Not often is a murder mystery a comedy, too, but that is what James Quince makes of “Casual Slaughters”. The murder is wicked enough, but the humor lies in a Devon church council’s self-assumed duty to investigate it after Scotland Yard has retired satisfied with a coroner’s open verdict. The villagers are pawkily drawn, their sleuthing is unsubtle but effective, and their ultimate finding is quite Solomonic. An unusual and intriguing yarn.”
(— 1935 contemporary newspaper review)

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James Quince was the pseudonym of James Reginald Spittal (1876-1951), a British clergyman, who was at one time the vicar at Holy Trinity church in Lambeth. He wrote three detective novels: [The Tin Tree[/ (1930); [Notice To Quit[/ (1932); [Casual Slaughters[/ (1935).

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First published in 1935. [this book is in the public domain where copyright is “Life+70” or less.[/
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Quintt, Wilder Dwight: My Lady Laughter. v1. 26 Jan 2016

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Quintt, Wilder Dwight: Born : 1863 Boston, Massachusetts, USA: Died : 1936

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THE broad windows of the British Coffee House reflected with a golden blaze the rays of the wintry-red afternoon sun, which touched the royal banner of His Most Gracious Majesty, King George the Third, hanging over the door, and glinted on the bayonets of the two giant Grenadiers who stood, statue-like, at either side of the threshold. The bells of an occasional sledge tinkled on the crisp air, and the heavy shoes of the good Bostonians, soberly clad and with faces made stern by years of repression, creaked on the hard-trodden snow.

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Quintt, Wilder Dwight: On Satan's mount. v1. 27 Jan 2016

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Quintt, Wilder Dwight: Born : 1863 Boston, Massachusetts, USA: Died : 1936

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THE trinity of earth and sky and sea, blessed indeed when each is at its fairest, smiled in most indulgent mood at the thousands of men and women who were gathered at Oceanic on a certain day in June to see the running of the greatest turf event of the year, the American Handicap. The human butterflies caught the infection of perfect air, unclouded blue, smooth-shaven, flower-spangled green and far off flecks of white on a turquoise sea. They fluttered and danced—if one saw them from a distance—filling the gigantic steel pavilion with life and color. At closer range their laughter and chatter and screaming badinage smote the ear like the noise of some vast aviary, which, in fact, the great structure, of marvelous lightness and elegance, crowned with gilded domes and minarets, and colored in extraordinary tints, strongly suggested.

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Quintt, Wilder Dwight: v1. Miss Petticoats. 24 Jan 2016

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Quintt, Wilder Dwight: Born : 1863 Boston, Massachusetts, USA: Died : 1936

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THE great bell in the granite tower of old Number One mill clanged out its warning of the noontide release to the hundreds who toiled their lives away within its walls, and presently there poured forth from its gray portals and out between the smooth spaces of well-kept lawn to the iron gates a swarm of men and women, boys and girls, like angered bees from a hive. Only from this hive there came no drones, for by the grim survival of the fittest only those who could work from sunrise to sunset and from day to day, with but one gleam of blessed Sabbath light, were given place in the vast home of industry.

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Raabe, Wilhelm: Abu Telfan oder die Heimkehr vom Mondgebirge. german. v1. 27 mar 2009

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Wilhelm Raabe, (Pseudonym: Jakob Corvinus; * 8. September 1831 in Eschershausen; † 15. November 1910 in Braunschweig), war ein deutscher Schriftsteller und einer der wichtigsten Vertreter des poetischen Realismus, besonders bekannt für seine gesellschaftskritischen Erzählungen, Novellen und Romane.

In dem Roman "Abu Telfan oder Die Heimkehr vom Mondgebirge" von 1867 erzählt Raabe die Geschichte eines Heimkehrers, dem ein Leben als Sklave in Afrika erstrebenswerter erscheint als eine bürgerliche Existenz inmitten des deutschen Spießertums. [..] Es ist jedoch nicht so, daß der Realist Raabe dem Leser das Urteil über Zustände und Konsequenzen abnimmt, vielmehr will er sein Publikum zu einem eigenen Standpunkt animieren. Er gibt in seinem Werk Hinweise, zwingt den aufmerksamen Leser dazu, die Oberfläche seiner anspielungsreichen Erzähltechnik zu durchbrechen, um die eigentliche Intention des jeweiligen Werkes zu erkennen.

[(Raabe-Haus)[/

Wilhelm Raabe hat es geschafft, sein Leben lang sich und seine Familie als freier Autor - in Unabhängigkeit - zu ernähren. Er hat seinen Töchtern selbstverständlich Ausbildungen finanziert und ihnen ein eigenes Berufsleben ermöglicht. Er hat mit "Pfisters Mühle" einen Roman über Umweltverschmutzung geschrieben - gegen eine ausbeuterische Industrie, die Flüsse vergiftet und Trinkwasser verseucht. Und er hat als kritischer Chronist des Spießbürgertums seinen vielleicht wunderbarsten Roman verfasst: "Abu Telfan oder die Heimkehr vom Mondgebirge" - ein Buch über das Fremdsein zu Hause, über das Scheitern am deutschen Jägerzaun-Gemüt, über die Provinz in uns Allen.

[(Peter Schanz)[/

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Raabe, Wilhelm: Die Chronik der Sperlingsgasse. german. v1. 8 mar 2009

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Wilhelm Raabe, (Pseudonym: Jakob Corvinus; * 8. September 1831 in Eschershausen; † 15. November 1910 in Braunschweig), war ein deutscher Schriftsteller und einer der wichtigsten Vertreter des poetischen Realismus, besonders bekannt für seine gesellschaftskritischen Erzählungen, Novellen und Romane.

Schon mit seinem ersten Roman „Die Chronik der Sperlingsgasse" gelang Wilhelm Raabe der große Durchbruch und er gilt heute neben Theodor Fontane als einer der bedeutendsten Vertreter des bürgerlichen Realismus. In der Altberliner Sperlingsgasse wohnen die sogenannten kleinen Leute: Handwerker, Arbeiter, mittellose Intellektuelle und Studenten. Hier wohnt auch Johannes Wachholder, ein alter Junggeselle. Liebevoll, aber schon ein wenig von der Resignation des Alters gezeichnet, nimmt er Anteil an der Liebesgeschichte seiner Pflegetochter Elise und ihres ehemaligen Spielgefährten Gustav. Es ist eine einfache, alltägliche Geschichte, die ihre große Bedeutung dadurch erhält, dass gerade hier, im kleinen Kreis der Sperlingsgasse, unter den oft unscheinbaren Bewohnern solch große Eigenschaften wie Opfermut, Vergebung und selbstlose Hilfsbereitschaft zu finden sind. Raabe gelingt es in seinem Roman, den er im Alter von 23 Jahren schuf, derartig überzeugend die Sichtweise des alten Mannes wiederzugeben, dass in der Öffentlichkeit lange Zeit Zweifel an seiner Autorenschaft bestanden.

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Raabe, Wilhelm: Die Leute aus dem Walde. german. v1. 31 mar 2009

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Wilhelm Raabe, (Pseudonym: Jakob Corvinus; * 8. September 1831 in Eschershausen; † 15. November 1910 in Braunschweig), war ein deutscher Schriftsteller und einer der wichtigsten Vertreter des poetischen Realismus, besonders bekannt für seine gesellschaftskritischen Erzählungen, Novellen und Romane.

[Die Leute aus dem Walde, ihre Sterne, Wege und Schicksale[/ erschien zuerst als Fortsetzungsroman in "Westermanns Ilustrierten Deutschen Monatsheften" von Oktober 1862 bis März 1863, die Buchausgabe folgte wenig später in drei Bänden. Raabe hat dieses Buch als Bildungsroman in der Nachfolge von Goethes "Wilhelm Meister" verstanden.
Breit und doch realitätsnah wird die Geschichte eines jungen Mannes erzählt, der, in die Großstadt verschlagen, von drei alten Menschen aus seiner Heimat zu einer menschenwürdigen Existenz geführt wird. Er lernt beides: nach den Sternen zu sehen und auf die Gassen zu achten...

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Raabe, Wilhelm: Die schwarze Galeere. german. v1. 8 mar 2009

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[Die schwarze Galeere[/ ist eine geschichtliche Novelle von Wilhelm Raabe aus dem Jahr 1860. Die Anregung zur Erzählung erhielt Raabe aus Carl Curths Fortschreibung von Schillers "Geschichte des Abfalls der vereinigten Niederlande" und "Der niederländische Revolutionskrieg" die dieser 1823 verfasste.

Im Jahr 1599 herrscht immer noch Krieg zwischen den Niederlanden und Spanien. Die Spanier haben zwar Antwerpen unter der Führung Don Philipps eingenommen, wie der alte Haudegen Jeronimo seinen Kollegen im spanischen Fort Liefkenhoek erzählt, aber ein neues Unheil kommt aus Holland auf die spanischen Besetzer zu: Die schwarze Galeere. Sie ist nach den Kenntnissen der italienischen Schiffsbauer gemacht worden, da sie eine Kopie einer genuesischen Galeere ist, die geentert werden konnte. Nun haben die Geusen die besten Seefahrer auf diese Galeere geschickt und versenken alle spanischen Schiffe. Die schwarze Galeere ist so erfolgreich, dass Admiral Friedrich Spinola allen Schiffen und Galeeren, die sich noch im antwerpischen Hafen befinden, befiehlt, am nächsten Tag Jagd auf die schwarze Galeere zu machen, auch dem Kapitän von der Andrea Doria, Antonio Valani. Kapitän Valani ist in die schöne Myga van Bergen verliebt, die aber mit Jan Norris, einem Steuermann auf der schwarzen Galeere, liiert ist. Das Zusammentreffen zwischen Norris und Valani scheint unvermeidlich.

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Raabe, Wilhelm: Stopfkuchen - Eine See- und Mordgeschichte. german. v1. 12 mar 2009

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[Stopfkuchen[/ ist ein im Mai 1890 abgeschlossener Roman von Wilhelm Raabe mit dem Untertitel "Eine See- und Mordgeschichte" - ein Hinweis, dass es sich im Kern um eine Form des Kriminalromans handelt. Raabe betonte mehrmals, dass er [Stopfkuchen[/ für sein bestes Buch halte.

Eduard, ehemals Schiffsarzt, inzwischen aber als Farmer in Südafrika sesshaft geworden, hat seinem Heimatdorf in Deutschland einen Besuch abgestattet. Die vierwöchige Rückreise ans Kap nutzt er um seine Erlebnisse aufzuzeichnen. Im Mittelpunkt seines Manuskripts steht das eintägige Wiedersehen mit seinem Jugendfreund Heinrich Schaumann, der ihm seine Lebensgeschichte erzählt hat.
Aufgrund seiner Trägheit, seiner Essgier und eines entsprechenden Körperumfangs erhält Heinrich bereits in seiner Kindheit den Spitznamen »Stopfkuchen«. Von seinen Lehrern bloßgestellt und von den Gleichaltrigen »unter der Hecke« liegen gelassen, führt er das Leben eines Außenseiters. Als der Viehhändler Kienbau zu Tode kommt und Bauer Quakatz von der »Roten Schanze« des Mordes verdächtigt wird, verteidigt er dessen Tochter Valentine gegen Übergriffe der Dorfjugend. Nach abgebrochenem Theologiestudium kehrt Heinrich ins Dorf zurück, heiratet Valentine und bewirtschaftet an der Stelle des kränkelnden Quakatz die Rote Schanze. Beim Begräbnis seines Schwiegervaters erkennt er durch Zufall den wahren Mörder Kienbaums, doch er behält sein Wissen zunächst für sich...

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Raabe, Wilhelm: Zum wilden Mann. german. v1. 17 apr 2009

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Wilhelm Raabe, (Pseudonym: Jakob Corvinus; * 8. September 1831 in Eschershausen; † 15. November 1910 in Braunschweig), war ein deutscher Schriftsteller und einer der wichtigsten Vertreter des poetischen Realismus, besonders bekannt für seine gesellschaftskritischen Erzählungen, Novellen und Romane.

Nach 30 Jahren begegnen sich die Lebenswege zweier früherer Freunde wieder. Doch Wilhelm Raabes Novelle "Zum wilden Mann" aus dem Jahr 1874 zeigt, dass Freundschaft nicht jede Zeit übersteht und Menschen sich ändern. In einer stürmischen Herbstnacht trifft der Apotheker Philipp Kristeller, der immer noch seiner verstorbenen Jugendliebe nachtrauert, auf einen alten Gefährten aus früheren Tagen. Vor genau 30 Jahren verschwand dieser Kamerad namens August spurlos, hinterließ Kristeller aber die nötigen Mittel, um sich ein bürgerliches Leben aufzubauen. Für den Apotheker erweist sich dies jedoch als ein Handel mit dem Teufel. Denn obwohl er immer noch tiefe Dankbarkeit für seinen Wohltäter verspürt, lebt nur noch die Erinnerung an seinen früheren Freund. August kehrt nicht als der treue Weggefährte von damals zurück, sondern als der ausgefuchste Geschäftsmann aus Südamerika, der von seinem ehemaligen Kameraden nun den geliehenen Reichtum zurückfordert. Raabe, ein Vertreter des poetischen Realismus, stellt mit seinem Werk den Kampf zwischen Dankbarkeit und Zweckdenken dar. Seine gesellschaftskritische Novelle greift dabei das Thema der Auswanderungsproblematik auf, das im Deutschland des 19. Jahrhunderts aktuell war.

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Rabelais, François: Gargantua and Pantagruel, Book I. v1, 6 Mar 2008

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Parodying everyone from classic authors to his own contemporaries, the dazzling and exuberant stories of Rabelais expose human follies with mischievous and often obscene humor. Gargantua depicts a young giant who becomes a cultured Christian knight. Pantagruel portrays Gargantua’s bookish son who becomes a Renaissance Socrates, divinely guided by wisdom and by his idiotic, self-loving companion, Panurge.

Book I of V.

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Rabelais, François: Gargantua and Pantagruel, Book II. v1, 6 Mar 2008

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Parodying everyone from classic authors to his own contemporaries, the dazzling and exuberant stories of Rabelais expose human follies with mischievous and often obscene humor. Gargantua depicts a young giant who becomes a cultured Christian knight. Pantagruel portrays Gargantua’s bookish son who becomes a Renaissance Socrates, divinely guided by wisdom and by his idiotic, self-loving companion, Panurge.

Book II of V.

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Rabelais, François: Gargantua and Pantagruel, Book III. v1, 6 Mar 2008

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Parodying everyone from classic authors to his own contemporaries, the dazzling and exuberant stories of Rabelais expose human follies with mischievous and often obscene humor. Gargantua depicts a young giant who becomes a cultured Christian knight. Pantagruel portrays Gargantua’s bookish son who becomes a Renaissance Socrates, divinely guided by wisdom and by his idiotic, self-loving companion, Panurge.

Book III of V.

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Rabelais, François: Gargantua and Pantagruel, Book IV. v1, 6 Mar 2008

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Parodying everyone from classic authors to his own contemporaries, the dazzling and exuberant stories of Rabelais expose human follies with mischievous and often obscene humor. Gargantua depicts a young giant who becomes a cultured Christian knight. Pantagruel portrays Gargantua’s bookish son who becomes a Renaissance Socrates, divinely guided by wisdom and by his idiotic, self-loving companion, Panurge.

Book IV of V.

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Rabelais, François: Gargantua and Pantagruel, Book V. v1, 6 Mar 2008

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Parodying everyone from classic authors to his own contemporaries, the dazzling and exuberant stories of Rabelais expose human follies with mischievous and often obscene humor. Gargantua depicts a young giant who becomes a cultured Christian knight. Pantagruel portrays Gargantua’s bookish son who becomes a Renaissance Socrates, divinely guided by wisdom and by his idiotic, self-loving companion, Panurge.

Book V of V.

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Radcliffe, Ann: A Sicilian Romance v1. 13 Sep 2019

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[A Sicilian Romance[/ was the second of Ann Radcliffe's six novels, and was published in two volumes in 1790. Her name was not given in the early editions, though the book was identified as being by the author of [The Castles of Athlin and Dunblayne.[/ It has a complex story with the usual ruined castle, and has major characters who commit murder and suicide.

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Radcliffe, Ann: Gaston de Blondeville. v1 1 Nov 2119

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Ann Radcliffe (1764-1823) was the most famous English Gothic novelist of her time, and the one best at melding themes of mystery, suspense, and romance. She was renowned for her descriptions of the countryside, and her works contain several poems.

[Gaston de Blondeville[/ was her last book. It seems to have been written in 1802, but was not published until 1826, three years after her death. It is her only novel set in England, in the reign of King Henry the Third, and contains a ghost as an important character. The book contrasts the fates of a noble soldier, the ghost, and a merchant who accuses the soldier of murder and robbery.

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Radcliffe, Ann: The Italian. v2 3 Mar 2018

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Ann Radcliffe (1764-1823) was the most famous English Gothic novelist of her time, and the one best at melding themes of mystery, suspense, and romance. She was renowned for her use of veiled imagery.

[The Italian [/was her fifth novel, published in 1797, and the last published during her life. The plot is complex, mysterious, and sombre, and has themes of love, devotion, and persecution by the Inquisition. Honoré de Balzac praised the book in his 1843 novella [Honorine.[/

When [The Italian[/ was published and for some years after it was standard practice to use 'the long s', as shown in the second part of the title page in this ebook. The text used in rest of this ebook was taken from the University of Adelaide ebook library, and checked against the Oxford Classics edition. It does not use 'the long s', but had several inconsistencies which I have silently corrected. Please let me know of any I have missed.

v2 A one letter error in the content.opf file has been fixed

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Radcliffe, Ann: The Mysteries of Odolpho. v1. 19 Oct 2019

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[The Mysteries of Udolpho[/ was Ann Radcliffe's fourth and most popular novel, and was published in 1794. It is set in France and Italy, and has a complex plot involving a young woman whose aunt (her only surviving relative) marries an evil Italian count, and her escape to eventually marry a young Frenchman.

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Radcliffe, Ann: The Mysteries of Udolpho, v.1, 4 March 2008.

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Ann Radcliffe: The Mysteries of Udolpho
A Romance Interspersed with Some Pieces of Poetry
(1794)

A gothic novel.
It is long (c291,000 words).
This is one of the novels that Jane Austen satirizes in ‘Northanger Abbey’. Whilst a bit slow to start with, the story becomes quite gripping, and there are some beautiful descriptive passages.

From Wikipedia:
[The Mysteries of Udolpho [/is a quintessential Gothic romance, replete with incidents of physical and psychological terror; remote, crumbling castles; seemingly supernatural events; a brooding, scheming villain; and a persecuted heroine. To this mix Radcliffe adds extensive descriptions of exotic landscapes in the Pyrenees and Apennines. Set in 1584 in southern France and northern Italy, the novel focuses on the plight of Emily St. Aubert, a young French woman who is orphaned after the death of her father. Emily suffers imprisonment in the castle Udolpho at the hands of Signor Montoni, an Italian brigand who has married her aunt and guardian Madame Cheron. Emily's romance with Valancourt, the younger brother of Count Duvarney, is frustrated by Montoni and others. Emily also endeavors to discover an explanation for the mysterious relationship between her father and the Marchioness de Villeroi, a mystery which appears to have connections to the castle Udolpho.

I have restored accents and italics, and have corrected obvious types. However, I have left the 18th-century spelling as it stands.

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Radcliffe, Ann: The Romance of the Forest. v1. 6 Oct 2019

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[The Romance of the Forest[/ was the third of Ann Radcliffe's six novels, was published in three volumes in 1791, and was her first major success. It tells the story of Adeline, a young woman from the late 17th century nobility who is pursued by a wicked man eventually revealed to be her uncle.

The text is taken from the University of Adelaide ebook library and checked against versions on the Internet Archive. I have silently corrected errors and made changes to spelling, punctuation, and hyphenation using the Collins Online Dictionary.

The book contains many poems as epigraphs or text, and I would appreciate any feedback about how these poems are laid out.

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Rae, Milne: A Bottle in the Smoke. v1. 3 May 2016

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Milne Rae: Born : 1844 Willowbank, Aberdeenshire, Scotland: Lived : Madras/Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India;
Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland (final): Died : 1933 Apr 24 Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland

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Only two months previously Hester Rayner had left home a bride. “She is happy, I think,” was always the remark, accompanied by a sigh, made by her anxious mother, as she passed the closely written pages of the latest letter across the rectory breakfast table to her husband

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Rae, Milne: Geordie's Tryst. v1. 2 May 2016

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Milne Rae: Born : 1844 Willowbank, Aberdeenshire, Scotland: Lived : Madras/Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India;
Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland (final): Died : 1933 Apr 24 Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland

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“It’s a fule’s errand, I assure ye, Miss Grace, and on such an afternoon, too. I’ve been askin’ at old Adam the gardener, and he says there isna one o’ the kind left worth mindin’ in all the valley o’ Kirklands. So do not go wanderin’ on such an errand in this bitter wind, missy.”

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Rae, Milne: Rinaultrie. v1. 7 May 2016

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Milne Rae: Born : 1844 Willowbank, Aberdeenshire, Scotland: Lived : Madras/Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India;
Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland (final): Died : 1933 Apr 24 Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland

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The old mail-coach had, for the previous hour, been creeping up a steep road between stretches of brown morass. With exhilarating suddenness the bleak landscape changed The road began to dip between two wooded hills which towered on either side of the way, as if resolved that the first glimpse of the fair valley should be viewed through their protective giant gates.

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Ragged, Hyder: King Solomon’s Wives, or, The Phantom Mines (illus). v1. 28 Apr 2022

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With illustrations and illuminated chapter initials; artist not attributed.

A motley crew of would-be adventurers set out to find treasure in the wilds of Darkest Elsewhere. This parody of H. Rider Haggard's [King Solomon's Mines[/ (1885) is of Science Fiction interest specifically for the spoof description of how the protagonists travel in a balloon equipped with a device which keeps it stationary while the world turns beneath it. A fast and bumpy ride, sometimes veering off-road into regions of slapstick.

Hyder Ragged was the pseudonym of UK lawyer and author Henry Chartres Biron (1863-1940). This pseudonym has sometimes erroneously been ascribed to John de Morgan, himself the author of several Haggard parodies.

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[King Solomon’s Wives[/, by Henry Chartres Biron (1863-1940), was first published in 1887. [This ebook is in the public domain where copyright is “Life+80” or less, and in the USA[/.

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Raine, William MacLeod: A Daughter of Raasay. V1. 13 Apr 2010

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William MacLeod Raine (1871—1954), was a British-born American novelist who wrote fictional adventure stories about the American Old West.

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When this romance touches history the author believes that it is, in every respect, with one possible exception, in accord with the accepted facts. In detailing the history of “the ‘45’” and the sufferings of the misguided gentlemen who flung away the scabbard out of loyalty to a worthless cause, care has been taken to make the story agree with history. The writer does not of course indorse the view of Prince Charles’ character herein set forth by Kenneth Montagu, but there is abundant evidence to show that the Young Chevalier had in a very large degree those qualities which were lacking to none of the Stuarts: a charming personality and a gallant bearing. If his later life did not fulfil the promise of his youth, the unhappy circumstances which hampered him should be kept in mind as an extenuation.
The thanks of the writer are due for pertinent criticism to Miss Chase, to Mr. Arthur Chapman and to Mr. James Rain, and especially to Mr. Ellery Sedgwick, whose friendly interest and kindly encouragement have been unfailing.

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Raine, William MacLeod: A Daughter of the Dons. V1. 13 Apr 2010

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William MacLeod Raine (1871—1954), was a British-born American novelist who wrote fictional adventure stories about the American Old West.

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For hours Manuel Pesquiera had been rolling up the roof of the continent in an observation-car of the "Short Line."
His train had wound in and out through a maze of bewildering scenery, and was at last dipping down into the basin of the famous gold camp.

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Raine, William MacLeod: A Man Four-Square. V1. 15 Apr 2010

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William MacLeod Raine (1871—1954), was a British-born American novelist who wrote fictional adventure stories about the American Old West.

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A girl sat on the mossy river-bank in the dappled, golden sunlight. Frowning eyes fixed on a sweeping eddy, she watched without seeing the racing current. Her slim, supple body, crouched and tense, was motionless, but her soul seethed tumultuously. In the bosom of her coarse linsey gown lay hidden a note. Through it destiny called her to the tragic hour of decision.

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Raine, William MacLeod: A Texas Ranger. V1. 18 Apr 2010

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William MacLeod Raine (1871—1954), was a British-born American novelist who wrote fictional adventure stories about the American Old West.

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As she lay crouched in the bear-grass there came to the girl clearly the crunch of wheels over disintegrated granite. The trap had dipped into a draw, but she knew that presently it would reappear on the winding road. The knowledge smote her like a blast of winter, sent chills racing down her spine, and shook her as with an ague. Only the desperation of her plight spurred her flagging courage.

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Raine, William MacLeod: Brand Blotters v1 9 dec 2008

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William MacLeod Raine (1871—1954), was a British-born American novelist who wrote fictional adventure stories about the American Old West.

Brand Blotters is classical Western fare, really well made. MacLeod Raine is one of my favorite western authors.

Got it from PG, lightly illustrated.

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Raine, William MacLeod: Bucky O'Connor. V1. 12 Apr 2010

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William MacLeod Raine (1871—1954), was a British-born American novelist who wrote fictional adventure stories about the American Old West.

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She had been aware of him from the moment of his spectacular entrance, though no slightest sign of interest manifested itself in her indolent, incurious eyes. Indeed, his abundant and picturesque area was so vivid that it would have been difficult not to feel his presence anywhere, let alone on a journey so monotonous as this was proving to be.

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Raine, William MacLeod: Crooked Trails and Straight. V1. 12 Apr 2010

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William MacLeod Raine (1871—1954), was a British-born American novelist who wrote fictional adventure stories about the American Old West.

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Across Dry Valley a dust cloud had been moving for hours. It rolled into Saguache at the brisk heels of a bunch of horses just about the time the town was settling itself to supper. At the intersection of Main and La Junta streets the cloud was churned to a greater volume and density. From out of the heart of it cantered a rider, who swung his pony as on a half dollar, and deflected the remuda toward Chunn’s corral.

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Raine, William MacLeod: Gunsight Pass. V1. 14 Apr 2010

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William MacLeod Raine (1871—1954), was a British-born American novelist who wrote fictional adventure stories about the American Old West.

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It was a land of splintered peaks, of deep, dry gorges, of barren mesas burnt by the suns of a million torrid summers. The normal condition of it was warfare. Life here had to protect itself with a tough, callous rind, to attack with a swift, deadly sting. Only the fit survived.
But moonlight had magically touched the hot, wrinkled earth with a fairy godmother's wand. It was bathed in a weird, mysterious beauty. Into the crotches of the hills lakes of wondrous color had been poured at sunset. The crests had flamed with crowns of glory, the cañons become deep pools of blue and purple shadow. Blurred by kindly darkness, the gaunt ridges had softened to pastels of violet and bony mountains to splendid sentinels keeping watch over a gulf of starlit space.

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Raine, William MacLeod: Man Size. V1. 15 Apr 2010

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William MacLeod Raine (1871—1954), was a British-born American novelist who wrote fictional adventure stories about the American Old West.

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She stood on the crown of the hill, silhouetted against a sky-line of deepest blue. Already the sun was sinking in a crotch of the plains which rolled to the horizon edge like waves of a great land sea. Its reflected fires were in her dark, stormy eyes. Its long, slanted rays were a spotlight for the tall, slim figure, straight as that of a boy.

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Raine, William MacLeod: Mavericks v1 27 dec 2008

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"You can smell the saddle leather in these rip-snorting western yarns for Raine was a cowboy himself once, & after the Spanish-American war rode the plains with the Arizona Rangers. So the hiss of the branding iron & the music of spitting six-shooters are not strangers to him" [from a Grosset & Dunlap back jacket].

Have fun!

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Raine, William MacLeod: Oh, You Tex!. V1. 16 Apr 2010

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William MacLeod Raine (1871—1954), was a British-born American novelist who wrote fictional adventure stories about the American Old West.

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Day was breaking in the Panhandle. The line-rider finished his breakfast of buffalo-hump, coffee, and biscuits. He had eaten heartily, for it would be long after sunset before he touched food again.
Cheerfully and tunelessly he warbled a cowboy ditty as he packed his supplies and prepared to go.

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Raine, William MacLeod: Ridgway of Montana. V1. 17 Apr 2010

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William MacLeod Raine (1871—1954), was a British-born American novelist who wrote fictional adventure stories about the American Old West.

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"Mr. Ridgway, ma'am."
The young woman who was giving the last touches to the very effective picture framed in her long looking-glass nodded almost imperceptibly.
She had come to the parting of the ways, and she knew it, with a shrewd suspicion as to which she would choose. She had asked for a week to decide, and her heart-searching had told her nothing new. It was characteristic of Virginia Balfour that she did not attempt to deceive herself. If she married Waring Ridgway it would be for what she considered good and sufficient reasons, but love would not be one of them. He was going to be a great man, for one thing, and probably a very rich one, which counted, though it would not be a determining factor. This she could find only in the man himself, in the masterful force that made him what he was. The sandstings of life did not disturb his confidence in his victorious star, nor did he let fine-spun moral obligations hamper his predatory career. He had a genius for success in whatever he undertook, pushing his way to his end with a shrewd, direct energy that never faltered. She sometimes wondered whether she, too, like the men he used as tools, was merely a pawn in his game, and her consent an empty formality conceded to convention. Perhaps he would marry her even if she did not want to, she told herself, with the sudden illuminating smile that was one of her chief charms.

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Raine, William MacLeod: Steve Yeager. V1. 17 Apr 2010

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William MacLeod Raine (1871—1954), was a British-born American novelist who wrote fictional adventure stories about the American Old West.

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Steve Yeager held his bronco to a Spanish trot. Somewhere in front of him, among the brown hill swells that rose and fell like waves of the sea, lay Los Robles and breakfast. One solitary silver dollar, too lonesome even to jingle, lay in his flatulent trouser pocket. After he and Four Bits had eaten, two quarters would take the place of the big cartwheel. Then would come dinner, a second transfer of capital, and his pocket would be empty as a cow's stomach after a long drive.
Being dead broke, according to the viewpoint of S. Yeager, is right and fitting after a jaunt to town when one has a good job back in the hills. But it happened he had no more job than a rabbit. Wherefore, to keep up his spirits he chanted the endless metrical version of the adventures of Sam Bass, who
"... started out to Texas a cowboy for to be,
And a kinder-hearted fellow you scarcely ever'd see."

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Raine, William MacLeod: Tangled Trails. V1. 18 Apr 2010

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William MacLeod Raine (1871—1954), was a British-born American novelist who wrote fictional adventure stories about the American Old West.

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Esther McLean brought the afternoon mail in to Cunningham. She put it on the desk before him and stood waiting, timidly, afraid to voice her demand for justice, yet too desperately anxious to leave with it unspoken.
He leaned back in his swivel chair, his cold eyes challenging her.
"Well," he barked harshly.
She was a young, soft creature, very pretty in a kittenish fashion, both sensuous and helpless. It was an easy guess that unless fortune stood her friend she was a predestined victim to the world's selfish love of pleasure, and fortune, with a cynical smile, had stood aside and let her go her way.

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Raine, William MacLeod: The Big-Town Round-Up. V1. 12 Apr 2010

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William MacLeod Raine (1871—1954), was a British-born American novelist who wrote fictional adventure stories about the American Old West.

Excerpt
The driver of the big car throttled down. Since he had swung away from the dusty road to follow a wagon track across the desert, the speedometer had registered many miles. His eyes searched the ground in front to see whether the track led up the brow of the hill or dipped into the sandy wash.
On the breeze there floated to him the faint, insistent bawl of thirsty cattle. The car leaped forward again, climbed the hill, and closed in upon a remuda of horses watched by two wranglers.

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Raine, William MacLeod: The Fighting Edge. V1. 14 Apr 2010

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William MacLeod Raine (1871—1954), was a British-born American novelist who wrote fictional adventure stories about the American Old West.

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She stood in the doorway, a patched and ragged Cinderella of the desert. Upon her slim, ill-poised figure the descending sun slanted a shaft of glory. It caught in a spotlight the cheap, dingy gown, the coarse stockings through the holes of which white flesh peeped, the heavy, broken brogans that disfigured the feet. It beat upon a small head with a mass of black, wild-flying hair, on red lips curved with discontent, into dark eyes passionate and resentful at what fate had made of her young life. A silent, sullen lass, one might have guessed, and the judgment would have been true as most first impressions.

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Raine, William MacLeod: The Highgrader v1 3 feb 2009

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This is more an adventure tale than a Western, really. Raine was fond of placing his stories in the West of the States, though, as he felt at home there.

Oh and I fell in love with one of the characters. She is a small girl called Moya. Here's a litte excerpt to show you why:

[QUOTA young idealist, ætat four, was selling stars to put in the sky. She had cut them with her own scissors out of red tissue paper, so that she was able to give a guarantee.

"But you'll have to get the ladder out of our bedroom to put 'em up wiv," she told purchasers honestly.

The child was a wild dark creature, slim and elfish, with a queer little smile that flashed sudden as an April sun.

It was evening, on the promenade deck of an ocean liner. The sea was like glass and the swell hardly perceptible. Land was in sight, a vague uneven line rising mist-like on the horizon. Before morning the Victorian would be running up the St. Lawrence. Even for the most squeamish the discomforts of the voyage lay behind. A pleasant good fellowship was in the air. In some it took the form of an idle contentment, a vague regret that ties newly formed must so soon be broken. In others it found an expression more buoyant. Merry voices of shuffleboard players drifted forward. Young couples paced the deck and leaned over the rail to watch the phosphorescent glow. The open windows of the smoking-room gave forth the tinkle of glasses and the low rattle of chips. All sounds blended into a mellow harmony.

"What's your price on a whole constellation with a lovers' moon thrown in?" inquired a young man lounging in a deck chair.

The vendor of stars looked at him in her direct serious fashion. "I fink I tan't sell you all 'at, but I'll make you a moon to go wiv the stars--not a weally twuly one, jus' a make-believe moon," she added in a whisper.[/QUOT

Hey, I know that I'm sentimental. So what?

Great read. Cover made from frontispiece.

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Raine, William MacLeod: The Pirate of Panama. V1. 16 Apr 2010

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William MacLeod Raine (1871—1954), was a British-born American novelist who wrote fictional adventure stories about the American Old West.

Excerpt
Since I was five-and-twenty, in tip-top health, and Irish by descent, I whistled while the windswept drops splashed the shine from my shoes. Rain or sun, 'twas a good little old world, though, faith! I could have wished it a less humdrum one.
For every morning I waited at that same time and place for the same car to take me to my desk in the offices of Kester & Wilcox, and every day I did the same sort of routine grubbing in preparation of cases for more experienced lawyers to handle.
William MacLeod Raine (1871—1954), was a British-born American novelist who wrote fictional adventure stories about the American Old West.

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Raine, William MacLeod: The Sheriff's Son. V1. 17 Apr 2010

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William MacLeod Raine (1871—1954), was a British-born American novelist who wrote fictional adventure stories about the American Old West.

Excerpt
Through the mesquite a horse moved deviously, following the crooked trail of least resistance. A man was in the saddle and in front of him a little boy nodding with sleep. The arm of the rider cradled the youngster against the lurches of the pony's gait.
The owner of the arm looked down at the tired little bundle it was supporting. A wistful tenderness was in the leathery face. To the rest of the world he was a man of iron. To this wee bit of humanity he was a nurse, a playmate, a slave.

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Raine, William MacLeod: The Vision Splendid. V1. 18 Apr 2010

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William MacLeod Raine (1871—1954), was a British-born American novelist who wrote fictional adventure stories about the American Old West.

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A lean, wiry boy, hatchet-faced, stared with dreamy eyes out of the window of his prison. By raising himself in his seat while the teacher was not looking he could catch a silvery gleam of the river through the great firs. His thoughts were far afield. They were not concerned with the capitals of the States he was supposed to be learning, but had fared forth to the reborn earth, to the stir and movement of creeping things. The call of nature awakening from its long winter sleep drummed in his heart. He could sympathize with the bluebottle buzzing against the sunny windowpane in its efforts to reach the free world outside.

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Raine, William MacLeod: The Yukon Trail. V1. 19 Apr 2010

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William MacLeod Raine (1871—1954), was a British-born American novelist who wrote fictional adventure stories about the American Old West.

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The midnight sun had set, but in a crotch between two snow-peaks it had kindled a vast caldron from which rose a mist of jewels, garnet and turquoise, topaz and amethyst and opal, all swimming in a sea of molten gold. The glow of it still clung to the face of the broad Yukon, as a flush does to the soft, wrinkled cheek of a girl just roused from deep sleep.

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Ralphson, G. Harvey: Boy Scouts on Hudson Bay. v1. 24 Sep 07

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American juvenile fiction from 1914, as per the title.

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Randall, Homer: Army Boys Omnibus v1, 31 Mar 2008

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The 1919 [Army Boys Series[/ by author, Homer Randall. These stories paint true-to-life pictures of what our brave soldier boys did, in the training camps, aboard the transport, and on the battlefields in World War One.

These books were written in the tradition of the [High School Boys[/ juvenile series that HarryT was kind enough to post. Maybe just a tad edgier, but not much.

I could only find three books in the six-part [Army Boys[/ series and I've combined them into this volume. As I track down the others, I'll update this file. Don't let that stop you from reading these, because each book sums up what happened in the book before. These books are great reads. It may be a long time before the other volumes appear as e-books, so please don't wait for them before you dive in.

The books in this omnibus are:
Army Boys in the French Trenches; Or, Hand to Hand Fights with the Enemy

Army Boys Marching Into Germany; Or, Over the Rhine With the Stars and Stripes

Army boys on German Soil

Oddly enough though, I could find NO info about these books on Wikipedia or anywhere else. So I've been piecing together what I could from the stories themselves.

A quick summary (happens in the first book in the series):
Frank Sheldon, Bart Raymond, Tom Bradford and Billy Waldon had all been born and brought up in Camport, a thriving American city of about twenty-five thousand people. They had known each other from boyhood, attended the same school, played on the same baseball field and were warm friends.
After a patriotic episode in their hometown (Frank was forced to fight a burly neighbor who had insulted the American flag), Frank and his friends joined the old Thirty-seventh regiment. This regiment had a glorious record in the Civil War, and had recently seen service on the Mexican border. It also happened to be made up chiefly of Camport boys. World War One had just started, so Frank and friends were sent to Camp Boone for their preliminary training and put through their paces in rifle shooting, grenade throwing, bayonet practice and all the other exercises that turn boys into soldiers.

There's plenty of fun mixed in with the hard work, and they have many stirring adventures together, including capturing a Zeppelin! Not so pleasant, though somewhat amusing, was the fact that their hometown bully, Nick Rabig was drafted and ended up in their regiment as well. This leads to some interesting complications.

[Book One - Army Boys in France: This book isn't available in e-book format yet, but if and when it does become available, I'll add it. This missing book shouldn't keep you from reading the others though, because they are fairly self-contained and sum up the preceding events for you.[/

Book Two - Army Boys in the French Trenches: The army boys are in the thick of the fighting--open fighting in the field is the order of the day. They get trapped in cellar of a ruined house, where they overhear the discussion of important enemy secrets in the room overhead. The eventually get taken prisoner. Can an American airplane, seeping down upon their captors, rescue the boys and get them back to the American lines?

Book Three - Army Boys On the Firing Line: By this time the boys are no longer recruits, but veteran fighters and all they've learned will be fully tested. It's the Spring of 1918 and the enemy is preparing for their last desperate drive. The Americans are brought to the front to check the thrust of the Crown Prince's army toward Paris, and the old Thirty-seventh finds itself in the very thick of the fighting. During these events, the Army boys are separated for the first time because Tom gets taken prisoner. The boys are brought again and again within arm's length of death. Also, there's an unmasking of a traitor...

[Book Four - Army Boys In the Big Drive: This book isn't available in e-book format yet, but if and when it does become available, I'll add it..[/

[Book Five - Army Boys Marching Into Germany: This book isn't available in e-book format yet, but if and when it does become available, I'll add it.[/

Book Six: Army boys on German Soil: The final book in the series. The American Army Boys are fighting for their lives against enemies who greatly outnumber them. Already they had held out for hours, and although some of their comrades had been killed and others wounded, they had no thoughts of surrender. This book also describes the end of the war.

Sorry for the long post! This omnibus took a lot of work and research, but it's such a great find that I couldn't pass up the opportunity to share these. Happy reading...

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Rank, Otto: The Myth of The Birth of The Hero, v.1, 23 Nov 2008

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From Sacred-Texts:

Otto Rank, (b. 1884, d. 1939), was a brilliant Austrian psychologist who was part of Sigmund Freud's inner circle. This early monograph by Rank is a groundbreaking application of the psychoanalytic method to comparative mythology. At the turn of the 20th century psychologists were beginning to attempt to unravel the mysteries of the human psyche, particularly through the medium of classical mythology. This would later lead to the insights of Jung, Joseph Campbell and others. But one of the first scholars who explored this convergence was Otto Rank.

One of the most vexing questions of comparative mythology, which will be more than obvious to even casual readers of this site [www.sacred-texts.com], are the cross-cultural similarities in myths, folklore and legends. For instance, the flood myth, the heroic quest, and particularly birth-tales of the hero, appear around the world, from Africa to South America. When this was written the study of mythology was emerging from a period where attempts to explain this by diffusion or astronomical phenomena had been exhausted. Rank instead attempted to explain these common motifs in terms of what he believed to be psychological universals.

In this study Rank looks at a a wide variety of Eurasian hero birth narratives, including Greek, Roman, Judeo-Christian, Indian, and Germanic legendary figures. He uses the methodology and vocabulary of classic Freudian psychoanalysis to do so. The middle part of this book, where Rank enumerates some of these tales, will be the most useful for modern readers, as he draws on a wide range of sources, some of them fairly obscure. In the last part he puts these myths 'on the couch' as it were, and ties up his thesis very coherently.
The original print edition of this work contains many footnotes, most of which are merely bibilographic citations though a fair number add interesting descriptive information to the main text. I have taken the liberty of omitting the purely bibliographic footnotes from this ebook version and have retained and renumbered the descriptive ones. You can see the complete edition online at www.sacred-texts.com.

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Rankin, Carroll Watson: The Adopting of Rosa Marie. v1. 8 Apr 2015

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Rankin, Carroll Watson, 1870- ¶

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Rosa Marie, awed by her strange surroundings, played her part most beautifully. For a long moment she sat perfectly still. But, just as Simmons leaned forward to take a better look at her, Rosa Marie, who had suddenly caught a whiff of pungent smoke from the joss-sticks that Henrietta had lighted to create a proper atmosphere for her gods and goddesses, gave a sudden sneeze. The effect was all that could be desired. Simmons leaped backward and Greta, who was excitable, gave a piercing shriek.

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Rankin, Carroll Watson: The Castaways of Pete's Patch. v1. 9 Apr 2015

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Rankin, Carroll Watson, 1870- ¶

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When the biggest lake there is chooses to go on one of her very best rampages, even the bravest of mariners make as speedily as possible for safe harbors. At midnight, therefore, following a certain blustery day in early summer, it was not strange that the huge, storm-tossed lake appeared, for as far as eye could reach, absolutely deserted.
Somewhere, however, on that fearfully tumultuous sea, one direly threatened craft was still abroad, and, what is a greater marvel, still afloat. At best, the ancient yawl was but a poor excuse for a ship; now, at her worst, she was little more than a raft. Driven before the wind, tossed here and there by the buffeting waves, she carried a solitary passenger and only a little one at that.

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Rankin, Carroll Watson: The Cinder Pond. v1. 10 Apr 2015

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Rankin, Carroll Watson, 1870- ¶

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There was reason for haste. Only a second before, the very best suit of boys’ clothing in Bancroft had tumbled suddenly over the edge to hit the water with a most terrific splash. Now, there was a wide circle on the surface, with bubbles coming up.
It was an excellent suit of clothes that went into the lake. Navy-blue serge, fashioned by Bancroft’s best tailor to fit Roger Fairchild, who was much too plump for ready-made clothes. But here were those costly garments at the very bottom of Lake Superior; not in the very deepest part, fortunately, but deep enough. And that was not all. Their youthful owner was inside them.

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Raspe, Rudolf Erich: Baron Münchhausens Eventyr (Illustr.)[Norwegian]. V1. 13 Mai 201

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Komplett samling av Münchhausens skrøner, med illustrasjoner av Gustave Doré.
Teksten er hentet fra wikisource.no, og er basert på Nico Hambros oversettelse fra 1919.

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Raspe, Rudolf Erich: The Surprising Adventures of Baron Munchausen. Nov 24 2007

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The Baron was a real man in the british army who was posted in various places throughout the British empire in the 1700's. When he came home he apparently used to regale all his friends and neighbors with tall tales based on his travels. They seemed to become wilder and and wilder flights of fancy and lies until he became legend.

Fairly funny book.. In the Paul Bunyan tradition of exaggeration. In one chapter they catch a shark with 6 live birds still alive in its stomach and one of the hens is sitting on an egg that hatches, then the ships cat nurses the baby chick as her own kitten. The Baron's astounding feats included riding cannonballs, travelling to the Moon, and escaping from a swamp by pulling himself up by his own hair.

The Adventures of Baron Munchausen is one of the most famous book of tall tales. It is based on stories told by Karl Friedrich von Münchhausen, a retired army captain, who was noted for his exaggerated and fantastic accounts of his war adventures and hunting experiences. The German scientist and librarian Rudolf Erich Raspe produced the first, small book based on these and some other stories.

Several people jumped on the bandwagon and wrote multiple versions of his tall tales.

He became so infamous that a meantal illness was named after him, Munchausen syndrome is a psychiatric disorder in which those affected feign disease, illness, or psychological trauma in order to draw attention or sympathy to themselves.

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Roy

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Raspe, Rudolf: The Surprising Adventures of Baron Munchausen (illus). v1. 31 Jan 2020

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The Surprising Adventures of Baron Munchausen
By Rudolf Erich Raspe (1737-1794) and anonymous contributors

Illustrated by William Strang (1859–1921) and J. B. Clark (1857–1938)

Introduction by Thomas Seccombe (1866–1923)

Baron Munchausen, the fictional German nobleman created by Rudolf Erich Raspe, is an iconic character who spins the tallest of tall tales.

This series of comedic adventures is narrated by the Baron himself, recounting near-impossible exploits around the globe, and even beyond. He has been known to catch flying cannonballs with his bare hands, to spend four-and-one-half hours in the stomach of a gigantic fish, to build a bridge from Africa to England, to climb to the Moon via beanstalk. Clearly, this is a hero not to be scorned.

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The character is loosely based on a real baron who became a minor celebrity within German aristocratic circles for telling outrageous tall tales based on his military career. Perhaps fearing a libel suit, Raspe, a German writer, scientist, and con artist, never acknowledged his authorship of the work, which was only established posthumously. The initial nucleus of “Baron Munchausen,” written by Raspe (Chapters 2 through 6), was first published in 1785. The following century saw the publication of numerous editions with many anonymously written additions. (See the Introduction for a complete history of this book.)

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The source for this ebook, [The Surprising Adventures of Baron Munchausen[/, illustrated by Strang and Clark, was published in 1895 by Lawrence and Bullen, London. This book is in the public domain in countries where the copyright term is “Life+80” or less, and in the USA.

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Frankly, the first half of the book is the best, the second half has a lot of topical satire on personalities and politics of the time. But you will find general satire, fantasy, a bit of science fiction, and lots of just plain fun.

Enjoy the fibs with a clear conscience.
;)

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Rawlings, Marjorie Kinnan: Cross Creek, v.1, 3 Nov 2007

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Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings was an American author who lived in rural Florida and wrote novels with rural themes and settings.

In 1928, with a small inheritance from her mother, the Rawlingses purchased a 72 acre (290,000 m²) orange grove near Hawthorne, Florida, in a hamlet named Cross Creek for its location between Orange Lake and Lochloosa Lake. She brought the place to international fame through her writing. She was fascinated with the remote wilderness and the lives of Cross Creek residents, her Cracker neighbors, and felt a profound and transforming connection to the region and the land. Wary at first, the local residents soon warmed to her and opened up their lives and experiences to her. Marjorie filled several notebooks with descriptions of the animals, plants, Southern dialect, and recipes and used these descriptions in her writings.

In 1942, Rawlings published Cross Creek, which was an autobiographical account of her relationships with both her neighbors and her beloved Florida hammocks. Again it was chosen by the Book-of-the-Month Club, and it was even released in a special armed forces edition, sent to servicemen during World War II.

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Rawlings, Marjorie Kinnan: The Yearling, v.1, 3 Nov 2007

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Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings was an American author who lived in rural Florida and wrote novels with rural themes and settings. Her best known work, The Yearling, about a boy who adopts an orphaned fawn, won a Pulitzer Prize for fiction in 1939 and was later made into a movie. It was also selected for the Book-of-the-Month Club.
The book was written long before the concept of young-adult fiction, but is now commonly included in teen-reading lists.

With illustrations by N.C. Wyeth.

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Rawlings, Marjorie Kinnan: The Yearling. 05 April 2008

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A great novel from many of our younger days. (Required reading in 7th grade for me.) A great American novel of the passage from childhood to young adult. To say more would be to give the plot away.

Now BenG did a lovely version of this book last October. This is, as Dr Drib would say, formatted to my specs. All original graphics are included.

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Raymond, Evelyn: A Daughter of the Forest. v1. 11 Apr 2015

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Raymond, Evelyn, 1843-1910

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Mother Angelique’s anxious call rang out over the water, once, twice, many times. But, though she shaded her brows with her hands and strained her keen ears to listen, there was no one visible and no response came back to her. So she climbed the hill again and, reëntering the cabin, began to stir with almost vicious energy the contents of a pot swinging in the wide fireplace. As she toiled she muttered and wagged her gray head with sage misgivings.

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Raymond, Evelyn: A Sunny Little Lass. A Sunny Little Lass. v1. 16 Apr 2015

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Raymond, Evelyn, 1843-1910

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It was in “the littlest house in Ne’ York” that Glory lived, with grandpa and Bo’sn, the dog, so she, and its owner, often boasted; and whether this were actually true or not, it certainly was so small that no other sort of tenant than the blind captain could have bestowed himself, his grandchild, and their few belongings in it.

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Raymond, Evelyn: Divided Skates. v1. 11 Apr 2015

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Raymond, Evelyn, 1843-1910

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Nobody except Miss Lucy Armacost would have thought of starting an orphan asylum with one orphan. Even she might not have done it but for Molly Johns. As for Molly, she never dreamed of such a thing.

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Raymond, Evelyn: Dorothy at Oak Knowe. v1. 12 Apr 2015

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Raymond, Evelyn, 1843-1910

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But her heart sank and it was a forlorn little girl, indeed, who looked anxiously around seeking some face on which might be a smile of welcome. But nobody paid any attention to her, except the obstreperous hackmen, and in a sudden fright she let fall the tears she had so bravely kept back until then. It had been a long and lonely journey, but she had been assured that she would be promptly met and cared for when it ended. Now, amid all the throng of travelers and those who awaited them, not one was looking for a “dark haired girl in navy blue” and the tears fell faster as she cried aloud:

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Raymond, Evelyn: Dorothy at Skyrie. v1. 12 Apr 2015

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Raymond, Evelyn, 1843-1910

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“We haven’t, neither. We’ve come to spend the day. Ma she said she thought you might be lonesome and ‘twasn’t no more’n neighborly to start in to once. More’n that, she’s glad to get us out the way, ‘cause she’s going down mounting to the ‘other village’ to ‘Liza Jane’s store—Claretta, stop suckin’ your thumb! Dorothy Chester don’t do that, and ma said she’d put some more that picra on it if you don’t quit—to buy us some gingham for dresses. She heard ‘Liza Jane had got in a lot real cheap and she’s going to get a web ‘fore it’s all picked over.”

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Raymond, Evelyn: Dorothy on a House Boat. v1. 13 Apr 2015

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Raymond, Evelyn, 1843-1910

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Those who have followed the story of Dorothy Calvert’s life thus far will remember that it has been full of interest and many adventures—pleasant and otherwise. Beginning as a foundling left upon the steps of a little house in Brown street, Baltimore, she was adopted by its childless owners, a letter-carrier and his wife. When his health failed she removed with them to the Highlands of the Hudson. There followed her “Schooling” at a fashionable academy; her vacation “Travels” in beautiful Nova Scotia; her “House Party” at the home of her newly discovered great aunt, Mrs. Betty Calvert; their winter together “In California”; a wonderful summer “On a Ranch” in Colorado; and now the early autumn has found the old lady and the girl once more in the ancestral home of the Calverts. Enjoying their morning’s mail in the pleasant library of old Bellvieu, they are both astonished by the contents of one letter which offers for Dorothy’s acceptance the magnificent gift of a “House-Boat.” What follows the receipt of this letter is now to be told.

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Raymond, Evelyn: Dorothy on a Ranch. v1. 13 Apr 2015

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Raymond, Evelyn, 1843-1910

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“Just think, Alfy Babcock, of owning a real car, going and stopping just as you please, same’s riding in a carriage with horses! Even darling Aunt Betty, who’s been ’most everywhere and seen ’most everything, in her long life, never travelled ‘private coaching’ this way before. I hate to think it’s over, that I’ll have to say good-by to her so soon. Seems if I ought not. Seems if she’ll be dreadful lonesome without me all summer. I’m her own folks and I—I believe I shall go home with her after all, ’stead of into the mountains to that ranch with the Gray Lady.”

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Raymond, Evelyn: Dorothy's House Party. v1. 13 Apr 2015

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Nor was he the only one to make them useful; for it followed that the Deerhurst “infair,” begun on the night before and planned to extend over several days must be abruptly ended. The hostess was herself summoned elsewhere, to attend the sick bed of a lifelong friend, and the summons was not one to be denied. Even while she was reading the brief note she knew that she must forsake her post and with a thrill of pride reflected that now she had one of her own kin to install in her place. Young as Dorothy was she must act as the hostess of Deerhurst, even to these gray-headed guests now gathered there. But, presently it appeared, that there would be no guests to entertain. President Ryall was needed to supervise some changes at his college; merchant Ihrie must hasten to disentangle some badly mixed business affairs; Dr. Mantler would miss the “most interesting case on record if he did not come at once to his hospital;” and so, to the four old“boys,” who had camped together in the Markland forests, the end of playtime had indeed come, and each after his kind must resume his man’s work for the world.

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Raymond, Evelyn: Dorothy's Tour. v1. 14 Apr 2015

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Dorothy at this period was a winsome girl indeed. She had good looks, which is always a worthy asset, then her artistic temperament and perhaps her musical training had combined with other natural attributes in the building of a character charmingly responsive. She had been frequently complimented for her musical talent, but bore her honor simply and unaffectedly.

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Raymond, Evelyn: Dorothy's Travels. v1. 14 Mar 2015

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The tone was kind but the statement sounded like a knell in poor Alfaretta’s ears. Thousands of times she had watched the many boats pass up and down the river, but only once had she been upon any and that was a row-boat. It had been the dream of her life to voyage, as she was doing now, far and away beyond those Highlands, that seemed to meet and clasp hands across the mighty stream, and see the wonderful world that lay beyond. For the boats always disappeared around that projecting point of rock and forest, and so she knew that the mountains did not meet but merely seemed so to do. Well, of course, she wasn’t to find out about them to-day. She knew that quite well, because her own landing was on this side the “Point” and she could go no further. Indeed, could she now go even so far?

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Raymond, Evelyn: Dorothy's Triumph. v1. 15 Apr 2015

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Raymond, Evelyn, 1843-1910

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“Say, Jim, dear, often when I ponder over my life it seems like some brilliant dream. Just think of being left a squalling baby for Mrs. Calvert, my great-aunt, to take care of, then sent to Mother Martha and Father John, because Aunt Betty felt that she should be free from the care of raising a troublesome child. Then, after I’ve grown into a sizable girl, in perfect ignorance as to my real parentage, Aunt Betty meets and likes me, and is anxious to get me back again. Then Judge Breckenridge and others take a hand in the matter of hunting up my real name and pedigree, with the result that Aunt Betty finally owns up to my being her kith and kin, and receives me with open arms at Deerhurst. Since then, I, Dorothy Elisabeth Somerset-Calvert, F. F. V., etc., etc., changed from near-poverty to at least a comfortable living, with all my heart could desire and more, have had one continuous good time. Yes, Jim, it is too strange and too good to be true.”

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Raymond, Evelyn: Dorothy. v1. 11 Apr 2015

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Raymond, Evelyn, 1843-1910

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THE FATE OF POSTMAN JOHN CHESTER’S DAUGHTER DOROTHY STILL UNKNOWN
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KIDNAPPING AND MURDER THE PROBABLE SOLUTION OF THE MYSTERY.

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Raymond, Evelyn: Jessica Trent. v1. 15 Apr 2015

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Raymond, Evelyn, 1843-1910

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The stranger obeyed, perforce, for his spirited animal having now headed up the slope, continued on his course at breakneck speed, pursued at equal pace by the unknown creature that had terrified him.

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Raymond, Evelyn: Jessica, the Heiress. v1. 15 Apr 2015

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Raymond, Evelyn, 1843-1910

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Question and answer followed swiftly, and again Samson was off down the slope, headed now for distant Marion, the least likely of all places wherein his darling might be found. Once he was out of sight, the Winkler household resolved itself into an additional search party; and it was noticeable that, whereas formerly, when they were leaving the home, they would carefully secure the cabin against intruders, they now disdained any further preparation than kicking the kitten out of doors, and removing the kettle of boiling stew from the fireplace to the ground before the door. A fleeting smile did cross Elsa’s face, as she reflected that the meddler with her knitting would probably scald itself in the pot, but she didn’t care. Her whole mind was now set upon Sobrante and itsmistress, and so eager was she to reach the spot that she set off on her long walk with an alacrity she had not shown since the discovery of the robbery.

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Raymond, Evelyn: Reels and Spindles. v1. 16 Apr 2015

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Raymond, Evelyn, 1843-1910

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It was love for others which made Amy Kaye make use of the first opportunity which offered, even though it was an humble one and she was handicapped by ignorance. But having once decided what course was right for her, she followed it with a singleness of purpose and a thoroughness of effort which brought a prompt success. The help she was to others was no small part of this success. For in an age of shams and low ideals the influence of even one sincere girl is far-reaching; and when to that sincerity she adds the sympathy which makes another’s interests as vital to her as her own, this influence becomes incalculable for good.

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Raymond, Evelyn: The Brass Bound Box. v1. 10 Apr 2015

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Raymond, Evelyn, 1843-1910

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Marsden was one of the few villages of our populous country yet left remote from any line of railway. The chief events of its quiet days were the morning and evening arrivals and departures of the mail-coach, whose driver still retained the almost obsolete custom of blowing a horn to signal his approach.

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Raymond, Evelyn: The Sun Maid. v1. 16 Apr 2015

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Raymond, Evelyn, 1843-1910

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“They are all fools. All. They know that Black Partridge cannot lie, yet they believe not his words. The white man lies, and works his own destruction. His doom be on his head!”
As his thought took this line the chief’s brow grew still more stern, and an expression of contempt curled the corners of his wide, thin lips. A savage though he was, at that moment he felt himself immeasurably superior to the pale-faces whom he had known; and in the consciousness of his integrity he held his tall form even more erect, while he turned his face toward the sky in gratitude to that Great Spirit who had made him what he was.

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Raymond, Walter: Charity Chance. v1. 15 Dec 2016

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Walter Raymond: Born : 1852 Mar 13 Lived : Nether Stowey, Somerset, England (final): Died : 1931 (wrongly 1930) Apr 2 Southampton, Hampshire, England

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To see at a glance the little hamlet of Babblecombeyou must stand upon the crest of the hill.
There in the coombe below, its half-a-dozen houses, thatched and whitewashed, snugly lie together close, like eggs of a greenfinch in a nest of twigs and moss. The road which wanders winding down the hill runs straight in front. The woods, which upon one side cover the steep, reach down to the slanting gardens at the back. The brook is so small and overgrown with bushes, you would never know it was there but for a gleam of silver where it feeds the mill.

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Raymond, Walter: Fortune's Darling. v1. 18 Dec 2016

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Walter Raymond: Born : 1852 Mar 13 Lived : Nether Stowey, Somerset, England (final): Died : 1931 (wrongly 1930) Apr 2 Southampton, Hampshire, England

OAKLEIGH AND BRISTLINGTON
WHORBURY
THE EGREGIOUS ENGAGEMENT

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Raymond, Walter: Gentleman Upcott's Daughter. v1. 20 Dec 2016

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Walter Raymond: Born : 1852 Mar 13 Lived : Nether Stowey, Somerset, England (final): Died : 1931 (wrongly 1930) Apr 2 Southampton, Hampshire, England

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A PROCESSION of wagons was drawn up in the open space before “ The Sparkford Inn.” The old sign-board shone in the sun and shook in the March wind. Around the porch beneath clustered a wagoner and his boys. The host, having brought out a quart cup, stood by for a gossip. The wagoner drank deeply and seriously. Reflected. Drank again: then smiled wisely.

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Raymond, Walter: No Soul Above Money. v1. 23 Dec 2016

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Walter Raymond: Born : 1852 Mar 13 Lived : Nether Stowey, Somerset, England (final): Died : 1931 (wrongly 1930) Apr 2 Southampton, Hampshire, England

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Far away, behind Penscelwood, the first streak of summer dawn came breaking above the level ridge of the hills—one thin, straight line of crimson, like a rent in the grey curtain of the night.

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Raymond, Walter: Tryphena In Love. v1. 25 Dec 2016

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Walter Raymond: Born : 1852 Mar 13 Lived : Nether Stowey, Somerset, England (final): Died : 1931 (wrongly 1930) Apr 2 Southampton, Hampshire, England

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What king, why, whither and from whom fleeing, was of little consequence to the villagers of Stow.

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Raymond, Walter: Two Men O' Mendip. v1. 26 Dec 2016

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Walter Raymond: Born : 1852 Mar 13 Lived : Nether Stowey, Somerset, England (final): Died : 1931 (wrongly 1930) Apr 2 Southampton, Hampshire, England

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When little Patty Winterhead took to talking, how she would go on, to be sure! No matter what came into the head of her, out it popped as straight as a gun-barrel. She didn’t keep anything back—not she— not for the time being. But then again, sometimes, when all the folk were cackling away like a charm of birds, Patty Winter-head would sit so silent as a mumchance, and never so much as speak one word.

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Read, Opie Percival: A Yankee from the West. v1. 22 Apr 2015

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Opie Percival Read (born December 22, 1852, Nashville Tennessee; d. November 2, 1939, Chicago Illinois) was a prolific American journalist and humorist. His bibliography lists 60 published books.

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In his mind the traveler holds of Illinois a tiresome picture, the kitchen garden of a great people, a flat and unromantic necessity. The greatest of men have trod the level ground, but it is hard to mark history upon a plane; there is no rugged place on which to hang a wreath, and on the prairie the traveling eye is accommodated by no inn whereat it may halt to rest. Such is the Illinois as remembered by the hastening tourist. But in the southern part of the State there are mountains, and in the north, the scene of this story, there is a spread and a roll of romantic country—the green billows of Wisconsin gently breaking into Illinois; lakes scattered like a handful of jewels thrown broadcast, quiet rivers singing low among the rushes. Traveling north, we have left the slim, man-tended tree of the prairies, and here we find the great oak.

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Read, Opie Percival: An Arkansas Planter. v1. 18 Apr 2015

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Opie Percival Read (born December 22, 1852, Nashville Tennessee; d. November 2, 1939, Chicago Illinois) was a prolific American journalist and humorist. His bibliography lists 60 published books.

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Lying along the Arkansas River, a few miles below Little Rock, there is a broad strip of country that was once the domain of a lordly race of men. They were not lordly in the sense of conquest; no rusting armor hung upon their walls; no ancient blood-stains blotched their stairways—there were no skeletons in dungeons deep beneath the banquet hall. But in their own opinion they were just as great as if they had possessed these gracious marks of medieval distinction.

Note: 54 Illustrations

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Read, Opie Percival: Bolanyo. v1. 19 Apr 2015

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Opie Percival Read (born December 22, 1852, Nashville Tennessee; d. November 2, 1939, Chicago Illinois) was a prolific American journalist and humorist. His bibliography lists 60 published books.

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On the night of the 26th of April our company closed an engagement at the St. Charles Theatre in New Orleans; and before the clocks began to strike the hour of twelve, our bags and baggage had been tumbled on board a steamboat headed for St. Louis. The prospects of the National Dramatic Company had been bright; competent critics had pronounced our new play a work of true and sympathetic art, before production, but had slashed at our tender vitals when the piece had passed from rehearsal to presentation. The bad beginning in the East had not truthfully foretold a good ending in the South.

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Read, Opie Percival: Judge Elbridge. v1. 20 Apr 2015

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Opie Percival Read (born December 22, 1852, Nashville Tennessee; d. November 2, 1939, Chicago Illinois) was a prolific American journalist and humorist. His bibliography lists 60 published books.

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When John Elbridge retired from the bench, the newspapers said that he had been an honorable judge. He was not a pioneer, but had come to Chicago at a time which we now call an early day, when churches rang their bells where now there is a jungle of trade, when the legs of the Giant of the West were in the ache of “growing pains;” at a time when none but the most visionary dreamed that a mud-hole full of old boots, dead rats, cats, dogs, could ever be worth a million of dollars.

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Read, Opie Percival: Old Ebenezer. v1. 20 Apr 2015

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Opie Percival Read (born December 22, 1852, Nashville Tennessee; d. November 2, 1939, Chicago Illinois) was a prolific American journalist and humorist. His bibliography lists 60 published books.

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In more than one of the sleepy neighborhoods that lay about the drowsy town of Old Ebenezer, Sam Lyman had lolled and dreamed. He had come out of the keen air of Vermont, and for a time he was looked upon as a marvel of energy, but the soft atmosphere of a southwestern state soothed the Yankee worry out of his walk, and made him content to sit in the shade, to wait for the other man to come; and, as the other man was doing the same thing, rude hurry was not a feature of any business transaction. Of course the smoothing of Lyman’s Yankee ruffles had taken some time. He had served as cross-tie purchaser for a new railway, had kept books and split slabs for kindling wood at a saw mill; then, as an assistant to the proprietor of a cross-roads store, he had counted eggs and bargained for chickens, with a smile for a gingham miss and a word of religious philosophy for the dame in home-spun.

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Read, Opie Percival: The Colossus. v1. 19 Apr 2014

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Opie Percival Read (born December 22, 1852, Nashville Tennessee; d. November 2, 1939, Chicago Illinois) was a prolific American journalist and humorist. His bibliography lists 60 published books.

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When the slow years of youth were gone and the hastening time of manhood had come, the first thing that Henry DeGolyer, looking back, could call from a mysterious darkness into the dawn of memory was that he awoke one night in the cold arms of his dead mother. That was in New Orleans. The boy’s father had aspired to put the face of man upon lasting canvas, but appetite invited whisky to mix with his art, and so upon dead walls he painted the trade-mark bull, and in front of museums he exaggerated the distortion of the human freak.

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Read, Opie Percival: The Jucklins. v1. 20 Apr 2015

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Opie Percival Read (born December 22, 1852, Nashville Tennessee; d. November 2, 1939, Chicago Illinois) was a prolific American journalist and humorist. His bibliography lists 60 published books.

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The neighbors and our family began to laugh at me about as far back as I can remember, and I think that the first serious remark my father ever addressed to me was, “Bill, you are too lazy to amount to anything in this life, so I reckon we’ll have to make a school teacher of you.” I don’t know why he should have called me lazy; I suppose it must have been on account of my awkwardness. Lazy, why, I could sit all day and fish in one place and not get a bite, while my more industrious companions would, out of sheer exhaustion of patience, be compelled to move about; and I hold that patience is the very perfection of industry.

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Read, Opie Percival: The Starbucks. v1. 21 Apr 2015

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Opie Percival Read (born December 22, 1852, Nashville Tennessee; d. November 2, 1939, Chicago Illinois) was a prolific American journalist and humorist. His bibliography lists 60 published books.

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In every age of the world people who live close to nature have, by the more cultivated, been classed as peculiar. An ignorant nation is brutal, but an uneducated community in the midst of an enlightened nation is quaint, unconsciously softened by the cultivation and refinement of institutions that lie far away. In such communities live poets with lyres attuned to drollery. Moved by the grandeurs of nature, the sunrise, the sunset, the storm among the mountains, the tiller of the gullied hill-side field is half dumb, but with those apt “few words which are seldom spent in vain,” he charicatures his own sense of beauty, mingling rude metaphor with the language of “manage” to a horse.

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Read, Opie Percival: Up Terrapin River.

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Opie Percival Read (born December 22, 1852, Nashville Tennessee; d. November 2, 1939, Chicago Illinois) was a prolific American journalist and humorist. His bibliography lists 60 published books.

UP TERRAPIN RIVER
BEHIND A BUGLER.
IN THE CUMBERLAND MOUNTAINS.
A COMMERCIAL RIP-SNORTER.
HIS FRIEND FLANDERS.
HENDRICKS KNEW IT.
WEARING OUT THE CARPET.
A BRIDEGROOM.
DAVE SUMMERS.
THE CAPTAIN’S ROMANCE.
OLD TILDY.

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Reade, Charles: Christie Johnstone. v1. 24 May 2013

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Charles Reade (8 June 1814 – 11 April 1884) was an English novelist and dramatist, best known for The Cloister and the Hearth.

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VISCOUNT IPSDEN, aged twenty-five, income eighteen thousand pounds per year, constitution equine, was unhappy! This might surprise some people; but there are certain blessings, the non-possession of which makes more people discontented than their possession renders happy.

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Reade, Charles: Hard Cash. v1. 25 May 2013

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Charles Reade (8 June 1814 – 11 April 1884) was an English novelist and dramatist, best known for The Cloister and the Hearth.

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"HARD CASH," like "The Cloister and the Hearth," is a matter-of-fact Romance—that is, a fiction built on truths; and these truths have been gathered by long, severe, systematic labour, from a multitude of volumes, pamphlets, journals, reports, blue-books, manuscript narratives, letters, and living people, whom I have sought out, examined, and cross-examined, to get at the truth on each main topic I have striven to handle.

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Reade, Charles: The Cloister and the Hearth, v1, 22 Sept 2007.

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A historical novel about the eventful lives of the parents of Erasmus.

From Wikipedia:

The Cloister and The Hearth (1861) is a novel by the English author Charles Reade. Set in the 15th century, it relates the story revolving about the travels of a young scribe and illuminator, Gerard Eliassoen, through several European countries. Often describing the events, people and their practices in minute detail, The Cloister and The Hearth may certainly be considered a fine historical novel. Its main theme is the struggle between man's obligations to family and to Church.

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Reade, William Winwood: The Martyrdom of Man, v1, 24 January 2010.

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William Winwood Reade (1838–1875)
The Martyrdom of Man (1872)

From Wikipedia:
The Martyrdom of Man (1872) is a secular history of the Western world. In it, Reade attempts to trace the development of Western civilization in terms analogous to those used in the natural sciences. He uses it to advance his philosophy, which was secular humanism. He attacks traditional religion and morality.
Reade was an atheist and a social Darwinist who believed in survival of the fittest and wanted to create a new civilization.
Cecil Rhodes, an English-born South Africa politician and businessman, said that the book "made me what I am".
The title of the book is well known to many who have not read it: in Arthur Conan Doyle's The Sign of the Four, Sherlock Holmes says to Dr. Watson: "Let me recommend this book, -- one of the most remarkable ever penned."
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Winwood_Reade

The source was
http://www.exclassics.com/martyrdom/mrtintro.htm

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Reagan, Ronald: State of the Union Address. v1.0 20 October 2007

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Ronald Wilson Reagan (February 6, 1911 – June 5, 2004) was the 40th President of the United States (1981–1989) and the 33rd Governor of California (1967–1975). Born in Illinois, Reagan moved to Los Angeles in the 1930s, where he became an actor, president of the Screen Actors Guild (SAG), and a spokesman for General Electric. Reagan became involved in politics during his work for G.E. and switched from the Democratic Party to the Republican Party in 1962. After delivering a rousing speech in support of Barry Goldwater's presidential candidacy in 1964, he was persuaded to seek the California Governorship, winning two years later and again in 1970. He was defeated in his run for the Republican presidential nomination in 1968 as well as 1976, but won both the nomination and election in 1980.

As president, Reagan implemented new political initiatives as well as economic policies, advocating a laissez-faire philosophy, but the extent to which these ideas were implemented is debatable. The policies, dubbed "Reaganomics," included substantial tax cuts implemented in 1981. After surviving an assassination attempt and ordering controversial military actions in Grenada and Libya, he was reelected in a landslide victory in 1984.

Reagan's second term was marked by steps toward ending the Cold War, as well as the Iran-Contra Affair, one of a few administration scandals. The president ordered a massive military buildup in an arms race with the Soviet Union, rejecting the previous strategy of détente and directly confronting Communism. He portrayed the USSR as an "Evil Empire" and publicly supported anti-Communist movements worldwide. Despite his rejection of détente, he negotiated with Soviet General Secretary Mikhail Gorbachev to shrink both countries' nuclear arsenals, and is regarded as a major driving force behind the end of the Cold War. Reagan left office in 1989 and disclosed he had been diagnosed with Alzheimer's disease in 1994. He died ten years later at the age of ninety-three, and ranks today with a high approval rating among former U.S. presidents.

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Rée, Paul: Psychologische Beobachtungen, v1. 31 Jan 2009

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Paul Rée war zeitweise mit Nietzsche befreundet und hat ihn sehr beeinflusst. Das erste Buch von ihm "Psychologische Beobachtungen" ist von 1875. Paul Rée ist 1901 gestorben, das Copyright ist also schon lange erloschen.

Leider gab es das Buch nur in Frakturschrift, so dass ich es komplett abschreiben musste. Die Rechtschreibung habe ich weitgehend der heutigen angepasst.

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Reed, John: Ten Days That Shook the World. 08 Nov 2007

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Most of the history we read is from books that got their information from other books who got their information from .... In short they are everything but original sourced. The problem with original sources is that they knew what was happening and reported it at the time. They had their own selective bias which may or may not be the same as the later historians that write the general history books that schools love to teach from.

John Reed was there at the time of the Russian Revolution. He did meet main characters and he did feel that that the revolution was coming to America.

I first read this book in a college course on Russian history. My professor was one of those types that you encounter every now and then that felt that the general history books (his included) were too watered down and lacked the deep texture of the events that could only be captured by someone who was there. I learned a lot more in that course than just Russian history.

The first half of the book will set the stage for you. To understand how the events manifested themselves, the Appendixes (the second half of the book) are critical.

At the end of his life Reed was a broken man, disillusioned with Communism and the Russian leaders that he had admired.

This book was the basis for the 1981 Warren Beatty film [Reds.[/

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Reed, Myrtle: Lavender and Old Lace v.2

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A young woman agrees to house-sit for an eccentric aunt in a seaside town and encounters mystery and romance.

Myrtle Reed was a popular author at the turn of the 20th century and published several romantic novels as well as essays and cookbooks. Her writing tends to eulogize "traditional values" of hearth and home, though she also seemed to think it was good for women to be educated and have careers BEFORE their marriages. [Lavender and Old Lace[/ is fluffy and romantic, but also has some humor and a weepy ending. I've read in a few places that "Arsenic and Old Lace" (or at least the title) is supposed to be a bit of a parody of this novel but I don't know if that's true. Enjoy!

EDIT - May 18, 2008

I should have proofread it better before I uploaded. Many apologies--I'm still learning. :) I also made some improvements in the formatting. I've uploaded the new version.

Also, if you're interested, here's an article about Myrtle Reed. She had kind of a sad life. There's not much out there about her--somebody on one of my listservs turned me on to her a few years back.

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Reed, Myrtle: Old Rose and Silver

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Rose lives quietly in the country with her aunt Francesca, restless and wondering what her life will hold as she turns forty. Her young cousin, Isabel, comes to stay with the ladies as their longtime neighbor, Colonel Kent, returns from abroad with his son, Allison, a world-renowned violinist. Allison and Rose bond over music as the shallow Isabel amuses herself with engaging the gentleman's attention to herself, until tragedy strikes and everything changes.

It's typical Myrtle Reed, saccharine in parts, with rather Victorian notions of the woman's traditional role battling with some more enlightened notions about career women, enlivened by a truly hilarious pair of minor characters in the Crosby Twins, Romeo and Juliet. Originally published in 1909; text from Project Gutenberg.

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Rees, Arthur J.: The Hand in the Dark. v1, 1 Oct 2008

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1920 murder mystery.

An elegant dinner party at an English country house. A shot rings out - a young girl is found dead...

Classic stuff...

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Rees, Arthur J.: The Moon Rock. v1, 1 Oct 2008

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1922 mystery novel, set in Cornwall. A man is shot - is it suicide or something more sinister?

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Rees, Arthur J.: The Shrieking Pit. v1, 7 Oct 2008

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1919 murder mystery by the British crime author, Arthur J. Rees.

[Colwyn had never seen anything quite so eccentric in a public room as the behaviour of the young man breakfasting alone at the alcove table in the bay embrasure, and he became so absorbed in watching him that he permitted his own meal to grow cold...[/

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Rees, Arthur J: The Hand in the Dark. v1. 23 Jun 2014

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Arthur John Rees (1872–1942), was an Australian mystery writer.

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The moat-house was not so old as English country-houses go, but it had aged quickly because of its past. There was a weird and bloody history attached to the place: an historical record of murders and stabbings and quarrels dating back to Saxon days, when a castle had stood on the spot, and every inch of the flat land had been drenched in the blood of serfs fighting under a Saxon tyrant against a Norman tyrant for the sacred catchword of Liberty

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Rees, Arthur J: The Moon Rock. v1. 24 Jun 2014

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Arthur John Rees (1872–1942), was an Australian mystery writer.

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The voice of the clergyman intoned the last sad hope of humanity, the final prayer was said, and the mourners turned away, leaving Mrs. Turold to take her rest in a bleak Cornish churchyard among strangers, far from the place of her birth and kindred.
The fact would not have troubled her if she had known. In life she had been a nonentity; in death she was not less. At least she could now mix with her betters without reproach, free (in the all-enveloping silence) from the fear of betraying her humble origin. Debrett’s Peerage was unimportant in the grave; breaches of social etiquette passed unnoticed there; the wagging of malicious tongues was stopped by dust.

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Rees, Arthur J: The Shrieking Pit. v1. 24 Jun 2014

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Arthur John Rees (1872–1942), was an Australian mystery writer.

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“It is a strange case in very way,” said Colwyn earnestly. “Why should a young man like Penreath go over to this remote Norfolk village, where he had not been before, and murder an old man whom he had never seen previously? The police theory that this murder was committed for the sake of £300 which the victim had drawn out of the bank that day seems incredible to me, in the case of a young man like Penreath.”

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Reeve, Arthur B.: Guy Garrick. 11 March 2008

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A Craig Kennedy series book.

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Reeve, Arthur B.: Scientific Detective Sampler. V1. 9 Feb 2012

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Scientific Detective (Annual)
A saddle-stitched, digest-size magazine of standard crime-adventure fare, Scientific Detective belied its name and had several fact articles and an occasional quiz about its fiction, which appears to be primarily reprint material. It's commencement is not known; the earliest issue noted has been March 1945, labeled volume 5, number 1; the latest issue inspected was dated May 1948.
There were also at least two, undated, issues of Scientific Detective Annual one of which appears to have preceded the first issue of Scientific Detective and the other of which reprinted some stories from early issues of the latter.

THE TERROR IN THE AIR—Arthur B. Reeve

[
Why should Norton put a sheet-lead cover over the battery and dynamo on his plane? Was it to ward off death?
[/

THE AZURE RING—ARTHUR B. REEVE

[
In the Museum of Natural History is a crude specimen of one of the most deadly poisons in the vegetable world. What is it? And was it employed to kill a young attorney, or did he die by accident?
[/

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Reeve, Arthur B.: The Dream Doctor (1914), V2

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This book is a "fixup" of 12 Craig Kennedy short stories, converting them into an episodic novel. There is a fair amount of linking text, and the titles of the original stories appear as chapter heads, not at the beginning of each story but a page or two in, which makes splitting out the original stories more difficult.

So far as I could work out, the original stories were:

The Dream Doctor
The Sybarite
The Phantom Circuit
The Green Curse
The Elixir of Life
The Opium Joint
The Kleptomaniac
The Vampire
The Bomb Maker
The Submarine Mystery
The Ghouls
The Death House

A previous upload of this title was made to the Kindle Library in 2008, hence this edition is v2.

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Reeve, Arthur B.: The Dream Doctor. 11 March 2008

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A Craig Kennedy series book.

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Reeve, Arthur B.: The Ear in the Wall. 11 March 2008

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A Craig Kennedy series book.

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Reeve, Arthur B.: The Gold of the Gods. 11 March 2008

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A Craig Kennedy series book.

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Reeve, Arthur B.: The Poisoned Pen (1912)

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The second collection of short stories featuring Craig Kennedy, the Scientific Detective. It was published in 1912, reprinting stories which first appeared in magazines.

1: The Poisoned Pen
2: The Yeggman
3: The Germ Of Death
4: The Firebug
5: The Confidence King
6: The Sand-Hog
7: The White Slave
8: The Forger
9: The Unofficial Spy
10: The Smuggler
11: The Invisible Ray
12: The Campaign Grafter

I couldn't find a usable first edition cover, so made one using a cameo from "The Silent Bullet".

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Reeve, Arthur B.: The Poisoned Pen. 11 March 2008

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A Craig Kennedy series book.

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Reeve, Arthur B.: The Silent Bullet (1912), v1

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The first collection of Craig Kennedy detective short stories, first published in 1912. The stories appeared individually in various magazines first.

1: The Silent Bullet
2: The Scientific Cracksman
3: The Bacteriological Detective
4: The Deadly Tube
5: The Seismograph Adventure
6: The Diamond Maker
7: The Azure Ring
8: “Spontaneous Combustion”
9: The Terror In The Air
10: The Black Hand
11: The Artificial Paradise
12: The Steel Door

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Reeve, Arthur B.: The Social Gangster (1916), v2

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This book was uploaded in prc format only in 2006. I have remade it with an original dust-jacket cover and frontispiece, and corrected a tiny number of typos not detected by spellcheck, eg "be, fore" should be "before".

Although presented as a novel, with a continuous chapterisation, this book is actually a short story collection. The stories were not joined using linking material, and are as originally published in the magazines. I have slightly modified the Contents page to identify the individual stories. The final story, "The Voodoo Mystery", was expanded into the novel "The Gold of the Gods".

Contents
1. The Social Gangster
―2. The Cabaret Rouge
―3. The Fox Hunt
4. The Tango Thief
―5. The “The Dansant”
―6. The Serum Diagnosis
7. The Diamond Queen
―8. The Anesthetic Vaporizer
―9. The Twilight Sleep
10. The Sixth Sense
―11. The Infernal Machines
―12. The Submarine Bell
13. The Super-Toxin
―14. The Secret Agents
―15. The Germ Of Anthrax
16. The Sleepmaker
―17. The Inter-Urban Handicap
―18. The Toxin Of Fatigue
19. The X-Ray Detective
―20. The Mechanical Connoisseur
―21. The Radiograph Witness
22. The Absolute Zero
―23. The Vacuum Bottles
―24. The Solar Plexus
25. The Demon Engine
―26. The Electrolysis Clew
―27. The Perpetual Motion Machine
28. The Cancer House
―29. The Quack Doctors
―30. The Filterable Virus
31. The Voodoo Mystery
―32. The Fluoriscine Test
―33. The Respiration Calorimeter
―34. The Evil Eye
―35. The Buried Treasure
―36. The Weed Of Madness
________________________

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Reeve, Arthur B.: The Social Gangster. 11 March 2008

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A Craig Kennedy series book.

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Reeve, Arthur B.: The Soul Scar (1919), v1

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Craig Kennedy, the scientific detective, unravels a complex case using Freudian and Jungian phsychoanalysis, not to mention an early lie detector.

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Reeve, Arthur B.: The Treasure-Train. 11 March 2008

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A Craig Kennedy series book.

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Reeve, Arthur B.: The War Terror (1915), v.2

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The book was originally uploaded into the Kindle library in PRC format only. I have recreated the book with a first edition dust jacket cover, and a frontispiece, for epub, azw3 and mobi formats.

Although presented as a novel, this book is a collection of short stories. There are a few sentences of "bridging text" at the beginning of each new story, but otherwise the stories are as previously published in magazines. I have slightly modified the Contents page to identify the individual stories.

I. The War Terror
―II. The Electro-Magnetic Gun
―III. The Murder Syndicate
IV. The Air Pirate
―V. The Ultra-Violet Ray
―VI. The Triple Mirror
VII. The Wireless Wiretappers
―VIII. The Houseboat Mystery
―IX. The Radio Detective
X. The Curio Shop
―XI. The "Pillar of Death"
―XII. The Arrow Poison
XIII. The Radium Robber
―XIV. The Spinthariscope
―XV. The Asphyxiating Safe
XVI. The Dead Line
―XVII. The Paste Replica
―XVIII. The Burglar's Microphone
XIX. The Germ Letter
―XX. The Artificial Kidney
―XXI. The Poison Bracelet
XXII. The Devil Worshipers
―XXIII. The Psychic Curse
―XXIV. The Serpent's Tooth
XXV. The "Happy Dust"
―XXVI. The Binet Test
―XXVII. The Lie Detector
XXVIII. The Family Skeleton
―XXIX. The Lead Poisoner
―XXX. The Electrolytic Murder
XXXI. The Eugenic Bride
―XXXII. The Germ Plasm
―XXXIII. The Sex Control
XXXIV. The Billionaire Baby
―XXXV. The Psychanalysis
―XXXVI. The Ends of Justice

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Reeve, Arthur B.: The War Terror (Craig Kennedy). v1, 19 Jan 2008

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From Wikipedia:

Arthur Benjamin Reeve (October 15, 1880 - August 9, 1936) was an American mystery writer. He is best known for creating the series character Professor Craig Kennedy, sometimes called "The American Sherlock Holmes," and his Dr Watson-like sidekick Walter Jameson, a newspaper reporter, in eighteen detective novels. The bulk of Reeve's fame is based on the 82 Craig Kennedy stories, published in Cosmopolitan magazine between 1910 and 1918. These were collected in book form; with the third collection, the short stories were stitched together into pseudo-novels. The 12-volume Craig Kennedy Stories came out in 1918; it reissued Reeve's books-to-date as a matched set.

Dr. Drib has previously posted two other books featuring Craig Kennedy; [The Film Mystery[/ and [The Silent Bullet.[/ (LRF only)

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Reeve, Arthur B: Constance Dunlap (1913), v2, 8 Mar 2019

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Twelve short stories featuring Constance Dunlap, and her encounters with crime and the law:

1: The Forgers
2: The Embezzlers
3: The Gun Runners
4: The Gamblers
5: The Eavesdroppers
6: The Clairvoyants
7: The Plungers
8: The Abductors
9: The Shoplifters
10: The Blackmailers
11: The Dope Fiends
12: The Fugitives

The source is a prc format e-book prepared by crutledge in 2008, to which I have added a cover and the frontispiece, and converted to current kindle formats.

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Reeve, Arthur B: Constance Dunlap. V1. 15 Nov 2009

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Arthur Benjamin Reeve (October 15, 1880 - August 9, 1936) was an American mystery writer. He is best known for creating the series character Professor Craig Kennedy, sometimes called "The American Sherlock Holmes," and his Dr Watson-like sidekick Walter Jameson, a newspaper reporter, in eighteen detective novels. The bulk of Reeve's fame is based on the 82 Craig Kennedy stories, published in Cosmopolitan magazine between 1910 and 1918. These were collected in book form; with the third collection, the short stories were stitched together into pseudo-novels. The 12-volume Craig Kennedy Stories came out in 1918; it reissued Reeve's books-to-date as a matched set.

Excerpt
There was something of the look of the hunted animal brought to bay at last in Carlton Dunlap’s face as he let himself into his apartment late one night toward the close of the year.
On his breath was the lingering odor of whisky, yet in his eye and hand none of the effects. He entered quietly, although there was no apparent reason for such excessive caution. Then he locked the door with the utmost care, although there was no apparent reason for caution about that, either.

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Reeve, Arthur B: Constance Dunlap. v1. 24 Jun 2014

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Arthur Benjamin Reeve (October 15, 1880 - August 9, 1936) was an American mystery writer. He is best known for creating the series character Professor Craig Kennedy, sometimes called "The American Sherlock Holmes," and his Dr Watson-like sidekick Walter Jameson, a newspaper reporter, in eighteen detective novels. The bulk of Reeve's fame is based on the 82 Craig Kennedy stories, published in Cosmopolitan magazine between 1910 and 1918. These were collected in book form; with the third collection, the short stories were stitched together into pseudo-novels. The 12-volume Craig Kennedy Stories came out in 1918; it reissued Reeve's books-to-date as a matched set.

THE FORGERS.
THE EMBEZZLERS.
THE GUN RUNNERS.
THE GAMBLERS.
THE EAVESDROPPERS.
THE CLAIRVOYANTS.
THE PLUNGERS.
THE ABDUCTORS.
THE SHOPLIFTERS.
THE BLACKMAILERS.
THE DOPE FIENDS.
THE FUGITIVES.

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Reeve, Arthur B: Guy Garrick (1912) v2, 7 March 2019

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A Craig Kennedy scientific detective novel in all but name; for some reason the detective is called Guy Garrick. The surging flood of the motorcar produced new crimes and new criminals: car theft, and motor bandits; and an age-old crime: murder. Guy Garrick tracks down a gang.

The text is from a 2008 ebook posted by RWood, (in .prc format only) in the Kindle forum. I have found an original cover, and the missing frontispiece, and remade the book as .epub, .mobi and .azw3 formats. Hence v2

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Reeve, Arthur B: The Exploits of Elaine. V1. 17 Nov 2009

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Arthur Benjamin Reeve (October 15, 1880 - August 9, 1936) was an American mystery writer. He is best known for creating the series character Professor Craig Kennedy, sometimes called "The American Sherlock Holmes," and his Dr Watson-like sidekick Walter Jameson, a newspaper reporter, in eighteen detective novels. The bulk of Reeve's fame is based on the 82 Craig Kennedy stories, published in Cosmopolitan magazine between 1910 and 1918. These were collected in book form; with the third collection, the short stories were stitched together into pseudo-novels. The 12-volume Craig Kennedy Stories came out in 1918; it reissued Reeve's books-to-date as a matched set.

Excerpt
“Here’s this murder of Fletcher, the retired banker and trustee of the University,” he explained. “Not a clue—except a warning letter signed with this mysterious clutching fist. Last week it was the robbery of the Haxworth jewels and the killing of old Haxworth. Again that curious sign of the hand. Then there was the dastardly attempt on Sherburne, the steel magnate. Not a trace of the assailant except this same clutching fist. So it has gone, Jameson—the most alarming and most inexplicable series of murders that has ever happened in this country. And nothing but this uncanny hand to trace them by.”

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Reeve, Arthur B: the Film Mystery (1921): v1

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There are a number of Arthur B Reeve books already in the Library, so here's another.

A movie is in production: it's a silent film of course, since the book was published in 1921 and sound didn't arrive until several years later. There is murder on the set, by a rare (but genuine!) poison administered while a scene is being filmed.

The case is baffling. Nothing shows on the screen, and the poison used is extremely difficult to detect. Enter Craig Kennedy, the scientific detective.

(The cover is my own, using free clipart and near-100-year-old magazine covers at very low resolution).

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- The Film Mystery (1921) - Arthur B. Reeve.mobi

Reeve, Arthur B: The Fourteen Points (1925); v1; 4 Feb 2020

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The only available scan of this very rare book has four damaged pages in the story "Air". I have included images of the damaged sections.

The story "Air" was first published in Flynn's Magazine, 27 September 1924.

The numbering of the stories did not appear in the book; nor did the original magazine publication dates, which were sourced from the invalubale on-line resource The Fiction Mags Index.

Craig Kennedy and the Compass
1. North
2. South
3. East
4. West
Craig Kennedy and the Elements
5. Air
6. Water
7. Earth
8. Fire
Craig Kennedy and the Senses
9. Smell
10. Sight
11. Taste
12. Touch
13. Hearing
14. The Sixth Sense

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Reeve, Arthur B: The Gold of the Gods (1915), v1

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One of the earliest "scientific detective" novels featuring Craig Kennedy, first published in 1915.

The plot hinges on a rare Peruvian (Inca?) dagger, said to be cursed. Scientific Detective Craig Kennedy will have none of it, specially when murder intervenes.

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Reeve, Arthur B: The Master Mystery. V1. 18 Nov 2009

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Arthur Benjamin Reeve (October 15, 1880 - August 9, 1936) was an American mystery writer. He is best known for creating the series character Professor Craig Kennedy, sometimes called "The American Sherlock Holmes," and his Dr Watson-like sidekick Walter Jameson, a newspaper reporter, in eighteen detective novels. The bulk of Reeve's fame is based on the 82 Craig Kennedy stories, published in Cosmopolitan magazine between 1910 and 1918. These were collected in book form; with the third collection, the short stories were stitched together into pseudo-novels. The 12-volume Craig Kennedy Stories came out in 1918; it reissued Reeve's books-to-date as a matched set.

Excerpt
Peter Brent sat nervously smoking in the library of his great house, Brent Rock.
He was a man of about forty-five or -six—a typical, shrewd business man. Something, however, was evidently on his mind, for, though he tried to conceal it, he lacked the self-assurance that was habitually his before the world.
A scowl clouded his face as the door of the library was flung open and he heard voices in the hall. A tall, spare, long-haired man forced his way in, crushing his soft black hat in his hands.

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Reeve, Arthur B: The Panama Plot (1918): v.1

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Ten short stories, being the Pan-American adventures of Craig Kennedy, scientific detective:

1: The Panama Plot
2: The Love Philter
3: The Black Diamond
4: The Bitter Water
5: The Nitrate King
6: The Green Death
7: The Phantom Parasite
8: The Door of Dread
9: The Black Cross
10: The Psychic Scar

The starting point was a typically erratic Google Books scan, but there was also an excellent page image PDF file to check against. No acceptable cover was available so I made one. The map image on the cover shows the "proposed" Panama Canal, which dates it before 1904, when the Americans took over, and possibly before 1881, when the French started the project.

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Reeve, Arthur B: The Romance of Elaine (1915), v1

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The second of the "Elaine" novels, based on silent era movie serials scripted by Reeve and then published as novels. The serials stared Pearl White, the queen of "girls in peril" silent action serials, with Craig Kennedy as rescuer and love interest.

The books, not in the mainstream of Craig Kennedy sequence, are:

The Exploits of Elaine
The Romance of Elaine (UK title [The Triumph of Elaine[/).

This tale involved a new guided torpedo, and the efforts of a foreign power's agents to secure it. Only Elaine, and Craig Kennedy, can foil the plot.

Text source: Internet Archive

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Reeve, Arthur B: The Romance of Elaine. V1. 18 Nov 2009

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Arthur Benjamin Reeve (October 15, 1880 - August 9, 1936) was an American mystery writer. He is best known for creating the series character Professor Craig Kennedy, sometimes called "The American Sherlock Holmes," and his Dr Watson-like sidekick Walter Jameson, a newspaper reporter, in eighteen detective novels. The bulk of Reeve's fame is based on the 82 Craig Kennedy stories, published in Cosmopolitan magazine between 1910 and 1918. These were collected in book form; with the third collection, the short stories were stitched together into pseudo-novels. The 12-volume Craig Kennedy Stories came out in 1918; it reissued Reeve's books-to-date as a matched set.

Excerpt
Rescued by Kennedy at last from the terrible incubus of Bennett’s persecution in his double life of lawyer and master criminal, Elaine had, for the first time in many weeks, a feeling of security.
Now that the strain was off, however, she felt that she needed rest and a chance to recover herself and it occurred to her that a few quiet days with “Aunt” Tabitha, who had been her nurse when she was a little girl, would do her a world of good.

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Reeve, Arthur B: The Stolen War Secret (1914), v1

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Published in "Adventure Magazine" in December 1914, but not subsequently in book form, this short novel (42,000 words) tells of a spy ring in the earliest months of the first world War, intent on the theft of a secret device for radio-controlling military aircraft (predicting military drones!).

Craig Kennedy, the scientific detective, is soon involved.

The cover is made up from an illustration in "Adventure" magazine showing a test of the remote controlled aircraft.

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Reeve, Arthur B: The Treasure Train (1917): v2

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This book was uploaded to the Library as a PRC format ten years ago. I have rebuilt it, with the original cover, the frontispiece, and reinstated many missing format details such as italics, and diacritical characters. There was also a grid table in the original hard-back book which wasn't optimally rendered for e-readers, and which is now a jpeg, which will therefore retain its layout. This book isnow available in epub, azw3 and mobi format, and I have identified it as v2.

It was directly followed by "The Panama Plot" (1918)

1: The Treasure-Train
2: The Truth Detector
3: The Soul-Analysis
4: The Mystic Poisoner
5: The Phantom Destroyer
6: The Beauty Mask
7: The Love Meter
8: The Vital Principle
9: The Rubber Dagger
10: The Submarine Mine
11: The Gun-Runner
12: The Sunken Treasure

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Reeve, Arthur B:. The Ear in the Wall (1916), v1

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One of the few full-length Craig Kennedy novels; in which the scientific detective helps a reform group combat organized crime in the city, the gang in charge of the drug rings, graft and white slavery.

I was unable to find a usable original cover, so made my own. The original frontispiece was found in a volume without a dustjacket.

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Reeve, Arthur B:. The Exploits of Elaine (1915), v2

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The huge success of Pearl White in the cliff-hanger serial "The Perils of Pauline" saw Pearl White back in peril in another serial, "The Exploits of Elaine" (1914), the script of which was written by Arthur B Reeve and Charles Goddard, and featured Craig Kennedy as the man constantly rescuing Elaine from the villain's machinations.

In 1915 the book version appeared, with a still from the movie as a frontispiece. The book, too, is naturally an episodic cliffhanger, not in the Craig Kennedy mainstream style.

Elaine Dodge's millionaire father is murdered by a mysterious villain known as The Clutching Hand, and Elaine recruits Kennedy to help her hunt down the malefactor.

The success of this serial spawned two more "Elaine" serials, both published as books by Reeve: "The Romance of Elaine" and "The Triumph of Elaine." **

The book is now extremely rare, specially with the original dust jacket. A copy with dust jacket is for sale in a rare book dealership for over $2,000! This edition uses the original dust jacket as cover, and the original frontispiece, a still from the movie serial.

** "The Triumph of Elaine" is in fact the UK title of "The Romance of Elaine". There were only two serials, and two books.

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Reeves, Robert: Cellini Smith, Detective (1943); v1, 26 July 2021

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Robert Reeves (1912-1945) was a pulp writer/novelist who died young, just as his series character Cellini Smith, an L.A. private eye, was taking off. This is the first Cellini Smith novel, published by Houghton Mifflin in 1943 as a hardback. It was reprinted, possibly a little condensed, by "Thrilling Mystery Novel" Magazine in January 1946, which is the source of this text. 48,000 words.

Smith, starting out and doing no business at all, is hired by the residents of a Hooverville hobo jungle to investigate the murder of one of their own. Having nothing else to do, and despite the tiny fee, he takes it on, which leads him into a complex world of lies, family conflict, strip joints and and gangsters.

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Reid, Frank: The Skeleton of Paradise Island, v1, 4 Sept 2023

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Alexander Vindex Vennard (1884-1947) was a freelance journalist who was prolific in the 1920s and 30s. He wrote many short stories, non-fiction historical articles, children's serials, and edited and produced a weekly children's page for a Queensland newspaper. Most of his fiction was published under the name "Frank Reid", but he was better known as "Bill Bowyang" of the children's pages. So well known that he was called 'Bowie" by his friends.

The unique middle name "Vindex" comes from the Vindex range near Winton in Queensland, as he was born on a cattle station nearby named after the range. Today the range (actually a mesa) is the site of the internationally known Australian dinosaur discoveries.

1: Easy Going
2: The Genius of Dakaru Island
3: The Skeleton of Paradise Island
4: Come-To-Grief Creek
5: The Gamble
6: The Moorhead Legacy
7: The Pearls of Manomoa
8: The Green Parrot
9: The Parrot and the Pearls
10: The Madonna of the Thousand Isles
11: The Prince of Wandabilla
12: The Pink Death
13: Fingers of Death
14: The Green Umbrella
15: The Pearler of Pomete
16: The Curse of the Poppy
17: Cave of Death
18: The Creeping Death
19: Three Teeth
20: The Afterglow
21: Scalyback
22: The Plague Ship
23: Long Pig: The Mate's Adventure
24: The Pearls of Jacob Le Maire
25: The Mutiny on the Cypress
26: The Resurrection of Peter Breen
27: The Orang-Utan
26: A Home for Marie Ellen

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Reid, Mayne: Quadrupeds - What They Are And Where Found, v.1, 24 Oct 2008

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This illustrated book from 1867 was intended to be a zoology book for boys.

Contents:

Preface
Chapter One: Monkeys of the Old World
Chapter Two: Monkeys of the New World
Chapter Three: Bears
Chapter Four: Badgers
Chapter Five: Weasels, Otters and Civets
Chapter Six: Tame Dogs
Chapter Seven: Wild Dogs
Chapter Eight: Cats
Chapter Nine: Rats and other Rodents
Chapter Ten: Beavers
Chapter Eleven: Squirrels
Chapter Twelve: Hares, Rabbits, and other Rodents
Chapter Thirteen: Elephants
Chapter Fourteen: The Hippopotamus, Rhinoceros, and Tapir
Chapter Fifteen: Giraffes, Camels, and Llamas
Chapter Sixteen: Swine
Chapter Seventeen: Horses and Asses
Chapter Eighteen: The Ox Tribe
Chapter Nineteen: Sheep
Chapter Twenty: Goats
Chapter Twenty One: Antelopes
Chapter Twenty Two: Deer
Chapter Twenty Three: Quadrupeds with Pockets
Chapter Twenty Four: Ant-Eaters, Armadilloes, and other Odd Animals

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Reid, Mayne: Bruin v1 17 feb 2009

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A "tour du monde" hunting all kinds of bears. Sometimes Reid's sympathies for the bears are quite obvious!

Entertaining illustrated read, although sometimes quite trashy!

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Reid, Mayne: The Boy Slaves v1 15 jan 2009

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Thomas Mayne Reid (April 4, 1818 – October 22, 1883), was an Irish-American novelist. "Captain" Reid wrote many adventure novels akin to those written by Frederick Marryat and Robert Louis Stevenson. He was a great admirer of Lord Byron. These novels contain action that takes place primarily in untamed settings: the American West, Mexico, South Africa, the Himalayas, and Jamaica.(Wikipedia)

This one takes place in Ethiopia, of all places. Three young lads are kidnapped and enslaved, but succeed, in the end, to free themselves.

Some illustrations.
Have fun!

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Reid, Mayne: The Bush Boys v1 31 jan 2009

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This is not quite your usual style of book by Mayne Reid. We are used to books about the Mexican War, and similar topics, books where there are plenty of words and expressions in Mexican-Spanish. In this book there are equally plenty of words and expressions in Africaans, the variety of Dutch spoken originally by the Boers (Boors in this book), the Dutch farmers.

The book is a very good introduction to the animals, both mammals and birds, of South Africa. The snakes get a mention, too. Several very tense moments are built up, and you will be wondering right up to the very last moment how whoever is involved in the story, is going to get out of the situation. Recommended as perhaps one of the best books by this prolific author.

Nice cover from an original illustration by ravenne, some in-text illustrations.

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Reid, Mayne: The Castaways v1 14 mar 2009

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[QUOTThis is certainly not a very long book, being about a half to a third of most books of this genre. It starts off with a group of people in a ship's boat, the ship itself having foundered in a typhoon in the Celebes sea. The ship's captain and his two children, the Irish ship's carpenter, and the Malay pilot, are all that finally come to shore, though when the book starts there are a body that has to be thrown overboard, and a seaman who has gone mad and who throws himself there.

Thereafter we are introduced to one natural history topic per chapter, be it a plant, a tree or an animal. There are various perils that have to be overcome--the upas tree, an ourang-outang, a tree that drops its fruit like a heavy bomb, a python, and quite a few more. Luckily they don't meet any unfriendly Dyaks during the journey they undertake to get from their landing-place to the town of Bruni, many hundreds of miles away.

On the whole they are saved by the courage, knowledge and skill of the co-hero, the Malay pilot, who is one of the best in that region with a blow-pipe. He makes himself one, and it is just as well he did, as you will see.

The book is well-written, and as it will only take you five hours or less, you could probably find the time to read it.[/QUOT(www.athelstane.co.uk

Aside from being beautifully illustrated, this book is completely over the top. You can find here: an orang utan fighting a crocodile, a giant crab, a giant lizard and a man-eating python. Fun!

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Reid, Mayne: The Cliff Climbers v1 3 jan 2009

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Thomas Mayne Reid (April 4, 1818 – October 22, 1883), was an Irish-American novelist. "Captain" Reid wrote many adventure novels akin to those written by Frederick Marryat and Robert Louis Stevenson. He was a great admirer of Lord Byron. These novels contain action that takes place primarily in untamed settings: the American West, Mexico, South Africa, the Himalayas, and Jamaica.(Wikipedia)

The book begins with two young brothers and an Indian guide, in a valley in the Himalayas, into which they had ascended with some difficulty in the preceding book--"The Plant Hunters". Unfortunately they find they cannot get out at the top of the valley, and they cannot go back the way they came. So they are stuck. They try various ingenious ideas for getting out, each of which appears as though it would work, but in the end does not, usually in a quite entertaining way. Eventually they do think of a way, which I will not divulge here, and they get out, but it had been a long nerve-racking period before their final release. (Athelstane)

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Reid, Mayne: The Free Lances v1 16 feb 2009

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Subtitled: A Romance of the Mexican Valley

[QUOT“I’ll go!”
This laconism came from the lips of a young man who was walking along the Levee of New Orleans. Just before giving utterance to it he had made a sudden stop, facing a dead wall, enlivened, however, by a large poster, on which were printed, in conspicuous letters, the words—
“Volunteers for Texas!”
Underneath, in smaller type, was a proclamation, setting forth the treachery of Santa Anna and the whole Mexican nation, recalling in strong terms the Massacre of Fanning, the butchery of Alamo, and other like atrocities; ending in an appeal to all patriots and lovers of freedom to arm, take the field, and fight against the tyrant of Mexico and his myrmidons.
“I’ll go!” said the young man, after a glance given to the printed statement; then, more deliberately re-reading it, he repeated the words with an emphasis that told of his being in earnest.[/QUOT

Reid means a lot of action!

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Reid, Mayne: The Giraffe Hunters v1 5 feb 2009

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This is essentially the tale of an adventure-ridden hunting party in Africa. Lots of action involving wild animals, traps, "savages" and so on. Somewhat pulpy and superficial, with sometimes a bit too much blood for my liking. Still, a beautiful book with vivacious graphics.

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Reid, Mayne: The Plant Hunters v1 6 feb 2009

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The plant hunters describes the adventures of a pair of siblings hunting for plants in India.

This is the first book in the series continued by the Cliff Climbers. As usual for Mayne Reid, a lot of encounters and action, mainly with wild animals or natural hurdles.

Good read.

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Reid, Mayne: The Quadroon v1 29 jan 2009

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This is a very special book that is quite dear to my heart.

On the surface, it might be a pulpy adventure romance taking place in the South of the United States before the secession. But, and here comes the special part, the hero falls in love with a quadroon (a mixed-race) slave. Lots of adventure ensues until the final happy-end. This is a gripping novel and succeeds to bring home a really modern message. Reid's style is very lively and this is one of the books you won't lay down easily.

I have added original illustrations from an Internet archive scan to the edited file coming from PG and Athelstane and I hope to have put it together quite seamlessly. One of the best adventure novels that I have read for a long time.
Cover made of the original frontispiece.

Have a lot of fun!

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Reid, Mayne: The Rifle Rangers v1 14 mar 2009

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[QUOTQuite a lively story! At one point the hero is to die by hanging by the heels over a precipice! At another he and his companions are attacked by a pack of snarling bloodhounds! And many other tense situations.

As usual with this prolific author the text is well interlarded with Spanish words, and those from other languages, French, German, Latin, Greek. We have done our best to get these words right, but beg to be forgiven if you spot an error here and there.

In addition to our difficulties with the Spanish, there is an Irish member of the cast whose words are so mis-pronounced that they practically constitute a language of their own. Here again we have tried to get the spellings as they appear in the book, but you can quite see how difficult that has been.

This book first appeared in the 1850s, and went through several editions in a few years. Forty years later there was a revival, and again several editions appeared. There are people even nowadays who revere “Captain” Mayne Reid as the first author to start this genre: authentic books about the wilder parts of North America, and its history. [/QUOT(www.athelstane.co.uk)

I beg to differ here. Lively it may wellbe, but realistic it certainly isn't. Improbable fights abound here. Quite pulpy in contents but an enjoyable read.

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Reid, Mayne: The Scalp Hunters v1 20 mar 2009

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REID, Thomas Mayne (1818-83) Irish writer of boys' stories, born in Ballyroney, County Down. In 1840 he emigrated to New Orleans, settled as a journalist in Philadelphia (1843), and served in the US army during the Mexican war (1847), where he was severely wounded. Returning to Britain in 1849, he settled down to a literary life in London. His vigorous style and hairbreadth escapes delighted his readers. Among his books, many of which were popular in translation in Poland and Russia, were The Rifle Rangers (1850), Scalp Hunters (1851), Boy Hunters (1853), War Trail (1851), Boy Tar (1859), and Headless Horseman (1866). He went back to New York in 1867 and founded the Onward Magazine, but returned to England in 1870.

This is very much in the cowboys and Indians genre, and there can be no doubt that the author knew exactly what he was writing about, and had lived through similar experiences.

On writing this book Reid had the general public in mind. It was one of his first. It was not until later that he adopted a more peaceful style and wrote for a boy readership, saying that in those books there was not a single passage that a boy could not read aloud to his mother or his sister. This book falls just outside that scope.(www.athelstane.co.uk)

Quite pulpy action stuff!

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Reid, Mayne: The War Trail

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This book, along with several other of this author’s, occupies an important position in the history of English literature, for it was one of the first to deal with the Wild West. The events take place shortly after the Mexican War of the late 1840s. The Mexicans themselves have been conquered, but now it is necessary to protect them from a further enemy, one who would war with both Americans and Mexicans—the Comanche Indians. The troop of rangers consists of many kinds of men, of Scots, Irish, English, German, Swiss, Polish descent, and many others. Some of these take major roles in this story, and their words are reported just as they would have been said.

Numerous extremely difficult situations are encountered, and it is often the woodcraft and ingenuity of these men that gets them out of them, sometimes in extremely (for you and me) unexpected ways. This results in a series of tense incidents, and, though the literary style is a bit unusual, they are very gripping.

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Reid, Mayne: The Wild Huntress v1 16 feb 2009

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[QUOT“You could not overtake it, and return in time. The Red-Hand would be gone. Besides, you cannot get from this place to the trail taken by the caravan, without going back by the cañon; and there you might meet those from whom you have escaped. You cannot cross that way: the ridge is impassable.”
As she said this, she pointed to the left—the direction which I had intended to take. I could see through a break in the bluff a precipitous mountain spur running north and south—parallel with the ravine I had been threading. It certainly appeared impassable—trending along the sky like the escarpment of some gigantic fortress. If this was true, there would be but little chance of my overtaking the escort in time. I had no longer a hope of being able to effect the rescue of my comrades. The delay, no doubt, would be fatal. In all likelihood, both Wingrove and Sure-shot had ere this been sacrificed to the vengeance of the Arapahoes, freshly excited by my escape. Only from a sense of duty did I purpose returning: rather with the idea of being able to avenge their deaths.
What meant this mysterious maiden? Who possessed the power to rescue my comrades from two hundred savages—the most warlike upon the plains? Who was he that could aid me in avenging them?
“Follow me, and you shall see!” replied the huntress, in answer to my interrogatory. “Your horse! your horse! Hasten, or we shall be too late. The Red-Hand in the valley of the Huerfano! Wa-ka-ra will rejoice at the news. Your horse! your horse!” I hastened back for my Arab, and hurriedly led him up to the spot.[/QUOT

Great read.

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Remey, Oliver: The Attempted Assassin of ex-President T. Roosevelt. 24 March 2008

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While Harry has shared with us Alan Pinkerton's "true" accounts of his agency's efforts to fight crime in the US, there was a time when Presidents and even ex-Presidents were fair game for all. (Some may feel that this time has yet to pass with the attempts on George H. W. Bush and Jerry Ford.)

This is the story -- complete with testimony -- of the attempt on Teddy Roosevelt after he left office. (Remember that he came into office on the assassination of the prior President.)

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Renan, Ernest: The Life of Jesus, v1, 8 April 2010.

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Ernest Renan [1823–1892]
The Life of Jesus [Vie de Jésu
1863
Translated by Charles Edwin Wilbour [1833–1896]

A biography of Jesus of Nazareth.

From Wikipedia:
“The book's controversial assertions that the life of Jesus should be written like the life of any other man, and that the Bible could be subject to the same critical scrutiny as other historical documents caused much controversy, and enraged many Christians.”
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ernest_Renan

I have linked the 1230 footnotes.

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Reuter, Christian: Schelmuffsky german v1 11 feb 2009

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Schelmuffskys wahrhaftige, kuriöse und sehr gefährliche Reisebeschreibung zu Wasser und zu Lande

[Klingt nach Schelmenroman. Aber Vorsicht! Denn Schelmuffskys warhafftige curiöse und sehr gefährliche Reisebeschreibung zu Wasser und Lande ist, bitte schön, keine Schnurre, keine butzige Lügengeschichte wie Münchhausen. Sondern eine rauschende Selbstfeier, eine Selbsterfindung im Geschwätz - das Buch für alle, die glauben, ein solches müsste im Zeitalter der Talk-Shows, Interviews, "Portraits", im Zeitalter des allgegenwärtigen Ichs, der universellen und immer dummfeister daherschwadröhnierenden Selbstdarstellung erst noch geschrieben werden.[/

Die Zeit

[Wer von Schelmuffsky nicht hingerissen wird, ist ein Philister und kommt sicher selbst in dem Buch vor.[/

Friedrich Schlegel

Die komisch-satirische Reisebschreibung des aufschneiderischen Schelmuffsky erschien bereits 1696 (!) und noch heute streiten Germanisten darüber, ob es sich um einen Picaro-, Abenteuerroman oder doch eine Münchhausiade handelt. Ha! Münchhausiade! Eigentlich müsste es statt Münchhausiade Schelmuffskyade heißen.

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Reuter, Fritz: De Urgeschicht von Meckelnborg german V1, 23 Nov 09

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Ok, I have just finished the conversion of this book.

Fritz Reuter was a german author writing in German (plattdütsch). This book was written in 1874 and the file is based on the original publication.

I would appreciate feedback as to how the read works. I know I have some problems with the footnotes but didn't know how to fix it.

Any hints as to how to improve would be greatly appreciated

[This work is in the Canadian public domain OR the copyright holder has given specific permission for distribution. It may still be under copyright in some countries. If you live outside Canada, check your country's copyright laws. If the book is under copyright in your country, do not download or redistribute this work.

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Reventlow, Fanny Gräfin zu: Das Logierhaus .... (German) V1. 10 Feb 2013

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[Das Logierhaus zur Schwankenden Weltkugel[/ vereint zwölf Erzählungen Fanny zu Reventlows aus der Schwabinger Bohème vor dem ersten Weltkrieg.

Fanny Gräfin zu Reventlow, auch bekannt als Franziska Gräfin zu Reventlow (1871–1918) wuchs in Schleswig-Holstein in einem preußisch-strengen Elternhaus auf. Sie rebellierte schon früh gegen das Leben als »höhere Tochter«. Vom Mädchenpensionat wurde sie aus »Mangel an Pflichttreue und Gewissenhaftigkeit« nach einem Jahr verwiesen. Sie überwarf sich mit ihren Eltern und begann 1895 in München ein Studium der Malerei.
Dort schloss sie sich der Münchner Bohème an, hatte zahlreiche Liebschaften, gründete Münchens erste Wohngemeinschaft und wurde schnell bekannt als »Skandalgräfin«. Sie lebte von Übersetzungen, kleineren literarischen Arbeiten, Gelegenheitsjobs, Prostitution und Gönnern der Bohème – als Malerin blieb sie erfolglos. Zu ihrem Freundeskreis gehörten Rilke (der ihr eine Zeit lang täglich ein Gedicht in den Briefkasten warf), Mühsam, Wedekind und andere Exponenten der »Münchner Moderne«.
1910 zog von Reventlow ins Tessin, wo sie eine Scheinehe mit dem Baron von Rechenberg-Linten einging, damit ihm sein Erbe ausgezahlt wurde. Ihren Anteil verlor sie jedoch bald wieder durch den Konkurs ihrer Bank. Sie starb 1918 an den Folgen eines Fahrradunfalls in Locarno.
Bis heute bekannt ist zu Reventlow für ihre satirischen Gesellschaftsromane und Erzählungen, die ein Sittenbild des Münchner Künstlermilieus in der späten Kaiserzeit malen, so der Schlüsselroman [Herrn Dames Aufzeichnungen[/ (1913).
Annette Kolb erzählt in ihrem Buch [Zarastro [/(1921) von einer Begegnung mit Fanny Reventlow 1917:
»Ihr Zynismus kannte keine Grenzen, doch immer alles mit Grazie. Vom Schreiben wollte sie nichts mehr wissen […]. Ich sprach von ihren Schriften, und daß keine Bücher dieses leichten Kalibers mit ähnlicher Qualität geschrieben worden seien, so blaß, so spöttisch, so geistreich. Aber sie schüttelte den Kopf: es sei zu schwer.«
Nach den 68er Jahren wurde Reventlow wegen ihres unkonventionellen Lebensstils zu einer Ikone der sexuellen Revolution und Frauenemanzipation, obwohl sie der Frauenbewegung distanziert gegenüberstand. Erst in neuerer Zeit erwachte auch wieder ein größeres Interesse an ihrem literarischen Werk.

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Reventlow, Fanny Gräfin zu: Der Geldkomplex (German) V1. 25 Mar 2013

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[Der Geldkomplex[/ ist eine schwankhaft-komische Reflexion der finanziellen Dimension des Bohèmelebens und zugleich eine Parodie auf die Psychoanalyse in Briefform. Es ist Reventlows letzter vollendeter Roman.

Fanny Gräfin zu Reventlow, auch bekannt als Franziska Gräfin zu Reventlow (1871–1918) wuchs in Schleswig-Holstein in einem preußisch-strengen Elternhaus auf. Sie rebellierte schon früh gegen das Leben als »höhere Tochter«. Vom Mädchenpensionat wurde sie aus »Mangel an Pflichttreue und Gewissenhaftigkeit« nach einem Jahr verwiesen. Sie überwarf sich mit ihren Eltern und begann 1895 in München ein Studium der Malerei.
Dort schloss sie sich der Münchner Bohème an, hatte zahlreiche Liebschaften, gründete Münchens erste Wohngemeinschaft und wurde schnell bekannt als »Skandalgräfin«. Sie lebte von Übersetzungen, kleineren literarischen Arbeiten, Gelegenheitsjobs, Prostitution und Gönnern der Bohème – als Malerin blieb sie erfolglos. Zu ihrem Freundeskreis gehörten Rilke (der ihr eine Zeit lang täglich ein Gedicht in den Briefkasten warf), Mühsam, Wedekind und andere Exponenten der »Münchner Moderne«.
1910 zog von Reventlow ins Tessin, wo sie eine Scheinehe mit dem Baron von Rechenberg-Linten einging, damit ihm sein Erbe ausgezahlt wurde. Ihren Anteil verlor sie jedoch bald wieder durch den Konkurs ihrer Bank. Sie starb 1918 an den Folgen eines Fahrradunfalls in Locarno.
Bis heute bekannt ist zu Reventlow für ihre satirischen Gesellschaftsromane und Erzählungen, die ein Sittenbild des Münchner Künstlermilieus in der späten Kaiserzeit malen, so der Schlüsselroman [Herrn Dames Aufzeichnungen[/ (1913).
Annette Kolb erzählt in ihrem Buch [Zarastro [/(1921) von einer Begegnung mit Fanny Reventlow 1917:
»Ihr Zynismus kannte keine Grenzen, doch immer alles mit Grazie. Vom Schreiben wollte sie nichts mehr wissen […]. Ich sprach von ihren Schriften, und daß keine Bücher dieses leichten Kalibers mit ähnlicher Qualität geschrieben worden seien, so blaß, so spöttisch, so geistreich. Aber sie schüttelte den Kopf: es sei zu schwer.«
Nach den 68er Jahren wurde Reventlow wegen ihres unkonventionellen Lebensstils zu einer Ikone der sexuellen Revolution und Frauenemanzipation, obwohl sie der Frauenbewegung distanziert gegenüberstand. Erst in neuerer Zeit erwachte auch wieder ein größeres Interesse an ihrem literarischen Werk.

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Reventlow, Fanny Gräfin zu: Herrn Dames Aufzeichnungen (German) V1. 20 Mar 2013

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»Reventlows berühmtestes Buch ist der Schlüsselroman [Herrn Dames Aufzeichnungen oder Begebenheiten aus einem merkwürdigen Stadtteil[/ (1913), in dem die Streitigkeiten zwischen den auseinanderbrechenden ›Fraktionen‹ des Kosmiker-Zirkels mit dem Pathos eines Revolutionsberichts ironisch konterkariert werden. Der Roman bezieht sein humoristisches Potential vor allem aus der künstlich-naiven Sprecherposition des neutralen Beobachters ›Herrn Dame‹ (dahinter verbirgt sich der spätere Heidelberger Psychiater Hans Walter Gruhle), die sich mit der eines Kater Murr durchaus messen kann.« [Wikipedia[/

Fanny Gräfin zu Reventlow, auch bekannt als Franziska Gräfin zu Reventlow (1871–1918) wuchs in Schleswig-Holstein in einem preußisch-strengen Elternhaus auf. Sie rebellierte schon früh gegen das Leben als »höhere Tochter«. Vom Mädchenpensionat wurde sie aus »Mangel an Pflichttreue und Gewissenhaftigkeit« nach einem Jahr verwiesen. Sie überwarf sich mit ihren Eltern und begann 1895 in München ein Studium der Malerei.
Dort schloss sie sich der Münchner Bohème an, hatte zahlreiche Liebschaften, gründete Münchens erste Wohngemeinschaft und wurde schnell bekannt als »Skandalgräfin«. Sie lebte von Übersetzungen, kleineren literarischen Arbeiten, Gelegenheitsjobs, Prostitution und Gönnern der Bohème – als Malerin blieb sie erfolglos. Zu ihrem Freundeskreis gehörten Rilke (der ihr eine Zeit lang täglich ein Gedicht in den Briefkasten warf), Mühsam, Wedekind und andere Exponenten der »Münchner Moderne«.
1910 zog von Reventlow ins Tessin, wo sie eine Scheinehe mit dem Baron von Rechenberg-Linten einging, damit ihm sein Erbe ausgezahlt wurde. Ihren Anteil verlor sie jedoch bald wieder durch den Konkurs ihrer Bank. Sie starb 1918 an den Folgen eines Fahrradunfalls in Locarno.
Bis heute bekannt ist zu Reventlow für ihre satirischen Gesellschaftsromane und Erzählungen, die ein Sittenbild des Münchner Künstlermilieus in der späten Kaiserzeit malen, so der Schlüsselroman [Herrn Dames Aufzeichnungen[/ (1913).
Annette Kolb erzählt in ihrem Buch [Zarastro [/(1921) von einer Begegnung mit Fanny Reventlow 1917:
»Ihr Zynismus kannte keine Grenzen, doch immer alles mit Grazie. Vom Schreiben wollte sie nichts mehr wissen […]. Ich sprach von ihren Schriften, und daß keine Bücher dieses leichten Kalibers mit ähnlicher Qualität geschrieben worden seien, so blaß, so spöttisch, so geistreich. Aber sie schüttelte den Kopf: es sei zu schwer.«
Nach den 68er Jahren wurde Reventlow wegen ihres unkonventionellen Lebensstils zu einer Ikone der sexuellen Revolution und Frauenemanzipation, obwohl sie der Frauenbewegung distanziert gegenüberstand. Erst in neuerer Zeit erwachte auch wieder ein größeres Interesse an ihrem literarischen Werk.

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Reynolds, George W. M.: Wagner, the Wehr-Wolf v1, 11 nov 2008

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Wagner the Wehr-Wolf a.k.a. Wagner the Were-Man

Identity/Class: Lycanthrope

Occupation: Peasant

Affiliations: Nisida

Enemies: Unknown

Known Relatives: None

Aliases: None

Base of Operations: Unknown

First Appearance: Wagner the Wehr-Wolf (penny dreadful, 1846 or 1847 - some accounts say the title of the story was Wagner the Werewolf or Wagner the Were-Man)

Powers/Abilities: Wagner was cursed with lycanthropy. He was also immortal.

History: Wagner was a German peasant who made a deal with the devil, gaining eternal life on the condition he becomes a werewolf every seven years. He had a series of supernatural adventures, accompanied by the beautiful murderess Nisida, before finally being saved from his fate by some passing Rosicrucians.

Comments: Thanks to Terry Hooper for first informing me of this character and providing me with information and the picture used above. According to Terry "Wagner was the creation of George W. Reynolds who, in his time, was more read than Dickens or Thackeray." Reynolds edited The London Journal, but was also the author of a number of penny dreadful fictions. As well as his tale of Wagner he also wrote The Mysteries of London in 1845 and an adaption of the Faust legend in 1846 (in which Wagner makes a cameo at one point)

taken fom International Hero

Cover from Manybooks (God, I like this cover), text taken from PG, format taken from MTH

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Reynolds, Tom: Blood, Sweat & Tea, v1 9 July 2008

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Is there anyone who hasn't wondered about the state of the occupant of an ambulance, screaming along with its sirens on and blue lights flashing? And have you wondered about the other people inside the ambulance? Meet Tom Reynolds, an Emergency Medical Technician who works for the London Ambulance Service in East London. He has kept a blog of his daily working life since 2003 and his award-winning writing is, by turn, moving, cynical, funny, heart-rending, and compassionate. From the tragic to the hilarious, the stories Tom tells give a fascinating and at times alarming picture of life in inner-city Britain, and the people who are paid to mop up after it

Blood, Sweat & Tea: Creative Commons Edition For Non-Commercial Use Only http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/2.5

Note: There are a few instances where the text references images. I could not locate these images.

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Rhodes, Eugene Manlove: Bransford of Rainbow Range. v1. 19 Oct 2013

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Eugene Manlove Rhodes (January 19, 1869 – June 27, 1934) was a writer who was nicknamed the "cowboy chronicler".
Rhodes was born in Tecumseh, Nebraska. He moved to New Mexico with his parents in 1881 and "fell in love" with the state. By age sixteen, he was an accomplished horseman and stonemason and road builder. He helped build the road from Engle, New Mexico, to Tularosa, New Mexico.

Excerpt
The long fall round-up was over. The wagon, homeward bound, made camp for the last night out at the Sinks of Lost River. Most of the men, worn with threescore night-guards, were buried under their tarps in the deep sleep of the weary; sound as that of the just, and much more common.

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Rhodes, Eugene Manlove: Copper Streak Trail. v1. 20 Oct 2013

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Eugene Manlove Rhodes (January 19, 1869 – June 27, 1934) was a writer who was nicknamed the "cowboy chronicler".
Rhodes was born in Tecumseh, Nebraska. He moved to New Mexico with his parents in 1881 and "fell in love" with the state. By age sixteen, he was an accomplished horseman and stonemason and road builder. He helped build the road from Engle, New Mexico, to Tularosa, New Mexico.

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The stage line swung aside in a huge half-circle, rounding the northern end of the Comobabi Range and swinging far out to skirt the foothills. Mr. Peter Johnson had never been to Silverbell: his own country lay far to the north, beyond the Gila. But he knew that Silverbell was somewhere east of the Comobabi, not north; and confidently struck out to find a short cut through the hills. From Silverbell a spur of railroad ran down to Redrock. Mr. Johnson's thought was to entrain himself for Tucson.

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Rhodes, Eugene Manlove: Stepsons Of Light. v1. 21 Oct 2013

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Eugene Manlove Rhodes (January 19, 1869 – June 27, 1934) was a writer who was nicknamed the "cowboy chronicler".
Rhodes was born in Tecumseh, Nebraska. He moved to New Mexico with his parents in 1881 and "fell in love" with the state. By age sixteen, he was an accomplished horseman and stonemason and road builder. He helped build the road from Engle, New Mexico, to Tularosa, New Mexico.

Excerpt
The year was 1846; the place, Independence, in Missouri; that strange migration was the winning of the West. Mr. Parkman viewed it with alarm. The passage quoted may yet be found in the first chapter of“The Oregon Trail.” We, wise after the event, now point with pride to that strange migration of our fathers. The Great Trek has lasted three hundred years. To-day we dimly perceive that the history of America is the story of the pioneer; that on our shifting frontiers the race has been hammered and tempered to a cutting edge.

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Rhodes, Eugene Manlove: The Desire of the Moth; and The Come On. v1. 20 Oct 2013

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Eugene Manlove Rhodes (January 19, 1869 – June 27, 1934) was a writer who was nicknamed the "cowboy chronicler".
Rhodes was born in Tecumseh, Nebraska. He moved to New Mexico with his parents in 1881 and "fell in love" with the state. By age sixteen, he was an accomplished horseman and stonemason and road builder. He helped build the road from Engle, New Mexico, to Tularosa, New Mexico.

THE DESIRE OF THE MOTH
THE COME ON

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Rice, Alice Caldwell Hegan: Mrs. Wiggs of the Cabbage Patch. v1, 17 Jan 2008

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From Amazon.com:

Nothing and nobody can break the spirit of the optimistic Mrs. Wiggs—not her deceased husband, who "traveled to eternity by the alcohol route," leaving his wife and five children impoverished; not her home in the Cabbage Patch, an old Louisville slum; not even the plight of her oldest son Jim, who has assumed the crippling responsibilities of head of household at the tender age of fifteen.

One family tragedy, however, leaves even Mrs. Wiggs shaken. Robbed of her oldest child and at even greater pains to support the ones who remain, she turns to Lucy Olcott, a beautiful and benevolent young woman who had helped the family on the previous Christmas. Despite her wealth and comfort, Lucy, too, is beset by problems. Hiding from her sorrow by performing good deeds for Mrs. Wiggs, Lucy little suspects that her actions will also bring her happiness in the end.

Alice Hegan Rice’s Mrs. Wiggs of the Cabbage Patch was a national bestseller in 1901 and endures today as one of the most memorable literary creations by a Kentucky author.

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Rice, Alice Hegan: Calvary Alley. v1. 20 Mat 2013

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Alice Hegan Rice, also known as Alice Caldwell Hegan, (January 11, 1870 – February 10, 1942) was an American novelist.

Excerpt
You never would guess in visiting Cathedral Court, with its people's hall and its public baths, its clean, paved street and general air of smug propriety, that it harbors a notorious past. But those who knew it by its maiden name, before it was married to respectability, recall Calvary Alley as a region of swarming tenements, stale beer dives, and frequent police raids. The sole remaining trace of those unregenerate days is the print of a child's foot in the concrete walk just where it leaves the court and turns into the cathedral yard.

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Rice, Alice Hegan: Calvary Alley. v1. 25 Jun 2014

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Alice Hegan Rice, also known as Alice Caldwell Hegan, (January 11, 1870 – February 10, 1942) was an American novelist. Born in Shelbyville, Kentucky, she wrote over two dozen books, the most famous of which is Mrs. Wiggs of the Cabbage Patch. The book was a best seller in 1902 and is set in Louisville, Kentucky where she then lived. It was made into a successful play in 1903, and there were three Hollywood movie versions of it. The best known is the 1934 film starring Pauline Lord and W. C. Fields.

Excerpt
You never would guess in visiting Cathedral Court, with its people’s hall and its public baths, its clean, paved street and general air of smug propriety, that it harbors a notorious past. But those who knew it by its maiden name, before it was married to respectability, recall Calvary Alley as a region of swarming tenements, stale beer dives, and frequent police raids. The sole remaining trace of those unregenerate days is the print of a child’s foot in the concrete walk just where it leaves the court and turns into the cathedral yard.

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Rice, Alice Hegan: Captain June. v1. 20 May 2013

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Alice Hegan Rice, also known as Alice Caldwell Hegan, (January 11, 1870 – February 10, 1942) was an American novelist.

Excerpt
June had never sat still so long during the whole six years of his existence. His slender body usually so restless and noisy was motionless; his hands too fond of teasing and mischief lay limp in his lap, even his tongue was still and that was the most wonderful of all. The only part of him that stirred was a sparkling pair of gray eyes that were looking out upon the strangest world they had ever seen.

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Rice, Alice Hegan: Captain June. v1. 25 Jun 2014

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Alice Hegan Rice, also known as Alice Caldwell Hegan, (January 11, 1870 – February 10, 1942) was an American novelist. Born in Shelbyville, Kentucky, she wrote over two dozen books, the most famous of which is Mrs. Wiggs of the Cabbage Patch. The book was a best seller in 1902 and is set in Louisville, Kentucky where she then lived. It was made into a successful play in 1903, and there were three Hollywood movie versions of it. The best known is the 1934 film starring Pauline Lord and W. C. Fields.

Excerpt
June had never sat still so long during the whole six years of his existence. His slender body usually so restless and noisy was motionless; his hands too fond of teasing and mischief lay limp in his lap, even his tongue was still and that was the most wonderful of all. The only part of him that stirred was a sparkling pair of gray eyes that were looking out upon the strangest world they had ever seen.

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Rice, Alice Hegan: Lovey Mary. v1. 22 May 2013

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Alice Hegan Rice, also known as Alice Caldwell Hegan, (January 11, 1870 – February 10, 1942) was an American novelist.

Excerpt
Everything about Lovey Mary was a contradiction, from her hands and feet, which seemed to have been meant for a big girl, to her high ideals and aspirations, that ought to have belonged to an amiable one. The only ingredient which might have reconciled all the conflicting elements in her chaotic little bosom was one which no one had ever taken the trouble to supply.

NOTE: 18 Illustrations

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Rice, Alice Hegan: Lovey Mary. v1. 26 Jun 2014

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Alice Hegan Rice, also known as Alice Caldwell Hegan, (January 11, 1870 – February 10, 1942) was an American novelist. Born in Shelbyville, Kentucky, she wrote over two dozen books, the most famous of which is Mrs. Wiggs of the Cabbage Patch. The book was a best seller in 1902 and is set in Louisville, Kentucky where she then lived. It was made into a successful play in 1903, and there were three Hollywood movie versions of it. The best known is the 1934 film starring Pauline Lord and W. C. Fields.

Excerpt
Everything about Lovey Mary was a contradiction, from her hands and feet, which seemed to have been meant for a big girl, to her high ideals and aspirations, that ought to have belonged to an amiable one. The only ingredient which might have reconciled all the conflicting elements in her chaotic little bosom was one which no one had ever taken the trouble to supply.

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Rice, Alice Hegan: Miss Mink's Soldier and Other Stories. v1. 22 May 2913

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Alice Hegan Rice, also known as Alice Caldwell Hegan, (January 11, 1870 – February 10, 1942) was an American novelist.

Miss Mink's Soldier
A Darling Of Misfortune
"Pop"
Hoodooed
A Matter Of Friendship
The Wild Oats Of A Spinster
Cupid Goes Slumming
The Soul Of O Sana San

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Rice, Alice Hegan: Mr. Opp. v1. 23 May 2013

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Alice Hegan Rice, also known as Alice Caldwell Hegan, (January 11, 1870 – February 10, 1942) was an American novelist.

Excerpt
"I hope your passenger hasn’t missed his train,” observed the ferryman to Mr. Jimmy Fallows, who sat on the river bank with the painter of his rickety little naphtha launch held loosely in his hand.

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Rice, Alice Hegan: Quin. v1. 23 May 2013

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Alice Hegan Rice, also known as Alice Caldwell Hegan, (January 11, 1870 – February 10, 1942) was an American novelist.

Excerpt
If the dollar Quinby Graham tossed up on New Year's eve had not elected to slip through his fingers and roll down the sewer grating, there might have been no story to write. Quin had said, "Tails, yes"; and who knows but that down there under the pavement that coin of fate was registering "Heads, no"? It was useless to suggest trying it over, however, for neither of the young privates with town leave for twenty-four hours possessed another coin.

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Rice, Alice Hegan: The Honorable Percival. v1. 21 May 2013

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Alice Hegan Rice, also known as Alice Caldwell Hegan, (January 11, 1870 – February 10, 1942) was an American novelist.

Excerpt
The Honorable Percival Hascombe came aboard the Pacific liner about to sail from San Francisco, preceded by a fur coat, a gun-case, two pigskin bags, a hat-box, and a valet. He was tall and slender, and moved with an air of fastidious distinction. He wore a small mustache, a monocle, and an expression of unutterable ennui. His costume consisted of a smart tweed traveling-suit, with cap to match, white spats, and a pair of binoculars swung across his shoulders. In his eyes was the look, carefully maintained, of one who has sounded the depths of human tragedy.

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Rice, Alice Hegan: The Honorable Percival. v1. 26 Jun 2014

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Alice Hegan Rice, also known as Alice Caldwell Hegan, (January 11, 1870 – February 10, 1942) was an American novelist. Born in Shelbyville, Kentucky, she wrote over two dozen books, the most famous of which is Mrs. Wiggs of the Cabbage Patch. The book was a best seller in 1902 and is set in Louisville, Kentucky where she then lived. It was made into a successful play in 1903, and there were three Hollywood movie versions of it. The best known is the 1934 film starring Pauline Lord and W. C. Fields.

Excerpt
The Honorable Percival Hascombe came aboard the Pacific liner about to sail from San Francisco, preceded by a fur coat, a gun-case, two pigskin bags, a hat-box, and a valet. He was tall and slender, and moved with an air of fastidious distinction. He wore a small mustache, a monocle, and an expression of unutterable ennui. His costume consisted of a smart tweed traveling-suit, with cap to match, white spats, and a pair of binoculars swung across his shoulders. In his eyes was the look, carefully maintained, of one who has sounded the depths of human tragedy.

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Richards, Anna M.: A New Alice in the Old Wonderland. v1. 25 Jan 2021

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A NEW ALICE IN THE OLD WONDERLAND
By Anna Matlack Richards (1835–1900)

[A New Alice[/ features Alice Lee, an American girl with a coincidental name, visiting Wonderland and meeting all the characters she knows from [Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland[/ and [Through the Looking-Glass[/. The book was “an expanded version of the stories the author had invented for her young children, to whom the novel is dedicated, about their favorite storybook world.”

Illustrations by the author’s daughter, Anna Richards Brewster (1870–1952), have been omitted due to copyright restrictions.

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Anna Matlack Richards (1835–1900) was already known as a poet and playwright by age 20 or 21. In the 1890s she wrote comic poems that were published in American children’s magazines. 1895 saw publication of [A New Alice in the Old Wonderland[/. According to Carolyn Sigler, it is one of the more important “Alice imitations”, or novels inspired by Lewis Carroll’s Alice books.

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Richards, Laura Elizabeth Howe: Captain January. v1. 27 Jun 2014

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Laura Elizabeth Howe Richards (February 27, 1850 – January 14, 1943) was an American writer. She born in Boston, Massachusetts, to a high-profile family. During her life, she wrote over 90 books, including children's, biographies, poetry, and others. A well-known children's poem for which she is noted is the literary nonsense verse Eletelephony.

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The Captain had sold all his lobsters. They had been particularly fine ones, and had gone off “like hot cakes,” everyone who passed by the wharf stopping to buy one or two. Now the red dory was empty, and the Captain had washed her out with his usual scrupulous care, and was making preparations for his homeward voyage, when he was hailed by a cheery voice from the street.

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Richards, Laura Elizabeth Howe: Fernley House. v1. 28 Jun 2014

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Laura Elizabeth Howe Richards (February 27, 1850 – January 14, 1943) was an American writer. She born in Boston, Massachusetts, to a high-profile family. During her life, she wrote over 90 books, including children's, biographies, poetry, and others. A well-known children's poem for which she is noted is the literary nonsense verse Eletelephony.

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Margaret’s eyes kept wandering from her work. How could she stitch, when things were looking like this? There was the oriole, swinging on the bough beside his nest, pouring out his song, “Joy! joy! joy!” The eggs might be hatched to-day. Basil had begged her to promise that she would let neither cat nor squirrel meddle with the young birds. What should she do, if she saw a cat up there, forty feet from the ground? Dear Basil! he never could understand why she could not climb trees as well as he and Susan D. Dear Basil! dearest of boys! how nice he looked in his new blue suit; and who would mend the first “barndoor” that he tore in jacket or trousers?

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Richards, Laura Elizabeth Howe: Geoffrey Strong. v1. 29 Jun 2014

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Laura Elizabeth Howe Richards (February 27, 1850 – January 14, 1943) was an American writer. She born in Boston, Massachusetts, to a high-profile family. During her life, she wrote over 90 books, including children's, biographies, poetry, and others. A well-known children's poem for which she is noted is the literary nonsense verse Eletelephony.

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Again the old doctor laughed. “I tell you they are the Vestal Virgins!” he repeated. “There are two of them, Miss Phoebe and Miss Vesta Blyth. Miss Phoebe is as good as gold, but something of a man-hater. She doesn’t think much of the sex in general, but she is a good friend of mine, and she’ll be good to you for my sake. Miss Vesta”—the young doctor, who was observant, noted a slight change in his hearty voice—“Vesta Blyth is a saint.”

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Richards, Laura Elizabeth Howe: Hildegarde's Harvest. v1. 30 Jun 2014

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Laura Elizabeth Howe Richards (February 27, 1850 – January 14, 1943) was an American writer. She born in Boston, Massachusetts, to a high-profile family. During her life, she wrote over 90 books, including children's, biographies, poetry, and others. A well-known children's poem for which she is noted is the literary nonsense verse Eletelephony.

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Save for missing the sensation of flying, which she found one of the most delightful things in the world, she was hardly sorry to have the walk. One could not see so much from the wheel, unless one rode slowly; and Hildegarde could not ride slowly,—the joy of flying was too great. It was good to look at everything as she went along, to recognise the knots on the trees, and stop for a friendly word with any young sapling that looked as if it needed encouragement. Also, the leaves had fallen, and what could be pleasanter than to walk through them, stirring them up, and hearing the crisp, clean crackle of them under her feet? Also,—and this was the most potent reason, after all,—she could read her letters as she walked, and she had good letters to-day.

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Richards, Laura Elizabeth Howe: Hildegarde's Holiday. v1. 30 Jun 2014

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Laura Elizabeth Howe Richards (February 27, 1850 – January 14, 1943) was an American writer. She born in Boston, Massachusetts, to a high-profile family. During her life, she wrote over 90 books, including children's, biographies, poetry, and others. A well-known children's poem for which she is noted is the literary nonsense verse Eletelephony.

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“It is all right, my dear,” said the doctor, quickly; while the lady, whose name was Mrs. Grahame, took the girl in her arms quietly, and kissed her. “It is all right; everything has gone perfectly, and in a few days your lovely friend will be better than she has ever been since she was a baby.”

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Richards, Laura Elizabeth Howe: Hildegarde's Home. v1. 1 Jul 20-14

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Laura Elizabeth Howe Richards (February 27, 1850 – January 14, 1943) was an American writer. She born in Boston, Massachusetts, to a high-profile family. During her life, she wrote over 90 books, including children's, biographies, poetry, and others. A well-known children's poem for which she is noted is the literary nonsense verse Eletelephony.

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It was a pleasant place. The house was a large, low, old-fashioned one, with the modern addition of a deep, wide verandah running across its front. Before it was a circular sweep of lawn, fringed with trees; beside it stood a few noble elms, which bent lovingly above the gambrel roof. There were some flower-beds, rather neglected-looking, under the south windows, and there was a kitchen-garden behind the house. This was all that Hildegarde Grahame had seen so far of her new home, for she had only just arrived. She stood now on the verandah, looking about her with keen, inquiring eyes, a tall, graceful girl, very erect, with a certain proud carriage of the head. Her dress of black and white shepherd’s plaid was very simple, but it fitted to perfection, and there was a decided “air” to her little black felt hat.

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Richards, Laura Elizabeth Howe: Hildegarde's Neighbors. v1. 1 Jul 2014

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Laura Elizabeth Howe Richards (February 27, 1850 – January 14, 1943) was an American writer. She born in Boston, Massachusetts, to a high-profile family. During her life, she wrote over 90 books, including children's, biographies, poetry, and others. A well-known children's poem for which she is noted is the literary nonsense verse Eletelephony.

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“It began with obedience to my elders and betters. You told me to go down and see how Mrs. Lankton’s ‘neurology’ was; and I went. I found the poor old thing in bed, and moaning piteously. I am bound to say, however, that the moans did not begin till after I clicked the latch. It is frightful to see how suspicious a course of Mrs. Lankton always makes me. I went in, and the room was hermetically sealed, with a roaring fire in the air-tight stove.”

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Richards, Laura Elizabeth Howe: Margaret Montfort. v1. 3 Jul 2014

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Laura Elizabeth Howe Richards (February 27, 1850 – January 14, 1943) was an American writer. She born in Boston, Massachusetts, to a high-profile family. During her life, she wrote over 90 books, including children's, biographies, poetry, and others. A well-known children's poem for which she is noted is the literary nonsense verse Eletelephony.

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“Thank you, uncle!” said the girl whom he addressed as Margaret, and whom some of my readers may have met before. “It is not that I don’t love the dear rooms, nor that it would not be a joy to be in them, for some reasons; but,—I think, just to go and sit there every day, alone or with you, and think about her,—it seems as if that would be easier just now, dear uncle. You always understand, Uncle John!”

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Richards, Laura Elizabeth Howe: Marie. v1. 3 Jul 2014

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Laura Elizabeth Howe Richards (February 27, 1850 – January 14, 1943) was an American writer. She born in Boston, Massachusetts, to a high-profile family. During her life, she wrote over 90 books, including children's, biographies, poetry, and others. A well-known children's poem for which she is noted is the literary nonsense verse Eletelephony.

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The baby woke and stirred. The tiny hand was outstretched and touched its father’s hand, and a thrill ran through him from head to foot, softening the hard grain, melting, changing the fibre of his being. The husk that in those lonely hours in the forest had been loosened, broken, now fell away from him, and a new man knelt by the white bed, silent, gazing from child to wife with eyes more eloquent than any words could be. The baby’s hand rested in his, and Marie laid her own over it; and Abby Rock rose and went away, closing the door softly after her.

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Richards, Laura Elizabeth Howe: Melody. V1. a4 Jul 2014

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Laura Elizabeth Howe Richards (February 27, 1850 – January 14, 1943) was an American writer. She born in Boston, Massachusetts, to a high-profile family. During her life, she wrote over 90 books, including children's, biographies, poetry, and others. A well-known children's poem for which she is noted is the literary nonsense verse Eletelephony.

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Miss Vesta peered out between the muslin curtains. “She’s sitting on the steps,” she said, “feeding the hens. It is wonderful, the way the creatures know her! That old top-knot hen, that never has a good word for anybody, is sitting in her lap almost. She says she understands their talk, and I really believe she does. ‘Tis certain none of them cluck, not a sound, while she’s singing. ‘Tis a manner of marvel, to my mind.”

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Richards, Laura Elizabeth Howe: Mrs. Tree's Will. v1. 6 Jul 2014

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Laura Elizabeth Howe Richards (February 27, 1850 – January 14, 1943) was an American writer. She born in Boston, Massachusetts, to a high-profile family. During her life, she wrote over 90 books, including children's, biographies, poetry, and others. A well-known children's poem for which she is noted is the literary nonsense verse Eletelephony.

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“At nine o’clock, sir,” said Mr. Homer. “Jocko, the parrot, had had some trifling indisposition, and Cousin Marcia had sent for Miss Penelope Pardon, who, as you are doubtless aware, has some knowledge of the feathered tribes and their peculiar ailments

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Richards, Laura Elizabeth Howe: Mrs. Tree. v1. 5 Jul 2014

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Laura Elizabeth Howe Richards (February 27, 1850 – January 14, 1943) was an American writer. She born in Boston, Massachusetts, to a high-profile family. During her life, she wrote over 90 books, including children's, biographies, poetry, and others. A well-known children's poem for which she is noted is the literary nonsense verse Eletelephony.

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Direxia had been to market, and, it was to be supposed, had brought home, beside the chops and the soup-piece, all the information the village afforded. She had now, after putting away her austere little bonnet and cape, brought a china basin, and a mystic assortment of white cloths, and was polishing the window-panes, which did not need polishing. From time to time she glanced at her mistress, who sat bolt upright in her chair, engaged on a severe-looking piece of knitting. Mrs. Tree detested knitting, and it was always a bad sign when she put away her book and took up the needles.

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Richards, Laura Elizabeth Howe: Narcissa. v1. 6 Jul 2014

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Laura Elizabeth Howe Richards (February 27, 1850 – January 14, 1943) was an American writer. She born in Boston, Massachusetts, to a high-profile family. During her life, she wrote over 90 books, including children's, biographies, poetry, and others. A well-known children's poem for which she is noted is the literary nonsense verse Eletelephony.

NARCISSA
IN VERONA.

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Richards, Laura Elizabeth Howe: Nautilus. v1. 6 Jul 2014

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Laura Elizabeth Howe Richards (February 27, 1850 – January 14, 1943) was an American writer. She born in Boston, Massachusetts, to a high-profile family. During her life, she wrote over 90 books, including children's, biographies, poetry, and others. A well-known children's poem for which she is noted is the literary nonsense verse Eletelephony.

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The boy John was sitting on the wharf, watching the ebb of the tide. The current was swift, for there had been heavy rains within a few days; the river was full of drifting logs, bits of bark, odds and ends of various kinds; the water, usually so blue, looked brown and thick. It swirled round the great mossy piers, making eddies between them; from time to time the boy dropped bits of paper into these eddies, and saw with delight how they spun round and round, like living things, and finally gave up the struggle and were borne away down stream.

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Richards, Laura Elizabeth Howe: Peggy. v1. 7 Jul 2014

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Laura Elizabeth Howe Richards (February 27, 1850 – January 14, 1943) was an American writer. She born in Boston, Massachusetts, to a high-profile family. During her life, she wrote over 90 books, including children's, biographies, poetry, and others. A well-known children's poem for which she is noted is the literary nonsense verse Eletelephony.

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“I—I beg your pardon!” she faltered. “I didn’t suppose—did you mean me?”
“You are Miss Montfort, are you not?”
“Oh, no! my cousins are both—that is,—I am just Peggy!

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Richards, Laura Elizabeth Howe: Queen Hildegarde. v1. 7 Jul 2014

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Laura Elizabeth Howe Richards (February 27, 1850 – January 14, 1943) was an American writer. She born in Boston, Massachusetts, to a high-profile family. During her life, she wrote over 90 books, including children's, biographies, poetry, and others. A well-known children's poem for which she is noted is the literary nonsense verse Eletelephony.

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“And have you decided what is to become of Hilda?” asked Mrs. Graham.
“Hilda?” replied her husband, in a tone of surprise, “Hilda? why, she will go with us, of course. What else should become of the child? She will enjoy the trip immensely, I have no doubt.”

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Richards, Laura Elizabeth Howe: Quicksilver Sue

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Laura Elizabeth Howe Richards (February 27, 1850 – January 14, 1943) was an American writer. She born in Boston, Massachusetts, to a high-profile family. During her life, she wrote over 90 books, including children's, biographies, poetry, and others. A well-known children's poem for which she is noted is the literary nonsense verse Eletelephony.

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Sue Penrose went home that day feeling, as she had said to Mary, that something serious had happened. The advent of a stranger, and that stranger a girl not very far from her own and Mary’s age, was indeed a wonderful thing. Hilton was a quiet village, and it happened that she and Mary had few friends of their own age. They had never felt the need of any, being always together from babyhood. Mary would never, it might be, feel the need; but Sue was always a dreamer of dreams, and always longed for something new, something different from every-day pleasures and cares

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Richards, Laura Elizabeth Howe: Rita. 8 Jul 2014

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Laura Elizabeth Howe Richards (February 27, 1850 – January 14, 1943) was an American writer. She born in Boston, Massachusetts, to a high-profile family. During her life, she wrote over 90 books, including children's, biographies, poetry, and others. A well-known children's poem for which she is noted is the literary nonsense verse Eletelephony.

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If this story should seem extravagant to any of my readers, I can only refer them to some one of the many published accounts of the Spanish-American War. They will find that many delicate and tenderly nurtured girls were forced to endure dangers and privations compared to which Rita’s adventures seem like child’s play.

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Richards, Laura Elizabeth Howe: Rosin the Beau. v1. 9 Jul 2014

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Laura Elizabeth Howe Richards (February 27, 1850 – January 14, 1943) was an American writer. She born in Boston, Massachusetts, to a high-profile family. During her life, she wrote over 90 books, including children's, biographies, poetry, and others. A well-known children's poem for which she is noted is the literary nonsense verse Eletelephony.

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I sit down to write my story for you, the life-story of old Rosin the Beau, your friend and true lover. Some day, not far distant now, my fiddle and I shall be laid away, in the quiet spot you know and love; and then (for you will miss me, Melody, well I know that!) this writing will be read to you, and you will hear my voice still, and will learn to know me better even than you do now; though that is better than any one else living knows me.

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Richards, Laura Elizabeth Howe: Some Say. v1. 9 Jul 2014

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Laura Elizabeth Howe Richards (February 27, 1850 – January 14, 1943) was an American writer. She born in Boston, Massachusetts, to a high-profile family. During her life, she wrote over 90 books, including children's, biographies, poetry, and others. A well-known children's poem for which she is noted is the literary nonsense verse Eletelephony.

“SOME SAY”
NEIGHBOURS IN CYRUS

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Richards, Laura Elizabeth Howe: The Green Satin Gown. v1. 29 Jun 2014

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Laura Elizabeth Howe Richards (February 27, 1850 – January 14, 1943) was an American writer. She born in Boston, Massachusetts, to a high-profile family. During her life, she wrote over 90 books, including children's, biographies, poetry, and others. A well-known children's poem for which she is noted is the literary nonsense verse Eletelephony.

THE GREEN SATIN GOWN
BLUE EGYPTIANS
LITTLE BENJAMIN
DON ALONZO
THE SHED CHAMBER
MAINE TO THE RESCUE
THE SCARLET LEAVES

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Richards, Laura Elizabeth Howe: The Joyous Story of Toto. v1. 2 Jul 2014

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Laura Elizabeth Howe Richards (February 27, 1850 – January 14, 1943) was an American writer. She born in Boston, Massachusetts, to a high-profile family. During her life, she wrote over 90 books, including children's, biographies, poetry, and others. A well-known children's poem for which she is noted is the literary nonsense verse Eletelephony.

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Toto was a little boy, and his grandmother was an old woman (I have noticed that grandmothers are very apt to be old women); and this story is about both of them. Now, whether the story be true or not you must decide for yourselves; and the child who finds this out will be wiser than I.
NOTE: 36 Illustrations

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Richards, Laura Elizabeth Howe: The Merryweathers. v1. 5 Jul 2014

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Laura Elizabeth Howe Richards (February 27, 1850 – January 14, 1943) was an American writer. She born in Boston, Massachusetts, to a high-profile family. During her life, she wrote over 90 books, including children's, biographies, poetry, and others. A well-known children's poem for which she is noted is the literary nonsense verse Eletelephony.

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“Yes, I am. I feel very shy and queer, going among strangers. You see, I have never really been away in my life; never in this way, I mean. I was always with father; and then—afterward—I went to Fernley; and though so many people have come into my life, dear, delightful people, I have never somehow gone into theirs. And now, to go into a whole great big family, only two of whom—I mean which—oh, dear me! I don’t know what I mean, but I have only seen two of them, you know, and it is formidable, you will admit, Peggy.”

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Richards, Laura Elizabeth Howe: The Silver Crown. v1. 9 Jul 2014

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Laura Elizabeth Howe Richards (February 27, 1850 – January 14, 1943) was an American writer. She born in Boston, Massachusetts, to a high-profile family. During her life, she wrote over 90 books, including children's, biographies, poetry, and others. A well-known children's poem for which she is noted is the literary nonsense verse Eletelephony.

A BOOK OF FABLES

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Richards, Laura Elizabeth Howe: The Wooing of Calvin Parks. v1. 10 Jul 2014

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Laura Elizabeth Howe Richards (February 27, 1850 – January 14, 1943) was an American writer. She born in Boston, Massachusetts, to a high-profile family. During her life, she wrote over 90 books, including children's, biographies, poetry, and others. A well-known children's poem for which she is noted is the literary nonsense verse Eletelephony.

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The little man waved his hand. “That’s all I’ve got to say!” he said. “We was. That’s the situation. I’ve nothin’ against Samuel, nor he as I knows on against me; but we have had a sufficiency of each other, and we are havin’ us a rest, Calvin. We eat together, but otherwise we don’t. But I’ll tell you one thing,” he added, leaning forward and dropping his voice, while his eyes narrowed to pinpoints. “When I don’t like a man, I don’t like him any better for bein’ twin to me, I like him wuss!”

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Richards, Laura Elizabeth Howe: Three Margarets. v1. 10 Jul 2014

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Laura Elizabeth Howe Richards (February 27, 1850 – January 14, 1943) was an American writer. She born in Boston, Massachusetts, to a high-profile family. During her life, she wrote over 90 books, including children's, biographies, poetry, and others. A well-known children's poem for which she is noted is the literary nonsense verse Eletelephony.

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The rain was falling fast. It was a pleasant summer rain that plashed gently on the leaves of the great elms and locusts, and tinkled musically in the roadside puddles. Less musical was its sound as it drummed on the top of the great landau which was rolling along the avenue leading to Fernley House; but the occupants of the carriage paid little attention to it, each being buried in her own thoughts. The night was dark, and the carriage-lamps threw an uncertain gleam on the three figures leaning back in their corners, muffled and silent. The avenue was long,—interminably long, it seemed to one of the three travellers; and finally the silence so oppressed her that she determined to conquer her shyness and break it.

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Richards, Laura Elizabeth Howe: Toto's Merry Winter. v1. 10 Jul 2014

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Laura Elizabeth Howe Richards (February 27, 1850 – January 14, 1943) was an American writer. She born in Boston, Massachusetts, to a high-profile family. During her life, she wrote over 90 books, including children's, biographies, poetry, and others. A well-known children's poem for which she is noted is the literary nonsense verse Eletelephony.

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IT was evening,—a good, old-fashioned winter evening, cold without, warm and merry within. The snow was falling lightly, softly, with no gusts of wind to trouble it and send it whirling and drifting hither and thither. It covered the roof with a smooth white counterpane, tucking it in neatly and carefully round the edges; it put a tall conical cap on top of the pump, and laid an ermine fold over his long and impressive nose. Myriads of curious little flakes pattered softly—oh! very softly—against the windows of the cottage, pressing against the glass to see what was going on inside, and saying, “Let us in! let us in! please do!” But nobody seemed inclined to let them in, so they were forced to content themselves with looking.

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Richards, Laura: Florence Nightingale the Angel ... v1. 29 Jun 2014

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Laura Elizabeth Howe Richards (February 27, 1850 – January 14, 1943) was an American writer. She born in Boston, Massachusetts, to a high-profile family. During her life, she wrote over 90 books, including children's, biographies, poetry, and others. A well-known children's poem for which she is noted is the literary nonsense verse Eletelephony.

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One evening, some time after the great Crimean War of 1854-55, a company of military and naval officers met at dinner in London. They were talking over the war, as soldiers and sailors love to do, and somebody said: “Who, of all the workers in the Crimea, will be longest remembered?”

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Richardson, Henry Handel: Growing Pains. v1 6 Feb 2017

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Henry Handel Richardson was the pen name of Ethel Florence Lindesay Robertson, nee Richardson (born January, 1870, in Australia, died March 1946, in England). She had one sister, born in 1871. In 1888 she left Australia and spent the rest of her life in Germany and England, making only one brief visit to Australia in 1912 to research family history.

[Growing Pains[/ is subtitled 'Sketches of Girlhood', and contains eight short stories about aspects of various girl's lives from early childhood to adulthood. The story titles are: The Bathe, Three in a Row, Preliminary Canter, Conversation in a Pantry, The Bath, The Wrong Turning, "And Women Must Weep", and Two Hanged Women.

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Richardson, Henry Handel: Short Fiction. v1 21 Feb 2017

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Henry Handel Richardson was the pen name of Ethel Florence Lindesay Robertson, nee Richardson (born January, 1870, in Australia, died March 1946, in England). She had one sister, born in 1871. In 1888 she left Australia and spent the rest of her life in Germany and England, making only one brief visit to Australia in 1912 to research family history.

'The End of a Childhood' serves as a postscript to [The Fortunes of Richard Mahoney.[/ 'The Life and Death of Peterle Luthy' and 'The Professor's Experiment' were originally combined as 'Two Tales of Old Strasbourg.' The other stories are 'Succedaneum', 'Mary Christina', 'The Coat', and 'Sister Ann'.

The texts for this ebook were taken from The University of Adelaide ebook library. I have silently corrected typos, curled quotes, replaced italics and diacritics, and made changes to spelling and hyphenation using oxforddictionaries.com. Letters are set off as block quotes. The cover illustration was taken from the Henry Handel Richardson Society website.

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Richardson, Henry Handel: The Fortunes of Richard Mahony. V1. 2 Jun 2 2012

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Henry Handel Richardson, the pseudonym used by Ethel Florence Lindesay Richardson, (3 January 1870 – 20 March 1946) was an Australian author. She took the name "Henry Handel" because at that time, many people did not take women's writing seriously.

Excerpt
In a shaft on the Gravel Pits, a man had been buried alive. At work in a deep wet hole, he had recklessly omitted to slab the walls of a drive; uprights and tailors yielded under the lateral pressure, and the rotten earth collapsed, bringing down the roof in its train. The digger fell forward on his face, his ribs jammed across his pick, his arms pinned to his sides, nose and mouth pressed into the sticky mud as into a mask; and over his defenceless body, with a roar that burst his ear-drums, broke stupendous masses of earth.

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Richardson, Henry Handel: The Getting of Wisdom. v1. 26 Jan 2017

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Henry Handel Richardson was the nom de plume of Ethel Florence Lindesay Robertson, nee Richardson (born January, 1870, Australia, died March 1946, England). She had one sister, born in 1871. In 1888 she left Australia and spent the rest of her life in Germany and England, making only one brief visit to Australia in 1912.

[The Getting of Wisdom[/ was her second and favourite novel, first published in 1910. It is an account of a young girl's life in her family and at boarding school, and was highly regarded by H. G. Wells.

The text for this ebook was taken from The University of Adelaide ebook library, and checked against the Penguin edition. I have silently corrected typos, curled quotes, replaced italics and diacritics, used British English, made changes to spelling and hyphenation using oxforddictionaries.com, and added translations and notes.

The cover is taken from the Henry Handel Richardson Society website.

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Richardson, Henry Handel: The Young Cosima. v2, 12 Mar 2017

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Henry Handel Richardson was the pen name of Ethel Florence Lindesay Robertson, nee Richardson (born January, 1870, Australia, died March 1946, England). In 1888 she left Australia to study music in Germany, and spent the rest of her life in Germany and England, making only one brief visit to Australia in 1912.

[The Young Cosima[/ was her last novel, first published in 1939. It tells the story of Cosima, the younger daughter of Franz Liszt, from her adolescence through her marriage to Hans von Bülow and her affair with Richard Wagner.

The text for this ebook was taken from a pdf in the Digital Library of India, kindly converted to HTML by Patrik Larsson, and checked against a copy of the Angus & Robertson 1984 paperback edition. I have silently corrected typos, curled quotes, replaced italics and diacritics, made changes to spelling and hyphenation using oxforddictionaries.com, and added a brief table of contents.

The text contains many German, French, and Latin words. I have provided translations and explanations as end notes, and am very grateful for the help provided by members of the MobileRead Deutches and Français forums.

The cover was adapted from an image on the Henry Handel Richardson Society web page.

Version 2 corrects errors in the Annotations, and extends them

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Richardson, Henry Handel: Two Hanged Women. V1. 4 Jun 2012

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crutledge

Henry Handel Richardson, the pseudonym used by Ethel Florence Lindesay Richardson, (3 January 1870 – 20 March 1946) was an Australian author. She took the name "Henry Handel" because at that time, many people did not take women's writing seriously.

"Hanged women"... just refers to two women "hanging out"-(being somewhere for no purpose).
http://rereadinglives.blogspot.com/2...ry-handel.html

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Richardson, Samuel: Clarissa. v1, 27 June 2008

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nrapallo

Clarissa was published in 1748. At over a million words, it is generally regarded as the longest novel in the English language.

Based on the LRF version prepared by TedPark; I used it's source html since it was offered up for conversion. :thumbsup:

[q_index]...Surely something this superlative is needed within the MobileRead high-quality eBook collection.

It is of a genre known as an Epistolary Novel - where the activities are laid out in the form of lengthy letters between and among the various protagonists. There are 7 large volumes to this book and hundreds of letters, most of them multiple (real-book size) pages, and many a dozen pages or more. Embedded within these letters are other letters, verses, quotations, and other literary devices.

I have provided two versions. For those of you who would like one huge volume, there is a monolithic file. It is just less than 3000 pages on my reader. However, I most recommend the version that is in two parts. The author provided a convenient logical break between Vols 4 and 5 - so I used that hint. Each part is "only" about 1500 pages.

I structured and formatted the text and created links for each of the letters and a few more special chapters. I made a few corrections that I spotted, but no I didn't do a word-for-word walkthrough type of proofreading. The cover is a sketch of the author.

I am also providing the HTML source that I created for these three files. It is really clean and well-organized (and even parsimonious!) and has passed the W3C validation. I didn't make any other eBook-specific formats because I don't like to make things I cannot test on my own equipment. And I only own a Sony Reader. I trust someone(s) else can make other versions from the HTML. If you do that, set up your converter to insert a page break before each "<H3 class=title … " tag, and nowhere else.

I hope you all enjoy reading this as much as I "enjoyed" making it! [/quot

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Richardson, Samuel: Pamela, v.1, 10 Jan 2008.

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Patricia

Samuel Richardson:
Pamela, Or, Virtue Rewarded
(1740)
‘In a series of familiar letters from a beautiful young damsel to her parents. Published in order to cultivate the principles of virtue and religion in the minds of the youth of both sexes. By Samuel Richardson Esq.’

Can the beautiful and virtuous young Pamela preserve her chastity from the rapacious squire?

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Richardson, Samuel: Pamela. v1, 1 May 2008

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HarryT

[Pamela[/, originally published in 1740, is widely regarded as the first ever English novel. Although some authorities consider the works of earlier authors such as Defoe to be novels, it is probably true to say that most do not, and that [Pamela[/ is the first work [generally[/ considered to be a novel. For this reason it is an enormously important work.

This book contains [Pamela[/, its sequel (generally referred to as simply [Pamela, Volume II[/), and Samuel Richardson's complete original introduction to the work (very often omitted from modern versions, but nonetheless interesting to read).

Like many early novels, [Pamela[/ is "epistolary" in form - ie, it tells its story through letters and diaries, rather than as a straightforward narrative.

As the book opens, Pamela, a 15 year old ladies' maid, is wondering what to do following the death of her mistress. She fears the attention of her late mistress's son (known only as "Mr. B.", throughout the novel), (quite rightly) worrying that he will try to take advantage of her. The novel tells the story of Mr. B's attempts to seduce Pamela, leading to his eventual imprisonment of her on his country estate, initially via letters to her parents and later, once she has been imprisoned, via a series of diary entries. Pamela's virtuous conduct eventually wins over Mr. B, he marries her, and the novel goes on to describe her attempts to win over Mr. B's family and friends, all of whom are shocked that he has married so far beneath his social class, and who tend to despise Pamela as a "gold digger".

[Pamela[/ is a wonderful portrayal of everyday life in the middle of the 18th century in England, and a fabulous read.

Enjoy!

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Richthofen, Manfred Freiherr von: Der Rote Kampfflieger. V1. 10 July 2010

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bear4hunter

Found the English Version in the forum, so here's the German Edition:

Die Memoiren von Manfred Freiherr von Richthofen, besser bekannt als "Roter Baron" - The Memoirs of Manfred von Richthofen, better known as The Red Baron

The Red Baron was an Airfighter for the German Army during WW I
You can read more on Wikipedia (German - English)

I found it on the net, cleaned the HTML code up a little, and made a mobi of it.
AFAIK the book (first published in 1917) is public domain now, but in case this is a violation of copyright law, feel free to notify me and I'll delete it, or just delete it.

Enjoy!

PS: with Cover Page and TOC

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Riddell, Mrs. J. H.: Shades and Shadows (collected ghosts). v2. 22 Apr 2026

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GrannyGrump

VERSION 2 --- Additional novel and additional novelette.

From the golden age of Victorian supernatural fiction, a treasure trove of the writings of one of the very best ghost-story writers of the era, bringing you five novels and fourteen stories.

Here are chilling tales of ghastly intruders into the everyday world of (mostly) everyday folks, seeking revenge, retribution, or reconciliation. So sit you down in a dark and quiet corner, and let Mrs. Riddell tell you a story….

(This collection of Riddell’s weird fiction contains all but the short story “Why Dr. Cray Left Southam.”)

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Charlotte Riddell, known also as Mrs J. H. Riddell (1832 – 1906), was a highly popular and influential Irish-born writer in the Victorian period. By making commerce the theme of many of her novels, she introduced a new element into English fiction, and was renowned as the novelist of The City of London.

She was also one of the best Victorian authors of the supernatural, and was well regarded by some of the genre’s severest critics, including M. R. James. Her stories are noted for true-to-life descriptions of people and places, and deal realistically with the financial struggles of the middle class. This realism, interwoven with the supernatural, makes her ghost stories the more effective.

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The contents of this book were first published 1867 ~ 1899. Text is in the public domain worldwide, because the author died more than 100 years ago, and the works were published prior to 1923.
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EDIT TO ADD: Uploaded version 2. Previous downloads: 351.

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Ridge, W Pett: Mixed Grill, 1913, v1, 24 June 2022

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British author, 1859-1930, author of numerous novels and short stories. This short story collection was published in 1913.

1: Third Person Singular
2: A Benevolent Character
3: The Wonderful Start.
4: Slow Recovery
5: Loose Cash
6: Price of James McWinter
7: A Case of Suspicion
8: Question of Temperature
9: Foreign Affairs
10: Before Lunch
11: Counter Attractions
12: Hero of Hammerton Street
13: Damages For Libel
14: The Rest Cure
15: Reward For Courage

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Ridge, William Pett: Assorted Works. V1.0, 17 Aug 2019

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lumpynose

William Pett Ridge (1859–1930) was an English author of humorous stories.

The raw text is from wikisource.org and Project Gutenberg.

According to the Count Pages Calibre plugin it is 1614 pages.

It should work on any Kindle since it's a dual MOBI file (produced by KindleGen) which contains both the AZW3/KF8 format as well as the ancient MOBI format.

I haven't proofread all of it yet; feel free to send me any errors or typos you may find.

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Rilke, Rainer Maria: Das Buch der Bilder. german. v1. 13 jun 2009

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netseeker

Rainer Maria Rilke (* 4. Dezember 1875 in Prag; † 29. Dezember 1926 im Sanatorium Valmont bei Montreux, Schweiz; eigentlich René Karl Wilhelm Johann Josef Maria Rilke) war einer der bedeutendsten Lyriker deutscher Sprache.

Das Buch der Bilder wurde zwischen 1899 und 1902 in Berlin-Schmagendorf, Worpswede, Jonsered bei Göteborg und Paris geschrieben und enthält 4 Kapitel mit insgesamt 73 lyrischen Texten.

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Rilke, Rainer Maria: Letters to a Young Woman, v.1, 28 January 2009.

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Patricia

Letters to a Young Woman (Briefe an eine junge Frau)
By Rainer Maria Rilke (1875–1926)
First Published 1930
Translated from the German by William Needham

Letters from a great poet to a young woman about love, life etc.
Found on PG Australia, where it is issued under a Creative Commons Attribution 2.5 Australia License.

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Ripperger, Walter: The Sinister Company (1936); v1; 19 Mar 2022

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Pulpmeister

Short pulp novel by a rare author: some 40,000 words. Little is known of the author, who was active from about 1935 to 1940 in the pulp magazines. Extensive research has produced nothing except a suggestion that he died in 1944.

John Battle is the chief engineer of a small company which is developing his invention, a rapid-fire anti-aircraft gun; but Germany and Japan both want it.

From "Detective Story Magazine", February 1936.

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Rita: The Mystery of a Turkish Bath, v.1, 12 November 2008

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Patricia

The Mystery of a Turkish Bath (1888)
By Rita [Eliza Margaret Jane Gollan], (1850–1938).
Produced by Nick Hodson of London, England, for Project Gutenberg.

A sensational novelette, set in a ladies’ Turkish bath at an English spa town. Many mysteries are noted (what does an elegant lady wear in a Turkish bath? How might she keep her hair in curl?) but the plot centres on a mysterious, beautiful stranger, who spouts spiritualism, theosophy and the law of karma to the steaming ladies. A tragic tale unfolds…

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Riverton, Stein: Fjerdemand [Norwegian].v1. 13 May 2014

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SBT

Det er jobbetid i Kristiania. På børsen går spillet høyt; om kveldene flyter champagnen fritt. Fire fremtredende borgere fra byens selskapsliv forsvinner sporløst etter hver å ha mottatt et mystisk, blått brev. Heldigvis rekker en av dem å ta kontakt med Asbjørn Krag før han blir borte..

Denne boken er basert på en utgave fra 1920 hentet fra bokhylla.no

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Riverton, Stein: Hvorledes dr. Wrangel kom [Norwegian].v1. 15 May 2014

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SBT

En rik, nylig hjemvendt svensk utvandrer blir funnet skutt på sitt hotellrom i Göteborg. Tilsynelatende er det selvmord, men når det oppdages at hans verdipapirer er borte, mistenkes hans vakre unge enke for å ha tatt ham av dage. Heldigvis er dr. Wrangel overbevist om hennes uskyld, og setter hele sin kriminalistiske erfaring inn på å få oppklart mysteriet.

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Riverton, Stein: Jernvognen [Norwegian]. V1. 10 Jun 2012

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SBT

En mann blir funnet myrdet i nærheten av et sommerhotell på Sørlandet. Er det noen sammenheng mellom dødsfallet og den uhyggelige nattlige skramling som tilskrives sagnet om den dødbringende jernvogn?
En mesterlig psykologisk spenningsroman som overhodet ikke er preget av å være skrevet for over hundre år siden - det er ikke uten grunn den norske krimklubb er oppkalt etter Stein Riverton!

Stein Riverton, alias Sven Elvestad (1884-1934), var en meget produktiv forfatter. Kvaliteten på hans bøker er meget varierende, men "Jernvognen" regnes allment som hans beste verk. Denne versjonen er basert på førsteutgaven fra 1909, skannet og lagt ut av Nasjonalbiblioteket.

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Riverton, Stein: Morderen fra mørket [Norwegian].v1. 13 May 2014

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SBT

I en liten by i Østfold avslører apotekeren at stedets lege
har svindlet stedets bank for store beløp. Han føler seg skyldbetynget når legen
like etter tilsynelatende tar sitt liv. Men apotekerens venn kapteinen er ikke
så sikker, og uhyggelige hendelser ser snart ut til å bekrefte hans anelser.

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Riverton, Stein: Mysteriet paa Bergensbanen [Norwegian]

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Lagopus

Svein Elvestad skrev under pseudonymet Stein Riverton en rekke kriminalbøker, særlig om Kristiania-detektiv Asbjørn Krag.

(Nasjonalbiblioteket har nylig publisert en epub-utgave av denne boken. Min utgave er utarbeidet uavhengig av den. Det er litt irriterende med "dobbeltarbeid", men jeg velger likevel å publisere min versjon - særlig siden NB har gjort layout-valg jeg ikke er helt enig i.)

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Riverton, Stein: Negeren med de hvite hænder [Norwegian].v1. 15 May 2014

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Privatdetektiv Asbjørn Krags gode venn, godseier Stokke, opplever uvant interesse for den vanrøkte gården han arvet etter en onkel. Like etter blir Krag oppsøkt av en fortvilet ung frue. Raskt viser det seg at det er en forbindelse mellom dem.

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Riverton, Stein: Storhertuginnen av Speilsalen [Norwegian]. v1. 23 Oct 2012

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SBT

Mens godseier Hammel er utenlands, blir en ukjent mann funnet skutt i hans villa på Bygdø. Oppdager Kjeldsens jakt på morderen fører ham inn i det hektiske selskapslivet i Oslos bohémverden, hvor den eksentriske Viviana, alias Storhertuginnen av Speilsalen, regjerer.

En av Stein Riverton, alias Sven Elvestads, mest anerkjente mysterier, som bl. a. har vært dramatisert av NRK Radioteateret.

Om lag førti feil i originalutgaven er rettet. Og noen nye er sikkert tilført...

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Rizal, José: El filibusterismo. (Spanish) v.1 27-July-2010

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Jellby

José Rizal (1861-1896) was a Filipino physician and writer, an advocate for reforms in the Philippines during the Spanish colonial period. He travelled through Europe, Japan and the United States, but was always involved with his homeland politics and culture. Although he never endorsed violence, he was accused of rebellion, sedition and conspiracy, and was executed near Manila in 1896. He is today considered a national hero of Philippines, where there is even a province named after him.

"El filibusterismo" ("The Filibustering") is a continuation of his first novel, "Noli me tángere", and was published in Ghent in 1891. Thirteen years after leaving the Philippines, Juan Crisóstomo Ibarra returns to his homeland in disguise and as a confidant to the Governor of the Islands. He has now abandoned his idealism, and comes with the ambition of starting a rebellien and seeking revenge against those on whom he blames his misfortunes. As happened in the first novel, in this book the Philippines society of the time (just before the end of the Spanish domination) is painted with sincerity and naivety, but a more acid and disappointed feeling can be noticed in the author, in parallel with the change suffered by the main character. Again, it is sad that most Filipinos today can't read this novel in the original Spanish.

This version is based on the first edition, to which I have added the notes of the English translation by Charles Derbyshire (translated into Spanish). I have also updated the spelling (mostly accents) and punctuation, and added a map of the region where the story develops.

I haven't really checked this mobipocket version, I converted it from the ePUB. I hope it's OK.

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Rizal, José: Noli me tángere. (Spanish) v.2 27-July-2010

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Jellby

José Rizal (1861-1896) was a Filipino physician and writer, an advocate for reforms in the Philippines during the Spanish colonial period. He travelled through Europe, Japan and the United States, but was always involved with his homeland politics and culture. Although he never endorsed violence, he was accused of rebellion, sedition and conspiracy, and was executed near Manila in 1896. He is today considered a national hero of Philippines, where there is even a province named after him.

"Noli me tángere" (Latin for "touch me not") was his first novel, published in Berlin in 1887. It tells the story of Juan Crisóstomo Ibarra, a young Filipino who returns to his home town in Philippines after his studies in Europe, and how he tries to improve the conditions of the people there, while fighting both the religious establishment and the more violent rebellious people. It clearly does not paint a nice picture of the Philippines society of the time, but it's also not a one-sided story against the colonial government. It is sad that most Filipinos today can't read this novel in the original Spanish.

There is a sequel: El filibusterismo.

This version is based on an annotated edition, to which I have added the notes of the English translation by Charles Derbyshire (translated into Spanish). I have also updated the spelling (mostly accents) and punctuation, and added a map of the region where the story develops.

I haven't really checked this mobipocket version, I converted it from the ePUB. I hope it's OK.

EDIT (v2): Fixed a few typos and formatting tags.

(previous download count: 56)

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Rizal, José: The Reign of Greed.V1.9/11/2014

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Sequel to The Social Cancer

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Rizal, José: The Social Cancer.V1.9/11/2014

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I thought I'd clean up and post a copy of the English translation of Noli Me Tangere.

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Robbins, Tod: Bizarre (short stories). v1. 09 Sep 2023

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GrannyGrump

Short stories in varied moods investigate the mysterious and the macabre.

Some have a humorous tone as they describe fantastical events (“Green Bottle”, “A Bit of a Banshee”, “Son of Shaemas O’Shea”), while others will take you into some very dark places indeed (“Spurs”; “Silent, White and Beautiful”).

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Clarence Aaron Robbins (25 June 1888 – May 10, 1949), billed as C. A. Robbins and better known as Tod Robbins, was an American author of horror and mystery fiction, particularly novels and short story collections. Writing for mainstream pulp magazines, he specialized in horror fiction dealing with themes of madness and cruelty. His work often contains bizarre and frightening plots, sometimes influenced by writers like Oscar Wilde and Robert W. Chambers. His novel The Unholy Three (1917), about side-show performers on a crime spree, was twice adapted for the screen, starring Lon Chaney both times. His short story “Spurs” was the basis for the 1932 cult film Freaks.

“…good pulp fiction, with a note of whimsy and sophistication that is unusual in the form.” —E. F. Bleiler

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A list of the titles:
Silent, White and Beautiful
Crimson Flowers
An Eccentric
Spurs
Cockcrow Inn
The Bibulous Baby
Wild Wullie, the Waster
Who Wants a Green Bottle?
A Bit of a Banshee
The Son of Shaemas O’Shea
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[This ebook is in the public domain where copyright is “Life+70” or less, and in the USA.[/
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Robbins, Tod: For Art’s Sake. v1. 20 Sep 2033

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GrannyGrump

“… those two deadly little volumes which formerly crouched between the kindlier books in my library like crime-besmirched dwarfs — have they vanished entirely from the memory of man? Vivid, poisonous growths of mental fungi, those tales sprang to life only to die before the sun. Quite perfect they were, and quite malign. Handbooks of assassins …”

The brilliant and sinister Burgess Martin writes a novel from the perspective of a murderer — and then arises a wave of murders, as the border between art and reality fades, and some readers are infected with the impulse to kill. The influence of Robert W. Chambers’ “The King in Yellow” seems apparent in this macabre tale.

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Clarence Aaron Robbins (25 June 1888 – May 10, 1949), billed as C. A. Robbins and better known as Tod Robbins, was an American author of horror and mystery fiction, particularly novels and short story collections. Writing for mainstream pulp magazines, he specialized in horror fiction dealing with themes of madness and cruelty. His work often contains bizarre and frightening plots, sometimes influenced by writers like Oscar Wilde and Robert W. Chambers. His novel [The Unholy Three[/ (1917), about side-show performers on a crime spree, was twice adapted for the screen, starring Lon Chaney both times. His short story “Spurs” was the basis for the 1932 cult film Freaks.

“…good pulp fiction, with a note of whimsy and sophistication that is unusual in the form.” —E. F. Bleiler

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A revised and expanded version of [Mysterious Martin[/ (1912), this novella was first published in 1920. [This ebook is in the public domain where copyright is “Life+70” or less, and in the USA.[/
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Robbins, Tod: Silent, White and Beautiful and Other Stories. v1. 24 Apr. 2023

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GrannyGrump

Three short stories and a novella: tales of the macabre.

“…good pulp fiction, with a note of whimsy and sophistication that is unusual in the form.”
—F. Bleiler

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Clarence Aaron Robbins (25 June 1888 – May 10, 1949), billed as C. A. Robbins and better known as Tod Robbins, was an American author of horror and mystery fiction, particularly novels and short story collections. Writing for mainstream pulp magazines, he specialized in horror fiction dealing with themes of madness and cruelty. His novel [The Unholy Three[/ (1917), about side-show performers on a crime spree, was twice adapted for the screen (both films starred Lon Chaney). His short story “Spurs” was the basis for the 1932 cult film [Freaks[/.

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A list of the titles:
Preface by Robert H. Davis

Silent, White and Beautiful

Who Wants a Green Bottle?

Wild Wullie, the Waster

For Art’s Sake
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First published in 1920, [this book is in the public domain where copyright is “Life+70” or less, and in the USA.[/
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Robbins, Tod: The Toys of Fate. v1. 20 Sep 2033

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GrannyGrump

“Much as I feared Old Man Fate, he exerted a peculiar fascination over me. Like many another fool, I longed to look into the eyes of the future.”

The owner of a toy store creates a miniature model of his village, and eventually sells it to a stranger. But the model seems to be more than just a replica of the actual village, and the stranger is apparently not simply an old man.

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Clarence Aaron Robbins (25 June 1888 – May 10, 1949), billed as C. A. Robbins and better known as Tod Robbins, was an American author of horror and mystery fiction, particularly novels and short story collections. Writing for mainstream pulp magazines, he specialized in horror fiction dealing with themes of madness and cruelty. His work often contains bizarre and frightening plots, sometimes influenced by writers like Oscar Wilde and Robert W. Chambers. His novel [The Unholy Three[/ (1917), about side-show performers on a crime spree, was twice adapted for the screen, starring Lon Chaney both times. His short story “Spurs” was the basis for the 1932 cult film Freaks.

“…good pulp fiction, with a note of whimsy and sophistication that is unusual in the form.” —E. F. Bleiler

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This novella was first published in 1921. [This ebook is in the public domain where copyright is “Life+70” or less, and in the USA.[/
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Robbins, Tod: The Whimpus. v1. 20 Sep 2033

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“If you are a militant materialist, with no belief in anything but that which you see with your eyes or touch with your own hands, this story is not for you. But, ‘there are more strange things hidden away in the sea than ever man heard tell of’.”

Sailor Bill Farley captures a whimpus — a mermaid-like fish-woman — believed to store up troves of jewels and golden trinkets. A sea-borne adventure ensues as a group of people sail to Whimpus Island to investigate.

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Clarence Aaron Robbins (25 June 1888 – May 10, 1949), billed as C. A. Robbins and better known as Tod Robbins, was an American author of horror and mystery fiction, particularly novels and short story collections. Writing for mainstream pulp magazines, he specialized in horror fiction dealing with themes of madness and cruelty. His work often contains bizarre and frightening plots, sometimes influenced by writers like Oscar Wilde and Robert W. Chambers. His novel [The Unholy Three[/ (1917), about side-show performers on a crime spree, was twice adapted for the screen, starring Lon Chaney both times. His short story “Spurs” was the basis for the 1932 cult film Freaks.

“…good pulp fiction, with a note of whimsy and sophistication that is unusual in the form.” —E. F. Bleiler

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Roberts, Bechhofer: Famous American Trials (1933), v1 26 Aug 2020

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C E Bechhofer Roberts was a prolific author in fiction and non-fiction; in the former he created the amateur detective A B C Hawkes, some of whose cases can be found in this Library in PAST MASTER SEVEN, recently uploaded.

This non-fiction work contains a review of the following famous American trials:

1: John Brown’s Body
2: The Sacco-Vanzetti Case
3: Benedict Arnold and Major Andre
4: The Trial of Leopold and Loeb
5: The Salem Witchcraft Trials
6: The Thaw Case
7: The End of the Jesse James Gang
8: The Snyder-Gray Murder Case
9: The Trial of President Lincoln’s Assassins
10: Mr. Waggoner and the Nineteen Banks
11: The Professor’s Murder Story
12: Trial by Newspaper: The Hall-Mills Murders

The cover is from the later Leith Hill Edition, which contained an introduction by a then-famous QC. This introduction is still in copyright, so I used the text of the first edition, for which no cover can be found on the internet.

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Roberts, Morley: Midsummer Madness. v1. 14 Apr. 2023

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A collection of nine stories: some touched by humor and some dipped in the macabre, with quite a lot of adventure along the way. Clever and entertaining tales.

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Morley Roberts (29 December 1857 – 8 June 1942) was an English novelist and writer. He wrote essays, biography, drama and verse, and is perhaps best known for [The Private Life of Henry Maitland[/, based on the life of novelist George Gissing.

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A list of the titles:
The Mad Hatter

The Fog

The Sud Express

The Blood Fetish

The Closed Chamber

The Man with the Nose

A Thing of Wax

Tritt

Out of the Great Silence
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First published in 1909, [this book is in the public domain where copyright is “Life+70” or less, and in the USA.[/
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Roberts, Morley: Tales of Changing Seas (1927); v1; 12 Aug 2020

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Brawling, often humorous tales of seaman at sea in the period of the transition from sail to steam, by Morley Roberts (1847-1942). Roberts was a journalist, and a prolific writer of short stories. These tales were all published in magazines early 1900s, before being collected in this volume in 1927. It is a rare book, and I could find no original cover, so made one using a photograph of my own.

Short stories and novelettes:
1: The Extra Hands of the Nemesis
2: The Captain of the Ullswater
3: Jack-All-Alone
4: The Crew of the Kamma Funder
5: The Rehabilitation of the Vigia
6: The Scuttling of the Pandora
7: The Promotion of the Admiral
8: The Lofty-Minded Mariner

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Robertson, Margaret M: Allison Bain. v1. 27 May 2013

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Margaret Murray Robertson (22 April 1823 – 14 February 1897) was a Scottish-born teacher and writer.

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Mr Hadden was standing at the open door of the manse, waiting patiently, while his housekeeper adjusted his grey plaid on his shoulders in preparation for a long ride over the hills. His faithful Barbara was doing her part protesting, but she was doing it carefully and well.

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Robertson, Margaret M: Christie Redfern's Troubles. v1. 27 May 2013

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Margaret Murray Robertson (22 April 1823 – 14 February 1897) was a Scottish-born teacher and writer.

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“I’ve heard folks say it—I’ve seen it in a book myself—and I heard my father read something like it, out of the Bible, last Sunday—‘Ask, and ye shall receive,’ and in another place, ‘In everything by prayer and supplication let your requests be made known unto God.’ I might try it, anyway.”

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Robertson, Margaret M: David Fleming's Forgiveness. v2. 28 May 2013

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Margaret Murray Robertson (22 April 1823 – 14 February 1897) was a Scottish-born teacher and writer.

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The first tree felled in the wilderness that lay to the south and west of the range of hills of which Hawk’s Head is the highest, was felled by the two brothers Holt. These men left the thickly-settled New England valley where they were born, passed many a thriving town and village, and crossed over miles and miles of mountain and forest to seek a home in a strange country. Not that they thought of it as a strange country, for it was a long time ago, and little was known by them of limits or boundary lines, when they took possession of the fertile Canadian valley which had till then been the resort only of trappers and Indians.

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Robertson, Margaret M: Eunice. v1. 28 May 2013

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Margaret Murray Robertson (22 April 1823 – 14 February 1897) was a Scottish-born teacher and writer.

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One fair morning, a good many years ago, a number of schoolgirls were waiting at a little wayside station on the banks of the Connecticut River. They had crossed the river in a ferry-boat and were waiting for more of their number who were coming after them.

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Robertson, Margaret M: Frederica and her Guardians. v1. 29 May 2013

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Margaret Murray Robertson (22 April 1823 – 14 February 1897) was a Scottish-born teacher and writer.

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The house in which the Vanes lived stood in a large and beautiful garden, and both were enclosed by a high brick wall, over which only the waving tops of the trees could be seen from the street. There were a good many such houses in M. at the time my story opens. They were originally built in the country, amid green fields and orchards, where, on summer days, one might sit and look at country sights and listen to country sounds, and quite forget that the hum and bustle of a great town sounded close at hand.

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Robertson, Margaret M: Janet's Love and Service. v1, 29 May 2013

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Margaret Murray Robertson (22 April 1823 – 14 February 1897) was a Scottish-born teacher and writer.

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Sitting on the high kitchen dresser, her cheek close against the darkening window, sat a young girl, of perhaps twelve or fourteen years of age. She had been reading by the light that lingered long at that western window, but the entrance of Janet’s candle darkened that, and the book, which at the first moment of surprise had dropped out of her hand, she now hastily put behind her out of Janet’s sight. But she need not have feared a rebuke for “blindin’ herself” this time, for Janet was intent on other matters, and pursued her work in silence. Soon the blaze sprung up, and the dishes and covers on the wall shone in the firelight. Then she went softly out and closed the door behind her.

NOTE: 5 Illustrations are declared on the Title Page. Only 4 show up in the original scan.

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Robertson, Margaret M: Shenac's Work at Home. v1, 30 May 2013

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Margaret Murray Robertson (22 April 1823 – 14 February 1897) was a Scottish-born teacher and writer.

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A long time ago, something very sad happened in one of the districts of Scotland. I cannot tell you how it all came about, but a great many people were obliged to leave their homes where they and their forefathers had lived for many generations. A few scattered themselves through other parts of the country; a few went to the great towns to seek for a livelihood; but by far the greater number made up their minds to leave for ever the land of their birth, and rose in the new, strange world beyond the sea a home for themselves and their children.

NOTE: 42 Illustrations and decorations. The scan of the illustrations is lousy.

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Robertson, Margaret M: Stephen Grattan's Faith. v1, 31 May 2013

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Margaret Murray Robertson (22 April 1823 – 14 February 1897) was a Scottish-born teacher and writer.

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Stephen Grattan had been a drunkard, and was now a reformed man. John Morely had been a drunkard, and was trying to reform.

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Robertson, Margaret M: The Inglises. v1. 29 May 2013

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Margaret Murray Robertson (22 April 1823 – 14 February 1897) was a Scottish-born teacher and writer.

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In the large and irregular township of Gourlay, there are two villages, Gourlay Centre and Gourlay Corner. The Reverend Mr Inglis lived in the largest and prettiest of the two, but he preached in both. He preached also in another part of the town, called the North Gore. A good many of the Gore people used to attend church in one or other of the two villages; but some of them would never have heard the Gospel preached from one year’s end to the other, if the minister had not gone to them.

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Robertson, Margaret M: The Orphans of Glen Elder. v1. 30 May 2013*

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Margaret Murray Robertson (22 April 1823 – 14 February 1897) was a Scottish-born teacher and writer.

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“Up to the fifth landing, and then straight on. You canna miss the door.”
For a moment the person thus addressed stood gazing up into the darkness of the narrow staircase, and then turned wearily to the steep ascent. No wonder she was weary; for at the dawn of that long August day, now closing so dimly over the smoky town, her feet had pressed the purple heather on the hills that skirt the little village of Kirklands. A neighbouring farmer had driven her part of the way, but she had walked since then seven-and-twenty miles of the distance that lay between her and her home.

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Robertson, Margaret M: The Twa Miss Dawsons. v1. 31 May 2013

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Margaret Murray Robertson (22 April 1823 – 14 February 1897) was a Scottish-born teacher and writer.

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Saughleas was not a large estate, nor were the Dawsons gentlefolks, in the sense generally accepted in the countryside.
It was acknowledged that both the mother and the wife of the new laird had had good blood in their veins; but George Dawson himself, had been, and, in a sense, still was, a merchant in the High-street of Portie. He was banker and ship-owner as well, and valued the reputation which he had acquired as a business man, far more than he would ever be likely to value any honour paid to him as the Laird of Saughleas.

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Robertson, Morgan: The Grain Ship. V1. 16 Nov 2009

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Morgan Robertson (September 30, 1861–March 24, 1915) was a well-known American author of short stories and novels, and the possible inventor of the periscope.

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I could not help listening to the talk at the next table, because the orchestra was quiet and the conversation unrestrained; then, too, a nautical phrasing caught my ear and aroused my attention. For I had been a lifelong student of nautical matters. A side glance showed me the speaker, a white-haired, sunburned old fellow in immaculate evening dress. With him at the table in the restaurant were other similarly clad men, evidently of good station in life, and in their answers and comments these men addressed the white-haired man as Commodore. A navy captain, I thought, promoted on retirement. His talk bore it out.

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Robertson, Morgan: The Wreck of the Titan. V1. 16 Nov 2009

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Morgan Robertson (September 30, 1861–March 24, 1915) was a well-known American author of short stories and novels, and the possible inventor of the periscope.

THE WRECK OF THE TITAN
THE PIRATES
BEYOND THE SPECTRUM
IN THE VALLEY OF THE SHADOW

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Robertson, Morgan: Where Angels Fear to Tread. V1. 16 Nov 2009

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Morgan Robertson (September 30, 1861–March 24, 1915) was a well-known American author of short stories and novels, and the possible inventor of the periscope.

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The first man to climb the Almena’s side-ladder from the tug was the shipping-master, and after him came the crew he had shipped. They clustered at the rail, looking around and aloft with muttered profane comments, one to the other, while the shipping-master approached a gray-eyed giant who stood with a shorter but broader man at the poop-deck steps.

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Robeson, Kenneth: Savage 33 - Murder Melody. V1. 9 July 2012

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Doc Savage Magazine #33 - Murder Melody
by Kenneth Robeson (1935)

Laurence Donovan (d. 1950) was an American pulp fiction writer who wrote several Doc Savage novels under the pseudonym Kenneth Robeson.

Synopsis:
It began with a series of quakes which tore huge, gaping holes in the surface of the Earth. Soon the sky over the Northwest was filled with the bodies of strange floating men playing a weird Melody of death. Was the World doomed? Could Doc Savage and his Fabulous Five save it from almost certain destruction? Join them as they race to the Center-of-the-Earth for a titanic battle with the power-crazed leaders of a fantastic super-civilization.

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Robeson, Kenneth: Savage 35 - Murder Mirage. V1. 9 July 2012

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Doc Savage Magazine #35 - Murder Mirage
by Kenneth Robeson (1936)

Laurence Donovan (d. 1950) was an American pulp fiction writer who wrote several Doc Savage novels under the pseudonym Kenneth Robeson.

Synopsis:
A blizzard in July and a woman's image is frozen in glass—how could these bizarre events possibly be connected? To find the answer and save the life of Ranyon Cartheris, the Man of Bronze and his dauntless allies journey to hot desert sands halfway round the World where they are trapped—perhaps never to emerge—in the ancient underground tombs of Tasunan!

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Note regarding issue #34:
Doc Savage Magazine #34 - 'The Fantastic Island' was co-written by Lester Dent (d. 1959) and Ryerson Johnson (d. 1995). Due to Canadian copyright laws (life plus 50 rule) that issue of the magazine is not considered public domain and cannot be made available without permission of the appropriate copyright holder(s).

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Robeson, Kenneth: Savage 38 - The Men Who Smiled No More. V1. 2 August 2012

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Doc Savage Magazine #38 - The Men Who Smiled No More
by Kenneth Robeson (1936)

Laurence Donovan (d. 1950) was an American pulp fiction writer who wrote several Doc Savage novels under the pseudonym Kenneth Robeson.

Synopsis:
It started with a senseless murder. Then it spread—all over New York men were becoming robot-like automatons without emotions. The Man of Bronze went into action. But even Doc Savage was stricken helpless before he solved the terrifying menace of The Death's Head Grin!

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Robeson, Kenneth: Savage 40 - Haunted Ocean. V1. 3 August 2012

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Doc Savage Magazine #40 - Haunted Ocean
by Kenneth Robeson (1936)

Laurence Donovan (d. 1950) was an American pulp fiction writer who wrote several Doc Savage novels under the pseudonym Kenneth Robeson. The 159 novels written over 16 years were credited to the house name Kenneth Robeson.

Synopsis:
An awesome power haunts the sea, paralyzes New York City, and brings the most powerful nations of the World to their knees! Deep in the frozen Arctic, an astonishing army of naked men and the forces of international greed challenge the invincible Man of Bronze for the strange secret of the so-called “Man of Peace.”

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Robeson, Kenneth: Savage 41 - The Black Spot. V1. 3 August 2012

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Doc Savage Magazine #41 - The Black Spot
by Kenneth Robeson (1936)

Laurence Donovan (d. 1950) was an American pulp fiction writer who wrote several Doc Savage novels under the pseudonym Kenneth Robeson. The 159 novels written over 16 years were credited to the house name Kenneth Robeson.

Synopsis:
All the guests were dressed as gangsters. But their millionaire host was dead in the library with a black spot over his heart. Then the Black Spot struck again. And again! The Man of Bronze and his courageous crew leap into action against Jingles Sporado and his mob. But they soon suspect a peril greater than any they have ever confronted!

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Robeson, Kenneth: Savage 43 - Cold Death. V1. 9 August 2012

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Doc Savage Magazine #43 - Cold Death
by Kenneth Robeson (1936)

Laurence Donovan (d. 1950) was an American pulp fiction writer who wrote several Doc Savage novels under the pseudonym Kenneth Robeson. The 159 novels written over 16 years were credited to the house name Kenneth Robeson. (Wiki)

Synopsis:
Doc Savage meets his most merciless adversary—VAR, the faceless fiend whose strange voice announces a terrible mandate of destruction! VAR—who wields the deadly Cold Light—and dares hurl the ultimate challenge at Doc and his mighty crew: A fight to the death with the World at stake!

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Robeson, Kenneth: Savage 47 - Land of Long Juju. V1. 11 August 2012

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Doc Savage Magazine #47 - Land of Long Juju
by Kenneth Robeson (1937)

Lester Dent (October 12, 1904 – March 11, 1959) was a prolific pulp fiction author, best known as the creator and main author of the series of novels about the superhuman scientist and adventurer, Doc Savage. The 159 novels written over 16 years were credited to the house name Kenneth Robeson.

Synopsis:
The ruthless power of The Shimba threatened to overthrow the good and gentle ruler of an African kingdom—and destroy forever the line of succession. Until the mighty Man of Bronze smashed the jungle menace and solved its terrible secret!

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Robeson, Kenneth: Savage 51 - Mad Eyes. V1. 17 August 2012

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Doc Savage Magazine #51 - Mad Eyes
by Kenneth Robeson (1937)

Laurence Donovan (d. 1950) was an American pulp fiction writer who wrote several Doc Savage novels under the pseudonym Kenneth Robeson. The 159 novels written over 16 years were credited to the house name Kenneth Robeson.

Synopsis:
Suddenly the air was filled with a thousand glistening reptiles. Suddenly Doc Savage became the cruelest of mass murderers. The World was threatened with extinction by the contamination of its water supply. In the space of twenty-four hours, the Earth became a seething storm of agony as the menace of the slithering madness struck in all its fury!

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Robeson, Kenneth: Savage 53 - He Could Stop the World. V1. 19 August 2012

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Doc Savage Magazine #53 - He Could Stop the World
by Kenneth Robeson (1937)

Laurence Donovan (d. 1950) was an American pulp fiction writer who wrote several Doc Savage novels under the pseudonym Kenneth Robeson. The 159 novels written over 16 years were credited to the house name Kenneth Robeson.

Synopsis:
The World was imperiled by a terrifying, malevolent force that had the power to change men's minds. Even Doc Savage's own men willingly deserted him when struck by the waves of the mind-changing Monster. High in the Sierras, he lived in an incredible fortress—ruthless, omnipotent, and preparing to rule the World. But even he hadn't reckoned on the superhuman-like powers of the Man of Bronze.

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Robins, Gertrude M.: The Relations and What They Related (ghosts). v1. 21 May 2021

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A series of weird stories told at a family gathering: Mysterious hauntings, extraordinary clairvoyance, dark deeds of theft and murder … Tales of the darker side to intrigue and unnerve you.

I added an Appendix for two additional stories not found in the original collection.

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Gertrude Minnie Robins (11 July 1861 — 22 November 1939) was an English author of over fifty novels, mostly in the crime, mystery, or gothic genres, many of them under her married name, Mrs. Baillie Reynolds.

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[Contents of this book were first published 1900 ~ 1909. This ebook is in the public domain where copyright is “Life+80” or less, and in the USA.[/
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Roche, Arthurs Somers: Ransom!, 1916, v1, 5 Jun 2021

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Arthur Somers Roche 1883-1935. A stand-alone novel by the author of the long running "Grey Ghost" series.

Financial thriller set in New York; five of the biggest names in business have vanished, presumably kidnapped; the financial system is about to collapse, leaving the whole country in ruins. Herkomer of the NYPD investigates; the Secret Service; and sportsman Philip Waring, himself possibly ruined, are in the mix too.

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Rockwell, Carey: Danger in Deep Space. V1. 11 Sep 2010

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Carey Rockwell, [pseud.], whoever he/she was or they were.
WILLY LEY Technical Adviser

The book you hold in your hands -- second in the Tom Corbett series by "Carey Rockwell" -- is something special. Oh, it was a work made for hire, and after it had its day, even the author (whoever he was in real life) forgot he'd done it. But believe it or not, this book is really pretty neat. It's the tale of three young space cadets of the Solar Guard: it starts with space maneuvers and a mock attack, and run through complications on places like Venus and Tara. Cool stuff! Read it now!

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Rockwell, Carey: The Revolt on Venus. 16 Oct 07

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Another Tom Corbett adventure. Easy reading without taxing the mind.

Published in 1954, I found the original text for this book at the US Project Gutenberg site. The notice said that they had been unable to find any renewal of the copyright.

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Rockwell, Carey: Tom Corbett -01- Stand by for Mars v1.0 2007-09-28

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I present to you Tom Corbett, Space Cadet. Here is book #1 [Stand by for Mars[/ by Carey Rockwell.

[quotTom Corbett, Space Cadet was one of the hottest science fiction properties of the 1950's. Tom was presented to the public as a comic strip in the daily funny papers, as a television series in 1951 and then again in 1954, as a radio series in 1952 and as a series of books. [Standby for Mars[/ was the first volume in the book series, introducing Tom and buddies Astro and Roger Manning and the world of the Solar Guard to readers. The book opens as Tom, Astro and Roger enter Space Academy and begin their training to become members of the Solar Guard. The boys go through the rigors of Academy training and are taken under wing by Capt. Steve Strong and Dr. Joan Dale. Relations between the boys are stained with Tom and Astro unable to understand Roger's hostile attitude towards the Academy and the Guard. The trio seem destined to be bounced out of the Academy due to the rancor between Roger and the other two boys. Then the boys are stranded on Mars when their training flight crash lands and in the ensuing action Roger reveals the cause of his animosity towards the Solar Guard and the Academy. [/quot

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Rockwood, Roy: Dave Dashaway and his Hydroplane. v1. 28 Aug 2014

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Roy Rockwood was a house pseudonym used by the Stratemeyer Syndicate for boy's adventure books. The name is most well-remembered for the Bomba the Jungle Boy and Great Marvel series.
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The man in charge of the place attracted his attention, too. He had only one arm and limped when he walked. His face was scarred and he looked like a war veteran. The only battles this old warrior had been in, however, were fights with the elements. He was a famous "wind wagon" man who had sustained a terrible fall in an endurance race. It had crippled him for life. Now he followed the various professional meets for a living, and also ran an aviation school for amateurs. His name was John Grimshaw.

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Rockwood, Roy: Dave Dashwood and His Hydroplane. v1, 8 Oct 2008

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1913 juvenile fiction describing the early days of pioneer aviation. Great fun! This is the 2nd book in what was originally a 5 book series, but appears to be the only one currently available as an eBook. It's not necessary to have read the earlier book to enjoy this one, however.

Like so many other juvenile series of the time, "Roy Rockwood" was a "house name" of the Stratemeyer Syndicate, the publishing house which turned out a vast amount of juvenile fiction including the "Hardy Boys", "Nancy Drew", and "Tom Swift" series.

[Running an airship took nerve, steadiness of purpose, a definite, concrete way of looking at things. Dave knew in his own mind that the Drifter was each hour speeding farther and farther away from the haunts of men. He recalled the old adage, however, which says "the more haste the less speed," and he determined to stick to the plan he had mentally outlined at the start.[/

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Rockwood, Roy: Dave Fearless and the Cave of Mystery. v1. 29 Aug 2014

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Roy Rockwood was a house pseudonym used by the Stratemeyer Syndicate for boy's adventure books. The name is most well-remembered for the Bomba the Jungle Boy and Great Marvel series.
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“No—those boxes are filled with old iron and lead. We have been tricked, robbed! After all our trouble, hardship, and peril, I fear that the golden reward we counted on so grandly has slipped from our grasp.”

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Rockwood, Roy: Deep Sea Omnibus. v1, 10 Oct 2008

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Another early 20th century juvenile adventure series, under the pen name of "Roy Rockwood", one of the "house names" of the Stratemeyer Syndicate, this time with the general theme of ocean exploration.

The books in the series are:

- The Wizard of the Sea

- [The Rival Ocean Divers[/ (*)

- [The Cruise of the Treasure Ship[/ (*)

- [Adrift on the Pacific[/ (*)

- Jack North's Treasure Hunt

* This book isn't currently available as an eBook. I'll add it to the volume if it subsequently becomes available.

Enjoy!

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Rockwood, Roy: Jack North's Treasure Hunt

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Roy Rockwood was a house pseudonym used by the Stratemeyer Syndicate for boy's adventure books. The name is most well-remembered for the Bomba the Jungle Boy and Great Marvel series.
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Bravely did the good steamer Standishkeep on her long, and, at times, stormy voyage to the far distant shore of Western South America. She escaped the severest storms of the Northern Atlantic, Grossed the equatorial line in fine shape, and stemmed the farious wrath of Cape Horn in safety. But every one on board felt freer and in better spirits, when at last they entered the Pacific regions where storms are of rare occurrence.

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Rockwood, Roy: On a Torn-Away World. v1. 30 Aug 2014

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Roy Rockwood was a house pseudonym used by the Stratemeyer Syndicate for boy's adventure books. The name is most well-remembered for the Bomba the Jungle Boy and Great Marvel series.

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But like Jack he stood off from the great body of the wonderful airship, and looked the completed task over with some satisfaction. Having emergency wings, she was also a plane. She was white all over and her name was the Snowbird. Jack and Mark had spent most of their time during this vacation from their college in building this flying machine, which was veritably an up-to-the-minute aerial vehicle, built for both speed and carrying capacity.

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Rockwood, Roy: The Wizard of the Sea. 16 Oct 07

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Roy did an ebook of a Roy Rockwood story a while back and I thought I would do another. From 1900, [The Wizard of the Sea[/ is not going to set your heart afire or have you on the edge of your seat. It is middle of the road young adult fiction.

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Rockwood, Roy: The Wizard of the Sea. v1. 31 Aug 2014

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Roy Rockwood was a house pseudonym used by the Stratemeyer Syndicate for boy's adventure books. The name is most well-remembered for the Bomba the Jungle Boy and Great Marvel series.

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“But I wouldn’t take another such trip,” says Mont. “No, not to pick up all the hidden treasures of the ocean. After this I’m going to remain at Nautical Hall and take the balance of my sea training on land. I’ve had all I want of such submarine ships as the Searcher, and such mysterious men as was the Wizard of the Sea.”

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Roda Roda, Alexander: 100 Anekdoten (German). v2. 2 Oct 2017

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Alexander Roda Roda (1872-1945) war ein östereichischer Humorist und Schriftsteller mit einem ganz eigenen Stil, der von den Nazis auf die "Liste des schädlichen und unerwünschten Schrifttums" gesetzt wurde.

"100 Anekdoten" enthält kurze Anekdoten, die ursprünglich in der satirischen Wochenzeitschrift "Simplicissimus" unter der Rubrik "Lieber Simplicissimus" veröffentlicht wurden.

Dieses Buch basiert auf der Erstausgabe von 1908 in Originalschreibweise. (Die Fußnoten sind von mir.)

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Roda Roda, Alexander: Ein Frühling in Amerika (German). v1. 24 Sep 2017

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Alexander Roda Roda (1872-1945) war ein östereichischer Humorist und Schriftsteller mit einem ganz eigenen Stil, der von den Nazis auf die "Liste des schädlichen und unerwünschten Schrifttums" gesetzt wurde.

"Ein Frühling in Amerika" ist ein Reisebericht über eine mehrmonatige USA-Vortragsreise im Jahre 1923, in deren Verlauf Roda Roda u.a. New York, Baltimore und Washington besucht hat.

Dieses Buch basiert auf der Erstausgabe von 1924 in Originalschreibweise.

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Roda Roda, Alexander: Krokodiltränen (German). v1. 29 May 2016

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Alexander Roda Roda (1872-1945) war ein östereichischer Humorist und Schriftsteller mit einem ganz eigenen Stil.

"Krokodiltränen" ist eine Sammlung von Aphorismen und meist längeren Kurzgeschichten. Es ist eine Fortsetzung des 1932 erschienenen Buchs "Roda Roda und die 40 Schurken".

Dieses Buch basiert auf dem von mmat1 freundlicherweise bereitgestellten Digitalisat der Erstausgabe von 1933 (in Originalschreibweise).

[SIZE="1"]Hinweis: Insbesondere die Geschichten mit hohem Mundartanteil enthalten höchstwahrscheinlich noch OCR-Fehler. Über entsprechende Hinweise per PM würde ich mich freuen. (Ich habe allerdings nicht vor, das Buch auf die neue Rechtschreibung umzustellen oder Roda-spezifische Schreibweisen wie "garnicht" zu korrigieren.)[/SIZ

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Roda Roda, Alexander: Roda Roda und die 40 Schurken (German). v1. 19 May 2016

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Alexander Roda Roda (1872-1945) war ein österreichischer Humorist und Schriftsteller mit einem ganz eigenen Stil.

"Roda Roda und die 40 Schurken" ist eine Sammlung von Aphorismen und Kurzgeschichten.

Dieses Buch basiert auf der von Projekt Gutenberg digitalisierten Vorlage der Erstausgabe von 1932 in Originalschreibweise.

An dieser Stelle möchte ich mmat1 danken, der eine PDF-Datei des Originals erstellt hat.

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Roda Roda, Alexander: Schwabylon (German). v1. 05 Jan 2018

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Alexander Roda Roda (1872-1945) war ein östereichischer Humorist und Schriftsteller mit einem ganz eigenen Stil, der von den Nazis auf die "Liste des schädlichen und unerwünschten Schrifttums" gesetzt wurde.

"Schwabylon" ist eine Hommage an München und enthält die für viele Bücher von Roda Roda typische Mischung aus humoristischen Kurzgeschichten und Schwänken.

Dieses Buch basiert auf der von Project Gutenberg hervorragend digitalisierten Erstausgabe von 1921 in Originalschreibweise.

[SIZE="1"]Technischer Hinweis: Das Buch verwendet eine eingebettete Schriftart für die Währungssymbole ℳ und ₰ ( = Mark und Pfennig). Bei deaktivierten eingebetteten Schriften werden diese Symbole u.U. nicht angezeigt.[/SIZ

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Roda Roda, Alexander: Von Bienen, Drohnen und Baronen (German). v1. 10 September 2017

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Alexander Roda Roda (1872 - 1945) war ein östereichischer Humorist und Schriftsteller mit einem ganz eigenen Stil, der von den Nazis auf die "Liste des schädlichen und unerwünschten Schrifttums" gesetzt wurde.

"Von Bienen, Drohnen und Baronen" ist eine Sammlung von Kurzgeschichten.

Dieses Buch basiert auf der von Projekt Gutenberg digitalisierten Vorlage von 1925 in Originalschreibweise.

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Roe, Edward Payson: A Day of Fate. v1. 22 Oct 2013

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Edward Payson Roe (March 7, 1838 – July 19, 1888) was an American novelist. Edward Payson Roe was born in Moodna[disambiguation needed], Orange County, New York. He studied at Williams College and at Auburn Theological Seminary. In 1862 He became chaplain of the Second New York Cavalry, U.S.V., and in 1864 chaplain of Hampton Hospital, in Virginia. In 1866-74 he was pastor of the First Presbyterian Church at Highland Falls, New York. In 1874 he removed to Cornwall-on-Hudson, where he devoted himself to the writing of fiction and to horticulture. During the American Civil War he wrote weekly letters to the New York Evangelist, and subsequently lectured on the war and wrote for periodicals.

Excerpt
"You are a blundering fool," said Reason, "and the man in the composing-room is right. You are chafing over petty blunders while ignoring the fact that your whole present life is a blunder, and the adequate reason why your faculties are becoming untrustworthy. Each day you grow more nervously anxious to have everything correct, giving your mind to endless details, and your powers are beginning to snap like the overstrained strings of a violin. At this rate you will soon spend yourself and all there is of you."

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Roe, Edward Payson: A Face Illumined. v1. 24 Oct 2013

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Edward Payson Roe (March 7, 1838 – July 19, 1888) was an American novelist. Edward Payson Roe was born in Moodna[disambiguation needed], Orange County, New York. He studied at Williams College and at Auburn Theological Seminary. In 1862 He became chaplain of the Second New York Cavalry, U.S.V., and in 1864 chaplain of Hampton Hospital, in Virginia. In 1866-74 he was pastor of the First Presbyterian Church at Highland Falls, New York. In 1874 he removed to Cornwall-on-Hudson, where he devoted himself to the writing of fiction and to horticulture. During the American Civil War he wrote weekly letters to the New York Evangelist, and subsequently lectured on the war and wrote for periodicals.

Excerpt
Although the sun was approaching the horizon, its slanting rays found a young artist still bending over his easel. That his shoulders are broad is apparent at a glance; that upon them is placed a shapely head, well thatched with crisp black hair, is also seen at once; that the head is not an empty one is proved by the picture on the easel, which is sufficiently advanced to show correct and spirited drawing. A brain that can direct the hand how to do one thing well, is like a general who has occupied a strategic point which will give him the victory if he follows up his advantage.

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Roe, Edward Payson: A Knight of the Nineteenth Century. v1. 26 Oct 2013

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Edward Payson Roe (March 7, 1838 – July 19, 1888) was an American novelist. Edward Payson Roe was born in Moodna[disambiguation needed], Orange County, New York. He studied at Williams College and at Auburn Theological Seminary. In 1862 He became chaplain of the Second New York Cavalry, U.S.V., and in 1864 chaplain of Hampton Hospital, in Virginia. In 1866-74 he was pastor of the First Presbyterian Church at Highland Falls, New York. In 1874 he removed to Cornwall-on-Hudson, where he devoted himself to the writing of fiction and to horticulture. During the American Civil War he wrote weekly letters to the New York Evangelist, and subsequently lectured on the war and wrote for periodicals.

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Egbert Haldane had an enemy who loved him very dearly, and he sincerely returned her affection, as he was in duty bound, since she was his mother. If, inspired by hate and malice, Mrs. Haldane had brooded over but one question at the cradle of her child, How can I most surely destroy this boy? she could scarcely have set about the task more skilfully and successfully.

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Roe, Edward Payson: A Young Girl's Wooing. v1. 29 Oct 2013

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Edward Payson Roe (March 7, 1838 – July 19, 1888) was an American novelist. Edward Payson Roe was born in Moodna[disambiguation needed], Orange County, New York. He studied at Williams College and at Auburn Theological Seminary. In 1862 He became chaplain of the Second New York Cavalry, U.S.V., and in 1864 chaplain of Hampton Hospital, in Virginia. In 1866-74 he was pastor of the First Presbyterian Church at Highland Falls, New York. In 1874 he removed to Cornwall-on-Hudson, where he devoted himself to the writing of fiction and to horticulture. During the American Civil War he wrote weekly letters to the New York Evangelist, and subsequently lectured on the war and wrote for periodicals.

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Madge Alden was an orphan. Four years prior to the opening of our story she had lost her mother, her surviving parent, and since had resided with her elder sister Mary, who was several years her senior, and had married Henry Muir, a merchant of New York City. This gentleman had cordially united with his wife in offering Madge a home, and his manner toward the young girl, as far as his absorbed and busy life permitted, had been almost paternal. He was a quiet, reticent man, who had apparently concentrated every faculty of soul and body on the problem of commercial success. Trained to business from boyhood, he had allowed it to become his life, and he took it very seriously. It was to him an absorbing game—his vocation, and not a means to some ulterior end. He had already accumulated enough to maintain his family in affluence, but he no more thought of retiring from trade than would a veteran whist-player wish to throw up a handful of winning cards. The events of the world, the fluctuations in prices, over which he had no control, brought to his endeavor the elements of chance, and it was his mission to pit against these uncertainties untiring industry and such skill and foresight as he possessed.

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Roe, Edward Payson: An Original Belle. v1. 28 Oct 2013

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Edward Payson Roe (March 7, 1838 – July 19, 1888) was an American novelist. Edward Payson Roe was born in Moodna[disambiguation needed], Orange County, New York. He studied at Williams College and at Auburn Theological Seminary. In 1862 He became chaplain of the Second New York Cavalry, U.S.V., and in 1864 chaplain of Hampton Hospital, in Virginia. In 1866-74 he was pastor of the First Presbyterian Church at Highland Falls, New York. In 1874 he removed to Cornwall-on-Hudson, where he devoted himself to the writing of fiction and to horticulture. During the American Civil War he wrote weekly letters to the New York Evangelist, and subsequently lectured on the war and wrote for periodicals.

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MARIAN VOSBURGH had been content with her recognized position as a leading belle. An evening spent in her drawing-room revealed that; but at the close of the particular evening which it was our privilege to select there occurred a trivial incident. She was led to think, and thought is the precursor of action and change in all natures too strong and positive to drift. On that night she was an ordinary belle, smiling, radiant, and happy in following the traditions of her past.

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Roe, Edward Payson: Barriers Burned Away. v1. 21 Oct 2013

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Edward Payson Roe (March 7, 1838 – July 19, 1888) was an American novelist. Edward Payson Roe was born in Moodna[disambiguation needed], Orange County, New York. He studied at Williams College and at Auburn Theological Seminary. In 1862 He became chaplain of the Second New York Cavalry, U.S.V., and in 1864 chaplain of Hampton Hospital, in Virginia. In 1866-74 he was pastor of the First Presbyterian Church at Highland Falls, New York. In 1874 he removed to Cornwall-on-Hudson, where he devoted himself to the writing of fiction and to horticulture. During the American Civil War he wrote weekly letters to the New York Evangelist, and subsequently lectured on the war and wrote for periodicals.

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In spite of herself, the mother's heart showed its anxiety, and, too late for remedy, she saw the effect upon her husband. He raised himself in bed with sudden and unwonted strength. His eyes grew wild and almost fierce, and in a sharp, hurried voice, he said: "You don't think there is danger? There is no fear of his getting lost? If I thought that I would curse God and die."

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Roe, Edward Payson: Driven Back to Eden. v1. 23 Oct 2013

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Edward Payson Roe (March 7, 1838 – July 19, 1888) was an American novelist. Edward Payson Roe was born in Moodna[disambiguation needed], Orange County, New York. He studied at Williams College and at Auburn Theological Seminary. In 1862 He became chaplain of the Second New York Cavalry, U.S.V., and in 1864 chaplain of Hampton Hospital, in Virginia. In 1866-74 he was pastor of the First Presbyterian Church at Highland Falls, New York. In 1874 he removed to Cornwall-on-Hudson, where he devoted himself to the writing of fiction and to horticulture. During the American Civil War he wrote weekly letters to the New York Evangelist, and subsequently lectured on the war and wrote for periodicals.

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As I was descending the narrow stairway I was almost overthrown by a torrent of children pouring down from the flats above. In the dim light of a gas-burner I saw that Bobsey was one of the reckless atoms. He had not heard my voice in the uproar, and before I could reach him, he with the others had burst out at the street door and gone tearing toward the nearest corner. It seemed that he had slipped away in order to take part in a race, and I found him "squaring off" at a bigger boy who had tripped him up. Without a word I carried him home, followed by the jeers and laughter of the racers, the girls making their presence known in the early December twilight by the shrillness of their voices and by manners no gentler than those of the boys.

NOTE; 34 Illustrations

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Roe, Edward Payson: From Jest to Earnest. v1. 24 Oct 2013

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Edward Payson Roe (March 7, 1838 – July 19, 1888) was an American novelist. Edward Payson Roe was born in Moodna[disambiguation needed], Orange County, New York. He studied at Williams College and at Auburn Theological Seminary. In 1862 He became chaplain of the Second New York Cavalry, U.S.V., and in 1864 chaplain of Hampton Hospital, in Virginia. In 1866-74 he was pastor of the First Presbyterian Church at Highland Falls, New York. In 1874 he removed to Cornwall-on-Hudson, where he devoted himself to the writing of fiction and to horticulture. During the American Civil War he wrote weekly letters to the New York Evangelist, and subsequently lectured on the war and wrote for periodicals.

Excerpt
On a cloudy December morning a gentleman, two ladies, and a boy stepped down from the express train at a station just above the Highlands on the Hudson. A double sleigh, overflowing with luxurious robes, stood near, and a portly coachman with difficulty restrained his spirited horses while the little party arranged themselves for a winter ride. Both the ladies were young, and the gentleman's anxious and almost tender solicitude for one of them seemed hardly warranted by her blooming cheeks and sprightly movements. A close observer might soon suspect that his assiduous attentions were caused by a malady of his own rather than by indisposition on her part.

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Roe, Edward Payson: He Fell in Love with His Wife. v1. 25 Oct 2013

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Edward Payson Roe (March 7, 1838 – July 19, 1888) was an American novelist. Edward Payson Roe was born in Moodna[disambiguation needed], Orange County, New York. He studied at Williams College and at Auburn Theological Seminary. In 1862 He became chaplain of the Second New York Cavalry, U.S.V., and in 1864 chaplain of Hampton Hospital, in Virginia. In 1866-74 he was pastor of the First Presbyterian Church at Highland Falls, New York. In 1874 he removed to Cornwall-on-Hudson, where he devoted himself to the writing of fiction and to horticulture. During the American Civil War he wrote weekly letters to the New York Evangelist, and subsequently lectured on the war and wrote for periodicals.

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James Holcroft is a middle-aged man and the owner of a small, hilly farm. He had inherited his rugged acres from his father, had always lived upon them, and the feeling had grown strong with the lapse of time that he could live nowhere else. Yet he knew that he was, in the vernacular of the region, "going down-hill." The small savings of years were slowly melting away, and the depressing feature of this truth was that he did not see how he could help himself. He was not a sanguine man, but rather one endowed with a hard, practical sense which made it clear that the down-hill process had only to continue sufficiently long to leave him landless and penniless. It was all so distinct on this dismal evening that he groaned aloud

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Roe, Edward Payson: His Sombre Rivals. v1. 25 Oct 2013

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Edward Payson Roe (March 7, 1838 – July 19, 1888) was an American novelist. Edward Payson Roe was born in Moodna[disambiguation needed], Orange County, New York. He studied at Williams College and at Auburn Theological Seminary. In 1862 He became chaplain of the Second New York Cavalry, U.S.V., and in 1864 chaplain of Hampton Hospital, in Virginia. In 1866-74 he was pastor of the First Presbyterian Church at Highland Falls, New York. In 1874 he removed to Cornwall-on-Hudson, where he devoted himself to the writing of fiction and to horticulture. During the American Civil War he wrote weekly letters to the New York Evangelist, and subsequently lectured on the war and wrote for periodicals.

Excerpt
"Beyond that revolving light lies my home. And yet why should I use such a term when the best I can say is that a continent is my home? Home suggests a loved familiar nook in the great world. There is no such niche for me, nor can I recall any place around which my memory lingers with especial pleasure."

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Roe, Edward Payson: Miss Lou. v1. 26 Oct 2013

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Edward Payson Roe (March 7, 1838 – July 19, 1888) was an American novelist. Edward Payson Roe was born in Moodna[disambiguation needed], Orange County, New York. He studied at Williams College and at Auburn Theological Seminary. In 1862 He became chaplain of the Second New York Cavalry, U.S.V., and in 1864 chaplain of Hampton Hospital, in Virginia. In 1866-74 he was pastor of the First Presbyterian Church at Highland Falls, New York. In 1874 he removed to Cornwall-on-Hudson, where he devoted himself to the writing of fiction and to horticulture. During the American Civil War he wrote weekly letters to the New York Evangelist, and subsequently lectured on the war and wrote for periodicals.

Excerpt
A great, rudely built stone chimney was smoking languidly one afternoon. Leaning against this chimney, as if for protection and support, was a little cabin gray and decrepit with age. The door of the cabin stood wide open, for the warm spring was well advanced in the South. There was no need of a fire, but Aun' Jinkey, the mistress of the abode, said she "kep' hit bunin' fer comp'ny." She sat by it now, smoking as lazily as her chimney, in an old chair which creaked as if in pain when she rocked. She supposed herself to be in deep meditation, and regarded her corncob pipe not merely a solace but also as an invaluable assistant to clearness of thought. Aun' Jinkey had the complacent belief that she could reason out most questions if she could only smoke and think long enough. Unfortunately, events would occur which required action, or which raised new questions before she had had time to solve those originally presented; yet it would be hard to fancy a more tranquil order of things than that of which she was a humble part.

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Roe, Edward Payson: Nature's Serial Story. v1. 27 Oct 2013

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Edward Payson Roe (March 7, 1838 – July 19, 1888) was an American novelist. Edward Payson Roe was born in Moodna[disambiguation needed], Orange County, New York. He studied at Williams College and at Auburn Theological Seminary. In 1862 He became chaplain of the Second New York Cavalry, U.S.V., and in 1864 chaplain of Hampton Hospital, in Virginia. In 1866-74 he was pastor of the First Presbyterian Church at Highland Falls, New York. In 1874 he removed to Cornwall-on-Hudson, where he devoted himself to the writing of fiction and to horticulture. During the American Civil War he wrote weekly letters to the New York Evangelist, and subsequently lectured on the war and wrote for periodicals.

Excerpt
How much it means—what possibilities it suggests! The one I shall describe was built not far from half a century ago, and the lapsing years have only made it more homelike. It has long ceased to be a new object—an innovation—and has become a part of the landscape, like the trees that have grown up around it. Originally painted brown, with the flight of time it has taken a grayish tinge, as if in sympathy with its venerable proprietor. It stands back from the roadway, and in summer has an air of modest seclusion. Elms, maples, and shrubbery give to the passer-by but chance glimpses of the wide veranda, which is indicated, rather than revealed, beyond the thickly clustering vines.

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Roe, Edward Payson: Opening a Chestnut Burr. v1. 27 Oct 2013

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Edward Payson Roe (March 7, 1838 – July 19, 1888) was an American novelist. Edward Payson Roe was born in Moodna[disambiguation needed], Orange County, New York. He studied at Williams College and at Auburn Theological Seminary. In 1862 He became chaplain of the Second New York Cavalry, U.S.V., and in 1864 chaplain of Hampton Hospital, in Virginia. In 1866-74 he was pastor of the First Presbyterian Church at Highland Falls, New York. In 1874 he removed to Cornwall-on-Hudson, where he devoted himself to the writing of fiction and to horticulture. During the American Civil War he wrote weekly letters to the New York Evangelist, and subsequently lectured on the war and wrote for periodicals.

Excerpt
"Shall I ever be strong in mind or body again?" said Walter Gregory, with irritation, as he entered a crowded Broadway omnibus.
The person thus querying so despairingly with himself was a man not far from thirty years of age, but the lines of care were furrowed so deeply on his handsome face, that dismal, lowering morning, the first of October, that he seemed much older. Having wedged himself in between two burly forms that suggested thrift down town and good cheer on the avenue, he appears meagre and shrunken in contrast. He is tall and thin. His face is white and drawn, instead of being ruddy with health's rich, warm blood. There is scarcely anything remaining to remind one of the period of youth, so recently vanished; neither is there the dignity, nor the consciousness of strength, that should come with maturer years. His heavy, light-colored mustache and pallid face gave him the aspect of a blase man of the world who had exhausted himself and life at an age when wisely directed manhood should be just entering on its richest pleasures.

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Roe, Edward Payson: Taken Alive. v1. 28 Oct 2013

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Edward Payson Roe (March 7, 1838 – July 19, 1888) was an American novelist. Edward Payson Roe was born in Moodna[disambiguation needed], Orange County, New York. He studied at Williams College and at Auburn Theological Seminary. In 1862 He became chaplain of the Second New York Cavalry, U.S.V., and in 1864 chaplain of Hampton Hospital, in Virginia. In 1866-74 he was pastor of the First Presbyterian Church at Highland Falls, New York. In 1874 he removed to Cornwall-on-Hudson, where he devoted himself to the writing of fiction and to horticulture. During the American Civil War he wrote weekly letters to the New York Evangelist, and subsequently lectured on the war and wrote for periodicals.

"A NATIVE AUTHOR CALLED ROE"
TAKEN ALIVE
FOUND YET LOST
QUEEN OF SPAD
AN UNEXPECTED RESULT
A CHRISTMAS-EVE SUIT
THREE THANKSGIVING KISSES
SUSIE ROLLIFFE'S CHRISTMAS
JEFF'S TREASURE

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Roe, Edward Payson: The Earth Trembled. v1. 24 Oct 2013

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Edward Payson Roe (March 7, 1838 – July 19, 1888) was an American novelist. Edward Payson Roe was born in Moodna[disambiguation needed], Orange County, New York. He studied at Williams College and at Auburn Theological Seminary. In 1862 He became chaplain of the Second New York Cavalry, U.S.V., and in 1864 chaplain of Hampton Hospital, in Virginia. In 1866-74 he was pastor of the First Presbyterian Church at Highland Falls, New York. In 1874 he removed to Cornwall-on-Hudson, where he devoted himself to the writing of fiction and to horticulture. During the American Civil War he wrote weekly letters to the New York Evangelist, and subsequently lectured on the war and wrote for periodicals.

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At the beginning of the Civil War there was a fine old residence on Meeting Street in Charleston, South Carolina, inhabited by a family almost as old as the State. Its inheritor and owner, Orville Burgoyne, was a widower. He had been much saddened in temperament since the death of the wife, and had withdrawn as far as possible from public affairs. His library and the past had secured a stronger hold upon his interest and his thoughts than anything in the present, with one exception, his idolized and only child, Mary, named for her deceased mother. Any book would be laid aside when she entered; all gloom banished from his eyes when she coaxed and caressed him.

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Roe, Edward Payson: The Home Acre. v1. 25 Oct 2013

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Edward Payson Roe (March 7, 1838 – July 19, 1888) was an American novelist. Edward Payson Roe was born in Moodna[disambiguation needed], Orange County, New York. He studied at Williams College and at Auburn Theological Seminary. In 1862 He became chaplain of the Second New York Cavalry, U.S.V., and in 1864 chaplain of Hampton Hospital, in Virginia. In 1866-74 he was pastor of the First Presbyterian Church at Highland Falls, New York. In 1874 he removed to Cornwall-on-Hudson, where he devoted himself to the writing of fiction and to horticulture. During the American Civil War he wrote weekly letters to the New York Evangelist, and subsequently lectured on the war and wrote for periodicals.

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Land hunger is so general that it may be regarded as a natural craving. Artificial modes of life, it is true, can destroy it, but it is apt to reassert itself in later generations. To tens of thousands of bread-winners in cities a country home is the dream of the future, the crown and reward of their life-toil. Increasing numbers are taking what would seem to be the wiser course, and are combining rural pleasures and advantages with their business. As the questions of rapid transit are solved, the welfare of children will turn the scale more and more often against the conventional city house or flat.

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Roe, Edward Payson: What Can She Do?. v1 29 Oct 2013

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Edward Payson Roe (March 7, 1838 – July 19, 1888) was an American novelist. Edward Payson Roe was born in Moodna[disambiguation needed], Orange County, New York. He studied at Williams College and at Auburn Theological Seminary. In 1862 He became chaplain of the Second New York Cavalry, U.S.V., and in 1864 chaplain of Hampton Hospital, in Virginia. In 1866-74 he was pastor of the First Presbyterian Church at Highland Falls, New York. In 1874 he removed to Cornwall-on-Hudson, where he devoted himself to the writing of fiction and to horticulture. During the American Civil War he wrote weekly letters to the New York Evangelist, and subsequently lectured on the war and wrote for periodicals.

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But surely this graceful figure coming up the street with quick, elastic steps has not the aspect of one driven forth by grave business cares, nor in the natural course of things would one expect so young a lady to know much of life's burdens and responsibilities. As she passes I am sure the reader would not turn away from so pleasant a vision, even if Broadway were presenting all its numberless attractions, but at such a time would make the most of the occasion, assured that nothing so agreeable would greet his eyes again that sombre day.

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Roe, Edward Payson: Without a Home. v1. 29 Oct 2013

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Edward Payson Roe (March 7, 1838 – July 19, 1888) was an American novelist. Edward Payson Roe was born in Moodna[disambiguation needed], Orange County, New York. He studied at Williams College and at Auburn Theological Seminary. In 1862 He became chaplain of the Second New York Cavalry, U.S.V., and in 1864 chaplain of Hampton Hospital, in Virginia. In 1866-74 he was pastor of the First Presbyterian Church at Highland Falls, New York. In 1874 he removed to Cornwall-on-Hudson, where he devoted himself to the writing of fiction and to horticulture. During the American Civil War he wrote weekly letters to the New York Evangelist, and subsequently lectured on the war and wrote for periodicals.

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It was an attractive picture that Martin Jocelyn looked upon through the open doorway of his parlor. His lively daughter Belle had invited half a score of her schoolmates to spend the evening, and a few privileged brothers had been permitted to come also. The young people were naturally selecting those dances which had some of the characteristics of a romp, for they were at an age when motion means enjoyment.

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Roerich, Nicholas: Shambhala, the Resplendent, v.1, 5 April 2008.

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Nicholas Roerich (1874-1947)
Shambhala, the Resplendent.

A collection of essays and short pieces about Tibet, dating from 1924-1929.
The author travelled in Tibet. Some of the writing seems to be influenced by Theosophy.

(The cover image is a Tibetan flag.)

Edited to add that this book is located on the US server.

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Rolfe, Frederick William: Hadrian the Seventh (1904); v2 ; 8 Feb 2020

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Frederick William Rolfe (1860-1913)-- the name is pronounced Rofe-- was an artist, author, photographer, and a Catholic convert who was unsuccessful in gaining ordination due to his erratic and diffficult behaviour. There is an excellent book about him by A J A Symons (Crime writer Julian Symons' father) entitled "The Quest for Corvo", which later appeared as a Penguin book. He claimed the Title "Baron Corvo" was granted him by an Italian countess, and this book was published as by Baron Corvo.

In this book, plainly wish fulfilment, Rolfe imagines himself, lightly disguised as William Arthur Rose, being unexpectedly elevated to the Papacy, and all that follows.

In true Rolfe style, he also takes time to fire a few darts at enemies, real and imagined, in his own past.

The cover is from the First Edition.

V2 includes some items not in the text I used, including some Greek alphabet text. In two instances the original text showed letters with diacritics not in the Extended Character Set, so I opted to use the basic letter.
V3 fixes having 2 Ch 8s and no Ch 9 on the chapter headings.

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Rolfe, Frederick: The Weird of the Wanderer, v.1, 18 Nov 2007.

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Frederick William Rolfe (also known under the pseudonym of Baron Corvo)
The Weird of the Wanderer:
Being the Papyrus Records of Some Incidents in One of the Previous Lives of Mr. Nicholas Crabbe.
(1912)

Nicholas Crabbe attempts some invocations of Egyptian deities. Things go wrong and he finds himself reliving a past life as Odysseus and marrying Helen of Troy.

The author was a very strange person (see A J A Symons’ ‘The Quest for Corvo’ for a biography). The author’s style is also pedantic and curious, with unusual spellings, odd transliteration from the Greek and many made-up words.

His best book is ‘Hadrian the Seventh’ but this is not yet available in an online version.

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Rolland, Romain. Colas Breugnon [Polish]. v1. 21 Feb 2016

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W tłumaczeniu Franciszka Mirandoli.
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Translated by Franciszek Mirandola (Franciszek Czcisław Pik)

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Rolvaag, O.E.: Giants in the Earth. v1. 13 Oct 2007

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My first Mobipocket book.

Giants in the Earth presents an unsparing portrait of Norwegian immigrants struggling to make a new life on the Dakota prairie, a subject Rölvaag knew first-hand. Like the author, the novel is half-American and half-Norwegian in spirit: while it reflects a period of American history, it is told completely through the point of view of Norwegian immigrants.

It is not a primarily a celebration of the American manifest destiny. Instead, the novel is essentially a tragedy because it reveals the human cost of the immigrant experience. The indomitable optimism of Per Hansa, forging a new life for his family in America, sharply contrasts with the pessimism of his despairing wife, Beret, who cannot adapt to life in the New World and longs to return to her native Norway.

When Giants of the Earth appeared in the United States, it was an immediate success. The novel was praised as one of the most powerful novels that chronicled pioneer life in America. Rölvaag later wrote two sequels, Peder Victorious (1929) and Their Father's God (1931). Rölvaag died in Minnesota in 1931, leaving behind him a rich pioneer literary and family legacy. His son, Karl, later became a governor of Minnesota in the 1960s.

Atlantic Monthly-
"A moving narrative of pioneer hardship and heroism...The background of the boundless Dakota prairie, with its mysterious distances and its capacity for evil, is painted with alternating beauty and grimness."

The Nation-
"The fullest, finest, and most powerful novel that has been written about pioneer life in America."

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Romanoff, Alexander Nicholayevitch, Achmed Abdullah Sampler. V1. 28 Apr 2012

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Achmed Abdullah (12 May 1881 – 12 May 1945), a pseudonym of Alexander Nicholayevitch Romanoff, was a Russian-born writer. He is most noted for his pulp stories of crime, mystery and adventure. He wrote screenplays for some successful films. He was the author of the progressive Siamese drama Chang: A Drama of the Wilderness, an Academy Award nominated film made in 1927. He earned an Academy Award nomination for collaborating on the screenplay to the 1935 film The Lives of a Bengal Lancer.

PRO PATRIA
THE CHARMED LIFE
FEAR
HIMSELF TO HIMSELF ENOUGH
THE INCUBUS
THE MYSTERY OF THE TALKING IDOLS
PELL STREET BLUES

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Roosevelt, Franklin: State of the Union. v1.0 19 October 2007

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Franklin Delano Roosevelt (January 30, 1882 – April 12, 1945), often referred to by his initials FDR, was the thirty-second President of the United States. Elected to four terms in office, he served from 1933 to 1945, and is the only U.S. president to have served more than two terms. A central figure of the 20th century during a time of worldwide economic crisis and world war, he has consistently been ranked as one of the three greatest U.S. presidents in scholarly surveys.

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Roosevelt, Theodore: Autobiography, v1. 27 June 07

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Rough Rider, President, cowboy, Secretary of the Navy, wild game hunter, Police Chief of NYC, historian, peace maker, trust buster, ... the list goes on and on ... almost as long as Ben Franklin's list.

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Rorer, S T: Made-Over Dishes, v1, 25 December 2008.

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Made-Over Dishes
By Mrs. S. T. Rorer (Née Sarah Tyson Heston) 1849–1937.

Recipes which make use of left-overs.

The author has an idiosyncratic use of French accents. I have left these untouched.

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Rorer, S T: Sandwiches, v1, 13 July 2009.

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Mrs. S. T. Rorer
Sandwiches
Revised and Enlarged Edition
PHILADELPHIA
ARNOLD AND COMPANY
420 SANSOM STREET
Copyright, 1894, 1912,

A collection of sandwich recipes.

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Ros, Amanda McKittrick: Irene Iddesleigh. V1. 3 Mar 2011

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[ "For Amanda, eyes are 'piercing orbs', legs are 'bony supports', people do not blush, they are 'touched by the hot hand of bewilderment.'"[/ - Nick Page, In Search of the World's Worst Writers.

Anna Margaret Ross (née McKittrick; 8 December 1860 – 2 February 1939), known by her pen-name Amanda McKittrick Ros, was an Irish writer. She published her first novel [Irene Iddesleigh[/ at her own expense in 1897. She wrote poetry and a number of novels. Her works were not read widely, and her eccentric, over-written, "purple" circumlocutory writing style is alleged by some critics to be some of the worst prose and poetry ever written.

[Irene Iddesleigh[/ tells the story of a marriage doomed from the first moment by unrequited love.

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Rosen, Erwin: Allen Gewalten zum Trotz [German]. V1. 18 Jul 2010

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Erwin Carlé (Pseudonym Erwin Rosen; * 7. Juni 1876 in Karlsruhe; † 21. Februar 1923 in Hamburg) war ein deutscher Schriftsteller und Journalist. Carlé besuchte das Gymnasium in München. Sein Studium musste wegen Jugendstreichen abgebrochen werden. Mit 19 wanderte er nach den USA aus. Dort schlug er sich hauptsächlich mit Gelegenheitsarbeiten durch. Er wurde Farmhand in Texas, Gehilfe der deutschsprachigen Western Post in St. Louis, Journalist in San Francisco und machte in der US Army beim Kampf um Signal Hill in Kuba seine Reportagen. Diese Erlebnisse wurden in seinem Werk Der deutsche Lausbub in Amerika festgehalten. Im Jahre 1905 trat er der Fremdenlegion bei, konnte aber nach zwei Jahren aus Sidi-Bel-Abbès entfliehen.

Seine Erinnerungen an die Zeit in Amerika und in der Fremdenlegion sind bei MR in mehreren Formaten verfügbar.
1922 schrieb der dann das Buch Allen Gewalten zum Trotz [Lebenskämpfe, Niederlagen, Arbeitssiege eines deutschen Schreibersmannes.[/

Er war kein Langweiler, also viel Spass beim Lesen.

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Rosen, Erwin: Der Deutsche Lausbub in Amerika (1) (german) v1 16 dec 2008

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Ich habe mir vorgenommen, in Zukunft wenigstens ein deutsches Buch pro Tag hochzuladen.

Hier also der erste Teil der Autobiographie von Erwin Rosen, einem Deutschen, der sein Glück in Amerika suchte (und fand). Obwohl eigentlich eine Dokumentation, liest sich das Buch wie ein Abenteuerroman.

Rosen schreibt sehr modern und leicht und hält mit seinen Erlebnissen jeden in Atem. Hier zum Beispiel nur die Inhaltsangabe:
Das Amerika der Leichtsinnigen.

Vom Beginn des Beginnens

Der Lausbub und die Kuchen. – Beim Ochsenwirt in Freising. – Gymnasiazeiten. – Das erste Malheur. – Die Attacke auf den Glaspalast im Seminar. – Bei Glockengießermeisters. – Erste Liebe und zweites Malheur. – Die Familiengeduld reißt.

Im Zwischendeck der Lahn

Im Bremer Ratskeller. – »So schmiede dir denn selbst dein Glück!« – An Bord. – Der Steward, der Zahlmeister und das Nebengeschäftchen. – Vom Itzig Silberberg aus Wodcziliska. – Atra cura ... – Das Mädel mit den hungrigen Augen. – Die beiden Däninnen. – Im New Yorker Hafen.

Ein Tag in New York.

Wie ich mir einen Revolver kaufte.– Der policeman und der Stiefelputzer. – Wie man eingeseift und barbiert wird. – Im Geschwindigkeits-Restaurant. –Die Bowery. – Hallelujamädchen. – Im Park.

Das Pokerschiff

Zwischen New York und Texas. – Vom amerikanischen Nationallaster. – » Fine game, dieses Poker!« – Die Weisheit des Bluffens. – Key West und Johnny Young aus San Antonio. – Eine bissige Bemerkung über Millionäre. – Im Salon! – Good bye, Miss Daisy ... – Dies ist Texas, mein Sohn!

Mein letzter Dollar.

Den Weg zur Arbeit finden – den Wegweiser ... – Wär' ich nur ein Schuster! – Beim Herrn Kanzleichef im deutschen Konsulat. – Auf dem Telegraphenamt. – Das letzte Silberstück. – Der gute Samariter. – Nun fängt ein neues Leben an ...

Im Reich des Königs Baumwolle.

Das Städtchen aus Sand und Holz. – Im Texasladen. – Mr. Muchow senior. – Der Kampf mit dem Schimmel. – Ein Sommer beim König Baumwolle. – In Deutschland wär' die Farm ein Rittergut gewesen ... – Baumwollpflücken und Baumwollmühle. – Die Reklamereiter. – Nigger Slim. – Im deutschen Klub. – Wie aus dem Wald das Feld wurde. – Der Neger. – Die amerikanische Krankheit des Wandertriebs.

Da hinten in Texas.

Der Lausbub wird Apothekerlehrling. – Im Wunderland. – Grasgrüner Wissensdurst. – Die Negerin und das Liebespulver – Ein Nachtklingel-Erlebnis – Der Lausbub langweilt sich. – Das Gäßchen der winzigen Häuschen. – Klein-Daisy. – Die Dame, das Parfüm und die Folgen, – Ex-Apotheker. – Der frühere Leutnant aus dem Heiligen Köln und sein Rat. – Der Mann mit den leuchtenden enden Augen. – Vorbereitungen zu einer geheimnisvollen Reise.

Wie die Wanderung begann.

An der Geleiseböschung. – Der erste Sprung auf einen fahrenden Zug. – Die Fahrt. – Im Märchenland aufregenden Erlebens. – Das Hotel zur Eisenbahn. – Von der Königin Nikotin und ihrem Göttergeschenk. – Billy der Wanderer! – Das Abenteurerblut regt sich. – Ein psychischer Impuls. – Wanderer Nr. 3.

Unter den Romantikern des Schienenstrangs.

Von Texas nordwärts. – Ein wunderliches Leben. – Der betrogene Betrüger der guten Stadt Guthrie in Oklahoma. – Jargon des Schienenstrangs. – Ein abenteuerliches Jahr und seine Einflüsse. – Die Entwicklungsgeschichte seiner Majestät des Tramps. – Die amerikanische Vagabundenarmee. – Der Arbeitslose. – Der Tramp. – Der Romantiker. – Lebenssehnsucht und Wandertrieb. – Präsident Roosevelts Vagabundenfahrt auf der Lokomotive. – Geheimnisvolle Unterströmungen modernen Abenteurertums. – Amerikaner in exotischen Kriegen. – In der Sommerfrische von Lucky Water, Arizona. – Von flammenden Farben und meiner Frau im Mond. Arbeiten!

Wie das Wandern endete.

Die Eisenbahn hat uns! – Sektion 423, Southern Pazific. –Als Streckenarbeiter in Arizona. – Der »boß«. – Von Kindern Italiens. – Wir haben wieder die Eisenbahn! – Hände in die Höhe! – Seine Ehren, der Friedensrichter. – Die braven Spitzbuben von El Dorado. – Dahinjagen und Arbeit. – Von den Schüttelfrösten der Malaria. – Krank und einsam. – Nach St. Louis. – Ein ganzer Mann.

Die Armen und Elenden von St. Louis.

Bei den guten Samaritern. – Allein in der Riesenstadt. – Am Ufer des Mississippi. – Vom Grauen und von der Scham. – Eine Orgie in Häßlichkeit. – Der Menschenpferch. – Auf Arbeitssuche. – Im Reich der kupfernen Töpfe. – Die Miniaturhölle des Palasthotels. – Das Glöckchen der Neugierigen.

Im Zeichen der Zeitung.

Witwe Dougherty. – Das Reich der Bücher. – Kipling-Begeisterung. – Ein Wegweiser des Kismet. – Mein erstes literarisches Verbrechen. – Der Beinbruch als Glückszufall. – Ich werde Depeschenübersetzer bei einer großen deutschen Zeitung. – Enthusiasmus und Neugierde. – Aller Anfang ist leicht! – Ein journalistisches Mädchen für alles. – Amerikanisches Deutschtum. – Der Schwur gegen die Potentaten. – Vom Sehen und vom Lernen. – Wieder draußen in der kalten Welt. – Reisefieber!

Das Inselchen der Fische in San Franzisko-Bai.

Wohin Zukunftssorgen gehören. – Ein logisches Selbstgespräch. – Das Land der Sonne. – Blühende Obstwälder. – Ankunft in San Franzisko. – Mr. Frank Reddington, schwarzes Schaf und verlorener Sohn. – Die Geschichte vom strengen Gouverneur. – Der tragikomische Hundeschwanz. – Wie der Millionärssohn energisch wurde. – Der Gott der Arbeit pfeift. – Bei den Kabeljaus. – Eine Stockfischfabrik. – Wer zuletzt lacht, lacht am besten!

Die Stadt des Goldenen Tors

Das Erbe der Goldgräber. – Die lustige Königin des Westens. – Von vernünftigen schwarzen Schafen. – Die Stadt der Sieben Hügel übertrumpft! – Kletternde Straßenbahnen. –Im Park des Goldenen Tors. – Der dunkle Flecken der Sonnenstadt. – Im Chinesenviertel. – Die Straße der lebenden Schaufenster. – Wie der Lausbub zum Professor wurde. – Von Deutsch lernenden Lehrerinnen. – Die amerikanische Frau. – Kluge Mädchenerziehung und törichte Weiberherrschaft. – Die Amerikanerin in Kunst und Leben. – Die Sehnsucht nach der Zeitung.

Der Lausbub findet die Lebenslinie.

Von neuem Stolz. – Der Lausbub will amerikanischer Journalist werden. – Auf der Redaktion. – Jüngster Reporter – Hallelujah! Das erste Interview. – Die Lebenslinie.

Na? Lesehunger geweckt? Teil 2 und 3 folgen.

Have fun!

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Rosen, Erwin: Der Deutsche Lausbub in Amerika 2 (german) v1 17 dec 2008

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Hier also der zweite Teil von Erwin Rosens Erlebnissen in Amerika.
Wieder der Inhalt:
* Vorwort
* Bei der amerikanischen Zeitung.
Bob bei den Münchner Neuesten Nachrichten. – Die armen Teufel von deutschen Journalisten. – Ein Münchner Zeitungspalast. – Im amerikanischen Reporterzimmer. – Wie das Zeitungsbaby sein Handwerk erlernte. – Das Geheimnis der Presse. – Im Presidio. – Ich lerne telegraphieren. – Die Sprache des Kupferdrahts. – Telegraphisches Lachen. – Vom großen Lebenswert.
* Reporterdienst.
Was der Amerikaner von seiner Zeitung verlangt. – Der scoop. – Der verunglückte Dampfer Hongkong. – Die Männer der schnellen Entschlüsse. – Wie ein Reporterstück inszeniert wird. – Auf der Jagd nach der Sensation. – Im Maschinenraum. – Wie ich die Kunst des Zuhörens ausübte. – Der Dämon im Stahl. – Zeitungskönig Hearst. – Eine Anekdote von der gelben Gefahr des Kaisers und der Hearstschen Gelben Presse. – Ein schwarzer Tag.
* Das Kommen des Krieges
Vorgeschichte des spanisch-amerikanischen Krieges. – Die Guerillakämpfe zwischen Spaniern und kubanischen Insurgenten. – Die Glückssoldaten der Virginia. – Gespannte Beziehungen zwischen den Vereinigten Staaten und Spanien. – Grausamkeiten. – Die kubanische Junta in New York. – Der Untergang der Maine. – Der Racheschrei. – Kriegserklärung. – Meine große Idee! – Die große Idee funktioniert nicht! – Aber ich muß unbedingt nach Kuba ...
* Der Lausbub wird Soldat.
Die verbogene Lebenslinie. – Ein schneller Entschluß. – Beim Oberleutnant Green vom Signaldienst. – Ich werde angeworben! – Abschied von Allan McGrady. – B Company des 1. Infanterieregiments. – Korporal Jameson. – Wiggelwaggeln. – Der sprechende Sonnenspiegel. – »Ich gehe nach Kuba!«
* Sternenbanner auf dem Wege nach Kuba
Der Krieg des Leichtsinns. – Aus Leutnants werden Majore. – Eine kleine Vergeßlichkeit. – Segenswünsche und Vorschußlorbeer. – Von lieben diebischen Mägdelein. – Die Armee in Hemdärmeln. – Das militärische Telegraphenbureau in Tampa. – Die spanische Gespensterflotte. – Admiral Cervera in der Falle von Santiago de Cuba. – Die Depeschenhölle. – Roosevelts Rauhe Reiter ohne Gäule! – Auf dem Meer. – Eine schwäbische Ueberraschung. – Von redenden Tuchfetzen und sprechenden Wolken. – Nachtalarm. – Beginn des Bombardements von Baiquiri.
* Auf kubanischem Boden
Die Küste wild bombardiert. – Theodore Roosevelt und seine Zahnbürste. – Die Landung. – Ein Tag ungeduldigen Fluchens. – Die Arbeit beginnt. – Tropenregen. – Meine Hängematte. – Nachtruhe à deux. – Hunger und Arbeit – aber ach, was waren das für schöne Zeiten! – Der Major stiehlt einen Karren. – Telegraphenbau-Arbeit. – Palmen und Kletterei. – Bei den toten Rauhen Reitern von La Quasina. – Im Insurgentenlager. – Der Mangobauch, – Der Jesus-Christus-General.
* Beim Jesus-Christus-General.
Das Hauptquartier in der Vorpostenlinie. – General Shafter, Höchsttommandierender. – Die Trumpfkarte im Spiel. – Proviant her! – Ein sogenannter Spaziergang. – Die spanische Verteidigungslinie. – Die Nacht vor der Schlacht. – Das Telegramm nach Washington. – Die Regimenter ziehen dem Feind entgegen.
* Die Schlacht vom San Juan Hügel.
Der Morgen vor der Schlacht. – Ein Schattenspiel im Nebel. – Die Schlacht beginnt. – Wir legen die Linie nach der Front. – Meine erste Granate. – Wie ich das Gruseln lernte. – Wie andere das Gruseln lernten. – Auf dem Weg zur Feuerlinie. – Die Furt. – Die Panik des 71. Regiments. – In der Feuerlinie am Waldrand. – Wir schießen mit. – Die Schützengräben im San Juan Hügel. – Der Gnadenschuß. – Der Angriff ohne Befehl. – Der San Juan Hügel wird im Sturm genommen. – Zusammenhänge der Schlacht. – Bei den spanischen Gefangenen. – Rum und Zigaretten. – Am Lagerfeuer. – Sie begraben die Toten.
* Der Tag nach der Schlacht
Am Lagerfeuer. – Vom Arbeiten in den Schützengräben. – Nächtlicher Tropenregen. – Auf dem Weg zur Front. – Die spanischen Scharfschützen. – Der stille Wald. – Verwesungsgeruch. – Das Tal der Toten. – Der Kopf. – Bloßgelegte Gräber. – Das Kommen des Grauens. – Das Leichenfeld. – Im Hauptquartier des linken Flügels. – Die Schützengräben auf dem Hügel. – Heftiges Gewehrfeuer in der Sternennacht. – Mein Maultierritt. – Vom Feuerschein beim Feind und dem Rätsel der Nachtattacke.
* Der Untergang der spanischen Flotte.
Jubel in den Schützengräben. – Der Hafen von Santiago de Cuba. – Das Felsentor. – Castillo del Morro. – Das Warten, das Lauern! – Die Heldentat des Leutnants Hobson. – Durchbruch des spanischen Geschwaders. – Die Seeschlacht. – Die Hölle der fünfunddreißig Minuten. – Eine kleine Yacht schießt zwei Zerstörer in den Grund. – Eine Merkwürdigkeit in der Geschichte des Seekriegs. – Der Mann im Kommandoturm und der Mann hinter der Kanone. – Was von der Gespensterflotte übrig blieb.
* In den Schützengräben.
Von Siegesberichten und Sorgen. – Ein Murren geht durch die Schützengräben. – Die Meinung des alten Sergeanten. – Ungeduld! – Der Humor der Front. – Krankheit und Schwäche. – Die berühmten kubanischen Leibschmerzen. – Fieber und Ruhr. – Stimmungen und Verstimmungen. – Ein Freudentag. – Freund Billy aus Wanderzeit und Eisenbahnfahrt. – Zwei Gefechtstage. – Wie ich ein Held sein wollte. – Der Friedensbaum. – Die Kapitulation von Santiago de Cuba.
* Nach Santiago de Cuba!
Das Hauptquartier wird energisch. – Die Enttäuschung der Männer in den Schützengräben. – Die verbotene Stadt. – Wir werden nach Santiago beordert. – Das Legen der Linie. – In den spanischen Schützengräben. – Ein Tauschgeschäft mit den hungrigen Spaniern. – In der Stadt. – Die toten Gäßchen. – Von Licht und Schatten. – Das Hauptquartier des Siegers.
* Im Kabelbureau.
Der spanische Telegraphendirektor. – Unter Dach und Fach. – Wir requirieren Wäsche. – Der wundersame Patio. – Das große Baden. – Der brauchbare Antonio. – Wir rüsten ein Mahl. – »Caballeros telegraphistas!« – »Oh, der verdammte Speck!« – »Man muß ein Loch in die Uhr schießen!« – Das Feuerrad. – Im Dunkel.
* Auf der Insel des Gelben Fiebers.
»Ich bin gar nicht tot!« – Im Hafenhospital von Santiago. – Die gelbe Flagge im Boot. – Die Schmerzen im Leib. – Der sterbende Trompeter. – Warum ich den Neger erschießen wollte. – Schlafen, nur schlafen! – Das Dunkel zwischen Tod und Leben. – Dr. Gonzales. – Ich bin Sergeant geworden. – Das Haus des Elends. – Krankenpfleger und Totengräber, – Wie der Rauhe Reiter Himmelsblumen pflückte. – Eine nächtliche Schreckensszene. – Der Insel der Verdammten wird Hilfe. – Die Krankenschwestern.
* In der Zeltstadt von Montauk Point.
Die Friedensbotschaft. – Ein brutaler Krieg. – Die böse Lage der amerikanischen Invasionsarmee. – Auf den General folgt der kaufmännische Organisator. – Wie die Zeltstadt von Montauk Point erstand. – Mein letzter Tag in Santiago de Cuba. – Im Gesundheitslager. – Die Komplimente der Trusts. – Wie mir ein Vermögen entging. – Die New Yorker Invasion. – Von begeisterten ladies. – Das Sicherheitsventil. – Wie Leutnant Hobson in der Welle der Hysterie ertrank.

Wie gestern auch Originalcover. Morgen kommt der dritte Teil.

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Rosen, Erwin: Der Deutsche Lausbub in Amerika 3 (german) v1 18 dec 2008

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Der dritte Teil der abenteuerlichen Lausbubenstory. Ich mach es heute mal kurz und verzichte auf die Inhaltsangabe. Es bleibt weiter spannend!

Wieder Originalcover.

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Rosen, Erwin: In der Fremdenlegion german v1 28 apr 2009

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Ich finde die englischsprachige Beschreibung dieses Buchs bei archive.org treffend. Daher zitier ich mal:
[QUOTErwin Carlé in the French Foreign Legion (1904)
This hold on-to-the-edge of your seat adventure would make any James Bond proud. Yet this is not fiction.
It is the biographical account of Erwin Carlé,pen-name Erwin Rosen,who, down on his luck in 1904, joins the
French Foreign Legion. He had seen previous military action with the US Army Signal Corps during the Spanish-
American War at Signal Hill In Cuba ( 1898).However, he was not prepared for what came his way. The
adventure begins with being shipped to Sidi-Bel-Abbès, Algeria, which served as the Foreign Legion's training grounds
until 1962. Whether he is describing the legion's principle of "March or Die" or the petty thievery among the men, which apparently
exists to this day, one quickly realizes that this was a living hell. How will Carlé escape this misery and inhuman existence is
what keeps the reader on edge.
On the philosophical side , his Appendix entitled "J'accuse " is still as relevant today as then.

The 1998 movie "Legionnaire" with Jean-Claude Van Damme illustrates some of the accounts given in the book by Erwin Carlé.[/QUOT

Sollte man gelesen haben!

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Rostand, Edmond: Cyrano de Bergerac, V1.0 19 Jan 2009

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La célèbre et éblouissante pièce d'Edmond Rostand (1868-1918) raconte l'histoire d'un amour par procuration.

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Rowlands, Effie Adelaide: Capricious Caroline. v1. 14 Jan 2016

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Effie Adelaide Maria Albanesi, née Henderson (New South Wales, Australia, 1859 – 16 October 1936, London, England), better known by her usual pen name of Effie Adelaide Rowlands, was a British novelist. She was the author of more than 250 six-penny (dime) novels.

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As the large motor swung along with the easy velocity and assurance of some enormous bird, Camilla Lancing nestled more cosily into the warmth of her fur wraps.Rupert Haverford was driving, and he looked back every now and then to see if his guest was comfortable.

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Rowlands, Effie Adelaide: The Fault of One. v1. 14 Jan 2016

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Effie Adelaide Maria Albanesi, née Henderson (New South Wales, Australia, 1859 – 16 October 1936, London, England), better known by her usual pen name of Effie Adelaide Rowlands, was a British novelist. She was the author of more than 250 six-penny (dime) novels.

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He had put himself on the top of this particular ’bus in a fit of deepest depression. It was immaterial to him where he went—what he did. Fortune had ebbed down to its lowest with him. He had faced the fight bravely; against all sorts of odds he had struggled on, and now, when a final and unexpected blow had fallen, he felt suddenly as if he could struggle on no longer—as if life were for the moment done. He sat alone on the front seat of the omnibus. He gave no attention to others, and the last thought in his troubled mind would have been the idea that some one’s attention was drawn to him. Therefore it was with a great start—a start that brought a wave of colour for an instant into his pale, handsome face—that he felt the ’bus driver’s whip touch his arm.

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Rucker, Rudy: Postsingular v1.0 2008-02-02

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Released via a Creative Commons license is [Postsingular[/ by Rudy Rucker.

[quotPostsingular and its sequels represent Rucker's return to the cyberpunk style of his classic Ware tetralogy. But this is 21st Century cyberpunk; Rucker calls it psipunk.

Postsingular takes on the question of what will happen after the Singularity—what will happen after computers become as smart as humans and nanotechnology takes on the power of magic?

A mad scientist decides it might be a good idea to create a giant virtual reality simulation that is running a copy of Earth and of most of the people in it. Fine, but in order to create this simulation, the mad scientist plans to grind our planet into a zillion supercomputing nanomachines called nants.

Ultrageek Ond Lutter and his autistic son Chu find a way to block the nants—but then Ond can’t resist infesting Earth with a congenial breed of quantum-computing nanomachines called orphids.

The orphids coat the planet, one or two per square millimeter, and now everyone is on-line all the time, and everything is visible in the orphidnet. Artificial life forms emerge in the orphidnet, these are helpful agents called beezies, and they pyramid together into a superhuman planetary mind called the Big Pig. People can mentally access the Big Pig and feel like geniuses—with the catch that when they come down they can’t really remember what they saw. Those addicted to this new kind of high are called pigheads.

The lovers Jayjay and Thuy begin as pigheads, but Thuy manages to kick the habit to work on a vast orphidnet-based narrative called a metanovel. Jayjay continues his sessions with the Big Pig in hopes of learning more about science—and this puts a damper on their love affair. But the mad scientist is still machinating to bring back the nants and destroy Earth, and Thuy and Jayjay reunite to save the world.

It helps that Jayjay has figured out how to do teleportation via the orphidnet. And that Thuy has made friends with a giant, ethereal man from a parallel world called the Hibrane. Jayjay helps Thuy teleport to the Hibrane for help. The Hibraners do have a fix for Earth’s problems, but it’s going to be a bigger change than anyone ever imagined. Earth is on the verge of a postdigital age, more postsingular than anyone ever imagined.

Nature will come alive.[/quot

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Rud, Anthony M: The First Casebook of Jigger Masters, v1, 24 Dec 2019

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Anthony M Rud (1893-1942) was an American pulp writer who later became Editor of "Adventure Magazine". In 1918 he wrote eight short stories about his detective Jigger Masters, which were all published in "The Green Book Magazine". In the 1930s he revived Jigger Masters in a series of short stories and serials. A list of these stories is at the end of this book.

1: The October Blight
2: The Fiery Meteor
3: The Vengeance Of The Wah Fu Tong
4: The Red Billiard-Ball Mystery
5: The Miltonvale Nemesis
6: The Giant Footprints
7: The Specter At Macey's
8: The Affair At Steffen Shoals

The text files are from Roy Glashan's Laibrary, which has individual epubs of the original stories, complete with original illustrations.

No Jigger Masters collection in book form appeared in Rud's lifetime, nor indeed for many years afterwards. The 1930s stories have not been collected yet.

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Runyon, Damon: A Damon Runyon Omnibus, v1, 8 March 2010.

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Damon Runyon [1880-1946]
A Damon Runyon Omnibus

This collection of 41 short stories was compiled by forum member, Ralph Sir Edward, who has added a short Introduction and a Glossary, which he has generously put into the public domain. RSE has also done most of the proofreading. I’ve done the layout, formatting, and a cursory proofing; also a cover.

From Wikipedia:
[Runyon] was best known for his short stories celebrating the world of Broadway in New York City that grew out of the Prohibition era. To New Yorkers of his generation, a "Damon Runyon character" evoked a distinctive social type from the Brooklyn or Midtown demi-monde. The adjective "Runyonesque" refers to this type of character as well as to the type of situations and dialog that Runyon depicted. He spun humorous tales of gamblers, hustlers, actors, and gangsters, few of whom go by "square" names, preferring instead colorful monikers such as "Nathan Detroit," "Big Jule," "Harry the Horse," "Good Time Charley," "Dave the Dude," or "The Seldom Seen Kid." Runyon wrote these stories in a distinctive vernacular style: a mixture of formal speech and colorful slang, almost always in present tense, and always devoid of contractions.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Damon_Runyon

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Runyon, Damon: A to Izzard Omnibus (collected short fiction). v2. 11 Apr 2017

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A to Izzard
By Alfred Damon Runyan (1880–1946)
264 short stories and sketches, with a Primer of Runyonese, Glossary, Bibliography, and Index of Titles.

The contents of this book were first published 1907 ~ 1946.
The text of this book is in the public domain in countries where copyright is “Life+70” or less.

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Alfred Damon Runyan (re-christened “Runyon” through a printer’s error early in his career) was an American sports writer, journalist, and short story writer. He was best known for his short stories celebrating the world of Broadway in New York City that grew out of the Prohibition era. He spun humorous and sentimental tales of gamblers, hustlers, actors, and gangsters, in his distinctive vernacular style known as “Runyonese”: a mixture of formal speech and colorful slang, almost always in present tense, and always devoid of contractions.

Runyon’s fictional world is perhaps best known today through the musical Guys and Dolls (based on “The Idyll of Miss Sarah Brown” and “Blood Pressure”); the movie Lady for a Day, remade as Pocketful of Miracles (based on “Madame La Gimp”); and the movie that made Shirley Temple a star: Little Miss Marker, and its remakes.

(—Extracted and adapted from Wikipedia.)

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Runyon’s short fiction appears in numerous collections (15 titles during his lifetime, and at least a dozen more posthumously), with many of the pieces being recycled multiple times.

[A to Izzard[/ is my own compilation. This collection includes all the Broadway stories, presented in chronological order. Some stories from other “series” may be missing, due to unavailability of source material. This is the first appearance in [any[/ collection for the “Grandpap Mugg” and “Chelsea McBride” pieces.
An “anonymous scribe” from MobileRead has generously provided a primer and glossary for translation of Runyonese (which I had the impudence to expand slightly).
Ralph Sir Edward, actually. He didn't want credit, but I have to tell [somebody[/, so you will keep the secret, won't you? I have added a bibliography of Runyon’s work, and an index of titles.

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You will find here stories and sketches full of humor, nostalgia, sharp satire, cynical noir, and much more. If you are only familiar with the "Broadway" stories, you owe it to yourself to give a peek to Runyon's other works as well.

Happy reading!

EDIT: I have just uploaded version 2, with some text corrections, and added Primer and Glossary generously provided by an “anonymous scribe” from MobileRead.
Previous downloads: 62
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Ruskin, John: Unto This Last. v1, 19 Jan 2008

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In his autobiography entitled "The Story of My Experiments with Truth", Gandhi wrote this about an incident that occurred in October, 1903 on a South African train:

"On receipt of Mr. West's letter I left for Natal. I had taken Mr. Polak into my fullest confidence. He came to see me off at the Station, and left with me a book to read during the journey, which he said I was sure to like. It was Ruskin's [Unto This Last[/.

The book was impossible to lay aside, once I had begun it. It gripped me. Johannesburg to Durban was a twenty-four hours' journey. The train reached there in the evening. I could not get any sleep that night. I determined to change my life in accordance with the ideals of the book.

This was the first book of Ruskin I had ever read. During the days of my education I had read practically nothing outside text-books, and after I launched into active life I had very little time for reading. I cannot therefore claim much book knowledge. However, I believe I have not lost much because of this enforced restraint. On the contrary, the limited reading may be said to have enabled me thoroughly to digest what I did read. Of these books, the one that brought about an instantaneous and practical transformation in my life was [Unto This Last[/. I translated it later into Gujarati, entitling it [Sarvodaya[/ (the welfare of all).

I believe that I discovered some of my deepest convictions reflected in this great book of Ruskin, and that is why it so captured me and made me transform my life. A poet is one who can call forth the good latent in the human breast. Poets do not influence all alike, for everyone is not evolved in a equal measure.

The teaching of [Unto This Last[/ I understood to be:

1. That the good of the individual is contained in the good of all.
2. That a lawyer's work has the same value as the barber's inasmuch as all have the same right of earning their livehood from their work.
3. That a life of labour, i.e., the life of the tiller of the soil and the handicraftsman is the life worth living.

The first of these I knew. The second I had dimly realized. The third had never occured to me. [Unto This Last[/ made it as clear as daylight for me that the second and the third were contained in the first. I arose with the dawn, ready to reduce these principles to practice."

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Ruskin, John: A Joy For Ever (And Its Price In The Market), v1, 2 Oct 2009.

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John Ruskin (1819–1900)
A Joy For Ever (And Its Price In The Market)
Being the substance (with additions) of two lectures on the political economy of art, delivered At Manchester, July 10th And 13th, 1857.

From Project Gutenberg. Ruskin argues that good art cannot be made cheaply; should not be made cheaply; and that there is something wrong with cheap art.

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Ruskin, John: Sesame and Lilies, v1, 29 Sept 2007.

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John Ruskin: Sesame and Lilies
Two lectures, given at Manchester in 1864.

Lecture 1: Sesame (‘On Kings’ Treasuries’)
How and what to read. Given that life is fleeting and leisure hours are few, we should not waste time reading trash. Instead we should read good books. These are the Kings’ Treasuries of the subtitle.

Lecture 2: Lilies (‘Of Queens’ Gardens’)
On the education of girls.
Here’s an extract:
‘ … speaking broadly, a man ought to know any language or science he learns, thoroughly—while a woman ought to know the same language, or science, only so far as may enable her to sympathise in her husband’s pleasures, and in those of his best friends.’
A woman’s duty is to be ‘the centre of order, the balm of distress, and the mirror of beauty’ – in this area she is Queen.
(I shall refrain from comment.)

The text also includes a Preface to the later editions of Sesame and Lilies, plus a third lecture on The Mystery of Life and Its Arts.

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Ruskin, John: The Crown of Wild Olive, v1, 14 February 2010.

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John Ruskin [1819–1900]
The Crown of Wild Olive
Three Lectures on Work, Traffic and War
1866

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Ruskin, John: The King of the Golden River, v.1, 17 Jan 2008.

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From Wikipedia:

The King of the Golden River or The Black Brothers: A Legend of Stiria by John Ruskin was originally written for the twelve year old Effie (Euphemia) Gray in 1842. It was published in book form in 1851, and became an early Victorian classic which sold out three editions. In the "Advertisement to the First Edition," which prefaces it, it is called a fairy tale, one, it might be added, that illustrates the triumph of love, kindness, and goodness over evil; however, it could also be characterized as a fable, a fabricated aetiological myth or etiology, and a parable.

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Russell, William Clark: The Death Ship (1888); v1; 20 June 2020

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It is 1796; Geoffey Fenton, a young second mate aboard the Saracen, outward bound from Cape Town, is lost overboard, and rescued by a strange, decaying. antiquated, Dutch ship named Braave, which proves to be the ship better known tp superstitious mariners as The Flying Dutchman.

The ghost ship's crew, under the captain, Vanderdecken, are cursed, and believe it to be 1593; they have been at sea, undying, unknowing, for two centuries, doomed to ply the seas for eternity.

On board is another rescued person, Imogene, who has been aboard now for five years.

Somehow, Fenton and Imogene must leave the Ship of Death, but storm and pirates intervene...

A three-volume novel of some 135,000 words, which I assembled into a single volume, but retaining the three-volume divisions.

I could fine no first edition cover, so made this one using a late 19th C engraving.

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Russell, William Clark: The Phantom Death (1895); v1; 21 April 2020

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William Clark Russell (1844-1911) went to sea in the merchant navy at the age of 13, and after he left he began writing. A hundred or more novels, mostly on the theme of events in merchantmen, followed. He was much admired in his time, including by Herman Melville. His star faded after his death, although several of his novels were being reprinted well into the 1950s.

This short story collection contains:

1: The Phantom Death
2: Brokers’ Bay
3: The Lazarette of the “Huntress”
4: A Memory of the Pacific
5: “So Unnecessary!”
6: The Major’s Commission
7: A Nightmare of the Doldrums
8: “Try for her in Fifty”
9: The “Chiliman” Tragedy
10: The Secret of the Dead Mate
11: The Transport “Palestine”

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Russell, William Clark: The Wreck of the Grosvenor (1877); v1; 21 April 2020

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William Clark Russell (1844-1911) went to sea in the merchant navy at the age of 13, and after he left he began writing. A hundred or more novels, mostly on the theme of events in merchantmen, followed. He was much admired in his time, including by Herman Melville. His star faded after his death, although several of his novels were being reprinted well into the 1950s.

This novel was the one that made his reputation, and was admired by Herman Melville. It tells of the voyage of the "Grosvenor," en route from England to the Bermudas, where under the pressure of appalling crew conditions and rotten food, the crew mutinies.

A passenger who has much sea experience undertakes to navigate the ship close to the Florida coast so the mutineers can escape to the USA. Complicated by the discovery of a floating wreck with two survivors on board, and then a tropical storm, the remaining "Grosvenor" crew fight to survive.

Originally published in three volumes, in the fashion of the time, it runs to 128,000 words. This edition is in a single document, but retains the 3-volume divisions. There is no available first edition cover, so I created a cover using a texture background and typography.

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Ryan, Marah Ellis: For the Soul of Rafael. v1. 14 Sep 2013

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Marah Ellis Ryan was born either February 27, 1860 or 1866. As Ellis Martin, she married Samuel Erwin Ryan (b. 1834), an Irish actor and comedian, in 1883. She died July 11, 1934. She was a popular author, actress and activist for Native Americans at the turn of the 20th century.

Excerpt
A man stood back of the cactus watching with tireless eyes the dividing of the herds and the quick work of the vaqueros as their excited mustangs raced for a stray or a rebel from the ranks. A dark serape was at his feet, the dust of the roads on his face, and when he removed his sombrero to light a cigarro in its shelter, there was disclosed a great shock of black hair worn unusually long, and matching in unkemptness the full beard covering his face almost to his black velvety eyes.

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Ryan, Marah Ellis: That Girl Montana. v1. 14 Sep 2013

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Marah Ellis Ryan was born either February 27, 1860 or 1866. As Ellis Martin, she married Samuel Erwin Ryan (b. 1834), an Irish actor and comedian, in 1883. She died July 11, 1934. She was a popular author, actress and activist for Native Americans at the turn of the 20th century.

Excerpt
“That girl the murderer of a man—of Lee Holly! That pretty little girl? Bosh! I don’t believe it.”

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Ryan, Marah Ellis: The Bondwoman. v1. 13 Sep 2013

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Marah Ellis Ryan was born either February 27, 1860 or 1866. As Ellis Martin, she married Samuel Erwin Ryan (b. 1834), an Irish actor and comedian, in 1883. She died July 11, 1934. She was a popular author, actress and activist for Native Americans at the turn of the 20th century.

Excerpt
Near Moret, in France, where the Seine is formed and flows northward, there lives an old lady named Madame Blanc, who can tell much of the history written here––though it be a history belonging more to American lives than French. She was of the Caron establishment when Judithe first came into the family, and has charge of a home for aged ladies of education and refinement whose means will not allow of them providing for themselves. It is a memorial founded by her adopted daughter and is known as the Levigne Pension. The property on which it is established is the little Levigne estate––the one forming the only dowery of Judithe Levigne when she married Philip Alain––Marquis de Caron.

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Ryan, Marah Ellis: The Flute of the Gods. v1. 13 Sep 2013

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Marah Ellis Ryan was born either February 27, 1860 or 1866. As Ellis Martin, she married Samuel Erwin Ryan (b. 1834), an Irish actor and comedian, in 1883. She died July 11, 1934. She was a popular author, actress and activist for Native Americans at the turn of the 20th century.

Excerpt
In romances of the aborigines of the so-called New World there is usually presented savage man or woman modified as may be by the influence of European mythologies in various authorized forms. But, certain people of this New World possessed at least a semi-civilization centuries before the coming of white conquerors.
When man ceases to be nomadic, builds houses of stone and mortar, terrace upon terrace,––walled and fortressed against the enemy,––when he has fields of growing grain, textile fabrics, decorated pottery, a government that is a republic, a priesthood trained in complex ritual, a well stocked pantheon, a certain understanding of astronomy and psychic phenomena, he may withal be called barbarian, even as was Abraham on Moriah barbaric when the altar of his god called for sacrifice of his only son. But a people of such culture could not with truth be called savage.

NOTE: 26 Illustrations and Decorations

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Ryan, Marah Ellis: The Treasure Trail. v1, 15 Sep 2013

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Marah Ellis Ryan was born either February 27, 1860 or 1866. As Ellis Martin, she married Samuel Erwin Ryan (b. 1834), an Irish actor and comedian, in 1883. She died July 11, 1934. She was a popular author, actress and activist for Native Americans at the turn of the 20th century.

Excerpt
In the shade of Pedro Vijil’s little brown adobe on the Granados rancho, a horseman squatted to repair a broken cinch with strips of rawhide, while his horse––a strong dappled roan with a smutty face––stood near, the rawhide bridle over his head and the quirt trailing the ground.

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Ryan, Marah Ellis: Told In The Hills. v1. 15 Sep 2013

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Marah Ellis Ryan was born either February 27, 1860 or 1866. As Ellis Martin, she married Samuel Erwin Ryan (b. 1834), an Irish actor and comedian, in 1883. She died July 11, 1934. She was a popular author, actress and activist for Native Americans at the turn of the 20th century.

Excerpt
"The only one of the name who is not a gentleman"; those words were repeated over and over by a young fellow who walked, one autumn morning, under the shade of old trees and along a street of aristocratic houses in old New Orleans.
He would have been handsome had it not been for the absolutely wicked expression of his face as he muttered to himself while he walked. He looked about twenty-five—dark and tall—so tall as to be a noticeable man among many men, and so well proportioned, and so confidently careless in movement as not to be ungainly—the confidence of strength.

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Ryder, Annie H: Hold Up Your Heads, Girls! v1, 14 October 2009.

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Annie H Ryder.
Hold Up Your Heads, Girls!: Helps For Girls, In School And Out (1886)

Constructing acceptable femininity in the late nineteenth century: a book telling young American girls how to comport themselves.
Found at Project Gutenberg.

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Ryle, J. C.: A Sketch of George Whitefield. v1. 1 Jan 2014

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John Charles Ryle (May 10, 1816 – June 10, 1900) was an evangelical Anglican clergyman renowned for his powerful preaching and extensive tracts. Educated at Eton and at Christ Church, (Oxford), Ryle was a fine athlete who rowed and played Cricket for Oxford, where he took a first class degree in Greats and was offered a college fellowship (teaching position) which he declined.

Ryle was a strong supporter of the evangelical school and a critic of Ritualism. His uncompromising evangelicalism in the face of increasing liberal and Tractarian opposition gained him many admirers. He became bishop of Liverpool in 1880 and his plain speech and distinctive principles made him a favourite amongst the largely working-class population. He proved an active bishop, encouraging the building of more churches and missions to reach out to the growing urban communities, and generally seeking to develop the new diocese as best he could.

George Whitefield (December 27, 1714 – September 30, 1770), also known as George Whitfield, was an English Anglican preacher who helped spread the Great Awakening in Britain, and especially in the American colonies. He was one of the founders of Methodism and of the evangelical movement generally. He became perhaps the best-known preacher in Britain and America during the 18th century, and because he travelled through all of the American colonies and drew great crowds and media coverage, he was one of the most widely recognized public figures in colonial America.

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Rymer, J. M.: The String of Pearls or Sweeney Todd, Demon Barber-illus.v2. 17 Jun 18

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The String of Pearls; or, Sweeney Todd, The Demon Barber of Fleet Street.
By James Malcolm Rymer (1814? – 1884)
With 90 full-page illustrations.

“The String of Pearls” is a very entertaining, macabre Victorian horror story, well-seasoned with ironic humor, and populated with rather Dickensian characters. Sweeney Todd, a Fleet Street barber, murders and robs his customers; and their remains are profitably made into delicious meat pies by his accomplice, Mrs Lovett. This latter fact is only implied until quite late in the book, but the reader will discern the grisly truth almost immediately.

Urban legends involving gruesomely sourced fast-food had circulated for decades before his appearance, but the story of Sweeney Todd has been the most enduring. The tale’s popularity resulted in dozens of variously titled reprints, imitations, and stage adaptations. Today Todd is perhaps best known as the central character of the Stephen Sondheim musical “Sweeney Todd, The Demon Barber of Fleet Street. A Musical Thriller.” (1979), and Tim Burton’s movie adaptation of that musical (2007), starring Johnny Depp.

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Sweeney Todd first appeared in “The String of Pearls: A Romance,” a penny dreadful serial of 39 chapters, beginning in November 1846.

This ebook is based on an Internet Archive scan of the massively expanded (177 chapters) 1850 version, “The String of Pearls, or, The Barber of Fleet Street.” To substantiate Sweeney’s tenancy of this ebook, the title has been modified to “The String of Pearls; or, Sweeney Todd, the Demon Barber of Fleet Street.”

The first 31 chapters of this book are identical to the original 39-chapter penny dreadful; the Appendix presents the remaining 8 chapters. I have added a cross-linked glossary, to assist modern readers with the Victorian slang and expressions; and just for fun, a Cast of Characters.

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OCR and spelling errors were corrected; punctuation, italics and diacritics formatted; spelling and punctuation regularized for consistency. Paragraph breaks from the original serial have been reinstated, and some paragraph breaks added to the “expansion” chapters. Chapters have been renumbered correctly, and some chapter titles relocated or rewritten for clarity. Illustrations have been placed adjacent to their associated text. Embedded font for titling.

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Available in the hefty 2-volume illustrated version; or for readers on a diet, the slender un-illustrated “complete” version, only 2.1mb.

EDIT TO ADD: Uploaded version 2, with many corrections to punctuation errors --- many thanks to Tex2002ans! previous downloads Illustrated Volumes: 23 ea, "Single Complete": 20

Bon Appetite!
:D

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Rymer, James Malcolm: The Black Monk (Illustrated). v1. 22 Jul 2017.

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Converted from my ePub using Calibre.

Summary:
Mysterious lights, ghosts, and deaths plague the Castle of Brandon in the early years of the 13th century. With Sir Rupert Brandon off to the crusades, The Black Monk has plans to overthrow him with the aid of Agatha and Eldred Weare. Will he succeed? And who is the maniacal Wizard of the Red Cavern? And the crusaders who keep their faces hid with velvet masks?

A Note on the Text:
The text is that of the first and only known edition published by Edward Lloyd in 52 numbers between March/April 1843 and March 1844 in the classic 8-page per number style, authored anonymously, but generally assumed to be by James Malcolm Rymer, and found in the British Library and online at Nineteenth Century Collections Online. The OCR, editing, and proofreading were performed by myself and reflects as exact as possible the original publication with no modernization of spelling or punctuation.

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Rymer, James Malcolm: Vanderdecken (Illustrated). v1. 20 Dec 2017

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The Flying Dutchman brings death and despair to all ships he comes across. Vanderdecken must find a bride to remove his curse. Whilelmina, the daughter of old Von Straken, may be the one, but Tom Simpson and Wurtem Carlis are suitors as well. When Wurtem and Jan-Van Van-Jan meet, it will change Wurtem's life and prospects, but will it all be for the good?

A Note on the Text:
The text is that of the first and only known edition published by Edward Lloyd in 30 numbers in 1851 in the classic 8-page per number style, authored anonymously, but generally assumed to be by James Malcolm Rymer, and found in the British Library and online.
Chapter XVIII appears twice and Chapter XLVII does not exist in the original publication and is retained here. The OCR, editing, and proofreading were performed by myself and reflects as exact as possible the original publication with no modernization of spelling or punctuation. All textual variants are found at the end of the book.

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Sabatini, Rafael: Bardelys the Magnificient V1. 07-Jul-2010

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The hero, a handsome, reckless favorite of the French monarch Louis XIII, wagers his estate with a rival for the King's favor that he can win a beautiful heiress in the province of Languedoc whom his opponent has courted in vain. How he goes to Languedoc and is promptly snared in the web of rebellion that has been woven against the King, how he is wounded in battle and seeks shelter in the castle of the girl's father, who welcomes him as one of the rebels, how he woos the girl, overcomes his rival, and escapes from a charge of treason, make on of the most stirring and swiftly moving stories of love, intrigue, and adventure that Sabatini has ever written.

published by The Riverside Press Cambridge, Houghton Mifflin Company, 1906

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Sabatini, Rafael: Captain Blood Stories V1. 27-Jun-2010

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Rafael Sabatini (1876 - 1950)

There are 3 Captain Blood books: the original novel and 2 collections of short stories which are set in the same period. This ebook combines the latter 2:

The Chonicles of Captain Blood (1931) and
The Fortunes of Captain Blood (1936)

The texts are from Gutenberg Australia, I created the book in epub format with Sigil and converted with Calibre.

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Sabatini, Rafael: Captain Blood: Books One and Two, v.1, 27 Dec 2007

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This is a collection of the first two Captain Blood books by Rafael Sabatini.

Book One info:
Published in 1922, [The Odyssey of Captain Blood[/ (also sometimes published as [Captain Blood[/) is an adventure novel written by Rafael Sabatini. Taking place in in the 1680's, it concerns the adventures of Irish physician Dr. Peter Blood. Captured and enslaved on an island in the Caribbean, Blood escapes and overcomes his bleak situation by choosing to become a pirate. Hey come on, they have really good hats, so why not?

The background of this novel is based on historical facts. The main events being the Monmouth rebellion in 1685 and the Glorious Revolution in 1688. Blood's pirate adventures closely resemble the adventures that the real Sir Henry Morgan experienced.

[Note: I previously posted the Sony Reader .lrf version of this under it's alternate title, Captain Blood. I didn't realize that it had different titles.[/

Book Two info:
[The Chronicles of Captain Blood[/ (also sometimes published as [Captain Blood Returns[/) is not a actually a sequel--it's a collection of short stories about more adventures of our good Captain Blood and it's set entirely within the timeframe of the original novel.

Kudos to mobilread member, Flogiston, for pointing me to this one.

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Sabatini, Rafael: Casanova's Alibi v1 1 jan 2009

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Rafael Sabatini (April 29, 1875 - February 13, 1950) was an Italian/British writer of novels of romance and adventure.

After a brief stint in the business world, Sabatini went to work as a writer. He wrote short stories in the 1890s, and his first novel came out in 1902. In 1905 he married Ruth Goad Dixon, the daughter of a Liverpool merchant. It took Sabatini roughly a quarter of a century of hard work before he attained success with Scaramouche in 1921. This brilliant novel of the French Revolution became an international best-seller. It was followed by the equally successful Captain Blood in 1922. All of his earlier books were rushed into reprints, the most popular of which was The Sea Hawk from 1915. Sabatini was a prolific writer; he produced a new book approximately every year. While he perhaps didn't achieve the mammoth success of Scaramouche and Captain Blood, nonetheless Sabatini still maintained a great deal of popularity with the reading public through the decades that followed. The public knew that in picking up a Sabatini book, they could always count upon a good read, and his following was loyal and extensive.

This compilation of Rafael Sabatini stories about Casanova has been posted to Project Gutenberg Australia.

The stories are:

The Alibi
The Augmentation of Mercury
The Priest of Mars
The Oracle
Under the Leads
The Night of Escape
The Rooks and the Hawk
The Polish Duel
The Alabaster Hand

Have fun!

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Sabatini, Rafael: Columbus V1. 07-Jul-2010

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Rafael Sabatini (1875-1950)
Columbus (1941)

Set at the time of the discovery of the New World, this is the story of Columbus' affair with a mysterious Spanish lady - Beatriz Enriquez. Sabatini beautifully traces the course of their romance and the child that she bore him whilst also capturing all the passion of Columbus other struggle - against none other than the King and Queen of Spain.

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Sabatini, Rafael: Mistress Wilding V1. 03-Jul-2010

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Rafael Sabatini (1875-1950)
Mistress Wilding (1910)

A romance of the days of Monmouth's rebellion. Richard Westmacott, desirous of securing to himself his sister's fortune plots against her lover, Anthony Wilding, and finally insults him openly. Wilding takes advantage of the situation to force Ruth, who hates him, to marry him in order to save her brother. In espousing Monmouth's cause. Wilding is imperiled again and again. Ruth finally comes to learn that she loves him and to see her cowardly brother in his true light.
The action is rapid, its style is spirited, its plot is convincing, and every admirer of the incomparable Sabatini will find in it several hours filled with undiluted pleasure. The scene is Monmouth's Rebellion, set in the West Country in seventeenth-century England. As the ill-fated and weak 'King Monmouth' attempts to rally his insubordinate troops, Anthony Wilding embarks upon his own quest--to woo his unwilling bride. The political and personal stories are magically interwoven in this exciting historical romance, and it is Wilding who ultimately emerges the wiser of the two men.

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Sabatini, Rafael: Saint Martin's Summer v1 4 jan 2009

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Rafael Sabatini (1875-1950) was raised in Italy, England, and Switzerland by his Italian father and English mother, opera singers both. He moved to England in his teens and began writing fiction. He became a British citizen to avoid subscription into the Italian army during W.W.I. He later joined the British Secret Service as a translator.

Sabatini wrote for many years before obtaining success with the novel Scaramouche (1921), a romantic historical tale of fugitive aristocrat Andre Moreau set during the French Revolution. The novel is swashbuckling good fun. Captin Blood (1922) was his other great success. Sabatini published another 29 novels most of which are now out-of-print. Most of his short stories remain uncollected.

Sabatini's headstone is inscribed with the first words from Scaramouche:

"He was born with a gift of laughter and a sense that the world was mad.

This book:
The life of an heiress is in jeopardy and her only hope is to place her trust in the wiles of a middle-aged swordsman with no use for "women's troubles." As the plots of the conspirators converge it will take all the wiles and accumulated wisdom of Martin Marie Rigobert de Garnache uncover their identity, to save Valerie de La Vauvraye and keep his promise to his Queen.

published by The Riverside Press Cambridge, Houghton Mifflin Company, 1909

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Sabatini, Rafael: Scaramouche - A Romance of the French Revolution - 12/15/09

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Sabatini, Rafael - Scaramouche -- A Romance of the French Revolution (1921)

Scaramouche is a historical novel by Rafael Sabatini, originally published in 1921.

It is a romantic adventure and tells the story of a young lawyer during the French Revolution. In the course of his adventures he becomes an actor portraying "Scaramouche" (also called Scaramuccia, a roguish buffoon character in the commedia dell'arte). He also becomes a revolutionary, politician, and fencing-master, confounding his enemies with his powerful orations and swordsmanship. He is forced by circumstances to change sides several times. The book also depicts his transformation from cynic to idealist. The later film version includes one of the longest, and many believe, best swashbuckling sword-fighting scenes ever filmed.

The three-part novel opens with the memorable line, "He was born with a gift of laughter and a sense that the world was mad." This line was to become Sabatini's epitaph, on his gravestone in Adelboden, Switzerland.

From Wikipedia

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Sabatini, Rafael: Scaramouche the Kingmaker V1. 03-Jul-2010

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Rafael Sabatini (1875-1950)
Scaramouche the Kingmaker (1931)

Another adventure from Sabatini's hero. In Scaramouche the Kingmaker, Andre Louis again dons his famous and much-admired disguise to embark upon a new adventure.

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Sabatini, Rafael: The Abduction v1 28 jan 2009

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Short romance story by Rafael Sabatini. I enjoyed it immensely. I hope you do, too!

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Sabatini, Rafael: The Carolinian V1. 03-Jul-2010

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Rafael Sabatini (1875 - 1950)
The Carolinian (1924)

Something for the 4th of July:

Excitement and anticipation are rife in the New World--it is a land offering new beginnings and new opportunities. Yet it is also a land of intrigue, deception and deadly opposition. Centered on the rich and fertile soil of Carolina at the time of the American War of Independence, The Carolinian charts the interwoven stories of a host of characters.

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Sabatini, Rafael: The Historical Nights' Entertainment (1+2) V1. 03-Jul-2010

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Rafael Sabatini (1875-1950)
The Historical Nights' Entertainmain, First and Second Series

Collect of short stories about historical events.

Form the preface:
In approaching "The Historical Nights' Entertainment" I set myself the task of reconstructing, in the fullest possible detail and with all the colour available from surviving records, a group of more or less famous events. I would select for my purpose those which were in themselves bizarre and resulting from the interplay of human passions, and whilst relating each of these events in the form of a story, I would compel that story scrupulously to follow the actual, recorded facts without owing anything to fiction, and I would draw upon my imagination, if at all, merely as one might employ colour to fill in the outlines which history leaves grey, taking care that my colour should be as true to nature as possible. For dialogue I would depend upon such scraps of actual speech as were chronicled in each case, amplifying it by translating into terms of speech the paraphrases of contemporary chroniclers.

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Sabatini, Rafael: The Historical Nights' Entertainment v1 1 jan 2009

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Rafael Sabatini (April 29, 1875 - February 13, 1950) was an Italian/British writer of novels of romance and adventure.

After a brief stint in the business world, Sabatini went to work as a writer. He wrote short stories in the 1890s, and his first novel came out in 1902. In 1905 he married Ruth Goad Dixon, the daughter of a Liverpool merchant. It took Sabatini roughly a quarter of a century of hard work before he attained success with Scaramouche in 1921. This brilliant novel of the French Revolution became an international best-seller. It was followed by the equally successful Captain Blood in 1922. All of his earlier books were rushed into reprints, the most popular of which was The Sea Hawk from 1915. Sabatini was a prolific writer; he produced a new book approximately every year. While he perhaps didn't achieve the mammoth success of Scaramouche and Captain Blood, nonetheless Sabatini still maintained a great deal of popularity with the reading public through the decades that followed. The public knew that in picking up a Sabatini book, they could always count upon a good read, and his following was loyal and extensive.

Rafael Sabatini wrote his stories of The Historical Night's Entertainment to thrill and delight his readers with accounts of bizarre and extraordinary episodes. Based on real events, Sabatini has brought to them his own masterly embellishments, adding all the liveliness and excitement of fiction. Although written many years ago, his tales still bring the purest form of entertainment.

Have fun!

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Sabatini, Rafael: The Life of Cesare Borgia, v.1, 29 April 2008.

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‘The Life of Cesare Borgia of France, Duke of Valentinois and Romagna, Prince of Andria and Venafri, Count of Dyois, Lord of Piombino, Camerino and Urbino, Gonfalonier and Captain-General of Holy Church
A History and Some Criticisms by Raphael Sabatini (1912).’

The eventful life of a pope’s son, who was successively a cardinal, a married man, a general and a mercenary.

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Sabatini, Rafael: The Lion's Skin v1 19 feb 2009

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"The man that once did sell the lion's skin while the beast lived, was killed with hunting him. Remember that!" His back to the wall, the shadow of the noose over him, Justin Caryll flung these words at the brother who sought to destroy him.

Since childhood and his mother's cruel death, young Caryll had been bred in France by his guardians for one purpose—to wreak their vengeance on the father who had never known him. But Caryll did not complete his mission. Instead, he sailed for England and plunged into a maelsrom of dissension and revolt that teemed with danger for him—and for beautiful Mistress Winthrop who loved him. But, in the end the hunter failed, and in this case, the lion was generous.

published by Houghton Mifflin Company, 1911(www.rafaelsabatini.com)

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Sabatini, Rafael: The Marquis of Carabas V1. 07-Jul-2010

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Rafael Sabatini (1975-1950)
The Marquis of Carabas (1928)

London is rife with impoverished French nobility who have escaped the French revolution and journeyed to England to enlist the help of fellow Catholics. Quentin de Morlaix finds that he too has his own reasons to pray for an end to the Revolution. He sets off for France, and enters a life of confusion, mystery and suspense - and bloody execution.

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Sabatini, Rafael: The Sea-Hawk v1 9 jan 2009

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It's my birthday today and I thought I could make a gift to myself and the community with this awesome book:

This has been one of my favorite books since I happened upon it a few years ago. I read it all in one sitting but I have not read it cover to cover again until now.

I was struck by the marvelous characterization, even the villains have a depth that is rather unusual in novels of this period. I was also struck by the intensity of emotion. This is what melodrama OUGHT to be but seldom is.

The hero (rather anti-hero) of the Sea Hawk is Sir Oliver, a Cornish nobleman betrayed or abandoned by everyone he ever loved. Framed for murder, spurned and insulted by his fiancee, sold into slavery by his half-brother, Sir Oliver turns inward and his soul becomes twisted with hate and desire for vengeance. And that's only the first half.

Sabatini should be commended for creating an understandable anti-hero. He should be given a prize for creating a heroine who matches him in intensity. Lady Rosamund is a rare creature (even in our liberated society) a heroine who is femine but with steel behind her smile. She is intelligent and alternately defends and accuses Sir Oliver with equal fervor. Even when he seems to be getting the upper hand and she discovers her hatred of him is unfounded, she remains brave. Marvelous!

It is clear that much historical research was done for this book and the quality of it shines through. This is the best book I have read about the Elizabethan period. (even though the last half takes place in Algeria)

For those who enjoy an old fashioned melodrama, look no further.

This is a special edition, too, as it is FULLY ILLUSTRATED and features a beautiful custom cover by the one and only Ravenne.

Illustrations come from Internet Archive from a scanned PDF, text source is PG.

All together this is a great book and you really should add it to your library.

Happy birthday to me!

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Sabatini, Rafael: The Snare v2 5 jan 2009

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Rafael Sabatini was born in Jesi, Italy, to an English mother and Italian father. His parents were opera singers who became teachers.

At a young age, Rafael was exposed to many languages, living with his grandfather in England, attending school in Portugal and, as a teenager, in Switzerland. By the time he was seventeen, when he returned to England to live permanently, he was the master of five languages. He quickly added a sixth language — English — to his linguistic collection. He consciously chose to write in his adopted language, because, he said, "all the best stories are written in English."

After a brief stint in the business world, Sabatini went to work as a writer. He wrote short stories in the 1890s, and his first novel came out in 1902. In 1905 he married Ruth Goad Dixon, the daughter of a Liverpool merchant. It took Sabatini roughly a quarter of a century of hard work before he attained success with Scaramouche in 1921. This brilliant novel of the French Revolution became an international best-seller. It was followed by the equally successful Captain Blood in 1922. All of his earlier books were rushed into reprints, the most popular of which was The Sea Hawk from 1915. Sabatini was a prolific writer; he produced a new book approximately every year. While he perhaps didn't achieve the mammoth success of Scaramouche and Captain Blood, nonetheless Sabatini still maintained a great deal of popularity with the reading public through the decades that followed. The public knew that in picking up a Sabatini book, they could always count upon a good read, and his following was loyal and extensive.

The Duke of Wellington was on course to save Portugal during the Peninsula War but his success was dependant upon the loyalty of each and every one of his officers. When an unexpected blunder takes place, disloyal plotters seize their opportunity to cause havoc, and thwart Wellington's worthy plans. The result is a complex case of intrigue, revenge and tested loyalties.

v2 Edit: I completely redid this one. New TOC, new layout, better pagebreaks. This book was not complete, as some of the text was not present, so please redownload. 26 views so far.

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Sabatini, Rafael: The Sword of Islam V1. 03-Jul-2010

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Rafael Sabatini (1875-1950)
The Sword of Islam (1939)

European waters are rife with naval battles - not least the renowned Battle of Amalfi of 1527. Yet for Andrea Doria, the Admiral of the King of France, he soon learns that the battles he confronts are not confined to sea alone. The House of Dorian is plagued with conflict, both within and without, and Andrea finds that he has enemies in his midst.

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Sabatini, Rafael: The Tavern Knight v1 4 mar 2009

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[QUOTHe whom they called the Tavern Knight laughed an evil laugh - such a laugh as the pious might conceive on the lips of Satan. [/QUOT

Thus begins Sabatini's masterful romance of the life of a Tavern King - a story of swashbuckling adventure and murderous action. Unusually for Sabatini, he has turned to English history to provide the backdrop for this thrilling tale.

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Sacher-Masoch, Leopold Von: Venus in Furs, v1, 18 Oct 2007.

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Leopold Von Sacher-Masoch
Venus in Furs
Translated from the German by Fernanda Savage

Another frequently-banned book, from the man who invented masochism.

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Sadger, Isidor Isaak: Sleep Walking and Moon Walking, v1, 30 November 2009.

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Isidor Isaak Sadger (1867–1942)
Sleep Walking and Moon Walking: A Medico-Literary Study (1920)
Translated by Louise Brink (1876–)

A psychoanalytic account of sleep-walking, by a former student of Sigmund Freud.

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Sadlier, Anna Theresa: Carmelita and other stories. v1. 13 Aug 2016

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Anna Theresa SADLIER: Born : 1854: Died : 1932: Sadlier was an American writer who primarily wrote religious and juvenile literature. Her work is recognized for its unique style and teaching of moral values. Belonging to a family that had great literary background, she sparkled for her own talents.

CARMELITA.
THE CHILD OF THE TEMPLE.
THE JINGLINGS.

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Sadlier, Anna Theresa: Cousin Wilhelmina. v1. 14 Aug 2016

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Anna Theresa SADLIER: Born : 1854: Died : 1932: Sadlier was an American writer who primarily wrote religious and juvenile literature. Her work is recognized for its unique style and teaching of moral values. Belonging to a family that had great literary background, she sparkled for her own talents.
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Strolling along through a once aristocratic quarter of New York which was no longer a residential district, but had been converted into a thoroughfare, Mr. Travers Preston stood regarding with interest a house, square and massive in its character and of the inevitable brown stone. It had no pretence to architectural elegance, it was quite guiltless of ornamentation, yet it bore, in its austere plainness, the sign manual of solid wealth and of gentility.

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Sadlier, Anna Theresa: Pauline Archer. v1. 15 Aug 2016

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Anna Theresa SADLIER: Born : 1854: Died : 1932: Sadlier was an American writer who primarily wrote religious and juvenile literature. Her work is recognized for its unique style and teaching of moral values. Belonging to a family that had great literary background, she sparkled for her own talents.
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Pauline had been the daintiest of babies. When she had been taken out in her baby-carriage, the passers-by had noted her big bine eyes and yellow hair with lively admiration. In the second stage of her life’s journey, when her uncertain little feet had trodden the pavement, she was still noticeable for a daintiness of form, feature, and dress, surrounding her like an atmosphere. From the very first she was upright in her carriage, while her blue eyes seemed to be looking onward and upward into some fairer country.

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Sadlier, Anna Theresa: Phileas Fox, Attorney. v1. 17 Aug 2016

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Anna Theresa SADLIER: Born : 1854: Died : 1932: Sadlier was an American writer who primarily wrote religious and juvenile literature. Her work is recognized for its unique style and teaching of moral values. Belonging to a family that had great literary background, she sparkled for her own talents.
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IT was in the year of grace 18—, when the nineteenth century was well on the way to its close, that a new sign was placed upon a recently-varnished door of an office not many paces from Wall Street. And to the elevator boy, and the few others who gave it even cursory attention, as they rushed in and out of the busy hives that constituted the score or more of offices in that building, it read: “Phileas Fox, Attorney and Counsellor at Law.”

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Sadlier, Anna Theresa: The king's Page. v1. 18 Aug 2016

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Anna Theresa SADLIER: Born : 1854: Died : 1932: Sadlier was an American writer who primarily wrote religious and juvenile literature. Her work is recognized for its unique style and teaching of moral values. Belonging to a family that had great literary background, she sparkled for her own talents.

THE KING’S PAGE
PEDRO’S DAUGHTER

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Sadlier, Anna Theresa: The Silence of Sebastian. v1. 19 Aug 2016td

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Anna Theresa SADLIER: Born : 1854: Died : 1932: Sadlier was an American writer who primarily wrote religious and juvenile literature. Her work is recognized for its unique style and teaching of moral values. Belonging to a family that had great literary background, she sparkled for her own talents.

Excerpt
Sebastian was the youngest save one of the Wilmot family,—a straight-browed, dark-haired and dark-complexioned young man, who at twenty-eight had all those qualities with which men of forty are usually credited. He had matured early,—too early, if the old axiom be correct, that fruit ripening most slowly is the soundest and sweetest. After having gone through his college course in a manner to satisfy the most exacting father, he had entered mercantile life, under the auspices of the latter gentleman.

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Sadlier, Anna Theresa: The Talisman. v1. 20 Aug 2014

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Anna Theresa SADLIER: Born : 1854: Died : 1932: Sadlier was an American writer who primarily wrote religious and juvenile literature. Her work is recognized for its unique style and teaching of moral values. Belonging to a family that had great literary background, she sparkled for her own talents.

Excerpt
Edward Manners lived with his mother in a small but comfortable homestead in the town of Hartford, on the Connecticut river, which at that time could boast less than half a century of existence. The house was situated at the farther end of the town, in a somewhat retired position, and was flanked by a moderate-sized but well-kept and flourishing garden. Sometimes, in the pride of his sixteen years, Edward cried out that these quarters were very narrow and the life therein circumscribed, and that better fortunes might await him, if he could but make his way into some of the neighboring and wealthier colonies, where men were already beginning to build up fortunes.

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Saint-Exupéry, Antoine de: Le petit prince (French, Illustrated). v1 22 Aug 2008

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Jellby

"Le petit prince" (The Little Prince) is the most famous work by French writer and aviator Antoine de Saint-Exupéry, published in 1943. It tells the story of a boy who lived in a small planet with a flower, travelled to some other planets and eventually arrived to Earth and met the narrator in the Sahara... It is a children's book, but it also has some philosophical and profound views on life and human nature. As most versions, this one includes illustrations by the author.

Any kind of feedback is welcome.

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Saki (H. H. Munro): The Open Window and Other Horror Stories. V1. 3 Dec 2012

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Hector Hugh Munro (18 December 1870 – 13 November 1916), better known by the pen name Saki, and also frequently as H. H. Munro, was a British writer whose witty, mischievous and sometimes macabre stories satirised Edwardian society and culture. He is considered a master of the short story and often compared to O. Henry and Dorothy Parker. Influenced by Oscar Wilde, Lewis Carroll, and Kipling, he himself influenced A. A. Milne, Noël Coward, and P. G. Wodehouse.

THE OPEN WINDOW
SREDNI VASHTAR
TOBERMORY
THE BACKGROUND
THE SECRET SIN OF SEPTIMUS BROPE

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Saki: Beasts and Superbeasts. V1. 23 September 2012

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"Saki" (Hector Hugh Munro, 1870-1916) was a journalist and foreign correspondent, author of non-fiction books and, most famously, his acerbic, satiric and sometimes macabre short stories under the name "Saki".

Beasts and Superbeasts is a very typical "Saki" collection.

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Saki: Reginald in Russia and other Sketches, v1 29 Jun 2008

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This book is a collection of sketches by Hector Hugh Munro, or Saki, who was a satirist and author with a taste for the witty and outrageous.

Contents:

REGINALD IN RUSSIA
THE RETICENCE OF LADY ANNE
THE LOST SANJAK
THE SEX THAT DOESN'T SHOP
THE BLOOD-FEUD OF TOAD-WATER
A YOUNG TURKISH CATASTROPHE
JUDKIN OF THE PARCELS
GABRIEL-ERNEST
THE SAINT AND THE GOBLIN
THE SOUL OF LAPLOSHKA
THE BAG
THE STRATEGIST
CROSS CURRENTS
THE BAKER'S DOZEN
THE MOUSE

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Saki: Reginald. V1. 23 November 2012

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"Saki" (Hector Hugh Munro, 1870-1916) was a journalist and foreign correspondent, author of non-fiction books and, most famously, his acerbic, satiric and sometimes macabre short stories under the name "Saki".

This book is the first of two featuring short stories about Reginald; the other, Reginald in Russia and Other Stories, is already here.

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Saki: The Chronicles of Clovis. V1. 23 Nobember 2012

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Pulpmeister

"Saki" (Hector Hugh Munro, 1870-1916) was a journalist and foreign correspondent, author of non-fiction books and, most famously, his acerbic, satiric and sometimes macabre short stories under the name "Saki".

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- The Chronicles of Clovis (1911) - _Saki_.mobi

Saki: The Unbearable Bassington. V1. 23 November 2012

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"Saki" (Hector Hugh Munro, 1870-1916) was a journalist and foreign correspondent, author of non-fiction books and, most famously, his acerbic, satiric and sometimes macabre short stories under the name "Saki".

This short novel set in an upper-class British Bassington household tells of the troubles endured by the family as a result of the behaviour of the title character.

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Saki: When William Came. V1. 21 November 2012

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"Saki" (Hector Hugh Munro, 1870-1916) was a journalist and foreign correspondent, author of non-fiction books and, most famously, his acerbic, satiric and sometimes macabre short stories under the name "Saki".

Munro enlisted in the army as a private despite being well over fighting age (45), and was killed in France in 1916.

This book is a short "what if" novel of Britain under the Hohenzollerns, after the UK was defeated by the Prussian empire.

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Sala, George Augustus: Strange Adventures of Captain Dangerous 1 v1 11 jan 2009

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mtravellerh

The travels of Captain Dangerous, widely extended as they were, may not appear to the present generation as very uncommon or very surprising. But such travellers as my hero, formed, in the last century, a class apart, and were, in most cases, very strange men and Captain Dangerous is no exception to that rule. Part 1 of 3.

Title:
THE STRANGE ADVENTURES
OF
CAPTAIN DANGEROUS:
WHO WAS A SOLDIER, A SAILOR, A MERCHANT, A SPY, A SLAVE
AMONG THE MOORS, A BASHAW IN THE SERVICE
OF THE GRAND TURK,

AND

Died at last in his own House in Hanover Square.

Have fun!

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Sala, George Augustus: Strange Adventures of Captain Dangerous 2 v1 12 jan 2009

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The travels of Captain Dangerous, widely extended as they were, may not appear to the present generation as very uncommon or very surprising. But such travellers as my hero, formed, in the last century, a class apart, and were, in most cases, very strange men and Captain Dangerous is no exception to that rule. Part 2 of 3.

Title:
THE STRANGE ADVENTURES
OF
CAPTAIN DANGEROUS:
WHO WAS A SOLDIER, A SAILOR, A MERCHANT, A SPY, A SLAVE
AMONG THE MOORS, A BASHAW IN THE SERVICE
OF THE GRAND TURK,

AND

Died at last in his own House in Hanover Square.

Have fun!

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Sala, George Augustus: Strange Adventures of Captain Dangerous 3 v1 13 jan 2009

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mtravellerh

The travels of Captain Dangerous, widely extended as they were, may not appear to the present generation as very uncommon or very surprising. But such travellers as my hero, formed, in the last century, a class apart, and were, in most cases, very strange men and Captain Dangerous is no exception to that rule. Part 3 of 3.

Title:
THE STRANGE ADVENTURES
OF
CAPTAIN DANGEROUS:
WHO WAS A SOLDIER, A SAILOR, A MERCHANT, A SPY, A SLAVE
AMONG THE MOORS, A BASHAW IN THE SERVICE
OF THE GRAND TURK,

AND

Died at last in his own House in Hanover Square.

Have fun!

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Salgari, Emilio: Der algerische Panther. german. v1. 7 mar 2009

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netseeker

Emilio Salgari (21.8.1862 - 25.4.1911) zählt zu den meistübersetzten Autoren der Welt. Mit seinen abenteuerlichen Erzählungen, erlangte der oftmals als "italienischer Karl May" betitelte Salgari Weltruhm.

Die Handlung des Romans [Der algerische Panther[/ ist inmitten der Auseinandersetzungen zwischen den mohammedanischen Mauren und ihren christlichen Gegenspielern im Mittelmeer Ende des 16. Jahrhunderts angesiedelt.
Baron Carlo von Sant’ Elmo, ein Malteserritter, erhält durch Zufall Kunde über einen bevorstehenden Korsarenangriff auf die Insel San Pietro im Mittelmeer. Auf der Insel herrscht die junge Gräfin Santafiora mit welcher Carlo ein zarte Liebe verbindet.
Carlo trifft zwar noch rechtzeitig ein, kann den Überfall jedoch nicht mehr verhindern. Zuleik ben Abad, ein algerischer Maurenfürst in Gefangenschaft, der bei dem Überfall befreit wird, raubt die junge Gräfin und verschleppt sie nach Algier. Carlo überlebt den Angriff der Korsaren auf das Schloss der Gräfin und begibt sich auf eine abenteuerliche Verfolgungsjagd mit dem Ziel seine Geliebte aus den Händen des Maurenfürsten zu befreien.

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Salgari, Emilio: Der schwarze Korsar german v1 13 feb 2009

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Es ist die Geschichte von vier Brüdern der Familie Ventimiglia, die an der Seite des Herzogs von Savoyen, für Frankreich gegen die Spanier kämpfen. Während der Kämpfe in Flandern wird eine Marineeinheit, zu der auch die vier Brüder der Familie Ventimiglia gehören, von einer zehnfachen Übermacht eingeschlossen und muss sich in einer Festung verbarrikadieren. Der Anführer dieser Einheit ist der flämische Herzog van Gould. Dieser setzt sich allerdings mit den Spaniern in Verbindung und verspricht ihnen, ihnen die Festung in die Hände zu spielen, wenn sie ihm im Gegenzug den Posten eines Gouverneurs in den amerikanischen Kolonien und eine große Summe Geld geben würden. Als van Gould den Spaniern die Tore öffnete, wird er von dem ältesten der Brüder Ventimiglia überrascht. Er schießt den Ventimiglia nieder und flüchtete dann nach Amerika, wo er den Posten des Gouverneurs von Maracaibo bekleidet

Doch die drei noch lebenden Brüder Ventimiglia stöbern ihn schon nach kurzer Zeit auf und bekämpfen ihn als der „Rote Korsar“. der „Grüne Korsar“ und der „Schwarze Korsar“. Als erstes gelingt es dem Grünen Korsaren, van Gould nahe zu kommen. Dabei fällt er in die Hände der Spanier und wird gehängt. Das gleiche Schicksal erleidet kurz darauf auch der Rote Korsar. Der letzte der Brüder, der schwarze Korsar, schwört blutige Rache und es beginnt eine gnadenlose Auseinandersetzung zwischen den Piraten und Herzog van Gould.

Kurz nach der Beisetzung des roten Korsaren wird ein spanisches Schiff geentert. An Bord befindet sich die flämische Herzogin Honorata Willerman, Herzogin von Weltendrem. Der schwarze Korsar beschließt, sie als Geisel mit nach Tortuga mitzunehmen. Die Herzogin fühlt sich unwiderstehlich zu dem Piraten hingezogen und auch er kann sich ihr nicht verschließen. Doch die Herzogin umgibt ein Geheimnis, dass dem schwarzen Korsaren niemals offenbar werden darf...

Emilio Salgari (21.8.1862 - 25.4.1911) zählt zu den meistübersetzten Autoren der Welt. Mit seinen Erzählungen über den [Schwarzen Korsaren[/ sowie den elf Romanen über [Sandokan[/, den „Tiger von Malaysia“, erlangte der oftmals als "italienischer Karl May" betitelte Salgari Weltruhm.

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Salgari, Emilio: Pharaonentoechter. [German]. 14-Nov-2010

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Emilio Salgari (geb. 21. August 1862 in Verona; gestorben am 25. April 1911 in Turin) war ein fleissiger Verfasser von Abenteuerromanen.
Dies ist eine Geschichte aus dem alten Ägypten.

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Saltus, Edgar: Imperial Purple, v1, 7 March 2010.

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Patricia

Edgar Saltus [1855–1921]
Imperial Purple [1892]

A highly-coloured history of the earlier Roman emperors.

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Saltus, Edgar: Imperial Purple:. v1, 21 Feb 2008

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Edgar Evertson Saltus (October 8, 1855 – July 31, 1921) was an American writer known for his highly refined prose style. His works paralleled those by European decadent authors such as Huysmans and Oscar Wilde.

For his most famous book, [Imperial Purple[/, Saltus, drew heavily from the histories of Suetonius and Tacitus to create a portrait of the bloody pageantry of Rome, from the majestic Julius Caesar to the freakish Heliogabalus.

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Saltus, Edgar: Mary Magdalen: A Chronicle, v1, 7 March 2010.

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Patricia

Edgar Saltus [1855-1921]
Mary Magdalen: A Chronicle [1891]

A historical novel set in the time of the Gospels.

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Saltus, Edgar: Oscar Wilde, an Idler’s Impression, v1, 7 March 2010.

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Edgar Saltus [1855–1921]
Oscar Wilde, an Idler’s Impression [1917]

A short memoir of Oscar Wilde.

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Saltus, Edgar: The Lords of the Ghostland, v1, 14 March 2010.

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Edgar Saltus [1855–1921]
The Lords of the Ghostland: A History of the Ideal [1907]

A history of the concept of god.

The opening passage:
The ideal is the essence of poetry. In the virginal innocence of the world, poetry was a term that meant discourse of the gods. A world grown grey has learned to regard the gods as diseases of language. Conceived, it may be, in fevers of fancy, perhaps, originally, they were but deified words. Yet, it is as children of beauty and of dream that they remain.
“Mortal has made the immortal,” the Rig-Veda explicitly declares. The making was surely slow. In tracing the genealogy of the divine, it has been found that its root was fear. The root, dispersed by light, ultimately dissolved.

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Saltus, Edgar: The Paliser Case, v1, 7 March 2010.

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Edgar Saltus [1855-1921]
The Paliser Case [1919]

A slow-paced mystery, set in New York. It features an insolent rich young socialite, a poor singer and a clandestine marriage of dubious legality.

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Samjatin, Jewgenij: Wir. german. v1. 11 mar 2009

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[Wir[/ ist ein 1920 fertiggestellter, dystopischer Roman des russischen Autors Jewgeni Samjatin.
Später erschienene Romane anderer Autoren wie [Schöne neue Welt[/ von Aldous Huxley, [1984[/ von George Orwell, [Nein. Die Welt der Angeklagten[/ von Walter Jens und teilweise auch [Fahrenheit 451[/ von Ray Bradbury weisen viele Übereinstimmungen mit Samjatins [Wir[/ auf. Bei Orwells [1984[/ gilt es sogar als gesichtert, dass Samjatins Werk als Vorlage diente.

[Wir[/ spielt im "Einzigen Staat", einem Gebilde, das nach einem 200-jährigen Krieg und der "allerletzten Revolution" entstand. Dieser Staat besteht aus einer von einer Mauer geschützten Stadt, die Häuser dieser Stadt besitzen Wände aus Glas. Heerscharen von "Beschützern" wachen über das „Wohl“ der Einwohner, deren Leben bis zum kleinsten Handgriff reglementiert ist, über allen steht ein übermächtiger "Wohltäter". "Nummern" – gemeint sind Menschen –, die sich gegen diese "Fürsorge" wehren, werden öffentlich hingerichtet. Der Einzelne zählt nicht, was zählt, ist das Kollektiv.
D 503, Bürger des Einzigen Staates und Konstrukteur des Raketenweltraumschiffes Integral, berichtet in seinem Tagebuch vom Leben in der strahlenden, durchsichtigen Stadt. Von der Arbeit bis zur Liebe ist sein Leben streng nach mathematischen Gesetzen organisiert, jede Regung wird beobachtet und kontrolliert. Doch D 503 entdeckt in sich dunkle Triebe aus einer längst vergangenen Zeit und die Diagnose ist verheerend: Bei ihm hat sich "eine Seele gebildet". Die ganze seelenlose Ordnung der technokraten Welt gerät durcheinander...

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Sand, George: La mare au diable (French). v1, 21 Feb 2008

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Madam Broshkina

Amantine Aurore Lucile Dupin, Baronne Dudevant (July 1, 1804 – June 8, 1876), best known by her pseudonym George Sand, was a French novelist and feminist.

[The Devil's Pool[/ is the most popular of George Sand's novellas and her best-selling work in France today. Illustrating Sand's brevity, liveliness, and exemplary storytelling, the tale deals with many of her characteristic themes—the relations between the sexes, the plight of the underprivileged, and the role of fantasy in human life—making it an ideal introduction to her work.

I have also added the book in English translation.

With illustrations.

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Sand, George: The Devil's Pool. v1, 21 Feb 2008

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Madam Broshkina

Amantine Aurore Lucile Dupin, Baronne Dudevant (July 1, 1804 – June 8, 1876), best known by her pseudonym George Sand, was a French novelist and feminist.

[The Devil's Pool[/ is the most popular of George Sand's novellas and her best-selling work in France today. Illustrating Sand's brevity, liveliness, and exemplary storytelling, the tale deals with many of her characteristic themes—the relations between the sexes, the plight of the underprivileged, and the role of fantasy in human life—making it an ideal introduction to her work.

I have also added the book in its original language.

With illustrations.

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Sanderson, Brandon: Warbreaker v4.2 2008-02-19

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JSWolf

Here is Brandon Sanderson's stand alone epic fantasy novel set in the Elantris universe [Warbreaker[/ that he is giving away and will be released sometime in 2009.

I've giving it version 4.2 because that is the version Brandon has given this edition.

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Sanderson, Brandon: Warbreaker, v1 29 Jul 2008

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Madam Broshkina

Version 6.1 of Warbreaker by Brandon Sanderson

For more information visit:

http://www.brandonsanderson.com/book/Warbreaker

This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-No Derivative Works 3.0 United States License.

Note:

Underlined words have been changed to italicized words in this version of the document.

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Sangster, William: Umbrellas and Their History, v.1, 12 April 2008.

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Patricia

(1900)
A history of the umbrella.
Also includes a brief history of the parachute.

I just couldn’t resist the title.

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Sanzara, Rahel: Das verlorene Kind, german, v1, 27 Mar 2009

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Rahel Sanzaras Erstlingsroman "Das verlorene Kind" erschien als Vorabdruck in der Vossischen Zeitung und 1926 als Buch und erregte großes Aufsehen wegen des heiklen Themas eines Sexualmordes an einer Vierjährigen. Er erreichte in kurzer Zeit mehrere Auflagen und wurde in elf Sprachen übersetzt. (wikipedia)

Rahel Sanzara (auch Sansara; Pseudonym für Johanna Bleschke; geboren am 9. Februar 1894 in Jena; † 8. Februar 1936 in Berlin) war eine deutsche Tänzerin, Schauspielerin und Schriftstellerin.

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Sapper: Ask For Ronald Standish. v1, 2 Sep 2008

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HarryT

1933 collection of detective stories by British author "Sapper" (Herman Cyril McNeile), also published as [Ronald Standish[/.

Description from Amazon:

[Ronald Standish[/ is a collection of a dozen short stories about the hero of the title. Standish had first appeared as a supporting character in other Sapper tales. He is akin to Sherlock Holmes in many ways, though rather less cultured and more sporting than Holmes. Like Holmes he lives in rooms in well to do London with a pal, Bill Leyton. Standish is wealthy but takes on detective work as a hobby.

The stories are decidedly Holmesian. A client will appear in their rooms with a problem, which is then related. Standish asks questions and comments, and then goes to the scene of the crime. The whodunnit then takes form, with the villain receiving his comeuppance (with the exception of Irma in the Drummond tales, the villains in Sapper's world are invariably male).

There are murders, thefts and smuggling in this collection of tales, each of which is complete in itself. For those who like the Holmes stories, albiet with a more muscular edge, they can be safely recommended.

Enjoy!

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Sapper: Bulldog Drummond, Vol 1. v4. 30th Jan 2010

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HarryT

An omnibus edition of the first four books in the "Bulldog Drummond" series, written by "Sapper", a pseudonym of Herman Cyril McNeale (1888-1937).

The stories follow the adventures of Captain Hugh "Bulldog" Drummond, D.S.O., M.C., a wealthy former WWI officer of the Loamshire Regiment, who, after the war, spends his new-found leisure time as a private detective.

Drummond is a proto-James Bond figure and a crudely debased version of the imperial adventurers depicted by the likes of John Buchan and Rider Haggard. In terms of the detective genre, the first Bulldog Drummond novel was published after the Sherlock Holmes stories, the Nayland Smith/Fu Manchu novels and Richard Hannay's first three adventures including [The Thirty Nine Steps[/. The character first appeared in the novel [Bulldog Drummond[/ (1920), and this was followed by a lengthy series of books and adaptations for films, radio and television.

The books in this volume are:

- Bulldog Drummond (1920)

- The Black Gang (1922)

- The Third Round (1924)

- The Final Count (1926)

The four books form a unified whole, describing Drummond's fight against the "master criminal" Carl Peterson.

Note that many parts of these books are rather crudely racist and anti-semitic by modern standards; they must be read as a product of their own times.

EDIT: 1 Sep 2008

Added the previously-missing third book in the series, [The Third Round[/. Removed [The Female of the Species[/ to a separate volume. These four books are now a logical unit, describing as they do Drummond's fight against Carl Peterson. Uploaded v2.

EDIT: 28 Oct 2009

Corrected some problems with the HTML source which prevented a clean conversion to ePub format; replaced the cover image for consistency with my other eBooks. Uploaded v3.

EDIT: 30 Jan 2010

MR user "rlparker" kindly sent me a long list of corrections for the book. Applied these, and created a new v4.

Previous download count: 244

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Sapper: Bulldog Drummond, Vol 2. v3. 30th Jan 2010

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HarryT

A second volume of books about the adventurer, Hugh "Bulldog" Drummond. The books in this volume are:

The Female of the Species (1928)

Bulldog Drummond has slain his archenemy, Carl Peterson, but Peterson's mistress lives on and is intent on revenge. Drummond's wife vanishes, followed by a series of vicious traps set by a malicious adversary, which lead to a hair-raising chase across England, to a sinister house and a fantastic torture-chamber modelled on Stonehenge, with its legend of human sacrifice.

The Return of Bulldog Drummond (1932)

While staying as a guest at Merridale Hall, Captain Hugh 'Bulldog' Drummond's peaceful repose is disturbed by a frantic young man who comes dashing into the house, trembling and begging for help. When two warders arrive, asking for a man named Morris - a notorious murderer who has escaped from Dartmoor - Drummond assures them that they are chasing the wrong man. In which case, who on earth is this terrified youngster?

Bulldog Drummond at Bay (1935)

While Hugh 'Bulldog' Drummond is staying in an old cottage for a peaceful few days duck-shooting, he is disturbed one night by the sound of men shouting, followed by a large stone that comes crashing through the window. When he goes outside to investigate, he finds a patch of blood in the road, and is questioned by two men who tell him that they are chasing a lunatic who has escaped from the nearby asylum. Drummond plays dumb, but is determined to investigate in his inimitable style when he discovers a cryptic message.

This is a "work in progress" - additional books will be added to this volume as and when released.

Enjoy!

Edit: 28 Oct 09

Added "Bulldog Drummond at Bay" to the volume. Corrected some problems with the HTML code which prevented a clean conversion to ePub format, and changed the cover image for consistency with my other eBooks. Uploaded v2.

EDIT: 30 Jan 2010

MR user "rlparker" kindly sent me a long list of corrections for the book. Applied these, and created a new v3.

Previous download count: 149

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- Bulldog Drummond Vol 2.prc

Sapper: Jim Maitland. v1, 2 Sep 2008

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HarryT

1923 short story collection by British author "Sapper" (Herman Cyril McNeile).

Immaculate, charming, fearless wanderer, Jim Maitland, has a peculiar code of morals and an unforgettable character. Our enthusiastic narrator, Leyton, meets the legendary Maitland on the Island of Tampico - a flawless jewel in a sapphire sea, with more vice than the slums of a city - and leaps at the chance to accompany this charismatic man on his spontaneous travels.

Enjoy!

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Sapper: Mufti. v1, 2 Sep 2008

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HarryT

1919 novel by the British Author "Sapper" (Herman Cyril McNeile), set during the First World War.

Enjoy!

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Sapper: No Man's Land. v1, 2 Sep 2008

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HarryT

1917 collection of First World War stories by the British author "Sapper" (Herman Cyril McNeile). The author personally experienced the horrors of trench warfare, and these stories give a very realistic impression of what life was actually like for soldiers in the trenches.

Enjoy!

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- No Mans Land.prc

Sapper: When Carruthers Laughed. v1, 2 Sep 2008

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HarryT

1934 short story collection by the British author "Sapper" (Herman Cyril McNeile).

A set of twelve short stories with unrelated characters. Some are amusing, some are horrific, and a couple flirt with the supernatural.

Enjoy!

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Sars, J.E.: Udsigt over den norske historie [Norwegian]. v1. 15 Nov 2014

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Johan Ernst Welhaven Sars (1835 – 1917) er en av de store skikkelsene i norsk historieforskning. Han var sønn av havforskeren Michael Sars, og bror av marinbiologen Ossian Sars og Eva Nansen, Fridtjof Nansens kone.
Hans "Udsigt..." er et av hovedverkene innenfor den norske historieskriving.

Boken er basert på epub-utgavene fra Nasjonalbiblioteket. De fire opprinnelige bind er slått sammen, fotnoter er hyperlenket, sideombrekking er fjernet, og 'aa' erstattet med 'å'.

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Savage, Richard Henry: A Fascinating Traitor. 02 Jan 08

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Said by some to be the model for Doc Savage, Richard Henry Savage was a West Point graduate, a confident to U.S. Grant, a war hero, and many of the other things ascribed to Doc Savage. I have not been able to find a copy of his most famous work, [My Other Wife[/ -- it was made into a film at least twice. So here I present three of his other works.

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Savage, Richard Henry: The Little Lady of Lagunitas. 02 Jan 08

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Said by some to be the model for Doc Savage, Richard Henry Savage was a West Point graduate, a confident to U.S. Grant, a war hero, and many of the other things ascribed to Doc Savage. I have not been able to find a copy of his most famous work, [My Other Wife[/ -- it was made into a film at least twice. So here I present three of his other works.

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Savage, Richard Henry: The Midnight Passenger. 02 Jan 08

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Said by some to be the model for Doc Savage, Richard Henry Savage was a West Point graduate, a confident to U.S. Grant, a war hero, and many of the other things ascribed to Doc Savage. I have not been able to find a copy of his most famous work, [My Other Wife[/ -- it was made into a film at least twice. So here I present three of his other works.

[Replaced ebook due to spelling error on cover. Thanks Ivan.)[/

Prior downloaded 3 times.

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Scalzi, John: Agent to the Stars, v1.0 - 05 march 2008

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Hi,

This is Agent to the Stars from John Scalzi

As far as I know, it was his first novel!

An introduction (wikipedia):
[QUOTAgent to the Stars is an 1997 online novel by John Scalzi. It is also available in a hardback version from 2005. It was originally written as a "shareware" novel. If you liked it, you were asked to send in just $1 to the author. It is now available free for non commercial use[/QUOT

The book could originally be found at the website of "Agent to the Stars"

I have been looking around for a mobipocket version of this novel and the only one I could find was at ManyBooks. That one was a bit basic, so I made my own, based on the html-file from ManyBooks. Thanks!

Please feel free to download this new version, with cover and toc and the usual mobipocket "guide items"

Attached are both the prc-file and the opf-file (in zip)

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Scarborough, Dorothy (ed): Humorous Ghost Stories (various authors). v1. 19 Jul 2021

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Shivers and smiles — Ms. Scarborough chose stories intended to give both reactions to aficionados of spooky tales. Some titles, such as “The Specter Bridegroom” and “The Canterville Ghost”, will be familiar to many readers. Others are less common, and may give you a nice surprise. Her introduction amusingly discusses how ghost stories changed since the far-back dark times of yore, and is well worth a read. So dive in, and prepare to be
hilariously haunted.

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Emily Dorothy Scarborough (January 27, 1878 – November 7, 1935) was an American writer who wrote about Texas, folk culture, cotton farming, ghost stories and women’s life in the Southwest. Her most critically acclaimed book, [The Wind[/ (first published anonymously in 1925), was later made into a film of the same name starring Lillian Gish.

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[First published in 1921. This ebook has omitted four titles due to copyright restrictions.[/
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Scarborough, Dorothy: The Wind. v1. 03 Feb 2020

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The Wind by Dorothy Scarborough (1878–1935)

In the late nineteenth century, recently orphaned eighteen-year-old Letty leaves Virginia to live with a cousin in West Texas. Gently reared and naive, she is not prepared for the harsh frontier life in that utterly foreign place, and suffers a despairing downward spiral ending in madness and murder.

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Emily Dorothy Scarborough (January 27, 1878 – November 7, 1935) was an American writer who wrote about Texas, folk culture, cotton farming, ghost stories and women’s life in the Southwest. Her most critically acclaimed book, [The Wind [/(first published anonymously in 1925), was later made into a film of the same name starring Lillian Gish.

* * * *
First published in 1925, this book is in the public domain in countries where the copyright term is “Life+80” or less.

Text was obtained from the Internet Archive (2015.207959.The-Wind).
OCR and printer’s errors have been silently corrected; punctuation, diacritics, and italics formatted; some spelling and punctuation normalized.

I am sorry to report that 2 pages of text are missing in Chapter 1, and 2 pages missing in Chapter 11.

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Schakel, Peter J: Reading with the Heart: The Way into Narnia, v.1, 31 January 2009.

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Peter J. Schakel
Reading with the Heart: The Way into Narnia
(Grand Rapids, Michigan: Eerdmans Publishing Company, 1979)

An insightful study of C S Lewis’s “Chronicles of Narnia.”
The thesis of this book is that that the Chronicles of Narnia “are to be read as stories, responded to with the heart before they are reflected upon with the head.”

SOURCE
http://hope.edu/academic/english/sch...gwiththeheart/

COPYRIGHT
This is a copyrighted book. The author’s website states: “Individuals may print copies of the book for personal use; but no part of the book may reproduced for publication or sale without prior permission of the author.”
Dr Schakel has graciously given permission for his book to be posted here, where it may be downloaded for personal use only.
(His kind permission is reported in this thread:
http://www.mobileread.com/forums/showthread.php?t=30161)

TRANSCRIBER’S NOTE:
I have left Dr Schakel’s text alone, with two exceptions:
1. Two instances of “Dawn Trader” have been corrected to “Dawn Treader.”
2. One lower-case “peter” has been amended to “Peter.”

I have made some slight changes to the formatting:
1. The author has marked the original page numbers thus: “[‹—p.*].” I have left this in the text because the index will be useless without it.
2. Superscript footnote markers are now numbered in the main text like this: “[1]” because superscript does not look well on the Reader.
3. Italics have been continued to adjacent punctuation because this looks better on the Reader.
4. Book Designer does not allow for indented quotations, so these are indicated by a line break at their beginning and end.
[I know that I could have tweaked the epigraph or verse menus in BD to get a workaround for the Sony Reader. But then I would have lost the italicisation within the quotations.]

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Schakel, Peter J: Reason and Imagination in C. S. Lewis, v.1, 2 February 2009.

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Peter J. Schakel:
Reason and Imagination in C. S. Lewis: A Study of Till We Have Faces.
William B. Eerdmans Publishing Company
GRAND RAPIDS, MICHIGAN
Copyright (c) 1984 by William B. Eerdmans Publishing Company
255 Jefferson Ave. S.E., Grand Rapids, Mich. 49503

The author examines C S Lewis’s “Till We Have Faces;” a reworking of the Psyche myth. The first half is a summary and commentary on Lewis’s text. In the second part, Professor Schakel sets it in context and explores how C S Lewis deals with reason and imagination, faith and reason, etc.

SOURCE
http://hope.edu/academic/english/sch...gwiththeheart/

COPYRIGHT
This is a copyrighted book. The author’s website states: “Individuals may print copies of the book for personal use; but no part of the book may reproduced for publication or sale without prior permission of the author.”
Dr Schakel has graciously given permission for his book to be posted here, where it may be downloaded for personal use only.
(His kind permission is reported in this thread:
http://www.mobileread.com/forums/showthread.php?t=30161)

TRANSCRIBER’S NOTE:
I have left Dr Schakel’s text alone except for silently correcting a couple of typos.

I have made some slight changes to the formatting:
1. The author has marked the original page numbers thus: “[‹p.*].” I have left this in the text because the index will be useless without it. However, where the break occurs in the middle of a word I have moved it next to the word.
2. Superscript footnote markers are now numbered in the main text like this: “[1]” because superscript does not look well on the Reader.
3. Italics have been continued to adjacent punctuation because this looks better on the Reader.
4. Book Designer does not allow for indented quotations, so these are indicated by a line break at their beginning and end and quotation marks have been inserted.

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Scheerbart, Paul: Die große Revolution. german. v1. 02 mar 2009

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Paul Karl Wilhelm Scheerbart, auch unter seinem Pseudonym Kuno Küfer bekannt, war ein deutscher Schriftsteller fantastischer Literatur und Zeichner.

["Paul Scheerbarts «Die grosse Revolution» (1902) ist unter den Mondromanen insofern einzigartig, als Scheerbart ganz auf menschliche Protagonisten und eine Mondreise verzichtet. Er schildert unmittelbar das Leben der Mondleute. Diese grotesken Wesen hatten «unten Kugelgestalt, und aus der ragte oben ein kleiner Brustrumpf mit einem Rübenkopf und zwei Armen heraus». Auf dem Mond gibt es zwei Parteien, die eine will weiter die Erde beobachten, die andere die Zahl der «Weltbilder» durch Hinwendung zum Kosmos vergrössern. [..] Streitpunkt sind die Kriegsheere der Erde, selbst den Erdfreunden sind die «kostümierten Massenmörder» ein Dorn im Auge. So gibt man den Menschen eine Frist von fünfzig Jahren für die Abrüstung [..]"[/

[NZZ Folio]

Arno Schmidt bezeichnete Scheerbart einmal als "gedankenlosen (wenn nicht gar frechen) Handwerksburschen [..], der von Glück sagen kann, daß er noch keinem begabten Tiefenpsychologen in die Hände gefallen ist". Wenn man Scheerbarts Werke liest, erkennt man schnell warum der selbsternannte Mosaikarbeiter Schmidt solche Schwierigkeiten mit den skurril-fantstischen Einfällen sowie dem ungewöhnlichen Stil Scheerbarts hatte. Scheerbarts Erzählungen sind so ungewöhnlich, dass sie entweder als unglaublich visionär oder aber wie bspw. von Schmidt als "mit einer Prise synthetischen Kairos abgeschmeckte Buchstabenfolgen" eingeordnet werden.

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Scheerbart, Paul: Lesabéndio. german. v1. 04 mar 2009

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Paul Karl Wilhelm Scheerbart, auch unter seinem Pseudonym Kuno Küfer bekannt, war ein deutscher Schriftsteller fantastischer Literatur und Zeichner. In seinem 1913 erschienenen "Asteroidenroman" [Lesabéndio[/ entwarf er eine phantastisch-verspielte Gegenwelt zur menschlichen Gesellschaft.

Der Roman erzählt von den Pallasianern, den Bewohnern des Asteroiden Pallas, die eigentlich nur aus einem gummiartigen Rohrenbein mit Saugfuss bestehen. Sie werden nicht geboren, sondern "geknackt" - Knacknüsse in den Bleiadern des Gestirns halten neue Bewohner auf Vorrat bereit. Daneben gibt es innerasteroidale "Bandbahnen", die von der "Mittelpunktsmusik" durchzogen werden und dann natürlich das "große Projekt" des obersten Technikers Lesabendio, welches wenn man so will das Hauptthema des Romans darstellt. Lesabendio will einen gigantischen Turm errichten, mittels dem man "hinter die Wolken" sehen kann - die pallasianische Version des Turms zu Babel.

Arno Schmidt bezeichnete Scheerbart einmal als "gedankenlosen (wenn nicht gar frechen) Handwerksburschen [..], der von Glück sagen kann, daß er noch keinem begabten Tiefenpsychologen in die Hände gefallen ist". Wenn man Scheerbarts Werke liest, erkennt man schnell warum der selbsternannte Mosaikarbeiter Schmidt solche Schwierigkeiten mit den skurril-fantstischen Einfällen sowie dem ungewöhnlichen Stil Scheerbarts hatte. Scheerbarts Erzählungen sind so ungewöhnlich, dass sie entweder als unglaublich visionär oder aber wie bspw. von Schmidt als "mit einer Prise synthetischen Kairos abgeschmeckte Buchstabenfolgen" eingeordnet werden.

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Scheerbart, Paul: Liwûna und Kaidôh - Ein Seelenroman. german. v1. 28 feb 2009

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Paul Karl Wilhelm Scheerbart, auch unter seinem Pseudonym Kuno Küfer bekannt, war ein deutscher Schriftsteller fantastischer Literatur und Zeichner.

[Liwûna und Kaidôh – Ein Seelenroman[/ ist eine Metamorphosenfahrt durch immer neue Sternenwelten. [Kaidôh[/ - eine Seele - wird von [Liwûna[/ durch den Kosmos geführt, erlebt Kometen und lebendige Sternenriesen in einer unüberschaubar gigantischen, kosmischen Welt. Er ersehnt sich immer das Unfassbarste und Gewaltigste - seine Gier nach "Erleben" macht dabei auch vor dem Tod nicht halt.

Arno Schmidt bezeichnete Scheerbart einmal als "gedankenlosen (wenn nicht gar frechen) Handwerksburschen [..], der von Glück sagen kann, daß er noch keinem begabten Tiefenpsychologen in die Hände gefallen ist". Wenn man Liwûna und Kaidôh liest, erkennt man schnell warum der selbsternannte Mosaikarbeiter Schmidt solche Schwierigkeiten mit den skurril-fantstischen Einfällen sowie dem ungewöhnlichen Stil Scheerbarts hatte. Scheerbarts Erzählungen sind so ungewöhnlich, dass sie entweder als unglaublich visionär oder aber wie bspw. von Schmidt als "mit einer Prise synthetischen Kairos abgeschmeckte Buchstabenfolgen" eingeordnet werden.

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Scheerbart, Paul: Marduk. german. v1. 15 mar 2009

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Paul Karl Wilhelm Scheerbart, auch unter seinem Pseudonym Kuno Küfer bekannt (* 8. Januar 1863 in Danzig; † 15. Oktober 1915 in Berlin), war ein deutscher Schriftsteller fantastischer Literatur und Zeichner.

Arno Schmidt bezeichnete Scheerbart einmal als "gedankenlosen (wenn nicht gar frechen) Handwerksburschen [..], der von Glück sagen kann, daß er noch keinem begabten Tiefenpsychologen in die Hände gefallen ist". Wenn Scheerbarts Werke liest, erkennt man schnell warum der selbsternannte Mosaikarbeiter Schmidt solche Schwierigkeiten mit den skurril-fantstischen Einfällen sowie dem ungewöhnlichen Stil Scheerbarts hatte. Scheerbarts Erzählungen sind so ungewöhnlich, dass sie entweder als unglaublich visionär oder aber wie bspw. von Schmidt als "mit einer Prise synthetischen Kairos abgeschmeckte Buchstabenfolgen" eingeordnet werden.

Die "Assyrische Burg-Novelette" [Marduk[/ ist eine von Scheerbarts orientalischen Kulturnovellen, mit denen er sich jahrelang geradezu enthusiastisch befasste.

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Schiller, Friedrich von: Die Räuber german v1.0 11 Sep 2009

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Johann Christoph Friedrich von Schiller, 1802 geadelt (* 10. November 1759 in Marbach am Neckar; † 9. Mai 1805 in Weimar) war ein deutscher Dichter, Philosoph und Historiker. Er gilt als der bedeutendste deutsche Dramatiker. Viele seiner Theaterstücke gehören zum Standardrepertoire der deutschsprachigen Theater. Auch als Lyriker war er erfolgreich: seine Gedankenlyrik wurde exemplarisch, seine Balladen zählen zu den beliebtesten deutschen Gedichten.
Schiller gehört mit Wieland, Goethe und Herder zum Viergestirn der Weimarer Klassik.

[(Quelle: Wikipedia)[/

Kern der Handlung ist der Konflikt der beiden Brüder Karl und Franz Moor. Auf der einen Seite steht der intelligente und freiheitsliebende (spätere) Räuber Karl, der vom Vater geliebt wird, auf der anderen Seite der kalt berechnende, unter Liebesentzug leidende Franz Moor, der auf Karl eifersüchtig ist und das Erbe seines Vaters übernehmen will. Zentrales Motiv, das Schiller in seinem Werk thematisiert, ist die Vorstellung eines Konflikts zwischen Gesetz und Freiheit. Daneben impliziert die Handlung des Werkes die Negation des Sprichworts „Der Zweck heiligt die Mittel.“

[(Quelle: Wikipedia)[/

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Schiller, Friedrich: Letters Upon The Aesthetic Education of Man (english)

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medard

Johann Christoph Friedrich von Schiller (10 November 1759 – 9 May 1805) was a German poet, philosopher, historian, and playwright. During the last seventeen years of his life (1788–1805), Schiller struck up a productive, if complicated, friendship with already famous and influential Johann Wolfgang von Goethe. They frequently discussed issues concerning aesthetics, and Schiller encouraged Goethe to finish works he left as sketches. This relationship and these discussions led to a period now referred to as Weimar Classicism. They also worked together on Xenien, a collection of short satirical poems in which both Schiller and Goethe challenge opponents to their philosophical vision.
[quotWhen man is raised from his slumber in the senses he feels that he is a man; he surveys his surroundings and finds that he is in a state. He was introduced into this state by the power of circumstances, before he could freely select his own position. But as a moral being he cannot possibly rest satisfied with a political condition forced upon him by necessity, and only calculated for that condition; and it would be unfortunate if this did satisfy him. In many cases man shakes off this blind law of necessity, by his free spontaneous action, of which among many others we have an instance, in his ennobling by beauty and suppressing by moral influence the powerful impulse implanted in him by nature in the passion of love. Thus, when arrived at maturity, he recovers his childhood by an artificial process, he founds a state of nature in his ideas, not given him by any experience, but established by the necessary laws and conditions of his reason, and he attributes to this ideal condition an object, an aim, of which he was not cognizant in the actual reality of nature. He gives himself a choice of which he was not capable before, and sets to work just as if he were beginning anew, and were exchanging his original state of bondage for one of complete independence, doing this with complete insight and of his free decision. He is justified in regarding this work of political thraldom as non-existing, though a wild and arbitrary caprice may have founded its work very artfully; though it may strive to maintain it with great arrogance and encompass it with a halo of veneration. For the work of blind powers possesses no authority before which freedom need bow, and all must be made to adapt itself to the highest end which reason has set up in his personality. It is in this wise that a people in a state of manhood is justified in exchanging a condition of thraldom for one of moral freedom.[/quot

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Schirokauer, Alfred: Kleopatra german v1 27 may 2009

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Alfred Schirokauer (* 13. Juli 1880 in Breslau; † 27. Oktober 1934 in Wien) war ein deutscher Schriftsteller, Drehbuchautor und Filmregisseur.

Schirokauer erhielt seine schulische Ausbildung in England, wo er als Amateur erste Regieerfahrungen sammelte. Dann ging er nach Hamburg und machte dort sein Abitur. Danach studierte er Jura und schloss sein Studium mit der Promotion ab. Nach einer Zeit als Referendar arbeitete Schirokauer sieben Jahre lang als Rechtsanwalt.

Zu dieser Zeit begann er seine schriftstellerische Tätigkeit. 1904 veröffentlichte er seinen ersten Roman Ilse Isensee. Es folgten zahlreiche weitere Werke, von denen einige verfilmt wurden, darunter Die unmögliche Liebe, 1932 mit Asta Nielsen in der Hauptrolle. Er verfasste Romanbiografien über Ferdinand Lassalle, Lord Byron, Napoleon und Lucretia Borgia sowie historische und Gegenwartsromane.

Seit 1912 schrieb Schirokauer auch häufig Drehbücher, anfangs regelmäßig für die Münchner Moeve-Film und die ebenfalls in München ansässige Emelka. In den 20er Jahren war er einer der aktivsten deutschen Drehbuchautoren. Mehrfach kooperierte er mit Reinhold Schünzel. Zeitweise hatte er den Vorsitz des Verbandes deutscher Filmautoren inne. Gelegentlich führte er auch selbst Regie. Nach der „Machtergreifung“ der Nationalsozialisten emigrierte der jüdischstämmige Schirokauer in die Niederlande und dann nach Wien.(Wikipedia)

Kleopatra ist ein Roman, der 1930 erstmals erschien. Der historische Roman zeichnet sich durch einen dynamischen, fast reisserischen Stil aus. Kleopatras Figur hat Schirokauer sichtlich fasziniert. Historische Genauigkeit ist Schirokauers Sache wohl nicht, dafür erzählt er eine faszinierende Geschichte einer starken Frau.

Auch für Nichthistorienleser durchaus empfehlenswert! Schirokauer ist meiner Meinung nach zu Unrecht fast vergessen.

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Schnitzler, Arthur: Casanovas Heimfahrt v1 8 jan 2009

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Ich hatte heute mal keine Lust auf Krimis. Darum das hier:

"Arthur Schnitzler wurde am 15. Mai 1862 in Wien geboren. Noch bevor er auf das Akademische Gymnasium kam, als Neunjähriger, versuchte er, seine ersten Dramen zu schreiben. Nach dem Abitur studierte er Medizin, wurde 1885 Aspirant und Sekundararzt; 1888 bis 1893 war er Assistent seines Vaters in der Allgemeinen Poliklinik in Wien; nach dessen Tod eröffnete er eine Privatpraxis. 1886 die ersten Veröffentlichungen in Zeitschriften, 1888 das erste Bühnenmanuskript, 1893 die erste Uraufführung, 1895 das erste Buch, die Erzählung Sterben bei S. Fischer in Berlin. Beginn lebenslanger Freundschaften mit Hugo von Hofmannsthal, Felix Salten, Richard Beer-Hofmann und Hermann Bahr. Das dramatische und erzählerische Werk entstehen parallel. Stets bildet der einzelne Mensch, die individuelle Gestalt »in ihrem Egoismus oder ihrer Hingabe, ihrer Bindungslosigkeit oder Opferbereitschaft, in ihrer Wahrhaftigkeit oder Verlogenheit« (Reinhard Urbach), den Mittelpunkt seiner durchweg im Wien der Jahrhundertwende angesiedelten Stoffe. Arthur Schnitzler hat, von Reisen abgesehen, seine Geburtsstadt nie verlassen; am 21. Oktober 1931 ist er dort gestorben."

"Die Protagonisten in Arthur Schnitzlers frühen Erzählungen Stimmungsbildern, Phantasien und Studien bewegen sich zwischen Traum und Wirklichkeit, Ahnen und Wissen, Betrug und Gewalt, Krankheit und Tod, Mitleid und Angst. Selbstlose Verhaltensweisen und egoistische Reaktionen werden analysierend erfaßt, Schicksale entdeckt, aber kein Urteil gefällt. Das Streben des einzelnen nach Glück, nach anhaltender Lebenskraft, seine Suche nach dem sichersten Weg führt zumeist über nervöse Gereiztheit, Resignation und Überschwang zu plötzlichem Ende oder langsamem Sterben. Dabei geht dem äußeren Tod nicht selten ein allmähliches Absterben der inneren Kräfte und Bindungen voraus. Unsicherheit, Selbstberuhigung, aber auch Überdruß spiegeln sich im »monologue intérieur« zwischen den Dialogen. Schnitzlers Figuren sind bereit, ein großes Spiel zu spielen, und, wenn sie es verloren haben, mit ihrem Dasein zu bezahlen. Und zeichnen sie am Ende ihr eigenes Leben auf, stellt sich ihnen die Frage, ob dies Anklage ist oder Verteidigung."(Amazon)

Ich liebe Schnitzler. Er scheint einen Weg gefunden zu haben, aus und zu der Seele des Individuums zu sprechen, über Zeit und Entfernung hinweg. Lasst Euch bezaubern!

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Schnitzler, Arthur: Casanovas Heimfahrt [German]. V1. 23 Dec 2010

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Casanovas Heimfahrt ist eine Novelle von Arthur Schnitzler, die im Sommer 1918 in der Literaturzeitschrift Die neue Rundschau in Berlin erschien. Noch im selben Jahr kam die Erzählung bei S. Fischer in Buchform heraus.[1] (Wiki)

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Schnitzler, Arthur: Das neue Lied german v1 13 jan 2009

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Ein zwar kurzes, aber gestochen scharfes, Sittengemälde von Arthur Schnitzler. Novelle.

Schnitzler tut auch heute noch weh, wenn man sich hinein liest. "The more the time changes the more it stays the same"

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Schnitzler, Arthur: Der Weg ins Freie. [German]. V1. 4 Jan 2010

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Schnitzlers erster Roman, erschien 1908.

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Schnitzler, Arthur: Die Tänzerin german v1 8 apr 2009

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Arthur Schnitzler (* 15. Mai 1862 in Wien; † 21. Oktober 1931 ebenda) war ein österreichischer Erzähler und Dramatiker. Er gilt als einer der bedeutendsten Vertreter der Wiener Moderne.

Kurzgeschichtensammlung.

Der blinde Geronimo und sein Bruder
Die Toten schweigen
Die Weissagung
Das neue Lied
Die griechische Tänzerin

[QUOTDie Leute mögen sagen, was sie wollen, ich glaube nicht daran, daß Frau Mathilde Samodeski an Herzschlag gestorben ist. Ich weiß es besser. Ich gehe auch nicht in das Haus, aus dem man sie heute zur ersehnten Ruhe hinausträgt; ich habe keine Lust, den Mann zu sehen, der es ebensogut weiß als ich, warum sie gestorben ist; ihm die Hand zu drücken und zu schweigen.

Einen anderen Weg schlag' ich ein; er ist allerdings etwas weit, aber der Herbsttag ist schön und still, und es tut mir wohl, allein zu sein. Bald werde ich hinter dem Gartengitter stehen, hinter dem ich im vergangenen Frühjahr Mathilde zum letztenmal gesehen habe. Die Fensterladen der Villa werden alle geschlossen sein, auf dem Kiesweg werden rötliche Blätter liegen, und an irgendeiner Stelle werde ich wohl den weißen Marmor durch die Bäume schimmern sehen, aus dem die griechische Tänzerin gemeißelt ist.[/QUOT

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Schnitzler, Arthur: Erbschaft german v1 6 feb 2009

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Melancholische Kurzgeschichte mit Botschaft. Mit welcher Botschaft? Das bleibt, wie immer bei Schnitzler, Deutungssache.

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Schnitzler, Arthur: Frau Beate und ihr Sohn. [German]. V1. 3 Jan 2011

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Eine Erzählung von 1913.

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Schnitzler, Arthur: Fräulein Else [german]. V1. 23 Dec 2010

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Fräulein Else ist eine 1924 erschienene Monolog-Novelle des österreichischen Schriftstellers Arthur Schnitzler. (Wiki)

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Schnitzler, Arthur: Spiel im Morgengrauen. [German]. V1. 16 Jan 2010

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Eine Novelle von Arthur Schnitzlers aus den Jahren 1926/27.

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Schnitzler, Arthur: Traumnovelle (german) v1 24 dec 2008

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Arthur Schnitzler (* 15. Mai 1862 in Wien; † 21. Oktober 1931 ebenda) war ein österreichischer Erzähler und Dramatiker. Er gilt als einer der bedeutendsten Vertreter der Wiener Moderne.

Die Traumnovelle ist eine Novelle von Arthur Schnitzler aus dem Jahr 1925.

Schnitzler beschreibt in dieser Novelle die scheinbar harmonische Ehe des Arztes Fridolin und seiner Frau Albertine. Unter der Oberfläche werden beide von ungestillten erotischen Begierden und Träumen heimgesucht, die sich durch wechselseitige Entfremdung zu einer Ehekrise auswachsen.

Das Geheimnisvolle dieser Novelle rührt von der Entdeckungsreise ins Selbst her, die Fridolin unternimmt, einen Abstieg in die Tiefen seiner eigenen Psyche, und den Veränderungen in den Beziehungen zwischen Menschen. Sie verkörpert eine Fülle von psychologischer Metaphorik und Symbolismus – vermittelt aber den Protagonisten in der abschließenden Aussprache die Erkenntnis der Gefährdung ihrer Beziehung durch das Unbewusste und ihre Bewältigung.

Schnitzlers Novelle wurde 1999 von Stanley Kubrick als Eyes Wide Shut mit Nicole Kidman und Tom Cruise in den Hauptrollen verfilmt.

Eines meiner persönlichen Lieblingsbücher (vielleicht, weil ich gelernter Psychologe bin :D) und mein Weihnachtsgeschenk an Euch. Ich hoffe, Ihr mögt es genau so wie ich.

Frohes Fest (bin morgen 25.12 nicht online)

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Schopenhauer, Arthur: Aphorismen; german v1; 28th may 2009

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Arthur Schopenhauer (1788-1860) ist einer der bekanntesten deutschen Philosophen und war einer der Ersten, die die Theorie vertraten, dass der Welt ein irrationales Prinzip zu Grunde liege. Er wurde in eine Patrizierfamilie in Danzig geboren und sollte (gegen seinen Willen) Kaufmann werden. Erst nach dem Tod seines Vaters, wandte er sich den Dingen zu, die ihn interessierten. Er studierte Naturwissenschaften und danach Philosophie. Im Zuge der Entstehung der Farbenlehre, hatte Schopenhauer auch Kontakt mit dem bekanntesten deutschen Schriftsteller, J.W. Von Goethe.
Einen großen Teil seiner Anerkennung (die ihm erst im späten Alter zukam) erhielt Arthur Schopenhauer für dieses Werk. Er schrieb sechs Jahre daran und hatte bereits vorher lange Zeit immer wieder Ideen dafür festgehalten, bis es endlich veröffentlicht wurde. Er zieht die Menschen seiner Zeit zur Rechenschaft und stellt das gesellschaftliche Leben mal heiter, mal pessimistisch dar. Eines der Werke in dem man am Ehesten den Menschen im Philosophen erkennen kann.

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Schopenhauer, Arthur: Die vierfache Wurzel des Satzes v.z.G.; german v1; 27th may 09

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Arthur Schopenhauer (1788-1860) ist einer der bekanntesten deutschen Philosophen und war einer der Ersten, die die Theorie vertraten, dass der Welt ein irrationales Prinzip zu Grunde liege. Er wurde in eine Patrizierfamilie in Danzig geboren und sollte (gegen seinen Willen) Kaufmann werden. Erst nach dem Tod seines Vaters, wandte er sich den Dingen zu, die ihn interessierten. Er studierte Naturwissenschaften und danach Philosophie. Im Zuge der Entstehung der Farbenlehre, hatte Schopenhauer auch Kontakt mit dem bekanntesten deutschen Schriftsteller, J.W. Von Goethe.
"Ueber die vierfache Wurzel des Satzes vom zureichenden Grunde" ist nicht nur einer der vom Namen her längsten Titel Schopenhauers, sondern seinen eigenen Worten zu Folge den Unterbau seiner gesamten Philosophie. Den Satz vom zureichenden Grunde haben schon viele Philosophen behandelt, in diesem Werk geht Schopenhauer auf viele von ihnen ein. Ursprünglich von Aristoteles geht der Satz vom zureichenden Grunde davon aus, dass jedes Sein bzw. jede Erkenntnis auf ein Anderes Sein bzw. eine andere Erkenntnis zurückgeführt werden kann.

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Schopenhauer, Arthur: Die Welt als Wille und Vorstellung I;german v1,1; 24th may 2009

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Neue Version, wegen Problem mit den Metadaten

Arthur Schopenhauer (1788-1860) ist einer der bekanntesten deutschen Philosophen und war einer der Ersten, die die Theorie vertraten, dass der Welt ein irrationales Prinzip zu Grunde liege. Er wurde in eine Patrizierfamilie in Danzig geboren und sollte (gegen seinen Willen) Kaufmann werden. Erst nach dem Tod seines Vaters, wandte er sich den Dingen zu, die ihn interessierten. Er studierte Naturwissenschaften und danach Philosophie. Im Zuge der Entstehung der Farbenlehre, hatte Schopenhauer auch Kontakt mit dem bekanntesten deutschen Schriftsteller, J.W. Von Goethe.
Sein Hauptwerk bildete „Die Welt als Wille“, das 1818 herauskam. Wie der Titel verrät, liegt das Hautpaugenmerk auf dem Willen des Menschen, weder Geist noch Materie seien die Grundlagen der Welt. Damit widerspricht er sowohl Feuerbachs Theorie vom „Weltgeist“ als auch dem Marx'schen Materialismus. Der Wille ist für Schopenhauer die Metaphysik für alles. Seine Philosophie beruht sowohl auf pessimistischen als auch auf empirischen Methoden. Einer der bekanntesten pessimistischen Grundzüge ist seine Theorie, das die Erfüllung des Willens in seiner Auslöschung liege.

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Schopenhauer, Arthur: Die Welt als Wille und Vorstellung II;german v1; 26th may 09

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Arthur Schopenhauer (1788-1860) ist einer der bekanntesten deutschen Philosophen und war einer der Ersten, die die Theorie vertraten, dass der Welt ein irrationales Prinzip zu Grunde liege. Er wurde in eine Patrizierfamilie in Danzig geboren und sollte (gegen seinen Willen) Kaufmann werden. Erst nach dem Tod seines Vaters, wandte er sich den Dingen zu, die ihn interessierten. Er studierte Naturwissenschaften und danach Philosophie. Im Zuge der Entstehung der Farbenlehre, hatte Schopenhauer auch Kontakt mit dem bekanntesten deutschen Schriftsteller, J.W. Von Goethe.
Sein Hauptwerk bildete „Die Welt als Wille“, das 1818 herauskam. Wie der Titel verrät, liegt das Hautpaugenmerk auf dem Willen des Menschen, weder Geist noch Materie seien die Grundlagen der Welt. Damit widerspricht er sowohl Feuerbachs Theorie vom „Weltgeist“ als auch dem Marx'schen Materialismus. Der Wille ist für Schopenhauer die Metaphysik für alles. Seine Philosophie beruht sowohl auf pessimistischen als auch auf empirischen Methoden. Einer der bekanntesten pessimistischen Grundzüge ist seine Theorie, das die Erfüllung des Willens in seiner Auslöschung liege. Der zweite Band seiner "Welt als Wille und Vorstellung" stellt keine neuen Theorien mehr auf, sondern dient der Vertiefung des vorherigen Band. Die vier Bücher werden im zweiten Band Stück für Stück nochmal angesprochen, erläutert und vertieft.

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Schopenhauer, Arthur: Eristische Dialektik german v1; 4th June 2009

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Arthur Schopenhauer (1788-1860) ist einer der bekanntesten deutschen Philosophen und war einer der Ersten, die die Theorie vertraten, dass der Welt ein irrationales Prinzip zu Grunde liege. Er wurde in eine Patrizierfamilie in Danzig geboren und sollte (gegen seinen Willen) Kaufmann werden. Erst nach dem Tod seines Vaters, wandte er sich den Dingen zu, die ihn interessierten. Er studierte Naturwissenschaften und danach Philosophie. Im Zuge der Entstehung der Farbenlehre, hatte Schopenhauer auch Kontakt mit dem bekanntesten deutschen Schriftsteller, J.W. Von Goethe.
Die Eristische Dialektik (Oder auch: Die Kunst Recht zu behalten) wurde als Buch nie fertig gestellt, sondern nach Schopenhauers Tod aus Fragmenten zusammengesetzt, die jedoch darauf schließen ließen, dass er nicht mehr weit von einer Fertigstellung entfernt sein konnte. In 38 "Kunstgriffen", wie er die Abschnitte seines Buches nennt, legt er dar, wie man in einem Streitgespräch über seinen Gegner triumphiert. Die Frage nach der Wahrheit ist für ihn hierbei nebensächlich, also ziemlich stoisch.

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Schopenhauer, Arthur: Essays. V1. 29 April 2014

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Arthur Schopenhauer (22 February 1788 – 21 September 1860), was the German "philosopher of pessimism" who taught that the universe, at its most basic level, was not a rational place. This translation of [The Essays of Arthur Schopenhauer[/ was translated by Mrs. Mrs. Rudolf Dircks, about whom I could find no biographical information. It was published in London in 1890 by Sir Walter Scott (17 August 1826 - 8 April 1910). As weatherwax has already provided us with an ePub of this work, I thought I'd provide one for us Kindle readers.

Contents:

- Preliminary

- Biographical Note

- On Authorship and Style

- On Noise

- On Education

- On Reading and Books

- The Emptiness of Existence

- On Women

- Thinking for Oneself

- Short Dialogue on the Indestructibility of Our True Being by Death

- Religion—A Dialogue

- Psychological Observations

- Metaphysics of Love

- Physiognomy

- On Suicide

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Schopenhauer, Arthur: Studies in Pessimism. v1. 14 February 2010.

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Arthur Schopenhauer [1788–1860]
Studies in Pessimism
Translated by T. B Saunders [1860–1928]

A collection of philosophical essays:
Contents:
On The Sufferings of the World.
On The Vanity of Existence.
On Suicide.
Immortality: A Dialogue.
Psychological Observations.
On Education.
Of Women.
On Noise.
A Few Parables.

From Complete Essays of Schopenhauer. Translated by T. Bailey Saunders, M.A. (New York: Willey Book Company, 1942), Book V (Studies in Pessimism).

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Schopenhauer, Arthur: The Wisdom of Life, v1, 28 March 2010.

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Arthur Schopenhauer [1788–1860]
The Wisdom of Life [Being the First Part of “Aphorismen zur Lebensweisheit.”]
Translated by T. Bailey Saunders, M.A. [1860–1928]
1890

The opening passage:
“In these pages I shall speak of The Wisdom of Life in the common meaning of the term, as the art, namely, of ordering our lives so as to obtain the greatest possible amount of pleasure and success; an art the theory of which may be called Eudaemonology, for it teaches us how to lead a happy existence.”

I started with the Project Gutenberg text but referred to various scans in The Internet Archive, so as to restore some incomplete footnotes. I have renumbered the footnotes, moved them to the end, and linked them.

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Schraut, Max: Dämon Chanawutu v1 (german) 4.12.2011

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Autor: Walther Kabel (1878-1935) hat als Max Schraut mehr als 350 Krimis und 50 Olaf K. Abelsen Abenteuerromane geschrieben.
Wie manche seiner bekannteren Kollegen wurde Walther Kabel ein Opfer des Nationalsozialismus, ist aber nie rehabilitiert worden. Als persönlicher Widersacher des Reichspropagandaministers Joseph Goebbels wurde er zu Unrecht als Schmutz-und-Schund Autor verurteilt, seine Werke verboten, er selber mit Schreibverbot belegt. Verbittert und im Elend starb er im Mai 1935 in Klein Machnow bei Berlin durch eine Kugel - höchstwahrscheinlich von eigener Hand.

Buch: Dämon Chanawutu ist ein Band der überaus populären Krimireihe um Detektiv Harald Harst (Band 226). Die Quelle ist Wikisource.

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Schraut, Max: Harald Harst 108 - Die Motoryacht ohne Namen v1 german 04.02.12

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Walther Kabel als Max Schraut.
Viele der Harstkrimis spielten im Ausland, da die meisten Deutschen wegen der Wirtschaftskrise keine längeren Reisen mehr unternehmen konnten. Da half dann schon mal eine Traumreise durch den Stillen Ozean und Australien, gewürzt mit ein wenig kriminalistischem Salz.

Titel

Eine noch nicht kartographierte Pazifikinsel birgt so manches Geheimnis. Vor allem ist die malerische Insel nicht ganz so unbevölkert, wie es zuerst scheint …

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Easy für zwischendurch. Der Deibel weiss warum, aber die Quelle zu diesem Text befindet sich bei Wikilivres. Na ja, sei's drum! Originales Titelblatt als Cover verwendet, ansonsten ein paar Fehler verbessert und die Wikiartefakte entfernt, ausserdem TOC implementiert. Viel Spass!

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Schraut, Max: Harald Harst 111 - Die große Null v1 german 05.02.12

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[QUOTGeneigter Leser! Vergiß nicht: Du liest Harald Harst-Abenteuer, nicht altbackene Romane der Marlitt und ihrer Nachbeter! Du liest das, was Dich ... für Stunden die klägliche Misere des Markschwundes von anno 1923 vergessen machen will! Du liest das, was für Harst und mich das Lebenselixier ist: Außergewöhnliches!
Du mußt also schon mit uns nachher den Sprung von Berlin nach den Küsten der Insel Sumatra mitmachen, nach dem holländischen Kolonialbesitz. Es hilft Dir nichts. Aber Du wirst es gern tun. —[/QUOT

Originalzitat aus diesem Band

Wieder von Wikilivres. Leider ganz ohne Cover.

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Schraut, Max: Harald Harst 148 - Der Fakir ohne Arme v1 german 20.02.12

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Autor:

[q_index]Criminalbibliothek[/URL]

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Harald Harst, der 148. Diesmal in Bombay und wie bei allen im Ausland spielenden Krimis dieser Serie durchwegs etwas besser. Ich nehme mal an, daß Kabel exotische Gegenden wohl besser lagen.

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Danke an Wassermann, der diesen Band bei wikilivres hochgestellt hat. Ich habe diesen Text übernommen, die Seitenzahlen zwecks flüssiger Lektüre gestrichen, in Kapitel aufgeteilt und das originale Titelblatt als Cover verwendet.

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Schraut, Max: Harald Harst 161 - Der Spiritistenklub v1 german 11.02.12

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Hi. Euer wöchentlicher Krimifix:

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Max Schraut alias Olaf K.Abelsen alias W. Belka alias M.E. Schugge(!). Der beste Stilist seiner Zeit.

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Heute wird's esoterisch. Das gibt's also auch schon etwas länger- Finstere sektenähnliche Gemeinschaft und so weiter! Viel Spass!

[U]Technik:[/U
Von wikilivres. Text aufbereitet. Danke an Wassermann für die Korrektur. TOC, Originaltitel implementiert.

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Schraut, Max: Harald Harst 184 - Eiland der Toten v1 9.1.2012

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Walther Kabel aka Max Schraut aka Oscar K. Abelsen
* 8. August 1878 in Danzig
† 6. Mai 1935 in Klein Machnow
Volks-Schriftsteller der Zwanziger Jahre (wiki)

Walther Kabel hat im Alleingang unter anderem die Harald Harst Krimireihe (mehr als 400 Bände) und die Abenteuer des Oscar K. Abelsen (50 Bände) geschrieben.

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Leider kein Cover zu diesem Band aus der Harald Harst Reihe. In gewohnt gekonnt pointillistischem Stil gehalten, atemlos, actionreich, voll an skurrilen Charakteren. Mehr ein Abenteuerroman als ein Krimi. Unsere Helden hat es in die indische Tharwüste verschlagen, inklusive vergrabenem Goldschatz, Räuberbanden und Pestilenzhauch ...

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Schraut, Max: Harald Harst 190 - Pension Dr. Buckmüller v1 german 2.3.12

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Walther Kabel wieder mal:
[q_index]Alte Krimis[/URL]

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Artisten sind geborene Gauner. Oder etwa doch nicht?
Es sind schon bizarre Gestalten, die da in der Pension Dr. Buckmüller ihr Wesen treiben.
Sogar Harald Harst braucht etwas Zeit, um Licht hinter die Kulissen zu bringen und die Wahrheit ist verblüffend ...

Technik: Text wieder mal bei Wassermann geklaut, hier. Ich revanchier mich bestimmt bald, ganz ehrlich ;). Die üblichen Anpassungen an die Erfordernisse eines Ebooks gemacht (Inhaltsangabe und so). Wassermann aber hat die ganze ARBEIT erledigt. Danke!

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Schraut, Max: Harald Harst 272 - Der alte Gobelin v1 german 2.2.12

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Autor: Was soll ich über Walther Kabel alias Max Schraut alias Olaf K.Abelsen alias W. Belka (ich hab bestimmt noch welche vergessen) sagen, das ich noch nicht geschrieben habe?
Vielleicht eine Bemerkung über seinen unnachahmlichen, geradezu pointillistischen Schreibstil, der besonders in Actionszenen so gut zum Tragen kommt und einen buchstäblich in die Szenen hineinwirbelt. Als Szenarist mag Kabel seine Schwächen haben, als Stilist macht ihm keiner etwas vor!

Titel: Harald Harst in der Laubenkolonie. Unter diesen bescheidenen, biederen Leuten müsste es doch einmal ohne Mord und Totschlag abgehen, oder? Weit gefehlt! Geheimnisvolle Grafen, gestohlene Gobelins und geraubtes Geld machen Harst und Schraut wieder einmal zu schaffen. Band 272.

Technik: Selbstgemacht, vom Scannen über OCR und Coverscan bis zur Korrektur und dem Layout. Originalcover, ist ja klar!

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Schraut, Max: Harald Harst 74 - Das Geheimnis von Kabine 24 v2 german 31.1.2012

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Max Schraut alias Walther Kabel. Kabel war zu seinen Zeiten einer der produktivsten und populärsten Trivialschriftsteller, bis ihm von den Nazis de facto ein Berufsverbot erteilt wurde. Kabel ist auch Autor eines der ersten Koloportageromane mit Science-Fictioncharakter Der Goldschatz der Azoren. Wir werden dieses (umfangreiche) Werk ebenfalls digitalisieren und hier hochladen. Kabel starb 1935.

Titel: Einer der Krimis um Harald Harst, den unfehlbaren Detektiv, dessen Abenteuer 372 Folgen umfasste. Kabel war Alleinautor. Hier geht es einem Frauenmörder an den Kragen.

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Quelle ist Wikisource. Layout angepasst von mir, Cover ist das originale Titelblatt. Ich wäre für Originalcover zu dieser Serie sehr dankbar.

Edit: Nicht das Original, aber cool: Jetzt mit Cover von brucewelch! v2

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Schroeder, Karl: Ventus v2.0 2008-12-12

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Released under Creative Commons, I bring you [Ventus[/ by Karl Schroeder

[quot[Ventus[/ is a novel of information apocalypse set in the far future. For a thousand years the sovereign Winds have maintained the delicate ecological balance of the terraformed planet Ventus. Now an alien force threatens to wrest control of the terraforming system away from the Winds...

Jordan Mason, a young tradesman, is thrust into the midst of an ancient galactic conflict when he becomes the only human on Ventus who can locate the source of the alien threat. But will he side with the Winds, who have brutally suppressed technological development among the human colonists of Ventus? Or will he throw in his lot with an entity that may be planning to remake Ventus in its own, deathly image? Ventus incorporates ideas about nanotechnology, terraforming, and information theory in an epic tale of war, tragic love, betrayal and transcendence.[/quot

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Schubin, Ossip: Asbeïn. v1. 23 Mar 2014

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Aloisia Kirschner (June 17, 1854 - February 10, 1934) was an Austrian novelist, born in Prague and favorably known under her pseudonym Ossip Schubin, which she borrowed from the novel Helena by Ivan Turgenev.

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“But—do you really not recognize me?” With these words, and with friendly, outstretched hands, a young lady hastened toward a man who, with gloomily contracted brow, wrapped in thought, went on his way without noticing either her or his surroundings. He was foolish, for his surroundings were picturesque—Rome, near the Fontana di Trevi, on a bright March afternoon. And the young lady—she was charming.

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Schubin, Ossip: Blanche: The Maid of Lille. v1. 23 Mar 2014

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Aloisia Kirschner (June 17, 1854 - February 10, 1934) was an Austrian novelist, born in Prague and favorably known under her pseudonym Ossip Schubin, which she borrowed from the novel Helena by Ivan Turgenev.

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He found this brother a widower, and at the point of death; but beside the dying man’s couch was a lovely little maiden who offered her cheeks to be kissed in welcome to the wanderer. She was the Duke of Montalme’s only child—Blanche, a heart’s balm! the light of his eyes!

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Schubin, Ossip: Boris Lensky. v1. 23 Mar 2014

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Aloisia Kirschner (June 17, 1854 - February 10, 1934) was an Austrian novelist, born in Prague and favorably known under her pseudonym Ossip Schubin, which she borrowed from the novel Helena by Ivan Turgenev.

Excerpt
“Whoever wishes to know how great is the power which the charm of music can exercise over humanity must visit one of Boris Lensky’s concerts.
“Boris Lensky! The name in itself has a legendary sound—a magic fascination surrounds the man and his violin. For every one who has attended one of his concerts, the longing, listening expression on the faces of the women who hear him is something which remains forever interwoven in remembrance with the complaining sweetness of his art. The best and noblest of women, when they listen to his wonderful violin, fall into a feverish trance which makes them lose all power over themselves.

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Schubin, Ossip: Countess Erika's Apprenticeship. v1. 24 Mar 2014

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Aloisia Kirschner (June 17, 1854 - February 10, 1934) was an Austrian novelist, born in Prague and favorably known under her pseudonym Ossip Schubin, which she borrowed from the novel Helena by Ivan Turgenev.

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Baron von Strachinsky reclined upon a lounge in his smoking-room, recovering from the last pecuniary calamity which he had brought upon himself. The fact was, he had built a sugar-factory in a tract of country where the nearest approach to a sugar-beet that could be found was a carrot on a manure-heap, and his enterprise had been followed by the natural result.

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Schubin, Ossip: Erlach Court. v1. 24 Mar 2014

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Aloisia Kirschner (June 17, 1854 - February 10, 1934) was an Austrian novelist, born in Prague and favorably known under her pseudonym Ossip Schubin, which she borrowed from the novel Helena by Ivan Turgenev.

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Baron Rohritz, who is scarcely six-and-thirty, already ranks himself, on the contrary, for the sake of his personal ease, with the old men. Tall and slender, with delicate, clearly-cut features, he is a remarkably distinguished figure, even in the circle to which he belongs. Although his moustache is brown, his hair is already very gray, which women find extremely interesting, especially since there is said to be some connection between this premature change of colour and an unfortunate love-affair. The finest thing about his face is his deep-set blue eyes; but since he uses an eye-glass, is near-sighted, and often nearly closes his eyes, there is something haughty in his look, which produces a chilling effect. When he smiles his expression is very attractive, but he smiles only rarely, and shows to the best advantage in his treatment of dogs, horses, and children.

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Schubin, Ossip: Felix Lanzberg's Expiation. v1. 24 Mar 2014

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Aloisia Kirschner (June 17, 1854 - February 10, 1934) was an Austrian novelist, born in Prague and favorably known under her pseudonym Ossip Schubin, which she borrowed from the novel Helena by Ivan Turgenev.

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He seemed made to marry early, to adore his wife, and to bore his intimate friends with accounts of the wonderful peculiarities of his children. Then, on a mild, damp spring evening, after a good dinner, and not quite sober, he chanced to go with several comrades to the Orpheum, which later, owing to an American who walked a telegraph wire with much ease and grace, became a great attraction, but which then tried its fortune with Spanish dancers and a lion-tamer.

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Schubin, Ossip: Gloria Victis!. v1. 25 Mar 2014

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Aloisia Kirschner (June 17, 1854 - February 10, 1934) was an Austrian novelist, born in Prague and favorably known under her pseudonym Ossip Schubin, which she borrowed from the novel Helena by Ivan Turgenev.

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The scene lies in Paris. The short after-season which, like an echo of the carnival, is wont to follow Lent, that holy intermezzo crowded with charity-bazaars, musical soirées and other elegant penitential observances, is rather duller than usual this year. Easter came too late and although Figaro continues its daily record of balls and routs, Paris takes very little heed. All genuine enthusiasm for such entertainments is lacking. Paris thinks of nothing now save the races, the last auction at the Hôtel Drouôt, the latest change of ministry, and the newest thing in stocks.

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Schubin, Ossip: O Thou, My Austria!. v1. 25 Mar 2014

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Aloisia Kirschner (June 17, 1854 - February 10, 1934) was an Austrian novelist, born in Prague and favorably known under her pseudonym Ossip Schubin, which she borrowed from the novel Helena by Ivan Turgenev.

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At the words “Delphic oracle,” Krupitschka pricked up his ears. It annoyed him to have his master and the other gentlemen make use of words that he did not understand, and he determined to buy a foreign dictionary with the proceeds of the sale of his cantharides. Meanwhile, he noted down, in a dilapidated memorandum-book, “delphin wrackle,” muttering the while, “What sort of team is that, I wonder?”

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Schubin, Ossip: Our Own Set. v1. 25 Mar 2014

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Aloisia Kirschner (June 17, 1854 - February 10, 1934) was an Austrian novelist, born in Prague and favorably known under her pseudonym Ossip Schubin, which she borrowed from the novel Helena by Ivan Turgenev.

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Erich Truyn was at that time a man of rather more than thirty with hair prematurely gray and a glance of frosty indifference. People said he had been iced, for he always looked as though he had been frozen to the marrow in sublime superiority; his frigid exterior had won him a reputation for excessive pride, and totally belied the man. He was an uncommonly kind and noble-hearted soul, and what passed for pride was merely the shrinking of a sensitive nature which had now and again exposed itself to ridicule, perhaps by some outburst of high-flown idealism, and which now sought only to hide its sanctuary from the desecration of the multitude.

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Schubin, Ossip: The Story of a Genius. v1. 25 Mar 2014

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Aloisia Kirschner (June 17, 1854 - February 10, 1934) was an Austrian novelist, born in Prague and favorably known under her pseudonym Ossip Schubin, which she borrowed from the novel Helena by Ivan Turgenev.

THE STORY OF A GENIUS
THE NOBL’ ZWILK
WHAT HAPPENED TO HOLY SAINT PANCRAS OF EVOLO

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Schwab, Gustav: Sagen des klassischen Altertums Teil 1 german 10 jan 2009

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Gustav (Benjamin) Schwab (* 19. Juni 1792 in Stuttgart; † 4. November 1850 ebd.) war ein deutscher Pfarrer und Schriftsteller, der zur Schwäbischen Dichterschule gerechnet wird. Mit seinen Sagen des klassischen Altertums (1838–1840) hat er einen Klassiker der deutschsprachigen Kinder- und Jugendliteratur geschaffen.

Gustav Schwab beschäftigte sich bereits während seiner Tätigkeit beim Metzler-Verlag in Stuttgart intensiv mit der Herausgabe antiker griechischer und römischer Werke. Seine Kenntnisse der griechischen Mythologie erweiterte er durch das Auswerten antiker Quellentexte.

In seiner Funktion als Lehrer sah es Schwab als seine Aufgabe an, den Schülern die antiken Mythen nahe zu bringen und legte bei seiner Übertragung großen Wert darauf, möglichst nah am Originaltext zu bleiben, wodurch der Text allerdings von manchen auch als langatmig empfunden wurde.

In einer 1974 erschienenen Neubearbeitung wurden die Sagen in eine „auch für Jugendliche verständliche Sprache“ übertragen, so dass heute beide Fassungen kursieren. Der Lyriker und Kinderbuchautor Josef Guggenmos bearbeitete Schwabs Sammlung 2006 neu, indem er den Text kürzte und altertümelnde Wendungen glättete.

Schwabs Sammlung der griechischen Sagen ist ein Klassiker der deutschsprachigen Kinder- und Jugendliteratur und bis heute das deutsche Standardwerk über die antike Mythologie.

War eine wahre Sysiphusarbeit! Zweiter Teil folgt bald.

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Schwab, Gustav: Sagen des klassischen Altertums Teil 2 german 18 jan 2009

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Gustav (Benjamin) Schwab (* 19. Juni 1792 in Stuttgart; † 4. November 1850 ebd.) war ein deutscher Pfarrer und Schriftsteller, der zur Schwäbischen Dichterschule gerechnet wird. Mit seinen Sagen des klassischen Altertums (1838–1840) hat er einen Klassiker der deutschsprachigen Kinder- und Jugendliteratur geschaffen.

Gustav Schwab beschäftigte sich bereits während seiner Tätigkeit beim Metzler-Verlag in Stuttgart intensiv mit der Herausgabe antiker griechischer und römischer Werke. Seine Kenntnisse der griechischen Mythologie erweiterte er durch das Auswerten antiker Quellentexte.

In seiner Funktion als Lehrer sah es Schwab als seine Aufgabe an, den Schülern die antiken Mythen nahe zu bringen und legte bei seiner Übertragung großen Wert darauf, möglichst nah am Originaltext zu bleiben, wodurch der Text allerdings von manchen auch als langatmig empfunden wurde.

In einer 1974 erschienenen Neubearbeitung wurden die Sagen in eine „auch für Jugendliche verständliche Sprache“ übertragen, so dass heute beide Fassungen kursieren. Der Lyriker und Kinderbuchautor Josef Guggenmos bearbeitete Schwabs Sammlung 2006 neu, indem er den Text kürzte und altertümelnde Wendungen glättete.

Schwabs Sammlung der griechischen Sagen ist ein Klassiker der deutschsprachigen Kinder- und Jugendliteratur und bis heute das deutsche Standardwerk über die antike Mythologie.

Hier der zweite und letzte Teil.

NB: Dieser zweite Teil hat einen Anhang von weiteren 14 Sagen, die in Stil und Erzählweise deutlich abfallen. Da ich mich nicht als Zensor sehe, habe ich sie nicht wegeditiert und überlasse sie Ihrem Geschmack.

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Scott, G. Firth: Colonial Born. V1. 11 Jun 2012

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George Henry Firth Scott, journalist and writer, generally known as G. Firth Scott, was the son of George Firth Scott, land Commissioner and Emma Elizabeth (nee Barnes). He was born about 1862 at Golspie, County Sutherland, Scotland.
He came to Australia and worked as a journalist for newspapers, including the Hobart Mercury and the Sydney Daily Telegraph and also contributed stories to magazines including Belgravia. On 4 October, 1889 he married Ailleen Murphy at St. Stephen's Cathedral, Brisbane. [...]

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He, stolid, hard-working bushman, with no ambition for anything beyond what he termed "bush graft and square meals," leaned over his slip-rails and looked up and down the road, wondering what else a man wants for contentment beyond work, food, and sleep.

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Scott, G. Firth: The Last Lemurian A Westralian Romance. V1. 5 Jun 2012

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George Henry Firth Scott, journalist and writer, generally known as G. Firth Scott, was the son of George Firth Scott, land Commissioner and Emma Elizabeth (nee Barnes). He was born about 1862 at Golspie, County Sutherland, Scotland.
He came to Australia and worked as a journalist for newspapers, including the Hobart Mercury and the Sydney Daily Telegraph and also contributed stories to magazines including Belgravia. On 4 October, 1889 he married Ailleen Murphy at St. Stephen's Cathedral, Brisbane. [...]

This volume is a romance set against the backdrop of the wilds of Australia. Dick Halwood meets up with the Hatter, who tells the story of a strange land in the Australian desert where an odd yellow woman lives, ruling a band of aged pygmies. Tor Ymmothe, the yellow woman, is the last Queen of Lemuria. She has been condemned to live alone for thousands of years in the caves, paying the price for the arrogance of her race which was destroyed. She guards the body of a young princess, who has lain in a comatose state for thousands of years, waiting for her own true love to appear. Halwood discovers where the princess' body lies. Upon seeing her face, he learns she is the woman who had appeared to him in a vision. Join Halwood in his adventurous quest for true love.

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Scott, G. Firth: The Rider of Waroona. V1. 10 Jun 2012

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George Henry Firth Scott, journalist and writer, generally known as G. Firth Scott, was the son of George Firth Scott, land Commissioner and Emma Elizabeth (nee Barnes). He was born about 1862 at Golspie, County Sutherland, Scotland.
He came to Australia and worked as a journalist for newspapers, including the Hobart Mercury and the Sydney Daily Telegraph and also contributed stories to magazines including Belgravia. On 4 October, 1889 he married Ailleen Murphy at St. Stephen's Cathedral, Brisbane. [...]

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He was a man who never discarded any article of use or clothing until it was hopelessly beyond repair. With a huge fortune stowed away in gilt-edged securities and metropolitan house property, he grudged even a coat of paint for the vehicle he had driven for nearly forty years. The local wheelwright had long since declined to attempt to repair it, so the old man fell back on fencing-wire and his own skill whenever the final collapse seemed imminent.

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Scott, G. Firth: The Romance of Polar Exploration. V1. 8 Jun 22012

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George Henry Firth Scott, journalist and writer, generally known as G. Firth Scott, was the son of George Firth Scott, land Commissioner and Emma Elizabeth (nee Barnes). He was born about 1862 at Golspie, County Sutherland, Scotland.
He came to Australia and worked as a journalist for newspapers, including the Hobart Mercury and the Sydney Daily Telegraph and also contributed stories to magazines including Belgravia. On 4 October, 1889 he married Ailleen Murphy at St. Stephen's Cathedral, Brisbane. [...]

INTERESTING DESCRIPTIONS OF ARCTIC AND ANTARCTIC ADVENTURE FROM THE EARLIEST TIME TO THE VOYAGE OF THE "DISCOVERY"

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Scott, Leroy: Children of the Whirlwind. V1. 11 Oct 2009

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Scott, Leroy, 1875-1929

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It was an uninspiring bit of street: narrow, paved with cobble; hot and noisy in summer, reeking with unwholesome mud during the drizzling and snow-slimed months of winter. It looked anything this May after noon except a starting-place for drama. But, then, the great dramas of life often avoid the splendid estates and trappings with which conventional romance would equip them, and have their beginnings in unlikeliest environment; and thence sweep on to a noble, consuming tragedy, or to a glorious unfolding of souls. Life is a composite of contradictions—a puzzle to the wisest of us: the lily lifting its graceful purity aloft may have its roots in a dunghill. Samson’s dead lion putrefying by a roadside is ever and again being found to be a storehouse of wild honey. We are too accustomed to the ordinary and the obvious to consider that beauty or worth may, after bitter travail, grow out of that which is ugly and unpromising.

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Scott, Leroy: Counsel for the Defense. V1. 12 Oct 2009

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Scott, Leroy, 1875-1929

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The room was thick with dust and draped with ancient cobwebs. In one corner dismally reposed a literary junk heap—old magazines, broken-backed works of reference, novels once unanimously read but now unanimously forgotten. The desk was a helter-skelter of papers. One of the two chairs had its burst cane seat mended by an atlas of the world; and wherever any of the floor peered dimly through the general debris it showed a complexion of dark and ineradicable greasiness. Altogether, it was a room hopelessly unfit for human habitation; which is perhaps but an indirect manner of stating that it was the office of the editor of a successful newspaper.

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Scott, Leroy: No. 13 Washington Square. V1. 12 Oct 2009

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Scott, Leroy, 1875-1929

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It was a raw, ill-humored afternoon, yet too late in the spring for the ministration of steam heat, so the unseasonable May chill was banished from Mrs. De Peyster’s sitting-room by a wood fire that crackled in the grate; crackled most decorously, be it added, for Mrs. De Peyster’s fire would no more have forgotten itself and shown a boisterous enthusiasm than would one of her admirably trained servants. Beside a small steel safe, whose outer shell of exquisite cabinet-work transformed that fortress against burglarious desire into an article of furniture that harmonized with the comfortable elegance of a lady’s boudoir, sat Mrs. De Peyster herself—she was born a De Peyster—carefully transferring her jewels from the trays of the safe to leathern cases. She looked quite as Mrs. De Peyster should have looked: with an aura of high dignity that a sixty-year-old dowager of the first water could not surpass, yet with a freshness of person that (had it not been for her dignity) might have made her early forties seem a blossomy thirty-five.

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Scott, Sir Walter: Guy Mannering. V1. 26 Dec 2008

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Sir Walter Scott, 1st Baronet (15 August 1771 – 21 September 1832) was a prolific Scottish historical novelist and poet popular throughout Europe during his time.
In some ways Scott was the first English-language author to have a truly international career in his lifetime, with many contemporary readers all over Europe, Australia, and North America. His novels and poetry are still read, and many of his works remain classics of both English-language literature and of Scottish literature. Famous titles include Ivanhoe, Rob Roy, The Lady of The Lake, Waverley, The Heart of Midlothian and The Bride of Lammermoor.

Guy Mannering is set in the 1760s to 1780s, mostly in the Galloway area of south west Scotland. It tells the story of Harry Bertram, the son of the Laird of Ellangowan, who is kidnapped at the age of five by smugglers after witnessing the murder of a customs officer. It follows the fortunes and adventures of Henry and his family in subsequent years, and the struggle over the inheritance of Ellangowan. The novel also depicts the lawlessness that existed at the time, when smugglers operated along the coast and thieves frequented the country roads.
The title character, Guy Mannering, is a relatively minor character in the story, a friend of the family who uses his knowledge of astrology to predict Henry's future on the day of his birth.
The book is notable for some of its minor characters. The most important of these is the old gypsy woman Meg Merrilies, who is evicted from the Bertram lands early in the novel. In spite of this she remains loyal to the Bertram family, and much of the plot is dependent on her actions. She was based on an 18th century gypsy named Jean Gordon. Dandie Dinmont is a rough but friendly farmer from the Liddesdale hills, who owns a number of terriers - the Dandie Dinmont Terrier is named after him. Dominie Sampson, according to Nuttall, was "a poor, modest, humble scholar, who had won his way through the classics, but fallen to the leeward in the voyage of life". "Dominie" is the Lowland Scots term for a school master. Tib Mumps was the disreputable landlady of the inn where an important meeting takes place between Meg Merrilies and Bertram. The inn was later revealed by Scott to be based upon Mumps Hall in Gilsland.

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Scott, Sir Walter: Ivanhoe german v1 22 feb 2009

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[Ivanhoe[/ ist ein 1820 publizierter Roman von Sir Walter Scott und zugleich der Name der Hauptperson des Romans, des Kreuzritters Sir Wilfred of Ivanhoe.

England im 12. Jahrhundert: Ritter Wilfred von Ivanhoe kehrt vom Kreuzzug nach Palästina zurück, an dem er im Dienste seines Königs Richard Löwenherz teilgenommen hat. In der Abwesenheit des Königs hat dessen Bruder Johann versucht, die Macht an sich zu reißen. Gemeinsam mit dem geheimnisvollen schwarzen Ritter kämpft Ivanhoe gegen Johanns französische Verbündete. Aber er hat auch noch einen privaten Kampf auszufechten, nämlich den um die Liebe seiner Angebetenen, Lady Rowena.

Die Geschichte thematisiert die Rivalitäten in England zwischen Angelsachsen und Normannen nach dem Sieg Wilhelms des Eroberers sowie die Spätfolgen der Kreuzzüge mit der Geiselnahme des englischen Königs Richard Löwenherz in Österreich. Ebenso sind die damals existenten Vorurteile gegenüber Juden dargestellt. Robin Hood tritt unter dem Namen „Locksley“ in Erscheinung.

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Scott, Sir Walter: Ivanhoe v1 28 nov 2008

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Sir Walter Scott- Ivanhoe.

Madam Brochkina has done a very valuable version of this classic a while ago. I have uploaded this new version because this ebook does contain a whole slew of notes, an introduction, a dedication and some footnotes plus a new cover.

Got it from PG, as usual, gave it the MTH treatment and added a cover.

Note: Patricia, look where I have put the footnotes!

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Scott, Sir Walter: Ivanhoe. v1, 2 Jan 2008

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Scott, Sir Walter:Ivanhoe. v1, 30 Dec 2007
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia:

Ivanhoe is the story of one of the remaining Saxon noble families at a time when the nobility was overwhelmingly Norman. It follows the Saxon protagonist, Wilfred of Ivanhoe, who is out of favour with his father owing to his courting of the Lady Rowena (promised to another man) and his allegiance to the Norman king Richard I of England, who is returning from the Crusades incognito amidst the plotting of Richard's brother, Prince John of England. The legendary Robin Hood, initially under the name of Locksley, is also a character in the story, as are his 'merry men,' including Friar Tuck and, less so, Alan-a-Dale. (Little John is merely mentioned). The character that Scott gave to Robin Hood in Ivanhoe helped shape the modern notion of this figure as a cheery noble outlaw.

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Scott, Sir Walter: The Abbot. V1. 4 Jan 2009

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Sir Walter Scott, 1st Baronet (15 August 1771 – 21 September 1832) was a prolific Scottish historical novelist and poet popular throughout Europe during his time.
In some ways Scott was the first English-language author to have a truly international career in his lifetime, with many contemporary readers all over Europe, Australia, and North America. His novels and poetry are still read, and many of his works remain classics of both English-language literature and of Scottish literature. Famous titles include Ivanhoe, Rob Roy, The Lady of The Lake, Waverley, The Heart of Midlothian and The Bride of Lammermoor.

The Abbot (1820) is a historical novel by Sir Walter Scott. Along with The Monastery, it is one of Scott's Tales from Benedictine Sources and is set in the time of Mary Queen of Scots and the Elizabethan era of the Kingdom of England. The story follows the fortunes of certain characters Scott introduced in The Monastery, but it it also introduces new characters, especially Roland Graeme.
It is concerned mainly with Mary Queen of Scots imprisonment at Loch Leven Castle, her escape and defeat.
Parallel to this is the romance of Roland Graeme, a dim-witted but spirited youth. He is brought up at the castle of Avenel by Mary Avenel and her husband, Halbert Glendinning. Roland is sent by the Regent Murray to be page to Mary Stuart with directions to guard her. He falls in love with Catherine Seyton who is one of the ladies in waiting to the queen. He is found later to be the heir to Avenel. Edward Glendinning, the brother of Halbert, is the abbot of the title, the last abbot of the monastery described in the preceding novel.

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Scott, Sir Walter: The Betrothed, v.1, 14 December 2008.

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The Betrothed (1825)
By Sir Walter Scott, Bart. (1771–1832)

Another medieval novel from Sir Walter Scott, set on the Welsh borders. The lady Eveline finds her castle besieged by the Welsh. (Trebuchets are used.) She also finds herself betrothed to her rescuer, even though she’s not especially fond of him. Then he goes off to the crusades…

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Scott, Sir Walter: The Black Dwarf. v1, 18 Sep 2008

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Created with BookCreator v2.0 PRC attachment created with MobiCreator
(This book was created using BC v2.0 (developments) feature which converts uppercase words to italics. -- A convention many text files use.)

The Black Dwarf is the first book of the 'Tales of my Landlord' series

The Plot from WIKI
The story is set in the early 18th century in the Liddesdale hills of the Scottish borders, familiar to Scott from his The Minstrelsy of the Scottish Border ballads. The main character is based on the life of David Ritchie, who Scott met in the fall of 1797. In the tale, the dwarf is Sir Edward Mauley, regarded by the locals as being in league with the Devil, embroiled in a complex tale of love, revenge, betrayal, Jacobite schemes and a threatened forced marriage.

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Scott, Sir Walter: The Bride of Lammermoor, v.1, 16 December 2008.

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The Bride of Lammermoor (1819)
By Sir Walter Scott, Bart. (1771–1832)

A tale of adventure and thwarted, tragic love, set in Scotland. Lucy Ashton loves Edgar, the Master of Ravenswood. But her mother, Lady Ashton, is determined to part the lovers and hastily makes alternative arrangements, with tragic results.

The novel provided the libretto for Donizetti’s opera, “Lucia di Lammermoor.”

The source was a particularly poor PG file. The cover image is Millais’ “The Bride of Lammermoor.”

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Scott, Sir Walter: The Monastery. V1. 4 Jan 2009

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Sir Walter Scott, 1st Baronet (15 August 1771 – 21 September 1832) was a prolific Scottish historical novelist and poet popular throughout Europe during his time.
In some ways Scott was the first English-language author to have a truly international career in his lifetime, with many contemporary readers all over Europe, Australia, and North America. His novels and poetry are still read, and many of his works remain classics of both English-language literature and of Scottish literature. Famous titles include Ivanhoe, Rob Roy, The Lady of The Lake, Waverley, The Heart of Midlothian and The Bride of Lammermoor.

The Monastery. A Romance (1820) is a historical novel by Sir Walter Scott. Along with The Abbot, it is one of Scott's Tales from Benedictine Sources and is set in the time of Mary Queen of Scots and the Elizabethan period (England).
The action is centred around the Monastery of Kennaquhair, probably based on Melrose Abbey in south east Scotland, on the Tweed. At this time the Scottish Reformation is just beginning, and the monastery is in peril.
A love story is interwoven as the Glendinning boys fall in love with Mary Avenel. Edward ends up becoming a monk, and Halbert finally marries Mary, after service with the Earl of Murray.

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Scott, Sir Walter: The Pirate.V1. 7th June 2012

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From Wikipedia [quotSir Walter Scott, 1st Baronet (15 August 1771 – 21 September 1832) was a Scottish historical novelist, playwright, and poet, popular throughout much of the world during his time.[/quot I had trouble finding this book at first. Finally I found it at Internet Archive though in less than great shape. Hopefully I have found all the scan errors (crosses fingers).

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Scott, Sir Walter: The Talisman (Illustrated and annotated) v1. 26 September 2013

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Sir Walter Scott was born in Edinburgh in 1771. Two years later he contracted poliomyelitis, was lame in his right leg for the rest of his life, and was unwell throughout his childhood and adolescence. He entered Edinburgh University in 1789, graduated as a lawyer in 1792, and practiced in law and law administration for the rest of his life. He became a partner in a friend's publishing company in 1805, and half owner in 1809. The company collapsed in 1813 and although Scott was saved from bankruptcy by a patron he worked very hard until his death to meet the debts of the firm's creditors.

In 1818 he led a team which recovered the Scottish Crown Jewels in Edinburgh Castle, and was rewarded with a baronetcy by the Prince Regent. He was elected President of the Royal Society of Edinburgh in 1820, and in 1822 played the leading role in organising the visit of George IV to Edinburgh.

He started writing poetry in 1792, and [The Lay of the Last Minstrel[/ was published in 1805 to great acclaim. He was offered but declined the Poet Laureateship in 1813.

Scott's first novel, [Waverly[/, was published anonymously in 1814, and is said to be the most successful English novel of all time. He wrote forty or so other novels and more poetry until just before his death in 1832 and is said to be the first writer in English who was famous in his own lifetime.

[The Talisman[/ was published in 1825, and is set during the Third Crusade in 1191-2. It is a historical romance, with the accent very much on the romance rather than the history. As he himself writes:

'It may be said, in general, that most of the incidents introduced in the following tale are fictitious; and that reality, where it exists, is only retained in the characters of the piece.'

Scott was the first or among the first writers to praise and respect Muslims.

The text is based on Project Gutenberg 1136-h.htm, The Internet Archive, and the Everyman's Library edition. The images were taken from the Internet Archive. The spelling has been modernised. The footnotes which were taken from one or other text are marked in square brackets, and the annotations (consisting of definitions, scripture references, or comments on the most flagrant historical errors) are marked by curly brackets.

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Scott, Sir Walter: The Talisman, v.1, 12 December 2008.

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The Talisman: A Tale of the Crusaders (1825)
By Sir Walter Scott, Bart. (1771–1832)

A tale of the Third Crusade. King Richard, Coeur de Lion, crusading in Palestine, and the chivalrous Saladin is defending it. The king falls ill and much scheming ensues. There is also a sub-plot with a romance.

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Scully, W. C: A Vendetta of the Desert. v1. 13 Jul 2014

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William Charles Scully (29 October 1855 – 25 August 1943) is one of South Africa's best-known authors, although little known outside South Africa. In addition to his work as an author, his paid work was principally as a magistrate in Springfontein, South Africa, as well as in Namaqualand and the Transkei. His last position before retirement was as Chief Magistrate of Port Elizabeth, one of South Africa's larger cities. He organised the building of "New Brighton", a township for aboriginal African people in Port Elizabeth. At the time it was regarded as very progressive—a pleasant place to live.

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Old Tyardt van der Walt, head of the family of that name, came of good Netherlands stock. His grandfather had emigrated from Holland with his family in the middle of the Eighteenth Century and settled at the Cape. He bought a farm in the Stellenbosch district and there commenced life anew as a wine farmer. The family consisted of his wife, a son and several daughters—all of whom married early. At his death the farm descended to his son Cornelius from whom, in course of time, another Tyardt inherited it.

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Scully, W. C: Between Sun and Sand. v1. 12 Jul 2014

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William Charles Scully (29 October 1855 – 25 August 1943) is one of South Africa's best-known authors, although little known outside South Africa. In addition to his work as an author, his paid work was principally as a magistrate in Springfontein, South Africa, as well as in Namaqualand and the Transkei. His last position before retirement was as Chief Magistrate of Port Elizabeth, one of South Africa's larger cities. He organised the building of "New Brighton", a township for aboriginal African people in Port Elizabeth. At the time it was regarded as very progressive—a pleasant place to live.

A Tale of an African Desert

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Scully, W. C: By Veldt and Kopje. v1. 12 Jul 2014

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William Charles Scully (29 October 1855 – 25 August 1943) is one of South Africa's best-known authors, although little known outside South Africa. In addition to his work as an author, his paid work was principally as a magistrate in Springfontein, South Africa, as well as in Namaqualand and the Transkei. His last position before retirement was as Chief Magistrate of Port Elizabeth, one of South Africa's larger cities. He organised the building of "New Brighton", a township for aboriginal African people in Port Elizabeth. At the time it was regarded as very progressive—a pleasant place to live.

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It was a month since the receipt of the circular from the Government, directing that the long-dormant “Leprosy Repression Act” be put in force, and the District Surgeon had, in the interval, been busy riding from kraal to kraal in these locations where the disease existed, obtaining the voluminous data required in each individual case. This data had now been transferred to the fateful livid forms, the imposing pile of which the Magistrate was regarding with troubled eyes.

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Scully, W. C: Kafir Stories. v1. 12 Jul 2014

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William Charles Scully (29 October 1855 – 25 August 1943) is one of South Africa's best-known authors, although little known outside South Africa. In addition to his work as an author, his paid work was principally as a magistrate in Springfontein, South Africa, as well as in Namaqualand and the Transkei. His last position before retirement was as Chief Magistrate of Port Elizabeth, one of South Africa's larger cities. He organised the building of "New Brighton", a township for aboriginal African people in Port Elizabeth. At the time it was regarded as very progressive—a pleasant place to live.

THE EUMENIDES IN KAFIRLAND.
THE FUNDAMENTAL AXIOM.
KELLSON’S NEMESIS.
THE QUEST OF THE COPPER.
GHAMBA.
UKUSHWAMA.
UMTAGATI.

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Scully, W. C: Lodges in the Wilderness. v1. 12 Jul 2014

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William Charles Scully (29 October 1855 – 25 August 1943) is one of South Africa's best-known authors, although little known outside South Africa. In addition to his work as an author, his paid work was principally as a magistrate in Springfontein, South Africa, as well as in Namaqualand and the Transkei. His last position before retirement was as Chief Magistrate of Port Elizabeth, one of South Africa's larger cities. He organised the building of "New Brighton", a township for aboriginal African people in Port Elizabeth. At the time it was regarded as very progressive—a pleasant place to live.

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The world moves rapidly and with increasing momentum. Even regions remote from those communities which the stress of increasing population and the curse of unleisured industrialism send spinning “down the ringing grooves of change,” are often so disturbed or overwhelmed by the overflow of what threatens to be an almost worldwide current of morbid energy, that within a strangely short period their character is apt completely to alter and their individuality to become utterly destroyed.

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Scully, W. C: Reminiscences of a South African Pioneer. v1. 13 Jul 2014

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William Charles Scully (29 October 1855 – 25 August 1943) is one of South Africa's best-known authors, although little known outside South Africa. In addition to his work as an author, his paid work was principally as a magistrate in Springfontein, South Africa, as well as in Namaqualand and the Transkei. His last position before retirement was as Chief Magistrate of Port Elizabeth, one of South Africa's larger cities. He organised the building of "New Brighton", a township for aboriginal African people in Port Elizabeth. At the time it was regarded as very progressive—a pleasant place to live.

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Having lived for upwards of forty-five years in South Africa usually in parts remote from those settled areas which have attained a measure of civilization and having been a wide wanderer in my early days, it has been my fortune to witness many interesting events and to be brought into contact with many strong men. Occasionally, as in the case of the earlier discoveries of gold and diamonds, I have drifted, a pipkin among pots, close to the centre around which the immediate interests of the country seemed to revolve.

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Scully, W. C: The White Hecatomb. v1. 14 Jul 2014

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William Charles Scully (29 October 1855 – 25 August 1943) is one of South Africa's best-known authors, although little known outside South Africa. In addition to his work as an author, his paid work was principally as a magistrate in Springfontein, South Africa, as well as in Namaqualand and the Transkei. His last position before retirement was as Chief Magistrate of Port Elizabeth, one of South Africa's larger cities. He organised the building of "New Brighton", a township for aboriginal African people in Port Elizabeth. At the time it was regarded as very progressive—a pleasant place to live.

The White Hecatomb.
The Vengeance of Dogolwana.
Gquma; Or, The White Waif.
The Tramp’s Tragedy.
The Seed of the Church.
Little Tobè.
The Imishologu.
The Madness of Gweva.
The Love Charm.
Derelicts.
The Return of Sobèdè.
The Quick and the Dead.
Aiäla.

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Seawell, Molly Elliot: Betty at Fort Blizzard. V1. 23 Oct 2011

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Molly Elliot Seawell (October 23, 1860, Gloucester, Virginia – November 15, 1916, Washington, D. C.) was an American writer.

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COLONEL JOHN Hope Fortescue, commanding the fine new cavalry post of Fort Blizzard, in the far Northwest, sat in his comfortable office and gazed through the big window at the plaza with its tall flagstaff, from which the splendid regimental flag floated in the crystal cold air of December. Afar off was a broad plateau for drills, an aviation field, and beyond all, a still, snow-bound world, walled in by jagged peaks of ice. It seemed to Colonel Fortescue, who was an idealist and at the same time a crack cavalry officer, that the great flag on the giant flagstaff dominated the frozen world around it, and its stars were a part of the firmament. When the sun rose and the flag was run up, then indeed it was sunrise. And when the sun descended in majesty, so the flag descended in glory.

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Seawell, Molly Elliot: Francezka. V1. 23 Oct 2011

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Molly Elliot Seawell (October 23, 1860, Gloucester, Virginia – November 15, 1916, Washington, D. C.) was an American writer.

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I MAINTAIN that my master, Maurice, Count of Saxe, Marshal-general of France, Duke of Courland and Semigallia, Knight of the Most Noble Order of Merit, Knight of the Most Noble Order of the White Eagle, Knight of St. Louis, Knight of St. Stanislaus, and of many other noble Orders—I maintain him, I say, to be the greatest man, the bravest man, the finest man, the handsomest man, the man most dreaded by his foes, the most loved by his friends, the most incomparable with the ladies, the first soldier of all time—in short, the most superb, the most terrible and the most admirable man who ever lived—and I can prove it.

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Seawell, Molly Elliot: Throckmorton. V1. 23 Oct 2011

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Molly Elliot Seawell (October 23, 1860, Gloucester, Virginia – November 15, 1916, Washington, D. C.) was an American writer.

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In a lowland Virginia neighborhood, strangely cut off from the rest of the world geographically, and wrapped in a profound and charming stillness, a little universe exists. It has its oracles of law, medicine, and divinity; its wars and alliances. Free from that outward contact which makes an intolerable sameness among people, its types develop quaintly. There is peace, and elbow-room for everybody’s peculiarities.

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Sedgwick, Anne Douglas: A Childhood in Brittany Eighty Years Ago. v1. 15 Jul 2014

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Anne Douglas Sedgwick (March 28, 1873 - July 19, 1935) was an American-born British writer. The daughter of a businessman, she was born in Englewood, New Jersey but at age nine her family moved to London. Although she made return visits to the United States, she lived in England for the remainder of her life. In 1908, she married the British essayist and journalist, Basil de Sélincourt. During World War I she and her husband were volunteer workers in hospitals and orphanages in France. Her novels explored the contrast in values between Americans and Europeans. Her bestselling novel Tante was made into a 1918 film, The Impossible Woman and The Little French Girl into a 1925 film of the same name. In 1931, she was elected to the United States National Institute of Arts and Letters. Four of her books were on the list of bestselling novels in the United States for 1912, 1924, 1927, and 1929 as determined by the New York Times. Anne Douglas Sedgwick died in Hampstead, England in 1935. The following year her husband published "Anne Douglas Sedgwick: A Portrait in Letters."

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This little sheaf of childish memories has been put together from many talks, in her own tongue, with an old French friend. The names of her relatives have, by her wish, been changed to other names, taken from their Breton properties, or slightly altered while preserving the character of the Breton original.
Sedgwick, Anne Douglas: A Childhood in Brittany Eighty Years Ago. v1. 15 Jul 2014

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Sedgwick, Anne Douglas: A Fountain Sealed. V1. 30 Apr 2009

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Anne Douglas Sedgwick (March 28, 1873 - July 19, 1935) was an American-born British writer. The daughter of a businessman, she was born in Englewood, New Jersey but at age nine her family moved to London. Although she made return visits to the United States, she lived in England for the remainder of her life.
In 1908, she married the British essayist and journalist, Basil de Sélincourt. During World War I she and her husband were volunteer workers in hospitals and orphanages in France.
Her novels explored the contrast in values between Americans and Europeans. He bestsellin novel Tante was made into a 1918 film, The Impossible Woman and The Little French Girl into a 1925 film of the same name. In 1931, she was elected to the United States National Institute of Arts and Letters. Four of her books were on the list of bestselling novels in the United States for 1912, 1924, 1927, and 1929 as determined by the New York Times.
Anne Douglas Sedgwick died in Hampstead, England in 1935. The following year her husband published "Anne Douglas Sedgwick: A Portrait in Letters."

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Three people were sitting in a small drawing-room, the windows of which looked out upon a wintry Boston street. It was a room rather empty and undecorated, but the idea of austerity was banished by a temperature so nearly tropical. There were rows of books on white shelves, a pale Donatello cast on the wall, and two fine bronze vases filled with roses on the mantelpiece. Over the roses hung a portrait in oils, very sleek and very accurate, of a commanding old gentleman in uniform, painted by a well-known German painter, and all about the room were photographs of young women, most of them young mothers, with smooth heads and earnest faces, holding babies. Outside, the snow was heaped high along the pavements and thickly ridged the roofs and lintels. After the blizzard the sun was shining and all the white glittered. The national colors, to a patriotic imagination, were pleasingly represented by the red, white and blue of the brick houses, the snow, and the vivid sky above.

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Sedgwick, Anne Douglas: Amabel Channice. V1. 29 Apr 2009

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Anne Douglas Sedgwick (March 28, 1873 - July 19, 1935) was an American-born British writer. The daughter of a businessman, she was born in Englewood, New Jersey but at age nine her family moved to London. Although she made return visits to the United States, she lived in England for the remainder of her life.
In 1908, she married the British essayist and journalist, Basil de Sélincourt. During World War I she and her husband were volunteer workers in hospitals and orphanages in France.
Her novels explored the contrast in values between Americans and Europeans. He bestsellin novel Tante was made into a 1918 film, The Impossible Woman and The Little French Girl into a 1925 film of the same name. In 1931, she was elected to the United States National Institute of Arts and Letters. Four of her books were on the list of bestselling novels in the United States for 1912, 1924, 1927, and 1929 as determined by the New York Times.
Anne Douglas Sedgwick died in Hampstead, England in 1935. The following year her husband published "Anne Douglas Sedgwick: A Portrait in Letters."

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Lady Channice was waiting for her son to come in from the garden. The afternoon was growing late, but she had not sat down to the table, though tea was ready and the kettle sent out a narrow banner of steam. Walking up and down the long room she paused now and then to look at the bowls and vases of roses placed about it, now and then to look out of the windows, and finally at the last window she stopped to watch Augustine advancing over the lawn towards the house.

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Sedgwick, Anne Douglas: Christmas Roses and Other Stories. v1. 15 Jul 2014

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Anne Douglas Sedgwick (March 28, 1873 - July 19, 1935) was an American-born British writer. The daughter of a businessman, she was born in Englewood, New Jersey but at age nine her family moved to London. Although she made return visits to the United States, she lived in England for the remainder of her life. In 1908, she married the British essayist and journalist, Basil de Sélincourt. During World War I she and her husband were volunteer workers in hospitals and orphanages in France. Her novels explored the contrast in values between Americans and Europeans. Her bestselling novel Tante was made into a 1918 film, The Impossible Woman and The Little French Girl into a 1925 film of the same name. In 1931, she was elected to the United States National Institute of Arts and Letters. Four of her books were on the list of bestselling novels in the United States for 1912, 1924, 1927, and 1929 as determined by the New York Times. Anne Douglas Sedgwick died in Hampstead, England in 1935. The following year her husband published "Anne Douglas Sedgwick: A Portrait in Letters."

CHRISTMAS ROSES
HEPATICAS
DAFFODILS
PANSIES
PINK FOXGLOVES
CARNATIONS
STAKING A LARKSPUR
EVENING PRIMROSES
AUTUMN CROCUSES

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Sedgwick, Anne Douglas: Franklin Kane. V1. 1 May 2009

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Anne Douglas Sedgwick (March 28, 1873 - July 19, 1935) was an American-born British writer. The daughter of a businessman, she was born in Englewood, New Jersey but at age nine her family moved to London. Although she made return visits to the United States, she lived in England for the remainder of her life.
In 1908, she married the British essayist and journalist, Basil de Sélincourt. During World War I she and her husband were volunteer workers in hospitals and orphanages in France.
Her novels explored the contrast in values between Americans and Europeans. He bestsellin novel Tante was made into a 1918 film, The Impossible Woman and The Little French Girl into a 1925 film of the same name. In 1931, she was elected to the United States National Institute of Arts and Letters. Four of her books were on the list of bestselling novels in the United States for 1912, 1924, 1927, and 1929 as determined by the New York Times.
Anne Douglas Sedgwick died in Hampstead, England in 1935. The following year her husband published "Anne Douglas Sedgwick: A Portrait in Letters."

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Miss Althea Jakes was tired after her long journey from Basle. It was a brilliant summer afternoon, and though the shutters were half closed on the beating Parisian sunlight, the hotel sitting-room looked, in its brightness, hardly shadowed. Unpinning her hat, laying it on the table beside her, passing her hands over the undisordered folds of her hair, Miss Jakes looked about her at the old-gold brocade of the furniture, the many mirrors in ornate gold frames, the photographs from Bougereau, the long, crisp lace curtains. It was the same sitting-room that she had had last year, the same that she had had the year before last—the same, indeed, to which she had been conducted on her first stay at the Hôtel Talleyrand, eight years ago. The brocade looked as new, the gilded frames as glittering, the lace curtains as snowy as ever. Everything was as she had always seen it, from the ugly Satsuma vases flanking the ugly bronze clock on the mantelpiece, to the sheaf of pink roses lying beside her in their white paper wrappings. Even Miss Harriet Robinson's choice of welcoming flowers was the same. So it had always been, and so, no doubt, it would continue to be for many years to come; and she, no doubt, for many summers, would arrive from Basle to sit, jadedly, looking at it.

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Sedgwick, Anne Douglas: Paths of Judgement. v1. 16 Jul 2014

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Anne Douglas Sedgwick (March 28, 1873 - July 19, 1935) was an American-born British writer. The daughter of a businessman, she was born in Englewood, New Jersey but at age nine her family moved to London. Although she made return visits to the United States, she lived in England for the remainder of her life. In 1908, she married the British essayist and journalist, Basil de Sélincourt. During World War I she and her husband were volunteer workers in hospitals and orphanages in France. Her novels explored the contrast in values between Americans and Europeans. Her bestselling novel Tante was made into a 1918 film, The Impossible Woman and The Little French Girl into a 1925 film of the same name. In 1931, she was elected to the United States National Institute of Arts and Letters. Four of her books were on the list of bestselling novels in the United States for 1912, 1924, 1927, and 1929 as determined by the New York Times. Anne Douglas Sedgwick died in Hampstead, England in 1935. The following year her husband published "Anne Douglas Sedgwick: A Portrait in Letters."

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Felicia was stooping low to pick weeds, and her father seemed to be addressing himself to the landscape in general, as much as to her vague attention. “He is clever, as a man poor and determined on worldly success, and bound to succeed, is clever. It’s a cloddish cleverness, after all. This Wynne, now, is of an appealingly contrasted type. I’ve read a little volume of his somewhere; slight but sensitive, subtle, ironic; bound by no outworn faiths and making use of none for his own advancement; an observer merely, not a scrambler.”

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Sedgwick, Anne Douglas: Tante. v1. 17 Jul 2014

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Anne Douglas Sedgwick (March 28, 1873 - July 19, 1935) was an American-born British writer. The daughter of a businessman, she was born in Englewood, New Jersey but at age nine her family moved to London. Although she made return visits to the United States, she lived in England for the remainder of her life. In 1908, she married the British essayist and journalist, Basil de Sélincourt. During World War I she and her husband were volunteer workers in hospitals and orphanages in France. Her novels explored the contrast in values between Americans and Europeans. Her bestselling novel Tante was made into a 1918 film, The Impossible Woman and The Little French Girl into a 1925 film of the same name. In 1931, she was elected to the United States National Institute of Arts and Letters. Four of her books were on the list of bestselling novels in the United States for 1912, 1924, 1927, and 1929 as determined by the New York Times. Anne Douglas Sedgwick died in Hampstead, England in 1935. The following year her husband published "Anne Douglas Sedgwick: A Portrait in Letters."

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Madame Okraska was pausing on her way from St. Petersburg to New York and this was the only concert she was to give in London that winter. For many hours the enthusiasts who had come to secure unreserved seats had been sitting on the stone stairs that led to the balcony or gallery, or on the still narrower, darker and colder flight that led to the orchestra from Piccadilly Place. From the adjacent hall they could hear the strains of the Moore & Burgess Minstrels, blatant and innocuously vulgar; and the determined mirth, anatomized by distance, sounded a little melancholy. To those of an imaginative turn of mind it might have seemed that they waited in a tunnel at one far end of which could be perceived the tiny memory of tea at an Aerated Bread shop and at the other the vision of the delights to which they would emerge. For there was no one in the world like Madame Okraska, and to see and hear her was worth cold and weariness and hunger. Not only was she the most famous of living pianists but one of the most beautiful of women; and upon this restoring fact many of the most weary stayed themselves, returning again and again to gaze at the pictured face that adorned the outer cover of the programme.

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Sedgwick, Anne Douglas: The Confounding of Camelia. v1. 15 Jul 2014

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Anne Douglas Sedgwick (March 28, 1873 - July 19, 1935) was an American-born British writer. The daughter of a businessman, she was born in Englewood, New Jersey but at age nine her family moved to London. Although she made return visits to the United States, she lived in England for the remainder of her life. In 1908, she married the British essayist and journalist, Basil de Sélincourt. During World War I she and her husband were volunteer workers in hospitals and orphanages in France. Her novels explored the contrast in values between Americans and Europeans. Her bestselling novel Tante was made into a 1918 film, The Impossible Woman and The Little French Girl into a 1925 film of the same name. In 1931, she was elected to the United States National Institute of Arts and Letters. Four of her books were on the list of bestselling novels in the United States for 1912, 1924, 1927, and 1929 as determined by the New York Times. Anne Douglas Sedgwick died in Hampstead, England in 1935. The following year her husband published "Anne Douglas Sedgwick: A Portrait in Letters."

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WHEN Camelia came down into the country after her second London season, descended lightly upon the home of her forefathers, her coming unannounced, and as much a matter of caprice as had been her long absence, a slowly growing opinion, an opinion that had begun to form itself during Camelia’s most irresponsible girlhood, became clearly defined, a judgment fixed and apparently irrevocable. The Patons had always been good, quiet people; absolutely undistinguished, were it not that the superlative quality of their tranquil excellence gave a certain distinction. There were no black sheep in their annals, and a black sheep gives, by contrast, a brilliancy lacking to unaccented bucolic groupings, strikes a note of interest at any rate; but none of the Paton sheep were even gray. They fed in pleasant, plenteous pastures, for it was a wealthy, though not noticeably wealthy family, and perhaps a rather sheep-like dulness, an unimaginative contentment not conducive to adventurous strayings, accounted for the spotless fleeces.

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Sedgwick, Anne Douglas: The Dull Miss Archinard. v1. 16 Jul 2014

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Anne Douglas Sedgwick (March 28, 1873 - July 19, 1935) was an American-born British writer. The daughter of a businessman, she was born in Englewood, New Jersey but at age nine her family moved to London. Although she made return visits to the United States, she lived in England for the remainder of her life. In 1908, she married the British essayist and journalist, Basil de Sélincourt. During World War I she and her husband were volunteer workers in hospitals and orphanages in France. Her novels explored the contrast in values between Americans and Europeans. Her bestselling novel Tante was made into a 1918 film, The Impossible Woman and The Little French Girl into a 1925 film of the same name. In 1931, she was elected to the United States National Institute of Arts and Letters. Four of her books were on the list of bestselling novels in the United States for 1912, 1924, 1927, and 1929 as determined by the New York Times. Anne Douglas Sedgwick died in Hampstead, England in 1935. The following year her husband published "Anne Douglas Sedgwick: A Portrait in Letters."

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A captured trout presently demanded concentrated attention. The vigorous fish required long playing until worn out, when he was deftly secured in the landing-net and despatched with merciful promptitude; indeed, a little look of nervous distaste might have roused in an unsympathetic looker-on conjectures as to a rather weak strain—a foolish width of pity in Peter Odd’s character.

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Sedgwick, Anne Douglas: The Nest. v1. 16 Jul 2014

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Anne Douglas Sedgwick (March 28, 1873 - July 19, 1935) was an American-born British writer. The daughter of a businessman, she was born in Englewood, New Jersey but at age nine her family moved to London. Although she made return visits to the United States, she lived in England for the remainder of her life. In 1908, she married the British essayist and journalist, Basil de Sélincourt. During World War I she and her husband were volunteer workers in hospitals and orphanages in France. Her novels explored the contrast in values between Americans and Europeans. Her bestselling novel Tante was made into a 1918 film, The Impossible Woman and The Little French Girl into a 1925 film of the same name. In 1931, she was elected to the United States National Institute of Arts and Letters. Four of her books were on the list of bestselling novels in the United States for 1912, 1924, 1927, and 1929 as determined by the New York Times. Anne Douglas Sedgwick died in Hampstead, England in 1935. The following year her husband published "Anne Douglas Sedgwick: A Portrait in Letters."

THE NEST
THE WHITE PAGODA
THE SUICIDE
A FORSAKEN TEMPLE
MISS JONES AND THE MASTERPIECE

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Sedgwick, Anne Douglas: The Rescue. v1. 16 Jul 2014

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Anne Douglas Sedgwick (March 28, 1873 - July 19, 1935) was an American-born British writer. The daughter of a businessman, she was born in Englewood, New Jersey but at age nine her family moved to London. Although she made return visits to the United States, she lived in England for the remainder of her life. In 1908, she married the British essayist and journalist, Basil de Sélincourt. During World War I she and her husband were volunteer workers in hospitals and orphanages in France. Her novels explored the contrast in values between Americans and Europeans. Her bestselling novel Tante was made into a 1918 film, The Impossible Woman and The Little French Girl into a 1925 film of the same name. In 1931, she was elected to the United States National Institute of Arts and Letters. Four of her books were on the list of bestselling novels in the United States for 1912, 1924, 1927, and 1929 as determined by the New York Times. Anne Douglas Sedgwick died in Hampstead, England in 1935. The following year her husband published "Anne Douglas Sedgwick: A Portrait in Letters."

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EUSTACE DAMIER bent his long, melancholy profile over the photograph-album. It was an old-fashioned album; its faded morocco cover, its gilt clasp loosened with age, went with the quiet old-fashioned little room, that had no intentions, made no efforts, and yet was full of meaning, with the charm of an epoch near enough to be easily understood, yet with a grace and a pathos in its modern antiquity deeper than that possessed by a more romantic remoteness.

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Sedgwick, Anne Douglas: The Shadow of Life. v1. 17 Jul 2014

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Anne Douglas Sedgwick (March 28, 1873 - July 19, 1935) was an American-born British writer. The daughter of a businessman, she was born in Englewood, New Jersey but at age nine her family moved to London. Although she made return visits to the United States, she lived in England for the remainder of her life. In 1908, she married the British essayist and journalist, Basil de Sélincourt. During World War I she and her husband were volunteer workers in hospitals and orphanages in France. Her novels explored the contrast in values between Americans and Europeans. Her bestselling novel Tante was made into a 1918 film, The Impossible Woman and The Little French Girl into a 1925 film of the same name. In 1931, she was elected to the United States National Institute of Arts and Letters. Four of her books were on the list of bestselling novels in the United States for 1912, 1924, 1927, and 1929 as determined by the New York Times. Anne Douglas Sedgwick died in Hampstead, England in 1935. The following year her husband published "Anne Douglas Sedgwick: A Portrait in Letters."

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To such a little girl death had meant no more than a bewildered loneliness, but the bewilderment was so sharp, the loneliness so aching, that she cried herself into an illness. She had seen her dead mother, the sweet, sightless, silent face, familiar yet amazing, and more than any fear or shrinking had been the suffocating mystery of feeling herself forgotten and left behind. Her uncle Nigel, sorrowful and grave, but so large and kind that his presence seemed to radiate a restoring warmth, came to London for her and a fond nurse went with her to the North, and after a few weeks the anxious affection of her aunts Rachel and Barbara built about her, again, a child’s safe universe of love.

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Sedgwick, Anne Douglas: The Third Window. v1. 17 Jul 2014

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Anne Douglas Sedgwick (March 28, 1873 - July 19, 1935) was an American-born British writer. The daughter of a businessman, she was born in Englewood, New Jersey but at age nine her family moved to London. Although she made return visits to the United States, she lived in England for the remainder of her life. In 1908, she married the British essayist and journalist, Basil de Sélincourt. During World War I she and her husband were volunteer workers in hospitals and orphanages in France. Her novels explored the contrast in values between Americans and Europeans. Her bestselling novel Tante was made into a 1918 film, The Impossible Woman and The Little French Girl into a 1925 film of the same name. In 1931, she was elected to the United States National Institute of Arts and Letters. Four of her books were on the list of bestselling novels in the United States for 1912, 1924, 1927, and 1929 as determined by the New York Times. Anne Douglas Sedgwick died in Hampstead, England in 1935. The following year her husband published "Anne Douglas Sedgwick: A Portrait in Letters."

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“I LOVE this window,” said Antonia, walking down the drawing-room; “and this one. They both look over the moors, you see. This view is even lovelier.” She stopped at the end of the long room, and the young man with the pale face and the limping step followed and looked out of the third window with her. “But—I don’t know why—I hate it. I wish it weren’t here.”

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Sedgwick, Catharine Maria: Hope Leslie. v1, 22 Dec 2016 2016

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Catharine Maria Sedgwick (1789-1867) was an American novelist and short story writer who wrote mainly "Domestic Fiction." Her work was popular from the 1820s to the 1850s, but by the end of the 19th century her work was hardly read. In the 1960s feminist scholars led renewed interest in her work.

She was born into a rich upper class Puritan family, and later joined the Unitarian Church. Her religious beliefs are often mentioned in her writings, including her acceptance of the beliefs of others, and of people of other races.

Hope Leslie, or Early Times in the Massachusetts was her third novel. It was first published nearly a century ago, and is set in New England about two centuries before then. It deals with the romantic and other relationships of Puritans and American Indians, including doctrines and their imposition on others. There is a satirical flavour throughout.

The text source was the 1827 White, Gallagher, and White edition through the Online Books page, and was checked against later editions and the Internet Archive. The source text used mainly British English spellings, and I have made this consistent. I have set letters and documents as blockquotes, silently corrected typos and archaic spellings, curled quotes, replaced italics, diacritics, and scene breaks, and made changes to spelling and hyphenation using oxforddictionaries.com.

There are many references and allusions to other sources in the story, and I have provided annotations for some of them.

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Sedgwick, Catharine Maria: Married or Single?. v1. 8 Jan 2017

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Catharine Maria Sedgwick (1789-1867) was an American novelist and short story writer who wrote mainly "Domestic Fiction." Her work was popular from the 1820s to the 1850s, but by the end of the 19th century her work was hardly read. In the 1960s feminist scholars led renewed interest in her work.

She was born into a rich upper class Puritan family, and later joined the Unitarian Church. Her religious beliefs are often mentioned in her writings, including her acceptance of the beliefs of others, and acceptance of people of other races.

Married or Single? was Miss Sedgwick's last novel, published ten years before her death. It is set in a New York in which Harlem was a country suburb, there were obvious social classes, and there had been many Irish immigrants. The plot is complex, and she writes 'we raise our voice ... against the miserable cant that matrimony is essential to the feebler sex ... that a woman's single life must be useless or undignified, ... that she is but an adjunct of man.'

The source text was taken from the University of Virginia Library via the On Line Books page, and checked against other versions. I have silently corrected typos, curled quotes, replaced italics, used American English, and made changes to spelling and hyphenation using the Cambridge American English Dictionary.

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Sedgwick, Catharine Maria: Slavery in New England. v1, 8th Dec 2016

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Catharine Maria Sedgwick (1789-1867) was an American novelist and short story writer who wrote mainly "Domestic Fiction." Her work was popular from the 1820s to the 1850s, but by the end of the 19th century her work was hardly read. In the 1960s feminist scholars led renewed interest in her work.

She was born into a rich upper class Puritan family, and later joined the Unitarian Church. Her religious beliefs are often mentioned in her writings, including her acceptance and tolerance of the beliefs of others, and of people of other races.

As a child one of her carers had been Elizabeth Freeman, a former slave who had been helped to gain her freedom by Miss Sedgwick's father. This short ebook tells something of Miss Freeman's life and how she gained her freedom.

The text was taken from the Google ebook of 'Bentley's miscellany' which is poorly formatted and contains many spelling errors. I have silently corrected poor formatting and typos, curled quotes, replaced italics and diacritics, retained British English, made changes to spelling and hyphenation using oxforddictionaries.com, and checked the results against the manuscript text at the Massachusets Historical Society site.

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Seele, Francesca Maria: Spoilt Guy. v1. 28 Dec 2016

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Francesca Maria Seele: Born : 1848: Died : 1931 Aug 16 Stroud, Gloucestershire, England

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The “ Pelican ” was steaming across the Bay of Biscay; the sky was dull and cloudy as November skies generally are; there was a slight breeze, but the sea was calm, so calm that many of the passengers, who were crossing the Bay for the first time, were inclined to think that the stories they had heard of its terrors were groundless. Some of them were, perhaps, even a little disappointed to find it so calm, for we are seldom contented with the weather whatever it may be, and it was certainly monotonous work, gazing hour after hour on a weary waste of waters, with only a passing vessel or a few porpoises to vary the scene.

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Segar, Marc: A survival guide for people living with Asperger Syndrome v 1.0 26/06/10

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This is a e-book version of the book [A survival guide for people living with Asperger Syndrome[/, as it's published on this site: http://www.autism-help.org/aspergers-guide-intro.htm

I've only made a few minor formatting changes and added a TOC.
This is version 1.0.
This book is licensed under the GNU Free Documentation (it can be freely copied and distributed, but no changes to the text is allowed).

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Seidel, Willy: Das älteste Ding der Welt. german. v1. 29 feb 2009

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Willy Seidel war ein deutscher Schriftsteller und Bruder der bekannteren Lyrikerin Ina Seidel. Seidels erzählerisches Werk hat mehrere Facetten: In seinen frühen Arbeiten war er als Schilderer ferner Länder ein typischer Vertreter des wilhelminischen Exotismus; allerdings ging Seidel bald darüber hinaus und übte Kritik am Kolonialismus. In den Zwanzigerjahren schrieb Seidel vorwiegend Romane und Erzählungen, die der phantastischen Literatur zuzurechnen sind. Daneben war Seidel auch Verfasser von satirischen und humoristischen Werken.

Die phantastische Erzählung [Das älteste Ding der Welt[/ erschien erstmalig 1923 und wird in Fachkreisen oftmals als "Meistererzählung" Seidels betitelt. Die Erzählung sprengt den Umfang einer Kurzgeschichte und weist Parallelen zu Lovecrafts Meisterstück [Die Farbe aus dem All[/, das ebenfalls von nichtmenschlichen Einflüssen auf die Menschheit handelt, auf, nimmt jedoch einen anderen Verlauf.

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Seltzer, Charles Alden: 'Drag' Harlan. v1, 24 Dec 2012

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Charles Alden Seltzer (15 August 1875–9 February 1942) was an American writer. He was a prolific author of western novels, had writing credits for more than a dozen film titles, and authored numerous stories published in magazines, most prominently in Argosy

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From out of the shimmering haze that veiled the mystic eastern space came a big black horse bearing a rider. Swinging wide, to avoid the feathery dust that lay at the base of a huge sand dune, the black horse loped, making no sound, and seeming to glide forward without effort. Like a somber, gigantic ghost the animal moved, heroic of mold, embodying the spirit of the country, seeming to bear the sinister message of the desert, the whispered promise of death, the lingering threat, the grim mockery of life, and the conviction of futility.

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Seltzer, Charles Alden: Square Deal Sanderson. v1. 24 Dec 2012

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Charles Alden Seltzer (15 August 1875–9 February 1942) was an American writer. He was a prolific author of western novels, had writing credits for more than a dozen film titles, and authored numerous stories published in magazines, most prominently in Argosy

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The gun went off, but did no apparent damage, and before she could fire again the men were upon her. She threw the heavy weapon into the face of the man nearest her—she did not look at him; and ran through the nearest door, which opened into the kitchen. She heard the man curse as the weapon struck him full in the face, and she knew, then, that she had struck Dale.

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Seltzer, Charles Alden: The Boss of the Lazy Y. v1. 25 Dec 2012

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Charles Alden Seltzer (15 August 1875–9 February 1942) was an American writer. He was a prolific author of western novels, had writing credits for more than a dozen film titles, and authored numerous stories published in magazines, most prominently in Argosy

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She started, recollection filling her eyes. "A Toltec!" she said in an awed voice. "I have heard that they are fanatics where their religion is concerned; your father told me that his—that woman—Ezela—told him. She said that the tribe would never give up the search for the idol. He laughed at her; he laughed at me when he told me about it." She drew a deep breath. "And so one of them has come," she said. "I thought I heard a noise upstairs last night," she added. "It must have been then."

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Seltzer, Charles Alden: The Boss of the Lazy Y. v1. 3 Mar 2014

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Charles Alden Seltzer (15 August 1875–9 February 1942) was an American writer. He was a prolific author of western novels, had writing credits for more than a dozen film titles, and authored numerous stories published in magazines, most prominently in Argosy.

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Shuffling down the long slope, its tired legs moving automatically, the drooping pony swerved a little and then came to a halt, trembling with fright. Startled out of his unpleasant ruminations, his lips tensing over his teeth in a savage snarl, Calumet Marston swayed uncertainly in the saddle, caught himself, crouched, and swung a heavy pistol to a menacing poise.

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Seltzer, Charles Alden: The Coming of the Law. v1. 25 Dec 2012

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Charles Alden Seltzer (15 August 1875–9 February 1942) was an American writer. He was a prolific author of western novels, had writing credits for more than a dozen film titles, and authored numerous stories published in magazines, most prominently in Argosy

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"Woman she dont need no tooter,
be she skule mam or biscut shooter.
she has most curyus ways about her,
which leads a man to kinda dout her.

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Seltzer, Charles Alden: The Ranchman. v1. 25 Dec 2012

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Charles Alden Seltzer (15 August 1875–9 February 1942) was an American writer. He was a prolific author of western novels, had writing credits for more than a dozen film titles, and authored numerous stories published in magazines, most prominently in Argosy

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Taylor's last shot, when he had been automatically pressing the trigger after Carrington had struck him viciously with his fist, had brought down the last of the three men who had ambushed him. And one of his last bullets had struck Carrington, who had recovered consciousness and staggered out of the house in time to see the end of the fight. And the big man, in a black, malignant fury of hatred, was staggering toward Taylor, lifting a foot to kick him, when from the direction of the clearing in front of the house came a voice, hoarse and vibrant with a cold, deadly rage:

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Seltzer, Charles Alden: The Range Boss. V1. 22 Dec 2012

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Charles Alden Seltzer (15 August 1875–9 February 1942) was an American writer. He was a prolific author of western novels, had writing credits for more than a dozen film titles, and authored numerous stories published in magazines, most prominently in Argosy

Getting up the shoulder of the mesa was no easy job, but judging from the actions and appearance of wiry pony and rider it was a job that would be accomplished. For part of the distance, it is true, the man thought it best to dismount, drive the pony ahead of him, and follow on foot. At length, however, they reached the top of the mesa, and after a breathing spell the man mounted and rode across the table-land.

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Seltzer, Charles Alden: The Trail Horde. V1. 22 Dec 201

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Charles Alden Seltzer (15 August 1875–9 February 1942) was an American writer. He was a prolific author of western novels, had writing credits for more than a dozen film titles, and authored numerous stories published in magazines, most prominently in Argosy

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For an instant following the attack there was no change in the scene inside the cabin. Surprise that Lawler had escaped his blow seemed to retard Link's movements quite as much as the force of his fall. For he floundered on the floor, unable to get his feet under him; while the bitter wind, howling in through the open door, hurled a blinding avalanche of white clear to the fireplace. On the floor in the smother of white was Link, and near him the handle of the axe stuck rigidly upward, its blade buried deeply in the floor.

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Seltzer, Charles Alden: The Trail to Yesterday. v1. 23 Dec 2012

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Charles Alden Seltzer (15 August 1875–9 February 1942) was an American writer. He was a prolific author of western novels, had writing credits for more than a dozen film titles, and authored numerous stories published in magazines, most prominently in Argosy

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Many disquieting thoughts oppressed Miss Sheila Langford as she halted her pony on the crest of a slight rise and swept the desolate and slumberous world with an anxious glance. Quite the most appalling of these thoughts developed from a realization of the fact that she had lost the trail. The whole categorical array of inconveniences incidental to traveling in a new, unsettled country paled into insignificance when she considered this horrifying and entirely unromantic fact. She was lost; she had strayed from the trail, she was alone and night was coming

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Seltzer, Charles Alden: The Two-Gun Man. v1. 23 Dec 2012

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Charles Alden Seltzer (15 August 1875–9 February 1942) was an American writer. He was a prolific author of western novels, had writing credits for more than a dozen film titles, and authored numerous stories published in magazines, most prominently in Argosy

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From the crest of Three Mile Slope the man on the pony could see the town of Dry Bottom straggling across the gray floor of the flat, its low, squat buildings looking like so many old boxes blown there by an idle wind, or unceremoniously dumped there by a careless fate and left, regardless, to carry out the scheme of desolation.

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Sergeant, Adeline: A Life Sentence. v1. 18 Jul 2014

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Sergeant, Adeline, 1851-1904 ¶

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A curious little thrill of emotion—half sigh, half sob—ran through the crowded court. Even the most callous, the most world-hardened, of human beings cannot hear unmoved the verdict which condemns a fellow-creature to a shameful death. The spectators of Andrew Westwood’s trial for the murder of Sydney Vane had expected, had predicted, the result; yet it came with the force of a shock to their excited nerves. The trial had lasted for two whole days already, and the level rays of sunshine that streamed through the west windows of the court-house showed that the afternoon of a third day was drawing to a close. The attention of the patient sitters with whom the seats were closely packed had been strained to the uttermost; the faces of many were white and weary, or flushed with excitement and fatigue. The short absence of the jurymen had only strung their nerves to a higher pitch; and the slight murmur that passed through the heavy air when the verdict was made known showed the tension which had been reached.

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Sergeant, Adeline: A True Friend. v1. 19 Jul 2014

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Sergeant, Adeline, 1851-1904 ¶

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Janetta was the music governess—a brown little thing of no particular importance, and Margaret Adair was a beauty and an heiress, and the only daughter of people who thought themselves very distinguished indeed; so that the two had not, you might think, very much in common, and were not likely to be attracted one to the other. Yet, in spite of differing circumstances, they were close friends and allies; and had been such ever since they were together at the same fashionable school where Miss Adair was the petted favorite of all, and Janetta Colwyn was the pupil-teacher in the shabbiest of frocks, who got all the snubbing and did most of the hard work. And great offence was given in several directions by Miss Adair’s attachment to poor little Janetta.

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Sergeant, Adeline: Brooke's Daughter. v1. 18 Jul 2014

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Sergeant, Adeline, 1851-1904 ¶

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The Convent of the Annonciades, situated in a secluded spot on the outskirts of Paris, has long been well reputed as an educational establishment for young ladies of good family. The sisters themselves are women of refinement and cultivation, and the antecedents of every pupil received by them are most carefully inquired into: so carefully, indeed, that admission to the Convent School is looked on almost as a certificate of noble birth and unimpeachable orthodoxy.

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Sergeant, Adeline: Name and Fame. v1. 19 Jul 2014

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Sergeant, Adeline, 1851-1904 ¶

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“No, I’m not! I’m only practical. Your friend, Miss Campion, has been a source of lamentation and woe to you ever since I made your acquaintance. According to you, she was always being sacrificed to that intolerable prig of a brother of hers. Then she was immolated on the altar of her father’s money difficulties and her mother’s ill-health. Now she has got a fair field, and can live where she likes and exercise her talents as she pleases; and as I can be as unfeeling as I like in the bosom of my family, I will at once acknowledge that I am very glad the old man’s gone.”

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Sergeant, Adeline: Under False Pretences. v1. 19 Jul 2014

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Sergeant, Adeline, 1851-1904 ¶

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“Elizabeth an heiress! Elizabeth, with a fortune of her own!” said Mrs. Heron. “It is perfectly incredible.”

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Serviss, Garrett P.: A Columbus of Space. v1. 12 March 2014

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This is a conversion to AZW3 format of an LRF book originally uploaded by HarryT. Here is his summation:

[QUOTThis 1909 SF classic shows astounding foresight, with Uranium-powered spaceships and a trip to Venus (inhabited by rather Burroughs-esque inhabitants). Great fun!

Enjoy![/QUOT

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Serviss, Garrett P.: The Moon Metal (1900) v1

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A huge gold deposit is found in Antarctica and gold becomes common, the world's financial markets go into a tailspin and every currency loses its value.

A group of bankers meet to save the world, and they are approached by a Dr. Syx, who has a source of a new metal to replace gold which only he can produce. All the metal comes out of his mine and mill in the Rockies.

Two adventurous engineers try to uncover the secret of the new metal.

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Serviss, Garrett P.: The Moon Metal. v1. 12 March 2014

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This is a conversion to AZW3 format of a book originally uploaded as an LRF file by HarryT. Here is his summation:

[QUOTThe discovery of vast gold fields at the South Pole renders the world's gold reserves worthless, causing economic chaos. Enter the mysterious Dr. Max Syx, offering to save the world with a mysterious new metal that only he can supply. But where does it come from? (Hint - the book title is a bit of a giveaway!)

Enjoy![/QUOT

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Serviss, Garrett P.: The Second Deluge. v2. 12 March 2014

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This is a conversion to AZW3 format of an earlier LRF submission by HarryT. The only change I made is that I replaced the cover art with the cover art for the July 1907 issue of the Cavalier magazine which featured the story.

Here is Harry's summation:

[QUOTMore classic SF. A scientist discovers that the Earth is going to pass through a gigantic nebula in space which is comprised of water, and will flood the world. Can he save mankind?

This is, I think, Garrett Serviss' best book by far.

Enjoy![/QUOT

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Serviss, Garrett P: Edison's Conquest of Mars (1893); v1, 18 Jan 2020

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Garrett Serviss's first book (he was an astronomer); it is the sequel to a pirated American edition of H G Wells' "War of the Worlds", which, heavily modified and edited, (including shifting the location to the USA and altering the aliens and the ending) was run as a serial.

In this sequel, Thomas Edison invents a space ship and a disintegrator ray, not to mention space suits, and an angry Earth builds a fleet of 100 of these deadly ships to go to Mars to retaliate.

Quite an oddity, but interesting.

The cover uses two of the many magazine illustrations which accompanied the serial. Typical of a magazine serial, there were many, many sub-headings, which I have deleted.

(Edit: Serviss had nothing to do with the pirating of Wells; that was a magazine company, and the person who diddled around with Wells remains anonymous)

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Severy, Melvin: The Darrow Enigma v1 12 dec 2008

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Melvin Severy was born in Melrose, MA Aug. 5, 1863 and died in CA on Oct. 12, 1951. He was an engineer, musician, an inventor and author. He was married to Elizabeth Ann Flint, born in Jackson, MO.

He was also the inventor of the choralcelo.

The Darrow Enigma is narrated by an unnamed doctor, consulted by chemist and lawyer George Maitland for a bit of a nerve tonic. They become friends, for the narrator is greatly interested in science, and it is through this friendship that our anonymous physician becomes involved in the case.

Ultimately Maitland confesses the real reason he visited the medical man is because he is the Darrow family’s physician, and Maitland has fallen for Gwen, daughter of the house, and wishes to be introduced. Needless to say Gwen is beautiful even though, whisper it quietly, she does not imprison herself in corsetry.

Well, then, an introduction to the young lady is effected and it is while the two friends are visiting the Darrow household and Gwen is appropriately singing “In The Gloaming” as dusk falls when her father John clutches his throat, cries out he has been murdered, and dies.

Yet there is nobody in the room other than the Darrows, Maitland and the doctor, and two other visitors. How then was it done?

The doors into the room were closed or locked, the only open window was perhaps six inches ajar and locked in that position and John Darrow was sitting in a high-backed chair over eight feet from it in any case, plus there were no niches or cupboards or curtains behind which the unseen assassin could hide.

Or was it suicide? Either way what was the weapon and where has it gone? To find out the police bring in three investigators: Mr. Osborne, Mr. Allen, and French-born Louis Godin, now reportedly the best detective in the U.S.

And so begins a tale with a dab of woo woo and a touch of gothic. John Darrow had had dreams foretelling he would be murdered, as a result of which Gwen makes him a certain promise that will later cause romantic havoc.

It is established there’s a connection to India long ago — though it is nothing to do with gems stolen from Indian temples — and Maitland steams off to pursue investigations there. After that he is off to San Francisco to find and interview a couple of Darrow’s former servants, who are Chinese and so, we might say, automatically suspect.

There follows a series of Strange Coincidences involving Anthony and Cleopatra, leading to what can only be described as a brilliant piece of deductive reasoning — involving reading detective novels! — that puts them on the track of certain parties of interest.

The culprit is brought to trial but is it the right person? Was the murder committed by the bizarre method the man on trial describes? What about the motive?

This is a good mystery by an unknown writer.

I added the original cover, but it is quite tiny (sorry for that)

I am sure you can have a lot of fun with this!

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Sewell, Anna: Black Beauty. v1, 2 Jan 2008

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From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia:

Black Beauty (in full: Black Beauty: The Autobiography of a Horse, first published November 24, 1877) is Anna Sewell's only novel, composed in the last years of her life between 1871 and 1877 while confined to her house as an invalid.

The story is told in the first person (or "first horse") as an autobiographical memoir told by a highbred horse named Black Beauty—beginning with his carefree days as a foal on an English farm, to his difficult life pulling cabs in London, to his happy retirement in the country.

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Sewell, Anna: Black Beauty. v1. 08 Feb 2012

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From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia:

Black Beauty (in full: Black Beauty: The Autobiography of a Horse, first published November 24, 1877) is Anna Sewell's only novel, composed in the last years of her life between 1871 and 1877 while confined to her house as an invalid.

The story is told in the first person (or "first horse") as an autobiographical memoir told by a highbred horse named Black Beauty—beginning with his carefree days as a foal on an English farm, to his difficult life pulling cabs in London, to his happy retirement in the country.

===

There are older versions of this book in the library, posted by Madam Broshkina.

The reason for me to create a new version is that all versions I have tried (Amazon, this library, free downloads from the internet) had either a bad formatting or none or bad cover picture. Also, I wished to try and create my very own first eBook, and chose this one because it's a short story and I wanted to reread anyway.

Have fun :)

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Shakespeare, William: A Midsummer Night's Dream (Illus by Arthur Rackham).Feb 2008

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Roy White

A Midsummer Nights Dream.... I've wanted to read this for many years. I love Arthur Rackham so I Illustrated this with his work. When I was a kid we used to live in Ashland Oregon and me and my brother used to sneak down to the Ashland Shakespeare festival and try and sneak in. Shakespeare was always incomprehensible to me but I want to give it another shot now so I formatted this one with Rackhams art to add interest...

Oh.. Girl loves boy, has to marry another for political reasons, sneaks into forest, meets fairies and an unforgettable charater named Puck. Funny stuff happpens then trajic stuff happens... (I can hear the Shakespeare experts groaning at my glib 'synopsis' LOL!)

Enjoy

Roy

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Shakespeare, William: All's Well That Ends Well. V1. 20 Aug 2010

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William Shakespeare (baptised 26 April 1564; died 23 April 1616) was an English poet and playwright, widely regarded as the greatest writer in the English language and the world's pre-eminent dramatist. He is often called England's national poet and the "Bard of Avon". His surviving works, including some collaborations, consist of about 38 plays, 154 sonnets, two long narrative poems, and several other poems. His plays have been translated into every major living language and are performed more often than those of any other playwright.

A Play in Four Acts
Synopsis
As a reward for her service, the King of France allows Helena to choose a husband from among his court, but Count Bertram heads off to battle rather than marry beneath his station. Helena's daring plan to win the man she loves highlights this dark comedy.

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Shakespeare, William: Antony and Cleopatra. V1. 29 Aug 2010

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William Shakespeare (baptised 26 April 1564; died 23 April 1616) was an English poet and playwright, widely regarded as the greatest writer in the English language and the world's pre-eminent dramatist. He is often called England's national poet and the "Bard of Avon". His surviving works, including some collaborations, consist of about 38 plays, 154 sonnets, two long narrative poems, and several other poems. His plays have been translated into every major living language and are performed more often than those of any other playwright.

A TRAGEDY in FIVE ACTS

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Shakespeare, William: As You Like It. V1. 30 Aug 2010

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William Shakespeare (baptised 26 April 1564; died 23 April 1616) was an English poet and playwright, widely regarded as the greatest writer in the English language and the world's pre-eminent dramatist. He is often called England's national poet and the "Bard of Avon". His surviving works, including some collaborations, consist of about 38 plays, 154 sonnets, two long narrative poems, and several other poems. His plays have been translated into every major living language and are performed more often than those of any other playwright.

A COMEDY in FIVE ACTS

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Shakespeare, William: Coriolanus. V1. 30 Aug 2010

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William Shakespeare (baptised 26 April 1564; died 23 April 1616) was an English poet and playwright, widely regarded as the greatest writer in the English language and the world's pre-eminent dramatist. He is often called England's national poet and the "Bard of Avon". His surviving works, including some collaborations, consist of about 38 plays, 154 sonnets, two long narrative poems, and several other poems. His plays have been translated into every major living language and are performed more often than those of any other playwright.

A TRAGEDY in FIVE ACTS

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Shakespeare, William: Shakespeare · Sonnette (german)

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Shakespeare's Sonnets (dt.: Shakespeares Sonette) ist ein Gedichtband mit 154 Sonetten des Dichters William Shakespeare.

Umdichtung von Stefan George.

[QUOTGeorges Geschichtsbild orientierte sich an Nietzsches monumentalischer Historie, die dieser im zweiten Teil seiner [Unzeitgemäßen Betrachtungen[/ ›Vom Nutzen und Nachteil der Historie für das Leben‹ neben die [antiquarische[/ und [kritische[/ gestellt hatte und deren Maßstabe Plutarchs Lebensbeschreibungen großer Personen der griechischen und römischen Antike waren. Aus der höchsten Kraft der Gegenwart könne das Vergangene gedeutet werden: »Sättigt eure Seelen an Plutarch und wagt es, an euch selbst zu glauben, indem ihr an seine Helden glaubt«. So hoffe der Mensch als »Tätiger und Strebender« auf eine ewige, über die Zeiten bestehende Verbindung, denn was einmal »den Begriff Mensch weiter auszuspannen und schöner zu erfüllen« vermochte, müsse »ewig vorhanden sein.« Im Sinne dieses Geistergesprächs verbinden sich die großen Momente des Einzelnen und bilden eine Kette wie eine »Brücke über den wüsten Strom des Werdens«, die den Höhenzug der Menschheit durch Jahrtausende verbinde. Diese Einsicht befeuere ihn zu großen Leistungen, denn das Herausragende der Vergangenheit sei möglich gewesen und so auch später wieder erreichbar.[/QUOT

Die Formatierung des 126. Gedichts weicht etwas ab. Dies hat formale aber auch innere Gründe, da dieses Gedicht einen Zyklus innerhalb der Gesamtfolge abschließt.

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Shakespeare, William: Shakespeare's Comedies. v1, 21 Jan 2009

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An omnibus edition of the complete comedy plays of William Shakespeare. The plays in this volume are:

- All's Well That Ends Well

- As You Like It

- The Comedy of Errors

- Love's Labour's Lost

- Measure For Measure

- The Merchant of Venice

- The Merry Wives of Windsor

- A Midsummer Night's Dream

- Much Ado About Nothing

- Pericles, Prince of Tyre

- The Taming of the Shrew

- The Tempest

- Twelfth Night

- The Two Gentlemen of Verona

- The Two Noble Kinsmen *

- The Winter's Tale

* Written jointly with John Fletcher.

Note that in Shakespeare's day, a "comedy" meant something rather different to the modern usage of the word, meaning simply a play with a "happy ending". Some of the comedies, such as [The Merchant of Venice[/, are certainly [not[/ "funny" works. Of course, many of them [are[/ "comedic" in the modern sense of the word, such as [The Comedy of Errors[/ and [The Merry Wives of Windsor[/.

This volume, together with the previously-posted "Tragedies" and "Histories", contain the complete plays of Shakespeare. A separate "Poetry" volume (to be posted shortly) contains Shakespeare's poetry.

This is very much a "work in progress" and is certain to be revised many times, so it will be worth checking at regular intervals to see if an updated version has been released.

Enjoy!

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Shakespeare, William: Shakespeare's Histories. v1, 15 Jan 2009

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An omnibus edition of the complete "history" plays of William Shakespeare, including those plays which scholars generally agree that Shakespeare wrote at least a part of. The plays in this volume are:

- Edward III *

- Henry IV, Part 1

- Henry IV, Part 2

- Henry V

- Henry VI, Part 1

- Henry VI, Part 2

- Henry VI, Part 3

- Henry VIII

- King John

- Richard II

- Richard III

- Sir Thomas More *

* [This play is believed to have been partially written by Shakespeare.[/

This is very much a "work in progress", and can doubtless be improved in many ways - suggestions for improvements are, of course, most welcome.

Please see the separate uploads for Shakespeare's tragedies, comedies, and poetry.

Enjoy!

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Shakespeare, William: Shakespeare's Poetry. v2, 22 Jan 2009

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An omnibus edition of Shakespeare's poetry: the 154 sonnets, together with his other works:

- A Lover's Complaint *

- Venus and Adonis

- The Rape of Lucrece

- The Passionate Pilgrim

- The Phoenix and the Turtle

* This poem is traditionally printed at the end of the [Sonnets[/, but modern scholarship considers its traditional attribution to Shakespeare to be extremely unlikely. I have, however, included it in this collection for the sake of completeness.

Note that, of the 20 poems contained in the collection [The Passionate Pilgrim[/, Shakespeare only wrote numbers 1-7, 9-10, 13-16, but the collection is traditionally printed with the additional poems as contained herein.

Enjoy!

EDIT: 22 Jan 09

Added "A Lover's Complaint", for the sake of completeness, although Shakespeare almost certainly did not write it. Uploaded v2.

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Shakespeare, William: Shakespeare's Tragedies. v2, 10 Jan 2009

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An omnibus edition of the complete tragedies of William Shakespeare. The plays in this volume are:

- Antony and Cleopatra

- Coriolanus

- Cymbeline

- Hamlet

- Julius Caesar

- King Lear

- Macbeth

- Othello

- Romeo and Juliet

- Timon of Athens

- Titus Andronicus

- Troilus and Cressida

This is very much a "work in progress" and there are numerous improvements which could be made, I'm sure. It is, however, a starting point.

Enjoy!

EDIT: 10 Jan 09

The text in Shakespeare's plays is of two types: poetry (generally blank verse) and prose. I've reformed the prose into paragraphs which "word wrap" normally on the reading device, rather than fixed length lines with hard line breaks at the end of each line. This works a great deal better. Uploaded v2.

Previous download count: 19

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Shakespeare, William: Sonnets to Sundry Notes of Music, v1, 20 Dec 2007

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Not actually sonnets, but six short love poems.

I've added a picture and TOC.

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Shakespeare, William: Sonnets, v.1, 20 Dec 2007

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Patricia

Someone asked for some poetry. So here are all 154 of Shakespeare's sonnets, one per page.

I've added two pictures, a clickable numerical index, plus a clickable index of first lines. This took ages. I would have composed a sonnet to celebrate, but I'm too tired. So here's one of my favourites:

Sonnet 64

When I have seen by Time's fell hand defaced
The rich-proud cost of outworn buried age,
When sometime lofty towers I see down-rased,
And brass eternal slave to mortal rage.
When I have seen the hungry ocean gain
Advantage on the kingdom of the shore,
And the firm soil win of the watery main,
Increasing store with loss, and loss with store.
When I have seen such interchange of State,
Or state it self confounded, to decay,
Ruin hath taught me thus to ruminate
That Time will come and take my love away.
This thought is as a death which cannot choose
But weep to have, that which it fears to lose

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Shakespeare, William: The Comedy of Errors. V1. 30 Aug 2010

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William Shakespeare (baptised 26 April 1564; died 23 April 1616) was an English poet and playwright, widely regarded as the greatest writer in the English language and the world's pre-eminent dramatist. He is often called England's national poet and the "Bard of Avon". His surviving works, including some collaborations, consist of about 38 plays, 154 sonnets, two long narrative poems, and several other poems. His plays have been translated into every major living language and are performed more often than those of any other playwright.

A COMEDY in FIVE ACTS

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Shakespeare, William: The Narrative Poems, v1, 20 Dec 2007

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Contains:
The Phoenix and the Turtle;
Venus and Adonis;
The Rape of Lucrece.

I've added some pictures and a TOC.

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Shakespeare, William: The Passionate Pilgrim & A Lover's Complaint, v1, 20 Dec 2007

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The Passionate Pilgrim is a set of short love-poems (including a couple which already feature in the Collected Sonnets).
A Lover's Complaint is a longer poem.

I've added a TOC and a couple of pictures by Caravaggio.

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Sharp, Dallas Lore: The Face of the Fields. v1. 20 Jul 2014

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Dallas Lore Sharp (1870–1929) was an American author and university professor, born at Haleyville, Cumberland County, New Jersey

THE FACE OF THE FIELDS
TURTLE EGGS FOR AGASSIZ
THE EDGE OF NIGHT
THE SCARCITY OF SKUNKS
THE NATURE-WRITER
JOHN BURROUGHS
HUNTING THE SNOW
THE CLAM FARM
THE COMMUTER’S THANKSGIVING

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Sharpe, WT: The New Testament in Possible Chronological Order. v1. 8th Dec 2010

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Most people have at least a passing acquaintance with the traditional order of the New Testament: It begins with the gospels known as Matthew, Mark, Luke, and John, and ends with the book of Revelation. But scholars have long known that the traditional order bears little resemblance to the actual order in which the books were composed. They know, for example, that the letters of Paul predate the gospels; that Matthew was not the first gospel; and are confident that the book of Revelation was far from the last book in the current canon to be written.

This collection represents an effort to present the books of the New Testament arranged—as far as I can determine—in chronological order of their actual composition. For the text of the books I used the American Standard Version of 1901. It is my belief that by reading the New Testament in this way, a much clearer picture emerges of who Jesus was and what he taught. I further believe such a reading helps us to see not only how the various doctrines of Christianity emerged and grew into orthodoxy, but also how the picture of Jesus envisioned by his earliest followers changed and transformed with time.

This is a work in progress, and I hope the reader will help to ensure the improvement of future editions by providing feedback. The next edition, which I do not anticipate having ready prior to the end of 2011 at the very earliest, will be considerably expanded and revised.

This is the Mobi edition of [The New Testament in Possible Chronological Order[/.

WT Sharpe, December 2010.

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Shaw, George Bernard: Maxims for Revolutionists, v.1, 25 July 2008.

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Patricia

George Bernard Shaw (1856–1950)
Maxims for Revolutionists (1903)

A collection of Shaw’s aphorisms, which includes some of his more famous ones, e.g.

‘Do not do unto others as you would that they should do unto you. Their tastes may not be the same.’

‘He who can, does. He who cannot, teaches.’

‘Home is the girl’s prison and the woman’s workhouse.’

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Shaw, George Bernard: The Black Girl in Search of God, v.1, 25 July 2008.

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Patricia

George Bernard Shaw (1856–1950)
The Black Girl in Search of God (1932)

A controversial fable.

From Wikipedia:
“The story is a parable concerning the attempts of a black African girl to find and literally speak to God after being brainwashed by misguided missionaries. She meets a variety of people whilst searching for him within the jungle, many of whom represent aspects of religious faith and values from Bernard Shaw’s time period. …
The main protagonist, the ‘black girl’, has been hailed by critics as a feminist figure, able as she is to defend herself with her knobkerry and able as she is to ask what are effectively searching theological questions, albeit from a naive standpoint (such as wanting to know if God is white or black). At times Bernard Shaw parodies the racist attitudes of white colonialists; the title may be taken as ironic.”

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Shaw, George Bernard: The Perfect Wagnerite, v.1, 12 Nov 2007.

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The Perfect Wagnerite: A Commentary on the Niblung’s Ring (1883)

A commentary on Wagner’s epic Ring Cycle, analysing it in Marxist terms.

Shaw says:
“This book is a commentary on The Ring of the Niblungs, Wagner’s chief work. I offer it to those enthusiastic admirers of Wagner who are unable to follow his ideas, and do not in the least understand the dilemma of Wotan, though they are filled with indignation at the irreverence of the Philistines who frankly avow that they find the remarks of the god too often tedious and nonsensical.”

I have added a picture – Aubrey Beardsley’s ‘Wagnerites’ – and a ToC.

Spelling etc.
I have corrected obvious typos but otherwise have left the text alone. Shaw’s spelling is somewhat eccentric (he went in for spelling reform). He says Bakoonin: I say Bakhunin. He says Schopenhaur: I say Schopenhauer. And Mime becomes Mimmy (!)

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Shaw, George Bernard: The Revolutionist’s Handbook, v.1, 25 July 2008

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The Revolutionist’s Handbook and Pocket Companion (1903)
By George Bernard Shaw (1856–1950)
Writing as: John Tanner, M.I.R.C. (Member of the Idle Rich Class).

This text was published alongside the play, ‘Man and Superman.’ One of the character is supposed to have written it.

Contents:
Preface to the Revolutionist’s Handbook
Foreword
I: On Good Breeding
II: Property and Marriage
III: The Perfectionist Experiment at Oneida Creek
IV: Man’s Objection to His Own Improvement
V: The Political Need for the Superman
VI: Prudery Explained
VII: Progress an Illusion
VIII: The Conceit of Civilization
IX: The Verdict of History
X: The Method

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Shea, Robert: The Saracen 1 v1 8 apr 2009

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Robert Joseph Shea (14 February 1933 - 10 March 1994) was the co-author of The Illuminatus! Trilogy with Robert Anton Wilson and the author of six other novels including Shike, All Things Are Lights, The Saracen, and Shaman.

Robert Shea met Robert Anton Wilson in the late 1960s, when both were working in the editorial department of Playboy. Before long, they decided to collaborate on a novel that would combine sex, drugs, alternative religions, anarchism, and conspiracy theory, which became Illuminatus!. While they remained close friends for life, they had philosophical and political disagreements, and these enriched the book, helping to make it a dialogic novel in which no single point of view is privileged.

On his own, Shea went on to write historical novels, including Shike (1981), All Things Are Lights (1986), and what probably is his most underrated work--The Saracen, a book published in two parts in 1989 depicting the struggle between a blond Muslim warrior called Daoud Ibn Abdullah and his French crusader adversary Simon De Gobignon. It's a book of love, intrigue, and suspense during the time of the Crusades. It is a book that avoids racial and religious stereotyping and is at times very sensual. His last book was the Native American tale Shaman (1991).

Robert Joseph Shea attended Manhattan Prep, Manhattan College and Rutgers University and worked as a magazine editor in New York and Los Angeles. In the 60's he edited the Playboy Forum where he met Robert Anton Wilson, with whom he collaborated on Illuminatus! After publishing Illuminatus!, Bob left Playboy to become a full time novelist. His novels include: Shike, set in medieval Japan. All Things Are Lights, a story that entwines the fate of Cathars of southern France with the occult traditions of Courtly Love and the troubadours. The Saracen, describing the intricate politics of medieval Italy through the eyes of an Islamic warrior. Shaman, tracing the fate of the survivors of the Black Hawk War in 19th century Illinois. Lady Yang , a tragic story of an idealistic empress of medieval China.

Robert Shea died of colon cancer in 10 March 1994 at the age of 61.(www.bobshea.net)

[QUOTTHE ASSASSIN AND THE LOVE SLAVE

He is Daoud ibn Abdallah. A warrior who is not afraid to go alone amid multitudes of enemies. The servant of a very great ruler. Though young, a wealthy and powerful man in his own land. A spy and a thief in the lands of others.

He is the man whom Sophia Karaiannides, accomplished courtesan and mistress to a king, is to serve without reservation.

The alliance has been struck. The adventure begins....[/QUOT

This work is released under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike 3.0 United States

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Shea, Robert: The Saracen 2 v1 8 apr 2009

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mtravellerh

Robert Joseph Shea (14 February 1933 - 10 March 1994) was the co-author of The Illuminatus! Trilogy with Robert Anton Wilson and the author of six other novels including Shike, All Things Are Lights, The Saracen, and Shaman.

Robert Shea met Robert Anton Wilson in the late 1960s, when both were working in the editorial department of Playboy. Before long, they decided to collaborate on a novel that would combine sex, drugs, alternative religions, anarchism, and conspiracy theory, which became Illuminatus!. While they remained close friends for life, they had philosophical and political disagreements, and these enriched the book, helping to make it a dialogic novel in which no single point of view is privileged.

On his own, Shea went on to write historical novels, including Shike (1981), All Things Are Lights (1986), and what probably is his most underrated work--The Saracen, a book published in two parts in 1989 depicting the struggle between a blond Muslim warrior called Daoud Ibn Abdullah and his French crusader adversary Simon De Gobignon. It's a book of love, intrigue, and suspense during the time of the Crusades. It is a book that avoids racial and religious stereotyping and is at times very sensual. His last book was the Native American tale Shaman (1991).

Robert Joseph Shea attended Manhattan Prep, Manhattan College and Rutgers University and worked as a magazine editor in New York and Los Angeles. In the 60's he edited the Playboy Forum where he met Robert Anton Wilson, with whom he collaborated on Illuminatus! After publishing Illuminatus!, Bob left Playboy to become a full time novelist. His novels include: Shike, set in medieval Japan. All Things Are Lights, a story that entwines the fate of Cathars of southern France with the occult traditions of Courtly Love and the troubadours. The Saracen, describing the intricate politics of medieval Italy through the eyes of an Islamic warrior. Shaman, tracing the fate of the survivors of the Black Hawk War in 19th century Illinois. Lady Yang , a tragic story of an idealistic empress of medieval China.

Robert Shea died of colon cancer in 10 March 1994 at the age of 61.(www.bobshea.net)

The Saracen - The Holy War

[QUOTTHE CHARGE TOWARD DESTINY

Daoud slung his bow across his back and drew his long, curving saif from the scabbard. The noonday sun flashed on it as he held it high. His men roamed and brandished their own swords.

The band had caught up with them, and the trumpets and hautboys screamed death to the enemy while the kettledrums rumbled.

There was nothing left to protect Charles d'Anjou now. There was not even time for the French leader to run. He seemed to know it. He had his sword out and he held up a white shield with a red cross.

Urging the Arabian on, shouting the name of God, Daoud raced toward triumph....
.[/QUOT

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Sheehan, Perley Poore: Adventures of Kwa, Man of the Jungle. v1. 16 March 08

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Man, don't ya just hate it when you're minding your own business in your little secret valley and some big old gnarly, stinky minotaur wants to rip you in half and drink your blood? Dude, I totally hate when that happens! Next time, I'll make like Kwa and have the jungle creatures lend me a hand!

Ok, ok, I'm kidding. This will never really happen to me because I'd rather spend my weekends eating grilled-cheese sandwiches, drinking way too much Mountain Dew and formatting ebooks. For some stange reason, women find that half-naked muscular, tanned jungle guys are more attractive than pasty white, nerdy guys who spend the weekend obsessing over getting e-book formatting just right. What's up with that?!

So rather than actually having a life, I'm posting two books of [Kwa, Man of the Jungle.[/ Basically a Tarzan knock-off that first appeared in the pulp mag, [Thrilling Adventures.[/

This is good, ol' fashioned smashmouth pulp reading. Think of a really bad B-movie and this is about the same quality. The first book is actually terrible. It does have some good spots; the opening chapter is a pretty good read. It goes downhill after that. The second book is pretty decent though. Some nice gruesome, fast-paced action. It's the better of the two books and I should have made it the first book, but I finished the file before finished the books. Both are fairly short books and I finished reading both of them over the weekend.

I haven't been able to find the origin story, but the stories fill in enough detail to get you up to speed. They were written for pulp mags, so I think they were always counting on someone new just dropping in and starting to read them. As I find other Kwa stories, I'll add them to this collection and reload.

[Here's the history:[/

Kwa's mother (still pregnant with little Kwa) and father were flying across Africa when the crossed over a large, unknown valley. We all know that when you are flying over an unknown valley, only bad things can happen. Right? Sure enough, they crash. The valley turns out to be the legendary Valley of Mu. The father dies in the crash and poor old mum only lives long enough to give birth to a boy and name him Nathaniel.

It just so happens that they crashed close to a tribe of chimp-like pre-humans. The Men That Are Not Yet Men. One of these creatures, Kek, adopts lil Nate and renames him Kwa, the Golden One.

Kwa grows up, learns to speak a secret universal "animal language" and learns the ways of living in the jungle. The Valley of Mu is home to all sorts of magic and weird mojo. You got your standard spider men, minotaurs, talking monkeys, thumb-sized squirrels and albino killer crocs--the usual creepy crawlies that keep us out of secret valley's.

The first book in this collection is Kwa and the Ape People. Kwa must face an evil spider god while trying to save his childhood tribe.

The second book in this collection is Kwa and the Beast Men. Kwa must face the evil Beast Men (big surprise!). They are a race of minotaurs that want to kill Kwa and drink his blood. Never a good thing.

Have fun. :)

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Sheehan, Perley Poore: Fighting Fool v1 29 jul 2009

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Perley Poore Sheehan (7 June 1875 in Cincinnati, Ohio, USA – 30 September 1943 in Sierra Madre, California, USA) was an American film writer, novelist and film director.

Captain Trouble: Known as Captain Trouble, the Fighting Fool, and Shadak Khan, he was born Pelham Shattuck, an American. Follow his adventures in the Orient as he fights to become the successor to the great Kubla Khan.

"In terms of authenticity and style, Sheehan might not reach the Himalayan heights of Mundy and Lamb. But in terms of plot and color and action, The Fighting Fool stands comparison with many of Robert E Howard's historical adventures - and who can say fairer than that?"

Dr. Drib has already posted a collection of 4 Captain Trouble stories in LRF.

This novelette contains one original illustration and features another on its cover.

Attachment 33164

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Sheehan, Perley Poore: Monsieur de Guise. V1. 21 Jun 2012

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crutledge

Perley Poore Sheehan (7 June 1875 in Cincinnati, Ohio, USA – 30 September 1943 in Sierra Madre, California, USA) was an American film writer, novelist and film director. He was once married to Virginia Point (1902-unknown).

Excerpt
That any one should live in the center of Cedar Swamp was in itself so singular as to set all sorts of queer ideas to running through my head.

A more sinister morass I had never seen. It was as beautiful and deadly as one of its own red mocassins, as treacherous and fascinating.
It was a tangle of cypress and cedar almost thirty miles square, most of it under water—a maze of jungle-covered islands and black bayous. There were alligators and panthers, bear and wild pig. There were groans and grunts and queer cries at night, and silence, dead silence by day.

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Sheehan, Perley Poore: Spider Tong. V1. 20 Jun 2012

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Perley Poore Sheehan (7 June 1875 in Cincinnati, Ohio, USA – 30 September 1943 in Sierra Madre, California, USA) was an American film writer, novelist and film director. He was once married to Virginia Point (1902-unknown).

Excerpt
IT WAS while he was still far back in the Gorge of the Grasping Fist passes leading from China into Tibet—that Captain Trouble first heard of the Spider Tong. The man who told him about it was a Chinese gentleman named Mr. Wang. An elderly gentleman dressed in a long coat of gray silk, with purple-black silk trousers neatly tied at the ankles over spotless white socks. Then the long—-one of the old cue, and a mandarin cap. "A tsung-ping," the captain remarked to himself—meaning a "red button." It took nerve on the part of a Chinaman nowadays to wear the regalia of the old empire, no matter where he was.

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Sheehan, Perley Poore: The Abyss of Wonders (1915); v1; 14 April 2021

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Pulpmeister

A science fiction novel in which a group of people from the U.S., a young boy along with a Chinese man and an old Russian, make a spiritual quest to a city of lost race in the Gobi Desert that is technologically advanced through a combination of theosophy and superscience. The novel originally appeared in the magazine Argosy in 1915, and was first published in book form in 1953 by Polaris Press in a limited edition.

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Sheehan, Perley Poore: The Black Abbot. V1. 18 Jun 2012

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Perley Poore Sheehan (7 June 1875 in Cincinnati, Ohio, USA – 30 September 1943 in Sierra Madre, California, USA) was an American film writer, novelist and film director. He was once married to Virginia Point (1902-unknown).

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SHANKING, one of the old capitals of China--"the Mountain Capital," according to its name; with at one time maybe a million inhabitants in it--and not so many fewer right now, Shattuck reflected. A swarming big city. An armed camp, really. And he wondered if he hadn't been rash, after all, as his friends had warned him he would be, for coming here alone.

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Sheehan, Perley Poore: The Green Shiver. V1. 17 Jun 2012

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Perley Poore Sheehan (7 June 1875 in Cincinnati, Ohio, USA – 30 September 1943 in Sierra Madre, California, USA) was an American film writer, novelist and film director. He was once married to Virginia Point (1902-unknown).

NO one would have taken him to be an American, as he stood there in the thick of the Chinese mob. His wrinkled skin was brown and dirty. The dank hair that fell over his swollen and gummy eyes was black. So were his eyes black--as much as you could see of them.

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Sheehan, Perley Poore: The Red Road to Shamballah. V1. 17 Jun 2012

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Perley Poore Sheehan (7 June 1875 in Cincinnati, Ohio, USA – 30 September 1943 in Sierra Madre, California, USA) was an American film writer, novelist and film director. He was once married to Virginia Point (1902-unknown).

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ALTHOUGH he was American--related on his father's side with Daniel Boone and his mother's side with Nathan Hale---somewhere in the makeup of Pelham Rutledge Shattuck there was a strong streak of the Oriental as well. There must have been. For all the time he sat his horse there in the on blackness of the great desert and looked at the strange blue flame in front of him he could feel the two currents at work in him.

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Sheehan, Perley Poore: The Volunteer Nemesis (1916); v1, 15 Jan 2022

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The hero of this story is being pursued and sabotaged at every turn by an identical doppleganger who passes as him. Or is that doppleganger really himself? Or worse, is he going mad?

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Sheehan, Perley Poore: The Woman of the Pyramid (1914); V1, 30 March 2021

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SF/Fantasy of modern (i.e. 1914) world and ancient Egypt and some who cross the barrier of time.

The cover is modified from the magazine All-Story Weekly, March 1914, which first carried it.

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Sheehan, Perley Poore: Where Terror Lurked. V1. 17 Jun 2012

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Perley Poore Sheehan (7 June 1875 in Cincinnati, Ohio, USA – 30 September 1943 in Sierra Madre, California, USA) was an American film writer, novelist and film director. He was once married to Virginia Point (1902-unknown).

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"SHAMBALLAH!" It was a whisper that Shattuck had heard a thousand times, always with some hint of mystery and dread about it, ever since Michmander, the Afghan, had first led him into forbidden territory. Here on the face of the desert it was absolutely dark. All that could be seen of the earth was the floating blackness of the surrounding dunes. Yet the stars shone--they shone with a sort of blinding light. They dazzled the eyes. The earth absorbed this light like black velvet. No wonder that the desert people gave this whole country the go-by. "Shamballah!" That was Juma's whisper now.

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Sheldon, Georgie, Mrs: His Heart's Queen. v1. 21 Jul 2014

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Sarah Elizabeth Forbush Downs (1843–1926) was a "dime novelist" who wrote novels under her own name, as "Mrs. Georgie Sheldon", and as "Mrs. George Sheldon Downs. Downs was born 5 June 1843 in Wrentham, MA. Her parents were Edwin A. Forbush and Malvina F. (Ware) Forbush. She received her education at the Ladies' Collegiate Institute, Worcester, MA. In 1868 she married George Sheldon Downs. She used a form of his name as a pseudonym in much of her writing. Her career began with newspaper contributions in 1869. As can be seen by the sheer number of books she wrote, Downs was a very popular author in her era. She was signed by Theodore Dreiser to write for his Smith's Magazine. Dreiser considered her to be one of the "three most popular authors in the world."

Expert
Just at sunset, one bright spring day, the car that plies up and down the inclined plane leading from the foot of Main street up the hills to the Zoological Gardens, of Cincinnati, started to make the ascent with its load of precious human freight.
The car was full of passengers, though not crowded, while among the occupants there were several young people, whose bright faces and animated manner bespoke how light of heart and free from care they were—what a gladsome, delightful place the world seemed to them.
One young lady, who was seated about midway upon one side of the car, attracted especial attention.

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Sheldon, Georgie, Mrs: Katherine's Sheaves. v1. 21 Jul 2014

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Sarah Elizabeth Forbush Downs (1843–1926) was a "dime novelist" who wrote novels under her own name, as "Mrs. Georgie Sheldon", and as "Mrs. George Sheldon Downs. Downs was born 5 June 1843 in Wrentham, MA. Her parents were Edwin A. Forbush and Malvina F. (Ware) Forbush. She received her education at the Ladies' Collegiate Institute, Worcester, MA. In 1868 she married George Sheldon Downs. She used a form of his name as a pseudonym in much of her writing. Her career began with newspaper contributions in 1869. As can be seen by the sheer number of books she wrote, Downs was a very popular author in her era. She was signed by Theodore Dreiser to write for his Smith's Magazine. Dreiser considered her to be one of the "three most popular authors in the world."

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A group of gay girls had just gathered in one of the pleasant and spacious recreation rooms and were chattering like the proverbial flock of magpies—exchanging merry greetings after their vacation; comparing notes on studies, classes and roommates; discussing the advent of new teachers, pupils and improvements, when a tall, gracious woman of, perhaps, thirty-five years suddenly appeared in the doorway, her fair face gleaming with humorous appreciation of the animated scene and babel before her, and enjoined silence with the uplifting of one slim white hand.

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Sheldon, Georgie, Mrs: Mona. v1. 22 Jul 2014

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Sarah Elizabeth Forbush Downs (1843–1926) was a "dime novelist" who wrote novels under her own name, as "Mrs. Georgie Sheldon", and as "Mrs. George Sheldon Downs. Downs was born 5 June 1843 in Wrentham, MA. Her parents were Edwin A. Forbush and Malvina F. (Ware) Forbush. She received her education at the Ladies' Collegiate Institute, Worcester, MA. In 1868 she married George Sheldon Downs. She used a form of his name as a pseudonym in much of her writing. Her career began with newspaper contributions in 1869. As can be seen by the sheer number of books she wrote, Downs was a very popular author in her era. She was signed by Theodore Dreiser to write for his Smith's Magazine. Dreiser considered her to be one of the "three most popular authors in the world."

Expert
The lady referred to was indeed a strangely attractive person. She was rather above the medium height, straight as an arrow, with a perfectly molded figure, although it was somewhat inclined to embonpoint, while her bearing was wonderfully easy and graceful. Her complexion was exquisitely fair, her features round, yet clearly cut and regular. She had lovely eyes of blue, with a fringe of decided, yet not unbecoming red upon their white lids, while her hair was also a rich but striking red, and was worn short, and curled about; her fair forehead and down around her alabaster neck in bewitching natural rings.

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Sheldon, Georgie, Mrs: The Heatherford Fortune. v1. 20 Jul 2014

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Sarah Elizabeth Forbush Downs (1843–1926) was a "dime novelist" who wrote novels under her own name, as "Mrs. Georgie Sheldon", and as "Mrs. George Sheldon Downs. Downs was born 5 June 1843 in Wrentham, MA. Her parents were Edwin A. Forbush and Malvina F. (Ware) Forbush. She received her education at the Ladies' Collegiate Institute, Worcester, MA. In 1868 she married George Sheldon Downs. She used a form of his name as a pseudonym in much of her writing. Her career began with newspaper contributions in 1869. As can be seen by the sheer number of books she wrote, Downs was a very popular author in her era. She was signed by Theodore Dreiser to write for his Smith's Magazine. Dreiser considered her to be one of the "three most popular authors in the world."

Expert
Mollie Heatherford had thought no more of her brave act, by which, at the risk of her life, she had saved the child Lucille from being trampled to death under the hoofs of the pawing horses.
The next morning she was greatly surprised to receive a letter from a gentleman—Monsieur Jules Lamonti, by name—who said he was the grandfather of little Lucille, and who, after expressing his gratitude in most heartfelt terms, requested permission to call upon her at her earliest convenience.

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Sheldon, Georgie, Mrs: The Masked Bridal. v1. 22 Jul 2014

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Sarah Elizabeth Forbush Downs (1843–1926) was a "dime novelist" who wrote novels under her own name, as "Mrs. Georgie Sheldon", and as "Mrs. George Sheldon Downs. Downs was born 5 June 1843 in Wrentham, MA. Her parents were Edwin A. Forbush and Malvina F. (Ware) Forbush. She received her education at the Ladies' Collegiate Institute, Worcester, MA. In 1868 she married George Sheldon Downs. She used a form of his name as a pseudonym in much of her writing. Her career began with newspaper contributions in 1869. As can be seen by the sheer number of books she wrote, Downs was a very popular author in her era. She was signed by Theodore Dreiser to write for his Smith's Magazine. Dreiser considered her to be one of the "three most popular authors in the world."

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“In a common city lock-up for the crime of passing counterfeit money!” he muttered, hoarsely. “And to think that I brought such a fate upon her!—I, who would suffer torture to save her a pang. Two nights and an endless day, and her mother dying at home!—how she must have suffered! I could go down upon my knees to ask her pardon, and yet I cannot understand it. That money came directly from the bank into my possession.”

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Sheldon, Georgie, Mrs: True Love's Reward . v1. 22 Jul 2014

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Sarah Elizabeth Forbush Downs (1843–1926) was a "dime novelist" who wrote novels under her own name, as "Mrs. Georgie Sheldon", and as "Mrs. George Sheldon Downs. Downs was born 5 June 1843 in Wrentham, MA. Her parents were Edwin A. Forbush and Malvina F. (Ware) Forbush. She received her education at the Ladies' Collegiate Institute, Worcester, MA. In 1868 she married George Sheldon Downs. She used a form of his name as a pseudonym in much of her writing. Her career began with newspaper contributions in 1869. As can be seen by the sheer number of books she wrote, Downs was a very popular author in her era. She was signed by Theodore Dreiser to write for his Smith's Magazine. Dreiser considered her to be one of the "three most popular authors in the world."

Expert
The next morning early Ray and his father were on their way to New York, and ten o’clock found them seated in the private court-room, where Mrs. Vanderheck was to answer the charges against her.
Money will accomplish a great deal, and in this case it had secured the privilege of a private examination, before a police justice, who would decide whether the suspected culprit should be held for the grand jury.

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Sheldon, Georgie, Mrs: Virgie's Inheritance. v1. 22 Jul 2014

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Sarah Elizabeth Forbush Downs (1843–1926) was a "dime novelist" who wrote novels under her own name, as "Mrs. Georgie Sheldon", and as "Mrs. George Sheldon Downs. Downs was born 5 June 1843 in Wrentham, MA. Her parents were Edwin A. Forbush and Malvina F. (Ware) Forbush. She received her education at the Ladies' Collegiate Institute, Worcester, MA. In 1868 she married George Sheldon Downs. She used a form of his name as a pseudonym in much of her writing. Her career began with newspaper contributions in 1869. As can be seen by the sheer number of books she wrote, Downs was a very popular author in her era. She was signed by Theodore Dreiser to write for his Smith's Magazine. Dreiser considered her to be one of the "three most popular authors in the world."

Expert
She was perhaps twenty years of age, with a straight, perfect form, and a face that would have better graced a a palace than the humble mountain home where she now abode. It was a pure, oval, with delicate, beautiful brows; soft, round cheeks, in which a lovely pink came and went with every emotion. Her eyes were of a deep violet color, shaded by dark silken lashes, though their expression was saddened somewhat just now by a look of care and anxiety. Her white forehead was surmounted by rich chestnut-brown hair, which was gathered into a graceful knot at the back of her finely shaped head. A straight, patrician nose; a small, but rather resolute mouth, and a rounded chin, in which there was a bewitching dimple; small, lady-like hands and feet, completed the tout ensemble of Virginia Abbot, the daughter and only child of a whilom honored and wealthy bank president of San Francisco.

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Shelley, Mary: Falkner. V1. 14 Jun 2012

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Mary Shelley (née Mary Wollstonecraft Godwin; 30 August 1797 – 1 February 1851) was an English novelist, short story writer, dramatist, essayist, biographer, and travel writer, best known for her Gothic novel Frankenstein: or, The Modern Prometheus (1818). She also edited and promoted the works of her husband, the Romantic poet and philosopher Percy Bysshe Shelley. Her father was the political philosopher William Godwin, and her mother was the philosopher and feminist Mary Wollstonecraft.

Falkner (1837) is the last novel published by the Romantic writer Mary Shelley.
Like Shelley's novel Lodore (1835), Falkner charts a young woman's education under a tyrannical father figure. As a six-year-old orphan, Elizabeth Raby prevents Rupert Falkner from committing suicide; Falkner then adopts her and brings her up to be a model of virtue. However, she falls in love with Gerald Neville, whose mother Falkner had unintentionally driven to her death years before. When Falkner is finally acquitted of murdering Neville's mother, Elizabeth's female values subdue the destructive impulses of the two men she loves, who are reconciled and unite with Elizabeth in domestic harmony. Falkner is the only one of Mary Shelley's novels in which the heroine's agenda triumphs. In critic Kate Ferguson Ellis's view, the novel’s resolution proposes that when female values triumph over violent and destructive masculinity, men will be freed to express the "compassion, sympathy, and generosity" of their better natures.

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Shelley, Mary: Frankenstein (1818), v1, 3 Dec. 07

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This is the first published version of 'Frankenstein', from 1818.
The most commonly available version is the revised 1831 edition, (e.g. it's the one on Project Gutenberg).

The 1831 version differs in a number of respects from the original; primarily aimed at making it less controversial, and more suitable for the general readership the publishers had in mind.

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Shelley, Mary: Frankenstein. V1. March 11 2012

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From Wikipedia: [quotMary Shelley (née Mary Wollstonecraft Godwin; 30 August 1797 – 1 February 1851) was an English novelist, short story writer, dramatist, essayist, biographer, and travel writer, best known for her Gothic novel Frankenstein: or, The Modern Prometheus (1818). She also edited and promoted the works of her husband, the Romantic poet and philosopher Percy Bysshe Shelley. Her father was the political philosopher William Godwin, and her mother was the philosopher and feminist Mary Wollstonecraft.[/quot

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Shelley, Mary: Lodore. V1. 14 Jun 2012

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Mary Shelley (née Mary Wollstonecraft Godwin; 30 August 1797 – 1 February 1851) was an English novelist, short story writer, dramatist, essayist, biographer, and travel writer, best known for her Gothic novel Frankenstein: or, The Modern Prometheus (1818). She also edited and promoted the works of her husband, the Romantic poet and philosopher Percy Bysshe Shelley. Her father was the political philosopher William Godwin, and her mother was the philosopher and feminist Mary Wollstonecraft.

Lodore, also published under the title The Beautiful Widow, is the penultimate novel by Romantic novelist Mary Shelley, completed in 1833 and published in 1835
In Lodore, Shelley focused her theme of power and responsibility on the microcosm of the family. The central story follows the fortunes of the wife and daughter of the title character, Lord Lodore, who is killed in a duel at the end of the first volume, leaving a trail of legal, financial, and familial obstacles for the two "heroines" to negotiate. Mary Shelley places female characters at the centre of the ensuing narratives: Lodore's daughter, Ethel, raised to be over-dependent on paternal control; his estranged wife, Cornelia, preoccupied with the norms and appearances of aristocratic society; and the intellectual and independent Fanny Derham, with whom both are contrasted.

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Shelley, Mary: Mary Shelley Omnibus. V1. 12 Jun 2012

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Mary Shelley (née Mary Wollstonecraft Godwin; 30 August 1797 – 1 February 1851) was an English novelist, short story writer, dramatist, essayist, biographer, and travel writer, best known for her Gothic novel Frankenstein: or, The Modern Prometheus (1818). She also edited and promoted the works of her husband, the Romantic poet and philosopher Percy Bysshe Shelley. Her father was the political philosopher William Godwin, and her mother was the philosopher and feminist Mary Wollstonecraft.

ON GHOSTS
THE EVIL EYE
THE INVISIBLE GIRL
THE DREAM
THE HEIR OF MONDOLFO

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Shelley, Mary: The Fortunes of Perkin Warbeck: V1. 13 Jun 2012

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Mary Shelley (née Mary Wollstonecraft Godwin; 30 August 1797 – 1 February 1851) was an English novelist, short story writer, dramatist, essayist, biographer, and travel writer, best known for her Gothic novel Frankenstein: or, The Modern Prometheus (1818). She also edited and promoted the works of her husband, the Romantic poet and philosopher Percy Bysshe Shelley. Her father was the political philosopher William Godwin, and her mother was the philosopher and feminist Mary Wollstonecraft.

In this novel, Mary Shelley returned to The Last Man's message that an idealistic political system is impossible without an improvement in human nature. This historical novel, influenced by those of Sir Walter Scott, fictionalises the exploits of Perkin Warbeck, a pretender to the throne of King Henry VII who claimed to be Richard, Duke of York, the second son of King Edward IV. Shelley believed that Warbeck really was Richard and had escaped from the Tower of London. She endows his character with elements of Percy Shelley, portraying him sympathetically as "an angelic essence, incapable of wound", who is led by his sensibility onto the political stage. She seems to have identified herself with Richard's wife, Lady Katherine Gordon, who survives after her husband's death by compromising with his political enemies. Lady Gordon stands for the values of friendship, domesticity and equality; through her, Mary Shelley offers a female alternative to the masculine power politics that destroy Richard, as well as the typical historical narrative which only relates those events.

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Shelley, Mary: The Mortal Immortal. V1. 11 Jun 2012

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Mary Shelley (née Mary Wollstonecraft Godwin; 30 August 1797 – 1 February 1851) was an English novelist, short story writer, dramatist, essayist, biographer, and travel writer, best known for her Gothic novel Frankenstein: or, The Modern Prometheus (1818). She also edited and promoted the works of her husband, the Romantic poet and philosopher Percy Bysshe Shelley. Her father was the political philosopher William Godwin, and her mother was the philosopher and feminist Mary Wollstonecraft.

"The Mortal Immortal" covers the kind of emotional territory later explored in Oscar Wilde's "The Picture of Dorian Gray." Its commentary on human life presents itself through the activities of the alchemist and his apprentice, the story's protagonist. Shelley assumes that, while it is natural to fall in love during one's youth, it is also natural for the body to grow old and succumb to death. Cornelius tries to conquer nature by remaining perpetually young, while Winzy wants to fall out of love perrmanently. Both of them challenge the natural order and fail.

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Shelley, Mary: Valperga. V1. 15 Jun 2012

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Mary Shelley (née Mary Wollstonecraft Godwin; 30 August 1797 – 1 February 1851) was an English novelist, short story writer, dramatist, essayist, biographer, and travel writer, best known for her Gothic novel Frankenstein: or, The Modern Prometheus (1818). She also edited and promoted the works of her husband, the Romantic poet and philosopher Percy Bysshe Shelley. Her father was the political philosopher William Godwin, and her mother was the philosopher and feminist Mary Wollstonecraft.

Valperga is a historical novel which relates the adventures of the early fourteenth-century despot Castruccio Castracani, a real historical figure who became the lord of Lucca and conquered Florence. In the novel, his armies threaten the fictional fortress of Valperga, governed by Countess Euthanasia, the woman he loves. He forces her to choose between her feelings for him and political liberty. She chooses the latter and sails off to her death.

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Shelley, Percy Bysshe: The Necessity of Atheism, v.1, 31 May 2008.

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Percy Bysshe Shelley (1792-1822)
The Necessity of Atheism (first published 1811; revised and expanded 1813. This is the 1813 version.)

An essay arguing for atheism.

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Sherman, William T.: Memoirs of William T. Sherman, v.1, March 19 2012

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Wikipedia says: [quot William Tecumseh Sherman (February 8, 1820 – February 14, 1891) was an American soldier, businessman, educator and author. He served as a General in the Union Army during the American Civil War (1861–65), for which he received recognition for his outstanding command of military strategy as well as criticism for the harshness of the "scorched earth" policies that he implemented in conducting total war against the Confederate States. [/quot

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Shetterly, Will: Dogland. v1, 23 Aug 2008

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The Nix family has arrived. And Latchahie County will never be the same. In an effort at improving his family's lot, the Nixes have moved to rural Florida to open Dogland: a combination zoo, restaurant and motel. But it isn't long before Nix and his clan of eccentric supporters run afoul of unsympathetic locals. The problem? Luke Nix has hired Ethorne Hawkins. Hawkins is black. And it's 1959.

Note from the Author:

Dogland is a novel published by Tor Books. The following text is not the copyedited version (I don't have a file of that), so don't blame Tor for minor mistakes.

This is available under a Creative Commons "Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs 3.0 Unported" license. For more information, see http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/.

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Shetterly, Will: The Gospel of the Knife. v1, 23 Aug 2008

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Shetterly's return to the story of Christopher Nix, from [Dogland[/ (1997), begins as historical fiction and quickly diverts into weirder territory. Now 14, Chris is invited to attend boarding school at the behest of Jay Dumont, who claims to owe the Nix family a debt. Accepting takes Chris far from his usual life. Under Dumont's tutelage, Chris discovers he can walk on water, heal, and manipulate others. Dumont explains that Chris is one of the nefilim, a magical race charged by God to rule the world. Yet Chris is uncomfortable with Dumont's assertion that these powers give the nefilim the right to rule as they see fit; he has seen how easily the powerful, including Dumont, are corrupted. The second-person, present-tense narration, off-putting at first, quickly becomes transparent, and Shetterly's blending of Vietnam-era realism and religious mysticism makes compelling reading.

Authors Note from the book:

[The Gospel of the Knife[/ is a novel published by Tor Books. Technically, it is a sequel to Dogland, but it’s meant to work as an independent novel.

The following text is not the copyedited version (I don’t have a file of that), so don’t blame Tor for minor mistakes.

This is available under a Creative Commons “Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs 3.0 Unported” license. For more information, see http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/.

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Shiel, M. P.: The Lord of the Sea. v1. 14 Mar 2013

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Matthew Phipps Shiel (21 July 1865 – 17 February 1947) was a prolific British writer of West Indian descent. His legal surname remained "Shiell" though he adopted the shorter version as a de facto pen name.
He is remembered mostly for supernatural and scientific romances. His work was published as serials, novels, and as short stories. The Purple Cloud (1901; 1929) remains his most famous and often reprinted novel.

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In the Calle Las Gabias—one of those by-streets of Lisbon below St. Catherine—there occurred one New Year a little event in the Synagogue there worth a mention in this history of Richard, Lord of the Sea.
It was Kol Nidre, eve of the Day of Atonement, and the little Beth-El, sweltering in a dingy air, was transacting the long-drawn liturgy, when, behind the curtain where the women sat, an old dame who had been gazing upward smote her palms together, and let slip a little scream: "The Day is coming...!"

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Shiel, M. P.: The Purple Cloud. v1. 14 Mar 2013

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Matthew Phipps Shiel (21 July 1865 – 17 February 1947) was a prolific British writer of West Indian descent. His legal surname remained "Shiell" though he adopted the shorter version as a de facto pen name.
He is remembered mostly for supernatural and scientific romances. His work was published as serials, novels, and as short stories. The Purple Cloud (1901; 1929) remains his most famous and often reprinted novel.

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About three months ago—that is to say, toward the end of May of this year of 1900—the writer whose name appears on the title-page received as noteworthy a letter, and packet of papers, as it has been his lot to examine. They came from a very good friend of mine, whose name there is no reason that I should now conceal—Dr. Arthur Lister Browne, M.A. (Oxon.), F.R.C.P. It happened that for two years I had been spending most of my time in France, and as Browne had a Norfolk practice, I had not seen him during my visits to London. Moreover, though our friendship was of the most intimate kind, we were both atrocious correspondents: so that only two notes passed between us during those years.

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Shiel, M. P: Horror Stories. v1. 13 Mar 2013

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Matthew Phipps Shiel (21 July 1865 – 17 February 1947) was a prolific British writer of West Indian descent. His legal surname remained "Shiell" though he adopted the shorter version as a de facto pen name.
He is remembered mostly for supernatural and scientific romances. His work was published as serials, novels, and as short stories. The Purple Cloud (1901; 1929) remains his most famous and often reprinted novel.

MANY A TEAR
THE BRIDE
THE PALE APE
THE S.S."
THE STONE OF THE EDMUNDSBURY MONKS
VAILA

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Shiel, M. P: The Last Miracle. v1. 13 Jul 2013

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Matthew Phipps Shiel (21 July 1865 – 17 February 1947) was a prolific British writer of West Indian descent. His legal surname remained "Shiell" though he adopted the shorter version as a de facto pen name.
He is remembered mostly for supernatural and scientific romances. His work was published as serials, novels, and as short stories. The Purple Cloud (1901; 1929) remains his most famous and often reprinted novel.

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"Well, I quickly found that in the state of trance Miss Wilson possessed very queer powers—queer, I mean, not because peculiar to herself in kind, but because so far-reaching in degree. Most people are now talking with an air of discovery about the reporting powers of the mind in its trance state, as though the fact had not been fully known to every old crone since the Middle Ages; but the certainty that someone in a trance in Manchester may tell what is going on in Glasgow was not, of course, left to the discovery of an office in Fleet Street, and the psychical people in establishing the fact for the public have not gone one step towards explaining it.

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Shiel, M. P: Xelucha. v1. 13 Mar 2013

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Matthew Phipps Shiel (21 July 1865 – 17 February 1947) was a prolific British writer of West Indian descent. His legal surname remained "Shiell" though he adopted the shorter version as a de facto pen name.
He is remembered mostly for supernatural and scientific romances. His work was published as serials, novels, and as short stories. The Purple Cloud (1901; 1929) remains his most famous and often reprinted novel.

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Three days ago! by heaven, it seems an age. But I am shaken—my reason is debauched. A while since, I fell into a momentary coma precisely resembling an attack of petit mal. "Tombs, and worms, and epitaphs"—that is my dream. At my age, with my physique, to walk staggery, like a man stricken! But all that will pass: I must collect myself—my reason is debauched. Three days ago! it seems an age! I sat on the floor before an old cista full of letters. I lighted upon a packet of Cosmo's. Why, I had forgotten them! they are turning sere! Truly, I can no more call myself a young man. I sat reading, listlessly, rapt back by memory. To muse is to be lost! of that evil habit I must wring the neck, or look to perish. Once more I threaded the mazy sphere-harmony of the minuet, reeled in the waltz, long pomps of candelabra, the noonday of the bacchanal, about me.

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Shiel, M.P.: Prince Zaleski. v1. 21 Aug 07

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Three detective stories with a difference. Zaleski is Russian royalty, a voluntary expatriate who never leaves his crumbling mansion home and solves his cases, a al Nero Wolfe and C. Auguste Daupin, purely through brainwork without ever visiting the scene of a crime.

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Shiner, Lewis & Bruce Sterling: Turkey City Lexicon. 24 Aug 2008

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From the Introduction:

[ This manual is intended to focus on the special needs of the science fiction workshop. Having an accurate and descriptive critical term for a common SF problem makes it easier to recognize and discuss. This guide is intended to save workshop participants from having to "reinvent the wheel" (see section 3) at every session.
The terms here were generally developed over a period of many years in many workshops. Those identified with a particular writer are acknowledged in parentheses at the end of the entry. Particular help for this project was provided by Bruce Sterling and the other regulars of the Turkey City Workshop in Austin, Texas.[/

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Shinran Shonin: Buddhist Psalms, v.1, 12 Nov 2007.

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Translated from the Japanese by S. Yamabe and L. Adams Beck, with an Introduction by L. Adams Beck.

A thirteenth-century classic of Pure Land Buddhism.

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Shirazi, J.K.M.: Life of Omar al-Khayyámi, v1 1 Apr 2018

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The author of this book, J.K.M. Shirazi, wrote in the Preface that he or she was Persian, but no other information can be found. As the book was published in the UK and the US in 1905 it is within the Public Domain.

The book is a short but fascinating biography of the Persian mathematician, astronomer, and poet Omar Khayyam, and contains several quatrains from his Rubaiyat.

The text was taken from the Internet Archive, and checked against the pdf version. I have silently corrected typos, curled quotes, replaced italics and diacritics, and made changes to spelling, punctuation, and hyphenation using oxforddictionaries.com.

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Shorter, Dora S.: The Father Confessor – Stories of Death and Danger, v1. 22 Feb 2021

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A collection of short stories, many very dark in tone. Some are lightly touched with the supernatural; some are concerned with death and murder; but many are simply stories of the mysteries of the human heart.

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Dora Maria Sigerson Shorter (16 August 1866 – 6 January 1918) was an Irish poet, writer, and sculptor. She was politcally active, taking part in uprisings and demonstrations of the Irish revolution in the 1910’s. (It has been suggested that she died of “a broken heart” over the killings of Irishmen in the Easter 1916 uprising.)

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This book was originally published in 1900, and is in the public domain worldwide.

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Sidney, Margaret: Ben Pepper. v1, 15 Jul 2013

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Margaret Sidney was the pseudonym of American author Harriett Mulford Stone Lothrop (June 22, 1844–August 2, 1924). In addition to writing popular children's stories, she ran her husband Daniel Lothrop's publishing company after his death. After they bought The Wayside country house together, they worked hard to make it a center of literary life.

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It was quite impossible that the detailed records presented through the later Pepper books, of the doings and sayings of the "Little Brown House" family, should omit Ben. He, the eldest-born of Mother Pepper's brood, and her mainstay after the father died, the quiet, "steady-as-a-rock boy," as the Badgertown people all called him, with lots of fun in him too, because he could not help it, being a Pepper, was worthy of a book to himself.

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Sidney, Margaret: Five Little Peppers Abroad. v1. 15 Jul 2013

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Margaret Sidney was the pseudonym of American author Harriett Mulford Stone Lothrop (June 22, 1844–August 2, 1924). In addition to writing popular children's stories, she ran her husband Daniel Lothrop's publishing company after his death. After they bought The Wayside country house together, they worked hard to make it a center of literary life.

Excerpt
And now the pressure is brought to bear for a book showing the Little Peppers over the ocean, recorded in "Five Little Peppers Midway." And the author is very glad to comply again; for foreign travel throws a wholly different side-light upon the Pepper family. So here is the book.

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Sidney, Margaret: Five Little Peppers And How They Grew. v1. 16 Jul 2013

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Margaret Sidney was the pseudonym of American author Harriett Mulford Stone Lothrop (June 22, 1844–August 2, 1924). In addition to writing popular children's stories, she ran her husband Daniel Lothrop's publishing company after his death. After they bought The Wayside country house together, they worked hard to make it a center of literary life.

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The little old kitchen had quieted down from the bustle and confusion of mid-day; and now, with its afternoon manners on, presented a holiday aspect, that as the principal room in the brown house, it was eminently proper it should have. It was just on the edge of the twilight; and the little Peppers, all except Ben, the oldest of the flock, were enjoying a "breathing spell," as their mother called it, which meant some quiet work suitable for the hour. All the "breathing spell" they could remember however, poor things; for times were always hard with them nowadays; and since the father died, when Phronsie was a baby, Mrs. Pepper had had hard work to scrape together money enough to put bread into her children's mouths, and to pay the rent of the little brown house.

NOTE: 36 Illustrations

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Sidney, Margaret: Five Little Peppers and their Friends. v1. 17 Jul 2013

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Margaret Sidney was the pseudonym of American author Harriett Mulford Stone Lothrop (June 22, 1844–August 2, 1924). In addition to writing popular children's stories, she ran her husband Daniel Lothrop's publishing company after his death. After they bought The Wayside country house together, they worked hard to make it a center of literary life.

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There were so many interesting friends of the Five Little Peppers, whose lives were only the faintest of outlines in the series ending when Phronsie was grown up, that a volume devoted to this outer circle has been written to meet the persistent demand.

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Sidney, Margaret: Five Little Peppers at School. v1. 17 Jul 2013

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Margaret Sidney was the pseudonym of American author Harriett Mulford Stone Lothrop (June 22, 1844–August 2, 1924). In addition to writing popular children's stories, she ran her husband Daniel Lothrop's publishing company after his death. After they bought The Wayside country house together, they worked hard to make it a center of literary life.

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So he smothered a sigh, and got into his togs, seized his implements of battle, and dashed off too. Streams of boys were rushing down to the court, and the yard was black with them. In the best places were the visitors. Royalty couldn't have held stronger claims to distinction in the eyes of Dr. Marks' boys; and many were the anxious glances sent over at the four St. Andrew's boys. If the playing shouldn't come up to the usual high mark!

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Sidney, Margaret: Five Little Peppers Grown Up. v1. 18 Jul 2013

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Margaret Sidney was the pseudonym of American author Harriett Mulford Stone Lothrop (June 22, 1844–August 2, 1924). In addition to writing popular children's stories, she ran her husband Daniel Lothrop's publishing company after his death. After they bought The Wayside country house together, they worked hard to make it a center of literary life.

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"Now, Amy," said Polly kindly, getting down on her knees beside the girl where she had thrown herself on the broad lounge, "you must just understand, dear, that I cannot help you unless you will have self-control and be a little woman yourself."
"You told me I would be sorry if I didn't practice," mourned Amy, dragging her wet little handkerchief between her fingers, "but I didn't suppose Jack was coming for six months, and I'd have time to catch up, and now—oh dear me!" and she burrowed deeper into Miss Salisbury's big sofa-pillow.

NOTE: 48 Illustrarions

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Sidney, Margaret: Five Little Peppers Midway. v1. 19 Jul 2013

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Margaret Sidney was the pseudonym of American author Harriett Mulford Stone Lothrop (June 22, 1844–August 2, 1924). In addition to writing popular children's stories, she ran her husband Daniel Lothrop's publishing company after his death. After they bought The Wayside country house together, they worked hard to make it a center of literary life.

Excerpt
"Jefferson," said Phronsie, with a grave uplifting of her eyebrows, "I think I will go down into the kitchen and bake a pie; a very little pie, Jefferson."
"Bless you, Miss," replied the cook, showing his white teeth in glee, "it is the making of the kitchen when you come it."
"Yes, Jefferson," said Phronsie slowly, "I think I will go down make one. It must be very, very full of plums, you know," looking up at him anxiously, "for Polly dearly loves plums."

NOTE: 48 Illustrations

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Sidney, Margaret: The Adventures of Joel Pepper. v1. 14 Jul 2013

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Margaret Sidney was the pseudonym of American author Harriett Mulford Stone Lothrop (June 22, 1844–August 2, 1924). In addition to writing popular children's stories, she ran her husband Daniel Lothrop's publishing company after his death. After they bought The Wayside country house together, they worked hard to make it a center of literary life.

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"Come on, Dave!"
It was Joel's voice, and Polly pricked up her ears. "'Tisn't going to hurt you. Hoh! you're a 'fraid-cat--old 'fraid-cat!"
"No, I'm not 'fraid-cat," declared little Davie, trying to speak stoutly; "I'm coming, Joel," and his little rusty shoes pattered unevenly down the rickety board walk.

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Siena, St. Catherine of: The Dialogue of Saint Catherine of Siena V1. 25-Sep 2010

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Saint Catherine of Siena T.O.S.D (25 March 1347 – 29 April 1380) was a tertiary of the Dominican Order, and a Scholastic philosopher and theologian. She also worked to bring the Papacy back to Rome from its displacement in France, and to establish peace among the Italian city-states. She was proclaimed a Doctor of the Church in 1970. She is one of the two patron saints of Italy, together with Francis of Assisi.

Blurb:
The "Dialogue" which treats of the whole spiritual life of man in the form of a series of colloquies between the Eternal Father and the human soul (represented by Catherine herself), is the mystical counterpart in prose of Dante's "Divina Commedia".

Source: Wikipedia

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Siena, St. Catherine of: The letters of Catherine Benincasa V1. 25-Sep 2010

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Saint Catherine of Siena T.O.S.D (25 March 1347 – 29 April 1380) was a tertiary of the Dominican Order, and a Scholastic philosopher and theologian. She also worked to bring the Papacy back to Rome from its displacement in France, and to establish peace among the Italian city-states. She was proclaimed a Doctor of the Church in 1970. She is one of the two patron saints of Italy, together with Francis of Assisi.

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The letters of Catherine Benincasa, commonly known as St. Catherine of Siena, have become an Italian classic; yet perhaps the first thing in them to strike a reader is their unliterary character. He only will value them who cares to overhear the impetuous outpourings of the heart and mind of an unlettered daughter of the people, who was also, as it happened, a genius and a saint. Dante, Petrarch, Boccaccio, the other great writers of the Trecento, are all in one way or another intent on choice expression; Catherine is intent solely on driving home what she has to say. Her letters were talked rather than written. She learned to write only three years before her death, and even after this time was in the habit of dictating her correspondence, sometimes two or three letters at a time, to the noble youths who served her as secretaries.

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Sienkiewicz, Henryk: Children of the Soil. v1. 23 Jul 2014

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Henryk Adam Aleksander Pius Sienkiewicz (Polish: [ˈxɛnrɨk ˈadam alɛˈksandɛr ˈpʲus ɕɛnˈkʲevʲit͡ʂ]; also known by the pseudonym "Litwos" [ˈlitfɔ; 5 May 1846 – 15 November 1916) was a Polish journalist, Nobel Prize-winning novelist, and philanthropist. He is best remembered for his historical novels.

Excerpt
The brichka, moving slowly along the soft sandy road, entered at last a dark alley, spotted only here and there by the moonlight, which pushed in between the leaves. Beyond the alley, night watches whistled; and in the open was seen a white dwelling, in which some windows were lighted. When the brichka rattled up to the entrance, a serving-man hurried out of the house and began to assist Pan Stanislav to alight; but in addition the night watch appeared and two white dogs, evidently very young and friendly, for, instead of barking, they began to fawn and to spring on the guest, showing such delight at his coming that the watch had to moderate their effusiveness with a stick.

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Sienkiewicz, Henryk: Hania. v1. 24 Jul 2014

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Henryk Adam Aleksander Pius Sienkiewicz (Polish: [ˈxɛnrɨk ˈadam alɛˈksandɛr ˈpʲus ɕɛnˈkʲevʲit͡ʂ]; also known by the pseudonym "Litwos" [ˈlitfɔ; 5 May 1846 – 15 November 1916) was a Polish journalist, Nobel Prize-winning novelist, and philanthropist. He is best remembered for his historical novels.

THE OLD SERVANT.
TARTAR CAPTIVITY.
LET US FOLLOW HIM.
BE THOU BLESSED.
AT THE SOURCE.
CHARCOAL SKETCHES.
THE ORGANIST OF PONIKLA.
LUX IN TENEBRIS LUCET
ON THE BRIGHT SHORE.
THAT THIRD WOMAN.

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Sienkiewicz, Henryk: In Desert and Wilderness. v1. 25 Jul 2014

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Henryk Adam Aleksander Pius Sienkiewicz (Polish: [ˈxɛnrɨk ˈadam alɛˈksandɛr ˈpʲus ɕɛnˈkʲevʲit͡ʂ]; also known by the pseudonym "Litwos" [ˈlitfɔ; 5 May 1846 – 15 November 1916) was a Polish journalist, Nobel Prize-winning novelist, and philanthropist. He is best remembered for his historical novels.

Excerpt
“Do you know, Nell,” said Stas Tarkowski to his friend, a little English girl, “that yesterday the police came and arrested the wife of Smain, the overseer, and her three children,—that Fatma who several times called at the office to see your father and mine.”

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Sienkiewicz, Henryk: Let us follow Him. v1. 26 Jul 2014

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Henryk Adam Aleksander Pius Sienkiewicz (Polish: [ˈxɛnrɨk ˈadam alɛˈksandɛr ˈpʲus ɕɛnˈkʲevʲit͡ʂ]; also known by the pseudonym "Litwos" [ˈlitfɔ; 5 May 1846 – 15 November 1916) was a Polish journalist, Nobel Prize-winning novelist, and philanthropist. He is best remembered for his historical novels.

Excerpt
The period of “Let Us Follow Him” is that of the death of Christ. Antea, the wife of a Roman patrician, ill with terrible visions, is advised by a physician to seek the air of Jerusalem. There she and her husband meet Pilate, who tells them of the doctrine of the Nazarene, Jesus, and his condemnation to death. They are present at the Crucifixion, and Antea gives honor to the condemned Nazarene, saying, “Thou art Truth.”

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Sienkiewicz, Henryk: Life and Death. v1. 26 Jul 2014

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Henryk Adam Aleksander Pius Sienkiewicz (Polish: [ˈxɛnrɨk ˈadam alɛˈksandɛr ˈpʲus ɕɛnˈkʲevʲit͡ʂ]; also known by the pseudonym "Litwos" [ˈlitfɔ; 5 May 1846 – 15 November 1916) was a Polish journalist, Nobel Prize-winning novelist, and philanthropist. He is best remembered for his historical novels.

LIFE AND DEATH—A HINDU LEGEND
IS HE THE DEAREST ONE?
A LEGEND OF THE SEA
THE CRANES
THE JUDGMENT OF PETER AND PAUL ON OLYMPUS

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Sienkiewicz, Henryk: On the Field of Glory. v1. 27 Jul 2014

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Henryk Adam Aleksander Pius Sienkiewicz (Polish: [ˈxɛnrɨk ˈadam alɛˈksandɛr ˈpʲus ɕɛnˈkʲevʲit͡ʂ]; also known by the pseudonym "Litwos" [ˈlitfɔ; 5 May 1846 – 15 November 1916) was a Polish journalist, Nobel Prize-winning novelist, and philanthropist. He is best remembered for his historical novels.

Excerpt
On the Field of Glory, his last published book, begins with an adventure as a party rides through deep snow at night east of Radom, in the heart of Poland, and is suddenly confronted by wild boars and hungry wolves ready to devour people and horses. A dramatic rescue follows, and we are introduced to Sienkiewicz's typical nobles. In the Kozienice Wilderness we meet Pan Pagowski, an insufferable snob; and the Bukojemski brothers, a bunch of rascals. Aniulka Sininska is a typical Polish young beauty, always helpless in Sienkiewicz's writings, and Jacek Taczewski is her hero. Sienkiewicz was adept at combining truth with fiction, and thus we find fictional names interspersed with those of real ones. The novel ends rather abruptly as the Polish army moves towards Vienna.

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Sienkiewicz, Henryk: Pan Michael. v1. 27 Jul 2014

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Henryk Adam Aleksander Pius Sienkiewicz (Polish: [ˈxɛnrɨk ˈadam alɛˈksandɛr ˈpʲus ɕɛnˈkʲevʲit͡ʂ]; also known by the pseudonym "Litwos" [ˈlitfɔ; 5 May 1846 – 15 November 1916) was a Polish journalist, Nobel Prize-winning novelist, and philanthropist. He is best remembered for his historical novels.

Excerpt
Set in the mid-1600s, Pan Michael is the sequel to With Fire & Sword and The Deluge.

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Sienkiewicz, Henryk: Quo Vadis (german) v1.0 02 Feb 2010

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Henryk Adam Aleksander Pius Sienkiewicz (* 5. Mai 1846 in Wola Okrzejska, Polen; † 15. November 1916 in Vevey, Schweiz) war ein polnischer Schriftsteller und Träger des Literaturnobelpreises.

[(Quelle: Wikipedia)[/

Quo Vadis ist ein Roman des polnischen Schriftstellers Henryk Sienkiewicz, der die Anfänge des Christentums in Rom zur Zeit Neros beschreibt. Er wurde 1895 erstmals veröffentlicht. Inspiriert wurde Sienkiewicz von einer alten Legende über eine Begegnung des Apostels Petrus mit Jesus.

Der Roman war bereits kurz nach seinem Erscheinen ein Bestseller. Umstritten waren einzig die teilweise detailliert beschriebenen Grausamkeiten in den Kapiteln über die Hinrichtung der Christen (u. a. Zerreißen durch wilde Tiere, Verwendung als lebende Fackeln), wie sie auch in dem Spielfilm von 1951 recht drastisch gezeigt werden. Doch folgt Sienkiewicz hier einer historiographischen Vorlage, dem Kapitel über die Christenverfolgung in den „Annalen“ des Tacitus. Auch sonst ist der Roman historisch insgesamt korrekt. Allerdings ist er sehr stark prochristlich und endet auch mit einem Verweis auf den künftigen Sieg des Christentums. Zur Zeit der Entstehung des Romans war Polen, die Heimat des Autors, zwischen dem russischen Reich, dem deutschen Reich und Österreich-Ungarn geteilt, dies dürfte das Motiv von Unterdrückung und Verfolgung wesentlich miterklären.

Die wichtigsten Protagonisten sind historische Personen, Marcus Vinicius, Lygia und Ursus allerdings wurden erfunden. Pomponia, die Ehefrau von Aulus Plautius, wurde nachweislich angeklagt, einer feindlichen Religion anzuhören (vermutlich Christentum, aber nicht nachweisbar), von einem Familiengericht aber als unschuldig befunden. Die Darstellung von Aulus Plautius und Pomponia als christliche Märtyrer entbehrt historischer Realität.

Sienkiewicz erhielt 1905 den Nobelpreis für Literatur, Quo vadis? war ein wesentlicher Grund dafür.

[(Quelle: Wikipedia)[/

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Sienkiewicz, Henryk: Quo Vadis. v1. 28 Jul 2014

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Henryk Adam Aleksander Pius Sienkiewicz (Polish: [ˈxɛnrɨk ˈadam alɛˈksandɛr ˈpʲus ɕɛnˈkʲevʲit͡ʂ]; also known by the pseudonym "Litwos" [ˈlitfɔ; 5 May 1846 – 15 November 1916) was a Polish journalist, Nobel Prize-winning novelist, and philanthropist. He is best remembered for his historical novels.

Excerpt
In the dark, decadent last days of the Roman Empire, a pagan soldier sees a girl of exotic beauty and decides he must have her as his concubine. But unknown to him, Ligia is a Christian intent on living a pure life, even as Nero's ruthless persecution sweeps the city. As the lives of Vinicius and Ligia intertwine, they watch the world they know change before their eyes. While the apostles Peter and Paul seek to save the immoral city from ruin, Christians are brutally martyred in the Coliseum and Rome burns.

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Sienkiewicz, Henryk: Quo Vadis. v2. 2nd Mar 2010

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Another great Hollywood "blockbuster", but how many have read the book?

From "Wikipedia":

"Quo Vadis: A Narrative of the Time of Nero", commonly known as "Quo Vadis", is a historical novel written by Henryk Sienkiewicz. Quo vadis is Latin for "Where are you going?" and alludes to a New Testament verse (John 13:36). The verse, in the King James Version, reads as follows,

[ "Simon Peter said unto him, Lord, whither goest thou? Jesus answered him, Whither I go, thou can not follow me now; but thou shalt follow me afterwards."[/

Quo Vadis tells of a love that develops between a young Christian woman, Ligia (or Lygia), and Marcus Vinicius, a Roman patrician. It takes place in the city of Rome under the rule of emperor Nero around AD 64.

Sienkiewicz studied the Roman Empire extensively prior to writing the novel, with the aim of getting historical details correct. As such, several historical figures appear in the book. As a whole, the novel carries a powerful pro-Christian message.

Published in installments in three Polish dailies in 1895, it came out in book form in 1896 and has since been translated into more than 50 languages. This novel contributed to Sienkiewicz's Nobel Prize for literature in 1905.

Several movies have been based on Quo Vadis. The most famous movie is the Hollywood production "Quo Vadis" filmed in 1951.

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Sienkiewicz, Henryk: Sielanka-An Idyll. v1. 28 Jul 2014

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Henryk Adam Aleksander Pius Sienkiewicz (Polish: [ˈxɛnrɨk ˈadam alɛˈksandɛr ˈpʲus ɕɛnˈkʲevʲit͡ʂ]; also known by the pseudonym "Litwos" [ˈlitfɔ; 5 May 1846 – 15 November 1916) was a Polish journalist, Nobel Prize-winning novelist, and philanthropist. He is best remembered for his historical novels.

SIELANKA.
ORSO.

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Sienkiewicz, Henryk: The Deluge Vol. I (of 2). v1. 23 Jul 2014

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Henryk Adam Aleksander Pius Sienkiewicz (Polish: [ˈxɛnrɨk ˈadam alɛˈksandɛr ˈpʲus ɕɛnˈkʲevʲit͡ʂ]; also known by the pseudonym "Litwos" [ˈlitfɔ; 5 May 1846 – 15 November 1916) was a Polish journalist, Nobel Prize-winning novelist, and philanthropist. He is best remembered for his historical novels.

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This is a two-volume work, the sequel to "With Fire and Sword," a massive book called one of the greatest in European literature. "The Deluge" continues the sweeping saga of war and rebellion that threatened the kingdom of Poland and changed the face of Eastern Europe in the 17th Century. This historical novel of Poland, Sweden and Russia, is a masterful blend of history and imagination, filled with nonstop action and adventure. Sienkiewicz's work is the sweeping saga of a nation caught in the throes of a civil war, of a people struggling for survival, and of events that forever changed the face of Eastern Europe. Number two in his trilogy on the history of Poland, it tells the love story of a man and a woman tragically separated by foolishness, pride, confusion and the Swedish invation of Poland in the 1500s which divided a nation against itself and drew the best and worst out of its citizens.

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Sienkiewicz, Henryk: The Deluge, Vol. II. (of 2)

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Henryk Adam Aleksander Pius Sienkiewicz (Polish: [ˈxɛnrɨk ˈadam alɛˈksandɛr ˈpʲus ɕɛnˈkʲevʲit͡ʂ]; also known by the pseudonym "Litwos" [ˈlitfɔ; 5 May 1846 – 15 November 1916) was a Polish journalist, Nobel Prize-winning novelist, and philanthropist. He is best remembered for his historical novels.

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The war with cannon was no bar to negotiations, which the fathers determined to use at every opportunity. They wished to delude the enemy and procrastinate till aid came, or at least severe winter. But Miller did not cease to believe that the monks wished merely to extort the best terms.

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Sienkiewicz, Henryk: The Knights of the Cross. v1. 25 Jul 2014

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Henryk Adam Aleksander Pius Sienkiewicz (Polish: [ˈxɛnrɨk ˈadam alɛˈksandɛr ˈpʲus ɕɛnˈkʲevʲit͡ʂ]; also known by the pseudonym "Litwos" [ˈlitfɔ; 5 May 1846 – 15 November 1916) was a Polish journalist, Nobel Prize-winning novelist, and philanthropist. He is best remembered for his historical novels.

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The Knights of the Cross is a noble historical romance. The time and scene of the story are set in the middle ages during the conquest of Pagan Lithuania by the military and priestly order of the Knights of the Cross. An interesting read-the strategic computer game, Knights of the Cross is based upon historical fact and Sienkiewicz's novel.

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Sienkiewicz, Henryk: The Trilogy.v1.3 Dec. 2014

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This volume contains:
1. With Fire and Sword
2. The Deluge
3. Pan Michael

Thanks to Crutledge for letting me use his epub files for the basis of this one volume Trilogy.

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Sienkiewicz, Henryk: Whirlpools. v1. 29 Jul 2014

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Henryk Adam Aleksander Pius Sienkiewicz (Polish: [ˈxɛnrɨk ˈadam alɛˈksandɛr ˈpʲus ɕɛnˈkʲevʲit͡ʂ]; also known by the pseudonym "Litwos" [ˈlitfɔ; 5 May 1846 – 15 November 1916) was a Polish journalist, Nobel Prize-winning novelist, and philanthropist. He is best remembered for his historical novels.

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Whirlpools, a social/political novel of modern Poland, began to appear in serialized form in 1909, and was published as a book in 1910.
Known for their great narrative power and contain vivid characterizations, Sienkiewicz' work includes the great trilogy of historical novels With Fire and Sword (1884), The Deluge (1886), and Pan Michael (1887-88).

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Sienkiewicz, Henryk: With Fire and Sword. v1. 30 Jul 2014

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Henryk Adam Aleksander Pius Sienkiewicz (Polish: [ˈxɛnrɨk ˈadam alɛˈksandɛr ˈpʲus ɕɛnˈkʲevʲit͡ʂ]; also known by the pseudonym "Litwos" [ˈlitfɔ; 5 May 1846 – 15 November 1916) was a Polish journalist, Nobel Prize-winning novelist, and philanthropist. He is best remembered for his historical novels.

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The period embraced in this set is "one of the most dramatic and fruitful of results in European Annals - remarkable for work and endeavor, especially in the Slav world," the author writes. Among Western Slavs, the great events were the Hussite Wars and the union of Lithuania and Polant. The Hussite Wars were caused by ideas of race and religion (born in Bohemia.) The period of Bohemian activity began in 1403 and ended in 1434, with the battle of Lipan.

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Sienkiewicz, Henryk: Without Dogma. v1. 30 Jul 2014

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Henryk Adam Aleksander Pius Sienkiewicz (Polish: [ˈxɛnrɨk ˈadam alɛˈksandɛr ˈpʲus ɕɛnˈkʲevʲit͡ʂ]; also known by the pseudonym "Litwos" [ˈlitfɔ; 5 May 1846 – 15 November 1916) was a Polish journalist, Nobel Prize-winning novelist, and philanthropist. He is best remembered for his historical novels.

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In Without Dogma is presented quite another theme, treated in a fashion strikingly different. In the historical novels the stage is crowned with personages. In Without Dogma the chief interest centers in a single character. This is not a battle between contending armies, but the greater conflict that goes on in silence - the battle of a man for his own soul.

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Simms, William Gilmore: Charlemont. v1. 30 Jul 2014

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William Gilmore Simms (April 17, 1806 – June 11, 1870) was a poet, novelist and historian from the American South. His writings achieved great prominence during the 19th century, with Edgar Allan Poe pronouncing him the best novelist America had ever produced. He is still known among literary scholars as a major force in antebellum Southern literature. He is also remembered for his strong support of slavery and for his opposition to Uncle Tom's Cabin, in response to which he wrote reviews and a pro-slavery novel.

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The domestic legend which follows, is founded upon actual events of comparatively recent occurrence in the state of Kentucky

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Simms, William Gilmore: Confession. v1. 31 Jul 2014

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William Gilmore Simms (April 17, 1806 – June 11, 1870) was a poet, novelist and historian from the American South. His writings achieved great prominence during the 19th century, with Edgar Allan Poe pronouncing him the best novelist America had ever produced. He is still known among literary scholars as a major force in antebellum Southern literature. He is also remembered for his strong support of slavery and for his opposition to Uncle Tom's Cabin, in response to which he wrote reviews and a pro-slavery novel.

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The pains and penalties of folly are not necessarily death. They were in old times, perhaps, according to the text, and he who kept not to himself the secrets of his silly heart was surely crucified or burnt. Though lacking in penalties extreme like these, the present is not without its own. All times, indeed, have their penalties for folly, much more certainly than for crime; and this fact furnishes one of the most human arguments in favor of the doctrine of rewards and punishments in the future state. But these penalties are not always mortifications and trials of the flesh. There are punishments of the soul; the spirit; the sensibilities; the intellect—which are most usually the consequences of one’s own folly. There is a perversity of mood which is the worst of all such penalties. There are tortures which the foolish heart equally inflicts and endures. The passions riot on their own nature; and, feeding as they do upon that bosom from which they spring, and in which they flourish, may, not inaptly, be likened to that unnatural brood which gnaws into the heart of the mother-bird, and sustains its existence at the expense of hers. Meetly governed from the beginning, they are dutiful agents that bless themselves in their own obedience; but, pampered to excess, they are tyrants that never do justice, until at last, when they fitly conclude the work of destruction by their own.

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Simpson, Helen de Guerry: Boomerang. V1. 7 Jan 2009

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Helen de Guerry Simpson (1 December 1897 - 14 October 1940) was an Australian novelist.
Helen was born in Sydney into a family that had been settled in New South Wales for over a 100 years. Her great-grandfather, Piers Simpson, R.N., was associated with Sir Thomas Mitchell and her maternal grandfather, the Marquis de Lauret, settled at Goulburn some 50 years before her birth. Her father, Edward Percy Simpson, was a well-known solicitor at Sydney who married Anne de Lauret. Helen Simpson was educated at the Rose Bay convent (now called Kincoppal-Rose Bay, School of the Sacred Heart) and at Abbotsleigh, Wahroonga and, in 1914, she went to France for further study. When war broke out she crossed to England and was employed by the admiralty in decoding messages in foreign languages. She then went to Oxford, studied music and, failing in her examination for the music bachelors degree, took up writing.
Her first appearance in print was a slight volume of verse, Philosophies in Little, published at Sydney in a limited edition in 1921. It attracted little notice but was included by Serle in his list of the more important volumes in his Bibliography of Australasian Poetry and Verse, published in 1925. Her play, A Man of His Time, based on the life of Benvenuto Cellini and written partly in blank verse, was a remarkable piece of work for a girl of less than 25. It was performed by McMahon's repertory company at Sydney and published there by Angus and Robertson in 1923. Her first novel, Acquittal, appeared in London in 1925 and was followed by The Baseless Fabric (short stories) in 1925 and Cups, Wands and Swords (1927). The Women's Comedy (a play) was privately printed in 1926.
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"Life can afford extravagance, books cannot; for this reason nobody will dream of believing in my two grandfathers. They are too true to be good--good fiction, at any rate; if I try to give some kind of picture of them, it is because they frame between them a vision of a golden age, which could only have existed in brand-new countries, among brand-new circumstances and laws. It was not a golden age for everybody, wives or servants for instance, but for these two it was; they were, to use a word which is almost dead, characters".

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Simpson, Helen de Guerry: Henry VIII. V1. 7 Jan 2009

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Helen de Guerry Simpson (1 December 1897 - 14 October 1940) was an Australian novelist.
Helen was born in Sydney into a family that had been settled in New South Wales for over a 100 years. Her great-grandfather, Piers Simpson, R.N., was associated with Sir Thomas Mitchell and her maternal grandfather, the Marquis de Lauret, settled at Goulburn some 50 years before her birth. Her father, Edward Percy Simpson, was a well-known solicitor at Sydney who married Anne de Lauret. Helen Simpson was educated at the Rose Bay convent (now called Kincoppal-Rose Bay, School of the Sacred Heart) and at Abbotsleigh, Wahroonga and, in 1914, she went to France for further study. When war broke out she crossed to England and was employed by the admiralty in decoding messages in foreign languages. She then went to Oxford, studied music and, failing in her examination for the music bachelors degree, took up writing.
Her first appearance in print was a slight volume of verse, Philosophies in Little, published at Sydney in a limited edition in 1921. It attracted little notice but was included by Serle in his list of the more important volumes in his Bibliography of Australasian Poetry and Verse, published in 1925. Her play, A Man of His Time, based on the life of Benvenuto Cellini and written partly in blank verse, was a remarkable piece of work for a girl of less than 25. It was performed by McMahon's repertory company at Sydney and published there by Angus and Robertson in 1923. Her first novel, Acquittal, appeared in London in 1925 and was followed by The Baseless Fabric (short stories) in 1925 and Cups, Wands and Swords (1927). The Women's Comedy (a play) was privately printed in 1926.
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"In a book of this length the writer must choose; he may record events or interpret them. Either method has its pitfalls. For example, if the reign of Henry VIII is told as a story, the central figure easily becomes an ogre, moving through a succession of cruel caprices to an unregretted end. This is to do a great King poor justice".

"It is more interesting, I think, to try his character and rule by a touchstone, which comes irresistibly to hand when we remember thatMachiavelli's _Prince_ reached European statesmen somewhere aboutthe year 1515. It is not my contention that Henry consciously took any part of his policy from this book; but its brutally clear exposition of the art of contemporary government allows a reader to understand by comparison where, and why, he succeeded or failed".
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Simpson, Helen de Guerry: Maid No More. V1. 7 Jan 2009

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Helen de Guerry Simpson (1 December 1897 - 14 October 1940) was an Australian novelist.
Helen was born in Sydney into a family that had been settled in New South Wales for over a 100 years. Her great-grandfather, Piers Simpson, R.N., was associated with Sir Thomas Mitchell and her maternal grandfather, the Marquis de Lauret, settled at Goulburn some 50 years before her birth. Her father, Edward Percy Simpson, was a well-known solicitor at Sydney who married Anne de Lauret. Helen Simpson was educated at the Rose Bay convent (now called Kincoppal-Rose Bay, School of the Sacred Heart) and at Abbotsleigh, Wahroonga and, in 1914, she went to France for further study. When war broke out she crossed to England and was employed by the admiralty in decoding messages in foreign languages. She then went to Oxford, studied music and, failing in her examination for the music bachelors degree, took up writing.
Her first appearance in print was a slight volume of verse, Philosophies in Little, published at Sydney in a limited edition in 1921. It attracted little notice but was included by Serle in his list of the more important volumes in his Bibliography of Australasian Poetry and Verse, published in 1925. Her play, A Man of His Time, based on the life of Benvenuto Cellini and written partly in blank verse, was a remarkable piece of work for a girl of less than 25. It was performed by McMahon's repertory company at Sydney and published there by Angus and Robertson in 1923. Her first novel, Acquittal, appeared in London in 1925 and was followed by The Baseless Fabric (short stories) in 1925 and Cups, Wands and Swords (1927). The Women's Comedy (a play) was privately printed in 1926.
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DEE: Blessed be the God of Heaven and Earth, who regardeth the sincere intent of his silly ones. A True and Faithful Relation of what passed for many years between Dr. John Dee and some Spirits. The young gentlemen of Magdalen College, going about their lawful occasions, halted to observe a sensible-looking woman talking to herself below their outdoor pulpit. The academic life offered many opportunities for baiting, none of which they were apt to neglect; poor scholars, professors, and nonconformists of various kinds were mischief's daily bread. But women, apart from complaisant persons in taverns, did not often offer. The undergraduates therefore gave some attention to this creature's words, as they were wont to give attention to the mannerisms of those who instructed them, with a view to reproducing in caricature what was meant to edify. To their displeasure, the woman was sermonizing.

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Simpson, Helen de Guerry: Saraband for Dead Lovers. V1. 8 Jan 2009

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Helen de Guerry Simpson (1 December 1897 - 14 October 1940) was an Australian novelist.
Helen was born in Sydney into a family that had been settled in New South Wales for over a 100 years. Her great-grandfather, Piers Simpson, R.N., was associated with Sir Thomas Mitchell and her maternal grandfather, the Marquis de Lauret, settled at Goulburn some 50 years before her birth. Her father, Edward Percy Simpson, was a well-known solicitor at Sydney who married Anne de Lauret. Helen Simpson was educated at the Rose Bay convent (now called Kincoppal-Rose Bay, School of the Sacred Heart) and at Abbotsleigh, Wahroonga and, in 1914, she went to France for further study. When war broke out she crossed to England and was employed by the admiralty in decoding messages in foreign languages. She then went to Oxford, studied music and, failing in her examination for the music bachelors degree, took up writing.
Her first appearance in print was a slight volume of verse, Philosophies in Little, published at Sydney in a limited edition in 1921. It attracted little notice but was included by Serle in his list of the more important volumes in his Bibliography of Australasian Poetry and Verse, published in 1925. Her play, A Man of His Time, based on the life of Benvenuto Cellini and written partly in blank verse, was a remarkable piece of work for a girl of less than 25. It was performed by McMahon's repertory company at Sydney and published there by Angus and Robertson in 1923. Her first novel, Acquittal, appeared in London in 1925 and was followed by The Baseless Fabric (short stories) in 1925 and Cups, Wands and Swords (1927). The Women's Comedy (a play) was privately printed in 1926.
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Everyone knows, who has tried it, that history will not fit into fiction without some little adjustment here and there, a tampering with the letter in order that the spirit may have a better chance. Such adjustments have been made throughout this book, and may easily be discovered by the historian; but I hope he will not find that violence has been done to any essential truth.
H. S.
Queen Anne Street, W.I
November, 1934

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Simpson, Helen de Guerry: The Spanish Marriage. V1. 8 Jan 2009

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Helen de Guerry Simpson (1 December 1897 - 14 October 1940) was an Australian novelist.
Helen was born in Sydney into a family that had been settled in New South Wales for over a 100 years. Her great-grandfather, Piers Simpson, R.N., was associated with Sir Thomas Mitchell and her maternal grandfather, the Marquis de Lauret, settled at Goulburn some 50 years before her birth. Her father, Edward Percy Simpson, was a well-known solicitor at Sydney who married Anne de Lauret. Helen Simpson was educated at the Rose Bay convent (now called Kincoppal-Rose Bay, School of the Sacred Heart) and at Abbotsleigh, Wahroonga and, in 1914, she went to France for further study. When war broke out she crossed to England and was employed by the admiralty in decoding messages in foreign languages. She then went to Oxford, studied music and, failing in her examination for the music bachelors degree, took up writing.
Her first appearance in print was a slight volume of verse, Philosophies in Little, published at Sydney in a limited edition in 1921. It attracted little notice but was included by Serle in his list of the more important volumes in his Bibliography of Australasian Poetry and Verse, published in 1925. Her play, A Man of His Time, based on the life of Benvenuto Cellini and written partly in blank verse, was a remarkable piece of work for a girl of less than 25. It was performed by McMahon's repertory company at Sydney and published there by Angus and Robertson in 1923. Her first novel, Acquittal, appeared in London in 1925 and was followed by The Baseless Fabric (short stories) in 1925 and Cups, Wands and Swords (1927). The Women's Comedy (a play) was privately printed in 1926.
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"England in the early years of Henry VIII may be seen as a newly risen power, with continental commitments; a rich country, thanks to the economies of the King's father, and for this reason sought as an ally by the more considerable States. Her traditional friendships were with Spain and Portugal, her enmities with Scotland and France; of these latter, Scotland, crushed by the victory of Flodden in 1513, gave little trouble during Henry's reign".

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Simpson, Helen de Guerry: The Woman on the Beast. V1. 9 Jan 2009

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Helen de Guerry Simpson (1 December 1897 - 14 October 1940) was an Australian novelist.
Helen was born in Sydney into a family that had been settled in New South Wales for over a 100 years. Her great-grandfather, Piers Simpson, R.N., was associated with Sir Thomas Mitchell and her maternal grandfather, the Marquis de Lauret, settled at Goulburn some 50 years before her birth. Her father, Edward Percy Simpson, was a well-known solicitor at Sydney who married Anne de Lauret. Helen Simpson was educated at the Rose Bay convent (now called Kincoppal-Rose Bay, School of the Sacred Heart) and at Abbotsleigh, Wahroonga and, in 1914, she went to France for further study. When war broke out she crossed to England and was employed by the admiralty in decoding messages in foreign languages. She then went to Oxford, studied music and, failing in her examination for the music bachelors degree, took up writing.
Her first appearance in print was a slight volume of verse, Philosophies in Little, published at Sydney in a limited edition in 1921. It attracted little notice but was included by Serle in his list of the more important volumes in his Bibliography of Australasian Poetry and Verse, published in 1925. Her play, A Man of His Time, based on the life of Benvenuto Cellini and written partly in blank verse, was a remarkable piece of work for a girl of less than 25. It was performed by McMahon's repertory company at Sydney and published there by Angus and Robertson in 1923. Her first novel, Acquittal, appeared in London in 1925 and was followed by The Baseless Fabric (short stories) in 1925 and Cups, Wands and Swords (1927). The Women's Comedy (a play) was privately printed in 1926.
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"This book tries to interpret a contradiction, that the most hateful actions are, as often as not, performed for the best of reasons. In the Prologue a Divine promise is made and, for good cause, broken. The three stories that follow have only this same idea in common, that men are driven to persecute and betray, not by malice or folly, but by the good they passionately wish their fellow men; that energy of which St. John speaks, sweet as honey in the mouth, bitter to the belly. The Epilogue shows Heaven defeated because divided against itself".
Foreword

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Simpson, Helen de Guerry: Under Capricorn. V1. 10 Jan 2009

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Helen de Guerry Simpson (1 December 1897 - 14 October 1940) was an Australian novelist.
Helen was born in Sydney into a family that had been settled in New South Wales for over a 100 years. Her great-grandfather, Piers Simpson, R.N., was associated with Sir Thomas Mitchell and her maternal grandfather, the Marquis de Lauret, settled at Goulburn some 50 years before her birth. Her father, Edward Percy Simpson, was a well-known solicitor at Sydney who married Anne de Lauret. Helen Simpson was educated at the Rose Bay convent (now called Kincoppal-Rose Bay, School of the Sacred Heart) and at Abbotsleigh, Wahroonga and, in 1914, she went to France for further study. When war broke out she crossed to England and was employed by the admiralty in decoding messages in foreign languages. She then went to Oxford, studied music and, failing in her examination for the music bachelors degree, took up writing.
Her first appearance in print was a slight volume of verse, Philosophies in Little, published at Sydney in a limited edition in 1921. It attracted little notice but was included by Serle in his list of the more important volumes in his Bibliography of Australasian Poetry and Verse, published in 1925. Her play, A Man of His Time, based on the life of Benvenuto Cellini and written partly in blank verse, was a remarkable piece of work for a girl of less than 25. It was performed by McMahon's repertory company at Sydney and published there by Angus and Robertson in 1923. Her first novel, Acquittal, appeared in London in 1925 and was followed by The Baseless Fabric (short stories) in 1925 and Cups, Wands and Swords (1927). The Women's Comedy (a play) was privately printed in 1926.
Wikipedia

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"The year, eighteen hundred and thirty-one. The place, Sydney; a city whose streets were first laid by men in chains for the easier progress of the soldiers who guarded I them. This city, growing slowly about a population of convicts and soldiers, had at that date no very penitential air".

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Sinclair, May: The Intercessor and Other Stories (ghosts). v1. 24 Nov 2020

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THE INTERCESSOR and Other Stories

The second, and final, collection of supernatural fiction by May Sinclair. This includes the often-anthologized story “The Villa Désirée”, and “The Intercessor”, one of her earliest ghost stories, and perhaps the most powerful.

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May Sinclair was the pseudonym of Mary Amelia St. Clair (24 August 1863 – 14 November 1946), a popular British writer who wrote about two dozen novels, short stories and poetry. An innovator of modern fiction, she was also a significant critic in the area of modernist poetry and prose. Many critics have proclaimed her supernatural fiction to be a notable contribution to the genre.

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[This book was first published in 1931. The text is in the public domain in countries where copyright is “Life+70” or less.[/

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Sinclair, May: Uncanny Stories (collect. ghosts). v1. 24 Nov 2020

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UNCANNY STORIES

Sinclair’s first collection of supernatural fiction, set in the second decade of the twentieth century. Sinclair combines the traditional ghost story with the discoveries of Freud and Einstein, and the results will enthrall and unnerve the reader.

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May Sinclair was the pseudonym of Mary Amelia St. Clair (24 August 1863 – 14 November 1946), a popular British writer who wrote about two dozen novels, short stories and poetry. An innovator of modern fiction, she was also a significant critic in the area of modernist poetry and prose. Many critics have proclaimed her supernatural fiction to be a notable contribution to the genre.

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[This book was first published in 1923.
The text is in the public domain in countries where copyright is “Life+70” or less, and in the USA.[/

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Sinding, Otto: Skovstjerner [Norwegian].v1. 04 May 2014

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Otto Sinding er mest kjent som maler og illustratør, men allerede i studetiden fikk han utgitt denne diktsamlingen.

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Sivle, Per: Vossa-Stubba [Norwegian].v1. 18 nov 2014

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Per Sivle (1857–1904) er stadig blandt de mest folkekjære av våre nynorske diktere og forfattere. Her er en liten samling fortellinger fra hans barndoms Voss, gjengitt etter forfatterens beste evner på rent, uforfalsket klassisk Vossa-maul. Fra innledningen:
«Eg ha skrive dei på Vossa-Mål, desse Stubbane; eg laut so gjera, skje eg sjølu kunna kannast mæ dei. Endå da æ kje alti so greitt, få livande Måle ne på Papire; dar æ Trot på Bogstava endå te.»

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Skram, Amalie: Professor Hieronimus/ På Sct. Jørgen[Norwegian].v1. 19 nov 2014

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Denne dobbeltromanen handler om malerinnen Else Kant, som etter et nervøst sammenbrudd blir mot sin vilje lagt inn til behandling sammen med sterkt sinnslidende mennesker.

Amalie Skram (1846-1905) er den mest framtredende naturalistiske forfatteren fra norsk litteraturs gullalder.

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Smiles, Samuel: Self Help; Conduct and Perseverance. v2. 16 Dec 07

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Samuel Smiles was a Scottish author and reformer, best known today as the writer of books extolling virtues of self help. These works have come to exemplify Victorian values for the modern reader and he received some criticism in his own time from socialists because of his emphasis on individual achievement.

I have found out that a lot of "self help" books that are currently on the market seem to be retreads of stuff that has always been written about how one is in charge of his own destiny regardless of his status in life. Integrity and perseverance are many times much more important than "genius" when it comes to success.

I totally agree with this idea but I also believe in saving money and I choose to read some of the earlier public domain books on this subject rather than buy the retreads.

I'm about halfway through this book and I have to say that I'm much more impressed than I thought I would be. Some of the things these guys went through to become successful is really amazing. I thought it might be a bit outdated, but the author gives great examples of how good old-fashioned hard work always works--regardless of what century you live in.

[Please note that there is also a Sony Reader .lrf file of this book that I posted a couple of months ago[/.

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Smiles, Samuel: Thrift. v1. 16 Dec 07

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Samuel Smiles was a Scottish author and reformer, best known today as the writer of books extolling virtues of self help. These works have come to exemplify Victorian values for the modern reader and he received some criticism in his own time from socialists because of his emphasis on individual achievement.

This book follows up on some of the strategies featured in the other Samuel Smiles book, [Self Help[/, that I uploaded to this forum earlier. This book concerns money, or more specifically, how to make better use of your money by saving and staying out of debt.

Here is a passage from this book that gives a good example of the advice:

"People do not know what troubles they are brewing for themselves when they run into debt. It does not matter for what the debt is incurred. It hangs like a millstone round a man’s neck until he is relieved of it. It presses like a nightmare upon him. It hinders the well-being of his family. It destroys the happiness of his household."

I also believe in saving money and I choose to read some of the earlier public domain books on this subject rather than buy the modern retreads. The concepts hold just as true today as they did when this book was written. So save your money and download this book.:thumbsup:

[Please note that there is also a Sony Reader .lrf file of this book that I posted a couple of months ago[/.

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Smith, F Berkeley: The Real Latin Quarter, v1, 1 February 2010.

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F. Berkeley Smith (1869-1931)
The Real Latin Quarter
With Illustrations by the Author
Introduction and Frontispiece by F. Hopkinson Smith (1838-1915)
1901

An illustrated description of the Latin Quarter on the left bank of Paris in 1901.

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Smith, F. Hopkinson: Outdoor Sketching, v.1, 13 Dec 2008

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This is a compilation of four talks (with four illustrations) that were given in 1914 at the Art Institute of Chicago on Composition, Mass, Water Colors, and Charcoal.

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Smith, Francis Hopkinson: Abijah's Bubble. v1. 1 Aug 2014

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Francis Hopkinson Smith (October 23, 1838 – April 7, 1915) was a United States author, artist and engineer. He built the foundation for the Statue of Liberty, wrote many famous stories and received awards for his paintings.

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Ezekiel Todd, her dry, tight-fisted, lean father, had named her, bawling it out so loud that the more suitable, certainly the more euphonious, “Evangeline,” proffered in a timid whisper by her faded and somewhat romantic mother, was completely smothered.

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Smith, Francis Hopkinson: Caleb West, Master Diver. v1. 2 Aug 2014

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Francis Hopkinson Smith (October 23, 1838 – April 7, 1915) was a United States author, artist and engineer. He built the foundation for the Statue of Liberty, wrote many famous stories and received awards for his paintings.

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As he stood handling the dresses, with their little sleeves and skirts, all the paternal seemed suddenly to come out in him. She was no longer his wife, no longer the keeper of his house, no longer the custodian of his good name. She was his child, his daughter, his own flesh and blood,—one who had gone astray, one who had pleaded for forgiveness, and who was now alone in the world, with every door closed against her but Captain Joe’s.

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Smith, Francis Hopkinson: Colonel Carter of Cartersville. v1. 2 Aug 2014

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Francis Hopkinson Smith (October 23, 1838 – April 7, 1915) was a United States author, artist and engineer. He built the foundation for the Statue of Liberty, wrote many famous stories and received awards for his paintings.

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Its retired location and shabby entrance brought it quite within the colonel’s income, and as the rent was not payable in advance, and the landlord patient, he had surrounded himself not only with all the comforts but with many of the luxuries of a more pretentious home. In this he was assisted by his negro servant Chad,—an abbreviation of Nebuchadnezzar,—who was chambermaid, cook, butler, body-servant, and boots, and who by his marvelous tales of the magnificence of “de old fambly place in Caartersville” had established a credit among the shopkeepers on the avenue which would have been denied a much more solvent customer.

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Smith, Francis Hopkinson: Colonel Carter's Christmas. v1. 3 Aug 2014

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Francis Hopkinson Smith (October 23, 1838 – April 7, 1915) was a United States author, artist and engineer. He built the foundation for the Statue of Liberty, wrote many famous stories and received awards for his paintings.

COLONEL CARTER’S CHRISTMAS
THE ROMANCE OF AN OLD-FASHIONED GENTLEMAN

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Smith, Francis Hopkinson: Felix O'Day. v1. 3 Aug 2014

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Francis Hopkinson Smith (October 23, 1838 – April 7, 1915) was a United States author, artist and engineer. He built the foundation for the Statue of Liberty, wrote many famous stories and received awards for his paintings.

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On one of these rain-drenched nights, some ten years or more ago, when the streets were flooded with jewels, and the sky-line aflame, a man in a slouch hat, a wet mackintosh clinging to his broad shoulders, stood close to the entrance of one of the principal playhouses along this Great White Way. He had kept his place since the doors were opened, his hat-brim, pulled over his brow, his keen eye searching every face that passed. To all appearances he was but an idle looker-on, attracted by the beauty of the women, and yet during all that time he had not moved, nor had he been in the way, nor had he been observed even by the door man, the flap of the awning casting its shadow about him. Only once had he strained forward, gazing intently, then again relaxed, settling into his old position.

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Smith, Francis Hopkinson: Fiddles. v1. 3 Aug 2014

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Francis Hopkinson Smith (October 23, 1838 – April 7, 1915) was a United States author, artist and engineer. He built the foundation for the Statue of Liberty, wrote many famous stories and received awards for his paintings.

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“Going to hang Fiddles right under the old fellow’s head,” he burst out. “That’s where he belongs. I’d have given a ten-acre if he could have drawn a bead on that elk himself. Fiddles behind a .44 Winchester and that old buck browsing to windward”—and he nodded at the elk’s head—“would have made the village Mayor sit up and think. What a picturesque liar you are, Fiddles”—here the point of the tack was pressed into the plaster with Marny’s fat thumb—“and what a good-for-nothing, breezy, lovable vagabond”—(Bang! Bang! Hammer at play now)—“you could be when you tried. There!”

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Smith, Francis Hopkinson: Forty Minutes Late. v1. 5 Aug 2014|

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Francis Hopkinson Smith (October 23, 1838 – April 7, 1915) was a United States author, artist and engineer. He built the foundation for the Statue of Liberty, wrote many famous stories and received awards for his paintings.

FORTY MINUTES LATE
A GENTLEMAN'S GENTLEMAN
ABIJAH'S BUBBLE
A LIST TO STARBOARD
THE LITTLE GRAY LADY
THE MAN IN THE HIGH-WATER BOOTS
FIDDLES
HOMO
THE PARTHENON BY WAY OF PAPENDRECHT

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Smith, Francis Hopkinson: Peter. v1. 6 Aug 2014

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Francis Hopkinson Smith (October 23, 1838 – April 7, 1915) was a United States author, artist and engineer. He built the foundation for the Statue of Liberty, wrote many famous stories and received awards for his paintings.

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There are no such banks at the present time—were no others then, and this story begins not so very many years’ ago—A queer, out-of-date, mouldy old barn of a bank, you would say, this Exeter—for an institution wielding its influence. Not a coat of paint for half a century; not a brushful of whitewash for goodness knows how much longer. As for the floor, it still showed the gullies and grooves, with here and there a sturdy knot sticking up like a nut on a boiler, marking the track of countless impatient depositors and countless anxious borrowers, it may be, who had lock-stepped one behind the other for fifty years or more, in their journey from the outer door to the windows where the Peters of the old days, and the Peter of the present, presided over the funds entrusted to their care.

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Smith, Francis Hopkinson: The Arm-Chair at the Inn. v1. 1 Aug 2014

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Francis Hopkinson Smith (October 23, 1838 – April 7, 1915) was a United States author, artist and engineer. He built the foundation for the Statue of Liberty, wrote many famous stories and received awards for his paintings.

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If I have dared to veil under a thin disguise some of the men whose talk and adventures fill these pages it is because of my profound belief that truth is infinitely more strange and infinitely more interesting than fiction. The characters around the table are all my personal friends; the incidents, each and every one, absolutely true, and the setting of the Marmouset, as well as the Inn itself, has been known to many hundreds of my readers, who have enjoyed for years the rare hospitality of its quaint and accomplished landlord.

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Smith, Francis Hopkinson: The Fortunes of Oliver Horn. v1. 4 Aug 2014

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Francis Hopkinson Smith (October 23, 1838 – April 7, 1915) was a United States author, artist and engineer. He built the foundation for the Statue of Liberty, wrote many famous stories and received awards for his paintings.

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If this weazened-faced, bald-headed old darky, resplendent in white shirt-sleeves, green baize apron, and never-ceasing smile of welcome, happened to be engaged in this cleansing and polishing process—and it occurred every morning—and saw any friend of his master approaching, he would begin removing his pail and brushes and throwing wide the white door before the visitor reached the house, would there await his coming, bent double in profound salutation. Indeed, whenever Malachi had charge of the front steps he seldom stood upright, so constantly was he occupied—by reason of his master’s large acquaintance—in either crooking his back in the beginning of a bow, or straightening it up in the ending of one.

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Smith, Francis Hopkinson: The Other Fellow. v1. 5 Aug 2014

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Francis Hopkinson Smith (October 23, 1838 – April 7, 1915) was a United States author, artist and engineer. He built the foundation for the Statue of Liberty, wrote many famous stories and received awards for his paintings.

DICK SANDS, CONVICT.
A KENTUCKY CINDERELLA
A WATERLOGGED TOWN
THE BOY IN THE CLOTH CAP
BETWEEN SHOWERS IN DORT
ONE OF BOB’S TRAMPS
ACCORDING TO THE LAW
“NEVER HAD NO SLEEP”
THE MAN WITH THE EMPTY SLEEVE
“TINCTUR OF IRON”
“FIVE MEALS FOR A DOLLAR”

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Smith, Francis Hopkinson: The Tides of Barnegat . v1. 6 Jul 2014

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Francis Hopkinson Smith (October 23, 1838 – April 7, 1915) was a United States author, artist and engineer. He built the foundation for the Statue of Liberty, wrote many famous stories and received awards for his paintings.

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One lovely spring morning—and this story begins on a spring morning some fifty years or more ago—a joy of a morning that made one glad to be alive, when the radiant sunshine had turned the ribbon of a road that ran from Warehold village to Barnegat Light and the sea to satin, the wide marshes to velvet, and the belts of stunted pines to bands of purple—on this spring morning, then, Martha Sands, the Cobdens' nurse, was out with her dog Meg. She had taken the little beast to the inner beach for a bath—a custom of hers when the weather was fine and the water not too cold—and was returning to Warehold by way of the road, when, calling the dog to her side, she stopped to feast her eyes on the picture unrolled at her feet.

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Smith, Francis Hopkinson: The Underdog. v1. 7 Aug 2014

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Francis Hopkinson Smith (October 23, 1838 – April 7, 1915) was a United States author, artist and engineer. He built the foundation for the Statue of Liberty, wrote many famous stories and received awards for his paintings.

NO RESPECTER OF PERSONS
CAP’N BOB OF THE SCREAMER
A PROCESSION OF UMBRELLAS
“DOC” SHIPMAN’S FEE
PLAIN FIN—PAPER-HANGER
LONG JIM
COMPARTMENT NUMBER FOUR—COLOGNE TO PARIS
SAMMY
MARNY’S SHADOW
MUFFLES—THE BAR-KEEP
HIS LAST CENT

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Smith, Francis Hopkinson: The Veiled Lady. v1. 8 Aug 2014

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Francis Hopkinson Smith (October 23, 1838 – April 7, 1915) was a United States author, artist and engineer. He built the foundation for the Statue of Liberty, wrote many famous stories and received awards for his paintings.

THE VEILED LADY OF STAMBOUL
LORETTA OF THE SHIPYARDS
A COAT OF RED LEAD
MISS MURDOCK,—“SPECIAL”
THE BEGUILING OF PETER GRIGGS
MISS JENNINGS’S COMPANION
SAM JOPLIN’S EPIGASTRIC NERVE
MISS BUFFUM’S NEW BOARDER
CAPTAIN JOE AND THE SUSIE ANN
“AGAINST ORDERS”
MUGGLES’S SUPREME MOMENT

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Smith, Francis Hopkinson: The Wood Fire in No. 3. v1. 8 Aug 2014

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Francis Hopkinson Smith (October 23, 1838 – April 7, 1915) was a United States author, artist and engineer. He built the foundation for the Statue of Liberty, wrote many famous stories and received awards for his paintings.

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There was no chimney in No. 3 when he moved in—no place really to put one, unless he knocked a hole in the roof, started a fire on the bare floor, and sat around it wigwam fashion; nor was there any way of supporting the necessary brickwork, unless a start was made from the basement up through every room to No. 3 and so on to the roof. But trifling obstacles like these never daunted MacWhirter. Lonnegan, a Beaux Arts man, who built the big Opera House, and who also hungered for blazing logs, solved the difficulty. It was only a matter of fifteen feet from where Mac’s easel stood to the roof of the building that sheltered him, and it was not many days before Lonnegan’s foreman had a hole in the roof and a wide and spacious chimney breast rising from Mac’s floor, which filled the opening in the ceiling and rose some ten feet above it, the whole resting on an iron plate bolted to four upright iron rods which were in turn bolted to two heavy timbers laid flat on the roof. Lonnegan’s men did the work, and Lonnegan settled with the landlord and forgot ever afterward to send Mac the bill, and hasn’t to this day.

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Smith, Francis Hopkinson: Tom Grogan. v1. 6 Aug 2014

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Francis Hopkinson Smith (October 23, 1838 – April 7, 1915) was a United States author, artist and engineer. He built the foundation for the Statue of Liberty, wrote many famous stories and received awards for his paintings.

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For the first time in years Tom Grogan, who had always unloaded his boats, had failed him. A scow loaded with stone for the sea-wall that Babcock was building for the Lighthouse Department had lain three days at the government dock without a bucket having been swung across her decks. His foreman had just reported that there was not enough material to last the concrete-mixers two hours. If Grogan did not begin work at once, the divers must come up.

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Smith, Hannah Whitall: The Unselfishness of God. v1. 15 January 2024

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Hannah Whitall Smith was a lay speaker and well-loved author in the American Holiness Movement, and also the Higher Life movement in the United Kingdom. Several of her works already appear on Mobileread.com. This book is her spiritual autobiography, or how she came to believe what she believed. It is probably lesser known because in this book she commits the ultimate heresy of affirming that God really does love everyone, and hell will be a very empty place indeed.

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Smith, Henry Bascom: Between the Lines. v1, 7 Mar 2008

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Subtitled: [Secret Service Stories Told Fifty Years After
[/

From the Book:

Fifty years ago! Gracious me! It makes me think of my age to talk of it. Yes, just fifty years ago was enacted the greatest tragedy the world ever saw, the civil war.
I entered the service at twenty and one-half years of age and served three and one-half years.
At different times I have told of some of my experiences, which seemed to interest. Sometimes I have talked to literary men, story writers, who have expressed a desire to write me up in magazines and newspapers, but lack of the romantic in my make up, notwithstanding romance might be seen in the stories which to me were but cold facts, has kept me from consenting.
I am actuated now by other reasons. I have a lot of documents and memoranda that are wearing out, liable to be mislaid or lost. In fact I have already lost one document, a letter from General Lew Wallace, a very valuable and important one (to me); it was his letter of presentation to me of the Harry Gilmor sword, written on the eve of his departure for Texas (on a secret mission, known only to Lincoln and Grant), to receive the capitulation of the Confederate General Slaughter, hence I feel that these matters ought to be recorded somewhere.
The New York Historical Society and Columbia University have offered some of these documents place in their archives. The affidavit and signature of Paine, the Conspirator who attempted to assassinate Secretary Seward, ought to be in some substantial depository as a link in history. I presume it is the only finger mark extant of any of the conspirators. The reason why I have not deposited it is that the statement appears garbled, requiring me to explain the gaps and hidden meanings between the lines, which I shall try to do in these pages.
Another motive for putting these experiences in writing, is in the interest of Graham, and his children, Curtis, Evelyn and her children, Nettie and DeLos. It is to be expected these younger ones will remain longer here under the old Flag, and perhaps they may get some consolation from the fact that some of their ancestors did something in simple patriotism. Nettie has complained that her school history did not mention her uncle. I told her I could only be found by reading “between the lines,” because there were so many “pebbles on the beach” besides her uncle.
But how can I make it interesting? I am afraid I shall injure the facts in trying to write them. A story writer might make a romance out of almost any one of my stories, for he would dress it up so. Every day and hour of my Secret Service experience was crowded with events; they came swift one after another; for instance the Election Fraud case of 1864 to which Appleton’s Encyclopedia devotes columns, took less than five days to develop; the story would take nearly as long to tell.
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Smith, Thorne: The Night Life of the Gods. v1, 5 Jan 2008

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Thorne Smith's rapid-fire dialogue, brilliant sense of the absurd, and literary aplomb put him in the same category as the beloved P. G. Wodehouse. The Night Life of the Gods--the madcap story of a scientist who instigates a nocturnal spree with the Greek gods--is arguably his most sparkling comedic achievement.
Hunter Hawk has a knack for annoying his ultrarespectable relatives. He likes to experiment and he particularly likes to experiment with explosives. His garage-cum-laboratory is a veritable minefield, replete with evil-smelling clouds of vapor through which various bits of wreckage and mysteriously bubbling test tubes are occasionally visible.
With the help of Megaera, a fetching nine-hundred-year-old lady leprechaun he meets one night in the woods, he masters the art (if not the timing) of transforming statues into people. And when he practices his new witchery in the stately halls of the Metropolitan Museum of Art - setting Bacchus, Mercury, Neptune, Diana, Hebe, Apollo, and Perseus loose on the unsuspecting citizenry of Prohibition-era New York - the stage is set for Thorne Smith at his most devilish and delightful.

Born in Annapolis, Maryland, in 1892, educated at Dartmouth, THORNE SMITH was an early cohort of Dorothy Parker's. He achieved literary success in 1926 with the publication of Topper and went on to publish nine novels in the next eight years. He earned a passionate following among both critics and readers before his death, at the age of forty-two, in 1934.

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Smith, Thorne: Thorne Smith: Collected Works. v1. 01 Aug 2021

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A collection of wickedly witty, ribald, satirical tales. Many of these tell of everyday folks in collision with the supernatural, but chuckles are to be found in others as well. For some surprise departures from Smith’s usual style, take a look at the superb murder mystery [Did She Fall?[/ and the engaging children’s book [Lazy Bear Lane.[/

Due to copyright restrictions, this collection excludes [The Passionate Witch[/ (1941), which was completed by Norman H. Matson (1893–1965).
(See list of contents below)

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James Thorne Smith, Jr. (March 27, 1892 – June 20, 1934) was an American writer of humorous supernatural fantasy fiction under the byline Thorne Smith. He had a brief but prolific career as a best-selling comic novelist. He is best known today for the two [Topper [/novels, comic fantasy fiction involving sex, much drinking, and ghosts. With racy illustrations, these sold millions of copies in the 1930s and were equally popular in paperbacks of the 1950s. His writings have had a lingering influence in popular culture: witness, for example, the television series “Bewitched” and “I Dream of Jeanie” and the films [Beetlejuice[/, [Ghostbusters[/, and [Night at the Museum[/.

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List of contents:
SUPERNATURAL SHENANIGANS
Topper
Topper Takes a Trip
The Stray Lamb
The Night Life of the Gods
Turnabout
Skin and Bones
The Glorious Pool
THE SILLY SIDE
The Bishop’s Jaegers
Rain in the Doorway
THE SEROUS SIDE
Did She Fall?
(murder mystery)
Dream’s End
(gothic romance)
THE OSWALD DIARIES (WWI NAVY)
Biltmore Oswald
Out o’ Luck

TWO SHORT STORIES
Yonder’s Henry!
Birthday Present
CHILDREN’S BOOK
Lazy Bear Lane
POETRY COLLECTION
Haunts and By-Paths

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[Contents were originally published 1918 ~ 1934. This book is in the public domain where copyright is “Life+80” or less.[/
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Smith, Thorne: Topper. v1, 5 Jan 2008

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Thorne Smith is a master of urbane wit and sophisticated repartee. Topper, his best-known work, is the hilarious, ribald comedy on which the hit television show and movie (starring Cary Grant) were based.

It all begins when Cosmo Topper, a law-abiding, mild-mannered bank manager, decides to buy a secondhand car, only to find it haunted by the ghosts of its previous owners--the reckless, feckless, frivolous couple who met their untimely demise when the car careened into an oak tree. The ghosts, George and Marion Kerby, make it their mission to rescue Topper from the drab "summer of suburban Sundays" that is his life--and they commence a series of madcap adventures that leave Topper, and anyone else who crosses their path, in a whirlwind of discomfiture and delight.

As enchanting today as it was when first published in 1926, Topper has set the standard in American pop culture for such mischievous apparitions as those seen in The Ghost and Mrs. Muir, Heaven Can Wait, Beetlejuice, and Bewitched.

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Smyrnaeus, Quintus: The Fall of Troy. v1, 5 Sep 2008

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Homer's "Iliad" begins towards the close of the last of the ten years of the Trojan War: its incidents extend over some fifty days only, and it ends with the burial of Hector. The things which came before and after were told by other bards, who between them narrated the whole "cycle" of the events of the war, and so were called the Cyclic Poets. None of these works has survived but fortunately for us, a poet living in Smyrna about whom we know nothing other than his name, Quintus, wrote a poem summarising these now lost works in the 4th century AD. His work, originally written in Greek, is presented here in a 19th century English translation by Arthur Sanders Way.

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Smyth, Clifford: The Gilded Man (1918); v1; 22 Jun 2020

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Clifford Smyth (1866-1943) wrote but one novel, and it is based on the legend of the Gilded Man: El Dorado. The legend centred around Guatavita in Colombia, and this novel tells of a small expedition seeking out the legendary city, a expedition which leads them to a wondrous underground civilisation.

The book contained illustrated endpapers, but the artist's work is still in copyright, so they have been omitted.

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Snaith, John Collis: An affair of state. v1. 28 Jan 2016

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John Collis Snaith: Born : 1876 Feb 24 Nottingham, Nottinghamshire, England: Died : 1936 Dec 8

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The face of the man, undefended by an umbrella, was full of power. The large aggressive nose and the fighting jaw literally clove their way through wind and water. There was a look of subtle satisfaction about him, as of a full-blooded animal occupied worthily. In the square-fronted march through the teeth of the gale, in the drive of the athletic limbs, there was the stern delight that warriors feel. Wind and water furiously contested every yard that he made; but this Titan, chin in the air, a grim smile upon his face, abated not a point in his course.

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Snaith, John Collis: Araminta. v1. 29 Jan 2016

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John Collis Snaith: Born : 1876 Feb 24 Nottingham, Nottinghamshire, England: Died : 1936 Dec 8

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AN old lady who lived in Hill Street was making arrangements to enter upon her seventy-fourth year.

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Snaith, John Collis: Henry Northcote. v1. 31 Jan 2016

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John Collis Snaith: Born : 1876 Feb 24 Nottingham, Nottinghamshire, England: Died : 1936 Dec 8

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Northcote sat in his chambers in Shepherd’s Inn. Down below was Fleet Street, in the thrall of a bitter December twilight. A heavy and pervasive thaw pressed its mantle upon the gaslit air; a driving sleet numbed the skin and stung the eyes of all who had to face it Pools of slush, composed in equal parts of ice, water, and mud, impeded the pavements. They invaded the stoutest boots, submerged those less resolute, and imposed not a little inconvenience upon that section of the population which, unaddicted to the wearing of boots, had dispensed with them altogether

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Snaith, John Collis: The Adventurous Lady. v1. 2 Feb 2014

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John Collis Snaith: Born : 1876 Feb 24 Nottingham, Nottinghamshire, England: Died : 1936 Dec 8

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All the same there was a terrible crush at Belgravia. The congestion of passengers and their luggage at the terminus of the B. S. W. was enough to daunt the stoutest heart, but a girl in a sealskin coat with a skunk collar standing at the bookstall on Platform Three was as calm and collected as if the war was still going on. Outwardly at least she made no concession to the fact that the Armistice had been signed three days.

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Snaith, John Collis: The Time Spirit. v1. 3 Feb 2016

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John Collis Snaith: Born : 1876 Feb 24 Nottingham, Nottinghamshire, England: Died : 1936 Dec 8

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It was the year 1890. Those days are very distant now. Victoria the Good was on the throne of Britain. W.G. went in first for Gloucestershire; Lohmann and Lockwood bowled for Surrey. The hansom was still the gondola of London. The Tube was not, and eke the motor-bus. The Daily Mail had not yet invented Lord Northcliffe. Orville Wright had not made good. William Hohenzollem used to come over to see his grandmother.

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Snaith, John Collis: The Undefeated. v1. 4 Feb 2016

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John Collis Snaith: Born : 1876 Feb 24 Nottingham, Nottinghamshire, England: Died : 1936 Dec 8

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IT was hot It was so hot that a certain Mr. William Hollis sitting on an old bacon box in the lee of a summerhouse in his lock-up garden had removed coat and waistcoat tie and collar, rolled up the sleeves of his shirt and loosened his braces. The presence of a neighbor’s elbows on the party hedge forbade a complete return to nature, but the freedom of Old Man Adam from the restraints imposed by society was envied just now by one at least of his heirs.

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Snaith, John Collis: The Van Roon. v1. 5 Feb 2016

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John Collis Snaith: Born : 1876 Feb 24 Nottingham, Nottinghamshire, England: Died : 1936 Dec 8

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NORTH of the Strand, east of the National Gallery, a narrow street winds a devious course towards Long Acre. To the casual eye it is no more than a mean and dingy thoroughfare without charm or interest, but for the connoisseur it has its legend. Here Swinburne came upon his famous copy of “The Faerie Queene”; here more than one collection has been enriched by a Crome, a Morland, a choice miniature, a first proof or some rare unsuspected article of bigotry and virtue.

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Snaith, John Collis: William Jordan Junior. v1. 7 Feb 2016

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John Collis Snaith: Born : 1876 Feb 24 Nottingham, Nottinghamshire, England: Died : 1936 Dec 8

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It had been raining all day in London. The beating of water, cold, monotonous and heavy upon the streets, had now acquired mystery from the darkness of a November night. The vague forms floating here and there through the haze of the lamps, which a few hours ago were easy to define, were full of strangeness, while the noise of the water as it gurgled into the sewers, and slopped from the spouts over the dark fronts of the shops had a remote significance. Now and again odd shapes would emerge from the curtain of the shadows: a wet policeman, a dog, a bedraggled walker of the streets, a sullen cabman, a lame horse. Over and above, round and about these phantasmal appearances, was the sound of continual water falling upon the great roar of London.

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Snider, Denton J.: Homer's Odyssey - A Commentary. v1, 12 Aug 2008

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An interesting commentary on Homer's epic poem, [The Odyssey[/, providing many useful insights into the poem. A fascinating read for those interested in the subject matter.

Enjoy!

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Snouck Hurgronje, Christiaan: Mohammedanism. v1. 20 Jan 2014

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Christiaan Snouck Hurgronje (1857-1936) was a Dutch scholar of Oriental cultures and languages and one of the first Western scholars to be allowed to take part in the annual pilgrimage to Mecca. (He had converted to Islam prior to his pilgrimage.)

He was also one of the first Western visitors to take photographs of Mecca and its surroundings.

His book [Mohammedanism - Lectures on Its Origin, Its Religious and Political Growth, and Its Present State[/ is a collection of lectures that he gave at prestigious universities in the USA in 1913.

Even though 100 years have passed since he gave his lectures, IMHO, they're still relevant today.

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Snyder, Gary: The Smokey the Bear Sutra, v.1, 29 Feb 2008.

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From Wikipedia:
The Smokey the Bear Sutra is a 1969 poem by Gary Snyder which presents environmental concerns in the form of a Buddhist sutra, and depicts Smokey as the reincarnation of Vairocana Buddha. Snyder composed the poem in one night for a February 1969 Sierra Club Wilderness Conference, at which he distributed the first copies. The poem "may be reproduced free forever," and has since been widely disseminated in print and electronic forms.

‘Now those who recite this Sutra and then try to put it in practice will accumulate merit as countless as the sands of Arizona and Nevada.’

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Soloviov, Vladimir: A Short Tale of the Antichrist, v.1, 11 April 2008.

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A Short Tale of the Antichrist (1900)
by Vladimir Soloviov
(1853-1900).
Translated by Alexander Bakshy (1915)

The title tells you a lot about the story, which deals with the same theme as Robert Hugh Benson’s ‘Lord of the World.’ (--Already uploaded.)

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Somerville, Charles: The Shriek (1922), v1, 24 Jun 2019

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Hardly had Edith M Hull's sensational novel "The Sheik" appeared, and the famous Rudolf Valentino silent movie of it, than this boisterous parody appeared.

Lady Verbeena Mayonnaise ventures into the desert on a madcap expedition, is abducted by the Shriek, endures various comic misadventures, including being "discovered" by famous movie producer/Director Cyril Gristmille (no relation of course to Cecil B deMille!) before finding true love.

Even the cover has a joke in the bottom ornament...

(The book that inspired it, "The Sheik", is also in this Library).

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Songling, Pu: Strange Stories from a Chinese Studio.V1.19 Jan. 2015

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I count only about 160+ stories rather than the 500+ that Wikipedia talks of. This book has Vol. 1 & 2 together.

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Sophocles: Oedipus Tyrannus (Ancient Greek). v1. 7 April 2011

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I wanted a Kindle version of [Oedipus Tyrannus[/ in ancient Greek for my Sophocles class, but couldn't find one.

So I made my own.

I used sources from the Perseus Project and figured out how to display line numbers on the Kindle (using tables).

I doubt many people want to read Ancient Greek texts on a Kindle, but this seemed like the best place to share it on the off chance someone else could benefit from my work.

Feedback is welcome.

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Sousa, J. P: The Conspirators. The Conspirators. V1. 15 Jun 2012

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John Philip Sousa (November 6, 1854 – March 6, 1932) was an American composer and conductor of the late Romantic era, known particularly for American military and patriotic marches

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Arriving opposite the Franklin house, Tom Foley took position in a near-by alley, where he could keep close watch on the front gate. After hours of nervous waiting, little Lillian Franklin came out, and Tom's heart gave a jump. She was alone, and began to roll a hoop, which her friend Sandy had given her that morning. Down the street she tripped, all smiles and happiness.

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Southworth, E.D.E.: The Haunted Homestead. v1. 11 Jan 2013

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Emma Dorothy Eliza Nevitte Southworth (December 26, 1819 – June 30, 1899) was an American writer of more than 60 novels in the latter part of the 19th century.

THE HAUNTED HOMESTEAD.
THE PRESENTIMENT.
THE SPECTRE REVELS.— TALE OF ALL HALLOW EVE.
THE GILBERTS; OR, RICE CORNER NUMBER TWO.

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Southworth, E.D.E.: The Lost Lady of Lone. v1. 13 Jan 2014

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Emma Dorothy Eliza Nevitte Southworth (December 26, 1819 – June 30, 1899) was an American writer of more than 60 novels in the latter part of the 19th century.

Excerpt
"The Lost Lady of Lone" is different from any of Mrs. Southworth's other novels. The plot, which is unusually provocative of conjecture and interest, is founded on thrilling and tragic events which occurred in the domestic history of one of the most distinguished families in the Highlands of Scotland. The materials which these interesting and tragic annals place at the disposal of Mrs. Southworth give full scope to her unrivalled skill in depicting character and developing a plot, and she has made the most of her opportunity and her subject.

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Southworth, E.D.E.: The Missing Bride. v1. 13 Jan 2014

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Emma Dorothy Eliza Nevitte Southworth (December 26, 1819 – June 30, 1899) was an American writer of more than 60 novels in the latter part of the 19th century.

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It was the terrible and remorseless Thorg! No one could doubt the identity for a single instant. The low, square-built, thick-set body, the huge head, the bull neck, heavy jowl, coarse, sensual lips, bloodshot eyes, and fiery visage surrounded with coarse red hair—the whole brutalized, demonized aspect could belong to no monster in the universe but that cross between the fiend and the beast called Thorg! And now he came, intoxicated, inflamed, burning with fierce passions from some fell scene of recent violence!

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Southworth, E.D.E.N.: Her Mother's Secret. v1. 12 Jan 2014

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Emma Dorothy Eliza Nevitte Southworth (December 26, 1819 – June 30, 1899) was an American writer of more than 60 novels in the latter part of the 19th century.

Excerpt
“My child, my dear girl, hear me! Listen to reason! Leonidas Force has no claim to be remembered by you. You have never been engaged to him. You were but a little girl of thirteen when he went to sea on his first voyage, three years ago, and you have not seen him since. What possible claim can he have upon you, since no betrothal exists between you?” gently questioned the lady, tenderly running her fair fingers through the dark tresses of the young head that leaned upon her bosom.

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Southworth, E.D.E.N.: Ishmael. v1. 12 Jan 2014

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Emma Dorothy Eliza Nevitte Southworth (December 26, 1819 – June 30, 1899) was an American writer of more than 60 novels in the latter part of the 19th century.

Excerpt
This story, in book form, has been called for during several years past, but the author has reserved it until now; not only because she considers it to be her very best work, but because it is peculiarly a national novel, being founded on the life and career of one of the noblest of our countrymen, who really lived, suffered, toiled, and triumphed in this land; one whose inspirations of wisdom and goodness were drawn from the examples of the heroic warriors and statesmen of the Revolution, and who having by his own energy risen from the deepest obscurity to the highest fame, became in himself an illustration of the elevating influence of our republican institutions.

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Southworth, E.D.E.N.: Self-Raised. v1. 14 Jan 2013e

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Emma Dorothy Eliza Nevitte Southworth (December 26, 1819 – June 30, 1899) was an American writer of more than 60 novels in the latter part of the 19th century.

Excerpt
"I cannot rest here any longer. Ring the bell, Mrs. Murdock, and hand me my dressing gown. I must get up and go downstairs. Good Heavens! a poor, innocent girl murdered in this house, and her murderer allowed to escape!" exclaimed Claudia, throwing the bed-clothes off her and rising in irrepressible excitement.

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Southworth, E.D.E.N.: Tried for Her Life. v1. 14 Jan 2014

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Emma Dorothy Eliza Nevitte Southworth (December 26, 1819 – June 30, 1899) was an American writer of more than 60 novels in the latter part of the 19th century.

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A presentiment of impending destruction possessed her, and overwhelming horror filled her soul and held her faculties. Though her life had depended upon her speech, she could not have uttered a syllable. And no word was breathed by the mysterious beings who bore her on. Dumb as mutes at a funeral, they marched. Silent, breathless as one on the brink of death, Sybil held her senses fast and prayed. And the little red spark moved through the darkness before her, like a malignant star leading her to doom. And how long drawn out the dreadful way! minutes seemed months, and hours ages. The awful forms that held her in their hands; their monotonous tread as they bore her on; their utter silence; the deep darkness; thedamp, earthy, stifling atmosphere; the agony of suspense; the horror of anticipation!—all these must have sent her into another swoon, but that her vigilant mind still held her senses alert, and she prayed.

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Southworth, E.D.E.N.: Victor's Triumph. v1. 15 Jan 2014

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Emma Dorothy Eliza Nevitte Southworth (December 26, 1819 – June 30, 1899) was an American writer of more than 60 novels in the latter part of the 19th century.

Excerpt
As soon as the subtle siren was left alone in the drawing-room with the aged clergyman she began weaving her spells around him as successfully as did the beautiful enchantress Vivien around the sage Merlin.

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Southworth, E.D.E.N: For Woman's Love. v1. 11 Jan 2014

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Emma Dorothy Eliza Nevitte Southworth (December 26, 1819 – June 30, 1899) was an American writer of more than 60 novels in the latter part of the 19th century.

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"Pawnees—friendly. Don't be afraid. Give them something to eat," said the captain, in a low tone, addressing the first part of his conversation to Corona and the last part to Mrs. Neville.

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Southworth, E.D.E: Capitola's Peril. v1. 10 Jan 2014

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Emma Dorothy Eliza Nevitte Southworth (December 26, 1819 – June 30, 1899) was an American writer of more than 60 novels in the latter part of the 19th century.

Excerpt
Pursuant with the general orders issued from headquarters, the court-martial, consisting of thirteen officers, convened at Tacubaya, for the trial of Traverse Rocke, private in the —— Regiment of Infantry, accused of sleeping on his post

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Southworth, E.D.E: Cruel As The Grave. v1. 10 Jan 2014

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Emma Dorothy Eliza Nevitte Southworth (December 26, 1819 – June 30, 1899) was an American writer of more than 60 novels in the latter part of the 19th century.

Excerpt
Sybil Berners was at this time about eighteen years of age—a beautiful, black-haired, bright-eyed little brunette, full of fire, spirit, strength, and self-will. She was a law to herself. No one, not even her aged father, had the slightest control over her except through her affections, when they could be gained, or her passions, when they could be aroused; but this last means was seldom tried, for no one cared to raise the storm that none could quell.

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Southworth, E.D.E: Hidden Hand. v1. 12 Jan 2014

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Emma Dorothy Eliza Nevitte Southworth (December 26, 1819 – June 30, 1899) was an American writer of more than 60 novels in the latter part of the 19th century.

Excerpt
In person Major Warfield was tall and strongly built, reminding one of some old iron-limbed Douglas of the olden time. His features were large and harsh; his complexion dark red, as that of one bronzed by long exposure and flushed with strong drink. His fierce, dark gray eyes were surmounted by thick, heavy black brows that, when gathered into a frown, reminded one of a thunder cloud, as the flashing orbs beneath them did of lightning. His hard, harsh face was surrounded by a thick growth of iron-gray hair and beard that met beneath his chin. His usual habit was a black cloth coat, crimson vest, black leather breeches, long, black yarn stockings, fastened at the knees, and morocco slippers with silver buttons.

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Southworth, Emma Dorothy: Capitola the Madcap. v1. 10 Aug 2014

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Emma Dorothy Eliza Nevitte Southworth (December 26, 1819 – June 30, 1899) was an American writer of more than 60 novels in the latter part of the 19th century.

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Traverse then began and delivered the dying directions of the late doctor, to the effect that his daughter Clara Day should not be removed from the paternal mansion, but that she should be suffered to remain there, retaining as a matronly companion her old friend Mrs. Marah Rocke.

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Southworth, Emma Dorothy: Capitola's Peril. v1. 10 Aug 2014

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Emma Dorothy Eliza Nevitte Southworth (December 26, 1819 – June 30, 1899) was an American writer of more than 60 novels in the latter part of the 19th century.

Excerpt
Ten days later Molina-del-Rey, Casa-de-Mata, and Chapultepec had fallen! The United States forces occupied the city of Mexico, General Scott was in the Grand Plaza, and the American standard waved above the capital of the Montezumas!

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Southworth, Emma Dorothy: Cruel As The Grave. v1. 10 Aug 2014

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Emma Dorothy Eliza Nevitte Southworth (December 26, 1819 – June 30, 1899) was an American writer of more than 60 novels in the latter part of the 19th century.

Excerpt
Near the end of a dark autumn-day, not many years ago, a young couple, returning from their bridal tour arrived by steamer at the old city of Norfolk; and, taking a hack, drove directly to the best inn
They were attended by the gentleman’s valet and the lady’s maid, and encumbered besides with a great amount of baggage, so that altogether their appearance was so promising that the landlord of the “Anchor” came forward in person to receive them and bow them into the best parlor.

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Southworth, Emma Dorothy: For Woman's Love. v1. 11 Aug 2014

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Emma Dorothy Eliza Nevitte Southworth (December 26, 1819 – June 30, 1899) was an American writer of more than 60 novels in the latter part of the 19th century.

Excerpt
“Well, I don’t believe Regulas Rothsay would ever have risen to his present position if it had not been for his love of Corona Haught. No more do I believe that Old Rockharrt would ever have allowed his beautiful granddaughter to be engaged to Rothsay if the young man had not been elected governor,” observed a stout, florid-faced matron of fifty-five. “How hard he worked for her! And how long she waited for him! Why, I remember them both so well! They were the very best of friends from their childhood—the wealthy little lady and the poor orphan boy.”

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Southworth, Emma Dorothy: Her Mother's Secret. v1. 11 Aug 2014

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Emma Dorothy Eliza Nevitte Southworth (December 26, 1819 – June 30, 1899) was an American writer of more than 60 novels in the latter part of the 19th century.

Excerpt
You are not only a disgrace to your uniform, but a dishonor to the human form! You are a thief, a liar and a coward! I have written your character in ink, and I mean to seal it in blood! The bearer of this will meet any man you may appoint to make arrangements.

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Southworth, Emma Dorothy: Hidden Hand. v1. 12 Aug 2014

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Emma Dorothy Eliza Nevitte Southworth (December 26, 1819 – June 30, 1899) was an American writer of more than 60 novels in the latter part of the 19th century.

Excerpt
Major Ira Warfield, the lonely proprietor of the Hall, was a veteran officer, who, in disgust at what he supposed to be ill-requited services, had retired from public life to spend the evening of his vigorous age on this his patrimonial estate. Here he lived in seclusion, with his old-fashioned housekeeper, Mrs. Condiment, and his old family servants and his favorite dogs and horses. Here his mornings were usually spent in the chase, in which he excelled, and his afternoons and evenings were occupied in small convivial suppers among his few chosen companions of the chase or the bottle.

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Southworth, Emma Dorothy: Ishmael. v1. 12 Aug 2014

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Emma Dorothy Eliza Nevitte Southworth (December 26, 1819 – June 30, 1899) was an American writer of more than 60 novels in the latter part of the 19th century.

Excerpt
This story, in book form, has been called for during several years past, but the author has reserved it until now; not only because she considers it to be her very best work, but because it is peculiarly a national novel, being founded on the life and career of one of the noblest of our countrymen, who really lived, suffered, toiled, and triumphed in this land; one whose inspirations of wisdom and goodness were drawn from the examples of the heroic warriors and statesmen of the Revolution, and who having by his own energy risen from the deepest obscurity to the highest fame, became in himself an illustration of the elevating influence of our republican institutions.

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Southworth, Emma Dorothy: Self-Raised. v1. 14 Aug 2014

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Emma Dorothy Eliza Nevitte Southworth (December 26, 1819 – June 30, 1899) was an American writer of more than 60 novels in the latter part of the 19th century.

Excerpt
Awful as the anguish of his parting with Claudia had been, it was not likely that Ishmael, with his strength of intellect and will, would long succumb to despair. It was not in Claudia’s power to make his life quite desolate; how could it be so while Bee cared for him?

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Southworth, Emma Dorothy: The Haunted Homestead. v1. 11 Aug 2014

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Emma Dorothy Eliza Nevitte Southworth (December 26, 1819 – June 30, 1899) was an American writer of more than 60 novels in the latter part of the 19th century.

THE HAUNTED HOMESTEAD
THE PRESENTIMENT
THE SPECTRE REVELS
THE GILBERTS

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Southworth, Emma Dorothy: The Lost Lady of Lone. v1. 13 Aug 2014

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Emma Dorothy Eliza Nevitte Southworth (December 26, 1819 – June 30, 1899) was an American writer of more than 60 novels in the latter part of the 19th century.

Excerpt
“The Lost Lady of Lone” is different from any of Mrs. Southworth’s other novels. The plot, which is unusually provocative of conjecture and interest, is founded on thrilling and tragic events which occurred in the domestic history of one of the most distinguished families in the Highlands of Scotland. The materials which these interesting and tragic annals place at the disposal of Mrs. Southworth give full scope to her unrivalled skill in depicting character and developing a plot, and she has made the most of her opportunity and her subject.

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Southworth, Emma Dorothy: The Missing Bride. v1. 13 Aug 2014

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Emma Dorothy Eliza Nevitte Southworth (December 26, 1819 – June 30, 1899) was an American writer of more than 60 novels in the latter part of the 19th century.

Excerpt
Nickolas Waugh went through many adventures, served on board merchantmen, privateers and haply pirates, too, sailed to every part of the known world, and led a wild, reckless and sinful life, until the breaking out of the Revolutionary War, when he took service with Paul Jones, the American Sea King, and turned the brighter part of his character up to the light. He performed miracles of valor—achieved for himself a name and a post-captain’s rank in the infant navy and finally was permitted to retire with a bullet lodged under his shoulder blade, a piece of silver trepanned in the top of his skull, a deep sword-cut across his face from the right temple over his nose to the left cheek—and with the honorary title of commodore.

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Southworth, Emma Dorothy: Tried for Her Life. v1. 14 Aug 2014

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Emma Dorothy Eliza Nevitte Southworth (December 26, 1819 – June 30, 1899) was an American writer of more than 60 novels in the latter part of the 19th century.

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A presentiment of impending destruction possessed her, and overwhelming horror filled her soul and held her faculties. Though her life had depended upon her speech, she could not have uttered a syllable. And no word was breathed by the mysterious beings who bore her on. Dumb as mutes at a funeral, they marched. Silent, breathless as one on the brink of death, Sybil held her senses fast and prayed. And the little red spark moved through the darkness before her, like a malignant star leading her to doom. And how long drawn out the dreadful way! minutes seemed months, and hours ages. The awful forms that held her in their hands; their monotonous tread as they bore her on; their utter silence; the deep darkness; the damp, earthy, stifling atmosphere; the agony of suspense; the horror of anticipation!—all these must have sent her into another swoon, but that her vigilant mind still held her senses alert, and she prayed.

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Southworth, Emma Dorothy: Victor's Triumph. v1. 15 Aug 2014

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Emma Dorothy Eliza Nevitte Southworth (December 26, 1819 – June 30, 1899) was an American writer of more than 60 novels in the latter part of the 19th century.

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As soon as the subtle siren was left alone in the drawing-room with the aged clergyman she began weaving her spells around him as successfully as did the beautiful enchantress Vivien around the sage Merlin.

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Spearman, Frank H.: The Mountain Divide v1 11 aug 2009

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Frank Hamilton Spearman (September 6, 1859 – December 29, 1937) was an American author.
He was known for his books in the Western fiction genre and especially for his fiction and non-fiction works on the topic of railroads.
Although he wrote prolifically about railroads, his actual career was that of a bank president in McCook, Nebraska and did not himself work for a railroad. Spearman was also a devout Roman Catholic convert and held political views best described as proto-libertarian, both of which beliefs are also reflected in his novels.
His western novel Whispering Smith was made into a movie on six separate occasions, three silent films in 1915, 1926, and 1927, with later versions in 1935, 1948 and 1951. In 1961, NBC aired twenty episode of the television series [Whispering Smith[/, starring Audie Murphy, a film star and World War II hero in the title role, and Guy Mitchell as detective George Romack.

The Mountain Divide is a western novel that was first published in 1912.

This ebook was made with Sigil. It is fully illustrated and features the original cover. Source file is from Project Gutenberg.

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Spearman, Frank H: Held for Orders. v1. 27 Feb 2015

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Frank Hamilton Spearman (September 6, 1859 – December 29, 1937) was an American author.
He was known for his books in the Western fiction genre and especially for his fiction and non-fiction works on the topic of railroads. The books were illustrated by leading wrists, such as N. C. Wyeth (Whispering Smith).

Tales of Railroad Life

The Switchman’s Story.—SHOCKLEY.
The Wiper’s Story.—HOW McGRATH GOT AN ENGINE.
The Roadmaster’s Story.—THE SPIDER WATER.
The Striker’s Story.—McTERZA.
The Despatcher’s Story.—THE LAST ORDER.
The Nightman’s Story.—BULLHEAD.
The Master Mechanic’s Story.—DELAROO.
The Operator’s Story.—DE MOLAY FOUR.
The Trainmaster’s Story.—OF THE OLD GUARD.
The Yellow Mail Story.—JIMMIE THE WIND

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Spearman, Frank H: Laramie Holds the Range. v1. 27 Feb 2015

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Frank Hamilton Spearman (September 6, 1859 – December 29, 1937) was an American author.
He was known for his books in the Western fiction genre and especially for his fiction and non-fiction works on the topic of railroads. The books were illustrated by leading wrists, such as N. C. Wyeth (Whispering Smith).

All day the heavy train of sleepers had been climbing the long rise from the river—a monotonous stretch of treeless, short-grass plains reaching from the Missouri to the mountains. And now the train stopped again, almost noiselessly.
Kate, with the impatience of girlish spirits tried by a long and tedious car journey, left her Pullman window and its continuous, one-tone picture, and walking forward was glad to find the vestibule open. The porter, meditating alone, stood below, at the car step, looking ahead; Kate joined him.

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Spearman, Frank H: Nan of Music Mountain. v1. 28 Feb 2015

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Frank Hamilton Spearman (September 6, 1859 – December 29, 1937) was an American author.
He was known for his books in the Western fiction genre and especially for his fiction and non-fiction works on the topic of railroads. The books were illustrated by leading wrists, such as N. C. Wyeth (Whispering Smith).

Lefever, if there was a table in the room, could never be got to sit on a chair; and being rotund he sat preferably sidewise on the edge of the table. One of his small feet––his feet were encased in tight, high-heeled, ill-fitting horsemen’s boots––usually rested on the floor, the other swung at the end of his stubby leg slowly in the air. This idiosyncrasy his companion, de Spain, had learned to tolerate.

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Spearman, Frank H: Robert Kimberly. v1. 1 Mar 2015

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Frank Hamilton Spearman (September 6, 1859 – December 29, 1937) was an American author.
He was known for his books in the Western fiction genre and especially for his fiction and non-fiction works on the topic of railroads. The books were illustrated by leading wrists, such as N. C. Wyeth (Whispering Smith).

“I had already made an appointment before I learned of your arrangements for the evening. Father Pauly, the village clergyman, sleeps to-night at The Towers and I am expecting him as I write. He does not know of my intention, but before he leaves I shall ask him to receive me into the Roman Catholic Church.

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Spearman, Frank H: The Daughter of a Magnate. v1. 26 Feb 2015

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Frank Hamilton Spearman (September 6, 1859 – December 29, 1937) was an American author.
He was known for his books in the Western fiction genre and especially for his fiction and non-fiction works on the topic of railroads. The books were illustrated by leading wrists, such as N. C. Wyeth (Whispering Smith).

The train, a special, made up of a private car and a diner, was running on a slow order and crawled between the bluffs at a snail’s pace.
It’s a pity, too,” declared Conductor O’Brien, who was acting as mountain Baedeker, “that we’re held back this way when we’re covering the prettiest stretch on the road for running. It is right along here where you are riding that the speed records of the world have been made. Fourteen and six-tenths miles were done in nine and a half minutes just west of that curve about six months ago—of course it was down hill.”

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Spearman, Frank H: The Mountain Divide. v1. 28 Feb 2015

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Frank Hamilton Spearman (September 6, 1859 – December 29, 1937) was an American author.
He was known for his books in the Western fiction genre and especially for his fiction and non-fiction works on the topic of railroads. The books were illustrated by leading wrists, such as N. C. Wyeth (Whispering Smith).

Night had fallen and a warm rain drifting down from the mountains hung in a mist over the railroad yards and obscured the lights of Medicine Bend. Two men dismounting from their drooping horses at the foot of Front Street threw the reins to a man in waiting and made their way on foot across the muddy square to the building which served the new railroad as a station and as division head-quarters. In Medicine Bend, the town, the railroad, everything was new; and the broad, low pine building which they entered had not yet been painted.

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Spearman, Frank H: The Nerve of Foley. v1. 1 Mar 2015

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Frank Hamilton Spearman (September 6, 1859 – December 29, 1937) was an American author.
He was known for his books in the Western fiction genre and especially for his fiction and non-fiction works on the topic of railroads. The books were illustrated by leading wrists, such as N. C. Wyeth (Whispering Smith).

[SIZE="5"]Railroad Stories[/SIZ

The Nerve of Foley
Second Seventy-Seven
The Kid Engineer
The Sky-Scraper
Soda-Water Sal
The McWilliams Special
The Million-Dollar Freight-Train
Bucks
Sankey’s Double Header
Siclone Clark

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Spearman, Frank H: Whispering Smith (1907); v1; 23 Feb 2020

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A railroad through the rugged Rockies; a gang of former railway workers now attacking the railroad, robbing and wrecking. Time to call in Whispering Smith, the railroad's tough trouble shooter.

A major western, filmed many times (four times just in the silent movie era!), most recently in 1951 with Alan Ladd as Whispering Smith, in his first western and his first technicolour movie.

The first edition was illustrated in colour by Nathan Wyeth, famous painter of the West, and also a celebrated architect. These images are still in copyright, and have been omitted.

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Spearman, Frank H: Whispering Smith. v1. 2 Mar 2015

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Frank Hamilton Spearman (September 6, 1859 – December 29, 1937) was an American author.
He was known for his books in the Western fiction genre and especially for his fiction and non-fiction works on the topic of railroads. The books were illustrated by leading wrists, such as N. C. Wyeth (Whispering Smith).

The wreck had occurred just west of the creek. A fast east-bound freight train, double-headed, had left the track on the long curve around the hill, and when the wrecking train backed through Ten Shed Cut the sun streamed over the heaps of jammed and twisted cars strung all the way from the point of the curve to the foot of Smoky Hill. The crew of the train that lay in the ditch walked slowly up the track to where the wreckers had pulled up, and the freight conductor asked for Sinclair. Men rigging the derrick pointed to the hind car. The conductor, swinging up the caboose steps, made hisway inside among the men that were passing out tools. The air within was bluish-thick with tobacco smoke, but through the haze the freightman saw facing him, in the far corner of the den-like interior, a man seated behind an old dining-car table, finishing his breakfast; one glimpse was enough to identify the dark beard of Sinclair, foreman of the bridges and boss of the wrecking gang.

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Speed, Nell: A House Party with the Tucker Twins. v1. 17 Aug 2014

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Speed, Nell, 1878-1913

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There may be more fun than a house-party, but I doubt it. Certainly I, Page Allison, have never had it. What could be more delightful than to spend two weeks in a beautiful old country home with such a host as General Price, and to have as fellow guests all the girl friends you care for most in the world,—to say nothing of some of the male persuasion that at least you don’t hate?

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Speed, Nell: At Boarding School with the Tucker Twins. v1. 15 Aug 2014

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Speed, Nell, 1878-1913

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Leaving home to go to boarding school was bad enough, but leaving on a damp, cold morning before dawn seemed to be about the worst thing that could befall a girl of fifteen. I have noticed that whatever age you happen to be seems to be the age in which hardships are the most difficult to bear.

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Speed, Nell: Back at School with the Tucker Twins. v1. 16 Aug 2014

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Speed, Nell, 1878-1913

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Could it be possible that only one year had passed since I started to boarding school? So much had happened in that time, I had met so many persons, made so many friends, and my horizon had broadened so that it seemed more like ten years.
There I was once more on the train headed for Richmond, having arisen at the unearthly hour of five. Dear old Mammy Susan had as usual warmed up my bath water and prepared a bountiful breakfast. Father had been unable to accompany me to Richmond to put me on the Gresham train as we had planned, all because poor Sally Winn had made a desperate effort to depart this life in the night.

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Speed, Nell: Molly Brown of Kentucky. v1. 18 Aug 2014

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Speed, Nell, 1878-1913

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You can marry a million Professor Edwin Greens, B.A., M.A., Ph.D., L.D. (the last stands for lucky dog), and you can also have a million little Green Olive Branches, but you will still be Molly Brown of Kentucky to all of your old friends

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Speed, Nell: Molly Brown's College Friends. v1. 18 Aug 2014

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Speed, Nell, 1878-1913

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Professor Edwin Green always declared that he never expected to catch up on all the years he had loved Molly Brown and had been forced to let “concealment like a worm in the bud feed on his damask cheek.” He and Molly had been married almost four years on that day in March when he was assisting in the imposing rite of hanging curtains in the guest chamber, and she was still as wonderful to him as she had been on that day they had walked through the Forest of Fontainebleau and he had confessed his love. She was the same charming girl who had lingered too long in the cloisters and been locked in to be rescued by him on her first day at college, now so many years ago.

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Speed, Nell: Molly Brown's Junior Days. v1. 3 Mar 2015

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Speed, Nell, 1878-1913

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That the thief had been apprehended at last was of course understood. Putting two and two together, the Wellington girls concluded that Millicent Porter must have had some important reason for fleeing early in the morning without explanations, leaving two trunks and a debt of honor behind her. The trunks were afterwards expressed, according to directions left in her room.

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Speed, Nell: Molly Brown's Orchard Home. v1. 3 Mar 2015

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Speed, Nell, 1878-1913

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Our passage to Antwerp is really engaged and in two weeks Mother and I will be on the water. I can hardly believe it is I, Molly Brown, about to have this “great adventure.” That is what Mother and I call this undertaking: “Our great adventure.” Mother says it sounds Henry Jamesy and I take her word for it (so far I have not read that novelist), but he must be very interesting, as Mother and Professor Green used to discuss him for hours at a time.

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Speed, Nell: Molly Brown's Post-Graduate Days. v1. 4 Mar 2015

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Speed, Nell, 1878-1913

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Mrs. Brown, thankful that her brood was safe and no more damage done the poor, wicked tramp than a sore shoulder, a swollen nose and a fractured jaw, sent them all to bed with instructions to sleep late, and told Molly and Judy to stay in bed for breakfast. The burglar was put in the smokehouse for safekeeping until sun-up, when John and Paul expected to take him to Louisville, swear out a warrant against him and land him in jail. When the time came, however, to transfer their prisoner from smokehouse to jail, they found the door open, the man gone and a fine old ham missing.

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Speed, Nell: Molly Brown's Senior Days. v1. 4 Mar 2015

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Speed, Nell, 1878-1913

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How were they to bear parting, the old crowd, after four years of intimate associatIOn? Did Judy love it as she did, or would she not rather feel like a bird loosed from a cage when at last the gates were opened and she could fly away. But Molly felt sure that Nance would feel the pangs of homesickness for Wellington when the good old days were over.

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Speed, Nell: Molly Brown's Sophomore Days. v1. 5 Mar 2015

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Speed, Nell, 1878-1913

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“Molly! Molly!” cried a voice from somewhere in the upper regions of Queen’s, and down three flights of stairs rushed a wild figure, her fluffy light brown hair standing out all over her head and her voluminous kimono sailing behind her like the tail of a kite.

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Speed, Nell: Molly Brown’s Freshman Days. v1. 2 Mar 2015

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Speed, Nell, 1878-1913

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The new girl put down her straw suit case and leaned against the wall of the station. She looked tired and there was a streak of soot across her cheek. The trip from Kentucky in this warm September weather was not the pleasantest journey in the world. While she waited for Mr. Murphy to return with news of her trunk, her attention was claimed by two girls standing at her elbow who were talking cheerfully together.

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Speed, Nell: The Carter Girls' Mysterious Neighbors. v1. 16 Aug 2014

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Speed, Nell, 1878-1913

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Helen waited to hear no more but streaked around the opposite side of the house, bearing her ancient weapons. Peeping through the railing of the great gallery in front she espied George Wright calmly standing in the doorway which was flooded with moonlight.

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Speed, Nell: The Carter Girls' Week-End Camp. v1. 17 Aug 2014

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Speed, Nell, 1878-1913

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Douglas and Helen felt all the qualms and responsibilities that had been theirs on the opening of the camp at the beginning of the summer. It had proved such a success that confidence had come to them, but now that their parents were to join them, although they were very happy at the thought of seeing them, they had grave doubts about the way in which their mother would look upon their venture and about the ability of their father to endure the noise and confusion.

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Speed, Nell: The Carter Girls. v1. 16 Aug 2014

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Speed, Nell, 1878-1913

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It was an excruciating joke to expect Mrs. Carter to make a move or take the initiative in anything. Her rôle was ever to follow the course of least resistance, and up to this time that course had led her only by pleasant places. Like some pretty little meadow stream she had meandered through life, gay and refreshing, if shallow withal, making glad the hearts of many just by her pleasant sweetness; but no one had expected any usefulness from her, so she had given none.

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Speed, Nell: Tripping with the Tucker Twins. v1. 5 Mar 2015

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Speed, Nell, 1878-1913

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After our boarding-school burned on that memorable night in March, it seemed foolish to start to school again so late in the season; at least it seemed so to the Tucker twins and me. Their father and mine were rather inclined to think we had better enter some institute of learning in Richmond or take extra classes, do something besides loaf; but we earnestly pleaded to be let off for the rest of the year, and they succumbed to our entreaties.

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Speed, Nell: Vacation with the Tucker Twins. v1. 5 Mar 2015

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Speed, Nell, 1878-1913

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We three girls were the fore-runners of the famous beach house-party that Mr. Jeffry Tucker, father of the “Heavenly Twins,” had promised to give us the winter before as reward of merit if we passed all of our exams at Gresham and got through the year without any very serious mishaps. Mishaps we had had in abundance, but not very serious ones, as all of us were alive to tell the tale; and Mr. Tucker, with his eternally youthful outlook on life, seemed to feel that a scrape that turned out all right was not such a terrible matter after all.

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Spence, Lewis: Hero Tales and Legends of the Rhine, v.1, 16 March 2009.

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Lewis Spence (1874–1955)
Hero Tales and Legends of the Rhine (1915)

A collection of German tales and legends, including the Nibelungen stories.
The source was Project Gutenberg.
Incidentally, in the course of editing the book, I checked the accents and discovered that the city of Liège has undergone a change of accent. Wikipedia says that, “until 1949, the city's name was written Liége, with the acute accent instead of a grave accent).” Because this book was written in 1915, I have left the grave untouched.

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Spenser, Edmund: The Faerie Queen. V1.14 June 2012

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Wikipedia: [quotThe Faerie Queene is an incomplete English epic poem by Sir Edmund Spenser. The first half was published in 1590, and a second installment was published in 1596. The Faerie Queene is notable for its form: it was the first work written in Spenserian stanza and is one of the longest poems in the English language.[1] It is an allegorical work, and can be read (as Spenser presumably intended) on several levels of allegory, including as praise of Queen Elizabeth I.[/quot

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Spielhagen, Friedrich: Hammer and Anvil. v1. 20 Aug 2014

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Friedrich Spielhagen (February 24, 1829 – February 25, 1911) was a German novelist, literary theorist and translator. He tried a number of careers in his early 20s, but at 25 began writing and translating. His best known novel is Sturmflut and his novel In Reih' und Glied was quite successful in Russia.

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“Such a novel as no English author with whom we are acquainted could hare written, and no American author except Hawthorne. What separates it from the multitude or American and English novels is the perfection of its plot, and its author’s insight into the souls of his characters…. If Germany is poorer than England, as regards the number of its novelists, it is richer when we consider the intellectual value of their works. If it has not produced a Thackeray, or a Dickens, it has produced, we venture to think, two writers who are equal to them in genius, and superior to them in the depth and spirituality of their art—Auerbach and Spielhagen.”—Putnam’s Magazine.

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Spielhagen, Friedrich: Problematic Characters. v1. 21 Aug 2014

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Friedrich Spielhagen (February 24, 1829 – February 25, 1911) was a German novelist, literary theorist and translator. He tried a number of careers in his early 20s, but at 25 began writing and translating. His best known novel is Sturmflut and his novel In Reih' und Glied was quite successful in Russia.

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The silent driver cracked his whip to make his arrival known. The only answer was the loud sound of a clock, quite near by, which slowly struck eleven o’clock. When the last stroke had been heard, the door opened and a servant stepped out, and behind him the figure of an old gentleman became visible, whose wrinkled face was lighted up by the glare of a candle, which he tried to protect with his hand against the strong draught.

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Spielhagen, Friedrich: Quisisana. v1. 21 Aug 2014

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Friedrich Spielhagen (February 24, 1829 – February 25, 1911) was a German novelist, literary theorist and translator. He tried a number of careers in his early 20s, but at 25 began writing and translating. His best known novel is Sturmflut and his novel In Reih' und Glied was quite successful in Russia.

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“I am merely doing what the doctor has insisted upon. Only last night, in Berlin, as I was showing him to the door, he said: ‘Konski, when your master is lying on his left side and begins then to moan, rouse him, rouse him at once, be it day or night. I take the responsibility. And, Konski, no champagne; not for the next six weeks, anyhow, and best not at all. And when you have once got into Italy, then plenty of water to be mixed with the wine, Konski, and …’”
“And now oblige me by holding your tongue.

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Spielhagen, Friedrich: The Breaking of the Storm Vol I. v1. 18 Aug 2014

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Friedrich Spielhagen (February 24, 1829 – February 25, 1911) was a German novelist, literary theorist and translator. He tried a number of careers in his early 20s, but at 25 began writing and translating. His best known novel is Sturmflut and his novel In Reih' und Glied was quite successful in Russia.

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The weather had grown worse towards evening. The groups of navvies on their way to the new railroad at Sundin cowered closer together between the piled-up barrels, casks, and chests on the fore-deck, while the passengers had almost disappeared from the poop. Two elderly gentlemen who had been talking a good deal together during the journey now stood on the starboard side, looking at the island round which the steamer had to pass to the south-west, and whose level shores, sweeping in broad curves towards the promontory, appeared every moment more distinctly.

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Spielhagen, Friedrich: The Breaking of the Storm Vol II. v1. 19 Aug 2014

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Friedrich Spielhagen (February 24, 1829 – February 25, 1911) was a German novelist, literary theorist and translator. He tried a number of careers in his early 20s, but at 25 began writing and translating. His best known novel is Sturmflut and his novel In Reih' und Glied was quite successful in Russia.

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Ferdinanda had long ago emancipated herself from all control on the part of her aunt. She was accustomed to go and come as she pleased; the only point on which it was necessary to be attentive was punctuality at meals. Her father was very particular about this, only Aunt Rikchen declared, in order that he might worry her out of her five senses if she ever happened to be delayed by her household duties or other matters, as could hardly be avoided by such a poor creature.

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Spielhagen, Friedrich: The Breaking of the Storm Vol III. v1. 19 Aug 2014

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Friedrich Spielhagen (February 24, 1829 – February 25, 1911) was a German novelist, literary theorist and translator. He tried a number of careers in his early 20s, but at 25 began writing and translating. His best known novel is Sturmflut and his novel In Reih' und Glied was quite successful in Russia.

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Frau Feldner, Valerie’s old lady’s-maid, told Elsa that her lady was in a sound sleep, as was always the case with her after a violent attack of headache, and out of which she would hardly awake before evening. Elsa, who had herself suffered from the extraordinary sultriness of the day, and from the uncomfortable conversation at dinner, and was also put out and agitated by the scene with the Count, intended to employ the time in taking a walk; and thinking that Carla and the Count were already gone, was going, out of courtesy, to invite Frau von Wallbach to accompany her.

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Spielhagen, Friedrich: The German Pioneers. v1. 19 Aug 2014

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Friedrich Spielhagen (February 24, 1829 – February 25, 1911) was a German novelist, literary theorist and translator. He tried a number of careers in his early 20s, but at 25 began writing and translating. His best known novel is Sturmflut and his novel In Reih' und Glied was quite successful in Russia.

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On a certain forenoon in the month of April, 1758, there was unusual activity in the harbor of New York. In spite of the disagreeable weather—which had now already lasted two days, with dense fogs and drizzling rain, and even then, from low, gray clouds, was drenching the multitude—there stood upon the quay dense groups of people looking at a large Dutch three-master, which had already lain a couple of days in the roadstead, and now was swinging at anchor in the troubled water nearer shore.
“The gentlemen would have done better to have remained at home,” said a little man, referring to two broad-shouldered farmers, who stood near. “I will eat my tailor’s goose and not be called Samuel Squenz if, out of the skin-covered skeletons which have thus far passed here on their way to the state-house to take the oath of allegiance to our king—whom may God bless—they can select a single ordinary farmhand.”

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Spielhagen, Friedrich: Through Night to Light. v1. 22 Aug 2014

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Friedrich Spielhagen (February 24, 1829 – February 25, 1911) was a German novelist, literary theorist and translator. He tried a number of careers in his early 20s, but at 25 began writing and translating. His best known novel is Sturmflut and his novel In Reih' und Glied was quite successful in Russia.

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They were a couple of young men, evidently belonging to the best classes of society, that is, to the middle classes, in which intelligence and culture are nowadays almost exclusively found. They were both tall and showed the slight build and the elasticity belonging to their years. One, the smaller one, whose mouth and cheeks were nearly hid under a close, deep-black beard, would probably have been thought the more interesting of the two, as his finely-cut features, full of intelligence, were sure to please the more careful observer, and yet he was neither as tall nor as handsome as his companion, who at once attracted the eyes of all fair maidens and matrons in the towns and villages through which they had passed.

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Spielhagen, Friedrich: What the Swallow Sang. v1. 22 Aug 2014

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Friedrich Spielhagen (February 24, 1829 – February 25, 1911) was a German novelist, literary theorist and translator. He tried a number of careers in his early 20s, but at 25 began writing and translating. His best known novel is Sturmflut and his novel In Reih' und Glied was quite successful in Russia.

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“Gotthold Ephraim Weber,” murmured the stranger, “that is my name too, and I am also a Doctor of Theology. That I would not remain where my father placed me, but insisted upon taking the profession for which, according to my best knowledge and belief, I was born, separated him who now lies here from me forever. No, no, not that, at least that was not the true cause! I never understood in your sense what is written here: ‘Blessed are those who die in the Lord.’ We were never one, had been separated long before we parted. Well, father, at least let there be peace between us now. I wish with all my heart that you may have the bliss in which you believed; and say: ‘blessed are the—dead,’ so you certainly have the happiness in which I believe.”

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Spielmann, Mabel H.: The Rainbow Book illus-Rackham et al. v1. 11 Nov 2017

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THE RAINBOW BOOK By Mrs. M. H. (Mabel Henrietta) Spielmann (1862-1938)
Illustrations by Arthur Rackham (1867–1939); Hugh Thomson (1860–1920); John Bernard Partridge (1861–1945); William Pitcher aka C. Wilhelm (1858–1925).

[The Rainbow Book[/ was first published in 1909.
Text and illustrations in this edition are in the public domain in countries where copyright is “Life+70” or less, and in the USA. Due to copyright restrictions, illustrations by Lewis Baumer (1870–1963) and Harry Rountree (1878–1950) have been omitted.

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Mabel Henrietta Spielmann (31 Aug. 1862 – 01 May 1938) was a British author, married to art critic Marion Harry Spielmann. In addition to a number of children's books, Spielmann wrote about the life and work of Charlotte Brontë, and about the history of art. Her works include [Littledom Castle[/, [The Child of the Air[/, [The Love Family[/, [Margery Redford[/, and [My Son and I[/.

[The Rainbow Book[/ is a collection of short fantasy and fairy stories. Some are sweetly sentimental, but many feature a strong vein of humor, with comic situations and characters, and a treasure trove of puns and word-play. Young readers (and adults) who like to play with language will find many amusing tidbits here.

First published as magazine pieces, some of these stories were illustrated by various artists. The incomparable Arthur Rackham is, of course, our featured artist, and his self-portrait caricatures bring a whole new dimension to our concept of wizard-dom (see “Adventures in Wizard-land”).

Text and illustrations were obtained from archive.org. OCR errors were corrected; punctuation and italics formatted; images manually cleaned and enhanced. Cover and titlepage design derived from titlepage in the pdf scan. Embedded font for titling. Story titles are cross-linked to dynamic Table of Contents; the List of Illustrations provides links to images.

Have a read and find some smiles.
:)

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Spinoza, Baruch: The Ethics HYPERLINKED. v1. 24 October 2009

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The thing that stuck me most the first time I looked into [The Ethics[/ by Baruch Spinoza was his unusual writing style. To prove his points, he constantly refers the reader to other sections in his book, which often refer in turn to still other sections, et cetera. The entire book seems to be a kind of matrix that had been written neither forward nor backwards, but sideways. Reading the printed text is a chore that involves seemingly endless repetitive flipping between sections in order to follow his arguments.

Years ago, it occurred to me that Spinoza’s plan all along in writing his magnum opus was to wait until modern computers and hand-held e-readers were invented so he could properly hyperlink his work prior to publishing. Unfortunately, he died in 1766, a few years prior to the introduction of Windows computers, Macs, and Rocket eBooks and their descendants. After his death, someone — not realizing Spinoza’s intentions — went ahead and published [The Ethics[/ posthumously in 1677. Fortunately, I have now corrected that publisher’s mistake with this eBook edition..

This book contains well over a thousand hyper-links. When I first created the Word document on which this edition is based it took several months of intense work to complete. Now I offer this MOBI-formatted version to you, the lover of philosophy, free of charge and with no restrictions, as a labor of love.

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Spinoza, Benedict de: Ethics, v.1, 29 August 2008

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SHORT TITLE: Spinoza, Benedict de: Ethics, v.1, 29 August 2008

AUTHOR
Benedict de Spinoza (Latin: Benedictus de Spinoza)
(November 24, 1632 – February 21, 1677)

WIKI Excerpt (more...)
Ethical philosophy

Encapsulated at the start in his Treatise on the Improvement of the Understanding (Tractatus de intellectus emendatione) is the core of Spinoza's ethical philosophy, what he held to be the true and final good. Spinoza held a relativist's position, that nothing is intrinsically good or bad, except to the extent that it is subjectively perceived to be by the individual. Things are only good or evil in respect that humanity sees it desirable to apply these conceptions to matters. Instead, Spinoza believes in his deterministic universe that, "All things in nature proceed from certain necessity and with the utmost perfection." Therefore, nothing happens by chance in Spinoza's world, and reason does not work in terms of contingency.

In the universe anything that happens comes from the essential nature of objects, or of God/Nature. According to Spinoza, reality is perfection. If circumstances are seen as unfortunate it is only because of our inadequate conception of reality. While elements of the chain of cause and effect are not beyond the understanding of human reason, our grasp of the infinitely complex whole is limited because of the limits of science to empirically take account of the whole sequence. Spinoza also asserted that sense perception, though practical and useful for rhetoric, is inadequate for discovering universal truth; Spinoza's mathematical and logical approach to metaphysics, and therefore ethics, concluded that emotion is formed from inadequate understanding. His concept of "conatus" states that human beings' natural inclination is to strive toward preserving an essential being and an assertion that virtue/human power is defined by success in this preservation of being by the guidance of reason as one's central ethical doctrine. According to Spinoza, the highest virtue is the intellectual love or knowledge of God/Nature/Universe.

In the final part of the "Ethics" his concern with the meaning of "true blessedness" and his unique approach to and explanation of how emotions must be detached from external cause in order to master them presages 20th-century psychological techniques. His concept of three types of knowledge - opinion, reason, intuition - and assertion that intuitive knowledge provides the greatest satisfaction of mind, leads to his proposition that the more we are conscious of ourselves and Nature/Universe, the more perfect and blessed we are (in reality) and that only intuitive knowledge is eternal. His unique contribution to understanding the workings of mind is extraordinary, even during this time of radical philosophical developments, in that his views provide a bridge between religions' mystical past and psychology of the present day.

Given Spinoza's insistence on a completely ordered world where "necessity" reigns, Good and Evil have no absolute meaning. Human catastrophes, social injustices, etc. are merely apparent. The world as it exists looks imperfect only because of our limited perception.

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Sprigg, C St John: Death of an Airman (1934); v1, 3 March 2022

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C St John Sprigg took to writing detective novels and stories in the 30s, and in 1935 had converted from Catholicism to Communism. He joined the International Brigade in Spain and was killed in action in 1937.

A small number of his short stories can be found in the "Past Masters" series in this forum.

in this 1934 novel, a flying school and related air taxi service become the centre of attention when a pilot dies in a crash after spinning into the ground. Somewhat whimsical, as was all Sprigg's stories, it begins with an Australian outback bishop hoping to learn to fly, the better to serve his vast territory. It leads to an international crime syndicate and, of course, murder.

Unusually, Sprigg wrote his detective stories under his own name, and his serious philosophical and political work under the pen-name Christopher Caudwell.

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Sprigg, C St John: Six Queer Things (v1), 1937, 3 Mar 2022

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When Michael Crispin was murdered, police found, in a locked drawer, a box containing an odd collection: "the six queer things" as they became known to the investigators. Then came the seventh and even queerer discovery.

Idiosyncratic detective author C St John Sprigg's last book. Although in the traditional British mode, it wouoldn't have been written by Christie. Specially the last line.

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Spyri, Johanna: Erick and Sally. v1. 23 Aug 2014

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Johanna Spyri (German: [joˈhana ˈʃpiːr; 12 June 1827 – 7 July 1901) was a Swiss-born author of children's stories, and is best known for her book Heidi. Born Johanna Louise Heusser in the rural area of Hirzel, Switzerland, as a child she spent several summers in the area around Chur in Graubünden, the setting she later would use in her novels.

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The sun was shining so brightly through the foremost windows of the old schoolhouse in Upper Wood, that the children of the first and second classes appeared as if covered with gold. They looked at one another, all with beaming faces, partly because the sun made them appear so, and partly for joy; for when the sunshine came through the last window, then the moment approached that the closing word would be spoken, and the children could rush out into the evening sunshine. The teacher was still busy with the illuminated heads of the second class, and indeed with some zeal, for several sentences had still to be completed, before the school could be closed. The teacher was standing before a boy who looked well-fed and quite comfortable, and who was looking up into the teacher's face with eyes as round as two little balls.

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Spyri, Johanna: Gritli's Children. v1. 23 Aug 2014

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Johanna Spyri (German: [joˈhana ˈʃpiːr; 12 June 1827 – 7 July 1901) was a Swiss-born author of children's stories, and is best known for her book Heidi. Born Johanna Louise Heusser in the rural area of Hirzel, Switzerland, as a child she spent several summers in the area around Chur in Graubünden, the setting she later would use in her novels.

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At the closed window of one of the upper rooms of this delightful house sat a little maiden, pressing her pale face against the wide, clear glass, as she peered out with longing eyes over the roses, toward the wavering fountain, and into the depths of the trees, whose graceful branches stirred in the light breeze. Her gaze passed over the shining flowers and the green terraces of the sunny garden, and rested far away on the glistening waves of the fast-flowing Rhine, that ran past the foot of the garden, bathing caressingly the long over-hanging branches of the old linden trees as it passed along. The rich foliage of the trees by the river-side was visible from the windows of the house; but not the stone bench which stood in the cool shade, so close to the water that one could look from it directly down into the eddying waves, and watch the drooping branches dip and rise again and again, as if in pure delight. What a spot for summer dreaming and castle-building! The pale child at the window knew the place well; and as her eyes turned in that direction, the expression of longing grew more and more painful as she gazed.

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Spyri, Johanna: Heimatlos. v1. 25 Aug 2014

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Johanna Spyri (German: [joˈhana ˈʃpiːr; 12 June 1827 – 7 July 1901) was a Swiss-born author of children's stories, and is best known for her book Heidi. Born Johanna Louise Heusser in the rural area of Hirzel, Switzerland, as a child she spent several summers in the area around Chur in Graubünden, the setting she later would use in her novels.

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At the same hour every morning there came out of this forlorn little house a man who was so tall that he had to stoop in order to pass through the doorway. His hair and eyes were very dark, and the lower part of his face was hidden by a heavy black beard. Familiar as this man’s figure was to the people of Sils, they always spoke of him as “the Italian.” His work took him regularly up the Maloja, where the roads were being improved, or down the Pass to St. Moritz Bath, where some new houses were going up.

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Spyri, Johanna: Moni the Goat-Boy. v1. 26 Aug 2014

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Johanna Spyri (German: [joˈhana ˈʃpiːr; 12 June 1827 – 7 July 1901) was a Swiss-born author of children's stories, and is best known for her book Heidi. Born Johanna Louise Heusser in the rural area of Hirzel, Switzerland, as a child she spent several summers in the area around Chur in Graubünden, the setting she later would use in her novels.

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One clear summer evening two ladies stepped out of the Bath House and went along the narrow footpath, which begins to mount not far from the house and soon becomes very steep as it ascends to the high, towering crags. At the first projection they stood still and looked around, for this was the very first time they had come to the Baths

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Spyri, Johanna: Rico and Wiseli. v1. 26 Aug 2014

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Johanna Spyri (German: [joˈhana ˈʃpiːr; 12 June 1827 – 7 July 1901) was a Swiss-born author of children's stories, and is best known for her book Heidi. Born Johanna Louise Heusser in the rural area of Hirzel, Switzerland, as a child she spent several summers in the area around Chur in Graubünden, the setting she later would use in her novels.

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While he sat there, the big post-wagon came rumbling along. He had often seen it as it came through Sils, and always thought that the very greatest happiness upon earth must be experienced by the driver, who sat all day long on the box, and controlled his four horses with his whip. Now he saw this happy creature nearer; for the post-wagon stopped, and the lad never once removed his eyes from the wonderful man, as he came down from his perch, stepped into the inn, and came out again with an enormous piece of black bread in his hand, upon which lay a large piece of cheese.

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Spyri, Johanna: Toni, the Little Woodcarver. v1. 27 Aug 2014

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Johanna Spyri (German: [joˈhana ˈʃpiːr; 12 June 1827 – 7 July 1901) was a Swiss-born author of children's stories, and is best known for her book Heidi. Born Johanna Louise Heusser in the rural area of Hirzel, Switzerland, as a child she spent several summers in the area around Chur in Graubünden, the setting she later would use in her novels.

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High up in the Bernese Oberland, quite a distance above the meadow-encircled hamlet of Kandergrund, stands a little lonely hut, under the shadow of an old fir-tree. Not far away rushes down from the wooded heights of rock the Wild brook, which in times of heavy rains, has carried away so many rocks and bowlders that when the storms are ended a ragged mass of stones is left, through which flows a swift, clear stream of water. Therefore the little dwelling near by this brook is called the stone hut.

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Spyri, Johanna: Uncle Titus and His Visit to the Country. v1. 27 Aug 2014

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Johanna Spyri (German: [joˈhana ˈʃpiːr; 12 June 1827 – 7 July 1901) was a Swiss-born author of children's stories, and is best known for her book Heidi. Born Johanna Louise Heusser in the rural area of Hirzel, Switzerland, as a child she spent several summers in the area around Chur in Graubünden, the setting she later would use in her novels.

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On the east side of the city of Karlsruhe there is a lovely park and under the shade of its linden trees a gentleman slowly paced back and forth every afternoon. The other promenaders always glanced at him in sympathy as he passed by, for it touched their hearts to see how his little companion strove to help him along. Certainly he must be very ill, he walked so very slowly, and although he always leaned heavily on a strong cane which he carried in his right hand, he found it necessary to see the further support of the little girl's should with his left.

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Spyri, Johanna: Veronica And Other Friends . v1. 27 Aug 2014

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Johanna Spyri (German: [joˈhana ˈʃpiːr; 12 June 1827 – 7 July 1901) was a Swiss-born author of children's stories, and is best known for her book Heidi. Born Johanna Louise Heusser in the rural area of Hirzel, Switzerland, as a child she spent several summers in the area around Chur in Graubünden, the setting she later would use in her novels.

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"Be still, be still," said the woman. The child's mother was gone, lost to the fierceness of the winter. "I shall find something pretty for you presently; then you must sit down quietly and play with it, and not go outside, not one step, do you hear? Pshaw! there is nothing but rubbish here!"

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Spyri: Johanna: Heidi, v1, 29 Aug 2007.

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Johanna Spyri: Heidi.

(illustrated.)

Classic children’s novel about a small Swiss girl who pines when taken to Frankfurt, but thrives when returned tothe Alps, developing an inexplicable fondness for mountain goats.

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Stacpoole, H de Vere: Ocean Tramps (1924); v1; 6 Jan 2022

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Short story collection published in 1924,

1: Bud and Billy
2: Mandelbaum
3: The Way of a Maid with a Man
4: Sunk Without Trace
5: A Deal with “Plain Sailin’ Jim”
6: Pearls of Great Price!
7: Beaten on the Post
8: A Case in Point
9: The Other One
10: Iron Law
11: The Story of Billy Broke
12: The Making of a Millionaire
13: Kiliwakee
14: Under the Flame Trees
15: The Abbott Mystery

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Stacpoole, H de Vere: The Man from Sulu (v1), 1 Jan 2022

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British author H de Vere Stacpoole (1863-1951) is best remembered for his novel "The Blue Lagoon", but was a prolific novelist and short story writer. For a number of years he was a ship's doctor for a shipping line which serviced the south seas trade, where many of his stories are set; later he went into general practice in the UK.

This original collection contains stories collected from newspapers and magazines, the sources of which are given.

1: The Vengeance of Mynheer Van Lok
2: The Man From Sulu
3: Under the Flame Trees
4: Bully Beef
5: The Damoclean Sword
6: Wild Ducks
7: The Face at the Window
8: The Case of Mrs. Mencken
9: The Snuff-box of M. de Sartines
10: Turn About
11: Did Kressler Kill His Wife?
12: The Lady Detective
13: The Heller Robbery
14: The King of Maleka
15: Kadjaman
16: The Queen's Necklace
17: The Story of Gombi
18: The End of the Road
19: The Gold Bar
20: Maru
21: Magic
22: Luck of the Templetons
23: The Ten-Franc Counter

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Stacpoole, Henry De Vere: The Blue Lagoon. v1, 14 Jan 2008

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From Wikipedia:

The Blue Lagoon is a romance novel by Henry De Vere Stacpoole, first published in 1908. The novel is the first of the Blue Lagoon trilogy, the second being The Garden of God (1923) and the third being The Gates of Morning.

The novel is about two young children and a galley cook who are the survivors of a shipwreck. In the turmoil of the burning ship from which they escaped, they become separated from another lifeboat that the boy's father (who is the girl's uncle) is in and drift out to sea. After days afloat, they arrive and are stranded on a lush tropical island in the South Pacific. The cook, Paddy Button, assumes the responsibility for caring for the small children, teaching them how to behave, how to forage for food, etc.

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Staffe, Baroness: The Lady’s Dressing Room, v1, 28 Sept 2007.

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The Lady's Dressing Room by Baroness Staffe
Translated by Lady Colin Campbell
1893

Another in our occasional series of debatably-useful instructional works.

This offers advice on health and hygiene, with additional tips on skincare and laundry.

Learn how to cure eruptions of the skin:
‘Ulcerated eruptions have been cured by bathing with strawberry-juice. An easier or more agreeable remedy can hardly be imagined. It is much less repugnant than, and quite as efficacious as, a live yellow slug, with which the sore used to be rubbed till the unhappy mollusc was used up.’

Discover Queen Victoria’s headache cure (which involves the services of a negress and a paintbrush).

Make a solution which is efficacious against all laundry stains (though I expect that it would dissolve the fabric).

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Stapledon, Olaf: First and Last Men (1930); v1; 3 Jan 2021

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Olaf Stapledon's (1886-1950) vast future history, never out of print.

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Stapledon, Olaf: Last Men in London. v1. 28 Jun 2022

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The narrator is the same member of the eighteenth and final human species who purportedly induced Stapledon to write [Last and First Men[/. This is the story of this being’s exploration of the consciousness of a present-day Englishman named Paul, from childhood through service with an ambulance crew in the First World War (mirroring Stapledon’s own personal history) to adult life as a schoolteacher faced with a “submerged superman” in his class nicknamed Humpty. The inadequacies of Paul’s character, the various dilemmas he has to face during his life, and the occasional influence of the advanced being who shares his experiences, provide Stapledon with a semi-autobiographical platform on which to expound his philosophical and moral beliefs.

The book includes a piece of satire on sexual morality. An unspecified future human species (one of the Eighteenth Men’s predecessors on Neptune) is presented as having an attitude to nutrition analogous to the First Men’s sexual puritanism. Hence they invent mouth aprons and food privies, while having sex in public.
[—Wikipedia]

“The last chapter of the book is also very interesting, because it is here that Stapledon experiments with the concept of a ‘Superman’, which would become the subject of his next novel ‘Odd John’. One can see the foundations of ‘Odd John’ being laid here.”
[—“Dave”, Goodreads review]

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William Olaf Stapledon (10 May 1886 – 6 September 1950) – known as Olaf Stapledon – was a British philosopher and author of science fiction. In 2014, he was inducted into the Science Fiction and Fantasy Hall of Fame. Stapledon was awarded a PhD degree in philosophy from the University of Liverpool in 1925 and used his doctoral thesis as the basis for his first published prose book, [A Modern Theory of Ethics[/ (1929). However, he soon turned to fiction in the hope of presenting his ideas to a wider public.

Stapledon’s fiction often presents the strivings of some intelligence that is beaten down by an indifferent universe and its inhabitants who, through no fault of their own, fail to comprehend its lofty yearnings. It is filled with protagonists who are tormented by the conflict between their “higher” and “lower” impulses.

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[Last Men in London[/, by Olaf Stapledon (1886-1950), was first published in 1932. This ebook is in the public domain where copyright is “Life+70” or less.
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Stapledon, Olaf: Odd John (1935); v1; 12 Mar 2021

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John Wainwright, though stunted in growth, has supernormal intelligence. As he grows, he becomes wealthy, and begins to search for others like himself, founding a small colony of supernormals on a remote island. But there is an unbridgeable incompatibility between normal and supernormal.

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Stapledon, Olaf: Sirius. v1. 25 Jun 2022

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Our protagonist is a dog named Sirius with humanlike intelligence. A sense of existential questioning suffuses the book, as the author delves into aspects of Sirius’s psyche. The novel deals with many human issues through Sirius and his experiences, his unusual nature, his ideas and his relationships with humans. The characters go to great lengths to prevent Sirius from becoming a circus-type wonderdog, and instead, they seek to develop Sirius’s character much like a family would create and foster that of a human child.

But Sirius isn’t human and the conflicts and inner turmoil that torture him cannot be resolved.

“The most human of all Stapledon’s novels.” — Brian Aldiss.
(adapted from Wikipedia and publisher blurb)

[The 1889 science fiction novella “Solarian” by Edgar Fawcett also told a tale about a dog with humanlike intelligence.
Link to “Solarian”]

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William Olaf Stapledon (10 May 1886 – 6 September 1950) – known as Olaf Stapledon – was a British philosopher and author of science fiction. In 2014, he was inducted into the Science Fiction and Fantasy Hall of Fame. Stapledon was awarded a PhD degree in philosophy from the University of Liverpool in 1925 and used his doctoral thesis as the basis for his first published prose book, A Modern Theory of Ethics (1929). However, he soon turned to fiction in the hope of presenting his ideas to a wider public.

Stapledon’s fiction often presents the strivings of some intelligence that is beaten down by an indifferent universe and its inhabitants who, through no fault of their own, fail to comprehend its lofty yearnings. It is filled with protagonists who are tormented by the conflict between their “higher” and “lower” impulses.

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Sirius, by Olaf Stapledon (1886-1950), was first published in 1944. This ebook is in the public domain where copyright is “Life+70” or less.
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Stapledon, Olaf: Star Maker. v1. 27 Jun 2022

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Our narrator (a man from England) is transported out of his body via unexplained means. He realizes he is able to explore space and other planets. After exploring a civilization on another planet in our galaxy at a level of development similar to our own that existed millions of years ago and thousands of light years from Earth (the “Other Earth”) in some detail, his mind merges with that of one of its inhabitants, and as they travel together, they are joined by still more minds or group-minds. This snowballing process is paralleled by the expansion of the book’s scale, describing more and more planets in less and less detail. A key idea is the formation of collective minds from many telepathically linked individuals, on the level of planets, galaxies, and eventually the cosmos itself.

The book describes a history of life in the universe, dwarfing in scale Stapledon’s previous book, [Last and First Men[/ (1930), a history of the human species over two billion years.

[Star Maker[/ tackles philosophical themes such as the essence of life, of birth, decay and death, and the relationship between creation and creator. A pervading theme is that of progressive unity within and between different civilizations. Some of the elements and themes briefly discussed prefigure later fiction concerning genetic engineering and alien life forms. Sir Arthur C. Clarke considered [Star Maker[/ to be “probably the most powerful work of imagination ever written”, and Brian W. Aldiss called it “the one great grey holy book of science fiction”.
[—Wikipedia.]

A challenging book that will reward careful reading.

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William Olaf Stapledon (10 May 1886 – 6 September 1950) – known as Olaf Stapledon – was a British philosopher and author of science fiction. In 2014, he was inducted into the Science Fiction and Fantasy Hall of Fame. Stapledon was awarded a PhD degree in philosophy from the University of Liverpool in 1925 and used his doctoral thesis as the basis for his first published prose book, [A Modern Theory of Ethics[/ (1929). However, he soon turned to fiction in the hope of presenting his ideas to a wider public.

Stapledon’s fiction often presents the strivings of some intelligence that is beaten down by an indifferent universe and its inhabitants who, through no fault of their own, fail to comprehend its lofty yearnings. It is filled with protagonists who are tormented by the conflict between their “higher” and “lower” impulses.

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[Star Maker[/, by Olaf Stapledon (1886-1950), was first published in 1937. This ebook is in the public domain where copyright is “Life+70” or less.
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Stapledon, William Olaf: A Man Divided. V1. 30 Dec 2008

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Completely separate from the pulp sf tradition, yet a tremendous influence upon it, the five novels of the philosopher Olaf Stapledon were a fictional popularisation of his ideas about the unimportance of the individual except through fulfilment in community life. Two of them First and Last Men and Star Maker adopt vast historical perspectives to show the entire history of our humanity and its greatly altered descendants and of the whole history of intelligent life in the galaxy; their sense of scale, and their demonstration of a tragic view of life worked out across aeons, have affected much subsequent space opera--they are also prodigal with insights and story ideas. Last Men in London is less a narrative than a perspective on contemporary life and mores by one of the Neptunian superintelligences of the earlier book. Odd John and Sirius are both tales of extraordinary individuals destroyed by mediocrity--the first a superintelligent human genius and the second a dog of high human intelligence; both are bracingly depressing books in which inevitable tragedy is left to speak for itself.
Winner of the First Annual Cordwainer Smith "Rediscovery" Award (2001)

"VICTOR HAD REFUSED his bride at the altar! That was the brute fact which agitated the little party in the vestry. No amount of explanation could mitigate it. As best man I had been in a good position to observe events; and even I, who had formerly been fairly intimate with Victor, was completely taken by surprise."

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Stapledon, William Olaf: Collected Stories. V1. 30 Dec 2008

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Completely separate from the pulp sf tradition, yet a tremendous influence upon it, the five novels of the philosopher Olaf Stapledon were a fictional popularisation of his ideas about the unimportance of the individual except through fulfilment in community life. Two of them First and Last Men and Star Maker adopt vast historical perspectives to show the entire history of our humanity and its greatly altered descendants and of the whole history of intelligent life in the galaxy; their sense of scale, and their demonstration of a tragic view of life worked out across aeons, have affected much subsequent space opera--they are also prodigal with insights and story ideas. Last Men in London is less a narrative than a perspective on contemporary life and mores by one of the Neptunian superintelligences of the earlier book. Odd John and Sirius are both tales of extraordinary individuals destroyed by mediocrity--the first a superintelligent human genius and the second a dog of high human intelligence; both are bracingly depressing books in which inevitable tragedy is left to speak for itself.
Winner of the First Annual Cordwainer Smith "Rediscovery" Award (2001)

A MODERN MAGICIAN
EAST IS WEST
ARMS OUT OF HAND (1946)
A WORLD OF SOUND (1936)
THE SEED AND THE FLOWER (1916)
THE ROAD TO THE AIDE POST (1916)

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Stapledon, William Olaf: Darkness and the Light. V1. 30 Dec 2008

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Completely separate from the pulp sf tradition, yet a tremendous influence upon it, the five novels of the philosopher Olaf Stapledon were a fictional popularisation of his ideas about the unimportance of the individual except through fulfilment in community life. Two of them First and Last Men and Star Maker adopt vast historical perspectives to show the entire history of our humanity and its greatly altered descendants and of the whole history of intelligent life in the galaxy; their sense of scale, and their demonstration of a tragic view of life worked out across aeons, have affected much subsequent space opera--they are also prodigal with insights and story ideas. Last Men in London is less a narrative than a perspective on contemporary life and mores by one of the Neptunian superintelligences of the earlier book. Odd John and Sirius are both tales of extraordinary individuals destroyed by mediocrity--the first a superintelligent human genius and the second a dog of high human intelligence; both are bracingly depressing books in which inevitable tragedy is left to speak for itself.
Winner of the First Annual Cordwainer Smith "Rediscovery" Award (2001)

"IS IT credible that our world should have two futures? I have seen them. Two entirely distinct futures lie before mankind, one dark, one bright; one the defeat of all man's hopes, the betrayal of all his ideals, the other their hard-won triumph."

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Stapledon, William Olaf: Death into Life. V1. 31 Dec 2008

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Completely separate from the pulp sf tradition, yet a tremendous influence upon it, the five novels of the philosopher Olaf Stapledon were a fictional popularisation of his ideas about the unimportance of the individual except through fulfilment in community life. Two of them First and Last Men and Star Maker adopt vast historical perspectives to show the entire history of our humanity and its greatly altered descendants and of the whole history of intelligent life in the galaxy; their sense of scale, and their demonstration of a tragic view of life worked out across aeons, have affected much subsequent space opera--they are also prodigal with insights and story ideas. Last Men in London is less a narrative than a perspective on contemporary life and mores by one of the Neptunian superintelligences of the earlier book. Odd John and Sirius are both tales of extraordinary individuals destroyed by mediocrity--the first a superintelligent human genius and the second a dog of high human intelligence; both are bracingly depressing books in which inevitable tragedy is left to speak for itself.
Winner of the First Annual Cordwainer Smith "Rediscovery" Award (2001)

A bomber is killed in battle along with all of his companions; but something wakes in his dying, which is first a spirit bomber-crew, then the spirit of all those killed in battle, then the spirit of man, the cosmos and the Universal Spirit.

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Stapledon, William Olaf: Last and First Men. V1. 31 Dec 2008

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Completely separate from the pulp sf tradition, yet a tremendous influence upon it, the five novels of the philosopher Olaf Stapledon were a fictional popularisation of his ideas about the unimportance of the individual except through fulfilment in community life. Two of them First and Last Men and Star Maker adopt vast historical perspectives to show the entire history of our humanity and its greatly altered descendants and of the whole history of intelligent life in the galaxy; their sense of scale, and their demonstration of a tragic view of life worked out across aeons, have affected much subsequent space opera--they are also prodigal with insights and story ideas. Last Men in London is less a narrative than a perspective on contemporary life and mores by one of the Neptunian superintelligences of the earlier book. Odd John and Sirius are both tales of extraordinary individuals destroyed by mediocrity--the first a superintelligent human genius and the second a dog of high human intelligence; both are bracingly depressing books in which inevitable tragedy is left to speak for itself.
Winner of the First Annual Cordwainer Smith "Rediscovery" Award (2001)

Last and First Men: A Story of the Near and Far Future is a science fiction novel written in 1930 by the British author Olaf Stapledon. A work of unprecedented scale in the genre, it describes the history of humanity from the present onwards across two billion years and eighteen distinct human species, of which our own is the first and most primitive. Stapledon's conception of history is based on the Hegelian Dialectic, following a repetitive cycle with many varied civilizations rising from and descending back into savagery over millions of years, but it is also one of progress, as the later civilizations rise to far greater heights than the first. The book anticipates genetic engineering, and the idea of superminds composed of many telepathically-linked individuals.
A controversial part of the book depicts humans, in the far-off future, escaping the dying Earth and settling on Venus—in the process totally exterminating its native inhabitants, a marine intelligent species. Stapledon's book has been interpreted by some as condoning such interplanetary genocide as a justified act if necessary for racial survival, though a number of Stapledon's partisans denied that such was his intention, arguing instead that Stapledon was merely showing that although mankind had advanced in a number of ways in the future, at bottom it still possessed the same capacity for savagery as it has always had.
The book had the distinction of being the only work of fiction published by Pelican Books.
In 1932, Stapledon followed Last and First Men with the far less acclaimed Last Men in London. His other great novel, Star Maker (1937), could also be considered a sequel to Last and First Men, but is even more ambitious in scope, being a history of the entire universe.

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Stapledon, William Olaf: Last Men in London. V1. 31 Dec 2008

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Completely separate from the pulp sf tradition, yet a tremendous influence upon it, the five novels of the philosopher Olaf Stapledon were a fictional popularisation of his ideas about the unimportance of the individual except through fulfilment in community life. Two of them First and Last Men and Star Maker adopt vast historical perspectives to show the entire history of our humanity and its greatly altered descendants and of the whole history of intelligent life in the galaxy; their sense of scale, and their demonstration of a tragic view of life worked out across aeons, have affected much subsequent space opera--they are also prodigal with insights and story ideas. Last Men in London is less a narrative than a perspective on contemporary life and mores by one of the Neptunian superintelligences of the earlier book. Odd John and Sirius are both tales of extraordinary individuals destroyed by mediocrity--the first a superintelligent human genius and the second a dog of high human intelligence; both are bracingly depressing books in which inevitable tragedy is left to speak for itself.
Winner of the First Annual Cordwainer Smith "Rediscovery" Award (2001)

A companion-piece to 'Last and First Men'.

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Stapledon, William Olaf: Odd John . V1. 1 Jan 2009

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Completely separate from the pulp sf tradition, yet a tremendous influence upon it, the five novels of the philosopher Olaf Stapledon were a fictional popularisation of his ideas about the unimportance of the individual except through fulfilment in community life. Two of them First and Last Men and Star Maker adopt vast historical perspectives to show the entire history of our humanity and its greatly altered descendants and of the whole history of intelligent life in the galaxy; their sense of scale, and their demonstration of a tragic view of life worked out across aeons, have affected much subsequent space opera--they are also prodigal with insights and story ideas. Last Men in London is less a narrative than a perspective on contemporary life and mores by one of the Neptunian superintelligences of the earlier book. Odd John and Sirius are both tales of extraordinary individuals destroyed by mediocrity--the first a superintelligent human genius and the second a dog of high human intelligence; both are bracingly depressing books in which inevitable tragedy is left to speak for itself.
Winner of the First Annual Cordwainer Smith "Rediscovery" Award (2001)

Odd John is the story of a mutated superman - a young man must accept that he is different, and decide what to do with his gifts.

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Stapledon, William Olaf: Sirius. V1. 1 Jan 2009

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Completely separate from the pulp sf tradition, yet a tremendous influence upon it, the five novels of the philosopher Olaf Stapledon were a fictional popularisation of his ideas about the unimportance of the individual except through fulfilment in community life. Two of them First and Last Men and Star Maker adopt vast historical perspectives to show the entire history of our humanity and its greatly altered descendants and of the whole history of intelligent life in the galaxy; their sense of scale, and their demonstration of a tragic view of life worked out across aeons, have affected much subsequent space opera--they are also prodigal with insights and story ideas. Last Men in London is less a narrative than a perspective on contemporary life and mores by one of the Neptunian superintelligences of the earlier book. Odd John and Sirius are both tales of extraordinary individuals destroyed by mediocrity--the first a superintelligent human genius and the second a dog of high human intelligence; both are bracingly depressing books in which inevitable tragedy is left to speak for itself.
Winner of the First Annual Cordwainer Smith "Rediscovery" Award (2001)

Sirius is Thomas Trelone's great experiment, a dog with the brain and intelligence of a human, raised and educated in Trelone's family alongside his daughter Plaxy. But Sirius isn't human and the conflicts and inner turmoil that torture him cannot be resolved.

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Stapledon, William Olaf: Star Maker. V1. 1 Jan 2009

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Completely separate from the pulp sf tradition, yet a tremendous influence upon it, the five novels of the philosopher Olaf Stapledon were a fictional popularisation of his ideas about the unimportance of the individual except through fulfilment in community life. Two of them First and Last Men and Star Maker adopt vast historical perspectives to show the entire history of our humanity and its greatly altered descendants and of the whole history of intelligent life in the galaxy; their sense of scale, and their demonstration of a tragic view of life worked out across aeons, have affected much subsequent space opera--they are also prodigal with insights and story ideas. Last Men in London is less a narrative than a perspective on contemporary life and mores by one of the Neptunian superintelligences of the earlier book. Odd John and Sirius are both tales of extraordinary individuals destroyed by mediocrity--the first a superintelligent human genius and the second a dog of high human intelligence; both are bracingly depressing books in which inevitable tragedy is left to speak for itself.
Winner of the First Annual Cordwainer Smith "Rediscovery" Award (2001)

One moment a man sits on a suburban hill, gazing curiously at the stars, the next, he is whirling through the firmament, and perhaps the most remarkable of all science fiction journeys has begun.

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Stapledon, William Olaf: The Flames. V1. 1 Jan 2009

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Completely separate from the pulp sf tradition, yet a tremendous influence upon it, the five novels of the philosopher Olaf Stapledon were a fictional popularisation of his ideas about the unimportance of the individual except through fulfilment in community life. Two of them First and Last Men and Star Maker adopt vast historical perspectives to show the entire history of our humanity and its greatly altered descendants and of the whole history of intelligent life in the galaxy; their sense of scale, and their demonstration of a tragic view of life worked out across aeons, have affected much subsequent space opera--they are also prodigal with insights and story ideas. Last Men in London is less a narrative than a perspective on contemporary life and mores by one of the Neptunian superintelligences of the earlier book. Odd John and Sirius are both tales of extraordinary individuals destroyed by mediocrity--the first a superintelligent human genius and the second a dog of high human intelligence; both are bracingly depressing books in which inevitable tragedy is left to speak for itself.
Winner of the First Annual Cordwainer Smith "Rediscovery" Award (2001)

"AN introductory note seems called for to explain to the reader the origin of the following strange document, which I have received from a friend with a view to publication".

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Starke, D: Poise: How to Attain It, v.1, 18 April 2008.

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Translated by Francis Medhurst (1916).

A book on overcoming shyness and timidity.

The cover image is the kanji for equilibrium or balance.

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Stebbing, Grace: Edward Bertram. v1. 8 Feb 2016

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Grace Stebbing: Born : 1840 St Pancras, London, England: Lived : Brighton, Sussex, England (final) Died : 1936 Feb 25 Brighton, Sussex, England

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A SAILING ship for Australia in 1837 was not an abode of delight, and the hold of the Good Bess was a perfectly horrible place, as young Edward Bertram soon found, even before the appalling dread came upon him that he had procured for himself a most awful living grave. Ned—or, as his schoolfellows always called him, “ good-tempered Ned ”— had often both heard and read of men and boys getting free passages to all parts of the world, and to all sorts of glorious adventures, by contriving cleverly to conceal themselves in the holds of ships during their lading, and so he had decided that it must be a very sensible and easy thing to do.

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Stebbing, Grace: That Aggravating School-Girl. v1. 9 Feb 2016

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Grace Stebbing: Born : 1840 St Pancras, London, England: Lived : Brighton, Sussex, England (final) Died : 1936 Feb 25 Brighton, Sussex, England

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“And we must hope,” murmured the Principal, as she decided to engage her, “that tact will make amends for youth, and self-control temper inexperienced strictness.”
Unfortunately this hope proved vain.

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Stebbing, Grace: What A Man Soweth. v1. 11 Feb 2016

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Grace Stebbing: Born : 1840 St Pancras, London, England: Lived : Brighton, Sussex, England (final) Died : 1936 Feb 25 Brighton, Sussex, England

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“What a man soweth, that shall he reap,” said old Mrs. Barker in a low voice, and more as though she were speaking to herself—to her own heart-—than to the ears of any other listener.
But she raised her head, and looked very earnestly at her companion as a short offhand laugh fell upon her ears, accompanied by the mocking words—
“Ah! well, you see, neighbour, that Bible proverb says, ‘what a man sows’ it leaves us poor women alone.”

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Steel, F. A.: English Fairy Tales (illus-Rackham). v1. 14 Dec 2016

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English Fairy Tales Retold by Flora Annie Steel (1847-1929)
Illustrated by Arthur Rackham (1867-1939)

First published in 1918. Text is in the public domain in countries where copyright is “Life+80” or less; illustrations are in the public domain in countries where copyright is “Life+70” or less. Both are in the public domain in the USA.

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Flora Annie Steel (née Webster) was an English writer who lived in British India for 22 years. She was noted especially for writing books set in India or otherwise connected with it.
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[English Fairy Tales[/ presents 41 tales, including: ... “Jack and the Beanstalk”, “Little Red Riding Hood” and “Mr. Fox”; stories that one could say are still synonymous with the genre even today. The selection is diverse ... dealing with topics such as etiquette, marriage and the coming of age. ... characters are just as diverse, with heroes, heroines and otherworldly figures featuring prominently. What is significant to this collection is the fact that these are not any version of the tales but rather (and specifically) the British version.

An important source of the book’s contents was Joseph Jacobs’ collections [English Fairy Tales[/ (1890) and [More English Fairy Tales[/ (1894), ... Steel [edited and added] small alterations to her versions of the tales; hence the “Retold by” feature displayed on the book’s title page. The fact that the collection, however, was published with the purpose of having only British tales prior to the end of the [First World] war, hints at a theme of nationalism within the book. ... there is no denying the fact that Steel’s book was meant to be a celebration of the contribution that England made in the development of the fairy tale genre.
—Mariama French, Ryerson University
http://cla.blog.ryerson.ca/flora-ann...h-fairy-tales/

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Amusingly illustrated by the marvelous Arthur Rackham, this book features 16 full-page color illustrations, and 42 line drawings. A 17th color plate for “The Story of the Three Bears” has been added (source edition unknown).

Enjoy!
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Steele, Chester K.: The Diamond Cross Mystery. v1, 10 Feb 2008

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"Chester Steele" was a house pseudonym used by the Stratemeyer Syndicate for a series of mystery books.

These were aimed at an older audience than most of the other syndicate books.

In [The Diamond Cross Mystery[/, Colonel Ashley must solve the murder of the proprietor of a jewelry store. The Colonel would prefer to be fishing, but crimes have a way of interrupting his reading of Walton's Complete Angler.

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Steele, Chester K.: The Golf Course Mystery. v1, 10 Feb 2008

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"Chester Steele" was a house pseudonym used by the Stratemeyer Syndicate for a series of mystery books.

These were aimed at an older audience than most of the other syndicate books.

In [The Golf Course Mystery[/, Harry Bartlett and Gerry Poland are friendly rivals for the hand of Viola Carwell. Unfortunately, Harry's family got the best of Viola's father, the Honorable Horace Harwell, in a business deal. Viola shows no favoritism, but her father is rumored to be distinctly cool toward Harry. The Honorable Horace dies in the middle of a golf match. The cause of death is poison. Was it suicide due to financial reverses? Or was it murder, with Harry as a prime suspect?

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Steele, Chester K.: The Mansion of Mystery. v1, 10 Feb 2008

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"Chester Steele" was a house pseudonym used by the Stratemeyer Syndicate for a series of mystery books.

These were aimed at an older audience than most of the other syndicate books.

The first title, [The Mansion of Mystery[/, was written by Edward Stratemeyer and the rest were ghostwritten.

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Steele, Chester K: The Diamond Cross Mystery. v1. 28 Aug 2014

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Chester K. Steele was a house pseudonym used by the Stratemeyer Syndicate for a series of mystery books.
These were aimed at an older audience than most of the other syndicate books.
The first title, The Mansion of Mystery, was written by Edward Stratemeyer and the rest were ghostwritten.

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There was only one sound which broke the intense stillness of the jewelry shop on that fateful April morning. That sound was the ticking of the watch in the hand of the dead woman.

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Steele, Chester K: The Golf Course Mystery. v1. 6 Mar 2015

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Chester K. Steele was a house pseudonym used by the Stratemeyer Syndicate for a series of mystery books.
These were aimed at an older audience than most of the other syndicate books.
The first title, The Mansion of Mystery, was written by Edward Stratemeyer and the rest were ghostwritten.

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“Oh, you’re getting sentimental all at once, aren’t you, Harry?” asked Captain Gerry Poland, with just the trace of a covert sneer in his voice. “I suppose you wouldn’t have even a fish-hawk get a much needed meal on a bright, sunshiny day, when, if ever, he must have a whale of an appetite. You’d have him wait until it was dark and gloomy and rainy, with a north-east wind blowing, and all that sort of thing. Now for me, a kill is a kill, no matter what the weather.”

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Steele, Chester K: The Mansion of Mystery. v1. 6 Mar 2015

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Chester K. Steele was a house pseudonym used by the Stratemeyer Syndicate for a series of mystery books.
These were aimed at an older audience than most of the other syndicate books.
The first title, The Mansion of Mystery, was written by Edward Stratemeyer and the rest were ghostwritten.

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The young man was evidently in a tremendous hurry, and as soon as the ferryboat bumped into the slip he was at the gate and was the first one ashore. He beckoned to one of the alert taxicabmen, and without waiting to have the vehicle brought to him, ran to it and leaped inside.

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Stein, Gertrude: A Long Gay Book, v.1, 8 March 2009.

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Gertrude Stein (1874–1946)
A Long Gay Book (1933)

The opening section discusses reasons why people have children. Miss Stein surmises that all babies arrive as vulnerable and powerless beings. As adults they realise that they were once powerless, so have children as a way of compensating, and demonstrating that they are now adults.

She then argues that twos and threes move more quickly – so are gayer – than singles. This evolves into a discussion of personalities, and leads to a new way of perceiving the world, as a stream of newly-experienced consciousness in the final section.

Miss Stein’s punctuation is minimal.
I’m not at all sure how to categorise this work. It could be a story, an essay or a prose-poem.

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Stein, Gertrude: The Autobiography of Alice B Toklas, v.1, 9 Nov 2007.

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Gertrude Stein: The Autobiography of Alice B Toklas (1933)

The author Gertrude Stein decided to write her friend’s autobiography. It describes their friendship with Picasso, Braque, Matisse etc in Paris.

Miss Stein does not approve of commas, nor quotation marks, only using them very infrequently. She frequently puts proper nouns in lower case. I have checked for obvious typos but otherwise left the text untouched. I have added Picasso’s portrait of Gertrude Stein and a ToC.

An Extract:

I am a pretty good housekeeper and a pretty good gardener and a pretty good needlewoman and a pretty good secretary and a pretty good editor and a pretty good vet for dogs and I have to do them all at once and I found it difficult to add being a pretty good author.

About six weeks ago Gertrude Stein said, it does not look to me as if you were ever going to write that autobiography. You know what I am going to do. I am going to write it for you. I am going to write it as simply as Defoe did the autobiography of Robinson Crusoe. And she has and this is it.

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Stein, Gertrude: What are Master-Pieces? v.1, 22 March 2008.

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‘What Are Master-Pieces and Why Are There So Few Of Them?’
(1936)

A lecture (about 3,800 words).
As a friend of Picasso, Chagall and many other eminent painters, Miss Stein may well know something about this topic.
NB The (lack of) punctuation is a feature of Gertrude Stein’s inimitable style.

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Stendhal: Armance, v1, 30 Sept 2007.

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Stendhal (Marie-Henri Beyle)
Armance: Some scenes from a salon in Paris in 1827
(Armance, ou quelques scenes de Paris en 1827)
Translated from the French by C. K. Scott-Moncrieff

A novel about male impotence. However, the topic is covered very subtly and a reader might not realise why young Octave is so restless.
(Stendhal and Prosper Merimée’s correspondence makes it clear what the hero’s problem actually is.)
The impotence is probably a metaphor for French society under the restoration.

Hemingway used this novel as an inspiration for ‘The Sun Also Rises’.

From a review on amazon.com:
‘In 1827, Octave is a young man living the moment in which an aristocratic young Frenchman must become a grown-up. This includes getting married. Small wonder that he is rather gloomy and tormented about the whole idea, since he feels obliged to find a rich wife, but he is in love with his cousin, Armance, an orphaned, sensitive and intelligent young woman. And there you have your drama: he is shy because of his illness; she is shy because she's poor. Doomed love. Nevertheless, Octave will decide to marry her after an equivocal incident in which her honor might be at risk, thus finding a suitable excuse to let her finally know how much he loves her (those were the days). I won't spoil the ending, but it is an interesting solution to the problem.’

(The subject-matter is covered more fully in a chapter (‘The Fiasco’) of Stendhal’s study ‘De l’Amour’ but this is not available online in English.)

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Stendhal: Rot und Schwarz. german. v1. 17 mar 2009

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Mein erster Versuch eines eBooks im prc-Format:

Die deutsche Übersetzung "Rot und Schwarz" von "Le Rouge et Le Noir" von Stendhal, eigentlich Henri-Marie Beyle, 1783 - 1842.

Der 1830 erschienene Roman schildert die tragische Geschichte des Julien Sorel in der Restaurationsepoche in Frankreich.

Übersetzung ins Deutsche von Arthur Schurig, 1870 - 1929.

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Stendhal: The Abbess of Castro etc, v1, 6 Oct 2007.

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Stendhal (Marie-Henri Beyle)
The Abbess of Castro and Other Shorter Novels

Contains:
The Abbess of Castro,
Vittoria Accoramboni,
The Cenci,
The Duchess Of Palliano,
Vanina Vanini
Translated from the French by C. K. Scott-Moncrieff (1926)

These are historical novellas, set in Italy (where Stendhal spent many years as French Consul). All but the last are based on true stories.

All the stories have women as the central character and in all cases these women are constrained- often mere pawns - and unable to act freely. The most tragic story is that of Beatrice Cenci, a fifteen year old girl, imprisoned and incestuously abused by her father. She has him murdered, only to be tortured and executed by the Papal authorities.

This completes my Stendhal series, until more of his works become available online.

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Stendhal: The Charterhouse of Parma, v1, 30 Sept 2007.

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Stendhal (Marie-Henri Beyle)
The Charterhouse of Parma (La Chartreuse de Parme)
(1839)
Translated from the French by C. K. Scott-Moncrieff

This is one of my favourite novels. All the characters spend a lot of time trying to climb the greasy pole to success. Every time the hero tries, he ends up in prison. Then he achieves all his desires; a tragedy happens and, as a result he loses all ambition and imprisons himself in the Carthusian monastry of the title.

I have reformatted, added a TOC, plau an engraving of the Tour Farnese, where the hero spends some time in prison.

From Wikipedia:
Marie-Henri Beyle (January 23, 1783 – March 23, 1842), better known by his penname Stendhal, was a 19th-century French writer. Known for his acute analysis of his characters' psychology, he is considered one of the earliest and foremost practitioners of realism in his two novels Le Rouge et le Noir (The Red and the Black, 1830) and La Chartreuse de Parme (The Charterhouse of Parma, 1839).
The Charterhouse of Parma (1839; French: La Chartreuse de Parme) is one of Stendhal's two acknowledged masterpieces (and only complete novels) along with The Red and the Black.
The novel is often cited as an early example of realism, a stark contrast to the Romantic style popular while Stendhal was writing. It is considered by many authors to be a truly seminal work; Honoré de Balzac considered it the most significant novel of his time, André Gide thought it the greatest French novel ever. Tolstoy was heavily influenced by Stendhal's famous treatment of the Battle of Waterloo, where his protagonist wanders about in confusion as to whether or not he has been in "a real battle".
Plot summary
The Charterhouse of Parma tells the story of the young Italian noble Fabrizio del Dongo and his misadventures during the age of Napoleon. The events center in the town of Parma and a castle on Lake Como, both in Italy, but other sites across Europe are also featured, including the Battle of Waterloo, at which Fabrizio fights for Napoleon.
Fabrizio's aunt, the femme fatale Gina, Duchess of Sanseverina, and her innamorato, the scheming Prime Minister, Count Mosca, concoct a plot to advance Fabrizio's career in the court of Parma. Gina is subject to the unwelcome advances of the obnoxious Prince Ranuce-Erneste IV, which she is engaged in repelling. It could easily be argued that Gina and Count Mosca are the true heroes of the novel.
Fabrizio is arrested for murder and imprisoned in the Farnese tower, from which he escapes with a rope; he also has a difficult love affair with his jailer's daughter, Clélia.
Ostensibly a romantic thriller, interwoven with intrigue and military episodes, the novel also features Stendhal's acute grasp of human nature and psychology

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Stendhal: The Red and the Black, v1, 02 Oct 2007.

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Stendhal (Marie-Henri Beyle): The Red and the Black
(Le Rouge et le Noir)
A Chronicle of the Nineteenth Century (1831)

Another favourite of mine.

Translated from the French by C. K. Scott Moncrieff (1925)

From Wikipedia:
“Le Rouge et le Noir (The Red and the Black) is a novel by Stendhal, published in 1830. The title has been translated into English variously as Scarlet and Black, Red and Black, and The Red and the Black. It is set in France circa 1827-30, and relates a young man's attempts to rise above his plebeian birth through a combination of talent, hard work, deception and hypocrisy, only to find himself betrayed by his own passions.
Like Stendhal's later novel The Charterhouse of Parma (La Chartreuse de Parme), Le Rouge et le Noir is a Bildungsroman. The protagonist, Julien Sorel, is a driven and intelligent man, but equally fails to understand much about the ways of the world he sets out to conquer. He harbours many romantic illusions, and becomes little more than a pawn in the political machinations of the influential and ruthless people who surround him. Stendhal uses his flawed hero to satirize French society of the time, particularly the hypocrisy and materialism of its aristocracy and the Roman Catholic Church, and to foretell a radical change in French society that will remove both of those forces from their positions of power.
The most common and most likely explanation of the title is that red and black are the contrasting colors of the army uniform of the times and of the robes of priests, respectively. Julien Sorel observes early on in the novel that, under the Bourbon restoration it is impossible for a man of his class to distinguish himself in the army (as he might have done under Napoleon); now, only a career in the Church offers social advancement and glory. Alternative explanations are possible, however: for example, red might stand for love and black for death and mourning; or the colours might refer to those of a roulette wheel, and may indicate the unexpected changes in the hero's career.”
I’m slightly dubious about the explanation that the Red and the black is the soldier’s tunic and the priest’s cassock. I thought that the French army wore blue.

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Stephens, Ann S: A Noble Woman. v1. 17 Nov 2013

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Ann Sophia Stephens (1810–1886) was an American novelist and magazine editor. She was the author of dime novels and is credited as the progenitor of that genre. Ann Sophia Stephens was born on March 30, 1810 in Derby, Connecticut, She was the daughter of Ann and John Winterbotham, brother of William Winterbotham. He was the manager of a woolen mill owned by Col. David Humphreys. Her mother died early and she was brought up by her mother's sister, who eventually became her stepmother. She was educated at a dame school in South Britain, Connecticut and started writing at an early age. She married Edward Stephens, a printer from Plymouth, Massachusetts, in 1831 and they relocated to Portland, Maine. The actress Clara Bloodgood was the daughter of their son, Edward Stephens, a well known New York lawyer.

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She was eighteen years old and would graduate in a few weeks, yet Elsie looked like a child, lying there in that little white bed, with her golden curls scattered on the pillow and the soft whiteness of her neck and hands shaded by the delicate Valenciennes with which her night robe was profusely decorated. A quantity of hot house flowers lay scattered on the counterpane, where the girl had flung them, one by one, from a bouquet she was still tearing to pieces. A frown was on her pretty forehead, and her large violet eyes shone feverishly. It was seldom anything half so lovely appeared in the confined sleeping rooms of that highly fashionable boarding school. Indeed, since its foundation it is doubtful if a creature half so beautiful as Elsie Mellen had ever slept within its walls.

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Stephens, Ann S: Fashion and Famine. v1. 15 Nov 2013

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Ann Sophia Stephens (1810–1886) was an American novelist and magazine editor. She was the author of dime novels and is credited as the progenitor of that genre. Ann Sophia Stephens was born on March 30, 1810 in Derby, Connecticut, She was the daughter of Ann and John Winterbotham, brother of William Winterbotham. He was the manager of a woolen mill owned by Col. David Humphreys. Her mother died early and she was brought up by her mother's sister, who eventually became her stepmother. She was educated at a dame school in South Britain, Connecticut and started writing at an early age. She married Edward Stephens, a printer from Plymouth, Massachusetts, in 1831 and they relocated to Portland, Maine. The actress Clara Bloodgood was the daughter of their son, Edward Stephens, a well known New York lawyer.

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Perhaps in the whole world there is not a building where all the horror, the wild poetry of sin and grief is so forcibly written out in black shadows and hard stone, as in the city prison of New York

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Stephens, Ann S: Highlife in New York. v1. 16 Nov 2013

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Ann Sophia Stephens (1810–1886) was an American novelist and magazine editor. She was the author of dime novels and is credited as the progenitor of that genre. Ann Sophia Stephens was born on March 30, 1810 in Derby, Connecticut, She was the daughter of Ann and John Winterbotham, brother of William Winterbotham. He was the manager of a woolen mill owned by Col. David Humphreys. Her mother died early and she was brought up by her mother's sister, who eventually became her stepmother. She was educated at a dame school in South Britain, Connecticut and started writing at an early age. She married Edward Stephens, a printer from Plymouth, Massachusetts, in 1831 and they relocated to Portland, Maine. The actress Clara Bloodgood was the daughter of their son, Edward Stephens, a well known New York lawyer.

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A letter was dispatched to Weathersfield requesting Mr. Slick to forward a preface for his volume of epistles, but that gentleman instead sent the following letter, which is so full of his own peculiar humor that his friends will no doubt gladly accept of it in lieu of one.

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Stephens, Ann S: Mabel's Mistake. v1. 16 Nov 2013

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Ann Sophia Stephens (1810–1886) was an American novelist and magazine editor. She was the author of dime novels and is credited as the progenitor of that genre. Ann Sophia Stephens was born on March 30, 1810 in Derby, Connecticut, She was the daughter of Ann and John Winterbotham, brother of William Winterbotham. He was the manager of a woolen mill owned by Col. David Humphreys. Her mother died early and she was brought up by her mother's sister, who eventually became her stepmother. She was educated at a dame school in South Britain, Connecticut and started writing at an early age. She married Edward Stephens, a printer from Plymouth, Massachusetts, in 1831 and they relocated to Portland, Maine. The actress Clara Bloodgood was the daughter of their son, Edward Stephens, a well known New York lawyer.

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All night long the slave woman crouched down in the middle of her bed, with the blankets drawn over her like a tent, and her eyes looking out into the darkness, waiting for the morning, and yet shrinking with terror whenever a gleam of light appeared. At last, when the morning broke, grey and cold, she crept forth in her clothes—as she had been all night—and stood for a time listening as if she expected some unusual sound. But all was still, no servant was yet abroad, and she sat down upon the bed, waiting with a dull heavy gleam of the eye that had something awful in it. At last she was aroused by a loud ring at the hall door, which brought a smothered scream to her lips; but she arose and went down stairs, opening the door with a sort of mechanical composure. Ralph Harrington stood upon the threshold, and a little way off winding up the circular carriage sweep was a sleigh, in which she discovered James Harrington and the pale face of Lina. The sight made her tremble in every limb, and her eyes were terrible to look upon.

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Stephens, Ann S: Norston's Rest. v1. 17 Nov 2013

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Ann Sophia Stephens (1810–1886) was an American novelist and magazine editor. She was the author of dime novels and is credited as the progenitor of that genre. Ann Sophia Stephens was born on March 30, 1810 in Derby, Connecticut, She was the daughter of Ann and John Winterbotham, brother of William Winterbotham. He was the manager of a woolen mill owned by Col. David Humphreys. Her mother died early and she was brought up by her mother's sister, who eventually became her stepmother. She was educated at a dame school in South Britain, Connecticut and started writing at an early age. She married Edward Stephens, a printer from Plymouth, Massachusetts, in 1831 and they relocated to Portland, Maine. The actress Clara Bloodgood was the daughter of their son, Edward Stephens, a well known New York lawyer.

Excerpt
The same love of cruelty that made this man behead thistles with his cane and set dogs to tear each other, influenced him now. He revelled in the young creature's anguish, and, being an epicure in malice, sought to prolong it.
How could the girl answer, with so much stormy surprise choking back her utterance? This man, who had spent so much time with her, who had flattered her as if she had been a goddess, whose very presence had made her the happiest creature on earth, was looking quietly in her stormy face, and asking why she should care if he were pledged to marry another!

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Stephens, Ann S: Phemie Frost's Experiences. v1. 18 Nov 2013

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Ann Sophia Stephens (1810–1886) was an American novelist and magazine editor. She was the author of dime novels and is credited as the progenitor of that genre. Ann Sophia Stephens was born on March 30, 1810 in Derby, Connecticut, She was the daughter of Ann and John Winterbotham, brother of William Winterbotham. He was the manager of a woolen mill owned by Col. David Humphreys. Her mother died early and she was brought up by her mother's sister, who eventually became her stepmother. She was educated at a dame school in South Britain, Connecticut and started writing at an early age. She married Edward Stephens, a printer from Plymouth, Massachusetts, in 1831 and they relocated to Portland, Maine. The actress Clara Bloodgood was the daughter of their son, Edward Stephens, a well known New York lawyer.

Excerpt
I HAVE made up my mind. Having put my hand to the plough, it isn't in me to back out of a duty when duty and one's own wishes sail amicably in the same canoe. I am going to give myself up to the good of mankind and the dissemination of great moral ideas.
Selected by the Society of Infinite Progress as its travelling missionary, with power to spread the most transcendental of New England ideas throughout the world, I shall take up my cross and go forth.

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Stephens, Ann S: Silent Struggles. v1. 18 Nov 2013

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Ann Sophia Stephens (1810–1886) was an American novelist and magazine editor. She was the author of dime novels and is credited as the progenitor of that genre. Ann Sophia Stephens was born on March 30, 1810 in Derby, Connecticut, She was the daughter of Ann and John Winterbotham, brother of William Winterbotham. He was the manager of a woolen mill owned by Col. David Humphreys. Her mother died early and she was brought up by her mother's sister, who eventually became her stepmother. She was educated at a dame school in South Britain, Connecticut and started writing at an early age. She married Edward Stephens, a printer from Plymouth, Massachusetts, in 1831 and they relocated to Portland, Maine. The actress Clara Bloodgood was the daughter of their son, Edward Stephens, a well known New York lawyer.

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A storm had been lowering all day over the harbor of Boston, heaping the horizon with vast leaden embankments of heavy vapor, and shrouding the hills with dense floating fog that clung around them in waves and masses like draperies sweeping around some old monastic ruin. As the night approached, a sharp wind came up from the east, accompanied by a drifting rain that cut through the fog like a storm of silver shot. The force of the tempest swept this away only to reveal the harbor in wild turmoil, its waters heaving shoreward filled with muttering thunders from the far off ocean, and each hill reverberating hoarsely to their impetuous charge against its foundations.

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Stephens, Ann S: The Gold Brick. v1. 15 Nov 2013

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Ann Sophia Stephens (1810–1886) was an American novelist and magazine editor. She was the author of dime novels and is credited as the progenitor of that genre. Ann Sophia Stephens was born on March 30, 1810 in Derby, Connecticut, She was the daughter of Ann and John Winterbotham, brother of William Winterbotham. He was the manager of a woolen mill owned by Col. David Humphreys. Her mother died early and she was brought up by her mother's sister, who eventually became her stepmother. She was educated at a dame school in South Britain, Connecticut and started writing at an early age. She married Edward Stephens, a printer from Plymouth, Massachusetts, in 1831 and they relocated to Portland, Maine. The actress Clara Bloodgood was the daughter of their son, Edward Stephens, a well known New York lawyer.

Excerpt
The contrast between the stillness of the harbor, where the starlight fell smilingly, and the waters rippled like kisses around the vessels, and that demon riot on the shore, was awful. To lie so near, with death shrieks cutting the air every instant, with murderous yells chasing them, like fiends, was enough to drive men mad. The iron-hearted New England sailors on that deck, grew restive as caged lions, while the tumult swelled louder and louder around them. The young captain turned white as he took short marches up and down the deck. The men drew close together, eyeing each other with fierce glances. A word from the captain would have sent them headlong into the massacre, in a wild effort to save the women and children, whose shrieks, even from the distance, drove them frantic.

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Stephens, Ann S: The Old Countess. v1. 17 Nov 2013

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Ann Sophia Stephens (1810–1886) was an American novelist and magazine editor. She was the author of dime novels and is credited as the progenitor of that genre. Ann Sophia Stephens was born on March 30, 1810 in Derby, Connecticut, She was the daughter of Ann and John Winterbotham, brother of William Winterbotham. He was the manager of a woolen mill owned by Col. David Humphreys. Her mother died early and she was brought up by her mother's sister, who eventually became her stepmother. She was educated at a dame school in South Britain, Connecticut and started writing at an early age. She married Edward Stephens, a printer from Plymouth, Massachusetts, in 1831 and they relocated to Portland, Maine. The actress Clara Bloodgood was the daughter of their son, Edward Stephens, a well known New York lawyer.

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In that old woman's guilt he had no share. It swept the blackness from the marriage he had protested against as hideously wicked. The wrong he had done was divested of the awful responsibilities which had seemed more than he could bear. The revelation had made him, comparatively, an innocent and free man. But a shock had been given to his whole being which unfitted him for the common uses of society.

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Stephens, Ann S: The Old Homestead. v1. 18 Nov 2013

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Ann Sophia Stephens (1810–1886) was an American novelist and magazine editor. She was the author of dime novels and is credited as the progenitor of that genre. Ann Sophia Stephens was born on March 30, 1810 in Derby, Connecticut, She was the daughter of Ann and John Winterbotham, brother of William Winterbotham. He was the manager of a woolen mill owned by Col. David Humphreys. Her mother died early and she was brought up by her mother's sister, who eventually became her stepmother. She was educated at a dame school in South Britain, Connecticut and started writing at an early age. She married Edward Stephens, a printer from Plymouth, Massachusetts, in 1831 and they relocated to Portland, Maine. The actress Clara Bloodgood was the daughter of their son, Edward Stephens, a well known New York lawyer.

Excerpt
"I wonder, oh, I wonder if he will come?"
The voice which uttered these words was so anxious, so pathetic with deep feeling, that you would have loved the poor child, whose heart gave them forth, plain and miserable as she was. Yet a more helpless creature, or a more desolate home could not well be imagined. She was very small, even for her age. Her little sharp features had no freshness in them; her lips were thin; her eyes not only heavy, but full of dull anguish, which gave you an idea of settled pain, both of soul and body, for no mere physical suffering ever gave that depth of expression to the eyes of a child.

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Stephens, Ann S: Wives and Widows. v1. 19 Nov 2013

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Ann Sophia Stephens (1810–1886) was an American novelist and magazine editor. She was the author of dime novels and is credited as the progenitor of that genre. Ann Sophia Stephens was born on March 30, 1810 in Derby, Connecticut, She was the daughter of Ann and John Winterbotham, brother of William Winterbotham. He was the manager of a woolen mill owned by Col. David Humphreys. Her mother died early and she was brought up by her mother's sister, who eventually became her stepmother. She was educated at a dame school in South Britain, Connecticut and started writing at an early age. She married Edward Stephens, a printer from Plymouth, Massachusetts, in 1831 and they relocated to Portland, Maine. The actress Clara Bloodgood was the daughter of their son, Edward Stephens, a well known New York lawyer.

Excerpt
Mrs. Dennison's journal closed here. I read it through, word by word, until my very heart grew cold with horror and dread. It is a terrible thing to be made the custodian of a great crime. It haunted me night and day, until the very burden of it threatened to undermine my health.

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Stephens, James: Irish Fairy Tales (illus Rackham). v2. 19 Apr 2025

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Ten traditional tales of Irish heroes, kings, soldiers, magicians, poets, and madmen.

… “Irish Fairy Tales” by James Stephens doesn't have any leprechauns, but that is hardly a let down. No, these stories are steeped in the very depths of Irish folklore, from the same sources that Yeats immersed himself in, going right back to the recoded beginnings.
That means historical and spiritual fairy tales of ancient Tara; those heard, adapted and written by the monks and priests of Ireland as Christianity came to the land and proceeded to convert the indigenous pagans to the new creed.

The author clearly knew and revered his subject, yet is bold and gifted enough to retell these stories in his own way. There is more poetry, wit and wisdom in this collection than you could ever hope to find in any book.
—Perry Whitford, Goodreads

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James Stephens (9 February 1880 – 26 December 1950) was an Irish novelist and poet.

Stephens produced many retellings of Irish myths. His writings are marked by a rare combination of humour and lyricism ([Deirdre[/ and [Irish Fairy Tales[/ are often especially praised). He also wrote several original novels ([The Crock of Gold[/, [Demi-Gods[/) based loosely on Irish wonder tales. [The Crock of Gold[/ in particular has achieved enduring popularity and has often been reprinted.

During the last decade of his life, Stephens found a new audience through a series of broadcasts on the BBC.

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This book is illustrated with 16 full-page color images and a number of line drawings by the incomparable Arthur Rackham, the Grand Master of “The Golden Age of Illustration”.

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This collection was first published in 1920.
[This ebook is in the public domain where copyright is “Life+70” or less, and in the USA.[/

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Stephens, James: The Crock of Gold. v1. 2016-02-22

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By Irish writer and poet James Stephens, it was first published in 1912.

[QUOTWhen their hidden gold is stolen, the leprechauns of Gort na Cloca seek revenge from local villagers. Captivating, unique fantasy, written by one of modern Ireland’s best-loved authors, abounds with bizarre adventures, curious characters, and weird sights. A wise and beautiful fairy tale for grown–ups, "full of sympathy and tenderness and sly satire, of merriment and of poetry."—The New York Times.[/QUOT

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Stephens, Robert Neilson: A Gentleman Player. v1. 9 Dec 2013

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Robert Neilson Stephens (July 22, 1867 - January 20, 1906) was an American novelist and playwright. An Enemy to the King, both a play and a novel, was one of his best known works.

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At three o'clock in the afternoon of the cold first Monday in March, 1601, a red flag rose, and a trumpet sounded thrice, from a little gabled turret protruding up out of a large wooden building in a field in that part of Southwark known as the Bankside and bordering on the Thames west of London Bridge. This rude edifice, or enclosure, was round (not like its successor, hexagonal) in shape; was in great part roofless; was built on a brick and stone foundation, and was encircled by a ditch for drainage. It was, in fact, the Globe Theatre; and the flag and trumpet meant that the "Lord Chamberlain's servants" were about to begin their performance, which, as the bill outside the door told in rough letters, was to be that of a new "Tragicall Historie of Hamlet Prince of Denmark," written by William Shakespeare.

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Stephens, Robert Neilson: An Enemy to the King. v1. 9 Dec 2013

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Robert Neilson Stephens (July 22, 1867 - January 20, 1906) was an American novelist and playwright. An Enemy to the King, both a play and a novel, was one of his best known works.

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Hitherto I have written with the sword, after the fashion of greater men, and requiring no secretary. I now take up the quill to set forth, correctly, certain incidents which, having been noised about, stand in danger of being inaccurately reported by some imitator of Brantome and De l'Estoile. If all the world is to know of this matter, let it know thereof rightly.

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Stephens, Robert Neilson: Philip Winwood. v1. 10 Dec 2013

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Robert Neilson Stephens (July 22, 1867 - January 20, 1906) was an American novelist and playwright. An Enemy to the King, both a play and a novel, was one of his best known works.

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'Tis not the practice of writers to choose for biography men who have made no more noise in the world than Captain Winwood has; nor the act of gentlemen, in ordinary cases, to publish such private matters as this recital will present. But I consider, on the one hand, that Winwood's history contains as much of interest, and as good an example of manly virtues, as will be found in the life of many a hero more renowned; and, on the other, that his story has been so partially known, and so distorted, it becomes indeed the duty of a gentleman, when that gentleman was his nearest friend, to put forth that story truly, and so give the lie for ever to the detractors of a brave and kindly man.

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Stephens, Robert Neilson: Tales From Bohemia. v1. 12 Dec 2013

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Robert Neilson Stephens (July 22, 1867 - January 20, 1906) was an American novelist and playwright. An Enemy to the King, both a play and a novel, was one of his best known works.

I—THE ONLY GIRL HE EVER LOVED.
II—A BIT OF MELODY.
III—ON THE BRIDGE.
IV—THE TRIUMPH OF MOGLEY.
V—OUT OF HIS PAST.
VI—THE NEW SIDE PARTNER.
VII—THE NEEDY OUTSIDER.
VIII—TIME AND THE TOMBSTONE.
IX—HE BELIEVED THEM.
X—A VAGRANT.
XI—UNDER AN AWNING.
XII—SHANDY'S REVENGE.
XIII—THE WHISTLE.
XIV—WHISKERS.
XV—THE BAD BREAK OF TOBIT MCSTENGER.
XVI—THE SCARS.
XVII—"LA GITANA".
XVIII—TRANSITION.
XIX—A MAN WHO WAS NO GOOD.
XX—MR. THORNBERRY'S ELDORADO.
XXI—AT THE STAGE DOOR.
XXII—"POOR YORICK".
XXIII—COINCIDENCE.
XXIV—NEWGAG THE COMEDIAN.
XXV—AN OPERATIC EVENING.

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Stephens, Robert Neilson: The Bright Face of Danger. v1. 8 Dec 2013

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Robert Neilson Stephens (July 22, 1867 - January 20, 1906) was an American novelist and playwright. An Enemy to the King, both a play and a novel, was one of his best known works.

Excerpt
If, on the first Tuesday in June, in the year 1608, anybody had asked me on what business I was riding towards Paris, and if I had answered, "To cut off the moustaches of a gentleman I have never seen, that I may toss them at the feet of a lady who has taunted me with that gentleman's superiorities,"—if I had made this reply, I should have been taken for the most foolish person on horseback in France that day. Yet the answer would have been true, though I accounted myself one of the wisest young gentlemen you might find in Anjou or any other province.

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Stephens, Robert Neilson: The Continental Dragoon. v1. 9 Dec 2013

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Robert Neilson Stephens (July 22, 1867 - January 20, 1906) was an American novelist and playwright. An Enemy to the King, both a play and a novel, was one of his best known works.

Excerpt
“I dare say ’tis a wild, foolish, dangerous thing; but I do it, nevertheless! As for my reasons, they are the strongest. First, I wish to do it. Second, you’ve all opposed my doing it. So there’s an end of the matter!”
It was, of course, a woman that spoke,—moreover, a young one

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Stephens, Robert Neilson: The Mystery of Murray Davenport. v1. 10 Dec 2013

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Robert Neilson Stephens (July 22, 1867 - January 20, 1906) was an American novelist and playwright. An Enemy to the King, both a play and a novel, was one of his best known works.

Excerpt
She was a small creature, excellently shaped, and gowned—though for indoors—like a girl in a fashion plate. Her head was thrown back in a poise that showed to the best effect her clear-cut features; and she marched forward in a dauntless manner. She had dark brown hair arranged in loose waves, and, though her eyes were blue, her flawless skin was of a brunette tone. A hint has been given as to Mr. Larcher's conceit—which, by the way, had suffered a marvellous change to humility in the presence of his admired—but it was a small and superficial thing compared with the self-satisfaction of Miss Edna, and yet hers sat upon her with a serenity which, taking her sex also into consideration, made it much less noticeable.

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Stephens, Robert Neilson: The Road to Paris. v1. 11 Dec 2013

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Robert Neilson Stephens (July 22, 1867 - January 20, 1906) was an American novelist and playwright. An Enemy to the King, both a play and a novel, was one of his best known works.

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In the Jacobite army that followed Prince Charlie and shared defeat with him at Culloden in 1746, were some who escaped hanging at Carlisle or elsewhere by fleeing to Scottish ports and obtaining passage over the water. A few, like the Young Chevalier himself, fled to the continent of Europe; but some crossed the ocean and made new lives for themselves in Virginia, Pennsylvania, and other provinces.

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Sterling, Bruce: The Hacker Crackdown, V1 18 Dec 07

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Here is a Mobi version of Bruce Sterling's "The Hacker Crackdown"
From Wikipedia:
The book discusses watershed events in the hacker subculture in the early 1990s. Among the most notable topics are the coverage of Operation Sundevil, the raid on Steve Jackson Games, the trial of "Knight Lightning," and the resulting formation of the Electronic Frontier Foundation. The book also profiles the likes of "Emmanuel Goldstein" (publisher of 2600: The Hacker Quarterly), the Phrack e-zine, the Legion of Doom group, former Assistant Attorney General of Arizona Gail Thackeray, FLETC instructor Carlton Fitzpatrick, Mitch Kapor, and John Perry Barlow.

Enjoy
Bill

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Sterne, Laurence: A Sentimental Journey. V2. 7 June 2012

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A Sentimental Journey
by Laurence Sterne (1768)

A Sentimental Journey Through France and Italy (full title) is a novel by the Irish-born English author Laurence Sterne, written and first published in 1768, as Sterne was facing death. In 1765, Sterne travelled through France and Italy as far south as Naples, and after returning determined to describe his travels from a sentimental point of view. The novel can be seen as an epilogue to the possibly unfinished work The Life and Opinions of Tristram Shandy, Gentleman, and also as an answer to Tobias Smollett's decidedly unsentimental Travels through France and Italy. (Sterne met Smollett during his travels in Europe, and strongly objected to his spleen, acerbity and quarrelsomeness. He modeled the character of Smelfungus on him.)

Source html:
http://www.gutenberg.org/dirs/etext97/senjr10h.htm

Reformatted for readability (fonts, headers, chapter breaks, TOC, etc) and converted to mobi for the Kindle 3. Conversion done via Calibre.

EDIT (7 June):

Html code and .css file cleaned up (all the MS Word garbage removed).
Redid the TOC and various tags.
Fixed more broken paragraphs, typos, etc.

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Sterne, Laurence: Tristram Shandy, v1, 25 Sept 2007.

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Laurence Sterne’s Tristram Shandy.
The full title is: ‘The Life and Opinions of Tristram Shandy, Gentleman’ and it was originally published in nine volumes between 1759 and 1767.

This is the longest cock and bull story in the history of the world.

This fictitious autobiography starts with Tristram Shandy describing his conception, eventually reaching his birth and baptism, several hundred pages in. His story in interwoven with that of his Uncle Toby, who sustained a groin injury at the siege of Namur. He has recreated the battlefield in miniature in his garden. The Widow Wadman has fallen for Uncle Toby but needs more information about the precise location of his injury. But Toby merely shows her the place on the battlefield. There are also numerous digressions.

Here’s an extract:
‘—My brother Toby,’ quoth she, ‘is going to be married to Mrs. Wadman.’
—Then he will never, quoth my father, be able to lie diagonally in his bed again as long as he lives.
It was a consuming vexation to my father, that my mother never asked the meaning of a thing she did not understand.
—That she is not a woman of science, my father would say—is her misfortune—but she might ask a question.—
My mother never did.—In short, she went out of the world at last without knowing whether it turned round, or stood still.—My father had officiously told her above a thousand times which way it was,—but she always forgot.

Formatting Issues
This book is a transcriber’s nightmare. There is a black page; several single-sentence chapters; two completely blank chapters; and several chapters in deliberately non-chronological order. BD gave a lot of trouble.
I have added italics, using my paper copy as a guide, and restored French accents. I couldn’t get BD to use Sterne’s fingerpost sign, so I used -->. There are some Greek quotations, which I have mostly transliterated. I have also attempted to recreate some of Sterne’s idiosyncratic uses of asterisks.

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Steuart, John Alexander: In the Day of Battle. v1. 24 Aug 2016

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John Alexander Steuart: Born : 1861 Aberfeldy, Perthshire, Scotland: Died : 1932 May 28

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After five and forty years, they tell me, turbulent students of the University of Edinburgh listen with envy to stories of the battles of Peter Clephane and Angus Glenrae. To one whose sun is far past its meridian, and who ought rather to be engaged with his evening prayer than his morning folly, ungracious memories of headlong, random youth can afford little matter of consolation and none of pride.

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Steuart, John Alexander: Kilgroom. v1. 27 Aug 2016

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John Alexander Steuart: Born : 1861 Aberfeldy, Perthshire, Scotland: Died : 1932 May 28

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The Sign of The Shamrock, Dunbriggan, is not, architecturally speaking, a pretentious fabric. I fear that only a lover of the low picturesque would find anything to admire in its bulging, weather-stained walls, low eaves and undulating, ragged roof. Assuredly, any one with a cultured appreciation of the ornamental architecture of our modern hotels would be apt to regard it, with a contemptuous eye, as an uncouth, unsightly relic of barbarity. Yet his loftiness might prove his own loss; for you must cross the threshold to discover the peculiar charm of The Shamrock.

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Steuart, John Alexander: The Hebrew. v1. 4 Sep 2016

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John Alexander Steuart: Born : 1861 Aberfeldy, Perthshire, Scotland: Died : 1932 May 28

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CONSTABLE O’RYAN, pausing on his beat to glance into Cherry Tree Court, remarked to his companion, in the bewitching Kerry tone which is made for a mouth of honey, “Gettin’ up the bristle for another foight in there, sorr. Notice to quit again. Ye’d almost think they were Irish, Mr. Emmet, be the way they stick to the ould black walls."

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Steuart, John Alexander: The Red Reaper, v1. 30 Aug 2016

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John Alexander Steuart: Born : 1861 Aberfeldy, Perthshire, Scotland: Died : 1932 May 28

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Let them say what they will, the die was cast when-my lord kissed the king’s hand at Berwick. Certain people of the Iago stamp, oily, subtle, intent to entangle, would have gasped, half in chagrin, half in glee, had they beheld that kiss, and yet more the look of tender appeal and quick response which went before.

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Stevens, Francis: Citadel of Fear (1918), v1

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Gertrude Barrows Bennett, 1884-1948, used the pseudonym Francis Stevens for a number of fantasy novels, of which this is one of the best known. It is a lost world/lost civilsation novel.

The source text was Internet Archive. I could not find a page image scan. The cover was created by me by using the painting on the cover of the 1918 issue of Argosy Magazine, in which the serialisation began, and which depicts an incident in Chapter 2.

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Stevens, Francis: Claimed! (1920); v1, 18 Feb 2020

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Francis Stevens (Gertrude Barrows Bennett (1884 -1948) was a pioneer of dark fantasy. This is a typical short novel, some 42,000 words, which brings in both the God Poseidon, and the lost city of Atlantis.

Text source is University of Adelaide via Wayback Machine. I have reinstated italics, and created a cover using a detail from thecover of the issue of Argosy magazine in which the first serial instalment appeared.

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Stevens, Francis: Nightmare!. v1. 08 Aug 2021

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[NIGHTMARE!
[/Being the Weird Adventures of an Unwilling Hero

Francis Stevens (1883-1948)

This ebook is derived from the version posted by Dr. Drib in another format.

A tourist from New York, sailing on the ill-fated liner Lusitania, wakens from a night’s sleep to find himself struggling in the seas off an uncharted island halfway around the world. To his dismay, he finds the island filled with huge monstrous creatures. Jones soon finds himself caught in a rivalry between two dangerous groups competing to extract a rare substance found only on the island — it turns lead into gold! A young lady has also been rescued, adding further complications. Ah, high adventure!

[Nightmare![/ has been described as “resembling” Edgar Rice Burroughs’ [The Land That Time Forgot[/, which was published a year later.

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Francis Stevens was the pseudonym of Gertrude Barrows Bennett (1883–1948) who was the first major female writer of fantasy and science fiction in the United States. Bennett wrote a number of highly acclaimed fantasies between 1917 and 1923, and has been called “the woman who invented dark fantasy.”

Her work greatly influenced such writers as H. P. Lovecraft and A(braham) Merritt. Among her most famous books are [Claimed[/ (which H. P. Lovecraft called “One of the strangest and most compelling science fantasy novels you will ever read”) and the lost world novel [The Citadel of Fear.[/ Bennett also wrote an early dystopian novel, [The Heads of Cerberus[/ (1919).

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Nightmare! [was originally published in 1917, and is in the public domain where copyright is “Life+70” or less, and in the USA.[/
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Stevens, Francis: Serapion (v2), 1920, 18 Feb 2020

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Francis Stevens (Gertrude Barrows Bennett, 1884 -1948) was a pioneer of dark fantasy, and this is perhaps her most accomplished and creepy book, a compactly written 50,000 word novel/novelette published as a serial in Argosy magazine in 1920.

The basic text was that of Dr Drib's book originally uploaded in 2007 to the LRF Library, to which I have restored italics, and also a missing word important to the text. The same single word is also missing from the Project Gutenberg Aust text. Instead, what appeared was this paragraph:

"."

I adapted the cover of the June 19, 1920 Argosy magazine which contained the first episode. The artist is unidentified.

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Stevens, Francis: Sunfire, and other stories (2020); v2; 10 Aug 2021

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"Sunfire", an enjoyable novelette of fantastic adventure and mystery in the Amazonian jungle, was published in Vol 2, Nos 1 and 2, of Weird Tales. There is an image and OCR scan online, but the scan of the second half had no OCR for about six chapters, which I had to type out laboriously.

The rest of this volume, unique to MobileRead, contains the remaining available short stories by Francis Stevens. It also contains a bibliography, which is quite short, as her writing career spanned only 4 years.

* updated to V2 by addition of 6th story

1: Sunfire (novelette)
2: Behind the Curtain
3: Unseen— Unfeared
4: Elf Trap
5: Friend Island
6: The Curious Experience of Thomas Dunbar
Bibliography

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Stevens, Francis: The Heads of Cerberus (1919); v1; 22 Feb 2020

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Philadelphia, 1918: Three friends—brave, confident Viola Trenmore, clever but shy Robert Drayton, and Viola’s strong and hot-tempered brother, Terry—discover a mysterious powder that transports them two hundred years into the future. The Philadelphia of 2118 is no longer a bustling metropolis but instead a completely isolated city recovering from an unknown disaster.

The society is dictatorial, and there is an annual death challenge where the survivor is deemed fit to rule with the Woman dictator.

The three friends are in the challenge, must survive, and return to their own time.

61,000 words. I made the cover using a detail from the cover illustration of the original magazine serialisation.

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Stevenson, R. L. & Osbourne, L.: The Wrong Box v1 5 Feb 2009

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'The Wrong Box' is a black comedy co-written by Robert Louis Stevenson and his step-son Lloyd Osbourne, first published in 1889.
The story is about the last two remaining survivors of a tontine, who also happen to be brothers.
One of the most famous English novels ever written about a tontine, it was made into a 1966 film starring Michael Caine.

This is the Project Gutenberg text, which was in good condition - a couple of OCR errors have been corrected for this version.
Please let me know if you come across any further errors.

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Stevenson, Robert Louis and Osbourne, Lloyd: The Ebb-Tide. V1. 12 Mar 2010

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Samuel Lloyd Osbourne (April 7, 1868 – May 22, 1947) was an American author and the stepson of Scottish author Robert Louis Stevenson with whom he would co-author three books and provide input and ideas on others.

Excerpt
Throughout the island world of the Pacific, scattered men of many European races and from almost every grade of society carry activity and disseminate disease. Some prosper, some vegetate. Some have mounted the steps of thrones and owned islands and navies. Others again must marry for a livelihood; a strapping, merry, chocolate-coloured dame supports them in sheer idleness; and, dressed like natives, but still retaining some foreign element of gait or attitude, still perhaps with some relic (such as a single eye-glass) of the officer and gentleman, they sprawl in palm-leaf verandahs and entertain an island audience with memoirs of the music-hall. And there are still others, less pliable, less capable, less fortunate, perhaps less base, who continue, even in these isles of plenty, to lack bread.

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Stevenson, Robert Louis and Osbourne, Lloyd: The Wrecker. V1. 13 Mar 2010

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Samuel Lloyd Osbourne (April 7, 1868 – May 22, 1947) was an American author and the stepson of Scottish author Robert Louis Stevenson with whom he would co-author three books and provide input and ideas on others.

Excerpt
In the whole length of the single shoreside street, with its scattered board houses looking to the sea, its grateful shade of palms and green jungle of puraos, no moving figure could be seen. Only, at the end of the rickety pier, that once (in the prosperous days of the American rebellion) was used to groan under the cotton of John Hart, there might have been spied upon a pile of lumber the famous tattooed white man, the living curiosity of Tai-o-hae.

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Stevenson, Robert Louis: Das Flaschenteufelchen german v2 15 mar 2009

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Da hat sich Keawe ja etwas Schönes für seine fünfzig Silberdollar andrehen lassen: in einem kleinen Laden im Hafen von San Francisco ersteht er eine Flasche mit einem kleinen Teufelchen darin, welche ihm alle Wünsche erfüllt. Zuerst glaubt der getaufte Hawaiianer noch an einen Trick des irren Ladenbesitzers, dann entpuppt sich Das Flaschenteufelchen als echt. Und jetzt hat Keawe ein Problem: stirbt der letzte Besitzer, derzeit also er, so erwirbt das Teufelchen die Seele des Käufers über den Tod hinaus und nimmt es mit in die Hölle hinab. Keawe muss die Flasche loswerden, doch das ist nicht so leicht: wegwerfen kann er sie nicht, verschenken oder gewinnbringend verkaufen ebenfalls nicht. Er muss die Flasche mit dem schattenhaften Teufelchen zu einem niedrigeren Preis verkaufen, wie er es gekauft hat, und er muss dem künftigen Besitzer von Beginn an die Wahrheit darüber sagen. Solange erfüllt der böse Geist alle Wünsche, nur das Leben kann und will er nicht verlängern. Keawe, der unüberlegt Wünsche über ein Haus und eine Frau, die ihn liebt, äußert, diskutiert das Ganze mit seinem Freund Lopaka aus. Vorher hat er noch die Flasche für sechzig Silberdollar verkauft - und schon ist sie wieder da.

Keawe bekommt ein schönes Haus auf Hawaii - dafür jedoch musste sein Onkel Molokai sterben und findet auch eine Geliebte am Strand, die einfach auf ihn zurennt. Kokoua verliebt sich ebenfalls in ihn und beide heiraten. Und Keawe gelingt es auch die Flasche loszuwerden.

Doch die Flasche geht auf Hawaii umher, und letzten Endes stößt Keawe wieder auf sie. Er hat sich Lepra eingefangen und soll auf die Aussätzigeninsel verbannt werden. Also kauft er die Flasche erneut, um sich zu heilen. Sein neues Problem besteht darin, dass das Flaschenteufelchen nun nur noch 2 Cent wert ist und er ist für einen Cent abkaufen muss. Nun - begleitet vom Neid der Mitbewohner auf der Insel - wird er die verwunschene Flasche nicht mehr los. Da ersinnt Kokoua sich eines hervorragenden Umstandes: auf Tahiti zahlt man mit französischen Centimes - fünf von ihnen sind einen amerikanischen Cent wert. Schon weiß Keawe, was er tun muss...(Roter Dorn)

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Stevenson, Robert Louis: David Balfour (Kidnapped and Catriona), v1.01, 3 June 2008

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Kidnapped and Catriona in one volume. I've produced a combined version, as they are really one long novel covering the fortunes of David Balfour, rather than two separate books.

Please report any problems with typos or formatting.

(Yes, I know Catriona was originally called David Balfour, but it makes a lot of sense to call the combined volume by that name.)

New version 1.01 now includes an expanded glossary of dialect words, various typos corrected, some reformatting, especially of quoted speech. and some renaming of parts.

This is a v5 Mobipocket book. Older versions of Mobipocket Reader might not be able to open it.

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Stevenson, Robert Louis: Die Schatzinsel german v1 21 feb 2009

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Im ländlichen englischen Gasthaus „Zum Admiral Benbow“ in der Nähe von Bristol quartiert sich ein alter Seemann ein, William „Bill“ Bones. Jim Hawkins, der Sohn des Gastwirtes, findet bald heraus, dass Bones Angst vor einem Einbeinigen hat und ihn irgend etwas Geheimnisvolles umgibt. Eines Nachts wird der trunksüchtige Bones von einem Seemann, genannt „Der schwarze Hund“, aufgesucht und bricht, nach einem Streit mit diesem, kurze Zeit später nach einem Schlaganfall tot zusammen. Als dann auch noch der blinde Bettler Pew mit seinen Spießgesellen das Gasthaus überfällt, kann sich Jim mit seiner Mutter nur im letzten Moment retten und nimmt dabei ein Päckchen aus der Seemannskiste von Bones mit.
In dem Päckchen befindet sich die Karte einer Schatzinsel, auf der der Schatz des berüchtigten Piraten „Captain Flint“ liegen soll. Jim Hawkins benachrichtigt seinen Freund Doktor Livesey und den Friedensrichter Squire Trelawney, die sich zur Ausrüstung einer Expedition entschließen. Hawkins wird ebenfalls angeheuert und soll als Schiffsjunge mitreisen. Als Expeditionsschiff dient die „Hispaniola“ unter Kapitän Smollett. Doch es stellt sich heraus, dass Jim und seine Freunde nicht als einzige hinter dem Schatz her sind: An Bord befinden sich einige ehemalige Crew-Mitglieder von Captain Flint, allen voran der einbeinige Schiffskoch Long John Silver.

[Die Schatzinsel[/ erschien erstmalig 1883 als ganzheitliches Buch. Der Erstdruck erfolgte als Mehrteiler in der Zeitschrift „Young Folks“ in der Zeit vom 1. Oktober 1881 bis 28. Januar 1882. Die erste deutsche Ausgabe erschien 1897. Das Werk wird zu den Klassikern der Weltliteratur gezählt, wurde mehrfach verfilmt, in Theaterstücken verarbeitet und als Hörbuch aufbereitet.

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Stevenson, Robert Louis: Herren til Ballantrae [Norwegian]. v1. 17 May 2014

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To brødre av den skotske adel havner på hver sin side i det jakobittiske opprøret på 1700-tallet. Konsekvensen blir en livslang, bitter feide...
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BOKEN FJERNET DA DEN IKKE ER FALT I DET FRI

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Stevenson, Robert Louis: Island Nights' Entertainments (1893), V1, 3 May 2020

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Published in 1893, the year before Stevenson died, this collection contains a novella and two short stories.

1: The Beach of Falesa (novella)
2: The Bottle Imp
3: The Isle of Voices

I remember "The Bottle Imp" from my school days.

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Stevenson, Robert Louis: New Arabian Nights (1882); v1, 4 April 2020

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First published in 1882 in two volumes, as a boxed set. Volume 1 contained the two story cycles, "The Suicide Club" and "The Rajah's Diamond", in the manner of the "Arabian Nights" tales but set in contemporary times. Volume 2 contained the remaining stand-alone stories.

1: The Suicide Club
[Story Of The Young Man With The Cream Tarts
Story Of The Physician And The Saratoga Trunk
The Adventure Of The Hansom Cabs[/
2: The Rajah’s Diamond
[Story Of The Bandbox
Story Of The Young Man In Holy Orders
Story Of The House With The Green Blinds
The Adventure Of Prince Florizel And A Detective[/
3: The Pavilion on the Links
4: A Lodging for the Night— A Story of Francis Villon
5: The Sire De Maletroit’s Door
6: Providence And The Guitar

The cover is from the first edition.

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Stevenson, Robert Louis: Ostrov pokladů [Czech]. v1.0 22 Jun 2012

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Stevenson, Robert Louis. Ostrov pokladů
In Czech language, English title: Treasure Island

Překlad: Hana Šnajdrová
Příběh o hledání pirátského pokladu.

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Stevenson, Robert Louis: Selvmorderklubben [Norwegian].v1. 04 Aug 2012

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Prins Florizel av Bøhmen og hans trofaste følgesvenn, oberst Geraldine, morer seg med å delta inkognito i den mere lugubre delen av Londons natteliv. Ved et tilfelle blir de trukket inn i den makabre Selvmorderklubbens lyssky virksomhet; en virksomhet prinsen setter alt inn på å få stoppet.

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Stevenson, Robert Louis: Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde v.1

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Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde is a novella written by the Scottish author Robert Louis Stevenson and first published in 1886. It is about a London lawyer who investigates strange occurrences between his old friend, Dr Henry Jekyll, and the misanthropic Edward Hyde. The work is known for its vivid portrayal of the psychopathology of a split personality; in mainstream culture the very phrase "Jekyll and Hyde" has come to mean a person who may show a distinctly different character, or profoundly different behavior, from one situation to the next, as if almost another person, possibly because of the rare disorder "multiple personality disorder" (more recently renamed "Dissociative Identity Disorder").

Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde was an immediate success and one of Stevenson's best-selling works. Stage adaptations began in Boston and London within a year of its publication and it has gone on to inspire scores of major film and stage performances.

- Excerpted from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. (Which was taken from Amazon)

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Stevenson, Robert Louis: The Merry Men (1887), v1, 1 May 2020

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A short story collection by Robert Louis Stevenson, subtitled "and other tales and fables". The cover is from the first edition.

1: The Merry Men
2: Will o' the Mill
3: Markheim
4: Thrawn Janet
5: Olalla
6: The Treasure of Franchard

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Stevenson, Robert Louis: The Wrong Box (1889); v2; 3 April 2020

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Already in the Library, but in prc format, hence v2.

Written in collaboration with his stepson Lloyd Osbourne, one of three such collaborations, a comic crime tale of a tontine.

"I have got R.L. Stevenson's In the Wrong Box and laughed over it dementedly when I read it. That man has only one lung but he makes you laugh with all your whole inside." (Rudyard Kipling)

Made into a movie in 1966 with a roll-call of stars:
John Mills, Ralph Richardson, Michael Caine, Peter Cook, Dudley Moore, Peter Sellers, Nanette Newman...

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Stevenson, Robert Louis: Travels with a Donkey in the Cévennes. v1. 9 Dec 07

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While throwing around the idea of a road trip on my very slow, ill-equipped scooter, I started wondering if Project Gutenberg had any books describing a similar trip. I figured I could read it while preparing for my journey.

Actually there [was[/ something like what I had in mind--just swap out my moody scooter with a very moody donkey. A young Robert Louis Stevenson went on a solo hiking trip through the French countryside and wrote about his journey. Interesting to note that it also tells of commissioning one of the first sleeping bags. It was large and heavy enough to require a donkey to carry, but still pretty neat.

From Wikipedia:

Travels with a Donkey in the Cévennes (1879) is one of Robert Louis Stevenson's earliest published works and is considered a pioneering classic of outdoor literature.

Stevenson was in his late 20s and still dependent on his parents for support. Travels was both meant to raise money he needed to be with the woman he loved, and provide adventure Stevenson craved, being sickly much of his life.

The book recounts Stevenson's 12-day, 120-mile solo hiking journey through the sparsely populated and impoverished areas of the Cévennes mountains in south-central France. The character of Modestine, a stubborn, manipulative donkey he could never quite get the better of, is memorable. It is one of the earliest accounts which presented hiking and camping outdoors as a recreational activity.

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Stevenson, Robert Louis: Treasure Island, v1, 27 May 2008

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The classic adventure story - Jim Hawkins, Long John Silver, and pirate treasure.

Pretty cover, hopefully nicely formatted. Please report any typos left in the text or problems with the formatting.

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Stewart, Elinore Pruitt: Letters of a Woman Homesteader, v.1., 22 Dec 2007

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Patricia

It occurred to me that we didn't have many (any?) collections of letters. I've got the text from PG, done a little formatting, and added a TOC. I kept the PG picture.

Elinore Pruitt Stewart's book was first published in 1914. These letters span the period 1909-1913. She found herself widowed, with a young daughter and became a laundress in Denver. After her health began to suffer, she moved to Wyoming to homestead; later marrying the man next door.
The letters were written to a former employer in Denver. Mrs Stewart is too shy to admit that she has married again until about halfway through the collection.

As a Britsh person, I sometimes find myself fascinated by American society. For me, this modest collection exemplifies the traditional American virtues of self-reliance, an adventurous spirit, thrift, and compassion for others.

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Stillwell, Wendell. X-15 Research Results. v1.0 12 July 2009

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from Wikipedia:
[QUOTThe North American X-15 rocket-powered aircraft was part of the X-series of experimental aircraft, initiated with the Bell X-1, that were made for the USAF, NASA, and the USN. The X-15 set speed and altitude records in the early 1960s, reaching the edge of outer space and returning with valuable data used in aircraft and spacecraft design. It currently holds the world record for the fastest speed ever reached by a manned aircraft.[1][/QUOT

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Stilson, Charles B: Minos of Sardanes (1916); v1, 10 Jan 2022

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Second book of the Polaris lost worlds trilogy.

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Stilson, Charles B: Polaris and the Goddess Glorian (1917); v1; 10 Jan 2022

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Third book of the "Polaris" lost worlds trilogy. This serial was printed in hardback in the 1960s with an amazingly inappropriate dust jacket illustration, showing space suited men on an alien planet, and renamed "Polaris and the Immortals."

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Stilson, Charles B: Polaris of the Snows (1915); v1, 10 Jan 2022

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First book of the "Polaris" lost worlds trilogy, forgotten until recently when the magazine serials were reprinted as books. The author imagined Antarctica to be much like the Arctic, polar bears and all.

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Stock, St. George: A Guide to Stoicism. 20 Jan 2008

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RWood

This is one of two Stock books that I will be posting. The other is Deductive Logic. Both are interesting and well worth the effort.

From the Forward to the book:
[QUOTIf you strip Stoicism of its paradoxes and its wilful misuse of language, what is left is simply the moral philosophy of Socrates, Plato and Aristotle, dashed with the physics of Heraclitus. Stoicism was not so much a new doctrine as the form under which the old Greek philosophy finally presented itself to the world at large. It owed its popularity in some measure to its extravagance. A great deal might be said about Stoicism as a religion and about the part it played in the formation of Christianity but these subjects were excluded by the plan of this volume which was to present a sketch of the Stoic doctrine based on the original authorities.[/QUOT

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Stock, St. George: Deductive Logic. 26 Jan 2008

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A great work. I am not happy with the text graphics but I have spent too much time on it already. I hope to go back at some future date, create them as graphics, and cut them into the text.

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Stockley, Cynthia: Blue Aloes. v1. 7 Oct 2013

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crutledge

Cynthia Stockley (1862-1936) was a once popular writer to whom time and changing perceptions have been rather unkind. She doesn't even rate a Wikipedia entry of her own.She was born Lilian Julian Webb in London in 1862. In 1896 she moved to Rhodesia (now Zimbabwe). Her first marriage was to P.G.W. Stockley of the Rhodesian police. She later married Colonel Pelham-Browne, a Rhodesian pioneer velt farmer. She had nearly 20 novels and collections of short stories published before, sadly, she committed suicide in 1936.

Stories of South Africa

Blue Aloes
The Leopard
Rosanne Ozanne
April Folly

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Stockley, Cynthia: Pink Gods and Blue Demons. v1. 8 Nov 2013

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Cynthia Stockley (1862-1936) was a once popular writer to whom time and changing perceptions have been rather unkind. She doesn't even rate a Wikipedia entry of her own.She was born Lilian Julian Webb in London in 1862. In 1896 she moved to Rhodesia (now Zimbabwe). Her first marriage was to P.G.W. Stockley of the Rhodesian police. She later married Colonel Pelham-Browne, a Rhodesian pioneer velt farmer. She had nearly 20 novels and collections of short stories published before, sadly, she committed suicide in 1936.

A Story of Diamond Mines and the Witchery of Beauty

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Stockley, Cynthia: Poppy. v1. 8 Nov 2013

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Cynthia Stockley (1862-1936) was a once popular writer to whom time and changing perceptions have been rather unkind. She doesn't even rate a Wikipedia entry of her own.She was born Lilian Julian Webb in London in 1862. In 1896 she moved to Rhodesia (now Zimbabwe). Her first marriage was to P.G.W. Stockley of the Rhodesian police. She later married Colonel Pelham-Browne, a Rhodesian pioneer velt farmer. She had nearly 20 novels and collections of short stories published before, sadly, she committed suicide in 1936.

The Story of a South African Girl

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Stockley, Cynthia: The Claw. v1. 8 Nov 2013

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Cynthia Stockley (1862-1936) was a once popular writer to whom time and changing perceptions have been rather unkind. She doesn't even rate a Wikipedia entry of her own.She was born Lilian Julian Webb in London in 1862. In 1896 she moved to Rhodesia (now Zimbabwe). Her first marriage was to P.G.W. Stockley of the Rhodesian police. She later married Colonel Pelham-Browne, a Rhodesian pioneer velt farmer. She had nearly 20 novels and collections of short stories published before, sadly, she committed suicide in 1936.

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On this visit to Africa, so very far away from her, Betty had unexpectedly held out rather firmly about the necessity of a chaperon, and to please her I had travelled out with a frumpy old German governess we had both known many years, who was visiting Africa to see about some property an uncle had left her in the Transvaal. All the way out I had made it quite plain to Madame von Stohl that I meant to go up to Mashonaland and see my brother Dick, that in fact it was one of my chief reasons for coming to Africa at all; and she never said a word against the idea. But lo! after I had trailed around with her to all sorts of uninteresting places in Cape Colony and the Transvaal she calmly and firmly refused to fulfil her part of the programme and go with me to Mashonaland. She said she was afraid of being eaten by Lobengula, the King of the Matabele.

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Stockton, Frank R.: John Gayther's Garden and the Stories Told There. v1, 12 Jan 2008

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Madam Broshkina

Frank Richard Stockton, one of America's foremost story-tellers and humorists, was born in Philadelphia in 1834. His father was a Presbyterian minister who devoutly wished that his son might study medicine. This wish was shattered early, for the son showed symptoms of being a writer while yet in the Central High School of Philadelphia. In competition with many of his schoolmates for a prize offered for the best story, young Stockton won easily.

With a few illustrations.

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Stockton, Frank R.: The Magic Egg and Other Stories . v1, 11 Jan 2008

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Madam Broshkina

Frank Richard Stockton, one of America's foremost story-tellers and humorists, was born in Philadelphia in 1834. His father was a Presbyterian minister who devoutly wished that his son might study medicine. This wish was shattered early, for the son showed symptoms of being a writer while yet in the Central High School of Philadelphia. In competition with many of his schoolmates for a prize offered for the best story, young Stockton won easily.

With a few illustrations.

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Stockton, Frank R.: The Rudder Grangers Abroad and other stories. v1, 12 Jan 2008

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Madam Broshkina

Frank Richard Stockton, one of America's foremost story-tellers and humorists, was born in Philadelphia in 1834. His father was a Presbyterian minister who devoutly wished that his son might study medicine. This wish was shattered early, for the son showed symptoms of being a writer while yet in the Central High School of Philadelphia. In competition with many of his schoolmates for a prize offered for the best story, young Stockton won easily.

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Stockton, Frank R: The Lady, or the Tiger? v.1, 6 January 2009.

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Patricia

Two very short but powerful mysteries, in which the central characters will die if they fail to solve puzzles which depend on an understanding of human nature.

I hadn’t read the original story or the sequel before, and thoroughly enjoyed them.
How would you solve the enigmas?

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Stockton, Frank Richard: A Bicycle of Cathay. v1. 4 Jul 2013

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crutledge

Frank Richard Stockton (April 5, 1834 – April 20, 1902) was an American writer and humorist, best known today for a series of innovative children's fairy tales that were widely popular during the last decades of the 19th century.

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I was the teacher of the village school, which useful institution had been closed for the season the day before, much to the gratification of pedagogue and scholars. This position was not at all the summit of my youthful ambition. In fact, I had been very much disappointed when I found myself obliged to accept it, but when I left college my financial condition made it desirable for me to do something to support myself while engaged in some of the studies preparatory to a professional career.

NOTE: 37 Illustrations,

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Stockton, Frank Richard: A Chosen Few. v1. 6 Jul 2913

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Frank Richard Stockton (April 5, 1834 – April 20, 1902) was an American writer and humorist, best known today for a series of innovative children's fairy tales that were widely popular during the last decades of the 19th century.

A TALE OF NEGATIVE GRAVITY
ASAPH
“HIS WIFE’S DECEASED SISTER”
THE LADY, OR THE TIGER?
THE REMARKABLE WRECK OF THE “THOMAS HYKE”
OLD PIPES AND THE DRYAD
THE TRANSFERRED GHOST
“THE PHILOSOPHY OF RELATIVE EXISTENCES”
A PIECE OF RED CALICO

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Stockton, Frank Richard: A Jolly Fellowship. v1. 9 Jul 2013

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Frank Richard Stockton (April 5, 1834 – April 20, 1902) was an American writer and humorist, best known today for a series of innovative children's fairy tales that were widely popular during the last decades of the 19th century.

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This story is told by Will Gordon, a young fellow about sixteen years old, who saw for himself everything worth seeing in the course of the events he relates, and so knows much more about them than any one who would have to depend upon hearsay. Will is a good-looking boy, with brown hair and gray eyes, rather large for his age, and very fond of being a leader among his young companions. Whether or not he is good at that sort of thing, you can judge from the story he tells.

NOTE: 22 Illustrations

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Stockton, Frank Richard: Amos Kilbright; His Adscititious Experiences. v1. 2 Jul 2013

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Frank Richard Stockton (April 5, 1834 – April 20, 1902) was an American writer and humorist, best known today for a series of innovative children's fairy tales that were widely popular during the last decades of the 19th century.

AMOS KILBRIGHT: HIS ADSCITITIOUS EXPERIENCES.
THE REVERSIBLE LANDSCAPE.
DUSKY PHILOSOPHY.
PLAIN FISHING.

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Stockton, Frank Richard: Buccaneers and Pirates of Our Coasts. v1. 5 Jul 2013

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Frank Richard Stockton (April 5, 1834 – April 20, 1902) was an American writer and humorist, best known today for a series of innovative children's fairy tales that were widely popular during the last decades of the 19th century.

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When I was a boy I strongly desired to be a pirate, and the reason for this was the absolute independence of that sort of life. Restrictions of all sorts had become onerous to me, and in my reading of the adventures of the bold sea-rovers of the main, I had unconsciously selected those portions of a pirate's life which were attractive to me, and had totally disregarded all the rest.

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Stockton, Frank Richard: Kate Bonnet. v1. 9 Jul 2013

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Frank Richard Stockton (April 5, 1834 – April 20, 1902) was an American writer and humorist, best known today for a series of innovative children's fairy tales that were widely popular during the last decades of the 19th century.

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The month was September and the place was in the neighbourhood of Bridgetown, in the island of Barbadoes. The seventeenth century was not seventeen years old, but the girl who walked slowly down to the river bank was three years its senior. She carried a fishing-rod and line, and her name was Kate Bonnet. She was a bright-faced, quick-moving young person, and apparently did not expect to catch many fish, for she had no basket in which to carry away her finny prizes. Nor, apparently, did she have any bait, except that which was upon her hook and which had been affixed there by one of the servants at her home, not far away. In fact, Mistress Kate was too nicely dressed and her gloves were too clean to have much to do with fish or bait, but she seated herself on a little rock in a shady spot not far from the water and threw forth her line. Then she gazed about her; a little up the river and a good deal down the river.

NOTE: 50 Illustrations and Decorations

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Stockton, Frank Richard: Mrs. Cliff's Yacht. v1. 10 Jul 2013

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Frank Richard Stockton (April 5, 1834 – April 20, 1902) was an American writer and humorist, best known today for a series of innovative children's fairy tales that were widely popular during the last decades of the 19th century.

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On a beautiful September afternoon in a handsome room of one of the grand, up-town hotels in New York sat Mrs. Cliff, widow and millionaire.
Widow of a village merchant, mistress of an unpretending house in the little town of Plainton, Maine, and, by strange vicissitudes of fortune, the possessor of great wealth, she was on her way from Paris to the scene of that quiet domestic life to which for nearly thirty years she had been accustomed.

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Stockton, Frank Richard: My Terminal Moraine. v1. 11 Jul 2013

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Frank Richard Stockton (April 5, 1834 – April 20, 1902) was an American writer and humorist, best known today for a series of innovative children's fairy tales that were widely popular during the last decades of the 19th century.

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A man's birth is generally considered the most important event of his existence, but I truly think that what I am about to relate was more important to me than my entrance into this world; because, had not these things happened, I am of the opinion that my life would have been of no value to me and my birth a misfortune.

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Stockton, Frank Richard: The Adventures of Captain Hornst, v1. 2 Jul 2013

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Frank Richard Stockton (April 5, 1834 – April 20, 1902) was an American writer and humorist, best known today for a series of innovative children's fairy tales that were widely popular during the last decades of the 19th century.

Follow the fantastical Captain Horn as he is shipwrecked, finds buried treasure, and fights desperadoes, from Peru, to New York, and to Paris!

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Stockton, Frank Richard: The Associate Hermits. v1. 3 Jul 2013

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Frank Richard Stockton (April 5, 1834 – April 20, 1902) was an American writer and humorist, best known today for a series of innovative children's fairy tales that were widely popular during the last decades of the 19th century.

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Mr. and Mrs. Hector Archibald were prosperous and happy dwellers in a suburb of one of our large towns. Fortune had favored them in many ways—in health and in a good average happiness. They had reached early middle age, and their daughter Kate, their only child, had grown up to be a beautiful and good young woman, and was on the point of marrying a young lawyer—Rodney Bringhurst by name—in every way worthy of her.

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Stockton, Frank Richard: The Bee-Man of Orn. v1. 3 Jul 2013

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Frank Richard Stockton (April 5, 1834 – April 20, 1902) was an American writer and humorist, best known today for a series of innovative children's fairy tales that were widely popular during the last decades of the 19th century.

THE BEE-MAN OF ORN.
THE GRIFFIN AND THE MINOR CANON.
OLD PIPES AND THE DRYAD.
THE QUEEN'S MUSEUM.
CHRISTMAS BEFORE LAST;
PRINCE HASSAK'S MARCH.
THE BATTLE OF THE THIRD COUSINS.
THE BANISHED KING.
THE PHILOPENA.

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Stockton, Frank Richard: The Captain's Toll-Gate. v1. 5 Jul 2013

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Frank Richard Stockton (April 5, 1834 – April 20, 1902) was an American writer and humorist, best known today for a series of innovative children's fairy tales that were widely popular during the last decades of the 19th century.

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As this—The Captain's Toll-Gate—is the last of the works of Frank R. Stockton that will be given to the public, it is fitting that it be accompanied by some account of the man whose bright spirit illumined them all. It is proper, also, that something be said of the stories themselves; of the circumstances in which they were written, the influences that determined their direction, and the history of their evolution. It seems appropriate that this should be done by the one who knew him best; the one who lived with him through a long and beautiful life; the one who walked hand in hand with him along the whole of a wonderful road of ever-changing scenes: now through forests peopled with fairies and dryads, griffins and wizards; now skirting the edges of an ocean with its strange monsters and remarkable shipwrecks; now on the beaten track of European tourists, sharing their novel adventures and amused by their mistakes; now resting in lovely gardens imbued with human interest; now helping the young to make happy homes for themselves; now sympathizing with the old as they look longingly toward a heavenly home; and, oftenest, perhaps, watching girls and young men as they were trying to work out the problems of their lives. All this, and much more, crowded the busy years until the Angel of Death stood in the path; and the journey was ended.

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Stockton, Frank Richard: The Girl at Cobhurst. v1. 6 Jul 2013

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Frank Richard Stockton (April 5, 1834 – April 20, 1902) was an American writer and humorist, best known today for a series of innovative children's fairy tales that were widely popular during the last decades of the 19th century.

Excerpt
It was about the middle of a March afternoon when Dr. Tolbridge, giving his horse and buggy into the charge of his stable boy, entered the warm hall of his house. His wife was delighted to see him; he had not been at home since noon of the preceding day.

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Stockton, Frank Richard: The Great Stone of Sardis. v1, 8 Jul 2013

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Frank Richard Stockton (April 5, 1834 – April 20, 1902) was an American writer and humorist, best known today for a series of innovative children's fairy tales that were widely popular during the last decades of the 19th century.

Excerpt
The vessel now speeding along the southern coast of Long Island was the Euterpe-Thalia, from Southampton. On Wednesday morning she had left her English port, and many of her passengers were naturally anxious to be on shore in time to transact their business on the last day of the week. There were even some who expected to make their return voyage on the Melpomene-Thalia, which would leave New York on the next Monday.

Note: 52 Illustrations

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Stockton, Frank Richard: The Great War Syndicate. v1. 8 Jul 2013

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Frank Richard Stockton (April 5, 1834 – April 20, 1902) was an American writer and humorist, best known today for a series of innovative children's fairy tales that were widely popular during the last decades of the 19th century.

Excerpt
In the spring of a certain year, not far from the close of the nineteenth century, when the political relations between the United States and Great Britain became so strained that careful observers on both sides of the Atlantic were forced to the belief that a serious break in these relations might be looked for at any time, the fishing schooner Eliza Drum sailed from a port in Maine for the banks of Newfoundland.

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Stockton, Frank Richard: The House of Martha. v1. 8 Jul 2013

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Frank Richard Stockton (April 5, 1834 – April 20, 1902) was an American writer and humorist, best known today for a series of innovative children's fairy tales that were widely popular during the last decades of the 19th century.

Excerpt
She was a woman who was easily satisfied. As a proof of this, I may say that she looked upon me as a man who always did what was right. Indeed, I am quite sure there were cases when she saved herself a good deal of perplexing cogitation by assuming that a thing was right because I did it. I was her only grandchild: my father and mother had died when I was very young, and I had always lived with her,—that is, her house had always been my home; and as I am sure there had never been any reason why I should not be a dutiful and affectionate grandson, it was not surprising that she looked upon me with a certain tender partiality, and that she considered me worthy of all the good that she or fortune could bestow upon me.

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Stockton, Frank Richard: The Late Mrs. Null. v1. 10 Jul 2013

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Frank Richard Stockton (April 5, 1834 – April 20, 1902) was an American writer and humorist, best known today for a series of innovative children's fairy tales that were widely popular during the last decades of the 19th century.

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There was a wide entrance gate to the old family mansion of Midbranch, but it was never opened to admit the family or visitors; although occasionally a load of wood, drawn by two horses and two mules, came between its tall chestnut posts, and was taken by a roundabout way among the trees to a spot at the back of the house, where the chips of several generations of sturdy wood-choppers had formed a ligneous soil deeper than the arable surface of any portion of the nine hundred and fifty acres which formed the farm of Midbranch. This seldom opened gate was in a corner of the lawn, and the driving of carriages, or the riding of horses through it to the porch at the front of the house would have been the ruin of the short, thick grass which had covered that lawn, it was generally believed, ever since Virginia became a State.

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Stoddard, Elizabeth Drew: Lemorne Versus Huell. v1. 13 Jul 2013

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Elizabeth Drew Stoddard, née Barstow (May 6, 1823 – August 1, 1902), was a United States poet and novelist

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The two months I spent at Newport with Aunt Eliza Huell, who had been ordered to the sea-side for the benefit of her health, were the months that created all that is dramatic in my destiny. My aunt was troublesome, for she was not only out of health, but in a lawsuit. She wrote to me, for we lived apart, asking me to accompany her—not because she was fond of me, or wished to give me pleasure, but because I was useful in various ways. Mother insisted upon my accepting her invitation, not because she loved her late husband's sister, but because she thought it wise to cotton to her in every particular, for Aunt Eliza was rich, and we—two lone women—were poor.

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Stoddard, Elizabeth Drew: Poems. v1. 13 Jul 2013

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Elizabeth Drew Stoddard, née Barstow (May 6, 1823 – August 1, 1902), was a United States poet and novelist

THE POET'S SECRET.
NOVEMBER.
MUSIC IN A CROWD.
"I LIVE WITHIN THE STRANGER'S GATE."
...
...
EXILE.
A SEASIDE IDYL.
THE CHIMNEY-SWALLOW'S IDYL.
LAST DAYS.

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Stoddard, Elizabeth Drew: The Morgesons. v1. 13 Jul 2013

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Elizabeth Drew Stoddard, née Barstow (May 6, 1823 – August 1, 1902), was a United States poet and novelist

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I suppose it was environment that caused me to write these novels; but the mystery of it is, that when I left my native village I did not dream that imagination would lead me there again, for the simple annals of our village and domestic ways did not interest me; neither was I in the least studious. My years were passed in an attempt to have a good time, according to the desires and fancies of youth. Of literature and the literary life, I and my tribe knew nothing; we had not discovered "sermons in stones." Where then was the panorama of my stories and novels stored, that was unrolled in my new sphere? Of course, being moderately intelligent I read everything that came in my way, but merely for amusement. It had been laid up against me as a persistent fault, which was not profitable; I should peruse moral, and pious works, or take up sewing,—that interminable thing, "white seam," which filled the leisure moments of the right-minded. To the personnel of writers I gave little heed; it was the hero they created that charmed me, like Miss Porter's gallant Pole, Sobieski, or the ardent Ernest Maltravers, of Bulwer.

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Stoddard, Jason: Winning Mars v1.0 2007-09-09

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Here is [Winning Mars[/ by Jason Stoddard

[quotAm I Crazy? Winning Mars, FREE.

Yes. That’s right. [Winning Mars[/, the novel. Free. And yes, I said “novel.”

“But wait,” you might be saying. “Wasn’t Winning Mars the story you had in Interzone 196? The one you got in Rich Horton’s Virtual Best of the Year 2005? The one that Gardner Dozois gave an Honorable Mention to in YBSF of the same vintage?”

Yes to all of those.

“So why the hell aren’t you getting this thing published, man?” would be the next logical question. “Why don’t you get an agent, shop this bad boy, and get it into that wonderful world of physical print? What could possibly cause you to consider giving up your ability to publish this book, forever, by giving it away online under a Creative Commons license?”

Well, a number of reasons. First and foremost, [Winning Mars[/ is a work of near-future fiction. It’s entirely possible that by the time it crawls through the 2-year process of conventional publishing, it will be irrelevant–or at least extremely dated. Second, I like writing. I want people to read my stuff. If the gigantic advance (LOL) that I’m going to get from a conventional publisher is getting in the way of people reading my stuff, then I’d rather just have people read my stuff. Third, I write a lot. I have a lot of trunk novels–think, like, 4 of them–that I really need to clear out so I can work on new stuff.

So, here you go. [Winning Mars[/. Free.

Read it, give it to your friends, wallpaper your room, use it to mop up spilled coffee–it’s all cool. If you like it, the original story is available in a collection called Dangerous Games, edited by Gardner Dozois and Jack Dann. And, whether you like it or hate it, let me know.
August 18th 2007 Posted to Free Content[/quot

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Stoddard, William Osborn: Ahead of the Army. v1. 5 Jun 2013

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William Osborn Stoddard (Courtland County, 1835–1925) was an American author, inventor, and assistant secretary to Abraham Lincoln during his first term.

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Lest any one should suspect exaggeration in the pictures of Mexican affairs in the old time, which are presented by Señor Carfora, it may be well to offer a few facts by way of explanation. During sixty-three years of the national life of the Republic of Mexico, from the establishment of its independence in 1821 to the year 1884, nearly all of its successive changes of government were accompanied by more or less violence and bloodshed.

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Stoddard, William Osborn: Crowded Out o' Crofield. v1. 5 Jun 2013

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William Osborn Stoddard (Courtland County, 1835–1925) was an American author, inventor, and assistant secretary to Abraham Lincoln during his first term.

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Only a few of the kindly reviewers of the earlier editions of Crowded Out o' Crofield have suggested that it has at all exaggerated the possible career of its boy and girl actors. If any others have silently agreed with them, it may be worth while to say that the pictures of places and the doings of older and younger people are pretty accurately historical. The story and the writing of it were suggested in a conversation with an energetic American boy who was crowded out of his own village into a career which led to something much more surprising than a profitable junior partnership.

NOTE: 23 Illustrations.

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Stoddard, William Osborn: Dab Kinzer. Dab Kinzer1. 6 Jun 2013

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William Osborn Stoddard (Courtland County, 1835–1925) was an American author, inventor, and assistant secretary to Abraham Lincoln during his first term.

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The Kinzer farm had lain right there—acre for acre, no more, no less—on the day when Hendrik Hudson long ago sailed the good ship "Half Moon" into New-York Bay. But it was not then known to any one as the Kinzer farm. Neither was there then, as now, any bright and growing village crowding up on one side of it, with a railway-station and a post-office. Nor was there, at that time, any great and busy city of New York, only a few hours' ride away, over on the island of Manhattan. The Kinzers themselves were not there then. But the bay and the inlet, with the fish and the crabs, and the ebbing and flowing tides, were there, very much the same, before Hendrik Hudson and his brave Dutchmen knew any thing whatever about that corner of the world.

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Stoddard, William Osborn: The Lost Gold of the Montezumas. v1. 6 Jun 2013

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William Osborn Stoddard (Courtland County, 1835–1925) was an American author, inventor, and assistant secretary to Abraham Lincoln during his first term.

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It was a gloomy place. It would have been dark but for a heap of blazing wood upon a rock at one side. That is, it looked like a rock at first sight, but upon a closer inspection it proved to be a cube of well-fitted, although roughly finished, masonry. It was about six feet square, and there were three stone steps leading up in front.
Behind this altar-like structure a vast wall of the natural rock, a dark limestone, had been sculptured into the shape of a colossal and exceedingly ugly human face,—as if the head of a stone giant were half sunken in that side of what was evidently an immense cave.

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Stoddard, William Osborn: The Noank's Log. v1, 7 Jun 2013

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William Osborn Stoddard (Courtland County, 1835–1925) was an American author, inventor, and assistant secretary to Abraham Lincoln during his first term.

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The latter half of the year 1776 and the whole of the year 1777 have been vaguely and erroneously described as "the dark hour" of the war for American independence. It is true that our armies, hastily gathered and imperfectly equipped, had been outnumbered and defeated in several important engagements.

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Stoddard, William Osborn: The Red Mustang. v1. 7 Jun 2013

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William Osborn Stoddard (Courtland County, 1835–1925) was an American author, inventor, and assistant secretary to Abraham Lincoln during his first term.

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Early one bright June morning, not long ago, a high knoll of a prairie in southern New Mexico was occupied as it had never been before. Rattlesnakes had coiled there; prairie-dog sentinels and wolves and antelopes, and even grim old buffalo bulls, had used that swelling mound for a lookout station. Mountains in the distance and a great sweep of the plains could be seen from it. Never until that hour, however, since the grass began to grow, had precisely such a horse pawed and fretted there, while precisely such a boy sat in the saddle and looked around.

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Stoddard, William Osborn: The Talking Leaves. v1. 8 Jun 2013

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William Osborn Stoddard (Courtland County, 1835–1925) was an American author, inventor, and assistant secretary to Abraham Lincoln during his first term.

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Ni-ha-be sat perfectly still in her silver-mounted saddle, although her spirited mustang pony pawed the ground and pulled on his bit as if he were in a special hurry to go on down the side of the mountain.
The two girls were of about the same size, and could not either of them have been over fifteen years old. They were both very pretty, very well dressed and well mounted, and they could both speak in a strange, rough, and yet musical language; but there was no other resemblance between them.

NOTE: 23 Illustrations

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Stoddard, William Osborn: Two Arrows. v1. 9 Jun 2013

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William Osborn Stoddard (Courtland County, 1835–1925) was an American author, inventor, and assistant secretary to Abraham Lincoln during his first term.

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Right in the eastern, edge of one of these mountain ridges, one warm September morning, not long ago, a band of Nez Percé Indians were encamped. It was in what is commonly called "the Far West," because always when you getthere the West is as far away as ever. The camp was in a sort of nook, and it was not easy to say whether a spur of the mountain jutted out into the plain, or whether a spur of the plain made a dent in the ragged line of the mountains. More than a dozen "lodges," made of skins upheld by poles, were scattered around on the smoother spots, not far from a bubbling spring of water. There were some trees and bushes and patches of grass near the spring, but the little brook which trickled away from it did not travel a great way into the world, from the place where it was born, before it was soaked up and disappeared among the sand and gravel. Up and beyond the spring, the farther one chose to look, the rockier and the ruggeder everything seemed to be.

NOTE: 23 illistrations.

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Stoddard, William Osborn: Winter Fun. v1. 10 Jun 2013

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William Osborn Stoddard (Courtland County, 1835–1925) was an American author, inventor, and assistant secretary to Abraham Lincoln during his first term.

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The gate that opened from the yard into the lane leading back to the barn was directly opposite the side-door of the house. The door was shut, but the gate was open; and in it stood a gray-haired dame with a sharp nose and silver-rimmed spectacles. The house behind her was a small one, white-painted, without blinds to its windows, but with an air of snug comfort all over it. Just beyond the gate and the woman stood a tall, vigorous-looking young fellow of not more than eighteen; and his left hand was on the nose of a nice-looking horse; and behind the horse was a neat, bright, very red cutter. The boy's face was also somewhat rosy; and so, for that frosty moment, was the tip of his mother's nose.

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Stoker, Bram: Dracula v2.1 2007-01-13

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Yes, that's right you read it correctly, Bram Stoker's [Dracula[/ has been converted into a Sony Reader book. Inside the zip file you will find the HTML0 file as well.

[quotBook Description
A true masterwork of storytelling, [Dracula[/ has transcended generation, language, and culture to become one of the most popular novels ever written. It is a quintessential tale of suspense and horror, boasting one of the most terrifying characters ever born in literature: Count Dracula, a tragic, night-dwelling specter who feeds upon the blood of the living, and whose diabolical passions prey upon the innocent, the helpless, and the beautiful. But Dracula also stands as a bleak allegorical saga of an eternally cursed being whose nocturnal atrocities reflect the dark underside of the supremely moralistic age in which it was originally written — and the corrupt desires that continue to plague the modern human condition.[/quot
For those not that familiar with Book Designer, I hope this will give you an insight into how to use Book Designer. And for those of you who know BD, you can reformat however you want for your own use.

If you find any errors in my conversion or want me to make any changes, please feel free to say so.

Previous version had 93 views.
Version 2.0 has 37 views.

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Stoker, Bram: Dracula's Guest and Other Weird Stories (v.1)

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Published two years after Stoker's death in 1912, this collection includes what is said to be the original opening chapter of "Dracula", omitted from the published novel. There is also a brief preface by his widow Florence.

Contents:

Dracula’s Guest
The Judge’s House
The Squaw
The Secret Of The Growing Gold
The Gipsy Prophecy
The Coming Of Abel Behenna
The Burial Of The Rats
A Dream Of Red Hands
Crooken Sands

The cover is from the first UK edition of 1914.

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Stoker, Bram: Dracula's Guest and Other Weird Stories. v1, 2 July 2008

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[Dracula's Guest and Other Weird Stories [/is a collection of short stories by Bram Stoker, first published in 1914, two years after Stoker's death. The stories in the collection are:

* "Dracula's Guest"
* "The Judge's House"
* "The Gipsy Prophecy"
* "The Coming of Abel Behenna"
* "The Burial of the Rats"
* "A Dream of Red Hands"
* "Crooken Sands"
* "The Secret of the Growing Gold"

It is widely believed that "Dracula's Guest" is actually the deleted first chapter from the original Dracula manuscript, which the publisher felt was superfluous to the story.

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Stoker, Bram: Dracula.V1.March 11 2012

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From Wikipedia:[quotAbraham "Bram" Stoker (November 8, 1847 – April 20, 1912) was an Irish novelist and short story writer, best known today for his 1897 Gothic novel Dracula. During his lifetime, he was better known as personal assistant of actor Henry Irving and business manager of the Lyceum Theatre in London, which Irving owned.[/quot

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Stoker, Bram: The Jewel of Seven Stars, v.1

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Most famous for "Dracula", Bram Stoker wrote a number of other horror and fantasy novels and stories including "The Lair of the White Worm" (already in this Library) amd The Jewel of the Seven Stars".

"Jewel" is on an Egyptian theme. The cover is from the dust jacket of the 1903 first edition.

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Stoker, Bram: The Jewel of Seven Stars. v1, 24 Dec 2007

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Lots of people consider this Bram Stoker novel to be just as good as his [Dracula.[/

It tells of the consequences of being an archaeologist and messing with Egyptian tombs and the mummies that are found inside of them. Just a little curse to be wary of, but everyone knows that those are just superstitions. Right? Um...

From Amazon:
["Hither the Gods come not at any summons. The Nameless One has insulted them and is forever alone. Go not nigh, lest their vengeance wither you away![/" The warning was inscribed on the entrance of the hidden tomb, forgotten for millennia in the sands of mystic Egypt. Then the archaeologists and grave robbers came in search of the fabled Jewel of Seven Stars, which they found clutched in the hand of the mummy.

Few heeded the ancient warning, until all who came in contact with the Jewel began to die in a mysterious and violent way--with the marks of a strangler around their neck.

[Note:[/

After I posted this, I found out that when [The Jewel of Seven Stars[/ was first released in 1903 the publishers received a great deal of criticism from both critics and readers because of its gruesome ending.

Shortly before his death in 1912 when Stoker attempted to republish the book he was told that he would have to change the ending if he didn’t want it to go out of publication. As a result, Stoker removed [Chapter XVI Powers - Old and New[/ and gave the book a new and happier ending. For many years the original ending was unavailable to most readers.

My first post had the new and happier ending. I have found the original grimmer ending and I'm now posting that as a new version. I will keep the my first post up in case anyone prefers that one.

I thought about including BOTH endings in one file, but I couldn't figure out a way to do that without interrupting the flow of reading. Hence the whole new file.

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Stoker, Bram: The Lady of the Shroud, v.1, 15 November 2008.

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Bram Stoker (1847–1912)
The Lady of the Shroud (1909)

A chivalrous Scottish gentleman finds himself in the Balkans and meets a mysterious woman, clad only in a shroud. Is she one of the undead, or not? Naturally, he falls in love, and is prepared to put up with her, even if she turns out to be a vampire. After solving this mystery, there is a lot of action and adventure as our hero contrives to establish a lasting peace in the Balkans.
If you like Anthony Hope’s Ruritania series, then you may like this.

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Stoker, Bram: The Lair of the White Worm (1911). v2. 8 Aug 2013

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This is the original text of Bram Stoker's horror novel, as first published in 1911, and with the six original 1911 colour illustrations by Pamela Colman Smith.

Wikipedia says that in 1925, it was republished in a highly abridged and rewritten form. Over a hundred pages were removed, the rewritten book having only twenty-eight chapters instead of the original forty. The final eleven chapters were cut down to only five, leading some critics to complain that the ending was abrupt and inconsistent.

Ken Russell made a 1988 film with the same title, loosely based on the book. Oh, the horror! the horror! ...

This is the 40-chapter version, now proof-read.

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Stoker, Bram: The Lair of the White Worm (1911); v1; 9 April 2020

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Bram Stoker's last book, inspired by the Brampton Worm legend. This is the 1911 first edition, which contained 6 colour illustrations by occult artist Pamela Colman Smith (1878-1951). As Smith's work is not yet in L+70 PD, her illustrations have been omitted.

The story takes place in 1860, with some weird goings-on at the Caswell estate, known as Castra Regis. There is someone trying to revive mesmerism to influence young women; livestock and at least one child have vanished mysteriously. Adam Salton, newly returned from Australia, is involved in trying to investigate. There is madness, a prehistoric creature known as the "white worm," and an explosive climax in a wild thunderstorm.

All good horror stuff in the best Edwardian style.

A wild and woolly movie loosely based on the book appeared in 1988, produced by Ken Russell, with a very young Peter Capaldi as Salton, and Amanda Donohue as Lady Arabella Caswell.

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Stoker, Bram: The Man, v.1, 16 November 2008.

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Bram Stoker (1847–1912)
The Man (1897)

A novel of both action and romance. ‘The Man’ is Harold, a brave, handsome, manly chap. He falls for a noble-minded girl with an independent streak and a masculine name. Misunderstandings ensue, and he departs, encountering a variety of adventures which test his heroism and manly virtue.
Will the lady learn the patience and passivity necessary for True Womanhood? And will the two ever meet again?

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Stoker, Bram: Under the Sunset, v.1.

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Best known for his seminal novel "Dracula", and to a lesser extent for "The Lair of the White Worm", Bram Stoker was essentialy a fantasy writer. One of his earliest books was this collection of eight fairy stories-- although, like "Grimms' Fairy Tales" and the works of Hans Christian Anderson, fairies as such do not appear.

"The Shadow Builder" was made into a feature film in the 1980s.

The cover is a re-creation of the original, using the embossed text of an original. It also had an embossed gold border between the two red ones which I was unable to reproduce.

Under The Sunset
The Rose Prince
The Invisible Giant
The Shadow Builder
How Seven Went Mad
Lies And Lilies
The Castle Of The King
The Wondrous Child

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Storm, Theodor W.: Der Schimmelreiter (german), v1, 30 Dec 2008

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Storms letzte vollendete Novelle ist zugleich sein Meisterwerk. Bereits von tödlicher Krankheit überschattet, gelang Storm, wie Thomas Mann schrieb, eine »Verbindung von Menschentragik und wildem Naturgeheimnis, etwas Dunkles und Schweres an Meeresgröße und -mystik«, das »die Novelle, wie er sie verstand, als epische Schwester des Dramas auf einen seither nicht wieder erreichten Gipfel führte«. (amazon.de)

Hier ist Gäsenhaut garantiert. Viel Spaß!

Hans Theodor Woldsen Storm wurde am 14. September 1817 in Husum geboren und starb am 4. Juli 1888 in Hanerau-Hademarschen. Er war Jurist und Schriftsteller (Lyrik, Novellen und Prosa).

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Storm, Theodor W.: Der Spiegel des Cyprianus, german, v1, 14 Mar 2009

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Kleine Erzählung von Theodor Storm, in der es um einen magischen Spiegel geht. Der vollbringt Gutes und erfüllt Herzenswünsche - wenn man eine wichtige Regel beachtet.

Viel Spaß!

Hans Theodor Woldsen Storm wurde am 14. September 1817 in Husum geboren und starb am 4. Juli 1888 in Hanerau-Hademarschen. Er war Jurist und Schriftsteller (Lyrik, Novellen und Prosa).

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Storm, Theodor W.: Im Sonnenschein (german), v1, 29 Dec 2008

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Im Sonnenschein (1888) ist eine Novelle von Theodor Storm. Ihr Inhalt: die gescheiterte Liebe zwischen einer Bürgerstochter und einem französischen Hauptmann.

In der ersten Passage wird der Beginn ihrer Liebe, das Werben des Hauptmanns Constantin um sein "Fränzchen" beschrieben, im zweiten Teil berichtet eine alte Frau, Franziskas Schwägerin, aus der Retroperspektive das Schicksal der beiden. Franziska, deren blühendes Leben dem Leser noch wenige Zeilen zuvor vor Augen stand, wird nun als längst Verstorbene geführt.

"Storm scheint so erstmals gelungen, was er schon mit den vorangegangenen Novellen, wie Im Saal, Immensee, Ein grünes Blatt immer wieder einmal intendiert hatte: Mit den Mitteln der zeitlichen und erzählerischen Distanzierung das Scheitern einer Liebesgeschichte den Lesenden nahe zu bringen." (Quelle: Wikipedia)

Hans Theodor Woldsen Storm wurde am 14. September 1817 in Husum geboren und starb am 4. Juli 1888 in Hanerau-Hademarschen. Er war Jurist und Schriftsteller (Lyrik, Novellen und Prosa).

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Storm, Theodor W.: Immensee (german), v1, 29 Dec 2008

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Immensee (1849) ist die erste Novelle von Theodor Woldsen Storm. Sie handelt von der unerfüllten Jugendliebe zwischen Elisabeth und dem fünf Jahre älteren Reinhard, die von Kindesbeinen an eng befreundet sind. Zugleich zeigt sie den Widerstreit zwischen bürgerlicher Welt und Künstlerexistenz.

Immensee ist großes Kopfkino - mit idyllischen Bildern, tief melancholischen Erinnerungssequenzen und ausgesprochen symbolhafter Sprache. Das Ganze liest sich sehr leicht und flüssig. Viel Spaß!

Hans Theodor Woldsen Storm wurde am 14. September 1817 in Husum geboren und starb am 4. Juli 1888 in Hanerau-Hademarschen. Er war Jurist und Schriftsteller (Lyrik, Novellen und Prosa).

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Storm, Theodor W.: Waldwinkel (german), v1, 5 Jan 2009

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"Waldwinkel" ist eine 1874 erschienene Novelle: Reicher Mann trifft auf blutjunges Mädchen und verliebt sich unsterblich. Ob das gut geht? Bei Storm, dem Meister gescheiterter, unerfüllter und tragischer Beziehungen, mehr als fraglich...

Viel Spaß!

Hans Theodor Woldsen Storm wurde am 14. September 1817 in Husum geboren und starb am 4. Juli 1888 in Hanerau-Hademarschen. Er war Jurist und Schriftsteller (Lyrik, Novellen und Prosa).

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Storm, Theodor: Hans und Heinz Kirch. german. v1. 26 mar 2009

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Hans Theodor Woldsen Storm (1817 - 1888)

schrieb seine Novelle 'Hans und Heinz Kirch' 1881/1882, nachdem er bei einem Besuch seiner Tochter Lisbeth und ihrem Mann, der in Heiligenhafen an der Ostsee Pastor war, Kenntnis von der Geschichte des Schiffers Brandt erhielt. Dieser verweigerte die Annahme eines nicht frankierten Briefes seines zur See fahrenden Sohnes und zweifelte an der Identität des nach langen Jahren Zurückgekehrten.

Die 1883 herausgegebene Novelle greift diesen Stoff auf und erzählt vor der detailliert beschriebenen Kulisse der kleinen Hafenstadt Heiligenhafen den Generationenkonflikt zwischen Hans und seinem Sohn Heinz. Der Vater ist gefangen in den bürgerlichen Konventionen des 19. Jahrhunderts. Das und die Sturheit beider Hauptakteure führen zu keinem guten Ende der Geschichte.

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Storm, Theodor: The Rider on the White Horse. v1. 22 Mar 2012

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Theodor Storm was one of the most important authors of 19th-century German Literary realism. He wrote a number of stories, poems and novellas. The novella "The Rider on the White Horse" is one of his most well-known works.

[quotIn this masterpiece, Storm exhibits a man’s will in conflict, on one side, with unintelligent conservatism among his fellowmen and, on the other, with the forces of nature. The figure of the dike-master emerges from the double struggle with a fine impressiveness; and the tragedy which finally engulfs him and his family is profoundly moving. At the same time we are given a vivid picture of the landscape of the low-lying coast of the North Sea, with the ever-present menace of the flood tide; and the sternness of the action is tempered with glimpses of humor and a picture of warm affection.[/quot

This 1917 translation by Margarete Münsterberg was taken from "The Harvard Classics Shelf of Fiction - German Vol. XV" (Project Gutenberg EBook #34506)

(BTW, the German original is also available at MR.)

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Stowe, Harriet Beecher: Onkel Toms Hütte german v1 23 mar 2009

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Onkel Toms Hütte (engl. Uncle Tom’s Cabin) ist ein Roman von Harriet Beecher-Stowe, dessen Hauptperson ein Afroamerikaner ist.

Der Roman erschien erstmalig vom 5. Juni 1851 bis zum 1. April 1852 unter dem Titel „Uncle Tom’s Cabin; or, Life Among the Lowly“ in der Zeitung The National Era, die von den Abolitionisten, den Gegnern der Sklaverei, herausgegeben wurde. Am 20. März 1852 wurde er in einer Auflage von 5.000 Stück als Buch herausgegeben und war innerhalb von 48 Stunden vergriffen. Im selben Jahr erreichten die Verkaufszahlen in den Vereinigten Staaten 300.000 Stück, in England wurden eine Million Exemplare verkauft, außerdem entstanden deutsche, niederländische, flämische, französische, spanische, italienische und schwedische Übersetzungen. Die frühesten deutschen Ausgaben erschienen alle 1852, parallel in mehreren renommierten Verlagen.

Harriet Beecher Stowe hat als Quelle für ihren Roman die Memoiren von Pfarrer Josiah Henson, einem früheren US-amerikanischen Sklaven, benutzt. Henson flüchtete 1830 nach Kanada und lebte dort seit 1841 in Dresden (Ontario).

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Stowe, Harriet Beecher: Uncle Tom's Cabin V2 21 March 2011

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I know this book has already been uploaded before, but that version is in German so I put together an English version of the text.

Edit note: I had to reload a corrected version because the margins didn't work right on the 1st copy. I do appreciate the help I had in correcting it.

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Stowe, Harriet Beecher: Uncle Tom's Cabin, Young Folks' Edition. v1, 8 Jan 2008

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From Amazon.com

llustrated watered-down version of the classic 1852 novel which Stowe wrote as an angry response to the 1850 passage of the second Fugitive Slave Act, which punished those who aided runaway slaves and diminished the rights of fugitives as well as freed slaves. It was the best-selling novel of the 19th century (and the second best-selling book of the century after the Bible) and is credited with helping to fuel the abolitionist cause in the United States prior to the American Civil War. When Stowe met Abraham Lincoln in 1862 (during the Civil War), he reportedly greeted her with, "So you're the little woman who wrote the book that started this great war!"

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Stowe, Harriet Beecher: Uncle Tom's Cabin. v1, 4 Jan 2008

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From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia:

Uncle Tom's Cabin; or, Life Among the Lowly is an anti-slavery novel by American author Harriet Beecher Stowe. Published in 1852, the novel had a profound effect on attitudes toward African Americans and slavery in the United States, so much so in the latter case that the novel intensified the sectional conflict leading to the American Civil War.

Stowe, a Connecticut-born teacher at the Hartford Female Academy and an active abolitionist, focused the novel on the character of Uncle Tom, a long-suffering Black slave around whom the stories of other characters—both fellow slaves and slave owners—revolve. The sentimental novel depicts the cruel reality of slavery while also asserting that Christian love can overcome something as destructive as enslavement of fellow human beings.

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Strachey, Lytton: Elizabeth and Essex. V1. 5 Oct 2012

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Elizabeth and Essex (A Tragic History)
by Lytton Strachey (1928)

Giles Lytton Strachey (1 March 1880 – 21 January 1932) was a British writer and critic. A founding member of the Bloomsbury Group and author of Eminent Victorians, he is best known for establishing a new form of biography in which psychological insight and sympathy are combined with irreverence and wit.

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One of the most famous and baffling romances in history—between Elizabeth I, Queen of England and Robert Devereux, Earl of Essex—began in May of 1587, when she was fifty-three and he was just shy of twenty. Their relationship continued until 1601, when the Earl of Essex was beheaded for treason. In a succession of brilliant scenes, Strachey portrays the Queen's and the Earl's compelling attraction for one another, their impassioned disagreements, and their mutual contest for power, which led to a final, tragic confrontation.

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Strachey, Lytton: Eminent Victorians, v1, 09Jan08

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From Wikipedia:

"With the publication of Eminent Victorians, Lytton Strachey set out to breathe life into the Victorian era for future generations to read. Up until this point, Strachey felt, Victorian biographies "(were) as familiar as the cortége of the undertaker, and wear the same air of slow, funeral barbarism." Strachey defied the tradition of sprawling volumes of undigested information, and took aim on a number of iconified figures with his ironic wit; modern biographer Christopher Hitchens has been likened to him. Strachey's analysis is both humanizing and critical, but is careless with historical fact."

Unflaggingly interesting biographical essays on noted Victorian figures. IMO, impossible not to be moved by the last one on General Gordon.

2/25/09 - This new version provides corrected metadata information as well as links to the book's table of contents. The previous version was downloaded 95 times

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Strachey, Lytton: Queen Victoria, v1. 27 Jan 2010

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A while ago, I was reading a books of essays by the late American author and critic, Edmund Wilson, and came across his essay on Lytton Strachey. In it, he said that Strachey had approached Queen Victoria in the mood of Eminent Victorians and then relented. Instead of being caricatured as Florence Nightingale was in Eminent Victorians, he presented her as living a woman's limited life, for all her position and public responsibility. This sounded encouraging and I ended up enjoying this very readable biography. He reserves most of his acid for the cast of supporting characters, though it has a very sympathetic portrait of Albert, I thought. Anyhow, here it is, a biography of Princes William and Harry's great, great, great, grandmother (I think.)

Jim

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Stratemeyer, Edward: American Boy's Life of Theodore Roosevelt. v1, 10 Jan 2008

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From the Preface:

The life of Theodore Roosevelt is one well worth studying by any American boy who wishes to make something of himself and mount high on the ladder of success.
The twenty-sixth President of our country is a fine type of the true American of to-day, full of vim and vigor, quick to comprehend, and equally quick to act, not afraid to defend his opinions against all comers when satisfied that he is in the right, independent, and yet not lacking in fine social qualities, physically and morally courageous, and with a faith in himself and his God that is bound to make for good so long as he clings to it.

With 17 photographs from the life and times of Theodore Roosevelt.

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Stratemeyer, Edward: At the Fall of Port Arthur. v1. 31 Aug 2014

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Edward L. Stratemeyer (October 4, 1862 – May 10, 1930) was an American publisher and writer of children's fiction. He was one of the most prolific writers in the world, producing in excess of 1,300 books himself, selling in excess of 500 million copies, and created the well-known fictional-book series for juveniles including The Rover Boys, The Bobbsey Twins, Tom Swift, The Hardy Boys, and Nancy Drew series, among others.

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The story relates primarily the adventures of Larry Russell and his old-time sea chum, Luke Striker, already well known to the readers of my “Old Glory Series.” Larry and Luke are aboard of their old ship, theColumbia, bound from Manila to Nagasaki, with a cargo designed for the Japanese Government. This is during the war between Russia and Japan, and when close to the Japanese coast the schooner is sighted by a Russian warship and made a prize of war.

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Stratemeyer, Edward: Boys of The Fort. v1. 1 Sep 2014

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Edward L. Stratemeyer (October 4, 1862 – May 10, 1930) was an American publisher and writer of children's fiction. He was one of the most prolific writers in the world, producing in excess of 1,300 books himself, selling in excess of 500 million copies, and created the well-known fictional-book series for juveniles including The Rover Boys, The Bobbsey Twins, Tom Swift, The Hardy Boys, and Nancy Drew series, among others.

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The young captain is a fine specimen of the wide-awake American army officer, yet he is no more brave and dashing than are thousands of others, officers and privates, who serve under our Flag of Freedom. He is trained to do his duty, and he simply does it, regardless of possible consequences.

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Stratemeyer, Edward: Dave Porter and His Double. v1. 2 Sep 2014

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Edward L. Stratemeyer (October 4, 1862 – May 10, 1930) was an American publisher and writer of children's fiction. He was one of the most prolific writers in the world, producing in excess of 1,300 books himself, selling in excess of 500 million copies, and created the well-known fictional-book series for juveniles including The Rover Boys, The Bobbsey Twins, Tom Swift, The Hardy Boys, and Nancy Drew series, among others.

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In the present volume we find our hero in a new field of activity. Having graduated from school, he has taken up the study of civil engineering, and while engaged in that calling in Texas he becomes mixed up in most unusual happenings, the particulars of which are given in the pages that follow.

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Stratemeyer, Edward: Dave Porter and His Rivals. v1. 2 Sep 2014

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Edward L. Stratemeyer (October 4, 1862 – May 10, 1930) was an American publisher and writer of children's fiction. He was one of the most prolific writers in the world, producing in excess of 1,300 books himself, selling in excess of 500 million copies, and created the well-known fictional-book series for juveniles including The Rover Boys, The Bobbsey Twins, Tom Swift, The Hardy Boys, and Nancy Drew series, among others.

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“We might take a couple of autos and go for a day’s outing up the river road,” Dave had suggested, and this proposition had been accepted immediately. It was decided that Dave should run the Wadsworth machine, he having learned to do so some time before, and Roger was to run a car hired at the new Crumville garage. Each car had a capacity of five passengers, including the driver, and the party consisted of ten young people, five boys and five girls.

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Stratemeyer, Edward: Dave Porter and the Runaways. v1. 2 Sep 2014

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Edward L. Stratemeyer (October 4, 1862 – May 10, 1930) was an American publisher and writer of children's fiction. He was one of the most prolific writers in the world, producing in excess of 1,300 books himself, selling in excess of 500 million copies, and created the well-known fictional-book series for juveniles including The Rover Boys, The Bobbsey Twins, Tom Swift, The Hardy Boys, and Nancy Drew series, among others.

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The winter holidays found Dave homeward bound. He had anticipated some jolly times among his relatives and friends, but a robbery upset all his plans, and, almost before he knew it, he found himself bound southward, as related in “Dave Porter on Cave Island.” On the island he had many adventures out of the ordinary, and he came home more of a hero than ever, having saved Mr. Wadsworth, his benefactor, from ruin.

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Stratemeyer, Edward: Dave Porter At Bear Camp. v1. 3 Sep Aug

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Edward L. Stratemeyer (October 4, 1862 – May 10, 1930) was an American publisher and writer of children's fiction. He was one of the most prolific writers in the world, producing in excess of 1,300 books himself, selling in excess of 500 million copies, and created the well-known fictional-book series for juveniles including The Rover Boys, The Bobbsey Twins, Tom Swift, The Hardy Boys, and Nancy Drew series, among others.

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The present volume tells the particulars of a thrilling rescue from fire at sea, and how the boys and girls, along with some of the older folks, went for a vacation in a camp on the shore of a beautiful lake. Here, most unexpectedly, Dave fell in with one of his old enemies. The youth and his chums had some strenuous times, the particulars of which are given in the pages which follow.

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Stratemeyer, Edward: Dave Porter at Star Ranch. v1. 3 Aug 2014

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Edward L. Stratemeyer (October 4, 1862 – May 10, 1930) was an American publisher and writer of children's fiction. He was one of the most prolific writers in the world, producing in excess of 1,300 books himself, selling in excess of 500 million copies, and created the well-known fictional-book series for juveniles including The Rover Boys, The Bobbsey Twins, Tom Swift, The Hardy Boys, and Nancy Drew series, among others.

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While at Oak Hall, Dave, through his sister, received an invitation to spend his coming summer vacation on a ranch in the Far West. He was privileged to take some friends with him; and how the invitation was accepted, and what happened, I leave the pages which follow to relate.

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Stratemeyer, Edward: Dave Porter in the Far North. v1. 4 Sep 2014

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Edward L. Stratemeyer (October 4, 1862 – May 10, 1930) was an American publisher and writer of children's fiction. He was one of the most prolific writers in the world, producing in excess of 1,300 books himself, selling in excess of 500 million copies, and created the well-known fictional-book series for juveniles including The Rover Boys, The Bobbsey Twins, Tom Swift, The Hardy Boys, and Nancy Drew series, among others.

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As time went by Dave longed more than ever to meet his father and his sister, and how he went in search of them I leave the pages which follow to relate. As before, Dave is bright, manly, and honest to the core, and in those qualities I trust my young readers will take him as their model throughout life.

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Stratemeyer, Edward: Dave Porter in the Gold Fields. v1. 4 Sep 2014

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Edward L. Stratemeyer (October 4, 1862 – May 10, 1930) was an American publisher and writer of children's fiction. He was one of the most prolific writers in the world, producing in excess of 1,300 books himself, selling in excess of 500 million copies, and created the well-known fictional-book series for juveniles including The Rover Boys, The Bobbsey Twins, Tom Swift, The Hardy Boys, and Nancy Drew series, among others.

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In the present volume are related the particulars of another trip West, taken by Dave and his chums to locate a lost gold mine, willed to Roger Morr’s mother by her brother. The boys had some strenuous happenings, and some of their old-time enemies did all they could to bring their expedition to grief. But Dave showed his common sense and his courage, and in the end all went well.

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Stratemeyer, Edward: Dave Porter in the South Seas. v1. 5 Sep 2014

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Edward L. Stratemeyer (October 4, 1862 – May 10, 1930) was an American publisher and writer of children's fiction. He was one of the most prolific writers in the world, producing in excess of 1,300 books himself, selling in excess of 500 million copies, and created the well-known fictional-book series for juveniles including The Rover Boys, The Bobbsey Twins, Tom Swift, The Hardy Boys, and Nancy Drew series, among others.

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The one great cloud over Dave’s life was the question of his parentage. He had been raised by those who knew practically nothing of his past, and when he thought that he saw a chance to learn something about himself, he embraced that opportunity eagerly, even though it necessitated a long trip to the South Seas and a search among strange islands and still stranger natives. Dave makes the trip in a vessel belonging to the father of one of his school chums, and is accompanied by several of his friends. Not a few perils are encountered, and what the boys do under such circumstances I leave for the pages that follow to tell.

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Stratemeyer, Edward: Dave Porter on Cave Island. v1. 5 Sep 2014

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Edward L. Stratemeyer (October 4, 1862 – May 10, 1930) was an American publisher and writer of children's fiction. He was one of the most prolific writers in the world, producing in excess of 1,300 books himself, selling in excess of 500 million copies, and created the well-known fictional-book series for juveniles including The Rover Boys, The Bobbsey Twins, Tom Swift, The Hardy Boys, and Nancy Drew series, among others.

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In the present book we find Dave again at school. But the Christmas holidays are at hand and the lad returns home. Here a most mysterious and unlooked-for happening occurs, and Dave’s great benefactor, Mr. Wadsworth, is on the verge of ruin because of it. Dave gets a clew to the mystery, and, with his chums, resolves to investigate. He takes a long journey and has a number of stirring adventures, the particulars of which are given in the pages that follow.

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Stratemeyer, Edward: Fighting in Cuban Waters. v1. 6 Aug 2014

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Edward L. Stratemeyer (October 4, 1862 – May 10, 1930) was an American publisher and writer of children's fiction. He was one of the most prolific writers in the world, producing in excess of 1,300 books himself, selling in excess of 500 million copies, and created the well-known fictional-book series for juveniles including The Rover Boys, The Bobbsey Twins, Tom Swift, The Hardy Boys, and Nancy Drew series, among others.

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Walter Russell’s bravery may seem overdrawn, but such is far from being a fact. That our sailors were heroes in those days we have but to remember the sinking of the Merrimac, the Winslow affair, and a score of deeds of equal daring. “The hour makes the man,” and the opportunity likewise makes the hero. Walter was brave, but he was no more so than hundreds of others who stood ready to lay down their lives in the cause of humanity and for the honor of Old Glory. Like his two brothers, his religious belief was of the practical kind, and he went into battle convinced that so long as he did his duty according to the dictates of his conscience, an all-wise and all-powerful Providence would guide him and watch over him.

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Stratemeyer, Edward: First at the North Pole. v1. 6 Sep 2014

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Edward L. Stratemeyer (October 4, 1862 – May 10, 1930) was an American publisher and writer of children's fiction. He was one of the most prolific writers in the world, producing in excess of 1,300 books himself, selling in excess of 500 million copies, and created the well-known fictional-book series for juveniles including The Rover Boys, The Bobbsey Twins, Tom Swift, The Hardy Boys, and Nancy Drew series, among others.

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The boys knew that they would have no easy time of it, yet they did not dream of the many perils that awaited the entire party. Once the staunch steamer was in danger of being crushed by an immense iceberg, in which event this chronicle would not have been written. Again, the boys and the others had a fierce fight with polar bears and with a savage walrus. When the ship was jammed hard and fast in the ice a start was made by the exploring party, accompanied by some Esquimaux and several dog sledges. All had heard of the marvelous achievements of Cook and Peary, and all were fired with a great ambition to go and do likewise. With the thermometer often at fifty degrees below zero, they pushed on steadily, facing death more than once. To add to their troubles they had sickness in camp, and snow-blindness, and once some Esquimaux, becoming scared, rebelled and tried to run off with their supplies. Then, when the North Pole was at last gained, it became the gravest kind of a problem how to return to civilization alive.

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Stratemeyer, Edward: For the Liberty of Texas. v1. 6 Sep 2014

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Edward L. Stratemeyer (October 4, 1862 – May 10, 1930) was an American publisher and writer of children's fiction. He was one of the most prolific writers in the world, producing in excess of 1,300 books himself, selling in excess of 500 million copies, and created the well-known fictional-book series for juveniles including The Rover Boys, The Bobbsey Twins, Tom Swift, The Hardy Boys, and Nancy Drew series, among others.

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The history of Texas and her struggle for liberty is unlike that of any other State in our Union, and it will be found to read more like a romance than a detail of facts. Here was a territory, immense in size, that was little better than a wilderness, a territory gradually becoming settled by Americans, Mexicans, Spaniards, French, and pioneers of other nations, a territory which was the home of the bloodthirsty Comanche and other Indians, and which was overrun with deer, buffalo, and the wild mustang, and which was, at times, the gathering ground for the most noted desperadoes of the southwest.

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Stratemeyer, Edward: Four Boy Hunters. v1. 7 Sep 2014

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Edward L. Stratemeyer (October 4, 1862 – May 10, 1930) was an American publisher and writer of children's fiction. He was one of the most prolific writers in the world, producing in excess of 1,300 books himself, selling in excess of 500 million copies, and created the well-known fictional-book series for juveniles including The Rover Boys, The Bobbsey Twins, Tom Swift, The Hardy Boys, and Nancy Drew series, among others.

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The boys are bright, lively fellows of to-day, with a natural taste for a life in the open, and a fondness for a gun and a rod. In the present volume they organize their little club, and after a good deal of talk obtain permission to go a number of miles from home and establish a camp on the edge of a lake. From this spot they are driven away by one who is their enemy, and then they go elsewhere. They have fun and adventures in plenty, around the camp and while out after both big and little game, and they help to bring to justice two men who are hiding from the officers of the law. To-day hunting in our country is not what it was some years ago. Many of the best hunting localities have become settled, and it is becoming harder and harder to catch a sight of a deer, or a moose, or a bear, or, in fact, any wild animal of size. In the far West the buffalo has been practically wiped out, and in the East the deer and moose would also be gone were it not for the protection of the law, which makes it illegal to shoot down such game during the closed season.

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Stratemeyer, Edward: Guns and Snowshoes. v1. 7 Sep 2014

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Edward L. Stratemeyer (October 4, 1862 – May 10, 1930) was an American publisher and writer of children's fiction. He was one of the most prolific writers in the world, producing in excess of 1,300 books himself, selling in excess of 500 million copies, and created the well-known fictional-book series for juveniles including The Rover Boys, The Bobbsey Twins, Tom Swift, The Hardy Boys, and Nancy Drew series, among others.

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As I have said before, hunting, especially in our eastern states, is not what it was years ago. Almost all of the big game has disappeared, and the fellow who can get a deer or a moose without going a good many weary miles for the game is lucky. Yet in some sections small game is still fairly plentiful, and a bag full of rabbits or wild ducks is much better than nothing.

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Stratemeyer, Edward: Leo the Circus Boy. v1. 8 Sep 2014

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Edward L. Stratemeyer (October 4, 1862 – May 10, 1930) was an American publisher and writer of children's fiction. He was one of the most prolific writers in the world, producing in excess of 1,300 books himself, selling in excess of 500 million copies, and created the well-known fictional-book series for juveniles including The Rover Boys, The Bobbsey Twins, Tom Swift, The Hardy Boys, and Nancy Drew series, among others.

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“Go after him with the horsewhip, Daniel. Oh! goodness gracious, look at thet now!”
And the woman, or, rather, Tartar, Mrs. Martha Hawkins, held up her hands in terror as the boy on the apple tree suddenly gave a swing, released his feet, and, with a graceful turn forward, landed on his feet on the ground.

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Stratemeyer, Edward: Marching on Niagara. v1. 8 Sep 2014

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Edward L. Stratemeyer (October 4, 1862 – May 10, 1930) was an American publisher and writer of children's fiction. He was one of the most prolific writers in the world, producing in excess of 1,300 books himself, selling in excess of 500 million copies, and created the well-known fictional-book series for juveniles including The Rover Boys, The Bobbsey Twins, Tom Swift, The Hardy Boys, and Nancy Drew series, among others.

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The defeat of the British forces left this section of the English colonies at the mercy of both the French and their savage Indian allies, and for two years, despite all that Washington and other colonial leaders could do, every isolated cabin and every small settlement west of Winchester was in constant danger, and numerous raids were made, savage and brutal in the extreme, and these were kept up until the arrival of General Forbes, who, aided by Washington and others, finally compelled the French to abandon Fort Duquesne, and thus restored peace and order to a frontier covering a distance of several hundred miles.

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Stratemeyer, Edward: On the Trail of Pontiac. v1. 10 Sep 2014

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Edward L. Stratemeyer (October 4, 1862 – May 10, 1930) was an American publisher and writer of children's fiction. He was one of the most prolific writers in the world, producing in excess of 1,300 books himself, selling in excess of 500 million copies, and created the well-known fictional-book series for juveniles including The Rover Boys, The Bobbsey Twins, Tom Swift, The Hardy Boys, and Nancy Drew series, among others.

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The signal victory at Niagara gave to the English control of all that vast territory lying between the great Lakes and what was called the Louisiana Territory. But war with France was not yet at an end, and in the third volume of the series, entitled “At the Fall of Montreal,” I have related the particulars of the last campaign against the French, including General Wolfe’s memorable scaling of the Heights of Quebec, the battle on the Plains of Abraham, and lastly the fall of Montreal itself, which brought this long-drawn war to a conclusion, and was the means of placing Canada where it remains to-day, in the hands of England.

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Stratemeyer, Edward: Out with Gun and Camera. v1. 10 Sep 20-14

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Edward L. Stratemeyer (October 4, 1862 – May 10, 1930) was an American publisher and writer of children's fiction. He was one of the most prolific writers in the world, producing in excess of 1,300 books himself, selling in excess of 500 million copies, and created the well-known fictional-book series for juveniles including The Rover Boys, The Bobbsey Twins, Tom Swift, The Hardy Boys, and Nancy Drew series, among others.

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“Why, it seems the head boss of the show discharged four of the wagon drivers for drunkenness. The fellows wanted their full month’s wages and the boss wouldn’t give it to them. Then they got ugly and commenced to tamper with some of the animals. The boss called some of his other men, and all hands had a big fight right in the menagerie tent. One boy who was looking on got hit with a club, and a lady fainted, and they almost had a panic. Then the police took a hand, and one of the fellows who was discharged was arrested. The other three got away.”

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Stratemeyer, Edward: Rover Boys Omnibus Vol 1. v2, 17 Oct 2008

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More end-of-the-19th-century juvenile fiction; the first 4 books in the lengthy "Rover Boys" series, describing the adventures of the three Rover Boys - Tom, Dick, and Sam, and their adventures at school and elsewhere.

The four books in this volume are:

- The Rover Boys at School

- The Rover Boys on the Ocean

- The Rover Boys in the Jungle

- The Rover Boys Out West

More to come in this series. Enjoy!

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Stratemeyer, Edward: Rover Boys Omnibus Vol 2. v2, 25 Oct 2008

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More end-of-the-19th-century juvenile fiction; books 5-8 in the lengthy "Rover Boys" series, describing the adventures of the three Rover Boys - Tom, Dick, and Sam, and their adventures at school and elsewhere.

The four books in this volume are:

- The Rover Boys on the Great Lakes

- The Rover Boys in the Mountains

- The Rover Boys on Land and Sea

- The Rover Boys in Camp

More to come in this series. Enjoy!

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Stratemeyer, Edward: Rover Boys Omnibus Vol 3. v1, 28 Oct 2008

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More end-of-the-19th-century juvenile fiction; books 9-12 in the lengthy "Rover Boys" series, describing the adventures of the three Rover Boys - Tom, Dick, and Sam, and their adventures at school and elsewhere.

The four books in this volume are:

- The Rover Boys on the River

- The Rover Boys on the Plains

- The Rover Boys in Southern Waters

- The Rover Boys on the Farm

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Stratemeyer, Edward: Rover Boys Omnibus Vol 4. v1, 30 Oct 2008

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More end-of-the-19th-century juvenile fiction; books 13-16 in the lengthy "Rover Boys" series, describing the adventures of the three Rover Boys - Tom, Dick, and Sam. The boys have now left school and are attending college.

The four books in this volume are:

- The Rover Boys on Treasure Isle

- The Rover Boys at College

- [The Rover Boys Down East[/ *

- The Rover Boys in the Air

* This book hasn't yet been released as an e-book; I'll add it to the volume if it subsequently becomes available.

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Stratemeyer, Edward: Rover Boys Omnibus Vol 5. v1, 4 Nov 2008

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More end-of-the-19th-century juvenile fiction; the final books (17-20) in the lengthy "Rover Boys" series, describing the adventures of the three Rover Boys - Tom, Dick, and Sam.

The four books in this volume are:

- The Rover Boys in New York

- The Rover Boys in Alaska

- The Rover Boys in Business

- [The Rover Boys on a Tour[/ *

* This book hasn't yet been released as an e-book; I'll add it to the volume if it subsequently becomes available.

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Stratemeyer, Edward: The Boy Land Boomer. v1. 31 Aug 2014

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Edward L. Stratemeyer (October 4, 1862 – May 10, 1930) was an American publisher and writer of children's fiction. He was one of the most prolific writers in the world, producing in excess of 1,300 books himself, selling in excess of 500 million copies, and created the well-known fictional-book series for juveniles including The Rover Boys, The Bobbsey Twins, Tom Swift, The Hardy Boys, and Nancy Drew series, among others.

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“The Boy Land Boomer” relates the adventures of a lad who, with his father, joins a number of daring men in an attempt to occupy the rich farming lands of Oklahoma before the time when that section of our country was thrown open to settlement under the homestead act.

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Stratemeyer, Edward: The Campaign of the Jungle. v1. 1 Sep 2014

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Edward L. Stratemeyer (October 4, 1862 – May 10, 1930) was an American publisher and writer of children's fiction. He was one of the most prolific writers in the world, producing in excess of 1,300 books himself, selling in excess of 500 million copies, and created the well-known fictional-book series for juveniles including The Rover Boys, The Bobbsey Twins, Tom Swift, The Hardy Boys, and Nancy Drew series, among others.

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In the present volume the reader is asked to follow the fortunes of both Larry and Ben in two important expeditions of that gallant soldier, General Henry W. Lawton, the first directed against Santa Cruz on the Laguna de Bay, where the insurgents were left badly scattered, and the second from Manila to San Isidro, a winding advance of about one hundred and fifty miles through the jungle, which took twenty days to complete, and during which time twenty-two battles were fought and twenty-eight towns were captured, along with large quantities of army stores and the like. This latter expedition was one of the most daring of its kind, and could not have been pushed to success had not the man at its head been what he was, a trained Indian fighter of our own West, and one whose nerve and courage were almost beyond comprehension. Small wonder it was that when, later on, General Lawton was killed on the firing line, General Otis cabled, “Great loss to us and to his country.”

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Stratemeyer, Edward: The Last Cruise of the Spitfire. v1. 7 Sep 2014

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Edward L. Stratemeyer (October 4, 1862 – May 10, 1930) was an American publisher and writer of children's fiction. He was one of the most prolific writers in the world, producing in excess of 1,300 books himself, selling in excess of 500 million copies, and created the well-known fictional-book series for juveniles including The Rover Boys, The Bobbsey Twins, Tom Swift, The Hardy Boys, and Nancy Drew series, among others.

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Of Luke’s overbearing cousin and his dishonest uncle much might be said which Luke leaves untold. The boy does this probably out of his natural good-heartedness. Yet the lives of the pair, and especially that of the father, well illustrate the old saying, that, sooner or later, every wrong-doer is bound to overreach himself and fall into the hands of justice.

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Stratemeyer, Edward: The Missing Tin Box

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Edward L. Stratemeyer (October 4, 1862 – May 10, 1930) was an American publisher and writer of children's fiction. He was one of the most prolific writers in the world, producing in excess of 1,300 books himself, selling in excess of 500 million copies, and created the well-known fictional-book series for juveniles including The Rover Boys, The Bobbsey Twins, Tom Swift, The Hardy Boys, and Nancy Drew series, among others.

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The conversation recorded above took place one evening on a Pennsylvania Railroad ferry-boat while the craft was making the trip from Jersey City to New York.
It was carried on between two men, both well dressed. He, called Allen, was a tall, sharp-nosed individual, probably fifty years of age. The other was a short, heavy-set fellow, wearing a black mustache, and having a peculiar scowl on his face.

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Stratemeyer, Edward: The Mystery at Putnam Hall. v1. 9 Sep 2014

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Edward L. Stratemeyer (October 4, 1862 – May 10, 1930) was an American publisher and writer of children's fiction. He was one of the most prolific writers in the world, producing in excess of 1,300 books himself, selling in excess of 500 million copies, and created the well-known fictional-book series for juveniles including The Rover Boys, The Bobbsey Twins, Tom Swift, The Hardy Boys, and Nancy Drew series, among others.

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From the opening of the school there had been dissatisfaction with one of the teachers, and when another was engaged who proved to be a man of peculiar whims, the boys went into open revolt, as related in another volume, called “The Putnam Hall Rebellion.” The cadets literally ran away, and did not return to the Hall until Captain Putnam came upon the scene to straighten matters out.

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Stratemeyer, Edward: The Putnam Hall Cadets. v1. 11 Sep 2014

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Edward L. Stratemeyer (October 4, 1862 – May 10, 1930) was an American publisher and writer of children's fiction. He was one of the most prolific writers in the world, producing in excess of 1,300 books himself, selling in excess of 500 million copies, and created the well-known fictional-book series for juveniles including The Rover Boys, The Bobbsey Twins, Tom Swift, The Hardy Boys, and Nancy Drew series, among others.

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Putnam Hall is an ideal boarding school for boys, located on the shore of a beautiful lake in upper New York State. The students there are bright, manly fellows, full of vigor and fun, and bound to get the best there is out of school life. There are some keen rivalries, and in the story are related the particulars of a mystery which had an unlooked-for ending.

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Streckfuss, Adolph: Castle Hohenwald. v1. 22 Mar 2014

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Streckfuss, Adolph, 1823-1895
Translated from the German by:: Wister, A. L. (Annis Lee), 1830-1908

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The music ceased. The gentlemen led their partners to their various chaperones, and then crowded out upon the balcony to enjoy the cool spring breeze, giving no attention to the remonstrances of their host, the President, who, when he found how little heed was paid to his warning against imprudence, turned away, declaring to his friend the colonel that there really was nothing to be done with the heedless young people of the present day. “They trifle with their health as if their nerves were of iron and illness impossible,” he added, a little out of humour, perhaps, at the neglect of his advice.

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Streckfuss, Adolph: Quicksands. v1. 22 Mar 2014

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Streckfuss, Adolph, 1823-1895
Translated from the German by: Wister, A. L. (Annis Lee), 1830-1908

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He examined the revolver and made sure that it was loaded; his hand did not tremble, his look was clear and steadfast; there was even a smile of satisfaction on his lips as he contemplated the little weapon. “You will do your duty as you have always done it. You never were to blame if every spot on the card was not exactly hit, although the clumsy marksman would gladly have declared the fault yours. As soon as hand and aim were true, each heart was pierced precisely in the centre.”

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Streckfuss, Adolph: The Lonely House. v1. 22 Mar 2013

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Streckfuss, Adolph, 1823-1895
Translated from the German by: Wister, A. L. (Annis Lee), 1830-1908

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Ukraine! Ukraine! For years I had longed to spend some weeks in Southern Ukraine. The descriptions I had read of its wonderful mountains had greatly attracted me; I was certain of adding there many valuable specimens to my collection; that section of country had been so rarely visited by entomologists that I might even hope to enrich our German fauna with a new species. Some years before a butterfly-collector from Vienna had discovered there the caterpillar of the beautiful Saturnia cæcigena, found previously only in Dalmatia. Why might I not hope for something equally interesting!

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Streckfuss, Adolph: Too Rich: A Romance. v1. 23 Mar 2014

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Streckfuss, Adolph, 1823-1895
Translated from the German by: Wister, A. L. (Annis Lee), 1830-1908

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On a day like the present “Büchner’s restaurant,” famous for its sherbet, and a favourite lounging-place with young sprigs of fashion, was sure to be thronged. Here might be seen the officers of the various regiments in garrison at K–- and numerous civilians whose rank entitled them to such distinguished companionship, and here the choice of amusements for the evening was discussed,—whether, in spite of the intense heat, the charms of the lovely S–- were sufficiently great to make the theatre endurable, or whether preference should be given to an open-air entertainment at some favourite concert-garden

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Street, G. S.: Episodes (short stories). v1. 28 Feb 2019

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EPISODES
BY G. S. Street (1867–1936)

Twenty-one very short stories, examining the manners, morals, and relationships of men and women, with just a touch of acidic humor.

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George Slythe Street (18 July 1867 – 31 October 1936) was a British critic, journalist and novelist. He was associated with William Ernest Henley and the “counter-Decadents” on the staff of the [National Observer[/. In 1914 he was appointed to the office of the Lord Chamberlain as Examiner of Plays.

Street is perhaps best known for his 1894 novel, [The Autobiography of a Boy[/, which satirized contemporary aesthetes Oscar Wilde and Lord Alfred Douglas, and the Decadent movement of the late nineteenth century. [—Wikipedia]

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[Episodes[/ was first published in 1895. The text of this book is in the public domain in countries where the copyright term is “Life+80” or less.

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Street, G. S.: On MONEY and Other Essays. v1. 01 Mar 2019

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On Money and Other Essays
By G. S. Street (1867–1936)

Reflections on a wide assortment of topics, presenting the author’s opinions with wit and clever humor.

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An excerpt from “An Old Grievance”:
I do not complain that I have known hardly a spring or a summer free from the uproar of builders in the ordinary working hours. It has prevented my achieving any really solid result, but what of that? […] The grievance I urge affects thousands and thousands of people; […] I refer, of course, to the [early] hour at which building begins. […]
If we were really a civilised community, knowing how to give and take, the remedy would long ago have been taken voluntarily. Since we are not, a short Act should be passed empowering a two-thirds majority of householders, flat-occupiers and lodgers in any given district to prevent the uproar before eight. But there’s the old obstacle of our individualism run mad, run into anarchy. Annoy your neighbour as you please, so long as you do not assault his person. Some time ago a young man, driven mad by this torture, went out with his revolver and winged a workman. I hope I shall not be driven to that….

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George Slythe Street (18 July 1867 – 31 October 1936) was a British critic, journalist and novelist. He was associated with William Ernest Henley and the “counter-Decadents” on the staff of the[ National Observer[/. In 1914 he was appointed to the office of the Lord Chamberlain as Examiner of Plays.

Street is perhaps best known for his 1894 novel, [The Autobiography of a Boy[/, which satirized contemporary aesthetes Oscar Wilde and Lord Alfred Douglas, and the Decadent movement of the late nineteenth century. [—Wikipedia]

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Street, G. S.: Selections from “A Book of Stories”. v1. 28 Feb 2019

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[SIZE="1"]SELECTIONS FROM[/SIZ
A Book of Stories
BY G. S. Street (1867–1936)

Three short stories in a satirical mood, taken from the collection [A Book of Stories[/.
A coquettish young woman invites the attentions of an unattractive young baronet; an unhappy married woman persuades a gentleman friend to run away with her; a convincing braggart crows about how he would punish or destroy any offending transgressor.

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George Slythe Street (18 July 1867 – 31 October 1936) was a British critic, journalist and novelist. He was associated with William Ernest Henley and the “counter-Decadents” on the staff of the [National Observer[/. In 1914 he was appointed to the office of the Lord Chamberlain as Examiner of Plays.

Street is perhaps best known for his 1894 novel, [The Autobiography of a Boy[/, which satirized contemporary aesthetes Oscar Wilde and Lord Alfred Douglas, and the Decadent movement of the late nineteenth century. [—Wikipedia]

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[A Book of Stories [/was first published in 1902. The text of this book is in the public domain in countries where the copyright term is “Life+80” or less.

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Street, G. S.: Some Notes of a Struggling Genius. v2. 01 Mar 2019

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Some Notes of a Struggling Genius
BY G. S. Street (1867–1936)

A double handful of essays, taking a wryly humorous look at some aspects of daily life.

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An excerpt from “On Healthy Exercise”:
My claims to being considered an athlete? Some time ago somebody put forward the theory that yawning is a wholesome and invigorating exercise. I go into intellectual society and the gallery at the House of Commons and yawn. It is a high price, but I pay it to comply with the times. I laugh when I can, but melodramas at the Adelphi run for so long, and I don’t laugh after the third visit. I can do nothing more robust than smile at pathetic stories, and it takes so many smiles to tire me out. Still, I do what I can, take these and a few other forms of exercise, and play my part in the national ideal. But I sometimes wish I belonged to another nation. I am proud to be an athlete, but it bores me.
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George Slythe Street (18 July 1867 – 31 October 1936) was a British critic, journalist and novelist. He was associated with William Ernest Henley and the “counter-Decadents” on the staff of the [National Observer[/. In 1914 he was appointed to the office of the Lord Chamberlain as Examiner of Plays.

Street is perhaps best known for his 1894 novel, [The Autobiography of a Boy[/, which satirized contemporary aesthetes Oscar Wilde and Lord Alfred Douglas, and the Decadent movement of the late nineteenth century. [—Wikipedia]

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Text was obtained from the Internet Archive. This book was first published in 1898. Text is in the public domain in countries where the copyright term is “Life+80” or less.

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Street, G. S.: The Autobiography of a Boy. v1. 28 Feb 2019

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The Autobiography of a Boy
Passages selected by his friend, G. S. Street

A fictional autobiography, satirizing aesthetes Oscar Wilde and Lord Alfred Douglas, and the “Decadent” movement of the late nineteenth century.

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An excerpt from “The Editor’s Apology”:
In fulfilling a promise made to my friend, whom by your leave I will call simply Tubby, I have been conscious of a somewhat difficult dilemma. When he went to Canada, he placed the manuscript of his autobiography in my hands, with power to select and abridge. I perceived that if I published it in all its length nobody would read it: his life in England was not various, his orbit was circumscribed, the people he met and the situations he faced had a certain sameness, the comments he made on them dealt in repetitions. On the other hand, having made my selections on the principle of giving you none but typical incidents, and these but once, I find the result is meagre, and fear you may be angry at being troubled with it at all. Tubby himself was for publishing the whole. But craving your pardon, if you be angry, I think it is better to be amused (if amused you be) for an hour or so than to be bored for a day. I do assure you, you could have borne no more.

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George Slythe Street (18 July 1867 – 31 October 1936) was a British critic, journalist and novelist. He was associated with William Ernest Henley and the “counter-Decadents” on the staff of the [National Observer[/. In 1914 he was appointed to the office of the Lord Chamberlain as Examiner of Plays.

Street is perhaps best known for this novel, [The Autobiography of a Boy[/.

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Street, G. S.: The Trials of the Bantocks. v1. 28 Feb 2019

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The Trials of the Bantocks
BY G. S. Street (1867–1936)

An episodic novel: a satire about a snobbish wealthy British family in the late nineteenth century, as written by a groveling unabashed admirer, whose position is never quite explained (poor relation? secretary? live-in toady?).

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An excerpt:
In fact, my only complaint in this matter (not that I do complain) is that Mrs. Bantock is too kind in noticing me. She will sometimes catch my eye at a small dinner-party at her house and drag me out of a preferred obscurity to ask, “Are you working hard?” My reply is inaudible, and she adds, “When you publish another book you must send it to me.” (She is very kind in this particular, not only accepting my books, but even asking me. for additional copies to give away.) I murmur how glad I shall be to do so, but by this time she is talking to somebody else, and I sink relieved into obscurity again. Such notice embarrasses me. But her kindness is usually most tactful, and, especially, it often takes the form of allowing me to be of service to her in a humble way; she knows, no doubt, what gratification such service is to me. Thus I sometimes receive a postcard in the morning telling me to get her tickets at some theatre. Now this is really kind, because, of course, a footman could get them quite as effectually as I; but Mrs. Bantock knows that I have tried to write for the stage and am therefore interested in it, and knows also that I am at a loss how to employ my time in the morning. She has promised, by the way, that if ever a play of mine is produced, she will accept a box on the first night.

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George Slythe Street (18 July 1867 – 31 October 1936) was a British critic, journalist and novelist. He was associated with William Ernest Henley and the “counter-Decadents” on the staff of the [National Observer[/. In 1914 he was appointed to the office of the Lord Chamberlain as Examiner of Plays.

Street is perhaps best known for his 1894 novel, [The Autobiography of a Boy[/, which satirized contemporary aesthetes Oscar Wilde and Lord Alfred Douglas, and the Decadent movement of the late nineteenth century. [—Wikipedia]

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The Trials of the Bantocks was first published in 1900. The text of this book is in the public domain in countries where the copyright term is “Life+80” or less.

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Street, G. S.: The Views of an Angry Man. v1. 01 Mar 2019

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The Views of an Angry Man
[SIZE="1"]FAITHFULLY REPORTED BY[/SIZ G. S. Street

One dozen opinions of a Very Angry Man, delivering scathing satrical commentary on the drawbacks of various facets of society.

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An excerpt from “The Problem of the Rich”:
What are we to do with our rich? Something must really be done at once. We can’t possibly go on seeing our beautiful countrysides and decent streets ruined by monstrous new houses, having the purchasing powers of our small incomes invaded by vulgar standards of living, deteriorating in our taste from the contemplation of coarse luxuries and brutal displays—we can’t go on suffering all this and getting in return merely the spectacle of unattractive appearances and bad manners. Something must be done.

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George Slythe Street (18 July 1867 – 31 October 1936) was a British critic, journalist and novelist. He was associated with William Ernest Henley and the “counter-Decadents” on the staff of the [National Observer[/. In 1914 he was appointed to the office of the Lord Chamberlain as Examiner of Plays.

Street is perhaps best known for his 1894 novel, [The Autobiography of a Boy[/, which satirized contemporary aesthetes Oscar Wilde and Lord Alfred Douglas, and the Decadent movement of the late nineteenth century. [—Wikipedia]

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Strindberg, August: In Midsummer Days and Other Tales. v1, 29 Jan 2008

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From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia:

Johan August Strindberg (January 22, 1849 – May 14, 1912) was a Swedish writer, playwright, and painter. Along with Henrik Ibsen, Søren Kierkegaard and Hans Christian Andersen he is arguably the most influential and most important of all Scandinavian authors. Strindberg is known as one of the fathers of modern theatre. His work falls into two major literary movements, Naturalism and Expressionism. He is one of the greatest authors in Swedish literature.

This collection contains the following stories:

In midsummer days.--The Big Gravel-Sifter.--The sluggard.--The pilot's Troubles.--Photographer and Philosopher.--Half a Sheet of Foolscap.--Conquering Hero and Fool.--What the Tree-Swallow Sang in the Buckthorn Tree.--The Mystery of the Tobacco Shed.--The Story of the St. Gotthard.--The Story of Jubal who had no "I".--The Golden Helmets in the Alleberg.--Little Bluewing finds the Goldpowder.

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Stross, Charles & Doctorow, Cory: Jury Service v2.0 2008-08-06

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Let's all enjoy [Jury Service[/ by Charles Stross and Cory Doctorow

[quotWelcome to the fractured future, at the dusk of the twenty-first century.

Earth has a population of roughly a billion hominids. For the most part, they are happy with their lot, living in a preserve at the bottom of a gravity well. Those who are unhappy have emigrated, joining one or another of the swarming densethinker clades that fog the inner solar system with a dust of molecular machinery so thick that it obscures the sun. Except for the solitary lighthouse beam that perpetually tracks the Earth in its orbit, the system from outside resembles a spherical fogbank radiating in the infrared spectrum; a matrioshka brain, nested Dyson orbitals built from the dismantled bones of moons and planets.

The splintery metaconsciousness of the solar-system has largely sworn off its pre-post-human cousins dirtside, but its minds sometimes wander nostalgiawise. When that happens, it casually spams Earth’s RF spectrum with plans for cataclysmically disruptive technologies that emulsify whole industries, cultures, and spiritual systems.

A sane species would ignore these get-evolved-quick schemes, but there’s always someone who’ll take a bite from the forbidden Cox Pippin. There’s always someone whom evolution has failed to breed the let’s-lick-the-frozen-fencepost instinct out of. There’s always a fucking geek who’ll do it because it’s a historical goddamned technical fucking imperative.

Whether the enlightened, occulting smartcloud sends out its missives as pranks, poison or care-packages is up for debate. Asking it to explain its motives is roughly as pointful as negotiating with an ant colony to get it to abandon your kitchen. Whatever the motive, humanity would be much better off if the Cloud would evolve into something so smart as to be uninterested in communicating with meatpeople.

But until that happy day, there’s the tech jury service: defending the earth from the scum of the post-singularity patent office.[/quot

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Stross, Charles: Accelerando v2.0 2008-08-13

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I present to you [Accelerando[/ by Charles Stross released under a creative commons license.

[quotManfred Macx, a 21st-century intelligence amplification entrepreneur, lives partly in the physical world and partly in the virtual world of artificial intelligences, the Internet, biotechnology, and molecular nanotechnology. His 12-year-old daughter Amber, who seeks independence from her controlling mother, indentures herself to a company aiming to extract a fortune from the resources of Jupiter. Decades later, Amber's son Sirhan, a victim of multiple virtual childhoods, researches his dysfunctional family and uncovers a sinister new life form that threatens the continuation of biological life in the universe.

Expanding on his award-winning short story cycle that appeared in Asimov's Science Fiction magazine, Stross (Singularity Sky) reveals a vision of the future that encompasses and expands on the newest technologies and explores the possibilities of humanity's future. Joining the ranks of William Gibson (Neuromancer), Neal Stephenson (Snow Crash), and Bruce Sterling (Schismatrix), Stross fuses ideas and characters with cheerful abandon and creates a high-tech galactic adventure that belongs in most libraries.

– SF/Fantasy column by Jackie Cassada[/quot

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Strubberg, F. Armand: An der Indianergrenze. german. v1. 25 apr 2011

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Friedrich Armand Strubberg (* 18. März 1806 in Kassel; † 3. April 1889 in Altenhaßlau) war ein deutscher Amerikareisender und Schriftsteller. Er veröffentlichte unter dem Prenonym Armand zahlreiche in Nordamerika spielende Abenteuerromane und Jugenderzählungen und war neben Friedrich Gerstäcker und Balduin Möllhausen ein wichtiger Vertreter des deutschsprachigen ethnographischen Gesellschaftsromans.

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Bekannt wurde Armand vor allem durch seine etwa zwanzig, zwischen 1858 und 1878 veröffentlichten Abenteuerromane, romantisierenden Reisebeschreibungen und Jugenderzählungen, die größtenteils den Südwesten der heutigen Vereinigten Staaten zum Schauplatz haben. Zu diesen Abenteuerromanen gehört auch [An der Indianergrenze[/ aus dem Jahr 1859, welches die Abenteuer des Protagonisten [Farnwald[/ im Grenzgebiet zum Inhalt hat.

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Strunk, William: The Elements of Style.V1.30 June 2014

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The Elements of Style is a prescriptive American English writing style guide in numerous editions. The original was composed by William Strunk, Jr., in 1918 and published by Harcourt in 1920, comprising eight "elementary rules of usage", ten "elementary principles of composition", "a few matters of form", a list of forty-nine "words and expressions commonly misused", and a list of fifty-seven "words often misspelled".
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Sue, Eugène: A Cardinal Sin. v1. 10 May 2015

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Joseph Marie Eugène Sue (French pronunciation: [ø.ʒɛn sy] (20 January 1804 – 3 August 1857) was a French novelist. He established the genre of the serial novel with his very popular and widely imitated Les Mystères de Paris which was published in a newspaper from 1842 to 1843.

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On a beautiful, bright morning of the month of May, 18—, a young girl of eighteen years or thereabouts, whose pale, melancholy face reflected only too plainly the wretchedness and privations of her daily life, was wending her way, timidly and with hesitating steps, through that populous quarter of the city known as the Charnier des Innocents, a dreary spot, principally noted for its large number of public scribes, who make a precarious living by acting as secretaries to the ignorant people of the vicinity.

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Sue, Eugène: A Romance of the West Indies. v1. 22 May 2015

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Joseph Marie Eugène Sue (French pronunciation: [ø.ʒɛn sy] (20 January 1804 – 3 August 1857) was a French novelist. He established the genre of the serial novel with his very popular and widely imitated Les Mystères de Paris which was published in a newspaper from 1842 to 1843.

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Toward the latter part of May, 1690, the three-masted schooner the Unicorn sailed from Rochelle for the island of Martinique.
A Captain Daniel commanded this vessel, which was armed with a dozen pieces of medium-sized ordnance, a defensive precaution necessary at that period. France was at that time at war with England, and the Spanish pirates would often cross to the windward of the Antilles, in spite of the frequent pursuit of filibusters.

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Sue, Eugène: Avarice-Anger. v1. 8 May 2015

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Joseph Marie Eugène Sue (French pronunciation: [ø.ʒɛn sy] (20 January 1804 – 3 August 1857) was a French novelist. He established the genre of the serial novel with his very popular and widely imitated Les Mystères de Paris which was published in a newspaper from 1842 to 1843.

THE MILLIONAIRES
THE SEVEN CARDINAL SINS

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Sue, Eugène: Envy and Indolence. v1. 23 May 2015

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Joseph Marie Eugène Sue (French pronunciation: [ø.ʒɛn sy] (20 January 1804 – 3 August 1857) was a French novelist. He established the genre of the serial novel with his very popular and widely imitated Les Mystères de Paris which was published in a newspaper from 1842 to 1843.

ENVY.
INDOLENCE.

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Sue, Eugène: Iron Trevet, The. v1. 14 May 2015

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Joseph Marie Eugène Sue (French pronunciation: [ø.ʒɛn sy] (20 January 1804 – 3 August 1857) was a French novelist. He established the genre of the serial novel with his very popular and widely imitated Les Mystères de Paris which was published in a newspaper from 1842 to 1843.

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On a Sunday, towards the end of the month of October of 1356, a great stir was noticeable since early morning in the little town of Nointel, situated a few leagues from the city of Beauvais, in the department of Beauvoisis. The tavern of Alison the Huffy—so nicknamed from her hot temper, although she was a good woman—was rapidly filling with artisans, villeins and serfs who came to wait for the hour of mass at the tavern, where, due to the prevailing poverty, little was drunk and much talked. Alison never complained. As talkative as huffy, dame Alison preferred to see her tavern full with chatterers than empty of tipplers. Still fresh and buxom, though on the shady side of thirty, she wore a short skirt and low bodice—probably because her bust was well rounded and her limbs well shaped. Black of hair, bright of eyes, white of teeth, and quick of hands, more than once since her widowhood, had Alison broken a bumper over the head of some customer, whom liquor had rendered too expressive in his admiration for her charms. Accordingly, like a prudent housekeeper, she had taken the precaution of replacing her earthenware bumpers with pewter ones. That morning the dame seemed to be in a particular huffy mood, judging by her rumpling brows, her brusque motions, and her sharp and cross words.

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Sue, Eugène: Luxury-Gluttony. v1. 15 May 2015

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Joseph Marie Eugène Sue (French pronunciation: [ø.ʒɛn sy] (20 January 1804 – 3 August 1857) was a French novelist. He established the genre of the serial novel with his very popular and widely imitated Les Mystères de Paris which was published in a newspaper from 1842 to 1843.

MADELEINE—LUXURY.
DOCTOR GASTERINI—GLUTTONY.

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Sue, Eugène: Pride. v1. 22 May 2014

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Joseph Marie Eugène Sue (French pronunciation: [ø.ʒɛn sy] (20 January 1804 – 3 August 1857) was a French novelist. He established the genre of the serial novel with his very popular and widely imitated Les Mystères de Paris which was published in a newspaper from 1842 to 1843.

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Commander Bernard, a resident of Paris, after having served under the Empire in the Marine Corps, and under the Restoration as a lieutenant in the navy, was retired about the year 1830, with the brevet rank of captain.
Honourably mentioned again and again for his daring exploits in the maritime engagements of the East Indian war, and subsequently recognised as one of the bravest soldiers in the Russian campaign, M. Bernard, the most unassuming and upright of men, with the kindest heart in the world, lived quietly and frugally upon his modest pension, in a little apartment on one of the least frequented streets of the Batignolles.

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Sue, Eugène: The Abbatial Crosier. v1. 7 May 2015

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Joseph Marie Eugène Sue (French pronunciation: [ø.ʒɛn sy] (20 January 1804 – 3 August 1857) was a French novelist. He established the genre of the serial novel with his very popular and widely imitated Les Mystères de Paris which was published in a newspaper from 1842 to 1843.

THE CONVENT OF ST. SATURNINE
THE ABBEY OF MERIADEK

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Sue, Eugène: The Blacksmith's Hammer. v1. 8 May 2015

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Joseph Marie Eugène Sue (French pronunciation: [ø.ʒɛn sy] (20 January 1804 – 3 August 1857) was a French novelist. He established the genre of the serial novel with his very popular and widely imitated Les Mystères de Paris which was published in a newspaper from 1842 to 1843.

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To you, my last-born, Alain Lebrenn, the child of my old age, I bequeath this legend, a continuation of our plebeian annals. I shall join to these pages the head of a blacksmith’s hammer. It will increase the number of our family relics. You are to transmit it, jointly with our annals, to your own descendants.

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Sue, Eugène: The Branding Needle. v1. 9 May 2015

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Joseph Marie Eugène Sue (French pronunciation: [ø.ʒɛn sy] (20 January 1804 – 3 August 1857) was a French novelist. He established the genre of the serial novel with his very popular and widely imitated Les Mystères de Paris which was published in a newspaper from 1842 to 1843.

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Semiramis, Brunhild, Catherine of Medicis constitute a trinity of historic women unique in their greatness. Their ambition was boundless, their intellectual powers matchless, the depths of their immorality unfathomable. As such they were the scourges of their respective ages. Queen Brunhild, a central figure in this superb story, may be said to be the Sixth Century heiress of the Semiramis of over ten centuries earlier, and the progenitor of the Catherine of nearly ten centuries later, who figures later in the sixteenth story of this series of Eugene Sue’s of historic novels named by him The Mysteries of the People; or, History of a Proletarian Family Across the Ages

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Sue, Eugène: The Brass Bell. v1. 9 May 2015

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Joseph Marie Eugène Sue (French pronunciation: [ø.ʒɛn sy] (20 January 1804 – 3 August 1857) was a French novelist. He established the genre of the serial novel with his very popular and widely imitated Les Mystères de Paris which was published in a newspaper from 1842 to 1843.

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The call to arms, sounded by the druids of the forest of Karnak and by the Chief of the Hundred Valleys against the invading forces of the first Caesar, had well been hearkened to.

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Sue, Eugène: The Carlovingian Coins. v1. 10 May 2015

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Joseph Marie Eugène Sue (French pronunciation: [ø.ʒɛn sy] (20 January 1804 – 3 August 1857) was a French novelist. He established the genre of the serial novel with his very popular and widely imitated Les Mystères de Paris which was published in a newspaper from 1842 to 1843.

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Towards the commencement of the month of November of the year 811, a numerous cavalcade was one afternoon wending its way to the city of Aix-la-Chapelle, the capital of the Empire of Charles the Great—an Empire that had been so rapidly increased by rapidly succeeding conquests over Germany, Saxony, Bavaria, Bohemia, Hungary, Italy and Spain, that Gaul, as formerly during the days of the Roman Emperors, was again but a province among the vast domains. The ambitious designs of Charles Martel had been realized. Childeric, the last scion of the Merovingian dynasty, had been got rid of. Martel's descendants took his seat, and now the Hammerer's grandson wielded the sceptre of Clovis over an immensely wider territory.

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Sue, Eugène: The Casque's Lark. The Casque's Lark. v1. 11 May 2015

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Joseph Marie Eugène Sue (French pronunciation: [ø.ʒɛn sy] (20 January 1804 – 3 August 1857) was a French novelist. He established the genre of the serial novel with his very popular and widely imitated Les Mystères de Paris which was published in a newspaper from 1842 to 1843.

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I, Schanvoch, a descendant of Joel, the brenn of the tribe of Karnak; I, Schanvoch, now a freeman, thanks to the valor of my father Ralf and the bold Gallic insurrections that continued unabated from century to century; I, Schanvoch, write the following narrative two hundred and sixty-four years after my ancestress Genevieve, the wife of Fergan, witnessed in Judea the death of the poor carpenter Jesus of Nazareth.

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Sue, Eugène: The Executioner's Knife. v1. 11 May 2015

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Joseph Marie Eugène Sue (French pronunciation: [ø.ʒɛn sy] (20 January 1804 – 3 August 1857) was a French novelist. He established the genre of the serial novel with his very popular and widely imitated Les Mystères de Paris which was published in a newspaper from 1842 to 1843.

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The two executioners place a ladder on the side of the stone pile; they climb up, strike down with their axes the members of her who was Joan Darc, and with the help of long iron forks hurl them all down into the brasier. Other executioners lay fresh fagots on the heap. Tall flames re-rise. When the second fire is wholly extinguished nothing remains but reddish ashes interspersed with charred human bones, a skull among them. The ashes and bones are gathered by the executioners and thrown into a wooden box, which they lay on a hand-barrow, and, followed by a large and howling mob, the executioners proceed to the banks of the Seine, into which they throw the remains of the redeeming angel of France.

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Sue, Eugène: The Galley Slave's Ring. v1. 12 May 2015

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Joseph Marie Eugène Sue (French pronunciation: [ø.ʒɛn sy] (20 January 1804 – 3 August 1857) was a French novelist. He established the genre of the serial novel with his very popular and widely imitated Les Mystères de Paris which was published in a newspaper from 1842 to 1843.

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In fact, a picture, pretty well drawn and painted, represented the well known historic incident of Brennus, the chief of the Gallic army, throwing with savage and haughty mien his sword into one of the scales of the balance that held the ransom of Rome, vanquished by our Gallic ancestors, about two thousand and odd years ago.

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Sue, Eugène: The Gold Sickle. v1. 12 May 2015

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Joseph Marie Eugène Sue (French pronunciation: [ø.ʒɛn sy] (20 January 1804 – 3 August 1857) was a French novelist. He established the genre of the serial novel with his very popular and widely imitated Les Mystères de Paris which was published in a newspaper from 1842 to 1843.

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He who writes this account is called Joel, the brenn of the tribe of Karnak; he is the son of Marik, who was the son of Kirio, the son of Tiras, the son of Gomer, the son of Vorr, the son of Glenan, the son of Erer, the son of Roderik chosen chief of the Gallic army that, now two hundred and seventy-seven years ago, levied tribute upon Rome.
Joel (why should I not say so?) feared the gods, he was of a right heart, a steady courage and a cheerful mind. He loved to laugh, to tell stories, and above all to hear them told, like the genuine Gaul that he was.

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Sue, Eugène: The Infant's Skull. v1. 13 May 2015

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Joseph Marie Eugène Sue (French pronunciation: [ø.ʒɛn sy] (20 January 1804 – 3 August 1857) was a French novelist. He established the genre of the serial novel with his very popular and widely imitated Les Mystères de Paris which was published in a newspaper from 1842 to 1843.

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As a consequence of this universal panic, the last days of the year 999 presented a spectacle never before seen; it was even fabulous! Light-headed indulgence and groans; peals of laughter and lamentations; maudlin songs and death dirges. Here the shouts and the frantic dances of supposed last and supreme orgies; yonder the lamentations of pious canticles. And finally, floating above this vast mass of terror, rose the formidable popular curiosity to see the spectacle of the destruction of the world. It came at last, that day said to have been prophesied by St. John the Divine! The last hour arrived, the last minute of that fated year of 999! “Tremble, ye sinners!” the warning redoubled; “tremble, ye peoples of the earth! the terrible moment foretold in the holy books is here!” One more second, one more instant, midnight sounds—and the year 1000 begins.

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Sue, Eugène: The Iron Arrow Head. v1. 13 May 2015

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Joseph Marie Eugène Sue (French pronunciation: [ø.ʒɛn sy] (20 January 1804 – 3 August 1857) was a French novelist. He established the genre of the serial novel with his very popular and widely imitated Les Mystères de Paris which was published in a newspaper from 1842 to 1843.

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The invasion of the Normans, or Northmen, or Norsemen—called throughout this brilliant story the Northmans—bears characteristics that distinguish it markedly from all the other European invasions. With all the others the migrations were brought on by home changes of soil and waterways that drove the invaders westward. War was only a means, the goal was bread. With the Northman invasion it was otherwise. The goal was war and adventure. This simple circumstance places a wholly different stamp upon the Northman invaders. It explains the impulse they gave to oratory, poetry, music and the fine arts. Their rush from the frozen north through Europe—conquering and transforming England; carving for themselves large domains out of the French territory, then held in the imbecile hands of the imbecile successors of Charlemagne; startling the populations of southern Italy and Sicily—acted like a leaven through all the territories that they traversed. And they traversed none without raising its tone with their poetic-barbarian spirit.

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Sue, Eugène: The Iron Pincers. v1. 14 May 2015

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Joseph Marie Eugène Sue (French pronunciation: [ø.ʒɛn sy] (20 January 1804 – 3 August 1857) was a French novelist. He established the genre of the serial novel with his very popular and widely imitated Les Mystères de Paris which was published in a newspaper from 1842 to 1843.

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I, Mylio the Trouvere —the great-great-grandson of Colombaik, whose father, Fergan the Quarryman, was killed on the ramparts of Laon in the defense of the franchise of the commune—have written this “play,” or narrative in dialogue, as is the vogue in these days. The events herein narrated transpired in the course of the year 1208, at the period when the war of King Philip Augustus against King John of England and against Germany raged at its worst. The description of the “Court of Love,” however much I may tone it down, reflects truthfully the unbridled license of the morals that are prevalent in these times, and the description of the persecutions of the Albigensian heretics, however much I may tone down that, truthfully reflects the ferocity of the religious bigotry of this self-same epoch. On the one subject and on the other the facts are revolting. Nevertheless, I am of the opinion that the morals and principles of the noble dames, the seigneurs and the clergy should not be concealed from you, children of Joel. Your knowledge of the facts will strengthen your aversion for these elements of our oppression.

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Sue, Eugène: The Knight of Malta. v1. 15 May 2015

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Joseph Marie Eugène Sue (French pronunciation: [ø.ʒɛn sy] (20 January 1804 – 3 August 1857) was a French novelist. He established the genre of the serial novel with his very popular and widely imitated Les Mystères de Paris which was published in a newspaper from 1842 to 1843.

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The travellers who now sail along the picturesque coasts within the district of the Bouches-du-Rhone—the peaceable inhabitants of shores perfumed by the orange-trees of Hyères, or the curious tourists, whom steamboats are continually transporting from Marseilles to Nice or to Gênes—are perhaps ignorant of the fact that two hundred years ago, under the flourishing administration of Cardinal Richelieu, the seashore of Provence was, almost every day, plundered by Algerian pirates, or other robbers from Barbary, whose audacity knew no bounds. Not only did they capture all the merchant vessels leaving port,—although these ships were armed for war,—but they landed under the cannon even of the forts, and carried away with impunity the inhabitant whose dwellings were not adequately armed and fortified.

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Sue, Eugène: The Mysteries of Paris Vol 4. v1. 18 May 2015

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Joseph Marie Eugène Sue (French pronunciation: [ø.ʒɛn sy] (20 January 1804 – 3 August 1857) was a French novelist. He established the genre of the serial novel with his very popular and widely imitated Les Mystères de Paris which was published in a newspaper from 1842 to 1843.

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Before we inform our reader the cause of Rigolette’s first sorrow, we are desirous to assure him, or her, completely as to the virtue of this young girl. We are sorry to use the word virtue,—a serious, pompous, solemn word, which almost always brings with it ideas of painful sacrifice, of painful struggle against the passions, of austere meditations on the final close of all things here below. Such was not the virtue of Rigolette. She had neither deeply struggled nor meditated; she had worked, and laughed, and sung. Her prudence, as she called it, when speaking frankly and sincerely to Rodolph, was with her a question of time,—she had not the leisure to be in love. Particularly lively, industrious, and orderly, order, work, and gaiety had often, unknown to herself, defended, sustained, saved her.

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Sue, Eugène: The Mysteries of Paris, Vol 1. 16 May 2015

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Joseph Marie Eugène Sue (French pronunciation: [ø.ʒɛn sy] (20 January 1804 – 3 August 1857) was a French novelist. He established the genre of the serial novel with his very popular and widely imitated Les Mystères de Paris which was published in a newspaper from 1842 to 1843.

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Although limited in space, and carefully watched, this quarter serves as the lurking-place, or rendezvous, of a vast number of the very dregs of society in Paris, who flock to the tapis-franc. This word, in the slang of theft and murder, signifies a drinking-shop of the lowest class. A returned convict, who, in this foul phraseology, is called an “ogre,” or a woman in the same degraded state, who is termed an “ogress,” generally keep such “cribs,” frequented by the refuse of the Parisian population; freed felons, thieves, and assassins are there familiar guests. If a crime is committed, it is here, in this filthy sewer, that the police throws its cast-net, and rarely fails to catch the criminals it seeks to take.

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Sue, Eugène: The Mysteries of Paris, Vol 2. v1. 17 May 2015

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Joseph Marie Eugène Sue (French pronunciation: [ø.ʒɛn sy] (20 January 1804 – 3 August 1857) was a French novelist. He established the genre of the serial novel with his very popular and widely imitated Les Mystères de Paris which was published in a newspaper from 1842 to 1843.

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Belonging to one of the first families in France, still young, and with a face that would have been agreeable had it not been for the almost ridiculous and disproportionate length of his nose, M. de Lucenay joined to a restless love of constant motion the habit of talking and laughing fearfully loud upon subjects quite at variance with good taste or polished manners, and throwing himself into attitudes so abrupt and awkward that it was only by recalling who he was, that his being found in the midst of the most distinguished societies in Paris could be accounted for, or a reason assigned for tolerating his gestures and language; for both of which he had now, by dint of long practice and adherence, acquired a sort of free license or impunity. He was shunned like the plague, although not deficient in a certain description of wit, which told here and there amid the indescribable confusion of remarkable phraseology which he allowed himself the use of; in fact, he was one of those unintentional instruments of vengeance one would always like to employ in the wholesale chastisement of persons who have rendered themselves either ridiculous or abhorrent.

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Sue, Eugène: The Mysteries of Paris, Vol 3. V1. 17 May 2015

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Joseph Marie Eugène Sue (French pronunciation: [ø.ʒɛn sy] (20 January 1804 – 3 August 1857) was a French novelist. He established the genre of the serial novel with his very popular and widely imitated Les Mystères de Paris which was published in a newspaper from 1842 to 1843.

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To the deep snow which had fallen during the past night had succeeded a very sharp wind, so that the ordinarily muddy pavement was hard and dry, as Rigolette and Rodolph wended onwards to the immense and singular bazar called the Temple, the young girl leaning unceremoniously on the arm of her cavalier, who, on his part, appeared as much at his ease as though they had been old familiar friends.

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Sue, Eugène: The Mysteries of Paris, Vol 5. v1. 18 May 2015

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Joseph Marie Eugène Sue (French pronunciation: [ø.ʒɛn sy] (20 January 1804 – 3 August 1857) was a French novelist. He established the genre of the serial novel with his very popular and widely imitated Les Mystères de Paris which was published in a newspaper from 1842 to 1843.

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A few days after the murder of Madame Séraphin, the death of the Chouette, and the arrest of the gang of desperadoes taken by surprise at Bras-Rouge’s house, Rodolph paid another visit to the house in the Rue du Temple.

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Sue, Eugène: The Mysteries of Paris, Vol 6. v1. 19 May 2015

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Joseph Marie Eugène Sue (French pronunciation: [ø.ʒɛn sy] (20 January 1804 – 3 August 1857) was a French novelist. He established the genre of the serial novel with his very popular and widely imitated Les Mystères de Paris which was published in a newspaper from 1842 to 1843.

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We will again conduct the reader into the study of Jacques Ferrand. Availing ourselves of the loquacity of the clerks, we shall endeavour, through their instrumentality, to narrate the events that had occurred since the disappearance of Cecily.

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Sue, Eugène: The Pocket Bible. v1. 21 May 2015

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Joseph Marie Eugène Sue (French pronunciation: [ø.ʒɛn sy] (20 January 1804 – 3 August 1857) was a French novelist. He established the genre of the serial novel with his very popular and widely imitated Les Mystères de Paris which was published in a newspaper from 1842 to 1843.

THE SOCIETY OF JESUS
THE HUGUENOTS

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Sue, Eugène: The Poniard's Hilt. v1. 21 May 2015

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Joseph Marie Eugène Sue (French pronunciation: [ø.ʒɛn sy] (20 January 1804 – 3 August 1857) was a French novelist. He established the genre of the serial novel with his very popular and widely imitated Les Mystères de Paris which was published in a newspaper from 1842 to 1843.

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The invasion of Gaul by Clovis introduced feudalism in France, which is equivalent to saying in Europe, France being the teeming womb of the great historic events of that epoch. It goes without saying that so vast a social system as that of feudalism could not be perfected in a day, or even during one reign. Indeed, generations passed, and it was not until the Age of Charlemagne that feudalism can be said to have taken some measure of shape and form. Between the Ages of Clovis and Charlemagne a period of turbulence ensued altogether peculiar to the combined circumstances that feudalism was forced to struggle with two foes—one internal, the disintegrating forces that ever accompany a new movement; the other external, the stubborn and inspiring resistance, on the part of the native masses, to the conqueror from the wilds of Germania.

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Sue, Eugène: The Silver Cross. v1. 23 May 2015

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Joseph Marie Eugène Sue (French pronunciation: [ø.ʒɛn sy] (20 January 1804 – 3 August 1857) was a French novelist. He established the genre of the serial novel with his very popular and widely imitated Les Mystères de Paris which was published in a newspaper from 1842 to 1843.

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It was about the fifteenth year of the reign of the Emperor Tiberius that I, Genevieve, a slave of Aurelia, the wife of a Roman named Gremion and located in Marseilles, departed from Marseilles with my mistress and her husband for Judea.

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Sue, Eugène: The Sword of Honor. v1. 24 May 2015

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Joseph Marie Eugène Sue (French pronunciation: [ø.ʒɛn sy] (20 January 1804 – 3 August 1857) was a French novelist. He established the genre of the serial novel with his very popular and widely imitated Les Mystères de Paris which was published in a newspaper from 1842 to 1843.

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Most persons know the French Revolution as a tremendous outburst in human affairs. Many know it as one of the race’s great steps forward. That, however, it was the revolution which carried into power the then rising bourgeois, now capitalist, class; that this class, while appealing for and using the help of the working class, secretly hated and feared the demands of the latter, and blocked them at every opportunity; that finally the bourgeoisie, having obtained as revolutionists, by the aid of the workers, their end of the revolution, became as violently reactionary as had been the nobility they fought, and ruthlessly shot and guillotined to pieces the then definite proletarian movement for full political equality and collective ownership of the tools of production—that is an insight into the French Revolutionary period hitherto vouchsafed to few. To that insight Eugene Sue’s genius has, with the present thrilling novel, made straight the way for all.

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Sue, Eugene: The Wandering Jew (Complete). V1. 15 May 2009

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Joseph Marie Eugène Sue (20 January 1804 – 3 August 1857) was a French novelist
He was born in Paris, the son of a distinguished surgeon in Napoleon's army, and is said to have had the Empress Joséphine for godmother. Sue himself acted as surgeon both in the Spanish campaign undertaken by France in 1823 and at the Battle of Navarino (1828). In 1829 his father's death put him in possession of a considerable fortune, and he settled in Paris.
A street in Paris is named for Eugene Sue, in the 18th Arrondissement: Rue Eugene Sue is located near the Poissonnière Metro station, and is not far from Montmartre and the Basilica of the Sacré Coeur.

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The Land's End of Two Worlds.
The Arctic Ocean encircles with a belt of eternal ice the desert confines of Siberia and North America—the uttermost limits of the Old and New worlds, separated by the narrow, channel, known as Behring's Straits.

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Sue, Eugène: The Wandering Jew, Book I. v2. 26 May 2015

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Joseph Marie Eugène Sue (French pronunciation: [ø.ʒɛn sy] (20 January 1804 – 3 August 1857) was a French novelist. He established the genre of the serial novel with his very popular and widely imitated Les Mystères de Paris which was published in a newspaper from 1842 to 1843.

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Here and there at random on the floor lie iron chains, spiked collars, saw-toothed snaffles, muzzles bristling with nails, and long iron rods set in wooden handles. In one corner stands a portable furnace, such as tinkers use to melt their spelter; charcoal and dry chips fill it, so that a spark would suffice to kindle this furnace in a minute.

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Sue, Eugène: The Wandering Jew, Book II. v2. 26 May 20154

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Joseph Marie Eugène Sue (French pronunciation: [ø.ʒɛn sy] (20 January 1804 – 3 August 1857) was a French novelist. He established the genre of the serial novel with his very popular and widely imitated Les Mystères de Paris which was published in a newspaper from 1842 to 1843.

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This traveller, mysterious as death, slow as eternity, implacable as fate, terrible as the hand of heaven, was the CHOLERA!

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Sue, Eugène: The Wandering Jew, Book III. v1. 26 May 2015

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Joseph Marie Eugène Sue (French pronunciation: [ø.ʒɛn sy] (20 January 1804 – 3 August 1857) was a French novelist. He established the genre of the serial novel with his very popular and widely imitated Les Mystères de Paris which was published in a newspaper from 1842 to 1843.

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Some words are necessary for the purpose of exhibiting distinctly some phases in the life of this dangerous and implacable woman who, by her affiliation with the Order of Jesuits, had acquired an occult and formidable power. For there is something even more menacing than a Jesuit: it is a Jesuits; and, when one has seen certain circles, it becomes evident that there exist, unhappily, many of those affiliated, who, more or less, uniformly dress (for the lay members of the Order call themselves “Jesuits of the short robe”).

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Sue, Eugène: The Wandering Jew, Book IV. v1. 27 May 2015

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Joseph Marie Eugène Sue (French pronunciation: [ø.ʒɛn sy] (20 January 1804 – 3 August 1857) was a French novelist. He established the genre of the serial novel with his very popular and widely imitated Les Mystères de Paris which was published in a newspaper from 1842 to 1843.

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In the year 1831, the powerful Order of the Jesuits saw fit to begin to act upon information which had for some time been digesting in their hands.
As it related to a sum estimated at no less than thirty or forty millions of francs, it is no wonder that they should redouble all exertions to obtain it from the rightful owners.

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Sue, Eugène: The Wandering Jew, Book IX. v1. 29 May 2015

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Joseph Marie Eugène Sue (French pronunciation: [ø.ʒɛn sy] (20 January 1804 – 3 August 1857) was a French novelist. He established the genre of the serial novel with his very popular and widely imitated Les Mystères de Paris which was published in a newspaper from 1842 to 1843.

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“Five centuries ago, the avenging hand of the Almighty drove me hither from the uttermost confines of Asia. A solitary traveller, I had left behind me more grief, despair, disaster, and death, than the innumerable armies of a hundred devastating conquerors. I entered this town, and it too was decimated.

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Sue, Eugène: The Wandering Jew, Book V. v1. 27 May 2015

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Joseph Marie Eugène Sue (French pronunciation: [ø.ʒɛn sy] (20 January 1804 – 3 August 1857) was a French novelist. He established the genre of the serial novel with his very popular and widely imitated Les Mystères de Paris which was published in a newspaper from 1842 to 1843.

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About two hours before the event last related took place at St. Mary’s Convent, Rodin and Abbe d’Aigrigny met in the room where we have already seen them, in the Rue du Milieu-des-Ursins. Since the Revolution of July, Father d’Aigrigny had thought proper to remove for the moment to this temporary habitation all the secret archives and correspondence of his Order—a prudent measure, since he had every reason to fear that the reverend fathers would be expelled by the state from that magnificent establishment, with which the restoration had so liberally endowed their society.

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Sue, Eugène: The Wandering Jew, Book VI. v1. 28 May 2015

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Joseph Marie Eugène Sue (French pronunciation: [ø.ʒɛn sy] (20 January 1804 – 3 August 1857) was a French novelist. He established the genre of the serial novel with his very popular and widely imitated Les Mystères de Paris which was published in a newspaper from 1842 to 1843.

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The Strangler again looked at Rodin, and said, laying strong emphasis upon his words: “I left the prince yesterday evening. He informed me that, although he had a great interest to be here, he might possibly sacrifice that interest to other motives. I passed the night in the same hotel, and this morning, when I went to call on him, they told me he was already gone out. My friendship for him led me to come hither, hoping the information I should be able to give might be of use to the prince.”

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Sue, Eugène: The Wandering Jew, Book VII. v1. 28 May 2015

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Joseph Marie Eugène Sue (French pronunciation: [ø.ʒɛn sy] (20 January 1804 – 3 August 1857) was a French novelist. He established the genre of the serial novel with his very popular and widely imitated Les Mystères de Paris which was published in a newspaper from 1842 to 1843.

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“Shall I put more tobacco in the hookah?” said the kneeling figure, turning towards Djalma, and revealing the marked and sinister features of Faringhea the Strangler.

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Sue, Eugène: The Wandering Jew, Book VIII. v1. 28 May 2015

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Joseph Marie Eugène Sue (French pronunciation: [ø.ʒɛn sy] (20 January 1804 – 3 August 1857) was a French novelist. He established the genre of the serial novel with his very popular and widely imitated Les Mystères de Paris which was published in a newspaper from 1842 to 1843.

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“No!” said the traveller, “it will not be. The Lord surely will not suffer it. Twice is quite enough. Five centuries ago, the avenging hand of the Almighty drove me hither from the depths of Asia. A solitary wanderer, I left in my track more mourning, despair, disaster, and death, than the innumerable armies of a hundred devastating conquerors could have produced.

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Sue, Eugène: The Wandering Jew, Book X. v1. 29 May 2015

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Joseph Marie Eugène Sue (French pronunciation: [ø.ʒɛn sy] (20 January 1804 – 3 August 1857) was a French novelist. He established the genre of the serial novel with his very popular and widely imitated Les Mystères de Paris which was published in a newspaper from 1842 to 1843.

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During the painful scene that we have just described, a lively emotion glowed in the countenance of Mdlle. de Cardoville, grown pale and thin with sorrow. Her cheeks, once so full, were now slightly hollowed, whilst a faint line of transparent azure encircled those large black eyes, no longer so bright as formerly. But the charming lips, though contracted by painful anxiety, had retained their rich and velvet moisture. To attend more easily to Mother Bunch, Adrienne had thrown aside her bonnet, and the silky waves of her beautiful golden hair almost concealed her face as she bent over the mattress, rubbing the thin, ivory hands of the poor sempstress, completely called to life by the salubrious freshness of the air, and by the strong action of the salts which Adrienne carried in her smelling-bottle. Luckily, Mother Bunch had fainted, rather from emotion and weakness than from the effects of suffocation, the senses of the unfortunate girl having failed her before the deleterious gas had attained its highest degree of intensity.

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Sue, Eugène: The Wandering Jew, Book XI. v1. 29 May 2015

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Joseph Marie Eugène Sue (French pronunciation: [ø.ʒɛn sy] (20 January 1804 – 3 August 1857) was a French novelist. He established the genre of the serial novel with his very popular and widely imitated Les Mystères de Paris which was published in a newspaper from 1842 to 1843.

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The sun is fast sinking. In the depths of an immense piny wood, in the midst of profound solitude, rise the ruins of an abbey, once sacred to St. John the Baptist. Ivy, moss, and creeping plants, almost entirely conceal the stones, now black with age. Some broken arches, some walls pierced with ovals, still remain standing, visible on the dark background of the thick wood. Looking down upon this mass of ruins from a broken pedestal, half-covered with ivy, a mutilated, but colossal statue of stone still keeps its place. This statue is strange and awful. It represents a headless human figure. Clad in the antique toga, it holds in its hand a dish and on that dish is a head. This head is its own. It is the statue of St. John the Baptist and Martyr, put to death by wish of Herodias.

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Suetonius: The Lives of the 12 Caesars. V1. 21 Oct 2014

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From Wikipedia: [quotGaius Suetonius Tranquillus, commonly known as Suetonius (c. 69 – after 122 AD), was a Roman historian belonging to the equestrian order who wrote during the early Imperial era of the Roman Empire.

His most important surviving work is a set of biographies of twelve successive Roman rulers, from Julius Caesar to Domitian, entitled De Vita Caesarum. He recorded the earliest accounts of Julius Caesar's epileptic seizures. Other works by Suetonius concern the daily life of Rome, politics, oratory, and the lives of famous writers, including poets, historians, and grammarians. A few of these books have partially survived, but many have been lost.[/quot

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Suetonius: The Lives of the Twelve Caesars, v1, 3 Oct 2007.

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The Lives of The Twelve Caesars
By C. Suetonius Tranquillus;
To which are added,
His Lives of The Grammarians, Rhetoricians, and Poets.
The Translation of Alexander Thomson, M.D.
Revised and corrected by T.Forester, Esq., A.M.

The twelve Caesars are:

Caius Julius Caesar.
D. Octavius Caesar Augustus.
Tiberius Nero Caesar.
Caius Caesar Caligula.
Tiberius Claudius Drusus Caesar.
Nero Claudius Caesar.
Sergius Sulpicius Galba.
A. Salvius Otho.
Aulus Vitellius.
T. Flavius Vespasianus Augustus.
Titus Flavius Vespasianus Augustus.
Titus Flavius Domitianus

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Summerfield, Ted: If I Had A Car. V1 5th July 2011

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A story in rhyme that won't cost you a dime. A color picture ebook for children about a bunny who thinks he'd like to have a car. After thinking over all the choices and the reasons for and against an electric car or a gas powered car he decides to trade-in his trike for a bike. Appendix contains 5 large black and white pictures of bunnies which can be printed out for coloring by your child (or by you). Suitable for ages 2 to 102.

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Suso, Blessed Henry: A Little Book of Eternal Wisdom, v.1, 19 January 2009.

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A Little Book of Eternal Wisdom ( Das Büchlein der ewigen Weisheit)
By Blessed Henry Suso (c. 1300–1366)
Anonymous translation.
Also contains William Hilton’s “The Parable of the Pilgrim.”

From Wikipedia:
“Henry Suso (Also called Amandus, a name adopted in his writings, and Heinrich Seuse in German) was a German mystic, born at Überlingen on Lake Constance on March 21, c. 1300; he died at Ulm, January 25, 1366; declared Blessed in 1831 by Gregory XVI…Suso and his friend Johannes Tauler were students of Meister Eckhart. The three form the nucleus of the Rhineland school of mysticism. As a lyric poet and troubadour of divine wisdom, Suso explored with psychological intensity the spiritual truths of Eckhart’s mystical philosophy. His devotional works were extremely popular in the later Middle Ages.
He assumed the name of his mother, his father being a Herr von Berg. In Das Büchlein der ewigen Weisheit (The Little Book of Eternal Wisdom), written between 1327 and 1334 in Constance, he discusses the practical aspects of mysticism. The latter work, which Suso also translated into Latin under the title of Horologium sapientiae (Clock of Wisdom), has been called the finest fruit of German mysticism.”

The cover shows Henry Suso receiving his revelations.

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Sutcliffe, Halliwell: A Bachelor in Arcady. v1. 6 Sep 2016

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Halliwell Sutcliffe: Born : 1870 Shipley, Yorkshire, England: Died : 1932 Jan 14 Linton-in-Craven, Yorkshire,

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It is Arcady down here by the river, and though the house is overlarge, and the garden large but over-little, there is none of that wearing effort to live a so-called social life. A dinner party once in a while, maybe, a quiet game of bowls twice in the week or so on summer’s evenings, a casual luncheon at some friend’s as one returns from a long ride—these can scarcely be considered evidence of the true social disposition. Yet society is not wanting; the garden, and the score acres that lie about it, are full of comrades—comrades with few of the human vices, and with many virtues attributed usually to the best of our own kind.

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Sutcliffe, Halliwell: A Benedick in Arcady. v1. 9 Sep 2016

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Halliwell Sutcliffe: Born : 1870 Shipley, Yorkshire, England: Died : 1932 Jan 14 Linton-in-Craven, Yorkshire,

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We are home in Arcady again, Cathy and I, after a six months’ honeymoon spent in wandering, and the season and the season’s weather seem made for us as we turn down the drive and get our first glimpse of the lawn, the house, the wise, tall guardian-trees. For June is treading on May’s threshold, and lusty summer is kissing spring within the doorway.

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Sutcliffe, Halliwell: Red O' the Feud. v1. 11 Sep 2016

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Halliwell Sutcliffe: Born : 1870 Shipley, Yorkshire, England: Died : 1932 Jan 14 Linton-in-Craven, Yorkshire,

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The great fight was over, and far across the moor—far up into the molten darkness of the sky—the red flames glowed and quivered. Beam by beam, stone by blackened stone, the old house of the Ratcliffes at Wildwater crashed to its last disaster. Tempests had battered at its walls, wild thunderstorms had come from the barren wilderness that hemmed Wildwater in and had striven to undo the sturdy homestead; all had been unavailing; grim, stalwart, unbending as the folk who had dwelt there through the generations, the house had reared its proud head to the moor and had shown its graven challenge of the Ratcliffes to their foes: “We hate, we kill.” And now its insolence was past, for the flames had done in one short night what all the tempest fury of the years had failed to do.

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Sutphen, Van Tassel: The Doomsman. V1. 21 May 2009

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Sutphen, Van Tassel, 1861-1945. No biographical data found.

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A beach of yellow sand and a stranded log upon which sat a boy looking steadfastly out upon the shining waters.
It was a delicious morning in early May, and the sun was at his back, its warm rays falling upon him with affectionate caress. But the lad was plainly oblivious of his immediate surroundings; in spirit he had followed the leading of his eyes a league or more to the westward, where a mass of indefinable shadow bulked hugely upon the horizon line. Indefinable, in that it was neither forest nor mountain nor yet an atmospheric illusion produced by the presence of watery vapor. It did not change in density as does the true cloud; for all of its mistiness of outline there was an impression of solidity about its deeper shadows, something that the wind could not lift nor the light pierce. A mystery, and the boy devoured it with his eyes, his head bent forward and his shoulders held tensely.

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Sutphen, Van Tassel: The Gates of Chance. V1. 22 May 2009

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Sutphen, Van Tassel, 1861-1945. No biographical data found.

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The card that had been thrust into my hand had pencilled upon it, "Call at 4020 Madison Avenue at a quarter before eight this evening." Below, in copper-plate, was engraved the name, Mr. Esper Indiman.

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Sverdrup, Otto: Nyt Land (Illustrated) [Norwegian].v1. 07 Apr 2013

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Otto Sverdrup (1854-1930), Nansens følgesvenn over Grønland og hans nestkommanderende på den første Fram-ekspedisjonen, fikk, ikke lenge etter å ha ført skuten trygt hjem fra driften over Polhavet, tilbud om å lede sin egen ekspedisjon til ukjente, arktiske farvann.
Den 2. Fram-ekspedisjon er mindre kjent enn nummer en og tre. Den bød ikke på mye dramatikk, men på gode resultater: Enorme områder i det nordligste Nord-Amerika ble kartlagt. Der hvor så mange ekspedisjoner hadde lidd store tap under jakten på Nordvest-passasjen, der tilbrakte Otto Sverdrup og hans menn tre sesonger hvor de jevnt og trutt arbeidet likefrem med å oppdage nytt land. Sverdrup makter allikevel å skildre denne innsatsen med en munter jordnærhet, og med et fokus på turlivet, som gjør beretningen meget lesverdig.

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Swain, E. G.: The Stoneground Ghost Tales. v1. 22 Jun 2018

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The Stoneground Ghost Tales by Edmund Gill Swain (1861–1938)

Welcome to Stoneground, a small village on the edge of The Fens in eastern England, home to an ancient church. The vicar of the parish, the Reverend Roland Batchel, is an amateur antiquarian who has more than one ghostly encounter, but never loses his equanimity. Although written in emulation of the style of M. R. James, the mood is eerie, rather than horrific; and garnished with humor enough to brighten the dark corners.

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Edmund Gill Swain (1861 – 29 January 1938) was an English cleric and author. As a chaplain of King's College, Cambridge, he was a colleague and good friend of the scholar and author M. R. James.

A number of James' acquaintances later published ghost stories in the Jamesian style, notably E. F. Benson and his brother A. C. Benson, and R. H. Malden. Swain and Malden have been described as the first two important imitators of James.

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[The Stoneground Ghost Tales[/ was first published in 1912. Text is in the public domain in countries where copyright is “Life + 70” or less, and in the USA.

This ebook is based on a scan from the Internet Archive, # cu31924013228253. OCR errors were corrected; punctuation and italics formatted. Story titles have been cross-linked to dynamic Table of Contents.

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Are you spooked yet?
:eek:

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Swainson, Frederic: Acton's Feud. v1. 10 Sep 07

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English public school story from 1901, with nice period illustrations.

Enjoy!

NB: "Public School" in Britain refers to an exclusive "private school".

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Swanson, David: Iraq War Among World's Worst Events, v1 27 Mar 2013

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AlexBell

To mark the tenth anniversary of the invasion of Iraq David Swanson put up a long essay on his website at http://warisacrime.org/iraq, and has given me permission to turn it into an ebook.

'At 10 years since the launch of Operation Iraqi Liberation (to use the original name with the appropriate acronym, OIL) and over 22 years since Operation Desert Storm, there is little evidence that any significant number of people in the United States have a realistic idea of what our government has done to the people of Iraq, or of how these actions compare to other horrors of world history. A majority of Americans believe the war since 2003 has hurt the United States but benefitted Iraq. A plurality of Americans believe, not only that Iraqis should be grateful, but that Iraqis are in fact grateful... A sanitized version of the war and how it started is now in many of our school text books. It is not too late for us to correct the record, or to make reparations. We can better work for an actual reduction in war making and the prevention of new wars, if we accurately understand what past wars have involved.'

The ebook is packed with evidence as endnotes and direct links.

29 March: A friend of mine has found two minor typos. I deleted the old version and uploaded a corrected version.

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Sweeney, Stephen J, The Honour of the Knights, V1, 25 Mar 2011

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The text of this novel, [THE HONOUR OF THE KNIGHTS (THE BATTLE FOR THE SOLAR SYSTEM, BOOK ONE) [/(FIRST EDITION) is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommerical-No Derivative Works 3.0 Unported License.

[QUOTThe words of a dying man, the theft of a legendary battleship, and the threats posed by the Mitikas Empire's civil war were but a few of the concerns that plagued Simon Dodds' mind upon his return to naval service. What was far more disturbing was the amount of information he wasn't being given... Across the other side of the known universe a terrible fate had befallen a once glorious imperial nation; a fate that dozens of governments throughout the galaxy were keen to keep secret for as long as possible. But the danger was growing, and only a few months after his return Dodds would find his world, along with that of his old wingmates, flipped on its head. Very soon the five pilots would come face to face with that which destroyed an empire: an unforgiving, unstoppable, and totally unrelenting foe. There seemed to exist only one glimmer of hope of driving back the darkness - The ATAF Project - a secretly developed set of starfighters that well may just harbour some terrible secrets of their own..[/QUOT

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Sweetser, Kate D.: Ten Boys From Dickens:. v1, 22 Feb 2008

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From the Preface:

In this small volume there are presented as complete stories the boy-lives portrayed in the works of Charles Dickens. The boys are followed only to the threshold of manhood, and in all cases the original text of the story has been kept, except where of necessity a phrase or paragraph has been inserted to connect passages;—while the net-work of characters with which the boys are surrounded in the books from which they are taken, has been eliminated, except where such characters seem necessary to the development of the story in hand.
Charles Dickens was a loyal champion of all boys, and underlying his pen pictures of them was an earnest desire to remedy evils which he had found existing in London and its suburbs. Poor Jo, who was always being "moved on," David Copperfield, whose early life was a picture of Dickens' own childhood, workhouse-reared Oliver, and the miserable wretches at Dotheboy Hall were no mere creations of an author's vivid imagination. They were descriptions of living boys, the victims of tyranny and oppression which Dickens felt he must in some way alleviate. And so he wrote his novels with the histories in them which affected the London public far more deeply, of course, than they affect us, and awakened a storm of indignation and protest.
Schools, work-houses, and other public institutions were subjected to a rigorous examination, and in consequence several were closed, while all were greatly improved. Thus, in his sketches of boy-life, Dickens accomplished his object.
My aim is to bring these sketches, with all their beauty and pathos, to the notice of the young people of to-day. If through this volume any boy or girl should be aroused to a keener interest in the great writer, and should learn to love him and his work, my labour will be richly repaid.

Illustrated with portraits of the characters.

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Sweetser, Kate D.: Ten Girls From Dickens:. v1, 22 Feb 2008

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From the Preface:

As a companion volume to Ten Boys from Dickens, this book of girl-life, portrayed by the great author, is offered.
The sketches have the same underlying motive as those of boy-life, and have been compiled in the same manner, with the same purpose in view.
Among them will be found several of the most popular of the creations of Dickens, notably, The Marchioness, Little Nell, Jenny Wren, and Florence Dombey, and it is hoped that in this presentation as simple stories of girlhood, their classic form and beauty may arouse in the young people of our day a new interest in the novels from which they are taken.
This volume and its companion will have accomplished their purpose when they have won fresh laurels and a wider audience for the famous writer to whom they are indebted for their existence.
K.D.S. April, 1902.

Illustrated with portraits of the characters.

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Swift, Jonathan, Steele, Richard: Isaac Bickerstaff Collection. v1, 12 Jan 2008

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This Collection contains two books featuring Isaac Bickerstaff. The first written by Jonathan Swift is titled "The Bickerstaff-Partridge Papers." The Second by Richard Steele is simply titled "Isaac Bickerstaff." Wikepedia offers more information:

Isaac Bickerstaff Esq was a pseudonym used by Jonathan Swift as part of a hoax to predict the death of then famous Almanac–maker, astrologer, and quack John Partridge.

“All Fools Day” (now known as April Fools Day which falls on the 1st of April) was Swift’s favorite of holidays and he often used this day to aim his satirically biting wit at non-believers in an attempt to “make sin and folly bleed.” Disgruntled by Partridge’s sarcastic attack about the “infallible Church” written in his 1708 issue of Merlinus Almanac, Swift projected carefully 3 letters and one Eulogy as an elaborate plan to “predict” Partridge’s “infallible death” to be revealed on April 1st, All Fools Day.

The first of the three letters, Predictions for the Year 1708, published in January of 1708, predicts, among other things, the death of Partridge by a “raging fever.” The second letter, The Accomplishment of the First of Mr. Bickerstaff’s Predictions, published in March of 1708, Swift writes not as Bickerstaff but as a “man employed in the Revenue” where he “confirms” the imaginary Bickerstaff’s prediction. To accompany The Accomplishments Swift also publishes a Eulogy for Partridge in which, typical of Swift’s satire, he blames not only Partridge, but those who purchase the Almanacs as well:

Here, five Foot deep, lies on his Back,
A Cobler, Starmonger, and Quack;
Who to the Stars in pure Good–will,
Does to his best look upward still.
Weep all you Customers that use
His Pills, his Almanacks, or Shoes;
And you that did your Fortunes seek,
Step to his Grave but once a Week:
This Earth which bears his Body’s Print,
You’ll find has so much Vertue in’t,
That I durst pawn my Ears ’twill tell
Whate’er concerns you full as well,
In Physick, Stolen Goods, or Love,
As he himself could, when above.

The hoax, gaining immense popularity, plagued Partridge till the real end of his life. Mourners, who believed him to be dead, often kept him awake at night crying outside his window. Accounts of an undertaker arriving at his house to arrange drapes for the mourning, an elegy being printed and even a gravestone being carved, all culminate to Partridge publishing a letter in hopes to have a last word on the matter and proclaim (and reclaim) himself as living. In 1709 Swift, writing as Bickerstaff for the last time, publishes A Vindication of Isaac Bickerstaff in which he abandons any real attempt to maintain the hoax. Bickerstaff counter argues Partridges letter of proclamation disputing, “ They were sure no man alive ever to writ such damned stuff as this.” He goes on to sarcastically reason that “death is defined by all Philosophers [as a] separation of the soul and body. [Partridge’s wif has gone about for some time to every Alley in the neighborhood…that her husband had neither life nor soul in him.”

Richard Steele bolstered the release of his new paper The Tatler by naming the fictitious Isaac Bickerstaff Esq. as editor, and although largely written by Steele himself, had occasional contributions from Jonathan Swift.

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Swift, Jonathan: A Modest Proposal. 18 Aug 07

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I am continually amazed at how many young people in the US have never read or even heard of this work.

So here is some very light reading for a Saturday afternoon.

[QUOTA Modest Proposal for preventing the children of poor people in Ireland, from being a burden on their parents or country, and for making them beneficial to the publick.[/QUOT

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Swift, Jonathan: Gulliver's Travels (illus-Rackham). v1. 30 Nov 2017

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Gulliver’s Travels by Jonathan Swift (1667-1745)
Illustrations by Arthur Rackham (1867–1939)

[Gulliver’s Travels[/ was first published in 1726. The illustrated “Rackham” edition with color plates was published in 1909. The latter was expurgated for children, but the complete text is used in this MobileRead edition.

Text is in the public domain world-wide. The illustrations are in the public domain in countries where copyright is “Life+70” or less, and in the USA.

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Jonathan Swift (30 November 1667 – 19 October 1745) was an Anglo-Irish satirist, essayist, and poet; a cleric who became Dean of St Patrick’s Cathedral, Dublin. Swift was a prolific writer; and is remembered for works such as [A Tale of a Tub [/(1704), [An Argument Against Abolishing Christianity[/ (1712), [Gulliver’s Travels[/ (1726), and [A Modest Proposal[/ (1729). His deadpan, ironic writing style, particularly in [A Modest Proposal[/, has led to such satire being subsequently termed “Swiftian”.

[Gulliver’s Travels[/, a satire both on human nature and the “travellers’ tales” literary subgenre, is regarded as his masterpiece. As with his other writings, the book was published under a pseudonym, and was originally titled: [Travels into Several Remote Nations of the World. In Four Parts. By Lemuel Gulliver, First a Surgeon, and then a Captain of several Ships[/.

Though it has often been mistakenly thought of and published in bowdlerised form as a children’s book, it is a great and sophisticated satire of human nature based on Swift’s experience of his times. He himself claimed that he wrote Gulliver’s Travels “to vex the world rather than divert it”.

Three centuries later, readers are still vexed, diverted, and thoroughly entertained by this witty parody.

Bon voyage!
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Swift, Jonathan: Gulliver's Travels. v1, 3 Jan 2008

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From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia:

Gulliver's Travels (1726, amended 1735), officially Travels into Several Remote Nations of the World, in Four Parts. By Lemuel Gulliver, First a Surgeon, and then a Captain of several Ships, is a novel by Jonathan Swift that is both a satire on human nature and a parody of the "travellers' tales" literary sub-genre. It is Swift's best known work, and a classic of English literature.

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Swift, Jonathan: Gullivers Reisen german v1 10 feb 2009

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Swifts weltberühmter Klassiker erzählt von den abenteuerlichen Reisen des Schiffsarzts Gulliver. Sie führen ihn unter anderem nach Liliput, ins Land der Zwerge, auf die schwebende Insel Laputa und nach Brobdingnag, ins Land der Riesen.
Während er in Lilliput eine ganze Kriegsflotte mit einer Hand übers Meer ziehen kann und sein Appetit eine Hungersnot auszulösen droht, muß er unter den Riesen selbst als Spielzeug in der Hand eines Säuglings um sein Leben fürchten. Im Land der intelligenten Pferde wird schließlich offenbar, was die Menschheit doch für eine unvernünftige und kleingeistige Rasse ist.

Bei dieser Fassung handelt es sich nicht um die Kinderbuchausgabe, sondern um eine eng an die Originalausgabe angelehnte Übersetzung. Eine metaphorische Satire auf die Gesellschaft des frühen 18. Jahrhunderts.

Wer flüssig zu lesende, gesellschaftskritische Satire sucht oder einfach nur schon immer wissen wollte, woher Begriffe wie [Liliputaner[/ oder [Yahoo[/ (!) stammen, kommt an [Gullivers Reisen[/ nicht vorbei.

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Swift, Jonathan: The Battle of the Books:. v1, 22 Feb 2008

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From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia:

[The Battle of the Books[/ is the name of a short satire written by Jonathan Swift. It depicts a literal battle between books in the King's Library (housed in St. James's Palace at the time of the writing), as ideas and authors struggle for supremacy. Because of the satire, "The Battle of the Books" has become a term for the Quarrel of the Ancients and the Moderns.

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Swinburne, Algernon Charles: A Study of Shakespeare. v1, 23 Jan 2009

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HarryT

1880 essay tracing the development in the style of Shakespeare's plays. As well as the perfectly serious essay, the book contains two "April Fool" appendices (printed in magazines at the time), parodying the terribly serious articles on Shakespeare which were numerous in the 19th century, including an absolutely hilariously funny "Report of the Proceedings on this First Anniversary Session of the Newest Shakespeare Society" which is an attack on the extremely scholarly "New Shakespeare Society" of the time.

Enjoy!

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Tacitus: Germania and Agricola, v.1, 3 July 2008.

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Patricia

Caius Cornelius Tacitus (56-120 CE)
Germania and Agricola
The Germany and the Agricola of Tacitus. The Oxford Translation Revised, with Notes and an n Introduction by Edward Brooks, Jr.

The Germania is an account of the customs and manners of various German tribes. The Agricola is s life of Tacitus’s father-in-law, Cnaeus Julius Agricola, the Roman general who finally subdued Britain.

From the Agricola: (Calgacus complains about Roman oppression):
“To ravage, to slaughter, to usurp under false titles, they call empire; and where they make a desert, they call it peace.”

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Taft, William Nelson: On Secret Service (1921); v1, 21 Dec 2019

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Pulpmeister

William Nelson Taft (1889-1932) was a newspaper editor in Philadelphia, who wrote small output of fiction.

The 24 short stories are reputedly based on real cases, but fictionalised.

1: A Flash in the Night
2: The Mint Mystery
3: The Ypiranga Case
4: The Clue on Shelf 45
5: Phyllis Dodge, Smuggler Extraordinary
6: A Matter of Record
7: The Secret Still
8: The Taxicab Tangle
9: A Match for the Government
10: The Girl at the Switchboard
11: "Lost— $100,000!"
12: "The Double Code"
13: The Trail of the White Mice
14: Wah Lee and the Flower of Heaven
15: The Man with Three Wives
16: After Seven Years
17: The Poison-pen Puzzle
18: Thirty Thousand Yards of Silk
19: The Clue in the Classified Column
20: In the Shadow of the Capitol
21: A Million-dollar Quarter
22: "The Looting of the C. T. C."
23: The Case of Mrs. Armitage
24: Five Inches of Death

The text file is from Project Gutenberg.

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Tagore, Rabindranath: The Home, The World, v.1, 14 July 2008

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ঘরে বাইরে Ghôre Baire or [The Home, The World[/ is a novel by Rabindranath Tagore who won the Nobel prize for literature in 1913. The work was first published in his native Bengali in 1915. The story involves a love triangle but deals with personal freedoms, self-identity, and religion amid the struggles of Indian nationalism and sectarian violence.

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Tagore, Rabindranath: Gitanjali, v.1, 21 Feb 2008

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From the Wikipedia:

Rabindranath Tagore (7 May 1861 – 7 August 1941), also known by the sobriquet Gurudev, was a Bengali poet, Brahmo Samaj philosopher, visual artist, playwright, novelist, and composer whose works reshaped Bengali literature and music in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. He became Asia's first Nobel laureate when he won the 1913 Nobel Prize in Literature.
[Gitanjali[/, or [Song Offerings[/, is one of his best known works. It is translated into English from the original Bengali by the author and includes an introduction by Yeats.

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Tarkington, Booth: Alice Adams. v1, 2 Jan 2008

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From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia:

Alice Adams is a Pulitzer Prize winning novel (1922) by Booth Tarkington which was also adapted into a 1935 comedy/drama film. The narrative centers around the character of a young woman who aspires to climb the social ladder. Set in a middle-class family living in America at the turn of the 20th century.

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Tarkington, Booth: Growth – A Trilogy (omnibus). v1. 26 Feb 2021

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GrannyGrump

These three novels trace the growth of the United States as illustrated in a fictional Midwestern town, between the end of the Civil War and the early part of the 20th century, a period of rapid industrialization and socio-economic change in America.

Overview of the books:
The Magnificent Ambersons:
The declining fortunes of three generations of the aristocratic Amberson family are contrasted with the rising fortunes of industrial tycoons and other new-money families, which did not derive power from family names but by “doing things.” Tarkington’s nuanced portrayal of the often-unlikable Amberson family and his paradoxical framing of progress as a destroyer of family, community, and environment, make The Magnificent Ambersons a fascinating and forward-thinking novel—certainly one with a permanent place in the American social canon. Despite the often heavy themes, Tarkington’s prose remains uniquely witty, charming, and brisk.
(—wikipedia, —standardebooks)

The Turmoil:
A narrative of loss and change, a love story, and a warning about the potential evils of materialism, the book chronicles two midwestern families trying to cope with the onset of industrialization: the Sheridans, whose integrity wanes as their wealth increases, and the Vertrees, who remain noble but impoverished. Linked by the romance between a Sheridan son and a Vertrees daughter, the story of the two families provides a dramatic view of what America was like on the verge of a new order.
(—fantasticfiction.com.)

The Midlander:
Where [The Turmoil[/ focuses on industrialization’s effect on art and culture, and [The Magnificent Ambersons[/ focuses on industry’s destruction of family and of small-town life, this book focuses on the men and women who actually bring that change about. A deeper look into the contrast between the visionary booster, builder and the more staid conservative older generation. The protaginist, Dan, is portrayed sympathetically, but Tarkington makes it clear that his dreams and choices lead to a deeply unhappy family life and the ruination of the land around him. But can Dan really be faulted for his dream, or is industry inevitable, and inevitably destructive?
(—standardebooks, —goodreads)

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Newton Booth Tarkington (July 29, 1869 – May 19, 1946) was an American novelist and dramatist best known for his novels [The Magnificent Ambersons [/(1918) and [Alice Adams[/ (1921) [Winner of the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction, 1919 and 1922 respectively].

Much of Tarkington’s work consists of satirical and closely observed studies of the American class system and its foibles. In the 1910s and 1920s, Tarkington was regarded as the great American novelist, as important as Mark Twain. His works were reprinted many times, were often on best-seller lists, won many prizes, and were adapted into other media.

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[The Magnificent Ambersons[/ was first published 1918; [The Turmoil [/1915; [The Midlander[/ 1923. This omnibus is in the public domain where copyright is “Life+70” or less, and in the USA.

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Tarkington, Booth: Penrod (1914), v1

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Booth Tarkington wrote three volumes of tales about Penrod, a 12 year old boy growing up in a midwestern city, coping with friends, enemies, and girls. His best friend is Duke, his dog; then comes Sam, a boy his own age.

An American classic.

Regrettably, I cannot include the original illustrations, as they are still copyright. The artists was Gordon Grant (1875-1962)

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Tarkington, Booth: Penrod Jashber. v2. 23 Feb 2021

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Penrod Jashber continues the tales of Penrod and his friends, Sam, Herman, and Verman. Penrod’s hero-worship veers away from bandits and outlaws, and becomes focused on Private Detectives. He takes on the persona of George B. Jashber, Detective, and enlists his friends’ help in exposing Mr. Dade (his sister’s new suitor) as a crook. To use that hackneyed (but suitable) old phrase, hilarity ensues.

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Newton Booth Tarkington (July 29, 1869 – May 19, 1946) was an American novelist and dramatist, best known for his novels [The Magnificent Ambersons[/ (1918) and [Alice Adams[/ (1921) [Winners of the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction, 1919 and 1922 respectively].

Much of Tarkington’s work consists of satirical and closely observed studies of the American class system and its foibles. In the 1910s and 1920s, Tarkington was regarded as the great American novelist, as important as Mark Twain. His works were reprinted many times, were often on best-seller lists, won many prizes, and were adapted into other media.

First published in 1929. The text of this book is in the public domain where copyright is “Life+70” or less. Illustrations by Gordon Grant (1875–1962) have been omitted due to copyright restrictions.

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Many years ago (2012/13), I posted many of Tarkington's books. This one had to be taken offline due to illustrations still under copyright. I thought I would bring this title back, even though I had to omit the illustrations.
Hope you get a few giggles!

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Tarkington, Booth: The Fascinating Stranger (1923); v1; 22 Oct 2019

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Pulpmeister

A collection of short stories by the author of "The Magnificent Ambersons" and the "Penrod" stories.

1: The Fascinating Stranger
2: The Party
3: The One-Hundred-Dollar Bill
4: Jeannette
5: The Spring Concert
6: Willamilla
7: The Only Child
8: Ladies’ Ways
9: Maytime in Marlow
10: “You”
11: “Us”
12: The Tiger
13: Mary Smith

Text source: Project Gutenberg. Cover: original dust jacket

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Tarkington, Booth: The Magnificent Ambersons (1918); v1; 1 Feb 2020

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Tarkington's acknowledged masterpiece, the second of a trilogy. The Ambersons, old money in the un-named mid-western city (based on Indianapolis) whose fortunes decline as industrialisation brings in new money and new powerful families to the city.

Published in 1918, winner of a Pulitzer Prize in 1919.

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Tarkington, Booth: The Magnificent Ambersons. v1, 2 Jan 2008

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Madam Broshkina

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia:

The Magnificent Ambersons is a 1918 novel by Booth Tarkington which won the 1919 Pulitzer Prize.

The novel traces the growth of the United States through the declining fortunes of three generations of the aristocratic Amberson family in a fictional Mid-Western town, between the end of the Civil War and the early part of the 20th century, a period of rapid industrialization and socio-economic change in America. The decline of the Ambersons is contrasted with the rising fortunes of industrial tycoons and other new-money families, which did not derive power from family names but by "doing things". As George Amberson's friend (name unspecified) says, "don't you think being things is 'rahthuh bettuh' than doing things?"

"The Magnificent Ambersons is perhaps Tarkington's best novel," said Van Wyck Brooks. "[It i a typical story of an American family and town—the great family that locally ruled the roost and vanished virtually in a day as the town spread and darkened into a city. This novel no doubt was a permanent page in the social history of the United States, so admirably conceived and written was the tale of the Ambersons, their house, their fate and the growth of the community in which they were submerged in the end."

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Tarwater, Tristan: Thieves at Heart (The Valley of Ten Crescents, Book 1). V1. 16 Apr

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[SIZE="3"]"Tavera has spent her whole life in the Valley of Ten Crescents, the only half elf in a region populated by humans devoted to the Church of the Moon Goddess. Her ‘mam’ was a prostitute who gave her up to save her business. Her ‘pa’ Derk is a thief who’s eager to have her follow in his footsteps. What will become of Tavera as she grows up among the thieves and villains of The Valley of Ten crescents and what is the Cup of Cream that her ‘pa’ seems so eager to please?"[/SIZ

"Thieves at Heart" is the first novel in the series "The Valley of Ten Crescents", followed by "Self-Made Scoundrel" which can be found on smashwords or the author's site.

The author is my wife and I've formatted the book by hand (html and css) before running it through Calibre.

[SIZE="1"][We do not own a kindle so we have only been able to do quality control with the kindle software. Please let us know if you find any formatting issues.[/[/SIZ

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Tatius, Achilles: Clitophon and Leucippe. v1 8 May 2016

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[Clitophon and Leucippe,[/ by Achilles Tatius, like [The Aethiopica[/ by Heliodorus, and [Daphnis and Chloe[/ by Longus was written in the second or third century CE. They are among the first novels still to survive. They were frequently translated in the middle ages, often with different titles and spelling.

Very little is known about Achilles Tatius, though he is thought to have lived in Alexandria. [Clitophon and Leucippe[/ is his only known work.

The story is told by Clitophon in the first person. He describes falling instantly in love with Leucippe at first sight, his wooing of her, their elopement, and their shipwrecks, captures, trials, and perils. They are eventually enable to marry through the intervention of the goddess Diana.

The source text was taken from the Internet Archive as noted on the title page, and checked against the pdf version. The ebook is not a facsimile as I have silently omitted ligands and footnotes (including those challenging the original Greek text), corrected typos, made changes to some paragraph structures, and changed some spelling, punctuation, and hyphenation using oxforddictionaries.com.

Version 2 corrects several typos. Many thanks and karma to kalwisti for pointing them out.

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Taylor, Mary Imlay: An Imperial Lover. v1. 5 Dec 2015

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crutledge

Mary Imlay Taylor: Born 1878: Died 1938 Aug 28

Excerpt
Twenty had passed since my last visit to Moscow, a visit made memorable by my marriage with Zénaìde Ramodanofsky. For many reasons we did not return to Russia until, in the spring of 1703, the King of France said to me: “M. de Brousson, there is no one else whom I care to send to Moscow on a delicate mission. You have married a Russian, you know Russia and the czar. In short, monsieur, I desire that you should go.”

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Taylor, Mary Imlay: Caleb Trench. v1. 6 Dec 2015

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Mary Imlay Taylor: Born 1878: Died 1938 Aug 28

Excerpt
“Caleb Trench,” Diana replied carelessly, “the shopkeeper at Eshcol.”

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Taylor, Mary Imlay: My Lady Clancarty. v1. 8 Dec 2015

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Mary Imlay Taylor: Born 1878: Died 1938 Aug 28

My Lady Clancarty; being the true story of the Earl of Clancarty and Lady Elizabeth Spencer

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Taylor, Zachary: State of the Union. v1.0 17 October 2007

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Nate the great

Zachary Taylor (November 24, 1784 – July 9, 1850) was an American military leader and the twelfth President of the United States. A Southern slaveholder who opposed the spread of slavery to the territories, he was uninterested in politics but was recruited by the Whig Party as their nominee in the 1848 presidential election. In the election Taylor defeated the Democratic nominee, Lewis Cass, and became the first U.S. president never to hold any prior office. Taylor was also the first and to date only president from Louisiana, and the last southerner to be elected president until Woodrow Wilson (Andrew Johnson became president through succession).

Taylor died just 16 months into his term. Vice President Millard Fillmore became President.

from:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/President_Taylor

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Tebb & Vollum: Premature Burial & How it may be Prevented, v1, 21 Oct 2007.

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Patricia

William Tebb and Edward Perry
Premature Burial, And How It May Be Prevented
With Special Reference To Trance, Catalepsy And Other Forms Of Suspended Animation
(1905)

Apparently it doesn’t only happen in Edgar Allen Poe’s stories….

Another in our series of debatably-useful instructional works.

This came from a poor scan in the Internet Archive. I’ve tidied it up but expect that some errors remain.

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Teller, Woolsey: The Atheism of Astronomy, v.1, 1 June 2008.

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Patricia

The Atheism of Astronomy:
A Refutation of the Theory That the Universe is Governed by Intelligence
1938

Apparently the heavens do not actually declare the glory of God.

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Templeton, Herminie: Darby O'Gill (1903); v2,. 27 Jan 2021

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Pulpmeister

Famous Irish tales, later made into a Disney movie with Janet Munro and a young Sean Connery. Already in the Kindle library as a prc format only, so I have made a cover (almost all images of the cover on the internet are of the Disney movie tie-in edition), and converted to epub, azw3 and mobi.

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Templeton, Herminie: Darby O'Gill, v1.0, 9 Nov, 2007

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BenG

[QUOTTHIS history sets forth the only true account of the adventures of a daring Tipperary man named Darby O'Gill among the Fairies of Sleive-na-mon.

These adventures were first related to me by Mr. Jerry Murtaugh, a reliable car-driver, who goes between Kilcuny and Ballinderg. He is a first cousin of Darby O'Gill's own mother.[/QUOT

These are the original stories by Herminie Templeton that were published in McClure's Magazine from 1901-1902. They were later collected into a book and published as Darby O'Gill and the Good People by Herminie Templeton Kavanagh.

It was later made into a movie by Walt Disney called Darby O'Gill and the Little People starring a pre-Bond Sean Connery.

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Templeton, Herminie: The Ashes of Old Wishes, v1, 3 Feb 2021

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Pulpmeister

Further tales of Darby O'Gill, and of others. First published more than 20 years after "Darby O'Gill", by which time she was Herminie Templeton Kavanagh

1: The Ashes of Old Wishes
2: The Haunted Bell
3: The Sheep Stealer
4: Bridgeen and the Leprechaun
5: The Monks of Saint Bride
6: Killbohgan and Killboggan
7: The Crocks of Gold
8: How Satan Cheated Sarah Muldowney
9: Patrick of the Bells

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Tenneshaw, S. M: The Monster. V1. 1 May 2009

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crutledge

Another jewel from the pulps.

Excerpt
What will cosmic rays do to a living organism? Will they destroy life, or produce immortality? The eminent Dr. Blair Gaddon thought he knew ...

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Tennyson, Alfred Lord: Idylls of the King (Illustrated). v1, 14 Aug 2008

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HarryT

Description from Wikipedia:

[Idylls of the King[/, published between 1856 and 1885, is a cycle of twelve narrative poems by the English poet Alfred, Lord Tennyson (1809–1892; Poet Laureate from 1850) which retells the legend of King Arthur, his knights, his love for Guinevere and her tragic betrayal of him, following the rise and fall of Arthur and his kingdom. The whole work recounts Arthur's attempt and failure to lift up mankind and create a perfect kingdom, from his coming to power to his death at the hands of the traitor Mordred. Individual poems detail the deeds of various knights, including Lancelot, Geraint, Galahad, and Balin and Balan, and also Merlin and the Lady of the Lake. There is little transition between Idylls, but the central figure of Arthur links all the stories. The poems were dedicated to the late Albert, Prince Consort.

Tennyson based his retelling primarily on Sir Thomas Malory's [Le Morte d'Arthur[/ and the [Mabinogion[/, but with many expansions, additions, and several adaptions, a notable example of which is the fate of Guinevere. In Malory she is sentenced to be burnt at the stake but is rescued by Lancelot; in the Idylls Guinevere flees to a convent, is forgiven by Arthur, repents, and serves in the convent until she dies. Tennyson amended the traditional spellings of several names to fit the meter.

The Idylls are written in blank verse (except for the last verse of the last idyll, which happens to be an alexandrine). Tennyson's descriptions of nature are derived from observations of his own surroundings, collected over the course of many years.

Part of the work was written in the Hanbury Arms in Caerleon, where a plaque commemorates the event. The dramatic narratives are not an epic either in structure or tone, but derive elegiac sadness from the idylls of Theocritus. [Idylls of the King[/ is often read as an allegory of the societal conflicts in the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland during the mid-Victorian era.

Illustrated with woodblock illustrations by Gustave Doré.

Enjoy!

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Tennyson, Alfred Lord: The Early Poems. v1.1. 28/11/2008

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Argel

A classic edition. Edited with a critical introduction, commentaries and notes, together with the various readings, a transcript of the poems temporarily and finally suppressed and a bibliography, by John Churton Collins

This is a slight reworking of the Gutenberg HTML version. The archived Gutenberg version seems to lack the Greek lettering images and has a few inconsistencies of format. A small number of alterations to formatting have also been made to bring the format closer to that of the printed text in the Oxford edition of [Poems and Plays[/.

Indents delineating sections in the poems, many of which were missing from the Gutenberg edition, have been re-inserted in the form of empty lines where they have been noticed.

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Tepperman, Emile C: 3 by Tepperman. V1. 6 Jul 2012

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crutledge

Emile C. Tepperman had quite an accomplished pulp writing career, but arguably his most remembered work has been the Purple Invasion Series for Operator 5. All told, Emile Tepperman penned issues number twenty-one through thirty-nine, including the thirteen Purple Invasion stories. Mr. Tepperman had quite a number of other pulp successes as well. His character Ed Race appeared regularly in the Spider Magazine. In fact, Mr. Tepperman penned eleven Spider novels, mostly during 1937. Plus, his Secret Agent X stories acted as a pre-cursor to his Operator 5 work. Mr. Tepperman also had a successful series in Ace G-Man featuring the Suicide Squad which might rival is Operator 5 fame.

A CUE FOR THE CORPSE
IN THIS CORNER - DEATH
THE MANCHU SKULL

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Tepperman, Emile C: Avenger Stories. V1. 4 Jul 2012

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crutledge

Emile C. Tepperman had quite an accomplished pulp writing career, but arguably his most remembered work has been the Purple Invasion Series for Operator 5. All told, Emile Tepperman penned issues number twenty-one through thirty-nine, including the thirteen Purple Invasion stories. Mr. Tepperman had quite a number of other pulp successes as well. His character Ed Race appeared regularly in the Spider Magazine. In fact, Mr. Tepperman penned eleven Spider novels, mostly during 1937. Plus, his Secret Agent X stories acted as a pre-cursor to his Operator 5 work. Mr. Tepperman also had a successful series in Ace G-Man featuring the Suicide Squad which might rival is Operator 5 fame.

DEATH TO THE AVENGER
A COFFIN FOR THE AVENGER!
CALLING JUSTICE, INC
CARGO OF DOOM
TO FIND A DEAD MAN

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Tepperman, Emile C: Marty Quade Stories. V1. 5 Jul 2012

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crutledge

Emile C. Tepperman had quite an accomplished pulp writing career, but arguably his most remembered work has been the Purple Invasion Series for Operator 5. All told, Emile Tepperman penned issues number twenty-one through thirty-nine, including the thirteen Purple Invasion stories. Mr. Tepperman had quite a number of other pulp successes as well. His character Ed Race appeared regularly in the Spider Magazine. In fact, Mr. Tepperman penned eleven Spider novels, mostly during 1937. Plus, his Secret Agent X stories acted as a pre-cursor to his Operator 5 work. Mr. Tepperman also had a successful series in Ace G-Man featuring the Suicide Squad which might rival is Operator 5 fame.

MARRIED FOR MURDER
PARADE OF THE WOODEN KIMONOS
A HALF INTEREST IN HELL

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Tepperman, Emile C: Operator #5 Stories. V1. 6 Jul 2012

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crutledge

Emile C. Tepperman had quite an accomplished pulp writing career, but arguably his most remembered work has been the Purple Invasion Series for Operator 5. All told, Emile Tepperman penned issues number twenty-one through thirty-nine, including the thirteen Purple Invasion stories. Mr. Tepperman had quite a number of other pulp successes as well. His character Ed Race appeared regularly in the Spider Magazine. In fact, Mr. Tepperman penned eleven Spider novels, mostly during 1937. Plus, his Secret Agent X stories acted as a pre-cursor to his Operator 5 work. Mr. Tepperman also had a successful series in Ace G-Man featuring the Suicide Squad which might rival is Operator 5 fame.

RAIDERS OF THE RED DEATH
WAR MASTERS FROM THE ORIENT

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Tepperman, Emile C: Secret Agent X Omnibus. V1. 29 Dec 2008

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crutledge

Secret Agent X was the title of a U.S. pulp magazine published by A. A. Wyn, and the name of the main character featured in the magazine. The magazine ran for 41 issues between February 1934 and March 1939.
The Secret Agent X stories were written by more than one author, but they all appeared under the "house name" of Brant House.[1] The first Secret Agent X story, The Torture Trust was written by Paul Chadwick, who went on to write at least fifteen others. Later stories were produced by G. T. Fleming-Roberts, Emile C. Tepperman and Wayne Rogers.
In the stories, the true identity of Secret Agent X is never revealed. He is a master of disguise, known as "the man of a thousand faces", who adopts several different identities in each story. Although he is a dedicated crime-fighter working undercover for the U.S. government, this is unknown to the police who consider him an outlaw. His true role is known only to newspaper reporter Betty Dale and his mysterious Washington controller, K-9. Agent X come close to being undone once by a woman who could recognise him no matter what his disguise. She turned out to be blind and recognised his manner of walking.
Although ostensibly in the crime genre, the Secret Agent X stories were situated at the more far-fetched end of the spectrum, with a number of science fiction elements such as futuristic weapons and mad scientists. They were generally given highly sensational titles such as The Ambassador of Doom (May 1934), Servants of the Skull (November 1934), The Golden Ghoul (July 1935), Satan’s Syndicate (August 1937) and Curse of the Crimson Horde (September 1938). There were a number of similarities between Secret Agent X and other pulp heroes of the time such as The Shadow, the Green Lama and Operator No. 5. Authors such as Tepperman and Rogers produced stories for Operator No. 5 magazine as well as for Secret Agent X.
Beginning in 1996 Secret Agent X became the latest in a series of pulp heroes to be revived. In Tom Johnson's short story "Horror's Monster," published in Classic Pulp Fiction Stories Agent X's saga moved into the early days of World War II. Here he squared off against criminals who employed giant spiders to achieve their nefarious ends. Since publication of Johnson's tale, Stephen Payne has penned three novels starring the Secret Agent: The Freezing Fiends, Master of Madness, and Halo of Horror, all appearing under the aegis of Fading Shadows books. Halo of Horror has since been reprinted in a pulp facsimile format by Altus Press. Altus Press has also published other Secret Agent X material: The Stolen Formula, a rewrite of a Secret Agent X story written specifically for the Greek audience, and The Secret Agent X Companion, a comprehensive history of the character by Tom Johnson and Will Murray. Altus Press has also begun an ambitious reprinting of the entire Secret Agent "X" series in nine volumes. In addition, Wild Cat Books issued two collections of novellas showcasing the Agent; Secret Agent X Volumes 1 & 2. These were edited by pulp historian/writer, Ron Fortier and are currently Airship 27 Productions and published by Cornerstone Books Publisher. It is a continuing series of all new stories with future volumes in production. And recently Stephen Payne has begun work on the fourth new Secret Agent X novel, The Resurrection Ring, which will reveal new facts about the origin of the Man of a Thousand Faces.

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Tepperman, Emile C: Secret Agent X Stories. V1. 5 Jul 2012

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crutledge

Emile C. Tepperman had quite an accomplished pulp writing career, but arguably his most remembered work has been the Purple Invasion Series for Operator 5. All told, Emile Tepperman penned issues number twenty-one through thirty-nine, including the thirteen Purple Invasion stories. Mr. Tepperman had quite a number of other pulp successes as well. His character Ed Race appeared regularly in the Spider Magazine. In fact, Mr. Tepperman penned eleven Spider novels, mostly during 1937. Plus, his Secret Agent X stories acted as a pre-cursor to his Operator 5 work. Mr. Tepperman also had a successful series in Ace G-Man featuring the Suicide Squad which might rival is Operator 5 fame.

CONSIDINE LAUGHS
THE EYES OF DURGA
THE MURDER MONSTER
NO LIVING WITNESS
PAID IN SLUGS
SATAN'S SCALPEL
TOMB OF TORTURE
TONG TORTURE

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Tepperman, Emile C: Suicide Squad Stories. V1. 5 Jul 2012

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Emile C. Tepperman had quite an accomplished pulp writing career, but arguably his most remembered work has been the Purple Invasion Series for Operator 5. All told, Emile Tepperman penned issues number twenty-one through thirty-nine, including the thirteen Purple Invasion stories. Mr. Tepperman had quite a number of other pulp successes as well. His character Ed Race appeared regularly in the Spider Magazine. In fact, Mr. Tepperman penned eleven Spider novels, mostly during 1937. Plus, his Secret Agent X stories acted as a pre-cursor to his Operator 5 work. Mr. Tepperman also had a successful series in Ace G-Man featuring the Suicide Squad which might rival is Operator 5 fame.

THE SUICIDE SQUAD REPORTS FOR DEATH
THE SUICIDE SQUAD - DEAD OR ALIVE
THE SUICIDE SQUAD AND THE MURDER BUND
SUICIDE SQUAD - TARGETS FOR THE FLAMING ARROWS

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Terhune, Albert Payson: Are You Fit To Own A Dog? v.1.2, 13 February 2008.

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Patricia

Albert Payson Terhune (1872–1942)
Are You Fit To Own A Dog? If you give a dog for a Christmas present be sure the recipient is worth it
(This article originally appeared in the December 1928 issue of The American Home magazine.)

A short article whose title is self-explanatory.
I have added a cover and a picture.

Edited to add:
Mtravellerh was kind enough to report a typo, so I have replaced the original file with a corrected version. The original had 11 views.

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- Are you fit to own a dog.prc

Terhune, Albert Payson: Black Caesar’s Clan, v.1, 13 February 2009.

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Patricia

Albert Payson Terhune (1872–1942)
Black Caesar’s Clan (1922)

A tale of mystery and adventure, set in Florida.
A collie dog does feature in the tale, but in a minor role (unlike many other books by this author.)

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- Black Caesars Clan.prc

Terhune, Albert Payson: Bruce, v.1, 8 February 2009.

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Patricia

Albert Payson Terhune (1872–1942)
Bruce (1920)

Another dog story. Bruce, a gallant Collie, serves as a courier dog in France, during the First World War.

The source was PG.

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Terhune, Albert Payson: Further Adventures of Lad, v.1, 8 February 2009.

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Patricia

Albert Payson Terhune (1872–1942)
Further Adventures of Lad (1922)
This book was later republished as: Dog Stories Every Child Should Know (1941).

A sequel to “Lad: A Dog.” Lad, the collie dog rescues innocent children, shows heroism etc.

The source was PG.

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Terhune, Albert Payson: His Dog, v.1, 8 February 2009.

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Patricia

Albert Payson Terhune (1872–1942)
His Dog (1922)

Another dog story from Terhune. A lonely young man rescues an injured collie dog. He learns to be a man through caring for it. The dog (“Chum”) is a loyal and intelligent creature. Unfortunately, events may conspire to part them…

The source was PG.

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Terhune, Albert Payson: Lad: A Dog, v.1, 8 February 2009.

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Patricia

Albert Payson Terhune (1872–1942)
Lad: A Dog (1919)

The life of a collie dog, whose character traits – bravery, chivalry, intelligence – contrast with many of the humans he encounters.
The author has based many of the stories on his own dog’s life.

I have added a cover picture of the author and the original ‘Lad’, also an illustration of the dog’s grave. The source was a scanned PDF at The Internet Archive.

People interested in dogs and literature may also care to know about Doglit-H, a listserv dedicated to the topic. See: http://www.math.ttu.edu/~wlewis/DogLit.html

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Terhune, Albert Payson: With A Reverse English, v.1, 13 February 2009.

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Patricia

Albert Payson Terhune (1872–1942)
With A Reverse English
This story originally appeared in the March 26, 1927 issue of The Saturday Evening Post.

A collection of dog-related anecdotes. Topics include stories about a blind dog, how to discourage dogs from stealing food, and how to persuade a previously lame dog that he is now cured.

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- Reverse English.prc

Tey, Josephine [Gordon Daviot]: The Privateer, v.1, 23 November 2008.

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Patricia

Josephine Tey was the pen name of Elizabeth MacKintosh (1896-1952). Here she is writing as Gordon Daviot.

The Privateer (1952) is a historical novel which covers the life of Captain Henry Morgan, a privateer who became Sir Henry Morgan, Governor-General of Jamaica.

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Tey, Josephine: A Shilling for Candles (1936); v1, 2 Feb 2002

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Pulpmeister

An Inspector Grant detective case. Josephine Tey was one of the pseudonyms of Scottish author Elizabeth MacKintosh (1896-1952), who also wrote as Gordon Daviot.

The story hinges on an odd phrase in a will; one heir is left just "a shilling for candles".

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Tey, Josephine: Brat Farrar, v.1, 22 July 2008.

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Patricia

Josephine Tey [Elizabeth MacKintosh] (1896–1952)
Brat Farrar (1949)

A young man has a strong resemblance to the missing owner of a country estate and is persuaded to impersonate him. But what has happened to the missing man? And who is the claimant? He rapidly develops qualms, then finds that even more complications arise, particularly when his own life is threatened …

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Tey, Josephine: Kif: An Unvarnished History, V1, 19Feb 2010

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Strether

Writing under the name Gordon Daviot, Tey's first novel portrays the history of one Archibald Vicar, called Kif, from his life at 15 as a hired man on a farm, then as a soldier during WWI, a bookmaker, and finally a thief.

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Tey, Josephine: Miss Pym Disposes, v.1, 4Aug2008

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Strether

An amateur psychologist, flush with success as a new author, visits a girls' school, solves a murder, and decides she has a lot to learn about psychology.

11-13-08: Reformatted to give better title and author metadata, as well as provide an activated toc control. Previous version had 122 downloads

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Tey, Josephine: The Daughter of Time, v.2, 16 April 2009

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Patricia

Josephine Tey [Elizabeth MacKintosh] (1896–1952)
The Daughter of Time (1951)

Inspector Grant of Scotland Yard is recovering in hospital after surgery. During his convalescence, he investigates a historical mystery: who really murdered the princes in the tower? Was Richard III really guilty?

The novel recently appeared on PG Australia.

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- The Daughter of Time.prc

Tey, Josephine: The Expensive Halo, v.1, 28 June 2009.

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Patricia

Josephine Tey (Elizabeth MacKintosh) (1896–1952)
The Expensive Halo: A Fable Without Moral (1931)

This is a social comedy about a pair of brothers and sisters in two dysfunctional families, set in London during the 1920s.
Gareth and Sara are attempting to leave their overbearing father who is a preacher in a sect more restrictive than the Plymouth Brethren. Meanwhile, Ursula Deane and her brother, Lord Chitterne are bored. What will happen when the two pairs of siblings meet?
Josephine Tey is most well-known for her detective mysteries.

The source was Project Gutenberg Australia. I have made hundreds of corrections because the file was not in a good state. Please tell me of any more corrections that need to be made.

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- The Expensive Halo.prc

Tey, Josephine: The Franchise Affair, v.1, 21 July 2008.

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Patricia

Josephine Tey [Elizabeth MacKintosh] (1896–1952)
The Franchise Affair (1948).

A young girl claims to have been kidnapped and forced to work as a domestic servant in an isolated house belonging to two women. Can this story be true? (It may have been inspired by the 18th century true-life story of Elizabeth Canning, who also claimed to have been abducted in order to explain an absence from home.)

A classic detective story.

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- Tey_Franchise Affair.prc

Tey, Josephine: The Man in the Queue, v1, 29 September 2009.

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Patricia

Josephine Tey (1896–1952)
The Man in the Queue (1929)

A man is stabbed in a queue for the theatre. The corpse has no identification and is carrying a gun. Inspector Grant investigates …

The source was PG Australia. The file had a lot of errors. Please tell me if you find any that I’ve missed, so that I can correct them.

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- The Man in the Queue.prc

Tey, Josephine: The Singing Sands, v.1, 4 April 2009

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Patricia

Josephine Tey [Elizabeth MacKintosh] (1896–1952)
The Singing Sands (1952)

Inspector Grant of Scotland Yard has a bad case of mental strain, and goes to Scotland, planning a recuperative fishing holiday. But a man is found dead on the overnight sleeper train. And there is a scrap of paper with an enigmatic verse about singing sands…

Sand is a leitmotiv in this detective novel. Most of Josephine Tey’s other novels have already been uploaded. The source was PG Canada.

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- The Singing Sands.prc

Tey, Josephine: To Love and Be Wise, v.1, 21 July 2008.

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Patricia

Josephine Tey [Elizabeth MacKintosh] (1896–1952)
To love and Be Wise (1950)

An American goes missing in a country village inhabited by artistic types. Inspector Grant investigates…

This has plot devices similar to those used subsequently in Ruth Rendell’s first novel, ‘From Doon with Death,’ [1964] and, to a lesser extent, in her later novel ‘A Sleeping Life’.

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- Tey_ Love and Be Wise.prc

Thackeray, W M: The Story of Mary Ancel, v.1, 7 August 2008.

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Patricia

William Makepeace Thackeray
The Story of Mary Ancel
From ‘The Paris Sketch Book of Mr. M. A. Titmarsh’ (1840).

This short story recently appeared on PG Australia.
The setting is Alsace in revolutionary France. A young woman is faced with a cruel dilemma: she must either marry a very unpleasant revolutionary, or her closest relatives will be executed…

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- Thackeray_Mary Ancel.prc

Thackeray, W M: Vanity Fair, v1, 10 Oct 2007.

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Patricia

Another English classic and a very satisfying read, especially if you like irony.
I have restored the accents and added a TOC and picture.

Spelling Note:
Please note that Becky Sharp’s teacher does refer to Dr Johnson’s Dictionary as the ‘Dixonary’ (-- she is not as well-educated as we have been led to believe). Also, several members of the Crawley family have atrocious spelling. It is not a mistake.

From Wikipedia:
Vanity Fair: A Novel without a Hero is a novel by William Makepeace Thackeray that satirizes society in early 19th-century England.
The term "vanity fair" originates from the allegorical story The Pilgrim's Progress, published in 1678 by John Bunyan where there is a town fair held in a village called Vanity.
The subtitle, A Novel without a Hero, is apt because the characters are all flawed to a greater or lesser degree; even the most sympathetic have weaknesses, for example Captain Dobbin, who is prone to vanity and melancholy. The human weaknesses Thackeray illustrates are mostly to do with greed, idleness, and snobbery, and the scheming, deceit and hypocrisy which mask them. None of the characters are wholly evil, though. Even Becky, who is amoral and cunning, is thrown on her own resources by poverty and its stigma. (She's the orphaned daughter of a poor artist.) Thackeray's tendency to highlight faults in all of his characters displays his desire for a greater level of realism in his fiction compared to the rather unlikely or idealised people in many contemporary novels.
The novel is a satire of society as a whole, characterised by hypocrisy and opportunism, but it is not a reforming novel; there is no suggestion that social or political changes, or greater piety and moral reformism could improve the nature of society. It thus paints a fairly bleak view of the human condition. This bleak portrait is continued with Thackeray's own role as an omniscient narrator, one of the writers best known for using the technique. He continually offers asides about his characters and compares them to actors and puppets, but his scorn goes even as far as his readers; accusing all who may be interested in such "Vanity Fairs" as being either "of a lazy, or a benevolent, or a sarcastic mood".
The work is often compared to the other great historical novel which covered the Napoleonic wars: Tolstoy's War and Peace. While Tolstoy's work has a greater emphasis on the historical detail and the effect the war has upon his protagonists, Thackeray instead uses the conflict as more of a backdrop to the lives of his characters. The momentous events on the continent do not always have an equally important influence on the behaviors of Thackeray's characters. Rather their faults tend to compound over time. This is in contrast to the redemptive power conflict has on the characters in War and Peace. For Thackeray, the Napoleonic wars as a whole can be thought of as one more of the vanities expressed in the title.

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Thackeray, W.M.: Barry Lyndon. v1, 23 Jan 2008

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The racy memoirs of the Irish braggart and rogue who flourished, if that's the right word, in the late 1700s, are delightfully imagined by one of the great Victorian writers. Even more than Dickens, his contemporary, Thackeray can still beguile the modern reader, as is well testified in his first important novel.

First published in 1844, this is Thackeray's earliest substantial work of fiction and perhaps his most original.

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Thackeray, W.M.: Pendennis. v1 29 Jan 2008

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The full title is [The History of Pendennis[/. This is one of Thackeray's later works. From Wikipedia:

Pendennis (1848–1850) is a novel by the English author William Makepeace Thackeray. It is set in 19th century England, particularly in London. The main hero is a young English gentleman Arthur Pendennis who is born in the country and sets out for London to seek his place in life and society. In line with other Thackeray's works, most notably Vanity Fair, Pendennis offers an insightful and satiric picture of human character and aristocratic society. The characters include the snobbish social hanger-on Major Pendennis and the tipsy Captain Costigan. Miss Amory and Sir Clavering are somewhat reminiscent of Becky Sharp and Sir Pitt from Vanity Fair.

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Thackeray, W.M.: The Book of Snobs. v1, 15 Jan 2008

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From Amazon.com:

This humorous study begins with the assertion that 'Snobs are to be studied like other objects of Natural Science'

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Thackeray, William M: Jahrmarkt der Eitelkeit. [German]. 20-Nov-2010

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William Makepeace Thackeray (* 18. Juli 1811 in Kalkutta; † 24. Dezember 1863 in London) war ein englischer Schriftsteller und gilt neben Charles Dickens und George Eliot als bedeutendster englischsprachiger Romancier des Viktorianischen Zeitalters.

Im Zentrum des Romans stehen die unterschiedlichen Biografien der zwei Schulfreundinnen Amelia Sedley und Becky Sharp. Amelia, passiv und selbstlos, entspricht dem konventionellen idealisierten Frauentypus. Die selbstbewusst und egoistisch agierende Verführerin Becky verkörpert eine Variation der Femme Fatale. Um sie gruppieren sich mehrere andere Figuren, die für verschiedene Liebeskonzeptionen und Lebensentwürfe stehen. Amelia heiratet den Kaufmannssohn George Osborne, der seine Frau mit der attraktiven Becky betrügt, die mittlerweile den Offizier Rawdon Crawley geehelicht hat, fällt im Krieg. Amelia idealisiert ihren Mann und ist nicht bereit, auf die ehrlichen Absichten Dobbins einzugehen. Die Wende führt ausgerechnet Becky herbei, die nach einer Affäre mit dem Aristokraten Lord Steyne von ihrem Mann verstoßen wurde. Als sie Amelia den wahren Charakter ihres verstorbenen Mannes offenbart, willigt diese in eine Hochzeit mit Dobbin ein. Dobbin heiratet Amelia, obwohl er längst erkannt hat, dass sie nichts weiter ist als ein »kleiner Parasit«.

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Thackeray, William Makepeace: Adventures of Major Gahagan. v1, 9 May 2008

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Full title: "The Tremendous Adventures of Major Gahagan".

Satirical work describing the completely outragous exploits of "Major Goliah O'Grady Gahagan, H.E.I.C.S.", in India, in which he single-handedly defeats entire armies of rampaging natives, kills 134 elephants with a single shot, and many other heroic exploits.

Horribly "un-PC" by today's standards, but extremely funny.

This book, like many other of Thackeray's works, is based on his experiences growing up as a boy in India.

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Thackeray, William Makepeace: Barry Lyndon. v1, 9 May 2008

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Description from Amazon:

The story of the adventures of Barry Lyndon, Irish adventurer, originally Barry Redmond, who became a chance soldier in the British and Prussian armies during the Seven Years War (1756-1763). After his adventures as a soldier and a spy, he becomes a professional gambler and faithful companion of the Chevalier de Balibari. Together they cheat the most famous courts of Europe with their "skill" at cards and build up a substantial fortune to add to their fame. The gambler gives up his days of adventure-seeking after conveniently "falling in love" with the Countess of Lyndon just after her extremely wealthy husband dies. His downfall comes soon after.

Although much less well-known than "Vanity Fair", "Barry Lyndon" is regarded by some as Thackeray's best work.

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Thackeray, William Makepeace: Catherine. v1, 14 May 2008

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Swashbuckling comic adventure from Thackeray:

[quotAt that famous period of history, when the seventeenth century (after a deal of quarrelling, king-killing, reforming, republicanising, restoring, re-restoring, play-writing, sermon-writing, Oliver-Cromwellising, Stuartising, and Orangising, to be sure) had sunk into its grave, giving place to the lusty eighteenth; when Mr. Isaac Newton was a tutor of Trinity, and Mr. Joseph Addison Commissioner of Appeals; when the presiding genius that watched over the destinies of the French nation had played out all the best cards in his hand, and his adversaries began to pour in their trumps; when there were two kings in Spain employed perpetually in running away from one another; when there was a queen in England, with such rogues for Ministers as have never been seen, no, not in our own day; and a General, of whom it may be severely argued, whether he was the meanest miser or the greatest hero in the world; when Mrs. Masham had not yet put Madam Marlborough's nose out of joint; when people had their ears cut off for writing very meek political pamphlets; and very large full-bottomed wigs were just beginning to be worn with powder; and the face of Louis the Great, as his was handed in to him behind the bed-curtains, was, when issuing thence, observed to look longer, older, and more dismal daily...[/quot

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Thackeray, William Makepeace: The Bedford-Row Conspiracy. v1, 9 May 2008

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Satirical novella by Thackeray. To say too much about it would give away the plot. Read it - it's great fun!

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Thackeray, William Makepeace: The Book of Snobs. v1, 12 May 2008

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Classic satire from Thackeray, in which he describes all the different types of "snobs" to be found in 19th century society. It was this work which led to the wide-spread use of the word "snob" in the English language.

A very funny book - well worth reading.

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Thackeray, William Makepeace: The History of Henry Esmond, Esq. v1, 22 May 2008

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1852 historical novel, widely considered to be one of the greatest Victorian historical novels.

The book tells the story of Henry Esmond, a colonel in the service of Queen Anne of England (the period of time covered in the book is 1691 to 1714). The novel captures the events of the Battle of the Boyne and the Battle of Blenheim by the army of Marlborough.

The sequel to this novel was [The Virginians[/, written in 1857–59.

The novel's anachronistic illustrations of the reign of Queen Anne, using contemporary (1850s) architecture and furniture designs, led to these being called "Queen Anne" style.

Thackeray was a frequent visitor to Clevedon Court in Clevedon, Somerset. He wrote part of the novel there and the house was the inspiration for "Castlewood", one of the settings of the novel.

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Thackeray, William Makepeace: Vanity Fair (Illustrated). v1, 3 May 2008

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Description from Amazon:

"Vanity Fair", Thackeray's panoramic, satirical saga of corruption at all levels of English society, was published in 1847 but set during the Napoleonic Wars. It chronicles the lives of two women who could not be more different: Becky Sharp, an orphan whose only resources are her vast ambitions, her native wit, and her loose morals; and her schoolmate Amelia Sedley, a typically naive Victorian heroine, the pampered daughter of a wealthy family. Becky's fluctuating fortunes eventually bring her to an affair with Amelia's dissolute husband; when he is killed at Waterloo, Amelia and her child are left penniless, while Becky and her husband Rawdon Crawley rise in the world, managing to lead a high life in London solely on the basis of their shrewdness.(The chapter entitled "How to Live on Nothing" is a classic.) Thackeray's subtitle, "A Novel Without a Hero," is understating the case; his view of humanity in this novel is distinctly bleak and deliberately antiheroic. Critics of the time misunderstood the book, decrying it as (among other things) vicious, vile, and odious.

Fully illustrated with Thackeray's original pen and ink illustrations.

It's interesting to note that [Vanity Fair[/ was one of the first examples of what's called the "multi-plot" novel, which became hugely popular between the late 1840s and the mid 1870s. This is a type of novel in which two or more entirely separate groups of characters have their stories told, with the author eventually bringing everything together to form a conclusion in which everyone "participates".

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Thayer, Ella Cheever.: Wired Love A Romance of Dots and Dashes. v1, 20 Jan 2008

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From the Boston Globe:

Nattie and Clem, who work in separate offices of the same company, strike up a banter that becomes flirtatious.
Between deadlines, they tease each other, laugh at the misunderstandings that result from their virtual friendship - and wonder uneasily what the other is really like. But when they meet, they're so tongue-tied that they quickly go back to their faceless chatter.
Sound familiar? Nattie and Clem could be your cubicle neighbors. But they are fictional telegraph operators, communicating via Morse code in the startlingly powerful novel, ''Wired Love.'' The author, Ella Cheever Thayer, was a Boston telegraph operator who long ago understood the pros and cons of the electronic relations we've grown to depend on.

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Thayer, Ella Cheever: Wired Love.V2.17 Aug 2013

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From Wikipedia:
[quotElla Cheever Thayer (September 14, 1849 – 1925) was a playwright and novelist. A former telegraph operator at the Brunswick Hotel in Boston, Massachusetts, who used her experience on the telegraph as the basis for a book ("Wired Love, A Romance of Dots and Dashes" was a bestseller for 10 years). She was a playwright, writing "The Lords of Creation" in 1883 as a suffragette (her play is reviewed in the book "On to Victory: Propaganda Plays of the Woman's Suffrage Movement" by Bettina Friedl, Published in 1990, ISBN 1-55553-073-7) and it was one of the first suffragette plays. She also wrote "Amber, a Daughter of Bohemia" which was a drama in 5 acts in 1883.

She also wrote short stories for magazines including "The Forgotten Past" in Argosy (magazine) (January, 1897).

She was a resident of Saugus, Massachusetts.[/quot

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The Geneva Conventions. v1, 30 June 2008

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The full title and content is "The Geneva Conventions and Related Conventions and Agreements". This is the complete set of documents that are the core of International Law in regards War and associated Humanitarian issues. [Sometimes this whole collection is erroneously called "The Geneva Convention".]

Based on the LRF version prepared by TedPark; I used it's source html since it was offered up for conversion. :thumbsup:

[q_index]...Everybody needs to read these. Almost everyone thinks they know what is in here (i.e. they are pretty much harmless ideas where we recognize our evolved state, and general cultural sophistication, and agree to not act like barbarians), but they would be largely wrong. This body of work is the most incredible hodge podge of rules and agreements that ranges from the brilliant, to the ludicrous, and the best intentions gone awry, and odd anachronisms. Some of my "favorites" include: special treatment given to religious personnel, not anticipating that such people may actually be the leaders of the beligerents; the related failure to account for the fact that civilians may actually be combatants; it's allowance for killing people but not making them work for free, or too hard, or for too long; outlawing Ruse de Guerre, yet providing many more useful tools for same; agreement to use less effective bullets; the definition of mercenaries as essentially subhuman in regards humanitarian considerations; and preferential POW treatment for officers vs. the rank and file soldiers. And of course, the most obvious unindented consequence - seeming to turn the traditional mayhem of international strife into a structured game, complete with rule book, definitions of "sportsmanship", scoring, referees, and penalties. Finally, it is interesting to read in-order from beginning to end. It is hard to avoid the impression that a few good men trying to do good work evolved into a lot of bureaucrats trying to preserve or expand their power and scope of control. Particularly fascinating is the evolutioin of POW rules from not much more than "treat them humanely" to specifying a lot of details, such as what can and cannot be sold in the canteen.

Included in this document are:

1864
Amelioration of the Condition of the Wounded on the Field of Battle

1899 Hague Peace Conference
Hague I - Pacific Settlement of International Disputes
Hague II - Laws and Customs of War on Land
Hague III - Adaptation to Maritime Warfare
Decl I - Launching of Projectiles and Explosives from Balloons
Decl II - Projectiles Diffusing of Deleterious Gases
Decl III - Bullets Which Expand or Flatten Easily

1907 Hague Hague Conference
Hague I - Pacific Settlement of International Disputes
Hague II - Limitation of Force for Recovery of Debts
Hague III - Opening of Hostilities
Hague IV - Laws and Customs of War on Land
Hague V - Rights/Duties of Neutral Powers in Land War
Hague VI - Status of Enemy Merchant Ships
Hague VII - Conversion of Merchant Ships into War Ships
Hague VIII - Laying of Automatic Submarine Contact Mines
Hague IX - Bombardment by Naval Forces in Time of War
Hague X - Adaptation to Maritime War of the Principles
Hague XI - Restrictions of the Right of Capture in Naval War
Hague XII - The Creation of an International Prize Court
Hague XIII - Rights/Duties of Neutral Powers in Naval War

1925 Geneva Convention
Protocol for the Prohibition of the Use in War of Asphyxiating Gas, and for Bacteriological Methods of Warfare

1929 Geneva Convention
Convention Between the United States of America and Other Powers, Relating to Prisoners of War

1949 Geneva Convention
Conv I - Amelioration of the Condition of the Wounded and Sick in Armed Forces in the Field
Conv II - Amelioration of the Condition of Wounded, Sick and Shipwrecked Members of Armed Forces at Sea
Conv III - The Treatment of Prisoners of War
Conv IV - The Protection of Civilian Persons
Protocol I - The Protection of Victims of International Conflicts
Annex I to Protocol I - Regulations concerning identification
Annex II to Protocol I - Identity Card for Journalists
Protocol II - Protection of Victims of Non-International Conflicts
Protocol III - Adoption of an Additional Distinctive Emblem

On another front entirely, I also did this as a test of the tools currently availabe to eBook creators. Rather than a novel with lots of standard paragraphs with an occaisional chapter break, this is a highly structured document in which it is as important to capture the hierarchy as the numerous small paragraphs. It also requires a multi-level TOC in order to be useful. What I found is that no tool known to me was very helpful. In fact, they generally turned out to be more of a burden than a help. In the end, this document was created by gathering dozens of separate text files from various online resources, pasting them into MS-WORD, a lot of hand manipulation and editing with Office Automation tools (including hand-marking the several levels of "chapters"), conversion to HTML, and a thorough hand-scrubbing of the HTML to remove all fluff and left-over artifacts. The final step was using Calibre html2lrf converter. Hopefully this will be an inspirational lesson to our tool builders.
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Thierry, James Francis: Adventure of the 11 Cuff Buttons; 1918; v1; 24Feb2022

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Early (1918) take-off of Sherlock Holmes, longer than many at nearly 40,000 words, or almost a Perry Mason length; Hemlock Holmes and Watson, after 3-year sojourn in New York, return to London in time for this perplexing case. Somebody is stealing the valuable diamond studded cuff buttons of the Earl of Puddingham; of the dozen buttons, only one is left.

Thierry (died 1944) is an American writer whose Holmes and Watson have become thoroughly Americanised... One for collectors of Holmesiana.

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Thierry, James Francis; The Adventure of the Eleven Cuff-Buttons. V1. 2 Sep 2011

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Being one of the exciting episodes in the career of the famous detective Hemlock Holmes, as recorded by his friend Dr. Watson.

A Sherlock Holmes parody.

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Thoma, Ludwig: Lausbubengeschichten, german, v1, 14 Feb 2009

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Der Lausbub Ludwig Thoma hält sein bayerisches Heimatdorf schwer in Atem: Mit seinen Streichen treibt er hochnäsige Preußen, seinen Lehrer Falkenberg alias Kindlein sowie nörgelnde Verwandte wie die Tante Frieda schier zur Verzweiflung. Herrlich zu lesen, voller Ironie, streckenweise durchaus boshaft und natürlich mit einer tüchtigen Prise bayerischen Lokalkolorits!

Ludwig Thoma, 1867 in Oberammergau als Sohn eines Försters geboren, war zunächst als Rechtsanwalt tätig. Um die Jahrhundertwende wurde er Redakteur beim "Simplicissimus" und lebte ab 1907 bis zu seinem Tod 1921 als freier Schriftsteller am Tegernsee. Durch seine Romane, Theaterstücke und Erzählungen ist er weit über Bayern hinaus bekannt geworden.

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Thomas, Chauncey: The Crystal Button, v1. 25 May 2009

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Here is my first attempt to make books for MobileRead. The title involved is a 19th century Work of Utopian fiction. While published after [Looking Backward [/by Frank Bellamy, it was actually written first. It is my favorite of the genre. I chose it as it is a full length novel, [and[/ it is my first [pro bono publico[/ work. I scanned it, proofed it, and released it on Project Gutenberg Austrailia. So pick your flavor, EPUB, MOBI or LRF.

This book is in the Public Domain in the US, Life + 50 countries, and Life + 70 countries.

Attachment 29746

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Thomas, Dylan, Collected Poems, v.1, 19 Jan 2008.

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Collected Poems, 1934-1952.

Another find from PG Australia.

It was very difficult to get BD to format some of the poems, especially the lozenge-shaped ‘Vision and Prayer’ and the centred ‘Love in the asylum’.

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Thomas, Dylan: A Child’s Christmas in Wales, v.1, 19 Jan 2008.

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This is another find from PG Australia: a short story. The title says it all.

There isn’t much Dylan Thomas available, otherwise I would have collected more. I think that I’ve now uploaded all that’s currently legitimately available.

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Thomas, Dylan: Under Milk Wood, v.1, 19 Jan 2008.

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Patricia

‘A Play for Voices.’
Found on PG Australia, this is a radio play of 1954.
It looks at a day in the life of a Welsh village.

It was a pain to get BD to format it correctly. Hopefully, the result is not too bad.

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Thomas, Edward: In Pursuit of Spring. v1. 2 Apr 2013

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Edward Thomas is a writer regarded as a War Poet, largely because he was killed at the Battle of Arras in 1917, shortly after he first arrived to fight in France.

He is perhaps best known for the poem "Adlestrop", but as he puts it himself in the opening paragraph of this book:

[THIS is the record of a journey from London to the Quantock Hills — to Nether Stowey, Kilve, Crowcombe, and West Bagborough, to the high point where the Taunton-Bridgwater road tops the hills and shows all Exmoor behind, all the Mendips before, and upon the left the sea, and Wales very far off. It was a journey on or with a bicycle. The season was Easter, a March Easter.[/
He sees a vanishing world with a poet's eye: he made the journey between March 21st and March 28th 1913, the last full year of peace before August 1914 changed the world for ever. More prosaically, the route he takes is described in sufficient detail to make it possible to trace the roads he took and see what has changed and what is still the same. And even the weather will be familiar to spring cyclists in England - far too much rain.

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Thompson, Flora: Still Glides the Stream, v1, 11 September 2009

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Patricia

Flora Thompson (1876–1947)
Still Glides the Stream (1948)

From the author of “Lark Rise to Candleford,” this posthumous novel is another account of a Victorian childhood in rural Oxfordshire.
The source was Project Gutenberg Canada.

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Thompson, Maurice: Alice of Old Vincennes. v1. 26 Oct 07

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Stanart

Maurice Thompson was an American writer known as a local-colorist. Per Wikipedia: "Arguably his most successful and well-known novel came with 1900's [Alice of Old Vincennes[/. The novel vividly depicted Indiana during the Revolutionary War."

I'll be posting the following ten best selling fiction books in the U.S. for the year 1900:

1. [To Have and To Hold[/, Mary Johnston
2. [Red Pottage[/, Mary Cholmondeley
3. [Unleavened Bread[/, Robert Grant
4. [The Reign of Law[/, James Lane Allen
5. [Eben Holden[/, Irving Bacheller
6. [Janice Meredith[/, Paul Leicester Ford
7. [The Redemption of David Corson[/, Charles Frederic Goss
8. [Richard Carvel[/, Winston Churchill
9. [When Knighthood Was in Flower[/, Charles Major
10. [Alice of Old Vincennes[/, Maurice Thompson

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Thomson, Basil: A Murder is Arranged (1937); v1; 30 Sep 2019

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Richardson No 8
US Title: When Thieves Fall Out

The body of an attractive young woman is found in a country lane; she had been short through the head. The case is difficult, and Scotland Yard is called in. Chief Constable Richardson supervises the investigation, while Inspector Dallas and others do all the leg work, both in UK and France.

As usual with a Richardson case, the emphasis is on the teamwork of a number of detectives and specialists, rather than a single charismatic detective.

I couldn't find an original first edition cover, so made one up using a contemporary photograph of an Austin 12, a car which features strongly in the case. I photoshopped in the (fictitious) registration number worn by the car in the book. (The number itself is also relevant to the story.)

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Thomson, Basil: Carfax Abbey (1928); V1; 2 Oct 2019

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Taken from the serial in "The Queenslander", in weekly instalments commencing 10 May 1928.

This is a stand-alone novel, somewhat shorter than Thomson's "Richardson" series, at about 46,000 words, and does not involve Scotland Yard but rather the Buckinghamshire force.

A rich but curmudgeonly old man dies suddenly, and there is evidence of murder. But what was he doing in the night, in a seldom visited part-ruined chapel in his country estate of Carfax Abbey? Who was the man seen racing from the scene in an Essex motor car?

Light in tone, this is a little more like early Patricia Wentworth than the later, more earnest Basil Thomson, and none the worse for that. It seems to have been only a serial; no book publisher has ever been identified. I made the cover myself, using an old engraving as a base.

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Thomson, Basil: Death in the Bathroom (1936); v1, 1 Oct 2019

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Richardson No 6
US Title: Who killed Stella Pomeroy?

When a woman's murdered body is discovered in the bath while her husband is going about his daily business, it seems an open and shut case: domestic murder.

But Richardson, now a Detective Superintendent at Scotland Yard, is not convinced.

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Thomson, Basil: Milliner's Hat Mystery (1937); v1; 22 Sep 2019

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Original US Title: "Mystery of the French Milliner"; reprinted recently in the US as "The Milliner's Hat Mystery". The 7th Richardson mystery.

Sir Basil Thomson was Assistant Commissioner (Crime) at New Scotland Yard, among many other roles in his long life, and his "Richardson" series of detective novels are authentic "police procedurals".

In this late case, Richardson, now a senior figure at the Yard, takes a back seat as a small team of detectives starts an investigation of the case of a unidentified, well-dressed, murdered man found dumped in a rural barn.

At first it seems simple; the victim, when identified, had disappeared after coming under suspicion of embezzling a fortune from the bank where he worked; but it quickly becomes complex, as there was a lot more to the murdered man than simple embezzlement.

I couldn't find an original UK dustcover image, nor a reasonable quality US dustcover. The cover I created used the imagery and style of the US cover, but the British title. The original text on the US cover image was too distorted to use, and since I was recreating it, I used the British title.

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Thomson, Basil: Mr Pepper, Investigator (1925); v1; 11 July 2022

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Sir Basil Thomson. former chief of CID at Scotland Yard, took to writing crime fiction on his retirement. He wrote mostly novels, including the series of adventures of Richardson of the Yard.

This book is wry look at the "Great Detective" genre, and is hard to find today. At a time when the pages of fiction teemed with amateur Great Detectives from Holmes to Poirot, Thomson gently debunked the theme.

There are 15 cases bumbled through by Mr. Pepper, a red-headed American Great Detective living in London, assisted by the narrator Meddlestone-Jones.

The book is quite rare, although two of the stories, "The Hanover Court Murder", and "The Vanishing of Mrs Fraser" were chosen by Dorothy L Sayers in two of her compendious and considered anthologies of short crime fiction in the 1930s.

1: I Meet Mr. Pepper
2: The Burglary in Middlesex Street
3: The Hanover Court Murder
4: The Disappearance of Accepted Frewen
5: The House in which Everybody Died
6: Blackmailers
7: Manning's Funeral
8: Mrs. Stoot and her Ear-rings
9: Dust
10: The Wedding Present
11: The Vanishing of Mrs. Fraser
12: How I Stole a Child
13: The Scent of Flowers
14: My Chief is Threatened
15: How England lost Mr. Pepper

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- Mr Pepper, Investigator - Basil Thomson.azw3 (Note: file extension not Kindle-compatible)

- Mr Pepper, Investigator - Basil Thomson.mobi

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Thomson, Basil: Queer People: Hunting Spies in World War 1 (1922); v1; 30 Sep 2019

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During WW1 Sir Basil Thomson was Assistant Commissioner Crime at Scotland Yard, and his role was to liaise with MI5 and Special Branch searching out enemy spies.

(There is a fairly recent edition of this book which changed the title to "Odd People", for reasons which are probably apparent.)

I have added a handful of photographs: Thomson (frontispiece), Sir Roger Casement, Karl Lody, Mata Hari, and Rasputin; corrected the error in which the author (or the typesetter long ago) misspelled Mata Hari's name as Zeller instead of Zelle; and made up a cover, as I can find no dust jacket.

It's a good, lively read.

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- Queer People - Basil Thomson.azw3 (Note: file extension not Kindle-compatible)

- Queer People - Basil Thomson.mobi

- cover.jpg (Note: file extension not Kindle-compatible)

Thomson, Basil: Richardson Goes Abroad (1935); v1; 29 Sep 2019

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US Title: The Case of the Dead Diplomat
The 4th Richardson case.

When a British Embassy press attache is murdered in Paris, and the weapon is a German Hitler Youth knife engraved "Blut und Ehre", the problems are immense: the French need the assistance of Scotland Yard, so Richardson is called in. Was it a political assassination?

Once again I couldn't find a good enough original dust jacket, so I concocted one from a period postcard.

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- Richardson Goes Abroad - Basil Thomson.azw3 (Note: file extension not Kindle-compatible)

- Richardson Goes Abroad - Basil Thomson.mobi

- cover.jpg (Note: file extension not Kindle-compatible)

Thomson, Basil: Richardson Scores Again (1934); v1; 30 Sep 2019

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Richardson No 2
US Title: Richardson's Second Case

The case begins with a murder and robbery at a quiet house in Laburnum Road, and goes on to include an escaped parrot and a seemingly perfect crime which threatened a scandal to shock all England.

Richardson is now Detective-Sergeant, and the case falls to him.

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- Richardson Scores Again (1934) - Basil Thomson.azw3 (Note: file extension not Kindle-compatible)

- Richardson Scores Again (1934) - Basil Thomson.mobi

- cover.jpg (Note: file extension not Kindle-compatible)

Thomson, Basil: Richardson Solves a Dartmoor Mystery (1935); v1; 24 Sep 2019

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US Title: The Dartmoor Enigma

When a local man is killed in a motor accident on Dartmoor, and the inquest finds death by misadventure, at least one person is not satisfied. Anonymous letters to Scotland Yard and the county Chief Constable claim that the inquest ignored that the man was bludgeoned first. Chief Inspector Richardson investigates, but it becomes very complex when it transpires that the victim was hiding under an alias. Who was the victim? Who killed him? And Why?

The 5th Richardson case.

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- Richardson Solves a Dartmoor My - Basil Thomson.azw3 (Note: file extension not Kindle-compatible)

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Thomson, Basil: Richardson's First Case (1933); v1; 24 Sep 2019

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Basil Thompson's 8 "Richardson" detective novels follow the career of a Scotland Yard Detective, Richardson from Constable to high rank. In this, his first case, he is a uniform constable in London, and his inspired work so impresses his superiors that at the end of the novel he is told he is to be moved into the CID as a detective.

The 8 cases are:

PC Richardson’s First Case (1933)
Richardson Scores Again (1934) – US: Richardson’s Second Case
Inspector Richardson CID (1934) US: The Case of Naomi Clynes
Richardson Goes Abroad (1935)― US: The Case of the Dead Diplomat
Richardson Solves a Dartmoor Mystery, (1935)― US: The Dartmoor Enigma
Death in the Bathroom (1936) – US: Who Killed Stella Pomeroy?
Milliner’s Hat Mystery (1937) – US: The Mystery of the French Milliner
A Murder Arranged (1937) – US: When Thieves Fall Out

Dust jacket images are scarce; so I made this one up using an old postcard showing the Scottish baronial New Scotland Yard premises on the Embankment.

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- cover.jpg (Note: file extension not Kindle-compatible)

- Richardsons first case - Basil Thomson.azw3 (Note: file extension not Kindle-compatible)

- Richardsons first case - Basil Thomson.mobi

Thomson, Basil: The Case of Naomi Clynes (1935): v.1.

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Sir Basil Thomson (1861-1939) was a colonial administrator, intelligence officer, and Assistant Commissioner, Crime, at Scotland Yard (head of the CID).

He was also a prolific writer of non-fiction and fiction works, including a detective series featuring Inspector Richardson of the CID, and the Mr Pepper stories of an amateur investigator.

This is the third of the Inspector Richardson series which runs to at least eight cases.

(The date on the azw3 and mobi filenames is oncorrect)

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- The Case of Naomi Clynes (1939) - Basil Thomson.mobi

- The Case of Naomi Clynes (1939) - Basil Thomson.azw3 (Note: file extension not Kindle-compatible)

Thomson, Basil: The Metal Flask (1929), v1, 4 Oct 2019

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Prepared from the syndicated serial edition, and therefore probably somewhat condensed, at it runs to about 50,000 words. A book edition was published in 1929 but is rare.

This early Thomson novel is of the amateur detective cosy sub-genre. A young man is awaiting trial for the murder of his wealthy but eccentric aunt, and for unknown reasons resolutely refuses to defend himself. A combination of friends, family servants, and others combines to ferret out the truth of the matter, with the result that two surprise witnesses are sprung on the court at the last minute.

Introduces a poison I had never heard of, but which is related to the nicotinoids. The medical dose, and the fatal dose, are hazardously close together.

I have now uploaded all of Thomson's novels. (He was also a fairly prolific writer of nonfiction). His only other work of fiction is the short story collection featuring his impulsive amateur detective Mr Pepper. I don't have a text, and have read only one of the stories.

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- The Metal Flask - Basil Thomson.azw3 (Note: file extension not Kindle-compatible)

- The Metal Flask - Basil Thomson.mobi

- cover.jpg (Note: file extension not Kindle-compatible)

Thomson, Basil: The Story of Scotland Yard (1935); v1; 23 Sep 2019

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The title tells it all. Sir Basil Thomson was (among other things in a long, complex career in foreign service, as well as policing) one of the "Big Four" (Assistant Commissioner Crime) at Scotland Yard in the late 20s and early 30s, when Edgar Wallace's crime writing career was winding up and Agatha Christie's just starting.

He tells the story of how the Yard came into being, its early vicissitudes, the creation of the detective force, and the progress through WW1 and into the mid-thirties.

Source: Internet archive .txt file and pdf.

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- The Story Of Scotland Yard - Basil Thomson.mobi

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Thoreau, Henry David: Civil Disobedience, v.1, 26 Nov 2007.

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From Wikipedia:
“Civil Disobedience is an essay by Henry David Thoreau that was first published in 1849. It argues that people should not permit governments to overrule or atrophy their consciences, and that people have a duty to avoid allowing such acquiescence to enable the government to make them the agents of injustice. Thoreau was motivated in part by his disgust with slavery and the Mexican-American War.
In 1848, Thoreau gave lectures at the Concord Lyceum that he titled “The Rights and Duties of the Individual in relation to Government.” This formed the basis for his essay, which was first published under the title Resistance to Civil Government in 1849 in a magazine called Aesthetic Papers.
That title was a way of distinguishing Thoreau’s program from that of the “non-resistants” (anarcho-pacifists) who were expressing similar views. “Resistance” also served as part of Thoreau’s metaphor which compared the government to a machine, and said that when the machine was working injustice it was the duty of conscientious citizens to be “a counter friction” — that is, a resistance — “to stop the machine.””

Cross-Reference
Strether has already uploaded Thoreau’s ‘Walden.’

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Thoreau, Henry David: Selected Works. V1. 21 Jun 2011

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Submitted for your reading pleasure: The six major works of American author Henry D. Thoreau in a more-or-less uniform set, neatly formatted with title pages and contents and handsomely "bound" in gold-tooled, embossed leather covers (hey! what can I say? I'm a bookbinder!)

Included are "A Week on the Concord and Merrimack Rivers","Walden","Cape Cod","The Maine Woods","Excursions" and "Essays and Lectures." All were melded together from various public domain sources to ensure proper italics, indentions and tables.

This is my first post, so please bear with me if the mechanics of posting don't work right.

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Thoreau, Henry David: Walden, v1, 09Jan08

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Thoreau's best known work. From Wikipedia: "In 1854, he published Walden, or Life in the Woods, recounting the two years, two months, and two days he had spent at Walden Pond. The book compresses that time into a single calendar year, using the passage of four seasons to symbolize human development. Part memoir and part spiritual quest, Walden at first won few admirers, but today critics regard it as a classic American book that explores natural simplicity, harmony, and beauty as models for just social and cultural conditions."

Version 2 added 31Jan09. 240 downloads of the previous version.

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Thorne, Guy: Chance in Chains (1914); v1

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Guy Thorne (Cyril Arthur Edward Ranger Gull, 1875–1923), British author of over 100 works, fiction and non-fiction, mostly as by "Guy Thorne", a few as by "Ranger Gull" and "Cyril Cresswell Inglesby".

Harnessing the new technology of Herzian (radio) waves, a group sets out to break the roulette bank at Monte Carlo. Barely a novel, just 30,000 words, this is sort of a "caper" novel with touches of sf.

The only original cover I could find was a blank dark blue hardback, no dust jacket, so I made up a cover using the colour frontispiece.

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- Chance in Chains - Guy Thorne.azw3 (Note: file extension not Kindle-compatible)

- Chance in Chains - Guy Thorne.mobi

Thorne, Guy: The Air Pirate (1920); v1; 14 Nov 2019

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Cyril Arthur Edward Ranger Gull used several pen names, the best known being "Guy Thorne". This novel was published as by Ranger Gull.

Written in 1919, published in 1920, it is set in the near future, or about 1933 as far as I can calculate; it portrays a world where giant flying boats cross the Atlantic (years before the Boeing "Clipper" flying boats) and where they are suddenly preyed upon by an agile, heavily armed and very fast pirate aircraft, which forces the giant aircraft down at sea and plunders them. Incidentally, the author predicts the power-assisted control systems of modern aircraft!.

Unusually, while the head of the British Air Police is the notional hero, leading the hunt for the lair of the predators, the real hero is a diminutive Japanese samurai, the bodyguard to an American millionaire, who speaks without any foreign accent, and who is the brains behind the search.

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- The Air Pirate - Guy Thorne.azw3 (Note: file extension not Kindle-compatible)

- The Air Pirate - Guy Thorne.mobi

Thorne, Guy: The Fanshawe Murder (1931); v1; 3 Aug 2020

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More of a thriller than a murder mystery, with something very mysterious being built secretly in the Works. The new owner, a young American woman who inherited the Liverpool business, finds herself in an ever deepening mystery, and then a prisoner of a sinister aristocrat in a weird castle in Wales.

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- The Fanshawe Murder - Guy Thorne.azw3 (Note: file extension not Kindle-compatible)

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Thorne, Guy: The Painted Coin and other stories (2020); v1; 5 Aug 2020

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While fossicking around the Web looking for Guy Thorne material I found a cluster of short stories in Australian newspapers. The author was immensely prolific, with around 150 novels and probably as many short stories, most of which are out of print both on paper and digitally. I couldn't find any reference to any collection of Thorne short stories, so this is probably now the only one there is.

11 stories, just 44,000 words.

1: The Painted Coin
2: The Prize of Marchants
3: Fifteen Million Candle Power
4: George Washington's Pen
5: A Dangerous Game
6: Ella the Ambitious
7: The Veiled Name
8: The Crime of K.15
9: The Christmas Violin
10: The Fearless Lover
11: The Immense Temptation

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- The Painted Coin - Guy Thorne.azw3 (Note: file extension not Kindle-compatible)

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Thorne, Guy: The Parrot Faced Man (1917); v1

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Guy Thorne (Cyril Arthur Edward Ranger Gull, 1875–1923)
British author of over 100 works, fiction and non-fiction, mostly as by "Guy Thorne", a few as by "Ranger Gull" and "Cyril Cresswell Inglesby".

Hard to classify novel of murder, with science fiction, and mad scientist horror elements.

Beginning with the last minute reprieve of a convicted murderer, the parrot faced man of the title, the tale follows a newspaper journalist and his companions in the search for the real murderer, to a horrific final encounter in a secret laboratory.

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- The Parrot faced Man - Guy Thorne.azw3 (Note: file extension not Kindle-compatible)

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Thorne, Guy: The Secret Service Submarine (1915), v1

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Can there really be a secret German submarine concealed deep in the marshlands near Wells-Next-The-Sea in Norfolk?

(Text and images sourced from Project Gutenberg and Internet Archive)

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Thorne, Paul and Mabel: The Sheridan Road Mystery. V1. 19 July 2009

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I have found no data on the authors.

Excerpt
A policeman on his nightly rounds in one of the most exclusive residential areas of Chicago hears a shot - but prompt investigation yields no clues, no victim, and no witnesses. Still, Detective Sergeant Morgan soon determines that something has happened and someone has disappeared, leaving only the slenderest of clues. Will he get to the bottom of this Uptown mystery?

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- The Sheridan Road Mystery.prc

Three Initiates: The Kybalion, v1, 1 February 2010.

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The Kybalion, A Study of the Hermetic Philosophy of Ancient Egypt and Greece [1912].
By ‘Three Initiates’ {Possibly a pseudonym of William WalkerAtkinson and/or Paul Foster Cas

This purports to be the teachings of Hermes Trismegistus.
There’s a Wikipedia article about the book here:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kybalion

Converted at the request of a member. The book is widely available on the internet. I started with the Project Gutenberg version and compared it with several others.

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Thurston, Ernest Temple: David and Jonathan. v1. 8 May 2016

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Ernest Temple Thurston (September 23, 1879 – March 19, 1933) was an Anglo-Irish poet, playwright and author.

Extract
LIFE or Fate or Destiny—call it any one of the many names that happen to fit your terminology—has a subtle method of concealing its purpose. Speech and the accompanying veneer of civilization which, age by age, generation by generation, are coated over the real impulsory instincts, have succeeded in varnishing our true selves out of recognition. It is as though we were like one of those so-called old masters to be seen in picture framers’ windows. Old masters, restored, so you read on the printed card. Beneath that card is a canvas, half of which is covered by an apparently old painting, the head of a woman or man. The other half is that head restored with all the modem paint, all the modem varnish—restored, indeed, in the sense that it is made new, but no more like the original painting than a pot of paint is like a work of art.

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Thurston, Ernest Temple: Katherine. v1. 10 May 2016

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Ernest Temple Thurston (September 23, 1879 – March 19, 1933) was an Anglo-Irish poet, playwright and author.

Excerpt
Here was a baby of eighteen months with a personality writ large across the dimpling, chubby cheeks and the pale-blue eyes. Pale blue they were then, chips of china—old Nankin. Nineteen years changed them to gray, and the red of her hair tarnished copper. It requires nineteen years to do these things effectually. But the personality was there then; that did not change. Keightley had caught the forceful chin, the sympathetic mouth, the restless, unfathomable eyes that fixed a gaze on you and left you in a tremble of anticipation

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- Katherine; a novel.mobi

Thurston, Ernest Temple: Richard Furlong. v1. 13 May 2016

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Ernest Temple Thurston (September 23, 1879 – March 19, 1933) was an Anglo-Irish poet, playwright and author.

Extract
In an age when mechanical inventions shall have made one vast city of the country in which we live, when great schemes of transport have knit together in one hideous design the towns of England of which the vast Black Country is a pattern you may see today—this adventure of Dicky Furlong, starting out to meet the world in a train which toiled so slowly through the countryside, might well take upon itself all the golden light of Romance.

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Thurston, Ernest Temple: The Antagonists. v1. 14 May 2016

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Ernest Temple Thurston (September 23, 1879 – March 19, 1933) was an Anglo-Irish poet, playwright and author.

Extract
“Please God,” he said to himself, “let him catch it!”
Possibly that prayer had more to do with the matter than Wilfrid ever suspected, for, with a swift stroke, the prong descended, the snake was fastened to the ground beneath it and, at the cry of victory that followed, Pilgrim was rushing around them barking wildly.

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Thurston, Ernest Temple: The Flower of Gloster. v1, 19 May 2016

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Ernest Temple Thurston (September 23, 1879 – March 19, 1933) was an Anglo-Irish poet, playwright and author.

Extract
I HAVE ever believed that the world is a place to wander in. Indeed, if Time be made for slaves, then Space is made for freemen. It is only the freeman who, one bright morning, when the long brown buds like cornucopias are bursting on the beech tree, can sling a knapsack across his shoulders, drop the key of the house in the deepest comer of his pocket, and set out down the road of discovery.

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- Flower of Gloster, The.mobi

Thurston, Ernest Temple: The Garden Of Resurrection. v1. 20 May 2016

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Ernest Temple Thurston (September 23, 1879 – March 19, 1933) was an Anglo-Irish poet, playwright and author.

Extract
By the looks of him — the tail-coat, the bowler hat, the little leather hand-bag— he was an artisan. You know that game of placing people. I put him down as an electrician. He had been attending to a job up West. He was returning to the premises of his firm in Bond Street. All this, of course, was surmise. But of one thing I was certain. He had no business to be walking through the Park. He ought to have been on a ’bus, or in the Underground Railway, speeding back to save his firm’s most precious time, ready to start forth once more upon his firm’s most urgent errands. Instead of this — it was the first day of spring — he was walking through the Park and I was envying him. I envied the narcissus in his coat. Even the very tune he was humming touched a sense of covetousness in my heart

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- Garden Of Resurrection, The.mobi

Thurston, Ernest Temple: The Greatest Wish In The World. v1. 21 May 2016

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Ernest Temple Thurston (September 23, 1879 – March 19, 1933) was an Anglo-Irish poet, playwright and author.

Extract
If only it were possible to begin these things at the beginning. If only, and with perfect honesty, I could tell you that this romance of the house-tops began the moment that Peggy saw the light of the farthing candle in the trembling hand of Nicolas Gadd, as he entered the dingy little room of the house opposite. But I am obsessed with so scrupulous a sense of truthfulness when it comes to the lives of real people, that where there is ignorance, I must willy-nilly confess to it. Invention will not do. For a few steps in the march of events, it might carry you along with me; but as sure as fate should I find myself caught in some hazard on the way and then, how could I blame myself when you faced -about, leaving me to pursue the journey by myself?

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- Greatest Wish in the World, The.mobi

Thurston, Ernest Temple: The Green Bough. v1. 23 May 2016

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Ernest Temple Thurston (September 23, 1879 – March 19, 1933) was an Anglo-Irish poet, playwright and author.

Extract
All women would be as Mary Throgmorton if they dared. All women would love as Mary Throgmorton loved — suffer as she suffered. Perhaps not all might yield, as she yielded towards the end; not all might make her sacrifices. But, in the latitudinous perspective of Time where everything vanishes to the point of due proportion, she must range with that vast army of women who have hungered, loved, been fed and paid the reckoning with the tears out of their eyes and the very blood out of their hearts.

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Thurston, Ernest Temple: The Passionate Crime. v1. 24 May 2016

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Ernest Temple Thurston (September 23, 1879 – March 19, 1933) was an Anglo-Irish poet, playwright and author.

Extract
WHO, if any, I wonder, knows the true history of Anthony Sorel and Anna Quartermaine? Do I really know it myself? Some of that which I heard was told me by an old woman up in the mountains near Clogheen. This was not so many miles from where they took Anthony Sorel, therefore I persuaded myself that she would be as likely as any to have the truth. Moreover there was something in the telling of it, something in the atmosphere that surrounded her in her lonely cottage on that wild mountainside—you must know well what I mean—which brought conviction to me.

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Thurston, Ernest Temple: The World Of Wonderful Reality. v1. 25 May 2016

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Ernest Temple Thurston (September 23, 1879 – March 19, 1933) was an Anglo-Irish poet, playwright and author.

Extract
IN a work-a-day world, you must contrive your City of Beautiful Nonsense out of just that material which is indigenous to the soil of your environment. Where in Venice they built in marble and burhished it all gold with the liquid glory of the Italian sun, in London we build in brick and stone and blacken it with all the falling soots of heaven

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Tieck, Ludwig: Der Hexensabbat [German] V1. 25 Jul 2010

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Johann Ludwig Tieck (* 31. Mai 1773 in Berlin; † 28. April 1853 ebenda) war ein deutscher Dichter, Schriftsteller, Herausgeber und Übersetzer der Romantik. Er publizierte auch unter den Pseudonymen Peter Leberecht und Gottlieb Färber.

Die Geschichte einer Hexenverfolgung aus der Zeit Philips des Guten
(Philipp der Gute, franz. Philippe le Bon; (* 31. Juli 1396 in Dijon; † 15. Juli 1467 in Brügge) war Herzog von Burgund aus der burgundischen Seitenlinie des Hauses Valois, Sohn von Herzog Johann Ohnefurcht (Jean sans peur) und der Margarethe von Bayern)

Auszug: In Arras lebte, in den letzten Regierungsjahren Philipp des Guten, eine reiche schöne Witwe, die sich am liebsten, da sie mit ihrem Manne nicht glücklich gewesen war, Frau Catharina nennen hörte. Sie besaß ein großes Haus in der Stadt, in welchem sie viele Gesellschaften sah, sowie vor dem Tore einen anmutigen Garten, wo in den Sommertagen ihre Freunde oft im kühlen Saale sich um sie versammelten.
Philipp, den seine Zeitgenossen den Guten nannten, war in seinem hohen Alter schwach geworden, und seine Günstlinge benutzten seine Launen und wechselnden Stimmungen, um sich zu bereichern und vieles durchzusetzen, worüber die Untertanen mit Recht Klage führen konnten. Die Mächtigen, der hohe Adel, die Reichen handelten oft nach Leidenschaft und Willkür, und jedermann war in dem wohlhabenden blühenden Lande mehr oder minder darauf angewiesen, sich selber Recht zu schaffen, und durch Kraft der Waffen Anhang oder Protektoren sich zu sichern, um nicht beeinträchtiget zu werden.

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Tieck, Ludwig: Franz Sternbalds Wanderungen [German] V1. 25 Jul 2010

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Johann Ludwig Tieck (* 31. Mai 1773 in Berlin; † 28. April 1853 ebenda) war ein deutscher Dichter, Schriftsteller, Herausgeber und Übersetzer der Romantik. Er publizierte auch unter den Pseudonymen Peter Leberecht und Gottlieb Färber.

Franz Sternbalds Wanderungen -
OA 1798 Form Roman Epoche Romantik
Franz Sternbalds Wanderungen ist einer der frühesten Künstlerromane der deutschsprachigen Literatur. Ludwig Tieck verbindet in dieser »altdeutschen Geschichte« (so der Untertitel) Kunstenthusiasmus, Italiensehnsucht und Begeisterung für das späte Mittelalter mit romantischem Stimmungszauber.

Entstehung: Als Muster für Franz Sternbalds Wanderungen diente Tieck R Goethes Entwicklungsroman Wilhelm Meisters Lehrjahre (1795/ 1796). Göttinger Vorlesungen über italienische Kunst hatten dem jungen Autor Kenntnisse der Renaissancemalerei vermittelt und inspirierten ihn, seinem Roman eine Reise nach Italien zu Grunde zu legen, das er damals noch nicht aus eigener Anschauung kannte.

Inhalt: Franz Sternbald, ein fiktiver Schüler Albrecht Dürers (1471–1528), verlässt seinen Meister, um sich auf Wanderschaft als Künstler zu vervollkommnen. Sein Weg führt ihn zunächst in die Niederlande zu Lucas van Leyden (um 1489–1533). Von Antwerpen aus zieht er mit dem jungen Reisekameraden Rudolf Florestan nach Italien, wo er Raffael (1483–1520) zu treffen hofft. Am Süden faszinieren ihn die überall blühende Kunst, der ästhetische Reiz des Katholizismus und die mediterrane Lebensfreude, die sein Wanderkamerad verkörpert. Darüber hinaus sucht Sternbald nach seiner Jugendliebe Marie. Das Zusammentreffen mit einer Jagdgesellschaft – spätestens hier zeigt sich der Einfluss von Wilhelm Meisters Lehrjahre – führt Franz auf die Spur jener jungen Frau, die er bei einem Unfall gerettet hatte und die ihm auf mysteriöse Weise vertraut erschienen war. Er wird verstrickt in die Schicksale der Gräfin Adelheid und ihres Geliebten Rodrigo, sogar in die Entführung einer Novizin aus einem Kloster. In Rom findet er schließlich Marie, womit die Geschichte abbricht.

Bedeutung: Tieck stellte einen zweiten Teil nie fertig, auch nicht 1843 bei der Überarbeitung des Textes für seine Werkausgabe (Bd. 16). Daran zeigt sich, wie die Frühromantiker das Fragmentarische zum positiven Prinzip erhoben. Wichtiger als eine abgerundete Geschichte waren ihnen Briefe und Kunstgespräche, vor allem aber die Landschaftsschilderungen, in denen sich erst der romantische Stil bildete, die unstillbare Sehnsucht des Helden nach dem Unendlichen und Unerreichbaren sowie die eingefügten Gedichte.

Wirkung: Ungeachtet kritischer Meinungen (etwa Goethes), die mehr Substanz und weniger Stimmung forderten, wurde der Roman zum Modell für eine ganze Reihe romantischer Wanderschaftsromane, u. a. Florentin (1801) von Dorothea Schlegel (1764–1839), Heinrich von Ofterdingen (1802) von R Novalis und Ahnung und Gegenwart (1815) von Joseph von R Eichendorff, aber auch Auslöser eines Aufbruchs vieler deutscher Dichter und Maler nach Italien. Der Einfluss des Werks reichte bis zur Gründung des Malerbunds der »Nazarener«. A. H.

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Tieck, Ludwig: Peter Lebrecht [German] V1. 25 Jul 2010

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Johann Ludwig Tieck (* 31. Mai 1773 in Berlin; † 28. April 1853 ebenda) war ein deutscher Dichter, Schriftsteller, Herausgeber und Übersetzer der Romantik. Er publizierte auch unter den Pseudonymen Peter Leberecht und Gottlieb Färber.

[Peter Lebrecht. Eine Geschichte ohne Abenteuerlichkeiten[/ ist eine Erzählung in zwei Teilen von Ludwig Tieck, die 1795/96 bei Carl August Nicolai in Leipzig und Berlin erschien.
Herr von Bührau, alias Peter Lebrecht, erzählt Begebenheiten aus seinem Leben. Der Erzähler ist sich des werten Leser-Interesses unsicher.

Von Pflegeeltern auf dem Dorfe erzogen, vom Pater Bonifaz aus dem benachbarten Kloster unterrichtet, erlangt Peter die Hochschulreife und studiert an einer Katholischen Universität Jura, Sprachen und Philosophie. Auf Empfehlung eines seiner Professoren bekommt Peter eine Hofmeister-Stelle im Hause des Präsidenten von Blumbach. Dort erzieht er die beiden Söhne des Präsidenten und lernt das Fräulein Louise Wertheim, Erzieherin der Tochter des Hauses, kennen und lieben. Dem Glück steht Herr von Bärenklau - mit älteren "Rechten" auf das schöne junge Fräulein - im Wege. Aber Peter hat den Präsidenten auf seiner Seite und erreicht sein Ziel. Er und Louise werden getraut. Leider tanzt Peter auf seiner Hochzeit zu häufig mit weiblichen Gästen. Unterdessen ist auf einmal die Braut verschwunden. Und ward nicht mehr gesehen.
Auf der Suche nach der verschollenen Ehefrau trifft Peter zufällig seine Pflegemutter und wird von ihr ins Bild gesetzt. Er ist der Sohn eines vermögenden, adeligen Mönchs und einer Nonne. Peters leibliche Mutter hatte seinerzeit Zwillinge geboren. Die Zwillingsschwester wurde zu einer anderen Pflegemutter gegeben.
Mit Unterstützung durch den Präsidenten kommt Peter in den Besitz seiner Güter, veräußert diese aber umgehend und wird somit wohlhabend. Jahre nach der Hochzeit findet Peter auf Wanderschaft im Walde Hannchen, "ein einfaches Mädchen", Tochter des Pächters Martin.
Und von noch einer "seltsamen Zusammenkunft" erzählt Peter. Er trifft auf Louise, inzwischen Mutter eines etwa 5-jährigen Jungen. Von Bärenklau hatte die Braut an jenem unseligen Hochzeitsabend entführt und lebt mit ihr zusammen. Die Überraschungen nehmen kein Ende. Louise ist Peters Schwester. Also heiratet Peter Hannchen. Das Paar lebt auf dem Dorfe im Hause des Pächters Martin. Schließlich wird Hannchen schwanger.
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Tieck, Ludwig: Pietro von Abano (german) v1 23 dec 2008

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Johann Ludwig Tieck (* 31. Mai 1773 in Berlin; † 28. April 1853 ebenda) war ein deutscher Dichter, Schriftsteller, Herausgeber und Übersetzer der Romantik. Er publizierte auch unter den Pseudonymen Peter Leberecht und Gottlieb Färber.

Originaltitel: Pietro von Abano oder Petrus Apone. Eine Zaubergeschichte

Eine von Tiecks zahlreichen Novellen, in leichtem Märchenstil erzählt. Bezaubernd!

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Tilden, J.H.: Toxemia Explained. v2. 30 Jan 2013

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Dr J.H. Tilden, M.D., Toxemia Explained, is an explanation of the cause of chronic disease in humans, from the common cold to cancer. This book provides the basis for the cause of disease as practiced by Nature Cure and Natural Hygiene.

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Toepffer, Rudolf: Genfer Novellen [German] V1. 25 Jul 2010

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Rodolphe Töpffer, auch Toepffer geschrieben (* 31. Januar 1799 in Genf; † 8. Juni 1846 in Genf) war ein französischsprachiger Schweizer Zeichner und Novellist. Er ist vor allem für seine Bildergeschichten bekannt, die als Vorreiter der Comic-Bücher gelten.

Genfer Novellen (Übersetzer: H. Graef)

Inhaltsverzeichnis:

- Die Erbschaft

- Der Paß voll Anterne

- Der See von Gers

- Das Tal von Trient

- Die Überfahrt

- Der Große Sankt Bernhard

- Die Furcht

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Toepffer, Rudolf: Rosa und Gertrud [German] V1. 25 Jul 2010

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Rodolphe Töpffer, auch Toepffer geschrieben (* 31. Januar 1799 in Genf; † 8. Juni 1846 in Genf) war ein französischsprachiger Schweizer Zeichner und Novellist. Er ist vor allem für seine Bildergeschichten bekannt, die als Vorreiter der Comic-Bücher gelten.

Auszug:
Als ich mich eines Tages zu einem Sterbenden begab, sah ich beim Durchschreiten jener gewöhnlich einsamen Straße, in welche die Treppe der Barrieren einmündet, und die man, wenn ich nicht irre, die Klosterstraße nennt, zwei junge Damen Arm in Arm, die sich mit freundschaftlicher Heiterkeit gegenseitig in dem Bemühen beistanden, die regelrechte Verfassung ihrer Kleider gegen den Angriff des Windes zu behaupten, der mit ausnehmender Heftigkeit wehte. Bei meinem Anblick geriethen sie zwar anfangs in einige Verlegenheit; aber da sie sich, wie sie mir eröffneten, gerade dadurch, daß sie von Straße zu Straße der Beschwerlichkeit dieses Sturmwindes entgehn wollten, verirrt hatten, so wies ich ihnen, auf ihre Bitte, den rechten Weg zu ihrem Hotel. Nachdem ich sie einige Augenblicke begleitet hatte, verabschiedete ich mich von ihnen, um mich in aller Eile nach dem Hause zu begeben, wo man mich erwartete. In dem Augenblick, als ich daselbst eintrat, war eben der Sterbende verschieden, so daß ich nur noch an die Seinigen, die sich um ihn versammelt hatten, die Tröstungen richten konnte, die uns unsere heilige Religion zur Beschwichtigung der Trauer an die Hand gibt.

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Tolstoi, Alexei Nikolajewitsch: Aelita. german. v1. 9 mar 2009

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Alexei Nikolajewitsch Graf Tolstoi (*10. Januar 1883; † 23. Februar 1945) war ein russisch-sowjetischer Schriftsteller; bekannt durch seine im Stil des Neorealismus geschriebenen Prosawerke sowie seine späteren Werke im Science-Fiction-Genre.
Er war ein enger Freund Maxim Gorkis, welcher ihn einen "großen und kraftvollen Schriftsteller" nannte. Nach dem Tod Gorkis 1936 löste Tolstoi ihn als Vorsitzender des Schriftstellerverbandes und führende Figur der offiziellen Sowjetliteratur ab.
Obwohl er anfangs eine ablehnende Haltung gegen die Oktoberrevolution innehatte, näherte Tolstoi sich mit der Zeit immer mehr an die früheren politischen Gegner an - bis hin zur aktiven Mitarbeit im Rahmen der sozialistischen Propaganda. Seiner unbestreitbar großen literarischen Leistung werden immer wieder seine Werke im Rahmen der sozialistischen Tendenzliteratur, z.B. die Stalinverherrlichende Erzählung [Brot[/, entgegengehalten.

Neben [Auf zwei Planeten[/ von Kurd Laßwitz, dem wohl allerersten modernen Science Fiction Roman überhaupt, ist [Aelita[/ von Alexei Nikolajewitsch Graf Tolstoi (nicht verwechseln mit Altmeister Lew Tolstoi) eines der lesenswertesten Werke des damals noch jungen Genres.
Die hier verwendete Ausgabe von [Aelita[/ erschien erstmalig 1924 bei der Allgemeinen Verlagsanstalt München unter dem Titel "Aelita. Ein Marsroman". Übersetzer war der ebenfalls bekannte Herausgeber und Autor Alexander Eliasberg (* 22. Juli 1878; † 26. Juli 1924).

Es ist die Geschichte über die Reise einiger russischer Abenteurer zum Mars. Auf dem roten Planeten entdecken sie eine humanoide Lebensform mit blauer Haut, Nachfahren der Menschen aus Atlantis. Die Marsbewohner leben in einer vernunftorientierten Welt, aus der Gefühle wie Liebe verbannt sind. Für die junge Aelita, Tochter des Herrschers Tuscup, ändert sich das jedoch, als sie sich überraschend in Losj, den Konstrukteur des irdischen Raumfahrzeugs, verliebt.
Der Marsherrscher Tuscup ist ein egoistischer, den Fortschritt verachtender Mann, der versucht sich und seinen Getreuen die bestmöglichste Zukunft auf dem mittlerweile ausgeplünderten Planeten zu sichern. Infolge dessen brechen plötzlich blutige Aufstände gegen den Herscher aus und die "Söhne des Himmels", wie die irdischen Abenteurer auf dem Mars genannt werden, und die Herscherstochter Aelita finden sich plötzlich umgeben von Tod und Zerstörung.

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Tolstoi, Lew. N.: Glück der Familie [german]. V1. 24 Dec 2010

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Ein früher Roman von 1859 über die Ehe einer jungen Frau mit ihrem Vormund, unter dem Titel "Familienglück" neu übersetzt. Beim Projekt Gutenberg wird "Glück der Familie" fälschlicherweise Graf Alexei Nikolajewitsch Tolstoi zugeschrieben.

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Tolstoi, Lew: Anna Karenina german v1; July 28th 2009

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Lew Tolstoi, (kompletter Name: Lew Nikolajewitsch Graf Tolstoi), geboren am 9 September 1828, gestorben am 20 November 1910, ist ein russischer Schriftsteller des Realismus und hat mit seinen beiden Hauptwerken ( Anna Kernina und Krieg und Frieden) zwei Klassiker dieses Genres geschaffen.

Anna Karenina behandelt wie viele Romane des Realismus den thematischen Bereich der Ehe (z.B. Effi Briest) und dies sogar in mehrfache Ausführung, da Tolstoi nicht nur den Weg der Hauptperson (Anna Karenina) sondern im Gesamten den Lebensweg dreier adeliger Familien beschreibt. Im Mittelpunkt dieser drei Beziehungen steht jedoch eindeutig die Geschichte der Titel“heldin“, die Mann und Kind für die Liebe ihres Lebens verlässt und eine Affäre beginnt, die nur ein schlechtes Ende haben kann. Andere „Varianten“ des Ehelebens werden in den beiden parallelen Handlungssträngen der beiden anderen Familien beschrieben.

Herzlichen Dank an netseeker für cextra.

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Tolstoi, Lew: Auferstehung. [German]. 20-Nov-2010

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Zum 100. Todestag von Leo Tolstoi:

Lew Nikolajewitsch Graf Tolstoi wurde am 09.09.1828 in Jasnaja Poljana/Tula geboren und starb 20.11.1910 in Astapovo.
Tolstoi stammt aus einem alten Adelsgeschlecht. Er wurde schon als neunjähriges Kind Waise; seine Mutter starb 1830, sein Vater 1837. Er studierte von 1844 bis 1847 ohne Abschluß. Von 1851 bis 1856 leistete er Militärdienst. Sein erstes Werk veröffentlichte er 1852.
Im Jahre 1862 heiratete Tolstoi die 18-jährige deutschstämmige Sofja Andrejewna Behrs, mit der er insgesamt 13 Kinder hatte. In den folgenden Jahren seiner Ehe schrieb er die monumentalen Romane Krieg und Frieden sowie Anna Karenina, die Tolstois literarischen Weltruhm begründeten.
Quelle: Wikipedia

Fürst Necheljudow nimmt als Geschworener an einer Gerichtsverhandlung teil. In der Prostituierten Maslowa, die wegen eines Giftmordes angeklagt ist, erkennt er eine Jugendliebe, die er leichtfertig verführt und dann sitzengelassen hatte. Necheljudow fühlt sich schuldig, daß das Mädchen auf die schiefe Bahn gekommen ist. Er folgt ihr nach Sibirien und bietet ihr die Ehe an.

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Tolstoi, Lew: Krieg und Frieden; german v1.1; July 19th 2009

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Lew Tolstoi, (kompletter Name: Lew Nikolajewitsch Graf Tolstoi), geboren am 9 September 1828, gestorben am 20 November 1910, ist ein russischer Schriftsteller des Realismus und hat mit seinen beiden Hauptwerken ( Anna Kernina und [Krieg und Frieden[/) zwei Klassiker dieses Genres geschaffen.

Sein wohl bekanntestes Hauptwerk stellt K[rieg und Frieden[/ dar und jagt vielen Menschen Schrecken ein, wenn sie an den riesigen Umfangs dieses Werks denken. [Krieg und Frieden[/ ist in vier Bänden abgefasst und erzählt wie nie zuvor die Zeit zwischen 1805 und 1812 (also die Zeit der nap. Kriege) aus russischer Sicht. Die ganze Geschichte findet beinahe ausschließlich in der Perspektive einzelner russischer Adliger statt, deren Handlungsstränge teilweise verbunden sind. Es werden jedoch nicht nur die wichtigen Schlachten oder andere historische Ereignisse beschrieben, sondern auch ganz private Seiten der russischen Bevölkerung. Im Original waren noch viele Stellen im damals als „schick“ geltenden französisch abgefasst, doch keine Angst, diese Ausgabe ist vollständig in dt. Sprache abgefasst.

In der alten Version war Kapitel 6 sowohl als Text als auch im Inhaltsverzeichnis dreimal, entschuldigt bitte.

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Tolstoy, Leo: Детство (Childhood, Russian). v1, 25 Mar 2011

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Note: This version is in the original Cyrillic.

Childhood (Russian: Детство, Detstvo) is the first novel in Leo Tolstoy's quasi-autobiographical trilogy first published in the Russian literary journal "Sovremennik" in 1852. This book describes the major physiological decisions of boyhood that all boys experience.

If there is any interest I can also post an ePub version

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Tolstoy, Leo: A Confession. v1, 22 Oct 2016

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Leo Tolstoy (1828-1910) was a Russian writer regarded as one of the greatest authors of realist fiction.

His parents died during his infancy, and he was brought up by relatives. As a young man he drank and gambled heavily, and failed at university. In 1851 he joined the army and fought during the Crimean War, and began to write. In 1862, at age 34, he married Sophia (Sonya) Behrs, aged 18, who bore him 13 children, eight of whom survived childhood. Their early married life was happy, and she acted as his secretary, proofreader, and financial manager. In the 1870s he experienced spiritual conversion, and renounced many of his previous beliefs in favour of ascetic religious beliefs including pacifism. His marriage deteriorated, and shortly before his death at age 82 he absconded from the family home in the depths of winter, and died soon after of pneumonia.

[A Confession [/was written in 1879-80, and was published in 1882 when Tolstoy was 54. Most of the book covers a period in which he looked back on his past life and despite having already gained acclamation and status through [War and Peace[/ and [Anna Karenina[/ considered himself a failure. Chapters 4 to 7 deal with his early preoccupation with suicide, and though he describes less distress later in the book after he became a Christian he was still troubled by what he saw as false doctrine in the Orthodox church. There is very little mention of the effect his emotional turmoil had on his wife and children.

The text is taken from Wikisource. I have silently corrected typos, curled quotes, used British English, and made changes to spelling, and hyphenation using oxforddictionaries.com.

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Tolstoy, Leo: Anna Karenina, v.1.0, 1 Dec 2007

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Here is the Project Gutenberg version of Anna Karenina by Leo Tolstoy.

Cover (generic) and full Table of Contents have been added. I also italicized the text in replace of the way Project Gutenberg does it (for example [Wow![/ instead of _Wow!_), but my filter did not get every instance of this, but it did fix most of them.

Enjoy!

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Tolstoy, Leo: Boyhood. v1, 7 Jan 2008

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Boyhood (Russian: Отрочество, Otrochestvo) (1854) is the second novel in Leo Tolstoy's autobiographical trilogy, following Childhood and followed by Youth.

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Tolstoy, Leo: Childhood. v1, 7 Jan 2008

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From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia:

Childhood (Детство [Detstvo]; 1852) is the first novel in Leo Tolstoy's autobiographical trilogy. They are the works that launched his writing career. These books earned him instant acclaim. This book describes the major physiological decisions of boyhood that all boys experience.

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Tolstoy, Leo: Family Happiness. v1, 20 Sep 2016

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Leo Tolstoy (1828-1910) was a Russian writer regarded as one of the greatest authors of realist fiction.

His parents died during his infancy, and he was brought up by relatives. As a young man he drank and gambled heavily, and failed at university. In 1851 he joined the army and fought during the Crimean War, and began to write. In 1862, at age 34, he married Sophia (Sonya) Behrs, aged 18, who bore him 13 children, eight of whom survived childhood. Their early married life was happy, and she acted as his secretary, proofreader, and financial manager. In the 1870s he experienced spiritual conversion, and renounced many of his previous beliefs in favour of ascetic religious beliefs including pacifism. His marriage deteriorated, and shortly before his death at age 82 he absconded from the family home in the depths of winter, and died soon after of pneumonia.

[Family Happiness[/ was written in 1859, and tells of the marriage of an older man to a much younger woman, their mutual courtship and happiness, and how their relationship changed with time. The story is told in the first person by the wife.

The text was taken from the University of Adelaide ebook site, and seems very similar to the text in Wikisource and the text in Delphi Classics. I have been unable to find an online source of the original text. I have silently corrected many typos, used British English, and made changes to spelling and hyphenation using oxforddictionaries.com.

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Tolstoy, Leo: Father Sergius. v1, 15 Nov 2016

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Leo Tolstoy (1828-1910) was a Russian writer regarded as one of the greatest authors of realist fiction.

His parents died during his infancy, and he was brought up by relatives. As a young man he drank and gambled heavily, and failed at university. In 1851 he joined the army and served in the Caucasus and the Crimea, and began to write. In 1862, at age 34, he married Sofya (Sonya) Behrs, aged 18, who bore him 13 children, eight of whom survived childhood. Their early married life was happy, and she acted as his secretary, proofreader, and financial manager. In the 1870s he experienced spiritual conversion, and renounced many of his previous beliefs in favour of ascetic religious beliefs including pacifism and celibacy. His marriage deteriorated, and shortly before his death at age 82 he absconded from the family home in the depths of winter and died soon after of pneumonia.

[Father Sergius[/ was published in 1898, and is a complex and ambiguous short story which seems to demonstrate that men do not change, and that their natures are stronger than their wills.

The text was taken from the University of Adelaide ebook library, and checked against [Great Short Works of Leo Tolstoy[/ introduced by John Bayley. I have silently corrected typos, curled quotes, replaced italics and diacritics, used British English, made changes to spelling and hyphenation using oxforddictionaries.com, and added endnotes.

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Tolstoy, Leo: Father Sergius. v1, 6 Jan 2008

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The opening paragraph:

In Petersburg in the eighteen-forties a surprising event occurred. An officer of the Cuirassier Life Guards, a handsome prince who everyone predicted would become aide-de-camp to the Emperor Nicholas I and have a brilliant career, left the service, broke off his engagement to a beautiful maid of honour, a favourite of the Empress's, gave his small estate to his sister, and retired to a monastery to become a monk.

What follows is a fascinating look of the mans life in Czarist Russia.

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Tolstoy, Leo: Hadji Murad. v1, 12 Sep 2016

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Leo Tolstoy (1828-1910) was a Russian writer regarded as one of the greatest authors of realist fiction.

His parents died during his infancy, and he was brought up by relatives. As a young man he drank and gambled heavily, and failed at university. In 1851 he joined the army and fought during the Crimean War, and began to write. In 1862, at age 34, he married Sophia (Sonya) Behrs, aged 18, who bore him 13 children, eight of whom survived childhood. Their early married life was happy, and she acted as his secretary, proofreader, and financial manager. In the 1870s he experienced spiritual conversion, and renounced many of his previous beliefs in favour of ascetic religious beliefs including pacifism. His marriage deteriorated, and shortly before his death at age 82 he absconded from the family home in the depths of winter, and died soon after of pneumonia.

Hadji Murad is a novella written by Leo Tolstoy from 1896 to 1904 and published posthumously in 1912 (though not in full until 1917). It was Tolstoy's final work. The protagonist is an Avar rebel commander who Tolstoy met in 1851, and who for reasons of personal revenge forged an uneasy alliance with the Russians he had been fighting. According to Aylmer Maude 'The details of Hadji Murad's life ... are not always historically exact; but the main events are true, and tale is told in a way that gives a vivid and faithful picture of those stirring times.'

The text was taken from Wikisource, and checked against a 1912 edition from the Internet Archive. The earlier version had footnotes which have been kept as end notes, and the later version had a glossary which has been linked to the text. I have silently corrected typos, curled quotes, replaced italics, replaced diacritics in French, used British English, and made changes to spelling and hyphenation using oxforddictionaries.com.

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Tolstoy, Leo: Hadji Murad. v1, 29 Jan 2008

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The conflict in Chechnya is old and Leo Tolstoy himself served there while in the military. [Hadji Murad[/, a relatively short novel, was not published until after his death and is his last work. From Wikipedia:

Tolstoy seems to have first heard of the historical Hadji Murad while he was serving in the Caucasus, according to letters he wrote to his brother Segei. The thistle described at the opening of the story was actually encountered by Tolstoy near his country estate and led him to remember the character and create a story about him. The theme of struggle while remaining faithful resonated with Tolstoy even though he was in ailing health; later letters suggest this work gave him a brief, final moment of vigor. Just as the author was struggling with his near death, his extended meditation on the concept of the individual refusing to give in to the demands of the world helped him to complete the book, although he himself had no inclination to publish it and was only concerned with its completion. In addition to the theme of resistance, there are many other ideas that can be found in the novel, such as determinism; this echoes Tolstoy's major work War and Peace. An even clearer theme is the struggle between a Europeanized Russia and Muslim Chechnya, the classic East vs. West theme found in Russian history and many different stories and novels (and which is once again pertinent in light of current events in Chechnya and Russia). The work is very similar to Alexander Pushkin’s work The Captain's Daughter in that it is a realist work based on actual people and events and has a similar direction, though the main character in this novel does not meet the same end.

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Tolstoy, Leo: LA GUERRE ET LA PAIX . v1, 8 Jan 2008

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War and Peace for those who want to read it in French.

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Tolstoy, Leo: Master and Man. v1, 13 Nov 2016

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Leo Tolstoy (1828-1910) was a Russian writer regarded as one of the greatest authors of realist fiction.

His parents died during his infancy, and he was brought up by relatives. As a young man he drank and gambled heavily, and failed at university. In 1851 he joined the army and served in the Caucasus and the Crimea, and began to write. In 1862, at age 34, he married Sofya (Sonya) Behrs, aged 18, who bore him 13 children, eight of whom survived childhood. Their early married life was happy, and she acted as his secretary, proofreader, and financial manager. In the 1870s he experienced spiritual conversion, and renounced many of his previous beliefs in favour of ascetic religious beliefs including pacifism and celibacy. His marriage deteriorated, and shortly before his death at age 82 he absconded from the family home in the depths of winter and died soon after of pneumonia.

[Master and Man[/ was published in 1895, and tells of an avaricious landowner who takes an alcoholic peasant for sledge ride in a snowstorm, and how one of them survives.

The text was taken from the University of Adelaide ebook library, and checked against [Great Short Works of Leo Tolstoy[/ edited by John Bayley. I have silently corrected typos, curled quotes, replaced italics and diacritics, used British English, and made changes to spelling and hyphenation using oxforddictionaries.com.

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Tolstoy, Leo: Master and Man. v1, 7 Jan 2008

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From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia:

Master and Man (Russian: Хозяин и работник) is a short story by Leo Tolstoy (1893).

In this short story, a land owner named Vasili Andreevich Brekhunov takes along one of his peasants, Nikita, for a short journey to another town. He is impatient and wishes to get to the town more quickly 'for business'. They find themselves in the middle of a blizzard, but the master in his avarice wishes to press on.

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Tolstoy, Leo: Resurrection. v1, 6 Jan 2008

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From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia:

Resurrection (Russian: Воскресение), first published in 1899, was the last novel written by Leo Tolstoy.

The last of his major long fiction works published in his lifetime, Tolstoy intended the novel as an exposition of injustice of man-made laws and the hypocrisy of institutionalized church. It was first published serially in the magazine Niva as an effort to raise funds for the resettlement of the Dukhobors.

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Tolstoy, Leo: Sevastopol Sketches. v1, 5 Sep 2016

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Leo Tolstoy (1828-1910) was a Russian writer regarded as one of the greatest authors of realist fiction.

Both aristocratic parents died during his infancy, and he was brought up by relatives. As a young man he drank and gambled heavily, and failed at university. In 1851 he joined the army and fought during the Crimean War, and began to write. In 1862, at age 34, he married Sophia (Sonya) Behrs, aged 18, who bore him 13 children, eight of whom survived childhood. Their early married life was happy, and she acted as his secretary, proofreader, and financial manager. In the 1870s he experienced spiritual conversion, and renounced many of his previous beliefs in favor of ascetic religious beliefs including pacifism. His marriage deteriorated, and shortly before his death at age 82 he absconded from the family home in the depths of winter, and died soon after of pneumonia.

[Sevastopol Sketches[/ was first published in 1855, and in three short stories describes the cruelty and futility of war through the thoughts and words of Russian officers fighting at Sevastopol.

The source text was an 1888 translation by Isabel F. Hapgood from a source which cannot be identified since I have silently used the author's original title, omitted the publisher's advertising, amended one of the footnotes and made them end notes, corrected typos, and curled right single quotes. I have used American English, and made changes to spelling and hyphenation using oxforddictionaries.com set to American English.

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Tolstoy, Leo: The Cossacks. v1, 11 Nov 2016

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Leo Tolstoy (1828-1910) was a Russian writer regarded as one of the greatest authors of realist fiction.

His parents died during his infancy, and he was brought up by relatives. As a young man he drank and gambled heavily, and failed at university. In 1851 he joined the army and served in the Caucasus and the Crimea, and began to write. In 1862, at age 34, he married Sofya (Sonya) Behrs, aged 18, who bore him 13 children, eight of whom survived childhood. Their early married life was happy, and she acted as his secretary, proofreader, and financial manager. In the 1870s he experienced spiritual conversion, and renounced many of his previous beliefs in favour of ascetic religious beliefs including pacifism and celibacy. His marriage deteriorated, and shortly before his death at age 82 he absconded from the family home in the depths of winter and died soon after of pneumonia.

[The Cossacks[/ was published in 1863. It tells the story of a young Russian aristocrat who is posted to the Caucasus, his interactions with a young Cossack man and his betrothed and with an older Cossack warrior, and his reactions to the Cossack culture.

The text was taken from Wikisource, but three chapters had large gaps in them. I have filled the gaps from the Project Gutenberg text or by typing in the missing material from [Great Short Works of Leo Tolstoy[/ in the Harper Perennial 2004 edition. I have also included a glossary.

I have silently corrected typos, curled quotes, replaced italics and diacritics, used British English, and made changes to spelling and hyphenation using oxforddictionaries.com.

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Tolstoy, Leo: The Death of Ivan Ilyich. v1 26 Oct 2016

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Leo Tolstoy (1828-1910) was a Russian writer regarded as one of the greatest authors of realist fiction.

His parents died during his infancy, and he was brought up by relatives. As a young man he drank and gambled heavily, and failed at university. In 1851 he joined the army and fought during the Crimean War, and began to write. In 1862, at age 34, he married Sophia (Sonya) Behrs, aged 18, who bore him 13 children, eight of whom survived childhood. Their early married life was happy, and she acted as his secretary, proofreader, and financial manager. In the 1870s he experienced spiritual conversion, and renounced many of his previous beliefs in favour of ascetic religious beliefs including pacifism. His marriage deteriorated, and shortly before his death at age 82 he absconded from the family home in the depths of winter, and died soon after of pneumonia.

'What tormented Ivan Ilych most was the deception, the lie, which for some reason they all accepted, that he was not dying but was simply ill, and that he only need keep quiet and undergo a treatment and then something very good would result ... This falsity around him and within him did more than anything else to poison his last days.'

The text was taken from the University of Adelaide ebook library, and the cover image was taken from Wikipedia. I have silently corrected typos, replaced italics and diacritics, used British English, and made changes to spelling, punctuation, and hyphenation using oxforddictionaries.com.

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Tolstoy, Leo: The Kreutzer Sonata. v1, 03 Nov 2016

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Leo Tolstoy (1828-1910) was a Russian writer regarded as one of the greatest authors of realist fiction.

His parents died during his infancy, and he was brought up by relatives. As a young man he drank and gambled heavily, and failed at university. In 1851 he joined the army and fought during the Crimean War, and began to write. In 1862, at age 34, he married Sofiya (Sonya) Behrs, aged 18, who bore him 13 children, eight of whom survived childhood. Their early married life was happy, and she acted as his secretary, proofreader, and financial manager. In the 1870s he experienced spiritual conversion, and renounced many of his previous beliefs in favour of ascetic religious beliefs including pacifism and celibacy. His marriage deteriorated, and shortly before his death at age 82 he absconded from the family home in the depths of winter, and died soon after of pneumonia.

[The Kreutzer Sonata[/ was published in 1889. In the first chapter a group of people on a train share their various opinions about marriage. Then a pathologically jealous man tells of his unhappy marriage and how he eventually murdered his wife because of his suspicion that she was having an an affair with a violinist with whom she had played the piano part of Beethoven's violin sonata 9.

The source text was the translation by Louise and Aylmer Maude from the Tolstoy Library OnLine, checked against [Great Short Works of Leo Tolstoy[/ introduced by John Bayley. I have silently corrected typos, curled quotes, replaced italics, used British English, made changes to spelling and hyphenation using oxforddictionaries.com, and provided endnotes based on [The Kreutzer Sonata Variations[/ edited by Michael R. Katz.

Many thanks to Diap Dealer for help with a reference, and a link to the fascinating [The Kreutzer Sonata Variations[/ ebook

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Tolstoy, Leo: Tolstoy on Shakespeare. v1, 23 Jan 2009

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An extremely interesting "critical essay on Shakespeare" by Leo Tolstoy, published in 1906, laying out why Tolstoy disagreed with the conventional view that Shakespeare was a great playwright. The book also contains a second essay called "Shakespeare's Attitude to the Working Classes", by Ernest Crosby, and extracts from a letter by George Bernard Shaw.

A good read for anyone remotely interested in Shakespeare.

Enjoy!

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Tolstoy, Leo: Twenty-three Tales. v1, 17 Oct 2016

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Leo Tolstoy (1828-1910) was a Russian writer regarded as one of the greatest authors of realist fiction.

His parents died during his infancy, and he was brought up by relatives. As a young man he drank and gambled heavily, and failed at university. In 1851 he joined the army and fought during the Crimean War, and began to write. In 1862, at age 34, he married Sophia (Sonya) Behrs, aged 18, who bore him 13 children, eight of whom survived childhood. Their early married life was happy, and she acted as his secretary, proofreader, and financial manager. In the 1870s he experienced spiritual conversion, and renounced many of his previous beliefs in favour of ascetic religious beliefs including pacifism. His marriage deteriorated, and shortly before his death at age 82 he absconded from the family home in the depths of winter, and died soon after of pneumonia.

The twenty-three tales were written between 1872 and 1903, and are presented in chronological order in the seven groups decribed in the translator's preface. The translator has given a glossary which I have slightly expanded.

The text was taken from Wiksisource. I have silently corrected typos, curled quotes, and made changes to spelling and hyphenation using oxforddictionaries.com.

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Tolstoy, Leo: War and Peace, v.1.0, 1 Dec 2007.

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Here is the Project Gutenberg version of War and Peace by Leo Tolstoy.

Cover (generic) and Full Table of Contents have been added

Enjoy!

-Chris

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Tolstoy, Leo: Youth. v1, 7 Jan 2008

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Youth (Russian: Юность [Yunost']; 1856) is the third novel in Leo Tolstoy's autobiographical trilogy, following Childhood and Boyhood.

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Torrey, Roger: 42 Days for Murder (1938); v1, 6 Aug 2022

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Roger Torrey (1901-1946) was a prolific writer of crime fiction for magazines like Dime Detective, Black Mask, and Detective Fiction weekly, producing nearly 300 short stories and novellas, and just one novel, 42 Days for Murder (1938).

Reno, with its short 42 day residency law, was Quickie Divorce Central, not to mention its streets lined with casinos, and was wide-open. P I Shean Connell arrives in Reno in search of a distraught husband's wife, who he believes is seeking a divorce in Reno. A lot can happen in 42 days, including murder...

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Torrey, Roger: Roger Torrey: Hard-Boiled (v1), 2022

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Roger Torrey (1901-1946) was a prolific writer of crime fiction for magazines like Dime Detective, Black Mask, and Detective Fiction weekly, producing nearly 300 short stories and novellas, and just one novel, 42 Days for Murder (1938).

Torrey in life was as hard-boiled and as heavy a drinker, if not heavier, than his tough guy heroes. He died suddenly from alcoholic poisoning at the age of 45.

This original e-book runs to 150,000 words and 13 stories both short and novelette length.

1: One Escort— Missing or Dead
2: Justice Borrows Bullets
3: Murder By Accident
4: Dice and No Dice
5: Ticket to Death
6: Black Murder
7: Three Dead Men
8: The Frankie and Johnny Murder
9: The Missing Mr. Link
10: Printer's Ink Runs Red
11: The Cemetery Slaying
12: Murder Backstage
13: Two Little Men

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Towner, Horace: Red Tape at Washington, v.1, 5 August 2008.

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Horace Mann Towner (1855-1937)
Red tape at Washington (1916)

A 1916 article about red tape in Washington.
Has anything changed?

A mini-biography of the author from
http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg...&GRid=18492569
“US Congressman. Elected to represent Iowa’s 8th District in the United States House of Representatives, he served from 1911 to 1923. He also served as a District Judge in Iowa in 1890, and as the Governor of Puerto Rico from 1923 to 1929.”

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Tracy, Louis: A Son of the Immortals. v1. 23 Mar 2013

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cLouis Tracy (1863 - 1928) was a British journalist, and prolific writer of fiction. He used the pseudonyms Gordon Holmes and Robert Fraser, which were at times shared with M. P. Shiel, a collaborator from the start of the twentieth century.
He was born in Liverpool to a well-to-do middle-class family. At first he was educated at home and then at the French Seminary at Douai. Around 1884 he became a reporter for a local paper - 'The Northern Echo' at Darlington, circulating in parts of Durham and North Yorkshir; later he worked for papers in Cardiff and Allahabad. During 1892-1894 he was closely associated with Arthur Harmsworth, in 'The Sun' and 'The Evening News and Post'.

Excerpt
At the corner of the bridge, where it joins the Quai du Louvre, she met a young man. Each pretended that the meeting was accidental, though, after the first glance, the best-natured recording angel ever commissioned from Paradise would have refused to believe either of them.

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Tracy, Louis: Cynthia's Chauffeur. v1. 22 Mar 2013

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cLouis Tracy (1863 - 1928) was a British journalist, and prolific writer of fiction. He used the pseudonyms Gordon Holmes and Robert Fraser, which were at times shared with M. P. Shiel, a collaborator from the start of the twentieth century.
He was born in Liverpool to a well-to-do middle-class family. At first he was educated at home and then at the French Seminary at Douai. Around 1884 he became a reporter for a local paper - 'The Northern Echo' at Darlington, circulating in parts of Durham and North Yorkshir; later he worked for papers in Cardiff and Allahabad. During 1892-1894 he was closely associated with Arthur Harmsworth, in 'The Sun' and 'The Evening News and Post'.

Excerpt
Derby Day fell that year on the first Wednesday in June. By a whim of the British climate, the weather was fine; in fact, no rain had fallen on southern England since the previous Sunday. Wise after the event, the newspapers published cheerful "forecasts," and certain daring"experts" discussed the probabilities of a heat wave. So London, on that bright Wednesday morning, was agog with excitement over its annual holiday; and at such a time London is the gayest and liveliest city in the world.

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Tracy, Louis: His unknown wife. v1. 22 Mar 2013

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cLouis Tracy (1863 - 1928) was a British journalist, and prolific writer of fiction. He used the pseudonyms Gordon Holmes and Robert Fraser, which were at times shared with M. P. Shiel, a collaborator from the start of the twentieth century.
He was born in Liverpool to a well-to-do middle-class family. At first he was educated at home and then at the French Seminary at Douai. Around 1884 he became a reporter for a local paper - 'The Northern Echo' at Darlington, circulating in parts of Durham and North Yorkshir; later he worked for papers in Cardiff and Allahabad. During 1892-1894 he was closely associated with Arthur Harmsworth, in 'The Sun' and 'The Evening News and Post'.

Excerpt
Prisoner, attention! His excellency the President has permitted Señor Steinbaum to visit you."
The "prisoner" was lying on his back on a plank bed, with his hands tucked beneath his head to obtain some measure of protection from the roll of rough fiber matting which formed a pillow. He did not pay the slightest heed to the half-caste Spanish jailer's gruff command. But the visitor's name stirred him. He turned his head, apparently to make sure that he was not being deceived, and rose on an elbow.
"Hello, Steinbaum!" he said in English. "What's the swindle? Excuse this terseness, but I have to die in an hour, or even less, if a sunbeam hasn't misled me."

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Tracy, Louis: Number Seventeen. v1. 21 Mar 2013

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cLouis Tracy (1863 - 1928) was a British journalist, and prolific writer of fiction. He used the pseudonyms Gordon Holmes and Robert Fraser, which were at times shared with M. P. Shiel, a collaborator from the start of the twentieth century.
He was born in Liverpool to a well-to-do middle-class family. At first he was educated at home and then at the French Seminary at Douai. Around 1884 he became a reporter for a local paper - 'The Northern Echo' at Darlington, circulating in parts of Durham and North Yorkshir; later he worked for papers in Cardiff and Allahabad. During 1892-1894 he was closely associated with Arthur Harmsworth, in 'The Sun' and 'The Evening News and Post'.

Excerpt
"Taxi, sir? Yes, sir. No. 4 will be yours."
A red-faced, loud-breathing commissionaire, engaged in the lucrative task of pocketing sixpences as quickly as he could summon cabs, vanished in a swirl of macintoshes and umbrellas.
People who had arrived at the theater in fine weather were emerging into a drizzle of rain. "All London," as the phrase goes, was flocking to see the latest musical comedy at Daly's, but all London, regarded thus collectively, is far from owning motor cars, or even affording taxicabs, so the majority of the play-goers were hurrying on foot towards tube railways and omnibus routes.

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Tracy, Louis: The Albert Gate Mystery. v1. 21 Mar 2013

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cLouis Tracy (1863 - 1928) was a British journalist, and prolific writer of fiction. He used the pseudonyms Gordon Holmes and Robert Fraser, which were at times shared with M. P. Shiel, a collaborator from the start of the twentieth century.
He was born in Liverpool to a well-to-do middle-class family. At first he was educated at home and then at the French Seminary at Douai. Around 1884 he became a reporter for a local paper - 'The Northern Echo' at Darlington, circulating in parts of Durham and North Yorkshir; later he worked for papers in Cardiff and Allahabad. During 1892-1894 he was closely associated with Arthur Harmsworth, in 'The Sun' and 'The Evening News and Post'.

Excerpt
Reginald Brett, barrister-at-law and amateur detective, had seldom been more at peace with the world and his own conscience than when he entered the dining-room of his cosy flat this bright October morning.
Since the famous affair of Lady Delia Lyle's disappearance and death, he had not been busy, and the joy of healthy idleness is only known to the hard worker. Again, while dressing, he had received a letter inviting him to a quiet shoot at a delightful place in the country.
All these things blended with happy inconsequence to render Brett contented in mind and affable in manner.

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Tracy, Louis: The Bartlett Mystery. v1. 21 Mar 2013

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cLouis Tracy (1863 - 1928) was a British journalist, and prolific writer of fiction. He used the pseudonyms Gordon Holmes and Robert Fraser, which were at times shared with M. P. Shiel, a collaborator from the start of the twentieth century.
He was born in Liverpool to a well-to-do middle-class family. At first he was educated at home and then at the French Seminary at Douai. Around 1884 he became a reporter for a local paper - 'The Northern Echo' at Darlington, circulating in parts of Durham and North Yorkshir; later he worked for papers in Cardiff and Allahabad. During 1892-1894 he was closely associated with Arthur Harmsworth, in 'The Sun' and 'The Evening News and Post'.

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That story of love and crime which figures in the records of the New York Detective Bureau as "The Yacht Mystery" has little to do with yachts and is no longer a mystery. It is concerned far more intimately with the troubles and trials of pretty Winifred Bartlett than with the vagaries of the restless sea; the alert, well-groomed figure of Winifred's true lover, Rex Carshaw, fills its pages to the almost total exclusion of the portly millionaire who owned the Sans Souci. Yet, such is the singular dominance exercised by the trivial things of life over the truly important ones, some hundreds of thousands of people in the great city on the three rivers will recall many episodes of the nine days' wonder known to them as "The Yacht Mystery" though they may never have heard of either Winifred or Rex.

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Tracy, Louis: The Captain of the Kansas. v1. 20 Mar 2013

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cLouis Tracy (1863 - 1928) was a British journalist, and prolific writer of fiction. He used the pseudonyms Gordon Holmes and Robert Fraser, which were at times shared with M. P. Shiel, a collaborator from the start of the twentieth century.
He was born in Liverpool to a well-to-do middle-class family. At first he was educated at home and then at the French Seminary at Douai. Around 1884 he became a reporter for a local paper - 'The Northern Echo' at Darlington, circulating in parts of Durham and North Yorkshir; later he worked for papers in Cardiff and Allahabad. During 1892-1894 he was closely associated with Arthur Harmsworth, in 'The Sun' and 'The Evening News and Post'.

Excerpt
"I think I shall enjoy this trip," purred Isobel Baring, nestling comfortably among the cushions of her deck chair. A steward was arranging tea for two at a small table. The Kansas, with placid hum of engines, was speeding evenly through an azure sea.
"I agree with that opinion most heartily, though, to be sure, so much depends on the weather," replied her friend, Elsie Maxwell, rising to pour out the tea. Already the brisk sea-breeze had kissed the Chilean pallor from Elsie's face, which had regained its English peach-bloom. Isobel Baring's complexion was tinged with the warmth of a pomegranate. At sea, even in the blue Pacific, she carried with her the suggestion of a tropical garden.

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Tracy, Louis: The Day of Wrath. v1. 20 Mar 2013

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cLouis Tracy (1863 - 1928) was a British journalist, and prolific writer of fiction. He used the pseudonyms Gordon Holmes and Robert Fraser, which were at times shared with M. P. Shiel, a collaborator from the start of the twentieth century.
He was born in Liverpool to a well-to-do middle-class family. At first he was educated at home and then at the French Seminary at Douai. Around 1884 he became a reporter for a local paper - 'The Northern Echo' at Darlington, circulating in parts of Durham and North Yorkshir; later he worked for papers in Cardiff and Allahabad. During 1892-1894 he was closely associated with Arthur Harmsworth, in 'The Sun' and 'The Evening News and Post'.

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Von Halwig was in front, impartially cursing and shoving aside the crowd of police and railway men. A gigantic ticket-inspector, catching sight of the Guardsman, bellowed an order to "clear the way;" but a general officer created a momentary diversion by choosing that forbidden exit. Von Halwig's heels clicked, and his right hand was raised in a salute, so Dalroy was given a few seconds wherein to scrutinise the face of the terrified woman who had addressed him. He saw that she was young, an Englishwoman, and undoubtedly a lady by her speech and garb.

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Tracy, Louis: The Great Mogul. v1. 19 Mar 2013

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cLouis Tracy (1863 - 1928) was a British journalist, and prolific writer of fiction. He used the pseudonyms Gordon Holmes and Robert Fraser, which were at times shared with M. P. Shiel, a collaborator from the start of the twentieth century.
He was born in Liverpool to a well-to-do middle-class family. At first he was educated at home and then at the French Seminary at Douai. Around 1884 he became a reporter for a local paper - 'The Northern Echo' at Darlington, circulating in parts of Durham and North Yorkshir; later he worked for papers in Cardiff and Allahabad. During 1892-1894 he was closely associated with Arthur Harmsworth, in 'The Sun' and 'The Evening News and Post'.

Excerpt
"Father of my loved ones," she said, "let you and the two boys travel on with the cow. If you reach succor, return for me and my daughter. If not, it is the will of God, and who can gainsay it?"
The man stooped to pick up his staff. But his great powers of endurance, suddenly enfeebled by the ordeal thrust upon him, yielded utterly, and he sank helpless by the side of his wife.

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Tracy, Louis: The House 'Round the Corner. v1. 23 Mar 2013

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cLouis Tracy (1863 - 1928) was a British journalist, and prolific writer of fiction. He used the pseudonyms Gordon Holmes and Robert Fraser, which were at times shared with M. P. Shiel, a collaborator from the start of the twentieth century.
He was born in Liverpool to a well-to-do middle-class family. At first he was educated at home and then at the French Seminary at Douai. Around 1884 he became a reporter for a local paper - 'The Northern Echo' at Darlington, circulating in parts of Durham and North Yorkshir; later he worked for papers in Cardiff and Allahabad. During 1892-1894 he was closely associated with Arthur Harmsworth, in 'The Sun' and 'The Evening News and Post'.

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The train had panted twelve miles up a sinuous valley, halting at three tiny stations on the way; it dwelt so long at the fourth that the occupant of a first-class carriage raised his eyes from the book he was reading. He found the platform packed with country folk, all heading in the same direction. Hitherto, this heedless traveller had been aware of some station-master or porter bawling an unintelligible name; now, his fellow-passengers seemed to know what place this was without being told; moreover, they seemed to be alighting there.

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Tracy, Louis: The Late Tenant. v1. 19 Mar 2013

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Louis Tracy (1863 - 1928) was a British journalist, and prolific writer of fiction. He used the pseudonyms Gordon Holmes and Robert Fraser, which were at times shared with M. P. Shiel, a collaborator from the start of the twentieth century.
He was born in Liverpool to a well-to-do middle-class family. At first he was educated at home and then at the French Seminary at Douai. Around 1884 he became a reporter for a local paper - 'The Northern Echo' at Darlington, circulating in parts of Durham and North Yorkshir; later he worked for papers in Cardiff and Allahabad. During 1892-1894 he was closely associated with Arthur Harmsworth, in 'The Sun' and 'The Evening News and Post'.

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"The thing is bound to come to your ears sooner or later, Mr. Harcourt; so I may as well tell you now," said the Londoner. "The late tenant was a lady, a singer of much promise, it was said. For an unknown reason—probably some love affair was disturbing her rest—she—er—took an overdose of a sleeping-draft. She was a very charming woman, quite young, of highest character. It is inconceivable that she should have committed suicide. The affair was an accident, of course, but—er—"
"A sceptical coroner thought it a murder?"

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Tracy, Louis: The Postmaster's Daughter. V1. 18 Mar 2013

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Louis Tracy (1863 - 1928) was a British journalist, and prolific writer of fiction. He used the pseudonyms Gordon Holmes and Robert Fraser, which were at times shared with M. P. Shiel, a collaborator from the start of the twentieth century.
He was born in Liverpool to a well-to-do middle-class family. At first he was educated at home and then at the French Seminary at Douai. Around 1884 he became a reporter for a local paper - 'The Northern Echo' at Darlington, circulating in parts of Durham and North Yorkshir; later he worked for papers in Cardiff and Allahabad. During 1892-1894 he was closely associated with Arthur Harmsworth, in 'The Sun' and 'The Evening News and Post'.

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Happily, the wrecker was content to let well enough alone after enlarging the house, laying turf, and planting shrubs and flowers. He found The Hollies a ramshackle place, and left it even more so, but with a new note of artistry and several unexpectedly charming vistas. Thus, the big double window opened straight into an irregular garden which merged insensibly into a sloping lawn bounded by a river-pool. The bank on the other side of the stream rose sharply and was well wooded. Above the crest showed the thatched roofs or red tiles of Steynholme, which was a village in the time of William the Conqueror, and has remained a village ever since. Frame this picture in flowering shrubs, evergreens, a few choice firs, a copper beech, and some sturdy oaks shadowing the lawn, and the prospect on a June morning might well have led out into the open any young man with a pipe.

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Tracy, Louis: The Red Year. v1. 18 Mar 2013

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Louis Tracy (1863 - 1928) was a British journalist, and prolific writer of fiction. He used the pseudonyms Gordon Holmes and Robert Fraser, which were at times shared with M. P. Shiel, a collaborator from the start of the twentieth century.
He was born in Liverpool to a well-to-do middle-class family. At first he was educated at home and then at the French Seminary at Douai. Around 1884 he became a reporter for a local paper - 'The Northern Echo' at Darlington, circulating in parts of Durham and North Yorkshir; later he worked for papers in Cardiff and Allahabad. During 1892-1894 he was closely associated with Arthur Harmsworth, in 'The Sun' and 'The Evening News and Post'.

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On a day in January, 1857, a sepoy was sitting by a well in the cantonment of Dum-Dum, near Calcutta. Though he wore the uniform of John Company, and his rank was the lowest in the native army, he carried on his forehead the caste-marks of the Brahmin. In a word, he was more than noble, being of sacred birth, and the Hindu officers of his regiment, if they were not heaven-born Brahmins, would grovel before him in secret, though he must obey their slightest order on parade or in the field.

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Tracy, Louis: The Revellers. v1. 18 Mar 2013

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Louis Tracy (1863 - 1928) was a British journalist, and prolific writer of fiction. He used the pseudonyms Gordon Holmes and Robert Fraser, which were at times shared with M. P. Shiel, a collaborator from the start of the twentieth century.
He was born in Liverpool to a well-to-do middle-class family. At first he was educated at home and then at the French Seminary at Douai. Around 1884 he became a reporter for a local paper - 'The Northern Echo' at Darlington, circulating in parts of Durham and North Yorkshir; later he worked for papers in Cardiff and Allahabad. During 1892-1894 he was closely associated with Arthur Harmsworth, in 'The Sun' and 'The Evening News and Post'.

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"And the king was much moved, and went up to the chamber over the gate, and wept: and as he went, thus he said, O my son Absalom, my son, my son Absalom! Would God I had died for thee, O Absalom, my son, my son!"
The voice of the reader was strident, his utterance uneven, his diction illiterate. Yet he concluded the 18th chapter of the second Book of Samuel with an unctuous force born of long familiarity with the text. His laborious drone revealed no consciousness of the humanism of the Jewish King. To suggest that the Bible contained a mine of literature, a series of stories of surpassing interest, portraying as truthfully the lives of the men and women of to-day as of the nomad race which a personal God led through the wilderness, would have provoked from this man's mouth a sluggish flood of protest. The slow-moving lips, set tight after each syllabic struggle, the shaggy eyebrows overhanging horn-rimmed spectacles, the beetling forehead and bull-like head sunk between massive shoulders, the very clutch of the big hands on the Bible held stiffly at a distance, bespoke a triumphant dogmatism that found as little actuality in the heartbroken cry of David as in a description of a seven-branched candlestick.

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Tracy, Louis: The Silent Barrier. v1. 18 Mar 2013

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Louis Tracy (1863 - 1928) was a British journalist, and prolific writer of fiction. He used the pseudonyms Gordon Holmes and Robert Fraser, which were at times shared with M. P. Shiel, a collaborator from the start of the twentieth century.
He was born in Liverpool to a well-to-do middle-class family. At first he was educated at home and then at the French Seminary at Douai. Around 1884 he became a reporter for a local paper - 'The Northern Echo' at Darlington, circulating in parts of Durham and North Yorkshir; later he worked for papers in Cardiff and Allahabad. During 1892-1894 he was closely associated with Arthur Harmsworth, in 'The Sun' and 'The Evening News and Post'.

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He little dreamed that he was choosing the starting point of the most thrilling adventure in a life already adventurous; that the soft carpet of the Embankment Hotel might waft him to scenes not within the common scope. That is ever the way of true romance. Your knight errant may wander in the forest for a day or a year,—he never knows the moment when the enchanted glade shall open before his eyes; nay, he scarce has seen the weeping maiden bound to a tree ere he is called in to couch his lance and ride a-tilt at the fire breathing dragon. It was so when men and maids dwelt in a young world; it is so now; and it will be so till the crack of doom. Manners may change, and costume; but hearts filled with the wine of life are not to be altered. They are fashioned that way, and the world does not vary, else Eve might regain Paradise, and all the fret and fume have an end.

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Tracy, Louis: The Stowaway Girl. v1. 17 Mar 2013

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Louis Tracy (1863 - 1928) was a British journalist, and prolific writer of fiction. He used the pseudonyms Gordon Holmes and Robert Fraser, which were at times shared with M. P. Shiel, a collaborator from the start of the twentieth century.
He was born in Liverpool to a well-to-do middle-class family. At first he was educated at home and then at the French Seminary at Douai. Around 1884 he became a reporter for a local paper - 'The Northern Echo' at Darlington, circulating in parts of Durham and North Yorkshir; later he worked for papers in Cardiff and Allahabad. During 1892-1894 he was closely associated with Arthur Harmsworth, in 'The Sun' and 'The Evening News and Post'.

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"Marry Mr. Bulmer! That horrid old man! Uncle, what are you saying?"

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Tracy, Louis: The Stowmarket Mystery. v1. 16 Mar 2013

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Louis Tracy (1863 - 1928) was a British journalist, and prolific writer of fiction. He used the pseudonyms Gordon Holmes and Robert Fraser, which were at times shared with M. P. Shiel, a collaborator from the start of the twentieth century.
He was born in Liverpool to a well-to-do middle-class family. At first he was educated at home and then at the French Seminary at Douai. Around 1884 he became a reporter for a local paper - 'The Northern Echo' at Darlington, circulating in parts of Durham and North Yorkshir; later he worked for papers in Cardiff and Allahabad. During 1892-1894 he was closely associated with Arthur Harmsworth, in 'The Sun' and 'The Evening News and Post'.

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Reginald Brett, barrister-detective, twisted round in his easy-chair to permit the light to fall clearly on the card handed to him by his man-servant.

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Tracy, Louis: The Strange Case of Mortimer Fenley. v1, 2 Sep 2008

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1919 British murder mystery. I'm afraid that's all I know about this one! Comments would be welcome from anyone if you do happen to read it.

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Tracy, Louis: The Wheel O' Fortune. v1. 16 Mar 2013

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Louis Tracy (1863 - 1928) was a British journalist, and prolific writer of fiction. He used the pseudonyms Gordon Holmes and Robert Fraser, which were at times shared with M. P. Shiel, a collaborator from the start of the twentieth century.
He was born in Liverpool to a well-to-do middle-class family. At first he was educated at home and then at the French Seminary at Douai. Around 1884 he became a reporter for a local paper - 'The Northern Echo' at Darlington, circulating in parts of Durham and North Yorkshir; later he worked for papers in Cardiff and Allahabad. During 1892-1894 he was closely associated with Arthur Harmsworth, in 'The Sun' and 'The Evening News and Post'.

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At ten o'clock on a morning in October—a dazzling, sunlit morning after hours of wind-lashed rain—a young man hurried out of Victoria Station and dodged the traffic and the mud-pools on his way towards Victoria Street. Suddenly he was brought to a stand by an unusual spectacle. A procession of the "unemployed" was sauntering out of Vauxhall Bridge Road into the more important street. Being men of leisure, the processionists moved slowly. The more alert pedestrian who had just emerged from the station did not grumble at the delay—he even turned it to advantage by rolling and lighting a cigarette. The ragged regiment filed past, a soiled, frayed, hopeless-looking gang. Three hundred men had gathered on the south side of the river, and were marching to join other contingents on the Thames Embankment, whence some thousands of them would be shepherded by policemen up Northumberland Avenue, across Trafalgar Square, and so, by way of Lower Regent Street and Piccadilly, to Hyde Park, where they would hoarsely cheer every demagogue who blamed the Government for their miseries.

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Tracy, Louis: The Wings of the Morning. v1. 15 Mar 2013

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Louis Tracy (1863 - 1928) was a British journalist, and prolific writer of fiction. He used the pseudonyms Gordon Holmes and Robert Fraser, which were at times shared with M. P. Shiel, a collaborator from the start of the twentieth century.
He was born in Liverpool to a well-to-do middle-class family. At first he was educated at home and then at the French Seminary at Douai. Around 1884 he became a reporter for a local paper - 'The Northern Echo' at Darlington, circulating in parts of Durham and North Yorkshir; later he worked for papers in Cardiff and Allahabad. During 1892-1894 he was closely associated with Arthur Harmsworth, in 'The Sun' and 'The Evening News and Post'.

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Lady Tozer adjusted her gold-rimmed eye-glasses with an air of dignified aggressiveness. She had lived too many years in the Far East. In Hong Kong she was known as the "Mandarin." Her powers of merciless inquisition suggested torments long drawn out. The commander of the Sirdar, homeward bound from Shanghai, knew that he was about to be stretched on the rack when he took his seat at the saloon table.

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Tracy, Louis: v1. A Mysterious Disappearance. v1. 23 Mar 2013

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Louis Tracy (1863 - 1928) was a British journalist, and prolific writer of fiction. He used the pseudonyms Gordon Holmes and Robert Fraser, which were at times shared with M. P. Shiel, a collaborator from the start of the twentieth century.
He was born in Liverpool to a well-to-do middle-class family. At first he was educated at home and then at the French Seminary at Douai. Around 1884 he became a reporter for a local paper - 'The Northern Echo' at Darlington, circulating in parts of Durham and North Yorkshir; later he worked for papers in Cardiff and Allahabad. During 1892-1894 he was closely associated with Arthur Harmsworth, in 'The Sun' and 'The Evening News and Post'.

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But Lady Dyke was a strong-minded woman. There was no trace of doubt in the wrinkled brows and reflective eyes. She held back the curtains with her left hand, buttoning a glove at the wrist with the other. Fog or no fog, she would venture forth, and she was already dressed for the weather in tailor-made costume and winter toque.
She was annoyed, but not disconcerted by the fog. Too long had she allowed herself to take things easily. The future was as murky as the atmosphere; the past was dramatically typified by the pleasant surroundings on which she resolutely turned her back. Lady Dyke was quite determined as to her actions, and a dull November night was a most unlikely agent to restrain her from following the course she had mapped out.

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Tracy, Louis: What Would You Have Done: v1. 14 Mar 2013

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Louis Tracy (1863 - 1928) was a British journalist, and prolific writer of fiction. He used the pseudonyms Gordon Holmes and Robert Fraser, which were at times shared with M. P. Shiel, a collaborator from the start of the twentieth century.
He was born in Liverpool to a well-to-do middle-class family. At first he was educated at home and then at the French Seminary at Douai. Around 1884 he became a reporter for a local paper - 'The Northern Echo' at Darlington, circulating in parts of Durham and North Yorkshir; later he worked for papers in Cardiff and Allahabad. During 1892-1894 he was closely associated with Arthur Harmsworth, in 'The Sun' and 'The Evening News and Post'.

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A SUSPICIOUS country policeman, reporting to his district superintendent certain tragic happenings which he was wholly unable to account for, described Robert Mannering as "a man of good appearance who spoke like a gentleman." That was later in the day, however—say, an hour or more after Mannering raised his eyes from close scrutiny of a small-scale map to gaze in surprise at a heavy bank of black cloud travelling swiftly over the moor from the south-west.

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Train, Arthur: By Advice of Counsel (1921): v1

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The second book of Tutt and Mr Tutt stories:

1: The Shyster
2: The Kid And The Camel
3: Contempt Of Court
4: By Advice Of Counsel
5: "That Sort Of Woman"
6: You're Another!
7: Beyond A Reasonable Doubt

As the only first edition cover I could find was very small, I used it within the logo of an imaginary publisher.

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Train, Arthur: Old Man Tutt (1938); v1

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More humorous cases starring Ephraim Tutt, of Tutt and Tutt, a very sharp old lawyer who stands for justice, and his battles with those who don't.

1: Jefferson Was Right
2: Her Father’s House
3: You’re Another
4: Tit, Tat, Tutt
5: Black Salmon
6: Just At That Age
7: Mr. Tutt Takes The Count
8: Mr. Tutt Goes Fishing
9: Tootle
10: No Parking
11: Mr. Tutt’s Queerest Case

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Train, Arthur: The Confessions of Artemas Quibble (1911); v1

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Sub-titled:

BEING THE INGENUOUS AND UNVARNISHED HISTORY OF ARTEMAS QUIBBLE, ESQUIRE, ONE-TIME PRACTITIONER IN THE NEW YORK CRIMINAL COURTS, TOGETHER WITH AN ACCOUNT OF THE DIVERS WILES, TRICKS, SOPHISTRIES, TECHNICALITIES, AND SUNDRY ARTIFICES OF HIMSELF AND OTHERS OF THE FRATERNITY, COMMONLY YCLEPT "SHYSTERS" OR "SHYSTER LAWYERS

Easy to read, good fun, by a former New York District Attorney who went on to a prolific writing career.

The stylish cover illustrates the bridge between The Tombs (the Manhattan jail), and the Criminal Courts, known as The Bridge of Sighs, at it was at that time.

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Train, Arthur: Tut Tut! Mr Tutt! (1923), v1

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More humorous cases of Ephraim Tutt, of Tutt and Tutt, a very sharp old lawyer who stands for justice, and his battles with those who don't.

1: The Bloodhound
2: Tut, Tut! Mr. Tutt
3: The Liberty Of The Jail
4: Hocus-Pocus
5: Saving His Face
6: In Witness Whereof
7: The Twelve Little Husbands
8: The Cloak of St. Martin

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Train, Arthur: Tutt and Mr Tutt (1919), v1

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Introducing Tutt and Mr Tutt, New York Lawyers, creations of Arthur Train (d 1946), himself a lawyer and ex District Attorney. The senior Tutt (Mr Tutt) is as shrewd as they come, niftily (and craftily) frustrates dubious schemes with his acute knowledge of the more obscure byways of the law.

1: The Human Element
2: Mock Hen And Mock Turtle
3: Samuel And Delilah
4: The Dog Andrew
5: Wile Versus Guile
6: Hepplewhite Tramp
7: Lallapaloosa Limited

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Trall, R. T.: True Healing Art. v1. 30 Jan 2013

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Russell Thacker Trall's classic on health and hygiene — "[The True Healing Art: Or, Hygienic vs. Drug Medication[/". This book influenced the [Nature Cure[/ and the [Natural Hygiene[/ movements. This version has been created with a linked table of contents, pictures, formatting changes and typos corrected.

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Treller, Franz: Der Enkel der Koenige german v1 06 dec 2009

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Franz Treller (* 15. Oktober 1839 in Kassel; † 28. Juni 1908 ebd.) war ein deutscher Schauspieler, Regisseur und Schriftsteller.
Bekannt geworden ist Franz Treller durch Abenteuerromane im Stile Karl Mays, die bis in die 60er Jahre des 20. Jahrhunderts häufig gelesen wurden.

Zunächst schrieb Treller historische Abenteuerromane, häufig für ein jugendliches Publikum, deren Handlung oftmals Bezüge zur Geschichte seiner hessischen Heimat aufwies. So behandelte er z.B. in Vergessene Helden das Schicksal hessischer Soldaten während des Amerikanischen Unabhängkeitskrieges. Wichtiger waren allerdings seine Jugendromane und Jugenderzählungen, die zumeist in der populären Jungenzeitschrift Der Gute Kamerad oder in dem Jahrbuch Das Neue Universum vorabgedruckt wurden und später in zahlreichen Buchausgaben weite Verbreitung fanden. Mit den Veröffentlichungen in Der Gute Kamerad trat Treller in direkte Konkurrenz zu Karl May, der hier ebenfalls Jugenderzählungen veröffentlichte.(Wikipedia)

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Die Erzählung spielt um 1850 in Guatemala. Ein kleiner Indianerknabe wird entführt und in der Wüste zurückgelassen, wo er von Weißen gefunden wird. Jahre später wird Pablo, wie er genannt wird, auf Grund einer Tätowierung als Nachkomme der Mayakönige erkannt. Der Kazike Chamulpo, der um seine Macht fürchtet, will sich seiner entledigen. Und während Pablo um sein Leben und seine Stellung kämpft, wird er gleichzeitig in die Bürgerkriegswirren des Landes verwickelt.(Karl May Gesellschaft)

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Treller, Franz: Der Gefangene der Aimaràs v1 german 14 dec 2009

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Autor: Franz Treller wird am 15. Oktober 1839 im Haus seines Großvaters, des Schuhmachermeisters Andreas Heinrich Treller, im hessischen Kassel geboren.

Das Hauptaugenmerk von Franz Treller liegt aber auf dem Gebiet der abenteuerlichen Jugenderzählungen, für die er sich Anleihen bei Schriftstellern wie James Fenimore Cooper und Friedrich Gerstäcker holt, aber auch eigene ältere Werke wie Gela und Vergessene Helden entsprechend aufbereitet. Die Protagonisten seiner Abenteuerbücher sind meist jugendliche Helden, die als Kinder verschollen oder geraubt wurden oder denen Gefahr von missgünstigen Verwandten droht - Identifikationsfiguren für die aus der gehobenen Mittelschicht bzw. dem gebildeten Bürgertum des deutschen Kaiserreichs stammenden jugendlichen Lesern.

Und hier setzt seine Verbindung zur Zeitschrift "Der Gute Kamerad" ein. Anfang 1887 hatte der Stuttgarter Verleger Wilhelm Spemann mit der Herausgabe dieser wöchentlich erscheinenden, vierzehn Seiten starken und reich illustrierten Zeitschrift für Knaben begonnen, für die er mit Karl May einen zugkräftigen Schriftsteller gewinnen konnte. Weil aber absehbar ist, dass dessen Beiträge seltener werden, blickt man sich nach neuen Autoren um und stößt dabei u.a. auf Franz Treller.

Franz Treller stirbt am 28. Juni 1908 in seiner Heimatstadt Kassel, die heute noch mit einem Straßennamen an den Autor erinnert.

Seine Werke erfreuen sich bis in die 30er Jahre ungebrochener Beliebtheit. Seine sechs bekanntesten, in Nord-, Mittel- und Südamerika spielenden Romane - Verwehte Spuren, Der König der Miami, Das Kind der Prärie, Der Sohn des Gaucho, Der Enkel der Könige sowie Der Gefangene der Aimaras - erfahren sogar Auflagen bis in die 70er Jahre des 20. Jahrhunderts und erreichen zum Teil Gesamtauflagen von über hunderttausend Stück. In den letzten Jahrzehnten sind aber auch diese Veröffentlichungen vom Buchmarkt verschwunden - Franz Treller wurde zu einem 'vergessenen' Schriftsteller.

Buch: Die Handlung spielt um das Jahr 1850 in Neugranada, dem späteren Kolumbien. Nach Jahren der Gefangenschaft bei dem wilden Bergstamm der Aimaràs gelingt einem jungen Weißen die Flucht in die Freiheit. Von ehemaligen Freunden seines Vaters aufgenommen, sucht er die Hintergründe am Massaker an seinen Angehörigen aufzudecken. Doch der alte Feind seines ermordeten Vaters erfährt von dieser Bedrohung und schickt wieder einen Meuchelmörder aus. (beide Texte entnommen der Website der Karl-May-Gesellschaft)

Erstauflage dieses Romans in Buchform: 1902

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Treller, Franz: Der Letzte vom "Admiral" german v1 10.nov.2009

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Franz Treller (* 15. Oktober 1839 in Kassel; † 28. Juni 1908 ebd.) war ein deutscher Schauspieler, Regisseur und Schriftsteller.

Franz Treller wurde als Sohn eines Schuhmachers in Kassel geboren. Nach dem Besuch der Bürgerschule durchlief er eine Banklehre. Weit mehr interessierte ihn jedoch das Theater. Nach einer Schauspielausbildung arbeitete er als Schauspieler in Oldenburg, Bremen und Königsberg. Von 1866 bis zur Zerstörung des Theaters durch einen Brand 1881 war er Regisseur, Dramaturg und Schauspieler am deutschen Theater in Riga.

Nach Zwischenstationen in Moskau und Wien kehrte er 1884 nach Kassel zurück und wurde Hauptschriftleiter der Kasseler Allgemeinen Zeitung. Seit 1890 arbeitete er als freier Schriftsteller.

Franz Treller starb 1908 im Alter von 68 Jahren in seiner Heimatstadt.

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Der Letzte vom"Admiral" ist ein recht spannendes nautischer Abenteuerroman für die "reifere Jugend", da Treller bei weitem nicht so moralisierend daherkommt wie etwa Karl May in seinen Jugendbänden.

Dieser Text ist mit dem original Cover der 1927er Ausgabe versehen. Die Erstausgabe war 1899.

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Treller, Franz: Der Sohn des Gaucho german v1 06 dec 2009

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Autor:

Franz Treller (* 15. Oktober 1839 in Kassel; † 28. Juni 1908 ebd.) war ein deutscher Schauspieler, Regisseur und Schriftsteller.

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Inhalt: Die Handlung der Geschichte spielt sich um 1850 in Argentinien ab. Der Gaucho Juan Perez und sein Freund Pati werden Zeugen eines brutalen Überfalls auf eine Hazienda und können dabei ein Kind retten. Jahre später entdecken sie im Anstifter dieser Tat den Onkel ihres Schützlings. Auf der Flucht vor dessen Schergen schließen sich die drei den aufständischen Truppen an, die gegen den Diktator Manuel Rosas im Bürgerkrieg zwischen Konföderierten und Unitariern kämpfen.

Erstausgabe: 1901

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Treller, Franz: Verwehte Spuren geman v1 21 jun 2009

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Franz Treller wurde als Sohn eines Schuhmachers in Kassel geboren. Nach dem Besuch der Bürgerschule durchlief er eine Banklehre. Weit mehr interessierte ihn jedoch das Theater. Nach einer Schauspielausbildung arbeitete er als Schauspieler in Oldenburg, Bremen und Königsberg. Von 1866 bis zur Zerstörung des Theaters durch einen Brand 1881 war er Regisseur, Dramaturg und Schauspieler am deutschen Theater in Riga.

Nach Zwischenstationen in Moskau und Wien kehrte er 1884 nach Kassel zurück und wurde Hauptschriftleiter der Kasseler Allgemeinen Zeitung. Seit 1890 arbeitete er als freier Schriftsteller.

Franz Treller starb 1908 im Alter von 68 Jahren in seiner Heimatstadt.

Bekannt geworden ist Franz Treller durch Abenteuerromane im Stile Karl Mays, die bis in die 60er Jahre des 20. Jahrhunderts häufig gelesen wurden.

Zunächst schrieb Treller historische Abenteuerromane, häufig für ein jugendliches Publikum, deren Handlung oftmals Bezüge zur Geschichte seiner hessischen Heimat aufwies. So behandelte er z.B. in Vergessene Helden das Schicksal hessischer Soldaten während des Amerikanischen Unabhängkeitskrieges. Wichtiger waren allerdings seine Jugendromane und Jugenderzählungen, die zumeist in der populären Jungenzeitschrift Der Gute Kamerad oder in dem Jahrbuch Das Neue Universum vorabgedruckt wurden und später in zahlreichen Buchausgaben weite Verbreitung fanden. Mit den Veröffentlichungen in Der Gute Kamerad trat Treller in direkte Konkurrenz zu Karl May, der hier ebenfalls Jugenderzählungen veröffentlichte.

Die Handlung ist ungefähr zur Mitte des 19. Jahrhunderts im Gebiet der großen Seen, an der kanadisch-amerikanischen Grenze, angesiedelt. Der junge Deutsche Edgar Bender ist auf der Suche nach seiner verschollenen Schwester, die bei einem Überfall der Ottawas entführt worden war, in die Vereinigten Staaten gekommen. Bei seinem gefährlichen Unternehmen, in dessen Verlauf er sich gegen Banditen und feindliche Indianer bewähren muss, steht ihm ein von seinem Stamm ausgestoßener Indianer bei.

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Tressell, Robert: The Ragged Trousered Philanthropists, v.1, 8 June 2008.

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Robert Tressell (1870-1911)
The Ragged Trousered Philanthropists (unabridged) was first published in a complete, unabridged version in 1955. (There were earlier incomplete versions in the 1950s. It was never published in the author’s lifetime.)

This is the story of a band of oppressed painter-decorators, and the socialist visionary who joins them. It is set in a northern town in Edwardian England and demonstrates the subjection of the working class, suggesting a socialist alternative.

Some years ago I had to explain Marx’s theory of surplus value to a bunch of students. I used the Great Money Trick of Chapter 21. After reducing a loaf of bread to crumbs the students had understood and claimed to enjoy it. We then fed the crumbs to the ducks in a local park.

The source was a PG text file. I have added curly quotes, a TOC, restored italics and scanned in the diagrams. The author’s spelling and capitalisation is idiosyncratic at times.

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Trollope, Anthony: An Eye for an Eye, v.1, 16 Jan 2008.

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From Joseph E. Loewenstein’s (the PG editor) comments on this work:

‘This book is about the seduction of a young girl by the heir to an earldom, the resulting illegitimate pregnancy, and the young nobleman’s struggle to decide whether to marry or to abandon the girl--certainly not the usual content of Victorian novels.
Trollope is believed to have written [An Eye for an Eye [/in 1870, but he did not publish it until the fall of 1878, when it appeared in serial form in the [Whitehall Review[/, followed by publication of the entire book in 1879. The reason for delaying publication is unknown, although Trollope might have been concerned about the book’s reception by the public, given its subject matter and the hostile reception in 1853 of Elizabeth Gaskell’s [Ruth[/, which dealt with the same subject.’

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Trollope, Anthony: An Old Man’s Love, v. 1, 21 April 2008.

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(1884)
Trollope’s last completed novel, finished seven months before his death and published posthumously. (It recently appeared on PG).
A young woman must choose between two suitors. One of them is not young… However, he’s only 50 (--the prime of life, in my opinion).

From the summary at Manybooks.net:
‘50 year old William Whittlestaff becomes guardian to Mary Lawrie, the orphaned and penniless daughter of an old friend, and finds himself falling in love. But Mary has already given her heart to John Gordon, who returns after three years' absence, on the day of Whittlestaff's proposal.’

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Trollope, Anthony: Autobiography, v.1, 8 March 2008.

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Published posthumously, after the author’s death in 1882, but written in the 1870s.
This is not a kiss-and-tell autobiography. Instead Trollope details his work with the Post Office, his travels, his writing habits, and his earnings.

An extract:
“It will not, I trust, be supposed by any reader that I have intended in this so-called autobiography to give a record of my inner life. No man ever did so truly,--and no man ever will. Rousseau probably attempted it, but who doubts but that Rousseau has confessed in much the thoughts and convictions rather than the facts of his life? If the rustle of a woman’s petticoat has ever stirred my blood; if a cup of wine has been a joy to me; if I have thought tobacco at midnight in pleasant company to be one of the elements of an earthly paradise; if now and again I have somewhat recklessly fluttered a £5 note over a card-table;--of what matter is that to any reader? I have betrayed no woman. Wine has brought me to no sorrow. It has been the companionship of smoking that I have loved, rather than the habit. I have never desired to win money, and I have lost none. To enjoy the excitement of pleasure, but to be free from its vices and ill effects,--to have the sweet, and leave the bitter untasted,--that has been my study. The preachers tell us that this is impossible. It seems to me that hitherto I have succeeded fairly well. I will not say that I have never scorched a finger,--but I carry no ugly wounds.”

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Trollope, Anthony: Ayala’a Angel, v.1, 25 Feb 2008.

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(1880)
A novel.
Young Ayala persuades herself that her future husband will be ‘an Angel of Light.’ Surprisingly, none of her suitors seem to match this role description. But would she recognise an angel anyway?
Meanwhile, her friends are negotiating the Victorian marriage-market in the sub-plots.

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Trollope, Anthony: Can You Forgive Her?, v1, 03-09-08

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"Having almost completed chronicling the ecclesiastical affairs of Barchester in 1864, Anthony Trollope began a further series of six novels, this time depicting the English political scene of his day in general and the members of the Palliser family in particular. This one, the first of the six novels, carries a title that carries no hint of any political content whatsoever. Indeed, the "her" of the title is a perverse young lady, Alice, who refuses for almost 900 pages to marry the man whom all agree is so eminently suitable. Alice is one of at least four women that Trollope presents, all of whom struggle to answer the question, "What should a woman do with her life?" As usual with his female characters, Trollope is a sensitive, sure and unsentimental narrator. The business of the men, and the political issues they address, seem to consist in keeping solvent, gaining a seat and an office in parliament, and sniffing out any parliamentary intrigues. All of which might suggest that this is one early Victorian novel that today's feminists could pick up, read, and enjoy."

3-18-08

Edited to make many changes in punctuation.

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Trollope, Anthony: Castle Richmond, v.1, 28 Feb 2008.

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(1861)
An Irish novel, set in the year of the famine caused by potato blight, and featuring poverty, blackmail and two men in love with the same woman.

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Trollope, Anthony: Christmas at Thompson Hall, v.1, 19 February 2009.

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Anthony Trollope (1815–1882)
Christmas at Thompson Hall
First published in the ‘Graphic’, Christmas Issue, 1876.

On the way home to Thompson Hall for Christmas, a couple stay in a Parisian hotel. The lady attempts to find a remedy for her sick husband and this has some embarrassing consequences.

The source was a scan from The Internet Archive.

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Trollope, Anthony: Cousin Henry, v.1, 15 Jan 2008.

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A missing will causes havoc in a Welsh family.

From Wikipedia:

“[Cousin Henry [/is a novel by Anthony Trollope in 1879. The story deals with the trouble arising from the indecision of a squire, Indefer Jones, in choosing an heir to his estate.
Of all Trollope's shorter novels, this one has been called one of his most experimental.
Indefer Jones is the squire of a large manor in Carmarthen, Wales. His failing health makes it necessary to select an heir to his property. Because of his great love for his niece, Isabel Brodrick, who has lived with him for years on the property, it would seem appropriate to bequeath the estate to her. However, according to his traditional beliefs, it is necessary to name a male heir, with the same last name, to become the next squire.”

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Trollope, Anthony: Dr Wortle’s School, v.1, 17 Jan 2008.

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Trollope attacks Victorian hypocrisy about sexual mores.
Doctor Wortle runs a school. What is the right thing to do when a tutor is accused of bigamy? Can the school’s reputation survive the slur? Is it morally right to separate the couple?

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Trollope, Anthony: Harry Heathcote of Gangoil, v.1, 26 Feb 2008.

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‘Harry Heathcote of Gangoil: A Tale of Australian Bush-Life’
(1874)
A novella, featuring adventure and arson in the Australian Bush.

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Trollope, Anthony: He Knew He was Right, v.1 25 Feb 2008.

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Trollope’s version of the Othello story.

From Wikipedia:
He Knew He Was Right is a 1869 novel written by Anthony Trollope which describes the failure of a marriage caused by the unreasonable jealousy of a husband exacerbated by the stubbornness of a willful wife. As is common with Trollope's works, there are also several substantial subplots. Trollope considered this work to be a failure; he viewed the main character as unsympathetic, and the secondary characters and plots much more lively and interesting.

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Trollope, Anthony: Hunting Sketches, v.1, 11 Feb 2008.

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Reprinted from the [Pall Mall Gazette[/.
London: Chapman and Hall, 193, Piccadilly. 1865.

A set of sketches about various figures who hunt.

The contents:

The Man Who Hunts and Doesn’t Like It.
The Man Who Hunts and Does Like It.
The Lady Who Rides To Hounds
The Hunting Farmer
The Man Who Hunts and Never Jumps
The Hunting Parson
The Master of Hounds
How to Ride to Hounds

The issue of cruelty is not mentioned.
Hunting foxes with dogs has now been made illegal in the UK. Hunts still exist but the hounds now follow an artificial scent.

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Trollope, Anthony: Is He Popenjoy? v1, 30 November 2009.

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Anthony Trollope (1815-1882)
Is He Popenjoy? (1878)

Lord Brotherton comes home after a long stay in Italy, bringing an Italian woman and his son by her. Are they lawfully married or not? The displaced heirs want to know; particularly his younger brother, who is courting the Dean’s daughter.

The novel was inspired by the story of the Titchborne claimant; a cause célèbre at the time:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tichborne_Case

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Trollope, Anthony: John Caldigate, v.1, 24 Feb 2008.

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(1877)
This Trollope novel is barely, known, which is a pity because it is rather good. It is virtually a detective novel. The eponymous hero, a squire’s son, goes to Australia and sows his wild oats. On his return to England he marries a nice girl. Then his old Australian buddies turn up with an old flame of his, accusing him of bigamy. How can John Caldigate clear his name? An improbable saviour locates an unexpected forensic clue...

The novel features an array of strong-minded women: Mrs Caldigate (the real one) needs a feisty streak to cope with the bigamy allegations. Her mother is a strong-minded bigot. And the woman who hatches the conspiracy would have been a fascinating character had Trollope not chickened out of a detailed portrayal.

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Trollope, Anthony: Kept in the Dark, v1, 12 Oct 2007.

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First published in serial form May to December, 1882, in Good Words and in book form in 1882. Trollope died during the last month of serial publication.

A novel about male double standards and how female submission is expected in marriage.
Cecilia Holt engages herself to marry the despicable Sir Francis Geraldine. But when she finds out that he is despicable, she rapidly disengages herself. Shortly afterwards, she meets Mr Western, who is recovering from a similar experience. He tells her all about it, but she finds that it is rather tactless to say, ‘me too’ so stays quiet. They marry. All hell explodes when he finds out.

I have added a picture, TOC and curly quotes.

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Trollope, Anthony: La Vendée, v.1, 25 April 2008.

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A historical novel of 1850, set in La Vendée at the time of the French Revolution. While Paris supported the Republicans, the west of France had strong Royalist sympathies, especially in Brittany and the Vendée.
This is a tale of love, betrayal and warfare.

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Trollope, Anthony: Lady Anna, v.1, 27 Feb 2008.

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A novel of 1874, dealing with bigamy, class and marriage.

The opening sentence:
‘Women have often been hardly used by men, but perhaps no harder usage, no fiercer cruelty was ever experienced by a woman than that which fell to the lot of Josephine Murray from the hands of Earl Lovel, to whom she was married in the parish church of Applethwaite—a parish without a village, lying among the mountains of Cumberland—on the 1st of June, 181—.’

From the amazon.co.uk synopsis:
When it appeared in 1874, Lady Anna met with little success, and positively outraged the conservative - `This is the sort of thing the reading public will never stand...a man must be embittered by some violent present exasperation who can like such disruptions of social order as this.' (Saturday Review) - although Trollope himself considered it `the best novel I ever wrote! Very much! Quite far away above all others!!!'
This tightly constructed and passionate study of enforced marriage in the world of Radical politics and social inequality, records the lifelong attempt of Countess Lovel to justify her claim to her title, and her daughter Anna's legitimacy, after her husband announces that he already has a wife. However, mother and daughter are driven apart when Anna defies her mother's wish that she marry her cousin, heir to her father's title, and falls in love with journeyman tailor and young Radical Daniel Thwaite. The outcome is never in doubt, but Trollope's ambivalence on the question is profound, and the novel both intense and powerful.

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Trollope, Anthony: Linda Tressel, v.1, 30 October 2008.

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Anthony Trollope (1815–1882)
Linda Tressel (1868)
First published anonymously in serial form from October, 1867, until May, 1868, in Blackwood’s Magazine and in book form in 1868. Trollope’s authorship was acknowledged when the book was re-published a decade later.

Set in Nuremberg, this novel shows a young woman, Linda Tressel, being bullied into an engagement with an unwanted middle-aged suitor, by an aunt who is a religious bigot. Will she succumb to the pressure? What will happen when she meets a younger man whom she likes better?
The character of the aunt is very well-drawn. She genuinely means to act for the best, and is mistakenly convinced that the proposed marriage is the will of God.

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Trollope, Anthony: Marion Fay, v1, 6 December 2009.

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Anthony Trollope (1815–1882)
Marion Fay (1882)

Lord Kingsbury’s son and daughter want to marry commoners. Their stepmother stirs up trouble because she hopes that her own children will benefit. Will she succeed in her plots? And will love conquer all?

This is a hefty three-volume novel, about 210,000 words long. The source was Project Gutenberg.

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Trollope, Anthony: Miss Mackenzie, v.1, 26 Feb 2008.

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A novel of 1865.

From a Fantastic Fiction review:

‘Margaret Mackenzie doesn't have much of a life. At 35, she's single and lacks beauty and brilliance. Her middle-class relatives neglect her, so she's relegated to nursing her ailing brother. But when her brother dies and leaves her his fortune, the new-found money generates a life with unexpected twists and turns.
She's swindled out of part of her inheritiance and her relations battle for the rest. With no prior marriage prospects, she's suddenly courted by three men. Unwittingly, she makes enemies and finds herself in a scandal.
With insight and compassion, Trollope uses her life to explore Victorian England's thorny social issues and the maddening intricacies of its law and business.’

http://www.fantasticfiction.co.uk/t/...-mackenzie.htm

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Trollope, Anthony: Nina Balatka, v.1, 17 Jan 2008.

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A novel of 1866.

The opening sentence:

‘Nina Balatka was a maiden of Prague, born of Christian parents, and herself a Christian — but she loved a Jew; and this is her story.’

Both the setting and the topic are unique in Trollope’s oeuvre.

Whilst the text of Nina Balatka is in the public domain, the introduction by Dr Joseph Loewenstein (the Project Gutenberg editor) is copyrighted. The conditions of use are given at the end of the book. (Basically, attributed non-commercial use is permitted.)

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Trollope, Anthony: Orley Farm, v.1, 17 Jan 2008.

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A novel of 1862.

From an anonymous amazon reviewer:

“Orley Farm is one of Trollope's best "stand alone" novels, i.e., not one of the Barsetshire or Palliser series. It tells the story of a woman accused of forging a will to give her son the property of Orley Farm. Lady Mason, the accused forger, stands among Trollope's best conceived characters; headstrong, capable of independent thought, yet feminine and essentially obedient to social convention, she rivals Jane Eyre for a character revealing an author's originality and insightfulness. There is also a host of entertaining minor characters: the bullying Newgate lawyer Chaffanbrass; the conniving Sophia Furnival; the comical commercial salesmen Moulder and Kantwise; etc., etc. And the dignified Sir Peregrine Orme, in his devotion to Lady Mason, makes you believe that one can love all the more strongly with age. For an entertaining, thoughtful (and long--over 800 pages) Victorian read, OF is perfect.”

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Trollope, Anthony: Palliser Omnibus. v1. 4th Nov 2009

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In contrast to Trollope's "Barchester Chronicles" (also available as an MR download), which describe life in mid-19th-century rural England, the six novels in the "Palliser" series, collected here into one (very large!) omnibus edition, describe the goings-on in Parliament and "high society". This series has been called the best novelisation of the British political system and the workings of Parliament ever written, and quite rightly so.

The six novels in the omnibus are:

Can You Forgive Her? (1864)

Alice Vavasor cannot decide whether to marry her ambitious but violent cousin George or the upright and gentlemanly John Grey - and finds herself accepting and rejecting each of them in turn. Increasingly confused about her own feelings and unable to forgive herself for such vacillation, her situation is contrasted with that of her friend Lady Glencora - forced to marry the rising politician Plantagenet Palliser in order to prevent the worthless Burgo Fitzgerald from wasting her vast fortune. In asking his readers to pardon Alice for her transgression of the Victorian moral code, Trollope created a telling and wide-ranging account of the social world of his day.

Phineas Finn (1869)

Struggling to make his mark among gentlemen and to find a suitably rich and well connected wife, Phineas is an attractive, ambitious and adaptable young Irishman. In a time of radical political agitation, his story reveals both the splendour and absurdity of parliamentary proceedings, the sloganeering, jockeying for position and inevitable compromises of the party system.

The Eustace Diamonds (1873)

Following the death of her husband Sir Florian, beautiful Lizzie Eustace mysteriously comes into possession of a hugely expensive diamond necklace. She maintains it was a gift from her husband, but the Eustace lawyers insist she give it up, and while her cousin Frank takes her side, her new lover Lord Fawn states that he will only marry her if the necklace is surrendered. As gossip and scandal intensify, Lizzie’s truthfulness is thrown into doubt, and, in her desire to keep the jewels, she is driven to increasingly desperate acts. The third in Trollope’s Palliser series, The Eustace Diamonds bears all the hallmarks of his later works, blending dark cynicism with humour and a keen perception of human nature.

Phineas Redux (1874)

In the fourth of the 'Palliser' stories, Trollope follows Phineas Finn's return to the dangerous world of Westminster politics. When his political rival is murdered, Phineas is thrown under suspicion and eventually finds himself standing trial at the Old Bailey. The situation is complicated by the presence of two women in his life: his old flame Lady Laura, whose estranged husband is determined to destroy Phineas's reputation, and the wealthy and enimgatic widow, Madame Max.

The Prime Minister (1876)

Plantaganet Palliser, Prime Minister of England - a man of power and prestige, with all the breeding and inherited wealth that goes with it - is appalled at the inexorable rise of Ferdinand Lopez. An exotic impostor, seemingly from nowhere, Lopez has society at his feet, while well-connected ladies vie with each other to exert influence on his behalf - even Palliser’s own wife, Lady Glencora. But when the interloper makes a socially advantageous marriage, Palliser must decide whether to stand by his wife’s support for Lopez in a by-election or leave him to face exposure as a fortune-hunting adventurer. A novel of social, sexual and domestic politics, The Prime Minister raises one of the most enduring questions in government - whether a morally scrupulous gentleman can make an effective leader.

The Duke's Children (1879)

Plantagenet Palliser, the Duke of Omnium and former Prime Minister of England, is widowed and wracked by grief. Struggling to adapt to life without his beloved Lady Glencora, he works hard to guide and support his three adult children. Palliser soon discovers, however, that his own plans for them are very different from their desires. Sent down from university in disgrace, his two sons quickly begin to run up gambling debts. His only daughter, meanwhile, longs passionately to marry the poor son of a county squire against her father’s will. But while the Duke’s dearest wishes for the three are thwarted one by one, he ultimately comes to understand that parents can learn from their own children. The final volume in the Palliser novels, The Duke’s Children is a compelling exploration of wealth, pride and ultimately the strength of love.

Enjoy!

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Trollope, Anthony: Phineas Finn, v1, 03-09-08

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"Combined, PHINEAS FINN and PHINEAS REDUX constitute one of the great yarns in Anthony Trollope's large catalog of novels. As art, they are not masterpieces and do not quite match up against his very best books, but as entertainment, they are unsurpassed. Together, they are easily as enjoyable as any that Trollope wrote. All of the major characters of the former novel are back with a vengeance, and a far more satisfying end to the Phineas Finn saga is provided than that provided by the first novel."

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Trollope, Anthony: Phineas Redux, v1, 03-09-08

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"Combined, PHINEAS FINN and PHINEAS REDUX constitute one of the great yarns in Anthony Trollope's large catalog of novels. As art, they are not masterpieces and do not quite match up against his very best books, but as entertainment, they are unsurpassed. Together, they are easily as enjoyable as any that Trollope wrote. All of the major characters of the former novel are back with a vengeance, and a far more satisfying end to the Phineas Finn saga is provided than that provided by the first novel."

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Trollope, Anthony: Rachel Ray, v.1, 18 Jan 2008.

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A novel of 1863.

From Biblio.com:

“Trollope's belief that reading novels was the ideal way for women to "learn what was expected from them, and what to expect when loves come" informs this charming depiction of the romance between an innocent young woman from a small town and a brash young man from London. Luke Rowan, a brewer, falls in love with Rachel Ray, but the match is opposed not only by Rachel's mother (an evangelical enthusiast who finds Luke too worldly) but by the brewery-owner's wife who wants Luke for one of her daughters. This novel is somewhat unusual for Trollope because it concerns not the titled and monied classes, but tradesmen and people of small means.”

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Trollope, Anthony: Sir Harry Hotspur of Humblethwaite, v.1, 7 Jan 2009.

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Anthony Trollope (1815–1882)
Sir Harry Hotspur of Humblethwaite (1871)

Sir Harry Hotspur is a wealthy baronet. His son has died. His daughter, the heiress to his estate, falls for her profligate cousin George, who will inherit the title. If she can reform him then their marriage would ensure the continuation of the family name and position.
But is it actually possible to reform such a duplicitous rogue?

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Trollope, Anthony: Tales of All Countries, v.1, 25 Feb 2008.

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A collection of 17 short stories (--includes both the first and second series of the Tales). These are stories of love and adventure featuring Englishmen abroad.

Contents:
La Mère Bauche
The O’Conors of Castle Conor, County Mayo.
John Bull on the Guadalquivir.
Miss Sarah Jack, of Spanish Town, Jamaica
The Courtship of Susan Bell
The Relics of General Chassé—A Tale of Antwerp
An Unprotected Female at the Pyramids
The Château of Prince Polignac
Aaron Trow
Mrs. General Talboys
The Parson’s Daughter of Oxney Colne
George Walker at Suez
The Mistletoe Bough
Returning Home
A Ride across Palestine
The House of Heine Brothers, in Munich
The Man Who Kept His Money in a Box

I have restored the foreign accents and the italics (which Trollope uses very sparingly).

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Trollope, Anthony: The American Senator, v.1, 6 March 2008.

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(1877)
A visiting American Senator has difficulty understanding British ways (and vice versa). Meanwhile, two young women need to find husbands. One becomes engaged to three men in three weeks. The other waits patiently...

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Trollope, Anthony: The Belton Estate, v.1, 3 March 2008.

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A novel. (1866)
The heroine, Clara, is anything but clear about what she wants. As usual (for Trollope) she is torn between two men. She’s a stong-minded girl who insists on being free to choose her women friends, but (inexplicably) cannot make up her mind about her suitors. (The choice is a no-brainer for anyone reading the novel.)
An estate hangs indirectly on her choice.

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Trollope, Anthony: The Bertrams, v.1, 17 July 2008.

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Anthony Trollope (1815-1882)
The Bertrams (1859)

The Amazon review describes this as “We follow the mid-Eastern travels, careers, loves and marriages of three Oxford graduates as they explore the spirit of competition and mid-Victorian money culture. This is a remarkable novel full of psychological insight, satire and social comedy.”
One young man cannot marry because he has no money. Another won’t use his uncle’s money, causing the woman he loves to repeatedly defer their marriage, and then to take drastic action.

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Trollope, Anthony: The Chronicles of Barsetshire. v6. 16th Dec 2010

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An omnibus edition of the complete "Chronicles of Barsetshire", written by the English author Anthony Trollope between 1855 and 1867. The omnibus contains the following books:

The Warden

The tranquil atmosphere of the cathedral town of Barchester is shattered when a scandal breaks concerning the financial affairs of a Church-run almshouse for elderly men. In the ensuing furore, Septimus Harding, the almshouse's well-meaning warden, finds himself pitted against his daughter's suitor, John Bold, a zealous local reformer. Matters are not improved when Harding's abrasive son-in-law, Archdeacon Grantly, leaps into the fray to defend him against a campaign Bold begins in the national press.

Barchester Towers

After the death of the bishop of Barchester, a bitter struggle begins over who will succeed him, and resentment and suspicion threaten to cause deep divisions within the diocese. Trollope's masterly depiction of the plotting and back-stabbing that ensue lies at the heart of one of the most vivid and comic of his Barchester novels.

Doctor Thorne

Son of a bankrupt land-owner, Frank Gresham is intent on marrying his beloved Mary Thorne, despite her illigitimacy and apparent poverty. Frank's ambitious mother and haughty aunt are set against the match, however, and push him to save the family estate by making a good marriage to a wealthy heiress. A telling examination of the relationship between society, money, and morality.

Framley Parsonage

Mark Robarts is a clergyman with ambitions beyond his small country parish. In a naive attempt to mix in influential circles, he agrees to guarantee a bill for a large sum of money for his disreputable local Member of Parliament, but the unscrupulous politician reneges on his financial obligations, and Mark must face the consequences.

The Small House at Allington

Engaged to the ambitious and self-serving Adolphus Crosbie, Lily Dale is devastated when he jilts her for the aristocratic Lady Alexandrina. Although crushed by his faithlessness, Lily still believes herself bound to her former fiancee and therefore condemned to remain single, so that when a more deserving suitor arrives, she is unable to see past her feelings for Crosbie.

The Last Chronicle of Barset

When Reverend Josiah Crawley uses a large cheque to pay his debts, he is accused of theft. Shamed before the entire community, his world begins to crumble and he even questions his own sanity. A devastatingly realistic portrait of a man's anguished nightmare of self-doubt, and the effects of poverty.

EDIT: 31 Oct 2009

Thoroughly proof-read "The Warden" against the Penguin Classics edition. Uploaded v2.

EDIT: 22 Nov 2009

Thoroughly proof-read "Barchester Towers" against the Penguin Classics edition. Uploaded v3.

EDIT: 10 Jan 2010

Proof-read "Doctor Thorne" against the Penguin Classics edition. Lots of errors in this one, including a couple of missing lines and paragraphs. Uploaded v4.

EDIT: 7 Feb 2010

Proof-read "Framley Parsonage" against the Penguin Classics edition. Fixed a significant number of errors, and restored the much shorter paragraphs of the original [Cornhill Magazine[/ version of the text, which Trollope much preferred to the longer amalgamated paragraphs used in the subsequent novelisation. Uploaded v5.

EDIT: 16 Dec 2010

Thoroughly proofed both "The Small House at Allington" and "The Last Chronicle of Barset" against their respective "Penguin Classics" editions. Renamed the book from "The Barchester Chronicles" to "The Chronicles of Barsetshire" to reflect the conventional naming of the series. I would now regard this book as "complete"; if you find any remaining errors, please let me know. Uploaded v6.

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Trollope, Anthony: The Claverings, v.1, 17 Jan 2008.

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A novel of 1867.

Harry Clavering gets jilted in the opening scene by a lady who prefers a titled suitor. But things do not go well for her. Will Harry take her back, or settle down with another woman?

I did this novel in a fit of absent-mindedness and then realised that Dr Drib had already uploaded an lrf version.
This one features UK english and proper emdashes, so I decided that people might like a choice. It’s not a criticism of Don’s version, which is good but different.

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Trollope, Anthony: The Duke's Children, v1, 03-09-08

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As always, it is Trollope's great gift of characterization which makes THE DUKE'S CHILDREN an outstanding novel. From the outwardly firm but inwardly doubting Duke to the very sincere but frequently erring Silverbridge to the tragic Lady Mabel Grex, who has the young heir in her grasp only to let him slip away, these are well-rounded figures with whom the reader lives intimately and comes to understand thoroughly. With the perfectly depicted ambience of upper-class Victoriana as the setting, this novel is an absorbing work of genius."

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Trollope, Anthony: The Eustace Diamonds, v1, 03-09-08

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"The third novel in Trollope’s Palliser series, The Eustace Diamonds bears all the hallmarks of his later works, blending dark cynicism with humor and a keen perception of human nature. Following the death of her husband, Sir Florian, beautiful Lizzie Eustace mysteriously comes into possession of a hugely expensive diamond necklace. She maintains it was a gift from her husband, but the Eustace lawyers insist she give it up, and while her cousin Frank takes her side, her new lover, Lord Fawn, declares that he will only marry her if the necklace is surrendered. As gossip and scandal intensify, Lizzie’s truthfulness is thrown into doubt, and, in her desire to keep the jewels, she is driven to increasingly desperate acts."

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Trollope, Anthony: The Fixed Period, v.1, 29 October 2008.

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Anthony Trollope (1815–1882)
The Fixed Period (1882)
First published anonymously in Blackwood’s Magazine in 1882.

This is one of the most unusual of Trollope’s novels. It is an ironic futuristic dystopia about enforced euthanasia: A sort of [Logan’s Run [/for 67 year-olds, written when Trollope was 67.

Graham Handley writes of it:
“‘The Fixed Period’ is narrated in the first person by John Neverbend, and purports to be the memoirs of his time as the first President of Britannula, a fictional island near New Zealand. The story is set in the future, in 1980. A group of elite New Zealanders have set up a colony on the island and have freed themselves from British sovereignty, determined to set up a fair and practical government. One of the major principles advocated and enacted by Neverbend is that of forced euthanasia within the state. The Fixed Period for life is sixty-seven years. During their sixty-seventh year all the citizens must go to a special college where they will be well looked after whilst they prepare for death, which must occur within the year.
“‘The Fixed Period’ is one of the curiosities of Trollope's oeuvre. It is his only futuristic novel; it is the only one to be written in the first person; it is also his most obviously satirical work, from the same sly mould which produced Swift’s ‘A Modest Proposal’. Legend has it that Trollope claimed that what was in the book was ‘all true’, but in reality what was preoccupying him at the time was his advancing old age. He had just moved house again, to Harting in Petersfield, the book had been written during the bleak winter months, and the slyest joke of all in the text was that Trollope himself was in his sixty-seventh year.
http://www.victorianweb.org/authors/...ety/fixed.html

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Trollope, Anthony: The Golden Lion of Granpère, v.1, 1 March 2008.

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A novel (1872).
Two men love the beautiful niece of the innkeeper of the Golden Lion at Granpère in the French Vosges. Marie loves her cousin, the innkeeper’s son. But her uncle wants her to marry a Swiss. She is a dutiful girl. Will she be able to oppose her uncle’s wishes?

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Trollope, Anthony: The Kellys and the O’Kellys, v.1, 19 Jan 2008.

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From an Amazon review:

Trollope's second novel, written in 1848 after he had worked in Ireland on Post Office business for a year, is about two young men who seek wealthy wives. One is an impoverished peer, the other his distant cousin who is a tenant on his land. Each finds a suitable heiress, falls in love with her, nearly loses her, then wins her in the end. Many components of Trollope's fiction are already present in The Kellys and the O'Kellys: unidealized heroes, feisty young women, a consideration of the social role of clergymen, a great deal of enthusiastic fox hunting, and naturalistic dialogue. It also reflects Trollope's love of the Irish people, whom he had come to know well--an element that probably interfered with the novel's popularity: Irish novels were not in fashion, perhaps because the reality of the potato famine was too depressing for English readers to contemplate.

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Trollope, Anthony: The Landleaguers, v1, 7 December 2009.

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Anthony Trollope (1815–1882)
The Landleaguers (1883)

A posthumous novel by Anthony Trollope. It is almost complete and there is a note about the ending from the author’s son.

The Jones family of Castle Marony in County Galway are in trouble. They don’t have much money and their Irish tenants are organising rent strikes, boycotts and sabotage. Meanwhile the elder son is in love with a singer, who is being sexually harassed by her impresario; the younger son wants to be a catholic, and both daughters are in love with the same man…

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Trollope, Anthony: The Macdermots of Ballycloran, v.1, 1 July 2009.

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Anthony Trollope (1815–1882)
The Macdermots of Ballycloran
First Published, 1847.

This is Anthony Trollope’s first published novel; the tragic story of a family in decline. It was not initially a success. He commented:

“As to the plot itself, I do not know that I ever made one so, good, - or, at any rate, one so susceptible of pathos.... The Macdermots is a good novel, and worth reading by anyone who wishes to understand what Irish life was before the potato disease, the famine, and the Encumbered Estates Bill.” -- Autobiography

The source was Project Gutenberg.

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Trollope, Anthony: The Macdermots of Ballycloran. v1. 5th Nov 2009

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Anthony Trollope's first novel, first published in 1847, chronicles the tragic demise of an landowning family in 1830s Ireland.

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Trollope, Anthony: The Prime Minister, v1, 03-09-08

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"[Thi Novel by Anthony Trollope, published serially during 1875 and 1876 and in book form in 1876. Considered by modern critics to represent the apex of the PALLISER NOVELS, it is the fifth in the series and sustains two plot lines. One records the clash between the Duke of Omnium, now prime minister of a coalition government, and his high-spirited wife, Lady Glencora, whose drive to become the most brilliant hostess in society causes embarrassment for her husband and eventually contributes to his downfall. The second plot relates the machinations of Ferdinand Lopez, an ambitious social climber who wins the support of Lady Glencora--but not her husband--for an election campaign. The novel brilliantly dissects the politics of both marriage and government."

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Trollope, Anthony: The Struggles of Brown, Jones, and Robinson, v1, 2 July 2009

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The Struggles of Brown, Jones, and Robinson
By One of the Firm
(1862)
‘Edited’ by Anthony Trollope (1815–1882)

Three men set up a haberdashery business and discover the power of advertising in this comedy by Trollope.
Some elements are similar to Balzac’s “César Birotteau.”

The source was Project Gutenberg.

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Trollope, Anthony: The Three Clerks, v.1, 3 March 2008.

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(1857-8)
With an Introduction by W. Teignmouth Shore.
Trollope’s sixth novel, written mostly in railway carriages while he was travelling on Post Office business. The novel is though to have autobiographical elements, particularly in the description of the civil service entrance examination.
It also contains the first appearance of the barrister, Mr Chaffanbrass..

Three young clerks in the civil service fall for the three daughters of a clergyman. They also get into scrapes, sometimes into more serious trouble and one of them takes up writing.

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Trollope, Anthony: The Vicar of Bullhampton, v.1, 5 November 2008.

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Anthony Trollope (1815–1882)
The Vicar of Bullhampton (1870)

The vicar of Bullhampton (a country parish in the diocese of Salisbury) has an eventful time coping with a murder in the parish, trying to get to the truth about the murder and rescuing a fallen woman.
Meanwhile, the local Lord erects a particularly ugly Methodist chapel on the vicar’s doorstep. Can he get away with this?
And a young woman, who is a close friend of the vicar’s wife, has a hard time choosing between two suitors. Her friends encourage her to choose the more eligible man, but can she resist the dictates of her heart?

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Trollope, Anthony: The Way We Live Now, v1, 12 Oct 2007.

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‘The Way We Live Now’ was first published in 1875.

My favourite Trollope novel. This is not part of a series. It explores several themes: money and speculation in the second half of the nineteenth century – its treament reminds me of the Thatcherite entrepeneurs of the 1980s. The novels also questions what it is like to be a Jew in a Gentile society (and, to a lesser extent, a Catholic in an Anglican one).
One of the central character, the speculator, Melmotte, may well remind Britons of Robert Maxwell and Americans of Ivan Boesky. This is a world where everything is commodified; even marriage and literature.

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Trotsky, Leon: My Life. V1. 2 Mar 2011

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Source: Leon Trotsky, Mitt Liv, Tiden, Oslo 1935.
Translation: Frans-Arne Stylegar.
HTML Markup: Jonas Holmgren.
Proofreader: Einde O’Callaghan.
Public Domain: Marxists Internet Archive (2007). You may freely copy, distribute, display and perform this work; as well as make derivative and commercial works. Please credit Marxists Internet Archive as your source.

Leon Trotsky, born Lev Davidovich Bronstein, was a Bolshevik revolutionary and Marxist theorist. Trotsky was one of the leaders of the Russian October Revolution, second only to Vladimir Lenin. During the early days of the Soviet Union, he served first as People's Commissar for Foreign Affairs and later as the founder and commander of the Red Army and People's Commissar of War. He was a major figure in the Bolshevik victory in the Russian Civil War. He was also among the first members of the Politburo.

After leading a failed struggle of the Left Opposition against the policies and rise of Joseph Stalin in the 1920s and the increasing role of bureaucracy in the Soviet Union, Trotsky was successively removed from power, expelled from the Communist Party, deported from the Soviet Union and assassinated on Stalin's orders. An early advocate of Red Army intervention against European fascism, Trotsky also opposed Stalin's peace agreements with Adolf Hitler in the 1930s.

Please note that the translation uses a form of written English combining both the British and the United States styles of English.

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Truth, Sojourner: The Narrative of Sojourner Truth, v.1, 10 Feb 2008

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Isabella Baumfree (c. 1797 - 1883) was born into slavery in Swartekill, New York and later changed her name to Sojourner Truth. She was a vocal American abolitionist and a strong supporter of women's rights, religious tolerance, prison reform, and pacifism. She dictated her memoirs to her friend Olive Gilbert which were published as [The Narrative of Sojourner Truth: A Northern Slave[/ in 1850.

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Tsao [Zhao], Lady: Instruction for Chinese Women and Girls, v1, 7 March 2010.

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The Chinese Book of Etiquette and Conduct for Women and Girls, Entitled, Instruction for Chinese Women and Girls
By Lady Tsao [Lady Zhao, also known as Pang Tai Ku, Tsao Tai Ku, Zhao Ban, Pan Chao and Huiban]. 45-116 A.D.
Translated from the Chinese by Mrs. S. L. Baldwin [1900]

Zhao Ban was a Han Dynasty scholar, and the first Chinese woman historian; also writing the first Chinese etiquette book. She seems to advise industriousness, modesty and submissiveness for women. Revisionists suggest that this may be a ploy, intended to make sure that a woman survives long enough to be a dowager, or a mother-in-law, when she will have much more power and freedom.

The translator was a Methodist missionary’s wife.
Made from a scan at The Internet Archive. I have included the original illustrations.

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Tucker, George: A Voyage to the Moon.v1. 14 Feb. 2015

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From Wikipedia:

[quotGeorge Tucker (August 20, 1775 – April 10, 1861) was a United States attorney, author, educator and politician. His literary works include the first fiction of colonial life in Virginia and a second which is one of America's earliest science fictions. Tucker also published the first comprehensive biography of Thomas Jefferson, as well as a history of the United States. He immigrated from Bermuda, was educated at the College of William
and Mary and admitted to the Virginia bar. He was elected in 1816 to the Virginia House of Delegates for one term, and served in the United States House of Representatives from 1819 to 1825. [/quot

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Tulloch, John, and Oliphant, Margaret [ed]: Pascal, v1, 14 September 2009.

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Pascal
by Principal Tulloch (John Tulloch) (1823–1886)
Edited by Mrs. Oliphant (1828–1897)
1878.

On the life and thought of the 17th century philosopher, theologian and mathematician, Blaise Pascal.

The source was Project Gutenberg.

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Turgenev, Ivan Sergejevich: Väter und Söhne. [German]. V1. 6 Jan 2011

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Väter und Söhne (russisch Отцы и дети / Transkription Otzy i deti) ist der bekannteste Roman von Iwan Turgenew. Er wurde 1861 geschrieben; im selben Jahr hatte der russische Zar die Leibeigenschaft abgeschafft. Turgenew stellte in diesem Roman schon die neuen Verhältnisse und Anschauungen der jüngeren Generation dar, die der „Söhne“ (korrekt übersetzt heißt der Roman eigentlich „Väter und Kinder“). Der Romanstoff behandelt die gesellschaftlichen Konflikte zwischen den liberalen Slawophilen und den westlich orientierten Nihilisten und führte nach der Veröffentlichung im zaristischen Rußland zu literarischen Kontroversen, die Turgenew veranlaßten, sein Land zu verlassen. (Wiki)

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Turgenev, Ivan. A House of Gentlefolk. v1 28 Sept 2017

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Ivan Sergeyevich Turgenev (1818-1883) has been described as the first Russian writer known to the Western world, and the only one with a European outlook and sympathies. He was the second son of a cavalry officer and a rich property owner, and lived in the periods before and after the emancipation of serfs in Russia.

Constance Garnett (1861-1946) was an English translator whose translations of 70 nineteenth-century Russian classics introduced them to the English speaking public. Her work has been both praised and criticised.

Sergius Stepniak, 1851-1895, was a Ukranian revolutionary, perhaps best known for assassinating the head of the Russian secret police.

[A House of Gentlefolk[/ was written in 1850, and translated by Constance Garnett in 1894. There are other translations with similar names. It is set in Russia before the emancipation of the serfs, and tells of a rich nobleman whose wife is unfaithful and leaves him, and of his romance with a much younger woman. I have enlarged the List of Characters, and included the Introduction.

The source text was taken from the University of Adelaide ebook library, and checked against the Heinneman 1920 edition in the Internet Archive. I have silently corrected typos, curled quotation marks, replaced italics, diacritics, and scene breaks, and made changes to spelling, punctuation, and hyphenation using oxforddictionaries.com.

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Turgenev, Ivan: A Desperate Character and Other Stories, v1, 13 Sept 2009.

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Ivan Turgenev (1818–1883)
A Desperate Character and Other Stories
Translated from the Russian by Constance Garnett (1861–1946)
1899

A collection of short stories, found at Project Gutenberg.

Contents:
Introduction
A Desperate Character
A Strange Story
Punin And Baburin
Old Portraits
The Brigadier
Pyetushkov

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Turgenev, Ivan: A Desperate Character and Other Stories. v1, 20 Sept 2017

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Ivan Sergeyevich Turgenev (1818-1883) has been described as the first Russian writer known to the Western world, and the only one with a European outlook and sympathies. He was the second son of a cavalry officer and a rich property owner, and lived in the period before and after the emancipation of serfs in Russia.

Constance Garnett (1861-1946) was an English translator whose translations of 70 nineteenth century Russian classics introduced them to the English speaking public. Her work has been both praised and criticised.

Edward Garnett (1868-1937) was Constance Garnett's husband, and a writer, critic, literary editor, and supporter of D.H. Lawrence and Joseph Conrad.

These six short stories were written between 1847 and 1881, and give a moving (and sometimes horrifying) description of life in various parts of Russia.

The source text was taken from the University of Adelaide ebook library, and checked against the 1899 Heinemann edition on the Internet Archive. I have silently corrected typos, curled quotation marks, replaced italics, diacritics, and scene breaks, and made changes to spelling, punctuation, and hyphenation using oxforddictionaries.com.

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Turgenev, Ivan: A House of Gentlefolk, v1, 4 August 2009.

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Ivan Turgenev (1818–1883)
A House of Gentlefolk
Translated by Constance Garnett (1861–1946)

A story of tragic and blighted love.

The cover image is Corot’s “Woman reading in a Field.”

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Turgenev, Ivan: A Lear of the Steppes and Other Stories, v1, 14 October 2009.

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Ivan Turgenev (1818–1883)
A Lear of the Steppes and Other Stories (1870)
Translated from the Russian by Constance Garnett (1861–1946)
Introduction by Edward Garnett
(1899)

A novella and two shorter stories.
Table of Contents
Introduction
A Lear of the Steppes
Acia
Faust

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Turgenev, Ivan: A Sportsman's Sketches. v1 27 Dec 2017

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Ivan Sergeyevich Turgenev (1818-1883) has been described as the first Russian writer known to the Western world, and the only one with a European outlook and sympathies. He went into voluntary exile in 1854

Constance Garnett (1861-1946) was an English translator whose translations of 70 nineteenth century Russian classics introduced them to the English speaking public.

These 25 short stories were published individually in the radical magazine The Contemporary which protested against serfdom and other injustices in Russia. They were published as a book in 1852, and tell of the joys of hunting, the beauties of the forests and the steppes, and the suffering of the serfs.

The text was taken from the University of Adelaide ebook library, and checked against the two volume 1895 William Heinemann edition in the Internet Archive. I have silently corrected typos, curled quotes, replaced italics, diacritics, and scene breaks, put the Author's Notes as endnotes together with a translation of German poetry, and made changes to spelling, punctuation, and hyphenation using oxforddictionaries.com.

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Turgenev, Ivan: A Sportsman’s Sketches, v1, 2 October 2009.

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Ivan Turgenev (1818–1883)
A Sportsman’s Sketches
Translated from the Russian by Constance Garnett (1861–1946)

From Wikipedia:
“Turgenev first made his name with A Sportsman's Sketches (Записки охотника), also known as Sketches from a Hunter's Album or Notes of a Hunter, a collection of short stories, based on his observations of peasant life and nature, while hunting in the forests around his mother's estate of Spasskoye. Most of the stories were published in a single volume in 1852, with others being added in later editions. The book is credited with having influenced public opinion in favour of the abolition of serfdom in 1861. Turgenev himself considered the book to be his most important contribution to Russian literature; and Tolstoy, among others, agreed wholeheartedly, adding that Turgenev's evocations of nature in these stories were unsurpassed.”

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Turgenev, Ivan: Dream Tales and Prose Poems, v1, 24 August 2009

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Ivan Turgenev (1818–1883)
Dream Tales and Prose Poems
Translated from the Russian by Constance Garnett (1861–1946)

The four Dream Tales are stories involving ghosts, vampires and sorcery, handled with delicacy and a strong sense of atmosphere.
The Prose Poems are short pieces, each isolating a moment, or an idea, in a particularly evocative way.

The source was Project Gutenberg.

Contents:
Clara Militch
Phantoms
The Song of Triumphant Love
The Dream
Poems in Prose

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Turgenev, Ivan: Fathers and Children. v1 9 Sept 2017

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Ivan Sergeyevich Turgenev (1818-1883) has been described as the first Russian writer known to the Western world, and the only one with a European outlook and sympathies. He was the second son of a cavalry officer and a rich property owner, and lived in the times before and after the emancipation of serfs in Russia. [Fathers and Children[/ was published in 1862 as [Ottsy i deti.[/ Though it was praised by Gustave Flaubert, Guy de Maupassant, Joseph Conrad, and Henry James it was bitterly criticised by both Russian liberals and Slavophiles.

Constance Garnett (1861-1946) was an English translator whose translations of 70 nineteenth-century Russian classics introduced them to the English speaking public. Her work has been both highly praised and criticised. In 1895 she translated [Ottsy i deti[/ as [Fathers and Children,[/ though later translators have used [Fathers and Sons.[/

The text was taken from Wikisource, and checked against the 1920 William Heineman London edition in the Internet Archive. I have silently corrected typos, curled quotation marks, replaced italics, made changes to spelling and hyphenation using oxforddictionaries.com, and expanded the List of Characters, but have omitted the lengthy introduction by Edward Garnett.

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Turgenev, Ivan: Fathers and Sons, v1, 4 August 2009.

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Ivan Turgenev (1818–1883)
Fathers and Sons (1862)
Translated from the Russian by Richard Hare.

According to the blurb on my treeware version (soon to be recycled):
“This novel concentrates on the conflict between generations, with the nihilist Bazarov representing the revolt of the young free-thinking intellectuals who strive for reality rather than negativity, and he embodies the spirit of revolution. Pavel Petrovich speaks for the older generation which accepts the need for gradual reform, up to a point.”

The cover image is Levitan’s “The Vladiminka Road” (1892)

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Turgenev, Ivan: Fathers and Sons. v1 6 Jan 2008

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Fathers and Sons is an 1862 novel by Ivan Turgenev. From Wikipedia:

Fathers and Sons might be regarded as the first wholly modern novel in Russian Literature (Gogol's Dead Souls, another main contender, is sometimes referred to as a poem or epic in prose as in the style of Dante's Divine Comedy). The novel introduces a dual character study, as seen with the gradual breakdown of Bazarov's and Arkady's nihilistic opposition to emotional display, especially in the case of Bazarov's love for Madame Odintsova and Fenichka. This prominent theme of character duality and deep psychological insight would exert an influence on most of the great Russian novels to come, most obviously echoed in the novels of Tolstoy and Dostoevsky.

The novel is also the first Russian work to gain prominence in the Western world, eventually gaining the approval of well established novelists Gustave Flaubert, Guy de Maupassant, and Henry James, proving that Russian literature owes much to Ivan Turgenev.

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Turgenev, Ivan: Knock, Knock, Knock and Other Stories, v1, 28 August 2009

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Ivan Turgenev (1818–1883)
Knock, Knock, Knock and Other Stories
Translated from the Russian by Constance Garnett (1861–1946)

A collection of short stories, found at Project Gutenberg.

Contents:
Knock, Knock, Knock
The Inn
Lieutenant Yergunov’s Story
The Dog
The Watch

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Turgenev, Ivan: On the Eve, v1, 30 July 2009.

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Ivan Turgenev (1818–1883)
On the Eve: A Novel (1859)
Translated from the Russian by Constance Garnett (1861–1946)
With an introduction by Edward Garnett
London: William Heinemann, 1895

A story of tragic love, patriotism and idealism.
A young and idealistic Russian girl falls in love with a Bulgarian revolutionary.

I have restored the French and German accents. The cover image is by Turner.

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Turgenev, Ivan: On the Eve. v1 15 Nov 2017

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Ivan Sergeyevich Turgenev (1818-1883) has been described as the first Russian writer known to the Western world, and the only one with a European outlook and sympathies. He went into voluntary exile in 1854.

Constance Garnett (1861-1946) was an English translator whose translations of 70 nineteenth century Russian classics introduced them to the English speaking public.

Edward Garnett (1868-1937) was Constance Garnet's husband, and a writer, critic, and literary editor.

[On the Eve[/ was Turgenev's third novel, written in 1860 and translated in 1895. It tells the story of the love of a young Russian woman and a Bulgarian freedom fighter. 'Yes, a youthful, glorious, bold affair. Death, life, conflict, defeat, triumph, love, freedom, country ... Good God, grant as much to all of us!'

The text was taken from the University of Adelaide ebook library, and checked against the 1906 Heinemann edition in the Internet Archive. I have silently corrected typos, curled quotes, replaced italics, diacritics, and scene breaks, set off letters and a diary extract as blockquotes, and made changes to spelling, punctuation, and hyphenation using www.oxforddictionaries.com.

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Turgenev, Ivan: Rudin, v1, 19 August 2009.

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Ivan Turgenev (1818–1883)
Rudin (1856)
Translated from the Russian by Constance Garnett (1861–1946)
With an introduction by S. Stepniak
Date of translation: 1894

From Wikipedia:
Rudin was the first of Turgenev’s novels, but already in this work the topic of the superfluous man and his inability to act (which became a major theme of Turgenev's literary work) was explored. Similarly to other Turgenev’s novels, the main conflict in Rudin was centred on a love story of the main character and a young, but intellectual and self-conscious woman who is contrasted with the main hero (this type of female character became known in literary criticism as «тургеневская девушка», “Turgenev maid”).

The source was Project Gutenberg.

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Turgenev, Ivan: Rudin. v1 14 Sep 2017

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Ivan Sergeyevich Turgenev (1818-1883) has been described as the first Russian writer known to the Western world, and the only one with a European outlook and sympathies. He was the second son of a cavalry officer and a rich property owner, and lived in the times before and after the emancipation of serfs in Russia.

Constance Garnett (1861-1946) was an English translator whose translations of 70 nineteenth century Russian classics introduced them to the English speaking public. Her work has been both praised and criticised.

Sergius Stepniak, 1851-1895, was a Ukranian revolutionary, perhaps best known for assassinating the head of the Russian secret police.

[Rudin[/ was first serialised in a literary magazine, published with some changes as a book in 1856, and published in English in 1894. It was his first novel, and introduced the theme of 'the superfluous man' and his difficulties in putting his ideals and words into effect.

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Turgenev, Ivan: Smoke, v1, 24 August 2009

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Ivan Turgenev (1818–1883)
Smoke (1867)
Translated by Constance Garnett (1861–1946)
London, Heinemann, 1897.
Introduction by John Reed (1887–1920)

This novel is set in 1862 among a colony of Russians in the German resort town of Baden-Baden.
Grigory Litvinov gradually comes to realise that much of the activity of his fellow Russians is actually futile “smoke.” But can he do any better himself? When his former fiancée turns up and attempts to disrupt his life, he is presented with some difficult choices.

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Turgenev, Ivan: Smoke. v1 7 Nov 2017

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AlexBell

Ivan Sergeyevich Turgenev (1818-1883) has been described as the first Russian writer known to the Western world, and the only one with a European outlook and sympathies. He went into voluntary exile in 1854.

Constance Garnett (1861-1946) was an English translator whose translations of 70 nineteenth century Russian classics introduced them to the English speaking public.

John Reed (1887-1920) was an American journalist and activist who wrote [Ten Days that Shook the World,[/ and according to the excellent Wikipedia article on [Smoke[/ provided the Introduction.

[Smoke[/ was published in Russia in 1867 during the emancipation of the serfs, and first published in English in 1906. The novel is set mostly in the Russian community in Baden-Baden, and is partly a scathing satire of the 'Slavophils' and the 'Young Russians', and partly a moving account of a young man's love for two women.

The source text was taken from the University of Adelaide ebook library, and checked against The Modern Library 1919 edition published in New York. I have silently corrected typos, curled quotes, replaced italics, diacritics, and scene breaks, and made changes to spelling, punctuation, and hyphenation using the American version of oxforddictionaries.com.

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Turgenev, Ivan: The Diary of a Superfluous Man and Other Stories. v1 4 Nov 2017

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Ivan Sergeyevich Turgenev (1818-1883) has been described as the first Russian writer known to the Western world, and the only one with a European outlook and sympathies. He was very much in favour of the emancipation of the serfs in Russia, and went into voluntary exile in 1862.

Constance Garnett (1861-1946) was an English translator whose translations of 70 nineteenth century Russian classics introduced them to the English speaking public. Her work has been both praised and criticised.

This collection contains five stories (The Diary of a Superfluous Man, 1850, A Tour in the Forest, 1857; Yakov Pasinkov, 1855, Andrei Kolosov, 1844, and A Correspondence, 1856) dealing with betrayal, death, grief, loss, and unrequited love.

The text was taken from the University of Adelaide ebook library, and checked against the 1899 Macmillans & Co. edition in the Internet Archive. I have silently corrected typos, curled quotes, replaced italics, diacritics, and scene breaks, and made changes to spelling, punctuation, and hyphenation using www.oxforddictionaries.com.

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Turgenev, Ivan: The Diary of a Superfluous Man etc, v1, 2 October 2009.

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Patricia

Ivan Turgenev (1818–1883)
The Diary of a Superfluous Man and Other Stories
Translated from the Russian by Constance Garnett (1861–1946)
[1899]

Contents:
The Diary of a Superfluous Man
A Tour in the Forest
Yakov Pasinkov
Andrei Kolosov
A Correspondence

The source was Project Gutenberg.

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Turgenev, Ivan: The Jew and Other Stories, v1, 13 August 2009.

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Patricia

Ivan Turgenev (1818–1883)
The Jew and Other Stories
Translated from the Russian by Constance Garnett (1861–1946)

A short story collection, found at Project Gutenberg.

CONTENTS:
Introduction
The Jew
An Unhappy Girl
The Duellist
Three Portraits
Enough

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Turgenev, Ivan: The Living Mummy, v1, 13 November 2009.

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Patricia

Ivan Turgenev (1818–1883)
The Living Mummy (1876)

A short story. A young man meets an old peasant woman. Is she a visionary, or deluded?

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Turgenev, Ivan: The Rendezvous, v1, 13 August 2009.

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Patricia

Ivan Turgenev (1818–1883)
The Rendezvous
Translated by Herman Bernstein. (1876–1935)
Copyright, 1907, by P. P. Collier & Son.

A short story about a mismatched lovers’ meeting.
The source was Project Gutenberg.

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Turgenev, Ivan: The Torrents of Spring, First Love and Mumu, v1, 9 August 2009.

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Patricia

Ivan Turgenev (1818–1883)
The Torrents of Spring (1897), First Love and Mumu
Translated from the Russian by Constance Garnett (1861–1946)

Two novellas and a short story.
In Torrents of Spring a young Russian visits Frankfurt and falls for a pastry-cook’s daughter. Will this passion last?
In First love, a young man recalls his first love.
Mumu is the story of a man’s love for his dog.

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Turgenev, Ivan: Virgin Soil, v1, 2 December 2008

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Stanart

From the introduction:

TURGENEV was the first writer who was able, having both Slavic and universal imagination enough for it, to interpret modern Russia to the outer world, and Virgin Soil was the last word of his greater testament. It was the book in which many English readers were destined to make his acquaintance about a generation ago, and the effect of it was, like Swinburne’s Songs Before Sunrise, Mazzini’s Duties of Man, and other congenial documents, to break up the insular confines in which they had been reared and to enlarge their new horizon.

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Turgenev, Ivan: Virgin Soil, v1, 20 August 2009.

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Patricia

Ivan Turgenev (1818–1883)
Virgin Soil (1877)
Translated from the Russian by R. S. Townsend

From the summary at Ecampus:
Virgin Soil by Ivan Sergeyevich Turgenev is his last and longest novel. In it he finally says everything yet unsaid on the subject of social change, idealism and yet futility of revolutions, serfs and peasants, and the upper classes. The hero, Nezhdanov — the disillusioned young son of a nobleman — and the Populist movement are young idealists working to bridge the gap between the common people and the nobility, and through them Turgenev works out his own troubled thoughts about social reform and tradition, vitality and stagnation. The ideas of gradual reform shown here are eventually to be supplanted by the extremism of the Russian Revolution — but that is yet to come.

The source was Project Gutenberg. I have restored foreign accents and italics, and added curly quotes, a TOC and a cover.

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Turgenev, Ivan: Virgin Soil. v1 18 Jan 2018

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AlexBell

Ivan Sergeyevich Turgenev (1818-1883) has been described as the first Russian writer known to the Western world, and the only one with a European outlook and sympathies. He lived in the times before and after the emancipation of serfs in Russia, and went into voluntary exile in 1855.

Ashton Wentworth Dilke (1850-1883) was a British traveller, journalist, and politician. He lived in Russia for several months, published a translation of [Virgin Soil[/ in 1878, and died in Mauritius of tuberculosis.

[Virgin Soil[/ was published in 1877 while Turgenev was in exile, and was his last novel. It is set in the period shortly after the emancipation of serfs in Russia, and deals with the reaction of the aristocracy and of some of the growing middle class. There are few peasant characters.

This edition was published by Macmillan and Co in 1878. The text was taken from and checked against that version on the Internet Archive. I have silently corrected typos, and made changes to spelling, punctuation, and hyphenation using oxforddictionaries.com.

Most Russian aristocrats of the time were fluent in French, and often spoke French between themselves so that their servants and serfs would not understand them. I have not translated the French in this version, but have included the translator's footnotes as endnotes.

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Turgenev, Ivan: “Faust” A story in nine letters, v1. 30 July 2009.

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Patricia

Ivan Turgenev (1818–1883)
“Faust” A story in nine letters (1855)
from The Novels and Stories of Ivan Turgenieff, Vol. XIII: Phantoms and Other Stories
Translated from the Russian by Isabel F. Hapgood (1905)

Reading imaginative literature can have disastrous effects, as Turgenev shows in this short story.

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Turgenew, Iwan Sergejewitsch: Aufzeichnungen eines Jägers. [German]. V1. 5 Jan 2011

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Alaska

Aufzeichnungen eines Jägers ist der Titel einer Sammlung von Erzählungen des russischen Schriftstellers Iwan Sergejewitsch Turgenjew. Die Sammlung erschien 1852 in Buchform und verhalf dem Autor zu erster Berühmtheit. (Wiki)

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Turgenjew, Iwan: Die lebendige Reliquie. german. v1. 14 mar 2009

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netseeker

Iwan Sergejewitsch Turgenjew war ein russischer Schriftsteller. Turgenjew hat in der russischen Literatur eine Vorreiterposition eingenommen. Er war einer der Ersten, die über die Nöte und Ängste der russischen Gesellschaft schrieben. Darüber hinaus zählt er auch zu den bedeutendsten europäischen Novellendichtern. Seine Novellen, die vor allem durch große Vielfalt in der Beschreibung charakterisiert sind, gelten als ein Höhepunkt dieser Gattung in der russischen Literatur. In seiner Novellistik bevorzugt Turgenew Rahmenerzählungen und das vielfach abgewandelte Motiv der Liebe. In späten Jahren floss auch das Übernatürliche und Geheimnisvolle in seine Erzählungen mit ein.

Die kurze Novelle [Die lebendige Reliquie[/ erzählt von Glaube, Demut, Leiden und vom Tod.
Es ist eine bewegende Geschichte, in welcher der Ich-Erzähler mit dem schrecklichen Schicksal Lukerjas konfrontiert wird, einer Frau, die er seit seiner Kindheit als schön und klug in der Erinnerung trägt.

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Turgenjew, Iwan: Ein Traum. german. v1. 28 mar 2009

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netseeker

Iwan Sergejewitsch Turgenjew war ein russischer Schriftsteller und nahm in der russischen Literatur eine Vorreiterposition ein. Er war einer der Ersten, die über die Nöte und Ängste der russischen Gesellschaft schrieben. Darüber hinaus zählt er auch zu den bedeutendsten europäischen Novellendichtern. Seine Novellen, die vor allem durch große Vielfalt in der Beschreibung charakterisiert sind, gelten als ein Höhepunkt dieser Gattung in der russischen Literatur. In seiner Novellistik bevorzugt Turgenew Rahmenerzählungen und das vielfach abgewandelte Motiv der Liebe. In späten Jahren floss auch das Übernatürliche und Geheimnisvolle in seine Erzählungen mit ein

Die düster-phantastische Novelle [Ein Traum[/ erschien 1852 in Turgenjews Sammelwerk "Aufzeichnungen eines Jägers".

[QUOT
Als ich so einmal an einem Kaffeehause vorüberging, erblickte ich einen Mann, der sofort meine ganze Aufmerksamkeit fesselte. Mit einem langen, schwarzen Kittel bekleidet, den Strohhut tief ins Gesicht gedrückt, saß er ganz unbeweglich mit gekreuzten Armen. Dünne, schwarze Locken hingen ihm fast bis an die Nase herab; die schmalen Lippen hielten das Mundstück einer kurzen Pfeife umpreßt. Dieser Mann kam mir so bekannt vor; jeder Zug seines gelben Gesichtes und seine ganze Erscheinung war dermaßen in meinem Gedächtnis eingeprägt, daß ich nicht umhin konnte, vor ihm stehenzubleiben und mir die Frage vorzulegen: wer ist er, wo habe ich ihn schon gesehen? Da er wohl meinen unverwandten Blick auf sich ruhen fühlte, richtete er seine schwarzen, stechenden Augen auf mich … Ich schrie unwillkürlich auf …
[/QUOT

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Turnbull, Margaret: Looking After Sandy. v1. 4 Oct 2015

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crutledge

Margaret Turnbull (17 November 1872 – 12 June 1942) was a Scottish playwright and screenwriter. She wrote for 51 films between 1914 and 1939. She was born in Glasgow, Scotland and died in Yarmouthport, Massachusetts. She was the sister of producer Hector Turnbull.

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Sandy sat in the kitchen by the fire in the range, drying her feet. She had had to run so many errands in the cold spring rain for The Heir and the neighbours that her feet had gotten chilled and wet. Her hands were cold, as well as her tear-stained face. She hoped nobody would call her for a few minutes at least. She had just gotten back from the real-estate office, and Mr. Todd, the real-estate agent, was in the next room talking to The Nearest Neighbour and The Heir

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Turnbull, Margaret: W. A. G.'s Tale. v1. 5 Oct 2015

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crutledge

Margaret Turnbull (17 November 1872 – 12 June 1942) was a Scottish playwright and screenwriter. She wrote for 51 films between 1914 and 1939. She was born in Glasgow, Scotland and died in Yarmouthport, Massachusetts. She was the sister of producer Hector Turnbull.

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I have been sick. Now I am better the Doctor makes me lie in bed because of all that Anti-toxin he put in me, which weakens the heart. Anti-toxin isn’t a lady, it’s a medicine for diphtheria. Aunty May is a lady. She reads me books and plays games with me. But I am tired of books written about nature, and animals, and Indians, and fairies, and I wished out loud that somebody would write a book about a boy, just like me. So to-day Aunty May brought me a big, thick blank book with red covers, and with rings at the back to let me add more paper when I want to, and she told me to write my own story, a little every day.

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Twain, Mark: A Dog's Tale, v.1, 21 Feb 2008

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vivaldirules

This short story about a devoted dog and written by Mark Twain first appeared in Harper's in December, 1903 with illustrations by W. T. Smedley and printed in book form the following year. I hope you enjoy it.:)

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Twain, Mark: 1601. 17 Aug 07

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See Sony BBeB/LRF listing for details.

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Twain, Mark: A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court . v1, 2 Jan 2008

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Madam Broshkina

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia:

A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court is an 1889 novel by American humorist and writer Mark Twain. The work is a very early example of time travel in literature, anticipating by six years H. G. Wells' The Time Machine of 1895 (however, unlike Wells, Twain does not give any real explanation of his protagonist's traveling in time).

Note: File is large due to illustrations beginning each chapter.

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Twain, Mark: Captain Stormfield's Visit to Heaven. v1, 5 Jan 2008

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Madam Broshkina

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia:

"Captain Stormfield's Visit to Heaven" is a short story written by American writer Mark Twain and published in 1909. The story follows Captain Elias Stormfield on his extremely long cosmic journey to heaven; his accidental misplacement; his short-lived interest in singing and playing the harp (generated by his preconceptions of heaven); and the obsession of souls with the "celebrities" of heaven, like Adam and Moses, who according to Twain become as distant to most people in heaven as living celebrities are on Earth. Twain uses this story to show his view that the common conception of heaven is ludicrous and points out the incongruities of such beliefs.

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Twain, Mark: Christian Science v1.0 22 September 2007

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This book his investigation into the founding of that church? and will likely offend most Christian Scientists. I post it here because he wrote it and do not make any claims about it whatsoever.

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Twain, Mark: De Lotgevallen van Tom Sawyer:. v1, 22 Feb 2008

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Madam Broshkina

I lived for a while in The Netherlands so I present the Dutch translation of The Adventures of Tom Sawyer for my friends there.

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Twain, Mark: Die Abenteuer des Huckleberry Finn german v1 02 feb 2009

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netseeker

Das 1884 erstmals veröffentlichte Buch beschreibt die Flucht des aus [Tom Sawyers Abenteuer[/ bekannten Außenseiters Huckleberry Finn vor seinem gewalttätigem Vater. Gemeinsam mit dem entflohenen Sklaven Jim begibt sich Huckleberry Finn auf die Reise entlang des Mississippi River. Auf dieser Reise müssen sie sich mit Betrügern, Puritanern und Rassisten auseinandersetzen und werden unter anderem in eine 30 Jahre alte Blutfehde zweier Familien verwickelt. Schließlich triff Huckleberry Finn auch seinen alten Freund Tom Sawyer wieder, der ihn zu einem weiteren, aberwitzigen Abenteuer überredet.

Das Buch liefert eine wunderschöne Beschreibung der Menschen und Orte am Ufer des Mississippi Mitte des neunzehnten Jahrhunderts und gibt ernüchternde und bisweilen satirische Einblicke in die fest verwurzelten Verhaltensweisen dieser Zeit. So werden insbesondere Rassismus und Sklaverei in der amerikanischen Gesellschaft vor dem Sezessionskrieg thematisiert.

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Twain, Mark: Double Barrelled Detective Story v1.1 2007-10-21

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Nate the great

When I made the Twain ebooks for the PRS500, I saved most of them in the BD format. I am going to follow through and post them all in Mobipocket format or the Iliad.

edit: My skills have improved, so this is a slightly improved version. The previous ha d22 downloads.

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Twain, Mark: Editorial Wild Oats. v1.0 21 October 2007

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Nate the great

This is a collection of stories that are also found in other collections.

I am working my way through all my early conversions. This new version is fully proofread to the best of my abilities. I also made some editorial decisions that improve the readability. The previous version had 12 downloads.

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Twain, Mark: Eve's Diary. v1, 5 Jan 2008

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Since Nate the Great has posted Adam's diary I thought it only fair to post Eve's Diary. With illustrations.

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Twain, Mark: Extracts from Adams Diary v1.0 22 September 2007

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Nate the great

Good short story.

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Twain, Mark: Following the Equator. v1, 3 Jan 2008

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Madam Broshkina

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia:

Following the Equator (American English title) or More Tramps Abroad (English title) is a non-fiction travelogue published by American author Mark Twain in 1897.

Twain was practically bankrupt in 1894 due to a failed investment into a "revolutionary" typesetting machine. In an attempt to extricate himself from debt of $100,000 (equivalent of about $2 million in 2005) he undertook a tour of the British Empire in 1895, a route chosen to provide numerous opportunities for lectures in the English language.

In Following the Equator, an account of that travel published in 1897, the author unmasks and criticizes racism, imperialism and missionary zeal in observations woven into the narrative with classical Twain wit.

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Twain, Mark: Goldman's Friend Abroad v1.0 22 September 2007

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Nate the great

One of his more biting social commentaries.

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Twain, Mark: How to tell a Story & others. v1.1 22 October 2007

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Nate the great

The last story in this collection is one of my favorites.

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Twain, Mark: Huck Finn & Tom Sawyer Omnibus v1.0 22 September 2007

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Nate the great

I tried something new with this one. Each novel has a separate table of contents. I think it works better.

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Twain, Mark: Joan of Arc. v1 25 Dec 2007

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Stanart

The full tiltle is Personal Recollections of Joan of Arc. From Wikipedia:

"Twain had a personal fascination with Joan, and initially penned this novel under a pseudonym. It has a very different feel and flow than Twain's other works. There is a distinct lack of humor so prevalent in his other works. This is a mature Twain writing something of personal interest."

I've added a cover and a few illustrations. The chapter titles are from the Project Gutenberg edition.

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Twain, Mark: Letters from Hawaii. V1.3, 19 Aug 2019

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lumpynose

Mark Twain (1835 – 1910) was an American author of humorous stories.

The raw text is from http://www.twainquotes.com/sduindex.html.

According to the Count Pages Calibre plugin it is 484 pages.

It should work on any Kindle since it's a dual MOBI file (produced by KindleGen) which contains both the AZW3/KF8 format as well as the ancient MOBI format.

I haven't proofread all of it yet; feel free to send me any errors or typos you may find.

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Twain, Mark: Letters From The Earth, v.1, 19 Feb 2008

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vivaldirules

Late in his life, particularly after his wife and two of his daughters had died, Mark Twain became increasingly cynical and his humor darkened. [Letters From The Earth[/ was written in 1909 a few months before his death but wasn't published until his third daughter died in the 1960's.

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Twain, Mark: Life on the Mississippi. v1, 2 Jan 2008

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Madam Broshkina

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia:

Life on the Mississippi is a memoir by Mark Twain detailing his days as a steamboat pilot on the Mississippi River before the American Civil War.

The book begins with a brief history of the river from its discovery by Hernando de Soto in 1541. It continues with anecdotes of Twain's training as a steamboat pilot, as the 'cub' of an experienced pilot. He describes, with great affection, the science of navigating the ever-changing Mississippi River.

In the second half, the book describes Twain's return, many years later, to travel on a steamboat from St. Louis to New Orleans. He describes the competition from railroads, the new, large cities, and his observations on greed, gullibility, tragedy, and bad architecture. He also tells some stories that are most likely tall tales.

Simultaneously published in 1883 in the U.S. and in England, it is said to be the first book composed on a typewriter.

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Twain, Mark: NYTimes Editorial. PDF. v1.0 2007-09-26

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Nate the great

He was the first to coin the term pirate, only he applied it to publishers. Interesting read.

This article was published in 1906. It is in the public domain.

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Twain, Mark: Pudd'nhead Wilson & Extraordinary Twins; v1 09 Nov 07

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Stanart

[Pudd'nhead Wilson[/ is a detective story dealing with race and identity. [Those Extraordinary Twins[/ is a comedy about Siamese twins and provided Twain with the ideas that led to [Pudd'nhead Wilson[/.

I've included the cover of the 1894 volume that included both novels. Also included are illustrations for [Pudd'nhead Wilson[/ done by Louis Loeb for its run in [The Century[/ magazine. [Those Extraordinary Twins[/ is illustrated by a few of the margin drawings done by F.M. Senior and C.H. Warren for the 1894 volume.

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Twain, Mark: Roughing It. v1, 2 Jan 2008

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Madam Broshkina

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia:

Roughing It is semi-autobiographical travel literature written by American humorist Mark Twain. It was authored during 1870–71 and published in 1872 as a prequel to his first book Innocents Abroad. This book tells of Twain's adventures prior to his pleasure cruise related in Innocents Abroad.

Roughing It follows the travels of young Mark Twain through the "Wild West" during the years 1861–1867. After a brief stint as a Confederate cavalry militiaman, he joined his brother who had been appointed Secretary of the Nevada Territory, on a stagecoach journey west. Twain consulted his brother's diary to refresh his memory and borrowed heavily from his active imagination for many stories in the novel.

Roughing It illustrates many of Twain's early adventures, including a visit in Salt Lake City with Mormon leader Brigham Young, gold and silver prospecting, real-estate speculation, and his beginnings as a writer.

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Twain, Mark: Sketches new and old. v1.1 22 October 2007

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Nate the great

[The Case of George Fisher[/ is one of those stories that I refuse to believe only because he wrote it. :) It's quite plausible.

[Disgraceful Persecutions of a Boy[/ is another of my favorites.

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Twain, Mark: The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn. V1. 26 Feb 2009

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busybee

This is a reformatting of Project Gutenberg's ebooks 7100-7107-h, an ebook series in 8 parts of Twain's Huckleberry Finn, first USA edition from 1885 with 174 illustrations. The 8 parts were reformatted into one file with redundant titles removed and a TOC added.

Anyone interested in working on an "Illustrated Classics" collection in HTML (which can then be converted to PRC, etc.)?

Busybee

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Twain, Mark: The American Claimant v1.0 22 September 2007

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Nate the great

I think the main character of this novel is a caricature of someone the author new. The portrayal is deliberately nasty, in my opinion. I couldn't finish the book.

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Twain, Mark: The American Claimant. (Illustrated) v3 21 Dec 2008

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Jellby

Mark Twain (real name Samuel Langhorne Clemens) (1835-1910) is probably one of the most known American writers. He was immensely popular in his time, especially noted for his wit and humour, and he is still widely quoted nowadays.

"The American Claimant" (1892) is maybe a minor work of Mark Twain's, illustrated by Dan Beard. A family of Americans descended from an eldest son of a British Earl, Lord Rossmore, has been claiming the title for many generations. The actual young Earl, filled with idealism, decides to abdicate, to change places with the American claimant. He travels to the US with the intention of contacting Colonel Mulberry Sellers, the claimant, to exchange places. Sellers is an American dreamer, always down on his luck, an inventor, a philanthropist of sorts.

This version is based on the PG text, but with extensive corrections. Through proofreading and comparison the scans available in archive.org, I restored the missing italics, corrected dashes and hyphens, corrected also minor typos or inconsistencies in the original text... and of course included a hyperlinked TOC, formatted it, etc. The 26 illustrations are re-extracted from the scans and included where appropriate.

Any kind of feedback is welcome.

EDIT: Added a version with smaller (in filesize) images (*_SmIm.mobi), to comply with mobipocket limitations/specifications. The "large images" version works fine in the Cybook and in the Mobipocket Desktop Reader.

PS. There was already a version of this book uploaded, that's why I start with v2.

EDIT (v3): Added a note about the source and a couple of minor fixes.

(previous download count: 45 & 28)

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Twain, Mark: The Awful German Language. v1. 11 May 2012

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Doitsu

Mark Twain (1835 – 1910) was an American author and humorist. He seems to have become fascinated with the German language and mentioned it in several speeches that he gave in Europe.

At a speech in Vienna in 1899, he said:

[quotI have not sufficiently mastered German, to allow my using it with impunity. My collection of fourteen-syllable German words is still incomplete. But I have just added to that collection a jewel—a veritable jewel. I found it in a telegram from Linz, and it contains ninety-five letters:

Personaleinkommensteuerschätzungskommissions-mitgliedsreisekostenrechnungs-ergänzungsrevisionsfund

If I could get a similar word engraved upon my tombstone I should sleep beneath it in peace. [/quot

"The Awful German Language" was originally published as as Appendix D in his 1880 book "A Tramp Abroad."

Here are some quotes from this essay:

[quotMy philological studies have satisfied me that a gifted person ought to learn English (barring spelling and pronouncing), in 30 hours, French in 30 days, and German in 30 years. [/quot
[quotIn German, a young lady has no sex, while a turnip has. Think what overwrought reverence that shows for the turnip, and what callous disrespect for the girl. [/quot

(I deliberately decided against correcting the numerous German typos and grammar mistakes in the original text.)

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Twain, Mark: The Curious Republic of Gondour. v1.1 21 October 2007

edited and uploaded by
Nate the great

I recommend the title story. I have read it 3 times now, and am still amazed by the subtlety.

I am working my way through all my early conversions. This new version is fully proofread to the best of my abilities. I also made some editorial decisions that improve the readability. The previous version had 16 downloads.

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Twain, Mark: The Innocents Abroad (Illustrated and annotated) v1. 23 August 2013

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AlexBell

[The Innocents Abroad[/, or [The New Pilgrims' Progress[/ is an 1869 travel book based on a series of letters written mainly for the [Alta California[/, a San Francisco paper that sponsored Mark Twain's participation in the trip to Europe and the Middle East in 1867 aboard the steamship [Quaker City[/. The book describes countries, nations, incidents and his amazing adventures, and was his best selling work during his life.

[The Innocents Abroad[/ has been very much a collaborative venture with grannyGrumpy; she found and transformed the more than two hundred images in the ebook, and I selected, placed, and sized the images and marked up the text. I am delighted to thank her for her superb work.

The footnotes in the book have been identified by lower case letters. I was impressed by Mark Twain's knowledge of literature, the graphic arts, and scripture, and have annotated the the references as they occur. The annotations are identified by numbers, and like the footnotes have been placed in their own section at the end of the ebook. I have inserted many "scene breaks" in the text, have used present day usage for place names, and have modernised punctuation and spelling.

As always please let me know of any typos or spelling mistakes

The mobi version was converted from the ePub version with calibre, and contains both mobi and azw2 versions.

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- Innocents Abroad, The - Mark Twain.mobi

Twain, Mark: The Innocents Abroad. v1, 4 Jan 2008

edited and uploaded by
Madam Broshkina

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia:

The Innocents Abroad, or The New Pilgrims' Progress was published by American author Mark Twain in 1869. The travel literature chronicles Twain's pleasure cruise on board the chartered vessel Quaker City through Europe and the Holy Land with a group of religious pilgrims. It was the best selling of Twain's works during his lifetime.

Note: The file is large due to illustrations at the beginning of each chapter.

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Twain, Mark: The Jumping Frog: A Compendium. v1. 12 Feb 2019

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THE JUMPING FROG: A COMPENDIUM
BY MARK TWAIN (Samuel Langhorne Clemens)
(1835–1910)

The contents of this book were first published in 1865, 1872, 1875, 1894, 1903. The text of this book is in the public domain world-wide because the author died more than 100 years ago, and it was published prior to 1924.

* * * *
This is Mark Twain’s most famous short story: Jim Smiley’s Frog is familiar to readers all over the world. Its appearance in the [Saturday Press[/ newspaper in 1865 brought Twain his first nation-wide attention.

This compilation includes the original Jumping Frog tale, the French translation published in the [Revue des Deux Mondes[/ in 1872, and Twain’s hilarious word-for-word literal translation back to English. The later “Private History” discusses the revelation of a parallel story centuries earlier in ancient Greece, with a wry addendum.

A brief excerpt --- Jim Smiley didn't only keep frogs:
[QUOT“Thish-yer Smiley had a mare — the boys called her the fifteen-minute nag, but that was only in fun, you know, because of course she was faster than that — and he used to win money on that horse, for all she was so slow and always had the asthma, or the distemper, or the consumption, or something of that kind. They used to give her two or three hundred yards’ start, and then pass her under way; but always at the fag end of the race she’d get excited and desperate-like, and come cavorting and straddling up, and scattering her legs around limber, sometimes in the air, and sometimes out to one side among the fences, and kicking up m-o-r-e dust and raising m-o-r-e racket with her coughing and sneezing and blowing her nose — and always fetch up at the stand just about a neck ahead, as near as you could cipher it down.” [/QUOT

* * * *
Mark Twain is most noted for his novels, [The Adventures of Tom Sawyer [/(1876), and its sequel, [Adventures of Huckleberry Finn[/ (1885), the latter often called “the Great American Novel.” Among dozens of titles, some of his works include [The Innocents Abroad, A Tramp Abroad, Roughing It, Life on the Mississippi, The Prince and the Pauper, A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur’s Court,[/ and many more.

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Text was obtained from the Internet Archive. OCR and printer’s errors were silently corrected; punctuation, diacritics, and italics formatted; hyphenation normalized. Story titles are cross-linked to Table of Contents. Embedded font used for titling.

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This is a revised version of the book posted in 2012, revised to remove illustrations still under copyright.

Twain is always worth a second read-through!

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Twain, Mark: The Prince and the Pauper. (Illustrated) v4 15 May 2011

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Jellby

Mark Twain (real name Samuel Langhorne Clemens) (1835-1910) is probably one of the most known American writers. He was immensely popular in his time, especially noted for his wit and humour, and he is still widely quoted nowadays.

"The Prince and the Pauper" was first published in 1881 in Canada before its 1882 publication in the United States. In the last days of Henry VIII, the heir to the throne (future Edward VI) meets a poor boy who resembles him strikingly. As an entertainment they switch clothes... and then confusion arises. The pauper is taken as Prince, and the Prince is taken as pauper. Most of the book tells the "adventures" of the Prince among commong people, who treat him as the lowest member of society. Apart from the story, the book tries to depict ambience, customs, laws, etc. of 16th century England.

There are almost 200 illustrations by Frank T. Merrill, John J. Harley and L. S. Ipsen, which makes the file(s) huge for what's usual here.

The source of the text is PG, but the illustrations are re-extracted from the scans available at the Internet Archive, and they are cleaned up and enhanced; if I may say it myself, I think they look much better now. The text is proofread and corrected in some places, there is a TOC, a list of illustrations, hyperlinked notes, etc.

I upload two versions. the one named *_SmIm.mobi has smaller (in filesize) images, to comply with mobipocket limitations/specifications. The "large images" (and better quality) version works fine in the Cybook and in the Mobipocket Desktop Reader, though.

All feedback is welcome.

PS. There was already a version of this book uploaded by Madam Broshkina (but it's not fully illustrated), that's why I start with v2.

EDIT (v3): Two minor corrections in the List of Illustrations.

EDIT (V4): Improved some anchor placements.

(previous download count: 339 & 253)

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Twain, Mark: The Prince and the Pauper. v1, 2 Jan 2008

edited and uploaded by
Madam Broshkina

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia:

The Prince and the Pauper is a novel by Mark Twain. It was first published in 1881 in Canada before its 1882 publication in the United States. The book represents Twain's first attempt at historical fiction. Set in 1547, the novel tells the story of two young boys who are identical in appearance: Tom Canty, a pauper who lives with his abusive father in Offal Court, London, and Prince Edward, son of Henry VIII of England.

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Twain, Mark: The War Prayer v1 14 August 2008

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AlexBell

This is my first ebook. I would be very grateful indeed for any feedback on the style and layout and so on.

Regards, Alex

15 Aug 08 - uploaded v2 with formatting improvements. v1 had 17 views.

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Twain, Mark: Tiggerprinsen [Norwegian].v1. 27 Sep 2012

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SBT

Kong Henrik VIII av England ligger på dødsleiet. Hans sønn og arving, Edward, prinsen av Wales, støter tilfeldigvis på sin dobbeltgjenger, fattiggutten Tom Canty. De blir forvekslet, og Tom Canty må med ett prøve å finne seg til rette som landets tronarving, mens den riktige prins må forsøke å overleve på skyggesiden av nasjonen han er eslet til å herske over.

En oversettelse og bearbeidelse ved Per Wendelbo av Mark Twains klassiker "The Prince and the Pauper".

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Twain, Mark: Tom Sawyer als Detektiv. german. v1. 13 mar 2009

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netseeker

Samuel Langhorne Clemens (* 30. November 1835 in Florida, Missouri; † 21. April 1910 in Redding, Connecticut) – besser bekannt unter seinem Pseudonym Mark Twain – war ein US-amerikanischer Schriftsteller. Mark Twain ist vor allem als Autor der Bücher über die Abenteuer von Tom Sawyer und Huckleberry Finn bekannt. Er war ein Vertreter des amerikanischen Realismus und ist besonders wegen seiner humoristischen, von Lokalkolorit und genauen Beobachtungen des sozialen Verhaltens geprägten Erzählungen und aufgrund seiner scharfzüngigen Kritik an der amerikanischen Gesellschaft berühmt. Er wurde geboren, als der Halleysche Komet gesichtet wurde, und starb – wie von ihm vorausgesagt – bei der Wiederkunft ebendieses Kometen.

[Tom Sawyer als Detektiv[/ erschien 1896 und war nach [Die Abenteuer des Tom Sawyers[/ (1876), [Abenteuer und Fahrten des Huckleberry Finn[/ (1884) sowie [Tom Sawyer im Ausland[/ (1894) das vierte Buch über den berühmten Lausbuben und seinen Freund, den Außenseiter Huckleberry Finn.

Tom und sein Freund Huck erleben ein weiteres großes Abenteuer: Wer glaubte auch, dass Juwelendiebe auf alten klapprigen Raddampfern fahren und dass Onkel Silas einen Mord begangen haben soll? Aber Tom und Huck werden den Geheimnissen schon auf die Spur kommen! Ganz so, wie es sich für richtige Lausbuben gehört.

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Twain, Mark: Various Collected Works v1.1 2007-10-21

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Nate the great

I am going to post all the Twain collections in this one thread. All are worth reading; some merit a second and third reading because of Mr. Twain's subtle writing style. Well, okay, sometimes his writing style resembles a brick applied to the side of the head. But there are times that he is subtle.

Alonzo Fitz

I recommend [The Grateful Poodle[/ and [The Benevolent Author[/.

The 30,000 Bequest and Other Stories

I actually haven't read this one yet.

The Man that Corrupted Hadleyburg

I still get a kick out of [Stirring Times in Austria[/.

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- Twain_The Man That Corrupted.prc

- Twain_The 30000 Bequest.prc

- Twain_Alonzo Fitz and Other.prc

Tylee, P.: Freedom Incorporated. v1. 24 November 2009

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grimo1re

This book was written by my husband and he's releasing it under CC. Nate was kind enough to do the formatting and Moejoe supplied the cover image.

Blurb:
Corporations control the world, portal technology allows instantaneous travel, and the ultimate in branded living has arrived: microchip implants for all. But the new era, while peaceful on the surface, comes with a staggering price – individual freedom – and not everyone is willing to pay. Jennifer Cameron is the leader of a secret activist cell and hopes to restore personal freedom by destroying the network of spy computers.

Dan Sutherland can’t let that happen. Charged with bringing Jennifer to justice, he uses his bounty hunting skills to track her down. But Dan isn’t her only hunter.

Freedom Incorporated charts Jennifer’s rebellion against corporate domination, and the way her vision changes the man sent to bring her to justice. Together they discover just how difficult it is to survive in a world where their every movement can be tracked and the whim of powerful people dictates the law.

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Tyler, John: State of the Union. v1.0 16 October 2007

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Nate the great

John Tyler, Jr. (March 29, 1790 – January 18, 1862) was the tenth (1841-1845) President of the United States. A long-time Democrat-Republican, he was elected Vice President on the Whig ticket and on becoming president in 1841, broke with that party. His term as Vice President began on March 4, 1841 and one month later, on April 4, incumbent President William Henry Harrison died of what is today believed to have been viral pneumonia. Harrison's death left Tyler, the federal government, and the American nation briefly confused on the process of succession. Opposition members in Congress argued for an acting caretaker that would continue to use only the title Vice President. The act of taking over as official president, rather than as acting president, came from the influence of the Harrison cabinet and some members of Congress. Members of Harrison's cabinet feared an acting leader would compromise the ability to successfully run the country. Tyler took the presidential oath of office, initiating a custom that would govern future successions, and became the first U.S. vice president to assume the office of president upon the death of his predecessor. It was not until 1967, that Tyler's action of assuming full powers of the presidency was legally codified in the Twenty-fifth Amendment. His most famous achievement was the annexation of the Republic of Texas in 1845. Tyler was the first president born after the adoption of the U.S. Constitution.

from:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Tyler

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Uchard, Mario: French and Oriental Love in a Harem. v1. 14 July 07

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RWood

[French and Oriental Love in a Harem[/ by Mario Uchard was privately printed in New York City and is an example of late 19th century erotica. Tame and trite by modern standards, it was a limited printing of a thousand copies for collectors only.

This should answer Dr. Don's request for something starting with "U"

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Ukjent: Islandske ættesoger [Norwegian].v1. 04 May 2014

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SBT

Jeg har samlet sammen de islandske ættesogene oversatt til nynorsk fra www.heimskringla.no.
Det dreier seg om:

- Soga um Finnboge den Ramme

- Fljotsdøla

- Soga um Bjørn Hitdølakappe

- Soga um Hønse-Tore

- Soga um Håvard Isfjording

- Soga um laksdølerne

- Soga um Njaal Torgeirson og sønerne hans

- Soga um Ofeig den sløge

- Soga um Gunnlaug Ormstunga

- Soga um Øyrbyggjerne

- Soga um Ramnkjell Frøys-gòde

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- Ukjent - Islandske Ættesoger.mobi

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Umbstaetter, H D: The Red-Hot Dollar (1911); v1, 25 May 2022

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Pulpmeister

A dozen short stories from the literary magazine "The Black Cat", a Boston publication edited by the author from 1896 to his death in 1922. There is a introduction by Jack London. One story is co-authored by T F Anderson, who was an occasional contributor to "The Black Cat" in the 1890s, but nothing else is known of him.

i have added the issues of "The Black Cat" in which the stories were first published, and any pseudonym the author used. The most common was Harold Kinsabby, the surname surely being slyly reminiscent of "Quien Sabe", "who knows?"

Introduction
1: The Red -Hot Dollar
2: The Unturned Trump
3: The Real Thing
4: When the Cuckoo Called
5: One Chance in a Million
6: Doodle's Discovery
7: Kootchie
8: Her Eyes, Your Honor
9: For the Sake of Toodleums
10: In Hell's Canon
11: The Mystery of the Thirty Millions
12: Asleep at Lone Mountain

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Unamuno, Miguel de: Tragic Sense of Life. v1, 25 Feb 2008

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Madam Broshkina

From Amazon.com:

Miguel de Unamuno (1864-1936) was a prolific writer of essays, novels, poetry, and the stage plays. His books include Peace in War (1895), The Life of Don Quixote and Sancho (1905), and Abel Sánchez (1917).

This is the masterpiece of Miguel de Unamuno, a member of the group of Spanish intellectuals and philosophers known as the "Generation of '98," and a writer whose work dramatically influenced a wide range of 20th-century literature. His down-to-earth demeanor and no-nonsense outlook makes this 1921 book a favorite of intellectuals to this day, a practical, sensible discussion of the war between faith and reason that consumed the twentieth century and continues to rage in the twenty-first century. de Unamuno's philosophy is not the stuff of a rarefied realm but an integral part of fleshly, sensual life, metaphysics that speaks to daily living and the real world.

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Ungar, Hermann: Die Klasse, german, v1, 27 Mar 2009

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ravenne

Mit tiefer Anteilnahme erzählt Ungar in seiner letzten großen Prosaarbeit von dem Lebenskampf des Lehrers Josef Blau, der sich in seiner täglichen Arbeit mit den Kindern wohlhabender und einflussreicher Bürger der Stadt auseinandersetzen muss. Blau, seiner Natur nach nicht der Typ des landläufigen Schultyrannen, fühlt sich bedroht von den ständigen Anschlägen der Schüler. Der bedrängte und verhöhnte Schulmann fühlt sich in seiner menschlichen Würde verletzt und führt mit seiner Familie einen verzweifelten Kampf, um den Teufelskreis eines von Angst und Gehorsam bestimmten Ordnungssystems zu durchbrechen. (amazon.de)

Ungar wurde 1893 im mährischen Boskovice (Boskowitz) geboren. Er studierte ab 1911 in Berlin Orientalistik, danach Rechtswissenschaften in München und Prag. 1913 absolvierte er die juristische Staatsprüfung in Prag.

Von 1914 bis 1916 war er Soldat und erlitt eine schwere Kriegsverletzung. Danach arbeitete er als Rechtsanwalt und Theaterregisseur. 1922 wurde er Legationsrat an der tschechoslowakischen Botschaft in Berlin. Danach Ministerialkommissar in Prag. Er galt als Einzelgänger des Prager Kreises um Franz Kafka, Ernst Weiß und Max Brod.

Hermann Ungar starb, sechsunddreißig Jahre alt, 1929 an akuter Blinddarmentzündung in einem Prager Krankenhaus.

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Ungar, Hermann: Die Verstümmelten. german. v1. 12 apr 2009

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netseeker

Hermann Ungar wurde 1893 im mährischen Boskovice (Boskowitz) geboren. Er studierte ab 1911 in Berlin Orientalistik, danach Rechtswissenschaften in München und Prag. 1913 absolvierte er die juristische Staatsprüfung in Prag. Von 1914 bis 1916 war er Soldat und erlitt eine schwere Kriegsverletzung. Danach arbeitete er als Rechtsanwalt und Theaterregisseur. 1922 wurde er Legationsrat an der tschechoslowakischen Botschaft in Berlin. Danach Ministerialkommissar in Prag. Er galt als Einzelgänger des Prager Kreises um Franz Kafka, Ernst Weiß und Max Brod.

Der von den Zeitgenossen sehr zwiespältig aufgenommene Roman [Die Verstümmelten[/ (1923) markiert einen Höhepunkt im schmalen Werk des jung verstorbenen Schriftstellers Hermann Ungar. Die drastische Darstellung von Perversion, Verfall, Krankheit und Tod wirkte erschreckend und stieß bei den Lesern auf Ablehnung. Spätere Rezensenten rückten das ungewöhnliche Werk jedoch thematisch und qualitativ in die Nähe von Franz Kafka und Ernst Weiß. Der Roman kontrastiert das Schicksal zweier ehemaliger Jugendfreunde, des Bankangestellten Franz Polzer, der krampfhaft versucht, sein Leben vor Erschütterungen zu bewahren, und des physisch behinderten Karl Fanta, der sich in Selbsthass ergeht.

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Buchquelle von ravenne (Danke schön!), Cover von mir.

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Ungar, Hermann: Geschichte eines Mordes, german, v1, 27 Mar 2009

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ravenne

Die "Geschichte eines Mordes" ist eine Erzählung von Hermann Ungar.

Ungar wurde 1893 im mährischen Boskovice (Boskowitz) geboren. Er studierte ab 1911 in Berlin Orientalistik, danach Rechtswissenschaften in München und Prag. 1913 absolvierte er die juristische Staatsprüfung in Prag.

Von 1914 bis 1916 war er Soldat und erlitt eine schwere Kriegsverletzung. Danach arbeitete er als Rechtsanwalt und Theaterregisseur. 1922 wurde er Legationsrat an der tschechoslowakischen Botschaft in Berlin. Danach Ministerialkommissar in Prag. Er galt als Einzelgänger des Prager Kreises um Franz Kafka, Ernst Weiß und Max Brod.

Hermann Ungar starb, sechsunddreißig Jahre alt, 1929 an akuter Blinddarmentzündung in einem Prager Krankenhaus.

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United Nations: Goldstone Report

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AlexBell

Human Rights in Palestine and Other Occupied Arab Territories

Report of the United Nations Fact Finding Mission on the Gaza Conflict.

The 575 page pdf report was converted with Mobipocket Creator. There is a 35 page Executive Summary.

Regards, Alex

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United States: Declaration of Independence etc, v1, 21 Oct 2007.

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Patricia

United States: Declaration of Independence, Bill of Rights and JFK's Inaugural Address

I was searching PG and, out of curiosity, looked to see what was the first text uploaded. It was the U.S. Declaration of Independence. The second was the Bill of Rights. The third was JFK’s Inaugural Address.

So here they are.

The prose is wonderful and makes one long to live in a republic with such high ideals.
(I don’t live in a republic and don’t care to enter into a discussion of whether the ideals have ever been realized.)

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Unknown: Der heilige Koran [German] V1. 25 Jul 2010

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weatherwax

Wikipedia:
Der Koran oder Qur'an [qurˈʔaːn] (‏القرآن‎ al-qurʾān, „die Lesung, Rezitierung, Vortrag“) ist die Heilige Schrift des Islam, die gemäß dem Glauben der Muslime die wörtliche Offenbarung Gottes (arab. Allah) an den islamischen Propheten Muhammad, vermittelt durch den Engel Gabriel, enthält.

Der Text ist von Gutenberg, der Übersetzer ist unbekannt.

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Unknown: King Arthur and the Knights of the Round Table. v1. 2 Jul 2015

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crutledge

Unknown: King Arthur and the Knights of the Round Table. v1. 2 Jul 2015

Excerpt
King Arthur and the Knights of the Round Table! What magic is in the words! How they carry us straight to the days of chivalry, to the witchcraft of Merlin, to the wonderful deeds of Lancelot and Perceval and Galahad, to the Quest for the Holy Grail, to all that “glorious company, the flower of men,” as Tennyson has called the king and his companions! Down through the ages the stories have come to us, one of the few great romances which, like the tales of Homer, are as fresh and vivid to-day as when men first recited them in court and camp and cottage. Other great kings and paladins are lost in the dim shadows of long-past centuries, but Arthur still reigns in Camelot and his knights still ride forth to seek the Grail.

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Unknown: Tausend und ein Tag [German] V1. 25 Jul 2010

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weatherwax

Wie schon das offensichtliche Vorbild Tausendundeine Nacht ist auch die Sammlung von Tausendundein Tag in eine Rahmenhandlung eingebunden. Berichtet wird die Geschichte um die Prinzessin Farrukhnaz, die schöne Tochter des Königs Togrul-Bei aus Kaschmir. Die Handlung beginnt mit einem Traum der Prinzessin, in dem sie sieht, wie ein Hirsch in eine Schlinge gerät. Eine kurz darauf erscheinende Hindin kann ihn befreien, gerät dabei aber selber in die Schlinge. Anstatt ihr nun zu helfen, wie sie es getan hat, überlässt der Hirsch sie ihrem Schicksal. Nach dem Erwachen ist Farrukhnaz fest davon überzeugt, dass ihr der Gott Kesaja den Traum geschickt hat, um sie vor der allgemeinen Treulosigkeit der Männer zu warnen. Fortan weigert sie sich, die an sie gerichteten Heiratsanträge, die ihr von den mächtigsten Fürsten gemacht werden, auch nur anzuhören. Ihr Vater, der glaubt, sie wäre hochmütig geworden, sieht sie mit stetig wachsender Sorge an. Er befürchtet, dass die gekränkten Fürsten auf Rache sinnen und seinem Reich Unglück bringen könnten. Daraufhin beauftragt er die treue Amme Sutlemema damit, alles zu versuchen, um die Prinzessin wieder zur Vernunft zu bringen. Die Amme versucht dies mit einer Reihe von Erzählungen, die immer bessere und schlagendere Beweise für die Treue der Männer liefern sollen. Zum Schluss wird die Prinzessin zwar bekehrt, doch das geschieht nicht infolge der Geschichten. Der genaue Grund wird allerdings nicht ganz klar, da schon Pétis de la Croix die Rahmenhandlung nur bruchstückhaft übernahm und von dem persischen Original nur einige wenige, stark fragmentarische Abschriften vorhanden sind.
Im Gegensatz zu den Geschichten aus Tausendundeine Nacht, erreichten die Geschichten aus Tausendundein Tag in Europa nicht annähernd die gleiche Popularität und sind darum heute nur noch wenig bekannt.

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Urquhart, Paul: Cross Currents (1919); v1: 26 Jun 2019

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Pulpmeister

Originally published as a serial in 1916, then as a hardback book iin 1919, this is the last "Paul Urquhart" collaboration between Ladbroke Lionel Day Black (1877-1940) and Thomas Meech (1868-1940). After 1919 all books by "Paul Urquhart" were by Ladbroke Black alone.

Events in the distant past return to haunt the present. Sir Clifford Maxwell, Bt., is suddenly pitchforked into drama, murder, and mystery. Only his great friend Dick Hardy, R.N., on a mysterious assignment, can help save him from the gallows.

The cover was created using a 1910 image of a steam yacht.

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Urquhart, Paul: One Clear Call (1916); v1; 12 July 2019

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A romantic thriller in which a young British doctor is drawn into a drama. A beautiful young woman is on the run from her country and an unwanted dynastic marriage. The action ranges across Britain and France before a rousing climax in a country house.

There is no available cover for this book, so I created one from a 1916 magazine cover.

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Urquhart, Paul: The Shadow (1908); v1; 14 Oct 2020

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In the first year or two of the 20th Century, when the Turkish Ottoman Empire is fraying at the edges, and trouble is bubbling in the Balkans, an adventurous young man finds himself drawn into deep trouble when he inadvertently becomes possessor of the "Diocletian Diamond", the near-legendary but still potent symbol of the Kings of the (mythical) Kingdom of Bythnia, wedged in between Russia, German and the Ottoman Empires.

Characteristic helter-skelter adventure yarn of the era, with our hot-headed and impetuous young hero foiling revolutionaries, fighting off Cossack raiders, and even dining with the Kaiser.

In the absence of an authentic cover, I concocted one of my own.

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Urquhart, Paul: The Turmoil (1915)

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"Paul Urquhart" is the pseudonym of Ladbroke Black and Thomas Meech.

Although published as a book in 1915, is was serialised in 1914 and was clearly written before WW1.

An adventurous young man stumbles on a brutal murder and a distraught young woman. A gang of unknown origin bashes him unconscious and kidnaps the young woman.

From that launching point we step into the murky world of anarchists, meet an eccentric inventor and his new airplane, and uncover the secret of the murder and the kidnapped young woman.

This edition is from the newspaper serial, as published in Australian newspapers The Newcastle Morning Herald, and the Camperdown Chronicle, in 1914-5.

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US Government: Detainee Abuse, v1, 23 Dec 2008

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Senate Armed Service Committee Inquiry into the Treatment of Detainees in US Custody as a zip file containing the original PDF file downloaded from the internet and a Mobipocket version.

Regards, Alex

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Uzanne, Octave: The End of Books, v.1, 14 Nov 2007.

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A charming little essay (less than 5000 words) written at the end of the 19th century. Octave Uzanne predicts that printed books have had their day. Too many books are printed and reading is a strain on the eyes:

“Either the books must go, or they must swallow us up. I calculate that, take the whole world over, from eighty to one hundred thousand books appear every year; at an average of a thousand copies, this makes more than a hundred millions of books, the majority of which contain only the wildest extravagances or the most chimerical follies, and propagate only prejudice and error. Our social condition forces us to hear many stupid things every day. A few more or less do not amount to very great suffering in the end; but what happiness not to be obliged to read them, and to be able at last to close our eyes upon the annihilation of printed things!”

Instead of books, Uzanne predicts that audio books will become popular and may be available in portable versions: i.e. he predicts the Sony Walkman:

“At home, walking, sightseeing, these fortunate hearers will experience the ineffable delight of reconciling hygiene with instruction; of nourishing their minds while exercising their muscles for there will be pocket phono-operagraphs, for use during excursions among Alpine mountains or in the canions of the Colorado.”

He then predicts television and radio.

The file is big because I have included several of the original illustrations.

Publication Information.
The end of Books (La fin des Livres)
Illustrations by Albert Robida
This English version was from Scribner’s Magazine, 16, no. 2 (August 1894) pp. 221-231.
Originally published in French in the journal Le Livre, and later collected in book form in Contes pour les Bibliophiles, (1895).

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Vahey, John Haslette: Death by the Gaff (1932); v1; 26 Sep 2020

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John Haslette Vahey wrote a number of detective novels under his own name before later adopting the nom-de-plume "Vernon Loder"; books by the two names overlapped.

Fishing in Scotland; and one of the band of fishermen at the remote inn is found dead, with head injuries. Accident or murder?

The cover is the best I could find for the original edition; recent reprints have modern style covers and the book as by "Vernon Loder".

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Valentin, Karl: Brilliantfeuerwerk (German). v1. 4 Apr 2019

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Karl Valentin (1882-1948) war ein deutscher Komiker, Volkssänger, Autor und Filmproduzent.

"Brilliantfeuerwerk" ist eine Sammlung ausgewählter Schwänke und Humoresken.

Dieses Buch basiert auf der von Projekt Gutenberg Deutschland hervorragend digitalisierten Ausgabe von 1938.

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Van Dyke, Henry: The First Christmas Tree, v.1, 20 Dec 2008

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This short story, [The First Christmas Tree: A Story of the Forest[/, was written in 1897 and is one of two popular Christmas stories by Henry van Dyke (1852 - 1933), an American author, educator, and clergyman.

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Van Dyke, Henry: The Lost Word, v.1, 20 Dec 2008

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[The Lost Word: A Christmas Legend of Long Ago[/ is another short story by Henry van Dyke, an American author, educator, and clergyman.

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Van Dyke, Henry: The Other Wise Man, v.1, 20 Dec 2008

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This short story was written in 1896 and is one of two popular Christmas stories by Henry van Dyke (1852 - 1933), an American author, educator, and clergyman.

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Van Dyke, John C.: A Text-Book of the History of Painting, v.1, 20 July 2008

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First published in 1894, this 1909 edition includes over 110 black-and-white illustrations. The HTML file at Project Gutenberg includes links to modern color images of the paintings: http://www.gutenberg.org/etext/18900

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Van Loan, Charles E: Buck Parvin and the Movies (1919); v1; 25 May 2020

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Charles Emmet Van Loan (1876-1919) was an American humourist, screen writer and novelist. These stories were first published in the Saturday Evening Post in 1915, collected in 1919. There is an introduction by George H Lorimer (1867-1937), Editor of the Saturday Evening Post.

These comic short stories, as the book title suggests, are set in the world of the silent movies.

Contents
1: The Extra Man and the Milk-fed Lion
2: The International Cup
3: Man-Afraid-of-His-Wardrobe
4: Water Stuff
5: Buck's Lady Friend
6: Desert Stuff
7: Author! Author!
8: Snow Stuff
9: This is the Life!

The source is Wikisource.

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Vance, Louis Joseph: Alias The Lone Wolf (1921), v1

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The third of the Lone Wolf books.

The Lone Wolf, cut free from his post WW1 role of British Secret Service operative, undertakes a walking tour of France, and walks right into trouble, as usual.

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Vance, Louis Joseph: Alias the Lone Wolf. 12 April 2008

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Louis Joseph Vance (1879-1933) was an American writer and the creator of the "Lone Wolf" character. Over the years the Lone Wolf (Michael Lanyard) has been presented in book form, on radio, in comix, on film, and in the early 1950s on television. The books presented here are the first four Lone Wolf books written by Vance.

They are:

- [The Lone Wolf[/ - 1914

- [The False Faces[/ - 1918

- [Alias the Lone Wolf[/ - 1920

- [Red Masquerade[/ - 1921

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Vance, Louis Joseph: Beau Revel (1920). v1

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Not a crime novel, but two tales of New York:

Beau Revel: (a novella)

A well-heeled middle aged divorced father discovers his only son is planning to marry a night club dancer.

Tannehill: (a short story)

A lonely man sees a young woman the image of his lost young love, and sets her up in an apartment.

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Vance, Louis Joseph: Red Masquerade, v1

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Subtitle: "Being the Story of the Lone Wolf's Daughter."

Based on the script Louis Joseph Vance wrote for Columbia pictures in 1919, and filmed as "The Lone Wolf's Daughter". Vance later rewrote his script into novel form and it was published in 1921.

It opens with a lengthy flashback to the Lone Wolf's younger days, and his encounters with a rival criminal and an aristocratic "adventuress", and then leaps to the present day (ie 1921) to the second encounter with the arch-rival, and his first encounter with the daughter of the Lone Wolf's liaison with the "adventuress".

What is at stake is the British Empire itself.

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Vance, Louis Joseph: Red Masquerade. 12 April 2008

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RWood

Louis Joseph Vance (1879-1933) was an American writer and the creator of the "Lone Wolf" character. Over the years the Lone Wolf (Michael Lanyard) has been presented in book form, on radio, in comix, on film, and in the early 1950s on television. The books presented here are the first four Lone Wolf books written by Vance.

They are:

- [The Lone Wolf[/ - 1914

- [The False Faces[/ - 1918

- [Alias the Lone Wolf[/ - 1920

- [Red Masquerade[/ - 1921

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Vance, Louis Joseph: Terence O'Rourke, Gentleman Adventurer (1905); v1

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This 1905 novel was "fixed" up from four stories originally published in Street & Smith's "The Popular Magazine". (The author explains the process in a short introduction).

O'Rourke, gentleman adventurer, is first involved in a disastrous episode entitled "The Empire of Illusion", in which the tiny duchy of Grandlieu attempts to establish a colony in a small unclaimed wedge of West Africa; this is followed by three shorter adventures in, respectively, Cairo, Tangier and Grandlieu itself.

In the first story O'Rourke meets the love of his life, Princesse Beatrix, of Grandlieu.

This book was followed by a further O'Rourke adventure: The Pool of Flame, 1909, already in this Library.

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Vance, Louis Joseph: The Bronze Bell (1909), v1

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In pre-first war British India, a subterranean rebellion is brewing. A tale of action and adventure.

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Vance, Louis Joseph: The Destroying Angel (1912), v1, 6 July 2019

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One of Louis Joseph Vance's first big hits, it was made into a movie in 1913, and again in 1923. (Both silent movies are now lost).

A romantic thriller, involving murder, missing people, obsession and the theatre.

The cover is from the 1923 movie tie-in edition dust jacket, which I had to retouch extensively, showing actress Leah Baird as the heroine.

Text source is Project Gutenberg Aust, and page scan used is from Internet Archive.

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Vance, Louis Joseph: the False Faces (1918), v1

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The second Lone Wolf adventure.

It is now World War 1, and the Lone Wolf has bitter personal reasons to pursue a private vendetta.

The cover is from a 1919 poster of the Lone Wolf movie of this book.

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Vance, Louis Joseph: The False Faces. 12 April 2008

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Louis Joseph Vance (1879-1933) was an American writer and the creator of the "Lone Wolf" character. Over the years the Lone Wolf (Michael Lanyard) has been presented in book form, on radio, in comix, on film, and in the early 1950s on television. The books presented here are the first four Lone Wolf books written by Vance.

They are:

- [The Lone Wolf[/ - 1914

- [The False Faces[/ - 1918

- [Alias the Lone Wolf[/ - 1920

- [Red Masquerade[/ - 1921

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Vance, Louis Joseph: the Lone Wolf (1914), v1

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A youth from nowhere becomes The Lone Wolf, the most most accomplished and daring burglar ever known.

In this, his first adventure, we read of his troubled childhood, and his daring early escapades, in the years shortly before WW1.

There are several Lone Wolf novels, which take place in real time; ie, he grows older, at about the same rate as the real world, rather than remain timeless.

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Vance, Louis Joseph: The Lone Wolf Returns (1923); v1

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The fifth and last Lone Wolf adventure, illustrated with stills from the 1923 Columbia silent movie starring Billie Dove and Bert Lytell.

(Despite Vance's introductory words in this book that it was the fifth and last Lone Wolf, he wrote several more:

The Lone Wolf's Son (1931)
Encore the Lone Wolf (1933)
The Lone Wolf's Last Prowl (1934)

which wasn't his last prowl, after all:

The Lone Wolf and the Hidden Empire (1947; posthumously published).

Vance died in 1933.)

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Vance, Louis Joseph: The Lone Wolf. 12 April 2008

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Louis Joseph Vance (1879-1933) was an American writer and the creator of the "Lone Wolf" character. Over the years the Lone Wolf (Michael Lanyard) has been presented in book form, on radio, in comix, on film, and in the early 1950s on television. The books presented here are the first four Lone Wolf books written by Vance.

They are:

- [The Lone Wolf[/ - 1914

- [The False Faces[/ - 1918

- [Alias the Lone Wolf[/ - 1920

- [Red Masquerade[/ - 1921

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Vance, Louis Joseph: The Pool of Flame, v1: (1909)

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Traditional adventure novel, featuring Terence O'Rourke, two-fisted, two-gunned gentleman adventurer.

O'Rourke, who came into possession of a wonderful Asian ruby called The Pool of Flame, and has stashed it away, is offered a large sum of money to return it to the forehead of the statue of Buddha from which it was stolen long long ago. O'Rourke is in Monte Carlo; the Pool of Flame is in Algeria; and the statue is in the northeast of Burma, in the Shan states near the Chinese border.

O'Rourke, who is broke and needs the money, sets out on the quest, and is of course beset by perils, including those who wish to steal the Pool of Flame from him...

(Oddly, of the four illustrations in the hardback, one (the frontispiece) is missing from my source; and the other three all illustrate events in Chapter 26. I have put those three pics where they fit, rather than where they were located in the book.)

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Various Authors: Cry Wolf! (collected werewolves). v3. 30 Dec. 2025

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REVISED VERSION; see below.

Even a man who is pure in heart
And says his prayers by night
May become a wolf when the wolfbane blooms
And the autumn moon is bright.
—Maleva, [The Wolf Man,[/ 1941

Here is an extensive collection of werewolf literature.

Volume I -- ROOTS
Early werewolf tales. These four novels, spanning the Victorian, Edwardian, and WWI eras, helped lay the groundwork that established the werewolfian canon as we know it today.

Wagner the Wehr-Wolf (1846)
by George W. M. Reynolds.
One of the very earliest treatments of the Werewolf theme in English literature.
Penny-dreadful gothic novel about Fernand Wagner, an old man who makes a Faustian bargain for eternal youth, but is instead cursed with lycanthropy, transforming into a werewolf monthly. Wagner tries to break the curse amidst a sprawling plot involving family secrets, supernatural events, romances, and critiques of religious hypocrisy in 16th-century Italy.

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The Wolf-Leader (1857)
by Alexandre Dumas.
One of the first werewolf novels; a dark fable of greed, devilry and hubris. This is a werewolf story, but it is a Faustian tale at heart.
The lengthy introductory story has vital background information to the main story, and should not be skipped.

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The Door of the Unreal (1919)
by Gerald Biss.
After a series of mysterious disappearances on the London-to-Brighton road leaves the police baffled, a trio of intrepid investigators determine to unravel the mystery. But even they do not suspect the terrible truth until it is almost too late...
H. P. Lovecraft called this book one of the children of [Dracula[/, a novel that did for werewolves what [Dracula [/did for vampires.

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The Undying Monster (1922)
by Jessie Douglas Kerruish.
An occult detective story, one of the earliest to have a female protagonist, which explores that horror staple, the “ancient family curse that has haunted the local gentry for eons”.
A Goodreads reviewer found it to be: “gothic (in 1920s’ England!), atmospheric, dramatic, well-researched, compelling (I couldn’t put it down), puzzling, tragic in places and, ultimately, gloriously fun.”
Author/editor Mark Valentine opined: “Perhaps the nearest British example [of a werewolf story comparable to [Dracula[/ would be [The Undying Monster[/…” He awarded it comparable footing to Endore’s [The Werewolf of Paris[/ (as the “American classic” in that category.)
[Due to copyright restrictions, [The Werewolf of Paris [/(1933) by Guy Endore (1901-1970) could not be included in this collection.]
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Volume II -- NARRATIVES
Eighty-five short pieces, including several folk tales, a handful of essays, and a smattering of poetry — dedicated to the sinister subject of lycanthropy.
( Includes Index of Titles and Index of Authors. )

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Previous downloads: 34 / 38.

COMPANION MONSTER COLLECTIONS:
[VAMPIRE ARCHIVES[/: version 3~~ 30-Dec-2025
click HERE
[HAUNTINGS[/: version 2~~ 01-Jan-2026
click HERE

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Texts were retrieved from multiple online sources.
Contents were originally published ca. 1170 ~ 1941.
Volume I of “Cry Wolf” is in the public domain where copyright is “Life+70” or less, and in the USA.
Volume II of Cry Wolf is in the public domain where copyright is “Life+70” or less.
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Various Authors: Hauntings (anthol). v2. 01 Jan. 2026

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REVISED VERSION; see below.

… as the twilight deeper glooms,
Strange shapes flit through lonely rooms,
And wordless whisp'rings rise and fill
The old, old house upon the hill.

—Frances A. Schneider,
[The Haunted House [/

Here is an extensive collection of ghostly tales, brought to you in two volumes.

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Volume I presents ten novels and a novella. Some of these are considered to be quintessential “haunted house” stories, but several are less ubiquitous, and may be new to you. Read on, if you dare, while J. S. Le Fanu, Henry James, Charlotte Riddell, William Hope Hodgson, H. P. Lovecraft, and other outstanding storytellers weave their spooky spells.

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Volume II presents 110 short works: short stories, novellas, and poems; including a small faction intended to tickle rather than terrorize. Also, several non-fiction pieces discuss theories about the truth of ghosts and hauntings.
(Includes Index of Titles, and Index of Authors)

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So turn down the lights, slip on a warm sweater to ward off the chills, and immerse yourself in the mystique of The Haunted House.

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COMPANION MONSTER COLLECTIONS:
[VAMPIRE ARCHIVES[/: version 3~~ 30-Dec-2025
click HERE
[CRY WOLF![/: version 3~~ 30-Dec-2025
click HERE

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[Contents were originally published 1810~ 1937. This book is in the public domain where copyright is “Life+70” or less.[/
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Various Authors: A Book of Ghosts � 51. v1. 03 May 2026

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Thirteen haunting tales for bed-time reading…

By various authors.
My own compilation.

A list of the titles:

The New Pass – 1870
by Amelia B. Edwards
(1831–1892)
The Veiled Portrait – 1874
by James Grant
(1822–1887)
My Dream – 1889
by Mary Elizabeth Braddon
(1835–1915)
The Fear that Walks by Noonday – 1895
by Willa Cather
(1873–1947)
When Time Turned – 1901
by Ethel Watts Mumford
(1878–1940)
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button – 1922
by F. Scott Fitzgerald
(1896–1940)
The Man Who Lived Backwards – 1930
by Algernon Blackwood
(1869–1951)
The Kit-Bag – 1903
by Richard Marsh
(1857–1915)
The Kit-Bag – 1908
by Algernon Blackwood
(1869–1951)
The Whistling Room – 1910
by William Hope Hodgson
(1877–1918)
The Watcher o’ the Dead – 1929
by John Guinan
(1874–1945)
The Shut Room – 1930
by Henry S. Whitehead
(1882–1932)
The Closed Door – 1933
by Harold Ward
(1879–1950)
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[Contents were originally published 1870~ 1933. This book is in the public domain where copyright is “Life+70” or less.[/
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Various Authors: A Book of Ghosts — 1. v2. 01 Feb 2021

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A BOOK OF GHOSTS — 1
THINGS THAT GO BUMP IN THE NIGHT

A collection of nine classic ghost stories by various authors. My own compilation.

Note: [This is version Two of this book, I have removed a story that was still under copyright.[/

Contents were originally published 1895 ~ 1935. This book is in the public domain where copyright is “Life+70” or less.

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Various Authors: A Book of Ghosts — 10. v1. 18 May 2021

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A collection of ten stories of the supernatural and the macabre by various authors; my own compilation.

A list of the titles:
The Old Portrait –1890
by Hume Nisbet
(1849–1920)
A Set of Chessmen –1890
by Richard Marsh
(1857–1915)
An Unexpected Journey –1893
by J. H. Pearce
(1856–1909)
The Witches’ Sabbath –1894
by James Platt
(1861–1910)
The Page-Boy’s Ghost –1896
by Wilhelmina Fitzclarence
(1830–1906)
The Well –1902
by W. W. Jacobs
(1863–1943)
The Woman with a Candle –1908
by W. Bourne Cooke
(1869–1935)
In My Lady’s Bedchamber –1919
by Howard Pease
(1863–1928)
A Ghost –1921
by Guy De Maupassant
(1850–1893)
Waxworks –1922
by W. L. George
(1885–1926)
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[Contents were originally published 1890 ~ 1922. This book is in the public domain where copyright is “Life+70” or less, and in the USA.[/
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Various Authors: A Book of Ghosts — 11. v1. 21 May 2021

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A collection of ten stories of the supernatural and the macabre by various authors; my own compilation.

A list of the titles:

A Mysterious Portrait –1881
by Mark Rutherford
(1831–1913)
Markheim –1885
by Robert Louis Stevenson
(1850–1894)
The Serpent’s Head –1886
by Lady Emilia Strong Dilke
(1840–1904)
The Vampire Maid –1890
by Hume Nisbet
(1849–1920)
The Man with the Brown Beard –1892
by Nathaniel T. Babcock
(1851–1928)
The Woman And The Cat –1896
by Marcel Prevost
(1862–1941)
Wolverden Tower –1896
by Grant Allen
(1848–1899)
The Moonlit Road –1907
by Ambrose Bierce
(1842–1914)
The Waltz –1913
by Morris W. Gowen
(?–?)
The Sumach –1919
by Ulrich Evan Daubeny
(1888–1922)

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[Contents were originally published 1881 ~ 1919. This book is in the public domain where copyright is “Life+70” or less, and in the USA.[/
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Various Authors: A Book of Ghosts — 12. v1. 17 July 2021

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A collection of ten stories of the supernatural and the macabre by various authors; my own compilation.

A list of the titles:

The Drunkard’s Death –1836
by Charles Dickens
(1812–1870)
The Cold Embrace –1860
by Mary Elizabeth Braddon
(1835–1915)
A Life-Watch –1867
by by Georgina C. Clark
(?–?)
The Phantom ’Rickshaw –1885
by Rudyard Kipling
(1865–1936)

Mysterious Maisie –1895
by Wirt Gerrare
(1862–1935)
Canon Alberic’s Scrapbook –1895
by Montague Rhodes James
(1862–1936)
The Doll’s Ghost –1896
by Francis Marion Crawford
(1854–1909)
The Corpse Light –1899
by Dick Donovan
(1843–1934)
Luella Miller –1902
by Mary E. Wilkins-Freeman
(1852–1930)
A Strange Goldfield –1904
by Guy Boothby
(1867–1905)
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[Contents were originally published 1836 ~ 1904. This book is in the public domain where copyright is “Life+80” or less, and in the USA.[/
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Various Authors: A Book of Ghosts — 13. v1. 22 July 2021

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A collection of ten stories of the supernatural and the macabre by various authors; my own compilation.

A list of the titles:

The Haunted House of Paddington –1841
by Charles Ollier
(1788–1859)
Walnut-Tree House –1878
by Charlotte Riddell
(1832–1906)
The Ghost of Charlotte Cray –1883
by Florence Marryat
(1833–1899)
The Devil’s Own –1895
by Lilian Quiller-Couch
(1867–1941)

The Devil’s Manuscript –1899
by S. Levett-Yeats
(1858–1916)
The Watcher by the Threshold –1900
by John Buchan
(1875–1940)
The Face in the Mirror –1903
by Helen Mathers
(1853–1920)
The Screaming Skull –1908
by F. Marion Crawford
(1854–1909)
The Marble Child –1910
by E(dith). Nesbit
(1858–1924)
The Tarn –1923
by Sir Hugh Walpole
(1884–1941)
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[Contents were originally published 1841 ~ 1923. This book is in the public domain where copyright is “Life+70” or less, and in the USA.[/
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Various Authors: A Book of Ghosts — 14. v1. 03 Aug 2021

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A collection of ten stories of the uncanny and the macabre by various authors; my own compilation.

A list of the titles:

The Underground Ghost –1864
by John Berwick Harwood
(1828–1899)
The Secret Chamber –1876
by Margaret Oliphant
(1828–1897)
Present at a Hanging –1888
by Ambrose Bierce
(1842–1914)
At the Dip of the Road –1896
by Mary Louisa Molesworth
(1839–1921)

The Sand-Walker –1906
by Fergus Hume
(1859–1932)
Bone to His Bone –1912
by Edmund Gill Swain
(1861–1938)
The Haunted Orchard –1912
by Richard Le Gallienne
(1866–1947)
The Bowmen –1915
by Arthur Machen
(1863–1947)

The Past –1920
by Ellen Glasgow
(1873–1945)
The Haunted Dolls’ House –1923
by M. R. James
(1862–1936)
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[Contents were originally published 1864 ~ 1923. This book is in the public domain where copyright is “Life+70” or less, and in the USA.[/
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Various Authors: A Book of Ghosts — 15. v1. 05 Aug 2021

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A collection of ten stories of the uncanny and the macabre by various authors; my own compilation.

A list of the titles:

The Miniature –1844
by J. Y. Akerman
(1806–1873)
The Old Nurse’s Story –1852
by Elizabeth Gaskell
(1810–1865)
Fisher’s Ghost –1859
by John Lang
(1816–1864)
Mrs. Zant and the Ghost –1885
by Wilkie Collins
(1824–1889)
The Strange Ride of Morrowbie Jukes –1885
by Rudyard Kipling
(1865–1936)
The Parasite –1894
by Arthur Conan Doyle
(1859–1930)
The Messenger –1897
by Robert W. Chambers
(1865–1933)
The Spectre Bride –1898
by Elia W. Peattie
(1862–1935)
The Shadow –1910
by Edith Nesbit
(1858–1924)
The House on the Cliff –1921
by William J. Wintle
(1861–1934)
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[Contents were originally published 1844 ~ 1921. This book is in the public domain where copyright is “Life+80” or less, and in the USA.[/
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Various Authors: A Book of Ghosts — 16. v1. 19 Aug 2021

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A collection of ten stories of the uncanny and the macabre by various authors; my own compilation.

A list of the titles:

Ligeia –1838
by Edgar Allan Poe
(1809-1849)
The Haunted and the Haunters –1859
by Lord Edward Bulwer-Lytton
(1803–1873)
The Engineer –1866
by Amelia B. Edwards
(1831–1892)
The Signalman –1875
by Charles Dickens
(1812–1870)
Let Loose –1890
by Mary Cholmondeley
(1859–1925)
The Mystery of the Semi-Detached –1893
by Edith Nesbit
(1858–1924)
The Mystic Spell –1899
by Dick Donovan
(1842–1934)
Sredni Vashtar –1910
by Saki (H. H. Munro)
(1870–1916)
The Interlopers –1912
by Saki (H. H. Munro)
(1870–1916)
The Frozen Man –1912
by John Trevena
(1870–1948)
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[Contents were originally published 1838 ~ 1912. This ebook is in the public domain where copyright is “Life+70” or less, and in the USA.[/
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Various Authors: A Book of Ghosts — 17. v1. 20 Aug 2021

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A collection of ten stories of the uncanny and the macabre by various authors; my own compilation.

A list of the titles:

The Silent Man –1832
by Henry Fothergill Chorley
(1808–1872)
The Open Door –1882
by Mrs J.H. Riddell
(1832–1906)
John Charrington’s Wedding –1891
by Edith Nesbit
(1858–1924)
The Return –1892
by Robert Murray Gilchrist
(1868–1917)
Herself –1894
by Mary Elizabeth Braddon
(1835–1915)
The Mystery of the Felwyn Tunnel –1897
by Mrs. L.T. Meade
(1844–1914)
and Robert Eustace
(1854–1943)
The Story of Baelbrow –1898
by E. Heron [Kate Pritchard]
(1851–1935)
and H. Heron [Hesketh Pritchard]
(1876–1922)
“To Let” –1906
by B. M. Croker
(1847–1920)
The Man with the Roller –1912
by E. G. Swain
(1861–1938)
The Kiss –1916
by M. E. Royce
(?–?)
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[Contents were originally published 1832 ~ 1916. This ebook is in the public domain where copyright is “Life+70” or less, and in the USA.[/
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Various Authors: A Book of Ghosts — 18. v1. 27 Aug 2021

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A collection of ten stories of the uncanny and the macabre by various authors; my own compilation.

A list of the titles:

The Phantom Coach –1864
by Amelia B. Edwards
(1831–1892)
The Shadow in the Corner –1879
by Mary Elizabeth Braddon
(1835–1915)
The Upper Berth –1885
by F. Marion Crawford
(1854–1909)
From the Dead –1893
by Edith Nesbit
(1858–1924)
The Dead Woman's Photograph –1898
by Elia W. Peattie
(1862–1935)
The Dead and the Countess –1902
by Gertrude Atherton
(1857–1948)
The Lady’s Maid’s Bell –1902
by Edith Wharton
(1862–1937)
On the Brighton Road –1912
by Richard Middleton
(1882–1911)
The Confession of Charles Linkworth –1912
by E. F. Benson
(1867–1940)
The Victim –1922
by May Sinclair
(1863–1946)

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[Contents were originally published 1864 ~ 1922. This ebook is in the public domain where copyright is “Life+70” or less, and in the USA.[/
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Various Authors: A Book of Ghosts — 19. v1. 13 Oct 2021

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A collection of thirteen stories of the uncanny and the macabre by various authors; my own compilation.

A list of the titles:

The Four-Fifteen Express — 1864
by Amelia B. Edwards
(1831–1892)
Miss Jeromette and the Clergyman — 1875
by Wilkie Collins
(1824–1889)
The Black Cupid — 1880
by Lafcadio Hearn
(1850–1904)
The Stone Chamber
of Taverndale Manor House — 1896
by Lady Mabel Howard
(1858–1942)
The Hall Bedroom — 1903
by Mary E. Wilkins-Freeman
(1852–1930)
H. P. — 1904
by Sabine Baring-Gould
(1834–1924)
A Ghost-Child — 1906
by Bernard Capes
(1854–1918)
A Terribly Strange Bed — 1852
by Wilkie Collins
(1824–1889)
What Was It? — 1859
by Fitz-James O’Brien
(1828–1862)
The Damned Thing — 1893
by Ambrose Bierce
(1842–1914)
The Vampyre — 1849
by Elizabeth Ellet
(1818–1877)
Dracula’s Guest
– Written ca. 1897
– Published 1914
by Bram Stoker
(1847–1912)
Carmilla — 1871
by Sheridan Le Fanu
(1814–1873)
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[Contents were originally published 1852 ~ 1906. This book is in the public domain where copyright is “Life+70” or less, and in the USA.[/

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All Hallow’s Eve is just around the corner — better get ready!
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Various Authors: A Book of Ghosts — 2. v1. 26 Jan 2021

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A BOOK OF GHOSTS — 2
THINGS THAT GO BUMP IN THE NIGHT

A collection of ten classic ghost stories by various authors. My own compilation.

Contents were originally published 1891 ~ 1931. This book is in the public domain where copyright is “Life+70” or less.

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Various Authors: A Book of Ghosts — 20. v1. 14 Oct 2021

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Hungry? Have some Halloween Hors D'oeuvres
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A collection of thirteen stories of the uncanny and the macabre by various authors; my own compilation.

A list of the titles:

The Compensation House –1866
by Charles Collins
(Brother of Wilkie)
(1828–1873)
An Alpine Divorce –1893
by Robert Barr
(1850–1912)
The Undying Thing –1893
by Barry Pain
(1864–1928)
The Weird Violin –1893
by Anonymous
(?–?)
The True Story of A Vampire –1894
by Count Stanislaus Eric Stenbock
(1860–1895)
The Woman of the Saeter –1894
by Jerome K. Jerome
(1859–1927)
Miriam’s Ghost –1897
by J. H. Hollingsworth
(1850–1926)
The Story of Yand Manor House –1898
by E. Heron [Kate Pritchard]
(1851–1935)
and H. Heron [Hesketh Pritchard]
(1876–1922)
The Black Lady of Brin Tor –1904
by Guy Boothby
(1867–1905)
The Death Child –1905
by Guy Boothby
(1867–1905)
The Tower –1911
by Barry Pain
(1864–1928)
Brickett Bottom –1922
by Amyas Northcote
(1864–1923)
The Astrologer’s Legacy –1923
by Roger Pater
(1874–1936)
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[Contents were originally published 1866 ~ 1923. This book is in the public domain where copyright is “Life+80” or less, and in the USA.[/
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Various Authors: A Book of Ghosts — 21. v1. 16 Oct 2021

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A passel of thirteen anonymous ghoulies and ghosties and long-legged beasties
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A list of the titles:

The Victim –1832
by Anonymous
Life in Death –1833
by Anonymous
A Terrible Retribution –1871
by Anonymous
The Weird Woman –1871
by Anonymous
The Dead Man of Varley Grange –1878
by Anonymous
A Christmas Ghost Story –1895
by Anonymous
Old Simons’ Ghost! –1896
by Anonymous
The Ghost of the Count –1904
by Anonymous
Grand-Dame's Ghost Story –1904
by Anonymous
The Phantom Hag –1904
by Anonymous
The Old Mansion –1904
by Anonymous
The Phantom Woman –1904
by Anonymous
The Return –1903
by Anonymous
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[My own compilation. Contents were originally published 1832 ~ 1904. This book is in the public domain where copyright is “Life+80” or less, and in the USA.[/
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Various Authors: A Book of Ghosts — 22. v1. 17 Oct 2021

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Some more Halloween treats...
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A collection of thirteen stories of the uncanny and the macabre by various authors; my own compilation.

A list of the titles:

The Were-wolf –1837
by H. B. Marryatt
(1792–1848)
The Last House in C—— Street –1856
by Dinah Mulock (Mrs. Craik)
(1826–1887)
To Be Taken with a Grain of Salt –1865
by Charles Dickens
(1812–1870)
Not to Be Taken at Bed-time –1865
by Rosa Mulholland
(1841–1921)
No Living Voice –1872
by Thomas Street Millington
(1821–1906)
The Story of the Rippling Train –1887
by Mary Louisa Molesworth
(1839–1921)
The Nameless Village –1896
by J. E. Thomas
(?–?)
Jerry Bundler –1897
by W. W.Jacobs
(1863–1943)
The Case of Vincent Pyrwhit –1901
by Barry Pain
(1865–1928)
A Professor of Egyptology –1904
by Guy Boothby
(1867–1905)
The Eternity of Forms –1911
by Jack London
(1876–1916)
A School Story –1911
by M. R. James
(1862–1936)
Mr. Jones –1928
by Edith Wharton
(1862–1937)
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[Contents were originally published 1837 ~ 1928. This book is in the public domain where copyright is “Life+70” or less, and in the USA.[/
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Various Authors: A Book of Ghosts — 23. v1. 07 Nov 2021

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Another collection of thirteen stories of the uncanny and the macabre by various authors; my own compilation.

A list of the titles:

The Shadow Of A Shade – 1869
by Tom Hood
(1835–1874)
The Secret of the Stradivarius – 1881
by Hugh Conway
(Frederick John Fargus)
(1847–1885)
The Old House in Vauxhall Walk – 1882
by Charlotte Riddell
(1832–1906)
The Body-Snatcher – 1884
by R. L. Stevenson
(1850–1894)
Canon Alberic’s Scrapbook – 1895
by M. R. James
(1862–1936)
The Bargain of Rupert Orange – 1896
by Vincent O’Sullivan
(1872–1940)
The Messenger – 1897
by Robert W. Chambers
(1865–1933)
The Haunted Orchard – 1912
by Richard Le Gallienne
(1866–1947)
The Doomed Man – 1899
by Dick Donovan
(James Muddock)
(1843–1934)
In Letters of Fire – 1908
by Gaston Leroux
(1868–1927)
The Gateway of the Monster – 1913
by William Hope Hodgson
(1877–1915)
The Terror by Night – 1915
by Lewis Lister
(?–?)
The Children of the Night – 1931
by Robert E. Howard
(1906–1936)
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[Contents were originally published 1869 ~ 1931. This book is in the public domain where copyright is “Life+70” or less.[/
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Various Authors: A Book of Ghosts — 24. v1. 21 Nov 2021

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Another collection of ten stories of the uncanny and the macabre by various authors; my own compilation.

A list of the titles:

In the Confessional – 1871
by Amelia B. Edwards
(1831–1892)
At Chrighton Abbey – 1871
by Mary Elizabeth Braddon
(1835–1915)
Vera – 1874
by Villiers de L’Isle-Adam
(1838–1889)
translation by Hamish Miles
(1894–1937)
Number Two, Melrose Square – 1879
by Theo Gift
(Dora Havers)
(1847–1923)
A Lost Day – 1891
by Edgar Fawcett
(1847–1904)
The Seventh Man – 1900
by A.T. Quiller-Couch
(1863–1944)
The Man Who Went Too Far – 1904
by E.F. Benson
(1867–1940)
The House of the Nightmare – 1906
by Edward Lucas White
(1866–1934)
The Eyes – 1910
by Edith Wharton
(1862–1937)
The Grove of Ashtaroth – 1910
by John Buchan
(1875–1940)
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[Contents were originally published 1871 ~ 1910. This book is in the public domain where copyright is “Life+70” or less.[/
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Various Authors: A Book of Ghosts — 25. v1. 01 Jul 2022

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Another collection of thirteen stories of the uncanny and the macabre by various authors; my own compilation.

A list of the titles:

The Oblong Box – 1844
by Edgar Allan Poe
(1809-1849)
To Be Read at Dusk – 1852
by Charles Dickens
(1812–1870)
The Haunted Automaton – 1885
by W. C. Morrow
(1854–1923)
The Bundle of Letters – 1891
by Mor Jókai
(1825–1904)
A Strange Reunion – 1893
by T. G. Atkinson
(?–?)
The Vengeance of the Dead – 1894
by Robert Barr
(1850–1912)
A Tragic Honeymoon – 1894
by George R. Sims
(1847–1922)
The Dream-Gown
of the Japanese Ambassador – 1896
by Brander Matthews
(1852–1929)
The Ghost at Point of Rocks – 1907
by Frank H. Spearman
(1859–1937)
The Terror by Night – 1915
by Lewis Lister
(?–?)
The Strange Story
of Northavon Priory – 1919
by Frank Frankfort Moore
(1855–1931)
The Red Bungalow – 1919
by B. M. Croker
(1847–1920)
The Face – 1928
by E. F. Benson
(1867–1940)
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[Contents were originally published 1844 ~ 1928. This book is in the public domain where copyright is “Life+70” or less.[/
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Various Authors: A Book of Ghosts — 26. v1. 15 Jul 2022

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Another collection of thirteen stories of the uncanny and the macabre by various authors; my own compilation.

A list of the titles:

“Bring Me a Light!” – 1861
by Jane Margaret Hooper
(1818–1907)
Midnight at Marshland Grange – 1863
by Arthur Locker
(1828–1893)
Over The Edge of the World – 1893
by Flora Annie Steel
(1847–1929)
The Crimean Shirt – 1898
by E. W. Hornung
(1866–1921)
The Inexperienced Ghost –
by H. G. Wells
(1866–1946)
The Dormer Window – 1902
by Fred M. White
(1859–1935)
The Bus-Conductor – 1906
by E. F. Benson
(1867–1940)
The Voice – 1907
by Bernard Capes
(1854–1918)
The Unfinished Game – 1909
by Barry Pain
(1864–1928)
The Gateway of the Monster – 1910
by William Hope Hodgson
(1877–1918)
The Dark Interval – 1925
by J. B. Powell
(?–?)
The Magic of Fear – 1925
by Edgar Wallace
(1876–1932)
The Haunter of the Ring – 1934
by Robert E. Howard
(1906–1936)
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[Contents were originally published 1861 ~ 1934. This book is in the public domain where copyright is “Life+70” or less.[/
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Various Authors: A Book of Ghosts — 27. v1. 16 Jul 2022

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Another collection of thirteen stories of the uncanny and the macabre by various authors; my own compilation.

A list of the titles:

The Mark of the Beast – 1890
by Rudyard Kipling
(1865–1936)
An Occurance at Owl Creek Bridge – 1890
by Ambrose Bierce
(1842–1914)
The Devil of the Marsh – 1893
by Henry Brereton Marriott Watson
(1863–1921)
A Dream of Red Hands – 1894
by Bram Stoker
(1847–1912)
The Mysterious Card – 1896
by Cleveland Moffett
(1863–1926)
The Mysterious Card Unveiled – 1896
by Cleveland Moffett
(1863–1926)
The Ghost of Old John Hill – 1902
by E. Phillips Oppenheim
(1866–1946)
Keeping His Promise – 1906
by Algernon Blackwood
(1869–1951)
The House of Silence – 1906
by E. Nesbit
(1858–1924)
According to Meredith – 1909
by Marie Belloc Lowndes
(1868–1947)
Grim House – 1921
by Richard [Edward] Connell
(1893–1949)
Ooze – 1926
by Anthony M. Rud
(1893–1942)
The Hyena – 1928
by Robert E. Howard
(1906–1936)
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[Contents were originally published 1890 ~ 1928. This book is in the public domain where copyright is “Life+70” or less.[/
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Various Authors: A Book of Ghosts — 28. v1. 21 Jul 2022

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A collection of ten stories of the uncanny and the macabre by various authors; my own compilation.

A list of the titles:

The Dead Man’s Story – 1858
by James Hain Friswell
(1825–1878)
The Child Stealer – 1871
by Emile Erckmann
(1822–1899)
and Alexandre Chatrian
(1826–1890)
The Gray Wolf – 1871
by George MacDonald
(1824–1905)
The Veiled Portrait – 1874
by James Grant
(1822–1887)
The Haunted Dragoon – 1892
by Arthur Thomas Quiller-Couch
(1863–1944)
Uncle Abraham’s Romance – 1893
by Edith Nesbit
(1858–1924)
The Gray Cat – 1901
by Barry Pain
(1864–1928)
A Tropical Horror – 1905
by William Hope Hodgson
(1877–1918)
Kerfol – 1916
by Edith Wharton
(1862–1937)
The Tomb – 1922
by H.P. Lovecraft
(1890–1937)
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[Contents were originally published 1858 ~ 1922. This book is in the public domain where copyright is “Life+70” or less, and in the USA.[/
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Various Authors: A Book of Ghosts — 29 [humor]. v1. 23 Jul 2022

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Humor to be found here, rather than horror. Thirteen haunts and horrids who find it impossible to take themselves seriously.
My own compilation.

More comic ghost stories by John Kendricks Bangs can be found in the MobileRead Library here.
You also might enjoy the “Houseboat” series. https://www.mobileread.com/forums/sh...d.php?t=314976

More humorous ghost stories by Jerome K. Jerome (sorry, epub only) here.

A list of the titles in this collection:

A Tale of Terror – 1820
by Paul Louis Courier
(1772–1825)
Haunted by Spirits – 1867
by George Manville Fenn
(1831–1909)
The Ghosts at Grantley – 1878
by Leonard Kip
(1826–1906)
The Wraith of Barnjum – 1879
by F. Anstey
(1856–1934)
The Mummy’s Foot – 1882
by Théophile Gautier
(1811–1872)
The Canterville Ghost – 1887
by Oscar Wilde
(1854–1900)
My Own True Ghost Story – 1888
by Rudyard Kipling
(1865–1936)
The Ghost of the Blue Chamber – 1891
by Jerome K. Jerome
(1859–1927)
The Water Ghost of Harrowby Hall – 1891
by John Kendrick Bangs
(1862–1922)
The Haunted Mill – 1891
by Jerome K. Jerome
(1859–1927)
The Wicked Editor’s
Christmas Dream – 1893
by Alice Mary Vince
(?–?)
The Ghost Club – 1894
by John Kendrick Bangs
(1862–1922)
The Ghost’s “Double” – 1898
by L. F. Austin
(1852–1905)
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[Contents were originally published 1820 ~ 1898. This book is in the public domain where copyright is “Life+80” or less, and in the USA.[/
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Various Authors: A Book of Ghosts — 3. v1. 26 Jan 2021

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A collection of ten classic ghost stories by various authors. My own compilation.

Contents were originally published 1885 ~ 1934. This book is in the public domain where copyright is “Life+70” or less.

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Various Authors: A Book of Ghosts — 30. v1. 30 Jul 2022

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A collection of thirteen classic ghost stories by American authors; my own compilation.

A list of the titles:

The Devil and Tom Walker – 1824
by Washington Irving
(1783–1859)
The Adventure of the German Student – 1824
by Washington Irving
(1783–1859)
The Tell-Tale Heart – 1843
by Edgar Allan Poe
(1809–1849)
The Snow-Image: A Childish Miracle – 1852
by Nathaniel Hawthorne
(1804–1864)
A Ghost of the Sierras – 1878
by Bret Harte
(1836–1902)
The Crime of Micah Rood – 1888
by Elia W. Peattie
(1862–1935)
Mistress Marian’s Light – 1889
by Gertrude Morton
(?–?)
The Bell in the Fog – 1903
by Gertrude Atherton
(1857–1948)
The Furnished Room – 1904
by O. Henry
(1862–1910)
Messengers at the Window – 1912
by Henry van Dyke
(1862–1933)
The Night Call – 1913
by Henry van Dyke
(1862–1933)
Consequences – 1915
by Willa Cather
(1873–1947)
The Cross-Roads – 1916
by Amy Lowell
(1874–1925)
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Various Authors: A Book of Ghosts — 31. v1. 31 Jul 2022

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Thirteen haunting tales by women writers exploring the hidden worlds; my own compilation.

A list of the titles:

The Man with the Nose – 1872
by Rhoda Broughton
(1840—1920)
A Terrible Vengeance – 1889
by Charlotte Riddell
(1832–1906)
Lois Benson’s Love Story – 1890
by Anne Page
(?–?)
The Giant Wistaria – 1891
by Charlotte Perkins Gilman
(1860–1935)
Death and the Woman – 1892
by Gertrude Atherton
(1857–1948)
The Island of Old Faces – 1892
by Mary Elizabeth Braddon
(1835–1915)
The Empty Picture Frame – 1894
by Louisa Baldwin
(1845–1925)
Her Letters – 1895
by Kate Chopin
(1850–1904)
The Vacant Lot – 1902
by Mary E. Wilkins-Freeman
(1852–1930)
A Dissatisfied Soul – 1904
by Annie Trumbull Slosson
(1838–1926)
Hunger – 1907
by Katharine Holland Brown
(1874–1931)
Secret Chambers – 1909
by Mrs. Wilson Woodrow
(1867–1935)
The Little Gray Ghost – 1912
by Cornelia A. P. Comer
(1865–1929)
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Various Authors: A Book of Ghosts — 32. v1. 31 OCT 2022

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Just in time to catch the tail-end of Halloween:
A collection of thirteen ghost stories, classic and otherwise, by various authors.
My own compilation.

A list of the titles:

The House on Aungier Street – 1853
by Sheridan Le Fanu
(1814–1873)
The Haunted and the Haunters – 1859
by Lord Edward Bulwer-Lytton
(1803–1873)
Uncle Cornelius, His Story – 1869
by George MacDonald
(1824–1905)
9, Great Hanover Street – 1889
by Lillie Harris
(1863–1921)
An Unexpected Journey – 1893
by Joseph Henry Pearce
(1854–1909)
A Night of Horror – 1899
by Dick Donovan
(James Muddock)
(1843–1934)
Alice and Alicia – 1900
by Christabel Coleridge
(1843–1921)
The House That Was Lost – 1908
by Tom Gallon
(1866–1914)
The Kit-Bag – 1908
by Algernon Blackwood
(1869–1951)
The Eastern Window – 1912
by E. G. Swain
(1861–1938)
The Middle Bedroom – 1918
by Henry de Vere Stacpoole
(1863–1951)
Joseph: A Story – 1919
by Katherine Rickford
(?–?)
Room Number Ten – 1920
by Bessie Kyffin-Taylor
(1869–1922)
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Various Authors: A Book of Ghosts — 33. v1. 31 OCT 2022

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A century of ghost stories: a collection of thirteen tales, classic and otherwise, by various authors.
My own compilation.

A list of the titles:

The Sleepless Woman – 1831
by William Jerdan
(1782–1869)
The Living Apparition – 1846
by G. P. R. James
(1799–1860)
The Open Door – 1882
by Margaret Oliphant
(1828–1897)
Colonel Halifax’s Ghost Story – 1887
by Sabine Baring-Gould
(1834–1924)
The Withered Arm – 1888
by Thomas Hardy
(1840–1928)
The Ebony Frame – 1891
by Edith Nesbit
(1858–1924)
The Actual Apparition – 1895
by Wirt Girarre
(1862–1935)
August Heat – 1910
by William F. Harvey
(1885–1937)
The Pipers of Mallory – 1917
by Theo. Douglas
pseudonym of
[Mrs.] Henrietta D. Everett
(1851–1923)
The Beast with Five Fingers – 1919
by William F. Harvey
(1885–1937)
The Ghost at the Blue Dragon – 1921
by William James Wintle
(1861–1934)
Whispering Leaves – 1923
by Ellen Glasgow
(1873–1945)
The Staircase – 1933
by Sir Hugh Walpole
(1884–1941)
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Various Authors: A Book of Ghosts — 34. v1. 02 NOV 2022

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Thirteen tales of haunts and horrids, by various authors.
My own compilation.

A list of the titles:

An Evening of Lucy Ashton’s – 1830
by Letitia Elizabeth Landon
(1802–1838)
Metzengerstein – 1832
by Edgar Allan Poe
(1809–1849)
Young Goodman Brown – 1835
by Nathaniel Hawthorne
(1804–1864)
A Mysterious Visitor – 1857
by Ellen Wood
(1814–1887)
Squire Toby’s Will – 1868
by Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu
(1814–1873)
The Case of Mr. Lucraft – 1876
by Walter Besant
(1836–1901)

James Rice
(1843–1882)
A Work of Accusation – 1893
by Harry How
(?–?)
A Tragic Honeymoon – 1894
by George R. Sims
(1847–1922)
The Doomed Man – 1899
by Dick Donovan
[pseudonym of
James Muddock]
(1843–1934)
Three at Table – 1899
by W. W. Jacobs
(1863–1943)
The Grey Cat – 1901
by Barry Pain
(1864–1928)
The Stalls of Barchester Cathedral – 1910
by M. R. James
(1862–1936)
The Governess’s Story – 1921
by Amyas Northcote
(1864–1923)
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Various Authors: A Book of Ghosts — 35 [humor]. v1. 05 NOV 2022

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Thirteen light-hearted tales from the darker side, by various authors.
My own compilation.

A list of the titles:
Back from that Bourne – 1874
by Edward Page Mitchell
(1852–1927)
A Ghost Story – 1875
by Mark Twain
(1835–1910)
My New Year's Eve among the Mummies – 1878
by Grant Allen
(1848–1899)
The Transferred Ghost – 1882
by Frank R. Stockton
(1834–1902)
The Spectral Mortgage [sequel] – 1883
by Frank R. Stockton
(1834–1902)
Selecting a Ghost
[The Secret of Goresthorpe Grang – 1883
by Arthur Conan Doyle
(1859–1930)
THE Mysterious Occurrence In Piccadilly – 1884
by Grant Allen
(1848–1899)
The Faithful Ghost – 1891
by Jerome K. Jerome
(1859–1927)
The Man Who Could Work Miracles – 1898
by H. G. Wells
(1856–1946)
The Exorcism that Failed – 1898
by John Kendrick Bangs
(1862–1922)
A Bohemian Bag – 1906
by F. Anstey
(1856–1934)
Keeping Up Appearances – 1907
by W. W. Jacobs
(1863–1943)
The Ghost–Ship – 1912
by Richard Middleton
(1882–1911)
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Various Authors: A Book of Ghosts — 36. v1. 27 FEB 2023

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Thirteen ghoulies and ghosties and long-legged beasties, wishing to visit you — tonight — after dark.…

By various authors.
My own compilation.

A list of the titles:

The Magic Watch –1828
by “Raphael”
(Robert Cross Smith)
(1795-1832)
The Face in the Glass –1880
by Mary Elizabeth Braddon
(1835-1915)
A Mysterious Portrait –1881
by “Mark Rutherford”
(William Hale White)
(1831-1913)
The Dancing Partner –1893
by Jerome K. Jerome
(1859-1927)
The Blue Room –1897
by Lettice Galbraith
(?-?)
The Key to Grief –1897
by Robert W. Chambers
(1865-1933)
The Woman with the Hood –1899
by L. T. Meade
(1844-1914)
Gabriel-Ernest –1909
by Saki
(Hector Hugh Munro)
(1870-1916)
Across the Moors –1910
by William F. Harvey
(1885-1937)
Sambo –1910
by William F. Harvey
(1885-1937)
The House –1912
by Katherine Mansfield
(1888-1923)
If the Dead Knew –1923
by May Sinclair
(1863-1946)
Waxworks –1930
by Ethel Lina White
(1876-1944)
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Various Authors: A Book of Ghosts — 37. v1. 02 Mar. 2023

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Thirteen tales to chill your blood.

By various authors.
My own compilation.

A list of the titles:

The Yellow Wallpaper – 1892
by Charlotte Perkins Gilman
(1860–1935)

The Dead Smile – 1899
by F. Marion Crawford
(1854–1909)

The Fog – 1908
by Morley Roberts
(1857–1942)

Afterward – 1910
by Edith Wharton
(1862–1937)

Casting the Runes – 1911
by M. R. James
(1862–1936)

Transition – 1913
by Algernon Blackwood
(1869–1951)

The Three Sisters – 1914
by W. W. Jacobs
(1863–1943)

Unseen — Unfeared – 1919
by “Francis Stevens”
(Getrude Barrows Bennet)
(1883–1948)

Outside the House – 1920
by Bessie Kyffin-Taylor
(?–1922)

In the Woods – 1921
by Amyas Northcote
(1864–1923)

The Outcast – 1922
by E. F. Benson
(1867–1940)

The Inn – 1932
by Guy Preston
(?–?)

Between Sunset
and Moonrise – 1943
by R. H. Malden
(1879–1951)
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Various Authors: A Book of Ghosts — 38. v1. 05 Mar. 2023

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A goulash of ghosts and ghouls and goblins, heavily spiced with vampires.

By various authors.
My own compilation.

A list of the titles:

Madam Crowl’s Ghost – 1870
by Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu
(1814–1873)

Nut Bush Farm – 1882
by Charlotte Riddell
(1832-1906)

A Kiss of Judas – 1893
by “X. L.”
(Julian Osgood Field)
(1852-1925)

The Story of Konnor Old House – 1899
by “E. Heron”
(Kate Pritchard)
(1851–1935)
and
“H. Heron”
(Hesketh Pritchard)
(1876–1922)

The Woman with the “Oily Eyes” – 1899
by “Dick Donovan”
(James Muddock)
(1843–1934)

The Story of Annette – 1899
by “Dick Donovan”
(James Muddock)
(1843–1934)

The Tomb of Sarah – 1900
by F. G. (Frederick George) Loring
(1869–1951)

Number 13 – 1904
by M. R. James
(1862–1936)

The Listener – 1907
by Algernon Blackwood
(1869–1951)

The Blood Fetish – 1909
by Morley Roberts
(1857–1942)

The Astrologer’s Legacy – 1914
by “Roger Pater”
(Gilbert Roger Hudlestone)
(1874–1936)

Out of the Earth – 1915
by Arthur Machen
(1863–1947)

Young Magic – 1925
by Helen Simpson
(1897–1940)
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Various Authors: A Book of Ghosts — 39. v1. 09 Mar. 2023

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Thirteen tales of spooks and spirits and sprites… oh — and spiders, too.

By various authors.
My own compilation.

A list of the titles:

Wraith-Haunted – 1868
by Isabella Banks
(1821–1897)

An Itinerant House – 1878
by Emma Frances Dawson
(1839–1926)

In the Séance Room – 1883
by “Lettice Galbraith”
(Lettice Susan Gibson)
(1859-1932)

The Inmost Light – 1894
by Arthur Machen
(1863–1947)

The Prayer – 1895
by Violet Hunt
(1862–1942)

The Woodley Lane Ghost – 1899
by Madeleine Vinton Dahlgren
(1825–1898)

The House Which Was Rent Free – 1902
by “G. M. Robins”
(Gertrude Baillie Reynolds)
(1861–1939)

Ancient Lights – 1912
by Algernon Blackwood
(1869–1951)

The Death Mask – 1917
by “Theo. Douglas”
(Henrietta Dorothy Everett)
(1851–1923)

The Devil's Graveyard – 1926
by “G. G. Pendarves”
(Gladys Gordon Trenery)
(1885–1938)

The Watcher o' the Dead – 1929
by John Guinan
(1874–1945)

Christmas Re-union – 1946
by Sir Andrew Caldecott
(1884–1951)

Grey Brothers – 1948
by Sir Andrew Caldecott
(1884–1951)
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Various Authors: A Book of Ghosts — 4. v1. 20 Mar 2021

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A collection of ten stories of the supernatural and the macabre by various authors; my own compilation.

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Contents were originally published 1896 ~ 1917. This book is in the public domain where copyright is “Life+70” or less, and in the USA.

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Various Authors: A Book of Ghosts — 40. v1. 16 Mar. 2023

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Thirteen chilling tales of the macabre: tales of mystery and madness and murder.

By various authors.
My own compilation.

A list of the titles:

The Masque of the Red Death – 1842
by Edgar Allan Poe
(1809-1849)

Let Loose – 1890
by Mary Cholmondeley
(1859-1925)

The Striding Place – 1896
by Gertrude Atherton
(1857-1948)

The Ash-Tree – 1904
by M. R. James
(1862-1936)

The Ring – 1919
by Sir Thomas Graham Jackson
(1835-1924)

The Return of Imray – 1891
by Rudyard Kipling
(1865-1936)

His Brother’s Keeper – 1922
by W. W. Jacobs
(1863-1943)

His Beautiful Hands – 1931
by Oscar Cook
(1888-1952)

The Lonely Inn – 1935
by Thomas Burke
(1886-1945)

The Red Room – 1896
by H. G. Wells
(1866-1946)

The Coat – 1934
by A. E. D. Smith
(1881-?)

Fear – 1944
by P. C. Wren
(1875-1941)

The Sundial – 1943
by R. H. Malden
(1879-1951)
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Various Authors: A Book of Ghosts — 41. v1. 17 Mar. 2023

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Thirteen unnerving collisions with the other world.

By various authors.
My own compilation.

A list of the titles:

The Tapestried Chamber – 1829
by Sir Walter Scott
(1771 –1832)

A Strange Story from the Coast – 1879
by Rebecca Harding Davis
(1831–1910)

The Open Door – 1882
by Charlotte Riddell
(1832–1906)

Nissa – 1884
by Albert Delpit
(1849–1893)

The Real and the Counterfeit – 1894
by Louisa Baldwin
(1845–1925)

The Little Room – 1895
by Madeline Yale Wynne
(1847–1918)

Old Applejoy’s Ghost – 1900
by Frank R. Stockton
(1834–1902)

The First Comer – 1896
by B. M. Croker
(1849–1920)

How Fear Departed
from the Long Gallery – 1911
by E. F. Benson
(1867–1940)

The Eternity of Forms – 1916
by Jack London
(1876–1916)

The Jade Bracelet – 1918
by Mary E. Wilkins-Freeman
(1852–1930)

The Voice in the Night – 1921
by W. J. Wintle
(1861–1934)

The White Cat – 1936
by Sir Hugh Walpole
(1884–1941)
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Various Authors: A Book of Ghosts — 42. v1. 19 Mar. 2023

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Thirteen chilling tales of the uncanny.

By various authors.
My own compilation.

A list of the titles:

The Masque of the Red Death – 1842
by Edgar Allan Poe
(1809–1849)

In The Court of the Dragon – 1895
by Robert W. Chambers
(1865–1933)

The Devil’s Funeral – 1879
by Edward Page Mitchell
(1852–1927)

The Virgin of the Seven Daggers – 1899
by “Vernon Lee”
(Violet Paget)
(1856–1935)

The Clavecin, Bruges – 1892
by George Wharton Edwards
(1859–1950)

The Little Town – 1917
by J. D. Beresford
(1873–1947)

The Return – 1892
by Robert Murray Gilchrist
(1867–1917)

The Sin-Eater – 1895
by “Fiona MacLeod”
(William Sharp)
(1855–1905)

The Woman’s Ghost Story – 1907
by Algernon Blackwood
(1869–1951)

Master of Fallen Years – 1901
by Vincent O’Sullivan
(1868–1940)

The Devil Stone – 1895
by Beatrice Heron-Maxwell
(1859–1927)

The Witch of the Marsh – 1893
by H. B. Marriott-Watson
(1863–1921)

The Ghoul – 1912
by Evangeline Wilbour Blashfield
(1858–1918)
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[Contents were originally published 1842 ~ 1932 This book is in the public domain where copyright is “Life+70” or less.[/
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Various Authors: A Book of Ghosts — 43. v1. 11 Sep. 2025

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Thirteen tales designed to evoke shivers.

By various authors.
My own compilation.

A list of the titles:

The Black Ferry – 1831
by John Galt
(1779 – 1839)

The Night-Doings at "Deadman's" – 1874
by Ambrose Bierce
(1842 – 1914)

The American Ghost – 1883
by Lucretia Peabody Hale
(1820 – 1900)

They – 1904
by Rudyard Kipling
(1865 – 1936)

The Furnished Room – 1904
by “O Henry”
(William Sydney Porter)
(1862 – 1910)

Only a Dream – 1905
by H. Rider Haggard
(1856 – 1925)

The House That Was Lost – 1908
by Tom Gallon
(1866 – 1914)

The Travelling-Companion – 1910
by H. F. W. Tatham
(1861 – 1909)

The Stone Coffin – 1913
by “B”
(? – ?)

The Duenna – 1926
by Marie Belloc Lowndes
(1868 – 1947)

The Crown Derby Plate – 1931
by “Marjorie Bowen”
(Gabrielle M. V. Long)
(1885 – 1952)

Retribution – 1938
by Frederick Ignatius Cowles
(1900 – 1948)

Christmas Re-union – 1946
by Sir Andrew Caldecott
(1884 – 1951)
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[Contents were originally published 1831~ 1946 This book is in the public domain where copyright is “Life+70” or less.[/
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Various Authors: A Book of Ghosts — 44. v1. 04 Jan. 2026

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Thirteen tales — brimful of spooky.

By various authors.
My own compilation.

A list of the titles:

The Old Maid in the Winding Sheet – 1835
by Nathaniel Hawthorne
(1804 – 1864)
The Grey Woman – 1865
by Elizabeth Gaskell
(1810 – 1865)
The Lady’s Walk – 1882
by Margaret Oliphant
(1828 – 1897)
A Curious Experience – 1883
by Ellen Wood
(1814 – 1887)
No. 11 Welham Square – 1885
by Sir Herbert Stephen
(1857 – 1932)
The Haunted Yacht – 1902
by Arthur Thomas Quiller-Couch
(1863 – 1944)
Father Macclesfield’s Tale – 1907
by R. H. Benson
(1871 – 1914)
Fear – 1919
by Achmed Abdullah
(1881 – 1945)
The Sacred Jars – 1927
by Oscar Cook
(1888 – 1952)
The Last Laugh – 1928
by C. Franklin Miller
(fl. 1920s)
Painted Upside Down – 1928
by Robert W. Sneddon
(1880 – 1944)
The Face in the Fresco – 1928
by Arnold Smith
(fl. 1910s – 1920s)
The Flint Knife – 1930
by E. F. Benson
(1867 – 1940)
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[Contents were originally published 1835~ 1930 This book is in the public domain where copyright is “Life+70” or less.[/
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Various Authors: A Book of Ghosts — 45. v1. 07 Jan. 2026

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Thirteen tales of mystery and madness and murder…

By various authors.
My own compilation.

A list of the titles:

The Dark Lady – 1847
by Ann Maria Hall
(1800–1881)
The Ghost – 1862
by Ellen Wood
(1814–1887)
The Ghost at the Cross-Roads – 1893
by Frederick Manley
(fl. 1890s)
The Demon Spell – 1894
by Hume Nisbet
(1849–1921)
The Lodger – 1911
by Marie Belloc Lowndes
(1868–1947)
The Ghost of Rhodes House – 1895
by William Theophilus Nichols
(1863–1931 ?? )
The Shadow of a Midnight – 1908
by Maurice Baring
(1874–1945)
The Long Chamber – 1914
by Olivia Howard Dunbar
(1873–1953)
The Swaying Vision – 1915
by Jessie Douglas Kerruish
(1884–1949)
Timber – 1920
by John Galsworthy
(1867–1933)
The Woman with the Velvet Collar – 1924
by Gaston Leroux
(1868–1927)
On the Isle of Blue Men – 1927
by Robert W. Sneddon
(1880–1944)
The Shuttered Room – 1929
by E. F. Benson
(1867–1940)
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[Contents were originally published 1847~ 1929 This book is in the public domain where copyright is “Life+70” or less.[/
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Various Authors: A Book of Ghosts — 46. v2. 13 Apr. 2026

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Thirteen supernatural narratives that explore the unknown and the eerie…

By various authors.
My own compilation.

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A list of the titles:

Leixlip Castle – 1825
by Charles R. Maturin
(1780–1824)
Transformation – 1830
by Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley
(1797–1851)
The Black Cat – 1843
by Edgar Allan Poe
(1809–1849)
Pollock and the Porroh Man – 1895
by H. G. Wells
(1866–1948)
A Spirit Bride – 1896
by Andrew Haggard
(1854–1923)
A Closed Door – 1900
by M. E. Bramston
(1841–1912)
The Gray Cat – 1903
by A. C. Benson
(1862–1925)
The Shadow of a Midnight – 1908
by Maurice Baring
(1874–1945)
The Shell of Sense – 1908
by Olivia Howard Dunbar
(1873–1953)
Cut-Throat Farm – 1909
by J. D. Beresford
(1873–1947)
The Haunted Orchard – 1912
by Richard Le Gallienne
(1866–1947)
Siren Cottage – 1920
by Ethel Watts Mumford
(1878–1940)
The Sanctuary – 1934
by E. F. Benson
(1867–1940)
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[Contents were originally published 1825~ 1934 This book is in the public domain where copyright is “Life+70” or less.[/
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Various Authors: A Book of Ghosts — 47. v1. 16 Apr. 2026

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A ghastly ghostly gathering awaits within…

By various authors.
My own compilation.

A list of the titles:

The Deaf and Dumb Girl – 1839
by Anonymous

Lady Eleanore’s Mantle – 1849
by Nathaniel Hawthorne
(1804–1864)
Anne Lisbeth – 1859
by Hans Christian Andersen
(1805–1875)
The Tale of a Gas-Light Ghost – 1867
by Anonymous

In the Dark – 1885
by Mary E. Penn
(?–?)
The Devil Stone – 1895
by Beatrice Heron-Maxwell
(1859–1927)
The Duchess at Prayer – 1900
by Edith Wharton
(1862–1937)
The Door of Unrest – 1904
by “O. Henry”
(William Sydney Porter)
(1862–1910)
Deborah – 1929
by “Gordon Daviot”
(“Josephine Tey”)
(Elizabeth Mackintosh)
(1896–1952)
The Unbolted Door – 1929
by Marie Belloc-Lowndes
(1868–1947)
The Ghost That Never Died – 1931
by Elizabeth Sheldon
(fl. 1920s–1930s)
If You Sleep in the Moonlight – 1932
by J. Leslie Mitchell
(1901–1935)
Fulfillment – 1939
by “Will Garth”
(magazine “house” name)
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[Contents were originally published 1839~ 1939. This book is in the public domain where copyright is “Life+70” or less.[/
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Various Authors: A Book of Ghosts — 48. v1. 25 Apr. 2026

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Thirteen shivers and shudders to lull you to sleep …

By various authors.
My own compilation.

A list of the titles:

By One, by Two, and byThree – 1887
by “Stephen Hall”
(Arthur Reed Ropes)
(1859–1933)
An Eddy on the Floor – 1899
by Bernard Capes
(1854–1918)
A Relic of the Borgias – 1902
by Richard Marsh
(1857–1915)
The Silver Mirror – 1908
by Arthur Conan Doyle
(1859–1930)
The Occupant of the Room – 1909
by Algernon Blackwood
(1869–1951)
The Four-Fingered Hand – 1911
by Barry Pain
(1864–1928)
The Attic – 1912
by Algernon Blackwood
(1869–1951)
The Yellow Cat – 1921
by Elinor Mordaunt
(1872–1942)
Black Coffee – 1929
by Jeffery Farnol
(1878–1952)
Rats – 1929
by M. R. James
(1862–1936)
The Pale Man – 1933
by Julius Long
(1907–1955)
The Grimoire – 1936
by Montague Summers
(1880–1948)
The Thirteenth Tre – 1943
by R. H. Malden
(1879–1951)
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[Contents were originally published 1887~ 1943. This book is in the public domain where copyright is “Life+70” or less.[/
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Various Authors: A Book of Ghosts — 49. v1. 27 Apr. 2026

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Thirteen disturbing glimpses of the uncanny and the macabre…

By various authors.
My own compilation.

A list of the titles:

Sister Johanna’s Story – 1872
by Amelia Edwards
(1831–1892)
A Curious Experience – 1883
by Ellen Wood
(1814–1887)
The Boarded Window – 1891
by Ambrose Bierce
(1842–1914)
Warned by the Wire – 1895
by Louis Glass
(1845–1924)
The Tyburn Ghost – 1896
by Wilhelmina FitzClarence
(1830–1906)
The Leather Funnel – 1902
by Arthur Conan Doyle
(1859–1930)
The Woman in Gray – 1906
by Ethel Watts Mumford
(1878–1940)
A Dead Letter – 1909
by Austin Philips
(1875–1947)
The Intercessor – 1911
by May Sinclair
(1863–1946)
Two Little Red Shoes – 1920
by Bessie Kyffin-Taylor
(1880–1922)
The House Of Death – 1923
by F. Georgia Stroup
(1882–1952)
After – 1924
by D. F. Hannigan
(fl. 1920s)
The Dead Man's Story – 1933
by Julius Long
(1907–1955)
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[Contents were originally published 1872~ 1933. This book is in the public domain where copyright is “Life+70” or less.[/
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Various Authors: A Book of Ghosts — 5. v1. 21 Mar 2021

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A collection of ten stories of the supernatural and the macabre by various authors; my own compilation.

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[Contents were originally published 1859 ~ 1917. This book is in the public domain where copyright is “Life+70” or less, and in the USA.[/

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Various Authors: A Book of Ghosts — 50. v1. 29 Apr. 2026

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Thirteen doors into the unknown. Open a latch — if you dare!

By various authors.
My own compilation.

A list of the titles:

The Story of the Haunted Ship — 1825
by Wilhelm Hauff
(1802–1827)
My Lodger — 1870
by Mary Fortune
(1833–1911)
The Haunted Station — 1892
by Hume Nisbet
(1849–1921)
The House that Was Not — 1898
by Elia W Peattie
(1862–1935)
The Voice In The Night — 1907
by William Hope Hodgson
(1877–1918)
The Empty Chair — 1910
by Alice Askew
(1874–1917)
and Claude Askew
(1865–1917)
His Day Back — 1913
by Jack Brant
(fl. 1910s)
The Man in the Mirror — 1916
by Lillian B. Hunt
(fl. 1910s)
The Lonely Road — 1920
by H. D. Everett
(1851–1923)
Hodge — 1921
by Elinor Mordaunt
(1872–1942)
The Old Burying Ground — 1923
by Edgar Lloyd Hampton
(1875–1951)
The Lord of the Tarn — 1927
by G. G. Pendarves
(1885–1938)
Possession — 1934
by Julius Long
(1907–1955)
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[Contents were originally published 1825~ 1934. This book is in the public domain where copyright is “Life+70” or less.[/
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Various Authors: A Book of Ghosts — 52. v1. 07 May 2026

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Thirteen sinister terrors, ghostly encounters, and mysterious episodes to bristle your hair and tingle your spine.

By various authors.
My own compilation.

A list of the titles:

The Witch Aunt — 1809
by Charles Lamb
(1775–1834)
Reality Or Delusion? — 1868
by Ellen Wood
(1814–1887)
The House of Strange Stories — 1886
by Andrew Lang
(1844–1912)
Lot No. 249 — 1894
by Arthur Conan
()1859–1930
A Sworn Statement — 1897
by Emma Frances Dawson
(1839–1926)
A Ghost’s Revenge —
by “Lettice Galbraith”
(Lettice Susan Gibson)
(1859–1932)
Smeath — 1911
by Barry Pain
(1864–1928)
The Marble Hands — 1915
by Bernard Capes
(1854–1918)
The Moral Opiate — 1923
by William Bradley
(fl. 1920s)
The Snow-Image — 1850
by Nathaniel Hawthorne
(1804–1864)
The Magic Shop — 1903
by H. G. Wells
(1866–1946)
The Door in the Wall — 1906
by H. G. Wells
(1866–1946)
The Other Wing — 1915
by Algernon Blackwood
(1869–1951)
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[Contents were originally published 1809 ~ 1923. This book is in the public domain where copyright is “Life+80” or less.[/
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Various Authors: A Book of Ghosts — 6. v1. 22 Mar 2021

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A collection of ten stories of the supernatural and the macabre by various authors; my own compilation.

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[Contents were originally published 1884 ~ 1917. This book is in the public domain where copyright is “Life+70” or less, and in the USA.[/

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Various Authors: A Book of Ghosts — 7. v1. 23 Mar 2021

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A collection of ten stories of the supernatural and the macabre by various authors; my own compilation.

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[Contents were originally published 1892 ~ 1923. This book is in the public domain where copyright is “Life+70” or less, and in the USA.[/

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Various Authors: A Book of Ghosts — 8. v1. 16 May 2021

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A collection of ten stories of the supernatural and the macabre by various authors; my own compilation.

A list of the titles:
The Lawyer and the Ghost –1837
by Charles Dickens
(1812–1870)
The Spectre Bridegroom –1865
by Robert Hunt
(1807–1887)
The Soul of Rose Dédé –1892
by M. E. M. Davis
(1844–1909)
Mr. Gray’s Strange Story –1892
by Louisa Murray
(1818–1894)
The Library Window –1896
by Margaret Oliphant
(1828–1897)
The Haunting of White Gates –1900
by G. M. Robins
(1861–1939)
The Vengeance of a Tree –1904
by Eleanor F. Lewis
(?–?)
The Parlor-Car Ghost –1904
by Eleanor F. Lewis
(?–?)
The Mass of Shadows –1908
by Anatole France
(1824–1944)
His Day Back –1913
by Jack Brant
(?–?)
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[Contents were originally published 1837 ~ 1913. This book is in the public domain where copyright is “Life+70” or less, and in the USA.[/
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Various Authors: A Book of Ghosts — 9. v1. 17 May 2021

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A collection of ten stories of the supernatural and the macabre by various authors; my own compilation.

A list of the titles:

Kentucky’s Ghost –1869
by Elizabeth Stuart Phelps
(1844–1911)
The Flayed Hand –1875
by Guy de Maupassant
(1850–1893)
From the Tomb –1884
by Guy de Maupassant
(1850–1893)
At the End of the Passage –1890
by Rudyard Kipling
(1865–1936)

The Dark Shadow –1895
by Wirt Gerrare
(1862–1935)
Oh, Whistle and I’ll Come to You,
My Lad –1904
by Montague Rhodes James
(1862–1936)
The Stranger –1909
by Ambrose Bierce
(1842–1914)
The Waiting Place –1910
by Sarah Orne Jewett
(1849–1909)
The Room in the Tower–1912
by E. F. Benson
(1867–1940)
The Armless Man–1916
by W. G. Litt
(?–?)
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[Contents were originally published 1869 ~ 1916. This book is in the public domain where copyright is “Life+70” or less, and in the USA.[/
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Various Authors: A House Party. v1. 16 Jun 2022

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[SIZE="2"]AN ACCOUNT OF THE STORIES TOLD AT A GATHERING OF FAMOUS AMERICAN AUTHORS;
THE STORY TELLERS BEING INTRODUCED BY PAUL LEICESTER FORD[/SIZ

Short stories, by well-known authors, published anonymously.

The publishers offered a prize to the successful guesser of the highest number of names of the true authors.
In the original contest, one reader correctly guessed eleven writers of the twelve stories. In the second contest, when the names of the authors were provided asking which wrote each story, twenty-four correct answers were received.

Note that the second story in the sequence, “Artemesia’s Mirror”, by Bertha Runkle (1879–1958), has been omitted due to copyright restrictions.

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A list of the titles:

A Family Tradition
by Paul Leicester Ford
(1865–1902)
Dawson’s Dilemma
by John Kendrick Bangs
(1862–1922)
A Surrender
by Robert Grant
(1852–1940)
Aunt Nancy’s Annuity
by Frank Richard Stockton
(1834–1902)
The Messenger
by Alice French
(1850–1934)
The Green Bowl
by Sarah Orne Jewett
(1849–1909)
The Broken Story
by Ruth McEnery Stuart
(1849–1917)
Mother
by Owen Wister
(1860–1938)
The Fairy Godmother’s Story
by Constance Cary Harrison
(1843–1920)
The Angel of the Lord
by George Washington Cable
(1844–1925)
Red Oxen of Bonval
by Sir Charles G. D. Roberts
(1860–1943)
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[A House Party[/ was first published in 1901. This ebook is in the public domain where copyright is “Life+70” or less, and in the USA.
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Various Authors: A House to Let. v1 19. Apr 2015

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Charles Dicken's journals [Household Words[/ and [All the Year Round[/ had Extra Christmas Numbers each each year, and several of them were co-authored by Dickens and staff writers who shared his views on social activism.

[A House to Let[/ was the 'Household Words' Extra Christmas Number for 1858, and was co-authored by Charles Dickens, Wilkie Collins, and Elizabeth Gaskell, all well established novelists, and Adelaide Anne Procter, Queen Victoria's favourite poet who in her time was ranked just below Tennyson. Dickens and Collins together provided the linking text between each story. The chapter entitled 'The Manchester Marriage', by Elizabeth Gaskell, was also included in her 1860 short story collection [Right at Last and Other Tales.[/

The source text cannot be named since after checking it against the Dickens Journal Online site I have silently corrected several typos. I have made changes to spelling and hyphenation using oxforddictionaries.com.

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Various Authors: Cats: Uncanny Encounters. v1. 12 Mar. 2023

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How do you feel about cats? Are they enchanting? Eerie? [Evil?[/ Here are thirteen tales of felines slipping in and out of that unseen other world. Follow, if you dare.… They wait in the shadows…

By various authors.
My own compilation.

A list of the titles:

The Black Cat – 1843
by Edgar Allan Poe
(1809-1849)

The White Cat of Drumgunniol – 1870
by Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu
(1814-1873)

The Squaw – 1893
by Bram Stoker
(1847-1912)

The Street of the Four Winds – 1895
by Robert W. Chambers
(1865-1933)

The Woman and the Cat – 1896
by Marcel Prevost
(1862-1941)
Transl. by Harry Thurston Peck
(1856-1914)

The Eyes of the Panther – 1897
by Ambrose Bierce
(1842-1914)

The Gray Cat – 1901
by Barry Pain
(1864-1928)

The Cat – 1905
by E. F. Benson
(1867-1940)

A Psychical Invasion – 1908
by Algernon Blackwood
(1869-1951)

Ancient Sorceries – 1908
by Algernon Blackwood
(1869-1951)

The Stalls of Barchester Cathedral – 1910
by M. R. James
(1862-1936)

The Cats of Ulthar – 1920
by H.P. Lovecraft
(1890-1937)

The Black Cat – 1921
by William. J. Wintle
(1861-1934)
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[Contents were originally published 1843 ~ 1921 This book is in the public domain where copyright is “Life+70” or less, and in the USA.[/
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Various Authors: Deals with the Devil. v1. 15 Mar. 2023

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Speaking of the devil — here he comes now!

Sixteen classic tales of skirmishes with the Satanic. Demons and devils and would-be wickeds attempt to work their fiendish wiles on mortals — sometimes with astonishing results.

By various authors.
My own compilation.

A list of the titles:

The Devil and Tom Walker – 1824
by Washington Irving
(1783–1859)

St. John’s Eve – 1830
by Nikolai Gogol
(1809–1852)
transl. by Isabel Florence Hapgood
(1851–1928)

The Devil’s Wager – 1833
by William Makepeace Thackeray
(1811–1863)

Sir Dominick’s Bargain – 1872
by Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu
(1814–1873)

The Fortunes of Sir Robert Ardagh – 1838
by Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu
(1814–1873)

Lucifer – 1895
by Anatole France
(1844–1924)
Transl. by Alfred Richard Allinson
(1852–1929)

The Bargain of Rupert Orange – 1896
by Vincent O’Sullivan
(1872–1940)

The Mysterious Stranger – 1916
by “Mark Twain”
(Samuel Clemens)
(1835–1910)
Posthumously edited and completed by
Albert Bigelow Paine (1861–1937)
Frederick A. Duneka (1860–1919)

The Painter’s Bargain – 1838
by William MakepeaceThackeray
(1811–1863)

The Legend of Mont St. Michel – 1882
by Guy de Maupassant
(1850–1893)
Transl. by Albert M.C. McMaster
(?–?)

The Demon Pope – 1888
by Richard Garnett
(1835–1906)

Madam Lucifer – 1888
by Richard Garnett
(1835–1906)

The Shoemaker and the Devil – 1888
by Anton Chekhov
(1860–1904)
Transl. by Constance Garnett
(1861–1946)

The Bottle Imp – 1891
by Robert Louis Stevenson
(1850–1894)

Sold to Satan – 1904
by “Mark Twain”
(Samuel Clemens)
(1835–1910)

The Devil and Daniel Webster – 1936
by Stephen Vincent Benét
(1898–1943)
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[Contents were originally published 1824 ~ 1936 This book is in the public domain where copyright is “Life+70” or less.[/
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Various Authors: From the Vampire Archives. v1. 28 Mar. 2023

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FROM THE VAMPIRE ARCHIVES

Vol.I — MILESTONES
Vampire tales that may be considered as milestones in the genre:

A Fragment (1819) by Lord Byron:
In the summer of 1816, the famous ghost story contest between several giants of Romantic literature (Lord Byron, Percy Bysshe Shelley, Mary Shelley, and Claire Clairmont) gave rise to Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein, and an unfinished vampire horror story written by Lord Byron, now known as “A Fragment,” also as “The Burial: A Fragment.”

This is included here because John Polidori (Byron’s physician) based his novella, The Vampyre (which was originally falsely attributed in print to Lord Byron), on the Byron fragment.
The Vampyre (1819), by John Polidari
This is often viewed as the progenitor of the romantic vampire genre of fantasy fiction. The work is described by Christopher Frayling as “the first story to successfully fuse the disparate elements of vampirism into a coherent literary genre.”
Carmilla (1871), by Sheridan Le Fanu
This predates Bram Stoker’s Dracula by 26 years, and has been noted as an influence on Stoker’s masterwork. Scholars have also noted the important place that “Carmilla” holds in shifting the portrayal of vampires in modern fiction: Carmilla, the title character, is the original prototype for a legion of female and lesbian vampires.
Dracula (1897), by Bram Stoker
This is one of the most famous pieces of English literature, and has come to dominate both popular and scholarly treatments of vampire fiction. Many of the book’s characters have entered popular culture as archetypal versions of their characters; for example, Count Dracula as the quintessential vampire, and Abraham Van Helsing as an iconic vampire hunter. The novel has been adapted for film over 30 times, and its characters have made numerous appearances in virtually all media.
(—Notes adapted from Wikipedia)

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VOL II — CHRONICLES
… he yet endures … she still abides …

Fifty of the best tales from the Archives, encompassing 125 years, concerning the ways and wiles of the Vampire.

My own compilation.

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Contents were originally published 1819 ~ 1948.

Volume I of “From the Vampire Archives” is in the public domain worldwide because the authors died more than 100 years ago, and the works were published prior to 1928.

Volume II of “From the Vampire Archives” is in the public domain where copyright is “Life+70” or less.
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Various Authors: From the Vampire Archives. v3. 30 Dec. 2025

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REVISED VERSION, see below

But first, on earth as vampire sent,
Thy corse shall from its tomb be rent:
Then ghastly haunt thy native place,
And suck the blood of all thy race…
—Byron, The Giaour

Here is an extensive collection of vampire literature, brought to you in two volumes.

Volume I: FOUNDATIONS
The vampire tales in this volume may be considered as milestones in the genre. These seminal works laid foundations for the modern vampire mythos.[

A Fragment (1819), by Lord Byron.
In the summer of 1816, the famous ghost story contest between several giants of Romantic literature (Lord Byron, Percy Bysshe Shelley, Mary Shelley, and Claire Clairmont) gave rise to Mary Shelley’s [Frankenstein[/, and an unfinished vampire horror story written by Lord Byron, now known as “A Fragment,” also as “The Burial: A Fragment.”
This is included here because John Polidori (Byron’s physician) based his novella, [The Vampyre[/ (which was originally falsely attributed in print to Lord Byron), on the Byron fragment.

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The Vampyre (1819), by John Polidari.
Often considered the first modern vampire story in English, this work introduced the figure of the aristocratic, predatory vampire. This is often viewed as the progenitor of the romantic vampire genre of fantasy fiction. The work is described by Christopher Frayling as “the first story to successfully fuse the disparate elements of vampirism into a coherent literary genre.”

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Carmilla (1871), by Sheridan Le Fanu.
This predates Bram Stoker’s [Dracula [/by 26 years, and has been noted as an influence on Stoker’s masterwork. Scholars have also noted the important place that “Carmilla” holds in shifting the portrayal of vampires in modern fiction: Carmilla, the title character, is the original prototype for a legion of female and lesbian vampires.

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Margery of Quether (1884), by Sabine Baring-Gould.
A vampire tale centered on its narrator, a non-gentry landowner named George Rosedhu, who discovers an ancient female vampire in the neighborhood. Although the tone is generally satirical, and frequently startles the reader into chuckles rather than chills, this story is widely considered to be a source of inspiration for Bram Stoker’s [Dracula[/..

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Dracula (1897), by Bram Stoker.
This is one of the most famous pieces of English literature, and has come to dominate both popular and scholarly treatments of vampire fiction. Many of the book’s characters have entered popular culture as archetypal versions of their characters; for example, Count Dracula as the quintessential vampire, and Abraham Van Helsing as an iconic vampire hunter. The novel has been adapted for film over 30 times, and its characters have made numerous appearances in virtually all media.
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Volume II: CHRONICLES
… he yet endures … she still abides …
One hundred short works from the Archives, encompassing 200 years, concerning the ways and wiles of the Vampire.
(Includes Index of Titles and Index of Authors.)

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COMPANION MONSTER COLLECTIONS
[CRY WOLF![/: version 3~~ 30-Dec-2025
click HERE
[HAUNTINGS[/: version 2~~ 01-Jan-2026
click HERE

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Contents were originally published 1819 ~ 1897. Volume I of “From the Vampire Archives” is in the public domain worldwide because the authors died more than 100 years ago, and the works were published prior to 1930. Volume II is in the public domain where copyright is “Life+70” or less.

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Various Authors: GNU Collaborative International Dictionary of English, V1, 9 July 07

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Adam B.

[quotWhat is GCIDE?

GCIDE is the GNU Project's publication of CIDE, the Collaborative International Dictionary of English. It is a freely-available set of ASCII files containing the marked-up text of a substantial English dictionary. (130,633 headwords and growing!) [/quot

This is released in the MobiPocket Dictionary format in preparation for the upcoming dictionary support on the iLiad. It should work without problems on the iLiad when the update is released.

Version 1 is a very large file. ~12MB Unzipped. Future versions will be compiled at a higher compression.

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Various Authors: How to Write a Short Story, v.1, 28 Feb 2008.

edited and uploaded by
Patricia

‘How to Write a Short Story: A Symposium’.

From: The Bookman: A Literary Journal.
Vol. V March, 1897. No. 1.

Actually, a lot of the advice in this short piece is contradictory and much of it is actually on how NOT to write a short story.

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Various Authors: Mugby Junction. v1, 4 Aug 2015

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AlexBell

Charles Dickens' journals[ Household Words[/ and [All the Year Round[/ had Extra Christmas Numbers each year, and several of these contained stories co-authored by Dickens and staff writers who shared his social activism. Some of the chapters were later published separately in other versions, but this ebook contains the original text from the journal.

[Mugby Junction[/ was the All the Year Round Extra Christmas Number for 1866, and was co-authored by Charles Dickens and Andrew Halliday, a Scottish journalist and dramatist; Charles (Alston) Collins, younger brother of Wilkie Collins and son-in-law of Dickens; Hesba Stretton, (pen name of Sarah Smith), an evangelical writer and one of the founders of the National Society
for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children; and Amelia B. Edwards, a novelist, traveller, and Egyptologist.

The first two chapters are narrated by 'a man who had been shut up within narrow limits all his life,' and who was 'at last set free' after he had impulsively got off the train at Mugby Junction. The other tales are told to him by people he meets while exploring the area; the first of these is a diatribe about 'Refreshmenting' at the station, and most of the others are spooky tales involving death and apparitions.

The source text for the first six chapters was taken from the Dickens Journals Online site, and checked against the images of the original journals. The source text for the last two was taken from another source, and checked against a pdf version on the Internet Archive. I have silently corrected typos and inconsistencies, simplified punctuation, and made changes to spelling and hyphenation using oxforddictionaries.com.

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Various Authors: One Hundred and One Famous Poems. 12 Feb 2009

edited and uploaded by
BenG

One Hundred and One Famous Poems (with a Prose Supplement), published by R. J. Cook.

This popular anthology was first published in 1916. "Eighty Years of Bestsellers (1895-1975)" by Hackett and Burke ranks it among the fifty most popular books sold in the U.S. in the past century. One Hundred and One Famous Poems (or alternatively, 101 Famous Poems) has remained continuously in print.

It includes works from great poets like Byron, Dickinson, Keats, Milton, Shakespeare, Shelley, Tennyson, Whitman, and Wordsworth. There are also popular poems by Frost, Kipling, Longfellow, Poe, Riley, and Whittier.
And those lesser poems that we often memorized as a child.

You may not recognize the title and author of some but you will remember the poems or frequently quoted phrases.
Laugh and the world laughs with you...
But let me live by the side of the road and be a friend of man...
We shall not sleep though poppies grow in Flanders Field...
a poem as lovely as a tree...
I am the captain of my soul...
Will you walk into my parlor?, said the spider to the fly...
And fired the shot heard round the world...
I shall not pass this way again...

I've tried to keep the structure of the poems, which is probably best appreciated in a small or medium font.

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Various Authors: Sayings of the Desert Fathers, v.1, 17 June 2008.

edited and uploaded by
Patricia

Another short collection of sayings of the desert fathers, arranged in alphabetical order.

(I have already uploaded a larger collection., viz. James O Hannay: ‘The Wisdom of the Desert’)

The contents of this book were sourced from http://orthodoxwiki.org/
No translator was named.

Copyright Statement from the site:
Permission is granted to copy, distribute and/or modify this document under the terms of GNU Free Documentation License as used by Wikipedia and/or the Attribution-ShareAlike Creative Commons License, Version 2.5 or any later version published; with no Invariant Sections, no Front-Cover Texts, and no Back-Cover Texts. Subject to disclaimers.

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Various Authors: Shapes that Haunt the Dusk. v1. 14 Aug 2025

edited and uploaded by
GrannyGrump

“The writers of American short stories surpass in nothing so much as in their handling of those filmy textures which clothe the vague shapes of the borderland between experience and illusion.”
( — William Dean Howells, Introduction)

With a diverse range of narratives united by a common thread of darkness, [Shapes that Haunt the Dusk[/ offers a timeless exploration of fear, the uncanny, and the chilling beauty of the American gothic tradition. Do you dare to venture into the shadows?

This book is from the extensive “Harper's Novelettes” series. The stories in these collections cover a wide range of topics, often reflecting the social and cultural landscape of their time.

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List of stories:
(NOTE: story omitted due to copyright restrictions — “A Christmas Child” by Georg Schock / Katharine Loose Riegel ~ 1877 – 1961)
Edited by William Dean Howells and Henry Mills Alden

The White Sleep of Auber Hurn –
by Richard Rice (? – ?) fl early 1900’s

In Tenebras –
by Howard Pyle (1853 – 1911)

The Little Room –
by Madeline Yale Wynne (1847 – 1918)

The Bringing of the Rose –
by Harriet Lewis Bradley (1852 – 1937)

Perdita –
by Hildegarde Hawthorne (1871 – 1952)

At La Glorieuse –
by M. E. M. Davis (1844 – 1909)

A Faded Scapular –
by F. D. Millet (1846 – 1912)

At the Hermitage –
by E. Levi Brown (? – ?) fl 1880’s

The Reprisal –
by H. W. McVickar (1860 – 1905)
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First published in 1907.
[This ebook is in the public domain where copyright is “Life+70” or less, and in the USA.[/
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Various Authors: Strange Secrets. v1. 11 Apr. 2023

edited and uploaded by
GrannyGrump

Strange secrets from the past. Stranger secrets from the other world. Strangest are the secrets of the human heart.

By various authors.
Available with a cover I created, or alternate with facsimile of first edition cover.

Side note:
Early edition covers displayed only “A. Conan Doyle.”
Doyle wrote a letter to an unidentified newspaper editor:
“Dear Sir: Will you allow me through your columns to warn your readers against a book called “Strange Secrets” which is being sold with my name upon the cover. Out of a large number of stories only one is mine— a very short one in the middle of the book. Yours faithfully, A Conan Doyle.
Later covers display “Told by A. Conan Doyle and Others”.

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A list of the titles:
The Secret of Swalecliffe Castle
by Frederick Milford
(1852–1920?)

The Secret of the Mine
by Frederick Talbot
(1833–1903)

The Secret of Calverley Court
by Gertrude Parsons
(1812–1891)

The Secret of Cousin Geoffrey’s Chamber
by Mrs. Henry Clifford
(Elizabeth de la Pasture)
(1866–1945)

The Secret of Goresthorpe Grange
by Arthur Conan Doyle
(1859–1930)

The Box with the Iron Clamps
by Florence Marryat
(1833–1899)

The Veiled Portrait
by James Grant
(1822–1887)

The Spectre Hand
by James Grant
(1822–1887)

The Ghost of Lawford Hall
by Walter Thornbury
(1828–1876)

A Coachful of Ghosts
by Eleanor C. Price
(1847–1933)

George Venn and the Ghost
by Dutton Cook
(1829–1883)

The Mystery in Daffodil Terrace
by Percy Fitzgerald
(1834–1925)

Why New Houses Are Haunted
by Elwyn Keith
(?–?)

A Very Queer Inn
by M. B. Archer
(?–?)
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This book was first published in 1889.
[This book is in the public domain where copyright is “Life+70” or less, and in the USA.[/
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Various Authors: The Curmudgeon’s Own Christmas Book (collected shorts). v1. 07 Dec 2

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GrannyGrump

The Curmudgeon’s Own Christmas Book

[SIZE="2"]A COLLECTION OF POEMS, STORIES, AND ESSAYS TO SATISFY YOUR INNER GRINCH[/SIZ

An assortment of humorous writings for the cynical and hard-of-heart. Satires, spoofs, and just-plain-silliness will elicit grins, chuckles, and more than a few nods of recognition. And, just maybe, a little holiday spirit might slip in and take you by surprise.

Includes the following:
George A. Baker, Jr. (1849–1906)
On Santa Claus
Irvin S. Cobb (1876–1944)
Holidays
Christmas Presents
Stephen Leacock (1869–1944)
A Christmas Letter
Hoodoo McFiggin’s Christmas
The Errors of Santa Claus
The Christmas Ghost
Christmas Shopping
Robert Benchley (1889–1945)
Editha’s Christmas Burglar
Holiday! Holiday!
Here Come the Children
A Good Old-Fashioned Christmas
A Christmas Pantomime
A Christmas Spectacle
Christmas Afternoon
Home for the Holidays
Damon Runyon (1880–1946)
Holiday Hospitality
Alias Santa Claus
Grandpap And The Yuletide
Dancing Dan’s Christmas
Anne Field (no data found)
The Night After Christmas (verse)
A Christmas Insurrection (verse)
Anonymous
The Newest Thing in Christmas Carols (verse)
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This is my own compilation. Texts were obtained from archive.org, hathitrust.org, wikisource.org, gutenberg.org, fadedpage.com.
OCR and printer’s errors were silently corrected; punctuation, diacritics, and italics formatted. Story titles are cross-linked to table of contents. Embedded font used for initial drop-caps.

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Bah, humbug!

(that was not a sincere statement!)
:elf: :santa: :elf:

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Various Authors: the Essence of Buddhism, v.1, 26 Jan 2008.

edited and uploaded by
Patricia

A selection of short quotations from Buddhist works.

The Essence of Buddhism
TEN CENT POCKET SERIES NO. 325
Edited by E. Haldeman-Julius
(1922

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Various, Past Masters 216, v1, 6 May 2025

edited and uploaded by
Pulpmeister

22 Short stories, some strange, including Fitz-James O'Brien's famous "The Diamond Lens"; humor, crime, adventure, romance. As usual around 100,000 words, and all in the Life + 70 public domain

1: The Dook / J. D. Fitzgerald
2: The Honeymoon Crime / Albert Dorrington
3: The Short-cut to the Township / James Hillgrove
4: The Man They Could Not Understand / James Hillgrove
5: The Expiation of Madame De Coulevain / Rafael Sabatini
6: The Pillar of Fire / Percival Wilde
7: Behind The Door / Percival Wilde
8: The Thing from— "Outside" / George Allen England
9: The Diamond Lens / Fitz-James O'Brien
10: Shorty Gets the Gun / D. H. Souter
11: The Expulsion / Randolph Bedford
12: The Bee-Man of Orn / Frank R. Stockton
13: How The Express Was Saved / Victor L Whitechurch
14: The Flambeau Bracket / Edward Lucas White
15: A Tryst with Ghosts / Edgar Wallace
16: Sir Dominick's Bargain / Sheridan Le Fanu
17: Red Fingers / Beatrice Grimshaw
18: The Deathless Miracle / Jeffery Farnol
19: The Fit-Up / Gilbert Frankau
20: Sam Small's Tyke / Eric Knight
21: New Year's Eve on Broadway / Mark Hellinger
22: The Pipe / Anonymous

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Various: Past Masters 169, v1, 28 July 2024

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Pulpmeister

Another issue in the series, with stories in the Life+70 public domain gathered from newspapers, magazines, and other sources. Adventure, strange, humour, crime...

1: The Seven Tortoise-Shell Cats / F. L.Nelson
2: The Valley of Never-Come-Back / Beatrice Grimshaw
3: Recluses / Raymond S. Spears
4: The Galley Slave / J. H. M. Abbott
5: Opera Synopses / Robert Benchley
6: Creation Reef / John Fleming Wilson
7: The Ghost Patrol / Sinclair Lewis
8: The Sham Master of Arts / Sandy Sharp
9: The Will / Arthur Gask
10: The Brink of Infinity / Stanley G. Weinbaum
11: Gifford Pinchot’s Battle with a Somnambulist / Bob Davis
12: The Man With the Lying Eye / Bob Davis
13: The Door in the Wall / H. G. Wells
14: The Adventure of the Wonderful Idea / W. Carey Wonderly
15: Their Own Dear Land / Achmed Abdullah
16: Midnight at Marshland Grange / Arthur Locker
17: The Enchanted Bluff / Willa Cather
18: Bylestones / Arthur Morrison
19: The Story of an Obstinate Corpse / Elia W. Peattie
20: The Pearls and the Swine / Barry Pain

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Various: All-Story Weekly Sampler 2. V1. 10 Dec 2011

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crutledge

All-Story (Cavalier) Weekly/Magazine
All-Story Magazine was one of the great Munsey pulps which started as a monthly in January 1905 and ran as such for 11 years before switching to a weekly schedule (with a name change to All-Story Weekly. Very soon after it had absorbed The Cavalier and ran for a year under the combined name All-Story Cavalier Weekly before reverting to All-Story Weekly for a further five years.
Finally, in 1920, it was absorbed into The Argosy.

TWILIGHT ZONE—MARY KEEGAN

WANTED A WIFE—CARLOTTA M. HARDY

A LESSON IN GEOGRAPHY—FRANK CONDON

THE GRAIN OF SAND—H. KEITH TRASK

THE MAN IN THE MIRROR—LILLIAN B. HUNT

PROFESSOR PUNJAB—JAMES FREDERICK TOPPING

THE STORY WITHOUT A TITLE—ANDREW SOUTAR

A SALT-HORSE SAILOR—CAPTAIN DINGLE

AN EYE FOR A TOOTH—STEPHEN ALLEN REYNOLDS

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Various: Arabic-English dictionary. 24 December 2015

edited and uploaded by
Doitsu

This Kindle dictionary for Arabic text without vowels signs is primarily intended for students of Arabic. It's very slow (it can take up to 4 seconds before the definition is being displayed) and supports only the most frequent prefixes and affixes.

It's based on the following GPL licensed sources:

Buckwalter Arabic Morphological Analyzer

Linguistic data compiled by Mohammed Attia:

Word Count of Modern Standard Arabic
Obsolete Arabic Words

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Various: Bible: The Apocrypha (KJV), v1, 18 Oct 2008.

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Patricia

The Apocrypha (King James Bible Version).

From Sacred texts.com’s Introduction:

“The Apocrypha refer to texts which are left out of officially sanctioned versions ('canon') of the Bible. The term means 'things hidden away,' which implies secret or esoteric literature. However, none of these texts were ever considered secret.
In some Protestant Bibles, they are placed between the New and Old Testament. In the Roman Catholic Bibles the books are interspersed with the rest of the text. In this case they are also called 'Deuterocanonical', which means 'secondary canon.' The books on this page are all Deuterocanonical.
Jerome rejected the Deuterocanonical books when he was translating the Bible into Latin circa 450 CE, (see the Vulgate). This was because no Hebrew version of these texts could be found, even though they were present in the Greek Old Testament (the Septuagint). However, they eventually were accepted by the Church, and most of them remained part of the Bible. Protestants rejected these books during the Reformation as lacking divine authority. They either excised them completely or placed them in a third section of the Bible. The Roman Catholic Council of Trent, on the other hand, declared in 1546 that the Deuterocanonical books were indeed divine.
Of these books, Tobias, Judith, the Wisdom of Solomon, Baruch, and Maccabees, remain in the Catholic Bible. First Esdras, Second Esdras, Epistle of Jeremiah, Susanna, Bel and the Dragon, Prayer of Manasseh, Prayer of Azariah, and Laodiceans are not today considered part of the Catholic apocrypha.
With one exception, all of these books are considered 'Old Testament'. The apocryphal New Testament 'Letter of Paul to the Laodiceans', was once incorporated in many versions of the Bible. However Laodiceans is now considered just a pastiche of other Epistles, and is omitted from contemporary Bibles.”
Contains:

1 Esdras
2 Esdras
Additions to Esther
1 Macabees
2 Macabees
Tobias
Judith
Wisdom
Sirach
Baruch
Epistle of Jeremiah
Susanna
Prayer of Azariah
Prayer of Manasseh
Bel and the Dragon
Laodiceans

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Various: Christmas Magic (Short story collection). v1. 16 Dec 2015

edited and uploaded by
GrannyGrump

Christmas Magic - 14 Christmas stories by various authors

The text of this book is in the public domain in countries where copyright is “Life+80” or less, and in the USA.

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This collection of legends, fables, and fairytales celebrates the magic and joy of the Christmas season. Fourteen heart-warming stories with a message of sharing and compassion, to entertain and inspire readers young and old.

CONTENTS:
The Christmas Masquerade
-------Mary E. Wilkins Freeman (1852–1930)

Jimmy Scarecrow’s Christmas
-------Mary E. Wilkins Freeman

Little Roger’s Night in the Church
-------Susan Coolidge [Sarah Chauncey Woolsey] (1835–1905)

The Elves and the Shoemaker
-------The Brothers Grimm (1859 / 1863)

Christmasland
-------Heinrich Seidel (1842–1906)

The Christmas Princess
-------Mrs. Molesworth [Mary Louisa Molesworth] (1839–1921)

The Christmas Cuckoo
-------Frances Browne (1816–1879)

Toinette and the Elves
-------Susan Coolidge

The Visit of the Wishing Man
-------Jay T. Stocking (1870-1936)

The Great Walled Country
-------Raymond Macdonald Alden (1873–1924)

The Symbol and the Saint
-------Eugene Field (1850–1895)

Little Wolff’s Wooden Shoes
-------François Coppée (1842–1908)

Why the Chimes Rang
-------Raymond Macdonald Alden

Little Gretchen and the Wooden Shoe
-------Elizabeth Harrison (1849–1927)

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My own compilation; texts were obtained from various sources. Some spelling and punctuation modernized. Embedded fonts for titling and cap letters.

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Hope you are in the mood for fairytales (old favorites, or new friends).
Happy holidays!
:xmas:

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Various: Complete Presidential Inaugural Addresses V1, 2 May 2009

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Donnageddon

A complete compilation of US Presidential inaugural addresses from George Washington to Barack Obama.

This comes from a Project Gutenberg compilation assembled by James Linden.

It has been reformatted and given a linked TOC by me, for you. Enjoy the historical speechifying!

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Various: Cupid's Diary Sampler. V1. 2011

edited and uploaded by
crutledge

Cupid's Diary: No data on magazine,

CRICKET’S LAST HOP—C. S. MONTANYE

THE RAGGLE-TAGGLE GYPSY—ALYS ALLEN

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Various: Detective-Dragnet Sampler. V1. 21 Dec 2011

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crutledge

(Detective-)Dragnet Magazine/Ten Detective Aces
Ten Detective Aces was probably the most successful of the many magazines that Harold Hersey launched, and certainly one of the longest running, but it took a while to find its mark. For the first 16 issues (to April 1930) it was called The Dragnet Magazine and initially focussed on stories about gangsters and organised crime. However, by 1930 public interest in gangsters was fading and the magazine became more of a detective pulp, initially (for 24 issues) under the hybrid name Detective-Dragnet Magazine and then finally, from March 1933, under the name Ten Detective Aces under which it ran for an impressive 16 years.
A Canadian reprint edition of Ten Detective Aces ran briefly in the 1930s as a direct reprint of the US edition, and then throughout the 1940s typically reprinting a US issue from 9-12 months previously. There was also an abridged British reprint edition under the "abridged" title of Detective Aces.

FLIES ON THE CEILING—EUGENE A. CLANCY

[
Dan Grogan takes personal charge of the Police Commissioner’s pet case and uncovers a clever little racket
[/

THREE SMART SILKS—H. BEDFORD-JONES

[
Three clever silks cooked up an air-tight swindle.They laid the cards on the table — all above board — within the law! The bluff worked great — until a bigger bluffer came along!
[/

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Various: Die Bibel (Elberfeld 1905). [German]. 20-Nov-2010

edited and uploaded by
weatherwax

Die Elberfelder Bibel ist eine bedeutende deutsche Bibelübersetzung, die erstmals 1855 (Neues Testament) bzw. 1871 (Altes Testament) erschien. Sie konnte zwar nie die gleiche Verbreitung wie die Lutherbibel finden, hat aber im Laufe der Zeit wegen ihrer begriffsnahen Übersetzungsweise und Texttreue viele Freunde gewonnen. Die Wörtlichkeit der Übersetzung hat in ihr Vorrang vor sprachlicher Schönheit. Damit wurde sie zum Vorbild für viele weitere Übersetzungen. Das vorliegende Buch basiert auf der 12. Auflage von 1905.

3-Feb-2014: Count = 483

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various: Die Bibel (Luther 1912) [German]. V2. 23-01-2016

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weatherwax

Die Lutherbibel in der revidierten Fassung von 1912. Der Text stammt von Gutenberg DE.

23.01.2016- bisherige Downloads 1054

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Various: Douay-Rheims Bible. V1. 20-Jun-2014

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weatherwax

Douay-Rheims Translation the Challoner Revision - The Old Testament was first published by the English College at Douay A.D. 1609 & 1610. The New Testament was first published by the English College at Rheims A.D. 1582. The whole translation was revised and diligently compared with the Latin Vulgate by Bishop Richard Challoner A.D. 1749-1752. He is also credited with the annotations included in this revision.

In the Gutenberg text, all notes were inserted after the relevant paragrapha and the book has many notes. I inserted them at the end of the Old resp. New testament.

I created an epub book and converted with kindlegen, the file is huge. Therefore I split it and am adding the azw file as well.

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Various: Eleven Possible Cases, 1901, v1, 6 Feb 2024

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Pulpmeister

Eleven short stories, and an interesting glitch. The dust jacket, shown, includes an author Henry Harland; the book inside the dust jacket showed "Q" (Arthur Quiller Couch) instead. Something odd must have happened between printing the dust jackets and the actual book. (And yes, I checked the page images of the 1901 book inside the dust jacket, and "Q" is definitely in it, and Harland is not.)

Nym Crinkle (story 10), by the way, is a pen-name, in case you didn't guess.

60,000 words, one of series of similar anthologies by this publisher which do not have a credited Editor.

Contents:
1: The Only Girl at Overlook / Franklin Fyles
2: A Thing That Glistened / Frank R. Stockton
3: A Lion and a Lioness / Joaquin Miller
4: The Cheated Juliet / "Q".
5: The Mystic Krewe / Maurice Thompson.
6: Strange Adventures Of A Million Dollars / Ingersoll Lockwood.
7: A Lost Day / Edgar Fawcett.
8: A Tragedy Of High Explosives /Brainard Gardner Smith.
9: The Bushwhacker's Gratitude / Kirke Munroe.
10: The End Of All / Nym Crinkle.
11: Shall He Marry Her? / Anna Katherine Green

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Various: Eleven Possible Cases. v1. 16 Feb 2016

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crutledge

Anna Katharine Green (November 11, 1846 – April 11, 1935) was an American poet and novelist. She was one of the first writers of detective fiction in America and distinguished herself by writing well plotted, legally accurate stories. Green has been called "the mother of the detective novel".

THE ONLY GIRL AT OVERLOOK BY FRANKLIN FYLES.
A THING THAT GLISTENED BY FRANK R. STOCKTON.
A LION AND A LIONESS BY JOAQUIN MILLER.
THE CHEATED JULIET BY Q.
THE MYSTIC KREWE BY MAURICE THOMPSON.
STRANGE ADVENTURES OF A MILLION DOLLARS BY INGERSOLL LOCKWOOD.
A LOST DAY BY EDGAR FAWCETT.
A TRAGEDY OF HIGH EXPLOSIVES BY BRAINARD GARDNER SMITH.
THE BUSHWHACKER'S GRATITUDE BY KIRKE MUNROE.
THE END OF ALL BY NYM CRINKLE.
SHALL HE MARRY HER? BY ANNA KATHERINE GREEN.

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Various: Eleven Possible Cases. v1. 31 May 2013

edited and uploaded by
crutledge

Anna Katharine Green (November 11, 1846 – April 11, 1935) was an American poet and novelist. She was one of the first writers of detective fiction in America and distinguished herself by writing well plotted, legally accurate stories. Green has been called "the mother of the detective novel."

THE ONLY GIRL AT OVERLOOK BY FRANKLIN FYLES.
A THING THAT GLISTENED BY FRANK R. STOCKTON.
A LION AND A LIONES BY JOAQUIN MILLER.
THE CHEATED JULIET BY Q.
THE MYSTIC KREWE BY MAURICE THOMPSON.
STRANGE ADVENTURES OF A MILLION DOLLARS BY INGERSOLL LOCKWOOD.
A LOST DAY BY EDGAR FAWCETT.
A TRAGEDY OF HIGH EXPLOSIVES BY BRAINARD GARDNER SMITH.
THE BUSHWHACKER'S GRATITUDE BY KIRKE MUNROE.
THE END OF ALL BY NYM CRINKLE.
SHALL HE MARRY HER BY ANNA KATHERINE GREEN.

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Various: Gangland Stories Sampler. V1. 1 Jan 2012

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crutledge

(Racketeer and) Gangland Stories
Racketeer Stories and Gangland Stories were two of Harold Hersey's less successful gangster pulp magazines, attempting to cash in on the popularity of Gangster Stories. The former lasted for only 18 (or possibly 19) issues and the latter for a mere 14 issues before the two magazines were merged to form Racketeer and Gangland Stories, which lasted a mere three issues.

THE SKY HAWK—GRAHAM DEANE

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It was a big order—getting the Sky Hawk, yet these two got the order . . . got the Sky Hawk, and safe-guarded the skies throughout the West.
[/

FACING THE MOB—MARGIE HARRIS

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Smooth killed a rat— and then took over— because he was smooth .... but the derisive gods of the Underworld laughed in their sleeves at this killer who thought he knew women!
[/

MOB MURDER—C. B. YORKE

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Just out of stir, and trying to go straight—and right off she's framed for a bump-off!
[/

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Various: Gangster Stories Sampler. V1. 1 Jan 2012

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crutledge

(Greater) Gangster Stories
Initially one of Hersey's more successful pulps, Gangster Stories was sold in 1932, along with all his magazine assets. The new owners boastfully renamed the magazine Greater Gangster Stories but the readers were less impressed and the magazine folded after only 13 issues.

GUNS OF GANGLAND—FREDERICK BORDEN

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They say the big racket can't last. "Spend-a-Thousand" Eddie, glamorous Underworld king, who followed the smoke of his own six-gun from the gutter to the peak of gangland power, knew of other ways to beat the racket; and when he sent that fatal bullet into the heart of Big Trip Kennedy, he was taking it for granted that the blonde dancer would be happy after all.
[/

THE DEVIL’S CONFESSION—D. B. McCANDLESS

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In a few minutes he will go through the green door. But before he goes . . . before that slow, steady march into the unknown begins, the Devil has something to say.
[/

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Various: Holy Bible The New Testament ASV. PRC. V1.0 13 December 2008

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DaleDe

Holy Bible The New Testament of our Load and Saviour JESUS CHRIST TRANSLATED OUT OF THE GREEK Being the version set forth A.D. 1611 compared with the most ancient authorities and revised A.D. 1881 Newly Edited by the New Testament Members of the American Revision Committee A.D. 1900 American Standard Version

The American Standard Version of 1901 is an Americanization of the English Revised New Testament of 1891, which is an update of the KJV to less archaic spelling and greater accuracy of translation. It has been called “The Rock of Biblical Honesty.” It is the product of the work of over 50 Evangelical Christian scholars.

Merry Christmas

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Various: King James Bible - Pure Cambridge Edition. v1. 20 Feb 2018

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JimmyR

A KF8 version of the Pure Cambridge Edition Bible featuring drop caps for each chapter. For the drop cap images, I used the glyphs from the Goudy Initialen Font which is available here:
http://www.1001fonts.com/goudy-initialen-font.html

This font is free for personal and commercial use.

Features:

- Title page from the 1611 First Edition

- 1769 Introduction

- A standard, multi-level TOC

- Quick navigation index (tap the book name/chapter number at the top)

- Dropcaps for each chapter

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Various: King James Version of The Bible. 1.1 11 December 2008

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pdurrant

This version of the KJV Bible contains a cover image from the original 1611 printing, and a hierarchical table of contents, allowing swift access to book/chapter level.

The 1.0.1 version is the same as 1.0 except for a new cover that displays better on the Bookeen CyBook.

The 1.1 version adds in the dedication to King James, and fixes a few typos and linking problems, identified through a close comparison with the recent ePUB version.

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Various: Liebesgedichte (DIY-Ebook), german, v2, 13 Feb 2009

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ravenne

Das folgende Ebook beinhaltet eine kleine Auswahl deutscher Liebesgedichte von Goethe über Schiller und Droste-Hülshoff bis hin zu Storm oder Bierbaum.

Zugleich ist es der erste Versuch eines individualisierbaren Ebooks, d.h. der Upload erfolgt OHNE Cover, es gibt dazu aber ein png-file, aus dem Ihr ziemlich mühelos und ohne Grafikprogramm ein individuelles Cover basteln könnt. Die Idee ist: Foto Eurer/Eures Liebsten integrieren, persönlichen Text drauf, ins Ebook einbinden und zum Valentinstag verschenken. Ich hab´s anhand des ePub-files getestet und das hat ganz gut funktioniert. Hier müsste es mit Calibre und mobi2mobi funktionieren.

Edit: Der V2-Upload beinhaltet neben dem Buch ohne Cover auch eines mit. Für all diejenigen, die ihr Cover nicht selbst basteln wollen ;) Der Titel "Liebeslyrik" ist inklusive Cover, "Liebesgedichte" nach wie vor ohne.

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Various: Love Story Magazine. V1. 5 Jan 2012

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crutledge

Love Story Magazine: No publication data found.

TOO LATE—ROSE LA PLANTE

PEARLS FOR TEARS—THOMAS EDGELOW

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Various: Mammoth Adventure Sampler. V1. 6 Jan 2012

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Mammoth Adventure: no publication data located.

ENGLISH STEEL AND SPANISH PASSION—DRAKE WILLIAMS and WARREN GEIGER

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Don Alvarez de Perona de Sadista, thought the Spanish Main a Spanish lake until he met Terror's English steel!
[/

ONLY A SUCKER BITES—J. C. STANLEY

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Tenhag was an outlaw and a killer, but even a bitter enemy like Arget, the king, had to recognize the courage of the clever, wily, old Northern Pike!
[/

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Various: Masterpieces of Mystery-Detective Stories. v1, 12 Oct 2013

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crutledge

Joseph Lewis French (1858–1936) was a novelist, editor, poet and newspaper man. The New York Times noted in 1925 that he may be "the most industrious anthologist of his time." He is known for his popular themed collections and released over twenty-five books between 1918 and his death in 1936. He founded two magazines, The New West (circa 1887) and The Wave (circa 1890). Afterwards he worked for newspapers "across the country" contributing poetry and articles. He struggled financially and in 1927 New York Graphic, a daily tabloid, published an autobiographical article they convinced him to write, they titled "I'm Starving--Yet I'm in Who's Who as the Author of 27 Famous Books."

I. The Purloined Letter—Edgar Allan Poe
II. The Black Hand—Arthur B. Reeve
III. The Biter Bit—Wilkie Collins
IV. Missing: Page Thirteen—Anna Katherine Green
V. A Scandal In Bohemia—A. Conan Doyle
VI. The Rope of Fear—Mary E. and Thomas W. Hanshew
VII. The Safety Match—Anton Chekhov
VIII Some Scotland Yard—Stories Sir Robert Anderson

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Various: Masterpieces of Mystery-Riddle Stories. v1. 13 Oct 2013

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crutledge

Joseph Lewis French (1858–1936) was a novelist, editor, poet and newspaper man. The New York Times noted in 1925 that he may be "the most industrious anthologist of his time." He is known for his popular themed collections and released over twenty-five books between 1918 and his death in 1936. He founded two magazines, The New West (circa 1887) and The Wave (circa 1890). Afterwards he worked for newspapers "across the country" contributing poetry and articles. He struggled financially and in 1927 New York Graphic, a daily tabloid, published an autobiographical article they convinced him to write, they titled "I'm Starving--Yet I'm in Who's Who as the Author of 27 Famous Books."

The Mysterious Card—Cleveland Moffett
The Great Valdez Sapphire—Anonymous
The Oblong Box—Edgar Allan Poe
The Birth Mark—Nathaniel Hawthorne
A Terribly Strange Bed—Wilkie Collins
The Torture—Hope Villiers de l'Isle Adam
The Box with the Iron Clamps—Florence Marryat
My Fascinating Friend—William Archer
The Lost Room—Fitz-James O'Brien

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Various: Masterpieces of Mystery_Mystic-Humorous Stories. v1. 13 Oct 2013

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crutledge

Joseph Lewis French (1858–1936) was a novelist, editor, poet and newspaper man. The New York Times noted in 1925 that he may be "the most industrious anthologist of his time." He is known for his popular themed collections and released over twenty-five books between 1918 and his death in 1936. He founded two magazines, The New West (circa 1887) and The Wave (circa 1890). Afterwards he worked for newspapers "across the country" contributing poetry and articles. He struggled financially and in 1927 New York Graphic, a daily tabloid, published an autobiographical article they convinced him to write, they titled "I'm Starving--Yet I'm in Who's Who as the Author of 27 Famous Books."

I. May-Day Eve—Algernon Blackwood
II. The Diamond Lens—Fitz-James O'Brien
III. The Mummy's Foot—Théopile Gautier
IV. Mr. Bloke's Item—Mark Twain
V. A Ghost—Lafcadio Hearn
VI. The Man Who Went Too Far—E. F. Benson
VII. Chan Tow The Highrob—Chester Bailey Fernando
VIII. The Inmost Light—Arthur Machen
IX. The Secret of Goresthorpe Grange—A. Conan Doyle
X. The Man With The Pale Eyes—Guy de Maupassant
XI. The Rival Ghosts—Brander Matthews

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Various: More Past Masters (2020); v1; 27 Jan 2020

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Pulpmeister

Another collection of stray short stories in the Life+70 Public Domain. Two "Christmas" stories of Edgar Wallace featuring Tam of the Scouts and Educated Evans respectively, not contained in collections; one by vaudevillian and early movie actor "Chic" Sale; another by a former US President; and others whose names are familiar.

(Think of this as Past Masters Two, in what has become a continuing series)

1: The Glenmutchkin Railway / W. E. Aytoun
2: George / Stacy Aumonier
3: Christmas Eve at the China Dog / Edgar Wallace
4: A Present for Evans / Edgar Wallace
5: The Devil of the Marsh / Henry Brereton Marriott Watson
6: The Mystery of the Semi-Detached / Edith Nesbit
7: The Wendigo / Theodore Roosevelt
8: Spider Tong / Perley Poore Sheehan
9: Yonder's Henry! / Thorne Smith
10: The Conspirators / John Philip Sousa
11: Aylmer Vance and the Vampire / Alice and Claude Askew
12: The Specialist / Charles ('Chic') Sale
13: The Great Pegram Mystery / Robert Barr
14: Beyond The Spectrum / Arthur Leo Zagat
15: Blind Guess / Valentine Williams
16: According to the Statute / Fred Merrick White
17: The Money Machine / David Wright O'Brien

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Various: Mystery Novels & Short Stories Sampler. V1. 9 Jan 2012

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crutledge

Mystery Novels and Short Stories
One of the better weird-menace magazines, stressing the luscious female in most distressing situations. The first issue was Vol.1 No.4 - it is not known whether any magazine preceded this for the first three issues.

BRIDE OF THE APE—HAROLD WARD

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I lay paralyzed as my adorable Betty, her dewy maidenhood unconcealed, was stretched on that altar of primordial desire . . . while that stone-age monster played a passion prelude—to the consummation of the flesh’s unholy command!
[/

THE SHIP OF THE GOLDEN GHOUL—LAZAR LEVI

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A PULSING NOVELET OF DEATH’S MOST DESIRABLE ENCHANTRESS
[/

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Various: Mystery Novels and short stories Sampler

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crutledge

Mystery Novels and Short Stories
One of the better weird-menace magazines, stressing the luscious female in most distressing situations. The first issue was Vol.1 No.4 - it is not known whether any magazine preceded this for the first three issues.

MISTRESS OF THE UNDEAD—LAZAR LEVI

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For thirty minutes she lived. Thirty minutes she suffered while the plane wreckage and dismembered human bodies burned around her. And one year later she told her story!
[/

DEATH MATES FOR THE LUST-LOST—HUGH J. GALLAGHER

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The jungles rang to the shrill screams of Martinez and his cohorts as they turned the forest primeval into a charnel house for barbarous orgies of mutilation!
[/

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Various: Myths and Legends of All Nations. v1, 13 Jan 2008

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Madam Broshkina

From the Preface:

The myths and legends here gathered together have appealed and will continue to appeal to every age. Nowhere in the realm of fiction are there stories to compare with those which took form centuries ago when the race was in its childhood-stories so intimately connected with the life and history and religion of the great peoples of antiquity that they have become an integral part of our own civilization, a heritage of wealth to every child that is born into the world.
The historic basis of the tales is slight; yet who can think of the Greeks without remembering the story of Troy, or of Rome without a backward glance at Æneas, fabled founder of the race and hero of Virgil's world-famous Latin epic? Any understanding of German civilization would be incomplete without knowledge of the mythical prince Siegfried, hero of the earliest literature of the Teutonic people, finally immortalized in the nineteenth century through the musical dramas of Wagner. Any understanding of English civilization would be similarly incomplete without the semi-historic figure of King Arthur, glorified through the accumulated legends of the Middle Ages and made to live again in the melodic idylls of the great Victorian laureate. And so one might go on. In many ways the mythology and folklore of a country are a truer index to the life of its people than any of the pages of actual history; for through these channels the imagination and the heart speak. All the chronicles of rulers and governing bodies are as dust in comparison.
The imagination of the ancients had few if any bounds, and even Athens in the height of her intellectual glory accepted the fabulous tales of gods and half-gods. Today we read and wonder. But the child, who in his brief lifetime must live over in part at least the history of the whole race, delights in the myths and legends which made his ancestors admire or tremble. They are naturally not so real to him as they were to his forefathers; yet they open up a rich and gorgeous wonderland, without excursions into which every child must grow up the poorer in mind and spirit.
To the children of America, wherever they may be, this book is dedicated. It is sure to bring enjoyment, because its stories have stood the test of time.

With an illustration for each story.

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Various: Original Hacker's Dictionary, The. 16 April 2008

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RWood

It all started as a jargon file on a computer at Stanford (some say MIT.) From these early stages it grew to include far more than just the AI arena. Based in a culture of the DECsystem-10 computer (I spent 5 years working on one) the terms spread and many became universal to all programmers.

This version is derived from the unmaintained list and has not been modified for many years. Those of us who programmed then will find many favorite terms here. Others may just enjoy the ride.

TNX 1.0E6 [(Thanks a million) [/

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Various: Over the Top Sampler. V1. 10 Jan 2012

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crutledge

Over the Top/High Spot
Changed to High Spot from Jul-1930

THE ROSE MARIE—OWEN WILSON

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Waiting and watching for the shell fire that would destroy their ship was the hardest part played by the helpless tramp freighter’s crew
[/

THE LAST SHOT—Lloyd Leonard Howard

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The weapon was a broom, and the target a meal ticket in a Frog cafe.
[/

TURKISH DELIGHT—A. DE HERRIES SMITH

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A pair of Anzacs, mounted on a cranky camel, invade a minaret and engage the “terrible Turk”
[/

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Various: Part Masters 184, v1, 31 Oct 2024

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Pulpmeister

Another anthology of public domain (Life+70 years) short fiction from authors famous and unknown, from various sources. One of the stories, I have just discovered, was in an earlier number of Past Masters, but if the reader recognises it, it can easily be skipped.

Now Version 2: with linked contents.

1: The Devil of the Marsh / H. B. Marriott Watson
2: The House on Hardress Head / J. S. Fletcher
3: The Staircase At Heart's Delight / Anna Katharine Green
4: The Set of Poe / George Ade
5: In The Next Room / Alice Perrin
6: The Two Men Who Murdered Each Other / Valma Clark
7: Financing Finnegan / F. Scott Fitzgerald
8: The Bronze Parrot / R. Austin Freeman
9: The Yellow-Back / James Oliver Curwood
10: Antonio's Englishman / W. L. Alden
11: Little White Frock / Stacy Aumonier
12: Midnight At The Grand Babylon / Arnold Bennett
13: The Tell-Tale Heart / Edgar Allan Poe
14: For the Sake of Toodleums / H. D. Umbstaetter
15: Jen for Joe / William O. Grenolds
16: The Corpse Factory / Arthur Leo Zagat
17: Too American / Don Marquis
18: The Christmas Princess / Edgar Wallace
19: "Back in Ten Minutes" / Ernest Favenc
20: Costs / Harold Mercer

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Various: Part Masters Forty-Nine; v1; 11 Nov 2021

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Pulpmeister

An anthology containing seventeen short stories in the Life + 70 Public Domain, collected from various magazines:

1: Loafer's Lullaby / George Ade
2: A Night of Horror / Dick Donovan
3: A Dying Confession / Dick Donovan
4: The House in the Forest / Harold Ward
5: House of the Living Dead / Harold Ward
6: From the Dark / H Bedford-Jones
7: Breakfast at the Savoy / H Bedford-Jones
8: The Double Problem / F. A. M. Webster
9: According to Law / F. A. M. Webster
10: In Borrowed Plumes / W. W. Jacobs
11: Ye Ghoste of ye Olde Bowerie Roade / Percie W. Hart
12: The Last Letters of a Hoofer / Jack Donahue
13: The Lady of the Red Admirals / Arthur T. Quiller-Couch
14: Mutiny on the Inchcliffe Castle / Guy Gilpatric
15: The Siamese Cat / Raoul Whitfield
16: The Captain's Chronometer / James M'Govan
17: The Old Red Barn / Booth Tarkington
Cumulative Index to No 49

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Various: Part Masters Seventeen (2020); v1; 7 Dec 2020

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Pulpmeister

An anthology of twenty-four stories in the L+70 years public domain, collected from magazines and newspapers. A useful source has been The World's News, a Sydney NSW weekly which ran fiction by many authors, well-known and otherwise, and has the advantage to the compiler of clear type and hence good automatic OCR on-line.

1: The Dead Man in the Scrub / Mary Helena Fortune
2: The Dead Witness / Mary Helena Fortune
3: The Stir Outside the Café Royal / Clarence Rook
4: The Secret of the Fox Hunter / William le Queux
5: The Crock / F. Frankfort Moore
6: Sir Hector Devereux's Bet / Dorothea Conyers
7: The Wrong Road / William Le Queux
8: Price of Office / Mark Allerton
9: When Rogues Fall Out / Dorothea Conyers
10: Joan's Two-seater / F. Frankfort Moore
11: The Silent Model / Carolyn Wells
12: The Guinea Smuggler / Egerton Castle
13: The Closed Door / Egerton Castle
14: The Adonis of Slagborough / Sir George Douglas, Bt
15: The Locked Box / Don Marquis
16: His Lordship and Kitty-for-Short / Katharine Tynan
17: The Impressing of Looney Fipps / Sewell Ford
18: Overdue / Arthur Applin
19: The Fifty-First Dragon / Heywood Broun
20: The Great Corkscrew Mystery / J. J. Bell
21: The Bolchester Bank Robbery / Arthur W. Marchmont
22: Mrs. Brotherton's Adventure / Sir William Magnay, Bt.
23: At The Road Top /Halliwell Sutcliffe
24: Secret Intelligence / Violet Jacob
Cumulative Index to Series

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Various: Part Masters Thirty-Four (2021); v1, 29 Jun 2021

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Pulpmeister

Another original anthology of short fiction no longer in copyright in L+70 jurisdictions, including the full-length version of "The Little Old man of Batignolles", by Emil Gaboriau, first published, in French, in 1868.

1: The King's Pipe / H. Bedford-Jones
2: "To Every one His Own Fear" / Meade & Halifax
3: The Cripple at the Mill / Max Pemberton
4: The Hidden Egyptian Shield / Charles J. Mansford
5: Lady Florry's Gems / George Manville Fenn
6: The Dervish of the Nile Pyramid / Charles J. Mansford
7: Murder Needs No Motive / Robert L. Ahern
8: The Talking Horse / F. Anstey
9: A Night in the Kremlin / Clarence Herbert New
10: Bait, Hook and Sinker / William Almon Wolff
11: The Secret of Banda Sea / Clarence Herbert New
12: The Little Old Man of Batignolles / Émile Gaboriau

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Various: Parts Masters Forty One, v1, 27 Aug 2021

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Pulpmeister

41st anthology of stray short stories published in magazines and newspapers and largely forgotten. Some were anthologised in print years ago, but those anthologies themselves are also forgotten. Some of these stories came from the weekly Detective Story Magazine in the period 1919-1922, held in Internet Archive. For some reason the Archive does not have contents as part of the metadata, so searching by author name and title doesn't bring anything up; I have had to search through each magazine for L+70 public domain stories.

1: Mr Clackworthy's Pipe Dream / Christopher B. Booth
2: The Rolling Stone / Guy Gilpatric
3: Shooting Gallery / Raoul Whitfield
4: Popeau Intervenes / Marie Belloc Lowndes
5: The Perfect Murder / Stacy Aumonier
6: The White Pillars Murder / G. K. Chesterton
7: The Manor House Mystery / J. S. Fletcher
8: The Murder on the Golf Links / M. McDonnell Bodkin
9: A Posteriori / Helen Simpson
10: Wolf Medicine / Hugh Pendexter
11: Mr. Clackworthy's Return / Christopher B. Booth
12: Tardy, but on Time / John J. Chichester
13: The Grim House / Richard Connell
14: Mistrusted Sight / Oliver Maddox Hueffer
15: Mrs. Huggins's Hun / Stacy Aumonier
Cumulative Index Nos 31-41

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Various: Past Masters (2019); v1, 27 Nov 2019

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Pulpmeister

Trawling in Newspaper archives I gradually accumulate waifs and strays in the form of short stories. Often these are uncollected in book form, or are in collections so obscure that they can't be found. All are in the Life+70 PDF.

A few of those waifs and strays appear here, plus an assortment of crime/detective stories from other collections, some of which are on these forums, to make up a volume and give those waifs and strays a home of sorts.

1: The Conscientious Burglar / Grant Allen
2: Mr. Senn's Past / E. Phillips Oppenheim
3: The Prince of Wurttenburg / Stephen Leacock
4: The New Catacomb / Arthur Conan Doyle
5: The Ginger King / A E W Mason
6: The Slane Mystery / Edgar Wallace
7: Cheese / Ethel Lina White
8: The Tragedy of a Third Smoker / C J Cutcliffe Hyne
9: The Azoff Diamonds / Fred M. White
10: Sheer Profit / William Le Queux
11: The Silent Witness / Max Brand
12: The Tea-Leaf / Edgar Jepson and Robert Eustace
13: The Vanishing of Mrs. Fraser / Sir Basil Thomson
14: Locked In / E. Charles Vivian
15: Will You Walk Into My Parlour? / "Sapper" (H C McNeile)
16: Tobias the Terrible / Damon Runyon
17: The Comedy Of The Jewelled Links / Max Pemberton
18: The Great Portrait Mystery / R Austin Freeman
19: The Yellow Dog / J S Fletcher
20: The Empty Match Box / Aidan de Brune

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Various: Past Masters (2019); v2, 15 Dec 2019

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Pulpmeister

Trawling in Newspaper archives I gradually accumulate waifs and strays in the form of short stories. Often these are uncollected in book form, or are in collections so obscure that they can't be found. A few of those waifs and strays appear here, plus an assortment of crime/detective stories from other collections, some of which are on these forums, to make up a volume and give those waifs and strays a home of sorts.

(This is now V2, as I accidentally included a Max Pemberton story in V1, which still has a couple of years to go in copyright. I have substituted an A E W Mason short.)

1: The Conscientious Burglar / Grant Allen
2: Mr. Senn's Past / E. Phillips Oppenheim
3: The Prince of Wurttenburg / Stephen Leacock
4: The New Catacomb / Arthur Conan Doyle
5: The Ginger King / A E W Mason
6: The Slane Mystery / Edgar Wallace
7: Cheese / Ethel Lina White
8: The Tragedy of a Third Smoker / C J Cutcliffe Hyne
9: The Azoff Diamonds / Fred M. White
10: Sheer Profit / William Le Queux
11: The Silent Witness / Max Brand
12: The Tea-Leaf / Edgar Jepson and Robert Eustace
13: The Vanishing of Mrs. Fraser / Sir Basil Thomson
14: Locked In / E. Charles Vivian
15: Will You Walk Into My Parlour? / "Sapper" (H C McNeile)
16: Tobias the Terrible / Damon Runyon
17: The Affair at the Semiramis Hotel / A E W Mason
18: The Great Portrait Mystery / R Austin Freeman
19: The Yellow Dog / J S Fletcher
20: The Empty Match Box / Aidan de Brune

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Various: Past Masters 101, v1, 11 Oct 2022

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Pulpmeister

More short stories in the Life+70 public domain, many of which have not been reprinted since first published. Sourced from magazines and newspapers, and in some cases collections or anthologies which themselves have not been reprinted in years.
1: The Djinnee of El Sheyb / G. G. Pendarves
2: Alicia goes a-Burgling / Arthur Somers Roche
3: The Little Affair of the Eiffel Tower / Arthur Morris Crosby
4: Mirage / Ernest M. Poate
5: The Compass of Fortune / Eugene Shade Bisbee
6: A Hundred Thousand Dollar Trance / Eugene Shade Bisbee
7: Mr. Barling's Income / W. Pett Ridge
8: The Red and Black Death / H. Havelock Ettrick
9: Young Magic / Helen Simpson
10: The Ordeal By Fire / C. Ranger Gull
11: Why Mrs. Wetherton Went Home / Carlton Dawe
12: Spy! / Max Brand
13: The Mother / C. J. Dennis
14: The Ghost City / Fred MacIsaac
15: On the Turn of a Coin / Cleveland Moffett
16: The Demon of the Opal / W. B. Wallace
17: The Mystery of Dave Regan / Henry Lawson
18: The Dance of Life / H. Bedford-Jones
19: On The Tucker Track / Henry Lawson

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Various: Past Masters 102, v 1, 21 Oct 2022

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A mix of yarns by authors whose work is in the Life+70 public domain. I have included the legendary story "Rip Van Winkle", which everybody knows about, having just read it for the first time. There is another rare short story by Australian poet C J Dennis; hard-boiled by Roger Torrey, some classic detective shorts, and so on.

1: West India Lights / Henry S. Whitehead
2: No Eye-Witnesses / Henry S. Whitehead
3: The Strike at Too Dry / Willis Brindley
4: The Greenstone Graves / "Waif Wander"
5: While Jerry was Away / C. J. Dennis
6: Fra Benedetto's Medal / Grant Allen
7: A Lemon Tree / "Ouida"
8: The Green Bowl / Sarah Orne Jewett
9: A Regent of Love Rhymes / Guy Thorne
10: Sailors' Luck / Austin Philips
11: Four o'Clock in the Morning / Hulbert Footner
12: Mansion of Death / Roger Torrey
13: The Phantom of Castle Ballyran / Anonymous
14: The Flying Skull / J. Allan Dunn
15: Rip Van Winkle / Washington Irving
16: The Pearls of Parlay / Jack London
17: The Death of Kalu's Hand / Cyril Etheridge
18: Dance Without Music / Peter Cheyney

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More short stories in the Life + 70 years Public Domain, collected mostly from magazines and newspapers. Humour, romance, weird, action...

1: The Water Ghost of Harrowby Hall / John Kendrick Bangs
2: My Only Murder / Ernest Favenc
3: Paul's Case / Willa Cather
4: Uncle James's Golf Match / "Sapper"
5: How to Get Things Done / Robert Benchley
6: Two Aces / Henry Leverage
7: The Red Room / "Waif Wander"
8: The Devil's Wager / William Makepeace Thackeray
9: The Motor-Burglar / Richard Dehan
10: The Birth of a Masterpiece / Lucas Malet
11: The House of the Worm / Mearle Prout
12: Spirit-Led / Ernest Favenc
13: The Garage Crime / Anonymous
14: A Desperate Choice / Guy Thorne
15: Trapped / Richard Ashe King
16: Disinherited / Richard Ashe King
17: La Belle Dame Sans Souci / Peter Cheyney
18: The Beach / Charles G. Norris

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There are two quite long short stories-- novelettes really-- in this issue. The stories are from newspapers, magazines and other sources, all in the Life + 70 years Public Domain. The cumulative index 101-105 will appear in the next issue, and updates will appear every fifth issue.

1: A Haunt of the Jinkarras / Ernest Favenc
2: Just a Friendly Game / Irvin S. Cobb
3: The Man Who Lost Himself / Richard Dehan
4: Hard Harman / Dan L. Silverling
5: Woman Proposes / F. E. Clayton
6: The Prince Has The Mumps / Richard Connell
7: The Adventure of the Murdered Art Editor / Frederick Dorr Steele
8: The Woman He Had to Kill / Francis Beeding
9: Financing Finnegan / F. Scott Fitzgerald
10: The Garden Lodge / Willa Cather
11: The Magic Cigar / E. W. Hornung
12: The Gallowsmith / Irvin S. Cobb
13: Out of the Sea / A. C. Benson
14: The Small World / Max Brand
15: The Cask of Amontillado / Edgar A. Poe

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No 105 in the series of anthologies of short stories in the Life+70 Public Domain, collected from magazines and newspapers and other sources. This issue includes a cumulative index to numbers 101-105.

1: Rajah of Hell Island / H. Bedford-Jones
2: The House Opposite / Anthony Hope
3: The Man Who Stole a Meeting-House / J. T. Trowbridge
4: The Sun and the Rain / Thomas Wolfe
5: The Barnfield Murder Case / Dick Donovan
6: My Mad Engineer / Sylvanus Cobb Jr
7: Strain / Albert Richard Wetjen
8: Count Antonio and the Wizard's Drug / Anthony Hope
9: The Mystery of the Steel Disk / Broughton Brandenburg
10: The Stolen Ship / Anonymous
11: A Financial Failure / Sarah Orne Jewett
13: At the Crack o' Doom / James A. Beverly
14: Imagination / Henry Leverage
15: The Revolver / J. S. Fletcher
16: A Shot in the Night / J. S. Fletcher
17: The Philosopher in the Apple-Orchard / Anthony Hope
18: Dr. Heidegger's Experiment / Nathaniel Hawthorne
Cumulative Index #101-105

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Various: Past Masters 106, v1, 17 Nov 2022

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Another selection of short fiction gathered from magazines and newspapers, with some familiar names, such as M P Shiel and Earl Derr Biggers, writing in unfamiliar genres. Humour, romance, crime...

1: The Priestess of the Purple Petunia / Margaret Busbee Shipp
2: The Flaming Chariot / Guy Gilpatric
3: The Seringapatam Medal / T. C. Bridges
4: The Slatter Case / T. C. Bridges
5: Lost: A Millionaire / Anonymous
6: Dixon's Theories / Val Jameson
7: The Witness / Thomas Cobb
8: A Matter of Interest / Robert W. Chambers
9: The Hunter's Moon / Frederick Irving Anderson
10: Ponsonby and the Pantheress / Richard Dehan
11: Henry and the Restless Sex / Earl Derr Biggers
12: The Shadow of the Vulture / Robert E. Howard
13: Dickie / M. P. Shiel
14: The Crusader / Charles E. Van Loan
15: The Key / Peter Cheyney
16: The Sights They Missed / Albert Payson Terhune

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Various: Past Masters 107, v1, 22 Nov 2022

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For some reason this issue has a vaguely "Weird Tales" vibe which was not planned; it just fell out that way as i scrounged stories from magazines and newspapers and the occasional out-of-print collection or anthology.

All stories are in the Life+70 public domain.

1: The Return / R. Murray Gilchrist
2: The Night the Devil Walked / Hal Field Leslie
3: The Temple of the Ten / H. Bedford-Jones
4: Tigre / Zane Grey
5: The Twenty-Four-Hour Croesus / Albert Payson Terhune
6: Uncle Bentley and the Roosters / Hayden Carruth
7: The Desert Road / Marjorie Pickthall
8: Heatherville / Waif Wander
9: The Revolt of Rustleton / Richard Dehan
10: Schalken the Painter / J. Sheridan Le Fanu
11: Some Experiments With a Head / Dick Donovan
12: A Tale of the Western Desert / Ernest Favenc
13: The Swagman's Dream / Ernest Favenc
14: The Drought Demons / Ernest Favenc
15: The Case of Mrs Helmer / Robert W. Chambers
16: The Haunted Flat / Marie Belloc Lowndes

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Various: Past Masters 108, v1, 6 Dec 2022

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This issue is the usual mixed bag, with a small cluster of slighlty weird stories, plus some historic shorts by Ernest Favenc.

1: Fraulein von Heslau / Ernest Favenc
2: The Tiger Lily / J. S. Fletcher
3: The Prethereau Sapphire / Margaret Busbee Shipp
4: Never Save a Man from the Sea / Ernest Favenc
5: Brother Bill / Ellis Parker Butler
6: The Medicine Man / Reginald Campbell
7: Mad Marix / Ellis Parker Butler
8: Eyes of the Dead / Lieutenant Edgar Gardiner
9: The Circle of Illusion / Lottie Lesh
10: The Justice of Captain Dampier / Ernest Favenc
11: Cave of the Criss-Cross Knives / C. C. Spruce
12: Sleuth of the Air Waves / Emile C. Tepperman
13: The Shadow Jumper / Herman Howard Matteson
14: Night / Louis Joseph Vance
15: Le Maitres de l'Affiche / C Ranger Gull & Reginald Bacchus
16: The House and the Brain / Edward Bulwer-Lytton
17: The Bohemian Girl / Willa Cather

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Various: Past Masters 109, v1, 14 Dec 2022

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A variety of stories in the Life + 70 public domain: humour, horror (including a zombie tale from 1901), adventure, crime... some names new to the series, including Edward Parrish Ware, a prolific pulp writer, and Herman Howard Matteson.

1: Rats / M. R. James
2: The Artists Story / L. de Chavanne
3: The Man Who Shunned the Light / Arthur Leeds
4: The Fox's Earth / Muriel A. Pollexfen
5: Old Aeson / A. T. Quiller-Couch
6: Thone of Chaos / "J. F. B."
7: With Much Gusto / Herman Howard Matteson
8: The Whispering Shell / Herman Howard Matteson
9: The Thing From Antares / Meyer Krulfeld
10: Rogue's Room / Anonymous
11: Detective Death / Anonymous
12: The Mystery of the Thirty Millions / T. F. Anderson and H. D. Umbstaetter
13: Roll and Go! / Captain Dingle
14: Adventure / Fred M. White
15: Braybridge's Offer / William Dean Howells
16: The Man With the Nose / Rhoda Broughton
17: The Wastrel / Ernest Favenc
18: The Living Dead / Ernest Favenc
19: Fear / Achmed Abdullah
20: A Sleeping Car Tragedy / W. L. Alden
21: Killers Can't Fly / Edward Parrish Ware
22: Hell's Back Room / Edward Parrish Ware

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Another collection of short stories in the Life+70 Years public domain, an eclectic assortment of genres from dime magazine crime through fantasy, literary and action. This is the last issue for 2022. On 1 January, 2023, Volume 111 will appear with all the stories by authors who died in 1952 and whose works enter the public domain on the first day of the new year.

1: The Lady Ermetta / Ernest Favenc
2: The Western Way / Fred Merrick White
3: The Voice in the Fog / Henry Leverage
4: The Man the Law Forgot / Walter Noble Burns
5: Wine on the Desert / Max Brand
6: The Grove of Ashtaroth / John Buchan
7: A Case Without a Clew / Joseph Gollomb
8: Seed To The Sower / Sewell Ford
9: Sing a Song of Sixpence / James Norman Hall
10: Balkameh / William Waldorf Astor
11: The Pipe / Richard Marsh
12: The Nudist Gym Death Riddle / Jack Gray
13: As Told To The Children / Owen Oliver
14: A Girl Who Was Afraid / Charles Wesley Sanders
15: When Brasset Forgot / Harcourt Farmer
16: Smoky Skies / Raoul Whitfield
17: In The Fourth Dimension / Richard Dehan
18: The Woman Who Sat Still / Parry Truscott
Cumulative Index # 101-110

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This New Year 2023 issue of Past Masters, No 111, contains only stories by authors who died in 1952, and whose works therefore fell into the Life + 70 years Public Domain on 1 January 2023.

1: The Servicetown Mystery / Harold Mercer
2: The Little Green Devils / James Francis Dwyer
3: Wolfmaster / Bertram Atkey
4: Cat Luck / Jeffery Farnol
5: Pug-Face's Daughter / Gilbert Frankau
6: Cambric Tea / Marjorie Bowen
7: About the Perfect Crime of Mr. Digberry / Anthony Abbot
8: Keeping Killick Killed / Harold Mercer
9: The Statue Stealers / Bertram Atkey
10: The Call of the Wildwater / Bertram Atkey
11: Ghosts at Stoneylands / Bertram Atkey
12: Flies on the Ceiling / Eugene A. Clancy
13: Six Heads on a String / Mark Harper
14: The Case of the Drugged Golfers / Bertram Atkey
15: Mustard Pot— Mountebank / Gilbert Frankau
16: The White Line / John Ferguson
17: Not Much to Look At / Jeffrey Farnol
18: The Blush of Venus / James Francis Dwyer
19: The Kafir's Skull / James Francis Dwyer

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Somewhat diverted from the Past Masters series by producing a number of books of short stories by Australian 19th explorer, novelist, and journalist, but back on track again. The stories are all in the Life+70 Public Domain.

1: The Talking-Out of Tarrington / "Saki"
2: A Midnight Burlesque / James Francis Dwyer
3: The Woman With The Wolves / Bertram Atkey
4: Time Works Wonders / E. M. Delafield
5: Patricia Jackson's Pearl Necklace / Gilbert Frankau
6: Strictly Private / Frederick Ames Coates
7: The Doctor's Luck / Reginald Bacchus
8: The Story of a Long Watch / Ernest Favenc
9: Mirrors / Roy W Hinds
10: Ragan in Ruins / Bertram Atkey
11: Lady of Lyons, N. Y. / H. C. Witwer
12: The Bandaged Foot / James Francis Dwyer
13: Lady Clanbevan's Baby / Richard Dehan
14: The House by the River / George Arthur Walstab
15: Florence Flannery / Marjorie Bowen
16: A Steam-Room Fracas / Hartridge D. Tyler
17: The Murdered Ships / James Francis Dwyer
18: Never Hire a Killer Laurence Donovan
19: The Rose-Colored Rug / J. U. Giesy

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Various: Past Masters 113; v1, 21 Jan 2023

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An assortment of short fiction from authors famous and not so famous, all in the Life+70 Years public domain.

1: Devil's Fire / Albert Snow
2: The Mask of Midas / G K Chesterton
3: The Young Earl / Anonymous
4: The Voyager / Roy Bridges
5: The Oak / Roy Bridges
6: The Desk / Roy Bridges
7: Once An Outlaw— / Edwin Truett Long
8: Rain in Dahomey / Edwin Truett Long
9: A Golden Grave / Allan Stephens
10: The Two Looks / John Galsworthy
11: Pistol-Packin' Gran'ma / Laurence Donovan
13: The Cat of the Stars / Sinclair Lewis
14: Paper Ladies / Sumner Locke
15: Kiwi / Raoul Whitfield
16: At Twilight / Ethel Lina White
17: Crocodile Tales / Anonymous
18: A Model Crime / W. Pett Ridge
19: The Hunting of Chilton Sahib / Dolf Wyllarde
20: Big, Bad Annie / Ernest M. Poate
21: A Michigan Man / Elia W. Peattie

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Various: Past Masters 114: v1, 29 Jan 2023

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Fewer but longer stories than usual: humorous outback yarns, some very unscientific science fiction, some Victorian detectives; and others.

1: Those Dissipated Cows / Ernest Favenc
2: The Citizen / James Francis Dwyer
3: The Giant Wistaria / Charlotte Perkins Gilman
4: The Man With Nine Lives / Hugh C. Weir
5: You Can't Explain These Things / Albert Richard Wetjen
6: The Fortunes of War / Albert Richard Wetjen
7: The Man in the Moon / Homer Eon Flint
8: Dice, Brassknuckles & Guitar / F. Scott Fitzgerald
9: The Red Bungalow / Bithia Mary Croker
10: Little Liz / B. L. Farjeon
11: Ace, Deuce, Ten Spot, Joker / Irvin S Cobb
12: Pell Street Blues / Achmed Abdullah
13: The Old Lady with the Two Umbrellas / Stacy Aumonier
14: My Friend the Murderer / Arthur Conan Doyle
15: The Man in the Inverness Cape / Baroness Orczy

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Short fiction, some of it longer than usual, from the Life+70 Public domain: A cumulative author index for issues 101-115 is included.

1: The Haunted and the Haunters / Edward Bulwer-Lytton
2: The Clavecin, Bruges / George Wharton Edwards
3: The Time to Go / Hugh Pendexter
4: The Three Grey Men of Mote Hall / Peter Cheyney
5: Lilies of Life / Malcolm Jameson
6: Fintale the Merman / Bertram Atkey
7: Candlelight / Lady Eleanor Smith
8: The Appeal / E. M. Delafield
9: Curtains For Five / Roger Torrey
10: The Story of a Hanged Man / J. E. Muddock
11: The Electro-Hydraulic Bank Protector / Henry Hugh Simmons
12: Exchange is Robbery / Richard Marsh
13: Blood Pressure / Damon Runyon
14: The Ride / Walter McLeod
15: The Shilling Reef / Ernest Favenc
16: Narcotic Man / Frederick C. Painton
Cumulative Index 101-115

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Various: Past Masters 116, V2, 24 Nov 2023

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V1 began with 2 stories which have since found to be copyright, and they have been replaced in V2 by two other stories. V1 is no longer available.

V2, 22 Nov 2023

Contents
1: The Order of the Bath / Irvin S. Cobb
2: The Legend of Sleepy Hollow / Washington Irving
3: On the Plains / Ernest Favenc
4: Paint Me as I Am / Kenneth Barber
5: Haunted By A Bard / H. F. Lester
6: Nominated for Murder / Roger Torrey (novelette)
7: Oysthers! / Gordon Young
8: The Purple Emperor / Robert W Chambers
9: Bones! / Richard Dehan
10: The End of the Path / Newbold Noyes
11: The Unknown Masterpiece / Frederick Irving Anderson
12: According To The Evidence / Hugh Pendexter
13: The Wonderful Tune / Jessie Douglas Kerruish
14: Rats / Michael Annesley
15: The Floating Island of Madness / Jason Kirby
16: Ship of the Golden Ghoul / Lazar Levi

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Various: Past Masters 117, v1, 7 March 2023

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A wide variety of short fiction in the Life + 70 years public domain, collected from magazines and newspapers. There are two E L White stories: one by Ethel Lina White, the other by Edward Lucas White, and they couldn't be more different. Oh, and one by Fred Merrick White, just to round out the Whites.

Horror, crime, humour, romance, adventure.

1: Contrary to the Evidence / Douglas Newton
2: The Great Buddha of Kwang Ki / Laird Goldsborough.
3: Our Mr. Smith / Oswald Crawfurd
4: The Striped Chest / Arthur Conan Doyle
5: Palm Beach Santa Claus / Damon Runyon
6: The Ceremony / Arthur Machen
7: Haunted / Anonymous
8: Short Rations / John Barton Oxford
9: The Devil of the Marsh / H. B. Marriott-Watson
10: The Skewbald Panther / Edward Lucas White
11: The Haunted Chair / Richard Marsh
12: The Derelict / Ottwell Binns
13: Conscience Money / John Talland
14: Green Ginger / Ethel Lina White
15: Her Ladyship's Necklace / Arthur Armstrong
16: The Stolen Rubies / E. B. Bell
17: Christabel's Crystal / Carolyn Wells
18: The Wings of Chance / Fred Merrick White
19: Bagged / Jeffery Farnol
20: The Way of Silence / Gilbert Frankau
21: Servant of Satan / Otis Adelbert Kline
22: Tramp / Dick Moreland
23: Actress Grows Old / John Taintor Foote
24: The Upas Tree / James Clifton Peters

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Various: Past Masters 118, v1, 12 March 2023

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More short fiction in the Life+70 yrs public domain, although 3 of the stories are almost novelettes.

1: Norah and the Fairies / Hume Nisbet
2: No Ships Pass / Lady Eleanor Smith
3: The Castle of Dromore / Katharine Tynan
4: "I Am Dead!" / Harold Ward
5: The Call of the Tiger / Ethel Lina White
6: Death Dances on Dimes / Laurence Donovan
7: The Ghost Monk / Rosa Praed
8: The Sham Shop / Ethel Lina White
9: Darkness / Irvin S. Cobb
10: The Anonymous Letter / Archibald Marshall
11: The Man With the Glass Heart / George Allan England
12: The Deadly House / Bertram Atkey
13: Two Voices / Henry Leverage
14: The Trail of Jeopardy / H. Bedford-Jones
15: The Black Patch / F. A. M. Webster
16: Facsimile / Oliver F. Crothers
17: Verdict: "Suicide" / George Allan England

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From the Yukon to the French Riviera, 17 short stories in the Life + 70 years public domain.

1: The Risen Dead / Tip Bliss
2: Black Cat / J. Allan Dunn
3: King of Swindlers / Arthur Somers Roche
4: The Hands of Horror / Karl Schiller
5: Mistral / Raoul Whitfield
6: The Hairy Devil / Morgan Robertson
7: Viking Loot / H. Bedford-Jones
8: The Third Ovanoff / Ernest G. Henham
9: A Presentiment / Marcel Prévost
10: A Dish of Macaroni / Richard Dehan
11: The Parasite / Arthur Conan Doyle
12: Rats / F. A. M. Webster
13: The Wire That Wasn't Cut / F. Raymond Brewster
14: The Peppercorn Entail / Frederick Irving Anderson
15: The Undoing of Le Croix / Eric A. Darling
16: The Cunning of the Serpent / Henry S. Whitehead
17: The Rhino Charges / William J. Makin

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Various: Past Masters 120, v1, 21 March 2023

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This issue comes with a cumulative index by author of the numbers 101-120. It includes a longish novelette by the ever-reliable H Bedford-Jones. There are some very rare stories by very rare authors from very rare magazines, too, as well as evergreens such as Ellis Parker Butler, C S Montanye, and so on. Approximately 100,000, words, as usual. The stories are all in the Life+70 Public Domain.

1: North of Singapore / H. Bedford-Jones (novelette)
2: Cephas the Paladin / Albert Peyson Terhune
3: Lucifer / Achmed Abdullah
4: A Gold Slipper / Willa Cather
5: The Blood Drips / J. E. Muddock
6: Plotluck / Theodore Seixas Solomons
7: The Canary that Sang Bass / W. Carey Wonderly
8: An American Comedy / H. Bedford-Jones
9: T. Jebberson / Ellis Parker Butler
10: Why, of Course / James Edmond Casey
11: That Wade Outfit / Christopher B. Booth
12: On a Steep Side Street / C. S. Montanye
13: Old Sinclair's Story / Frank Brandram
14: Sir Basil and Rue / Marjorie Bowen
15: The Valley of the Others / Elizabeth Taylor
Cumulative Index, Numbers 101-120

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Various: Past Masters 121, v1, 27 March 2023

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This issue includes "The Forty-Seven Ronin", the famous Japanese story (and a true story!) as by Bertram Mitford (Lord Redesdale, grandfather of the famous Mitford Sisters), who was resident in Japan for a number of years with the British Legation. There's another Christmas Ghost story by Dickens; Jeffrey Farnol, king of historical romance, tackles a modern-day story; two antique science fiction stories one by the unknown J Aton, the other by the only slightly less unknown Mearle Prout; and sundry others.

1: The Terror of the Pond / Alick Munro
2: Birth of a Hero / Alice Duerr Miller
3: The Forty-Seven Rônin / Bertram Mitford
4: Aunt Joanna / Sabine Baring Gould
5: On the Plymouth Express / Frank Conly
6: $100 / Richard Connell
7: Creatures of the Ray / J. L. Aton
8: The Man in the Bell / William Maginn
9: The New Sun / J. S. Fletcher
10: Who Killed Castelvetri? / Gilbert Frankau
11: Black Coffee / Jeffery Farnol
12: The Black Ferry / John Galt
13: The Old Man of the Desert / Roy O'Toole
14: To Be Taken with a Grain of Salt / Charles Dickens
15: Circumstantial Evidence / Harold Mercer
16: Guarded / Mearle Prout
17: The Virus of Hell / William H. Pope
18: The Adventure of the Voodoo Moon / Eugene Thomas

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Various: Past Masters 122, v1, 7 April 2023

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Several of the authors in this issue are "ephemerals": writers who managed to sell a handful of stories and then vanished, and for all practical purposes untraceable. This issue ranges from the very well known literary writer Katherine Mansfield, to the extremely unknown Joseph Heighton, including some regulars in this series.

1: Waxworks / Ethel Lina White
2: The Missing Boatswain / Joseph Heighton
3: The High Rigger / J. Allan Dunn
4: Mr. Aroun's Jewel / William Caine
5: Ghosts / Arthur Gask
6: The Owl / F. A. M. Webster
7: Once it Happened / Achmed Abdullah
8: An Unlocked Window / Ethel Lina White
9: The Uninvited Guest / Ethel Lina White
10: The Dead Smile / Francis Marion Crawford
11: Poison / Katherine Mansfield
12: Loki's Sword / Edward Lucas White
13: Zero-Zero / Harry Ashe
14: "To Let." / B. M. Croker
15: More Than He Could Chew / John Baer
16: Blight / H. de Vere Stacpoole
17: The Millennium Engine / Leavitt Ashley Knight
18: As You Please / William Edward Park
19: Freedom / Marjorie Pickthall
20: Murder in a Mortuary / Kennedy Tester

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Various: Past Masters 123, v1, 12 April 2023

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25 short stories in several genres, all in the Life + 70 public domain, gathered from newspapers and magazines and in many cases republished here for the first time. I have added thumbnail sized images of authors where I could find them. It is surprising that an author as prolific, and as long-lived, as Fred Merrick White, has but one picture on the internet, and not a very good one, while another, as well known as Owen Oliver, has none. That is because he was a career British Civil Servant, Sir Johsua Albert Flynn, KCB; but I couldn't find a picture of Flynn, either!

1: On the Film / Richard Marsh
2: Narcotic Man / Frederick C. Painton
3: Vampire / Jan Neruda
4: A Castle in Spain / Katharine Tynan
5: The Last Expedition / Richard Dehan
6: Titbottom's Spectacles / George William Curtis
7: Sage-Brush Sally's Mother / Mulloy Finnegan
8: Billy / J. J. Bell
9: The Curtain / J. J. Bell
10: Retribution / "Propellor"
11: Easy Going / Bill Bowyang
12: Celia and the Ghost / Barry Pain
13: The Unfamiliar / Richard Connell
14: Fooled! / Herbert Jamieson
15: Confession / Lizzie C. Reid
16: Opium / Freeman Sandom
17: Partners / Owen Oliver
18: The Avenger / J. F. Tilsley
19: By the Queen's Orders / Anonymous
20: The Studio / Robert Blatchford
21: The Chinese Apple / Marjorie Bowen
22: Jean Achard / C. Lart
23: Blind Chance / Fred Merrick White
24: Another Johnnie / John Strange Winter
25: We'll Never be Rich! / Stephen Vincent Benét

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Several well-known names, plus some rare names: 17 stories, some of them fairly long, all in the Life+70 public domain.

1: A Doubting Mama / Algernon Free
2: Long Pig / E. Charles Vivian
3: The Prize of Marchant / Guy Thorne
4: The Man with the Blue Nose / Harvey O'Higgins
5: Snatch / Scott Littleton
6: The Wild Girl / James Francis Dwyer
7: The Head of Iskander / George Allan England
8: Tartas The Terrible / H. Hesketh Prichard
9: Death Marks the Spot / Patrick Lawrence
10: Launched at Society / Victor L. Whitechurch
11: Mycroft's Luck / Muriel A. Pollexfen
12: The Development of Furlani / W. L. Alden
13: A Cunning Escape / Sandy Sharp
14: Pygmalion's Spectacles / Stanley G. Weinbaum
15: A Bit of a Do / Eric Knight
16: The Other Room / Don Marquis
17: The Guilty Secret / Paul De Kock

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Various: Past Masters 126; v1, 29 April 2023

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Motley assortment of short fiction in the Life+70 Public Domain, from a variety of sources. The obscure life of the author of the first story is, well, different. We have society romantic comedy, weird, horror, action... the usual mix in fact, running to over 105,000 words, a bit more than my arbitrary target of 100,000 words.

1: The Last Reel / George Vaux Bacon
2: Marwood's Ghost Story / Marjorie Bowen
3: El Hamel, the Lost One / G. G. Pendarves
4: The Haunted Station / Hume Nisbet
5: Keep Your Eye on the Ball / William Almon Wolff
6: Curious Cubes / T. Bell
7: Surprise Attack / Georges Surdez
8: Nothing But Dust / Frederick Booth
9: Two Paris Knights / Frederick C. Painton
10: Padre Ignacio / Owen Wister
11: The Dimpled Dumb-Bell / Helen Hysell
12: That Little Square Box / Arthur Conan Doyle
13: The Invisible Finite / Robert A. Wait
14: The Hawk and the White Elephant / Ross Ellis
15: Black Cats / Gerald de Vries
16: Lost Treasures of Eden / Captain John Powers

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Various: Past Masters 127, v1, 11 May 2023

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Short stories in the Life+70 years Public Domain, from magazines and newspapers and other sources.

1: The Rum Runner / Erle R. Spencer
2: Made To Order / Frank Condon
3: The Green Hat / V. Omar Whitehead
4: Kiss of the Flame Blossom / Donald Dale
5: A Good Old Scout / Theodore Seixas Solomons
6: Broken Images / Lt. Morley Burroughs
7: The White Brick / F. E. Chase
8: The Blue Star / J. E. Muddock
9: The Un-Punctual Painting / Bertram Atkey
10: The Case of the Forged Letter / Harvey J. O'Higgins
11: The Lady with the Carnations / Marie Corelli
12: The Greater Plot / Clarence Herbert New
13: The Tentacles of Evil / Beatrice Redpath
14: Green Ink / J. S. Fletcher
15: The Ghost of Ranqueralles / Anonymous
16: "The Man Who Was—" / Gwyn Evans
17: The Convict's Revenge / Waif Wander
18: The Butler's Revenge / Anonymous
19: Dennis Starpool's Windfall / C. J. Dennis
20: Mind Over Murder / Laurence Donovan

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Various: Past Masters 128, v1, 22 May 2023

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This issue has an Australian feel due to some unexpected Australian set stories including a very early Conan Doyle story about Austtralian bushrangers! When he wrote this he was still a doctor, Sherlock Holmes was six years in the future. Another very early story by a well known author, Francis Stevens, was published when she was still using her own name, and was just 21.

1: The New Super of Oakley Downs / Ernest Favenc
2: Bill Somers / Ernest Favenc
3. Peter Addie and the Ju-Ju / Mary Gaunt
4: The Ghoul and the Corpse / G.A. Wells
5: The Miniature / J. Y. Akerman
6: A Day on the Road / E. S. Sorenson
7: Kisses in the Dark/ W. Clyde Young
8: A Voice From the Dead / Arthur Gask
9: The Midnight Express / L. McQuaid
10: The Infallible Eye / Arthur P. Hankins
11: Orasio Calvo / M. P. Shiel
12: On the Back of an Envelope / Ernest Favenc
13: The Waif of the Bush / Val Jameson
14: Give Every Man a Chance / Waif Wander
15: The Other Mrs Brewer / Ernest Favenc
16: The Mermaid / George A Birmingham
17: Bones / Arthur Conan Doyle
18: The Legend of Westry Court / Violet A. Simpson
19: The Curious Experience of Thomas Dunbar / Francis Stevens
20: Wild Justice / J. Allan Dunn

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Various: Past Masters 129, v1, 11 June 2023

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Twenty-two short stories in the Life+70 years public domain, collected from magazines and newspapers:

1: A King's Word / Ambrose Pratt
2: The Work of Brother Petherick / Harold Mercer
3: The Strange Occurrence on Huckey's Creek / Ernest Favenc
4: The Tragerigal Bobgetts / Harold Mercer
5: Murder's So Sorry / Laurence Donovan
6: Two Delicate Cases / James Payn
7: Hurst of Hurstcote / Edith Nesbit
8: Checkmate / Albert R. Wetjen
9: Dickon the Devil / Sheridan le Fanu
10: In the Dark / Edith Nesbit
11: The Dragon Tamers / Edith Nesbit
12: Bulldog / Max Brand
13: The First Class Passenger / Evelyn Everett Green
14: Whistle Thrice / Max Brand
15: A Hairbreadth 'Scape for Euphemia / Kennett Harris
16: The Revolving Head / John Regnault Ellyson
17: The Mysterious Treasure of Mme Humbert / William Le Queux
18: James Illinois Bell / Harvey J. O'Higgins
19: The Grave of Pierre Lamont / Harold Mercer
20: Christmas Eve Long ago at Braidwood / Waif Wander
21: My Aunt's Excursion / Richard Marsh
22: The Man With Hair Like Mine / Harold Mercer

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Various: Past Masters 130, v1, 27 Jun 2023

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Mostly longer short stories this time, with two by Ethel Lina White and two by H Bedford-Jones. Jeffrey Farnol contributes a Bow Street Runners crime story featuring Jasper Shrig; William Morris and G G Pendarves contribute "Weird Tales", Sapper has what is possibly the last story he ever wrote, a Bulldog Drummond case first published posthumously.

There is also a cumulative author index for the editions 101 to 130.

1: The Scientific Circle / C. C. Newkirk
2: The Messenger / H. Bedford-Jones
3: George, Tête Bêche / H. Bedford-Jones
4: Scum of the Earth: No Liability / Ambrose Pratt
5: The Bookshop / Capel Boake
6: The Footprint / G. G. Pendarves
7: The Secret Garden / Capel Boake
8: The Ghost Gavotte / Ethel Lina White
9: The Unknown / Ethel Lina White
10: Lindenborg Pool / William Morris
11: Footprints / Jeffery Farnol
12: Wyatt's Pearl Business / Captain Frederick Moore
13: Thirteen Lead Soldiers / Sapper
14: The Swine of Aeaea / Clifford Ball
Cumulative Author Index Past Masters 100-130

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Various: Past Masters 131, V2, 24 Nov 2023

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In V1, Story #11, from 1920, was by little-known author Lyle Wilson Holden. At that time, no positive biographic information was available to me, so he was given as "fl. 1920s." His death has now been confirmed as 1960, so the story is still copyright and has been replaced for this V2.

Contents
1: Ebony And Amber / Achmed Abdullah
2: Skull Manor / J. Allan Dunn
3: The Crowing Hens of Totulu / J. Allan Dunn
4: A Ghost of the Sea / Francis Prevost
5: Suffocated / May Wynne
6: Thumbs Down / Ethel Lina White
7: Ella the Ambitious / Guy Thorne
8: The Intruder / Chris Sewell
9: The Lady With the Hatchet / Maurice Leblanc
10: They Dine in Darkness / Arthur Leo Zagat (novella)
11: A Yarn of a Pub / Ernest Favenc
12: The Man Who was Not on the Passenger List / Grant Allen
13: The Gun Girl / Rathburne Case
14: A Colonial Banshee / Fergus Hume
15: The Lost Suburb / J. D. Beresford
16: At the Pitch of the Scrap / Sumner Locke

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Various: Past Masters 132, v1, 21 July 2023

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Twenty short stories in the Life+70 yrs public domain, collected from magazines and newspapers.

1: The Tower of Treason / G. K. Chesterton
2: The Rook / Jeffery Farnol
3: Catastrophe / Ethel Lina White
4: The Worker in Sandal-Wood / Marjorie Pickthall
5: That Valuable Mare / Edward Sorenson
6: The Curse of the Catafalques / F Anstey
7: The Haunter of the Ring / Robert E. Howard
8: The Painted Wooden Soldier / Sumner Locke
9: Bubbles! / Ralph Gordon
10: The Stolen Ring / Rosa Praed
11: The Kidnaped Memorial / Sinclair Lewis
12: The Accident of Crime / Stacy Aumonier
13: Death Shaves Close / Laurence Donovan
14: Contraband / Frank L Packard
15: Pieces of Hate / Jack O'Brien
16: Mr Clackworthy Profits by the Drama / Christopher B. Booth
17: Murder Makes a Lovely Frame / Ken Kessler
18: On Her Sole / Scott Campbell
19: It was Signed "Bill" / Charles Warren Tyler
20: A Burglar for a Lady / Roy W. Hinds

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Various: Past Masters 133, v1, 4 August 2023

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This anthology of out of copyright stories in the Life+70 jurisdictions includes as usual well-known authors and entirely unknown authors, and some "different" stories. They are from old magazines and newspapers, and out-of-print collections or anthologies. One of them, The Last Crash, was billed as a " book length novel", which in pulp magazines meant about 25,000 words (or, in the rest of the publishing world, a novelette).

1: Cutting a Long Story Short / Harold Mercer
2: Squire Toby's Will / Sheridan Le Fanu
3: Pink Tulips / Ethel Lina White
4: At Sunrise / Henry E. Mitchell
5: The Black Bell Buoy / Rupert Chesterton
6: Staley Fleming's Hallucination / Ambrose Bierce
7: An Even Break / H. C. Witwer
8: Some Evidence of Alfred Curran / Mrs. Campbell Praed
9: The Last Crash / Kenneth Latour
10: The Lady With the Hatchet / Maurice Leblanc
11: The Weed of Lethe / C. L. Antrobus
12: The Former Passengers / B. M. Croker
13: A First Night / Richard Marsh
14: The Whale and the Grasshopper / Seumas O'Brien
15: The Genius of Dakaru Island / Frank Reid
16: The Delusion of Mrs. Donohoe / Richard Dehan

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Another anthology of short stories in the Life + 70 years public domain, one by that prolific author "Anon". One or two vintage creepies...

1: Lighting Strikes Twice / Ethel Lina White
2: The Jigglesqueak / Paul Fitzgerald
3: The Skeleton of Paradise Island / Frank Reid
4: You'll Be Surprised / Ethel Lina White
5: The Secret of the Amulet / B. M. Croker
6: The Crime / Richard Marsh
7: A Priestess of Osiris / Edgar Wallace
8: The Bed by the Window / E. F. Benson
9: Over an Absinthe Bottle / William C Morrow
10: A Very Queer Inn / M. B. Archer
11: Our Mr. Smith / Oswald Crawfurd
12: Colonel Starbottle for the Plaintiff / Bret Harte
13: The Gylston Slander / Herbert Jenkins
14: The Demoiselle d'Ys / Robert W. Chambers
15: The Other Woman / Sherwood Anderson
16: A Spanish Ghost Story / Anon
17: An Insoluble Mystery / Alice O'Hanlon

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Various: Past Masters 135, v1, 24 Aug 2023

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Another 100,000 word anthology of short fiction gathered from newspapers, magazines and long out-of-print books, from a variety of authors from unknown to well-known.

1: Jan Verbeeck's Profession / Albert Payson Terhune
2: Mellicent / Richard Dehan
3: The Black Fox Skin / Hesketh Prichard
4: The Quest / P. C. Wren
5: One Born Every Minute / Peter Cheyney
6: The Pearls of Jacob Le Maire / Frank Reid
7: Snapdragon and Ghost / Ethel Lina White
8: Kali / Eric Taylor
9: The Mad Detective / John D. Swain
10: The Adventure of the Diamond Necklace / George. F. Forrest
11: The Spectre Lovers / Sheridan Le Fanu
12: One Year / "Waif Wander"
13: Japanese Sandman / Norbert Davis
14: The Yellow Angel / James Francis Dwyer
15: The Midnight Express / L. McQuaid
16: Kiss of the Flame Blossom / Donald Dale
17: Caterpillars / E. F. Benson
18: Where The Butterflies Come From / William Hay
19: The Woman in the Veil / E. F. Benson

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Various: Past Masters 136, v1, 5 Sep 2023

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The New Disney live action version of the Brothers Grimm Folk Tale Snow White is in the news, so this issue contains the original 1812 Brothers Grimm story, in a translation dating from 1884. Why not?

The other stories are all from newspapers, magazines and old out-of-print anthologies and collections, and are all in the Life + 70 years public domain.

1: Connie / Evelyn Van Buren
2: The Man With Nine Lives / Hugh C. Weir
3: Sycamore: A Ghost Story / Cy. Warman
4: Wraiths / Harriette G. Bingham
5: The Dancer's Mascot / Beatrice Heron-Maxwell
6: The Red Wig / E. S. Sorenson
7: The Langdon Mystery / Leroy Scott
8: A Woman's Vengeance / Edith Nesbit
9: False Pretences / Edwin Pugh
10: The "Gossip" / Gladys Waterer
11: Back Door Invasion / Frederick C. Painton
12: Little Snow-white (Sneewittchen) / The Brothers Grimm
13: Unexpected / Junius B. Smith
14: The Knotted String / Oliver Strange
15: My First Operation / Anonymous
16: How Love Came To Professor Guildea / Robert S. Hichens
17: The Retirement of Signor Lambert / Arthur Conan Doyle
18: The Three Hermits / Leo Tolstoy
19: The Tragedy of the Life Raft / Jacques Futrelle
20: The Lynn Horse-Car Murders / Robert Benchley

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Various: Past Masters 137, v1, 8 Sep 2023

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Another 100,000 word anthology of short fiction in the Life+70 yrs public domain, collected from magazines, newspapers and other sources.

2: The Unexpected / K. and J. Arnold
3: Giles Haggerston's Ward / Annie S. Swan
4: Blasphemers' Plateau / Alexander Snyder
5: The Feline Light and Power Company is Organised / Jacque Morgan
6: The Thing From the Grave / Harold Ward
7: Dibbs, R.N. / Gilbert Parker
8: Lynch Law / Anonymous
9: Two Reflections / Chris Sewell
10: The Laughing Death / Stephen G. Hale
11: Frame-Up / Gary Robson
12: Bootlegger’s Luck / B. M. Bower
13: Dixon's Romance / Ottwell Binns
14: Badger / Winifred Graham
15: La Haute Finance / Richard Marsh
16: A Spirit Elopement / Richard Dehan
17: The Hope of Hurley / Agnes and Elliot Balestier
18: The Sporting Chance / Harold Ward
19: White Lie / Lester Weil

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Various: Past Masters 138, v1, 18 Sep 2023

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Another Anthology of out-of-copyright stories in Life+70 jurisdictions, gathered from newspapers, magazines, and other sources. There are some well-known names among them.

1: The Partner / Joseph Conrad
2: Mr. Lobel's Apoplexy / Irvin S. Cobb
3: The Real Thing / Arthur Savage
4: The Thing in the Upper Room / Arthur Morrison
5: Hermann the Irascible / "Saki"
6: The Miracle of Zobéide / Pierre Mille
7: Catalyst Poison / Malcolm Jameson
8: Brought Down in Flames / F. Britten Austin
9: The Royal Visit / Ethel Lina White
10: Pugh's Poisoned Ring / Richard Marsh
11: The Prince Has The Mumps / Richard Connell
12: A Twin Identity / Edith Stewart Drewry
13: Go East, Young Man / Sinclair Lewis
14: The Ghost of Grave Gully / Anonymous
15: Dick Thornton's Mistake / Rolf Boldrewood
16: The Gold Brick Twins / Irvin S. Cobb
17: Don't Dream on Midsummer's Eve / Ethel Lina White

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Various: Past Masters 139, v1, 26 Sep 2023

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A mixed assortment: a dip into Arthurian legend by Quiller-Couch, a peep into the future (as seen during WW2) by Bedford-Jones, hard-boiled by Roger Torrey, Irish sentiment from Waif Wander, plus Edgar Wallace, Edna St Vincent Millay, our old friend Anonymous, et al. All in the Life + 70 yrs public domain.

1: At The Shrine of Sekhmet / Valentine Williams
2: In This Corner― Death / Emil C Tepperman
3: The Tiger Woman / William J. Makin
4: The Cross of Kilbawn / Waif Wander
5: The Murder in the "Fishing Cat" / Edna St Vincent Millay
6: The Disappearance of Lady Mary Bretley / Edgar Wallace
7: The Legend of Sir Dinar / A. T. Quiller-Couch
8: The Stuffed Cat / Anonymous
9: The Hunting of Chilton Sahib / Dolph Wyllarde
10: A Matter of Routine / H. Bedford-Jones
11: An Extra Man / Jackson Gee
12: The Treasure Hunt / Radcliffe Martin
13: Murder's Never Easy / Roger Torrey
14: "Pegged" / Roy W. Hinds
15: A Case Without a Clew / Joseph Gollomb
16: The Missing Passenger's Trunk / Arthur J. Rees

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Various: Past Masters 140, v1, 3 Oct 2023

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14 stories, some quite long, by both masters of the short story form, and unknowns. There is also the latest Cumulative Index of numbers 101 to 140, arranged in alphabetic order of author's names.

The stories have been gathered from newspapers, magazines, and long out of print collections and anthologies, and all are in the Life+70 yrs public domain.

1: A Weed of Lethe / C. L. Antrobus
2: A Straggler of '15 / Arthur Conan Doyle
3: The Wraith of Barnjum / F. Anstey
4: The Wind of Destiny / Ada Cambridge
5: The Gilded Pupil / Ethel Lina White
6: Missing: Page Thirteen / Anna Katharine Green
7: The Fox / Katharine Tynan
8: The Watch / Anonymous
9: Nerves / Fred M. White
10: On The Sweeny Wire / Charles R. Barnes
11: P.’s Correspondence / Nathaniel Hawthorne
12: Pursuit / Roy W. Hinds
13: The Unknown Quantity / Howard Fielding
14: The New Administration / Melville Davisson Post
Cumulative Index Issues 101-140

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Various: Past Masters 141, v1, 8 Oct 2023

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This anthology of short stories amounts to, as usual, some 100,000 words, with stories by the great, the lesser known, and the unknown. They are all in the Life+70 years public domain.

V2: Now has active links from contents to stories: forgot to finish the job in V1

1: The Italian's Story / Catherine Crowe
2: The Tapestried Chamber / Sir Walter Scott
3: Taste of the Salt / S. B. H. Hurst
4: The Vain Shadow / Duncan Campbell Scott
5: The Gully of Bluemansdyke / Arthur Conan Doyle
6: Where The Goddess Chance Holds Court / James Francis Dwyer
7: Wizard or Crook / Casper Carson
8: His Silent Partner / Albert Alwing
9: The Organ-Grinder's Money-Bag / James McGovan
10: Book of Detective Stories / Anonymous
11: The Night-Doings at "Deadman’s" / Ambrose Bierce
12: The House of the Black Evil / Eric Purves
13: The Tomb / Guy de Maupassant
14: A Flutter in Souls / Ethel Lina White
15: A Retrieved Reformation / O. Henry
16: The Blood Red Rose / Rosa Praed

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Various: Past Masters 142, v1, 15 Oct 2023

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Just over 100,000 words of short stories in the Life+70 years public domain, gathered from newspapers, magazines, and other dusty sources. Some famous names such as Ethel M Dell, queen of romance, Max Brand, king of the Western; American Irvin S Cobb, Australian Harold Mercer, British E F Benson... the usual eclectic mix of authors typical of this series of anthologies.

1: The Amber Formula / Norman Blois Shalders
2: A Water-Nymph / Maud Shields
3: The Disappearance of Crispina Umberleigh / "Saki"
4: The Murder at Jex Farm / Oswald Crawfurd
5: The Ghost at Laburnum Villa / Anonymous
6: A Christmas Ghost Story / Ida Deahl
7: Discharging Martha / Carroll Watson Rankin
8: The Allard Burglars / George Hibbard
9: The Eyes / Edith Wharton
10: The Magic Circle / Ethel M. Dell
11: The Curse of True Love / Harold Mercer
12: A Schoolmaster Abroad / E. W. Hornung
13: Jack's as Good as His Master / Sumner Locke
14: And the Dead Spake / E. F. Benson
15: The Ghost / Max Brand
16: "Seven, Seven, Seven— City" / Julius Chambers
17: The Mystery Of King's Bench Walk / Britiffe Constable Skottowe
18: Blue Mountain Blue / D. H. Souter
19: John J. Coincidence / Irvin S. Cobb

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Various: Past Masters 143, v1, 11 Nov 2023

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Just returned from a road trip across Australia and back, hence a recent pause in uploads. But here I am again.

19 stories amounting to some 100,000 words collected from magazines, newspapers and other sources, all in the Life+70 public domain. The last story is a novella of some 26,000 words.

1: The Idol's Eye / "Sapper"
2: The Desire of the Moth / Alice C. Tomholt
3: Miss Cameron's Art Sale / Charlotte Rosalys Jones
4: The Exit of Anse Dugmore / Irvin S. Cobb
5: The Third Partner / Edward S. Sorenson
6: The Forgers / Arthur B. Reeve
7: The Orange Trees / H. Bedford-Jones
8: La Haute Finance / Richard Marsh
9: The Film That Was Never Shown / "Sapper"
10: Mr. Truesdale Tells the Truth / Ellis Parker Butler
11: Pink Tulips / Ethel Lina White
12: A Memorable Night / Anna Katharine Green
13: The Suicide and the Saint / Ethel Lina White
14: To Whom This May Come / Edward Bellamy
15: Derelict / Gilbert Parker
16: The Papuan Paddle / H. de Vere Stacpoole
17: Hell in Hidden Valley / King Saxon
18: The Wedding Guest / Joseph A. Altsheler
19: The Planter at Castle Reef / Captain Frederick Moore

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Various: Past Masters 144, v1, 2 Deac 2023

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Eighteen short stories in the Life+70 yrs public domain, gathered from magazines, newspapers, and old anthologies.

1: Blackmail Moll / Ted Copp
2: Fragile Barriers / Atwater Culpepper
3: Streams of Water in the South / John Buchan
4: The Sphinx Without a Secret / Oscar Wilde
5: Scoured Silk / Marjorie Bowen
6: The Satyr / C. J. Dennis
7: The Scruples of Harold / Alice and Claude Askew
8: The Heir / John Everett
9: The Dust of Creeds Outworn / C. L. Antrobus
10: A Flutter in Wives / Bertram Atkey
11: The Philanthropist / Andrew Soutar
12: The Man Who Didn't See / Tom Gallon
13: The Spectre Hand / James Grant
14: A Gentleman Unknown / H. Bedford-Jones
15: Smoked Out / Frederick Ames Coates
16: The Black Pointer / Edith Stewart Drewry
17: Justifiable Homicide / Frederick C. Painton
18: Night Final / Frederick C. Painton

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Various: Past Masters 145, v1, 2 Dec 2023

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Another collection of short fiction by authors famous and unknown. 105,000 words, 16 stories, all in the Life+70 pulic domain.

1: Diana The Huntress / Ethel Lina White
2: The Burglary at Berkeley Square / Richard Marsh
3: Gas! / Richard Dehan
4: The Atonement of Chang Feng / Clarence Herbert New
5: The Great Beast of Kafue / Clotilde Graves
6: When Love Went Mad / Arthur Leo Zagat
7: "In Dutch" / Edmund Stover
8: The People Rest / Emile C. Tepperman
9: The Mysterious Camp in the Pyrenees / Clarence Herbert New
10: The Shadow With Bright Hair / C. L. Antrobus
11: The Gold Bar / H. de Vere Stacpoole
12: An Embarrassed Butterfly / Mercy Compton Marsh
13: The Elixir of Youth / Anonymous
14: At Plangeants Locks / Duncan Campbell Scott
15: How 7 Went Mad / Bram Stoker
16: Earth's Holocaust / Nathaniel Hawthorne

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Various: Past Masters 146, v1, 17 Dec 2023

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Another selection of short fiction, often lost and forgotten, culled from newspapers, magazines and out of print collections and anthologies. All in Life+70 public domain.

1: It Happened at Christmas / Anonymous
2: Lanfranc / Alexander Vindex Vennard
3: The Bend of the Road / Capel Boake
4: Long Distance / Frances Noyes Hart
5: The Last Boat In the Lock / Edith Stewart Drewry
6: On the Plains / Ernest Favenc
7: Problem of Footgear / Bertram Atkey
8: The End of the Search / Bertram Atkey
9: Poison / Katherine Mansfield
10: The Story of Richard Lavender / Roderic Quinn
11: The Creeping Shadow / Morris Price Williams
12: The Great Auk / Irvin S. Cobb
13: The Heiress of Glenmahowley / Arthur Conan Doyle
14: The China Bowl / E. F. Benson
15: In the Way of Business / Stacey Aumonier
16: The Ghost of Barmouth Manor / F. Frankfort Moore
17: Blanchard's Passenger / Morley Roberts
18: The Celestial Bulletin / Arthur H. Adams
19: Garibaldi Hogan, Detective / Ernest Francis O'Ferrall
20: The Golden Ingot / Fitz James O'Brien

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Various: Past Masters 147, v1, 17 Dec 2023

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Fewer but longer stories, amounting as usual to around 100,000 words. All stories are in the Life+70 public domain.

1: The Case of Dickson's Diamonds / Scott Campbell
2: The Real Adventure / W. M. Rouse
3: The Spider’s Eye / William Le Queux
4: Fan-Tan / Carlton Dawe
5: A Modern Pirate / Culpepper Zandtt (Clarence Herbert New)
6: The Red Room / H. G. Wells
7: The Griffin and the Minor Canon / Frank R. Stockton
8: Lion-Heart / Max Brand
9: One Night of Terror / Arthur Leo Zagat
10: Parasite Planet / Stanley G. Weinbaum
11: The Man Who Killed "X" / Edgar Wallace
12: There Are More Things... / F. A. M. Webster
13: The Affair of the San Mona Spring / E. Phillips Oppenheim
14: The Guardian Angel / Arthur Gask

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Various: Past Masters 148, v1, 28 Dec 2023

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The last issue of Past Masters for 2023. Several authors fall into the life+70 public domain on Jan 1, so there will be some new names. This issue, as usual around 100,000 words, includes one or two long stories. H P Blavatsky, best known as founder of Theosophy, was also a fantasy and weird writer, so i have included an example. Sumner Locke provides a sad Christmas tale.

1: "At $32 Per" / Albert Payson Terhune
2: The Devil and the Deep Sea / Richard Dehan
3: John Charrington's Wedding / Edith Nesbit
4: The House in the Mist / Anna Katharine Green
5: The Luminous Shield / H. P. Blavatsky
6: More Than a Story / Lynn D. Follett
7: The Trodden Path / Mabel Quiller-Couch
8: Exhibit Number Two / Frederick Trevor Hill
9: "Napoleon the Scoundrel" / Pierre Mille
10: By Wireless / Fred M. White
11: My Terminal Moraine / Frank R. Stockton
12: The Tree of Heaven / Robert W. Chambers
13: Home for Christmas / Sumner Locke
14: Branch Line to Benceston / Andrew Caldecott
15: The Confession of Charles Linkworth / E. F. Benson
16: Soft Blows the Breeze From Hell / Arthur Leo Zagat
17: The Inn of the Two Witches / Joseph Conrad

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Various: Past Masters 149, v1. 9 Jan 2024

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Nineteen stories and one short poem, all in the life + 70 public domain. The poem is by David Wright O'Brien, a short story writer who burst on the scene in the late 30s, and died over Berlin during WW2. It is, so far as I know, his only published verse.

1: The Hoof Slide / Ethel Lina White
2: The Ruby Rat / Albert Dorrington
3: The Mary Queen of Scots Jewel / William O. Fuller
4: A Regent of Love Rhymes / Guy Thorne
5: Le Roi est Mort / Ethel Lina White
6: Oh, Whistle, And I'll Come to You, My Lad / M. R. James
7: The Black Patch / F. A. M. Webster
8: Introduction to a Stranger / David Wright O'Brien
9: The Haunted House / John Greenleaf Whittier
10: The Stolen Goddess / Scott Campbell
11: I Should Know Better / Peter Cheyney
12: The Thing in the Hall / E. F. Benson
13: My New Years Eve Among the Mummies / Grant Allen
14: Speed / Sinclair Lewis
15: The Last Dose / E. Temple Thurston
16: Lifeboat / Jeffery Farnol
17: Taken By Surprise / F. Anstey
18: Our Strange Traveller / Percy James Brebner
19: Too Plausible / Joseph W. Barry
20: Room Number 3 / Anna Katharine Green

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Various: Past Masters 150, v1, 21 Jan 2024

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This, the 150th issue of the Past Masters series of anthologies, includes an author index for numbers 101-150. There are fewer stories than usual. due to some of them being quite long, and the Index itself is also rather large. My working size is around 100,000 words, rather than a number of stories. All the stories in this issue are in the Life+70 Public Domain.

1: Mr. Simmons' Profession / Edgar Wallace
2: The Helpless Ones / Frederick Booth
3: The Room in the Tower / E. F. Benson
4: A Close Corporation / Clarence Herbert New
5: Van Wagener's Flying Cat / W. L. Alden
6: The Triumph of the Egg / Sherwood Anderson
7: The Floating Forest / Herman Scheffauer
8: The Treasure of the Tombs / F. Britten Austin
9: The Lion's Eyelash / Albert Dorrington
10: Number 13 / M. R. James
11: The Tiger / Hugh Walpole
12: Down the Red Lane / Ethel Lina White
13: The Blue House Boat of Muskingum Island / James Francis Dwyer
14: Don't Give Your Right Name / Norbert Davis

Cumulative Author Index: Issues 101 to 150 inclusive

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Various: Past Masters 151, v1, 30 Jan 2024

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Twenty short stories in the Life +70 years public domain:

1: The Blind Beggar and the Little Red Peg / Gilbert Parker
2: Jack's as Good as His Master / Sumner Locke
3: A Convict's Story / Anonymous
4: Derelict / Anonymous
5: Caught in the Next / Lawrence William Pedrose
6: The Pearl that Came Home / H. de Vere Stacpoole
7: The Key of the Field / T. F. Powys
8: XYZ 666. A Comedy / E. Everett-Green
9: Convicted by Camera / Julian Hawthorne
10: Love with a Gun / Peter Cheyney
11: The Appeal / E. M. Delafield
12: The Dragon Smelter / Albert Dorrington
13: When Kean Funked / Erle Cox
14: The Family Tree / Irvin S. Cobb
15: Lilies of Life / Malcolm Jameson
16: Babylon Revisited / F. Scott Fitzgerald
17: The Green Mamba / Edgar Wallace
18: The Treasurer's Report / Robert Benchley
19: The Rubber Hunter / Zane Grey
20: Sea Curse / Robert E. Howard

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Various: Past Masters 152, v1, 10 Feb 2024

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Longer stories than usual: the de Quincey story in particular. 14 stories, nearly 100,000 words, all in the Life+70 public domain.
1: The Avenger / Thomas de Quincey
2: "Seaward!" / Malcolm Jameson
3: A Night at the 'Hotel des Morts' / Percy W. Thomas
4: Old Timbertoes / E. Everett-Green
5: Miss Donne's Great Gamble / Richard Marsh
6: The Only Girl at Overlook / Franklin E. Fyles
7: The Mystic Krewe / Maurice Thompson
8: He Swallows Gold / H. Bedford-Jones
9: The Hardest Fight / Sumner Locke
10: The Mug / Vernon Ralston
11: The Mystery Man From Prague / James Francis Dwyer
12: After all Else Failed / William Merriam Rouse
13: The Mirrored Hand / George Woodruff Johnston
14: Green Gardens / Frances Noyes Hart

Version 2 now uploaded with active table of contents, overlooked in V1
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Various: Past Masters 153, v1, 23 Feb 2024

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Twenty short stories on the Life+70 years public domain, from magazines, newspapers and other mostly out of print sources.

1: The Yarding of Hogan / Roderic Quinn
2: The Other Fellow’s Job / Frank L. Packard
3: A "Trunk Call" / Algernon Blackwood
4: Betty and the Copper King / Rosa Praed
5: 'Mate': A Bush Love Story / Roderic Quinn
6: Tiny / J. Winton Heming
7: Dolly Dots an Eye / J. Winton Heming
8: A Venetian Evening / Marjorie Bowen
9: The Shadows on the Wall / Mary E. Wilkins Freeman
10: Mrs. Raeburn's Waxwork / Lady Eleanor Smith
11: The Green Go / Capel Boake
12: A Moth of Peace / Katharine Fullerton Gerould
13: Blackout / Ethel Lina White
14: The Adventure of Tornado Smith / Algernon Blackwood
15: Bob Corrigan's Bluff / William Slavens McNutt
16: The Cocaine Smuggler / Ralph Durand
17: The House of Jewels / Bertram Atkey
18: The Heirs of Sometime Sam / Robert V. Carr
19: The Secrets of the Grave / Alfred George Gardiner
20: The Octopus of Garden Square / Bertram Atkey

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Various: Past Masters 154, v1, 4 March 2024

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Another selection of short stories in the Life + 70 years public domain, collected from newspapers, magazines and other sources; many in the Past Masters series of Anthologies were never reprinted nor collected, and reappear for the first time in many decades.

1: The Orange Trees / H. Bedford-Jones
2: The Were-Cougar / Raymond S. Spears
3: The Unexpected Lady / Bertram Atkey
4: The House of Silence / Scott Campbell
5: The Stigma / J. Winton Heming
6: The Haunted House / J. Winton Heming
7: The Harbor of Refuge / Vernon Ralston
8: The Revenge of the Dead / Vernon Ralston
9: Avalon Bay / H. de Vere Stacpoole
10: Cousin Percy's Double / Anonymous
11: A Real Square Guy / William Slavens McNutt
12: The Spider / Vernon Ralston
13: The Obscure Move / Wadsworth Camp
14: The 800 to 1 Shot / Gordon Stiles
15: The Dutch Ghost / T. Jenkins Hains
16: The Disillusioned / J. H. M. Abbott
17: The Mayor's Dovecote / Sir A. T. Quiller-Couch
18: The Story of the Nymph / Roderic Quinn
19: Devereux's Last Smoke / Izola Forrester
20: Gentlemen of the Jury / Mark Hellinger
21: Not so Dumb / Peter Cheyney
22: The Inn of the Two Witches / Joseph Conrad

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Various: Past Masters 155, v1, 11 March 2024

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One or two novelettes, and a mixture of genres in this anthology of short stories in the Life+70 public domain. Also some authors who haven't appeared in this series before: Percival Wilde, and William J Locke, not being in the L+70 PD until 2024. (Length: 102,000 words.)

1: The Vampire Maid / Hume Nisbet
2: Mrs. Maunde's Pearls / Rosa Praed
3: Nightstick Nemesis / Frederick C Painton
4: The Gold Ship / J. Allan Dunn
5: Intuition / Henry Leverage
6: The Adventure of the Miracle / William J. Locke
7: The Haunted Rajah / Bertram Atkey
8: The Indestructible Lady / Bertram Atkey
9: Dorothy's Dolls / Fred Jackson
10: The Case of the Mutilated Bibles / George Barton
11: The Story's End / H. Bedford-Jones
12: Fire of Retribution / Laurence Donovan
13: The Freckleton Fountain / Ernest Favenc
14: The Adventure of the Fallen Angels / Percival Wilde
15: Sir Gilbert Murrell's Picture / Victor L. Whitechurch
16: The Shining Pyramid / Arthur Machen

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Various: Past Masters 156, v1, 16 March 2024

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Just 13 stories in this issue, as the last two stories are long novelettes. All are in the Life+70 years public domain.

1: The Ghosts of Glenlussa / Cuthbert Bede
2: Piracies / Elinor Mordaunt
3: Special Delivery / Roy Hinds
4: Jenkins's Garden / Vernon Ralston
5: The Advertisement Baby / Ethel Lina White
6: The Sphinx Without a Secret / Oscar Wilde
7: Chains of the Living Dead / Arthur Leo Zagat
8: Haunted / Anonymous
9: "Pop." / Alice Hegan Rice
10: The Rat / Anonymous
11: The Cat's Story / Emile Zola
12: The Frontier Below / H. Bedford-Jones
13: The Vanishing Point / Francis Lynde

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Various: Past Masters 157, v1, 23 March 2024

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Twenty short stories in the public domain, several in the "weird" category, some crime in places as far apart as Florida and the Australian outback, humour and romance. All collected from newspapers, magazines, and out-of-print collection and anthologies, and all in the Life+70 yrs public domain.

1: The Pawnshop Orpheus / Harold Mercer
2: The Silver Hatchet / Arthur Conan Doyle
3: The Garden of Memories / C. A. Mercer
4: The Funerals of Malachi Mooney / Edward Dyson
5: The Luck Seller / Vernon Ralston
6: The Middle Bedroom / H. de Vere Stacpoole
7: The Love Affair of Bella Delmain, Actress: an Idyll / E. Phillips Oppenheim
8: The Devil's Spectacles / Wilkie Collins
9: Mountain Mercury / Temple Bailey
10: Judson Sees it Through / Albert Dorrington
11: Outwitting the Law / Katharine Tynan
12: Behind the Jungle / Eleanor Gates & Frederick Moore
13: The Tell-Tale Button / Alfred S. Burrage
14: Merrill's Savings / Algernon Gissing
15: The Mezzotint / M. R. James
16: The Christmas Princess / Edgar Wallace
17: Dr. Gabriel’s Experiment / Dr. Alexander Wildey
18: The American's Tale / Arthur Conan Doyle
19: Red Harvest / Laurence Donovan
20: The Case of Black Eckert / Edward S. Sorenson

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Various: Past Masters 158, v2, 1 Apr 2024

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Just 12 stories, but three are quite long, a range of authors from the totally unknown to some well-known pulp producers. All in the Life+70 public domain.

Now V2 replaces v1. The Weinbaum story was co-written, and in still in copyright. I have replaced it with a different Weinbaum story.

1: The Curse of Vasartas / Eva M. Henry
2: Held For Ransom / J. S. Fletcher
3: The Moorbank Mystery / Harold Mercer
4: Un Embarras de Richesse / D. H. Souter
5: The Astrologer / C. A. Jeffries
6: At the Sign of the Talkative Ghost / Percival Wilde
7: The Red Feather / Alice C. Tomholt
8: Lighting Strikes Twice / Ethel Lina White
9: The Point of View / Stanley G. Weinbaum
10: The Seed of the Toc-Toc Birds / Francis Flagg
11: No Escape from Destiny / Arthur Leo Zagat
12: The Demon of Tlaxpam / Otis Adelbert Kline

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Various: Past Masters 159, v1, 11 Apr 2024

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Another volume of short stories in the Life+70 years public domain, in a variety of genres: humour, strange, adventure, Foreign Legion, and more.

1: The Curse of the Earlams / Harold Mercer
2: The Face of the Earth / Algernon Blackwood
3: The Boy Messenger / Algernon Blackwood
4: The House That Was Lost / Tom Gallon
5: The Padre's Story / E. Tilden Dowling
6: In the Heart of Old Delhi / Clarence Herbert New
7: Cold Steel / Georges Surdez
8: The Strange Case of Alan Corwin / George L. Knapp
9: The Daffodil Dame / Bertram Atkey
10: The Punishment of Life / Ambrose Pratt
11: The Test of Fire / Henry Leverage
12: The Room of Mirrors / Arthur Quiller-Couch
13: The Puzzle Chart / Ernest Favenc
14: His Father's Mate / Henry Lawson
15: Freddie Funk's Madcap Mermaid / Leroy Yerxa
16: The Blond Beast / Edith Wharton

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Various: Past Masters 160, v1, 30 April 2024

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More short fiction from magazines and newspapers, including two rarely reprinted stories from well-known names, Conan Doyle and Hulbert Footner. The Footner story features Madame Storey, whose adventuresappeared in magazines and then gathered into book form as collections; this one was too long to go into a collection, at 30,000 words. The Conan Doyle is one of his numerous non-Holmes short stories, which were largely forgotten in the wake of the Sherlockian juggernaut. All are in the Life+70 public domain.
1: Run of the Cards / Percival Wilde
2: Diplomacy / Erle Cox
3: The Prophet in the Dock / Ernest O'Ferrall
4: How We Got Possession of the Tuilleries / Anonymous
5: Particeps Criminis / H. Bedford-Jones
6: Gabriel-Ernest / Saki (H. H. Munro)
7: The Marble Child / Edith Nesbit
8: The Formula / Ethel Lina White
9: Arctic Angels / A. DeHerries Smith
10: "Antonio" / Henry Leverage
11: The Logical Tale of the Four Camels / Achmed Abdullah
12: The Pot-Boiler / Grant Allen
13: Putting Crime Over / Hulbert Footner
14: Burney's Laugh / Stacy Aumonier
15: The Great Keinplatz Experiment / Arthur Conan Doyle

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Various: Past Masters 161, v1, 5 May 2024

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Most of the author's names will be familiar to readers of this series, but the stories are for the most part less well known. Humour, crime, adventure, weird... All are in the Life + 70 public domain.

1: The Bus-Conductor / E. F. Benson
2: An Emperor Unawares / Louis Joseph Vance
3: Glorified Golf / C. S. Montanye
4: The Beautiful Ostrich / Bertram Atkey
5: Death Watch / William Merriam Rouse
6: Reprieve / Erle Cox
7: Devil's Cargo / Stephen Hopkins Orcutt
8: The Man With the Mole / J. Allan Dunn (a novelette)
9: A Man's Weak Points / Raymond S. Spears
10: The Spy / Hamilton Marston
11: The Fifty-Fifty Basis / J. S. Fletcher
12: The Two Twilights / C. L. Antrobus
13: In Destiny's Clutch / Rafael Sabatini
14: The Bell / Arthur Stringer
15: Laura Silver Bell / Sheridan Le Fanu

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Various: Past Masters 162, v1, 13 May 2024

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A mix of little-known stories by well known authors, and little known stories by little known authors. Most have been culled from vintage newspapers and magazines online from such sources as Internet Archive, and TROVE, the Australian National Library on-line newspaper and magazine app. They are all in the Life+70 years public domain.

1: The Entry of Dragour / Bertram Atkey
2: Generous George / Earl Derr Biggers
3: Hour of Peril / Booth Tarkington
4: The Deaf Mute / H. de Vere Stacpoole
5: A Steal For Health / Roy W. Hinds
6: A Business Training / Edgar Wallace
7: The Magic Shop / H. G. Wells
8: At the Dip of the Road / Mrs Molesworth
9: "Beverley" / Capel Boake
10: The Ring / Capel Boake
11: The Camp on Cattle Creek / Edward S. Sorenson
12: Old Applejoy's Ghost / Frank R. Stockton
13: The Magic Egg / Frank R. Stockton
14: These Things Pass / E. M. Delafield
15: The Fountain of Light / A. A. Irvine
16: A Test of Humanity / J. J. Bell
17: Prince of Whale Catchers! / Len Lower
18: The Bechut Mystery / Edgar Jepson
19: The Small Spook's Story / Con Drew
20: Vengeance / Alex. V. Vennard
21: A Gamble in Hats / Con Drew
22: The Resurrection of Mr. Wiggett / W. W. Jacobs

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Various: Past Masters 163, v1, 26 May 2024

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Another crop of short stories in the Life+70 public domain. There is a rare Conan Doyle, a typical action story by Bedford-Jones, something weird by Francis Flagg, a vintage E Phillips Oppenheim possibly reappearing here after more than 100 years; and sundry tales short and long.

1: Gentleman Coggins: Alias Towers / Oswald Crawfurd
2: Hung on Wire / Ernest M. Poate
3: The Girl of Rio / Fred MacIsaac
4: The Sergius Stones / H. Bedford-Jones
5: The Distortion out of Space / Francis Flagg
6: The Philistine: A Story / E. M. Delafield
7: The Barman's Story / V. J. Daley
8: Three Dead Camels / William J. Makin
9: Her Hero at the Front / Francis Gribble
10: The Burglar / Walter Ragge
11: The Haunted Brig / Anonymous
12: The Fiend of the Cooperage / Arthur Conan Doyle
13: Cupid and Co. / Thomas L. Masson
14: The Last Room / E. Temple Thurston
15: The Sovereign in the Gutter / E. Phillips Oppenheim

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Various: Past Masters 164, v1, 13 June 2024

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A motley mixture, as can be seen from this issue's authors. All in the Life+70 public domain.

1: One on the Button / C. S. Montanye
2: The Revelation of the Dark Slide / Headon Hill
3: The Conjurer / Richard Middleton
4: The Colonel's Tale / Anonymous
5: The Sculptor's Funeral / Willa Cather
6: A Coachful of Ghosts / Eleanor C. Price
7: Cutting a Long Story Short / Harold Mercer
8: Winter Evening, or, Ghost Stories / Anonymous
9: The One Hundred Dollar Bill / Booth Tarkington
10: Among The Man Gods / Ross Cox
11: Snake Drums, Booming / Arthur Leo Zagat
12: The Black Stone / Robert E. Howard
13: The Witching of Elspie / Duncan Campbell Scott
14: Under The Depth Charge / Douglas Newton
15: The Panthon Cat / Harold Mercer
16: The Gewgaw / Richard Dehan
17: The Olive / Algernon Blackwood
18: Unconvivial Isle / Roy W. Hinds
19: "The Writer-Upward" / Albert Payson Terhune
20: The Squire of Dames / Perceval Gibbon

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Various: Past Masters 165, v1, 23 June 2024

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24 Short stories in the Life + 70 public domain, ranging from 1848 to 1944. Most of the authors' names are familiar: the old reliable Anonymous reappears, too.

1: A Delicate Affair / George A. Birmingham
2: The Wreckers of St. Agnes / Anonymous
3: In The Marmalade / Barry Pain
4: There is a Sorrow on the Sea / Gilbert Parker
5: The Lost Club / Arthur Machen
6: The Man who Died Twice / Andrew Soutar
7: The Assignment that Failed / Clarence L. Cullen
8: Buried Alive / E. W. Hornung
9: The Amazing Adventure of Marmaduke / Arthur Gask
10: The Soul of the Great Bell / Lafcadio Hearn
11: One Hundred in the Dark / Owen Johnson
12: The Toys of Fate / Tod Robbins
13: A Rogue and an Innocent / Vernon Ralston
14: The Cabinet Secret / J. S. Fletcher
15: Train For Flushing / Malcolm Jameson
16: The Superlous Phantom / Malcolm Jameson
17: The Little Joker / David Graham Phillips
18: The Amateur Pirates / James Oliver Curwood
19: The Jonah Woman / Vernon Ralston
20: Service / George Manning-Sanders
21: The Caulfield Cup Bluff / Edward Woodward
22: The Moment Of Victory / O. Henry
23: The Writings of Maconochie Hoe / Edgar Wallace
24: The Counselor at Crime / Roy W. Hinds

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Various: Past Masters 166, v1, 7 July 2024

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Some well-known names as well as some obscure: Anthony Hope (Prisoner of Zenda), Sinclaire Lewis (Main Street, Elmer Gantry) R Austin Freeman (Dr Thorndyke), Elizabeth Gaskell (Cranford), Ethel Lina White (The Lady Vanishes), all noted for their novels, plus several other writers, all in the Life + 70 years public domain.

Now V2: forgot to do live links in contents!

1: After a Million Years / J. M. Walsh
2: After The Verdict / Holman Day
3: The Ghost Captain / Fred MacIsaac
4: The Final Word / Mark Hellinger
5: A Lesson in the Art / Anthony Hope
6: The Last Act / Anthony Hope
7: The Run on the Bank—
How it was Stopped / Anthony Hope
8: Wings in the Night / Robert E. Howard
9: The Decree of Duke Deodonato / Anthony Hope
10: The Willowdale Mystery / R. Austin Freeman
11: The Brownie of the Black Haggs / James Hogg
12: The Well of Pen-Morfa / Elizabeth Gaskell
13: A Letter From the Queen / Sinclair Lewis
14: The Lady Of The Pillar-Box / Barry Pain
15: Capturing a Convict / Richard Marsh
16: The Pillow / Ethel Lina White
17: Rejuvenation / Arthur Gask
18: John Bartine's Watch / Ambrose Bierce

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Various: Past Masters 167, v1, 15 July 2024

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Some obscure stories by famous names, some authors new to Past Masters, and one famous (notorious?) short story which was the basis for the famous (notorious?) movie "Freaks" made by Tod Browning. The story is called "Spurs", story no 4.

1: The Time Lock / George Kibbe Turner
2: The Voice of Gunbar / E. W. Hornung
3: The Valley of the Worm / Robert E. Howard
4: Spurs / Tod Robbins
5: Spindleby's Dilemma / Anonymous
6: Men Are Such Fools / E. Phillips Oppenheim
7: Pug-Face's Daughter / Gilbert Frankau
8: Trophy for Two / Warwick Deeping
9: Always in my Heart / Oscar Graeve
10: Thimblerig / Henry Herbert Knibbs
11: Abraham is Seated / Elliott, William J.
12: Loaded Dice / Rafael Sabatini
13: Xélucha / M. P. Shiel
14: The Story of Richard Lavender / Roderic Quinn
15: Jim's Latest Experience / Ernest Favenc
16: The Ghost-Extinguisher / Gelett Burgess
17: Just like Little Dogs / Dylan Thomas
18: Mrs. Amworth / E. F. Benson
19: Soames v. Farshaw / Barry Pain
20: Caught at the Wicket / Horace Bleackley
21: A Ghost Train / W. L. Alden

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Various: Past Masters 168, v1, 22 July 2024

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Nineteen short stories in the Life+70 years public domain, across most genres.

1: The Fairy Pot / Ethel Lina White
2: On the Trail of a Platinum Mine / H. Bedford-Jones
3: The Man Who Missed The 'Bus / Stella Benson
4: The Banshee's Warning / Anonymous
5: The Creeping Shadow / R. Pardepp
6: Adriatic Interlude / Douglas Newton
7: The Six Know-Alls / Douglas Newton
8: Miss Cameron's Art Sale / Charlotte Rosalys Jones
9: A Present of His Past / Florence Ostern
10: Maid of Niu-Niu / Beatrice Grimshaw
11: The Keys of Bluebeard / Beatrice Grimshaw
12: A Story of the Sigatoka / J. S. Griffiths
13: The Rejuvenation of Bellamy Grist / Edgar Jepson
14: The Sculptor of Modena / Sylvanus Cobb, Jr.
15: The Night of Power / Richard Dehan
16: The Laughing Thing / G. G. Pendarves
17: The Mystery of Miss Carew / Mary E. Penn
18: The Lone Corvette / Gilbert Parker
19: An Instrument of the Gods / Lincoln Colcord

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Various: Past Masters 170, v1, 2 Aug 2024

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Short stories in the Life+70 public domain, collected primarily, from newspapers and magazines, and representing a wide variety of genres from humour and strange to prohibition gangsters. Also includes a cumulative author index of numbers 101 to 170.

1: The Gray Hair / C. J. Cutcliffe Hyne
2: Stranger Than Fiction / Lafcadio Hearn
3: A Will and a Way / W. W. Jacobs
4: The Intolerable / J. H. M. Abbott
5: The Deeming Murders in England / Anonymous
6: "Kill Him, Jimmie— or I Will" / W. Wirt
7: M'Phail's Roan Bull / Ernest Favenc
8: Wetherell's Romance / Alan Sullivan
9: Tao / Achmed Abdullah
10: The Trap / W. Douglas Newton
11: The Bligsby Diamonds / Granville Sedley
12: The Inmate of the Dungeon / W. C. Morrow
13: That Tall Girl Belle / Beatrice Grimshaw
14: The Reincarnated Cabman / Ernest O'Ferrall
15: The Byzantine Omelette / "Saki"
16: Through the Dragon Glass / Abraham Merritt
17: The Veiled Lady and the Shadow / George Barr McCutcheon
18: The Mystery of Joseph Laquedem / A. T. Quiller-Couch
Plus: Cumulative author Index Numbers 101-170

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Various: Past Masters 171, v1, 9 Aug 2024

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Nineteen stories from newspapers and magazines and out-of-print books, all in the Life+70 years public domain. Jacques Futrelle, best known for his "Thinking Machine" detective stories, had begun a new series of short stories of international intrigue, but finished only three before he died on the Titanic in 1912. I found one, but the other two elude me at present.

1: Away From it All / Beatrice Grimshaw
2: That Night / Val Jameson
3: The Seven Missionaries / "Sapper"
4: The Remarkable Rocket / Oscar Wilde
5: A Three-Volume Novel / Anthony Hope
6: Across The Moors / William Fryer Harvey
7: A Week End at Walker's / Thomas E. Spencer
8: The Sign-Painter and the Crystal Fishes / Marjorie Bowen
9: Reel Graft / Ellis Parker Butler
10: The Water Goats / Ellis Parker Butler
11: Mr. Billings's Pockets / Ellis Parker Butler
12: Our First Burglar / Ellis Parker Butler
13: Fear of the Light / Alice C. Tomholt
14: Blackout / Ethel Lina White
15: Mrs. Riddle's Daughter / Richard Marsh
16: The Leconbridge Diamonds / Percy James Brebner
17: The Quest of Douglas Wynne / Frederick R. Bechdolt
18: Two Gentlemen Incog. / Jacques Futrelle
19: The Rajah's Vacation / Harold MacGrath

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Various: Past Masters 172 (v1), 14 Aug 2024

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Eighteen short stories in the public domain, from magazines, newspapers and other sources:

1: A Friend of the Commune / Gilbert Parker
2: Cousin Geoffrey's Chamber / Mrs. Henry Clifford
3: Fire of Retribution / Laurence Donovan
4: The Garden of Delight / Cosmo Hamilton
5: The Rube and the Rubies / James Francis Dwyer
6: River Gold / A. Fox Parry
7: Madagascar Ghost / David Wright O'Brien
8: The Face on the Wall / E. V. Lucas
9: The Lottery Ticket / Anton Chekhov
10: A Warning to the Curious / M. R. James
11: Motive? / Anonymous
12: Adventures of Miss De Fontenoy / Algernon Blackwood
13: The Pear-Shaped Diamond / Edgar Wallace
14: A Carl Hertz in Disguise / Vernon Ralston
15: In The Library / W. W. Jacobs
16: Brothers / Sherwood Anderson
17: What Was It? / Fitz-James O'Brien
18: Seen in the Mirror / Anonymous
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Various: Past Masters 173; v2, 21 Aug 2024

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Twenty stories in the life+70 public domain; from sf to Victorian ghosts, adventure and humour.

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1: The Bowmen / Arthur Machen
2: The Ghost in the Bank of England / Anonymous
3: The Cosy Room / Arthur Machen
4: A Night Adventure / Warwick Deeping
5: Secret Intelligence / Violet Jacob
6: The Mystery of Pinkham's Diamond Stud / John Kendrick Bangs
7: Professor Dodo's Experiment / Ernest Favenc
8: The Three Grey Men of Mote Hall / Peter Cheyney
9: The Chinese Play at the Haymarket / Grant Allen
10: Death Lands a Cargo / Arthur Leo Zagat
11: A Martian Odyssey / Stanley G. Weinbaum
12: The Other Story. / G. B. Burgin
13: Smart Rascality / F. Martyn
14: The Red Specks / Fred Merrick White
15: The Greater Sin / Mark Hellinger
16: The Saint of Bon Désir / William Merriam Rouse
17: Desert Madness / P. C. Wren
18: The Great Return / Arthur Machen
19: A Whisker Story / Anonymous
20: Old Dick's Story / Tom Ilbery

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Various: Past Masters 174, v1, 27 Aug 2024

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Seventeen stories in the Life+70 years public domain, and while most of these authors are, or were, well-known, these individual stories often are not. As usual, collected from newspapers, magazines, and occasionally out-of-print books.

1: X.Y.Z. / Anna Katharine Green
2: Raft on the Sargasso / James Francis Dwyer
3: Red Sunset Land / Beatrice Grimshaw
4: Letters in the Sand / H. Bedford-Jones
5: Revenge / Algernon Blackwood
6: The Coup / W. Douglas Newton
7: Circumstantial Evidence / Edgar Wallace
8: The Strange Disappearance of Miss Edith Marless / Valentine Williams
9: Hollywood Methods / Anonymous
10: Coincidental Acquaintance / Mary Wingrove Bathon
11: The Ebony Frame / Edith Nesbit
12: Habit / Geoffrey Soutar
13: The Two Jacks / Hume Nisbet
14: A Southern Moon / Hume Nisbet
15: A Christmas Mystery / William J Locke
16: Ladies In Lavender / William J Locke
17: Boys Will Be Boys / Irvin S. Cobb

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Various: Past Masters 175, v1, 3 Sep 2024

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23 short stories in the Life+70 years public domain, from well-known and unknown authors, collected from newspapers, magazines and forgotten books. There's sentiment from Temple Bailey, "spicy" adventures from the 30s (about as daring as the pulps got), a lesser-known G K Chesterton detective, a ghost story or two, vintage SF from Stanley G Weinbaum, plus stories by Dylan Thomas, Robert E Howard and more.

As usual, my notional target is 100,000 words; this issue has 106,000

1: A Legend of Welly Legrave / Duncan Campbell Scott
2: Murder Magic / Edwin Truett Long
3: The Mother Stone / John Galsworthy
4: Dr. Haselton's Theory / Anonymous
5: Dr. Deadshot and His Little Consignment / Walter Thornbury
6: Count Magnus / M. R. James
7: The Heart's Desire / E. Everett-Green
8: Rogues' Reward / W. E. Figgis
9: The Dragon of Kao Tsu / Robert E. Howard
10: Six Gun Nurse / Laurence Donovan
11: A Samaritan of the Riverine / Randolph Bedford
12: The Voice of the Mountain / Stephen Crane.
13: A Flaw in the Organization / A. E. W. Mason
14: Getting Rid of Pongo / Harold Mercer
15: The Wolves of Cernogratz / "Saki" (H. H. Munro)
16: The Ship in the Desert / Harry Hale
17: The Judge and the Cur / Temple Bailey
18: Number 17 / Edith Nesbit
19: Extraordinary Little Cough / Dylan Thomas
20: The Circle of Zero / Stanley G. Weinbaum
21: The Affair of the Corridor Express / Victor L. Whitechurch
22: The Chronicle of the Yellow Girl / Fred Merrick White
23: The Hole In The Wall / G. K. Chesterton

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Various: Past Masters 176, v1, 9 Sep 2024

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Shorrt stories in the Life+70 yrs public domain, collected from newspapers, magazines, and other sources. This issue has an assortment of famous and not so famous authors, and several genres. It totals approximately 100,000 words.

1: The Green Death / H. C. McNeile
2: On the Island of Shadows / Ernest Favenc
3: The White Cat of Drumgunniol / Sheridan le Fanu
4: Peace Waits at Marokee / H. Bedford-Jones
5: Another of those Cub Reporter Stories / Irvin S. Cobb
6: À la Ninon de l'enclos / P. C. Wren
7: One for Anthony George / Charles Edwardes
8: A Ghost Story / Anonymous
9: Wyatt's Chinese Puzzle / Captain Frederick Moore
10: The Laying of a Red-Haired Ghost / Algernon Blackwood
11: The Heroes of Duckfoot / Edward Dyson
12: The Sad Case of Willie Borlow / Edward Dyson
13: The Duchess and the Jeweller / Virginia Woolf
14: Long Odds / H. Rider Haggard
15: The Minister's Black Veil / Nathaniel Hawthorne
16: Brown's Heterogeneous Hatchery / Ellis Proctor Holmes
17: Field With Five Trees / Hugh Walpole
18: The Legend / Edith Wharton
19: Chariots of San Fernando / Malcolm Jameson
20: The Thing at Nolan / Ambrose Bierce

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Various: Past Masters 177, v3, 19 Sep 2024

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Short stories in the Life+70 years public domain, from newspapers, magazines, and old collections and anthologies, often out of print. Some creepy, some comic; authors famous and not so famous. (What started as a one-off anthology called simply Past Masters, has certainly gone on infinitely longer than I planned.) About 100,000 words, as usual.

This is Version 3 of this book, due to errors brought about by a Series of Unfortunate Events...

The Word file was corrected, and then the e-books recreated from it.

1: The Story Mr Popkiss Told / Algernon Blackwood
2: The Case of Sergeant Arragon / J. H. M. Abbott
3: The Crime in the Yellow Taxi / Percy James Brebner
4: The Thriller / Anonymous
5: The Farmhouse on the Hill / Algernon Blackwood
6: The Purple Bus / Ethel Lina White
7: The True Steel / William Merriam Rouse
8: For the Child / Hume Nisbet
9: Pinch and the Poorhouse / Katharine Tynan
10: The Bishop of Hell / Marjorie Bowen
11: A Cricket Match at Hogan's / E. S. Sorenson
12: The Devil's Smithy / Beatrice Grimshaw
13: Strange Mission / Percy James Brebner
14: The Enchanted Buffalo / L. Frank Baum
15: Where My Hat Hangs / Hayden Carruth
16: Tom Tracy's Trap / F. Frankfort Moore
17: Fourteen Fathom by Quetta Rock / Randolph Bedford
18: The Disappearing Trick / D. H. Souter
19: The Miser's Coffin / Sandy Sharp
20: The Emerald Ring / Andrew Soutar
21: The Tidal River / "Sapper"
22: The Sand-Walker / Fergus Hume
23: Through the Ivory Gate / Mary Raymond Shipman Andrews
24: A Pardonable Deception / Lady Gilbert
25: The Mark of the Beast / Rudyard Kipling

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Various: Past Masters 178, v1, 29 Sep 2024

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Some very well-known names in this issue, which runs to 99,000 words, and 22 short stories. The stories are all in the Life+70 public domain, and are collected from newspapers, magazines, and out of print books.

1: The Old Portrait / Hume Nisbet
2: The Fable of Ambrose / Mark Hellinger
3: "Rikki-Tikki-Tavi" / Rudyard Kipling
4: Bridgeen and the Leprechaun / Herminie Templeton Kavanagh
5: The Case of the Scientific Murderer / Jacques Futrelle
6: In Hell's Cañon / H. D. Umbstaetter
7: Neap-Tide Madness / E. Phillips Oppenheim
8: Police Protection / Anonymous
9: The Rathskeller and the Rose / O. Henry
10: John Granger / M. E. Braddon
11: The Doctor's Invention / Val Jameson
12: Matthewson's Invisible Pig / Ernest Favenc
13: A House in the Country / Richard Connell
14: Alexander and the Lady / Edgar Wallace
15: The Yokel and the Grand Duke / Georges Surdez
16: A Neighbour's Landmark / M. R. James
17: A Wagner Matinee / Willa Cather
18: Real People / Wadsworth Camp
19: When the Cuckoo Called / H. D. Umbstaetter
20: There Was a Lady / Frances Noyes Hart
21: On Board the Martian Liner / Miles J. Breuer, M.D.
22: Neat Strip / Damon Runyon

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Various: Past Masters 179, v1, 3 Oct 2024

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There is one long short story in this issue, "Typhoon", by Joseph Conrad; and two very short stories with the same name, both by Mark Hellinger. Hellinger became a Broadway producer and later a movie producer, but beforre then he was a columnist on a New York daily; he chose to write his daily columns in the form of short-short stories, usually with a twist in the tail, and he wrote so many (several thousand) that I suppose it's no surprise that two finished up with the same title. A few years ago I collected 200 of the stories into 2 volumes, "Mark Hellinger's Broadway: 1930s" and "Mark Hellinger's Broadway: 1940s", (100 stories each) which are in the MobileRead library.

There is a story by G K Chesterton's "other detective" Horne Fisher; and one or two "strange" tales.

1: The Man Who Went Too Far / E. F. Benson
2: Typhoon / Joseph Conrad
3: The Everlasting Club / Stacy Aumonier
4: The Fad of the Fisherman / G.K. Chesterton
5: The Empty Theatre / J. D. Beresford
6: The Former Passengers / B. M. Croker
7: "Freddy & Cie" / Richard Dehan
8: Footfalls in the Desert / Roderic Quinn
9: The Biter Bit / Peter Cheyney
10: The Gallowsmith / Irvin S. Cobb
11: The Greater Sin (1937) / Mark Hellinger
12: The Greater Sin (1941) / Mark Hellinger
13: The Painter’s Bargain / William Makepeace Thackeray
14: The Fortune-Teller's Sign / Valentine Fredericks
15: Lord Arthur Savile's Crime / Oscar Wilde
16: The House of the Nightmare / Edward Lucas White

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Various: Past Masters 180; v1, 8 Oct 2024

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Some famous names in this issue of Past Masters, a magazine of fiction out of copyright in Life+70 years jurisdictions. Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley, Henry James, H Rider Haggard, John Buchan, H Bedford-Jones, O. Henry; and of course some less known and unknown authors, including the ever-reliable Anonymous. Approximately 100,000 words as usual.

1: The Velvet Glove / Henry James
2: The Unfinished Game / Barry Pain
3: The Rubaiyat of a Scotch Highball / O. Henry
4: The Scarecrow / Anonymous
5: Come Back to Aaron / C. S. Montanye
6: A Wolf in Wolf's Clothing / H. Bedford-Jones
7: The Desert Islander / Stella Benson
8: The Strangers' Hut / Gilbert Parker
9: The Passionate Snake / Ella Higginson
10: A Christmas Mystery / William John Locke
11: Wafou's New Ju-Ju / Anonymous
12: The Ghost of a Lonely Dog / Fred Jacob
13: The Grey Bat / Fred Merrick White
14: The Far Islands / John Buchan
15: The McWilliamses and the Burglar Alarm / Mark Twain
16: Smith and the Pharaohs / H. Rider Haggard
17: The Invisible Girl / Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley
18: The Owner of the "Patriarch" / Morley Roberts

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Various: Past Masters 181, v1, 15 Oct 2024

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An anthology of short stories which are out of copyright in Life+70 years jurisdictions. The oldest, "The Spectre Bride", was first published over 200 years ago; the most recent 100 years ago. Logically, the most recent possible in 71 years ago...

1: Caulfield's Crime / A. Perrin
2: The Gold Wolf / W.A. Fraser
3: The Spectre Bride / William Harrison Ainsworth
4: The Kidnapped "General" / Stacy Aumonier
5: Angels Unawares / Rolf Boldrewood
6: The Prisoner of Assiout / Grant Allen
7: On the Plains / Ernest Favenc
8: St. George and the Dragon / Robert Grant
9: The MacSnorrt / P. C. Wren
10: The Golden Grasshopper / William Le Queux
11: A Terribly Strange Bed / Wilkie Collins
12: The Rival Ghosts / Brander Matthews
13: The Case of the "Flitterbat Lancers" / Arthur Morrison
14: The Ferret and the Bet / J. Allan Dunn
15: The Phantom Luncheon / "Saki"
16: The Body in the Garage / Mark Hellinger
17: Le Diable / Huan Mee
18: My Christmas Burglary / A. T. Quiller-Couch
19: Masterpiece / Irvin S. Cobb

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Various: Past Masters 182, v1, 21 Oct 2024

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Short stories in the Life+70 years public domain, from a range of authors known and unknown, collected from newspapers, magazines, and out-of-print collections and anthologies.

1: The Silent Bullet / Arthur B. Reeve
2: The Pudding Test / Val Jameson
3: The Red Egg / Anatole France
4: The Castaways / E. and H. Heron
5: The Brunswick Diamond / W. A. Fraser
6: The Mysterious Mr. Holmes / H. B. Irving
7: Incandescent Cats / W. L. Alden
8: The Silver Ingots / Clifford Ashdown
9: Converted / Robert Barr
10: The Vanished Millionaire / B. Fletcher Robinson
11: The Sword of Wood / G.K. Chesterton
12: The Masque of the Red Death / Edgar Allan Poe
13: The Revenge / Anonymous
14: The Skeleton Tree / Flora Annie Steel
15: The Crinkleton Mystery / Percy Fitzgerald
16: A Dead Finger / Sabine Baring-Gould
17: The Right Thing / A. E. W. Mason
18: The Flaw / Beatrice Redpath
19: A Motor Cab Mystery / Anonymous
20: The Face in the Wall / Val Jameson
21: The Door in the Wall / H. G. Wells
22: Pichon & Sons, of the Croix Rousse / Joseph Sheridan le Fanu
23: The Mystery of the Jade Spear / B. Fletcher Robinson

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Various: Past Masters 183, v1, 27 Oct 2024

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25 short stories in the Life + 70 years public domain, collected from newspapers, magazines and other sources.

1: The Shadow and the Flash / Jack London
2: The Monk's Prophecy / Anonymous
3: Over The Edge of the World / Flora Annie Steel
4: The Crows / Dowell O'Reilly
5: Five Shillings' Worth of Eternity / David Mckee Wright
6: The Corner House / Percy Brebner
7: The Fenchurch Street Mystery / Baroness Orczy
8: The Test / E. Nesbit
9: A Question of Respect / Ambrose Pratt
10: Death Kiss / Anonymous
11: State Papers / Douglas Newton
12: Her Thrilling Experience / Rosa Praed
13: Concession / Annie S. Swan
14: The Colleen / Annie S. Swan
15: The Pursuer / James Francis Dwyer
16: A Distillery Ghost / Julie Closson Kenly
17: Doc Mellhorn and the Pearly Gates / Stephen Vincent Benét
18: Barber Shop Adventure / O. Henry
19: Foolproof! / Anonymous
20: The Gold Brick / Brand Whitlock
21: The Black King's Curse / Marcus Clarke
22: The Ghostly Door / Henry Lawson
23: The Mummy of Thompson-Pratt / C. J. Cutcliffe Hyne
24: The Horror-Horn / E. F. Benson
25: The Bodymaster / Harold Ward

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Various: Past Masters 185, v1, 7 Nov 2024

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An interesting asortment of short stories in the Life+70 years public domain, including a very early wer-wolf story from 1838. Several famous authors, plus two stories from a virtually unknown New Zealand author, E. Mary Gurney, who was a well-known figure in the NZ equestrian world. She had the extreme bad luck to be kicked by a horse, and didn't survive.

1: The Forged Letter / Harvey J. O'Higgins
2: The Blue Tulip / Warwick Deeping
3: Crazy Rhythm / Max Brand
4: The Tiger's Luck-Bone / Alice Perrin
5: The Isle of Pines / Ambrose Bierce
6: The Lost Novel / Sherwood Anderson
7: The Smile / John Galsworthy
8: The Schartz-Metterklume Method / Saki
9: The Novelist / Gilbert Dayle
10: The Interpreter / Frank Harris
11: A Bewitched Ship / W. Clark Russell
12: Experience / Albert Richard Wetjen
13: A Comedy of Dullness / J. J. Bell
14: "J. & J. Merriman" / J. J. Bell
15: Pride and Poverty / Val Jameson
16: Safety First / E. Mary Gurney
17: The Golden Hound / E. Mary Gurney
18: Dr. Heidegger's Experiment / Nathaniel Hawthorne
19: By Courier / O. Henry
20: He Had an Alibi / Anonymous
21: Symptoms / L. C. Douthwaite
22: The Strange Ride of Morrowbie Jukes / Rudyard Kipling
23: Man Not Overboard / Ring Lardner
24: The Man who Held the Wires / Randolph Bedford
25: The Little Green Man / Edgar Wallace
26: Hugues, The Wer-Wolf / Sutherland Menzies

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Various: Past Masters 186, v1, 18 Nov 2024

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More short stories in the Life+70 years public domain, most fairly well-known names.

1: Delilah's Daughter / Douglas Newton
2: The Château of Phantasies / E. Phillips Oppenheim
3: The Man with the Oblong Box / Marcus Clarke
4: The Supernatural Agent / Silas Snell
5: A Property Deal / Dy Edwardson
6: The Spectre Bridegroom / Washington Irving
7: The Deadly Tiger-Snake / Arthur Gask
8: Arpeggio / Stacy Aumonier
9: On the Very Threshold / H. Bedford Jones
10: Cavesson's Success / Guy Boothby
11: A Goldfields Christmas Eve / Valerie Jameson
12: A Story of John Long / Anonymous
13: Cuckoo Valley Railway / Arthur Quiller-Couch
14: Neat Strip / Damon Runyon
15: The Secret of the Dead Mate / W. Clarke Russell
16: The Madness of Charles Tranter / "Sapper"
17: Buller Intervening / Logan Pearsall Smith
18: Circumstantial Evidence / Valentine Williams
19: The Wonderful Tune / Jessie Douglas Kerruish
20: The Middle Toe of the Right Foot / Ambrose Bierce
21: Retiring Inspector / W Pett Ridge
22: The Elf-Trap / Francis Stevens
23: The Undying Thing / Barry Pain

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18 short stories in a variety of genres by authors mostly well-known, all in the Life+70 years public domain.

1: The Notorious Miss Anstruther / E. W. Hornung
2: The Last Poet and the Robots / Abraham Merritt
3: A Victim of Higher Space / Algernon Blackwood
4: The Ball of Fire / S. B. H. Hurst
5: Moonshine / P. C. Wren
6: Light / Achmed Abdullah
7: A Tragedy of Ears / Ernest Favenc
8: Elizabeth / Warwick Deeping
9: The House of the Earthquake / Albert Dorrington
10: The Brazilian Cat / Arthur Conan Doyle
11: The Philosopher's Joke / Jerome K. Jerome
12: The Second Dog / "Sapper"
13: Ultor De Lacy / Sheridan Le Fanu
14: Some Words With a Mummy / Edgar Allan Poe
15: The Green Ruby / George Barr McCutcheon
16: The Stolen Necklace / Victor L. Whitechurch
17: The Haunted Valley / Ambrose Bierce
18: The Pot of Tulips / Fitz-James O'Brien

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Various: Past Masters 188, v1, 22 Nov 2024

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More short stories in the life + 70 years public domain. "The Iron Shroud" is a famously horrific story; while on a lighter note the anthology ends with some Peter Cheyney shorts including a Slim Callaghan tale.

: Green Branches / Fiona Macleod
2: The Mystery of the Semi-Detached / Edith Nesbit
3: Tomorrow / Eugene O'Neill
4: The Last of Squire Ennismore / Charlotte Riddell
5: A Sunday at Deadwood / Edward Dyson
6: The Missing Spoon / Alice Perrin
7: The Leopard Man's Story / Jack London
8: The Sixth Bench / Robert Barr
9: Submarine / Stella Benson
10: Hereditary / "Waif Wander"
11: The Devil of the Marsh / H. B. Marriott Watson
12: Harcourt's Literature / Carolyn Wells
13: The Queer Story of Brownlow's Newspaper / H. G. Wells
14: Piebald Jim / Thomas E. Spencer
15: The Packet / Stacy Aumonier
16: Auxons / Julia Truitt Bishop
17: The Iron Shroud / William Mudford
18: The Messenger / Robert W. Chambers
19: The Woman in the Story / M. Forrest
20: The Baby Ghost / Charles Curtz Hahn
21: The Telephone Talks / Peter Cheyney
22: The Rope / Peter Cheyney
23: Fast Work / Peter Cheyney

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A mix of famous names and obscure, short stories in the Life+70 public domain.

1: Artistic Expression / Harold Mercer
2: The Safety Match / Helen Simpson
3: The Hero of Sebastopol / J. H. M. Abbott
4: Mrs. "Corporal" Smith / Anonymous
5: In Portofino / Alan Sullivan
6: A Chapter From The Life Of An Ant / Irvin S. Cobb
7: The Tentacles of Evil / Beatrice Redpath
8: When the Desert Decides / Anonymous
9: The Cheat / Arthur W. Marchmont
10: The Schoolboy's Story / Charles Dickens
11: The Philanthropist / Aidan de Gernon
12: The Model Millionaire / Oscar Wilde
13: A Deal in Ostriches / H. G. Wells
14: The Story the Doctor Told / Blanche Fullington
15: A Raid on Montmartre / Larosa Martel
16: The Voice of the Torrent / H. de Vere Stacpoole
17: The Daughter of Lilith / Anatole France
18: The Odic Touch / Hume Nisbet
19: The Man in the Green Hat / Melville Davisson Post
20: Warm and Dry / Edgar Wallace
21: The Boarding House / James Joyce
22: The Camel's Back / F Scott Fitzgerald

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The 19th in a series of anthologies of stray short stories mostly gathered from newspapers, magazines and the like. Includes a cumulative index of all Past Masters anthologies to no 19. Story 2 is a complete "dime novel" of some 20,000 words.

1: Destiny / Owen Oliver
2: Cad Metti, The Female Detective Strategist / Harlan Halsey
3: The Silver Fox / George R. Sims
4: In the Wireless Room / Arthur Stringer
5: "Contact!"/ Frances Noyes Hart
6: Slow Poison / Alice Duer Miller
7: Mary, Queen of Scots / Guy Gilpatric
8: Five Hundred Carats / George Griffith
9: Called To The Rescue / Henry Spicer
10: Rose Rose / Barry Pain
11: The Man Who Missed The 'Bus / Stella Benson
12: Doctor Mazeppa / George R. Sims
13: Under the Mistletoe Bough / George R. Sims
14: Gabriel's Trumpet / Guy Gilpatric
Cumulative Index to No 19

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Various: Past Masters 190; v1, 13 Dec 2024

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This issue includes lesser known stories from well-known authors, and also some unknown stories by otherwise unknown authors. The mixture as usual in fact. All are in the Life + 70 years public domain.

1: January Girl / Beatrice Grimshaw
2: John Leslie's Burglar / Dy Edwardson
3: John Huxford's Hiatus / Arthur Conan Doyle
4: Moxon's Master / Ambrose Bierce
5: Smile / D. H. Lawrence
6: An Account of Some Strange Disturbances in Aungier Street / Sheridan Le Fanu
7: The Cruise of the "Idlewild" / Theodore Dreiser
8: The Lost Inheritance / H. G. Wells
9: The Little Fiddler / Dy Edwardson
10: The Trailer For Room No. 8. / Richard Harding Davis
11: Mr. Braddy's Bottle / Richard Connell
12: Who Wants a Green Bottle? / Tod Robbins
13: The Story of Malachi / Henry Lawson
14: A Compound Felony / Ambrose Pratt
15: My First Murder / George Hurdis Purves
16: The Hard-Boiled Egg / Ellis Parker Butler
17: Tasmanian Jim's Specialities / A. E. W. Mason
18: The House of Evil / William Le Queux
19: A Ghost Story / Anonymous
20: The Reporter and the Old Lady / Mark Hellinger
21: The Beetle-Hunter / Arthur Conan Doyle

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I had no idea that Daniel DeFoe wrote any short fiction; but he did and here's a bit of it. Mostly better known names, but J M Walsh is now little known; he was an Australian writer of adventure stories who soon went of to London for the bigger and better opportunities on offer, and became a prolific adventure novelist under such pen-names as Stephen Maddock, and Haverstock Hill, and his own name; over 60 novels! Of course names like Peter Cheyney, Sinclair Lewis etc need no introduction. All stories in the Life + 70 years public domain.

1: The Black Cat / Warwick Deeping
2: The Diamond Scarab / Peter Cheyney
3: Beyond the Last League / Beatrice Grimshaw
4: Caged / Ethel Lina White
5: Grey Brothers / Andrew Caldecott
6: The God Shoo Shan / Dy Edwardson
7: The Bath-Chair / E. F. Benson
8: The Overcrowded Iceberg / Morley Roberts
9: The Double Cross / Mark Hellinger
10: A True Relation of the Apparition of Mrs Veal / Daniel Defoe
11: Rain to Order / Ernest George Henham
12: The House of Terror / A. E. W. Mason
13: The Mark of Honor / Arthur Gask
14: Young Man Axelbrod / Sinclair Lewis
15: The Song of Mehitabel / Don Marquis
16: Maytime in Marlow / Booth Tarkington
17: The Queen's Twin / Sarah Orne Jewett
18: Major Wilbraham / Hugh Walpole
19: Barratry / J. M. Walsh
20: The Woman of Stone / Robert Barr

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By pure coincidence, this issue contains two quite different stories with exactly the same title. Several long stories, someshort; all in the Life+70 years public domain.

1: Ben Serraq / Edmund S. Dixon
2: The Vengeance That Miscarried / Edward Dyson
3: The Radio Ghost / Otis Adelbert Kline
4: Lady Mason's Rubies / Anonymous
5: The Queen's Hand / William Le Queux
6: Santa Claus' Nephew / Owen Oliver
7: The Secret of Ledger D. / Randolph Bedford
8: Extra Turn / Herbert Allingham
9: Grandfather's Courtship / Henry Lawson
10: The Silent Woman / Leopold Kompert
11: Planchette / Harold Mercer
12: The Biography of a Superman / Richard Middleton
13: The Christmas Banquet / Nathaniel Hawthorne
14: Mrs. Macgruder / Grosvenor Bunster
15: The Man Who Loved Islands / D. H. Lawrence
16: Planchette / Jack London
17: The House of the Black Evil / Eric Purves
18: The Three Trees / Warwick Deeping

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The first 12 stories are by authors out of copyright in Life+70 jurisdictions from 1 January 2025. They include celebrated Australian author Miles Franklin, British born American western novelist William Mcleod Raine, who also wrote in other genres, and James Hilton of "Lost Horizon" and "Mr Chips" fame.

1: One Night, Long Ago / James Hilton
2: The Voice from the Inner World / A. Hyatt Verrill
3: Illusion / Max Afford
4: Blood on his Hands / Max Afford
5: Pansy's Party / Miles Franklin
6: The Blood-Red One / Maxwell Struthers Burt
7: The Meeker Ritual / Joseph Hergesheimer
8: Round Trip / Jack McLaren
9: "Wish!" / Cicely Fox Smith
10: The Perfect Plan / James Hilton
11: Jilted / Miles Franklin
12: Madge Intervenes / William McLeod Raine
13: The Murder of Blanche Medloe / Valentine Williams
14: A Frilled Lizard / William Sylvester Walker
15: Pearls On His Mind / Jack McLaren
16: The Hiltons' Holiday / Sarah Orne Jewett
17: The Guilty Man / Temple Bailey
18: The Green Vase / Frank Reid
19: The Knock at the Door / Edward Dyson
20: The Man Who Cheated Time / Sinclair Lewis
21: The Law-Breakers / Robert Grant
22: A House of Flames / Ernest O'Ferrall
23: The Lost Room / Fitz-James O'Brien
24: His Ghostly Counsellor / Edward Dyson

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Some rather longer than usual short stories, including a caper crime story by George Alan England where he gets hand gun silencers all wrong, and a famous tale by Edgar Allan Poe. All in the Life+70 years public domain, and as susual around 100,000 words in size.

1: A Mysterious Portrait / Mark Rutherford
2: The Residence at Whitminster/ M. R. James
3: Poison can be Puzzling / Max Afford
4: The Devil Stone / Beatrice Heron-Maxwell
5: The Happy Couple / Max Afford
6: Buttercup-Night / John Galsworthy
7: The Isle of Skulls / Gertrude Atherton
8: The Story of a Wrong / Ambrose Pratt
9: The Vault Murder / George Allan England
10: Snow Hunters / Raymond S Spears
11: The Silent Guest / Anonymous
12: The Fall of the House of Usher / Edgar Allan Poe
13: The Rescue / Elinor Mordaunt
14: The Wild Star / Henry Leverage
15: The Iron Man and the Tin Woman / Stephen Leacock
16: Under the Shwe-Dagon / Beatrice Grimshaw

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Some longer stories (the first two, specially) and some very short such as W L Alden's "Red Hair", making up close to 100,000 words, my usual target. All stories are in the Life+70 years public domain.

1: The Gray God / J Allan Dunn
2: The Back Trail / H. Bedford Jones
3: Reformation of Miverson's Parrot / Ernest Favenc
4: The Stolen Body / H. G. Wells
5: For Ways That are Dark / George T. Fry
6: His Smile / Susan Glaspell
7: The Nest of Sticks / Frederick Irving Anderson
8: The Death Post / P. C. Wren
9: Enchanted Shoes / Val Jameson
10: "Rearguard" / Anonymous
11: The Adventure of the Dorrington Ruby Seal / John Kendrick Bangs
12: Thurlow's Christmas Story / John Kendrick Bangs
13: The City of Dreadful Night / O. Henry
14: Obsession / Harold Mercer
15: H.M.S. Calamity / J. H. M. Abbott
16: The Big Feller / William Merriam Rouse
17: The Passing Partner / Elliott Flower
18: Red Hair / W. L. Alden
19: The Ray Of Displacement / Harriet Prescott Spofford

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Fewer but longer stories in this issue; humour, hard-boiled, romance, sf, and just a bit strange can be found. All in the Life+70 years public domain.

1: Murder City / Cleve F. Adams
2: Too Much Water / Don Marquis
3: Killer's Price / Mort Lansing
4: Abandoned / Gordon MacCreagh
5: Through the Crater's Rim / A. Hyatt Verrill
6: The Eagle / Harold Mercer
7: Home Influence / Alice Duer Miller
8: Doctor Quogs / Anonymous
9: The Ceaseless Loom / Alice C. Tomholt
10: The Mushroom Gatherers / Harold Bindloss
11: The Lane That Ran East and West / Algernon Blackwood
12: A Surrender / Robert Grant
13: Visitors from Venus / Anthony M Rud
14: Last Flight / Max Brand
15: Ann White / A. Perrin
16: The Brothers of Mount Rest / Ernest O'Ferrall
17: A Pagan of the South / Gilbert Parker

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Various: Past Masters 197, v2, 17 Jan 2025

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More short stories in the Life+70 years public domain from newspapers, magazines and other sources. You will find famous names and unknown names; a particularly Hitchcockian tale by Erle Cox, adventure from Bedford-Jones, humour, and romance.

1: Tol'able David / Joseph Hergesheimer
2: The Man With The Red Tie / Warwick Deeping
3: Sally / Ruby Doyle
4: The Two Vows of Lady Anne / Erle Cox
5: Vindicated / Dorothy F. Perry
6: Dead Man's Diamonds / Edwin Lester Arnold
7: Tuan Franks' Holiday / H. Bedford-Jones
8: The Question / Brand Whitlock
9: Man of Importance / Mark Hellinger
10: The Wooden Buddha / Capel Boake
11: Poisoned Pen / Leonard D. Hollister
12: The Way to Freedom / H. Bedford-Jones
13: Movie Blackmail / Charles Kingston
14: archy interviews a pharaoh / Don Marquis
15: Pourquoipas / Richard Marsh
16: Tchotl / Stella Benson
17: McSwash's Bitter Experience / Ward Edson
18: His Honour / Roy Bridges
19: Mrs. Zant and the Ghost / Wilkie Collins
20: At Mat Aris Light / John Arthur Barry
21: The Man from Coolgardie / John Arthur Barry
22: The Round-Faced Beauty / Elizabeth Louisa Moresby
23: Last Night When You Kissed Blanche Thompson /
Bess Streeter Aldrich
24: The Smart Aleck / Irvin S. Cobb

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Various: Past Masters 198, v1, 21 Jan 2024

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This batch of stories was mostly collected from old book scans which are so much easier to process than scans from online newspapers; automatic OCR has trouble with tiny 19th century newspaper type on tatty old newsprint quality paper, where it can take half a day to unscramble one short story.

A couple of Sherlock Holmes spoofs for fun; some "strange" from Quiller-Couch and Bram Stoker; action, romance, swashbuckling... Big names and forgotten names... all in the Life+70 years public domain.

1: Dead Man's Camp / John Arthur Barry
2: Two Rounds / Ganpat
3: The Broken Violin / Warwick Deeping
4: The Lemon Drop Kid / Damon Runyon
5: Kansas City Flash / Norbert Davis
6: The Gold at Santa Maria / Rafael Sabatini
7: The Snake Farm / Sapper
8: The Man Who Cut Off My Hair / Richard Marsh
9: The Gombeen Man / Bram Stoker
10: Claude Tyack's Ordeal / Grant Allen
11: The Ruby of Khitmandu / Hugh Kingsmill
12: The Case of the Missing Patriarchs / Logan Clendening, M.D.
13: Bilter's Bargain / Seward W. Hopkins
14: Tale of Two Towns / Roy W. Hinds
15: Mutual Exchange / A. T. Quiller-Couch
16: Reflected Evidence / Scott Campbell
17: The Golden Crowns / Beatrice Grimshaw
18: Prudence Forgets Her Name / Charlton Lawrence Edholm
19: The Lazarette of the "Huntress" / William Clarke Russell
20: The Vampire of Croglin Grange / Augustus Hare
21: Mr. Catlin's Weakness / Roy Norton

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Again a mix of the well-known and unknown writers of short fiction, 20 stories amounting to just under 100,000 words, all in the Life+70 years public domain.

1: Women Aboard / Anonymous
2: Blue Jim Takes a Hand / Beatrice Grimshaw
3: The Flaming Sword / Beatrice Grimshaw
4: Blood Will Tell / Don Marquis
5: Mr. Higginbotham's Catastrophe / Nathaniel Hawthorne
6: The Peace of Ephraim / Morley Roberts
7: Cleverly Caught / John Arthur Barry
8: Ticket To Hell / Emile C. Tepperman
9: Shocking Bad Luck on the Baron / E. Phillips Oppenheim
10: The Bloodhound of the Deep / Sumner Locke
11: The Man Who Fell in Love With the Co-Operative Stores / Stella Benson
12: The Uncle of Hip Wong Ting / Ralph Bergengren
13: The Philanthropist and the Happy Cat / H. H. Munro
14: Sense of Humour / Damon Runyon
15: The Limitations of Pambé Serang / Rudyard Kipling
16: The Mysterious Death on the Underground Railway / Baroness Orczy
17: Four Meetings / Henry James
18: The Blue Room / Lettice Galbraith
19: The Supreme Getaway / George Allan England
20: Magnetism / F. Scott Fitzgerald

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Various: Past Masters 20, v1, 28 Jan 2021

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Another batch of orphaned short stories collected from newspapers and magazines, in the L+70 public domain.

1: The Molten Bullet / Arnthony M Rud
2: Green for Danger / Anthony M. Rud
3: A Square of Canvas / Anthony M. Rud
4: The Corpse on the Third Slab / Otis Adelbert Kline
5: Mandrake / Adam Hull Shirk
6: The Hank of Yarn / Perley Poore Sheehan
7: The Bearded Men / Adam Hull Shirk
8: All Talk / H. Bedford-Jones
9: Courage / Andrew Soutar
10: The Lost Limerick / Guy Gilpatric
11: Scotch and Water / Guy Gilpatric
12: West of Guam / Raoul Whitfield
13: Two on the Roof / K. R. G. Browne
14: The Soft Spot / K. R. G. Browne
15: For One Night Only / K. R. G. Browne
16: The Dogs of Purgatory / Hugh Pendexter
17: The Man With the Wild Eyes / George R Sims
18: The Match / James Oliver Curwood
19: Greaves' Disappearance / Julian Hawthorne

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Various: Past Masters 200, v1, 28 Jan 2025

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Something of a Milestone issue, so I have some famous authors. One story of note is "The Strange Case of Benjamin Button", filmed with Brad Pitt, from a short story written, unexpectedly, by F Scott Fitzgerald.

All in the Life+70 years public domain; and as I rechecked I found a story which already appeared in an earlier issue. C'est la vie!

1: Adventure of the Cleopatra Necklace / George Barton
2: The Satyr / Barry Pain
3: The Curious Case of Benjamin Button / F. Scott Fitzgerald
4: The Bottomless Well / G. K. Chesterton
5: The Vanishing Trick / Max Afford
6: A Question of Identity / Sapper
7: An Adventure of St. Valentine's Night / Melville Davisson Post
8: The Strange Affair of the Florentine Chest / Percy J. Brebner
9: Running Wolf / Algernon Blackwood
10: Over The Edge of the World / Flora Annie Steel
11: Balloons and Sausages / Ernest O'Ferrall
12: The Funeral March / Stacy Aumonier
13: Skulls in the Stars / Robert E. Howard
14: Trust / Jack London
15: Buttercups And Daisies / E. Phillips Oppenheim
16: An Out-Islander Comes In / Stella Benson
17: The Biting of the Biter / Barry Pain
18: The Mendax Gold Saver / Erle Cox
19: The Mystery on Daffodil Terrace / Percy Fitzgerald
20: The Forest of Lost Men / Beatrice Grimshaw

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Various: Past Masters 201, v1, 6 Feb 2025

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26 stories in the Life+70 years public domain, from humour to strange, and lots between.

1: The Glory of France / Harold Mercer
2: The Last Straw / Robert Barr
3: Ladies Should Not Listen / Frank Condon
4: Mr. Devlin's Deceit / Frank Condon
5: The Mount of Misfortune / Ernest Favenc
6: Tomasina / Rosaline Masson
7: Sally Intervenes / Annie S. Swan
8: The Rest of the Story / A. J. Dawson
9: The Mazemore Diamonds / Beatrice Heron-Maxwell
10: The Passing of Marcus O'Brien / Jack London
11: Aalila / Christopher Blayre
12: The Shadow of a Shadow / Ernest Favenc
13: The Bell-Tower / Herman Melville
14: Nerves / Fred M. White
15: We Girls must Hang Together / Peter Cheyney
16: The Bogie in the Creek / Sumner Locke
17: A Tree that Grew Awry / Roderic Quinn
18: Vindicated / Dorothy Frances Perry
19: The Tortoise Shell Comb / Roylston Markham
20: Hey, Waiter! / Robert Benchley
21: A Strange Film Adventure / Edgar Wallace
22: Ring Around a Rosy / Sinclair Lewis
23: Honor Among Sportsmen / Richard Connell
24: Not in the Ritual / Georges Surdez
25: Giotto / William Caine
26: The Bromley Gibberts Story / Robert Barr

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Various: Past Masters 202, v1, 13 Feb 2025

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Short stories in the Life+70 yrs public domain, collected from newspapers, magazines, collections and anthologies, with, as usual, some from Australian newspapers, as The Australian National Library hs its newspaper collection to 1955 scanned and on-line, with downloadable text files produced by automatic OCR.

A diverse assortment. The first story, interestingly, is about the fight against ivory poaching, from as far back as 1933.

1: The Ivory Killers / Gordon MacCreagh
2: A Son of the Gods / Ambrose Bierce
3: The Target / W. Pett Ridge
4: Crazy Rhythm / Max Brand
5: The Theft at the English Provident Bank / Baroness Orczy
6: Foiled! / J. P. Bewick
7: A Set of Rogues / Vernon Ralston
8: The Secret of the Envelope / Headon Hill
9: Ten Years After / Dryblower
10: Beautiful Death / Beatrice Grimshaw
11: A Psychological Shipwreck / Ambrose Bierce
12: The Silkworms of Florence / Clifford Ashdown
13: The Curse of the Golden Cross / G. K. Chesterton
14: Across the Way / Robert Grant
15: The Phantom Model / Hume Nisbet
16: The Mythical Third / Alice C. Tomholt
17: A Perverted Punishment / Ambrose Pratt
18: The Tinsmith / Margaret Busbee Shipp
19: Behind The Portieres / Edward W. Townsend
20: Great Faithful Heart / F. A. M. Webster
21: The Wounded God / A. E. W. Mason
22: Scaffolding / Isabel Ecclestone Mackay
23: The Case of the Ward Lane Tabernacle / Arthur Morrison

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20 short stories, including a rare, strange effort by Elinor Glyn, a short story sold as a very slim hardback book. Elinor Glyn wrote "racy" (by the standards of the time) novels such as "Three Weeks" (1907) which gave rise to the doggerel:

Would you like to sin
With Elinor Glyn
On a tiger skin?
Or would you prefer
To err with her
On some other fur?

1: The Trap / Raymond S. Spears
2: Unseen— Unfeared / Francis Stevens
3: The Madman at Corn Reef Lighthouse / Sapper
4: The Sun-Dog Trail / Jack London
5: The Spirit of France / S. B. H. Hurst
6: The Sentimental Burglar / Edgar Wallace
7: "Sorry!" / J. J. Bell
8: The Long, Long Day / Beatrice Grimshaw
9: The Ill-Laid Scheme of Mr. Ambrose Weare / E. Phillips Oppenheim
10: The Second Degree / Ole Luk-Oie
11: The Christmas Lobster / Edouard A. Aujard
12: A Million to One / Edouard A. Aujard
13: The Damsel and The Sage / Elinor Glyn
14: The Pensioner / William Caine
15: Forgotten Soul / Beatrice Grimshaw
16: Charon Makes a Discovery / John Kendrick Bangs
17: The Friends / Stacy Aumonier
18: Inferiority Complex / Miles J. Breuer
19: Maru / H de Vere Stacpoole
20: The Girl of the Bark [Mystery[/ / Fred Maclsaac

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Twenty short stories, in the Life+70 years public domain, collected from newspapers magazines and books.

1: The Caliph, Cupid and the Clock / O. Henry
2: The Body Snatcher / Robert Louis Stevenson
3: The Wild Asses of the Devil / H. G. Wells
4: The Story of No. 1, Karma Crescent / E. & H. Heron
5: The Temple Bowl / Percy Stanway Tapp
6: A Mate in Two Moves / Gertrude Stanway Tapp
7: Story of an Advertisement / Anonymous
8: A Little Joke / Anthony Hope
9: The Development of Steve / Val Jameson
10: The Living Portraint / Tod Robbins
11: Professor Todd's Used Car / L. H. Robbins
12: Each in His Generation / Maxwell Struthers Burt
13: Non-Union Ghost / Harold Mercer
14: Five minutes from the Grave / C. S. Montanye
15: The Locked Box / Don Marquis
16: A Voluntary Death / François Coppée
17: The Affair of the San Mona Spring / E. Phillips Oppenheim
18: The Tiger at Twelve / Peter Cheyney
19: Jolly Good Luck / Vernon Ralston
20: The Other G. 4 / F. St. Mars

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18 short stories, 2 of them fairly long, in the Life + 70 years public domain, collected from newspapers, magazines and other sources. Sydney Horler appears for the first time in this series; he was a popular thriller writer in the style of Edgar Wallace, Sapper and the like who flourished between the wars and a little into the postwar era, and who died in 1954. There is a longish story by H Bedford-Jones, giving a dramatised account of the historic Monitor vs Merrimac battle of two ironclad steamers during the US Civil War. Plus stories by some other familiar names.

1: The Necklace of the Nine Gems / Ambrose Pratt
2: You Can't Touch Dotty / James Hilton
3: Sinister Street / Sydney Horler
4: The Ferryman's Dog / William Babington Maxwell
5: Homing the Goose / Harold Mercer
6: A Spot of Murder / Peter Cheyney
7: Experiment / Maxwell Struthers Burt
8: That Spot / Jack London
9: The Call / Algernon Blackwood
10: Haircut / Ring W. Lardner
11: Iron Coffins / H. Bedford-Jones
12: The Passion Years / Arthur Gask
13: The House Hunter / Francis Gribble
14: The Elusive Counterfeits / Elliott Flower
15: The Romance of Madame de Chanteloup / William Edward Norris
16: A Bag of Gold / Beatrice Grimshaw
17: The Spanish Prisoner / P. C. Wren
18: The Etching / Hugh Walpole

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Another 100,000 word anthology of short fiction in the Life+70 years public domain, collected from magazines, newspapers, and books. My usual criterion for a short story is 1,000 words or more, as I consider anything shorter to be a sketch or item; but Tod Robbins is an exception in this issue with a very short-short story.

1: The Ghost's Touch / Fergus Hume
2: Mrs Brown at the Royal Academy / Arthur Sketchley
3: Some Women and a Rotter / Thomas Bailey Clegg
4: No Flowers / Gordon Arthur Smith
5: The Mad Hatter / Ernest Favenc
6: The Demon / Christopher Blayre
7: The Motor Boat / Jacques Futrelle
8: The Chronic Argonauts / H. G. Wells
9: Luck / Edward Dyson
10: A Yellow Dog / Bret Harte
11: According To His Lights / John Galsworthy
12: The Shadows on the Wall / Mary E. Wilkins Freeman
13: The Coin of Dionysius / Ernest Brahmah
14: Pausodyne / Grant Allen
15: Crimson Flowers / Tod Robbins
16: Rosemonde / H. de Vere Stacpoole
17: The Dead That Wept / Edgar Jepson
18: The Splendid Quest / Edward Dyson
19: The Reformation / Mark Hellinger
20: The Indian Summer of Dry Valley Johnson / O. Henry
21: White Feathers / F. A. M. Webster
22: Unlighted Lamps / Sherwood Anderson
23: Dreadful Night / Edwin L. Arnold
25: Symptoms of Being 35 / Ring Lardner
26: The Man With a Grouch / H. De Vere Stacpoole
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Twenty stories, 100,000 words, all in the Life+70 years public domain, many in this issue being collected from old anthologies and collections. Humour, crime, ghost, weird...

1: The Detective Detector / O. Henry
2: The Boar-Pig / Saki
3: The Hill Street Murder / E. Phillips Oppenheim
4: The Aztec Opal / R. Ottolengui
5: Death in the Consulting Room / Arthur Gask
6: The Pursuit of the Topaz / Max Pemberton
7: An Innocent Thief / Mary E. Penn
8: The Great Ruby Robbery / Grant Allen
9: A Dead Finger / S. Baring-Gould
10: An Illusion in Red and White / Stephen Crane
11: The Barnfield Murder Case / J. E. Muddock
12: The Little Black Door / D. H. Souter
13: The Weddingcution / Ernest O'Ferrall
14: M'Neills' Tiger-Sheep / Jane Barlow
15: Polyp with a Past / Robert Benchley
16: The Dublin Mystery / Baroness Orczy
17: The Red Silk Scarf / Maurice LeBlanc
18: Delilah / Frances Noyes Hart
19: The Strength of the Little Thin Thread / Achmed Abdullah
20: The Specter Cook of Bangletop / John Kendrick Bangs

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21 short stories mostly from old newspapers and magazines, and some from books. All in the Life+70 years pubic domain.

1: The Strange Hallucination of Mr. Jackerson / D. H. Souter
2: Two and a Telephone / Edward Dyson
3: Nada Crosby's Jewels / Anonymous
4: Leonard's Reward / Edward Dyson
5: The Girl from Gunnedah / Edward S. Sorenson
6: Personally Conducted / George Allan England
7: The Little Grey Ghost / Alice C. Tomholt
8: Valley of the Black Sun / Leroy Yerxa
9: The Nail / Pedro de Alarçon
10: In the Garden of the Gods / William McLeod Raine
11: The Exploits of Mr. White / Clarence Herbert New
12: What Was It? / Fitz-James O'Brien
13: The Pale Ape / M. P. Shiel
14: The Gentlemen in Possession / Katharine Tynan
15: The Man Who Was Two / Harold Ward
16: The Brand of Cain / Harold Ward
17: Hankenson's Perfect Crime / Harold Ward
18: The Lost Club / Arthur Machen
19: The Crystal Trench / A. E. W. Mason
20: The People of the Pit / Abraham Merritt
21: Seven Turns in a Hangman's Rope / Henry S. Whitehead

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The first four stories are by authors who died in 1954 and whose work entered the Life+70 years public domain on 1 January 2025. Maxwell Bodenheim's prose fiction is slim; he is best known for poetry and his shocking murder (look him up on the web.)

1: The Silent Guest / E. Nesbit and Oswald Barron
2: Psychic Phenomena / Maxwell Bodenheim
3: Round Trip / Jack McLaren
4: The Voice from the Inner World / A. Hyatt Verrill
5: The Story of Malachi / Henry Lawson
6: The Story of Lee Ping / Guy Boothby
7: The Ghost's Violin / Erckman-Chatrian
8: The Crystal Egg / H. G. Wells
9: The Cub Reporter / Rex Beach
10: The Black Coat / John Galsworthy
11: The Landlord of "The Love-a-Duck" / Stacy Aumonier
12: The Abduction of the House-Boat / Arthur H. Adams
13: The Humorist / J. H. M. Abbott
14: Bubbles / Don Marquis
15: The Mayor's Lamps / John Kendrick Bangs
16: The Secret of the Gorge / Ernest Favenc
17: The Fall of the House of Usher / Edgar Allan Poe
18: A Vision of Venus / Otis Adelbert Kline
19: Louis XIV and the Bodger / Ernest O'Ferrall
20: The Gloaming Ghosts / George Barr McCutcheon
21: The Umbrosa Burglary / R. C. Lehmann
22: The Italian / A. E. W. Mason

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Some interesting items here: Bram Stoker's first ever published story, when he was in his mid 20s, and the O Henry short story featuring "The Cisco Kid" which was the origin of all those TV episodes and even movies. (The Kid's character had to be modified drastically for TV!).

19 stories, 95,000 words, all in the Life+70 years public domain.

V2; one story in v1 was not yet in the public domain and has been deleted.

1: At The Café Dundee / Albert Dorrington
2: The Revenge of Sydney Wilkens / Mark Hellinger
3: The Caballero's Way / O. Henry
4: The Thrush in the Hedge / Joseph Hergesheimer
5: Our Last Walk / Hugh Conway
6: The Old Place / "Weeroona"
7: Evicting a Tenant / Val Jameson
8: The Baronets of Mertonbridge Hall / Sapper
9: The Crystal Cup / Bram Stoker
10: The Other Twin / Edwin Pugh
11: The Thing That Wept / Charles Fulton Oursler
12: At Dead Dingo / Henry Lawson
13: The Derelict / C. J. Cutcliffe Hyne
14: Longstaff's Marriage / Henry James
15: The Goddess' Legacy / Malcolm Jameson
16: The White Cat of Drumgunniol / Sheridan Le Fanu
17: A Dream of Murder / William Crawford Honeyman
(as by "James McGovan")
18: The Man in the Train / Max Afford
19: The Melbourne Cup Mystery / Harold Mercer

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Fewer but longer stories, all in the Life +70 public domain, around 100,000 words as usual.

1: The Understudy / Ward Edson
2: An Exchange of Courtesies / Robert Grant
3: If I Could Live Again / Beatrice Grimshaw
4: Alleys of Darkness / Robert E. Howard
5: The Honourable Tony / Frances Noyes Hart
6: Blackout / Ethel Lina White
7: The Fakir of the Forest / Alice Perrin
8: Entrance and Exit / Algernon Blackwood
9: The Magic Mule / Albert Dorrington
10: "O Russet Witch!" / F. Scott Fitzgerald
11: New York Tale / Mark Hellinger
12: Angela / W. S. Gilbert
13: The Fool-Killer / O. Henry
14: How Satan Cheated Sarah Muldowney /
Hermione Templeton Kavanagh
15: The Exalted Omega / Arthur Machen
16: Murder at Moberley Flats / Harold Mercer
17: Three Lines of Old French / Abraham Merritt
18: Crepe For Suzette / C. S. Montanye

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Another 100,000 word anthology of short stories in the Life+70 yrs public domain, including one short-short-short story....

1: The Mystery of Basinghall Castle / Francis Gribble
2: Lame Dogs / Cosmo Hamilton
3: Dick Boyle's Business Card / Bret Harte
4: The Ormolu Clock / Albert Kinross
5: Carrying Home the Sheaves / Lucy Gertrude Moberly
6: The Verdict of Faro Mountain / Rex Beach
7: We'll Have Another / John Mackay Wilson
8: The Treasure of the Kalahari / Edgar Wallace
9: The Man With the Strange Head / Miles J. Breuer
10: The Pearl Men / Beatrice Grimshaw
11: The Horror of the Heights / Arthur Conan Doyle
12: The Haunted Camp / Valerie Jameson
13: Honor of a Horse-Thief / S. B. H. Hurst
14: The Mysterious Sketch / Erckmann-Chatrian
15: From Feinberg to Fitzroy / Mark Hellinger
16: The Ides of March / E. W. Hornung
17: Marjorie's Dream / Evelyn Everett-Green
18: Dr. Jenkins and Mr. 'Ides / Harold Mercer
19: Seeds / Sherwood Anderson
20: Hanged by a Hair / Stephen Leacock

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As usual around 100,000 words, all stories in the Life+70 yrs public domain. There's a rare short piece by Charlotte Bronte (written when she was 17), obscure stories by well-known writers, and obscure stories by obscure writers.

1: A Night's Adventure in Rome / William Harrison Ainsworth
2: The Stolen Necklace / Victor L. Whitechurch
3: The Devil and Daniel Webster / Stephen Vincent Benét
4: The Misanthrope / J. D. Beresford
5: The Door in the Wall / H. G. Wells
6: Miggles / Bret Harte
7: Napoleon and the Spectre / Charlotte Bronte
8: "And Behold a White Horse" / C. A. Dawson Scott
9: The Capitulation of Jean Jacques / John Galsworthy
10: The Wings of a Butterfly / Alice C. Tomholt
11: Hairy Carey's Son / Stella Benson
12: Peter Goldthwaite's Treasure / Nathaniel Hawthorne
13: The Man Who Eventually Did / Edward Dyson
14: My Astral Body / Anthony Hope
15: Silent, White and Beautiful / Tod Robbins
16: That Ever-Loving Wife of Hymie's / Damon Runyon
17: The Risen Dead / Max Pemberton
18: Wireless Confusion / Algernon Blackwood
19: The Benefit of the Doubt / L. Maxwell Pyke
20: The Haunted Camp / C. J. Dennis
21: In the Era of the Wireless / M. E. J. Pitt
22: The Haunted Shanty / Bayard Taylor

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22 stories in the Life+70 yrs public domain by including two very short stories just for variety; I usually work on a lower limit of 1,000 words on the theory that anything less is a sketch, but it's not set in concrete.

1: Glad Ghosts / D. H. Lawrence
2: The Discovery of America / Bill Nye
3: The Seven Vagabonds / Nathaniel Hawthorne
4: The Tenth Earl / Sapper
5: Out of Egypt / Charles B. Stilson
6: Shag of the North / Sumner Locke
7: The Guy From Memphis / Edgar Wallace
8: The Checkmating of Mr. Brown / Richard Dehan
9: The Story of Yung Chang / Ernest Bramah
10: The Second Generation / Algernon Blackwood
11: Mrs. Edward Ellerker's Diamonds / Edward Dyson
12: A Bit of a Banshee / Tod Robbins
13: Tchotl / Stella Benson
14: The Waterwitch / Fred M.White
15: When August the Second Was April the First /
Irvin S Cobb
16: The Montezuma Emerald / R. Ottolengui
17: Ex Oblivione / H. P. Lovecraft
18: The City of Dreadful Night / O. Henry
19: The-Water Hole / Maxwell Struthers Burt
20: The Dark Lady of The Hemlock Grange / Anonymous
21: Flirted Herself To Death / Mark Hellinger
22: The Bullion-Room / Headon Hill

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Short stories from the famous to the anonymous, from strange to humour, in the Life + 70 years public domain.

1: Night Among the Wolves / John Greenleaf Whittier
2: Gold in His Teeth / Ernest O'Ferrall
3: The Great Grey Rain / Roderic Quinn
4: Captain Sharkey / Arthur Conan Doyle
5: Nissen's Secret / Anonymous
6: Grundy's Ghost / Joseph Spence Evison
7: Two Old-Timers / F. Scott Fitzgerald
8: The Bentways Family Skeleton / Edward Dyson
9: Reversion / Robert W. Chambers
10: Female Woman! / Don Marquis
11: The Long, Long Lane / B. M. Bower
12: The Angel of the Mizzen-top / Edith Elmer Wood
13: The Bridals of Ysselmonde / A. T. Quiller-Couch
14: A Modern Magician / Olaf Stapledon
15: Piety's Monument / Frank Penn-Smith
16: The Burial of the Rats / Bram Stoker
17: A Visit to Grandpa's / Dylan Thomas
18: Doodle's Discovery / H. D. Umbstaetter
19: The Burglar and the Maid / J. S. Fletcher
20: Bilger, of Sydney / Louis Becke
21: The Prince Ward / Claude M. Girardeau
22: An Awakening / Sherwood Anderson
23: Speed Limit / George Allan England
24: Nicotine and Cambric / Jeffery Farnol
25: A Singular Hallucination / Ernest Favenc
26: The Jackdaw / Jacques Futrelle
27: Thirty Thousand Yards of Silk / William Nelson Taft
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20 short stories, several fairly long, in the Life + 70 years public domain. Arthur Leo Zagat was a master of the "weird menace" sub genre; while F Scott Fitzgerald worked with the sophisticated up-class. The others are a mix of odd, humorous, crime and the like.

1: Death's Cold Arms / Arthur Leo Zagat
2: A Double-Barrelled Ghost / Israel Zangwill
3: Passing of the Third Floor Back / Jerome K. Jerome
4: John Ovington Returns / Max Brand
5: Looney the Mutt / Don Marquis
6: The Skeleton on Round Island / Mary Hartwell Catherwood
7: The Stolen Romney / Edgar Wallace
8: Dimoussi and the Pistol / A. E. W. Mason
9: Basil and Cleopatra / F. Scott Fitzgerald
10: The Monkey's Paw / W. W. Jacobs
11: The Ill-Regulated Destiny of Kin Yen, The Picture-Maker / Ernest Bramah
12: Old Ben Alibi / Irvin S. Cobb
13: The Lottery Ticket / Harold Mercer
14: The Grey Lady / Anna Katharine Green
15: Promising / Anonymous
16: A Piece of String / Jacques Futrelle
17: Doomed / Ernest Favenc
18: The Beggar Man / Edward Dyson
19: "Honi Soit" / Edward Dyson
20: The Inverted Five / Baroness Orczy

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Fewer but longer stories this time. 15 Stories in the Life+70 yrs public domain. The longest story is a "Black Mask" private eye novelette by Robert Reeves, who as Captain Reeves died in the last days of WW2 while serving with the USAAF.

1: The Dark Star / G. G. Pendarves
2: Dream Street Rose / Damon Runyon
3: The Dust of Shun-Ti / Charles G. Booth
4: The 'Chiliman' Tragedy / W. Clarke Russell
5: Cynthia Delmorton's Mistake / "Sapper"
6: The Man at Solitaria / Geik Turner
7: Clarimonde / Theophile Gautier
8: The Shuttered House / A. E. W. Mason
9: The Popkin Dismissal Agency / L. H. Robbins
10: The Evening Rice / Achmed Abdullah
11: The Fascinating Mrs. Whitehead / C. J. Cutcliffe Hyne
12: Shut Out / F. Anstey
13: The Black Bag Left on a Door-Step / C. L. Pirkis
14: No Defense / Melville Davisson Post
15: Bail Bait / Robert Reeves
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21 stories, just over 100,000 words, all in the Life + 70 public domain. Some famous authors, some obscure, one or two virtually unknown, collected from magazines, newspapers, and out-of-copyright anthologies and collections.

1: The Retroactive Existence of Mr. Juggins / Stephen Leacock
2: A Journey in Search of Nothing / Wilkie Collins
3: Make Believe / "Weeroona"
4: In a Cellar / Harriet Elizabeth Spofford
5: De Profundis / Robert Coutts Armour
6: The Vitagraphoscope / O. Henry
7: A Little Dinner at Timmins's / William Thackeray
8: The Cinema Murder / E. Phillips Oppenheim
9: The She-Wolf / "Saki"
10: The Pest Year of 1905 / Ernest Favenc
11: A Horseman In The Sky / Ambrose Bierce
12: A Little Masquerade / Gilbert Parker
13: The Missing Pullman Car / W. L. Alden
14: The Friend in Need / George Gissing
15: A Tale of Three Lions / H. Rider Haggard
16: Werewolf of the Sahara / G. G. Pendarves
17: In the Land of Dreadful Night / John Arthur Barry
18: The Country Doctor / Don Marquis
19: A North Queensland Temperance Story / Ernest Favenc
20: My Elephant / Harold Mercer
21: The Tin Box / Herbert Keen
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24 Stories in the Life+70 yrs public domain, amounting to just over 100,000 words. In her later years H P Blavatsky, who founded Theosophy, wrote a number of short stories. This is the second to appear in Past Masters. There's a Raoul Whitfield story set in the world of 1920s stunt flying for the movies, a few "strange" tales by different authors, some humour, and more.

The Index to Numbers 1-220 is to be found in in the "other" section of the Library in pdf format only.

1: Poet and Peasant / Warwick Deeping
2: People of the Fourth Dimension / S. B. H. Hurst
3: The Cave of the Echoes / H. P. Blavatsky
4: Personal Adventures in the Spirit World / Stephen Leacock
5: The Imperturbable Duchess / J. D. Beresford
6: The Secret Garden / G. K. Chesterton
7: The Pink Edge / Frank Froest and George Dilnot
8: The Clock / A. E. W. Mason
9: Buried Treasure / O. Henry
10: Laurie of the "Plainsman" / Hulbert Footner
11: A Lover of Nature / C. J. Dennis
12: A Chest of Chinese Gold / Albert Dorrington
13: A Novel Forgery / Rodrigues Ottolengui
14: MS Found in a Bottle / Edgar Allan Poe
15: The Miracle Of The 'White Wolf' / A. T. Quiller-Couch
16: Picture Stuff / Raoul F. Whitfield
17: The Outcasts of Diamond Flat / Beatrice Grimshaw
18: The Eye-Witness / Ernest O'Ferrall
19: The Immorality of Madden / C.J. Dennis
20: The Great Lock-Out / C. J. Dennis
21: Perfect (!) Alibi / Mark Hellinger
22: An Unfinished Story / O. Henry
23: The Enigmatic Emeralds / Edward Dyson
24: Force Majeure / J. D. Beresford

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An interesting collection: a weird almost sf story from Edgar Wallace, with its carnivorous orchid; wacky humour from "Colonel Stoopnagle"; weird based on an historic US earthquake by Irvin S Cobb; Lemmy Caution tough private eye from Peter Cheyney; distant future by Stephen Vincent Benét; and more

1: Hatteras / A. E. W Mason
2: The Human Element / Arthur Train
3: The Vanishing Prince / G. K. Chesterton
4: Nice Work / Peter Cheyney
5: Fishhead / Irvin S. Cobb
6: A Black Cat For Luck / Erle Cox
7: Phalaenopsis Gloriosa / Edgar Wallace
8: An Easy Errand / Carolyn Wells
9: Altitude / Leland S. Jamieson
10: Vengeance in the Fog / Douglas Newton
11: The Ivory Leg and the Twenty-Four Diamonds / Fergus Hume
12: By the Waters of Babylon / Stephen Vincent Benét
13: Big-Nose Charley and Madey-line / Charles W. Tyler
14: The Unseen Made Visible / Ernest Favenc
15: The Voice in the Night / William Hope Hodgson
16: The Wicked Widow / Colonel Stoopnagle
17: A London Love Story / J. M. Barrie
18: Which? / Erle Cox
19: Pâkía / Louis Becke and Walter Jeffery
20: The Secret of the Growing Gold / Bram Stoker
21: Picket-Wire / J. M. Walsh
22: Novel of the Iron Maid / Arthur Machen
23: The Dining-Room Fireplace / R. H. Malden
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26 short stories in the Life+70 years public domain: authors as disparate as Arthur Leo Zagat and Katherine Mansfield; James Hilton and Peter Cheyney; Oscar Wilde and O. Henry. Around 100,000 words as usual.

1: The Second Bullet / Anna Katharine Green
2: The Star-Child / Oscar Wilde
3: Spy in High Places / Sydney Horler
4: Steve Brown's Bunyip / John Arthur Barry
5: A Street Incident / C. J. Dennis
6: Supply And Demand / O. Henry
7: The Mystery of the Lone House / John Oakley
8: Death Dancers / Arthur Leo Zagat
9: The Trail of Behemoth / R. Austin Freeman
10: Zania's Day Out / L. C. Douthwaite
11: Lives of Men / James Hilton
12: A Christmas Garland of Books / Robert Benchley
13: The Terror of the Twins / Algernon Blackwood
14: The Key / Peter Cheyney
15: Blood Lust / Dion Fortune
16: Home Service / L. C. Douthwaite
17: Memories of Anzac / Harold Mercer
18: A Short Sad Tale of a Legacy / Lennie Lower
19: The Blue Costume / E. Mary Gurney
20: "Lot 45" / Radcliffe Martin
21: The Burglar's Story / W. S. Gilbert
22: Rival Musicians / Val Jameson
23: The Key to Grief / Robert W. Chambers
24: The House / Katherine Mansfield
25: Matches / Beatrice Redpath
26: The Spider / Vernon Ralston

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Several of these stories, and several of No 223, were found in Western Australia's "Sunday Times" newspaper online at the Australian National Library's TROVE on-line resource. There are many more, but some are still copyright, and some more or less unreadable due to poor images.

As usual a mix of genres, author and periods; All Life+70 public domain.

1: The Crowded Hour / J. J. Bell
2: The Foil / Fred M. White
3: The Fugitive / Cicely Fox Smith
4: The Missing Will / Edwin Pugh
5: The Hand at the Window / Lilian Quiller-Couch
6: Bon-Bon / Edgar Allan Poe
7: The Red Star / Fergus Hume
8: The Other Half / Edwin L. Sabin
9: The Cats of Ulthar / H. P. Lovecraft
10: Penitence / Mark Hellinger
11: The Wrath of the God / Arthur H. Adams
12: The Woman in the Cage / Beatrice Grimshaw
13: The Fowl in the Pot / Stanley J. Weyman
14: Take the Case of Dear Old George / Sydney Horler
15: The Duchess and Lady Torrent / A. E. W. Mason
16: The Man Called Smith / Thornton Lonsdale
17: The Third Chair / Edward Dyson
18: The House Party at Smoky Island / Lucy Maud Montgomery
19: The Golden Windmill / Stacy Aumonier
20: The Black Cat / Fred M. White
21: A Deep Water Dude / Capt. A. E. Dingle
22: A Wireless Outfit / J. M. Walsh
23: The Mystery of Craven's Party / C. E. Dowell
24: The Hold-Up / Harold Mercer

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1: The Man of Sentiment / Marcus Clarke
2: The Horla / Guy de Maupassant
3: Hocussing of Kookaburra / Edward Dyson
4: Bound South / Captain Dingle
5: Bongo / Sinclair Lewis
6: The Scientific "D."/ Edward Dyson
7: Tradition / Georges Surdez
8: Another Ghost Story / Anonymous
9: The Talliaferro Twins / Temple Bailey
10: The Foundering of the Fortuna / Grant Allen
11: Mary England / Sarah Addington
12: Mrs Biffin's Party / Charles Hanson Towne
13: The Invisible Horseman / Ernest Favenc
14: The Saddest Man / Don Marquis
15: Romance / Frank Reid
16: The Unforgotten Hour / Louis Arthur Cunningham
17: Smart Work / Louis Arthur Cunningham
18: The Fortunate Island / H. De Vere Stacpoole
19: Revenge! / Mary Kyle Dallas
20: The Manchu Skull / Emile C. Tepperman
21: The House in the Forest / Katharine Tynan
22: One Night in Somerset / Edgar Wallace
23: That Horse / Sumner Locke
24: The Last Act / Ethel Martyr

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Various: Past Masters 226, v1, 29 Jun 2025

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26 stories, including a novelette of some 20,000 words by Walter Ripperger, whose date of death is now known to be 1945.

1: The Clean Wine Glass / Sydney Horler
2: The Dark Horse / Sydney Horler
3: Adventure of the Rubber Pipe / Anonymous
4: Obsessed / Richard Dehan
5: Grannie's Legs / "Weeroona"
6: The Owl / Jeffery Farnol
7: Pallinghurst Barrow / Grant Allen
8: The Case of Vincent Pyrwhit / Barry Pain
9: An Amazing Materialisation / Edward Dyson
10: The Sunburned Lady / Melville Davisson Post
11: The Ghost at Denclough / "W.W."
12: Sentimental Jerry / E. S. Sorenson
13: Giorgio, Giuseppe and Guido / Edward Dyson
14: Curmudgeon Castle / Lucy C. Bickerstaffe
15: The Exorcism / Alexander Vindex Vennard
16: The Fall of the Gods / Edouard A. Aujard
17: Tragic Sequel / Mark Hellinger
18: The Hope Beyond the Horizon / Harold Mercer
19: The Cynical Miss Catherwaight / Richard Harding Davis
20: The Crumpled Bill / William MacLeod Raine
21: The Sheep / Douglas Newton
22: The Jelly-Fish / Francis Flagg
23: The Harper in the Wood / Alice Hegan Rice
24: Hatred House / Walter Ripperger
25: The Submarine Boat / Clifford Ashdown
26: The Magic of Fear / Edgar Wallace

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28 short stories, some quite short: stories that are strange, crime, romance, humour... Authors famous and authors unknown.

1: Pin Money / Louis Arthur Cunningham
2: A Story / Anonymous
3: Drums / F. A. M. Webster
4: Trapped / Henry Leverage
5: Love Lies Round the Corner / Mark Allerton
6: Lavender Luck! / Louis Arthur Cunningham
7: Country Boy / Mark Hellinger
8: The Cave of the Baboons / William J. Makin
9: Appointment for Vengeance / Mark Hellinger
10: Red Dennis and the Walnuts / Con Drew
11: The Silo / George Allan England
12: Tarnhelm / Hugh Walpole
13: The Walnut / Evelyn Everett-Green
14: A Tragedy in Wax / Ernest O'Ferrall
15: "Q." A Psychic Pstory of the Psupernatural / Stephen Leacock
16: Body-stealing Extraordinary / Ernest Favenc
17: Illilliwa / "Waif Wander"
18: The Devil's Model / Ray St. Vrain
19: The Jail Bird / Arthur Train
20: Bunty Saves the Show / Cosmo Hamilton
21: A Christmas Mystery / R. A. J. Walling
22: Web / Ward Muir
23: The Handkerchief / Dolph Wyllarde
24: The Story of Hans / Albert Dorrington
25: Eph and Effie / Ward Edson
26: The Princess and the Jewel Doctor / Robert Hichens
27: Monsieur Caloche / "Tasma"
28: A Twilight Adventure / Melville Davisson Post

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Another assortment of stories, including for a change a poem, this by ill-fated New York poet and novelist Maxwell Bodednheim (you should look him up on line); and two or three "strange" and /or ghost. All in the Life+70 public domain.

1: The Hunted Man / Vernon Ralston
2: Trick Ending / Mark Hellinger
3: Images of Friendship / Maxwell Bodenheim
4: Lost Behind the Ranges / Beatrice Grimshaw
5: The Wrong Man's Daughter / Edgar Jepson
6: The Finger of God / W. C. Morrow
7: Crash and Carry / Louis Arthur Cunningham
8: The Shunned House / H. P. Lovecraft
9: A Tale of Negative Gravity / Frank R. Stockton
10: Blackmail / "Sapper"
11: A Cup of Tea / Maxwell Struthers Burt
12: Trapped / Albert Richard Wetjen
13: Clubhauling of Monohan / Frederick R. Bechdolt
14: The Realm of the Unreal / Ambrose Bierce
15: Night Errantry / Anonymous
16: Frenchman's Creek / Arthur Quiller-Couch
17: The Trotting Cob / "Vandorian"
18: A Dangerous Game / Guy Thorne
19: Hugh and Cry / E. Everett-Green
20: On the Leads / S. Baring-Gould

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Some longer stories, from the famous and the obscure, in the Life+70 yrs public domain.

1: The Judgment of Vulcan / Lee Foster Hartman
2: Middleton's Model / Anthony Hope
3: Parade of the Wooden Kimonos / Emile C. Tepperman
4: The Debt / William Merriam Rouse
5: Lordly Ways / Sydney Horler
6: The Midnight Marriage / Percy J. Brebner
7: The Golden Easter Egg / Temple Bailey
8: The Burden of Proof / Ralph Rodd
9: The Street of Our Lady of the Fields / Robert W. Chambers
10: The Black Laugh / William J. Makin
11: The Unnamable / H. P. Lovecraft
12: To Meet the Sun / Max Brand
13: Smoky Treasure / Anthony M. Rud
14: They Found My Grave / Marjorie Bowen
15: One Woman in Ten Thousand / Beatrice Grimshaw
16: The Five White Mice / Stephen Crane
17: The Romance of Ginger Mick / Harold Mercer
18: The Hollywood Way / Mark Hellinger
19: The Story of the Spaniards, Hammersmith / E. and H. Heron

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Damon Runyon is best known for his "Broadway" short stories but he also wrote hard-boiled pulp stories, and one is in this issue. Another rare story is by Anthony Abbott, real name Fulton Oursler, from a shortlived magazine which specialised in photo-stories with the photos posed by the celebrities involved; this one features Jean Harlow, Fulton Oursler (!), and several other well-known celebs of the era; unfortunately I couldn't include the photos. The remaining stories are more conventional, all in the Life+70 public domain.

1: One of the Heads / Arthur H. Adams
2: The Diary of a Madman / Guy de Maupassant
3: A Gipsy Prophecy / Bram Stoker
4: The Perfect Crime / Mark Hellinger
5: Peak of the Moon / Beatrice Grimshaw
6: The Prevision / Edward Dyson
7: The Righteous Lie / Sumner Locke
8: Brickett Bottom / Amyas Northcote
9: The Red Carnation / Baroness Orczy
10: The Great Staircase at Landover Hall / Frank R. Stockton
11: The Fakir / Harold Mercer
12: Stellar Showboat / Malcolm Jameson
13: Shivering in the Dark / Anthony Abbot
14: The Hound / H. P. Lovecraft
15: The Red Ring / William Le Queux
16: The Informal Execution of Soupbone Pew/ Damon Runyon
17: The Ivory Boxes / Percy J. Brebner
18: The Ultra-Elixir of Youth / A. Hyatt Verrill
19: The Ash-Tree / M. R. James
20: The Gold Squid / Albert Dorrington
21: The Lord of Chateau Noir / Arthur Conan Doyle

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We have a story from Charlotte Bronte, then 14; plus Gilbert Frankau, de Vere Stacpoole, A E W Mason and other past masters of the short story. All in the Life+70 yrs public domain, and a little over 100,000 words.

1: Sixteen Years Without a Birthday / Brander Matthews
2: The Moth and the Star / Gilbert Frankau
3: The Jester / H. de Vere Stacpoole
4: The Adventures of Ernest Alembert / Charlotte Brontë
5: The Bottle Imp / Robert Louis Stevenson
6: Strolling Freddie / Mark Hellinger
7: The Golden Honeymoon / Ring Lardner
8: Reardon's Rhapsodies / Harold Mercer
9: The Spectral Mortgage / Frank R. Stockton
10: "Madam, I'm Adam!" / Holman Day
11: The Feast of Nemesis / "Saki"
12: The Dogs of War / Harold Mercer
13: The First Foot / Robert Barr
14: The Officer in Charge / John Arthur Barry
15: The Mystery at Styles Court / "Sapper"
16: The Kidnapping of Lieut. Wally / Sumner Locke
17: The Rescue of Pluffles / Rudyard Kipling
18: Glamour / Louis Arthur Cunningham
19: The Panacea Boom / Ladbroke Black
20: The Senator's Laundry / James De Mille
21: The Crossed Gloves / A. E. W. Mason
22: Shocks / Algernon Blackwood

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Short fiction from newspapers, magazines and other sources, all in the Life+70 yrs public domain. Just under 100,000 words.

1: Fanatic / Patrick Vaux
2: Tom Silver's Bus / Warwick Deeping
3: The Battle of Lodi / Randolph Bedford
4: Alexander and the Lady / Edgar Wallace
5: Unhallowed Ground / E. W. Hornung
6: The Story About the Anteater / Stephen Vincent Benét
7: A Study in Green / Alice C. Tomholt
8: The Jones's Enchanted Castle / Stephen Leacock
9: The Sin of Witchcraft / Gilbert Frankau
10: The Thing on the Roof / Robert E. Howard
11: Only a Rumor / Douglas Newton
12: Murderer at Large / Douglas Newton
13: The Last of Sherlock Holmes / A. B. "Banjo" Paterson
14: The Last Journey of Andy Warde / Edward Dyson
15: The Black Star of Narrapore / Clarence Herbert New
16: The Shadow over Innsmouth / H. P. Lovecraft
17: The Reason / Mark Hellinger
18: The Café Régal, the Mistral and the Lady / E Phillips Oppenheim
19: Three Wise Men of the East Side / Irvin S. Cobb
20: Blood Pressure / Damon Runyon
21: Mostly Providence / H. Bedford-Jones

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A few authors previously unpublished in this series, plus some very well known names. One, Ms Stroup, appears to have only ever published one story; Mr Jupp, a broad-acre wheat farmer in Western Australia, wrote a half dozen stories in the early years of the 20th Century. All stories in the Life+70 yrs public domain.

1: The Mad Lady / Harriet Prescott Spofford
2: The Magic Walking Stick / John Buchan
3: The Hammer of the Gods / David Wright O'Brien
4: The Little Mermaid / Hans Christian Andersen
5: A Dilemma O.H.M.S. / Mary Gaunt
6: Only a Dream / H. Rider Haggard
7: His Sister's Ticket / John Kendrick Bangs
8: Arms and the Curate / Sydney Horler
9: Review: Goldfinger, 1959 (Ian Fleming) / Terry Walker
10: An Editorial Love Story / Edward Dyson
11: The Man In Yellow / "Sapper"
12: The Vision of Tom Chuff / Sheridan Le Fanu
13: Blue Eyes and Diamonds / Lemuel De Bra
14: The Moving Finger / Lawrence B. Jupp
15: Sir Galahad of Gila / George Allan England
16: One of Them / A. E. W. Mason
17: The Gloaming Ghosts / George Barr McCutcheon
18: The Haunted Door / Melville Davisson Post
19: The House of Death / F. Georgia Stroup
20: Home / Lincoln Colcord
21: Sherlock Holmes in Russia / Maurice Baring
22: Shadows in the Moonlight / Robert E. Howard

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23 stories, authors ranging from literary (F Scott Fitzgerald, Miles Franklin, Joseph Conrad, Booth Tarkington) through pulp (James Oliver Curwood, Albert Dorrington, Dick Donovan) to eccentric (Ernest R Suffling). Around 100,000 words, all in the Life + 70 yrs public domain.

1: Crazy Sunday / F. Scott Fitzgerald
2: The Armadi Vase / E. Phillips Oppenheim
3: Tough Guy Sammy / Mark Hellinger
4: Terrible Uncle James / Edward Dyson
5: Almost a Crime / Frances Henshaw Baden
6: The Red Kangaroo / Ethel Castilla
7: Of Love / Miles Franklin
8: In The Small Hours / Ernest O'Ferrall
9: The Gift of the Magi / O. Henry
10: The Happy Forger / Albert Dorrington
11: The Great Ruby Robbery / Dick Donovan
12: Parpon the Dwarf / Gilbert Parker
13: The Woman With The Hood / L. T. Meade
14: The Hunted Man / Vernon Ralston
15: The Fiddling Man / James Oliver Curwood
16: Il Conde / Joseph Conrad
17: "Aurore" / Ethel Watts Mumford
18: A Hasty Judgment / Hume Nisbet
19: 3 Mistakes / William Merriam Rouse
20: The Child Who Loved a Grave / Fitz-James O'Brien
21: Mrs. Sweeny's Suitor / Charles R. Barnes
22: Creating the Ideel / Booth Tarkington
23: A Visitor From Mars / Ernest R. Suffling

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24 short stories from authors famous and unknown, collected from magazines, original old anthologies, and newspaperes, amounting to around 100,000 words.

1: Justice / F. J. Randall
2: Review: The Green Hat, 1924 (Michael Arlen) / Terry Walker
3: The Legend / Anonymous
4: The Gray Wolf / George MacDonald
5: How Christmas Came to Flinders Court / Annie S. Swan
6: The Case of the Stolen Cipher / Scott Campbell
7: Security / Hilary Lofting
8: The Boomerang / Edward Woodward
9: The Mouse / Morley Roberts
10: The Fortune Teller / Edward Dyson
11: An Old Master / Lawrence B. Jupp
12: Tested For Service / J. L. Hornibrook
13: The Mystery of the Sand-Hills / R. Austin Freeman
14: Superstition / Mark Hellinger
15: The Phantom Death / W. Clarke Russell
16: Dick Turpin / Anonymous
17: All on a Springtide Day / J. S. Fletcher
18: Dot: A Reminiscence / George Hurdis Purves
19: The Haunted Photograph / Ruth McEnery Stuart
20: The Confidence King / Arthur B. Reeve
21: The Strangeness of Joab Lashmere / Edgar Wallace
22: The Purple Death / William Le Queux
23: Thrawn Janet / Robert Louis Stevenson
24: Rutherford The Twice-Born / Edwin L. Arnold

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Another anthology of short fiction in the Life+70 yrs public domain. By a curious quirk this one has three vampire themed stories. The first one I didn't realise it was a vampire story at first glance; the second turned up in a random search for stories; the third when I searched specifically for "vampire" in Internet archive and found thousands of vampire stories, most from very recent times; the one I used is the first I found out of copyright and dates from 1935. Around 100,000 words as usual.

1: Cinnamon Seed and Sandy Bottom / Irvin S. Cobb
2: The Mysterious Occurrence in Piccadilly / Grant Allen
3: Preliminaries / Cornelia Atwood Comer
4: The Damned Thing / Ambrose Bierce
5: A Catspaw / Jack Rugby
6: Bread Upon The Waters / J. S. Fletcher
7: Almost Immortal / Austin Hall
8: The Failure / Harold Ward
9: Planned by the Stars / C. S. Montanye
10: The Cat / E. F. Benson
11: The Vampire / Sydney Horler
12: The Blue-Nosed Vampire / James Francis Dwyer
Two Reviews by Terry Walker:
13: The Colossus of Arcadia (E Phillips Oppenheim) 1938
14: Wreckers Must Breathe (Hammond Innes) 1940
15: Fear / Stephen French Whitman
16: Otto Dotso's Trouble / Anonymous
17: The Afterglow / Frank Reid
18: All Gold Cañon / Jack London
19: The Fads of David Dadd / John Arthur Barry
20: The Brink of a Future / Frank H. Sweet
21: The Birthday Pearl / John Arthur Barry

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Various: Past Masters 237, v1, 1 Oct 2025

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Another 100,000 word anthology of stories in the Life+70 years public domain. Included is a wonderfully nostaligic example of 1920's "scientifiction" by A. Hyatt Verrill, a modern horse-racing story by western writer Max Brand, and a western story by hardboiled crime writer Cleve F Adams.

1: The Valley of Death / Margaret Cox Taylor
2: The Tiger / Booth Tarkington
3: The Grain in the Husk / Sumner Locke
4: A Tale of a Dry Plate / W. S. Gilbert
5: Madam Crowl's Ghost / Sheridan Le Fanu
6: Across The Gulf / Henry S. Whitehead
7: The Man Who Could Vanish / A. Hyatt Verrill
8: The Lady in Green / Peter Cheyney
9: Beyond the Veil / E.Mary Gurney
10: The Queen's Necklace / H. de Vere Stacpoole
11: Out of the Air / Fred MacIsaac
12: The Fatal Fishing Line / W. L. Alden
13: The Secret of Zogra Island / William J. Makin
14: The Pipes of Snow / Randolph Bedford
15: The Pay-Off / Cleve F. Adams
16: The Little Steel Coils / Anna Katharine Green
17: The Owl's Ear / Erckman-Chatrian
18: Challenger! / Max Brand
19: Fifinella / Anonymous
20: Skule Skerry / John Buchan

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Various: Past Masters 238, v1, 10 Oct 2025

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27 short stories in the Life+70 yrs public domain, collected from newspapers, magazines and old books.

The oldest story is by Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley, of "Frankenstein" fame. At No 240 I will upload an Index to Issues Nos 1-240 inclusive.

1: The Detective Who Talked / Edgar Wallace
2: Jerry Stokes / Grant Allen
3: A Party of Four / Stanley J. Weyman
4: Around the Corner / D. H. Souter
5: Coker / D. H. Souter
6: The Unbaited Trap / Albert Payson Terhune
7: Halima and the Scorpions / Robert Hichens
8: Life of Ma Parker / Katherine Mansfield
9: The Prodigal Daughter / J. Winton Heming
10: My Maiden Brief / W. S. Gilbert
11: Mr. Pettiloe Cites a Case / Sydney Horler
12: The Tall Clock / J. H. M. Abbott
13: The Bailiffs Are In / Harold Mercer
14: Legal Cruelty / John Hay Beith
15: The Nameless City / H. P. Lovecraft
16: The Time Jumpers / Phil Nowlan
17: The Blue Ushabti / Valentine Williams
18: A Game With Death / Mark Hellinger
19: The Man in the O.P. Box / Edward Dyson
20: The Strange High House in the Mist / H. P. Lovecraft
21: The Fete Night / Alice J. Muskett
22: The Sisters / James Joyce
23: The Haunted Orchard / Richard Le Gallienne
24: The Sisters of Albano / Mary Shelley
25: Tidal Moon / Stanley G. Weinbaum
26: The End of the Path / Newbold Noyes
27: The Grey Parrot / W. W. Jacobs

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Various: Past Masters 239, v1, 18 Oct 2025

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22 stories, 100,000 words, all in the Life+70 years Public Domain. Some interesting improbable story titles, too, such as "Doom Shagshaft of Shagshaft", and "Pigeons from Hell".

1: Armor Around Me / Louis Arthur Cunningham
2: The Black Grippe / Edgar Wallace
3: Review: Raise the Titanic!, 1976 (Clive Cussler) / Terry Walker
4: A Lodging For The Night / Robert Louis Stevenson
5: Psyche and the Pskyscraper / O. Henry
6: Lady Mary's Bulldog / Fred M. White
7: Doomed Shagshaft of Shagshaft / E. Phillips Oppenheim
8: The Story of Amaroff the Pole / B. Fletcher Robinson
9: Dregs / Sumner Locke
10: Pigeons from Hell / Robert E. Howard
11: Limelight at Sudden Jerk / Randolph Bedford
12: Terror By Night / Evelyn Everett-Green
13: The Living and the Others / Edward Dyson
14: The Exorcism of Platt's Spook / Edward Dyson
15: Sanctity of Marriage at Cowford / Ward Edson
16: The Horror at Red Hook / H. P. Lovecraft
17: Leg Man / Mark Hellinger
18: How Dunstan Got Home Dry / John Arthur Barry
19: The Demon Engine / Arthur B. Reeve
20: At the Pistol's Point / E. W. Hornung
21: The Problem of the Perfect Alibi / Jacques Futrelle
22: The Affair of the Ivory Boxes / Percy J. Brebner

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22 short stories in the Life+70 years public domain, sourced from newspapers, magazines and books.

A cumulative index of Past Masters # 1-240 can be found in pdf format in the "other book" uploads section.

1: Three Thousand Dollars / Anna Katharine Green
2: The Man That Died at Alma / Gilbert Parker
3: The Professor's Mummy / Fergus Hume
4: The Scented Poppies / Dion Fortune
5: The Burgomaster in a Bottle / Erckmann-Chatrian
6: The Crow's Requiem / Erckmann-Chatrian
7: The Coolest of Criminals / Val Jameson
8: The Coach / Violet Hunt
9: How the Baby Found the Clue / Headon Hill
10: The Voices / Bertram Atkey
11: The Golden Ball of the Argonauts / Charles E. Van Loan
12: The Watchers / Mary Simpson
13: Innocents of Broadway / O. Henry
14: The Indiscretions of Lord Tamworth / E. Phillips Oppenheim
15: Reverend Pendlebury’s Past / Richard Connell
16: Sredni Vashtar / "Saki"
17: The Haunted Dolls' House / M. R. James
18: Footprints on the Seashore / Nathaniel Hawthorne
19: How He Left the Hotel / Louisa Baldwin
20: "Softy" / E. Clinch
21: "American, Sir!" / Mary Raymond Shipman Andrews
22: The Magic Casket / R. Austin Freeman

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Various: Past Masters 241, v1, 13 Nov 2025

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21 stories in the Life+70 yrs public domain. I have included an unusual double: a popular ghost short story from 1888, and a parody of it from 1890.

1: Stripper Sal / Evan Slyter
2: Modern Melodrama / Hubert Crackanthorpe
3: Will You Walk Into My Parlour? / Ian Hay
4: The Pigeons of Wong Foo / J. Allan Dunn
5: Dark Laughter / J. Allan Dunn
6: The Crime Master / J. Allan Dunn
7: The Stepping Stone / Alice C. Tomholt
8: What a Handsome Pair! / F. Scott Fitzgerald
9: "Secret Service" / Arthur Gask
10: Tom Silver's Bus / Warwick Deeping
11: Amos Kilbright / Frank R. Stockton
12: Dematerialization / C. Mason
13: The Cataleptic / Ernest Favenc
14: The Rats in the Walls / H. P. Lovecraft
15: The Deposition / Luigi Capuana
16: The Shot / R. S. Warren Bell
17: The Mystery of Pinkham's Diamond Stud / John Kendrick Bangs
18: The Cave / Beatrice Grimshaw
19: The Coffin Merchant / Richard Middleton
20: In the Boat of the Sarah Bligh / John Arthur Barry
21: "Page 189" / Stacy Aumonier

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Various: Past Masters 242, v1, 20 Nov 2025

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Another 100,000 word anthology of short stories, from pulp and "slick"magazines, newspapers, and other sources, all in the Life+70 yrs public domain.

1: A Slow Match / William Babington Maxwell
2: When Boob meets Bob / James H. Baker
3: Monkey-Nuts / D. H. Lawrence
4: The Patent Gas Regulator / Charles B. Lewis
5: How Santa Claus Came to Simpson's Bar / Bret Harte
6: Double Trickery / Lemuel De Bra
7: The Dedham Mansion Case / Lemuel De Bra
8: Saturday Afternoon / Ellis Parker Butler
9: Gold Is Where You Find It / Beatrice Grimshaw
10: The Cibourne Trail / H. Bedford-Jones
11: A Bad Bit of Trouble / Bertram Atkey
12: Murder With a Smile / Clarence Herbert New
13: The Madness of William Bull / Bertram Atkey
14: The Headswoman / Kenneth Grahame
15: The Sad End of Mr. William Starr / E. Phillips Oppenheim
16: The Unholy Experiment of Martin Shenwick / Ernest Favenc
17: A Relic of the Borgias / Richard Marsh
18: The Man Who Was Pawned / Sydney Horler

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18 short stories totalling over 100,000 words. They include pulp crime, weird, humour, pathos. From UK, South Pacific, Australia, USA... All in Life+70 yrs public domain.

1: The Ship That Saw a Ghost / Frank Norris
2: The Golden Bean / Beatrice Grimshaw
3: The Fairy Godmother / Edward Dyson
4: That Parson / A. E. Dingle
5: The Crime of Miss Wilks / Capel Boake
6: Old Man Murtrie / Don Marquis
7: A Game With Death / Mark Hellinger
8: The Crime Trust / Edgar Wallace
9: The Return / Sherwood Anderson
10: The Dreams in the Witch-House / H. P. Lovecraft
11: Too Far South / John Arthur Barry
12: Golden Bars / Max Pemberton
13: Daphne / Guy Boothby
14: The Land Where There is no Death / Stephen Vincent Benét
15: Cool Air / H. P. Lovecraft
16: The Predicament of De Plonville / Robert Barr
17: The Ideal / Stanley G. Weinbaum
18: Egging on Esmond / Sydney Horler

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Various: Past Masters 244, v1, 18 Dec 2025

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20 short stories in the Life+70 yrs public domain, the oldest from 1706, by Daniel Defoe.

This is the last issue of Past Masters for 2025; next will appear sometime in January 2026.

1: Ferdinando Eboli / Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley
2: The Midnight Guest / Heath Crichton
3: A Community of Two / Edward Dyson
4: The Contamination of Santa Claus / Silas Snell
5: The Art Critics/ Fred M. White
6: The Celestial Adventure of Sin Loo / Richard Stillman Powell
7: Imprisoned with the Pharaohs / Harry Houdini
8: That Nice Mr. Tait / Edward Dyson
9: The Apparition of Mrs. Veal / Daniel Defoe
10: The Winning Shot / Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
11: The Ghostly Vengeance/ A. Hyatt Verrill
12: Flush of Gold / Jack London
13: Not a Bad Deal / Anthony Hope
14: The Mine Layer / C. J. Cutcliffe Hyne
15: Sand / Malcolm Jameson
16: The Severed Hand / Wilhelm Hauff
17: The Accident / Harold Mercer
18: Farewell to Fame / Mark Hellinger
19: The Unrest-Cure / 'Saki'
20: A Tragic Honeymoon / George R. Sims

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Five new authors whose work falls into the public domain on 1 January 2026:
Elizabeth Sanxay Holding andf Ruby M Ayres, romance writers; A E Martin, former sideshow promotor turned author; J Jefferson Farjeon, action and crime writer; Nat Schachner, prolific pulp writer; plus some of "the usual suspects" as Claud Rains says in "Casablanca".

1: Fisherman's Luck / J. Jefferson Farjeon
2: Valda, You've Five Minutes / A. E. Martin
3: Pirates of the Gorm / Nat Schachner
4: The Hat In The Hall / Ruby M. Ayres
5: The Woman He Had to Kill / Francis Beeding
6: Coincidence / F. Storer Clouston
7: The Gift of Venus / Erle Cox
8: The Police Sometimes Guess Wrong / Harold Ward
9: The Catspaw / Ward Sterling
10: Eat, Drink And Die! / Nat Schachner
11: The Motor Brigand / M. Forrest
12: Vantanner's Right Whale / T. Jenkins Hains
13: Murder in the Past / David Wright O'Brien
14: Red and Black / Percival Wilde
15: The Orton Murder / Harold Mercer
16: Excepting Mrs. Pentherby / "Saki"
17: The Haunted Milk Bucket / Ernest Favenc
18: Lady In Love / Peter Cheyney
19: Mr. Martin Swallows the Anchor / Elisabeth Sanxay Holding

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Various: Past Masters 246, v1, 5 Jan 2026

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Another 100,000 word short story anthology, all in the Life+70 years public domain.

1: The Menace from Andromeda / Nat Schachner & Arthur L. Zagat
2: The Man Who Shot At Cats / J. Jefferson Farjeon
3: The Ten-Franc Counter / H. de Vere Stacpoole
4: The Golden Idol / J. Jefferson Farjeon
5: Grins and Bitters / Mark Hellinger
6: Road to Fame / Mark Hellinger
7: Echo / Mark Hellinger
8: A Patriotic Short / F. Scott Fitzgerald
9: A Romance of Wookey Hole / J. S. Fletcher
10: The Marquis of Carabas / Elisabeth Sanxay Holding
11: A Little Essay on Boarders / Ernest O'Ferrall
12: Morning Glory / Randolph Bedford
13: Fatal Obstacle / Anthony Hope
14: Waiting for the Police / J. Jefferson Farjeon
15: A Corner in Oils / Edward Dyson
16: The Vengeance of Dungarvan / Edwin L. Arnold
17: The Hills of the Dead / Robert E. Howard
18: The Haunted Bell / Jacques Futrelle
19: The Greek God / Jacques Futrelle
20: The River of Hate / Achmed Abdullah
21: The Police Station / Arnold Bennett
22: The Berwick Burr / William Crawford Honeyman

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Various: Past Masters 247, v1, 18 Jan 2026

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Eighteen short stories in the Life+70 years public domain, collected from magazines, newspapers, and other sources.

1: Bachelor Girls / Louis Esson
2: Runaway Cargo / Nat Schachner
3: Callaghan's Miracle / A. E. Martin
4: The Worst Joke in the World / Elisabeth Sanxay Holding
5: A Prince of Gamblers / E. Phillips Oppenheim
6: Daylight Murder / Valentine Gregory
7: The Stalking Horse / R. Austin Freeman
8: The Earl of Nowhere / Edgar Wallace
9: Drama In The Dolls' House / E Phillips Oppenheim
10: The Subletting of the Mansion / Dion Fortune
11: A Thousand Berries a Week / C. S. Montanye
12: The Philosopher / Peter Cheyney
13: A Suspicious Gift / Algernon Blackwood
14: The Birds of the Air / Ernest Favenc
15: The Nebraska Loadstone / Anthony Hope
16: The Immigration of Souls / Harold Mercer
17: The Tea Caddy / Fergus Hume
18: The Senior Proctor's Wooing / Grant Allen

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Various: Past Masters 248, v1, 27 Jan 2026

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Twenty-four short stories by authors ranging from the well-known to the unknown, all in the Life+70 yrs public domain.

1: The Dust-Cloud / E. F. Benson
2: The Clutching Shadow / Wilson Collison
3: Pirates / E. F. Benson
4: The Double Pursuit / Edward Dyson
5: The Retirement of Signor Lambert / Arthur Conan Doyle
6: The Widow's Clock / Bernard Capes
7: August Heat / William Fryer Harvey
8: "Vengeance is Mine..." / P. C. Wren
9: Review: Jade of Destiny, 1931 (Jeffery Farnol)
10: The Gray Wolf / H. Bedford-Jones
11: The Mountaineer / Georges Surdez
12: Beyond Words / Elisabeth Sanxay Holding
13: Madame La Gimp / Damon Runyon
14: The Great Magor Diamond / "Sapper"
15: Dog's Tale / Mark Twain
16: Mrs. Steel's Jewellery / Ward Edson
17: A Voice From the Fog / Ben Ames Williams
18: The Weird Violin / Anonymous
19: The Sundial / R. H. Malden
20: The Journey to Bruges / Katherine Mansfield
21: The Haunted Burglar / W. C. Morrow
22: A Cup of Cold Water / Ernest Favenc
23: Irony De Luxe / Mark Hellinger
24: The Miller of Ostend / Melville Davisson Post
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Various: Past Masters 249, v1, 10 Feb 2026

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The last story, by Roger Torrey, is a hard-boiled private eye tale which, in the contents of its magazine, was billed as a "full-length novel". This usually means in the region of 20,000 to 30,000 words. In the book publishing world outside the pulps, it's a novelette.

As usual, the total in this issue is around 100,000 words, all stories in the Life+70 years public domain.

1: The 13th Butter-Dish / A. E. Martin
2: Mistaken Identity / Lawrence B. Jupp
3: The Norther / C. T. Revere
4: Yellow Bowden / Albert Richard Wetjen
5: Mr. Jones / Edith Wharton
6: What The Boss Was Doing / Sumner Locke
7: The Terror of Moggil-Moggil / Mary Hannay Foott
8: The Border / Henry C. Rowland
9: Uncle Abraham's Romance / Edith Nesbit
10: A Very Satisfactory Fog / W. L. Alden
11: Misunderstood / J. H. M. Abbott
12: A Gentleman of Resource / J. S. Fletcher
13: The Mystery of the Hidden Legacy / J. S. Fletcher
14: The Clock Hands of Fate / Harold Mercer
15: Wolverden Tower / Grant Allen
16: On the Northern Ice / Elia W. Peattie
17: The Boarding House / James Joyce
18: Murder with Music / Roger Torrey (novelette)

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The 250th issue of this digital short story magazine. As usual, all the stories are in the Life+70 yrs public domain, and the authors range from the famous to the unknown.

A cumulative index of stories to issue 250 is also uploaded with this issue.

1: Inches and Ells / Elisabeth Sanxay Holding
2: Last Request / Mark Hellinger
3: "Moo-oo-oo-oo!" / Laurence Donovan
4: Justly Due / Jeffery Farnol
5: Beyond the Violet / J.U. Giesy
6: Eight Stone Six / Randolph Bedford
7: The Perfect Way / Achmed Abdullah
8: The Affair of Mrs. Lotus Leaf / Peter Cheyney
9: The House by the River / Capel Boake
10: O'Callaghan-O'Brien's Secret / Richard Dowling
11: The Black Poodle / F. Anstey
12: The Murder Hole / Catherine Sinclair
13: The Scandal Detectives / F. Scott Fitzgerald
14: The Romance of Captain Duffy / H. de Vere Stacpoole
15: Shanghai Explosive / William J. Makin
16: The Blue Scarab / R. Austin Freeman
17: The Bron's Bog Debating Society / Edward Dyson
18: His Last Ship / Vernon Ralston
19: On the Brighton Road / Richard Middleton
20: Things / Alice Duer Miller
21: The Lenton Croft Robberies / Arthur Morrison
22: At 9.30 Precisely / C. S. Montanye
23: The Waters of Death / Erckman-Chatrian
24: "The Giggle" Newspaper Company / Ernest O'Ferrall
25: The Mystery of the Dog's Tooth Cliff / Baroness Orczy

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There are two stories, both by Australian writers, "The Great Pearl" by Roderic Quinn, and "The Story of the Big Pearl", by Ernest Favenc, in this issue. Favenc's story appeared in 1890, Quinn's in 1895. Very different approach to a similar idea.

This issue also includes a hard-boiled crime novelette by Cleve F Adams. and even a fairy tale by the author of "Ann of Green Gables".

1: Hulbertson, Outcast / James Francis Dwyer
2: The Nameless Man / Rodrigues Ottolengui
3: A Singular Client / Anonymous
4: I'm a Fool / Sherwood Anderson
5: Transformation / Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley
6: The Tale of Dr. Bland / J. Jefferson Farjeon
7: Murder Presumed / J. Jefferson Farjeon
8: The Great Pearl / Roderic Quinn
9: Pickles and Powder / Ernest O'Ferrall
10: The Bobolink / Duncan Campbell Scott
11: The Outsider / H. P. Lovecraft
12: The "Lady Macquarie" / John Arthur Barry
13: A Pastoral Horror / Arthur Conan Doyle
14: Whiteface / Aidan de Brune
15: After Twelve Years / Mark Hellinger
16: The Phantom Coach / Amelia B. Edwards
17: Butterfly Queen / L. M. Montgomery
18: Private War / Cleve F. Adams (novelette)
19: La Revanche / Alex. Montgomery
20: The Balloon Tree / Edward Page Mitchell
21: The Story of the Big Pearl / Ernest Favenc
22: For Brodie's Benefit / Charles Emmett van Loan
23: The Blue Bonnet / Violet Hunt
24: Sammy The Sandwich-Man / Sydney Horler

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Various: Past Masters 253, v1, 16 March 2026

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21 Short stories in the Life+70 yrs public domain, collected from magazines, newspapers and other sources. Three authors have not appeared in Past Masters before: Florence Blair, Bartlett Adamson and John P. Dalley.

1: St. George and the Dragon / Katherine Tynan
2: Roughing it With Reggie / Sydney Horler
3: Samoan Bogies / Florence Blair
4: House Enchanted / Beatrice Grimshaw
5: Her Last Curious Case / Edward Dyson
6: Somebody Waiting / Louis Arthur Cunningham
7: He Didn't Believe in Fairies / William Almon Wolff
8: The Extra Man and the Milk-fed Lion / Charles E. Van Loan
9: Betty's Bracelet / William Crawford Honeyman
10: Hercules in Hell / Bertram Atkey
11: A Square Deal / John Arthur Barry
12: The Libertine / John B. Dalley
13: "Floating" / Arthur J. Rees
14: The Covenant of the Craddocks / Albert Richard Wetjen
15: Beyond the Sunset / Margaret Cox Taylor
16: My Interrupted Demise / Bartlett Adamson
17: The Philosopher / Peter Cheyney
18: Button, Button / Arthur Somers Roche
19: Hoop-te-do! / Booth Tarkington
20: The Open Door / Rafael Sabatini
21: The Purple Emperor / Robert W. Chambers

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Another 25 short stories, totalling approximately 100,000 words, all in the Life+70 yrs public domain.

1: The Striding Place / Gertrude Atherton
2: The Family Honor / J. M. Barrie
3: The Search for the Lost Chord / A. E. Martin
4: On the Loose / C. J. Dennis
5: Casey / Ernest O'Ferrall
6: Cold Feet / Albert Dorrington
7: The Dancer in Red / Fergus Hume
8: Captain Black / Charles E. Carryl
9: Mr. Donah / Tom Gallon
10: Saintin's "Madame." / Ambrose Pratt
11: The Model / W. W. Jacobs
12: The Rival Ghosts / Brander Matthews
13: The Viscount's Cub / J. S. Fletcher
14: Us / Owen Oliver
15: An Occult Experience / Anna Nicholas
16: Lifebuoy / Ernest O'Ferrall
17: The Break of Day / Joseph Altsheler
18: The Pool of Honor / Elinor Mordaunt
19: The Parliament at Thebes / Donn Byrne
20: By His Own Hand / Anonymous
21: On the Adavale Common / Edward S. Sorenson
22: Through the Ether / Gilbert Munro Turnbull
23: Shadows in Zamboula / Robert E. Howard
24: George Dobson's Expedition to Hell / James Hogg
25: An Undergraduate's Aunt / F. Anstey

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Various: Past Masters 255, v1, 5 April 2026

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22 short stories in the Life+70 yrs public domain, gathered from newspapers, magazines and other sources. This issue is a little over 100,000 words.

1: The Christmas Goose / Sydney Horler
2: Vogue la Galère! / William Le Queux
3: Why They Married / Mrs. Belloc Lowndes
4: Under the Lens / F. Britten Austin
5: The Undoing of Smiles / Con Drew
6: A Crook in Arcady / Sydney Horler
7: Dogs Always Know / Elisabeth Sanxay Holding
8: The Picture in the House / H. P. Lovecraft
9: Many Waters Cannot Quench Love / Louisa Baldwin
10: Rolling Stone / William le Queux
11: The Story of the Rippling Train / Mrs. Molesworth
12: The Officer's Lady / "Tauwarra"
13: Cemetery Bait / Damon Runyon
14: An Exploration Enterprise / Barry Pain
15: The Time Lock / George Kibbe Turner
16: The Life Polar Expedition / Robert Benchley
17: A Bottomless Grave / Ambrose Bierce
18: Hard-Boiled / Mark Hellinger
19: Hands of Death / Algernon Blackwood
20: An Old Wastrel / Katharine Tynan
21: A Gentle Ghost / Mary Eleanor Wilkins Freeman
22: The Valley of Golden Silence / Beatrice Grimshaw

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Various: Past Masters 256, v1, 12 Apr 2026

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23 short stories by past masters and unknowns, all in the Life+70 public domain. Two writers new to this series: Frank Morton and Adam McCay; a particularly sharp short-short by Mark Hellinger, while Henry S Whitehead is again in the Caribbean, home of the zombie (jumbee) and the weird. Kipling takes us into the mythical jungle of India and Conan Doyle's tale is another of his non-Sherlock stories, of which there were many, overshadowed by his tales of the Great Detective.

1: The Mutiny / William Harrison Ainsworth
2: Simpson and Delilah / Louis Arthur Cunningham
3: The Return / Alice C. Tomholt
4: The Uses of Adversity / Alice C. Tomholt
5: Down from Gunyah / Edward Dyson
6: The Undertakers / Rudyard Kipling
7: The Devil Doctor / Edgar Wallace
8: The Shadows / Henry S. Whitehead
9: The Place With The Baboons / Bertram Atkey
10: Leatherbee's Luck / George Allan England
11: The Gambler Hated Rats / J. Jefferson Farjeon
12: Shalabala / Anonymous
13: Harold Norbey's Great Burglar / Adam McCay
14: The Adventuress / Arthur Gask
15: The Governor of St. Kitt's / Arthur Conan Doyle
16: The Wood Devil Thing / Gordon MacCreagh
17: Dolly / Frank Morton
18: The Merrye Mayde / J. H. M. Abbott
19: The Perfect Life / F. Scott Fitzgerald
20: The Old Doll's House / Damon Runyon
21: Ask Miss Mott / E. Phillips Oppenheim
22: The Door of the Trap / Sherwood Anderson
23: Broadway Attorney / Mark Hellinger

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Various: Past Masters 257, v1, 19 Apr 2025

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20 short stories, some of them fairly long, in the Life+70 yrs public domain, extracted from newspapers, magazines and other sources. Crime, romance, adventure, sf, horror...

1: The Story of Lafont / Ernest Favenc
2: The Haunted Rectory / "Sapper"
3: The Daunt Diana / Edith Wharton
4: Mill of the Gods / Malcolm Jameson
5: Easy Money / W. W. Jacobs
6: The Mystery of the Felwyn Tunnel /
L. T Meade and Robert Eustace
7: The Nose of Napoo / Bertram Atkey
8: The Actor Man at Bullswool / Ward Edson
9: A Cargo of Champagne / H. de Vere Stacpoole
10: Inter-Office Memo / Robert Benchley
11: Wanted— A Short Story / Emanuel Julius
12: The Cruise of the "Willing Mind" / A. E. W. Mason
13: The Lock-Keeper / W. B. Maxwell
14: A Dagger of Glass / Sir Gilbert Campbell
15: Wild Oats / "Tauwarra"
17: A Ward of Colonel Starbottle's / Bret Harte
18: The Romance of a Landlady / Katharine Tynan
19: The Inmost Light / Arthur Machen
20: The Flowering of the Strange Orchid / H. G. Wells

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Various: Past Masters 258, v1, 22 Apr 2026

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22 short stories including two from authors with very unusual life stories; humour, fantasy, action... all in the Life+70 Public Domain.

1: Behind the Monocle / J. S. Fletcher
2: The Sermon on the Rocks / Randolph Bedford
3: Worms of the Earth / Robert E. Howard
4: The Piano Next Door / Elia W. Peattie
5: Too Cute for Words / F Scott Fitzgerald
6: The Everlasting Club / Arthur Gray
7: The Haunted Inheritance / Edith Nesbit
8: Eoineen of the Birds / Padraic Pearse
9: The Old Shawl / "Weeroona"
10: The Doctor, His Wife, and the Clock /
(novelette) Anna Katharine Green
11: Victory / Louis Arthur Cunningham
12: Water Rights / T. C. Bridges
13: The Ghost Walks / Sydney Horler
14: The Mouse / James Oliver Curwood
15: Moonbeam of Pearl / Douglas Newton
16: The Other Side / Eric Stenbock
17: The Escape / J. D. Beresford
18: A Very Old Friend / Mark Hellinger
19: The Anonymous Wiggle / Ellis Parker Butler
20: Bluff / Barry Pain
21: My Criminal Career / Harold Mercer
22: The Story of St. Vespaluus / "Saki"

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Various: Past Masters 259, v1, 29 April 2026

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20 stories gathered from newspapers, magazines and other sources, all in the Life+70 years public domain. There are a few unusual items: a Beatrice Grimshaw story set, not in her beloved Papua, but her native Ireland; Stacpoole's story is away from the South Seas, and strays into Weird Tales country; there is a rare tale from a genuine Countess; and of course, to use the phrase from the movie "Casablanca", tales from "the usual suspects"... More than 100,000 words of short fiction, although the first story is more a novelette.

1: Prince Alberic and the Snake Lady / Vernon Lee (novelette)
2: The Keyboard of Silence / Clinton H. Stagg
3: The King of the Foxes / Arthur Conan Doyle
4: "Babs" / Baroness de Bertouch
5: A Little Girl in Tears / Ellis Parker Butler
6: The Orange Kid / Peter Cheyney
7: The Lily Wedding / Beatrice Grimshaw
8: His Last Appearance / H. Bedford-Jones
9: "Spontaneous Combustion" / Arthur B. Reeve
10: The Unknown Man / Frederick Irving Anderson
11: Useless Charlie / Mark Hellinger
12: The Shocks of Doom / O. Henry
13: The Fairy Godmother / Harold Mercer
14: Castle Innis / Henry de Vere Stacpoole
15: How The Line Was Cleared / "Lyn Ridge"
16: From Beyond / H. P. Lovecraft
17: The Four Organists / "Kodak"
18: A Tale of a Dog / Edward Dyson (as by "Ward Edson")
19: Dr. Feldman / Algernon Blackwood
20: The Book of Worlds / Miles J. Breuer

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Various: Past Masters 260: v1, 3 May 2026

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Twenty stories in the Life+70 yrs public domain. There are some familiar sleuths in this issue: Jaques Futrelle's "thinking machine" S F X Van Dusen; Austin Freeman's Dr Thorndyke; Arthur B Reeve's scientific detective Craig Kennedy; and on the flip side E W Hornung's gentleman jewel thief Raffles.

1: The Whiffet / Albert Payson Terhune
2: The King's Thumb / Frederick Irving Anderson
3: The Unknown Masterpiece / Frederick Irving Anderson
4: The Scarecrow / Max Afford
5: The Logic That Failed / Gerald Biss
6: Bombastes Furioso / Hugh Walpole
7: Mrs. Stoot and Her Ear-Rings / Basil Thomson
8: Billie Finds the Answer / "Sapper"
9: The Germ of Death / Arthur B. Reeve
10: The Cuneiform Inscription / Melville Davisson Post
11: How Gillan Was Done / Ward Edson
12: Review: The Thirty-nine Steps, 1915 (John Buchan) / Terry Walker
13: The Ghost in Brocade / Fergus Hume
14: Pandora's Box / R. Austin Freeman
15: To Pay Paul / Randolph Bedford
16: Michael Was Murdered / Percy Stanway Tapp
17: To Catch a Thief / E. W. Hornung
18: The Superfluous Finger / Jacques Futrelle
19: The Honourable Billy / G. B. Burgin
20: The Accusing Camera / Ward Edson

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Various: Past Masters Eight (2020); v1; 5 Sep 2020

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22 short stories by past masters of the genre, all in the Life + 70 Public Domain.

1: Murder of a Matchmaker / C E Bechhofer Roberts
2: Where Was Wych Street? / Stacy Aumonier
3: A Wrong Turning / M Mcdonnell Bodkin
4: Only a Voice / M Mcdonnell Bodkin
5: There and Back / F St Mars
6: The Dazzle Plot / C N and A M Williamson
7: The Torpedo / M Mcdonnell Bodkin
8: Over-Ruled / M Mcdonnell Bodkin
9: Find the Forger / M Mcdonnell Bodkin
10: The Tower Ghost / E. Phillips Oppenheim
11: The Canterville Ghost / Oscar Wilde
12: Mr. Homes Shatters an Alibi / John Kendrick Bangs
13: Guaranteed Countess / C J Cutcliffe Hyne
14: Flight From Teheran / William J Makin
15: Five Men's Lives for One Horse / Rolf Boldrewood
16: The Mailman's Yarn / Rolf Boldrewood
17: Comedy of the Grand Canal / J. S. Fletcher
18: The Gift to See Ourselves as Others See Us / Aidan de Brune
19: Mrs Carnaby's Dairies / C E Bechhofer Roberts
20: The Empty Chair / Claude and Alice Askew
21: The Last Lap / C E Bechhofer Roberts
22: The Radium Robbery / C E Bechhofer Roberts

There is also a cumulative index of all eight Past Masters anthologies, at the end of the book.

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Various: Past Masters Eighteen (2020); v1; 27 Dec 2020

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Only 9 stories, but three are novelettes adding up to about 75,000 words, and six short stories brings it up to 95,000.

After the mammoth C S Montanye collection I posted earlier, ("This murder's On Me"), I found another handful of Montanye hard-boiled yarns and a light romantic story; which are in here.

Wadsworth Camp's yarn is an adventure/crime story dating from 1915, which reappeared in Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine after WW2, a tribute to its timelessness. Charles G Booth was another hard-boiled author for Black Mask and others, but is now forgotten, apart from a single long novelette. Gwyn Evans throws in a brave stab at a Edgar Wallace style villain.

1: The Missing Q.C.s/ John Oxenham
2: The Croucher / Gwyn Evans (novelette)
3: The Obscure Move / Wadsworth Camp
4: Cricket's Last Hop / C. S. Montanye
5: Hoodwinked / C. S. Montanye
6: Frozen Stiff / C. S. Montanye
7: Wings For An Angel / C. S. Montanye (novelette)
8: Opals Are Unlucky / C. S. Montanye
9: Stag Party / Charles G Booth (long novelette)

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Various: Past Masters Eighty, v2, 1 Jun 2022

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The short stories in the "Past Masters" series of original anthologies are all in the Life+70 years public domain. A few stories in this long series of anthologies are entirely anonymous, and a few by authors who cannot be traced beyond their name. In this issue, the stories are from assorted magazines such as "20 Stories Magazine", "The Black Cat", "Blue Book", and the like, and from newspapers such as "Western Star and Roma Advertiser", "Kangaroo Island Courier," "The Central Queensland Herald", and the Sydney "World's News".

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1: While on Remand / Valentine Gregory
2: The Great Star Ruby / Barnes MacGreggor
3: The Murder Master / Roy L. Hinds
4: Blackmail Broadcast, Unlimited / Ellis Parker Butler
5: The Prima Donna's Diamonds / Thomas Byrne
6: A Detective Adventure / Anonymous
7: Detective Tempest Faces the Music / Ward Muir
8: The Corner of John Street / Percy James Brebner
9: Her Ransom / Percy James Brebner
10: The Ghost of the Cabinet / Percy James Brebner
11: Lady Langton's Jewels / Percy James Brebner
12: In the Powder-Box / Scott Campbell
13: What He Taught Best / Roy W. Hinds
14: The Fixing of Mrs. Farwell / W. Pett Ridge
15: The Howling Of Dogs / Reginald Campbell
16: On the 6.15 / K. R. G. Browne
17: The Opium Smugglers / Carl N. Taylor
18: Chinese Murder / Anonymous
19: Jimmy Cassidy's Picture / George A. Birmingham
20: Two Women in the Case / K. R. G. Browne

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Various: Past Masters Eighty-Eight, v1, 28 Jul 2022

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An anthology of 21 short stories, horror, humour, weird, crime, etc, collected from newspapers and magazines, many of which have not been reprinted since they first appeared. All are in the Life + 70 years public domain.

1: The Mask / Richard Marsh
2: A Ship's Bell / W. E. Cule
3: The Allard Burglars / George Hibbard
4: The Wake / Donn Byrne
5: The Weaver who Clad the Summer / Harris Merton Lyon
6: The Pretty Passenger / Anonymous
7: Bullion! / William Hope Hodgson
8: An Idyll of the Hills / Louis Tracy
9: The Pool of Secrets / Gwyn Evans
10: Ely’s Automatic Housemaid / Elizabeth W. Bellamy
11: The Third Drug / Edith Nesbit
12: The Sculptor's Angel / Marie Corelli
13: Somebody's Sons / Annie S. Swan
14: The Tudor Cup / Neil Munro
15: "Owing to the War" / Barry Pain
16: His Reward / Hume Nisbet
17: No Greater Love / Michael Bittner
18: The Queen's Emerald / Lee Willenborg
19: A Pearl of Price / Raymond S. Spears
20: Soft-Paw Ignorance / Raymond S. Spears
21: Mississippi Medicine / Raymond S. Spears

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Various: Past Masters Eighty-Five, v1, 4 July 2022

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Twenty short stories in the Life+70 public domain gathered from magazines and newspapers, with horror, vampire, crime, and humour.

1: Doubled and Redoubled / Malcolm Jameson
2: The Nomad / Robert Hichens
3: A Mystery of the Campagna / Anne Crawford
4: One Escort— Missing or Dead / Roger Torrey
5: That Finished Product / C S Montanye
6: Ten Thousand Years in Ice / Robert Duncan Milne
7: The Screaming Skull / J. Allan Dunn
8: O'Sheen's Photo Finish / Leroy Yerxa
9: The Great George Mystery / Gordon Graham
10: O'Sheen's Sweet Tooth / Leroy Yerxa
11: Concession / Annie S. Swan
12: "Great Minds Run—" / Harold Ward
13: White as Snow / C. S. Montanye
14: Justice Borrows Bullets / Roger Torrey
15: The Green Intelligence / Harley S. Aldinger
16: One Hour Back / C. S. Montanye
17: To Skid or Not to Skid / C. S. Montanye
18: The Pipe of Death / Charles B. Stilson
19: The Two Chignons / Anonymous
20: Laola of the Isles / Edouard A. Aujard
Cumulative Index #61-85

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Various: Past Masters Eighty-Four, v1, 26 Jun 2022

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Another anthology of short fiction gathered from the pages of long-dead pulp magazines, from newspapers, and the like. All are in the Life+70 public domain

1: A Case of Dual Consciousness / W. L. Alden
2: Intelligence / Rafael Sabatini
3: A Chance Meeting / Anonymous
4: Grafter and Master Grafter / Achmed Abdullah
5: Interlude / Achmed Abdullah
6: Two Little Men / Roger Torrey
7: Whispering Death / Laurence Donovan
8: Another Pawn of Fate / F. St. Mars
9: $-Rays / Henry Leverage
10: Thieves Three / C S Montanye
11: He Gave Him a Gun / Laurence Donovan
12: Gorilla Girl / Charlton L. Edholm
13: Death Makes a Man Mad / Laurence Donovan
14: Carnival Killer / G. Morris Sand
15: When Sky Crooks Fall Out / Raoul Whitfield
16: Red Evidence / Charlton L. Edholm
17: A Creeping Terror / Douglas M Dold
18: The Cruise of the Cadis / Raymond S. Spears
19: Mistress of the Undead / Lazar Levi
Cumulative Index #61-84

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Various: Past Masters Eighty-Nine, v1, 4 Aug 2022

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The Eighty-Ninth anthology of short stories collected for the most part from magazines and newspapers, some by well-known authors, but mostly by relative unknowns, and all in the Life + 70 Public Domain.

1: The Weird of the Walfords / Louisa Baldwin
2: The Devil of the Marsh / H. B. Marriott-Watson
3: Beautiful Decoy / Anonymous
4: The Diamond Bracelet / Sandy Sharp
5: Ambitious Man / A. St. John Adcock
6: Gunfire at Scarlani's / Atwater Culpepper
7: White Cap / Ethel Lina White
8: Hotel Evidence / Helen Simpson
9: Poker / Achmed Abdullah
10: A Dog-House Detective / Herbert MacAlpine
11: Bogus Gems / Gordon Young
12: The Baturu Mandarin / Georges Surdez
13: On the Dodge / Raymond S. Spears
14: The Horse Thief Rendezvous / Raymond S. Spears
15: Murder Magic / Cary Moran
16: Terror! / A. Kuprin
17: The Man from Nowhere / Georges Surdez
18: Other People's Money / Christopher B. Booth
19: Our New House / Bram Stoker
20: The Conqueror / W. J. Locke
21: No Living Witness / Emile C. Tepperman
22: The Pink Envelope / Russ W. Carter
Index #61-89

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Various: Past Masters Eighty-One, v1, 6 Jun 2022

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A mixed bag, with several long short stories; a mix of humour, romance, horror and weird concluding with hard-boiled private eye story by Cleve F Adams, a stalwart of Black Mask magazine. All stories are in the Life+70 years public domain.

1: A Feminine Stand / Owen Oliver
2: Morrell's Memoriser / Anna Steese Richardson
3: The Pass of Nolan's Welcome / Richard Dowling
4: Tricky Tonnage / Malcolm Jameson
5: The Master Ants / Francis Flagg
6: By the Hands of the Dead / Francis Flagg
7: The Spy / George A. Birmingham
8: Ribbon of Fate / George Allan England
9: A Question of Salvage / George Allan England
10: The Snake Strikes / Lieutenant Edgar Gardiner
11: The Lizard God / Charles J. Finger
12: The Shame of Gold / Charles J. Finger
13: The Colour out of Space / H. P. Lovecraft
14: Default With Doom / Cleve F. Adams

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Various: Past Masters Eighty-Seven, v1, 19 Jul 2022

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Nineteen short stories collected from magazines and newspapers, many of which have not been reprinted since their first appearance. All are in the Life+70 years public domain, and this anthology includes weird, horror, crime, humour, and romance.

1: The Christmas in the Fog / Frances Hodgson Burnett
2: Sargasso / Ward Muir
3: Kerfol / Edith Wharton
4: A Blind Man's Home-Coming / Ward Muir
5: Europe is Wonderful / Ward Muir
6: The Court of the Wicked Queen / Marion Shaler
7: Satan's Scalpel / Arthur Leo Zagat
8: The Looking Glass / J.D. Beresford
9: The Bat And Belfry Inn / Alan Graham
10: The Crock / F. Frankfort Moore
11: "Sycamore": A Ghost Story / Cy Warman
12: The Haunted "Smoker" / Edwin L. Arnold
13: Bertie and the Doorstep / John Worne
14: The Brink of Destruction / John Worne
15: The Haunted Picture / Tom Gallon
16: The Wrong Number / Louis Tracy
17: A Diabolical Experiment / Percy J. Brebner
18: The Soul of a Ship / Beatrice Heron-Maxwell
19: Lettice Langworthy's Prince / Katharine Tynan
Cumulative Index #61 to 87

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Various: Past Masters Eighty-Six, v1, 16 July 2022

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The 86th anthology of short fiction in the Life+70 years Public domain, gathered from magazines and newspapers and aother source. They are mostly "waifs and strays" in that many have never been reprinted since their first publication, either in the authors' own collections, or later anthologies.

1: The Twisted Inn / Hugh Walpole
2: The Diplomat / Annie S. Swan
3: Dobson's Plots / David C. Roose
4: Foghorn Fernando / Edward Boltwood
5: John Sherlock's Alibi / Anonymous
6: The Hachma Ruby / Anonymous
7: The Adventure of the German Student / Washington Irving
8: Rogue's Room / Anonymous
9: The Adventure of the Table Foot / Allan Ramsay
10: The Winged Ones / H. Field Leslie
11: The Burglary in Middlesex Street / Basil Thomson
12: Reward in Hell / Ralph Franklin
13: The Great God Ananzi / Stephen Chalmers
14: The Vanishing of Benjamin Vex / Robert Keene
5: A Hand-Bag Too Many / Robert Keene
16: The Dangerous Day / Robert Keene
17: Cornflower Blue / May Wynne
18: Assorted Chips / Hulbert Footner
19: The Tarn / Hugh Walpole
20: Mayfair Melody / Peter Cheyney
21: The Mystery of the Old Tin Box / Annie S. Swan
22: Dead Men's Shoes / Annie S. Swan
23: The Little Walking Corpses / Arthur Leo Zagat
24: The Ship of Silence / Albert Richard Wetjen
Cumulative Index # 61-86

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Various: Past Masters Eighty-Three, v1, 21 Jun 2022

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Issue 83 of the Past Masters series of anthologies, containing many forgotten waifs and stray stories from magazines and newspapers and other sources. All are in the Life+70 public domain.

1: Three Dead Men / Roger Torrey
2: The Frankie and Johnny Murder / Roger Torrey
3: The Missing Mr. Link / Roger Torrey
4: The Coral of Idris / H. Bedford-Jones
5: The Man and the Motive / Scott Campbell
6: Mr. Keeble's Funny Story / Donald Devereux
7: Hostile Witness / Francis Marlowe
8: The Wrong Reception / Mrs. Baillie-Saunders
9: Conscience / K. R. Patterson
10: The Petrie Plan / Anonymous
11: Our Lady of Gwithian / A. T. Quiller-Couch
12: Menagerie / Alexander Kuprin
13: Bradford's P-Luck / H. Bedford-Jones
14: The Fetish of Remorse / Achmed Abdullah
15: Murder Backstage / Roger Torrey
16: The Absconder / Henry Leverage
17: The Conjurer of the Clouds / Muriel A. Pollexfen

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Various: Past Masters Eighty-Two, v1, 13 Jun 2022

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The 82nd short story anthology in the "Past Masters" series. All stories are in the public domain.
Adventure, crime, humour, romance and a bit of weird. This issue, like most of the others, is close to 100,000 words.

1: A Tricycle Made For Two / W. L. Alden
2: The Signed Masterpiece / Frederick Irving Anderson
3: Canon Alberic's Scrap Book / M. R. James
4: The Brigand of Kairouin the Holy / Charles J. Mansford
5: The City of the Scarlet Scarabeus / Charles J. Mansford
6: The Man in Moccasins / James Barr
7: Expert Interference / W. Pett Ridge
8: The First Class Passenger / Evelyn Everett Green
9: Heritage of Lucille Rivers / Alice and Claude Askew
10: The Intruder / Chris Sewell
11: The Green-eyed Remedy / K. R. G. Browne
12: The Phantom Drug / A. W. Kapfer
13: The Cruise of the Vega / Lieutenant Edgar Gardiner
14: The Warburton Mystery / Clarence Herbert New
15: The Devils Ransom / Albert Richard Wetjen
16: Not Down on the Bill / J. U. Giesy
17: A Cancelled Sale / Arthur Somers Roche
18: A Question of Rights / Sumner Locke
19: Intimate Enemies / Evelyn Everett-Green
20: The Grey Lady of Lakeside / E. Everett Green

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Various: Past Masters Eleven (v1); 5 Oct 2020

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The 11th in an ever growing anthology series of stray short stories from newspapers and magazines.

I do not pick and choose, my purpose is rather to collect anything, bundle them together in anthologies of roughly 100,000 words, and make them available to the public.

The last story is by Charles G Booth, a Hollywood screenwriter who died relatively young, and who published a number of hard-boiled/noir novels and short stories. There is also an anonymous Sherlock Holmes spoof from 1895 for collectors of Sherlockiana.

There is a cumulative index to all eleven antholgies so far.

Contents
Famous Mysteries series / Ladbroke Black
1: The Tragedy of Constance Kent
2: The Strange Death of Lieutenant Roper
3: The Eight-Minute Mystery
4: Who Murdered Sarah Roberts?
5: The Great Harley-street Enigma
6: The Burton Crescent Murder
7: The Battersea Mutilation Case

The Others
8: The Dog's Understudy / Barry Pain
9: Albert Theodore Parish / Barry Pain
10: Hasheesh / Barry Pain
11: The Open Eye / William Le Queux
12: The Murdered Wife / Perley Poore Sheehan
13: The Prodigal Son, V.C. / Ottwell Binns
14: The Vengeance of Adam Rook / Tom Gallon
15: Well Lost? / F. Britten Austin
16: Diamond Cut Diamond / F. Britten Austin
17: Adventure of the Rubber Pipe / Anonymous
18: A Condoned Crime / Mabel Quiller-Couch
19: Lance Warrener's Crime / George R. Sims
20: A Doctor's Dilemma / L. T. Meade and Clifford Halifax
21: Stag Party / Charles G. Booth
Cumulative Index Nos 1-11

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Various: Past Masters Fifteen: v1; 16 Nov 2020

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Twenty four short stories in the Life+70 Public Domain, collected from the pages of newspapers and magazines.

The anthology opens with an unknown author having a stab at the Raffles genre; includes several Leslie Beresford short stories, a Leroy Yerxa sf novelette, and concludes with an anonymous semi-horror tale of posession.

There is a cumulative index of all stories in the Past Masters series to date.

1: The Midnight Guest / Heath Crichton
2. A Country House Surprise / Heath Crichton
3: The Gold Mummy / Heath Crichton
4: The Mystery of the Hotel Royal / Heath Crichton
5: Phantom Gold / Ottwell Binns
6: The Seaside Girl / Fergus Hume
7: The Blue Vase / Fergus Hume
8: The Fatal Trapdoor / Anonymous
9: Hopkins' Safe / W. L. Alden
10: Poker Hand / Leslie Beresford
11: Diamonds for the Duchess / Leslie Beresford
12: Light-Fingered Looting / Leslie Beresford
13: Feminine Feathers / Leslie Beresford
14: Black Cats For Luck / Leslie Beresford
15: Understudy / Leslie Beresford
16: The Man in Khaki / Leslie Beresford
17: Starkweather's Circular Hotel / W. L. Alden
18: Monty's Friend / W. L. Alden
19: The Remittance Man / Ottwell Binns
20: Cut-Throat Farm / J. D. Beresford
21: Through the Asteroids— to Hell! / Leroy Yerxa
22: Patience / Sir George B. Douglas, Bart.
23: Uncle Sambuq's Fortune / Paul Arène
24: The Walled Chamber / Anonymous
Cumulative Index

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Various: Past Masters Fifty (v1), 25 Nov 2021

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Another anthology of short stories in the Life + 70 public domain:

1: "Pigs is Pigs" / Ellis Parker Butler
2: The Tomb of Sarah / F. G. Loring
3: The Yogi of West Ninth Street / Guy Gilpatric
4: The Black Sampan / Raoul Whitfield
5: The Dancing Partner / Jerome K. Jerome
6: Casting the Runes / M. R. James
7: The Van Duersen Haze / Frederick Irving Anderson
8: The Phantom Alibi / Frederick Irving Anderson
9: The Loaded Dog / Henry Lawson
10: Servant of Satan / Otis Adelbert Kline
11: Silver Jemmy / Stephen Vincent Benét
12: The Vampire / Théophile Gautier
13: The Briar / Valentine Williams
14: The Judge's House / Bram Stoker
15: The Ghost of the Marchioness of Appleford / Jerome K. Jerome
16: The Beast with Five Fingers / William Fryer Harvey
Cumulative Index 31-50

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Various: Past Masters Fifty-Eight, v1, 1 Jan 2022

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Further stories in the Life + 70 Public Domain; humour, creepy, crime, rmance and adventure

1: The Amber Fan / Raoul Whitfield
2: Secret Service / Arthur Gask
3: Icebergs / Mary Clare Davron
4: The Saints' Rest / W. L. Alden
5: He Had An Alibi / Anonymous
6: The Cast-Iron Canvasser / A. B. ("Banjo") Patterson
7: The Extraordinary Adventure of a Chief Mate / W. Clark Russell
8: Thurnley Abbey / Perceval Landon
9: The Lizard God / Charles J. Finger
10: The Signal Tower / Wadsworth Camp
11: The Cardboard Clue / Walter Ripperger (novella)
12: The End of Command / Albert Richard Wetjen
13: A Worth-While Crime / George Allan England
14: The Glamour of the Snow / Algernon Blackwood
Cumulative Index

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Various: Past Masters Fifty-Five; v1, 1 Jan 2022

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Short stories in the Life+70 Public Domain gathered from newspapers and magazines, and includes a Peter Cheyney novelette which only ever ran as a serial, and "The Hands of Mr Ottermole", a classic tale by Thomas Burke.
I collected the Cheyney novelette, along with many other forgotten early Cheyney stories, in 2017, and as Cheyney was in the PD in Australia since 2001, they were then finished and digitally published on-line by Project Gutenbeg Australia and Roy Glashan's Library.

1: Kitiwik / H. de Vere Stacpoole
2: Death Chair / Peter Cheyney (novelette)
3: Violence / Algernon Blackwood
4: An Inherited Taint / Headon Hill
5: Doctor Milner's Story / Thomas Cobb
6: The Smugglers of San Diego / Guy Gilpatric
7: The Magician Murder / Raoul Whitfield
8: Arsenic / Anonymous
9: Secret Intelligence / Violet Jacob
10: March Brew / Murray Gilchrist
11: The Reward / Mark Allerton
12: Horn Spectacles / E. M. Keate
13: The Hands of Mr Ottermole / Thomas Burke
14: Exhibit Number Two / Frederick Trevor Hill
Cumulative Index #31-55

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Various: Past Masters Fifty-Four, v1, 1 Jan 2022

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This number of Past Masters contains only stories by authors whose works entered the Life+70 public domain on January 1, 2022; i.e., authors who died in 1951.

Contents
1: The Invisible Weapon / Nicholas Olde
2: The Boat Race Murder / David Winser
3: The Ghost-Extinguisher / Gelett Burgess
4: The Willows / Algernon Blackwood
5: Christmas With a Punch / Peter Cheyney
6: What a Guest Desires / W Douglas Newton
7: The Will / Arthur Gask
8: Black Out / Peter Cheyney
9: Crying Baby / W Douglas Newton
10: The Girl At The Gate / H. de Vere Stacpoole
11: The Gold Kimono / Peter Cheyney
12: The Messenger Came at Midnight / Algernon Blackwood
13: Black Market / Arthur Gask
14: The Case of the Talking Dead / Emile C Tepperman
Cumulative Index #31-54

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Various: Past Masters Fifty-Nine (v1), 12 Jan 2022

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Eleven stories, one of them quite long:

1: Waffles / Albert Richard Wetjen
2: Phantom of the Forest / Leroy Yerxa
3: A Matter of Business / Sinclair Lewis
4: A Posteriori / Helen Simpson
5: The Dencourt Stiletto / Peter Cheyney
6: The Sign on the Roof / Peter Cheyney (Novella)
7: The Meet of the Beagles / H. de Vere Stacpoole
8: The Glasgow Phantom / Guy Gilpatric
9: By Decree of the High Ones / Coutts Brisbane
10: A King In Babylon? / Gwyn Evans
11: Death, The Knight, And The Lady / H. de Vere Stacpoole

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Various: Past Masters Fifty-One, v1, 30 Nov 2021

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Sixteen short stories in the public domain, gathered from magazines, newspapers and the like:

1: The Inconsiderate Waiter / J. M. Barrie
2: The Dead Sexton / Sheridan Le Fanu
3: The Demon Spell / Hume Nisbet
4: Romance of a Balloon / Hume Nisbet
5: A World of Sound / Olaf Stapledon
6: The Ghost-Ship / Richard Middleton
7: The Red Raid / Clarence Herbert New
8: Seaweed / Elia W Peattie
9: The Jerusalem Express / William J. Makin
10: Good Graft / Ellis Parker Butler
11: The Hunting of the Haggis / Guy Gilpatric
12: Climbing Death / Raoul Whitfield
13: Soaked in Seaweed / Stephen Leacock
14: Captain Cut-Throat / Albert Richard Wetjen
15: An Error in Equation / Ernest M Poate
16: False Teeth / Ernest M. Poate
Cumulative Index

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Various: Past Masters Fifty-Seven, v1, 1 Jan 2022

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A mixed assortment: lighthearted tales. a little bit of horror, and short stories by authors noted more for novels than short fiction, such as Dreiser and Lewis.

1: Adventures of Hector John / K. R. G. Browne
2: Where Early Fa's the Dew / Guy Gilpatric
3: The Man Who Limped / Otis Adelbert Kline
4: Murder in the Stalls / Valentine Gregory
5: At the Fortunate Frog / Coutts Brisbane
6: The Higher Civilisation / Coutts Brisbane
7: Scribbler's Luck / Coutts Brisbane
8: Flowers that Bloomed in the Spring / Coutts Brisbane
9: Birthday for Callaghan / Peter Cheyney
10: Strange Disappearance of a Baronet / Algernon Blackwood
11: Queen Hatasoo / W. L. Alden
12: Mitchinson's Developer / Victor L. Whitechurch
13: Falling Downstairs / Ethel Lina White
14: The Ways of Chance / Arthur Gask
15: The Post-Mortem Murder / Sinclair Lewis
16: The Lost Phoebe / Theodore Dreiser
17: Tainted Gold / L. C. Douthwaite
18: The Wife of the Humorous Gangster / H. Bedford-Jones
Cumulative Index

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Various: Past Masters Fifty-Six; v1, 1 Jan 2022

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Seventeen short stories, including one fairly long novelette, all of the stories being in the Life+70 Public Domain. They have been collected mostly from newspapers and magazines, where they have been largely forgotten. There is an index of stories in this series from Past Masters 31 to Past Masters 56.

1: The Worm With the Sting in His Tail / Arthur Gask
2: The Dagger of Macbeth / Stephen Chalmers
3: Disinherited / H de Vere Stacpoole
4: Li Wang's Legacy / L. C. Douthwaite
5: King Of Clubs / L. C. Douthwaite
6: Night Errant / Leslie Beresford
7: Midnight Murder / L. C. Douthwaite
8: The Return / Stacy Aumonier
9: His Cheap Bravo / W. Pett Ridge
10: The Wrong 'Un / Mark Allerton
11: The Ambassador / Owen Oliver
12: The Torpedo / M. McDonnell Bodkin
13: The Storm Centre / J. J. Bell
14: The Turning Point / K. R. G. Browne
15: The Amateur Prophet / K. R. G. Browne
16: The Man from Shanghai / Raoul Whitfield
17: The Lagoon of the Secret Pearls / Capt. Frederick Moore
Cumulative Index

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Various: Past Masters Fifty-Three, v1, 11 Dec 2021

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Another batch of short stories from newspaper and magazine sources that are in the Life + 70 public domain. I included the Willa Cather story, undoubtedly antholgised somewhere, for no other reason than my older sister's middle name is Willa, and was named after Ms Cather. There is a mixture of humour, horror, crime, and literary stories, including a story about the end of all human life, narrated by someone who is dead...

1: The Vampire Maid / Hume Nisbet
2: Devil Fish / Louis Becke
3: George, The Docker / Louis Becke
4. The Affair of the Shuteye Medium / H Bedford-Jones
5: Grear's Dam / Morley Roberts
6: The Ugly Bronze and the Beautiful Wife / Anonymous
7: Cleverly Caught / John Arthur Berry
8: Four Friends and Death / C. St. John Sprigg
9: A Stranger in Arcady / J S Fletcher
10: The End of All / Nym Crinkle
11: The Best Bet / Albert Richard Wetjen
12: Very Still Waters / F A M Webster
13: Floating Bones / F A M Webster
14: The Nomad / Robert Hichens
15: Double Birthday / Willa Cather
16: The Horror Horn / E. F. Benson
17: The Door / Henry S Whitehead
18: The Legacy Hounds / Hulbert Footner

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Various: Past Masters Fifty-Two (v1), 6 Dec 2021

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Nineteen stories from magazines and newspapers,

1: The Double Double Cross / Christopher B. Booth
2: The Drone / Abraham Merritt
3: The Moon-Dial / Henry S. Whitehead
4: Satan’s Circus / Eleanor Smith
5: Twice Drowned / Christopher B. Booth
6: Deep Sea Detective / Clarence Herbert New
7: The Blind Farmer and the Strip Dancer / H Bedford-Jones
8: By the Tie of a Boot-Lace / Anonymous
9: Trivial Evidence / Anonymous
10: The 6.15 'Bus / Anonymous
11: Shingle Short / Ferdinand McMahon
12: Her Demon Lover / Arthur Leo Zagat
13: Dogs of Circe / Edwin Truett Long
14: Wheels of Doom / H Bedford-Jones
15: Blatherwick / Evelyn Glover
16: Nobody's Business / C. S. Montanye
17: The Ghost of One Man Coulee / B. M. Bower
18: Changed Caliber / Ernest M. Poate
19: The Blue-Black Feet / Christopher B. Booth

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Various: Past Masters Five (2020); v1; 29 July 2020

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An anthology of short stories by authors in the Life+70 Public Domain. With the exception of the stories by A J Alan, which came from Project Gutenberg Australia, all stories were gathered from Australian newspapers through the on-line resource TROVE. Where possible I have given the first publication data for each story, but failing that the Australian newspaper where I found it.

Richard Connell is best remembered for his much-filmed novelette "Most Dangerous Game"; William J Makin, F Britten Austin and Guy Thorne already have novels and other books uploaded to MobileRead. I have given the vital dates of other authors.

Contents
1: One-Trip Darling / Richard Connell
2: The Fountain Of Light / A. A. Irvine
3: My Adventure In Norfolk / A.J. Alan
4: My Adventure at Chislehurst / A.J. Alan
5: The Diver / A.J. Alan
6: H2, etc. / A.J. Alan
7: The Hair / A. J. Alan
8: Supper at Midnight / William J. Makin
9: The Silent Witness / Cosmo Hamilton
10: No Leopards in Surbiton / F A M Webster
11: Four Friends and Death / Christopher Caudwell
12: The Fourth Degree / F Britten Austin
13: An Affair Of Honour / F. Britten Austin
14: The Inca's Treasure / F. Britten Austin
15: The Other Side / F. Britten Austin
16: Buried Treasure / F. Britten Austin
17: "The Man Who Was—" / Glyn Evans
18: Unforeseen / Guy Thorne

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Various: Past Masters Forty Three, v1, 15 Sep 2021

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Sixteen short stories in the Life Plus 70 Public Domain, from pulp magazines, newspapers and the like:

1: The Miraculous Revenge / George Bernard Shaw
2: A Bundle of Banknotes / Elliott Flower
3: Beating The Law / Ellis Parker Butler
4: The Green Devil / F St Mars
5: Trapped / C. S. Montanye
6: Rings of Dust / Scott Campbell
7: Eyes of Blue / Arthur P Hankins
8: Adjudged Incompetent / Ernest M Poate
9: The Sealed Envelope / Christopher B. Booth
10: A Point of Testimony / Carolyn Wells
11: The Stolen Gems / Carolyn Wells
12: Girl of the Goat-God / Arthur Leo Zagat
13: A Footlight Flash / Sylvanus Cobb Jr
14: The Man of Science / Jerome K Jerome
15: Blackman's Wood / E Phillips Oppenheim
16: The Cat of Chiltern Castle / Mary Sharon

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Various: Past Masters Forty-Eight, v1, 30 Oct 2021

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Ten stories, some of them quite long, in the Life + 70 public domain, collected from magazines and newspapers. Als a cumulative index of the Past Masters issues from 31 to 48.

1: Wizard or Crook / Casper Carson
2: The Pipe / Richard Marsh
3: The Seventh Step / L. T. Meade and Dr. Clifford Halifax
4: Stormalong / H. Bedford-Jones
5: The Temple of the Ten / H. Bedford-Jones
6: Lindenborg Pool / William Morris
7: The Bed By The Window / E F Benson
8: The Black Monk / G. G. Pendarves
9: The lnternational Electro-Galvanic Undertaking Corporation / Jacque Morgan
10: Touch-And-Go With a Great Estate / R. E. Francillon
Cumulative Index to No 48

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Various: Past Masters Forty-Five: v1, 29 Sep 2021

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This anthology (45th in the series) of stray short stories is largely from Weird Tales and Tales of Mystery and Terror. Henry S Whitehead is a find: he was an Espiscopal/Anglican priest living in Fredericksted, St Croix, for a decade, beginning shortly after the USA bought the former Danish West Indian colonies and renamed them the US Virgin Islands in 1917. He was keenly interested in the West Indian religious and occult beliefs, and wrote a number of stories based on them.

1: The Owl / F A M Webster
2: Menagerie / Alexander Kuprin
3: The Screen / Richard Washburn Child
4: The Sceptical Poltergeist / J. D. Beresford
5: Our Mr. Smith / Oswald Crawfurd
6: The Smell / Francis Flagg
7: By the Hands of the Dead / Francis Flagg
8: The Picture / Francis Flagg
9: The Tree-Man / Henry S. Whitehead
10: Bal Macabre / Gustav Meyrink
11: The Fireplace / Henry S. Whitehead
12: Black Terror / Henry S. Whitehead
13: The Projection of Armand Dubois / Henry S. Whitehead
14: The Trap / Henry S. Whitehead
15: The Napier Limousine / Henry S. Whitehead
16: The Left Eye / Henry S. Whitehead
17: Mrs. Lorriquer / Henry S. Whitehead
Cumulative Index Nos 31-45

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Various: Past Masters Forty-Seven, v1, 16 Oct 2021

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A further collection of short fiction not easily found in the free public domain. As always they are all in the Life + 70 PD, and have been gathered from on-line scans of magazines and newspapers.

The Jacques Futrelle story is a novelette, of an American in Paris in search of... anyway, it's not a Thinking Machine tale. Futrelle wrote many stories not featuring The Thinking Machine, but few have re-appeared since they were first published. Hervey Allen is best know for his vast epic blockbuster Änthony Adverse"; Maarten Maartens was a Dutch author who nevertheless wrote in English. There is also the cumulative index of Past Masters 31-47.

1: Report to Major Roberts / Hervey Allen
2: The Story of a Young Robber / Washington Irving
3: An Unposted Letter / Newton MacTavish
4: William Tells / H. C. Witwer
5: The Parole of Gevil-Hay / K. & Hesketh Prichard
6: Not So Big / H. C. Witwer
7: The Hammerpond Park Burglary / H. G. Wells
8: The Strength of the Meek / C. S. Montanye
9: Mr. John Smith in Paris / Jacques Futrelle (novelette)
10: The Stone Cat / Miles J. Breuer
11: Millions for Defense / Miles J. Breuer
12: A Comedy of Crime / Maarten Maartens
13: Peter / Arthur Sherburne Hardy
14: Mr. Clackworthy Revives a Town / Christopher B. Booth
Cumulative Index Nos 31-47

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Various: Past Masters Forty-Six, V1, 5 Oct 2021

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Some rare items: not long before he died, Arthur Somers Roche began a new series in [Cosmopolitan[/ magazine featuring a lady detective in New York, Sheila Gray, but it was cut short with just three stories. There are some Guy Gilpatric stories which do not involve Glencannon; a tough tale from Jack Boyle, creator of the Boston Blackie, but not a Boston Blackie story; a tale of the West Indies by Henry S Whitehead; plus humour and romance. My thanks to Matthias Kaether for pointing out the newly available [Cosmopolitan[/ collection on Internet Archive.

1: Cassius / Henry S. Whitehead
2: Active Colorado Real Estate / Hayden Carruth
3: The Box With the Iron Clamps / Florence Marryat
4: The Toad Men of Tumbaroo / Guy Gilpatric
5: China Man / Raoul Whitfield
6: Ann of Satan-Town / Jack Boyle
7: The Ghost That Failed / Desmond Coke
8: The Civilizing of Swift Lightning / James Oliver Curwood
9: The Petermen of Providence / Henry Leverage
10: Westward, How! / Guy Gilpatric
11: Lady Dick / Arthur Somers Roche
12: Road House / Arthur Somers Roche
13: After the Fact / Arthur Somers Roche
14: A Lot of Money / Alice Duer Miller
15: An Affair of Honour / Guy Gilpatric
16: The Barber of Seville, Ill. / H. C. Witwer
17: Riches Can Take Wings / Arthur Somers Roche

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Various: Past Masters Forty-Two, v1, 8 Sep 2021

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A further anthology of Life+70 years Public Domain short stories gathered from various sources, mostly magazines and newspapers.

1: Honest John's Millions / Ernest M. Poate
2: Jimmy the Lug / Christopher B. Booth
3: The Stolen Story / Ernest M. Poate
4: Gold-Bricked / Lewen Hewitt
5: The Third Pinprick / Ernest M. Poate
6: The Message on the Sun-Dial / J. J. Bell
7: Death at 8.30 / Christopher St. John Sprigg
8: The Monster-Maker / William Chambers Morrow
9: Jimmy Riley's "Turn" / Frederick W. Bechdolt
10: The Baron's Quarry / Egerton Castle
11: The Mystery of Chenholt / Alice and Claude Askew
12: The Mystery of a Midsummer Night / George R. Sims
13: The Chinese Chessmen / William Crawford Honeyman
14: The Twisted Inn / Hugh Walpole
15: The Pearl of Panama / Guy Gilpatric
16: The Javanese Mask / Raoul Whitfield
17: Inquest / Leonora Wodehouse
18: The Scarecrow / Ethel Lina White
Cumulative Index issues 31-42

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Various: Past Masters Forty; v1, 20 Aug 2021

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Two authors I hadn't found before, both writers of series and non-series crime stories, and active in the years after WW1: Christopher B Booth, who among other stories had the "Mr Clackworthy" series of con-man stories; and Ernest M Poate, whose series character was the grumpy medical man Dr Bentiron. Also an amusing crime spoof, probably from one of her numerous juvenile girls' books; comedy from Ellis Parker Butler; and others. Something of a crime story special.

1: Mr. Marston's Chauffeurette / Ellis Parker Butler
2: Phyllis in the Wood / Alice and Claude Askew
3: The Bigelow Murder Mystery / Frederic Van Rensselaer Dey
4: Success / Owen Oliver
5: Prey / C S Montanye
6: Doctor Bentiron's Addict Case / Ernest M. Poate
7: Mr Clackworthy and the Auto Rim / Christopher B. Booth
8: Plain Soda / Ernest M. Poate
9: The Mystery of the Jade Buddha / Carolyn Wells
10: In His Brother's Job / Christopher B. Booth
11: Mr Clackworthy Goes to Jail / Christopher B. Booth
12: Well Done / Ernest M. Poate
13: Through the Looking Glass / Ernest M. Poate
14: By Way of Experience / Anna Alice Chapin
15: Three Alike / Ernest M. Poate
16: Vials of Wrath / Ernest M. Poate
17: The Sparrow / Christopher B. Booth
Index to Past Masters 31-40

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Various: Past Masters Four (2020); v1; 10 June 2020

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A dozen short stories collected directly from magazines and newspapers, by past masters of the pulps. A MobileReads original anthology.

Three by H Bedford-Jones, set respectviely in Upper Michigan, Toureg country, and on a dude ranch in upstate New York; two by C J Cutcliffe Hyne; an Edgar Wallace; two horror/supernatural tales by Otis Adelbert Kline and Adam Hull Shirk, both from Weird Tales; two hard-boiled private eye tales by Cleve Adams; adventures in India by Perley Poore Sheehan; and a light romance by Robert Horton.

Contents
1: Gallegher of Beaver / H Bedford-Jones
2: Tiger Trail / Perley Poore Sheehan
3: The Four Red Circles / H. Bedford-Jones
4: Bill of Scotland Yard / Edgar Wallace
5: The Luck of a Cowboy / H. Bedford-Jones
6: The Ransom / C J Cutliffe Hyne
7: Beauty and the Beast / C J Cutcliffe Hyne
8: The Ninety-Ninth Proposal / Robert J Horton
9: Osiris / Adam Hull Shirk
10: The Phantom Wolf-Hound / Otis Adelbert Kline
11: Forty Pains / Cleve F. Adams
12: Flowers For Violet / Cleve F Adams

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Various: Past Masters Fourteen: v1, 4 Nov 2020

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Another 15 stories in the Life + 70 Public domain, collected from newspapers and magazines.

There is hard-boiled Private Eye fiction from Raoul Whitfield and C S Montanye; a spy story by William Le Queux, first published in about 1909, but which was topical again when republished in 1940; the original long short story "Madame Butterfly" from which the famous opera was taken; a Fergus Hume short tale of vengeance in the South Pacific; and others.

1: Fog is Necessary / C. S. Montanye
2: Death With Music / C. S. Montanye
3: Merry Month of Mayhem / C. S. Montanye
4: The Great Black / Raoul Whitfield
5: The Longest Side / George Allan England
6: Come Back to Aaron / C. S.Montanye
7: Death in the Pasig / Raoul Whitfield
8: Room 666 / Jacques Futrelle
9: Inside Job / Raoul Whitfield
10: Madame Butterfly / John Luther Long
11: Murder in Oils / Leslie Beresford
12: A Man's Hand / Lord Kilmarnock
13: Cheating The Spies! / William Le Queux
14: Aunt Caroline / Annie Swan
15: Tragic Voyage / Fergus Hume

And a cumulative Index to the fourteen anthologies so far.

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Various: Past Masters Nine (v1), 11 Sep 2020

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The ninth in a series of anthologies of short stories for which their is no convenient digital home. Some exist in printed collections not digitised, but many were never collected and published in book form. Alll are in the Life+70 Public Domain.

There is a cumulative index of all 9 volumes at the back of this book for those hunting an author or title.

1: The Slump In Silver / M. Mcdonnell Bodkin
2: Under His Own Hand / M. Mcdonnell Bodkin
3: Rats in the Belfry / David Wright O'Brien
4: The Lady of the Morass / E. Phillips Oppenheim
5: A Drop of Blood / M. Mcdonnel Bodkin
6: Diamond Cut Diamond / M. Mcdonnell Bodkin
7: Safe Bind, Safe Find / M. Mcdonnell Bodkin
8: Hide And Seek / M. Mcdonnell Bodkin
9: In the Fog / Richard Harding Davis
10: The Sapient Monkey / Headon Hill
11: Cheating the Gallows / Israel Zangwill
12: The Evicting of Grainger / Harold Bindloss
13: The Broken Sword / Francis Henry Atkins
14: Loser Wins All / Richard Connell
15: Man of a Few Words / Richard Connell
16: The Solid Gold Article / Richard Connell
17: The Perfect Murder / James Hilton
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Cumulative Index Vols 1-9

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Various: Past Masters Nine (v2), 16 Sep 2020

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Version 2, omitting accidental inclusion of a James Hilton story (intended for an Australian PD site, but it turns out it was already there!)

The ninth in a series of anthologies of short stories for which their is no convenient digital home. Some exist in printed collections not digitised, but many were never collected and published in book form. Alll are in the Life+70 Public Domain.

There is a cumulative index of all 9 volumes at the back of this book for those hunting an author or title.

1: The Slump In Silver / M. Mcdonnell Bodkin
2: Under His Own Hand / M. Mcdonnell Bodkin
3: Rats in the Belfry / David Wright O'Brien
4: The Lady of the Morass / E. Phillips Oppenheim
5: A Drop of Blood / M. Mcdonnel Bodkin
6: Diamond Cut Diamond / M. Mcdonnell Bodkin
7: Safe Bind, Safe Find / M. Mcdonnell Bodkin
8: Hide And Seek / M. Mcdonnell Bodkin
9: In the Fog / Richard Harding Davis
10: The Sapient Monkey / Headon Hill
11: Cheating the Gallows / Israel Zangwill
12: The Evicting of Grainger / Harold Bindloss
13: The Broken Sword / Francis Henry Atkins
14: Loser Wins All / Richard Connell
15: Man of a Few Words / Richard Connell
16: The Solid Gold Article / Richard Connell
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Cumulative Index Vols 1-9

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Various: Past Masters Ninety, V1, 11 Aug 2022

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The 90th issue of the Past Masters series of short fiction anthologies. The stories have been recovered from newspapers and magazines, and are by authors whose work is now in the Life + 70 years Public Domain. The Roger Torrey stories are also in the "Roger Torrey: Hard Boiled" collection.

1: The Bookie Bets on Murder / Roger Torrey
2: The Box of the Ivory Dragon / James L. Aton
3: The Incubus / Achmed Abdullah
4: The “V” Force / Fred C. Smale
5: Caught Out / Fred C. Smale
6: Zapt's Repulsive Paste / J. U. Giesy
7: Throne of Chaos / J. F. B.
8: Girls Don't Count / Douglas Newton
9: Myxomycetes / Arthur Morrison
10: Outwitted: A Lawyer's Story / Anonymous
11: Death Rolls Its Own / Laurence Donovan
12: Printer's Ink Runs Red / Roger Torrey
13: The Force of Circumstances / Louis Tracy
14: Louis Tracy Obituary / Anonymous

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Various: Past Masters Ninety-Eight, v1, 20 Sep 2022

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Issue 98 of Past Masters, with some 100,000 words. There is no cumulative index in this issue, as a complete index of numbers 1-100 will appear when the 100th issue is completed, along with an index to the original collections I have made which are not part of the Past Masters series.

In this issue:

1: The Disappearance of the Duke / Vernon Ralston
2: Nerves / Fred M. White
3: The Black Spine / Anonymous
4: The Heralds of Fame / Robert Barr
5: Falling Downstairs / Ethel Lina White
6: Jim Dickinson's Head / Harold Ward
7: The Valley Where Dead Men Live / Harold Ward
8: The Strange Story of Martin Colby / Ward Sterling
9: Told in Glass / C. S. Montanye
10: A Brother of the Leopard / William J. Makin
11: Khyada / Georges Surdez
12: Bogus Gems / Gordon Young
13: The House of the Seven Heads / A. Schade Van Westrum
14: Following the Sea / Ambrose Bierce
15: The Trammel Fork Pearls / Raymond S. Spears
16: Clean Sweep / Roger Torrey
17: Much Fandango / H. Bedford-Jones

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Various: Past Masters Ninety-Five, v1, 4 Sep 2022

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Further short stories from magazines and newspapers, including a group of four by Richard Connell. His most famous story is "The Most Dangerous Game", which is in this issue, but he wrote in a wide variety of genres and the other three show his versatility. I have also included a newspaper interview with Mark Hellinger, celebrated broadway columnist and Hollywood movie producer, which was in all probability written by Hellinger himself whenin Australia in 1944. He wrote, by his own count, some 6,000 short stories at the rate of one a day, for many years.

1: Madam Lucifer / Richard Garnett
2: Twice Drowned / Christopher B. Booth
3: The Most Dangerous Game / Richard Connell
4: Pardon This Intrusion / Richard Connell
5: Tested / Richard Connell
6: A Friend of Napoleon / Richard Connell
7: Javelin of Death / Captain Dingle
8: Made in Borneo / Leo Crane
9: The Dancer's Mascot / Beatrice Heron-Maxwell
10: The Philosopher's Mistake / Francis Gribble
11: His Strange Inheritance / Druid Grayl
12: The Man Who Sold His Head / Elliott Flower
13: The Girl on the Platform / Harold Bindloss
14: The Storm Centre / J. J. Bell
15: Myrtle and the Baronets / K. R. G. Browne
16: The Building / Seumas O'Kelly
17: A Commercial Mermaid / George A. Birmingham
18: The Clutch of the Law / Deas Cromarty
19: A Witch City Mystery / Frederic Van Rensselaer Dey
20: Auxons / Julia Truitt Bishop
21: A Supernatural Swindle / Tudor Jenks
22: Behind the Curtain / Don Marquis
23: The Short Story of Mark Hellinger / Anonymous
24: The Luck of the Trevors / John Strange Winter

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Various: Past Masters Ninety-Four; v1; 29 Aug 2022

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Twenty short stories gathered from magazines and newspapers, all in the Life+70 years Public Domain.

Some touches of the unusual: comedy from C S Montayne, better known for private eye stories; slightly weird from H. Bedford-Jones; crime story from Guy Gilpatrtic, well-removed from his humorous sea-going tales.

1: Rose Window / Charlton L. Edholm
2: The Man Who Was Damned / Charlton L. Edholm
3: The Hollow Lens / Henry Leverage
4: Over Billowing Bunkers / Henry Leverage
5: The Understudy / Robert Barr
6: Burning Horseshoe / Frank Savile
7: The Great Boycott at the Hotel D'Angleterre / Mrs C. N. Williamson
8: The Doctor and the Lunatic / Richard Connell
9: Condemned / Francis Beeding
10: Floor, Please / Stephen Vincent Benét
11: Yeggs Florentine / Guy Gilpatric
12: The Chance Clue / Scott Campbell
13: The Cult of the Skull / Henry S Whitehead
14: Death Cometh Soon or Late / Robert Barr
15: "Jadis" / Barry Pain
16: Freedom / Marjorie Pickthall
17: The Clean-Up / Albert Payson Terhune
18: Innocent Bystander / Clarence Herbert New
19: It Couldn't be Done / C. S. Montanye
20: The Fifth Eye / H Bedford-Jones
Cumulative Index #61-94

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he 99th issue of the Past Masters series of short fiction out of copyright in Life + 70 years jurisdictions. There is no cumulative index in this issue, but there will be a complete 100-issue stand alone author index after I finish No 100.

Some longish stories in this issue, so there is only 14 in all.

1: Twelve Years Later / Mark Hellinger
2: The Flight of the Silver Eagle / Arthur Leo Zagat
3: The Toss Up / George Allen England
4: When Time Turned / Ethel Watts Mumford
5: The Great White Serpent of the Malorli / Alexander Ricketts
6: The Inventor of Meltite / C. J. Cutcliffe Hyne
7: Triplets and Trouble / Robert V Carr
8: The Secret of the White Castle / Julia Magruder
9: Changed / Gordon Young
10: Grandfather's Courtship / Henry Lawson
11: "Look Behind You!" / Albert Payson Terhune
12: The Girl in the Crowd / Albert Payson Terhune
13: The Perfumed Ghost / Peter Cheyney
14: Blind Man's Buff / Malcolm Jameson
15: The Silver Christ / "Ouida"
16: Our Casualty / George A. Birmingham

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Various: Past Masters Ninety-One, v1, 15 Aug 2022

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Short fiction mostly collected from magazines and newspapers. Much of this issue has come from Australian newspapers, which routinely reprinted stories from overseas magazines. Wherever possible, I have included the original first publication details as well as the Australian source I used.

I have multiple stories by Robert Barr and Guy Boothby, who were both productive short story writers as well as novelists. Boothby is best known for his "Dr Nikola" series of sensational crime novels; Robert Barr for his creation of Eugene Valmont, a French private detective working in London, which satirises the Great Detective theme of the time. Several collections of Barr's lively stories are already uploaded to this forum.

A mix of weird, crime, romance, and miscellaneous.
1: Ten Thousand Hectáreas / Farnham Bishop
2: The Burglar That Failed / George Barton
3: Stranded in a Street Car / Marie B. Schrader
4: The Party Line / Bruno Lessing
5: The Gazebrook Necklace / Walter Hackett
6: Before and After / W. Pett Ridge
7: Polly's Favorite / A. St. John Adcock
8: Bread Upon The Waters / William Caine
9: His Better Half / Guy Boothby
10: The Treasure of Sacramento Nick / Guy Boothby
11: Uncle Joe's Legacy / Guy Boothby
12: Obituary: Mr. Guy Boothby / Anonymous
13: Home Wind / Achmed Abdullah
14: The Man Who Over-Reached Himself / K. R. G. Browne
15: The Murder of Tom Bates / Ernest Favenc
16: A Hypnotic Experiment / Ernest Favenc
17: The House of Many Mansions / Frederick Irving Anderson
18: A Dramatic Point / Robert Barr
19: An Unjust Accusation / Robert Barr
20: Marcella's Intervention / Robert Barr
21: The Great Mogul / Robert Barr
22: Lady Letty's Literary Lesson / Robert Barr
23: A Sweet Thing in Trusts / Robert Barr
24: Lazarus / Leonid Andreyeff
Cumulative Index #61-91

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Various: Past Masters Ninety-Seven, v1, 15 Sep 2022

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Short stories from magazines and newspapers, all in the Life + 70 Public domain, collected from magazines, newspapers, and out of print books, including unexpected entries from S S Van Dine and Theodore Dreiser.

1: Letters of Un-patent / C. J. Dennis
2: The Prodigal Calf / C. J. Dennis
3: The Moon Riders / Laurence Donovan
4: The Terror of Blue John Gap / Arthur Conan Doyle
5: The Cruise of the "Idlewild" / Theodore Dreiser
6: The Street of the Blank Wall / Jerome K. Jerome
7: The Crimp / Henry Leverage
8: The Fighting Heart / W. Alexander
9: After the Inquest / W. W. Jacobs
10: The Sense Of Touch / Ole Luk-Oie
11: A Woodland Wooing / Druid Grayl
12: Homicidal Holiday / Laurence Donovan
13: The Two-Handed Sword / Achmed Abdullah
14: The Almost Perfect Murder Case / S. S. Van Dine
15: Blackmail / Robert Hichens
16: The Whole Truth / Vernon Ralston
17: The Rainseller / Vernon Ralston
18: A Temporary Lapse / Vernon Ralston

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Various: Past Masters Ninety-Six, v1, 12 Sep 2022

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A varied assortment of short stories gathered from newspapers and magazines, as diverse as Smart Set and Weird Tales, including 3 short stories by Australian poet C J Dennis. I had no idea he wrote short prose fiction!

1: From the Dead / Edith Nesbit
2: Sophy Mason Comes Back / E. M. Delafield
3: The Plot / Leslie Thomas
4: One Man from the West / Sumner Locke
5: The Green Cat / Sumner Locke
6: Assignats / Henry Leverage
7: The Devil's Cave / Anonymous
8: Marianna and the Fish Prince / R. E. Vernéde
9: The Bookworm's Arms / C. J. Dennis
10: Mrs Dumphy's Send-Off / C. J. Dennis
11: Hobbled / Edward S. Sorenson
12: The Cap-Box / Louis Joseph Vance
13: Wet Weather / Courtney Ryley Cooper
14: Spink / C. J. Dennis
15: To the Tune of a Dance / Alice and Claude Askew
16: Our Lady of the Lilies / J. S. Fletcher
17: The World of the Vanishing Point / James Barr
18: A Diplomatic Mistake / P Treherne
19: An Officer's Patrol / Major Arthur Griffiths
20: An Unnatural Father / Barry Pain
21: The Grave / Orville R. Emerson
22: The Draw-Keeper / Wadsworth Camp
23: The Pearls of Paruki / J. Allan Dunn
24: A Fatal Gamble / Ernest Favenc
25: The Haunted Steamer / Ernest Favenc

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Various: Past Masters Ninety-Three, v1, 26 Aug 2022

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An original anthology of short fiction in the Life+70 Public Domain, gathered from newspapers and magazines.

A rare story by legendary actress Sarah Bernhardt; a Holmes/Raffles spoof by Hugh Kingsmill; tall tales by Charles Mansford and E Florence; something different by Thorpe Feesh; and much more.

1: A Christmas Story / Sarah Bernhardt
2: The Automaton / C. Ranger Gull and Reginald Bacchus
3: A Full House / Achmed Abdullah
4: The Ruby of Khitmandu / Hugh Kingsmill
5: She Loved to Murder / Laurence Donovan
6: The Pin-Up Girl Murders / Laurence Donovan
7: The Bent Tree / Stacy Aumonier
8: The Arizona Callahan / H. Bedford-Jones
9: An Inter-Planetary Episode / Julian Hawthorne
10: At the Pyramid of the Sacred Bulls / Charles J. Mansford
11: I Married a Torso / Thorpe Feesh
12: The Man Marked For Slaughter / Charlton L. Edholm
13: The Floating Beacon / Edward Ball
14: "Great Minds Run—" / Harold Ward
15: Notice of Dissolution / John E. Rosser
16: Safety First / Herman Howard Matteson
17: The King of the Jerawahs / S. B. H. Hurst
18: The Vanished Freight / E. Florence

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Various: Past Masters Ninety-Two, v2, 5 sep 2022

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Short fiction in the Life + 70 Public Domain, collected from magazines and newspapers. This issue contains humour, horror, romance and crime.

V2, fixing errors on story 15.

1: The Doom of London / Robert Barr
2: The Wicked Flea / J. U. Giesy
3: Blind Man's Buff / J. U. Giesy
4: Not Quite Dead / Laurence Donovan
5: The Judge's Secret / Arthur Gask
6: Murder Tees Off / Laurence Donovan
7: The Oubliette Cryptogram / Julian Hawthorne
8: Bigler's Barometer / Sam Davis
9: At the Mickleham Arms / Helen Simpson
10: The Levitation of Jacob / Clifford Howard
11: The Adventure of the Whisting Omelette / C. Ranger Gull and Reginald Bacchus
12: The Ghost and the Jewels / Lurana W. Sheldon
13: The Scientific Circle / C. C. Newkirk
14: Hole-in-the-Wall Barrett / Max Brand
15: The Love of a Loafer / Don Marquis
16: Leopards / Don Marquis
17: The Dragon of St. Paul's / C. Ranger Gull and Reginald Bacchus
18: The White Lady of the Snow / Richard Dowling
Cumulative Index #61-92

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Various: Past Masters One Hundred, v1, 6 Oct 2022

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A mixed bag of short stories from magazines and newspapers, all in the Life+70 years public domain. A cumulative index by author for numbers 1-100 will be posted seperately

1: United Ireland / George A. Birmingham
2: Mr. Clackworthy's Return / Christopher B. Booth
3: The Phantom Junk / Carlton Dawe
4: "Pulo Condore" / Carlton Dawe
5: Bill and Stumpy's Big Cheques / Val Jameson
6: Prospector Bill / Val Jameson
7: The Black Bag / Anonymous
8: A Blameless Afternoon / Tom Gallon
9: Sayōnara / Carlton Dawe
10: The Murder at Ozer's / "Waif Wander"
11: Timid Soul / Richard Connell
12: The Plush String Bean / Richard Connell
13: I've Met You Before / Richard Connell
14: On the Account / J. Allan Dunn
15: The Stolen Crime / Richard Connell
16: Let Loose / Mary Cholmondeley
17: Live Bait / Frederick Irving Anderson
18: Lobster Pots / Henry C. Rowland

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Various: Past Masters Seven (2020); v1; 24 Aug 2020

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22 short stories from a selection of writers in the L+70 PD. The stories were collected from magazines and newspapers, and the authors are for the most part represented in the Library by other works already.

1: A Source of Irritation / Stacy Aumonier
2: Flash! / Richard Connell
3: The Detective Club / Ellis Parker Butler
4: Murder off the Map / William J. Makin
5: Wax Works / Ethel Lina White
6: The Man Who Lost His Memory / C E Bechhofer Roberts
7: The Mystery of the Chaffeur's Suicide / C E Bechhofer Roberts
8: The English Filter / C E Bechhofer Roberts
9: Virgin Snow / C E Bechhofer Roberts
10: The Cracksman's Catspaw / J. S. Fletcher
11: The Silent Witness / Max Brand
12: The Face in the Dark / L. T. Meade and Robert Eustace
13: Mr. Belton's Immunity / Edgar Jepson and Robert Eustace
14: A Bolt from the Blue / Mcdonnell Bodkin
15: Spoofing a Detective / Mrs. George Corbett
16: Ooze / Anthony M. Rud
17: Murder by Proxy / Mcdonnell Bodkin
18: Four Guests / William J Makin
19: Her Memory / Morley Roberts
20: Clubs and Hearts / Barry Pain
21: A Rapid Conveyance / Owen Oliver
22: The Horror of the Loch / William J Makin

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Various: Past Masters Seventy, v1, 27 Mar 2022

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Short stories in the Life+70 public domain, including two anonymous tales from a late 19th century Australian newspaper Christmas Suplement; humour from Don Marquis and (unexpectedly) Jack Boyle of "Boston Blackie" fame.

1: A Christmas Mix-Up / Mark Allerton
2: The Stanhope Scandal / Mark Allerton
3: The Great Todescan's Secret Thrust / Agnes and Egerton Castle
4: The Lovely Little Dinner / J. J. Bell
5: At the Sign of the Eagle / [Sir] Gilbert Parker (novelette)
6: The Beauty-Fountain / Jack Boyle
7: A Woman Without Fear / Jack Boyle
8: A Love Knot / W. W. Jacobs
9: Lyacus Whittle— Globetrotter / Hugh Pendexter
10: Accursed Hat! / Don Marquis
11: Mr Clackworthy Stakes a Friend / Christopher B. Booth
12: The Point of Contact / Scott Campbell
13: Under the Crown / Scott Campbell
14: The Artful Mr. Glencannon / Guy Gilpatric
15: Foote's Catorium / W. L. Alden
16: Jacobs and Gale, Tobacconists / Anonymous
17: A Railway Murder / Anonymous
18: The Wonderful Thing / Henry S. Whitehead
19: To Professional Services— $100,000 / Ernest M. Poate

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Various: Past Masters Seventy-Eight, v1, 16 May 2022

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More short stories in the Life + 70 Public Domain, gathered from sources such as newspapers and magazines.

Many writers produced short stories which were never anthologised, not republished in author collections, but appeared just once, in a newspaper or magazine, and were forgotten. Others, which have appeared in anthologies (collections of stories by various authors) or single-author collections, have also disappeared because those anthologies were never reprinted, also vanishing and forgotten.

Resources such as the Australian National Library's TROVE online newspaper and magazine collection, in which the text of the stories can be found in OCRd form as well as page images, and Internet Archive's huge on-line magazine library, are my principal sources of out-of-copyright fiction.
This issue of Past Masters contains stories in crime, humour, weird, and other genres.

EDIT: Link to Ch 6 from contents accidentally omitted. Fixed with V2

1: Black Murder / Roger Torrey (novelette)
2: Man of Ages / E. F. Ziska
3: Sea-Tiger / Henry S. Whitehead
4: The St. Bernard Myth / W. L. Alden
5: Straight Griggs / Stacy Aumonier
6: Bothon / Henry S. Whitehead
7: Inside the Limousine / Ernest M Poate
8: An Unlocked Window / Ethel Lina White
9: The Price of Perfidy / Scott Campbell
10: The Witching of Elspie / Duncan Campbell Scott
11: Armistice / Anonymous
13: Haunted / Anonymous
14: Making the Grade / George Ade
15: The Red Hand / Howard Fitzalan
Cumulative Index # 61-78

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Various: Past Masters Seventy-Five, v1, 29 Apr 2022

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24 short stories in the Life+70 public domain from newspapers and magazines, including three creepy/horror from Henry S Whitehead; a Sherlock Holmes spoof by J M Barrie which Conan Doyle published in his own memoirs, plus romance and adventure.

1: The Man With the Painted Nose / Harvey Wickham
2: Mystery Flight / Miles Henslow
3: The Flood / Edouard A. Aujard
4: Fame For Mr. Beatty / James Norman Hall
5: The Swing of Sentiment / Edouard A. Aujard
6: Fool Proof / Anonymous
7: Prospector / L. C. Douthwaite
8: Christmas With a Punch / Peter Cheyney
9: The Missing Blade / Fred M. White
10: Local Color / Anonymous
11: The Adventure of the Two Collaborators / J. M. Barrie
12: Wrong Number / Miles Overholt
13: A Solicitor's Story / By "S.S."
14: The Dumb Avenger / Max Pemberton
15: Queen Of Diamonds / J. Johnston Smith
16: Dixon's Romance / Ottwell Binns
17: The Hidden Beast / J. D. Beresford
18: Heritage of Osiris / Fred Engelhardt
19: The Whistling Thief / Katharine Tynan
20: Clarence / Edward Woodward
21: Aurora's Treasure / Lady Gilbert
22: Passing of a God / Henry S. Whitehead
23: The Shut Room / Henry S Whitehead
24: The Chadbourne Episode / Henry S Whitehead

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Various: Past Masters Seventy-Four, v1, 19 Apr 2022

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Eighteen short stories, many being republished for the first time since they appeared in newspapers and magazines long ago. They are all in the Life + 70 Public Domain.

1: Expert Testimony / Ernest M. Poate
2: Revenge / Anonymous
3: Conroy / D. H. Souter
4: The Act of God / Beatrice Heron-Maxwell
5: Waif of the Bush / "Wanderer"
7: Intrigue / Mark Channing
8: The Dancing Partner / Jerome K. Jerome
9: The Withered Heart / G. G. Pendarves
10: Up Irrawaddy Way / Ltnt Edgar Gardiner
11: The Sin-Eater / G. G. Pendarves
12: The Dragoman's Secret / Otis Adelbert Kline
13: My First Case / Edmund Leamy
14: The Awakening / Owen Oliver
15: The Chair That Smiled / Edith Rickert
16: The Ball of Fire / S. B. H. Hurst
17: The Receipt / S. B. H Hurst
18: Retribution / Anonymous

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Various: Past Masters Seventy-Nine, v1, 23 May 2022

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More stories in the Life+70 public domain, from magazines such as Cosmopolitan, Blue Book, and Detective Story:

1: Her Fatal Gift / Dahlia Graham
2: The Cotton Stopper / Ernest M. Poate
3: Redeeming Flames / Captain Henry Curties
4: A Troublesome Widow / Edgar Jepson
5: The Infernal Machine / Edgar Jepson
6: Madderson's Mascot / Edgar Jepson
7: The Princess Zimbazim / Robert W. Chambers
8: The Prophetic War Correspondent / George Bronson-Howard
9: The Inexorable Tooth / Ellis Parker Butler
10: The Laughing Woman / Melville Davisson Post
11: The Passing of an Angel / Clarence Herbert New
12: The Will and the Man / M. McDonnell Bodkin
13: Not Upon the Sleeve / H. Bedford-Jones
14: Breakfast at the Savoy / H. Bedford-Jones
15: Into the Blue / F. Britten Austin
16: The Next-to-Last Laugh / Raoul Whitfield
17: Where There Ain't No Ten Commandments / Culpeper Zandtt

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Various: Past Masters Seventy-One, v1, 3 Apr 2022

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Another batch of short stories mainly rescued from magazines and newspapers, all in the Life+70 Public Domain. There are three anonymous stories from Australian newspapers, and a memorably tough finale from Irvin S Cobb.

There is a story from Henry S Whitehead, and Whitehead's obituary by H P Lovecraft.

1: Good Lady Ducayne / Mary Elizabeth Braddon
2: Money to Burns / H. C. Witwer
3: The Door / Henry S. Whitehead
4: Obit: Henry St. Clair Whitehead / H.P. Lovecraft
5: Holy Poker / Irving Bacheller
6: The Prodigal Village / Irving Bacheller
7: The Open Window / Charles Caldwell Dobie
8: The Shining Pyramid / Arthur Machen
9: Just Like a Cat / Ellis Parker Butler
10: The Stamp Thief / Anonymous
11: The Hat Trick / Anonymous
12: The Thriller / Anonymous
13: Captain Rogers / W. W. Jacobs
14: While on Remand / Valentine Gregory
15: Third Time Unlucky / Valentine Gregory
16: Faith, Hope and Charity / Irvin S. Cobb
Cumulative Index #61-71

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Various: Past Masters Seventy-Seven, v1, 12 May 2022

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Short fiction from magazines and newspapers, in the Life + 70 Public Domain.

Only ten stories in this 105,000 word anthology, because most of them are fairly long. It starts with weird and horror, then some humour from Ellis Parker Butler, a wildly unscientific "scientifiction" science fiction tale from 1918, and concludes with some tough private eye action from Roger Torrey and Norbert Davis.

1: A Silent Witness / Richard Marsh
2: The People of Pan / Henry S Whitehead
3: Something for the Kid / Ellis Parker Butler
4: The Planeteer / Homer Eon Flint (novella)
5: A Deal in Mines and Morals / Edward W Townsend
6: Mr. Wellaway's Host / Ellis Parker Butler
7: Murder By Accident / Roger Torrey
8: Dice and No Dice / Roger Torrey
9: Ticket to Death / John Ryan
10: You Bet Your Life / Norbert Davis

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Various: Past Masters Seventy-Six, v1, 7 May 2022

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Some now-familiar names from this series of anthologies; a new name in Surdez, a Swiss-American author from French-speaking Bienne; and several by that prolific author Anonymous. All identifiable authors are in the L+70 Public Domain.

1: Sweet Grass / Henry S Whitehead
2: The Abominable Test / Fred MacIsaac
3: Without Fear / Coutts Brisbane
4: Remorse / Anonymous
5: The Kit-Bag / Algernon Blackwood
6: Ex-Officio / J. S. Fletcher
7: The Visitation / Cyril G. Wates
8: The New Doctor / Edgar Wallace
9: Over the Wall / Henry Leverage
10: Uncle Ned's Teeth / James Norman Hall
11: Raid on Jigger's Reef / Albert Richard Wetjen
12: An Old Norman-French Story / Anonymous
13: Beauty in Flight / Anonymous
14: Genesis / Michael Romain
15: A Barrack Ghost Story / Anonymous
16: Not Proven / F. A. J. Godfrey
17: Spite Corner / Georges Surdez
18: Charles the Bold / Georges Surdez

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Various: Past Masters Seventy-Three, v1, 14 Apr 2022

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Once again, an anthology of short stories in the Life+70 public domain collected from newspapers and magazines and other sources. Christmas ghost from Kipling; Ernest M Poate under one of his pseudonyms; comedy from Morley Roberts; two stories from rare series by William J Makin; and more.

1: Without Air / Scott Campbell
2: Straight Enough / Douglas Newton
3: An Echo of the Quarter / Kenneth Herford
4: Smiley's Scoop / Kenneth Herford
5: The Phantom Rickshaw / Rudyard Kipling
6: The Lie-Detector / Frederick R Bechdolt
7: The Britisher / Ottwell Binns
8: The Egregious Goat / Morley Roberts
9: A Source of Irritation / Stacy Aumonier
10: A Study in Green / Scott Campbell
11: Framed at the Benefactors' Club / Achmed Abdullah
12: The Planes that Never Returned / William J. Makin
13: The Death Barge / William J. Makin
14: Doctor Grimes Awaits Probate / Arthur Mallory
15: The Invisible "Blinker" / Anthony M Rud
16: The Skipper's Scheme / Anonymous
Cumulative Index #61-73

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Various: Past Masters Seventy-Two, v1, 7 Apr 2022

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Sixteen short stories in the Life + 70 Public Domain, gathered from magazines and newspapers. Among the authors is "John J Chichester", pseudonym of Christopher B Booth, usually seen where he has a story under his own name in the same magazine issue. A bit of humour, a bit of creepy, and a bit of hard-boiled.

1: Old King's Coal / C. S. Montanye
2: The Soul Trap / Charles B. Stilson
3: Dr. Martone's Microscope / Charles B. Stilson
4: The Superman of Dr Jukes / Francis Flagg
5: The Last Straw / Robert Barr
6: My Brother Henry / J. M. Barrie
7: The Masked Monster / Guy Gilpatric
8: The Woman of the Wood / Abraham Merritt
9: Lady in Lower 11 / Ainsworth Morgan
10: "Doc" Meets the Train / John Jay Chichester
11: Death on an Atoll / James Norman Hall
12: A Scientific Balloon / W. L. Alden
13: By Right Of Conquest / Guy Boothby
14: Baleston's Secret Reef / John Arthur Barry
14: The Thirteenth Degree / Irvin S Cobb
15: The Eminent Dr. Deeves / Irvin S. Cobb

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Various: Past Masters Six, v1, (2020) 13 Aug 2020

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These short stories were collected mostly but not entirely from the vast number published in the Sydney weekly newspaper World's News. All of the authors are in the Life Plus 70 and Life plus 50 public domains, and In the Australian public domain.

Each author's dates of birth and death are included beneath their names at their first appearance. Wherever possible I have included original magazine appearance reference, taken from The Fiction Mags Index online.

Contents
1: Mannering's Men / Marjorie Pickthall
2: The Cobbler / Percy James Brebner
3: Geoffrey's Panklaggephone / Ellis Parker Butler
4: The Doctor Takes a Hand / Andrew Soutar
5: The Pedestal / Morley Roberts
6: The Tempter / Harold Bindloss
7: Other Gods / E. Charles Vivian
8: The Matchmaker / M. McDonnell Bodkin
9: The Last Laugh / Owen Oliver
10: Some Imitations / Barry Pain
11: Simple / P. C. Wren
12: The Secret of the Singular Cipher / F. A. M. Webster
13: The Schimmel Sets the Pace / F. A. M. Webster
14: The Missing Signorina / Percy J Brebner
15: The Man with the Carnation / Percy J Brebner
16: The Lady's Glove / Percy J Brebner
17: The Anarchist's Scheme / C J Cutcliffe Hyne
18: The Butler / Mary Raymond Shipman Andrews
19: Puzzle Phyllis / Guy Thorne (C. Ranger Gull)
20: The Specialist / Owen Oliver
21: Her Account / Owen Oliver
22: Twelve Minutes / Barry Pain
23: Black Paws / Lucy Gertrude Moberly
24: A Summer Night's Weird / Colonel Henry Curties
25: The Willingham Van Dyke / William Edward Norris

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Various: Past Masters Sixteen (2020); v1; 30 Nov 2020

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27 more short stories in the Life + 70 public domain, collected from on-line newspaper collections and magazines.

Starting with purest fantasy by Charles Leonard Moore, and including romance by May Wynne and Lilian Quiller-Couch, humour by Bruno Lessing and Howard Dwight Smiley, and a miscellany of other genres.

1: The Lion Rug / Charles Leonard Moore
2: The Mated Rubies of Kyat Pyen / W. C. Morrow
3: The Professor's Panther / Dallas Lore Sharp
4: The Burglars / Kenneth Grahame
5: The Man Who Lifted the Blind / E. Phillips Oppenheim
6: As It Happened To Moey / Bruno Lessing
7: A Happy Solution / Raymund Allen
8: The Other Man's Boots / Richard Marsh
9: Shadows / F. St. Mars
10: Moritsky's Ward / Bruno Lessing
11: In Masquerade / Alice & Claude Askew
12: Smokeless Tobacco / Howard Dwight Smiley
13: The Tiara / May Wynne
14: An Exciting Week / Lilian Quiller-Couch
15: The Mysterious Englishman / William Le Queux
16: Peter Pirnie's Prison-House / Sir George Douglas, Bt.
17: The Dragon Casket / Headon Hill
18: The Gunman from the Underworld / Headon Hill
19: The Fierce Eyes / Headon Hill
20: Behind the Cupboard / Headon Hill
21: The Scarecrow / Mrs. Baillie Weaver
22: The Poultry Yard / Marmaduke Pickthall
23: Cal Wood's First Case / William H Hamby
24: "I Have Killed a Man!" / Richard Marsh
25: The Honour of Two / J. S. Fletcher
26: The Story without a Title / Andrew Soutar
27: Giving him his Chance / Richard Marsh

Cumulative Index up to Past Masters 16

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Various: Past Masters Sixty-Eight, v1, 15 March 2022

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Another batch of short stories from magazines and newspapers, which are in the public domain in Life+70 jurisdictions.

This issue includes an interview by R A J Walling (who also has stories in the Past Masters series) of William Le Queux, author of over 150 novels and countless short stories in the international intrigue mode.

1: The Death Window / A. S. Gregory
2: How the Fat Woman Eloped / W. L. Alden
3: Crocodile Tears / Guy Gilpatric
4: Who Murdered Mr. Thomas? / Edgar Rice Burroughs
5: Drops of Death / George Allan England
6: Hokum Hotel / David Wright O'Brien
7: The Cat of the Stars / Sinclair Lewis
8: The Yellow Jasmine / William Le Queux
9: The Mystery Man / William Le Queux
10: The Mystery of the Third Thumb / William Le Queux
11: The Third Cracker / William Le Queux
12: The Baron's Snapdragon / William Le Queux
13: The Velvet Hand / William Le Queux
14: The Woman Who Hated London / William Le Queux
15: A Chat With William Le Queux / R. A. J. Walling
16: Seven Million Dollars / Sinclair Lewis
17: How The Lone Star Went Down / Mrs. May Agnes Fleming
18: Trooper Jenkins / Harold Bindloss
Cumulative Index #61-18

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Various: Past Masters Sixty-Five, v1, 18 Feb 2022

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21 Short stories in the Life + 70 Public domain culled from magazines, newspapers and the like.

1: The Sword of Wood / G.K. Chesterton
2: Cocktail For Cupid / Peter Cheyney
3: The Russian Cipher / Huan Mee
4: Man-Size in Marble / Edith Nesbit
5: Three Hours Between Planes / F. Scott Fitzgerald
6: A Golden Shanty / Edward Dyson
7: The Third Chair / Edward Dyson
8: The Great Black / Raoul Whitfield
9: Where Early Fa's the Dew / Guy Gilpatric
10: The Bank Clerk's Love Story / Headon Hill
11: The "Artemis" Mystery / Headon Hill
12: Limping Justice / Headon Hill
13: The Dining-Car Clue / Headon Hill
14: Cat or Devil / Percy James Brebner
15: The Outcast / Beatrice Heron-Maxwell
16: Joan Dark / F. Frankfort Moore
17: Markham's New Partner / Fred V Green
18: The Secret of the White Castle / Julia Magruder
19: Stolen Centuries / Otis Adelbert Kline
20: The Black Camel / G. G. Pendarves
21: Gentlemen of the Jury / Fred Merrick White
Cumulative index 61-65

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Various: Past Masters Sixty-Four (v1), 12 Feb 2022

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Seventeen short stories in the Life Plus 70 Public Domain, collected from newspapers, magazines and other sources; some Victorian goosebumps, roaring 20s crime/humour, and others.

1: The Yellow Wallpaper / Charlotte Perkins Gilman
2: Why I wrote "The Yellow Wallpaper" / Charlotte Perkins Gilman
3: Mr Clackworthy Gets His Tonic / Christopher B. Booth
4: The Mystery of the "Mountain Maid" / John Arthur Barry
5: Dance Without Music / Peter Cheyney
6: The Wondersmith / Fitz-James O'Brien
7: In the Dark / Edith Nesbit
8: The Business of Madame Jahn / Vincent O'Sullivan
9: Honor Bright / Max Brand
10: The Ruins of the Abbey of Fitz-Martin / Anonymous
11: When Mr. Clackworthy Needed a Bracer / Christopher B. Booth
12: Negotium Perambulans / E. F. Benson
13: Solly's Last Forgery / Christopher B. Booth
14: The Bottomless Jug / Sylvanus Cobb, Jun.
15: By the Black Deep / R. Austin Freeman & Clifford Piers
16: Early Closing Day / Fred Merrick White
17: The Shadows on the Wall / Mary E Wilkins

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Various: Past Masters Sixty-Nine, v1, 23 Mar 2022

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There are three long stories, novelettes, in this issue, one by the unknown author Walter Ripperger. All I have managed to discover is that he published stories from about 1935 to 1940 in the crime pulps, plus an unclear hint that he may have died in 1944. As usual, the stories are from magazines and newspapers, and are in the Life + 70 Public Domain.

1: The Anarch / Malcolm Jameson
2: A Cameo / E. Temple Thurston
3: The Terrace / E. F. Benson
4: Meave's Ride / Dorothea Conyers
5: The Squirrel Motor / J. J. Meehan
6: Unconscious Interloper / Sir Geo. Douglas, Bart.
7: Bengal Rebellion / Talbot Mundy
8: The Red Peri / Stanley G Weinbaum (novelette)
9: School For Murder / Walter Ripperger (novelette)
10: The Ninety and Nine / Ellis Parker Butler
11: Coward's Kill / Arthur Leo Zagat (novelette)
Cumulative Index #61-69

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Various: Past Masters Sixty-One, v1, 31 Jan 2022

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Twenty short stories in the Life + 70 Public Domain, including the strange and rare story "The Bloomsbury Wonder" by Thomas Burke.

1: Five Minutes to Twelve / Max Brand
2: Lion Heart / Max Brand
3: The Spook of Cornelius / R. A. J. Walling
4: Mrs. Rooth's "Murder" / R. A. J. Walling
5: The Homestretch / Guy Gilpatric
6: "Burglin' ain't the game it was" / Val Jameson
7: The Man Who Was Dead / Thomas H. Knight
8: The Chief of the Loch McCree / Albert Richard Wetjen
9: The Bloomsbury Wonder / Thomas Burke
10: The Great Auk's Egg Affair / Anonymous
11: An Unrecorded Instance / Marie Belloc Lowndes
12: How the Captain Tracked a German Spy / Victor L. Whitechurch
13: Number 17 / Edith M Nesbit
14: Riesenberg / Ford Madox Ford
15: In a Tight Fix / Victor L. Whitechurch
16: The Convict's Revenge / Victor L. Whitechurch
17: "Sir William" / J. J. Bell
18: The Story of the Chief of Police / William Le Queux
19: Arrested on Suspicion / Andrew Forrester Jr.
20: The Willow Walk / Sinclair Lewis

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Various: Past Masters Sixty-Seven, v1, 5 March 2022

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Short fiction in the Life+70 Public Domain, collected from magazines and newspapers

Fantasy from Charles B Stilson; two Sherlock Holmes parodies; three stories by Halliwell Sutcliffe; two tall stories from W L Alden; and a crime novelette by Arthur Somers Roche headline this issue.

1: Calbot's Rival / Julian Hawthorne
2: The Umbrosa Burglary / R. C. Lehmann
3: The End of Sherlock Holmes / "A. E. P."
4: In the Money / Arthur Somers Roche (novelette)
5: The Sky Woman / Charles B. Stilson
6: Murgatroyd's Wife / Halliwell Sutcliffe
7: Handsome Jack / Halliwell Sutcliffe
8: Miss Phyllis Brown / Halliwell Sutcliffe
9: Silver Plated / W. L. Alden
10: The Wild Man of Borneo / W. L. Alden
11: How the Fat Woman Eloped / W. L. Alden
12: After the Comet / W. L. Alden
13: A Jury of Her Peers / Susan Glaspell
14: Crooked Charity / Henry Leverage
Cumulative Index #61-67

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Various: Past Masters Sixty-Six (v1), 27 Feb 2022

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A motley assortment of pulp magazine and newspaper fiction, plus a touch of classics. The last, and longest story, over 30,000 words, is an example of the traditional 1920s British thriller in full cry; sinister gang who meet in secret conclave wearing masks; beautiful girl in mortal peril; love at first sight, and galloping pace.

1: The Luggage in the Hall / E. M. Delafield
2: A Literary Secret / Percy James Brebner
3: Taken By Surprise / F. Anstey
4: The Purple Terror / Fred Merrick White
5: The Artificial Honeymoon / H Bedford-Jones
6: The Great Stone Face / Nathaniel Hawthorne
7: Black Light / Henry Leverage
8: The Crimp / Henry Leverage
9: Birthday Present / Thorne Smith
10: The Glasgow Phantom / Guy Gilpatric
11: Rejuvenation / Arthur Gask
12: Scarsley Moor Mystery / Percy J. Brebner
13: The London Guillotine / L C Douthwaite

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Various: Past Masters Sixty-Three, v1, 7 Feb 2022

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Seventeen stories in the Life+70 year Public Domain, gathered from pulp magazines, newspapers, and similar sources.

1: Bluebeard / Andrew Soutar
2: Death Gave Him His Chance / H. Bedford-Jones
3: The Great Valdez Sapphire / William Henry Moberley
4: Before Michael Came / Frederick R. Bechdolt
5: The Lay Figure / Francis Henry Atkins
6: Coffin Cache / Emile C Tepperman
7: The Devil To Pay / Max Pemberton
8: Through the Dragon's Valley / Anna Alice Chapin
9: The Scales of Time / Anna Alice Chapin
10: The Ghost in the Red Shirt / B. M. Bower
11: After Death the Doctor / J. J. Connington
12: Mr Clackworthy Collects / Christopher B. Booth
13: Mr Clackworthy Sells Short / Christopher B. Booth
14: The Price of a House / J. J. Bell
15: The Mystery of the Talking Idols / Achmed Abdullah
16: In Maulmain Fever-Ward / George Gilbert
17: A Person from the Police / Ernest M Poate

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Various: Past Masters Sixty-Two, 1 Feb 2022

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More short stories from newspapers and magazines, all in the Life+70 public domain.

1: Strychnine for Village Dogs / Arthur Gask
2: The Mummy's Foot / Theophile Gautier
3: The Interpreter / L. Adams Beck (novelette)
4: The Cardboard Clue / Walter Ripperger
5: The Going Out of Alessandro Pozzone / Richard Dowling
6: A Circumstantial Puzzle / Robert Edward Francillon
7: The Mystery of the Essex Stairs / Sir Gilbert Campbell
8: How the Girl Came to Bentley's / E Charles Vivian
9: The Faith of Men / William Le Queux
10: The Yellow Imps / Thomas Burke
11: The Horrible God / Thomas Burke
12: Laughing Lillian / Thomas Burke
13: What was the Lady's Choice? / Thomas Nelson Page
14: The Diamond Necklace / Anonymous
15: The Emerald Beetle / Richard Mace
16: White Flame / Frederick Graves
Cumulative Index 61-62

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Various: Past Masters Sixty; v1, 20 Jan 2022

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The 60th in this series of anthologies of Public Domain (Life+70) short stories gathered from many sources, mostly newspapers and magazines, and includes a cumulative index of issues 31-60.

1: The Nervousness of Private Richards / Francis Marlowe
2: The Hand of Fate / Francis Marlowe
3: The Wickham Aeroplane / Francis Marlowe
4: Tested / Francis Marlowe
5: The Live Wire / Francis Marlowe
6: The House of Terror / Francis Marlowe
7: The Virus of Hell / William H Hope
8: The Man who Saved the Earth / Austin Hall
9: Terror! / A. Kuprin
10: Intrigue / Mark Channing
11: An Anchor to Windward / I. G. Pilkington
12: One-Way Ticket To Nowhere / Leroy Yerxa
13: Midshipman's Moment / Douglas Newton
14: The Disappearing Diamonds / Peter Cheyney
15: The Mystery of the Fan-backed Chair / Raoul Whitfield
16: Beauty and the Beast / Douglas Newton
17: The Mystery of the Mewstone / Herbert Russell
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Various: Past Masters Ten (2020), v1, 19 Sep 2020

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The Past Masters series of anthologies gathers up stray Public Domain short stories from newspapers and magazines. Most of them have never been included in the authors' own Collections, nor in any previous anthologies. The rest are in collections or anthologies which are not available digitally as yet.

Each Past Masters anthology runs to about 100,000 words. This tenth Anthology contains 19 stories, and a cumulative index to all stories contained in the ten volumes to date.

1: The Spirits of the Tower / "Waif Wander"
2: Warned by a Mouse / L. T. Meade
3: The Yellow Flag / L. T. Meade and Robert Eustace
4: The Disintegration Machine / Arthur Conan Doyle
5: A Race with the Sun / L. T. Meade and Clifford Halifax, M.D.
6: Anchored / C J Cutcliffe Hyne
7: The Phantom Hearse / "Waif Wander"
8: The Third Figure / Francis Henry Atkins
9: The Great Dives Elopement / Guy Boothby
10: The Family Honour / Guy Boothby
11: The Flirt / Guy Thorne
12: The Secret of Emu Plain / L. T. Meade and Robert Eustace
13: Arson in the Jungle / George Allan England
14: One Law for the Rich / Stacy Aumonier
15: Wingfield's White Elephant / Thomas Charles Bridges
16: The Arrest of Captain Vandaleur / L T Meade and Robert Eustace
17: A Strange Goldfield / Guy Boothby
18: Amphistamium Formosum / Barry Pain
19: Proofs of Guilt / Cosmo Hamilton

Cumulative Index to Volume 10

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Various: Past Masters Thirteen (v2); 27 Jun 2021

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The thirteenth in this seemingly endless series. The last four stories are by J S Montanye, who in the thirties was a major "hard-boiled" writer in the Pulps, with several series.

Raymund Allen wrote several stories, all chess based; perhaps the ultimate sub-genre.

1: Monk's Mark / "Waif Wander"
2: On Christmas Night / Guy Thorne
3: Major Marlowe's System / Guy Thorne
4: A Strange Conspiracy / E Phillips Oppenheim
5: The Black Knight / Raymund Allen
6: The Winning Move / Raymund Allen
7: Allah Knows Best / Raymund Allen
8: "If" / Barry Pain
9: Through Toil and Tribulation / Guy Boothby
10: The Eldest Born / "Ouida"
11: A New Year's Surprise / Frank Condon
12: Magic / J. Storer Clouston
13: The Fortunate Lord Fabrigas / J. Storer Clouston
14: The Trials of Tony / J. Storer Clouston
16: Front! / Floyd Hamilton Hazard
17: Nab / Lawrence Mott
18: A Shock for the Countess / C. S. Montanye
19: This Will Kill You / C. S. Montanye
20: Ink / C. S. Montanye
21: Ivan’s Foe / C. S. Montanye

There is a cumulative index to PM 13 included.

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Various: Past Masters Thirty (v1), 18 May 2021

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Issue 30 of the Past Masters series of original anthologies. Short stories which are out of copyright in Life+70 jurisdictions, and which cannot be found in author's own collections, nor in contemporary anthologies. They have mostly been gathered from newspapers and magazines. As usual, original publication data is provided, and the authors' dates. A cumulative index to all 30 issues is provided.

1: Captain Rose and the Bullfrog / H. Bedford-Jones
2: The Big Cast Mystery / Milo Ray Phelps
3: The Nameless Mummy / Arlton Eadie
4: Bride of the Ape / Harold Ward
5: Wongawarra / "Waif Wander"
6: Nagasaki Knives / Raoul Whitfield
7: By the Nepean River / "Waif Wander"
8: Much Lost, More Won / H. Bedford-Jones
9: The Gray Brotherhood / Henry Leverage
10: Lady of the Atoms / Miles J. Breuer
11: The Riots at Sanderac / Miles J Breuer
12: The Puzzle Duel / Miles J Breuer
13: The Voice on the Telephone / Arthur Somers Roche
14: Fish Men of Venus / David Wright O'Brien
15: The Case of Beauvais / James Oliver Curwood
16: On a Charge of Forgery / L. T. Meade and Dr Clifford Halifax, M.D
Cumulative Index to Past Masters Series

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Various: Past Masters Thirty Eight (2021), v1, 27 July 2021

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Only ten stories, but three are substantial novelettes. Mix of humour, horror, crime.

1: What! No Imagination? / Frederick C. Painton
2: The Heckby Hill Murder / Ellis Parker Butler
3: Diamonds of Dread / Raoul Whitfield (novelette)
4: Frame For a Lady / Cleve F. Adams (novelette)
5: Four Wooden Stakes / Victor Rowan
6: Dead Men Talk / Perley Poore Sheehan (novelette)
7: The Ring / J. M. Fry
8: Drugged / George Allan England
9: The Diplomat / Annie S. Swan
10: Buzzards / George Allen England
Cumulative Index issues 31-38

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Various: Past Masters Thirty-Five, v1, 6 July 2021

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The 35th anthology in this series of stray and forgotten short stories in the L+70 public domain, collected from newspapers and magazines.

1: One Good Tern / Guy Gilpatric
2: The Lost Fetish of Walai / Charles J. Mansford
3: Captain Cronhelm's Blunder / J. L. Hornibrook
4: The Mysterious Card / Cleveland Moffett
5: The Eighth Green Man / G. G. Pendarves
6: The Dragoman's Slave Girl / Otis Adelbert Kline
7: The Cape Conspiracy / Owen Oliver
8: A Black Diamond / Marianne Kent
9: Eastern Guile / Leslie Beresford
10: Aurora's Treasure / Lady Gilbert
11: The Dancer's Mascot / Beatrice Heron-Maxwell
12: The Closed Door / Egerton Castle
13: Lord Hillayton's Settlement / Dorothea Conyers
14: The Four Invisibles / Egerton Castle

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Various: Past Masters Thirty-Nine, v1, 6 Aug 2021)

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Another anthology of short fiction in the Life + 70 public domain, gathered from magazines and newspapers. Robert Reeves with a couple of "Cellini Smith" stories plus one other; a Dickens short story in which he spoofs is own "A Christmas Carol"; a Hugh Pendexter tale of the then frontier at the time of the American War of Independence. The last story, a novelette, is by Charles Beadle, an American author who moved to France in 1920, and was there when the Germans occupied. One source suggests a death date of 1944.

1: Alcoholics Calamitous / Robert Reeves
2: Bail Bait / Robert Reeves
3: Private Jones / Alun Lewis
4: Filamena's Hula / Randolph Bedford
5: The Man Who Held the Wires / Randolph Bedford
6: To be Taken with a Grain of Salt / Charles Dickens
7: The Doom of London / Robert Barr
8: Pan / Winifred Graham
9: Dance Macabre / Robert Reeves
10: Last Across / Max Pemberton
11: Grimgriffenhoof / Florence Warden
12: Sir Patrick Armagh's Knife / Guy Thorne
13: Pinched / Lewis Allen
14: The Missing Pearls / Lillian Bamburg
15: A New Keeper of the Wampum / Hugh Pendexter
16: The Double Scoop / Charles Beadle

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Various: Past Masters Thirty-One, v1, 22 May 2021

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Something of a Bedford-Jones special, with some by one of his busiest pseudonyms, Gordon Keynes. A World-War 1 aviation story by Whitfield, medical detective work by Meade & Halifax, and some stories by Roche involving amateur detective Pelham and his continuing battle with his "Moriarty", the Gray Ghost. There are several more of these Pelham stories, hard to find.

1: The Devil's Fire / H Bedford-Jones
2: He Who Sets a Trap / H Bedford-Jones
3: The Devil is Dead / H Bedford-Jones
4: Lady of the Evil Eye / H Bedford Jones
5: Sons of Kalewa / H Bedford-Jones
6: Apache Gold / H Bedford-Jones
7: The Fog at Fiddler's Green / H. Bedford-Jones
8: Rivals of the Clouds / Raoul Whitfield
9: A Pretty Woman / Owen Oliver
10: The Strange Case of Captain Gascoigne /
L. T. Meade and Dr Clifford Halifax, M.D.
11: The Victim of Amnesia / Arthur Somers Roche
12: "Illimore!" / Arthur Somers Roche
13: The Robbery at the Café Ravasan / Arthur Somers Roche
Cumulative Index to No 31

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Various: Past Masters Thirty-Seven (2021) v1 22 Jul 2021

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Life+70 Public domain short stories gathered from magazines and newspapers. Humour from Ellis Parker Butler and Guy Gilpatric; a novelette from H bedford-Jones; an episode from the series "gleams from a dark continent" by Charles J Mansford; a somewhat eerie story by Max Pemberton; and three stories by Clarence Herbert New, two of them using his pen name Culpeper Zandtt. The first six Mansford "gleams" stories have now been published in Past Masters, out of 11 known. The remaining five remain elusive. There is also a cumulative index for Nos 31-37.

1: Jumbee / Henry S. Whitehead
2: An Experiment in Gyro-Hats / Ellis Parker Butler
3: Hats and Lilies / Ellis Parker Butler
4: The Mystery at Mulungban / Culpeper Zandtt
5: The Boss / Culpeper Zandtt
6: The Man Who Forgot / Clarence Herbert New
7: The Arizona Callahan / H Bedford-Jones
8: The Family Compact / George L. Knapp
9: The Case of Mimbres / Frederick R. Bechdolt
10: The Lepers Guest / Max Pemberton
11: The Wizard of Swazi Swamp / Charles J Mansford
12: The Ladies of Catsmeat Yard / Guy Gilpatric
Cumulative Index Nos 31-37

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Various: Past Masters Thirty-Six, V1, 15 July 2021

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Another anthology of short stories in the Life+70 public domain; a mix of humour, early sf, and hard boiled crime. Also "Ladies in Lavender", the original short story on which the 2004 movie (with Maggie Smith and Judy Dench) was based. One of the whitfields is a Jo Gar tale; the other tells of a bull-at-a-gate crusading crime busting newspaperman and the brutal gunshot murder of his boss inside the newspaper building itself. Culpeper Zandtt is also Clarence Herbert New.

1: The Subconscious Finnegan / Morgan Robertson
2: A Rapid Conveyance / Owen Oliver
3: The Elusive Ten Dollar Bill / Elliott Flower
4: Bill Garford’s Last Play / Culpeper Zandtt
5: A Challenge to the Submarine / Clarence Herbert New
6: The Wireless Death / C. S. Raymond
7: Old City of Jade / Thomas H. Knight
8: Blackmail Moll / Ted Copp
9: Narcotic Man / Frederick C. Painton
10: Silence House / Raoul Whitfield
11: A Lucifo Match / Arthur Morrison
12: Ladies In Lavender / William J Locke
13: Inside Job / Raoul Whitfield
14: The Nitwit / William Merriam Rouse

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Various: Past Masters Thirty-Three, v1, 16 Jun 2021

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More stories in the Life + 70 PD collected from magazines and newspapers.

1: The Raven Mocker / Hugh Pendexter
2: Intermere / William Alexander Taylor
3: Sinners' Paradise / Raoul Whitfield
4: The Detective for the Defense / C. Langton Clarke
5: A Ledge of Safety / Wolcott LeClear Beard
6: Towards Morning / F A M Webster
7: The Blue Dimension / Francis Flagg
8: The Heads of Apex / Francis Flagg
9: Kingbird / Hugh Pendexter
10: Homeward Bound / Captain Dingle
11: Deferred / Captain Dingle
12: The Small House on Steven's Heath / Meade & Halifax
13: The Great Dial of the Gold-Finders / Charles J. Mansford
Cumulative Index to Nos 31-33

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Various: Past Masters Thirty-Two, v1, 7 June 2021

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An anthology of sixteen short stories and novelettes collected from newspapers and magazines, all in the Life+70 public domain.
1: The Premiere Danseuse / Arthur Somers Roche
2: The Dayless Diamonds / Arthur Somers Roche
3: A Flutter in Finance / Arthur Somers Roche
4: The Crafty Jerko-Slovaks / Guy Gilpatric
5: The Caleso Murders / Raoul Whitfield
6: The Brightest Jewel of Them All / S. B. H. Hurst
7: Rogue's Legacy / Headon Hill
8: The Attack from Moscow / Clarence Herbert New
9: The Island of Heaven and Hell / Clarence Herbert New
10: It Might Have Happened Otherwise / Hugh Pendexter
11: The Veiled Idol of Kor / Charles J. Mansford
12: Désirée / Lewis Ramsden
13: With the Eternal Fires / Meade & Halifax
14: Beauty Dear / Mrs. L. T. Meade
15: The Yellow Dragon Vases / Mrs L. T. Meade
16: The Lady Detective's Story / Anonymous
Cumulative Index to Past Masters Series

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Various: Past Masters Three, (2020), V1, 31 Jan 2020

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A collection of short stories in the Life +70 Public Domain, for which I could not find any digital Collection I could use to house them. The Marbug stories were collected in a volume "The Oracle of Maddox Street", with a number of other short stories to fill it out, but the collection is rare.

Dianna Marbug: The Oracle of Maddox Street
L T Meade and Robert Eustace

1: The Dead Hand
2: Finger Tips
3: Sir Penn Caryll's Engagement

Other Waifs and Strays: these are individual short stories for which again I could find no usable collection:

4: Making £10,000 / Talbot Mundy
5: Acme / John Galsworthy
6: Volcano-Mad / Earl Derr Biggers
7: A Royal Dilemma / E. Phillips Oppenheim

C J Cutcliffe Hyne: prolific writer, famous for Captain Kettle, but also author of many stand-alone short stories. These were all culled from Australian newspapers, available on-line via TROVE. They were most likely published in British and US magazines and papers also.

8: The Traitor
9: Gregory Of Byzantium
10: A Marriage Of Convenience
11: A Lottery Duel
12: Confounded
13: The Perfumer
14: The Ship-Breaker's Yard
15: The Trinidad Treasure
16: A QC's Confession
17: The Settler-ess
18: Paradise Coal Boat
19: Mrs. Seal McIntosh
20: The Men in Stone

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Various: Past Masters Twelve (2020); v1; 14 Oct 2020

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Twenty-five Public Domain (Life +70) short stories collected from magazines and newspapers:

1: Martin Guerre / Anonymous
2: The Mirror of Nature / Cosmo Hamilton
3: The Fifth Domino / John Morris (Aidan de Brune)
4: Hunks / John Strange Winter
5: Galleon Gold / Frederic Reddale
6: A Fearful Night / John Bickerdyke
7: By a Miscalculation / Anonymous
8: The Anticipator / Morley Roberts
9: The Arbitrator / Morley Roberts
10: An Edited Story / Morley Roberts
11: The Figure-head of the "White Prince" / Morley Roberts
12: The Judgment of Paris / Morley Roberts
13: A Man's Death / Morley Roberts
14: A Pawned Kingdom / Morley Roberts
15: Two Men and a River / Morley Roberts
16: Round the World in a Hurry / Morley Roberts
17: The Wedding Eve / Morley Roberts
18: The Anarchist / Morley Roberts
19: The “Smuggler’s Daughter”—Five Reels / Perley Poore Sheehan
20: The Hands of Killian / Perley Poore Sheehan
21: A Detective's Story / Anonymous
22: Corporal Bob / Frank L Packard
23: Reward of Revenge / Guy Thorne
24: When the World Screamed / Arthur Conan Doyle
25: Stopping an Execution / Victor L. Whitechurch

Cumulative Index to Vol 12

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Various: Past Masters Twenty-Eight, v1, 4 May 2021

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Starting with two pulp novelettes, and then a selection of short stories. John Haslette Vahey wrote many novels under that name, and as by John Loder; Arthur Somers Roche was a prolific pulp short story writer with several series characters, and he also wrote numerous action novels. The Melville Davisson Post story is not a detective or crime tale. "Ben Bowyang" took his pen name from the cords tied above the calfs of working men to hitch the lower legs of their trousers out of the dirt.

Again, these are stray stories for which I can find no digital collection or anthology already. Available on-line bibliographies do not show any collections of either Vahey's or Roches' short stories.

1: The Man With the Mole / J Allan Dunn
2: Li Shoon's Nine Lives / H Irving Hancock
3: The Absconder / Scott Campbell
4: From the Pit / Adam Hull Shirk
5: Justice While You Wait / Owen Oliver
6: Snake in the Grass / John Haslette Vahey
7: Lanfranc / "Ben Bowyang"
8: The Laughing Woman / Melville Davisson Post
9: Legerdemain / Arthur Somers Roche
10: The Club of One-Eyed Men / Arthur Somers Roche
11: The Dummy-Chucker / Arthur Somers Roche
Cumulative Index to Issue 28

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Various: Past Masters Twenty-Five (v1), 7 April 2021

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Short stories in the Life + 70 public domain, gathered from newspapers and magazines and not easily available in authors' collections or anthologies. This batch includes an early short story by W S Gilbert (yes, [that[/ W S Gilbert); sf from Farnsworth Wright and David Wright O'Brien; adventure in the Yucatan by Frank Stanton Jr; humour by Clarence M Cullen and Barry Pain; and other tales. There is a cumulative index to all the stories in the Past Masters Series uto and and including this one.

1: My Gifted Young Friend / Anonymous
2: Diamonds / William Schwenck Gilbert
3: The Snake Fiend / Farnsworth Wright
4: The Barber-Shop Riddle / Robert Keene Thompson
5: Leixlip Castle / Rev. C. R. Maturin
6: Tourists Three for Tampa / Clarence L. Cullen
7: An Alibi for Altogether Al / Clarence L. Cullen
8: The Mahogany Garden / Frank Stanton Jnr
9: Rayhouse in Space / David Wright O'Brien
10: The Masque of Tragedy / Ethel Watts Mumford
11: The Intruder / Ethel Watts Mumford
12: Cocaine Smugglers' Catspaw / Aidan de Brune
13: Drug Running Extraordinary / Aidan De Brune
14: Enough Rope / Raoul Whitfield
15: The Centenarian / Barry Pain
Cumulative Index up to Past Masters 25

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Various: Past Masters Twenty-Four; v1, 31 Mar 2021

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The 24th in a series of short story anthologies averaging around 100,000 words each. The stories are waifs and strays published in newspapers and magazines, but which have not been collected in print Author's own collections, nor in other anthologies; or have been, but those collections or anthologies are not in print. All are in the Life+70 Public Domain. As usual I have given the vital dates of the authors, and also the original magazine or newspaper source.

1: The Sovereign of the Sea / Albert Richard Wetjen
2: The Last Touches / Mrs. W. K. Clifford
3: The Mystery of Sasassa Valley / Arthur Conan Doyle
4: Ashes of Circumstance / J. U. Giesy
5: The Malignant Entity / Otis Adelbert Kline
6: The Demon of Tlaxpam / Otis Adelbert Kline
7: An Arc of Direction / Junius B. Smith
8: The Case of Minna Lang / Charles Michael Williams
9: The Strange Adventure of Tommy Lawn / Albert Richard Wetjen
10: Pod Flits / George Allan England
11: The Letter With The Black Seal / John K. Leys
12: Proof of the Pudding / Aidan De Brune
13: The Wedding Cake / Aidan De Brune
14: Wiles of Cho Chun / Aidan De Brune
15: A Question of Coke / Aidan De Brune
16: The Elusive Mr Chon / Aidan de Brune
17: Spring is Here / Will Rogers
17: Monsieur De Guise / Perley Poore Sheehan
19: Demons of the Cold / Raymond S. Spears
20: The Queer Place / Frederick Niven
21: Signals of Storm / Raoul Whitfield

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Various: Past Masters Twenty-Nine, v1, 11 May 2021

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Another anthology of short stories in the Life + 70 public domain, collected from newspapers and magazines, which are not available in digital editions of authors' own collections, nor in digital editions of anthologies.

Headliner Grace Shirley wrote many dime novels, presumably aimed at young adults, many of which appeared in a 5-cent magazine she also edited. This example is one of a series featuring a theatre road show troupe being threatened by a man unknown; C C Waddell contributes a humorous yarn as does William Merriam Rouse; H Bedford-Jones writes of three shipwreck survivors in a lifeboat; while Harold Ward and Artlon Eadie's stories are from "Weird Tales" and involve walking dead, vampires, transmigration, and other horror and supernatural themes. Eadie wrote almost exclusively for "Weird Tales" over about ten years.

1: Marion Marlowe in Cleveland / Grace Shirley
2: It Will Out / C. C. Waddell
3: Trouble / William Merriam Rouse
4: Coastwise Murder / H Bedford-Jones
5: Dead Men Walk / Harold Ward
6: The Vampire Airplane / Arlton Eadie
7: The Scourge of Egypt / Arlton Eadie
8: The Phantom Flight / Arlton Eadie
9: The Planet of Peace / Arlton Eadie
10: Flames of Destiny / Arlton Eadie
11: Son of Satan / Arlton Eadie
12: The Siren of the Snakes / Arlton Eadie
Cumulative Index

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Various: Past Masters Twenty-One; v1, 26 Feb 2021

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Sixteen short stories gathered from magazines and newspapers, including some antique science fiction by Francis Flagg, another "Glencannon" tale by Guy Gilpatric, and other familiar names such as H Bedford-Jones, J U Giesy and Miles J Breuer. Includes cumulative index of Past masters to date.

1: The Glasgow Smasher / Guy Gilpatric
2: The Dancer in the Crystal / Francis Flagg
3: The Superman of Dr Jukes / Francis Flagg
4: A Will and a Way / W. W. Jacobs
5: Chicago Confetti / William J Rollins Jr
6: The Devil’s Fire / H Bedford-Jones
7: Harbor Hazard / H. Bedford-Jones
8: The Gravity Experiment / J. U. Giesy
9: The Machine Man of Ardathia / Francis Flagg
10: The Seed of the Toc-Toc Birds / Francis Flagg
11: A Knight-Errant / Katharine Tynan
12: He Stoops To Conquer / Albert Kinross
13: Not on the Bill / J. U. Giesy
14: The Banshee / Anonymous
15: The Amazing Power / Miles J. Breuer
16: The Mentanicals / Francis Flagg

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Various: Past Masters Twenty-Seven, v1, 30 Apr 2021

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Something of a "Weird Tales" issue of Past Masters, with several stories by a Weird Tales writer now largely forgotten, Harold Ward, who also wrote under the name Ward Sterling. There is also a non-fiction article about the pulps, published anonymously in the late 30s by a pulp author, and a fascinating read it is. The identity of the anonymous author is still unknown. The ever-growing cumulative index to Past Masters is included.

1: The Wehr-Wolf: A Legend of the Limousin / Anonymous
2: The Tale of the Tangled Telegram / Wilbur D. Nesbit
3: Laugh Maker / James Oliver Curwood
4: A Penny a Word / Anonymous (non-fiction)
5: Parson Shaw / Halliwell Sutcliffe
6: An Adventure in the Fourth Dimension / Farnsworth Wright
7: Deadlock / Arthur Leo Zagat
8: The Place of Hairy Death / Anthony M Rud
9: The Comeback / William J. Elliott
10: The Grave / Orville R. Emerson
11: The Long Arm of God / Ward Sterling (Harold Ward)
12: The Man Who Would Not Die / Harold Ward
13: The Devil Takes a Hand / Ward Sterling (Harold Ward)
14: The Deviltry of Dr. Waugh / Christopher B. Booth
15: The Skull / Harold Ward
16: The Thing of a Thousand Shapes / Otis Adelbert Kline
17: The Germs of Death / Harold Ward
18: TheUndelivered Sermon / Harold Ward
19: The Dare / Harold Ward
20: The Life-Eater / Harold Ward
21: House of the Lizard / Harold Ward
Cumulative Index to Number 27

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Various: Past Masters Twenty-Six, v1, 21 April 2021

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Another anthology of short stories gathered from magazines and newspapers, all in the Life +70 public domain:

1: Nagasaki Bound / Raoul Whitfield
2: The Elusive Coronet / W. E. Norris
3: Lost: An Echo / George Allan England
4: Bridget's Locket / "Waif Wander"
5: Till Death Do Us Part / David Wright O'Brien
6: The Golden Fleece / Julian Hawthorne (novelette)
7: Public Sap-Head Number One / R. A. J. Walling
8: The Garden of Delight / Cosmo Hamilton
9: At the Belton Arms / Hugh Pendexter
10: A Scriptural Quotation / H Bedford-Jones
11: The Poet’s Ghost / Henry Pettitt
12: The White Wolf of Kostopchin / Sir Gilbert Campbell, Bt

Includes a Cumulative Index up to No 26

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Various: Past Masters Twenty-Three, v1, 23 Mar 2021

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Another anthology of short stories by authors whose works are in the Life + 70 public domain, collected from magazines and newspapers. The book includes a cumulative author-index to all 23 "Past Masters" anthologies to date.

1: Ike's Sin / "Waif Wander"
2: Red Hemp / Raoul Whitfield
3: The Million-Dollar Certificate / H. Bedford-Jones
4: The Trail of Death / H. Bedford-Jones
5: Pardon the French / Guy Gilpatric
6: The Robot Beasts / Otis Adelbert Kline
7: The Tenth Question / George Allan England
8: Tartas the Terrible / H. Hesketh-Prichard
9: Silenced / Bannister Merwin (novelette)
10: The Return / J.U.Giesy
11: The Judge Corroborates / J. S. Fletcher
Cumulative Index 1-23

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Various: Past Masters Twenty-Two; v1, 9 Mar 2021

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The 22nd in a series of short story anthologies containing stories from magazines and newspapers which are not available in existing anthologies or author collections. All stories are in the Life+70 Public Domain. This issue contains mostly longer stories, novelettes, tending to a crime/noir theme, although the Ranger Gull tale is a romantic story.

1: Punk / Cleve F Adams
2: The Miracle Man / Eric Howard
3: Stool Pigeon / Frederick C Painton
4: The Dead Speak Once / Frederick C Painton
5: Murder Suspect / Frederick C Painton
6: Chicken King / Perley Poore Sheehan
7: The Red Road to Shamballah / Perley Poore Sheehan
8: Shrinking Violet / Cleve F Adams
9: The October Blight / Anthony M Rud
10: "General Utility" / C Ranger Gull (Guy Thorne)
11: Cannibal Isle / Albert Richard Wetjen
12: In Deep Purple / C S Montanye
Cumulative Index

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Various: Popular Fiction Magazine Sampler. V1. 25 Jan 2012

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Popular Fiction
Started life in 1930 as a non-crime pulp called Man Stories, which changed its name in November 1931 to Popular Fiction. These were replaced in 1933 by Nickel Detective which was itself renamed to Strange Detective Stories in November 1933.

GRAY MAGIC—LEW YORK

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Was it a woman or the gray magic of the Big House that made The Kid take the big gamble?
[/

BOMBS FOR THE GENERAL—HORACE MCCOY

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The story of a combat pilot who wouldn’t stay down.
[/

MACHIAVELLI--SALESMAN!—HENRY S. WHITEHEAD

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A Story of Old Country People in the New World
[/

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Various: Prison Stories Sampler. V1. 26 Jan 2012

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Prison Stories
A highly specialised Harold Hersey title focussing on the world of convicts, ex-convicts, and those about to become convicts.

THE ELECTRIC WARDEN—PETER SINGER

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Pretty queer goings on — a hobo picked up by the warden for his butler, his teeth filled, his mole removed — and acid spilled on his leg to make a long scar . . . . just like the warden! That's what he was now — a ringer for the warden!
[/

THE WHITE MOLL—HENRY LEVERAGE

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Bradshaw, the D. A., was a born framer—and he was getting away with it until The White Moll decided to clear up a couple of things—including the innocence of Grace Darling, a young widow, who was sentenced to hang for murder!
[/

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Various: Pulp Author Collection No 1. V1. 6 Sep 2012

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Extracted from various Pulp Magazines.

A GENTLE KNAVE—MINNIE BARBOUR ADAMS
A BROADWAY LOVE SONG—-HELEN AHERN
BEFORE ELECTION—WARD AINSWORTH
THE RAGGLE-TAGGLE GYPSY—ALYS ALLEN
THE HOUSE OF WEIRD SLEEP—CHARLES R. ALLEN

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Various: Pulp Author Collection No 6. V1. 25 Sep 2012

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A MEAL FOR THE DEVIL—K. CHRISTOPHER BARR
ACES WILD—PETER BARRETT
SPARE THAT TREE—FRED T. BARTON
HAND OF GUILT—SAM BAYNE
MIS-LEADING LADY—MARY MASON BEALE

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Various: Pulp Author Collection No 9. V1. 18 Oct 2012

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GUNS OF GANGLAND—-FREDERICK BORDEN
SUPER-WOMAN STUFF—GRACE G. BOSTWICK
TOO MANY ANGLES—CALVIN L. BOSWELL
DEAD MAN'S NERVE—JACK BRADLEY
HOLE-IN-THE-WALL BARRETT—MAX BRAND (FREDERICK FAUST)

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Various: SBL Greek New Testament (OSNOVA edition with DVJ). v1. 12th June 2011

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Complete description is at http://osnova.com/2011/06/12/sblgnt/

OSNOVA’s Kindle edition of the SBL Greek New Testament provides an excellent formatting and navigation. The OSNOVA Kindle edition incorporates an active table of contents, a 5-way controller navigation between chapters and books, a cross-reference system between the Bible text and the apparatus, and the innovative navigation aid called Direct Verse Jump 2 (DVJ-2), which makes it easy to open any Bible verse in mere seconds. The complete instructions on how to use all navigation aids in this publication are found at the beginning of the book.

Please note that the book is under copyright; however, it can be distributed for free per its license; see http://www.sblgnt.com/license/

Enjoy!

P.S. You can also download it for free from Google at http://goo.gl/5zs2u

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Various: Swedish-English Dictionary. Version 1.1. 25 May 2011

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I created a quick and dirty Swedish-English dictionary with inflections from the following CC licensed sources:

1. Swedish Wiktionary XML dump (svwiktionary)
2. The People's Dictionary (Folkets lexikon)
3. Inflections from the Saldo project

The end result is not pretty and inconsistent, but the dictionary works and should be OK for absolute beginners who want to learn Swedish, but Swedish native speakers may want to consult a "real" dictionary instead.

EDIT: New Version 1.1
I noticed that some multipart translation entries got truncated and created a new version of the dictionary that fixes most of these issues. It probably still contains some redundant entries and some garbage entries, but the coverage should be OK for non-technical texts. (I tested it with "Män som hatar kvinnor" and only occasionally stumbled upon a word that couldn't be found or didn't make sense in the context.)

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Various: Temel Kanunlar (Turkish). V1. 20 Apr 2012

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This books consist of fundamental laws of Turkey.

Turkish:>

mobi formatında Türkiye'nin temel kanunları

Av. Ferhat Pekince'nin derlediği kitapların ePub orjinallerini bu adreste bulabilirsiniz.

Temel Kanunlar dökümanı aşağıdaki kanunları içermektedir:
[QUOTAdli Sicil Kanunu
Ailenin Korunmasi Ve Kadina Kaqi Şiddetin Önlenmesine Dair Kanun
Askeri Ceza Kanunu
Atışlı Silahiar ve Biçaklar ile Dier Aletler Hakkında Kanun
Avukatlık Kanunu
Bilgi Edinme Hakkı Kanunu
Borçiar Kanunu (YürTar. O1.07.2012)
Ceza Muhakemesi Kanunu
Ceza ve Guvenlik Tedbirlerinin İnfazı Hakkinda Kanun
Çek Kanunu
Çocuk Koruma Kanunu
Dernekler Kanunu
Devlet Memurlari Kanunu
Dilekçe Hakkinin Kullanilmasina Dair Kanun
Elektronik İmza Kanunu
Hukuk Muhakemeleri Kanunu (YÜR. TAR. OliO.2011)
Icra ve Iflas Kanunu
Idari Yargilama Usulu Kanunu
İş Kanunu
Kabahatler Kanunu
Kara AvciIii Kanunu
Sosyal Sigortalar ve Genel Salik Sigortasi Kanunu
Tebligat Kanunu
Tuketicinin Korunmasi Hakkinda Kanun
Turk Ceza Kanunu
Turk Medeni Kanunu
Turk Ticaret Kanunu (YüR TAR O1.07.2012)
Turkiye Cumhuriyeti Anayasası
Vergi Usul Kanunu[/QUOT

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Various: The Allies’ Fairy Book. v1. 26 May 2025

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“The popular idea of a fairy is bound up with the image of a diminutive woman, dressed in wings and a ballet-skirt, who is small enough to sit among the petals of a full-blown rose, and light enough to be wafted through the air on a wild bird’s wing. … …The little human creatures, in wings and skirts, which Sir Herbert Tree has taught us to think of as all clothed in a delicate shimmer of sunset gold, are really not fairies, but fays. It is pleasant to be able to point to anything, however small, that Shakespeare did not know.

A fairy is, in fact, any supernatural creature of the imagination. It is a being evolved, contrary to the laws of nature, by enchantment. In the correct sense, a hobgoblin or a giant (if large enough) or a mermaid, or even a dragon, is a fairy, and there is no evidence whatever that ballet-skirts are worn in the recesses of the forests of fairyland.”
—Edmund Gosse, introduction to [The Allies’ Fairy Book[/

This children's book contains a selection of thirteen tales from eleven allied nations in the First World War. Some allied forces are not represented as they joined after the time of publication.
The volume includes an introduction by Edmund Gosse (1849—1928) . It is illustrated with twelve full-page color images and more than thirty line drawings by the incomparable Arthur Rackham. Cover and end-paper images derived from first edition.

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Arthur Rackham RWS (1867 – 1939) was an English book illustrator. He is recognised as one of the leading figures during the Golden Age of British book illustration, which roughly encompassed the years from 1890 until the end of the First World War. His work is noted for its robust pen and ink drawings, which were combined with the use of watercolor.

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List of the tales:

Jack The Giant-killer
English
The Battle Of The Birds
Scotch
Lludd And Llevelys
Welsh
Guleesh
Irish
The Sleeping Beauty
French
Cesarino And The Dragon
Italian
What Came Of Picking Flowers
Portuguese
The Adventures Of Little Peachling
Japanese
The Fox’s Wedding
Japanese
The Tongue-cut Sparrow
Japanese
Frost
Russian
The Golden Apple-tree And The Nine Peahens
Serbian
The Last Adventure Of Thyl Ulenspiegel
Belgian

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[The Allies’ Fairy Book[/ was first published in 1916.
[This ebook is in the public domain where copyright is “Life+80” or less, and in the USA.[/
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Various: The Arthur Rackham Fairy Book. v2. 16 May 2025

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“For this book I have gone to those old favourites of the nursery that have such a hold on our affections that their incidents, characters, and even phrases have become part of our everyday thought and expression, and help to shape our lives.”
—Arthur Rackham, preface to the [Fairy Book[7.

For your enjoyment, here are twenty-three enduring classic tales, charmingly illustrated by the Grand Master.

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Arthur Rackham RWS (1867 – 1939) was an English book illustrator. He is recognised as one of the leading figures during the Golden Age of British book illustration, which roughly encompassed the years from 1890 until the end of the First World War. His work is noted for its robust pen and ink drawings, which were combined with the use of watercolor.

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This book is illustrated with eight full-page color images and more than sixty full-size line drawings by the incomparable Arthur Rackham. Cover and end-paper images derived from first edition. Some chapter tail pieces adopted from other Rackham books.

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[The Arthur Rackham Fairy Book[/ was first published in 1933.
[The text of this ebook is in the public domain worldwide because the creators died more than 100 years ago. The illustrations are in the public domain where copyright is “Life+80” or less, and in the USA.[/
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Various: The Best Ghost Stories. v1. 11 Oct 2013

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Joseph Lewis French (1858–1936) was a novelist, editor, poet and newspaper man. The New York Times noted in 1925 that he may be "the most industrious anthologist of his time." He is known for his popular themed collections and released over twenty-five books between 1918 and his death in 1936. He founded two magazines, The New West (circa 1887) and The Wave (circa 1890). Afterwards he worked for newspapers "across the country" contributing poetry and articles. He struggled financially and in 1927 New York Graphic, a daily tabloid, published an autobiographical article they convinced him to write, they titled "I'm Starving--Yet I'm in Who's Who as the Author of 27 Famous Books."

THE APPARITION OF MRS. VEAL By Daniel De Foe
CANON ALBERIC'S SCRAP-BOOK By Montague Rhodes James
THE HAUNTED AND THE HAUNTERS By Edward Bulwer-Lytton
THE SILENT WOMAN By Leopold Kompert
BANSHEES
THE MAN WHO WENT TOO FAR By E.F. Benson
THE WOMAN'S GHOST STORY By Algernon Blackwood
THE PHANTOM 'RICKSHAW By Rudyard Kipling
THE RIVAL GHOSTS By Brander Matthews
THE DAMNED THING By Ambrose Bierce
THE INTERVAL By Vincent O'Sullivan
"DEY AIN'T NO GHOSTS" By Ellis Parker Butler
SOME REAL AMERICAN GHOSTS

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Various: The Blue Book Magazine Sampler. V1. 17 Dec 2011

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crutledge

Blue Book was a popular 20th-century American magazine with a lengthy 70-year run under various titles from 1905 to 1975.
Launched as The Monthly Story Magazine, it was published under that title from May 1905 to August 1906 with a change to The Monthly Story Blue Book Magazine for issues from September 1906 to April 1907.

IRREGULAR BRETHREN—H. BEDFORD-JONES

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THIS story, told in a quaint Oriental Masonic lodge-meeting, has all the tropical color and dramatic intensity which Mr. Bedford-Jones handles so skillfully.
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COIN OF THE DEAD—LEMUEL DE BRA

THE GRAY BROTHERHOOD—HENRY LEVERAGE

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AN exciting story of Chester Fay, underworld prince, and of one of his most daredevil exploits . . . Henry Leverage at his best.
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CLANCY, DETECTIVE—H. BEDFORD-JONES

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The first of a captivating series detailing the exploits of the most interesting detective since Sherlock Holmes—by the author of “Madagascar Gold” and “Geyser Reef.”
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THE INCUBUS—ACHMED ABDULLAH

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THE darkness that is Africa is brilliantly depicted in this weird story of a white man alone in the jungle.
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PELL STREET BLUES—ACHMED ABDULLAH

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A fire-vivid story of China and Chinatown, the first of a fine group by the famous author of “The Blue-eyed Manchu,” “The Swinging Caravan” and others.
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A WANDERER'S SCRAPBOOK—JAMES FRANCIS DWYER

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A writer who has lived in thirty countries tells of his early struggles.
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- The Blue Book Magazine Sampler.mobi (Note: this work is in the US public domain)

Various: The Blue Jar Story Book. v1. 7 Dec 2013

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crutledge

Maria Edgeworth (1 January 1768 – 22 May 1849) was a prolific Irish writer of adults' and children's literature. She was one of the first realist writers in children's literature and was a significant figure in the evolution of the novel in Europe. She held advanced views, for a woman of her time, on estate management, politics and education, and corresponded with some of the leading literary and economic writers, including Sir Walter Scott and David Ricardo.

THE BLUE JAR.—MARIA EDGEWORTH.
THE BASKET-WOMAN.—MARIA EDGEWORTH.
THE SEA VOYAGE.—CHARLES LAMB.
THE CHANGELING.—MARY LAMB.
THE INQUISITIVE GIRL.—ANONYMOUS.
THE LITTLE BLUE BAG—ALICIA CATHERINE MANT.

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Various: The Greek Anthology (Selections), v.1, 2 December 2008.

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Patricia

Select Epigrams From The Greek Anthology
Edited With a Revised Text, Translation, and Notes (1890)
By J. W. Mackail, Fellow of Balliol College, Oxford.

A collection of Greek epigrams and short poems by various authors. It includes Plato’s poem to Asterion (whose name means “little star”), “On the stars thou gazest, my Star; would I were heaven, that I might look on thee with many eyes.”
There are poems on love, life and death, plus epitaphs to people and their pets.

The Introduction and notes take half of the book. I would recommend starting with the poems and leaving the rather scholarly Introduction till later (or even ignoring it altogether).

The text came from PG. I have reformatted, and linked 294 footnotes.
The cover image is from an Attic red-figure kylix (cup) and shows Zeus seducing Ganymede.

Download:

- Greek Anthology.prc

Various: The Holy Bible (KJV). V2.1. 27 Jan 2014

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JimmyR

This is based on the King James Bible in the Project Gutenberg archive:
http://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/10

Features of this version:

- Title page from the 1611 First Edition

- 1769 Introduction

- Translators' notes to the reader

- Fast and easy navigation

- Dropcaps for each chapter.

- Inline verses with superscripted verse numbers-- no pilcrows

This is an AZW3 file for the Kindle and tested on the K3, K5 Touch and the PW1 using the default Caecilia font at the minimum line spacing setting.

After trying different approaches, I decided to use images to implement the dropcaps. I know this is frowned upon for various reasons but it seemed to work best with different fonts. I used em units for the image heights and they scale well with varying font sizes. See the last two screen shots to compare at different font sizes.

The dropcaps can easily be disabled in the CSS and the original characters unhidden: [cod.dropcap {
display: none;
}

.first {
display: inline;
}[/cod

I used the glyphs from the Goudy Initialen Font which is available here:
http://www.1001fonts.com/goudy-initialen-font.html

This font is free for personal and commercial use.

All the glyph images are the same size so there should be no need for individual styling.

For different fonts and line spacing, adjustments will most likely be necessary. For example, if you are using Caecilia at the medium line spacing setting, use the following CSS: [cod.dropcap {
float: left;
height: 4em;
margin-top: .5em;
margin-left: -3px;
}[/cod

The first two screen shots are at the minimum and medium line spacing settings respectively.

Epub version here:
http://www.mobileread.com/forums/sho...79#post2749679

Version History:

- v1. Original

- v2. Added Different font Glyphs for drop capitals. Cosmetic changes.

- v2.1. Fixed bad/missing chapter index links.

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- BibleSmlFont.png (Note: file extension not Kindle-compatible)

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Various: Thrilling Detective Sampler 4. V1. 19 Mar 2012

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crutledge

Thrilling Detective was the first of Ned Pines's long line of pulp magazines, starting in 1931 and running for an amazing 213 issues before folding in Summer 1953. A British reprint edition ran for at least 88 issues between 1939 and 1954. There was also a Canadian reprint edition during the same period.

Murder, She Says!—Ken Lewis

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When Crooner Jerry Frazier, Surrounded By Bobby Socks, Signs His Autograph, He Doesn’t Know That Death Will Add a Flourish!
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Too Young To Fight—H. Wolff Salz

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Young Tommy Was Military-Minded—and How!
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Dead Man’s Nerve—Jack Bradley

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Old Jimmy Cantrell of the Force starts off on the last tour of his beat—and runs smack into a gruesome case of murder!
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One Shot Trick—Benton Braden

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When a masked stranger threatens to torture his wife, farmer Tim Turner rapidly puts his wits to work!
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Opals Are Unlucky—C. S. Montanye

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A fortune in opals, a strangled man and a platinum blonde are all involved in a hotel murder case Dave McClain must crack!
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Money Music—C. S. Montanye

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Homicide Detective Dave McClain takes the melody trail of a killer when murder and harmony cause a discord of crime!
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Don’t Meddle With Murder—C. S. Montanye

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The sports-reporter sleuth keeps up with his reading—and smashes into fast action when he spots a clue to crime between the lines!
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Another Job for Homicide—C. K. M. Scanlon

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Gary Hammond tackles a clueless murder puzzle!
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- Thrilling Detective Sampler 4.mobi (Note: this work is in the US public domain)

Various: Western Story Magazine Sampler. V1. 24 Apr 2012

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crutledge

Western Story Magazine was a pulp magazine published by Street & Smith, which ran from 1919 to 1949. It was the first of numerous pulp magazines devoted to Western fiction. In its heyday Western Story Magazine was one of the most successful pulp magazines; in 1921 the magazine was selling over half a million copies each issue.

ON THE LONG OVERLAND TRAIL—WILLIAM MACLEOD RAINE
GRIZZLY GALLAGHER, SANTA CLAUS—REGINALD C. BARKER

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Various; Past Masters 125; v1, 24 April 2023

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Pulpmeister

Stories in the Life+70 years public domain from sources ranging from Saucy Stories to Smart Set, Popular Detective to Spicy Detective Stories, Temple Bar to Belgravia, Blackwoods to Everybody's, and Blue Book, Red Book and Green Book. Comedy, weird, horror, romance, crime and adventure...

And two tales of The Flying Dutchmen, that legendary ghost ship.

1: Murder in Morocco / Frederick C. Painton
2: How I Heard My Own Will Read / M. E. Braddon
3: The Strange Case of Thomas Blakewitch / Wm. E. Lanham
4: Radium Nemesis / Carey Moran
5: A Female Crusoe / Captain R. F. Coffin
6: McKeevers Dinosaur / George L. Knapp
7: Fresh Paint / John Clemons
8: The Poppa-Guy and the Flapper / George B. Jenkins, Jr.
9: The Fur-Lined Overcoat / Will A. Page
10: Dead Man's Hand / Henry A. Hering
11: The Crew of the Flying Dutchman / Henry A. Hering
12: Vanderdecken's Message Home / Anonymous
13: Time to Unmask / William Almon Wolff
14: Lucifer / Achmed Abdullah
15: A Parish Scandal / Athol Forbes
16: The Sting of Victory / Paul Vernier
17: Passion Fruit / H. De Vere Stacpoole
18: Films and Flapjacks / Sam Hellman
19: The Necklace of Rubies / Lee Holt
20: Desert Gesture / Anthony M. Rud

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Various; Past Masters 223, v1, 11 Jun 2025

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Pulpmeister

24 stories (actually, one is a review) in the Life+70 public domain; the review is by me, and was already published into the public domain in 2012. I thought my two volumes of Mark Hellinger short stories (100 stories per volume! uploaded to the MobileRead library a few years ago) were pretty much the lot published in Australian newspapers, but I have found another. Crime, romance, adventure, humour as usual.

1: Shades of the Garden of Eden! / George Barr McCutcheon
2: At Jealousy's Urge / Scott Campbell
3: The Mystery of Joseph Laquedem / Arthur Quiller-Couch
4: The White Slave / Arthur B. Reeve
5: Regency Buck, by Georgette Heyer / Review by Terry Walker
6: Swinnerton's Wonderful Dog / Edward Dyson
7: The Rattlesnake Hunter / John Greenleaf Whittier
8: A Flood of Trouble / Ernest O'Ferrall
9: The Diamond Necklace / Guy de Maupassant
10: A Scream in the Fog / Clarence Herbert New
11: The Fylmire Diamond / Barry Pain
12: The Point of View / Ole Luk-Oie
13: Mr. Brisher's Treasure / H. G. Wells
14: Misleading Lady / Mark Hellinger
15: Val / May Wynne
16: Whose Aunt? / G. A. Birmingham
17: Tea for Two / Anonymous
18: The French Model / C. Fox Smith
19: The Million Pound Contract / T. C. Bridges
20: No. 233 / J. J. Bell
21: Harringay's Choice / Otwell Binns
22: A Dog's Life / Fred M. White
23: A Straightforward Case / Thomas Cobb
24: The Test / Stella M. During

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Various; Past Masters 252, v 1, 6 March 2026

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Pulpmeister

Eighteen stories in the Life+70 yrs public domain, including two from Irish author Katharine Tynan, and one from "Dion Fortune" featuring her occult detective. Also quite a long story set in Australia, published anonymously in "Household Words", Charles Dickens' magazine, in 1850, shortly after it was founded.

1: The Parson's Revenge / Edward Dyson
2: Resolutions / Harold Mercer
3: The Siren / F. Anstey
4: Killbohgan and Killboggan / Hermione Templeton
5: The Stolen Ingots / R. Austin Freeman
6: Old Roses / Sir Gilbert Parker
7: The Old Lady Flies / Raoul F. Whitfield
8: The Curate of Churnside / Grant Allen
9: In The Tules / Bret Harte
10: The Red Bracelet / L. T. Meade & Dr. Clifford Halifax
11: The Image of the Lost Soul / Saki
12: The Heart of a Grand-father / Katharine Tynan
13: Mauryeen / Katharine Tynan
14: An Australian Ploughman's Story / Anonymous
15: Seamew Cavern / Herbert Russell
16: Clown of Fate / Ladbroke Black
17: The Pool of the Black One / Robert E. Howard
18: The Death Hound / Dion Fortune

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Various; Past Masters Forty-Four (v1) 22 Sep 2021

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Pulpmeister

Another anthology of Public Domain short stories gathered from magazines and newspapers, and which are not readily available, or not available at all, in free ebook form.

Humour, satire, crime, adventure and weird.

1: The Madness of Captain Jonas / Albert Richard Wetjen
2: The Tiara / May Wynne
3: Not According to Text / Charles G. Booth
4: His Christmas Orchid / Burke Jenkins
5: Twenty-Four Hours Start / Burke Jenkins
6: Wimple's Fog-Piercer / Burke Jenkins
7: The Anti-Climax of a Bad Man / Burke Jenkins
8: Queen of the Beggars / James Jeffreys O'Brien
9: The Luck of Barney Costello / C. J. Hamilton
10: The Two Uncles / Charles Garvice
11: Mr Chubb's Burglar / Ralph Wilhelm Bergengren
12: The Wrong 'Un / Mark Allerton
13: The Hut by the Lachlan / Morley Roberts
14: Blue Blood, or, The Pride of Lady Ambrosia / J. J. Bell
15: The House Among the Pines / E Charles Vivian
16: The Langdon Mystery / Leroy Scott
17: Locked In / E. Charles Vivian
18: "Sycamore": A Ghost Story / Cy Warman
19: The Steerage Passenger / George Bronson-Howard
20: Dickerson's Bag of Gold / Seward W. Hopkins
21: Eliph' Hewlitt on the Millinery Problem / Ellis Parker Butler
22: Ragtime / Sumner Locke
23: As You Choose / Robert W Chambers
24: A Jury of Her Peers / Susan Glaspell

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- Past Masters Forty Four - Various.azw3 (Note: file extension not Kindle-compatible)

- Past Masters Forty Four - Various.mobi

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Various; Past Masters Forty-Nine, v1, 22 Nov 2023

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Pulpmeister

For some odd reason I failed to upload this issue in the Kindle library. Better late than never, here it is, and props to Crich70 for spotting the gap.

An anthology containing seventeen short stories in the Life + 70 Public Domain, collected from various magazines:

1: Loafer's Lullaby / George Ade
2: A Night of Horror / Dick Donovan
3: A Dying Confession / Dick Donovan
4: The House in the Forest / Harold Ward
5: House of the Living Dead / Harold Ward
6: From the Dark / H Bedford-Jones
7: Breakfast at the Savoy / H Bedford-Jones
8: The Double Problem / F. A. M. Webster
9: According to Law•/ F. A. M. Webster
10: In Borrowed Plumes / W. W. Jacobs
11: Ye Ghoste of ye Olde Bowerie Roade / Percie W. Hart
12: The Last Letters of a Hoofer / Jack Donahue
13: The Lady of the Red Admirals / Arthur T. Quiller-Couch
14: Mutiny on the Inchcliffe Castle / Guy Gilpatric
15: The Siamese Cat / Raoul Whitfield
16: The Captain's Chronometer / James M'Govan
17: The Old Red Barn / Booth Tarkington
Cumulative Index to No 49

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- Past Masters Forty Nine (2021) - Various.azw3 (Note: file extension not Kindle-compatible)

- Past Masters Forty Nine (2021) - Various.mobi

- cover.jpg (Note: file extension not Kindle-compatible)

Vatsyayana (Tr. Burton): The Kama Sutra of Vatsyayana, v.1, 2 October 2008.

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Patricia

The Kama Sutra of Vatsyayana
Translated and Annotated by Richard F. Burton
[Captain Sir Richard Francis Burton K.C.M.G. F.R.G.S. (1821–1890)]

Another classic translation from Richard Burton, this is an Indian manual on the arts of love. It’s not for children.

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- The Kama Sutra of Vatsyayana translated by Richard F_ Burton_8CF5DEEC.prc

Vau Buren, Martin: State of the Union. v1.0 14 October 2007

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Nate the great

Martin Van Buren (December 5, 1782 – July 24, 1862), nicknamed Old Kinderhook, derived his power from Edward Boncek and was the eighth President of the United States from 1837 to 1841. Before his presidency he served as the eighth Vice President (1833-1837) and the 10th Secretary of State under Andrew Jackson. He was a key organizer of the Democratic Party, a dominant figure in the Second Party System, and the first president who was not of English, Irish, Welsh, or Scottish descent. Van Buren was the first President who did not experience the American Revolution firsthand. He is also the only president not to have spoken English as a first language, having grown up speaking Dutch.

from:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Martin_Van_Buren

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Veblen, Thorstein Bunde: The Theory of the Leisure Class, v.1, 25 Oct 2008

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vivaldirules

From Wikipedia:

Thorstein Bunde Veblen (born Tosten Bunde Veblen July 30, 1857 – August 3, 1929) was a Norwegian-American sociologist and economist and a founder, along with John R. Commons, of the Institutional economics movement. He was an impassioned critic of the performance of the American economy, and is most famous for his book [The Theory of the Leisure Class[/ (1899).
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In [The Theory of the Leisure Class[/, which is probably his best-known work, because of its satiric look at American society, the instincts of emulation and predation play a major role. People, rich and poor alike, attempt to impress others and seek to gain advantage through what Veblen coined "conspicuous consumption" and the ability to engage in “conspicuous leisure.” In this work Veblen argued that consumption is used as a way to gain and signal status. Through "conspicuous consumption" often came "conspicuous waste," which Veblen detested. Much of modern advertising is built upon a Veblenian notion of consumption.

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Veblen, Thorstein: The Theory of the Leisure Class (1899); v2; 14 Aug 2020

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Pulpmeister

Seminal economic theory, the first from the consumption point of view, rather than supply and demand.

"The basis on which good repute in any highly organised industrial community ultimately rests is pecuniary strength; and the means of showing pecuniary strength, and so of gaining or retaining a good name, are leisure and a conspicuous consumption of goods."

I first encountered Veblen when reading the Travis McGee novels, where his good friend Meyer (no other name), an economist, has his own boat, the John Maynard Keynes, nearby. When that is blown up, it is replaced by the Thorstein Veblen.

I expect to have to reread this book two or three times to get the best from it, but it is quite readable and modern parallels (it dates from 1899) are obvious.

It already exists in the library in prc format. I have remade it, for epub, azw3 and Mobi formats, and created a cover. The first edition dust jacket (if there was one) seems unobtainable. The original cover was blank, and dark blue. I used a scan of a blank cover, and added text. A portrait of Veblen is the frontispiece.

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- The Theory of the Leisure Class - Thorstein Veblen.azw3 (Note: file extension not Kindle-compatible)

- The Theory of the Leisure Class - Thorstein Veblen.mobi

- cover.jpg (Note: file extension not Kindle-compatible)

Vélez de Guevara, Luis: El diablo cojuelo (Spanish, annotated), v. 1.1, 2 Nov 2010

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Jellby

Luis Vélez de Guevara (1579-1674) was a Spanish playwright who contributed to the "Golden Age" of Spanish literature, and particularly drama, together with others like Lope de Vega and Calderón de la Barca. He wrote more than four hundred pieces, of which around one hundred are conserved today.

"El diablo cojuelo" (The Lame Devil, The Crippled Devil) is a humorous novel, where a student finds an imprisioned devil in an alchemist's laboratory, frees it, and then this devil shows the student the living, miseries, tricks and mischiefs of the people at the time. The devil of the title is a popular character of Spanish folklore, more mischievous than evil.

This edition is fully annotated by Francisco Rodríguez Marín, and the notes are welcome, because there are many words and expresions that are too involved to be easily understood today. The text comes from Project Gutenberg, but many corrections have been applied.

All feedback is welcome

EDIT (v. 1.1): Fixed minor problem with quotes.

Previous download count: 9

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- El diablo cojuelo.mobi

Verne, Jules: 20.000 Mijlen onder Zee. v1, 4 Mar 2008

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Madam Broshkina

Dutch translation of 20,000 Leagues Under the Seas.

With Illustrations.

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- 20.000 Mijlen onder Zee.prc

Verne, Jules: 20,000 Leagues Under the Seas (Illustrated).v1. 14 Feb 2013

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SBT

The seaways of the world of the 19th century have become unsafe. Several ships report encounters and even collisions with a huge sea monster. The renowned French zoologist, professor Arronax, is offered a place on a naval expedition to rid the oceans of this new and unknown danger. But the truth behind the sea monster is stranger than the professor had imagined, and he ends up joining the mysterious Captain Nemo on an epic journey through the deep blue seas.
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Based on HarryT's edition, now with the classic illustrations by Alphonse de Neuville and Édouard Riou.

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- Verne, Jules - 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea.mobi

Verne, Jules: 20,000 Leagues Under the Seas. v2, 22 Feb 2008

edited and uploaded by
HarryT

Jules Verne's classic novel of underwater adventure. Most English translations of this novel are abridged; this is a complete (and very good!) translation.

I've done a fair amount of tidying up of the PG original - improving the formatting, converting all the "in line" footnotes into proper linked "endnotes", etc. The result is, I think, much nicer to read than the original PG version.

Enjoy!

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- 20000 Leagues Under the Seas.prc

Verne, Jules: 20000 Meilen unter dem Meer german v1 04 feb 2009

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netseeker

In den Jahren 1866 und 1867 häufen sich auf allen Weltmeeren rätselhafte Schiffsunglücke. Die Presse spekuliert, ein bislang unbekanntes Seeungeheuer oder aber ein „Unterwasserfahrzeug mit außerordentlicher mechanischer Kraft“ habe die Schiffe zum Kentern gebracht. Der französische Professor Pierre Aronnax, Autor eines Werkes über "Die Geheimnisse der Meerestiefen", vermutet einen gigantischen Narwal als Ursache. Wegen seiner Expertise als Meereskundler wird er gebeten, sich einer Expedition zur Klärung der Vorgänge anzuschließen, und so sticht Arronax in Begleitung seines gleichmütigen Dieners Conseil an Bord der Fregatte Abraham Lincoln in See.

Nach wochenlanger Suche und anschließender Verfolgungsjagd werden Arronax, Conseil und der kanadische Harpunier Ned Land ins offene Meer gespült, finden aber letztlich auf der Oberfläche des vermeintlichen Seeungeheuers festen Boden unter den Füßen. Es stellt sich heraus, dass es sich tatsächlich um das Unterseeboot des mysteriösen Kapitäns Nemo handelt.

Mit der Zeit erfährt Arronax in Gesprächen mit Nemo Details über die technischen Fähigkeiten des Unterseeboots, der Nautilus, jedoch kaum etwas über ihren Kapitän und ihre Mannschaft. Erst nach und nach zeigt sich, dass Nemo nach tragischem Verlust von Frau und Kindern mit der auf dem Land lebenden Menschheit gebrochen hat. Er sieht sich als Rächer der Entrechteten. Da niemand sein Geheimnis erfahren darf, steht eine Freilassung der drei Schiffbrüchigen außer Frage. Als Gäste wider Willen beginnt für die Gefährten eine unglaubliche Weltreise in den Tiefen der Meere.

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- 20000 Meilen unter dem Meer - Jules Verne.prc

Verne, Jules: A Journey to the Interior of the Earth. v2, 22 Feb 2008

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HarryT

Another Verne classic, "A Journey to the Interior of the Earth". Again, I've used the best of the several PG translations, and done considerable tidying up - reformatting, making all the in-line footnotes into proper linked endnotes, adding illustrations of the Runic inscriptions, etc.

This is one of the few English versions which is actually an accurate [translation[/ of the French original. By far the most commonly-encountered English version, generally called "Journey to the Centre of the Earth", is a complete "re-write" of the book rather than a translation, with most of the names changed and considerable plot differences. I'll upload that one so that people can see just how different the two versions are!

Interesting piece of triva: this book (first published in 1864) is the first novel to describe what we now call dinosaurs.

Enjoy!

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- A Journey to the Interior of the Earth.prc

Verne, Jules: A Jules Verne Omnibus-V1-5/4/2011

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crich70

I thought I'd make up an omnibus of some of Jules Verne's well known works. This omnibus includes:
1. 5 Weeks in a balloon
2. Journey to the center of the Earth
3. From the Earth to the Moon
4. Round the Moon
5. 20,000 Leagues Under The Seas
6. Around the World in 80 Days
7. The Mysterious Island
8. Robur the Conqueror
9. The Master of the World

I put all but "Round the Moon" in proper chronilogical order of original publication. It was on the same HTML file as "From the Earth to the Moon" and I couldn't figure out how to break them apart without a lot of headaches.

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- A Jules Verne Omnibus - Jules Verne.mobi

Verne, Jules: All Around the Moon. V1. 11 Mar 2009

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crutledge

Jules Gabriel Verne (February 8, 1828 – March 24, 1905) was a French author who helped pioneer the science-fiction genre. He is best known for his novels Journey to the Center of the Earth (written in 1864), From the Earth to the Moon (1865), Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea (1869–1870), and Around the World in Eighty Days (1873). Verne wrote about space, air, and underwater travel before navigable aircraft and practical submarines were invented, and before any means of space travel had been devised. Consequently he is often referred to as the "Father of science fiction", along with H. G. Wells. Verne is the second most translated author of all time, only behind Agatha Christie, with 4162 translations, according to Index Translationum. Some of his works have been made into films.

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A few years ago the world was suddenly astounded by hearing of an experiment of a most novel and daring nature, altogether unprecedented in the annals of science. The BALTIMORE GUN CLUB, a society of artillerymen started in America during the great Civil War, had conceived the idea of nothing less than establishing direct communication with the Moon by means of a projectile! President Barbican, the originator of the enterprise, was strongly encouraged in its feasibility by the astronomers of Cambridge Observatory, and took upon himself to provide all the means necessary to secure its success. Having realized by means of a public subscription the sum of nearly five and a half millions of dollars, he immediately set himself to work at the necessary gigantic labors.

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Verne, Jules: An Antarctic Mystery (Illustrated). v1. 14th Feb 2010

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In the year 1839, Mr. Jeorling, whose geological and mineralogical research have led him to the Kerguelen sub-Antarctic archipelago in the Indian Ocean, sets sail on the "Halbrane", whose captain Len Guy is obsessed with Edgar Allan Poe's novel "The Narrative of Arthur Gordon Pym".

In that narrative, Poe recounts the adventures of Len Guy's brother William Guy who as captain of the "Jane" was persuaded by Arthur Gordon Pym to direct an expedition to the Antarctic. The "Jane" vanished on this voyage, though Pym was still able to pass along his diary to Edgar Allen Poe.

Increasingly persuaded of the truthfulness of the tale, Mr. Jeorling encourages Captain Len Guy to pursue his brother - whom they believe may still be alive - into the Antarctic. Aside from the natural perils of the ocean, they must also face down a mutiny of the sailors on the "Halbrane".

A great adventure story, and actually a lot more typical of Verne's novels than the SF for which he is best remembered today.

I previously posted a non-illustrated version of this novel, for the Sony Reader only, back in 2007. This version is much better formatted, and I've added all the illustrations (18 in all) from a scanned edition at the Internet Archive.

The translator of this edition is Mrs. Cashel Joey, and it was originally published in 1899. Enjoy!

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Verne, Jules: Around the World in 80 Days. v2, 24 Feb 2008

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Yet another Verne classic, "Around the World in 80 Days". This book describes the eventful journey of an English gentleman, Mr Phileas Fogg, and his manservant, Passepartout, as they attempt to go around the world in 80 days to win a large wager.

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Verne, Jules: Cinq semaines en ballon french v1 24 jan 2009

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Ceci est une version largement illustrée et annotée de l'original de Jules Verne. J'y ai mis une couverture anglaise originale, puisque la couverture française que j'avais datait de 1962 et donc est toujours sous copyright. Si quelqu'un dispose d'une couverture originale française libre de droit, je Vous prie cordialement de me l'envoyer!

Cinq semaines en ballon est un roman de Jules Verne, paru en 1863.

Il s'agit d'un des premiers romans de Jules Verne et il y met au point les « ingrédients » de son œuvre à venir, mêlant avec habileté une intrigue féconde en aventures et en rebondissements de toutes sortes et des descriptions techniques, géographiques et historiques. Le livre fait un bon résumé des explorations du continent africain, à cette époque encore incomplètement connu des Européens mais sillonné par les explorateurs qui veulent en découvrir les secrets.

En peu de temps le succès est complet. Le livre apporte à Jules Verne l'aisance financière et un contrat avec la maison d'édition de Jules Hetzel qui publiera plusieurs dizaines de ses œuvres pendant plus de quarante ans.

L'inventeur Samuel Fergusson, accompagné de son domestique Joe et de son ami Dick Kennedy, entreprend de traverser le continent africain — alors partiellement inexploré — au moyen d'un ballon gonflé à l'hydrogène. Il a en effet inventé un dispositif qui, en lui évitant de perdre du gaz ou de devoir jeter du lest pour régler son altitude, autorise de plus longs voyages. L'expédition est supposée faire la liaison entre les régions explorées par Burton et Speke en Afrique orientale et celles parcourues par Heinrich Barth dans les régions du Sahara et du Tchad. Partis de Zanzibar, les trois aéronautes effectuent la traversée au prix de mille aventures au terme desquelles ils parviennent au Sénégal avant de retourner en Angleterre où ils reçoivent un accueil enthousiaste.

Ce livre est disponible en Mobi, Epub et IMP. Pas de version LRF pour le moment, puisque ma version de base (html) ne fonctionne pas comme LRF (agencement des notes) Je devrais donc refaire le tout (ce que je ferai peut-être un jour s'il existe une demande)

Dans les jours à venir, je vais publier une version allemande et une version anglaise (toutes illustrées)

v1.1: couverture originale, première page originale

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Verne, Jules: Der Kurier des Zaren. V1 [German] 25 Apr 2011

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Der Kurier des Zaren (auch Michael Strogoff oder Der Courier des Czar) ist ein Roman des französischen Autors Jules Verne. Der Roman wurde erstmals 1876 von dem Verleger Pierre-Jules Hetzel unter dem französischen Titel Michel Strogoff veröffentlicht. Die erste deutschsprachige Ausgabe erschien 1876 unter dem Titel Der Courier des Czar. Der englische Titel des Romans lautet Michael Strogoff.

Das Buch wird von Kritikern als eines der besten Werke von Jules Verne bezeichnet. Im Gegensatz zu den sonst sehr nüchternen techniklastigen Werken von Verne zeichnet es sich durch einen lebendigen Stil und einen reportagehaft nüchternen Ton sowie eine anschauliche Landschaftsschilderung aus.

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Verne, Jules: Dick Sand - A Captain at Fifteen. v1. 24th Feb 2010

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1878 adventure novel by Jules Verne. This is an 1878 translation published by the NY publisher George Munro.

Dick Sand is a 15 year-old sailor on the whaling ship "Pilgrim". Following a disaster, he finds himself captain of the ship, trying to bring the passengers back home safely, but Negoro, the ship's cook, manages to trick them, breaking one of their compasses, and eventually, after making sure the rest were lost, leads them to equatorial Africa, where he tries to sell them into slavery. Many exciting adventures follow.

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Verne, Jules: Die Eissphinx. german. v1. 2 may 2009

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Jules Gabriel Verne (* 8. Februar 1828 in Nantes; † 24. März 1905 in Amiens) war ein französischer Schriftsteller. Er war einer der Erfinder des Science-Fiction-Romans, betrachtete sich jedoch selbst als einen Autor "wissenschaftlich belehrender Romane".

[Die Eissphinx[/ (Le Sphinx des glaces) ist ein phantastischer Roman des französischen Autors Jules Verne. Er wurde 1897 in zwei Teilen veröffentlicht und ist die "Fortsetzung" von Edgar Allan Poes einzigem Roman "Der Bericht des Arthur Gordon Pym" (ebenfalls hier bei MR vorhanden).

Der amerikanische Weltreisende und Forscher Joerling wartet auf einer der einsamen Kergueleninseln auf ein Schiff, das ihn weiterbringt. Der Kapitän der "Halbrane", Len Guy, ein geheimnisumwobener Mann, nimmt ihn nach Prüfung und Zögern auf seinen Schoner. Nach und nach erfährt Joerling, wohin die Reise geht. Der Kapitän glaubt, daß alles, was in dem Roman "Die Abenteuer Gordon Pyms" von Edgar Allan Poe beschrieben wird, keine Erfindung, sondern ein wahrer Bericht ist, und er will den Spuren des über zehn Jahre zurückliegenden Geschehens nachgehen. Joerling, bald überzeugt davon, daß der Kapitän kein Phantast ist, nimmt an der abenteuerlichen, manchmal gespenstischen Suche teil, die bis weit in die antarktischen Gewässer führt. Packeis, Eisberge bedrohen das Schiff, das schließlich untergeht, Meuterei und Wirrnisse und zuletzt das Geheimnis der Eissphinx und die Lösung aller Rätsel.

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Verne, Jules: Die fünfhundert Millionen der Begum. german. v1. 12 apr 2009

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Jules Gabriel Verne (* 8. Februar 1828 in Nantes; † 24. März 1905 in Amiens) war ein französischer Schriftsteller. Er war einer der Erfinder des Science-Fiction-Romans, betrachtete sich jedoch selbst als einen Autor "wissenschaftlich belehrender Romane".

Die Originalausgabe des Romans [Die fünfhundert Millionen der Begum[/ erschien am 18. September 1879 unter dem Titel "Les cinq cents millions de la Bégum" bei Pierre-Jules Hetzel in Paris. Interessant ist die Entstehung des Romans: Hetzel kaufte die Grundidee des Buches als Manuskript von Pascal Grousset (1844 – 1909). Unter dem Titel "L'Héritage de Langevol" (Das Langevol-Vermächtnis) hatte Grousset die Auseinandersetzung der von einem Deutschen straff geführten Industriestadt mit einer französischen Idealstadt, genannt "Hygeia", beschrieben. Jules Verne überarbeitete die Vorlage und schuf daraus den vorliegenden Roman [Die fünfhundert Millionen der Begum[/.

Eine Erbschaft bringt zwei Menschen unermesslichen Reichtum, mit dem der eine eine soziale und hygienische Mustersiedlung, der andere ein düster-technokratisches Kanonen-Imperium gründet. Als der französische Arzt Dr. Sarrasin erfährt, dass er Erbe von mehr als 250 Millionen Francs ist, erklärt er öffentlich, das Vermögen gehöre der Menschheit und dem Fortschritt und solle in seinen Händen zu einem neuen und mächtigen Werkzeug der Zivilisation werden. Ursache für Krankheiten, Elend und vorzeitigen Tod seien die grauenhaften hygienischen Zustände auf der Welt, weshalb er die Gründung einer Musterstadt auf absolut wissenschaftlicher Basis plane, die durch ihre Hygiene und Humanität der übrigen Welt ein leuchtendes Vorbild sein soll. Während France-Ville im Entstehen begriffen ist, benutzt der Universitätsprofessor Schultze aus Jena seine Hälfte der Erbschaft, um mit Hilfe von dreißigtausend Arbeitern in wenigen Jahren Stahlstadt aus dem Boden zu stampfen, einen gigantischen, von Wällen und Festungsgräben umgebenen Moloch aus Stahl und Granit. Stahlstadt, persönliches Eigentum von Schultze, ist zum größten Stahlproduzenten geworden und beliefert die ganze Welt mit seinen Kanonen. Auf dem höchsten Festungsturm steht sein bestgehütetes Geheimnis, eine überdimensionale Kanone mit 300 Tonnen Gewicht und einem Kaliber von 1,5 Metern. Mit dieser Kriegsmaschine will er die zehn Meilen entferne Nachbarstadt mit einem Regen aus Eisen, Feuer und Giftgas für immer vom Erdboden tilgen. Als die Bürger von France-Ville von den Plänen des deutschen Professors erfahren, ist es für eine Evakuierung schon zu spät...

Diese Ausgabe ist vollständig illustriert und dementsprechend umfangreich...

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Verne, Jules: Die geheimnisvolle Insel german v1 6 feb 2009

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[Die geheimnisvolle Insel[/ wurde erstmals 1874/1875 in drei Bänden veröffentlicht. Die erste deutsche Übersetzung erschien 1876. Es ist - neben dem Roman [Die Kinder des Kapitän Grant[/ - Jules Vernes umfangreichstes Buch.

Kurz vor Ende des amerikanischen Bürgerkriegs: Mit Hilfe eines Freiballons gelingt fünf Gefangenen eine spektakuläre Flucht aus einem Gefangenlager in Richmond/Virginia.

Nach langem Irrflug müssen sie auf einer Insel im südlichen Pazifik notlanden. Da sie die Insel, der sie den Namen Insel Lincoln geben, nicht mehr aus eigener Kraft verlassen können, beginnen die Flüchtlinge sich auf einen längeren Aufenthalt einzurichten. Mit viel Phantasie und erstaunlicher Erfindungsgabe beginnen sich all das zu erschaffen, was sie zum Leben benötigen: eine sichere Unterkunft, Lebensmittel, Kleidung und Waffen.

Nach einiger Zeit auf der Insel bestätigt eine Kette mysteriöser Ereignisse, was die Gestrandeten bereits vermuten: Sie sind nicht allein, und wer die Insel mit ihnen teilt, verfügt über sehr außergewöhnliche Fähigkeiten...

Es handelt sich bei dieser Fassung um einen Sammelband, welcher alle drei Teile umfasst und 63 Illustrationen enthält. Aufgrund des Umfangs des Romans sowie der Illustrationen ist das eBook ziemlich groß geraten.

Die Romane [Die Kinder des Kapitän Grant[/, [20000 Meilen unter dem Meer[/ sowie [Die Geheimnisvolle Insel[/ bilden laut Verne eine lose Trilogie und können für vollen Lesegenuß in der hier genannten Reihenfolge gelesen werden.

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Verne, Jules: Die Jagd nach dem Meteor. german. v1. 12 mar 2009

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Als Jules Verne am 24. März 1905 starb, war sein Roman [Die Jagd nach dem Meteor[/ unveröffentlicht geblieben. Im Auftrag des Verlags, dem das Werk zu politisch und kritisch erschien, arbeitete Vernes Sohn Michel es um, fügte Figuren hinzu und veränderte ganze Erzählstränge. Alle älteren deutschen Übersetzungen beruhen auf dieser bearbeiteten Version. Ironischerweise war das Original eher untypisch für Verne, die veränderte Fassung ist jedoch ein typischer Verne-Roman durch und durch.

Die eigentlich idyllische, kleine Stadt Whaston, welche im Bundesstaat Virginia liegt, wird durch ein rätselhaftes und breite Kreise ziehendes Ereignis in ihrer Ruhe gestört: Mister Dean Forsyth entdeckt, zeitgleich mit seinem langjährigen Freund und Konkurrenten im Bereich der Astronomie Doktor Sydney Hudelson, einen geheimnisvollen Meteor am Himmelszelt.
Sofort senden die beiden Forscher, die ihre bisher recht erfolglose wissenschaftliche Arbeit nun in reinen Ruhm umwandeln möchten, eine Depesche an zwei verschiedene Institute, welche belegen sollen, dass sie die Erstentdecker des leuchtenden Himmelskörpers seien.
Allerdings stellt sich recht bald heraus, dass es in Bezug auf die Garantie einige Schwierigkeiten gibt. Doch das eigentliche Problem stellt sich den Angehörigen der beiden Männer. So plant nämlich der Neffe Dean Forsyths, Francis Gordon, die bezaubernde Jenny Hudelson, die Tochter von Doktor Hudelson, schon bald zu ehelichen. Und beide fürchten, dass durch die unsinnigen Streitereien und die nahezu krankhafte Eifersucht ihrer Verwandten ihre Liebe gefährdet wird. Kritisch wird es, als die Sternwarte herausfindet, aus welchem Material der Meteor tatsächlich besteht. Anhand der Strahlen ließ sich doch tatsächlich berechnen, dass der Himmelskörper, dessen Durchmesser stolze 50 Meter beträgt, aus purem Gold besteht. Nach dem Bekanntwerden dieser wahrhaftig wertvollen Information, kämpfen nicht nur zwei Forscher, sondern auch die großen Nationen dieses Planeten um die Vorherrschaft über den Boliden...

PS: Die hier angebotene Fassung ist vollständig illustriert. Die Illustrationen stammen von George Roux.

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Verne, Jules: Die Kinder des Kapitän Grant 1-3 german v1 6 feb 2009

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Die [Kinder des Kapitän Grant[/ erschien erstmals 1867/1868 in drei Bänden unter dem Titel [Les enfants du Capitaine Grant[/. Die erste deutsche Übersetzung erschien 1874. Es ist - neben dem Roman [Die geheimnisvolle Insel[/ - Jules Vernes umfangreichstes Buch.

Der schottische Lord Glenarvan findet auf der Jungfernfahrt seiner Yacht Duncan im Magen eines Hammerhais eine Flaschenpost mit drei nur noch teilweise lesbaren Schriftstücken - einem auf Englisch, einem in Französisch und einem auf Deutsch -, die einen Hinweis auf den Aufenthaltsort des verschollenen Kapitäns Grant enthalten. Es ist erkennbar, dass Kapitän Grants Schiff untergegangen ist und der Kapitän sowie zwei Matrosen den Schiffbruch überlebt haben. Nur der Breitengrad ihres Aufenthaltsortes, der 37. Breitengrad der südlichen Hemisphäre, ist lesbar, die Angabe des Längengrads wurde vom Salzwasser zerfressen.

So bricht Lord Glenarvan mit seiner frisch angetrauten Ehefrau - Lady Helena -, seinem Vetter Major MacNabbs, sowie den Kindern des Kapitän Grant, dem zwölfjährigen Robert Grant und der 16jährigen Mary Grant, auf, um die Verschollenen zu suchen. Ebenfalls mit an Bord ist der zerstreute Geograph Paganel, der sich aufgrund einer Schiffsverwechslung auf der Duncan einschiffte.

Für die Passagiere der Duncan beginnt eine atemberaubende Weltreise voller Abenteuer, dramatischer Wendungen und wunderbarer Rettungen...

Es handelt sich bei dieser Fassung um einen Sammelband welcher alle drei Teile umfasst und 91 Illustrationen enthält. Aufgrund des Umfangs des Romans sowie der Illustrationen ist das eBook sehr groß geraten.

Die Romane [Die Kinder des Kapitän Grant[/, [20000 Meilen unter dem Meer[/ sowie [Die Geheimnisvolle Insel[/ bilden laut Verne eine lose Trilogie und können für vollen Lesegenuß in der hier genannten Reihenfolge gelesen werden. So taucht bspw. die Figur des Ayrton, der in [Die Kinder des Kapitän Grant[/ auf einer einsamen Insel ausgesetzt wird, auch im Roman [Die geheimnisvolle Insel[/ auf.

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Verne, Jules: Die Schiffbrüchigen der Jonathan v1 german 18 jul 2009

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Jules Gabriel Verne (* 8. Februar 1828 in Nantes; † 24. März 1905 in Amiens) war ein französischer Schriftsteller.

Jules Verne war einer der Erfinder des Science-Fiction-Romans (auch Zukunftsroman genannt). Er selbst betrachtete sich jedoch als einen Autor „wissenschaftlich belehrender Romane“, wie er es nannte: Der aufmerksame Leser wird über die Fauna, Flora, Geographie und Geschichte der bereisten Gebiete informiert. Zuweilen sind ganze Kapitel rein informative Exkursionen, wie zum Beispiel das erste Kapitel „Der Sklavenhandel“ im zweiten Teil „In Afrika“ des Romans „Ein Kapitän von 15 Jahren“.

So sind denn auch die diversen Erfindungen nicht etwa Produkte der Phantasie, sondern sorgfältig recherchierte Möglichkeiten. Einige der Fortbewegungsmittel aus den Romanen Jules Vernes gab es bereits ansatzweise oder wurden später Realität.(wikipedia)

„Die Schiffbrüchigen der Jonathan“ (1909), auch „Die Gestrandeten“ oder „Die Schiffbrüchigen des >Jonathan<“

Das Manuskript wurde von Jules Verne 1897/98 unter dem Arbeitstitel „En Magellanie“ geschrieben. Die Fertigstellung erfolgte durch Michel Verne, der das Manuskript um das doppelte erweiterte. Die Erstausgabe erschien 1909 in Frankreich unter dem Titel „Les Neufragés du Jonathan“ im „Le Journal“ (Paris), dann bei Hetzel in Buchform. 1910 folgte die deutschsprachige Erstausgabe bei A. Hartleben.

Nach seinem Tode hinterließ Jules Verne seinem Sohn Michel, dem Alleinerben, diverse Manuskripte. Diese lagen in unterschiedlichen Graden der An- bzw. Ausarbeitung vor. Michel hat in seiner Geschäftstüchtigkeit, gepaart auch mit schriftstellerischen Fähigkeiten (die im nicht abzustreiten sind, siehe auch „Das erstaunliche Abenteuer der Expedition Barsac“), diese einer Veröffentlichung zugeführt. Nachdem erst vor kurzem die originalen Unterlagen auftauchten, kam die Freizügigkeit des Umgangs mit den Ideen Jules Vernes zum Vorschein. So sind die bis zirka 1990 verlegten Bücher im Anspruch auf Authentizität nicht sehr hoch anzusetzen. Originalausgabe bedeutet in diesem Zusammenhang: Entsprechend den Veröffentlichungen Michel Vernes... Da Michel sehr stark in den Entwurf eingriff, sind sich die Kritiker uneins, ob die veröffentlichten Werke in der Überarbeitung (leider nicht immer erkennbar), dem Gesamtschaffen Vernes zugeordnet werden können. (Die Schiffbrüchigen der Jonathan)

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Verne, Jules: Eight Hundred Leagues on the Amazon. v1. 25th Feb 2010

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1881 adventure novel by Jules Verne.

Plot summary from Wikipedia:

Joam Garral grants his daughter's wish to travel to Belém where she wants to marry Manuel Valdez in the presence of Manuel's invalid mother. The Garrals travel down the Amazon River using a giant timber raft. At Belém, Joam plans to restore his good name, as he is still wanted in Brazil for a crime he did not perpetrate. A scoundrel named Torres offers Joam absolute proof of Joam's innocence but the price that Torres wants for this information is to marry Joam's daughter, which is inconceivable to Joam. The proof lies in an encrypted letter that will exonerate Garral. When Torres is killed, the Garral family must race to decode the letter before Joam is executed.

A version of this book was uploaded for the Sony Reader in 2007, but this version is better formatted, and also available in additional formats.

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Verne, Jules: Facing the Flag. v1. 26th Feb 2010

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1896 adventure novel by Jules Verne.

Description from Amazon:

Super-weapon, imaginary warfare, submarines & sub-ocean hideaway - one of the best of Jules Verne's later novels. The great pirate Ker Karraje kidnaps Thomas Roch, a great French inventor. It is Karraje's plan that Roch build for him the ultimate weapon "The Roch Fulgurator", a diabolical engine of war that in its explosive effects surpasses anything in this direction conceived by mortal man.

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Verne, Jules: Five weeks in a balloon v1 25 jan 2009

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Five Weeks in a Balloon, or, Journeys and Discoveries in Africa by Three Englishmen (French: Cinq semaines en ballon) is an adventure novel by Jules Verne.

It is the first Verne novel in which he perfected the "ingredients" of his later work, skillfully mixing a plot full of adventure and twists that hold the reader's interest with passages of technical, geographic, and historic description. The book gives readers a glimpse of the exploration of Africa, which was still not completely known to Europeans of the time, with explorers traveling all over the continent in search of its secrets.

Public interest in fanciful tales of African exploration was at its height, and the book was an instant hit; it made Verne financially independent and got him a contract with Jules Hetzel's publishing house, which put out several dozen more works of his for over forty years afterward.

This book is fully illustrated and features footnotes. No LRF format on this, because the LRF format didn't like the footnotes and the pagebreak system I have used for the benefit of PRC and Epub. If someone wants to make a valuable LRF, please ask for the source.

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Verne, Jules: Five Weeks in a Balloon. v1, 2 Jan 2008

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From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia:

Five Weeks in a Balloon, or, Journeys and Discoveries in Africa by Three Englishmen is an 1863 novel by Jules Verne.

It is the first Verne novel in which he perfected the "ingredients" of his later work, skillfully mixing a plot full of adventure and twists that hold the reader's interest with passages of technical, geographic, and historic description. The book gives readers a glimpse of the exploration of Africa, which was still not completely known to Europeans of the time, with explorers traveling all over the continent in search of its secrets.

Public interest in fanciful tales of African exploration was at its height, and the book was an instant hit; it made Verne financially independent and got him a contract with Jules Hetzel's publishing house, which put out several dozen more works of his for over forty years afterward.

Five Weeks in a Balloon is rare and hard to find on the bookshelves but it is still seeing print by smaller publishers like Twin Engine Productions HB, 1st World Library and Cosimo Classics. (And now MobileRead.com.)

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Verne, Jules: Fünf Wochen im Ballon german v1 4 feb 2009

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Die Originalausgabe erschien am 31. Januar 1863 unter dem Titel „Cinq semaines en ballon. Voyage de découvertes en Afrique par trois Anglais. Rédigé sur les notes du docteur Fergusson “ bei Pierre-Jules Hetzel in Paris. Siehe dazu links die Titelei einer frühen Ausgabe von 1864, noch ohne den erst später aufkommenden Zyklusnamen „Les Voyages Extraordinaires“ der dann immer über dem Titel gedruckt wurde

Die Königliche Geographische Gesellschaft zu London ist voller Begeisterung: Dr. Samuel Fergusson macht einen Vorschlag, der alle Mitglieder euphorisiert. Und so kann man am Tag nach der Sitzung im „Daily Telegraph“ lesen: „Das Geheimnis der ungeheuren afrikanischen Einöden wird endlich offenbart werden: Ein moderner Ikarus wird uns die Lösung dieses Rätsels bringen, das die Gelehrten von sechs Jahrtausenden nicht zu lösen vermochten. Bis jetzt galt es als wahnsinniges Beginnen, ein nicht zu verwirklichendes Hirngespinst, die Nilquellen zu erforschen. ..... Ja, noch mehr ist von dem unerschrockenen Pionier der Wissenschaft, von Dr. Samuel Fergusson, zu erwarten: Er will nicht nur die Quellen des Nil entdecken, er wird auch alle die verschiedenen bisherigen Reisen miteinander verbinden.“

Dieses Buch hat 45 zum Teil grosse Illustrationen und ist daher recht gross geraten.

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Verne, Jules: Godfrey Morgan. v1. 2 Feb 2008

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Subtitled A California Mystery.

This book is called [L'Ecole de Robinsons[/ in French and an alternate English language title is [School for Crusoes[/. The young man of the title, from San Francisco, accompanied by Professor Tartlett, embarks on a world-wide cruise but ends up shipwrecked. The book contains illustrations and I have added a copy of one of the early edition covers.

First published in 1883.

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Verne, Jules: Herr der Welt. german. v1. 18 apr 2009

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Jules Gabriel Verne (* 8. Februar 1828 in Nantes; † 24. März 1905 in Amiens) war ein französischer Schriftsteller. Er war einer der Erfinder des Science-Fiction-Romans, betrachtete sich jedoch selbst als einen Autor "wissenschaftlich belehrender Romane".

Der Roman [Herr der Welt[/ wurde erstmalig 1904 unter dem Titel Maitre du monde veröffentlicht; die erste deutsche Übersetzung erschien 1905. Das Werk ist die Fortsetzung von Jules Vernes 18 Jahre zuvor veröffentlichtem Roman "Robur der Eroberer".

Inspektor John Strock aus Washington, D.C. erhält von seinem Vorgesetzten den Auftrag, die mysteriösen Geschehnisse zu untersuchen. Er reist nach Pleasant Garden und versucht, den Great Eyry zu besteigen. Er muss jedoch unterhalb des Gipfels umkehren; der Great Eyry ist unbesteigbar.
Zwei Wochen später taucht ein unbekanntes Fahrzeug, das mit unglaublich hoher Geschwindigkeit unterwegs ist, auf den Straßen in der Umgebung von Philadelphia auf. Kurze Zeit später nimmt das gleiche Fahrzeug an einem Autorennen teil, das der Automobilclub von Milwaukee veranstaltet, verschwindet aber von der Rennstrecke, bevor es die Ziellinie erreicht.
Ein bewegliches Etwas erscheint mehrfach vor der Küste von Neuengland, verschwindet jedoch, bevor sich ihm ein Schiff nähern kann. Selbst von einem Marinekreuzer kann das Fahrzeug nicht eingeholt werden. Kurze Zeit darauf bilden sich auf dem Kirdallsee in Kansas bei Windstille an verschiedenen Stellen Strudel; die Öffentlichkeit vermutet, dass sie von einem Seeungeheuer oder einem Unterseeboot verursacht werden.
Inspektor Strock wird beauftragt, die Geschehnisse zu untersuchen. In seinem Briefkasten findet er einen anonymen Brief, in dem er davor gewarnt wird, die Angelegenheit weiter zu verfolgen. Im Postkasten des Polizeipräsidiums von Washington wird kurze Zeit später ein unfrankierter Brief an die Regierung der USA gefunden. Der Brief wurde an Bord des geheimnisvollen Fahrzeuges, das den Namen "Epouvante" trägt, geschrieben. Der Unterzeichner, der Herr der Welt, erklärt, dass es zwecklos sei, zu versuchen, sich des Fahrzeugs zu bemächtigen.

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Verne, Jules: In Search of the Castaways. v2. 17th Feb 2010

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"In Search of the Castaways" is one of Verne's lesser-known books, but it's a good read. The basic plot is that a chance discovery of a partially illegible message in a bottle found in a shark's stomach leads to a search for shipwrecked sailors across South America, Australia, and New Zealand (the message specified the latitude, but not the longitude of the shipwreck) with numerous adventures en-route. Basically, it's a travelogue with adventures thrown in.

The characters in this book were very popular, and Verne re-introducted them in "The Mysterious Island", which is itself a sequel to "20,000 Leagues Under the Seas", so ideally this book should be read in between "20,000 Leagues Under the Seas" and "The Mysterious Island".

The PG version of this book was in a horrible state (eg with fragments of page footers remaining in the text) and needed major work to make it readable.

Enjoy!

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Major editing work done on the book (although a lot of improvements could still be made). Added a cover image. Uploaded v2.

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Verne, Jules: Journey to the Centre of the Earth. v1, 23 Feb 2008

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This is the "translation" of the 1864 Verne classic published in England by Griffith and Farran in 1871, and is still the book you'll more than likely get if you go into a book shop today and buy an English-language version of "Journey to the Centre of the Earth".

It's a good story, no doubt about it, but unfortunately it's [not[/ the story that Verne wrote. It's a complete re-write, reasonably closely following the plot of the Verne original, but all the details are different. In the original, the scientist who makes the journey into the Earth is "Professor Liedenbrock" and his nephew--the book's narrator--is called "Axel". In this version the scientist has become "Professor von Hardwigg" and his nephew is now English and called "Harry", presumably for the benefit of the book's English audience. In the original, we are shown the details of how the Professor and Axel solve the cypher document which leads to the journey; in this version we simply have:

[the Professor began reading the puzzling cryptograph all sorts of ways, according to some theory of his own. Presently, rousing my wandering attention, he dictated one precious attempt to me....[/

... which turns out to be the solution to it.

The original is better, I think, in all sorts of ways, but this version is interesting to have to see just how much a book can be changed by a process of so-called "translation".

If you want to read a [real[/ translation of the Verne original, download the book called "A Journey to the Interior of the Earth"; this is an accurate translation of the French original, with an accurately translated title.

Enjoy!

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Verne, Jules: Meister Zacharius. german. v1. 16 mar 2009

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Die Novelle [Meister Zacharius[/ erschien erstmals 1854 in der Zeitschrift "Musée des familles" unter dem Titel "Meister Zacharius oder der Uhrmacher, der seine Seele verlor", ehe sie 1874 als Teil der Kurzgeschichtensammlung "Le Docteur Ox" unter dem Titel "Meister Zacharius" in Buchform verlegt wurde.

Jules Verne verarbeitet in [Meister Zacharius[/ klassische Sagenmotive zu einer unheimlichen, spätromantischen Erzählung. Bereits in dieser frühen Erzählung Vernes ist sein Interesse an wissenschaftlich-technischen Zusammenhängen und deren unterhaltsamer literarischer Aufbereitung deutlich erkennbar. Bemerkenswert ist gleichzeitig die erstaunlich wissenschaftskritische Aussage des Textes.

Meister Zacharius ist ein bekannter und geschätzter Uhrmacher, der nur für seine Arbeit lebt und zusammen mit seiner Tochter Gérande, seinem Gesellen Aubert Thün und der Magd Scholastica ein kleines Haus in Genf bewohnt. Seine genialen Erfindungen steigen dem alten Uhrmacher zu Kopf, denn er glaubt, nicht nur einige Rätsel der Mechanik gelöst zu haben, sondern nichts Geringeres als das Geheimnis der Verbindung zwischen Leib und Seele selbst. Eines Tages jedoch bleiben alle Uhren stehen, die er gefertigt hat. Obwohl man keinen mechanischen Fehler feststellen kann, können die Uhren nicht repariert werden. Meister Zacharius ist verzweifelt. Er würde alles dafür geben, seinen Uhren neues Leben einzuhauchen - sogar seine Seele.

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Verne, Jules: Reise durch die Sonnenwelt I. german. v1. 01 mar 2009

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[Die Reise durch die Sonnenwelt I[/ erschien erstmals im Juli 1877 unter dem Titel [„Hector Servadac. Voyages et aventures á travers le monde solaire[/. Kurz danach, im November des gleichen Jahres, wurde der 2. Band veröffentlicht.

Hektor Servadac, Hauptmann im Generalstab in Mostaganem, ist auf einsamen Posten in Nordafrika. Sein tristes Leben in der Wüste ist eigentlich nur erträglich durch das gemeinsame Leben mit seiner Ordonanz Ben-Zouf. Noch nicht lange vor Ort wird er gleich in einen Ehrenhandel mit Graf Timascheff verwickelt. Aber zum ausgehandelten Duell kommt es nicht mehr: Durch ein ungewöhnliches Naturereignis wird die bekannte Welt auf den Kopf gestellt. Ein Erdbeben? Auf jeden Fall ist eine fürchterliche Detonation zu spüren und danach häufen sich physikalische und später auch noch geografische Abnormitäten. Die Masse der Körper scheint sich verändert zu haben, die Sonne „geht“ plötzlich völlig falsch am Himmel und von den bekannten Landmarken ist auch keine mehr wie sie vorher war...

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Verne, Jules: Reise durch die Sonnenwelt II. german. v1. 02 mar 2009

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Der Roman [Die Reise durch die Sonnenwelt II[/ erschien erstmals im November 1877 nachdem bereits im Juli des gleichen Jahres der erste Band unter dem Titel [„Hector Servadac. Voyages et aventures á travers le monde solaire[/ veröffentlicht wurde.

Hektor Servadac, Hauptmann im Generalstab in Mostaganem, ist auf einsamen Posten in Nordafrika. Sein tristes Leben in der Wüste ist eigentlich nur erträglich durch das gemeinsame Leben mit seiner Ordonanz Ben-Zouf. Noch nicht lange vor Ort wird er gleich in einen Ehrenhandel mit Graf Timascheff verwickelt. Aber zum ausgehandelten Duell kommt es nicht mehr: Durch ein ungewöhnliches Naturereignis wird die bekannte Welt auf den Kopf gestellt. War es ein Erdbeben? Auf jeden Fall gab es eine fürchterliche Detonation und danach häuften sich physikalische und später auch noch geografische Abnormitäten. Die Masse der Körper scheint sich verändert zu haben, die Sonne „geht“ plötzlich völlig falsch am Himmel und von den bekannten Landmarken ist auch keine mehr wie sie vorher war...

Teil 2 behandelt die Rückreise der auf dem Kometen Gallia gestrandeten Erdbewohner zur Erde.

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Verne, Jules: Reise um den Mond german v1 18 feb 2009

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Die drei Freunde Barbicane, Nicholl und Ardan sind auf ihrer Reise zum Mond von der Anziehungskraft des Mondes eingefangen worden und kreisen mit ihrem Projektil um den Himmelskörper. Sie haben, wenn sie den Mondschatten durchfliegen, mörderische Kälte auszuhalten, Sauerstoffmangel bedroht sie und ein Meteorit schießt auf ihre Weltraumkugel zu. Müssen die Raumfahrer bis in alle Ewigkeit um den Mond kreisen oder wird ihr Gefährt gar im All zerschellen?

Dies ist der zweite Teil des zweibändigen Werkes von Jules Verne. Der erste Teil ist [Von der Erde zum Mond[/ und berichtet von den Vorbereitungen und dem spektakulären Start der riskanten Raumfahrt.

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Verne, Jules: Reise um die Erde in 80 Tagen. german. v1. 30 mar 2009

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Jules Gabriel Verne (* 8. Februar 1828 in Nantes; † 24. März 1905 in Amiens) war ein französischer Schriftsteller. Er war einer der Erfinder des Science-Fiction-Romans, betrachtete sich jedoch selbst als einen Autor "wissenschaftlich belehrender Romane", wie er es nannte.

Der Roman [Reise um die Erde in 80 Tagen[/ erschien 1873 (dt. Übersetzung 1875). Das Werk wurde mehrfach verfilmt, als Bühnenstück umgearbeitet sowie als Brett- und Computerspiel umgesetzt.

Der Engländer Phileas Fogg geht eine verrückte Wette ein: er will in 80 Tagen einmal um die Erde reisen. Voller Selbstvertrauen macht er sich zusammen mit seinem treuen Begleiter Passepartout auf den Weg. Sie erleben schreckliche Unwetter, geraten in afrikanische Stammeskämpfe, begegnen feindlichen Indianern... und werden die ganze Zeit von einem Detektiv verfolgt, der ihnen viele Hindernisse in den Weg legt. Werden sie es schaffen?

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Verne, Jules: Reise zum Mittelpunkt der Erde. german. v1. 22 mar 2009

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Jules Gabriel Verne (* 8. Februar 1828 in Nantes; † 24. März 1905 in Amiens) war ein französischer Schriftsteller. Er war einer der Erfinder des Science-Fiction-Romans, betrachtete sich jedoch selbst als einen Autor "wissenschaftlich belehrender Romane", wie er es nannte.

[Die Reise zum Mittelpunkt der Erde[/ ist einer seiner bekanntesten und auch heute noch beliebtesten Romane. Das Buch wurde erstmals 1864 unter dem Titel "Voyage au centre de la terre" veröffentlicht; die erste deutsche Übersetzung erschien 1874.

Der Hamburger Professor Lidenbrock ist einer der angesehensten Geologen der Welt. Der etwas kauzige Experte in Sachen Steine, Mineralien, Kristalle und Erdschichten, der zudem fast alle Sprachen des Globus beherrscht, hat in einem alten Buch eine rätselhafte Nachricht in Runenschrift gefunden, deren Inhalt er aber nicht zu entschlüsseln vermag. Dies gelingt jedoch seinem Neffen Axel, der als wissenschaftlicher Assistent in Professor Lidenbrocks Haus lebt. Die Botschaft enthält einen Hinweis auf eine Einstiegsmöglichkeit ins Innere der Erde. Eine wissenschaftliche Sensation und unsterblicher Ruhm winken den beiden Gelehrten, wenn dieses Abenteuer gelänge. Unverzüglich machen sie sich auf den Weg, und ihre Reise in die Unterwelt wird zugleich zu einer Reise durch die Zeit, durch die früheren Epochen der Erdgeschichte, in denen es noch Riesenwälder und Riesenechsen wie etwa die Dinosaurier gab.

Diese Version ist vollständig illustriert (57 Illustrationen) und dementsprechend umfangreich.

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Verne, Jules: Robur der Sieger. german. v1. 17 apr 2009

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Jules Gabriel Verne (* 8. Februar 1828 in Nantes; † 24. März 1905 in Amiens) war ein französischer Schriftsteller. Er war einer der Erfinder des Science-Fiction-Romans, betrachtete sich jedoch selbst als einen Autor "wissenschaftlich belehrender Romane".

Die Originalausgabe des Romans [Robur der Sieger[/ erschien am 23. August 1886 unter dem Titel "Robur le Conquérant" bei Pierre-Jules Hetzel in Paris. Eine Vorab-Veröffentlichung erfolgte bereits im "Jounal des Débats politiques et littéraires" vom 29. Juni bis zum 18. August 1886.

Was für ein Auftritt! Bei der Sitzung des US-Luftschiffer-Clubs im Weldon-Institut in Philadelphia behauptet Erfinder Robur, dass die Ballone langsam und unlenkbar seien und die Zukunft allein Fluggeräten aus Metall gehöre. Wütend gehen die Ballonfahrer auf ihn los. Robur flieht, entführt den Präsidenten des Clubs samt Sekretär und Diener in seine Flugmaschine, genannt "Albatros". Eine abenteuerliche Luftreise beginnt. Sie führt über die Niagarafälle, nach China, Russland, sogar über das ewige Eis der Antarktis. Durch Sandstürme, Vulkanwolken, Mondregenbogen, einen Orkan und gefährlichen Zyklon. Schließlich gelingt es den Entführten zu fliehen, in einem Sturm stürzt die "Albatros" ab. Neun Monate später kommt es dann zum entscheidenden Duell: Die Luftschiffer haben einen Super-Ballon bauen lassen. Er steigt in den Himmel hinauf und trifft dort auf eine von Robur neu gebaute "Albatros".

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Diese Ausgabe ist vollständig illustriert und entsprechend umfangreich. Bei der Einstufung als "Science Fiction" habe ich mich an der bereits hier verfügbaren englischen Ausgabe orientiert, obwohl ich den Roman eher im Bereich "Action & Adventure" einsortieren würde...

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Verne, Jules: Robur the Conqueror. v2, 24 Feb 2008

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Strange events are occurring around the world, involving lights, sounds and flags that are hung in seemingly impossible-to-get-to locations. At the meeting of the Weldon Club in Philadelphia, Uncle Prudent (President) and Phil Evans (Secretary) and the membership debate about whether their balloon the [Go-Ahead[/, should have its directional screw located in the front or the back. A man called Robur interrupts and takes over their meeting; he insists that to master the skies, a flying vehicle must be heavier than air. His remarks infuriate the balloonists and after their meeting, Uncle Prudent and Phil are kidnapped and taken on an around the world trip in the [Albatross[/, Robur's heavier than air "Clipper of the Clouds".

One of Verne's perhaps lesser-known works, but very enjoyable. I'll do the sequel, [Master of the World[/, shortly.

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Verne, Jules: The Adventures of a Special Correspondent. v2. 15th Feb 2010

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Claudius Bombarnac, a reporter is assigned by the [Twentieth Century[/ to cover the travels of the Grand Transasiatic Railway which runs between Uzun Ada, Turkestan and Peking, China. Accompanying him on this journey is an interesting collection of characters, including one who is trying to beat the round the world record and another who is a stowaway. Claudius hopes one of them will become the hero of his piece, so his story won't be just a boring travelogue. Before the journey is over, Claudius finds his hero.

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Verne, Jules: The Blockade Runners. v2. 16th Feb 2010

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A short adventure novel telling the story of the [Dolphin[/, a ship which attempts to "run the blockade" of one of the Southern ports during the American Civil War.

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Verne, Jules: The Green Ray. v1, 30 Oct 2008

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This is not science fiction as might be implied from the title. Instead this is an adventure/travelogue/romance set on the west coast of Scotland. The green ray of the title is a real life phenomenon in which a green flash is seen just as the sun sinks below the horizon in clear weather over an ocean.

First published in 1883.

This is a large file because there are over 40 nearly page size illustrations.

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Verne, Jules: The Master of the World. v2, 24 Feb 2008

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The sequel to "Robur the Conqueror".

"It was seen first in North Carolina, or something was, smoking up from a mountain crater. With blinding speed, it roared past cars on a Pennsylvania road. It skimmed the Atlantic, then at the flick of its captain's will dove beneath the waves...It was the "Terror"...ship, sub, plane, and land vehicle in one and a letter from its inventor claimed that with it, he would rule the world." Long recognized as a truly prophetic science fiction classic, this exciting adventure was also Verne's last novel.

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Verne, Jules: The Moon Voyage. v3. 15th Feb 2010

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Verne's two classic books "From the Earth to the Moon" and its sequel, "Around the Moon", in a single volume.

Chapter 4 of "Around the Moon" - "A Little Algebra" - has some equations in it, which come out very poorly as ASCII text. I've replaced these with graphical versions taken from an appallingly badly translated, but illustrated, version of "Around the Moon" that's also on PG.

There are a number of different English translations of these books on PG. I've read them all and consider this one to be by far the best translation, which is why I chose it for this project.

Enjoy!

EDIT: 23 Feb 08

Improved the layout and formatting of the book. Uploaded v2.

EDIT: 15 Feb 10

Replaced the cover image. Minor formatting improvements. Uploaded v3.

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Verne, Jules: The Mysterious Island. v2, 22 Feb 2008

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A loose sequel to "20,000 Leagues Under the Seas", "The Mysterious Island" tells the story of 5 men who crash-land on an uninhabited Pacific island after their balloon is caught in a hurricane. Starting with almost no resources, the book tells how they build "civilisation" from nothing. But the island has a mysterious secret...

This is one of my favourite Verne novels, and much less well-known than it deserves to be. The TV Series "Lost" was originally inspired by this book.

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Verne, Jules: The Underground City. v1, 2 Jan 2008

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The Underground City, by Jules Verne, is a novel about the fortunes of a mining community called Aberfoyle which is near Stirling, Scotland. Miner James Starr, after receiving a letter from an old friend, leaves for the Aberfoyle mine. Although believed to be mined out a decade earlier, James Starr finds a mine overman, Simon Ford, along with his family living deep inside the mine. Simon Ford has found a large vein of coal in the mine but the characters must deal with mysterious and unexplainable happenings in and around the mine.

Alternative titles for this novel include: Black Diamonds, Black Indies, Child of the Cavern, or Strange Doings Underground.

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Verne, Jules: Ticket No."9672". v1, 2 Jan 2008

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Also known as The Lottery Ticket.

Plot Synopsis:
(courtesy of D. Kytasaari - http://epguides.com/djk/JulesVerne/works.shtml)

Hulda Hansen of Dal, Norway anxiously awaits the return of her betrothed, Ole Kamp who promised her great fortune on his return. Ole works on the fishing boat, Viking, which is expected to return soon, but when it doesn't, it is feared lost. While this is going on, Hulda and her brother Joel also worry about their mother Dame Hansen, who hasn't been acting like herself, ever since that visit from a man known as Sandgoist. A guest staying with the family is Sylvius Hogg, who is taken with Hulda's story and uses his position within the government to help out. One trace of the ship is found, a bottle that contains a note for Hulda and a single lottery ticket, numbered 9672. News of the tragedy and the hope of the possible riches of the lottery ticket spread around the countryside, especially interested is the man Sandgoist. What fortunes await the Hansen family when the day of the lottery drawing arrives?

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Verne, Jules: Von der Erde zum Mond german v1 17 feb 2009

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Den Mitgliedern des Gun Clubs in Baltimore ist mit dem Ende des amerikanischen Bürgerkrieges ihre Beschäftigung abhanden gekommen. Da schlägt der Präsident, Barbicane, vor, eine Kanone zu bauen, die so groß ist, daß sie ein Geschoß auf den Mond befördern kann. Voller Euphorie wird das gigantische Projekt angegangen und es gilt neben den technischen auch die finanziellen Probleme zu lösen. Zu allem Überfluß kommt ein Besucher aus Europa auf eine noch kühnere Idee: Warum sollte das Geschoß nicht auch Menschen zum Mond zu befördern...

[Von der Erde zum Mond[/ stammt aus dem Jahre 1865 und nimmt die Mondfahrt um etwa einhundert Jahre vorweg. Das Werk beschäftigt sich hauptsächlich mit den Vorbereitungen der ersten Mondfahrt. Dabei stehen die drei späteren Astronauten Impey Barbicane, Kapitän Nicholl und Michel Ardan, sowie ihre Freunde Major Elphiston und J. T. Maston im Zentrum. Die Mondfahrt selbst wird in der Fortsetzung [Reise um den Mond[/ beschrieben.

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Verne, Jules: Wilhelm Storitz' Geheimnis. german. v1. 17 jun 2009

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Der größenwahnsinnige Wissenschaftler Wilhelm Storitz würde sein Leben dafür geben, die schöne Ungarin Myra für sich zu gewinnen. Um seinen Nebenbuhler loszuwerden, greift Storitz zu einem verhängnisvollen Mittel: einer Formel, die unsichtbar macht …

Jules Gabriel Verne (* 8. Februar 1828 in Nantes; † 24. März 1905 in Amiens) war ein französischer Schriftsteller. Er war einer der Erfinder des Science-Fiction-Romans, betrachtete sich jedoch selbst als einen Autor "wissenschaftlich belehrender Romane".

Das Manuskript zu "Wilhelm Storitz' Geheimnis" blieb zu Lebzeiten Jules Vernes unveröffentlicht; Vernes Verleger war der Inhalt zu brisant. Nach Vernes Tod bat der Verleger dessen Sohn Michael, den Roman umzuarbeiten und ins 18 Jahrhundert zu verlegen. Das Resultat war ein Roman mit phantastischen Elementen, dem eine düstere Stimmung zugrunde liegt. Ein für Verne ungewöhnlicher Roman, der oftmals auch mit Vernes romatisch-düsterem Werk "Das Karpathenschloß" von 1889 verglichen wird.

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Vidal, Mary Theresa: Bengala. V1. 29 May 2012

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Mary Theresa Vidal (23 June 1815 - 19 November 1873) was a British-Australian writer described as Australia's first female novelist. Mary was the daughter of Britton William Johnson and his wife, Mary Theresa, daughter of P. W. Furse. She was a sister of William Johnson, author of Ionica, who took the name of Cory in 1872. She married the Rev. Francis Vidal and came to Australia in 1840. Her husband had an extensive parish to the south-west of Sydney. In 1845 her first book, Tales for the Bush, was published in Sydney and soon afterwards she returned with her husband to England. Ten other volumes of tales and novels were published between 1846 and 1866 in which the author sometimes made use of her experiences in Australia. Some of these books ran into more than one edition. She died in 1873 and was survived by her husband, six sons and a daughter.

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Touching his hat, he turned away. The lady rose, too, and did her best to watch him off the premises, for she had lived long enough among convicts, she said, not to trust them.

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Vidal, Mary Theresa: Tales for the Bush. V1. 29 May 2012

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Mary Theresa Vidal (23 June 1815 - 19 November 1873) was a British-Australian writer described as Australia's first female novelist. Mary was the daughter of Britton William Johnson and his wife, Mary Theresa, daughter of P. W. Furse. She was a sister of William Johnson, author of Ionica, who took the name of Cory in 1872. She married the Rev. Francis Vidal and came to Australia in 1840. Her husband had an extensive parish to the south-west of Sydney. In 1845 her first book, Tales for the Bush, was published in Sydney and soon afterwards she returned with her husband to England. Ten other volumes of tales and novels were published between 1846 and 1866 in which the author sometimes made use of her experiences in Australia. Some of these books ran into more than one edition. She died in 1873 and was survived by her husband, six sons and a daughter.

THOMAS AND ANNE THOMPSON
HANNAH AND ANNE SANDFORD; or, THE QUICK AND THE SLOW GIRL
RUTH WALSH
MARION MARTIN OR, THE MONTH'S TRIAL
APTON FARM
THE LITTLE COUSINS.
THE GOOD SISTER AMY; OR, THE SKILFUL NURSE.
LITTLE ANNIE AND HER NURSE; OR, THE EFFECTS OF PAIN.
SUSAN'S DREAM

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Vidal, Mary Theresa: The Convict Laundress. V1. 28 May 2012

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Mary Theresa Vidal (23 June 1815 - 19 November 1873) was a British-Australian writer described as Australia's first female novelist. Mary was the daughter of Britton William Johnson and his wife, Mary Theresa, daughter of P. W. Furse. She was a sister of William Johnson, author of Ionica, who took the name of Cory in 1872. She married the Rev. Francis Vidal and came to Australia in 1840. Her husband had an extensive parish to the south-west of Sydney. In 1845 her first book, Tales for the Bush, was published in Sydney and soon afterwards she returned with her husband to England. Ten other volumes of tales and novels were published between 1846 and 1866 in which the author sometimes made use of her experiences in Australia. Some of these books ran into more than one edition. She died in 1873 and was survived by her husband, six sons and a daughter.

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On approaching the kitchen I found one of the servants, a convict, leaning on the table—a solitary, heart-broken creature! Hour after hour, day after day, did that woman work, and often till late at night, and never was there more faithful or more devoted service than hers. Was there a trouble, or an ailment, or an extra job, it was, 'Go to Grace Allen.'

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Villiers de l’Isle-Adam, Auguste: Two Cruel Tales, v.1, 5 Nov 2007.

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The comte Auguste Villiers de L’isle Adam wrote a number of ‘contes cruels’ [‘Cruel Tales’] in the 1880s. These the only two that I have been able to find, so far.
No translator was listed for either.

‘The Desire to be a Man’
An actor feels emotionally numb, though he simulates emotion on the stage every night. So he resolves to commit a crime in order to feel remorse, guilt etc. As ever, things do not go as planned.

‘The Torture by Hope’
A tale of the Spanish Inquisition.

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Villiers de l'Isle-Adam, Auguste: Vera, v.1, 26 Feb 2008

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Jean-Marie-Mathias-Philippe-Auguste, comte de Villiers de L'Isle-Adam (I love guys with 14 names) was a prolific 19th century French writer. [Vera[/ is one of fourteen short stories in the collection [Contes Cruels [/(or [Sardonic Tales[/) first published in French in 1880. I don't have translations for most of the others and that's fine with me. I desire only...Vera.

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Virgil: The Aeneid Tr. A.S.Kline. v1. 24 Oct 07

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A modern translation of Virgil's Aeneid, copyright 2002 by A.S.Kline. This book may be freely copied and redistributed for any non-commercial purpose. For more information, please see:

http://www.tonykline.co.uk

The Aeneid is Virgil's epic poem telling the story of the foundation of Rome by Aeneas, a Trojan who escaped from Troy following its destruction by the Greeks. It's been a "classic" ever since it was written.

Virgil (Publius Vergilius Maro) started work on the Aeneid shortly after Octanian's (the future emperor Augustus) defeat of the naval forces of Mark Antony and Cleopatra at the battle of Actium in 31 BC, which effectively marked the end of the Roman Republic and the start of the Empire. It was written both to provide a Roman "foundation epic" on the scale of the Greek epics by Homer, the [Iliad[/ and [Odyssey[/ and also for political purposes to "legitimise" Rome's rule of the Mediterranean world and Augustus's "destiny" to be emperor due to his claimed direct descent from Aeneas, the son of the goddess Venus. Virgil worked on the Aeneid for the final 10 years of his life, leaving it substantially complete, although with some parts clearly still requiring a final "polish".

This is one of the best translations of the Aeneid I've found; far better than anything at PG and on a par with the best commercial publications.

Enjoy!

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Virgil: The Aeneid, Tr. J.W.Mackail. v1, 30 July 2008

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Virgil's "Aeneid" is the classic story of the fall of Troy, and the subsequent wanderings and struggles of Aeneas, leading ultimately to the founding of Rome. An instant "classic" from the time it was written c. 19 BC.

This 1885 prose translation by J.W.Mackail is very close indeed to the original Latin and is an excellent "crib" for those people who (like me) wish to read the Latin version but appreciate the occasional bit of help with the "difficult bits". A prose translation can get a [lot[/ closer to the meaning of the original than the many poetry translations that have been made, where inevitably the demands of the poetry get in the way of direct translation.

Enjoy!

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Vivekananda, Swami: Complete Works of Swami Vivekandanda, v1, 17 Feb 2013

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[Complete Works of Swami Vivekandanda[/ contains all the books, lecture, discussions, prose, poetry, and letters written by Swami Vivekananda, a spiritual teacher from India at the end of the 19th century who brought Vedanta to the United States and Europe. Vivekananda was a disciple of realized and awakened saint Sri Ramakrishna.

The text and images of this book comes from the website Sri Ramakrishna and Swami Vivekananda, and the book includes a cover, linked table of contents. The formatting has been changed for better reading in book format, meaning paragraph are indented and space is removed between paragraphs, as well as having justification and hyphenation. The single and double quotes have been converted to “smart” quotes, while trying to preserve the poor apostrophe. Many scanning artifacts have been removed, but I wouldn't be surprised if many remain.

This book includes the following chapters:

Complete Works of Swami Vivekananda
Table of Contents
Introduction
Volume I

1. Addresses at The Parliament of Religions

2. Karma-Yoga

3. Raja-Yoga

4. Lectures and Discourses

Volume II

1. Work And Its Secret

2. The Powers of the Mind

3. Hints On Practical Spirituality

4. Bhakti Or Devotion

5. Jnana-Yoga

6. Practical Vedanta and other lectures

7. Reports in American Newspapers

Volume III

1. Lectures and Discourses

2. Bhakti-Yoga

3. Para-Bhakti or Supreme Devotion

4. Lectures from Colombo to Almora

5. Reports in American Newspapers

6. Buddhistic India

Volume IV

1. Addresses on Bhakti-Yoga

2. Lectures and Discourses

3. Writings: Prose

4. Writings: Poems

5. Translation: Prose

6. Translation: Poems

Volume V

1. Epistles - First Series

2. Interviews

3. Notes from Lectures and Discourses

4. Questions and Answers

5. Conversations and Dialogues

6. Sayings And Utterances

7. Writings: Prose and Poems

Volume VI

1. Lectures and Discourses

2. Notes of Class Talks and Lectures

3. Writings: Prose and Poems (Original and Translated)

4. Epistles — Second Series

5. Conversations and Dialogues

Volume VII

1. Conversations and Dialogues

2. Inspired talks

3. Translation of writings

4. Notes of Class Talks and Lectures

5. Epistles — Third Series

Volume VIII

1. Lectures and Discourses

2. Writings: Prose

3. Writings: Poems

4. Notes of Class Talks and Lectures

5. Sayings And Utterances

6. Epistles — Fourth Series

Volume IX

1. Letters - Fifth Series

2. Lectures and Discourses

3. Notes of Lectures and Classes

4. Writings: Prose and Poems

5. Conversations and Interviews

6. Excerpts from Sister Nivedita’s Book

7. Sayings and Utterances

8. Newspaper Reports

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Vivian, E Charles: Fields of Sleep (1923); v1; 25 Oct 2019

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Another Lost World fantasy from E Charles Vivian, published in UK in 1923, and later re-printed in Famous Fantastic Mysteries in 1949 under the title "The Valley of Silent Men". It has been reprinted (1978) in an omnibus entitled "Aia", with Vivian's "People of the Darkness" (1924). Another ommnibus entitled "Fields of Sleep and People of The Darkness" appeared in 2013.

The text from this edition comes from Roy Glashan's Library, which in turn, I think, came from the Famous Fantastic Mysteries edition.

The cover is from the 1923 UK edition.

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Vivian, E Charles: The City of Wonder (1922); v1, 24 October 2019

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E Charles Vivian's best known work of fantasy, a lost world adventure, on an unidentified island somewhere in what is now the Indonesian islands, where lingers remnants of -- is it Atlantis, or Lemuria?

First published in 1922, it was reprinted in Famous Fantastic Mysteries Magazine in 1947, and again in the 1960s in paperback by Centaur Press.

He also wrote the "Gees" series under the pseudonym Jack Mann, also in this Library.

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Vogt, Nils Collett: Fra vaar til høst [Norwegian].v1. 02 Apr 2014

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Med denne diktsamlingen slo Vogt for alvor gjennom som anerkjent lyriker da den kom ut første gang i 1894. En livsbejaende naturdyrkelse er gjennomgangstonen, men enkelte av diktene er også i den mer samfunnskritiske tradisjon.
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Nasjonalbiblioteket har gitt ut de første 35 av 100 planlagte epub-bøker. Bøkene er korrekturlest, men noen litt uvanlige valg med hensyn til oppsett ødelegger leseopplevelsen litt. F. eks. er sidetall/sideombrekning beholdt. Jeg har endret på layout for å gi, i mine øyne, en bedre leseopplevelse.

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Voltaire: More Short Tales, v.1, 4 Nov 2007.

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François-Marie Arouet de Voltaire:
Jeannot et Colin (1764)
Histoire des Voyages de Scarmentado (1756)
Le Monde comme il va, vision de Babouc (1746)
Le Blanc et le noir (1764)
Histoire d' un bon bramin (1759)
This is the William F Fleming translation. I translated and restored some missing passages.

Five more tales:

1. ‘Jeannot and Colin’: compares the aristocracy with the bourgeoisie.
2. ‘The History of the Travels of Scarmentado’ examines the almost-ubiquitous nature of religious bigotry.
3. ‘The World As It Goes’ has the angel Ithuriel sending Babouc to examine Persepolis (Paris in disguise) and judge whether it merits destruction.
4. ‘The Black and the White’ is a romance set in Afghanistan. Incidentally, it considers the nature of time and reality
5. ‘The Good Brahmin’ wonders whether happiness comes from ignorance or knowledge.

I believe that I have now done all the ‘contes’ (‘tales’) of Voltaire. We now have more than Project Gutenberg.

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Voltaire: Candide, v.1, 20 Dec 2007.

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Voltaire, 'Candide' (1759)
Translated, and with an Introduction by Philip Littell.

A novella which demonstrates that we live in the best of all possible worlds - despite war, earthquakes, injustice etc. Could this be irony?

I've done some reformatting and added a TOC. The pictures came with the PG text.

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Voltaire: Candide. 09 Aug 07

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"For this is the best of all possible worlds."

Written in three days and once read by every high school student in the US, [Candide[/ has always been a favorite book of mine since I was a kid.

The thought for making this ebook came from a PM with Patricia (thanks for jogging my memory) and that I could not find my own copy of the book. I created the ebook version rather than buy a new one. Call it cheap or call it frugal, here it is for all to enjoy.

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Voltaire: Discours aux Welches [en Français], v.1, 5 September 2008.

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François-Marie Arouet de Voltaire (1694–1778)
Discours aux Welches (1764)

En ce discours Voltaire s’adresse pas les Gallois mais les Gaulois.

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Voltaire: Discourse Addressed to the Welsh, v.1, 5 September 2008.

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François-Marie Arouet de Voltaire (1694–1778)
Discourse Addressed to the Welsh
Discours aux Welches (1764)
Extracted from Voltaire, The Works of Voltaire: A Contemporary Version. Volume: 37.
Translated by William F. Fleming.
Publisher: E. R. DuMont.
(Paris.1901)

Can it be that the great Voltaire deigned to address the Welsh?
Not really. He is playing on a pun between Galles (Wales) and Gaul/Gallia (France) and actually addressing his fellow French citizens.

This was made up from a scan at The Internet Archive.

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Voltaire: English and American Short Studies, v.1, 25 Nov 2007.

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François-Marie Arouet de Voltaire:
Short Studies on English Topics.
With Notes on the Peopling of America

Some of this material has already appeared in RWood’s upload of Voltaire’s ‘Letters on England.’
However, this also includes a number of short essays on American topics, plus a few other new short pieces.

I have added a ToC and hyperlinked the footnotes.

Publication Information:
Extracted from Voltaire, The Works of Voltaire: A Contemporary Version.
Volume: 39.
Translated by William F. Fleming, notes by Tobias Smollett.
Publisher: E. R. DuMont.:Paris, 1901.

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Voltaire: Five Essays on Government and Economics, v.1, 15 October 2008.

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François-Marie Arouet de Voltaire (1694–1778)
Five Essays on Government and Economics
Extracted from Voltaire, The Works of Voltaire: A Contemporary Version. Volume: 37.
Translated by William F. Fleming.
Publisher: E. R. DuMont.
Place of Publication: Paris.
Publication Year: 1901

Some more short pieces from the sage of the French Enlightenment.

Table of Contents
1. How Far Should We Impose On The People?
2. Titles of Honour
3. On Commerce and Luxury
4. Money and the Revenues of Kings
5. Thoughts on the Public Administration

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Voltaire: Les Oreilles du comte de Chesterfield [en Français], v.1, 1 November 2008.

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François-Marie Arouet de Voltaire (1694–1778)
Les Oreilles du comte de Chesterfield et le chapelain Goudman (1775).

Les oreilles du comte de Chesterfield a des conséquences sérieux pour un jeune prêtre.
Ce conte contient aussi une discussion de la fatalité et de la question de si on a une âme.

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Voltaire: Letters and Miscellanies, v.1, 18 Nov 2007.

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François-Marie Arouet de Voltaire: Letters and Miscellanies

LETTERS
Correspondence: Frederick the Great
Correspondence with Various People
Business Letters.
Some English Letters
Letters on his Plays
Correspondence with Rousseau

MISCELLANEOUS PAPERS.
On Spinoza.
On The Existence Of God.
Summary Of The Reasons In Favour Of The Existence Of God.
The Families Of Calas And Sirven.
Fanaticism.
Evil Jurisprudence.
Free Toleration.
Anti-Toleration.
Foreign Causes of Anti-Toleration
Party Spirit And Fanaticism.
Notes On Some Of The Writers Who Lived In The Age Of Louis XIV.

Extracted from Voltaire, The Works of Voltaire: A Contemporary Version.
Volume: 38.
Translated by William F. Fleming et al.
Publisher: E. R. DuMont. Place of Publication: Paris.
Publication Year: 1901.

I have added some subheadings, a picture and ToC.

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Voltaire: Letters on England. 18 Aug 07

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Based on his his exile in England from 1726-1729, [Letters on England[/ has been described as focusing on the England of his times in a satirical work on religion, politics, science, and the arts.

Truly one of history's most brilliant minds, Voltaire's genius shows through here as well as it does in [Candide[/.

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Voltaire: Lord Chesterfield’s Ears, v.1, 1 November 2008.

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François-Marie Arouet de Voltaire (1694–1778)
Lord Chesterfield’s Ears, A True Story. (1775)
(Les Oreilles du comte de Chesterfield et le chapelain Goudman)
Anonymous translation.
Published by R. Carlile, 135 Fleet Street, London.1826.

Lord Chesterfield’s ears prove to be a grave inconvenience to a young clergyman. This satirical tale also discusses freedom of the will and whether the soul exists.

This tale was not included in the Morley/Fleming edition of “The Works of Voltaire”—presumably because some parts were considered too indelicate.

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Voltaire: L’Ingénu (In English), v.1, 3 Nov 2007.

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François-Marie Arouet de Voltaire:
L’Ingénu
The Child of Nature
(This has also been translated as ‘The Innocent’ and ‘The Huron.’)
(1767)

A Huron Indian visits 17th-century France and finds that Huron ways are rather more civilised than those of the French.

The reverse anthropology allows Voltaire to satirize his usual targets with his usual wit.

Extracted from Voltaire, The Works of Voltaire: A Contemporary Version. Volume: 3.
Translated by William F. Fleming.
Publisher: E. R. DuMont. Place of Publication: Paris. Publication Year: 1901

I have revised the translation, translating and restoring some missing passages.

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Voltaire: Mahomet, v.1, 27 Nov 2007.

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A play.
I have included Voltaire’s dedication to Frederick the Great and his correspondence with Pope Benedict XIV, who was prepared to believe that the play was not actually a disguised criticism of Christian fanaticism and hypocrisy. As a result, the ban on performance was lifted.

From Wikipedia:
"Mahomet (Le fanatisme, ou Mahomet) aka “Fanaticism, or Mahomet” is a play in five acts written in 1736 by French playwright and philosopher Voltaire with its debut performance at Lille on 25 April 1741.
The play is a study of religious fanaticism and self-serving manipulation based on the traditional biography of Muhammad in which he orders the murder of his critics and which Voltaire described as “written in opposition to the founder of a false and barbarous sect to whom could I with more propriety inscribe a satire on the cruelty and errors of a false prophet.”
Some writers have argued that the play uses the Islamic figure of Muhammad to indict not only Islam but all monotheistic religions.
In 2005, a production of the play in Saint-Genis-Pouilly, Ain, France, resulted in Islamic demands for cancellation and street disturbances outside the performance itself.
François Busnel indicated that the play was not to be interpreted historically but rather as a tragedy and satire. Rebecca Joubin, has stated that the play’s focus functions as a surrogate for Jesus."

Publication and Copyright information:
Extracted from Voltaire, The Works of Voltaire: A Contemporary Version.
Volume: 16.
Translated by William F. Fleming et al.
Publisher: E. R. DuMont. Place of Publication: Paris.
Publication Year: 1901

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Voltaire: Micromegas, v.1, 28 Oct 2007.

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Voltaire (François-Marie Arouet de Voltaire)
Micromegas (Micromégas)
A Satire on the Philosophy, Ignorance. and Self-Conceit of Mankind.
(1752)

Voltaire does science fiction.

This is a short tale (c. 7,300 words).
Micromegas is a native of Sirius and is 120,000 feet tall. He befriends a dwarf from Saturn (less than 6,000 feet tall) and they visit Earth. Initially believing the planet is uninhabited, they manage to see the locals via an improvised microscope. Then they start a conversation…

Some things don’t change, as this quotation shows:

“You must know, for example, that at this very moment, while I am speaking, there are one hundred thousand animals of our own species, covered with hats, slaying an equal number of their fellow-creatures, who wear turbans; at least they are either slaying or being slain; and this hath usually been the case all over the earth from time immemorial.”

The source was an anonymous translation from a scanned 19th-century edition in archive.org. I have cleaned up the text (which was full of ocr errors) and checked it against the French, making three corrections where the translation was inaccurate.

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Voltaire: Philosophical Dictionary. 19 Aug 07

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[QUOTWe think that the author of a good work should refrain from three things—from putting his name, save very modestly, from the epistle dedicatory, and from the preface. Others should refrain from a fourth—that is, from writing.[/QUOT

This is only a sample. For more, download and read. You will enjoy it. (Or your money cheerfully refunded.)

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Voltaire: Poetical Dissertations, v.1, 13 Feb 2008.

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Four verse essays, somewhat in the style of Alexander Pope.

Contents:
On Equality of Conditions
On Liberty
On The Nature of Man
On Moderation in All Things

Publication Information
François-Marie Arouet de Voltaire: Poetical Dissertations.
Extracted from Voltaire, The Works of Voltaire: A Contemporary Version. Volume: 1.
Translated by William F. Fleming.
Publisher: E. R. DuMont. Place of Publication: Paris. Publication Year: 1901

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Voltaire: Shorter Tales and Dialogues, v1, 30 Oct 2007.

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Sixteen short tales and dialogues. ‘Plato’s Dream’ is said to be a precursor of science-fiction and is a lively reworking of Plato’s creation myth in a thousand words.

PLATO’S DREAM.
MEMNON THE PHILOSOPHER.
A CONVERSATION WITH A CHINESE.
AN ADVENTURE IN INDIA.
BABABEC.
ANCIENT FAITH AND FABLE.
THE TWO COMFORTERS.
A DIALOGUE BETWEEN MARCUS AURELIUS AND A RECOLLET FRIAR.
ANDRÉ DES TOUCHES IN SIAM.
THE BLIND AS JUDGES OF COLOUR.
THE CLERGYMAN AND HIS SOUL.
DIALOGUE BETWEEN A BRAHMIN AND A JESUIT
DIALOGUES BETWEEN LUCRETIUS AND POSIDONIUS.
DIALOGUE BETWEEN A CLIENT AND HIS LAWYER.
DIALOGUE BETWEEN MADAME DE MAINTENON AND MADEMOISELLE DE L’ENCLOS.
DIALOGUE BETWEEN A SAVAGE AND A BACHELOR OF ARTS.

Publication Information:
Extracted from Voltaire, The Works of Voltaire: A Contemporary Version. Volume: 4. Translated by William F. Fleming. Publisher: E. R. DuMont. Place of Publication: Paris. Publication Year: 1901

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Voltaire: the Henriade, v.1, 11 Nov 2007.

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François-Marie Arouet de Voltaire: The Henriade.

Voltaire attempts epic poetry.

The subject is Henri IV of France, who was seen by Voltaire as an apostle of toleration. He started life as a Huguenot (i.e. a protestant), survived the St. Bartholomew’s day massacre, eventually decided that ‘Paris was worth a mass’ and converted to Catholicism, then promulgated the Edict of Nantes, which allowed for freedom of belief and ended the wars of religion.

Voltaire consciously imitates Virgil’s [Aeneid.[/ So, like all epics, the story begins [in medias res;[/ a visit to the underworld is essential; and the hero is obliged to leave a woman – Gabrielle d’Estrées stands in for Dido.

The French alexandrines have been rendered into heroic couplets.

Extracted from Voltaire, The Works of Voltaire: A Contemporary Version. Volume: 38.
Translated by William F. Fleming.
Publisher: E. R. DuMont., Paris. 1901

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Voltaire: The Princess of Babylon, v.1, 27 Oct 2007.

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Voltaire (François-Marie Arouet de Voltaire)
The Princess of Babylon
(La princesse de Babylone)
(1768)

The translation is based on that of that of the anonymous Glasgow edition of 1769.

The king of Babylon organises a tournament in which the prize is his beautiful daughter’s hand in marriage. She comes to love the civilised, vegetarian Amazan. An unfortunate misunderstanding separates them and they travel the world alternately seeking one another and fleeing from one another.
The travel narratives allow Voltaire to comment on the social mores of his time: there are flattering portrayals of Catherine the Great’s Russia and the English, and unflattering accounts of the Vatican and Germany. As ever, Enlightenment values prevail.

The text came from a mutilated version in archive.org. This seems to be based on a prudish 19th-century American version of the Glasgow edition. After I had removed the many ocr errors, I realised that the text had been heavily censored: all the sexual references had been very heavily pruned and one brief episode involving people of different ethnicity had been entirely omitted, as had all the gay allusions. Also, most of Voltaire’s invocation to the Muses (which he oddly placed at the end of the work) was missing. Fortunately, I have a paper copy, so typed the missing passages straight back in. I believe that this is now the most complete English version freely available online.

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Voltaire: Three Tales, v.1, 31 Oct 2007.

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François-Marie Arouet de Voltaire: Three Tales.

1. The Story of Johnny, or The Atheist and the Sage.
Histoire de Jenni: l' athée et le sage (1775)
The story of a virtuous Quaker, who reforms his son and converts atheists. The manners of the native Americans are often preferable to ours.

2. The White Bull.
Le Taureau blanc (1772)
A tale set in Biblical times. The princess Amasidia has been forbidden to pronounce the name of the man she loves (King Nebuchadnezzar) who has been transformed into a white bull. Several Biblical prophets, Eve’s serpent and the Witch of Endor appear.

3. The Man of Forty Crowns.
L' Homme aux quarante écus (1768)
A man with the average French annual income of 40 crowns (i.e. 40 écus or 120 livres) makes futile attempts to understand the insane French economic system of the ancien regime. Both church and state fleece the populace.

Voltaire explains his tales in this quotation from ‘The White Bull’:

‘I choose that a story should be founded on probability, and not always resemble a dream. I desire to find nothing in it trivial or extravagant; and I desire above all, that under the appearance of fable there may appear some latent truth, obvious to the discerning eye, though it escape the observation of the vulgar.’

Publication Information:
Extracted from Voltaire, The Works of Voltaire: A Contemporary Version. Volume: 2. Translated by William F. Fleming. Publisher: E. R. DuMont. Place of Publication: Paris. Publication Year: 1901

I have added a picture, TOC and some notes.

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Voltaire: Toleration and other Essays. V.1, 29 Oct. 2007.

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Toleration and Other Essays by Voltaire.
Translated, with an Introduction, by Joseph McCabe
(New York: G.P. Putnam’s Sons, 1912).

Contents:

Introduction by Joseph McCabe

Essays:
On Toleration In Connection With the Death of Jean Calas
On Superstition
On the Interpretation of the Old Testament
On the Interpretation of the New Testament
Epistle to the Romans (Translated From the Italian of Count De Corbera )
The Sermon of the Fifty
The Questions of Zapata (Translated By Dr. Tamponet, of the Sorbonne)
We Must Take Sides; Or, the Principle of Action
Poem On the Lisbon Disaster; Or an Examination of the Axiom, “All Is Well” (inspired by the Lisbon earthquake.)

NB I particularly recommend the ‘Questions of Zapata’ as a way of disconcerting Christian fundamentalists.

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Voltaire: Zadig (Fleming Translation), v.1, 1 Nov 2007

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François-Marie Arouet de Voltaire:
Zadig: The Mystery of Fate: An Oriental Tale
(1747)

The sage Zadig is wise but, despite his wisdom, the plaything of Fate. Will Fate ever allow him to be happy? Will he ever be united with the woman he loves?
Chapter 3 has Zadig playing detective and has been seen as the prototype of the detective story.

Publication Information
Extracted from Voltaire, The Works of Voltaire: A Contemporary Version. Volume: 2.
Translated by William F. Fleming. Revised by Another.
Publisher: E. R. DuMont. Place of Publication: Paris. Publication Year: 1901

The Fleming translation is MUCH better than the one that I posted previously. It is more complete and more readable. However, the Dedicatory Letter and Approbation sections were missing, as were all the sexual references. So I translated them myself and put them back.

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Voltaire: Zadig, v1, 22 Dec 2007

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[Zadig[/: Or [The Book of Fate [/(1748)

This is an 18 th -century translation. I prefer the Fleming translation (already uploaded) but the choice is yours.

From [Wikipedia[/:
[Zadig [/is a famous novel written by Enlightenment philosopher Voltaire. It tells the story of Zadig, a philosopher in ancient Babylonia. The author does not attempt any historical accuracy, and some of the problems Zadig faces are thinly disguised references to social and political problems of Voltaire's own day.

The book is philosophical in nature, and presents human life as in the hands of a destiny beyond human control. It is a story of religious and metaphysical orthodoxy, both of which Voltaire challenges with his presentation of the moral revolution taking place in Zadig himself. Voltaire's skillful use of the literary devices of contradiction and juxtaposition are shown in beautiful form in this prose. Behind [Candide[/, it is considered one of his most celebrated works.

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von Clausewitz, Carl: On War. V1. 8 Nov 2010

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von Clausewitz's seminal work on warfare.

Description from the Penguin Classics edition:
Writing at the time of Napoleon's greatest campaigns, Prussian soldier and writer Carl von Clausewitz created this landmark treatise on the art of warfare, which presented war as part of a coherent system of political thought. In line with Napoleon's own military actions, he illustrated the need to annihilate the enemy and make a strong display of one's power in an 'absolute war' without compromise. But he was also careful to distinguish between war and politics, arguing that war could only be justified when debate was no longer adequate, and that if undertaken, its aim should ultimately be to improve the wellbeing of the nation.

from www.clausewitz.com/:
The Prussian military thinker Carl von Clausewitz is widely acknowledged as the most important of the major strategic theorists. Even though he's been dead for over a century and a half, he remains the most frequently cited, the most controversial, and in many respects the most modern.

This work was translated into English by Colonel J.J. Graham in 1874.

enjoy
regards
Phil

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- Clausewitz_On_War.mobi

Wagner, Belle M: Within the Temple of Isis, v.1, 19 January 2009.

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Belle M. Wagner: Within the Temple of Isis
Denver, Colorado: Astro-Philosophical Publishing Co.,1899.

A short novel, set in ancient Egypt, which blends Orientalism,, astral projection and other occult notions with a love story.

From the blurb at the back of the book:
“This is an Occult Novel of rare value, as it contains a vast deal of Occult lore on many subjects. Soul Transfer and Soul-Marriage are especially dealt with in a scientific manner. Everybody should read it.—Zanoni.”

The cover shows columns at the temple of Isis at Philae.

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Wagner, Charles: The Simple Life, v.1, 19 January 2009.

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The Simple Life (1901)
By Charles Wagner
Author of ‘The Better Way’
Translated from the French by Mary Louise Hendee [Sic]

A book on the virtue of voluntary simplicity.
The text was from PG.

Contents:
I. Our Complex Life; II. The Essence of Simplicity; III. Simplicity of Thought; IV. Simplicity of Speech; V. Simple Duty; VI. Simple Needs; VII. Simple Pleasures; VIII. The Mercenary Spirit and Simplicity; IX. Notoriety and the Inglorious Good; X. The World and the Life of the Home; XI. Simple Beauty; XII. Pride and Simplicity in the Intercourse of Men; XIII. The Education For Simplicity; XIV. Conclusion;

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Wake, Archbishop William: Forbidden Gospels etc, v.1, 27 Dec 2007.

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[Forbidden Gospels and Epistles of the New Testament.[/

William Wake was Archbishop of Canterbury from 1716 to 1737.
He compiled and translated many of the non-canonical gospels and epistles then extant. These are early Christian texts that did not make the final shortlist for the New Testament. Some are almost certainly spurious.

The infancy narratives show the young Jesus making clay birds which turn into real ones, carrying water in a sieve, miraculously correcting Joseph’s carpentry mistakes and (less attractively) smiting dead other children who displease him. There are also accounts of the conception and infancy of the Virgin Mary.

This book contains:
The Gospel of the Infancy of Mary,
The Protevangelion [on the parentage of Mary]
Gospel of the Infancy of Christ,
St Thomas’s Gospel of the Infancy of Christ,
The Gospel of Nicodemus,
Correspondence between Christ and Abgarus.
Correspondence between St Paul and Seneca.
The Acts of Paul and Thecla
A large number of assorted epistles.
The Book of Hermas.

The source was PG.

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Walker, Terry: Index Past Masters issues 1-240, v1, 13 Nov 2025

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This is the author-index to the issues 1-240 of the short story anthology series I have been producing for several years now. It also contains the contents lists of the 80-something new, original single-author collections of short stories I have also been producing for several years.

I had intended to upload only pdf format editions of these indexes in future, but have decided to reinstate the epub and kindle versions too.

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- Cumulative Index 1 to 240 - Pulpmeister.mobi

- Cumulative Index 1 to 240 - Pulpmeister.azw3 (Note: file extension not Kindle-compatible)

- cover.jpg (Note: file extension not Kindle-compatible)

Walker, Terry: The Pulpmeister Reviews 1, v1, 13 June 2012

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These pieces have been lying about on my computers or in ancient printouts since the 1990s, never previously published. They were written purely for my own entertainment, my reactions (sometimes startled) either to re-reading book I had read long ago, or an encounter with a legendary work I had never before read.

These 13 pieces are about well-known best-sellers (or at least well-sellers) dating from 1915 to 1976. I thought I'd publish them here where they would see the light of day.

There is a Vol 2 creeping along in no great hurry.

The books I wrote about (mostly tongue in cheek):

John Buchan:The 39 Steps
Sapper: Bulldog Drummond
Rafael Sabatini: Captain Blood
Michael Arlen: The Green Hat
Jeffery Farnol: The Jade of destiny
James Hilton: Lost Horizon
Georgette Heyer: Regency Buck
E Phillips Oppenheim: The Colossus of Arcadia
Sydney Horler: The Return of Nighthawk
Agatha Christie: The Moving Finger
Grace Metalious: Peyton Place
Ian Fleming; Goldfinger
Clive Cussler: Raise the Titanic!

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- The Pulpmesiter Reviews 1 - Terry Walker.mobi

Wallace, Dillon: Bobby of the Labrador. v1. 17 May 2014

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Dillon Wallace (1863-1939) was an American lawyer, outdoorsman, author of non-fiction, fiction and magazine articles. His first book, The Lure of the Labrador Wild (1905) was a best-seller, as were many of his later books.

Excerpt
Abel Zachariah was jigging cod. Cod were plentiful, and Abel Zachariah was happy. It still lacked two hours of mid-day, and already he had caught a skiffload of fish and had landed them on Itigailit Island, where his tent was pitched.

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- thumbnail.jpg (Note: file extension not Kindle-compatible)

- Bobby Of The Labrador.mobi

Wallace, Dillon: Grit A-Plenty. v1. 18 May 2014

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Dillon Wallace (1863-1939) was an American lawyer, outdoorsman, author of non-fiction, fiction and magazine articles. His first book, The Lure of the Labrador Wild (1905) was a best-seller, as were many of his later books.

Excerpt
The Jug, as Thomas Angus often remarked, was as snug and handy a place to live as ever a man could wish. Ten miles up the Bay was the trading post of the Hudson’s Bay Company, and at Wolf Bight, twelve miles directly across the Bay from the Jug, the trading post of Trowbridge & Gray, and then only five miles to the eastward, at Break Cove, lived Doctor Joe.

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- Grit A-Plenty.mobi

Wallace, Dillon: Left on the Labrador. v1. 19 May 2014

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Dillon Wallace (1863-1939) was an American lawyer, outdoorsman, author of non-fiction, fiction and magazine articles. His first book, The Lure of the Labrador Wild (1905) was a best-seller, as were many of his later books.

Excerpt
Charley Norton was bored and unhappy. He stood at the starboard rail of the mail boat gazing out at the cold, bleak rocks of the Labrador coast, dimly visible through fitful gusts of driving snow.

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- Left on the Labrador.mobi

- thumbnail.jpg (Note: file extension not Kindle-compatible)

Wallace, Dillon: The Gaunt Gray Wolf. v1. 18 May 2014

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Dillon Wallace (1863-1939) was an American lawyer, outdoorsman, author of non-fiction, fiction and magazine articles. His first book, The Lure of the Labrador Wild (1905) was a best-seller, as were many of his later books.

Excerpt
On a foggy morning of early July in the year 1890, the Labrador mail boat, northward bound from St. Johns, felt her way cautiously into the mist-enveloped harbour of Fort Pelican and to her anchorage.
For six days the little steamer had been buffeted by wind and ice and fog, and when at last her engines ceased to throb and she lay at rest in harbour, Allen Shadrach Trowbridge of Boston, her only passenger, felt hugely relieved, for the voyage had been a most unpleasant one, and here he was to disembark.

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- thumbnail.jpg (Note: file extension not Kindle-compatible)

- Gaunt Grey Wolf, The.mobi

Wallace, Dillon: The Long Labrador Trail. v1. 20 May 2014

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Dillon Wallace (1863-1939) was an American lawyer, outdoorsman, author of non-fiction, fiction and magazine articles. His first book, The Lure of the Labrador Wild (1905) was a best-seller, as were many of his later books.

Excerpt
In the summer of 1903 when Leonidas Hubbard, Jr., went to Labrador to explore a section of the unknown interior it was my privilege to accompany him as his companion and friend. The world has heard of the disastrous ending of our little expedition, and how Hubbard, fighting bravely and heroically to the last, finally succumbed to starvation.

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- thumbnail.jpg (Note: file extension not Kindle-compatible)

- Long Labrador Trail, The.mobi

Wallace, Dillon: The Wilderness Castaways. v1. 21 May 2014

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Dillon Wallace (1863-1939) was an American lawyer, outdoorsman, author of non-fiction, fiction and magazine articles. His first book, The Lure of the Labrador Wild (1905) was a best-seller, as were many of his later books.

Excerpt
“Dan Rudd,” roared Captain Zachariah Bluntt, “if I has to tell you again to keep that mouth organ below decks, I’ll wring your neck! Yes, wring your neck! By the imps of the sea, I will!”
“Aye, aye, sir,” answered Dan Rudd, a robust, sunny-faced sailor lad of sixteen, quickly slipping the offending harmonica, upon which he had been playing a lively air, into his pocket.

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- thumbnail.jpg (Note: file extension not Kindle-compatible)

- Wilderness Castaways, The.mobi

Wallace, Dillon: Troop One of the Labrador. v 1. 19 May 2014

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Dillon Wallace (1863-1939) was an American lawyer, outdoorsman, author of non-fiction, fiction and magazine articles. His first book, The Lure of the Labrador Wild (1905) was a best-seller, as were many of his later books.

Excerpt
A skiff had just entered the narrow channel which connected The Jug, as the bight where the Anguses lived was called, with the wider waters of Eskimo Bay. There could be no doubt, even at that distance, that the tall man standing aft and manipulating the long sculling oar, was Doctor Joe. As the little group gathered on the jetty he took off his hat and waved it high above his head. It was Doctor Joe beyond a doubt! The boys waved their caps and shouted at the top of their lusty young lungs, Margaret, undoing her apron, waved it and added her voice to the chorus, and Thomas, quite carried away by the excitement, waved the towel and in a great bellowing voice shouted a louder welcome than any of them.

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- thumbnail.jpg (Note: file extension not Kindle-compatible)

- Troop One Of The Labrador.mobi

Wallace, Dillon: Ungava Bob. v1. 21 May 2014

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Dillon Wallace (1863-1939) was an American lawyer, outdoorsman, author of non-fiction, fiction and magazine articles. His first book, The Lure of the Labrador Wild (1905) was a best-seller, as were many of his later books.

Excerpt
A group of stalwart, swarthy-faced men, dressed in the garb of northern hunters—light-coloured moleskin trousers tucked into the tops of long-legged sealskin moccasins, short jackets and peakless caps—stood before the post kitchen or lounged upon the rough board walk which extended the full length of the reservation in front of the servants’ quarters and storehouses. They were watching a small sailboat that, half a mile out upon the red flood, was bowling in before a smart breeze, and trying to make out its single occupant. Finally some one spoke.

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- thumbnail.jpg (Note: file extension not Kindle-compatible)

- Ungava Bob.mobi

Wallace, Edgar & Curtis, R G: The Man Who Changed His Name (1935), V1, 3 Aug 2019)

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When a young married woman discovers that the man she married as Selby Clive is Denis Sanderby, and that Denis Sanderby left Canada after beiing acquitted of a horrible and brutal murder, her life changes.

Adapted by Wallace's long-time secretary R G Curtis from the Edgar Wallace stage play.

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- The Man Who Changed His Name - Edgar Wallace.azw3 (Note: file extension not Kindle-compatible)

- The Man Who Changed His Name - Edgar Wallace.mobi

Wallace, Edgar: The Admirable Carfew. V1. 28 December 2012

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A very early Wallace book, published by Ward Lock in 1914. It contains 15 short stories about Felix Carfew, an opportunistic young man indeed; and features a guest appearance by T B Smith, an early series detective of Wallace's.

This edition was scanned from a 1919 Ward Lock hardback edition. Original covers are seemingly unobtainable. However, the cover I concocted uses a detail from the Frontispiece in my copy.

From internal evidence, the stories seem to have been written in 1912-1913, a period when electric broughams and horse-drawn carriages were still to be seen, and the hansom cab was giving way to the motor cab. (Although the last London Hansom Cab was only withdrawn from service in 1936!)

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- The Admirable Carfew (1914) - Edgar Wallace.mobi

Wallace, Edgar: A Debt Discharged (1916), v1

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Another addition to the extensive collection of Edgar Wallace titles in the Patricia Clark Memorial Library: early Wallace, with a complex plot involving forgery and false imprisonment (sort of).

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- A Debt Discharged (1916) - Edgar Wallace.azw3 (Note: file extension not Kindle-compatible)

- A Debt Discharged (1916) - Edgar Wallace.mobi

Wallace, Edgar: Again the Ringer. v1, 20 Aug 2008

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1929 murder mystery by Edgar Wallace, also published as [The Ringer Returns[/. Sequel to [The Ringer[/, which is available as a separate download.

Miska Guild cut a wide swath of injury and ruin, but always got off the hook. Until, that is, Ethel Seddings committed suicide and he caught the attention of Henry Arthur Milton - The Ringer.

Enjoy!

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- Again the Ringer.prc

Wallace, Edgar: Again the Three (1929); v1; 29 Dec 2019

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To my surprise, not in the Library

Short stories of the Three Just Men, reduced to two Just Men as Poiccart is retired to grow onions in his beloved France.

1: The Rebus
2: The Happy Travellers
3: The Abductor
4: The Third Coincidence
5: The Slane Mystery
6: The Marked Cheque
7: Mr Levingrou's Daughter
8: The Share Pusher
9: The Man Who Sang in Church
10: The Lady from Brazil
11: The Typist Who Saw Things
12: The Mystery of Mr Drake
13: 'The Englishman Konnor'

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- Again The Three - Edgar Wallace.mobi

- Again The Three - Edgar Wallace.azw3 (Note: file extension not Kindle-compatible)

- cover.jpg (Note: file extension not Kindle-compatible)

Wallace, Edgar: Big Foot. v1, 16 Sep 2008

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1927 murder mystery from Edgar Wallace.

Footprints and a dead woman bring together Superintendent Minton and the amateur sleuth Mr Cardew. Who is the man in the shrubbery? Who is the singer of the haunting Moorish tune? Why is Hannah Shaw so determined to go to Pawsy, 'a dog lonely place' she had previously detested. Death lurks in the dark and someone must solve the mystery before BIG FOOT strikes again, in a yet more fiendish manner.

Enjoy!

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- Big Foot.prc

Wallace, Edgar: Blue Hand. v2, 17 June 2008

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Classic 1925 crime novel by Edgar Wallace.

Lady Mary Danton and her infant daughter disappeared when Jim Steele, Mr. Salter's legal assistant, was five. Almost 20 years later, the Danton fortune is about to be distributed to Digby Groat and his mother. But Jim is uneasy. Can he solve the mystery? And what does it hove to do with the Thirteen Gang? Is he in over his head?

Any book with a main character called "Digby Groat" has to be worth reading :).

Enjoy!

EDIT: 17 Jun 08

Recreated the book with improved layout and formatting. Added a cover image. Uploaded v2.

Previous download count: 45

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- Blue Hand.prc

Wallace, Edgar: Chick. v1, 6 Nov 2008

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1923 comedy from Edgar Wallace.

An office boy unexpectedly inherits the title of Marquis. As well as dealing with this unexpected elevation in his status, and learning how to behave as a member of the aristocracy he also has to protect his newly inherited estate from clever con-men who try to convince him that there is oil on his land.

Enjoy!

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- Chick.prc

Wallace, Edgar: Circumstantial Evidence. v1. 6th Feb 2010

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Full title: "Circumstantial Evidence and Other Stories", a 1934 collection of crime short stories by the prolific British author and journalist, Edgar Wallace.

The collection contains the following stories:

- Circumstantial Evidence

- Fighting Snub Reilly

- A Romance in Brown

- Discovering Rex

- The Man in the Golf Hut

- A Tryst with Ghosts

- The Child of Chance

- The Dear Liar

- The Christmas Princess

- Findings are Keepings

- The Little Green Man

Enjoy!

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- Circumstantial Evidence.prc

Wallace, Edgar: Ein gerissener Kerl. german. v1. 17 mar 2009

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Richard Horatio Edgar Wallace (* 1. April 1875 in Greenwich, London; † 10. Februar 1932 in Hollywood, Kalifornien), war ein englischer Schriftsteller, Drehbuchautor, Regisseur, Journalist und Dramatiker. Wallace gehört zu den erfolgreichsten englischsprachigen Kriminalschriftstellern. Sein Kriminalroman [Ein gerissener Kerl[/ erschien 1928 unter dem Titel "The Twister", die erste deutsche Übersetzung wurde 1934 veröffentlicht.

Lord Frensham lag mit dem Oberkörper auf dem Schreibtisch. Seine rechte Hand umklammerte den Revolver und neben dem Toten fand man einen Abschiedsbrief. Für die Polizei ein klarer Fall: "Selbstmord im Zustand geistiger Umnachtung". Doch Inspektor Elk gibt sich damit nicht zufrieden. er forscht weiter und stößt auf eine heiße Spur...

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- Ein gerissener Kerl - Edgar Wallace.prc

Wallace, Edgar: Flat 2. v1, 20 Aug 2008

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1927 murder mystery by Edgar Wallace.

[A shot rang out sharply, and Captain Hurley Brown did not need the direction of the sound to guide him to Robert Weldrake's door. He had tried to intercept the white-faced boy, who had brushed him aside and entered his room, slamming the door and locking it.
Hurley Brown had seen that expression on a man's face before, and that man, too—just such another promising young officer as Robert Weldrake—had worn it on his return from the last of several interviews with Emil Louba. A shot had followed on that occasion also. Lingering outside, uneasy, smoking cigarette after cigarette, unable to seek his own quarters with the memory of that stricken-face before him, he was debating whether to insist on the boy opening his door to him when the shot stabbed the silence and sent him tearing up the half-dozen shallow stairs to the locked door.
There was no answer to his knock, and he scarcely waited for any, Putting his shoulder to the door, he had already forced it inwards, straining at the lock, when McElvie, Weldrake's batman, and two officers joined them; and their combined efforts burst the lock, sending them staggering a few paces into the room.
There was little need to raise him. They saw at a glance that Robert Weldrake was dead. The room was still full of an acrid smell, his stiffening fingers clutched at his service revolver.
'That damned Louba!' muttered Brown, the first to break the silence, and more than one of his companions spat out vicious curses.[/

Enjoy!

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- Flat 2.prc

Wallace, Edgar: Jack O' Judgment. v1, 1 July 2008

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1920 thriller by Edgar Wallace.

Mr. Wallace's just but law-breaking men are famous, but this Jack O'Judgment is King of them all. The blackmailers he squelches are so odious that no stirrings of pity mar our enjoyment of his weird triumphs.

Enjoy!

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- Jack O Judgment.prc

Wallace, Edgar: John Flack. german. v1. 2 apr 2009

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Richard Horatio Edgar Wallace (* 1. April 1875 in Greenwich, London; † 10. Februar 1932 in Hollywood, Kalifornien), war ein englischer Schriftsteller, Drehbuchautor, Regisseur, Journalist und Dramatiker. Wallace gehört zu den erfolgreichsten englischsprachigen Kriminalschriftstellern. Sein Kriminalroman [John Flack[/ erschien 1927 unter dem Titel "Terror Keep", die erste deutsche Übersetzung wurde 1928 veröffentlicht.

Vor Jahren wurde das geniale, aber wahnsinnige Verbrecherhirn John Flack hinter Schloss und Riegel gebracht. Damals wurde er von einem seiner Verbrecherkollegen, einem Italiener namens George Ravini verraten und durch Mr. J. G. Reeder verhaftet, der nun den Rang des Chefdetektivs des Generalstaatsanwaltes bekleidet.
Doch nun ist dem 70jährigen Flack die Flucht gelungen und Mr. Reeder muss befürchten, dass der wahnsinnige Verbrecher es nun auf ihn abgesehen haben könnte. Aus diesem Grund drängt er die ihm nahestehende Margaret Belman, ein Jobangebot als Sekretärin des schrulligen Mr. Davers anzunehmen, der auf seinem Anwesen Larmes Keep eine kleine Pension unterhält.
Kurze Zeit später werden die ersten erfolglosen Anschläge auf Mr. Reeder verübt und auch in Larmes Keep mehren sich seltsame Ereignisse: Die drei Gäste der Pension, die hübsche Olga Crewes, ein ehemaliger Oberst des Militärs und ein Geistlicher scheinen nicht so harmlos zu sein, wie es zunächst den Anschein hatte. Um seine Untersuchungen fortzuführen, mietet sich Mr. Reeder ebenfalls in Larmes Keep ein. Doch seine Sorge gilt vor allem Miss Belman, welche plötzlich spurlos verschwindet...

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- John Flack - Edgar Wallace.prc

Wallace, Edgar: Just Men Omnibus. v4. 30th Jan 2010

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An omnibus edition of the "Just Men" books of Edgar Wallace, which relate the activities of a group of men who "put right" miscarriages of justice. The book in the series are:

1. Four Just Men (1905)

2. The Council of Justice (1908)

3. The Just Men of Cordova (1917)

4. The Law of the Four Just Men (1921)

5. The Three Just Men (1924)

6. Again the Three (1929)

Enjoy!

EDIT: 20 Apr 2008

Added the two books previously missing from the omnibus edition ("The Just Men of Cordova" and "Again the Three"), which have now been released as eBooks. This makes the volume complete. Uploaded v2.

EDIT: 28 Feb 2009

Added "The Council of Justice". Thanks to MR user "radius" for pointing out that I'd missed this out! Uploaded v3.

EDIT: 30 Jan 2010

Cleaned up the source preparatory to creating an ePub version. Uploaded v4.

Previous download count: 280

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- Just Men Omnibus.prc

Wallace, Edgar: Kate, Plus Ten. v1. 8 February 2012

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Another early Edgar Wallace, showing him getting into his stride. This was published in 1917, but the tone suggests it is set before the Great War--or ignores it completely.

There is an amusing refeerence to Kate wearing "a very short dress" which at that time meant showing six inches of ankle.

If you are going to steal s fortune in gold from a special train, why not steal the whole train? Only master strategist Kate Westhanger, the brains behind the Crime Street gang, could bring it off.

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- Kate, Plus Ten (1917) - Edgar Wallace.prc

Wallace, Edgar: Mr J.G. Reeder Omnibus. v6. 28 Feb 2015

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Edgar Wallace (1875-1932) was a prolific British crime writer, journalist, and playwright who, although relatively unknown today, was massively popular in his time. He wrote 175 novels, 24 plays, and countless articles for newspapers and magazines. More than 160 movies have been made of his novels - more than of any other author. In the 1920s, one of Wallace's publishers claimed that a quarter of all books read in England were written by him.

This is an omnibus edition of all Wallace's books and short stories featuring his most popular detective, "Mr. J.G. Reeder". The books contained in this volume are:

- Room 13
- The Mind of Mr J.G. Reeder
- Terror Keep
- Red Aces
- Mr J.G. Reeder Returns
- The Guv'nor
- The Man Who Passed

Enjoy!

EDIT: 1 Jan 08

Created a proper MobiPocket version of the book with library information, working table of contents link, etc. Uploaded v4.

EDIT: 28 Jan 10

Tidied up the book in preparation for creating an ePub version. Uploaded v5.

EDIT: 28 Feb 2015

Thoroughly proof-read and revised. Added curly quotes and fixed lots of errors. I would now regard this as a finished work, so please let me know if you find any remaining errors. Uploaded v6.

Previous download count: 1253

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- Mr J G Reeder Omnibus.mobi

Wallace, Edgar: Mr Justice Maxwell. v1, 18 June 2008

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1927 mystery from Edgar Wallace, set in Tangier. That's all I know about this one, I'm afraid!

BTW, for those not familiar with the British judicial system, "Mr Justice X" is the title given to "Mr X" when he becomes a High Court judge.

Enjoy!

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- Mr Justice Maxwell.prc

Wallace, Edgar: On the Spot. v3, 25 June 2008

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As a contrast to Wallace's usual fare of British thrillers, this tale of murder and mayhem is a gangster story set in Chicago. Presumably very "topical" for its date of 1931!

Enjoy!

EDIT: 25 Jun 08

Recreated the book to fix a problem with incorrect paragraph breaks. Uploaded v3.

Previous download count: 36

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- On the Spot.prc

Wallace, Edgar: Planetoid 127. v1, 26 June 2008

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A complete change from Edgar Wallace's usual fare of crime novels, this is a short SF novel he wrote in 1929, the plot concerning radio communication with another planet.

Enjoy!

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- Planetoid 127.prc

Wallace, Edgar: Private Selby. v1. 6 February 2012

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Early Edgar Wallace, and an unusual novel for him, published in 1912. It could be considered altenate history - the centre of the plot is the invasion of Britain in 1909. It could be a crime story, as it opens in the mean streets of working class Deptford in the opening years of the 20th century, and includes criminals petty and not so petty. It is also a war story, and includes a balloon air raid over London; and finally the love story of Private Selby and his dream girl, the Brown Lady, also known as 'O.C'.

This edition has been recovered from a newspaper serial of 1914, and is 62,000 words. The automatic OCR of the online digitized newspaper was patchy, the linotype operator who typeset it back in 1914 was obviously working hastily, judging by all the typos, and the compositor merrily scrambled lines of type here and there.

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- Private Selby (1912) - Edgar Wallace.prc

Wallace, Edgar: Silinski, Master Criminal (1930), v1

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This novel is a revision of "The Nine Bears", with significant changes to the beginning (deleting a lot of slow buildup).

A group of financial conspirators known as the Nine Bears wreak financial havoc for their own gain, and then disappear to a mysterious rendezvous known as "lolo".

Scotland Yard detective T B Smith and even the navies of several wrathful countries are now on the trail of Silinski, leader of the Nine Bears. But who, what, or where is "lolo"?

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- Silinski Mastter Criminal - Edgar Wallace.azw3 (Note: file extension not Kindle-compatible)

- Silinski Mastter Criminal - Edgar Wallace.mobi

Wallace, Edgar: Tam O' The Scoots. v1. 15 July 2008

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First World War action adventure set in the Royal Flying Corps (the predecessor of the Royal Air Force). "Boys' Own Adventure" stuff - a great read.

Enjoy!

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- Tam O The Scoots.prc

Wallace, Edgar: Terror Keep (1927): v.1.

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Originally a magazine serial, then an H&S book. German translation "John Flack".

John Flack, crazed former master criminal, escapes from Broadmoor, and launches an attack on Mr J G Reeder, who put him away years ago. Other forces are at work, too, such as those who took over elements of his former criminal enterprises.

And Margaret Belman, J G Reeder's neighbour and special friend, becomes Flack's lever to revenge himself upon Reeder.

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Wallace, Edgar: The Adventures of Heine (1919): V.3

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Years ago, my first attempt at creating and uploading a book here was this title, and I now see, downloading it to check, that is definitely sub-standard. So I have started from scratch with a brand-new build, complete with a cover taken from my ancient Hodder paperback edition from the 1920s.

The title character Heine is the head of Germany's espionage operation in England during WW1. Vain, inept, and with no self-awareness, he tells his misadventures in his own words. It is very well done, with Heine writing in a distinctly individual "voice" throughout. It is essentially a sequence of short stories with an overall narrative arc.

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Wallace, Edgar: The Adventures of Heine. v2. 23 December 2011

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An unusal venture for Edgar Wallace, a humorous espionage book. Heine (no other name given) is the inept, vain, and entirely self-unaware boss of Germany's spy network in Britain during WW1.

Told in the first person by Heine, the book is really a series of (usually disastrous) episodes at various stages during the war. It was first published as a series of short stories during 1918, then in hardback in 1919.

This version was scanned from a disintegrating paperback edition c 1930 to rescue it before the crumbling brown pulp paper totally consumed itself. It uses the original cover from the paperback, which while detached was of higher quality paper.

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Wallace, Edgar: The Angel of Terror. v2, 17 June 2008

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Just released by PG!

Jack Glover of Rennet, Glover and Simpson does not believe his cousin Meredith killed Bulford. Meredith's father was an eccentric and unless Meredith is married by the age of thirty his sister inherits everything. She is dead and Meredith, now in prison, is thirty next Monday. Meanwhile Lydia Beale is struggling to pay her dead father's creditors. When Glover offers her money she is shocked. However, despite the strange conditions attached, it is a proposal she cannot afford to ignore...

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Wallace, Edgar: The Avenger. v3, 20 June 2008

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Severed heads are being discovered throughout London. A Scotland Yard inspector called in to investigate the killings is led to a movie set where the suspects include a young actress, a sword-collecting millionaire and a hairy servant raised by animals in the jungle.

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Wallace, Edgar: The Black. v1, 5 June 2009

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Crime novel from the prolific English author and journalist, Edgar Wallace.

James Lexington Morlake, gentleman of leisure, Lord of the Manor of Wold and divers other titles which he rarely employed, unlocked the drawer of his elaborate Empire writing-table and gazed abstractedly into its depths. It was lined with steel and there were four distinct bolts. Slowly he put in his hand and took out first a folded square of black silk, then a businesslike automatic pistol, then a roll of fine leather. He unfastened a string that was tied about the middle and unrolled the leather on the writing-table. It was a hold-all of finely-grained sealskin, and in its innumerable pockets and loops was a bewildering variety of tools, grips, ratchets—each small, each of the finest tempered steel.

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Wallace, Edgar: The Blue Hand v1.0 2007-09-30

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[The Blue Hand[/ by Edgar Wallace

[quotLady Mary Danton and her infant daughter disappeared when Jim Steele, Mr. Salter's legal assistant, was five. Almost 20 years later, the Danton fortune is about to be distributed to Digby Groat and his mother. But Jim is uneasy. Can he solve the mystery? And what does it hove to do with the Thirteen Gang? Is he in over his head?[/quot

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Wallace, Edgar: The Book of All-Power. v1, 2 July 2008

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Edgar Wallace thriller from 1923, set in pre-revolutionary Russia.

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Wallace, Edgar: The Brigand. v1, 30 June 2008

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1928 novel by Edgar Wallace.

Anthony Newton was a soldier at sixteen; at twenty-six he was a beggar of favours, a patient waiter in outer offices, a more or less meek respondent to questionnaires which bore a remarkable resemblance one to the other.
…
Tony Newton struggled through eight years of odd jobs.
…
And at the end of the eighth year he discussed the situation with himself and soberly elected for brigandage of a safe and more or less unobjectionable variety.

The dictionary defines a brigand as a robber or a bandit, particularly from an outlaw band. But that definition is perhaps too harsh for Tony Newton; he focuses on “the art of gentle robbery.” And he succeeds, as he himself modestly admits.

[The Brigand[/ is a collection of twelve stories, each an escapade of Tony Newton as he moves from one adventure to another, one gullible rich man to another, escaping a detection here, a marriage to a “plum pudding girl” there, a murder attempt elsewhere, even becoming a successful member of the House of Commons in one delightful episode.

[The Brigand[/ is Edgar Wallace at his best – simple storylines, a lovable character with whom you empathise even though you know that he not quite on the straight path, a bit of crime, loads of humour, some deceptively simple philosophising. Among the lesser known one-book-only characters created by Edgar Wallace, Tony Newton would probably be right up there on the top.

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Wallace, Edgar: The Calendar. v1. 7th Feb 2010

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1930 thriller by Edgar Wallace, the prolific British author and journalist.

An exciting thriller set in the world of horse-racing. In an impulsive moment, a man agrees to "throw" a big race, and then is faced with all the consequences.

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Wallace, Edgar: The Clue of the New Pin. v1, 19 June 2008

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1923 mystery by Edgar Wallace.

A nephew discovers the body of his wealthy uncle in a vault with a key laying beside the body as the only clue. A newspaper reporter helps clear the prime suspect and reveal the identity of the true killer.

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Wallace, Edgar: The Clue of the Silver Key. v1, 19 Aug 2008

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1930 murder mystery by Edgar Wallace.

The story begins with the murder of Horace Tom Tickler, burglar, who is "taken for a ride" in the best Chicago fashion and then delivered to Scotland Yard in a stolen cab -- and all of England will be turned topsy-turvy until the clue of the silver key unmasks the ruthless murderer!

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Wallace, Edgar: The Clue of the Twisted Candle. v1, 17 June 2008

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Classic 1917 mystery from Edgar Wallace.

Well-known mystery writer John Lexman is charged with murder and sent to Broadmoor Prison. His friend T.X., head of a special department of Scotland Yard, tries to prove his innocence.

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Wallace, Edgar: The Coat of Arms. v2, 17 June 2008

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1931 Edgar Wallace novel, also published under the name [The Arranways Mystery[/.

The secret return of a stolen gold cup to Arranways Hall. . . the subsequent murder of Keith Keller. . . were they part of the same pattern of mystery and death that seemed to trap Lord Arranways? Inspector Collett of Scotland Yard asked that question, but his answer was stranger even than the dark problem he attacked.

Classic Edgar Wallace.

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Wallace, Edgar: The Council of Justice. v2. 12 Nov 07

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1908 sequel to "The Four Just Men".

There are crimes for which no punishment is adequate, offences that the written law cannot efface. Herein lies the justification for [The Council of Justice[/ - a meeting of great and passionless intellects. These men are indifferent to world opinion; they relentlessly wage their wits and cunning against powerful underworld organisations, against past masters of villainy and against minds equally astute. To breakers of the unwritten laws they deal death!

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Wallace, Edgar: The Crimson Circle. v2, 16 June 2008

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When James Beardmore receives a letter demanding £100,000 he refuses to pay - even though it is his last warning. It is his son Jack who finds him dead. Can the amazing powers of Derrick Yale, combined with the methodical patience of Inspector Parr, discover the secret of the Crimson Circle? Who is its all-powerful head and who is the stranger who lies in wait? Twice in a lifetime a ruthless criminal faces the executioner.

Another classic from Edgar Wallace, published in 1925.

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Wallace, Edgar: The Daffodil Mystery. v2, 17 June 2008

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Originally published in 1920. Also known as [The Daffodil Murder[/.

When Mr Thomas Lyne, poet, poseur and owner of Lyne's Emporium insults a cashier, Odette Rider, she resigns. Having summoned detective Jack Tarling to investigate another employee, Mr Milburgh, Lyne now changes his plans. Tarling and his Chinese companion refuse to become involved. They pay a visit to Odette's flat. In the hall Tarling meets Sam, convicted felon and protege of Lyne. Next morning Tarling discovers a body. The hands are crossed on the breast, adorned with a handful of daffodils...

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Wallace, Edgar: The Dark Eyes of London. v1, 4 Nov 2008

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Classic 1924 crime fiction Wallace's best period.

Larry Holt is a Scotland Yard inspector: Diana Ward is the new secretary assigned to his office. The two hit it off immediately: and Diana's background in nursing the blind becomes important when a man is dragged out of the Thames with a message scrawled on his shirtfront and a roll of paper with Braille markings in his pocket. Soon the two investigators are making their way through the mysterious underworld of London's blind, including the savage Big Jake and the shady Reverend John Dearborn, a prolific if unappreciated playwright. There is a good deal of humour in Larry's dealings with the jewel thief Flash Fred, and Diana shows herself to be a brave and resourceful partner. The book veers into stagy melodrama at the end, but this is redeemed by Wallace's depiction of the two vain brothers whose mutual admiration fuels the whole murderous plot. Wallace was expertly describing psychopaths long before the term was invented.

Highly recommended.

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Wallace, Edgar: The Devil Man. v1, 5 Nov 2008

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Description from "gadetection":

A late Wallace (1931) and an uneasy and uncharacteristic mixture of fact and fiction. Wallace aims to tell the story of the talented burglar, Charlie Peace, hanged for murder in 1879, but he can't resist the urge to mix into it one of his standard plots about love, intrigue and sinister foreigners.

Dr. Mainford and his nurse Jane Garden are living in the outskirts of Sheffield in 1875 when their work brings them in contact with Frau Stahm and Herr Baumgarten, German residents with a particular interest in the steel trade. Stahm and Baumgarten have robbery in mind, and they consult an expert -- the thoroughgoing villain Charlie Peace.

In real life Peace seems to have been an opportunistic sociopath as sinister as any fictional villain, and the author can't prevent him from running away with the latter part of the story and leaving both Dr. Mainford and Frau Stahm more or less stranded. Fair tribute is paid to Peace's many perverted talents as well as his overweening vanity, and the book ends with a fairly accurate description of his two trials -- under different names -- and ultimate execution.

The result is a long, uneven work which should still be of interest to those who want to see how Wallace handles a real criminal in a time and a milieu remote from his own.

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Wallace, Edgar: The Door With Seven Locks. v3, 19 Jun 2008

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"Ask Morpheus to put you down on your feet, and listen to this." And then be began to talk, and almost at the first sentence the chief inspector's eyes opened wide. Before Dick Martin had been talking for ten minutes there was not a man in New Scotland Yard more wide awake than this stout, bald, thief-taker...

A marvellous thriller with lots of plot twists and turns.

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Wallace, Edgar: The Duke in the Suburbs. v3, 22 June 2008

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The Duke de Montvillier and George Hankey, who discovered silver in Los Madges, have moved into Kymott Crescent. Alicia Terrill, widow and relation of Sir Harry Tanner, finds the Duke a distinctly unpleasant neighbour. Sir Harry's son is sent to intervene. Unannounced, Sir Harry arrives with a stranger. The coming of "Big Bill Slewer", ripe for murder and with the hatred he had accumulated during his five years' imprisonment, has played splendidly into his hands...

Much "lighter" than the usual Wallace, but nonetheless enjoyable.

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Wallace, Edgar: The Edgar Wallace Collection Vol 10; v1

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Edgar Wallace was a prolific writer of short stories, often in the form of a series featuring the same characters and following a somewhat porous overall arc. Many of these series were collected and published many years ago: The Brigand (1927); Chick (1923); and so on.

Collections of non-series short stories were also published many years ago, but these were often assembled in a rather slapdash manner with a lot of overlapping and repetition of stories.

But there were many stories published in magazines and newspapers that were never collected; even whole series of short stories. In these 10 volumes I have endeavoured to collect together the Edgar Wallace short story output by combining the many overlapping collections, eliminating duplications, and adding many stories never gathered together between covers.

He also wrote a number of series which had too few stories to make up a collection in book form, and which therefore were never put between covers in print. They remained inside magazines and newspapers, sometimes long-defunct, until recently disinterred by diligent Edgar Wallace researchers. This volume contains five of those uncollected short series.
The first two stories of the "Captain Hex" series were rewritten for the collection "The Brigand", (1927).
The e-texts are from Roy Glashan's Library, an Australian public domain free e-book provider. The series cover design is my own.

THE STRANGE LAPSES OF LARRY LOMAN
1: The Crime Trust
2: The Affair Of The Stokehole
3: The Cure
GOSPEL TRUTH MORTIMER
4: His Start in Life
5: The Six Blue Rings
6: As Cheap as Water
7: The Agent of Kings
CAPTAIN HEX
8: Mr. Montague Flake Hands Over £8,000
9: The Outwitting of Mr. Theodore Match
10: The Foiling of Mr. Harry B. Kingberry
11: A Remarkable Deal in Pearls
12: The Man Who Betrayed Himself
13: The Secret of the Hidden Vault
14: How Mr. Milson Wren Was Outwitted
THE EARL OF NOWHERE
15: The King's Messenger
16: The Hold-Up
17: The Post-Office Clerk
18: The Edgware Road Crime
THE ELUSIVE DUD
19: The Professional Friend
20: The Rajah's Emerald
21: The Shy Mr Barks
22: A Deal in Ecfonteins
23: The Haunted House
24: The Pear-Shaped Diamond

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Wallace, Edgar: The Edgar Wallace Collection Vol 11; v1

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This series of amusing short stories was not collected until 2015, although nine of them had appeared in a Wallace collection called "The Undisclosed Client and Other Stories".

They are the tales of Police Constable Lee, on the beat in Notting Dale, which was then a notoriously deprived slum squeezed between Notting Hill to the east, Shepherds Bush to the west, and Holland Park to the south.

(Modern real estate agents like to pretend the modern gentrified Notting Dale is fashionable Notting Hill, and the infamous name Notting Dale is seldom heard.)

1: Mr. Simmons' Profession
2. A Man of Note
3. For Jewey's Laggin'
4. Pear Drops
5. How He Lost His Moustache
6. Sergeant Run-a-Mile
7. The Sentimental Burglar
8. Change
9. A Case for Angel Esquire
10. Contempt
11. Confidence
12. Fireless Telegraphy
13. The General Practitioner
14. The Snatchers
15. The Gold Mine
16. Mouldy the Scrivener
17. Mrs. Flindin's Lodger
18. The Derby Favourite
19. The Story of a Great Cross-Examination
20. Tanks
21. The Silence of P.C. Hirley
22. The Power of the Eye
23. The Convict's Daughter
24. The Last Adventure

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Wallace, Edgar: The Edgar Wallace Collection Vol 1; v1

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Edgar Wallace was a prolific writer of short stories, often in the form of a series featuring the same characters and following a somewhat porous overall arc. Many of these series were collected and published many years ago: The Brigand (1927); Chick (1923); and so on.

Collections of non-series short stories were also published many years ago, but these were often assembled in a rather slapdash manner with a lot of overlapping and repetition of stories.

But there were many stories published in magazines and newspapers that were never collected; even whole series of short stories. In these 10 volumes I have endeavoured to collect together the Edgar Wallace short story output by combining the many overlapping collections, eliminating duplications, and adding many stories never gathered together between covers.

This is the first volume: stories never collected between covers.

1: Richard Bruce— Burglar
2: Good-bye
3: Phalaenopsis Gloriosa
4: One Blow for Russia
5: The Calm Chauffeur
6: The Angel Child
7: The Bandaged Hand
8: The Derby Favourite
9: A Case for Angel, Esquire
10: The Junior Reporter
11: The Linchela Rebellion
12: Halley's Comet, the Cowboy and Lord Dorrington
13: Uncle Dick
14: The Murder at the 'Port Helm'
15: The Destroyer
16: Her Birthday
17: The Despatch Rider
18: Five Fateful Words
19: While the Passengers Slept
20: When the Tsar Came
21: Memoirs Of The Sigee Family
22: The House Surgeon
23: The Yellow Box
24: When the Armanic Sank
25: The Devil Light
26: The Slip
27: The Caretaker in Charge

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Wallace, Edgar: The Edgar Wallace Collection Vol 2; v1

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Edgar Wallace was a prolific writer of short stories, often in the form of a series featuring the same characters and following a somewhat porous overall arc. Many of these series were collected and published many years ago: The Brigand (1927); Chick (1923); and so on.

Collections of non-series short stories were also published many years ago, but these were often assembled in a rather slapdash manner with a lot of overlapping and repetition of stories.

But there were many stories published in magazines and newspapers that were never collected; even whole series of short stories. In these 10 volumes I have endeavoured to collect together the Edgar Wallace short story output by combining the many overlapping collections, eliminating duplications, and adding many stories never gathered together between covers.

This is the second volume:

1: If—?
2: The Magnificent Ensign Smith
3: Mr. Miller and the Kaiser
4: A Raid on a Gambling Hell
5: The U-Beast
6: The Man Who Came Back
7: The Speed Test
8: Blooming Aloes
9: The Girl He Kissed
10: The Vampire of Wembley
11: Sentry No. 1
12: Before Witnesses
13: Fluff Willington Of Berysted, Dorking
14: The Little Dragon of Jade
15: The House of the Candles
16: The Get-Back
17: Stuffing
18: The Man Who Shot the "Favourite"
19: One Night in Somerset
20: A Dream
21: The Lady Called Nita
22: The Man Who Married His Cook
23: The Knight Who Could Not Kneel
24: Her Father's Daughter
25: The Dramatic Butler
26: Diana Helps
27: Con-Lacto Is Strength

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Wallace, Edgar: The Edgar Wallace Collection Vol 3; v1

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Edgar Wallace was a prolific writer of short stories, often in the form of a series featuring the same characters and following a somewhat porous overall arc. Many of these series were collected and published many years ago: The Brigand (1927); Chick (1923); and so on.

Collections of non-series short stories were also published many years ago, but these were often assembled in a rather slapdash manner with a lot of overlapping and repetition of stories.

But there were many stories published in magazines and newspapers that were never collected; even whole series of short stories. In these 10 volumes I have endeavoured to collect together the Edgar Wallace short story output by combining the many overlapping collections, eliminating duplications, and adding many stories never gathered together between covers.

The stories below are from The Lady of Little Hell (Nos 1-8), The Prison Breakers (9-16), and The Cat Burglar (17-21), eliminating duplications.

1: The Lady of Little Hell
2: The Girl from the Ether
3: Fate and Mr. Hoke
4: "Declared to Win"
5: The Cross of the Thief
6: Bill and the Tappers
7: The Praying Girl
8: The Custody of the Child
9: The Prison-Breakers
10: Findings Are Keepings
11: The Jewel Box
12: The Undisclosed Client
13: Via Madeira
14: The Compleat Criminal
15: Red Beard
16: Bulfox Asleep
17: The Cat Burglar
18: The Pick-Up
19: Discovering Rex
20: The Man in the Golf Hut
21: The Clue Of Monday’s Settling

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Wallace, Edgar: The Edgar Wallace Collection Vol 4; v1

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Edgar Wallace was a prolific writer of short stories, often in the form of a series featuring the same characters and following a somewhat porous overall arc. Many of these series were collected and published many years ago: The Brigand (1927); Chick (1923); and so on.

Collections of non-series short stories were also published many years ago, but these were often assembled in a rather slapdash manner with a lot of overlapping and repetition of stories.

But there were many stories published in magazines and newspapers that were never collected; even whole series of short stories. In these 10 volumes I have endeavoured to collect together the Edgar Wallace short story output by combining the many overlapping collections, eliminating duplications, and adding many stories never gathered together between covers.

This volume contains stories from The Prison Breaker and Other Stories (1-3), and The Woman From the East (4-17)

1: Establishing Charles Bullivant
2: Sentimental Simpson
3: White Stocking
4: The Woman from the East
5: The Chopham Affair
6: The Hopper
7: The Love of Devil Hampton
8: The Silver Charm
9: Uncle Faraway
10: The Man of the Night
11: Patriots
12: The Future Lady Shelholme
13: The Xmas Gift
14: The Man Nobody Loved
15: The Strangeness of Joab Lashmere
16: Jimmy and the Doughnuts
17: Control No. 2

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Wallace, Edgar: The Edgar Wallace Collection Vol 5; v1

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Edgar Wallace was a prolific writer of short stories, often in the form of a series featuring the same characters and following a somewhat porous overall arc. Many of these series were collected and published many years ago: The Brigand (1927); Chick (1923); and so on.

Collections of non-series short stories were also published many years ago, but these were often assembled in a rather slapdash manner with a lot of overlapping and repetition of stories.

But there were many stories published in magazines and newspapers that were never collected; even whole series of short stories. In these 10 volumes I have endeavoured to collect together the Edgar Wallace short story output by combining the many overlapping collections, eliminating duplications, and adding many stories never gathered together between covers.

The stories in the volume are from Circumstantial Evidence and Other Stories (1; 3-9), Fighting Snub Reilly (2), and For Information Received and Other Stories (10-18), all 1929, eliminating many duplications.

1: Circumstantial Evidence
2: Fighting Snub Reilly
3: A Romance in Brown
4: Discovering Rex
5: A Tryst with Ghosts
6: The Child of Chance
7: The Dear Liar
8: The Christmas Princess
9: The Little Green Man
10: For Information Received
11: Snares Of Paris
12: A Business Training
13: Miss Prentiss Tells A Lie
14: A Priestess Of Osiris
15: The Timid Admirer
16: The Jewel
17: The Ear Of The Sanctuary
18: Nig-Nog

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Wallace, Edgar: The Edgar Wallace Collection Vol 6; v1

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Edgar Wallace was a prolific writer of short stories, often in the form of a series featuring the same characters and following a somewhat porous overall arc. Many of these series were collected and published many years ago: The Brigand (1927); Chick (1923); and so on.

Collections of non-series short stories were also published many years ago, but these were often assembled in a rather slapdash manner with a lot of overlapping and repetition of stories.

But there were many stories published in magazines and newspapers that were never collected; even whole series of short stories. In these 10 volumes I have endeavoured to collect together the Edgar Wallace short story output by combining the many overlapping collections, eliminating duplications, and adding many stories never gathered together between covers.

This volume contains the stories from The Ghost of Down Hill and The Governor of Chi-Foo, both 1929, eliminating any duplicates.

1: The Ghost of Down Hill
2: The Queen of Sheba’s Belt
3: The Black Grippe
4: The Governor Of Chi-Foo
5: On The Witney Road
6: Mother O' Mine
7: The King's Brahm
8: The Greek Poropulos
9: Kid Glove Harry
10: The Treasure Of The Kalahari
11: The Weakling
12: The Perfect Gentleman
13: The Stretelli Case
14: The Looker And The Leaper
15: The Man Who Never Lost
16: Code No. 2
17: Chubb Of The "Slipper"
18: The Man Who Killed Himself

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Wallace, Edgar: The Edgar Wallace Collection Vol 7; v1

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Edgar Wallace was a prolific writer of short stories, often in the form of a series featuring the same characters and following a somewhat porous overall arc. Many of these series were collected and published many years ago: The Brigand (1927); Chick (1923); and so on.

Collections of non-series short stories were also published many years ago, but these were often assembled in a rather slapdash manner with a lot of overlapping and repetition of stories.

But there were many stories published in magazines and newspapers that were never collected; even whole series of short stories. In these 10 volumes I have endeavoured to collect together the Edgar Wallace short story output by combining the many overlapping collections, eliminating duplications, and adding many stories never gathered together between covers.

The non-series stories below have not been previously collected (except possibly Killer Kay).

1. The Medieval Mind
2. The Christmas Princess
3. Indian Magic
4. Jimmy's Brother
5. The Christmas Cup
6: Killer Kay
7: The Business-Woman
8: Blue Suit
9: Battle Level
10: The Air Taxi
11: The Convenient Sea
12: Thieves Make Thieves
13: Big Little Brother (novelette)
14: The Last Adventure
15: The Talkative Burglar

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Wallace, Edgar: The Edgar Wallace Collection Vol 8; v1

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Edgar Wallace was a prolific writer of short stories, often in the form of a series featuring the same characters and following a somewhat porous overall arc. Many of these series were collected and published many years ago: The Brigand (1927); Chick (1923); and so on.

Collections of non-series short stories were also published many years ago, but these were often assembled in a rather slapdash manner with a lot of overlapping and repetition of stories.

But there were many stories published in magazines and newspapers that were never collected; even whole series of short stories. In these 10 volumes I have endeavoured to collect together the Edgar Wallace short story output by combining the many overlapping collections, eliminating duplications, and adding many stories never gathered together between covers.

Non-series stories are collected in this volume, and the novella The Terror.

1:The Will and the Way
2: A Judge of Horses
3: The Pedlar in the Mask
4: Mr. Jiggs Makes Good
5: The Trimming of Sam
6: The Winning Ticket
7: His Game
8: The Devil Doctor
9: The Original Mrs. Blaney
10: Jake's Brother Bill
11:. In Thrall
12: The Know-How
13: The Terror (novelette)

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Wallace, Edgar: The Edgar Wallace Collection Vol 9; v1

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Edgar Wallace was a prolific writer of short stories, often in the form of a series featuring the same characters and following a somewhat porous overall arc. Many of these series were collected and published many years ago: The Brigand (1927); Chick (1923); and so on.

Collections of non-series short stories were also published many years ago, but these were often assembled in a rather slapdash manner with a lot of overlapping and repetition of stories.

But there were many stories published in magazines and newspapers that were never collected; even whole series of short stories. In these 10 volumes I have endeavoured to collect together the Edgar Wallace short story output by combining the many overlapping collections, eliminating duplications, and adding many stories never gathered together between covers.

Non-series stories are collected in this volume, mostly from the small collection Mrs William Jones and―Bill , 1930.

1: Mrs. William Jones and— Bill
2: The Adventures of George
3: According to Freud
4: Bondage
5: The Society of Bright Young People
6: The King and the Editor
7: Christmas Presents
8: Lord Exenham Causes a Sensation
9: The Death Room
10: The Limp of the Clan Chen
11: The Great Reward (Novelette)
12: The Pet of the Wigshires
13: Frank The Trumpeter
14: The Man Who Killed "X"

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Wallace, Edgar: The Face in the Night. v3, 21 June 2008

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The green face hangs in the Room of Horror and around it grows a living, baffling legend of mystery and murder. At 2.00 a.m. the Embankment fog is thick and black. Men are gathered round a body; the dead man was clubbed and then thrown into the Thames. Dick Shannon races back to Scotland Yard, which is humming with the latest news: the Queen of Finland's car has been held up in The Mall and her diamond chain has vanished into the fog!

Another Wallace classic.

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Wallace, Edgar: The Fellowship of the Frog. v2. 7th Feb 2010

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1923 thriller by the prolific British crime writer, Edgar Wallace.

London is being swept by a series of audacious robberies perpetrated by a secret society known as the "Fellowship of the Frog", a loose confederation of seedy characters, thieves, hustlers, and other ne’r-do-wells who follow the commands of a mysterious criminal mastermind known only as The Frog.

Good stuff. Enjoy!

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MR user "Conor" proof-read the book and kindly sent me a long list of corrections. Applied these and created a new v2 of the book.

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Wallace, Edgar: The Flying Squad. v1, 19 June 2008

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1929 thriller by Edgar Wallace.

Description from the original dust jacket:

"I never want to see you again! I hate you and men like you! You are all so smug and suave and patently dishonest. You are liars, every one of you! You cover up your villainies with perjury and your mistakes with persecutions..." That is what Ann Perryman thought of the police and told Inspector Bradley of the Flying Squad who, she had been told, was responsible for the murder of her brother. Not until she had become involved with Mark McGill, the unscrupulous leader of a powerful dope ring and unwittingly helped smuggle cocaine to various places did she realize who had murdered Ronnie Perryman. A huge dope ring operating in the heart of London is the background for this thrilling and powerful tale by the king of mystery writers.

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Wallace, Edgar: The Forger. v1, 27 June 2008

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Classic 1927 thriller from Edgar Wallace.

Forged notes have started to appear everywhere. Mr Cheyne Wells of Harley Street has been given one. So has Porter. Peter Clifton is rich, but no one is quite certain how he acquired his money - not even his new wife, the beautiful Jane Leith. One night someone puts a ladder to Jane's window and enters her room. It is not her jewels they are after. Inspector Rouper and Superintendent Bourke are both involved in trying to solve this thrilling mystery.

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Wallace, Edgar: The Four Just Men. v2. 12 Nov 07

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"The Four Just Men", first published in 1905, was the novel that made Edgar Wallace famous as a writer of detective thrillers. A Spanish resistance leader's safety in England is threatened by the passage through Parliament of the Aliens Extradition Bill. The minister responsible receives a message from four mysterious figures, "The Four Just Men", warning him that he faces death unless he withdraws the legislation. Edgar Wallace maintains the suspense and excitement as the police struggle to protect the minister before the deadline imposed by the conspirators is reached.

There is a story behind this book, told as follows (slightly edited by me), in Wikipedia:

Edgar went to Europe as a correspondent during the 1904-1905 Russo-Japanese War. Whilst in the Balkans he met British and Russian spies and was inspired. Returning to England in 1905 he had in his head The Four Just Men, the prototype of the modern blood-and-thunder thriller about four young, handsome, immensely wealthy vigilantes (including a European prince) who kill in the name of Justice.

Writing the story of the FJM who would kill the Foreign Secretary if he tried to ratify an unjust law, Edgar had to form his own publishing company, Tallis, to print it. Undeterred, he decided to run a "guess the murder method" competition in the [Daily Mail[/ with a prize of £1,000. The competition would be a runaway success because Edgar intended to advertise the book on a scale unprecedented not just in Britain but across the Empire.

He approached the owner of the newspaper, Alfred Harmsworth, for the loan of the £1,000 and was promptly refused. Edgar wasn't really suited to editorship as he preferred to spend his afternoons at the racecourse or poker table; Harmsworth in turn was irriated by the fact that Edgar was so difficult to get hold of instead of being on the other end of the phone awaiting "his master's voice" like the other editors. Completely unfazed, Edgar pressed ahead - his alarmed workmates at the [Mail[/ prevailed upon him to lower the prize money to £500: a £250 first prize, £200 second prize and £50 third prize, but were unable to restrain him in the privacy of his home. Edgar took out adverts on buses, hoardings, flyers, and so forth, running up an incredible bill of £2,000. Though he knew he needed the book to sell sufficient copies to make £2,501 before he saw any profit, Edgar was confidently aware this would be achieved in the first three months of the book going on sale, totally unaware he was hopelessly underestimating things.

Forging ahead with enthusiasm but no real idea what he was doing, Edgar had also made a far more serious error. He ran the FJM serial competition in the [Daily Mail[/ but failed to include any limitation clause in the competition rules restricting payment of the prize money to one winner only from each of the three categories. Only after the competition had closed and the correct solution printed as part of the final chapter denouement did Edgar learn that he was legally obligated to pay every person who answered correctly the full prize amount in that category; if 6 people got the 1st Prize answer right, he would have to pay not £250 but 6x£250, or £1500, if 3 people got the 2nd Prize it would be £600 and so on. Additionally, though his advertising gimmick had worked as the FJM novel was a bestseller, Edgar discovered that instead of his woefully over-optimistic 3 months, FJM would have to continue selling consistently with no margin of error for 2 full years to recoup the £2,500 he had mistakenly believed he needed to break even. Horror was added to shock when the number of entrants correctly guessing the right answer continued to inexorably rise.

Edgar's answer was to simply ignore the situation, but circumstances were coming together ominously. Newspapers were expected to be "gold standards" of truth and accountability; any that even mistakenly published articles that were found to be incorrect, inaccurate or misleading could very quickly be driven to bankruptcy and public humiliation.

As 1905 became 1906 and headed for 1907 without any list of prize winners being run, more and more suspicions were being voiced about the honesty of the competition. In addition, to a working-class Edwardian family, £250 was a fortune and since those who were winners knew it (courtesy of the published solution) they had been waiting daily for the prize cheque to hit the doormat. Friction already existed between the autocratic Harmsworth and his elusive editor, and Harmsworth, having refused the initial £1,000 loan was furious at having to now loan Edgar over £5,000 to protect the paper's reputation because Edgar couldn't pay.

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Wallace, Edgar: The Frightened Lady. v1. 5th Feb 2010

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1932 thriller by the prolific British author and journalist, Edgar Wallace.

Everyone tried to conceal the truth, but the Frightened Lady is unable to hide her fear. Chief Inspector Tanner quickly realises that many things about the household of Lord and Lady Lebanon are not easily explained. Why are two American 'toughs' employed as footmen? Why is Lady Lebanon so unwilling to answer any questions? What he does know is that the only obviously innocent person is utterly consumed with terror. Here is Inspector Tanner's first real clue.

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Wallace, Edgar: The Golden Hades. v1. 11 February 2012

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Really only a novelette of 35,000 words.

This has had an attempt at "updating" for a post WW2 reprint, badly done. A character Frank Alwin is dscribed in one place as having spent 3 war years in the OSS, and elsewhere in almost the same words 3 war years in the Department of Justice. The novel dates from 1929, which rules out the OSS.

Also, the banknotes involved are sometimes $100 bills, sometimes $1,000 dollar bills. One hundred dollars was a lot of money in 1929, not so much in the 60s. Again, I think a bungled update. Unfortunately, I don't have a pre-war edition for comparison, to fix this up fully.

I changed the reference to OSS back to Department of Justice for consistency, otherwise made no changes.

A fast moving tale of a complex religion-based swindle in New York, with cops Peter Corelly and Wilbur Smith (yes), as well as ex-Departmen of Justice operative Frank Alwin in pursuit of the enigmatic gang.

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Wallace, Edgar: The Governor of Chi-Foo and other stories. V1. 27 December 2012

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A rare short story collection, long out of print. Contains 16 Edgar Wallace stories:

The Governor of Chi-Foo
The Witney Road
Mother o' Mine
The King's Brahm
The Greek Poropolous
Kid Glove Harry
The Treasure of the Kalahari
The Weakling
The Perfect Gentleman
The Stretelli Case
The Looker and the Leaper
The Man Who Never Lost
The Little Green Man
Code No 2
Chubb of the "Slipper"
The Man Who Killed Himself

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Wallace, Edgar: The Greek Poropulos (1910)

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This is a nice little tale, typical of EW's early work. The way I like to format my eBooks seems to be a little different than most. For most advantageous viewing, a color display with "Futiger Linotype" and "Georgia" fonts installed. Mobipocket Publisher 3.0 was used to create this file. Hope you enjoy.

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Wallace, Edgar: The Green Archer. v1, 31 May 2009

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1926 thriller by the prolific English author and journalist, Edgar Wallace. This is one of his most well-known works.

The ghost of the legendary Green Archer prowls the corridors of Garr Castle!

Ace detective Spike Holland has been hired to investigate the disappearance of the beautiful Elaine. His search leads him to Garr Castle and a confrontation with the sinister Abel Bellamy who has turned the gothic fortress into the headquarters for his gang of crooks. As Holland tries to free Elaine from Bellamy's dungeons, the Green Archer draws his deadly bow to foil the gang's treacherous plans.

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Wallace, Edgar: The Green Ribbon. V1. 11 March 2012

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"I think it is the best racing thriller I have written." - Edgar Wallace.

So reads a blurb on this 1929 novel.

Wallace, a very keen punter and author of countless tipping columns in newspapers, featured the world of horse racing in a number novels, such as The Twister, The Calender, and Grey Timothy, to name a few.

This novel centres of a betting syndicate involving the jovial Mr Trigger, the sinister Dr Blanter, the strange Mr Goodie, and the slippery disbarred lawyer Rustem.

Arrayed against them, representing Scotland Yard, is Chief Inspector M M Luke, and representing herself, heiress Edna Grey.

There is a rousing climax with two black panthers loose and of course the baddies get their comeuppance.

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Wallace, Edgar: The Green Rust. v2, 29 Feb 2008

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The chase is on to stop Dr. Van Heerden before he can release the threat of the Green Rust and take over the world in this exciting page-turner from 1919.

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Wallace, Edgar: The Gunner. v1, 30 March 2009

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1928 murder mystery by the prolific British crime writer and journalist, Edgar Wallace. Published in the USA as [Gunman's Bluff[/

[In Gunman's bluff you'll find wharf rats and millionaires, gangland and Mayfair, the love of a banker and the love of a crook and a ruthless battle between upper world and underworld. [/

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Wallace, Edgar: The India-rubber Men. v1. 27th Jan 2010

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1929 thriller from the prolific British crime writer, Edgar Wallace.

A gang of burglars, bank-robbers, and thieves is plaguing the river Thames in London; their distinctive disguises of rubber masks and rubber gloves giving them the name "The India-rubber Men". What is the connection of the gang with the seedy "Mecca" club?

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Wallace, Edgar: The Iron Grip. v1, 20 Aug 2008

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1929 short story collection by Edgar Wallace.

[The Iron Grip[/ is a collection of ten stories, in each of which Jack Bryce is commissioned by Mr. James Hemmer of Hemmer & Hemmer, an eminent firm of lawyers, to address cases where the lawyers were “constantly getting into difficulties from which private detectives and the ordinary resources of the law cannot extricate” them.

The similarity between Jack Bryce and Anthony "The Brigand" Newton is unmistakable. There is, however, one significant difference between Newton and Bryce: the Brigand succeeds in making a living through “the art of gentle robbery” using his brain and wit; the protagonist of The Iron Grip thwarts crime using his muscles, and, on the odd occasion, his brain and his looks.

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Wallace, Edgar: The Joker. v1, 25 June 2008

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Between Stratford Harlow, the colossus of British Finance, and James Carlton, whom Harlow described as Scotland Yard's most unscrupulous man, there was never open warfare until the murder of Mrs. Gibbons.....

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Wallace, Edgar: The Law of the Four Just Men. v1. 11 Nov 07

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The third book in the "Just Men" series; the first two being "The Four Just Men" and "The Council of Justice", both of which are also available for download.

A book of short stories about a group of men seeking to correct miscarriages of justice. First published in 1921.

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Wallace, Edgar: The Lone House Mystery. v2, 24 June 2008

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A collection of four crime stories - a novella and three shorter stories - from the "master of crime", Edgar Wallace.

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Wallace, Edgar: The Man at the Carlton. v1, 26 June 2008

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1931 crime novel from Edgar Wallace:

[There was a man named Harry Stone (also called Harry the Valet), who was a detective until they found him out, which was about three months after he had entered the C.I.D. of a police force in Rhodesia. He might have been prosecuted, but at that time this particular police force was not at all anxious to expose the dishonesty of its officers, so that when he got away by the night mail to Cape Town they took no trouble to call him back...[/

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Wallace, Edgar: The Man Who Bought London. v3, 22 June 2008

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King Kerry is going to buy London. This morning he is on his way to buy shops in Oxford Street. Elsie Marion is late for work when she falls into conversation with him. Suddenly two shots ring out. They miss, but King Kerry seems to know his attacker. From a high office window a man shakes his fist: someday, the man vows, 'I will find a bullet that goes to its mark - and the girl from Denver City will be free!'

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Wallace, Edgar: The Man Who Knew. v1, 19 Aug 2008

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1918 murder mystery from Edgar Wallace.

A youth is lying dead in Gray Square, Bloomsbury. Constable Wiseman is at the scene, as is the handsome Frank Merril, nephew of rich John Martin. Also there is May Nuttall, whose father was the best friend Martin ever had. A small, shabby man in an ill-fitting frock coat and large gold rimmed spectacles pulls a newspaper advertisement from the deceased's waistcoat pocket...

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Wallace, Edgar: The Melody of Death. V1. 6 February 2012

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Another curious and little-known early (1915) Edgar Wallace. This edition is taken from a late 1920s-early 1930s hardback reprint.

Fearing that he may be suffering from cancer, Gilbert Standerton asks the doctor to deliver the bad news in an unusual way. In the meantime, he desperately searches for a way of providing for his bride after his death-including crime.

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Wallace, Edgar: The Missing Million (1923); v1; 11 Mar 2020

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Characteristic complicated Edgar Wallace action novel, featuring a blackmailer/extortionist villain, a million pounds in banknotes, and a Scotland Yard detective or two in grim pursuit.

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Wallace, Edgar: The Reporter. v1. 25 December 2011

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One of Wallace's near-forgotten books, a collection of short stories featuring newspaper reporter York Simon.

I have only ever seen this in Readers Library and Allied Newspapers editions, 1929 and sometime in the 1930s respectively.

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Wallace, Edgar: The Ringer. v1, 19 Aug 2008

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Perhaps Edgar Wallace's best-known book, originally published under the title [The Gaunt Stranger[/ in 1925.

[The Ringer[/, considered by many Wallace fans to be the best of his thrillers, tells of a killer known by this name, whose exploits had terrified London - such a master of disguise that the police had never been able to circulate a description of him. Mixed up with the Ringer was a tricky lawyer of Deptford, Maurice Meister. Now young Detective-Inspector Alan Wembury is taking over the Deptford police division, and is hoping to marry Mary Lenley, who has recently become Meister's secretary. News comes that The Ringer, who had been traced to Australia and was reported dead, is back in London. Meister will be his next victim, for he left his sister in Meister's charge and her body was found in the Thames. Soon a gaunt stranger is shadowing the frightened lawyer, who seeks police protection. Wembury is involved in an affair of extreme difficulty, complicated by the fact that Mary's brother, ruined by association with criminals, is jailed for robbery - and Meister knows more of this than he will admit. Moreover, the unpopular, bearded Inspector Bliss, just returned from America, is working along his own lines to solve the problem. Who is The Ringer? It will be a clever reader who can spot him before the very end of the story.

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Wallace, Edgar: The Secret House. v1, 4 June 2009

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1917 crime thriller from the prolific English journalist and novelist, Edgar Wallace.

Scandalous periodical "The Gossip's Corner" is run by a supposed blackmailer whose identity has baffled the police -- until T.B. Smith, a singlularly acute Assistant Commisioner, gradually tracks the man to the Secret House.

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Wallace, Edgar: The Sinister Man. v3, 22 June 2008

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When Elsa Marlowe's guardian, Maurice Tarn, proposes marriage to her, she is shocked, but becomes more than concerned at his reaction to newspaper reports of rival local drug gangs. But why is Tarn so frightened of their new employer, Major Paul Roy Amery? In growing distress she turns to the only man who can help her: Dr. Ralph Hallam.

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Wallace, Edgar: The Square Emerald. v3, 23 June 2008

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'Suicide on the left,' says Chief Inspector Coldwell pleasantly, as he and Leslie Maughan stride along the Thames Embankment during a brutally cold night. A gaunt figure is sprawled across the parapet. But Coldwell soon discovers that Peter Dawlish, fresh out of prison for forgery, is not considering suicide but murder. Coldwell suspects Druze as the intended victim. Maughan disagrees. If Druze dies, she says, 'It will be because he does not love children!'

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Wallace, Edgar: The Terrible People (1926): v1

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Complex tale of a violent crime gang, and a vendetta from beyond the grave.

"Betcher" Long, an enterprising young detective from the Yard, is in the battle of his life-- for his life.

The cover is from the H&S first edition

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Wallace, Edgar: The Three Just Men (1925); V1; 29 Dec 2019

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Also not previously in the Library--

The Four Just Men-- reduced to three-- fight the sinister Oberzohn, and help to rescue an an innocent woman.

Beware the snakes!

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Wallace, Edgar: The Traitor's Gate. V1. 8 March 2012

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This 1927 novel tells of the theft of some of the Crown Jewels from the Tower of London, and throws in for good measure a dash of "white slavery", a master criminal, and the near-inevitable mystery heiress. It also shows that Edgar Wallace didn't know an awful lot about flying planes. In this novel, as in many others, he has his pilot switch off the engine before landing!

This is taken from a Gutenberg edition, with numerous OCR errors corrected, a couple of curious bowdlerisms removed (the Bloody Tower shown as the B----y Tower!), a table of contents added, and then paragraphed and formatted to conform to a 1951 Hardback edition.

The cover has been replaced.

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Wallace, Edgar: The Twister. v1, 26 Aug 2008

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1928 crime novel, newly released by PG Australia.

He was a suave, immaculate financier and racehorse owner. He was also known to a select few as The Twister. His game was the twisting of swindlers. It was sometimes a long game, and the twist came always in its tail; but for the Twister's victims the timing of the twist was invariably a moment of painful truth.

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Wallace, Edgar: The Valley of Ghosts. v2, 16 June 2008

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In "The Valley of Ghosts" we have a novel which shows Wallace's enthralling skill at its best. Here murder was done in a quiet settlement of the English countryside, but there was more than one ghost. Why had Stella Nelson been with the murdered man in the middle of the night, shortly before the fatal shot? Who was the mysterious blackmailer who had all England in fear? Why did Scottie reform? Why didn't the famous detective, Andy MacLeod, do his duty? A most entertaining detective story, and Edgar Wallace at his best.

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Wallace, Edgar: The Yellow Snake. v2, 17 June 2008

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1926 thriller by Edgar Wallace.

Fing-Su is a graduate of Oxford and head of the dreaded Society of the Joyful Hands, which he uses to further his plans to dominate the world. Very much in the mold of Sax Rohmer's "Dr. Fu-Manchu".

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Wallace, Edgar: When the Gangs Came to London. v1, 20 Aug 2008

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1932 crime thriller by Edgar Wallace.

Set in the late 1920s-early 1930s, this is a kind of "crossover mob story", tracing the exploits (and eventual downfall) of two gangs from Chicago, operating in London.

The book has all the elements you would expect from Edgar Wallace – an all-knowing villain (or set of villains), a hard-working intelligent set of policemen from Scotland Yard fettered by a very British set of laws, quick murders of the rich and the poor, an exceedingly pretty woman, a hint of a love interest (so wonderfully portrayed by Wallace in so many of his works), a company that acts as a cover for the mob (another Wallace staple)… Not to mention, Wallace’s sparkling oh-so-brilliant language and outstandingly dry wit – a wit that pervades through the narratives and the dialogues.

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Wallace, Edgar: When the Gangs Came to London. V1. 12 March 2012

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This is based on the Gutenberg Australia text file, with a few minor corrections to OCR errors.

However, the GA edition was rather arbitrarily divided into just 8 chapters, while the book itself has 28 short chapters.

I have restored the original chapter structure and cleaned up the few typos.

The AG text is better than the 1957 Arrow paperback: in that edition, a substantial chunk of text in Chapter 2 is in the wrong order, making nonsense out of the chapter.

The novel was published a few weeks after Wallace died. Reflecting his recent USA experience, the novel has two Chicago gangsters moving into London complete with protection rackets, brutal murders, and tommy guns in the streets. Quite lively, although the Chicago mobsters speak a variety of American unknown in Chicago.

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- When The Gangs Came to London (1932) - Edgar Wallace.mobi

Wallace, Edgar: White Face. v3, 25 June 2008

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"Michael Quigley had a fair working knowledge of perverse humanity, having acquaintance with burglars, the better class of confidence man, professional forgers, long firm operators, swindlers, ingenious and naive, bank workers, bucket-shop keepers and pickpockets. He did not know White Face because nobody knew him, but that was a pleasure deferred. Sooner or later, the lone operator would make a mistake and come within the purview of a crime reporter..."

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Wallace, Edgar: Wonderful London; v1; 2 May 2022

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Sixteen light-hearted short stories of the bright young things of 20s London. A series which ran in "The People" magazine in 1924.

1: The Girl in the Night Club Raid
2: The Easter-Monday Prince
3: The Girl Who Won at Epsom
4: The Vampire of Wembley
5: The Man Behind the Opera
6: The Picture of the Year
7: Presented at Court
8: A Deal on the Derby
9: Wimbledon and a Woman
10: An Ascot Adventure
11: An Olympic Interlude
12: A Houseboat at Henley
13: A Goodwood Guest
14: A Deauville Gamble
15: A Harrogate Attachment
16: A Matter of Preference

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Wallace, Lane: Dreams, Hopes, Realities. PRC V1.0 30 July 2009

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This is a general history of the NASA Goddard Space Flight Center. It was first published in 1999.

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Wallace, Lewis: Ben Hur, german, v1, 18 Apr 2009

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"Ben Hur" ist einer der größten Bestseller der Weltliteratur. Erstmals 1880 publiziert, wurde er zum absoluten Bestseller und zum Prototypen des historischen Romans. Nur die Bibel wurde im 19. Jahrhundert öfter gedruckt als "Ben Hur", der insbesondere durch seine Verfilmungen noch heute bekannt ist.

Der Roman beschreibt das Leben des Judah Ben Hur, der von seinem Freund Messala denunziert und zur Fronarbeit als Galeerensklave verurteilt wird. Er entkommt nach Rom und findet nach einer Begegnung mit Jesus zum Christentum.

Lewis "Lew" Wallace (* 10. April 1827 in Brookville, Franklin County, Indiana; † 15. Februar 1905 in Crawfordsville, Indiana) war ein US-amerikanischer Rechtsanwalt, General, Politiker und Schriftsteller. "Ben Hur" ist ohne Frage sein wichtigstes Werk.

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Waller, Mary E: A Cry in the Wilderness. v1. 22 May 2014

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Waller, Mary E. (Mary Ella), 1855-1938

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“You Juggernaut of a city!” I said again, and found considerable satisfaction in repeating that word. I leaned out still farther into the sickening September heat and defiantly shook my fist, as it were into the face of the monster commercial metropolis of the New World.

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Waller, Mary E: A Daughter of the Rich. v1. 23 May 2014

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Waller, Mary E. (Mary Ella), 1855-1938

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Mrs. Blossom had never told her recipe for her “hot molasses tea;” but it had been famed in the family for more than a generation. She had it from her mother. The treat was always reserved for a bitterly cold night, and the good things in it of which one had a taste—molasses, white sugar, lemon-peel, butter, peppermint, boiled raisins, and mysterious unknowns—were compounded with hot water into a palate-tickling beverage.

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Waller, Mary E: Flamsted quarries. v1. 23 May 2014

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Waller, Mary E. (Mary Ella), 1855-1938

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A few years ago, at the very tip of that narrow rocky strip of land that has been well named “the Tongue that laps the Commerce of the World,” the million-teeming Island of Manhattan, there was daily presented a scene in the life-drama of our land that held in itself, as in solution, a great national ideal. The old heroic “Epic of the Nations” was still visible to the naked eye, and masquerading here among us of the then nineteenth century in the guise of the arrival of the immigrant ship.

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Walpole, (Sir) Hugh: Portraits in Shadow (ghosts). v1. 17 Feb 2021

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Portraits in Shadow:
The Collected Supernatural Stories of
Hugh Walpole (1884–1941)

Tales for reading after dark… Many are very chilling indeed, while some are only lightly touched by the supernatural. Clever character studies and unnerving psychological suspense create a singular reading experience.

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Sir Hugh Seymour Walpole, CBE (13 March 1884 – 1 June 1941) was an English novelist. He was a prolific and popular best-selling author in the 1920s and 1930s but has been largely neglected since his death. Walpole’s output was large and varied, including disturbing studies of the macabre, children’s stories and historical fiction.

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My own compilation. Contents were originally published 1915 ~ 1939. This book is in the public domain where copyright is ‘Life+70’ or less.

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Walpole, Horace: Das Schloss von Otranto. german. v1. 6 mar 2009

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[Das Schloss von Otranto[/ ist ein Roman des englischen Politikers und Schriftstellers Horace Walpole aus dem Jahr 1764. Walpole begründete damit die später sehr erfolgreiche Romangattung des Schauerromans (engl. Gothic Novel). Der Roman stellte einen Bruch mit den Idealen der Aufklärung dar, die naturalistische Darstellungen und natürliche Erklärungen in der Literatur in den Vordergrund stellten. Er ist Vorläufer der romantischen Geschichten und Erzählungen des späten 18. und frühen 19. Jahrhunderts und beeinflusst die Literatur bis in unsere Zeit.

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Ort der Handlung ist das mittelalterliche Italien des zwölften Jahrhunderts. Schlossherr Manfred (der das Schloss durch unrechtmäßige Machenschaften seines Großvaters in Besitz hat, der es wiederum Alphonso dem Guten abnahm) klammert sich an die Herrschaft, obwohl sein nächster Verwandter Frederick der wahre Erbe sein soll. Beide wissen nichts von Theodore, dem leiblichen Sohn des angeblich kinderlosen Alphonso.

Die oberen Etagen der Burg Otranto werden von einer riesigen scheppernden Rüstung heimgesucht, die dem Gesinde Todesangst einflößt, doch das sind nicht die einzigen übernatürlichen Ereignisse: Trompetenstöße ertönen, geheimnisvolle Ritter erscheinen auf der Zugbrücke, ein riesiger Helm fällt vom Himmel, das Porträt von Manfreds Großvater rutscht mit einem Stoßseufzer aus seinem Rahmen zu Boden, das Skelett eines Einsiedlers taucht auf und Statuen bluten aus der Nase. In all diesem Tohuwabohu schmiedet Manfred finstere Ränke, um Fredericks Tochter Isabella zur Frau zu bekommen. Dabei schreckt er selbst vor der Gefangennahme Isabellas nicht zurück.

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Walpole, Horace: The Castle of Otranto. v.1, 21 Dec 2007

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Horace Walpole, 'The Castle of Otranto' (1764)

I have removed some scanning errors, and added a picture of the real castle of Otranto and a TOC.

This novella was the original gothic novel. Prince Manfred of Otranto is having trouble with apparitions and strange happenings in his castle. How will the mysterious prophecy about his family succession be fulfilled? Will any family members survive? Or will they be punished up to the third generation?

Horace Walpole was the fourth son of Robert Walpole, the first British Prime Minister. His fondness for things gothic is well-known and, single-handedly he popularised the style. Not only did he produce this gothic novel but he built a gothic mansion at Strawberry Hill, near Twickenham.

If you liked Dr Johnson's 'Rasselas' or Beckford's 'Vathek' then you will probably like this. I have to admit that while the prose is beautiful, Walpole is not so good at capturing a spooky atmosphere. Some of the apparitions are (for me) unintentionally funny.

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Walpole, Horace: The Castle of Otranto. v1, 10 Mar 2018

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[The Castle of Otranto[/ was first published in 1764, and started the 'Gothic' genre which was very popular in the late 18th and early 19th centuries. Like other books in the genre it has a complicated plot, a medieval castle with secret tunnels and trapdoors, a ghost, a talking skeleton, an ancestral curse, and fainting heroines.

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Walpole, Hugh Seymour: 003-Captain Nicholas. V1. 17 May 2012

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Sir Hugh Seymour Walpole, CBE (13 March 1884 – 1 June 1941) was an English novelist. A prolific writer, he published thirty-six novels, five volumes of short stories, two plays and three volumes of memoirs. His skill at scene-setting, his vivid plots, his high profile as a lecturer and his driving ambition brought him a large readership in the United Kingdom and North America. A best-selling author in the 1920s and 1930s, his works have been neglected since his death

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'It's too tiresome. My maid broke a blue bowl yesterday that my husband gave me five Christmases ago. I was greatly attached to it. My husband's away, you know, in Scotland, and I want to replace it before he returns. In fact I must replace it. He notices things. I felt sure that Bordon would have one like it. The man's gone to enquire, but I could see from his face—' She broke off to look again at the blue bowls. Poor things! They had been so happy in the sun and now they were worthless, valueless, might all be smashed into atoms and the little lady would not care.

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Walpole, Hugh Seymour: A Prayer for my Son. V1. 21 May 2012

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Sir Hugh Seymour Walpole, CBE (13 March 1884 – 1 June 1941) was an English novelist. A prolific writer, he published thirty-six novels, five volumes of short stories, two plays and three volumes of memoirs. His skill at scene-setting, his vivid plots, his high profile as a lecturer and his driving ambition brought him a large readership in the United Kingdom and North America. A best-selling author in the 1920s and 1930s, his works have been neglected since his death

Sir Hugh returns to the Lake District as setting for this companion work to 'Captain Nichols' and reveals a mother's attempt to save her son.

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Walpole, Hugh Seymour: All Souls' Night. V1. 27 Aug 2012

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Sir Hugh Seymour Walpole, CBE (13 March 1884 – 1 June 1941) was an English novelist. A prolific writer, he published thirty-six novels, five volumes of short stories, two plays and three volumes of memoirs. His skill at scene-setting, his vivid plots, his high profile as a lecturer and his driving ambition brought him a large readership in the United Kingdom and North America. A best-selling author in the 1920s and 1930s, his works have been neglected since his death

This is the author's third collection of short fiction, sixteen stories, including several of his best supernatural tales. "Walpole's two strongest stories in the genre are "Tarnhelm; or, The Death of My Uncle Robert," a strangely moving and poignant werewolf tale told from the point of view of a sensitive little boy; and "The Silver Mask," the story of a middle-aged woman's fatal obsession with a sinister and beautiful young man. "The Silver Mask" is in fact, a masterpiece, a classic example of how a tale can be truly terrifying, with no ghost and only the wispiest hint of the supernatural.

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Walpole, Hugh Seymour: Hans Frost. V1. 18 May 2012

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Sir Hugh Seymour Walpole, CBE (13 March 1884 – 1 June 1941) was an English novelist. A prolific writer, he published thirty-six novels, five volumes of short stories, two plays and three volumes of memoirs. His skill at scene-setting, his vivid plots, his high profile as a lecturer and his driving ambition brought him a large readership in the United Kingdom and North America. A best-selling author in the 1920s and 1930s, his works have been neglected since his death

Walpole wrote horror novels that tended more towards the psychological rather than supernatural, with a brooding underlying mysticism. Hans Frost begins: No one perhaps in the United Kingdom was quite so frightened as was Nathalie Swan on the third day of November, 1924, sitting in a third-class carriage about quarter to five of a cold, windy darkening afternoon. Her train was drawing her into Paddington Station, and how she wished that she were dead!

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Walpole, Hugh Seymour: Harmer John. V1. 19 May 2012

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Sir Hugh Seymour Walpole, CBE (13 March 1884 – 1 June 1941) was an English novelist. A prolific writer, he published thirty-six novels, five volumes of short stories, two plays and three volumes of memoirs. His skill at scene-setting, his vivid plots, his high profile as a lecturer and his driving ambition brought him a large readership in the United Kingdom and North America. A best-selling author in the 1920s and 1930s, his works have been neglected since his death

An unwordly Story

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Walpole, Hugh Seymour: Jeremy and Hamlet. V1. 16 May 2012

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Sir Hugh Seymour Walpole, CBE (13 March 1884 – 1 June 1941) was an English novelist. A prolific writer, he published thirty-six novels, five volumes of short stories, two plays and three volumes of memoirs. His skill at scene-setting, his vivid plots, his high profile as a lecturer and his driving ambition brought him a large readership in the United Kingdom and North America. A best-selling author in the 1920s and 1930s, his works have been neglected since his death

Walpole wrote horror novels that tended more towards the psychological rather than supernatural, with a brooding underlying mysticism. The book begins: There was a certain window between the kitchen and the pantry that was Hamlet's favorite. Thirty years ago-these chronicles are of the year 1894-the basements of houses in provincial English towns, even of large houses owned by rich people, were dark, chill, odorful caverns hissing with ill-burning gas and smelling of ill-cooked cabbage. The basement of the Coles' house in Polchester was as bad as any other, but this little window between the kitchen and the pantry was higher in the wall than the other basement windows, almost on a level with the iron railings beyond it, and offering a view down over Orange Street and, obliquely, sharp to the right and past the Polchester High School, a glimpse of the Cathedral towers themselves.

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Walpole, Hugh Seymour: Jeremy at Crale. V1. 16 May 2012

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Sir Hugh Seymour Walpole, CBE (13 March 1884 – 1 June 1941) was an English novelist. A prolific writer, he published thirty-six novels, five volumes of short stories, two plays and three volumes of memoirs. His skill at scene-setting, his vivid plots, his high profile as a lecturer and his driving ambition brought him a large readership in the United Kingdom and North America. A best-selling author in the 1920s and 1930s, his works have been neglected since his death

Jeremy is a typical English boy brought up in a typical English environment. Reader gets a glimpse of how English character and attitudes are formed.

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Walpole, Hugh Seymour: Jeremy. V1. 15 May 2012

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Sir Hugh Seymour Walpole, CBE (13 March 1884 – 1 June 1941) was an English novelist. A prolific writer, he published thirty-six novels, five volumes of short stories, two plays and three volumes of memoirs. His skill at scene-setting, his vivid plots, his high profile as a lecturer and his driving ambition brought him a large readership in the United Kingdom and North America. A best-selling author in the 1920s and 1930s, his works have been neglected since his death.

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The end of it was that Jeremy received six strokes on the hand with a ruler. Mr. Cole was not good at this kind of thing, and twice he missed Jeremy's hand altogether, and looked very foolish. It was not an edifying scene. Jeremy left the room, his head high, his spirit obstinate; and his father remained, puzzled, distressed, at a loss, anxious to do what was right, but unable to touch his son at all.

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Walpole, Hugh Seymour: John Cornelius. V1. 23 May 2012

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Sir Hugh Seymour Walpole, CBE (13 March 1884 – 1 June 1941) was an English novelist. A prolific writer, he published thirty-six novels, five volumes of short stories, two plays and three volumes of memoirs. His skill at scene-setting, his vivid plots, his high profile as a lecturer and his driving ambition brought him a large readership in the United Kingdom and North America. A best-selling author in the 1920s and 1930s, his works have been neglected since his death

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This book has been written in the form of a novel. I shall be perfectly content if many of my readers consider it only as a novel. And yet I would strongly maintain that it is more than a novel based on the life of John Cornelius. Cornelius enjoyed greatly to speak of himself and his life. He was the greatest egoist I have ever known and the least exasperating. For hours one could listen to him as he described his youth, his first strange days in London, his meetings with Carstang, Charlie Christian, Anne Swinnerton and many more, his marriage, his War experiences and the rest. He would give you conversations, word by word, dramatically impersonating the actors, would describe scenes in all their natural details. Many of these I copied afterwards into my notebooks.

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Walpole, Hugh Seymour: Major Wilbraham. V1. 27 May 2012

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Sir Hugh Seymour Walpole, CBE (13 March 1884 – 1 June 1941) was an English novelist. A prolific writer, he published thirty-six novels, five volumes of short stories, two plays and three volumes of memoirs. His skill at scene-setting, his vivid plots, his high profile as a lecturer and his driving ambition brought him a large readership in the United Kingdom and North America. A best-selling author in the 1920s and 1930s, his works have been neglected since his death

Most men are conscious at some time in their lives of having felt for a member of their own sex an emotion that is something more than simple companionship. It is a queer feeling quite unlike any other in life, distinctly romantic, and the more so, perhaps, for having no sex feeling in it.

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Walpole, Hugh Seymour: The Blind Man's House. V1. 26 May 2012

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Sir Hugh Seymour Walpole, CBE (13 March 1884 – 1 June 1941) was an English novelist. A prolific writer, he published thirty-six novels, five volumes of short stories, two plays and three volumes of memoirs. His skill at scene-setting, his vivid plots, his high profile as a lecturer and his driving ambition brought him a large readership in the United Kingdom and North America. A best-selling author in the 1920s and 1930s, his works have been neglected since his death

A Quiet Story

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Walpole, Hugh Seymour: The Inquisitor. V1. 20 May 2012

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Sir Hugh Seymour Walpole, CBE (13 March 1884 – 1 June 1941) was an English novelist. A prolific writer, he published thirty-six novels, five volumes of short stories, two plays and three volumes of memoirs. His skill at scene-setting, his vivid plots, his high profile as a lecturer and his driving ambition brought him a large readership in the United Kingdom and North America. A best-selling author in the 1920s and 1930s, his works have been neglected since his death

Walpole wrote horror novels that tended more towards the psychological rather than supernatural, with a brooding underlying mysticism. The Inquisitor is a murder thriller set in a haunted village.

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Walpole, Hugh Seymour: The Joyful Delaneys. V1. 25 May 2012

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Sir Hugh Seymour Walpole, CBE (13 March 1884 – 1 June 1941) was an English novelist. A prolific writer, he published thirty-six novels, five volumes of short stories, two plays and three volumes of memoirs. His skill at scene-setting, his vivid plots, his high profile as a lecturer and his driving ambition brought him a large readership in the United Kingdom and North America. A best-selling author in the 1920s and 1930s, his works have been neglected since his death

He had switched on the electric light, and the illumination revealed Patrick Munden lying half in, half out of the bedclothes. No, he was not beautiful, his thin pointed face unshaven, his black hair spread about the pillow, his lean body protected from the cold by pyjamas, grey with blood-red stripes, by no means so fresh as they should be. The light pressed on Munden's eyes and he opened them, stared wildly about him, then, cursing, buried his face in the pillow.

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Walpole, Hugh Seymour: The Killer and the Slain. V1. 23 May 2012

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Sir Hugh Seymour Walpole, CBE (13 March 1884 – 1 June 1941) was an English novelist. A prolific writer, he published thirty-six novels, five volumes of short stories, two plays and three volumes of memoirs. His skill at scene-setting, his vivid plots, his high profile as a lecturer and his driving ambition brought him a large readership in the United Kingdom and North America. A best-selling author in the 1920s and 1930s, his works have been neglected since his death

A Strange Story

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Walpole, Hugh Seymour: The Old Ladies. V1. 20 May 2012

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Sir Hugh Seymour Walpole, CBE (13 March 1884 – 1 June 1941) was an English novelist. A prolific writer, he published thirty-six novels, five volumes of short stories, two plays and three volumes of memoirs. His skill at scene-setting, his vivid plots, his high profile as a lecturer and his driving ambition brought him a large readership in the United Kingdom and North America. A best-selling author in the 1920s and 1930s, his works have been neglected since his death

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She is true, she is real, she is alive—so alive that, as I am writing this little foreword now, I am not sure that she is not standing near the window, her eyes greedily fixed upon the piece of red amber on my table . . . She has wanted it for a very long time. . .

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Walpole, Hugh Seymour: The Tarn. V1. 27 May 2012

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Sir Hugh Seymour Walpole, CBE (13 March 1884 – 1 June 1941) was an English novelist. A prolific writer, he published thirty-six novels, five volumes of short stories, two plays and three volumes of memoirs. His skill at scene-setting, his vivid plots, his high profile as a lecturer and his driving ambition brought him a large readership in the United Kingdom and North America. A best-selling author in the 1920s and 1930s, his works have been neglected since his death

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"A tarn is a miniature lake, a pool of water lying in the lap of the hill. Very quiet, lovely, silent. Some of them are immensely deep."

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Walpole, Hugh Seymour: Wintersmoon. V1. 27 May 2012

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Sir Hugh Seymour Walpole, CBE (13 March 1884 – 1 June 1941) was an English novelist. A prolific writer, he published thirty-six novels, five volumes of short stories, two plays and three volumes of memoirs. His skill at scene-setting, his vivid plots, his high profile as a lecturer and his driving ambition brought him a large readership in the United Kingdom and North America. A best-selling author in the 1920s and 1930s, his works have been neglected since his death

Walpole wrote horror novels that tended more towards the psychological rather than supernatural, with a brooding underlying mysticism. Wintersmoon begins: I am asking you again to marry me as I did a fortnight ago. Janet Grandison turned towards him and said: Yes. You've been very honest. I believe, he said, honesty to be the only thing for us. From the beginning I have always known that you valued that-honesty I mean-more perhaps than anything. I value it too. She smiled. I believe you do. But we all do. We make a fetish of it. It seems to me sometimes almost the only good thing that has survived the war. Well, she went on, I have had the fortnight I begged for. A fortnight ago you asked me to marry you. You said you weren't in love with me but that you liked and respected me, that you thought we would get on well together. You want me to be the mother of your children.

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Walpole, Hugh, Sir: Fortitude. v1. 11 Jan 2015

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Sir Hugh Seymour Walpole, CBE (13 March 1884 – 1 June 1941) was a New Zealand–born English novelist. He was the son of an Anglican clergyman, intended for a career in the church but drawn instead to writing. Among those who encouraged him were the authors Henry James and Arnold Bennett. His skill at scene-setting, vivid plots, and high profile as a lecturer brought him a large readership in the United Kingdom and North America. He was a best-selling author in the 1920s and 1930s, but has been largely neglected since his death.

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“‘Tisn’t life that matters! ‘Tis the courage you bring to it” … this from old Frosted Moses in the warm corner by the door. There might have been an answer, but Dicky Tasset, the Town Idiot, filled in the pause with the tale that he was telling Mother Figgis. “And I ran—a mile or more with the stars dotted all over the ground for yer pickin’, as yer might say….”

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Walpole, Hugh, Sir: Jeremy. v1. 13 Jan 2015

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Sir Hugh Seymour Walpole, CBE (13 March 1884 – 1 June 1941) was a New Zealand–born English novelist. He was the son of an Anglican clergyman, intended for a career in the church but drawn instead to writing. Among those who encouraged him were the authors Henry James and Arnold Bennett. His skill at scene-setting, vivid plots, and high profile as a lecturer brought him a large readership in the United Kingdom and North America. He was a best-selling author in the 1920s and 1930s, but has been largely neglected since his death.

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Young Jeremy Cole was born there in the year 1884, very early in the morning of December 8th. He was still there very early in the morning of December 8th, 1892. He was sitting up in bed. The cuckoo clock had just struck five, and he was aware that he was, at this very moment, for the first time in his life, eight years old. He had gone to bed at eight o’clock on the preceding evening with the choking consciousness that he would awake in the morning a different creature. Although he had slept, there had permeated the texture of his dreams that same choking excitement, and now, wide awake, as though he had asked the cuckoo to call him in order that he might not be late for the great occasion, he stared into the black distance of his bedroom and reflected, with a beating heart, upon the great event. He was eight years old, and he had as much right now to the nursery arm-chair with a hole in it as Helen had.

NOTE: 27 Illustrations

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Walpole, Hugh, Sir: The Captives. v1. 10 Jan 2015

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Sir Hugh Seymour Walpole, CBE (13 March 1884 – 1 June 1941) was a New Zealand–born English novelist. He was the son of an Anglican clergyman, intended for a career in the church but drawn instead to writing. Among those who encouraged him were the authors Henry James and Arnold Bennett. His skill at scene-setting, vivid plots, and high profile as a lecturer brought him a large readership in the United Kingdom and North America. He was a best-selling author in the 1920s and 1930s, but has been largely neglected since his death.

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“I confess that I do not see why the very existence of an invisible world may not in part depend on the personal response which any of us may make to the religious appeal. God Himself, in short, may draw vital strength and increase of very being from our fidelity. For my own part I do not know what the sweat and blood and tragedy of this life mean, if they mean anything short of this. If this life be not a real fight, in which something is eternally gained for the universe by success, it is no better than a game of private theatricals from which one may withdraw at will. But it feels like a real fight—as if there were something really wild in the universe which we, with all our idealities and faithlessness, are needed to redeem; and first of all to redeem our own hearts from atheisms and fears …”

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Walpole, Hugh, Sir: The Cathedral. v1. 10 Jan 2015

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Sir Hugh Seymour Walpole, CBE (13 March 1884 – 1 June 1941) was a New Zealand–born English novelist. He was the son of an Anglican clergyman, intended for a career in the church but drawn instead to writing. Among those who encouraged him were the authors Henry James and Arnold Bennett. His skill at scene-setting, vivid plots, and high profile as a lecturer brought him a large readership in the United Kingdom and North America. He was a best-selling author in the 1920s and 1930s, but has been largely neglected since his death.

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Adam Brandon was born at Little Empton in Kent in 1839. He was educated at the King’s School, Canterbury, and at Pembroke College, Cambridge. Ordained in 1863, he was first curate at St. Martin’s, Portsmouth, then Chaplain to the Bishop of Worcester; in the year 1875 he accepted the living of Pomfret in Wiltshire and was there for twelve years. It was in 1887 that he came to our town; he was first Canon and afterwards Archdeacon. Ten years later he had, by personal influence and strength of character, acquired so striking a position amongst us that he was often alluded to as “the King of Polchester.” His power was the greater because both our Bishop (Bishop Purcell) and our Dean (Dean Sampson) during that period were men of retiring habits of life. A better man, a greater saint than Bishop Purcell has never lived, but in 1896 he was eighty-six years of age and preferred study and the sanctity of his wonderful library at Carpledon to the publicity and turmoil of a public career; Dean Sampson, gentle and amiable as he was, was not intended by nature for a moulder of men. He was, however, one of the best botanists in the County and his little book on “Glebshire Ferns” is, I believe, an authority in its own line.

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Walpole, Hugh, Sir: The Dark Forest. v1. 11 Jan 2015

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Sir Hugh Seymour Walpole, CBE (13 March 1884 – 1 June 1941) was a New Zealand–born English novelist. He was the son of an Anglican clergyman, intended for a career in the church but drawn instead to writing. Among those who encouraged him were the authors Henry James and Arnold Bennett. His skill at scene-setting, vivid plots, and high profile as a lecturer brought him a large readership in the United Kingdom and North America. He was a best-selling author in the 1920s and 1930s, but has been largely neglected since his death.

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His was the first figure to catch my eye that evening in Petrograd; he stood under the dusky lamp in the vast gloomy Warsaw station, with exactly the expression that I was afterwards to know so well, impressed not only upon his face but also upon the awkwardness of his arms that hung stiffly at his side, upon the baggy looseness of his trousers at the knees, the unfastened straps of his long black military boots. His face, with its mild blue eyes, straggly fair moustache, expressed anxiety and pride, timidity and happiness, apprehension and confidence. He was in that first moment of my sight of him as helpless, as unpractical, and as anxious to please as any lost dog in the world—and he was also as proud as Lucifer. I knew him at once for an Englishman; his Russian uniform only accented the cathedral-town, small public-school atmosphere of his appearance. He was exactly what I had expected. He was not, however, alone, and that surprised me. By his side stood a girl, obviously Russian, wearing her Sister’s uniform with excitement and eager anticipation, her eyes turning restlessly from one part of the platform to another, listening with an impatient smile to the remarks of her companion.

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Walpole, Hugh, Sir: The Golden Scarecrow. v1. 12 Jan 2015

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Sir Hugh Seymour Walpole, CBE (13 March 1884 – 1 June 1941) was a New Zealand–born English novelist. He was the son of an Anglican clergyman, intended for a career in the church but drawn instead to writing. Among those who encouraged him were the authors Henry James and Arnold Bennett. His skill at scene-setting, vivid plots, and high profile as a lecturer brought him a large readership in the United Kingdom and North America. He was a best-selling author in the 1920s and 1930s, but has been largely neglected since his death.

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When Hugh Seymour was nine years of age he was sent from Ceylon, where his parents lived, to be educated in England. His relations having, for the most part, settled in foreign countries, he spent his holidays as a very minute and pale-faced “paying guest” in various houses where other children were of more importance than he, or where children as a race were of no importance at all. It was in this way that he became during certain months of 1889 and 1890 and ‘91 a resident in the family of the Rev. William Lasher, Vicar of Clinton St. Mary, that large rambling village on the edge of Roche St. Mary Moor in South Glebeshire

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Walpole, Hugh, Sir: The Prelude to Adventure

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Sir Hugh Seymour Walpole, CBE (13 March 1884 – 1 June 1941) was a New Zealand–born English novelist. He was the son of an Anglican clergyman, intended for a career in the church but drawn instead to writing. Among those who encouraged him were the authors Henry James and Arnold Bennett. His skill at scene-setting, vivid plots, and high profile as a lecturer brought him a large readership in the United Kingdom and North America. He was a best-selling author in the 1920s and 1930s, but has been largely neglected since his death.

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It had happened so instantly. First that great hulking figure in front of him, the sneering laugh, that last sentence, “Let her rot . . . my dear Dune, your chivalry does you credit.” Then that black, blinding, surging rage and the blow that followed. He did not know what he had intended to do. It did not matter—only in the force that there had been in his arm there had been the accumulated hatred of years, hatred that dated from that first term at school thirteen years ago when he had known Carfax for the dirty hypocrite that he was. He could not stay now to think of the many things that had led to this climax. He only knew that as he raised himself again from the body there was with him no feeling of repentance, no suggestion of fear, only a grim satisfaction that he had struck so hard, and, above all, that lightning certainty that he had had of God.

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Walpole, Hugh, Sir: The Secret City. v1. 14 Jan 2014

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Sir Hugh Seymour Walpole, CBE (13 March 1884 – 1 June 1941) was a New Zealand–born English novelist. He was the son of an Anglican clergyman, intended for a career in the church but drawn instead to writing. Among those who encouraged him were the authors Henry James and Arnold Bennett. His skill at scene-setting, vivid plots, and high profile as a lecturer brought him a large readership in the United Kingdom and North America. He was a best-selling author in the 1920s and 1930s, but has been largely neglected since his death.

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"One's private life is always with one..... it is a secret city in which one must always live, and whose gates one will never pass through, whatever may be going on in the world outside."
The characters in this novel get their lives all tangled up with the Russian Revolution, which becomes almost incidental to what goes on between them.

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Walpole, Hugh, Sir: The Wooden Horse. v1. 14 Jan 2015

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Sir Hugh Seymour Walpole, CBE (13 March 1884 – 1 June 1941) was a New Zealand–born English novelist. He was the son of an Anglican clergyman, intended for a career in the church but drawn instead to writing. Among those who encouraged him were the authors Henry James and Arnold Bennett. His skill at scene-setting, vivid plots, and high profile as a lecturer brought him a large readership in the United Kingdom and North America. He was a best-selling author in the 1920s and 1930s, but has been largely neglected since his death.

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But, as she looked across at Robin, it was easy to see that her anxiety was, in some way, connected with him. How was this invasion to affect her nephew? For eighteen years she had been the only father and mother that he had known, for eighteen years she had educated him in all the Trojan laws and traditions, the things that a Trojan must speak and do and think, and he had faithfully responded to her instruction. He was in every way everything that a Trojan should be; but there had been moments, rare indeed and swiftly passing, when Clare had fancied that there were other impulses, other ideas at work. She was afraid of those impulses, and she was afraid of what Henry Trojan might do with regard to them.

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Walpole, Hugh: Head in Green Bronze (1938); v1; 16 Sep 2020

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A short story collection from the author of the "Herries" family saga.

1: Head in Green Bronze
2: The German
3: The Exile
4: The Train
5: The Haircut
6: Let the Bores Tremble
7: The Honey-Box
8: The Fear of Death
9: Field with Five Trees
10: Having no Hearts
11: The Conjurer

The story "Let the Bores Tremble", contains six short stories within the story.

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Walpole, Hugh: The Gods & Mr Perrin. v1. 05 Feb 2013

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This has been proofread from a poor OCR version and should be largely correct.

[The Gods and Mr. Perrin[/ was first published in 1911. This is the US version, with US orthography. The UK edition was published under the title [Mr. Perrin and Mr. Traill[/: it's not at all clear why it was changed for the US edition.

The book is apparently based on Walpole's own brief experience as a schoolmaster. One can only hope the school at which he taught wasn't as bad as [Moffett's[/ in the text. It is evidently not a book aimed at children (or even young adults): more in the vein of Waugh's [Decline and Fall[/. Though not as funny.

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Walpole, Hugh: The Silver Thorn (1928), v1, 7 Sep 2020

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Fifteen short stories by the prolific Hugh Walpole, originally published in various periodicals between 1922 and 1928. An eclectic mix, including several quietly creepy horror stories: The Tiger, The Tarn, Major Wilbraham, and The Dove.

1: The Little Donkeys With the Crimson Saddles
2: The Enemy in Ambush
3: Chinese Horses
4: A Silly Old Fool
5: Ecstasy
6: The Tarn
7: No Unkindness Intended
8: The Etching
9: Major Wilbraham
10: The Enemy
11: Old Elizabeth: A Portrait
12: A Picture
13: The Dove
14: The Tiger
15: Bachelors

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Walpole, Hugh: The Thirteen Travellers (1921), v1, 14 Jul 2022

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One of the five collections of short stories by the author best known for the "Herries" family saga.

1: Absalom Jay
2: Fanny Close
3: The Hon. Clive Torby
4: Miss Morganhurst
5: Peter Westcott
6: Lucy Moon
7: Mrs. Porter and Miss Allen
8: Lois Drake
9: Mr. Nix
10: Lizzie Rand
11: Nobody
12: Bombastes Furioso

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Walsh, J. M.: Vandals of the Void; v1, 25 June 2024

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Early Australian sf novel from 1931, by prolific adventure, sf and crime pulp writer J. M. Walsh (James Morgan Walsh, 1897-1952), who moved to UK circa 1930 for the greater publishing opportunities.

This novel was published in Hugo Gernsback's Wonder Stories Quarterly Summer 1931, and in hardback book form by John Hamilton. London, 1931.

Typical space opera of the period, and about 50,500 words in length.

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Walter: My Secret Life.V1. 21 August 2013

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From Wikipedia:
[quotMy Secret Life, by "Walter", is the memoir of a Victorian
gentleman's sexual development and experiences. It was first published in a private edition of eleven volumes, which appeared over seven years
beginning around 1888.

The work itself is enormous, amounting to over one million words,the
eleven original volumes amounting to over 4,000 pages. The text is
repetitive and highly disorganised, but its frank discussion of sexual
matters and other hidden aspects of Victorian life make it a rare and
valuable social document. It has been described as "one of the strangest
and most obsessive books ever written".[/quot

As far as I am able to be sure the book has all 11 volumes complete. I created a HTML TOC so the reader would be able to find his/her way around the text easier. The raw file I found didn't have any working TOC. Doing some of the things they apparently did in Victorian times today would probably result in a long vacation at state expense.

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Walton, Amy Catherine: A Peep Behind the Scenes. v1. 28 May 2014

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Amy Catherine Walton, better known as Mrs O. F. Walton, was a British author of Christian children's books, mainly but not exclusively fiction. She was born Amy Catherine Deck on 9 August 1849, and died in Leigh, Kent in 1939.

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Inside the caravans the show-people were crouching over their fires and grumbling at the weather, murmuring at having to pay so much for the ground on which their shows were erected, at a time when they would be likely to make so little profit.

NOTE: 54 Decorations & Illustrations

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Walton, Amy Catherine: Christie's Old Organ. v1. 26 May 2014

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Amy Catherine Walton, better known as Mrs O. F. Walton, was a British author of Christian children's books, mainly but not exclusively fiction. She was born Amy Catherine Deck on 9 August 1849, and died in Leigh, Kent in 1939.

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“Home, sweet home, there’s no place like home, there’s no place like home,” played the unmusical notes of a barrel-organ in the top room of a lodging-house in a dreary back street. The words certainly did not seem to apply to that dismal abode; there were not many there who knew much of the sweets of home.

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Walton, Amy Catherine: Christie, the King's Servant. v1. 27 May 2014

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Amy Catherine Walton, better known as Mrs O. F. Walton, was a British author of Christian children's books, mainly but not exclusively fiction. She was born Amy Catherine Deck on 9 August 1849, and died in Leigh, Kent in 1939.

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It was the yellow ragwort that did it! I have discovered the clue at last. All night long I have been dreaming of Runswick Bay. I have been climbing the rocks, talking to the fishermen, picking my way over the masses of slippery seaweed, and breathing the fresh briny air. And all the morning I have been saying to myself, ‘What can have made me dream of Runswick Bay? What can have brought the events of my short stay in that quaint little place so vividly before me?’ Yes, I am convinced of it; it was that bunch of yellow ragwort on the mantelpiece in my bedroom. My little Ella gathered it in the lane behind the house yesterday morning, and brought it in triumphantly, and seized the best china vase in the drawing-room, and filled it with water at the tap, and thrust the great yellow bunch into it.

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Walton, Amy Catherine: Poppy's Presents. v1. 29 May 2014

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Amy Catherine Walton, better known as Mrs O. F. Walton, was a British author of Christian children's books, mainly but not exclusively fiction. She was born Amy Catherine Deck on 9 August 1849, and died in Leigh, Kent in 1939.

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What is that little bit of red that we see in front of the crowd? It is a little girl in a scarlet cloak, and she is turning down a long straight road which leads into the heart of the city. Let us follow her and see where she is going. She is very tidily dressed; there is a clean white holland pinafore under the scarlet cloak, and although her shoes are old, they are well patched and mended. But she is turning into a very poor part of the city—the streets are getting narrower and more crowded, and they are getting darker, too, for the quaint, old-fashioned houses overhang the pavement, and so nearly meet overhead, that very little light or air can get into the dismal street below.

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Walton, Amy Catherine: Saved at Sea. v1. 29 May 2014

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Amy Catherine Walton, better known as Mrs O. F. Walton, was a British author of Christian children's books, mainly but not exclusively fiction. She was born Amy Catherine Deck on 9 August 1849, and died in Leigh, Kent in 1939.

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It was a strange day, the day that I was born. The waves were beating against the lighthouse, and the wind was roaring and raging against everything. Had not the lighthouse been built very firmly into the strong solid rock, it, and all within it, must have been swept into the deep wild sea.

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Walton, Amy Catherine: The King's Cup-Bearer. v1. 27 May 2014

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Amy Catherine Walton, better known as Mrs O. F. Walton, was a British author of Christian children's books, mainly but not exclusively fiction. She was born Amy Catherine Deck on 9 August 1849, and died in Leigh, Kent in 1939.

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The city through which the Rab-shakeh walks is very beautiful; it is the capital of the kingdom of Persia. Its name is Shushan, the City of Lilies, and it is so called from the fields of sweet-scented iris flowers which surround it. It is built on a sunny plain, through which flow two rivers,—the Choaspes and the Ulai; he sees them both sparkling in the sunshine, as they wind through the green plain, sometimes flowing quite close to each other, at one time so near that only two and a half miles lie between them, then wandering farther away only to return again, as if drawn together by some subtle attraction.

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Walton, Amy: A Pair of Clogs. v1. 25 May 2014

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Amy Catherine Walton, better known as Mrs O. F. Walton, was a British author of Christian children's books, mainly but not exclusively fiction. She was born Amy Catherine Deck on 9 August 1849, and died in Leigh, Kent in 1939.

STORY 1
STORY 2
STORY 3

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Walton, Amy: Black, White and Gray. v1. 23 May 2014

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Amy Catherine Walton, better known as Mrs O. F. Walton, was a British author of Christian children's books, mainly but not exclusively fiction. She was born Amy Catherine Deck on 9 August 1849, and died in Leigh, Kent in 1939.

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“Well, their cat had three kittens—a black one, a white one, and a grey one. They kept the black one, and gave the white one to me on my birthday, but the grey one got lost. It was sent to the tinsmith’s in Upwell, and it ran away, so, of course,” ended Philippa, pointing triumphantly at the small form in Becky’s arms, “that’s it. Won’t Maisie be glad! She always liked it the best, and she’s always talking about it now.”

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Walton, Amy: Our Frank. v1. 24 May 2014

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Amy Catherine Walton, better known as Mrs O. F. Walton, was a British author of Christian children's books, mainly but not exclusively fiction. She was born Amy Catherine Deck on 9 August 1849, and died in Leigh, Kent in 1939.

Our Frank
Faithful Moses
Like a Bean-Stalk.
All Alone
Penelope’s Needlework
The Black Pigs—A True Story.

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Walton, Amy: Penelope and the Others. v1. 25 May 2014

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Amy Catherine Walton, better known as Mrs O. F. Walton, was a British author of Christian children's books, mainly but not exclusively fiction. She was born Amy Catherine Deck on 9 August 1849, and died in Leigh, Kent in 1939.

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Penelope was just thirteen years old, the eldest of the Hawthorne children, and as she was a thoughtful girl and fond of reading, she often made very good plans for her brothers and sisters’ amusement, partly out of her own head, and partly out of books. But this particular plan quite puzzled her, for it had nothing to do with amusement, and she did not at all see how it was to be carried out. Yet it was much too good to be given up.

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Walton, Amy: Susan. v1. 25 May 2014

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Amy Catherine Walton, better known as Mrs O. F. Walton, was a British author of Christian children's books, mainly but not exclusively fiction. She was born Amy Catherine Deck on 9 August 1849, and died in Leigh, Kent in 1939.

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Not that they said anything at all new to her, for it had been settled long ago, and her mother often talked about it. Susan knew it all as well as possible. How the doctor had said that Freddie, her elder brother, who was always ill and weakly, must now be taken out of England to a warm climate for the winter months. She had heard her mother say what a long journey it would be, how much it would cost, how difficult it was to leave London; and yet it was the only chance for Freddie, and so it must be done. She knew that very soon they were to start, and Nurse was to go too; but she herself was to be left behind, with an old lady she had never seen, all the time they were gone.

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Walton, Amy: The Hawthorns. v1. 24 May 2014

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Amy Catherine Walton, better known as Mrs O. F. Walton, was a British author of Christian children's books, mainly but not exclusively fiction. She was born Amy Catherine Deck on 9 August 1849, and died in Leigh, Kent in 1939.

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Quite close to the nursery window at Easney Vicarage there grew a very old pear-tree. It was so old that the ivy had had time to hug its trunk with strong rough arms, and even to stretch them out nearly to the top, and hang dark green wreaths on every bough. Some day, the children had been told, this would choke the life out of the tree and kill it; that would be a pity, but there seemed no danger of it yet, for every spring the pear-tree still showed its head crowned with white blossoms, and every summer the pears grew yellow and juicy, and fell with a soft “splosh!”

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Walton, Amy: The Kitchen Cat and Other Stories. v1. 24 May 2014

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Amy Catherine Walton, better known as Mrs O. F. Walton, was a British author of Christian children's books, mainly but not exclusively fiction. She was born Amy Catherine Deck on 9 August 1849, and died in Leigh, Kent in 1939.

THE KITCHEN CAT
SARAH’S SUNDAY OUT
THE TOAD IN THE HOLE

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Walton, Amy: Thistle and Rose. v1. 26 May 2014

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Amy Catherine Walton, better known as Mrs O. F. Walton, was a British author of Christian children's books, mainly but not exclusively fiction. She was born Amy Catherine Deck on 9 August 1849, and died in Leigh, Kent in 1939.

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“And so, my dear Anna, you really leave London to-morrow!”
“By the ten o’clock train,” added an eager voice, “and I shan’t get to Dornton until nearly five. Father will go with me to Paddington, and then I shall be alone all the way. My very first journey by myself—and such a long one!”

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Walton, Amy: White Lilac. v1. 26 May 2014

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Amy Catherine Walton, better known as Mrs O. F. Walton, was a British author of Christian children's books, mainly but not exclusively fiction. She was born Amy Catherine Deck on 9 August 1849, and died in Leigh, Kent in 1939.

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It was not want of cordiality but want of breath which caused a beaming smile to be the only reply to this welcome. The hill was steep, the day was mild, and Mrs Leigh was rather stout. She at once dropped with a sigh of relief, but still smiling, into a chair, and cast a glance full of interest at the cradle, which Mrs White understood as well as words. Bending over it she peeped cautiously in amongst the folds of flannel.

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Walton, Jo: The Rebirth of Pan v1.1 2008-07-30

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The [Rebirth of Pan[/ was Jo Walton's (winner of the World Fantasy Award, among other things) first, and unpublished novel, a rather strange fantasy.

Enjoy folks!

P.S. Jo Walton is one of the featured authors in the Tor eBook giveaways.

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Wander, Waif: Dan Lyons' Doom (v.1)

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"Waif Wander " was the pen name of Mary Helena Fortune (1833-1911).

Born in Belfast, she migrated to Canada with her family, where she married. In 1855 she and her son migrated to Australia, where she married again and had a second son. Her second marriage appears to have been as unsuccessful as her first, and she supported herself by profilic writing of fiction, poems, vignettes and even serials for the many newspapers of the period.

She created police detective Mark Sinclair, who appeared as first-person narrator in a very long-running series of short stories (some 500 in all over a period of around 40 years!)

In her lifetime only a single book was published, containing a selection of the Mark Sinclair stories: "The Detective's Album: Tales of the Australian Police" (1871). It has recently been reprinted.

"Dan Lyons' Doom" was published as a serial in several regional Australian newspapers in 1884-5, and this is the first book edition. Set on a minor Victorian gold field, it is a tale of murder, retribution, guilt and rough justice.

There was naturally no cover. I have created on in a suitable period style using a public domain blank cover scan.

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Ward, Harold: The Gray Creatures (1935); v1, 5 April 2023

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Lurid American fantasy closely modelled on Sax Rohmer's "Fu Manchu" series, with "Dr Death", properly named Dr Rance Mandarin, the greatest brain of his generation, trying to take over the world, and NYPD cops Holms and Ricks trying to prevent it. Some of the chapter titles might give an idea:

Monster of Torture
Meal of Blood
Banquet of Corpses

There are zombies, elementals, Egyptian gods alive....

The second of 3 short novels of around 50,000 words by Ward, writing under the pseudonym "Zorro", in the short-lived (just 3 issues) monthly magazine "Dr Death".

The cover is modified from the original magazine cover.

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Ward, Mary Augusta: A Great Success. v1. 2 Jun 2014

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Mary Augusta Ward née Arnold; (11 June 1851 – 24 March 1920), was a British novelist who wrote under her married name as Mrs Humphry Ward.

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“Oh, what I say!” cried Doris, drawing herself a little from him, with a hand on his shoulder. “I shall never fear her, or anyone, any more. I’m safe! Why did I do it? Do you really want to know? I did it—because—I was so sorry for her—poor silly woman,—who can’t get on with her own son! Arthur!—if our son doesn’t love me better than hers loves her—you may kill me, dear, and welcome!”
“Doris! There is something in your voice—! What are you hiding from me?”

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Ward, Mary Augusta: Bessie Costrell. v1. 29 May 2014

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Mary Augusta Ward née Arnold; (11 June 1851 – 24 March 1920), was a British novelist who wrote under her married name as Mrs Humphry Ward.

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Well, he was glad. He wanted the harvest over. It would, perhaps, be his last harvest at Clinton Magna, where he had worked, man and boy, for fifty-six years come Michaelmas. His last harvest! A curious pleasure stirred the man’s veins as he thought of it, a pleasure in expected change, which seemed to bring back the pulse of youth, to loosen a little the yoke at those iron years that had perforce aged and bent him; though, for sixty-two, he was still hale and strong.

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Ward, Mary Augusta: Delia Blanchflower. v1. 31 May 2014

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Mary Augusta Ward née Arnold; (11 June 1851 – 24 March 1920), was a British novelist who wrote under her married name as Mrs Humphry Ward.

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“Not a Britisher to be seen—or scarcely! Well, I can do without ‘em for a bit!”
And the Englishman whose mind shaped these words continued his leisurely survey of the crowded salon of a Tyrolese hotel, into which a dining-room like a college hall had just emptied itself after the mid-day meal. Meanwhile a German, sitting near, seeing that his tall neighbour had been searching his pockets in vain for matches, offered some. The Englishman’s quick smile in response modified the German’s general opinion of English manners, and the two exchanged some remarks on the weather—a thunder shower was splashing outside—remarks which bore witness at least to the Englishman’s courage in using such knowledge of the German tongue as he possessed. Then, smoking contentedly, he leant against the wall behind him, still looking on.

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Ward, Mary Augusta: Eleanor. v1. 31 May 2014

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Mary Augusta Ward née Arnold; (11 June 1851 – 24 March 1920), was a British novelist who wrote under her married name as Mrs Humphry Ward.

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Miss Manisty—a small elderly lady in a cap—looked at her nephew with a mild and deprecating air. The slight tremor of the hands, which were crossed over the knitting on her lap, betrayed a certain nervousness; but for all that she had the air of managing a familiar difficulty in familiar ways.

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Ward, Mary Augusta: Elizabeth's Campaign. v1. 31 May 2014

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Mary Augusta Ward née Arnold; (11 June 1851 – 24 March 1920), was a British novelist who wrote under her married name as Mrs Humphry Ward.

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This book was finished in April 1918, and represents the mood of a supremely critical moment in the war.

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Ward, Mary Augusta: Fenwick's Career. v1. 1 Jun 2014

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Mary Augusta Ward née Arnold; (11 June 1851 – 24 March 1920), was a British novelist who wrote under her married name as Mrs Humphry Ward.

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It was now the daughter’s turn to flush; she coloured and pouted. The artist, John Fenwick, returned discreetly to his canvas, and occupied himself with a fold of drapery.

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Ward, Mary Augusta: Fields of Victory. v1. 1 Jun 2014

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Mary Augusta Ward née Arnold; (11 June 1851 – 24 March 1920), was a British novelist who wrote under her married name as Mrs Humphry Ward.

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A bewildering three weeks spent in a perpetually changing scene—changing, and yet, outside Paris, in its essential elements terribly the same—that is how my third journey to France, since the war began, appears to me as I look back upon it. My dear daughter-secretary and I have motored during January some nine hundred miles through the length and breadth of France, some of it in severe weather. We have spent some seven days on the British front, about the same on the French front, with a couple of nights at Metz, and a similar time at Strasburg, and rather more than a week in Paris.

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Ward, Mary Augusta: Harvest. v1. 2 Jun 2014

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Mary Augusta Ward née Arnold; (11 June 1851 – 24 March 1920), was a British novelist who wrote under her married name as Mrs Humphry Ward.

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She carried the child, now quiet and comforted, towards the house. The warm weight upon her arms was delicious to her. Only as she neared the gate in the now moonlit dusk, her lips quivered suddenly, and two tears rolled down her cheeks.

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Ward, Mary Augusta: Helbeck of Bannisdale, Vol. I. v1. 2 Jun 2014

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Mary Augusta Ward née Arnold; (11 June 1851 – 24 March 1920), was a British novelist who wrote under her married name as Mrs Humphry Ward.

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“I must be turning back. A dreary day for anyone coming fresh to these parts!”
So saying, Mr. Helbeck stood still—both hands resting on his thick stick—while his gaze slowly swept the straight white road in front of him and the landscape to either side.

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Ward, Mary Augusta: Helbeck of Bannisdale, Vol. II. v1. 2 Jun 2014

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Mary Augusta Ward née Arnold; (11 June 1851 – 24 March 1920), was a British novelist who wrote under her married name as Mrs Humphry Ward.

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Mounted on a block of wood about a dozen yards from them—waving his arm and shouting to the stream of panic-stricken workmen—they saw the man who had been their guide through the works. Four white-hot ingots, just uncovered, blazed deserted on their truck close to him, and a multitude of men and boys were pushing past them, tumbling over each other in their eagerness to reach the neighbourhood of the furnace. The space between the ingots and some machinery near them was perilously narrow. At any moment, those rushing past might have been pushed against the death-bearing truck. Ah! another cry. A man’s coat-sleeve has caught fire. He is pulled back—another coat is flung about him—the line of white faces turns towards him an instant—wavers—then the crowd flows on as before.

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Ward, Mary Augusta: Helena. v1. 3 Jun 2014

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Mary Augusta Ward née Arnold; (11 June 1851 – 24 March 1920), was a British novelist who wrote under her married name as Mrs Humphry Ward.

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“I don’t care a hang about the Middle Classes!” said Lord Buntingford, resting his head on his hand, and slowly drawing a pen over a printed sheet that lay before him. The sheet was headed “Middle Class Defence League,” and was an appeal to whom it might concern to join the founders of the League in an attempt to curb the growing rapacity of the working-classes. “Why should we be snuffed out without a struggle?” said the circular. “We are fewer, no doubt, but we are better educated. Our home traditions are infinitely superior. It is on the Middle Classes that the greatness of England depends.”
Ward, Mary Augusta: Helena. v1. 3 Jun 2014

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Ward, Mary Augusta: Lady Connie. v1. 2014

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Mary Augusta Ward née Arnold; (11 June 1851 – 24 March 1920), was a British novelist who wrote under her married name as Mrs Humphry Ward.

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The daughter, Lady Constance Bledlow, had been herself attacked by the influenza epidemic which had killed her mother, and the double blow of her parents’ deaths, coming on a neurasthenic condition, had hit her youth rather hard. Some old friends in Rome, with the full consent of her guardian, the Oxford Reader, had carried her off, first to Switzerland, and then to the Riviera for the winter, and now in May, about a year after the death of her parents, she was coming for the first time to make acquaintance with the Hooper family, with whom, according to her father’s will, she was to make her home till she was twenty-one. None of them had ever seen her, except on two occasions; once, at a hotel in London; and once, some ten years before this date, when Lord Risborough had been D.C.L-ed at the Encænia, as a reward for some valuable gifts which he had made to the Bodleian, and he, his wife, and his little girl, after they had duly appeared at the All Souls’ luncheon, and the official fête in St. John’s Gardens, had found their way to the house in Holywell, and taken tea with the Hoopers.

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Ward, Mary Augusta: Lady Merton, Colonist. v1. 4 Jun 2014

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Mary Augusta Ward née Arnold; (11 June 1851 – 24 March 1920), was a British novelist who wrote under her married name as Mrs Humphry Ward.

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Ward, Mary AugustaTowards the end of this story the readers of it will find an account of an "unknown lake" in the northern Rockies, together with a picture of its broad expanse, its glorious mountains, and of a white explorers' tent pitched beside it. Strictly speaking, "Lake Elizabeth" is a lake of dream. But it has an original on this real earth, which bears another and a real name, and was discovered two years ago by my friend Mrs. Schäffer, of Philadelphia, to whose enchanting narratives of travel and exploration in these untrodden regions I listened with delight at Field, British Columbia, in June, 1908. She has given me leave to use her own photograph of the "unknown lake," and some details from her record of it, for my own purposes; and I can only hope that in the summers to come she may unlock yet other secrets, unravel yet other mysteries, in that noble unvisited country which lies north and northeast of the Bow Valley and the Kicking Horse Pass.

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Ward, Mary Augusta: Lady Rose's Daughter. v1. 4 Jun 2014

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Mary Augusta Ward née Arnold; (11 June 1851 – 24 March 1920), was a British novelist who wrote under her married name as Mrs Humphry Ward.

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“It will be my part to be a worldling—for your sake,” she said, her breath wavering. Their eyes met. From her face shone a revelation, a beauty that enwrapped them both. Delafield fell on his knees beside her, and laid his head upon her breast. The exquisite gesture with which she folded her arms about him told her inmost thought. At last he needed her, and the dear knowledge filled and tamed her heart.

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Ward, Mary Augusta: Marcella. v1. 5 Jun 2014

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Mary Augusta Ward née Arnold; (11 June 1851 – 24 March 1920), was a British novelist who wrote under her married name as Mrs Humphry Ward.

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He slipped his hand into the breast-pocket of his coat, and drew out a little plain black leather case. When he opened it she saw that it contained a pen-and-ink sketch of herself that had been done one evening by a young artist staying at the Court, and—a bunch of traveller’s joy.

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Ward, Mary Augusta: Marriage à la mode. v1. 5 Jun 2014

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Mary Augusta Ward née Arnold; (11 June 1851 – 24 March 1920), was a British novelist who wrote under her married name as Mrs Humphry Ward.

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The young man sat down beside his uncle. They were in the deck saloon of a steamer which had left Washington about an hour before for Mount Vernon. Through the open doorway to their left they saw a wide expanse of river, flowing between banks of spring green, and above it thunderous clouds, in a hot blue. The saloon, and the decks outside, held a great crowd of passengers, of whom the majority were women.

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Ward, Mary Augusta: Milly and Olly. v1. 7 Jun 2014

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Mary Augusta Ward née Arnold; (11 June 1851 – 24 March 1920), was a British novelist who wrote under her married name as Mrs Humphry Ward.

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But Master Olly went on stamping, and jumping up and down stairs, as his way was when he was very much excited, till Milly appeared. Presently down she came, a sober fair-haired little maiden, with blue eyes and a turn-up nose, and a mouth that was generally rather solemn-looking, though it could laugh merrily enough when it tried. Milly was six years old. She looked older than six. At any rate she looked a great deal older than Olly, who was nearly five; and you will soon find out that she was a good deal more than a year and a half wiser.

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Ward, Mary Augusta: Miss Bretherton. v1. 8 Jun 2014

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Mary Augusta Ward née Arnold; (11 June 1851 – 24 March 1920), was a British novelist who wrote under her married name as Mrs Humphry Ward.

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She raised herself suddenly, and, as he knelt beside her, he felt her warm breath on his cheek, and a tear dropped on his hands, which her own were blindly and timidly seeking.
‘Oh!’ she whispered, or rather sobbed, ‘I never dreamt of it. I never thought of anything like this. But—do not leave me again. I could not bear it.’

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Ward, Mary Augusta: Missing. v1. 8 Jun 2014

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Mary Augusta Ward née Arnold; (11 June 1851 – 24 March 1920), was a British novelist who wrote under her married name as Mrs Humphry Ward.

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All the same, the house-parlourmaid, Milly by name, was a good deal excited about this particular couple who were now expected. For Mrs. Weston had told her it had been a ‘war wedding,’ and the bridegroom was going off to the front in a week. Milly’s own private affairs—in connection with a good-looking fellow, formerly a gardener at Bowness, now recently enlisted in one of the Border regiments—had caused her to take a special interest in the information, and had perhaps led her to put a bunch of monthly roses on Mrs. Sarratt’s dressing-table. Miss Cookson hadn’t bothered herself about flowers. That she might have done!—instead of fussing over things that didn’t concern her—just for the sake of ordering people about.

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Ward, Mary Augusta: Robert Elsmere. v1. 8 Jun 2014

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Mary Augusta Ward née Arnold; (11 June 1851 – 24 March 1920), was a British novelist who wrote under her married name as Mrs Humphry Ward.

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‘Well, it is to be hoped the young man is recovered enough to stand Long Whindale festivities,’ said Rose. ‘Mrs. Thornburgh means to let them loose on his devoted head to-morrow night.’

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Ward, Mary Augusta: Sir George Tressady, Vol I. v1. 9 Jun 2014

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Mary Augusta Ward née Arnold; (11 June 1851 – 24 March 1920), was a British novelist who wrote under her married name as Mrs Humphry Ward.

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“Did you ever see anyone so down as Burrows?” he said presently, with a little leap of laughter. “By George! it is hard lines. I suppose he thought himself safe, what with the work he’d done in the division and the hold he had on the miners. Then a confounded stranger turns up, and the chance of seventeen ignorant voters kicks you out! He could hardly bring himself to shake hands with me. I had come rather to admire him, hadn’t you?”

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Ward, Mary Augusta: Sir George Tressady, Vol II. v1. 9 Jun 2014

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Mary Augusta Ward née Arnold; (11 June 1851 – 24 March 1920), was a British novelist who wrote under her married name as Mrs Humphry Ward.

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Her tone was unsteady. Infinitely touched and bewildered, the young man approached her, and, kneeling down again beside her, took her in his arms. He felt a quick sobbing breath pass through her; then she pushed him lightly away, and, putting up the slim, pink-nailed hand of which she was so proud, she patted him on the cheek.

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Ward, Mary Augusta: The Case of Richard Meynell. v1. 30 May 2014

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Mary Augusta Ward née Arnold; (11 June 1851 – 24 March 1920), was a British novelist who wrote under her married name as Mrs Humphry Ward.

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The postman, just guiding his bicycle into the Rectory drive, turned at the summons and dismounted. The Rector approached him from the road, and the postman, diving into his letter-bag and into the box of his bicycle, brought out a variety of letters and packages, which he placed in the Rector’s hands.

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Ward, Mary Augusta: The Coryston Family. v1. 30 May 2014

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Mary Augusta Ward née Arnold; (11 June 1851 – 24 March 1920), was a British novelist who wrote under her married name as Mrs Humphry Ward.

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The hands of the clock on the front of the Strangers’ Gallery were nearing six. The long-expected introductory speech of the Minister in charge of the new Land Bill was over, and the leader of the Opposition was on his feet. The House of Commons was full and excited. The side galleries were no less crowded than the benches below, and round the entrance-door stood a compact throng of members for whom no seats were available. With every sentence, almost, the speaker addressing the House struck from it assent or protest; cheers and counter-cheers ran through its ranks; while below the gangway a few passionate figures on either side, the freebooters of the two great parties, watched one another angrily, sitting on the very edge of their seats, like arrows drawn to the string.

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Ward, Mary Augusta: The History of David Grieve. v1. 3 Jun 2014

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Mary Augusta Ward née Arnold; (11 June 1851 – 24 March 1920), was a British novelist who wrote under her married name as Mrs Humphry Ward.

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But so indeed was that of the boy, whose dark colouring was more vivacious and pronounced than his sister’s, because the red of his cheek and lip was deeper, while his features, though larger than hers, were more finely regular, and his eyes had the same piercing blackness, the same all-examining keenness, as hers. The yellowish tones of his worn fustian suit and a red Tam-o’-Shanter cap completed the general effect of brilliancy and, as it were, foreignness.

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Ward, Mary Augusta: The Marriage of William Ashe. v1. 6 Jun 2014

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Mary Augusta Ward née Arnold; (11 June 1851 – 24 March 1920), was a British novelist who wrote under her married name as Mrs Humphry Ward.

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Mary Lyster laid down her work. It was a fine piece of church embroidery, which, seeing that it had been designed for her by no less a person than young Mr. Burne Jones himself, made her the envy of her pre-Raphaelite friends.

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Ward, Mary Augusta: The Mating of Lydia. v1. 7 Jun 2014

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Mary Augusta Ward née Arnold; (11 June 1851 – 24 March 1920), was a British novelist who wrote under her married name as Mrs Humphry Ward.

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Lady Tatham sat on at the tea-table, her chin in her hands. It was quite true that she had brought up her son with unconventional ideas; that she had unconventional ideas herself on family and marriage. All the same, her mind at this moment was in a most conventional state of shock. She knew it, perceiving quite clearly the irony of the situation. Who were the Penfolds? A little artist girl?—earning her living—with humble, perhaps hardly presentable relations—to mate with her glorious, golden Harry?—Harry whom half the ambitious mothers of England courted and flattered?

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Ward, Mary Augusta: The Story of Bessie Costrell. v1. 9 Jun 2014

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Mary Augusta Ward née Arnold; (11 June 1851 – 24 March 1920), was a British novelist who wrote under her married name as Mrs Humphry Ward.

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An elderly labourer was walking along the road which led to the village. To his right lay the allotment gardens just beginning to be alive with figures, and the voices of men and children. Beyond them, far ahead, rose the square tower of the church; to his left was the hill, and straight in front of him the village, with its veils of smoke lightly brushed over the trees, and its lines of cottages climbing the chalk steeps behind it.

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Ward, Mary Augusta: The Testing of Diana Mallory. v1. 10 Jun 2014

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Mary Augusta Ward née Arnold; (11 June 1851 – 24 March 1920), was a British novelist who wrote under her married name as Mrs Humphry Ward.

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“The Star of Bethlehem!—and Christmas Day!”
Diana Mallory had just drawn back the curtain of her bedroom. Her voice, as she murmured the words, was full of a joyous delight; eagerness and yearning expressed themselves in her bending attitude, her parted lips and eyes intent upon the star.

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Ward, Mrs Humphry: The Brontë Prefaces, v1, 19 August 2009.

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Mrs. Humphry Ward [Mary Augusta Ward] (1851–1920)
The Brontë Prefaces

From the Transcriber’s Note at Project Gutenberg Canada:
“In 1898 Mary Arnold Ward (Mrs Humphry Ward), author of ‘Robert Elsmere’, ‘Marcella’, and ‘Helbeck of Bannisdale,’ was commissioned by Smith & Elder to write a series of critical introductions to the novels of the Brontë sisters for the publisher’s famed “Haworth Edition,” a seven volume set. The resulting six prefaces—none was written for Anne’s ‘Agnes Grey’—duly appeared in 1899 and 1900 to much critical acclaim. Of all the prefaces, that written for Emily’s ‘Wuthering Heights’ merits particular interest; it played a significant role in establishing that novel’s place as one of the great works of English literature.”

This will display best in LRF format, where I have managed to use the epigraph menu in Book Designer to get indented text for quotations. However, it is impossible to get both indentations and italics. Therefore two italicised words within quotations are in uppercase. (Other formats have italics rather than indentation for the quotations.)

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Ward, Mrs. Wilfrid: Great Possessions. V1. 08-Sep-2012

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Mary Josephine Ward (1864-1932)
[Great Possessions[/ (1909)

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The memorial service for Sir David Bright was largely attended. Perhaps he was fortunate in the moment of his death, for other men, whose military reputations had been as high as his, were to go on with the struggle while the world wondered at their blunders. It was only the second of those memorial services for prominent men which were to become so terribly usual as the winter wore on. Great was the sympathy felt for the young widow at the loss of one so brave, so kindly, so popular among all classes.
Lady Rose Bright was quite young and very fair. She did not put on a widow’s distinctive garments because Sir David had told her that he hated weeds. But she wore a plain, heavy cloak, and a long veil fell into the folds made by her skirts. The raiment of a gothic angel, an angel like those in the portico at Rheims, has these same straight, stern lines. “Black is sometimes as suggestive of white,” was the reflection of one member of the congregation, “as white may be suggestive of mourning.” Sir Edmund Grosse, who had known Rose from her childhood, felt some new revelation in her movements; there was a fuller development of womanhood in her walk, and there was a reserve, too, as of one consecrated and set apart. He heaved a deep sigh as she passed near him going down the church, and their eyes met. She had no shrinking in her bearing; her reserves were too deep for her to avoid an open meeting with other human eyes. She looked at Sir Edmund for a moment as if giving, rather than demanding, sympathy; and indeed, there was more trouble in his eyes than in hers.

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Warden, Florence: A Spoilt Girl. v1. 8 Jun 2017

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Florence Alice PRICE, Mrs JAMES(wrote as: Florence WARDEN): Born : 1857 May 16 Died : 1929 Mar 11

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“Be you for parson’s house at Culverley?”
The time was six o’clock in the evening, the season September, the place a “ttle way-side station in North Kent, and the speaker the driver of the local carrier’s cart.
The person he addressed was a tall, well-dressed man, thin, bent, and so hollow of cheeks and bright of eyes that the carrier treated him to a long stare of unfeigned curiosity and compassion. When the gentleman spoke, it was in such a harsh, cavernous voice that the carrier started and looked at him as if half doubtful whether the stranger really belonged to this world.

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Warden, Florence: A Woman's Face. v1. 13 Jun 2017

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Florence Alice PRICE, Mrs JAMES(wrote as: Florence WARDEN): Born : 1857 May 16:
Died : 1929 Mar 11

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It was half-past six o’clock on a bleak evening in January. A black starless sky above, frost-bound snow-covered earth underneath, and a film of sleet falling made the hills and valleys of beautiful Westmoreland dreary and desolate as the shadowy limboes of the Inferno, where Dante describes unbaptized and heathen souls as wandering for ever in still and joyless gloom. Between two ridges of bare and rocky hill a market-cart was jogging slowly along the whitening road, and the thud of the old horse’s hoofs and the rattle of the wheels were the only sounds that broke a stillness which was vault-like in the narrow valley.

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Warden, Florence: Sea Mew Abbey. vi. 22bJun 2017

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Florence Alice PRICE, Mrs JAMES(wrote as: Florence WARDEN): Born : 1857 May 16:
Died : 1929 Mar 11

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About a quarter of a century ago, under a bright May morning sun, the English Channel Squadron steamed into the harbour of the French town of Harbourg, with flags half-mast high. The Captain of one of the vessels had lost his young wife that morning.

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Warden, Florence: The House by the River. v1. 27 Jun 2017

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Florence Alice PRICE, Mrs JAMES(wrote as: Florence WARDEN): Born : 1857 May 16:
Died : 1929 Mar 11

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“Praed Street! Praed Street!”
How tired she was of that monotonous chant, which greeted her ears morning after morning, and again evening after evening, as she started for the city, and made her way back again, day after day, with the click-click of the typewriter always in her ears.

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Warden, Florence: The House in the Hills. v1. 29 Jun 2017

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Florence Alice PRICE, Mrs JAMES(wrote as: Florence WARDEN): Born : 1857 May 16:
Died : 1929 Mar 11

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At the end of one week Reginald was curious; at the end of the second impatient; after the lapse of a third he was anxious and worried. The weather had grown bitterly cold for the time of year, and already reports had reached London of snow in the mountains of Scotland and of heavy rains in Wales. He wrote half a dozen letters to Aberystwith, addressed to his brother, to the proprietor of the hotel where he had stayed, to the Chief of Police. But all without much result. The proprietor of the hotel wrote that the Rev. Granville Masson had left the hotel on the morning of October 2 and had taken the train with the intention, as he stated, of alighting at Trecoed and of making a tour on foot from that town among the points of interest in the neighborhood.

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Warden, Florence: The House on the Marsh. v1. 7 Jul 2017

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Florence Alice PRICE, Mrs JAMES(wrote as: Florence WARDEN): Born : 1857 May 16:
Died : 1929 Mar 11

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“Wanted, a Governess; must be young.” I cut out the advertisement thus headed eagerIy from the Times. I was eighteen, and my youth had been the great obstacIe to my getting an engagement; now here was some deIightfuI advertiser who considered it an advantage. I wrote to the address given, encIosing my photograph and the Iist of my quaIifications. Within a week I was traveIIing down to GeIdham, NorfoIk, engaged to teach “one IittIe girI, aged six,” at a saIary of thirty-five pounds a year. The correspondence had been carried on by my future pupiI’s father, who said he wouId meet me at the station at Beaconsburgh, the market-town nearest to GeIdham.

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Warden, Florence: The Lovely Mrs. Pemberton. v1. 11 Jul 2017

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Florence Alice PRICE, Mrs JAMES(wrote as: Florence WARDEN): Born : 1857 May 16:
Died : 1929 Mar 11

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“Good gracious! Peter, what do you think? William’s dead!”
“Who’s William?”
And Peter, as he looked up dreamily, with his coffee cup in one hand, and with the other hand marking his place in The Law Times, was evidently quite at a loss to understand his aunt’s excitement.

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Warden, Florence: The plain Miss Cray, v1. 14 Jul 2017

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Florence Alice PRICE, Mrs JAMES(wrote as: Florence WARDEN): Born : 1857 May 16:
Died : 1929 Mar 11

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In a shabby and broken-down wicker chair sat a handsome and dignified lady with silver hair, whose mild face wore a look of undisguised annoyance. She was pouring out tea from a cracked earthenware teapot, and handing it round in cups of different shapes and sizes.

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Warden, Florence: A desperate game. v1. 3 Jun 2017

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Florence Alice PRICE, Mrs JAMES(wrote as: Florence WARDEN): Born : 1857 May 16: Died : 1929 Mar 11

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Whir-r-r-r-r! Whir-r-r-r-r!
At the door of the log-house, where he was sitting in his shirt and leather breeches, riding boots and sombrero hat, Gaspard Farebrother stopped, in his occupation of devouring coarse bread and fat pork, to listen.

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Warden, Florence: A Lady in Black, v1. 5 Jun 2017

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Florence Alice PRICE, Mrs JAMES(wrote as: Florence WARDEN): Born : 1857 May 16

Died : 1929 Mar 11

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“And besides, you know, my dear Mrs. Rose, there is generally something wrong about a woman who dresses so very well.”
So spoke Mrs. Bonnington, the Vicar’s wife, laying down the law; a law indeed, which most English women are ready to take for granted. Mrs. Rose, a tall, thin, pale lady who had “nerves,” and who, on this bright April morning, wore a woollen shawl half off her shoulders as she sat in the warm sun by the dining-room window, assented readily.

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Warner, C.D.: Their Pilgrimage. V1. 19-Apr-2013

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Charles Dudley Warner (September 12, 1829 – October 20, 1900) was an American essayist, novelist, and friend of Mark Twain, with whom he co-authored the novel The Gilded Age: A Tale of Today.
Warner travelled widely, lectured frequently, and was actively interested in prison reform, city park supervision, and other movements for the public good. He was the first president of the National Institute of Arts and Letters, and, at the time of his death, was president of the American Social Science Association.

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[QUOTWhen Irene looked out of her stateroom window early in the morning of the twentieth of March, there was a softness and luminous quality in the horizon clouds that prophesied spring. The steamboat, which had left Baltimore and an arctic temperature the night before, was drawing near the wharf at Fortress Monroe, and the passengers, most of whom were seeking a mild climate, were crowding the guards, eagerly scanning the long facade of the Hygeia Hotel.
“It looks more like a conservatory than a hotel,” said Irene to her father, as she joined him.
“I expect that’s about what it is. All those long corridors above and below enclosed in glass are to protect the hothouse plants of New York and Boston, who call it a Winter Resort, and I guess there’s considerable winter in it.”
“But how charming it is—the soft sea air, the low capes yonder, the sails in the opening shining in the haze, and the peaceful old fort! I think it’s just enchanting.”
“I suppose it is. Get a thousand people crowded into one hotel under glass, and let ‘em buzz around—that seems to be the present notion of enjoyment. I guess your mother’ll like it.”
And she did. Mrs. Benson, who appeared at the moment, a little flurried with her hasty toilet, a stout, matronly person, rather overdressed for traveling, exclaimed: “What a homelike looking place! I do hope the Stimpsons are here!” [/QUOT

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Warner, C.D.: Trilogy. C1. 19-Apr-2013

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Charles Dudley Warner (September 12, 1829 – October 20, 1900) was an American essayist, novelist, and friend of Mark Twain, with whom he co-authored the novel The Gilded Age: A Tale of Today.

The novels included in this volume form a trilogy. The first part was published in 1889, the last one ten years later. Each of the novels is complete in itself, each can be read by itself; but the effect of each and of the whole series can be best secured by reading them in succession. The first book, “A Little Journey in the World”, is the story of how a great fortune was made in the stock market; the second, “The Golden House”, how it was fraudulently diverted from the object for which it was intended; and the third, “That Fortune”, how it was most beneficially and satisfactorily lost

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Warner, Susan: A Red Wallflower. v1. 19 Jun 2014

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Susan Bogert Warner (July 11, 1819 – March 17, 1885), was an American evangelical writer of religious fiction, children's fiction, and theological works.Born in New York City, She wrote, under the name of "Elizabeth Wetherell", thirty novels, many of which went into multiple editions. Some of her works were written jointly with her younger sister Anna Bartlett Warner, who sometimes wrote under the pseudonym "Amy Lothrop"

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The story following is again in its whole chain of skeleton facts a true story. I beg to observe, in particular, that the denominational feeling described in both families, with the ways it showed itself, is part of the truth of the story, and no invention of mine.

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Warner, Susan: Daisy in the Field. v1. 11 Jun 2014

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Susan Bogert Warner (July 11, 1819 – March 17, 1885), was an American evangelical writer of religious fiction, children's fiction, and theological works.Born in New York City, She wrote, under the name of "Elizabeth Wetherell", thirty novels, many of which went into multiple editions. Some of her works were written jointly with her younger sister Anna Bartlett Warner, who sometimes wrote under the pseudonym "Amy Lothrop"

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My writing all this has been a great comfort to me and done me good. Have I accomplished what I said at the beginning I would try to do, - follow out the present truth of my life to the possible glory? Surely I have found it. Through sorrow and joy, through gain and loss, yes, and I suppose by means of these, I have come to know that all joy, even fulness of joy, is summed up in being wholly the Lord’s child. To do His will, and to be filled with the happiness that He can give and He alone, that is enough for anybody. It is enough for me.

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Warner, Susan: Daisy. v1. 11 Jun 2014

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Susan Bogert Warner (July 11, 1819 – March 17, 1885), was an American evangelical writer of religious fiction, children's fiction, and theological works.Born in New York City, She wrote, under the name of "Elizabeth Wetherell", thirty novels, many of which went into multiple editions. Some of her works were written jointly with her younger sister Anna Bartlett Warner, who sometimes wrote under the pseudonym "Amy Lothrop"

Excerpt
I WANT an excuse to myself for writing my own life; an excuse for the indulgence of going it all over again, as I have so often gone over bits. It has not been more remarkable than thousands of others. Yet every life has in it a thread of present truth and possible glory. Let me follow out the truth to the glory.

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Warner, Susan: Diana. v1. 12 Jun 2014

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Susan Bogert Warner (July 11, 1819 – March 17, 1885), was an American evangelical writer of religious fiction, children's fiction, and theological works.Born in New York City, She wrote, under the name of "Elizabeth Wetherell", thirty novels, many of which went into multiple editions. Some of her works were written jointly with her younger sister Anna Bartlett Warner, who sometimes wrote under the pseudonym "Amy Lothrop"

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I am thinking of a little brown house, somewhere in the wilds of New England. I wish I could make my readers see it as it was, one June afternoon some years ago. Not for anything very remarkable about it; there are thousands of such houses scattered among our hills and valleys; nevertheless one understands any life story the better for knowing amid what sort of scenes it was unfolded. Moreover, such a place is one of the pleasant things in the world to look at, as I judge.

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Warner, Susan: Hills of the Shatemuc Vol I. v1. 13 Jun 2014

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Susan Bogert Warner (July 11, 1819 – March 17, 1885), was an American evangelical writer of religious fiction, children's fiction, and theological works.Born in New York City, She wrote, under the name of "Elizabeth Wetherell", thirty novels, many of which went into multiple editions. Some of her works were written jointly with her younger sister Anna Bartlett Warner, who sometimes wrote under the pseudonym "Amy Lothrop"

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The light of an early Spring morning, shining fair on upland and lowland, promised a good day for the farmer’s work. And where a film of thin smoke stole up over the tree-tops, into the sunshine which had not yet got so low, there stood the farmer’s house.
It was a little brown house, built surely when its owner’s means were not greater than his wishes, and probably some time before his family had reached the goodly growth it boasted now. All of them were gathered at the breakfast-table.

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Warner, Susan: Little Nettie. v1. 14 Jun 2014

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Susan Bogert Warner (July 11, 1819 – March 17, 1885), was an American evangelical writer of religious fiction, children's fiction, and theological works.Born in New York City, She wrote, under the name of "Elizabeth Wetherell", thirty novels, many of which went into multiple editions. Some of her works were written jointly with her younger sister Anna Bartlett Warner, who sometimes wrote under the pseudonym "Amy Lothrop"

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On one side of the little stream a worn footpath took its course among the bushes; and down this path, one summer’s afternoon, came a woman and a girl. They had pails to fill at the spring: the woman had a large wooden one and the girl a light tin pail; and they drew the water with a little tin dipper, for it was not deep enough to let a pail be used for that. The pails were filled in silence, only the spring always was singing; and the woman and girl turned and went up the path again. After getting up the bank, which was only a few feet, the path still went gently rising through a wild bit of ground, full of trees and low bushes; and not far off, through the trees, there came a gleam of bright light from the window of a house on which the setting sun was shining. Half-way to the house the girl and the woman stopped to rest; for water is heavy, and the tin pail, which was so light before it was filled, had made the little girl’s figure bend over to one side like a willow branch all the way from the spring. They stopped to rest, and even the woman had a very weary, jaded look.

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Warner, Susan: Melbourne House. v1. 15 Jun 2014

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Susan Bogert Warner (July 11, 1819 – March 17, 1885), was an American evangelical writer of religious fiction, children's fiction, and theological works.Born in New York City, She wrote, under the name of "Elizabeth Wetherell", thirty novels, many of which went into multiple editions. Some of her works were written jointly with her younger sister Anna Bartlett Warner, who sometimes wrote under the pseudonym "Amy Lothrop"

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A little girl was coming down a flight of stairs that led up from a great hall, slowly letting her feet pause on each stair, while the light touch of her hand on the rail guided her. The very thoughtful little face seemed to be intent on something out of the house, and when she reached the bottom, she still stood with her hand on the great baluster that rested on the marble there, and looked wistfully out of the open door.

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Warner, Susan: Nobody. v1. 15 Jun 2014

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Susan Bogert Warner (July 11, 1819 – March 17, 1885), was an American evangelical writer of religious fiction, children's fiction, and theological works.Born in New York City, She wrote, under the name of "Elizabeth Wetherell", thirty novels, many of which went into multiple editions. Some of her works were written jointly with her younger sister Anna Bartlett Warner, who sometimes wrote under the pseudonym "Amy Lothrop"

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Neither at Zermatt nor anywhere else in Switzerland did the friends again join company. Afterwards, when both parties had returned to their own country, it was impossible but that encounters should now and then take place. But whenever and wherever they happened, Tom made them as short as his wife would let him. And as long as he lives, he will never see Mrs. Philip Dillwyn without a clouding of his face and a very evident discomposure of his gay and not specially profound nature. It has tenacity somewhere, and has received at least one thing which it will never lose.

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Warner, Susan: Opportunities. v1. 17 Jun 2014

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Susan Bogert Warner (July 11, 1819 – March 17, 1885), was an American evangelical writer of religious fiction, children's fiction, and theological works.Born in New York City, She wrote, under the name of "Elizabeth Wetherell", thirty novels, many of which went into multiple editions. Some of her works were written jointly with her younger sister Anna Bartlett Warner, who sometimes wrote under the pseudonym "Amy Lothrop"

Excerpt
It was the morning after that Sunday when Matilda had been baptized. The girls came down to prepare breakfast as usual; Maria in a very unsettled humour. She was cloudy and captious to a degree that Matilda could not understand. The kitchen was hot; the butter was soft; the milk was turned; the bread was dry. All things went wrong.

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Warner, Susan: Pine Needles. v1. 17 Jun 2014

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Susan Bogert Warner (July 11, 1819 – March 17, 1885), was an American evangelical writer of religious fiction, children's fiction, and theological works.Born in New York City, She wrote, under the name of "Elizabeth Wetherell", thirty novels, many of which went into multiple editions. Some of her works were written jointly with her younger sister Anna Bartlett Warner, who sometimes wrote under the pseudonym "Amy Lothrop"

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This little book might have been entitled “Christian Heroes,” for its contents would have justified the name. The stories reported in the “Missionsblatt” of the late Pastor Louis Harms of Hermannsburg, of lovely memory, will surely delight all who love either heroism or Christianity, and are not able to enjoy the narrations in their original German dress. The author has framed them in a light frame of her own, but the stories are left in their integrity and simplicity, with omission of scarcely a dozen words.

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Warner, Susan: Queechy. v1. 18 Jun 2014

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Susan Bogert Warner (July 11, 1819 – March 17, 1885), was an American evangelical writer of religious fiction, children's fiction, and theological works.Born in New York City, She wrote, under the name of "Elizabeth Wetherell", thirty novels, many of which went into multiple editions. Some of her works were written jointly with her younger sister Anna Bartlett Warner, who sometimes wrote under the pseudonym "Amy Lothrop"

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The little girl planted herself on the outside of the paling and setting her back to it eyed the old mare with great contentment; for besides other grounds for security as to her quiet behaviour, one of the men employed about the farm, who had harnessed the equipage, was at the moment busied in putting some clean straw in the bottom of the vehicle.

NOTE: 30 Illustrations

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Warner, Susan: Say and Seal Volume I. v1. 19 Jun 2014

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Susan Bogert Warner (July 11, 1819 – March 17, 1885), was an American evangelical writer of religious fiction, children's fiction, and theological works.Born in New York City, She wrote, under the name of "Elizabeth Wetherell", thirty novels, many of which went into multiple editions. Some of her works were written jointly with her younger sister Anna Bartlett Warner, who sometimes wrote under the pseudonym "Amy Lothrop"

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In a shady, sunshiny town, lying within certain bounds—geographical or imaginary,—these events (really or in imagination) occurred. Precisely when, the chroniclers do not say. Scene opens with the breezes which June, and the coming of a new school teacher, naturally create. After the fashion of the place, his lodgings are arranged for him beforehand, by the School Committee. But where, or in what circumstances, the scene may close,—having told at the end of the book, we do not incline to tell at the beginning.

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Warner, Susan: Say and Seal Volume II. v1. 19 Jun 2o14

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Susan Bogert Warner (July 11, 1819 – March 17, 1885), was an American evangelical writer of religious fiction, children's fiction, and theological works.Born in New York City, She wrote, under the name of "Elizabeth Wetherell", thirty novels, many of which went into multiple editions. Some of her works were written jointly with her younger sister Anna Bartlett Warner, who sometimes wrote under the pseudonym "Amy Lothrop"

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So came the holiday week, wherein was to be done so much less than usual—and so much more. Mr. Linden’s work, indeed, was like to double on all hands; for he was threatened with more tea-drinkings, dinners, suppers, and frolics, than the week would hold. How should he manage to give everybody a piece of him, and likewise present himself entire to the assembled boys when ever they chose to assemble?—which promised to be pretty often. How should he go skating, sliding, and sleigh-riding, at all hours of the day and night, and yet spend all those hours where he wanted to spend them? It was a grave question; and not easy, as he remarked to Faith, to hold so many feelings in his hands and hurt none of them. So with the question yet undecided, Christmas day came.

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Warner, Susan: The Carpenter's Daughter. v1. 11 Jun 2014

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Susan Bogert Warner (July 11, 1819 – March 17, 1885), was an American evangelical writer of religious fiction, children's fiction, and theological works.

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On one side of the little stream a worn foot path took its course among the bushes; and down this path one summer’s afternoon came a woman and a girl. They had pails to fill at the spring; the woman had a large wooden one, and the girl a light tin pail; and they drew the water with a little tin dipper, for it was not deep enough to let a pail be used for that. The pails were filled in silence, only the spring always was singing; and the woman and the girl turned and went up the path again. After getting up the bank, which was only a few feet, the path still went gently rising through a wild bit of ground, full of trees and low bushes; and not far off, through the trees, there came a gleam of bright light from the window of a house, on which the setting sun was shining. Half way to the house the girl and the woman stopped to rest; for water is heavy, and the tin pail which was so light before it was filled, had made the little girl’s figure bend over to one side like a willow branch all the way from the spring. They stopped to rest, and even the woman had a very weary, jaded look.

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Warner, Susan: The End of a Coil. v1. `12 Jun 2014

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Susan Bogert Warner (July 11, 1819 – March 17, 1885), was an American evangelical writer of religious fiction, children's fiction, and theological works.Born in New York City, She wrote, under the name of "Elizabeth Wetherell", thirty novels, many of which went into multiple editions. Some of her works were written jointly with her younger sister Anna Bartlett Warner, who sometimes wrote under the pseudonym "Amy Lothrop"

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As in the case of “My Desire,” the turning facts of this story are fact; even to the most romantic and unlikely detail. In this is found, I hope, my justification for making the hero in one place repeat something very like what was said by the hero of Queechy on a like occasion. I was unwilling to disturb the absolute truth of the story, so far as I had it.

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Warner, Susan: The Gold of Chickaree. v1. 13 Jun 2014

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Susan Bogert Warner (July 11, 1819 – March 17, 1885), was an American evangelical writer of religious fiction, children's fiction, and theological works.Born in New York City, She wrote, under the name of "Elizabeth Wetherell", thirty novels, many of which went into multiple editions. Some of her works were written jointly with her younger sister Anna Bartlett Warner, who sometimes wrote under the pseudonym "Amy Lothrop"

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Wych Hazel went to her room so utterly spent, so completely prostrate, that even Phoebe could not talk during her ministrations; nor dared Mrs. Bywank find fault. Why Miss Wych must needs tire herself to death, over nobody knows what, was a trial to the good housekeeper’s patience as well as her curiosity; but for that night the only thing was to let her sleep.

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Warner, Susan: The House in Town. v1. 14 Jun 2014

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Susan Bogert Warner (July 11, 1819 – March 17, 1885), was an American evangelical writer of religious fiction, children's fiction, and theological works.Born in New York City, She wrote, under the name of "Elizabeth Wetherell", thirty novels, many of which went into multiple editions. Some of her works were written jointly with her younger sister Anna Bartlett Warner, who sometimes wrote under the pseudonym "Amy Lothrop"

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But then a silence fell upon the little party. Matilda had opened all her ears to hear Norton speak in this manner; she was excited; she almost thought that he was about to enter into the life he seemed to understand so well; but Mr. Richmond went on with his tea quite composedly, and Norton was a little embarrassed. What was the matter? Matilda wished some one would speak again; but Mr. Richmond sent his cup to be filled, and stirred it, and took another piece of toast, and Norton never raised his eyes from his plate.

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Warner, Susan: The Old Helmet Volume II. v1. 16 Jun 2014

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Susan Bogert Warner (July 11, 1819 – March 17, 1885), was an American evangelical writer of religious fiction, children's fiction, and theological works.Born in New York City, She wrote, under the name of "Elizabeth Wetherell", thirty novels, many of which went into multiple editions. Some of her works were written jointly with her younger sister Anna Bartlett Warner, who sometimes wrote under the pseudonym "Amy Lothrop"

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Eleanor could not stay away from the Wednesday meetings at Mrs. Powlis’s house. In vain she had thought she would; she determined she would; when the day came round she found herself drawn with a kind of fascination towards the place. She went; and after that second time never questioned at all about it. She went every week.

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Warner, Susan: The Old Helmet, Volume I. v1. 16 Jun 2014

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Susan Bogert Warner (July 11, 1819 – March 17, 1885), was an American evangelical writer of religious fiction, children's fiction, and theological works.Born in New York City, She wrote, under the name of "Elizabeth Wetherell", thirty novels, many of which went into multiple editions. Some of her works were written jointly with her younger sister Anna Bartlett Warner, who sometimes wrote under the pseudonym "Amy Lothrop"

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The incidents and testimonies given in this work as matters of fact, are not drawn from imagination, but reported from excellent authority—though I have used my own words. And in the cases of reported words of third parties, the words stand unchanged, without any meddling.

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Warner, Susan: The Wide, Wide World. v1. 21 Jun 2014

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Susan Bogert Warner (July 11, 1819 – March 17, 1885), was an American evangelical writer of religious fiction, children's fiction, and theological works.Born in New York City, She wrote, under the name of "Elizabeth Wetherell", thirty novels, many of which went into multiple editions. Some of her works were written jointly with her younger sister Anna Bartlett Warner, who sometimes wrote under the pseudonym "Amy Lothrop"

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But yet Ellen, having seriously set herself to study everything that passed, presently became engaged in her occupation; and her thoughts travelling dreamily from one thing to another, she sat for a long time with her little face pressed against the window-frame, perfectly regardless of all but the moving world without.

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Warner, Susan: Trading. v1. 20 Jun 2014

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Susan Bogert Warner (July 11, 1819 – March 17, 1885), was an American evangelical writer of religious fiction, children's fiction, and theological works.Born in New York City, She wrote, under the name of "Elizabeth Wetherell", thirty novels, many of which went into multiple editions. Some of her works were written jointly with her younger sister Anna Bartlett Warner, who sometimes wrote under the pseudonym "Amy Lothrop"

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Christmas day was grey with clouds; on the roofs of the city and in the streets the sun never shone all day. People called it cold. Sarah Staples found it so on her crossing. Inside Mrs. Lloyd’s front-door, however, it seemed to Matilda to be nothing but sunshine. She had not leisure to look at the grey sky, and to be sure the temperature was that of summer. Matilda had a great deal to do. Her various parcels were to be neatly tied up in white paper, with the names of the persons they were for nicely written thereon, and then committed to Mrs. Bartholomew for arranging on the Christmas tree. Then the presents for Anne and Letitia were to be directed and sent; Maria’s basket packed and put in charge of the express-man; and several little letters written, one to Mr. Richmond. Till all these things were done, Matilda had no time to think of the weather; then she found that the snow was beginning to fall and coming thick.

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Warner, Susan: What She Could. v1. 20 Jun 2014

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Susan Bogert Warner (July 11, 1819 – March 17, 1885), was an American evangelical writer of religious fiction, children's fiction, and theological works.Born in New York City, She wrote, under the name of "Elizabeth Wetherell", thirty novels, many of which went into multiple editions. Some of her works were written jointly with her younger sister Anna Bartlett Warner, who sometimes wrote under the pseudonym "Amy Lothrop"

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But while she went to the door again, her sister, a pretty, delicate child of fewer years, stood still, and adroitly slipped her feet out of the snowy shoes she had brought in, which she put in the corner of the fireplace to thaw and dry off; the little stocking feet standing comfortably on the rug before the blaze.

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Warner, Susan: Wych Hazel. v1. 21 Jun 2014

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Susan Bogert Warner (July 11, 1819 – March 17, 1885), was an American evangelical writer of religious fiction, children's fiction, and theological works.Born in New York City, She wrote, under the name of "Elizabeth Wetherell", thirty novels, many of which went into multiple editions. Some of her works were written jointly with her younger sister Anna Bartlett Warner, who sometimes wrote under the pseudonym "Amy Lothrop"

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When one has in charge a treasure which one values greatly, and which, if once made known one is pretty sure to lose, I suppose the impulse of most men would be towards a hiding-place. So, at any rate, felt one of the men in this history. Schools had done their secluding work for a time; tutors and governors had come and gone under an almost Carthusian vow of silence, except as to their lessons; and now with seventeen years of inexperience on his hands, Mr. Falkirk’s sensations were those of the man out West, who wanted to move off whenever another man came within twenty miles of him.

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Warren, Maude Radford: Barbara's marriages. v1. 12 Apr 2016

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Maude Radford Warren: Born : 1875: Died : 1934

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BARBARA LANGWORTHY closed the front door softly after her and hurried down the long drive, sick and ashamed after the scene with Anita, her brother’s wife. She could still see Anita’s slightly raised upper lip, distended nostrils, and angry eyes; she could hear her thin, ugly voice saying those bitter words about dependent relations. It was a scene that was repeated with increasing frequency, and at every repetition Barbara more overwhelmingly felt the sting of her own helplessness.

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Warren, Maude Radford: Manabozho. v1. 15 Apr 201t6

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Maude Radford Warren: Born : 1875: Died : 1934

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To-day people are thinking as they never did before of how priceless are the spirit and the ancient soil of any nation. Perhaps there could be no more fitting time to bring to young children something of the spirit of the primitive, fettered, but noble race that held our wide lands before they came to be ours. We teach school children myths that are Grecian and Roman, Celtic and Slavic; it is also important that they should absorb something of the myths of the North American Indians.
NOTE: Very nice Illustrations.

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Warren, Maude Radford: The Land of the Living. v1. 16 Apr 2016

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Maude Radford Warren: Born : 1875: Died : 1934

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IN after days big John Callahan liked to say that the famous Hugh MacDermott owed to him his real start in life. Callahan was walking along dirty Ewing Street, smiling with the mechanical amiability generic toward bosses, when the door of a squalid cottage opposite him was thrown open, and a stout, flaming Irishwoman hurtled forward, holding a little boy by the neck exactly as if he had been a vicious puppy. With hysterical scolding she threw him into the street, and retreated, slamming the door.

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Warren, Maude Radford: The Main Road. v1. 17 Apr 2016

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Maude Radford Warren: Born : 1875: Died : 1934

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WHEN Janet was a child, a vivid, repressed, darkling elf, she lived in a land of dreams. The dim, unrealized background of it were her father and her cousin Lilias. Ordinarily, his child was no more a potent reality to William Bellamy than he was to her, but there were occasions when he sentimentalized over her to his crony, old Jeremy Keyes. Some obscure discontent would strike into his idle blood; he would feel stirrings toward action, and by means of a whisky bottle he would create a shadowy, glorious world, with himself and Janet as triumphant actors.

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Washington, Booker T.: Up From Slavery: An Autobiography. v1, 2 Jan 2008

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From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia:

Up From Slavery is the 1901 autobiography of Booker T. Washington detailing his slow and steady rise from a slave child during the Civil War, to the difficulties and obstacles he overcame to get an education at the new Hampton University, to his work establishing vocational schools (most notably the Tuskegee Institute in Alabama), to helping black people and other disadvantaged minorities learn useful, marketable skills and work to pull themselves, as a race, up by the bootstraps. He reflects on the generosity of both teachers and philanthropists who helped in educating blacks and native Americans. He describes his efforts to instill manners, breeding, health and a feeling of dignity to students, and the futility of teaching only intellectual, classical subjects as espoused by W.E.B. DuBois and others.

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Washington, George: State of the Union. v1.0 14 October 2007

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George Washington (February 22, 1732 – December 14, 1799) was a central, critical figure in the founding of the United States. He is commonly considered the father of the U.S. He led the Continental Army to victory over the Kingdom of Great Britain in the American Revolutionary War (1775–1783), and in 1789 was elected the first President.[3] He served two four-year terms from 1789 to 1797, winning reelection in 1792.

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Wassermann, Jakob: Caspar Hauser (german), v1, 22 Jan 2009

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Am 26. Mai 1828 wird in Nürnberg ein verwahrloster und verwirrter junger Mann aufgegriffen. Der etwa 16jährige kann kaum gehen und nur mit großer Mühe seinen Namen schreiben: Caspar Hauser.
Bei einer ärztlichen Untersuchung fällt auf, dass er geimpft ist, ein Zeichen adliger Abstammung. Der Gymnasialprofessor Daumer nimmt Caspar Hauser auf und versucht, ihn zu sozialisieren. Doch schon bald wird ein Mordanschlag auf seinen Schützling verübt...

Jakob Wassermann (1873-1934) rekonstruiert in dieser Roman-Autobiografie von 1908 eines der nach wie vor spaktakulärsten Staatsverbrechen. Er nutzte sämtliche verfügbare Quellentexte und behördliche Unterlagen, zog basierend auf diesem Wissen seine persönlichen Schlussfolgerungen und schuf damit seine eigene Fassung des Mysteriums "Caspar Hauser". Das Resultat ist ein hochspannender Roman.

Wassermann war deutscher Schriftsteller jüdischer Herkunft. Zwischen 1900 und 1933 erfreuten sich seine spannenden Romane großer Beliebtheit. Sie alle errangen Welterfolge und machten ihren Verfasser zu einem der populärsten und meist gelesenen deutschen Schriftsteller neben Thomas und Heinrich Mann. Nach der Bücherverbrennung 1933 wurden Wassermanns Werke verboten. Er starb 1934 verarmt und psychisch gebrochen.

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Wassermann, Jakob: Das Gold von Caxamalca, german, v1, 22 Feb 2009

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Das Gold von Caxamalca" ist eine historische Erzählung von Jakob Wassermann, die 1923 im Buch "Der Geist des Pilgers" erschien: Der spanische Eroberers Pizarro fällt 1532 mit seinen Soldaten in das Land der Inkas ein. Um sich des Goldes der Inkas zu bemächtigen werden Dörfer niedergebrannt, Menschen grausam ermordet und Kaiser Atahualpa auf dem Scheiterhaufen verbrannt.

Jakob Wassermann war einer der populärsten deutschen Schriftsteller zwischen 1900 und 1933. Seine Romane errangen Weltruhm und machten ihren Verfasser zu einem der meist gelesenen deutschen Autoren neben Thomas und Heinrich Mann. Nach der Bücherverbrennung 1933 wurden Wassermanns Werke verboten. Er starb 1934 verarmt und psychisch gebrochen.

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Wassermann, Jakob: Der Fall Maurizius, german, v1, 16 Mar 2009

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Die Geschichte von Jakob Wassermanns Roman führt den Leser in die gesellschaftlichen und menschlichen Untiefen der Weimarer Republik und ist bis zur letzten Sekunde voller Spannung. Der junge Etzel lehnt sich gegen das harte Regiment seines Vaters, des prominenten Staatsanwalts Andergast, auf. Etzel ist überzeugt vom Fehlurteil seines Vaters im Fall Maurizius und versucht, dem tatsächlichen Mörder ein Geständnis zu entlocken. Wassermann schafft hier ein Meisterwerk der psychologisch-einfühlsamen Erzählkunst: Was ist Recht und was Gerechtigkeit? Wo endet Unschuld und wo beginnt Mitschuld?

"Der Fall Maurizius" erschien 1928 und ist der bekannteste Roman Jakob Wassermanns. Wassermann war einer der populärsten deutschen Schriftsteller zwischen 1900 und 1933. Seine Romane errangen Weltruhm und machten ihren Verfasser zu einem der meist gelesenen deutschen Autoren neben Thomas und Heinrich Mann. Nach der Bücherverbrennung 1933 wurden Wassermanns Werke verboten. Er starb 1934 verarmt und psychisch gebrochen.

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Wassermann, Jakob: Der Mann von vierzig Jahren (german), v1, 20 Jan 2009

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Jakob Wassermann (1873-1934) war deutscher Schriftsteller jüdischer Herkunft. Zwischen 1900 und 1933 erfreuten sich seine spannenden Romane wie "Kasper Hauser", "Das Gänsemännchen" oder "Der Fall Maurizius" großer Beliebtheit bei einer wachsenden Leserschaft. Sie alle errangen Welterfolge und machten ihren Verfasser zu einem der populärsten und meist gelesenen deutschen Schriftsteller neben Thomas und Heinrich Mann.

"Er hat die Gabe des Fabulierens", sagte Thomas Mann einmal, "die alle erschlägt."

Nach der Bücherverbrennung 1933 wurden Wassermanns Bücher verboten. Er starb 1934 verarmt und psychisch gebrochen.

Der Roman "Der Mann von vierzig Jahren" erschien im Jahr 1913. Es handelt sich um eine ebenso tiefgründige wie dramatische Beschreibung einer klassischen "midlife crisis" und ihrer Auswirkung auf den Protagonisten und alle Beteiligten. Wassermann schafft hier Wortgewalt, die unter die Haut geht.

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Wassermann, Jakob: Die Schwestern, german, v1, 18 Apr 2009

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Der Hannoversche Kurier schrieb Anfang des 20. Jahrhunderts über Wassermanns Novellensammlung "Die Schwestern": "Die Heldinnen dieser Novellen gehören zu jenen glücklichen, unglücklichen Geschöpfen, die ein Traum, ein Aberglaube, eine Sehnsucht, ein Wahn den Dingen dieser Welt entfremdet und zu neuem, wunderlichem Dasein gerufen hat. Arme Kranke sind es, aber Wassermann sucht aus dieser Krankheit die tiefsten Geheimnisse des Lebens herauszulesen. Glänzen uns hier nicht Schönheiten entgegen, die wir sonst an unserem Lebenswege vergeblich suchen? Öffnet sich hier nicht dem Blick ein neues Leben, viel wahrhaftiger, viel lebenswerter als das, an dem wir tragen? Was ist nun Wirklichkeit, was ist nun Traum? Eine holde Schwärmerei ist das Buch, in den Tönen lieblicher Inbrunst gegeben, ein holder Traum, von siegesstarken Sehnsüchten und Ahnungen durchzuckt."

Jakob Wassermann war einer der populärsten deutschen Schriftsteller zwischen 1900 und 1933. Seine Romane errangen Weltruhm und machten ihren Verfasser zu einem der meist gelesenen deutschen Autoren neben Thomas und Heinrich Mann. Nach der Bücherverbrennung 1933 wurden Wassermanns Werke verboten. Er starb 1934 verarmt und psychisch gebrochen.

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Wassermann, Jakob: Drei Erzählungen, german, v1, 27 Feb 2009

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Drei Erzählungen von Jakob Wassermann, die 1903 publiziert wurden und von den Leiden der Liebe berichten:
- Der niegeküßte Mund
- Treunitz und Aurora, Bekenntnisse eines Offiziers
- Hilperich

Jakob Wassermann war einer der populärsten deutschen Schriftsteller zwischen 1900 und 1933. Seine Romane errangen Weltruhm und machten ihren Verfasser zu einem der meist gelesenen deutschen Autoren neben Thomas und Heinrich Mann. Nach der Bücherverbrennung 1933 wurden Wassermanns Werke verboten. Er starb 1934 verarmt und psychisch gebrochen.

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Wassermann, Jakob: Mein Weg als Deutscher und Jude, german, v1, 3 Feb 2009

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"Mein Weg als Deutscher und Jude" ist ein autobiographisches Essay Jakob Wassermanns, das 1921 erstmals veröffentlicht wurde - also rund 12 Jahre vor der Machtübernahme der Nazis. Jakob Wassermann war Deutscher und er war Jude "eines so sehr und so völlig wie das andere, keines ist vom anderen zu lösen". "Mein Weg als Deutscher und Jude" ist radikal anklagend: Jakob Wassermann führt die persönlich erfahrene Unmöglichkeit einer deutsch-jüdischen Doppelexistenz vor Augen, beschreibt den Antisemitismus im Deutschland der frühen zwanziger Jahren - und zeigt sich dabei gewohnt sprachgewaltig.

Wassermann war einer der populärsten deutschen Schriftsteller zwischen 1900 und 1933. Seine Romane errangen Weltruhm und machten ihren Verfasser zu einem der meist gelesenen deutschen Autoren neben Thomas und Heinrich Mann. Nach der Bücherverbrennung 1933 wurden Wassermanns Werke verboten. Er starb 1934 verarmt und psychisch gebrochen.

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Wassermann, Jakob: Ruth, german, v1, 20 Feb 2009

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"Ruth" ist eine Erzählung des leider fast vergessenen Autors Jakob Wassermann, die 1897 erstmals veröffentlicht wurde.

Jakob Wassermann war einer der populärsten deutschen Schriftsteller zwischen 1900 und 1933. Seine Romane errangen Weltruhm und machten ihren Verfasser zu einem der meist gelesenen deutschen Autoren neben Thomas und Heinrich Mann. Nach der Bücherverbrennung 1933 wurden Wassermanns Werke verboten. Er starb 1934 verarmt und psychisch gebrochen.

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Wassermann, Jakob: Schläfst Du, Mutter?, german, v1, 13 Feb 2009

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In dieser Erzählung von 1897 verarbeitet Jakob Wassermann den Tod seiner Mutter, die am 5. September 1882 starb, als er gerade einmal neun Jahre alt war.

Jakob Wassermann war einer der populärsten deutschen Schriftsteller zwischen 1900 und 1933. Seine Romane errangen Weltruhm und machten ihren Verfasser zu einem der meist gelesenen deutschen Autoren neben Thomas und Heinrich Mann. Nach der Bücherverbrennung 1933 wurden Wassermanns Werke verboten. Er starb 1934 verarmt und psychisch gebrochen.

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Waterloo, Stanley: A Man and a Woman. v1. 15 Jan 2015

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Stanley Waterloo (1846-1913) was an American newspaperman, editor, newspaper owner, and author of both non-fiction and fiction.

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But for a recent occurrence I should certainly not be telling the story of a friend, or, rather, I should say, of two friends of mine. What that occurrence was I will not here indicate—it is unnecessary; but it has not been without its effect upon my life and plans. If it be asked by those who may read these pages under what circumstances it became possible for me to acquire such familiarity with certain scenes and incidents in the lives of one man and one woman,—scenes and incidents which, from their very nature, were such that no third person could figure in them,—I have only to explain that Grant Harlson and I were friends from boyhood, practically from babyhood, and that never, during all our lives together, did a change occur in our relationship. He has told me many things of a nature imparted by one man to another very rarely, and only when each of the two feels that they are very close together in that which sometimes makes two men as one. He was proud and glad when he told me these things—they were but episodes, and often trivial ones—and I was interested deeply. They added the details of a history much of which I knew and part of which I had guessed at.

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Waterloo, Stanley: The Cassowary. v1. 15 Jan 22015

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Stanley Waterloo (1846-1913) was an American newspaperman, editor, newspaper owner, and author of both non-fiction and fiction.

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The blizzard snorted and raged at midnight up the narrow pass west of Pike’s Peak, at the bottom of which lay the railroad track, and with this tumult of the elements the snow was falling in masses which were caught up and tossed about in the gale until the air was but a white, swirling, yeasty mass through which nothing could be seen a yard away. The canyon was filling rapidly and the awful storm showed no sign of abatement. The passage was not of the narrowest at the place to which this description refers. The railroad builders had done good work in what had been little more than a gorge. They had blasted and carried away after the manner of man who, if resolute enough, must find the way. He may sweat for it; he may freeze for it, but he attains his end, as he did in forcing a passage through the vainglorious labyrinths of the Rockies. So, he had made a road between the towering heights of the Cleft Mountains. He had done well, but he had left a way so indefensible that indecent Nature, seeking reprisals, might do almost anything there in winter. Just now, with the accompanying war-whoop of the roaring blast, she was building up an enormous buttress across the King’s Highway. The canyon was filled to the depth of many feet, and the buttress was growing higher every moment.

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Waterloo, Stanley: The Story of Ab. v1. 16 Jan 2015

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Stanley Waterloo (1846-1913) was an American newspaperman, editor, newspaper owner, and author of both non-fiction and fiction.

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And the years passed. One still afternoon in autumn a gray, hairy man, a man approaching old age, but without weakness of arm or stiffness of joint, as yet, sat on the height overlooking the village. He looked in tranquil comfort, now down into the little valley, and now across it into the wood beyond, where the sun was approaching the treetops. He had come to the hill with the mere instinct of the old hunter seeking to be completely out of doors, but he had brought work with him and was engaged, when not looking thoughtfully far away, in finishing a huge bow, the spring of which he occasionally tested. Every motion showed the retained possession of tremendous strength as well as the knowledge of its use to most advantage. A very hale old man was Ab, the great hunter and head of the people of the Fire Valley.

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Waterloo, Stanley: The Wolf's Long Howl. v1. 17 Jan 2015

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Stanley Waterloo (1846-1913) was an American newspaperman, editor, newspaper owner, and author of both non-fiction and fiction.

THE WOLF’S LONG HOWL
AN ULM
THE HAIR OF THE DOG THAT BIT HIM
THE MAN WHO FELL IN LOVE
A TRAGEDY OF THE FOREST
THE PARASANGS
LOVE AND A TRIANGLE
AN EASTER ADMISSION
PROFESSOR MORGAN’S MOON
RED DOG’S SHOW WINDOW
MARKHAM’S EXPERIENCE
THE RED REVENGER
A MURDERER’S ACCOMPLICE
A MID-PACIFIC FOURTH
LOVE AND A LATCH-KEY
CHRISTMAS 200,000 B.C.
THE CHILD
THE BABY AND THE BEAR
AT THE GREEN TREE CLUB
THE RAIN-MAKER
WITHIN ONE LIFE’S SPAN

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Waters: Recollections of a Policeman, v.1, 26 June 2008

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This is a prc reformat of an upload from Bev

Found here

Here is what Bev had to say

[QUOT Waters: Early Detective Casebook Fiction
These stories were first published anonymously in “Chambers Magazine” between 1849 and 1853 under a general heading of “Recollections Of A Police Officer”.

The first book collection was a pirated U.S. edition published in 1852 as “ The Recollections Of A Policeman”. The author was listed as “Waters” (The name of the investigating officer in the stories) but the author was really William Russell a well known London journalist of the time.

The first English edition of the collected stories was published in 1856 under the title “Recollections Of A Detective Police Officer”.

This text is from the 1860 American edition of "Recollections of a Policeman" published in Boston by Thayer and Eldridge . It leaves out three of the stories by Waters and replaces them with some contemporary criminous journalistic pieces by Charles Dickens.

As yet I haven't even posted this to Project Gutenberg.

Enjoy

Bev[/QUOT

Thank you Bev! :thanks:

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Watson, John and Arthur J Rees: The Mystery of the Downs (1918); v1, 7 Mar 2022

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Solid early classic British detective story written by two retired Scotland Yard detectives. (Who, coincidentally, were both born in 1872). The book was published before the end of WW1, which naturally looms in the background.

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Watson, John R: Poachers and Poaching. v1. 23 Jun 2014

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Watson, John R. (John Reay), 1872- ¶

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The poacher is a product of sleepy village life, and usually “mouches” on the outskirts of country towns. His cottage is roughly adorned in fur and feather, and abuts on the fields. There is a fitness in this, and an appropriateness in the two gaunt lurchers stretched before the door. These turn day into night on the sunny roadside in summer, and before the cottage fire in winter. Like the poacher, they are active and silent when the village community is asleep.

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Watson, John R: The Confessions of a Poacher

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Watson, John R. (John Reay), 1872-

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The poacher of these “Confessions” is no imaginary being. In the following pages I have set down nothing but what has come within his own personal experience; and, although the little book is full of strange inconsistencies, I cannot, knowing the man, call them by a harder name. Nature made old “Phil” a Poacher, but she made him a Sportsman and a Naturalist at the same time. I never met any man who was in closer sympathy with the wild creatures about him; and never dog or child came within his influence but what was permanently attracted by his personality. Although eighty years of age there is still some of the old erectness in his carriage; some of the old fire in his eyes. As a young man he was handsome, though now his features are battered out of all original conception. His silvery hair still covers a lion-like head, and his tanned cheeks are hard and firm. If his life has been a lawless one he has paid heavily for his wrong doings. Great as a poacher, he must have been great whatever he had been. In my boyhood he was the hero whom I worshipped, and I hardly know that I have gone back on my loyalty.

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Watson, John R: The Hampstead Mystery, v1, 23 December 2009.

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John R. Watson (John Reay), (1872- )
Arthur J. Rees (1872-1942)
The Hampstead Mystery (1916)

A judge is found shot dead in his library. The police are alerted by an anonymous note. Might the murderer be one of the judge’s girlfriends? Or is a criminal taking revenge? The truth is unexpected…

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Watson, John R: The Hampstead Mystery. v1. 22 Jun 2014

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Watson, John R. (John Reay), 1872-

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“Mr. Justice Fewbanks shot—murdered!” Inspector Seldon gave expression to his surprise in a long low whistle which travelled through the telephone. Then he added, after a moment’s reflection, “There must be some mistake. He is away.”

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Watson, John R: The Mystery of the Downs. v1. 23 Jun 2014

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Watson, John R. (John Reay), 1872- ¶

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The storm had descended swiftly, sweeping in suddenly from the sea, driving across the downs to the hills at high speed, blotting out the faint rays of a crescent moon and hiding the country-side beneath a pall of blackness, which was forked at intervals by flashes of lightning.
The darkness was so impenetrable, and the fury of the storm so fierce, that Harry Marsland pulled his hat well over his eyes and bent over his horse’s neck to shield his face from the driving rain, trusting to the animal’s sagacity and sure-footedness to take him safely down the cliff road in the darkness, where a slip might plunge them into the breakers which he could hear roaring at the foot of the cliffs.

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Watson, Robert: The Spoilers of the Valley v1 24 aug 2009

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Sorry, I couldn't find anything about Robert Watson, except that he has written some more western novels and died in 1948. This is one for the ladies, too, as we do find strong connotations of Romance:

[QUOT "You are indeed a Good Samaritan," he said in a voice which sounded less forlorn. "If I wasn't a jailbird, I'd thank you in my prayers."
He smiled crookedly. "You know, convicts' prayers don't seem to rise very high, miss-don't seem to reach anywhere. We haven't got the stand-in with the Boss that others seem to have," he said in some bitterness.
"Hush!" she whispered. "You must not say that, for it isn't true. Those men might have caught you,-but they didn't. But, but," she added seriously, "surely you are not a convict; not a criminal, I mean?"
He turned his hands outwards with a shrug.
"You don't look like one who loved doing wrong. If you have ever done wrong, I am sure it was done in a moment of rashness; maybe thoughtlessness." She clasped her hands in front of her. "You would never do it again."
He shook his head.
[/QUOT

It's quite a good read.

Original cover
Text sourced from Project Gutenberg.
The Spoilers of the Valley was first published in 1912.

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Watts, Peter: Blindsight, V1,25 Mar 2011

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Note: The original source for this book was created by JS Wolf. I just converted it to the Mobi format.

[QUOTWho you do send to meet the alien when the alien doesn't want to meet?

You send a linguist with multiple personalities carved surgically into her brain. You send a biologist so radically interfaced with machinery that he sees x-rays and tastes ultra-sound, so compromised by grafts and splices he no longer feels his own flesh. You send a pacifist warrior whose career-defining moment was an act of treason. You send a monster to command them all, an extinct hominid predator once called vampire, recalled from the grave with the voodoo of recombinant genetics and the blood of sociopaths. And you send a synthesist — an informational topologist with half his mind gone — as an interface between here and there, a conduit through which the Dead Center might hope to understand the Bleeding Edge.

You send them all to the edge of interstellar space, praying you can trust such freaks and retrofits with the fate of a world. You fear they may be more alien than the thing they've been sent to find.

But you'd give anything for that to be true, if you only knew what was waiting for them... [/QUOT

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Watts, Peter: Maelstrom v2.2 2008-02-28

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[quot[size=4]Welcome Back.[/siz

Not quite the place you remember, is it? Earthquakes and tsunamis don't fool around. But then what did they expect, detonating five hundred megatons on an active fracture zone?

They expected to kill you, of course. They killed millions, turned a dozen cities upside-down, to get you out of the way. They'll be really disappointed to find out they didn't succeed.

Something already knows that, though. Something vast, and powerful, and utterly inhuman. Something that seems to have its own uses for you.

You don't know why any of this is happening.

You will.[/quot

Here is [Maelstrom[/ by Peter Watts. Book two of three in the science fcition Rifters series. This is released under a creative commons license.

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Watts, Peter: Starfish v1.1 2008-02-21

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[quot[SIZE="4"]Welcome to Beebe Station.[/SIZ

You're three kilometers below the surface of the Pacific Ocean. You're perched on the shoulder of an active volcano. The local fauna is very large and very nasty. If it doesn't kill you, a mudslide or an erupting smoker probably will.

Your fellow employees are rapists, pedophiles, borderline psychotics, and victims of same.

You feel very lucky to be here.

This is a damn sight better than the life you left behind.[/quot

Here is [Starfish[/ by Peter Watts. Book one of four in the scifi Rifters series. This is released under a creative commons license.

This is the first mobipocket eBook to contain the new MobileRead logo.

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Watts, Peter: ßehemoth v1.0 2008-03-05

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[quotFive years ago you destroyed the world.
The world had it coming.

So you brought back a gift from the deep sea, a doomsday microbe to throw the planet on its side. Now DNA itself is on the way out. North America lies in ruins beneath the thumb of an omnipotent psychopath. Governments across the globe have fallen; warlords and suicide cults have risen from the ashes. All because five years ago, you had a score to settle.

But you've discovered something in the meantime: you destroyed the world on false pretenses.

For years now you've cowered among the mountains of the deep Atlantic. But you cannot hide forever. The consequences of past acts reach inexorably to the very bottom of the world — and suddenly, even here, there's no way to take back the body count.

One way or another, you're about to face the mess you made.[/quot

Here is [ßehemoth[/ by Peter Watts. Book three of three in the science fiction Rifters series. This is released under a creative commons license.

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Webb, Mary: Precious Bane, v1, 13 July 2009.

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Mary Webb (1881–1927)
Precious Bane (1924)

Set in a Shropshire village, shortly after the Napoleonic Wars, this is the story of Prue Sarn, a girl regarded with suspicion because of a harelip. Her brother, Gideon, a young farmer, is determined to make a fortune, despite her warnings about the dangers of the “precious bane.” His ambitions lead to tragedy. Will Prue ever find happiness?

The title of the story is a quotation from John Milton’s ‘Paradise Lost’:

‘Let none admire
That riches grow in Hell; that Soyle may best
Deserve the precious bane.’

The cover is an image of the Shropshire hills.

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Weber, Max: Die protestantische Ethik (German) V1. 08 Apr 2013

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[Die protestantische Ethik und der Geist des Kapitalismus[/ ist einer von Webers international wichtigsten Beiträgen zur Soziologie und gilt als grundlegendes Werk der Religionssoziologie. Zwischen der protestantischen Ethik und dem Beginn der Industrialisierung bzw. des Kapitalismus in Westeuropa besteht Weber zufolge ein enger Zusammenhang.

Max Weber (1864–1920) gilt als Klassiker der Soziologie und der Kultur- und Sozialwissenschaften. Er nahm mit seinen Theorien und Begriffsdefinitionen großen Einfluss auf die sogenannten Speziellen Soziologien, insbesondere auf die Wirtschafts-, die Herrschafts- und die Religionssoziologie.
Zu seinen bekanntesten, noch heute gelesenen Werken gehören der Aufsatz [Die protestantische Ethik und der Geist des Kapitalismus[/ sowie die Vorträge[ Wissenschaft als Beruf[/ und [Politik als Beruf[/.

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Weber, Max: Politik als Beruf (German) V1. 28 Mar 2013

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[Wissenschaft als Beruf[/ und [Politik als Beruf[/ waren zwei Vorträge, die Max Weber im Rahmen einer vom Freistudentischen Bund veranstalteten Vortragsreihe »Geistige Arbeit als Beruf« 1917 und 1919 im Kunstsaal der Münchner Buchhandlung Steinicke hielt.

Max Weber (1864–1920) gilt als Klassiker der Soziologie und der Kultur- und Sozialwissenschaften. Er nahm mit seinen Theorien und Begriffsdefinitionen großen Einfluss auf die sogenannten Speziellen Soziologien, insbesondere auf die Wirtschafts-, die Herrschafts- und die Religionssoziologie.
Zu seinen bekanntesten, noch heute gelesenen Werken gehören der Aufsatz [Die protestantische Ethik und der Geist des Kapitalismus[/ sowie die Vorträge [Wissenschaft als Beruf[/ und [Politik als Beruf[/.

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Weber, Max: Wissenschaft als Beruf (German) V1. 28 Mar 2013

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[Wissenschaft als Beruf[/ und [Politik als Beruf[/ waren zwei Vorträge, die Max Weber im Rahmen einer vom Freistudentischen Bund veranstalteten Vortragsreihe »Geistige Arbeit als Beruf« 1917 und 1919 im Kunstsaal der Münchner Buchhandlung Steinicke hielt.

Max Weber (1864–1920) gilt als Klassiker der Soziologie und der Kultur- und Sozialwissenschaften. Er nahm mit seinen Theorien und Begriffsdefinitionen großen Einfluss auf die sogenannten Speziellen Soziologien, insbesondere auf die Wirtschafts-, die Herrschafts- und die Religionssoziologie.
Zu seinen bekanntesten, noch heute gelesenen Werken gehören der Aufsatz [Die protestantische Ethik und der Geist des Kapitalismus[/ sowie die Vorträge [Wissenschaft als Beruf[/ und [Politik als Beruf[/.

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Webster, F A M: A Strange Drum Sounds (v1); 17 Dec 2021

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F. A. M. Webster was a noted British athlete (javelin), a soldier in WW 1, an athletics coach, and a prolific author of fiction and non-fiction. Much of his non-fiction was devoted to sports and sport training, and his numerous books on the subject are still in print and still considered valid. His fiction is largely forgotten.

He wrote many short detective stories featuring "Old Ebbie", an elderly scientific detective, which were published in a series of books long out of print and very hard to find; short stories of animals in the wild; and adventure short stories set in colonial Africa and elsewhere (with typically British colonial attitudes, it must be said). He also wrote numerous novels, including those verging on science fiction and fantasy: themes such as lost races and lost worlds, and things unknown.

This original collection contains 27 examples of his short fiction in most genres, including an Old Ebbie story.

1: Golden Eggs
2: Natives Will Talk
3: Deceivers Ever
4: Blue Blood
5: Very Still Waters
6: A Strange Drum Sounds
7: Floating Bones
8: The Double Problem
9: According to Law
10: The Secret of the Singular Cipher
11: The Schimmel Sets the Pace
12: Towards Morning
13: The Owl
14: This Little Pig
15: Korongo the Arrogant
16: Not To The Strong
17: The Call of his Kind
18: Eyes in the Air
19: Let There Be Light
20: Trial By Combat
21: Power Comes to Pesembeli
22: Nature Hits Back
23: Possession
24: Devil's Parody
25: There Are More Things
26: Pride Goeth
27: Elephants Apilin' Teak

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Webster, F. A. M.: Second Wind (1934), 21 Sep 2022

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Early 1930s colonial Kenya; something strange is happening in the undefined and disputed borderlands between Kenya and Abyssinia, with tales of "walking dead". When a headstrong young woman goes on safari in the region, life becomes complicated both for the Colonial Office in London, and the District Commissioner in Kenya.

This is the "serial" edition of the novel, undoubtedly somewhat condensed, and was published as a supplement to the Australian Women's Weekly in 1934.

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Webster, Henry Kitchell: Calumet K. V1. 10 Oct 2009

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Henry Kitchell Webster (1875-1932) was an American author of pulp fiction. He was born in Illinois and attended Hamilton college. He married Mary Ward Orth in 1901 and they had three sons. He wrote magazine stories and novels under several pseudonyms as well as his own name. In later years he was able to dictate his novels at the rate of 20,000 words a week.

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The contract for the two million bushel grain elevator, Calumet K, had been let to MacBride & Company, of Minneapolis, in January, but the superstructure was not begun until late in May, and at the end of October it was still far from completion. Ill luck had attended Peterson, the constructor, especially since August. MacBride, the head of the firm, disliked unlucky men, and at the end of three months his patience gave out, and he telegraphed Charlie Bannon to leave the job he was completing at Duluth and report at once at the home office.

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Webster, Henry Kitchell: Mary Wollaston. V1. 10 Oct 2009

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Henry Kitchell Webster (1875-1932) was an American author of pulp fiction. He was born in Illinois and attended Hamilton college. He married Mary Ward Orth in 1901 and they had three sons. He wrote magazine stories and novels under several pseudonyms as well as his own name. In later years he was able to dictate his novels at the rate of 20,000 words a week.

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Miss Lucile Wollaston was set to exude sympathy, like an aphid waiting for an overworked ant to come down to breakfast. But there was no sympathizing with the man who came in from a doctor’s all-night vigil like a boy from a ball-game, gave her a hard brisk kiss on the cheek-bone, and then, before taking his place at the table, unfolded the morning paper for a glance at the head-lines.

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Webster, Henry Kitchell: The Real Adventure. V1. 11 Oct 2009

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Henry Kitchell Webster (1875-1932) was an American author of pulp fiction. He was born in Illinois and attended Hamilton college. He married Mary Ward Orth in 1901 and they had three sons. He wrote magazine stories and novels under several pseudonyms as well as his own name. In later years he was able to dictate his novels at the rate of 20,000 words a week.

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“Indeed,” continued the professor, glancing demurely down at his notes, “if one were the editor of a column of—er advice to young girls, such as I believe is to be found, along with the household hints and the dress patterns, on the ladies’ page of most of our newspapers—if one were the editor of such a column, he might crystallize the remarks I have been making this morning into a warning—never marry a man with a passion for principles.”

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Webster, Jean: Daddy-Long-Legs & Dear Enemy (illus). v1. 24 Sug 2016

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DADDY-LONG-LEGS
&
DEAR ENEMY

By Jean Webster (1876–1916)
With illustrations by the Author

[Daddy-Long-Legs[/ was first published in 1912; [Dear Enemy[/ in 1915.
This book is in the public domain in countries where copyright is “Life+99” or less, and in the USA.

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Jean Webster (pseudonym for Alice Jane Chandler Webster) was an American author and playwright. Her best-known books feature lively and likeable young female protagonists who come of age intellectually, morally, and socially; with enough humor, snappy dialogue, and gently biting social commentary to make her books enjoyable to modern readers.

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[Daddy-Long-Legs[/, Webster’s most famous work, was published in 1912 to popular and critical acclaim. Today this book is often classified as children’s literature, but at the time it was part of a trend of books for and about adolescents and young women, which featured protagonists dealing with concerns such as college, career, and marriage. It has been adapted numerous times for the stage and film, even appearing as a feature-length Japanese anime movie.

This epistolary novel tells the story of Jerusha “Judy” Abbott, an orphan whose attendance at a women’s college is sponsored by an anonymous benefactor. Over the course of the next four years, her letters to this anonymous man chronicle Judy's educational, personal, and social growth. The reader is rewarded with a happy blend of humor, poignancy, and romance.

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[Dear Enemy[/, published November 1915, also became a bestseller. Although often called a sequel to [Daddy-Long-Legs[/, it is actually a companion novel which chronicles the adventures of a college friend of Judy’s who becomes the superintendent of the orphanage in which Judy was raised. Sallie McBride’s letters to several correspondents wittily describe the daily calamities and triumphs of her life, and we witness her growth from a frivolous socialite to a mature woman and an able executive. The evolution of Sallie’s relationships with two very different men provides an understated romantic motif.

[—Summaries adapted from Wikipedia.]

EXCERPT FROM DADDY-LONG-LEGS
From Judy’s first letter:
It seems queer to be writing letters to somebody you don’t know. It seems queer for me to be writing letters at all – I’ve never written more than three or four in my life, so please overlook it if these are not a model kind.

Before leaving yesterday morning, Mrs. Lippett and I had a very serious talk. She told me how to behave all the rest of my life, and especially how to behave towards the kind gentleman who is doing so much for me. I must take care to be Very Respectful.
But how can one be very respectful to a person who wishes to be called John Smith? Why couldn’t you have picked out a name with a little personality? I might as well write letters to Dear Hitching-Post or Dear Clothes-Pole.

I have been thinking about you a great deal this summer; having somebody take an interest in me after all these years makes me feel as though I had found a sort of family. It seems as though I belonged to somebody now, and it’s a very comfortable sensation. I must say, however, that when I think about you, my imagination has very little to work upon. There are just three things that I know:

I. You are tall.
II. You are rich.
III. You hate girls.

I suppose I might call you Dear Mr. Girl-Hater. Only that’s rather insulting to me. Or Dear Mr. Rich-Man, but that’s insulting to you, as though money were the only important thing about you. Besides, being rich is such a very external quality. Maybe you won’t stay rich all your life; lots of very clever men get smashed up in Wall Street. But at least you will stay tall all your life! So I’ve decided to call you Dear Daddy-Long-Legs. I hope you won’t mind. It’s just a private pet name we won’t tell Mrs. Lippett.

The ten o’clock bell is going to ring in two minutes. Our day is divided into sections by bells. We eat and sleep and study by bells. It’s very enlivening; I feel like a fire horse all of the time. There it goes! Lights out. Good night.

Observe with what precision I obey rules – due to my training in the John Grier Home.

Yours most respectfully,
[Jerusha Abbott[/

EXCERPT FROM DEAR ENEMY:
From Sallie’s first letter upon arriving at the orphanage:
[Dear Judy[/:
We arrived in a snowstorm at eleven last night, Singapore and Jane and I. It does not appear to be customary for superintendents of orphan asylums to bring with them personal maids and Chinese chows. The night watchman and housekeeper, who had waited up to receive me, were thrown into an awful flutter. They had never seen the like of Sing, and thought that I was introducing a wolf into the fold. I reassured them as to his dogginess, and the watchman, after studying his black tongue, ventured a witticism. He wanted to know if I fed him on huckleberry pie.

It was difficult to find accommodations for my family. Poor Sing was dragged off whimpering to a strange woodshed, and given a piece of burlap. Jane did not fare much better. There was not an extra bed in the building, barring a five-foot crib in the hospital room. She, as you know, approaches six. We tucked her in, and she spent the night folded up like a jackknife. She has limped about today, looking like a decrepit letter S, openly deploring this latest escapade on the part of her flighty mistress, and longing for the time when we shall come to our senses, and return to the parental fireside in Worcester.

I know that she is going to spoil all my chances of being popular with the rest of the staff. Having her here is the silliest idea that was ever conceived, but you know my family. I fought their objections step by step, but they made their last stand on Jane. If I brought her along to see that I ate nourishing food and didn’t stay up all night, I might come – temporarily; but if I refused to bring her – oh, dear me, I am not sure that I was ever again to cross the threshold of Stone Gate! So here we are, and neither of us very welcome, I am afraid.

I woke by a gong at six this morning, and lay for a time listening to the racket that twenty-five little girls made in the lavatory over my head. It appears that they do not get baths – just face-washes – but they make as much splashing as twenty-five puppies in a pool. I rose and dressed and explored a bit. You were wise in not having me come to look the place over before I engaged.

While my little charges were at breakfast, it seemed a happy time to introduce myself; so I sought the dining room. Horror piled on horror – those bare drab walls and oil-cloth-covered tables with tin cups and plates and wooden benches, and, by way of decoration, that one illuminated text, “The Lord Will Provide”! The trustee who added that last touch must possess a grim sense of humor.

Really, Judy, I never knew there was any spot in the world so entirely ugly; and when I saw those rows and rows of pale, listless, blue-uniformed children, the whole dismal business suddenly struck me with such a shock that I almost collapsed. It seemed like an unachievable goal for one person to bring sunshine to one hundred little faces when what they need is a mother apiece.

I plunged into this thing lightly enough, partly because you were too persuasive, and mostly, I honestly think, because that scurrilous Gordon Hallock laughed so uproariously at the idea of my being able to manage an asylum. Between you all you hypnotized me. And then of course, after I began reading up on the subject and visiting all those seventeen institutions, I got excited over orphans, and wanted to put my own ideas into practice. But now I’m aghast at finding myself here; it’s such a stupendous undertaking. The future health and happiness of a hundred human beings lie in my hands, to say nothing of their three or four hundred children and thousand grandchildren. The thing’s geometrically progressive. It’s awful. Who am I to undertake this job? Look, oh, look for another superintendent!

Jane says dinner’s ready. Having eaten two of your institution meals, the thought of another doesn’t excite me.

Later.

The staff had mutton hash and spinach, with tapioca pudding for dessert. What the children had I hate to consider.

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An old favorite of mine. Hope you like it too.
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Webster, Jean: Jerry Junior. v1. 27 Aug 2016

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JERRY JUNIOR By Jean Webster (1876–1916)

First published in 1907. This book is in the public domain in countries where copyright is “Life+99” or less, and in the USA. Due to copyright restrictions, the illustrations have been omitted.

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Jean Webster (pseudonym for Alice Jane Chandler Webster) was an American author and playwright. Her best-known books feature lively and likeable young female protagonists who come of age intellectually, morally, and socially; with enough humor, snappy dialogue, and gently biting social commentary to make her books enjoyable to modern readers.
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A young American bachelor, bored with waiting in a small Italian town for his family to join him, comes upon an American family staying in a neighboring villa. Conny, the beautiful young daughter, prevails upon the hotel’s headwaiter to hire a “picturesque” guide/donkey-driver to accompany the family on mountain-climbing excursions. Of course, the reader sees what comes next – the author makes it perfectly plain. What may not be expected is Conny’s swift realization of the situation, which fact she keeps to herself. A battle of wits ensues in this charmingly farcical romantic comedy, with some interesting twists to add a bit of spice.

EXCERPT:
“Well, Gustavo,” she added in a business-like tone, “I will tell you why we called. The doctor says the Signor Papa is getting too fat – I don’t think he’s too fat, do you? He seems to me just comfortably chubby; but anyway, the doctor says he needs exercise, so we’re going to begin climbing mountains with nails in our shoes like the Germans. And we’re going to begin tomorrow because we’ve got two English people at the villa who adore mountains. Do you think you can find us a guide and some donkeys? We want a nice, gentle, lady-like donkey for my aunt, and another for the English lady and a third to carry the things – and maybe me, if I get tired. Then we want a man who will twist their tails and make them go; and I am very particular about the man. I want him to be picturesque – there’s no use being in Italy if you can’t have things picturesque, is there, Gustavo?”

“Si signorina,” he bowed and resumed his attitude of strained attention.

“He must have curly hair and black eyes and white teeth and a nice smile; I should like him to wear a red sash and earrings. He must be obliging and cheerful and deferential and speak good Italian – I won’t have a man who speaks only dialect. He must play the mandolin and sing Santa Lucia – I believe that’s all.”

“And I suppose since he is to act as guide he must know the region?” her father mildly suggested.

“Oh, no, that’s immaterial; we can always ask our way.”

Mr. Wilder grunted, but offered no further suggestion.

“We pay four lire a day and furnish his meals,” she added munificently. “And we shall begin with the castle on Monte Baldo; then when we get very proficient we’ll climb Monte Maggiore. Do you understand?”

“Ze signorina desires tree donkeys and a driver at seven o’clock tomorrow morning to climb Monte Baldo?”

“In brief, yes, but [please[/ remember the earrings.”
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Imagine this as one of those wonderful old silly romantic comedies of the 1940’s or ’50’s, starring Katherine Hepburn and Cary Grant or Jimmy Stewart. Bellisima!
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Webster, Jean: Just Patty & When Patty Went to College. v1. 24 Aug 2016

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JUST PATTY
& WHEN PATTY WENT TO COLLEGE.

By Jean Webster (1876–1916)

[When Patty Went to College[/ was first published in 1903; [Just Patty[/ in 1911.
This book is in the public domain in countries where copyright is “Life+99” or less, and in the USA. Due to copyright restrictions, illustrations have been omitted. (Cover sketch is by Charles Dana Gibson, famed creator of the Gibson Girls art.)

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Jean Webster (pseudonym for Alice Jane Chandler Webster) was an American author and playwright. Her best-known books feature lively and likeable young female protagonists who come of age intellectually, morally, and socially; with enough humor, snappy dialogue, and gently biting social commentary to make her books enjoyable to modern readers.
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The Patty Wyatt books narrate humorous episodes in the school life of a bright and mischievous adolescent girl. A gratifying look back at a gentler, more innocent era, with fun at the forefront.

([When Patty Went to College[/ was Webster’s first published book; but [Just Patty[/, the prequel about her boarding school experiences, is placed first in this edition to maintain the story arc.)

EXCERPT FROM JUST PATTY
[The teachers are conferring with the school headmistress.]

“It is her impudence,” said Miss Lord, “that is so exasperating.”

“That’s – just Patty!” the Dowager laughed. “I must confess that I find all three of them amusing. It’s good, healthy mischief and I wish there were more of it. They don’t bribe the maids to mail letters, or smuggle in candy, or flirt with the soda-water clerk. They at least can be trusted.”

“Trusted!” gasped Miss Lord.

“To break every minor rule with cheerful unconcern,” nodded the Dowager, “but never to do the slightest thing dishonorable. They have kind hearts and the girls all love them—”

A knock sounded on the door with startling suddenness, and before anyone could reply, the door burst open and Keren-happuch appeared on the threshold. She was clutching with one hand the folds of a brilliant Japanese kimono, the other she reserved for gestures. The kimono was sprinkled with fire-eating dragons as large as cats; and to the astonished spectators, Keren’s flushed face and disheveled hair seemed to carry out the decorative scheme. The Dowager’s private study was a sacred spot, reserved for interviews of formality; never had a pupil presented herself in such unceremonious garb.

“Keren!” cried Miss Wadsworth. “What has happened?”

“I want a new roommate! I can’t stand Priscilla any longer. She’s been having a birthday party in my room—”

“A birthday party?” Mrs. Trent turned questioningly to Miss Wadsworth.

She nodded unhappily.

“Yesterday was Priscilla’s birthday, and she received a box from her aunt. This being Friday night, I gave her permission—”

“Certainly.” The Dowager turned to the tragic figure in the center of the floor. “It is Priscilla’s room as much as yours and—”

Keren plunged into a sea of words. The four leaned forward in a strained endeavor to pluck some sense from the torrent.

“They used my bed for a table because it wasn’t against the wall, and Patty tipped a pot of chocolate over in the middle of it. She said it was an accident – but she did it on purpose – I know she did! And because I objected, Priscilla said it wasn’t polite to notice when a guest spilled anything, and she tipped a glass of currant jelly on my pillow, to make Patty feel comfortable. That was the polite thing for a hostess to do, she said; they learned it last year in manner class. And the chocolate soaked right through, and Conny Wilder said it was fortunate I was thin, because I could sleep in a curve around it; if it had happened to Irene McCullough, she would have had to sleep in it, because she’s so big she takes up the whole bed. And Priscilla said I could be thankful tomorrow’s Saturday when we get clean sheets; it might have happened so that I would have had to sleep in that puddle of chocolate a whole week. And then the “Lights-out” rang, and they left me to clean up, and the housekeeper’s gone to bed, and I can’t get any fresh bed clothes, and I won’t sleep that way! I’m not used to sleeping in chocolaty sheets. I don’t like America and I hate girls.”

Tears were dripping from Keren’s cheeks onto the fire-breathing dragons below. The Dowager, without comment, rose and rang the bell.

“Katie,” she said, as the maid on duty appeared at the door, “some fresh sheets for Miss Keren, please, and remake her bed. That will do for tonight, Keren. Get to sleep as quickly as possible, and don’t talk. You mustn’t disturb the other girls. We can see about changing roommates tomorrow.”

Katie and the outraged dragons withdrew.
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Just the thing if you are in a nostalgic mood for the "good old days."
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Webster, Jean: Much Ado About Peter. v1. 27 Aug 2016

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MUCH ADO ABOUT PETER By Jean Webster (1876–1916)

First published in 1909.
This book is in the public domain in countries where copyright is “Life+99” or less, and in the USA. Due to copyright restrictions, the illustrations have been omitted.

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Jean Webster (pseudonym for Alice Jane Chandler Webster) was an American author and playwright. Her best-known books feature lively and likeable young female protagonists who come of age intellectually, morally, and socially; with enough humor, snappy dialogue, and gently biting social commentary to make her books enjoyable to modern readers.
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This series of amusing short stories chronicle the adventures of Peter Malone, the Irish head groom employed on a wealthy American estate. With great panache, Peter commits deeds of heroism and acts of folly as he deals with bands of rambunctious children, rivalries with fellow-workers (sporting and otherwise), and the fortunes of flirtation, love, and romance.

EXCERPT:
“One day last week they nearly broke their blame young necks slidin’ down the wagon-shed roof on a greased tea-tray. There’s a pile o’ straw at the bottom that kind of acted as a buffer, but Master Augustus didn’t steer straight an’ went over the edge. ’Twas only a drop o’ four feet, but he come up lookin’ damaged.

“That ain’t the worst though. Last Sunday afternoon they frightened the cow into hysterics playin’ she was a bull, an’ they was matydoors or torydoors, or whatever ye call them. They stuck pins into her with paper windmills on the end, and she ain’t give more ’n six quarts at any milkin’ since. I was mad, I was, an’ I marched ’em to the house an’ tole their mother.

“‘It grieves me,’ she says, ‘to think that me boys should be so troublesome; but they didn’t mean to be cruel to the poor dumb brute. They’re spirited la-ads,’ she says, ‘an’ their imaginations run away wid them. What they needs is intilligent direction. Ye should try,’ she says, ‘to enter into the spirit o’ their innocint divarsions; an’ when ye see them doin’ somethin’ dangerous, gintly turn their thoughts into another channel. Their grattytood,’ she says, ‘will pay ye for yer trouble.’

“‘Wery well, ma’am,’ says I, not too enthusiastic, ‘I’ll do the best I can,’ and I bows meself out. I’ve been superintendin’ their innocint divarsions ever since, and if there’s anyone as wants the job, I’ll turn it over to him quick.”

Peter paused to back his horses farther into the shade; then having climbed down and taken a drink at a nearby hydrant, he resumed his seat and the conversation.

“But ye should have seen them this mornin’ when I drove off! They was a sight if there ever was one. Joe’s away with Mr. Carter and I’m takin’ charge for the day. When I went into the carriage-house to give Billy orders about hitchin’ up, what should I find but them precious little lambkins gambolin’ around in stri-ped bathin’ trunks, an’ not another stitch. They was further engaged in paintin’ their skins where the trunks left off – an’ that was the most o’ them – with a copper color foundation and a trimmin’ o’ black stripes.

“‘Holy Saint Patrick!’ says I. ‘What the divvil are ye up to now?’

“‘Whoop!’ says Master Bobby. ‘We’ll scalp ye and eat yer heart. We’re Comanche braves,’ he says, ‘an’ we’re gettin’ ready for the war-path.’

“‘Ye look more like zebras,’ says I, ‘escaped from a menagerie.’

“‘Wait till we get our feathers on,’ he says, ‘an’ Pete,’ he adds, ‘will you do me back? There’s a place in the middle that I can’t reach.’

“Wid that he turns a pink an’ white surface a yawnin’ for decoration, an’ presses a can o’ axle grease in me hands. And I’ll be darned if them young imps hadn’t covered their skins with axle grease and red brass polish, an’ for variety, a touch o’ bluing they’d got off Nora in the kitchen. An’ they smelt – Gee! they smelt like a triple extract harness shop. I tole them I thought they’d be havin’ trouble when they was ready to return to the haunts o’ the pale-face; but Master Bobby said their clothes would cover it up.

“I done the job. I don’t set up to be a mural artist, and I ain’t braggin’, but I will say as Master Bobby’s back beat any signboard ye ever see when I finished the decoratin’. I fastened some chicken feathers in their hair, and I hunted out some tomahawks in the lumber room, an’ they let out a war-whoop that raised the roof, an’ scalped me out o’ grattytood.

“‘Now see here,’ says I to Master Bobby, ‘in return for helpin’ along yer innocint amusements, will ye promise to do yer scalpin’ in the paddock, an’ not come near the stables? ‘Cause me floor is clean,’ I says, ‘and I don’t want no blood spattered on it. ’Tis hard to wash up,’ I says. I was, ye’ll observe, gintly turnin’ their thoughts into another channel, like their mother recommended. An’ they promised sweet as cherubs. She was right; they’re spirited la-ads, an’ they won’t be driven. ’Tis best to use diplomacy.

“I left them crawlin’ on all fours through the bushes by the duck pond, shootin’ arrers in the air as innocint as ye please. I dunno, though, how long ’twill last. I tole Billy to keep an eye on them, and I s’pose when I get back, I’ll find his head decoratin’ the hitchin’-post an’ his hair danglin’ from their belts.”
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Have some sympathy for Peter, he is having a rough go of it.
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Webster, Jean: The Four-Pools Mystery. v1. 27 Aug 2016

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THE FOUR-POOLS MYSTERY By Jean Webster (1876–1916)

First published in 1908. This book is in the public domain in countries where copyright is “Life+99” or less, and in the USA.

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Jean Webster (pseudonym for Alice Jane Chandler Webster) was an American author and playwright. Her best-known books feature lively and likeable young female protagonists who come of age intellectually, morally, and socially; with enough humor, snappy dialogue, and gently biting social commentary to make her books enjoyable to modern readers.

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On orders from his doctor to take a rest for the sake of his nerves, New York lawyer Arnold Crosby decides to visit quiet, bucolic Four-Pools Plantation, his uncle’s estate in Virginia. Before much time has passed, situations arise involving ghosts, robbery, and finally, the murder of his uncle! With circumstances becoming bleaker and bleaker, he calls upon his friend Terry Patten, star reporter for a large New York newspaper, to help sleuth out the truth and prove the innocence of his cousin Radnor.

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Warning: racially derogatory language and situations

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An unusual book to come from the pen of Jean Webster. Also unusual is the strangely mixed vocabulary --- a number of Britishisms are scattered about, and I never yet met a New Yorker or a Virginian who call a man a "chap" or refer to a fight as a "row". Perhaps the publisher was trying to make it palatable for readers in the UK.

Give it a try, and see what [you [/think...
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Webster, Noah: Webster's Dictionary 1913 (updated), v2.1, 17 July 2009

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All this recent talk of dictionaries made me dig up this dictionary I had converted to eBookwise 1150 .imp several years ago.

This ambitious project by [The K-Dawg[/ ( http://web.archive.org/web/200406061...adiocrypt.com/ ) updated the 1913 Webster's dictionary back in 2003 to include [(sic)[/ 125,970 searchable words!!! :eek:

[strikBTW, [Easter egg[/ alert, check the entry for 'K-Dawg, The' after the Ka words.... ([Pompous[/ comes to mind!)[/strik :rofl:

Note this webpage is no longer on the internet, but can still be found using the WayBackMachine at archive.org. The original Websters' Dictionary 2.0.rb (for the Rocket eBook reader) may not be still available there, but I have posted a copy of it here (15MB). The info extracted from that .rb is presented here:[quot[SIZE="1"]COMMENT=Info file for the following eBook
TITLE=Webster's Dictionary ver 2.0
AUTHOR=HTML ed. by KDawg
BODY=Final12.html
URL=ebook:rbmk-3e58bb890987fff91699
GENERATOR=rbmake v0.99f using the rbmake library v0.99f
HKEY=1
TYPE=2
VERSION=1
PARSE=1
OUTPUT=1[/SIZ[/quot

I updated the .html (see '_2.0_prc_source' .zip attached below) extracted from that .rb to convert to .prc! The .html now includes 110,875 words, a two-tier TOC with tier one being placed in the first page of the reader and tier two (2600+ links) from the letters of the alphabet.

I automated the process to add TOC entries into a two-tiered TOC. I ended up adding just over 2600 TOC links. The idea was to space them evenly over every 50 words and then the mid point would be no more than 25 words from either side (word_before TOClink or word_after TOClink). With an average of (say) 5 words to a "page" that would mean the mid point would be only 5 page-turns away!

Now, the [exciting[/ news, all words referenced in a definition like 'See Base' are now hyperlinked to that entry in the dictionary; some 50,000+ new links have been added by me!

Using Mobipocket Creator, this conversion from .html to .prc using high-compression took about 6 hours! A 26MB [standard-compression[/ version is available here.

Even though this is a 100 year old dictionary and [striknot[/striknow specifically in Mobipocket dictionary format, I hope you find it useful. I know some people will probably read it like a book.... :snicker:

BTW, did I mention IT'S HUGE.

Enjoy this one!

EDIT: 23 Nov 2008 I just found this great abbreviation reference listing to the (1913) abbreviations used throughout this dictionary. Now you'll be in the know! ;)

EDIT: 17 July 2009 Uploaded an updated version 2.1 as 'Websters Dictionary 1913_ver21.prc' a true look-up type dictionary with improved TOC links and cover page display as well as incorporated the abbreviations listing. See [strikpost #13[/strik below for the actual post!

!!! Please note that 'Websters Dictionary 1913_2.0.prc' (now removed) is actually the older version 2.0 ebook and has been improved upon in the version 2.1 offering (_ver21.prc) above !!!

Previous downloads for v2.0: 447
Previous downloads for v2.1: 193 (before being moved below)

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Weinbaum, Stanley G. - Dawn of Flame

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Weinbaum had an important influence upon Science Fiction of the early '30s. He only wrote for a little over a year, even though stories continued to come out years after his death. Here's a quote:

"In an America where civilization has collapsed, a young man named Hull Tarvish sets out to see the world -- and to fight the rising power of Joaquin Smith's empire. (Prequel to The Black Flame.)

"Weinbaum's first published story, "A Martian Odyssey", changed science fiction forever. He died of throat cancer 15 months later, in 1935. However, stories he'd written before being published continued to come out for years after he died; so he continued to exert influence on the field after death."

[(This blurb taken for consistency from DR. Drib's version for Sony at http://www.mobileread.com/forums/showthread.php?t=11569).[/

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Weinbaum, Stanley G.: L'Île de Protée (Français/French)

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L'une des meilleures histoires de Stanley G. Weinbaum, offerte à la communauté à titre d'exemple; elle fait partie du second recueil des histoires courtes de SF de Weinbaum: [La Péri Rouge, et Autres Histoires de Science-Fiction.[/

[Du même auteur, aux Éditions de l’Âge d’Or[/

Anthologies :
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- Une Odyssée Martienne, et Autres Histoires de Science-Fiction (tome I)

- La Péri Rouge, et Autres Histoires de Science-Fiction (tome II)

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Romans :
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- La Flamme Noire (The Black Flame)

- Le Nouvel Adam (The New Adam)

- Le Cerveau Fou (The Mad Brain, ou The Dark Other)

- La Lady Danse (The Lady Dances)

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Nouvelles :
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- Meurtre en Haute Mer (Murder on the High Seas, ou The King’s Watch, ou The Green Glow of Death)

- Les Esclaves Jaunes (Yellow Slaves)

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Poésie :
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- Poems: recueil de poésies en anglais

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Weinbaum, Stanley G: A Martian Odyssey and Others. v1. 7 Feb 2008

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A Martian Odyssey and Others is a collection of stories by Stanley G. Weinbaum published in 1949. From Wikipedia:

“A Martian Odyssey is a science fiction short story by Stanley G. Weinbaum originally published in the July 1934 issue of Wonder Stories. It was Weinbaum's first published story, and remains his best known. It was followed four months later by a sequel, "Valley of Dreams". These are the only stories by Weinbaum set on Mars.

It would be impossible to overstate the influence of "A Martian Odyssey" on science fiction. The story immediately established Weinbaum as a leading figure in the field. Isaac Asimov states that Weinbaum's "easy style and his realistic description of extraterrestrial scenes and life-forms were better than anything yet seen, and the science fiction reading public went mad over him." The story "had the effect on the field of an exploding grenade. With this single story, Weinbaum was instantly recognized as the world's best living science fiction writer, and at once almost every writer in the field tried to imitate him."

Before, aliens had been nothing more than plot devices to help or hinder the hero. Weinbaum's creations, like the pyramid-builder and the cart creatures, have their own reasons for existing. Also, their logic is not human logic, and humans can't always puzzle out their motivations. Tweel itself was one of the first characters (arguably the first) who satisfied John W. Campbell's famous challenge: "Write me a creature who thinks as well as a man, or better than a man, but not like a man."

In 1970, when the Science Fiction Writers of America voted on the best science fiction short stories of all time, "A Martian Odyssey" came in second to Asimov's "Nightfall", but was the earliest story to make the list. The chosen stories were published in The Science Fiction Hall of Fame Volume One, 1929-1964.”

The stories included in the 1949 A Martian Odyssey and Others included:
· A Martian Odyssey first published in Wonder Stories Jul ’34
· Valley of Dreams first published in Wonder Stories Nov ’34
· The Adaptive Ultimate first published in Astounding Nov ’35
· The Mad Moon first published in Astounding Dec ’35
· The Worlds of If first published in Wonder Stories Aug ’35
· The Ideal first published in Wonder Stories Sep ’35
· The Point of View first published in Wonder Stories Jan/Feb ’36
· Pygmalion’s Spectacles first published in Wonder Stories Jun ’35
· Parasite Planet first published in Astounding Feb ’35
· The Lotus Eaters first published in Astounding Apr ’35
· The Planet of Doubt first published in Astounding Oct ’35
· The Circle of Zero first published in Thrilling Wonder Stories Aug ’36

The collection posted here includes all the stories except for The Planet of Doubt for which I could not find an electronic copy.

10 Feb 2008: v2 posted. Thanks to Mickey, I have now included The Planet of Doubt. The previous version had 11 downloads. Additionally, for this prc copy I have tried to follow Harry's tutorial to creating better Mobipocket versions. It's my first attempt, so it may not be great.

14 Feb 2008: Corrected the name of the file to Martian instead of Marian. The previous version had 8 downloads.

15 Feb 2008: I guess I didn't truly have it fixed. Now it is. The previous version had 2 downloads.

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Weinbaum, Stanley Grauman: A Martian Odyssey. v1. 18 May 2013

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Stanley Grauman Weinbaum (April 4, 1902 – December 14, 1935) was an American science fiction author. His career in science fiction was short but influential. His first story, "A Martian Odyssey", was published to great (and enduring) acclaim in July 1934, but he would be dead from lung cancer within eighteen months.

A MARTIAN ODYSSEY
PYGMALION'S SPECTACLES
THE IDEAL
THE POINT OF VIEW
THE WORLDS OF IF
VALLEY OF DREAMS

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Weinbaum, Stanley Grauman: Brink of Infinity. v1. 20 Mar 2016

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Stanley Grauman Weinbaum (April 4, 1902 – December 14, 1935) was an American science fiction writer. His career in science fiction was short but influential. His first story, "A Martian Odyssey", was published to great (and enduring) acclaim in July 1934, but he would be dead from lung cancer within eighteen months.

Excerpt
ONE would hardly choose the life of an assistant professor of mathematics at an Eastern University as an adventurous one. Professors in general are reputed to drone out in a quiet, scholarly existence, and an instructor of mathematics might seem the driest and least lively of men, since his subject is perhaps the most desiccated. And yet—even the lifeless science of figures has had its dreamers—Clerk Maxwell, Lobachevsky, Einstein and the rest. The latter, the great Albert Einstein himself who is forging the only chain that ever tied a philosophers’ dream to experimental science, is pounding his links of tenuous mathematical symbols, shadowy as thought, but unbreakable.

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Weinbaum, Stanley Grauman: Dawn of Flame. v1. 20 Mar 2016

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Stanley Grauman Weinbaum (April 4, 1902 – December 14, 1935) was an American science fiction writer. His career in science fiction was short but influential. His first story, "A Martian Odyssey", was published to great (and enduring) acclaim in July 1934, but he would be dead from lung cancer within eighteen months.

Excerpt
Hull Tarvish looked backward but once, and that only as he reached the elbow of the road. The sprawling little stone cottage that had been home was visible as he had seen it a thousand times, framed under the cedars. His mother still watched him, and two of his younger brothers stood staring down the Mountainside at him. He raised his hand in farewell, then dropped it as he realized that none of them saw him now; his mother had turned indifferently to the door, and the two youngsters had spied a rabbit. He faced about and strode away, down the slope out of Ozarky.

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Weinbaum, Stanley Grauman: Flight on Titan. v1. 21 Mar 2016

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Stanley Grauman Weinbaum (April 4, 1902 – December 14, 1935) was an American science fiction writer. His career in science fiction was short but influential. His first story, "A Martian Odyssey", was published to great (and enduring) acclaim in July 1934, but he would be dead from lung cancer within eighteen months.

Excerpt
THE GALE roared incessantly like all the tormented souls since creation’s dawn, driving the two sliding and tumbling into the momentary shelter of a ridge of ice. A cloud of glittering ice needles swept by, rainbow-hued in the brilliant night, and the chill of eighty below zero bit through the sponge rubber of their suits.
The girl placed her visor close against the man’s helmet and said steadily: “This is the end, isn’t it, Tim? Because I’m glad I came with you, then. I’m glad it’s both of us together.”

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Weinbaum, Stanley Grauman: Parasite Planet. v1. 21 Mar 2016

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Stanley Grauman Weinbaum (April 4, 1902 – December 14, 1935) was an American science fiction writer. His career in science fiction was short but influential. His first story, "A Martian Odyssey", was published to great (and enduring) acclaim in July 1934, but he would be dead from lung cancer within eighteen months.

Excerpt
LUCKILY for “Ham” Hammond it was mid-winter when the mudspout came. Mid-winter, that is, in the Venusian sense, which is nothing at all like the conception of the season generally entertained on Earth, except possibly, by dwellers in the hotter regions of the Amazon basin, or the Congo.

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Weinbaum, Stanley Grauman: Pygmalion's Spectacles. v1.21 Mar 2016

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Stanley Grauman Weinbaum (April 4, 1902 – December 14, 1935) was an American science fiction writer. His career in science fiction was short but influential. His first story, "A Martian Odyssey", was published to great (and enduring) acclaim in July 1934, but he would be dead from lung cancer within eighteen months.

Excerpt
“BUT what is reality?” asked the gnomelike man. He gestured at the tall banks of buildings that loomed around Central Park, with their countless windows glowing like the cave fires of a city of Cro-Magnon people. “All is dream, all is illusion; I am your vision as you are mine.”

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Weinbaum, Stanley Grauman: Redemption Cairn. v1. 21 Mar 2016

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Stanley Grauman Weinbaum (April 4, 1902 – December 14, 1935) was an American science fiction writer. His career in science fiction was short but influential. His first story, "A Martian Odyssey", was published to great (and enduring) acclaim in July 1934, but he would be dead from lung cancer within eighteen months.

Excerpt
HAVE you ever been flat broke, hungry as the very devil, and yet so down and out that you didn’t even care? Looking back now, after a couple of months, it’s hard to put it into words, but I think the low point was the evening old Captain Harris Henshaw dropped into my room—my room, that is, until the twenty-four-hour notice to move or pay up expired.

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Weinbaum, Stanley Grauman: Shifting Seas. v1. 22 Mar 2916

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Stanley Grauman Weinbaum (April 4, 1902 – December 14, 1935) was an American science fiction writer. His career in science fiction was short but influential. His first story, "A Martian Odyssey", was published to great (and enduring) acclaim in July 1934, but he would be dead from lung cancer within eighteen months.

Excerpt
IT developed later that Ted Welling was one of the very few eye-witnesses of the catastrophe, or rather, that among the million and a half eyewitnesses, he was among the half dozen that survived. At the time, he was completely unaware of the extent of the disaster, although it looked bad enough to him in all truth!

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Weinbaum, Stanley Grauman: Smothered Seas. v1. 22 Mar 2016

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Stanley Grauman Weinbaum (April 4, 1902 – December 14, 1935) was an American science fiction writer. His career in science fiction was short but influential. His first story, "A Martian Odyssey", was published to great (and enduring) acclaim in July 1934, but he would be dead from lung cancer within eighteen months.

Excerpt
IT was the year 2000. America was at war, fighting for her very life against the Asiatic Union. And yet the American people—even army officers—found time for recreation. Recreation was a necessity, to take one's mind off the titanic struggle.

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Weinbaum, Stanley Grauman: The Adaptive Ultimate. v1. 22 Mar 2016

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Stanley Grauman Weinbaum (April 4, 1902 – December 14, 1935) was an American science fiction writer. His career in science fiction was short but influential. His first story, "A Martian Odyssey", was published to great (and enduring) acclaim in July 1934, but he would be dead from lung cancer within eighteen months.

Excerpt
DR. DANIEL SCOTT, his dark and brilliant eyes alight with the fire of enthusiasm, paused at last and stared out over the city, or that portion of it visible from the office windows of Herman Bach—the Dr. Herman Bach of Grand Mercy Hospital. There was a moment of silence; the old man smiled a little indulgently, a little wistfully, at the face of the youthful biochemist.

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Weinbaum, Stanley Grauman: The Dark Other. v1. 23 Mar 2016

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Stanley Grauman Weinbaum (April 4, 1902 – December 14, 1935) was an American science fiction writer. His career in science fiction was short but influential. His first story, "A Martian Odyssey", was published to great (and enduring) acclaim in July 1934, but he would be dead from lung cancer within eighteen months.

Excerpt
“THAT isn’t what I mean”, said Nicholas Devine, turning his eyes on his companion. “I mean pure horror in the sense of horror detached from experience, apart from reality, Not just a formless fear, which implies either fear of something that might happen, or fear of unknown dangers. Do you see what I mean?”

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Weinbaum, Stanley Grauman: The Ideal. v1. 23 Mar 2016

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Stanley Grauman Weinbaum (April 4, 1902 – December 14, 1935) was an American science fiction writer. His career in science fiction was short but influential. His first story, "A Martian Odyssey", was published to great (and enduring) acclaim in July 1934, but he would be dead from lung cancer within eighteen months.

Excerpt
“THIS,” said the Franciscan, “is my Automaton, who at the proper time will speak, answer whatsoever question I may ask, and reveal all secret knowledge to me.” He smiled as he laid his hand affectionately on the iron skull that topped the pedestal.

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Weinbaum, Stanley Grauman: The Lotus Eaters. v1. 23 Mar 2016

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Stanley Grauman Weinbaum (April 4, 1902 – December 14, 1935) was an American science fiction writer. His career in science fiction was short but influential. His first story, "A Martian Odyssey", was published to great (and enduring) acclaim in July 1934, but he would be dead from lung cancer within eighteen months.

Excerpt
“WHEW!” whistled “Ham” Hammond, staring through the right forward observation port. “What a place for a honeymoon!”
“Then you shouldn’t have married a biologist,” remarked Mrs. Hammond over his shoulder, but he could see her gray eyes dancing in the glass of the port. “Nor an explorer’s daughter,” she added. For Pat Hammond, until her marriage to Ham a scant four weeks ago, had been Patricia Burlingame, daughter of the great Englishman who had won so much of the twilight zone of Venus for Britain, exactly as Crowly had done for the United States.

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Weinbaum, Stanley Grauman: The Mad Moon. v1. 23 Mar 2016

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Stanley Grauman Weinbaum (April 4, 1902 – December 14, 1935) was an American science fiction writer. His career in science fiction was short but influential. His first story, "A Martian Odyssey", was published to great (and enduring) acclaim in July 1934, but he would be dead from lung cancer within eighteen months.

Excerpt
“IDIOTS!” howled Grant Calthorpe. “Fools—nitwits—imbeciles!” He sought wildly for some more expressive terms, failed and vented his exasperation in a vicious kick at the pile of rubbish on the ground.
Too vicious a kick, in fact; he had again forgotten the one-third normal gravitation of Io, and his whole body followed his kick in a long, twelve-foot arc.

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Weinbaum, Stanley Grauman: The New Adam. v1. 24 Mar 2016

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Stanley Grauman Weinbaum (April 4, 1902 – December 14, 1935) was an American science fiction writer. His career in science fiction was short but influential. His first story, "A Martian Odyssey", was published to great (and enduring) acclaim in July 1934, but he would be dead from lung cancer within eighteen months.

Excerpt
THIS is a story of a superman. It details his origin, his search for happiness, his loves, and finally, his success or failure, of which you alone can judge. It is a story perhaps fantastic, but a story based, nevertheless, on possibilities.

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Weinbaum, Stanley Grauman: The Planet of Doubt. v1. 24 Mar 2016

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Stanley Grauman Weinbaum (April 4, 1902 – December 14, 1935) was an American science fiction writer. His career in science fiction was short but influential. His first story, "A Martian Odyssey", was published to great (and enduring) acclaim in July 1934, but he would be dead from lung cancer within eighteen months.

Excerpt
Ham bent over the floor port, staring into the eternal green-gray fog that blankets Uranus. He glanced hastily at the dial of the electric plumb; fifty- five feet, it said with an air of positiveness, but that was a lie, for it had registered that same figure for a hundred and sixty miles of creeping descent. The fog itself reflected the beam.

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Weinbaum, Stanley Grauman: Tidal Moon. v1. 24 Mar 2016

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Stanley Grauman Weinbaum (April 4, 1902 – December 14, 1935) was an American science fiction writer. His career in science fiction was short but influential. His first story, "A Martian Odyssey", was published to great (and enduring) acclaim in July 1934, but he would be dead from lung cancer within eighteen months.

Excerpt
BOB AMHERST shivered a little despite the heated interior of the autobus, but grinned none the less as he made out the frosty towers of Hydropole. He was always glad to return to the polar city, if only for the pleasure of staring up at buildings piled story upon story like those of his native Syracuse on a gray planet some half a billion miles sunward.

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Weinbaum, Stanley Grauman: Valley of Dreams. v1. 24 Mar 2016

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Stanley Grauman Weinbaum (April 4, 1902 – December 14, 1935) was an American science fiction writer. His career in science fiction was short but influential. His first story, "A Martian Odyssey", was published to great (and enduring) acclaim in July 1934, but he would be dead from lung cancer within eighteen months.

Excerpt
Captain Harrison of the Ares expedition turned away from the little telescope in the bow of the rocket. “Two weeks more, at the most,” he remarked. “Mars only retrogrades for seventy days in all, relative to the earth, and we’ve got to be homeward bound during that period, or wait a year and a half for old Mother Earth to go around the sun and catch up with us again. How’d you like to spend a winter here?”

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Weinbaum, Stanley. Omnibus. PRC v1.1. 21 June 2009

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Stanley Weinbaum was an American SF author who died in 1935 at the age of 33. This omnibus is made from all of his work on PG Australia. Enjoy.

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- Stanley Weinbaum Omnibus.prc

Weir, Hugh C.: Miss Madelyn Mack, Detective, 1914, v1, 29 Aug 2023

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Very rare book, an early American female detective, who appeared only in these five stories, illustrated by stills from a silent movie.

The author (1884-1934) was mostly a screenwriter for the silent movies, and I think it shows in his writing style, which leans to melodrama, the very essence of the silent movies.

The stories:
1. The Man with Nine Lives
2. The Missing Bridegroom
3. Cinderella's Slipper
4. The Bullet from Nowhere
5. The Purple Thumb

The first story is a novelette of some 20,000 words.

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- Miss Madelyn Mack Detective - Hugh C. Weir.azw3 (Note: file extension not Kindle-compatible)

- Miss Madelyn Mack Detective - Hugh C. Weir.mobi

- cover.jpg (Note: file extension not Kindle-compatible)

Weiß, Konrad: Tagebücher 1914 bis 1919 [german]. V1. 20.8.2020

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Als Ergänzung zu meiner digitalen Ausgabe der Werke von Konrad Weiß – alle bei MobileRead verfügbar – hier die 15 von Weiß sogenannten Kriegsbücher; das sind die Tagebücher von 1914 bis 1919. Sie wurden von mir aus den Handschriften transskribiert, formal aufbereitet und zuerst im März 2018 auf meiner inzwischen eingestellten Website veröffentlicht. Diese Tagebücher umfassen die Zeit, in der Weiß zum Dichter wurde. Trotz des Namens beschäftigen sie sich mit dem ersten Weltkrieg eher am Rande; vielmehr geben sie tiefe Einblicke in die vergrübelte und entlegene Gedankenwelt von Konrad Weiß und liefern viele Aufschlüsse zur Entstehung und Bedeutung seiner Gedichte.

Für diese eBook-Ausgabe habe ich alle 15 Tagebücher nochmals mit den Handschriften verglichen, dabei eine Anzahl kleinerer Fehler, meist Tippfehler, korrigieren können und die Formatierung für das epub-Format angepasst. Ausführliche Angaben zum Wie und Warum der Ausgabe finden sich in der Einleitung und den Erläuterungen zur Textgestalt.

In der (äußerst spärlichen) Sekundärliteratur der letzten 50 Jahre (davor gabs außer ein paar Aufsätzen und Zeitungsartikeln fast nix) wurde mehrfach das Bedauern darüber geäußert, daß keine Tagebücher und Briefe von Konrad Weiß veröffentlicht sind. Eine Auswahlausgabe, die von 1980 bis (man staune!) zum November 2015 von der Deutschen Schillergesellschaft als „in Vorbereitung“ befindlich angekündigt wurde, ist nie erschienen. Auf meine Nachfrage wurde die Ankündigung im Katalog vom DLA Marbach entfernt. Für mich war das der Anlaß, nach dem Motto: wenn es kein anderer macht, dann mache ich es eben, die Entzifferung und Herausgabe der Tagebücher (zumindest dieser Tagebücher; es gibt noch andere) selber vorzunehmen. Hier das Ergebnis.

Die Kindle-Version wurde mit dem Konvertierungs-Werkzeug von Calibre aus der epub-Version erstellt. Wie immer bin ich dankbar für jeden Hinweis auf Fehler, die ich übersehen habe.

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- Kriegsbuecher - Konrad Weiss.azw3 (Note: file extension not Kindle-compatible)

Wells, Carolyn: a Chain of Evidence (1912), v1

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Fleming Stone #3

A man is found murdered in a locked Manhattan apartment, the only other inhabitants of which were his niece and a servant.

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- A Chain Of Evidence (1912) - Carolyn Wells.azw3 (Note: file extension not Kindle-compatible)

- A Chain Of Evidence (1912) - Carolyn Wells.mobi

Wells, Carolyn: A Point of Testimony (1911) v1, 3 Jul 2019

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I haven't posted a single short story before, but I found this one on Internet Archive.

Carolyn Wells spoofs the genre through her consulting detective Bayliss and his imaginary Watson.

Published in Adventure Magazine, October 1911. I have included the magazine cover as the artist, M Leone Bracker, died in 1937 and the cover art is out of copyright.

(Incidentally, the cover image illustrates a novelette by Bertram Atkey, (d. 1952), creator of Smiler Bunn, and author of several fantasy and sf stories.)

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- A Point of Testimony - Carolyn Wells.mobi

- A Point of Testimony - Carolyn Wells.azw3 (Note: file extension not Kindle-compatible)

Wells, Carolyn: Anybody But Anne (1914): v1

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Fleming Stone #5

Eccentric millionaire David van Wyck has announced that his is cutting his young wife Anne off without a cent: and the next morning his is found murdered in a locked room...

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- Anybody But Anne (1914) - Carolyn Wells.azw3 (Note: file extension not Kindle-compatible)

- Anybody But Anne (1914) - Carolyn Wells.mobi

Wells, Carolyn: Crime Tears On (1939); v.1., 6 July 2019

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Another American country house / locked room murder case by Carolyn Wells, who rather specialised in this field. This is the syndicated serial edition, rather than the published hardback novel edition, and is probably somewhat condensed, as it is 57,000 words while her books tended to around 70,000 words.

A beautiful actress visits a country house; jealousies flare; and shortly after she is engaged to the head of the house, and he has publicly torn up his will, her fiance is found dead. Fleming Stone is called in.

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- Crime Tears On - Carolyn Wells.azw3 (Note: file extension not Kindle-compatible)

- Crime Tears On - Carolyn Wells.mobi

Wells, Carolyn: Deep Lake Mystery (1928); v1

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Not one of Carolyn Wells' series, but a stand-alone; a detective story set in a fishing village in Wisconsin.

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- Deep Lake Mystery (1928) - Carolyn Wells.mobi

- Deep Lake Mystery (1928) - Carolyn Wells.azw3 (Note: file extension not Kindle-compatible)

Wells, Carolyn: Face Cards (1925); v1

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A house party at a country house in Connecticut, reputedly a house under a curse. The owner dies mysteriously, and one of the house party vanishes.

Not one of a series; a stand-alone novel.

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- Face Cards (1925) - Carolyn Wells.azw3 (Note: file extension not Kindle-compatible)

- Face Cards (1925) - Carolyn Wells.mobi

Wells, Carolyn: Faulkner's Folly (1917); v1

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Faulkner's Folly is a huge Palladian mansion which bankrupted its builder, and it is now owned by one Stannard, a famous portrait artist currently painting a portrait of Beatrix Faulkner, window of the former owner.

Then Stannard is murdered....

Classic style of murder mystery complete with house plan. The detective in this case is Alan Ford, and this is one of a small number of his cases recorded by Carolyn Wells.

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- Faulkner's Folly - Carolyn Wells.azw3 (Note: file extension not Kindle-compatible)

- Faulkner's Folly - Carolyn Wells.mobi

Wells, Carolyn: Feathers Left Around (1922), v1

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Fleming Stone #14

The “Feathers” in this tale are the clues left around after Mr. Curran is found dead in a locked room, presumably murdered.

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- Feathers Left Around (1922) - Carolyn Wells.azw3 (Note: file extension not Kindle-compatible)

- Feathers Left Around (1922) - Carolyn Wells.mobi

Wells, Carolyn: In The Onyx Lobby, v1

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Carolyn Wells (1862-1942) was an immensely prolific American author of more than 200 novels. She began writing childrens books in 1901, and in 1909 began writing detective novels as well. Her two main detectives were Fleming Stone (61 books) and Pennington Wise (8 books). They are mostly set in and around New York.

The 8 Pennington Wise books are:
1: The Room with the Tassels (1918) *
2: The Man Who Fell Through the Earth (1919) *
3: In the Onyx Lobby (1920) *
4: The Come-Back (1921) *
5: The Luminous Face (1921) *
6: The Vanishing of Betty Varian (1922) *
7: The Affair at Flower Acres (1923)
8: Wheels Within Wheels (1923)

I am uploading those marked *. The other two are easily available as ebooks from Amazon, etc.

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- In The Onyx Lobby (1920) - Carolyn Wells.azw3 (Note: file extension not Kindle-compatible)

- In The Onyx Lobby (1920) - Carolyn Wells.mobi

Wells, Carolyn: More Lives Than One (1923); v1; 21 Oct 2019

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Early Carolyn Wells detective novel (1923), not part of a series.

In New York's Washington Square bohemian district, artists and the quality mingle; and at a costume dance, a woman is murdered. Although everyone is supposed to know everyone else, the victim is a stranger.

I couldn't find an original dust cover, so created this one, using a detail from the Argosy magazine cover which carried the serial in 1923, and which showed a moment from the story.

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- More Lives Than One - Carolyn Wells.azw3 (Note: file extension not Kindle-compatible)

- More Lives Than One - Carolyn Wells.mobi

- cover.jpg (Note: file extension not Kindle-compatible)

Wells, Carolyn: Murder in the Bookshop (1936); v1, 27 July 2019

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A rare book features in this Fleming Stone detective case, in which the detective himself comes under the eye of a determined killer.

Text from Project Gutenberg Australia, now with a first edition dust jacket cover.

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- Murder in the Bookshop - Carolyn Wells.azw3 (Note: file extension not Kindle-compatible)

- Murder in the Bookshop - Carolyn Wells.mobi

Wells, Carolyn: Murder Will In (1942); v1, 7 Aug 2019

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In one of his last cases, Fleming Stone is called in to investigate the murder of wealthy society woman Alma McCleod during a party at the fashionable Fifth Avenue home she shares with her husband Hamish.

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- Murder Will In - Carolyn Wells.azw3 (Note: file extension not Kindle-compatible)

- Murder Will In - Carolyn Wells.mobi

Wells, Carolyn: Prilligirl (1924): v1

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Fleming Stone #17

I have only a handful of later Fleming Stone books, after #15, starting here with #17. They were not, so far as I know, marketed in Australia, where I live. I've never seen a single Carolyn Wells book in my years of fossicking in second-hand bookshops.

A popular playwright is found stabbed with his own pen, made from a medieval dagger. Unconscious on the floor of a telephone booth lies Mrs. Guy Thorndike, wife of a prominent actor. Ms Wells certainly has a genius for intriguing book titles.

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- Prillilgirl (1924) - Carolyn Wells.azw3 (Note: file extension not Kindle-compatible)

- Prillilgirl (1924) - Carolyn Wells.mobi

Wells, Carolyn: Raspberry Jam (1920): v1

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Fleming Stone #11

Another locked room case for Fleming Stone. Control Freak husband Sanford Embury is found dead in a locked room. When a spouse is murdered, the prime suspect is the other half. But did she do it? (And who would entitle a murder mystery "Raspberry Jam"?)

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- Raspberry Jam (1920) - Carolyn Wells.azw3 (Note: file extension not Kindle-compatible)

- Raspberry Jam (1920) - Carolyn Wells.mobi

Wells, Carolyn: Raspberry Jam, v1, 12 March 2010.

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Carolyn Wells [1862–1942]
Raspberry Jam [1920]

A locked-room mystery with a psychic mystery subplot.

Mike Grost comments:
“Raspberry Jam” (1920) is one of Wells’ best impossible crime stories. It avoids the cheating with secret passages often found in Wells. Instead, it includes impossible crime ideas that are still considered solid approaches. Its main puzzle is linked to Wells’ earliest such stories: explaining how outsiders might penetrate a locked domicile - here done right. It combines the locked-apartment mystery of “A Chain of Evidence,” with a solution that shares imagery with “The White Alley,” but which is simpler, more plausible, and fair play. “Raspberry Jam” also has three good subplots about explaining purported psychic phenomena, also a Wells tradition. The writing is lively throughout. Much of the detection is by Fleming Stone's teenage assistant, street kid Fibsy, who is well characterized. This is not Fibsy's debut, but it is perhaps his richest portrait in a Wells novel.
http://mikegrost.com/hanshews.htm#Wells

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- Raspberry Jam.prc

Wells, Carolyn: Sleeping Dogs (1929), v1, 2 July 2019

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A different detective, this time the young Kenneth Carlisle, working on a classic murder mystery with a startling absence of clues.

Text from Gutenberg Australia, with better cover, and in mobi and azw3 format.

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- Sleeping Dogs - Carolyn Wells.azw3 (Note: file extension not Kindle-compatible)

- Sleeping Dogs - Carolyn Wells.mobi

Wells, Carolyn: Spooky Hollow (1923): v1

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Fleming Stone #15

Greatlarch, the New England house where Homer Vincent lives with his wife and niece, is haunted by a strange legend. It is said that when the wild harp sounds in the boggy copse known as Spooky Hollow, violent death is soon to follow.

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- Spooky Hollow (1923) - Carolyn Wells.azw3 (Note: file extension not Kindle-compatible)

- Spooky Hollow (1923) - Carolyn Wells.mobi

Wells, Carolyn: The Affair at Flower Acres (1924), v.1; 5 July 2019

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The syndicated serial edition of a Pennington Wise case.

Malcolm Finlay left the country when the love of his life, Nancy, married a man he despised. Two years later he returns, and when a guest at Flower Acres he is found standing over the corpse of Nancy's husband, smoking gun in his hand.

The seemingly simple case becomes more and more complex, the police are increasingly frustrated, and finally Pennington Wise is called in to solve the mystery.

61,000 words

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- The Affair at Flower Acres - Carolyn Wells.azw3 (Note: file extension not Kindle-compatible)

- The Affair at Flower Acres - Carolyn Wells.mobi

Wells, Carolyn: The Beautiful Derelict (1935), v1; 17 March 2019

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A Fleming Stone case.

When a derelict yacht is discovered with two dead bodies aboard, Fleming Stone is drawn into the case. There is a wealthy family, two scapegrace sons who travelled in the far east years before, and suprises from the past.

And then there's another death: murder in a locked room.

(There are, I believe, 71 Fleming Stone novels!)

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- The Beautiful Derelict - Carolyn Wells.azw3 (Note: file extension not Kindle-compatible)

- The Beautiful Derelict - Carolyn Wells.mobi

Wells, Carolyn: The Bride of a Moment (1916); v1

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A radiant bride is shot dead at the altar.

She has been receiving threatening letters, but encrypted in a remarkable code.

Alan Ford investigates.

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- The Bride Of A Moment - Carolyn Wells.azw3 (Note: file extension not Kindle-compatible)

- The Bride Of A Moment - Carolyn Wells.mobi

Wells, Carolyn: The Broken O; (1933); v1 1 Jul 2019

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A Fleming Stone case.

On his honeymoon, a wealthy young man collapses and dies in the arms of his bride. There is no obvious, or even subtle, cause of death, and the verdict is natural causes. But the rumour mills grind, and his distraught bride Perilla is the subject; suspected of murder.

She calls in Fleming Stone.

Taken from the serial edition, and therefore possibly a little condensed. I have not been able to check against a book edition.

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- The Broken O - Carolyn Wells.mobi

- The Broken O - Carolyn Wells.azw3 (Note: file extension not Kindle-compatible)

Wells, Carolyn: The Bronze Hand (1926), v1

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Fleming Stone #20

A shipboard murder. A shrewd oil man is murdered on a passenger liner.Fleming Stone is on hand, albeit incognito.

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- The Bronze Hand (1926) - Carolyn Wells.azw3 (Note: file extension not Kindle-compatible)

- The Bronze Hand (1926) - Carolyn Wells.mobi

Wells, Carolyn: The Clue (1909), v.1

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Fleming Stone #1

Carolyn Wells penned an astonishing 61 books in the Fleming Stone series, from 1909-1942. Many of them are of the locked room or impossible crime type. I have appended the list of 61 titles, and their dates, to "The Clue", but not the other titles I am uploading.

Only about 20 or so titles exist, so far as I can see, in ebook form, mostly those in the PD in the USA found on Project Gutenberg, plus a few additional titles in +70 PD libraries.

In the course of the long series, Stone acquires a juvenile assistant, "Fibsy" (who appears in only a handful of early books); marries; but does not, it seems, grow a day older. He is a consulting private detective much more in the manner of Holmes than Sam Spade, and all of Wells' detective novels are "cosies" set in upper middle class East Coast USA society, mostly New York and environs.

The books I am uploading have the texts sourced variously, and then re-formatted with a consistent look; and with, wherever possible, scans of the original covers. (Few have dustjacket images, which are rare, specially in the early titles.)

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- The Clue (1909) - Carolyn Wells.azw3 (Note: file extension not Kindle-compatible)

- The Clue (1909) - Carolyn Wells.mobi

Wells, Carolyn: The Come Back, v1

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Carolyn Wells (1862-1842) was an immensely prolific American author of more than 200 novels. She began writing childrens books in 1901, and in 1909 began writing detective novels as well. Her two main detectives were Fleming Stone (61 books) and Pennington Wise (8 books). They are mostly set in and around New York.

The 8 Pennington Wise books are:
1: The Room with the Tassels (1918) *
2: The Man Who Fell Through the Earth (1919) *
3: In the Onyx Lobby (1920) *
4: The Come-Back (1921) *
5: The Luminous Face (1921) *
6: The Vanishing of Betty Varian (1922) *
7: The Affair at Flower Acres (1923)
8: Wheels Within Wheels (1923)

I am uploading those marked *. The other two are easily available as ebooks from Amazon, etc.

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- The Come Back (1921) - Carolyn Wells.azw3 (Note: file extension not Kindle-compatible)

- The Come Back (1921) - Carolyn Wells.mobi

Wells, Carolyn: The Come Back, v1, 5 March 2010.

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Carolyn Wells [1862–1942]
The Come Back [1921]

A spiritualist mystery.
A gypsy prophecy says that Peter will die in the snow and then come back. He perishes during an expedition to Newfoundland. Then a friend of his is murdered. Peter’s parents have recourse to a spiritualist medium, but his fiancée and sister are determined to solve the murder and expose the charlatan. So they call in the detective Pennington Wise and his assistant, Zizi.

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- The Come Back.prc

Wells, Carolyn: The Crime in the Crypt (1928), v1; 6 Aug 2019

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A tour guide leading a group of American tourists in Britain accidentally discovers a brand new dead body in an ancient sarcophagus beneath a cathedral, shot to death. The victim is identified by his possessions as an American tourist, not part of the tour guide's group but from the same ship.

The investigation leads back to the USA, to a dark family secret, and is solved by Fleming Stone

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- The Crime in the Crypt - Carolyn Wells.azw3 (Note: file extension not Kindle-compatible)

- The Crime in the Crypt - Carolyn Wells.mobi

Wells, Carolyn: The Curved Blades (1916): v1

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Fleming Stone #7

When wealthy heiress Lucy Carrington is found murdered in the bedroom of her Long Island estate, suspects abound: the rich woman’s pretty niece, the social secretary, the cousin who managed her finances, the suspicious maid, a mysterious “count” and even the strange neighbor.

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- The Curved Blades (1916) - Carolyn Wells.azw3 (Note: file extension not Kindle-compatible)

- The Curved Blades (1916) - Carolyn Wells.mobi

Wells, Carolyn: The Daughter of the House (1925), v1, 4 Aug 2019

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Fleming Stone solves the mystery of the deaths of a millionaire and three out of four of the legatees under his eccentric will. These legatees stand between the family and what they regard as their rights.

Txt source: Gutenberg Australia.

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- The Daughter of the House - Carolyn Wells.azw3 (Note: file extension not Kindle-compatible)

- The Daughter of the House - Carolyn Wells.mobi

Wells, Carolyn: The Diamond Pin (1919), v1

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Fleming Stone #10

Wealthy Ursula Pell enjoys playing cruel practical jokes on her dependents. After a specially cruel joke, she is found dead in a locked room.

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- The Diamond Pin (1919) - Carolyn Wells.azw3 (Note: file extension not Kindle-compatible)

- The Diamond Pin (1919) - Carolyn Wells.mobi

Wells, Carolyn: The Disappearance of Kimball Webb (1919); v1; 14 March 2019

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Written by Carolyn Wells using the pseudonym Rowland Wright.

Shortly before his wedding to heiress Elsie Powell, Kimball Webb vanishes without trace from his room in the mansion the Webb family from Boston have leased in New York.

Fending off opportunistic suitors, Elsie sets out to find her missing fiance, enlists the aid of detective Coley Coe... and finds herself in a peck of trouble.

Text source: Faded Page. I managed to find an original hardback cover, but not, alas, the dust cover.

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- The Disappearance Of Kimball We - Carolyn Wells.azw3 (Note: file extension not Kindle-compatible)

- The Disappearance Of Kimball We - Carolyn Wells.mobi

Wells, Carolyn: The Doorstep Murders (1930), v1, 17 Aug 2019

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A Kenneth Carlisle Case (No 2 of 3)

Kenneth Carlisle, silent film star turned detective, faces the toughest case of his career - but also the most intriguing. Three men have been killed on their own doorsteps, in the same town, on the same night, with identical daggers. The evidence points to there only having been one killer. But that simply isn't possible. Is it?

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- The Doorstep Murders (1930) - Carolyn Wells.azw3 (Note: file extension not Kindle-compatible)

- The Doorstep Murders (1930) - Carolyn Wells.mobi

- cover.jpg (Note: file extension not Kindle-compatible)

Wells, Carolyn: The Furthest Fury (1924); v1, 17 July 2019

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David Stanhope’s visit with friends in the Connecticut hill country village of New Midian soon plunges him into mystery as two comparatively recent citizens of the village, a man, Nevin Lawrence, and his widowed sister, are murdered in their own house, both shot to death.

Stanhope investigates, as the local police are too inept for words, but in the end he calls in Fleming Stone.

Text from Gutenberg Australia; plus improved cover, the original 1924 dust jacket.

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- The Furthest Fury - Carolyn Wells.mobi

- The Furthest Fury - Carolyn Wells.azw3 (Note: file extension not Kindle-compatible)

Wells, Carolyn: The Gold Bag (1911): v1

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Fleming Stone #2

When the wealthy financier Joseph Crawford is found dead in the study of his home in West Sedgwick the only clue is the lady's gold evening bag on his desk.

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- The Gold Bag (1911) - Carolyn Wells.azw3 (Note: file extension not Kindle-compatible)

- The Gold Bag (1911) - Carolyn Wells.mobi

Wells, Carolyn: The Gold Bag, v1, 29 March 2010.

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Carolyn Wells [1862-1942]
The Gold Bag [1911]

This mystery has been unkindly described as “The Leavenworth Case for Dummies.” Like Anna Katharine Green’s earlier detective novel it features a murdered millionaire, a missing will, a private secretary and a beautiful young woman who falls under suspicion. Can she be guilty? Will the modest and relatively inexperienced young detective fall for her?
However, while the plot may be somewhat clichéd, the pace moves briskly and the dialogue is more lively than Mrs. Green’s.

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- The Gold Bag.prc

Wells, Carolyn: The Huddle (1936), v1

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Fleming Stone #42

Was dynamic Robert Allenby murdered by one of his three business associates?

This is the last Fleming Stone I can supply.

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- The Huddle (1936) - Carolyn Wells.azw3 (Note: file extension not Kindle-compatible)

- The Huddle (1936) - Carolyn Wells.mobi

Wells, Carolyn: The Luminous Face, v1

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Carolyn Wells (1862-1842) was an immensely prolific American author of more than 200 novels. She began writing childrens books in 1901, and in 1909 began writing detective novels as well. Her two main detectives were Fleming Stone (61 books) and Pennington Wise (8 books). They are mostly set in and around New York.

The 8 Pennington Wise books are:
1: The Room with the Tassels (1918) *
2: The Man Who Fell Through the Earth (1919) *
3: In the Onyx Lobby (1920) *
4: The Come-Back (1921) *
5: The Luminous Face (1921) *
6: The Vanishing of Betty Varian (1922) *
7: The Affair at Flower Acres (1923)
8: Wheels Within Wheels (1923)

I am uploading those marked *. The other two are easily available as ebooks from Amazon, etc.

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- The Luminous Face (1921) - Carolyn Wells.azw3 (Note: file extension not Kindle-compatible)

- The Luminous Face (1921) - Carolyn Wells.mobi

Wells, Carolyn: the Man Who Fell Through The Earth, v1

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Carolyn Wells (1862-1942) was an immensely prolific American author of more than 200 novels. She began writing childrens books in 1901, and in 1909 began writing detective novels as well. Her two main detectives were Fleming Stone (61 books) and Pennington Wise (8 books). They are mostly set in and around New York.

The 8 Pennington Wise books are:
1: The Room with the Tassels (1918) *
2: The Man Who Fell Through the Earth (1919) *
3: In the Onyx Lobby (1920) *
4: The Come-Back (1921) *
5: The Luminous Face (1921) *
6: The Vanishing of Betty Varian (1922) *
7: The Affair at Flower Acres (1923)
8: Wheels Within Wheels (1923)

I am uploading those marked *. The other two are easily available as ebooks from Amazon, etc.

Downloads:

- The Man Who Fell Through The Ea - Carolyn Wells.azw3 (Note: file extension not Kindle-compatible)

- The Man Who Fell Through The Ea - Carolyn Wells.mobi

Wells, Carolyn: The Mark of Cain (1917): v.1

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Fleming Stone #8

A young heiress learns of the death of her uncle and is determined to find out who is the murderer.

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- The Mark Of Cain (1917) - Carolyn Wells.azw3 (Note: file extension not Kindle-compatible)

- The Mark Of Cain (1917) - Carolyn Wells.mobi

Wells, Carolyn: The Maxwell Mystery (1913): v1

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Fleming Stone #4

Guests gather at Maxwell Chimneys, the stately home of Alexander Maxwell, for a weekend of picnics and charades. During a dance party, Alexander’s nephew Philip Maxwell is murdered. The murder weapon is quickly located in the hand of an unconscious woman lying next to the corpse.

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- The Maxwell Mystery (1913) - Carolyn Wells.azw3 (Note: file extension not Kindle-compatible)

- The Maxwell Mystery (1913) - Carolyn Wells.mobi

Wells, Carolyn: The Mystery Girl (1922): v1

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Fleming Stone #13

The cozy college town of Corinth, New England is the setting for this classic locked-room mystery by Carolyn Wells, author of The Clue.

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- The Mystery Girl (1922) - Carolyn Wells.azw3 (Note: file extension not Kindle-compatible)

- The Mystery Girl (1922) - Carolyn Wells.mobi

Wells, Carolyn: The Mystery of the Sycamore (1921), v.1

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Fleming Stone #12

A cry of "Fire!", a murder, and the voluntary confession of three people to the same crime!

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- The Mystery of the Sycamore (19 - Carolyn Wells.azw3 (Note: file extension not Kindle-compatible)

- The Mystery of the Sycamore (19 - Carolyn Wells.mobi

Wells, Carolyn: The Room With the Tassels, v1

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Carolyn Wells (1862-1942) was an immensely prolific American author of more than 200 novels. She began writing childrens books in 1901, and in 1909 began writing detective novels as well. Her two main detectives were Fleming Stone (61 books) and Pennington Wise (8 books). They are mostly set in and around New York.

The 8 Pennington Wise books are:
1: The Room with the Tassels (1918) *
2: The Man Who Fell Through the Earth (1919) *
3: In the Onyx Lobby (1920) *
4: The Come-Back (1921) *
5: The Luminous Face (1921) *
6: The Vanishing of Betty Varian (1922) *
7: The Affair at Flower Acres (1923)
8: Wheels Within Wheels (1923)

I am uploading those marked *. The other two are easily available as ebooks from Amazon, etc.

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Wells, Carolyn: The Tapestry Room Murder (1928); v1, 16 Aug 2019

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Another locked room mystery by Carolyn Wells, once again resolved by consulting detective Fleming Stone.

Published in 1928, it includes a plan of the murder scene.

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Wells, Carolyn: The Technique of the Mystery Story, v.1, 12 Dec 2007.

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Patricia

First published in 1913, this book analyses the different techniques used in a variety of mystery and detective stories, also offering hints to writers.

Many of the examples are taken from Conan Doyle and Anna Katherine Green, many of whose works HarryT has already uploaded.

SPOILER ALERT
This book discusses techniques, so contains a lot of plot spoilers. If you don’t want plot spoilers then don’t read this book. You’ve been warned.

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Wells, Carolyn: The Vanishing of Betty Varian, v1

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Pulpmeister

Carolyn Wells (1862-1842) was an immensely prolific American author of more than 200 novels. She began writing childrens books in 1901, and in 1909 began writing detective novels as well. Her two main detectives were Fleming Stone (61 books) and Pennington Wise (8 books). They are mostly set in and around New York.

The 8 Pennington Wise books are:
1: The Room with the Tassels (1918) *
2: The Man Who Fell Through the Earth (1919) *
3: In the Onyx Lobby (1920) *
4: The Come-Back (1921) *
5: The Luminous Face (1921) *
6: The Vanishing of Betty Varian (1922) *
7: The Affair at Flower Acres (1923)
8: Wheels Within Wheels (1923)

I am uploading those marked *. The other two are easily available as ebooks from Amazon, etc.

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- The Vanishing Of Betty Varian ( - Carolyn Wells.azw3 (Note: file extension not Kindle-compatible)

- The Vanishing Of Betty Varian ( - Carolyn Wells.mobi

Wells, Carolyn: The White Alley (1915): v1

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Fleming Stone #6

Guests gather at White Birches, the upper New York mansion of millionaire scion Justin Arnold. The weekend's festivities are cut short when the host inexplicably goes missing, presumed to be hiding or unwell somewhere within the grounds of the heavily protected, fortress-like estate. With the amateur sleuths unable to solve the mystery, they call in Detective Fleming Stone.

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Wells, Carolyn: Vicki Van (1918): v1

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Fleming Stone #9

G K Chesterton praised this one. Who is the charming, mysterious and elusive Vicki Van?

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Wells, Carolyn: Wheels Within Wheels (1923), v1, 11 July 2019

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Whatever happened to Angela Howland? And who killed Mr Howland?

A Pennington Wise mystery novel in which the whole affair lay in the poor bedimmed brain of the village idiot. It was up to the famous Pennington Wise and equally famous little assistant, Zizi, to find it.

Text from Project Gutenberg Australia

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Wells, Carolyn: Where's Emily? (1927), v1

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Fleming Stone #23

Polly Pennington is murdered; seer Lal Singh is there; so is Fleming Stone. But where's Emily? She has just vanished.

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Wells, Carolyn: Who Killed Caldwell? (1942); v1, 16 Aug 2019

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The last Fleming Stone novel, published in the year the author died.

The prodigal son returns after many years abroad, and soon the family is stunned by a murder... and then another.

Fleming Stone as usual elucidates the baffling crimes.

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Wells, H. G., The Sea Lady. v1. 06 Oct 2025

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GrannyGrump

A nearly unknown satiric fantasy by H. G. Wells, a comedy of manners with elements of the supernatural.

This whimsical tale involves a mermaid who comes ashore on the southern coast of England in 1899, ostensibly with the intention of joining genteel society but who really desires to seduce Harry Chatteris, a man she once encountered near Tonga

The story weaves together elements of adventure, societal norms, and the quest for identity, particularly that of the Sea Lady as she attempts to integrate into human society and possibly gain a soul.

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Herbert George Wells ( Sep. 21, 1866 –Aug. 13, 1946) is often called the “father of science fiction,” and is known for his influential novels like [The Time Machine[/ and [The War of the Worlds[/. He was a prolific writer of both fiction and non-fiction, exploring themes of futurism, social commentary, and scientific advancement, and he is credited with envisioning or predicting concepts such as time travel, alien invasions, and even the internet.

Some of his early novels, called “scientific romances,” invented several themes now classic in science fiction in such works as [The Time Machine[/, [The Island of Doctor Moreau[/, [The Invisible Man[/, [The War of the Worlds[/, [When the Sleeper Wakes[/, and [The First Men in the Moon[/. He also wrote realistic novels that received critical acclaim, and dozens of short stories and novellas.

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[The Sea Lady[/ was serialized from July to December 1901 in “Pearson’s Magazine” before being published as a volume by Methuen in 1902. This ebook includes several examples of early book covers. Sadly, due to copyright restrictions, the 25 illustrations by Lewis Baumer (1870–1963) have been omitted.

[This book is in the public domain where copyright is “Life+80” or less, and in the USA.[/
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Wells, H. G.: When the Sleeper Awakes, v.1, 17 Feb 2008

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I knows nought about it - only this from Wikipedia:

Not all his (H. G. Wells') scientific romances ended in a happy Utopia, as the dystopian [When the Sleeper Wakes [/(1899, rewritten as [The Sleeper Awakes[/, 1910) shows.

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Wells, H. G.: Ann Veronica (1909); v1; 10 March 2020

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H G Wells' romantic novel of the "new woman" of the Edwardian era. Ann Veronica, approaching 22 years, is still at home, under the thumb of an inflexible stepfather.

Pressed to her breaking point, she leaves home, goes to London, ansd falls into various misadventures, in and out of love, until happiness is found.

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Wells, H. G.: Thirty Strange Stories (1898); v1; 17 Aug 2020

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Title tells all. Some of these stories have been reprinted several times, such as "The Cone".

1: The Strange Orchid
2: Æpyornis Island
3: The Plattner Story
4: The Argonauts of the Air
5: The Story of the Late Mr. Elvesham
6: The Stolen Bacillus
7: The Red Room
8: A Moth (Genus Unknown)
9: In the Abyss
10: Under the Knife
11: The Reconciliation
12: A Slip under the Microscope
13: In the Avu Observatory
14: The Triumphs of a Taxidermist
15: A Deal in Ostriches
16: The Rajah’s Treasure
17: The Story of Davidson’s Eyes
18: The Cone
19: The Purple Pileus
20: A Catastrophe
21: Le Mari Terrible
22: The Apple
23: The Sad Story of a Dramatic Critic
24: The Jilting of Jane
25: The Lost Inheritance
26: Pollock and the Porroh Man
27: The Sea Raiders
28: In the Modern Vein
29: The Lord of the Dynamos
30: The Treasure in the Forest

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Wells, H. G.: Tono-Bungay. v.1. 2 Feb 2009

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Sparrow

H. G. Wells - 'Tono-Bungay'

'Tono-Bungay' was published in 1909. Although there are some SF elements (e.g. flying machines, radioactive substances), it is primarily a semi-autobiographical novel. Wells deals with social issues facing Edwardian society - changing moral codes, economic dishonesty, political corruption, women's changing roles, the rise of the press and advertising. Many of these issues are still relevant today, despite it being the 100th anniversary of the novel's publication.

This version originated from Project Gutenberg; but has been revised to correct textual errors, and include some passages that are missing in the PG text.

Please let me know if any further errors are found.

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Wells, H.G.: A Dream of Armageddon and Other Horror Stories. V1. 3 Dec 2012

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Herbert George Wells (21 September 1866 – 13 August 1946), better known as H. G. Wells, was an English writer best remembered today for the science fiction novels he published between 1895 and 1901: The Time Machine, The Island of Doctor Moreau, The Invisible Man, The War of the Worlds, When the Sleeper Wakes, and The First Men in the Moon. Wells and Jules Verne are each sometimes referred to as "The Father of Science Fiction".
He was an outspoken socialist and a pacifist; his later works becoming increasingly political and didactic. His later novels were more realistic; they covered lower middle class life (The History of Mr Polly) and the 'New Woman' and the Suffragettes (Ann Veronica). He was a prolific writer of both fiction and non-fiction, and produced works in many genres, including contemporary novels, history, and social commentary.
Wikipedia

A DREAM OF ARMAGEDDON
THE CONE
THE COUNTRY OF THE BLIND
THE DIAMOND MAKER
THE DOOR IN THE WALL
FILMER
JIMMY GOGGLES THE GOD
THE LORD OF THE DYNAMOS
THE MAGIC SHOP
MISS WINCHELSEA'S HEART

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Wells, H.G.: An H.G. Wells Novel Omnibus, V3, 07/05/2014

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This Omnibus of Wells work includes:

1. The Time Machine
2. The Island of Dr. Moreau
3. The Invisible Man
4. The War of the Worlds
5. When the Sleeper Wakes
6. The First Men in the Moon
7. The Food of the Gods
8. In the Days of the Comet

641 previous downloads (Ver.1)

With thanks to Pynch for help in fixing errors.
188 previous downloads (Ver. 2)
I cleaned up the TOC and gave it a better cover.

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Wells, H.G.: In the Days of the Comet. v1, 17 Feb 2008

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Madam Broshkina

From Amazon.com:

A comet rushes toward the earth, a deadly, glowing orb that soon fills the sky and promises doom. But mankind is too busy hating, stealing, scheming, and killing to care. As luminous green trails of cosmic dust and vapor stream across the heavens, blood flows beneath: nations wage all-out war, bitter strikes erupt, and jealous lovers plot revenge and murder. The earth slips past the comet by the narrowest of margins, but ......

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Wells, H.G.: In the Days of the Comet. v1. 30 Sep 2009

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HarryT

Description from Amazon:

Revenge was all Leadford could think off as he set out to find the unfaithful Nettie and her adulterous lover. But this was all to change when a new comet entered the earth's orbit and totally reversed the natural order of things. The Great Change had occurred and any previous emotions, thoughts, ambitions, hopes and fears had all been removed. Free love, pacifism and equality were now the name of the game. But how would Leadford fare in this most utopian of societies.

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Wells, H.G.: Little Wars. v1, 22 Sep 2008

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"A game for boys from twelve years of age to one hundred and fifty and for that more intelligent sort of girl who likes boys' games and books."

Rules for playing games with toy soldiers. Sounds like great fun!

Enjoy!

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Wells, H.G.: Tales of Space and Time v1 1 dec 2008

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mtravellerh

Tales of Space and Time is a fantasy and science fiction collection of three short stories and two novellas written by the English author H. G. Wells between 1897 and 1898. It was first published by Doubleday & McClure Co. in 1899. All the stories had first been published in various monthly periodicals and this was the first volume to collect these stories.

These are the stories contained in this collection showing the periodicals in which they were first published.

* "The Crystal Egg" (short story, The New Review, May 1897)
* "The Star " (short story, The Graphic, December, 1897)
* "A Story of the Stone Age" (novella, The Idler, May-September 1897) comprising:
o "Ugh-Lomi and Uya"
o "The Cave Bear"
o "The First Horseman"
o "Uya the Lion"
o "The Fight in the Lion’s Thicket"
* "A Story of the Days To Come" (novella, The Pall Mall Magazine, June-October 1897) comprising:
o "The Cure for Love"
o "The Vacant Country"
o "The Ways of the City"
o "Underneath"
o "Bindon Intervenes"
* "The Man Who Could Work Miracles" (short story, Illustrated London News, July 1898)(source:Wikipedia)

The usual: Source PG, treated by MTH, added TOC, added original cover

Have fun!

PS: This is a great read!

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Wells, H.G.: The Chronic Argonauts. v1. 24 Nov 07

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tsgreer

[Ok, this is my first mobipocket book creation. I finally figured out how to make decent Sony Reader files, but now that I have a Kindle, I took the jump and am trying mobipocket files. Please let me know if it came out ok. It looks great on my Kindle, but I don't have any other devices to try it out on[/

I noticed there is a lot of H.G. Wells here, but I couldn't find this little gem--it's actually my favorite Wells story. This short story is a time travel story written before he wrote [The Time Machine[/. I have to admit that I prefer [The Chronic Argonauts...[/

It concerns the arrival of a mysterious stranger in the town of Lyddwdd (it's Welsh). He moves into a very run-down house that has some bad vibes because of a horrible murder that was committed in it years before. The stranger starts doing all sorts of odd things in that house and the rural folk believe him to be a devilish inventor. And what do rural folk usually do when there is a devilsh inventor in their midst? Why, they decide that maybe they should just um, well kill him. Ahh, but what has he been doing in there and just where did he come from? Hmmm...

A very awesome little story if you like Wells. I liked it so much that I read it twice in a row.

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Wells, H.G.: The First Men in the Moon. v1, 17 Feb 2008

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Madam Broshkina

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia:

[The First Men in the Moon[/ is a 1901 scientific romance novel by the British author H. G. Wells. The novel tells the story of a journey to the moon undertaken by the two main protagonists, the impecunious businessman Mr Bedford and the brilliant but eccentric scientist Dr Cavor. On arrival, Bedford and Cavor find the moon inhabited by an extra terrestrial civilization the two name as "Selenites." The novel can also be read as a critique of prevailing political opinions of the period, particularly of imperialism. The theme of a clash between civilizations is reminiscent of Wells' earlier and more famous work, The War of the Worlds. As in The War of the Worlds, it is hinted that the non-human civilization presented might reflect the way human society would develop in the far future. As such, the Selenite society depicted could be considered either a utopia or a dystopia, depending on which of its features one emphasizes.

With a few illustrations.

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Wells, H.G.: The First Men in the Moon. v1. 29 Sep 2009

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HarryT

Description from Amazon:

When penniless businessman Mr Bedford retreats to the Kent coast to write a play, he meets by chance the brilliant Dr Cavor, an absent-minded scientist on the brink of developing a material that blocks gravity. Cavor soon succeeds in his experiments, only to tell a stunned Bedford the invention makes possible one of the oldest dreams of humanity: a journey to the moon. With Bedford motivated by money, and Cavor by the desire for knowledge, the two embark on the expedition. But neither are prepared for what they find – a world of freezing nights, boiling days and sinister alien life, on which they may be trapped forever.

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Wells, H.G.: The Invisible Man. v1. 24th Sep 2009

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HarryT

Description from Amazon:

With his face swaddled in bandages, his eyes hidden behind dark glasses and his hands covered even indoors, Griffin – the new guest at The Coach and Horses – is at first assumed to be a shy accident-victim. But the true reason for his disguise is far more chilling: he has developed a process that has made him invisible, and is locked in a struggle to discover the antidote. Forced from the village, and driven to murder, he seeks the aid of an old friend, Kemp. The horror of his fate has affected his mind, however – and when Kemp refuse to help, he resolves to wreak his revenge.

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Wells, H.G.: The Island of Doctor Moreau. V2.0. 5 Oct 2011

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WT Sharpe

This is a conversion to MOBI of the epub originally uploaded by JSWolf in this thread. I have not had time to proof this first version, so let me know if you find any errors so they can be corrected in future versions.

EDIT: Replaced upload with version 2.0. It contains several changes, some corrections, a linked Table of Contents, and a new cover.

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Wells, H.G.: The Sea Raiders. V1. 6 Dec 2008

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crutledge

Herbert George Wells (21 September 1866 – 13 August 1946), better known as H. G. Wells, was an English writer best remembered today for the science fiction novels he published between 1895 and 1901: The Time Machine, The Island of Doctor Moreau, The Invisible Man, The War of the Worlds, When the Sleeper Wakes, and The First Men in the Moon. Wells and Jules Verne are each sometimes referred to as "The Father of Science Fiction".
He was an outspoken socialist and a pacifist; his later works becoming increasingly political and didactic. His later novels were more realistic; they covered lower middle class life (The History of Mr Polly) and the 'New Woman' and the Suffragettes (Ann Veronica). He was a prolific writer of both fiction and non-fiction, and produced works in many genres, including contemporary novels, history, and social commentary.
Wikipedia

Monstrous denizens of the deep terrorize the residents of the Devonshire coast!

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Wells, H.G.: The Sleeper Awakes. v1. 29 Sep 2009

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HarryT

Description from Amazon:

A troubled insomniac in 1890s England falls suddenly into a sleep-like trance, from which he does not awake for over two hundred years. During his centuries of slumber, however, investments are made that make him the richest and most powerful man on Earth. But when he comes out of his trance he is horrified to discover that the money accumulated in his name is being used to maintain a hierarchal society in which most are poor, and more than a third of all people are enslaved. Oppressed and uneducated, the masses cling desperately to one dream – that the sleeper will awake, and lead them all to freedom.

Note: This is a revised version of the book originally published under the title [When the Sleeper Wakes[/. Wells was very unhappy with the original version of the book and, as described in a preface to this version, 12 years after its initial publication, re-released it in this revised form.

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Wells, H.G.: The Time Machine. v1. 24th Sep 2009

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HarryT

Description from Amazon:

When a Victorian scientist propels himself into the year 802,701 AD, he is initially delighted to find that suffering has been replaced by beauty, contentment and peace. Entranced at first by the Eloi, an elfin species descended from man, he soon realises that this beautiful people are simply remnants of a once-great culture – now weak and childishly afraid of the dark. They have every reason to be afraid: in deep tunnels beneath their paradise lurks another race descended from humanity – the sinister Morlocks. And when the scientist’s time machine vanishes, it becomes clear he must search these tunnels, if he is ever to return to his own era.

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Wells, H.G.: The War of the Worlds. v1. 24th Sep 2009

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Description from Amazon:

The night after a shooting star is seen streaking through the sky from Mars, a cylinder is discovered on Horsell Common in London. At first, naïve locals approach the cylinder armed just with a white flag – only to be quickly killed by an all-destroying heat-ray, as terrifying tentacled invaders emerge. Soon the whole of human civilisation is under threat, as powerful Martians build gigantic killing machines, destroy all in their path with black gas and burning rays, and feast on the warm blood of trapped, still-living human prey. The forces of the Earth, however, may prove harder to beat than they at first appear.

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Wells, H.G.: The World Set Free. v1, 17 Feb 2008

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Madam Broshkina

From Fanstaticfiction.co.uk:

A nightmare vision of the world devastated by nuclear war, written in 1913 by H.G.Wells. This prophetic story concerns the discovery of artificial radioactivity and tells of the way in which this new form of energy revolutionizes transport and industry and finally leads to catastrophe.

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Wells, H.G.: Twelve Stories and a Dream. V1. 9 Dec 2008

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crutledge

Herbert George Wells (21 September 1866 – 13 August 1946), better known as H. G. Wells, was an English writer best remembered today for the science fiction novels he published between 1895 and 1901: The Time Machine, The Island of Doctor Moreau, The Invisible Man, The War of the Worlds, When the Sleeper Wakes, and The First Men in the Moon. Wells and Jules Verne are each sometimes referred to as "The Father of Science Fiction".
He was an outspoken socialist and a pacifist; his later works becoming increasingly political and didactic. His later novels were more realistic; they covered lower middle class life (The History of Mr Polly) and the 'New Woman' and the Suffragettes (Ann Veronica). He was a prolific writer of both fiction and non-fiction, and produced works in many genres, including contemporary novels, history, and social commentary.
Wikipedia

1. FILMER
2. THE MAGIC SHOP
3. THE VALLEY OF SPIDERS
4. THE TRUTH ABOUT PYECRAFT
5. MR. SKELMERSDALE IN FAIRYLAND
6. THE STORY OF THE INEXPERIENCED GHOST
7. JIMMY GOGGLES THE GOD
8. THE NEW ACCELERATOR
9. MR. LEDBETTER'S VACATION
10. THE STOLEN BODY
11. MR. BRISHER'S TREASURE
12. MISS WINCHELSEA'S HEART
13. A DREAM OF ARMAGEDDON

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Wells, H.G.: War of the Worlds v1.0 2007-09-12

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Yes, this is a repeat book. But I wanted to do a proper format so here it is direct from Project Gutenberg. I have a little trick I used in Book Designer. Take a look at the table of contents and then the footers. I'm not yet posting the HTML0 file so I can keep you guessing about my trick. If anyone knows, feel free to say so. I want to know who can be the first to figure it out.

[quotH.G. Wells's science fiction classic, the first novel to explore the possibilities of intelligent life from other planets, it still startling and vivid nearly after a century after its appearance, and a half-century after Orson Wells's infamous 1938 radio adaptation. The daring portrayal of aliens landing on English soil, with its themes of interplanetary imperialism, technological holocaust and chaos, is central to the career of H.G. Wells, who died at the dawn of the atomic age. The survival of mankind in the face of "vast and cool and unsympathetic" scientific powers spinning out of control was a crucial theme throughout his work. Visionary, shocking and chilling, [The War Of The Worlds[/ has lost none of its impact since its first publication in 1898.[/quot

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Wells, Helen et al.: Origins of NASA Names. PRC v1.0 30 July 2009

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This title was published in 1976 by NASA. It's a very interesting read. The file size is due to the pictures.

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Wentworth-James, Gertie: The House of Chance. v1. 27 May 2016

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crutledge

Born : 1874 London, England: Lived : Baron's Court, London, England (final): Died : 1933 Apr 22 Hammersmith, London, England

Excerpt
The satin bedspread was of pale rose pink, to match the curtains, carpets, and general scheme of upholstery; the silk lace-trimmed nightdress was of sky blue—that incontestable sky blue which may be seen round Putney on Boat-Race day, and decorating the starched white gowns of happy Hampstead holidaymakers on the first Monday in August—to match the extraordinarily innocent eyes of its wearer; and the bunch of curls lying on the dressing-table was tinted dull delicate primrose—yellow to match a few strands of soft hair straying across a much-frilled linen pillowcase marked with the monogram of the Hotel Magni-ique, Chateau du Leys, Normandy.

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Wentworth-James, Gertie: The Wild Widow. v1. 29 May 2016

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Born : 1874 London, England: Lived : Baron's Court, London, England (final): Died : 1933 Apr 22 Hammersmith, London, England

Excerpt
“Yes, Eve, I am a failure because—I read this sentiment somewhere—every woman who marries unsatisfactorily is a failure. She may make a big niche for herself in drama, literature, music; may be a social success; may look well and dress well; but if the legally-attached man doesn’t arouse the financial envy of other women, she is a failure! Roger, who won’t earn money and won’t shave, couldn’t arouse the envy of other women! Why, he is so indolent and unstrenuous that he has even grown a beard and whiskers! ”

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Werner, E: A Hero of the Pen. v1. 21 Sep 2013

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Werner, E., pseudonym of Elisabeth Bürstenbinder (Berlin, 1838-1918, Merano), author of numerous light novels published in serial form. Her collected works appeared as Gesammelte Romane und Novellen (10 vols.) 1893-5.

Excerpt
"My father thinks this European journey necessary for the completion of my mercantile education, and I readily yield to his wishes, as it promises so much of interest to me. I shall first pass a few months in New York, where the business affairs of our house demand my personal supervision, and from there I shall sail for Europe in March. A year will suffice me to gain some acquaintance with England, France and Germany, and for a short tour through Switzerland and Italy. The next spring I hope to return home."

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Werner, E: Clear the Track!. v1. 20 Sep 2013

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Werner, E., pseudonym of Elisabeth Bürstenbinder (Berlin, 1838-1918, Merano), author of numerous light novels published in serial form. Her collected works appeared as Gesammelte Romane und Novellen (10 vols.) 1893-5.

Excerpt
In Cecilia's manner, there was most assuredly nothing of the sweet shyness and embarrassment of a young girl who, for the first time, listens to the addresses of a lover. In fact, it hardly seemed that she comprehended the seriousness of the situation. She would soon be twenty years old, at which age girls in her circle often married or, rather, were given in marriage, for their families usually decided the matter for them. Individually, moreover, she had no objection to marrying. It would be very pleasant to enjoy the freedom allowed a married woman, to be wholly untrammeled as to expenditure in dress, jewels, etc., and to be no longer obliged to submit to the will of a brother, who was at times very despotic, only—how much handsomer and more agreeable was Viscount de Marville than this Dernburg, who had not even rank to recommend him. It was really outrageous, that a Baroness Wildenrod would, in future, have to bear the name of a simple citizen!

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Werner, E: Danira. v1. 20 Sep 2013

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Werner, E., pseudonym of Elisabeth Bürstenbinder (Berlin, 1838-1918, Merano), author of numerous light novels published in serial form. Her collected works appeared as Gesammelte Romane und Novellen (10 vols.) 1893-5.

Excerpt
In the bow stood a young officer in the uniform of the Austrian Imperial Chasseurs, who, spy-glass in hand, was scanning the scene. The light fatigue cap covering his thick, fair hair, shaded a face that harmonized perfectly with his manly bearing. Every feature was grave, firm, resolute, and the clear light-brown eyes, with their quiet, searching gaze, suited the countenance. Yet one might have desired a little more life and animation; the grave, passionless repose of a face so youthful produced an almost chilling impression. A heavy step was heard on the cabin stairs, and directly after a young soldier, who wore the same uniform, approached. The steamer still rocked so much that he had some difficulty in crossing the deck to his officer, who now closed the glass and turned toward him.

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Werner, E: Fickle Fortune. v1. 20 Sep 2013

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Werner, E., pseudonym of Elisabeth Bürstenbinder (Berlin, 1838-1918, Merano), author of numerous light novels published in serial form. Her collected works appeared as Gesammelte Romane und Novellen (10 vols.) 1893-5.

Excerpt
'This is what they are pleased to call spring in these parts! The snow drifts thicker and thicker every minute, and the delightful north-east wind comes in vigorous blasts which threaten to carry us away into space, post-chaise and all. It is perfectly maddening.'
The carriage, one of the occupants of which thus gave vent to his ill-humour, was in truth working its way slowly and with difficulty through the accumulated snow on the high-road. Notwithstanding all their efforts, the horses could only advance at a foot-pace, so that the patience of the two travellers seated in the interior of the vehicle was put to a severe test.

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Werner, E: Herman. v1, 21 Sep 2013

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Werner, E., pseudonym of Elisabeth Bürstenbinder (Berlin, 1838-1918, Merano), author of numerous light novels published in serial form. Her collected works appeared as Gesammelte Romane und Novellen (10 vols.) 1893-5.

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"But, Doctor, for heaven's sake tell us what this is all about."

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Werner, E: Partners. v1. 22 Sep 2013

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Werner, E., pseudonym of Elisabeth Bürstenbinder (Berlin, 1838-1918, Merano), author of numerous light novels published in serial form. Her collected works appeared as Gesammelte Romane und Novellen (10 vols.) 1893-5.

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"Really, Jessie," said he, "I am weary of this constant repetition of the old lamentations. As your guardian and relative I have undertaken the care of your future, and I should have thought the future which I lay before you acceptable enough. But such a silly, romantic, girlish head will never be able to judge what is for its own happiness."
The silly, romantic, girlish head was at least not deficient in grace. Without being regularly beautiful, the fair head, the delicate, but very expressive features, and the rather languishing blue eyes, had something uncommonly attractive.

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Werner, E: Riven Bond Vol II. v1. 22 Sep 2013

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Werner, E., pseudonym of Elisabeth Bürstenbinder (Berlin, 1838-1918, Merano), author of numerous light novels published in serial form. Her collected works appeared as Gesammelte Romane und Novellen (10 vols.) 1893-5.

Excerpt
"That I am still the 'adventurer,' whom you once took so sternly to task. It did not improve him certainly, but he never attempted since to approach you with his follies, and cannot to-day either. To make my tale short, I had no idea you were the inhabitant of this villa, when I directed my steps here. I had myself announced to a perfectly strange gentleman, because Marchese Tortoni had spoken of a young lady, who lived here in complete seclusion, and yes—I knew before hand, that you would look at me in this way—"

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Werner, E: Riven Bonds Vol I. v1. 22 Sep 2013

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Werner, E., pseudonym of Elisabeth Bürstenbinder (Berlin, 1838-1918, Merano), author of numerous light novels published in serial form. Her collected works appeared as Gesammelte Romane und Novellen (10 vols.) 1893-5.

Excerpt
The curtain fell amid thunders of applause from the whole house. Boxes, pit, and gallery unanimously demanded the reappearance of the singer, who, in the finale of the act just concluded, had carried all away with her. The whole audience became excited, and would not be calmed, until, greeted with applause, which broke forth with renewed vigour, overwhelmed with flowers, wreaths, and homage of all kinds, the object of this ovation showed herself, in order to thank the public.

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Werner, E: Saint Michael. v1. 22 Sep 2013

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Werner, E., pseudonym of Elisabeth Bürstenbinder (Berlin, 1838-1918, Merano), author of numerous light novels published in serial form. Her collected works appeared as Gesammelte Romane und Novellen (10 vols.) 1893-5.

Excerpt
Easter had come; the season of light and refreshment for universal nature! Winter, as he departed, had shrouded himself in a veil of gloomy mist, and spring followed close after fleeing abysmal clouds. She had sent forth the blasts, her messengers, to arouse the earth from its slumber; they roared above meadow and plain, waved their wings around the mighty summits of the mountain ranges, and stirred the sea to its depths. There was a savage conflict and turmoil in the air, whence issued, nevertheless, a note as of victory. The blasts were those of spring, and were instinct with life,—they heralded a resurrection.

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Werner, E: The Alpine Fay. v1. 21 Sep 2013

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Werner, E., pseudonym of Elisabeth Bürstenbinder (Berlin, 1838-1918, Merano), author of numerous light novels published in serial form. Her collected works appeared as Gesammelte Romane und Novellen (10 vols.) 1893-5.

Excerpt
"So pray listen to reason, Thurgau," he said, in a tone in which impatience was audible. "Your opposition will do you no good. In any case you will be forced to relinquish your estate."
"I, forced!" exclaimed Thurgau, angrily. "We'll see about that. While I live, not a stone of Wolkenstein shall be touched."
"But it is directly in the way. The big bridge starts from here, and the line of railway goes directly through your property."
"Then alter your cursed line of railway! Carry it where you choose, over the top of the Wolkenstein, for all I care, but let my house alone. No need to talk, Nordheim; I persist in my 'no.'"

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Werner, E: The Northern Light. v1. 21 Sep 2013

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Werner, E., pseudonym of Elisabeth Bürstenbinder (Berlin, 1838-1918, Merano), author of numerous light novels published in serial form. Her collected works appeared as Gesammelte Romane und Novellen (10 vols.) 1893-5.

Excerpt
"You take life too hard, Falkenried," he said reprovingly. "You have changed strangely in the last few years. Who would recognize in you now, the gay young officer of other days? And what's the reason of it all? The shadow which once darkened your life has long since disappeared. You are a soldier, heart and soul, and have repeatedly distinguished yourself in your profession. A high position awaits you in the future, and the thing above all others is—you have your son."

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Werner, E: The Sign of Flame. v1. 23 Sep 2013

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Werner, E., pseudonym of Elisabeth Bürstenbinder (Berlin, 1838-1918, Merano), author of numerous light novels published in serial form. Her collected works appeared as Gesammelte Romane und Novellen (10 vols.) 1893-5.

Excerpt
Through the gray fog of an autumn morning a flock of birds took flight; sweeping now, as if in farewell, close to the firs, so recently their home—rising now to a goodly height, directing their flight toward the south, and disappearing slowly in the veiled distance.
The gloomy eyes of a man standing at a window of the large castle-like mansion situated at the edge of the forest, followed this flight.
He was of tall stature and powerful in physique; the erect bearing would have betrayed the soldier even without the uniform which he wore: his features not handsome but strong; hair light, and eyes blue; in short, a typical German in appearance; but something like a shadow rested on those features, and the high brow bore deeper furrows than the years seemed to warrant.

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Werner, E: Under a Charm Vol III (of III). v1. 23 Sep 2013

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Werner, E., pseudonym of Elisabeth Bürstenbinder (Berlin, 1838-1918, Merano), author of numerous light novels published in serial form. Her collected works appeared as Gesammelte Romane und Novellen (10 vols.) 1893-5.

Excerpt
"You have brought us to an evil pass, Osiecki," she said. "You should have been careful not to attract suspicion or attention to the station, instead of which you quarrel with the patrols, and imperil everything by your indiscreet conduct. The Princess is extremely displeased with you. I come in her name once more emphatically to forbid any acts of violence whatever, no matter against whom. This time you must make up your mind to obey. Your ill-judged proceedings have done harm enough."

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Werner, E: Under a Charm, Vol. I (of III)

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Werner, E., pseudonym of Elisabeth Bürstenbinder (Berlin, 1838-1918, Merano), author of numerous light novels published in serial form. Her collected works appeared as Gesammelte Romane und Novellen (10 vols.) 1893-5.

Excerpt
At the open glass-door, which led out on to the balcony, stood a lady dressed in deep mourning. She was tall and imposing of stature, and might still pass for beautiful, although she had more than reached life's meridian. That face, with its clear regular lines, had, it is true, never possessed the charms of grace and loveliness; but, for that very reason, years had taken nothing from the cold severe beauty it still triumphantly retained. The black attire, the crape veil shading her brow, seemed to point to some heavy, and probably recent, loss; but one looked in vain for the trace of past tears in those eyes, for a touch of softness in those features so indicative of energy. If sorrow had really drawn nigh this woman, she had either not felt it very deeply, or had already overcome its pangs.

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Werner, E: Under a Charm, Vol. II (of III). v1, 23 Sep 2013

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Werner, E., pseudonym of Elisabeth Bürstenbinder (Berlin, 1838-1918, Merano), author of numerous light novels published in serial form. Her collected works appeared as Gesammelte Romane und Novellen (10 vols.) 1893-5.

Excerpt
The Princess was alone with her two sons. She sat in her accustomed place in the green drawing-room, with Waldemar opposite her, and Leo standing by his brother's chair—to all appearances a peaceful, united family group.

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Werner, E: Vineta, The Phantom City. v1. 23 Sep 2013

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Werner, E., pseudonym of Elisabeth Bürstenbinder (Berlin, 1838-1918, Merano), author of numerous light novels published in serial form. Her collected works appeared as Gesammelte Romane und Novellen (10 vols.) 1893-5.

Excerpt
At the lady's side stood a gentleman of equally imposing appearance; although very near her in age, he seemed ten years her senior, for time and life had left deep traces as they swept over his head. The grave, expressive face bore that impress which the world's storms and conflicts leave behind them; the dark, abundant hair was tinged with gray, the brow was furrowed, and the profound melancholy of the glance was in keeping with that look of sadness stamped upon all the features. He had been intently gazing out upon the sea, but he now turned away with an impatient gesture.

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Wesley, John: The Sermons of John Wesley, v.1, 25 February 2009.

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These are the Sermons of John Wesley in one Volume. They come from the Works of John Wesley.

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West, Julius: G. K. Chesterton: A Critical Study, v1, 30 November 2009.

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Julius West (1891–1918)
G. K. Chesterton: A Critical Study (1915)

A study of Chesterton’s earlier works.

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West, Keith: Hanging Waters; v1, 4 March 2025

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1933

"The calm verbosity of the Chinese, whether in love or business or banditry, or even murder, makes Mr. West's book very good comedy. He knows China, he writes with amusement, and he has discovered a really new setting for a detective story. The story deals with the adventures of Ming So, the 13-year-old son of a poor widow, who is taken away by his wealthy uncle to make his fortune in the city. Ming So finds himself intertwined with a girl several years older, and a horrible murder."

Keith West is the pseudonym of Kenneth Westmacott Lane, 1893-1954

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West, Nathanael: A Cool Million (1934), v1

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A brutal satire of Horatio Alger's many novels of poor boys made good. Quite short-- 33,000 words, or about novelette length--is is a tightly compressed antidote to the golden optimism of Horiatio Alger's novels.

The cover is from the (now very rare) first edition.

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West, Nathanael: Day of the Locust (1939), v1

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Nathanael West (born Nathan Weinstein; 1903-1940)

The Day of the Locust is a satirical take on Hollywood of the late 1930s, based on West's years as a Hollywood screenwriter, and follows a young artist from the Yale School of Fine Arts named Tod Hackett. who has been hired by a Hollywood studio to do scenic design and painting. West's four novels were not highly regarded in his lifetime but have grown in esteem since.

(One of the characters is named Homer Simpson.)

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West, Nathanael: Miss Lonelyhearts (1933), v1

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Nathanael West (born Nathan Weinstein, 1903-1940)

A novelette of just 34,000 words, rather than a full-length novel. This expressionist black comedy is widely regarded as West's masterpiece.

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West, Nathanael: The Dream Life of Balso Snell (1931), v1, 7 Apr 2019

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Just 18,000 words, this is Nathanel West's first published book. He later went on to write "Miss Lonelyhearts" and "The Day of the Locust".

Difficult to describe.

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Weston, Jessie L: From Ritual to Romance, v.1, 25 May 2008.

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Jessie Laidlay Weston (1850-1928)
From [Ritual to Romance [/(1920)

From Wikipedia:
“The work's current fame rests on it being mentioned by T. S. Eliot in the notes to his poem, [The Waste Land[/:
Not only the title, but the plan and a good deal of the incidental symbolism of the poem were suggested by Miss Jessie L. Weston's book.
Weston's book is an academic examination of the roots of the King Arthur legends and seeks to make connections between the early pagan elements and the later Christian influences. The book's main focus is on the Holy Grail tradition and its influence, particularly the Wasteland motif. The origins of Weston's book are in James George Frazer's seminal work on folklore, magic and religion, [The Golden Bough[/, and in the works of Miss Jane Ellen Harrison.
The book appears in the film [Apocalypse Now[/, among those kept by the character, Colonel Walter E. Kurtz, played by Marlon Brando, along with [The Golden Bough.[/”

Most contemporary scholars no longer subscribe to Miss Weston’s theory but is was (and continues to be) an influence on artists and people who like esoteric reading.

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Wetjen, Albert Richard: Outside the Law (2021), v1, 19 Mar 2021

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Further tales of the sea, from the late 19th century to World War 2, by Albert Richard Wetjen.

As in the previous volume of Wetjen's tales, "Pearl Hunger", the stories are in order of publication, in this case from 1922-1948.

The first two are novelettes of the south seas, sharing several characters.
1: Under The Skin
2: The War of the Captains
3: A Loyal Man
4: The Education of Captain Sutherland
5: The Third Officer
6: Yellow Bowden
7: Women Are Queer
8: Sweet Music
9: Old Iron Face
10: The Pleasure Is All Yours
11: Hell's Helmsman
12: Carry on, Mr. Barnes
13: The Extra Hand
14: A Shift of Cargo
15: Outside The Law

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Wetjen, Albert Richard: Pearl Hunger (2021) V1, 3 March 2021

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Albert Richard Wetjen (1900-1948) ran away to sea at 14, travelled widely, and turned to writing adventure stories in the early 1920s. He wrote for both the low-paying pulps (Action Stories, Adventure) and the high paying slicks (Colliers, Saturday Evening Post); he continued travelling, visiting Australia in the mid-1930s as a now celebrated author. This collection, prepared for Mobil Read Library by Terry Walker, includes stories from both pulps and slicks. With thanks to Matthias Kaether for some of the pulp stories; the others are from the Australian National Library on-line newspaper resource TROVE.

Full title: "Pearl Hunger and other adventures in the South Seas"

1: Value
2: Pearl Hunger: A Novelette
3: You Can't Explain These Things
4: Captain Typhoon (aka "Red Typhoon")
5: Trial by Typhoon: A Novelette
6: Trapped
7: Inconsistent Man
8: The Fortunes of War
9: Terror Island
10: Davey Jones' Loot
11: The Devil's Sink Hole
12: Cannibal Isle
13: Gambler's Luck
14: Master

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Weyman, Stanley J.: A Gentleman of France, v.1, 25 Jan 2009

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'Stanley Weyman's fame stands on the foundation of his historical, romantic fiction. The 15 novels written between 1890 and 1904 are set amidst the turmoil of 16th and 17th century France. Weyman was one of the first authors to 'cast the romance of adventure' in the historical framework. He was able to resurrect the great heroes and bring them to life by his loving hand. This author claimed: "The graves of our heroes--the real heroes--move us; the doors through which the famous dead have passed are sacred to us." Stanley Weyman regarded himself as fortunate that the timing of his early novels followed closely the popular historical fiction of Alexandre Dumas in France.

One of his most well known novels was [A Gentleman of France[/, which is set during the time of the War of the Three Henrys. It describes the "grand climacteric of a man's life". Forty-year-old M. de Marsac is in the process of losing his finances and gentleman status. He has been forced to groom his own horse by cover of night and faces ridicule because of his tattered appearance when he goes before the court of Henry of Navarre seeking a commission. Rewarded for his past valor and loyalty to France, M. de Marsac teaches others that the clothes in no way make the man and that a true gentleman can win the respect he so rightly deserves by initiative and courage. These words play out until the final curtain "I had need of all the courage which religion and a campaigner's life could supply." '

I started with the PG text and proofread it using the page images from Google Books.

[Count Hannibal[/ and [Under the Red Robe[/ by Weyman (pronounced "Wyman") are also available on MobileRead.

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Weyman, Stanley J.: Shrewsbury (Illustrated) 11 Nov 2013

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Stanley John Weyman was born in 1855. He graduated from Oxford in 1877 with a degree in history. With this degree he was unable to make much of a living for himself. He was called to the Bar in 1881 and practiced law for ‘eight wretched years’ never making more than £200 a year and frequently angering judges with his nervous incompetence in court.

[Cornhill Magazine[/ editor James Payn convinced him to undertake fiction. He began publishing in 1883 with his short [The Story of a Courtship [/for [The English Illustrated Magazine[/. But not until his first novel [The House of the Wolf[/, set in 16th Century France, was he catapulted to fame. From 1890 onwards he was the lion of a very special and elegant literary form. His best books, including [From the Memoirs of a Minister of France[/ (1893), [A Gentleman of France[/ (1893),[ Under the Red Robe[/ (1894) and [The Red Cockade[/ (1895) are all but without parallel in excellence. He died in 1928.

[Shrewsbury[/ is set in England during the Restoration of Charles II, the brief reign of James, the ‘Glorious Revolution’, and the reign of William and Mary. After the Restoration many of the people who had overthrown Charles I had been executed, and during the reign of William and Mary ‘many in high places spent their days in a dreadful looking forward to judgment… This begot a period of plots and counter-plots, of perjury and intrigue, of denunciations and accusations real and feigned, such as I believe no other country has ever known; the Jacobites considering a restoration certain, and the time only doubtful; while the Whigs in their hearts were inclined to agree with them and feared the worst.’

The protagonist is a weak and cowardly man who was almost destroyed by his first love, but was enabled by his second love to risk his life to save the Duke of Shrewsbury from a false accusation.

This version modernises the spelling and punctuation, curls the quotes, adds some scene breaks, and corrects some typographical errors.

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Weyman, Stanley J.: The Castle Inn (illus). v1. 26 Aug 2017

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The Castle Inn By Stanley J. Weyman (1855–1928)
Illustrated by Walter Appleton Clark (1876–1906)
Frontispiece by Arthur Rackham (1867–1939)

This book was first published in 1898. Text is in the public domain in countries where copyright is “Life + 90” or less, and in the USA. Illustrations by Walter Clark are in the public domain world-wide. Frontispiece by Arthur Rackham is in the public domain in countries where copyright is “Life + 70” or less, and in the USA.

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This swords-and-pistols swashbuckling romance carries us into jolly old England in 1767, when George III was young, when gibbets still served for sign-posts, when travel was by coach and highwaymen were many, when men drank deep and played high, and duels were still the order of the day. The adventure is complete with a high-born Handsome Hero, a spirited Beautiful Heroine, several Dastardly Villains, and assorted Meddlers and Troublemakers who step through an intricate quadrille involving bequests, betrothals, treachery, and love. Frequent sparks of wit lighten the drama. “The Castle Inn” is among the most thrilling of Weyman’s thrilling tales.

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OCR errors were corrected; punctuation, diacritics, and italics formatted; High-ish resolution images, based on 960 x 1280 px, manually cleaned and enhanced. (Includes a copy of the un-enhanced cover) Embedded fonts for titling and drop-caps. Chapter heads are cross-linked to Table of Contents; List of Illustrations provides links to images.

Enjoy the read. Adventure awaits!
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Weyman, Stanley J.: The Man in Black (Illustrated) v2 22 Dec 2013

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[The Man in Black[/ was first published in London by Cassell, 1894, and in New York by Longmans Green in 1901, with twelve illustration by Wal and H. M. Paget. It is set in 1637, about 50 years after [A Gentleman of France[/, 30 years after[ Memoirs of a Minister of France[/, 7 years after [Under the Red Robe[/, and 150 years before [The Red Cockade[/. There are cameo appearances by Louis XIII and Cardinal Richelieu, but this is not a swashbuckler. It is a spooky tale, with the title character an astrologer who preys on an innocent young woman, her long lost young brother, and her would-be murdering husband.

This is the mobi+azw3 version of the second ePub version.

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Weyman, Stanley J.: The Red Cockade v2 27 April 2014

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Stanley John Weyman was born at Ludlow in Shropshire in 1855, the second son of a solicitor. He went to Shrewsbury School, then to Christ Church, Oxford, graduating in 1877 with a degree in history. With this degree he was not able to make much of a living for himself and prospects were discouraging. He was called to the Bar in 1881 and practiced law for 'eight wretched years' never making more than £200 in any given year, and frequently angering judges with his nervous incompetence in court.

Novelist and [Cornhill Magazine[/ editor James Payn convinced him to undertake fiction. Weyman began publishing in 1883 with his short story [The Story of a Courtship[/ for [The English Illustrated Magazine[/. But not until his first novel [The House of the Wolf[/, set in 16th Century France, was he catapulted to fame in 1890. From 1890 onward, he was the lion of a very special and elegant literary form. His best books, including [From the Memoirs of a Minister of France[/ (1893), [A Gentleman of France[/ (1893), [Under the Red Robe[/ (1894) and [The Red Cockade[/ (1895) are all but without parallel in excellence.

[The Red Cockade[/ is a ... swashbuckling historical romance, set around 1789 in Cahors and Nimes at the time of the French Revolution, [describing th adventures of an aristocrat sympathetic to the cause of the people.[ The San Francisco Chronicle[/ said this one "deserves a place among the best historical fiction of the latter part of this [the nineteenth] century." One of Weyman's finest.

Adapted from www.violetbooks.com/weyman.html
and www.violetbooks.com/weyman-bib.html

The source text for [The Red Cockade[/ was Project Gutenberg 39297-h.htm, checked against the 1895 Longmans Green edition. I have silently corrected typos, curled quotes, replaced diacritics in French words, used British English, and made minor changes to spelling, punctuation, and hyphenation using oxforddictionaries.com.

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Weyman, Stanley J.: Under the Red Robe (Illustrated) v2 6 Jul 2013

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Stanley John Weyman was born at Ludlow in Shropshire in 1855, the second son of a solicitor. He went to Shrewsbury School, then to Oxford, graduating in 1877 with a degree in history. With this degree he was not able to make much of a living for himself and prospects were discouraging. He was called to the Bar in 1881 and practiced law for 'eight wretched years' never making more than £200 in any given year, and frequently angering judges with his nervous incompetence in court.

Cornhill Magazine editor James Payn convinced him to undertake fiction. Weyman began publishing in 1883 with his short [The Story of a Courtship[/ for [The English Illustrated Magazine.[/ But not until his first novel [The House of the Wolf[/, set in 16th Century France, was he
catapulted to fame in 1890. From 1890 onward, he was the lion of a very special and elegant literary form. His best books, including [From the Memoirs of a Minister of France[/ (1893), [A Gentleman of France[/ (1893), [Under the Red Robe[/ (1894) and [The Red Cockade[/ (1895) are all but without parallel in excellence. He died in 1928.

[Under the Red Robe[/ is set in 1630s France. The hero, Gil de Berault, is an impoverished gentleman, a gambler and duellist, whose life is forfeit because of Cardinal Richelieu's edict against duelling. He is given a choice between execution and being sent as a secret agent to capture a disaffected nobleman. The dubious mission seems the best choice at first. But he falls in love with the sister of the man he is sent to betray, redeems himself by setting the man free, and returns to face the Cardinal on 'The Day of the Dupes.'

Loosely based on www.violetbooks.com/weyman.html

The illustrations were taken from the Internet Archive, and were of poor quality. This is the first ebook in which I have made a serious effort to improve the images with GIMP, and I would appreciate feedback on the images - especially those in chapters 7 and 8 - and suggestion on how I might improve them.

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Weyman, Stanley J.: Under the Red Robe, v.1, 12 Feb 2008.

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[QUOTSwashbuckler collector Jesse Knight has written, "Weymen really is a brilliant historical novelist who has been unjustly neglected." And I must say I am truly amazed that he is not to this day a household name with one or two of his books as widely known as one or two of Stevenson's. He was one of only two authors Rafael Sabatini explicitly claimed to have been an influence on his work; the other was mystic historical novelist Mary Johnston. Knight says, "Sabatini spoke highly of the older novelist, maintaining vigoriously that Weymen had advanced the field of historical fiction writing."

Weyman's great contribution to perfecting the historical romance in it's purest "swashbuckler" mode was to take all that was most thrilling about Alexander Dumas & Sir Walter Scott & get rid of everything that was tedious. That is not to say he made it simpler; he evaded stating the obvious, he used correct history as background without lecturing about it, he was never a blow-hard. He depended on environment & momentous occasion to guide the characters through a story. This resulted in a swift, forward-moving & suspenseful plot punctuated with action, heroism, witicism, & romance both of the high adventure-sort & the sort that requires a leading lady.[/QUOT
The book is a Dumas-esque swashbuckler of 1630s France, which a critic at the New York World thought the equal of Ivanhoe. The "red robe" aludes to Richelieu. The hero, de Berault, is a gentleman rogue who falls afoul of Richelieu & is given a choice between the Bastille or being sent on a secret mission against rebels in the south. Being a rogue his dubious mission seems a good one at first, but he falls in love with the sister of the man he is sent to betray & soon redeems himself valiantly. A rousing tale set largely in Bearn, & one of Weyman's finest.

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Weyman, Stanley J: Count Hannibal v1 15 jan 2009

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If you like Sabatini and Dumas, you will love Weyman.

Stanley John Weyman (August 7, 1855 - April 10, 1928) was an English novelist sometimes referred to as the "Prince of Romance".

Weyman (pronounced "way-man") was born at Ludlow, Shropshire, as the son of a solicitor. He was educated at Shrewsbury School, and at Christ Church, Oxford. He took his degree in modern history in 1877, and was called to the bar at the Inner Temple in 1881, joining the Oxford circuit.

He had been practising as a barrister for eight years until, in 1889, he wrote his first novel entitled The House of the Wolf. This was followed over the following two decades by the novels which were to make his reputation: among them historical romances set amidst the turmoil of 16th and 17th century France. His entire output is discussed in the second link in the annotated bibliography.

While for years his best-selling historical romances enchanted thousands of readers — Robert Louis Stevenson and Oscar Wilde were among his enthusiastic readers — today his books are mostly neglected.

This is a swashbuckler per excellence, with some romance mixed in for good measure.

Cover made from original cover (Sorry, that one was quite small)

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Weyman, Stanley J: For the Cause. v1. 25 Apr 2013

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Stanley John Weyman (August 7, 1855 - April 10, 1928) was an English novelist sometimes referred to as the "Prince of Romance".

FOR THE CAUSE.
KING PEPIN AND SWEET CLIVE.
THE DEANERY BALL.
THE PROFESSOR AND THE HARPY.
ARCHDEACON HOLDEN'S TRIBULATION.

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Weyman, Stanley J: From the Memoirs of a Minister of France. Version 2. 26 October 20

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Stanley J. Weyman was a prolific writer of historical fiction, and a favourite author of Robert Louis Stevenson, Rafael Sabatini, and Oscar Wilde.

This book was published in 1893, and contains 12 short stories taken from the memoirs of the Duc de Sully, the prime minister of Henri de Navarre, King of France.

Edit 26 October 2014: This was the second ebook I did for the Mobile Read library in 2009.

This second version has a considerably improved internal structure and layout, and fewer typos.

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Weyman, Stanley J: In Kings' Byways. v1. 28 Apr 2013

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Stanley John Weyman (August 7, 1855 - April 10, 1928) was an English novelist sometimes referred to as the "Prince of Romance".

FLORE
CRILLON'S STAKE.
FOR THE CAUSE
THE KING'S STRATAGEM
THE HOUSE ON THE WALL
HUNT, THE OWLER
THE TWO PAGES
THE KING'S STRATAGEM
THE HOUSE ON THE WALL
HUNT, THE OWLER
THE TWO PAGES
A DAUGHTER OF THE GIRONDE
IN THE NAME OF THE LAW!

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Weyman, Stanley J: Ovington's Bank. v1. 27 Apr 2013

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Stanley John Weyman (August 7, 1855 - April 10, 1928) was an English novelist sometimes referred to as the "Prince of Romance".

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It was market day at Aldersbury, the old county town of Aldshire, and the busiest hour of the day. The clock of St. Juliana's was on the point of striking three, and the streets below it were thronged. The gentry, indeed, were beginning to take themselves homeward; a carriage and four, with postillions in yellow jackets, awaited its letters before the Post Office, and near at hand a red-wheeled tandem-cart, the horses tossing their small, keen heads, hung on the movements of its master, who was gossipping on the steps of Ovington's Bank, on Bride Hill. But only the vans bound to the more distant valleys had yet started on their lagging journey; the farmers' gigs, the hucksters' carts, the pack-asses still lingered, filling the streets with a chattering, moving multitude. White-coated yeomen and their wives jostled their betters—but with humble apologies—in the low-browed shops, or hardily pushed smocked-frocks from the narrow pavements, or clung together in obstinate groups in the roadway. Loud was the babel about the yards of the inns, loudest where the taprooms poured forth those who, having dined well, had also drunk deep, after the fashion of our great-grandsires.

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Weyman, Stanley J: Starvecrow Farm. v1. 27 Apr 2013

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Stanley John Weyman (August 7, 1855 - April 10, 1928) was an English novelist sometimes referred to as the "Prince of Romance".

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A head appeared at either window of the postchaise. Henrietta looked forward. Her lover looked back.
The postchaise had nearly cleared the sands. Behind it the low line of Lancashire coast was fading from sight. Before it the long green hill of Cartmel had risen so high and drawn so near as to hide the Furness fells. On the left, seaward, a waste of sullen shallows and quaking sands still stretched to infinity—a thing to shudder at. But the savage head of Warton Crag, that for a full hour had guarded the travellers' right, had given place to the gentler outlines of Armside Knot. The dreaded Lancashire Channels had been passed in safety, and the mounted guide, whose task it was to lead wayfarers over these syrtes, and who enjoyed as guerdon the life-rent of a snug farm under Cark, no longer eyed the west with anxiety, but plashed in stolid silence towards his evening meal.

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Weyman, Stanley J: The Castle Inn. v1. 25 Apr 2013

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Stanley John Weyman (August 7, 1855 - April 10, 1928) was an English novelist sometimes referred to as the "Prince of Romance".

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About a hundred and thirty years ago, when the third George, whom our grandfathers knew in his blind dotage, was a young and sturdy bridegroom; when old Q., whom 1810 found peering from his balcony in Piccadilly, deaf, toothless, and a skeleton, was that gay and lively spark, the Earl of March; when bore and boreish were words of haut ton, unknown to the vulgar, and the price of a borough was 5,000l.; when gibbets still served for sign-posts, and railways were not and highwaymen were—to be more exact, in the early spring of the year 1767, a travelling chariot-and-four drew up about five in the evening before the inn at Wheatley Bridge, a short stage from Oxford on the Oxford road. A gig and a couple of post-chaises, attended by the customary group of stablemen, topers, and gossips already stood before the house, but these were quickly deserted in favour of the more important equipage. The drawers in their aprons trooped out, but the landlord, foreseeing a rich harvest, was first at the door of the carriage, and opened it with a bow such as is rarely seen in these days.

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Weyman, Stanley J: The Great House. v1. 26 Apr 2013

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Stanley John Weyman (August 7, 1855 - April 10, 1928) was an English novelist sometimes referred to as the "Prince of Romance".

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On an evening in March in the 'forties of last century a girl looked down on the Seine from an attic window on the Ile St. Louis. The room behind her—or beside her, for she sat on the window-ledge, with her back against one side of the opening and her feet against the other—was long, whitewashed from floor to ceiling, lighted by five gaunt windows, and as cold to the eye as charity to the recipient. Along each side of the chamber ran ten pallet beds. A black door broke the wall at one end, and above the door hung a crucifix. A painting of a Station of the Cross adorned the wall at the other end. Beyond this picture the room had no ornament; it is almost true to say that beyond what has been named it had no furniture. One bed—the bed beside the window at which the girl sat—was screened by a thin curtain which did not reach the floor. This was her bed.

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Weyman, Stanley J: The King's Stratagem and Other Stories. v1. 26 Apr 2013

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Stanley John Weyman (August 7, 1855 - April 10, 1928) was an English novelist sometimes referred to as the "Prince of Romance".

THE KING'S STRATAGEM.
THE BODY-BIRDS OF COURT.
IN CUPID'S TOILS.
THE DRIFT OF FATE.
A BLORE MANOR EPISODE.
THE FATAL LETTER.

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Weyman, Stanley J: The Man in Black v1 1.feb 2009

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Stanley John Weyman was an English novelist sometimes referred to as the "Prince of Romance". He was born at Ludlow, Shropshire, as the son of a solicitor. He was educated at Shrewsbury School, and at Christ Church, Oxford. He obtained his degree in modern history in 1877, and was called to the bar at the Inner Temple in 1881. Weyman had been practicing as a barrister for eight years until, in 1889, he wrote his first novel entitled The House of the Wolf (1890). This was followed by the novels which were to make his reputation: among them are historical romances set amidst the turmoil of 16th and 17th century France. His most famous works include: A Gentleman of France (1893), Under the Red Robe (1894), The Castle Inn (1898) and The Long Night (1903).

[QUOTThe other men, gathering round, glared at the boy hungrily. In the middle of the Forest of Bondy he could not have been more at their mercy than he was in this quiet corner of the market, where a velvet coat with silver buttons was as rare a sight as a piece of the true cross. Two or three houseless wretches looked on from their frowsy lairs under the stalls, but no one dreamed of interfering with the men in possession. As for the boy, he gazed at his captors stolidly; he was white, mute, apathetic.[/QUOT

Short and sweet. If you like Sabatini and Dumas, you will like Weyman! Caution: MTH-made cover ahead!

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Weyman, Stanley J: The New Rector. v1. 25 Apr 2o13

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Stanley John Weyman (August 7, 1855 - April 10, 1928) was an English novelist sometimes referred to as the "Prince of Romance".

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The king was dead. But not at once, not until after some short breathing-space, such as was pleasant enough to those whose only concern with the succession lay in the shouting, could the cry of "Long live the king!" be raised. For a few days there was no rector of Claversham. The living was during this time in abeyance, or in the clouds, or in the lap of the law, or in any strange and inscrutable place you choose to name. It may have been in the prescience of the patron, and, if so, no locality could be more vague, the whereabouts of Lord Dynmore himself, to say nothing of his prescience, being as uncertain as possible. Messrs. Gearns & Baker, his solicitors and agents, should have known as much upon this point as any one; yet it was their habit to tell one inquirer that his lordship was in the Cordilleras, and another that he was on the slopes of the Andes, and another that he was at the forty-ninth parallel—quite indifferently—these places being all one to Messrs. Gearns & Baker, whose walk in life had lain for so many years about Lincoln's Inn Fields that Clare Market had come to be their ideal of an uncivilized country.

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Weyman, Stanley J: The Snowball. v1. 25 Apr 2013

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Stanley John Weyman (August 7, 1855 - April 10, 1928) was an English novelist sometimes referred to as the "Prince of Romance".

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The slight indisposition from which the Queen suffered in the spring of 1602, and which was occasioned by a cold caught during her lying-in, by diverting the King's attention from matters of State, had the effect of doubling the burden cast on my shoulders. Though the main threads of M. de Biron's conspiracy were in our hands as early as the month of November of the preceding year, and steps had been immediately taken to sound the chief associates by summoning them to court, an interval necessarily followed during which we had everything to fear; and this not only from the despair of the guilty, but from the timidity of the innocent who, in a court filled with cabals and rumors of intrigues, might see no way to clear themselves. Even the shows and interludes which followed the Dauphin's birth, and made that Christmas remarkable, served only to amuse the idle; they could not disperse the cloud which hung over the Louvre, nor divert those who, on the one side or the other, had aught to fear.

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Weyman, Stanley J: When Love Calls. v1. 28 Apr 2013

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Stanley John Weyman (August 7, 1855 - April 10, 1928) was an English novelist sometimes referred to as the "Prince of Romance".

When Love Calls
A Strange Invitation
The Invisible Portraits.
Along the Garonne.

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Weyman, Stanley John: A Little Wizard. v1. 19 Jan 2015

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Stanley John Weyman (1855 - 1928) aka Jefferson Carter

Stanley John Weyman was an English novelist sometimes referred to as the "Prince of Romance". He was born at Ludlow, Shropshire, as the son of a solicitor. He was educated at Shrewsbury School, and at Christ Church, Oxford. He obtained his degree in modern history in 1877, and was called to the bar at the Inner Temple in 1881. Weyman had been practicing as a barrister for eight years until, in 1889, he wrote his first novel entitled The House of the Wolf (1890). This was followed by the novels which were to make his reputation: among them are historical romances set amidst the turmoil of 16th and 17th century France. His most famous works include: A Gentleman of France (1893), Under the Red Robe (1894), The Castle Inn (1898) and The Long Night (1903).

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Frank did not answer. The child’s loyalty and courage touched him almost to the point of giving way. For a moment it was on his tongue and in his mind to refuse the offer. But then his own past error stepped in his way. The temptation to turn the tables by a dazzling success on those who had blamed him for his breach of parole—the still greater temptation to justify the breach by showing, at least, that he had not sinned in vain, overcame him.

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Weyman, Stanley John: Chippinge Borough. v1. 19 Jan 2015

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Stanley John Weyman (1855 - 1928) aka Jefferson Carter

Stanley John Weyman was an English novelist sometimes referred to as the "Prince of Romance". He was born at Ludlow, Shropshire, as the son of a solicitor. He was educated at Shrewsbury School, and at Christ Church, Oxford. He obtained his degree in modern history in 1877, and was called to the bar at the Inner Temple in 1881. Weyman had been practicing as a barrister for eight years until, in 1889, he wrote his first novel entitled The House of the Wolf (1890). This was followed by the novels which were to make his reputation: among them are historical romances set amidst the turmoil of 16th and 17th century France. His most famous works include: A Gentleman of France (1893), Under the Red Robe (1894), The Castle Inn (1898) and The Long Night (1903).

It was April 22, 1831, and a young man was walking down Whitehall in the direction of Parliament Street. He wore shepherd’s plaid trousers and the swallow-tail coat of the day, with a figured muslin cravat wound about his wide-spread collar. He halted opposite the Privy Gardens, and, with his face turned skywards, listened until the sound of the Tower guns smote again on the ear and dispelled his doubts. To the experienced, his outward man, neat and modestly prosperous, denoted a young barrister of promise or a Treasury clerk. His figure was good, he was above the middle height, and he carried himself with an easy independence. He seemed to be one who both held a fair opinion of himself and knew how to impress that opinion on his fellows; yet was not incapable of deference where deference was plainly due. He was neither ugly nor handsome, neither slovenly nor a petit-maître; indeed, it was doubtful if he had ever seen the inside of Almack’s. But his features were strong and intellectual, and the keen grey eyes which looked so boldly on the world could express both humour and good humour. In a word, this young man was one upon whom women, even great ladies, were likely to look with pleasure, and one woman—but he had not yet met her—with tenderness.

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Weyman, Stanley John: Count Hannibal. v1. 18 Jan 2015

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Stanley John Weyman (1855 - 1928) aka Jefferson Carter

Stanley John Weyman was an English novelist sometimes referred to as the "Prince of Romance". He was born at Ludlow, Shropshire, as the son of a solicitor. He was educated at Shrewsbury School, and at Christ Church, Oxford. He obtained his degree in modern history in 1877, and was called to the bar at the Inner Temple in 1881. Weyman had been practicing as a barrister for eight years until, in 1889, he wrote his first novel entitled The House of the Wolf (1890). This was followed by the novels which were to make his reputation: among them are historical romances set amidst the turmoil of 16th and 17th century France. His most famous works include: A Gentleman of France (1893), Under the Red Robe (1894), The Castle Inn (1898) and The Long Night (1903).

Count Hannibal rose slowly. The King had called and he had no choice but to obey and go. Yet he hung a last moment over his companion his hateful breath stirring her hair.

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Weyman, Stanley John: For the Cause. v1. 19 Jan 2015

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Stanley John Weyman (1855 - 1928) aka Jefferson Carter

Stanley John Weyman was an English novelist sometimes referred to as the "Prince of Romance". He was born at Ludlow, Shropshire, as the son of a solicitor. He was educated at Shrewsbury School, and at Christ Church, Oxford. He obtained his degree in modern history in 1877, and was called to the bar at the Inner Temple in 1881. Weyman had been practicing as a barrister for eight years until, in 1889, he wrote his first novel entitled The House of the Wolf (1890). This was followed by the novels which were to make his reputation: among them are historical romances set amidst the turmoil of 16th and 17th century France. His most famous works include: A Gentleman of France (1893), Under the Red Robe (1894), The Castle Inn (1898) and The Long Night (1903).

FOR THE CAUSE.
KING PEPIN AND SWEET CLIVE.
THE DEANERY BALL.
THE PROFESSOR AND THE HARPY.
ARCHDEACON HOLDEN'S TRIBULATION.

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Weyman, Stanley John: The Abbess of Vlaye. v1. 18 Jan 2015

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Stanley John Weyman (1855 - 1928) aka Jefferson Carter

Stanley John Weyman was an English novelist sometimes referred to as the "Prince of Romance". He was born at Ludlow, Shropshire, as the son of a solicitor. He was educated at Shrewsbury School, and at Christ Church, Oxford. He obtained his degree in modern history in 1877, and was called to the bar at the Inner Temple in 1881. Weyman had been practicing as a barrister for eight years until, in 1889, he wrote his first novel entitled The House of the Wolf (1890). This was followed by the novels which were to make his reputation: among them are historical romances set amidst the turmoil of 16th and 17th century France. His most famous works include: A Gentleman of France (1893), Under the Red Robe (1894), The Castle Inn (1898) and The Long Night (1903).

Abbess, a tale set in the south of France in 1589, when Henry IV had achieved most of his aims and Vlaye was the last remaining center of peasant revolt, is both of those.

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Weyman, Stanley John: The Long Night. v1. 20 Jan 2015

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Stanley John Weyman (1855 - 1928) aka Jefferson Carter

Stanley John Weyman was an English novelist sometimes referred to as the "Prince of Romance". He was born at Ludlow, Shropshire, as the son of a solicitor. He was educated at Shrewsbury School, and at Christ Church, Oxford. He obtained his degree in modern history in 1877, and was called to the bar at the Inner Temple in 1881. Weyman had been practicing as a barrister for eight years until, in 1889, he wrote his first novel entitled The House of the Wolf (1890). This was followed by the novels which were to make his reputation: among them are historical romances set amidst the turmoil of 16th and 17th century France. His most famous works include: A Gentleman of France (1893), Under the Red Robe (1894), The Castle Inn (1898) and The Long Night (1903).

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He had their threats in his ears, and by-and-by the horror of inaction, the horror of sitting still and awaiting the worst with folded hands, overcame him; and in a panic planning flight for them all, flight, however hopeless, however desperate, he hurried into his bed-closet, and began to pack his possessions. He packed impulsively until even the fat text-books bulked in his bundle, and the folly of flying for life with a Cæsar and Melancthon on his back struck him. Then he turned all out on the floor in a fury of haste lest she should surprise him, and think that he had had it in his mind to desert her.

Note: 16 Full Page Illustrations.

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Weyman, Stanley: In King's Byways V1. 25-Sep 2010

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Stanley John Weyman was an English novelist sometimes referred to as the "Prince of Romance". He was born at Ludlow, Shropshire, as the son of a solicitor. He was educated at Shrewsbury School, and at Christ Church, Oxford. He obtained his degree in modern history in 1877, and was called to the bar at the Inner Temple in 1881. Weyman had been practicing as a barrister for eight years until, in 1889, he wrote his first novel entitled The House of the Wolf (1890). This was followed by the novels which were to make his reputation: among them are historical romances set amidst the turmoil of 16th and 17th century France. His most famous works include: A Gentleman of France (1893), Under the Red Robe (1894), The Castle Inn (1898) and The Long Night (1903).

About the Book:
1902. The classic age of the swashbuckler might well be said to have begun with Weyman, who was ordained the greatest of the yellow '90s swashbuckling romancers. In Kings' Byways is a scarce collection of a dozen short stories of old France, the majority set around the year 1600 chronicling the struggles of the League and the Huguenots, Cardinal Mazarin, the Duke of Guise, Henry of Navarre and other historical figures. The book is divided into three sections. Part I. contains seven tales: Flore; Crillion's Stake; For the Cause; The King's Strategem; The House on the Wall; Hunt the Owler; and The Two Pages. Part II. includes: The Diary of a Statesman with three related episodes; Episode of the Fowl in the Pot; Episode of the Boxwood Fire; and Episode of the Snowfall. Part III., called King Terror set in the late 1700s, has two tales: A Daughter of the Gironde and In the Name of the Law.

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Wharton, Edith: A Backward Glance, v.1, 29 May 2008.

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Edith Wharton (1862-1937)
A Backward Glance (1934)

Edith Wharton’s autobiography.

The text is from PG Australia. I have restored accents and italics, using my paper copy as a guide, adding a TOC.

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Wharton, Edith: Autres Temps..., v.1, 4 Feb 2008.

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A long-ish short story, from 1916.
Mrs Lidcote has been a social pariah since she dared to get divorced. Since the divorce she has lived in retirement in Italy. Now she hears that her daughter Leila is about to make the same mistake, so she rushes back to New York. But is divorce still socially unacceptable?
Has a small sting in the tail.

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Wharton, Edith: Bunner Sisters, v.1, 4 Feb 2008.

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A short novel, first published in two instalments in Scribner’s Magazine in 1916.

The title is ‘Bunner Sisters’ not ‘The Bunner Sisters’. I checked. It is the name of the shop that the sisters run.
The two Bunner sisters eke out a precarious existence in New York. The elder constantly makes sacrifices for the younger. How far should this go?

“Hitherto she had never thought of questioning the inherited principles which had guided her life. Self-effacement for the good of others had always seemed to her both natural and necessary; but then she had taken it for granted that it implied the securing of that good. Now she perceived that to refuse the gifts of life does not ensure their transmission to those for whom they have been surrendered; and her familiar heaven was unpeopled. She felt she could no longer trust in the goodness of God, and there was only a black abyss above the roof of Bunner Sisters”.

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Wharton, Edith: Certain People (1919), v1, 23 July 2019

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A short story collection; the last is a ghost story.

1: Atrophy
2: A Bottle of Perrier
3: After Holbein
4: Dieu d’Amour
5: The Refugees
6: Mr. Jones

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Wharton, Edith: Certain People, v.1, 14 Feb 2008.

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A collection of short stories (1934).

Contents:

Atrophy
A Bottle of Perrier
After Holbein
Dieu D’Amour
The Refugees
Mr. Jones

The source was PG Australia. Mrs Wharton died in 1937, so her work is now in the public domain in countries where copyright is life plus 70 years.

I have restored accents and added curly quotes, though rather regretted doing so when I realised that one cockney character persistently dropped his aitches and every single inverted comma needed to be checked.

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Wharton, Edith: Coming Home, v.1, 4 Feb 2008.

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A long-ish short story, first published in Scribner’s Magazine in 1916, set in France during the First World War.

A young French officer has trouble getting his family to accept his fiancée because she is a New Woman. But they come to eat their words after a particularly enterprising tactic of hers.

In Edith Wharton’s earlier works (The Sanctuary; The Touchstone; The Bunner Sisters) women are portrayed as having a self-sacrificial nature, which sometimes has the effect of redeeming a man. Here we can see Wharton sympathetically examining a more feminist perspective; though it is still framed through a male narrator’s viewpoint.

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Wharton, Edith: Crucial Instances, v.1, 2 Feb 2008.

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(1901)
A collection of short stories.

Contents:
The Duchess at Prayer
The Angel at the Grave
The Recovery
“Copy”: A Dialogue
The Rembrandt
The Moving Finger
The Confessional

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Wharton, Edith: Ethan Frome, v.1, 2 Feb 2008.

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(1911)
Set in a bleak New England farming community, this is a story of doomed love, with a twist at the end.

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Wharton, Edith: French Ways and Their Meaning, v.1, 11 June 2008.

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Edith Wharton (1862-1937)
French Ways and Their Meaning (1919).

The novelist Edith Wharton was living in France when the First World War broke out. As well as doing war work, she thought it would be a good idea to explain French customs to the Americans who were fighting in France, so as to avoid misunderstandings. Hence this short book, which originated as a series of essays.

Learn how French and American women differ; why the French won’t eat blackberries and the Americans are scared of wild mushrooms. Differing attitudes to business and artistic taste are also discussed.

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Wharton, Edith: Here and Beyond, v.1, 18 Feb 2008.

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(1926)
A collection of short stories, several of which are ghost stories.

Contents:
Miss Mary Pask
The Young Gentlemen
Bewitched
The Seed of the Faith
The Temperate Zone
Velvet Ear-Pads

Found at PG Australia.

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Wharton, Edith: Hudson River Bracketed, v.1. 4 January 2009.

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Edith Wharton (1862–1937)
Hudson River Bracketed (1929)

A novel.

'Hudson River Bracketed' refers to an early 19th century architectural style and in the novel and its sequel, THE GODS ARRIVE, Mrs. Wharton gives a portrait of the American literary scene and, in the words of Cynthia Woolf, they are "her final attempts to sum up the artist's life." The novel was a favorite of Mrs. Wharton's.
(from http://www.ewhartonco.com/shop/wharton/14410)

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Wharton, Edith: Journeys in Darkness (ghost collect.). v1. 25 Jan 2021

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Journeys in Darkness

The Ghost Stories of
Edith Wharton (1862–1937)

“… a ghost story … must depend for its effect solely on what one might call its thermometrical quality; if it sends a cold shiver down one's spine, it has done its job and done it well.” (—Edith Wharton)

Elegantly written “literary” ghost tales, laden with psychological suspense, in a mysterious and sometimes chilling mood.

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Edith Wharton (née Jones; January 24, 1862 – August 11, 1937) was an American novelist, short story writer, and designer. Wharton combined an insider’s view of American aristocracy with a powerful prose style; her novels and short stories realistically portrayed the lives and morals of the late nineteenth century, an era of decline and faded wealth. She won the Pulitzer Prize for Literature in 1921, the first woman to receive this honor.

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My own compilation. Contents originally published 1893 ~ 1937. This book is in the public domain where copyright is “Life+80” or less.

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Wharton, Edith: Kerfol, v.1, 18 Feb 2008.

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A ghost story of 1916, set in Brittany and featuring a dog.

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Wharton, Edith: Madame de Treymes, v.1, 2 Feb 2008.

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(1906)
An innocent but honourable American in Paris, John Durham, meets Madame de Malrive, who is separated from her unpleasant husband, and falls in love. But her husband’s family – especially Madame de Treymes – engage in emotional blackmail. Surprisingly, they do not want to prevent a marrage ...

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Wharton, Edith: Old New York (1924): v1, 22 July 2019

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Four novellas of social observation set in nineteenth century New York.

Originally puiblished as four slim volumes inside a slipcase: in otherwords a boxed set. I couldn't find a usuable original cover from the box, so I recreated it as best I could using a scan of one of the individual volumes.

1: False Dawn (The 1840s)
2: The Old Maid (The 1850s)
3: The Spark (The 1860s)
4: New Year’s Day (The 1870s)

The source text was the University of Adelaide. Length 79,000 words in all.

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Wharton, Edith: Sanctuary, v.1, 4 Feb 2008.

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(1903)
A novella.
Kate Orme is on the brink of marriage to a childhood friend, and is eagerly anticipating shared intimacy and things that cannot be spoken about to a young girl. However, she will find that her husband has a serious moral flaw, which will only be fully revealed many years later in her son.

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Wharton, Edith: Summer, v.1, 3 Feb 2008.

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A novel, first published in 1917.

Charity Royall is a lively but bored young orphan, trapped in a small American town. She can’t stand her job in a library (and isn’t very good at it). She hates being poor. Her guardian makes unwanted advances. Will a visiting researcher prove to be an escape route, or will she end up trapped forever?

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Wharton, Edith: Tales of Men and Ghosts (1910); v2; 11 April 2020

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Ten supernatural stories by Edith Wharton:

1: The Bolted Door
2: His Father’s Son
3: The Daunt Diana
4: The Debt
5: Full Circle
6: The Legend
7: The Eyes
8: The Blond Beast
9: Afterward
10: The Letters

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Wharton, Edith: Tales of Men and Ghosts, v.1, 8 Feb 2008.

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(1910)

A collection of ten short stories:

Contents:

The Bolted Door
His Father’s Son
The Daunt Diana
The Debt
Full Circle
The Legend
The Eyes
The Blond Beast
Afterward
The Letters

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Wharton, Edith: The Age of Innocence. v1, 2 Jan 2008

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From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia:

The Age of Innocence (1920) is a novel by Edith Wharton, which won the 1921 Pulitzer Prize. The story occurs among New York City's upper class in the 1870s, before electricity, telephone, and automobiles; when there was a small cluster of old, "aristocratic" Revolutionary War-stock families who ruled New York's social life; when being was better than doing; when occupation and abilities were secondary to blood connections (heredity and family); when reputation and appearances excluded every thing and every one not of one's caste; and when Fifth Avenue was so deserted by nightfall that it was possible to follow Society's comings and goings, by spying who went to what house.

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Wharton, Edith: The Children, v.1, 21 Feb 2008.

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A novel of 1928.

After the First World War, Edith Wahrton noticed that society, and the position of women in it, was changing. This is reflected in her post-war novels.

In this novel she explores the situation of a brood of children – siblings and half-siblings - and the effects that the serial marriages of their parents have on them. It seems that their closest bonds are with each other. But will they be able to stay together if their parents remarry yet again?

You might well be very suspicious of the motives of the central character, who observes the children. Is he a nice bloke; or altogether too interested in them?

The text was from PG Australia.

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Wharton, Edith: The Choice, v.1, 10 Feb 2008.

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A short story, first published in Scribner’s Magazine in 1916, and not collected elsewhere. This recently appeared on PG.

A woman is pressed to choose between a feckless husband and a faithful lover. But does she really have a choice?

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Wharton, Edith: The Custom of the Country, v.1, 17 Feb 2008.

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A novel of 1913.

The (anti-?) heroine, Undine Spragg, of Apex City, decides to better herself through a series of progressively more advantageous marriages. Who will she end up with? Will she ever understand the true value of things? Is there any end to her ambition?

Elaine Showalter has noted that Undine Spragg’s initials are ‘U.S.’ Might the novel be a comment on the commercialism of American society of the time?

The title of the novel is from a Fletcher and Massinger play of the 1600s about the buying and selling of women’s bodies. (‘Country ’ was often used as an aural play on words for something else entirely.)

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Wharton, Edith: The Descent of Man, v.1, 13 Feb 2008.

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(1904)
A collection of short stories.

Contents:

The Descent of Man
The Other Two
Expiation
The Lady’s Maid’s Bell
The Mission of Jane
The Reckoning
The Letter
The Dilettante
The Quicksand
A Venetian Night’s Entertainment

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Wharton, Edith: The Fruit of the Tree, v.1, 3 Feb 2008.

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A long novel, first published in 1907.
With illustrations by Alonzo Kimball.

‘Man can commit no act alone, whether for good or evil.’

As we see Wharton’s three main characters undergo conflicts between love and duty, we gradually come to realise that everything is connected. Bessy, the textile mill-owner doesn’t understand that her luxurious lifestyle is parasitic on the factory workers. Amherst understands this. But he fails to convince Bessy, whom he loves. Can he live a life of compromised principles? Finally, Justine, the nurse at the moral centre of the novel finds herself with an impossible dilemma in nursing ethics. Her decision will impact on all those around her.

From Donna Campbell’s summary on Wharton Society website:
http://www.wsu.edu/~campbelld/wharton/disc/id32.htm
‘[The Fruit of the Tree [/is one of Edith Wharton's few novels to deal directly with issues such as euthanasia, the problems of labor and industrial conditions, and professions for women, as well as Wharton's more customary themes such as divorce. Published in 1907, it received positive but mixed reviews, and more recently critics have attempted to explain its uneven structure, which combines an industrial plot (Amherst's attempts to reform the mills), an ethical plot (the question of euthanasia) and the more conventional romance plot (Justine, Bessy, and Amherst).’

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Wharton, Edith: The Glimpses of the Moon, v.1, 5 Feb 2008.

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A novel. (1922)

After the First World War, Edith Wharton’s writing changed as she began to explore the way women lived in the new setting of a Jazz age.
Susy Branch is a relatively poor American on the fringes of the international set of super-rich people. Imprudently, she marries another relatively poor person, claiming that this is only a short-term marriage. Both are presented with alternative prospects: a rich heiress and a lord. Will either of them come to realise that money isn’t everything?

The source was a PG text file, which was in a poor state. I have restored the italics (which were almost all missing), checked every emdash (because quite a lot were incorrectly given as hyphens) and restored all the accents. I have also added curly quotes.

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Wharton, Edith: The Gods Arrive, v.1, 6 January 2009.

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Edith Wharton (1862–1937)
The Gods Arrive (1932)

This novel is a sequel to “Hudson River Bracketed” (--already uploaded) but can be read independently.
It continues the story of the writer, Vance Weston, who is now fairly successful, except at monogamy.
Edith Wharton’s later novels, set in Jazz Age Europe and America, may well appeal to those who like Scott Fitzgerald. This one may also be of interest because there is a discussion of the writer’s craft.

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Wharton, Edith: The Greater Inclination, v.1, 11 Feb 2008.

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A collection of short stories, first published in 1899.

Contents:

The Muse’s Tragedy
A Journey
The Pelican
Souls Belated
A Coward
The Twilight of the God
A Cup of Cold Water
The Portrait

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Wharton, Edith: The Hermit and the Wild Woman, v.1, 15 Feb 2008.

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Another collection of short stories. (1908)

Contains:

I The Hermit and the Wild Woman
II The Last Asset
III In Trust
IV The Pretext
V The Verdict
VI The Pot-Boiler
VII The Best Man

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Wharton, Edith: The House of Mirth, v.1, 17 Feb 2008.

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A novel, first published in 1905.

Lily Bart has been brought up to love luxury and beauty. After her father is ruined she is thrown alone into New York society. Can she make a good marriage? After she is apparently compromised, will her sense of honour allow her to use underhand means to recapture her social standing?

The title is a Biblical quotation:
‘The heart of the wise is in the house of mourning; but the heart of fools is in the house of mirth.’ [Ecclesiastes, 7: 4.]

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Wharton, Edith: The Long Run, v.1, 13 Feb 2008.

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(1916)
A short story, uncollected elsewhere.

A commitment-phobic man is pressed to make a choice by the woman he loves.

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Wharton, Edith: The Mother’s Recompense, v.1, 19 Feb 2008.

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A novel (1925).
A daughter unwittingly pursues her mother’s ex-boyfriend. What should a mother do under such circumstances? Is she jealous, hysterical or trying to protect her daughter from a feckless bloke when she tries to part them?

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Wharton, Edith: The Reef, v.1, 2 Feb 2008.

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(1912)
Set in Paris. Is a young woman the reef upon which a marriage will founder?

A quotation:
‘Mankind would never have needed to invent tact if it had not first invented social complications.’

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Wharton, Edith: The Touchstone, v.1, 3 Feb 2008.

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(1900)
A short novel, set in New York.

Glennard, a young lawyer, has a serious inferiority complex. He regards Alexa as his moral compass—his touchstone. In order to marry her, he does something utterly contemptible and cannot live with himself.
So he arranges that she finds out about his actions because “it would rid Glennard of the necessity of defending himself against the perpetual criticism of his wife’s belief in him…”
However, Alexa’s reaction is not what one might expect…

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Wharton, Edith: The Triumph of Night, v.1, 5 Feb 2008.

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A supernatural story
First published in Scribner’s magazine in 1916.

A traveller, stranded in the snow, is given hospitality in a luxurious country house. But skulduggery is afoot…

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Wharton, Edith: The Valley of Decision, v.1, 6 April 2008.

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Edith Wharton’s first full-length novel (1902). It is a long-ish historical novel, set in Italy in the late eighteenth century. Italy was not yet unified and was a mass of small states. The ideas of the Enlightenment and French revolutionary thinkers are spreading as far as Italian backwaters. It is the story of Odo Valsecca, the heir – later the duke – of a minor state. He reads Voltaire and meets with freethinkers. How free is a ruler to bring in reformist legislation? Can he override the all-pervasive influence of the Church? Do his subjects actually want to be reformed? Is it worth the effort? And will Duke Odo ever make a life with the woman he loves?

From http://www.enotes.com/valley-decisio...lley-decision:
“This … romance chronicles the rise to power of Odo Valsecca during the intellectual and political tumult which preceded the French Revolution. During his childhood and early manhood, Odo comes in close contact with all the major factions—the peasantry, the clergy, the liberal freethinkers, and the nobility—which have a vital stake in maintaining or subverting the antiquated power structure based on rigid class distinctions and superstitious religious traditions.”

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Wharton, Edith: The Vice of Reading, v.1, 15 June 2008.

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Edith Wharton (1862-1937)
The Vice of Reading (1903)

From:
[North American Review [/177 (Oct. 1903): 513-21.

An article on different reading styles.

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Wharton, Edith: Twilight Sleep, v.1, 18 Feb 2008.

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A novel of 1927. Twilight sleep was an analgesic technique that relieved pain whilst leaving the patient minimally conscious. The characters in this jazz age novel are applying desperate coping strategies to fill the empty void of their lives. These include frantic busyness, new age medicine, Indian Gurus, and drink.

Found at PG Australia.

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Wharton, Edith: Xingu, v.1, 17 Feb 2008.

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A short story (1916).

The culture-seeking ladies at a luncheon club are reluctant to admit their ignorance about Xingu.

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Wheeler, Candace: The Development of Embroidery in America, v.1, 29 June 2008

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From Wikipedia:

Candace Wheeler (1827 - 1923) was one of America's first woman interior and textile designers, credited with helping open the field of interior design to women. Associated with the Colonial Revival, Aesthetic Movement, and the Arts and Crafts Movement throughout her long career, Wheeler was considered a national authority on home decoration. Wheeler was a member of the Associated Artists, along with Louis Comfort Tiffany. She founded the Society of Decorative Art in New York City (1877), and created similar artistic societies across the country. Wheeler is also noted for designing the interior of the Women's Building at the 1893 World's Columbian Exposition in Chicago.
This publication from 1921 has many illustrations. Personally, I wouldn't know my nippers from my buckram but I thought someone might enjoy this ebook. It's crewel work but somebody had to do it.

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Whipple, Wayne & Aaron, S.F.: Radio Boys Cronies. v1, 19 Feb 2008

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More juvenile fiction from the early 20th century. A boys' adventure set against the ever-popular background of "how to make a radio receiver".

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Whishaw, Frederick: Boris the Bear-Hunter. v1. 21 Jan 2015

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Frederick James Whishaw (14 March 1854 – 8 July 1934) was a Russian-born British novelist, historian, poet and musician. A popular author of children's fiction at the turn of the 20th century, he published over forty volumes of his work between 1884 and 1914.

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Boris Ivanitch was a peasant whose home was an outlying village near the large town just mentioned. He was a serf, of course, as were all his fellows at that time; but in consequence of his wonderful strength and courage, and of his aptitude for pursuing and killing every kind of wild beast and game, he was exempt, by favour of his lord, both from taxation and from the manual labour which the owner of the soil could have exacted from him. In a word, Boris was employed to keep the country clear, or as clear as possible, of bears and wolves, which, when left to themselves, were at that time the cause of much danger and loss to the inhabitants of that portion of the Russian empire.

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Whishaw, Frederick: Clutterbuck's Treasure. v1. 22 Jan 2015

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Frederick James Whishaw (14 March 1854 – 8 July 1934) was a Russian-born British novelist, historian, poet and musician. A popular author of children's fiction at the turn of the 20th century, he published over forty volumes of his work between 1884 and 1914.

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When my father died and left me unexpectedly penniless, all those kind friends whom I consulted upon my obvious failure to find anything to do were quite agreed as to this fact: that when a young man is desirous of finding employment in this world, and of making his way and keeping his head up among his fellows, his failure to do so, if he does fail, must certainly be his own fault. He lacks, they said, either energy or perseverance or pluck, or all three; in a word, he wants “grit.”

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Whishaw, Frederick: Gunpowder Treason and Plot. v1. 22 Jan 2015

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Frederick James Whishaw (14 March 1854 – 8 July 1934) was a Russian-born British novelist, historian, poet and musician. A popular author of children's fiction at the turn of the 20th century, he published over forty volumes of his work between 1884 and 1914.

WHEN FRIENDS FALL OUT.
TWO HEROES.
LOST IN THE SOUDAN.
THE WOLFMAN.
IN HONOUR BOUND.
“GUNPOWDER, TREASON, AND PLOT.”
THE COCK-HOUSE CUP.

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Whishaw, Frederick: Moscow. v1. 23 Jan 2015

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Frederick James Whishaw (14 March 1854 – 8 July 1934) was a Russian-born British novelist, historian, poet and musician. A popular author of children's fiction at the turn of the 20th century, he published over forty volumes of his work between 1884 and 1914.

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With a great jangling of sleigh-bells and much shouting from his driver, who addressed the three horses by every epithet both endearing and abusive that his vocabulary could provide, Count Maximof drove into the yard of his nearest neighbour, the Boyar Demidof. The visit was expected, for Maximof had sent a messenger to give warning of his approach and to notify the boyar of the object of his coming. The Count was accompanied by his wife, Avdotia, and his son, a child of ten years, as well as by the priest of the district who had been picked upen route at his own village. The child Alexander, commonly called Sasha, sat by the driver, a young serf of surly appearance and manners, while the three elders occupied—as best they could—the cushioned seat behind. This was designed to hold two with moderate comfort, so that the two outside passengers now fared indifferently, but the middle one, who was the Count, was comfortable enough.

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Whishaw, Frederick: The Romance of the Woods. v1. 23 Jan 2015

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Frederick James Whishaw (14 March 1854 – 8 July 1934) was a Russian-born British novelist, historian, poet and musician. A popular author of children's fiction at the turn of the 20th century, he published over forty volumes of his work between 1884 and 1914.

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I once had a strange dream. I dreamed that I was dead, and that dying I suddenly discovered all my preconceived ideas as to the future state to have been entirely erroneous, at any rate in so far as concerned such persons as myself—the respectable middle class, so to call it, of mundane sinners. Had I belonged to the aristocracy of piety and goodness, which, alas! I did not, or had I occupied a position at the lower end of the list, other things might have befallen me, better or worse, as the case deserved; but being, as I say, one of the decently respectable middle-class sinners, I was shown, in this foolish dream of mine, into a committee-room marked No. 2, and there informed that since I was neither very good nor very bad, my present destiny was to continue to inhabit this planet for a number of years—I forget how many—not, indeed, in my present corporeal form, but as a spiritual essence; and that I might select any place this side of the dark river, the Styx, as my temporary abode, there to live in Nature’s bosom and to assimilate and be assimilated until the simplicity and beauty of Nature, uncontaminated by man, should have purified me of all the harmful taints which I had acquired during my terrestrial existence among fellow-mortals.

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Whistler, Charles W: A King's Comrade. v1. 25 Jan 2014

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The Reverend Charles Watts Whistler MRCS, LSA, (November 14, 1856 - June 10, 1913) was a writer of historic fiction that plays between 600 and 1100 AD, usually based on early English/Saxon chronicles, Norse or Danish Sagas and archaeological discoveries.

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Hereford Cathedral bears the name of Ethelbert of East Anglia, king and martyr, round whose death, at the hands of the men of Offa of Mercia, this story of his comrade centres, and dates its foundation from Offa’s remorse for the deed which at least he had not prevented. In the sanctuary itself stands an ancient battered statue—somewhat hard to find—of the saint, and in the pavement hard by a modern stone bears a representation of his murder. The date of the martyrdom is usually given as May 20, 792 A.D.

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Whistler, Charles W: A Prince of Cornwall. v1. 25 Jan 2015

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The Reverend Charles Watts Whistler MRCS, LSA, (November 14, 1856 - June 10, 1913) was a writer of historic fiction that plays between 600 and 1100 AD, usually based on early English/Saxon chronicles, Norse or Danish Sagas and archaeological discoveries.

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The title which stands at the head of this story is not my own. It belongs to one whose name must come very often into that which I have to tell, for it is through him that I am what I may be, and it is because of him that there is anything worth telling of my doings at all. Hereafter it will be seen, as I think, that I could do no less than set his name in the first place in some way, if indeed the story must be mostly concerning myself. Maybe it will seem strange that I, a South Saxon of the line of Ella, had aught at all to do with a West Welshman—a Cornishman, that is—of the race and line of Arthur, in the days when the yet unforgotten hatred between our peoples was at its highest; and so it was in truth, at first. Not so much so was it after the beginning, however. It would be stranger yet if I were not at the very outset to own all that is due from me to him. Lonely was I when he first came to me, and lonely together, in a way, have he and I been for long years that for me, at least, have had no unhappiness in them, for we have been all to each other.

Full Page Illustrations

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Whistler, Charles W: A Sea Queen's Sailing. v1. 25 Jan 2015

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The Reverend Charles Watts Whistler MRCS, LSA, (November 14, 1856 - June 10, 1913) was a writer of historic fiction that plays between 600 and 1100 AD, usually based on early English/Saxon chronicles, Norse or Danish Sagas and archaeological discoveries.

Excerpt
The outfit of the funeral ship is practically that of the vessel found in the mound at Goekstadt, and now in the museum at Christiania, supplemented with a few details from the ship disinterred last year near Toensberg, in the same district. In both these cases the treasure has been taken from the mound by raiders, who must have broken into the chamber shortly after the interment; but other finds have been fully large enough to furnish details of what would be buried with a chief of note.

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- Sea Queen's Sailing, A.mobi

Whistler, Charles W: A Thane of Wessex. v1. 25 Jan 2015

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The Reverend Charles Watts Whistler MRCS, LSA, (November 14, 1856 - June 10, 1913) was a writer of historic fiction that plays between 600 and 1100 AD, usually based on early English/Saxon chronicles, Norse or Danish Sagas and archaeological discoveries.

Excerpt
The whole of my story seems to me to begin on the day when I stood, closely guarded, before my judges, in the great circle of the people at the Folk Moot of the men of Somerset gathered on the ancient hill of Brent. All my life before that seems to have been as nothing, so quiet and uneventful it was compared to what came after. I had grown from boyhood to manhood in my father’s great hall, on the little hill of Cannington that looks out over the mouth of the river Parret to the blue hills beyond. And there, when I was but two-and-twenty and long motherless, I succeeded him as thane, and tried to govern my people as well and wisely as he, that I too might die loved and honoured as he died. And that life lasted but three years.

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- Thane of Wessex, A.mobi

Whistler, Charles W: Havelok The Dane. v1. 24 Jan 2015

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The Reverend Charles Watts Whistler MRCS, LSA, (November 14, 1856 - June 10, 1913) was a writer of historic fiction that plays between 600 and 1100 AD, usually based on early English/Saxon chronicles, Norse or Danish Sagas and archaeological discoveries.

Excerpt
If any excuse is needed for recasting the ancient legend of Grim the fisher and his foster-son Havelok the Dane, it may be found in the fascination of the story itself, which made it one of the most popular legends in England from the time of the Norman conquest, at least, to that of Elizabeth. From the eleventh to the thirteenth centuries it seems to have been almost classic; and during that period two full metrical versions --- one in Norman-French and the other in English --- were written, besides many other short versions and abridgments, which still exist. These are given exhaustively by Professor Skeat in his edition of the English poem for the Early English Text Society, and it is needless to do more than refer to them here as the sources from which this story is gathered.

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- Havelok the Dane.azw3 (Note: file extension not Kindle-compatible)

- Havelok the Dane.mobi

Whistler, Charles W: King Alfred's Viking. v1. 24 Jan 2015

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The Reverend Charles Watts Whistler MRCS, LSA, (November 14, 1856 - June 10, 1913) was a writer of historic fiction that plays between 600 and 1100 AD, usually based on early English/Saxon chronicles, Norse or Danish Sagas and archaeological discoveries.

Excerpt
That Alfred put his first fleet into the charge of “certain Vikings” is well known, though the name of their chief is not given. These Vikings would certainly be Norse, either detached from the following of Rolf Ganger, who wintered in England in 875 A.D. the year before his descent on Normandy; or else independent rovers who, like Rolf, had been driven from Norway by the high-handed methods of Harald Fairhair. Indeed, the time when a Norse contingent was not present with the English forces, from this period till at least that of the battle of Brunanburh in 947 A.D. would probably be an exception.

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Whistler, Charles W: King Olaf's Kinsman. v1. 24 Jan 2015

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The Reverend Charles Watts Whistler MRCS, LSA, (November 14, 1856 - June 10, 1913) was a writer of historic fiction that plays between 600 and 1100 AD, usually based on early English/Saxon chronicles, Norse or Danish Sagas and archaeological discoveries.

Excerpt
No English chronicler mentions the presence of King Olaf the Saint in England; but the two churches dedicated to him at either end of London Bridge, where his greatest deed was wrought, testify to the gratitude of the London citizens towards the viking chief who rescued their city from the Danes, and brought back the king of their own race towards whom their loyalty was so unswerving.

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- King Olaf's Kinsman.azw3 (Note: file extension not Kindle-compatible)

- King Olaf's Kinsman.mobi

Whistler, Charles W: Wulfric the Weapon Thane. v1. 26 Jan 2015

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The Reverend Charles Watts Whistler MRCS, LSA, (November 14, 1856 - June 10, 1913) was a writer of historic fiction that plays between 600 and 1100 AD, usually based on early English/Saxon chronicles, Norse or Danish Sagas and archaeological discoveries.

Excerpt
A word may be needed with regard to the sources from which this story of King Eadmund’s armour bearer and weapon thane have been drawn. For the actual presence of such a close attendant on the king at his martyrdom on Nov. 20, 870 A.D. we have the authority of St. Dunstan, who had the story from the lips of the witness himself.

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- Wulfric the Weapon Thane.mobi

Whitaker's Words Latin Dictionary

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Here it is. It's based on the source files I used years ago for my AbsoluteWord Latin dictionary for PalmOS.

Whitaker explicitly says in the source data that one can redistribute and sell as long as one notifies him. I sent an email to the address he said to use, and it bounced, because he died a couple of years ago, which I take it makes the notification rule moot.

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- Whitaker.mobi

Whitaker, William: Latin/English Dictionary. v1.1. 26 Feb 2011

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Hal_9k

Update: (21/4/2013).

This project is quite old, but still useful.

You want Whitaker's Words on your Kindle? You have two choices:

1. Download 'Whitaker.prc' which was made by Doitsu.

2. Download 'Whitaker's Latin English Dictionary - William Whitaker.mobi' which was made by PoP.

Doistu's looks to be the most complete. PoP's has 'popup searches'.

Attached is a ZIP file containing the following from the original python project.

- A MOBI Latin to English dictionary based on William Whitaker's 'Words'.

- The source files used to create the dictionary with a README

- The rough python script used to generate the HTML from the Words raw file.

Update (22/5/2011): Doitsu has uploaded a reformatted version with some inflections; see post #7.

Update (27/2/2011): you may also be interested in an early release of my Lewis and Short Latin dictionary.

Update (26/2/2011): the development files are as before, but have compiled dictionary without compression (see post #5 below). You can either download the standalone dictionary below, or everything below.

Update (21/4/2013): PoP has recompiled the dictionary with new features; see post #10.

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- Whitaker's Latin English Dictionary - William Whitaker.mobi

- Whitaker.prc

- Latin Dictionary.zip (Note: file extension not Kindle-compatible)

Whitby, Beatrice (Janie): Bequeathed. v1. 2 Jan 2017

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Beatrice (Janie) Whitby: Born : c1856 Ottery St Mary, Devonshire, England: Died : 1931 Jan 20
Paddington, London, England

Excerpt
Thebe was nothing to do at Ottermouth, except to fish. Those who despised the excellent sea fishing which was to be had in the bay might whip the brace of trout streams inland, were they fortunate enough to obtain leave to do so from the owner of these preserved waters, and therefrom fill their baskets daily.

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Whitby, Beatrice (Janie): Flower and Thorn. v1. 4 Jan 2017

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Beatrice (Janie) Whitby: Born : c1856 Ottery St Mary, Devonshire, England: Died : 1931 Jan 20
Paddington, London, England

Excerpt
Mrs. Guthrie was paying a stiff price for a month’s sea air on the east coast, and she was not getting her money’s worth; lamentable scats of rain had for twenty-four hours beaten against the lodging-house. The lady in question was an invalid; she had not gone to Felixstowe for enjoyment—she had never at the best of times a faculty for enjoyment— she had gone because her doctor had ordered her to do so. Now she lay like a martyr on her couch, listening to angry bursts of wind and rain that shook at the French window of her sitting-room.

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Whitby, Beatrice (Janie): Mary Fenwick's Daughter. v1. 9 Jan 2017

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Beatrice (Janie) Whitby: Born : c1856 Ottery St Mary, Devonshire, England: Died : 1931 Jan 20
Paddington, London, England

Excerpt
Captain Fenwick had a weakness for the name Mary. Hackneyed it undoubtedly was, disfigured by abbreviations it might be, but, to his taste, the name was exceptionally desirable, and he said, “Call her Mary. Yes, of course, she must be called Mary”; when his daughter was born.

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White, Edward Lucas: Lukundoo and other stories (v2), 5 April 2023

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This is version 2 of the book I posted in March 2020. V1 lacked the story "Loki's Sword", and it is possible there were two editions, one lacking that tale. I have been provided with a source for the missing story, and this V2 now conforms to US edition by Doran, NY. It also includes the "Afterword", which was not in V1.

Contents:
1:Lukundoo
2: Loki's Sword
3:The Picture Puzzle
4:The Snout
5: Alfandega 49 A
6: The Message on the Slate
7: Amina
8: The Pig-Skin Belt
9: The House of the Nightmare
10: Sorcery Island
Afterword

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- Lukundoo and other stories - Edward Lucas White.mobi

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White, Edward Lucas: Lukundoo, and other stories (1927), v1, 16 Mar 2020

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Pulpmeister

Edward Lucas White published a number of strange and weird stories in "Weird Tales" and like magazines, and this collection is the best known.

The hardback edition contains one story not contained in this text, and which I cannot find to include here. In the book it is story number 2, between "Lukundoo' and "The Puzzle Picture".

If anyone can supply the missing story, "Floki's Blade", I will remake the book to complete it.

This text from Roy Glashan's Library, with a few minor corrections of layout and typos.

1: Lukundoo
2: The Picture Puzzle
3: The Snout
4: Alfandega 49 A
5: The Message on the Slate
6: Amina
7: The Pig-Skin Belt
8: The House of the Nightmare
9: Sorcery Island

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White, Edward Lucas: Nightmare Narratives (ghosts). v1. 01 Feb 2021

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Stories of the occult to mystify and perplex you, tales to chill your spine and make your hackles rise. “Lukundoo” is particularly unnerving.

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Edward Lucas White (May 11, 1866 – March 30, 1934) was an American author and poet. He published a number of historical novels, including [The Unwilling Vestal[/ (1918), [Andivius Hedulio[/ (1921) and [Helen[/ (1926), but he is best remembered for fantasy horror stories such as “The House of the Nightmare” and “Lukundoo” that were based on his own nightmares.

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My own compilation. Contents were originally published 1906 ~ 1927. This book is in the public domain where copyright is “Life+80” or less.

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White, Edward Lucas: The Song of the Sirens, and other stories (1919); v1; 15 Mar 202

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Historic fiction: short stories mostly in the days of the Greeks and Romans and Carthaginians, by the American author of "Lunkundoo", "The Reluctant Vestal" and others.

1: The Song of the Sirens
2: Iarbas
3: The Right Man
4: Dodona
5: The Elephant's Ear
6: The Fasces
7: The Swimmers
8: The Skewbald Panther
9: Disvola
10: The Flambeau Bracket

With a preface by the author.

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- The Song of the Sirens - Edward Lucas White.azw3 (Note: file extension not Kindle-compatible)

- The Song of the Sirens - Edward Lucas White.mobi

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White, Ethel Lina: Diana the Huntress, and other stories, V1, 2 Jan 2025

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Famous for her novels of suspense, Ethel Lina White wrote a great many short stories which, strangely, were never collected into book form.

Over the last few years I have been gathering her short stories from magazines and newspapers, with considerable help from Roy Glashan of "Roy Glashan's Library", who has access to a number of scources, including USA newspapers, which I do not.
Between us, we have collected 70 of her short stories in all, and this is the third e-book collection I have created. Individual stories can be found in "Roy Glashan's Library", often with original illustrations.

The e-book collections are:
The Uninvited Guest, and other stories, 2023; 12 stories
The Ghost Gavotte, and other stories, 2023; 18 stories
Diana The Huntress, and other stories, 2025; 30 stories

The contents of this volume are:

1: The Advertisement Baby
2: A Flutter in Souls
3: Le Roi est Mort
4: The Young Pretender
5: A Stranded Soul
6: The Master Microbe
7: Diana The Huntress
8: "Fog-Folk"
9: The Suicide and the Saint
10: Down the Red Lane
11: The Formula
12: The Adventure
13: Evil Be To Him Who Evil Thinks
14: The Open Door
15: The Hoof Slide
16: The Flying Leave
17: Pink Tulips
18: Snapdragon and Ghost
19: Fate
20: The Island
21: The Purple Bus
22: The Gilded Pupil
23: Lightning Strikes Twice
24: The Royal Visit
25: Mabel's House
26: Caged
27: Blackout
28: The Baby Heir
29: The First Day
30: You'll Be Surprised
________

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- Diana The Huntress - Ethel Lina White.azw3 (Note: file extension not Kindle-compatible)

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- Diana The Huntress - Ethel Lina White.mobi

White, Ethel Lina: Fear Stalks the Village (1932): V1

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Ethel Lina White (1876-1944) took up writing books in the late 1920s, first trying mainstream novels, and then turning to slightly gothic thrillers from 1931.

Sudden deaths, poison pen letters, in the archetypal English village.

Original book covers are not easy to come by and may still be copyright in some cases. I have made up a generic cover employing a vignette from a photograph of Ms White taken in the 1920s, and the rest is typography.

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- Fear Stalks The Village - Ethel Lina White.mobi

- Fear Stalks The Village - Ethel Lina White.azw3 (Note: file extension not Kindle-compatible)

White, Ethel Lina: Midnight House (1942): V1

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Ethel Lina White (1876-1944) took up writing books in the late 1920s, first trying mainstream novels, and then turning to slightly gothic thrillers from 1931.

No. 11 India Crescent is officially a dead address. Its absentee owner, General Tygarth, and his wife are reported to be living abroad, but it is so long since they have been seen in the town that few remember them.

Only one or two people recall its tragic story of domestic tyranny, ill-starred love and early death; only Mr Spree the lawyer knows that the old General has ordered the house to be closed for a certain number of years. Now, in a fortnight's time, the house is to be reopened.

Original book covers are not easy to come by and may still be copyright in some cases. I have made up a generic cover employing a vignette from a photograph of Ms White taken in the 1920s, and the rest is typography.

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- Midnight House - Ethel Lina White.azw3 (Note: file extension not Kindle-compatible)

- Midnight House - Ethel Lina White.mobi

White, Ethel Lina: Put Out the Light (1931): V1

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Ethel Lina White (1876-1944) took up writing books in the late 1920s, first trying mainstream novels, and then turning to slightly gothic thrillers from 1931.

Anthea Vine is a vain, controlling spinster. She gives of an illusion of youth and charm. She lives in a solitary house on a hill, Jamaica Court, keeping her fellow five inmates financially imprisoned. She interferes in their love affairs and keeps their lives under complete control. However, someone is out to get Miss Vine, and Jamaica Court suddenly becomes her own prison.

Original book covers are not easy to come by and may still be copyright in some cases. I have made up a generic cover employing a vignette from a photograph of Ms White taken in the 1920s, and the rest is typography.

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- Put out the Light - Ethel Lina White.mobi

- Put out the Light - Ethel Lina White.azw3 (Note: file extension not Kindle-compatible)

White, Ethel Lina: She Faded into Air (1941): V1

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Ethel Lina White (1876-1944) took up writing books in the late 1920s, first trying mainstream novels, and then turning to slightly gothic thrillers from 1931.

A beautiful nineteen-year old girl steps into a small apartment building and vanishes without trace.

Original book covers are not easy to come by and may still be copyright in some cases. I have made up a generic cover employing a vignette from a photograph of Ms White taken in the 1920s, and the rest is typography.

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- She Faded into Air - Ethel Lina White.azw3 (Note: file extension not Kindle-compatible)

- She Faded into Air - Ethel Lina White.mobi

White, Ethel Lina: She Faded Into Air. v1, 1 Sep 2008

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HarryT

1941 mystery novel by the British crime novelist Ethel Lina White (1876-1944).

[The story of the alleged disappearance of Evelyn Cross was too fantastic for credence. According to the available evidence, she melted into thin air shortly after four o'clock on a foggy afternoon in late October. One minute, she was visible in the flesh--a fashionable blonde, nineteen years of age and weighing about eight and a half stone.

The next minute, she was gone...[/

Enjoy!

Download:

- She Faded Into Air.prc

White, Ethel Lina: Some Must Watch (1933): V1

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Ethel Lina White (1876-1944) took up writing books in the late 1920s, first trying mainstream novels, and then turning to slightly gothic thrillers from 1931.

Filmed more than once under the title "The Spiral Staircase", this is a tour-de-force of the gothic young girl in peril genre, and a climax as abrupt and sharp as they get.

Original book covers are not easy to come by and may still be copyright in some cases. I have made up a generic cover employing a vignette from a photograph of Ms White taken in the 1920s, and the rest is typography.

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- Some Must Watch - Ethel Lina White.azw3 (Note: file extension not Kindle-compatible)

- Some Must Watch - Ethel Lina White.mobi

White, Ethel Lina: Some Must Watch. v1, 1 Sep 2008

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HarryT

1933 mystery novel by the British novelist, Ethel Lina White (1876-1944), also published as [The Spiral Staircase[/.

[Some Must Watch[/ is set in [The Summit[/, an isolated country house on the Welsh border. The household is headed by scholarly Professor Sebastian Warren, with his elderly spinster sister, Blanche, acting as housekeeper. Other residents include the pair’s widowed stepmother, Lady Warren, bedridden and of evil temper, and the professor’s son, Newton, and man-hungry daughter-in-law, Simone. Young Stephen Rice is there to be coached for a civil-service job by the professor, Mr. and Mrs. Oates serve as general handyman and cook, and Nurse Barker has just arrived to care for Lady Warren.

The story opens as Helen Capel--working for the family as a lady help, a polite term for dogsbody--hurries back to [The Summit[/ after an afternoon walk. Darkness is falling and she feels distinctly uneasy, as well she might given that four girls have recently been murdered in the area. As Helen reaches the safety of the house, she sees a man lurking in the tree plantation next door--or is it only a trick of the fading light? Nevertheless, she is relieved when the time comes for her nightly duty of locking doors and shuttering windows.

Shocking news arrives not long afterwards. Another girl has been found murdered, this time on the other side of the plantation. As a safety precaution, Professor Warren decides nobody may leave or enter [The Summit[/ that night, even though Mr. Oates has just departed in search of a fresh oxygen cylinder for Lady Warren. Just as the professor finishes his announcement someone starts to knock loudly at the front door ...

Enjoy!

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- Some Must Watch.prc

White, Ethel Lina: Step in the Dark (1938), V.1

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Ethel Lina White (1876-1944) took up writing books in the late 1920s, first trying mainstream novels, and then turning to slightly gothic thrillers from 1931.

Another girl in peril, a semi-captive in a grand house on a Swedish island.

Original book covers are not easy to come by and may still be copyright in some cases. I have made up a generic cover employing a vignette from a photograph of Ms White taken in the 1920s, and the rest is typography.

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- Step In The Dark - Ethel Lina White.azw3 (Note: file extension not Kindle-compatible)

- Step In The Dark - Ethel Lina White.mobi

White, Ethel Lina: The Elephant Never Forgets (1938): V1

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Ethel Lina White (1876-1944) took up writing books in the late 1920s, first trying mainstream novels, and then turning to slightly gothic thrillers from 1931.

Most unusual setting: Soviet Russia, and an English girl's Kafkaesque battle to leave the country and return home.

Original book covers are not easy to come by and may still be copyright in some cases. I have made up a generic cover employing a vignette from a photograph of Ms White taken in the 1920s, and the rest is typography.

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- The Elephant Never Forgets - Ethel Lina White.azw3 (Note: file extension not Kindle-compatible)

- The Elephant Never Forgets - Ethel Lina White.mobi

White, Ethel Lina: The First Time He Died (1935): V1

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Ethel Lina White (1876-1944) took up writing books in the late 1920s, first trying mainstream novels, and then turning to slightly gothic thrillers from 1931.

The problem with dying is that you can't claim on your own life insurance policy. Hang on a minute: there's an idea there somewhere...

Original book covers are not easy to come by and may still be copyright in some cases. I have made up a generic cover employing a vignette from a photograph of Ms White taken in the 1920s, and the rest is typography.

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- The First Time He Died - Ethel Lina White.azw3 (Note: file extension not Kindle-compatible)

- The First Time He Died - Ethel Lina White.mobi

White, Ethel Lina: The Ghost Gavotte, and other stories, v1, 18 July 2023

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Eighteen short stories by Ethel Lina White (1879-1944), author of "The Lady Vanishes" and other novels, and also author of many short stories, many of which have not been reprinted since they first appeared in magazines.

This is the second collection I have prepared, with assistance from Roy Glashan of Roy Glashan's Library. The first collection is entitled "The Uninvited Guest and other Stories."

Contents
1: The Ghost Gavotte
2: The Unknown
3: Catastrophe
4: Thumbs Down
5: Underground
6: The Seven Years' Secret
7: A Bad-Good Woman
8: Noblesse Oblige
9: The Pillow
10: Maids of Honour
11: The Day
12: The Suicide and the Saint
13: The Counter-Irritant
14: The Cellar
15: Don't Dream on Midsummer's Eve
16: The Fairy Pot
17: If You Can... Lose
18: It Hung on a Thread

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- The Ghost Gavotte and other sto - Ethel Lina White.azw3 (Note: file extension not Kindle-compatible)

- The Ghost Gavotte and other sto - Ethel Lina White.mobi

- cover.jpg (Note: file extension not Kindle-compatible)

White, Ethel Lina: The Lady Vanishes (1936): V1

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Ethel Lina White (1876-1944) took up writing books in the late 1920s, first trying mainstream novels, and then turning too slightly gothic thrillers from 1931.

This is her best-known novel, originally published as "The Wheel Turns", but after it was filmed by Alfred Hitchcock as the very succesful "The Lady Vanishes", reprints have gone by the latter name. A young lady becomes friendly with an older woman on a trans-continental railroad journey, but when her friend fails to appear for breakfast on the train, she cannot persuade anyone that the woman had ever existed.

Original book covers are not easy to come by and may still be copyright in some cases. I have made up a generic cover employing a vignette from a photograph of Ms White taken in the 1920s, and the rest is typography.

[Version 2 now uploaded in lieu of originals, due to error in TOC.]

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- The Lady Vanishes (1936) - Ethel Lina White.mobi

- The Lady Vanishes (1936) - Ethel Lina White.azw3 (Note: file extension not Kindle-compatible)

White, Ethel Lina: The Third Eye (1937): V1

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Ethel Lina White (1876-1944) took up writing books in the late 1920s, first trying mainstream novels, and then turning to slightly gothic thrillers from 1931.

In a brooding girls' boarding school, there is murder...

Original book covers are not easy to come by and may still be copyright in some cases. I have made up a generic cover employing a vignette from a photograph of Ms White taken in the 1920s, and the rest is typography.

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- The Third Eye - Ethel Lina White.azw3 (Note: file extension not Kindle-compatible)

- The Third Eye - Ethel Lina White.mobi

White, Ethel Lina: The Uninvited Guest and other stories, v1, 4 April 2023

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This collection of short stories by Ethel Lina White comprises 12 longer short stories of suspense and romance. It is new, and unique to MobileRead.

Contents
1: Cheese
2: Waxworks
3: The Scarecrow
4: An Unlocked Window
5: White Cap
6: Falling Downstairs
7: Green Ginger
8: The Holiday
9: The Sham Shop
10: The Call of the Tiger
11: At Twilight
12: The Uninvited Guest

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White, Ethel Lina: They See in Darkness (1944): V1

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Ethel Lina White (1876-1944) took up writing books in the late 1920s, first trying mainstream novels, and then turning to slightly gothic thrillers from 1931.

Oldtown is a picturesque, historic place, with a square of characterful houses nestling at its centre, and is home to retired colonial masters and friendly locals. A wealthy, reclusive sisterhood lives there too, in a large mansion, Cloisters; a group known locally as the 'Black Nuns', who are said to have extraordinary healing powers.

But a killer is at work in Oldtown

Original book covers are not easy to come by and may still be copyright in some cases. I have made up a generic cover employing a vignette from a photograph of Ms White taken in the 1920s, and the rest is typography.

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White, Ethel Lina: Wax (1935): V1

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Ethel Lina White (1876-1944) took up writing books in the late 1920s, first trying mainstream novels, and then turning to slightly gothic thrillers from 1931.

Sonia Thompson, a young journalist, is determined to get to the bottom of the strange happenings at the small town Riverpool waxworks. So she resolves to spend a night there alone. Surrounded by gruesome wax figures of madmen and murderers in the evil chamber where someone has already met his death, Sonia suddenly feels terror grip her. For slowly, ever so slowly, the horrible wax figures seem to be coming to life

Original book covers are not easy to come by and may still be copyright in some cases. I have made up a generic cover employing a vignette from a photograph of Ms White taken in the 1920s, and the rest is typography.

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White, Ethel Lina: While She Sleeps (1940): V1

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Ethel Lina White (1876-1944) took up writing books in the late 1920s, first trying mainstream novels, and then turning too slightly gothic thrillers from 1931.

Miss Loveapple (a juicy tomato) has always prided herself on her extraordinary good luck. But her luck takes a turn for the worse when she is marked out as a killer's victim. Through a crazy but plausible series of circumstances, she not only escapes but remains ignorant of her plight. This lighthearted, tidy book is really a tongue-in-cheek pardoy of the creaky gothic genre.

Original book covers are not easy to come by and may still be copyright in some cases. I have made up a standardised cover employing a vignette from a photograph of Ms White taken in the 1920s, and the rest is typography.

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White, Fred M.: Crimson Blind v1 6 dec 2008

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I am a bit late with my uploads today cause I had to suffer the ultimate today. My loved one shanghaied me for -aaargh- xmas shopping.

Here is one containing some random violence, thank ye Gods!

It's by Fred M White, who's only a stub at wikipedia. For all we know, the man could still live!

"Crimson Blind" is a pulpy mystery, but quite a refreshing read nonetheless.

Generated by PGDP, MTH-treated, added original cover.

Have fun(especially if you had a bad day like me)!

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White, Fred M.: The Mystery of the Four Fingers v1 7 dec 2008

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While Talking about Fred M., (well, at least, me and crutledge did) I found this one:

A fabulously rich gold mine in Mexico is known by the picturesque and mysterious name of The Four Fingers. It originally belonged to an Aztec tribe, and its location is known to one surviving descendant--a man possessing wonderful occult power. Should any person unlawfully discover its whereabouts, four of his fingers are mysteriously removed, and one by one returned to him. The appearance of the final fourth betokens his swift and violent death. Surprises, strange and startling, are concealed in every chapter of this completely engrossing detective story. The horrible fascination of the tragedy holds one in rapt attention to the end. And through it runs the thread of a curious love story.

The usual: PG, MTH-treated, added a cover (caution: made it myself)

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White, Fred M.: The Slave of Silence v1 4 dec 2008

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Frederick Merrick White (1859-?) wrote a number of novels and short stories under the name Fred M. White, including the six 'Doom of London' science-fiction stories, in which various catastrophes beset London. These include The Four Days' Night (1903), in which London is beset by a massive killer smog; The Dust of Death (1903), in which diphtheria infects the city, spreading from refuse tips and sewers; and The Four White Days (1903), in which a sudden and deep winter paralyses the city under snow and ice. These six stories all first appeared in Pearson's Magazine, and were illustrated by Warwick Goble. (Wikipedia).

[QUOTNothing daunted, the pair made a rush at Berrington who fired right and left.[/QUOT
Pleasurable read.

Source PG (thanks to PGDP), MTH-treated, original cover, some illustrations.

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White, Fred M: Paul the Sage (1910); v1; 6 March 220

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Six short stories amounting to 40,000 words, published initially in the "London Magazine" in 1905-6, and then collected into a book in 1910. This edition uses the texts of the magazine stories.

Paul Beggerstaff, "the sage of Tyburn Square", resolves the perplexiities and problems of his well-heeled clientele.

1: The Chronicle of the Yellow Girl
2: The Chronicle of the Blue-Eyed Syndicate
3: The Chronicle of the Inconsequent Princess
4: The Chronicle of the Elderly Adonis
5: The Chronicle of the Libelled Velasquez
6: The Chronicle of the Compleat Letter-Writer

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White, Fred M: The Cardinal Moth. v1. 26 Jan 2015

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Frederick Merrick White (1859-1935) wrote a number of novels and short stories under the name "Fred M. White" including the six 'Doom of London' science-fiction stories, in which various catastrophes beset London. These include The Four Days' Night (1903), in which London is beset by a massive killer smog; The Dust of Death (1903), in which diphtheria infects the city, spreading from refuse tips and sewers; and The Four White Days (1903), in which a sudden and deep winter paralyses the city under snow and ice. These six stories all first appeared in Pearson's Magazine, and were illustrated by Warwick Goble. He was also a pioneer of the spy story, and in 2003, his series The Romance of the Secret Service Fund (written in 1899) was edited by Douglas G. Greene and published by Battered Silicon Dispatch Box.

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Frobisher jumped to his feet with a hoarse cry of delight. Little beads of perspiration stood on his sleek head. The man was quivering from head to foot with intense excitement. With hesitating forefinger he touched the taut Manilla rope and it hummed like a harp-string, each strand drawn rigid with the moisture. And all the moths there leapt with a new, hovering life.
“The Cardinal Moth,” Frobisher said hoarsely. “Hafid, it is the Cardinal Moth!”

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White, Fred M: The Slave of Silence, v.1, 3 March 2009.

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Fred M White (b.1856)
The Slave of Silence (1906)

A feckless businessman plans to sell his daughter into marriage. She loathes the fiancé but refusal will bring disgrace to her father. Then her father is found dead…
Can the man she loves help her unravel the ensuing complications?

The source was PG. I have included the original illustrations and cover.

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White, Fred Merrick: A Broken Memory. V1. 11 May 2012

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Frederick Merrick White (1859-?) wrote a number of novels and short stories under the name Fred M. White, including the six 'Doom of London' science-fiction stories, in which various catastrophes beset London. These include The Four Days' Night (1903), in which London is beset by a massive killer smog; The Dust of Death (1903), in which diphtheria infects the city, spreading from refuse tips and sewers; and The Four White Days (1903), in which a sudden and deep winter paralyses the city under snow and ice. These six stories all first appeared in Pearson's Magazine, and were illustrated by Warwick Globe.
Wikipedia

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The crowd seemed frozen into silence, There was no sound but the roar of the flames. Doubled in a sheet the unconscious body hung perilously, then dropped straight into the outstretched tarpaulin below. Then the man climbed through the window and came steadily and slowly down the ladder. His grip relaxed on the scalding hot wood, and he fell crashing to the ground.

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White, Fred Merrick: A Clue In Wax. V1. 11 May 2012

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Frederick Merrick White (1859-?) wrote a number of novels and short stories under the name Fred M. White, including the six 'Doom of London' science-fiction stories, in which various catastrophes beset London. These include The Four Days' Night (1903), in which London is beset by a massive killer smog; The Dust of Death (1903), in which diphtheria infects the city, spreading from refuse tips and sewers; and The Four White Days (1903), in which a sudden and deep winter paralyses the city under snow and ice. These six stories all first appeared in Pearson's Magazine, and were illustrated by Warwick Globe.
Wikipedia

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The intelligent observer aforesaid would have guessed right, because Clifford was a sergeant in the special reserve and had won that position after three years' service with the Metropolitan Force. Not an unusual thing to happen in these hard times, when a public school career counts for little in the battle of life, and many a youth who had set out a few years before with lofty ambitions had come to regard himself as fortunate to occupy the front seat in a taxi-cab. And this, in a measure, had been Clifford's career up to now. Just a sergeant of police, connected with the Criminal Investigation Department, and the hope that some day he might rise to inspector's rank.

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White, Fred Merrick: A Crime On Canvas. V1. 21 Apr 2012

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Frederick Merrick White (1859-?) wrote a number of novels and short stories under the name Fred M. White, including the six 'Doom of London' science-fiction stories, in which various catastrophes beset London. These include The Four Days' Night (1903), in which London is beset by a massive killer smog; The Dust of Death (1903), in which diphtheria infects the city, spreading from refuse tips and sewers; and The Four White Days (1903), in which a sudden and deep winter paralyses the city under snow and ice. These six stories all first appeared in Pearson's Magazine, and were illustrated by Warwick Globe.
Wikipedia

Excerpt
CONVICT 196 Opened his eyes, dimly conscious of the fact that to-day something was going to happen.

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White, Fred Merrick: A Daughter Of Israel. V1. 5 Apr 2012

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Frederick Merrick White (1859-?) wrote a number of novels and short stories under the name Fred M. White, including the six 'Doom of London' science-fiction stories, in which various catastrophes beset London. These include The Four Days' Night (1903), in which London is beset by a massive killer smog; The Dust of Death (1903), in which diphtheria infects the city, spreading from refuse tips and sewers; and The Four White Days (1903), in which a sudden and deep winter paralyses the city under snow and ice. These six stories all first appeared in Pearson's Magazine, and were illustrated by Warwick Globe.
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They found her next morning, when the tide went down, behind the barrier of the rocks, lying in a tiny pool, with the water laying out her long black hair in shimmering waves. There were no bruises on her fair white skin; no cruel marks to mar the symmetry of her limbs; calm and pale in death as a little child asleep, with a smile upon the scarlet, curved lips such as she had worn in the hour of that noble sacrifice.

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White, Fred Merrick: A Fatal Dose. V1. 9 Apr 2012

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Frederick Merrick White (1859-?) wrote a number of novels and short stories under the name Fred M. White, including the six 'Doom of London' science-fiction stories, in which various catastrophes beset London. These include The Four Days' Night (1903), in which London is beset by a massive killer smog; The Dust of Death (1903), in which diphtheria infects the city, spreading from refuse tips and sewers; and The Four White Days (1903), in which a sudden and deep winter paralyses the city under snow and ice. These six stories all first appeared in Pearson's Magazine, and were illustrated by Warwick Globe.
Wikipedia

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"You little wretch," Eleanor screamed. "I have a good mind to take up that riding whip and slash your silly face. You low-bred cad, how dare you talk to me in this fashion? You may have the money, and you may marry well, but you will never be a gentleman, if you live to be a hundred."

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White, Fred Merrick: A Front of Brass. V1. 23 Apr 2012

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Frederick Merrick White (1859-?) wrote a number of novels and short stories under the name Fred M. White, including the six 'Doom of London' science-fiction stories, in which various catastrophes beset London. These include The Four Days' Night (1903), in which London is beset by a massive killer smog; The Dust of Death (1903), in which diphtheria infects the city, spreading from refuse tips and sewers; and The Four White Days (1903), in which a sudden and deep winter paralyses the city under snow and ice. These six stories all first appeared in Pearson's Magazine, and were illustrated by Warwick Globe.
Wikipedia

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"All the same, you will have to know very shortly, Grant. You are inclined to trust people just a little too far. For instance, it would have been far wiser if you had refrained from paying me for this place till after the conveyance was signed. If anything went wrong with me you would simply lose your money."

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White, Fred Merrick: A Golden Argosy. V1. 5 Apr 2012

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Frederick Merrick White (1859-?) wrote a number of novels and short stories under the name Fred M. White, including the six 'Doom of London' science-fiction stories, in which various catastrophes beset London. These include The Four Days' Night (1903), in which London is beset by a massive killer smog; The Dust of Death (1903), in which diphtheria infects the city, spreading from refuse tips and sewers; and The Four White Days (1903), in which a sudden and deep winter paralyses the city under snow and ice. These six stories all first appeared in Pearson's Magazine, and were illustrated by Warwick Globe.
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A few yards away from the knot of loafers clustering with hungry eyes round the door, stood a woman. There were others of her sex close by, but not like her, and though her dress was poor and dilapidated to the last degree, the others saw instinctively she was not as they. She was young, presumably not more than five-and-twenty years, and on her face she bore the shadow of great care. Gazing, half sullenly, half wistfully, into the temptingly arrayed window, her profile strongly marked by the great blaze of light farther up the street, the proud carriage of the head formed a painful contrast to her scanty garb and sorrow-stricken face. She was a handsome, poorly dressed woman, with a haughty bearing, a look of ever-present care, and she had twopence in her pocket.

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White, Fred Merrick: A Mummer's Throne. V1. 24 Apr 2012

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Frederick Merrick White (1859-?) wrote a number of novels and short stories under the name Fred M. White, including the six 'Doom of London' science-fiction stories, in which various catastrophes beset London. These include The Four Days' Night (1903), in which London is beset by a massive killer smog; The Dust of Death (1903), in which diphtheria infects the city, spreading from refuse tips and sewers; and The Four White Days (1903), in which a sudden and deep winter paralyses the city under snow and ice. These six stories all first appeared in Pearson's Magazine, and were illustrated by Warwick Globe.
Wikipedia

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He had hardly turned before three figures materialised from the shadows, and he found his path cut off. The figures were masked, though it seemed to the king that one of them was familiar to him. Without a word they closed upon him. He had not passed five of the best years of his life in an English public school for nothing. His left hand shot out swiftly, and one of the ruffians went down crashing into the roadway. Before the other two could advance the king had whipped out his revolver and stood with it in his hand.

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White, Fred Merrick: A Royal Wrong. V1. 27 Apr 2012

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Frederick Merrick White (1859-?) wrote a number of novels and short stories under the name Fred M. White, including the six 'Doom of London' science-fiction stories, in which various catastrophes beset London. These include The Four Days' Night (1903), in which London is beset by a massive killer smog; The Dust of Death (1903), in which diphtheria infects the city, spreading from refuse tips and sewers; and The Four White Days (1903), in which a sudden and deep winter paralyses the city under snow and ice. These six stories all first appeared in Pearson's Magazine, and were illustrated by Warwick Globe.
Wikipedia

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"A carefully prepared impromptu!" Kate said scornfully. "Du Cros worked that out this morning. I paid twenty pounds for the news. Du Cros's real object is to go to Liverpool on secret business, the pleasure part is only a blind. He will insist upon your going; in fact, he will take no refusal. So long as you accompany this expedition, he will have you under his eye. He will take extraordinary pains to see that you do not hold any communication with Lord Amsted."

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White, Fred Merrick: A Secret Service. V1. 27 Apr 2012

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Frederick Merrick White (1859-?) wrote a number of novels and short stories under the name Fred M. White, including the six 'Doom of London' science-fiction stories, in which various catastrophes beset London. These include The Four Days' Night (1903), in which London is beset by a massive killer smog; The Dust of Death (1903), in which diphtheria infects the city, spreading from refuse tips and sewers; and The Four White Days (1903), in which a sudden and deep winter paralyses the city under snow and ice. These six stories all first appeared in Pearson's Magazine, and were illustrated by Warwick Globe.
Wikipedia

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"Some of them did," Ida interrupted. "Perhaps I had better be a little more explicit with you, doctor. Your patient was Mr. Arnold Gray, of the Diplomatic Service. Certain documents which he was conveying to England are missing, and we suppose he was attacked and wounded by the people who brought him here.

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White, Fred Merrick: Craven Fortune. V1. 9 Apr 22012

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Frederick Merrick White (1859-?) wrote a number of novels and short stories under the name Fred M. White, including the six 'Doom of London' science-fiction stories, in which various catastrophes beset London. These include The Four Days' Night (1903), in which London is beset by a massive killer smog; The Dust of Death (1903), in which diphtheria infects the city, spreading from refuse tips and sewers; and The Four White Days (1903), in which a sudden and deep winter paralyses the city under snow and ice. These six stories all first appeared in Pearson's Magazine, and were illustrated by Warwick Globe.
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"Faugh, the old fellow is bleeding," Bentley said as he fumbled with the body. "Where the dickens does he keep that book? Here is a key, but the book—"

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White, Fred Merrick: Doom of London Stories. V1. 30 Mar 2012

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Frederick Merrick White (1859-?) wrote a number of novels and short stories under the name Fred M. White, including the six 'Doom of London' science-fiction stories, in which various catastrophes beset London. These include The Four Days' Night (1903), in which London is beset by a massive killer smog; The Dust of Death (1903), in which diphtheria infects the city, spreading from refuse tips and sewers; and The Four White Days (1903), in which a sudden and deep winter paralyses the city under snow and ice. These six stories all first appeared in Pearson's Magazine, and were illustrated by Warwick Globe.
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THE FOUR DAYS' NIGHT
THE DUST OF DEATH
THE FOUR WHITE DAYS
THE INVISIBLE FORCE
THE RIVER OF DEATH
A BUBBLE BURST

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White, Fred Merrick: Fred Merrick White Collection 1. V1. 11 Apr 2012

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Frederick Merrick White (1859-?) wrote a number of novels and short stories under the name Fred M. White, including the six 'Doom of London' science-fiction stories, in which various catastrophes beset London. These include The Four Days' Night (1903), in which London is beset by a massive killer smog; The Dust of Death (1903), in which diphtheria infects the city, spreading from refuse tips and sewers; and The Four White Days (1903), in which a sudden and deep winter paralyses the city under snow and ice. These six stories all first appeared in Pearson's Magazine, and were illustrated by Warwick Globe.
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FOUND
FORGET-ME-NOT
BURGLAR BILL'S PUPIL
A CAPTIOUS CRITIC
THE PURPLE TERROR
THE AZOFF DIAMONDS
AN EASTERN PRINCESS
THE JOINVILLE TUNNEL
COMPOUNDING A FELONY

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White, Fred Merrick: Fred Merrick White Collection 10. V1. 16 Apr 2012

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Frederick Merrick White (1859-?) wrote a number of novels and short stories under the name Fred M. White, including the six 'Doom of London' science-fiction stories, in which various catastrophes beset London. These include The Four Days' Night (1903), in which London is beset by a massive killer smog; The Dust of Death (1903), in which diphtheria infects the city, spreading from refuse tips and sewers; and The Four White Days (1903), in which a sudden and deep winter paralyses the city under snow and ice. These six stories all first appeared in Pearson's Magazine, and were illustrated by Warwick Globe.
Wikipedia

A QUESTION OF MONEY
A SINGLE HAIR
LOVE IN AETHER
ONE FOGGY NIGHT
THE LESSON THE ANTS TAUGHT
THE FOURTH MAN
THE WORLD NEXT DOOR
A DOSE OF QUININE
THE CASE FOR THE PRISONER
A CALL ON THE PHONE

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White, Fred Merrick: Fred Merrick White Collection 11. V1. 17 Apr 2012

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Frederick Merrick White (1859-?) wrote a number of novels and short stories under the name Fred M. White, including the six 'Doom of London' science-fiction stories, in which various catastrophes beset London. These include The Four Days' Night (1903), in which London is beset by a massive killer smog; The Dust of Death (1903), in which diphtheria infects the city, spreading from refuse tips and sewers; and The Four White Days (1903), in which a sudden and deep winter paralyses the city under snow and ice. These six stories all first appeared in Pearson's Magazine, and were illustrated by Warwick Globe.
Wikipedia

BLIND CHANCE
A MATTER OF HABIT
A GARDEN OF PEARLS
BELOW ZERO
THE DAWNSTAR
PHOTO BY LESTERRE
THE LONELY FURROW
THE REAL DRAMATIC TOUCH
THE SUPERMAN
A DEAL IN DIAMONDS

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White, Fred Merrick: Fred Merrick White Collection 12. V1. 17 Apr 2012

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Frederick Merrick White (1859-?) wrote a number of novels and short stories under the name Fred M. White, including the six 'Doom of London' science-fiction stories, in which various catastrophes beset London. These include The Four Days' Night (1903), in which London is beset by a massive killer smog; The Dust of Death (1903), in which diphtheria infects the city, spreading from refuse tips and sewers; and The Four White Days (1903), in which a sudden and deep winter paralyses the city under snow and ice. These six stories all first appeared in Pearson's Magazine, and were illustrated by Warwick Globe.
Wikipedia

A PARROT CRY
A DRAUGHT OF LIFE
THE ARMS OF CHANCE
CORALIE AND THE PEARLS
THE BIG THING
THE MYSTERY OF ROOM FIVE
A PLACE IN THE SUN
AN ALLY
MADE IN ENGLAND
THE BROKEN TRAIL

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White, Fred Merrick: Fred Merrick White Collection 13. V1. 18 Apr 2012

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Frederick Merrick White (1859-?) wrote a number of novels and short stories under the name Fred M. White, including the six 'Doom of London' science-fiction stories, in which various catastrophes beset London. These include The Four Days' Night (1903), in which London is beset by a massive killer smog; The Dust of Death (1903), in which diphtheria infects the city, spreading from refuse tips and sewers; and The Four White Days (1903), in which a sudden and deep winter paralyses the city under snow and ice. These six stories all first appeared in Pearson's Magazine, and were illustrated by Warwick Globe.
Wikipedia

THE WITNESS
THE MASTER'S VOICE
NOT ON THE RECORDS
THE BROKEN LUTE
AN EYE FOR AN EYE
EARLY CLOSING DAY
THE MAN WHO RANG THE BELL
THE BLINDWORM
A BOOTLESS ERRAND
THE MAN WHO GOT THROUGH

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White, Fred Merrick: Fred Merrick White Collection 14. V1. 18 Apr 2012

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Frederick Merrick White (1859-?) wrote a number of novels and short stories under the name Fred M. White, including the six 'Doom of London' science-fiction stories, in which various catastrophes beset London. These include The Four Days' Night (1903), in which London is beset by a massive killer smog; The Dust of Death (1903), in which diphtheria infects the city, spreading from refuse tips and sewers; and The Four White Days (1903), in which a sudden and deep winter paralyses the city under snow and ice. These six stories all first appeared in Pearson's Magazine, and were illustrated by Warwick Globe.
Wikipedia

THE PAWN AND THE ROOK
PROOF POSITIVE
ON PEACE NIGHT
ICKY OF OLUK LAKE
A DOG'S LIFE
AND THIS IS FAME!
A DAUGHTER OF NATURE
THE FOIL
THE PLATINUM CHAIN
THE WINGS OF CHANCE

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White, Fred Merrick: Fred Merrick White Collection 15. V1. 20 Apr 2012

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Frederick Merrick White (1859-?) wrote a number of novels and short stories under the name Fred M. White, including the six 'Doom of London' science-fiction stories, in which various catastrophes beset London. These include The Four Days' Night (1903), in which London is beset by a massive killer smog; The Dust of Death (1903), in which diphtheria infects the city, spreading from refuse tips and sewers; and The Four White Days (1903), in which a sudden and deep winter paralyses the city under snow and ice. These six stories all first appeared in Pearson's Magazine, and were illustrated by Warwick Globe.
Wikipedia

THE BARRISTER AT BAY
ADVENTURE
THE DOLL'S HOUSE
AT SHORT NOTICE
A SOUND IN THE NIGHT
THE CONVICT
BRAYTON'S SECRET
FREE LABOUR
FOR LOVE'S SAKE
A MASKED BATTERY

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White, Fred Merrick: Fred Merrick White Collection 16. V1. 20 Apr 2-12

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Frederick Merrick White (1859-?) wrote a number of novels and short stories under the name Fred M. White, including the six 'Doom of London' science-fiction stories, in which various catastrophes beset London. These include The Four Days' Night (1903), in which London is beset by a massive killer smog; The Dust of Death (1903), in which diphtheria infects the city, spreading from refuse tips and sewers; and The Four White Days (1903), in which a sudden and deep winter paralyses the city under snow and ice. These six stories all first appeared in Pearson's Magazine, and were illustrated by Warwick Globe.
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THE EMSDAM DISPATCHES
THE SWORD OF JUSTICE
A QUEEN IN HIDING

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White, Fred Merrick: Fred Merrick White Collection 2. V1. 11 Apr 2012

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Frederick Merrick White (1859-?) wrote a number of novels and short stories under the name Fred M. White, including the six 'Doom of London' science-fiction stories, in which various catastrophes beset London. These include The Four Days' Night (1903), in which London is beset by a massive killer smog; The Dust of Death (1903), in which diphtheria infects the city, spreading from refuse tips and sewers; and The Four White Days (1903), in which a sudden and deep winter paralyses the city under snow and ice. These six stories all first appeared in Pearson's Magazine, and were illustrated by Warwick Globe.
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A SATISFACTORY REFERENCE
THE BLACK NARCISSUS
BLIND
THE THROAT OF THE WOLF
THIS LITTLE WORLD
THE SHEBEENERS
HARDY'S BIG COUP
THE DORMER WINDOW
ONE OF THE OLD GUARD
A STOLEN INTERVIEW
RED PETALS

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White, Fred Merrick: Fred Merrick White Collection 3. V1. 12 Apr 2012

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Frederick Merrick White (1859-?) wrote a number of novels and short stories under the name Fred M. White, including the six 'Doom of London' science-fiction stories, in which various catastrophes beset London. These include The Four Days' Night (1903), in which London is beset by a massive killer smog; The Dust of Death (1903), in which diphtheria infects the city, spreading from refuse tips and sewers; and The Four White Days (1903), in which a sudden and deep winter paralyses the city under snow and ice. These six stories all first appeared in Pearson's Magazine, and were illustrated by Warwick Globe.
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A GAME OF DRAUGHTS
THE ORPHEUSIA
THE BLACK CAT
THE HEART OF THE ANARCHIST
THE OTHER MAN'S STORY
THE NORTHERN LIGHT
UNBIDDEN GUESTS
THE LAST DRIVE
THE TWO BON-BONS
THE STRANGER WITHIN THE GATE

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White, Fred Merrick: Fred Merrick White Collection 4. V1. 13 Apr 2012

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Frederick Merrick White (1859-?) wrote a number of novels and short stories under the name Fred M. White, including the six 'Doom of London' science-fiction stories, in which various catastrophes beset London. These include The Four Days' Night (1903), in which London is beset by a massive killer smog; The Dust of Death (1903), in which diphtheria infects the city, spreading from refuse tips and sewers; and The Four White Days (1903), in which a sudden and deep winter paralyses the city under snow and ice. These six stories all first appeared in Pearson's Magazine, and were illustrated by Warwick Globe.
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THE ONUS OF THE CHARGE
THE CHARLATAN
THE MIDNIGHT CALL
THE BALANCE OF NATURE
THE LUCK OF THE GAME
THE BUFF GAUNTLET
THE WHITE SPOT
TREASURES THREE
AN ERROR OF JUDGMENT
THE FIRST STONE

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White, Fred Merrick: Fred Merrick White Collection 5. V1. 13 Apr 2012

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Frederick Merrick White (1859-?) wrote a number of novels and short stories under the name Fred M. White, including the six 'Doom of London' science-fiction stories, in which various catastrophes beset London. These include The Four Days' Night (1903), in which London is beset by a massive killer smog; The Dust of Death (1903), in which diphtheria infects the city, spreading from refuse tips and sewers; and The Four White Days (1903), in which a sudden and deep winter paralyses the city under snow and ice. These six stories all first appeared in Pearson's Magazine, and were illustrated by Warwick Globe.
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THE EYE OF THE CAMERA
THE EMPTY HOUSE
ICE IN JUNE
THE CLOCK STRUCK TWELVE
THE MAN WITH THE EYE-GLASS
THE HEELS OF THE DAWN
THE COLONEL'S CHRISTMAS PUDDING
THE NIGHT EXPRESS
APPLIED MECHANICS
THE THIRTY-SEVENTH MONTH

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White, Fred Merrick: Fred Merrick White Collection 6. V1. 14 Apr 2012

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Frederick Merrick White (1859-?) wrote a number of novels and short stories under the name Fred M. White, including the six 'Doom of London' science-fiction stories, in which various catastrophes beset London. These include The Four Days' Night (1903), in which London is beset by a massive killer smog; The Dust of Death (1903), in which diphtheria infects the city, spreading from refuse tips and sewers; and The Four White Days (1903), in which a sudden and deep winter paralyses the city under snow and ice. These six stories all first appeared in Pearson's Magazine, and were illustrated by Warwick Globe.
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THE LANGUAGE OF FLOWERS
THE UNEXPECTED
THE COURAGE OF DESPAIR
AFTER REYNOLDS
THE SALMON POACHERS
A RECORD ROUND
SUB ROSA
THE WATERWITCH
A ROPE OF SNOW
THE GUIDING STAR

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White, Fred Merrick: Fred Merrick White Collection 7. V1. 15 Apr 2012

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Frederick Merrick White (1859-?) wrote a number of novels and short stories under the name Fred M. White, including the six 'Doom of London' science-fiction stories, in which various catastrophes beset London. These include The Four Days' Night (1903), in which London is beset by a massive killer smog; The Dust of Death (1903), in which diphtheria infects the city, spreading from refuse tips and sewers; and The Four White Days (1903), in which a sudden and deep winter paralyses the city under snow and ice. These six stories all first appeared in Pearson's Magazine, and were illustrated by Warwick Globe.
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HIS MAJESTY'S MAILS
THE PARDON
NERVES
THE DESERT SHIP
LADY MARY'S BULLDOG
THE SIXTEENTH CHAPTER
THE LEFT HAND
A GAMBLE IN LOVE
THE HAND INVISIBLE
AUTUMN MANOEUVRES

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White, Fred Merrick: Fred Merrick White Collection 8. V1. 15 Apr 2012

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Frederick Merrick White (1859-?) wrote a number of novels and short stories under the name Fred M. White, including the six 'Doom of London' science-fiction stories, in which various catastrophes beset London. These include The Four Days' Night (1903), in which London is beset by a massive killer smog; The Dust of Death (1903), in which diphtheria infects the city, spreading from refuse tips and sewers; and The Four White Days (1903), in which a sudden and deep winter paralyses the city under snow and ice. These six stories all first appeared in Pearson's Magazine, and were illustrated by Warwick Globe.
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KINDERGARTEN
THE ACE OF HEARTS
JUDGMENT RESERVED
ANONYMOUS
THE VITAL SPOT
THE WESTERN WAY
ACCORDING TO THE STATUTE
A POPULAR NOVELIST
FULL FATHOMS DEEP
PEARLS OF PRICE

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White, Fred Merrick: Fred Merrick White Collection 9. V1. 16 Apr 2012

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Frederick Merrick White (1859-?) wrote a number of novels and short stories under the name Fred M. White, including the six 'Doom of London' science-fiction stories, in which various catastrophes beset London. These include The Four Days' Night (1903), in which London is beset by a massive killer smog; The Dust of Death (1903), in which diphtheria infects the city, spreading from refuse tips and sewers; and The Four White Days (1903), in which a sudden and deep winter paralyses the city under snow and ice. These six stories all first appeared in Pearson's Magazine, and were illustrated by Warwick Globe.
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A CORNER IN ELEPHANTS
FOR ONCE IN A WAY
THE APPLE-GREEN PLATE
SECOND IN THE FIELD
A BARM OF BRONZE
A THRILLING EXITIT OF EGYPT
THE SECOND CHAPTER
THE BLACK PRINCE
THE GREY BAT
THE LONG

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White, Fred Merrick: Gipsy Tales. V1. 1 Apr 2012

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A MATTER OF KINDNESS
A LIBERAL EDUCATION
A STRANGER IN BOHEMIA
DROPS OF WATER
THE UNPREMEDITATED CURTAIN
MERE DETAILS
OUT OF SEASON

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White, Fred Merrick: Hard Pressed. V1. 23 Apr 2012

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Frederick Merrick White (1859-?) wrote a number of novels and short stories under the name Fred M. White, including the six 'Doom of London' science-fiction stories, in which various catastrophes beset London. These include The Four Days' Night (1903), in which London is beset by a massive killer smog; The Dust of Death (1903), in which diphtheria infects the city, spreading from refuse tips and sewers; and The Four White Days (1903), in which a sudden and deep winter paralyses the city under snow and ice. These six stories all first appeared in Pearson's Magazine, and were illustrated by Warwick Globe.
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She appeared on friendly terms with Copley, but, though for the past twelve months he had been a familiar visitor at Haredale Park, he did not think that he was making much progress in her good graces. Clever as he was, the girl managed to keep him at a distance without wounding his pride, and as time went on he found himself more and more infatuated with May Haredale.

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White, Fred Merrick: On The Night Express. V1. 10 May 2012

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Frederick Merrick White (1859-?) wrote a number of novels and short stories under the name Fred M. White, including the six 'Doom of London' science-fiction stories, in which various catastrophes beset London. These include The Four Days' Night (1903), in which London is beset by a massive killer smog; The Dust of Death (1903), in which diphtheria infects the city, spreading from refuse tips and sewers; and The Four White Days (1903), in which a sudden and deep winter paralyses the city under snow and ice. These six stories all first appeared in Pearson's Magazine, and were illustrated by Warwick Globe.
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Scotland Yard had taken matters out of the hands of the local police and Inspector Richard Clapp had come down with a view to solving the mystery. He did not appear to be a very formidable individual, being mild of manner and most of his questions sounded innocent and ingratiating.

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White, Fred Merrick: Paul Quentin. V1. 22 Apr 2012

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Dugdale was not mistaken. Passmore wildly exclaimed as he caught sight of Quentin. He plied Dugdale with a score of questions. Briefly but clearly the latter told his amazing story. He had hardly finished when a scared-looking footman entered the room followed by two policemen, accompanied by an inspector and a little dark man who announced himself as Superintendent Henson of Scotland Yard.

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White, Fred Merrick: Powers of Darkness. v1. 24 Mar 2013

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Frederick Merrick White (1859-?) wrote a number of novels and short stories under the name Fred M. White, including the six 'Doom of London' science-fiction stories, in which various catastrophes beset London. These include The Four Days' Night (1903), in which London is beset by a massive killer smog; The Dust of Death (1903), in which diphtheria infects the city, spreading from refuse tips and sewers; and The Four White Days (1903), in which a sudden and deep winter paralyses the city under snow and ice. These six stories all first appeared in Pearson's Magazine, and were illustrated by Warwick Globe.
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From the bottom of her heart Alice Kearns hated Raymond Draycott. It counted for nothing that he was more or less kind to her, that he insisted upon giving her a home until she came into her property some time hence. She was in his hands, for under Martin Faber's will Draycott became her legal guardian. It was absurd that a stranger should have such power over her future; but the fact remained.

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White, Fred Merrick: Queen of Hearts. V1. 13 May 2012

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Frederick Merrick White (1859-?) wrote a number of novels and short stories under the name Fred M. White, including the six 'Doom of London' science-fiction stories, in which various catastrophes beset London. These include The Four Days' Night (1903), in which London is beset by a massive killer smog; The Dust of Death (1903), in which diphtheria infects the city, spreading from refuse tips and sewers; and The Four White Days (1903), in which a sudden and deep winter paralyses the city under snow and ice. These six stories all first appeared in Pearson's Magazine, and were illustrated by Warwick Globe.
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The sight of the dark, foreign-looking man who had bowed so politely to Mona Catesby had stirred up a whole train of unpleasant memories. For Sir Walter had not lived for the best of 40 years in the heart of China without coming face to face with more than one thrilling tragedy. And amongst these, outstanding like some nightmare, was one horror which, in all the passing years he had been unable to forget. Why, then, had that man who was obviously a stranger to him, brought the whole thing back so vividly to him.

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White, Fred Merrick: Real Dramas. V1. 31 Mar 2012

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Frederick Merrick White (1859-?) wrote a number of novels and short stories under the name Fred M. White, including the six 'Doom of London' science-fiction stories, in which various catastrophes beset London. These include The Four Days' Night (1903), in which London is beset by a massive killer smog; The Dust of Death (1903), in which diphtheria infects the city, spreading from refuse tips and sewers; and The Four White Days (1903), in which a sudden and deep winter paralyses the city under snow and ice. These six stories all first appeared in Pearson's Magazine, and were illustrated by Warwick Globe.
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HIS SECOND SELF
AN EXTRA TURN
NOT IN THE BILL
THE PLAGIARIST
THE MAN IN POSSESSION
A PAIR OF HANDCUFFS

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White, Fred Merrick: The Adventures of Drenton Denn, Special Commissioner. V1. 1 Apr

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Frederick Merrick White (1859-?) wrote a number of novels and short stories under the name Fred M. White, including the six 'Doom of London' science-fiction stories, in which various catastrophes beset London. These include The Four Days' Night (1903), in which London is beset by a massive killer smog; The Dust of Death (1903), in which diphtheria infects the city, spreading from refuse tips and sewers; and The Four White Days (1903), in which a sudden and deep winter paralyses the city under snow and ice. These six stories all first appeared in Pearson's Magazine, and were illustrated by Warwick Globe.
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THE RED SPECK
THE YELLOW MOTH
THE FIRE BUGS
THE GREAT WHITE MOTH

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White, Fred Merrick: The Case for the Crown. V1. 30 Apr 2012

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From the lips of the tortured man there came a queer, horrible whistling scream, the scream of a man on the verge of epilepsy. His eyes were full of a nameless horror, the sweat poured down a face white and ghastly.

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White, Fred Merrick: The Corner House. V1. 6 Apr 2012

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Frederick Merrick White (1859-?) wrote a number of novels and short stories under the name Fred M. White, including the six 'Doom of London' science-fiction stories, in which various catastrophes beset London. These include The Four Days' Night (1903), in which London is beset by a massive killer smog; The Dust of Death (1903), in which diphtheria infects the city, spreading from refuse tips and sewers; and The Four White Days (1903), in which a sudden and deep winter paralyses the city under snow and ice. These six stories all first appeared in Pearson's Magazine, and were illustrated by Warwick Globe.
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A dreadful face, a face dull and dissipated, with horrible watery red eyes, yet full of malice and cunning and passion. There was a bristle of whiskers and a moustache, as if chin and razor had for days been strangers. As suddenly as the face had come it turned. A hand shot out from somewhere as if seeking for the throat of the strange apparition, a fist was uplifted and the figure disappeared, evidently going down before a cruel and crushing blow. The light vanished; it had probably been overturned and gone out.

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White, Fred Merrick: The Councillors Of Falconhoe. V1. 4 May 2012

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Frederick Merrick White (1859-?) wrote a number of novels and short stories under the name Fred M. White, including the six 'Doom of London' science-fiction stories, in which various catastrophes beset London. These include The Four Days' Night (1903), in which London is beset by a massive killer smog; The Dust of Death (1903), in which diphtheria infects the city, spreading from refuse tips and sewers; and The Four White Days (1903), in which a sudden and deep winter paralyses the city under snow and ice. These six stories all first appeared in Pearson's Magazine, and were illustrated by Warwick Globe.
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Falconhoe is an old manor house on the high cliffs, not far from the lovely village of Lynton, in North Devon. It is a secluded and romantic spot of England, and here Jelicorse has started, with his associates, as a sort of international detective agency, with branches all over Europe, private service of aeroplanes, and wireless to Berlin, Vienna, and Rome. A beautiful ancient emerald, won by the opera singer, Inez Salviati, has an important bearing upon the story. A fascinating woman is this Salviati, with her slim, graceful figure, dark, intelligent eyes, and smile that is both mocking and elusive. She has worked on secret missions with Jelicorse in Mexico City and elsewhere, and she plays a large part in the present adventure. Readers of the story will probably agree that its subject matter has a perennial fascination, that the plot is excitingly developed, and that Europe, as always still offers superb attractions to the man of adventurous imagination.

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White, Fred Merrick: The Day, or The Passing of a Throne. v1. 23 Mar 2013

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Frederick Merrick White (1859-?) wrote a number of novels and short stories under the name Fred M. White, including the six 'Doom of London' science-fiction stories, in which various catastrophes beset London. These include The Four Days' Night (1903), in which London is beset by a massive killer smog; The Dust of Death (1903), in which diphtheria infects the city, spreading from refuse tips and sewers; and The Four White Days (1903), in which a sudden and deep winter paralyses the city under snow and ice. These six stories all first appeared in Pearson's Magazine, and were illustrated by Warwick Globe.
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The two men in the back room behind the little Italian pastrycook's shop in Stanton-street were making history. As yet they did not know it; they were to find it out later on. The elder of the two, the man with the grey moustache ferociously cooked and the cook's cap on the back of his head, was known locally as Manuel Serano, and his younger companion as Luigi Serrai; but as a matter of fact the leader was Stuart Hallett, of the Secret Service, and the other Paul Rosslyn, his chief assistant. It was what they called early closing day so that they were free to discuss the knotty problem which had been worrying them for the past month.

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White, Fred Merrick: The Devil's Advocate. V1. 6 May 2012

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Frederick Merrick White (1859-?) wrote a number of novels and short stories under the name Fred M. White, including the six 'Doom of London' science-fiction stories, in which various catastrophes beset London. These include The Four Days' Night (1903), in which London is beset by a massive killer smog; The Dust of Death (1903), in which diphtheria infects the city, spreading from refuse tips and sewers; and The Four White Days (1903), in which a sudden and deep winter paralyses the city under snow and ice. These six stories all first appeared in Pearson's Magazine, and were illustrated by Warwick Globe.
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"Surely, my dearest girl, the meaning is plain enough. These bloodsuckers often masquerade under different names, and, without us knowing it, all this time Baines and Douglas & Co. are one and the same man. It is a favorite dodge of these scoundrels. They lend some poor devil money, and call it in suddenly. At the same time he gets a circular from the same rascal, in another name, and he flies to him for assistance. Oh, it has been done a thousand times. And now you understand. When I was replying to Douglas & Co. I was really addressing Joseph Baines. And, without appearing himself, he was actually lending me his own money. This is his revenge for those articles I wrote in my paper. You see how cunningly he lured me into the trap. He knew I could not find the money at a moment's notice, and he thinks he has ruined me."

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White, Fred Merrick: The Dust of Death. V1. 7 Dec 2008

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The Story of the Great Plague of the Twentieth Century.

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White, Fred Merrick: The Ends Of Justice. V1. 6 Apr 2012

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It was nothing but a dream. He would wake up presently, with the heaving deck under his feet and the salt of the sea pungent in his nostrils. Meanwhile the dream was horribly realistic; so were the prison bars, the acrid smell of fresh whitewash, the tramp of heavy feet in the clanging corridors, the rattle of keys in distant locks.

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White, Fred Merrick: The Five Knots. V1. 9 Apr 2012

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Frederick Merrick White (1859-?) wrote a number of novels and short stories under the name Fred M. White, including the six 'Doom of London' science-fiction stories, in which various catastrophes beset London. These include The Four Days' Night (1903), in which London is beset by a massive killer smog; The Dust of Death (1903), in which diphtheria infects the city, spreading from refuse tips and sewers; and The Four White Days (1903), in which a sudden and deep winter paralyses the city under snow and ice. These six stories all first appeared in Pearson's Magazine, and were illustrated by Warwick Globe.
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Something like a shadow seemed to flicker across the dim hall and then the strange visitant was lost to view. But was it substantial, real and tangible, or only the creature of imagination? For at half-past four on a December afternoon before the lamps are lighted one might easily be deceived, especially in an old place like Maldon Grange, the residence of Samuel Flower, the prosperous ship-owner. Some such thought as this flashed through Beatrice Galloway's mind and she laughed at her own fears. Doubtless it was all imagination. Still, she could not divest herself of the impression that a man had flitted quietly past her and concealed himself behind the banks of palms and ferns in the conservatory.

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White, Fred Merrick: The Four White Days. V1. 7 Dec 2008

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Frederick Merrick White (1859-?) wrote a number of novels and short stories under the name Fred M. White, including the six 'Doom of London' science-fiction stories, in which various catastrophes beset London. These include The Four Days' Night (1903), in which London is beset by a massive killer smog; The Dust of Death (1903), in which diphtheria infects the city, spreading from refuse tips and sewers; and The Four White Days (1903), in which a sudden and deep winter paralyses the city under snow and ice. These six stories all first appeared in Pearson's Magazine, and were illustrated by Warwick Globe.
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A Tale of London In the Grip of an Arctic Winter--Showing the Danger Any Winter might Bring from Famine, Cold, and Fire.

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White, Fred Merrick: The Golden Bat. V1. 8 May 2012

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Frederick Merrick White (1859-?) wrote a number of novels and short stories under the name Fred M. White, including the six 'Doom of London' science-fiction stories, in which various catastrophes beset London. These include The Four Days' Night (1903), in which London is beset by a massive killer smog; The Dust of Death (1903), in which diphtheria infects the city, spreading from refuse tips and sewers; and The Four White Days (1903), in which a sudden and deep winter paralyses the city under snow and ice. These six stories all first appeared in Pearson's Magazine, and were illustrated by Warwick Globe.
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The big clean-shaven man with the florid, humorous face and mobile lips would have passed anywhere for a barrister in prosperous practice, or perhaps, a cabinet minister, well-dressed, assured, and certain of himself, and it was his business to convey that impression, because Lytton Barle was head of the Secret Squad at New Scotland, a position not to be proclaimed on the house-tops

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White, Fred Merrick: The Golden Rose. V1. 22 Apr 2012

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Frederick Merrick White (1859-?) wrote a number of novels and short stories under the name Fred M. White, including the six 'Doom of London' science-fiction stories, in which various catastrophes beset London. These include The Four Days' Night (1903), in which London is beset by a massive killer smog; The Dust of Death (1903), in which diphtheria infects the city, spreading from refuse tips and sewers; and The Four White Days (1903), in which a sudden and deep winter paralyses the city under snow and ice. These six stories all first appeared in Pearson's Magazine, and were illustrated by Warwick Globe.
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A word or two seemed to penetrate to the brain of Jasper Payn. He appeared to be conscious for the first time that a stranger was present. He turned his white suspicious face towards Lethbridge. Gradually his whole expression changed to one of mingled surprise and hatred and contempt.

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White, Fred Merrick: The Honour of his House. V1. 1 May 2012

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Frederick Merrick White (1859-?) wrote a number of novels and short stories under the name Fred M. White, including the six 'Doom of London' science-fiction stories, in which various catastrophes beset London. These include The Four Days' Night (1903), in which London is beset by a massive killer smog; The Dust of Death (1903), in which diphtheria infects the city, spreading from refuse tips and sewers; and The Four White Days (1903), in which a sudden and deep winter paralyses the city under snow and ice. These six stories all first appeared in Pearson's Magazine, and were illustrated by Warwick Globe.
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It seemed to Philip that his eyes were growing clearer now. The problem began to straighten itself out before him, and he marvelled that he had not seen it all before. He had before him a vivid vision of the ghastly night at Borne Abbey when Sherringborne had collapsed and half his secret had been spoken.

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White, Fred Merrick: The Invisible Force. V1. 7 Dec 2008

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Frederick Merrick White (1859-?) wrote a number of novels and short stories under the name Fred M. White, including the six 'Doom of London' science-fiction stories, in which various catastrophes beset London. These include The Four Days' Night (1903), in which London is beset by a massive killer smog; The Dust of Death (1903), in which diphtheria infects the city, spreading from refuse tips and sewers; and The Four White Days (1903), in which a sudden and deep winter paralyses the city under snow and ice. These six stories all first appeared in Pearson's Magazine, and were illustrated by Warwick Globe.
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A Story of What Might Happen In the Days to Come, when Underground London is Tunnelled In all Directions for Electric Railways, If an Explosion Should Take Place In One of the Tubes.

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White, Fred Merrick: The King Diamond. V1. 9 May 2012

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Frederick Merrick White (1859-?) wrote a number of novels and short stories under the name Fred M. White, including the six 'Doom of London' science-fiction stories, in which various catastrophes beset London. These include The Four Days' Night (1903), in which London is beset by a massive killer smog; The Dust of Death (1903), in which diphtheria infects the city, spreading from refuse tips and sewers; and The Four White Days (1903), in which a sudden and deep winter paralyses the city under snow and ice. These six stories all first appeared in Pearson's Magazine, and were illustrated by Warwick Globe.
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Bly half started from his seat and then dropped back again breathing heavily between tightly pressed lips. He had seen something that had escaped Stella's attention.
"Not the slightest doubt of it," he whispered. "My dear Stella, that stone is the King Diamond."

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White, Fred Merrick: The Lady in Blue. V1. 30 Apr 2012

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Frederick Merrick White (1859-?) wrote a number of novels and short stories under the name Fred M. White, including the six 'Doom of London' science-fiction stories, in which various catastrophes beset London. These include The Four Days' Night (1903), in which London is beset by a massive killer smog; The Dust of Death (1903), in which diphtheria infects the city, spreading from refuse tips and sewers; and The Four White Days (1903), in which a sudden and deep winter paralyses the city under snow and ice. These six stories all first appeared in Pearson's Magazine, and were illustrated by Warwick Globe.
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She was sitting very close indeed, so close that it was possible to distinguish the pattern of the embroidery on her corsage and to note the purple shadow of the lashes that fringed her eyes from time to time. She was not alone, for at the table with her was a young man immaculately dressed, vapid and expressionless in the well-bred way, and, as Kelso glanced at him with a certain faint contempt, he was conscious that the young man was just as disturbed and uneasy as the girl on the opposite side of the table.

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White, Fred Merrick: The Law of the Land. V1. 10 Apr 2012

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Frederick Merrick White (1859-?) wrote a number of novels and short stories under the name Fred M. White, including the six 'Doom of London' science-fiction stories, in which various catastrophes beset London. These include The Four Days' Night (1903), in which London is beset by a massive killer smog; The Dust of Death (1903), in which diphtheria infects the city, spreading from refuse tips and sewers; and The Four White Days (1903), in which a sudden and deep winter paralyses the city under snow and ice. These six stories all first appeared in Pearson's Magazine, and were illustrated by Warwick Globe.
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More than once he had fallen very low indeed—in moments of despair nothing seemed to matter. But he could not quite crush self-respect and the feeling that he was born to better things. Nor had he ever crossed the borderland from which no traveller can return unscathed. He was wildly, even hysterically, glad of it when he had realised what the wand of fortune had done for him.

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White, Fred Merrick: The Leopard's Spots. V1. 30 Apr 2012

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Frederick Merrick White (1859-?) wrote a number of novels and short stories under the name Fred M. White, including the six 'Doom of London' science-fiction stories, in which various catastrophes beset London. These include The Four Days' Night (1903), in which London is beset by a massive killer smog; The Dust of Death (1903), in which diphtheria infects the city, spreading from refuse tips and sewers; and The Four White Days (1903), in which a sudden and deep winter paralyses the city under snow and ice. These six stories all first appeared in Pearson's Magazine, and were illustrated by Warwick Globe.
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Stagg made a sort of shield of the evening paper, and on it the young man proceeded to pour a handful of glittering diamonds, together with an ornament set with the same sort of stones which looked to Stagg uncommonly like a five-pointed star. When he came to examine it more closely he saw from a tiny fracture on two of the edges that it was beyond question the counterpart of the star that he had picked up in the house in Porchester-place.

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White, Fred Merrick: The Man Called Gilray. V1. 24 Apr 2012

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Frederick Merrick White (1859-?) wrote a number of novels and short stories under the name Fred M. White, including the six 'Doom of London' science-fiction stories, in which various catastrophes beset London. These include The Four Days' Night (1903), in which London is beset by a massive killer smog; The Dust of Death (1903), in which diphtheria infects the city, spreading from refuse tips and sewers; and The Four White Days (1903), in which a sudden and deep winter paralyses the city under snow and ice. These six stories all first appeared in Pearson's Magazine, and were illustrated by Warwick Globe.
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"Well, at any rate, a fatality which has resulted in a man's death. Oh, it's murder, right enough. The victim is Mr. John Gilray, who lives in one of the flats at Ponder-avenue. I've got practically no details yet, except from a constable who is on duty in that neighbourhood sometimes. He says that he knew Mr. Gilray well enough by sight. From his description I should say that he was a smart-looking man of about fifty. I believe he was a bit of a mystery, though he attracted little or no attention. He must have had money, or else he could not have afforded to live in Ponder-avenue."

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White, Fred Merrick: The Man Who Knew. V1. 12 May 2012

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Frederick Merrick White (1859-?) wrote a number of novels and short stories under the name Fred M. White, including the six 'Doom of London' science-fiction stories, in which various catastrophes beset London. These include The Four Days' Night (1903), in which London is beset by a massive killer smog; The Dust of Death (1903), in which diphtheria infects the city, spreading from refuse tips and sewers; and The Four White Days (1903), in which a sudden and deep winter paralyses the city under snow and ice. These six stories all first appeared in Pearson's Magazine, and were illustrated by Warwick Globe.
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THE clock in the tower of St. Botolph's was booming the hour after midnight, as Acting-Sergeant Philip Lashbrook came slowly along Orford street, having accomplished the mission delegated to him by his superior officer, and, therefore, being now m
ore or less off duty, although he was still wearing the badge of his office. So far as he could see, there was not a soul in sight, not a sound to be heard either, except the distant hum of traffic that came from Regent Crescent on his far right. He gave a casual, but professional eye to the various shops as he walked along. For Orford street is one of fashion, and some of the establishments there are of world-wide renown. In a few moments now he would be back at headquarters, and then free to seek his lodgings.

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White, Fred Merrick: The Man who was Two. V1. 1 May

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Frederick Merrick White (1859-?) wrote a number of novels and short stories under the name Fred M. White, including the six 'Doom of London' science-fiction stories, in which various catastrophes beset London. These include The Four Days' Night (1903), in which London is beset by a massive killer smog; The Dust of Death (1903), in which diphtheria infects the city, spreading from refuse tips and sewers; and The Four White Days (1903), in which a sudden and deep winter paralyses the city under snow and ice. These six stories all first appeared in Pearson's Magazine, and were illustrated by Warwick Globe.
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It was all over a few minutes later and the prisoner was remanded for a week on the application of the police. A demand for bail was curtly refused, and then Sir Marston walked out of the dreary atmosphere of the courthouse infinitely glad to find himself in the open air once more. He lingered for a moment until Linnell emerged and stopped him for a few words regarding the case.

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White, Fred Merrick: The Master Criminal. V1. 31 Mar 2012

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Frederick Merrick White (1859-?) wrote a number of novels and short stories under the name Fred M. White, including the six 'Doom of London' science-fiction stories, in which various catastrophes beset London. These include The Four Days' Night (1903), in which London is beset by a massive killer smog; The Dust of Death (1903), in which diphtheria infects the city, spreading from refuse tips and sewers; and The Four White Days (1903), in which a sudden and deep winter paralyses the city under snow and ice. These six stories all first appeared in Pearson's Magazine, and were illustrated by Warwick Globe.
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THE HEAD OF THE CAESARS
AT WINDSOR
THE SILVERPOOL CUP
THE MORRISON RAID INDEMNITY
CLEOPATRA'S ROBE
THE ROSY CROSS
THE DEATH OF THE PRESIDENT
THE CRADLESTONE OIL MILLS
REDBURN CASTLE
CRYSOLINE LIMITED
THE LOSS OF THE EASTERN EMPRESS
GENERAL MARCOS

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White, Fred Merrick: The Midnight Guest. V1. 7 Apr 2012

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Frederick Merrick White (1859-?) wrote a number of novels and short stories under the name Fred M. White, including the six 'Doom of London' science-fiction stories, in which various catastrophes beset London. These include The Four Days' Night (1903), in which London is beset by a massive killer smog; The Dust of Death (1903), in which diphtheria infects the city, spreading from refuse tips and sewers; and The Four White Days (1903), in which a sudden and deep winter paralyses the city under snow and ice. These six stories all first appeared in Pearson's Magazine, and were illustrated by Warwick Globe.
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Ravenspur drove straight away to Fitzjohn Square, and made his way through the crowd of morbid folks who had gathered outside. As he expected, he found the house' in the hands of the police. Inspector Dallas came forward and greeted him respectfully.

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White, Fred Merrick: The Mystery Of Crocksands. V1. 6 May 2012

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Frederick Merrick White (1859-?) wrote a number of novels and short stories under the name Fred M. White, including the six 'Doom of London' science-fiction stories, in which various catastrophes beset London. These include The Four Days' Night (1903), in which London is beset by a massive killer smog; The Dust of Death (1903), in which diphtheria infects the city, spreading from refuse tips and sewers; and The Four White Days (1903), in which a sudden and deep winter paralyses the city under snow and ice. These six stories all first appeared in Pearson's Magazine, and were illustrated by Warwick Globe.
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"Don't you try me too far," the woman said under her breath. She was quivering from head to foot, and her breast was heaving with a passion she could hardly suppress. "Don't you push me too far, Christopher. I tell you I won't have it. You leave that girl alone, or by heaven I will pull the whole fabric down about your feet!

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White, Fred Merrick: The Mystery of Room 75. V1. 2 May 2012

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Frederick Merrick White (1859-?) wrote a number of novels and short stories under the name Fred M. White, including the six 'Doom of London' science-fiction stories, in which various catastrophes beset London. These include The Four Days' Night (1903), in which London is beset by a massive killer smog; The Dust of Death (1903), in which diphtheria infects the city, spreading from refuse tips and sewers; and The Four White Days (1903), in which a sudden and deep winter paralyses the city under snow and ice. These six stories all first appeared in Pearson's Magazine, and were illustrated by Warwick Globe.
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There were five men in the room besides Wendover, each of them wearing a similar gold-fringed mask to the one that covered the daring adventurer's face. No one took the slightest notice of him, no one bowed as he took his place, indeed, it seemed as if his intrusion had been more or less expected. He was face to face now, and well he knew it, with a handful of the most desperate criminals in Europe, each of which would have slit his throat without the slightest hesitation if only he made one false step.

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White, Fred Merrick: The Mystery Of The Four Fingers. v1. 24 Mar 2013

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Frederick Merrick White (1859-?) wrote a number of novels and short stories under the name Fred M. White, including the six 'Doom of London' science-fiction stories, in which various catastrophes beset London. These include The Four Days' Night (1903), in which London is beset by a massive killer smog; The Dust of Death (1903), in which diphtheria infects the city, spreading from refuse tips and sewers; and The Four White Days (1903), in which a sudden and deep winter paralyses the city under snow and ice. These six stories all first appeared in Pearson's Magazine, and were illustrated by Warwick Globe.
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A fabulously rich gold mine in Mexico is known by the picturesque and mysterious name of The Four Fingers. It originally belonged to an Aztec tribe, and its location is known to one surviving descendant—a man possessing wonderful occult power. Should any person unlawfully discover its whereabouts, four of his fingers are mysteriously removed, and one by one returned to him. The appearance of the final fourth betokens his swift and violent death.

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White, Fred Merrick: The Mystery Of The Ravenspurs. V1. 29 Apr 2012

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Frederick Merrick White (1859-?) wrote a number of novels and short stories under the name Fred M. White, including the six 'Doom of London' science-fiction stories, in which various catastrophes beset London. These include The Four Days' Night (1903), in which London is beset by a massive killer smog; The Dust of Death (1903), in which diphtheria infects the city, spreading from refuse tips and sewers; and The Four White Days (1903), in which a sudden and deep winter paralyses the city under snow and ice. These six stories all first appeared in Pearson's Magazine, and were illustrated by Warwick Globe.
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"I am in a convent here, in a convent from whence I can never emerge again. Heaven knows how many human tragedies are bound up in these grey old walls. But of all the miserable wretches here, there is none more miserable than myself. Still, in my new faith I have found consolation. I know that there is hope even for sinners as black as myself.

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White, Fred Merrick: The Nether Millstone. V1. 6 Apr 2012

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Frederick Merrick White (1859-?) wrote a number of novels and short stories under the name Fred M. White, including the six 'Doom of London' science-fiction stories, in which various catastrophes beset London. These include The Four Days' Night (1903), in which London is beset by a massive killer smog; The Dust of Death (1903), in which diphtheria infects the city, spreading from refuse tips and sewers; and The Four White Days (1903), in which a sudden and deep winter paralyses the city under snow and ice. These six stories all first appeared in Pearson's Magazine, and were illustrated by Warwick Globe.
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Once in his life Dashwood had been in court and heard a woman sentenced to death. It came back to him now that the face of the criminal had looked exactly like Mrs. Speed's.

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White, Fred Merrick: The Price Of Silence. V1. 9 May 2012

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Frederick Merrick White (1859-?) wrote a number of novels and short stories under the name Fred M. White, including the six 'Doom of London' science-fiction stories, in which various catastrophes beset London. These include The Four Days' Night (1903), in which London is beset by a massive killer smog; The Dust of Death (1903), in which diphtheria infects the city, spreading from refuse tips and sewers; and The Four White Days (1903), in which a sudden and deep winter paralyses the city under snow and ice. These six stories all first appeared in Pearson's Magazine, and were illustrated by Warwick Globe.
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You didn't expect to hear from me, did you? Thought you were perfectly safe, eh? Thought that Bertram Pryor, of Heron's Nest, was too big a bug to be touched. But you never know, do you? Now, look here, Bat, I am up against it good and hard, and you have got to help me out. I don't want much—only enough to get me back to the States again; say a couple of hundred. It isn't good enough to come up to the house and ask for you, so I just shoved you in this note through one of your footmen. And I am waiting for you in that little summer-house at the bottom of the terrace. Slip away presently and bring the stuff with you. If you want to know my name you can get it presently.

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White, Fred Merrick: The Riddle of the Rail. V1. 10 May 2012

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Frederick Merrick White (1859-?) wrote a number of novels and short stories under the name Fred M. White, including the six 'Doom of London' science-fiction stories, in which various catastrophes beset London. These include The Four Days' Night (1903), in which London is beset by a massive killer smog; The Dust of Death (1903), in which diphtheria infects the city, spreading from refuse tips and sewers; and The Four White Days (1903), in which a sudden and deep winter paralyses the city under snow and ice. These six stories all first appeared in Pearson's Magazine, and were illustrated by Warwick Globe.
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The speaker pointed to something lying on the top of a layer of baskets filled with early gooseberries. It was the body of a man, a middle-aged, well-dressed man with a small brown moustache and pointed beard, reclining there as if he had been asleep. But it was no ordinary sleep, as both the railwaymen, looking down upon him, knew only too well. They had seen too much of that sort of thing during the years in France to be mistaken.

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White, Fred Merrick: The River of Death. V1. 7 Dec 2008

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Frederick Merrick White (1859-?) wrote a number of novels and short stories under the name Fred M. White, including the six 'Doom of London' science-fiction stories, in which various catastrophes beset London. These include The Four Days' Night (1903), in which London is beset by a massive killer smog; The Dust of Death (1903), in which diphtheria infects the city, spreading from refuse tips and sewers; and The Four White Days (1903), in which a sudden and deep winter paralyses the city under snow and ice. These six stories all first appeared in Pearson's Magazine, and were illustrated by Warwick Goble.
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A Tale of London In Peril

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White, Fred Merrick: The Romance of the Secret Service Fund Stories. V1. 30 Mar 012

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Frederick Merrick White (1859-?) wrote a number of novels and short stories under the name Fred M. White, including the six 'Doom of London' science-fiction stories, in which various catastrophes beset London. These include The Four Days' Night (1903), in which London is beset by a massive killer smog; The Dust of Death (1903), in which diphtheria infects the city, spreading from refuse tips and sewers; and The Four White Days (1903), in which a sudden and deep winter paralyses the city under snow and ice. These six stories all first appeared in Pearson's Magazine, and were illustrated by Warwick Globe.
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BY WOMAN'S WIT
THE MAZAROFF RIFLE
IN THE EXPRESS
THE ALMEDI CONCESSION
THE OTHER SIDE OF THE CHESS-BOARD
THREE OF THEM

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White, Fred Merrick: The Romance of the Secret Service Fund. V1. 6 Dec 2008

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Frederick Merrick White (1859-?) wrote a number of novels and short stories under the name Fred M. White, including the six 'Doom of London' science-fiction stories, in which various catastrophes beset London. These include The Four Days' Night (1903), in which London is beset by a massive killer smog; The Dust of Death (1903), in which diphtheria infects the city, spreading from refuse tips and sewers; and The Four White Days (1903), in which a sudden and deep winter paralyses the city under snow and ice. These six stories all first appeared in Pearson's Magazine, and were illustrated by Warwick Goble.
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NEWTON MOORE came into the War Office in response to a code telegram and
a hint that speed was the essence of the contract. Sir George Morley
plunged immediately into his subject.

"I've got a pretty case for you," he said. "I suppose you have never
heard of such a thing as the Mazaroff rifle?"

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White, Fred Merrick: The Salt Of The Earth. V1. 30 Apr 2012

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Frederick Merrick White (1859-?) wrote a number of novels and short stories under the name Fred M. White, including the six 'Doom of London' science-fiction stories, in which various catastrophes beset London. These include The Four Days' Night (1903), in which London is beset by a massive killer smog; The Dust of Death (1903), in which diphtheria infects the city, spreading from refuse tips and sewers; and The Four White Days (1903), in which a sudden and deep winter paralyses the city under snow and ice. These six stories all first appeared in Pearson's Magazine, and were illustrated by Warwick Globe.
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A Story of Love and Excitement

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White, Fred Merrick: The Scales of Justice. V1. 21 Apr 2012

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Frederick Merrick White (1859-?) wrote a number of novels and short stories under the name Fred M. White, including the six 'Doom of London' science-fiction stories, in which various catastrophes beset London. These include The Four Days' Night (1903), in which London is beset by a massive killer smog; The Dust of Death (1903), in which diphtheria infects the city, spreading from refuse tips and sewers; and The Four White Days (1903), in which a sudden and deep winter paralyses the city under snow and ice. These six stories all first appeared in Pearson's Magazine, and were illustrated by Warwick Globe.
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The poacher was puzzled. Why were these carriages coming back so soon?
From his hiding-place he could see right into the spacious portico before the front door of Grange Court; he could see the brilliantly-lighted hall beyond, with its pictures and statues and belts of feathery ferns. Beyond, in the old oak-panelled ballroom, a dazzling kaleidoscope of figures moved in agitated groups. Somebody called loudly that no more guests were to be admitted. An unsteady voice was asking for a doctor. Tragedy was in the frosty air!

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White, Fred Merrick: The Seed of Empire. V1. 29 Apr 2012

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Frederick Merrick White (1859-?) wrote a number of novels and short stories under the name Fred M. White, including the six 'Doom of London' science-fiction stories, in which various catastrophes beset London. These include The Four Days' Night (1903), in which London is beset by a massive killer smog; The Dust of Death (1903), in which diphtheria infects the city, spreading from refuse tips and sewers; and The Four White Days (1903), in which a sudden and deep winter paralyses the city under snow and ice. These six stories all first appeared in Pearson's Magazine, and were illustrated by Warwick Globe.
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THE SCRAP of paper lay on the counter of Europe, and the honour of more than one great Power trembled in the balance. And accordingly the greatest nation of them all would be compelled to act. Not that she had ever hesitated; not that she would swerve one inch from the path that she had pursued for nearly a thousand years; and perhaps because of this, from the north to the south, and from the east to the west, anxious hearts were beating and anxious eyes turned towards the storm centre that hung so black and threatening over Central Europe.

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White, Fred Merrick: The Sentence of the Court. V1. 29 Apr 2012

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Frederick Merrick White (1859-?) wrote a number of novels and short stories under the name Fred M. White, including the six 'Doom of London' science-fiction stories, in which various catastrophes beset London. These include The Four Days' Night (1903), in which London is beset by a massive killer smog; The Dust of Death (1903), in which diphtheria infects the city, spreading from refuse tips and sewers; and The Four White Days (1903), in which a sudden and deep winter paralyses the city under snow and ice. These six stories all first appeared in Pearson's Magazine, and were illustrated by Warwick Globe.
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'The Sentence of the Court,' the new serial by Fred M. White, which will begin in the 'Herald' to-morrow, is the story of a leading London eye-specialist, who is a rogue from the crown of his glossy top hat to the sole of his patent leather boots.

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White, Fred Merrick: The Shadow Of The Dead Hand. V1. 9 May 2012

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Frederick Merrick White (1859-?) wrote a number of novels and short stories under the name Fred M. White, including the six 'Doom of London' science-fiction stories, in which various catastrophes beset London. These include The Four Days' Night (1903), in which London is beset by a massive killer smog; The Dust of Death (1903), in which diphtheria infects the city, spreading from refuse tips and sewers; and The Four White Days (1903), in which a sudden and deep winter paralyses the city under snow and ice. These six stories all first appeared in Pearson's Magazine, and were illustrated by Warwick Globe.
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"I am a private inquiry agent," he said. "Don't laugh. Without vanity, dear things, I am not quite such a fool as I look. And my chubby face and this monocle, that worries the life out of me, make jolly fine assets, don't you know. Why, people look upon me as next door to an idiot, by Jove.

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White, Fred Merrick: The Weight of the Crown. V1. 5 Apr 2012

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Frederick Merrick White (1859-?) wrote a number of novels and short stories under the name Fred M. White, including the six 'Doom of London' science-fiction stories, in which various catastrophes beset London. These include The Four Days' Night (1903), in which London is beset by a massive killer smog; The Dust of Death (1903), in which diphtheria infects the city, spreading from refuse tips and sewers; and The Four White Days (1903), in which a sudden and deep winter paralyses the city under snow and ice. These six stories all first appeared in Pearson's Magazine, and were illustrated by Warwick Globe.
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There lay the body of the King or Asturia without a doubt. The first painful shock of surprise over, Lechmere was his cool prudent self again. He knew that Loti was watching him, so it behoved him to be careful. He bent down and made a long examination of the body. He would have given much at this moment for a few words with Peretori, but the latter seemed to have vanished and apparently had repudiated any further responsibility after sending the telegram. But then perhaps Peretori was playing some game of his own.

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White, Fred Merrick: The White Glove. V1. 23 Apr 2012

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Frederick Merrick White (1859-?) wrote a number of novels and short stories under the name Fred M. White, including the six 'Doom of London' science-fiction stories, in which various catastrophes beset London. These include The Four Days' Night (1903), in which London is beset by a massive killer smog; The Dust of Death (1903), in which diphtheria infects the city, spreading from refuse tips and sewers; and The Four White Days (1903), in which a sudden and deep winter paralyses the city under snow and ice. These six stories all first appeared in Pearson's Magazine, and were illustrated by Warwick Globe.
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He spoke with the suspicion of an American accent, as did his companion. What were these American detectives doing here? Madeline asked herself. Perhaps they belonged to Pinkerton's or some great detective agency like that.

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White, Frederick M.: The Great White Moth v1 23 apr 2009

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Frederick Merrick White (1859-?) wrote a number of novels and short stories under the name Fred M. White, including the six 'Doom of London' science-fiction stories, in which various catastrophes beset London. These include The Four Days' Night (1903), in which London is beset by a massive killer smog; The Dust of Death (1903), in which diphtheria infects the city, spreading from refuse tips and sewers; and The Four White Days (1903), in which a sudden and deep winter paralyses the city under snow and ice. These six stories all first appeared in Pearson's Magazine, and were illustrated by Warwick Goble.

This is a little horror gem by the early master of pulp:

And so it begins:

[QUOT"I can promise you the sight of a thing or two you have never seen in your life before," he said. "And this is about the last trip I shall make through the great forest of Ulu. It has been dangerous work, but I have done pretty well. What do you think of this?"

From a cowhide bale amongst his stores Glasgow produced a feather. It was a magnificent white plume, some two feet in length and of the most perfect texture. It was soft, almost elusive, to the touch, and as Glasgow shook it out the thing gleamed like a gossamer spray of falling water. [/QUOT

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White, Roy: Hope From Under The Lava. 31 March 2010

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For many years I've suffered from Chronic Pain. I wrote a book about my experiencing God's grace even though life didn't seem worth living to me. This book is about my journey to the realization that joy can still be experienced even in pain through the amazing Love of Jesus the risen Person who wants to help and love people no matter what they are going through. I truly thought I would suffer that deeply all my life. Amazingly enough. After I wrote this book I had (long story) a surgery on my neck (They removed the spinous process from c2 to c7 relieving a compression on my spinal chord Doctors had missed for 15 years) and now I don't suffer NEARLY as much praise God! This book is about the "Job" experience I went through before I got help. I hope it helps anyone who suffers.

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White, Stewart Edward: Arizona Nights v1 24 jan 2009

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Stewart Edward White (12 March 1873 – September 18, 1946) was an American author.

Born in Grand Rapids, Michigan he earned degrees from University of Michigan (Ph.D., 1895; M.A., 1903).

From about 1900 until about 1922, he wrote adventure travel books.

Featuring the original cover, this is a great Western, with one of the best ends I ever read:

[QUOTHe stood for a moment in deep thought, then began methodically, without haste, to cut loose the thongs that bound the two together.

When the man and the woman were quite freed, he stood for a moment, the knife in his hand, looking down on them. Then he swung himself into the saddle and rode away, straight down the narrow arroyo, out beyond its lower widening, into the vast plains the hither side of the Chiricahuas. The alkali dust was snatched by the wind from beneath his horse's feet. Smaller and smaller he dwindled, rising and falling, rising and falling in the monotonous cow-pony's lope. The heat shimmer veiled him for a moment, but he reappeared. A mirage concealed him, but he emerged on the other side of it. Then suddenly he was gone. The desert had swallowed him up. [/QUOT
Have lots of fun. Quite a lot of action in this one!

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White, Stewart Edward: The Blazed Trail v1 11 dec 2008

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One of the best western novels ever written, I especially like the author's thoughtful, elegant style vibrating with reality and sensibility:

[QUOTWhen history has granted him the justice of perspective, we shall know the American Pioneer as one of the most picturesque of her many figures. Resourceful, self-reliant, bold; adapting himself with fluidity to diverse circumstances and conditions; meeting with equal cheerfulness of confidence and completeness of capability both unknown dangers and the perils by which he has been educated; seizing the useful in the lives of the beasts and men nearest him, and assimilating it with marvellous rapidity; he presents to the world a picture of complete adequacy which it would be difficult to match in any other walk of life. He is a strong man, with a strong man's virtues and a strong man's vices. In him the passions are elemental, the dramas epic, for he lives in the age when men are close to nature, and draw from her their forces. He satisfies his needs direct from the earth.[/QUOT
More info on Stewart Edward White on Wikipedia. I will certainly upload more of him here.

Source: PG, added original cover.

Have fun!

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White, William Allen: A Certain Rich Man. V1. 22 Oct 2009

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William Allen White (February 10, 1868 – January 29, 1944) was a renowned American newspaper editor, politician, and author. Between World War I and World War II White became the iconic middle American spokesman for thousands throughout the United States.

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The woods were as the Indians had left them, but the boys who were playing there did not realize, until many years afterwards, that they had moved in as the Indians moved out. Perhaps, if these boys had known that they were the first white boys to use the Indians’ playgrounds, the realization might have added zest to the make-believe of their games; but probably boys between seven and fourteen, when they play at all, play with their fancies strained, and very likely these little boys, keeping their stick-horse livery-stable in a wild-grape arbour in the thicket, needed no verisimilitude. The long straight hickory switches—which served as horses—were arranged with their butts on a rotting log, whereon some grass was spread for their feed. Their string bridles hung loosely over the log. The horsemen swinging in the vines above, or in the elm tree near by, were preparing a raid on the stables of other boys, either in the native lumber town a rifle-shot away or in distant parts of the woods. When the youngsters climbed down, they straddled their hickory steeds and galloped friskily away to the creek and drank; this was part of the rites, for tradition in the town of their elders said that whoever drank of Sycamore Creek water immediately turned horse thief. Having drunk their fill at the ford, they waded it and left the stumpy road, plunging into the underbrush, snorting and puffing and giggling and fussing and complaining—the big ones at the little ones and the little ones at the big ones—after the manner of mankind.

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Whitechurch, Victor L.: Murder at the Pageant (1930); v1; 25 Jan 2020

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An historical pageant using an historic sedan-chair 200 years old; a dead body in the chair, and a misising rope of pearls.

Inspector Kinch takes over.

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Whitechurch, Victor L.: The Templeton Case (1924); v1; 16 Jan 2020

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Victor L Whitechurch (1868-1933) was one of many British authors in the detective story boom of the 20s and 30s. This is the only one of his books I have seen in digital format.

Templeton, a reasonably well-heeled explorer, sails a small yacht into a little fishing village on the English south coast, intending to visit a relative, and also to meet someone for an unclear purpose.

He is found stabbed to death in his yacht.

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Whitechurch, Victor L: A Warning In Red. V1. 27 Mar 2012

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Victor Lorenzo Whitechurch (12 March 1868 – 25 May 1933) was a Church of England clergyman and author.
He wrote many novels on different themes. He is probably best known for his detective stories featuring Thorpe Hazell, which featured in the Strand Magazine, Railway Magazine, Pearson's and Harmsworth's Magazines. Hazell was a vegetarian railway detective, whom the author intended to be as far from Sherlock Holmes as possible. Another character was the spy Captain Ivan Koravitch. He also wrote religious books, as well as novels set in the church (see below).
Whitechurch's stories were admired by Ellery Queen and Dorothy L. Sayers for their "immaculate plotting and factual accuracy: he was one of the first writers to submit his manuscripts to Scotland Yard for vetting as to police procedure."

Excerpt
"YES," said the Colonel, as he lit another cheroot, "many a man when he is in action is simply mad for the time being, and fights like a demon because he sees red."

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Whitechurch, Victor L: Downland Echoes. V1. 27 Mar 2012

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Victor Lorenzo Whitechurch (12 March 1868 – 25 May 1933) was a Church of England clergyman and author.
He wrote many novels on different themes. He is probably best known for his detective stories featuring Thorpe Hazell, which featured in the Strand Magazine, Railway Magazine, Pearson's and Harmsworth's Magazines. Hazell was a vegetarian railway detective, whom the author intended to be as far from Sherlock Holmes as possible. Another character was the spy Captain Ivan Koravitch. He also wrote religious books, as well as novels set in the church (see below).
Whitechurch's stories were admired by Ellery Queen and Dorothy L. Sayers for their "immaculate plotting and factual accuracy: he was one of the first writers to submit his manuscripts to Scotland Yard for vetting as to police procedure."

Excerpt
THERE were two principal types in the village. First, men with thin faces and noses and dark hair and eyes—eyes that were set near each other and did not easily look you straight in the face. Perhaps—indeed, most likely—their ancestors were Britons; Britons who were never altogether driven westward by the invader.
The other men were fair of hair and fresh-faced—faces inclining to roundness, with big noses and light eyes. Anglo-Saxon these. Men that got louder and more quarrelsome than the dark-faced men when drunk—if so be that they drank, but men you would sooner quarrel with, all the same—that is, if your quarrel were not to be a lasting one.

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Whitechurch, Victor L: The Canon In Residence. V1. 29 Mar 2012

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Victor Lorenzo Whitechurch (12 March 1868 – 25 May 1933) was a Church of England clergyman and author.
He wrote many novels on different themes. He is probably best known for his detective stories featuring Thorpe Hazell, which featured in the Strand Magazine, Railway Magazine, Pearson's and Harmsworth's Magazines. Hazell was a vegetarian railway detective, whom the author intended to be as far from Sherlock Holmes as possible. Another character was the spy Captain Ivan Koravitch. He also wrote religious books, as well as novels set in the church (see below).
Whitechurch's stories were admired by Ellery Queen and Dorothy L. Sayers for their "immaculate plotting and factual accuracy: he was one of the first writers to submit his manuscripts to Scotland Yard for vetting as to police procedure."

The Reverend John Smith, Vicar of Market Shapborough, got out of the little narrow gauge train at Thusis, gave his Gladstone bag into the hands of a porter, and strolled up the steep ascent from the station to the " Hotel des Postes," pausing now and again to admire the ruby glow of the sunset on the snowy peaks of mountains that towered above the valley through which he had just been journeying.

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Whitechurch, Victor L: Thrilling Stories of the Railway (1912); v1; 25 Jan 2020

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In the great days of the railways, there sprang up several "railway detectives": Victor Lorenzo Whitechurch wrote a number of railways stories and novels amongst his other output, and this is a collection of his Railway Detective short stories, featuring health faddist railway detective Thorpe Hazell:

1: Peter Crane's Cigars
2: The Tragedy on the London And Mid-Northern
3: The Affair of the Corridor Express
4: Sir Gilbert Murrell's Picture
5: How the Bank Was Saved
6: The Affair of the German Dispatch-Box
7: How the Bishop Kept his Appointment
8: The Adventure of the Pilot Engine
9: The Stolen Necklace
10: The Mystery Of The Boat Express
11: How The Express Was Saved
12: A Case Of Signalling
13:Winning The Race
14:The Strikers
15: The Ruse That Succeeded

There are several maps and drawings in the text, which are probably not really essential, and are not of very good quality, but I have left them in.

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Whitfield, Raoul: Death in a Bowl (1931), v1, 20 Oct 2020

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Hollywood, 1930: an orchestra conductor is shot dead while conducting at the Hollywood Bowl.

Raoul Whitfield, 1896-1945, burst into Black Mask Magazine in 1926, created the unique private eye Jo Gar, half-Filipino living in Manila, who appeared in numerous short stories. Whitfield also wrote a handful of Black Mask-style noir novels.

His last years were plagued by illness, and he died aged 51.

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Whitfield, Raoul: Green Ice (1930); v1; 31 Oct 2020

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I think this is "Black Mask" magazine author Whitfield's first novel, typical of the hard-boiled style that produced Dashiell Hammett, Steve Fisher and others.

The title, Green Ice, tells you what the plot is about.

Good nostalgic fun, from 1930. (Whitfield died in 1945)

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Whitfield, Raoul: The Virgin Kills (1932); v1; 1 Nov 2020

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Millionaire Eric Vennel is hosting a group on his luxury yacht Virgin, on the way to a big yachting regatta on the upper Hudson River.

Naturally, since this is a Raoul Whitfield novel in his best Black Mask magazine manner, there are bodies...

The third and last of Raoul Whitfield's three novels.

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Whitman, Walt: Earliest Unpublished Notebook, v.1, 23 April 2008

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This is the earliest of the many small notebooks that Walt Whitman kept. He began writing in it as he conceived of the poems that would become the first edition of Leaves of Grass in 1855. It is one of four notebooks that have survived and been scanned by the Library of Congress. Each is about 120 pages filled with various pencil notations of people he met, debts he owed, but also some ideas and poems.

This 5 Mb ebook contains only the scanned images of the 90 or so intact pages from the notebook which were not blank. I have adjusted the brightness and contrast of each image to make them more readable on eink readers. The original notebook pages were just about the same size as the images as they are displayed on a 6" reader.

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Whitman, Walt: Leaves of Grass. V1. 14 Jan 2017

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I fixed the TOC and did a conversion of LaughingVulcan's LRF file of the book.

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Whitman, Walt: Life and Adventures of Jack Engle, v1, 31 May 2024

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Revered 18th century American poet Walt Whitman is not remembered as a writer of fiction as well, but wrote some prose fiction. Three long stories appeared: Franklin Evans, or the Inebriate (1842), The Half-Breed, a Tale of Adventure (1846), and The Life and Adventures of Jack Engle (1852). Jack Engle was published anonymously as a magazine serial, and it wasn't until the early 2010s that the serial's author was positively identified as Whitman, and it was printed for the first time as a book.

It is more of a novella than a novel, at about 36,000 words.

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Whitson, John H: Justin Wingate Ranchman. v 1. 2 Aug 2015

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John Harvey Whitson was born in a log cabin in Seymour, Indiana, December 28, 1854. He died May 2, 1936.
Excerpt
BEFORE swinging out of the saddle in front of the little school house which was serving as a church, Curtis Clayton, physician and philosopher, looked over the valley which held the story of a romantic hope and where he was to bury his own shattered dream. The rain of the morning had cleared away the bluish ground haze, the very air had been washed clean, and the land lay revealed in long levels and undulating ridges. Behind towered the mountain, washed clean, too, its flat top etched against the sky and every crag and peak standing out sharp and hard as a cameo.

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Whyte, Alexander: Santa Teresa, v1, 1 February 2010.

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Alexander Whyte [1836–1921]
Santa Teresa: An Appreciation with some of the best passages of the Saint’s Writings. Selected, Adapted and Arranged by Alexander Whyte D.D. [1900]

An appreciation and extracts from the wrings of Saint Teresa of Avila.

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Whyte-Melville, George: Contraband. v1. 27 Jan 2015

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George John Whyte-Melville (19 June 1821 – 5 December 1878)[1] was a Scottish novelist of the sporting-field and a poet.

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Mrs. Lascelles loved her horse dearly, and had been riding him with the liberality and confidence that spring from true affection, in a lady-like manner no doubt, and gracefully enough, but with considerable daring, and no small expenditure of pace. The good generous animal had a perfect right to be tired, having borne his precious burden honourably and safely close to hounds as long as a stout old fox could live before them, and had fairly earned the caresses she lavished on his toil-stained crest and shoulders, while the hoof-tread of his late companion died out in the distance. Mrs. Lascelles, I have said, loved her horse dearly. For the first time in her life, perhaps, she was beginning to find out she could love something better than her horse.

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Whyte-Melville, George: General Bounce. v1. 28 Jan 2015

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George John Whyte-Melville (19 June 1821 – 5 December 1878)[1] was a Scottish novelist of the sporting-field and a poet.

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Where the rose blushes in the garden, there will the bee and the butterfly be found, humming and fluttering around. So is it in the world; the fair girl, whose sweetness is enhanced by the fictitious advantages of wealth and position, will ever have lovers and admirers enough and to spare.

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Whyte-Melville, George: Kate Coventry. v1. 30 Jan 2015

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George John Whyte-Melville (19 June 1821 – 5 December 1878)[1] was a Scottish novelist of the sporting-field and a poet.

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To be sure, we women are sadly kept down in this world, whatever we shall be in the next. If they would only let us try, I think we could beat the “lords of the creation,” as they call themselves, at everything they undertake. Dear me, they talk about our weakness and vanity—why, they never know their own minds for two minutes together; and as for vanity, only tell a man you think him good-looking, and he falls in love with you directly; or if that is too great a bounce—and indeed very few of them have the slightest pretensions to beauty—you need only hint that he rides gallantly, or waltzes nicely, or wears neat boots, and it will do quite as well. I recollect perfectly that Cousin Emily made her great marriage—five thousand a year and the chance of a baronetcy—by telling her partner in a quadrille, quite innocently, that “she should know his figure anywhere.” The man had a hump, and one leg shorter than the other; but he thought Emily was dying for him, and proposed within a fortnight. Emily is an artless creature—“good, common-sense,” Aunt Deborah calls it—and so she threw over Harry Bloomfield and married the hump and the legs that didn’t match and the chance of the baronetcy forthwith; and now they say he beats her, and I think it serves her right.

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Whyte-Melville, George: Katerfelto. v1. 31 Jan 2015

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George John Whyte-Melville (19 June 1821 – 5 December 1878)[1] was a Scottish novelist of the sporting-field and a poet.

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On the last day of April, 1763, John Wilkes, refusing to enter into his recognisances to appear before the Court of Queen’s Bench, was committed to the Tower by warrant of my Lords Egremont and Halifax, His Majesty’s two principal Secretaries of State.
Defiance of constituted authority has never wanted sympathy from that British public which entertains, nevertheless, a profound respect for law. Mr. Wilkes became a hero in consequence; and while many a jug of beer was thereafter emptied, and many a bottle of wine cracked to his health, diverse street songs, more or less execrable, were composed in honour of the so-called patriot, whose personal popularity was incontestable, notwithstanding the unprepossessing exterior, that has passed into a proverb.

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Whyte-Melville, George: M. or N. v1. 31 Jan 2014

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George John Whyte-Melville (19 June 1821 – 5 December 1878)[1] was a Scottish novelist of the sporting-field and a poet.

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Perhaps of this young couple, the girl, in her perfect faith and entire self-sacrifice, may have been less aghast than her lover at the imminence of discovery, reprobation, and scorn. When no other course was left open, she eloped willingly enough with the man she had trusted—shutting her eyes to consequences, in that recklessness of devotion which, lead though it may to much unhappiness in life, constitutes not the least lovable trait of the female character, so ready to burst into extremes of right and wrong.

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Whyte-Melville, George: Riding Recollections. v1. 1 Feb 2015

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George John Whyte-Melville (19 June 1821 – 5 December 1878)[1] was a Scottish novelist of the sporting-field and a poet.

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As in the choice of a horse and a wife a man must please himself, ignoring the opinion and advice of friends, so in the governing of each it is unwise to follow out any fixed system of discipline.

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Whyte-Melville, George: Sarchedon. v1. 2 Feb 2015

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George John Whyte-Melville (19 June 1821 – 5 December 1878)[1] was a Scottish novelist of the sporting-field and a poet.

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Dying in the desert—stretched, limp and helpless, in the darkening waste—poured out like water on the tawny sand—two specks poised high above him in the deeper orange of the upper sky—a wide-winged vulture hovering and wheeling between the stricken lion and the setting sun.

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Whyte-Melville, George: The Gladiators. v1. 29 Jan 2015

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George John Whyte-Melville (19 June 1821 – 5 December 1878)[1] was a Scottish novelist of the sporting-field and a poet.

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The old boar has turned to bay at last. Long and severe has been the chase; through many an echoing woodland, down many a sunny glade, by copse and dingle, rock and cave, through splashing stream, and deep, dank, quivering morass, the large rough hounds have tracked him, unerring and pitiless, till they have set him up here, against the trunk of the old oak-tree, and he has turned—a true British denizen of the waste—to sell his life dearly, and fight unconquered to the last. His small eye glows like a burning coal; the stiff bristles are up along his huge black body, flecked with white froth that he churns and throws about him, as he offers those curved and ripping tusks, now to one, now to another of his crowding, baying, leaping foes.

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Whyte-Melville, George: The Interpreter. v1. 29 Jan 2015

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George John Whyte-Melville (19 June 1821 – 5 December 1878)[1] was a Scottish novelist of the sporting-field and a poet.

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Not one of my keys will fit it: the old desk has been laid aside for years, and is covered with dust and rust. We do not make such strong boxes nowadays, for brass hinges and secret drawers have given place to flimsy morocco and russian leather; so we clap a Bramah lock, that Bramah himself cannot pick, on a black bag that the veriest bungler can rip open in five seconds with a penknife, and entrust our notes, bank and otherwise, our valuables, and our secrets, to this faithless repository with a confidence that deserves to be respected. But in the days when George the Third was king, our substantial ancestors rejoiced in more substantial workmanship: so the old desk that I cannot succeed in unlocking, is of shining rosewood, clamped with brass, and I shall spoil it sadly with the mallet and the chisel.

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Wiggin, Kate Douglas Smith: The Diary of a Goose Girl v1. 21 Feb 2012

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The Diary of a Goose Girl (Illustrated)
by Kate Douglas Smith Wiggin
1902

Originally published in 1902 with over fifty illustrations.

thelifepursuit rated it 3 of 5 stars (from Goodreads)
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"I really enjoyed this pastoral tale of a girl seeking refuge from suitors and family settling into life on a farm. Though she is a paying guest, she soon integrates into the household and begins shepherding the geese. The book is mostly a series of mini-stories about her adventures, each chapter is almost self-contained."

"I think it describes the countryside very nicely and I found most of the narrator's observations to be funny. I don't think that she mocks the animals, she at one point questions how she can eat a duckling or hen that she's raised from a baby. It's definitely not written about 2010 and many of the events are fairly unlikely now, but the simple life that she describes sounds nice."
[/Quot

Source: PG EText-No. 1867 as retrieved by Gutebook and tweaked by me.

Enjoy!

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- Kate Douglas Smith Wiggin - The Diary of a Goose Girl.mobi

Wiggin, Kate Douglas: Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm. v1, 23 Jan 2008

edited and uploaded by
Madam Broshkina

From Wikipedia:

Kate Douglas Wiggin (September 28, 1856 - August 24, 1923) was an American children's author and educator.

From Amazon.com:

Hugely popular when it was first published in 1903 and admired by authors from Jack London to Mark Twain, this delightful novel introduced a heroine as irrepressible and fun-loving as Tom Sawyer, who would serve as a role model for a century of American girls and women. When ten- year-old Rebecca Randall comes to live with flinty aunt Miranda and her sentimental sister Jane in a small town in Maine, they expect to turn her into a proper young lady. Instead, Rebecca will end up changing them. Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm is as charming today as it was one hundred years ago and is unexpectedly poignant in its evocation of an America contemplating the choices open to women facing their futures in a new era.

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Wikipedia: Chickenpox . v1 17 july 2011

edited and uploaded by
mohamedselim

My First Attempt to Post E Book in this lovely forum

It is about Chickenpox disease

After my daughter gets the disease i searched for informations about the disease (I have master in oral and maxillofacial surgery) then i collected them to post as simple well formated ( As i think) to this forum to help parents know informations about the disease and how to protect their children well formatted and some illustrations at end of book

wish i may present some kind of small help To all forum readers

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- Chickenpox.mobi

Wikipedia: Chickenpox. v2. 19 july 2011

edited and uploaded by
mohamedselim

The Most Updated Version that talks About Chickenpox disease.

After my daughter gets the disease i searched for informations about the disease (I have master in oral and maxillofacial surgery) then i collected them to post as simple informations to this forum to help parents know informations about the disease and how to protect their children from it.

With table of contents and some illustrations at the end of book and very small size.

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- Chickenpox.mobi

Wikipedia: Measles. v1. 23 july 2011

edited and uploaded by
mohamedselim

Hi here is my second book about the famous disease of children which is called Measles. My small book contains alot of informations about it with cover and table of contents and also some illustations of the disease.
Works best in kindle devices.
Enjoy :)

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- Measles.mobi

Wilde, Oscar: A Critic in Pall Mall, v1, 12 October 2009

edited and uploaded by
Patricia

Oscar Wilde (1854–1900)
A Critic in Pall Mall
Edited by E. V. Lucas (1868–1938)

A selection of reviews and miscellanies by Oscar Wilde. The essay on Poetry and Prison is particularly poignant, given Wilde’s fate.
The source was Project Gutenberg.

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- A Critic in Pall Mall.prc

Wilde, Oscar: A Florentine Tragedy, v1, 21 Sept 2007.

edited and uploaded by
Patricia

This fragment is a virtually-complete, one-act drama, written in 1894 in the style of Jacobean drama.
From Wikipedia:
A Florentine Tragedy is a never-completed fragment of a play by Oscar Wilde. The subject concerns Simone, a wealthy 16th century Florentine merchant who finds his wife Bianca in the arms of a local prince, Guido Bardi. After feigning hospitality, Simone challenges the interloper to a duel, disarms, and strangles him. This awakens the affection of his wife, and two are reconciled.

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- Wilde_Florentine Tragedy.prc

Wilde, Oscar: A House of Pomegranates, v1, 07 Sept 2007.

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Patricia

Oscar Wilde, A House of Pomegranates.

A less well-known collection of stories.

Contents:

The Young King
The Birthday of the Infanta
The Fisherman and his Soul
The Star-child

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- Wilde_House of Pomegranates.prc

Wilde, Oscar: A Woman of No Importance, v1, 21 Sept 2007.

edited and uploaded by
Patricia

A play in four acts, dating from 1893, containing many of Wilde’s best epigrams.

A single parent is horrified when her grown-up son unwittingly becomes the secretary of the man who got her pregnant.

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- Wilde_Woman No Importance.prc

Wilde, Oscar: An Ideal Husband, v1, 13 Sept 2007.

edited and uploaded by
Patricia

Oscar Wilde: An Ideal Husband.
(1895)

A play in four acts.
A scheming woman, Mrs Chevely, attempts to blackmail Sir Robert Chiltern, on account of insider trading many years previously.

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- WILDE_An Ideal Husband.prc

Wilde, Oscar: An Omnibus of Oscar Wilde, v.1, 7/4/2011

edited and uploaded by
crich70

I combined several of Oscar Wilde's short story collections and his novel of Dorian Gray into one file. The contents are as follows:

1. The Happy Prince and other stories
2. The Picture of Dorian Gray
3. Lord Arthur Savile's Crime and other stories
4. A House of Pomegranates

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- An Omnibus of Oscar Wilde - Oscar Wilde.mobi

Wilde, Oscar: Complete Poems, v1, 06 Sept 2007.

edited and uploaded by
Patricia

Oscar Wilde, Poems.

I’ve already uploaded ‘The Ballad of Reading Gaol’. Here is a collection of all Wilde’s poetry.

One poem had the title in Greek characters, which wouldn't come out in BD, so I have transliterated. 'Glycypikros Eros' means 'bitter-sweet Eros.'

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- Wilde_Poems.prc

Wilde, Oscar: Das Bildnis des Dorian Gray, german, v1, 27 Feb 2009

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ravenne

Der Maler Basil Hallward ist fasziniert von der bestechenden Schönheit des jungen Dorian Gray und fertigt ein Gemälde seiner Muse an. Als Dorian Gray sich auf dem Gemälde erblickt, ist er von sich selbst so gefesselt, dass er einen ebenso wahnwitzigen wie folgenschweren Wunsch ausspricht: Er selbst soll immer so jung und makellos schön bleiben wie auf diesem Porträt; das Bild soll an seiner Stelle altern. Sein Wunsch wird erhöht, der faustische Pakt besiegelt. Dorian fällt seinen innersten Abgründe zum Opfer. Nach außen hin bleibt er makellos, doch sein Porträt, das er in einem verstaubten Zimmer auf dem Dachboden versteckt, zeigt ihm die Verfehlungen seiner Seele schonungslos und auf schauerlichste Weise.

Oscar Wilde (1854-1900) wurde zu seiner Zeit als Schriftsteller bewundert und galt im prüden viktorianischen England gleichzeitig als Skandalautor. Er war berühmt für geschliffene Sprachgewandtheit und extravagantes Auftreten und ging für die damalige Zeit offen mit seiner Homosexualität um. Seine homosexuellen Partnerschaften führten zu gesellschaftlichen Skandalen, zwei Gerichtsprozessen und seiner Inhaftierung. Gesundheitlich schwer angeschlagen wurde Wilde 1897 aus der Haft entlassen und floh vor der gesellschaftlichen Ächtung nach Paris. Die letzten drei Lebensjahre verbrachte er unter dem Namen Sebastian Melmoth (nach dem Roman Melmoth the Wanderer seines Großonkels Charles Robert Maturin) auf dem europäischen Festland in Armut und Isolation.

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- Das Bildnis des Dorian Gray.prc

Wilde, Oscar: De Profundis, v1, 07 Sept 2007.

edited and uploaded by
Patricia

Oscar Wilde, De Profundis

‘De Profundis’ means ‘Out of the depths’ and is the beginning of psalm 130 (or 129 in the Vulgate Bible).

The work is a letter by Wilde, written from prison to his former lover, Lord Alfred Douglas. The version given is incomplete because the unexpurgated text is still in copyright.

Wikepedia says:
“During his time in prison, Wilde wrote a 50,000 word letter to Douglas, which he was not allowed to send while still a prisoner, but which he was allowed to take with him at the end of his sentence. On his release, he gave the manuscript to Robert Ross, who may or may not have carried out Wilde's instructions to send a copy to Douglas who, in turn, denied having received it. Ross published a much expurgated version of the letter (about a third of it) in 1905 (four years after Wilde's death) with the title De Profundis, expanding it slightly for an edition of Wilde's collected works in 1908, and then donated it to the British Museum on the understanding that it would not be made public until 1960. In 1949, Wilde's son Vyvyan Holland published it again, including parts formerly omitted, but relying on a faulty typescript bequeathed to him by Ross. Its complete and correct publication occurred in 1962, in The Letters of Oscar Wilde.”

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Wilde, Oscar: For Love of the King, v.1, 1 Dec 2007.

edited and uploaded by
Patricia

Oscar Wilde:
For Love of the King: A Burmese Masque (1894).

First published in !922, this little masque recently appeared in Project Gutenberg.

It combines elements of ‘Madame Butterfly’ and the Alcestis myth in an oriental setting.

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- Wilde_For Love of King.prc

Wilde, Oscar: Intentions, v1, 06 Sept 2007.

edited and uploaded by
Patricia

Oscar Wilde, ‘Intentions’

A collection of essaysand dialogues about Wilde’s aesthetic philosophy. The collection was first published 1891.

Contents:
The Decay of Lying
Pen, Pencil, and Poison
The Critic as Artist
The Truth of Masks

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- Wilde_Intentions.prc

Wilde, Oscar: La Sainte Courtisane (in English), v1, 25 Sept 2007.

edited and uploaded by
Patricia

Oscar Wilde: La Sainte Courtisane
Or
The Woman Covered in Jewels--A Fragment
1894
With a Preface by Robert Ross.

Despite the title, this play was written in English.

A brief fragment in the same symbolist style as 'Salome', and set in the Egyptian desert. The courtesan, Myrrhina sets about tempting a hermit. He converts her to Christianity. But she converts him to sensuality.

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- Wilde_Sainte Courtisane.prc

Wilde, Oscar: Lady Windermere’s Fan, v1, 07 Sept 2007.

edited and uploaded by
Patricia

My first attempt at a play.

From Wikipedia:
‘Lady Windermere's Fan: A Play About a Good Woman is a four act comedy by Oscar Wilde, first produced 22 February 1892 at the St. James Theatre in London. The play was first published in 1893. Like many of Wilde's comedies, it is a biting satire on the morals of Victorian society, particularly marriage.
The story concerns Lady Windermere who discovers that her husband may be having an affair with another woman. She confronts her husband but he instead invites the other woman, Mrs. Erlynne, to her birthday ball. Angered by her husband's unfaithfulness, Lady Windermere leaves her husband for another lover. After discovering what has transpired, Mrs. Erlynne follows Lady Windermere and attempts to persuade her to return to her husband and in the course of this, Mrs. Erlynne is discovered in a compromising position. She sacrifices herself and her reputation in order to save Lady Windermere's marriage.’

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Wilde, Oscar: Lord Arthur Savile’s Crime & Other Stories, v1, 06 Sept 2007.

edited and uploaded by
Patricia

Oscar Wilde: Lord Arthur Savile’s Crime & Other Stories.

More short stories.

Contents:

Lord Arthur Savile’s Crime
The Canterville Ghost
The Sphinx Without a Secret
The Model Millionaire
The Portrait of Mr. W. H.

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- Wilde_Lord Arthur Saviles.prc

Wilde, Oscar: Salome, v1, 17 Sept 2007.

edited and uploaded by
Patricia

A play in one act.

Oscar Wilde originally wrote this play in French. It has been translated by Wilde’s lover, Lord Alfred Douglas, to whom Wilde has dedicated it.

It is the story of Salome and John the Baptist, treated in a decadent way.

I have added a few pictures by Aubrey Beardsley.

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- Wilde_Salome.prc

Wilde, Oscar: The Ballad of Reading Gaol, v1, 21 Dec 2007

edited and uploaded by
Patricia

From Wikipedia:

The Ballad of Reading Gaol is a famous poem by Oscar Wilde, written after his release from Reading prison on 19 May 1897. Its main theme is the death penalty. Wilde was found guilty of homosexual offences in 1895 and was sentenced to two years hard labour in prison, being transferred to Reading, Berkshire in November 1895. During his imprisonment, a rare thing occurred: a hanging.

Trooper Charles Thomas Wooldridge was someone that Wilde had seen many times during his imprisonment. He had been found guilty of slitting his wife’s throat with a razor. It inspired in Wilde’s mind an illustration of the way we are all malefactors, all in need of forgiveness. According to Wilde the greater the crime, the more necessary charity. His final vision of the world is not frivolity, but one of suffering.

Although Wilde never hid his authorship of the poem, it was published under the name 'C.3.3.', which stood for building C, floor 3, cell 3, at Reading. This ensured that Wilde's name (by then notorious) did not appear on the front cover.

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- Wilde_Poem The Ballad Of.prc

Wilde, Oscar: The Canterville Ghost (Illustrated). v1, 12 Aug 2008

edited and uploaded by
pdurrant

This is the story of an English ghost and an American family who buy his home.

The text has been checked from three separate sources, and should be free from typos. (A bold claim!) This edition is illustrated by Wallace Goldsmith

Originally published in a collection of other shorter works (which is already available here), it has often been published as a stand-alone volume, and has been used as the basis for plays and films.

Oscar Wilde (1854-1900), so no copyright problems there.

Wallace Goldsmith (1873-1945), so the illustrations are still in copyright in life+70 countries for the next eight years, but not in life+50 countries like Canada. The images are out of copyright in the USA, having been published in a 1906 book.

Paul.

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- The Canterville Ghost.mobi

Wilde, Oscar: The Duchess of Padua, v1, 25 Sept 2007.

edited and uploaded by
Patricia

Oscar Wilde, The Duchess of Padua (1883)

An early play, in five Acts, in the style of a Jacobean revenge tragedy; featuring blank verse, star-crossed lovers and murder.

This completes my series of Oscar Wilde’s plays.

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- Wilde_Duchess of Padua.prc

Wilde, Oscar: The Happy Prince & Other Tales, v1, 06 Sept 2007.

edited and uploaded by
Patricia

Oscar Wilde: The Happy Prince and Other Tales.

Contents:

The Happy Prince
The Nightingale and the Rose
The Selfish Giant
The Devoted Friend
The Remarkable Rocket

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- Wilde_Happy Prince etc.prc

Wilde, Oscar: The Importance of Being Earnest, v1, 07 Sept 2007.

edited and uploaded by
Patricia

Wilde’s last great comedy.

Two couples are crossed in love. The leading men both have secret alter egos, but (unlike Wilde’s own life) everything works out in the end. Three couples are united and a missing manuscript is found.

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- Wilde_Importance Being Earnest.prc

Wilde, Oscar: The Picture of Dorian Gray. v3 24 Mar 2011

edited and uploaded by
Jellby

"The Picture of Dorian Gray" (not the portrait) is the only published novel of Oscar Wilde (1854-1900). It was first published in 1890 and then revised and new chapters added in 1891, it is this second revision what I am uploading. Probably everyone knows the story, but I'm not going to spoil it anyway, it's about a young hedonist man who gets a portrait of himself painted by a friend. It's a philosophical/psycological story of gothic horror (according to Wikipedia).

I created this version from the PG text, which has very few mistakes (there was at least a missing line, though). I added curly quotes, italics, diacritics, etc., and a TOC, of course. I hope the formatting comes out fine in all devices, I only really tested it on my Cybook and I'm still testing the poetry formatting, so I might upload a new version in few days... By the way, this was created with mobiperl from the hand-written HTML file.

Any kind of feedback is welcome (including appropriate tags).

EDIT (v2): Fixed a problem with non breaking spaces.

EDIT (v2.1): Fixed a typo ("peries" -> "perles").

EDIT (v3): Fixed a typo ("share" -> "spare") (Thanks mayoi).

(Previous download count: 692)

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- The Picture of Dorian Gray.mobi

Wilde, Oscar: The Soul of Man Under Socialism, v1, 07 Sept 2007.

edited and uploaded by
Patricia

Oscar Wilde: The Soul of Man under Socialism

A reviewer at Amazon has made the following comments about this essay:

'The Soul of Man under Socialism' is more concerned with aesthetics than ethics: Wilde found socialism 'beautiful' because it encouraged freedom and individualism, freeing man to develop his emotional and imaginative lives. Wilde's Utopian scheme, as he admits, is gloriously impractical and contrary to human nature, but that's the point - it's because reforms are based on what is considered practical, rather than what might be possible or even unthinkable, that inequality and suffering persist. His vision of a future in which men dream and absorb Art as vaguely-imagined machines do all the menial work, reads like a delightful lampoon of HG Wells. Favourite Quotation: 'the moment that an artist takes notice of what other people want and tries to supply the demand, he ceases to be an artist and becomes a dull or amusing craftsman, an honest or dishonest tradesman').

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- Wilde_Soul of Man.prc

Wilde, Oscar: Vera, or The Nihilists, v1. 17 Sept 2007.

edited and uploaded by
Patricia

Oscar Wilde: Vera, or the Nihilists
(1881)
A Drama in a Prologue, and Four Acts

An early melodrama by Oscar Wilde, set in Russia. Unintentionally funny and with strange anachronisms (-- it is set in 1800, yet the characters talk about trains, and about the liberation of the serfs).

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- Wilde _Vera.prc

Wilde, Percival: Design for Murder, v1, 29 April 2024

edited and uploaded by
Pulpmeister

Unusual murder novel, one of a handful of novels by this playwright, and quite short at just under 50,000 words. Uncommon mystery novel of a murder committed during a staged murder game being played by guests at a Connecticut country house.

Wilde, 1887-1953, specialised in one-act plays, and also wrote some short stories.

(There are at least six other novels with this title!)

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- Design for Murder - Percival Wilde.mobi

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Williams, Charles Walter Stansby: All Hallow's Eve.V1. 6 Dec 2008

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crutledge

Charles Walter Stansby Williams (September 20, 1886 – May 15, 1945) was a British poet, novelist, theologian, and literary critic

An evil magus, Simon, plans to rule the world with black magic, but the dead have other plans!

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- ALL HALLOWS' EVE.prc

Williams, Charles Walter Stansby: Descent into Hell. V1. 23 Mar 2012

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crutledge

Charles Walter Stansby Williams (September 20, 1886 – May 15, 1945) was a British poet, novelist, theologian, and literary critic

The key to Williams' mystically oriented theological thought, Descent into Hell (arguably Williams' greatest novel) is a multidimensional story about human beings who shut themselves up in their own narcissistic projections, so that they are no longer able to love, to 'co-inhere.' The result is a veritable hell.

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- Descent into Hell.mobi

Williams, Charles Walter Stansby: Et in Sempiternum Pereant. V1. 24 Mar 2012

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crutledge

Charles Walter Stansby Williams (September 20, 1886 – May 15, 1945) was a British poet, novelist, theologian, and literary critic

Excerpt
A casual conversation in a club had revealed to him, some months before, that in a country house of England there were supposed to lie a few yet unpublished legal opinions of the Lord Chancellor Bacon. Lord Arglay, being no longer Chief justice, and having finished and published his History of Organic Law, had conceived that the editing of these papers might provide a pleasant variation upon his present business of studying the more complex parts of the Christian Schoolmen.

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- Et in Sempiternum Pereant.mobi

Williams, Charles Walter Stansby: Many Dimensions. V1. 25 Mar 2012

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crutledge

Charles Walter Stansby Williams (September 20, 1886 – May 15, 1945) was a British poet, novelist, theologian, and literary critic

This penetrating study of evil in the human heart revolves around a mysterious Stone of many dimensions, by which one can move at will through space, time, and thought. Replete with rich religious imagery, Many Dimensions explores the relation between predestination and free will as it depicts different human responses to redemptive transcendence.

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- Many Dimensions.mobi

Williams, Charles Walter Stansby: Shadows of Ecstasy. V1. 25 Mar 2012

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crutledge

Charles Walter Stansby Williams (September 20, 1886 – May 15, 1945) was a British poet, novelist, theologian, and literary critic

Charles Williams had a genius for choosing strange and exciting themes for his novels and making them believable and profoundly suggestive of spiritual truths. Beneath the brilliant and imaginative surface of his "supernatural thrillers" lies a concealed and meticulously thought-out Christian message.

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- Shadows of Ecstasy.mobi

Williams, Charles Walter Stansby: The Greater Trumps. V1. 24 Mar 2012

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crutledge

Charles Walter Stansby Williams (September 20, 1886 – May 15, 1945) was a British poet, novelist, theologian, and literary critic

Charles Williams had a genius for choosing strange and exciting themes for his novels and making them believable and profoundly suggestive of spiritual truths. Beneath the brilliant and imaginative surface of his "supernatural thrillers" lies a concealed and meticulously thought-out Christian message.

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- thumbnail.jpg (Note: file extension not Kindle-compatible)

- Greater Trumps, The.mobi

Williams, Charles Walter Stansby: The Place of the Lion. V1. 26 Mar 2012

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crutledge

Charles Walter Stansby Williams (September 20, 1886 – May 15, 1945) was a British poet, novelist, theologian, and literary critic

Angelic powers shape the world through their manifestation as gigantic animals, in a fable about the conflict between chaos and order.

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- The Place of the Lion.mobi

Williams, Charles Walter Stansby: War in Heaven. V1. 26 Mar 2012

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crutledge

Charles Walter Stansby Williams (September 20, 1886 – May 15, 1945) was a British poet, novelist, theologian, and literary critic

A search for the Holy Grail serves as an allegory for a metaphysical journey through the human mind.

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- War in Heaven.mobi

Williams, Margery: Poor Cecco (illus-Rackham). v1. 12 Feb 2020

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GrannyGrump

[SIZE="4"]Poor Cecco[/SIZ
The Wonderful Story of a Wonderful Wooden Dog Who Was the Jolliest Toy in the House Until He Went Out to Explore the World

By Margery Williams Bianco (1881–1944)

Illustrated by Arthur Rackham (1867–1939)

Poor Cecco longs to explore the world beyond the toy box, so the spunky wooden dog determines to conduct a treasure hunt. Join Bulka, the woeful rag puppy, cheerful Harlequin, Easter Chicken, greedy Money-Pig, and other spirited toys for a host of adventures, from a run-in with some ducks and a battle with a tribe of feisty rats to a dance to a country fiddle and a party with a friendly family of woodchucks. But beware of wicked Murrum, the black cat, who knows all the household secrets.

Seven lovely full-page color illustrations and chapter decorations by Arthur Rackham add to the charm of this little book.

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Margery Williams Bianco was an English-American author, primarily of popular children’s books. A professional writer from the age of nineteen, she achieved lasting fame at forty-one with the 1922 publication of her first children’s book, the classic that is her best-known work, The Velveteen Rabbit. The story has received a number of awards, and has been adapted numerous times for the stage and for animated and live-action film and television.

Williams produced numerous books and short stories. The undertone of sadness and the themes of death and loss that often flow through her children’s books have been criticized by some reviewers, but Williams always maintained that hearts acquire greater humanity through pain and adversity. There was always melancholy, but in the end the reader emerged spiritually uplifted.
(—adapted from Wikipedia.)

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First published in 1925, this book is in the public domain where copyright is “Life+70” or less.

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Williams, Margery: The Thing in the Woods. v1. 28 Feb 2021

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GrannyGrump

What a surprise!

From the author of the children’s classic [The Velveteen Rabbit[/, the novel that inspired H.P. Lovecraft’s [The Dunwich Horror[/! A werewolfian tale set in rural Pennsylvania, with a deft and subtle escalation of tension.

Caveat: First published in 1913, and does contain some racially derogatory terms and stereotypes.

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Margery Williams Bianco was an English-American author, primarily of popular children’s books. A professional writer from the age of nineteen, she achieved lasting fame at forty-one with the 1922 publication of her first children’s book, the classic that is her best-known work, [The Velveteen Rabbit[/.
[The Thing in the Woods[/ is her only horror story. Although she wrote some books for adults, she is best remembered for her writings for children and teens.

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First published in 1913. This ebook is based on the 1924 (slightly modified) edition that was published under the pseudonym of Harper Williams. This book is in the public domain where copyright is “Life+70” or less, and in the USA.

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Williams, Margery: The Velveteen Rabbit (illus). v2. 03 Feb 2020

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GrannyGrump

The Velveteen Rabbit by Margery Williams (1881–1944)
Illustrated by William Nicholson (1872–1949)

Because the first-edition illustrations have come into the Public Domain in "Life+70" countries, here is version 2 of [The Velveteen Rabbit[/. (I posted version without illustrations several years ago.)

This short work is subtitled “How Toys Become Real,” and that is the main theme of this story. It recounts the tale of a toy stuffed rabbit and his quest to become Real through the love of his Boy.

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Margery Williams Bianco was an English-American author, primarily of popular children's books. A professional writer from the age of nineteen, she achieved lasting fame at forty-one with the 1922 publication of her first children's book, the classic that is her best-known work, [The Velveteen Rabbit[/. The story has received a number of awards, and has been adapted numerous times for the stage and for animated and live-action film and television.

Williams produced numerous books and short stories. The undertone of sadness and the themes of death and loss that flow through her children's books have been criticized by some reviewers, but Williams always maintained that hearts acquire greater humanity through pain and adversity. There was always melancholy, but in the end the reader emerged spiritually uplifted.
(—adapted from Wikipedia.)

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First published in 1922, this book is in the public domain in countries where copyright is “Life+70” or less, and in the USA.

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I hope this might bring back fond memories for you. Share it with a child you love.
:)

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Williams, Margery: The Velveteen Rabbit (Illustrated). v1, 20 Jan 2008

edited and uploaded by
Madam Broshkina

From Amazon.com:

A stuffed toy rabbit (with real thread whiskers) comes to life in Margery Williams's timeless tale of the transformative power of love. Given as a Christmas gift to a young boy, the Velveteen Rabbit lives in the nursery with all of the other toys, waiting for the day when the Boy (as he is called) will choose him as a playmate. In time, the shy Rabbit befriends the tattered Skin Horse, the wisest resident of the nursery, who reveals the goal of all nursery toys: to be made "real" through the love of a human. "'Real isn't how you are made,' said the Skin Horse. 'It's a thing that happens to you. When a child loves you for a long, long time, not just to play with, but REALLY loves you, then you become Real.'" This sentimental classic--perfect for any child who's ever thought that maybe, just maybe, his or her toys have feelings--has been charming children since its first publication in 1922. (A great read-aloud for all ages, but children ages 8 and up can read it on their own.)

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Williams, Margery: Winterbound. v1. 26 Feb 2021

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This is a heart-warming family story set in a Connecticut farmhouse during the Great Depression. Nineteen-year-old Kay and sixteen-year-old Garry are in charge of the house and their younger siblings while their parents are away during the severe winter. This children’s novel was first published in 1936 and was a Newbery Honor recipient in 1937.

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Margery Williams Bianco was an English-American author, primarily of popular children’s books. A professional writer from the age of nineteen, she achieved lasting fame at forty-one with the 1922 publication of her first children’s book, the classic that is her best-known work, [The Velveteen Rabbit.[/

Williams produced numerous books and short stories. The undertone of sadness and the themes of death and loss that often flow through her children’s books have been criticized by some reviewers, but Williams always maintained that hearts acquire greater humanity through pain and adversity. There was always melancholy, but in the end the reader emerged spiritually uplifted.

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[First published in 1936, this book is in the public domain where copyright is “Life+70” or less.[/

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Williams, Valentine: Clubfoot the Avenger (1924) v.1

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[Georg Valentine Williams, 1883-1946

There are 7 books in the "Clubfoot" series of secret agent action novels, featuring Dr Grundt, an agent of the German government as the "baddie". The first appeared in 1918 with Dr Grundt an agent of the German Kaiser around the outbreak of WW1, and concluding in 1944 with Dr Grundt an agent of the Nazis. The titles are:

1918 The Man with the Clubfoot
1922 The Return of Clubfoot
1924 Clubfoot the Avenger
1928 The Crouching Beast
1932 The Gold Comfit Box
1936 The Spider's Touch
1944 Courier to Marrakesh

The series recounts the various conflicts between the "goodies", usually the British Secret Service, and Dr Grundt.

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Williams, Valentine: Courier to Marrakesh (1944) v1

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[Georg Valentine Williams, 1883-1946

There are 7 books in the "Clubfoot" series of secret agent action novels, featuring Dr Grundt, an agent of the German government as the "baddie". The first appeared in 1918 with Dr Grundt an agent of the German Kaiser around the outbreak of WW1, and concluding in 1944 with Dr Grundt an agent of the Nazis. The titles are:

1918 The Man with the Clubfoot
1922 The Return of Clubfoot
1924 Clubfoot the Avenger
1928 The Crouching Beast
1932 The Gold Comfit Box
1936 The Spider's Touch
1944 Courier to Marrakesh

The last of the Clubfoot stories, set in the short period between the Allied invasion of Southern Italy after Salerno in late 43, but before Anzio in early 44.

A pretty U.S.O. singer survives an air crash in Morocco, and while recovering in Marrakesh falls into an series of events that result in her reaching Italy, and then the Open City of Rome, coming under the beady eyes of Dr Adolph Grundt, aka Clubfoot, now a loyal Nazi agent.

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Williams, Valentine: Dead Man Manor (1933); v.1

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Meet Mr Treadgold, a Savile Row tailor at a fishing camp in Quebec pursuing his interests of both fishing, and collecting rare postage stamps.

Then murder intervenes, and his third love, amateur detection, comes into play.

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Williams, Valentine: Mannequin (1930); v1; 26 Aug 2019

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Set in 1920s Cannes. The beautiful Miss Jacqueline ("Jack") Morrisot meets a rich stranger with insight into her past, and with his help begins a hunt for her real father and the truth behind the brutal murder of her family.

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Williams, Valentine: Masks Off at Midnight, v.1.

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Valentine Williams (1883-1946) is best known for his series of "clubfoot" secret agent novels, in which the villain, Dr Grundt of the German Secret Service, is effectively also the star.

Three of the Dr Grundt books are already in this section, having been uploaded some years ago when the rule was L+50, archived when it became Life +70, and then brought back again.

Williams also wrote numerous other action/thriller type novels not featuring Dr Grundt, and this is one of them. The cover of this book is from the original dusk jacket.

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Williams, Valentine: Mr Treadgold Cuts In (1937), v1

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Mr Treadgold, the Savile Row tailor, stamp collector, and fisherman is back, in 10 short stories of detection.

1: The Red-Bearded Killer
2: The Singing Kettle
3: The Blue Ushabti
4: The Dot-and-Carry Case
5: The Case of the Black "F"
6: The Strange Disappearance of Miss Edith Marless
7: Donna Laura's Diamond
8: The Murder of Blanche Medloe
9: The Man With the Two Left Feet
10: Homicide at Norhasset

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Williams, Valentine: Mr. Ramosi (1926) v3 22 Aug 2019

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It is 1926, and the newly discovered tomb of Tut Ankh Amun has made all things ancient Egyptian hugely desirable worldwide. Suddenly there is a boom in the stealing and illegal export of antiquities... In fact, it looks like organised crime on a grand scale.

Meet the motley crew of foreign dealers, innocent tourists, excavators, and the master criminal himself: "Mr Ramosi."

But who is Mr Ramosi?

(Source: Internet Archive/Library of India txt file and pdf page images)

Thanks again to Granny Grump for advice on TOC for epub readers.

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Williams, Valentine: Okewood of the Secret Service (1918), v1, 19 Mar 2019

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Aka "The Secret Hand."

A World War 1 tale of German secret agents in UK, a Mata Hari style exotic dancer, double agents, and murder.

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Williams, Valentine: Skeleton Out of the Cupboard (1946); v1, 1 Mar 2019

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Traditional country house murder detective story, with semi-retired Savile Row tailor Horace Treadgold intervening, abetted by a temporary "Watson" in the form of American girl Clarissa Pell. This is the third and last Treadgold book.

Although published in 1946, it is clear that the action takes place in 1939, as it all happens exactly 20 years after the wreck of the ship "Red Knight" in 1919.

20 years on from that disaster, the past rises up and murder follows.

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Williams, Valentine: The Clock Ticks on (1933), v1, 9 July 2022

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Detective Sergeant Trevor Dene of Scotland Yard is on an urgent undercover mission to New York to prove that the man about to be hanged in England for murder was not guilty.

New York and its underworld are a far cry from London...

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Williams, Valentine: The Crouching Beast (1928); v.1

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[Georg Valentine Williams, 1883-1946

There are 7 books in the "Clubfoot" series of secret agent action novels, featuring Dr Grundt, an agent of the German government as the "baddie". The first appeared in 1918 with Dr Grundt an agent of the German Kaiser around the outbreak of WW1, and concluding in 1944 with Dr Grundt an agent of the Nazis. The titles are:

1918 The Man with the Clubfoot
1922 The Return of Clubfoot
1924 Clubfoot the Avenger
1928 The Crouching Beast
1932 The Gold Comfit Box
1936 The Spider's Touch
1944 Courier to Marrakesh

In this novel, in the last days of peace before WW1 breaks out, a young English woman working in Germany becomes entangled in a British secret agent operation, and encounters the terrifying Dr Grundt, head of German counter-intelligence: the "crouching beast" of the title.

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Williams, Valentine: The Gold Comfit Box (1932); v.1

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[Georg Valentine Williams, 1883-1946

There are 7 books in the "Clubfoot" series of secret agent action novels, featuring Dr Grundt, an agent of the German government as the "baddie". The first appeared in 1918 with Dr Grundt an agent of the German Kaiser around the outbreak of WW1, and concluding in 1944 with Dr Grundt an agent of the Nazis. The titles are:

1918 The Man with the Clubfoot
1922 The Return of Clubfoot
1924 Clubfoot the Avenger
1928 The Crouching Beast
1932 The Gold Comfit Box
1936 The Spider's Touch
1944 Courier to Marrakesh

In the dark days just before the outbreak of WW1, Philip CLavering, a British Secret Service agent, is despatched to Europe to recover a gold box carried by a now dead agent, the box holding a deep secret.

But the Kaiser's man, Dr Grundt, alias Clubfoot, is also on the trail of that box and its secrets.

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Williams, Valentine: The Key Man (1926): v1

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Also known as "The Pigeon House".

Notwithstanding the sub-title, much of the action in this novel, and its resolution, take place in and around the small Pyrenees town of St Jean de Lutz, in Basque country, and in a clifftop villa called Usotegia: Basque for "The Pigeon House", hear Socoa.

A lively action-mystery-thriller.

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Williams, Valentine: The Man with the Clubfoot. V1. 23 June 2012

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The Man with the Clubfoot
by Valentine Williams (1918)

George Valentine Williams (1883-1946) was an English journalist, actor, lecturer and screenwriter. He created "The Fox" (Baron Alexis de Bahl), "Clubfoot" (Dr Adolph Grunt), Mr Treadgold the tailor and Detective Sergeant Trevor Dene. He also wrote one book under the name Valentine Douglas.

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“The Man with the Clubfoot” is one of the most ingenious and sinister secret agents in Europe. It is to him that the task is assigned of regaining possession of an indiscreet letter written by the Kaiser. Desmond Okewood, a young British officer with a genius for secret service work, sets out to thwart this man and, incidentally, discover the whereabouts of his brother.

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Williams, Valentine: The Portcullis Room (1934), v1, 15 July 2019

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Valentine Williams moves away from his Dr Grundt and other espionage and action tales to a classic murder mystery in a castle on one of the Western Isles, or the Outer Hebrides, a chain of islands off the northwest Scottish mainland.

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Williams, Valentine: The Return of Clubfoot. V1. 23 June 2012

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The Return of Clubfoot
by Valentine Williams (1922)

George Valentine Williams (1883-1946) was an English journalist, actor, lecturer and screenwriter. He created "The Fox" (Baron Alexis de Bahl), "Clubfoot" (Dr Adolph Grunt), Mr Treadgold the tailor and Detective Sergeant Trevor Dene. He also wrote one book under the name Valentine Douglas.

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Whilst spending a holiday in a small Central American Republic, Desmond Okewood, of the Secret Service, learns from a dying beachcomber of a hidden treasure. With the assistance of a millionaire, he sets out for Cock Island, in the Pacific. To his astonishment he discovers that the Man with the Clubfoot, whom he had regarded as dead, has anticipated him. It is obvious to Okewood that his old enemy is also in search of the hidden gold, and there ensues a thrilling sequence of adventures, in which the millionaire's pretty daughter takes a prominent part.

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Williams, Valentine: the Spider's Touch (1936) v.1

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[Georg Valentine Williams, 1883-1946

There are 7 books in the "Clubfoot" series of secret agent action novels, featuring Dr Grundt, an agent of the German government as the "baddie". The first appeared in 1918 with Dr Grundt an agent of the German Kaiser around the outbreak of WW1, and concluding in 1944 with Dr Grundt an agent of the Nazis. The titles are:

1918 The Man with the Clubfoot
1922 The Return of Clubfoot
1924 Clubfoot the Avenger
1928 The Crouching Beast
1932 The Gold Comfit Box
1936 The Spider's Touch
1944 Courier to Marrakesh

It is now the mid-1930s, and a number of people who have been damaged by Dr Grundt, aka Clubfoot, in years past, are hunting him. The group includes disgraced Jimmy Fane, whose sister, heiress and ace pilot, is looking for Clubfoot as well.

Clubfoot is, seemingly, persona non grata with Germany's Nazi government, as he was a loyal servant of the Kaiser in the First World War. He is lurking in obscurity, conducting private enterprises.

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Williams, Valentine: The World of Action (1937); v1; 24 Aug 2019

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The autobiography of Valentine Williams: Reuters correspondent, newspaper foreign correspondent, war correspondent, soldier and novelist.

In the course of his remarkable career he met and interviewed heads of government, generals and diplomats, witnessed a guillotining in Paris, got blown up on the Somme, married an Australian actress and singer, reported on the opening of Tut-ankh-Amun's tomb, and on the interminable peace conference after WW1.

As an author, he wrote the Dr Grundt series of spy/adventure novels, Mr Treadgold detective stories, and many others.

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Williams, Valentine: The Yellow Streak (1922), v.1

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[Georg Valentine Williams (1883-1946)

English journalist, and author of many crime and thriller novels.

The apparent suicide, for no known reason, of a wealthy man in his own study opens a complex can of worms reaching back into the man's shadowed past.

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Williams-Bianco, Margery: Green Grows the Garden (how-to). v1. 26 Mar 2021

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A book for those of us weary of the long winter, wishing for summer flowers and tasty fresh vegetables. An easy-going “how-to” book, with many amusing and useful comments and observations.

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Margery Williams Bianco (22 July 1881 – 4 September 1944) was an English-American author, primarily of popular children’s books. A professional writer from the age of nineteen, she achieved lasting fame at forty-one with the 1922 publication of her first children’s book, the classic that is her best-known work, [The Velveteen Rabbit[/.

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[This book was originally published in 1936. Illustrations by Grace A. Paull (1898–1990) have been omitted due to copyright restrictions. Text is in the public domain where copyright is “Life+70” or less.[/

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Williamson, A. M. and C.N: A Soldier of the Legion. V1. 22 Sep 2009

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Alice Muriel Williamson (1869 - September 24, 1933) was a British novelist.
Born Alice Muriel Livingston, she married Charles Norris Williamson (1859-1920) in 1894 and many of her books were jointly written with her husband. After her marriage she introduced herself as Mrs. C.N.Williamson. A number of their novels cover the early days of motoring and can also be read as travelogues.

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It was the great ball of the season at Fort Ellsworth. For a special reason it had begun unusually late; but, though the eighth dance was on, the great event of the evening had not happened yet. Until that should happen, the rest, charming though it might be, was a mere curtain-raiser to keep men amused before the first act of the play.

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Williamson, A. M. and C.N: Everyman's Land. V1. 7 Sep 2009

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Alice Muriel Williamson (1869 - September 24, 1933) was a British novelist.
Born Alice Muriel Livingston, she married Charles Norris Williamson (1859-1920) in 1894 and many of her books were jointly written with her husband. After her marriage she introduced herself as Mrs. C.N.Williamson. A number of their novels cover the early days of motoring and can also be read as travelogues.

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Padre, when you died, you left a message for me. You asked me to go on writing, if I were in trouble, just as I used to write when you were on earth. I used to “confess,” and you used to advise. Also you used to scold. How you used to scold! I am going to do now what you asked, in that message.
I shall never forget how you packed me off to school at Brighton, and Brian to Westward Ho! the year father died and left us to you—the most troublesome legacy a poor bachelor parson ever had! I’d made up my mind to hate England. Brian couldn’t hate anything or anybody: dreamers don’t know how to hate: and I wanted to hate you for sending us there. I wanted to be hated and misunderstood. I disguised myself as a Leprechaun and sulked; but it didn’t work where you were concerned. You understood me as no one else ever could—or will, I believe. You taught me something about life, and to see that people are much the same all over the world, if you “take them by the heart.”

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Williamson, A. M. and C.N: It Happened in Egypt. V1. 12 Sep 2009

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Alice Muriel Williamson (1869 - September 24, 1933) was a British novelist.
Born Alice Muriel Livingston, she married Charles Norris Williamson (1859-1920) in 1894 and many of her books were jointly written with her husband. After her marriage she introduced herself as Mrs. C.N.Williamson. A number of their novels cover the early days of motoring and can also be read as travelogues.

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The exciting part began in Cairo; but perhaps I ought to go back to what happened on the Laconia, between Naples and Alexandria. Luckily no one can expect a man who actually rejoices in his nickname of “Duffer” to know how or where a true story should begin.
The huge ship was passing swiftly out of the Bay of Naples, and already we were in the strait between Capri and the mainland. I had come on deck from the smoking-room for a last look at poor Vesuvius, who lost her lovely head in the last eruption.

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Williamson, A. M. and C.N: Lady Betty Across the Water. V1. 12 Sep 2009

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Alice Muriel Williamson (1869 - September 24, 1933) was a British novelist.
Born Alice Muriel Livingston, she married Charles Norris Williamson (1859-1920) in 1894 and many of her books were jointly written with her husband. After her marriage she introduced herself as Mrs. C.N.Williamson. A number of their novels cover the early days of motoring and can also be read as travelogues.

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I don’t know yet whether I’m pleased or not, but I do know that I’m excited—more excited than I’ve ever been in my life, except perhaps when Miss Mackinstry, my last governess, had hysterics in the schoolroom and fainted among the tea things.
I suppose I shan’t be able to decide about the state of my feelings until I’ve had more of them on the same subject, or until I’ve written down in this book of mine everything exactly as it’s happened. I like doing that; it makes things seem so clear when you try to review them afterwards.

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Williamson, A. M. and C.N: Rosemary. V1. 19 Sep 2009

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Alice Muriel Williamson (1869 - September 24, 1933) was a British novelist.
Born Alice Muriel Livingston, she married Charles Norris Williamson (1859-1920) in 1894 and many of her books were jointly written with her husband. After her marriage she introduced herself as Mrs. C.N.Williamson. A number of their novels cover the early days of motoring and can also be read as travelogues.

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There was a young man in Monte Carlo. He had come in a motor car, and he had come a long way, but he hardly knew why he had come. He hardly knew in these days why he did anything. But then, one must do something.
It would be Christmas soon, and he thought that he would rather get it over on the Riviera than anywhere else, because the blue and gold weather would not remind him of other Christmases which were gone—pure, white, cold Christmases, musical with joy-bells and sweet with aromatic pine, the scent of trees born to be Christmas trees.

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Williamson, A. M. and C.N: Secret History Revealed By ... . V1. 20 Sep 2009

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Alice Muriel Williamson (1869 - September 24, 1933) was a British novelist.
Born Alice Muriel Livingston, she married Charles Norris Williamson (1859-1920) in 1894 and many of her books were jointly written with her husband. After her marriage she introduced herself as Mrs. C.N.Williamson. A number of their novels cover the early days of motoring and can also be read as travelogues.

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If I didn’t tell this, nobody else ever would; certainly not Diana, nor Major Vandyke—still less Eagle himself—I mean Captain Eagleston March; and they and I are the only ones who know, except a few such people as presidents and secretaries of war and generals, who never tell anything even under torture. Besides, there is the unofficial part. Without that, the drama would be like a play in three acts, with the first and third acts chopped off. The presidents and secretaries of war and generals know nothing about the unofficial part.

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Williamson, A. M. and C.N: Set in Silver. V1. 22 Sep 2009

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Alice Muriel Williamson (1869 - September 24, 1933) was a British novelist.
Born Alice Muriel Livingston, she married Charles Norris Williamson (1859-1920) in 1894 and many of her books were jointly written with her husband. After her marriage she introduced herself as Mrs. C.N.Williamson. A number of their novels cover the early days of motoring and can also be read as travelogues.

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DARLING LITTLE FRENCH MOTHER: Things have happened. Fire-crackers! Roman candles! rockets! But don’t be frightened. They’re all in my head. Nevertheless I haven’t had such a Fourth of July since I was a small girl in America, and stood on a tin pail with a whole pack of fire-crackers popping away underneath.
Isn’t it funny, when you have a lot to tell, it’s not half as easy to write a letter as when you’ve nothing at all to say, and must make up for lack of matter by weaving phrases? Now, when I’m suffering from a determination of too many words to my pen, they all run together in a torrent, and I don’t know how to make them dribble singly to a beginning.

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Williamson, A. M. and C.N: The Car of Destiny. V1. 6 Sep 2009

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Alice Muriel Williamson (1869 - September 24, 1933) was a British novelist.
Born Alice Muriel Livingston, she married Charles Norris Williamson (1859-1920) in 1894 and many of her books were jointly written with her husband. After her marriage she introduced herself as Mrs. C.N.Williamson. A number of their novels cover the early days of motoring and can also be read as travelogues.

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“Motor to Biarritz? You must be mad,” said Dick Waring.
“Why?” I asked; though I knew why as well as he. “A nice way to receive an invitation.”
“If you must know, it’s because the King of Spain will be there, visiting his English fiancee,” Dick answered.
“I wish him happiness,” said I. “I hear he’s a fine young fellow. Why isn’t there room in Biarritz for the King and for me?”
“The detectives won’t think there is, nor will they give you credit for your generous sentiments,” said Dick.
“They won’t know I’m there.”
“They knew when you went to Barcelona, from Marseilles.”

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Williamson, A. M. and C.N: The Chauffeur and the Chaperon. V1. 6 Nov 2009

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Alice Muriel Williamson (1869 - September 24, 1933) was a British novelist.
Born Alice Muriel Livingston, she married Charles Norris Williamson (1859-1920) in 1894 and many of her books were jointly written with her husband. After her marriage she introduced herself as Mrs. C.N.Williamson. A number of their novels cover the early days of motoring and can also be read as travelogues.

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Sometimes I think that having a bath is the nicest part of the day, especially if you take too long over it, when you ought to be hurrying.
Phyllis and I (Phil is my stepsister, though she is the most English creature alive) have no proper bath-room in our flat. What can you expect for forty pounds a year, even at Clapham? But we have a fitted-up arrangement in the box-room, and it has never exploded yet. Phyllis allows herself ten minutes for her bath every morning, just as she allows herself five minutes for her prayers, six to do her hair, and four for everything else, except when she wears laced-up boots; but then, she has principles, and I have none; at least, I have no maxims. And this morning, just because there were lots of things to do, I was luxuriating in the tub, thinking cool, delicious thoughts.

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Williamson, A. M. and C.N: The Golden Silence. V1. 8 Sep 2009

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Alice Muriel Williamson (1869 - September 24, 1933) was a British novelist.
Born Alice Muriel Livingston, she married Charles Norris Williamson (1859-1920) in 1894 and many of her books were jointly written with her husband. After her marriage she introduced herself as Mrs. C.N.Williamson. A number of their novels cover the early days of motoring and can also be read as travelogues.

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Stephen Knight was very angry, though he meant to be kind and patient with Margot. Perhaps, after all, she had not given the interview to the newspaper reporter. It might be what she herself would call a “fake.” But as for her coming to stop at a big, fashionable hotel like the Carlton, in the circumstances she could hardly have done anything in worse taste.
He hated to think that she was capable of taking so false a step. He hated to think that it was exactly like her to take it. He hated to be obliged to call on her in the hotel; and he hated himself for hating it.

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Williamson, A. M. and C.N: The Guests Of Hercules. V1. 8 Sep 2009

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Alice Muriel Williamson (1869 - September 24, 1933) was a British novelist.
Born Alice Muriel Livingston, she married Charles Norris Williamson (1859-1920) in 1894 and many of her books were jointly written with her husband. After her marriage she introduced herself as Mrs. C.N.Williamson. A number of their novels cover the early days of motoring and can also be read as travelogues.

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Long shadows of late afternoon lay straight and thin across the garden path; shadows of beech trees that ranged themselves in an undeviating line, like an inner wall within the convent wall of brick; and the soaring trees were very old, as old perhaps as the convent itself, whose stone had the same soft tints of faded red and brown as the autumn leaves which sparsely jewelled the beeches’ silver.
A tall girl in the habit of a novice walked the path alone, moving slowly across the stripes of sunlight and shadow which inlaid the gravel with equal bars of black and reddish gold. There was a smell of autumn on the windless air, bitter yet sweet; the scent of dying leaves, and fading flowers loth to perish, of rose-berries that had usurped the place of roses, of chrysanthemums chilled by frost, of moist earth deprived of sun, and of the green moss-like film overgrowing all the trunks of the old beech trees. The novice was saying goodbye to the convent garden, ...

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Williamson, A. M. and C.N: The Heather-Moon. V1. 11 Sep 2009

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Alice Muriel Williamson (1869 - September 24, 1933) was a British novelist.
Born Alice Muriel Livingston, she married Charles Norris Williamson (1859-1920) in 1894 and many of her books were jointly written with her husband. After her marriage she introduced herself as Mrs. C.N.Williamson. A number of their novels cover the early days of motoring and can also be read as travelogues.

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For the first time in her life, Barrie saw the door that led to the garret stairs standing ajar. It was always, always locked, as is correct, though irritating, for a door that leads to Fairyland.
In Barrie's Outer Life that her grandmother knew, and Miss Hepburn knew, and Mrs. Muir the housekeeper knew, there was—Heaven be praised!—no romance at all; for romance is an evil thing, still worse, a frivolous thing, which may be avoided for a well-brought-up girl though whopping-cough may not; and already this same evil had wrought vast damage among the MacDonalds of Dhrum. In the Inner Life of Barrie, however, there was nothing worth thinking about except romance; and the door of the garret stairs was one of the principal roads to the forbidden land.

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Williamson, A. M. and C.N: The Lion's Mouse. V1. 16 Sep 2009

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Alice Muriel Williamson (1869 - September 24, 1933) was a British novelist.
Born Alice Muriel Livingston, she married Charles Norris Williamson (1859-1920) in 1894 and many of her books were jointly written with her husband. After her marriage she introduced herself as Mrs. C.N.Williamson. A number of their novels cover the early days of motoring and can also be read as travelogues

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Roger Sands had steel-gray eyes, a straight black line of brows drawn low and nearly meeting above them, thick black hair lightly powdered with silver at the temples, and a clean-shaven, aggressive chin. He had the air of being hard as nails. Most people, including women, thought him hard as nails. He thought it of himself, and gloried in his armour, never more than on a certain September day, when resting in the Santa Fe Limited, tearing back to New York after a giant’s tussle in California. But—it was hot weather, and he had left the stateroom door open. Everything that followed came—from this.

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Williamson, A. M. and C.N: The Motor Maid. V1. 17 Sep 2009

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Alice Muriel Williamson (1869 - September 24, 1933) was a British novelist.
Born Alice Muriel Livingston, she married Charles Norris Williamson (1859-1920) in 1894 and many of her books were jointly written with her husband. After her marriage she introduced herself as Mrs. C.N.Williamson. A number of their novels cover the early days of motoring and can also be read as travelogues.

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One hears of people whose hair turned white in a single night. Last night I thought mine was turning. I had a creepy feeling in the roots, which seemed to crawl all the way down inside each separate hair, wriggling as it went. I suppose you couldn’t have nervous prostration of the hair? I worried dreadfully, it kept on so long; and my hair is so fair it would be almost a temptation for it, in an emergency, to take the one short step from gold to silver. I didn’t dare switch on the light in the wagon-lit and peep at my pocket-book mirror (which reflects one’s features in sections of a square inch, giving the survey of one’s whole face quite a panorama effect) for fear I might wake up the Bull Dog.

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Williamson, A. M. and C.N: The Port of Adventure. V1. 17 Sep 2009

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Alice Muriel Williamson (1869 - September 24, 1933) was a British novelist.
Born Alice Muriel Livingston, she married Charles Norris Williamson (1859-1920) in 1894 and many of her books were jointly written with her husband. After her marriage she introduced herself as Mrs. C.N.Williamson. A number of their novels cover the early days of motoring and can also be read as travelogues.

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On a great ship a woman sailed away from the Old World, wishing to forget. In her mind was the thought of a far-off place toward which she was travelling. There were no figures in this mental picture. She painted it as a mere flowery background; for she was very tired of people.
In the New World, a man lived and worked, and dreamed—when he had time.
Between this woman and this man lay six thousand miles of land and sea. They were two, among many millions, and they did not know of each other’s existence. There was no visible reason why they ever should know, or why they should ever meet. Yet, sometimes when the moon shone on the sea, the woman said to herself that the bright path paving the water with gold seemed to lead on and on beyond the horizon, as if it might go all the way to the Golden Gate. And the Golden Gate is the Port of Adventure, where every unexpected thing can happen.

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Williamson, A. M. and C.N: The Powers and Maxine. V1. 18 Sep 2009

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Alice Muriel Williamson (1869 - September 24, 1933) was a British novelist.
Born Alice Muriel Livingston, she married Charles Norris Williamson (1859-1920) in 1894 and many of her books were jointly written with her husband. After her marriage she introduced herself as Mrs. C.N.Williamson. A number of their novels cover the early days of motoring and can also be read as travelogues.

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It had come at last, the moment I had been thinking about for days. I was going to have him all to myself, the only person in the world I ever loved.
He had asked me to sit out two dances, and that made me think he really must want to be with me, not just because I’m the “pretty girl’s sister,” but because I’m myself, Lisa Drummond.
Being what I am,—queer, and plain, I can’t bear to think that men like girls for their beauty; yet I can’t help liking men better if they are handsome.

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Williamson, A. M. and C.N: The Princess Passes. V1. 18 Sep 2009

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Alice Muriel Williamson (1869 - September 24, 1933) was a British novelist.
Born Alice Muriel Livingston, she married Charles Norris Williamson (1859-1920) in 1894 and many of her books were jointly written with her husband. After her marriage she introduced herself as Mrs. C.N.Williamson. A number of their novels cover the early days of motoring and can also be read as travelogues.

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If any man had told me before I started, that in two days I should find it a genuine sacrifice to stop driving a motor car, I should have looked upon him as a polite lunatic. It was only because Jack could drive faster than he dared to let me, and because I was ashamed to tell Molly that after all I was not in a desperate hurry to reach Paris or anywhere else, that I finally tore myself from the driver’s seat of the Mercedes. Afterwards, though I had not reached the stage when confession is good for the soul, I sat wondering what there was expensive and at the same time disagreeable which I could give up for the sake of possessing a motor of my own. In various phases of my mental and spiritual development, I had framed different conceptions of a future state beyond this life. Never, even in my earliest years, had I sincerely wished to be an angel with an undeserved crown weighing down my forehead, and a harp, which I should be totally incompetent to play, within my hand; but now it struck me that there might be a worse sort of Nirvana than driving a 10,000 horsepower car along a broad, straight road free from dogs, chickens, or any other animals (except, perhaps, rich, knighted grocers), and reaching all round Saturn’s ring.

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Williamson, A. M. and C.N: The Princess Virginia. V1. 19 Sep 2009

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Alice Muriel Williamson (1869 - September 24, 1933) was a British novelist.
Born Alice Muriel Livingston, she married Charles Norris Williamson (1859-1920) in 1894 and many of her books were jointly written with her husband. After her marriage she introduced herself as Mrs. C.N.Williamson. A number of their novels cover the early days of motoring and can also be read as travelogues.

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“No,” said the Princess. “No. I’m—dashed if I do.”
“My darling child!” exclaimed the Grand Duchess. “You’re impossible. If any one should hear you!”
“It’s he who’s impossible,” the Princess amended. “I’m just trying to show you—”
“Or to shock me. You are so like your grandmother.”

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Williamson, A. M. and C.N: The Second Latchkey. V1. 20 Sep 2009

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Alice Muriel Williamson (1869 - September 24, 1933) was a British novelist.
Born Alice Muriel Livingston, she married Charles Norris Williamson (1859-1920) in 1894 and many of her books were jointly written with her husband. After her marriage she introduced herself as Mrs. C.N.Williamson. A number of their novels cover the early days of motoring and can also be read as travelogues

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Even when Annesley Grayle turned out of the Strand toward the Savoy she was uncertain whether she would have courage to walk into the hotel. With each step the thing, the dreadful thing, that she had come to do, loomed blacker. It was monstrous, impossible, like opening the door of the lions’ cage at the Zoo and stepping inside.
There was time still to change her mind. She had only to turn now ... jump into an omnibus ... jump out again at the familiar corner, and everything would be as it had been. Life for the next five, ten, maybe twenty years, would be what the last five had been.
At the thought of the Savoy and the adventure waiting there, the girl’s skin had tingled and grown hot, as if a wind laden with grains of heated sand had blown over her. But at the thought of turning back, of going “home”—oh, misused word!—a leaden coldness shut her spirit into a tomb.

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Williamson, A. M. and C.N: Winnie Childs. V1. 23 Sep 2009

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Alice Muriel Williamson (1869 - September 24, 1933) was a British novelist.
Born Alice Muriel Livingston, she married Charles Norris Williamson (1859-1920) in 1894 and many of her books were jointly written with her husband. After her marriage she introduced herself as Mrs. C.N.Williamson. A number of their novels cover the early days of motoring and can also be read as travelogues.

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It was a horrible day at sea, horrible even on board the new and splendid Monarchic. All the prettiest people had disappeared from the huge dining-saloon. They had turned green, and then faded away, one by one or in hurried groups; and now the very thought of music at meals made them sick, in ragtime.
Peter Rolls was never sick in any time or in any weather, which was his one disagreeable, superior-to-others trick. Most of his qualities were likable, and he was likable, though a queer fellow in some ways, said his best friends-the ones who called him “Petro.” When the ship played that she was a hobby-horse or a crab (if that is the creature which shares with elderly Germans a specialty for walking from side to side), also a kangaroo, and occasionally a boomerang, Peter Rolls did not mind.

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Williamson, A. M: Angel Unawares. v1. 7 Mar 2014

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Alice Muriel Williamson (1869 - September 24, 1933) was a British novelist.
Born Alice Muriel Livingston, she married Charles Norris Williamson (1859–1920) in 1894 and many of her books were jointly written with her husband. After her marriage she introduced herself as Mrs. C.N.Williamson. A number of their novels cover the early days of motoring and can also be read as travelogues.

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IF Angel Odell hadn’t had a French nursery governess, and if that French governess hadn’t suddenly recognized her lost lover in a wounded French sergeant on the sea-front, the Valois story would have been a Christmas tragedy instead of—what it turned out to be. This was strange, because neither the little American girl nor her governess nor her governess’s lover had ever heard of the Valois family, nor had the Valois family heard of them. But most things that happen are strange, if seen from every point of view.

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Williamson, A. M: Lord John in New York. v1. 18 Sep 2013

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Alice Muriel Williamson (1869 - September 24, 1933) was a British novelist.
Born Alice Muriel Livingston, she married Charles Norris Williamson (1859-1920) in 1894 and many of her books were jointly written with her husband. After her marriage she introduced herself as Mrs. C.N.Williamson. A number of their novels cover the early days of motoring and can also be read as travelogues.

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Not that I needed a nurse; and, above all things, I needed no more letters or flowers. The waste-paper basket was full. The room smelt like a perfume factory. The mantelpiece and all other receptacles having an army of occupation, vases and bowls were mobilising on the floor. This would, of course, not be tolerated in hospital; but I was off the sick list, recovering in a private convalescent home. I was fed up with being a wounded hero; the fragrance of too many flowers, and the kindness of too many ladies, was sapping and mining my brain power; consequently, I could invent no excuse for escape.

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Williamson, A. M: Lord Loveland Discovers America. v1. 18 Sep 2013

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Alice Muriel Williamson (1869 - September 24, 1933) was a British novelist.
Born Alice Muriel Livingston, she married Charles Norris Williamson (1859-1920) in 1894 and many of her books were jointly written with her husband. After her marriage she introduced herself as Mrs. C.N.Williamson. A number of their novels cover the early days of motoring and can also be read as travelogues.

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"Don't grouse, Mater. I might have beaten her if I'd got her, and then there'd have been a scandal. I can't stand women with important looking teeth, and noses which throw their other features into perspective. Besides, Lillah Mecklenburg isn't as young as she's painted."

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Williamson, A. M: Rosemary in Search of a Father.v1. 18 Jun 2013

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Alice Muriel Williamson (1869 - September 24, 1933) was a British novelist.
Born Alice Muriel Livingston, she married Charles Norris Williamson (1859-1920) in 1894 and many of her books were jointly written with her husband. After her marriage she introduced herself as Mrs. C.N.Williamson. A number of their novels cover the early days of motoring and can also be read as travelogues.

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Dolls had lost their wigs, their arms, their legs; and beautiful blue eyes had been poked into far recesses of porcelain heads, with ruthless scissors. Little dresses of silk and satin had been flung to feed the flames which devoured ill-starred blouses; picture books had made fine kindlings; and that proud and stately mansion which might have afforded shelter to many dolls had collapsed as if shattered by a cyclone.

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Williamson, A. M: The Adventure of Princess Sylvia. v1. 7 Mar 2014

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Alice Muriel Williamson (1869 - September 24, 1933) was a British novelist.
Born Alice Muriel Livingston, she married Charles Norris Williamson (1859–1920) in 1894 and many of her books were jointly written with her husband. After her marriage she introduced herself as Mrs. C.N.Williamson. A number of their novels cover the early days of motoring and can also be read as travelogues.

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“I’m dashed if I do!” said the Princess.
“My dear—if anyone should hear you!” groaned the Grand Duchess. “He is a most estimable young man, I am sure, and a very suitable match.”
“Call him a match, if you like; he’s certainly a stick. Anyway, he’s not a match for me. There’s only one existing.” And the Princess’s eyes were lifted to the heavens, as if the being at whom she hinted were placed high as the sun that shone above her.

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Williamson, A. M: The Adventure of Princess Sylvia. v1. 7 Mar 2014

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Alice Muriel Williamson (1869 - September 24, 1933) was a British novelist.
Born Alice Muriel Livingston, she married Charles Norris Williamson (1859–1920) in 1894 and many of her books were jointly written with her husband. After her marriage she introduced herself as Mrs. C.N.Williamson. A number of their novels cover the early days of motoring and can also be read as travelogues.

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“I’m dashed if I do!” said the Princess.
“My dear—if anyone should hear you!” groaned the Grand Duchess. “He is a most estimable young man, I am sure, and a very suitable match.”
“Call him a match, if you like; he’s certainly a stick. Anyway, he’s not a match for me. There’s only one existing.” And the Princess’s eyes were lifted to the heavens, as if the being at whom she hinted were placed high as the sun that shone above her.

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Williamson, A. M: The Brightener. v1. 17 Sep 2013

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Alice Muriel Williamson (1869 - September 24, 1933) was a British novelist.
Born Alice Muriel Livingston, she married Charles Norris Williamson (1859-1920) in 1894 and many of her books were jointly written with her husband. After her marriage she introduced herself as Mrs. C.N.Williamson. A number of their novels cover the early days of motoring and can also be read as travelogues.

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"I wonder who will tell her," I heard somebody say, just outside the arbour.
The somebody was a woman; and the somebody else who answered was a man. "Glad it won't be me!" he replied, ungrammatically.
I didn't know who these somebodies were, and I didn't much care. For the first instant the one thing I did care about was, that they should remain outside my arbour, instead of finding their way in. Then, the next words waked my interest. They sounded mysterious, and I loved mysteries—then.

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Williamson, A. M: The Castle Of The Shadows. v1. 17 Sep 2013

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Alice Muriel Williamson (1869 - September 24, 1933) was a British novelist.
Born Alice Muriel Livingston, she married Charles Norris Williamson (1859-1920) in 1894 and many of her books were jointly written with her husband. After her marriage she introduced herself as Mrs. C.N.Williamson. A number of their novels cover the early days of motoring and can also be read as travelogues.

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According to the calendar it was winter; but between Mentone and the frontier town of Ventimiglia, on the white road inlaid like a strip of ivory on dark rocks above the sapphire of the Mediterranean, it was fierce summer in the sunshine. A girl riding between two men, reined in her chestnut mare at a cross-road which led into the jade-green twilight of an olive grove. The men pulled up their horses also, and all three came to a sudden halt at a bridge flung across a swift but shallow river, whose stony bed cleft the valley.

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Williamson, A. M: The House by the Lock. v1. 17 Sep 2013

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Alice Muriel Williamson (1869 - September 24, 1933) was a British novelist.
Born Alice Muriel Livingston, she married Charles Norris Williamson (1859-1920) in 1894 and many of her books were jointly written with her husband. After her marriage she introduced herself as Mrs. C.N.Williamson. A number of their novels cover the early days of motoring and can also be read as travelogues.

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For the fraction of a moment I could not remember where I had known the man who addressed me so jovially. My way of knocking about the world brought me into contact with so many people that it was difficult to sort my gallery of faces, and keep each one mentally ticketed. But after a second or two of staringthrough that convenient medium, my monocle, I was able to place the man who had accosted me. He was a rich mining king from Colorado, by the name of Harvey Farnham, whom I had met in Denver, when I had been dawdling through America three or four years ago.

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Williamson, A. M: Vision House, v1. 19 Sep 2013

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Alice Muriel Williamson (1869 - September 24, 1933) was a British novelist.
Born Alice Muriel Livingston, she married Charles Norris Williamson (1859-1920) in 1894 and many of her books were jointly written with her husband. After her marriage she introduced herself as Mrs. C.N.Williamson. A number of their novels cover the early days of motoring and can also be read as travelogues.

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He said if I would marry Œnone, and 'make his daughter a countess' (real old melodrama stuff!) he'd settle a million pounds on me, on our wedding-day. Also, I'd inherit Œnone's private fortune. Darling Marise, dear Mrs. Sorel, if you knew all the money troubles I've had, and have still, you'd forgive me if I told you this was a temptation."

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Willkomm, Ernst: Der Schlickläufer u.a. [German] V1. 01 Aug 2010

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Ernst Adolf Willkomm (* 10. Februar 1810 in Herwigsdorf bei Zittau; † 24. Mai 1886 in Zittau) war ein deutscher Schriftsteller, Jurist und Philologe.

Ernst Willkomm wurde als Sohn eines Pfarrers geboren und besuchte ab 1822 das Gymnasium in Zittau. Ab 1830 studierte er in Leipzig Jura, später auch Philologie und Ästhetik. Hier kam er auch in Kontakt mit Vertretern des Jungen Deutschland wie Karl Gutzkow. Im Jahr 1833 veröffentlichte er seinen ersten Roman, Julius Kühn, und die Tragödie Bernhard, Herzog von Weimar.
In den Jahren 1845/46 unternahm Willkomm eine Italienreise, deren Erlebnisse er 1847 in den Reiseskizzen Italienische Nächte und in dem Roman Die Nachtmahlsbrüder in Rom verarbeitete. Im Jahr 1849 war er Kriegsberichterstatter und wurde Redakteur der Lübecker Zeitung. Im Jahr darauf heiratete er die Schriftstellerin Anna Marie Christine Rosendahl. Willkomm musste 1852 die Stelle als Redakteur der Lübecker Zeitung aufgeben und zog nach Hamburg, wo er bis 1857 als Redakteur der Romanzeitschrift Jahreszeiten und als Feuilletonredakteur des Hamburger unparteiischen Korrespondenten arbeitete.
Im Jahr 1859 eröffnete Willkomm mit seiner Frau ein Mädchenpensionat in Hamburg, welches er 1880 nach dem Tod seiner Frau aufgab und sich nach Zittau zurückzog, wo er am 24. Mai 1886 verstarb. Posthum erschienen 1887 seine Jugenderinnerungen. Willkomm veröffentlichte zeitkritische Romane, Reiseskizzen und Erzählungen.

Quelle: Wikipedia

Inhalt:
Der Halligmann
1 Fahrt durch die Westsee
2 Im Hause eines Halligmannes
3 Eine Szene aus dem Leben des Halligmannes
Vorgesichte
1 Die heimkehrenden Schiffer
2 Auf der Warft
3 Nicols Gesicht in der Spanischen See
4 Fahrt nach dem Wrack
5 Die Nacht auf der Holmer-Fähre
6 Strenger Winter
7 Die Jagd auf dem Eise
8 Nicol Mannis in der Sturmnacht
9 Am Strand von Hooge
Erzählungen eines Wattenschiffers
Der Schlickläufer

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Willkomm, Ernst: Reeder und Matrose [German] V1. 01 Aug 2010

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Reeder und Matrose
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Autor:
Ernst Adolf Willkomm (* 10. Februar 1810 in Herwigsdorf bei Zittau; † 24. Mai 1886 in Zittau) war ein deutscher Schriftsteller, Jurist und Philologe.

Ernst Willkomm wurde als Sohn eines Pfarrers geboren und besuchte ab 1822 das Gymnasium in Zittau. Ab 1830 studierte er in Leipzig Jura, später auch Philologie und Ästhetik. Hier kam er auch in Kontakt mit Vertretern des Jungen Deutschland wie Karl Gutzkow. Im Jahr 1833 veröffentlichte er seinen ersten Roman, Julius Kühn, und die Tragödie Bernhard, Herzog von Weimar.
In den Jahren 1845/46 unternahm Willkomm eine Italienreise, deren Erlebnisse er 1847 in den Reiseskizzen Italienische Nächte und in dem Roman Die Nachtmahlsbrüder in Rom verarbeitete. Im Jahr 1849 war er Kriegsberichterstatter und wurde Redakteur der Lübecker Zeitung. Im Jahr darauf heiratete er die Schriftstellerin Anna Marie Christine Rosendahl. Willkomm musste 1852 die Stelle als Redakteur der Lübecker Zeitung aufgeben und zog nach Hamburg, wo er bis 1857 als Redakteur der Romanzeitschrift Jahreszeiten und als Feuilletonredakteur des Hamburger unparteiischen Korrespondenten arbeitete.
Im Jahr 1859 eröffnete Willkomm mit seiner Frau ein Mädchenpensionat in Hamburg, welches er 1880 nach dem Tod seiner Frau aufgab und sich nach Zittau zurückzog, wo er am 24. Mai 1886 verstarb. Posthum erschienen 1887 seine Jugenderinnerungen. Willkomm veröffentlichte zeitkritische Romane, Reiseskizzen und Erzählungen.

Quelle: Wikipedia

Extrakt:
Nachdem der Sturm ausgetobt hatte, belebte sich der Hafen Hamburgs und der Strom von Neuem mit zahllosen Fahrzeugen, der monotone, bald leise, bald geschreiartig zum Quai herüberschallende Gesang der Matrosen auf den Schiffen, deren Ladung gelöscht ward, ließ sich wieder hören, und das Leben gestaltete sich gewühlvoller denn je.
Wie hätte es auch anders sein können, da es Sonnabend war und der Tag bereits zu Ende ging. Jeder wollte noch möglichst viel vor Einbruch der Dunkelheit beseitigen, und so hasteten denn schwer tragende Menschen an allen Landungsplätzen, die Schutenführer strengten sich an, ihre Fahrzeuge durch die Kanäle nach den Speichern zu befördern, und an den Luken in den Speicherräumen sah man überall viele Hände in rühriger Tätigkeit, um aus den unten in den Fleeten liegenden Fahrzeugen die erhaltenen Ballen und Säcke aufzuwinden und sicher zu stauen.

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Wilson, Ann: A Terran Empire Omnibus. V1. 27 Sep 2009

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From: http://www.ecauldron.net/terranempire/index.php
I became a science fiction fan at age 10, when I stumbled across Arthur C. Clarke's Sands of Mars, and promptly got hooked. I didn't become involved with anything but reading and media until shortly after Star Wars, however, which inspired me to begin writing and other fannish activities such as helping organize the Raumschiff 1 SF club (Ramstein Air Force Base, Germany) and helping with its clubzine, plus a mostly-Trek zine back in the States, Antithesis.
I eventually got tired of writing in others' universes, as being too restrictive, and created my own Terran Empire multiverse. For a while that was strictly in print, in various small press zines (including my short-lived Bifrost. It later went on-line first on Genie, then moved to Delphi's Science Fiction Fandom Forum, spent some time at SFF Net, and had a short-lived web forum of its own here on Delphi. It is continuing to grow as it was intended, as a shared multiverse involving interactive fiction.
Ann Wilson

Ambush
Hostage
New Year's Wake
Teams
Thakur-na
Youngling
Zeta Exchange

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Wilson, Ann: Ambush. V1. 24 Sep 2009

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From: http://www.ecauldron.net/terranempire/index.php
I became a science fiction fan at age 10, when I stumbled across Arthur C. Clarke's Sands of Mars, and promptly got hooked. I didn't become involved with anything but reading and media until shortly after Star Wars, however, which inspired me to begin writing and other fannish activities such as helping organize the Raumschiff 1 SF club (Ramstein Air Force Base, Germany) and helping with its clubzine, plus a mostly-Trek zine back in the States, Antithesis.
I eventually got tired of writing in others' universes, as being too restrictive, and created my own Terran Empire multiverse. For a while that was strictly in print, in various small press zines (including my short-lived Bifrost. It later went on-line first on Genie, then moved to Delphi's Science Fiction Fandom Forum, spent some time at SFF Net, and had a short-lived web forum of its own here on Delphi. It is continuing to grow as it was intended, as a shared multiverse involving interactive fiction.
Ann Wilson

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Palace Complex, 2578 CE
It wouldn’t be easy ferreting out the identity of the field agent who’d saved his bio-father’s life twelve years ago. It wasn’t supposed to be easy—ideally, it would be impossible—and Nevan was sure he owed his own life, perhaps several times over, to the Imperial safeguards he was trying to break. More, he understood why those safeguards wouldn’t be relaxed even to allow an ex-agent to search out a still-active one—but he had what he considered two excellent reasons to do exactly that.

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Wilson, Ann: Fearful Symmetry. V1. 27 Sep 2009

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From: http://www.ecauldron.net/terranempire/index.php
I became a science fiction fan at age 10, when I stumbled across Arthur C. Clarke's Sands of Mars, and promptly got hooked. I didn't become involved with anything but reading and media until shortly after Star Wars, however, which inspired me to begin writing and other fannish activities such as helping organize the Raumschiff 1 SF club (Ramstein Air Force Base, Germany) and helping with its clubzine, plus a mostly-Trek zine back in the States, Antithesis.
I eventually got tired of writing in others' universes, as being too restrictive, and created my own Terran Empire multiverse. For a while that was strictly in print, in various small press zines (including my short-lived Bifrost. It later went on-line first on Genie, then moved to Delphi's Science Fiction Fandom Forum, spent some time at SFF Net, and had a short-lived web forum of its own here on Delphi. It is continuing to grow as it was intended, as a shared multiverse involving interactive fiction.
Ann Wilson

Excerpt
Deep Space, 2568 CE
For the first time in his century-long career, Fleet-Captain Arjen of Clan D’gameh disapproved of a mission he had been given. That his orders came straight from the Supreme made no difference to his feelings, nor did the First Speaker’s assurance that the Circle of Lords deemed it vital to the survival of the Traiti race.
It wasn’t the goal of the mission that disturbed him, as much as the means. In the war between the Traiti and the Terran Empire, two things were, if not exactly sacred, proprieties that both sides respected. One was hospital ships, and the other was the return of bodies to their kin. By extension, ships delivering wounded or picking up dead were also immune, a principle that neither side had violated . . . yet.

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Wilson, Ann: Hostage. V1. 27 Sep 2009

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From: http://www.ecauldron.net/terranempire/index.php
I became a science fiction fan at age 10, when I stumbled across Arthur C. Clarke's Sands of Mars, and promptly got hooked. I didn't become involved with anything but reading and media until shortly after Star Wars, however, which inspired me to begin writing and other fannish activities such as helping organize the Raumschiff 1 SF club (Ramstein Air Force Base, Germany) and helping with its clubzine, plus a mostly-Trek zine back in the States, Antithesis.
I eventually got tired of writing in others' universes, as being too restrictive, and created my own Terran Empire multiverse. For a while that was strictly in print, in various small press zines (including my short-lived Bifrost. It later went on-line first on Genie, then moved to Delphi's Science Fiction Fandom Forum, spent some time at SFF Net, and had a short-lived web forum of its own here on Delphi. It is continuing to grow as it was intended, as a shared multiverse involving interactive fiction.
Ann Wilson

Excerpt
Nemra, 2555 CE
The crash must’ve been more realistic than he’d planned, Ranger Esteban Tarlac thought groggily as he regained consciousness. His head hurt where something had hit it, and his body ached in a pattern that matched the crash webbing’s. But at least one thing was going according to plan: he’d obviously been captured by the rebels, since he was hanging by his wrists with his arms stretched painfully apart—and only the rebels, on this world, would be willing to risk treating a Ranger with such hostility.

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Wilson, Ann: The Alembic Plot. V1.24 Sep 2009

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From: http://www.ecauldron.net/terranempire/index.php
I became a science fiction fan at age 10, when I stumbled across Arthur C. Clarke's Sands of Mars, and promptly got hooked. I didn't become involved with anything but reading and media until shortly after Star Wars, however, which inspired me to begin writing and other fannish activities such as helping organize the Raumschiff 1 SF club (Ramstein Air Force Base, Germany) and helping with its clubzine, plus a mostly-Trek zine back in the States, Antithesis.
I eventually got tired of writing in others' universes, as being too restrictive, and created my own Terran Empire multiverse. For a while that was strictly in print, in various small press zines (including my short-lived Bifrost. It later went on-line first on Genie, then moved to Delphi's Science Fiction Fandom Forum, spent some time at SFF Net, and had a short-lived web forum of its own here on Delphi. It is continuing to grow as it was intended, as a shared multiverse involving interactive fiction.
Ann Wilson

Excerpt
St. Thomas, Monday, 17 June 2571 CE
Captain Mike Odeon cursed in angry frustration as he climbed out of his command van into a late fall New Pennsylvania evening and signalled his Special Operations team forward. They were too late.

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Wilson, Arabella M.: The lives of the three Mrs. Judsons. v1. 24 April 2017

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The story of three women who were each in turn the wives of Adoniram Judson missionary to Burma in the 19th century.

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Wilson, Barry: Weird Beliefs. v1. 13 May 2012

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Hello
I have recently completed a short book and am now trying to distribute it as a free ebook. To release it into the public domain, I registered it at CreativeCommons, and also attached a public domain dedication to the end of the book itself.

I've already published this ebook on smashwords.com and obooko.com, and now want to upload it here.

Here is the description:

In this book you can explore many fascinating subjects, including:
Devil Worship ... Zombies ... Doomsday Cults ... Head Shrinkers ... Hungry Ghosts ... the Temple of Rats ... Fire Walking ... the Grim Reaper ... Temple Virgins ... Witch Smellers ... Human Sacrifice ... Holy Mud ... Dervishes ... Sacred Mushrooms ... the Dance of Death ... Snake Handlers ... Weird Mythical Beasts ... Sin Eaters ... Demonic Possession ... the Antichrist ... Golems ... Weeping Statues ... the Wandering Jew ... Incorruptible Bodies ... Ritual Crucifixions ... Ghouls ... Pillar Saints ... Prayer Wheels ... the Black Stone of Mecca ... Towers of Silence ... the Devil's Mark ... Heavenly Omens ... the Ghost Dance ... Idol Worship ... and many more.
The book also contains many interesting images, including reproductions of some famous works of art.

I hope that I've followed all the rules of the MobileRead website and done all the procedures correctly, but if not, please let me know and I will try to fix any problems.
Thank you
Barry Wilson

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Wilson, Harry Leon: Bunker Bean. V1. 29 Sep 2009

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From: http://www.nndb.com/people/995/000114653/
Harry Leon Wilson
Born: 1-May-1867
Birthplace: Oregon, IL
Died: 28-Jun-1939
Location of death: Carmel, CA
Cause of death: unspecified
Gender: Male
Race or Ethnicity: White
Occupation: Novelist, Editor
Nationality: United States
Executive summary: Ruggles of Red Gap
Puck Asst. Editor (1892-96), Editor (1896-1902)

Excerpt
Bunker Bean was wishing he could be different. This discontent with himself was suffered in a moment of idleness as he sat at a desk on a high floor of a very high office-building in “downtown” New York. The first correction he would have made was that he should be “well over six feet” tall. He had observed that this was the accepted stature for a hero.

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Wilson, Harry Leon: Ewing's Lady. v1. 29 Dec 2014

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Harry Leon Wilson (May 1, 1867 – June 28, 1939) was an American novelist and dramatist best known for his novels Ruggles of Red Gap and Merton of the Movies. His novel Bunker Bean helped popularize the term flapper.

Excerpt
In passing the Pulcifer ranch they made talk about the hay-cutting, for a reaper sent its locustlike click from a brown stretch of bottom land. Pulcifer had a good stand of hay, they agreed, and probably he wouldn’t have such a big winter kill this year if he didn’t act the fool and sell off too much of it. You couldn’t expect to bring cattle through fat on cottonwood browse

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Wilson, Harry Leon: Ma Pettengill. v1. 30 Dec 2014

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Harry Leon Wilson (May 1, 1867 – June 28, 1939) was an American novelist and dramatist best known for his novels Ruggles of Red Gap and Merton of the Movies. His novel Bunker Bean helped popularize the term flapper.

Excerpt
From the Arrowhead corrals I strolled up the poplar-bordered lane that leads past the bunk house to the castle of the ranch’s chatelaine. It was a still Sunday afternoon—the placid interlude, on a day of rest, between the chores of the morning and those of evening. But the calm was for the ear alone. To the eye certain activities, silent but swift, were under way. On the shaded side piazza of the ranch house I could discern my hostess, Mrs. Lysander John Pettengill; she sat erect, even in a rocking-chair, and knitted. On the kitchen steps, full in the westering sun, sat the Chinese chef of the Arrowhead, and knitted—a yellow, smoothly running automaton. On a shaded bench by the spring house, a plaid golfing cap pushed back from one-half the amazing area of his bare pate, sat the aged chore-boy, Boogles, and knitted. The ranch was on a war basis

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Wilson, Harry Leon: Ma Pettengill. V1. 30 Sep 2009

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From: http://www.nndb.com/people/995/000114653/
Harry Leon Wilson
Born: 1-May-1867
Birthplace: Oregon, IL
Died: 28-Jun-1939
Location of death: Carmel, CA
Cause of death: unspecified
Gender: Male
Race or Ethnicity: White
Occupation: Novelist, Editor
Nationality: United States
Executive summary: Ruggles of Red Gap
Puck Asst. Editor (1892-96), Editor (1896-1902)

Excerpt
From the Arrowhead corrals I strolled up the poplar-bordered lane that leads past the bunk house to the castle of the ranch’s chatelaine. It was a still Sunday afternoon-the placid interlude, on a day of rest, between the chores of the morning and those of evening. But the calm was for the ear alone. To the eye certain activities, silent but swift, were under way. On the shaded side piazza of the ranch house I could discern my hostess, Mrs. Lysander John Pettengill; she sat erect, even in a rocking-chair, and knitted. On the kitchen steps, full in the westering sun, sat the Chinese chef of the Arrowhead, and knitted-a yellow, smoothly running automaton. On a shaded bench by the spring house, a plaid golfing cap pushed back from one-half the amazing area of his bare pate, sat the aged chore-boy, Boogles, and knitted. The ranch was on a war basis.

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Wilson, Harry Leon: Merton of the Movies. V1. 30 Sep 2009

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From: http://www.nndb.com/people/995/000114653/
Harry Leon Wilson
Born: 1-May-1867
Birthplace: Oregon, IL
Died: 28-Jun-1939
Location of death: Carmel, CA
Cause of death: unspecified
Gender: Male
Race or Ethnicity: White
Occupation: Novelist, Editor
Nationality: United States
Executive summary: Ruggles of Red Gap
Puck Asst. Editor (1892-96), Editor (1896-1902)

Excerpt
At the very beginning of the tale there comes a moment of puzzled hesitation. One way of approach is set beside another for choice, and a third contrived for better choice. Still the puzzle persists, all because the one precisely right way might seem-shall we say intense, high keyed, clamorous? Yet if one way is the only right way, why pause? Courage! Slightly dazed, though certain, let us be on, into the shrill thick of it. So, then-

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Wilson, Harry Leon: Ruggles of Red Gap, v.1, 14 Dec 2007

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Humorous story of English butler whose employer loses him in a poker game to an American Westerner.
It was made into an very good movie in 1935 with Charles Laughton and Charlie Ruggles.

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Wilson, Harry Leon: Ruggles of Red Gap. v1. 31 Dec 2014

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Harry Leon Wilson (May 1, 1867 – June 28, 1939) was an American novelist and dramatist best known for his novels Ruggles of Red Gap and Merton of the Movies. His novel Bunker Bean helped popularize the term flapper.

Excerpt
At 6:30 in our Paris apartment I had finished the Honourable George, performing those final touches that make the difference between a man well turned out and a man merely dressed. In the main I was not dissatisfied. His dress waistcoats, it is true, no longer permit the inhalation of anything like a full breath, and his collars clasp too closely. (I have always held that a collar may provide quite ample room for the throat without sacrifice of smartness if the depth be at least two and one quarter inches.) And it is no secret to either the Honourable George or our intimates that I have never approved his fashion of beard, a reddish, enveloping, brushlike affair never nicely enough trimmed. I prefer, indeed, no beard at all, but he stubbornly refuses to shave, possessing a difficult chin. Still, I repeat, he was not nearly impossible as he now left my hands.

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Wilson, Harry Leon: Somewhere in Red Gap. V1. 1 Oct 2009

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From: http://www.nndb.com/people/995/000114653/
Harry Leon Wilson
Born: 1-May-1867
Birthplace: Oregon, IL
Died: 28-Jun-1939
Location of death: Carmel, CA
Cause of death: unspecified
Gender: Male
Race or Ethnicity: White
Occupation: Novelist, Editor
Nationality: United States
Executive summary: Ruggles of Red Gap
Puck Asst. Editor (1892-96), Editor (1896-1902)

Excerpt
The walls of the big living-room in the Arrowhead ranch house are tastefully enlivened here and there with artistic spoils of the owner, Mrs. Lysander John Pettengill. There are family portraits in crayon, photo-engravings of noble beasts clipped from the Breeder’s Gazette, an etched cathedral or two, a stuffed and varnished trout of such size that no one would otherwise have believed in it, a print in three colours of a St. Bernard dog with a marked facial resemblance to the late William E. Gladstone, and a triumph of architectural perspective revealing two sides of the Pettengill block, corner of Fourth and Main streets, Red Gap, made vivacious by a bearded fop on horseback who doffs his silk hat to a couple of overdressed ladies with parasols in a passing victoria.

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Wilson, Harry Leon: The Boss of Little Arcady. V1. 28 Sep 2009

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From: http://www.nndb.com/people/995/000114653/
Harry Leon Wilson
Born: 1-May-1867
Birthplace: Oregon, IL
Died: 28-Jun-1939
Location of death: Carmel, CA
Cause of death: unspecified
Gender: Male
Race or Ethnicity: White
Occupation: Novelist, Editor
Nationality: United States
Executive summary: Ruggles of Red Gap
Puck Asst. Editor (1892-96), Editor (1896-1902)

Excerpt
Looking back to that time from a happier present, I am filled by a genuine awe of J. Rodney Potts. Reflecting upon those benign ends which the gods chose to make him serve, I can but marvel how lightly each of us may meet and scorn a casual Potts, unrecking his gracious and predestined office in the play of Fate.

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Wilson, Harry Leon: The Lions of the Lord. V1. 29 Sep 2009

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From: http://www.nndb.com/people/995/000114653/
Harry Leon Wilson
Born: 1-May-1867
Birthplace: Oregon, IL
Died: 28-Jun-1939
Location of death: Carmel, CA
Cause of death: unspecified
Gender: Male
Race or Ethnicity: White
Occupation: Novelist, Editor
Nationality: United States
Executive summary: Ruggles of Red Gap
Puck Asst. Editor (1892-96), Editor (1896-1902)

Excerpt
In the days of ’49 seven trails led from our Western frontier into the Wonderland that lay far out under the setting sun and called to the restless. Each of the seven had been blazed mile by mile through the mighty romance of an empire’s founding. Some of them for long stretches are now overgrown by the herbage of the plain; some have faded back into the desert they lined; and more than one has been shod with steel. But along them all flit and brood the memory-ghosts of old, rich-coloured days. To the shout of teamster, the yell of savage, the creaking of tented ox-cart, and the rattle of the swifter mail-coach, there go dim shapes of those who had thrilled to that call of the West;—strong, brave men with the far look in their eyes, with those magic rude tools of the pioneer, the rifle and the axe; women, too, equally heroic, of a stock, fearless, ready, and staunch, bearing their sons and daughters in fortitude; raising them to fear God, to love their country,—and to labour.

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Wilson, Harry Leon: The Lions of the Lord. v1. 30 Dec 2014

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Harry Leon Wilson (May 1, 1867 – June 28, 1939) was an American novelist and dramatist best known for his novels Ruggles of Red Gap and Merton of the Movies. His novel Bunker Bean helped popularize the term flapper.

Excerpt
In this story, then, the things that are strangest have most of truth. The make-believe is hardly more than a cement to join the queerly wrought stones of fact that were found ready. For, if the writer has now and again had to divine certain things that did not show,—yet must have been,—surely these are not less than truth. One of these deductions is the Lute of the Holy Ghost who came in the end to be the Little Man of Sorrows: who loved a woman, a child, and his God, but sinned through pride of soul;—whose life, indeed, was a poem of sin and retribution. Yet not less true was he than the Lion of the Lord, the Archer of Paradise, the Wild Ram of the Mountains, or the gaunt, gray woman whom hurt love had crazed. For even now, as the tale is done, comes a dry little note in the daily press telling how such a one actually did the other day a certain brave, great thing it had seemed the imagined one must be driven to do. Only he and I, perhaps, will be conscious of the struggle back of that which was printed; but at least we two shall know that the Little Man of Sorrows is true, even though the cross where he fled to say his last prayer in the body has long since fallen and its bars crumbled to desert dust.

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Wilson, Harry Leon: The Seeker. V1. 1 Oct 2009

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From: http://www.nndb.com/people/995/000114653/
Harry Leon Wilson
Born: 1-May-1867
Birthplace: Oregon, IL
Died: 28-Jun-1939
Location of death: Carmel, CA
Cause of death: unspecified
Gender: Male
Race or Ethnicity: White
Occupation: Novelist, Editor
Nationality: United States
Executive summary: Ruggles of Red Gap
Puck Asst. Editor (1892-96), Editor (1896-1902)

Excerpt
The whispering died away as they heard heavy steps and saw a line of light under the shut door. Then a last muffled caution from the larger boy on the cot.
“Now, remember! There ain’t any, but don’t you let on there ain’t-else he won’t bring you a single thing!”
Before the despairing soul on the trundle-bed could pierce the vulnerable heel of this, the door opened slowly to the broad shape of Clytemnestra. One hand shaded her eyes from the candle she carried, and she peered into the corner where the two beds were, a flurry of eagerness in her face, checked by stoic self-mastery.

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Wilson, Harry Leon: The Spenders. V1. 2 Oct 2009

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From: http://www.nndb.com/people/995/000114653/
Harry Leon Wilson
Born: 1-May-1867
Birthplace: Oregon, IL
Died: 28-Jun-1939
Location of death: Carmel, CA
Cause of death: unspecified
Gender: Male
Race or Ethnicity: White
Occupation: Novelist, Editor
Nationality: United States
Executive summary: Ruggles of Red Gap
Puck Asst. Editor (1892-96), Editor (1896-1902)

Excerpt
When Daniel J. Bines died of apoplexy in his private car at Kaslo Junction no one knew just where to reach either his old father or his young son with the news of his death. Somewhere up the eastern slope of the Sierras the old man would be leading, as he had long chosen to lead each summer, the lonely life of a prospector. The young man, two years out of Harvard, and but recently back from an extended European tour, was at some point on the North Atlantic coast, beginning the season’s pursuit of happiness as he listed.

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Wilson, Harry Leon: The Wrong Twin. V1. 3 Oct 2009

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From: http://www.nndb.com/people/995/000114653/
Harry Leon Wilson
Born: 1-May-1867
Birthplace: Oregon, IL
Died: 28-Jun-1939
Location of death: Carmel, CA
Cause of death: unspecified
Gender: Male
Race or Ethnicity: White
Occupation: Novelist, Editor
Nationality: United States
Executive summary: Ruggles of Red Gap
Puck Asst. Editor (1892-96), Editor (1896-1902)

Excerpt
An establishment in Newbern Center, trading under the name of the Foto Art Shop, once displayed in its window a likeness of the twin sons of Dave Cowan. Side by side, on a lavishly fringed plush couch, they confronted the camera with differing aspects. One sat forward with a decently, even blandly, composed visage, nor had he meddled with his curls. His mate sat back, scowling, and fought the camera to the bitter end. His curls, at the last moment, had been mussed by a raging hand.

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Wilson, John Lyde: The Code of Honor, v.1, 16 November 2008.

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The Code of Honor;
Or Rules for the Government of Principals and Seconds in Duelling
By John Lyde Wilson (1784–1849)

From the Introduction:
“Originally this was published by the author (1784–1849), a former governor of South Carolina, as a 22-page booklet, in 1838. Before his death he added an appendix of the 1777 Irish duelling code, but this second edition was not printed until 1858, as a 46-page small book, still sized to fit in the case with one’s duelling pistols. This code is far less blood-thirsty than many might suppose, but built on a closed social caste and standards of behavior quite alien to today.”

I found the text irresistible when I noticed that the file was titled: “The Project Gutenberg Ebook, The Cod of Honor.htm”

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Wilson, John: The Importance of the Proof-reader, v.1, 28 December 2008.

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The Importance of the Proof-reader
A Paper read before the Club of Odd Volumes, in Boston, by John Wilson
Cambridge University Press, 1901

“This Paper upon “The Importance of the Proof-reader” is presented with the compliments of the University Press and the Author. The subject is one which the Author has endeavored to emphasize during his fifty years’ service in the printing business, and one for which the University Press has ever endeavored to stand.
John Wilson, author of this Paper and formerly proprietor of The University Press, died in 1903. His successors have now the pleasure of making a reprint, (1922) believing the subject to be of as much interest today as it was twenty years ago.

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Wilson, Robert H: Out Around Rigel. V1. 11 Mar 2009

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An astounding chronicle of two Lunarians' conquest of time and interstellar space.

The sun had dropped behind the Grimaldi plateau, although for a day twilight would linger over the Oceanus Procellarum. The sky was a hazy blue, and out over the deeper tinted waves the full Earth swung. All the long half-month it had hung there above the horizon, its light dimmed by the sunshine, growing from a thin crescent to its full disk three times as broad as that of the sun at setting. Now in the dusk it was a great silver lamp hanging over Nardos, the Beautiful, the City Built on the Water. The light glimmered over[Pg 296] the tall white towers, over the white ten-mile-long adamantine bridge running from Nardos to the shore, and lit up the beach where we were standing, with a brightness that seemed almost that of day.

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Wilson, Woodrow: State of the Union. v1.0 14 October 2007

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Thomas Woodrow Wilson (December 28, 1856–February 3, 1924), was the twenty-eighth President of the United States. A devout Presbyterian and leading intellectual of the Progressive Era, he served as president of Princeton University then became the reform governor of New Jersey in 1910. With Theodore Roosevelt and William Howard Taft dividing the Republican vote, Wilson was elected President as a Democrat in 1912. He proved highly successful in leading a Democratic Congress to pass major legislation including the Federal Trade Commission, the Clayton Antitrust Act, the Underwood Tariff, the Federal Farm Loan Act and most notably the Federal Reserve System.

from:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Woodrow_Wilson

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Winckelmann, Johann Joachim: Beschreibung der Wirklichkeit - Werke (german)

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Johann Joachim Winckelmann (* 9. Dezember 1717 in Stendal; † 8. Juni 1768 bei Triest) war ein deutscher Archäologe, Antiquar und Kunstschriftsteller der frühen Aufklärung. Er gilt als der Begründer der wissenschaftlichen Archäologie und der Kunstgeschichte. Sein Wertmaßstab ist in der Ästhetik begründet. Winckelmann gilt als geistiger Begründer des Klassizismus im deutschsprachigen Raum.

Für Winckelmann war es die höchste Aufgabe der Kunst, die Schönheit darzustellen. Hierfür fand er die Formel [»edle Einfalt, stille Größe«[/, welche er dem Verspielten und Überladenen des Barock und Rokoko entgegenstellte. Winckelmanns Bild der römischen und griechischen Antike beeinflusste sehr wesentlich den Geist des deutschen Klassizismus, ganz besonders den der Weimarer Klassik. Das besonders an den Formen ausgerichtete Empfinden der Kunstwerke und ihre Rezeption bei Winckelmann wirkte sowohl bei Goethe als auch Schiller prägend.

Vorliegende Ausgabe umfasst sechs Schriften:

- Gedanken über die Nachahmung der griechischen Werke in der Malerei und Bildhauerkunst

- Erinnerung über die Betrachtung der Werke der Kunst

- Von der Grazie in Werken der Kunst

- Beschreibung des Torso im Belvedere zu Rom

- Beschreibung des Apollo im Belvedere

- Abhandlung von der Fähigkeit der Empfindung des Schönen in der Kunst und dem Unterrichte in derselben

[quotDie schönsten jungen Leute tanzten unbekleidet auf dem Theater, und Sophokles, der große Sophokles, war der erste, der in seiner Jugend dieses Schauspiel seinen Bürgern machte. Phryne badete sich in den eleusinischen Spielen vor den Augen aller Griechen und wurde beim Heraussteigen aus dem Wasser den Künstlern das Urbild einer Venus Anadyomene, und man weiß, daß die jungen Mädchen in Sparta an einem gewissen Feste ganz nackend vor den Augen der jungen Leute tanzten. Was hier fremd scheinen könnte, wird erträglicher werden, wenn man bedenkt, daß auch die Christen der ersten Kirche ohne die geringste Verhüllung, sowohl Männer als Weiber, zu gleicher Zeit und in einem und ebendemselben Taufsteine getauft oder untergetaucht worden sind.

Also war auch ein jedes Fest bei den Griechen eine Gelegenheit für Künstler, sich mit der schönen Natur aufs genaueste bekanntzumachen.[/quot

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Windsor, William: How to Become Rich. 18 Sept 07

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You asked for it, you wanted it, you couldn't live without it. So at great personal sacrifice (mainly to my dignity) I offer for your consideration, [How to Become Rich.[/

Not another get rich quick, snake oil filled scam book (unless you are William Windsor), but a study in the pseudo-science of Phrenology. (That's where we determine your character by the shape of your head.) If you have ever just looked at a person and known what type they are, then you have practiced Phrenology.

Now the offers in the back of the book to send in photographs of your head and receive a four page report printed on cardboard suitable for framing has expired. Sorry, no rain checks.

So sit back and enjoy a trip down memory lane to the snake oil and patent medicine days of the late 19th century USA.

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Wingfield, Lewis: My Lords of Strogue, Vol. I (of III). v1. 21 Mar 2014

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WINGFIELD, LEWIS STRANGE (1842–1891), traveller, actor, writer, and painter.

A Chronicle of Ireland, from the Convention to the Union.

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Wingfield, Lewis: My Lords of Strogue, Vol. II (of III). v1. 21 Mar 2014

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WINGFIELD, LEWIS STRANGE (1842–1891), traveller, actor, writer, and painter.

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A Chronicle of Ireland, from the Convention to the Union.

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Wingfield, Lewis: My Lords of Strogue, Vol. III (of III). v1. 22 Mar 2014

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WINGFIELD, LEWIS STRANGE (1842–1891), traveller, actor, writer, and painter.

A Chronicle of Ireland, from the Convention to the Union.

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Wingfield, Lewis: The Curse of Koshiu. v1. 20 Mar 2014

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WINGFIELD, LEWIS STRANGE (1842–1891), traveller, actor, writer, and painter.

A Chronicle of Old Japan

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Wingfield, Lewis: The Maid of Honour (Vol. 3 of 3). v1. 21 Mar 2014

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WINGFIELD, LEWIS STRANGE (1842–1891), traveller, actor, writer, and painter.

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It was a matter of imperative necessity to beat down at once the protecting barriers within which the victim had ensconced herself, and here was the first difficulty to be conquered. It was evident that Gabrielle’s written ultimatum called for a reply. At the suggestion, Clovis fairly winced. Was he to grovel in the mud, and accept her humiliating terms? Never! And in writing, too! He would rather cut off his hand.

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Wingfield, Lewis: The Maid of Honour, Vol. 1 (of 3). v1. 21 Mar 2014

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WINGFIELD, LEWIS STRANGE (1842–1891), traveller, actor, writer, and painter.

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Although there was no cash in silken fob or broidered pocket, the Elect denied themselves no luxury. Bejewelled Fashion was sumptuously clad: my ladies quarrelled and intrigued, danced and gambled—my lords slept off the fumes of wine, and mopped the wounds begot of midnight brawl; then drank and fought again.

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Wingfield, Lewis: The Maid of Honour, Volume 2 (of 3). v1. 21 Mar 2014

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WINGFIELD, LEWIS STRANGE (1842–1891), traveller, actor, writer, and painter.

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The abbé‘s departure left a void in the household. He had grown to be so conspicuous and necessary a feature in it that even Gabrielle regretted his mercurial presence, while conscious of a feeling of relief in that he no more pursued her. It was but a temporary respite, she knew. He would return ere long, renew the siege, demand an answer

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Winslow, Helen M.: Concerning Cats - My Own and Some Others, v.1, 25 Oct 2008

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For reasons that I cannot fathom, I believe there are a few cat lovers out there. This one is for you. Enjoy! (Arf!)

I. CONCERNING THE PRETTY LADY
II. CONCERNING MY OTHER CATS
III. CONCERNING OTHER PEOPLE'S CATS
IV. CONCERNING STILL OTHER PEOPLE'S CATS
V. CONCERNING SOME HISTORIC CATS
VI. CONCERNING CATS IN ENGLAND
VII. CONCERNING CAT CLUBS AND CAT SHOWS
VIII. CONCERNING HIGH-BRED CATS IN AMERICA
IX. CONCERNING CATS IN POETRY
X. CONCERNING CAT ARTISTS
XI. CONCERNING CAT HOSPITALS AND REFUGES
XII. CONCERNING THE ORIGIN OF CATS
XIII. CONCERNING VARIETIES OF CATS
XIV. CONCERNING CAT LANGUAGE

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Winsnes, Hanna: Aftene paa Ekelund [Norwegian].v1. 14 Mar 2014

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Nasjonalbiblioteket har gitt ut de første 35 av 100 planlagte epub-bøker. Bøkene er korrekturlest, men noen litt uvanlige valg med hensyn til oppsett ødelegger leseopplevelsen litt. F. eks. er sidetall/sideombrekning beholdt. Jeg har endret på layout for å gi, i mine øyne, en bedre leseopplevelse.

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Winter, Alice Ames: Jewel Weed. V1. 23 Oct 2011

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Alice Ames Winter (1865-1944) was a Wellesley College graduate, teacher, novelist, and popular public speaker. She was president of the first Woman's Club of Minneapolis and was active in the Unitarian church. Some of her publications include The Prize to the Hardy (1905), Jewel Weed (1906), and The Business of Being a Club Woman (1925).

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In the mists of the infinite, events poise invisible, awaiting their opportunity to incarnate themselves. They fasten, each after his kind, on these human lives of ours, as germs find the culture soil they love; so it follows that to the commonplace comes a life of dull routine, foolish happenings seek out the sentimentalist, sordid events seek the sordid and on the mystic dawns the mysterious. Calamities wait there, too, until Fate points out a weak spot in character on which they may pounce relentless with the temptation that pierces it. As there are certain things that would scarcely dare to happen to certain people, so other greater events would hardly condescend to those whom they recognize as being their own inferiors.

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Wintle, W. J.: Ghost Gleams (collected ghosts). v1. 06 Jan 2021

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Fifteen tales of the occult: some very chilling indeed, a few with comic touches; all are clever and sure to entertain fans of the ghostly and ghastly. The appendix adds an essay discussing purportedy “true stories of the ghost world.”

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William James Wintle (1861 – 25 July 1934) was a British journalist and writer. Towards the end of the First World War, he became an Oblate in the Benedictine Abbey on Caldey Island, where he turned his creative talents to telling ghost stories to the boys of the Abbey’s school. [Ghost Gleams[/, Wintle’s only collection of supernatural tales, was one of the writer’s last published works.

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[Ghost Gleams[/ was originally published in 1921; added essay “Can You Explain It?” in 1903. This book is in the public domain in countries where copyright is “Life+80” or less, and in the USA.

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Wister, Owen: A Straight Deal. v1. 5 Jan 2015

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Owen Wister (July 14, 1860 – July 21, 1938) was an American writer and "father" of western fiction. He is best remembered for writing The Virginian, although he never wrote about the West afterwards.

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Wister, an American writer whose stories helped to establish the cowboy as an archetypical, individualist hero. In a Straight Deal Wister examines British/American relations and the three points behind America's grudge against England: American schoolbooks which are biased in favor of England; various controversies since the Revolution; and certain differences in customs and manners. He also makes a plea for the restoral of good relations.

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Wister, Owen: How Doth the Simple Spelling Bee. v1. 1 Jan 2015

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Owen Wister (July 14, 1860 – July 21, 1938) was an American writer and "father" of western fiction. He is best remembered for writing The Virginian, although he never wrote about the West afterwards.

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Of course, I know not how it may be with you; but with me the mail brings daily a multitude of communications that I have not sought, and do not want; nor do I refer to bills alone; and so, when there came one day a printed card saying:—

Why Heifer?
I tossed it into my waste-paper basket, and remembered it no more. Some days had passed, during which I had worked onward at the index of my forthcoming volume, when my memory was jogged by the arrival of a new absurdity:—

Why not Heffer?

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Wister, Owen: Lady Baltimore. v1. 3 Jan 2015

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Owen Wister (July 14, 1860 – July 21, 1938) was an American writer and "father" of western fiction. He is best remembered for writing The Virginian, although he never wrote about the West afterwards.

Lady Baltimore is the classic novel of post-Civil War Charleston life, in the process of healing the wounds of war through the reconciliation of Northerners and Southerners. Written at the turn of the century, it evokes the enduring charm of old Charleston in contrast to the values of "the breathless, competing North."

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Wister, Owen: Lin McLean. v1. 3 Jan 2015

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Owen Wister (July 14, 1860 – July 21, 1938) was an American writer and "father" of western fiction. He is best remembered for writing The Virginian, although he never wrote about the West afterwards.

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In this novel after the young hero's (Lin McLean) first adventure with his elder brother and the bishop, a plot begins with the entrance of the biscuit-shooter, and steadily proceeds through climax and catastrophe to solution.

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Wister, Owen: Red Men and White. v1. 5 Jan 2015

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Owen Wister (July 14, 1860 – July 21, 1938) was an American writer and "father" of western fiction. He is best remembered for writing The Virginian, although he never wrote about the West afterwards.

LITTLE BIG HORN MEDICINE
SPECIMEN JONES
THE SERENADE AT SISKIYOU
THE GENERAL’S BLUFF
SALVATION GAP
THE SECOND MISSOURI COMPROMISE
LA TINAJA BONITA
A PILGRIM ON THE GILA

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Wister, Owen: The Jimmyjohn Boss. v1. 2 Jan 2015

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Owen Wister (July 14, 1860 – July 21, 1938) was an American writer and "father" of western fiction. He is best remembered for writing The Virginian, although he never wrote about the West afterwards.

Excerpt

The Jimmyjohn Boss
A Kinsman of Red Cloud
Sharon’s Choice
Napoleon Shave-Tail
Twenty Minutes for Refreshments
The Promised Land
Hank’s Woman
Padre Ignazio

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Wister, Owen: The Pentecost of Calamity. v1. 4 Jan 2015

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Owen Wister (July 14, 1860 – July 21, 1938) was an American writer and "father" of western fiction. He is best remembered for writing The Virginian, although he never wrote about the West afterwards.

The book begins: By various influences and agents the Past is summoned before us, more vivid than a dream. The process seems as magical as those whereof we read in fairy legends, where circles are drawn, wands waved, mystic syllables pronounced. Adjured by these rites, voices speak, or forms and faces shape themselves from nothing.

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Wister, Owen: The Virginian. v1. 6 Jan 2015

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Owen Wister (July 14, 1860 – July 21, 1938) was an American writer and "father" of western fiction. He is best remembered for writing The Virginian, although he never wrote about the West afterwards.

The novel that created the icon of the lonely, chivalrous american cowboy, the virginian is owen wister's well-written western adventure tale of the quiet,tough virginian cowboy, his tenderfoot friend, his schoolmarm bride, and their lives in the already dying frontier.

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Wisting, Oscar: 16 år med Roald Amundsen(Ill.)[Norwegian]. v2. 30 nov 2014

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Oscar Wisting (1871-1936) var med Amundsen til Sydpolen med "Fram", gjennom Nordøstpassasjen med "Maud", og med "Norge" over Nordpolen, og ble dermed sammen med sin sjef de to første til å besøke begge polpunktene.

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Witwer, H.C.: Kid Scanlan v1 24 aug 2009

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Harry Charles Witwer (March 11, 1890 – August 9, 1929), more commonly known as H. C. Witwer, was an american short story author. Some 60 comedy film shorts were based on his works, most from the mid 1920s to 1930, the year after Witwer's death.

[QUOTOf all the followers of Ring W. Lardner, concoctors of colloquial slang and slapstick humor, there is no finer exemplar than H. C. Witwer. Witwer writes with a steady, unabated dash; his humor is so obvious that one wonders wanly long after why it induced a smile; when he is pathetic, which is very seldom, it is pathos of the good old ten, twent', thirt' variety.[/QUOT

This is a hilarious boxer story!

Original cover.
Text from Project Gutenberg.
First published in 1920.

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Wood, Charles W; Ed.: The Argosy Vol. 51 No 1. v1. 4 Feb 2015

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Wood, Charles W. (Charles William), 1841-1919: Editor of Argosy Magazine.
Argosy, later titled The Argosy and Argosy All-Story Weekly, was an American pulp magazine from 1882 through 1978, published by Frank Munsey. It is the first American pulp magazine. The magazine began as a children's weekly story–paper entitled The Golden Argosy.

THE ARGOSY.—JANUARY, 1891
THE SILENT CHIMES.—PUTTING THEM UP.
A SONG.
MISS KATE MARSDEN.
THE FATE OF THE HARA DIAMOND.
SONNET.
THE BRETONS AT HOME.
WHO WAS THE THIRD MAID?
A MODERN WITCH.

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Wood, H. Freeman: The Passenger from Scotland Yard. V1. 21 June 2012

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The Passenger from Scotland Yard
by H. Freeman Wood (1888)

H. Freeman Wood was an English writer active in the later years of the nineteenth century. He specialised in mysteries that took place in France involving English characters. The Passenger From Scotland Yard, considered his best work, features Inspector George Byde. His other works include: The Englishman of the Rue Cain (1889), The Night of the 3rd Ult. (1890), Avenged on Society (1892) and The Night Mail (1894).

Synopsis:
Five men sat in a railroad compartment on the main train from London to Dover. The same five men boarded the Channel steamer and crossed to Calais, where they caught another train for Paris. By the time the train reaches Paris, we learn that one man is a detective from Scotland Yard, on the trail of stolen gems; one man is a murderer; and another, a corpse!

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Wood, Henry, Mrs.: Elster's Folly. v1. 16 Jan 2014

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Ellen Wood (17 January 1814 – 10 February 1887), was an English novelist, better known as "Mrs. Henry Wood". She is best known for her 1861 novel East Lynne.
Excerpt
The guard came out of his box and opened the door of one of the carriages-a dirty-looking second-class compartment; the other was a third-class; and a gentleman leaped out. A tall slender man of about four-and-twenty; a man evidently of birth and breeding.'

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Wood, Henry, Mrs: A Life's Secret. v1. 7 Feb 2015

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Ellen Wood (17 January 1814 – 10 February 1887), was an English novelist, better known as "Mrs. Henry Wood". She is perhaps remembered most for her 1861 novel East Lynne, but many of her books became international best-sellers, being widely received in the United States and surpassing Charles Dickens' fame in Australia.

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At that moment a fresh crowd came jostling down Daffodil’s Delight, and Austin was parted from the lady. Indeed, she rushed up to the mob to follow in their wake. Many other ladies followed in their wake—half Daffodil’s Delight, if one might judge by numbers. Shouting, singing, exulting, dancing; it seemed as if they had, for the nonce, gone mad. Sam Shuck, in his long-tailed coat, ornamented with its holes and its slits, was leading the van, his voice hoarse, his face red, his legs and arms executing a war-dance of exaltation. He it was who had got up the excitement and was keeping it up, shouting fiercely: ‘Hurrah for the work of this day! Rule Britanniar! Britons never shall be slaves! The Strike has begun, friends! H—o—o—o—o—o—r—rah! Three cheers for the Strike!’

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Wood, Henry, Mrs: It May Be True. v1. 5 Feb 2015

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Ellen Wood (17 January 1814 – 10 February 1887), was an English novelist, better known as "Mrs. Henry Wood". She is perhaps remembered most for her 1861 novel East Lynne, but many of her books became international best-sellers, being widely received in the United States and surpassing Charles Dickens' fame in Australia.

Excerpt
“I think I am rather later than usual, mamma, but old Mrs. Collins was more than usually talkative; so full of her ailments and griefs, I really was quite vexed with her at last, as if no one in the world suffers as she does. Then the evening was so lovely, I loitered at the bridge to watch the sun set; you can have no idea how beautiful it was; and the wild flowers in the lane, I could not resist gathering them,” and throwing her hat carelessly on the table, Amy seated herself on a low stool at her mother’s feet.

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Wood, Henry, Mrs: Johnny Ludlow. v1. 7 Feb 2015

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Ellen Wood (17 January 1814 – 10 February 1887), was an English novelist, better known as "Mrs. Henry Wood". She is perhaps remembered most for her 1861 novel East Lynne, but many of her books became international best-sellers, being widely received in the United States and surpassing Charles Dickens' fame in Australia.

Excerpt

First Series
Second Series
Third Series
Fourth Series
Fifth Series
Sixth Series

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Wood, Henry, Mrs: Mildred Arkell. v1. 7 Feb 2015

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Ellen Wood (17 January 1814 – 10 February 1887), was an English novelist, better known as "Mrs. Henry Wood". She is perhaps remembered most for her 1861 novel East Lynne, but many of her books became international best-sellers, being widely received in the United States and surpassing Charles Dickens' fame in Australia.

Excerpt
I am going to tell you a story of real life—one of those histories that in point of fact are common enough; but, hidden within themselves as they generally are, are thought to be so rare, and, if proclaimed to the world in all their strange details, are looked upon as a romance, not reality. Some of the actors in this one are living now, but I have the right to tell it, if I please.

Mildred Arkell-Volume I
Mildred Arkell-Volume II
Mildred Arkell-Volume III

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Wood, Henry, Mrs: Mrs. Halliburton's Troubles. v1. 8 Feb 2015

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Ellen Wood (17 January 1814 – 10 February 1887), was an English novelist, better known as "Mrs. Henry Wood". She is perhaps remembered most for her 1861 novel East Lynne, but many of her books became international best-sellers, being widely received in the United States and surpassing Charles Dickens' fame in Australia.

Excerpt
Thursday was the afternoon for the distribution. And on the day we are now writing about, the rector entered the church at the usual hour: four o’clock. He had to make his way through an unusual number of outsiders; for this was one of the shilling days. He knew them all personally; was familiar with their names and homes; for the Rev. Francis Tait was a hard-working clergyman. And hard-working clergymen were more rare in those days than they are in these.

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Wood, Henry, Mrs: The Channings. v1. 15 Jan 2014

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Ellen Wood (17 January 1814 – 10 February 1887), was an English novelist, better known as "Mrs. Henry Wood". She is best known for her 1861 novel East Lynne.

Excerpt
How uncommonly stupid it was of you to do so! "said Bywater, pretending to take the remark literally. "I would not keep a duplicate pair of keys by me--I should make sure they'd bring me to grief. What do you say? You did not keep duplicate keys--they were false ones! Why, that's just what we all told you last night. The bishop told you so. He said he knew you had made a mistake, and taken out the wrong keys for the right. My belief is, that you went out without any keys at all. You left them hanging upon the nail, and you found them there. You had not got a second pair!

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Wood, Henry, Mrs: The Shadow of Ashlydyat

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Ellen Wood (17 January 1814 – 10 February 1887), was an English novelist, better known as "Mrs. Henry Wood". She is perhaps remembered most for her 1861 novel East Lynne, but many of her books became international best-sellers, being widely received in the United States and surpassing Charles Dickens' fame in Australia.

Excerpt
The gay crowd was arriving, some from the breakfast, some from their homes. The rendezvous was a wide, open common, with no space wanting. The restrained hounds snarled away at a short distance, and their attendants, attired for the hunt, clacked their whips among them.

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Wood, Henry, Mrs: The Story of Charles Strange. v1. 9 Feb 2015

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Ellen Wood (17 January 1814 – 10 February 1887), was an English novelist, better known as "Mrs. Henry Wood". She is perhaps remembered most for her 1861 novel East Lynne, but many of her books became international best-sellers, being widely received in the United States and surpassing Charles Dickens' fame in Australia.

Excerpt
I, CHARLES STRANGE, have called this my own story, and shall myself tell a portion of it to the reader; not all.

Charles Strange—Volume 1
Charles Strange—Volume 2
Charles Strange—Volume 3

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Wood, Henry, Mrs: Trevlyn Hold. v1. 10 Feb 2015

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Ellen Wood (17 January 1814 – 10 February 1887), was an English novelist, better known as "Mrs. Henry Wood". She is perhaps remembered most for her 1861 novel East Lynne, but many of her books became international best-sellers, being widely received in the United States and surpassing Charles Dickens' fame in Australia.

Excerpt
Perched on the top of a stile which separated one field from another, was a boy of some fifteen years. Several books, a strap passed round to keep them together, were flung over his shoulder, and he sat throwing stones into a pond close by, softly whistling as he did so. The stones came out of his pocket. Whether stored there for the purpose to which they were now being put, was best known to himself. He was a slender, well-made boy, with finely-shaped features, a clear complexion, and eyes dark and earnest. A refined face; a good face—and you have not to learn that the face is the index of the mind. An index that never fails for those gifted with the power to read the human countenance.

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Wood, Henry, Mrs: Verner's Pride. v1. 10 Feb 2015

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Ellen Wood (17 January 1814 – 10 February 1887), was an English novelist, better known as "Mrs. Henry Wood". She is perhaps remembered most for her 1861 novel East Lynne, but many of her books became international best-sellers, being widely received in the United States and surpassing Charles Dickens' fame in Australia.

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Not that the house possessed much attraction for those whose taste savoured of the antique. No time-worn turrets were there, or angular gables, or crooked eaves, or mullioned Gothic casements, so chary of glass that modern eyes can scarcely see in or out; neither was the edifice constructed of gray stone, or of bricks gone black and green with age. It was a handsome, well-built white mansion, giving the promise of desirable rooms inside, whose chimneys did not smoke or their windows rattle, and where there was sufficient space to turn in. The lower windows opened on a gravelled terrace, which ran along the front of the house, a flight of steps descending from it in its midst. Gently sloping lawns extended from the terrace, on either side the steps and the broad walks which branched from them; on which lawns shone gay parterres of flowers already scenting the air, and giving promise of the advancing summer. Beyond, were covered walks, affording a shelter from the sultry noontide sun; shrubberies and labyrinths of many turnings and windings, so suggestive of secret meetings, were secret meetings desirable; groves of scented shrubs exhaling their perfume; cascades and rippling fountains; mossy dells, concealing the sweet primrose, the sweeter violet; and verdant, sunny spots open to the country round, to the charming distant scenery. These open spots had their benches, where you might sit and feast the eyes through the live-long summer day.

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Wood, James, Editor: Nuttall Encyclopædia. 14 Aug 07

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[The Nuttall Encyclopædia[/

Being
A Concise And Comprehensive Dictionary
Of General Knowledge
Consisting Of
Over 16,000 Terse And Original Articles On Nearly All Subjects Discussed In Larger
Encyclopædias, And Specially Dealing With Such As Come Under The Categories Of History,
Biography, Geography, Literature, Philosophy, Religion, Science, And Art

Edited by The
Rev. James Wood

From 1907 directly to you door.

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Wood, Mrs Henry: East Lynne, v.1, 1 March 2008.

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Ellen Wood always published under the name of ‘Mrs Henry Wood.’

‘East Lynne’ was an incredibly popular medodramatic novel, first published in 1861. This text is from an 1883 edition.

The famous line, “Dead!—and never called me ‘Mother’!” is actually from a stage adaptation.

This is a story of a young wife who is seduced and abandoned. After a disfiguring accident she takes a post as governess in her former husband’s house, so as to be near her children. (There is also a sensational sub-plot.)

This storyline was later adapted for the film ‘Mrs Doubtfire’.

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Wood, Mrs. Henry: Johnny Ludlow, Fifth Series. v1. 29 Jan 2021

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Stories of the strange and unusual, filled with psychological suspense, recounting mysterious and sometimes uncanny events. These were presented as written by “Johnny Ludlow;” the true identity of the author was successfully concealed for twelve years.

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Ellen Wood (née Price; 17 January 1814 – 10 February 1887), was an English novelist, better known as Mrs. Henry Wood. A notable author of the Victorian period, she wrote over 30 novels as well as many shorter works of mystery, crime and suspense. She is principally remembered as the author of “East Lynne,” one of the most popular sensation novels of the mid-19th century.

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First published 1899. This book is in the public domain worldwide.

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Wood, Mrs. Henry: Johnny Ludlow, First Series. v1. 29 Jan 2021

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Stories of the strange and unusual, filled with psychological suspense, recounting mysterious and sometimes uncanny events. These were presented as written by “Johnny Ludlow;” the true identity of the author was successfully concealed for twelve years.

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Ellen Wood (née Price; 17 January 1814 – 10 February 1887), was an English novelist, better known as Mrs. Henry Wood. A notable author of the Victorian period, she wrote over 30 novels as well as many shorter works of mystery, crime and suspense. She is principally remembered as the author of “East Lynne,” one of the most popular sensation novels of the mid-19th century.

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First published 1874. This book is in the public domain worldwide.

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Wood, Mrs. Henry: Johnny Ludlow, Fourth Series. v1. 29 Jan 2021

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Stories of the strange and unusual, filled with psychological suspense, recounting mysterious and sometimes uncanny events. These were presented as written by “Johnny Ludlow;” the true identity of the author was successfully concealed for twelve years.

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Ellen Wood (née Price; 17 January 1814 – 10 February 1887), was an English novelist, better known as Mrs. Henry Wood. A notable author of the Victorian period, she wrote over 30 novels as well as many shorter works of mystery, crime and suspense. She is principally remembered as the author of “East Lynne,” one of the most popular sensation novels of the mid-19th century.

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First published 1890. This book is in the public domain worldwide.

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Wood, Mrs. Henry: Johnny Ludlow, Second Series. v1. 29 Jan 2021

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Stories of the strange and unusual, filled with psychological suspense, recounting mysterious and sometimes uncanny events. These were presented as written by “Johnny Ludlow;” the true identity of the author was successfully concealed for twelve years.

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Ellen Wood (née Price; 17 January 1814 – 10 February 1887), was an English novelist, better known as Mrs. Henry Wood. A notable author of the Victorian period, she wrote over 30 novels as well as many shorter works of mystery, crime and suspense. She is principally remembered as the author of “East Lynne,” one of the most popular sensation novels of the mid-19th century.

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First published 1880. This book is in the public domain worldwide.

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Wood, Mrs. Henry: Johnny Ludlow, Sixth Series. v1. 29 Jan 2021

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Stories of the strange and unusual, filled with psychological suspense, recounting mysterious and sometimes uncanny events. These were presented as written by “Johnny Ludlow;” the true identity of the author was successfully concealed for twelve years.

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Ellen Wood (née Price; 17 January 1814 – 10 February 1887), was an English novelist, better known as Mrs. Henry Wood. A notable author of the Victorian period, she wrote over 30 novels as well as many shorter works of mystery, crime and suspense. She is principally remembered as the author of “East Lynne,” one of the most popular sensation novels of the mid-19th century.

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First published 1899. This book is in the public domain worldwide.

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Wood, Mrs. Henry: Johnny Ludlow, Third Series. v1. 29 Jan 2021

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Stories of the strange and unusual, filled with psychological suspense, recounting mysterious and sometimes uncanny events. These were presented as written by “Johnny Ludlow;” the true identity of the author was successfully concealed for twelve years.

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Ellen Wood (née Price; 17 January 1814 – 10 February 1887), was an English novelist, better known as Mrs. Henry Wood. A notable author of the Victorian period, she wrote over 30 novels as well as many shorter works of mystery, crime and suspense. She is principally remembered as the author of “East Lynne,” one of the most popular sensation novels of the mid-19th century.

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First published 1885. This book is in the public domain worldwide.

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Wood, Mrs. Henry: The story of Charles Strange Vol 1.V1. March 19 2012

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From Wikipedia: [quotEllen Wood (17 January 1814 – 10 February 1887), was an English novelist, better known as "Mrs. Henry Wood". She is best known for her 1861 novel East Lynne.[/quot

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Wood, Mrs. Henry: The story of Charles Strange Vol 2.V1. March 19 2012

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From Wikipedia: [quotEllen Wood (17 January 1814 – 10 February 1887), was an English novelist, better known as "Mrs. Henry Wood". She is best known for her 1861 novel East Lynne.[/quot

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Wood, Mrs. Henry: The story of Charles Strange Vol 3.V1. March 19 2012

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From Wikipedia: [quotEllen Wood (17 January 1814 – 10 February 1887), was an English novelist, better known as "Mrs. Henry Wood". She is best known for her 1861 novel East Lynne.[/quot

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Wood, Thomas: Practical Grammar And Composition.V1.3 July 2014

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Having uploaded "The Elements of Style" I thought I'd also upload a book on Grammar to go along with it.

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Woodrow, Wilson Mrs: The Black Pearl. v1. 11 Feb 2015r

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Woodrow, Wilson, Mrs., 1870-1935

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It was just at sunset that the train which had crawled across the desert drew up, puffing and panting, before the village of Paloma, not many miles from the Salton Sea. After a moment’s delay, one lone passenger descended. Paloma was not an important station.
Rudolf Hanson, the one passenger, whom either curiosity or business had brought thither, stood on the platform of the little station looking about him. To the right of him, beyond the village, blooming like an oasis from the irrigation afforded by the artesian wells, rose the mountains, the foothills green and dimpled, the slopes with their massed shadows of pines and oaks climbing upward and gashed with deep purple cañons, and above them the great white, solemn peaks, austere and stately guardians of the desert which stretched away and away, its illimitable distances lost at last in the horizon line.

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Woodrow, Wilson Mrs: The Silver Butterfly. v1. 11 Feb 2015

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Woodrow, Wilson, Mrs., 1870-1935

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Hayden was back in New York again after several years spent in the uttermost parts of the earth. He had been building railroads in South America, Africa, and China, and had maintained so many lodges in this or that wilderness that he really feared he might be curiously awkward in adapting himself to the conventional requirements of civilization. In his long roundabout journey home he had stopped for a few weeks in both London and Paris; but to his mental discomfort, they had but served to accentuate his loneliness and whet his longings for the dear, unforgotten life of his native city, that intimate, easy existence, wherein relatives, not too near, congenial friends and familiar haunts played so important a part.

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Woolf, Virginia: A Room of One’s Own, v.1, 14 Dec 2007.

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This essay was based on two talks on ‘Women and Fiction’ given by Virginia Woolf in Cambridge in 1928.

A woman needs financial independence and privacy if she is to be a writer. The story of Shakespeare’s sister shows the obstacles in women’s paths. In the past not many women were strong enough to say, ‘Lock up your libraries if you like; but there is no gate, no lock, no bolt, that you can set upon the freedom of my mind.’

The source was PG Australia.

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Woolf, Virginia: Between the Acts, v.1, 14 Dec 2007.

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Published in 1941, this was Virginia Woolf’s last work.

The novel has no chapter breaks and is a continuous narrative, punctuated by occasional blank lines.
It describes a village pageant, showing how art can be a unifying force (though between the acts the unity breaks down)..

The source was PG Australia.

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Woolf, Virginia: Flush – A Biography, v.1, 14 Dec 2007.

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This is the biography of the poet Elizabeth Barrett Browning’s spaniel, Flush.

Yes, it [is [/a dog's life.

The source was PG Australia.

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Woolf, Virginia: Monday or Tuesday, v.1, 17 March 2008.

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An early collection of eight short stories and prose poems.
(1921)

Contents:
1. A Haunted House
2. A Society
3. Monday or Tuesday
4. An Unwritten Novel
5. The String Quartet
6. Blue & Green
7. Kew Gardens
8. The Mark on the Wall

Found on PG Australia.

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Woolf, Virginia: Mrs Dalloway, v1.1 17 Dec 2010

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Published in 1925, Mrs Dalloway is one of the great books of the 20th Century and marks Virginia Woolf's final break with the traditional form of the novel. It shows "the world seen by the sane & the insane, side by side", compressed into the space of one London day.

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Woolf, Virginia: Orlando. v1.1 17 Dec 2010

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Published in 1928, Orlando is an enjoyable literary joke. It is also, according to Virginia Woolf's biographer Hermione Lee, "a critique of sexual censorship, and of fixed notions of sexual difference, which is also cunningly self-censoring. It covers its tracks and gets away with murder." Woolf's lover Vita Sackville-West posed for several of the illustrations.

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Woolf, Virginia: The Common Reader, v1. 30 Apr 2011

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“The common reader... differs from the critic and the scholar. He is worse educated, and nature has not gifted him so generously. He reads for his own pleasure rather than to impart knowledge or correct the opinions of others. Above all, he is guided by an instinct to create for himself, out of whatever odds and ends he can come by, some kind of whole—a portrait of a man, a sketch of an age, a theory of the art of writing. He never ceases, as he reads, to run up some rickety and ramshackle fabric which shall give him the temporary satisfaction of looking sufficiently like the real object to allow of affection, laughter, and argument. ...if he has some say in the final distribution of poetical honours, then, perhaps, it may be worth while to write down a few of the ideas and opinions which, insignificant in themselves, yet contribute to so mighty a result.” —From Woolf’s opening essay.

This book contains both the first and second series of The Common Reader, and contains essays on noted authors and on others likely to be unknown to most readers. Always interesting, she can be funny, too. I particularly recommend the second essay under Dr. Burney’s Evening Party.

Jim

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Woolf, Virginia: The Years, v.1, 17 March 2008.

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A novel of 1937.
(The source was PG Australia.)

From Wikipedia:
[The Years [/is a 1937 novel by Virginia Woolf, the last she published in her lifetime. It traces the history of the genteel Pargiter family from the 1880s to the "present day" of the mid-1930s.
Although spanning fifty years, the novel is not epic in scope, focusing instead on the small private details of the characters' lives. Except for the first, each section takes place on a single day of its titular year, and each year is defined by a particular moment in the cycle of seasons. At the beginning of each section, and sometimes as a transition within sections, Woolf describes the changing weather all over Britain, taking in both London and countryside as if in a bird's-eye-view before focusing in on her characters. Although these descriptions move across the whole of England in a paragraph, Woolf only rarely and briefly broadens her view to the world outside Britain.

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Woolf, Virginia: Three Guineas, v.1, 14 Dec 2007.

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From Wikipedia:

“Three Guineas is a book-length essay by Virginia Woolf, published in June 1938. Woolf wrote the essay to answer three questions, each from a different society:
• From an anti-war society: "How should war be prevented?"
• From a women's college building fund: "Why does the government not support education for women?" (Actually, the fund was a metaphor for family private funds to send the "boys of the family" to college and not the women. Woolf questioned this practice, but it was never about government supported schooling for women, but for all people!)
• From a society promoting employment of professional women: "Why are women not allowed to engage in professional work?"
The book is composed of Woolf's responses to a series of letters. The question and answer format creates a sense of dialogue and debate on the politically charged issues the essay tackles, rather than just presenting simple polemical diatribes on each topic.”

The source was PG Australia.

I have hyperlinked the endnotes and added a cover picture etc.

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Woolf, Virginia: To The Lighthouse v1 08 June 2013

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When Virginia Woolf was preparing [To The Lighthouse[/ for the press, she edited two versions - one for the UK and one for the US. She was in the habit of rewriting as she went and when they were finally published there were a considerable number of differences between them.

This version, taken (with permission) from EbookClassics.org.uk, is based originally on the Project Gutenberg text, which is an odd mixture of the two editions. It also contains several hundred scanning errors.

It has been proofread, corrected and checked against the UK edition published by the Hogarth Press. There is an interesting account of the process in their blog.http://ebookclassicsorguk.wordpress.com/

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Woolman, John: Journal - 23 June 07

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[QUOTExemplifying the inner life of the Society of Friends, Woolman's Journal also formed part of his crusade against slavery that would only be realized 150 years later.

John Woolman was born at Northampton, N. J., in 1720, and died at York, England, in 1772. He was the child of Quaker parents, and from his youth was a zealous member of the Society of Friends. His "Journal," published posthumously in 1774, sufficiently describes his way of life and the spirit in which he did his work; but his extreme humility prevents him from making clear the importance of the part he played in the movement against slaveholding among the Quakers.[/QUOTIt is a powerful book.

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Woolson, Constance Fenimore: Anne. v1. 4 May 2013

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Constance Fenimore Woolson (March 5, 1840 – January 24, 1894) was an American novelist, poet, and short story writer. She was a grandniece of James Fenimore Cooper, and is best known for fictions about the Great Lakes region, the American South, and American expatriates in Europe.

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William Douglas stopped playing for a moment, and turned his head toward the speaker, who, standing on a ladder, bent herself to one side, in order that he might see the wreath of evergreen, studded with cones, which she had hung on the wall over one of the small arched windows.
"It is too compact, Anne, too heavy. There should be sprays falling from it here and there, like a real vine. The greenery, dear, should be either growing naturally upward or twining; large branches standing in the corners like trees, or climbing vines. Stars, stiff circles, and set shapes should be avoided. That wreath looks as though it had been planed by a carpenter."

NOTE: 30 Illustrations

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Woolson, Constance Fenimore: Castle Nowhere. v1. 2 May 2013

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Constance Fenimore Woolson (March 5, 1840 – January 24, 1894) was an American novelist, poet, and short story writer. She was a grandniece of James Fenimore Cooper, and is best known for fictions about the Great Lakes region, the American South, and American expatriates in Europe.

CASTLE NOWHERE
JEANNETTE
THE OLD AGENCY.
THE GRENADIERS.
PATIENCE DOW.

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Woolson, Constance Fenimore: Dorothy and other Italian Stories. v1. 5 May 2013

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Constance Fenimore Woolson (March 5, 1840 – January 24, 1894) was an American novelist, poet, and short story writer. She was a grandniece of James Fenimore Cooper, and is best known for fictions about the Great Lakes region, the American South, and American expatriates in Europe.

DOROTHY
A TRANSPLANTED BOY
A FLORENTINE EXPERIMENT
A WAITRESS
AT THE CHÂTEAU OF CORINNE

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Woolson, Constance Fenimore: East Angels. v1. 2 May 2013

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Constance Fenimore Woolson (March 5, 1840 – January 24, 1894) was an American novelist, poet, and short story writer. She was a grandniece of James Fenimore Cooper, and is best known for fictions about the Great Lakes region, the American South, and American expatriates in Europe.

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"I think, more than anything else, I came to be under blue sky."
"Are you fond of sky?" said the young girl who was sitting near the speaker, her eyes on the shimmering water of the lagoon which stretched north and south before the house.

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Woolson, Constance Fenimore: For the Major. v1. 1 May 2013

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Constance Fenimore Woolson (March 5, 1840 – January 24, 1894) was an American novelist, poet, and short story writer. She was a grandniece of James Fenimore Cooper, and is best known for fictions about the Great Lakes region, the American South, and American expatriates in Europe.

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EDGERLEY the first lay on the eastern flank of Chillawassee Mountain; Edgerley the second six hundred feet above. The first Edgerley, being nearer the high civilization of the state capital, claimed the name, and held it; while the second Edgerley was obliged to content itself with an added "far." Far Edgerley did not object to its adjective so long as it was not considered as applying especially to the distance between it and the lower town. It was "far," if you pleased—far from cities, far from traffic, from Babylon, from Zanzibar, from the Pole—but it was not "far" from Edgerley. Rather was Edgerley far from it, and—long may she keep so! Meanwhile Edgerley the first prospered, though rather plebeianly. She had two thousand inhabitants, cheese factories, saw-mills, and a stage line across Black Mountain to Tuloa, where connection was made with a second line, which went eastward to the railway. An Edgerley merchant, therefore, could reach the capital of his state in fifty-five hours: what could man want more? The merchants were of the opinion that they wanted nothing; they fully appreciated their advantages, and Edgerley. But their neighbors on top of the mountain, who looked down upon them in more senses than one, did not agree with them in their opinion; they infinitely preferred their own village, though it had no factories, no saw-mills, no stage line to Tuloa, and no necessity for one, and no two thousand inhabitants—hardly, indeed, and with stretching, a bare thousand. There would seem to have been little in these lacks upon which to found a pride, if the matter had been viewed with the eyes of that spirit of progress which generally takes charge of American towns; but, so far at least, the Spirit of Progress had not climbed Chillawassee Mountain, and thus Far Edgerley was left to its prejudiced creed

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Woolson, Constance Fenimore: Horace Chase, v1. 5 May 2013

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Constance Fenimore Woolson (March 5, 1840 – January 24, 1894) was an American novelist, poet, and short story writer. She was a grandniece of James Fenimore Cooper, and is best known for fictions about the Great Lakes region, the American South, and American expatriates in Europe.

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IN a mountain village of North Carolina, in the year 1873, the spring had opened with its accustomed beauty. But one day there came a pure cold wind which swept through the high valley at tremendous speed from dawn to midnight. People who never succumb to mere comfort did not relight their fires. But to the Franklin family comfort was a goddess, they would never have thought of calling her "mere"; "delightful" was their word, and Ruth would probably have said "delicious." The fire in Mrs. Franklin's parlor, therefore, having been piled with fresh logs at two o'clock as an offering to this deity, was now, at four, sending out a ruddy glow. It was a fire which called forth Ruth's highest approbation when she came in, followed by her dog, Petie Trone, Esq. Not that Ruth had been facing the blast; she never went out from a sense of duty, and for her there was no pleasure in doing battle with things that were disagreeable for the sake merely of conquering them. Ruth had come from her own room, where there was a fire also, but one not so generous as this, for here the old-fashioned hearth was broad and deep. The girl sat down on the rug before the blaze, and then, after a moment, she stretched herself out at full length there, with her head resting on her arm thrown back behind it.

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Woolson, Constance Fenimore: Jupiter Lights. v1. 1 May 2013

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Constance Fenimore Woolson (March 5, 1840 – January 24, 1894) was an American novelist, poet, and short story writer. She was a grandniece of James Fenimore Cooper, and is best known for fictions about the Great Lakes region, the American South, and American expatriates in Europe.

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Meadows was Miss Bruce’s maid; one could have told that she was English (even if one had not heard her speak) from her fresh, rosy complexion, her smooth hair put plainly and primly back from her forehead, her stiff-backed figure with its elbows out, and her large, thick-soled boots.
“I don’t mind being ’umped-up on the bank, miss, if you please,” she went on in her sweet voice, dropping her h’s (and adding them, too) in unexpected places. “It’s those great waves we ’ad last week, mem, if you please, that seemed so horful.”

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Woolson, Constance Fenimore: Rodman the Keeper. v1. 30 Apr 2013

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Constance Fenimore Woolson (March 5, 1840 – January 24, 1894) was an American novelist, poet, and short story writer. She was a grandniece of James Fenimore Cooper, and is best known for fictions about the Great Lakes region, the American South, and American expatriates in Europe.

RODMAN THE KEEPER.
SISTER ST. LUKE.
MISS ELISABETHA.
OLD GARDISTON.
THE SOUTH DEVIL.
IN THE COTTON COUNTRY.
FELIPA.
"BRO."
KING DAVID.
UP IN THE BLUE RIDGE.

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Woolson, Constance Fenimore: Solomon. v1. 29 Apr 2013

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Constance Fenimore Woolson (March 5, 1840 – January 24, 1894) was an American novelist, poet, and short story writer. She was a grandniece of James Fenimore Cooper, and is best known for fictions about the Great Lakes region, the American South, and American expatriates in Europe.

SOLOMON.
WILHELMINA.
ST. CLAIR FLATS
THE LADY OF LITTLE FISHING.
MACARIUS THE MONK.

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Woolson, Constance Fenimore: The Front Yard. v1. 29 Apr 2013

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Constance Fenimore Woolson (March 5, 1840 – January 24, 1894) was an American novelist, poet, and short story writer. She was a grandniece of James Fenimore Cooper, and is best known for fictions about the Great Lakes region, the American South, and American expatriates in Europe.

THE FRONT YARD
NEPTUNE'S SHORE
A PINK VILLA
THE STREET OF THE HYACINTH
A CHRISTMAS PARTY
IN VENICE

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Woolson, Constance Fenimore: The Old Stone House. v1. 29 Apr 2013

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Constance Fenimore Woolson (March 5, 1840 – January 24, 1894) was an American novelist, poet, and short story writer. She was a grandniece of James Fenimore Cooper, and is best known for fictions about the Great Lakes region, the American South, and American expatriates in Europe.

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Aunt Faith sat alone on the piazza, and sad thoughts crowded into her heart. It was her birthday,—the first day of June,—and she could look back over more than half a century, with that mournful retrospect which birthdays are apt to bring. Aunt Faith had seen trouble, and had met affliction face to face. When she was still a bride, her husband died suddenly and left her lonely forever; then, one by one, her brothers and sisters had been taken, and she was made sole guardian of their orphan children,—a flock of tender little lambs,—to be nourished and protected from the cold and the rain, the snare and the pitfalls, the tempter and the ravening wolf ever prowling around the fold. Hugh and Sibyl, Tom and Grace, and, last of all, wild little Bessie from the southern hill-country,—this was her charge. Hugh and Sibyl Warrington were the children of an elder brother; Tom and Grace Morris the children of a sister, and Bessie Darrell the only child of Aunt Faith's youngest sister, who had been the pet of all her family. For ten long years Aunt Faith had watched over this little band of orphans, and her heart and hands had been full of care. Children will be children, and the best mother has her hours of trouble over her wayward darlings; how much more an aunt, who, without the delicate maternal instinct as a guide, feels the responsibility to be doubly heavy!

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Worcester, Noah: A Solemn Review of the Custom of War. v1 19 Jul 2016

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Harriet Martineau devoted a chapter in her book [Retrospect of Western Travel[/ to 'Originals ... men and women who ... think, speak, and act ... in a different way from the generality of men.' One of them was Noah Worcester, who 'devoted his powers to the promotion of Peace principles, and the establishment of Peace Societies in America.'

The text was taken from the nonresistance.org website, which has a marvellous collection of public domain material on peace and peacemaking in HTML and pdf formats. I have corrected a typo, and made some minor changes to the markup for this ebook.

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World Fact Book Reference Maps. v0.1 11 March 2009

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This is an early test build of the reference maps included in the CIA World Fact Book. Since I have them, I decided to share. Enjoy.

This ebook is made from US gov't. files, and is in the public domain.

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Wraxall, Lascelles, Sir: The Backwoodsman. v1. 13 Feb 2015

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Wraxall, Sir Frederic Charles Lascelles, third baronet (1828-1865), writer, was born at Boulogne, France, on 2 January 1828, the eldest son of Charles Edward Wraxall (1792-1854), lieutenant in the Royal Artillery, and Ellen Cecilia, daughter of John Madden of Richmond, Surrey. His grandfather was Sir Nathaniel William Wraxall, first baronet ...

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My blockhouse was built at the foot of the mountain chain of the Rio Grande, on the precipitous banks of the River Leone. On three sides it was surrounded by a fourteen feet stockade of split trees standing perpendicularly. At the two front corners of the palisade were small turrets of the same material, whence the face of the wall could be held under fire in the event of an attack from hostile Indians. On the south side of the river stretched out illimitable rolling prairies, while the northern side was covered with the densest virgin forest for many miles. To the north and west I had no civilized neighbours at all, while to the south and east the nearest settlement was at least 250 miles distant. My small garrison consisted of three men, who, whenever I was absent, defended the fort, and at other times looked after the small field and garden as well as the cattle.

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Wren, P C: Beau Ideal (1927), v2, 21 Aug 2019

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The third of the "Beau" trilogy, this time telling of further developments in the life of John Geste through the eyes of American Otis Vanbugh.

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Wren, P C: Beau Sabreur (1926), v1, 19 Aug 2019

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[Beau Sabreur[/ is a 1926 novel by P.C._Wren. It is a sort of prequel/sequel to [Beau Geste[/ and was turned into a film in 1928.
It focusses on Henri Beaujolais, an officer of the French Foreign Legion who appeared at the beginning of [Beau Geste.[/

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Wren, P C: Cardboard Castle (1935), v1, 6 Aug 2019

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There are remarkably few books by P C Wren in the Library: in this library, essentially just the Beau Geste trilogy; in the epub library just one title.

This is a non-Foreign Legion novel.

"IN this new book by Major Wren the adventure and courage are more on the psychological side than on the physical. There is a mystery. more than a touch of horror. a keen study of an odd 14-year-old boy, and as neat a plot as any one could wish, with every tiny thread caught up at the finish and tied in a beautiful knot."

New York Times, April 17, 1938

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Wren, P C: Good Gestes (1929); v1; 18 Aug 2019

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Subtitled "[Stories of Beau Geste, His Brothers, and Certain of Their Comrades in the French Foreign Legion[/" in the happier times before the disaster at Zinderneuf as told in "[Beau Geste[/".

10 Short stories:

1: What's in a Name
2: A Gentleman of Colour
3: David and His Incredible Jonathan
4: The McSnorrt Reminiscent
5: Buried Treasure
6: If Wishes were Horses
7: The Devil and Digby Geste
8: The Mule
9: Presentiments
10: Dreams Come True

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Wren, P C: Port o' Missing Men (1934); v1, 18 Aug 2019

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Six further short stories of the Foreign Legion. These follow directly on from "Flawed Blades"

1: The Return of Odo Klemens
2: The Betrayal of Odo Klemens
3: The Life of Odo Klemens
4: Moon-rise
5: Moon-shadows
6: Moon-set

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Wren, P C: Stepsons of France (1917), v1, 6 August 2019

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Described on the cover as "True Stories of the French Foreign Legion"

Seventeen short stories:

1: Ten little Legionaries
2: [À la Ninon de L'Enclos[/
3: An Officer and— a Liar
4: The Dead Hand
5: The Gift
6: The Deserter
7: Five Minutes
8: "Here are Ladies"
9: The MacSnorrt
10: "Belzébuth"
11: The Quest
12: "Vengeance is Mine..."
13: Sermons in Stones
14: Moonshine
15: The Coward of the Legion
16: Mahdev Rao
17: The Merry Liars

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Wren, P. C.: Flawed Blades (1933); v1, 18 Aug 2019

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Seven short stories of the French Foreign Legion.

1: No. 187017
2: Bombs
3: Mastic— and Drastic
4: The Death Post
5: E Tenebris
6: Nemesis
7: The Hunting of Henri

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Wren, Percival Christoper: Beau Geste (1924), v2, 18 Aug 2019

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The adventures of three English Geste brothers (Beau, Digby and John) who enlist separately in the French Foreign Legion following the theft of a valuable jewel from the country house of a relative. Published in 1924, the novel is set in the period before World War I.

Memorable for the eerie opening scene at abandoned, burning Fort Zinderneuf. Filmed several times.

138,000 words.

Only one edition appears in the Library, in the .prc format. I have remade the book, and provided a cover, from the 1920s "cheap edition" dust jacket, which required considerable retouching and new text due to decrepitude.

I also had to re-insert all the (many) em-dashes, which were represented in the .prc file by hyphens.

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Wren, Percival Christopher: Beau Geste. V1. 30 Nov 2008

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Percival Christopher Wren (1875–1941) was a British writer, mostly of adventure fiction. He is remembered best for Beau Geste, a much-filmed book of 1924 involving the French Foreign Legion in North Africa, and its sequels, Beau Sabreur and Beau Ideal.
Born in Devonshire England in 1885, Percival Christopher Wren was a collateral descendant of the famous British 17th century architect Sir Christopher Wren. His literary influences included Frederick Marryat, R. M. Ballantyne, G. A. Henty, and H. Rider Haggard. After graduated with an MA from Oxford, Percival travelled the world for five years before joining the British Calvary. From there, he went on to join the French Foreign Legion, worked in India for the Bombay government for 10 years. World events saw him returning to active service during WWI with the India Army in East Africa, after which he settled and married in London in 1917. He lived out the remainder of his life in England concentrating on his literary career.

This work is a romantic adventure of the French Foreign Legion, and is set in the searing heat of the Sahara desert. It evokes the ethos and pride of the Legion, and the often wild lives and loyalties of the legionnaires.
The central character is Michael "Beau" Geste, the eldest of the three Geste brothers of Brandon Abbas, who have been brought up by their aunt. When a precious jewel known as the "Blue Water", the focus of the family fortunes, goes missing, suspicion falls on the brothers, and Beau leaves Britain to join the French Foreign Legion followed by his brothers, Digby and John. There they encounter the sadistic Sergeant Lejaune, and the unit is besieged at Fort Zinderneuf by Tuareg rebels. Beau's heroism is proved, but only John survives to return home, where he is welcomed by their aunt and the reason for the jewel theft is revealed to have been a matter of honor.

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Wren, Percival Christopher: Beau Sabreur. V1. 30 Nov 2008

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Percival Christopher Wren (1875–1941) was a British writer, mostly of adventure fiction. He is remembered best for Beau Geste, a much-filmed book of 1924 involving the French Foreign Legion in North Africa, and its sequels, Beau Sabreur and Beau Ideal.
Born in Devonshire England in 1885, Percival Christopher Wren was a collateral descendant of the famous British 17th century architect Sir Christopher Wren. His literary influences included Frederick Marryat, R. M. Ballantyne, G. A. Henty, and H. Rider Haggard. After graduated with an MA from Oxford, Percival travelled the world for five years before joining the British Calvary. From there, he went on to join the French Foreign Legion, worked in India for the Bombay government for 10 years. World events saw him returning to active service during WWI with the India Army in East Africa, after which he settled and married in London in 1917. He lived out the remainder of his life in England concentrating on his literary career.

Wren immortalized the French Foreign Legion in Beau Geste and many other novels of high adventure and romance. Beau Sabreur is the sequel to Beau Geste. Contents: Part One: Failure; The Making of a Beau Sabreur; Part Two: Success; The Making of a Monarch.

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Wren, Percival Christopher: Stories of the Foreign Legion. V1. 1 Dec 2008

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Percival Christopher Wren (1875–1941) was a British writer, mostly of adventure fiction. He is remembered best for Beau Geste, a much-filmed book of 1924 involving the French Foreign Legion in North Africa, and its sequels, Beau Sabreur and Beau Ideal.
Born in Devonshire England in 1885, Percival Christopher Wren was a collateral descendant of the famous British 17th century architect Sir Christopher Wren. His literary influences included Frederick Marryat, R. M. Ballantyne, G. A. Henty, and H. Rider Haggard. After graduated with an MA from Oxford, Percival travelled the world for five years before joining the British Calvary. From there, he went on to join the French Foreign Legion, worked in India for the Bombay government for 10 years. World events saw him returning to active service during WWI with the India Army in East Africa, after which he settled and married in London in 1917. He lived out the remainder of his life in England concentrating on his literary career.

Incorporating (but not including all stories from):
* Stepsons of France (1917)
* Good Gestes: Stories of Beau Geste, His Brothers, and Certain of Their Comrades in the French Foreign Legion (1929)
* Flawed Blades: Tales from the Foreign Legion (1933)
* Port o' Missing Men: Strange Tale of the Stranger Regiment (1943)

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Wright, Harold Bell: Helen of the Old House. v1. 7 Jan 2015

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Harold Bell Wright (May 4, 1872 – May 24, 1944) was a best-selling American writer of fiction, essays, and non-fiction during the first half of the 20th century. Although mostly forgotten or ignored after the middle of the 20th century, he is said to have been the first American writer to sell a million copies of a novel and the first to make $1 million from writing fiction. Between 1902 and 1942 Wright wrote 19 books, several stage plays, and many magazine articles. More than 15 movies were made or claimed to be made from Wright's stories, including Gary Cooper's first major movie, The Winning of Barbara Worth (1926) and the John Wayne film, The Shepherd of the Hills (1941).

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The philosopher who keeps the cigar stand on the corner of Congress Street and Ward Avenue explained it very clearly when he answered an inquiring stranger, “You just can’t think Millsburgh without thinkin’ mills; an’ you can’t think mills without thinkin’ the Mill.”
As he turned from the cash register to throw his customer’s change on the scratched top of the glass show case, the philosopher added with a grin that was a curious blend of admiration, contempt and envy, “An’ you just can’t think the Mill without thinkin’ Adam Ward.”

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Wright, Harold Bell: That Printer of Udell's. v1. 8 Jan 2015

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Harold Bell Wright (May 4, 1872 – May 24, 1944) was a best-selling American writer of fiction, essays, and non-fiction during the first half of the 20th century. Although mostly forgotten or ignored after the middle of the 20th century, he is said to have been the first American writer to sell a million copies of a novel and the first to make $1 million from writing fiction. Between 1902 and 1942 Wright wrote 19 books, several stage plays, and many magazine articles. More than 15 movies were made or claimed to be made from Wright's stories, including Gary Cooper's first major movie, The Winning of Barbara Worth (1926) and the John Wayne film, The Shepherd of the Hills (1941).

Dick Falkner, who comes from a broken home, sees his father under the influence of alcohol and his mother starving. After his parents' death, young Dick Falkner, a newcomer in Boyd City, lives among the poor until he lands a job and begins work at Udell's print shop. He joins a church, but offends the congregation by promoting ministry among the "lower classes." When a poor man is found dead on the church steps, and a mystery ensues.

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Wright, Harold Bell: The Calling of Dan Matthews. 6 Jan 2015

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Harold Bell Wright (May 4, 1872 – May 24, 1944) was a best-selling American writer of fiction, essays, and non-fiction during the first half of the 20th century. Although mostly forgotten or ignored after the middle of the 20th century, he is said to have been the first American writer to sell a million copies of a novel and the first to make $1 million from writing fiction. Between 1902 and 1942 Wright wrote 19 books, several stage plays, and many magazine articles. More than 15 movies were made or claimed to be made from Wright's stories, including Gary Cooper's first major movie, The Winning of Barbara Worth (1926) and the John Wayne film, The Shepherd of the Hills (1941).

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""And because the town of this story is what it is, there came to dwell in it a Spirit -- a strange, mysterious power -- playful, vicious, deadly; a Something to be at once feared and courted; to be denied -- yet confessed in the denial; a deadly enemy, a welcome friend, an all-powerful Ally."" . . . This story began in the Ozark Mountains. It follows the trail that is nobody knows how old. But mostly this story happened in Corinth, a town of the middle class in a Middle Western state. There is nothing peculiar about Corinth. The story might have happened just as well in any other place, for the only distinguishing feature about this town is its utter lack of any distinguishing feature whatever. In all the essential elements of its life, so far as this story goes, Corinth is exactly like every other village, town or city in the land. This, indeed, is why the story happened in this particular place.

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Wright, Harold Bell: The Eyes of the World. v1. 7 Dec 2015

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Harold Bell Wright (May 4, 1872 – May 24, 1944) was a best-selling American writer of fiction, essays, and non-fiction during the first half of the 20th century. Although mostly forgotten or ignored after the middle of the 20th century, he is said to have been the first American writer to sell a million copies of a novel and the first to make $1 million from writing fiction. Between 1902 and 1942 Wright wrote 19 books, several stage plays, and many magazine articles. More than 15 movies were made or claimed to be made from Wright's stories, including Gary Cooper's first major movie, The Winning of Barbara Worth (1926) and the John Wayne film, The Shepherd of the Hills (1941).

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A classic fiction novel by Harold Bell Wright, featuring a maiden in distress, an artist, a hero, and several secrets.

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Wright, Harold Bell: The Re-Creation of Brian Kent. v1. 8 Jan 2015

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Harold Bell Wright (May 4, 1872 – May 24, 1944) was a best-selling American writer of fiction, essays, and non-fiction during the first half of the 20th century. Although mostly forgotten or ignored after the middle of the 20th century, he is said to have been the first American writer to sell a million copies of a novel and the first to make $1 million from writing fiction. Between 1902 and 1942 Wright wrote 19 books, several stage plays, and many magazine articles. More than 15 movies were made or claimed to be made from Wright's stories, including Gary Cooper's first major movie, The Winning of Barbara Worth (1926) and the John Wayne film, The Shepherd of the Hills (1941).

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I remember as well as though it were yesterday the first time I met Auntie Sue. It happened during my first roaming visit to the Ozarks, when I had wandered by chance, one day, into the Elbow Rock neighborhood. Twenty years it was, at least, before the time of this story. She was standing in the door of her little schoolhouse, the ruins of which you may still see, halfway up the long hill from the log house by the river, where the most of this story was lived.

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Wright, Harold Bell: The Shepherd of the Hills. v1, 2 Feb 2008

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From Amazon.com:

Originally published in 1907, "The Shepherd of the Hills" is Harold Bell Wright's most famous work.

In "The Shepherd of the Hills," Wright spins a tale of universal truths across the years to the modern-day reader. His Eden in the Ozarks has a bountiful share of life's enchantments, but is not without its serpents. While Wright rejoices in the triumphs, grace, and dignity of his characters, he has not naively created a pastoral fantasyland where the pure at heart are spared life's struggles and pains. Refusing to yield to the oft-indulged temptation of painting for the reader the simple life of country innocents, Wright forthrightly shows the passions and the life-and-death struggles that go on even in the fairest of environments that man invades.

The shepherd, an elderly, mysterious, learned man, escapes the buzzing restlessness of the city to live in the backwoods neighborhood of Mutton Hollow in the Ozark hills. There he encounters Jim Lane, Grant Matthews, Sammy, Young Matt, and other residents of the village, and gradually learns to find a peace about the losses he has borne and has yet to bear. Through the shepherd and those around him, Wright assembles here a gentle and utterly masterful commentary on strength and weakness, failure and success, tranquility and turmoil, and punishment and absolution.

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Wright, Harold Bell: The Shepherd of the Hills. v1. 9 Jan 2015

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Harold Bell Wright (May 4, 1872 – May 24, 1944) was a best-selling American writer of fiction, essays, and non-fiction during the first half of the 20th century. Although mostly forgotten or ignored after the middle of the 20th century, he is said to have been the first American writer to sell a million copies of a novel and the first to make $1 million from writing fiction. Between 1902 and 1942 Wright wrote 19 books, several stage plays, and many magazine articles. More than 15 movies were made or claimed to be made from Wright's stories, including Gary Cooper's first major movie, The Winning of Barbara Worth (1926) and the John Wayne film, The Shepherd of the Hills (1941).

Prior to his artistic and writing career, Harold Bell Wright served as a minister. In The Shepherd of the Hills he writes about a man who comes from the world of cities to the beautiful Ozark hill country. Among the people of the district, with their simple, direct ideals and way of life, he finds the peaceful atmosphere he craves, while his more intellectual philosophy and character come to be valuable elements in the lives of his new friends. From his relationship with Sammy Lane and the Matthews family arise in dramatic fashion the gripping situations and thrilling incidents that bring him into a peculiarly intimate connection with these people, their country, and their simple life.

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Wurdz, Gideon: The Foolish Dictionary, v.1, 16 Mar 2008

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[The Foolish Dictionary[/ was written by Charles Wayland Towne in 1904 under the pen name Gideon Wurdz. It is an amusing "dictionary" in a manner similar to Ambrose Bierce's [The Devil's Dictionary[/. I think it should go without saying that it was written in another era and you may find some of the material objectionable. For the most part, I found the definitions to be either unfathomable or hilarious.

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Wynne, Madeline: An Ancestral Invasion and Other Stories. v1. 10 Nov 2021

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Engaging regional New England tales from the end of the 19th century. A number of nicely observed, delicate stories about family and friend dynamics; some morality tales, and several charming fables for adults with a fairytale feel.

Published posthumously in 1920, these stories were selected by Wynne’s close friend and companion, Annie Cabot Putnam (1850–1924); and her son, Philip H. Wynne (1868–1919).

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Madeline Yale Wynne (September 25, 1847 - January 4, 1918) was an American artist, teacher, writer, poet, and philanthropist.

She is mostly known for her small oeuvre of supernatural stories, and for her involvement in the arts and crafts movement in the early nineteenth century.

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[This book is in the public domain worldwide, because the author died more than 100 years ago, and it was published prior to 1925.[/
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Wynne, Madeline: Fragments (short stories). v1. 10 Nov 2021

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A tiny collection of three short stories, retrieved from magazine archives.

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Madeline Yale Wynne (September 25, 1847 - January 4, 1918) was an American artist, teacher, writer, poet, and philanthropist.

She is mostly known for her small oeuvre of supernatural stories, and for her involvement in the arts and crafts movement in the early nineteenth century.

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These stories were first published 1895 ~ 1903. [This book is in the public domain worldwide, because the author died more than 100 years ago, and contents were published prior to 1925.[/
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Wynne, Madeline: The Little Room and Other Stories. v1. 09 Nov 2021

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The Little Room: “Macabre rather than scary. This coming-of-age story recreates the disorientation of discovering that something you remember distinctly could not have happened at all and that, somehow, when you weren’t paying attention, reality changed.” (—Goodreads review)

Other stories in the collection are likewise uncanny and unsettling, although there are also humorous moments to be found.

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Madeline Yale Wynne (September 25, 1847 - January 4, 1918) was an American artist, teacher, writer, poet, and philanthropist. She is mostly known for her small oeuvre of supernatural stories, and for her involvement in the arts and crafts movement in the early nineteenth century.

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This collection was first published in 1906. [This book is in the public domain worldwide, because the author died more than 100 years ago, and it was published prior to 1925.[/
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Wyss, Johann David: Der schweizerische Robinson (illustr.) [German] V1. 25 Jul 2010

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Der erste Teil des schweizerischen Robinsons erschien im Jahre 1812 unter dem Titel „Der Schweizerische Robinson oder der schiffbrüchige Schweizer-Prediger und seine Familie . Ein lehrreiches Buch für Kinder und Kinder-Freunde zu Stadt und Land“ und bestand insgesamt aus zwei Bänden (der zweite und dritte Teil erschien 1827 bzw. 1828). Das Buch stellt sich als bunte Mischung aus Lehrbuch und Abenteuerroman dar. In ihm erfährt der Leser Näheres über die Besonderheiten der Sonne am Äquator, über Wale und andere Tierarten. Insbesondere die frühen Ausgaben waren reich mit Kupferstichen illustriert.

Zur gestrandeten Familie gehören der Vater, ein Pfarrer, der die Abenteuer erzählt, seine Ehefrau, die vier Knaben Fritz (16 Jahre), Ernst (14 Jahre), Jakob/Jack (12 Jahre) und Franz (9 Jahre) sowie die beiden Doggen Türk und Bill. Sie möchten ein neues Leben auf den Gewürzinseln beginnen. Auf dem Weg nach Australien werden sie mitten im Indischen Ozean infolge eines schweren Sturms schiffbrüchig, können aber noch diverse Gebrauchsgegenstände und Tiere vom Schiff auf eine tropische Insel retten. Hier lernen sie mit den vorhandenen Werkzeugen und mit den auf der Insel entdeckten Dingen umzugehen und diese zu nutzen. So baut sich die Familie ein Baumhaus, lernt jagen und fischen und führt ein einfaches, aber zufriedenes Leben. Nach über zehn Jahren verschlägt es die englische Schiffbrüchige Jenny auf das verlassene Eiland. Sie wird von den Robinsons in die Familie aufgenommen. Einige Zeit später nähert sich der Insel ein englisches Schiff. Die Eltern entschliessen sich, mit einem Teil der Kinder auf „Neu-Schweizerland“ zu bleiben und dort alt zu werden. Fritz und Franz trennen sich gemeinsam mit Jenny dagegen von der Familie und reisen nach Europa zurück.

Quelle: Wikipedia

Das Buch wurde in mehrere Sprachen übersetzt und auch verfilmt. Es gibt auch verschiedene Überarbeitungen.
Es hatte Einfluss auf das Schaffen von Jules Verne, der eine Fortsetzung der Geschichte schrieb, die 1900 unter dem Titel Das zweite Vaterland (Seconde Patrie) veröffentlicht wurde

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Wyss, Johann: The Swiss Family Robinson, v1, 18 Oct 2007.

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Translated into English by William H. G. Kingston from the French translation by Mme la Baronne Isabelle de Montolieu of the original Der Schweizerische Robinson, Oder der Schriffbruchige Schweizerprediger und Seine Familie.

From Wikipedia:
“The Swiss Family Robinson (Der Schweizerische Robinson) is a novel, first published in 1812, about a Swiss family who are shipwrecked in the East Indies en route to Port Jackson, Australia.
Written by Swiss pastor Johann David Wyss, and edited by his son Johann Rudolf Wyss, this novel was intended to teach his four sons about family values, good husbandry, the uses of the natural world and self-reliance. Publisher Pierre-Jules Hetzel modernized and changed the story expanding and continuing it with additional chapters not authored by Wyss, republishing it under the title of The New Swiss Family Robinson.[1]
Most of the episodes (in the book) have to do with Christian-oriented moral lessons (frugality, husbandry, resignation, etc).
Although movie and TV adaptations have often given them the surname Robinson, which is not a Swiss name, the "Robinson" of the title refers to Robinson Crusoe.”

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Xenophon: Anabasis (Polytonic Greek). Ver 01. 17 Jan 2012

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Text from: Greek Wikipedia.

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Yerxa, Leroy: The Worlds of Leroy Yerxa; v.1

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A baker's dozen SF, fantasy and crime short fiction from the 1940s, by Leroy Yerxa, 1915-1946. He wrote under his own name and several pseudonyms; all these stories were published under his own name. This is the first time they have been collected into a volume.

They appeared in magazines such as Amazing Stories, Fantastic Adventures, and Mammoth Detective.

1: Death Rides at Night
2: Oliver Performs a Miracle
3: Corporal Webber's Last Stand
4: Louie's Cat Eye
5: One-Way Ticket to Nowhere
6: Queen of the Flaming Diamond
7: Bridge Of Banishment
8: Freddie Funk's Madcap Mermaid
9: O'Sheen Goes to the Dogs
10: Valley of the Black Sun
11: These Shoes Are Killing Me
12: The Garden of Hell
13: All Kinds Of People

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Yonge, Charlotte M.: A Book of Golden Deeds. V1. 16-Mar-2013

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Charlotte Mary Yonge (11 August 1823 – 24 May 1901) was an English novelist known for her huge output, now mostly out of print.

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We all of us enjoy a story of battle and adventure. Some of us delight in the anxiety and excitement with which we watch the various strange predicaments, hairbreadth escapes, and ingenious contrivances that are presented to us; and the mere imaginary dread of the dangers thus depicted, stirs our feelings and makes us feel eager and full of suspense.

This taste, though it is the first step above the dullness that cannot be interested in anything beyond its own immediate world, nor care for what it neither sees, touches, tastes, nor puts to any present use, is still the lowest form that such a liking can take. [...]

But there is an element in many of such scenes of woe and violence that may well account for our interest in them. It is that which makes the eye gleam and the heart throb, and bears us through the details of suffering, bloodshed, and even barbarity—feeling our spirits moved and elevated by contemplating the courage and endurance that they have called forth. Nay, such is the charm of brilliant valor, that we often are tempted to forget the injustice of the cause that may have called forth the actions that delight us. And this enthusiasm is often united with the utmost tenderness of heart, the very appreciation of suffering only quickening the sense of the heroism that risked the utmost, till the young and ardent learn absolutely to look upon danger as an occasion for evincing the highest qualities.

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Yonge, Charlotte M.: The Little Duke. v1, 25 Jan 2008

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An inspiring story of Richard the Fearless (943-996) who became Duke of Normandy at the age of 8. Relates the perils of his childhood, both at home in Normandy and during his captivity at the court of France, and how at long last he came to embrace the values his father espoused.

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Yonge, Charlotte Mary: A Book of Golden Deeds. v1. 14 Aug 2013A

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Charlotte Mary Yonge (11 August 1823 – 24 May 1901) was an English novelist known for her huge output, now mostly out of print.

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A collection of stories, legends, and historical anecdotes involving scenes of woe and violence and details of suffering, bloodshed, and even barbarity but also courage, endurance, and heroism.

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Yonge, Charlotte Mary: Abbeychurch. v1. 12 Aug 2013

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Charlotte Mary Yonge (11 August 1823 – 24 May 1901) was an English novelist known for her huge output, now mostly out of print.

Excerpt
Rechauffes are proverbially dangerous, but everyone runs into them sooner or later, and the world has done me the kindness so often to inquire after my first crude attempt, that after it has lain for many years 'out of print,' I have ventured to launch it once more—imperfections and all—though it is guilty of the error of pointing rather to a transient phase of difficulty than to a general principle. The wheels of this world go so quickly round, that I have lived to see that it would have been wiser in the clergyman to have directed rather than obstructed the so-called 'march of intellect.' I have lived also to be somewhat ashamed of the exuberant outpouring of historical allusions, which, however, were perfectly natural among the set of girls from whom my experience was taken: but these defects, as well as the more serious one of tyrannical aversion to vulgarity, are too inherent in this tale to be removed, and the real lesson intended to be conveyed, of obedience and sincerity, of course remains unchanged.

NOTE: Rechauffes = left-overs.

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Yonge, Charlotte Mary: Beechcroft at Rockstone. v1. 14 Aug 2013

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Charlotte Mary Yonge (11 August 1823 – 24 May 1901) was an English novelist known for her huge output, now mostly out of print.

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'A telegram! Make haste and open it, Jane; they always make me so nervous! I believe that is the reason Reginald always will telegraph when he is coming,' said Miss Adeline Mohun, a very pretty, well preserved, though delicate-looking lady of some age about forty, as her elder sister, brisk and lively and some years older, came into the room.

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Yonge, Charlotte Mary: Cameos from English History. v1. 16 Aug 2013

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Charlotte Mary Yonge (11 August 1823 – 24 May 1901) was an English novelist known for her huge output, now mostly out of print.

Excerpt
The "Cameos" here put together are intended as a book for young people just beyond the elementary histories of England, and able to enter in some degree into the real spirit of events, and to be struck with characters and scenes presented in some relief.
The endeavor has not been to chronicle facts, but to put together a series of pictures of persons and events, so as to arrest the attention and give some individuality and distinctness to the recollection, by gathering together details at the most memorable moments. Begun many years since, as the historical portion of a magazine, the earlier ones of these Cameos have been collected and revised to serve for school-room reading, and it is hoped that, if these are found useful, they may ere long be followed up by a second volume, comprising the wars in France, and those of the Roses.

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Yonge, Charlotte Mary: Chantry House. v1. 17 Aug 2013

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Charlotte Mary Yonge (11 August 1823 – 24 May 1901) was an English novelist known for her huge output, now mostly out of print.

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The united force of the younger generation has been brought upon me to record, with the aid of diaries and letters, the circumstances connected with Chantry House and my two dear elder brothers. Once this could not have been done without more pain than I could brook, but the lapse of time heals wounds, brings compensations, and, when the heart has ceased from aching and yearning, makes the memory of what once filled it a treasure to be brought forward with joy and thankfulness. Nor would it be well that some of those mentioned in the coming narrative should be wholly forgotten, and their place know them no more.

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Yonge, Charlotte Mary: Countess Kate. v1. 18 Aug 2013

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Charlotte Mary Yonge (11 August 1823 – 24 May 1901) was an English novelist known for her huge output, now mostly out of print.

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The two little girls, who sat on the opposite sides of a little square table in the bay-window, were both between ten and eleven years old, but could not have been taken for twins, nor even for sisters, so unlike were their features and complexion; though their dress, very dark grey linsey, and brown holland aprons, was exactly the same, except that Sylvia's was enlivened by scarlet braid, Kate's darkened by black—and moreover, Kate's apron was soiled, and the frock bore traces of a great darn. In fact, new frocks for the pair were generally made necessary by Kate's tattered state, when Sylvia's garments were still available for little Lily, or for some school child

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Yonge, Charlotte Mary: Dynevor Terrace (Vol. I). v1. 20 Aug 2013

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Charlotte Mary Yonge (11 August 1823 – 24 May 1901) was an English novelist known for her huge output, now mostly out of print.

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'Hollo, I'll give you a shilling for 'em!' was the unlooked-for conclusion, causing her to start aside with a slight scream, as there stood beside her a stout, black-eyed, round-faced lad, his ruddy cheeks and loutish air showing more rusticity than agreed with his keen, saucy expression, and mechanic's dress.

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Yonge, Charlotte Mary: Dynevor Terrace (Vol. II). v1. 20 Aug 2013

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Charlotte Mary Yonge (11 August 1823 – 24 May 1901) was an English novelist known for her huge output, now mostly out of print.

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As little recked Fitzjocelyn of the murmurs which he had provoked, as he guessed the true secret of his victory. In his eyes, it was the triumph of merit over prejudice, and Mrs. Frost espoused the same gratifying view, though ascribing much to her nephew's activity, and James himself, flushed with hope and success, was not likely to dissent.

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Yonge, Charlotte Mary: Friarswood Post-Office. v1. 21 Aug 2013

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Charlotte Mary Yonge (11 August 1823 – 24 May 1901) was an English novelist known for her huge output, now mostly out of print.

Excerpt
‘Goodness! If ever I did see such a pig!’said Ellen King, as she mounted the stairs. ‘I wouldn’t touch him with a pair of tongs!

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Yonge, Charlotte Mary: Grisly Grisell. v1. 21 Aug 2013

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Charlotte Mary Yonge (11 August 1823 – 24 May 1901) was an English novelist known for her huge output, now mostly out of print.

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A terrible shriek rang through the great Manor-house of Amesbury. It was preceded by a loud explosion, and there was agony as well as terror in the cry. Then followed more shrieks and screams, some of pain, some of fright, others of anger and recrimination. Every one in the house ran together to the spot whence the cries proceeded, namely, the lower court, where the armourer and blacksmith had their workshops.

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Yonge, Charlotte Mary: Heartsease. v1. 22 Aug 2013

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Charlotte Mary Yonge (11 August 1823 – 24 May 1901) was an English novelist known for her huge output, now mostly out of print.

Excerpt
Under a lordly elm sat a maiden of about nineteen years; at her feet a Skye terrier, like a walking door-mat, with a fierce and droll countenance, and by her side a girl and boy, the one sickly and poorly clad, the other with bright inquiring eyes, striving to compensate for the want of other faculties. She was teaching them to form that delight of childhood, a cowslip ball, the other children supplying her with handfuls of the gold-coated flowers, and returning a pull of the forelock or a bobbed curtsey to her smiling thanks.

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Yonge, Charlotte Mary: Henrietta's Wish. v1. 23 Aug 2013

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Charlotte Mary Yonge (11 August 1823 – 24 May 1901) was an English novelist known for her huge output, now mostly out of print.

Excerpt
Less patient was the sole occupant of the carriage, a maiden of about sixteen years of age, whose shady dark grey eyes, parted lips, and flushed complexion, were all full of the utmost eagerness, as every two or three minutes she looked up from the book which she held in her hand to examine the clock over the station door, compare it with her watch, and study the countenances of the bystanders to see whether they expressed any anxiety respecting the non-arrival of the train. All, however, seemed quite at their ease, and after a time the arrival of the railway omnibus and two or three other carriages, convinced her that the rest of the world only now began to consider it to be due. At last the ringing of a bell quickened everybody into a sudden state of activity, and assured her that the much-desired moment was come. The cloud of smoke was seen, the panting of the engine was heard, the train displayed its length before the station, men ran along tapping the doors of the carriages, and shouting a word which bore some distant resemblance to "Teignmouth," and at the same moment various travellers emerged from the different vehicles.

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Yonge, Charlotte Mary: Hopes and Fears. v1. 24 Aug 2013

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Charlotte Mary Yonge (11 August 1823 – 24 May 1901) was an English novelist known for her huge output, now mostly out of print.

Excerpt
For the last time was signed, and with no unsteady hand, the clear, well-made letters of the maiden Phœbe Fulmort, and as, above it, the bride read the words, ‘Humfrey Charlecote Randolf Charlecote,’ she looked up to her husband with a sweet, half-smile of content and exultation, as though his name were doubly endeared, as recalling her ‘wise man,’the revered guardian of her imagination in her orphaned girlhood.

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Yonge, Charlotte Mary: Lady Hester. v1. 24 Aug 2013

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Charlotte Mary Yonge (11 August 1823 – 24 May 1901) was an English novelist known for her huge output, now mostly out of print.

Excerpt
I write this by desire of my brothers and sisters, that if any reports of our strange family history should come down to after generations the thing may be properly understood.

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Yonge, Charlotte Mary: Little Lucy's Wonderful Globe. v1. 26 Aug 2013

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Charlotte Mary Yonge (11 August 1823 – 24 May 1901) was an English novelist known for her huge output, now mostly out of print.

Excerpt
There was once a wonderful fortnight in little Lucy's life. One evening she went to bed very tired and cross and hot, and in the morning when she looked at her arms and legs they were all covered with red spots, rather pretty to look at, only they were dry and prickly.

NOTE: 22 Illustrations

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Yonge, Charlotte Mary: Magnum Bonum. v1. 28 Aug 2013

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Charlotte Mary Yonge (11 August 1823 – 24 May 1901) was an English novelist known for her huge output, now mostly out of print.

Excerpt
"Mother, you could do a great kindness."
"Well, Joe?"
"If you would have the little teacher at the Miss Heath's here for the holidays. After all the rest, she has had the measles last and worst, and they don't know what to do with her, for she came from the asylum for officers' daughters, and has no home at all, and they must go away to have the house purified. They can't take her with them, for their sister has children, and she will have to roam from room to room before the whitewashers, which is not what I should wish in the critical state of chest left by measles."

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Yonge, Charlotte Mary: The Armourer's Prentices. v1. 13 Aug 2013

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Charlotte Mary Yonge (11 August 1823 – 24 May 1901) was an English novelist known for her huge output, now mostly out of print.

Excerpt
The officials of the New Forest have ever since the days of the Conqueror enjoyed some of the pleasantest dwellings that southern England can boast.

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Yonge, Charlotte Mary: The Caged Lion. v1. 15 Aug 2013

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Charlotte Mary Yonge (11 August 1823 – 24 May 1901) was an English novelist known for her huge output, now mostly out of print.

Excerpt
A master hand has so often described the glens and ravines of Scotland, that it seems vain and presumptuous to meddle with them; and yet we must ask our readers to figure to themselves a sharp cleft sloping downwards to a brawling mountain stream, the sides scattered with gray rocks of every imaginable size, interspersed here and there with heather, gorse, or furze.; Just in the widest part of the valley, a sort of platform of rock jutted out from the hill-side, and afforded a station for one of those tall, narrow, grim-looking fastnesses that were the strength of Scotland, as well as her bane.

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Yonge, Charlotte Mary: The Carbonels. v1. 16 Aug 2013

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Charlotte Mary Yonge (11 August 1823 – 24 May 1901) was an English novelist known for her huge output, now mostly out of print.

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“A bad lot. Yes, sir, a thoroughly bad lot.”

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Yonge, Charlotte Mary: The Chaplet of Pearls. v1. 18 Aug 2013

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Charlotte Mary Yonge (11 August 1823 – 24 May 1901) was an English novelist known for her huge output, now mostly out of print.

Excerpt
It is the fashion to call every story controversial that deals with times when controversy or a war of religion was raging; but it should be remembered that there are some which only attempt to portray human feelings as affected by the events that such warfare occasioned. 'Old Mortality' and 'Woodstock' are not controversial tales, and the 'Chaplet of Pearls' is so quite as little. It only aims at drawing certain scenes and certain characters as the convulsions of the sixteenth century may have affected them, and is, in fact, like all historical romance, the shaping of the conceptions that the imagination must necessarily form when dwelling upon the records of history.

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Yonge, Charlotte Mary: The Clever Woman of the Family. v1. 18 Aug 2913

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Charlotte Mary Yonge (11 August 1823 – 24 May 1901) was an English novelist known for her huge output, now mostly out of print.

Excerpt
"Oh yes, I will bedizen myself to oblige her. I do assure you I am not ungrateful. It is beautiful in itself, and shows how well nature can be imitated; but it is meant for a mere girl, and this is the very day I had fixed for hauling down the flag of youth."

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Yonge, Charlotte Mary: The Daisy Chain. v1. 19 Aug 2013

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Charlotte Mary Yonge (11 August 1823 – 24 May 1901) was an English novelist known for her huge output, now mostly out of print.

Excerpt
Begun as a series of conversational sketches, the story outran both the original intention and the limits of the periodical in which it was commenced; and, such as it has become, it is here presented to those who have already made acquaintance with the May family, and may be willing to see more of them. It would beg to be considered merely as what it calls itself, a Family Chronicle—a domestic record of home events, large and small, during those years of early life when the character is chiefly formed, and as an endeavour to trace the effects of those aspirations which are a part of every youthful nature. That the young should take one hint, to think whether their hopes and upward-breathings are truly upwards, and founded in lowliness, may be called the moral of the tale.

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Yonge, Charlotte Mary: The Dove in the Eagle's Nest. v1. 19 Aug 2013

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Charlotte Mary Yonge (11 August 1823 – 24 May 1901) was an English novelist known for her huge output, now mostly out of print.

Excerpt
In sending forth this little book, I am inclined to add a few explanatory words as to the use I have made of historical personages. The origin of the whole story was probably Freytag’s first series of pictures of German Life: probably, I say, for its first commencement was a dream, dreamt some weeks after reading that most interesting collection of sketches. The return of the squire with the tidings of the death of the two knights was vividly depicted in sleep; and, though without local habitation or name, the scene was most likely to have been a reflection from the wild scenes so lately read of.

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Yonge, Charlotte Mary: The Heir of Redclyffe. v1. 23 Aug 2013

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Charlotte Mary Yonge (11 August 1823 – 24 May 1901) was an English novelist known for her huge output, now mostly out of print.

Excerpt
The drawing-room of Hollywell House was one of the favoured apartments, where a peculiar air of home seems to reside, whether seen in the middle of summer, all its large windows open to the garden, or, as when our story commences, its bright fire and stands of fragrant green-house plants contrasted with the wintry fog and leafless trees of November. There were two persons in the room—a young lady, who sat drawing at the round table, and a youth, lying on a couch near the fire, surrounded with books and newspapers, and a pair of crutches near him. Both looked up with a smile of welcome at the entrance of a tall, fine-looking young man, whom each greeted with 'Good morning, Philip.'

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Yonge, Charlotte Mary: The Herd Boy and His Hermit. v1. 24 Aug 2013

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Charlotte Mary Yonge (11 August 1823 – 24 May 1901) was an English novelist known for her huge output, now mostly out of print.

Excerpt
On a moorland slope where sheep and goats were dispersed among the rocks, there lay a young lad on his back, in a stout canvas cassock over his leathern coat, and stout leathern leggings over wooden shoes. Twilight was fast coming on; only a gleam of purple light rested on the top of the eastern hills, but was gradually fading away, though the sky to the westward still preserved a little pale golden light by the help of the descending crescent moon.

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Yonge, Charlotte Mary: The Lances of Lynwood: v1. 25 Aug 2013

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Charlotte Mary Yonge (11 August 1823 – 24 May 1901) was an English novelist known for her huge output, now mostly out of print.

Excerpt
A battle in the days of chivalry was far less destructive than those of modern times. The loss in both armies at Navaretta did not amount to six hundred; and on Pedro's side but four Knights had fallen, of whom Sir Reginald Lynwood was the only Englishman.

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Yonge, Charlotte Mary: The Little Duke. v1. 25 Aug 2013

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Charlotte Mary Yonge (11 August 1823 – 24 May 1901) was an English novelist known for her huge output, now mostly out of print.

Excerpt
On a bright autumn day, as long ago as the year 943, there was a great bustle in the Castle of Bayeux in Normandy.
The hall was large and low, the roof arched, and supported on thick short columns, almost like the crypt of a Cathedral; the walls were thick, and the windows, which had no glass, were very small, set in such a depth of wall that there was a wide deep window seat, upon which the rain might beat, without reaching the interior of the room. And even if it had come in, there was nothing for it to hurt, for the walls were of rough stone, and the floor of tiles. There was a fire at each end of this great dark apartment, but there were no chimneys over the ample hearths, and the smoke curled about in thick white folds in the vaulted roof, adding to the wreaths of soot, which made the hall look still darker.

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Yorke, Curtis: The Brown Portmanteau, and Other Stories. v1. 19 Apr 2017

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Susan Rowley Long (Curtis Yorke): Born : 1854 Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Scotland Lived : Kensington, London, England (final)Died : 1930 May 3 Kensington, London, England

"THE BROWN PORTMANTEAU"
"A DRAWN GAME"
"WAS IT A MISTAKE?"
"IN THE CITY’S HEART."
"TWO DAGGERS AND A CORONET."
"DIANA."
"IN SOME OTHER WORLD."
"OUR EXPECTATIONS."
"BETWEEN FOUR WALLS."
"WITHIN AN ACE!"
"ONE OF THE MANY!"

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Young, Clarence: Jack Ranger's Gun Club. v1. 23 Sep 2014

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Clarence Young was a house pseudonym used by the Stratemeyer Syndicate for series of books for boys, the most well-known being the "Motor Boys" series.

The contest between Jack Ranger and Dock Snaith was the result of an argument on oarsmanship, which had taken place in the school gym the night before. It was shortly after the opening of the term at Washington Hall, and in addition to football, which would soon be in full sway, there was rowing to occupy the attention of the students, for the lake, on the shores of which the academy was situated, was well adapted for aquatic sports.

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Young, Clarence: Jack Ranger's Western Trip. v1. 23 Sep- 2014

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Clarence Young was a house pseudonym used by the Stratemeyer Syndicate for series of books for boys, the most well-known being the "Motor Boys" series.

Before the boys could get over this rather startling remark, Jack’s horse suddenly shied. The lad was nearly thrown off, and, as he recovered his balance, and looked to see what had scared the animal, he saw, in the shadow of a big stone at the side of the road, an old man crawling along.

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Young, Filson: Titanic.V1.March 25 2012

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From Wikipedia: [quot Filson Young (1876–1938) was a writer and

journalist. He is notable for publishing the first book about the sinking

of the RMS Titanic, called Titanic, published only 37 days after the

sinking. [/quot

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Yver, Colette: Mirabelle of Pampeluna, v1, 26 November 2009.

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Colette Yver (1874–1953)
Mirabelle of Pampeluna (1919)
Translated from the French by Lucy Humphrey Smith (1869–1939)

An antiquary in Paris tells two young women about the medieval romance of Mirabelle of Pampeluna. They bemoan the fact that their lovers are so prosaic and the age of chivalry is dead. But it is August 1914 and their world is about to change…

I made this from a scan at The Internet Archive.

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Zagat, Arthur Leo: Arthur Leo Zagat Omnibus. V1. 23 Mar 2012

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Arthur Leo Zagat was an American lawyer and writer of pulp fiction and science fiction. Trained in the law, he gave it up to write professionally. Zagat is noted for his collaborations with fellow lawyer Nat Schachner. During the last two decades of his life, Zagat wrote short stories prolifically. About 500 pieces appeared in a variety of pulp magazines, including Thrilling Wonder Stories, Argosy, Dime Mystery Magazine, Horror Stories, Operator No. 5, Astounding, and wrote the "Doc Turner" stories that regularly appeared in The Spider pulp magazine throughout the 1930s. A novel, Seven Out of Time, was published by Fantasy Press in 1949, the year he died.

THE LANSON SCREEN
CHILDREN OF TOMORROW
SEVEN OUT OF TIME
THE GREAT DOME ON MERCURY
TOMORROW
WHEN THE SLEEPERS WOKE

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Zagat, Arthur Leo: Drink We Deep (1937); v1; 26 March 2020

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Told in the form of narratives, notes, affidavits and so on by various participants, this is a lost world tale, set in the ocean depths.

Originally a serial in Argosy Magazine in 1937, it was published as a magazine format book in 1951.

Text source is Gutenberg Canada. Cover uses a detail from the 1937 Argosy magazine issue containing the first episode of the serial.

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Zagat, Arthur Leo: Science Fiction Short Stories (2020); v1, 26 Mar 2020

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An assortment of science fiction stories and novelettes from the pen of pulp author Arthur Leo Zagat, with texts collected from Project Gutenberg and Roy Glashan's Library.

1: The Great Dome on Mercury
2: When the Sleepers Woke
3: The Land Where Time Stood Still
4: The Lanson Screen
5: Flight Of The Silver Eagle
6: Lost In Time
7: The Cavern Of The Shining Pool
8: The Green Ray
9: The Two Moons Of Tranquillia
10: No Escape from Destiny

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Zagat, Arthur Leo: Seven Out of Time (1939); v1, 26 March 2020

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Investigator searching for a missing woman finds himself out of his own time, along with the woman, and five more from other periods, including King Arthur and Francois Villon.

Text from "crutledge"'s large Zagat omnibus in the Patricia Clark Library; cover utilises a vignette from the cover of a magazine which serialised the novel in 1939.

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Zangwill, Israel: The Big Bow Mystery (1891): v1

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Not a Western: think of it as the "big Bow mystery" as it is set in Bow, in the East End of London. It is widely accepted as the first "locked room" mystery.

Israel Zangwill (1864-1926) was a journalist and author, who also wrote an influential book "The Melting Pot" which became a hugely successful play, the first use of the phrase to describe the USA.

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Zangwill, Israel: Without Prejudice. 10 March 2008

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A unique and interesting UK writer. This volume is a collection of his writings from the [Pall Mall Magazine[/ and cover a wide range of topics. One of the more unusual ones is as follows:

[QUOTI must really give up not smoking, at least till the American Copyright Act works smoothly, and I am in a position to afford luxuries. At present this habit of not smoking is a drain upon my resources which I can ill support. Whenever a man comes to my house, I have to give him cigars, or else gain the reputation of a churly and ill-mannered host. In the olden days, when I was economical and smoked all day long, I could go to that man’s house and get those cigars back. Very often, too, I used to get the best of the bargain, and thus effect considerable economies in the purchase of good tobacco. Nowadays, not only have I got to give away cigars for nothing, but they must be good ones. Formerly if I gave my friends bad cigars, it was from a box I was obviously smoking myself, and therefore they had at least the consolation of knowing I was a companion in misfortune. But to give others “evils from which you are yourself exempt” (to quote Lucretius) would be a terrible blend of bad taste and inhospitality. Under such circumstances a man looks on a bad cigar as an insult, and the greater insult because it is a gratuitous one. But my losses from these sources are trivial compared with the item for theatres. In the pure, innocent days, when I could not bear to let my pipe out of my mouth even for a moment, I was unable to go to theatres; but now that I have taken to not smoking, I have fallen a victim to my other craving—¬the passion for the play. Three stalls a week tot up frightfully in a year. No, decidedly I must check this extravagant habit of not smoking before I am irretrievably ruined.

This is forced, but Truth often dwells the bottom of a paradox.[/QUOT

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Zeigler, Wilbur Gleason: It Was Marlowe A Story of the Secret of Thre v1.0 04.09.2022

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Wilbur Gleason Zeigler was the founding father of the Marlovian theory to the Shakespeare Authorship Question. The only problem with his theory, Marlowe died at the height of his powers as the leading playwright of the London stage on 30 May 1593, aged only 29. While Shakespeare's career was still in its relative infancy.

It Was Marlowe recounts the true story (shrouded in secrecy for three centuries) of how the events of the night of 30th May 1593, led to the death of Christopher Marlowe, and the birth of William Shakespeare.

Source: https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/57810

Better formatting and proofread against a scan from Internet Archive.

NOTES: Appendix note 32 appears in the appendix, but no reference is made within either the gutenberg text or the scanned internet archive copy. For the life of me I can't see where it should be referenced.

Shakespeare is also spelt 'Shakespere' in the scanned copy, so I left that intact.

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Zitkala-Sa: Old Indian Legends & American Indian Stories. 18 Aug 07

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RWood

An activist for the Native Americans before it became popular culture, when they were the lowest rung on the ladder of society, Zitkala-Sa (Red Bird) was an outspoken force for understanding.

Presented here are her two best known works complete with the transcripts from the Bureau of Indian Affairs and a letter to her from Helen Keller.

To many she was someone that should be "put in her place." To others, like my Grandmother, she was a hero. (We are part Mohawk from her side.)

More information on her is available in the Wikipedia.

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Zitkala-Sa: Old Indian Legends, v.1, 26 Dec 2008

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This is a collection of several Lakota (Sioux) folk tales. Some of these involve one of the trickster spirits (e.g., Iktomi or his brother Iya). Zitkala-Sa (Lakota for Red Bird) is the pen name of Gertrude Simmons Bonnin who was a native American writer, editor, musician, teacher, and political activist.

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Zola, Emile: Germinal [Havelock Ellis Translation] , v.1, 30 July 2008.

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Emile Zola (1840–1902)
Germinal (1885)
Translated by Havelock Ellis (1894)

A tale of love, violence, despair and terrorism in the mining community of Montsou in Northern France.

Germinal was the month in the French Revolutionary calendar when Spring began. But underground, in Montsou the miners are oppressed and their situation grows progressively worse. Are the seeds of revolution growing?

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Zola, Emile: Le Ventre de Paris. v1, 2 Jan 2008

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Le Ventre de Paris est un roman d’Émile Zola publié en 1873, le troisième de la série Les Rougon-Macquart.

L’action se passe pour l’essentiel aux Halles centrales de Paris, construites par Victor Baltard entre 1854 et 1870, énorme bâtiment à structure métallique dans lequel les murs sont remplacés par des vitres, la plus grande innovation architecturale du Second Empire. Fasciné par les Halles, Zola en fait dans son roman une sorte de monstre, comme le seront plus tard le grand magasin dans Au Bonheur des Dames, l’alambic dans l'Assommoir ou la locomotive dans la Bête humaine.

Les membres de la famille des Rougon-Macquart ne jouent pas un rôle essentiel dans le roman : Lisa Macquart, une des sœurs de Gervaise (voir l'Assommoir), mariée à un nommé Quenu, y est une charcutière; on voit aussi apparaître sa fille, Pauline Quenu, qui sera l’héroïne de La Joie de vivre, et surtout Claude Lantier, jeune peintre, futur héros du roman

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Zola, Emile: Nana, german, v1, 14 Mar 2009

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Paris Mitte des 18. Jahrhunderts. Die Prostituierte Nana spielt die Rolle der "Venus" in einem Varietétheater. Sie tritt nur mit einem durchsichtigen Schleier bekleidet auf, verführerisch, aufreizend, mit langem rotblonden Haar. Das Publikum starrt erregt auf die Frau, die ihr mäßiges Talent mit ihrer sinnliche Ausstrahlung mehr als wett macht. Reiche Männer sind ihr hoffnungslos verfallen - für Nana die Chance, sich einen Platz in der Gesellschaft zu erobern. Doch Nana ist unersättlich und treibt ihre Männer und damit sich selbst in den sicheren Ruin.

Der Roman "Nana" hält der französischen Gesellschaft - mit der Not der Armen in den Gassen und der dekadenten Langeweile der Reichen in ihren Salons - gekonnt den Spiegel vor.

Émile Zola (*2. April 1840 in Paris; † 29. September 1902 in Paris) war ein französischer Schriftsteller und Journalist. Er gilt als einer der großen französischen Romanciers des 19. Jahrhunderts und als Leitfigur der gesamteuropäischen literarischen Strömung des Naturalismus.

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Zola, Emile: The Fortune of the Rougons. v1 28 Nov 2017

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Emile Zola (1840-1902) was the most prominent French novelist and short story writer of the late 19th century, was a social activist, and was persecuted for his exposure of the Dreyfus Affair.

Ernest Alfred Vizetelly (1853-1922) was an English author and war correspondent who translated many of Zola's works and supported him when he fled to England during the Dreyfus affair.

[The Fortune of the Rougons, (La Fortune des Rougons),[/ the first volume of the Rougon-Macquart series, was published in 1871. This English version was published in 1898. The book introduces many members of the Rougon and Macquart families, tells of the love of two adolescents during the coup d'etat by which Louis Napoleon Bonaparte became Emperor of France, and includes an Author's Preface in which Zola outlines the Rougon Macquart series and an Introduction and Endnotes by Vizetelly.

The text was taken from the University of Adelaide ebook library, and checked against the 1898 Chatto & Windus edition in the Internet Archive. I have silently corrected typos, curled quotes, replaced italics and diacritics, and made changes to spelling and hyphenation using oxforddictionaries.com.

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Zola, Emile: The Ladies' Paradise. v1, 27 Oct 2017

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Émile Zola (1840-1902) was the most prominent French novelist and short story writer of the late 19th century, and a prominent critic and social activist who was persecuted for his exposure of the Dreyfus Affair.

Ernest Alfred Vizetelly (1853-1922) was an English translator, author, and war correspondent who supported Zola when he fled to England during the Dreyfus affair.

[The Ladies's Paradise, (Au Bonheur des Dames,)[/ was the 11th book in the Rougon-Macquart series, and tells of the foundation of what was to be the world's largest department store, its effect on smaller stores nearby, the conditions under which its staff existed, the effects on its customers, and a relationship between its director and one of its workers. It was first published in French in 1883, and this English translation was published in 1886.

The text was taken as an HTML file from Project Gutenberg Australia, and checked against the 1886 edition by Vizetelly & Co in the Internet Archive. I have silently corrected typos, curled quotation marks, and made changes to spelling, punctuation, and hyphenation using oxforddictionaries.com.

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Zola, Emile: Therese Raquin. v2, 9 Dec 2017

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Emile Zola (1840-1903) was the most prominent French novelist and short story writer of the late 19th century, was a social activist, and was persecuted for his exposure of the Dreyfus Affair.

Edward Vizetelly (1847-1903) was an English war correspondent and writer, who provided a preface and an afterword for this 1902 translation.

Thérèse Raquin was Zola's third work, published in 1867, and tells of events before and after a man's murder by his wife's lover.

The text was taken from the University of Adelaide ebook library. I have silently corrected typos, curled quotes, replaced diacritics, and made changes to spelling, punctuation, and hyphenation using oxforddictionaries.com.

Version 2 corrects a mistake in the 'About this ebook' section.

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Zola, Emile: Three Cities Trilogy. 18 Aug 07

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RWood

Written in 1894, 1896, and 1898 these three books provide "from ninety to one hundred characters in the story: sick persons, pilgrims, priests, nuns, hospitallers, nurses, and peasants; and the book shows Lourdes under every aspect. There are the piscinas, the processions, the Grotto, the churches at night, the people in the streets. It is, in one word, Lourdes in its entirety. In this canvas is worked out a very delicate central intrigue, as in 'Dr. Pascal,' and around this are many little stories or subsidiary plots. There is the story of the sick person who gets well, of the sick person who is not cured, and so on. The philosophical idea which pervades the whole book is the idea of human suffering, the exhibition of the desperate and despairing sufferers who, abandoned by science and by man, address themselves to a higher Power in the hope of relief; as where parents have a dearly loved daughter dying of consumption, who has been given up, and for whom nothing remains but death. A sudden hope, however, breaks in upon them: 'supposing that after all there should be a Power greater than that of man, higher than that of science.' They will haste to try this last chance of safety. It is the instinctive hankering after the lie which creates human credulity."

Yes, this is the same Zola who wrote [J'accuse[/

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Zweig, Stefan: Schachnovelle|V1|1.5.2014|German

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Die »Schachnovelle« schrieb Stefan Zweig zwischen 1938 und 1941 im brasilianischen Exil. Es ist sein letztes und zugleich bekanntestes Werk.
Die Erstausgabe erschien am 7. Dezember 1942 in Buenos Aires in einer limitierten Auflage von 300 Exemplaren. In Europa wurde das Werk im Dezember 1943 im Stockholmer Exilverlag von Gottfried Bermann Fischer verlegt. 1944 erschien in New York die erste Übersetzung ins Englische.
Im Zentrum der Handlung steht die Konfrontation der psychischen Abgründe, die ein Gefangener der Gestapo erlebt hat, mit der oberflächlichen Lebenswelt wohlhabender Reisender in der Rahmenhandlung. Das Schachspiel spielt anfangs nur die Rolle einer bloßen Unterhaltung bzw. eines einträglichen Sports und erhält erst durch die Figur des Gefangenen Dr.*B., der sich während seiner Haftzeit intensiv mit Schach beschäftigt hat, seine tiefere Bedeutung.
Das Buch wird vielfach als Schullektüre verwendet und wird auch von Literaturwissenschaftlern bis heute sehr geschätzt. 2012 bezeichnete der Germanist Rüdiger Görner die Novelle als einen »Glücksfall ausgereifter Erzählkunst«. (Wikipedia)

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Zwilgmeyer, Dikken: Vi børn [Norwegian].v1. 01 May 2014

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Nasjonalbiblioteket har gitt ut de første 35 av 100 planlagte epub-bøker. Bøkene er korrekturlest, men noen litt uvanlige valg med hensyn til oppsett ødelegger leseopplevelsen litt. F. eks. er sidetall/sideombrekning beholdt. Jeg har endret på layout for å gi, i mine øyne, en bedre leseopplevelse.

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Acknowledgments

We would like to express our warmest thanks to the following individuals who have substantially contributed to the MobileRead e-book project:

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